Chapter Summaries

After gaining knowledge of the future and access to the Profound Sky Continent, Xiao Yan used pills from that world to restore his cultivation and strengthen the Xiao Family. With Nalan Yanran approaching to break their engagement, he prepared the clan for the threats tied to the Misty Cloud Sect and planned his next trip through the Dual-Passage Gate.

• Xiao Yan reflected on how the Dual-Passage Gate had shown him future events and let him travel to the Profound Sky Continent, where pills could strengthen people on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan said his restored cultivation allowed him to bring one companion through the gate for two days, and planned to help Lin Dong gain influence so he could acquire more pills and treasures.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders reported their cultivation gains and praised Xiao Yan for supplying pills that had greatly strengthened the clan.
• Xiao Yan asked the Third Elder for intelligence on Nalan Yanran, and the Third Elder reported that she was expected to reach Wutan City that day with Ge Ye and a young man from the Mo Family.
• Xiao Zhan asked how the Xiao Family should respond if Nalan Yanran came to break off the engagement, noting that her teacher Yun Yun was a powerful Dou Emperor and the Misty Cloud Sect's leader.

Xiao Yan prepared the Xiao Family to face Nalan Yanran’s attempt to break off their engagement by deciding to issue her a Divorce Letter instead. Ge Ye arrived at the clan with Nalan Yanran and Mo Li, leaving Xiao Yan ready to confront them.

• The elders urged Xiao Zhan to let them intercept Nalan Yanran, but he told them to hear Xiao Yan’s plan first.
• Old Yao supported Xiao Yan, who had awakened him early with Seven Illusory Clear Spirit Saliva and taken him as his teacher.
• Xiao Yan announced that the Xiao Family would preserve its dignity by giving Nalan Yanran a Divorce Letter rather than letting her break off the engagement.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders backed Xiao Yan’s decision as news arrived that the Misty Cloud Sect party was approaching.
• Ge Ye entered the Xiao Family hall with Mo Li and Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan recognized Ge Ye as a Seven Star Great Dou Master.

Ge Ye asked the Xiao Family to dissolve Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement, but the three elders revealed their strength and rejected his pressure. Ge Ye offered a rare pill as compensation, leaving the family to consider his proposal.

• Xiao Zhan received Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and Mo Li, then urged Ge Ye to state why the Yun Lan Sect had come.
• Ge Ye announced that he had come under Yun Yun’s orders to dissolve Nalan Yanran’s marriage contract with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders erupted in anger, and Ge Ye invoked Xiao Yan’s ruined cultivation and warned them not to oppose the Sect Master.
• The three elders unleashed their Dou Qi and revealed that each was an Eight-Star Great Dou Shi, shocking Ge Ye into withdrawing his threat.
• Ge Ye presented a Fourth-Grade Ju Qi San pill, claiming it could help a Ninth Stage Dou Qi cultivator become a Dou Zhe, and offered it as compensation.

The Xiao Family rejected Nalan Yanran’s attempt to buy her way out of the engagement, and Xiao Zhan fought Ge Ye after defending Xiao Yan’s dignity. Xiao Yan divorced Nalan Yanran and revealed his strength, while Nalan Yanran vowed to return in three years; an unknown black-robed alchemist then appeared, assuring the Xiao Family that his disciple could not be bullied by a Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Zhan rejected Ge Ye’s Ju Qi San and declared that Xiao Yan, not the Nalan Family, would end the engagement by choice.
• Ge Ye threatened the Xiao Family, and Xiao Zhan struck him down with Lion Mountain Split after defending Xiao Yan’s dignity.
• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a Divorce Letter and declared that she had no connection to the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Yanran attacked Xiao Yan, but he knocked away her sword and revealed that he had Dou Qi; she vowed to return in three years before Ge Ye led her and Mo Cheng away.
• Xiao Zhan warned Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect might retaliate, but a black-robed alchemist appeared and said his disciple could not be bullied by a mere Dou Emperor.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave for the Profound Sky Continent, asking Old Yao to protect the Xiao Family and reassuring him that a Soul Hall Protector would not be a major threat. Xun'er joined him on the mountain, and the chapter ended with the two walking toward Wutan City together.

