Chapter Summaries

Nalan Yanran visited Ji Changqing, who remained wary of danger despite living within the Misty Cloud Sect. She told him she was going to the Xiao Family to break off an engagement and insisted he accompany her.

• Nalan Yanran made her way through Ji Changqing’s traps and presented her ID card to enter his bamboo house.
• Nalan Yanran found that the figure on Ji Changqing’s bed was a decoy, then confronted him when he appeared.
• Ji Changqing warned Nalan Yanran that people had followed her to his home and feared that she might bring enemies to him.
• Ji Changqing reflected on his transmigration, his sign-in system, and his plan to avoid entangling himself in karma until he strengthened his foundation.
• Nalan Yanran told Ji Changqing she was going to the Xiao Family to break off an engagement and demanded that he go with her.

Ji Changqing feared being drawn into Xiao Yan’s conflict with the Misty Cloud Sect, so he coached Nalan Yanran on how to end her engagement without provoking the Xiao Family. He planned to follow her secretly to Wutan City and left her with a recitation of his survival rules.

• Ji Changqing realized that his position as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Holy Son tied him to the coming conflict with Xiao Yan, and he considered how to prevent it.
• Ji Changqing told Nalan Yanran to speak privately with Xiao Yan, apologize for the Nalan Family breaking the agreement, avoid arrogance, and then explain herself to Xiao Zhan.
• Ji Changqing refused to accompany Nalan Yanran openly but decided to follow her secretly because he feared she might mishandle the engagement talks.
• After Nalan Yanran left with the food container, Ji Changqing recited his Scripture of Cautionary Survival, and she repeated its rules before departing.

Ji Changqing prepared for a risky trip to Wutan City and secretly followed Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye there, while deciding to help Yun Yun grow stronger when she returned. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran approaching Xiao Yan at the Xiao Family Market.

• Ji Changqing reviewed his perfected Fighting Skills and considered changing his sign-in location because the rewards had dwindled to Dou Qi.
• Ji Changqing decided to improve Yun Yun's strength and prepared portable formations for his journey to Wutan City.
• Yun Yun gathered herbs in the Monster Beast Mountain Range to make pills for Ji Changqing.
• Ji Changqing secretly left the Misty Cloud Sect and followed Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye toward Wutan City, concealing his flaming wings along the way.
• Nalan Yanran told Ge Ye they should treat the Xiao Family with humility, then said she was gloomy because Ji Changqing had refused to accompany her.
• At the Xiao Family Market, Nalan Yanran politely approached Xiao Yan and asked to speak with him.

Nalan Yanran privately discussed peacefully dissolving her marriage agreement with Xiao Yan, while Ji Changqing watched from across the street and received the Blazing Banner from the System. When he recognized Xiao Xun'er at his table and tried to leave, a richly dressed young man confronted him.

• Nalan Yanran gave Xiao Yan Misty Cloud Sect specialties and explained why she wanted to dissolve their marriage agreement privately.
• Xiao Yan's anger eased as Nalan Yanran emphasized that she wanted to protect him and the Xiao Family from harm.
• Ji Changqing checked in and received the Blazing Banner, a treasure that attracted and nourished souls.
• Ji Changqing recognized Xiao Xun'er and tried to slip away before she noticed him.
• A richly dressed young man approached Xiao Xun'er, spotted Ji Changqing, and asked which family's young master he was.

Ji Changqing tried to avoid being connected to Xiao Xun'er and the Xiao Family, but Jia Lie Ao’s guards followed him after he left the restaurant. To prevent the Jia Lie Family from tracing him to the Misty Cloud Sect, Ji Changqing destroyed their mansion with falling flames and then prepared to use the Blazing Ten Thousand Soul Banner to collect their souls.

• Xiao Xun'er rebuffed Jia Lie Ao, and Ji Changqing ignored Jia Lie Ao before leaving the restaurant.
• Ji Changqing saw Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Ge Ye heading toward the Xiao Family, then evaded Jia Lie Ao’s guards in an alley.
• Ji Changqing decided to eliminate the Jia Lie Family so they could not investigate his identity or trace him to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ji Changqing covered the Jia Lie Mansion with the Moon Concealing Star Gathering Formation and rained white flames down on it, killing Jia Lie Ao, Jia Lie Bi, Liu Xi, and everyone else inside.
• Ji Changqing realized the family’s souls might remain and produced the Blazing Ten Thousand Soul Banner to draw them in.

