Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran warned the Gu Clan that the Soul Clan would target the people around him, then received Gu Dao’s records on the Soul Clan. Before leaving, he improved Gu Qingyang’s Great Annihilation Technique and vanished, leaving Gu Qingyang and Gu Dao astonished.

• Gu Dao warned Xu Ran that the Soul Clan might send Hun Miesheng after him and target his loved ones, but Xu Ran said he could sense threats across the Jia Ma Empire, the Snake-People Tribe, and the Black-Corner Region.
• Gu Dao gave Xu Ran a book containing the Gu Clan’s records on Soul Clan experts, including Hun Tiandi and the Void Swallowing Flame.
• Xu Ran said he would stay at Jia Nan Academy for a few months before heading to the Central Plains, while Gu Qingyang said he would wait at the Gu Clan to bring Xun'er back.
• Xu Ran shared insights that corrected the flaws in the Great Annihilation Technique and transformed it into a Heaven Class, High Tier Dou Technique.
• Gu Qingyang thanked Xu Ran and pledged to help him, then Xu Ran vanished before Gu Qingyang and Gu Dao could sense where he had gone.
• Gu Qingyang told Gu Dao that Xu Ran had created a new technique from merely watching him perform the Great Annihilation Technique.

Xu Ran told Xun'er that the Gu Clan had given her two choices: become a Dou Di or leave her bloodline behind by having a child. He admitted that Xu Ran's immense power made conception difficult, then began an intimate encounter with Xun'er.

• Xu Ran teased Xun'er that her family had agreed she belonged to him, and she realized the Gu Clan accepted their relationship.
• Xu Ran explained that the Gu Clan wanted Xun'er either to become a Dou Di or to preserve her bloodline by having a child.
• Xun'er doubted she could become a Dou Di and confessed that she had been trying to conceive without success.
• Xu Ran privately attributed the difficulty to his immense power overwhelming the cells needed to form a child.
• Xun'er asked Xu Ran to reward her, and he prepared to begin their intimate encounter.

Xu Ran and his companions discussed expanding the Divine Realm’s influence on the Dou Qi Continent after rumors of his overwhelming power spread through Jia Nan Academy. They decided to establish the Xu Sect and Beast God Hall, leaving their plans for the continent’s future underway.

• Xun'er woke to find the System Lady beside Xu Ran, and the two women spoke warmly about Xun'er getting along with Xiao Wu and the others.
• Rumors about the battle between Xu Ran and Gu Qingyang spread through Jia Nan Academy, and students speculated that the academy concealed a Dou Sheng expert.
• Xu Ran heard students praise the mysterious expert, while Han Yue, Xinlan, and a few others knew the rumors concerned him.
• Su Qian and the academy’s senior staff learned of Xun'er's connection to the Gu Clan and considered how her ties, along with Zi Yan’s, could protect Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Rongrong, and Qian Renxue teased Xu Ran about attracting women before the group discussed establishing the Xu Sect and Beast God Hall on the Dou Qi Continent.

Qian Renxue and the others decided to establish the Xu Sect and recruit members, while Xu Ran agreed to stay out of its management. He passed his knowledge of alchemy and Dou Techniques to the women before they set out, warning Xu Ran not to misbehave at Jia Nan Academy.

• Qian Renxue and the others told Xu Ran they planned to establish Xu Sect outposts near Jia Nan Academy and use Ya Fei’s existing influence to build the faction.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others said they intended to challenge the Hall of Souls, which they saw as a useful target for practice.
• Xu Ran agreed to let the women run the sect and explained how faith could strengthen the gods who were worshipped.
• Xu Ran offered to take the women on a seaside vacation after the sect was established, then passed his knowledge of Dou Techniques and alchemy into their minds.
• Ning Rongrong became interested in alchemy, and the women began considering how to adapt their Soul Skills into Dou Techniques.
• The women left to recruit members and warned Xu Ran that they would know if he misbehaved at Jia Nan Academy.

The Xu Sect quickly became famous beside Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian proposed an alliance that would let it recruit students at the academy in exchange for Xu Sect elders teaching occasional lessons. Xu Ran approved the arrangement, leaving Jia Nan Academy and the Xu Sect poised to cooperate.

