Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived at Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill his three-year pact with Nalan Yanran, but their duel revealed that Nalan and the sect had fallen under a sinister influence. After defeating Nalan, Xiao Yan faced Elder Yun Suo, who declared that he would never leave the sect.

• Xiao Yan confronted Nalan Yanran, who attacked him with the Extreme Wind Sword, Setting Sun, and they initially fought to a standstill.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed a strange black aura, while Xiao Yan realized Misty Cloud Sect members had formed an array that blocked his escape.
• Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, reached the Dou Ling realm, and struck Nalan Yanran down with the Flame Devouring Wave Splitting Ruler.
• Xiao Yan declared that Nalan Yanran had lost, but Elder Yun Suo approached him, shrouded in black qi, and threatened to keep him from leaving Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ge Ye and Elder Yun Lin saw that Nalan Yanran, Yun Suo, and many sect disciples were all surrounded by black qi and were stunned by the sect's transformation.

Yun Suo revealed that the Misty Cloud Sect had joined the Soul Hall and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Feng arrived in time to save his younger brother. After Xiao Feng killed Yun Suo with one punch, the former Sect Master Yun Shan emerged, claiming to have reached Dou Zong.

• Yun Suo disclosed the Misty Cloud Sect’s alliance with the Soul Hall and revealed his peak Dou Emperor strength as he moved to capture Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, wounding Yun Suo but failing to break the formation trapping him on the mountaintop.
• Xiao Feng burst through the formation, destroyed Yun Suo’s black-mist claw, and killed him with a single punch.
• Xiao Feng confronted the Misty Cloud Sect for bullying the Xiao clan, while Ge Ye feared his sect had doomed itself.
• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zong, and Xiao Feng challenged him with the Vajra Demon Subduing Pestle.

Xiao Feng used the Vajra Demon Subduing Pestle and his divine abilities to kill Yun Shan, then cleansed the Misty Cloud Sect mountaintop of the corruption caused by evil cultivation. Xiao Yan suspected Xiao Feng’s teacher was the familiar Taishang, while Nalan Yanran regained her senses and broke down in tears.

• Xiao Feng used four divine abilities and the Vajra Demon Subduing Pestle to kill Yun Shan with one strike, terrifying the Misty Cloud Sect disciples into submission.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Feng about his weapon and teacher, then wondered whether Xiao Feng had been reincarnated and recognized the name This Daoist, Taishang.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit told Xiao Feng to cleanse the practitioners of their evil cultivation, and Xiao Feng recited the Rebirth Mantra with the Thunderous Sound Demon Subduing Mantra.
• Xiao Feng’s golden light cleansed the mountaintop and freed Nalan Yanran from the influence of the souls she had absorbed.
• Nalan Yanran remembered what had happened and collapsed to the ground, weeping bitterly.

Xiao Feng traveled to the Beast Domain to explore ancient ruins hidden in the Skeleton Mountain Range. With Li Yu’s help, he controlled a Nine Netherworld Python and entered the ruins through a passage opened in their spatial formation.

• Xiao Feng and Xiao Yan left the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Feng headed toward the Beast Domain on his mission.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit gave Xiao Feng a Dragon Might Bracelet to ward off ordinary magical beasts, and Xiao Feng removed it before entering the Nine Netherworld Python’s territory.
• Li Yu used the system to locate the ancient ruins and find a Nine Netherworld Python for Xiao Feng to control.
• Xiao Feng entered a cave, struck a sleeping Nine Netherworld Python, and used the Azure-eyed Three-flower Pupils to take control of it.
• Xiao Feng rode the Nine Netherworld Python to the ruins’ location, and Li Yu had the system open a passage through the spatial formation.
• Xiao Feng stepped through the passage into the ancient ruins.

Xiao Feng and the Supreme Alchemist Spirit entered an ancient Dou Saint ruin, where the System stripped away its defenses and took control of ten powerful puppets. They reached the main hall, where the Supreme Alchemist Spirit found a Peak Dou Saint skeleton he intended to collect.

• Xiao Feng entered the ancient hall, and the Supreme Alchemist Spirit drained the seal from its gates and absorbed the flames in the passageway.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit led Xiao Feng through a lava lake to ten silver puppets, which Li Yu's System scanned and brought under control.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit explained that each puppet had the strength of a Peak Dou Ancestor, and Xiao Feng marked all ten with his Soul Power and gained command of them.
• Xiao Feng led the puppets through the opened stone door into the ruin while the Supreme Alchemist Spirit scanned its layout and headed for the main hall.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit found a jade-white Peak Dou Saint skeleton in the main hall and said it would do for his purposes.

