Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu learned that the Bai Gang had threatened Pan Men while Hu Jia and A Tai tried to collect its uniforms and badges. He decided to disband the Bai Gang, while Bai Cheng remained wary of Pan Men despite Fu Ao’s reassurances.

• Xun Er told Xiao Yu that Cai Die had taken Little Xiao Nian out, while Third Brother, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia were elsewhere.
• Hu Jia and A Tai returned empty-handed and explained that Fu Ao of the Bai Gang had threatened to crush Pan Men.
• A Tai described the Bai Gang’s strength, and Xiao Yu decided to disband it rather than merely issue a warning.
• Hu Jia eagerly agreed to join Xiao Yu’s planned action against the Bai Gang the next day.
• Bai Cheng questioned Fu Ao about provoking Pan Men, then told the Bai Gang to watch the situation while an unease lingered within him.

Xiao Yu learned that Little Xiao Nian had met a powerful Giant Panda and reassured Cai Die about the instability in the child’s Dou Qi. The next day, he challenged Bai Gang to a fight at the arena, leaving its leader Bai Cheng to face the threat of dissolution.

• Cai Die told Xiao Yu that she had taken Little Xiao Nian to see a Rank Four Giant Panda whose strength was around Rank Five.
• Xiao Yu reassured Cai Die that he understood Little Xiao Nian’s unstable Dou Qi and checked on Yun Yun, who was gradually recovering.
• Xiao Yu led Xun Er, Hu Jia, A Tai, and five Pan Men students to Bai Gang’s grounds and declared that Bai Gang would be disbanded.
• After Fu Ao mocked Hu Jia, Xiao Yu released a controlled wave of force that staggered Bai Gang’s members and left several of them injured.
• Xiao Yu challenged Bai Cheng to fight at the arena the next day, saying Bai Gang would have to disband if it lost.

Han Yue visited Xiao Yu after hearing he had challenged Bai Cheng, the Bai Gang's leader, to a duel. Xiao Yu explained the dispute and remained confident that he could defeat Bai Cheng in the arena the next day.

• Veteran students across the Inner Academy dismissed Xiao Yu's challenge and urged Bai Cheng to teach Pan Men a lesson.
• Han Yue learned from Yang Yue and another Moon Spirit member that Xiao Yu had challenged Bai Cheng after the Bai Gang provoked Pan Men.
• Han Yue punished Yang Yue for teasing her about Xiao Yu, then went to the freshmen's residence to find him.
• Little Purple opened Xiao Yu's gate, and Han Yue nearly attacked the magical beast before Xiao Yu stopped them.
• Han Yue asked Xiao Yu about his duel with Bai Cheng, and Xiao Yu said he would defend Pan Men's honor and believed he could handle the six-star Dou Ling.

Xiao Yu prepared for his arranged battle with Bai Cheng while Han Yue and Xun Er discussed the match and his plans to build a hidden force. As Xiao Ding and Xiao Li neared Jia Nan Academy with Hai Bodong, Xiao Yu set out for the arena with his family and Wu Hao.

• Han Yue believed Xiao Yu could defeat Bai Cheng and explained that dissolving the Bai Gang would be easy if Xiao Yu had enough strength.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yu that Elder Ling had found five orphans to train, and Xiao Yu said he intended to build their loyalty and later recruit experts.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li traveled through the Black Corner Region under Hai Bodong's protection, reached Six Star Great Dou Master, and discussed the region's powerful factions.
• Xiao Yu promised to spend more time with Little Xiao Nian after she complained that he never played with her.
• Wu Hao joined Xiao Yu and his family on their way to the arena for Xiao Yu's battle with Bai Cheng.

Xiao Yu brought Pan Men to the arena to face Bai Gang’s challenge, where Bai Cheng demanded that one of the factions disband. Xiao Yu revealed that he had reached the Dou Wang realm, leaving the spectators stunned just as the duel began.

• Xiao Yu arrived at the crowded arena with Xun Er, Cai Die, and the others, while Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao discussed his strength with Han Yue.
• Bai Cheng led Bai Gang to the arena and declared that either Pan Men or Bai Gang would disband.
• Bai Cheng challenged Xiao Yu on the stone platform, and Xiao Yu said he would fight with his fists.
• Xiao Yu announced that Pan Men would become a faction no one could provoke, then unleashed his Dou Qi and spread dark golden wings that revealed he was a Dou Wang.

