Recaps

Xiao Lin’s deal with Yun Shan led Yun Shan to accept Xiao Zhan as his disciple during the Misty Cloud Sect’s ceremony. Xiao Zhan became Yun Shan’s final disciple, strengthening the ties between the Xiao Household and the sect.

• Yun Shan announced that he would take Xiao Zhan as his second disciple, stunning the ceremony’s guests and sect members.
• The chapter revealed that Xiao Lin had negotiated the arrangement in exchange for returning the Misty Cloud Sect’s lost Earth Rank Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Lin nudged Xiao Zhan, who recovered from his surprise and performed the disciple-acceptance ceremony before Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan welcomed Xiao Zhan as his final disciple and explained that Xiao Lin had declined to make him Young Sect Master because he would need to manage the Xiao Household.

Yun Shan took Xiao Zhan as his disciple, tying the Xiao Household more closely to the Misty Cloud Sect and making Yun Yun his senior sister. Over the next two years, the Xiao Household expanded with the sect’s backing while Xiao Zhan advanced to Seven-Star Da Dou Shi at age twenty.

• Yun Shan accepted Xiao Zhan as his disciple, and Yun Yun happily welcomed him as her junior brother.
• Xiao Lin kept his alliance deal with Yun Shan private as Nalan Jie and Mu Chen asked why Xiao Zhan had been chosen.
• Xiao Zhan remained at the Misty Cloud Sect for Yun Shan’s guidance, while Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household.
• The Misty Cloud Sect helped the Xiao Household expand its businesses into neighboring empires, raising its standing among Jia Ma Empire’s factions.
• Over nearly two years, Xiao Zhan’s cultivation rose from Three-Star Dou Master to Seven-Star Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Lin broke through to Two-Star Dou Venerable and later arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect for the Sect Tournament of the Four Great Empires. There, he recognized that Yun Shan had secretly advanced to Dou Zong, while Jia Xing Tian grew suspicious of Yun Shan’s sudden change.

• Xiao Lin left the Xiao Household and spent three days cultivating in a wilderness before breaking through to Two-Star Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household through a spatial passage and stayed to stabilize his realm.
• Xiao Lin arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect on the agreed day to join the Jia Ma Empire’s delegation for the tournament.
• Yun Shan greeted the assembled participants, and Xiao Lin noticed that Yun Shan had become a Dou Zong.
• Jia Xing Tian failed to see through Yun Shan’s cultivation and wondered how he had changed so much.
• Yun Shan noticed Jia Xing Tian watching him and asked what he was thinking.

Yun Shan revealed that he had broken through to Dou Zong, then reassured Jia Xing Tian that the Misty Cloud Sect would not seek to rule or interfere with the Jia Ma Empire. The two leaders agreed to end their factions’ friction, but as the delegation prepared to depart, Hai Bodong was still absent.

• Yun Shan announced his breakthrough to Dou Zong, greatly raising the tournament participants’ morale.
• Jia Xing Tian felt joy for the empire, concern for the royal house, and bitterness over his own lack of progress.
• Yun Shan promised that the Misty Cloud Sect would respect the royal house’s rule and support the empire, while warning it not to provoke the sect.
• Jia Xing Tian accepted Yun Shan’s promise and pledged that the royal house would stop targeting the Misty Cloud Sect.
• As departure time approached, everyone realized that Hai Bodong had not arrived for the Four Great Empires’ Sect Tournament.

Hai Bodong remained in Desert City, weakened by Queen Medusa’s seal and running a map shop, while the Jia Ma Empire’s delegation waited for him before the Sect Tournament. With no sign of him, Yun Shan led the group toward the Cloud Empire, where they arrived after two days and nights of travel.

• Hai Bodong reflected on how Queen Medusa had sealed his strength at the Dou Ling realm and returned to his map shop in Desert City.
• At the foot of Misty Cloud Mountain, Jia Xing Tian questioned Mittel Tengshan about Hai Bodong’s absence, but Mittel Tengshan said he did not know where the Grand Elder had gone.
• Yun Shan and the others suspected Hai Bodong had encountered trouble, while Xiao Lin guessed that he had offended Medusa and was now selling maps.
• Yun Shan ended the wait and told the group to travel to the Cloud Empire, leaving Hai Bodong to join them later if he could.
• The delegation traveled day and night for two days before reaching the Cloud Empire.

