Chapter Summaries

Xiao Mo challenged the First Elder's accusations by demonstrating that he and Xiao Yan could refine top-grade rejuvenation powder. He demanded a public apology the next morning, then Xiao Zhan turned the meeting to pricing the pills.

• The First Elder demanded proof that Xiao Mo had refined the pills, and Xiao Mo offered to cripple his cultivation and leave the sect if he could not prove it.
• Xiao Mo refused to swear an oath with the First Elder, rebuked him for mistrusting his disciples, and joined Xiao Yan to prepare a demonstration.
• Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan refined more than a dozen top-grade rejuvenation powder pills, which the three elders inspected and tasted.
• Xiao Mo gave the First Elder until the next morning to apologize to him and Xiao Yan before all the disciples.
• Xiao Zhan stopped the elders from pocketing pills and reminded them to apologize, then brought the discussion back to pricing the medicine.

Xiao Zhan and the elders set a price for Xiao Yan and Xiao Mo’s superior Rejuvenation Powder, then asked them to share the formula so the Xiao Clan could mass-produce it. The disciples failed to reproduce the youngsters’ results, so Xiao Zhan decided to sell their weaker version at a lower price.

• The elders recommended selling the new Rejuvenation Powder for twice the original price, and Xiao Zhan agreed after hearing Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan’s opinions.
• The Second Elder asked Xiao Yan and Xiao Mo to share their refining formula, and Xiao Zhan assured them they did not have to if they wished to keep it secret.
• Xiao Mo told Xiao Yan to ask Yao Lao for permission, and Xiao Yan returned with approval to share the formula.
• Xiao Mo agreed to teach the disciples, but their attempts produced weaker, bitter Rejuvenation Powder that could not match the youngsters’ medicine.
• Xiao Zhan decided to sell Xiao Yan and Xiao Mo’s medicine at twice the original price and the disciples’ version at half the original price.

The Xiao Clan’s Rejuvenation Powder revitalized its market, completing Xiao Mo’s main quest, though his side quest against the Jia Lie Family Market remained stuck. Xiao Zhan visited Xiao Yan and Xiao Mo with money and papers, and Xiao Mo assumed he had come to punish them for provoking the Jia Lie Family.

• The Xiao Clan began selling two kinds of Rejuvenation Powder, and both sold out as customers returned to the Xiao Family Market.
• Xiao Mo completed his main quest and received 20,000 Shop Points and five good brother affection points, but the side quest still required eight more confrontations with the Jia Lie Family Market.
• Customers recognized Xiao Mo near the Jia Lie Family Market and asked when he would give away pills again, prompting the Jia Lie Family to keep him under close watch.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Mo what was troubling him, and Xiao Mo complained that the Jia Lie Family had declined too quickly for him to find chances to provoke them.
• Xiao Zhan overheard their conversation and entered with money and papers to discuss their feud with the Jia Lie Family.
• Xiao Mo pulled Xiao Yan behind him and claimed responsibility, thinking Xiao Zhan had come to punish them.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan bought up Jia Lie Family Market shops for Xiao Zhan and completed a face-slapping mission, earning Xiao Mo enough points to consider a Wood-Type Spiritual Root Pill. As they prepared to leave, three people crashed into them and rushed away, scattering Xiao Yan’s herbs and provoking Xiao Mo to shout after them.

• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan papers authorizing them to buy up Jia Lie Family Market shops, along with a list of proposed prices and locations.
• Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan spent the afternoon acquiring shops, and Xiao Mo repeatedly showed the transaction documents to the shopkeeper who had framed them.
• The shopkeeper closed his doors in anger, while Xiao Mo completed his side mission and earned 40,000 Shop Points, bringing his total to 80,000.
• Xiao Mo planned to return to the Back Mountain before redeeming a Wood-Type Spiritual Root Pill, hoping to cultivate a wood-type spiritual root and help Xiao Yan refine pills.
• Three people ran into Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan, knocking Xiao Mo down and scattering Xiao Yan’s herbs before continuing on; Xiao Mo shouted for them to stop.

