Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu urged Xiao Xun'er to leave her brother, warning that their families’ hatred and plans made staying by his side dangerous, and advised her to become strong enough to choose her own fate. He admitted he was trying to change a miserable original life, and Xiao Xun'er left with his words to remember.

• Fang Yu told Xiao Xun'er that her presence would deepen her brother’s hatred and interfere with him as their families prepared to act against his family.
• Xiao Xun'er questioned whether Fang Yu was advising her for her own good, and he admitted he was acting for himself and had other intentions he would not explain yet.
• Fang Yu told Xiao Xun'er that she and her brother could not be together because they were young and their families’ hatred remained unresolved.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that her family ordered most of her actions and that she lacked the strength to resist them.
• Fang Yu urged Xiao Xun'er to grow stronger and said he had appeared to change a miserable original life and prevent tragedies.
• Xiao Xun'er thanked Fang Yu and said she would remember his words.

Fang Yu argued with Yao Chen about his disciple’s future, especially why the disciple’s fiancée had not yet come to break off their engagement. Fang Yu admitted he wanted to see her regret rejecting the disciple after his talent recovered, but he was unsettled that events had not followed his expectations.

• After the little girl left, Yao Chen confronted Fang Yu for misleading her, and Fang Yu insisted that he had told the truth.
• Fang Yu warned that the feud between the two families could not be resolved and told Yao Chen to keep his disciple under control, since the disciple’s future depended on his own strength.
• Fang Yu questioned why the disciple’s fiancée had not come to break off their engagement, arguing that the rejection would spur the disciple to grow stronger.
• Yao Chen challenged Fang Yu’s motives, and Fang Yu admitted he had wanted to watch the fiancée regret her decision after the disciple’s talent recovered.
• Fang Yu remained worried that the delayed engagement breakup might disrupt his plans, while Yao Chen told him to let events unfold and respond if anything happened.

Fang Yu went to the Misty Cloud Sect to learn why Nalan Yanran had not broken off her engagement with Xiao Yan and discovered that she was a fellow transmigrator. After warning her about her ancestor and refusing to help or cooperate, he left Nalan Yanran to face her choices alone.

• Fang Yu traveled to the Misty Cloud Sect after Nalan Yanran failed to break off her engagement during the six months since Xiao Yan recovered his talent.
• Fang Yu found Nalan Yanran at her cultivation ground and sensed that she was a transmigrator and a Da Dou Shi.
• Nalan Yanran confirmed she had avoided breaking off the engagement and discussed her dangerous ancestor and uncertain future with Fang Yu.
• Fang Yu warned Nalan Yanran that she would have to choose between leaving the Misty Cloud Sect or facing the consequences of staying, and he refused her request for help or cooperation.
• Fang Yu left the sect, while Nalan Yanran fell silent and continued believing she was the heroine.

Fang Yu told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran also came from another world and knew the future, so she would not annul their engagement and instead intended to marry him. Xiao Yan refused to marry someone he had never met and vowed to break off the engagement, while Fang Yu warned that Nalan Yanran was already a Great Dou Master and that Xiao Yan would need to surpass her.

• Fang Yu sent Yao Chen away so he could speak privately with Xiao Yan.
• Fang Yu revealed that Nalan Yanran knew the future and planned to keep the engagement and marry Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan said he would not marry Nalan Yanran and intended to end the engagement, regardless of the pressure or price.
• Fang Yu explained that Nalan Yanran had reached the Great Dou Master realm and urged Xiao Yan to become stronger than her.
• Xiao Yan insisted he could handle the difficulties himself, and Fang Yu left the matter in his hands.

After leaving Xiao Yan, Fang Yu went to Qing Mountain Town and gave Xiao Yixian a technique meant to control her constitution. He left her trusting his promise to protect her, though he admitted that he had been fooling her about their past friendship.

