Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin learned that Ya Fei had reached Seven-Star Dou King and gave her a Dou Ling Pill, then went with her family elders to deal with a disturbance at the auction house. The trouble involved his third brother, Xiao Yan, while Ya Fei stayed behind with Yun Yun and recognized her feelings for Xiao Jin.

• Ya Fei revealed that she had reached Seven-Star Dou King, and Miteer Tengshan credited her talent and the family's resources for her progress.
• Xiao Jin gave Ya Fei a Dou Ling Pill to help her reach Peak Dou King, and she asked him to keep her cultivation secret.
• A maid reported that Elder Leo had clashed with a guest, and Xiao Jin said the guest was his third brother, Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Jin, Hai Bodong, and Miteer Tengshan left to handle the conflict, while Ya Fei stayed with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun asked Ya Fei what her relationship with Xiao Jin was, and Ya Fei realized Yun Yun had feelings for him.

Xiao Yan confronted Leo after Leo’s men tried to take his medicinal ingredients and search his Storage Ring, and Xiao Jin arrived with Hai Bodong and Tengshan. The Mittel Family executed Leo and his accomplices, compensated Xiao Yan, and received valuable pills from Xiao Jin.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Jin that Leo’s men had tried to seize his purchased medicinal ingredients and search his Storage Ring.
• Hai Bodong and Tengshan confronted Leo, who admitted Xiao Yan’s account was true.
• Hai Bodong froze Leo and the others who had come with him, while Tengshan ordered their corpses displayed as a warning to the Mittel Family.
• Tengshan offered Xiao Yan another set of medicinal ingredients as compensation, and Xiao Jin approved the Mittel Family’s response.
• Xiao Jin gave Hai Bodong and Tengshan a Break Sect Pill and a Dou Ling Pill.

Xiao Jin drew the Imperial Family’s attention by giving Hai Bodong a Break Sect Pill and received an invitation to a palace banquet. As he planned to secure an alliance for the Xiao Clan, Ya Fei urged him not to bear the clan’s burdens alone, and he revealed that settling the Imperial Family’s matter would also let her stop hiding.

• An Imperial Family spy reported Xiao Jin’s Break Sect Pill to Jia Xingtian, who ordered Yao Ye to invite Xiao Jin to a palace banquet.
• Ya Fei passed the invitation to Xiao Jin and teased him about using the pill to draw out the Imperial Family.
• Xiao Jin decided to attend the banquet and considered whether a marriage alliance could help secure the Xiao Clan’s position.
• Ya Fei warned Xiao Jin that a clan could not depend on one person to carry all its responsibilities, and Xiao Jin agreed to settle the Imperial Family’s matter before stepping back.
• Xiao Jin told Ya Fei that resolving the matter would also let her stop hiding, leaving her surprised that he was doing it for her.

Xiao Jin gave Yun Yun a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill and warned her that accepting his investment would draw her into a fight against the Soul Hall and the powerful Soul Clan. Yun Yun welcomed the chance to fight beside him, leaving Xiao Jin stunned by her lack of fear.

• Xiao Jin hoped Ya Fei would leave the auction house’s mundane work behind and focus on cultivating toward Dou Sheng before he departed for the Central Plains.
• After seeing Ya Fei off, Xiao Jin went to Yun Yun’s room, where she greeted him in a revealing nightgown before changing and sitting down with him.
• Xiao Jin presented Yun Yun with a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, the Flowing Cloud Feather Transformation Pill.
• Xiao Jin explained that the Soul Clan stood behind the Soul Hall and had no fewer than twenty Dou Sheng, and that his cooperation with Yun Shan aimed to oppose them.
• Yun Yun asked whether accepting the pill would let her fight beside Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin was speechless at her eager response.

Xiao Jin explained the Flowing Cloud Feather Transformation Pill to Yun Yun, who chose to take it so she could grow strong enough to help him face the Soul Clan. Yun Yun swallowed the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill recklessly, and Xiao Jin began guiding its powerful medicinal strength as she entered cultivation.

• Yun Yun chose to take the pill after learning about the Soul Clan and said she would help Xiao Jin face his future enemies.
• Xiao Jin explained that the Flowing Cloud Feather Transformation Pill would give Yun Yun a Wind Spirit Body, accelerate her cultivation, and improve her wind techniques.
• Xiao Jin insisted Yun Yun refine the pill in front of him so he could use his Emperor Realm Soul to manage its medicinal strength.
• Yun Yun swallowed the pill before Xiao Jin could stop her, unleashing a violent storm that destroyed the surrounding buildings.
• Xiao Jin covered Yun Yun with a quilt, drove Hai Bodong away with the Earth Demon Puppet, and arranged for Teng Shan's people to keep others back.
• Xiao Jin began sorting out the pill's medicinal strength while Yun Yun cultivated.

