Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling wiped out the Jialie Family and returned to the Xiao Clan, where he ordered the clan to raid its estate. After learning the system would enter a three-month recovery period, he spent lifespan on protective treasures and medicinal ingredients before leading the Xiao Clan’s forces out.

• Xiao Ling killed everyone in the Jialie Family estate, and their corpses were absorbed by the Black Giant Maw, which vanished into his body.
• Xun'er met Xiao Ling outside the estate, and he carried her toward home while exchanging a friendly smile with the red-dressed girl at Miteer Auction House.
• The system deducted five thousand years of lifespan and warned Xiao Ling it would enter deep dormancy for at least three months.
• Xiao Ling traded for pills, medicinal ingredients, and a female-protecting Extreme Dao Bellyband, leaving himself with fifteen hundred years of lifespan.
• Xiao Ling told the Third Elder to gather men and strip the Jialie Family estate, then set out with the Xiao Clan’s forces.

Xiao Ling led the Xiao Clan in looting the Aoba Family estate, where An Jiu discovered a powerful rune formation buried beneath the grounds. After finding a weakened rune and ordering everyone else to leave, Xiao Ling took a Dou Huang Pill and prepared to break through the formation to claim the treasure.

• Xiao Ling assigned the Xiao Clan Shadow Guards and juniors to loot the Aoba Family estate, then agreed to explore it with Xun'er.
• A Shadow Guard brought Xiao Ling to a deep pit where complex runes had been carved into exposed Flower granite.
• Xiao Ling learned that An Jiu had discovered the formation and rewarded her with Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and a Breakthrough Pill.
• Xiao Ling used his soul power to investigate the formation and found a dim rune that could be broken only with the strength of a peak Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Ling ordered the others to leave, let Xun'er stay, and swallowed a Dou Huang Pill before preparing to strike the weakened rune with Sword Finger.

The Three Great Families and Qingshan Town’s mercenary groups gathered for the Hunting Tournament, trading veiled challenges as the crowds arrived. Xiao Zhan accepted the task of announcing the event and began addressing the packed square.

• The leaders of the Wolf Head, Bloody Battle, and Snake Nest Mercenary Groups exchanged barbs with Mu She as the Three Great Families arrived.
• Xiao Zhan, Aoba Pa, and Jia Liebi took their seats on the judges’ platform, where Aoba Pa and Jia Liebi maneuvered for Xiao Zhan to make the announcement.
• Jia Lie'ao provoked Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, but Xiao Wu stepped in and frightened him into silence.
• Jia Liebi tried to dismiss the younger members’ quarrel, then saw his son cower before Xiao Wu and grew angry.
• Xiao Zhan rose and used his Dou Qi to ask the gathered crowd for quiet.

Xiao Zhan announced the Hunting Tournament’s rules and lavish prizes, with support from the Miteer Auction House. Xiao Ling revealed that the rewards were part of a plan to strengthen the Xiao Clan’s reputation and deter its enemies as the young participants entered the grounds.

• Xiao Zhan explained that the three-day tournament allowed lethal clashes and theft between participants, while warning them to stay within the designated area.
• Xiao Zhan announced escalating rewards for the top thirty, including valuable pills and Foundation Establishment medicines.
• Xiao Zhan said the Three Great Families and the Miteer Auction House were funding the top ten prizes, and Gu Ni publicly endorsed the tournament on the auction house’s behalf.
• Xiao Zhan announced the top three prizes, including Fourth-grade Foundation Establishment Powder and a discount on the Xiao Clan’s Blood Coagulation Powder.
• Xiao Ling revealed that he had arranged the prizes to promote the Xiao Clan and discourage factions from coveting its territory and profits.
• Xiao Zhan declared the tournament open, and the young participants were allowed to enter the hunting grounds.

The juniors gathered in Qingshan Town for the hunting tournament, while Xiao Ling secretly intervened to save Yao Wan'er and revealed an aura that alarmed the Black-robed Woman. The tournament began as the factions entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Ling sensed that a hidden faction had arrived.

