Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Xun'er choose an outfit and hairstyle before taking her to Wutan City's Market District, where her unusual clothes attracted a crowd. Jia Lie Ao arrived, became captivated by her, and began suspecting the mysterious black-robed figure had ties to the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that Elder Ling had sent her twelve outfits, though she had only found one presentable.
• Xiao Yan asked to see the other outfits, but Xiao Xun'er refused because they were too revealing; he then persuaded her to let him change her hairstyle.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er went to the Market District, where her outfit drew curious stares and a crowd.
• Jia Lie Ao learned that Xiao Xun'er was blocking the street, leapt from his carriage, and ordered his attendants to clear a path.
• Jia Lie Ao saw Xiao Xun'er and concluded that the black-robed figure had a close connection to the Xiao Clan.

Jia Lie Ao confirmed that his system could read Xiao Xun'er's thoughts and learned that Ling Ying had beaten him. After Xun'er rejected him in her thoughts and praised Xiao Yan, Jia Lie Ao abandoned his plan to pursue her for the time being.

• Jia Lie Ao confirmed that he could eavesdrop on Xiao Xun'er's thoughts, though he suspected Xiao Yan had a treasure that blocked the system.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized Jia Lie Ao and thought that Ling Ying had beaten him twice because he looked effeminate and scheming.
• Jia Lie Ao realized the man in black had been Ling Ying, then politely asked Xun'er to let him pass.
• Xiao Xun'er doubted Jia Lie Ao's courtesy, compared him unfavorably to Xiao Yan, and decided to avoid him.
• Jia Lie Ao stopped listening to Xun'er's thoughts and put his plan to win her over on hold.

Xiao Yan carried Xiao Xun'er on his shoulders so she could see Immortal Chen's stall, and reassured her when the crowd mocked him. Jia Lie Ao called out to them, drawing Immortal Chen's attention to Xiao Xun'er's unusual Lolita-style clothing.

• Xiao Yan stopped at a crowded stall and lifted Xiao Xun'er onto his shoulders so she could look over the onlookers.
• The crowd mocked Xiao Yan for carrying Xiao Xun'er, but he calmed her and told her not to care about their words.
• Xiao Xun'er spotted Immortal Chen's stall and described its black-robed owner and rows of black jars to Xiao Yan.
• Jia Lie Ao loudly greeted Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, prompting Immortal Chen to look toward them.
• Immortal Chen noticed Xiao Xun'er's Lolita fashion and wondered whether he had put anything like it in the jars.

Ling Ying watched Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er approach Immortal Chen's jar stall while the group members argued about their worlds. Xiao Xun'er learned the jars cost ten thousand gold coins each, but she had no money and Xiao Yan did not respond when she tugged his sleeve.

• The group members thanked Qin Shi Huang, and several argued over the martial strength of their worlds until Great Immortal King told them to wait for the livestream.
• Ling Ying watched the livestream, hoping Great Immortal King would explain the upheaval in the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Immortal Chen how to open the jars, and he quoted a price of ten thousand gold coins per attempt.
• Passersby urged Xiao Xun'er to buy a jar, boasting about valuable treasures they had supposedly obtained.
• Xiao Xun'er, who had no money, tugged Xiao Yan's sleeve, but he did not respond.

Immortal Chen gave Xiao Xun'er several game-related prizes, then used his connection with Xiao Yan to warn him that Yao Chen intended to exploit and eventually devour him. Xiao Yan listened without revealing that he knew Immortal Chen's account was fabricated, and left to consider what he had heard.

• Xiao Xun'er won a series of game-related prizes, and Immortal Chen offered Xiao Yan a free ninth strike.
• Immortal Chen told Xiao Yan that he was also from Earth and arranged to meet him at the pavilion courtyard.
• Xiao Yan took the ninth prize and stored it away before the onlookers could get a clear look.
• Immortal Chen met Xiao Yan at the pond and warned him not to learn Yao Chen's Flame Mantra.
• Immortal Chen described Yao Chen as a scheming villain who planned to use Xiao Yan as a vessel and eventually devour him.
• Xiao Yan pretended to need time to think, while recognizing that Immortal Chen's story was mostly fabricated.

