Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han learned that an answering system had activated and pulled him into a mysterious space with powerful figures from the Battle Through the Heavens world. He pretended to be a Nine-Star Dou Sheng among them, and the gathering ended with Hun Tiandi recognizing Zhu Kun as a Peak Ninth-Rank Magical Beast.

• After Xiao Yan reached the third stage of Dou Qi, Xiao Han decided to leave the Xiao Clan to avoid its coming destruction, but the system activated before he could go.
• The system drew Xiao Han and five others into an Answering Space, naming Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, Nascent Pill, and Xiao Han as contestants.
• Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Nascent Pill reacted to the mysterious space and recognized one another, while Xiao Han posed as a powerful cultivator.
• Xiao Han greeted Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan as though he were their equal, prompting Gu Yuan to assume he was a hidden Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zhu Kun called the others hypocritical humans, and Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan realized he was a magical beast.
• Hun Tiandi identified Zhu Kun as a Peak Ninth-Rank Magical Beast and considered the value of his bloodline to the Hun Clan.

Xiao Han and the others were gathered in a mysterious space where an unseen voice forced them to take part in a quiz, threatening to drain their cultivation if they failed to follow its instructions. After everyone reached their assigned positions, the quiz began and revealed valuable rewards for correct answers.

• Zhu Kun cursed Tuoshe Ancient God and revealed that he had been trapped for thousands of years, while Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Han about the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan tried to beat up Hun Tiandi, who dodged and called on Gu Yuan for help, but Gu Yuan refused to intervene.
• A voice ordered the six participants to reach their designated locations, and their cultivation rapidly drained when they ignored the countdown.
• Hun Tiandi ran to his position first, followed by Gu Yuan, the Nascent Pill, Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Han, stopping the cultivation loss.
• The voice announced a five-question quiz with points, punishments for zero scores, and valuable rewards, then displayed the prizes in pillars of light.

Hun Tiandi accidentally triggered a penalty that lowered his cultivation before everyone answered who ultimately killed him. The group chose their answers, and the question’s revelation that the space could predict the future left Hun Tiandi wary.

• Hun Tiandi stepped on a button by accident and lost cultivation, falling from late-stage to mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• The voice asked who killed Hun Tiandi in the world of Battle Through the Heavens, offering Nihility Devouring Flame, Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Yan as choices.
• Xiao Han chose Xiao Yan, while Xiao Xuan chose Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun chose Xiao Xuan, and the Nascent Pill chose Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi suspected that the space could deduce the future and considered Nihility Devouring Flame the most likely killer.
• Gu Yuan hesitated over Xiao Yan but chose him before the countdown ended, after recognizing him as Xiao Zhan’s third son.

Hun Tiandi learned that he would become a Dou Di but eventually lose, then wrongly guessed the reason and suffered another cultivation reduction. Xiao Han alone answered correctly again, leaving Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan eager for his help while Xiao Han stayed silent.

• After Hun Tiandi lost the first question, Gu Yuan and Xiao Han congratulated each other on earning points, while Hun Tiandi grew anxious about his falling cultivation.
• The second question revealed that Hun Tiandi became a Dou Di but was eventually defeated, and he suspected the Nihility Devouring Flame, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun might be involved.
• Gu Yuan considered killing Hun Tiandi before Xiao Yan could grow powerful, while the Nascent Pill noticed Xiao Han was first to answer again.
• Hun Tiandi chose that Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun had obstructed him, but Xiao Han alone chose correctly; Hun Tiandi's cultivation fell to peak Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan asked Xiao Han to share his secret, but Xiao Han only smiled and said nothing.

Hun Tiandi correctly identified the Origin Qi as what enabled Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun to become Dou Di, while the others lost points or cultivation. In the next quiz, Xiao Han correctly chose Han Feng as Yao Chen’s killer, leaving Hun Tiandi and the others furious over their wrong answers.

• Hun Tiandi ruled out the other choices and correctly selected the world's Origin Qi, while Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, Xiao Han, and Nascent Pill lost points or cultivation for choosing incorrectly.
• Hun Tiandi invited Gu Yuan to visit his clan after they left, but Gu Yuan refused, and Xiao Xuan answered Hun Tiandi’s glance with a fist.
• The quiz asked who killed Yao Chen, and everyone except Xiao Han assumed the answer had to be the Five-Star Dou Sheng Hun Miesheng.
• Xiao Han recalled the story and chose Han Feng, while Hun Tiandi and the others selected Hun Miesheng.
• The results named Xiao Han correct and deducted points or cultivation from the other five, prompting Hun Tiandi to angrily reject the outcome.

Hun Tiandi and the others answered the final quiz question about what had started the failure of his grand plan, and the correct answer was Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement. After the participants returned to their locations, Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Miesheng to find Nalan Yanran and stop her from breaking off her engagement.

