Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu returned to Stone Desert City with Hai Bodong and reunited with his brothers and Xiao Yi Xian. He urged Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to move their mercenary group to the Black Corner Region near Jia Nan Academy so they could stay close and be safer, but Xiao Li objected and Xiao Ding asked him to explain.

• Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran left Yan City to report the appearance of a Dou Zong expert to the Sect Master, while an old man arrived to investigate the strange aura.
• Cai Die and Medusa awakened as tiny snakes during Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong’s flight to Stone Desert City, and Xiao Yu passed them off as pets.
• Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong returned to the Iron Mercenary Group’s courtyard, where Xiao Li and the others greeted Xiao Yu with relief.
• Xiao Yu introduced Hai Bodong as Elder Hai and reassured Xiao Ding that Qing Lin was safe and away training.
• Xiao Yu proposed moving the mercenary group to the Black Corner Region near Jia Nan Academy, but Xiao Li refused and Xiao Ding asked for his reasons.
• Xiao Yu began explaining that the move would improve safety and keep his family close to Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yu persuaded Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to relocate to the Black Corner Region and establish the Underworld, with Xiao Yi Xian and Hai Bodong agreeing to join. Xiao Ding and Xiao Yi Xian learned that Hai Bodong was the famed Ice Emperor, while Xiao Li remained unaware and casually patted him on the shoulder, leaving the room tense.

• Xiao Yu argued that the Black Corner Region would help them grow stronger and revealed his plan to establish a force called the Underworld.
• Xiao Ding agreed to move, and Xiao Li accepted after Xiao Ding decided to let the Iron Mercenary Group members choose whether to come and promised each departing member a hundred gold coins.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to join the Underworld, and Hai Bodong offered to join as an Honorary Elder.
• Xiao Yu revealed that Hai Bodong was a five-star Dou Emperor and one of Jia Ma Empire's Ten Great Experts, prompting Xiao Ding to recognize him as the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Li returned, remained unaware of Hai Bodong's identity, and casually patted his shoulder as Xiao Ding tried to stop him; the room fell silent.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li announced that Mote would disband and that they would join Xiao Yu’s Underworld in the Black Corner Region, while Xiao Yi Xian decided to set out for the Chu Yun Empire on her own. Xiao Yu planned to leave in three days, unaware that Xiao Yi Xian was hurt he had not asked her to stay.

• Xiao Li learned that Hai Bodong was the Ice Emperor and apologized for casually touching his shoulder.
• Xiao Ding told Mote’s members they could join him and Xiao Li in the Black Corner Region or leave with one hundred gold coins each.
• Xue Lan, Kun Shan, Ha Lang, Ham, and a small group of members chose to follow Xiao Ding, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li paid more than thirty thousand gold coins to those leaving.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li asked Xiao Yu when they would depart, and Xiao Yu set the departure for three days later.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yu she would go to the Chu Yun Empire to grow stronger before finding him in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian called Xiao Yu an idiot in private for not asking her to stay.

Yun Yun secretly prepared to give birth in a village while the Misty Cloud Sect investigated a mysterious Dou Zong and realized its Sect Master was missing. At Yun Shan’s hidden retreat, a black-mist figure arrived with news of something interesting but had not yet revealed what it was.

• Yun Yun rested in a village Bamboo House and drank medicinal soup as she awaited the birth of her child.
• Ge Ye told Yun Leng and the other elders that a mysterious Dou Zong and an ice-attributed Dou Emperor had appeared in Yan City, and Yun Leng suspected the Dou Emperor was Hai Bodong.
• Nalan Yanran reported that Yun Yun was missing from her supposed seclusion site, and Yun Leng told the sect to remain vigilant and reminded Yanran of the Three-Year Agreement.
• A black-mist figure appeared before Yun Shan in his secret realm and claimed to have discovered something interesting.
• Yun Shan warned the figure not to leave the Misty Cloud Sect’s Back Mountain, and the figure dismissed the Dou Emperors in the imperial capital before Yun Shan demanded to hear its news.

Yun Shan learned that Yun Yun was pregnant, brought her back to the Misty Cloud Sect, and confined her while taking over as sect leader. After hearing about a mysterious Dou Zong in Yan City, he confronted Protector Wu, who was shocked by the news.

• Protector Wu told Yun Shan that Yun Yun was pregnant and was staying in a Bamboo House near Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Yun Shan found Yun Yun, brought her back to the sect, confined her in a cave, and barred anyone from visiting her.
• Yun Shan summoned the Elders and Nalan Yanran, announced that he would resume leadership, and assigned Yun Leng to manage the sect.
• Yun Leng reported that a mysterious Dou Zong had appeared in Yan City, and Nalan Yanran confirmed she had seen the expert.
• Yun Shan returned to the secret realm and asked Protector Wu about the Dou Zong, leaving Protector Wu shocked.

