Chapter Summaries

Sun Buxiao revealed that he was a fellow transmigrator and reassured Xiao Yan that his lost cultivation talent would return. At the Xiao Clan’s annual test, Xiao Yan was still ranked at the third stage of Dou Power, while Sun Buxiao watched with satisfaction.

• Sun Buxiao introduced himself as a Nine-Star Great Dou Master from the Chu Yun Empire and explained that he recognized Xiao Yan as a fellow transmigrator through his powerful soul.
• Sun Buxiao and Xiao Yan exchanged secret phrases to confirm their shared origins, then agreed to keep their identities between them.
• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yan that his cultivation problem should resolve itself in a few days and that his talent would return.
• Xiao Zhan allowed Sun Buxiao to attend the Xiao Clan’s annual cultivation test.
• Xiao Yan took the test and was ranked at the third stage of Dou Power, while Sun Buxiao watched with satisfaction.

Sun Buxiao met Xiao Yan after the young man’s cultivation stalled at the Third Stage of Dou Qi and offered him Soul Solution, which he called millet porridge. Xiao Yan decided to test a single drop after the distinguished guests arrived the next day.

• Xiao Yan stood on the platform as people whispered about his decline, while Xiao Ding lamented his lost talent.
• Sun Buxiao reassured Xiao Ding that Xiao Yan could recover and told Xiao Yan his father had stayed away but expected distinguished guests at the Xiao Clan the next day.
• Xiao Yan asked about Sun Buxiao’s family, and Sun Buxiao said his Poison Master mother had died when he was ten and he had spent the years since making others suffer.
• Xiao Yan asked Sun Buxiao to help him get stronger, so Sun Buxiao gave him a vial of Soul Solution and explained that it could strengthen his soul but carried a dangerous emotional trial.
• Xiao Yan agreed to wait until after the guests’ visit and then try one drop, determined not to remain an ordinary man.

Sun Buxiao watched as Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Clan to ask Xiao Zhan to dissolve Nalan Yanran’s betrothal to Xiao Yan. The chapter ended with Ge Ye stating the Misty Cloud Sect leader’s request, while Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan reacted to the revelation.

• Sun Buxiao smoked in the Xiao Clan reception hall until Xiao Ding took his cigarettes away.
• Ge Ye arrived with Nalan Yanran and another Misty Cloud Sect disciple, and Xiao Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that they had come.
• Nalan Yanran introduced herself to Xiao Zhan as his niece, but he did not recognize her at first.
• Ge Ye explained that the Misty Cloud Sect’s rules forbade its leader’s personal disciple from becoming involved with a man before assuming leadership.
• Ge Ye asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve Nalan Yanran’s betrothal to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s attempt to end their engagement on her terms, repudiated her, and vowed to face her at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years. After discovering Yao Lao had been draining his Dou Qi, Xiao Yan drank the entire vial of Soul Solution and collapsed in agony.

• Xiao Yan refused Nalan Yanran’s compensation and challenged her claim to break their elders’ marriage agreement, while Sun Buxiao silenced the Xiao Clan elders and backed him.
• Nalan Yanran proposed a Three-Year Agreement, but Xiao Yan repudiated her in a blood-signed letter and promised Xiao Zhan he would wash away the family’s humiliation.
• Sun Buxiao confronted Ge Ye and the other Misty Cloud Sect youth, saying his actions had nothing to do with the Xiao Clan, and enveloped them in black Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan went to the mountain behind the Xiao Clan, opened the Soul Solution, and heard Yao Lao speak from his ring.
• Yao Lao admitted he had absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi for three years, and Xiao Yan threw the ring before it returned with Yao Lao’s spectral figure.
• As Yao Lao began to offer help making him stronger, Xiao Yan drank all the Soul Solution and screamed from the pain.

After Xiao Yan drank an entire tube of Soul Solution, Yao Lao saved him from its dangerous effects and sealed the remaining soul power in his Storage Ring. Sun Buxiao found Xiao Yan alive but shaken, and Xiao Yan admitted he had risked everything because he could not bear to wait to grow stronger.

• Yao Lao realized that Xiao Yan had survived the Soul Solution with his help and sealed the remaining soul power inside Xiao Yan's Storage Ring.
• Sun Buxiao recalled whipping the Misty Cloud Sect members after they left Wutan City and leaving Nalan Yanran for Xiao Yan to face.
• Sun Buxiao found Xiao Yan unconscious, noticed that he had digested the Soul Solution, and cleaned his face while teasing him.
• Xiao Yan woke up in pain, and Sun Buxiao scolded him for drinking a dose that could nearly kill a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan told Sun Buxiao that he wanted to grow stronger so badly that he could not wait any longer.