After refining the Flowing Cloud Feather Transformation Pill, Yun Yun broke through to Six-Star Dou Ancestor and gained the embryonic form of a Wind Spirit Body, though the process exhausted Xiao Jin and wrecked the room. Xiao Jin gave Yun Yun powerful cultivation methods and Dou Techniques before fleeing when she invited him to stay the night.

• Yun Yun awakened after a day and night of refining the pill and discovered she had advanced to Six-Star Dou Ancestor.
• Xiao Jin scolded Yun Yun for taking the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill without warning him, then explained that she had exhausted his soul power and destroyed the room.
• Miteer Tengshan told them that some people had been injured but no one had died, and Yun Yun and Xiao Jin moved to another room.
• Xiao Jin gave Yun Yun the Heaven Tier Intermediate Nine Heavens Wind-Controlling Sword Canon and six matching Dou Techniques.
• Yun Yun invited Xiao Jin to stay the night, but Xiao Jin fled, leaving Yun Yun laughing and lamenting that she could not leave him.

Xiao Jin prepared for the Imperial Family’s banquet, confident that his strength let him ignore its formalities, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran prepared to return to the Misty Cloud Sect. At the palace, Xiao Jin teased Xiao Yan about the Eldest Princess, then argued that a rich woman could help him buy more swords.

• Xiao Jin decided to focus on his cultivation and on reviving Yao Chen and the Pill Tower Ancestor after leaving Yun Yun’s residence.
• Ya Fei helped Xiao Jin get ready for the Imperial Family’s banquet, and he changed into comfortable clothes instead of wearing formal attire.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Jin that Nalan Yanran still needed to face Xiao Yan in the Three-Year Agreement fight, and Nalan Yanran apologized to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan reluctantly dressed formally for the banquet, while Xiao Jin, Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Miteer Tengshan traveled to the imperial palace.
• At the palace, Xiao Jin pointed out Yao Ye to Xiao Yan and joked that a rich woman could buy him more swords.

At the Imperial Family banquet, Xiao Jin urged Xiao Yan to take responsibility for the Xiao Clan instead of leaving every burden to him. The story left off after Mu Zhan launched a surprise attack on Xiao Jin, who was unharmed, while Ya Fei struck Mu Zhan down.

• Xiao Yan agreed to socialize and shoulder responsibility for the Xiao Clan after Xiao Jin called him out for slacking off.
• Ya Fei teased Xiao Jin about his strength, and he admitted he had spent too much time handling the clan's problems instead of cultivating.
• Mu Zhan appeared at the banquet, and Xiao Jin ignored the commotion as Ya Fei handed him fruit juice.
• Mu Zhan struck Xiao Jin's shoulder with a sneak attack, but Xiao Jin was unharmed and mocked the weak blow.
• Ya Fei, furious at Mu Zhan's attack, hit him with Dou Qi and sent him crashing through tables and chairs.
• Ya Fei checked on Xiao Jin, who reassured her that his Dou Emperor strength had protected him.

At the banquet, Ya Fei revealed Dou King strength and warned Mu Zhan to stay away from her, shaking the balance of power in the Imperial Capital. Jia Xingtian recognized the threat to the Imperial Family and quietly instructed Yao Ye, who made a firm decision.

• Xiao Jin survived Mu Zhan's sneak attack, while Ya Fei's strike sent Mu Zhan flying and revealed her formidable strength.
• Nalan Yanran realized Xiao Jin had helped Ya Fei grow stronger and silently apologized for her past words.
• Mu Zhan praised Ya Fei despite his injuries, and Ya Fei insulted him before declaring she would kill him if he approached her again.
• Ya Fei spread her Dou Qi Wings, revealing that she was a Dou King and alarming the Mu Clan, Jia Xingtian, and the other guests.
• Jia Xingtian assessed the Mittel Family's growing power, summoned Yao Ye, and gave her instructions; Yao Ye resolutely accepted the decision before her.

Xiao Jin killed Mu Zhan after Mu Zhan provoked him, then prepared to fight Mu Chen as the banquet hall watched. Yao Ye intervened to mediate, but Xiao Jin dismissed the Imperial Family’s authority.

• Mu Zhan discovered that Ya Fei had become a Dou Wang and, unable to challenge her, taunted Xiao Jin for hiding behind her.
• Xiao Jin told Ya Fei he would act personally, while Hai Bodong, Teng Shan, Nalan Jie, and Nalan Su gathered behind him.
• Xiao Jin killed Mu Zhan with Pink Flame, reducing him to ashes before Mu Chen could intervene.
• Mu Chen grieved for Mu Zhan and threatened to kill Xiao Jin, who prepared to attack him with Pink Flame.
• Yao Ye asked Mu Chen and Xiao Jin to end the dispute, but Xiao Jin dismissed her mediation and the Imperial Family’s standing.

