Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling discovered that his system space could reproduce the Xiao Clan as a lifelike, empty world, but he could not explain how he had created it. After using precious treasures to reach the unresponsive system, he finally heard a faint reply.

• Xiao Ling teased Xun'er about surpassing him, then kissed her forehead as she pretended to sleep; after he left, she admitted she could be greedy for him.
• Xiao Ling worried that Xun'er's premature God-Tier Bloodline awakening could put her in danger if its secret became known, and he remained wary of Wu Ming.
• Xiao Ling entered the system space and used his will to make the entire Xiao Clan appear inside a circular barrier.
• Xiao Ling walked through the empty, lifelike Xiao Clan and realized he had entered it in his real body, despite having thought only his consciousness had gone inside.
• Xiao Ling called repeatedly for the silent system and offered Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow and half of a genuine heart-like treasure; the system finally answered, saying it was there.

Xiao Ling learned that the Xiao Clan could function as a small world, but the system needed five thousand years of lifespan to recover. He tested his control of the realm on Wu Ming, then threatened to kill him when Wu Ming refused to answer his questions.

• Xiao Ling learned that the Xiao Clan was bound to his soul and that bringing in people stronger than he could handle might cause dangerous backlash.
• The system warned Xiao Ling to obtain five thousand years of lifespan to restore its functions, so he considered taking over both major clans.
• Xiao Ling summoned Wu Ming and pinned him down with the power of his small world.
• Xiao Ling asked Wu Ming where he came from and why he was in Wutan City, but Wu Ming threatened him and claimed even Tou She Ancient God was unworthy beside his master.
• Xiao Ling decided to have the system absorb Wu Ming, leaving Wu Ming stunned because a black-robed elder had told him his threats would keep him safe.

Xiao Ling fought Wu Ming’s Dou Zun-level incarnation and destroyed it using his Domain of Rules and a one-use secret art. He received a Life-Reversing Pill, while a black-robed figure resembling Wu Ming prepared to respond from the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

• Wu Ming resisted the system’s lifespan plunder and revealed strength equivalent to a One-Star Dou Zun, while the system warned Xiao Ling it had only one strike left.
• Xiao Ling traded for a Dou Huang Pill, swallowed it, and used the Eight Meridians Heaven-Defying Art to raise his strength and create a Domain of Rules.
• Xiao Ling used Bagua Palm: Gate of Death Suppression to crush Wu Ming’s incarnation, and Wu Ming warned him that he would eventually die.
• The system rewarded Xiao Ling with a sixth-grade Life-Reversing Pill for protecting it.
• A black-robed figure resembling Wu Ming smiled in a cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range and spoke of the challenge to Tianyuan Pavilion.

Xiao Ling received a Sixth-Grade Life-Reversing Pill from the system, then returned to the Xiao Clan and reviewed Xiao Wu’s proposed Law Enforcement Team recruits. He rejected Xiao Wu’s list and sent him to prepare another, while Xun'er recognized that Xiao Wu had been testing him.

• Xiao Ling searched Wu Ming’s body, found a golden mask in his Storage Ring, and learned from the system that it could conceal and disguise its wearer.
• Xiao Ling returned to his room, and the next morning Xiao Wu brought breakfast for him and Xun'er.
• Xiao Wu presented Xiao Ling with a list of eight prospective Law Enforcement Team members, including Xiao Yu, but the recruits were all young women.
• Xiao Ling criticized Xiao Wu for choosing pretty ornaments instead of capable fighters and gave him one last chance to prepare a new list.
• Xun'er told Xiao Ling that Xiao Wu had been testing him, and Xiao Ling carried her out to buy medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Ling visited the Miteer Auction House with Xun'er while rumors about him and Instructor Ruo Lin spread through Wutan City. He gave Gu Ni an alchemy lesson from his master and asked him to check a list of medicinal ingredients, leaving Gu Ni impressed by the lesson and eager to help.

• Mercenaries discussed rumors linking Instructor Ruo Lin and Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling left without confronting them.
• The Panda Maid welcomed Xiao Ling at the Miteer Auction House and took him and Xun'er to meet Gu Ni.
• Xun'er joked that Gu Ni would hurry to see Xiao Ling because he was the prized disciple of a Fourth-grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Ling gave Gu Ni a note from his master reading, “Refine medicine! Refine medicine! Refine medicine!”
• Gu Ni felt the words loosen his alchemy bottleneck and offered Xiao Ling a forty percent discount.
• Xiao Ling handed Gu Ni a list of medicinal ingredients and asked him to check whether the auction house had them all.

