Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three Year Agreement, but Ge Ye accused him of murdering a Misty Cloud Sect disciple and Yun Leng ordered him seized. Hai Bodong intervened to protect Xiao Yan, leaving the sect and its allies facing a powerful new obstacle.

• Nalan Yanran admitted defeat, and Xiao Yan declared that their ties were over before she collapsed into the arms of Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Nalan Jie lamented the outcome, while Xiao Peng gave Xiao Yan a Qi Replenishing Pill to restore his depleted Dou Qi.
• Ge Ye accused Xiao Yan of killing a Misty Cloud Sect disciple near Black Rock City and presented the disciple's bloodstained token as evidence.
• Xiao Yan denied the accusation, but Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect stewards to seize him.
• Hai Bodong appeared before Xiao Yan, forced back part of Yun Leng's pressure, and warned the stewards not to approach.

Xiao Peng used two arrays to trap and poison three Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wangs while Hai Bodong fought Yun Leng. When reinforcements arrived, Xiao Peng engaged Yun Sheng and Xiao Yan faced Yun Lei, leaving both clashes underway.

• Yun Leng ordered three elders to restrain Hai Bodong and the Misty Cloud Sect deacons to form the Misty Cloud Array Formation.
• Xiao Peng activated the Dragon Locking Ring and Thorn Prison, trapping the three Dou Wangs and poisoning them, while Hai Bodong attacked Yun Leng.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao were stunned by Xiao Peng’s array skills and strength as he held the Misty Cloud Sect fighters at bay.
• Yun Fu arrived with Yun Sheng, Yun Lei, and another Dou Wang, then ordered Yun Sheng and Yun Lei to capture Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng.
• Xiao Peng drew the Qingping Sword and struck Yun Sheng’s blade, while Yun Lei’s attack forced Xiao Yan to block with the Black Heavy Ruler.

Xiao Peng and his allies fought Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders until Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan, a Dou Zong expert. As Yun Shan prepared to confront them, Xiao Peng activated a powerful array that trapped the plaza and opened a dark rift.

• Xiao Peng incapacitated Yun Sheng while Hai Bodong saved Xiao Yan from Yun Lei and Little Cai attacked Yun Fu and the other Misty Cloud Sect experts.
• Xiao Peng struck Yun Lei from behind and knocked him unconscious, relieving the pressure on Xiao Yan.
• Yun Leng retreated and played a cloud-white flute, summoning Yun Shan from his secluded cultivation.
• Yun Shan arrived and decided to spar with Hai Bodong and the others to restore the Misty Cloud Sect's reputation.
• Xiao Peng activated the Seven Star Sky Burning Array, forming a rotating seven-colored vortex that opened a pitch-black rift.

Xiao Peng used a chain of layered arrays to trap and attack Yun Shan, then fled with Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Little Cai. The arrays severely wounded Yun Shan, leaving him trapped and bleeding in the plaza.

• Yun Shan attacked the Seven Star Sky Burning Array, but Xiao Peng activated its barrier and sealed him inside.
• Xiao Peng led Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Little Cai away while explaining that the arrays could hold Yun Shan only temporarily.
• As the group flew down the mountain, Xiao Peng activated more arrays to delay Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan crushed the blood-colored blazing sun, triggering more arrays that bound and confined him.
• The arrays drained Yun Shan's Dou Qi and struck him with fire, ice, and lightning, making him spit blood and fall to one knee.

After Yun Shan survived the formation attack, he ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to hunt Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng and seal the routes out of the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Yan returned with Xiao Peng and Hai Bodong to Wu Tan City to warn the Xiao Family and prepare them to flee, but Xiao Zhan called the elders together before they left.

• Yun Shan broke free of the formations and ordered Yun Leng to issue a wanted notice for Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng and seal the major routes out of the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan chose to return to the Xiao Family before seeking refuge at Jia Nan Academy, and Hai Bodong agreed to accompany them while Xiao Peng used Stealth Talismans to conceal their auras.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Peng, and Hai Bodong reached Wu Tan City and reunited with Xiao Zhan at the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan about the Misty Cloud Sect's pursuit and urged him to evacuate the family, while Xiao Zhan praised Xiao Yan's growth and summoned the family elders to the main hall.

After Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, the Misty Cloud Sect issued a warrant for him and Xiao Peng, so Xiao Zhan ordered the Xiao Family to abandon their home and relocate to the Black Wind Valley Secret Fortress. Xiao Yan and Xiao Peng brought the younger family members there first and began preparing for the elders’ arrival.

• Xiao Peng told the elders that Xiao Yan had defeated Nalan Yanran but escaped when the Misty Cloud Sect tried to detain him and issued a warrant for them.
• Xiao Zhan decided to relocate the Xiao Family to the Black Wind Valley Secret Fortress and sent Xiao Yan, Xiao Peng, and the younger disciples ahead through a secret passage.
• Xiao Yan led the group through the underground passage and river to the secret fortress, where the resident elders welcomed them.
• Xiao Yan explained the Misty Cloud Sect’s actions to the fortress elders, and one of them sent people to meet Xiao Zhan and the others.
• Xiao Peng began setting up formations around the secret fortress to conceal and protect the Xiao Family.

Xiao Peng gave the Xiao Family pills and alchemy inheritances to help it grow while it hid from the Misty Cloud Sect. He told Xiao Zhan he planned to leave for Jia Nan Academy the next day.

• Xiao Peng greeted Xiao Zhan as the Xiao Family arrived with its valuables, then spent the night refining pills for the clan.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders discussed their limited supplies when Xiao Peng presented pills suitable for cultivators at several levels, including the Dou Qi stage.
• Xiao Peng gave Xiao Zhan and the elders four Fourth-grade Alchemist inheritances, and Xiao Zhan instructed the First Elder to select four children to study them.
• Xiao Peng told Xiao Zhan he planned to leave for Jia Nan Academy the next day, and Xiao Zhan wished him caution.

Xiao Peng left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range with a letter for Xiao Yu, while the Misty Cloud Sect launched a violent search for the Xiao Family in Wu Tan City. The sect found Xiao Mansion abandoned, unaware that the family had already taken refuge in the Black Wind Valley Secret Fortress.

• The First Elder gave Xiao Peng a letter to deliver to Xiao Yu when he reached Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Peng rode the Qingping Sword away from Wu Tan City and spotted Misty Cloud Sect members with two powerful figures he suspected were from Soul Hall following them.
• Yun Sha ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to seize the Xiao Family, and they terrorized residents and searched homes throughout Wu Tan City.
• The Misty Cloud Sect disciples found Xiao Mansion empty and stripped bare, and Yun Sha ordered them to block every road out of the city.
• The Xiao Family remained hidden in the Black Wind Valley Secret Fortress while the Misty Cloud Sect searched in vain.

Xiao Peng sent a clone to warn Xiao Li and the others in Stone Desert City, then cultivated in the Magical Beast Mountain Range until his Golden Core was complete. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King arrived and asked him to take its cub, leaving Xiao Peng wondering whether it wanted Little Lion to gain experience.

• Xiao Peng sent a clone to Stone Desert City to tell Xiao Li and the others to leave, then flew to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to cultivate.
• Xiao Peng set up a concealed cave, sent clones to gather herbs and hunt Magical Beasts, and had one clone refine pills while he cultivated.
• A month later, Xiao Peng's Golden Core was complete, and he decided to wait until preparations were ready before attempting to reach the Nascent Soul realm.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King arrived, acknowledged Xiao Peng's rapid improvement, and said it wanted its child to follow him.
• Xiao Peng guessed that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King wanted Little Lion to gain experience.

Xiao Peng watched the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King leave, then received two Nascent Soul Breaking Pills after the Cloning refined them through a Nine-Colored Pill Lightning tribulation. He prepared a fortified valley for his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King told Xiao Peng to visit its nest before leaving, and Xiao Peng returned to the cave.
• The Cloning completed six Nascent Soul Breaking Pills, triggering a nine-colored lightning tribulation that destroyed four and tempered the remaining two.
• The exhausted Cloning merged back into Xiao Peng, who stored the two pills in a Jade Bottle.
• Xiao Peng chose a nearby valley and arranged Spirit Locking, Spirit Gathering, and Defense Arrays to prepare for his breakthrough.