Xiao Lin's group arrived in Northern Wasteland City for the Sect Tournament, where Cloud Empire official Xia Che provoked Yun Shan. The four empires gathered at the arena, and two Dou Emperors from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion arrived as witnesses.

• Yun Shan accepted that Hai Bodong would not compete and shouldered the pressure of leading Jia Ma Empire's delegation.
• Xia Che stopped the group at Northern Wasteland City's gates and exchanged barbed remarks with Yun Shan before letting them enter.
• The Cloud Empire assigned the four empires separate sections of the tournament arena as they awaited their referee.
• Two Dou Emperors from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion flew into the arena, and Xiao Lin recognized their affiliation.

The Four Great Empires began their Sect Tournament under witnesses from the Heavenly Serpent Empire, and the Jia Ma Empire drew the Falling Goose Empire as its first opponent. As Yun Shan arranged the lineup, he asked Xiao Lin to lead the Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Wang matches.

• Two Dou Emperor experts from the Heavenly Serpent Empire agreed to witness the tournament and warned the empires to accept the results.
• The witnesses explained the tournament’s point system, gauntlet matches, and draw, then the Jia Ma Empire drew the Falling Goose Empire.
• Yun Shan’s group considered the Jia Ma Empire’s lineup, with the Dou Wang and Dou Emperor matches expected to be especially important.
• Yun Shan assigned Jia Xing Tian to lead the Dou Emperor matches, and Jia Xing Tian accepted.
• Feng Li offered to lead the Dou Wang matches, but Yun Shan instead asked Xiao Lin to take the lead.

Yun Shan chose Xiao Lin to lead Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Wang matches, expecting him to sweep Falling Goose Empire’s contestants. After the earlier contests left Jia Ma Empire three points behind, Xiao Lin faced Yan Penghong, Yan Bohong’s brother, as the Dou Wang battle began.

• Yun Shan assigned Xiao Lin to lead the Dou Wang matches, and Xiao Lin agreed.
• Falling Goose Empire won the Dou Zhe match, while Jia Ma Empire won the Dou Master match.
• Jia Ma Empire won the Da Dou Shi match and Falling Goose Empire won the Dou Ling match, leaving Jia Ma Empire three points behind.
• Xiao Lin, Feng Li, and Yan Shi stepped forward for Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Wang match.
• Yan Penghong provoked Xiao Lin, who recognized him as Yan Bohong’s younger brother and entered the arena.

Xiao Lin fought Yan Penghong, who blamed him for his twin brother Yan Bohong’s presumed death, while concealing his true strength. Xiao Lin overwhelmed Yan Penghong with Earth Dragon Roll, leaving him injured and shocked to discover that a Dou Wang had mastered an Earth Rank Dou Technique.

• Yan Penghong confronted Xiao Lin over Yan Bohong’s presumed death and attacked him with Flying Swallow Slash.
• Xiao Lin dodged the curving wind blade, shattered it with Rock-Shattering Arm, and evaded Yan Penghong’s Hurricane Hammer.
• Xiao Lin and Yan Penghong clashed in the air while spectators expected the Six-Star Battle King to defeat Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin summoned Earth Dragon Roll, whose tail struck Yan Penghong and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Yan Penghong emerged injured and recognized Earth Dragon Roll as an Earth Rank Dou Technique, shocking the onlookers.

Xiao Lin faced three Dou Wangs from the Falling Goose Empire in a gauntlet match and defeated them all, using his Earth Rank Dou Technique and a carefully staged display of exhaustion. He left the arena after securing the Jia Ma Empire’s victory, pretending he had barely managed to endure the final fight.

• Xiao Lin used his rock dragon to overwhelm Yan Penghong, leaving him severely injured and unconscious without killing him.
• Huang Sheng challenged Xiao Lin, but Xiao Lin detonated the rock dragon and sent Huang Sheng out of the arena to win the second match.
• Xiao Lin fought the Falling Goose Empire’s Four-Star Dou Wang without revealing his true strength and kicked him off the arena after nearly a shichen.
• Xiao Lin collapsed after the referee declared him the winner, and Jia Ma Empire’s people carried him down from the arena.

The Jia Ma Empire defeated the Falling Goose Empire in the Dou Emperor battle, bringing its score to 61, but the decisive Dou Zong match remained. Yun Shan and Yan Luotian fought fiercely in the air, and their battle was still unresolved.

• Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and the other Jia Ma fighters won the Dou Emperor battle despite having fewer participants, bringing the empire's score to 61.
• Yan Luotian entered the arena and taunted Yun Shan, who answered that he could still suppress his old rival.
• Yun Shan and Yan Luotian exchanged powerful wind-attributed Dou Techniques, battering the sky and carving ravines into the arena.
• Both Dou Zong experts sustained wind-inflicted wounds but continued fighting to settle their rivalry and determine the nations' outcome.
• Yun Shan and Yan Luotian charged at each other again, exchanged a blow, and passed by one another without a winner being decided.

Yun Shan and Yan Luotian fought to a standstill until Yun Shan unleashed Wind's Extremity: Annihilation and defeated Yan Luotian with one strike. The arena recognized Yun Shan as the winner, and the gathered factions were stunned by his strength.

• Yun Shan and Yan Luotian exchanged attacks and suffered injuries while neither gained a clear advantage.
• Yan Luotian challenged Yun Shan's claim that he would surpass him, unaware that Yun Shan had not used an Earth Rank Dou Technique.
• Yun Shan formed a cyan wind blade and used Wind's Extremity: Annihilation against Yan Luotian.
• Yan Luotian failed to defend against the strike, fell outside the arena, and lay unable to move.
• The spectators declared Yun Shan the winner and reacted with shock at his final strike.

Yun Shan defeated Yan Luotian, securing victory for the Jia Ma Empire, while the Cloud Empire advanced past the Mulan Empire. Xie Biyan then defeated the Mulan Three Elders in a one-against-three Dou Zong match, leaving the Cloud Empire firmly victorious.

• Yun Shan defeated Yan Luotian, who fainted after Yun Shan returned to the Jia Ma Empire's group.
• The Jia Ma Empire defeated the Falling Goose Empire, and the next day the Cloud Empire won enough points against the Mulan Empire to secure victory.
• Xie Biyan offered the Mulan Three Elders a chance to win the Dou Zong match by fighting him together, and they accepted.
• The Mulan Three Elders used the Three Beasts Wilds Technique to combine their Dou Qi and initially matched Xie Biyan's attacks.
• Xie Biyan filled the arena with poisonous mist, weakened the three elders, and defeated them with Poison Explosion.

Xiao Lin volunteered to fight Xie Biyan in the Dou Zong match after Yun Shan admitted he had little chance of winning. After the Mulan Empire defeated the Falling Goose Empire for third place, Xiao Lin appeared in the arena as Jia Ma Empire’s second Dou Zong.

• Yun Shan told Xiao Lin he had only a twenty percent chance of defeating Xie Biyan, so Xiao Lin offered to take the Dou Zong match instead.
• Yan Luotian tried to imitate Xie Biyan’s solo victory but was defeated by the Mulan Three Elders, giving the Mulan Empire third place and the Falling Goose Empire fourth.
• The Jia Ma Empire and the Cloud Empire prepared for their final, with the Cloud Empire ahead in the earlier contests and the Dou Emperor matches ending in draws before the Cloud Empire won through its stronger reserve fighters.
• Xie Biyan called Yun Shan to the arena, but Yun Shan announced that he was not Xie Biyan’s opponent.
• Xiao Lin appeared on the arena in black, confirming Yun Shan’s claim that the Jia Ma Empire had another Dou Zong.

Xiao Lin appeared in disguise to fight Xie Biyan in place of Yun Shan, and the two agreed that victory in this duel would decide the Dou Zong battle. Yun Shan withdrew and reassured the Jia Ma Empire’s group that Xiao Lin was its strongest expert, while Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma recognized him from earlier information but still did not know his identity.

• Xiao Lin appeared on the arena in black nightwear and told Xie Biyan that defeating him would give the Cloud Empire victory in the Dou Zong battle.
• Xie Biyan accepted the terms after Yun Shan confirmed that he would withdraw, and the Heavenly Serpent Empire’s arbiters agreed to the arrangement.
• Yun Shan returned to the Jia Ma Empire’s group and assured them that Xiao Lin was from their empire and would win.
• Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma recalled information from Hai Bodong and realized Xiao Lin was the expert Yun Shan had described as the Jia Ma Empire’s strongest.
• Yun Shan, Jia Xing Tian, and Fa Ma kept Xiao Lin’s identity secret as the rest of the group wondered who he was.

