Past Events

Early morning, Xiao Bai's small courtyard.

Xiao Bai, who had been sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly opened his eyes. A five-colored radiance flashed through them and vanished.

"Five years. It's finally complete!"

It had now been two years since Xiao Yan had come looking for trouble with him. This year, he was fifteen, and it had been exactly ten full years since he arrived in this world.

He had crossed over in his sleep, and the original body's adoptive parents had already passed away.

After realizing what world he had arrived in, he began cultivating. At ten, he broke through to 9 Star Dou Zhi Qi, shocking the Xiao Clan at the time. Those Elders believed he had the makings of a Dou Wang. If they nurtured him properly, perhaps he could let the Xiao Clan return to its prosperity from when the old Clan Head was still alive.

But several years passed without the slightest movement in his cultivation, and the clan gradually grew disappointed.

They turned their attention to another genius who was gradually rising within the Xiao Clan—Xiao Yan. This one did not disappoint them.

He likewise reached Nine Stage Dou Zhi Qi at ten, and broke through to become a Fighter at eleven, once again igniting the clan's hopes.

From then on, Xiao Bai's reputation fell silent, and few people mentioned him.

Xiao Bai did not care about this. He knew his own situation. After breaking through to Nine Stage Dou Zhi Qi, he could not condense a Qi Cyclone within his Dantian.

Instead, he began absorbing large amounts of Five Elements Attribute Dou Qi. This Five Elements Dou Qi no longer entered his Dantian either, but entered his five viscera instead: Wood Attribute into the liver, Fire Attribute into the heart, Earth Attribute into the spleen, Metal Attribute into the lungs, and Water Attribute into the kidneys.

The Five Elements Dou Qi nourished his five viscera, which then fed back into his Physical Body, making his physique far surpass his Dou Qi cultivation. Because of this, he had even deliberately found an overlooked Low-Grade Yellow Rank Body Tempering Technique in the Xiao Clan's Library Pavilion to cover up his own abnormalities.

This was also why Xiao Bai could easily deal with Xiao Yan, who was a Two Star Fighter.

At the Fighter stage, Dou Qi could not be released outward. Even when using Dou Techniques in a fight, it all depended on fists and feet. And body cultivators liked nothing more than solving problems with fists and feet.

Today was precisely the day Xiao Bai had completed five full years since breaking through to Nine Stage Dou Zhi Qi. The five viscera in his chest had absorbed Five Elements Dou Qi to perfection. Right now, he felt that with just his Physical Body, he could fight anyone below the Dou Shi realm.

Getting up and moving his hands and feet, Xiao Bai felt out his physique and nodded in satisfaction.

"Next, I'll prepare to try breaking through again. This time, that Breaking Talisman shouldn't suppress me anymore, right?"

Xiao Bai had complaints about the talisman. He had owned a car and a house, and his career had achieved a modest degree of success, only for it to bring him without warning to this familiar yet unfamiliar world.

Fortunately, he had arrived in the Xiao Clan, which was still relatively safe for the time being. If he had gone to an environment where one could not be sure of surviving until tomorrow, he might have been killed long ago.

And fine, since he had come, he had come. Xiao Bai was also someone who took things as they came. In his previous life, he had not had many attachments either, so starting a journey in another land seemed rather nice. But not letting him break through was truly speechless. If not for the talisman's suppression, he might already almost be a Da Dou Shi by now.

Arriving in front of the cabinet, Xiao Bai took out a small box from inside. He placed the box on the desk and opened it with a key. Inside the box was a piece of bright yellow soft silk, with two white Jade Bottles on top.

Looking at the Jade Bottles in the box, Xiao Bai seemed to once again see that young girl who was usually like a green lotus, cool and elegant, but in front of him was always endlessly nagging.

"Xiao Bai Gege, don't bother with what they say. I believe you'll reclaim your former glory!"

"Xiao Bai Gege, this is Qi Gathering Powder. It can let someone break through to become a Fighter. Take it. If one pill doesn't work, use two. If two aren't enough, use three. If that still isn't enough, I'll give you more. You're not allowed to refuse!"

"Xiao Bai Gege, don't worry. You'll definitely succeed!"

"Xiao Bai Gege, if you didn't break through, then you didn't break through. You have to believe Xun Er. Xun Er will think of a way to help you!"

"Sigh!"

With a sigh, Xiao Bai thought that although this girl was young, her methods were very formidable. She had already reached the realm of winning without making a move. Xiao Bai felt that in this life, he would find it hard to escape her clutches.