Xiao Peng endured the Nascent Soul Tribulation, advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, and completed the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique’s Third Turn, Fourth Layer. He left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Zi Yao and a Lightning Marrow Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Peng let the Tribulation Lightning strike him and used the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to temper his body and solidify his Nascent Soul.
• After the seventh bolt, Xiao Peng broke through to the Third Turn, Fourth Layer, and the final lightning rain completed his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Xiao Peng changed clothes, flew to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s lair, and planned to leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King introduced its child, Zi Yao, and sent it to travel with Xiao Peng.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King gave Xiao Peng a Lightning Marrow Crystal, which he considered using to forge a new Alchemy Furnace.

Xiao Peng bonded with Zi Yao and left for the Black Corner Region, where he met Yun Yun. After warning her that Yun Shan’s sudden change in temperament might signal something wrong, he continued on, while Yun Yun resolved to investigate her teacher.

• Xiao Peng formed a contract with Zi Yao, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King entrusted its daughter to him.
• Xiao Peng and Zi Yao set off for the Black Corner Region so he could buy medicinal herbs before heading to Jia Nan Academy.
• Yun Yun caught up with Xiao Peng and apologized for the Misty Cloud Sect’s warrant against him.
• Xiao Peng defended his actions against Yun Shan and told Yun Yun that Yun Shan’s drastic change in temperament might mean something had clouded his mind.
• After Xiao Peng left, Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect determined to find out what had happened to Yun Shan.

Xiao Peng brought Zi Yao to Black Seal City and refined a Shaping Pill so she could take human form. After Zi Yao warned him about armed men lurking outside their inn room, Xiao Peng killed them, completed the pills, and gave one to Zi Yao, who transformed into a young girl.

• Xiao Peng arrived in Black Seal City with Zi Yao, attracting attention from people who coveted the rare Magical Beast cub.
• Xiao Peng refused an offer of five hundred thousand Gold Coins and three century-old spirit herbs for Zi Yao, then bought ingredients for a Shaping Pill and rented a room at Welcome Guest Tower.
• Xiao Peng began refining the Shaping Pill, and Zi Yao spotted armed men in black lurking outside the room.
• Xiao Peng killed the men with his Spiritual Sense and finished refining three Shaping Pills, dispersing the heavenly phenomenon that was about to appear.
• Xiao Peng fed Zi Yao a Shaping Pill, and she transformed into a young girl with long purple hair and a pale purple scale between her brows.

After Zi Yao adapted to her new human body, Xiao Peng planned to earn money for rare materials by selling the pills he had refined. At the Myriad Treasures Building, he traded his Third-grade Pills for herbs and minerals to use in crafting a sword and an Alchemy Furnace, while Elder Li secretly sent a guard after he left.

• Zi Yao explored her new body, reached four-star Da Dou Shi, and ate Flesh and Blood Essence that Xiao Peng gave her.
• Xiao Peng spent the night refining pills while Zi Yao rested at the inn.
• Xiao Peng and Zi Yao visited the Myriad Treasures Building, where Elder Li initially doubted Xiao Peng because of his age.
• Xiao Peng presented his Third-grade Pills, and Elder Li examined them before offering a trade for goods.
• Xiao Peng chose medicinal herbs and minerals, including Star Grass and Mysterious Iron Gold, and left with Zi Yao.
• After Xiao Peng departed, Elder Li summoned a guard and whispered instructions to him.

Xiao Peng and Zi Yao reached Jia Nan Academy after dealing with attackers on the road and entering Peace Town. In Jia Nan City, they reunited with Xiao Mei, who took them to eat grilled meat skewers.

• Xiao Peng and Zi Yao lured five Black Corner Region criminals into a rocky forest, where Xiao Peng killed them instantly.
• Xiao Peng and Zi Yao arrived at Peace Town, where Huo De verified Xiao Peng's Jia Nan Academy identity and gave him an azure badge.
• Huo De sent two enforcers to escort Xiao Peng and Zi Yao to Jia Nan City, where they arrived that evening.
• Xiao Peng and Zi Yao walked through Jia Nan City and met Xiao Mei, Xiao Peng's cousin and an Outer Academy student.
• Xiao Mei invited Xiao Peng and Zi Yao to a popular eatery and ordered grilled meat skewers.

