Chapter Summaries

After half a year of intense cultivation, Xiao Yuan advanced to Dou Zhe and visited Ya Fei to ask for suitable cultivation techniques and Dou Skills. When Ya Fei asked his Dou Qi attribute, the scroll in his soul sea revealed new information, and Xiao Yuan answered that it was Ice attribute.

• Xiao Yuan shared the reward for upgrading his market with Xiao Tong and Peien, while the Gale and Oba Families ignored Huang Jing's death.
• Jax forged Xiao Yuan a Mystic Iron Spear, and Xiao Yuan spent the next half year cultivating until he reached the peak of the ninth stage.
• Xiao Yuan used two Wood Attribute Magic Cores and an Azure Wood Vine to break through to Dou Zhe in eight months.
• Xiao Yuan went to Ya Fei for cultivation techniques and Dou Skills, and she asked him to name his Dou Qi attribute.
• The scroll in Xiao Yuan's soul sea revealed new information, and Xiao Yuan told Ya Fei that his attribute was Ice.

Xiao Yuan revealed his Ice Attribute Douqi to Ya Fei and successfully transformed his Water Attribute Douqi into ice by following the Five-Colored Scroll. He then began practicing the Six Harmonies Spear Dou Technique at the Xiao Clan’s Back Mountain.

• Xiao Yuan told Ya Fei that he possessed Ice Attribute Douqi, asked her to report it to the Great Elder, and requested another batch of medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yuan spent the day accompanying Ya Fei before returning to the Xiao Clan and studying the Five-Colored Scroll’s account of the Five Elements Qi Palace.
• Xiao Yuan used the scroll’s method to transform the black Water Attribute Douqi in his Kidney Black Water Qi Palace into Ice Attribute Douqi.
• Xiao Yuan went to the Back Mountain with his Mystic Iron Spear and practiced the Six Harmonies Spear’s basic moves: parrying, seizing, and thrusting.

Xiao Yuan trained to combine his spear techniques and Swimming Dragon Step before Mittel Tengshan arrived to assess his talent and ask for his help finding someone. Impressed by Xiao Yuan, Mittel Tengshan offered him an ice-attribute cultivation skill and two matching Dou Techniques.

• Xiao Yuan practiced the Six Harmonies Spear and worked on combining it with the Swimming Dragon Step.
• Xiao Yuan sensed someone watching and dodged and countered ribbons of Dou Qi sent from the woods.
• Mittel Tengshan revealed himself, praised Xiao Yuan’s skill, and introduced himself as the Mittel Family’s Great Elder.
• Xiao Yuan apologized for Ya Fei falsifying his information, but Mittel Tengshan said he held no grudge and confirmed the investigation had uncovered Xiao Yuan’s talent.
• Mittel Tengshan said he had come to judge whether Xiao Yuan was worth befriending and to ask him to find someone.
• Mittel Tengshan offered Xiao Yuan the Mystic Ice Skill, Ice Mirror, and Mystic Ice Whirlwind Kill.

Mittel Tengshan gave Xiao Yuan a cultivation method and Dou Techniques, asking him to watch for the missing Hai Bodong as he grew stronger. He approved of Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei’s relationship and offered possible cooperation between their families, while Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yuan was close to Ya Fei and demanded the details.

• Xiao Yuan accepted Mittel Tengshan’s cultivation method and Dou Techniques and promised to support the Mittel Family as he advanced.
• Mittel Tengshan asked Xiao Yuan to identify or find the missing Hai Bodong through the resonance of Hai Bodong’s cultivation method.
• Xiao Yuan promised to keep Hai Bodong in mind and said he would dissolve his engagement with Nalan Yanran in two years as a Da Dou Shi.
• Mittel Tengshan approved of Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei’s relationship, suggested future cooperation between their families, and left after telling Xiao Yuan to keep their conversation confidential.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yuan about the Dou Wang powerhouse, then demanded to hear everything after learning Xiao Yuan was close to Ya Fei.

As the Coming-of-Age Ceremony approached, Xiao Yuan cultivated to Two Star Dou Zhe while Xiao Yan reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi. At the clan’s predictions, Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er watched confidently as the testing began.