As for Xun Er, when Xiao Bai had read the original work, he had felt she was too perfect, so perfect it seemed a little fake.

But through their interactions over these years, this girl had placed her whole heart on him. Aside from concealing her background, she could be said to hold nothing back from him. Xiao Bai felt this was very good. No one could refuse such a girl.

So regarding Xiao Yan coming to trouble him three times, Xiao Bai only found it a little annoying. He did not dislike him. If not for him, Xiao Bai might never have had the chance to receive this girl's wholehearted treatment.

He still remembered that it was in the second year after Xiao Bai crossed over, when he was seven.

That day, Xiao Bai had broken through to the fourth stage of Dou Qi at the rear mountain. He returned too late, and when he passed by a courtyard, he saw a small figure furtively climbing through a window.

So he let out a loud shout, frightening that figure so badly he fell off the window. Soon after, the person inside the room was also awakened and opened the door to walk out.

Xiao Bai fixed his eyes on her. Wasn't this Xiao Xun Er, who had recently come to the Xiao Clan? Then, as if remembering something, he looked toward the small figure still sprawled on the ground. Sure enough, it was Xiao Yan.

Xiao Xun Er stood at the doorway, her eyes indifferent. First, she looked at Xiao Bai standing not far away, then at Xiao Yan under the window, who was getting up from the ground, and then at the wide-open window. She seemed to understand something. After that, the way she looked at Xiao Yan gradually changed. It was both like looking at a thief and like looking at a pervert.

At this moment, Xiao Yan stood up. Seeing Xiao Xun Er's strange gaze, Xiao Yan's face first turned pale, then gradually turned red. After that, his ears and neck also became crimson. He wanted to say something but could not get it out. He only glared fiercely at Xiao Bai, then ran off.

In the following years, Xiao Bai did not see Xiao Yan come looking for trouble and thought he had already forgotten about the matter. Who would have known that after this guy broke through to Nine Stage Dou Zhi Qi at ten, he would rush over in a hurry to challenge him one-on-one?

In the end, he went back with a bruised nose and swollen face, cursing as he left.

"You have no martial virtue, bullying me, a newly advanced Nine Stage Dou Zhi Qi! Just wait until this young master breaks through to Fighter, then I'll come find you again!"

Xiao Bai was dumbfounded. He had not expected Xiao Yan to be like this. Just how old had this guy been when he crossed over? Say he was mature, but just look at the things he did in the clan—sometimes he was a complete little brat.

Say he was immature, but sometimes this guy was quite shameless. He could even say something like that. Waiting until he broke through to Fighter to come beat up Xiao Bai, who was at Nine Stage Dou Zhi Qi—there was not the slightest bit of a young man's hot-blooded, chuunibyou spirit in it.

A year later, Xiao Yan broke through to Fighter and once again left Xiao Bai's small courtyard with a bruised nose and swollen face, cursing under his breath.

Counting the time two years ago when he had been kicked flying, that already made it the third time.

Sometimes, Xiao Bai even admired this guy quite a bit. As expected of the protagonist chosen by destiny, his character was firm and resolute, mainly specializing in being hardheaded. Mm, his Dao heart was stable.

However, this guy no longer had the high spirits he had two years ago. Not long after he had come looking for trouble with Xiao Bai for the third time, news of the Xiao Clan's genius falling from grace spread everywhere. From a Two Star Fighter, he had fallen all the way to his current third stage of Dou Qi.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai shook his head. This guy was a transmigrator plus a son of destiny plus a cheat-user. Compared with him, Xiao Bai was still lacking a protagonist's halo. He should worry more about himself!

Putting aside his thoughts, Xiao Bai picked up the two Jade Bottles and headed outside. What? A Storage Ring? He did not have one. Hadn't you seen that even the Xiao Clan, one of the dignified Ancient Eight Clans, only had one for the Clan Head and the First Elder? That showed just how precious Storage Rings were on the Dou Qi Continent. How could Xiao Bai, an orphan, have one?

This time, he was going to the rear mountain to attempt a breakthrough. He had a premonition that perhaps he would succeed this time.

If he broke through here and the talisman created some huge scene for him, would that not expose him? One had to know that right now, the Xiao Clan had two wretched fellows: one who absorbed people's essence, and one who peeped from the shadows. They were truly the Battle Through the Heavens version of Wo Long Feng Chu.