Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan killed Gale Ao after defeating him, then fought off Gale Bi’s attacks until Xiao Zhan arrived and intervened. Xiao Zhan confronted Gale Bi while Liu Xi screamed from behind him.

• Xiao Yuan approached the wounded Gale Ao and pierced his chest with his spear, killing him despite Gale Ao’s attempt to surrender.
• Gale Bi attacked Xiao Yuan, who dodged his Wind Blades and taunted him while the crowd watched.
• Gale Bi launched a powerful Azure Wind Whirlwind Fist at Xiao Yuan, who prepared to counter it.
• Xiao Yuan used Gale Ao’s corpse to intercept Gale Bi’s Wind Blade, enraging Gale Bi further.
• Xiao Zhan arrived and blocked Gale Bi’s attack with Lion Mountain Split, then pulled Xiao Yuan behind him.
• Xiao Zhan and Gale Bi traded insults as Liu Xi called for Gale Bi to kill them, then screamed.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan trapped Gale Bi with a counterattack and the Xiao Clan elders arrived to help overwhelm him. Wounded and unable to escape, Gale Bi charged at the exhausted Xiao Yuan in a final attempt to kill him.

• Xiao Yan killed Liu Xi, took his Storage Ring, and drew Gale Bi into attacking him while Xiao Yuan used Ice Mirror to repel Gale Bi's punch.
• Xiao Zhan charged Gale Bi as Xiao Yan escaped to Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Yuan confirmed he was only drained from casting Ice Mirror.
• Xiao Yuan announced the three Xiao Clan elders had arrived, and they joined Xiao Zhan in surrounding Gale Bi.
• Gale Bi and Xiao Zhan exchanged powerful attacks, and the three elders struck Gale Bi while he was recovering.
• Gale Bi, badly injured and unable to escape, gathered his remaining Douqi and charged at Xiao Yuan with Azure Wind Whirlwind Fist.

Xiao Yuan used a secret technique to unleash Mystic Ice Whirlwind Kill and defeat Gale Bi, leaving himself completely drained. With Gale Bi frozen and the Gale Family vulnerable, Xiao Yuan urged Xiao Zhan and the elders to strike before they could ally with the Oba Family.

• Gale Bi launched a desperate attack, but Xiao Yuan infused his Qi Gathering Palaces, formed an Ice Mirror, and unleashed Mystic Ice Whirlwind Kill.
• The ice-blade storm engulfed Gale Bi, leaving him wounded and encased in black ice as Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu rushed to support Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yuan explained that a secret technique had exhausted him, while Xiao Zhan guessed that he and Xiao Yan shared a mysterious teacher.
• Xiao Yuan warned Xiao Zhan and the elders to attack the Gale Family before its remaining elders could contact the Oba Family.
• Xiao Zhan ordered a clan guard to assemble the Xiao Clan's fighting forces for an immediate assault.

After returning to the Xiao Clan injured, Xiao Yuan prepared for a possible attack by the Oba Family while Xiao Zhan and the others dealt with the Gale Family. As Xiao Yu fed him porridge, Oba Pa arrived at the Xiao Clan’s gate and threatened to destroy it.

• Xiao Yuan sent Xiao Yan to ask Yao Lao to protect the Xiao Clan, and Yao Lao confirmed that Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling attackers were approaching.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yuan an Essence Nurturing medicinal liquid, which Xiao Yuan drank, then Xiao Yuan sent Xiao Ning to tell Xiao Zhan and the three elders to finish dealing with the Gale Family without worry.
• Xiao Yu returned with porridge and fed Xiao Yuan, while the two exchanged teasing remarks.
• Oba Pa arrived outside the Xiao Clan’s front gate and announced that he would rid Wutan City of the Xiao Clan.

When Oba Pa attacked the Xiao family, Xiao Yuan stood his ground until Ya Fei and Gu Ni arrived to protect him in the name of the Mittel Family. As Oba Pa tried to leave, Yao Lao appeared and confronted him.

• Oba Pa arrived at the Xiao family with three elders and a group of clansmen, intending to take advantage of its troubles.
• Xiao Yuan confronted Oba Pa at the gates and shielded Xiao Yu from his Dou Qi pressure.
• Oba Pa charged at Xiao Yuan, but Ya Fei and Gu Ni leapt over the wall and forced him back.
• Ya Fei declared that Xiao Yuan was a friend of her Mittel Family, and Oba Pa decided to withdraw rather than provoke them.
• Yao Lao's voice stopped Oba Pa from leaving, and a black-robed figure appeared in the courtyard.

