Recaps

Nine-year-old Xiao Yuan broke through to Dou Zhe, awakening rare thunder-fire attributes and gaining access to the perks he had chosen before transmigrating. He entered his soul space and reached for the Supreme inheritance mark to choose a cultivation method.

• Xiao Yuan broke through to Dou Zhe after nearly ten years in the Xiao Clan, becoming its youngest and most talented cultivator.
• Xiao Yuan recalled choosing Supreme inheritance, a divine-grade Dou Di bloodline, and the Totem of Undying as his three perks.
• Xiao Yuan sensed that he had awakened dual thunder-fire attributes, for which the Xiao Clan lacked a suitable cultivation method.
• Xiao Yuan entered his soul space, saw the Supreme inheritance mark and Totem of Undying, and reached toward the inheritance mark.

Xiao Yuan explored the Legacy Space in his Soul Sea, learning how to identify and select Spirit Arts while searching for a cultivation method suited to him. Meanwhile, Xiao Xun'er learned that the adopted Xiao Yuan had reached Dou Zhe at nine and possessed a powerful dou di bloodline, and Ling Yin suggested notifying the Gu Clan elders.

• Xiao Yuan caught a blue light sphere and learned it contained a Mortal Tier cultivation method and attack Spirit Art.
• Xiao Yuan seized a struggling purple sphere and discovered it contained the Spirit Tier Mid-Grade cultivation method True Exposition of Burning Thunder.
• Xiao Yuan caught three more purple spheres, rejected their methods because their attributes did not suit him, and continued searching.
• Ling Yin reported to Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yuan had broken through to Dou Zhe and awakened a bloodline.
• Xiao Xun'er learned Xiao Yuan had been adopted after being found as an infant in the ruins of Chen Family Village, and Ling Yin proposed informing the Gu Clan elders.

Xiao Xun'er decided to meet Xiao Yuan herself, while he discovered the unranked Ten Thousand Transformations Source-Dividing Art and began cultivating it. The next morning, Xiao Xun'er visited him and learned that he planned to buy cultivation resources in Wutan City's Market District.

• Xiao Xun'er refused Ling Yin's suggestion to interfere with Xiao Yuan and said she would visit him the next day.
• Xiao Yuan accidentally obtained the Ten Thousand Transformations Source-Dividing Art, which could create up to nine incarnations that cultivated and shared their gains with him.
• Xiao Yuan cultivated through the night but made little progress and decided to seek energy-rich resources at the Market District.
• Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Yuan, and the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame within her stirred when she saw him.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Xun'er he was heading to Wutan City's Market District to buy cultivation resources, and she reacted thoughtfully.

Xiao Yuan accompanied Xiao Xun'er to a Xiao Clan Market District to buy medicinal ingredients, but Jia Lie Ao confronted them at a medicine shop and tried to pressure Xiao Xun'er into accepting his dinner invitation. The chapter ended with Jia Lie Ao and his attendants blocking the shop entrance as Xiao Xun'er refused him.

• Xiao Yuan agreed to visit the Market District with Xiao Xun'er and chose one controlled by the Xiao Clan for safety.
• Xiao Yuan ordered Blue-Pattern Grass, Burst Flame Flowers, and Qi-Concentrating Grass at a Medicine Shop.
• Jia Lie Ao arrived with two attendants and brazenly pursued Xiao Xun'er while ignoring Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Xun'er refused Jia Lie Ao's invitation to dinner at the Drunken Pavilion.
• Jia Lie Ao released his Dou Qi to pressure Xiao Xun'er, and his attendants moved to block the Medicine Shop's entrance.

Xiao Yuan stepped in when Jia Lie Ao pressured Xiao Xun'er and struck Jia Lie Ao with a single palm, stunning the onlookers. When Jia Lie Ao retaliated with the Jia Lie Family's Raging Wind Palm, Xiao Yuan revealed his newly awakened Dou Zhe strength by forming a pale golden barrier of externalized Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yuan confronted Jia Lie Ao for pressuring Xiao Xun'er and refused to let him take her away.
• Xiao Yuan rushed Jia Lie Ao and struck his abdomen, knocking him back several steps and shocking the crowd.
• Jia Lie Ao ignored his lackey's warning that Xiao Yuan was the Xiao Clan's genius and vowed to kill him.
• Jia Lie Ao unleashed the Jia Lie Family's Raging Wind Palm at Xiao Yuan, and the spectators feared the young boy could not withstand it.
• Xiao Yuan released his dense Dou Qi and formed a pale golden externalized barrier to shield himself from the attack.