• The Xu Sect opened beside Jia Nan Academy, where its recruitment and the beauty of its members earned it the nickname Fairy Maiden Sect.
• Xu Ran created slaughter-intent and Destructive Intent clones, each initially at Dou Huang strength, and let them develop independently.
• Su Qian visited Xu Ran and asked why he had not announced the Xu Sect's founding.
• Su Qian proposed that the Xu Sect recruit at Jia Nan Academy while its future elders taught a few lessons each semester.
• Xu Ran agreed to the alliance, and Su Qian explained that he had authority to make the arrangement with the approval of the academy's elders and Guardians.

Xu Ran and System Lady discussed the Xu Sect’s alliance with Jia Nan Academy and teased each other about their relationship. Xu Ran then met Han Yue and complimented her appearance, leaving her unsure how to respond to his attention.

• Xu Ran considered the benefits of Jia Nan Academy training disciples for the Xu Sect, while System Lady praised herself for bringing the academy’s people along.
• Xu Ran and System Lady flirted and joked about her watching him and keeping him company.
• System Lady left Xu Ran to attend to the others, promising to return when he was alone.
• Xu Ran saw Han Yue in her academy uniform and told her she looked very pretty.

Xu Ran praised Han Yue and explained that he valued people for their character rather than their strength, then settled down with his head on her lap. The chapter left Han Yue blushing beside him as Xu Ran exposed a girl hiding behind a tree.

• Han Yue doubted that Xu Ran genuinely found her beautiful, but he assured her she was the Inner Academy's greatest beauty.
• Xu Ran told Han Yue he had defeated the Inner Academy challengers and preferred entertaining people over judging them by their strength.
• Han Yue reflected on Xu Ran's words about everyone having value, and Xu Ran joked about being lazy.
• Xu Ran saw Han Yue's embarrassed thoughts, invited her to sit, and rested his head on her thighs.
• Xu Ran commented on Han Yue's legs, then destroyed a tree with Dou Qi and revealed a girl hiding behind it.

Xinlan approached Xu Ran to seek his help, and she and Han Yue attended to him while trying to earn his favor. Xu Ran gave them Xu Sect disciple tokens, allowing them to join without taking the assessment.

• Xinlan greeted Xu Ran and hesitated to explain what she wanted from him.
• Xu Ran invited Xinlan to sit and massage his legs, hinting that he might grant her request if his mood improved.
• Han Yue and Xinlan took turns attending to Xu Ran, and Han Yue asked whether he had established the Xu Sect.
• Xu Ran offered Han Yue and Xinlan Xu Sect disciple tokens and told them they could join without taking the assessment.
• Han Yue and Xinlan gladly accepted the tokens.

Han Yue and Xinlan joined the Xu Sect, and Han Yue asked Xu Ran to protect the Han Family from the Hong Family and its favored young genius. Xu Ran agreed to consider the family as a vassal, then teased Han Yue about whether she had escaped one danger only to enter another.

• Xinlan accepted a Xu Sect token, and Han Yue swore loyalty to the sect.
• Han Yue asked Xu Ran to protect the Han Family and offered to make it a vassal of the Xu Sect.
• Han Yue explained that the Hong Family’s near-Dou Huang genius had attracted the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s attention and threatened her family and sister, Xue'er.
• Xu Ran agreed that the Han Family could become a vassal and asked what trouble it faced.
• Xu Ran teased Han Yue about her beautiful sister and warned that he might be tempted, then lifted her chin.

Xu Ran teased Han Yue with suggestive touches, leaving her flustered and uncertain about his intentions, while Xinlan watched with embarrassment and jealousy. After Xu Ran stopped and reassured Han Yue that he would visit her that night, he shamelessly reminded her that he was the one who could save her family.

• Xu Ran flirted with Han Yue and teased her by caressing her neck and collarbones.
• Han Yue grew overwhelmed and asked Xu Ran to stop because they were still outside.
• Xu Ran halted and pretended not to understand why Han Yue was upset, making her feel embarrassed.
• Xu Ran promised to visit Han Yue that night, and she denied wanting him to come while secretly feeling pleased.
• Xu Ran said Han Yue needed him to save her family, prompting her to call him shameless as Xinlan watched uneasily.

Xu Ran gave Han Yue rare pills that could improve her talent and promised to help her advance quickly, while Xinlan learned more about his extraordinary alchemy. He invited Han Yue to cultivate in a pool of liquid Heaven and Earth Energy, leaving Xinlan eager to receive the same treatment.