Yao Lao revealed himself as Xiao Yuan’s teacher and wiped out the Oba Family members who had attacked the Xiao family. Afterward, Xiao Yuan noticed that Yao Lao was carrying his mother’s keepsake and quietly asked Xiao Yan why.

• Xiao Yuan pretended to complain to Yao Lao that the Oba Family had tried to harm him.
• Yao Lao blasted Oba Pa away with an invisible force, leaving the Oba Family leader gravely wounded.
• Gu Ni recognized Yao Lao’s pale white flame as a Heavenly Flame and realized the black-robed alchemist was far more powerful than he had assumed.
• Yao Lao unleashed the flame and incinerated the Oba Family members who had entered the Xiao family grounds, leaving four Storage Rings behind.
• Ya Fei exchanged a meaningful look with Xiao Yuan, while Xiao Yu stepped out and asked whether it was over.
• Xiao Yuan approached Yao Lao and quietly asked Xiao Yan why his teacher was carrying his mother’s keepsake.

After the Xiao Clan defeated the Gale and Oba families, Xiao Yuan gathered their spoils and prepared to study the Wind Scroll Skill. Xiao Zhan and the elders helped seize the Oba family's assets, leaving the Xiao Clan in control of Wutan City.

• Xiao Yuan told Ya Fei that Yao Lao was Xiao Yan's teacher and escorted Ya Fei and Gu Ni out of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yuan sent the clan members to disperse, then collected and searched the Storage Rings taken from the defeated families.
• Xiao Yuan found the Wind Scroll Skill and Azure Wind Whirlwind Fist in Gale Bi's ring, and kept the skill for future study.
• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yu the Azure Water Skill, a mid-tier Xuan-class Water Attribute cultivation method.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders returned from the Gale Family, learned that the Oba Family had been wiped out, and led the clan in seizing its property.
• The Gale and Oba families' assets passed to the Xiao Clan, ending Wutan City's tripartite balance and placing the city under Xiao Clan control.

Xiao Yuan met Yao Lao and discussed the Xiao Clan’s origins and his plans to expand its influence into the Monster Mountain Range. He declined Yao Lao’s offer to become his teacher, leaving Xiao Yan to receive Yao Lao’s guidance while he pursued his own path.

• Xiao Yuan apologized to Yao Lao for the strain of helping the Xiao Clan defeat the Oba Family and revealed that he knew about soul bodies and Central State.
• Xiao Yuan explained that the Xiao Clan had migrated from Central State and proposed leading it toward its former prosperity.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yan he planned to develop forces in the Monster Mountain Range and handed him Liu Xi’s Storage Ring and its medicinal herbs.
• Yao Lao offered to teach Xiao Yuan, but Xiao Yuan declined so Yao Lao could focus on guiding Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yuan reminded Xiao Yan that he would need great strength to be with Xun Er, then departed, and Yao Lao praised him as no ordinary person.

Xiao Yuan told Ya Fei and the Xiao Clan that he was leaving Wutan City to train in the Monster Mountain Range before Jia Nan Academy's recruitment. As he departed, he encouraged the clan to strengthen its position in Wutan City, while Xiao Yan resolved to accelerate his cultivation.

• Xiao Yuan told Ya Fei he planned to leave Wutan City, and she agreed to wait for him before returning to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yuan embraced Ya Fei, but she stopped him from kissing her and left to prepare supplies for his journey.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Zhan and the three elders that he would train in the Monster Mountain Range without his teacher and return before Jia Nan Academy's recruitment.
• Xiao Yan overheard Xiao Yuan's confidence in his future and asked Yao Lao for a faster way to cultivate, agreeing to endure hardship as long as it did not harm his foundation.
• Xiao Yuan warned Xiao Zhan and the three elders that Wutan City's weakened Dou Da Shi ranks could attract rivals and urged them to manage the clan's expansion with help from the Mittel Auction House.

Xiao Yuan left the Xiao Clan to train, while the Nalan Family argued over the damage caused by Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement. Xiao Yuan continued his journey on horseback as a Five Star Fighter.

