Chapter Summaries

Xiao Le fought Mittel Hao in the championship match and won after a fierce exchange of attacks. Mittel Hao collapsed, and Xiao Le was declared champion.

• Mittel Hao waited for Xiao Le to recover, then challenged him when he awoke.
• Xiao Le's medicinal pills had raised his cultivation to the peak of five-star Dou Zhe.
• Mittel Hao attacked with Fan Gale Slash, while Xiao Le dodged and countered with lightning and Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Mittel Hao thrust his iron fan at Xiao Le's fist, and the clash left Mittel Hao badly injured and Xiao Le bleeding.
• Mittel Hao admitted defeat and collapsed, and Xiao Le was declared champion.

After Yun Leng attacked Xiao Le for refusing to become his disciple, Yao Ye intervened and asked him to help the Jia Ma Empire oppose the Misty Cloud Sect at the Jia Ma Assembly. Xiao Le agreed in exchange for royal protection and three treasures from the Jia Ma Treasury, then gave Ya Fei a cultivation method.

• Yun Leng attacked Xiao Le after he refused to become his disciple, but an old man and Yao Ye stopped him from killing Xiao Le.
• Xiao Le discovered Yao Ye had an upgradeable luck-type entry and downloaded it, sacrificing his depleted Heavenly Demon Sacred Blood.
• Yao Ye asked Xiao Le to stand with the Jia Ma Empire at the upcoming assembly and offered royal protection and three treasures if he defeated the Misty Cloud Sect's prodigy; Xiao Le agreed.
• Ya Fei kissed Xiao Le after he reminded her of their bet, and he bestowed the Heavenly Demon Ancient Scripture entry upon her.

Xiao Le toured the Miter Family’s collection and absorbed magical-core tags, gaining powerful techniques and other rewards. He discovered a mysterious poisonous purple lotus and left hoping Ya Fei could help him obtain it, while also deciding to take the Alchemist Guild’s first-tier examination.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Le that her father had granted him access to the Miter Family’s collection, and she guided him past its guarded entrances.
• Xiao Le absorbed magical cores throughout the collection, explaining to Ya Fei that his cultivation method purified them by consuming their residual beast souls.
• After two days, Xiao Le finished with the core collection, gaining powerful techniques and other benefits, including the Swift Lightning Thunder Shadow Thrust.
• Xiao Le explored the Spirit Medicine Area and found a mysterious purple lotus surrounded by poisonous baleful miasma, whose tags included Purple Abyss Lotus Blossom.
• Xiao Le asked Ya Fei to help him obtain the lotus, then told her he planned to take the Alchemist Guild’s first-tier alchemist examination.

Sixteen-year-old Xiao Le took the first-tier alchemist examination at the Alchemist Guild and used lightning Dou Qi to refine a pill in an unprecedented way. The Guild elders saw his pill’s patterns and recognized him as a rare alchemy and cultivation genius.

• Ya Fei presented the Miter Family’s recommendation letter, and Lan Xi registered Xiao Le for the examination.
• Hu He agreed to oversee Xiao Le’s examination after sensing his powerful soul force and hearing that his mentor was Medicine Elder.
• Xiao Le began refining the assigned Spring Beauty Pill with lightning-attribute Dou Qi, prompting Hu He to silence the skeptical onlookers.
• Xiao Le used the lightning serpent to stabilize the ingredients’ rejection reaction and shape the pill into a smooth, fragrant pill.
• Cang Fa took the completed pill and found a pale-green pill pattern, while the elders praised Xiao Le as a sixteen-year-old alchemist and genius Dou Practitioner.

Xiao Le passed the Alchemist Guild assessment, and Fama asked him to explain how lightning-attribute Dou Qi could refine pills. Xiao Le demonstrated that lightning’s vitality could protect medicinal ingredients, winning the Guild’s recognition and three promised requests.

