Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian defeated Bai Cheng and Bai Shan, strengthened Pan Gate’s position, and drew the Inner Academy elders’ attention. After recovering from the victory banquet, he helped plan Pan Gate’s recruitment and medicine business before making arrangements through the System.

• Xiao Tian struck Bai Cheng with his giant lion, then slapped Bai Shan and ordered the Bai Gang to disband within a day.
• Xiao Tian returned to Pan Gate, where Xun Er, Xiao Yan, Hu Jia, and the other members celebrated their victory.
• A young man described Xiao Tian as a high-level Dou Wang, and an Inner Academy elder decided to give him special treatment while wondering about Free and Unfettered Hall’s intentions.
• Xun Er cared for Xiao Tian after he got drunk, and they shared breakfast before she left to help Xiao Yu manage Pan Gate’s swelling recruitment.
• Xiao Tian told Xun Er to reject recruits with poor character, supplied Xiao Yan with pill formulas, and sent a message using the Sound Transmission Stone.

Xiao Tian introduced the Trial Tower to the Free and Unfettered Hall, and its members established rules for access and rewards. He entered the tower’s fifth floor and began a high-difficulty trial against a powerful magma stone monster, ending with both fighters preparing their strongest attacks.

• Xiao Tian presented the Trial Tower at a council meeting, and the members agreed to reserve regular access for the Inner Hall while using Task Points to earn challenges.
• Xiao Tian built a Bluestone Plaza and placed the eight-story Trial Tower at its center, then explained its floors, difficulties, and Energy Stone rewards.
• Xiao Tian entered the fifth floor, chose the high-difficulty trial, and faced a peak Nine-star Dou King stone monster in a magma arena.
• Xiao Tian exchanged blows with the monster, discovered that it could absorb magma to restore itself, and unleashed Moon Slash.
• Xiao Tian summoned Judgment Heavenly Punishment as the monster gathered magma into an Energy Ball and braced to counterattack.

Xiao Tian defeated the Trial Tower’s high-grade stone monster, learned that its trials shared pain despite being illusions, and reunited with his companions. After spending two days with the women in the Free and Unfettered World, he returned to Jia Nan Academy, where they had begun plotting to recruit Medusa into their sparring sessions.

• Xiao Tian destroyed the stone monster with his Long Halberd, claimed its high-grade Energy Stone, and passed the trial.
• Xiao Tian discovered the Trial Tower’s battles were illusions that still inflicted real pain, then checked on Xiao Zhan and comforted Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and the others.
• Xiao Li learned that Xiao Zhan and Mittel Tengshan were teasing him for being the only single brother, while Xiao Ding and Xue Lan were together.
• Xiao Tian spent two days accompanying the women, challenging the Trial Tower, cultivating, refining medicine, and holding concerts at night.
• Xiao Ding and the others established the Trial Tower’s operating rules, and Xiao Tian returned to Jia Nan Academy after the women drove him out of the Free and Unfettered World.
• Xiao Tian’s companions secretly plotted to drag Medusa into their punishing sparring sessions.

Xiao Tian returned to Pan Gate, delivered pills for sale, and heard reports about the group’s progress and his rise on the Strong Ranking. After Hu Jia and Xiao Yu left the Council Hall, he shared a tender moment with Xun Er.

• Xiao Tian brought nearly two hundred bottles of pills to the Council Hall and asked Hu Jia to arrange their sale for Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yu reported Pan Gate’s progress and explained that Xiao Yan was refining medicine while Wu Hao led teams to gather herbs or train.
• Xun Er told Xiao Tian that he had reached thirty-fourth on the Strong Ranking and showed him the new Pan Gate badge bearing his Phoenix Gold Long Halberd.
• Xiao Tian gave Hu Jia a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and asked her to deliver another to Wu Hao, then Xiao Yu and Hu Jia left the Council Hall.
• Xiao Tian praised Xun Er’s support, embraced her, and kissed her.

Xiao Tian spent the morning guiding Xun Er in cultivation, then searched the deep mountains for Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. He rescued Han Yue from a Blood Demon Sky Ape and faced the beast as it charged them.

• Xiao Tian carried Xun Er back to her room and guided her in cultivation until lunchtime.
• Xiao Tian flew into the deep mountains to search for medicinal herbs and Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Xiao Tian heard an ape roar and found Han Yue fleeing from a Blood Demon Sky Ape.
• Han Yue ran out of Dou Qi and was nearly struck by the ape’s claw, but Xiao Tian swooped in and rescued her.
• Xiao Tian set Han Yue down and moved in front of her as the Blood Demon Sky Ape charged out of the dust.

