Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ce, a reincarnated former author, cultivated the Xuantian Yin-Yang Dao and advanced to the third stage of Dou Qi over two years. When the Xiao Clan urgently summoned Xiao Hai to meet distinguished guests, Xiao Ce suspected Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er had arrived and resolved to foil Gu Yuan's plans.

• After awakening memories of his previous life, Xiao Ce learned that the Doudi Legacy from his fanfiction, the Xuantian Yin-Yang Dao, had come with him to the Douqi Continent.
• Xiao Ce planned to cultivate the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Breathing Art and later seek out Xiao Yi Xian or Qing Lin as a dual cultivation partner.
• Xiao Ce devoted himself to cultivation, and two years later he had reached the third stage of Dou Qi at age six.
• A guard told Xiao Hai that the Clan Head had ordered him to the Guest Reception Hall because distinguished guests had arrived.
• Xiao Ce suspected the guests were Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er, and he resolved to make Gu Yuan pay for seeking information about the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Xiao Ce watched Gu Yuan arrive at the Xiao Clan with the young Gu Xun'er and caught Gu Yuan's interest because of his unusually strong soul power. Outside the reception hall, Xiao Ce then met Xiao Yan and his cousins, where Xiao Yan proudly announced his ambitions and boasted about his cultivation.

• Xiao Ce persuaded Xiao Hai to let him see the distinguished guests and followed him to the Guest Reception Hall.
• Xiao Ce saw Xiao Zhan greeting Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er, and Gu Yuan noticed Xiao Ce's exceptional soul strength.
• After Gu Yuan and Xiao Zhan entered the hall, Xiao Ce rejected the idea of secretly entering Gu Xun'er's room to win her favor.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Xiao Li, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Ning, showed off his third-stage Dou Qi, and declared that he would become the Xiao Clan's first Dou Emperor.

Gu Yuan asked Xiao Zhan to take in his daughter, Gu Xun'er, and left her in the Xiao Clan’s care. After Gu Yuan departed, Xiao Zhan and the elders discovered that his Storage Ring held valuable pills, three Juqi Powders, and a fortune in gold coins.

• Xiao Yan praised Xiao Ce and began to see him as a future right-hand man before asking if he knew who the visitors were.
• Gu Yuan asked Xiao Zhan to care for Gu Xun'er, and Xiao Zhan agreed on behalf of the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Yuan gave Xiao Zhan a Storage Ring and, after saying goodbye to Gu Xun'er, left the Xiao estate.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders speculated about Gu Yuan’s origins, then inspected the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders found pills, three Juqi Powders, and one or two hundred thousand gold coins inside the ring.

Gu Xun'er was left in the Xiao Clan's care, and Xiao Zhan introduced her to the clan's younger generation. Xiao Ce led her on a tour, hoping to win her favor, while Gu Xun'er remained distant but found him the most agreeable of the group.

• Xiao Zhan told the elders to care for Gu Xun'er and encourage the younger generation to spend time with her.
• Xiao Zhan introduced Gu Xun'er to Xiao Ce, Xiao Yan, Xiao Ning, and the others as a member of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ce volunteered to show Gu Xun'er around, and Xiao Zhan left her with the children.
• Xiao Ce guided Gu Xun'er past the clan's halls, training ground, and back mountain while she listened quietly.
• Xiao Ning tried repeatedly to get Gu Xun'er's attention and annoyed her, while Xiao Yan's air of superiority also put her off.

Xiao Ce comforted Gu Xun’er with candy, and she grew closer to him after learning that his parents had died. When Gu Xun’er rejected Xiao Yan’s nearby courtyard, Xiao Ce arranged for her to live near his own home, leaving Xiao Yan’s chances to befriend her uncertain.

• Xiao Ce offered Gu Xun’er candy and implied his parents had gone somewhere far away, but Xiao Ning blurted out that they had died two years earlier.
• Xiao Yu struck Xiao Ning for exposing Xiao Ce’s loss, and Gu Xun’er accepted the candy with sympathy and began chatting warmly with Xiao Ce.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders revealed that they had divided Gu Xun’er’s foster care gifts, with the most valuable Juqi Powder going to promising young clan members.
• Xiao Zhan offered Gu Xun’er a courtyard near Xiao Yan, but she declined because she was not familiar with him.
• Xiao Ce suggested an unused courtyard near his home, and Gu Xun’er agreed to live there and rely on him for care.