• Fama learned that Xiao Le had won the Miter Family tournament and welcomed him into the Alchemist Guild as a first-tier alchemist.
• Xiao Le declined to reveal Medicine Elder’s identity, explaining that his master disliked worldly affairs.
• Fama offered Xiao Le three requests in exchange for teaching the Guild how lightning-attribute Dou Qi refined pills, and Xiao Le agreed.
• Xiao Le explained that lightning held a trace of vitality and used it to protect an herb inside his cauldron.
• Fama and the senior alchemists examined the herb’s aura and praised Xiao Le’s method as ingenious.

Xiao Le met Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye before the royal family’s arena match, where Jia Xingtian asked him to defeat the Misty Cloud Sect’s competitor and help protect the empire’s dignity. As the match approached, Xiao Le urged Yao Ye to seek a wider future beyond the Jia Ma Empire, but her sense of duty kept her from following that longing.

• Xiao Le met Jia Xingtian in Yao Ye’s chambers, endured his imposing pressure, and correctly guessed his identity.
• Jia Xingtian suggested that Xiao Le marry Yueyue, but Xiao Le refused because he already loved someone; Yueyue then confronted him angrily.
• Jia Xingtian explained the royal family’s pressure from the Misty Cloud Sect and asked Xiao Le to defeat its competitor, and Xiao Le agreed if the empire would protect his family and friends.
• Jia Xingtian carried Xiao Le to the packed arena, where Jia Ma Empire’s prominent figures welcomed him while the Misty Cloud Sect’s seats remained empty.
• Xiao Le told Yao Ye that she belonged on the wider stage of the Central Plains, but she abandoned her momentary longing after looking at Jia Xingtian.
• An arrogant voice called out from the horizon as the gathering awaited the Misty Cloud Sect.

At the Jia Ma Assembly, Xiao Le faced Yun Jingfeng and the Misty Cloud Sect disciple who had insulted him. After advancing through the early rounds, Xiao Le overwhelmed the disciple’s attacks and revealed a lightning technique that alarmed the VIPs, then vanished as he launched his counterattack.

• Yun Jingfeng and the Misty Cloud Sect arrived at the assembly, and Yun Jingfeng taunted Xiao Le about his brother’s broken engagement.
• The Jia Ma Assembly began, and Xiao Le advanced to the top eleven after his first opponent conceded.
• Xiao Le easily struck down the Misty Cloud Sect disciple who had insulted him, but the disciple rose and used a secret technique to increase his strength.
• Xiao Le activated an ash-gray lightning technique, drawing attention from the VIPs, while Jia Xingtian and other factions declared him an honored guest.
• Xiao Le used Swift Lightning Thunder Shadow Thrust and vanished from sight as his opponent searched the arena.

Xiao Le advanced to the finals and fought Yun Jingfeng, who used the Misty Cloud Sect’s Cloud Spiral Burst to reach peak nine-star Dou Practitioner. Their battle left both severely injured, and Yun Jingfeng took an Explosive Qi Pill to break through to Dou Master as Xiao Le prepared to advance.

• Xiao Le defeated a Misty Cloud Sect disciple, then drew a bye and advanced directly to the finals.
• Yun Jingfeng defeated Mittel Hao with Wind-Screaming Heaven-Shattering Fist, and the Miter Family’s First Elder carried the injured Mittel Hao from the arena.
• Yun Jingfeng attacked Xiao Le before the referee began the final, and Xiao Le countered with Eight Extremes Collapse and Swift Lightning Thunder Shadow Thrust.
• Xiao Le and Yun Jingfeng wounded each other, and Xiao Le held Yun Jingfeng while Heavenly Demon Evil Lightning drained his dou qi.
• Yun Jingfeng detonated his dou qi to escape, then attacked Xiao Le as Xiao Le tried to break through while dodging and absorbing pills.
• Yun Jingfeng took an Explosive Qi Pill despite Fama and Jia Xingtian’s objections, and his aura rose to the Dou Master realm.

After recovering from his tournament battle, Xiao Le returned to the Jia Ma Treasury to claim his rewards and discovered a Beast Venerable’s soul imprint within a beast bone. The Beast Venerable identified Yao Ye as suited to its inheritance, and Xiao Le passed that inheritance to her before leaving.

