Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family, gave its elders cultivation resources, and accepted an ancestral jade pendant from Xiao Zhan. He recognized it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and told Zi Yan of the danger surrounding it.

• Hai Bodong guessed that Jia Xing Tian had asked Xiao Ling to refine a Sect Breaking Pill, while Nalan Jie hoped Xiao Ling could cure his Branding Poison.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, then met Xiao Zhan and the family elders.
• Xiao Ling gave the Xiao Family Cultivation Techniques, Dou Techniques, and five Rank 5 Spirit Breaking Pills to strengthen its members.
• Xiao Zhan offered Xiao Ling the patriarch position, but Xiao Ling declined and accepted an ancestral jade pendant instead.
• Zi Yan noticed Xiao Ling's reaction to the pendant, and Xiao Ling identified it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and explained its perilous significance.

Xiao Ling examined Xiao Yan’s cultivation problem and discovered that the soul inside the Bone Flame Ring was Yao Chen. After Xiao Ling revealed Xiao Yan’s hidden strength, he put Xiao Yan to sleep and confronted Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan studied the pharmacology book Yao Yue had given him while Xiao Zhan told him that Xiao Ling had returned and could examine his condition.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Xiao Ling for his past prejudice, and Xiao Zhan left him in Xiao Ling’s care.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan a Yellow Dragon Pill and used his Soul Power to examine him as he refined its energy.
• Xiao Ling discovered that Xiao Yan was already a Five-star Dou Wang with a Spirit Realm soul, then put him to sleep.
• Xiao Ling removed the Bone Flame Ring and called for its occupant, and Yao Chen emerged from the ring.

Xiao Ling confronted Yao Chen and learned why he had weakened Xiao Yan, then negotiated over Yao Chen’s offer to teach him alchemy and cultivation. Xiao Ling refused to become Yao Chen’s disciple but agreed to introduce him to a gifted potential student.

• Xiao Ling questioned Yao Chen about dispersing Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, and Yao Chen explained that he had meant to temper Xiao Yan before taking him as a disciple.
• Yao Chen revealed himself as Venerable Yao Chen by displaying the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Xiao Ling showed him the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Sub-flame he had received from Xun Er.
• Yao Chen explained the materials needed to refine a new body and offered to teach Xiao Ling in exchange for help restoring his body.
• Xiao Ling revealed that he cultivated Fen Jue, the flame-devouring technique Yao Chen had created, and Yao Chen offered to pass him the Bone Spirit Cold Flame if he became his disciple.
• Xiao Ling declined to become Yao Chen’s disciple, and Yao Chen promised to give him flames as he reached specified cultivation levels.
• Xiao Ling offered to introduce Yao Chen to a girl with even greater cultivation talent than his own, then led the way out of the Training Room.

Xiao Ling introduced Qing Lin to Yao Chen and arranged for her to become his disciple, allowing Yao Chen to guide her while she remained by Xiao Ling’s side. Yao Chen also gave Xiao Ling his Alchemist’s Handbook and the Black Demon Cauldron, while Xiao Ling promised to help restore his soul and eventually refine a body for him.

• Xiao Ling brought Qing Lin to meet Yao Chen and explained that she possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yao Chen recognized Qing Lin’s rare constitution, and Qing Lin agreed to become his disciple after Xiao Ling assured her she would not have to leave him.
• Qing Lin and Yao Chen completed a simple apprenticeship ceremony, and Yao Chen gave her the Bone Flame Ring to safeguard.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Ling his Alchemist’s Handbook and the Black Demon Cauldron, offering to teach him more advanced alchemy as he improved.
• Xiao Ling thanked Yao Chen and promised to use the best materials he could find to refine a body for him.

Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan Cultivation Techniques, Dou Techniques, and pills to help him recover after his cultivation talent returned. Xiao Yan declined the resources at first, leaving Xiao Ling impressed by how much he had matured.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Ling scrolls for Xiao Yan as compensation and asked him to call him Elder Yao.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Training Room and found Xiao Yan cultivating after awakening with his ability to retain Dou Qi restored.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Ling and asked about his mother’s ring; Xiao Ling said he had given it to Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan let her keep it.
• Xiao Yan asked for cultivation pills, but refused the Storage Ring of pills, a Fire Attribute cultivation method, and Dou Techniques when Xiao Ling offered them.

