Chapter Summaries

After activating the complete Erlang God inheritance and reaching Dou Wang, Yang Chen sought a Purple Crystal Flame as a gift for his nephew. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King accepted the Sun-Devouring Divine Art in exchange, and Yang Chen prepared to visit his sister.

• Yang Chen recalled his sister and decided to bring her sons gifts when he visited them.
• Yang Chen’s Erlang God template fully activated, granting him powerful inheritances and opening his Heavenly Eye.
• Yang Chen offered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King the Sun-Devouring Divine Art in exchange for a strand of its Purple Crystal Flame.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was overwhelmed by the cultivation technique, called Yang Chen its master, and gave him a gentle strand of beast flame.
• Yang Chen told the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to recover and study the technique while he went to find his sister.

Yang Chen discovered that Xiao Yan was his nephew and watched him endure the Xiao Family’s annual test before meeting him in secret. He took Xiao Yan’s mother’s ring for the night and left, while Xiao Yan began to feel hopeful about having family on his side.

• Yang Chen realized his deceased sister had married Xiao Zhan and decided to find her son, Xiao Yan.
• Yang Chen watched Xiao Yan receive a third-stage Dou Qi result and endure the Xiao Family’s mockery, then saw Gu Xun'er approach him.
• Yang Chen noticed Ling Ying hiding nearby, and Ling Ying resolved to warn Gu Xun'er about the powerful stranger.
• Yang Chen met Xiao Yan at the back mountain, revealed he was his maternal uncle, and questioned Xiao Yan’s modest ambitions while criticizing Xiao Zhan.
• Yang Chen borrowed Xiao Yan’s mother’s ring and departed after asking Xiao Yan to keep their meeting secret.
• Xiao Zhan arrived and confirmed that Xiao Yan’s mother had a younger brother, then told Xiao Yan an honored guest would visit the family the next day.

Yang Chen confronted Yao Chen about secretly draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and warned him not to harm his nephew. After promising to support Yao Chen’s plans to regain a body and settle his feud with the Yao Clan, Yang Chen entrusted Xiao Yan’s training to him.

• Yang Chen drew Yao Chen out of the black ring and revealed that he knew about Yao Chen’s past and connection to Han Feng.
• Yang Chen warned Yao Chen that he would kill him if he bore ill will toward Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen sensed the terrifying power of Yang Chen’s silver eye.
• Yao Chen explained that he had drained Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi out of necessity and said he hoped Xiao Yan could inherit his legacy.
• Yang Chen promised to help Yao Chen regain a physical body and settle his grievances with the Yao Clan if he trained Xiao Yan properly.
• Yao Chen agreed to keep their meeting secret, and Yang Chen placed Xiao Yan in his care.

Xiao Yan discovered that he could cultivate again, then entered the Xiao Family reception hall with Yang Chen and drew astonished attention from Nalan Yanran and his relatives. Yang Chen’s imposing presence unsettled the guests, and he watched to see how Xiao Yan would handle the gathering.

• After cultivating through the night, Xiao Yan found that his Dou Qi had grown stronger and remained, confirming he could cultivate again.
• Yang Chen returned Xiao Yan’s mother’s ring and accompanied him to the reception hall, where the Xiao Family’s guests had gathered.
• Xiao Yan entered the hall looking composed, surprising Nalan Yanran, Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Xun'er with his changed bearing and stronger aura.
• Yang Chen followed Xiao Yan into the hall and released an imposing aura that made nearly everyone rise before he took a seat.
• Xiao Zhan feared that the Yunlan Sect had sent a powerful expert for an important reason, while Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran reconsidered their visit and Yang Chen watched Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan confronted the Xiao Family elders after they left him without a seat, while Yang Chen received a system reward of accelerated cultivation time. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan learning who Nalan Yanran was and glancing toward Yang Chen, who ignored him.

• Xiao Yan challenged the three elders for excluding him from the reception hall, and the Second Elder pretended the omission was an innocent mistake.
• Xiao Yan mocked the Second Elder and urged him to retire, while Xiao Zhan and the guests reacted to his sharp words.
• Xiao Xun'er offered Xiao Yan a seat beside her, and Yang Chen watched approvingly as Xiao Yan sat down.
• Yang Chen received a system reward of one month of accelerated cultivation time and learned he could adjust the acceleration from two to five times.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran was the Nalan Clan's beloved jewel and Yun Yun's personal disciple, and Xiao Yan looked to Yang Chen for support.

