Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ce delivered forty-two fourth-grade pills to Ya Fei, entrusted the Mittel Family with selling them, and left with medicinal ingredients. At the Xiao Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, Ya Fei arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, whose strength startled the gathered guests.

• Xiao Ce gave Ya Fei forty-two fourth-grade pills, and she arranged to sell half through the Mittel Family's channels in neighboring countries.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Ce a Storage Ring of medicinal ingredients, and he asked her to bring Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Xiao Clan's ceremony.
• Xiao Ce went to help Xiao Yi Xian suppress her Woeful Poison Body and did not return all night.
• Ya Fei attended the Xiao Clan's coming-of-age ceremony with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Xiao Zhan and the three elders welcomed them.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that the Xiao Clan's Third Elder was Xiao Ce's grandfather, Xiao Hai.
• Xiao Yi Xian released a trace of her aura when guests crowded around them, revealing herself as a young Da Dou Shi and making the crowd back away.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin arrived at the Xiao Clan’s lively coming-of-age ceremony and spotted Xiao Ce with Xun’er. Xiao Ce prepared to introduce the two women who had followed him to Wutan City, and Xun’er lost her confidence when she saw Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian released her aura to make onlookers retreat, and Ya Fei learned that she was a Da Dou Shi.
• Qing Lin spotted Xiao Ce, while Xiao Yi Xian watched him with Xun’er and compared herself to his childhood sweetheart.
• Xun’er praised Xiao Ce’s alchemy and hoped his future standing would help overcome opposition from her clan.
• Xiao Ce told Xun’er he would introduce two female friends who had come with him to Wutan City.
• Xun’er recognized Xiao Yi Xian among the women behind the crowd and feared Xiao Ce might be taken from her.

At Xiao Ce’s coming-of-age ceremony, Xun'er met Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Qing Lin, and she and Xiao Yi Xian quietly competed over their closeness to him. Xun'er befriended Qing Lin by giving her a precious jade pendant just as the ceremony began.

• Xun'er noticed Xiao Yi Xian across the crowd and leaned close to Xiao Ce, while Xiao Yi Xian calmly looked away and privately compared their relationship with Xiao Ce’s.
• Xiao Ce brought Xun'er over to meet Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and Ya Fei greeted him as an honored guest at the ceremony.
• Xiao Ce introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Xun'er as friends he often mentioned, prompting Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to trade polite, pointed compliments.
• Qing Lin greeted Xun'er, who took an immediate liking to her and gave her a jade pendant containing a sixth-rank wood-attribute Magic Core.
• The Xiao Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony began as Xiao Ce sensed tension beneath the women’s friendly conversation.

At the Xiao Clan Coming of Age Ceremony, Xiao Ce took his turn at the strength test after guests speculated about his abilities. He revealed that he was a three-star Dou Shi, while Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to teach him an aura-concealing technique.

• Xiao Ce's pill refining helped the Xiao Clan elders advance, and Xiao Hai reached five-star Da Dou Shi after taking two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills.
• Xiao Hai presided over the Coming of Age Ceremony, and Xiao Ce went last as the guests watched with curiosity.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether Xiao Ce would reveal his full strength, and Yao Lao explained the value of hiding one's power.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to teach him an aura-concealing technique, and Yao Lao agreed to share one from his collection.
• Xiao Ce placed his hand on the Testing Stele, and Xiao Hai announced that he was a three-star Dou Shi.

Xiao Ce stunned the ceremony with his apparent Three-Star Doushi strength while privately revealing his plan to avenge his parents by exterminating the Jialie Clan that night. After the ceremony, he soothed Xun'er’s curiosity about his true strength, while the tense situation with Xiao Yi Xian remained unresolved.

• Xiao Ce’s test showed Three-Star Doushi, shocking the crowd, while Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that Xiao Ce had actually reached Seven-Star Dou King.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Hai that he would avenge his parents by destroying the Jialie Clan that night, keeping their conversation hidden from everyone else.
• No one challenged Xiao Ce after the test, and the Xiao Clan’s younger generation admired him while Xiao Ning took comfort in being stronger than Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ce sensed the tension between Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian as he returned to his seat, and Xun'er questioned him about his concealed strength.
• Xiao Ce reminded Xun'er of her earlier promise about his strength surpassing Elder Ling, making her blush and ask him not to reveal his strength yet.