Xiao Ling asked Xiao Yan to earn Elder Huo’s favor and become his disciple in return for accepting the resources, then explored the Xiao family estate and resumed cultivation. The next morning, he learned that a Royal Family Princess had arrived with medicinal ingredients as payment for refining the Sect Breaking Pill, while Zi Yan also gave him the clan’s congratulatory gifts.

• Xiao Ling asked Xiao Yan to seek Elder Huo of Jia Nan Academy as his master, and Xiao Yan agreed to work hard to earn his favor.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan the Storage Ring and warned him to honor any master who accepted him.
• Xiao Ling toured the Xiao family estate, then let Zi Yan and the other women go out while he returned to the Training Room to refine an Earth Fire Lotus Seed.
• The next morning, Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that a Royal Family Princess had brought medicinal ingredients as payment for the Sect Breaking Pill.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Ling the Storage Ring of congratulatory gifts that others had sent to the Xiao family.

Xiao Ling gave Yao Ye a ready-made Sect Breaking Pill for Jia Xingtian, then entered seclusion to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame while Yao Chen watched over the others. During the six months he was away, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin made major advances in cultivation and Qing Lin gained three fifth-tier snake pets.

• Zi Yan gave Xiao Ling a Storage Ring of medicinal ingredients, and he rewarded her with sweet-tasting herbs.
• Yao Ye brought three sets of Sect Breaking Pill ingredients, but Xiao Ling gave her a ready-made peak sixth-tier pill to deliver to Jia Xingtian.
• Xiao Ling arranged for Zi Yan and the others to be cared for during his nearly half-year seclusion, and Yao Chen agreed to guide their cultivation.
• Xiao Ling entered the Training Room to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame and asked Yao Chen to help restore his soul with Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva after he emerged.
• During Xiao Ling's seclusion, Xiao Yi Xian advanced to the peak of Da Dou Shi, while Qing Lin reached the peak of Dou Shi and subdued three fifth-tier Serpentine Magical Beasts with help from Zi Yan and Rayquaza.

During Xiao Ling’s seclusion, Xiao Yan recovered his cultivation and became a rising talent, renewing interest in his engagement to Nalan Yanran. Nalan Yanran told her teacher Yun Yun that Xiao Yan was her fiancé, and Yun Yun recognized him as Xiao Ling’s cousin.

• Yao Chen told Zi Yan that she was accumulating energy and might soon break through to become a Sixth-tier Magical Beast, though he could not identify her race.
• Xiao Yan recovered his cultivation with Xiao Ling’s help, becoming a Three-star Dou Zhe and a First-grade Alchemist within six months.
• Xiao Yan remained curious about Nalan Yanran, who repeatedly declined the Nalan Family’s attempts to arrange a meeting.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that her fiancé was Xiao Yan, the Third Young Master of Xiao Family.
• Yun Yun recalled intelligence about Xiao Yan’s rapid rise and exclaimed that he was Xiao Ling’s cousin.

Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she wanted to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun agreed to accompany her to the Xiao Family the next day. At the Xiao Family, Yao Chen sensed Xiao Ling nearing the end of his seclusion and concealed the energy disturbance as Xiao Ling’s return appeared imminent.

• Yun Yun explained Xiao Ling’s reputation and warned Nalan Yanran that her family would oppose ending the engagement.
• Nalan Yanran insisted she would refuse the marriage regardless of whether her betrothed was Xiao Ling or Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun agreed to support her.
• Yun Yun set the visit to the Xiao Family for the next day, while Xiao Ling was still in seclusion.
• Qing Lin fed her snake pets and stopped the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and Six-winged Black Snake King from fighting.
• Xiao Yi Xian discussed her cultivation and hopes of resolving the Calamity Poison Body’s side effects with Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen sensed energy gathering around Xiao Ling in his Training Room, predicted he would emerge the next day, and concealed the disturbance with a Soul Barrier.

Xiao Yan trained his Eight Extremes Collapse before joining the Xiao Clan reception for the Misty Cloud Sect’s visit, which was led by Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran. Yun Yun found Xiao Ling absent in seclusion and greeted Zi Yan, while the purpose of the visit remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yan practiced Eight Extremes Collapse, then hurried to the reception hall after Steward Mo told him the Misty Cloud Sect was arriving.
• Xiao Yan joined Xiao Zhan and the elders, read while the clan gathered, and ignored Xiao Mei’s regretful gaze.
• Zi Yan arrived at Xiao Zhan’s request to represent Xiao Ling while he was in seclusion.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders welcomed Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the Misty Cloud Sect delegation into the hall.
• Yun Yun noticed Xiao Ling was absent and praised Zi Yan’s cultivation at the peak of the Dou Wang realm.

