A pale-faced young man dressed in luxurious clothes pushed arrogantly through the crowd, his eyes burning with undisguised lust as they locked onto Xiao Xun'er.
"Ah—!"
Before he could even finish speaking, a figure flashed forward like a ghost. A simple palm strike landed, and the young man screamed as he was sent flying backward like a broken kite. His lackeys tried to catch him but failed miserably. He crashed heavily onto the ground.
"Oh? Isn't this Young Master Gale Ao?" Xiao Tian walked calmly to Xiao Xun'er's side with a faint smile. "You're also a Dou Practitioner, aren't you? How could you fail to withstand even a single blow from me? Did you waste all your Dou Qi on women's bellies and turn soft?"
"Xiao Tian!" Gale Ao scrambled to his feet, his face twisted in fury. He pointed a trembling finger and snarled, "Don't think that just because you've become a Dou Practitioner, you can act so arrogantly! Be careful, or you'll end up like your useless younger brother — your Dou Qi might start disappearing once you reach this realm!"
"You don't need to worry about me," Xiao Tian replied calmly. "You should worry about yourself right now."
Gale Ao's expression turned gloomy. He clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked. Seeing their young master's ugly look, his subordinates immediately spread out and surrounded Xiao Tian and Xiao Xun'er with malicious intent.
"Protect yourself," Xiao Tian said softly to Xun'er.
He snapped his fingers.
Whoosh!
Yellow light shot out like lightning. In an instant, Gale Ao and all his lackeys collapsed to the ground, howling in agony. Their souls felt as though they had been pierced by countless invisible needles. The pain was unbearable. Even Gale Ao, a one-star Dou Practitioner, was no match for Xiao Tian's abnormal strength and was taken down in a single move.
At that moment, a loud shout rang out from the crowd:
"Who dares cause trouble in the Xiao Family's market?!"
Uncle Payne hurried over with a group of guards. Seeing Xiao Tian standing calmly while a group of people writhed on the ground, he quickly approached.
"Third Young Master, what happened?"
"Nothing serious," Xiao Tian replied with a smile. "Someone tried to harass a young lady in our Xiao Family market. I simply taught him a small lesson. Uncle Payne, please have someone 'send' them back to the Gale Family's territory so they don't disturb everyone's business."
Payne nodded and immediately ordered his men to carry the howling group away. As they lifted Gale Ao, Xiao Tian tossed over a jade stick and a money bag.
"If Gale Ao causes trouble again, use this dog-beating stick to teach him a harsh lesson. As for these one hundred gold coins — treat everyone to drinks and food."
Payne caught both items with a wide grin.
Xiao Tian took Xun'er's hand, ready to leave. But his gaze suddenly fell on a rather handsome young man standing in the distance. The man's eyes occasionally flashed with lewdness as his hand shamelessly reached into the clothes of a nearby maid, completely ignoring the people around him.
Xiao Tian narrowed his eyes. Liu Xi… the alchemist from the original story who had ill intentions toward Xun'er. Why is he appearing here now?
Butterfly effect, perhaps. It didn't matter. He would deal with this hidden threat when the time came.
Xun'er noticed Xiao Tian staring and asked softly, "What's wrong, Tian Ge?"
"Nothing. Just looking around casually," he replied with a gentle smile.
After the disturbance, neither of them felt like continuing to shop. They returned straight to the Xiao Family compound.
Before reaching Xun'er's courtyard, a delicate woman's bracelet appeared in Xiao Tian's hand — created from the power of the Illusion.
Xiao Xun'er's eyes widened as she stared at the beautiful bracelet.
Xiao Tian waved it teasingly in front of the dazed girl. "Do you still want it? If not, I'll take it back."
Xun'er immediately reached out and snatched it. Realizing how eager she appeared, her face flushed slightly. She took a deep breath, then gracefully slipped the bracelet onto her fair, delicate wrist.
"Thank you, Tian Ge," she said sweetly.
Xiao Tian gently pinched her slightly flushed cheek. "This bracelet has a calming and focusing effect. Wearing it regularly will benefit your cultivation. Alright, go back now and cultivate well. Strive to break through to the Dou Practitioner as soon as possible."
Startled by the intimate gesture, the young lady fled like a frightened rabbit, her voice breaking cutely. "Then… I'll go back first…"
Watching her retreating figure, Xiao Tian smiled softly. He passed by Xiao Yan's small courtyard and noticed his younger brother had already returned — most likely busy cultivating the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid with Yao Lao.
Later that night, after everyone had gone to rest, Xiao Tian headed toward the back mountain. This place, the birthplace of Xiao Yan's rise in the original story, felt especially significant to him. His intuition told him that checking in here would yield excellent rewards.
Arriving at the quiet summit, he carefully sensed his surroundings. After confirming no one else was around, he spoke inwardly:
"System, grant me all my remaining rewards!
"Ding! All wishes have been fulfilled. Rewards are now integrating…"
Life Spirit Flame, Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning, and Black Demon Lightning. They merged with his body one by one, settling peacefully in different parts of his Qi cyclone and soul without any interference.
