Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan both tested as having almost no Dou Qi left, drawing ridicule from the Xiao Clan. Xiao Yi stayed confident that he could rely on his cousin Xiao Yan in the future, while Xiao Yan wondered why their Dou Qi had disappeared.

• Xiao Yan tested at the third stage of Dou Strength and endured the crowd's mockery.
• Xiao Yi tested at the first stage of Dou Strength, provoking even harsher insults from the crowd.
• Xiao Yi recalled that he had transmigrated into Xiao Yan's world and that his Dou Qi had vanished after he once cultivated as a prodigy.
• Xiao Yi reassured himself that he could rely on Xiao Yan and wait for his cousin's future success.
• Xiao Yi joined Xiao Yan after the test, and Xiao Yan asked why their Dou Qi had disappeared.

Xiao Yi encouraged Xiao Yan after the two tested poorly and they talked about their hopes of leaving Wutan City someday. Xiao Xun'er found them and said Xiao Yan’s father was looking for him because an honored guest had arrived, leaving Xiao Yi convinced Nalan Yanran had come to end Xiao Yan’s engagement.

• Xiao Yi comforted Xiao Yan and left the testing grounds with him for the Xiao Clan Back Mountain.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yi about the world beyond Wutan City, and Xiao Yi urged him to believe their fortunes would change.
• Xiao Xun'er joined Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi and revealed she had reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that Uncle Xiao was looking for him because an honored guest had arrived.
• Xiao Yan left with Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Yi stayed behind, anticipating Nalan Yanran's arrival.

Xiao Yi awakened Xiao Xuan, the ancient Xiao Clan ancestor, from the black storage ring and revealed that the clan had dwindled into the Xiao family. Xiao Xuan learned that its strongest member, Xiao Zhan, was only a five-star Da Dou Shi.

• Red aura surrounded Xiao Yi’s storage ring, and Xiao Xuan’s soul appeared after awakening from the nourishment of Xiao Yi’s Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi introduced himself as a descendant of the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Xuan excitedly asked about the clan’s fate.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan was now known as the Xiao family.
• Xiao Xuan assumed the family had remained powerful and asked Xiao Yi about its strength.
• Xiao Yi revealed that the strongest member was clan leader Xiao Zhan, a five-star Da Dou Shi, leaving Xiao Xuan confused about the low cultivation rank.

Xiao Yi told Xiao Xuan how far the Xiao Clan had fallen and explained that his Dou Qi had vanished after he reached Dou Zhe. Xiao Xuan returned the Dou Qi he had absorbed, restoring Xiao Yi to Dou Zhe, and Xiao Yi then asked for help growing stronger to protect the clan.

• Xiao Yi explained that the Xiao Clan now had only a Mid Mystic Grade Dou Technique and that its strongest member was a five-star Da Dou Shi, shocking Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan learned that Xiao Yi had once reached Dou Zhe before losing all his Dou Qi, and he said their similar Dou Qi attributes had likely awakened him.
• Xiao Xuan returned the Dou Qi he had absorbed over three years, bringing Xiao Yi back to the Dou Zhe realm.
• Xiao Yi asked Xiao Xuan to give him some extra help growing stronger so he could protect the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Xuan rebuked him for seeking an easy advantage.

Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Clan reception hall and backed Xiao Yan during Nalan Yanran’s attempt to dissolve their engagement. Nalan Yanran postponed the matter for three years and demanded that Xiao Yan challenge her, but Xiao Yi insisted she could not simply withdraw her demand, prompting Xiao Yan to turn toward the table.

• Xiao Yi asked Xiao Xuan to hide in his storage ring, and Xiao Xuan returned to it as a crimson wisp.
• Xiao Yi entered the reception hall after hearing Xiao Yan declare that a poor young man should not be underestimated, and praised his resolve.
• Nalan Yanran offered Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi places at the Misty Cloud Sect if Xiao Yan agreed to dissolve the engagement, but Xiao Yan angrily refused.
• Xiao Yi stood between Xiao Yan and the Misty Cloud Sect disciple who drew his sword, then criticized Nalan Yanran for disregarding the impact of breaking off the engagement on the Xiao Clan.
• Nalan Yanran admitted she had acted rashly and delayed dissolving the engagement for three years, demanding that Xiao Yan challenge her then.
• Xiao Yi told Nalan Yanran she could not simply take back her demand, and Xiao Yan turned and quickly walked to the table.

