Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhan visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House and proposed attracting powerful figures to Xiao City with an auction of valuable secrets. Ya Fei was stunned by the information he planned to sell, and Xiao Zhan welcomed the prospect of drawing a crowd to his territory.

• Xiao Zhan asked Ya Fei when the Mittel Auction House would hold its next auction, and she explained that unrest in Xiao City had delayed it.
• Xiao Zhan dismissed the auction house’s prepared item list as too ordinary and told Ya Fei to focus on exceptional goods for buyers from outside Xiao City.
• Xiao Zhan handed Ya Fei a list of sensational auction offerings, including Ice Emperor Hai Bodong’s whereabouts and information about the Misty Cloud Sect’s old sect leader.
• Ya Fei warned that the information could draw powerful figures from across the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Zhan said the more attendees, the better.

Xiao Zhan planned to use the Xiao Clan’s auctions to sell valuable secrets and draw powerful enemies toward Xiao Yan, but the system warned that deliberate instigation would not trigger its fatherly function. After learning Xiao Zhan had killed a Misty Cloud Sect Elder, Yao Ye considered recruiting the Xiao Clan and ordered her agents to watch for Yun Yun’s response.

• Xiao Zhan discussed expanding the Xiao Clan’s auctions with Ya Fei and planned to sell information that could attract powerful foes to Xiao Yan.
• The system warned Xiao Zhan that the fatherly function only activated when Xiao Yan naturally provoked trouble, and Xiao Zhan denied trying to instigate anything.
• News that Xiao Zhan had killed a Misty Cloud Sect Elder reached Yao Ye in the Imperial Capital.
• Yao Ye considered bringing the Xiao Clan to the Imperial Family’s side and ordered her agent to monitor the clan and notify her if Yun Yun left the sect.
• Yao Ye learned that her great-grandfather had been informed and arranged to visit the palace the next morning.

Xiao Yan successfully refined his first batch of medicine under Yao Lao’s guidance. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun learned that Xiao Zhan had killed Ge Ye and Zhao Yuan, and she decided to confront the Xiao Clan herself.

• Yao Lao guided Xiao Yan through fusing medicinal ingredients in the Medicine Cauldron as Xiao Yan struggled to control the flames.
• Xiao Yan refined the medicinal paste successfully, and Yao Lao divided it into bottles and congratulated him on becoming an alchemist.
• A steward reported to Yun Yun that Xiao Zhan had killed Ge Ye and Zhao Yuan in Wutan City and hung their bodies above the city gates.
• Nalan Yanran questioned how Xiao Zhan could have defeated Zhao Yuan, a Dou Wang, while Yun Yun demanded confirmation of the report.
• Yun Yun ordered the elders summoned and announced that she would personally visit the Xiao Clan.

After Xiao Zhan’s killing of a Misty Cloud Sect Elder shook the Imperial Capital, Yun Yun headed for Wutan City with three Dou Wang Elders, while Yao Ye and Nalan Su reacted to the rising conflict. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Black Rock City and learned what he would need to safely refine a heavenly flame.

• News of Xiao Zhan’s strength spread through the Imperial Capital, and Yao Ye ordered preparations to travel to Wutan City and assess whether the Xiao Clan could survive the Misty Cloud Sect’s attack.
• Nalan Su learned that Nalan Yanran had broken off her engagement with the Xiao Clan and angrily ordered her brought back, regretting the alliance the marriage might have secured.
• Xiao Yan arrived outside Black Rock City, where Yao Lao advised him to seek a third-rank magic core and explained the three essentials needed to refine a heavenly flame.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Naling was already prepared, but he still needed ice spirit cold spring and a third-rank magic core, and warned him to abandon any heavenly flame if he lacked the required protections.
• Xiao Yan entered an inn in Black Rock City and overheard people discussing Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan’s confrontation with the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Zhan had defeated a Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wang Elder and unified Wutan City, which strengthened his pride in the Xiao Clan. After hearing that Sect Master Yun was leading three Dou Wang experts toward Wutan City, Xiao Yan defended his clan in an inn and introduced himself as a Xiao Clan disciple.

• Xiao Yan overheard that Xiao Zhan had killed a Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wang Elder and unified Wutan City as Xiao City.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to grow stronger so he would not bring shame upon his father, and Xiao Yan vowed to do so.
• Cai Xu announced that Sect Master Yun and three Dou Wang experts had set out for Wutan City to destroy the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan rejected the inn patrons' doubts about his clan and identified himself as Xiao Yan, a disciple of the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan challenged Cai Xu after defending the Xiao Clan and defeated him with powerful Dou Techniques. The onlookers were left stunned as Cai Xu lay injured and Xiao Yan declared his victory.

