Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan, a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint from a thousand years in the past, arrived at the diminished Xiao Clan in Wutan City and learned that his system could reward him with an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. After meeting Xiao Yan and entering the clan, he completed the system’s check-in mission and received the pill and Dou Di Points.

• Xiao Xuan learned that he had been reborn a thousand years in the future and found the Xiao Clan living in a small residence in Wutan City.
• The system offered Xiao Xuan an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill for checking in at the Xiao Clan, and he eagerly decided to enter.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er emerged from the residence, and Xiao Yan felt an unexplained warmth toward the unfamiliar Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan introduced himself as a fellow Xiao Clan member, and Xiao Yan invited him inside while Xun'er reacted to his name.
• Xiao Xuan stepped into the Xiao Clan and completed the check-in mission, earning an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and 1,000 Dou Di Points.

Xiao Xuan entered the impoverished Xiao Clan grounds with Xiao Yan and asked to meet the clan head, while Xun'er and Ling Ying suspected he was unusually powerful. When Xiao Zhan confronted him in the assembly hall, Xiao Xuan revealed that he had once led the Ancient Xiao Clan and claimed to be a Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Xuan learned that the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill could help him ascend to Half-Emperor, then felt guilt over the Xiao Clan's decline after seeing its grounds.
• Xun'er and Ling Ying discussed Xiao Xuan's threatening presence, but Xun'er decided to observe him before reporting him to the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Yan to take him to meet Xiao Zhan, then entered the assembly hall while Xiao Zhan and the elders were meeting.
• Xiao Zhan questioned Xiao Xuan's identity and warned him after Xiao Xuan said he had once led the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan remained unmoved by Xiao Zhan's Mad Lion Dou Qi pressure and declared that he was a Nine-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Xuan revealed that he was a Nine-Star Dou Sheng and the Xiao Clan’s ancestor from a thousand years ago. After demonstrating his overwhelming power, he convinced Xiao Zhan and the clan elders to accept him, while Xiao Yan remained stunned by the revelation.

• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders failed to recognize the Dou Sheng realm until Xiao Yan recalled that it stood above Dou Zun and below Dou Di.
• The clan elders doubted Xiao Xuan’s claim, so he released his aura and pressed everyone in the Xiao Residence to the ground.
• Xiao Zhan believed Xiao Xuan was a Nine-Star Dou Sheng and feared that he had come to destroy the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan withdrew his aura, took the clan head’s seat, and explained that he was the Xiao Clan’s ancestor from a thousand years ago.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders knelt to pay their respects, and Xiao Zhan dragged the bewildered Xiao Yan down to kneel as well.

Xiao Xuan learned how far the Xiao Clan had fallen and vowed to restore its former glory, believing his return and power would let the clan rise again. When Xiao Zhan revealed that Gu Yuan had visited the clan and given it meager gifts, Xiao Xuan angrily condemned his old friend for failing to protect the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xuan explained that the Xiao Clan had once been one of the strongest Ancient Eight Clans, but its bloodline weakened and the Hun Clan killed him after his attempt to restore it failed.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan encouraged Xiao Xuan to look toward the Xiao Clan's future, and he promised to lead the clan back to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Xuan that fewer than a thousand Xiao Clan members remained and that its strongest fighters were only at the Da Dou Shi level.
• Xiao Xuan asked whether Gu Yuan was alive, and Xiao Zhan said Gu Yuan had visited more than ten years earlier and given the clan resources and low-level techniques.
• Xiao Xuan became furious that Gu Yuan had offered so little help and said he would have preferred Hun Tiandi to kill him.

Xiao Xuan learned that Gu Yuan had left his daughter Xun’er with the Xiao Clan, then discovered the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families had joined forces to ruin the clan’s herb business. He confronted their heads at the Jia Lie residence, where the two men realized his strength far surpassed theirs.

• Xiao Xuan learned that Gu Yuan had left Xun’er in the Xiao Clan’s care but decided not to take out his anger on her.
• A guard reported that the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families had monopolized Wutan City’s herb supply, driving sellers away from the Xiao Family Market.
• Xiao Xuan learned of the families’ scheme and took Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan through space to the Jia Lie residence.
• Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa celebrated their plan to destroy the Xiao Clan’s business until Xiao Xuan appeared with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan.
• Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa sensed Xiao Xuan’s terrifying aura, and Jia Lie Bi warned Oba Pa that Xiao Xuan was likely stronger than them.

Xiao Xuan warned Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa to stop targeting the Xiao Clan, then left without harming them. Oba Pa persuaded Jia Lie Bi to help hire an eight-star Dou Wang from the Jia Ma Empire to kill Xiao Xuan, and the two began raising the money.

