Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu’s identity was exposed after Yan Li accused him of secretly entering the Alchemist Tournament under another appearance. Xiao Yu revealed his true face, and the chapter ended with him and Ya Fei discussing his imminent departure and her plan to find him in the Black Corner Region.

• Fama and Elder Jia used a Disguise Pill to reveal that the captured spy was Yan Li, the Chuyun Empire Alchemist Guild’s vice president.
• Yan Li accused Xiao Yu of competing in the tournament while disguised, and Xiao Yu removed his Ice Silkworm Mask to reveal his youthful face.
• Yan Li attacked Xiao Yu in disbelief, but Hai Bodong blocked him and struck him down.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yu as the young man she had seen in the Xiao Clan’s hall three years earlier.
• Xiao Yu left with Ya Fei, and Xiao Yan returned to the inn after noticing Nalan Yanran’s reaction.
• At Mittel Manor, Xiao Yu told Ya Fei he would soon leave, and she said she would seek him in the Black Corner Region after reaching the Da Dou Shi realm.

Nalan Yanran wrestled with memories of Xiao Yu and the approaching Three Year Pact while Xiao Yan prepared for the tournament final. Xiao Yu began refining a fifth-grade pill before a system notification announced a reward for his bloodline descendant, leaving the pill’s outcome unresolved.

• Nalan Jie told Nalan Su to investigate Xiao Shi Yi and said the family should give Xiao Yan the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva after his poison was removed.
• Nalan Yanran reflected on Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and the coming Three Year Pact, then decided to return to the Misty Cloud Sect once Nalan Jie recovered.
• Yao Lao predicted the final would let contestants refine their chosen pills and prepared Xiao Yan to make a Spirit Replenishing Qi Pill.
• At the final, Xiao Yu chose to refine a fifth-grade Seven Star Body Tempering Pill, while Xiao Yan revealed the Fallen Heart Flame and Xiao Yu displayed the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yu completed refining the ingredients and began merging them as signs of a fifth-grade pill appeared in his cauldron.
• A system notification rewarded Xiao Yu with a Divine Phoenix Fire Body for his bloodline descendant.

Xiao Yu learned that Yun Yun had given birth to his daughter as a strange phenomenon gathered over the Misty Cloud Sect. After his cauldron exploded, he finished refining his pill with a cauldron made from flame, while a phoenix cry from the sect drew the tournament crowd’s attention.

• A voice told Xiao Yu he had a child, and he suspected Yun Yun was the mother as seven-colored clouds gathered above the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan ordered the sect’s mountain gates closed and went to the rear mountain, where he learned Yun Yun had given birth to a baby girl.
• Protector Wu proposed trading for the baby girl’s soul, but a phoenix cry from the clouds released an imperial aura that overwhelmed both him and Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yu’s Cloud Turtle Cauldron exploded, but he shaped the Green Lotus Core Flame into a cauldron and completed his Seven Star Body Tempering Pill.
• Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, and the Little Princess finished their pills before the tournament ended, and another phoenix cry drew everyone’s attention toward the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yu left the Alchemist Tournament and rushed to the Misty Cloud Sect, where a golden phoenix from the seven-colored clouds entered the baby Yun Yun carried. The system then awarded Xiao Yu the Divine Phoenix Fire Body and the Xiao Clan a bloodline upgrade, raising his cultivation to peak Five-Star Dou Ling.

• Xiao Yu gave his Seven Star Body Tempering Pill to Fama, asked him to award the tournament prize to Yan Xiao, and flew toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Fama announced Xiao Shi Yi as the champion, Xiao Yan as second, and Liu Ling as third, while Xiao Yu joined Elder Jia and Hai Bodong near the sealed sect.
• Yun Shan brought Yun Yun and the baby out of the cave after Protector Wu warned that the seven-colored clouds seemed to target it.
• A golden phoenix phantom descended and entered the baby, leaving a miniature phoenix mark on her forehead before the clouds dispersed.
• The system granted Xiao Yu the Divine Phoenix Fire Body and announced a thirty-percent ancestral reversion for every Xiao Clan member.
• Xiao Yu's cultivation surged from peak Da Dou Shi to peak Five-Star Dou Ling as Elder Jia and Hai Bodong watched in shock.

