Chapter Summaries

Eight months after Xiao Jin helped the Xiao Clan grow stronger, he and the girls set out together to take a break from cultivation. The chapter leaves them heading out, with Xiao Yi Xian, Xun'er, and Qing Lin urging Xiao Jin to buy new clothes.

• Xiao Zhan, the Great Elder, and the Second Elder advanced to Dou Ling, while the Third Elder prepared to attempt a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Dou Zhe realm, and Yao Chen told him to stabilize his cultivation before refining the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xun'er reached Seven-Star Dou Ling, Xiao Yi Xian reached Nine-Star Dou Ling, Qing Lin became a One-Star Dou Grandmaster, and Ya Fei advanced to Five-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Jin reached Five-Star Dou King and met the Pill Tower Ancestor's physical requirements after months of training.
• Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin persuaded Xiao Jin to accompany them out, then urged him to buy better clothes as they walked toward the Xiao Clan's main gate.

Xiao Jin and Xun'er encountered Xiao Yan surrounded by Jia Lie'ao and his men in the Xiao Clan Market. After Xiao Yan defeated Jia Lie'ao, a newcomer coveted the women accompanying Xiao Jin, leaving Xiao Jin ready to retaliate.

• Xiao Jin found Xiao Yan confronting Jia Lie'ao over an iron fragment while the Xiao Clan marketplace guards were missing.
• Jia Lie'ao mocked Xiao Yan and challenged him, but Xiao Yan used Eight Extremities Collapse to shatter Jia Lie'ao's arms.
• Xiao Yan tried to finish Jia Lie'ao, but Jia Liebi intervened and Xiao Yan dodged his attack.
• Xiao Zhan arrived to protect Xiao Yan and confronted Jia Liebi.
• A young man dressed as an Alchemist ordered Jia Liebi to capture Xun'er and the other women in exchange for a share of their cooperation's profits, angering Xiao Jin.

Xiao Zhan declared war on the Jia Lie Clan after Jia Liebi’s provocation at the Xiao Clan’s Marketplace. Xiao Jin stopped Liu Xi from leaving after the Alchemist insulted the women, and revealed a flame that frightened him.

• Xiao Jin asked Xiao Zhan why the Marketplace guards were absent, and Xiao Zhan explained that the Jia Lie Clan had seized part of the market with help from Liu Xi, a First-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Zhan declared war on the Jia Lie Clan and gave Jia Liebi seven days to prepare for an attack.
• Jia Liebi accepted the challenge and tried to leave with Liu Xi, who kept staring at Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Jin ordered Jia Liebi to leave Liu Xi behind and threatened to kill him if he chose to fight.
• Xiao Jin showed Liu Xi a purplish-brown flame, and Liu Xi turned pale as he mistook it for a Beast Flame.

Xiao Jin killed Liu Xi after Jia Liebi abandoned him, while Yao Chen used Xiao Jin’s desire to protect others to teach Xiao Yan about finding a reason to become stronger. Xiao Jin then took the three girls to another Marketplace, leaving Xiao Zhan to prepare for war with the Jalie Clan.

• Jia Liebi withdrew from the Marketplace after hearing a whispered message, abandoning Liu Xi despite the alchemist’s threats.
• Xiao Jin asked Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin whether they wanted to deal with Liu Xi, then burned him to death with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Yao Chen explained to Xiao Yan that a cultivator’s reason to become strong could keep them true to their convictions, and urged him to find his own direction.
• After Liu Xi turned to ashes, Xiao Jin reassured the three girls and took them to explore another Marketplace.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Zhan to notify him when the Xiao Clan went to war with the Jalie Clan, and Xiao Zhan sent him off with money to enjoy himself.

Xiao Jin spent the day shopping with Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin before heading to the Miteer Auction House to tell Ya Fei he planned to pressure the Jia Lie Clan. He introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Ya Fei, who teased him about having a new love.

• Xiao Jin bought gifts and clothes for Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, while Xun'er gave him a jade pendant.
• Xun'er and Qing Lin returned home, and Xiao Yi Xian went with Xiao Jin to the Miteer Auction House.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yi Xian that he planned to pressure the Jia Lie Clan over the next few days.
• Ya Fei entered the VIP room, teased Xiao Jin about Xiao Yi Xian, and heard him introduce the two women.

Xiao Jin and Ya Fei used the Miteer Auction House to isolate the Jia Lie Clan while the Xiao Clan prepared to destroy it. As the Xiao Clan readied its younger generation for battle, Jia Liebi awaited the arrival of multiple Dou Ling reinforcements.