Sun Buxiao prepared to leave Qing Lin in Wutan City while he focused on conquering the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Yi Xian misunderstood his plans. Meanwhile, Yao Lao agreed to teach Xiao Yan alchemy, and Xiao Yan formally accepted him as his master.

• Sun Buxiao gave Qing Lin two butterflies made from the Netherworld Poison Flame and said he planned to leave her in Wutan City while he focused on the Black-Corner Region.
• Sun Buxiao headed toward the Mittel Auction House to find Qing Lin a place to stay, and Xiao Yi Xian mistakenly thought he planned to auction her.
• Yao Lao offered to teach Xiao Yan alchemy in repayment for a favor, despite warning him that he had recklessly drunk the Soul Solution.
• Xiao Yan eagerly agreed to become Yao Lao's student and completed the ceremony to take him as his master.
• Yao Lao introduced himself and boasted that Pill King Gu He was insignificant compared with him.

Sun Buxiao explained why Qing Lin should stay with the Mittel Family, while Xiao Yan discovered that his Dou Qi had returned after using Soul Solution. At the Mittel auction house, Sun Buxiao presented Hai Bodong’s token and asked Ya Fei and Gu Ni for help.

• Sun Buxiao told Xiao Yi Xian that Hai Bodong’s token could secure the Mittel Family’s protection for Qing Lin, with help from the Xiao Clan.
• Sun Buxiao explained that leaving Qing Lin with the Xiao Clan could expose her to mistreatment from its elders, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed the elders were unpleasant.
• Xiao Yan checked his Dantian and discovered that his Dou Qi had grown abundant again after using Soul Solution.
• Yao Lao credited Xiao Yan’s three years of hardship for laying the foundation for his recovery, leaving Xiao Yan silently irritated.
• Sun Buxiao greeted Gu Ni at the Mittel Family, introduced himself to Ya Fei, and showed them Hai Bodong’s token before requesting their help.

Ya Fei and Gu Ni discussed Sun Buxiao’s connection to Hai Bodong while Xiao Zhan and his sons planned to confront the Misty Cloud Sect and Nalan Family. Sun Buxiao helped Xiao Yan shop for medicinal ingredients, then watched Xiao Yan stop Jia Lie Ao as he began considering how to eliminate Wutan City’s rival families.

• Ya Fei told Gu Ni that Sun Buxiao carried Hai Bodong’s token and expected Hai Bodong to return to the family within three years.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Ding vowed to accompany Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, and Xiao Zhan questioned whether they could grow strong enough by then.
• Xiao Yan searched the Xiao Clan market for Yao Lao’s medicinal ingredients, and Sun Buxiao offered to pay for what he needed.
• Xiao Xun'er followed Xiao Yan and Sun Buxiao until Jia Lie Ao approached her, and Xiao Yan caught Jia Lie Ao’s hand when he tried to stop her.
• Sun Buxiao considered arranging an accident or disaster to remove the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families from Wutan City.

Ya Fei questioned Qing Lin about Sun Buxiao, while Sun Buxiao gave Xiao Yan a bag of magic cores and prepared to break through to Dou Ling. He urged Xiao Yi Xian to stop doubting herself and grow stronger with him before they entered the Black-Corner Region.

• Ya Fei dressed Qing Lin and asked about Sun Buxiao, and Qing Lin told her she could ask anything because Sun Buxiao had given permission to share.
• Qing Lin resolved to grow stronger in Wutan City so she could eventually find Sun Buxiao without holding him back.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er he still needed a rank-one wood-element magic core, and Sun Buxiao gave him a bag filled with magic cores.
• Sun Buxiao asked Xiao Yi Xian to guard him during his breakthrough and help gather the toxins released by their Woeful Poison Bodies.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Sun Buxiao whether his constitution had ever made him question himself, and he told her to focus on growing strong enough to overcome any worries.

Sun Buxiao used the Netherworld Poison Flame to complete his breakthrough to Dou Ling while Yao Lao watched and worried about the dangerous treasure. Afterward, Sun Buxiao tested condensing Dou Qi into weapons and prepared to study his techniques, while Xiao Yan went to ask about him.

• During Sun Buxiao's breakthrough, Yao Lao recognized the flame he carried as the Netherworld Poison Flame and resolved to keep Xiao Yan away from it.
• Xiao Yi Xian guarded Sun Buxiao as poison clouds stirred her Dou Qi and brought her close to reaching four-star Dou Shi.
• Sun Buxiao broke through to Dou Ling, condensed Dou Qi into a longsword and then a pistol, and dismissed both as weapons unsuited to his fighting style.
• Sun Buxiao reviewed his Ink Poison Kick and Instant Shadow Cloud-Shattering Art manuals and considered asking Hai Bodong to help find more poison-attribute techniques.
• Xiao Yan finished practicing the Eight Extremes Collapse and went to Xiao Zhan to ask whether Sun Buxiao had completed his breakthrough.