Xiao Zhan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xiao Zhan (萧战)
Alias(es)	Clan Chief Xiao; Clan Head Xiao; Uncle Xiao 4 34 36
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Xiao Clan of Wutan City 17 35 37
Occupation/Role	Xiao Clan chief 4 35
Cultivation	Five-Star Da Dou Shi (Great Dou Master) 25
Family	Father of Xiao Yan 5 35
Status	Alive; serving as clan chief at the latest documented appearance 46
First Appearance	Chapter 4, “No Way, Nalan Yanran Was a Transmigrator Too?”

Background / History

Xiao Zhan leads the Xiao Clan in Wutan City, overseeing its finances, markets, and internal disputes. His authority is challenged by the Three Great Elders, whose faction controls important resources such as Fortune Hall, where disciples collect their monthly stipends 35 37 46.

He took Xiao Fan into the clan after purchasing him from someone else and raised him from childhood. Even when Xiao Fan renounced his membership, he thanked Xiao Zhan for those years of care 35 36.

Appearance

• Hair: Black with silver strands mixed through it 45.
• Bearing: Xiao Yan finds his father’s figure somewhat forlorn when seeing him from behind at the Mittel Auction House 45.

Personality

Xiao Zhan is fiercely protective of Xiao Yan, immediately intervening when Ge Ye attacks him and losing his temper when the elders call his son trash. His affection persists despite Xiao Yan’s apparent decline in cultivation; discovering the blood and medicinal residue left by his son’s training moves him to tears 5 35 46.

He also insists that clan rules apply even to someone who has left the family. After learning that Xiao Fan’s stipend was deliberately withheld, he orders its repayment regardless of Xiao Fan’s departure. His concern extends to Xiao Xun’er, whom he offers to defend even against his own son 34 36.

In clan affairs, he is pragmatic about the value and expense of alchemists. He had previously considered training one but found the cost prohibitive; when the Jia Lie Family threatens the Xiao Clan’s markets, he seeks an alchemist rather than attacking their recruit 37.

Abilities & Skills

Great Dou Master Cultivation

Xiao Zhan is identified as a Five-Star Da Dou Shi, making his protection a deterrent to people considering stealing from Xiao Yan 25.

• His released aura causes weaker young clan members to turn pale during the confrontation with Ge Ye 5.
• He crushes a jade cup into powder and later shatters a table with a slap when angered 4 36.
• Green Dou Qi floods the clan hall when the elders insult Xiao Yan 46.

Furious Lion Vajra

Furious Lion Vajra is described as the Xiao Clan’s top-tier cultivation technique. Xiao Zhan activates it while moving to protect Xiao Yan from Ge Ye 5.

• Faint green Dou Qi envelops his body.
• An illusory lion’s head forms around his face.
• Nalan Yanran interrupts the confrontation before the exchange is resolved 5.

Clan Administration

• Intelligence gathering: Receives reports through Pain, including information obtained from a spy within the Jia Lie Family 17.
• Disciplinary authority: Stops Xiao Ning’s assault on Xiao Fan, questions Steward Wang, and orders withheld compensation returned 35 36.
• Commercial strategy: Investigates competing medicines and pursues an alchemist connection to strengthen the clan 37 45 46.

Relationships

• Xiao Yan — His son and the person he most fiercely defends. Xiao Zhan continues investing in his future despite his apparent cultivation regression 5 40 46.
• Xiao Xun’er — Treats her with fatherly concern. She relays Xiao Yan’s message during his absence and later offers to pay for the auctioned Spirit Liquid to stop the elders from pressuring Xiao Zhan 34 35 46.
• Xiao Fan — Took him in and raised him. Xiao Fan rejects his intervention and leaves the clan, but Xiao Zhan still insists that his unpaid stipend belongs to him 35 36.
• Pain — A direct subordinate who handles investigations and market reports. Xiao Zhan acknowledges his exhausting search for Xiao Fan and tells him to rest 26 37.
• Nalan Yanran — Xiao Yan’s fiancée. Initially furious over the announced cancellation, Xiao Zhan accepts her explanation that she wants to hasten the wedding 4 5.
• Xiao Ning — The First Elder’s grandson, whose repeated violence frustrates Xiao Zhan. Xiao Ning begins nursing a grudge against him after being publicly silenced 35 36.
• Three Great Elders — Political opponents within the clan. They challenge his spending and attempt to distribute the auction medicines while excluding Xiao Yan 46.
• Jia Lie Bi — Head of the rival Jia Lie Family, with whom Xiao Zhan has spent years competing commercially and clashing 17 37.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Engagement Dispute

