Recaps

Xiao Yan swallowed Yao Lao’s Super Saint Pill and unleashed a relentless barrage of Eight Extremes Collapse attacks, eventually shattering Xiao Dongchen’s Golden Light Mantra. Xiao Yan paused to catch his breath as Xiao Dongchen prepared to strike back.

• The crowd marveled at Xiao Yan and Xiao Dongchen’s strength, while Xiao Yu watched Xiao Dongchen with growing admiration.
• Ya Fei questioned Xiao Zhan about Xiao Yan’s cultivation, and Xiao Zhan credited Xiao Dongchen for his nephew’s progress.
• Yao Lao offered Xiao Yan a Super Saint Pill to help him break Xiao Dongchen’s golden barrier, warning that it could leave him bedridden for days.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the pill and attacked Xiao Dongchen with repeated Eight Extremes Collapse strikes.
• Xiao Yan’s attacks shattered Xiao Dongchen’s Golden Light Mantra, after which Xiao Yan stopped to recover and Xiao Dongchen prepared to make his move.

Xiao Dongchen defeated Xiao Yan by revealing a Heavenly Tier Dou Technique at the Xiao Household ceremony, then spoke with Xun'er about his Heavenly Flame cultivation method and plans. He said he would attend Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment later, leaving Xun'er to wonder about his mysterious identity.

• Xiao Dongchen summoned a heavenly phenomenon and formed a massive golden finger with his Great Desolate Prisoner's Finger technique, stunning the gathered spectators.
• Xiao Yan conceded when the golden finger neared him, and Second Elder Xiao Ying announced Xiao Dongchen as the winner.
• Xiao Yan collapsed from exhaustion after the match, and Xiao Zhan had him taken back to his room to rest.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Dongchen about his familiar Heavenly Flame, and he explained that his cultivation method let him devour Heavenly Flames.
• Xun'er questioned Xiao Dongchen about his Heavenly Tier Dou Technique, and he said an elder had given it to him.
• Xun'er reminded Xiao Dongchen that Jia Nan Academy would recruit in half a month; he said he planned to go later, then left.

After Xiao Yan nearly ran out of gold coins, Xiao Dongchen arranged for Ya Fei to visit and discuss auctioning pills through the Mite'er Auction House. The chapter ended as Ya Fei recognized the significance of Xiao Dongchen’s proposed pill business.

• Xiao Dongchen visited Xiao Yan, who had nearly recovered and revealed that refining pills had almost exhausted his gold coins.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Dongchen to help sell pills and provide money for his own medicine refining.
• Xiao Dongchen decided to summon Ya Fei to discuss selling the pills through the Mite'er Auction House.
• Ya Fei arrived at the Xiao Household’s reception room and flirted with Xiao Dongchen, while Xiao Yan watched in confusion.
• Xiao Dongchen proposed cooperating with Ya Fei to auction a large volume of Spirit-Nourishing Pills, and she reacted with surprise.

Xiao Dongchen arranged for Ya Fei and Xiao Yan to sell one hundred Third-Grade Pills to the Mite'er Auction House for quick payment. When Xiao Dongchen shook Ya Fei's hand, she recognized him as the old gentleman who had requested her before and began to feel drawn to him.

• Ya Fei asked whether Xiao Dongchen had refined the Spirit-Nourishing Pill, and he explained that he had found Xiao Yan a teacher who made the pills.
• Xiao Yan produced five bottles each of Spirit-Nourishing Pills and Spirit Tempering Pills, ten pills per bottle, for Ya Fei to inspect.
• Xiao Dongchen offered the pills to the Mite'er Auction House, and Ya Fei agreed to buy them for 120,000 gold coins each, with payment promised within three days.
• Xiao Dongchen and Ya Fei shook hands, and Ya Fei recognized his hand as belonging to the old gentleman who had requested her at the auction house.

Xiao Dongchen and Ya Fei flirted after their meeting, and she arranged a date with him at Clearwind Grand Restaurant three days later. After Ya Fei left, Xiao Yan grew despondent as Xiao Dongchen complained about the women attracted to him.

• Ya Fei objected when Xiao Dongchen tried to end their meeting and asked him to make it up to her.
• Ya Fei invited Xiao Dongchen to drink with her at Clearwind Grand Restaurant in three days and teased him about becoming her favored guest.
• Ya Fei collected the pills and asked Xiao Yan to make sure Xiao Dongchen kept their date.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Dongchen how many women had fallen for him, then became dejected when Xiao Dongchen complained about his romantic troubles.
• Xiao Dongchen left Xiao Yan alone, wondering what had upset him.