Xiao Ling accepted Gu Ni’s offer of supplies and agreed to arrange an unofficial disciple position for him, then returned to refining pills and training in alchemy. After three days of failures and progress, he came out of his room and caught Xun’er complaining that he had ignored her.

• Gu Ni asked Xiao Ling to help him become an unofficial disciple and offered him a Storage Ring; Xiao Ling accepted and promised to give him an answer in three days.
• Xiao Ling left the Miteer Auction House with Xun’er and defended his plan to guide Gu Ni despite not being his master’s real disciple.
• Xiao Ling resumed refining second-grade pills, failed another batch, and analyzed his mistakes before continuing his experiments.
• Xiao Ling spent the next three days practicing alchemy while Xiao Wu pushed the Xiao Clan’s younger members through demanding training.
• Xun’er complained that Xiao Ling had ignored her, and Xiao Ling caught her and smacked her bottom.

Xiao Ling accepted Gu Ni’s offer of medicinal ingredients and promised to arrange an unofficial discipleship for him, then spent three days struggling to refine second-grade pills. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling catching Xun’er complaining about him and playfully spanking her.

• Gu Ni asked Xiao Ling to recommend him as an unofficial disciple and offered him a Storage Ring, which Xiao Ling accepted while promising an answer in three days.
• Xun’er questioned whether Xiao Ling had deceived Gu Ni, and Xiao Ling said he would give him genuine guidance.
• Xiao Ling repeatedly failed to refine second-grade pills but analyzed his mistakes and continued practicing.
• Xiao Wu pushed the Xiao Clan’s younger generation through grueling training, while Xiao Yan and the others complained to Xiao Ling and were turned away by Xun’er.
• After three days of being ignored, Xun’er grumbled about Xiao Ling, who caught her and playfully smacked her bottom.

Gu Ni visited the Xiao Clan and brought Xiao Ling the medicinal ingredients he had requested. Xiao Ling accepted Gu Ni as a registered disciple of his supposed master, then listened as Gu Ni offered intelligence he thought would interest him.

• Xiao Ling teased Xun'er and continued teaching her the improved Swallow Return Strike.
• Gu Ni visited the Xiao Clan, presented Xiao Zhan with a second-grade Bone Growing Pill, and asked to see Xiao Ling.
• Gu Ni brought Xiao Ling medicinal ingredients and received sect rules and an introductory alchemy manual after Xiao Ling told him his master would accept him as a registered disciple.
• Gu Ni offered Xiao Ling some intelligence, making Xiao Ling wonder what secret the old man had uncovered.

Xiao Ling learned of a vanished cave dwelling in Heiyan City said to belong to a seventh-rank Alchemist and decided to investigate it after finishing his current work. He continued training in alchemy and considered selling pills to support himself and the Xiao Clan, while Xun'er accepted his plan despite wishing he would rely on her more.

• Gu Ni told Xiao Ling that the Alchemist Guild had suppressed reports of a seventh-rank Alchemist's cave dwelling near Heiyan City, and Xiao Ling gave him a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill as a welcome gift.
• Xun'er judged the cave dwelling story likely true and encouraged Xiao Ling to seek treasures that might strengthen his soul power; Xiao Ling decided to visit it after his work.
• Xiao Ling spent about a month refining second-grade pills, reached a seventy-five percent success rate, and used many herbs after borrowing a hundred thousand gold coins from Xun'er.
• Xiao Ling told Xun'er he was considering selling pills to cover his needs and help fund the Xiao Clan, and she supported his choice while expressing unease at their separate finances.

Xiao Ling asked Xun'er to use her clan's backing to explain his plans to sell pills in Wutan City, and she agreed. After Xun'er assessed his prices and offered to support him, Xiao Ling gave her three bottles of Foundation Establishment Pills, whose Pill Patterns shocked her.

• Xiao Ling asked Xun'er to let him borrow her clan's backing, and she agreed to keep the matter within the Xiao Clan of Wutan City.
• Xiao Ling asked Xun'er to assess his plans to sell Blood Coagulation Powder and Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid in the marketplace.
• Xun'er judged the healing powder promising for mercenaries but said the Spirit Liquid would be too costly for ordinary buyers.
• Xun'er offered to support Xiao Ling, but he gave her three bottles of Foundation Establishment Pills instead.
• Xun'er recognized the pills' Pill Patterns and realized they were exceptionally valuable.

Xiao Ling explained the Pill Emperor inheritance behind his patterned pills to Xun'er and planned to use pill refining to draw the two great clans into a trap. The next morning, he summoned Xiao Zhan and the elders to the council hall to discuss his purpose.

