Chapter Summaries

Zi Yu helped Gu Xun'er cultivate the Burning Art and absorb the Fire Cloud Water Flame. She successfully refined it, advanced to Five-Star Dou Master, and was left in good health after Zi Yu checked on her.

• Zi Yu explained that the Fire Cloud Water Flame was a separate Heavenly Flame and prepared to help Gu Xun'er absorb it.
• Zi Yu guided the Fire Cloud Water Flame toward Gu Xun'er while suppressing it with his Creation Divine Fire.
• After more than two hours, Gu Xun'er successfully refined the Fire Cloud Water Flame and advanced from Nine-Star Dou Master to Five-Star Dou Master.
• Zi Yu turned away when he realized the Heavenly Flame had burned off Gu Xun'er's clothes, and Gu Xun'er dressed before telling him to turn back.
• Zi Yu checked that Gu Xun'er felt no discomfort, gave her further instructions, and left.

Zi Yu personally taught Miao Ke'er the Azure Sea Sky Crystal Art, helping her reach One-Star Dou Master. When Miao Ke'er offered herself to him, Zi Yu promised to reconsider in a year and left her room.

• Miao Ke'er studied the Azure Sea Sky Crystal Art and wished that Zi Yu would guide her cultivation.
• Zi Yu visited Miao Ke'er and personally taught her the art, helping her break through to One-Star Dou Master.
• Miao Ke'er asked Zi Yu to stay the night and offered herself to him.
• Zi Yu said he was only fourteen and promised to accept her offer if she asked again in a year.
• Miao Ke'er happily accepted his promise, and Zi Yu urged her to keep cultivating before leaving her room.

After more than half a year of cultivation, Zi Yu received a sign-in mission directing him to Wutan City, where Xiao Yan had fallen to the lowest point of his cultivation. The system explained that Zi Yu’s past hardships and final actions had earned him an Innate Merit Emperor Destiny, leaving him destined to become a supreme sovereign.

• Zi Yu left Miao Ke'er and joked with the system about why he had chosen him.
• Over half a year, Zi Yu cultivated the Profound Heaven Creation Scripture to its fourth level, reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Master, and advanced his alchemy to the third grade.
• Zi Yu practiced the Earth Tier Golden Flame Palm in the Origin World and noted that Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Miao Ke'er had also grown stronger under his protection.
• The system issued Zi Yu a sign-in mission in Wutan City with a three-month time limit and an unknown reward.
• The system explained that Xiao Yan’s current misfortune made Wutan City’s fortune especially strong and promised Zi Yu would benefit from signing in.
• The system revealed that Zi Yu possessed an Innate Merit Emperor Destiny, which would make him a supreme sovereign who could crush other imperial destinies.

Zi Yu left Hidden Moon Town with Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Miao Ke'er and arrived in Wutan City, where he heard that Xiao Yan had lost his cultivation talent. The system rewarded Zi Yu for signing in at Wutan City, leaving him with a powerful collection of cultivation techniques, treasures, and other items.

• Zi Yu told Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Miao Ke'er that they would leave Hidden Moon Town, and they packed their belongings and departed the next morning.
• After more than a month of travel, Zi Yu and the three girls arrived in Wutan City and settled at Jade Fragrance Tower.
• The group overheard people discussing how Xiao Yan had lost his talent and fallen from Dou Zhe to Three Stages of Dou Qi.
• Zi Yu signed in at Wutan City, and the system awarded him the Bright Sacred Heaven Scripture, the Supreme Artifact God Codex, the Purple Gold Sacred Light Pearl, and numerous other rewards.

Zi Yu examined his generous system rewards and used two Dou Skill Gift Packs before settling in Wutan City with Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Miao Ke'er. He introduced Dongfang Jing as a new member of their family, and the women quickly became acquainted.

• The system described Zi Yu's rewards, including powerful treasures, pills, a Spirit Origin Jade Tree, and Loyalty Cards, and Zi Yu considered how to use them.
• Zi Yu used two Dou Skill Gift Packs and received a collection of Heaven Tier, Earth Tier, and Profound Tier techniques and fighting skills.
• Zi Yu brought Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Miao Ke'er to buy a courtyard in Wutan City, where they settled down.
• After night fell, Zi Yu introduced Dongfang Jing to the three women as a new member of their family.
• Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, Miao Ke'er, and Dongfang Jing greeted one another and quickly grew acquainted.

Zi Yu used a Beginner Loyalty Card on Yao Chen, cultivated the first layer of the Bright Sacred Heaven Scripture, and then took Miao Ke'er to the Mittel Auction House. Their journey was interrupted by a red-haired young man who coveted Miao Ke'er and bristled at Zi Yu.

