Chapter Summaries

The Xiao Clan competed with the Ao Ba and Jia Lie Clans for Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid and a One-Stripe Green Spirit Pill at the auction. Xiao Zhan secured two bottles of the liquid and the pill, while Xiao Yao privately confirmed to Xun'er that he had made both medicines.

• Jia Lie Bi withdrew from bidding on the Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid after its price climbed beyond the Jia Lie Clan's means.
• Xiao Zhan outbid Ao Ba Pa for two bottles of Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid, then let Ao Ba Pa win the final three bottles for 120,000 gold coins.
• The auctioned One-Stripe Green Spirit Pill drew bids from Xiao Zhan, Ao Ba Pa, and Jia Lie Bi before Xiao Zhan secured it for 430,000 gold coins.
• After the auction, Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated their purchases, which could strengthen the clan's younger members and help it gain a Da Dou Shi elder.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Yao whether he had made the medicines, and he confirmed it while asking her to keep his secret.

The Jia Lie Clan’s new healing powder severely damaged the Xiao Clan’s marketplace business, so Xiao Yao supplied his family with healing pills and arranged for Xiao Yan to cut off the Jia Lie Clan’s ingredient supply. Xiao Yan accepted the task and headed toward the Mittel Auction House.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders discussed the Jia Lie Clan’s Spring Recovery Powder and summoned Xiao Yao to help protect the Xiao Clan’s pill market.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yao that the Jia Lie Clan’s medicine had cut customer traffic in the Xiao Clan’s marketplaces nearly in half.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Zhan five hundred bottles of First-Grade Blood Coagulation Powder and ten bottles of Second-Grade Bone-Replenishing Pills.
• Xiao Yan came to offer his help, and Xiao Yao asked him to persuade the Mittel Auction House to sell healing ingredients to the Xiao Clan instead of the Jia Lie Clan.
• Xiao Yan gladly accepted Xiao Yao’s assignment.

The Xiao Clan’s Blood Coagulation Powder seized most of Wutan City’s healing medicine market, and Ya Fei visited to announce that the Mittel Auction House had stopped supplying ingredients to the Jia Lie Clan. When Ya Fei noticed Xiao Yan’s black ring, Xiao Yao suspected she had recognized their identities, and he accompanied her out as she left.

• Mercenaries demonstrated Blood Coagulation Powder in Jia Lie Clan marketplaces, drawing customers away from Spring Recovery Powder and restoring the Xiao Clan Marketplace’s popularity.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated the medicine’s success before Ya Fei arrived at the Xiao Clan residence.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Zhan that the Mittel Auction House had stopped supplying the Jia Lie Clan and said the alchemist behind the Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid had already paid the price, leaving the Xiao Clan with no debt to the auction house.
• Ya Fei noticed Xiao Yan’s black ring while accepting tea, and Xiao Yan withdrew his hand as they exchanged wary looks.
• After Ya Fei prepared to leave, Xiao Yao accompanied her out and suspected she might have seen through both his and Xiao Yan’s identities.

Xiao Yao stocked the Xiao Clan marketplace with healing pills and began overseeing its operations. After learning that Xun Er and others had been harassed by Liu Xi and men connected to the Jia Lie Clan, he ordered Payne to gather his men and went to confront them.

• Payne escorted Xiao Yao to the medicinal-pills shop, where the shopkeeper explained that the clan’s healing pills had sold out.
• Xiao Yao filled the empty shelves with healing pills, including second-tier Bone-Replenishing Pills and Qi-Recovery Pills.
• Kelu reported that Xun Er and others had been verbally harassed near the marketplace by Liu Xi and a group that included Galeo of the Jia Lie Clan.
• Xiao Yao gave Kelu a second-tier pill for the information, ordered Payne to bring the men responsible to him alive, and told Kelu to lead the way.
• At the marketplace outskirts, Liu Xi introduced himself to the two women and offered to pay for anything they wanted.

Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and their companions were cornered in the market by Galeo and Liu Xi, who wanted to seize Xun Er. Xiao Yao arrived and stopped them, then ordered Xiao Clan men to deal with the attackers as Galeo and Liu Xi tried to leave.

• Liu Xi showed off his First-Grade Alchemist badge, but Xiao Yu refused his invitation and tried to leave with Xun Er.
• Galeo ordered his men to block their way, while Liu Xi boasted that his Third-Grade Alchemist, Dou Ling master could help destroy the Xiao Clan.
• Xun Er insulted Liu Xi, and Galeo ordered his men to capture her and Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yao arrived and used his pressure to pin the burly men to the ground before checking that Xun Er was safe.
• Xiao Yao mocked Liu Xi and ordered Xiao Clan men to beat him and Galeo, while Liu Xi threatened to take Xun Er.
• Xun Er showed killing intent toward Liu Xi, and Xiao Clan men blocked the market entrance as Galeo and Liu Xi tried to leave.

