Chapter Summaries

After Qin Fangyang demanded tuition for the Martial Warrior class, Zuo Xiaoduo complained about the cost and worried over how to pay. On his way home, he caught a thief stealing a girl's wallet and seized the chance to pose as a fortune-teller, leaving the thief trapped in his grip.

• Qin Fangyang told Zuo Xiaoduo that tuition was one hundred thousand Star Yuan and fifty Low-Grade Star Soul Stones per semester, then kicked him out and ordered him to bring the money the next day.
• Zuo Xiaoduo grumbled about the tuition on his walk home and worried that his savings were far short of what he owed.
• Zuo Xiaoduo noticed a young man secretly cutting open a girl's pink bag and stealing her wallet.
• Zuo Xiaoduo grabbed the thief by the collar and claimed he foresaw a bloody calamity, demanding a thousand yuan as a karmic donation.
• The thief threatened Zuo Xiaoduo when he could not break free.

Zuo Xiaoduo tracked down a thief and beat him, claiming he was averting the bloody calamity he had predicted. He forced the young man to pay him two thousand yuan, then warned that his life might still be in danger.

• Zuo Xiaoduo warned the young man that he faced a bloody calamity, but the young man dismissed him and walked away.
• Zuo Xiaoduo followed the young man into a secluded lane and beat him until he was badly injured.
• Zuo Xiaoduo demanded one thousand yuan to avert the calamity and refused to accept the stolen wallet as payment.
• The young man handed Zuo Xiaoduo one thousand yuan from his own wallet and thanked him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo pressured the young man into giving him another thousand yuan, then warned that his life might be in danger.

Zuo Xiaoduo extorted a pickpocket by claiming the young man faced mortal danger, then sent him east to avert it. He later returned the girl’s wallet and left her furious that he had interfered.

• Zuo Xiaoduo frightened the young pickpocket into handing over all his money by insisting his life was in danger.
• Zuo Xiaoduo told the young man to head east and never look back, and made him sign a receipt for the divination fee.
• The young man fled, resolved never to return, and realized the receipt would discourage him from reporting Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Zuo Xiaoduo wondered why he had received no Fortune Points after reading the young man’s fortune.
• Zuo Xiaoduo returned the girl’s wallet and left while she cursed him for interfering.

Zuo Xiaoduo returned home after breaking through to Martial Warrior and tempering his right leg, eager to share the news with his family. He left them stunned and delighted as he celebrated his new ability to cultivate.

• Zuo Xiaonian pulled Zuo Xiaoduo through the air and sent him flying into the living room, where he angrily threatened her and called her Nian Nian Cat.
• Zuo Xiaoduo announced that he had broken through to Martial Warrior and finished tempering his right leg.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said he had climbed from thirty-sixth to thirtieth place in his first lesson before losing to number twenty-nine.
• Zuo Xiaoduo hugged Wu Yuting, spun her around, and joyfully told his parents he could cultivate now.

Zuo Xiaoduo broke through and became a Martial Warrior, but his parents worried that cultivation would expose him to danger. The family celebrated together, while Wu Yuting privately regretted the hard road ahead for her son.

• Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu reacted to Zuo Xiaoduo's breakthrough with joy mixed with worry about the dangers of cultivation.
• Zuo Xiaoduo noticed his parents treating him differently and asked them to keep calling him Doggy, prompting the family to laugh together.
• Zuo Changlu went to buy food and wine while Wu Yuting prepared dishes, and Zuo Xiaonian excitedly asked Zuo Xiaoduo how he had broken through.
• Wu Yuting worried about Zuo Xiaoduo's future, and Zuo Changlu comforted her by saying Zuo Xiaonian would watch over him.
• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting joined Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian for a family celebration over dinner.

During a family dinner, Zuo Xiaoduo complained about his Martial Warrior tuition, while Zuo Xiaonian offered to pay with money she had earned on secret missions. The conversation turned to Zuo Xiaoduo’s hidden savings, and the chapter ended with him stunned that his family knew about his stash.

