Chapter Summaries

Zhong Li sent Xiao Yan to Wutan City with a powerful shield to train, where he unexpectedly faced Yun Leng and his group. Meanwhile, the newly transmigrated Xiao Miao gained a Qi Luck Plundering System, recovered from his illness, and stepped outside his room, where he encountered his cousin Xiao Han.

• Zhong Li gave Xiao Yan a shield that raised his strength to the level of a King Fighter and sent him to Wutan City's gate to train.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the city gate just before Yun Leng and his companions appeared, leaving a Xiao Clan member in the crowd stunned by the encounter.
• Xiao Miao transmigrated into the body of his sickly cousin and received an Alchemist Physique, eighth-stage Fighting Qi, and a Body Strengthening Potion from the Qi Luck Plundering System.
• Xiao Miao drank the potion, recovered enough to sit up, and considered how to plunder luck and whether Nalan Yanran had already broken off her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Miao left his room and saw festive decorations throughout the Xiao Clan estate before meeting his cousin Xiao Han, who had brought him a meal.

Xiao Miao recovered, met with Xiao Han, and began investigating Xiao Yan while planning to use his Qi Luck Plundering System. Zhong Li and Ruo Tuo discovered the system and its host, and the chapter left Xiao Miao confused by the Xiao Clan’s changed attitude as he searched for information.

• Xiao Han visited Xiao Miao, urged him to meet the coming-of-age cultivation requirement, and left him food before returning to his duties.
• Xiao Miao ate, planned to investigate Xiao Yan, and then walked around the Xiao Clan and toward its gates to gather information.
• Ruo Tuo told Zhong Li that Xiao Miao was a transmigrator with a Qi Luck Plundering System, explained system ranks, and asked Zhong Li to let the system grow before harvesting it.
• Zhong Li realized the system intended to plunder Xiao Yan’s luck, but Ruo Tuo explained that Xiao Yan’s opportunities had changed after becoming Zhong Li’s disciple.
• Xiao Miao found that the Xiao Clan members avoided discussing Xiao Yan and greeted him with surprise at his recovery, leaving him uneasy about the clan’s behavior.

Xiao Miao discovered that events had veered far from the plot he knew when Xiao Yan confronted Yun Leng and four Yun Lan Sect Elders at Wutan City's gate. Xiao Yan overwhelmed Yun Leng with a single blow and prepared to fight the elders, while Xiao Miao's system could not explain Xiao Yan's strength.

• Xiao Ning greeted Xiao Miao warmly, then hurried to meet his grandfather in the Xiao Clan's back mountain.
• Xiao Miao learned that his system could identify named characters, left the Xiao Clan, and reached Wutan City's gate.
• Xiao Yan appeared with a Mysterious Heavy Ruler and confronted Yun Leng and four Yun Lan Sect Elders, leaving Xiao Miao shocked.
• Xiao Yan ignored Yun Leng's explanation and struck him, forcing the King Fighter several steps back despite the system claiming Xiao Yan was at the third stage of Fighting Qi.
• Yun Leng ordered the four elders to attack, and they drew their weapons and faced Xiao Yan warily.

Xiao Yan used Zhong Li’s Jade Screen Shield to withstand the Yun Lan Sect fighters while defeating several of them, and the Gale and Ouba Families rushed to support him. The fight below ended before Xiao Zhan arrived, leaving Yun Leng still hovering overhead with a Combat Skill ready.

• Jia Liebi and the Gale Family set out to support Xiao Yan, followed by Ouba Pa and the Ouba Family, while Xiao Zhan hurried to the city gate with the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan realized the Jade Screen Shield blocked every attack and knocked the weakest Yun Lan Sect Elder unconscious with his Mysterious Heavy Ruler.
• Yun Leng rose into the air and prepared his Extreme Wind: Wind Strangler Combat Skill, then recognized Xiao Yan as the disciple of the peerless expert and hesitated to attack.
• Xiao Yan struck down a Spirit Fighter Elder while Jia Liebi and the Gale Family held off another enemy.
• Ouba Pa and his clansmen joined the battle, and Xiao Yan and the two families defeated the remaining fighters on the ground.
• Xiao Zhan arrived to find four Yun Lan Sect fighters down and Yun Leng still flying above the battlefield.