Xiao Lin overwhelmed Xie Biyan, whose poison techniques proved useless against Xiao Lin’s Astral Dou Qi. After seizing Xie Biyan’s poison pearl and knocking him into the arena, Xiao Lin left the crowd astonished at the one-sided fight.

• Xie Biyan attacked Xiao Lin with Myriad Poison Pearl Radiance, but Xiao Lin’s Astral Dou Qi neutralized the poison and his counterpunch sent Xie Biyan flying.
• Xie Biyan hurled an Annihilating Heavenly Poison Pearl at Xiao Lin, who captured and sealed it with the Stellar Hand Seal before storing it away.
• Xie Biyan attacked with a scythe, but Xiao Lin used Seven-Star Void Step to get close and punch him into the arena.
• Xie Biyan spat blood after hearing Xiao Lin’s complaint, while the crowd watched in disbelief at the one-sided clash between the Dou Zong experts.

Xiao Lin dominated Xie Biyan in their battle between Dou Zong experts, overcoming his attacks with superior speed and strength. Xie Biyan surrendered, leaving Xiao Lin celebrated as the Jia Ma Empire’s victor.

• Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma marveled at Xiao Lin’s strength, while Yun Shan refused to reveal anything about him.
• Xie Biyan abandoned his ineffective poison techniques and attacked Xiao Lin with scythe shadows, but Xiao Lin evaded them all with the Seven-Star Void Step.
• Xiao Lin struck Xie Biyan repeatedly with fists and kicks until he knocked the scythe from his hands and slammed him into the arena.
• Xiao Lin pinned Xie Biyan by the throat and asked if he wanted to continue; Xie Biyan surrendered.
• Xiao Lin released Xie Biyan, and the Jia Ma Empire’s spectators cheered his victory.

After Xiao Lin defeated Xie Biyan, the Jia Ma Empire won the Sect Tournament and secured the largest share of the border resources. Back home, Xiao Lin received valuable mining rights and considered using the materials to make Formation Disks.

• The Jia Ma Empire celebrated as Xie Biyan admitted defeat, giving them first place and forty percent of the shared border resources.
• The tournament ended, and the Four Great Empires discussed the next tournament’s format while Xiao Lin returned to his lodgings.
• After the Jia Ma Empire delegation left the Cloud Empire, spies learned only that Xiao Lin was likely a Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Yun Shan gave Xiao Lin mining rights to a Mithril Vein for competing as a Dou Wang and secretly passed the Xiao Household rights to two Jade Crystal Veins, an Ironwood Forest, and a gold mine.
• Xiao Lin welcomed the resources as financial relief and planned to use the materials to make Formation Disks.

Xiao Lin spent a year making formation disks for the Xiao Household and equipping his son, Xiao Zhan, with ways to protect himself while training. He learned that his Mithril Vein had yielded a rare piece of Mithril Essence and ordered it secretly brought back for his own use.

• Xiao Lin gathered materials and spent a year refining his formation-disk craft, eventually making Third-Rank disks and keeping them within the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Lin gave Xiao Zhan a Third-Rank Thunder-Summoning Formation disk and a poison pearl, and secretly left a strand of Mid-Heavenly Realm Soul Power inside him for emergencies.
• Xiao Lin's formation-disk work improved his control over Dou Qi, though he did not break through to become a Five-Rank Spirit Array Master.
• The Mithril Vein manager reported finding a piece of Mithril Essence, and Xiao Lin ordered him to bring it back secretly and then work under the First Elder.

Xiao Lin delayed his journey to the Central Plains so he could spend time with the aging Xiao Dongcheng, whose life could not safely be extended without a rare pill. A year later, Xiao Zhan returned to the Xiao Household holding a young woman’s hand, leaving Xiao Lin to suspect his son had brought home a girlfriend.

• Xiao Lin secured Mithril Essence as a main material for the weapon he planned to make.
• Xiao Lin learned Xiao Dongcheng had at most two years to live, but Xiao Dongcheng asked him to spend that time keeping him company instead of searching for a life-extending pill.
• Xiao Lin postponed his trip to the Central Plains and made time to talk with Xiao Dongcheng while attending to the Xiao Household.
• Another year passed, and Xiao Lin felt he was nearing the breakthrough to Three-Star Dou Venerable.
• A clansman reported that Xiao Zhan had returned, and Xiao Zhan entered the hall holding a young woman’s hand.