• Zuo Xiaoduo celebrated becoming a Martial Warrior and eagerly ate with his family.
• Zuo Xiaoduo complained that his tuition cost a hundred thousand and fifty pieces of low-grade Star Soul Jade, but Zuo Changlu calmly offered to pay.
• Zuo Xiaonian offered to cover the tuition with her savings, then admitted she had earned the money by carrying out missions.
• Zuo Xiaoduo tried to offer his secret savings, but Zuo Xiaonian revealed that she had counted the five thousand he hid in Mainland Chronicles.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked in shock how his family knew so much about his secret stash.

At Zuo Xiaoduo's celebration banquet, Zuo Changlu confronted him about his unexplained money, while Zuo Xiaonian offered most of her savings to the family. Zuo Xiaoduo claimed he earned his money by reading faces, but when Wu Yuting asked to see it, she discovered he had nearly twenty thousand.

• Zuo Changlu demanded to know where Zuo Xiaoduo's money came from and nearly beat him before Wu Yuting insisted they eat first.
• Zuo Xiaoduo admitted he had earned ten thousand, and Zuo Changlu accused him of fortune-telling and pulled off his belt.
• Zuo Xiaonian told Wu Yuting she had three hundred and sixty thousand and transferred three hundred thousand to Zuo Changlu for household expenses.
• Wu Yuting let Zuo Xiaoduo drink with Zuo Changlu and said she believed he earned his money by reading faces.
• Zuo Xiaoduo brought Wu Yuting the money hidden in his Major Events Record, and she noticed it totaled nearly twenty thousand.

After dinner, Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting stopped Zuo Xiaonian and Zuo Xiaoduo from escaping and decided to punish them. Wu Yuting began beating Zuo Xiaonian while Zuo Xiaoduo was left to face Zuo Changlu.

• Zuo Xiaoduo admitted that Zuo Xiaonian had given him ten thousand, and Wu Yuting took his money while returning only twenty in change.
• Zuo Xiaoduo hoped Wu Yuting would return his saved five thousand, but she said she would keep it until he behaved well.
• Zuo Xiaonian sensed the danger had not passed and tried to leave after dinner, but Zuo Changlu told her to clear the table first.
• After the siblings finished cleaning, Zuo Changlu assigned Zuo Xiaonian to Wu Yuting and said he would deal with Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Wu Yuting ordered Zuo Xiaonian across a bench and struck her with a ruler.

Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian were beaten by their parents for their recent actions, though Zuo Changlu accepted that Xiaoduo had caught a thief and taken money from him. The chapter ended with Zuo Changlu giving Xiaoduo tuition money and valuable Star Soul Jade for cultivation.

• Wu Yuting beat Zuo Xiaonian for taking a mission while approaching the critical Dan Origin Realm breakthrough, and Xiaonian promised not to do it again.
• Zuo Changlu beat Zuo Xiaoduo for swindling someone and trying to deceive his parents.
• Zuo Xiaoduo explained that he had caught a thief and taken ten thousand yuan from him, prompting Zuo Changlu to acknowledge the extenuating circumstances.
• Zuo Changlu gave Zuo Xiaoduo fifty low-grade Star Soul Jade, a hundred thousand yuan for tuition, and ten mid-grade Star Soul Jade for cultivation.

After Zuo Xiaoduo became a cultivator, Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting worried that they would need to prepare more resources for him. Zuo Xiaonian punished Zuo Xiaoduo for insulting her, then warned him to work hard instead of claiming he could never catch up to her.

• Zuo Changlu gave Zuo Xiaoduo Star Soul Stones, ordered him to return his secret savings, and insisted that he and Zuo Xiaonian focus on studying and cultivating.
• Zuo Xiaonian complained that Zuo Changlu had never given her Star Soul Stones, but fell silent when he pointed out that her school had provided them.
• Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu discussed making new plans and gathering resources now that Zuo Xiaoduo had become a cultivator.
• Zuo Xiaonian grabbed Zuo Xiaoduo and hurled him skyward more than thirty times after he mocked her and used foul language.
• Zuo Xiaoduo tried to flatter Zuo Xiaonian, but she scolded him for lacking ambition and threatened to throw him another hundred times if he said he could not catch up.