• Xiao Yan told Old Yao he would leave the next morning and asked him to watch over the Xiao Family while he was gone.
• Old Yao explained that his wounded Soul Body could barely fight an entry-level Dou Zong and would be vulnerable to a Soul Hall Protector, while Xiao Yan trusted his sworn brother Little Sable to counter such enemies.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Xiao Family descended from the Ancient Xiao Clan, and Old Yao recalled the clan's Dou Di bloodline and its defeat by the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yan noticed Xun'er approaching and met her on the mountaintop after Old Yao returned to his ring.
• Xun'er asked about Nalan Yanran breaking off the engagement, and Xiao Yan teased her for leaving without saying goodbye before inviting her to Wutan City.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan traveled through the Dual-Passage Gate to meet Lin Dong’s family in Qingyang Town. They arrived as Lin Xiao reflected on his past defeat, just as the visitors appeared in the cave.

• Xiao Yan left the Ancient Ring beneath his pillow and went to meet Xiao Zhan at the back mountain.
• Xiao Yan used the Dual-Passage Gate to take Xiao Zhan to the Lin Family’s back mountain in Qingyang Town.
• Lin Xiao thanked Lin Dong for the healing pills Xiao Yan had supplied, and Lin Dong revealed that Lin Xiao had known about their secret dealings.
• Lin Xiao explained that he had kept the cross-world connection secret to protect the family and recalled how he had been crippled after becoming a celebrated genius.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan appeared in the cave as Lin Xiao stood up, troubled by memories of his defeat.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan arrived with Lin Dong at the Lin Family, where they planned to help the clan replace the Blood Wolf Gang and expand its access to resources. Lin Zhentian announced that Lin Xiao had recovered his strength and that Lin Dong’s powerful godfather had arrived, leaving the clan meeting stunned as the visitors entered the hall.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong introduced their fathers to each other, and Lin Xiao thanked Xiao Zhan for the resources that had helped him and Lin Dong grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Lin Dong could use the Flame Ancestral Symbol to free Xiao Chen from Demon Flame Space, while Lin Dong learned that Little Sable was an ancient Sky Demon Sable.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Zhan would help the Lin Family remove Yan City’s threats and take over the Blood Wolf Gang’s resource channels.
• At the clan meeting, Lin Mang mocked Lin Xiao, but Lin Zhentian rebuked him and revealed that Lin Xiao had recovered and surpassed his own strength.
• Lin Ken celebrated the news, and Xiao Zhan and Lin Xiao entered the hall with Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Lin Xiao’s wife.

Lin Xiao and Xiao Zhan agreed to help the Lin Family expand, then planned to strike the Lei and Xie families and claim Ironwood Manor’s Yang Origin Stone Vein. After the Shadow Guard revealed that the Blood Robe Sect and Black Dragon Stockade were meeting with the Lei and Xie families, Lin Xiao proposed a rapid attack and Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Yan to decide.

• Lin Zhentian welcomed Xiao Zhan and transferred the Lin Family’s authority to Lin Xiao, while the families agreed to cooperate.
• Xiao Yan urged the Lin Family to seize Ironwood Manor and its Yang Origin Stone Vein, and Lin Xiao declared that the Lei and Xie families would be eliminated.
• A Shadow Guard messenger reported that the Blood Robe Sect and Black Dragon Stockade had entered the Lei Family to discuss plans against the Lin Family and Mad Saber Martial Hall.
• Lin Dong explained that Lin Xiao had formed the Shadow Guard from deathsworn trained in Dou Qi and had placed spies in local and Yan City factions.
• Lin Xiao proposed striking before their enemies could act, and Xiao Zhan turned to Xiao Yan for his decision.