• Xiao Yuan cultivated with the Mystic Ice Skill and advanced to Two Star Dou Zhe after two months.
• Xiao Yuan met Xiao Yan and Xun Er, learned Xiao Yan had reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi, and invited them to surprise the clan at the prediction.
• Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er arrived at the training ground, where Xiao Zhan announced that seventh-stage Dou Qi was required to pass.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Mei approach for her test and spoke with Xun Er about how their relationship had changed.
• Xiao Yuan teased Xiao Yan and Xun Er as the testing began and the failed candidates stood disappointed.

Xun’er tested as a One Star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Yan stunned the clan by reaching the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi. Xiao Yuan then revealed that he had advanced to Two Star Dou Zhe, leaving the gathered family members in disbelief.

• Xun’er tested as a One Star Dou Zhe, drawing astonishment from the crowd.
• Xiao Yan went to the testing tablet and revealed that his Dou Qi had recovered to the Eighth Stage.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated Xiao Yan’s result as the examiner announced his high grade.
• Xiao Yuan took the final test and the tablet declared him a Two Star Dou Zhe, shocking everyone.

Xiao Yuan revealed that he had reached Two Star Dou Zhe, astonishing the Xiao Clan and inspiring Xiao Yan to set his sights on Dou Di. After Xiao Yuan displayed his overwhelming aura, the youths who had hoped to challenge him or Xiao Yan gave up.

• Xiao Yuan passed the test as a Two Star Dou Zhe, leaving Xiao Zhan, the elders, Xiao Yan, and the crowd stunned.
• Xiao Yuan declared that his goal was Dou Di, and Xiao Yan embraced the same ambition.
• Xiao Zhan announced that those who failed to qualify could challenge one qualified participant, prompting youths to eye Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yuan released his Dou Zhe aura, and Xiao Zhan and the three elders examined his pure Ice Attribute Douqi.
• Xiao Zhan praised Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, while the youths abandoned their plans to challenge Xiao Yuan or Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yuan attended the Xiao Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, where he spent time with Ya Fei and revealed how strongly he cared for her. Xiao Yu returned from Jia Nan Academy and asked Xiao Yan where Xiao Yuan was, leaving Xiao Yan worried about the encounter.

• Xiao Yuan had made no realm breakthroughs during the past month but had improved his use of the Mystic mid-rank Ice Mirror and practiced Mystic Ice Whirlwind Kill.
• Ya Fei attended the ceremony as a representative of the Mittel Family and stood beside Xiao Yuan, drawing the crowd’s attention.
• Xiao Yuan and Ya Fei teased each other, and Xiao Yuan told her she held an important place in his heart.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er watched them and speculated that Ya Fei had feelings for Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yu returned from Jia Nan Academy, approached Xiao Yan, congratulated him on recovering his talent, and asked where Xiao Yuan was.

Xiao Yu reunited with Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and Xiao Yuan at the Xiao clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, teasing Xiao Yuan and showing her growing closeness to him. Xiao Yuan demonstrated his Ice Attribute Dou Qi by freezing her tea, and Xiao Yu ate the ice.

• Xun Er and Xiao Yu discussed Xiao Yan’s cultivation and Xiao Yuan’s rise to Two Star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er concealed Xiao Yuan’s whereabouts.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan and Xun Er that her mentor would lead Jia Nan Academy’s upcoming recruitment, then watched the Coming-of-Age Ceremony begin.
• Xiao Yuan arrived and sat beside Xiao Yu, who teased him about missing her and called them childhood sweethearts.
• Xiao Yu examined Xiao Yuan’s Dou Qi and confirmed that it had an Ice Attribute.
• Xiao Yuan froze the tea in Xiao Yu’s cup, and she playfully accused him of doing it on purpose before eating the ice.

Xiao Yuan completed the Coming-of-Age Ceremony and revealed that he had reached Three Star Fighter, astonishing the gathered factions and bringing pride to Xiao Zhan. The chapter left Ya Fei considering how to help Xiao Yuan reclaim the Xiao Clan’s residence in the Imperial Capital ahead of his engagement with Nalan Yanran.

• Xiao Yuan took his turn in the Coming-of-Age Ceremony while Xiao Yu, Ya Fei, and others watched him.
• Xiao Ying finished the ritual and called for Xiao Yuan’s cultivation retest.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yan discussed whether Xiao Yuan might have advanced to Three Star Fighter, while Xiao Yu admired his progress.
• Xiao Yuan infused Dou Qi into the Magic Stone Tablet, which displayed “Fighter, Three Stars!”
• The gathered faction representatives marveled at Xiao Yuan’s talent, and Xiao Zhan proudly accepted Ya Fei’s congratulations.
• Ya Fei thought about helping Xiao Yuan reclaim the Xiao Clan’s Imperial Capital residence opposite the Nalan Residence.