• Xiao Le explained to Yao Ye that he had risked defeat against Yun Jingfeng to break through, then recovered fully after several days of unconsciousness.
• Xiao Le told Yao Ye he was leaving for Wutan City and accompanied her to the royal treasury to choose three treasures.
• Xiao Le spotted the Five-Beast Transformation Art, the Heavenly Beast Spirit-Burning Art, and a peach pit with mysterious entries.
• When Xiao Le touched the beast bone, the Beast Venerable’s soul imprint awakened and asked him to take it away and choose a magical beast core to help it recover.
• Xiao Le chose the peach pit, beast bone, and a damaged seventh-tier magical beast core, then learned from the Beast Venerable that Yao Ye carried magical beast bloodline.
• Xiao Le secretly passed the Beast Venerable’s inheritance to Yao Ye, who was overjoyed but felt it was too precious to accept.

Xiao Le and Ya Fei were ambushed on their journey home, forcing Xiao Le to borrow power from the Beast Venerable and flee toward Wutan City. Medicine Elder arrived in time to save them, but Xiao Le lost consciousness after the attackers were killed.

• Xiao Le left the Imperial Capital while Yao Ye stayed behind with Jia Xingtian, unable to follow him.
• Four masked attackers ambushed Xiao Le and Ya Fei in a gorge, and the Beast Venerable entered the seventh-tier magic core to help.
• The Beast Venerable infused Xiao Le with the core's power, allowing him to kill three Da Dou Shi before fleeing from the pursuing Dou Ling with Ya Fei.
• Medicine Elder sensed Xiao Le's danger, rushed from Wutan City, and joined forces with the Beast Venerable to empower Xiao Le and kill the Dou Ling.
• Medicine Elder imprisoned the Beast Venerable, and Xiao Le collapsed unconscious against Ya Fei.

After recovering from the ambush, Xiao Le examined rare treasures and used a soul crystal to preserve beast souls, helping Medicine Elder and Beast Venerable recover. As the Xiao Family strengthened its position and the coming-of-age ceremony approached, news that Xiao Yu was returning from Jianan Academy left Xiao Le nervous.

• Xiao Le awoke injured, and Ya Fei promised to seek royal and Miter Family protection for the Xiao Family against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Le showed Medicine Elder and Beast Venerable a soul crystal, Netherworld Lotus, Flat Peach pit, and inheritance beast bone, and Medicine Elder explained their uses.
• Xiao Le infused beast souls into the soul crystal, creating a powerful source of soul energy for Medicine Elder and Beast Venerable.
• Medicine Elder made Beast Venerable swear not to harm Xiao Le, and Xiao Le promised to help Beast Venerable recover one day.
• Xiao Le learned the Heavenly Beast Spirit-Burning Art from the inheritance beast bone and copied it for Xiao Yan.
• With the Miter Family's secret help, the Xiao Family's market district grew dominant over the Jia Lie Clan, while news of Xiao Yu's return from Jianan Academy made Xiao Le nervous.

Xiao Le and Xiao Yan attended their coming-of-age ceremony, which began with a visit to their mother’s grave and ended with both brothers displaying remarkable cultivation. Three days later, a beautiful woman arrived at the Xiao Family with a complicated expression.

• Xiao Le brought Ya Fei to the ancestral cemetery, where Xiao Zhan introduced her and the family paid respects to the brothers’ mother.
• Xiao Zhan led Xiao Yan, Xiao Le, Ya Fei, and Xiao Xun'er to the crowded Xiao Family Square for the ceremony.
• Xiao Yan tested at four-star Dou Practitioner, while Xiao Le tested at six-star Dou Practitioner, astonishing the gathered guests.
• The guests left considering how to build ties with the Xiao Family as its rise seemed inevitable.
• Three days later, a beautiful figure entered the Xiao Family with a complex expression.

