Chapter Summaries

Sun Qi and Zi Yan visited the Xiao Clan to find Xiao Yan, then Sun Qi tracked him beyond Wutan City and confronted Ling Ying, who had been following them. Sun Qi transformed and battled the Dou Emperor, ending with Ling Ying facing a massive swing of the Golden Cudgel.

• Sun Qi told Xiao Zhan that he had come to the Xiao Clan for Xiao Yan, but learned that Xiao Yan had left home.
• Sun Qi used the Thousand-Li Tracking Technique to locate Xiao Yan and flew out of Wutan City with Zi Yan.
• Sun Qi called out Ling Ying, who emerged from hiding in the forest and questioned how a Dou Wang had detected him.
• Sun Qi transformed into golden armor, drew his Golden Cudgel, and prepared to fight Ling Ying while Zi Yan watched.
• Ling Ying rushed Sun Qi and stabbed him, but realized he had struck an illusion and turned toward the real Sun Qi, who swung his cudgel at him.

Sun Qi reunited with his master Yao Chen and met his fellow disciple Xiao Yan after defeating Ling Ying. Xiao Yan was stunned to learn that Sun Qi resembled the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and had truly sprung from a rock.

• Sun Qi struck Ling Ying with his staff and warned him not to follow again.
• Yao Chen sensed powerful fighters, so Xiao Yan rushed outside the city to see them.
• Xiao Yan recognized Sun Qi as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, while Yao Chen embraced his long-lost disciple.
• Sun Qi told Yao Chen that he had killed Han Feng and brought his soul in a Soul-Trapping Bottle, but Yao Chen asked him to keep it for now.
• Yao Chen introduced Xiao Yan to Sun Qi as his senior brother, and Xiao Yan excitedly asked whether Sun Qi had sprung from a rock.
• Yao Chen confirmed that Sun Qi had sprung from a rock and teased Xiao Yan for lacking knowledge.

Sun Qi brought Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Chen to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan’s family learned he had a powerful senior brother. Later, Sun Qi offered Yao Chen Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame to help him refine a body, while Yao Chen also planned to help Xiao Yan grow stronger.

• Zi Yan joined Sun Qi and Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen recognized her as a young magical beast with an extraordinary bloodline.
• Sun Qi flew Xiao Yan to the Xiao Clan, where the elders welcomed Sun Qi before learning he was Xiao Yan’s senior brother.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders invited Sun Qi, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan inside and held a banquet in their honor.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Xun'er to Sun Qi, who remained cold toward her because of the Gu Clan’s pursuit of the Ancient Jade.
• Sun Qi told Yao Chen that Feng had purged Starfall Pavilion and asked when he would return, but Yao Chen chose to restore his body and help Xiao Yan first.
• Sun Qi gave Yao Chen Han Feng’s sealed soul and offered him the Sea Heart Flame to refine a body.

Sun Qi accepted missions to help Xiao Yan get revenge on the Misty Cloud Sect and took Xiao Yan and Yao Chen there on the Somersault Cloud. On the way, they discussed Xiao Yan joining Jia Nan Academy, where Sun Qi was an honorary elder and the weakened Fallen Heart Flame awaited them.

• Yao Chen accepted Sun Qi’s soul-restoring herbs and returned to his Storage Ring to recover.
• Sun Qi accepted missions to help Xiao Yan get even with the Misty Cloud Sect, kill a Soul Hall Protector, and obtain a mount.
• Sun Qi summoned the Somersault Cloud and set off with Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Zi Yan to confront the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan worried about the sect’s Dou Huang expert, but Yao Chen said his recovered strength would let him face even a Dou Zong.
• Sun Qi told Yao Chen that he was an honorary elder of Jia Nan Academy and had weakened its Fallen Heart Flame; Yao Chen encouraged Xiao Yan to study there.

Sun Qi asked Yao Chen to refine a huge stock of medicinal ingredients into tasty pills for Zi Yan, while Nalan Jie ordered Nalan Su to make Nalan Yanran apologize to the Xiao Clan for breaking off her engagement. Gu He sought Yun Yun’s help gathering Purple Spirit Crystal for a pill to strengthen Yanran, and Yun Yun set out toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range; on the way, she sensed three unfamiliar travelers, including two Dou Wang experts.

• Sun Qi gave Yao Chen a Storage Ring full of medicinal ingredients, and Yao Chen began demonstrating cauldronless pill refinement for Zi Yan.
• Nalan Jie confronted Nalan Su over Nalan Yanran’s public engagement break with the Xiao Clan and sent him to the Misty Cloud Sect to bring her to apologize.
• Gu He asked Yun Yun to help obtain Purple Spirit Crystal for a pill intended to strengthen Nalan Yanran before her Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun accepted Gu He’s request and departed for the Magical Beast Mountain Range after arranging the sect’s affairs.
• Yao Chen, Sun Qi, and Zi Yan sensed Yun Yun approaching, while Yun Yun detected their unfamiliar presence and wondered whether Gu He had invited them.

