Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan awakened in the world of Battle Through the Heavens with a system that made him a supporting character and tasked him with helping Xiao Yan unite the Dou Qi Continent within ten years. After witnessing the clan’s tests and Xiao Yan’s humiliation, Xiao Fan headed to the mountain to encourage him and pursue his first quest.

• Xiao Fan discovered that he had transmigrated into Battle Through the Heavens and received the Strongest Supporting Character System.
• The system offered Xiao Fan a choice between helping Xiao Yan or Hun Tiandi unite the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Fan accepted Xiao Yan’s quest, with failure carrying the penalty of annihilation.
• The system assigned Xiao Fan a new quest to encourage Xiao Yan after his setback, rewarding him with experience and Alchemist talent.
• Xiao Fan watched Xiao Yan test at the third stage of dou qi, then saw Xiao Mei reach the seventh stage and Xiao Xun'er the ninth stage.
• Xiao Fan tested at the sixth stage of dou qi and later set out for the mountain behind the clan grounds to comfort Xiao Yan.

Xiao Fan encouraged Xiao Yan to overcome his loss of Dou Qi and reclaim his fighting spirit, while Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xun'er took notice of his influence. Xiao Fan returned to his room to claim the completed quest reward and level up.

• Xiao Fan found Xiao Yan alone on the mountain and spoke with him about the stars and the world beyond them.
• Xiao Fan challenged Xiao Yan to stop accepting the good-for-nothing label, then praised his former determination and urged him to keep striving.
• Xiao Yan regained his fighting spirit and vowed to conquer the world and prove he had been there.
• Xiao Zhan heard Xiao Yan's declaration, decided not to interrupt, and planned a surprise involving Xiao Yanran's return from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Xun'er praised Xiao Fan's intelligence after hearing Ling Ying's report, while Xiao Fan returned to his room to claim his quest reward.

After completing his mission to encourage Xiao Yan, Xiao Fan claimed rewards that gave him a powerful physique and cultivation method, then used his beginner’s gift pack lottery. He resolved to prepare for the story’s coming turning point and change events where he could.

• Xiao Fan claimed the mission reward of Alchemist talent, reached level 2, and unlocked the Event Mall and beginner’s gift pack.
• Xiao Fan opened the gift pack and received ten lottery draws, the chaos flame body, and the Radiant Sun Art.
• Xiao Fan accepted the physique and cultivation method, endured a painful transformation, and named the system Pidàn.
• Xiao Fan used his lottery draws and received experience, a wild stone, an unremarkable weed, Fire Cloud Palm, and a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Fan checked his panel and found that his Dou Qi had risen to the seventh stage and that he had gained a cultivation method and Dou Technique.
• Xiao Fan decided to prepare for the coming events and make changes to the plot rather than wait for danger to unfold.

Xiao Fan witnessed the Misty Cloud Sect's visit to the Xiao Clan to dissolve Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's engagement. After Nalan Yanran's request provoked Xiao Zhan, Ge Ye offered Qi Gathering Powder as an apology.

• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan his seat in the hall, and Xiao Yan accepted while Xiao Xun'er watched with interest.
• Ge Ye explained that the Misty Cloud Sect Master wanted Nalan Yanran's engagement to Xiao Yan dissolved because her future role as Sect Master forbade her from becoming involved with a man.
• Xiao Zhan shattered his jade cup, while Xiao Fan steadied Xiao Yan and urged him not to care about the clan members' ridicule.
• Xiao Zhan and Ge Ye faced off with their techniques until the Three Elders ordered Xiao Zhan to stop.
• Ge Ye presented a box of Qi Gathering Powder as an apology, and the Three Elders recognized it.

Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s offer to dissolve their engagement and instead repudiated her with a blood-signed document, then vowed to face her in three years. As Xiao Yan left, Xiao Fan received a new system mission to back him up.

• Xiao Yan refused the Qi Gathering Powder and challenged the elders’ right to decide his engagement, while Xiao Xun'er supported him.
• Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran’s grandfather had not agreed to dissolve the engagement and rejected her offer of pills and entry to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran proposed postponing the engagement dispute for three years, with Xiao Yan challenging her at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan rebuked Nalan Yanran, wrote and blood-signed a certificate repudiating her, and told her he would come for her in three years.
• Xiao Yan left after kneeling before Xiao Zhan, while Xiao Fan noticed a new mission asking him to back Xiao Yan up.