Xiao Peng reunited with Xiao Mei and told her that Xiao Yan had won the Three Year Agreement, forcing the Xiao Family into hiding from the Misty Cloud Sect. He then visited Instructor Ruo Lin, who was shocked by his strength and Zi Yao’s identity, and agreed to request a student identity for her.

• Xiao Mei treated Xiao Peng and Zi Yao to dinner, and Xiao Peng explained how he had helped Xiao Yan escape after the Misty Cloud Sect tried to capture him.
• Xiao Mei and Zi Yao resolved to grow stronger to help protect their family and friends, and Xiao Peng agreed to join the Inner Academy Selection Competition.
• Xiao Peng asked Xiao Mei to take him to see Instructor Ruo Lin, who had been worried about him.
• Ruo Lin was shocked that she could not sense Xiao Peng’s strength, and Xiao Peng introduced Zi Yao as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s child.
• Xiao Peng asked Ruo Lin to arrange a student identity for Zi Yao, and Ruo Lin said she would report the request to the academy’s higher-ups.

Xiao Peng reunited with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei, gave them cultivation pills, and revealed that he had reached Da Dou Shi. He then went with them to visit Xiao Yu, who was attempting to break through to Dou Shi.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Peng she had heard of his return from Xiao Mei and reproached him for not visiting her first.
• Xiao Peng gave Xiao Mei cultivation pills and Xiao Xun'er a Calming Heart Pill, then revealed that he had advanced to Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Peng learned that Xiao Yu was in seclusion trying to break through to Dou Shi and asked Xiao Mei to take him to see her.
• Xiao Peng, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun'er found Xiao Yu in Heart Tempering Courtyard among shattered stones, and Xiao Yu happily greeted Xiao Peng.

Xiao Peng gave Xiao Yu breakthrough pills and learned her family was in trouble because of the Misty Cloud Sect. After Xiao Yu discovered her grandfather wanted her to marry Xiao Peng, she acknowledged her feelings for him; the chapter ended as the Inner Academy Selection began.

• Xiao Peng gave Xiao Yu pills to help her break through to Dou Shi, and she accepted them after hearing about the Xiao family's troubles with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Peng gave Xiao Yu a letter and pills from the First Elder for Xiao Ning.
• Xiao Yu read the First Elder's suggestion that she marry Xiao Peng and realized she liked him, though she felt conflicted by the family calculation behind the proposal.
• The Inner Academy Selection began at Jia Nan Academy, where Ruo Lin urged Xiao Peng and Xiao Xun'er to do their best.
• Xiao Yu, now a Dou Shi, watched from among the senior students and encouraged Xiao Peng with a smile.

Xiao Xun'er defeated Huang Gaoyuan in the Inner Academy Selection, while Xiao Yan realized he had arrived too late to compete. Xiao Peng entered his match against Chen Kai as Hu Jia doubted he would last three moves.

• Cai Kun defeated Tang Er in the opening match of the Inner Academy Selection.
• Xiao Xun'er used her Guardian Trigram Palm to defeat Huang Gaoyuan and received Xiao Peng's praise.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Xun'er compete and reflected that he had missed the selection and would have to wait until next year.
• Xiao Peng was called to fight Chen Kai, who challenged him and accused him of relying on Xiao Xun'er’s favor.
• Xiao Peng leaped onto the arena, while Hu Jia predicted he would lose within three moves.

Xiao Peng effortlessly knocked Chen Kai unconscious during the selection and later defeated Bai Shan after Bai Shan confronted him over Xiao Xun'er. The chapter ended with Xiao Peng beating Bai Shan while leaving his bones unbroken.

• Xiao Peng released an oppressive force that knocked Chen Kai unconscious, and the referee declared Xiao Peng the winner.
• Xiao Xun'er and Ruo Lin praised Xiao Peng's performance, and Ruo Lin discussed the Inner Academy Selection with him and Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Peng walked through town holding Xiao Xun'er's hand, then escorted her to the dormitory before returning to his own courtyard.
• Bai Shan confronted Xiao Peng and demanded that he leave Xiao Xun'er alone.
• Xiao Peng disarmed and subdued Bai Shan, then threw him against a wall and repeatedly punched him.