Xiao Yao drove Galeo and Liu Xi off after they caused trouble on Xiao Clan territory, then evaded Jia Lie Bi until Xiao Zhan arrived and forced the Jia Lie Clan to retreat. That night, Xiao Yao disguised himself and secretly flew toward the Jia Lie Clan.

• Xiao Yao ordered his men to beat Galeo and Liu Xi for harassing members of the Xiao Clan.
• Jia Lie Bi arrived and attacked Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao dispelled his wind blade and dodged his strikes.
• Xiao Zhan intercepted Jia Lie Bi's Xuan Tier Dou Skill and pulled Xiao Yao behind him.
• Xiao Zhan defended Xiao Yao, and Jia Lie Bi left the marketplace with Galeo and Liu Xi.
• Xiao Yao put on a disguise mask and black cloak, formed wings, and flew toward the Jia Lie Clan under cover of night.

Xun Er killed Liu Xi after he tried to flee, explaining that she acted to protect Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao watched from hiding as she left the room and disappeared into the night.

• Galeo told Jia Lie Bi that Liu Xi's Third-Grade Alchemist master would help the Jia Lie Clan in exchange for the Xiao Clan's women, and Jia Lie Bi gave Galeo a healing pill.
• Xiao Yao followed Liu Xi to his room and hid in the void, but noticed Xun Er arrive at the window.
• Xun Er shot Liu Xi in both legs when he tried to escape, then blocked his cries for help with her aura.
• Xun Er told Liu Xi she would not let anyone bully Xiao Yao and killed him with a golden flame spike.
• Xun Er lamented that she had spared the Jia Lie Clan for Xiao Yao's sake, then left through the window.

Xiao Yao killed Liu Xi after the wounded man revealed he had survived, then reunited with Xun'er and took her to confront the Jia Lie Clan. He sealed the clan inside a barrier and declared that no one there would survive the night.

• Liu Xi revived with the help of a Turtle Breath Pill, but Xiao Yao burned him to ashes with his invisible Heavenly Flame.
• Xun'er confronted the black-robed Xiao Yao at the Jia Lie Clan, and he removed his disguise to reveal himself.
• Xiao Yao gave Xun'er his cloak to hide her identity, then disguised himself again and carried her into the sky.
• Xiao Yao summoned a Dou Zong puppet and ordered it to seal off the space around the Jia Lie Clan.
• Xun'er watched the barrier trap the clan and realized the strength Xiao Yao possessed.

Xiao Yao destroyed the Jia Lie Clan after its members harmed one of his people, then ordered the Ao Ba Clan to leave Wutan City within three days. He returned to Xun'er's courtyard with her and noticed that she seemed to have recently been crying.

• Jia Lie Bi recognized Xiao Yao's strength and pleaded that the Jia Lie Clan had never offended him, but Xiao Yao condemned the clan for his son's actions.
• Xiao Yao used the Great Wilderness Heaven-Prisoning Finger to destroy the Jia Lie Clan, leaving no survivors.
• Xiao Yao confronted the Ao Ba Clan and gave them three days to leave Wutan City or suffer the Jia Lie Clan's fate.
• Ao Ba Pa agreed to withdraw his clan, and Xiao Yao, Xun'er, and the puppet departed through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Yao returned Xun'er to her courtyard, released her from his arms, and noticed tears at the corners of her eyes.

Xiao Yao comforted Xun'er and stayed with her overnight before leaving in the morning. After the Jia Lie Clan was destroyed and the Ao Ba Clan prepared to flee Wutan City, Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan discussed going to Jia Nan Academy to seek its Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yao embraced Xun'er, agreed to stay with her for the night, and watched over her as she slept.
• Xun'er woke to find Xiao Yao still holding her hand, thanked him, and said goodbye when he left.
• The people of Wutan City were shocked by the Jia Lie Clan's destruction, while Ao Ba Pa ordered his clan to sell its businesses and relocate within three days.
• Xiao Zhan celebrated the Xiao Clan's rise and ordered the elders to acquire the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Clans' shops and marketplaces.
• One month later, Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to enroll at Jia Nan Academy so he could pursue its Heavenly Flame before they went to the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yao claimed he had discovered his Fallen Heart Flame as a child, and Xiao Yan confirmed that Xiao Yao had spent months in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yao and Yao Lao discussed Xiao Yao’s powerful luck and his loyalty to those he cared about. On the day Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team arrived in Wutan City, Xiao Yu helped Xiao Yao, Xun Er, Xiao Yan, and the others enter the crowded square, where they met her friend Xue Ni.