Ji Changqing collected the Jia Lie Family’s souls in the Blazing Banner, then destroyed them to prevent revenge and returned toward the Misty Cloud Sect. In Wutan City, Xiao Xun'er suspected that the destruction of the Jia Lie Family was connected to the handsome young man Jia Lie Bi had provoked.

• Ji Changqing confirmed that the Blazing Banner had gathered the Jia Lie Family’s souls, then learned that the surviving soul was Jia Lie Bi, who begged him to avenge the family.
• Ji Changqing shattered Jia Lie Bi’s soul, but spared Liu Xi after learning that Liu Xi’s master was a Third-grade Alchemist.
• Liu Xi’s red-robed master entered the Blazing Banner, realized Liu Xi had led him into danger, and begged Ji Changqing for his life.
• Ji Changqing used pale white flames to destroy Liu Xi and his master, then noticed black smoke billowing from the Blazing Banner as it purged the many souls.
• Ji Changqing stored the Blazing Banner and flew toward the Misty Cloud Sect, hoping to return before Junior Sister Yanran.
• People in Wutan City gathered at the Jia Lie Mansion ruins, while Xiao Xun'er wondered whether the handsome young man Jia Lie Bi had provoked was involved.

Ji Changqing learned that Nalan Yanran had ended her engagement with Xiao Yan but had also accepted a Three-Year Agreement, leaving him worried about the coming challenge. The next day, Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, lovingly gave Changqing an Azure Profound Pill, and watched him advance to Two-star Fighter.

• Ji Changqing reviewed his trip to Wutan City and worried that Xiao Xun'er might connect him to the destruction of the Jia Lie Family.
• Nalan Yanran told Ji Changqing that Xiao Yan and his father had agreed to end the engagement and burned the marriage contract.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that she had agreed to a Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan, and Ji Changqing resolved to train her and prepare an escape plan.
• Yun Yun returned to the Wicker Fence Courtyard and praised Ji Changqing for cultivating obediently.
• Yun Yun fed Ji Changqing an Azure Profound Pill, and he advanced to Two-star Fighter.

Ji Changqing hid his true cultivation from Yun Yun and discovered that Protector Wu of the Soul Hall had appeared in the Misty Cloud Sect. Yun Shan agreed to help Protector Wu collect souls and investigate the Xiao Family, while Ji Changqing hoped to grow stronger before trouble reached him.

• Yun Yun delivered a pill to Ji Changqing and promised to find an alchemist to teach him, despite his protests.
• Ji Changqing sensed a powerful evil aura, identified it as Protector Wu, and returned to the Bamboo House to avoid being detected.
• Ji Changqing checked in and received a strand of pure Dou Qi, which eased his unease as he focused on breaking through.
• Protector Wu criticized the Misty Cloud Sect's weakness, and Yun Shan warned him not to insult the sect.
• Protector Wu demanded that Yun Shan watch for fallen alchemists and investigate the Xiao Family, then asked him to find a quiet place to stay.

Ji Changqing quietly broke through to Dou Zong, then Yun Yun arrived to move him from the Bamboo House on Yun Shan's orders. Protector Wu insulted Ji Changqing and demanded that he and Yun Yun serve him, but Ji Changqing restrained Yun Yun and left without reacting.

• Ji Changqing used a formation to conceal his aura as he broke through to Dou Zong and then spent two days consolidating his realm.
• Yun Yun told Ji Changqing that Yun Shan had ordered him to move, and he agreed to leave the Bamboo House.
• Yun Shan arrived with Protector Wu, who ordered Ji Changqing to clean and refurnish the Bamboo House.
• Protector Wu tried to stop Ji Changqing and Yun Yun from leaving and demanded that they serve him, but Yun Shan intervened.
• Protector Wu mocked Ji Changqing as an unworthy Holy Son, and Ji Changqing calmed Yun Yun and told her he was fine.

After Protector Wu forced Ji Changqing and Yun Yun out of the Bamboo House, Yun Yun brought Ji Changqing to live beside her. Once night fell, Ji Changqing prepared to strike Protector Wu and vanished from his room.

• Yun Yun apologized for making Ji Changqing suffer, while he decided Protector Wu had to die and began planning how to defeat the Four-Star Dou Ancestor.
• Yun Yun brought Ji Changqing to her residence and told him he would live with her, revealing she had wanted him there even before the Bamboo House incident.
• Ji Changqing found his room prepared and thanked Yun Yun for years of care as they finished settling his belongings.
• After Yun Yun went to bed, Ji Changqing spread his soul power, set up three hundred and sixty Formation Flags, and waited until her breathing became steady.
• Ji Changqing extinguished the candlelight and disappeared into the dark night to carry out his plan against Protector Wu.