Jia Lie Ao was confronted by Ling Ying, then formed a new plan after being released. Xiao Yan grew suspicious of Immortal Chen and met Pain, who said he had completed the investigation into Chen’s origins.

• Jia Lie Ao wondered how to eliminate Immortal Chen, but Ling Ying seized him and accused him of helping Chen swindle people.
• Ling Ying made Jia Lie Ao perform Dou Techniques, then spared him and warned him not to act as a shill again.
• Jia Lie Ao cursed Ling Ying after he left and devised a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xun'er a game console, then questioned Jia Lie Ao’s motives and Immortal Chen’s jar rewards and story about Yao Lao.
• Pain met Xiao Yan and said he had finished investigating Immortal Chen’s origins.

Xiao Yan investigated Immortal Chen’s threat and suspected he had a Dou Emperor-level trump card, then encountered a suddenly distant Xiao Mei and found that she had no system. The chapter left Xiao Yan baffled by her abrupt change in behavior as he continued toward the Dou Technique Hall.

• Xiao Yan concluded that Immortal Chen had probably murdered the original stall owner and taken Suction Palm, and suspected an ambush and a Dou Emperor-level trump card awaited him.
• After Pain delivered his report, Xiao Yan headed toward the Dou Technique Hall.
• Xiao Yan saw Xiao Mei with a group of girls, but she greeted him coldly and walked away.
• Xiao Yan overheard Xiao Mei say she and he belonged to different worlds because of his cultivation, despite their childhood closeness.
• Xiao Yan checked his panel and confirmed that Xiao Mei had no downloadable system, leaving him puzzled by her changed behavior.

Xiao Ning challenged Xiao Yan and threatened to cripple him at the coming-of-age ceremony, but Xiao Xun'er intervened and defeated Xiao Ning in a brief exchange. She left with Xiao Yan after warning Xiao Ning not to harm him a year later.

• Xiao Ning brutally injured a clan disciple, then mocked Xiao Yan and challenged him to exchange moves.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived and offered to fight Xiao Ning after he insulted Xiao Yan and threatened him.
• Xiao Ning revealed his Ninth Stage of Dou Qi cultivation and warned Xiao Yan he would cripple him at the coming-of-age ceremony in a year.
• Xiao Xun'er swiftly struck Xiao Ning in the chest and knocked him off the platform.
• Xiao Xun'er left with Xiao Yan and warned Xiao Ning that she would not show mercy if anything happened to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan promised to protect Xiao Xun'er while keeping his cultivation secret, then realized the entertainment in the jars might be part of Immortal Chen’s plan. Meanwhile, Xiao Ning vowed revenge and revealed that a mysterious remnant soul had helped him advance to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yan declined to reveal his cultivation level to Xiao Xun'er, promised to protect her, and escorted her back to her room.
• Xiao Xun'er urged Xiao Yan to try the game console, and he realized Immortal Chen might be using idle pleasures to sap ambition.
• Xiao Ning swore to cripple Xiao Yan at the coming-of-age ceremony and torment him after he left the clan.
• A remnant soul emerged from Xiao Ning's Storage Ring, and Xiao Ning credited her guidance with raising him from the eighth stage to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi.

Ye Fan joined the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, where Immortal Wang shared his future and received the cultivation method One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones in return. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan successfully fused three Dou Techniques into the Howling Fire Cloud Palm, and Jia Lie Ao set a plan in motion to kill Immortal Chen with Ling Ying nearby.

• Immortal Wang welcomed Ye Fan, uploaded Shrouding the Heavens, and told him that the file recorded his future.
• Ye Fan read about his experiences in Beidou, believed Immortal Wang was truly an immortal, and sent him One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones as a red packet.
• Immortal Wang sent Zhong Xuegao ice cream to the group, while Qin Shi Huang shared fine wine; Ling Ying enjoyed the treats before Xiao Yan returned home.
• Xiao Yan fused Shattering Fire Palm, Cloud-Covering Palm, and Howling-Breaking Palm into the Advanced Yellow Tier Howling Fire Cloud Palm, then cultivated until dawn.
• Xiao Yan went to the Market District and encountered the limping Jia Lie Ao, who had arranged for Ling Ying to appear there as part of his plan to kill Immortal Chen.