• Xiao Yan kept Fang Yu’s explanation from his master, then prepared to leave the Xiao Family and train on his own.
• Fang Yu arrived in Qing Mountain Town and watched Xiao Yixian treat the mercenaries who came to her.
• After Xiao Yixian returned home, Fang Yu told her he could help with her constitution and handed her a cultivation technique.
• Xiao Yixian read the scroll, thanked Fang Yu, and accepted his assurances that cultivating the technique would prevent her from harming others.
• Fang Yu claimed they had been close friends before and said he wanted to protect her, then laughed and confessed that he had been fooling her.
• Fang Yu promised to handle the remaining problems and protect Xiao Yixian while she cultivated.

Fang Yu teased Xiao Yixian while reassuring her that he would cure her and protect her, and their conversation turned into a mutual confession. Xiao Yixian promised she would love him once her physical problems were resolved, while Fang Yu insisted that the woman he loved had to love him.

• Fang Yu warned Xiao Yixian not to trust other people and told her to follow his instructions while he worked on her condition.
• Xiao Yixian blushed at Fang Yu's flirtation, then laughed off his claims that he was a shameless lecher.
• Fang Yu admitted he deceived the women he loved, and Xiao Yixian said she liked him but could not accept him until her physical problems were resolved.
• Xiao Yixian promised to fall in love with Fang Yu and protect him after she recovered, but Fang Yu pulled her into his arms and promised to protect her instead.
• Xiao Yixian said the only thing she believed was that Fang Yu loved her, and he declared that the woman he loved had to love him.

After comforting Xiao Yixian, Fang Yu entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to plunder its treasures and subdue a powerful lion. He left the lion mindless, let its cub escape, and continued searching the range for valuable herbs.

• Fang Yu traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and quickly looted an expert's hidden treasure.
• Fang Yu confronted the sixth-tier lion and demanded that it submit, but the lion refused.
• Fang Yu used his soul power to erase the lion's consciousness and take control of its body.
• A lion cub emerged, and Fang Yu warned it to flee; the cub roared and ran away.
• Fang Yu looted the lion's den, then searched the mountain range for herbs and burned the remains of people who had died in its dangerous areas.

Fang Yu visited the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild to take its assessment and obtain an alchemist identity, but his intimidating presence and confrontational remarks made the guild leaders wary. He left the guild, telling the candidates to complete their assessments and warning everyone not to provoke him.

• Fang Yu entered the Alchemist Guild without a recommendation after giving a guard a second-tier medicinal pill, then registered for the assessment.
• Otto and a vice president sensed danger from Fang Yu, and Otto warned his disciple not to provoke him.
• A second-tier alchemist questioned Fang Yu about his background, and Fang Yu insulted him before the alchemist was silenced with a mop rag.
• Otto asked Fang Yu why he had come, and Fang Yu said he only wanted to take the assessment while warning the guild leaders not to interfere or assume alchemists were invincible.
• Fang Yu announced he would leave and take the assessment elsewhere, then told the two disciples to focus on their assessments before departing.

After Fang Yu passed the assessment alone, he asked the two alchemy presidents to find rare materials and revealed that he had come partly to speak with someone. He assessed their alchemy talent and left them hoping to earn his favor by helping him.

• Fang Yu told the two presidents that he needed their help finding materials and promised rewards, including help improving their strength.
• Fang Yu handed President Otto a list of rare materials; Otto explained that collecting them all would be nearly impossible, so Fang Yu asked them to find whatever they could and report the rest's locations.
• Fang Yu warned the group not to provoke him and admitted that he had come out of the mountains because he wanted someone to talk to.
• Master Otto asked who Fang Yu was and why he felt so dangerous, and Fang Yu said his strength surpassed theirs.
• Fang Yu judged the presidents' alchemy talent as passable, said they might reach the fifth grade but should not expect the sixth without an opportunity, and the presidents thanked him.

Fang Yu taunted an old man after emptying his storeroom, dismissing the old man’s younger brother as a threat and insisting the stolen goods would not be returned. He left the old man with the task of asking his younger brother for more valuables.

