Chapter Summaries

Xiao Mo fought through four rounds of Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy tournament and advanced to the fifth, where four of every five contestants would be eliminated. As five fighters took their places in the arena, Xiao Mo held back near the edge and waited for the others to fight.

• Xiao Mo defeated his opponent in one strike to pass the second round.
• Xiao Mo survived a prolonged five-person melee and defeated the last remaining opponent just before time ran out.
• Xiao Mo defeated his opponent after nearly fifteen minutes of combat in the fourth round.
• The Outer Academy elder announced that the fifth round would leave only a little over fifty students from the remaining contestants.
• Xiao Mo entered a five-person arena and stayed near the edge, waiting for the others to fight.

Xiao Mo survived the final rounds of Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy Competition and earned admission to the Inner Academy, along with 5,000 fire crystals. He arrived at the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame resided.

• Xiao Mo outlasted four opponents in a preliminary arena round and qualified for the final competition.
• Xiao Mo survived a forty-five-person free-for-all, becoming one of the twenty students admitted to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Mo entered the twenty-to-ten match, endured another fierce battle, and won the 5,000-fire-crystal reward.
• Xiao Mo arrived at the Inner Academy and resolved to turn his grief into motivation to grow stronger.
• Xiao Mo went to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame resided.

Xiao Mo cultivated in Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and weighed his reliance on the Strongest Best Brother System against the need to grow through his own effort. After resting and absorbing a Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill, he advanced to Eight-Star Dou Ling and resolved to keep pursuing strength.

• Xiao Mo cultivated for ten days in the Heavenly Brahma Qi Refining Tower and came close to breaking through to Eight-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Mo resisted spending more fire crystals to force the breakthrough and visited the dining hall to reflect on his place in the Dou Qi World and his dependence on the Strongest Best Brother System.
• Xiao Mo returned to his single-occupancy dormitory, slept, and woke determined to continue cultivating.
• Xiao Mo swallowed a Seven-Turn Nirvana Pill and absorbed the surrounding dou qi, successfully advancing to Eight-Star Dou Ling.

After reaching eight-star Dou Ling, Xiao Mo entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to temper his resolve through a night of bloody battles. He killed increasingly large groups of beasts and continued deeper into the rainforest, planning to use another Dou Wang Talisman to face the danger ahead.

• Xiao Mo stopped cultivating just short of nine-star Dou Ling and decided to test himself in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Mo killed a fourth-rank red-eyed tiger with his sword and heavenly flames.
• Xiao Mo fought five fierce beasts, killing them with his Wind-Riding Sword Art, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and heavenly flames.
• Xiao Mo charged into a pack of more than fifty fierce beasts and killed them with his blade and two heavenly flames.
• Xiao Mo continued deeper into the rainforest with the strength of a Three-Star Dou Wang, intending to use another Dou Wang Talisman in its depths.

After recovering from his ordeal in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and studying a Buddhist scripture in Jia Nan Academy’s Book Pavilion, Xiao Mo reunited with Xiao Yan in Stone Desert City. Xiao Mo earned three Earth-tier Dou Techniques, gave Xiao Yan a Three-Turn Nirvana Pill, and the two set out for the Tagor Desert together.

• Xiao Mo returned to Jia Nan Academy exhausted, where his strength reached peak eight-star Dou Ling, and he chose not to rush his next breakthrough.
• Xiao Mo visited the Book Pavilion, read an ancient Buddhist scripture, and realized its texts could strengthen the sea of consciousness and soul power.
• After resting for several days, Xiao Mo traveled to the Tagor Desert and reunited with Xiao Yan, then met Yao Chen while sharing a meal in Stone Desert City.
• After spending five or six days with Xiao Yan, Xiao Mo received the Great Evolution Eight Transformations, Vermilion Bird Finger, and Spirit-Commanding Sword Art from the Strongest Best Brother System.
• Xiao Mo gave Xiao Yan a Three-Turn Nirvana Pill and promised to support him as Xiao Yan vowed to settle things with Nalan Yanran.
• After staying together in Stone Desert City for half a month, Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan continued on to the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Mo traveled to Jia Ma Holy City and cured Wang Miaojun with two pills after the Wang Family sought help from the Alchemist Guild. Wang Miaojun awakened and began recovering, while Xiao Mo agreed to continue treating her.

