Chapter Summaries

After awakening in the Xiao Family as a four-year-old, Xiao Ling watched Xiao Yan’s first cultivation test and began cultivating Dou Qi himself. He activated the Myriad Worlds Extraction System, obtained a storage Soul Tool from another world, and resolved to grow stronger while considering how to win over Xiao Xun'er.

• Xiao Ling recalled his death on Blue Star and realized he had been reborn as an orphan in the Xiao Family of Wutan City.
• Xiao Ling went to the testing grounds and watched Xiao Yan reach Dou Qi Stage One at age four.
• Xiao Ling decided not to steal Xiao Yan’s ring and returned to his room to begin cultivating Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ling sensed Dou Qi on his first attempt, activating the Myriad Worlds Extraction System and earning an extraction opportunity.
• Xiao Ling extracted Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night from Yu Xiaogang and found Gold Coins and other items inside it.
• Xiao Ling considered winning over Xiao Xun'er and resumed cultivation to build his strength.

Xiao Ling met Xiao Xun'er from a distance and stopped Xiao Yan from sneaking into her courtyard. With Xiao Yan driven off and Ling Ying away searching the Xiao Family Treasury, Xiao Ling entered Xiao Xun'er's courtyard himself.

• Xiao Ling learned that the Gu Clan had brought Xiao Xun'er to the Xiao family and saw her talking with Xiao Yan near the Dou Qi Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling drew Qi Gathering Powder from the system and continued cultivating until he reached Dou Qi Stage One.
• Xiao Ling hid near Xiao Yan's courtyard and followed him when he headed for Xiao Xun'er's residence at night.
• Xiao Ling knocked Xiao Yan off the courtyard wall with a pebble, then struck him with another pebble and sent him fleeing.
• Xiao Ling checked that no one was watching and entered Xiao Xun'er's courtyard while Ling Ying was in the Xiao Family Treasury.

Xiao Ling secretly nourished Xiao Xun'er's meridians at night, then spent four years cultivating until he reached Dou Qi Stage Nine and became the Xiao Family's leading young genius. The chapter ends with Xiao Ling reflecting on how his rise affected Xiao Yan and the family.

• Xiao Ling entered Xiao Xun'er's room and used his Dou Qi to ease the strain of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, unaware that she watched him leave.
• Xiao Ling returned the next night to nourish Xiao Xun'er's meridians again, then continued the practice over time.
• Four years later, Xiao Ling reached Dou Qi Stage Nine and reviewed how his rapid cultivation had earned him the Xiao Family's attention and a better home.
• Xiao Ling recalled that his Dou Qi Stage Three result at age five had eclipsed Xiao Yan, who grew resentful and repeatedly lost to him in challenges.
• Xiao Ling reflected that Xiao Yan's domineering behavior toward the younger generation had made the mockery he later faced more likely.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er spent the day together, growing closer as they visited the marketplace. Xiao Ling bought her a bracelet, and they left the shop holding hands.

• Xiao Ling met Xiao Xun'er for breakfast, and they talked about his plan to attend Jia Nan Academy after becoming a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er walked to the marketplace, teased each other, and Xiao Ling realized his feelings for her were growing.
• Xiao Ling searched the marketplace for Suction Palm but did not find it.
• Xiao Ling noticed Xiao Xun'er admiring jewelry and bought her a bracelet for two hundred gold coins.
• Xiao Ling fastened the bracelet around Xiao Xun'er's wrist, and they left the shop holding hands.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er visited Wutan City's Miscellaneous Market, where Xiao Ling discovered an unusual Black Iron Piece. They returned to the Xiao Family with the piece for him to investigate.

• Xiao Xun'er bought a wooden box for fifty Gold Coins and found the hundred Gold Coins inside, while Xiao Ling realized a powerful expert had likely arranged the game for her.
• Xiao Ling sensed an unusual Soul Power fluctuation from a Black Iron Piece at a mercenary's stall and bargained for three Magic Cores.
• Xiao Ling added several cheap trinkets, including the Black Iron Piece, to the purchase and paid for the items.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Xun'er that the Black Iron Piece felt unusual and that he planned to study it for secrets.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er exchanged gifts as they strolled through the market, then returned to the Xiao Family.