Xiao Le reconciled with Xiao Yu after she returned from Jianan Academy and gave her a powerful water-element cultivation method and a Divine-Grade Water Emperor Bloodline fragment. As Xiao Le settled back into life with Xiao Yu, Liu Xi prepared to tour the market district, unknowingly heading toward his death.

• Xiao Le encountered Xiao Yu in the market district and took her to the Xiao Family's back mountain, where she confronted him about Ya Fei and his unfaithfulness.
• Xiao Yu heard about Xiao Le's achievements over the past year and told him she was happy that his vitality and talent had returned.
• Xiao Le gave Xiao Yu a high-grade Earth-class water-element cultivation method and used a Divine-Grade Water Emperor Bloodline fragment to help her reach seven-star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Yu embraced and kissed Xiao Le after completing her cultivation conversion, while the First Elder later stopped interfering in their relationship.
• Xiao Ning tried to confront Xiao Le over his relationship with Xiao Yu, but Xiao Le defeated him in one move.
• Jia Lie Bi asked Liu Xi when his teacher would arrive, and Liu Xi said his teacher would come within days before setting out to tour the market with Ao'er.

Xiao Le and Xiao Yan confronted Liu Xi and Jia Lie Ao after Liu Xi harassed Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er, then drove off Jia Lie Bi with help from Xiao Zhan. The brothers returned home and decided Liu Xi had to die, but they needed to avoid killing him openly because of his powerful teacher.

• Xiao Le ran into Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er while carrying snacks for Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu took Xun'er shopping with her.
• Xiao Le and Xiao Yan intervened when Liu Xi and Jia Lie Ao blocked Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Le slapped Liu Xi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Le struck Jia Lie Ao and Liu Xi after Liu Xi threatened the Xiao Family and demanded a night with the girls.
• Jia Lie Bi attacked the brothers, but Xiao Zhan arrived with greater power and forced him to retreat with Jia Lie Ao and Liu Xi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Le agreed Liu Xi had to die, then began considering a way to kill him without provoking his third-tier alchemist teacher.

The Jia Lie Clan’s failing fortunes pushed Jia Lie Bi into an alliance with the Oba Clan, which confronted the Xiao Family alongside Liu Xi’s master and demanded Xiao Le as a disciple. Xiao Yan and Xiao Le fought back with borrowed Grand Dou Master strength, and Xiao Le’s battle with Jia Lie Bi was still underway.

• Jia Lie Bi’s pill stock ran out as suppliers demanded repayment, and the Jia Lie Clan eventually lost control of a mid-tier market to the Xiao Family.
• Steward Mo told Xiao Yan and Xiao Le that the Jia Lie and Oba Clans had come to the Xiao Family, but the brothers chose to fight after Medicine Elder and Beast Venerable raised their strength to five-star Grand Dou Master.
• Liu Xi’s master demanded that Xiao Le become his disciple, while Xiao Zhan refused to hand him over.
• Two masked figures attacked the Oba Clan’s three Grand Dou Masters, killing two and disabling the third before the clan leaders launched a counterattack.
• Xiao Yan faced Oba Pa, Xiao Le faced Jia Lie Bi, and Xiao Zhan fought Liu Xi’s master.
• Jia Lie Bi wounded Xiao Le with his claws, but Xiao Le adapted, formed Dou Qi armor, and blocked Jia Lie Bi’s wind blade.

Xiao Le and the Xiao Family defeated the Jia Lie and Oba clans, taking control of Wutan City. After saying farewell to Ya Fei and Xiao Yu, Xiao Le quietly left to seek experience, leaving gifts for Xiao Zhan.

• Xiao Le killed Jia Lie Bi, and the Xiao Family defeated the remaining attackers, including the Oba clan’s leader and the Jia Lie elders.
• Xiao Zhan sent the Xiao Family to conquer the Jia Lie and Oba clans, whose assets and foundations were absorbed into the Xiao Family.
• Ya Fei arrived, and Xiao Le told her he planned to leave and return in half a year for Jianan Academy’s recruitment.
• Xiao Yu and Ya Fei met warmly, while Xiao Le prepared to depart and urged them to get along.
• After the celebratory banquet, Xiao Le left Xiao Zhan a note and the Nethersea Flood Dragon Beast inheritance and complete Blood Spirit, then quietly departed.
• Xiao Zhan revealed that he had been awake and watched Xiao Le leave with reluctance and gratification.