• Xiao Zhan invited the participating juniors into the field, and the factions' youths showed off their landing techniques.
• Jia Lie'ao led the Jialie Family juniors down dramatically, while Aoba Hu led the Aoba Family juniors in a restrained leap.
• Xiao Wu led the Xiao Clan juniors down in formation, and Xiao Ling used a breeze to save Yao Wan'er when she fell.
• The Black-robed Woman sensed an aura stronger than her own, while Yao Wan'er told Xiao Yi Xian that she recognized its familiar feeling as his.
• Xiao Zhan sent the juniors into the Magic Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Ling sensed a concealed aura near the dais.

As the Hunting Tournament began, factions watched the contestants and schemed over the rewards, while Xiao Ling considered an identity for his disguise. Aoba Hu and Jia Lie'ao planned to spread a false rumor against the Xiao Clan, as contestants hunted magic beasts in the mountains.

• Xiao Ling sensed a black-robed one-star Dou Emperor and considered calling himself Hun Qing, then planned to use Wu Ming's mask and the name Gu Yao for his current disguise.
• Factions discussed their juniors' chances and the likely winner; a Misty Cloud Sect pair decided to wait for the Xiao Clan's Alchemist before seeking the Blood Coagulation Powder formula.
• Two young men surnamed Wang and Shen ambushed a Short-Eared Rabbit, killed it, and collected its left eye as proof of their hunt.
• Aoba Hu and Jia Lie'ao discussed how to defeat the Xiao Clan's juniors and split the four girls among themselves.
• Aoba Hu proposed spreading a rumor that Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Wan'er found a medicinal-herb valley and that the Xiao Clan subdued Wanyao Pavilion to claim it, and Jia Lie'ao agreed to spread the story.

Rumors about Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Wan'er angered the Xiao Clan juniors, and Xiao Yu persuaded them to retaliate against those spreading them while preserving the clan’s interests. That night, unaware that a deadly disaster awaited them, a black-robed squad hunted a Rank Two magical beast and headed into the night with its magic core.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Wan'er, and the Xiao Clan juniors grew angry as rumors spread about a medicinal herb valley and the two women’s connection to Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Wu warned the juniors that acting too aggressively could draw powerful factions toward the Xiao Clan and endanger its interests.
• Xiao Yu argued that the Xiao Clan should kill those spreading the rumors and said strength would protect the clan from future trouble.
• Xiao Yu proposed robbing other competitors to uphold the clan’s dignity and improve its tournament ranking, and Xiao Wu reluctantly accepted.
• That night, a black-robed squad trapped and killed a Rank Two Shadow Hunting Leopard with the Cloud Rain Sword, then left with its magic core.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Yu’s group exploited rumors about the Xiao Clan to gather points from rival teams, then learned that other factions were forming an alliance against them. In a valley, the allied youths discussed luring the Xiao Clan juniors into a trap, unaware that they were being used as pawns, when an unseen voice challenged them.

• Young Master Wu’s team threatened five youths into surrendering their points, but Xiao Yu killed one of Wu’s men with an air arrow and Xiao Wu demanded the rest of their points.
• Young Master Wu handed over his group’s points and withdrew after Xiao Wu invoked the Mittel Family’s ties and warned him to leave the Hunting Tournament.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Wu continued clearing the field, collecting 2,359 points and anticipating encounters with the juniors of two great families.
• The Xiao Clan juniors’ growing dominance alarmed other factions, whose members decided to join forces and wait for an opportunity.
• A group of youths gathered in a valley to discuss drawing the Xiao Clan juniors into a trap, and an unseen speaker questioned why they were hiding if they were not afraid.

Xiao Wu and the Xiao Clan youths defeated an outside faction’s formation with the Seven Star Killing Formation and seized their points. They captured Hua Sheng and his sister, but Xiao Wu postponed deciding their fate until Xiao Ling could judge them after the Hunting Tournament.

