Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu told Great Elder Xiao Shan that she had broken through to Eight-Duan Dou Qi after using a powerful bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid from Cao Ying. She then shared what she had learned from Xun'er, leaving Xiao Shan to hear the details of her growing concern.

• Xiao Yu visited Great Elder Xiao Shan and revealed that she had advanced in cultivation.
• Xiao Shan worried that Xiao Yu had used a forbidden technique or medicine, but Xiao Yu explained that Cao Ying had given her Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Yu said the bottle was far more effective than the versions sold in Wutan City and guessed that Cao Ying refined the market supply herself.
• Xiao Shan was stunned by the possibility that Cao Ying was a Grade-Two Alchemist at such a young age.
• Xiao Yu recounted her conversation with Xun'er and explained that Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian had brought Xun'er back the previous night.

Xiao Shan warned Xiao Yu to cherish her friendship with Cao Ying without probing into the courtyard’s secrets, while Xiao Yu resolved to broaden her horizons. In the courtyard, Yun Yun trained Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian in combat awareness, leaving them exhausted and dreading their weekly sparring sessions.

• Xiao Shan told Xiao Yu that the courtyard’s residents were powerful and urged her to treat Cao Ying and the others sincerely while respecting their boundaries.
• Xiao Shan gave Xiao Yu three pills to help stabilize her cultivation, and she returned to her room to cultivate with the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid Cao Ying had given her.
• Xiao Shan decided to discuss the courtyard, the Jialie Clan’s destruction, and the Xiao Clan’s future with Xiao Zhan.
• Yun Yun fought Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian together in the courtyard, evading their poison and flame attacks until both girls were exhausted.
• Yun Yun told Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian that they needed to improve their adaptability and awareness, then ordered them to spar with her every seven days.

Cailin watched Caidie’s cultivation stabilize and began planning to build a faction within Su Baichen’s household. She singled out Yun Yun as a potential ally and prepared to ask her opinion, while Cao Ying secretly returned and listened in.

• Cailin and Yun Yun discussed Caidie’s progress as her breakthrough aura settled.
• Cailin reflected on Su Baichen’s other women and resolved to manage his household and build her own faction.
• Cailin decided Yun Yun could become her first ally and studied her closely.
• Yun Yun asked Cailin why she was staring at her, and Cailin addressed her by name before saying she wanted her opinion.
• Cao Ying sneaked back for her Storage Ring, hid behind a pillar, and watched while snacking on sunflower seeds.

Cailin asked Yun Yun whether she wanted to become more than Su Baichen’s maid, then offered to help her become his bedchamber maid. After weighing her gratitude and long-buried feelings for him, Yun Yun accepted and declared that she wanted to become his woman.

• Yun Yun praised Su Baichen’s character and described him as the most important benefactor in her life.
• Cailin asked Yun Yun whether she wanted to become someone by Su Baichen’s side and said that Caidie also had feelings for him.
• Cailin offered to arrange for Yun Yun to become Su Baichen’s bedchamber maid and suggested that bearing his child would secure her position.
• Yun Yun recalled Su Baichen’s kindness and realized she had hidden her hopes behind duty and gratitude.
• Yun Yun told Cailin that she wanted to become Su Baichen’s woman.

Cailin welcomed Yun Yun as family and encouraged her to pursue a relationship with Su Baichen, leaving Cao Ying reeling after she overheard them. Far away, Su Baichen sneezed while traveling with Yao Chen, who teased him about his admirers.

• Cailin clasped Yun Yun's hand, promised to look after her, and asked her to call her Sister.
• Yun Yun called Cailin Sister, while Cao Ying overheard their conversation and dropped her sunflower seeds in shock.
• Cao Ying fled to a corner, struggling to process Cailin's plan to help Yun Yun join Su Baichen's household.
• Su Baichen sneezed while flying toward a city with Yao Chen and wondered why his nose had suddenly become itchy.
• Yao Chen teased Su Baichen that one of his sweethearts was missing him and warned that Xuanyi or Queen Medusa might cause trouble.

Su Baichen joked with Yao Chen about his love life as they traveled toward the Jiana Empire, where Miteer Xue and her daughter Fei'er fled pursuers after escaping the danger surrounding the Mittel Family. The story traced their flight back to the previous night, when Miteer Xue and Ya Tian discussed the Mittel Family’s decline and its request for the Ya Family to merge with it.