Ge Ye announces that Nalan Yanran has come to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan. Xiao Zhan crushes his jade cup in anger, then proudly supports his son’s response. When Ge Ye attacks Xiao Yan, he intervenes with Furious Lion Vajra 4 5.

Nalan Yanran stops both men and explains that she actually came to urge a wedding. Xiao Zhan’s attitude softens immediately: he asks Xiao Yan to apologize and proposes choosing an auspicious wedding date. The encounter ultimately produces a three-year marriage agreement rather than an immediate wedding 5 6.

Rival-Clan Intelligence

• Pain reports that the Jia Lie Family lost 900,000 gold coins in a robbery and that Jia Lie Ao was beaten afterward 17.
• Xiao Zhan celebrates the rival clan’s losses but also feels relieved that the mysterious powerhouse did not target the Xiao Clan 17.

Xiao Yan’s Absence and Xiao Fan’s Departure

After Xiao Xun’er delivers Xiao Yan’s message, an uneasy Xiao Zhan visits his son’s room. The dusty bed and blood-stained medicinal bath reveal how relentlessly Xiao Yan has been training, prompting both pride and grief 34 35.

A servant then summons him to Fortune Hall, where Xiao Ning is trampling Xiao Fan over a withheld stipend. Xiao Zhan stops the assault and offers help, but Xiao Fan refuses, thanks him for raising him, and leaves the clan. Xiao Zhan subsequently forces Steward Wang to return the owed Qi Condensation Powder 35 36.

Market Crisis and Death Investigation

• Following Steward Wang’s sudden death, Xiao Zhan has Pain search for Xiao Fan, chiefly to clarify how the steward died. The search finds no trace of him in Wutan City 37.
• The Jia Lie Family’s cheap rejuvenation powder reduces traffic in the Xiao Clan’s markets by nearly half and draws merchants away 37.
• Xiao Zhan inspects the medicine, rejects attacking its alchemist, and decides to recruit a First-Rank Alchemist for his own clan 37.

Mittel Auction House

Xiao Zhan attends the auction alongside the other leading clan chiefs. Hearing that Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid helps cultivation below Dou Zhe excites him because of its potential benefit to Xiao Yan 39 40.

Purchase	Price	Result
First Lucky Jar	30,000 gold coins	Third-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid 41
Second Lucky Jar	20,000 gold coins	Second-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid 41
Third Lucky Jar	Final price not specified	Gu Ni cannot identify the medicinal contents but judges them to be at least fourth grade 41 42
Evolving Pill Formula	Several hundred thousand gold coins	Presented to the disguised Xiao Yan to befriend someone Xiao Zhan believes is an alchemist 45

Xiao Zhan does not recognize his son beneath the disguise. He respectfully offers him the Pill Formula, claiming that its cost is insignificant beside an alchemist’s friendship, though his pained expression betrays the financial strain 45.

Conflict over Auction Spending

• The elders propose giving the fourth- and third-grade Spirit Liquids to Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei, and the second-grade bottle to Xiao Xun’er, leaving Xiao Yan without any 46.
• Xiao Zhan challenges their claimed fairness and erupts when they insult his son 46.
• Xiao Xun’er offers to cover the Spirit Liquid’s cost. When the elders then question the missing four hundred thousand-odd gold coins, Xiao Zhan explains that the money secured a connection with an important figure 46.

Notable Quotes

“You old dog, don't you dare hurt my Yan'er!” 5

“Whether he is or not, what belongs to him belongs to him. The rules cannot be broken!” 36

“My dear, if you were here, you'd be proud of Yan'er too, wouldn't you?” 35