Ge Ye told Xiao Zhan that Yun Yun wanted Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan dissolved, but Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s offer of compensation and repudiated her instead. Yang Chen praised Xiao Yan’s defiant words, leaving the engagement publicly broken by Xiao Yan’s own hand.

• Ge Ye told Xiao Zhan that Yun Yun wanted the Xiao Family to dissolve Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s engagement.
• Xiao Yan stood up and declared that the Xiao Family would not agree to the dissolution.
• Nalan Yanran offered Xiao Yan Qi Gathering Powder and permission to cultivate Yunlan Sect techniques as compensation.
• Xiao Yan cut his palm, wrote a letter of repudiation in blood, and declared that he and Nalan Yanran had nothing more to do with each other.
• Xiao Yan warned Nalan Yanran not to bully the poor young man, and Yang Chen enthusiastically praised him.

Yang Chen revealed himself as Xiao Yan’s uncle and defended him after the Xiao Family’s Second Elder insulted the Yang Clan. He proposed that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran settle their engagement dispute in a match three years later, which Nalan Yanran accepted on terms that left her future in Xiao Yan’s hands if she lost.

• The Xiao Family’s First Elder recognized Yang Chen as Yang Tianlin’s youngest son, and the Second Elder insulted the Yang Clan.
• Yang Chen struck the Second Elder with a sweep of his sleeve, injuring him and shocking the Xiao Family.
• Ge Ye shielded Nalan Yanran, but Yang Chen assured him he would not bully her or use his power to interfere.
• Yang Chen said the engagement was for Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran to decide, then proposed a contest three years later.
• Nalan Yanran declared that if she lost, Xiao Yan could decide whether she became his servant or maid.

Yang Chen helped Xiao Yan establish a three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran, then killed Mo Li when he threatened him. Yang Chen left the Xiao Family hall after promising to explain the killing to Yun Yun and giving Xiao Xun'er a meeting gift.

• Yang Chen persuaded Xiao Yan to accept a three-year agreement, and Xiao Yan vowed to surpass Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran agreed to the terms, but Mo Li urged her to annul the engagement and threatened Yang Chen on behalf of the Yunlan Sect.
• Yang Chen transformed his folding fan into a spear and killed Mo Li for threatening him.
• Yang Chen reassured Xiao Zhan that the Xiao Family would not be blamed, then told Xiao Yan he would visit again with a different gift.
• Yang Chen gave Xiao Xun'er a jade bottle as a meeting gift before leaving the hall.

After Yang Chen left the Xiao Family hall, his gift to Xiao Xun'er revealed his extraordinary alchemy skills and shifted the clan's attitude toward Xiao Yan. Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran confronted each other over Xiao Yan and agreed to meet again in three years, leaving Nalan Yanran to depart with a challenge for him.

• Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye recognized that Yang Chen's pill was an exceptional fourth-tier medicine, possibly worth more than many fifth-tier pills, and the Xiao Family elders realized he was a young, powerful alchemist.
• The Xiao Family elders hurried to tend Xiao Yan's injury, and two Dou Shi experts personally bandaged him as the clan began treating him with newfound respect.
• Xiao Xun'er warned Nalan Yanran not to rely on the Yunlan Sect, and the two exchanged words about strength, talent, and proving themselves in battle three years later.
• Xiao Xun'er embraced Xiao Yan and dismissed Nalan Yanran from the Xiao Family, provoking Nalan Yanran's anger.
• Nalan Yanran apologized to Xiao Yan for her impulsiveness, challenged him to meet her on Cloud Mist Mountain in three years, and left with Ge Ye, who collected Mo Li's corpse.

Xiao Yan met Yao Chen, learned that the old man had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years, and accepted him as his teacher. Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to keep their relationship and his origins secret from everyone, including Yang Chen.

• After fleeing the Xiao family members who wanted him to ask Yang Chen for pills, Xiao Yan envied the influence of alchemists.
• Yao Chen emerged from Xiao Yan’s storage ring and claimed Yang Chen had not noticed him.
• Yao Chen offered to take Xiao Yan as his disciple and admitted that he had absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi for three years.
• Yao Chen claimed to be the continent’s number one alchemist, and Xiao Yan bowed to accept him as his teacher.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to call him Old Yao and forbade him from revealing their relationship to anyone before reaching the Dou Wang realm.
• When Xiao Yan asked whether he could tell Yang Chen, Yao Chen warned that doing so would bring trouble, and Xiao Yan solemnly agreed to keep the secret.