Immortal Chen lured Xiao Yan to his home and proposed making him a partner in the jar business, offering him permission to sell jars in exchange for a share of the profits. Their negotiations stalled over mutual distrust, leaving them facing off over the Storage Ring and the permission.

• Immortal Chen packed away his jars when Xiao Yan arrived, and Xiao Yan followed him away from the crowd.
• Jia Lie Ao confirmed to five burly men that he was a shill waiting for Immortal Chen to pay him.
• Immortal Chen brought Xiao Yan to his secluded hut and offered him a seventy-thirty partnership in selling jars.
• Immortal Chen and Xiao Yan each demanded the other's cooperation first, and Xiao Yan openly questioned whether Immortal Chen would kill him for the Storage Ring.

Ling Ying beat Jia Lie Ao until Jia Lie Ao revealed that Immortal Chen planned to harm Xiao Yan. After hearing that Immortal Chen was a Dou Huang, Ling Ying asked where Xiao Yan had been taken.

• Ling Ying beat Jia Lie Ao for defying his warning, but stopped when Jia Lie Ao mentioned Xiao Yan.
• Ling Ying threatened Jia Lie Ao after suspecting he knew his identity, and Jia Lie Ao claimed he was Xiao Yan’s friend.
• Jia Lie Ao said Immortal Chen planned to harm Xiao Yan that day and explained that he had lured Ling Ying there to warn him.
• Jia Lie Ao revealed that Immortal Chen was a Dou Huang, shocking Ling Ying.
• Ling Ying demanded to know where Immortal Chen had taken Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan explored the system’s jar-selling features and realized he would need to recruit downlines and diversify his stock to earn money. Ling Ying arrived and revealed that Jia Lie Ao had known Immortal Chen intended to kill Xiao Yan and knew how powerful he was.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the system let him recruit downlines, set their earnings split, buy jar stock, and use sales earnings to purchase stock or draw prizes.
• Xiao Yan learned that Immortal Chen had stocked gaming-related items, increasing the odds that buyers would draw them.
• Xiao Yan found that he could afford only ten free-shop products without income and decided to recruit many downlines and offer varied stock.
• Ling Ying arrived after Jia Lie Ao warned him that Xiao Yan was in trouble and found Immortal Chen lying on the floor.
• Xiao Yan learned that Jia Lie Ao knew Immortal Chen wanted to kill him and knew Immortal Chen’s strength.

Xiao Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan would be away until before his coming-of-age ceremony and resolved to refocus on cultivation. She went to the council hall the next morning to speak with Xiao Zhan.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan was away for now but would return before his coming-of-age ceremony.
• Ling Ying relayed Xiao Yan's messages: Xiao Xun'er should not worry, should keep cultivating, and should tell Xiao Zhan to eat and drink as usual.
• Xiao Xun'er cried, smashed her handheld console, and asked Ling Ying to leave her alone.
• Ling Ying took the console, played it through the night, and realized how engrossing it was.
• Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Zhan at daybreak, and he asked whether Xiao Yan had bullied her.

Xiao Zhan discovered the evidence of Xiao Yan’s grueling training, then went to Fortune Hall, where Xiao Ning attacked Xiao Fan over a dispute about his stipend. Xiao Fan rejected Xiao Zhan’s offer of help, leaving his anger and desire for strength burning.

• Xiao Zhan found Xiao Yan’s dusty bed and a bathtub stained with the blood and medicinal liquid from his training.
• Xiao Zhan went to Fortune Hall after hearing that Xiao Ning was fighting someone again.
• Xiao Ning admitted he had ordered Steward Wang to cross Xiao Fan’s name off the stipend list, and Xiao Fan confronted them.
• Xiao Ning defeated Xiao Fan, trampled him, and demanded that he proclaim Xiao Ning and Xiao Xun'er a destined couple.
• Xiao Zhan arrived and asked the onlookers what had happened, but no one spoke up.
• Xiao Fan refused Xiao Zhan’s help and shouted that he did not need anyone’s help.