Xiao Tian saved Han Yue from the Blood Demon Sky Ape and learned she had been seeking Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. He took her to the beast’s cave, where he teased her about finding nothing and left her frightened as he gathered Dou Qi.

• Han Yue warned Xiao Tian about the Blood Demon Sky Ape, but he shielded her and killed the Fifth Order Magical Beast with Moon Slash.
• Xiao Tian asked Han Yue why the beast had chased her, and she explained she had tried to steal the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk before offering it to him.
• Xiao Tian teased Han Yue about her appearance and threatened to tell Xun Er about her, making her lose her usual composure as she followed him.
• Xiao Tian and Han Yue entered the cave, where they found only a deep pit and a pile of fur, with no Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in sight.
• Xiao Tian joked that they were alone in the cave and raised his hand as Dou Qi gathered in his palm, while Han Yue pressed herself against the wall and shut her eyes.

Xiao Tian led Han Yue through a cave into an underground world and located a pool of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. Han Yue accepted that Xiao Tian had found it for her and promised to keep its location secret.

• Xiao Tian teased Han Yue about her suspicions and led her into the cave, using flames to scout the passage.
• Xiao Tian and Han Yue emerged into a vast underground world lit by enormous glowing stalactites.
• Xiao Tian sensed the Earth Power and guided Han Yue toward a massive stalactite, catching her when she stumbled into him.
• Xiao Tian and Han Yue found a hollow containing a bowlful of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Han Yue admired the valuable liquid, then stepped back and told Xiao Tian to take it, promising to keep it secret.

Xiao Tian and Han Yue collected Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and he gave her a bottle and a medicinal prescription before they parted. He continued exploring the forest and entered the Free and Unfettered World that night, where he launched a surprise attack.

• Xiao Tian collected the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from the stalactite while Han Yue gathered the remaining liquid into Jade Bottles.
• Han Yue accidentally splashed some of the liquid onto her face, and Xiao Tian gave her a handkerchief to clean up.
• Xiao Tian gave Han Yue one Jade Bottle as payment, and she promised to repay the favor.
• Xiao Tian shared a medicinal prescription with Han Yue, who hugged him before leaving for the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian flew deeper into the forest, stayed away from the Inner Academy that night, and launched a surprise attack after entering the Free and Unfettered World.

Xiao Tian reunited with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Qing Lin before secretly refining a Dou Ling Pill in Jia Nan Academy’s forest. After escaping the Inner Academy Grand Elder, he found a Ksitigarbha Fruit, but someone else reached for it at the same time.

• Xiao Tian surprised Yun Yun in her bedchamber, and Ya Fei joined them for a long game of Fight the Landlord.
• Xiao Tian visited Qing Lin while she slept, then carried her back to Yun Yun’s room.
• Xiao Tian gathered herbs in Jia Nan Academy’s forest and refined a Dou Ling Pill in a hidden cave.
• A black-robed elder sensed the pill’s formation, but Xiao Tian collected it and fled before the elder arrived.
• Xiao Tian continued searching for herbs, defeated a Fifth Order Magical Beast guarding a Ksitigarbha Fruit, and saw a slender hand reach for it.

Xiao Tian met Zi Yan, the transformed Ancient Void Dragon, and traded a Heavenly Star Vine for a Ksitigarbha Fruit before refining the fruit into tasty pills for her. After learning Xiao Tian was a new student, Zi Yan offered to protect him and lend him her cultivation room, then revealed she wanted something in return.

• Xiao Tian caught Zi Yan trying to take the Ksitigarbha Fruit and recognized her as the Inner Academy’s Little Tyrant.
• Xiao Tian traded the fruit for Zi Yan’s Heavenly Star Vine, then tricked her into tasting the bitter Ksitigarbha Fruit.
• Xiao Tian refined the remaining fruit with supplementary herbs into pills, which Zi Yan eagerly ate.
• Zi Yan learned Xiao Tian was a new student and offered to protect him and lend him her Number One Cultivation Room.
• Xiao Tian asked what Zi Yan wanted in return, and she awkwardly admitted he had seen through her scheme.

Xiao Tian befriended Zi Yan by refining her stolen medicinal herbs into pills, then learned that Black Skull Tomb was targeting the Free and Unfettered Hall with support from other factions. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian and Queen Medusa preparing for a coming move while discussing his ability to refine a Sixth Grade Pill.