At the Xiao Clan meeting, Xiao Yan ended his engagement to Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yi revealed that he had regained the strength of a Dou Practitioner before fighting her. After the elders stopped their duel, Xiao Yi reassured the disappointed Xiao Yan and promised to accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.

• Xiao Yan slashed his hand, wrote a blood-marked divorce letter, and declared that he was ending his engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yi revealed his red Dou Qi and challenged Nalan Yanran, while Xiao Zhan confronted Ge Ye and prevented the elder from interfering.
• Nalan Yanran accepted Xiao Yi's challenge, and the two exchanged attacks until Xiao Zhan stopped their fight before she could use a Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Yan that his Dou Qi had been hidden inside him and had suddenly erupted, though Xiao Yan found that his own Dou Qi had not returned.
• Xiao Yi encouraged Xiao Yan and promised to accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, then Xiao Xun'er approached them.

Xiao Yi explained his recovered Dou Qi to Xiao Zhan, who approved giving him priority access to the Xiao Clan’s resources. That night, Xiao Xuan learned about the Misty Cloud Sect and sensed Yao Lao awakening near the back mountain, while Xiao Yan’s life was about to change.

• Xiao Xun'er wondered why Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan kept visiting the back mountain, and Xiao Yi led Xiao Yan down to the main hall.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Zhan that his Dou Qi had been accumulating inside him before suddenly returning, and Xiao Zhan hoped Xiao Yan might recover too.
• The First Elder proposed giving Xiao Yi priority access to the clan’s resources, and Xiao Zhan approved.
• Xiao Yan quietly headed to the back mountain at night, and Xiao Yi recognized that Yao Lao was about to awaken.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from Xiao Yi’s ring, lamented the Xiao Clan’s decline, and learned that the Misty Cloud Sect’s leader was a three-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan sensed a soul awakening near the back mountain and asked Xiao Yi why he was not going to look.

Xiao Yan regained his confidence after Yao Lao awakened, and he joined Xiao Yi and Xiao Xun'er on a trip to Wutan City's marketplace. Their outing ended in a confrontation with Jia Lie'ao, who had become a one-star Dou Zhe and still pursued Xun'er.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yi to cultivate until he reached the Dou King realm to receive a great opportunity, then returned to the storage ring.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Yi with renewed confidence after taking Yao Lao as his master.
• Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er went to the marketplace in Wutan City.
• Jia Lie'ao blocked Xun'er's path and tried to touch her, but Xiao Yi stopped his hand.
• Jia Lie'ao revealed he was a one-star Dou Zhe, insulted Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan, and continued pursuing Xun'er.

Xiao Yi defended Xiao Yan and Xun'er from Jia Lie'ao, then returned to the back mountain and broke through to two-star Dou Zhe while cultivating. Xiao Xuan suspected Xun'er was Gu Yuan's daughter and urged Xiao Yi to grow strong enough to take him to the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Yi revealed that he was a one-star Dou Zhe and beat Jia Lie'ao until Xiao Clan guards intervened.
• Jia Lie'ao left the marketplace in disgrace and threatened the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yan praised Xiao Yi and bought a piece of black iron.
• Xiao Yan went to the back mountain without Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi went alone to cultivate under Xiao Xuan's guidance.
• Xiao Yi broke through to two-star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Xuan guessed that Xun'er was Gu Yuan's daughter.
• Xiao Xuan complained about Gu Yuan and told Xiao Yi to cultivate until he could take him to the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yi the Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear and explained how he had sacrificed the Xiao Clan’s Dou Emperor bloodline in a failed attempt to restore the clan. He also bestowed a compatible combat technique on Xiao Yi, whose training began as the scroll drew his consciousness into a mysterious space.

• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yi the Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear, which Xiao Yi admired and accepted.
• Xiao Xuan recounted how he had gathered the Xiao Clan’s Dou Emperor bloodline to try to break through to Dou Emperor, but failed; he said he did not regret the attempt.
• Xiao Yi asked Xiao Xuan for a combat technique, and Xiao Xuan gave him the mid-level Earth-rank Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the technique was created to pair with the spear and that its five forms could rival a Heaven-rank technique when mastered.
• The scroll drew Xiao Yi’s consciousness into a mysterious space and began revealing the technique’s forms.

Xiao Xuan explained the Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art’s cultivation requirements and adjusted its first art so Xiao Yi could begin learning it. After training Xiao Yi in basic spear techniques, Xiao Xuan was about to return to the storage ring, but Xiao Yi asked to study the first art that night.