Ya Fei arrived at the Xiao Household to deliver twelve million gold coins from Xiao Yan’s sale of one hundred Third-Grade Pills. Xiao Dongchen revealed that he had found Xiao Yan a teacher who was teaching him Pill Refining, leaving Xiao Zhan and the elders elated about the clan’s prospects.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders discussed the Xiao Household’s growing profits and the limits of its influence in Wu Tan City.
• Ya Fei entered the meeting hall and said she had come to fulfill an agreement involving Xiao Dongchen and Xiao Yan.
• Ya Fei revealed that Xiao Yan had sold one hundred Third-Grade Pills for twelve million gold coins, shocking Xiao Zhan and the elders.
• Xiao Dongchen arrived and clarified that he had found a teacher for Xiao Yan, who had refined the pills.
• Xiao Dongchen said the teacher was recently teaching Xiao Yan Pill Refining and suggested the Xiao Household could begin selling pills.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated Xiao Yan’s prospects and imagined the Xiao Household’s rise.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Household gathering and was exposed as a Pill Refiner, prompting his father and the elders to recognize his achievements. He donated two million of Ya Fei’s twelve million gold coins to the family and revealed more than three thousand bottles of pills he had refined.

• Xiao Yan entered the hall, and Xiao Dongchen revealed that he was a Pill Refiner.
• Xiao Zhan praised Xiao Yan for his accomplishments and declared that no one would dare mock him.
• Ya Fei gave Xiao Dongchen a Black Gold Card containing twelve million gold coins, which he handed to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan kept ten million gold coins and donated the remaining two million to the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Yan summoned over a thousand bottles each of Blood-Coagulating Powder, Qi-Recovery Liquid, and Heart-Clearing Liquid, impressing Xiao Zhan and the elders.

Xiao Yan gave the Xiao Household his refined pills and agreed to take only twenty percent of the sales, while Xiao Dongchen joined Ya Fei for a meal. Xiao Dongchen left abruptly after sensing Ling Ying’s Dou Emperor aura, leaving Ya Fei stunned.

• Xiao Yan presented the elders with a large batch of pills he had refined.
• Xiao Yan agreed to receive twenty percent of the pill sales, and Xiao Zhan thanked him before he left to cultivate.
• Ya Fei invited Xiao Dongchen to discuss cooperation over a meal at Clearwind Grand Restaurant.
• Ya Fei flirted with Xiao Dongchen, but he sensed Ling Ying’s Dou Emperor aura and resisted her advances.
• Xiao Dongchen paid ten thousand gold coins and left, while the hidden Ling Ying watched him go and praised his restraint.

The Xiao Household's medicinal pills seized most of Wu Tan City's medicine market as Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team arrived. Xiao Dongchen told Xun'er he would leave to gain experience, promised to return within nine months, and kissed her before departing.

• The Xiao Household's Blood-Coagulating Powder, Qi-Recovery Liquid, and Heart-Clearing Liquid became hugely popular and generated large profits.
• Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team arrived in Wu Tan City, led by an instructor whose strength was that of a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Dongchen told Xun'er he planned to gain experience and defeat Yun Shan within three years.
• Xiao Dongchen promised Xun'er he would come find her at the academy within nine months.
• Xiao Dongchen kissed Xun'er, and she embraced him and accepted the moment.

Xiao Yu used her academy connections to bring Xiao Dongchen and the Xiao Household group through a guarded back entrance for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment tests. At the testing camp, she introduced them to her friend Xue Ni, who recognized Xiao Dongchen as the person Xiao Yu had been pining for.

• Xiao Yu offered to get Xiao Dongchen tested early, and Xun'er teased him about Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei liking him before declaring herself the one worthy of him.
• Xiao Yu showed Senior Ke her token, and he let the group pass through the guarded entrance to the recruitment camp.
• Xiao Yu led Xiao Dongchen, Xun'er, Xiao Mei, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ning toward the testing area to find Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Yu reunited with Xue Ni and introduced her to the Xiao Household group, including Xiao Dongchen.
• Xue Ni guessed that Xiao Dongchen was the little lover Xiao Yu had always thought about, leaving the group in awkward silence.