Xiao Ling used a Qi Gathering Powder to break through to the Dou Zhe realm, then drew several items, including the evolving Fen Jue cultivation method. After beginning to cultivate Fen Jue, he headed to the Xiao family's Dou Qi Pavilion to report his breakthrough.

• Xiao Ling refined the Qi Gathering Powder and formed a Dou Qi Vortex, reaching Dou Zhe One Star.
• Xiao Ling checked his system panel, discovered his Fire attribute mixed with a trace of Wood, and used five draws.
• Xiao Ling drew the Taiyi Soul Art, Fen Jue, a Supreme Luck Card, an Infinite Cola Bottle, and a Shocking Love-Lust Pill.
• Bai Xiaochun noticed that one of his Advanced Love-Lust Pills had vanished and wondered whether an expert had taken it.
• Xiao Ling absorbed Fen Jue's instructions and cultivated with it, changing his Dou Qi to the pale yellow of a Low-grade Yellow Tier method.
• Xiao Ling drank a bottle of Cola and left for the Xiao family's Dou Qi Pavilion to report his breakthrough.

After reaching the Dou Zhe realm, Xiao Ling collected a basic cultivation technique, but Xiao Xun'er gave him a much stronger one. He then disguised himself and entered the Mittel Auction House to buy Beast Flames.

• Xiao Ling tested as having Fire Attribute Dou Qi and took the Xiao Family's Yellow Tier Advanced technique, Refining Fire Burn, from the Dou Qi Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Xun'er he had broken through to the Dou Zhe realm, and they went to lunch together.
• Xiao Xun'er replaced Refining Fire Burn with the Mysterious Tier High-grade Playing Flame Art, which Xiao Ling accepted.
• After escorting Xiao Xun'er back to her courtyard, Xiao Ling disguised himself in a black robe and entered the Mittel Auction House to buy Beast Flames.

Xiao Ling sold a Fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder to the Mittel Auction House and arranged to exchange it for non-poisonous Beast Fire. After returning to the Xiao Family, he noticed Xiao Yan sneaking toward the Back Mountain and wondered what he was up to.

• Xiao Ling visited the Treasure Appraisal Room and presented the Qi Gathering Powder to Gu Ni for appraisal.
• Xiao Ling rejected Gu Ni’s initial offer of three hundred thousand Gold Coins and negotiated a price of four hundred thousand.
• Gu Ni agreed to obtain three portions of Fourth Order Beast Fire, and Xiao Ling arranged to return in a week to collect them.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family and greeted the clan members who approached him.
• Xiao Ling spotted Xiao Yan sneaking toward the Back Mountain and wondered whether he was heading to the girls’ bathing place.

Xiao Ling stopped Xiao Yan from spying on Xiao Yu, then continued cultivating and bought three Beast Flames from the Mittel Auction House. He returned to his room and prepared to absorb the flames to improve his cultivation method.

• Xiao Ling used Dou Qi to strike Xiao Yan while he spied on Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu caught and beat him before he fled.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room, vowed to become stronger, and began cultivating toward the Sixth Stage of Dou Qi.
• After a week of cultivation, Xiao Ling visited the Mittel Auction House and collected three Beast Flames from Gu Ni.
• Xiao Ling returned home, examined the Earth Flame Fire, Peach Blossom Fire, and Azure Water Flame, and prepared to absorb them.

Xiao Ling absorbed the Peach Blossom Fire and told the Xiao Family elders he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy when recruitment arrived. The elders accepted his choice and gave him spending money, and he returned to his room resolved to protect the family before falling asleep.

• Xiao Ling absorbed the Peach Blossom Fire into his Dou Qi vortex and stored the other two Beast Flames for later.
• Xiao Ling went to Xiao Zhan and the elders, who were discussing Xiao Yan peeping at the First Elder’s granddaughter.
• Xiao Ling announced he would enroll at Jia Nan Academy when its recruitment team arrived, and he reassured the elders he would remember the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Zhan suggested the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Ling said he preferred Jia Nan Academy and joked that a Dou Zong might take him as a disciple.
• The First Elder gave Xiao Ling a gold card containing fifty thousand Gold Coins, and Xiao Ling returned to his room and fell asleep.

Xiao Ling passed Jia Nan Academy’s enrollment test at eight years old and received S-rank treatment, then prepared to leave for the academy. Before he departed, Xiao Xun'er gave him a Sixth Rank Blazing Fire Wolf Beast Flame, and she promised to join him next year.