• The old man warned Fang Yu that his younger brother would come, but Fang Yu said he feared neither of them and told the old man to wait for him.
• Fang Yu accused the old man of abusing his younger brother’s influence to bully others and said he should ask his brother for another batch of good things.
• The old man repeatedly demanded to know who Fang Yu was, while Fang Yu insisted the stolen goods were his and could only be reclaimed by defeating him.
• Fang Yu said the old man’s brother was decent and not a threat to him, then mocked the old man for relying on his brother’s reputation.
• When another person demanded that Fang Yu return the old man’s belongings, Fang Yu refused and said the old man lacked the strength to take them back.

Fang Yu threatened an old man into helping him obtain more valuable things, insisting that the man and his siblings could not threaten him. The old man refused to yield, leaving Fang Yu's demand unresolved.

• Fang Yu told the old man that his siblings, including his younger brother, posed no threat and that revenge without sufficient strength would mean death.
• Fang Yu demanded that the old man use his connections and abilities to get him more things, threatening to kill him if he failed.
• The old man asked why he should help Fang Yu and insisted that he would not serve him, despite Fang Yu's threats.
• Fang Yu admitted he was threatening the old man and warned him that refusing to cooperate would leave death as his only option.

Fang Yu warned the old man and his people that their noble bloodline could not protect them without real strength, and urged them to follow his plan rather than provoke him or act foolishly. He told them to pass his warning to their family's young lady so she could inform her father, while stressing that he could not protect everyone if anything went wrong.

• Fang Yu told the old man that his people had brought their current misfortune on themselves by rejecting the plan and trying to control events.
• Fang Yu argued that their noble bloodline gave them status but not enough strength to survive, and warned them not to rely on it for protection.
• The old man took Fang Yu's remarks as an insult, but Fang Yu insisted he was offering them a chance to improve their situation.
• Fang Yu urged the old man to tell their family's young lady what he had said so she could advise her father.
• Fang Yu warned that any further mistakes could bring disastrous consequences and said he could not protect everyone.

Fang Yu warned Xiao Yan that Xun'er's family had harmed the Xiao Family and still sought its treasure, urging him to face the danger and make a choice. Xiao Yan believed Fang Yu's account but refused to blame Xun'er, leaving Fang Yu to end the conversation and Xiao Yan to decide what to do.

• Fang Yu told Xiao Yan that Xun'er's clansmen had come after him and had brought the Xiao Family to ruin while seeking its treasure.
• Fang Yu warned that the Xiao Family had survived only because its ancestors left a deterrent the clansmen feared.
• Xiao Yan said he believed much of what Fang Yu said but would not blame Xun'er because her family had sent her.
• Fang Yu urged Xiao Yan to resolve the matter and prepare for its consequences, while Xiao Yan insisted that Xun'er was not responsible.
• Fang Yu ended the discussion, telling Xiao Yan that he would have to choose his own path.

Fang Yu tried to convince Xiao Yan that his childhood sweetheart’s family had acted foolishly and warned him to think carefully about what he would do. Xiao Yan remained suspicious of Fang Yu’s motives, and their argument ended without resolving the conflict.

• Fang Yu criticized Xiao Yan’s childhood sweetheart’s family and said her ancestor had once protected the family from destruction.
• Fang Yu insisted that he was telling the truth and had no reason to deceive Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan questioned whether he was sincerely trying to help.
• Xiao Yan argued that years of feelings could not be dismissed by Fang Yu’s words, while Fang Yu said their relationship did not concern him.
• Fang Yu warned Xiao Yan not to act recklessly and told him to consider whether he had the ability to carry out any plan.
• Xiao Yan said he did not understand Fang Yu and suspected he had bad intentions, and Fang Yu ended by acknowledging Xiao Yan’s closeness to his childhood sweetheart.

Fang Yu's visitor repeatedly warned him that his disciple's actions could lead to disastrous consequences and urged him to keep the disciple under control. Fang Yu said he understood and would manage his disciple, and the visitor left the matter to unfold naturally while insisting they not be provoked.