Xiao Yu and the Xiao Clan members across several regions suddenly gained cultivation and awakened stronger bloodline talent. After reaching Dou Ling, Xiao Yu arranged to accompany Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect early, while Yun Shan welcomed Yun Yun’s child into the sect.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, Xiao Zhan, the elders, and other Xiao Clan members broke through to higher cultivation levels as their bloodline power awakened.
• Xiao Yu told Hai Bodong and Elder Jia that he wanted to enter the Misty Cloud Sect, but changed his plan after they warned him about its defenses.
• Xiao Yu met Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li at their inn and asked Xiao Yan to pay a formal visit to the Misty Cloud Sect early so he could accompany him.
• Xiao Yan agreed to go with Xiao Yu, and they decided to set out the next morning.
• Yun Shan told Yun Yun to return to lead the Misty Cloud Sect and said he would personally teach her child, whose father Yun Yun did not identify.

Yun Shan bargained with Wu Ying for Soul Hall's secret technique in exchange for a girl's soul. The next day, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three Year Pact, and Yun Yun prepared the sect and its guests to witness the challenge.

• Yun Shan agreed to give Wu Ying the girl's soul in exchange for half of Soul Hall's secret technique, while Wu Ying secretly planned to exploit him and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan set out for the Misty Cloud Sect, where disciples initially mocked Xiao Yan before one went to report their arrival.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun about the talented alchemists Yan Xiao and his cure for her grandfather's Poisonous Mark.
• A disciple announced that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu had come to fulfill the Three Year Pact, and Nalan Yanran agreed to fight Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun ordered the sect to gather, invited major families and the imperial family to watch, and led the elders to welcome the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect for the Three Year Pact, where Xiao Yan prepared to fight Nalan Yanran. Xiao Yu reunited with Yun Yun and revealed to the gathered spectators that he was the Alchemist Tournament champion, Xiao Shi Yi, as Xiao Yan’s battle began.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu climbed to the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, where Xiao Yan announced that he had come to fulfill the Three Year Pact.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yu and struggled with her feelings and the secret of their child, while Xiao Yu left the plaza to watch from beside Hai Bodong.
• Fama recognized Xiao Yu as Xiao Shi Yi, and Xiao Yu confirmed that he had concealed his identity during the Alchemist Tournament.
• Nalan Su praised Xiao Yu’s prospects, while Nalan Jie regretted that Nalan Yanran had not married into the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan drew the Mysterious Black Ruler, and his battle with Nalan Yanran began.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three Year Pact match at the Misty Cloud Sect, with both agreeing to leave life and death to fate. After Nalan Yanran revealed her Great Dou Shi strength, Xiao Yan unleashed an even stronger aura, and the duel continued with both fighters armored in Dou Qi.

• Yun Yun left Yun Leng to oversee the match, and Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran agreed that life and death would be left to fate.
• Xiao Yan charged Nalan Yanran with his Mysterious Black Ruler, and the two clashed across the arena.
• Nalan Yanran used Wind Spirit Fractal Sword, and their attacks collided in a blast that shattered the bluestone floor.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that she had reached the Two-star Great Dou Shi realm and challenged Xiao Yan to show his true strength.
• Xiao Yan released his hidden power and formed Dou Qi armor, displaying an aura stronger than Nalan Yanran's.
• Yun Yun refused Yun Leng's suggestion to stop the match, and Nalan Yanran covered herself in pale-green Dou Qi armor.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three Year Pact, then burned their marriage contract and called Xiao Yu down. Xiao Yu revealed that he had come to take Yun Yun and their child away from the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Yun Yun stunned and asking how he knew.

• Nalan Yanran unleashed Wind Extreme: Setting Sun Radiance, and Xiao Yan countered with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan's invisible flames as the ones used by Yan Xiao, and the spectators realized Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu were blood brothers.
• The two attacks collided, and Xiao Yan defeated the exhausted Nalan Yanran as the blast shattered the disciples' defensive barrier before the elders reinforced it.
• Yun Yun declared the Three Year Pact settled, and Xiao Yan burned the marriage contract before calling Xiao Yu down from the tree.
• Xiao Yu told Nalan Yanran they had no need to fight, then revealed to Yun Yun that he had come to take her and their child away from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun turned pale and asked Xiao Yu how he knew about the child.

Xiao Yu demanded that Yun Yun and their child leave the Misty Cloud Sect with him, but Yun Yun refused to abandon her post as sect master. As Yun Shan prepared to attack, Xiao Yu activated a Cultivation Boost Card.

