Chapter Summaries

A transmigrator woke up in Xiao Yan’s body before Yao Lao began absorbing his Dou Qi and discovered a Daily Choice System. He chose Yao Ling as the soul in his Storage Ring, setting her as his mentor.

• The transmigrator realized he had taken over Xiao Yan’s body in Wutan City before his cultivation began regressing.
• Xiao Xun'er called Xiao Yan to the clan’s Dou Qi test, and he joined her on the way to the training grounds.
• The Daily Choice System bound itself to Xiao Yan and asked him to choose an old mentor in the ring.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Chen and Pill King Gu He, then selected Yao Ling.
• The system confirmed that Yao Ling had become the soul within the Storage Ring.

Xiao Yan’s test revealed that he had become a One-Star Dou Practitioner at eleven, impressing the Xiao Clan. In seclusion behind the estate, he met Yao Ling, who offered to teach him cultivation and alchemy if he accepted her as his master.

• Xiao Xun'er tested at the eighth stage of Dou Qi, drawing admiration from the Xiao Clan members.
• Xiao Yan tested as a One-Star Dou Practitioner, surprising the crowd and pleasing Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan left the training grounds and went to a secluded mountain spot to consider how to grow stronger.
• Yao Ling emerged from Xiao Yan's Storage Ring and asked whether he wanted to become stronger and learn alchemy.
• Yao Ling offered to take Xiao Yan as her disciple, hoping he would become an alchemist capable of refining a body for her.

Xiao Yan became Yao Ling's disciple, gathered the medicinal ingredients she requested, and returned to the rear mountain to learn alchemy. After choosing heaven-defying comprehension through the system, he improved the pill formula while refining his first pill, leaving Yao Ling stunned by the result.

• Xiao Yan agreed to become Yao Ling's disciple, and she told him to keep her existence secret.
• Xiao Yan searched Wutan City's Market District and gathered the medicinal ingredients Yao Ling had requested.
• Xiao Yan returned to the rear mountain at dawn, where the system offered him three talents and he chose heaven-defying comprehension.
• Yao Ling demonstrated how to refine a first-grade pill and gave the finished pill to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan refined a pill himself, and the system improved its formula until its efficacy matched a third-grade pill, astonishing Yao Ling.

After Xiao Yan refined a batch of Qi Gathering Pills and consumed them, Yao Ling recognized his extraordinary alchemy and cultivation talent. He advanced to Three-Star Dou Practitioner and received a system notification that his alchemy talent had reached the third tier, leaving him eager to grow stronger and explore beyond Wutan City.

• Yao Ling asked whether Xiao Yan had studied alchemy before, and Xiao Yan said it was his first time refining pills.
• Yao Ling was shocked by Xiao Yan’s skill and decided that nurturing him might eventually help her regain a body.
• Xiao Yan refined more Qi Gathering Pills, with each attempt becoming faster and every pill reaching third-tier quality or better.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the pills and cultivated for about an hour, advancing from One-Star Dou Zhe to Three-Star Dou Practitioner.
• The system notified Xiao Yan that his alchemy talent had reached the third tier, and he credited his progress to his comprehension talent.

After a night of cultivation, Xiao Yan advanced to Three-Star Dou Practitioner and comprehended the high Earth Tier Sealing Art, which could temporarily stop opponents from using Dou Techniques. At Yao Ling’s suggestion, he went to the Mittel Auction House to find an ingredient for refining Qi Condensation Powder and waited for the afternoon auction, where he noticed Jia Lie Ao.

• Xiao Yan cultivated through the night, advanced to Three-Star Dou Practitioner, and comprehended the Sealing Art.
• Yao Ling offered to teach Xiao Yan to refine Qi Condensation Powder and gave him a list of five ingredients.
• Xiao Yan went to the Mittel Auction House to find the uncommon fifth ingredient and learned that it would be auctioned that afternoon.
• Xiao Yan entered the auction seating area and spotted Jia Lie Ao, but chose to ignore him and wait for the auction.