• Zi Yu used the Beginner Loyalty Card on Yao Chen, making him completely loyal, and set aside the Supreme Artifact God Codex and Purple Gold Sacred Light Pearl for later.
• Zi Yu cultivated the first layer of the Bright Sacred Heaven Scripture and tested his new Immortal Yuan Power of Light by shattering a table.
• The next morning, Zi Yu brought Miao Ke'er toward the Mittel Auction House in Wutan City.
• A red-haired young man and his followers blocked Zi Yu and Miao Ke'er, and the young man declared that Miao Ke'er should belong to him.
• The red-haired young man noticed Zi Yu beside Miao Ke'er and grew displeased at Zi Yu's appearance and closeness to her.

Galeo threatened Zi Yu and Miao Ke'er, then tried to claim Miao Ke'er for himself until Xiao Yu arrived and challenged his behavior. After Galeo threatened a conflict between their clans, Xiao Yu became captivated by Zi Yu and fell silent.

• Galeo insulted Zi Yu and invited Miao Ke'er to go out with him, while his guards mocked them.
• Miao Ke'er demanded that Galeo kneel and apologize, and privately considered how to punish him for disrespecting Zi Yu.
• Xiao Yu arrived and accused Galeo of forcibly taking women, then called him trash.
• Galeo warned Xiao Yu that opposing him could spark a war between their clans.
• Xiao Yu noticed Zi Yu and Miao Ke'er, became captivated by Zi Yu, and fell silent as Galeo grew arrogant.

Xiao Yu confronted Galeo to defend Zi Yu and Miao Ke'er, but Miao Ke'er effortlessly defeated Galeo’s guards and revealed herself as a Dou master. Zi Yu then brutally injured Galeo, leaving him unconscious as Xiao Yu and Miao Ke'er approved of his actions.

• Galeo threatened Xiao Yu with a feud between their families, but she refused to leave and drew her whip to protect Zi Yu and Miao Ke'er.
• Xiao Yu proposed that they flee west toward the Xiao Clan guards, but Miao Ke'er sent Galeo’s lackeys and four Dou Zhe guards flying with a wave of her hand.
• Xiao Yu realized Miao Ke'er was a Dou master, while Galeo threatened her by invoking his father, a Three-Star Great Dou Master.
• Zi Yu pretended to fear Galeo’s family, then struck Galeo in the crotch, leaving him bleeding and screaming.
• Zi Yu beat Galeo several more times until he fainted, while Xiao Yu and Miao Ke'er felt no dissatisfaction with his actions.

Zi Yu received Merit Points and treasure gift packs for defeating Galeo, then accompanied Miao Ke'er and Xiao Yu to the Miter Auction House to trade Second-grade Pills. The auction house staff summoned their manager and an elder to meet him.

• The system awarded Zi Yu one thousand Merit Points and two Junior Treasure Self-Select Gift Packs for eliminating Galeo, and explained that defeating villains or evil organizations could earn further rewards.
• Zi Yu left with Miao Ke'er and Xiao Yu; Xiao Yu thanked him, offered the Xiao Clan’s protection, and guided the pair to the auction house.
• At the Miter Auction House, Zi Yu presented six jade bottles of Second-grade Pills for trade.
• Sister Lan recognized the importance of the pills and brought a young woman and a gray-robed elder to meet Zi Yu.

Zi Yu met Ya Fei and Gu Ni at the Miter Auction House to trade six bottles of Second-grade medicines. Gu Ni appraised them as top-grade, astonishing Ya Fei and prompting her to seek Zi Yu’s friendship.

• Ya Fei and Gu Ni arrived, and Ya Fei recognized Zi Yu as the leader of the group.
• Ya Fei asked Zi Yu about the medicines, but his calm response left her curious and frustrated that her charm had no effect on him.
• Zi Yu introduced himself and offered six bottles containing Clear Heart Pills, Qi Tempering Pills, and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Ya Fei handed the bottles to Gu Ni, who appraised the medicines as exceptionally pure, top-grade Second-grade products.
• Ya Fei was shocked by the medicines’ quality and resolved to befriend Zi Yu and treat him carefully.

Zi Yu sold his high-quality pills to Ya Fei and used the proceeds to buy a large supply of medicinal ingredients and three Storage Rings. After he left with Miao Ke'er and Xiao Yu, Ya Fei learned that Xiao Yu was a Four-Star Dou Master and that Zi Yu’s cultivation and alchemist’s aura were difficult to discern.

