Recaps

Xiao Zhan adopted the mysterious Crazy Ghost as Xiao Yi to keep Xiao Yan company, but the brothers’ clashes led to the discovery of Yao Chen in Xiao Yan’s ring. Xiao Yan became Yao Chen’s student, and the arc ended as the clan leaders confronted Xiao Yi over the previous night’s events.

• Xiao Yan recognized Crazy Ghost as someone who spoke Chinese, and Xiao Zhan later offered him a place in the Xiao Clan as Xiao Yan’s adopted brother.
• After Crazy Ghost was formally adopted as Xiao Yi, he moved into the clan estate and confronted Xiao Yan about his behavior toward Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi joined forces against Xiao Ning’s group, but both discovered their Dantians were empty.
• Xiao Yi tried to investigate the loss of his Dou Qi and later performed an exorcism on Xiao Yan, causing Yao Chen to emerge from the Black Ring.
• The Xiao Clan detained Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi struck the ring with his Peachwood Sword to bring Yao Chen out again.
• Yao Chen admitted that he had drained Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and offered to teach him, while Xiao Yi repeatedly disrupted their conversation.
• Xiao Yan agreed to become Yao Chen’s student and keep his existence secret, then went with Xiao Yi to face the clan leaders, where he resolved to defend his fellow transmigrator.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi clashed over Yao Chen and their own suspicions, then joined forces to rescue abused children and treat their injuries. Yao Chen revealed that Xiao Yan’s cultivation had damaged his body, but assured him that the harm could be reversed if he kept his Dou Qi low while recovering.

• Xiao Yan persuaded Xiao Zhan to keep Xiao Yi under watch, while he discovered his Dou Qi had stopped vanishing and began recovering.
• Xiao Yi escaped confinement and opened a fortune-telling stall, where he and Xiao Yan reunited in a street fight that ended with both placed in confinement.
• After spotting a crippled child begging, Xiao Yan enlisted Xiao Yi’s help, and Xiao Yi captured Yao Chen’s ring in a sealed jar.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan warmed Yao Chen by a campfire, prompting him to reconsider how he had exploited Xiao Yan and to discuss their former worlds.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi tracked down a gang abusing children, while Yao Chen’s white flames helped Xiao Yan kill the gang members and free the captives.
• Xiao Yan brought the rescued children to his old courtyard, where Yao Chen made medicine and Xiao Yi helped care for them.
• Xiao Yi urged Xiao Yan not to abandon compassion for practicality, and Xiao Yan promised to find the children a safe home.
• After Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi treated the children, Yao Chen revealed that Xiao Yan’s powerful soul had outpaced his body and advised him to keep his cultivation near the third stage while he recovered.

Xiao Yi and Yao Lao helped the injured children recover before Xiao Yan faced a humiliating clan test and punishment. Xiao Yi staged an exorcism that gave Xiao Yan a way to explain his low Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan ended the stretch spending more time with Xun'er while recovering his health.

• Xiao Yi investigated the missing children's families while Xiao Yan sold Healing Pills to the Mittel Auction House, and the brothers later helped the children recover with Yao Lao's medicines.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan made dumplings with the children, then used Yao Lao's Heavenly Flames to build a tricycle and shared music and dancing before Xiao Yi returned the children to their families.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi fought on their return, and Xiao Yan admitted to Xiao Yi and Yao Lao that he had only third-stage Dou Qi before the clan test.
• Xiao Yan tested at third-stage Dou Qi, Xiao Yi tested at stage two, and Xiao Zhan ordered both sons publicly beaten for disgracing the clan.
• Xiao Zhan questioned Xiao Yi about the ghost rumored to haunt Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi devised a plan to stage its suppression with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yi staged an exorcism for the Xiao Clan, striking Xiao Yan and claiming to fight a ghost before Yao Lao appeared and played the White Ghost.
• Xiao Yi told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan's Dou Qi had been sealed in a Qi-Nourishing Talisman until Xiao Yan turned fifteen, and Xiao Zhan agreed to have Xiao Yi live with him.
• Xiao Yi's reputation as a ghost expert spread through Wutan City as Xiao Yan spent time with Xun'er, received Snake Gall Clear Dew Paste from Yao Lao, and found relief from his dry throat.

Xiao Yi used his strange weapons and abilities against the Black Sand Alliance as Xiao Zhan tried to protect Wutan City and hold the three great families together. The arc left Xiao Yi exhausted after hunting the Alliance’s stragglers, while abducted children remained captive and Xiao Zhan prepared to seek the Mittel Family’s help.

• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi delirious with a high fever and nursed him back to health, then discovered his telescope, weapons, and ammunition.
• Xiao Yan wrote Xun’er a book of military stratagems for her birthday, and she treasured it after reading it in private.
• After Xiao Ding and Xiao Li warned Xiao Zhan about the Black Sand Alliance, Xiao Zhan withdrew Xiao Clan forces from outlying holdings and tried to keep the youths away from danger.
• Xiao Yi prepared ammunition while Xiao Zhan met Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa to discuss uniting their families and seeking the Mittel Family’s help.
• Xiao Yi armed himself and killed Black Sand Alliance thugs who were attacking villagers, then used a spinning bucket to drain Dou Qi from Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and their mercenaries.
• Xiao Yi revealed he was Xiao Zhan’s adopted son and said he planned to take down the Black Sand Alliance, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li agreed to keep his identity quiet.
• Yao Lao’s flame foiled an attempt to kidnap Xiao Yan, and Elder Ling dealt with figures approaching Xun’er’s residence.
• Jia Lie Ao and Oba Dun remained captive with other abducted children as Xiao Zhan urged Jia Lie Bi and Oba Pa to prepare a ransom and hire the Mittel Family’s experts.