Chapter Summaries

Xiao Baichuan, a transmigrator with no talent or resources beyond his looks, attended the Xiao Clan’s Dou Qi test and noticed that Xiao Yan seemed confident rather than disgraced. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan was called to test, leaving his strength and the reason for his unexpected demeanor unclear.

• Xiao Baichuan woke from a recurring dream of a veiled woman attacking him and reflected on his lack of advantages in the Dou Qi Continent.
• After hearing the Xiao Clan disciples were gathering for their Dou Qi test, Xiao Baichuan went to the plaza to watch.
• Xiao Mei tested at the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Xun'er tested at the Ninth Stage.
• Xiao Baichuan spotted Xiao Yan standing confidently and wondered whether the story had changed and whether Yao Chen was still involved.
• The tester called Xiao Yan forward, and the crowd eagerly speculated about his cultivation.

At the Xiao Clan’s Dou Qi test, Xiao Baichuan was overshadowed by Xiao Yan’s return to the Ninth Stage, then retreated to his lonely room. There, his Twin Fish Jade Pendant glowed and spoke in a woman’s voice, leaving him wondering what he must not forget.

• Xiao Yan tested at the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi with an advanced rating, stunning the crowd and confusing Xiao Baichuan, who remembered a different story.
• Xiao Baichuan tested at the Eighth Stage with an intermediate rating and heard clan members mock his talent while commenting on his appearance.
• Xiao Baichuan returned to his empty room, lamented his lack of accomplishments, and pressed the Twin Fish Jade Pendant against his chest.
• A mysterious woman’s voice called Xiao Baichuan, and after he found no one in the courtyard, the pendant began to glow.
• The voice came from the pendant and pleaded, “Whatever you do... don't forget...”; its light faded, leaving Xiao Baichuan puzzled about what she meant.

Bai Chuan touched the Twin Fish Jade Pendant and was pulled into a forest beside Ling Xi, the Ancient Heavenly Snake Clan’s empress from ten thousand years earlier. Neither understood how they had been brought there, and Ling Xi could not use her Dou Qi.

• The Twin Fish Jade Pendant erupted with nine-colored light and tore Bai Chuan’s consciousness from his body.
• Ling Xi awoke from a recurring dream after hearing Bai Chuan’s name and was pulled from her cave dwelling.
• Ling Xi found herself beside the sleeping Bai Chuan, discovered she could not use her Dou Qi, and waited for him to wake.
• Bai Chuan woke beside a nine-colored stream and recognized Ling Xi as the woman from his dreams.
• Ling Xi and Bai Chuan each accused the other of bringing them there, and Bai Chuan tried to explain the Dou Qi realm to her.

Ling Xi and Xiao Baichuan discovered they came from different eras while trapped in a strange space that sealed their Dou Qi. After Ling Xi revealed her identity and Xiao Baichuan claimed to know a way out, he asked whether she woke from her dreams after slashing him.

• Ling Xi claimed to be a Dou Di but found she could not use Dou Qi, and Bai Chuan joked that no one on the Dou Qi Continent had reached that realm in ten thousand years.
• Ling Xi realized Bai Chuan’s world and era differed from her own, while Xiao Baichuan wondered whether she was an ancient Dou Di from ten thousand years earlier.
• When Xiao Baichuan asked if Ling Xi had dreamed about him, she attacked him with a red sword, and he caught the blade between his palms.
• Xiao Baichuan promised he knew a way out, and Ling Xi introduced herself as Ling Xi, the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and empress of the Ancient Heavenly Snake Clan.
• Xiao Baichuan identified himself as an adopted son of the Xiao Clan, then asked whether Ling Xi woke after slashing him in her dreams; she confirmed that she did.

Xiao Baichuan and Ling Xi escaped the mysterious space by killing each other, and Ling Xi entered Xiao Baichuan’s Sea of Consciousness. After realizing their Twin Fish Jade Pendant might have brought them together, Xiao Baichuan rushed to the Xiao Clan’s front hall for Nalan Yanran’s engagement-breaking visit, while Ling Xi reacted angrily to his thoughts.

• Xiao Baichuan persuaded Ling Xi that they could reach the future by dying in sequence, and Ling Xi stabbed him before taking her own life.
• Xiao Baichuan woke in his room and discovered Ling Xi had entered his Sea of Consciousness after she cursed him for calling her afraid of dying.
• Ling Xi recognized Xiao Baichuan’s Twin Fish Jade Pendant as one she had carried, and they suspected it had connected them.
• A servant summoned Xiao Baichuan to the front hall, where Nalan Yanran was expected to break off her engagement.
• Ling Xi told Xiao Baichuan she could only use his limited Dou Qi and soul power, then angrily accused him of wanting to smell her farts.