Xiao Yu defeated Bai Cheng, helped Pan Men grow, and spent time with Little Xiao Nian in the back mountain. After learning that his eldest and second brothers had arrived in Peace Town, he set out to gather Xiao Yan and meet them.

• Xiao Yu used Unsettled Windstorm to defeat Bai Cheng, who later dissolved the Bai Gang.
• Xiao Yu took Little Xiao Nian to visit Big White in the back mountain, where they spent the afternoon playing.
• A Tai delivered Pan Men's badges and robes and reported that Bai Cheng had dissolved the Bai Gang; Pan Men then grew to include twenty Da Dou Shi.
• A Tai told Xiao Yu that Xiao Mei had seen his eldest and second brothers arrive in Peace Town and that they wanted to meet him.
• Xiao Yu hurried out to find Xiao Yan so they could go meet their brothers, and a small white figure hopped toward him.

Xiao Yu took Zi Yan to meet Xiao Yan in the back mountain, then brought both of them to see their companions. The group learned more about Zi Yan’s origins, and she sensed that Cai Die might also be a magical beast.

• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yu to refine a Golden Brilliance Sacred Fruit, then persuaded him to take her along to visit his brothers.
• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan found Xiao Yan practicing with his Black Giant Ruler in the back mountain, and Xiao Yu explained Zi Yan’s Shapeshifting Grass origins.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan that their eldest and second brothers had arrived at Peace Town, and the three headed back to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yu introduced Zi Yan to Xun Er and the others, and Zi Yan asked Cai Die nervously whether she was a magical beast.

Xiao Yu and the others left the Inner Academy and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Outer Academy. Xiao Ding asked when they would establish the Underworld, while Xiao Li insisted on venturing into the Black Corner Region and revealed his Six Star Great Dou Master strength.

• Zi Yan recognized Cai Die as one of her kind, and Xiao Yu suggested that Zi Yan stay with her in the Inner Academy.
• Cai Die’s status as an Inner Academy elder allowed Xiao Yu and the others to leave without an authorization letter, and they traveled to the Outer Academy on a Griffin Beast.
• Xiao Yu and the others arrived at Instructor Ruo Lin’s pavilion and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding asked when they would establish the Underworld, and Xiao Yu said they first needed to choose a base and proposed that his brothers cultivate at the Outer Academy.
• Xiao Li refused to stay and revealed his Six Star Great Dou Master aura, shocking Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, and the others.

Xiao Yu made plans for the Underworld and helped his family prepare to grow stronger in the Black Corner Region. He revealed that he intended to relocate the Xiao Clan there before eventually returning to the Central Plains.

• Xiao Ding proposed that Xiao Li enter the Black Corner Region while he trained with Xue Lan and the others in Peace Town, and Hai Bodong offered to serve as an Underworld elder.
• Xiao Yu revealed that he had reached the Dou Ling realm, and agreed to let Zi Yan become an elder after explaining her strength.
• Xiao Yu gave Hai Bodong the Emperor Breaking Pill formula and promised to refine the pill, while giving Xiao Ding the formula for Marrow Cleansing Spirit Subduing Liquid for the family to use.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Ding, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning that he would bring the Xiao Clan to the Black Corner Region and eventually return to the Central Plains.
• Instructor Ruo Lin asked about joining the Underworld, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li met Little Xiao Nian after Xiao Yu introduced her.

Xiao Yu returned to the Inner Academy and sought a way to earn Fire Energy for Pan Men by selling pills. At the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, he arrived just after Xiao Yan’s fight with Leina had been settled, while his Chaos Flame had unexpectedly calmed the Fallen Heart Flame below.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan refined over a thousand portions of Marrow Cleansing Spirit Subduing Liquid, and Xun Er gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yu saw Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Elder Hai, Xue Lan, and the others off, then returned to the Inner Academy with Xun Er.
• A Tai told Xiao Yu that Pan Men was running out of Fire Energy for rewards, so Xiao Yu proposed earning more by selling pills.
• Xiao Yu headed to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to recruit Xiao Yan’s help with refining pills, while Xiao Yan fought Leina and was punished alongside Leina and Liu Fei by Elder He.
• Xiao Yu’s Chaos Flame swallowed the Heart Fire that appeared within him, and the elders at the tower’s base noticed that the Fallen Heart Flame had suddenly calmed.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er met Xiao Yan and Elder He on the tower’s second level after the fight, and Xiao Yan asked what they were doing there.