Xiao Mo defeated three Jia Nan Academy disciples who had provoked him, then used a Spirit-Molding Pill to gain wood attribute Dou Qi and improve his pill refining. After Xiao Yan summoned him back to the clan, Xiao Mo met Instructor Ruo Lin, who had come to recruit students for Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Mo defeated three arrogant Jia Nan Academy disciples at the Market and let them flee.
• Xiao Mo bought and swallowed a Spirit-Molding Pill, gaining wood attribute Dou Qi while retaining his original attribute.
• Xiao Mo refined several high-quality pills at the Xiao Clan's Back Mountain without ruining a batch.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Mo that Xiao Zhan urgently wanted to see them, so they returned to the clan.
• Xiao Zhan introduced Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan to Ruo Lin, a Jia Nan Academy instructor recruiting students.
• Several Jia Nan Academy students recognized Xiao Mo and stepped forward angrily.

Ruo Lin brought Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan to the Xiao Clan training grounds for Jia Nan Academy’s entrance assessment, where they asked for three years of leave. She agreed on the condition that they withstand three of her moves, and the chapter ended as they faced her second attack.

• Ruo Lin dismissed the accusations against Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan as a misunderstanding and led them to the training grounds for the assessment.
• Ruo Lin explained that applicants had to last through an incense stick against academy students, but Xiao Mo asked for three years of leave for himself and Xiao Yan.
• Ruo Lin agreed to approve their leave if they survived three moves from her while she suppressed her cultivation to that of a Three-Star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Yan’s Fire-Blowing Palm and Xiao Mo’s ice-attribute punch shattered Ruo Lin’s first wave, leaving both of them standing unharmed.
• Ruo Lin launched her second attack, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Mo countered with their strongest techniques.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan endured Ruo Lin’s final attack and secured three years of leave from Jia Nan Academy. After Xiao Xun’er revealed she would soon leave for the academy, Xiao Mo returned to the Xiao Clan and began refining pills before his departure.

• Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan withstood Ruo Lin’s third attack, with Yao Lao secretly blocking its lethal force, and Ruo Lin agreed to their three-year leave.
• Xiao Mo received the Ice and Snow Freeze the Sky Dou Technique and Yang-Restoring Pill from the system after completing his mission.
• Xiao Xun’er told Xiao Yan she had passed Ruo Lin’s assessment, and Xiao Yan explained that he would go to the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement before joining her at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Mo left the Back Mountain and began refining Blood Recovery Pills in his room to improve his skills and help the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan and traveled to Qingshan Town, where Yao Lao began gathering ingredients for a pill to protect Xiao Yan before he eventually refined a heavenly flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Mo asking a shop assistant how much yellow lotus essence the shop had.

• Xiao Mo refined batches of pills while preparing to leave for Qingshan Town.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Mo departed Wutan City after Xiao Yan promised Xiao Zhan he would defeat Nalan Yanran in three years.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the Heavy Xuan Ruler to carry during their journey, while Xiao Mo declined to carry one.
• After two months of travel, Xiao Yan reached Qingshan Town as a two-star Dou Practitioner, and Xiao Mo remained a three-star Dou Practitioner.
• Yao Lao explained that Xiao Yan would need a Yellow Lotus Pill to protect himself before refining a heavenly flame, then led Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan to a shop with yellow lotus essence.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan bought a hundred portions of yellow lotus essence, then joined a mercenary group preparing to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Xiao Yan proved his strength in a fight, and the group advanced into the forest, where an eerie silence greeted them.

• Yao Lao identified the shop’s yellow lotus essence as at least a hundred years old, so Xiao Yan bought all one hundred portions with Xiao Mo’s money.
• Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan stayed at an inn, then headed to the outskirts of Qingshan Town the next morning to find herbs for Yellow Lotus Pills.
• Xiao Mo spotted Xiao Yi Xian among a mercenary group and persuaded Xiao Yan to join it, despite Xiao Yan’s preference to go alone.
• A burly mercenary challenged the pair, and Xiao Yan defeated him with Fire-Blowing Palm, earning Xiao Mo a supreme-grade Qi-Gathering Pill from the system.
• The captain allowed Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan to join, and the group entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they heard no sounds.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan followed Xiao Yi Xian into the Magical Beast Mountain Range after learning she was seeking treasure, and Xiao Mo saved her from a magical beast. After agreeing to split the treasure, the three followed her map to a hidden cave halfway up a cliff.