Xiao Yan planned for Xiao Zhan and the Lin Family elders to attack the Lei and Xie families while he and Lin Dong stayed behind. When Lei Bao and his allies confronted Lin Zhentian, a powerful figure arrived and killed four of them instantly, leaving Master Gu and the others stunned.

• Xiao Yan proposed sending Xiao Zhan and the Lin Family elders to destroy the Lei and Xie families, while he and Lin Dong remained at the Lin Family.
• Xiao Zhan and Lin Zhentian agreed to set out, eager to fight after years of restraint.
• At the Lei Family courtyard, Lei Bao questioned Master Gu about reports that Lin Xiao had recovered, and Master Gu insisted the intelligence was reliable.
• Lei Bao, Xie Qian, Wu Sha, and Yan Kuo went to confront Lin Zhentian, expecting to surround and kill him.
• The four men were hurled back by an invisible force and died with shattered bones and ruptured organs.
• A figure in a luxurious long robe entered under immense pressure and remarked that the Heavenly Origin Realm was too weak.

Xiao Zhan killed Gu Ying and the remaining Lei and Xie family fighters after rejecting Gu Ying’s plea for mercy. While looting the hall, he found the Talisman Master Cultivation Method and planned to bring it back for Yan’er’s Teacher.

• Lei Pi begged Gu Ying to defeat Xiao Zhan, but Gu Ying tried to withdraw by invoking the Blood Robe Sect and Blood Wolf Gang.
• Xiao Zhan refused to spare Gu Ying or the Lei and Xie families, saying Xiao Yan had ordered them all killed.
• Gu Ying attacked with two flying sword blades, but Xiao Zhan crushed them and struck him down with a lion-headed phantom.
• Gu Ying recognized Xiao Zhan’s attack as the power of the Form Creation Realm before he was killed.
• Xiao Zhan killed Lei Pi and the other survivors, then looted their possessions and found the Talisman Master Cultivation Method.

After the Lin Family destroyed the Lei and Xie families, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong discussed dividing the spoils while Xiao Zhan prepared to lead the next campaign. The Lin forces departed to attack Black Dragon Stockade, while Xiao Zhan took Xiao Yan and Lin Dong toward Yan City to broaden their horizons and pursue further plans.

• Xiao Yan refused Lin Dong’s offer to give the Lin Family only ten percent of the spoils and reminded him that Qing Tan might need funds for rare spiritual medicine.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong agreed to check on the Lin Family’s preparations to attack Black Dragon Stockade, and Qing Tan gave each of them a flower wreath.
• Lin Zhentian led the Lin Family force out to destroy Black Dragon Stockade while Xiao Zhan planned to travel to Yan City and attack the Blood Robe Sect and Blood Wolf Gang.
• Xiao Zhan invited Xiao Yan and Lin Dong to accompany him to Yan City, and both boys agreed.
• Xiao Yan planned to buy Universe Bags in Yan City and sell them through Ya Fei’s channels to raise funds for treasures that could restore Old Yao’s Soul Power.

Xiao Zhan attacked the Blood Robe Sect and crippled Wei Tong after learning that he had targeted Gu Ying. When Yue Shan intervened, Xiao Zhan displayed a lifelike lion-shaped Dou Qi technique, prompting Yue Shan to mistake him for a Form Creation Realm expert and beg for mercy; Yan City's City Lord took notice.

• Xiao Zhan broke into the Blood Robe Sect and defeated Wei Tong, leaving the sect master gravely wounded amid the ruins.
• Xiao Zhan identified himself as a consecrated expert of the Lin Family and told Wei Tong that Gu Ying had offended him.
• Yue Shan arrived to defend the Blood Robe Sect, but Xiao Zhan killed Wei Tong before he could stop him.
• Yue Shan attacked Xiao Zhan with a Blood Blade, and Xiao Zhan formed a detailed illusory lion head with his Dou Qi.
• Yue Shan withdrew and knelt, declaring Xiao Zhan a Form Creation Realm expert, while the Yan City Lord turned his attention to the battle.