• Xiao Xuan explained that the Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art required the Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear and higher cultivation levels for its later arts, then altered the first art’s restrictions for Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi took up the spear and began training, while Xiao Xuan corrected his stance and taught him the basic techniques.
• Xiao Yi improved under Xiao Xuan’s guidance but grew exhausted from practicing with the heavy spear.
• Xiao Xuan ended the training session, but Xiao Yi asked him to teach the first art of the Sky-Breaking Art before they stopped for the night.
• Xiao Xuan agreed that Xiao Yi could become familiar with the art, though he warned him that learning it in one night was unrealistic.

Xiao Yi trained under Xiao Xuan's guidance and began to grasp the first art of the Dragon Abyss Sky-Breaking Art, then spent half a month cultivating alongside Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan visited him after reaching the fourth stage of Dou Qi, and the two headed to the Combat Skills Hall to choose combat skills.

• Xiao Yi struggled to gather enough Dou Qi to use the Dragon Abyss First Awakening Art, but insisted on continuing because the Xiao Clan needed him.
• Xiao Xuan stopped Xiao Yi's training for the day and urged him to cultivate patiently, telling him the Xiao Clan's future depended on everyone.
• Over half a month, Xiao Yi trained daily and gained a few traces of the first art, while Xiao Yan also cultivated on his own.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Yi and revealed that he had reached the fourth stage of Dou Qi after three years.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Yi to the Combat Skills Hall to look for suitable combat skills.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan watched Xiao Xun'er defeat Xiao Ning at the Combat Skills Hall, where Xiao Yan noticed her powerful golden combat skill. Xiao Ning provoked Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan, then accepted Xiao Yi's challenge, only to learn Xiao Yi had reached the two-star Dou Practitioner realm as Xiao Yi appeared behind him.

• Xiao Yi brought Xiao Yan to watch Xiao Xun'er spar with Xiao Ning, and Xun'er defeated Xiao Ning with a golden-light combat skill.
• Xiao Ning mocked Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi taunted him about relying on the First Elder's medicinal herbs to reach the eighth stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ning tried to strike Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yi caught his hand and warned him to stop.
• Xiao Ning accepted Xiao Yi's challenge, confident that his eighth-stage Dou Qi would defeat someone he believed was still at the first stage.
• Xiao Yi revealed that he was a two-star Dou Practitioner and appeared behind Xiao Ning before he could react.

Xiao Yi crippled Xiao Ning after Xiao Ning threatened him, then reassured Xiao Yan and Xun'er that the injury would not damage Xiao Ning’s foundation. That night, Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yi the low Earth-rank Scarlet Sun Heaven-Burning Art, then revealed he also possessed a self-created Heaven-rank secret art, the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yi struck Xiao Ning and crippled one of his legs, sparing his life because they were clansmen.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Yan and Xun'er that his status as a two-star Dou Practitioner would protect him from the First Elder’s retaliation.
• Xiao Yan resolved to work harder so he could catch up to Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi went to cultivate in the back mountains, where Xiao Xuan praised how he had dealt with Xiao Ning and criticized his slow cultivation progress.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yi the low Earth-rank Scarlet Sun Heaven-Burning Art, which could strengthen Dou Qi through flames.
• After Xiao Yi hinted that the method was not powerful enough, Xiao Xuan admitted he had created the Heaven-rank secret art Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yi asked Xiao Xuan about strange flames, the Burning Formula, and whether his ancestor could be revived, then began cultivating the Scarlet Sun Heaven-Burning Art. The chapter left Xiao Yi enduring a dangerous heart-flame trial under Xiao Xuan's guidance.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yi that the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame required a strange flame and advised him to focus on cultivating the Burning Heaven Formula.
• Xiao Yi asked about the Burning Formula, and Xiao Xuan explained that powerful cultivators could control several strange flames without it, though his own flames vanished when he self-destructed.
• Xiao Yi proposed finding spiritual medicine and forging a body to revive Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Xuan dismissed the idea and urged him to grow stronger first.
• Xiao Yi asked whether he could change cultivation methods without losing his Dou Qi, and Xiao Xuan assured him he could cultivate other techniques later.
• Xiao Yi began cultivating the Scarlet Sun Heaven-Burning Art in the cave and endured searing pain as a heart flame formed and flared within his meridians.
• Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yi to withstand the pain and keep the heart flame from going out.