• Hua Sheng lured Xiao Wu and his companions into a trap, ordering a hundred youths to attack with an unfamiliar formation.
• Xiao Wu led six Xiao Clan youths in the Seven Star Killing Formation, whose Alkaid attack erased the enemy formation and devastated the valley.
• Xiao Wu demanded that the outside youths surrender their points and withdraw, and they captured Hua Sheng after his companions turned against him.
• Xiao Wu collected the youths’ points and let them leave, avoiding needless conflict with their powerful factions.
• Hua Rui offered herself to Xiao Ling because she had a Mystic Yin Body, so Xiao Wu sealed her and Hua Sheng’s cultivation and deferred their fate to Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling watched the tournament square as the Xiao Clan’s influence grew after Wu Qiong confessed to spreading rumors. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu confronted Jia Lie'ao and Aoba Hu in the mountain range, where they attacked the Xiao Clan’s group with Black Fiend Profound Thunder.

• Xiao Wu fed two captives black pills, ordered Xiao Mei to guard them, and led the Xiao Clan youths to continue hunting their rivals.
• At the square, the leaders discussed the tournament while disguised Xiao Ling watched the crowd and the black-robed person.
• Wu Qiong emerged with nearly a hundred defeated youths and confessed that Aoba Hu and Jia Lie'ao had paid him to slander the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan accepted Wu Qiong’s apology and compensation, while Aoba Pa and Jia Liebi suspected the Xiao Clan’s mysterious Alchemist had intervened.
• In the mountain range, Xiao Wu rejected Jia Lie'ao’s pretenses, and Jia Lie'ao and Aoba Hu threw eight Black Fiend Profound Thunder beads at the Xiao Clan youths.

Eight Black Fiend Profound Thunders left the Xiao Clan juniors and Xiao Zi badly injured, and Xiao Wu led the survivors into a fierce fight against Jia Lie'ao, Aoba Hu, and their allies. Xiao Yu kept other tournament participants from approaching while Xiao Yi Xian mourned over Xiao Zi, as an enemy warned that the two clans had sent more people.

• The thunderous blasts drew the attention of tournament participants and faction leaders, while Xiao Zhan urged the leaders to wait and see what happened.
• The explosion's survivors emerged, and Xiao Wu handed out healing pills before charging at Aoba Hu and ordering the Xiao Clan juniors to fight.
• The Xiao Clan juniors attacked Jia Lie'ao and Aoba Hu's side with lethal moves, while Xiao Yi Xian held the unconscious Xiao Zi and Yao Wan'er helped dress her.
• Xiao Yu warned the arriving participants to stay a hundred meters away, and they withdrew rather than risk a confrontation.
• Jia Lie'ao cursed Xiao Wu and warned that the two clans had sent additional people to the tournament.

Xiao Yan awakened Yao Lao and borrowed his power to protect the Xiao Clan juniors from the Aoba and rival families. Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and countered their opponent’s attack, but the young man threw Black Fiend Profound Thunders toward Xiao Yu and the others.

• Aoba Hu signaled for the two great families to make their move, while his cousin declared the Hunting Tournament over and challenged the Xiao Clan juniors.
• Xiao Yan promised Yao Lao help in exchange for his strength, and Yao Lao agreed after seeing the Xiao Clan juniors’ extraordinary talent.
• Yao Lao poured his remaining soul power into Xiao Yan, giving him a Da Dou Shi’s aura, and Xiao Wu led the other juniors back into battle.
• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and froze the cousin’s Earth Explosion technique with Bone Chilling Flame.
• The cousin threw Black Fiend Profound Thunders toward Xiao Yu and the others to force Xiao Yan to choose whom to save.

Xiao Ling’s Soul Clone appeared just in time to save the Xiao Clan girls, punish their attacker, and warn the other competitors not to harm his people. After the clone vanished, Xiao Wu and the leaders of the rival clans each took pills that raised their strength to Nine-Star Dou Shi, escalating the fight.