• Xiao Xuan confronted Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa, warned them against attacking the Xiao Clan, and departed with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan.
• Jia Lie Bi urged Oba Pa to stop provoking the Xiao Clan, but Oba Pa insisted on revenge and claimed Xiao Xuan was no more than a Dou Ling.
• Oba Pa told Jia Lie Bi that his family could hire an eight-star Dou Wang from the Jia Ma Empire to kill Xiao Xuan.
• Oba Pa persuaded Jia Lie Bi to share the cost, and the two began gathering money while Oba Pa sent a letter inviting the Dou Wang.

After confronting the Oba Pa and Jia Lie Bi families, Xiao Xuan returned to the Xiao Clan and began preparing to restore its strength. He gave Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and the elders the clan’s inherited Emperor Vein Heart Sutra, then announced plans to assess the younger generation and train the clan’s leaders.

• Xiao Xuan brought Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Clan after warning Oba Pa and Jia Lie Bi.
• Xiao Zhan celebrated the Xiao Clan’s victory, but Xiao Xuan told him to act with the composure of a patriarch whose clan would soon return to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Xuan announced that he would attend the younger generation’s Dou Qi test in three days and personally train the clan’s elders.
• Xiao Xuan passed the Emperor Vein Heart Sutra to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and the elders, explaining that the high-level Heaven Tier technique had been created by the clan’s Dou Di and refined by later generations.
• Xiao Xuan told the clan members to begin practicing the inherited technique and said that Heaven Tier Dou Techniques also awaited them.

Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Xuan to help Xiao Yan, whose cultivation had stalled and whose Dou Qi had vanished for three years. Xiao Xuan drew a remnant soul from Xiao Yan’s Black Ring, and Yao Chen confessed that he had been draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi to sustain himself.

• Xiao Xuan gave the Xiao Clan’s elders their inherited cultivation methods and sent them off to improve their cultivation.
• Xiao Zhan knelt before Xiao Xuan and explained how Xiao Yan had lost his talent and could no longer retain Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xuan detected the hidden remnant soul and forcibly pulled it out of Xiao Yan’s Black Ring.
• Xiao Xuan threatened the remnant soul for harming a Xiao Clan descendant, then allowed him to explain.
• Yao Chen said he was a former Dou Zun and eighth-tier alchemist whose body had been destroyed by a treacherous disciple, and apologized for draining Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi.

Xiao Xuan spared Yao Chen and recruited him to serve the Xiao Clan as a guest elder and alchemist. After resolving Xiao Yan’s cultivation problem, Xiao Xuan prepared to use the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to break through to Dou Di.

• Xiao Xuan learned that Yao Chen had restrained himself while absorbing Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and spared his life.
• Xiao Xuan ordered Yao Chen to remain with the Xiao Clan as a guest elder and refine pills after his body was restored, and Yao Chen gratefully agreed.
• Xiao Xuan completed the system mission and received the upgraded Xiao Clan cultivation method, a Ninth-Tier Soul-Restoring Golden Pill, and 1,000 Dou Di Points.
• Xiao Xuan took Yao Chen’s black ring from Xiao Yan, whose talent and ability to cultivate had returned.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan left, and Xiao Xuan entered a stretch of Void Space with the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to attempt his breakthrough to Dou Di.

Xiao Xuan used his system rewards to heal his injuries and upgrade his cultivation method before consuming the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill. The pill let him reach the Half-Emperor realm, but its limited Dou Di origin was not enough for him to complete the breakthrough.

• Xiao Xuan examined the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and switched to the upgraded Xiao Clan Imperial Silence Heart Sutra, which could strengthen him and counter the Hun Clan’s soul-devouring techniques.
• Xiao Xuan swallowed the Ninth-Tier Soul-Restoring Golden Pill and healed his injuries and hidden ailments, restoring himself to peak condition.
• Xiao Xuan consumed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and felt the shackles blocking his breakthrough to Dou Di begin to loosen.
• Xiao Xuan found that the pill contained too little Dou Di origin for a complete breakthrough, so he stopped with half a foot in the realm and became the Dou Qi Continent’s only Half-Emperor.