Xiao Yan learned to use Earth Power’s gravity and attraction from Zhong Li, then used the power his master lent him to bring Yun Leng crashing down and defeat his attempt to flee. Xiao Yan promised to spare the Yun Lan Sect if it stayed out of Wutan City, leaving Yun Leng’s fate in his hands.

• Jia Liebi and Ouba Pa joined Xiao Zhan in supporting Xiao Yan, and Yun Leng offered to reconcile and leave.
• Zhong Li told Xiao Yan that Yun Leng had killed a Wutan City resident and taught him how Earth Power could control gravity and attraction.
• Zhong Li lent Xiao Yan power, and Xiao Zhan, Jia Liebi, and Ouba Pa withdrew from the fight.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yun Leng over killing the resident and used gravity to crush him from the sky to the ground.
• Yun Leng begged Xiao Yan to spare the Yun Lan Sect, and Xiao Yan promised to let it go if the sect stayed out of Wutan City.

Xiao Yan killed Yun Leng and celebrated with the Xiao Clan, while Zhong Li pointed him toward a Combat Skill hidden in the clan marketplace. Xiao Miao planned to obtain that same item, unaware that Zhong Li had arranged for Xiao Yan to follow him and recover it first.

• Xiao Yan defeated Yun Leng despite his slowed movements and killed him with a blow from the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, then spoke with Zhong Li about strength and his role in the fight.
• Xiao Miao remembered the iron sheet containing Vacuum Palm and decided to seek it out, while Zhong Li planned to have Xiao Yan intercept him and reclaim the opportunity.
• The Xiao Clan held a banquet attended by Jia Liebi, Ouba Pa, Ya Fei, and the Wutan City Lord, while Xiao Miao wondered why Xiao Yan's master and Xiao Xun'er differed from his expectations.
• Zhong Li told Xiao Yan that a minor Combat Skill in the clan marketplace was his opportunity, and Xiao Yan questioned why he should obtain a skill Zhong Li called useless.
• Xiao Miao, who received no monthly allowance, decided to borrow money from Xiao Han so he could buy the iron sheet before the next allowance was distributed.
• Xiao Yan asked whether taking the Combat Skill would affect his luck, and Zhong Li answered that luck was too elusive to explain plainly.

Zhong Li warned Xiao Yan and Yao Chen that Xiao Miao was an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon who could steal Xiao Yan’s destined opportunities, then advised Xiao Yan to follow him and claim those opportunities first. Xiao Miao set out to find an iron piece, and Xiao Yan pointed him toward the Xiao Clan’s market district while secretly leading him toward the opportunity.

• Zhong Li told Xiao Yan and Yao Chen that the original Xiao Miao had died and that the current Xiao Miao was an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon who sought to plunder Xiao Yan’s luck.
• Zhong Li advised Xiao Yan to follow Xiao Miao and take any destined opportunities before he could claim them, and Yao Chen agreed to accompany Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Miao borrowed more than a hundred gold coins from Xiao Han, learned that his system could appraise special items nearby, and headed to the market to find an iron piece.
• Xiao Miao struggled to identify which of Wutan City’s many Xiao Clan market districts was the right one until Xiao Yan approached him.
• Xiao Yan warmly greeted Xiao Miao and pointed him toward the market district that truly belonged to the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Miao found the stall selling a metal fragment containing a Combat Skill, but Xiao Yan intervened and claimed the fragment for himself while paying for it. Xiao Miao left with ordinary fragments and a worthless pot, while Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan rear mountain and laughed with Zhong Li about foiling him.

• Xiao Yan left Xiao Miao to search the Xiao Clan Marketplace while secretly planning to take the opportunity for himself, and Yao Chen warned him not to reveal his killing intent toward the Outer Realm evil demon.
• Xiao Miao found the stall identified by his Qi Luck Plundering System and tried to bargain for its metal fragments without showing his interest in them.
• Xiao Yan appeared during the bargaining, paid eighty gold coins, and told the stall owner that his cousin Xiao Miao's choice was not up for negotiation.
• Xiao Yan identified and took the fragment containing a hidden Combat Skill, gave Xiao Miao the ordinary fragments and the pot, and promised him one hundred gold coins as compensation.
• Xiao Miao left dejectedly, while the stall owner realized he had sold a valuable Combat Skill fragment for far less than it was worth.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan rear mountain and laughed to Zhong Li about Xiao Miao's reaction.

