Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xun'er brought Xiao Ze from Back Mountain to meet Jia Xingtian and the two royal princesses. Princess Yao Yue challenged Xiao Ze to an alchemy contest, but he refused, saying her Tier 3 level was too low to compete with.

• Jia Xingtian's respectful treatment of Xiao Ze astonished the Xiao Family and delighted Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Xun'er found Xiao Ze cultivating on Back Mountain and told him that Jia Xingtian and the princesses had come to see him.
• Xiao Ze returned to the main hall with Xiao Xun'er, where Xiao Zhan explained that Yao Yue wanted to test his alchemy skills.
• Yao Yue offered equal cauldrons and ingredients for a contest to refine Tier 3 Qi Recovery Powder.
• Xiao Ze rejected Yao Yue's challenge, saying her Tier 3 alchemist level was too low to be worth competing against.

Princess Yao Yue challenged Xiao Ze to an alchemy contest because she refused to believe he could refine Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills. After she finished a peak-quality Tier 3 Qi Recovery Powder first, she declared victory, but the pill Xiao Ze finally revealed was far above Tier 3.

• Yao Yue mocked Xiao Ze's alchemy and challenged him to compete, while Jia Xingtian apologized for her disrespect.
• Xiao Ze accepted the challenge, and the two went to the Xiao Family's inner courtyard as family members gathered to watch.
• Xiao Xun'er silenced spectators who doubted Xiao Ze, while Xiao Yan watched with confidence in his younger brother.
• Yao Yue refined peak-quality Tier 3 Qi Recovery Powder and claimed Xiao Ze had lost because he took longer.
• Yao Yue examined Xiao Ze's finished pill and froze when she saw its grade far surpassed Tier 3.

Xiao Ze's Fourth-Grade Rejuvenation Powder impressed Yao Yue, who acknowledged his skill and triggered a System reward. As Xiao Ze prepared to leave to cultivate, Xiao Ning tried to shame him for neglecting the princess, but Yao Yue defended him.

• Yao Yue saw that Xiao Ze had refined a pill beyond Third Grade, and Jia Xingtian judged it to be at least Fourth Grade.
• Jia Xingtian asked Yao Yue whether she was convinced, and she admitted Xiao Ze was strong and apologized for underestimating him.
• Yao Yue's recognition earned Xiao Ze a Red Treasure Chest, which gave him the peak Third-Grade Lingxi Pill formula.
• Xiao Ze said he wanted to return to cultivation and turned to leave, but Xiao Ning accused him of disrespecting Yao Yue.
• The Great Elder rebuked Xiao Ning, and Yao Yue said Xiao Ze was free to go and had not offended her.

After defeating Princess Yao Yue in an alchemy competition, Xiao Ze accepted a mission to befriend Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town and prepared to travel to the Magic Beast Mountain Range. He set out alone, while Xiao Xun'er secretly asked Ling Ying to protect him, and Xiao Ze returned home to find Xiao Zhan celebrating his alchemy achievement.

• Princess Yao Yue admitted Xiao Ze was better at alchemy but vowed to challenge him again, and Xiao Ze left the hall with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Ze received a mission to befriend Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town for a black treasure chest and bought supplies at the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Ze refused Xiao Xun'er's offer to accompany him to the Magic Beast Mountain Range and said he expected to return within ten days to half a month.
• Xiao Xun'er secretly instructed Ling Ying to watch over Xiao Ze and help him if he faced danger without revealing himself.
• Xiao Ze returned to the Xiao Family hall, where Xiao Zhan praised him for refining the Rejuvenation Pill into a fourth-tier pill and told him Jia Xingtian and the others had departed for the imperial capital.

After reaching seven-star Dou Ling, Xiao Ze left Wutan City to train in Green Mountain Town and met Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yi Xian recognized his reputation and prepared to test his strength, leaving their encounter on the brink of a fight.

• Xiao Ze told Xiao Zhan he planned to spend ten days or half a month training near the Magic Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Zhan warned him to beware of powerful magical beasts.
• Xiao Ze traveled to Green Mountain Town, where Xiao Yi Xian had earned a modest reputation for preparing medicines for injured mercenaries.
• After spending several days exploring the town, Xiao Ze met Xiao Yi Xian, who recognized his name and confirmed he was the famous young man from Wutan City.
• Xiao Ze received the low-grade poison-attributed Dou Technique Hundred Poisons True Scripture for completing the mission to meet Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned whether Xiao Ze was truly a Dou Ling and began gathering Dou Qi to test his strength.