Xiao Yuan revealed that he was a Dou Zhe and survived Jia Lie Ao’s Xuan-tier Raging Wind Palm by replenishing his dou qi and counterattacking with his three-colored power. The clash left Jia Lie Ao badly injured and unable to rise, while Xiao Yuan’s right arm was numb and much of his dou qi was spent.

• Jia Lie Ao’s Raging Wind Palm battered Xiao Yuan’s golden dou qi barrier until it nearly shattered.
• Xiao Yuan’s heartbeats grew stronger, replenishing his dou qi and pushing his cultivation to the peak of One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yuan deliberately dropped his barrier, baiting Jia Lie Ao into launching his palm attack at close range.
• Xiao Yuan met the Raging Wind Palm with a fist charged with fire, lightning, and wind, triggering a three-colored explosion.
• The blast sent Jia Lie Ao flying and left him bloodied and unable to stand, while Xiao Yuan suffered a numb, damaged arm and lost more than half his dou qi.

After defeating Jia Lie Ao, Xiao Yuan struggled with the severe backlash from his forced breakthrough and accepted a Rejuvenation Pill from Xiao Xun'er. He stopped Jia Lie Ao from leaving and demanded compensation for the damage to the Xiao Family Market, ending with Jia Lie Ao throwing down his Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yuan spat blood after claiming he was fine, and Xiao Xun'er gave him a Rejuvenation Pill to ease his injuries.
• Xiao Xun'er warned Xiao Yuan to rest and avoid using his Dou Qi carelessly, while Jia Lie Ao prepared to leave with his attendants.
• Xiao Yuan stopped Jia Lie Ao and accused him of starting the fight, injuring a Xiao Clan disciple, and damaging the Market District.
• Xiao Yuan demanded that the Jia Lie Family compensate the stall owners, and the watching citizens supported his demand.
• Jia Lie Ao grudgingly agreed to pay and tossed his Storage Ring onto the ground.

After defeating Jia Lie Ao, Xiao Yuan arranged compensation for the Market District’s damaged stalls and collected the medicinal herbs he had come to buy. He left the shop still recovering from the battle, having reached the peak of One-Star Dou Zhe and needing more resources for his cultivation.

• Xiao Yuan took Jia Lie Ao’s Storage Ring and warned him not to harass Xiao Xun'er again, so Jia Lie Ao left with his attendants.
• Xiao Yuan gave Steward Wu the Gold Coins needed to compensate the Market District’s stallholders and told him to account for every loss.
• Xiao Xun'er asked whether Xiao Yuan was all right, and he said he had only overexerted himself before continuing his shopping.
• Xiao Yuan said he had reached the peak of One-Star Dou Zhe and took Xiao Xun'er to the Medicine Shop to collect the herbs he had ordered.
• The shopkeeper handed Xiao Yuan three stalks of Blue-Pattern Grass, two Burst Flame Flowers, and ten portions of Qi-Concentrating Grass, which Xiao Yuan inspected with his spiritual sense.

After buying medicinal ingredients, Xiao Yuan discovered that his Ten Thousand Transformations Source-Dividing Art could safely refine the violent energy in Magical Beast Crystal Core. He bought three first-tier cores to help stabilize his breakthrough and advance toward Two-Star Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Yuan paid the Medicine Shop proprietor eighteen hundred Gold Coins for the ingredients and continued shopping with Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yuan sensed potent Dou Qi inside a Magical Beast goods shop and realized its crystal cores could nourish his cultivation.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Xun'er that his cultivation art could neutralize the cores' violent energy, though he kept the art's details secret.
• The shopkeeper showed Xiao Yuan first- and Second Tier cores, and Xiao Yuan chose three first-tier cores to examine.
• Xiao Yuan inspected the Wind, Earth, and Fire Attribute cores, judged their energy suitable, and asked the shopkeeper their price.