Yang Chen stormed the Yunlan Sect and swiftly defeated Yun Leng after the Grand Elder insulted him. Yun Leng survived by a narrow margin, but his fear gave way to humiliation and hatred.

• Xiao Yan resolved to pass the coming-of-age assessment through his own efforts, even with Yao Chen's guidance and support.
• Yang Chen arrived at Cloud Mist Mountain, where Yun Leng challenged him for trespassing on Yunlan Sect grounds.
• Yang Chen descended onto the jade plaza, knocking the Yunlan Sect disciples down without seriously injuring them.
• Yun Leng attacked Yang Chen despite Yun Yun's attempt to stop them, and Yang Chen easily disarmed and struck him down.
• Yun Leng's sword landed beside his head, leaving him terrified before he began to feel humiliated and hateful.

Yang Chen overwhelmed Yun Leng and fought Yun Yun on Cloud Mist Mountain, while Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and other Jia Ma City leaders sensed the battle and went to investigate. As they approached, Nalan Jie’s companions teased him about Nalan Yanran’s attempt to end her engagement to the Xiao Family.

• Yang Chen suppressed Yun Yun in a fierce spear-and-sword exchange, despite her being a Dou Emperor.
• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Mittel Tengshan, Mu Chen, and Nalan Jie sensed a powerful presence on Cloud Mist Mountain and headed there.
• Fa Ma suspected the intruder might be a high-tier alchemist with formidable spiritual power.
• Mittel Tengshan and Mu Chen teased Nalan Jie about Nalan Yanran trying to break off her engagement to the Xiao Family.
• Mittel Tengshan joked that the intruder might have come to stand up for the Xiao Family boy, but Nalan Jie dismissed the idea.

Yang Chen defeated Yun Yun in battle at the Yunlan Sect and explained that he had come to protect his nephew, Xiao Yan. He left the marriage decision to Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, but warned Yun Yun and her sect not to bully him.

• Yang Chen knocked Yun Yun’s personal sword away, while Yunlan Sect members and elders assessed the apparent defeat.
• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, Nalan Jie, Mu Chen, and Mittel Tengshan arrived and saw signs that Yun Leng had also been defeated.
• Yun Yun asked Yang Chen why he had come, and he said he never bullied the weak with strength.
• Yun Yun realized Yang Chen was there over Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan, apologized, and asked whether he wanted them to marry.
• Yang Chen rejected deciding the marriage for them and warned Yun Yun that his nephew was not someone just anyone could bully.

After settling his matter with Yun Yun, Yang Chen prepared to leave Cloud Mist Mountain, but Gu He’s jealousy drove him to attack. Yun Yun stepped between them, leaving her and Yang Chen in the path of Gu He’s palm strike.

• Yun Yun reflected that Yang Chen had considered the consequences of the annulment for Nalan Yanran and the Nalan and Xiao families, then promised to honor her agreement with him.
• Gu He wrongly assumed Yun Yun had been threatened and accused Yang Chen of bullying her, but Yang Chen calmly said his business with Yun Yun was settled and prepared to depart.
• Jealous of Yun Yun’s apparent closeness with Yang Chen, Gu He unleashed his beast flame and demanded that Yang Chen explain his visit to the Yunlan Sect.
• Yun Yun stood in front of Yang Chen and ordered Gu He to stop, but Gu He ignored her and struck toward Yang Chen with his palm, putting Yun Yun in its path.

Yang Chen protected Yun Yun from Gu He and challenged the Yunlan Sect as Yun Leng ordered the Cloud Smoke Sun-Covering Formation to attack. Yang Chen used the Heavenly Eye to disperse the formation, leaving the sect and its allies stunned.

• Yang Chen blocked Gu He's purple-flame attack with his folding fan and sent him flying.
• Yang Chen challenged the Yunlan Sect, while Yun Leng ordered its disciples to form the Cloud Smoke Sun-Covering Formation.
• Yun Yun ordered the sect members to stand down, but Yun Leng rebuked her and pressed ahead with the formation.
• Yang Chen activated the Heavenly Eye and took control of the cloud-sea formation.
• Yang Chen shouted "Open!" and dispersed the formation's clouds, clearing the sky.

Yang Chen left Cloud Mist Mountain after warning Yun Leng that he would not tolerate another attack, while Yun Yun confronted the elders over their defiance. Mittel Tengshan recognized Yang Chen as the orphan of the Yang Clan, revealing his connection to the Xiao Family and prompting Nalan Jie to leave in anger.

• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma discussed the mysterious eye between Yang Chen's brows and the strain it placed on him, while Yun Yun admired his command of wind-attributed fighting qi.
• Yang Chen spared the Yunlan Sect for Yun Yun's sake, warned Yun Leng not to provoke him again, and flew away using wind-attributed fighting qi.
• Yun Yun demanded an explanation from Yun Leng, who accused her of putting personal feelings ahead of the sect; Gu He stayed silent when she addressed him.
• Mittel Tengshan identified Yang Chen as the orphan of Yang Tianlin, and Jia Xingtian and Mu Chen realized that Yang Chen was Xiao Yan's uncle.
• Nalan Jie left Cloud Mist Mountain after learning Yang Chen had come to stand up for the Xiao Family.

Nalan Yanran returned to the Yunlan Sect and discovered that its disciples blamed and shunned her after Yang Chen humiliated the sect. She broke down in Yun Yun’s arms, and her teacher comforted her while urging her to ignore the others.

• Nalan Yanran arrived at Cloud Mist Mountain with Ge Ye and found the disciples avoiding and criticizing her over breaking off her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran saw the wrecked jade plaza and realized the disciples blamed her for Yang Chen’s attack on the Yunlan Sect.
• Nalan Yanran rushed into the main hall and wept in Yun Yun’s arms as her teacher comforted her.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun why the disciples had turned against her after encouraging her to dissolve the engagement.
• Yun Yun reminded Nalan Yanran that Yang Chen had not blamed her and told her to treat the other disciples as though they no longer mattered to them.

Yun Yun comforted Nalan Yanran after the Yunlan Sect disciples blamed her for Yang Chen’s defeat of the sect, then arranged to visit him with her. Nalan Yanran reflected on Xiao Yan’s past humiliation and resolved to surpass Xiao Xun’er.

• Ge Ye learned why Yunlan Sect disciples resented Nalan Yanran and decided to support Yun Yun’s plans.
• Yun Yun sent Ge Ye to deliver a calling card to Yang Chen’s residence and announced that she would visit him with Nalan Yanran the next morning.
• Nalan Yanran admitted that she had been wrong, and Yun Yun comforted her while reflecting on Yang Chen’s maturity and restraint.
• Nalan Yanran remembered Xiao Yan enduring years of mockery and began to see her own grievances as small by comparison.
• Yun Yun said she wanted Yang Chen to guide Nalan Yanran, who vowed to work hard and surpass Xiao Xun’er.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran visited the True Lord Hall, where Yang Chen finished refining a remarkable pill and Fa Ma expressed gratitude for his guidance. Yun Yun realized the hall had quickly gained powerful followers and the Alchemist Guild, then Yang Chen reminded her of their agreement as he led them to the rear garden.

• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arrived at the Yang Residence and entered the True Lord Hall after Chemir warned them not to disturb Yang Chen.
• Yun Yun saw Fa Ma, Lei Na, and Lin Sen with Yang Chen as Fa Ma studied alchemy and a pill’s medicinal fragrance formed the shape of a cat.
• Yang Chen completed the pill and gave it to Lin Sen, while Fa Ma thanked Yang Chen for his instruction and prepared to leave.
• Yang Chen had Lei Na and Lin Sen escort Fa Ma and Chemir out, then led Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran toward the rear garden.
• Yang Chen reminded Yun Yun of their agreement, and Yun Yun said she had not forgotten it.

Yang Chen agreed to teach Nalan Yanran and passed Yun Yun a portion of Wind Lord Feilian’s cultivation inheritance before announcing he would leave Jia Ma Holy City the next day. He hoped Nalan Yanran would grow strong enough to keep Xiao Yan striving, while Yun Yun would help keep the Yunlan Sect in check as he cultivated.

• Yang Chen reassured Nalan Yanran that he did not resent her for breaking her engagement and agreed to teach her if she was willing.
• Yang Chen urged Nalan Yanran to become strong enough to challenge Xiao Yan, and she vowed not to disappoint him.
• Yang Chen passed Yun Yun the first portion of Wind Lord Feilian’s cultivation method, which could support cultivation to the Dou Saint realm.
• Yang Chen explained that Nalan Yanran’s progress would pressure Xiao Yan and that Yun Yun had agreed to keep the Yunlan Sect in check while he cultivated.
• Yang Chen planned to leave Jia Ma Holy City the next day and leave the Yunlan Sect as a trial for Xiao Yan.