• Su Baichen dismissed Yao Chen’s warning about jealousy and said Xuanyi and Cailin could manage his household together.
• Su Baichen wondered whether Yao Chen had found a partner, then hurried toward the Jiana Empire when Yao Chen challenged him.
• Miteer Xue fled through the forest with Fei'er while more than a dozen masked men pursued them.
• Miteer Xue crushed a dark purple jade pendant to conceal her and Fei'er’s auras, allowing the pursuers to pass them by.
• Miteer Xue comforted Fei'er and recalled the previous night, when Ya Tian discussed Miteer Tengshan’s letters urging the Ya Family to merge with the Mittel Family.

After the Ya Family was attacked, Miteer Xue fled with her daughter Ya Fei while Ya Tian stayed behind and sacrificed himself. As they continued through the forest, a Shadow Guard elder secretly ordered their pursuit to protect the Mittel Family’s plan to seize the Ya Family’s estate, and a spatial fissure opened above the abandoned tree.

• Ya Tian sent Miteer Xue and Ya Fei through a secret passage as attackers raided the Ya Family, then unleashed a Dou Wang self-destruction to cover their escape.
• Miteer Xue treated her wound and continued into the forest with Ya Fei, promising they would survive and honoring the road Ya Tian had bought with his life.
• A masked Shadow Guard elder ordered his men to pursue Miteer Xue and conceal the Mittel Family’s role in the attack.
• The elder followed Miteer Xue and Ya Fei through the shadows, explaining that the Mittel Family intended to kill Miteer Xue and take the Ya Family’s estate.
• After the pursuers and fugitives left, a pitch-black spatial fissure opened above the giant tree.

Su Baichen decided to take Ya Fei under his wing after recognizing her future business talent, while he and Yao Chen suspected a conspiracy involving the Mittel Family. Miteer Xue and Ya Fei were cornered in a cave, where Miteer Xue’s hidden power began to erupt as she fought to protect her daughter.

• Su Baichen told Yao Chen he intended to nurture Ya Fei’s business talent and noted that the assassins’ talk of Mittel Family infighting suggested a larger conflict.
• Su Baichen and Yao Chen left through a spatial rift, while Su Baichen noticed a hidden tracker watching from the shadows.
• In a concealed cave, Ya Fei asked Miteer Xue why they were not seeking refuge with the Mittel Family, and Miteer Xue suspected her husband had distrusted her relatives.
• Three black-clothed assassins found Miteer Xue and Ya Fei, declared they would leave no survivors, and attacked them.
• Miteer Xue took the assassins’ blows while shielding Ya Fei, until a strike sent her crashing into the cave wall.
• As two assassins rushed to finish her, Miteer Xue’s aura surged and a blood-red light drove them back.

Miteer Xue appeared to surrender when the black-clad assassins threatened her daughter, Ya Fei, but she used their lowered vigilance to kill them. She ended the chapter standing over the three dead men, having rescued her daughter from their grasp.

• Miteer Xue raised her cultivation to peak Dou Ling, but the black-clad leader revealed that Second Brother held the unconscious Ya Fei at knifepoint.
• Miteer Xue abandoned her resistance and agreed to obey the assassins when they threatened to harm Ya Fei.
• The leader and Third Brother approached Miteer Xue while Second Brother watched Ya Fei, and the men let their guard down.
• Miteer Xue drew a poisoned dagger and slashed the throats of the leader and Third Brother.
• Miteer Xue threw the dagger at Second Brother, killing him and ending the threat to Ya Fei.

After Miteer Xue defeated the three assassins, her uncle Miteer Feng revealed that the Mittel Family had destroyed the Ya Family and planned to kill her while taking Ya Fei. As Miteer Feng prepared to strike the unconscious Miteer Xue, an unseen speaker interrupted him.

• Miteer Xue killed the three black-clad assassins, reached Ya Fei, and collapsed from her injuries and the secret technique’s backlash.
• Miteer Feng emerged from the shadows and admitted that the Mittel Family had targeted the Ya Family’s assets and sent Ya Tian to his death.
• Miteer Xue realized her maternal family had arranged the attacks and asked whether Miteer Feng had come to kill her and Ya Fei.
• Miteer Feng said he would kill Miteer Xue but spare Ya Fei and take her back to the Mittel Family.
• Miteer Xue lost consciousness as Miteer Feng gathered battle qi to strike her, but an unseen speaker mocked the Mittel Family and interrupted him.