After defeating Jia Lie Ao, Xiao Yuan bought three first-tier magic cores and returned to the Xiao Clan to refine them in seclusion. He began absorbing the Fire Attribute core while aiming to break through to Two-Star Dou Zhe and possibly Three-Star Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Yuan bought three first-tier magic cores from the shopkeeper and gave him sixteen hundred Gold Coins.
• Xiao Xun'er worried about the risks of refining the cores, but Xiao Yuan decided to attempt it after returning to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xun'er left the Market District, and Xiao Xun'er gave him a Dragon-Pattern Jade Pendant to steady his mind during cultivation.
• Xiao Yuan returned to his courtyard, barricaded the door, and arranged his Spirit Herbs and magic cores on the bed.
• Xiao Yuan put on the Dragon-Pattern Jade Pendant, began circulating the Ten Thousand Transformations Source-Dividing Art, and started absorbing the Fire Attribute core.

Xiao Yuan absorbed fire-attribute energy and broke through to Two-Star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Yan remained trapped at the third stage of Dou Qi and vented his despair in the mountains. Xiao Zhan found Xiao Yan and comforted him, insisting his three years of stagnation were not his fault.

• Xiao Yuan used the Ten Thousand Transformations Source-Dividing Art to refine a fire magic core and two Burst Flame Flowers, with the Dragon-Pattern Jade Pendant helping him endure the energy.
• Xiao Yuan broke through from One-Star Dou Zhe to Two-Star Dou Zhe, while more fire energy continued pushing his cultivation toward the two-star peak.
• Xiao Yan struck an ancient tree in frustration after another failed attempt to advance beyond the third stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan lamented that his cultivation had stagnated for three years despite his relentless training.
• Xiao Zhan approached Xiao Yan and reassured him that his hard work and stagnation were not his fault.

Xiao Zhan comforted Xiao Yan over his stalled cultivation and urged him to believe in his future. Three months later, Xiao Yuan emerged from seclusion as a Five-Star Dou Zhe and went to the Dou Technique Hall to choose techniques.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that his setback was temporary and affirmed that he believed in his son.
• Xiao Yan accepted his father's reassurance, and they returned to the Xiao Clan estate together.
• Xiao Yuan finished three months of cultivation, using the Ten Thousand Transformations Source-Dividing Art to reach Five-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yuan demonstrated how he could transform Origin into Dou Qi or soul power and reflected on the technique's strengths and resource demands.
• Xiao Yuan left seclusion and headed to the Dou Technique Hall to select Dou Techniques.
• The guards let Xiao Yuan into the hall, where he saw shelves of scrolls and several High Yellow-Tier Dou Techniques set apart at the back.

Xiao Yuan searched the Xiao Clan’s Dou Technique Hall for techniques suited to his lightning Dou Qi but found only weak Yellow Tier options. Xiao Xun'er arrived and gave him two powerful lightning techniques, which he accepted and promised to repay.

• Xiao Yuan considered the limits of his inherited Spirit Arts and searched the hall for local Dou Techniques he could use in battle.
• Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Yuan after hearing he had emerged from three months of seclusion and noticed his improved strength.
• Xiao Xun'er offered Xiao Yuan Thunderclap Finger, a High Xuan Tier offensive technique, and Thunderflash, a mid-grade Profound Tier movement technique.
• Xiao Yuan accepted the scrolls and told Xiao Xun'er he would repay her if he had the opportunity.

Xiao Yuan accepted Xiao Xun'er's two Dou Techniques before Xiao Ning arrived and challenged him to spar. Xiao Yuan deferred the match, discussed Xiao Yan's situation with Xiao Ning, and left to rest before the clan test.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yuan that the Dou Techniques repaid his help at the Market District, and Xiao Yuan stored the scrolls in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Ning entered the Dou Technique Hall, greeted Xiao Yuan, and proposed a spar after boasting about reaching ninth stage dou qi.
• Xiao Yuan declined to fight in the hall and pointed out that Xiao Xun'er was present, making Xiao Ning realize he had overlooked her.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Yuan that he had persuaded their grandfather to keep Xiao Yan's monthly resources, though Xiao Yan had made no cultivation progress in three years.
• Xiao Yuan said he would rest and prepare for the clan test, while Xiao Ning agreed to spar another day and promised not to go easy on him.

Xiao Yuan attended the Xiao Clan’s semiannual cultivation test and revealed that he had reached Five-Star Dou Zhe, stunning the clan. The test continued with Xiao Yan called up next.