• Xiao Yu said goodbye to Xiao Yuan, who comforted her and left to train for the sake of strengthening the Xiao Clan.
• Nalan Jie beat and scolded Nalan Su over Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement to Xiao Yuan and the damage it had done to the Nalan Family’s reputation.
• Nalan Jie argued that Nalan Yanran had humiliated the Xiao Clan and that Xiao Yuan had handled the break in a way that left the Nalan Family looking contemptible.
• Nalan Su decided to ride to Misty Cloud Mountain to ask Nalan Yanran what had happened.
• Xiao Yuan traveled on horseback, conserving his douqi while making his way to train as a Five Star Fighter.

Xiao Yuan arrived in Green Mountain Town and visited the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion, where he bought all of Xiao Yi Xian’s healing medicine. He learned about the mercenary groups that guarded herb-gathering teams, then saw Xiao Yi Xian arrive at the shop.

• Xiao Yuan reached Green Mountain Town after three days of travel and entered the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion.
• Xiao Yuan recognized the healing medicine as Xiao Yi Xian’s work and bought the shop’s entire stock with a Mittel Family gold card.
• Xiao Yuan asked the clerk about the herbs and the mercenary groups that guarded trips into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered the shop, drawing the attention of the mercenaries, and Xiao Yuan watched her through the crowd.

Xiao Yuan rested, cultivated, and went to the Monster Mountain Range entrance to pursue his plans for the Xiao Clan. When the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion announced an herb-gathering expedition with Xiao Yi Xian, he secured a place by showing his strength and agreed to protect the team.

• Xiao Yuan ate at an inn, secured his room with ice crystals, and slept through the night.
• Xiao Yuan cultivated the Wind Scroll Skill for two hours and estimated he could reach Six Star Fighter in less than a month.
• Xiao Yuan arrived at the Monster Mountain Range entrance and considered how to bring Green Mountain Town's three major mercenary groups under his command.
• A Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion recruiter announced a fifty-person herb-gathering expedition that Xiao Yi Xian would join, and Xiao Yuan rushed to claim a place.
• Xiao Yuan knocked out a burly mercenary who tried to pull him aside, convincing the recruiter to accept him as a Two Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yuan agreed to protect the Ten Thousand Medicines Pavilion team for five hundred Gold Coins, asking to receive the full payment after the expedition.

Xiao Yuan traveled with Xiao Yi Xian’s herb-gathering party through the Monster Mountain Range as clever Gale Wolves began attacking the group. He discovered that a Wind Spirit Mushroom nearby might explain the beasts’ behavior, while keeping his discovery to himself.

• Xiao Yuan watched Xiao Yi Xian walk with the guarded herb-gathering team and saw the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s young commander try to win her favor.
• Xiao Yuan sensed magical beasts approaching but chose not to warn the mercenaries unless they threatened him.
• A Gale Wolf wounded a mercenary at the edge of the party before fleeing into the forest.
• Three Gale Wolves attacked again, drawing the group’s attention before one killed a mercenary and the beasts escaped.
• Xiao Yuan detected a Wind Spirit Mushroom beneath a tree nearby and realized it could explain the Gale Wolves’ presence.

Xiao Yuan followed Xiao Yi Xian into the forest and discovered the hidden Mountain Cave he had been seeking. When Xiao Yi Xian found the cave too, he caught her as she nearly fell from the cliff and threatened her.

• Xiao Yuan watched the Gale Wolves stop following the party and guard the Wind Spirit Mushroom.
• Xiao Yi Xian called for the mercenaries to rest near the herb-gathering area, and Xiao Yuan followed her into the forest.
• Xiao Yuan found a White Orchid Fruit and used it as a landmark to locate a hidden Mountain Cave beneath the cliff.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered the Mountain Cave after Xiao Yuan left, and Xiao Yuan startled her at the cliff edge.
• Xiao Yuan caught Xiao Yi Xian as she slipped and threatened to kill her if she tried to resist.

Xiao Yuan caught Xiao Yi Xian after she discovered the Mountain Cave and used threats and a poison pill to keep her quiet. He arranged to meet her at midnight to explore the treasure together, and they headed back through the forest.

• Xiao Yuan restrained Xiao Yi Xian and threatened to silence her after discovering she carried poison.
• Xiao Yuan froze the powder in Xiao Yi Xian's hand, then threatened her over the Mountain Cave and its hidden treasure.
• Xiao Yuan forced Xiao Yi Xian to swallow a pill and told her to meet him at midnight for the antidote and treasure hunt.
• Xiao Yi Xian reluctantly agreed, and Xiao Yuan led the way back through the forest with her following angrily.