Su Baichen killed Miteer Feng, then rescued and healed Miteer Xue and Ya Fei. The next day, the mother and daughter woke in a guest room, learned their benefactor had left them medicine and clothes, and prepared to meet him.

• Su Baichen killed Miteer Feng with a sound-wave technique after Miteer Feng tried to offer his service.
• Su Baichen healed Miteer Xue and Ya Fei, took them through a spatial rift, and left with Yao Chen.
• Miteer Xue woke the next afternoon beside Ya Fei and realized someone had rescued them and treated their wounds.
• Miteer Xue found fourth-grade Zhenxue Pills and new clothes with a note, then took a pill and gave Ya Fei medicine.
• Miteer Xue and Ya Fei changed into their new outfits and prepared to thank the senior who had saved them.

Su Baichen and Yao Chen discussed Heavenly Flames and the danger of making a disciple’s path too easy, stirring Yao Chen’s painful memories of Han Feng’s betrayal. Miteer Xue and Ya Fei joined them, and Su Baichen revealed that he had saved them because he saw Ya Fei’s future potential in business.

• Su Baichen asked Yao Chen for information about Heavenly Flames, and Yao Chen warned that elders should not clear every obstacle from their disciples’ paths.
• Yao Chen recalled how his spoiling and teaching had preceded Han Feng’s resentment and betrayal, then lost his game of Go to Su Baichen.
• Su Baichen encouraged Yao Chen to consider taking another disciple, but Yao Chen refused because he could not bear another betrayal.
• Su Baichen called Miteer Xue and Ya Fei out from the courtyard gate, and they thanked the two men for saving their lives.
• Su Baichen told Miteer Xue that he had saved them because he believed Ya Fei would become a successful businesswoman.

Su Baichen gave Miteer Xue seven days to restore the Ya Family’s business holdings, making his support conditional on her proving her ability. After she and Ya Fei left to face the task, Su Baichen told Yao Chen that the deadline was meant to reveal how much potential Miteer Xue could unleash under pressure.

• Su Baichen told Miteer Xue that the Mittel Family had seized the largest share of the Ya Family’s businesses.
• Miteer Xue knelt and promised to gather the Ya Family’s market holdings and stabilize the situation.
• Su Baichen gave Miteer Xue seven days to rebuild the Ya Family into a force in the Jia Ma Empire’s business world.
• Miteer Xue accepted the challenge, then left with Ya Fei, who felt a desire to become strong.
• Yao Chen questioned the short deadline, and Su Baichen explained that he wanted to test Miteer Xue’s potential rather than recover the Ya Family’s businesses for himself.

Cao Ying rewarded Xiao Yu for stabilizing her cultivation and set both Xiao Yu and Xun'er on new training tasks. Meanwhile, Su Baichen prepared for a seven-day trial involving Miteer Xue and sent Yun Yun toward the Jia Ma Empire's capital.

• Cao Ying gave Xiao Yu Juqi Powder and promised to guide her cultivation.
• Cao Ying gave Xun'er the Wanhuo Qinglian and insisted she cultivate by challenging her to a fight.
• Xiao Yu pledged to work hard, and Cao Ying told her to use the Juqi Powder to attempt a breakthrough while she protected her.
• Cao Ying instructed Xun'er to refine and absorb the Golden Emperor Incinerating Flame with the Wanhuo Qinglian.
• Su Baichen reflected on the seven-day countdown and asked Cailin to check on Yun Yun and Caidie, then send Yun Yun to the Jia Ma Empire's capital.

After Miteer Xue survived an assassination attempt and strengthened the Ya Family’s position, Miteer Tengshan decided to personally use force against her. Su Baichen asked Yun Yun to protect Miteer Xue and Ya Fei, leaving Yun Yun to decide whether to accept the mission.

• Miteer Tengshan learned that Miteer Xue had survived and that the three assassins sent after her had disappeared.
• Miteer Tengshan blamed the Mittel Family’s failure to defeat Miteer Xue in business and ordered preparations for a secret attack, planning to leave that night himself.
• Su Baichen examined Yun Yun’s progress and praised her for reaching the two-star Dou Emperor level.
• Su Baichen showed Yun Yun a portrait of Miteer Xue and Ya Fei and asked her to protect them from possible attacks by the Mittel Family.
• Yun Yun heard Su Baichen’s warning about further assassinations and was asked whether she would accept the mission.