• Xiao Yuan arrived at the training ground and reunited with Xiao Ning before the test began.
• Xiao Ning tested at ninth-stage Dou Qi, while Xiao Xun'er was revealed to be a one-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yuan released his cultivation and the Demon Testing Stone displayed Five-Star Dou Zhe, shocking everyone.
• Xiao Zhan, the Great Elder, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Xun'er reacted with disbelief to Xiao Yuan’s result.
• The Great Elder called Xiao Yan to take his turn.

Xiao Yan remained at Three-Stage Dou Qi during the clan test, while ten-year-old Xiao Yuan impressed the Xiao Clan with his Five-Star Dou Zhe cultivation and was named a Core Disciple. Xiao Yuan returned to cultivating as Xiao Yan retreated to the mountains, where an aged consciousness in his Ancient Black Ring watched him.

• Xiao Yan tested at Three-Stage Dou Qi, endured the crowd's whispers, and withdrew in humiliation.
• Xiao Yuan reflected that Xiao Yan's trial was not over and watched Xiao Xun'er worry over him.
• The Great Elder ended the test, and Xiao Zhan named Xiao Yuan a Core Disciple with priority access to clan resources.
• Xiao Ning resolved to cultivate harder, while Xiao Xun'er quietly questioned Xiao Yuan about his rapid progress.
• Xiao Yuan returned to his courtyard and cultivated, thinking of the dangers ahead and Yao Lao's approaching awakening.
• Xiao Yan gripped the Ancient Black Ring on the mountain steps as a faint, aged consciousness within it studied him.

Xiao Yan discovered that Yao Lao had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years, then accepted him as his master in exchange for instruction and help regaining power. The next morning, Xiao Yuan learned that guests from the Misty Cloud Sect were visiting the Xiao Clan, prompting him to recognize the timing of the original story's plot.

• Yao Lao revealed that he had absorbed Xiao Yan's Dou Qi while sustaining his remnant soul in the ring.
• Yao Lao promised to restore Xiao Yan's strength and teach him the Flame Mantra if Xiao Yan became his disciple.
• Xiao Yan accepted Yao Lao as his master after warning him not to deceive him.
• Xiao Yuan completed his morning cultivation as he approached the barrier to becoming a Six-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yuan that honored guests from the Misty Cloud Sect would visit the clan, and Xiao Yuan connected their visit to Xiao Yan's test results.

Xiao Yuan realized that the Misty Cloud Sect had come to publicly end Xiao Yan’s engagement to Nalan Yanran, but he chose not to interfere. The sect’s envoys arrived at the Xiao Clan and summoned Xiao Yan, while Nalan Yanran began to state their purpose.

• Xiao Yuan explained to Xiao Xun'er that the Misty Cloud Sect intended to break Xiao Yan’s engagement and humiliate the Xiao Clan.
• Uncle Wu summoned Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xun'er to the main reception hall, where Xiao Zhan and the clan elders awaited the guests.
• Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples entered the hall, and Ge Ye said they had come to settle a matter from years past.
• Ge Ye called Xiao Yan forward, and Nalan Yanran told him that the Misty Cloud Sect had come for one reason alone.

Nalan Yanran publicly broke off her engagement to Xiao Yan, prompting him to repudiate her and challenge her to a duel at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years. As the sect elder tried to intimidate the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yuan stepped forward to insist that the clan also witness the agreement.

• Nalan Yanran declared that she would not marry Xiao Yan and announced that the Misty Cloud Sect was breaking off their engagement.
• Xiao Yan answered the public humiliation by writing a letter repudiating Nalan Yanran and declaring their engagement void.
• Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to meet him at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, wagering that the loser would accept the other's terms.
• Nalan Yanran accepted the Three-Year Agreement, and a Misty Cloud Sect elder said the sect would bear witness.
• Xiao Yuan stepped forward and said the Xiao Clan should also be represented as a witness, surprising Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yuan protected Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, then decided to leave Wutan City for Qingshan Town to train on the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After Xiao Zhan reluctantly gave his permission and a travel fund, Xiao Yuan planned to say goodbye to Xiao Yan before departing at daybreak.