Ji Changqing lured Protector Wu away from the Chu Yunlan Sect and into a formation before unleashing his full strength. Protector Wu was instantly killed, leaving Ji Changqing to face the aftermath of his risky ambush.

• Protector Wu spotted Ji Changqing outside the Bamboo House and pursued him as Ji Changqing fled with Obstruction-Blocking Incense.
• Ji Changqing led Protector Wu beyond the sect, then used the incense to provoke him into chasing deeper into a remote mountain range.
• Protector Wu realized the pursuit might be a trap, but Ji Changqing taunted him and continued toward the prepared formation.
• Hundreds of Formation Flags enclosed Ji Changqing and Protector Wu in an isolated formation, and Ji Changqing launched five Earth Tier Fighting Skills at once.
• Ji Changqing's combined attack overwhelmed Protector Wu and killed him, leaving nothing behind.

After killing Protector Wu, Ji Changqing discovered Soul Hall’s group-chat token and impersonated the dead Protector to keep his death from being investigated. He left the chapter planning to draw another Soul Hall Protector to the Jia Ma Empire, hoping to control the danger himself.

• Ji Changqing confirmed that Protector Wu was dead, absorbed some of his soul power with the Blazing Banner, and found only junk in his Storage Ring.
• Back at home, Ji Changqing worried that Soul Hall would investigate Protector Wu’s disappearance and send more experts to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Protector Wu’s token revealed a Soul Hall group chat where Venerable Qin Tian noticed Wu’s silence and ordered Protector Yuan to take over the assignment.
• Ji Changqing injected soul power into the token, pretended to be Protector Wu, and reported that he had completed his monthly soul-capturing task.
• After Qin Tian asked about the mission, Ji Changqing requested that Protector Tie come to the Jia Ma Empire instead of Protector Yuan.

Ji Changqing planned how to eliminate Venerable Qin Tian’s Protectors, then spent the morning with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran before Gu He arrived to offer alchemy lessons. The chapter ended with Gu He’s disciple Liu Ling looking down on Ji Changqing.

• Ji Changqing ordered Protector Tie to go to the Jia Ma Empire and resolved to eliminate Venerable Qin Tian’s team after becoming stronger.
• Ji Changqing drafted a plan for hunting the Protectors overnight and destroyed it when Yun Yun called him to breakfast.
• Nalan Yanran tried to move in with Yun Yun and Ji Changqing, but Yun Yun refused and told her not to disturb her Senior Brother.
• Gu He arrived with Liu Ling to offer alchemy lessons to Ji Changqing, despite Yun Yun saying she had already found Elder Danxia.
• Liu Ling judged Ji Changqing as an unworthy sect parasite for rejecting Gu He’s offer to take him as a disciple.

Ji Changqing decided to reveal some of his talent through alchemy, but rejected Gu He's offer to teach him and chose to learn from Danxia instead. Danxia arrived and prepared to test his elemental aptitude with an Attribute Detector.

• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran rebuked Gu He and Liu Ling for their attitude toward Ji Changqing.
• Ji Changqing decided that becoming known for alchemy could discourage others from troubling him while keeping his Dou Qi cultivation concealed.
• Gu He offered to teach Ji Changqing, but Ji Changqing declined and said he would learn from Danxia.
• Yun Yun backed Ji Changqing's decision, and Danxia agreed to teach him without requiring him to acknowledge her as his master.
• Danxia brought out an Attribute Detector and asked Ji Changqing to place his hand on it so she could assess his aptitude.

Ji Changqing tested his alchemy talent at the Misty Cloud Sect and accidentally demonstrated extraordinary fire and wood affinity, destroying the Crystal Ball. Elder Danxia declared him a rare genius, while Ji Changqing resolved to keep lying low.

• Liu Ling demonstrated his seventy-percent fire affinity and challenged Ji Changqing to take his turn.
• Ji Changqing cautiously sent fire-attribute Dou Qi into the Crystal Ball, but its crimson glow nearly overwhelmed the test.
• Ji Changqing added a thread of wood-attribute Dou Qi, causing the Crystal Ball to shine brilliantly and explode.
• Elder Danxia praised Ji Changqing as an alchemy genius, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran embraced him and Gu He regretted overlooking his talent.
• Liu Ling staggered in dismay as Ji Changqing forced a smile and resolved to hide his abilities.
• The Soul Hall Token in Ji Changqing's system space began vibrating repeatedly.

Ji Changqing secretly lured Protector Tie into a trap and killed him, then returned to the Misty Cloud Sect pretending to have struggled with alchemy. He found Yun Shan waiting in the courtyard with Yun Yun and Elder Danxia.