Xiao Yi Xian tested Xiao Ze’s strength, then learned that he knew about her Woe Poison Body and promised to help resolve it. Xiao Ze gave her the poison-attribute Hundred Poisons True Scripture, and his System Panel rewarded him with an Orange Treasure Chest.

• Xiao Yi Xian challenged Xiao Ze to verify rumors about his strength, and he easily stopped her attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted that Xiao Ze possessed strength beyond a Dou Ling, while his System Panel awarded him 36 permanent Strength attribute points.
• Xiao Ze recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body and promised to help resolve its side effects with a poison pill or Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ze gave Xiao Yi Xian the Hundred Poisons True Scripture, a poison-attribute cultivation technique suited to her constitution.
• Xiao Ze’s System Panel reported Xiao Yi Xian’s emotional reaction and offered him an Orange Treasure Chest.

Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian became closer before setting out to search for a treasure cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. They found rare treasures inside, but Mu Li and his mercenaries arrived and demanded that they surrender them.

• Xiao Ze received an Orange Treasure Chest reward that raised him to nine-star Dou Ling and gave him the Jinghong Sword.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Xiao Ze to search for treasure with her, and he agreed to split whatever they found.
• Xiao Ze comforted Xiao Yi Xian about her Woe Poison Body while they shared grilled fish, earning her favorable feelings and a permanent Strength increase.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian found the Flight Dou Technique, the Purple Cloud Wings, and the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture in a cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Mu Li arrived with mercenaries, revealed that he had followed Xiao Yi Xian, and ordered them to seize the treasures.

Xiao Ze killed Mu Li and drove off the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then learned that he had advanced to Dou Wang and accepted a mission to astonish his father, Xiao Zhan. He and Xiao Yi Xian planned to leave Green Mountain Town for Wutan City the next morning.

• Mu Li demanded that Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Ze surrender their treasures, but Xiao Ze used the Jinghong Sword to kill the attacking mercenaries.
• Mu Li tried to recruit Xiao Ze, then attacked him and was killed; the remaining mercenaries apologized and fled.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian left the cave and spent several days in Green Mountain Town while she studied poison arts and he improved his strength.
• Xiao Ze's System Panel announced his breakthrough to Dou Wang and gave him a mission to astonish Xiao Zhan for a Blue Treasure Chest; he accepted it.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to travel with Xiao Ze to Wutan City, and they planned to set out the following morning.

Xiao Ze returned to Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and brought her to the Xiao Family residence, where he found Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue visiting. The unfinished mission to reveal his one-star Dou Wang strength to Xiao Zhan remained active.

• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Wutan City, and Xiao Yi Xian's curiosity about Xiao Ze earned him a low-grade Xuan-rank Wind Attribute Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Ze learned that many factions had visited the Xiao Family with gifts while he was away, then entered the residence with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Xiao Ze back and explained that Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue had repeatedly visited to see him.
• Yao Yue told Xiao Ze that she had become a fourth-grade Alchemist and challenged him to compete, while Xiao Ze put off the contest until later.
• Xiao Ze saw that his mission to reveal his one-star Dou Wang strength to Xiao Zhan was still incomplete.

Xiao Ze returned to the Xiao Family and spoke with Xiao Zhan about his progress and plans to help his father reach Dou Ling. When Xiao Ze revealed his strength, Yao Ye and Yao Yue discovered that he had become a Dou Wang and were left stunned.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed Xiao Ze back and told him how much attention the Xiao Family had gained because of him.
• Xiao Zhan shared his worries about Xiao Ze's trip and mentioned that Yao Yue kept seeking a rematch in alchemy.
• Xiao Ze promised to help Xiao Zhan reach Dou Ling and prepared to show how much his own strength had improved.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ye overheard Xiao Zhan ask Xiao Ze to demonstrate his progress.
• Xiao Ze manifested Douqi wings and flew, revealing his Dou Wang strength and shocking Yao Ye and Yao Yue.

Xiao Ze revealed that he had reached the Dou Wang realm, astonishing the Yao sisters, Xiao Zhan, and Yao Chen. The next morning, Yao Ye told Jia Xingtian about Xiao Ze’s breakthrough, leaving him stunned.