Xiao Feng and the Supreme Alchemist Spirit collected the Dou Saint skeleton, ten Dou Zun puppets, and the light spheres before entering the Medicine Hall. They reached the altar holding the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Li Yu decided to plant in his garden.

• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit warned Xiao Feng about the statues surrounding the Dou Saint skeleton and revealed they were ten Dou Zun puppets.
• Xiao Feng imprinted his soul marks on the puppets, collected the Dou Saint skeleton, and stored all ten light spheres in his Storage Ring.
• Li Yu had the system scan the skeleton and learned that the world's spatial energy was active while its spatial strength was relatively low.
• Xiao Feng and the Supreme Alchemist Spirit entered the medicinal herb forest, used dragon blood to open the barrier, and crossed into the realm of the Dragon-Phoenix Remains.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit led Xiao Feng to the altar, where they found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Li Yu decided it could be planted in his garden.

Li Yu secured the buried Dragon and Phoenix remains, gathered the materials needed for the Mall Outpost, and studied the remains through the System. Xiao Feng and the Supreme Alchemist Spirit then searched the Pill Hall, where they collected pills and discovered a shapeshifting Pill Beast.

• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit had Xiao Feng store the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and the strange tree, then explained that an Ancient Void Dragon's soul could help Xiao Feng master his Dragon Elephant Vajra Divine Power.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit pulled the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Sky Phoenix remains from beneath the earth, and Li Yu stored them in the System Resource Library.
• Li Yu scanned the remains, recorded their body structures, extracted their bloodlines and residual souls, and sent the dragon soul to the Supreme Alchemist Spirit.
• Xiao Feng entered the Pill Hall, gathered its pills and formulas, and used the Vajra Empowerment Incantation to protect himself from its poisonous miasma.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit identified a fat white cat as an eighth-grade shapeshifting elixir, and Xiao Feng stored the Pill Beast in his ring for Li Yu to scan.

Li Yu planned to establish an auction house as the Mall Outpost and chose the Bodhi Ancient Tree to serve as its guardian. After reaching the Vast Desolate Ancient Region, he collected five Half-Saint puppets and subdued the tree by revealing the Bodhi Tree in his garden.

• Li Yu decided the Mall Outpost would operate as an auction house selling cultivation techniques, pills, and rare treasures, and planned its staff and defenses.
• Li Yu traveled to the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and used the System to locate the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent five Half-Saint puppets to confront Li Yu, and he collected them into the Resource Library.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree attacked Li Yu with its branches, but he revealed the aura of the Bodhi Tree in his garden.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree bowed before Li Yu, and he walked toward it.

Li Yu cleansed the Bodhi Ancient Tree of the Dou God remnant soul, created a loyal Ancient Tree Spirit, and used Chaos Qi to raise it to the Dou Emperor realm. The advancement shook the world and set its major factions in motion, while Li Yu and the Ancient Tree left the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

• Li Yu erased the Dou God remnant soul from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and nourished its spirit with the Azure Emperor descendant's Soul Power and a Loyalty Mark.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree awakened as a new spirit, pledged loyalty to Li Yu, and took human form as a middle-aged man.
• Li Yu learned the Ancient Tree was at the peak of the Dou Saint realm and offered to help it advance to Dou Emperor.
• Li Yu tapped a wisp of Chaos Qi onto the Ancient Tree, triggering its advancement and a heaven-shaking phenomenon across the world.
• Dou Saints and major factions reacted to the apparent birth of a Dou Emperor, and the Eight Ancient Clans and three great Magical Beast races began making moves.
• The Ancient Tree transformed into the image of an upright young man, thanked Li Yu, and followed him away from the Vast Desolate Ancient Region.

Li Yu turned five soulless Half-Saint puppets into young attendants with Dou Saint-level souls, assigned them duties for his planned auction house, and gave them the chance to choose names. He then noticed a potential auctioneer nearby.

• Li Yu brought the Ancient Tree to the courtyard in Wu Yuan City and told it to call him Young Master.
• Li Yu used the system to create five Dou Saint-level souls and refine the Half-Saint puppets into three young men and two young women.
• Li Yu assigned the puppets jobs at the auction house and loaded them with suitable skills, combat experience, and job-related knowledge.
• The five puppets chose the names Shui Rou, Qing Niao, Gu Cheng, Gu Ze, and Mu Qing.
• Li Yu looked outside the courtyard and decided there was already a ready-made candidate to serve as auctioneer.