After Xiao Yan took the iron fragment Xiao Miao had hoped to claim, Xiao Miao considered ways to regain fortune and settled on trying to win over Xiao Mei. Meanwhile, Yun Yun’s sect learned that Xiao Yan had killed Yun Leng and other Elders, and she ordered the Yun Lan Sect to stay away from Wutan City while defending Nalan Yanran from blame.

• Xiao Yan asked Zhong Li about the iron fragment, and Zhong Li suggested it had been an easy opportunity rather than an especially valuable one.
• Xiao Miao learned from the Qi Luck Plundering System that the world consciousness was dormant but instinctively chose a Son of Destiny, then vowed to defy fate and take the Netherworld Lotus Flame map.
• Xiao Miao ruled out pursuing the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and other opportunities for now, then decided to try winning over Xiao Mei.
• Yun Fei told Yun Yun that Xiao Yan had killed Yun Leng and the other Elders, and Yun Yun forbade the sect’s disciples from approaching within a hundred li of Wutan City.
• Nalan Yanran challenged the Elders who blamed her for Yun Leng’s death, and Yun Yun ended their accusations by saying she had supported Yanran’s broken engagement.

Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun and the Yun Lan Sect Elders about her Three Year Pact with Xiao Yan, prompting the Elders to plan around her likely defeat while Yun Yun learned that Xiao Yan’s master was young and handsome. Meanwhile, Nalan Jie condemned Nalan Su and Yanran for secretly annulling her engagement, and the chapter ended with Miterer Tengshan confronting Ya Fei at the Wutan City auction house.

• Nalan Yanran revealed that she had agreed to become Xiao Yan’s master’s maidservant if she lost their duel in three years, and the Yun Lan Sect Elders enthusiastically supported the pact as a chance to gain a powerful backer.
• The Elders proposed withholding Nalan Yanran’s cultivation resources for three years, while Yun Yun asked about Xiao Yan’s master and learned that Yanran considered him young, handsome, and refined.
• Major powers investigated Yun Leng’s death and learned that Xiao Yan had killed him and become the disciple of a peerless expert.
• Nalan Jie berated Nalan Su for allowing Yanran to annul her engagement without his knowledge, then rejected the idea of visiting Xiao Zhan to repair the relationship.
• Miterer Tengshan stared sternly at Ya Fei inside the Miterer Auction House in Wutan City.

Ya Fei deflected Miterer Tengshan’s questions about concealing a powerful expert’s presence, while the Miterer Clan and other clans moved to build ties with the Xiao Clan. Xiao Yan reached minor mastery in Skin Refining and began the next punishing stage, as the Xiao Clan received its first visitors.

• Miterer Tengshan questioned Ya Fei for hiding news of the expert, but she implied her effort to recruit him was still underway and won the patriarch’s caution.
• Ya Fei asked when Miterer Tengshan would visit the Xiao Clan, and he explained that the Miterer Clan had brought valuable gifts to establish a connection and avoid provoking the expert.
• Xiao Miao failed to win Xiao Mei’s attention with dating advice and discovered that the pot he had used for water was a thousand-year-old chamber pot.
• Xiao Yan reached minor mastery in Skin Refining, but Zhong Li urged him to start Muscle Refining with a copper hammer after Yao Chen encouraged more training.
• Zhong Li praised Xiao Yan’s talent, while Yao Chen wondered whether he could master the demanding technique and then hoped he would create a miracle.
• Xiao Zhan received a visiting card from Miterer Tengshan and realized the Miterer Clan had come because news of Yun Leng’s death had spread.

Miterer Tengshan and Ya Fei visited the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Zhan and the elders welcomed them. At the back mountain, Xiao Ning continued training in Eight Extremes Collapse and was brought along to meet the guests, leaving him unsure how to address Miterer Tengshan.

• Xiao Zhan personally welcomed Miterer Tengshan and Ya Fei and escorted them to the Xiao Clan's main hall.
• Xiao Zhan summoned the elders to show the Xiao Clan's respect for Miterer Tengshan, but the First Elder was away training Xiao Ning.
• Xiao Ning endured the First Elder's Eight Extremes Collapse training and said he was determined to surpass Xiao Yan.
• A clan member informed the First Elder that Miterer Tengshan and Ya Fei had arrived, so the First Elder hurried back with Xiao Ning.
• The First Elder introduced Xiao Ning to Miterer Tengshan, who praised the young man's physique.

