Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan, secretly a powerful transmigrator, prepared to face Nalan Yanran’s engagement-breaking visit while believing he could safely follow the original story. Steward Mo revealed that he was also a transmigrator and trapped Xiao Yan in a sealed space, intending to steal his ring, kill him, and take his place.

• Xiao Yan took his prepared repudiation letter and went with Steward Mo toward the main hall.
• Steward Mo activated a Spatial Talisman that sealed the courtyard off from the outside world.
• Steward Mo demanded Xiao Yan’s ring and revealed his One-Star Dou Shi strength.
• Steward Mo announced his plan to kill Xiao Yan and live under his identity, unaware that Xiao Yan was a hidden Dou Huang.

Xiao Yan killed Steward Mo after revealing overwhelming Dou Qi power, then plundered and began fusing Steward Mo’s system. At the Xiao Clan engagement meeting, Nalan Yanran surprised everyone by offering Xiao Yan a seat beside her.

• Steward Mo isolated Xiao Yan with a Spatial Talisman and prepared to kill him, but Xiao Yan overwhelmed him with powerful Dou Qi and killed him.
• Xiao Yan plundered Steward Mo’s system and began a month-long fusion with it.
• Xiao Yan entered the reception hall, where the Second Elder mocked him for having no seat and Xiao Zhan tried to intervene.
• Nalan Yanran offered Xiao Yan a seat beside her, drawing the Xiao Clan members’ resentment and making Xiao Xun'er wary.

Nalan Yanran, reborn from the future, tried to preserve her engagement to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan instead repudiated her and declared a three-year challenge against the Misty Cloud Sect. Ge Ye reacted furiously, while Xiao Xun'er believed Xiao Yan had acted for her sake and resolved to help him.

• Nalan Yanran’s offer to ease Xiao Yan’s embarrassment reassured Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders, while Xiao Yan suspected she might be a transmigrator.
• Nalan Yanran’s memories revealed that she had been reborn and intended to marry Xiao Yan rather than repeat her past decision to break off their engagement.
• Xiao Yan walked toward Nalan Yanran, then threw a letter of repudiation at her and declared he would challenge the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.
• Ge Ye erupted in anger and released his Seven-Star Great Dou Master aura after Xiao Yan humiliated Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Xun'er felt delighted, assumed Xiao Yan had repudiated Nalan Yanran for her, and resolved to ask Elder Ling to help him.

Xiao Yan’s letter of repudiation shocked Nalan Yanran and the Xiao Clan, especially when Nalan Yanran claimed she had come to arrange a wedding date rather than end their engagement. Xiao Xun’er stopped Xiao Zhan from forcing Xiao Yan to withdraw the letter, leaving him free to decide what happened next.

• Xiao Zhan confronted Ge Ye to protect Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a letter of repudiation.
• Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran realized Xiao Yan had repudiated her before she could explain why she had come.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan she had intended to discuss setting a wedding date and appealed to Xiao Zhan for support.
• Xiao Zhan ordered Xiao Yan to take back the letter, while the Xiao Clan’s young men envied him for Nalan Yanran’s apparent devotion.
• Xiao Xun’er urged Xiao Zhan to let Xiao Yan decide for himself, and Xiao Zhan backed down.

At the Xiao family gathering, Nalan Yanran proposed a new Three-Year Agreement: if Xiao Yan defeated her, he could reject the marriage, but if he lost, he would marry into the Nalan Family. Xiao Yan accepted, still determined to break off the engagement, and Nalan Yanran left with Ge Ye.

• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s tearful appeal and insisted that he would not acknowledge their marriage.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yan to a wager: he would marry into her family if he lost to her in three years, and he accepted.
• Nalan Yanran returned the repudiation letter to Xiao Yan and declared that she would stop him from delivering it when they met again.
• Xiao Yan suspected that Nalan Yanran was a transmigrator who wanted to marry the future Flame Emperor, but he remained determined to end the engagement.
• Nalan Yanran cut off Ge Ye and left, while Xiao Xun'er called out that Xiao Yan would defeat her and never marry into her family.

After Xiao Xun'er confronted Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan stopped her from using Ling Ying’s overwhelming aura to detain the visitors and said he would settle their engagement dispute himself in three years. Nalan Yanran left for the Misty Cloud Sect determined to grow strong enough to defeat Xiao Yan and make him her husband.