Xiao Jin killed Mu Chen despite Yao Ye’s attempt to intervene, then forced Jia Xingtian to emerge and acknowledge his strength. After learning Xiao Jin was a Dou Huang who had defeated powerful experts, Jia Xingtian sent Yao Ye to invite him for a private talk.

• Xiao Jin killed Mu Chen with the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame, leaving his body charred and shattered.
• Yao Ye rebuked Xiao Jin for killing a Jia Ma Empire military figure, but Xiao Jin demanded that Jia Xingtian come out.
• Xiao Jin threatened to kill the Imperial Family members present unless Jia Xingtian emerged, and Jia Xingtian admitted he was wrong.
• Jia Xingtian identified Xiao Jin as a Dou Huang and asked whether he had defeated the experts on the Black List; Xiao Jin confirmed it.
• Jia Xingtian told Yao Ye to invite Xiao Jin to speak privately, and Xiao Jin reassured Ya Fei before following her.

Xiao Jin negotiated with Jia Xingtian about the Imperial Family’s future as the Jia Ma Empire’s balance of power shifted. He proposed replacing imperial rule with an alliance and a Council of Elders, leaving the Imperial Family in charge of administration.

• Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Jin for another Break Sect Pill, and Xiao Jin agreed while dismissing even a future Dou Zong as an ant compared with him.
• Xiao Jin summoned two puppets with Nine-Star Dou Ancestor strength, convincing Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye of the power behind his words.
• Xiao Jin explained that the Jia Ma Empire already had three Dou Zong experts and that Hai Bodong might soon break through, making the Imperial Family unable to hold power alone.
• Jia Xingtian rejected transferring the Imperial Family’s ruling authority, and Xiao Jin argued that its old status could not be maintained through strength alone.
• Xiao Jin proposed abolishing the Imperial Family and forming an alliance governed by a Council of Elders, with seats for the Imperial Family and major factions.
• Xiao Jin assigned administration to the Imperial Family, military affairs to the Nalan Clan, commerce to the Mittel Family, cultivation to the Misty Cloud Sect, and pill supplies to the Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Jin persuaded Jia Xingtian to establish a Council of Elders to unite the Jia Ma Empire’s factions and gave Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye valuable gifts. After the factions agreed to their new roles, Xiao Jin told Ya Fei he would leave the Imperial Capital and later travel to the Central Plains, while she stayed to watch over the Jia Ma Empire and Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Jin proposed a Council of Elders, and Jia Xingtian agreed to try it to protect the Imperial Family.
• Xiao Jin gave Jia Xingtian a Break Sect Pill and gifted Yao Ye cultivation supplies, a cultivation method, and Dou Techniques as an apology.
• Xiao Jin assigned the Mittel Family responsibility for commerce and asked Hai Bodong to notify the Nalan Clan and Alchemist Association.
• Xiao Jin told Ya Fei that he would leave the Imperial Capital the next day and depart for the Central Plains within a year.
• Ya Fei agreed to remain in the Northwest Continent to care for the Jia Ma Empire and Xiao Clan, and Xiao Jin gave her a Space Jade Slip.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yan traveled to Stone Desert City and reunited with their elder brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. Xiao Jin found that the group had grown rapidly, then left the reunion with Xiao Li irritated after mocking his cultivation.

• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yan joked on the road about Ya Fei, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan's lack of a girlfriend as they headed for Stone Desert City.
• The brothers reached the city and noticed the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had expanded, with many mercenaries and several Da Dou Shi experts.
• Old He recognized Xiao Jin at the group’s entrance and told a younger guard that Xiao Jin’s past Dou Wang strength and the cultivation resources he had left behind helped the group grow.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yan entered the Council Hall, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were handling group affairs, and the brothers happily greeted them.
• Xiao Jin asked Xiao Li why he was still a Dou Ling, angering him.

Xiao Jin visited the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, scolded Xiao Li for lagging behind Xiao Ding, and assessed the group’s growing strength. Meanwhile, Xun'er learned that the Ling Clan had vanished, and Xiao Jin began refining powerful medicinal pills.

• Xiao Jin chastised Xiao Li for remaining a Nine-Star Dou Ling while Xiao Ding had reached Two-Star Dou King, and Xiao Li promised to enter seclusion until he broke through.
• Xun'er learned from Ling Ying that the Ling Clan had sealed its realm passage and disappeared, then asked the clan to remain calm while she prepared to return after reaching Peak Dou King.
• Xiao Jin confirmed that the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had grown into a force capable of challenging the Jia Ma Empire’s great clans, while the Mu Clan had been purged and its fleeing disciples turned back by the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Jin spent several days refining pills, including an Eighth-Grade low-rank Hundred Rivers Returning to Origin Pill that could rapidly restore practitioners’ Dou Qi.