• Ya Fei ordered the Miteer Auction House to cut off the Jia Lie Clan's business, pressure its partners, collect its debts, and guard the routes out of Wutan City.
• Xiao Jin learned Ya Fei would leave for the Imperial Capital in two months, and she privately hoped their separation would make him recognize his feelings for her.
• Xiao Zhan decided to involve the Xiao Clan's younger generation in the campaign, with Xiao Yan and four Earth Demon Puppets also joining the operation.
• Jia Liebi learned that a powerful ally was coming to Wutan City after his disciple was killed by the Xiao Clan.
• Jia Liebi took comfort in the news that several Dou Ling experts would reinforce the Jia Lie Clan within two days.

The Xiao Clan and Jia Lie Clan clashed outside Wutan City, where the Xiao Clan’s hidden strength and superior healing supplies turned the battle against Jia Liebi’s larger forces. As the Xiao Clan’s Second Elder fought Jia Liebi’s Dou Ling ally, Jia Liebi called on Great Elder Mo to join the battle.

• Xiao Zhan led the Xiao Clan’s fighters in a charge against Jia Liebi’s forces, and the Jia Lie Clan’s numerical advantage was offset by the Xiao Clan fielding seven Da Dou Shi.
• Jia Liebi revealed a Two-Star Dou Ling and Fourth-Rank Alchemist whose disciple had died at the Xiao Clan’s hands; the old man struck down a Xiao Clan Da Dou Shi before the Second Elder challenged him.
• The Third Elder treated the injured fighter with a Fourth-Rank Healing Pill, while Xiao Zhan sent him to the rear and watched Xiao Yan fight three younger Jia Lie Clan members.
• Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan’s younger fighters wounded or defeated their opponents, while the Xiao Clan’s pill supplies helped its injured return to safety and more than twenty Jia Lie Clan members died.
• The Xiao Clan’s Second Elder forced Jia Liebi’s Dou Ling ally back, prompting Jia Liebi to ask Great Elder Mo to fight; Mo Cheng prepared to unleash his strength as a Four-Star Dou Ling.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated Mo Cheng with her poison, but a Misty Cloud Sect elder intervened and Xiao Jin killed Mo Cheng while defending her. The elder summoned three more Dou Kings, leaving Xiao Jin facing four Misty Cloud Sect fighters.

• Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward to fight Mo Cheng and sent him flying with a palm strike.
• Xiao Zhan and the Great Elder attacked the Jia Lie Clan’s fighters while Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Mo Cheng.
• Mo Cheng pleaded for mercy in the Misty Cloud Sect’s name, but Xiao Yi Xian continued her attack.
• A high-level Dou Wang from the Misty Cloud Sect dispelled Xiao Yi Xian’s poison, and Xiao Jin intercepted his counterattack before obliterating Mo Cheng.
• The Misty Cloud Sect elder confronted Xiao Jin over Mo Cheng’s death, then summoned three more Dou Kings to join him.

After Mo Cheng’s death, the Xiao Clan’s allies confronted four Dou Kings, and Xun’er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin each defeated one. Yun Leng realized that the losses and evidence of his corruption would bring his death at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Jia Liebi feared that the four Dou Kings Mo Cheng had invited would demand payment from the Jia Clan, while the battle left the Jia Clan with heavy casualties.
• Xiao Jin assigned Xun’er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin one Dou King each, and the Xiao Clan retreated from Xiao Yi Xian’s poison.
• Yao Chen identified Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Xun’er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated her opponent with poison, Xun’er burned hers with her Heavenly Flame, and Qing Lin’s Blazing Fire Flame Snake crushed the third Dou King.
• Yun Leng realized the deaths of three Dou Kings and evidence of his corruption would lead the Misty Cloud Sect to execute him.

Xiao Jin defeated Yun Leng after Xun'er and the others fought the Misty Cloud Sect's Dou Kings, then crippled Yun Leng and sent the surviving opponents toward the Xiao Clan. As the Xiao Clan continued battling the Jia Lie Clan, Xiao Jin told Xiao Zhan he intended to visit the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Jin gave Xun'er a pill, praised her for defeating a Dou King, and handed her to Xiao Yi Xian to recover.
• Xiao Jin confronted Yun Leng, summoned four Earth Demon Puppets, and broke through Yun Leng's rock shield with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Jin struck Yun Leng's abdomen and shattered his Dou Crystal, crippling him and ending his cultivation.
• Xiao Jin sent three Earth Demon Puppets carrying defeated Dou Kings toward the Xiao Clan, while another stayed to oversee the ongoing battle.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Zhan he planned to visit the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Zhan chose to trust his judgment.