• Xiao Ling passed the registration test and told Instructor Ruo Lin he was an eight-year-old One-star Dou Zhe.
• Ruo Lin granted Xiao Ling S-rank treatment and told him to gather at the selection site in three days.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Ling she would attend Jia Nan Academy next year, while Ling Ying watched them from the shadows.
• Jia Nan Academy announced its recruitment rankings, and Xiao Ling spent the following days with Xiao Xun'er around Wutan City.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Ling a Sixth Rank Blazing Fire Wolf Beast Flame before he left for Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Ling traveled with the new students to Jia Nan Academy on giant flying magical beasts, then used his remaining system draws and examined the rewards. He gained an Eight-tailed Fire Fox Beast Flame Origin Seed, a Blue Silver Emperor spirit bone, a Dou Zun Relic Map, and a Rayquaza Elf Egg.

• Instructor Ruo Lin led the qualified students outside Wutan City and summoned Jia Nan Academy's flying magical beasts.
• Xiao Ling and the other students boarded the beasts and flew away from Wutan City toward Jia Nan Academy.
• After returning to his arranged room, Xiao Ling opened his Personal Panel and used all four remaining draws.
• The system awarded Xiao Ling an Eighth Rank Eight-tailed Fire Fox Beast Flame Origin Seed, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor's Trunk Bone, a Dou Zun Relic Map, and a Rayquaza Elf Egg.
• Xiao Ling found that the relic map required Mortal Realm Great Perfection Soul Power to activate and was pleased to gain Rayquaza as a potential mount.

Xiao Ling absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor's Trunk Bone, gaining powerful recovery and disguise skills as his cultivation rose. He arrived at Jia Nan Academy, joined Instructor Ruo Lin's class, and was led to meet Headmaster Hu Gan.

• Xiao Ling absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor's Trunk Bone, which transformed his appearance and raised his cultivation to five-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Ling tested the soul bone's regenerative skill, then continued toward Jia Nan Academy while Instructor Ruo Lin explained the dangers of the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Ling concealed his strength and appearance with Disguise, reached the peak of nine-star Dou Zhe after absorbing five Beast Flames, and saved his remaining draw chances for the academy.
• Xiao Ling arrived at Jia Nan Academy with the other new students and agreed to join Instructor Ruo Lin's class while pursuing alchemy.
• Instructor Ruo Lin told Xiao Ling that Headmaster Hu Gan wanted to meet him and escorted him toward the headmaster's office.

Xiao Ling joined Jia Nan Academy’s Alchemy Department after Principal Hu Gan agreed to provide him with exceptional resources in exchange for serving the academy after graduation. Elder Huo began teaching him alchemy and took him to the pill-refining room to start practical training.

• Xiao Ling met Principal Hu Gan, revealed that he was an eight-year-old Dou Zhe with strong alchemy potential, and agreed to become an academy elder after graduation.
• Hu Gan gave Xiao Ling a Storage Ring filled with medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Ling went to his dormitory to rest before visiting the Alchemy Department the next morning.
• An instructor explained the department’s classes, rewards, and ingredient support to Xiao Ling before Elder Huo introduced himself and gave him books, pill formulae, techniques, and equipment.
• Elder Huo taught Xiao Ling the basics of cauldrons and flames, warned him to keep Jia Nan Academy’s Divine Flame secret, and examined Xiao Ling’s Fused Beast Flame.
• Elder Huo led Xiao Ling to a pill-refining room, where he planned to demonstrate alchemy before Xiao Ling tried refining pills himself.

Xiao Ling watched Elder Huo refine a Flame Condensing Pill, then practiced alchemy himself and succeeded on his eighth attempt. Elder Huo warned him not to mistake one successful pill for mastery and left him with ingredients to continue practicing.

• Elder Huo demonstrated how to refine a Flame Condensing Pill and gave the finished pill to Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling used his Beast Flame and Wood Attribute Dou Qi to refine the pill, succeeding after seven failures.
• Xiao Ling treasured the first pill he had made, and Elder Huo praised his progress while warning him to keep practicing.
• Xiao Ling promised to heed Elder Huo's advice, and Elder Huo left him a large supply of medicinal herbs before departing.