Wu Ying persuaded Yun Shan to strengthen the Misty Cloud Sect in exchange for medicinal ingredients, soul bodies, and help locating Yao Chen, whom the Soul Hall pursued. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu saw Xiao Yi Xian off toward the Chu Yun Empire and prepared to travel to the imperial capital.

• Wu Ying pressured Yun Shan to gather soul bodies and offered to create Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors for the Misty Cloud Sect in exchange for medicinal ingredients and help finding someone.
• Wu Ying revealed that the Soul Hall sought Yao Chen, a former Dou Venerate and Peak Rank 8 alchemist now reduced to a soul body, and Yun Shan agreed to help locate him.
• Yun Shan left the secret realm to have the Misty Cloud Sect prepare medicinal ingredients, believing his leadership would bring the sect a new era of glory.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian teased each other during their farewell, and Xiao Yu invited her to join him in the Central Plains when he went looking for her.
• Xiao Yi Xian left for the Chu Yun Empire with Little Lan, and Xiao Yu headed with Little White and Little Zi toward Stone Desert City on his way to the imperial capital.

Xiao Yu and his family prepared to leave Stone Desert City for the imperial capital, where he planned to enter the Alchemist Competition. The system offered a major bloodline reward for winning first place, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yu stopping in Mo City to visit its Alchemist Guild.

• Xiao Yu agreed with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to hold a farewell drinking party before leaving for the imperial capital and Jia Nan Academy.
• During the gathering, Xiao Yu told his brothers not to rely on the Nalan Family and reassured them about Xiao Yan's duel with Nalan Yanran.
• The next morning, the system assigned Xiao Yu a mission to win first place in the Alchemist Competition, promising thirty percent ancestral bloodline reversion for every Xiao Family member.
• Xiao Yu set out with Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others; Hai Bodong flew ahead to the imperial capital to meet an old friend.
• After reaching Mo City, Xiao Yu entered with his Tier-Two Alchemist robes and told his brothers he needed to visit the Alchemist Guild before taking a flying beast to the capital.

Xiao Yu visited the Mo City Alchemist Guild to look for Dragon Beard Grass and take the Tier-Three Alchemist assessment. He passed, leaving Guild President Bulin astonished by his skill and talent.

• Xiao Yu parted from Xiao Ding and went to the Mo City Alchemist Guild, hoping to find Dragon Beard Grass for a pill that could strengthen Little Zi.
• Xiao Yu asked Ya Lin to check the warehouse for Dragon Beard Grass and arrange a Tier-Three Alchemist assessment.
• Ya Lin brought Guild President Bulin to meet Xiao Yu, and Bulin recognized him as the guild’s young Tier-Two Alchemist prodigy.
• Bulin led Xiao Yu to a temporary assessment room, surprising the other candidates, including Ke Lei, who suspected Xiao Yu was taking the Tier-Three assessment.
• Bulin emerged from the room praising Xiao Yu’s alchemical techniques and astonishing talent.

Xiao Yu passed the Tier-Three Alchemist assessment and set out for the imperial capital, where he planned to attend the Alchemist Conference. At the aerial transport station, he rescued Xiao Ding and Xiao Li from the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group, and Xiao Ding killed their vice commander.

• Bulin announced that Xiao Yu had become a Tier-Three Alchemist and learned that he planned to go to the imperial capital for the Alchemist Conference.
• Ya Lin gave Xiao Yu fifteen stalks of Dragon Beard Grass, and Bulin gave him Tier-Three Alchemist robes and warned him not to underestimate the conference’s competitors.
• Xiao Yu left the Alchemist Guild and went to the aerial transport station, where Xue Lan asked him to help Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yu broke through the crowd and defeated the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group’s two-star Da Dou Shi vice commander, crippling both of his arms.
• Xiao Ding explained that the vice commander had harassed Xue Lan, then killed him with a punch after Xiao Yu told him to do as he saw fit.

Xiao Yu and his family boarded a flying beast bound for the Imperial Capital, where Xiao Yu prepared Dragon Beard Amethyst Pills during the five-day journey. The beast finally descended toward the capital, with Xiao Yu spotting a vast mountain range to its north.