• Xiao Tian agreed to refine Zi Yan’s medicinal herbs and promised to be her friend, and she happily left to visit him again.
• Xiao Tian searched the forest for magical beasts to fight but found no Sixth Order Magical Beasts.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Tian that Black Skull Tomb had attacked the Free and Unfettered Hall’s caravans and might be backed by other factions, and Xiao Tian ordered her to keep investigating.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Tian she wanted to join his coming action and asked whether he could refine a Sixth Grade Pill.
• Xiao Tian confirmed that he could refine the pill if Medusa gathered enough medicinal herbs.

Xiao Tian and Medusa shared a warm, intimate afternoon in the Small World, while Medusa wrestled with her feelings for him. Xiao Tian returned to the Inner Academy after gathering treasures and asked Hu Niu where Xun Er was.

• Xiao Tian asked Medusa how she liked living in the Small World, and they talked about the Inner Academy and her past.
• Medusa watched Xiao Tian sleep, gently adjusted the temperature around him, and hesitantly touched his cheek while Yun Yun watched from a terrace.
• Xiao Tian woke after more than four hours, teased Medusa about being devoted, and playfully stroked her foot before disappearing.
• Medusa cursed Xiao Tian but smiled, while Xiao Tian returned to the Inner Academy Forest with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and medicinal herbs he had gathered.
• Xiao Tian flew back to his loft and asked Hu Niu where Xun Er was.

Xiao Tian rewarded Hu Jia, Xiao Yu, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yan with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk while dealing with Pan Gate's affairs and considering how to bring the Medicine Gang under his control. He prepared a medicinal bath for Xun Er, who returned and asked him to leave so she could use it privately.

• Xiao Tian teased Hu Jia, then gave her Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and she hurried off to test it.
• Xiao Tian learned that the Medicine Gang had taken an interest in Pan Gate's pills and decided to absorb its alchemists into his organization.
• Xiao Tian gave Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to Xiao Yu and Wu Hao when they returned, then offered Xiao Yan two preparations after hearing about his conflict in the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.
• Xiao Tian prepared a medicinal bath for Xun Er with Emerald Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and herbs.
• Xun Er returned, mistook the bath for a suggestive surprise, then asked Xiao Tian to leave while she used it.

Xiao Tian prepared a medicinal bath for Xun Er and stood guard while she absorbed it, then spent the night holding her as she slept. The next morning, Xun Er left with Xiao Yu to train at the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, determined to catch up to Xiao Tian.

• Xiao Tian reassured Xun Er and stood guard as she absorbed the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, while her Gu Clan bloodline and cultivation steadily advanced.
• Xun Er emerged in a white dress, and she and Xiao Tian spent the day talking together until she fell asleep in his arms.
• Xun Er deliberately held Xiao Tian's hand overnight, and the two shared an affectionate morning before Xiao Tian left her room.
• Xiao Yu arrived, and Xun Er joined her on the way to the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower to cultivate and catch up to Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tian refined pills and cultivated with Emerald Earth Core Body Tempering Milk while Yun Yun led Free and Unfettered Hall. Yun Yun slaughtered a hostile force, and Xiao Tian broke through to One-Star Dou Emperor before a laugh and startled cry interrupted his celebration.

• Xiao Tian refined pill stock for Pan Gate, then soaked in medicinal liquid and cultivated while Xun Er stood guard outside his room.
• Yun Yun learned hostile factions had sent Dou Emperors to test Free and Unfettered Hall and decided to strike back.
• Yun Yun attacked the enemy camp with Sword Qi River, killing the Two-Star Dou Emperor and nearly everyone there while sparing an old man to carry the warning.
• Yun Yun returned to Free and Unfettered Hall, reported what happened to Xiao Ding, and went back to the Free and Unfettered World.
• Xiao Tian absorbed the medicinal energy overnight, advanced from Eight Star Dou Wang to One-Star Dou Emperor, and heard someone laugh before a startled cry rang out.

Xiao Tian broke through to Dou Emperor and was caught naked first by Xun Er, then by Han Yue, who had come to thank him. After the awkward encounter, Han Yue gave Xiao Tian rare medicinal herbs and a Jade Pendant that could calm the spirit and reduce Fire Poison.