• The mercenary company fought off a pack of first-rank magical beasts and camped overnight in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Mo woke Xiao Yan and followed Xiao Yi Xian when she left camp to search for treasure.
• A leopard-like magical beast attacked Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Mo killed it with his ice attribute Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had a treasure map, and she agreed to share the treasure with Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan in exchange for their help.
• The three followed the map through the mountain range and found a hidden cave halfway up a cliff.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Mo, and Xiao Yan entered the cave and prepared to explore it.

Xiao Mo and his companions broke into a cave treasure chamber, divided its treasures, and prepared to leave. Mu Li and the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group arrived to seize the loot, and Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan stepped forward to defend Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Mo shattered the iron door, and the group found rare herbs and three locked stone boxes inside the cave.
• Xiao Mo gave Xiao Yan the ice spirit flame grass and a Flying Dou Technique, while Xiao Yi Xian received the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Wind Soaring Steps.
• Xiao Mo took the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map fragment, and Xiao Yan collected the gold coins from the cave.
• Mu Li and the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group entered and demanded that Xiao Yi Xian hand over the treasures.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused, so Mu Li ordered his mercenaries to attack, and Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan moved in front of her.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan fought off Mu Li and the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group in a cave, forcing them to retreat. On the mountaintop, Xiao Yi Xian planned to return to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, while Xiao Yan chose to stay in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and study a Flying Dou Technique, knowing the mercenary leader was a Dou Shi.

• Xiao Mo froze several Iron Wolf Mercenary Group members with Ice Heaven and Frozen Earth, then shattered two of them, but the technique left him nearly unable to stand.
• Xiao Yan protected Xiao Mo and Xiao Yi Xian, using Suction Palm and Fire-Blowing Palm to injure the mercenaries who charged them.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Mu Li’s apparent Five-Star Dou Zhe cultivation was misleading and defeated him with Fire-Blowing Palm.
• Mu Li fled the cave with the wounded mercenaries, threatening that the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group would kill them in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would return to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, while Xiao Yan chose to stay in the mountains and study a Flying Dou Technique; she warned them that the mercenary leader was a Dou Shi.

Xiao Mo trained alone in the Magical Beast Forest by battling a Goldenized Tiger, hoping to strengthen himself enough to eventually defeat the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps. After fighting through the night and collecting materials from the tiger’s corpse, he collapsed in a secluded spot and woke six hours later, exhausted.

• Xiao Mo split from Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan to train alone and chose the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps as his eventual target.
• Xiao Mo confronted a Goldenized Tiger that stayed to protect her three cubs.
• Xiao Mo fought the tiger using his own strength and Dou Qi, taking a hit but continuing the battle.
• Xiao Mo fought the Goldenized Tiger from dawn until dark and finally killed her the next morning.
• Xiao Mo collected useful materials from the corpse, found a secluded place, and lost consciousness.
• Xiao Mo woke about six hours later feeling weak from the battle.

After recovering from his battle with the Goldenized Tiger, Xiao Mo learned that the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps had come to seek revenge. He attacked three of its patrolling members, who formed a practiced combat formation, and the chapter ended as the monkey-like man located Xiao Mo and ordered the others to kill him.

• Xiao Mo woke at night after losing consciousness and hid when he heard Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps members discussing their patrol and revenge.
• Xiao Mo decided to face the mercenaries rather than flee, then left the area.
• A scar-faced man, a fat man, and a monkey-like man argued over ending their patrol before the fat man reminded the monkey-like man that Old Five would hold him accountable.
• Xiao Mo ambushed the three men, who responded by forming a coordinated formation with scouting, defense, and offense.
• The monkey-like man spotted Xiao Mo and pointed him out, ordering the others to kill him.

Xiao Mo fought the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps’ coordinated trio while avoiding a troublesome marking attack. He learned that the group had been searching for him on their commander’s orders, and the fight continued with Scarface badly struck.

• Xiao Mo dodged Monkey’s marking Dou Qi, then slowed him with cold Dou Qi and knocked him back with his steel saber.
• Xiao Mo evaded Scarface’s attack and kicked him off balance, then tested his saber against Fatty’s iron-hard body.
• Fatty shielded Scarface from Xiao Mo’s counterattack and revealed that the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps had been patrolling for Xiao Mo on their commander’s orders.
• Scarface and Fatty pressed their coordinated attack, with Fatty repeatedly blocking Xiao Mo’s strikes.
• Xiao Mo changed his trajectory by slashing a tree and struck Scarface, sending him flying and making him spit blood.