Li Yu arrived at Ya Fei’s auction house with powerful attendants and offered her a job as an auctioneer for his planned auction. After she saw his extraordinary auction catalog and a real Heavenly Flame, Ya Fei was left stunned by the scale of his wealth and power.

• Ya Fei recalled Li Yu’s earlier insults and grew angry, while Gu Ni rushed to tell her that he had arrived.
• Li Yu entered with Gu Shu and five formidable followers, and Gu Shu’s aura forced Ya Fei and Gu Ni into silence until Li Yu ordered him to stop.
• Li Yu teased Ya Fei before asking her to work as an auctioneer, then decided to use her auction house for his own auction.
• Gu Shu handed Ya Fei a list featuring a Heaven-tier Dou Technique, a Ninth Grade Pill, and Heavenly Flames.
• Mu Qing opened a bronze box to reveal a Green Lotus Earth Flame, confirming to Ya Fei and Gu Ni that Li Yu possessed the listed treasures.

Li Yu turned the auction house into his first Mall Outpost and appointed Ya Fei to manage its auctions. With the Outpost linked to his Mall Space, he gained easy access to its stored supplies.

• Ya Fei offered to become Li Yu's auctioneer and asked for shares, but Li Yu instead handed her management of the auction house.
• Li Yu ordered Ya Fei and Gu Ni to evacuate the staff so he could refine the building.
• Li Yu used the Dragon and Phoenix remains and Dou Saint skeleton to transform the auction house into a Mall Outpost, while an Ancient Sky Phoenix remnant soul became its Guardian Spirit.
• Li Yu set up a Resource Library and assigned himself the highest authority, with the Ancient Tree and five puppets below him and Ya Fei's staff limited to basic access.
• The completed Mall Outpost connected to Li Yu's Mall Space, allowing him to transmit supplies there at will.

Xiao Feng traveled to Dragon Island through an abandoned spatial passage at the Supreme Alchemist Spirit's urging, hoping to grow stronger. He emerged by crashing into and destroying a floating island, and the Silver Dragon demanded compensation.

• After establishing the Wind Alliance as the strongest force in the Black Horn Region, Xiao Feng agreed to go to Dragon Island to improve his strength.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit used the dragon soul's memories to find a secret spatial passage and opened it for Xiao Feng.
• Xiao Feng endured the passage's powerful force and activated Immovable as a Mountain before crashing through its exit onto Dragon Island.
• The dragons surrounded Xiao Feng, and the Silver Dragon asked who he was and how he had used their abandoned passage.
• The Silver Dragon accused Xiao Feng of destroying a floating island and demanded that he compensate them.

Xiao Feng traded information about the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to the Dragon Clan in exchange for passage to the Void Thunder Pool. After he named Li Yu’s auction house in Wu Yuan City as the fruit’s location, Li Yu revealed that the Dragon Clan had fallen for his bait.

• The Silver Dragon attacked Xiao Feng after mistaking his words about compensation, but Xiao Feng’s Mountain Shaking Seal knocked it back.
• Xiao Feng stopped the surrounding dragons by announcing that he had news of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu You agreed to Xiao Feng’s request for passage through Dragon Island after seeing the fruit’s image, then brought him to Zhu Li.
• Zhu Li promised to arrange a spatial passage to the Void Thunder Pool in exchange for the fruit’s location.
• Xiao Feng told the Dragon Clan that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was at Li Yu’s auction house in Wu Yuan City, Jia Ma Empire.
• Li Yu drank wine and noted that the Dragon Clan had taken the bait.

Xiao Feng reached the Void Thunder Pool and tempered his body in its lightning under the Supreme Alchemist Spirit’s guidance. After half a month, he completed his Vajra Body and Warrior Physique, advanced to the Dou Venerable realm, and mastered the Thunderous Sound Demon Subduing Mantra.

• Xiao Feng asked the Supreme Alchemist Spirit why he had claimed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was at the Wu Yuan City auction house, and the spirit explained that the story would protect Xiao Feng from the Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Feng arrived at the Void Thunder Pool and cautiously entered its lightning-charged Thunder Water to temper his body.
• Xiao Feng endured half a month of lightning refinement, completing his Vajra Body and Warrior Physique and advancing to the Dou Venerable realm.
• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit told Xiao Feng to practice the Thunderous Sound Demon Subduing Mantra, and Xiao Feng harmonized his voice with the Thunder Pool until the mantra reached great completion.
• Xiao Feng laughed and strode out of the Thunder Pool.

The Supreme Alchemist Spirit swallowed the entire Void Thunder Pool, which Li Yu stored and analyzed before deciding to study the Emperor Flame and open his auction house. Li Yu convinced Ya Fei to proceed with the opening the next day, leaving her eager to prepare.