Xiao Fan defended Xiao Yan before the Xiao Clan and refused to let Yao Lao test his loyalty by abandoning him. Yao Lao offered to help Xiao Yan surpass Nalan Yanran if Xiao Yan became his disciple, leaving Xiao Yan to consider the offer.

• Xiao Fan urged the Xiao Clan elders to reject Nalan Yanran’s Qi Gathering Powder and defend Xiao Yan’s dignity, then received quest rewards that raised him to the eighth stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Fan hurried to the rear mountain, where Xiao Yan had discovered that Yao Lao had been absorbing his Dou Qi through the ring.
• When the ring returned, Xiao Fan shielded Xiao Yan and told Yao Lao he would not abandon a fellow clan member.
• Yao Lao admitted his wrongdoing and offered to help Xiao Yan surpass Nalan Yanran in exchange for becoming his disciple.
• Xiao Yan questioned why he should take Yao Lao as his master, and Yao Lao asked whether they wanted to become alchemists.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan became Yao Lao’s disciples, and Yao Lao set them a new cultivation goal while revealing an unusual method that could evolve. After Yao Lao left them to gather rare ingredients they could not afford, Xiao Fan departed as Xiao Xun’er arrived, leaving Xiao Yan to face her with renewed confidence.

• Yao Lao named Xiao Fan his senior disciple and Xiao Yan his junior disciple, then promised to teach them alchemy.
• Yao Lao revealed that the Flame Mantra was a low-grade Yellow Tier cultivation method that could evolve, and told the brothers they had to reach the seventh stage of Dou Qi within a year.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan to prepare three stalks of purple leaf orchid grass, two bone-washing flowers, and a rank-one wood-attribute magic core before retreating into Xiao Yan’s ring.
• Xiao Fan admitted he had only a dozen or so gold coins, and he and Xiao Yan realized they could not afford the requested materials.
• Xiao Xun’er arrived, and Xiao Fan left after greeting her; Xiao Yan then met her gaze with renewed confidence.

Xiao Fan mastered the basics of Fire Cloud Palm and discussed the Xiao Clan’s declining state with Xiao Zhan. He began forming plans of his own and realized that the world might be more complicated than the original story suggested.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er shared a tender moment on the cliff, and Xiao Yan asked whether she had any money.
• Xiao Fan used his Dou Technique Experience Card to initiate Fire Cloud Palm, then tested the technique on a tree and noted the strain it placed on his body.
• Xiao Fan considered how he needed to make plans independent of Xiao Yan and headed to the marketplace.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Fan why he had defended Xiao Yan and what he thought of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Fan described the clan as stagnant and proposed that catastrophe or a powerful leader could restore its unity and vitality.
• Xiao Zhan sent Xiao Fan back, while Xiao Fan concluded that the continent was more complicated than the original story and that he needed to proceed cautiously.

Xiao Fan broke through to Dou Zhe, and Yao Lao explained the dangerous, evolvable Flame Mantra to him and Xiao Yan. Xiao Fan gave the Flame Mantra to Xiao Yan and chose an Earth Tier method instead, while secretly continuing to cultivate the system’s Radiant Sun Art.

• Xiao Fan broke through to Dou Zhe after taking the Qi Gathering Powder, and Yao Lao praised his rare fire affinity.
• Yao Lao revealed that the Flame Mantra could evolve by devouring heavenly flames, but estimated that the chance of cultivating it to its pinnacle was no more than twenty percent.
• Yao Lao let Xiao Fan choose between the Flame Mantra and another cultivation method, explaining that only one of the disciples could pursue heavenly flames.
• Xiao Fan recognized the Flame Mantra as Xiao Yan’s destined opportunity and chose the other method, urging Xiao Yan to prepare for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan felt grateful to Xiao Fan, while Xiao Fan secretly continued cultivating the system’s Radiant Sun Art.