Xiao Ce fought Xiao Yan for the third time at the Xiao Clan Training Ground and defeated him despite being one stage lower in Dou Qi. Xiao Yan lay stunned after Xiao Ce countered his Stone-Shattering Palm with the same technique.

• Xiao Yan, at the ninth stage of Dou Qi, challenged Xiao Ce, who had reached the eighth stage, hoping to erase his two previous losses.
• The Xiao Clan youths gathered to watch as Xiao Yan and Xiao Ce exchanged dozens of attacks without either gaining an advantage.
• Xiao Xun'er cheered for Xiao Ce while Xiao Mei supported Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ning regretted not becoming closer to Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan poured his Dou Qi into a Stone-Shattering Palm, but Xiao Ce answered with the same technique and sent him flying to the ground.
• Xiao Yan stared in shock and questioned whether Xiao Ce's strike had really been Stone-Shattering Palm.

Xiao Ce defeated Xiao Yan again with his perfected Stone-Shattering Palm, then took Xiao Xun'er to the market. After Xiao Yan briefly became a Dou Zhe, his cultivation mysteriously drained away, while twelve-year-old Xiao Ce reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi and prepared to advance.

• Xiao Ce explained that he had mastered the Stone-Shattering Palm and hinted that he had not used his full strength in his previous matches with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ce left the Training Ground with Xiao Xun'er and promised to take her shopping at the market.
• Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe and imagined that he would defeat Xiao Ce once his cultivation stabilized.
• Less than a month later, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi drained away and his cultivation fell back to the ninth stage; Xiao Zhan and the clan's elders failed to find a solution.
• Xiao Ce trained harder as his cultivation reached the ninth stage, and he thought about using one of the clan's Juqi Powder doses to condense a Dou Qi Cyclone.

Xiao Ce used Juqi Powder to break through to Dou Zhe, forming a powerful black-and-white Yin-Yang Qi Cyclone through the Xuantian Yin-Yang Dao. After emerging from seclusion, he told Xiao Hai that his Dou Qi was fire-attributed and said he had his own way to obtain a cultivation technique.

• Xiao Ce told Xiao Hai he had reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi and asked for Juqi Powder, which Xiao Hai had prepared for him.
• Xiao Ce swallowed the Juqi Powder in Xiao Hai's cultivation chamber and refined its energy with the Yin-Yang Foundation Establishment Chapter.
• Xiao Ce condensed a black-and-white Yin-Yang Qi Cyclone, gained Yin-Yang Dou Qi that could transform into other attributes, and tested his increased strength.
• After a day, Xiao Ce emerged as a Dou Zhe, and Xiao Hai celebrated his twelve-year-old grandson's breakthrough.
• Xiao Hai warned Xiao Ce that the clan's best fire-attributed technique was only Yellow-Rank High-grade, but Xiao Ce said he had his own means to obtain a technique.

Xiao Ce cultivated the Xuantian Yin-Yang Dao and grew close to Xun'er, who offered him a high-grade technique and then several Dou Skills. The chapter left Xiao Ce with his cultivation secret intact and Xun'er eager to provide him with more resources.

• The Xiao Clan's senior members kept Xiao Ce's breakthrough to Dou Zhe secret because they feared Xiao Yan's cultivation regression might be sabotage.
• Xiao Ce cultivated the Xuantian Yin-Yang Dao, strengthening his foundation and nearing another breakthrough in less than half a month.
• Xun'er visited Xiao Ce and asked whether he was cultivating the Xiao Clan's Lianhuofen technique.
• Xiao Ce told Xun'er he had found a mysterious technique at the market, so she stopped worrying and offered him the high-grade Xuan-tier Yanhuang Jue.
• Xiao Ce declined Yanhuang Jue, teased Xun'er about supporting him, and watched as she took out five Dou Skill scrolls for him to choose from.

Xiao Ce practiced the five Xuan Class battle techniques Xiao Xun'er had given him, and three years passed. Now older, he spent a playful, affectionate moment with Xun'er in the Xiao Clan's back mountains.