Xiao Baichuan learned that Nalan Yanran had come to end her engagement, only to discover that the betrothed person was him rather than Xiao Yan. As he faced the gathered Xiao Clan and Misty Cloud Sect members, Ling Xi offered to handle the matter.

• Ling Xi explained that she could read Xiao Baichuan’s thoughts unless he shut her out, and he tested how to block her.
• Xiao Baichuan entered the Xiao Clan front hall, where Ling Xi judged the gathered young cultivators weak and he explained the visitors’ identities and purpose.
• Ge Ye asked Xiao Zhan to dissolve the marriage agreement, and Xiao Zhan said the decision depended on the two young people involved.
• The hall’s attention turned to Xiao Baichuan, and Xiao Zhan revealed that Nalan Yanran’s engagement was to him.
• As Xiao Baichuan realized he had inherited the Flame Emperor’s engagement-breaking scenario, Ling Xi told him she would handle it.

Ling Xi took over Xiao Baichuan’s body and dissolved his engagement to Nalan Yanran in front of the Xiao Clan, leaving the hall stunned. Back in his room, Xiao Baichuan regained control, and Ling Xi warned him that someone was inside the Twin Fish Jade Pendant.

• Ling Xi took control of Xiao Baichuan’s body and cowed everyone in the hall with her overwhelming presence.
• Ling Xi agreed to dissolve the engagement and wrote “dissolved” on the marriage contract.
• Ling Xi formally dissolved Xiao Baichuan’s engagement to Nalan Yanran and left the hall with the contract in her hands.
• The hall erupted in shock, while Nalan Yanran felt unsettled despite achieving her goal.
• Ling Xi returned control to Xiao Baichuan in his room and boasted about how she had handled the engagement.
• Ling Xi sensed someone inside the Twin Fish Jade Pendant and warned Xiao Baichuan.

Xiao Baichuan discovered that the old man in his jade pendant was Yao Chen, the former number one Alchemist, and learned Yao Chen had not been absorbing his Dou Qi. After Ling Xi restored his confidence, Xiao Baichuan demanded rent and compensation from Yao Chen for living in the pendant.

• A white-haired soul emerged from Xiao Baichuan's jade pendant, and Xiao Baichuan recognized him as Yao Chen.
• Ling Xi explained that Yao Chen had been nurturing his soul in the pendant rather than absorbing Xiao Baichuan's Dou Qi, and Yao Chen confirmed he had once lived inside Xiao Yan.
• Yao Chen mocked Xiao Baichuan's cultivation talent, but Ling Xi reminded him that Yao Chen could guide his cultivation, restoring Xiao Baichuan's confidence.
• Xiao Baichuan asked Yao Chen to pay rent for living in the jade pendant, then calculated millions of gold coins in lodging and additional charges for soul nurturing and other expenses.

Xiao Baichuan argued with Yao Chen over his expenses, then made him his master and demanded a welcoming gift. By the next day, rumors about Xiao Baichuan's broken engagement had transformed across Wutan City into a tale of Nalan Yanran pursuing him.

• Xiao Baichuan demanded that Yao Chen repay his expenses, then proposed that Yao Chen become his Protector and teacher.
• Xiao Baichuan hinted that Yao Chen could be exposed to the Soul Hall, prompting Yao Chen to accept him as a disciple.
• Xiao Baichuan performed the disciple's salute and asked for Heaven-Tier Cultivation Techniques and eighth-tier pills, so Yao Chen beat him and loosened his meridians instead.
• The people of Wutan City discussed Xiao Baichuan's public annulment of his engagement with Nalan Yanran.
• By noon, teahouse rumors claimed that Nalan Yanran had fallen for Xiao Baichuan and tried to lure him away with a fortune.

Liu Ling went to the Xiao Clan to confront Xiao Baichuan over Nalan Yanran’s reputation, but Xiao Baichuan exposed the flaws in his accusations and mocked him. Liu Ling ended up speechless as the Xiao Clan disciples laughed at him.

• Liu Ling heard street gossip about Nalan Yanran, grew furious, and decided to demand justice from Xiao Baichuan while Ge Ye escorted Nalan Yanran back.
• Xiao Baichuan’s cultivation practice was interrupted by Liu Ling shouting outside the Xiao Clan.
• Liu Ling accused Xiao Baichuan of humiliating Nalan Yanran and spreading rumors, and Xiao Baichuan sarcastically offered him a gold coin as a beggar.
• Xiao Baichuan pointed out that Nalan Yanran had accepted the annulment and argued that Liu Ling himself had spread the story by shouting about it in the streets.
• Liu Ling failed to answer Xiao Baichuan, while the Xiao Clan disciples laughed at him.