After reaching Dou Zhe, Xiao Fan received a generous system advancement gift pack and learned that his Chaos Flame Body could absorb energy from heavenly flames. He considered leaving Wutan City after the clan assessment so he could grow stronger on his own while helping Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Fan saw that advancing to Dou Zhe had triggered a new quest ordering him to clear obstacles for Xiao Yan and leave Wutan City.
• Xiao Fan claimed his advancement gift pack and received a map to the Green Lotus Core Flame, a Jia Nan Academy invitation, a Shadowless Mask, a Thousand-Flame Spear, and 100 Dou Qi.
• Pidan explained that Xiao Fan's Chaos Flame Body could absorb energy from heavenly flames without damaging their sources.
• Xiao Fan inspected his new items and asked Pidan to help him become an Alchemist, learning that the system could do so.
• Xiao Fan decided to use the clan assessment the next day as an excuse to leave Wutan City and began cultivating.

At the Xiao Clan coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Yan stunned the crowd by reaching the seventh stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Xun'er revealed she had become a One-Star Dou Zhe. Xiao Fan then tested as a One-Star Dou Zhe, leaving the crowd in shocked silence.

• Xiao Yan ignored Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning’s hostility and waited with Xiao Fan and Xiao Xun'er for his turn at the ceremony.
• Xiao Yan tested at the seventh stage of Dou Qi, shocking the clan and moving Xiao Zhan to tears.
• Xiao Yan credited his senior brother Xiao Fan with being far more talented than himself and congratulated Xiao Xun'er on her One-Star Dou Zhe breakthrough.
• Xiao Fan took the test and was revealed to be a One-Star Dou Zhe, silencing the crowd again.

Xiao Fan shocked the Xiao Clan by revealing he had become a One-Star Dou Zhe, then proved his strength by easily defeating Xiao Shan. He returned to Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er as the clan began to wonder how the two youths had advanced so quickly.

• Xiao Fan was announced as a One-Star Dou Zhe, leaving the clan disciples in disbelief.
• Xiao Zhan announced the challenge round, and Xiao Shan stepped forward to challenge Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan accepted Xiao Shan's challenge and effortlessly threw him aside without using Dou Qi or a Dou Technique.
• The disciples accepted that Xiao Fan's strength was genuine and speculated that he and Xiao Yan had found a secret on the mountain.
• Xiao Fan returned to Xiao Yan, who congratulated him, and Xiao Xun'er praised his astonishing progress.

After the coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Fan told Yao Lao and Xiao Yan that he planned to leave Wutan City alone to gain experience. Yao Lao accepted his decision, passed on his knowledge and a Storage Ring, and Xiao Fan departed the Xiao Clan.

• After Xiao Zhan announced the ceremony's end, two sixth-stage disciples defeated seventh-stage opponents and qualified.
• Xiao Fan told Yao Lao and Xiao Yan he intended to leave Wutan City, and clarified that he was not abandoning the Xiao Clan.
• Yao Lao accepted Xiao Fan's need to travel alone, while Xiao Yan felt saddened by their impending separation.
• Xiao Fan promised Xiao Yan he would meet him again and support him during the Three-Year Agreement at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Lao transferred sealed memories of his alchemy knowledge, Dou Techniques, cultivation methods, and insights to Xiao Fan, then gave him a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Fan bowed to Yao Lao and left the Xiao Clan grounds.

After leaving Wutan City, Xiao Fan claimed a soul-tempering reward and an incomplete Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then absorbed the flame and grew much stronger. He ended the chapter as a Six-Star Dou Zhe, enriched by Yao Lao’s alchemy knowledge and Dou Techniques, with no new main quest.

• Xiao Fan asked Pidàn about the pure soul experience and learned that absorbing all of Yao Lao’s soul power at once would overwhelm his soul.
• Xiao Fan claimed the rewards for leaving Wutan City: soul tempering, an incomplete Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and experience.
• Xiao Fan underwent soul tempering, strengthening his soul and raising his cultivation from One-Star Dou Zhe to Six-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Fan retrieved the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, absorbed it into his body, and gained a heavenly flame he could summon in his palm.
• Xiao Fan checked his panel and reflected on the alchemy experience and Dou Techniques he had gained from Yao Lao.

Xiao Fan reached Qingshan Town, met Xiao Yi Xian while she treated wounded mercenaries, and followed her to a hidden cave after rescuing her from a Rock Snake. They entered together to search for its treasures, and the chapter ended when Xiao Yi Xian bumped into Xiao Fan in the dark cave.