• Xiao Mo left the Tagor Desert, collected his Alchemist Guild stipend in Jia Ma Holy City, and accepted the Wang Family's mission to cure their sick young lady.
• Xiao Mo examined Wang Miaojun and told Wang Wenxing that poison had seeped into her marrow and would kill her within three months without treatment.
• Xiao Mo refined an Ice Spirit Pill and a Fire Spirit Pill, which Wang Wenxing gave to Wang Miaojun; she spat out black blood and woke up.
• Xiao Mo stayed at the Wang Family residence overnight and promised to prepare more medicine to aid Wang Miaojun's recovery.
• Wang Miaojun introduced herself to Xiao Mo, who reassured her that her remaining weakness would take time to heal.

Xiao Mo treated Wang Miaojun with a Fire Spirit Pill and promised Wang Wenxing he would stay until she fully recovered. After drinking together, Wang Miaojun spent the night beside Xiao Mo, and he sought out Wang Wenxing the next morning to explain her condition.

• Xiao Mo refined a Fire Spirit Pill and gave it to Wang Miaojun, whose color and strength began to return.
• Wang Wenxing knelt to thank Xiao Mo, who reassured him that he would cure Wang Miaojun.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun she could drink and promised to stay at the Wang residence until her health was fully restored.
• Wang Miaojun drank with Xiao Mo and Wang Wenxing, then asked Xiao Mo to carry her to her room and stay beside her.
• Xiao Mo woke beside Wang Miaojun, left her room, and went to speak with Wang Wenxing about her condition.

Xiao Mo asked Wang Wenxing for help joining the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Wang Wenxing advised him to build a stronger position and relationship within the Alchemist Guild. After helping Wang Miaojun recover, Xiao Mo shared wine with her and discussed desire, suffering, and what people live for.

• Xiao Mo told Wang Wenxing he wanted to join the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Wang Wenxing said he would need a high standing in the Alchemist Guild and a close relationship with Gu He.
• Xiao Mo suggested they restore Wang Miaojun to full health before discussing his request further, and Wang Wenxing entrusted her care to him.
• Wang Miaojun visited Xiao Mo with two flasks of sweet wine after recovering, and they drank together while talking about his hometown and her beauty.
• Xiao Mo asked Wang Miaojun what a person who changed his fate might think and what people lived for.
• Wang Miaojun said people suffered because of desires and attachments, while Xiao Mo reflected that pursuing nothing would leave people with nothing.

Xiao Mo helped Wang Miaojun recover with Fire Spirit and Ice Spirit Pills, while Wang Wenxing proposed that Xiao Mo marry into the Wang Family and join the Jia Ma Imperial Family. Wang Miaojun welcomed the idea and revealed that she was an Eight-Star Dou Ling.

• Wang Miaojun teased Xiao Mo about marrying her, then left him to sleep alone.
• Xiao Mo refined a Fire Spirit Pill for Wang Miaojun, who took it and went with him to breakfast with Wang Wenxing.
• Wang Wenxing asked Xiao Mo to consider marrying into the Wang Family as a way to join the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Wang Miaojun agreed.
• Xiao Mo refined an Ice Spirit Pill for Wang Miaojun, who said she felt well and expected to recover fully after two more pills.
• Wang Miaojun told Xiao Mo that she was an Eight-Star Dou Ling and demonstrated her cultivation.

Xiao Mo agreed to stay with the Wang Family and grew closer to Wang Miaojun after learning of her exceptional cultivation. Wang Miaojun invited him to train in a dangerous Magical Beast Mountain Range, then revealed that the Jia Ma Empire's hidden strength included Dou Zun experts.

• Xiao Mo learned Wang Miaojun was an eight-star Dou Ling, went shopping with her, and decided to stay with the Wang Family for a long time.
• Wang Wenxing assured Xiao Mo that the Wang Family would give him what he wanted after Xiao Mo confirmed Wang Miaojun had fully recovered and said he intended to join the Imperial Family.
• After half a month, Wang Miaojun asked Xiao Mo to accompany her to a Magical Beast Mountain Range far from Qingshan Town, where she had trained for years.
• Xiao Mo agreed to leave with Wang Miaojun the day after tomorrow, and she explained that her father would support the trip despite its dangers.
• Wang Miaojun warned Xiao Mo that the Dou Qi Continent held dangers beyond the visible Dou Huang powers and revealed that Dou Zun experts existed beneath the Jia Ma Empire's surface.

Wang Miaojun urged Xiao Mo to rely on her to enter the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Family and grow stronger, while Xiao Mo secretly gained her as a secondary host for his system. As they prepared to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, their closeness deepened, and Wang Miaojun reminded Xiao Mo of his own growing status.