Liu Ling challenged Xiao Baichuan to a duel, and Xiao Baichuan borrowed Soul Force from Yao Chen while Ling Xi took control of his body. Ling Xi effortlessly dodged Liu Ling’s attacks, leaving Yao Chen suspicious of Xiao Baichuan’s unexplained skill.

• Liu Ling challenged Xiao Baichuan to fight, then offered to suppress his cultivation and refrain from using Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Baichuan asked Ling Xi to fight in his place, and she agreed after he persuaded her.
• Ling Xi told Xiao Baichuan to borrow Soul Force from Yao Chen, who lent him enough power to reach the strength of a one-star Dou Zhe.
• Ling Xi took control of Xiao Baichuan’s body and faced Liu Ling, who also suppressed his cultivation to a one-star Dou Zhe.
• Ling Xi dodged every one of Liu Ling’s attacks without moving far from her spot.
• Yao Chen watched Ling Xi’s movement and wondered what secret Xiao Baichuan was hiding.

Ling Xi used Xiao Baichuan’s body to defeat Liu Ling and teach Xiao Baichuan a series of precise combat techniques. After Ling Xi returned control, Yao Chen questioned Xiao Baichuan about whether an unseen expert was guiding him.

• Ling Xi controlled Xiao Baichuan’s body and toyed with Liu Ling, using measured strikes to exploit his openings while Xiao Baichuan watched and learned.
• Liu Ling broke his promise to suppress his cultivation and surged back to Five-Star Dou Zhe, but Ling Xi evaded his attack.
• Ling Xi struck five of Liu Ling’s acupoints and unleashed the Dou Qi within them, draining his strength before kicking him to the ground.
• Ling Xi named the improvised technique Transforming Qi Palm, then returned control of Xiao Baichuan’s body to him.
• Yao Chen scrutinized Xiao Baichuan and asked whether an unseen powerful expert was guiding him.

After defeating Liu Ling, Xiao Baichuan concealed the origins of his powers from Yao Chen, who warned him to keep his secrets and stay cautious. Gu Xun'er learned of Xiao Baichuan’s overwhelming victory and asked Ling Ying to identify his secret technique, but he could not.

• Xiao Baichuan pretended to be a reincarnated Dou Di, but Yao Chen saw through the boast and struck him.
• Xiao Baichuan told Yao Chen that he had found his jade pendant and a secret manual in ancient ruins, while Ling Xi warned him not to reveal too much.
• Yao Chen accepted Xiao Baichuan’s explanation and advised him that exposing secrets and trusting others blindly were dangerous.
• Xiao Baichuan worried that Gu He might seek revenge for Liu Ling and resolved to grow stronger.
• Ling Ying reported Xiao Baichuan’s crushing victory over Liu Ling to Gu Xun’er, who asked where his strength-boosting technique came from; Ling Ying could not identify it.

After dissolving her engagement to Xiao Baichuan, Nalan Yanran learned he had defeated Liu Ling despite a vast cultivation gap and regretted ending the marriage. Yun Yun decided to visit the Xiao Clan and invite Xiao Baichuan to join the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Gu Xun'er told Ling Ying to keep watch for movements concerning the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade and said she would meet Xiao Baichuan herself.
• Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and told Yun Yun that she had dissolved her engagement to Xiao Baichuan.
• Ge Ye reported that Liu Ling had challenged Xiao Baichuan at the Xiao Clan, leaving Nalan Yanran worried that Xiao Baichuan had been hurt.
• Ge Ye clarified that Xiao Baichuan had defeated Liu Ling with one hand, even after Liu Ling used the full strength of a Five-Star Dou Zhe.
• Nalan Yanran regretted dissolving the engagement, and Yun Yun decided to visit the Xiao Clan in a few days to invite Xiao Baichuan to join the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Baichuan and Yao Chen discussed cultivation resources and a scheme to sell male potency pills, but Yao Chen refused to make them until he later offered to prepare some. Xiao Baichuan entered the jade pendant’s space alone and woke in Ling Xi’s body, where he realized the pendant would take three days to recharge.

• Xiao Baichuan asked Yao Chen for help improving his slow cultivation, and Yao Chen showed him a collection of pills.
• Xiao Baichuan found an aphrodisiac and proposed selling male potency pills, but Yao Chen refused to make them before agreeing to prepare some that night.
• Xiao Baichuan entered the jade pendant’s space and found Ling Xi was absent.
• Xiao Baichuan woke in an unfamiliar cave abode and discovered he had swapped bodies with Ling Xi.
• Xiao Baichuan found the jade pendant unresponsive, concluded it needed three days to recharge, and worried about what Ling Xi might do with his body.

