Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao three powerful soul-cultivation arts, allowing Yao Lao to begin rapidly restoring his strength. After resting, Xiao Yan learned that his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had returned from military service and went to greet them.

• Xiao Yan shared the Medicine Emperor's Secret Codex, Taiyi Emperor Soul Mantra, and Chaos God Grinding Contemplation Method with Yao Lao, who was overwhelmed by the gifts.
• Yao Lao thanked Xiao Yan and began cultivating the new arts in the Xiao Family's Back Mountain while Xiao Yan rested for two days.
• Yao Lao used the Taiyi Emperor Soul Mantra and Chaos God Grinding Contemplation Method to strengthen his soul and studied the Medicine Emperor's Secret Codex to improve his alchemy.
• Xiao Zhan sent word that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had returned after training with military units near the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan entered the family hall and saw Xiao Ding and Xiao Li turn toward him with warm smiles.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at a grand family banquet, where the brothers celebrated their strength and teased him about Xun'er. Xiao Yan openly declared that he would marry Xun'er and vowed to crush anyone who tried to stand in their way.

• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Ding and Xiao Li after they returned to the Xiao Family, and the brothers praised each other's growth and talent.
• Xiao Zhan arrived with the elders and welcomed his three sons with pride before ordering the banquet to begin.
• Xiao Yan gave his place among the younger generation to his elder brothers and sat beside Xun'er, who happily offered him food.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Ding teased Xiao Yan about Xun'er, and Xiao Yan declared before the entire hall that he would marry her someday.
• Xiao Yan comforted the blushing Xun'er and vowed that every thorn would crawl beneath his feet and no one could stand between them.

At the Xiao Family banquet, Xiao Ning challenged Xiao Yu and then Xiao Yan about when they would become Dou Zhe. Xiao Yan revealed that he had already reached Dou Zhe, leaving the hall stunned.

• Xiao Yu warned Xiao Ning to give up his feelings for Xun'er because he could not compete with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ning asked when Xiao Yu would break through to Dou Zhe, and Xiao Yu said she expected to do so next month.
• Xiao Ning asked Xiao Yan how long it would take him to become Dou Zhe, drawing the hall's attention.
• Xiao Li intimidated Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yan told his second brother to stop scaring him.
• Xiao Yan heated a teacup with his Dou Qi and revealed that he was already a Dou Zhe.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had become a Dou Zhe again, stunning the Xiao Family and prompting Xiao Yu to ask about a Qi Gathering Pill. After reassuring Xun'er that they would always be together, he went to speak with Xiao Zhan and his brothers, where his father began to warn him about Xun'er's family.

• Xiao Yan's breakthrough to Dou Zhe left Xiao Yu and the younger members of the Xiao Family dispirited, while Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated his talent.
• Xiao Yan advised Xiao Yu not to rush her breakthrough and hinted that he could provide a Qi Gathering Pill, then told her to find him in seven days.
• Xiao Zhan invited Xiao Yan to talk with him and his two older brothers after the banquet.
• Xiao Yan held Xun'er's hand and embraced her, promising they would always be together, while a hidden observer worried about explaining her feelings to the Clan Leader.
• Xiao Yan went to Xiao Zhan's room, where Xiao Zhan began discussing Xun'er's family.

Xiao Yan revealed the Xiao Family’s ancient origins to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li, while claiming Yao Lao was a protector training him. He gave them Earth-tier techniques and planned to use a Blood God Pill to restore their dormant Dou Di Bloodline.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Xiao Family descended from an ancient Dou God Clan and that their jade was the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Xun'er belonged to the powerful Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan told his father and brothers a fabricated account of Yao Lao finding the Xiao Tribe’s surviving bloodline and training him as an Alchemist, then warned them to keep the secret.
• Xiao Yan said the Xiao Tribe’s Dou Di Bloodline had dried up but offered surviving Earth-tier Cultivation Methods and Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yan transmitted suitable techniques to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li, then recalled the Blood God Pill prescription that could help activate their bloodline.

Xiao Yan planned to retrieve a Half-Saint Ancient Tomb’s treasures to support his future cultivation and revealed that he would refine pills to strengthen the Xiao Family. The family celebrated his alchemist talent, and Xiao Zhan began gathering funds to buy cauldrons.