After Ancestor Xiao Xuan restored Xiao Yan’s ability to retain Dou Qi, Xiao Yan shared the news with Xun'er. Xun'er recognized Xiao Xuan’s name from the Gu Clan’s records and realized he might be the legendary Nine-Star Dou Sheng who had fallen a thousand years ago.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan left Ancestor Xiao Xuan after Xiao Yan’s talent and ability to retain Dou Qi were restored.
• Xiao Yan hurried to meet Xun'er, who had waited outside the Xiao Residence, and told her his talent had returned.
• Xiao Yan explained that a Dou Zun-level soul had been siphoning his Dou Qi and that Ancestor Xiao Xuan had removed it.
• Xun'er recalled from Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan’s historical records that Xiao Xuan was the Xiao Clan’s legendary Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and wondered whether he was the same ancestor Xiao Yan had met.

Xiao Xun'er learned that the Xiao Clan’s returned ancestor was the long-dead Nine-Star Dou Sheng Xiao Xuan and sent Ling Ying to warn Gu Yuan. Before he could leave, a terrifying breakthrough aura engulfed the Xiao Clan, leaving Xun'er and Ling Ying fearing Xiao Xuan was advancing to an even higher realm.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er that the returned Xiao Xuan was the Xiao Clan’s thousand-year-old ancestor, a Nine-Star Dou Sheng who had restored Xiao Yan’s talent and returned the clan’s Heaven Rank High Grade cultivation technique.
• Xiao Xun'er canceled her planned outing with Xiao Yan, then told Ling Ying to return to the Gu Clan and warn Gu Yuan about Xiao Xuan’s return.
• A terrifying aura and domain suddenly spread across the Xiao Clan, weakening both Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying.
• Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying suspected that Xiao Xuan was breaking through, and Ling Ying feared what realm a Nine-Star Dou Sheng could reach.

After sensing Xiao Xuan’s breakthrough, Ling Ying tried to leave the Xiao Residence but was stopped and summoned with Xun'er to the Xiao Clan Hall. There, Gu Xun'er paid her respects to Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Yan learned that she belonged to the Gu Clan.

• Ling Ying and Xun'er realized Xiao Xuan had returned after a terrifying aura swept over the Xiao Residence.
• Ling Ying tried to leave for the Gu Clan, but Xiao Xuan sealed the space and stopped him.
• Xiao Xuan released Ling Ying and ordered him to bring Xun'er to the Xiao Clan Hall.
• Xun'er greeted Xiao Xuan as Gu Xun'er of the Gu Clan after he challenged her use of the surname Xiao.
• Xiao Yan was stunned to learn Xun'er was from the Gu Clan, while Xiao Zhan explained that he had kept her identity secret.

Xiao Xuan confronted Xun'er over the Gu Clan’s treatment of the Xiao Clan and prepared to kill Ling Ying for spying. Xun'er saved Ling Ying by offering the Gu Clan’s Emperor Seal Art, but Xiao Xuan spared him without accepting the technique and vowed to settle the Gu Clan’s debt himself.

• Xiao Xuan accused Gu Yuan of exploiting the Xiao Clan’s decline and leaving it in ruins.
• Xiao Xuan recognized Ling Ying as a Gu Clan spy and raised his killing intent, while Xun'er realized Ling Ying was in danger.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Xuan to judge Ling Ying fairly and offered the Emperor Seal Art to save his life.
• Xiao Xuan spared Ling Ying but refused to take the technique from Xun'er, saying he would collect what the Gu Clan owed him himself.

Xiao Xuan kept Xun'er and Ling Ying inside the Xiao Clan so they could not warn the Gu Clan before he settled accounts with them. He then fulfilled his promise to Yao Chen by forging him a Two-Star Dou Saint-level body, leaving Yao Chen astonished by Xiao Xuan's skill.

• Xiao Xuan refused the Emperor Seal Art Xun'er offered and told her and Ling Ying they could not leave the Xiao Clan before he confronted the Gu Clan.
• Xun'er told Ling Ying not to alert the Gu Clan, saying their clan's debt to the Xiao Clan was for Gu Yuan and the elders to face.
• Xiao Yan went to talk with Xun'er after she and Ling Ying left, while Xiao Xuan turned to his own affairs.
• Xiao Xuan released Yao Chen and asked what requirements he had for the body he had promised to forge.
• Xiao Xuan used three Heavenly Flames and materials to forge Yao Chen a flawless Two-Star Dou Saint-level body in less than half an hour.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Xuan's refining skill and was stunned when Xiao Xuan described the body as a casual result made with limited materials.

Xiao Xuan successfully resurrected Yao Chen in a perfectly compatible Dou Sheng body, earning Yao Chen’s loyalty and the Flame Mantra. The system then rewarded Xiao Xuan with an advanced version that could be cultivated without destroying his existing cultivation, leaving him able to use it himself.