• Xu Ran teased Han Yue about becoming his lover, and she agreed to his arrangement for herself and her younger sister.
• Xu Ran gave Han Yue pills that could improve her cultivation talent and accelerate her progress.
• Xu Ran promised Han Yue she could reach Dou Wang in a month and told her to cultivate with Xun'er and the others instead of using the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xu Ran described his enormous pool of liquid Heaven and Earth Energy, astonishing Han Yue and Xinlan.
• Xinlan asked Xu Ran what cultivation conditions he would offer her.

Xu Ran agreed to take Xinlan as his second disciple and teach her alchemy in exchange for her refining pills for the Xu Sect. He told Xinlan and Han Yue about Little Medical Fairy’s rapid rise as an alchemist, leaving Xinlan eager to follow in her senior sister’s footsteps.

• Xinlan begged Xu Ran to take her in, offering to warm his bed, and he considered her talent and the Xu Sect’s need for skilled alchemists.
• Xu Ran agreed to teach Xinlan alchemy, and she knelt to acknowledge him as her master.
• Xu Ran clarified that Xinlan was his second disciple and that Little Medical Fairy was her senior sister and his wife.
• Xu Ran told Han Yue and Xinlan that Little Medical Fairy had become a fifth- or sixth-rank alchemist and was gaining fame in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xu Ran said Little Medical Fairy had begun learning alchemy less than a year earlier and predicted she would become a legendary alchemist.

Xu Ran passed his comprehensive alchemist inheritance to Xinlan and gave Han Yue Dou Techniques, leaving both women grateful and concerned when he claimed the lessons had tired him. He fell asleep on Han Yue's lap while Han Yue and Xinlan continued tending to him.

• Han Yue and Xinlan marveled at the revelation that Xu Ran's wife had become a sixth-rank alchemist in less than a year.
• Xu Ran transferred extensive alchemy knowledge and pill formulas to Xinlan, who recognized the inheritance as far greater than the Ye Family's.
• Xinlan thanked Xu Ran and resolved to master the knowledge so she could advance to fifth-rank alchemist.
• Xu Ran gave Han Yue Dou Techniques and their cultivation methods, delighting her.
• Xu Ran said imparting knowledge had exhausted him, then lay on Han Yue's lap to sleep while Han Yue and Xinlan tended to him.

Xu Ran learned that the Hall of Souls planned to attack the Mist Cloud Sect and the Snake-People Tribe, and the System Lady assigned him a mission to stop them. As he investigated Xiao Yan’s progress in the Soul Clan, he discovered the Hall of Souls had mistaken him for an Emperor Grade Embryo Pill and intended to capture him.

• The System Lady told Xu Ran that the Hall of Souls was preparing attacks on the Snake-People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire, and assigned him a mission to defeat its enemies and save the Mist Cloud Sect and Snake-People settlements.
• Xu Ran welcomed the System Lady’s return to assigning missions and discussed how her cheats could help him master alchemy and other abilities.
• The System Lady explained that her connection to Xu Ran let her experience his emotions and thoughts.
• Xu Ran asked about Xiao Yan, and the System Lady said the Void Swallowing Flame had accepted him and raised him to Dou Zun.
• The System Lady revealed that the Hall of Souls planned to capture Xu Ran because they mistook him for an Emperor Grade Embryo Pill.

Xu Ran learned why the Hall of Souls suspected he was the Emperor Grade Embryo Pill and considered using Void Swallowing Flame to advance his own power. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan led the Hall of Souls’ forces toward the Jia Ma Empire and Snake-People Tribe, consumed by hatred and determined to make Xu Ran suffer.

• Xu Ran recalled that the Emperor Grade Embryo Pill had helped Void Swallowing Flame and Purifying Lotus Demon Flame escape the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, and realized Void Swallowing Flame had likely remembered their agreement.
• Xu Ran speculated that he could let Void Swallowing Flame become a Dou Di and then devour him for a major increase in power.
• Xiao Yan traveled with a large Hall of Souls force toward the Jia Ma Empire and Snake-People Tribe, trusting that his master, Void Swallowing Flame, could defeat Xu Ran.
• Xiao Yan fantasized about the life he believed Xu Ran had stolen from him and vowed to humiliate Xu Ran and harm the women he cherished.