• Xiao Yuan told Nalan Yanran that the Misty Cloud Sect must not interfere with Xiao Yan’s fight in three years, and the elder agreed to the condition.
• Nalan Yanran left the Xiao Clan after confirming the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Zhan thanked Xiao Yuan for defending the clan’s dignity.
• Half a year later, Xiao Yuan asked Xiao Zhan for permission to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range because his cultivation had slowed and he needed combat experience.
• Xiao Yuan explained that he would stay near Qingshan Town and hunt low-ranking magical beasts, and Xiao Zhan gave him permission and a pouch of one hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yuan said he would leave at daybreak and planned to say goodbye to Xiao Yan that night, while Xiao Yan waited in the rear courtyard’s bamboo grove.

Xiao Yuan left Wutan City for the Magical Beast Mountain Range to train and reached its outskirts after three days. He began hunting magical beasts to hone his combat skills and replenish his Dou Qi, killing the pack leader of a group of Azure Wind Wolves.

• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Yan he was leaving to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan wished him well.
• Xiao Yuan departed Wutan City at dawn and used Thunderflash to travel toward the mountains.
• After three days, Xiao Yuan reached the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range and replenished his Dou Qi by absorbing a Tier 1 Wind Attribute Magic Core.
• Xiao Yuan spotted eight Azure Wind Wolves and attacked their pack, dodging their leader’s wind blades with Thunderflash.
• Xiao Yuan struck the pack leader’s skull with Thunderclap Finger, killing it.

Xiao Yuan hunted Azure Wind Wolves in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, using the fights to sharpen his skills and sense that he was nearing the One-Star Dou Shi realm. At night, he spotted Xiao Yi Xian secretly gathering herbs and startled her by speaking beside her.

• Xiao Yuan killed eight Azure Wind Wolves and collected four magic cores.
• Xiao Yuan crushed two magic cores to replenish his Dou Qi, then continued hunting and training in the forest.
• After night fell, Xiao Yuan heard a Myriad Medicine Pavilion herb-gathering team working in a valley and concealed himself nearby.
• Xiao Yuan recognized Xiao Yi Xian hiding apart from the team and secretly picking a purple spirit herb from a cliff.
• Xiao Yi Xian approached a concealed ledge, and Xiao Yuan startled her by speaking close to her ear.

Xiao Yuan confronted Xiao Yi Xian on a cliff and discovered a hidden cave containing treasures from the original story. After Xiao Yi Xian attacked him with poison powder, he evaded it effortlessly and insisted he meant her no harm.

• Xiao Yuan startled Xiao Yi Xian while she gathered Purple Glow Grass on a cliff and told her he had watched her pick it.
• Xiao Yuan spotted a concealed cave below the cliff and considered taking its map fragment to trade with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yi Xian secretly threw Miasma Poison Powder at Xiao Yuan while he was distracted.
• Xiao Yuan used Thunderflash to dodge the poison, leaving Xiao Yi Xian stunned.
• Xiao Yi Xian conceded defeat, and Xiao Yuan sighed and told her he had no intention of hurting her.

Xiao Yuan brought Xiao Yi Xian to the hidden cave entrance and faced the Rock Snake guarding it. He wounded the beast, but it retreated into the cliff’s crevices and evaded his Thunderclap Finger.

• Xiao Yuan decided to keep Xiao Yi Xian close and carried her safely down the cliff to the ancient cave entrance.
• A Rock Snake burst through the vines and attacked Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yuan struck the Rock Snake with a lightning blade, tearing through its scales and wounding it.
• The Rock Snake fled into a crevice in the cliff, using the rocks to hide from Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yuan fired his Thunderclap Finger into the Rock Snake’s hiding place, but hit only stone.

Xiao Yuan killed the Rock Snake and led Xiao Yi Xian into the ancient cave, where he found and opened a hidden mechanism in a stone door. They discovered a chamber containing a skeleton, three wooden boxes, scattered gold coins, and a small herb garden, including Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

• Xiao Yuan struck the Rock Snake with Thunderstorm lightning and killed it while Xiao Yi Xian watched in astonishment.
• Xiao Yuan tore away the vines covering the cave entrance and entered with Xiao Yi Xian, using his soul power to search for danger.
• Xiao Yuan found a concealed protrusion at the bottom of a massive stone door and pressed it to open the way forward.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xiao Yuan about how easily he found the mechanism, and he claimed he had read books about mechanisms.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the chamber and saw a seated skeleton, three wooden boxes, gold coins, and a garden of spiritual herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized the Ice Spirit Flame Grass in the garden.