• Yao Yue and Yao Ye learned that Xiao Ze was a Dou Wang, and Yao Yue vowed to surpass him.
• Xiao Zhan celebrated Xiao Ze’s breakthrough as the return of a Dou Wang to the Xiao Family, and Xiao Ze promised that his father would reach the realm too.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Ze’s cultivation talent, and Xiao Ze continued training until he was more than halfway to becoming a two-star Dou Wang.
• Yao Ye told Jia Xingtian that Xiao Ze had reached the Dou Wang realm, and Jia Xingtian reacted in shock.

Xiao Ze cultivated at the Xiao Family’s Back Mountain while Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian met and sensed rivalry over him. When Xiao Ze finished cultivating, Xiao Yi Xian offered him grilled fish, and his System Panel displayed a random reward.

• Jia Xingtian believed Yao Yue and Yao Ye that Xiao Ze had reached Dou Wang and decided the royal family should befriend him first.
• Xiao Ze cultivated at the Back Mountain, and Yao Chen praised his talent and diligence.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived, sensed Xiao Ze’s stronger aura, and suspected he had advanced to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Ze with Xiao Xun'er and questioned her about her closeness to him in Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Ze opened his eyes to the tension between the two girls, and Xiao Yi Xian offered him grilled fish as his System Panel revealed a random reward.

Xiao Ze received a powerful Tier 6 pill formula after Xiao Yi Xian’s grilled fish stirred Xiao Xun’er’s emotions, then dodged their rivalry over whose fish tasted better. At the Xiao Family hall, Xiao Zhan announced plans to return to the Imperial Capital, and after the elders objected, he declared that the family already had a Dou Wang expert.

• Xiao Ze obtained the Heavenly Spirit Wonder Pill formula, which could raise a Dou Emperor’s strength by two stars.
• Xiao Xun’er grilled a fish to rival Xiao Yi Xian’s and asked Xiao Ze to choose which one tasted better.
• Xiao Ze praised both fish without choosing a winner, then left for the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Zhan announced that the Xiao Family would soon return to the Imperial Capital, but the elders objected because they lacked a Dou Wang expert.
• Xiao Zhan told the elders that the Xiao Family had already produced a Dou Wang expert.

The Xiao Family learned that Xiao Ze had reached the Dou Wang realm, and Jia Xingtian offered the family the imperial court’s support. Later, Xiao Ze brought Ya Fei a peak Tier 6 pill that could raise a Dou Emperor’s strength by two stars, leaving her eager to auction it.

• Xiao Zhan told the Xiao Family elders that Xiao Ze had advanced to Dou Wang, and Jia Xingtian confirmed the news and offered the imperial family’s assistance.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Jia Xingtian’s offer and affirmed the Xiao Family’s friendship with the imperial family.
• A few days later, Xiao Ze visited the Mittel Auction House with the Heavenly Spirit Wonder Pill he had refined.
• Ya Fei examined the pill as Xiao Ze explained that it could raise a Dou Emperor’s strength by two stars and had no lifetime-use restriction.
• Ya Fei realized the pill’s value and anticipated that its auction would cause a sensation across the empire.

Xiao Ze auctioned a Heavenly Spirit Wonder Pill through the Mittel Auction House and gained rewards for shocking Ya Fei and Yao Chen. The chapter ended with Yao Chen discovering Xiao Ze had reached peak 2-star Dou Wang and marveling at his cultivation speed.

• Ya Fei persuaded Xiao Ze to stay at the Mittel Auction House, and his talent shocked her enough to earn him a system reward that raised him to peak 2-star Dou Wang.
• Gu Ni watched Xiao Ze fly back toward the Xiao Family and praised the Mittel Family’s decision to cultivate a relationship with him.
• Ya Fei told Gu Ni that Xiao Ze planned to auction a Tier 6 Heavenly Spirit Wonder Pill that could raise a Dou Emperor’s strength by two tiers.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Ze’s rare pill formula, and Xiao Ze gained a system reward that increased his Soul Power upper limit by 59 points.
• Yao Chen sensed Xiao Ze’s cultivation while he meditated and was astonished to learn he had reached peak 2-star Dou Wang.

Xiao Ze received a system reward that gave him first-tier Artifact Refiner talent and a scroll for forging a sword that could raise its wielder’s strength by one star. As news spread that Xiao Ze had become a two-star Dou Wang, the Mittel Auction House and the Nalan Family reacted with shock and recognized his growing influence.