• Xun'er gave Xiao Ce five Xuan Class battle techniques and made him promise to spend the next day playing with her.
• Xiao Ce practiced the techniques alongside his regular cultivation, drawing on his experience with lower-grade fist and palm techniques.
• Three years later, Xiao Ce relaxed beneath a tree in the Xiao Clan's back mountains, where Xun'er crept up and covered his eyes.
• Xiao Ce recognized Xun'er, teased her with compliments, and pulled her close as she blushed.
• Xun'er sat beside Xiao Ce and admitted she liked hearing his praise, and Xiao Ce told her he meant it as he ruffled her hair.

Xiao Ce told Xun'er he planned to leave the Xiao Clan to train so he could grow strong enough to stay by her side, deepening her feelings for him. After Ling Ying interrupted their near-kiss, Xiao Ce reflected that he was actually leaving to pursue Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Xiao Ce told Xun'er he would leave Wutan City to gain experience before joining Jia Nan Academy because he wanted enough strength to remain with her.
• Xun'er pledged to stay with Xiao Ce and worried about his safety, then recalled that he had concealed much of his strength and teased him about it.
• Xiao Ce and Xun'er nearly kissed, but Ling Ying interrupted them with a cough.
• Ling Ying decided to keep turning a blind eye to their closeness rather than risk offending Xun'er or her father.
• That night, Xiao Ce realized Xun'er had fallen deeply for him, then focused on pursuing Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin instead.

Xiao Ce and Xun'er spent the weeks before his training journey growing closer, while Ling Ying kept watch over them. When Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team arrived in Wutan City, Xiao Ce and Xun'er declined to enroll, and Xiao Yan left after reflecting on how Xiao Ce had continued to believe in him.

• Xiao Ce and Xun'er shared affectionate outings as they waited for his journey to begin, while Ling Ying prevented them from getting too close.
• Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team arrived in Wutan City, drawing crowds of young people hoping to join.
• Xiao Yu asked Xiao Ce and Xun'er to enroll with her, but they both refused, with Xun'er saying she would wait for Xiao Ce.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his lost cultivation and felt grateful that Xiao Ce had treated him as before and never considered him trash.
• Xiao Yan left the group, and Xiao Ce told Xun'er they could finally spend time alone.

Xiao Ce left the Xiao Clan to gain experience, said goodbye to Xun'er and Xiao Yan, and traveled to Qingshan Town. He arrived at the lively town near the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian was not far away.

• Xiao Ce told Xiao Hai he planned to venture out, and revealed that his strength far exceeded the Nine-Star Dou Zhe he had shown.
• Xiao Ce spent time with Xun'er before leaving; she kissed his cheek, and Ling Ying sent him flying when he tried to get closer.
• Xun'er thanked Ling Ying for letting her kiss Xiao Ce and resolved to wait for him to become a peerless powerhouse.
• Xiao Yan came to see Xiao Ce off, admitted he considered him a friend, and told him not to die on his journey.
• Xiao Ce traveled day and night to Qingshan Town, where he realized Xiao Yi Xian was nearby.

Xiao Ce arrived in Qingshan Town seeking Xiao Yi Xian and learned she was away gathering herbs. When her team returned, he followed her to Wanyao Pavilion and secretly entered her room, where she was startled by his sudden appearance.

• Xiao Ce arrived in Qingshan Town at night and stayed at an inn until morning.
• Xiao Ce asked a stall owner about Xiao Yi Xian and learned she had gone into the mountains with Wanyao Pavilion's herb-gathering team.
• Xiao Ce heard that the team had returned and saw Xiao Yi Xian among them.
• Xiao Ce followed Xiao Yi Xian to Wanyao Pavilion, slipped into the manor, and found her room.
• Xiao Yi Xian saw Xiao Ce enter and tried to call for help, but he covered her mouth and told her he meant no harm.

Xiao Ce confronted Xiao Yi Xian and revealed that she possessed the Woeful Poison Body, explaining its power and deadly consequences. Xiao Yi Xian was left reeling from the revelation in Xiao Ce’s arms.

• Xiao Ce stopped Xiao Yi Xian from reaching for her anesthetic and persuaded her to hear his questions.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Yi Xian that he knew about the seven-colored line on her lower abdomen through his ability to sense special constitutions.
• Xiao Ce identified Xiao Yi Xian’s constitution as the Woeful Poison Body and explained that consuming poison could awaken it and boost her strength.
• Xiao Ce warned that the awakened constitution could drive her to consume poison uncontrollably and eventually kill her in a poisonous eruption.
• Xiao Yi Xian nearly collapsed from fear, and Xiao Ce caught her around the waist.

