Chapter Summaries

Xiao Le, a transmigrator with a trait-downloading ability, struggled to recover after taking a fragment of Xiao Yan’s Protagonist Halo and joined his twin at the clan’s humiliating cultivation test. After asking Xiao Zhan for money, Xiao Le went to the Xiao Family Marketplace to search for useful bargains.

• Xiao Le and Xiao Yan each tested at the Third Stage of Dou Qi Power and faced ridicule from the clan crowd.
• Xiao Le recalled that downloading a fragment of Xiao Yan’s Protagonist Halo had drained his vitality and erased his cultivation, forcing him to spend years recovering.
• Xiao Xun'er comforted Xiao Yan while Xiao Le sat beside them, and Xiao Mei earned praise after testing at the Seventh Stage.
• Xiao Le asked Xiao Zhan for gold coins, and Xiao Zhan gave him and Xiao Yan one thousand gold coins each.
• The next morning, Xiao Le visited the Xiao Family Marketplace and inspected the stalls for a bargain.

Xiao Le used his ability to find magic cores in a stall’s beast corpses and won a wager against Jia Lie Ao. He bought more corpses and a storage ring from the masked woman, who watched him leave with interest.

• Xiao Le spotted the masked woman’s [Attract Wealth] label and chose two beast corpses from her stall.
• Jia Lie Ao challenged Xiao Le to gamble one thousand gold coins on whose selected corpses contained magic cores, and Xiao Le accepted.
• The servant found no cores in Jia Lie Ao’s corpses but extracted two from Xiao Le’s, forcing Jia Lie Ao to pay the wager.
• The masked woman offered Xiao Le more beast corpses, and he selected three second-rank and sixteen first-rank corpses.
• Xiao Le bought the corpses and a storage ring for two thousand gold coins, then left as the masked woman said they would meet again.

Xiao Le discovered that he could download magical beasts’ bloodlines, beast souls, cultivation arts, and battle skills from their remains and cores. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran arrived with Ge Ye to ask Xiao Zhan to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan refused Ge Ye’s offer of Qi Gathering Powder.

• Xiao Le downloaded abilities from magical beast corpses and cores, completing some bloodlines and gathering a large collection of cultivation arts and battle skills.
• Xiao Le tested a bloodline and beast soul on a white mouse, then Xiao Yan summoned him to meet distinguished guests.
• Xiao Zhan’s elders left Xiao Yan and Xiao Le without seats, prompting Xiao Zhan to threaten to leave the Xiao Family before Xiao Xun’er invited the brothers to sit beside her.
• Ge Ye introduced himself and brought Nalan Yanran and a young man from the Misty Cloud Sect; Xiao Le explained that Nalan Yanran was Xiao Yan’s fiancée.
• Ge Ye asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan angrily refused despite Ge Ye presenting Qi Gathering Powder.

Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s attempt to end their engagement on her terms and made a three-year agreement to settle the matter at Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Le pledged to stand beside his brother, then went to the marketplace to collect traits from Magic Beast cores, while Xiao Yan asked his newly awakened teacher to teach Xiao Le too.

• Xiao Le defended Xiao Yan against the Xiao Family elders and condemned Nalan Yanran for humiliating Xiao Zhan and the family.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yan to fight her in three years, and Xiao Yan accepted by signing a blood-stamped letter and declaring that he would ascend Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Le promised to accompany Xiao Yan, and both brothers knelt before Xiao Zhan and vowed to restore their family’s honor.
• Outside the hall, Xiao Le told Xiao Yan that he had recovered to the third stage of Dou Qi and left to pursue girls.
• Xiao Le visited marketplace stalls and gathered traits from first-tier Magic Beast cores before turning toward the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan asked his newly awakened teacher to teach Xiao Le as well as him.

Xiao Le harvested powerful techniques and abilities from magic cores at the Mittel Auction House, then edited and bestowed them on Xiao Zhan. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan telling Xiao Le that he could cultivate again and inviting him to his room that night.

• Xiao Le downloaded techniques, cultivation methods, bloodline fragments, and beast souls from the Mittel Auction House’s magic cores, with Ya Fei allowing him access to the rear warehouse.
• Xiao Le edited the quasi-Earth-tier techniques from a fourth-tier Earth Shield Lizard core into wind-attributed abilities and bloodline entries.
• Xiao Le bestowed Xiao Zhan with the Clear Wind Extreme Shadow technique, three quasi-Earth-tier wind techniques, and an incomplete Wind Shield Lizard Blood Spirit.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Le that he could cultivate again and invited him to his room that night, while Medicine Elder remarked that Xiao Yan seemed strange.

Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Le to Medicine Elder, who agreed to train both brothers. The next day, Medicine Elder brewed a Foundation-Building Elixir and prepared a hot spring for their cultivation, leaving Xiao Yan and Xiao Le soaking in it and refining its medicinal power.

• Xiao Yan summoned Medicine Elder and introduced him to Xiao Le, and Medicine Elder agreed to train both brothers.
• Xiao Le sacrificed many of his stored entries to obtain a pale green starlight mote that could power an entry download.
• Xiao Yan borrowed money from Xiao Xun'er and used Xiao Le's magic beast cores to gather ingredients for Medicine Elder's elixir.
• Medicine Elder made a Foundation-Building Elixir and poured it into a back-mountain hot spring, then set up a restriction to contain its medicinal essence.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Le entered the jade-green hot spring and began cultivating by refining the elixir.

Xiao Le sold rare cultivation manuals and battle skills to obtain money and ingredients, then discovered Mountain Essence Milk in the hot spring and infused it into the pool. Medicine Elder added Foundation-Building Elixir to the spring, and Xiao Le and Xiao Yan began absorbing its powerful medicinal energy.

• Xiao Le arranged for a maid to copy ten manuals and gave one set to Xiao Zhan, then brought the other set to the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Le teased Ya Fei about recognizing her as the masked woman from the Xiao Family Market and sold her five cultivation methods and five battle skills for 670,000 gold coins.
• Xiao Le used the proceeds to buy ingredients, then discovered two portions of Mountain Essence Milk in the hot spring and bestowed them upon its water.
• Medicine Elder refined ten portions of Foundation-Building Elixir and poured them into the spring, explaining that the Mountain Essence Milk had fused with the pool.
• Medicine Elder sent Xiao Le and Xiao Yan into the spring, where they began refining the medicinal power as gentle milky-white energy repaired their meridians.

After reaching the sixth stage of Dou Qi, Xiao Le and Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family and faced Xiao Ning’s taunts at the Battle Skill Pavilion. Later, Xiao Le intervened when the Wild Leopard Mercenary Group threatened the Surging Waves Mercenary Group, offering ten thousand gold coins to buy their lives.

• Xiao Le and Xiao Yan woke after three days of cultivation, having both reached the sixth stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Zhan celebrated their progress.
• At the Battle Skill Pavilion, Xiao Ning mocked the brothers, but Xiao Le confronted him and reminded the crowd of their sudden improvement.
• Xiao Yan left to spend the afternoon with Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Le visited the markets and collected magic cores.
• Xiao Le learned that the Wild Leopard Mercenary Group was trying to force the weakened Surging Waves Mercenary Group to merge with them.
• When Wang Sheng ordered his men to kill Duan Quan's group, Xiao Le offered ten thousand gold coins to buy their lives, and Wang Sheng accepted.

Xiao Le built a force of his own by reorganizing the Surging Waves Mercenary Group as Hundred Joy Hall, then trained with Xiao Yan under Medicine Elder and enhanced their hot spring for cultivation. A month later, both brothers had reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan fought Xiao Ning despite being at a lower stage.

• Duan Quan told Xiao Le that the Wild Leopard Mercenary Group coveted the Wind Scroll Art, and Xiao Le recruited the remaining Surging Waves Mercenary Group members and gave Duan Quan a cultivation method, combat techniques, and a Blood Spirit.
• Xiao Le renamed the group Hundred Joy Hall, arranged for four Xiao Family guards to manage it, and left its operations in Duan Quan's hands.
• Medicine Elder taught Xiao Le and Xiao Yan the high-grade Profound-tier Eight Extremes Collapse and began their training by whipping them and forcing them to recover in the hot spring.
• After a month of training, Xiao Le and Xiao Yan both reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi, while Xiao Le fused three water-attribute magical cores into the spring.
• Xiao Yan still clashed with Xiao Ning and, using Eight Extremes Collapse, overcame the stronger opponent despite being at the seventh stage of Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Le reached the peak of Dou Qi and prepared to break through, while Medicine Elder identified Xiao Yan's alchemist-compatible attributes and Xiao Le's lightning attribute. After buying alchemy supplies at the Mittel Auction House, the brothers returned home as Medicine Elder began refining Qi Gathering Powder for them.

• Medicine Elder assessed the brothers' solid foundations, identified Xiao Yan's fire-and-wood attributes and Xiao Le's lightning attribute, and agreed to teach Xiao Yan alchemy.
• Xiao Le cheered up when Xiao Yan encouraged him to pursue alchemy despite his lightning attribute, and Medicine Elder told both brothers to prepare for breakthroughs into the Dou Practitioner realm.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Le bought medicine cauldrons and medicinal ingredients at the Mittel Auction House, where they met Ya Fei and second-tier alchemist Gu Ni.
• Xiao Le downloaded Gu Ni's alchemist experience, soul power, flame, and two pill formulas while Xiao Yan told Gu Ni that their master might offer him guidance.
• The brothers returned to the Xiao Family, summoned Medicine Elder, and watched him begin refining two batches of Qi Gathering Powder.