• Ya Fei offered Zi Yu 1.3 million Gold Coins for his pills, and Zi Yu asked her to use the money toward medicinal ingredients on Miao Ke’er’s lists.
• Ya Fei was startled by Miao Ke’er’s beauty and inability to sense her cultivation, then noticed the lists included large quantities of ingredients used for third-grade pills.
• Ya Fei gathered the ingredients and three Storage Rings, and Zi Yu paid the remaining 300,000 Gold Coins before leaving with Miao Ke’er and Xiao Yu.
• Gu Ni told Ya Fei that Xiao Yu was a Four-Star Dou Master despite her young age, shocking Ya Fei.
• Gu Ni said he could not sense Zi Yu’s cultivation, felt danger from him, and detected a trace of an alchemist’s aura.

Jia Lie Bi learned that Galeo had been crippled and vowed to find the mysterious pair responsible, while Zi Yu returned home with Miao Ke’er. Zi Yu refused to attack the Galeo Family unless they provoked him, leaving his companions amused by his plan to treat any retaliation as self-defense.

• Jia Lie Bi learned that Galeo’s limbs were shattered and his manhood destroyed, and ordered the physician to prepare medicine to wake him.
• Jia Lie Bi questioned Galeo’s attendants, learned that the Xiao Clan and a mysterious man and woman had been involved, and punished the attendants before ordering them to search Wutan City.
• Zi Yu and Xiao Yu parted ways, and Xiao Yu hurried back to the Xiao Clan to complain to her Great Elder grandfather.
• Zi Yu and Miao Ke’er returned home, where Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun’er, and Dongfang Jing learned what had happened and offered to destroy the Galeo Family.
• Zi Yu said Galeo had already been punished and that he would not attack the family unless they provoked him, making the women laugh.

Zi Yu visited Wutan City's marketplace with Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, Miao Ke'er, and Dongfang Jing, calling them his family when he met Xiao Yu and her relatives. He accepted Xiao Yu's invitation to stroll with her group, while Xiao Yu grew shy and delighted by his flirtatious praise.

• Zi Yu took Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, Miao Ke'er, and Dongfang Jing to the marketplace, where women approached him and the four women sent them away.
• Zi Yu met Xiao Yu again and introduced the four women as his family, deeply moving them.
• Xiao Yu introduced her younger brother, Xiao Ning, and cousin, Xiao Mei, who greeted Zi Yu; Xiao Mei was captivated by his looks.
• Zi Yu rejected the system's suggestion that he pursue the Xiao Clan women and jokingly defended his claim that he was devoted and faithful.
• Xiao Yu invited Zi Yu to stroll with her group, and he accepted while praising her, leaving her blushing and flustered.

Zi Yu led Xiao Yu and the others through Wutan City before stopping at a teahouse in the south to wait for Jia Lie Bi. As Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei struggled with their feelings for Zi Yu, Jia Lie Bi hurried out to confront the man who had injured his son.

• Xiao Yu gently led Zi Yu and his companions through Wutan City, surprising Xiao Ning and the Xiao Clan guards with her unusually mild manner.
• Jia Lie Bi learned that the man who injured his son was near South City Market and rushed there with guards to take revenge.
• Zi Yu and the others rested at a teahouse, where Miao Ke'er revealed that she was Zi Yu's exclusive personal maidservant.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei saw how strongly Miao Ke'er and the other women cared for Zi Yu and felt discouraged about their own chances.
• Zi Yu told Xiao Yu he was waiting for someone and looked north, impatiently awaiting Jia Lie Bi.

Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan's Great Elder learned that Jia Lie Bi was heading to confront Zi Yu, and both set out to intervene. Jia Lie Bi found Zi Yu at a teahouse and accused him of crippling Galeo, while Zi Yu's companions remained calm.

• Xiao Zhan learned Jia Lie Bi had rushed toward the southern part of the city and left to stop him and meet the young man who had injured Galeo.
• The Xiao Clan's Great Elder also set out to protect the young man who had saved his granddaughter.
• Jia Lie Bi reached the teahouse and spotted Zi Yu, while Xiao Yu sent a guard to alert the Xiao Clan and considered fleeing with Zi Yu.
• Onlookers whispered that Galeo had been crippled and made a eunuch, and some condemned his history of abducting women.
• Jia Lie Bi dismissed the group after sensing their cultivation, then approached Zi Yu and demanded to know if he had harmed Galeo.
• Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Miao Ke'er grew enraged when Jia Lie Bi insulted Zi Yu.