• Yao Lao recalled how dangerous it had been to absorb the Bone Chilling Flame, while Xiao Yao claimed he was the child of destiny.
• Xiao Yao admitted that he had destroyed the Jia Lie Clan because its members had harassed Xun Er.
• Xiao Yao and Xun Er went to the Jia Nan Academy recruitment square and met Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning.
• Xiao Yu used her green plaque to lead the group through the soldiers, and Xiao Yao shielded them from the pressure along the way.
• Xiao Yu introduced the group to Xue Ni, who admired the Xiao Clan’s young women and remarked that Xiao Yao already had someone he liked.

Xiao Yu asked Xiao Yao to help her pretend to be close to him when Luo Bu arrived, hoping to discourage Luo Bu's interest in her. The chapter ended with Luo Bu confronting the group and Xiao Yu introducing Xiao Yao and the others as candidates for the assessment.

• Xue Ni asked Xiao Yao to cook for her at Jia Nan Academy, and he agreed if he had the chance.
• Xue Ni told Xiao Yu that Luo Bu had joined the recruitment team and advanced to four-star Dou Zhe, prompting Xiao Yu to ask Xun'er to let Xiao Yao help her pretend to have a relationship.
• Xun'er agreed, and Xiao Yao said he would take part in the act while making clear they were only pretending.
• Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yao, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei into the tent, where her friends teased her and admired the newcomers.
• When Luo Bu arrived, Xiao Yu linked arms with Xiao Yao and dusted his clothes, then introduced the group to Luo Bu as candidates for the assessment.

Xiao Yao passed the preliminary test, but Luo Bu challenged him to fight after becoming jealous of him. Xiao Yao easily turned Luo Bu and Ge Ci’s coordinated attacks against each other and invited them to try again.

• Luo Bu used his testing crystal to confirm that Xiao Yao, Xun Er, Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yan passed the preliminary test.
• Luo Bu ordered the group to wait outside in the sun, then offered Xiao Yao a sparring challenge against Ge La.
• Xiao Yao proposed fighting Luo Bu and Ge La together, and the three went outside as Xiao Yu and the others watched.
• Ge Ci and Luo Bu attacked Xiao Yao at the same time, but he dodged and made their blows hit each other.
• Xiao Yao taunted the two men to attack again, and Luo Bu told Ge Ci to use everything he had.

Xiao Yao defeated Ge Ci and Luo Bu after they challenged him, impressing the new students and drawing Instructor Ruo Lin’s attention. The students moved into the shade of her tent, where Xiao Yao joked that he convinced people with reason—by force.

• Ge Ci and Luo Bu exhausted themselves attacking Xiao Yao, but he dodged until Ge Ci demanded a direct fight.
• Ge Ci attacked with the Wind Light Blade, and Xiao Yao knocked him down with a single slap using his physical strength.
• Xiao Yao then struck Luo Bu, who flew into a crater and lost consciousness.
• Xiao Yu told a girl that Xiao Yao had reached Battle Master level, while the new students admired him.
• Instructor Ruo Lin welcomed the students into the tent, heard Xiao Yu explain the dispute, and told Xiao Yao not to blame Luo Bu.
• Xiao Yao said he convinced people with reason—force—and Instructor Ruo Lin suspected he would be a troublesome student.

Instructor Ruo Lin registered the new students and assessed their potential, discovering that Xiao Yan, Xiao Yao, and Xun Er were exceptionally powerful geniuses. The chapter ended with Xun Er implying that Xiao Yao surpassed her.

• Instructor Ruo Lin healed Luo Bu and Ge Ci, then explained Jia Nan Academy’s potential rankings before beginning registration.
• Xiao Yao asked Xiao Yan how he planned to request a year’s leave, and Xiao Yan said he would reapply if Instructor Ruo Lin refused.
• Xiao Yan registered as a sixteen-year-old Six-Star Dou Zhe, surprising Xiao Yu and her companions.
• Xiao Yao registered as a sixteen-year-old One-Star Battle Master, shocking Luo Bu and Ge Ci and prompting Ruo Lin to recognize him as an S-grade genius.
• Xun Er registered as a sixteen-year-old One-Star Battle Master, and Ruo Lin praised her as one of the academy’s most outstanding new students.
• Xun Er said she was not the most talented person present and directed everyone’s attention to Xiao Yao.