Xiao Zhan returned to the Xiao Household with Yang Xiyue and introduced her to his father, Xiao Lin, as the woman he wanted to protect for life. Xiao Zhan explained how their year of traveling together began after he rescued Yang Xiyue and ended with him defeating the enemies pursuing her.

• Xiao Lin examined Yang Xiyue as Xiao Zhan returned and continued holding her hand.
• Xiao Zhan introduced Yang Xiyue to Xiao Lin and declared that he wanted to protect her for the rest of his life.
• Xiao Lin dismissed the watching Xiao Household members and teased Xiao Zhan until he released Yang Xiyue's hand.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Lin that he had traveled around the Jia Ma Empire after leaving the Misty Cloud Sect two years earlier.
• Xiao Zhan explained that he met Yang Xiyue a year ago, rescued her from her enemies, and traveled with her as their feelings grew.
• Xiao Zhan said he had recently reached the Dou Ling realm and wiped out the enemies pursuing Yang Xiyue.

Xiao Lin questioned Yang Xiyue about her family and why she had been hunted, while repeatedly stopping Xiao Zhan from interrupting. Xiao Zhan realized his father wanted to help him propose to Yang Xiyue and fell silent.

• Xiao Lin praised Xiao Zhan for reaching one-star Dou Ling and surviving a year of being pursued without using his prepared trump cards or asking the family for help.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue to stop flirting and asked Yang Xiyue about her family and why she had been hunted.
• Xiao Zhan tried to answer for Yang Xiyue, so Xiao Lin struck him and ordered him to sit quietly.
• Xiao Zhan misunderstood Xiao Lin's questions as opposition to their relationship and declared he would marry Yang Xiyue regardless of her family or any arranged marriage.
• Xiao Lin explained that he needed to learn about Yang Xiyue's family so he could help Xiao Zhan propose, and Xiao Zhan apologized and covered his mouth.

Yang Xiyue told Xiao Lin and Xiao Zhan how her family was destroyed and she fled from the Central Plains to the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Lin accepted her as Xiao Zhan’s partner and said he would not stand in their way.

• Xiao Lin realized Yang Xiyue returned Xiao Zhan’s feelings and asked about her family so he could propose marriage.
• Yang Xiyue explained that a rival Dou Wang family destroyed the Yang Household after its Dou Wang ancestor died, then pursued her surviving clansmen.
• Yang Xiyue said she alone escaped to the Jia Ma Empire, where she met Xiao Zhan while fleeing her pursuers.
• Xiao Zhan broke through to Dou Ling and killed the enemies chasing Yang Xiyue, ending the pursuit.
• Xiao Lin reassured Xiao Zhan that he supported the couple and would not demand a politically advantageous marriage.

Xiao Lin accepted Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue’s relationship and arranged for their wedding and life in the Xiao Household. After they left, he confirmed that Yang Xiyue’s ring contained the sleeping soul of Yao Chen, making her Xiao Yan’s mother as in the original story.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Zhan not to mistreat Yang Xiyue and welcomed her into the Xiao Household as family.
• Xiao Lin said he would arrange Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue’s wedding, then asked Xiao Zhan to prepare her accommodations and take her shopping.
• Xiao Lin teased the couple about making a baby before they were married, and Yang Xiyue hurried Xiao Zhan out of the hall.
• After they left, Xiao Lin recalled that Xiao Yan’s ring had belonged to his mother and realized Yang Xiyue wore it.
• Xiao Lin used Heavenly Realm Soul Power to confirm that the ring held the sleeping soul of Venerable Yao, Yao Chen, and decided there was no need to take it yet.

Xiao Zhan married Yang Xiyue in a grand ceremony attended by Jia Ma Empire’s powerful families and Misty Cloud Sect members. After the guests departed, Xiao Lin watched his son enter the bridal chamber and thought of his late wife, Yun'er.

• Xiao Lin secretly monitored Yao Lao in Yang Xiyue’s ring and prepared for Xiao Zhan’s wedding without alerting him.
• Xiao Lin chose the seventh day of the seventh month as the wedding date, and the Xiao Household sent invitations and made preparations.
• Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue married before guests including Yun Shan, Yun Yun, and leaders and representatives from several major Jia Ma Empire factions.
• Xiao Zhan drank with the wedding guests, then dispelled the alcohol with Dou Qi before entering the bridal chamber.
• Xiao Lin watched the bridal chamber candle go out and remembered his late wife, Yun'er, while holding their token of love.