Xiao Yan competed with Jia Lie Ao for a stalk of clearheart grass at the auction and won it for two hundred thousand gold coins. Unable to pay in gold, he offered Ya Fei a third-tier pill, and she agreed to give him the herb if he could produce one.

• Jia Lie Ao mocked Xiao Yan for being a One-Star Dou Zhe and warned him to give up on Xiao Xun'er, but Xiao Yan dismissed him.
• Xiao Yan learned from an attendant that the clearheart grass would be auctioned as a closing highlight in the second half.
• Jia Lie Ao and Xiao Yan bid against each other for the clearheart grass until Jia Lie Ao stopped at two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yan won the clearheart grass but told Ya Fei he lacked the gold to pay and offered a third-tier pill instead.
• Jia Lie Ao mocked Xiao Yan's claim, while Ya Fei said she would give him the herb outright if he could produce a third-tier pill.

Xiao Yan persuaded Ya Fei to give him the clearheart grass on credit by promising a third-rank pill, then defeated Jia Lie Ao outside the auction house using the Forbidden Character Art. Jia Lie Ao was left injured and swore revenge as Xiao Yan walked away.

• Ya Fei trusted Xiao Yan's claim that he could refine third-rank pills and gave him the clearheart grass in exchange for a future pill.
• Xiao Yan promised to honor the deal and left the Mittel Auction House with Ya Fei escorting him out.
• Jia Lie Ao followed Xiao Yan outside, demanded the clearheart grass, and threatened him.
• Jia Lie Ao attacked, but Xiao Yan dodged and used the Forbidden Character Art to stop Jia Lie Ao's Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan struck Jia Lie Ao and sent him crashing into a wall, leaving him pale and injured.
• Jia Lie Ao cursed Xiao Yan and swore to make him pay as Xiao Yan left.

Xiao Yan told Yao Ling that he had comprehended the Forbidden Character Art, then began learning to refine Qi Condensation Powder from her. He chose the system’s Heavenly Spirit Pill option and successfully progressed toward refining the second-grade pill, hoping to strengthen Yao Ling’s soul.

• Xiao Yan met Yao Ling on the mountain, and she asked where he had learned the Forbidden Character Art.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had comprehended the technique the previous night and believed it was high Earth tier; Yao Ling suspected it might approach Heaven tier.
• Yao Ling demonstrated how to refine Qi Condensation Powder and told Xiao Yan to try it himself.
• The system offered Xiao Yan a choice of three pills, and he selected the Heavenly Spirit Pill to help restore Yao Ling’s soul power.
• Xiao Yan began refining Qi Condensation Powder, and a faint medicinal fragrance soon rose from the Medicine Cauldron.

Xiao Yan refined a third-tier Heavenly Spirit Pill from the recipe he had used for Qi Condensation Powder and gave it to Yao Ling to strengthen her soul. After taking it, Yao Ling ended the lesson while Xiao Yan continued practicing alchemy, increasingly impressed by his talent.

• Xiao Yan successfully refined second-grade Qi Condensation Powder on his first attempt.
• Following the system-improved recipe, Xiao Yan refined a Heavenly Spirit Pill that carried soul energy.
• Xiao Yan explained that the pill could strengthen Yao Ling's soul and had made it for her recovery.
• Yao Ling swallowed the Heavenly Spirit Pill and felt her soul power increase.
• Yao Ling ended the lesson, and Xiao Yan continued refining Qi Condensation Powder, producing consistently high-quality pills.