• Gu He and Liu Ling left the courtyard, and Liu Ling vowed not to lose to Ji Changqing.
• Ji Changqing learned alchemy from Elder Danxia for three days and claimed he wanted to refine a Second-grade Pill in seclusion.
• After Yun Yun and Elder Danxia left, Ji Changqing slipped out of the sect and disguised himself in black mist as Protector Wu.
• Ji Changqing used an array to kill Protector Tie, absorbed his soul fragments with the Blazing Banner, and answered messages from Venerable Qin Tian using both protectors' tokens.
• Ji Changqing returned to the courtyard with a Frost Condensing Pill and found Yun Shan standing with Yun Yun and Elder Danxia.

Yun Shan praised Ji Changqing’s alchemy talent and promised to help him find a Heavenly Flame if he advanced far enough. After a month of training, Ji Changqing began his plan by luring Yun Yun away from the sect, then appeared disguised as an ancient expert and asked about Yun Potian.

• Yun Shan visited Ji Changqing, praised his alchemy talent, and promised him a Heavenly Flame if his progress satisfied him.
• Yun Shan asked whether Ji Changqing or Yun Yun had seen the person from the Bamboo House, and both denied seeing them.
• Over the next month, Ji Changqing refined medicine, checked in, and practiced Dou Techniques with Yun Yun while handling Nalan Yanran’s interruptions.
• Ji Changqing began carrying out his plan by releasing an unfamiliar aura at night, drawing Yun Yun toward the southwest before following her in disguise.
• Yun Yun encountered the disguised Ji Changqing beyond the sect and explained that Yun Potian, the Misty Cloud Sect’s first Sect Leader, had long since died.

Ji Changqing disguised himself as a mysterious senior and gave Yun Yun a Profound God Pill while teaching her to refine Extreme Wind Meteor Kill. The next morning, Yun Yun came to tell Ji Changqing that she had found a treasure.

• Ji Changqing posed as an elderly Misty Cloud Sect senior and proved his connection to the sect by demonstrating Extreme Wind Meteor Kill.
• He gave Yun Yun a seventh-tier Profound God Pill, and she accepted it after he threatened to throw it away.
• Ji Changqing taught Yun Yun to practice Extreme Wind Meteor Kill by shooting falling leaves without disturbing their paths.
• He invited Yun Yun to return on the first, middle, and last day of each month for lessons, then disappeared after telling her to keep their meeting secret.
• Yun Yun returned to the courtyard and found Ji Changqing asleep; the next morning, she shut his doors and windows and told him that Master had a treasure.

Yun Yun gave Ji Changqing the Profound God Pill he had once given her, raising him to an Eight-star Fighter, before Gu He visited with Liu Ling to challenge him and request Yun Yun’s help finding a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert. Ji Changqing refused to compete, and Gu He left with the matter of Queen Medusa still to be settled.

• Yun Yun gave Ji Changqing the Profound God Pill, which raised his cultivation from a two-star to an eight-star Fighter, and he resolved to warn her against returning his gifts again.
• Over the next ten days, Ji Changqing stayed in his courtyard while Nalan Yanran complained about Yun Yun favoring him.
• Gu He visited with Liu Ling and presented Ji Changqing with a bottle of Clear Spirit Pills, which Yun Yun directed Ji Changqing to accept.
• Liu Ling challenged Ji Changqing to an alchemy contest, but Nalan Yanran defended her senior brother and Ji Changqing waved a white flag and conceded.
• Gu He left after Yun Yun ordered him to go, while Liu Ling vowed to certify as a Fourth-grade Alchemist and Gu He asked Yun Yun to help stop Queen Medusa during his search for a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.

Ji Changqing secretly met Yun Yun as the mysterious senior and gave her a Profound God Pill, helping her absorb it and improve her Dou Qi. He then began teaching her body-tempering, leaving Yun Yun puzzled by how familiar the lesson sounded.

• Yun Yun decided she needed to find a Heavenly Flame for Ji Changqing, while he silently dreaded the trouble of searching for one.
• Yun Yun trained Ji Changqing in body-tempering during the day, and he pretended to struggle while thinking about training her at night.
• Yun Yun visited the mysterious senior at night and admitted she had given his Profound God Pill to Ji Changqing.
• Ji Changqing gave Yun Yun another Profound God Pill and guided her as she absorbed its medicinal power.
• Yun Yun asked what they would practice, and Ji Changqing offered to teach her body-tempering, making her wonder why the words sounded familiar.