Xiao Le found Little Fairy Doctor in the Magic Beast Mountain Range and rescued her from falling, then discovered a hidden cave with her. They defeated a Rock Snake, opened the cave’s stone door, and uncovered an inheritance chamber containing a map fragment, poison manual, and Dou Techniques.

• Xiao Le searched the cliffs for a hidden cave and rescued Little Fairy Doctor when she slipped.
• Xiao Le recognized Little Fairy Doctor’s Woeful Poison Body, and the two spotted a cave beneath them.
• Xiao Le carried Little Fairy Doctor to the cave, dodged a Rock Snake’s attack, and killed it with Swift Lightning Thunder Shadow Thrust.
• Little Fairy Doctor found the mechanism that opened the stone door, and the pair entered the inheritance chamber.
• Xiao Le took a map fragment from the skeleton and opened three boxes containing the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and two Dou Techniques, including Eagle's Wings.

Xiao Le met Hu Wei, who was jealous of his closeness with Little Fairy Doctor and tried to recruit him. The chapter ended with Hu Wei ordering an investigation into Xiao Le after learning that he and Little Fairy Doctor had jumped off a cliff.

• Xiao Le noticed Hu Wei carried an incomplete Heaven-tier High-Grade Dou Technique called Nine-Death Heavenly Silkworm Transformation.
• Little Fairy Doctor introduced Hu Wei as the young leader of the Tiger Fist Mercenary Group and said Xiao Le had saved her.
• Hu Wei invited Xiao Le to join his group, but Xiao Le refused.
• Little Fairy Doctor took Xiao Le by the hand and led him away, enraging Hu Wei.
• Hu Wei smashed a cup and ordered his men to investigate Xiao Le and kill him, then heard that someone had seen the pair jump off a cliff.

Xiao Le slaughtered the men in Scarface’s tent, recruited Scarface—who revealed his name was Wang Yitang—and sent him to arrange a Hundred Joy Hall branch in Qingshan Town. Meanwhile, Hu Wei confronted Little Fairy Doctor over an inheritance and threatened her, leaving her in danger as Xiao Le headed to her tent.

• Xiao Le killed everyone in Scarface’s tent except Scarface and offered him the chance to submit.
• Scarface accepted, gave his name as Wang Yitang, and received a wood-element Earth-tier inheritance from Xiao Le.
• Xiao Le ordered Wang Yitang to find Duan Quan of Hundred Joy Hall and arrange for a branch in Qingshan Town.
• Wang Yitang told Xiao Le that Hu Wei had gone to Little Fairy Doctor’s tent, and Xiao Le set off to help her.
• Hu Wei demanded Little Fairy Doctor’s inheritance, then threatened her after she denied having one.

Xiao Le rescued Little Fairy Doctor from Hu Wei and killed the Tiger Fist Mercenary Group leader after defeating his men. He gained the incomplete Divine Silkworm Technique and flew away with Little Fairy Doctor, while the ingredients needed to cultivate it remained a costly challenge.

• Hu Wei tore Little Fairy Doctor's robe and threatened her until Xiao Le arrived and knocked him aside.
• Xiao Le covered Little Fairy Doctor, then used his lightning wings and claws to kill the mercenaries surrounding them.
• Xiao Le traded punches with Hu Wei, discovered the strength of his body-tempering technique, and shattered Hu Wei's cultivation.
• Hu Wei offered treasures, but Xiao Le killed him and obtained the incomplete Nine-Death Heavenly Silkworm Transformation, known as the Divine Silkworm Technique.
• Xiao Le learned that the technique required rare, expensive ingredients, then carried Little Fairy Doctor away on his Wings of Lightning.