Xiao Yan completed a stage of the Nine Transformations of God and Demon, discovering that it greatly strengthened his defenses as Yao Chen tested him with increasingly brutal hammer blows. He later joined Zhong Li at a lunch where Miterer Tengshan and Ya Fei had waited for the chance to meet Zhong Li, and Miterer Tengshan praised Xiao Yan before the gathered Xiao Clan members.

• Xiao Yan finished training and survived Yao Chen's bronze-hammer strike, prompting Zhong Li to explain that the Nine Transformations of God and Demon strengthened his body's defenses.
• Yao Chen struck Xiao Yan harder during training, and Xiao Yan woke later that afternoon to complain before Zhong Li led him back down the mountain.
• Xiao Zhan and the others waited with Miterer Tengshan and Ya Fei for Zhong Li and Xiao Yan, delaying lunch until the two arrived.
• Zhong Li explained that Xiao Yan had made a minor breakthrough, and Miterer Tengshan and Ya Fei respectfully greeted him.
• Miterer Tengshan praised Xiao Yan, while Xiao Ning and the First Elder grew unhappy at how lavishly he praised him.

Xiao Miao planned to travel to Qingshan Town to obtain the Blood Lotus Essence, while Zhong Li decided to leave with Xiao Yan to meet him. Before departing, Xiao Yan received a protective jade cylinder for Xiao Zhan and went to tell his father he was leaving to train.

• Xiao Miao resolved to go to Qingshan Town for the Blood Lotus Essence and planned to seek out the Little Doctor Immortal afterward.
• Miterer Tengshan gave Xiao Zhan two fifth-tier medicinal pills and a sixth-tier Magic Core before leaving the Xiao Clan with Ya Fei.
• After Ruo Tuo told him Xiao Miao planned to steal the Blood Lotus Essence, Zhong Li decided to meet the transmigrator and told Xiao Yan he would leave the next day.
• Zhong Li invited Xiao Yan to travel with him and promised they would return in time for the Three Year Pact with Nalan Yanran.
• Zhong Li gave Xiao Yan a jade cylinder containing some of his power for Xiao Zhan to use in an emergency.
• Xiao Yan went to Xiao Zhan's room and told him Zhong Li was taking him away to train.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave with Zhong Li, while Xiao Miao raced to Qingshan Town to seize the Blood Lotus Essence before him. Xiao Miao arrived but could not find the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, which Zhong Li and Xiao Yan had taken over and prepared for his return.

• Xiao Zhan accepted Zhong Li’s jade tube and resources from Xiao Yan, who then visited the First Elder about Xiao Ning’s medicine.
• Xiao Miao left the Xiao Clan for Qingshan Town, unaware that Zhong Li and Xiao Yan were following him under disguise.
• Xiao Miao hurried to Qingshan Town after sensing trouble, while Zhong Li, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen secretly watched him along the way.
• After arriving, Xiao Miao searched unsuccessfully for the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, not realizing Zhong Li and Xiao Yan had taken it over for a week.
• Xiao Yan prepared to confront Xiao Miao at the Pavilion, while Xiao Miao wondered whether the shop had yet appeared in the world’s plot and complained that his system lacked map navigation.

Xiao Miao reached Qingshan Town seeking the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, unaware that Xiao Yan and Zhong Li had reserved it while Little Doctor Immortal was away. After learning where it was, he stormed inside and immediately knelt when the two revealed their formidable cultivation, claiming he had only come to buy medicinal ingredients.

• At the inn, Xiao Miao slept while its owners considered robbing or killing him, but decided to wait and see if he could pay.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhong Li about the luck attached to opportunities, and Zhong Li explained how luck was distributed among the world’s living beings.
• The next morning, Xiao Miao learned that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had been reserved and heard that Little Doctor Immortal was safe, then discovered the pavilion was the place he had already visited three times.
• Little Doctor Immortal wondered why Zhong Li and Xiao Yan had sent her away, while Xiao Yan approved of his master’s arrangement.
• Xiao Miao returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion in anger, but Zhong Li and Xiao Yan announced their cultivation levels, prompting him to drop to his knees and explain himself.