• Hun Tiandi ruled out Yao Chen's death and the nihility devouring flame, then chose outsourcing, while Xiao Han and Zhu Kun selected other answers.
• Xiao Xuan chose the nihility devouring flame, Gu Yuan chose outsourcing, and Zhu Kun and the Nascent Pill selected options at random.
• The system revealed that Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement was correct, awarding points to Xiao Han and Zhu Kun and deducting cultivation from the others.
• Zhu Kun celebrated his points by eating the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, while the participants returned to their respective locations.
• Hun Tiandi sent a message ordering Hun Miesheng to find Nalan Yanran and stop her from breaking off her engagement.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi mobilized their forces over Nalan Yanran’s engagement, while Xiao Han fled Wutan City and spent his points to improve his cultivation. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran arriving at the Xiao Clan after being forced to accept Gu Yuan as her master, while Xiao Han remained away cultivating.

• Hun Tiandi ordered Mu Gu sent to the Hun Clan and directed Hun Miesheng to find Nalan Yanran and stop her from breaking off her engagement.
• Gu Yuan hurried to the Jia Ma Empire, disguised himself as a Dou Zong, cured Nalan Jie, and took him toward the Misty Cloud Sect to persuade Nalan Yanran to become his disciple.
• Xiao Han left Wutan City, exchanged points for a Dou Di bloodline, the Lightning-Control Art, and Xuanhuang Lightning, then advanced to four-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Han began cultivating in an inn, planning to reach the Da Dou Shi realm before seeking Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town.
• Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Clan with several guests after Gu Yuan had forced her to become his disciple.

Nalan Yanran and her grandfather Nalan Jie arrived at the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan and the family mistook their visit for a wedding arrangement. The chapter ended with Nalan Jie revealing that they had come to break off the engagement.

• Nalan Yanran and Nalan Jie entered the Xiao Clan and were welcomed by Xiao Zhan and the elders.
• Xiao Yan greeted Nalan Jie as his grandfather and recognized Nalan Yanran as his fiancée.
• The younger Xiao Clan members mocked Xiao Yan, but Nalan Jie defended him and Xiao Zhan rebuked the onlookers.
• Xiao Zhan assumed Nalan Jie had come to discuss the wedding and began offering to make arrangements.
• Nalan Yanran interrupted Xiao Zhan, and Nalan Jie confirmed that they had come to break off the engagement.

Nalan Jie offered compensation as he dissolved Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement, while the Xiao Clan elders pressured Xiao Zhan to accept it. Xiao Yan accepted Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills for his father and left bitterly, but Nalan Yanran called after him.

• Nalan Jie apologized to Xiao Zhan and offered ten portions of Qi Gathering Powder as compensation for ending the engagement.
• The Three Great Elders urged Xiao Zhan to accept the pills, and Xiao Yan defended his right to decide whether the engagement would be dissolved.
• Nalan Jie intimidated the elders with his Dou Wang presence and offered Xiao Yan two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills instead.
• Xiao Yan accepted the pills and handed them to Xiao Zhan, then remarked bitterly that his father would be strong enough to protect him from clan members who mocked him.
• Xiao Yan headed for the exit, and Nalan Yanran called for him to wait.

Nalan Jie investigated why Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi had vanished and discovered that Xiao Yan could cultivate again, though he suspected someone was behind the loss of his talent. He proposed taking Xiao Yan to the imperial capital to become a Dou Emperor’s disciple for protection.

• Nalan Yanran asked Nalan Jie to investigate Xiao Yan’s missing Dou Qi, and he agreed to examine him while cultivating.
• Xiao Yan successfully guided Dou Qi into his body and told Xiao Zhan that he could cultivate again.
• Nalan Jie tested Xiao Yan and suspected a powerful hidden enemy had caused his loss of talent.
• Nalan Jie proposed taking Xiao Yan to the imperial capital to become a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect’s leader.

Xiao Yan became Yun Yun’s personal disciple at the Misty Cloud Sect, then heard Yao Chen claim to be his maternal ancestor and guide him toward cultivation. Meanwhile, Xiao Han began refining the Yanhuang Lightning, while the Soul Hall’s search for Nalan Yanran spread across the Central Plains and left Hun Miesheng desperate for results.

• Nalan Jie explained that Nalan Yanran had broken off her engagement with Xiao Yan because a powerful expert had taken an interest in her, and Xiao Yan agreed to go to the Misty Cloud Sect to seek a master.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Xun'er that he would return as a king, while Gu Yuan noticed Yao Chen inside Xiao Yan’s ring and then left to recover his cultivation.
• Yun Yun accepted Xiao Yan as her personal disciple at the Misty Cloud Sect, but the ring absorbed his Dou Qi when he began cultivating that night.
• Yao Chen claimed to be Xiao Yan’s maternal ancestor and persuaded him to cultivate the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Han reached Dou Shi, swallowed the Yanhuang Lightning, and began refining it with the Lightning-Control Art.
• The Soul Hall offered increasingly valuable rewards for information about Nalan Yanran, but Hun Miesheng still found no leads after half a month and feared Hun Tiandi’s judgment.