After the Xiao Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Ce explained Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body to Xun’er, who grew sympathetic toward her. That night, Xiao Ce led the Xiao Clan and their allies toward the Jialie Clan’s manor to exterminate the clan.

• Xiao Ce reassured Xun’er and Xiao Yi Xian through voice transmissions, easing the tension between them.
• After the ceremony, Xun’er invited Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to stay, but Xiao Yi Xian declined and left with Ya Fei.
• Xiao Ce told Xun’er that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the dangerous Woeful Poison Body, prompting Xun’er to feel pity and let go of some of her hostility.
• That night, Xiao Ce led Xiao Zhan, Xiao Hai, Hai Bodong, Xiao Yan, Xun’er, and others toward the Jialie Clan’s manor to carry out an extermination operation.

Xiao Ce led Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan in an assault on the Jialie Clan estate, where he killed Jialie Bi with a single punch. He then charged into the gathered clan members, beginning a massacre to avenge his parents.

• A Jialie Clan guard recognized Xiao Zhan at the estate gates and fired the clan’s highest-level alarm signal.
• Jialie Bi and the Jialie Clan members rushed to respond as Xiao Ce led Xiao Zhan and their forces into the estate.
• Jialie Bi tried to persuade Xiao Ce to stand aside by offering him wealth, but Xiao Ce said he wanted their lives.
• Xiao Ce moved too quickly for the gathered fighters to follow and punched Jialie Bi into a cloud of blood mist.
• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and the others watched in shock as Xiao Ce charged into the Jialie Clan crowd, striking down its members to avenge his parents.

After Xiao Ce avenged his parents by exterminating the Jialie Clan, he found comfort with Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian. The Xiao Clan took over the Jialie Clan’s businesses, and the Aoba Clan submitted, making the Xiao Clan Wutan City’s leading clan.

• Xiao Ce wiped out the Jialie Clan, and Xiao Zhan led the Xiao Clan elders in taking over its wealth.
• Xiao Hai praised Xiao Ce for avenging his parents, while Xiao Ce told Xun'er that killing so many people had left him unsettled.
• Xiao Ce visited Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, told them about the revenge, and spent the night with Xiao Yi Xian.
• News of the Jialie Clan’s destruction spread through Wutan City, and the Xiao Clan rapidly took over its businesses.
• The Aoba Clan head offered the Aoba Clan’s submission to the Xiao Clan, which became Wutan City’s number one clan.

After the Jialie Clan’s destruction, the Xiao Clan secured the submission of Wutan City’s other factions while Xiao Ce strengthened his cultivation and skills. In the Jia Ma Empire, the Mittel Family’s mysterious alchemist drew the imperial family’s interest, and Yun Yun learned that Nalan Yanran’s fiancé came from the Xiao Clan.

• The Aoba Clan and other factions offered wealth and submission to Xiao Zhan and the elders to avoid the Jialie Clan’s fate.
• Xiao Ce advanced to nine-star Dou Wang, reached fifth-tier alchemist status, and mastered Yin-Yang Sky Splitting Palm.
• Gu He’s guilt over Yan Shi and Feng Li’s deaths and Yun Yun’s ordeal affected his work, while the Mittel Family’s growing supply of high-tier pills attracted Jia Xingtian’s attention.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to help her escape her arranged marriage to Xiao Yan, but Yun Yun refused to interfere in the Nalan family’s affairs.
• When Nalan Yanran named the Xiao Clan of Wutan City as her fiancé’s family, Yun Yun trembled at the name.

Yun Yun agreed to accompany Nalan Yanran to Wutan City to discuss breaking off her engagement with Xiao Yan. While learning about the Xiao Clan, Yun Yun heard that its standout genius was named Xiao Ce, stirring her hope that he might be the young man she remembered.

• Yun Yun agreed to Nalan Yanran's request to break off her engagement and decided to accompany her personally to the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran traveled to Wutan City in disguise and kept a low profile.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that the Xiao Clan had declined after the death of its Dou Wang patriarch, Xiao Lin.
• Nalan Yanran said the Xiao Clan had a remarkable genius whose talent surpassed hers, then revealed his name was Xiao Ce.