Xun'er revealed that Xiao Yao was a second-tier alchemist, while Xiao Yan asked Instructor Ruo Lin for a year of leave from Jia Nan Academy. Ruo Lin agreed to grant it if he survived twenty exchanges, and their duel ended with her Water Mandala crashing down on him.

• Xun'er announced that Xiao Yao had reached Battle Master level and could refine second-tier medicinal pills, shocking the people in the tent.
• Instructor Ruo Lin told the new students that Jia Nan Academy's flying convoy would arrive in Wutan City in seven days.
• Xiao Yan asked Ruo Lin for a year of leave to handle an important matter, and she challenged him to last twenty exchanges in return.
• Xiao Yan and Ruo Lin fought without either gaining the upper hand, until Ruo Lin summoned her Water Mandala technique and struck him with a massive water snake.

Xiao Yan earned a year of leave from Instructor Ruo Lin by surviving her attack, and Xiao Yao secured the same leave by revealing he had reached the Da Dou Shi level. After the Xiao Clan welcomed Instructor Ruo Lin and her group, Xiao Yao comforted a saddened Xun'er and promised to claim her openly despite any opposition from her clan.

• Xiao Yan endured Instructor Ruo Lin's Xuan Tier Dou Technique, then received approval for a year of leave from Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yao asked Instructor Ruo Lin for leave, revealed his golden Dou Qi armor and Da Dou Shi cultivation, and won permission to take a year off.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Yao, and Xun'er invited Instructor Ruo Lin to stay at the Xiao Clan, and she accepted.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders welcomed Instructor Ruo Lin and her group, arranged rooms, and hosted them for dinner.
• Xiao Yao took Xun'er aside and reassured her that he would never find her annoying and needed to temper himself through experience.
• Xiao Yao promised Xun'er he would bring her home openly, even if her clansmen opposed their marriage.

Xiao Yao’s awakened phoenix, Xiao Fengming, brought Xun’er comfort and delighted Xiao Yu, Instructor Ruo Lin, and the others. The next morning, Xiao Yao and Yao Lao prepared Xiao Yan for a journey to the Magic Beast Mountain Range, where he would face dangerous trials to grow stronger.

• Xiao Yao released Phoenix Cry from his Soul Storage Ring, and the awakened bird revealed that it had reached the peak of the fourth tier.
• Xiao Fengming went to Xun’er, and Xiao Yao was relieved to see her sorrow replaced by a smile.
• Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yu, Instructor Ruo Lin, and the others arrived after hearing the bird’s cry, and Instructor Ruo Lin recognized its peak fourth-tier strength.
• Xun’er introduced the bird as Xiao Fengming, and Xue Ni and the others gathered around to pet it beneath the night sky.
• The next morning, Xiao Yao visited Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao said they would leave for the Magic Beast Mountain Range in two mornings.
• Xiao Yao and Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to prepare supplies and warned they would not spare him the trials there, while Xiao Yan vowed to defeat Nalan Yanran before the Misty Cloud Sect in two years.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan prepared to leave Wutan City by arranging supplies and asking Ya Fei to look after the Xiao Clan. They parted from the auction house after Xiao Yan bid Ya Fei farewell, and Xiao Yao said he would meet Xiao Yan again when they set out.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about learning an Earth-Tier Dou Technique, while Xiao Yao promised to teach Xiao Yan a stronger technique in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan traveled to the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei recognized them despite their black cloaks.
• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei a supply list and a green card, explaining that he planned to leave Wutan City for one or two years.
• Xiao Yao gave Ya Fei another list and pills as payment for medicinal ingredients, and asked her to look after the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan hugged Ya Fei goodbye, then left the auction house and blushed as Xiao Yao teased him.
• Xiao Yao told Xiao Yan he would come find him when they set out in a few days.

Xiao Yao spent his final days with Xun'er, prepared his father for his absence, and then left the Xiao Clan with Xiao Yan to begin their journey. The two departed without saying goodbye to Xun'er, while Instructor Ruo Lin watched them go and urged Xiao Yan to challenge Misty Cloud Sect within a year.

• Xiao Yao comforted Xun'er, promised to visit her at Jia Nan Academy, and gave her a Storage Ring filled with snacks and supplies for Phoenix Cry.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Zhan three puppets for protection and shared control of them with his father; Xiao Zhan told him that his two older brothers had founded the Desert Iron mercenary group in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yao promised Xiao Zhan he would visit his brothers, then prepared to leave the Xiao Clan with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Yan met Instructor Ruo Lin, who warned Xiao Yao that Xun'er would be hurt when she learned he had left without saying goodbye.
• Instructor Ruo Lin told Xiao Yan she hoped to hear that he had challenged Misty Cloud Sect within a year, then watched the two young men depart.