• Xiao Fan parted ways with the Fire Wolf Mercenary Group and traveled to Qingshan Town to meet Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Fan found Xiao Yi Xian treating injured mercenaries at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and followed her when she secretly left town that night.
• Xiao Fan killed a Rock Snake attacking Xiao Yi Xian as she climbed down a cliff toward a hidden cave.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to enter the cave together and split its treasures, then walked deeper inside with a moonlight stone.
• Xiao Yi Xian bumped into Xiao Fan when he stopped in the cave, startling and embarrassing her.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian opened the hidden chamber, divided its treasures, and discovered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map. As they left, the system offered missions involving the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and Xiao Fan chose to help Xiao Yi Xian escape their pursuit.

• Xiao Yi Xian found the mechanism and opened the stone door, and Xiao Fan cautiously led her into the treasure chamber.
• Xiao Fan took the ice flame spirit grass and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map, while Xiao Yi Xian gathered the other herbs.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian opened the three stone boxes, dividing the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, flying Dou technique, and Phoenix Soaring Steps between them.
• The system offered Xiao Fan three missions, and he chose to help Xiao Yi Xian escape the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Fan extinguished their Moonlight Stone and warned Xiao Yi Xian to stay close as he spotted blades glinting in the darkness.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian fought their way out of the cave, using Xiao Fan’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame to break through the mercenaries. Mu Li blocked their escape at the cliff, but Xiao Yi Xian summoned Blue Eagle, which carried them over the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s blockade.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Fan paralyzing powder, and he scattered it to disrupt the mercenaries’ ambush.
• Xiao Fan fought through the cave and used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to frighten the mercenaries into letting him and Xiao Yi Xian pass.
• Mu Li shot an arrow at Xiao Fan and offered both Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Fan a place in the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, but they refused.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Blue Eagle, and she and Xiao Fan escaped the mercenaries’ arrows as the eagle flew over the blockade.

After escaping the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiao Fan claimed his quest rewards, unlocked the system’s favorability module, and advanced to seven-star Dou Zhe. Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qingshan Town while Xiao Fan headed deeper into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Fan reflected on the dangers of relying too heavily on his memories and claimed rewards for completing the quest to help Xiao Yi Xian escape.
• The system awarded Xiao Fan five lottery tickets, ten Dou Technique Experience Books, experience points, and Dou Qi points, then unlocked the Character Favorability Module when he reached system level four.
• Xiao Fan checked the favorability scores for Yao Lao, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian, absorbed the system’s Dou Qi, and reached seven-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yi Xian that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group might still pursue her and advised her not to trust the Myriad Medicine Pavilion too much.
• Xiao Yi Xian rode Blue Eagle back toward Qingshan Town, while Xiao Fan turned and traveled deeper into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Fan infiltrated the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s camp and attempted to assassinate its third commander, Hao Meng. The attack failed to kill Hao Meng, who turned on Xiao Fan after being wounded in the shoulder.

• Xiao Fan killed a first-rank demonic wolf and overheard mercenaries discussing the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s search for him.
• Xiao Fan found the mercenary camp and waited until night before sneaking inside.
• Xiao Fan captured a sentry, learned that Hao Meng was an Eight-Star Dou Zhe, and knocked the sentry unconscious.
• Xiao Fan crept toward Hao Meng’s tent and attacked after hearing the commander with the Fragrant Pavilion’s star courtesan.
• Hao Meng hurled the woman at Xiao Fan, evaded the fatal strike, and took a dagger wound to his right shoulder.

Xiao Fan infiltrated the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s camp and killed Hao Meng after breaking through his defenses. He escaped the camp, leaving words beside Hao Meng’s corpse.

• Hao Meng used Sand Shield to defend himself, but Xiao Fan’s Thousand-Flame Spear shattered it.
• Hao Meng tried to bargain for Xiao Fan’s spear as Xiao Fan’s attacks cut and damaged him.
• Hao Meng unleashed Sand River to slow Xiao Fan, but Xiao Fan used Startled Dragon Steps to close in.
• Hao Meng began to self-detonate, but Xiao Fan pinned him down and pierced his chest with the spear.
• Xiao Fan wrote several large words beside Hao Meng’s corpse and fought his way out of the camp as the mercenaries let him pass.