After the Xiao Clan seized control of Wutan City, Xiao Jin went to the Misty Cloud Sect with the crippled Yun Leng. The sect's disciples surrounded him at the gate after recognizing their Great Elder.

• Xiao Jin restored Xun'er's overtaxed meridians and warned her not to use her secret technique again.
• The Xiao Clan took the Jia Lie Clan's three Marketplaces, and the Aoba Clan submitted by handing over half its profits and withdrawing its guards.
• The Xiao Clan consolidated its control of Wutan City within a month, with support from the Miteer Auction House.
• Xiao Jin arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and was rudely stopped by two gate disciples.
• Xiao Jin had an Earth Demon Puppet drop Yun Leng before the gate, and dozens of sect members surrounded him after recognizing their Great Elder.

Xiao Jin confronted the Misty Cloud Sect and demanded an explanation from Yun Shan, but Yun Yun met him first. After Xiao Jin rejected her attempt to discuss Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement, he forced Yun Leng to confess his wrongdoings before her.

• Xiao Jin summoned an Earth Demon Puppet and demanded that the Misty Cloud Sect bring Yun Shan to speak with him.
• A Dou King Elder sent another Elder to report to the Sect Master and received Xiao Jin as a guest while they waited.
• Yun Yun arrived and asked Xiao Jin why he had attacked Yun Leng, but Xiao Jin said she was not qualified to handle the matter.
• Xiao Jin revealed his identity and rejected Yun Yun’s assumption that he had come over Nalan Yanran’s engagement annulment.
• Xiao Jin kicked Yun Leng to his knees before Yun Yun and ordered him to confess all his misdeeds.

After learning of Yun Leng’s abuses and the Misty Cloud Sect’s corruption, Yun Yun recognized her failures as sect leader while Xiao Jin told her to summon Yun Shan. In Mulan Valley, Medusa sensed activity at the Misty Cloud Sect and set out toward it.

• Yun Yun raged after Yun Leng confessed to his misconduct, and Xiao Jin criticized her for neglecting the Misty Cloud Sect’s management.
• Xiao Jin pointed out that Yun Leng’s influence and the sect’s arrogant disciples suggested widespread corruption, leading Yun Yun to question her ability to lead.
• Yun Yun became visibly distressed, and Xiao Jin told her to have Yun Shan speak with him instead.
• Medusa sensed the Misty Cloud Sect from her palace in New Holy City and vanished after saying it had been a long time.

Xiao Jin offered Yun Shan pills that could extend his life and help him reach the Dou Zong realm in exchange for opposing the Soul Hall. He showed Yun Shan an illusion of the future awaiting him and the Misty Cloud Sect if the Soul Hall corrupted him.

• Yun Shan comforted Yun Yun and admitted that making her sect master had burdened her and harmed her cultivation.
• Xiao Jin offered Yun Shan a Seventh-Grade Azure Underworld Longevity Pill and a Peak Sixth-Grade Break Sect Pill, then revealed that he wanted the Old Sect Master to act against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Jin warned Yun Shan that the Soul Hall would approach him within two years and help him break through in exchange for capturing members of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Jin used his Emperor Realm Soul to show Yun Shan an illusion of the Soul Hall corrupting him, the Misty Cloud Sect fighting Xiao Yan, and the sect's eventual destruction.
• Yun Shan emerged from the illusion drenched in cold sweat as Xiao Jin told him that this would have been his future if Xiao Jin had not come.

Xiao Jin persuaded Yun Shan to help him trap the Soul Hall and gave him resources to break through to Dou Zong. Medusa arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect after sensing Xiao Jin’s aura, revealing their unusual soul bond and provoking Yun Yun’s misunderstanding.

• Xiao Jin asked Yun Shan to join him in setting a trap for the Soul Hall so the Xiao Clan could gain time to grow stronger.
• Yun Shan agreed to work with Xiao Jin once he broke through to the Dou Zong realm, and Xiao Jin presented him with two jade boxes.
• Medusa suddenly appeared and threatened to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect if Yun Shan betrayed Xiao Jin.
• Medusa explained that she had sensed Xiao Jin because their souls were deeply connected, while Yun Yun blushed at Medusa’s claim that they had shared an intimate bond.