• Xiao Yu told Yun Yun that he had come to take her and their child away, stunning Gu He and the onlookers.
• Yun Shan challenged Xiao Yu's claim, and Xiao Yu declared that he was Yun Yun's man and the child's father.
• Yun Yun refused to leave the Misty Cloud Sect or hand over the child, while Yun Leng and Yun Shan opposed Xiao Yu.
• Yun Shan revealed his Dou Zong strength and threatened Xiao Yu, but Yun Yun stepped between them and asked her teacher not to attack.
• After Yun Yun again refused to leave, Xiao Yu secretly crushed a Cultivation Boost Card, and Hai Bodong recognized the move.

Xiao Yu used a secret technique to rise to Dou Zong strength and defeat the Misty Cloud Sect elders, then revealed Yun Shan’s connection to the Soul Hall. He located his child through their bloodline and turned his killing intent toward Wu Ying.

• Xiao Yu’s aura rose from Dou Ling to Dou Emperor, and he demanded that Yun Yun leave with him and bring the child.
• Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect elders to seize Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu broke their formation and incapacitated the elders as his strength reached three-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yu accused Yun Shan of colluding with the Soul Hall, prompting Yao Lao to warn Xiao Yan that the organization was extremely dangerous.
• Xiao Yu used their bloodline connection to locate his child and angrily declared that Wu Ying was courting death.

Xiao Yu confronted Wu Ying after the Soul Hall agent seized the newborn, while Yun Shan chose to aid Wu Ying in exchange for promises of greater power. Xiao Yu faced both Dou Zongs alone as Yun Yun watched her teacher betray them.

• Xiao Yu pursued Wu Ying to the rear mountains, where Wu Ying held the newborn and refused to surrender the child.
• Yun Yun begged Wu Ying to return the child, while Wu Ying offered Yun Shan advancement if he helped restrain Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu attacked Wu Ying at extreme speed, and Fama noticed that Xiao Yu had used Wind Attribute Dou Qi despite being an alchemist.
• Wu Ying blocked Xiao Yu with a chain, but Xiao Yu grabbed the baby's swaddling cloth before Yun Shan's attack severed it.
• Yun Shan joined Wu Ying against Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu vowed that both men would die that day.

Xiao Yu fought Wu Ying to recover the child while Yun Shan took the child and refused to return her to Yun Yun. Yun Yun confronted her former teacher and attacked him, leaving the battle between master and disciple underway.

• Xiao Yu wounded Yun Shan with a single Wind Demon Nine Fingers strike, then resumed his fight against Wu Ying.
• Wu Ying threw the child to Yun Shan and revealed more of his power, but Xiao Yu continued trying to get the child back with his two Heavenly Flames.
• Ge Ye recognized Xiao Yu as the Dou Zong who had appeared in Yan City, while Yun Yun flew to Yun Shan and demanded that he return her child.
• Yun Shan refused Yun Yun's demand and urged her to let him use the child to pursue greater power.
• Yun Yun declared that she would no longer call Yun Shan her teacher and attacked him, beginning their battle in the sky.

Yun Yun fought Yun Shan to save her child, but his restored strength overwhelmed her attacks until Hai Bodong joined her. As Xiao Yu continued battling Wu Ying, Elder Jia and Fama entered the fight against Yun Shan, while Gu He refused to take sides.

• Yun Shan used a secret technique to restore his strength and dispersed Yun Yun's Rending Wind Spiral Dance with a wind wall.
• Hai Bodong broke through Yun Shan's wind wall and joined Yun Yun to protect Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu drove Wu Ying back, then returned his attention to their fight as Yun Yun and Hai Bodong confronted Yun Shan.
• Fama asked Gu He whether he would support Xiao Yu, and Gu He said he would not interfere in the dispute.
• Elder Jia and Fama agreed that Yun Shan threatened the Jia Ma Empire and rushed to help Hai Bodong and Yun Yun fight him.

Yun Shan fought Yun Yun and the other Dou Emperors while trying to keep the child from being taken. Yun Yun shielded the child from Yun Shan’s attack and was pierced through the chest, leaving Xiao Yu holding her as her life faded.

• Yun Yun, Elder Jia, Fama, and Hai Bodong attacked Yun Shan, and Yun Yun knocked the child from his arms.
• Xiao Yu struck at Yun Shan and retreated from Wu Ying, while Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and joined the fight against Protector Wu.
• Yun Shan fired Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill at the child, and Xiao Yu punched Yun Shan from behind.
• Yun Yun pushed the child away and took Yun Shan’s attack through her chest.
• Xiao Yu caught Yun Yun and the child, then held Yun Yun as her life force faded.