Ruo Lin reflected on her rapid rise to Dou Huang and her relationship with Xu Ran while colleagues praised and questioned her. Xu Ran arrived at her workplace with a rose, leaving Ruo Lin flustered and delighted.

• Ruo Lin had become a Dou Huang with Xu Ran's help and had been promoted to an elder while remaining an Inner Academy instructor.
• Her colleagues admired her advancement and asked how she had grown close to Xu Ran, whom they found intimidating.
• Ruo Lin privately recalled Xu Ran's mischievous behavior and objected when the instructors described him as aloof.
• Xu Ran appeared at the office doorway with a rose and asked for the beautiful Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Ruo Lin hurried over to Xu Ran, shy and happy that he had come to see her at work.

Xu Ran told Ruo Lin he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire for a few days to visit Yun Yun and his other companions. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and the Void Swallowing Flame set out for the Mist Cloud Sect, intending to use Nalan Yanran and Xu Ran’s other confidantes as leverage against him.

• Xu Ran teased Ruo Lin into taking a flower from his lips, then told her he had come to ask leave to visit the Jia Ma Empire.
• Ruo Lin reluctantly agreed to Xu Ran’s trip, and he said he would be gone only a few days to see Yun Yun and the others.
• Xiao Yan proposed that he and the Void Swallowing Flame capture two of Xu Ran’s confidantes at the Mist Cloud Sect to gain leverage over him.
• The Void Swallowing Flame agreed to go with Xiao Yan, while keeping his belief that Xu Ran was the Emperor Grade Embryo Pill secret from Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan vowed to humiliate Nalan Yanran and crush the Mist Cloud Sect in revenge for their past actions.

Xiao Yan and the Hall of Souls prepared a three-pronged assault on Xu Ran’s allies, hoping to force Xu Ran into a losing choice and capture Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran. Xiao Yan and Void Swallowing Flame headed for the Mist Cloud Sect, unaware that Xu Ran was watching their every move.

• The Hall of Souls split its forces between the Snake-People Tribe, the Jia Ma Empire, and the Mist Cloud Sect, where Xiao Yan and Void Swallowing Flame planned to seize Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan imagined how Xu Ran’s choice of whom to protect would cost him allies, and vowed to make Xu Ran suffer for ruining his future.
• Xiao Yan asked Void Swallowing Flame to accompany him to the Mist Cloud Sect, capture Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and wait for Xu Ran to arrive.
• Void Swallowing Flame agreed, while Hun Miesheng ordered the other forces to destroy the Jia Ma Empire and said he would attack the Snake-People Tribe before joining the assault on Jia Nan Academy.
• Xu Ran watched Xiao Yan and Void Swallowing Flame’s plans, though they did not know he was observing them.

Queen Medusa sensed a powerful enemy approaching the Snake-People Tribe and prepared for a threat beyond her strength. Hun Miesheng of the Hall of Souls appeared and demanded that she kneel and apologize to the Hall on Xu Ran’s behalf.

• Queen Medusa gathered the Snake-People Tribe in retreat after sensing danger across the Jia Ma Empire.
• Queen Medusa told Yue Mei that the approaching enemy might be a Dou Zun or even stronger.
• Hun Miesheng appeared before Queen Medusa and Yue Mei and introduced himself.
• Queen Medusa recognized Hun Miesheng as an expert from the Hall of Souls.
• Hun Miesheng said Queen Medusa could spare her life by kneeling and apologizing to the Hall of Souls for Xu Ran.

Hun Miesheng threatened Queen Medusa and Yue Mei to punish Xu Ran, but Xu Ran arrived and rescued them. The chapter left Xu Ran facing Hun Miesheng, who was enraged and eager to capture him.

• Hun Miesheng offered Queen Medusa and Yue Mei a chance to live if they betrayed Xu Ran, but both refused.
• Hun Miesheng threatened to capture the women and slaughter the Snake-People Tribe, then attacked them with chains that drained Dou Qi.
• Hun Miesheng reflected on the Soul Clan's hidden formation and his hopes of gaining power within the clan.
• Xu Ran severed Hun Miesheng's chains and appeared beside Queen Medusa and Yue Mei.
• Xu Ran reassured Queen Medusa and Yue Mei, while Hun Miesheng turned his fury toward Xu Ran and resolved to capture him.