Xiao Zhan killed Yue Shan and, after sensing the Intent of Form Creation in Yue Shan’s final attack, entered an epiphany. Xiao Yan and Lin Dong rushed to guard him as onlookers began eyeing the battlefield greedily.

• The City Lord secretly watched Xiao Zhan confront Yue Shan outside the Blood Robe Sect.
• Xiao Zhan shattered Yue Shan’s blood saber and wounded him with a single punch.
• Yue Shan unleashed Mountain Peak Fist with his remaining power, and Xiao Zhan recognized the Intent of Form Creation before killing him with Lion Mountain Split.
• Xiao Zhan stood motionless in an epiphany, while Little Sable told Lin Dong not to disturb him.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong rushed to protect Xiao Zhan, as the watching experts began considering attacking and claiming the spoils.

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong protected Xiao Zhan while he pursued enlightenment, and City Lord Shi intervened to disperse the crowd. After City Lord Shi demonstrated how to compress Origin Energy, Xiao Zhan broke through into the Spirit Battle Realm.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong warned the crowd that disturbing Xiao Zhan's enlightenment would bring deadly consequences.
• City Lord Shi appeared, confirmed Xiao Zhan was experiencing enlightenment, and persuaded the experts to leave.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong thanked City Lord Shi and stood protectively before Xiao Zhan as Little Sable warned them he could not sustain a long fight.
• Xiao Zhan formed a Dou Qi Lion Phantom but failed to stabilize it, and City Lord Shi advised him to compress his power further.
• City Lord Shi demonstrated his Great Jade Palm, and Xiao Zhan grasped the guidance, resumed cultivation, and broke through into the Spirit Battle Realm.

Xiao Yan gave City Lord Shi a Beast Power Pill and received cultivation insights and martial arts techniques in return, helping the Xiao and Lin families rise in Yan City. Before leaving, Xiao Yan told Lin Dong and Little Sable about his ability to travel between worlds and asked Little Sable to help him deal with a Soul Hall Protector.

• Xiao Yan offered City Lord Shi a Beast Power Pill, and City Lord Shi accepted it and gave Xiao Zhan his cultivation insights in return.
• City Lord Shi invited Xiao Zhan and his sons to stay at his mansion and promised to inventory the defeated factions' wealth for them.
• Over two days, the Lin Family defeated the Lei and Xie families, the Blood Robe Sect, and the Blood Wolf Gang, while City Lord Shi gave Xiao Yan the Great Jade Sword Technique and Great Jade Palm Technique.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Dong and Little Sable that he could travel between the Dou Qi Continent and the Profound Sky Continent and summon someone between them.
• Xiao Yan asked Little Sable to help defeat a Soul Hall Protector, and Little Sable agreed after learning the enemy was a Soul Body.

Xiao Yan warned Little Sable about Wu Protector and returned to the Xiao Family with a great haul of Profound Sky Continent resources. He then showed Old Yao a Talisman Masters’ Spiritual Cultivation Method, leaving his teacher curious about the unfamiliar system.

• Xiao Yan asked Little Sable whether he could handle Wu Protector, and Little Sable said he could fight the Soul Hall Protector after recovering more strength or use a costly trump card to kill him.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Dong to keep the Lin Family’s development low-key while he and his father were away, and promised to bring more pills when he returned.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan returned to the Xiao Family with many resources, and Xiao Zhan planned to use them to strengthen the clan and help every member become a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan brought a Spiritual Cultivation Method booklet to Old Yao, who sensed its unusual energy and learned that it belonged to the Talisman Masters’ cultivation system.

Xiao Yan gave Old Yao the Divine Movement Chapter, which strengthened Old Yao’s Soul Power and prompted him to enter seclusion. Xiao Yan then learned that medicinal ingredients were running scarce and considered whether Old Yao’s new insights could help free Hai Bodong from his curse.