Xiao Yuan demonstrated his Three Star Fighter cultivation during the Xiao Clan’s ceremonial retest and accepted Xiao Yu’s challenge. He defeated her in a brief spar, leaving both of them awkwardly aware that his final palm had landed in an embarrassing place.

• The Second Elder announced that Xiao Yuan would accept a challenger whose realm did not exceed his Three Star Fighter level.
• Xiao Yu volunteered to spar with Xiao Yuan, and the Second Elder approved the match.
• Xiao Yuan evaded Xiao Yu’s opening attacks, then caught her ankle and used his Ice Attribute Douqi to numb it.
• Xiao Yuan rushed Xiao Yu and turned his Iron Mountain Fist into a Crushing Stone Palm, shoving her back several steps.
• Xiao Yu admitted defeat with her ears slightly red as the spectators stared in confusion.

Xiao Yuan defeated Xiao Yu at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, then Xiao Yan and Xun Er demonstrated their own talent. After the ceremony, Ya Fei gave Xiao Yuan a gift and left with him to be escorted back, while Xiao Yu watched with growing jealousy.

• Second Elder declared Xiao Yuan the winner of his challenge against Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu warned him she would settle things with him after the ceremony.
• Second Elder called Xiao Yan to the stage, where Xiao Yan revealed he had reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi and astonished the guests.
• Ya Fei decided the Mittel Family should build a relationship with the Xiao Clan because of Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan’s talent.
• Ya Fei approached Xiao Yuan and gave him a red Storage Ring as a coming-of-age gift, making Xiao Yu feel jealous.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yu to wait while he escorted Ya Fei back to the auction house.

Xiao Yuan promised Ya Fei that he would seek her hand after reaching the Dou Wang Stage, then returned to find Xiao Yu waiting for him. At the Back Mountain hot spring, Xiao Yu confessed that she loved him and insisted they stay together.

• Ya Fei said she would look after the Xiao Clan when Xiao Yuan left the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yuan promised not to abandon her.
• Xiao Yuan embraced Ya Fei and said he would ask the Mittel Family for her hand once he reached the Dou Wang Stage; Ya Fei agreed to wait.
• Xiao Yuan returned to the Coming-of-Age Ceremony grounds and walked Xiao Yu back to the Xiao Clan's Back Mountain.
• At the hot spring, Xiao Yu regretted not preparing a gift for Xiao Yuan, and he reassured her that her return was gift enough.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yuan that she had loved him since childhood and refused to let him reject her.

Xiao Yu confessed her feelings to Xiao Yuan and demanded to know whether he liked her. After playful teasing and a kiss, she declared herself his and asked him not to betray her, leaving the two embracing beneath the moon.

• Xiao Yu confessed that she had set her heart on Xiao Yuan and demanded a place in his heart, then asked whether he liked her.
• Xiao Yuan said he liked her, and Xiao Yu pressed him about Ya Fei while he teased her about her appearance.
• Xiao Yu kicked Xiao Yuan, and he caught her legs and tickled her until she admitted defeat.
• Xiao Yuan called Xiao Yu beautiful and kissed her, after which Xiao Yu pinned him down and kissed him back.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yuan she was his and asked him not to betray her, and he pulled her into his arms.

Xiao Yuan planned to strengthen the Xiao Clan and eliminate its hostile rivals, then gave Xiao Yan resources for alchemy after learning that an alchemist had taken him as a disciple. The chapter ended with Xiao Yuan asking Xiao Yan and his teacher to help him with something once Xiao Yan advanced to Fighter.

• Xiao Yuan spent the day shopping with Xiao Yu, then returned to cultivation and considered how to consolidate the Xiao Clan's power.
• Xiao Yuan decided the Gale Family and Oba Family had to be dealt with, though he planned to consult his father and the elders before choosing how far to go.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Yuan to ask for medicinal herbs and money to have medicine refined.
• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yan Huang Jing's Storage Ring after explaining that the Great Elder had granted it to him for cultivation.
• Xiao Yan revealed that an old alchemist had accepted him as a disciple, and Xiao Yuan supplied him with magic cores, herbs, and fifty thousand Gold Coins.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yan he would need his help and his teacher's help once Xiao Yan advanced to Fighter.