Xiao Ling steadily advanced his alchemy, cultivation, and combat skills at Jia Nan Academy, earning a reputation as its number one genius. Two years later, newly at the Great Dou Master realm, he defeated a Four-star Great Dou Master in a spar and healed him afterward.

• After Elder Huo left, Xiao Ling alternated between refining pills and cultivating, then examined the techniques and alchemy books in the Storage Ring Elder Huo had given him.
• Xiao Ling followed a regular routine of studying alchemy with Elder Huo, cultivating Dou Qi, and sparring with academy students and instructors.
• Xiao Ling improved rapidly, became nearly unmatched among opponents in his major realm, and earned the title of Jia Nan Academy's Number One Genius.
• Two years later, Xiao Ling fought a sparring match at the academy as a newly advanced Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Ling tricked Brother Lin, a Four-star Great Dou Master, with a feint and knocked him from the stage with one punch.
• Xiao Ling used his healing Soul Bone Skill on Brother Lin, who praised his recovery ability and strength.

After Xiao Ling defeated Lin Xiuyai, his shiny Rayquaza appeared, and Xiao Ling took Xiao Xun'er on a ride through the sky. The chapter left them flying together above the clouds at sunset, enjoying each other’s company.

• Xiao Ling and Lin Xiuyai left the arena after Xiao Ling pulled him to his feet.
• Rayquaza, the shiny magical beast that had hatched on Xiao Ling’s ninth birthday, emerged from the passage and greeted him.
• Xiao Ling told Rayquaza to hide in his sleeve, while Lin Xiuyai envied him for having such a powerful companion.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived, and Xiao Ling released Rayquaza and invited her to ride with him.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er flew into the sky on Rayquaza and reached the Stratosphere before sunset.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er spent a happy afternoon together before returning to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Ling prepared for his planned trip to the Black Corner Region. He used ten of his system draws and received several new items and techniques.

• Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er flew through the mountains on Rayquaza, shared a romantic outing, and returned to the academy at dusk.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Xun'er that he wanted to train in the Black Corner Region to gain experience with real combat, and she agreed while resolving to have Ling Ying protect him.
• Xiao Ling escorted Xiao Xun'er to her courtyard, left Rayquaza with her, and returned to his room.
• Xiao Ling opened his Personal Panel and saw that he had eighteen draws remaining.
• Xiao Ling made a ten-pull and obtained Gold Coins, a Myriad Soul Banner, pills and formulas, the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Finger, an Imperial Extreme Pill, and a Sect Breaking Pill.

Xiao Ling examined his system rewards and prepared to leave Jia Nan City for training. Principal Hu Gan assigned him a mission to kill a wanted criminal, offering him a chance at solo Fallen Heart Flame Origin Body Tempering if he succeeded.

• Xiao Ling claimed the Myriad Soul Banner, inspected pills and martial arts, and stored away the rewards he could not use yet.
• Xiao Ling cultivated through the night, then headed to Hu Gan's office the next morning while Ling Ying followed him at a distance.
• Hu Gan offered Xiao Ling an assessment mission and promised solo Fallen Heart Flame Origin Body Tempering after he entered the Inner Academy and reached the Dou Ling realm.
• Hu Gan told Xiao Ling to choose and kill a wanted person at Five-star Great Dou Shi or above, and Xiao Ling accepted and left to complete the mission.

Xiao Ling reached Black Stone City and used a wanted poster to identify the innkeeper Tang Ri Tian as a murderous eight-star Great Dou Shi. After Tang Ri Tian tried to kill him, Xiao Ling defeated him and left the city with his belongings and soul.

• Xiao Ling swatted down a boy who rushed toward him and took the gold pouches the boy had been carrying.
• Xiao Ling recalled how he had ambushed and killed two Great Dou Shi pursuers, then stored their souls in the Myriad Soul Banner.
• Xiao Ling paid Tang Ri Tian for a room at the inn, then recognized him from a wanted poster as a murderer who preyed on guests.
• When Tang Ri Tian entered Xiao Ling’s room with a sledgehammer, Xiao Ling struck him with a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, blasting through the inn and badly burning him.
• Tang Ri Tian tried to flee and then pleaded for mercy, but Xiao Ling caught him and killed him with a Crimson Flame Fist.
• Xiao Ling took Tang Ri Tian’s Storage Ring, collected his soul in the Myriad Soul Banner, documented the corpse, and disappeared into the night.