Xiao Yu returned to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower with Xiao Yan and met Liu Qing, who learned of Xiao Yu’s strength. Meanwhile, the Great Elder investigated the Fallen Heart Flame after it fell completely silent and stopped producing Heart Fire.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan that Pan Men needed him to return and refine medicine, then greeted Elder He, who praised his strength and suggested he could become an Inner Academy elder.
• Liu Qing returned from cultivating below and asked Liu Fei who had upset her, but she avoided blaming Xiao Yan after noticing Xiao Yu nearby.
• Liu Qing learned from Liu Fei that Xiao Yu was a new student who had defeated Bai Cheng in one move and was a Dou Wang, and he reacted with surprise.
• Xiao Yu took Xun Er to a cultivation chamber and estimated that her strength was around a Seven-star Dou Ling.
• Qin Xuan told the Great Elder that the Fallen Heart Flame had suddenly gone quiet, so they went to the tower’s bottom and confirmed that its Heart Fire had vanished.

The Great Elder shut down the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower after Fallen Heart Flame vanished into a black hole, while Xiao Yu noticed that cultivation inside had changed. After refining pills overnight, Xiao Yu gained the Reverse Scale sword as a guardian, though its spirit refused to submit to him.

• The Great Elder evacuated the tower, canceled leave for Inner Academy elders, and ordered them to watch Fallen Heart Flame and reinforce its seal.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yu that Heart Fire had stopped appearing and their cultivation had slowed, so they left the tower and went to their residence.
• The Great Elder and the elders sensed a scorching aura from the black hole and sealed Fallen Heart Flame back inside.
• Xiao Yu visited Yun Yun in the system space, then spent the night refining pills while Xun Er watched.
• After dawn, Xiao Yu received Reverse Scale as a system reward for advancing his Soul Power, but the sword spirit dodged his attempt to grasp it.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan prepared their refined pills for sale, and Xiao Yu led Pan Men to open two stalls in the Inner Academy trading grounds. After learning how he had earned the nickname Overlord Xiao, Xiao Yu befriended Xiong Er and offered him a discount on Pan Men’s goods.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan compared the pills they had refined, and Xiao Yu told A Tai to restock the ingredients for Qi Replenishing Pills.
• Xiao Yu took Xun Er, Wu Hao, A Tai, and other Pan Men members to the eastern district trading grounds and rented two stalls.
• Xiao Yu and A Tai set out Xiao Yu’s and Xiao Yan’s pills for sale, pricing the Qi Replenishing Pills and Body Recovery Pills at one Fire Energy each and the Ice Purity Pills at three.
• Xiong Er told Xiao Yu that students called him Overlord Xiao because his strength and domineering actions reminded them of Zi Yan’s reputation.
• Xiao Yu promised Xiong Er a twenty percent discount on Pan Men goods and learned that he was known as the Inner Academy’s Know-It-All.

Xiao Yu sold Pan Men’s pills, drew the attention of the Medicine Gang, and agreed to meet its leader, Han Xian. He and Xiao Yan set out for the meeting wearing their alchemist robes, revealing Xiao Yu was a Fifth-grade Alchemist and Xiao Yan a Fourth-grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Yu recognized Xiong Er’s act, sold him pills, and watched him leave after spending fifty Heavenly Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yu’s group sold most of Pan Men’s pills and earned more than three hundred Heavenly Fire Energy by the end of the afternoon.
• Han Xian learned that Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan were making pills for Pan Men and ordered someone to invite them to a meeting.
• A Tai told Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan that the Medicine Gang had invited them, and they agreed to go meet Han Xian.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan donned their alchemist robes, revealing their Fifth-grade and Fourth-grade ranks, and headed to the Medicine Gang.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan met with Han Xian to negotiate how the Medicine Gang and Pan Men would sell medicinal pills. After Xiao Yu revealed Pan Men’s bargaining power, the two sides agreed to cooperate, and Xiao Yu handed Han Xian a formula scroll.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan arrived at the Medicine Gang, where Han Xian welcomed them after seeing their high alchemist ranks.
• Han Xian proposed that the Medicine Gang refine Pan Men’s three medicinal pills using its ingredients, with the profits split equally.
• Xiao Yu countered with a seventy-thirty split for Pan Men, but Han Xian cited the Inner Academy’s twenty percent tax and refused.
• Xiao Yu offered a sixty-forty split after taxes, with Pan Men taking sixty percent and helping gather herbs, then subdued Zhao Yan’s challenge with his Dou Wang aura.
• Han Xian proposed that the Medicine Gang take sixty percent, and Xiao Yu agreed before sending him a green scroll.