• Nalan Yanran claimed that her betrothal to Xiao Yan was legitimate, and Ling Ying’s aura left her and Ge Ye unable to move.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had noticed Ling Ying’s intervention, asked Xiao Xun'er to let Nalan Yanran go, and promised to handle the engagement himself in three years.
• Ge Ye hurried Nalan Yanran out of the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Zhan and the elders grew more wary of Xiao Xun'er and stopped openly belittling Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he would handle the matter with Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Zhan decided not to press him further.
• On the road back to the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran vowed to become strong enough to defeat Xiao Yan and make him her husband, while deciding not to let her master go to the Magical Beast Mountain Range for her again.

Xiao Yan used his Dou Qi to awaken the soul in his ring, only to discover that it was the Medicine Emperor merged with Yao Chen. The Medicine Emperor recognized Xiao Yan as a descendant of the Xiao Emperor and accepted him as a disciple, leaving Xiao Yan eagerly awaiting his first teachings.

• Xiao Yan poured nearly all of his Dou Qi into the ring before its occupant finally spoke.
• The Medicine Emperor emerged and explained that he had been reborn in the present age after merging with Yao Chen's soul.
• The Medicine Emperor traced the ring's history to Yao Chen, who had been betrayed by his disciple, and asked Xiao Yan his name.
• After learning Xiao Yan was a young Dou Huang and descendant of the Xiao Emperor, the Medicine Emperor offered to take him as his disciple.
• Xiao Yan accepted, and the Medicine Emperor declared that his disciples must never betray their master or dishonor their lineage.

Xiao Yan chose to cultivate the Flame Mantra, and the Medicine Emperor helped him switch methods before warning him about his depleted Dou Di bloodline and weak physical body. The Medicine Emperor began prescribing a training regimen, but his ingredient list left Xiao Yan facing costs of hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

• Xiao Yan chose the Flame Mantra over the Medicine Emperor Canon, and the Medicine Emperor passed it on and helped him change cultivation methods.
• The Medicine Emperor warned Xiao Yan that his Dou Di bloodline had run dry and that Ancient Eight Clans prodigies could outmatch him.
• The Medicine Emperor proposed strengthening Xiao Yan's body with a dragon soul, but Xiao Yan explained that such a creature was unavailable in Wutan City.
• The Medicine Emperor surveyed Wutan City, realized how weak and barren it was, and decided to proceed with a more modest training plan.
• The Medicine Emperor listed ingredients for Xiao Yan to gather, and Xiao Yan protested that they would cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

Xiao Yan decided to find ingredients for his master’s pill by visiting Xun’er, while Ling Ying joined the Myriad Worlds Chat Group and learned that Wang Daxian could reveal the Dou Qi Continent’s future. After reading Battle Through the Heavens, Ling Ying noticed its account of Xiao Yan’s engagement differed from what he had witnessed.

• The Medicine Emperor told Xiao Yan to obtain the pill ingredients himself, and Xiao Yan decided to head to Xun’er’s residence under a false identity.
• Ling Ying discovered the Myriad Worlds Chat Group and cautiously introduced himself to its members.
• Wang Daxian claimed he had once guided the Gu Clan’s Ancient Emperor and offered to divine the Dou Qi Continent’s fortunate protagonist for Ling Ying.
• Wang Daxian uploaded Battle Through the Heavens, and Ling Ying downloaded and read it.
• Ling Ying recognized Xiao Yan’s cultivation regression in the book but realized its account of Nalan Yanran’s engagement visit contradicted what he had witnessed.

Xiao Yan borrowed money from Xun'er to buy something, hiding his purpose while the Medicine Emperor explained the Dou Qi Continent's major factions to him. Ling Ying, who had been reading an account of events, began checking whether its predictions matched reality.

• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er for about three hundred thousand gold coins, and she agreed to gather the money and bring it to him the next day.
• The Medicine Emperor told Xiao Yan that Xun'er possessed the ancient emperor bloodline and explained the Ancient Eight Clans and their Dou Di founders.
• After Xiao Yan left, Xun'er called Ling Ying and asked how many gold coins he had available.
• Ling Ying asked whether Xiao Yan had come to borrow money, hoping to verify the events he had read about.

Ling Ying used his knowledge of Xiao Yan’s future to help Xiao Xun’er prepare for Xiao Yan’s rise and win his favor. After reading further, he resolved to support Xiao Yan even more, beginning with obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Xun’er asked Ling Ying why Xiao Yan wanted to borrow money, and Ling Ying explained that Yao Chen had secretly absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi before becoming his master.
• Xiao Xun’er asked Ling Ying to help obtain what Xiao Yan needed, and Ling Ying promised to arrange a surprise for her.
• Ling Ying bought all the needed medicinal ingredients and magic cores at the Mittel Auction House, then gave Xiao Xun’er a Storage Ring for Xiao Yan.
• After finishing Battle Through the Heavens, Ling Ying urged Xiao Xun’er to stay close to Xiao Yan and privately recalled their future together.
• Ling Ying resolved to clear obstacles from Xiao Yan’s path and set out to fetch the Green Lotus Core Flame.