Zi Yu faced Jia Lie Bi in a teahouse after Jia Lie Bi threatened him, then proved he could withstand the clan leader’s pressure and counter his attack. As Jia Lie Bi unleashed the Galeo Family’s Wind Split Blade, Zi Yu summoned the Ling Shuang Sword, which Jia Lie Bi immediately coveted.

• Zi Yu paid the teahouse owner one thousand gold coins and prepared to confront Jia Lie Bi, who threatened to torture him to death.
• Xiao Yu tried to stop Jia Lie Bi from attacking, but Zi Yu easily dispelled the pressure of Jia Lie Bi’s aura.
• Jia Lie Bi struck with wind-attributed Dou Qi, but Zi Yu met the attack with Bright Sacred Heaven Power and forced him back.
• Jia Lie Bi used the Galeo Family’s Wind Split Blade to send four gray blades at Zi Yu.
• Zi Yu summoned the Ling Shuang Sword, and Jia Lie Bi demanded that he hand over the treasured weapon.

Zi Yu killed Jia Lie Bi with the Ling Shuang Sword, defeating the Galeo Family clan leader despite the gap in their cultivation. After receiving system rewards and reassuring his companions that he was unharmed, Zi Yu drew attention to the sword’s rarity.

• Zi Yu mocked Jia Lie Bi until the clan leader unleashed his Dou Qi Armor and attacked at full strength.
• Zi Yu powered the Ling Shuang Sword with Mysterious Heaven Creation Power and killed Jia Lie Bi with a single sword beam.
• Zi Yu searched Jia Lie Bi's body, took a Gold Card with four hundred thousand Gold Coins, and received five Low-Level Treasure Selection Gift Packs and five thousand Merit Points from the system.
• Gu Xun'er, Miao Ke'er, Ling Qingzhu, Xiao Yu, and the others praised or checked on Zi Yu, who said he had only used up some Dou Qi.
• Ling Qingzhu recognized the Ling Shuang Sword as a rare treasure, and Gu Xun'er reacted with even greater interest.

After Zi Yu killed Jia Le Bi, Xiao Zhan praised his strength and invited him to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yu also offered the clan’s support. The system presented Zi Yu with a choice between avoiding the clan and accepting a mission to recruit Xiao Yan, and Zi Yu accepted the invitation.

• Gu Xun'er and Ling Qingzhu admired the spiritual treasures, while Dongfang Jing noticed the Ling Shuang Sword’s unusual potential.
• Xiao Zhan arrived and praised Zi Yu for killing Jia Le Bi, then introduced himself as the Xiao Clan Leader.
• Xiao Zhan explained that he had come to help Zi Yu but had watched after seeing him face Jia Le Bi calmly.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yu invited Zi Yu to the Xiao Clan and offered to help him.
• The system gave Zi Yu a choice between avoiding the Xiao Clan or entering it to recruit Xiao Yan as his subordinate.
• Zi Yu accepted Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yu’s invitation.

Zi Yu and his companions visited the Xiao Clan, where he met Xiao Chuxue and learned she was from the Gu Clan. Gu Xun'er recognized Xiao Chuxue but hid her own identity, and the group left after the banquet.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed Zi Yu and his companions to the Xiao Mansion and introduced Xiao Chuxue, a gifted young woman of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Chuxue was briefly captivated by Zi Yu, then joined the group heading to the main hall for a banquet.
• Zi Yu learned from the system that Xiao Chuxue was from the Gu Clan and had an ordinary relationship with Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er recognized Xiao Chuxue as a fellow Gu Clan member but decided to conceal her identity so she would not be separated from Zi Yu.
• After the banquet, Zi Yu left the Xiao Clan with Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, Miao Ke'er, and Dongfang Jing.

Zi Yu chose treasures from his gift pack and planned to take Xiao Yan in as an underling. After the Galeo Family fled Wutan City and the Xiao Clan and Miter Auction House reacted to Jia Lie Bi’s death, Zi Yu encountered Xiao Yan in the outskirts, where the youth lamented his stalled cultivation.

• Zi Yu opened a Low-Tier Treasure Selection Gift Pack, chose treasures, and devised a plan to recruit Xiao Yan as his underling.
• The Galeo Family moved its entire clan out of Wutan City to avoid the enemy who had killed Jia Lie Bi.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders discussed taking over the Galeo Family’s abandoned markets after first consulting Zi Yu.
• Ya Fei and Gu Ni learned that Zi Yu had killed Jia Lie Bi, and Gu Ni urged the auction house to befriend him.
• Zi Yu went on an outing with Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, Miao Ke'er, and Dongfang Jing, where they found Xiao Yan raging over his cultivation remaining at Three Stages of Dou Qi.