Xiao Baichuan, disguised as Ling Xi, struggled to keep his identity hidden when Ling Xi’s younger sister arrived and drew him into a medicinal bath. Their unexpected closeness was interrupted when the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s holy son requested an audience with the clan leader.

• Xiao Baichuan adapted to Ling Xi’s Dou Di body and cautiously avoided using its overwhelming power.
• Ling Xi’s younger sister entered the cave abode, embraced him, and prepared a medicinal bath for them to share.
• Xiao Baichuan reluctantly joined her in the spring pool and tried to behave like Ling Xi.
• At his sister’s request, Xiao Baichuan massaged her shoulders and warned her to be careful when fighting.
• The Heavenly Snake Clan’s clan leader was told that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s holy son had requested an audience.

Xiao Baichuan, still in Ling Xi’s body, killed Huang Aotian and his entourage with a single palm when the Heavenly Phoenix Holy Son came to propose marriage to Ling Zhi. The Heavenly Serpent Clan’s leaders arrived to find the Heavenly Phoenix party dead and a vast hand-shaped abyss in the square.

• The third elder told Xiao Baichuan and Ling Zhi that Huang Aotian had come to propose marriage to Ling Zhi.
• Ling Zhi prepared to confront Huang Aotian, but Xiao Baichuan stopped her and went out with her to meet him.
• Huang Aotian leered at Ling Xi and Ling Zhi, prompting Xiao Baichuan to strike him with a palm.
• Xiao Baichuan’s blow turned Huang Aotian, his guards, attendants, and the betrothal gifts to ash, leaving a huge five-fingered abyss in the square.
• Xiao Baichuan worried that killing the Heavenly Phoenix Holy Son could start a war and realized how powerful Ling Xi’s body was.
• Three high priests and eight elders emerged from the sacred hall and reacted in shock to the abyss and the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s presence there.

After the body swap, Ling Xi woke up in Xiao Baichuan’s body while Xiao Baichuan remained in Ling Xi’s, though neither could contact the other. Ling Xi went with Yao Chen to sell medicines at the Mittel Auction House, where an alchemist arrived to appraise them.

• The Three High Priests and elders approached Ling Xi after the chaos, while Xiao Baichuan left them to handle what came next and ordered Ling Zhi to cultivate instead of fighting and robbing people.
• Ling Xi woke in Xiao Baichuan’s room, realized she was in his body, and concluded that he had transmigrated after she could not sense his soul.
• Yao Chen urged Ling Xi, still in Xiao Baichuan’s body, to wash up and help sell medicines, and she headed out without disguising herself.
• Ling Xi entered the Mittel Auction House and asked its manager to auction three bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• The manager recognized Xiao Baichuan, eagerly agreed to help, and brought an old man in blue robes to appraise the medicine.

Ling Xi, controlling Xiao Baichuan’s body, brought pills to the Mittel Trading Company, where Gu Ni appraised them as the work of a high-tier Alchemist and set their auction prices. She went to see the auction hall, while Gu Ni brought the pills to Ya Fei and told her about the mysterious Alchemist behind them.

• Gu Ni examined the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and concluded that its quality was beyond his own skills, then asked Ling Xi to introduce him to her teacher.
• Gu Ni appraised the pills and negotiated their starting prices with Ling Xi, who agreed after Yao Chen advised her not to push the prices higher.
• Ling Xi asked to see the auction hall, and Gu Ni ordered a servant to take her to the Heaven-designated VIP box.
• Gu Ni carried the three bottles of pills backstage and gave them to Ya Fei, explaining that Xiao Baichuan’s teacher had refined them and was likely a Fourth-Tier Alchemist.

Ling Xi attended the Wutan City auction as Xiao Baichuan and watched the medicines she had brought sell for high prices. After the auction, Ya Fei visited her private room, gave her the proceeds and a VIP card, and left after Ling Xi kept her distance.

• Ya Fei learned that a Fourth-Tier Alchemist had come to Wutan City and resolved to win over Xiao Baichuan and the alchemist behind him.
• Ling Xi watched the auction from a VIP room while Yao Chen admired Ya Fei, who noticed Xiao Baichuan's apparent indifference to her.
• Xiao Zhan bought the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for forty thousand gold coins.
• Ling Xi's three bottles of medicine sold for considerable sums as the auction ended.
• Ya Fei visited Ling Xi, presented the auction proceeds and a purple-gold VIP card, and withdrew after Ling Xi moved away from her advances.