• Yao Lao stopped a Black Fiend Profound Thunder from reaching the girls while Xiao Yan pleaded for their safety.
• Xiao Ling appeared, absorbed the lightning, healed Xiao Yu, comforted Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Wan'er, and praised Xiao Mei.
• Xiao Ling warned the other competitors not to touch his people, then struck the youth in the earthen-yellow robe and vanished.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he had only enough power for one strike, so Xiao Yan pretended to seek an opening while Aoba Hu and Jia Lie'ao held back.
• Aoba Hu and Jia Lie'ao withdrew from their clash with Xiao Wu and threatened to fight to the death, so Xiao Wu swallowed Xiao Ling's pill and reached Nine-Star Dou Shi.
• Aoba Hu and Jia Lie'ao each swallowed a reddish-black pill and also rose to Nine-Star Dou Shi.

Aoba Hu died after Xiao Yu’s returning Talisman Arrow struck him while he was attacking Xiao Yan. Outside, Aoba Pa attacked Xiao Zhan in grief, and Jia Liebi held back as the family leaders watched the clash.

• Aoba Hu broke away from Xiao Wu and charged at Xiao Yan, betting that the child had no strength left to fight.
• Xiao Yu used the Talisman Arrow to strike Aoba Hu, then suffered backlash and received help from Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Wan'er.
• Aoba Hu tried to kill Xiao Yan before dying when Xiao Yu’s arrow curved back and pierced his forehead.
• Aoba Pa felt his son's death and charged at Xiao Zhan with the Gold-Splitting Slash, revealing his nine-star Da Dou Shi strength.
• Jia Liebi declined to act, suspecting Xiao Zhan was holding back and keeping in mind that a senior was watching.
• Aoba Pa called on Jia Liebi to join the fight, warning him that the senior was watching.

Xiao Zhan fought Aoba Pa and Jia Liebi as the Hunting Tournament ended and the factions clashed, while Xiao Shan killed the Aoba Family's Third Elder. The fighting paused when Xiao Wu brought Jia Lie'ao, badly injured by the Xiao Clan's juniors, and Xiao Zhan stepped in to stop Jia Liebi from retaliating.

• Aoba Pa and Jia Liebi attacked Xiao Zhan, who sent Jia Liebi flying and forced Aoba Pa back with his Lion Mountain Split.
• Xiao Zhan ended the Hunting Tournament early, and the faction representatives headed into the hunting grounds to retrieve their people.
• The Black-robed Woman chose to wait until the others were engaged before protecting the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Shan killed the Aoba Family's Third Elder.
• Xiao Zhan pressed Aoba Pa and Jia Liebi, knocked Jia Liebi into the ground, and taunted them as their fighters struggled.
• Jia Lie'ao cried out that his people were dead, and Xiao Wu appeared holding him, badly injured by the Xiao Clan's juniors.
• Xiao Zhan blocked the enraged Jia Liebi and struck him with Lion Mountain Split.

Xiao Zhan gained the upper hand against Aoba Pa, but the battle turned when a masked Dou Wang-or-higher figure appeared and targeted the Xiao Clan. Xiao Ling revealed that he was the Black-robed Woman’s master, challenging the newcomer as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Zhan used Xiao Ling’s three-move combination to badly wound Aoba Pa, while Xiao Zhan and Aoba Pa warned each other that their families had powerful backing.
• Jia Liebi tried to swallow a red-and-black pill, but an unseen force snatched it away and flung him beside Aoba Pa.
• The Masked Black-clothed Person appeared with Dou Qi Wings, and Aoba Pa’s account led him to accuse Aoba Pa of overlooking a Seventh-Rank Alchemist.
• The Black-robed Woman confronted the Masked Black-clothed Person and asked him to let the matter end, hoping to build a connection with the alchemist.
• The Masked Black-clothed Person said he had come for the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Ling declared himself the Black-robed Woman’s master and challenged him.

Xiao Ling and Yun Yun faced the Masked Black-clothed Person as he unleashed the Heaven Tier Heavenly Emperor Hand. Xiao Ling sent Yun Yun away from the attack and enlarged his Pill Cauldron to meet the descending giant hand.