Xiao Yu told Xue Ni about Xiao Yan’s extraordinary potential and rapid cultivation, leaving Xue Ni awestruck and newly attracted to him. The group entered the academy’s testing tent, where Xue Ni flirted with Xiao Yan while Xiao Dongchen watched with amusement.

• Xue Ni mistook Xiao Dongchen and Xiao Yu for young lovers, and Xiao Yu angrily corrected her.
• Xiao Yu revealed that Xiao Yan had reached seven-star Dou Zhe and SSS-Level Potential after being at the third stage of Dou Power just four months earlier.
• Xue Ni was stunned by Xiao Yan’s progress and admitted to Xiao Yu that she might like him.
• Xue Ni led Xiao Yan, Xiao Dongchen, and the others to the testing tent, where academy students gathered around Xiao Yu.
• Xue Ni gave Xiao Yan a heated look and flirted with him, while Xiao Dongchen watched with amusement.

Instructor Ruo Lin welcomed the new students to Jia Nan Academy and began testing their strength and potential. Xiao Yan’s results confirmed he was a Seven-Star Dou Zhe with SSS-Level Potential, leaving the tent stunned as the testing moved toward the Xiao Household group.

• Ruo Lin entered the tent, greeted Xiao Yu, and was unable to see through Xiao Dongchen or Huaizhu.
• Xue Ni told Ruo Lin that Xiao Yan had reached Seven-Star Dou Zhe and SSS-Level Potential after advancing from Three-Section Dou Qi in four months.
• Ruo Lin explained the class rankings and potential evaluations, then began testing the new students.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward, gave his name and age, and released his Dou Qi into the crystal ball.
• Ruo Lin announced Xiao Yan’s result as Seven-Star Dou Zhe with SSS-Level Potential, and the tent fell silent.

Xiao Yan’s Seven-Star Dou Zhe realm shocked the Jia Nan Academy applicants, but Xiao Xun’er stunned them even more by revealing she was a fifteen-year-old Nine-Star Da Dou Shi. Xiao Dongchen then stepped forward, and Ruo Lin recognized him by his formidable reputation.

• Ruo Lin announced that sixteen-year-old Xiao Yan was a Seven-Star Dou Zhe, stunning the students and prompting her to praise his prospects at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan dismissed his own realm as insignificant compared with Xiao Dongchen and Xun’er, then returned to the group.
• Ruo Lin tested Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei, finding that both nineteen-year-olds were One-Star Dou Zhe with D-Rank potential.
• Xun’er told Ruo Lin that the crystal ball could not measure her strength and revealed she was a fifteen-year-old Nine-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Ruo Lin reacted in shock and said she would immediately report Xun’er to the Inner Academy, while Xiao Yu resolved to become stronger.
• Xiao Dongchen approached without taking the test, and Ruo Lin recognized him and acknowledged his thunderous reputation.

Xiao Dongchen revealed his strength to Ruo Lin and asked to delay his enrollment at Jia Nan Academy. Ruo Lin required him to pass Elder Long’s test for leave, and then challenged him herself, ending as they prepared to fight.

• Ruo Lin confirmed Xiao Dongchen’s feats and learned that he had reached a realm stronger than Xun'er.
• Xiao Dongchen asked to handle personal matters before attending Jia Nan Academy, but Ruo Lin said he had not yet passed and required him to take Elder Long’s test.
• Xiao Dongchen agreed to the test on the condition that he and Xiao Yan could take leave for half a year to one year if he passed.
• Ruo Lin challenged Xiao Dongchen to a match, and he agreed to give her three moves.
• Ruo Lin produced her Blue Sea Tide-Rising Flute as Xiao Dongchen faced her in the clearing.

Xiao Dongchen sparred with Ruo Lin, letting her strongest water-based Dou Techniques strike his Golden Light Mantra before he tore through her final attack. He left the watching students stunned by his strength.

• Ruo Lin challenged Xiao Dongchen with her bamboo flute, and he said he would fight with one fist.
• Ruo Lin used Water Dragon Bullet, but Xiao Dongchen emerged from the water mist unharmed.
• Ruo Lin unleashed Ten-Direction Water Arrows, and Xiao Dongchen's golden defense blocked them all.
• Ruo Lin launched Water Dragon Tornado, and Xiao Dongchen charged into it and tore it apart with his bare hands.

Xiao Dongchen defeated Instructor Ruo Lin with a single punch, then demanded that Elder Long test him. He claimed Elder Long only needed to withstand one move without losing, and Instructor Ruo Lin summoned him with a signal flare.