Yun Yun learned that Xiao Ce was in the Jia Ma Empire and suspected the Xiao Clan’s Xiao Ce was the boy she knew, while Xiao Ce watched Xiao Yan train and heard that guests had come for him. The chapter ended with Xiao Ce discovering Yun Yun among the visitors at the Xiao Clan.

• Yun Yun heard Nalan Yanran describe the Xiao Clan’s sixteen-year-old Xiao Ce and recognized the signs that he was the Xiao Ce she knew.
• Xiao Ce watched Xiao Yan struggle to train Eight Extremities Collapse, and Xiao Yan discussed his renewed standing after revealing his ninth-stage Dou Qi.
• Xun'er told Xiao Ce and Xiao Yan that two guests were waiting for Xiao Yan in the Guest Reception Hall.
• Xiao Ce, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er went to the Guest Reception Hall, where Xiao Ce saw Yun Yun among the guests.

Yun Yun visited the Xiao Clan with Nalan Yanran, and her obvious feelings toward Xiao Ce stirred Xun'er's jealousy. The gathering ended with Yun Yun showing Xiao Hai unusual respect while leaving the reason unclear.

• Xiao Ce noticed Yun Yun's resentful, wounded gaze, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran sized him and Xiao Yan up in the Guest Reception Hall.
• Yun Yun greeted Xiao Zhan and offered to examine Xiao Yan, but Xiao Zhan told her that Xiao Yan's talent had already recovered.
• Yun Yun sensed Xiao Yan's ninth-stage Dou Qi and shot Xiao Ce another resentful glance, which Xun'er noticed.
• Xun'er pinched Xiao Ce's waist, and he pretended to wince before she withdrew her hand.
• Yun Yun exchanged pleasantries with Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders, showing Xiao Hai unusual respect that puzzled everyone.

Xiao Ce told Xun'er that she had been sent to the Xiao Clan to seek the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then revealed his supposed inheritance from the Yang Emperor and its cultivation method. He claimed that becoming strong enough to be with Xun'er required him to dual-cultivate with other women, leaving her to react to his confession.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Zhan to let her and Nalan Yanran stay in the Xiao Clan for a few days, and Xiao Zhan welcomed them.
• Xun'er confronted Xiao Ce about his relationship with Yun Yun, and he drew her into a room before revealing a secret.
• Xun'er told Xiao Ce that she had come to the Xiao Clan mainly to find the Tou She Ancient God Jade, which might help someone reach the Doudi level.
• Xiao Ce said he had inherited a cultivation method from the Yang Emperor, a Doudi who had possessed the Nine Yang Divine Body.
• Xiao Ce claimed that cultivating with women who possessed special physiques rapidly increased his strength, then told Xun'er he had to dual-cultivate with other women to become worthy of her.

Xun'er confronted Xiao Ce about his relationships with Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, and he explained how dual cultivation had helped him grow stronger. After Xiao Ce apologized for keeping his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian from her, Xun'er asked to be his main wife, and he promised she would always hold that place in his heart.

• Xun'er pressed Xiao Ce to admit that he had dual cultivated with Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, and he explained the circumstances behind each relationship.
• Xiao Ce told Xun'er he had reached Nine-Star Dou King and expected to break through to Dou Emperor within half a month.
• Xun'er worried that Xiao Yi Xian's bond with Xiao Ce could grow stronger, then accused him of sneaking out to see her.
• Xiao Ce apologized for hiding his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er admitted she wanted to be his main wife.
• Xiao Ce assured Xun'er that she would always be the main wife in his heart.

Xiao Ce reassured Xun'er that she was his one and only official wife, then agreed to spend the next half month with her. He challenged Elder Ling to spar, revealing that he was a nine-star Dou Wang, while Hai Bodong and Yun Yun noticed the pair’s departure.

• Xun'er asked Xiao Ce to spend half a month with her and avoid dual cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, and he agreed.
• Xun'er explained that she could not dual cultivate with Xiao Ce yet because losing her virginity could affect her bloodline’s purity and anger her clan.
• Xiao Ce reminded Elder Ling that Xun'er had said he would not interfere once Xiao Ce surpassed him, then challenged him to spar.
• Xiao Ce revealed his nine-star Dou Wang strength and flew away to find a place to spar with Elder Ling.
• Hai Bodong sensed Elder Ling and mistook him for a high-level Dou Emperor, while Yun Yun chased after Xiao Ce and Ling Ying.