Two months later, Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yan how he planned to strengthen the Xiao Clan by using alchemy and the Mittel Family to undermine the Gale Family and the Oba Family. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao agreed to help, while Xiao Yuan prepared to leave for the Monster Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan sparred with Xiao Yuan, who praised his progress and corrected a weakness in his Eight Extremes Collapse technique.
• Xiao Yuan explained his plan for Xiao Yan to make affordable medicines for the Xiao Clan's marketplaces and help cripple the Gale Family and the Oba Family.
• Xiao Yan agreed to ask Yao Lao about learning alchemy and revealing that he had an alchemist teacher, and he reflected on his responsibility to help the clan and his father.
• Xiao Yuan said he would arrange matters at the marketplace and scout the Monster Mountain Range, telling Xiao Yan to contact Ya Fei if anything came up.
• Yao Lao agreed that Xiao Yan should learn alchemy with a practical goal and said he had already planned to take him out for training.

Xiao Yan’s Blood Coagulation Powder drove up Xiao Clan Market profits while sharply damaging the Gale Family’s business. Desperate to counter the shortage and financial crisis, Gale Bi welcomed Gale Ao’s claim that he had found a First Grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Yan spent a week refining several thousand bottles of Blood Coagulation Powder, which Xiao Yuan rationed across Xiao Clan markets.
• Blood Coagulation Powder sales cut the Gale Family’s market income by half, while Xiao Clan profits rose.
• Gale Bi, Gale Ku, and Gale Nu discussed the crisis and rejected killing Xiao Yuan as too dangerous.
• Gale Bi urged his family to find an alchemist, and Gale Ao arrived with Liu Xi, claiming he was a First Grade Alchemist.
• Gale Bi and the elders scrutinized Liu Xi as Gale Bi questioned whether he was truly an alchemist.

Liu Xi joined the Gale Family as its alchemist, and the family began selling Spring Return Powder to compete with the Xiao Clan. While showing Xiao Yan around the market district, Xiao Yuan learned that Gale Ao and a group of men had harassed Xiao Yu, Xun Er, and others, and set out to confront them.

• Liu Xi showed Gale Bi his First Grade Alchemist badge and offered a dismissive assessment of the Xiao Clan’s Blood Coagulation Powder.
• Three days later, Xiao Yuan learned that the Gale Family had begun selling Spring Return Powder, though he doubted it could sustain their business.
• Xiao Yuan took Xiao Yan to the market district to teach him about the Xiao Clan’s businesses and public relations.
• Ke Lu reported that Gale Ao and a group of men had verbally harassed Xiao Yu, Xun Er, and others near the south gate.
• Xiao Yuan ordered Peien to gather the market district’s Dou Zhe and leaped toward the south gate with Xiao Yan.

Liu Xi and Gale Ao tried to force Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er to go with them, but Xiao Yuan arrived as the fight turned dangerous. He ordered Peien and his men to deal with the attackers, leaving the confrontation poised to erupt.

• Liu Xi, encouraged by Gale Ao, pursued Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er and used his First Grade Alchemist status to threaten the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xun'er insulted Liu Xi, and Gale Ao ordered his men to capture the girls after Liu Xi promised to help weaken the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yu fought the Gale Family men but was gradually overwhelmed and told Xiao Ning to take Xun'er for help.
• A burly man attacked Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yuan charged in and pierced him through the chest with his Mystic Iron Spear.
• Xiao Yuan ordered Peien and thirty armed men to kill the attackers and warned them not to leave anyone alive.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan fought Gale Ao and Liu Xi after the two men threatened Xiao Yu and Xun'er. Xiao Yuan crippled Gale Ao with his spear, while Xiao Yan defeated Liu Xi, leaving both enemies with ruined right arms.

• Xiao Yuan reassured Xiao Yu, then told her to take Xun'er and Xiao Ning to rest while Xiao Yan confronted Liu Xi.
• Xiao Yuan accused Gale Ao of declaring war on the Xiao family and charged him with his Mystic Iron Spear.
• Xiao Yuan shattered Gale Ao's wind attacks and pierced his hand with the Six Harmonies Spear technique.
• Xiao Yan sent Liu Xi flying into Gale Ao, and the onlookers saw that both men's right arms were ruined.