• Xun Er congratulated Xiao Tian on breaking through to Dou Emperor and helped him dry off, then fled in embarrassment.
• Han Yue arrived at Xiao Tian’s room and froze when she saw him naked; Xiao Tian pulled her inside and asked her not to shout.
• Xiao Tian dressed, and Han Yue accepted his apology after guessing that he had been absorbing Earth Core Body Tempering Milk when Xun Er entered.
• Han Yue thanked Xiao Tian by giving him rare medicinal herbs from the Moon Spirit Warehouse and a Jade Pendant that calmed the qi, nourished the spirit, and reduced Fire Poison in the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.
• Xiao Tian accepted Han Yue’s gifts and picked up the Jade Pendant.

Xiao Tian accepted Han Yue’s Jade Pendant, stabilized his Dou Emperor cultivation, and learned that his inactive Five Elements Thunder God Bloodline could awaken after he formed a complete Spirit Thunder. The chapter ended when a friendly voice called to him, asking him to come out for a chat.

• Xiao Tian accepted Han Yue’s Jade Pendant after offering her a way to reclaim it later, and Han Yue left his room flustered.
• Han Yue returned to the Moon Spirit base, where Xiao Die teased her about Xiao Tian before Han Yue sent the girls away and tried to calm herself.
• Xiao Tian stabilized his One-Star Dou Emperor cultivation and discovered the inactive Five Elements Thunder God Bloodline on his System Panel.
• The system told Xiao Tian that cultivating the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Art until he formed a complete Spirit Thunder would awaken the bloodline, but warned that it could bring danger.
• Xiao Tian recalled the Ghost Clan members and resolved to prepare, then got ready to visit Yun Yun and Ya Fei.
• A warm, kind voice called to Xiao Tian and asked him to come out for a chat.

Xiao Tian met with Grand Elder Su Qian and proposed cooperation between Jia Nan Academy and Free and Unfettered Hall, which Su Qian agreed to consider. After returning to the Free and Unfettered World, Xiao Tian helped Yun Yun absorb Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and discussed recruiting fresh blood through the academy.

• Xiao Tian met Su Qian on a mountain peak, where Su Qian questioned why he had come to study at Jia Nan Academy despite reaching Dou Emperor strength.
• Xiao Tian proposed that Jia Nan Academy and Free and Unfettered Hall begin with limited cooperation, and Su Qian agreed to make arrangements while weighing the risks.
• Xiao Tian returned to the Free and Unfettered World and prepared a bath of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk for Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun absorbed the milk, strengthening her body and meridians, and later joined Xiao Tian in bed.
• Xiao Tian asked Yun Yun to have Big Brother arrange matters when Jia Nan Academy made contact, explaining that he wanted the academy to provide fresh blood for Free and Unfettered Hall.

Xiao Tian planned a response to Black Skull Tomb, spent time with the women at Free and Unfettered Hall, and returned to the academy, where he met Xiao Yan and Lin Yan. After Xiao Tian left, Lin Yan remarked that Xiao Tian seemed strange.

• Yun Yun agreed to let Fei Yan lead a team against Black Skull Tomb, and Xiao Tian advised sending Old Wen along because their enemies might have powerful backers.
• Medusa appeared and said she would go herself, while Yun Yun teased her about secretly peeping before Xiao Tian and Yun Yun continued their private time together.
• Xiao Tian learned from Ya Fei that Free and Unfettered Auction House had become the Black-Corner Region’s second-most popular auction house, and Qing Lin and Ya Fei resolved to keep cultivating.
• Xiao Tian met Xiao Yan and Lin Yan at the academy and gave Lin Yan a Jade Bamboo Ice Dew Pill to ease his Fire Poison.
• After Xiao Tian left for the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, Lin Yan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Tian seemed strange.

Xiao Tian entered the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower to use its Number One Cultivation Room and subdued Yao Sheng after the latter tried to drive him away. Zi Yan escorted Xiao Tian deeper into the tower, while Yao Sheng remained pinned to the ground by Xiao Tian’s lingering pressure.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Tian Ge had apparently become a Dou Emperor, and Xiao Yan reacted with alarm.
• Xiao Tian reached the tower’s sixth level, where Yao Sheng ordered him to leave and Xiao Tian forced Yao Sheng and his followers to their knees with his pressure.
• The people present recognized Xiao Tian as the Dou Wang known as the Demon King, and Yao Sheng apologized in fear.
• Zi Yan met Xiao Tian, accepted his touch without anger, and offered to help him in exchange for a favor.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Tian toward the Number One Cultivation Room, while Yao Sheng discovered that Xiao Tian’s pressure still held him down.
• Someone asked Yao Sheng what had happened as he continued kneeling with his followers.