Xiao Ce told Xiao Yi Xian that she had the Woeful Poison Body and claimed dual cultivation with him could suppress or eradicate its danger. Xiao Yi Xian remained conflicted and suspicious, while Xiao Ce threatened Wanyao Pavilion if she refused, leaving her unsettled by his shameless proposal and flattery.

• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xiao Ce about why he had come and whether he intended to kill her, and Xiao Ce claimed he could solve the Woeful Poison Body problem.
• Xiao Ce said the solution required Xiao Yi Xian to offer herself to him for dual cultivation, and she reacted with suspicion and embarrassment.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked for time to consider, and Xiao Ce gave her only a few days to decide.
• Xiao Ce warned Xiao Yi Xian that she would not want anything to happen to Wanyao Pavilion if she refused.
• Xiao Yi Xian called Xiao Ce shameless, and Xiao Ce praised her beauty, gentleness, and kindness, leaving her wondering if his words were true.

Xiao Yi Xian agreed to dual cultivate with Xiao Ce within a month, though she insisted he could not force her before she was ready. After teasing her through dinner, Xiao Ce left her less resentful but still eager to send him away.

• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to dual cultivate with Xiao Ce to protect Wanyao Pavilion, setting a one-month limit and insisting he wait until she was mentally prepared.
• Xiao Yi Xian privately planned to grow stronger through poison and take revenge on Xiao Ce once her constitution problem was solved.
• When Xiao Lian arrived with dinner, Xiao Yi Xian hid Xiao Ce behind the bed curtains and gave him a kiss on the cheek to keep him quiet.
• Xiao Yi Xian shared dinner with Xiao Ce after Xiao Lian left, and the two bickered over the food and their shared utensils.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered Xiao Ce to leave, and he finally went after teasing her about hitting him.

Xiao Yi Xian woke from an embarrassing dream about Xiao Ce and went to Wanyao Pavilion to meet him. There, Xiao Ce asked her to guide him around Qingshan Town, while Mr. Yao eagerly agreed on her behalf.

• Xiao Yi Xian dreamed that Xiao Ce came to collect on a promise, then woke up embarrassed and realized her bedding was damp.
• A maid summoned Xiao Yi Xian to meet a distinguished guest at Wanyao Pavilion, and she recognized Xiao Ce's voice as she approached the hall.
• Mr. Yao introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Ce and treated him with exaggerated deference after witnessing his formidable strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized for not looking at Xiao Ce, and he asked her to act as his guide around Qingshan Town.
• Mr. Yao agreed to the request before Xiao Yi Xian could answer, leaving her astonished by his fawning behavior.

Xiao Ce escorted Xiao Yi Xian through Wanyao Pavilion and teased her in her room after noticing her distress over the damp bedding. Xiao Yi Xian emerged embarrassed and angry, while Xiao Ce left her with a playful remark about preferring her defiant look.

• Xiao Ce held Xiao Yi Xian around the waist as they walked through Wanyao Pavilion, drawing envious looks from the people they passed.
• Xiao Yi Xian tried to stop Xiao Ce from approaching her bed, but he demanded a show of sincerity before agreeing to leave her secret alone.
• Xiao Ce kissed Xiao Yi Xian, then revealed that he had detected the damp sheets and hurried out as she cried out in embarrassment.
• Xiao Yi Xian came out and called Xiao Ce shameless, but he teased her and said he preferred her defiant look.

Xiao Ce agreed to meet Xiao Yi Xian at sunset after she finished treating injured mercenaries, then spent the day cultivating at Wanyao Pavilion. When Muli tried to win Xiao Yi Xian over with an expensive pendant, she refused it, leaving him visibly angry.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ce she had to treat injured mercenaries and offered to show him around after she finished near sunset.
• Xiao Ce settled into a courtyard at Wanyao Pavilion and resumed cultivating, reflecting on his techniques and his growing closeness with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished treating dozens of patients and waited for Xiao Ce to come find her.
• Muli entered the pharmacy, drove away customers with the stench of blood on his armor, and offered Xiao Yi Xian a pendant he had prepared for her.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused Muli's gift, and Muli's expression darkened in anger.