• The Supreme Alchemist Spirit absorbed the entire Void Thunder Pool while Xiao Feng watched in astonishment.
• Li Yu stored the Void Thunder Pool, analyzed its Thunder Water, and decided to add it to his garden.
• Li Yu planned to study the Emperor Flame for information about the Heavenly Flames and considered the Emperor Pill worth researching.
• Li Yu ordered Shui Rou to tell Ya Fei that the auction house would open the next day.
• Ya Fei objected that the auction house was not ready, but Li Yu persuaded her that its treasures would draw customers and sent her off to prepare.

The Number One Auction House Under Heaven opened in Wu Yuan City, but it had no customers until five Dou Zongs arrived seeking its Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. The dragon-clan visitors tried to claim the fruit for a single gold coin, while the white-robed old man grew increasingly uneasy.

• Li Yu's casual name for the auction house activated its intelligence, which introduced itself as Number One Under Heaven.
• Ya Fei opened the Number One Auction House Under Heaven, but it remained deserted for most of the day.
• Five Dou Zongs emerged from a spatial rift and descended before the auction house, drawing frightened attention from Wu Yuan City's residents.
• Shui Rou welcomed the visitors and led them to a private room, where the silver-haired young man demanded the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Qing Niao presented the fruit, and the silver-haired young man slapped down one gold coin and declared it theirs as the others laughed.
• The white-robed old man watched the group claim the fruit and grew increasingly uneasy.

Zhu Li stopped Zhu You from attacking Shui Rou and Qing Niao after realizing their auction house was in Wu Yuan City, where Zhetian the Great Emperor held power. The East Island Dragon Clan agreed to trade its inherited Dragon Cauldron for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving Zhu Li distressed but unwilling to refuse.

• Zhu You seized the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and prepared to fight, but Shui Rou reminded him that they were in Wu Yuan City.
• Zhu Li recognized the danger, stopped Zhu You, and apologized to Shui Rou and Qing Niao on behalf of the East Island Dragon Clan.
• Qing Niao explained that Zhetian the Great Emperor wanted a heavenly cauldron from the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, and Zhu Li agreed to provide one in exchange for the fruit.
• Zhu Li led the Dragon Clan members away and explained that the two women were Half-Saints serving a Dou Emperor.
• Zhu Li revealed that the East Island Dragon Clan would have to surrender its inherited Dragon Cauldron, despite its importance to their lineage.

Zhu Li delivered the Dragon Cauldron to Li Yu’s auction house and learned that the Dragon Emperor’s daughter was at Jia Lan Academy. Li Yu then summoned the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with an offer to exchange Ancient Sky Phoenix bloodline for the Phoenix Cauldron, and the Sky Phoenix began bestowing its bloodline on the clan’s patriarch.

• Zhu Li brought the Dragon Cauldron to the auction house, where Mu Qing verified it was genuine and sent it to Li Yu.
• Shui Rou told Zhu Li that the Dragon Emperor’s daughter was at Jia Lan Academy in the Black Horn Region, and Zhu Li hurried away to find her.
• Li Yu scanned the Dragon Cauldron, examined its alchemy uses, and ordered Qing Niao to invite the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan in exchange for the Phoenix Cauldron.
• Qing Niao led Feng Tian and three other Dou Saints into the auction house, where Li Yu manifested an Ancient Sky Phoenix soul.
• The Sky Phoenix declared the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan its descendants and began transferring its bloodline to Feng Tian.

Li Yu used the Sky Phoenix’s bloodline to plant Loyalty Marks in Feng Tian and the three Heaven Demon Phoenix leaders, binding them to the Sky Phoenix and indirectly to himself. After they swore loyalty, he intimidated them with Crocodile Ancestor’s aura and left the clan under the Sky Phoenix’s command to defend the Mall Outpost.

• Feng Tian fused with the Sky Phoenix’s blood and transformed into a Golden Phoenix, after which the three Heaven Demon Phoenix leaders received the same bloodline.
• Li Yu revealed that he had planted Loyalty Marks in the four blood drops, making the Heaven Demon Phoenix leaders loyal to the Sky Phoenix, Number One Under Heaven.
• The four leaders transformed back into human form and followed the Sky Phoenix to pay respects to Li Yu.
• Feng Tian and the others secretly glanced at Li Yu, who overwhelmed them with Crocodile Ancestor’s aura until the Sky Phoenix begged him to forgive them.
• Li Yu ordered the Sky Phoenix to teach the leaders manners and have them follow her, then laughed about the performance he had staged.