• Xiao Yu killed the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group's vice commander after the man threatened his family, then arranged aerial passage for his group.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and the others boarded a Wind Attribute flying beast, and Xiao Li teased Xiao Yu and Xiao Ding about their romantic interests.
• Xiao Yu refined Dragon Beard Amethyst Pills on the journey and shared some Amethyst Source with Cai Die and Medusa.
• Xiao Yu refined a total of one hundred and fifteen pills during the five-day flight, and the flying beast began descending toward the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Yu arrived in the imperial capital with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, planned to attend the Alchemist Assembly, and went to the Miter Auction House to find Hai Bodong. There, a young man insulted him after Xiao Yu asked about the Mittel Family’s honorary elder.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he would delay visiting the Misty Cloud Sect and attend the upcoming Alchemist Assembly, where Xiao Yan was also expected to compete.
• Xiao Yu secured rooms for Xiao Ding and the others by identifying himself as a Tier-Three Alchemist, then went alone to the Miter Auction House to find Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yu saw Mu Zhan arrive at the Mittel headquarters with Mu Family guards and guessed that he had come to see Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yu asked the auction house guards to help him find Hai Bodong, but the Guard Captain did not recognize the name.
• A pale-faced young man came downstairs, accused Xiao Yu of causing trouble, and cursed him when Xiao Yu explained that Hai Bodong was a Mittel Family Honorary Elder.

Xiao Yu was challenged at the Miter Auction House by Lei Le, who refused to believe he was an alchemist until he showed his Tier-Three Alchemist robe. Ya Fei recognized Xiao Yu, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yu breaking Mu Zhan’s hand after Mu Zhan attacked him.

• Lei Le mocked Xiao Yu, ordered the guards to remove him, and dismissed his claim that Honorary Elder Hai Bodong existed.
• Xiao Yu put on his Tier-Three Alchemist robe, but Lei Le still ordered the guards to seize him for impersonating an alchemist.
• Ya Fei arrived and stopped the guards, then recognized Xiao Yu as the young man from the Xiao Family who had once sold medicine at the auction house.
• Mu Zhan claimed Ya Fei as his wife and grew jealous when she greeted Xiao Yu warmly.
• Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yu, who caught his fist and broke his right hand with a surge of Dou Qi.

Xiao Yu reunited with Ya Fei in the Imperial Capital and learned that the Misty Cloud Sect had been making unusual moves ahead of Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran. He remained uneasy about the sect’s growing strength and Yun Yun’s confinement, then asked Ya Fei to help him obtain medicinal ingredients.

• Xiao Yu drove Mu Zhan back with a single palm strike, and Mu Zhan left after Ya Fei checked on Xiao Yu.
• Ya Fei took Xiao Yu to her office, where they discussed his Tier-Three Alchemist status and the Storage Ring she had given him.
• Xiao Yu told Ya Fei he had come to support his third brother, Xiao Yan, at the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Ya Fei warned Xiao Yu that the Misty Cloud Sect had been buying large quantities of rare and Yin-cold ingredients, and that two Elders had recently become Dou Wang experts.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yu that Yun Shan had confined Yun Yun and that Yun Leng was acting as sect leader, prompting Xiao Yu to worry about the upcoming agreement.
• Xiao Yu asked Ya Fei to help him buy medicinal ingredients, and she offered to find what he needed.

Xiao Yu visited the Miter Auction House to arrange rare ingredients for a Spirit Melting Pill and find Hai Bodong, then stayed at the Mittel estate ahead of the Alchemist Conference. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan arrived at the Imperial Capital with Yao Lao.

• Xiao Yu gave Ya Fei the Spirit Melting Pill prescription and asked her to gather two sets of ingredients, agreeing to pay with gold or pills.
• Xiao Yu asked Ya Fei to take him to Hai Bodong at the Mittel Family estate.
• Hai Bodong introduced Xiao Yu to Mitel Tengshan, who was impressed by Xiao Yu's Tier-Three Alchemist badge and offered the Mittel Family's help.
• Hai Bodong invited Xiao Yu to stay at the estate until the Alchemist Conference, and Xiao Yu sent word to Xiao Ding and the others.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Imperial Capital with Yao Lao, who told him to find lodging before visiting the auction house the next day.

After two years of training in the Black Corner Region, Xiao Yan arrived in the Imperial Capital to seek the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and prepare for an alchemist assessment. He reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who planned to join him in the Black Corner Region after his affairs were settled, while Xiao Yan set off for the Alchemist Guild.