• The old man warned Fang Yu that his disciple could face a tragic fate if he acted foolishly and urged Fang Yu to keep him in line.
• Fang Yu told the old man he knew his disciple and could prevent him from causing trouble or provoking the old man.
• The old man said he wanted no involvement, but stressed that the disciple's choices could bring trouble to everyone if he became the old man's enemy.
• The old man continued urging Fang Yu to warn his disciple, then left the outcome to chance and said he had given all the warnings he could.

Fang Yu and Yao Lao argued over Fang Yu’s motives and Yao Lao’s role in his clan’s affairs. Fang Yu admitted he was stalling to attempt something risky with potentially enormous benefits, then insisted Yao Lao had to take on the matter despite lacking the means to return to his clan.

• Yao Lao warned Fang Yu that his disciple’s careless forgiveness and overconfidence could endanger him and others.
• Yao Lao accused Fang Yu of using the prolonged conversation to stall while pursuing another goal.
• Fang Yu admitted he was buying time to attempt something whose success could bring enormous benefits.
• Fang Yu dismissed Yao Lao’s suspicions as pointless and said he still had to hand the matter over to him.
• Fang Yu urged Yao Lao to return to his powerful clan, blamed his lack of ability and past mistakes, and told him to stop dwelling on what he called bad or insignificant matters.

A powerful speaker warned his listener to keep his disciple from interfering in a family feud over the disciple’s childhood sweetheart, threatening death if anyone brought trouble to him. He also dismissed the listener’s ability to train the disciple and left the listener responsible for handling the situation.

• The speaker said the disciple had only suspicions about the truth and might abandon his feelings once he learned about the hatred between their families.
• He told the listener to guide the disciple away from pursuing his childhood sweetheart or seeking trouble with him.
• The speaker threatened to kill the disciple if he or the woman came to cause him trouble.
• He argued that the listener was now only a soul body and lacked the ability to train the disciple properly.
• The speaker insisted that the listener must do his own part and accept that no solution or choice was available.

Fang Yu told Mittel Ya Fei that immense forces threatened the empire and asked her for suggestions, claiming she was the only person he could confide in. He left her with no clear solution, insisting he would take the risk and let events unfold naturally.

• Fang Yu left after finishing his conversation with the old man.
• Fang Yu went to Mittel Ya Fei and described a dangerous matter that could destroy the empire.
• Mittel Ya Fei asked why Fang Yu had told her about a crisis she could not influence and feared it could doom everyone around her.
• Fang Yu said he had no one else to confide in and asked Mittel Ya Fei for several suggestions to help him handle the situation.
• Fang Yu admitted that he had no reliable solution and said he would try anyway, accepting that the outcome depended on luck.

A man confided in a smart listener about a coming catastrophe on the Dou Qi Continent and his inability to prevent it, while offering the listener a cultivation technique to improve his aptitude. He left the listener to decide whether to believe him and insisted the crisis was none of his concern, even as he admitted he intended to act to change the outcome.

• The man said he had warned a young man about the world's future but would not interfere with the young man's choice to pursue his childhood sweetheart.
• The man offered the listener a cultivation technique to strengthen his physique and improve his aptitude, but the listener declined it and promised to keep the conversation secret.
• The man revealed that an immensely powerful force sealed by an ancient Dou Emperor would soon be released, threatening the Dou Qi Continent.
• The man said he could not stop the coming events without risking even worse consequences, but he still felt compelled to work toward changing them for his own survival and the sake of those around him.
• The listener said the account sounded too tragic to be realistic, and the man told him to judge the truth for himself.

Fang Yu traveled to the Black-Corner Region and confronted the man who had betrayed his master, coercing him into helping cause trouble for his still-living master. He left the man frightened and under orders to obey, while refusing to reveal his own identity or full purpose.

• Fang Yu left after securing another person's cultivation resources and position within the family.
• Fang Yu opened a spatial passage to the Black-Corner Region and found the man who had betrayed his master.
• Fang Yu told the man that his master was alive as a soul body and claimed the master had offended him.
• Fang Yu sealed the man's speech, threatened him, and ordered him to listen and help make his master uncomfortable.
• The man regained his ability to speak, demanded to know Fang Yu's identity and purpose, and was told to obey or face death.