Su Baichen assigned Yun Yun to secretly protect Miteer Xue and Ya Fei as Miteer Xue worked to reclaim the Ya Family’s businesses. Miteer Xue vowed to build a secure future for her daughter, but a hostile voice outside their door declared that they had no future.

• Yun Yun accepted Su Baichen’s mission to protect Miteer Xue and Ya Fei, watch for other forces, and leave that night.
• Su Baichen gave Yun Yun a jade slip with Miteer Xue and Ya Fei’s address and contact information, and Yun Yun thanked him before departing.
• Miteer Xue told Ya Fei that the family had recovered some businesses, but sixty percent remained in the hands of the Mittel Family, the Mu Clan, the Nalan Clan, and other opportunists.
• Miteer Xue promised to rebuild the Ya Family’s businesses and secure a free future for Ya Fei, who vowed to grow strong enough to protect her mother.
• An unseen hostile speaker laughed outside the room and declared that Miteer Xue and Ya Fei had no future.

Miteer Tengshan confronted Miteer Xue and Ya Fei at the Ya Family estate, admitting that the Mittel Family had orchestrated the Ya Family’s destruction. As he prepared to kill them and challenged their benefactor to appear, a cold voice spoke from behind him.

• Miteer Tengshan entered the estate and revealed that he had ordered the Ya Family purged because it threatened the Mittel Family’s influence.
• Miteer Xue shielded Ya Fei as Miteer Tengshan declared that the girl also had to die because she now knew the truth.
• Ya Fei insisted that their benefactor would protect them, but Miteer Tengshan claimed he had searched the area and found no one.
• Miteer Tengshan threatened to kill their benefactor if he appeared and raised a cyan dou qi sword toward Miteer Xue.
• An unknown voice behind Miteer Tengshan asked who he had said he wanted to kill.

Yun Yun appeared before Miteer Tengshan and killed him after he threatened someone her young master wished to protect. She then turned toward Miteer Xue and Ya Fei.

• Yun Yun confronted Miteer Tengshan and asked who he had wanted to kill.
• Miteer Tengshan recognized Yun Yun, guessed that Yun Shan had secretly rescued and trained her, and threatened to draw the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s attention.
• Yun Yun severed both of Miteer Tengshan’s arms with a swift sword strike.
• Miteer Tengshan begged for his life and offered the Mittel Family’s resources, but Yun Yun pierced his throat with sword Qi and killed him.
• Yun Yun turned toward the frozen Miteer Xue and Ya Fei.

Yun Yun killed Miteer Tengshan and ordered Miteer Xue and Ya Fei to conceal her identity and keep following Su Baichen's plans. At dawn, Miteer Xue used Tengshan's disappearance to demand the return of seized property and ownership of the Imperial Capital Auction House from the Mittel Family.

• Yun Yun told Miteer Xue and Ya Fei not to reveal her identity, then left after killing Miteer Tengshan.
• Miteer Xue warned Ya Fei not to ask about Su Baichen and to focus on their assigned business plans.
• Yun Yun returned to Su Baichen's courtyard, reported that she had removed the threat, and received his praise and an invitation to seek cultivation guidance the next day.
• As dawn came, the Mittel Family elders grew alarmed when Miteer Tengshan failed to return and sent men to find Miteer Xue.
• Miteer Xue hinted that Tengshan was dead and demanded that the Mittel Family return all seized property and give her the Imperial Capital Auction House.

The Mittel Family debated how to rescue Miteer Tengshan after Ya Xue demanded the Imperial Capital auction house as ransom. The Second Elder ordered them to accept her terms and secretly prepare an evacuation plan, while Ya Xue received the deeds and transfer documents from their envoy.

• Elder Leina urged the Mittel Family elders to act, but their arguments over rescuing Miteer Tengshan and protecting the family's prestige produced no solution.
• The Second Elder ordered the Mittel Family to give Ya Xue the Imperial Capital auction house and meet all her demands to secure Tengshan's safe return.
• The Second Elder secretly activated the Ice Sealing Plan to move the family's descendants and important assets in case the family faced disaster.
• A Mittel Family envoy delivered deeds to the Ya Family's former properties and the Miteer Auction House, along with the transfer documents, to Ya Xue.
• Ya Xue's steward took the box and began inspecting its contents.