Xiao Yan reached Seven-Star Dou Zhe and chose to refine the Amethyst Spirit Recovery Pill, which could restore Yao Ling’s strength as an Initial Half-Saint for a year. Despite the danger posed by the sixth-rank Amethyst Winged Lion King needed for the pill, Xiao Yan and Yao Ling set out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan woke up at Seven-Star Dou Zhe, and Yao Ling praised his rapid cultivation.
• Xiao Yan received a choice of pills and selected the recipe for the Amethyst Spirit Recovery Pill as the most valuable option.
• Xiao Yan learned that the pill required blood from an Amethyst Winged Lion King and purple spirit crystal.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Ling he wanted to hunt the Amethyst Winged Lion King so she could regain her Initial Half-Saint strength for a year.
• Yao Ling warned Xiao Yan that the beast was equivalent to a Dou Emperor, then agreed to accompany him and use her soul power to help.
• Xiao Yan packed his things, left the Xiao Clan, and headed north toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan faced the Xiao Clan elders over injuring Jia Lie Ao and refused to apologize, while Xiao Zhan took responsibility for his son. After Xiao Xun'er considered secretly killing Jia Lie Ao, Xiao Yan received a system notification that a random event had been triggered.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that the Jia Lie Family had demanded an explanation for Jia Lie Ao's injury and warned him to be careful with the elders.
• The Xiao Clan elders urged Xiao Yan to apologize, but Xiao Zhan defended him, saying Jia Lie Ao had struck first.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would not care even if he had killed Jia Lie Ao, angering the elders.
• Xiao Zhan said he would shoulder responsibility for Xiao Yan's actions, and Xiao Yan left the hall.
• Xiao Xun'er watched Xiao Yan leave and considered secretly killing Jia Lie Ao to protect him and the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan received a system notification that a random event had been triggered and chose to view it.

Xiao Yan chose to turn the Jia Lie Family’s planned retaliation against them and confronted their fighters in a grove outside Xiao Clan territory. He used the Forbidden Character Art to seal their Dou Qi, leaving them shocked and unable to fight back.

• The system announced that Jia Lie Bi and Jia Lie Ao were preparing to retaliate against Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan chose the option to wait for their men and kill them all.
• Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan grounds and spotted Jia Lie Family fighters waiting for him in a grove.
• The fighters confronted Xiao Yan and demanded that he return with them, kneel before Jia Lie Ao, and accept being crippled.
• When the fighters attacked, Xiao Yan used the Forbidden Character Art and sealed their Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan killed the Jia Lie Family fighters sent to assassinate him, then continued north toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Jia Lie Bi learned of the deaths and went to confront the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yan reached the mountains and entered them.

• Xiao Yan killed the Jia Lie Family’s Dou Shi and Dou Zhe after sealing their Dou Qi, leaving no survivors.
• Jia Lie Bi and Jia Lie Ao waited for the assassins to return, then learned that every one of them had died.
• Jia Lie Bi vowed to demand an explanation from Xiao Zhan and headed to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan traveled north, reached the Magical Beast Mountain Range by evening, and stepped inside.

Xiao Yan ventured into the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Yao Ling protecting him and found Yun Yun injured after her defeat by the Amethyst Winged Lion King. When the system offered him three choices for Yun Yun’s fate, he chose to treat her wounds and pursue the intimate option.

• Xiao Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range while Yao Ling assured him she could protect him from powerful magical beasts.
• Xiao Yan saw Yun Yun lose to the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which sealed her Dou Qi before she fled into a cave.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Yan to leave, but he dismissed the Amethyst Winged Lion King as no threat.
• Xiao Yan saw the system’s three choices for Yun Yun and selected the option to treat her wounds and gain her favorability.

Xiao Yan promised Yun Yun he could remove the seal on her Dou Qi and went to gather herbs for a pill. On his way back, he encountered the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Yao Ling took control of Xiao Yan’s body to confront it.

• Yun Yun doubted Xiao Yan could remove her seal, but agreed to let him try in exchange for a favor.
• Xiao Yan left to gather medicinal herbs while Yun Yun stayed behind, and Yao Ling promised to help refine a seal-removing pill.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Ling gathered the needed herbs after searching the mountain range for over an hour.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared as Xiao Yan and Yao Ling prepared to return.
• Yao Ling took control of Xiao Yan’s body and unleashed powerful Dou Qi, frightening the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Yao Ling used her overwhelming Dou Qi to force the Amethyst Winged Lion King to submit, and Xiao Yan accepted him as a servant in exchange for a purple spirit crystal and some blood. Xiao Yan returned to the cave and began refining a pill while Yun Yun watched in astonishment at his apparent strength and alchemy skills.