The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword, Heaven Slaying Sword, Ten Thousand Soul Flag, and World Needle floated within the Heavenly Poison Pearl. The Myriad Manifestations Devouring Gourd and Burning Heaven Divine Cauldron appeared in front of him. Heavenly Poison Pearl merged with his right hand, and a green pearl mark appeared in his right hand.
His personal mini-realm, created from the world tree seed, the Boundless Heaven Realm, opened fully, resembling a complete miniature Dou Qi Continent — vast and filled with endless potential, growing stronger as he did.
Here is the polished, seamlessly restructured, and flowingly written version of the passage. The scattered prompt text and repeated quotes have been fixed, organizing all the system rewards into a clean, impactful narrative:
"Furthermore, the system bestows the following journey bonuses upon the host: the Divine-Grade Bloodline of the Xiao Clan, Innate Heaven-Defying Comprehension, the Ancient Heaven Phoenix Wings paired with five drops of its merged essence blood, the ranked 9th Mountain Melting Cauldron, and a mysterious Monster Egg.
You have also been granted a supply of Nine Nether Yellow Springs Water from the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan, along with three supreme legacies: the Nightmare Heavenly Fog, the Nightmare Breaking Talisman, and the Heaven Refining Formation of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint.
For communication and crafting, one million Sound Transmission Stones and one million pieces of shape-shifting Cloud Dream Immortal Gold have been placed in your inventory. Additionally, one hundred bottles of Physique Pills—each capable of granting a random special body—have been provided.
Finally, for safety, you receive one Dou Huang Bodyguard Summoning Card and one Dou Zong Bodyguard Summoning Card. The system intentionally caps guardian summons at the Dou Zong realm to ensure the host works hard for genuine power rather than relying on overwhelming force."
And the host gets all the memories of the Yellow Spring Demon Saint, so you will know all the Dou Techniques the Yellow Spring Demon Saint knows. And the system bypasses the trial for his inheritance and gives you all of his Dou techniques and stores his blood essence and soul essence in his storage ring; it was called the Yellow Spring Ring. And it was a very high-grade storage ring. And the system gives you all the memories of Elder Shennong and his Myriad Life Gourd; it was his storage ring. He doesn't use any rings to store things; he uses the Gourd, so the system gives you that Gourd, and it contains many rare herbs, all his pill formulas, and his pills.
Old Man Shen Nong—the ancient, legendary alchemist—has already passed away. The system has transferred his entire inheritance directly to you, making you his official sole disciple.
The system sealed the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword in the Boundless Heaven Realm's underground, as the Dou Qi continent cannot bear its power. Please don't use it. It can even destroy the Great Thousand World, as it was the most powerful weapon of Heaven and Earth. If the host uses it repeatedly, everything will be finished. And the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning appeared in the boundless Heaven Realm along with a Void Lightning Pool; the system gives it a boost in power so it will form a spirit in around ten years, and when it forms a spirit, it will become a Nine Star Dou Sheng. And the Black Demon Lightning and Nine colored Lightning merged in your body. And before Burning Flame Valley master Tang Zhen gets the Mountain Melting Cauldron, the system gives it to you before he gets it.
Regarding the Burning Heaven Spiritual Fire, you have already become its recognized master. However, as a genuine Divine Flame intrinsically linked to the structural matrix of the Great Thousand World, forcibly extracting it from the Volcanic Continent at this stage would trigger a catastrophic spatial collapse. This would provoke severe backlash from the sovereign entities of the Great Thousand World.
The flame remains securely anchored in its current location, awaiting your physical arrival. Because your soul blueprint has already been acknowledged as its absolute master, the flame's boundless origin will willingly return to you when you approach it in person.
"The system remains committed to fulfilling its promises. To ensure your complete dominance across the Dou Qi Continent, the system has created another Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and has searched for and gathered other top-tier flames on your behalf."
"Among the top ten Heavenly Flames, the seventh-ranked Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Flame has remained without a master, so the system has bestowed it upon you. In the original timeline, the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Flame was destined to be claimed by Clan Head Yan Jin of the Yan Clan in a few years. However, the system has seized it ahead of time—you are now its true and absolute owner."
"Host, the Flames, Lightnings, and Divine Water have already merged with you. You do not need to refine them manually.
The Life Spirit Flame flowed into you and fused perfectly with the Yellow Spring Demonic Scripture, becoming the stable core of your Qi Method. At the same time, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Flame sank into your dantian. They were not sealed, nor were they locked away. You could call upon them whenever you wished. If you tried to draw their power through your Qi Method, your Dou Qi grew violently unstable. A single Qi Method could only truly support one Heavenly Flame without conflict. Because of this, you have to rely solely on the Life Spirit Flame. Only when the situation was truly desperate would you risk drawing upon the other two flames until becoming a Dou Sheng.
All rewards have been successfully granted.
All ten wishes have been fulfilled. Host, take care of yourself. Bye~"
Xiao Tian stood alone on the mountain peak, feeling boundless power surging through his dantian world, and his soul had become nearly indestructible. An entirely new world now existed within his body.
A confident smile appeared on his face.
"The path of the Boundless Emperor… truly begins now."