Yun Yun died from her wounds, but Xiao Yu used the Heart of Life from the Life Divine Tree to revive her and place her in a healing sleep. After storing Yun Yun and the child in his system space, Xiao Yu turned his anger toward Yun Shan and the other fighters.

• As Yun Yun's life force faded, she asked Xiao Yu to care for their child and said she would find him in her next life.
• Xiao Yu called on the system, which explained that the Heart of Life could revive Yun Yun even after her life force had vanished.
• Xiao Yu gave Yun Yun the Heart of Life, and the Life Divine Tree entered her dantian as her heartbeat and color returned.
• The system said Yun Yun would remain asleep for one to two years while her body transformed, then opened a space where Xiao Yu placed her and the child.
• After Yun Yun and the child disappeared into the space, Xiao Yu crushed another Cultivation Boost Card and prepared to attack Yun Shan and the other fighters.

Xiao Yu overwhelmed Yun Shan, shattered the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation, and left Yun Shan engulfed by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Protector Wu seized Yun Shan’s soul and began a Soul Hall technique to grow stronger by devouring souls, leaving Xiao Yu and the others to face the escalating threat.

• Yun Shan summoned the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation and fired a cloud arrow at Xiao Yu, who caught it and sent it back through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Yu’s arrow pierced Yun Shan’s abdomen, and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame spread across his body as Xiao Yu shattered the formation and knocked out the elders maintaining it.
• Protector Wu abandoned his attack on Xiao Yu, seized Yun Shan, and tore his soul from his charred body.
• Protector Wu used the Nine Forests Hundred Soul Devour technique to consume Yun Shan’s soul and began extracting the souls of the Misty Cloud Sect elders.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yu to interrupt Protector Wu, while Nalan Yanran watched helplessly and realized the Misty Cloud Sect was finished.

Xiao Yu defeated and killed Wu Ying, protecting Yao Chen from Soul Hall. He spared the Misty Cloud Sect but declared that Yun Yun would leave it and that Nalan Yanran should become its Sect Leader.

• “Xiao Yan” used the Fallen Heart Flame to injure Protector Wu, while Elder Jia and the others fought the black mists rising from the mountain.
• Wu Ying revealed his Eight-Star Dou Zong strength, but Xiao Yu raised his own power to peak Nine-Star Dou Zong and overpowered him.
• Xiao Yu restrained Wu Ying and destroyed the remaining black mists, then used Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames to burn Wu Ying to ash.
• Xiao Yu told the Misty Cloud Sect disciples that he would spare their sect but that Yun Yun would no longer serve as its Sect Leader.
• Nalan Yanran asked about Yun Yun, and Xiao Yu said she was recovering, belonged to him now, and that Nalan Yanran should succeed as Sect Leader.

Xiao Yu secured Nalan Yanran’s succession as Misty Cloud Sect leader, then prepared to leave with Xiao Yan for Jia Nan Academy. Back at the inn, he revealed a child from the system space to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and said the child was his.

• Xiao Yu killed Yun Leng and declared Nalan Yanran the new Misty Cloud Sect leader, while the remaining disciples kept silent.
• Xiao Yu thanked Hai Bodong, Elder Jia, and Fama for their help, and he and Xiao Yan accepted honorary elder positions in the Alchemist Guild.
• Ya Fei stayed with Xiao Yu, who promised to take her to the Black Corner Region after she settled her family affairs; Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan planned to return to Wu Tan City.
• Nalan Yanran asked about Yun Yun and her child, and Xiao Yu told her she could visit the child after handling the Misty Cloud Sect’s affairs.
• Xiao Yu returned to the inn and showed a child to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, telling them the child was his.

Xiao Yu reunited with his family, introduced his daughter Xiao Nian, and learned that Ling Ying had been protecting Xiao Zhan. After telling Ling Ying to inform Xun Er about Yun Yun and the child, Xiao Yu prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that Yun Yun was his daughter's mother and that she was injured and recovering.
• Xiao Zhan arrived to cheer Xiao Yan on, reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and learned that Xiao Yan had already defeated Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Zhan met Xiao Nian, and Xiao Yu named her and fetched beast milk to feed her.
• Xiao Yu sensed a Dou Emperor aura, found Ling Ying outside the city, and learned Ling Ying had been protecting Xiao Zhan from the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yu told Ling Ying that Wu Ying was dead and the Jia Ma Empire was safe, then asked him to tell Xun Er the truth about Yun Yun and Xiao Nian.