• Yao Ling overwhelmed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, who knelt and begged Xiao Yan to spare his life.
• Xiao Yan chose to spare the beast and demanded its purple spirit crystal and a small bottle of blood for his pill.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King agreed to serve Xiao Yan, gave him the requested materials, and placed a spell mark on him so Xiao Yan could summon him.
• Xiao Yan returned to the cave, where Yun Yun asked whether he had found the medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Ling took control of Xiao Yan's body and began refining the pill as Yun Yun watched, stunned by his apparent power and skill.

Xiao Yan treated Yun Yun’s wound with ointment and helped break the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s seal. After reaching Four-Star Dou Shi overnight, he left the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Yun Yun wondered whether he was Xiao Yan, Yanran’s fiancé.

• Xiao Yan explained that Yun Yun needed ointment on her wound as well as a pill to remove the seal, and she reluctantly agreed to let him apply it.
• Xiao Yan spread the ointment over Yun Yun’s wound, dissolving the seal, and she thanked him.
• Xiao Yan cultivated through the night while Yun Yun wondered about his strength, alchemy, and background.
• Xiao Yan received a system notification that he had advanced to Four-Star Dou Shi and prepared to leave.
• Yun Yun revealed that she was the Misty Cloud Sect Master and offered her help, but Xiao Yan calmly departed.
• Yun Yun recalled Yanran’s fiancé was a young man named Xiao Yan and wondered if they were the same person.

Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after seeing Xiao Yan command the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and she realized he might be Nalan Yanran’s fiancé. After Nalan Yanran said she planned to break off their engagement, Yun Yun urgently forbade her.

• Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range on the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s back, while Yun Yun watched in shock as the beast called him master.
• After recovering, Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Leng, Nalan Yanran, and the elders had been worrying about her.
• Yun Yun heard Nalan Yanran thank her for searching for the Amethyst Essence and decided she needed to warn her about Xiao Yan.
• In the inner hall, Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran about her engagement to Xiao Yan and his strength.
• Nalan Yanran said Xiao Yan was a one-star Dou Zhe but still unworthy of her, and Yun Yun urgently forbade her from breaking off the engagement.

Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan was powerful enough to threaten the Misty Cloud Sect if she broke off their engagement. Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and learned the Jia Lie Family was demanding that he pay for injuring Jia Lie Ao, then faced Xiao Ning’s accusations at the Xiao Clan.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had rescued her from the Amethyst Winged Lion King and that the beast had acknowledged him as its master.
• Nalan Yanran doubted Yun Yun’s claims but was left shocked by the revelation of Xiao Yan’s strength and abilities.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and learned from the Xiao Clan guards that Jia Lie Bi had demanded he surrender an arm as compensation for injuring Jia Lie Ao.
• Xiao Ning blamed Xiao Yan for provoking the Jia Lie Family and warned that the clan patriarch might not be able to protect him.
• Xiao Xun'er rebuked Xiao Ning, while Xiao Yan laughed at the idea of fearing a Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and faced elders who wanted him to surrender an arm to appease the Jia Lie Family. As the Jia Lie Family confronted him in the clan’s square, Xiao Yan summoned the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose sudden arrival stunned everyone.

• Xiao Yan dismissed Xiao Ning’s threats and entered the hall, where the elders demanded Xiao Zhan stop protecting him after he injured Jia Lie Ao.
• Xiao Yan assured Xiao Zhan he would handle the dispute himself and summoned the Amethyst Winged Lion King from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• The elders urged Xiao Yan to surrender an arm, then guards reported that Jia Lie Bi and his people had arrived at the Xiao Clan.
• Jia Lie Bi demanded Xiao Yan’s arm and threatened war if the Xiao Clan intervened, while Xiao Yan remained calm.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King appeared in the sky above the clan’s square, leaving those gathered stunned and afraid.