Sun Qi brought Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, then confronted the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yan over his broken engagement to Nalan Yanran. The empire’s experts gathered to watch, and they were stunned when they realized Sun Qi and Zi Yan were unusually young Dou Wangs.

• Yao Chen teased Sun Qi about marrying Yun Yun, who watched the group ride past on a cloud.
• Sun Qi and Zi Yan’s Dou Wang presences alerted the experts in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, including Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma.
• Sun Qi shouted a challenge at the Misty Cloud Sect, drawing Nalan Jie and the capital’s other experts to the sect.
• Sun Qi landed in the sect’s plaza with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, where four Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wang elders demanded an explanation.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Xiao Yan, who said their grudge would be settled early; the gathered experts then realized the two Dou Wangs were a young man and a little girl.

Sun Qi confronted the Misty Cloud Sect over its members’ visit to the Xiao Clan, but found neither Yun Shan nor a Soul Hall Protector there. He overwhelmed the sect with hundreds of Dou Wang clones and attacked Gu He, leaving the sect elders rushing to intervene.

• Yao Chen reported that he sensed no Soul Hall Protector and found that Yun Shan was also absent from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Sun Qi demanded that the sect hand over Nalan Yanran and the others who had gone to the Xiao Clan, or face the destruction of the entire sect.
• Sun Qi scattered golden hairs that transformed into hundreds of golden-armored clones, each with a Dou Wang presence.
• Sun Qi demanded that Liu Ling be brought out, and Gu He stepped forward, identifying himself as Liu Ling’s master and a sixth-tier alchemist.
• Sun Qi rejected Gu He’s appeal and struck him with his Golden Cudgel, forcing Gu He onto the defensive.
• Yun Ling and three other Dou Wang moved to help Gu He, but Sun Qi’s clones converged on them.

Sun Qi and Zi Yan overwhelmed the Misty Cloud Sect after Nalan Yanran refused to face Sun Qi’s demand, and Yao Chen possessed Sun Qi to reveal Dou Zong power and suppress the sect. Yao Chen left the aftermath to Sun Qi as Yun Yun rushed back to the sect, where its members remained pinned to the ground.

• Zi Yan smashed Yun Ling’s stone saber and sent him flying while Sun Qi defeated Gu He and buried him unconscious beneath rubble.
• Sun Qi threatened Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Jie offered to take her to the Xiao Clan to apologize and pay compensation.
• Yun Ling withdrew from Zi Yan’s fight and challenged Sun Qi, prompting Yao Chen to take control of Sun Qi’s body.
• Yao Chen’s Dou Zong power suppressed everyone inside the Misty Cloud Sect and buried them three inches into the ground.
• Yun Yun sensed the eruption of power and hurried toward the sect, while Yao Chen withdrew and left the rest to Sun Qi.

After Sun Qi and Xiao Yan left the damaged Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan planned to move his clan to the Black-Corner Region while Sun Qi went his own way. In Qingshan Town, Sun Qi and Zi Yan encountered the well-liked physician Xiao Yi Xian, and the chapter ended with a young woman preparing to descend a cliff in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Yao Chen suggested killing the Misty Cloud Sect’s members, but Xiao Yan and Sun Qi decided to spare them and move the Xiao Clan to the Black-Corner Region.
• Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, but Nalan Yanran stopped her from pursuing Sun Qi and later apologized as Nalan Jie explained what had happened.
• Sun Qi parted ways with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, who headed to Jia Nan Academy while Sun Qi continued his own training.
• In Qingshan Town, Sun Qi and Zi Yan saw Xiao Yi Xian, and Sun Qi considered bringing her to Starfall Pavilion because of her Woeful Poison Body.
• That night, a young woman at a cliff in the Magical Beast Mountain Range secured a rope and prepared to climb down.

Xiao Yi Xian entered a hidden cave to search for treasure, where Sun Qi rescued her from a group of mercenaries and left her pills to cultivate. Sun Qi then planned to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Zi Yan to recruit the tier-six Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened the hidden cave door and found a skeleton and three stone boxes inside.
• A group of mercenaries confronted Xiao Yi Xian, but Sun Qi appeared and killed them before burning away their bodies and traces.
• Sun Qi gave Xiao Yi Xian a bottle of pills, told her to cultivate in the cave for two days, and flew away; she found the pills were tier-two or tier-three.
• Sun Qi returned to the inn and told Zi Yan they would enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range to recruit the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Zi Yan excitedly dragged Sun Qi out of bed the next morning, eager to reach the mountain range and challenge the beast.