Xiao Miao tried to buy Blood Lotus Essence by pretending he wanted Yellow Lotus Essence, but Xiao Yan and Zhong Li mistook his behavior for ingratitude and tested Xiao Yan’s patience. Zhong Li revealed that he had intended to take Xiao Miao as a disciple, and Xiao Miao realized he had missed a rare opportunity as Xiao Yan continued the act.

• Xiao Miao claimed he wanted Yellow Lotus Essence and paid Xiao Yan one hundred gold coins, then surrendered two more when Xiao Yan falsely said the payment was short.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Miao an excellent Yellow Lotus Essence, while Xiao Miao’s system confirmed its value and Xiao Miao silently lamented that he actually wanted Blood Lotus Essence.
• Zhong Li called Xiao Yan his disciple, identified himself as a Fifth-grade Alchemist, and said he had intended to test Xiao Miao and take him as another disciple.
• Xiao Miao asked his system whether he had missed an opportunity, and it confirmed that Zhong Li had truly planned to accept him as a disciple.
• Xiao Yan let Xiao Miao choose from the box of Yellow Lotus Essences, but Xiao Miao still could not explain that he wanted Blood Lotus Essence instead.
• Xiao Yan grew impatient with Xiao Miao, while Zhong Li urged him to maintain a peaceful mind and Xiao Yan began asking what to do if someone kept doing this.

Xiao Miao fled the Unpredictable Dwelling after Zhong Li and Xiao Yan forced him to leave, then attracted mercenaries who wanted his Yellow Lotus Essence. He escaped by throwing the herb to distract them, while Xiao Yan and the others secretly watched.

• Xiao Miao apologized to Zhong Li and Xiao Yan, then grabbed his belongings and rolled out of the Unpredictable Dwelling.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen credited Zhong Li with protecting them from Xiao Miao, and Zhong Li added that fate deserved credit too.
• Xiao Miao ran out of Qingshan Town, unaware that mercenaries had noticed the Yellow Lotus Essence and were following him.
• Several mercenaries confronted Xiao Miao after hearing him threaten to kill mercenaries and the alchemists, then refused his offer of the herb in exchange for his life.
• Xiao Miao threw the Yellow Lotus Essence toward Qingshan Town and ran toward Wutan City while the mercenaries scrambled after it.
• Xiao Yan praised Xiao Miao's escape tactic and told Yao Chen that chess was a game he had invented.

Xiao Miao received the Qi Luck Plundering System’s emergency rewards and rose to three-star Fighter Master, then turned on the mercenaries who had chased him. He knocked down their leader and attacked the remaining men, who prepared to fight back.

• The mercenaries pursued Xiao Miao toward Wutan City, and he begged the Qi Luck Plundering System to save him.
• The Qi Luck Plundering System granted Xiao Miao three-star Fighter Master strength, the Fire Control Art, and Blazing Palm.
• Xiao Miao mocked the mercenaries and revealed his new strength by striking their leader with Blazing Palm.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan watched Xiao Miao’s sudden rise in power, while Zhong Li silently let them believe he had anticipated it.
• Xiao Miao struck the leader unconscious and attacked another mercenary, prompting the survivors to raise their weapons and fight back.

Xiao Miao defeated a group of mercenaries, recovered his Yellow Lotus Essence, and chose to search the Monster Mountain Range for the Netherworld Lotus Flame map fragment and other treasures. As he wandered the outskirts, he came across five people fighting a juvenile Brute Bull.

• Xiao Miao killed the mercenaries who had attacked him, though two briefly tricked him by fleeing in opposite directions.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Zhong Li watched Xiao Miao's fight, then discussed the Netherworld Lotus Flame and its rank among Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Miao recovered his Yellow Lotus Essence and over a hundred gold coins, and kept a Mountain Splitting Sword manual because he thought he could use it to get closer to Ya Fei.
• Xiao Miao decided to search the Monster Mountain Range for the Netherworld Lotus Flame map fragment, the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and a flying Combat Skill.
• After wandering the outskirts without finding the cave, Xiao Miao heard voices and saw five people attacking a juvenile Brute Bull.