Hun Miesheng ordered a wider search for Nalan Yanran while Xiao Han waited near Qingshan Town for Xiao Yi Xian. When the Answering Space opened again, it summoned the same six participants and revealed that the round’s rewards came from another world.

• Hun Miesheng ordered the Hall’s people to search every continent for Nalan Yanran after the Great Heavenly Venerate suggested she might be outside the Central Plains.
• Xiao Han reached Qingshan Town and watched Xiao Yi Xian enter, then waited for a chance to join the Hunting Party while practicing the Eight Forms of Raging Thunder.
• After several days, Xiao Yi Xian came within a hundred meters of Xiao Han, and the Answering Space began its second round.
• The space summoned Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, the Nascent Pill, and Xiao Han, while Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran could see inside.
• The system announced five questions, penalties for wrong answers, and rewards for the three highest-scoring participants.
• The participants learned that the rewards were arts from another world, including the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art, the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger, and the Great Sun Thunder Body.

A mysterious space revealed that Xiao Yan would become the Flame Emperor and asked how he won Xiao Xun'er’s heart. As the six figures inside considered the answers, people outside the space watched in shock, including Xiao Xun'er, who feared her father would kill Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Xun'er, Medusa, Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yi Xian discovered they could observe the mysterious space but could not interfere with it.
• The space asked how Xiao Yan won Xiao Xun'er’s heart and offered four possible answers; Hun Tiandi accused Gu Yuan of arranging their childhood connection.
• Gu Yuan denied knowing the answer, while Zhu Kun tried to trade Heavenly Flame coordinates for it and Xiao Xuan thanked Gu Yuan for helping the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Han chose answer D, while Xiao Yi Xian chose B and the others considered their answers.
• Medusa, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xun'er reacted to the revelation that Xiao Yan would become a Dou Di; Xiao Xun'er feared Gu Yuan would attack him, and Xiao Yan was stunned by the revelations.

The participants learned that their answers were wrong and suffered cultivation losses, while Xiao Han revealed that Gu Yuan’s daughter had sneaked into a room at night. The revelation left Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan fearing Gu Yuan’s reaction, and Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan whether he could defeat a Dou Sheng.

• The system awarded Xiao Han a point, deducted points from Hun Tiandi, Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, Nascent Pill, and Zhu Kun, and reduced cultivation for participants with no points to lose.
• Gu Yuan asked the others about their answers, learning that all five had chosen incorrectly and that Zhu Kun had offered Xiao Han information about Heavenly Flames in exchange for the answer.
• Xiao Han rejected Zhu Kun’s offer and agreed to tell Gu Yuan the correct answer in exchange for Gu Clan records on sealing the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Han said he had chosen D, meaning someone had sneaked into a room at night, and Hun Tiandi mocked Gu Yuan over his daughter.
• Xiao Xun'er feared that Xiao Yan was doomed, and Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan whether he could beat a Dou Sheng.

Xiao Yan feared the threat of a Dou Sheng while the Answering Space exposed another embarrassing incident from his past. After Xiao Han alone answered correctly, Hun Tiandi accused him of being behind the questions, leaving the others suspicious of Xiao Han.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen how powerful a Dou Sheng was, then despaired that cultivation would not save him from one.
• The Answering Space asked what Xiao Yan had done to Xiao Yu, and Xiao Xun'er, Queen Medusa, and Nalan Yanran reacted to the choices.
• Hun Tiandi mocked Gu Yuan about Xiao Yan and secretly considered killing him before he could grow stronger.
• Xiao Han chose peeping at Xiao Yu bathing, while Hun Tiandi, Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, Nascent Pill, and Zhu Kun chose incorrectly and lost points or cultivation.
• Hun Tiandi accused Xiao Han of being behind the Answering Space because he had answered every question correctly, while Xiao Han denied controlling it.
• Gu Yuan said Xiao Han's streak was suspiciously lucky, and Xiao Han brushed off the accusation.

A quiz question about Xiao Yan’s family led Xiao Xuan and Hun Tiandi to believe the Xiao Clan still had a five-star Dou Sheng, while Gu Yuan concealed the family’s actual weakness. Xiao Yan and others outside the quiz reacted to the revelation, and Hun Tiandi ended by trying to bargain with Gu Yuan for the Xiao Clan’s location.