• Yao Chen merged with Xiao Xuan’s refined body in less than half a day and returned to life as a One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Chen pledged his loyalty to Xiao Xuan and agreed to help the Xiao Clan refine pills.
• Yao Chen asked about Xiao Xuan’s three heavenly flames, and Xiao Xuan explained that he forcibly suppressed and used them.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Xuan the Flame Mantra, a method for taming heavenly flames, and warned that it normally required starting cultivation from scratch.
• The system rewarded Xiao Xuan with an advanced Flame Mantra that did not require destroying his cultivation, along with 2,000 Dou Di Points.

Xiao Xuan decided to cultivate the upgraded Flame Mantra so he could tame heavenly flames and strengthen his signature technique. After rewarding Yao Chen with secret Yao Clan alchemy manuals, Xiao Xuan mastered the Flame Mantra as an auxiliary cultivation method, and the flames within him began to change.

• Xiao Xuan resolved to cultivate the Flame Mantra, hoping it would let him safely control multiple heavenly flames and enhance the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Xuan gave Yao Chen scrolls recording alchemy secrets he had memorized in the Yao Clan's Medicine Canon Pavilion, and Yao Chen gratefully accepted them.
• Xiao Xuan studied the upgraded Flame Mantra and marveled at the method's creator and its principles for devouring heavenly flames.
• Xiao Xuan cultivated the Flame Mantra alongside the Emperor Silence Heart Sutra and completed it within a few hours.
• The Flame Mantra began circulating as Xiao Xuan's auxiliary method, triggering dramatic changes in the heavenly flames within his body.

Xiao Xuan tamed his three Heavenly Flames with the Flame Mantra and obtained a bone spirit cold flame seed from Yao Chen to cultivate a fourth. Meanwhile, Oba Pa hired the Eight-Star Dou Wang Xuan Tengying to assassinate Xiao Xuan and destroy the Xiao Clan, and Xuan Tengying began preparing to travel to Wutan City.

• Xiao Xuan discovered that the Flame Mantra had made his three Heavenly Flames docile without weakening their power, and he considered collecting more flames to strengthen his transformations.
• Xiao Xuan summoned Yao Chen, who willingly gave him a bone spirit cold flame seed, and Xiao Xuan began nurturing it with his Half-Emperor Dou Qi.
• Oba Pa traveled to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital and asked Xuan Tengying to kill Xiao Xuan, Xiao Zhan, and the Xiao Clan's elders.
• Oba Pa offered Xuan Tengying 800,000 gold coins, and Xuan Tengying accepted the contract after Oba Pa claimed Xiao Xuan was only a Peak Dou Ling or, at most, a Dou Wang.
• After Oba Pa left, Xuan Tengying began preparing to travel to Wutan City and assassinate Xiao Xuan.

On the day of the Xiao Clan’s Dou Qi test, Xiao Yan prepared to reveal how far he had advanced after activating his ancestral bloodline and receiving Yao Chen’s help. Xiao Xuan arrived to watch the younger generation and anticipated that Xiao Yan would astonish the clan.

• Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning drew praise from the younger clan members, who mocked Xiao Yan for remaining at the third stage of Dou Qi for three years.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er that the Xiao Clan Inherited Technique had activated his bloodline and that his cultivation had surged, but kept his new realm secret.
• Yao Chen compensated Xiao Yan with cultivation-enhancing pills and accepted him as his disciple after recognizing his soul strength and character.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion after nurturing the bone spirit cold flame seed, giving him a fourth heavenly flame.
• Xiao Xuan surveyed the clan’s young members, noticed Xiao Yan’s rapid progress, and dismissed the gossip calling him a good-for-nothing.

Xiao Xuan watched the Xiao Clan’s youth rankings and saw how far the clan had declined, while Xiao Yan’s restored talent and awakened bloodline had already transformed his strength. Xun’er concealed her extraordinary cultivation during the test, and Xiao Xuan resolved to warn Xiao Yan about her and the Gu Family before Xiao Yan’s own test began.

• Xiao Xuan watched the Xiao Clan disciples’ tests and judged their overall strength abysmal.
• Xiao Mei reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Ning reached the eighth stage, drawing praise from the crowd.
• Xun’er displayed the ninth stage of Dou Qi, though Xiao Xuan recognized she was actually a peak Nine-Star Dou Zhe nearing Dou Shi.
• Xiao Xuan decided to prioritize Xiao Yan’s training and warn him about Gu Xun’er and the Gu Family.
• The testing elder called Xiao Yan’s name, and the assembled crowd turned to watch him.