• Xun'er noticed the Pill Pattern on Xiao Ling's Foundation Establishment Pill, and he claimed his alchemy inheritance came from an ancient Pill Emperor.
• Xun'er promised to keep Xiao Ling's secret, and Ling Ying assured them he had heard nothing.
• Xiao Ling spent the evening with Xun'er, then cultivated through the night while considering how to lure the two great clans into a trap.
• After breakfast, Xiao Ling instructed Xiao Wu to summon Xiao Zhan and the three elders, then met them in the council hall and began explaining why he had called the meeting.

Xiao Ling revealed that he had reached One-Star Da Dou Shi at just eleven years old, stunning Xiao Zhan and the elders. He then proposed twice-yearly life-and-death hunting tournaments for the clan’s top young fighters, insisting the plan would proceed despite concerns about the risks.

• Xiao Zhan mistakenly guessed that Instructor Ruo Lin had agreed to marry into the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Ling corrected him by revealing his new rank.
• Xiao Ling displayed his Dou Qi Armor, convincing Xiao Zhan and the elders that he had become a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders congratulated Xiao Ling and speculated about his future strength.
• Xiao Ling proposed twice-yearly Hunting Tournaments requiring the top twenty youths in clan competitions to participate, with life and death at stake.
• Xiao Zhan and the First Elder supported the idea but urged Xiao Ling to begin with a less dangerous assessment.
• Xiao Ling insisted the plan was settled and promised to explain his reasons.

Xiao Ling persuaded Xiao Zhan and the three Elders to support his plan to destroy the Aoba Family and the Jialie Family, then revealed that he was a Second-grade Alchemist. The elders accepted his leadership, and they began discussing the plan's details.

• Xiao Zhan advised Xiao Ling to conceal his cultivation because the Xiao Clan could not protect him, but Xiao Ling said he had already made up his mind.
• Xiao Ling proposed using healing pills to draw the Aoba Family and the Jialie Family into the Hunting Tournament, where the Xiao Clan could tie down their forces and eliminate them.
• Xiao Zhan and the three Elders pointed out that the Xiao Clan had no Alchemist or surplus healing pills to sell.
• Xiao Ling displayed a flame-control technique and explained that he was a Second-grade Alchemist trained by a senior from Xun'er's clan.
• Xiao Zhan and the three Elders were astonished by Xiao Ling's abilities and accepted him as a leader they would support; Xiao Ling then began discussing the plan's details.

Xiao Ling presented a plan to strengthen the Xiao Clan and ultimately destroy the Aoba Family to avenge his father. Xiao Zhan and the three elders approved the plan, and Xiao Ling left to prepare for its first steps.

• Xiao Zhan explained why the Xiao Clan had not avenged Xiao Ling's father, and Xiao Ling reassured him that he would kill Aoba Pa and honor his father.
• Xiao Ling outlined a plan to sell healing pills, introduce a pill that increased cultivation speed, and use clan assessments and a Hunting Tournament to pressure rival clans.
• Xiao Ling warned that the plan could end in a direct assault, and Xiao Zhan and the three elders agreed to support it despite the risks.
• Xiao Ling handed Xiao Zhan the Blood Coagulation Powder formula and left the meeting hall with Xun'er.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders agreed that the Xiao Clan needed to change, while Xiao Ling returned to his courtyard to consider his next move.

Xiao Ling outlined a plan to strengthen the Xiao Clan and provoke its rivals, while assuring Xiao Zhan he would avenge his father by destroying the Aoba Family. The clan leaders approved the plan, and Xiao Ling left to begin preparing Blood Coagulation Powder.

• Xiao Zhan explained why the Xiao Clan had not avenged Xiao Ling's father, and Xiao Ling reassured him that he would kill Aoba Pa and bring his head to his father's grave.
• Xiao Ling proposed opening the market with healing pills and cultivation pills, then holding an assessment and Hunting Tournament to draw the other great clans into action.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders agreed to support Xiao Ling's plan, even if it led to a direct assault.
• Xiao Ling gave the elders the ingredient list for Blood Coagulation Powder and left the meeting hall with Xun'er.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders praised Xiao Ling's leadership and agreed the Xiao Clan needed to change, while Xiao Ling returned to his courtyard to consider his next steps.

Xiao Ling celebrated his first proper birthday with Xun'er, then received medicinal herbs from the Xiao Clan and gave Xiao Wu Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow to improve his cultivation talent. He began refining Blood Coagulation Powder, with Xun'er staying behind to protect him.