The Misty Cloud Sect visited the Xiao Family, where Nalan Yanran announced that she wanted to dissolve her engagement with Xiao Yan. Yun Yun backed her request by citing the sect’s rules and offering compensation, leaving Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan furious and humiliated.

• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran met with the Xiao Family, while Xiao Yan recognized Nalan Yanran as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• After Ge Ye raised the matter, Nalan Yanran told Xiao Zhan that she wanted to dissolve her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhan questioned her decision, but Nalan Yanran insisted it was her own choice and unrelated to the Nalan Family.
• Yun Yun explained that Misty Cloud Sect successors could not have romantic entanglements and asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve the engagement, offering generous compensation.
• Xiao Zhan crushed his jade cup, while Xiao Yan grew furious at what he saw as a public humiliation of the Xiao Family.

Yun Yun offered the Xiao Family valuable gifts as compensation for Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan agreed to end the engagement but challenged Nalan Yanran to a fight over the public humiliation, leaving Yun Yun to question whether he understood the stakes.

• Yun Yun presented Xiao Zhan with pills and cultivation techniques as compensation for dissolving Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's engagement.
• Xiao Yan declined the gifts and asked Nalan Yanran whether breaking off the engagement had been her own decision.
• Nalan Yanran said she had chosen for herself, and Xiao Yan agreed that the engagement should end.
• Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to fight him at the same cultivation level, saying he would accept the breakup without compensation if she won and publicly cast her aside if he won.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Yan that a loss would mean the Misty Cloud Sect took back the gifts, though she privately intended to leave them with the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan fought Nalan Yanran at the Xiao Family Training Ground and defeated her despite being wounded. He left the duel declaring that he would soon go to the Nalan Family to repudiate his wife.

• Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to a match, and Zi Yan began the battle at the Training Ground.
• Nalan Yanran attacked with Thousand Wind Gang and Wind Spirit Fractal Sword, while Xiao Yan used Wind Chasing Steps to close in on her.
• Xiao Yan took one energy sword to the shoulder, then struck Nalan Yanran with Eight Extremes Collapse and sent her flying.
• Zi Yan declared Xiao Yan the winner, and Xiao Yan healed his wound with a Second-grade Healing Pill.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that he would soon go to the Nalan Family to repudiate his wife.

Yun Yun negotiated with Xiao Yan to settle the broken engagement without publicly humiliating Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan accepted compensation from the Misty Cloud Sect. Meanwhile, Xiao Ling emerged from seclusion as a Four-star Dou Huang, drawing attention across Jia Ma Imperial City.

• Yun Yun offered Xiao Yan Misty Cloud Sect techniques, pills, and medicinal ingredients to prevent him from repudiating Nalan Yanran at her doorstep.
• Xiao Yan agreed to dissolve the engagement peacefully, citing Nalan Jie’s ignorance of the matter and Nalan Su’s friendship with Xiao Zhan, and took the offered resources.
• After the Misty Cloud Sect departed, Xiao Yan noted that the supplies would help him advance as an alchemist.
• Xiao Ling awakened in his Training Room with a powerful aura that shattered the Soul Barrier and drew gazes across Jia Ma Imperial City.
• Yun Yun realized Xiao Ling had likely broken through to Dou Huang as she left the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Ling reached Four-star Dou Huang, advanced the Flame Mantra to a Quasi-Earth Tier Cultivation Method, and used pills to dispel the Heavenly Flames’ Evil Fire.

After six months in seclusion, Xiao Ling emerged as a Four-star Dou Huang and reunited with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Chen. After hearing about the Misty Cloud Sect’s visit to the Xiao Family, he checked his system and used ten draws, gaining several techniques, items, and the Ling Clan Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

• Xiao Ling left the Training Room at Four-star Dou Huang and greeted Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Chen.
• Xiao Ling praised Qing Lin’s progress and cautioned Xiao Yi Xian to advance carefully after awakening her Calamity Poison Body.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that people from the Misty Cloud Sect had visited the Xiao Family over Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ling considered the danger the Misty Cloud Sect and Soul Hall posed before returning to his room.
• Xiao Ling checked his Personal Panel and used ten system draws, receiving the Ling Clan Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, Heavenly Nether Poison Art, and other rewards.