• Xiao Yan recalled the Blood God Pill’s bloodline-stimulating effects and identified the Half-Saint Ancient Tomb near the Monster Mountain Range as a source of help.
• Xiao Yan thought of finding Xiao Yi Xian and decided to wait until Yao Lao recovered before exploring the tomb.
• Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li learned that Xiao Yan had given them Earth-grade Intermediate Cultivation Methods and promised to keep them secret.
• Xiao Yan told his family that he would refine First Grade Pills to build the Xiao Family’s wealth, and Xiao Zhan and his sons celebrated his talent.
• Xiao Zhan gathered the elders the next morning and ordered them to collect the family’s liquid funds to buy cauldrons, prompting them to ask which alchemist he had invited.

Xiao Zhan told the elders that Xiao Yan was a twelve-year-old alchemist trained by a mysterious master, prompting the Xiao Family to invest heavily in his future. After arranging medicinal supplies with Ya Fei, Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu a Qi Gathering Pill, and she shyly offered him her leg so he could touch it again.

• Xiao Zhan revealed to the three elders that Xiao Yan had become an alchemist under a mysterious master's tutelage, and the elders celebrated the family's prospects.
• The Xiao Family bought Xiao Yan a Third Grade Cauldron, and Xiao Zhan told the elders that the mysterious alchemist had also created the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Ya Fei visited Xiao Yan, confirmed his alchemist talent, and agreed to prepare medicinal ingredients for him to refine medicines for the family.
• Two days later, Ya Fei delivered medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Yan prepared to begin refining after nearing a breakthrough to Four Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yu came to Xiao Yan, and he gave her a Qi Gathering Pill to help her break through to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yu blushed and offered Xiao Yan her leg, asking him to touch it a couple more times.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu a Qi Gathering Pill and spent several days refining a huge supply of First Grade Pills, breaking through to Four Star Dou Zhe in the process. As the year ended, Xiao Zhan anticipated the Xiao Family’s rapid rise.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu a Qi Gathering Pill to help her improve her standing before Jia Nan Academy’s admissions and urged her to prepare carefully before breaking through.
• Xiao Yan examined the family’s new cauldron and planned to travel to the Black-Corner Region to take the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron and Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan refined medicinal ingredients with his Bone Chilling Flame Sub-Flame while Yao Lao watched and noted his exceptional skill.
• Xiao Yan advanced to Four Star Dou Zhe and refined nearly a thousand bottles each of Blood Coagulation Powder, Spring Return Powder, and Power Accumulation Pills, secretly keeping almost half for Ya Fei to sell elsewhere.
• Xiao Zhan and several Xiao Family elders welcomed the heavy snowfall and anticipated the family’s rapid rise after New Year’s Eve.

The Xiao Family drew crowds and profits by selling discounted First Grade Pills made by Xiao Yan, alarming the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Clans. After learning that Xiao Yan might have a Fourth Grade Alchemist as his teacher, Jia Liebi began forming a ruthless scheme involving Liu Xi.

• The Xiao Family opened pill sales across its markets, and the discounted First Grade Pills attracted mercenaries and curious shoppers from across Wu Tan City.
• Jia Liebi and Ao Ba Pa met to discuss how the Xiao Family’s pill sales were damaging their clans’ businesses.
• Ao Ba Pa told Jia Liebi that Xiao Yan had become an alchemist and warned that the Xiao Family might soon overwhelm them.
• Jia Liebi rejected the idea of submitting to Xiao Zhan and suggested killing Xiao Yan to solve their problem.
• Ao Ba Pa revealed that Xiao Yan might have a Fourth Grade Alchemist as his teacher, and Jia Liebi then recalled his son’s acquaintance with Liu Xi and began devising a plan.

After Xiao Yan’s pill refining brought the Xiao Tribe record New Year profits, the clan made him its Young Clan Leader. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan accepting the appointment amid the family’s cheers.

• Jia Liebi and Ao Ba Pa agreed to use Alchemist Liu to test the Xiao Tribe’s strength before deciding whether to submit to Xiao Zhan.
• The Xiao Tribe celebrated its record earnings as members credited Xiao Yan’s First Grade Pills for bringing crowds to their markets.
• Xiao Zhan announced that the tribe’s markets and shops had earned more than one million Gold Coins that day.
• The Grand Elder proposed making Xiao Yan the Young Clan Leader, and the elders and clan members enthusiastically agreed.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yu joined the crowd in cheering for Xiao Yan, who accepted the appointment.

Xiao Yan expanded the Xiao Family’s pill business while tempering his body and Dou Qi with Scarlet Flame Body Tempering Blood. As the Xiao Family rose in Wu Tan City, Liu Panlong arrived and planned to meet Xiao Yan, considering whether the youth might become his disciple.

• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan a Purple Gold Card containing his share of the clan’s pill profits, and Xiao Yan promised to refine one thousand bottles of each of three pills monthly.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that the clan should spend most of its profits on medicinal ingredients and cultivation aids, then went to train in the Back Mountain.
• Xiao Yan endured the burning pain of Scarlet Flame Body Tempering Blood as it strengthened his body and refined his Dou Qi, while Yao Lao cultivated to restore his Soul Power.
• Over the next half month, the Xiao Family’s business grew, the Mittel Auction House became its strategic partner, and the other clans declined.
• Liu Panlong arrived in Wu Tan City and heard Jia Liebi accuse Xiao Yan of being responsible for Liu Xi’s disappearance.
• Liu Panlong decided to meet Xiao Yan and considered taking him as a disciple, while privately dismissing Jia Liebi’s assumption that he could be easily manipulated.

Liu Panlong came to the Xiao Family seeking Liu Xi, but after learning about Xiao Yan, he considered recruiting the young genius instead. Xiao Yan led Liu Panlong to a hut, revealed that Liu Xi was dead, and summoned his teacher to subdue him.

• Liu Panlong changed his plans after hearing of Xiao Yan's talent and decided to meet him, while Jia Liebi hoped the alchemist would find no powerful backer protecting the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the clan hall and recognized Liu Panlong, who questioned him about Liu Xi's disappearance.
• Xiao Yan admitted he had seen Liu Xi and claimed the man was at his hut, leading Liu Panlong away from the others.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Liu Xi was dead and called for his teacher to act.
• Xiao Yan's teacher appeared and used overwhelming Soul Power to force Liu Panlong to his knees.

Xiao Yan forced Liu Panlong to choose between death by Bone Chilling Flame and becoming the Xiao Family’s medicine slave, then bound him with a Soul Seal. The chapter ended with Liu Panlong accepting Xiao Yan as his master.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had killed Liu Xi and demanded that Liu Panlong become his medicine slave or be burned by Yao Lao’s Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yao Lao used his overwhelming Soul Power to hold Liu Panlong in place as Xiao Yan counted down.
• Liu Panlong surrendered and agreed to serve the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan planted a Soul Seal in Liu Panlong’s soul, giving him control over Liu Panlong’s life and pain.
• Liu Panlong addressed Xiao Yan as his master.

Xiao Yan made Liu Panlong his medicine slave and had Yao Lao give him valuable alchemy knowledge, winning his loyalty with the promise of advancement. After learning the Jia Lie Clan had manipulated Liu Panlong, Xiao Yan ordered him to drive the clan out of Wu Tan City and told him to call him Little Martial Uncle in public.

• Yao Lao transferred valuable alchemy knowledge to Liu Panlong, and Xiao Yan promised to help him become a Fifth or Sixth Grade Alchemist if he served the Xiao Family.
• Liu Panlong pledged his loyalty to Xiao Yan and revealed that Jia Liebi had sent him to the Xiao Family to provoke a conflict.
• Liu Panlong explained that he had originally hoped to recruit Xiao Yan as his disciple and share in his future success.
• Xiao Yan ordered Liu Panlong to make the Jia Lie Clan leave Wu Tan City without massacring them.
• Xiao Yan told Liu Panlong to address him as Little Martial Uncle in public, and Liu Panlong agreed.

Xiao Yan persuaded the Xiao Family that Liu Panlong was his senior brother’s disciple, earning Liu a home and a place as the clan’s alchemist. Liu then led eight Da Dou Shi to confront the Jia Lie Clan and ordered them to leave Wu Tan City within three days.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan and the elders that Liu Panlong was his senior brother’s disciple and claimed his senior brother was a Sixth Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Zhan gave Liu Panlong a luxurious residence, and Liu dispatched Xiao Family members to recruit fighters against the Jia Lie Clan.
• Three days later, Liu Panlong led eight Da Dou Shi to the Jia Lie Clan, whose five Da Dou Shi could not match their force.
• Liu Panlong revealed to Jia Liebi that Xiao Yan was his Little Martial Uncle and blamed Jia Liebi for misleading him.
• Liu Panlong gave the Jia Lie Clan three days to leave Wu Tan City and threatened to return with Dou Ling experts if they refused.