• Xun'er surprised Xiao Ling with a birthday courtyard and fruit-and-herb cake, and he celebrated his first complete birthday banquet.
• Xiao Ling sensed that a breakthrough would require more lifespan than the eleven months he had left, so he chose not to break through.
• Xiao Wu delivered a Storage Ring of medicinal herbs for Blood Coagulation Powder, and Xiao Ling gave him undiluted Earth Core Life Pulse Marrow plus a diluted portion for the clan's younger generation.
• Xiao Ling asked Xun'er to protect him, entered his pill-refining chamber, and began refining Blood Coagulation Powder by warming the cauldron.

Xiao Ling refined Blood Coagulation Grass, Vitality Fruit, and Poppy Flower into more than a thousand portions of first-tier Blood Coagulation Powder while testing and improving his alchemy. Exhausted but encouraged by his progress, he sensed Xun'er, Ling Ying, and Xiao Zhan nearby, along with the ingredients for a third-tier Breakthrough Pill that he had taken out unknowingly.

• Xiao Ling used the Five Saints Fire Control Art to refine Blood Coagulation Grass and compared the ordinary powder with a purer result from processing hundreds of stalks.
• Xiao Ling spent two hours refining Vitality Fruit and Poppy Flower, then recovered his strength by meditating on a White Jade Meditation Cushion.
• Xiao Ling combined the refined ingredients in the Pill Cauldron and used the Vermilion Bird to remove impurities and fuse them into a dark-red paste.
• Xiao Ling divided the paste into more than a thousand portions of first-tier Blood Coagulation Powder and arranged them in jade bottles.
• Xiao Ling's soul power sensed Xun'er reading in the courtyard, Ling Ying hiding behind a fruit tree, and Xiao Zhan approaching happily.
• Xiao Ling noticed that he had unknowingly taken out the medicinal ingredients for a third-tier Breakthrough Pill.

Xiao Ling entered Alchemy Enlightenment and refined five third-tier Breakthrough Pills, awakening to a mid-level Mortal Realm soul. He discovered that each pill had a rare Pill Soul, though he could not explain how he had created them.

• Xiao Ling unconsciously began refining a third-tier Breakthrough Pill, using the Fire Beast Cauldron Technique to process five ingredients at once.
• Xun'er waited outside Xiao Ling's room and ordered Ling Ying to keep everyone away while Xiao Ling continued refining through the night.
• Xiao Ling added a drop of essence blood to the incomplete pill, then formed three hundred and sixty-five hand seals as it split into five pills.
• Xiao Ling awakened and sensed that his soul had reached the mid-level Mortal Realm.
• Xiao Ling examined the five pills and realized they each bore a Pill Soul, a feat beyond what his current alchemy skills should allow.

Xiao Ling successfully refined five powerful Pill Soul Breakthrough Pills and reached the peak of the intermediate Mortal Realm in soul power. After spending a tender evening and morning with Xun'er, he gave Xiao Zhan and the First Elder Blood Coagulation Powder to sell at a fixed price.

• Xiao Ling stored the five Pill Soul Breakthrough Pills and realized his soul power had reached the peak of the intermediate Mortal Realm.
• Xiao Ling joined Xun'er beneath the moonlight, thanked her for waiting, and sent her to rest before returning to his room.
• Xun'er teased Xiao Ling the next morning, and he coaxed her until she fed him breakfast.
• Xiao Zhan and the First Elder arrived with fish, saw Xiao Ling being fed by Xun'er, and asked when the Blood Coagulation Powder would go on sale.
• Xiao Ling handed Xiao Zhan the refined Blood Coagulation Powder and set its selling price at three gold coins per bottle, insisting the Xiao Clan prioritize its long-term reputation.

Xiao Ling supplied the Xiao Clan with Blood Coagulation Powder, and the clan’s marketplace sold its first batch to eager mercenaries. The clan leaders celebrated the profits and agreed to give Xiao Ling’s advice priority, while Xiao Zhan chose to wait before asking him to refine more.

• Xiao Ling agreed to refine pills at the set price, and Xiao Zhan arranged to spend the clan’s available funds on medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Ling began refining pills in seclusion while Xun'er guarded him.
• Mercenaries praised the Blood Coagulation Powder’s rapid healing effects and flocked to the Xiao Clan marketplace to buy it.
• The Xiao Clan limited sales to one bottle per customer, and its first batch of Blood Coagulation Powder quickly sold out.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated the profits, agreed to prioritize Xiao Ling’s suggestions, and decided to wait three to five days before requesting more pills.