After Ling Ying described how the Three-Year Agreement differed from Wang Daxian’s prediction, Wang Daxian claimed an outsider had changed the Dou Qi Continent’s events and pointed Ling Ying toward Nalan Yanran. Wang Daxian’s guess activated the group mission system, while Ling Ying prepared to investigate.

• Ling Ying thanked Wang Daxian but said the events around Xiao Yan’s engagement differed from his prediction, and the Yimo Emperor asked whether the outcome was still accurate.
• Ling Ying explained that Nalan Yanran had insisted on marrying Xiao Yan, who refused and gave her a letter of repudiation before they made the Three-Year Agreement.
• Wang Daxian privately realized Ling Ying might be from a fanfiction world, then told the group an outsider had intruded and changed the original course of events.
• A notification activated the group mission system after Wang Daxian identified the change in the Battle Through the Heavens World.
• Wang Daxian warned Ling Ying that the outsider could kill Xiao Yan and suggested investigating Nalan Yanran, while Ling Ying sent him an Earth Tier Cultivation Method as a red packet.
• Ling Ying thanked Wang Daxian and said he understood what he needed to do.

Xiao Yan accepted medicinal ingredients from Xiao Xun'er while hiding his suspicions that she or Ling Ying might be an Otherworlder. Ling Ying decided to investigate Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan prepared to obtain ingredients himself and asked the Medicine Emperor to refine Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

• The Otherworldly Demon Emperor asked Ling Ying to livestream his world, but Ling Ying ignored him and went to observe Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring containing medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Yan concealed his surprise and accepted them.
• Xiao Yan agreed to browse the market with Xiao Xun'er while Ling Ying secretly followed and judged that Xiao Yan seemed normal.
• After following them, Ling Ying decided to investigate Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect and postpone seeking the green lotus core flame.
• That night, Xiao Yan told the Medicine Emperor he would obtain the ingredients and magic core himself, then asked him to refine Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

Xiao Yan went to the Mittel Auction House in disguise to obtain medicinal ingredients and fire-attribute magic cores, where Ya Fei and Gu Ni treated him as a powerful expert. He refused Ya Fei’s offer to become a guest elder but promised to remember the Mittel Family’s help.

• The Medicine Emperor stayed in Xiao Yan’s room and used bone spirit cold flame to refine Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Ya Fei and Gu Ni discussed a storeroom burglary and suspected a powerful outsider was responsible.
• Xiao Yan forced his way into the Mittel Auction House after its guards tried to stop him, then asked for medicinal ingredients and third-tier fire-attribute magic cores.
• Gu Ni arranged for Xiao Yan’s requested supplies, and Xiao Yan said he would repay the Mittel Family’s kindness.
• Ya Fei offered Xiao Yan a position as a guest elder, but he declined and dismissed the strength of the family’s Dou Wang patriarch.

Xiao Yan gathered fire-attribute supplies from the Mittel Auction House while posing as Lin Dong of the Dao Sect. After the Three Great Families confronted him outside, he revealed his overwhelming strength and flew away, leaving Ya Fei determined to investigate him.

• Xiao Yan accepted a Storage Ring containing fire-attribute herbs and four Tier Three Fire-Attribute Magic Cores, then promised Ya Fei he would return in a month as Lin Dong of the Dao Sect.
• Gu Ni told Ya Fei he had never heard of the Dao Sect in the Jia Ma Empire and guessed Xiao Yan came from another empire.
• The patriarchs of Wutan City's Three Great Families gathered outside the auction house and challenged Xiao Yan as he emerged.
• Xiao Yan released his Dou Qi, sending everyone within a hundred meters flying and badly injuring the gathered families, including Xiao Zhan.
• The Medicine Emperor warned Xiao Yan that a Dou Emperor was returning to Wutan City, so Xiao Yan spared the crowd and flew away on his wings.
• Ya Fei ordered a report sent to Mittel Tengshan and wondered what faction could have produced such a young Dou Wang.

Ya Fei and Gu Ni refused to help Jia Lie Ao, leaving Jia Lie Bi to take his dying son home while the clan leaders departed. Back at the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan met with the Medicine Emperor, who gave him improved Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and agreed to teach him a Dou Technique.