Xiao Jin returned to Wutan City and found the Xiao Clan had grown powerful enough to protect itself, but Yun Shan summoned him after Soul Hall agents visited the Misty Cloud Sect. Their interest in a certain clan led Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor to suspect that the Xiao Clan’s old enemies had exposed its presence.

• Xiao Jin returned to Wutan City and learned that Xiao Zhan had reached Dou Wang, the elders had advanced to Dou Ling, and the clan’s Earth Demon Puppets had reached Peak Dou Zong.
• Xiao Jin received a signal from a crushed Space Jade Slip and traveled through a spatial passage to meet Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan told Xiao Jin that three Soul Hall agents had visited the Misty Cloud Sect and offered to help him unify the Jia Ma Empire in exchange for expanding into the Black-Corner Region and investigating a clan.
• Yun Shan and Yun Yun suspected Soul Hall was targeting Xiao Jin’s clan, prompting Xiao Jin to ask the Pill Tower Ancestor whether the Xiao Clan had been exposed.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor suggested that an old Dou Wang clan that had driven the Xiao Clan from the Imperial Capital might have revealed its connection to Soul Hall.

Xiao Jin planned to eliminate the three Soul Hall Dou Zong who would return to the Misty Cloud Sect in three days, while preparing a powerful defensive array for the sect. He learned Yun Yun intended to leave for the Central Plains, then gave Yun Shan a list of materials for the Sky Dome Origin-Locking Array.

• Xiao Jin learned the three Soul Hall Dou Zong would return to the Misty Cloud Sect in three days and decided to stay until then to deal with them.
• Yun Shan told Xiao Jin that Yun Yun planned to leave the Misty Cloud Sect and travel to the Central Plains, and that she was preparing at the back mountain.
• Xiao Jin asked Yun Shan to gather materials for an array and explained that Star Blue Iron was essential.
• Xiao Jin described the Sky Dome Origin-Locking Array's ability to seal a region and defend against powerful attacks, along with its costs and limitations.
• Yun Shan was delighted by the array's potential to greatly strengthen the Misty Cloud Sect's defenses.

Xiao Jin visited Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, gave Yanran resources to strengthen her for the Three-Year Agreement, and planned a protective array to trap Soul Hall’s people. Yun Yun mistook his generosity and plans as signs that he was doing everything for her.

• Yun Yun demonstrated the Mystery Rank High Level Dou Technique Wind Shadow Step to Nalan Yanran and explained how Yanran could cultivate it.
• Xiao Jin arrived, and Nalan Yanran left after greeting him, but he stopped her and gave her an Earth Tier Intermediate Qi Method, pills, and rare treasures.
• Xiao Jin told Nalan Yanran to grow stronger so she could serve as a whetstone for Xiao Yan before the Three-Year Agreement, and she accepted the resources.
• Yun Yun assumed Xiao Jin was treating Nalan Yanran well because of his feelings for her, while Xiao Jin said he would build a Sect Protection Array to catch Soul Hall’s people.

Xiao Jin completed the Sky Dome Origin-Locking Array to protect the Misty Cloud Sect and prepared to use it against Soul Hall. When Soul Hall’s three protectors arrived, Yun Shan rejected their demands and activated the array, trapping them inside.

• Xiao Jin placed the Sky Dome Origin-Locking Array across Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun tested its ability to withstand her full-strength attack.
• Yun Shan thanked Xiao Jin, while Xiao Jin looked forward to fighting one of Soul Hall’s powerful Dou Ancestors.
• Three days later, Xiao Jin sensed Soul Hall’s arrival, and he and Yun Yun let Yun Shan face the visitors first.
• Yun Shan rejected Soul Hall’s offer to rule the Jia Ma Empire, and the lead protector threatened to destroy Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan declared that the protectors would not leave Misty Cloud Mountain, then activated the array and trapped all three inside.

Yun Shan trapped three Soul Hall Protectors with the Sky Dome Origin-Locking Array, but his decision to taunt them gave one Protector time to summon a Two-Star Dou Zun. Xiao Jin called on the Pill Tower Ancestor to confront the threat, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yun Shan used the Sky Dome Origin-Locking Array to immobilize the three Soul Hall Protectors, who realized he had summoned reinforcements during their absence.
• Xiao Jin criticized Yun Shan’s recklessness and left the hidden chamber with Yun Yun to intervene.
• A Soul Hall Protector crushed a Space Jade Slip, summoning a powerful presence whose pressure injured Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Yun Yun and the elders organized the evacuation and protection of the ordinary disciples while Xiao Jin assessed the Dou Zun threat.
• Xiao Jin agreed to let the Pill Tower Ancestor fight the Two-Star Dou Zun and claim his soul if he won.