• Xiao Xuan assumed the Xiao Clan’s strongest living member was a five-star Dou Sheng, and Gu Yuan stayed silent to avoid weakening the Hun Clan further.
• Hun Tiandi guessed that the missing Blood Axe Xiao Chen was the surviving Dou Sheng, and Xiao Xuan asked Gu Yuan to pass on his apology to Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Han chose five-star Dou Sheng, and the system marked him, Hun Tiandi, Xiao Xuan, Nascent Pill, and Zhu Kun correct while Gu Yuan lost a point.
• Xiao Xuan questioned Gu Yuan about his wrong answer, but Gu Yuan invoked his daughter’s future marriage to deflect suspicion.
• Xiao Yan questioned why his family had fallen so low despite supposedly having a Dou Sheng ancestor, while Xiao Xun’er was pleased and Nalan Yanran grew envious and worried.
• Hun Tiandi asked Gu Yuan to reveal the Xiao Clan’s location and promised his people would not compete with Gu Yuan’s daughter for the principal wife’s position.

Hun Tiandi and the others answered a question about why he could not catch Xiao Yan in a secondary world, and Xiao Han and Xiao Xuan gained points by choosing “Dou Qi Turns into a Horse.” Xiao Xuan then learned that points could be transferred to others inside the space, leaving the group stunned by the possibility.

• Hun Tiandi considered how to find Xiao Yan, while Gu Yuan refused to reveal his whereabouts.
• The space asked why Hun Tiandi could not catch Xiao Yan in a secondary world, and the Dou Shengs debated the choices before the countdown.
• Xiao Han chose “Dou Qi Turns into a Horse”; Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan chose insufficient strength, while Zhu Kun chose that Hun Tiandi did not want to kill Xiao Yan.
• The space judged Xiao Han, Xiao Xuan, and the Nascent Pill correct and awarded them a point, while Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun lost one.
• Xiao Xuan asked whether points could be transferred, and the space confirmed they could be transferred to people inside it.

Xiao Han and the others answered the final quiz question about how Xiao Zhan became a Dou Huang, and Xiao Han earned the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art. After the participants left the space, Xiao Han received the other winners’ reward techniques as well and began studying his new cultivation method.

• Hun Tiandi, Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Xiao Han, and the Nascent Pill chose answers to the question about Xiao Zhan’s rise to Dou Huang.
• The quiz awarded points to Xiao Han, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan, while Hun Tiandi, Xiao Xuan, and the Nascent Pill lost points and cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Han to give his remaining point to the Xiao Clan’s descendants, and Xiao Han agreed.
• Xiao Han chose the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art, Xiao Xuan chose the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger, and Zhu Kun chose the Great Sun Thunder Body.
• After leaving the space, Xiao Han received all three techniques and began studying the Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Art.

Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan dealt with the consequences of their weakened cultivation, while characters across the empire reacted to Xiao Yan’s future as a Dou Di. In Qingshan Town, Xiao Han tested the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger and considered how to grow strong enough to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but found that Heavenly Dragon Qi cost nearly all his points.

• Hun Tiandi packed his treasures and fled after his cultivation fell to the late Seven-Star stage, while Gu Yuan exchanged his last point for a ninth-rank Marrow-Cleansing Pill for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan hurried to tell his family to hide, Xiao Xun'er considered getting Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan out of the Xiao Clan, Queen Medusa decided to risk everything for her tribe, and Xiao Yi Xian resolved to explore the Ancient Ruins Cave Abode.
• Nalan Yanran rushed to Gu Yuan's courtyard, worried that Xiao Yan might become her brother-in-law and that Yun Yun could be in danger.
• Xiao Han tested the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger on an inn table and decided to cultivate instead of pursuing Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Han reasoned that reaching Yun Yun could open the Answering Space again, then discovered that one portion of Heavenly Dragon Qi cost five of his six points.

Xiao Han spent his points on cultivation resources and Strange Lightning, then began refining ten thousand beasts spirit lightning to advance his strength. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan tried to persuade Yun Yun to let him return to the Xiao Clan, but Nalan Yanran arrived and caught him pleading with the maids.

• Xiao Han bought a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, soul marrow, body tempering milk, medicinal ingredients, and two kinds of Strange Lightning with his points.
• Xiao Han swallowed ten thousand beasts spirit lightning and began refining it, cracking through his stalled Da Dou Shi cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran finished pleading with Gu Yuan, who planned to bring the Ninth-Rank Marrow-Cleansing Pill to Xiao Yan soon.
• Xiao Yan begged Yun Yun to let him leave the Misty Cloud Sect, but Yun Yun ignored him and her maids blocked the way.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, saw Xiao Yan pleading with the maids, and watched him hurry over to ask for her help seeing Yun Yun.