Xiao Fan left the Xiao Clan after confronting Xiao Ning, then recovered memories of his past life as the Heaven-Slaying God King. The chapter ended with him recognizing that he had been reborn in another person's body.

• Xiao Fan thanked Xiao Zhan for raising him, left the Xiao Clan, and vowed to settle his grudges with Xiao Ning in three years.
• Xiao Zhan demanded an explanation from Steward Wang and ordered him to give Xiao Fan the stipend he was owed.
• Xiao Fan collapsed at the clan gates, where Steward Wang mocked him and threw the Qi Condensation Powder on the ground.
• Xiao Fan regained memories of being the Heaven-Slaying God King and realized he had been reborn in another body.

After failing to find Xiao Fan, Pain reported that a First-Rank Alchemist’s cheap rejuvenation powder had drawn customers away from the Xiao Clan’s markets. Xiao Zhan decided to recruit an alchemist of his own, while Jia Lie Bi praised Jia Lie Ao for the Jia Lie Family’s rising profits.

• Pain told Xiao Zhan that he had searched Wutan City without finding Xiao Fan.
• Pain reported that the Jia Lie Family’s rejuvenation powder was hurting the Xiao Clan’s market business and said its alchemist had come from Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Xiao Zhan rejected attacking the alchemist and decided the Xiao Clan should recruit a First-Rank Alchemist.
• Jia Lie Bi praised Jia Lie Ao for suggesting the business strategy that had increased the Jia Lie Family’s market profits.

Xiao Yan visited the Mittel Auction House in disguise to offer the Lucky Jar distribution rights, but the appraiser doubted the jars’ value and declined. The proposed deal remained unresolved.

• Jia Lie Ao told Jia Lie Bi that he had heard news at the auction house and urged him to follow his bidding instructions the next day.
• Xiao Yan missed Xun'er and Old Xiao but disguised himself and entered the Mittel Auction House’s appraisal room.
• Xiao Yan presented a Lucky Jar and suggested he might be Immortal Chen, whom the auction house had been monitoring.
• Xiao Yan offered to sell the Lucky Jar distribution rights, but the appraiser said the auction house was not interested in them.

Xiao Yan consigned three mysterious jars of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to the Mittel Auction House and entered the auction venue. As the auction was about to begin, he spotted familiar clan leaders and a lewd man in a wheelchair among the guests.

• Xiao Yan offered three jars containing different grades of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for auction, with the contents determined by luck.
• Gu Ni accepted the jars, wondered whether Xiao Yan was an alchemist, and ordered tighter security at the auction house.
• A clerk mentioned a black-robed Dou Wang who had visited Immortal Chen's stall, but Gu Ni told him to stop speculating and take the jars to the young lady.
• A female attendant led Xiao Yan into the auction venue, where Ya Fei was explaining the rules from the stage.
• Xiao Yan took a seat on the second floor, recognized Xiao Zhan, Jia Lie Bi, and Oba Pa, and noticed a man in a wheelchair leering at Ya Fei.

Ya Fei auctioned three lucky jars from the Xiao Family Market, revealing that each could yield a third-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. Xiao Yan hoped the bidding would earn enough points to buy more stock, while Xiao Zhan showed concern for his son and Jia Lie Ao appeared suspicious.

• Ya Fei introduced a newly added auction item, and the crowd recognized the jars as ones sold at the Xiao Family Market.
• Ya Fei announced that three jars would be auctioned, each starting at ten thousand gold coins, and that they could yield a third-grade medicinal elixir.
• Ya Fei explained that the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid boosted cultivation below the Dou Zhe level and said Master Gu Ni had confirmed it was safe.
• Xiao Yan hoped the auction would earn him enough points to purchase more stock from the jar shop.
• Xiao Zhan grew excited about the Spirit Liquid's benefits for his son, while Jia Lie Ao seemed to mistake Xiao Yan for Immortal Chen.