Xiao Mo killed Scarface, Monkey, and Fatty, then tracked down Number Five, who introduced himself as Zhang He. Xiao Mo challenged him to a fight, and Zhang He eagerly accepted despite Xiao Mo warning that he might die.

• Xiao Mo killed Fatty with a blow to the head after Fatty collapsed.
• Scarface and Monkey charged Xiao Mo in a frenzy, but Xiao Mo found an opening and killed them both.
• Xiao Mo followed the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps members’ exposed auras to their camp and found Number Five.
• Zhang He ate his rations while his personal guard watched him nervously, wary of interrupting his cultivation.
• Xiao Mo challenged Zhang He to a fight, and Zhang He introduced himself by name and eagerly welcomed the duel.
• Xiao Mo warned Zhang He that he probably would not survive once Xiao Mo attacked.

Xiao Mo fought Zhang He inside the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps’ tent, each using opposing ice and fire Dou Qi in a battle to the death. Their skills proved evenly matched, and the chapter ended with neither able to find an opening.

• Xiao Mo declared his intent to destroy the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps, and Zhang He picked up a spear to challenge him.
• Xiao Mo drew his steel saber and unleashed cold Dou Qi as Zhang He answered with fiery power.
• Xiao Mo and Zhang He clashed, with Xiao Mo initially forcing Zhang He back while the mercenaries outside chose not to interfere.
• Xiao Mo and Zhang He recognized that only one could survive, then resumed their fight with both determined to kill the other.
• Zhang He attacked with Black Tiger Digs Out Its Heart, but Xiao Mo dodged and countered with a slash toward Zhang He's neck.
• Xiao Mo and Zhang He traded several more blows, but neither found a decisive opening.

Xiao Mo killed Zhang He and then defeated Zhang Tian, the Great Elder of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps. He faced the Second and Third Elders next, who challenged him with their combined techniques.

• Xiao Mo and Zhang He exchanged lethal attacks, and Xiao Mo killed him with Eight Extremes Collapse before healing with a Restoration Pill.
• The three senior elders entered the command tent, and Xiao Mo went outside to fight them.
• Xiao Mo raised his cultivation to peak Da Dou Shi and gained the upper hand against the Great Elder, Zhang Tian.
• Zhang Tian trapped Xiao Mo in an illusion space, but Xiao Mo pierced his heart and killed him, breaking the illusion.
• The Second and Third Elders revealed they were twins who had trained their cultivation arts and Dou Techniques together, then challenged Xiao Mo to face them.

Xiao Mo killed Zhang Qian and Zhang Yaoyang, the hidden leaders of the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps, and looted their treasury. After resting in Qingshan Town, he reunited with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and planned to celebrate with them.

• Xiao Mo fought Zhang Qian and Zhang Yaoyang, whose paired formation made them formidable opponents.
• Xiao Mo used Heavenly Dipper Thunder Art to kill Zhang Qian, and Zhang Yaoyang collapsed as their shared fighting formation ended.
• Xiao Mo killed the treasury guards, emptied the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps’ treasury, and left its headquarters.
• Xiao Mo rested at an inn and contacted Xiao Yan, who told him he had killed two Tier Three Magical Beasts and collected two Level Three Magic Cores.
• Xiao Mo visited Xiao Yi Xian’s Medicine Hall, reunited with her and Xiao Yan, and suggested they get together that night.

Xiao Mo spent a warm evening with Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, then brought two system-given level-six pills to the Qingshan Town auction. The auctioneer introduced the pills as Spirit Recovery Pills that granted invincibility, resurrection, and automatic teleportation.

• Xiao Mo received system rewards after sharing a meal and time with Xiao Yan, including a seventh-grade pill, a cultivation method, and points.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Mo released sky lanterns and shared their wishes; Xiao Mo's pledge to remain Xiao Yan's best brother triggered a special mission and further rewards.
• Xiao Mo announced that he would auction two top-quality level-six pills and use the proceeds to buy things for Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• The three attended the Qingshan Town auction, where a level-six magical beast's body sold for nine hundred thousand spirit stones.
• At the seventh item, the auctioneer introduced Xiao Mo's two pills as Level-Six Spirit Recovery Pills that granted a period of invincibility, a chance at resurrection, and automatic teleportation.