After the Jia Lie Clan left Wu Tan City, Xiao Yan assigned Liu Panlong to make pills for the Xiao Family and reached Five Star Dou Zhe. He arranged to sell Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid through Ya Fei, confessed that he wanted her, and returned to find the Ao Ba Clan offering to become the Xiao Family’s vassal.

• The Jia Lie Clan left Wu Tan City in disgrace, and Liu Panlong reported to Xiao Yan that they had departed.
• Xiao Yan told Liu Panlong to refine pills for the Xiao Family and arranged for Yao Lao to guide him; later, Xiao Yan realized he had advanced to Five Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan agreed with Ya Fei that the Mittel Auction House would sell the Xiao Family’s pills and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, with Ya Fei receiving thirty percent of the profits.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei that he wanted her, then left her blushing and thinking about him.
• Back at the Xiao Family residence, Xiao Yan learned that the Ao Ba Clan had offered to submit to the Xiao Family and become its vassal.

Xiao Yan offered the Ao Ba Clan submission under poison-pill control or exile from Wu Tan City, and gave them half a month to decide. Ao Ba Pa accepted just three days later, leaving the clan under Xiao Zhan’s authority as Xiao Yan returned to cultivation.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Family hall, where Xiao Zhan and the elders asked his opinion on the Ao Ba Clan’s offer to become an affiliated clan.
• Xiao Yan gave Ao Ba Pa two choices: the clan’s Dou Shi-level and stronger members could take his poison pills, or the clan could leave Wu Tan City like the Jia Lie Clan.
• Xiao Yan rejected Ao Ba Pa’s objection, gave the Ao Ba Clan half a month to decide, and left the hall.
• Ao Ba Pa sought advice from Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, then returned three days later with four Da Dou Shi and sixteen Dou Shi to accept Xiao Yan’s terms.
• Xiao Yan had Liu Panlong distribute the poison pills and left the antidote with Xiao Zhan, while Liu Panlong welcomed the Ao Ba Clan into their new arrangement.

Two months after the Xiao Family secured its standing in Wu Tan City, Xiao Yan trained with Xun'er and planned their future at Jia Nan Academy. His wish to win the hearts of several women upset Xun'er, and he left her courtyard feeling guilty before heading to Liu Panlong's.

• Ao Ba Pa and the Ao Ba Clan's higher-ups accepted becoming vassals of the Xiao Family, while the Xiao Family celebrated its rise in Wu Tan City.
• Xiao Yan sparred with Xun'er and praised her progress to Dou Qi level 8, encouraging her to reach one-star Dou Zhe before Jia Nan Academy arrived.
• Xiao Yan considered seeking strength in the Black-Corner Region and pursuing the Queen of the Snake-People Race and Yun Yun by relying on his own power.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xun'er would hate him for becoming involved with other women, and she tearfully accused him of thinking about Ya Fei.
• After comforting Xun'er, Xiao Yan left her outside her room and headed to Liu Panlong's courtyard to deliver goods to Ya Fei, where he heard Yao Lao angrily scolding someone.

Xiao Yan collected Liu Panlong’s pills and reflected on how poor comprehension limited his alchemy, then found Ya Fei arguing with Lei Le over control of the Wu Tan City auction house. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan entered her office and asked what had happened.

• Yao Lao scolded Liu Panlong for failing to grasp his alchemy lessons, while Xiao Yan comforted his teacher and collected the month’s pills.
• Xiao Yan noted his rapid growth and rise to Seven-star Dou Practitioner as he walked toward Ya Fei’s office.
• Xiao Yan heard Ya Fei challenge Lei Le’s attempt to seize the auction house and heard Lei Le dismiss her threats.
• Xiao Yan entered the office, assessed Lei Le and his burly guard, and asked Ya Fei what had happened.

Xiao Yan visited Ya Fei and learned that the Mittel Family had sent Lei Le to take over the profitable Wu Tan City branch. When Lei Le tried to have Xiao Yan thrown out, Xiao Yan incapacitated his powerful guard and seized him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that the Mittel Family wanted Lei Le to replace her because the Wu Tan City branch had become highly profitable.
• Ya Fei explained that the family had discovered her success came from her connection to an Alchemist and wanted to poach that person after the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid drew attention in the Imperial Capital.
• Lei Le insulted Xiao Yan and ordered his guard to throw him out, despite Ya Fei's warning.
• Xiao Yan snapped his fingers and caused Lei Le's Six Star Dou Shi guard to collapse unconscious.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Lei Le by the collar, and Lei Le released his Dou Qi before Xiao Yan struck him with a palm that dispersed it.