Xiao Ce fought Ling Ying in the air outside Wutan City, overcoming the Dou Emperor’s realm advantage with powerful techniques and relentless attacks. Ling Ying admitted defeat and came to respect Xiao Ce’s strength, while Yun Yun watched from nearby.

• Xiao Ce challenged Ling Ying, who warned that his superior realm would decide the fight.
• Xiao Ce and Ling Ying traded Earth-rank Dou Techniques, and Xiao Ce’s Yin-Yang Sky Splitting Palm broke through Ling Ying’s defenses.
• Yun Yun arrived and prepared to help, but Xiao Ce told her that Ling Ying was an elder of his and that she did not need to interfere.
• Xiao Ce used Nine Turns of the Wandering Dragon and a succession of Dou Techniques to batter Ling Ying for five minutes.
• Ling Ying admitted defeat, and Xiao Ce stopped attacking; Ling Ying praised Xiao Ce’s combat strength and considered the possibility that the Gu Clan might accept his marriage to Xun'er.

After defeating Ling Ying, Xiao Ce reunited with Yun Yun and acknowledged her feelings, then brought her to meet Xun'er at the Xiao Clan. Xun'er welcomed Yun Yun and approved of her as Xiao Ce's concubine.

• Yun Yun congratulated Xiao Ce on his victory, and Ling Ying departed to protect Xun'er.
• Yun Yun confronted Xiao Ce about not visiting her, and he embraced her and confessed that he had misunderstood her feelings.
• Xiao Ce told Yun Yun that Xun'er was his childhood sweetheart and that she already knew about Yun Yun.
• Xiao Ce brought Yun Yun to meet Xun'er, who greeted her warmly and approved of her.

Xun'er warmly welcomed Yun Yun and reaffirmed her place as Xiao Ce's official wife, while Xiao Ce promised to spend the night with her instead of visiting Yun Yun. Yun Yun returned to her residence and planned to take Nalan Yanran to discuss her engagement with Xiao Yan, who said he would end it even if Nalan Yanran changed her mind.

• Xun'er welcomed Yun Yun, and the two women chatted until Yun Yun departed at sunset.
• Xun'er teased Xiao Ce about Yun Yun's affection, and Xiao Ce promised to stay with Xun'er that night.
• Yun Yun returned to her residence, where Nalan Yanran asked why she had been gone; Yun Yun changed the subject and asked whether Yanran still wanted to end her engagement.
• Nalan Yanran insisted that she wanted to choose her own life, and Yun Yun agreed to take her to speak with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan the next day.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Yan what he thought of Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan said he would propose ending their engagement regardless of her decision.

Xiao Ce and Xun'er spent the night in the same bed, where Xiao Ce restrained himself while Xun'er worried that she lacked charm. The next morning, Xiao Ce convinced her that he had held back because he desired her too much, and Xun'er began an intimate apology beneath the quilt.

• Ling Ying warned Xiao Ce that Xun'er could not lose her virginity without risking her life, then let him enter her room.
• Xun'er invited Xiao Ce to bed, told him not to do anything reckless, and lay awake after he stopped touching her and fell asleep.
• Xun'er confronted Xiao Ce the next morning about whether she lacked charm, and he claimed he had restrained himself to protect her future.
• Xun'er apologized for misunderstanding Xiao Ce and decided to make amends through an intimate gesture.
• Xiao Ce whispered instructions to Xun'er, and she agreed to follow them as a one-time apology.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran peacefully dissolved Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, compensating the Xiao Clan with three medicinal pills. Yun Yun stayed in the Xiao Clan to be near Xiao Ce, who learned the engagement was over and reflected that the Three-Year Agreement was gone.

• Xiao Ce and Xun'er sparred in the courtyard while Ling Ying watched and concluded they had not crossed the final barrier.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran privately asked Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan to dissolve the engagement, and Xiao Yan agreed without anger.
• Yun Yun offered two portions of Juqi Powder and a peak fourth-tier Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill as compensation, and Xiao Yan accepted the gift for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan took one portion of Juqi Powder, while Yun Yun chose to remain in the Xiao Clan after the engagement was dissolved.
• Yun Yun visited Xiao Ce and Xun'er, explained how she had handled the dissolution privately, and Xiao Ce realized the Three-Year Agreement was gone.