Xiao Yi stabilized the heartfire of his Earth-rank technique, then trained with his spear through the night as Xiao Xuan saw him as a worthy heir to the Xiao Clan’s legacy. The next day, Xiao Yi faced accusations over Xiao Ning’s injury, and Xiao Zhan dismissed the dispute before asking Xiao Yi to accompany him somewhere that afternoon.

• Xiao Yi endured the pain of cultivating until he stabilized heartfire, and Xiao Xuan praised his talent and urged him toward the Dou King realm.
• Xiao Yi continued practicing spear techniques beneath the moon while Xiao Xuan recalled his own life and hoped Xiao Yi would lead the Xiao Clan back to its peak.
• The next morning, the First Elder accused Xiao Yi of crippling Xiao Ning, but Xiao Yi defended his actions and pointed out that Xiao Ning’s cultivation came from medicinal materials.
• Xiao Zhan stopped the First Elder from confronting Xiao Yi, dismissed the matter, and privately praised Xiao Yi’s rapid progress to two-star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Yi to accompany him somewhere that afternoon, explaining that they would not call Xiao Yan.

Xiao Zhan took Xiao Yi to the Mitre Auction House to seek medicinal pills and herbs, where Xiao Yi noticed Xiao Yan in disguise and Xiao Xuan sensed something unusual about him. Xiao Zhan then bid aggressively on a Foundation-Building Elixir for Xiao Yan, leaving the auction's outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yi to the Mitre Auction House and explained that he hoped to buy pills for Xiao Yi and herbs for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi spotted Xiao Yan in a black robe at the auction, and Xiao Xuan sensed strange soul power and a trace of Heavenly Flame around him.
• Yafei began the auction and presented a Foundation-Building Elixir suited to cultivators below the Dou Zhe level.
• Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa drove the bidding for the elixir up, while Xiao Zhan waited to make his move.
• Xiao Zhan bid forty thousand gold coins and declared he would keep raising the price, prompting Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa to back down.

Xiao Zhan bought the Foundation-Building Elixir for Xiao Yan and the Wind Scroll Art for Xiao Yi at the auction. Though Xiao Yi already practiced a stronger fire-attributed technique, he accepted Xiao Zhan’s gift, moved by his uncle’s care.

• Xiao Zhan won the Foundation-Building Elixir for forty thousand gold coins after Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa stopped bidding.
• Yafei presented the high-grade Xuan-class Wind Scroll Art as the auction’s grand finale, and Xiao Zhan said he wanted it for Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Zhan the wind-attributed technique did not suit his fire-attributed battle qi, but Xiao Zhan insisted on bidding for the Xiao Clan’s future.
• Xiao Zhan outbid Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa with a five-hundred-thousand-gold-coin offer, and they withdrew.
• Xiao Zhan explained that Xiao Yi could trade the Wind Scroll Art for a suitable fire-attributed technique later, and Xiao Yi accepted the scroll after the auction.

Xiao Yi followed Xiao Yan after the latter left the Mitre Auction House, and the two reunited at their usual spot in the Xiao Clan Back Mountain. Xiao Yi introduced Xiao Xuan to Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, who recognized Xiao Xuan’s fearsome name.

• Xiao Yi waited for Xiao Yan outside the Mitre Auction House and followed him while both men concealed their identities beneath black robes.
• Yao Chen attacked Xiao Yi with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but Xiao Xuan’s power deflected it; Xiao Yi then revealed himself to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan went to the Xiao Clan Back Mountain and discussed how Xiao Yi had recognized him and blocked the flame.
• Xiao Yan summoned Yao Chen, and Xiao Yi called forth Xiao Xuan to meet him.
• Xiao Xuan identified Yao Chen’s Medicine Clan origins and strength, then gave his name, leaving Yao Chen shaken by its significance.

Xiao Xuan met Yao Chen and arranged for him to teach Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan alchemy while continuing to train Xiao Yi himself. Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan prepared for the coming-of-age ceremony in three months, and Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yi to use pills to speed up his cultivation.

• Yao Chen respectfully greeted Xiao Xuan after learning that Xiao Yi was his descendant, and Xiao Yan followed suit.
• Xiao Xuan approved of Yao Chen teaching Xiao Yan alchemy and arranged for him to teach Xiao Yi as well, while Xiao Xuan would train Xiao Yi at night.
• Xiao Yi explained to Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan had once been a peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng and one of the ancient eight clans' greatest figures.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger before the coming-of-age ceremony and to announce the return of the Xiao Clan's twin supremes.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yi that Yao Chen should refine pills to support his cultivation, which he considered too slow at two-star Dou Zhe.