• Xiao Yan gave Old Yao the Divine Movement Chapter, and Old Yao gained insight from its cultivation method.
• Old Yao entered seclusion, expecting to emerge with enough strength to wield Four-star Dou Zong power while possessing a body.
• Xiao Yan visited the Great Elder and asked how the procurement of medicinal ingredients was going.
• The Great Elder said the Xiao Family had gathered all available Fourth- and Fifth-Grade pill ingredients in the Jia Ma Empire, while the Mittel Family had lost most of its businesses abroad.
• Xiao Yan considered bringing Hai Bodong back and wondered whether Old Yao could remove the Serpent Seal Curse without a Po'e Pill.
• Xiao Yan asked the Great Elder whether the Misty Cloud Sect had made any moves while he and his father were away.

The Misty Cloud Sect’s Yun Leng planned to destroy the Xiao Family after the sect was barred from attacking openly, sending Yun Lei to Wutan City to arrange a covert assault. In the Jia Lie Family hall, Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa prepared to attack alongside Lei Yun, who waited for Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan to appear.

• The Xiao Family’s Great Elder learned that the Imperial Iron Cavalry had stopped Yun Leng from descending on the Xiao Family and that Misty Cloud Sect had five Dou Wangs.
• Yun Leng raged over Nalan Yanran’s rejected marriage and Ge Ye’s injuries, but another elder warned him that the sect could not openly defy the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Yun Leng ordered Elder Yun Lei to secretly support local families, conceal his Misty Cloud Sect identity, and exterminate the Xiao Family.
• At the Jia Lie Family, Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa told Lei Yun that their clans were ready to attack and that Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan had been missing for two days.
• Ao Ba Pa recalled that Lei Yun was a Dou Ling and believed the combined force could defeat the Xiao Family, which had no Dou Ling.

Xiao Yan learned that a Dou Ling elder from the Misty Cloud Sect might be in Wutan City, while Xiao Han continued advancing in the Form Creation Realm. Before Xiao Yan could report the threat, the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families allied with a Dou Ling from the Chu Yun Empire and marched on the Xiao Family, prompting Xiao Han to charge out to face them.

• Xiao Yan refined Yang Yuan Pills beneath the sun, strengthening his Life-Bound Fire Seed and advancing Fen Jue to Yellow Tier High-Grade.
• The Third Elder told Xiao Yan that Yun Leng had been intercepted by Mu Chen and that a Dou Ling elder might have secretly reached Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan and the Third Elder found Xiao Zhan discussing martial arts with Xiao Han, who had broken through to Great Accomplishment of Form Creation Realm.
• A Clan Member reported that the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families had allied with a Dou Ling from the Chu Yun Empire and were marching on the Xiao Family with more than four hundred men.
• Xiao Han rushed out to confront the attacking families and behead the Dou Ling expert.

Xiao Yan led the Xiao Family into battle against the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families, while Xiao Han fought Yun Lei and the two clan leaders. The Xiao Family overwhelmed its opponents, and the chapter ended with Ao Ba Pa and Jia Lie Bi discovering that Xiao Zhan had become a Dou Ling.

• Xiao Yan ordered the Xiao Family to wipe out the two rival families after Xiao Zhan identified Yun Lei as a Three-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Han suppressed Yun Lei, then fought him alongside Jia Lie Bi, Ao Ba Pa, and four family elders, using the battle to practice the Great Jade Sword Technique.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Zhan and the Three Elders to attack the rival families' Dou Masters while Xiao Han held off their strongest fighters.
• Xiao Zhan's Lion Mountain Split severely wounded more than ten enemy Dou Masters, and Xiao Yan ordered his clan members to finish off the fallen opponents.
• Ya Fei and Gu Ni discussed the Xiao Family's two Dou Ling Experts and waited for the family's Young Clan Leader to meet with them.
• Ao Ba Pa and Jia Lie Bi saw Xiao Zhan's strength on the battlefield and cried out in shock when they realized he had become a Dou Ling.