After recovering his Dou Qi, Xiao Le chose a lightning cultivation method, refined Peach-Scented Flower Lightning, and left the Xiao Family to develop Hundred Joy Hall. After days of studying lightning alchemy, he successfully tempered a medicinal herb and became a lightning alchemist.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Le broke through to Dou Zhe, and Xiao Le chose Silver Radiance Thunder Glory while Xiao Yan chose Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Le modified Flame Mantra into Thunder Art, refined Peach-Scented Flower Lightning, and reached Two-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Le left the Xiao Family and returned to Hundred Joy Hall, where he planned to refine pills and visit an ancient tomb.
• Xiao Le spent days comprehending lightning's power of creation, then used lightning to temper a medicinal herb without burning it.
• Xiao Le celebrated his success as a lightning alchemist, accidentally turned the medicinal powder to ash, and continued practicing.

Xiao Le discovered that he could refine medicine with lightning affinity and rapidly mastered the making of pills. He left for solo training in the forest outside Wutan City, where he encountered a Windclaw Wolf and began fighting it.

• Xiao Le refined his first batch of Hemostatic Powder with lightning affinity, astonishing Duan Quan and the others.
• Xiao Le practiced refining medicinal powders, exhausted Xiao Yan’s prepared ingredients, and acquired common pill formulas from Master Gu Ni.
• After ten days of refining, Xiao Le achieved a near-perfect success rate with first-grade pills and stocked enough to supply Hundred Joy Hall for two months.
• Xiao Le sought advice from Duan Quan and the others, then entered the forest outside Wutan City with insect-repelling powder.
• Xiao Le encountered a first-tier Windclaw Wolf, attacked with Eight Extremes Collapse, and suffered a hidden loss when it dodged and fired a wind blade.

Xiao Le obtained the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture and Heavenly Demon Sacred Blood, then returned to Wutan City after a month of training. With Medicine Elder’s help, Xiao Le and Xiao Yan refined the lightning and flame powers, leaving them stronger but with their cultivation restrained at four-star Dou Practitioner.

• Xiao Le broke the gravestone, took the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture and sacred-realm token, and dug out a drop of depleted Heavenly Demon Sacred Blood.
• Xiao Le downloaded the blood’s Heavenly Demon Evil Power and collected the inheritance’s techniques, pill formulas, and other treasures.
• After a month of combat training, Xiao Le killed a Shadow Panther and returned to Wutan City, where Xiao Yan recognized him.
• Xiao Le told Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder about the lightning and flame powers, and Medicine Elder prepared a medicinal hot spring to help them refine the powers safely.
• The lightning and flame attacked Xiao Le and Xiao Yan’s battle qi vortices, but Medicine Elder suppressed and refined them, allowing both to advance before he forced their cultivation back to four-star Dou Practitioner.

Xiao Le became Medicine Elder’s disciple and helped the Xiao Family’s pill business flourish, prompting the Jia Lie Clan to retaliate by cutting off its herb supplies. Xiao Le offered to seek help from the Mittel Auction House as the family faced a looming crisis.

• Xiao Le refined a pill with thunder-element lightning, impressing Medicine Elder, who accepted him as a disciple and passed on his alchemy knowledge.
• Xiao Le’s affordable pills boosted the Xiao Family Market, while the Jia Lie Clan struggled to compete and eventually began selling cheaper pills of its own.
• Xiao Yan proposed introducing new varieties of pills, allowing the Xiao Family to regain its advantage over the Jia Lie Clan.
• The Jia Lie Clan disrupted the Xiao Family’s herb supply by pressuring merchants and attacking three herb convoys.
• Xiao Yan suggested seeking help from the Mittel Auction House, and Xiao Le volunteered to persuade Ya Fei.

Xiao Le persuaded Ya Fei to have the Mittel Auction House supply medicinal ingredients to the Xiao Family and agreed to escort her to the Imperial Capital. After five days of travel, they arrived in the powerful capital, where Xiao Le would face the rivals competing for the Miter Family’s business quota.

• Xiao Le met Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and negotiated the Xiao Family’s access to medicinal ingredients in exchange for introducing his teacher, supplying the auction house with pills, and escorting Ya Fei to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Le returned to the Xiao Family and told Xiao Zhan and the elders that the Mittel Auction House had agreed to help.
• Xiao Le departed with Ya Fei and learned that his main rivals in the competition would be Mittel Hao, Mu Zhan, and Nalan Jun.
• Xiao Le traveled with Ya Fei for five days, cultivating along the way, and arrived with her in the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Le saw that the Imperial Capital’s city guards were Dou Masters and that powerful cultivators, including Grand Dou Masters, were common there.