Xiao Jin secured Yun Shan's cooperation against the Soul Hall and urged the Misty Cloud Sect to address its internal problems. As Yun Yun learned that Xiao Yan had reached One-Star Dou Shi, she realized his rapid progress could threaten Nalan Yanran.

• Medusa demanded tea from Yun Yun, but Xiao Jin calmed her by holding her hand, and she let him.
• Yun Shan learned that Xiao Jin had helped Medusa break through to Dou Zong and became more confident that he could advance with the Break Sect Pill.
• Xiao Jin gave Yun Shan a Space Jade Slip, asked him to report any Soul Hall information, and urged him to enter seclusion and pursue a breakthrough.
• Xiao Jin warned Yun Yun to investigate the Misty Cloud Sect's internal affairs and said Xiao Yan had reached One-Star Dou Shi after refining the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yun Yun was stunned by Xiao Yan's progress and worried that Nalan Yanran might lose to him.

Xiao Jin gave Yun Yun an Imperial Extreme Pill and secured her promise that the Misty Cloud Sect would not trouble Xiao Yan over his bet. After leaving the sect with Medusa, he learned she planned to meet his girlfriend Xun'er and demanded that he take responsibility for what she said he had done to her.

• Xiao Jin gave Yun Yun an Imperial Extreme Pill and asked her to help him in a future clash with the Soul Hall.
• Yun Yun promised the Misty Cloud Sect would not make things difficult for Xiao Yan when he came to fulfill the bet in two years.
• Yun Shan decided to personally resolve the Misty Cloud Sect's problems before resuming his preparations to break through.
• Xiao Jin told Medusa that Xun'er was now his girlfriend and explained they had confirmed their relationship after he returned to Wutan City.
• Medusa said she would go to Wutan City in seven days to meet Xun'er and insisted Xiao Jin take responsibility for her lost innocence.

Xiao Jin was ambushed by Medusa’s advances before learning that Xun’er sensed his impending return. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan’s leaders confirmed that Gu Yang had been replaced by a Soul Clan member and took steps to deal with him without alerting the Soul Clan.

• Medusa restrained Xiao Jin with her spatial power, kissed him, and promised to see him again in Wutan City in seven days.
• Xun’er sensed that Xiao Jin was about to return, and Qing Lin began preparing more food for him.
• Gu Yuan gathered the Ancient Clan’s strongest leaders and confirmed that Gu Yang’s soul had been replaced by a Soul Clan member.
• Gu Yuan inferred that the Soul Clan’s target was the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and the leaders chose not to kill Gu Yang to avoid warning the Soul Clan.
• Gu Yuan extracted a hundred drops of Gu Yang’s Five-Star Dou Sheng Essence Blood while keeping him alive.

Gu Yuan captured the Soul Clan spy Gu Yang and made plans to meet Xiao Jin, while Xiao Jin confessed to Xun'er that Medusa had kissed him. Xun'er responded by kissing him back and accepted that other women might pursue him.

• Gu Yuan crippled Gu Yang, had Gu Dao imprison him, and ordered Gu Lie to invite the Flame Clan and Lei Clan heads to a meeting in one month.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Lie he would leave the Ancient Realm for several days, intending to meet Xiao Jin and learn what he knew.
• Xiao Jin confessed to Xun'er that Medusa had kissed him, and Xun'er focused on the fact that she had taken his first kiss.
• Xun'er kissed Xiao Jin for five minutes and warned him that she would kiss him back twice as hard if he kissed another woman again.
• Xun'er said she was not troubled by Medusa's advances and acknowledged Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei's feelings for Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin told Gu Yuan that his teacher had uncovered clues about Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and revealed that the ancient emperor had been a cluster of Heavenly Flames. Gu Yuan learned that the cave mansion’s location remained unknown.

• Xun'er asked Xiao Jin to stay away when Medusa arrived, insisting she would handle the matter herself.
• Gu Yuan visited the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Jin greeted him without showing deference despite Gu Yuan’s overwhelming strength.
• Gu Yuan asked about Xiao Jin’s teacher, and Xiao Jin said the teacher was connected to the Pill Tower and had once been one of the continent’s supreme experts.
• Xiao Jin told Gu Yuan that his teacher had found some information about Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion but had not confirmed its location.
• Xiao Jin explained that Tou She Ancient God had not founded a clan because he was a cluster of Heavenly Flames.