• Cai Xu confronted Xiao Yan for insulting the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan insisted that Xiao Zhan could defeat the sect.
• Cai Xu challenged Xiao Yan to a fight, demanding an apology if Xiao Yan lost, and Xiao Yan accepted after recalling Xiao Zhan's advice not to fear trouble.
• Cai Xu attacked Xiao Yan with Rending Claw Strike, but Xiao Yan repelled him with Fire-Blowing Palm.
• Xiao Yan used Suction Palm to pull Cai Xu toward him, but Cai Xu responded with Iron Mountain Fist.
• Xiao Yan countered with Fire-Blowing Palm, sent Cai Xu crashing across the street, and declared that Cai Xu had lost.

Xiao Yan killed Cai Xu after Cai Xu ambushed him with a Strength-Enhancing Pill, and the crowd feared Cai Kun would retaliate. In Xiao City, Xiao Zhan discussed his plans for Ya Fei and Gu Ni before receiving a signal that Xiao Yan was in danger.

• After defeating Cai Xu, Xiao Yan learned from Old Yao that Cai Xu had taken a Strength-Enhancing Pill and grown stronger.
• Cai Xu attacked Xiao Yan with Iron Mountain Fist, but Xiao Yan countered with Eight Extremes Collapse and killed him with one punch.
• The crowd warned that Cai Kun would seek revenge, while Xiao Yan wondered whether Cai Xu's father would appear.
• In Xiao City, Xiao Zhan told Ya Fei that he would keep Gu Ni alive and have him refine pills for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan received a signal on the Father-Relying Teleportation Talisman and realized Xiao Yan had run into danger.

Xiao Zhan used the Father-Relying Teleportation Talisman to rescue Xiao Yan in Black Rock City and killed Cai Kun after he threatened his son. When Xiao Zhan returned to Xiao City, a woman calling herself a sect master demanded that he come out and face her.

• Xiao Zhan sensed that Xiao Yan was in danger and used the talisman to travel through a Void Gate.
• Cai Kun arrived after Cai Xu's death and threatened to kill Xiao Yan, while Yao Chen refused to intervene.
• Xiao Yan called for his father, and Xiao Zhan emerged from a Void Gate to protect him.
• Cai Kun pleaded for mercy, but Xiao Zhan killed him with a gigantic palm strike and urged Xiao Yan to keep working hard.
• Xiao Zhan returned to Xiao City, where a woman demanded that he face her.

Yun Yun led three Misty Cloud Sect experts to Xiao City to confront Xiao Zhan over the deaths of her sect’s elders. Xiao Zhan revealed a Dou Huang aura and faced her in the sky, deciding that he had to make Yun Yun his.

• Xiao Zhan told Ya Fei he did not fear Yun Yun and reminded her of their agreement that he would take her as his wife after dealing with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun arrived above Xiao City with three Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wang experts and challenged Xiao Zhan over the deaths of Zhao Yuan and Ge Ye.
• The people of Xiao City and the Xiao Clan panicked at Yun Yun’s Dou Huang presence, while Master Gu Ni hoped the Misty Cloud Sect would destroy the clan.
• Xiao Zhan flew up to meet Yun Yun, and she recognized that he also possessed a Dou Huang aura.
• Xiao Zhan admired Yun Yun and resolved to make the Misty Cloud Sect Master his.

Xiao Zhan confronted Yun Yun over the Misty Cloud Sect’s attack on the Xiao Clan, and his threats and overwhelming aura shocked her and the people of Xiao City. Yun Yun insisted he answer for killing Zhao Yuan and Ge Ye, so Xiao Zhan struck first as she summoned a massive tornado.

• Yun Yun demanded to know why Xiao Zhan had killed Zhao Yuan and Ge Ye and hung their corpses, while Xiao Zhan said they had threatened and provoked his clan.
• Yun Yun realized Ge Ye and Zhao Yuan had disobeyed her orders, but Xiao Zhan warned her that he would show no mercy if she attacked.
• The people of Xiao City admired Xiao Zhan’s defiance, and Xiao Clan disciples cheered for him as Ya Fei watched from the rear courtyard.
• Yun Yun declared that Xiao Zhan had to answer for killing Misty Cloud Sect members and desecrating their corpses, insisting she could not lose the fight.
• Xiao Zhan unleashed a powerful aura that slowed the dou qi of the Misty Cloud Sect elders, and Yun Yun formed a towering cyan tornado.