Ya Fei brought Xiao Le to the Miter Family Residence, where Miter Lie insulted them and challenged Xiao Le. Xiao Le effortlessly drained the Dou Qi from Miter Lie’s attack, and after Miter Lie withdrew, Xiao Le and Ya Fei flew to the main Miter Family grounds.

• Ya Fei showed Xiao Le around the heavily fortified Miter Family Residence and told him that Miter Lie was the Second Elder’s grandson.
• Miter Lie insulted Ya Fei and Xiao Le, demanded that Xiao Le leave her, and blocked their way when they tried to walk off.
• Xiao Le told Miter Lie to get lost, then neutralized his Thousand Waves Palm by draining its Dou Qi with gray-black lightning.
• Ya Fei confronted Miter Lie, who gave up and left after she warned him not to provoke her.
• The Miter Family arranged a flying Magic Beast, and Ya Fei and Xiao Le flew to the family’s main grounds.

Xiao Le met Ya Fei’s father, Mittel Tengshan, and learned more about the Miter Family’s internal power struggles. After Ya Fei described Xiao Le’s abilities and mysterious teacher, her father urged her to face her feelings for him, leaving her dazed as the competition gathered in the martial arena.

• Ya Fei led Xiao Le to meet her father, Mittel Tengshan, and revealed that Xiao Le was one of the former Jia Ma Twin Stars.
• Mittel Tengshan sent Xiao Le ahead to the martial arena, then questioned Ya Fei about the brothers’ recovery.
• Ya Fei explained Xiao Le and his brother’s rapid advancement, alchemy talents, and mysterious teacher, whom she suspected might be a Dou Zong.
• Mittel Tengshan asked Ya Fei whether she liked Xiao Le and warned her that a man like him would not lack women, leaving her dazed as the martial arena filled with Miter Family members.

Xiao Le attended the Mittel Family competition, where Miter Lie used his grandfather’s influence to place them in the same melee group. Despite Ya Fei’s concern, Xiao Le accepted the challenge and entered the third platform, where Miter Lie and his allies awaited him.

• The competition drew the empire’s major families, the royal family, and the Misty Cloud Sect, whose late arrival irritated several leaders.
• Mittel Tengshan announced that the first round would be a melee, with contestants divided among four groups.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Le that Miter Lie had arranged for them to be in the same group and urged him to withdraw.
• Xiao Le dismissed the threat, bet Ya Fei that Miter Lie would fare badly, and watched her leave to speak with Yao Ye.
• Xiao Le joined the third platform and saw Miter Lie surrounded by more than a dozen apparent allies.

Xiao Le fought his way through the arena after Miter Lie ordered his followers to attack, using lightning and a combat technique to overcome his opponents. As Miter Lie and the remaining fighters surrounded him, Xiao Le replenished his battle qi with pills and prepared to face the six-star fighter.

• Miter Lie ordered his thirteen companions to attack, and Xiao Le began fighting a four-star fighter.
• Xiao Le evaded the fighter's Breaking Wood Fist and countered with a punch before turning to face other opponents.
• Xiao Le and Miter Lie were among the thirteen people left standing after the arena fight, while Xiao Le's battle qi ran low.
• Yao Ye asked Ya Fei about Xiao Le, and Ya Fei identified him as one of the Twin Stars who had once fallen from grace.
• Xiao Le used Fire-Blowing Palm to knock opponents aside and pull another fighter into a slam as the crowd took notice.
• Miter Lie joined the encirclement, and Xiao Le swallowed a third-grade Qi-Recovery Pill to restore his battle qi.

Xiao Le defeated Miter Lie and his allies in the tournament’s first round, revealing the power of the Heavenly Demon Evil Lightning, and advanced to the semifinals. He began his match against Nalan Jun, whose ice attacks and higher cultivation challenged him, and ended the chapter launching an Eight Extremes Collapse punch.

• Xiao Le crippled Miter Lie’s shoulder with Eight Extremes Collapse, then used the Heavenly Demon Evil Lightning to defeat the remaining fighters and win the first-round match.
• A Miter Family elder tried to pressure Xiao Le after the fight, but Mittel Tengshan intervened and the elder withdrew with Miter Lie.
• Xiao Le recovered with pills before the semifinals, where the draw matched him against Nalan Jun.
• Nalan Jun offered Xiao Le a place in the Nalan Family, and Xiao Le rejected him with a remark about the family.
• Nalan Jun attacked with ice-element Dou Qi, but Xiao Le dodged and then countered his ice spike with Fire-Blowing Palm and Eight Extremes Collapse.