Xiao Ling examined the rare items he had obtained and gave Xiao Yi Xian two cultivation techniques suited to her future growth. He then began learning alchemy from Yao Chen, ending the day eager to explore the Dou Qi Continent's moon once he became strong enough.

• Xiao Ling inspected the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Scripture, Ling Clan Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, Companion Purple Crystal Source, and Thunder Emperor Scripture, deciding to keep the dangerous clan treasures hidden.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Scripture and Taiyi Soul Art, explaining how they could help her develop her poison cultivation and soul power.
• Xiao Ling gave the Companion Purple Crystal Source to Zi Yan, then read Yao Chen's Alchemist's Handbook in the courtyard.
• Yao Chen offered to teach Xiao Ling alchemy and guided him through medicinal properties, Heavenly Flame control, and flaws in his technique.
• Xiao Ling thanked Yao Chen after several hours of instruction and wondered whether he could visit the moon once he became strong enough.

After two months of peaceful study and leisure, Xiao Ling received a visit from Nalan Jie, who apologized for Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement and the strain it caused between the Nalan and Xiao families. Xiao Ling accepted that the matter was over, leaving Nalan Jie’s reason for visiting unresolved.

• Xiao Ling spent his days studying Alchemy with Yao Chen and enjoying time around Jia Ma Imperial City with Qing Lin and the others.
• Xiao Ling agreed to hand Han Feng over to Yao Chen once he was strong enough to confront him.
• Xiao Ling teased Xiao Yan about receiving a Sixth Rank Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast Flame through Yao Yue’s connections.
• A maid told Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan that Marshal Lionheart had come to visit, and Xiao Ling invited Nalan Jie into the courtyard.
• Nalan Jie apologized for Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement and harming the friendship between the Nalan and Xiao families.
• Xiao Ling told Nalan Jie that the matter had passed and did not need to be raised again.

Xiao Ling agreed to cure Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison in exchange for the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva. He gave the ingredient to Yao Chen, who proposed using it to create a low-grade Rank 7 pill and have Xiao Ling refine it.

• Xiao Ling recognized that Nalan Jie was suffering from Branding Poison and learned that a Branded Iron Poison Seal Python had poisoned him two years earlier.
• Nalan Jie asked Xiao Ling to use his Heavenly Flame to remove the poison and offered medicinal ingredients as payment.
• Xiao Ling requested the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Nalan Jie agreed to send it in exchange for treatment.
• Nalan Jie left, and a maid soon delivered the potted Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling brought the ingredient to Yao Chen, who said they could use it and their other materials to create a low-grade Rank 7 pill for Xiao Ling to refine.

Xiao Ling examined Nalan Jie and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to remove the Branding Poison from his body, healing the damage as he went. After declaring Nalan Jie fully recovered, Xiao Ling left the Nalan Family residence.

• Xiao Ling arrived at the Nalan Family residence and was escorted by Nalan Su to Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Ling used his Soul Perception to examine Nalan Jie and found Branding Poison spreading through his flesh and threatening his bones and meridians.
• Nalan Jie agreed to let Xiao Ling treat him with a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Ling injected the Green Lotus Core Flame into his body.
• Xiao Ling burned away the Branding Poison piece by piece and used his Healing Skill to repair Nalan Jie's scorched bones.
• Xiao Ling withdrew the flame after clearing the poison and announced that Nalan Jie's bodily functions had recovered before flying away.

After curing Nalan Jie, Xiao Ling visited the Alchemist Guild to search for a rare fragment that could teach him the Heavenly Fire Three Transformations. He traded a Spirit Ascension Pill with Wang for a mysterious jade pendant, leaving with the pendant in hand.

• Xiao Ling arrived at the Alchemist Guild, where the alchemists recognized and admired him as a Sixth-grade Alchemist and Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Ling entered the eastern trading hall and inspected the items offered for barter.
• Xiao Ling noticed a glowing jade pendant carved with mysterious patterns and examined it.
• Wang, a Fourth-grade Alchemist and Mittel Family retainer, offered to exchange the pendant for a Fourth-grade Pill prescription.
• Xiao Ling offered Wang a Spirit Ascension Pill, and they haggled until Wang accepted the pill for the jade pendant.