Xiao Zhan defeated Yun Yun and the three Misty Cloud Sect elders with overwhelming force, then caught Yun Yun as she fell. Ya Fei lost hope of escaping Xiao Zhan and fainted, while Yun Yun found herself suspended in midair after he released her.

• Yun Yun sent a tornado at Xiao Zhan, but he dispelled it and challenged her to withstand one move.
• Xiao Zhan's pillar of light broke through Yun Yun's defenses and struck her, leaving her wounded and falling from the sky.
• Xiao Zhan blasted the three Misty Cloud Sect elders from the sky and caught Yun Yun before she hit the ground.
• The Xiao Clan celebrated Xiao Zhan's victory, while Ya Fei fainted after realizing the Misty Cloud Sect could not free her.
• Yun Yun demanded that Xiao Zhan let go of her, and he released her, leaving her to cry out in surprise as she hung in midair.

Xiao Zhan rescued the gravely injured Yun Yun and told her she would repay him by becoming his bride, leaving her unconscious as he carried her back to the Xiao Clan. There, he announced that he would spare her and make her work for the clan as his bride.

• Xiao Zhan caught Yun Yun as she fell and, after she asked why he had saved her, demanded that she repay him by offering herself to him.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Zhan not to act rashly, then fainted, and Xiao Zhan carried her toward the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan returned to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Shan and the clan members celebrated his victory over the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The Xiao Clan higher-ups recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect Master and urged Xiao Zhan to execute her.
• Xiao Zhan said Yun Yun did not deserve death and announced that he would take her as a bride so she could serve the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Zhan announced that he would marry the defeated Misty Cloud Sect Master Yun Yun and convinced the Xiao Clan’s leaders that absorbing enemies through marriage would strengthen the clan. He left carrying Yun Yun to treat her injuries, while Xiao Shan went to check on the three Misty Cloud Sect elders and Xiao City buzzed over the battle’s consequences.

• Xiao Zhan declared that he would marry Yun Yun, shocking the Xiao Clan’s leaders.
• Xiao Shan defended Xiao Zhan’s decision and persuaded the other leaders to praise and support the marriage.
• Xiao Zhan said the Xiao Clan should turn enemies into family and claimed whatever the clan desired would eventually belong to it.
• Xiao Shan suggested that Xiao Zhan also marry Ya Fei, and Xiao Zhan agreed in the name of strengthening the clan.
• Xiao Zhan carried Yun Yun away to treat her injuries and ordered Xiao Shan to check whether the three Misty Cloud Sect elders were alive.
• People across Xiao City discussed Xiao Zhan’s victory over the Misty Cloud Sect Master and anticipated upheaval in the Jia Ma Empire.

Yao Ye arrived in Xiao City to assess the Xiao Clan and explore an alliance, but learned that Xiao Zhan had already defeated Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect elders. She was left stunned by the news that the Misty Cloud Sect had lost.

• Yao Ye hurried to Xiao City, intending to judge the Xiao Clan’s strength and consider recruiting them for the Imperial Family.
• Xiao Clan disciples required Yao Ye and Elder Yang to register before entering the city, and Yao Ye agreed to follow the rule.
• Yao Ye and Elder Yang reached the Xiao Residence, where Xiao Shan was overseeing the transport of three defeated Misty Cloud Sect elders.
• Xiao Shan told Yao Ye that Xiao Zhan had defeated the three Dou Wang elders and captured Yun Yun, a Dou Huang expert.
• Yao Ye struggled to believe that the Misty Cloud Sect could have been defeated.

Yao Ye left Xiao City after learning of the Xiao Clan’s strength, while Yun Yun woke in Xiao Zhan’s care and agreed to reconcile with the clan. Xiao Zhan then proposed that Yun Yun marry into the Xiao Clan, leaving her stunned.

• Yao Ye abandoned her attempt to recruit the Xiao Clan and left Xiao City with Elder Yang, though she planned to seek the Imperial Family’s Grandpatriarch for help.
• Xiao Zhan finished treating Yun Yun’s injuries, and Yun Yun woke in an unfamiliar room wearing new clothes.
• Yun Yun confronted Xiao Zhan about changing her clothes, then asked after the three Misty Cloud Sect Elders; Xiao Zhan said they were alive but their cultivation was likely ruined.
• Xiao Zhan urged Yun Yun to reconcile, and she agreed to make the Xiao Clan a friend of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Zhan told Yun Yun that marrying into the Xiao Clan was the best way to ease relations, leaving her stunned.