• Ya Fei thanked Xiao Zhan, Oba Pa, and Jia Lie Bi for their support and said the Mittel Auction House would handle the matter and compensate their losses.
• A Jia Lie Family Dou Shi reported that Jia Lie Ao was dying, and Jia Lie Bi pleaded with Gu Ni to save him.
• Gu Ni refused to treat Jia Lie Ao, so Jia Lie Bi ordered his men to take his son home, while Xiao Zhan and Oba Pa left with their clansmen.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room after taking a detour outside Wutan City and wondered why Ling Ying had come back.
• The Medicine Emperor gave Xiao Yan more than twenty improved bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and offered to teach him a High-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique instead of a Heaven-tier one.

The Medicine Emperor taught Xiao Yan the Ninefold Thunderfire Palm and created a Crimson Dragon Divine Mark to boost his strength without side effects. Meanwhile, Ling Ying abandoned his trip to the Misty Cloud Sect and returned to the Xiao Clan, where he sensed the Medicine Emperor refining something for Xiao Yan.

• The Medicine Emperor taught Xiao Yan the High-grade Earth-tier Ninefold Thunderfire Palm and explained its power.
• The Medicine Emperor used Xiao Yan's ingredients to create the Crimson Dragon Divine Mark, which could raise Xiao Yan's strength by four or five stars without side effects.
• The Medicine Emperor told Xiao Yan he would train his body and soul, teach him a body-refining secret art, and make him continue studying alchemy.
• Ling Ying reconsidered going to the Misty Cloud Sect because Protector Wu might be there, and chose to stay near the young lady and discreetly guide Xiao Yan instead.
• Ling Ying returned to the Xiao Clan, sensed the Medicine Emperor refining medicine for Xiao Yan, and found his probing blocked by a powerful force.

Jia Lie Ao awoke in another man's body as an Otherworlder with a system that let him hear thoughts, and began plotting to attach himself to Xiao Yi Xian. Jia Lie Bi revealed that a Dou Wang expert had injured him and that the Mittel Family patriarch had come to Wutan City, leaving Jia Lie Ao confused about what had happened while he was unconscious.

• Xiao Yan tested Xiao Xun'er by giving her Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, while Ling Ying observed and reported the changed details to the chat group.
• Ling Ying continued watching after Wang Daxian ignored his message, and Wang Daxian privately longed for the spirit liquid.
• A Jia Lie Family maid told Jia Lie Bi that Jia Lie Ao had awakened after a month in a vegetative state.
• Jia Lie Ao realized the original Jia Lie Ao had died and planned to meet Xiao Yi Xian first so he could benefit from her future rise to power.
• Jia Lie Bi embraced his son and warned him not to resent the Dou Wang expert who had injured him.
• Jia Lie Ao heard Jia Lie Bi's thoughts about the Mittel Family patriarch's visit and asked how long he had been unconscious.

After waking from a month-long coma, Jia Lie Ao received a beginner gift pack that raised him to the Dou Ling realm and granted him powerful rewards. He persuaded Jia Lie Bi to consider moving the Jia Lie Family out of Wutan City, then agreed to attend the Mittel Auction House’s major auction.

• Jia Lie Ao woke after a month unconscious and received a Peak Dou Emperor Experience Card, the vermilion bird divine body and flame, and Dou Ling strength from his system.
• Jia Lie Ao revealed his new strength to Jia Lie Bi and urged him to relocate the family because Wutan City’s dangers could lead to their destruction.
• Jia Lie Bi agreed to discuss relocation with the First Elder and Second Elder, then killed a maid who had witnessed Jia Lie Ao’s power.
• Jia Lie Bi told Jia Lie Ao that Mittel Tengshan had come to Wutan City for an unprecedented auction, and Jia Lie Ao agreed to attend.

Xiao Yan learned that the Infinite Plunder System had restored its functions and secretly went to the Mittel Auction House disguised in a black robe. Outside the auction, he revealed his strength after the Xiao Clan's elders dismissed him, drawing everyone's attention.

• Xiao Xun'er invited Xiao Yan to the auction, but he refused and decided to attend in disguise.
• Mittel Tengshan arrived at the auction house to meet the young Dou Wang expert Ya Fei had arranged to introduce.
• Xiao Zhan and Jia Lie Bi exchanged insults outside the auction house, while Jia Lie Ao urged his father to leave the argument alone.
• The Xiao Clan's elders scolded a purple-black-robed youth for asking them to make way.
• The youth released a powerful aura that drew everyone's attention.