• Yao Chen’s amazement at Xiao Ze’s talent triggered a system reward, and Xiao Ze gained first-tier Artifact Refiner talent and a Sky Rainbow Sword crafting scroll.
• Xiao Ze studied the scroll and asked Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House to search for the materials needed to forge the sword.
• Ya Fei sent a request to the Mittel Family and told Gu Ni that befriending Xiao Ze was crucial to the auction house’s interests.
• A report reached Nalan Jie and Nalan Su that Xiao Ze had become a two-star Dou Wang, leaving them stunned.
• Nalan Jie questioned the report’s reliability, then realized Xiao Ze’s pill-refining ability and mysterious Alchemist master could explain his rapid breakthrough.

After Xiao Ze’s advancement to Dou Wang spread across the Jia Ma Empire, the Nalan Family and Misty Cloud Sect decided to approach the Xiao Family and attend an upcoming auction. Xiao Ze continued cultivating and reached three-star Dou Wang, while the Xiao Family prepared for an auction featuring a pill that could raise a Dou Emperor’s strength by two stars.

• Nalan Jie and Nalan Su regretted the Nalan Family’s conflict with the Xiao Family and set out for Wutan City with a generous gift to mend relations.
• The Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and Yun Yun discussed Xiao Ze’s rapid rise, and Yun Yun decided to travel to Wutan City with Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Ze had supplied the Mittel Auction House with a pill rumored to raise a Dou Emperor’s strength by two stars.
• Xiao Ze received a system notification that he had advanced to three-star Dou Wang and returned from the Xiao Family’s Back Mountain.
• The Xiao Family discussed Ya Fei’s announcement of an auction three days later, where the Heavenly Spirit Wonder Pill would be offered.

Ya Fei invited the Xiao Family to the Mittel Auction House’s Heavenly Spirit Wonder Pill auction and revealed that Xiao Ze had refined the pill. After gaining a cultivation breakthrough and accepting a mission to help Xiao Zhan advance, Xiao Ze encountered Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er in the Back Mountain.

• Ya Fei invited Xiao Zhan to the auction and told the Xiao Family that Xiao Ze had refined the Heavenly Spirit Wonder Pill.
• Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family elders were shocked by Xiao Ze’s achievement, while Xiao Ze modestly replied that it had been luck.
• After Ya Fei left, the Xiao Family’s shock triggered a reward that advanced Xiao Ze to a four-star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Ze went to the Back Mountain to rest, and Xiao Zhan celebrated his son’s strength and alchemy while the elders regretted doubting him.
• After waking, Xiao Ze accepted a mission to help Xiao Zhan reach the nine-star Da Dou Shi realm and prepared to gather medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Ze saw Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er approaching as he prepared to leave the Back Mountain.

Xiao Ze helped Xiao Zhan reach nine-star Da Dou Shi, earning a system reward that raised his Alchemist rank to Tier 7. The next morning, Xiao Zhan’s breakthrough became known throughout the Xiao Family, and he credited Xiao Ze for his progress.

• Xiao Ze supervised Xiao Zhan’s cultivation and supplied pills until Xiao Zhan broke through to nine-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Ze received a Blue Treasure Chest for completing the system mission and drew a reward that raised his Alchemist rank to Tier 7.
• Xiao Yan encountered Xiao Zhan cultivating and learned that Xiao Ze had helped their father break through.
• The next morning, Xiao Zhan’s advancement stirred the Xiao Family, and he told the elders that Xiao Ze had helped him.

Xiao Ze obtained a Tier 7 Heavenly Sun Pill formula that could help a Dou Wang advance three levels and began gathering its rare ingredients. Yao Chen learned Xiao Ze intended to refine a pill above Tier 6 and was left stunned by the possibility that it was Tier 7.

• Xiao Zhan revealed that he had reached nine-star Da Dou Shi, impressing the Xiao Family elders and renewing his hope of returning the family to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Ze received the Heavenly Sun Pill formula as a system reward, learned it could raise a Dou Wang by three levels, and comprehended the formula.
• Princess Yao Yue and Yao Ye bid farewell to Xiao Ze, offered the royal family's help with the Xiao Family's relocation, and agreed to search for the herbs on his list.
• Xiao Ze gathered medicinal herbs around Wutan City while planning to refine the Heavenly Sun Pill.
• Yao Chen questioned Xiao Ze about the rare herbs, and Xiao Ze revealed that his planned pill was above Tier 6, shocking Yao Chen.