Nalan Su confronted Nalan Yanran over her unilateral cancellation of her engagement to Xiao Yan and urged her to apologize to the Xiao Clan. Yanran refused, declaring that Yun Yun had gone to Wutan City and that the Xiao Clan was likely doomed.

• Nalan Su arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect after Nalan Jie pressured him to address Nalan Yanran's broken engagement.
• Nalan Su warned Yanran that Xiao Yan had grown powerful and that her decision risked turning the Xiao Clan against the Nalan Family.
• Nalan Su demanded that Yanran visit the Xiao Clan and apologize, but she refused to marry Xiao Yan or make amends.
• Nalan Yanran said Yun Yun had gone to Wutan City and predicted the Xiao Clan would be doomed because Xiao Zhan had offended the Misty Cloud Sect.

Nalan Yanran dismissed her father’s worries about the Xiao Clan and expected her teacher, Yun Yun, to destroy it. Instead, Steward Li reported that the Xiao Clan had defeated Yun Yun and taken her captive, leaving Nalan Yanran shocked and Nalan Su afraid the Xiao Clan would blame the Nalan Family.

• Nalan Yanran blamed the Xiao Clan for provoking Yun Yun, while Nalan Su argued that her actions had caused the conflict and urged her to compensate Xiao Yan if the clan fell.
• Nalan Yanran said she might spare Xiao Yan if he admitted he was wrong and begged her for mercy.
• Steward Li rushed into the Main Hall and announced that something had happened to the Sect Master.
• Steward Li reported that Xiao Zhan had defeated Yun Yun, that she had fallen into the Xiao Clan’s hands, and that Elder Wang, Elder Gu, and Elder Yang were missing or dead.
• Nalan Yanran rejected the news at first, then collapsed into shock when Steward Li confirmed it; Nalan Su worried the Xiao Clan might retaliate against the Nalan Family.

Yao Ye reported Yun Yun’s capture to Jia Xingtian, who warned that the Xiao Clan might be stronger than it appeared and refused to attack the Misty Cloud Sect while a powerful elder remained. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan kept Yun Yun imprisoned and threatened her after she refused to marry him.

• Yao Ye told Jia Xingtian that the Xiao Clan had defeated and captured Yun Yun, prompting him to reconsider the Imperial Family’s position toward the clan.
• Yao Ye proposed attacking the Misty Cloud Sect while Yun Yun was captive, but Jia Xingtian refused because a powerful elder still protected the sect.
• Xiao Zhan confronted Yun Yun in his secluded chamber and demanded to know whether she had changed her mind about marrying him.
• Yun Yun refused to marry Xiao Zhan and declared that she would rather die than submit to him.
• Xiao Zhan grabbed Yun Yun by the neck, tore open her dress, and threatened her as she demanded that he kill her.

Xiao Zhan pressured Yun Yun to marry him by threatening the lives of three Misty Cloud Sect Elders, while Yun Yun tried to deter him by invoking the sect’s hidden strength. The confrontation ended with Yun Yun revealing that her teacher Yun Shan had reached the Dou Zong Realm and would seek revenge if she were harmed.

• Xiao Zhan released Yun Yun after choking her, then reminded her that three Misty Cloud Sect Elders remained in his hands.
• Xiao Zhan threatened to kill the Elders unless Yun Yun agreed to marry him, and Yun Yun offered compensation but refused his demand.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Zhan that the Misty Cloud Sect would become his enemy and that its foundations were far stronger than he imagined.
• Xiao Zhan guessed that Yun Yun’s powerful ally was her teacher, Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun confirmed Yun Shan had reached the Dou Zong Realm and demanded that Xiao Zhan release her before her teacher came for him.

Yun Yun’s capture forced the Misty Cloud Sect to summon Yun Shan, who learned that a powerful force had emerged in the Jia Ma Empire. Yun Shan agreed to cooperate with the Soul Hall in exchange for help reaching the Dou Zong realm, while the Soul Hall wondered whether the Xiao Clan was the one it had been seeking.

• Xiao Zhan told Yun Yun that even Yun Shan would not survive if he came to Xiao City, leaving Yun Yun uncertain of his strength.
• Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan from secluded cultivation, and Nalan Yanran hoped her grandmaster would rescue Yun Yun and destroy the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Shan learned that Yun Yun had been captured and grew wary after hearing about the Xiao Clan’s strength.
• A figure in black mist offered to help Yun Shan reach the Dou Zong realm within six months and threatened to approach Jia Xingtian instead.
• Yun Shan agreed to cooperate with the Soul Hall, whose representative wondered whether the Xiao Clan was the clan it had been searching for.