• Wang Miaojun told Xiao Mo that he needed her help to catch up with Xiao Yan and enter the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Family.
• The Strongest Best Brother System automatically bound Wang Miaojun as a secondary host, delighting Xiao Mo, who kept the system secret.
• Wang Wenxing welcomed Xiao Mo at the Wang Residence and praised him as a suitable future son-in-law.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun discussed their planned trip to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and the dangers of pursuing strength beyond the Dou Qi Continent.
• Wang Miaojun embraced Xiao Mo, and he accepted her advances, while she told him that his status as a Seventh-Tier Alchemy Master made him extraordinary.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun spent the night together before setting out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After fighting fifteen Fierce Beasts on its outskirts, they both reached the bottleneck before Nine-Star Dou Ling and returned to Jia Ma Holy City to break through.

• Wang Miaojun invited Xiao Mo to her room, and they slept together; Xiao Mo remained wary even as he accepted her tenderness.
• Xiao Mo spent the next day preparing Dou Wang and Dou Emperor Talismans for the dangerous expedition.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range but agreed to avoid its core area.
• They fought and killed fifteen Fierce Beasts, bringing both of them to the brink of advancing to Nine-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun retreated to Jia Ma Holy City and went to the pill-refining room to break through together.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun advanced to Nine-Star Dou Ling, grew closer while staying at the Wang Residence, and returned to the remote Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek a breakthrough. After battling swarms of Fierce Beasts and escaping a much larger threat, they reached a border city, where they planned to return to Jia Ma Holy City and advance to Dou Wang.

• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun broke through to Nine-Star Dou Ling and agreed to delay their return to the remote Magical Beast Mountain Range while they prepared.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun confessed their commitment to each other and decided to try being in a relationship.
• After more than ten days at the Wang Residence, Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun returned to the remote Magical Beast Mountain Range and fought their way through nearly seventy Fierce Beasts.
• Xiao Mo sensed an opportunity to reach Dou Wang, and Wang Miaojun urged them to leave as soon as they were ready because the area was too dangerous.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun fled after hundreds of blood-red eyes appeared, then rested at an inn in a border city and planned to return to Jia Ma Holy City.

After Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun reached One-Star Dou Wang, they planned to build the Wang Family’s power through border missions and an alchemy business. They opened the Poetry Treasure Pavilion, where Wang Miaojun revealed that Xiao Mo’s pills were far more potent than ordinary pills and hinted at his standing as an Inner Cabinet elder of the Alchemist Guild.

• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun returned to the Wang Residence and both broke through to One-Star Dou Wang, then agreed not to risk returning to the dangerous Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Wang Miaojun proposed that they rest before taking missions along the Jia Ma Empire’s borders, and she and Xiao Mo vowed to raise the Wang Family to the top of the Dou Qi Continent.
• Wang Miaojun explained that her father wanted Xiao Mo to supply pills for the family’s alchemy business, and Xiao Mo agreed to refine them.
• Wang Miaojun and Xiao Mo established the five-story Poetry Treasure Pavilion in Jia Ma Holy City and stocked it with pills Xiao Mo refined.
• Wang Miaojun praised Xiao Mo’s rapid pill refining and said his Fire Spirit Pill and Ice Spirit Pill rivaled Seventh-Tier Pills, while his fifth-tier pills could reach Level Eight quality.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun discussed love, dignity, and their plans for the alchemy pavilion before spending the afternoon together in Jia Ma Holy City. Left alone with his wine, Xiao Mo brooded over his hurt feelings and resolved to grow stronger rather than keep running from the Dou Qi World.

• Wang Miaojun told Xiao Mo she would shatter his hopes by making him understand that nothing came free, and urged them to join forces.
• Xiao Mo explained that a man without dignity could achieve nothing great and promised to give Wang Miaojun his best while they remained a couple.
• Xiao Mo promised to prepare two hundred pills and a list of their ingredients and effects within five days so they could open the Poetry Treasure Pavilion.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun strolled through Jia Ma Holy City, then attended a banquet prepared by Wang Wenxing.
• After the meal, Xiao Mo drank alone and reflected on his wounds, Xiao Yi Xian's words, and his determination to grow stronger in the Dou Qi World.

Xiao Mo refined three hundred pills over five days and gave them to Wang Miaojun to keep, while resisting her efforts to deepen their relationship. After resting, he woke in the middle of the night, refreshed but unable to fall asleep again.

• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun drank wine together and fell asleep in the same room; the next morning, Xiao Mo found her beside him and left her sleeping.
• Xiao Mo spent the day refining pills, completed seventy, and ate a meal Wang Miaojun had kept warm for him.
• Wang Miaojun admitted she had waited outside Xiao Mo's door to show her love, but Xiao Mo told her he trusted only himself.
• Xiao Mo continued refining pills and completed three hundred over five days, then handed them to Wang Miaojun in a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Mo slept from exhaustion, woke at the hour of Yin, and found himself unable to fall asleep again.

Xiao Mo settled into life at the Wang Residence, earned the Strongest Best Brother System’s rewards through Wang Miaojun, and stocked the Poetry Treasure Pavilion with pills. When Lin Xinzhe challenged the pavilion, Xiao Mo defeated him by refining an Antler Pill and offered him a place as one of its Alchemy Masters.

• Xiao Mo told Wang Wenxing that he had reached One-Star Dou Wang, then discussed pill reserves and his plans to join the Jia Ma Imperial Family with Wang Yuyan at the Poetry Treasure Pavilion.
• During half a month at the Wang Residence, Xiao Mo refined another thousand pills and raised his affection score with Wang Miaojun to 1,000, earning three lottery draws and the Heaven Tier Great Evolution Art.
• Xiao Mo refined pills at the Poetry Treasure Pavilion after supplying it with three thousand pills, until Alchemist Guild Inner Cabinet elder Lin Xinzhe arrived to challenge the pavilion.
• Xiao Mo and Lin Xinzhe began an alchemy contest, each refining a Level Eight Pill as pill lightning gathered over Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Mo completed an Antler Pill, and Lin Xinzhe admitted defeat after judging its tier and quality.
• Xiao Mo offered Lin Xinzhe a position as an Alchemy Master at the Poetry Treasure Pavilion without affecting his Alchemist Guild stipend or position.

Xiao Mo arranged for Lin Xinzhe to serve as the Poetry Treasure Pavilion’s Alchemy Master and agreed on a daily fifty-fifty split of pill profits. After returning to the Wang Residence, he told Wang Wenxing he could no longer let go of Wang Miaojun, leaving their marriage arrangement close to being settled.

• Xiao Mo gave Lin Xinzhe seven million spirit stones and recruited him to keep the Poetry Treasure Pavilion’s pill business running.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun he could use a Gathering Spirit Formation and location talisman to return to the pavilion from anywhere.
• After three months at the Wang Residence, Xiao Mo began studying the Heavenly Evolution Great Method and went to the Poetry Treasure Pavilion to settle terms with Lin Xinzhe.
• Lin Xinzhe accepted a fifty-fifty share of the net profits from each pill sold, with payment settled daily and room, board, and medicinal herbs provided.
• Wang Wenxing asked Xiao Mo whether he had considered marrying Wang Miaojun, and Xiao Mo admitted he could no longer let go of her.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun agreed to take their relationship slowly, then spent the night together and discussed his ambitions the next morning. The Strongest Best Brother System activated through Wang Miaojun and rewarded Xiao Mo with 1,000 system points.

• Wang Wenxing asked Xiao Mo about getting engaged to Wang Miaojun, and Xiao Mo promised he would not let her down while saying marriage did not need to be settled yet.
• Wang Miaojun told Xiao Mo she wanted genuine affection rather than a forced engagement, and the two agreed to take time to understand each other.
• Wang Miaojun asked Xiao Mo to spend the night with her, and they slept together before waking up in each other's arms.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun bathed together the next morning and talked about his Dou Wang strength and the possibility of traveling together to the Central Plains Continent.
• The Strongest Best Brother System activated after Wang Miaojun met its conditions, awarded Xiao Mo 1,000 system points, and led him to consider how selective the system was.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun discussed their plans to travel to Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Mo guarded the secret behind his strength. At the Poetry Treasure Pavilion, Lin Xinzhe marveled at Xiao Mo’s ability to refine a Level Eight Antler Pill and urged him to seek his future in the Central Plains.

• Wang Wenxing explained that he was the Northern Border King and had influence within the Jia Ma Imperial Family, though his standing could not immediately advance Xiao Mo’s prospects.
• Wang Miaojun revealed that she had bought a place in Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, and Xiao Mo offered her two thousand of his fire crystals.
• Wang Miaojun questioned Xiao Mo about his strength and expensive Dou Wang Talismans, but he said his opportunities were personal and kept the details secret.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun he might leave her temporarily after they reached Jia Nan Academy, and she promised to wait for him.
• Xiao Mo brought three hundred pills to the Poetry Treasure Pavilion, where Lin Xinzhe praised his earnings and questioned how he had refined a Level Eight Antler Pill.