Xiao Yuan reached the herb-filled basin with Xiao Yi Xian and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then secretly drugged the Gale Wolves and took the Wind Spirit Mushroom. He met Xiao Yi Xian at a cliff and leaped down with her toward the Mountain Cave.

• Mu Li tried to recruit Xiao Yuan into the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but Xiao Yuan refused and Mu Li secretly threatened him.
• The group reached a basin full of medicinal herbs, and Xiao Yuan planned to collect the Wind Spirit Mushroom and explore the Mountain Cave that night.
• Xiao Yuan slipped out of camp, used Xiao Yi Xian's powder to knock out the three Gale Wolves, took the Wind Spirit Mushroom, and left a strip of cloth from Mu Li's tent behind.
• Xiao Yuan met Xiao Yi Xian at the cliff, knocked a Rock Snake off the edge, and jumped down with her in his arms.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian entered a hidden Mountain Cave and discovered a treasure chamber. Xiao Yuan claimed the valuables for himself, leaving Xiao Yi Xian furious and sulking as he found keys and a scroll on the skeleton.

• A wolf pack attacked the camp, and Mu Li led the Wolf Head Mercenary Group away rather than protect the herb-gathering party.
• Xiao Yuan carried Xiao Yi Xian to the Mountain Cave entrance, then took her hand and led her inside.
• Xiao Yuan opened the Stone Gate by activating its earth-element mechanism, revealing a chamber filled with valuables, rare Medicinal Herbs, and a skeleton.
• Xiao Yuan swept the Medicinal Herbs and nearby Gold Coins into his Storage Ring, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to pull away and sulk in a corner.
• Xiao Yuan took three keys from the skeleton, found a scroll inside its arm bone, and turned his attention to the three locked stone boxes.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian found three scrolls in the chests, then retreated into the sealed stone chamber when Mu Li's men blocked the exit. With Mu Li attacking the door, Xiao Yuan began learning Purple Cloud Wings so he could carry Xiao Yi Xian out by air.

• Xiao Yuan opened the three chests and stored the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, Purple Cloud Wings, and Furious Lion's Roar in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yuan carried Xiao Yi Xian toward the cave exit, where he killed a man who appeared at the entrance.
• Xiao Yuan brought Xiao Yi Xian back into the stone chamber and sealed its door after sensing Mu Li's men outside.
• Xiao Yuan took out the Eagle Wings scroll and began practicing Purple Cloud Wings while Xiao Yi Xian watched the door.
• Mu Li called to Xiao Yi Xian from outside, and the stone chamber shook as his men attacked the door.

Xiao Yuan protected Xiao Yi Xian when Mu Li and his mercenaries stormed the stone chamber, then fought his way through the Mountain Cave. After killing the mercenaries and blocking their escape with an Ice Mirror, he returned to Xiao Yi Xian, who had found a mechanism she could not open.

• Xiao Yi Xian worried about Mu Li's approaching men and hid behind a chair when the Stone Gate was blasted open.
• Xiao Yuan shielded Xiao Yi Xian from flying stone fragments and charged Mu Li's group with his spear.
• Xiao Yuan killed Mu Li and several mercenaries inside the stone chamber, then went out into the Mountain Cave.
• Xiao Yuan blocked the cave entrance with an Ice Mirror and attacked the trapped mercenaries with Azure Wind Whirlwind Fist.
• Xiao Yuan returned to Xiao Yi Xian, who told him she had found a mechanism but could not open it.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian discovered a hidden chamber containing the immature Yin Yang Dual Flames, a Heavenly Flame connected to Xiao Yuan’s cultivation method. They found the previous owner’s supplies for refining it, and Xiao Yuan prepared to claim the flame despite being below the recommended Dou Shi realm.

• Xiao Yuan opened a mechanical lock beneath the chair, revealing a staircase descending into the mountain.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian descended and found a black-and-white flame that Xiao Yuan identified as the Yin Yang Dual Flames.
• Xiao Yuan explained that the immature flame was weak and appeared connected to his Five Elements Qi Palace.
• Xiao Yi Xian found carvings explaining that the chamber’s owner had left the flame and a Storage Ring containing materials for refining it.
• Xiao Yuan retrieved three items from the Storage Ring, and Xiao Yi Xian warned him not to refine the flame before reaching the Dou Shi realm.