• Xiao Yan checked into an inn and discussed his alchemist assessment and search for the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva with Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to keep training in the Black Corner Region and warned him that the Central Plains would be dangerous before he reached Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan unexpectedly met Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the inn and learned that Xiao Yu had brought them to the Imperial Capital to support him.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that they had disbanded their mercenary group and intended to head to the Black Corner Region with him.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yu was handling matters with the Mittel Family and left to visit the Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, learned that Xiao Yu was also an alchemist, and headed to the Imperial Capital Alchemist Guild to take his rank assessment. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu learned Xiao Yan had arrived and asked Ya Fei for a mask so he could conceal his identity at the upcoming Alchemist Grand Meeting.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he had studied alchemy and was now an alchemist, while insisting he would prove himself and erase the Xiao Family's humiliation.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed Xiao Yu's unexpected alchemist abilities as Xiao Yan made his way to the guild.
• Xiao Yan passed the Nalan Family residence, saw a notice seeking an alchemist to examine the ill Old Master Nalan, and continued on to the guild.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Imperial Capital Alchemist Guild and began registering for an alchemist rank assessment.
• Xiao Ding informed Xiao Yu that Xiao Yan had reached the Imperial Capital, and Xiao Yu discussed the Alchemist Grand Meeting with Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yu asked Ya Fei for something to hide his identity when he entered the Alchemist Grand Meeting.

After leaving the Mittel Family estate, Xiao Yu pursued a shadowy Soul Hall operative into the mountains and fought it with his flames. He trapped the operative in the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and its guess that Xiao Yu was Yao Chen left his identity unresolved.

• Ya Fei gave Xiao Yu the Ice Silkworm Mask and told him the Mittel Family treated him as an honored guest.
• Xiao Yu headed back to the inn to wait for Xiao Yan, then noticed a cold, gloomy shadow flying out of the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yu disguised himself and followed the shadow into the forest, where the Soul Hall operative ambushed him with black chains.
• Xiao Yu used the Green Lotus Core Flame and his fists to injure the operative, then engulfed it in the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• The operative recognized the pale flame and asked whether Xiao Yu was Yao Chen, while Xiao Yu taunted it for being weak.

Xiao Yu destroyed a Soul Hall shadow that threatened him, while Xun'er learned of Soul Hall activity in the Jia Ma Empire and ordered Ling Ying to protect the Xiao Family. After hearing of Xiao Yu's rapid growth and encounter with Yun Yun, Xun'er hoped he would soon come to Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yu burned the Soul Hall shadow with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and it exploded into ash after threatening that the Protector would avenge it.
• Xun'er learned that Soul Hall agents were suspected of killing powerful fighters in the Jia Ma Empire and stealing their souls.
• Xun'er ordered Ling Ying to watch over Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family, telling him to keep his distance from Xiao Yu.
• Xun'er heard that Xiao Yu had displayed Dou Zong strength in Yan City and asked whether Ling Ying had been noticed.
• Xun'er learned that the woman Xiao Yu met in the Monster Beast Mountain Range was Yun Yun, then privately hoped Xiao Yu would soon come to Jia Nan Academy.

After earning a Tier-Two Alchemist badge, Xiao Yan searched for something to restore Yao Lao’s Soul Power and learned that the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva could be his if he cured Old Master Nalan. Ya Fei revealed that Xiao Yu had become a Tier-Three Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Chen astonished.

• Xiao Yan completed his assessment at the Imperial Capital Alchemist Guild and received a Tier-Two Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yan met Ya Fei at the Miter Auction House and asked whether it had an item that could restore Soul Power.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that the Nalan Family possessed Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and that curing Old Master Nalan could earn it for him.
• Ya Fei explained that Old Master Nalan’s poison required an alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, which Gu He did not possess.
• Ya Fei revealed that Xiao Yu was a Tier-Three Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, astonishing Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.

Xiao Yan learned that saving Old Master Nalan required a Heavenly Flame, and he decided to handle the danger himself to obtain the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva. After reuniting with his brothers, he learned from Yao Lao that Xiao Yu’s two snakes were immature Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons with the potential to reach Dou Saint strength.

• Ya Fei warned Xiao Yan that using a Heavenly Flame to remove Old Master Nalan’s Brand Poison was extremely dangerous, and Xiao Yan asked her for a recommendation letter to the Nalan Family.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei he would go himself because he needed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, then bought ingredients to practice refining an Appearance Recovery Pill.
• Xiao Yan returned to the inn, where Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yu welcomed him, and the four brothers spent the night drinking and sharing stories.
• Xiao Yan noticed two little snakes emerge from Xiao Yu’s sleeve, and Yao Lao identified them as Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons.
• Yao Lao explained that the snakes were still around the peak of the Dou Wang class but could eventually become ancient magical beasts comparable to Dou Saints.