• Gu Yao appeared and thanked Yun Yun for helping him, promising her a Dou Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Ling realized the Masked Black-clothed Person was forming a powerful Heaven Tier Dou Technique, while the surrounding onlookers feared its might.
• The Masked Black-clothed Person unleashed the Heavenly Emperor Hand, summoning a giant rune-covered hand from a dark vortex above the square.
• Xiao Ling pushed Yun Yun away from the attack and told her to leave the rest to him.
• Xiao Ling hurled his Pill Cauldron into the sky, where it expanded into a hundred-meter-wide giant cauldron.

Xiao Ling and the Masked Black-clothed Person wagered their prized techniques and artifacts after their attacks reached a stalemate. Xiao Ling absorbed the Heavenly Emperor Hand into the Ten Thousand Ghost Soul-Devouring Cauldron, winning the wager, but the feat drained his soul power.

• The Masked Black-clothed Person challenged Xiao Ling to outlast him, offering to leave the Jia Ma Empire if he lost and demanding the Pill Cauldron if Xiao Ling lost.
• Xiao Ling rejected the unfair terms and demanded the Masked Black-clothed Person surrender the Heavenly Emperor Hand if he lost.
• The Masked Black-clothed Person unleashed a stronger strike with the Heavenly Emperor Hand, but the Pill Cauldron withstood it while Xiao Ling shielded Yun Yun and the others.
• Xiao Ling enlarged the Ten Thousand Ghost Soul-Devouring Cauldron and swallowed the Heavenly Emperor Hand, then demanded the technique as his prize.
• Xiao Ling revealed inwardly that he had refined the attack like medicinal material, exhausting his peak Mortal Realm soul power in the process.

Xiao Ling trapped the Masked Black-clothed Person in a Bagua Palm domain and unleashed a death-rule attack after rejecting his attempt to bargain. The Masked Black-clothed Person offered to surrender the Heavenly Emperor Hand and explain the domain, but Xiao Ling refused to stop.

• Xiao Ling’s Pill Cauldron swallowed the Heavenly Emperor Hand, leaving Yun Yun, Xiao Zhan, and the others shocked by his power.
• The Masked Black-clothed Person challenged Xiao Ling to another gamble, demanding his cauldron and life if Xiao Ling lost.
• Xiao Ling cast Bagua Palm and formed an eight-cornered barrier that trapped the Masked Black-clothed Person and Aoba Pa’s group.
• The Masked Black-clothed Person identified Xiao Ling’s barrier as an embryonic Domain of Rules and proposed they call the fight a draw.
• Xiao Ling invoked Bagua Palm · Death Gate Suppression, prompting the Masked Black-clothed Person to offer the Heavenly Emperor Hand and information in exchange for mercy.
• Xiao Ling dismissed the offer and said it was too late.

Xiao Ling forced the Masked Black-clothed Person to surrender the Heavenly Emperor Hand scroll and his Storage Ring, then drove him away after extracting compensation. With Yun Yun and the Xiao Clan gathered, Xiao Zhan moved to capture Aoba Pa and Jia Liebi, but Aoba Pa attempted to escape and attacked him.

• Xiao Ling subdued the Masked Black-clothed Person with the Death Character Script until he surrendered the Heavenly Emperor Hand scroll, which Xiao Ling sealed away for the system to inspect.
• Xiao Ling injured the Masked Black-clothed Person again, took his Storage Ring, erased its soul brand, and let him leave after threatening him.
• Xiao Ling gave Yun Yun a tier-six Dou Spirit Pill and asked Xiao Zhan to take Aoba Pa and Jia Liebi alive for his disciple.
• Aoba Pa refused to surrender and launched Black Fiend Demon Thunders at Xiao Zhan, but Yun Yun gathered them and handed them to the Xiao Clan juniors.
• Xiao Zhan blocked Aoba Pa as he fled toward the edge of the square and challenged him.