• Xiao Dongchen shattered Instructor Ruo Lin's Water Mirror Barrier with his Tyrannical Divine Fist, then stopped short and teased her by pinching her cheek.
• Xiao Dongchen asked for leave, and Instructor Ruo Lin told him he would need to pass Elder Long's test.
• Xiao Dongchen demanded that Elder Long come immediately and declared that one move from him would decide the test.
• The students condemned Xiao Dongchen's arrogance, but his glare silenced them; the Xiao Household members watched in shock and confidence.
• Instructor Ruo Lin accepted his challenge and fired a crimson tower-shaped signal flare to summon Elder Long.

Xiao Dongchen challenged Jia Nan Academy elder Long Aotian by fusing two Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus. He defeated Long Aotian in one strike, leaving the plaza stunned.

• Long Aotian arrived with overwhelming Dou Wang pressure as the students watched in awe.
• Xiao Dongchen fused golden and icy Heavenly Flames into a white-and-gold fire lotus, astonishing Ruo Lin, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er.
• Long Aotian introduced himself and attacked Xiao Dongchen with the Radiant Sun Divine Light Palm.
• Xiao Dongchen threw his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus at the descending palm, and the two attacks collided above the plaza.
• The explosion shattered Long Aotian's palm and seriously injured him, and he fell into the plaza as the crowd stared in disbelief.

Xiao Dongchen defeated Long Aotian in one move and secured permission to take leave from Jia Nan Academy. After receiving a powerful flying Dou Technique from the system, he prepared to return to the Xiao Household, where Ruo Lin was invited to stay.

• Xiao Dongchen's effortless victory over Long Aotian shocked Ruo Lin, Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er.
• Xiao Dongchen asked Ruo Lin whether he had passed the test, and she approved his leave after confirming his victory.
• The system awarded Xiao Dongchen a Diamond Draw, which gave him the low-grade Heavenly Tier Dou Technique Nine Dragons Soaring Heaven Wings and the accompanying soundwave Dou Technique Nine Dragons Shaking Heaven Howl.
• Ruo Lin announced the end of recruitment and invited Xiao Dongchen to join Jia Nan Academy, but he reiterated that he wanted leave and teased her about visiting the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan invited Ruo Lin to stay at the Xiao Household, while Long Aotian silently dreaded the humiliation of remaining there for treatment.

Xiao Dongchen brought Ruo Lin and the injured Long Aotian to the Xiao Household after defeating the Jia Nan Academy elder. Long Aotian initially refused Xiao Dongchen’s medicine, but accepted it after Ruo Lin persuaded him and discovered it was a sixth-grade Clear Heart Fire-Dispelling Pill.

• Ruo Lin agreed to bring the injured Long Aotian to the Xiao Household, where Xiao Dongchen arranged for students to carry him on a stretcher.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders welcomed Ruo Lin and the Jia Nan Academy students, then learned that Xiao Dongchen had defeated Long Aotian in a strength test.
• Ruo Lin explained that Long Aotian had challenged Xiao Dongchen and lost, leaving the Xiao Household elders astonished.
• Ruo Lin visited Long Aotian that night and offered him a pill from Xiao Dongchen to treat his Heavenly Flame injuries.
• Long Aotian recognized the pill as a sixth-grade Clear Heart Fire-Dispelling Pill, swallowed it, and felt its cool energy dispel the scorching force in his body.

Xiao Dongchen persuaded Xiao Yan to abandon his planned southern route and travel north toward the Star Dou Great Forest, then said goodbye to the Xiao Household and Ruo Lin. He left the city alone, while the others remained unaware of his departure.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Dongchen that he planned to train in the Magic Beast Forest and travel south, but Xiao Dongchen warned him of danger and urged him to head north to the Star Dou Great Forest for a stroke of fortune.
• Xiao Yan trusted Xiao Dongchen's advice and agreed to change his route before they parted.
• Xiao Dongchen said goodbye to Xiao Zhan and the three elders, and Xiao Zhan invited him to visit his sons in Stone Desert City someday.
• Xiao Dongchen met Ruo Lin, asked about Elder Long's recovery, and asked her to tell Xiao Yu and Xun'er that he was leaving and would see them at the academy.
• Xiao Dongchen left through the gates and headed south without looking back, while the young people of the Xiao Household remained unaware he had departed.