Xiao Yu formed a partnership with Han Xian’s Medicine Gang to recruit promising alchemists for the Underworld, while Xiao Yan searched the trading district for ingredients to cultivate. Two months later, Bai Cheng visited Pan Men and found Xiao Yu’s companions had grown considerably stronger.

• Xiao Yu gave Han Xian pill recipes and finalized a partnership with the Medicine Gang, explaining to Xiao Yan that he wanted to cultivate alchemists for the Underworld.
• Xiao Yan went to the eastern trading district and, guided by Yao Lao, found a Green Wood Immortal Vine at Lin Yan’s stall.
• A Tai recruited herb-gathering teams for Pan Men as Xiao Yu’s partnership plans took shape.
• Zi Yan and Little Xiao Nian wrecked Xiao Yu’s living room while practicing Dou Skills, and Xiao Yu caught his daughter as she flew down.
• A Tai told Xiao Yu that Bai Cheng had come to see him, and Bai Cheng entered Pan Men and was surprised by the group’s strong auras.

Bai Cheng asked to join Pan Men with former Bai Gang members, and Xiao Yu instead offered them a herb-gathering partnership. Lin Yan then arrived seeking medicine from Xiao Yan and discovered how formidable Xiao Yu was.

• Bai Cheng asked to join Pan Men, but Hu Jia and Wu Hao objected because he had been its enemy.
• Bai Cheng explained that former Bai Gang members had nowhere else to receive fair treatment, and Xiao Yu offered them a herb-gathering contract with Pan Men taking sixty percent of their earnings.
• Bai Cheng accepted the deal and left to assemble the team, officially establishing Pan Men's contracted herb-gathering group.
• Lin Yan arrived demanding more medicine from Xiao Yan, then became submissive when he saw Zi Yan and asked A Tai for the pills Xiao Yan had left.
• Lin Yan learned that Xiao Yu was the person he had come to meet, and Zi Yan revealed that even she could not defeat Xiao Yu through brute force alone.

Xiao Yu discussed the upcoming Strong Ranking Competition and his plans to become an Inner Academy elder before Xun Er learned that her father, the Ancient Clan Chief, intended to meet him. Xun Er brought Xiao Yu into the mountains and told him about the planned meeting, leaving him to face the prospect of meeting her powerful father.

• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan's contest of brute strength ended in a draw, and Xiao Yu invited Cai Die to accompany him to the Black Corner Region to search for Spirit Fusion Pill ingredients.
• Xiao Yu told Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the others that he planned to enter the Strong Ranking Competition and seek an Inner Academy elder's position.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that the Ancient Clan Chief planned to visit in two months to meet Xiao Yu, possibly because of the Soul Jade fragment.
• Xun Er took Xiao Yu into the mountains and told him that her father wanted to meet him.

Xiao Yu and Xun Er agreed to wait for her father, Gu Yuan, to visit in two months. Meanwhile, Medicine Emperor Han Feng secured the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s promise to send two Dou Emperors to the Black Corner Region, leaving Green Man suspicious of his motives.

• Xun Er told Xiao Yu that her father would visit in two months, and Xiao Yu asked whether she would agree to their relationship; Xun Er said she would.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er discussed the Ancient Clan and Gu Yuan, while Han Feng watched Jia Nan Academy and ordered his scout to keep monitoring it.
• Han Feng went to the Heavenly Snake Mansion and reminded Elder Qing of its promise tied to the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Green Man agreed that the Heavenly Snake Mansion would send two Dou Emperors to help Han Feng hold back several people in the Black Corner Region.
• After Han Feng left, Green Man wondered why he needed such powerful help to restrain a few people.

Green Man agreed to take Qing Lin toward the Black Corner Region, where Qing Lin hoped to find Xiao Yu. Back at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yu discovered a Snow Demon Heavenly Ape guarding a valley after Big White and Little Purple confronted it.

• Green Man agreed to let Qing Lin travel with her and Elder Qing, provided Qing Lin returned when their business was finished.
• Qing Lin said she wanted to visit Jia Nan Academy and find Xiao Yu in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yu gave Zi Yan Golden Brilliance Pills and took her for a walk while the others cultivated or went to the back mountain.
• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan hurried to the back mountain after hearing Big White and Little Purple roar angrily.
• Cai Die explained that Big White and Little Purple had found something in a valley and fought the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape to a draw.
• The Snow Demon Heavenly Ape began to leave, but Big White and Little Purple refused to let it go, and wounded Little Purple rallied when Xiao Yu arrived.