While camping in the forest, Xiao Dongchen cultivated the Heavenly Tier flying technique Nine Dragons Soaring Heaven Wings and discovered that his Heavenly Flames helped him win the dragon souls’ recognition. After testing his new wings, he flew south toward Green Mountain Town and Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Dongchen examined Nine Dragons Soaring Heaven Wings and learned from the system that most of its power was sealed.
• Xiao Dongchen entered the technique’s soul space, where his Heavenly Flames caused the nine dragon souls to recognize him as family.
• Xiao Dongchen cultivated Nine Dragons Soaring Heaven Wings, enduring pain as the technique formed new branch meridians and golden wing tattoos on his back.
• Xiao Dongchen summoned the golden Dou Qi wings and tested their speed by flying through the night sky.
• Xiao Dongchen concealed his aura with stealth mode and flew south toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Green Mountain Town, and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Dongchen waited at Myriad Medicine Hall to meet Xiao Yi Xian, then claimed she had the talent to become an Alchemist and offered to take her as his junior martial sister. His display of strength and Third-Grade Pills left the crowd in awe, while Xiao Yi Xian had yet to decide whether to believe him.

• Xiao Dongchen entered Green Mountain Town and waited at Myriad Medicine Hall for Xiao Yi Xian to appear.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived, and Xiao Dongchen introduced himself and asked to read her palm.
• A mercenary tried to strike Xiao Dongchen with a hammer, but Xiao Dongchen pierced it with Battle Qi and knocked the man down.
• Xiao Dongchen examined Xiao Yi Xian's hand and claimed she had the physique and hidden attributes needed to become an Alchemist.
• Xiao Dongchen offered to accept Xiao Yi Xian as his junior martial sister and showed her Spirit-Nourishing Pills he said he had refined.
• The mercenaries recognized the pills as Third-Grade and marveled at Xiao Dongchen's strength and skill.

Xiao Dongchen convinced Xiao Yi Xian to trust him as he promised to resolve her Woeful Poison Body and make her an Alchemist. After staging a disciple-acceptance ceremony for his Supreme Pill Sect, he gave her the name Zhao Purple Smoke, leaving her delighted and hopeful.

• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to follow Xiao Dongchen after he offered to help her become an Alchemist.
• Xiao Dongchen took Xiao Yi Xian to an inn room, where he recognized her Woeful Poison Body and promised he could resolve it.
• Xiao Dongchen staged a disciple-acceptance ceremony using a painting of himself as Senior Wu Yazi, and Xiao Yi Xian joined the Supreme Pill Sect as his junior sister.
• Xiao Yi Xian said her surname was Zhao and that she had no name, so Xiao Dongchen offered to name her.
• Xiao Dongchen recited a poem about Purple Smoke, and Xiao Yi Xian happily accepted the name Zhao Purple Smoke.

Xiao Dongchen reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could cure her Woeful Poison Body and accompanied her to explore a hidden cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. They reached the cave entrance after he drove off a Rock Snake, leaving them ready to investigate the treasure within.

• Xiao Dongchen explained the Poison Pill Method and its rare ingredients, then showed Xiao Yi Xian two Heavenly Flames and promised to gather what they needed.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to share a hidden cave she had discovered, and Xiao Dongchen agreed to visit it that night.
• Xiao Dongchen and Xiao Yi Xian rode a horned horse to a cliff, then descended together on a rope while searching for the cave.
• A Rock Snake attacked them, but Xiao Dongchen used the Grand Emperor Ancient Dragon's pressure to send it plunging into the abyss.
• Xiao Dongchen cleared the cave entrance with a punch and landed there with Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Dongchen and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave and found a treasure chamber stocked with jewels, medicinal herbs, and three locked jade boxes. After they harvested the herb garden, Xiao Dongchen headed toward the boxes, leaving the chamber’s greatest treasures unopened.

• Xiao Dongchen led Xiao Yi Xian through the cave and smashed open a glowing stone door with one punch.
• Xiao Dongchen and Xiao Yi Xian entered a chamber containing a skeleton, three locked jade boxes, piles of treasure, and a medicinal herb garden.
• Xiao Dongchen claimed the Ice Flame Spirit Grass and told Xiao Yi Xian to take the other herbs.
• Xiao Dongchen and Xiao Yi Xian dug up the medicinal plants and placed them in jade bottles.
• Xiao Dongchen walked toward the three jade boxes, saying it was time to witness a miracle.