Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao transmigrated into the Beast Mountain Range in the world of Battle Through the Heavens and received an auction system and powerful rewards. With two Nine Star Dou Zong experts at his command, he was left poised to establish his Auction House.

• Li Xiao realized he had transmigrated into the Beast Mountain Range and learned that he was only a Three-Star Dou Zhe with an auction system.
• Li Xiao opened his beginner's gift pack and received an Auction House, the Green Lotus Core Flame, and two Nine Star Dou Zong experts.
• Li Xiao summoned Linglong and Niu Meng, who knelt before him and addressed him as Pavilion Master.
• Linglong sensed nearby magical beasts and killed every one within a hundred meters, leaving Li Xiao astonished at her power.

Li Xiao chose a lakeside gorge in the Beast Mountain Range and used the system’s reward to establish and name the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction. After assigning Linglong and Niu Meng their duties, he asked the system how to grow stronger and learned that the Pavilion could protect his identity and life within five hundred meters.

• Linglong found a scenic lakeside location suitable for building an Auction House, and Li Xiao went there with her and Niu Meng.
• Li Xiao summoned the six-floor Auction House with the system and named it the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao explored the Pavilion’s auction hall, private rooms, lounge, and cultivation area, which made cultivation far more effective than outside.
• Li Xiao appointed Linglong to manage the Pavilion’s internal affairs and Niu Meng to handle matters outside, ordering them to kill trespassers without mercy.
• Li Xiao asked the system how to increase his cultivation and learned he could cultivate in the Pavilion or earn rewards by selling auction items.
• The system told Li Xiao that anyone within five hundred meters of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion could not see through his realm or kill him, even if they were a Dou Emperor.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King gathered its subordinates to challenge the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, unaware that Li Xiao wanted to capture it as a mount. Linglong defeated the attackers and declared that she would leave the beasts for the Pavilion Master's judgment.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King sensed an oppressive presence, learned that humans had killed its subordinates, and set out with three Tier 5 Magical Beasts to confront them.
• Linglong sensed the approaching beasts, and Li Xiao ordered her to capture the Amethyst Winged Lion King rather than kill it.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded that the humans come out, then ordered its minions to destroy the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• The attacking Magical Beasts were split apart by an unseen force, and Linglong appeared and brought the three Tier 5 Magical Beasts crashing to the ground with a command.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King recognized Linglong as a Dou Zong expert, and she said she would capture the beasts for the Pavilion Master's judgment.

Linglong and Niu Meng subdued the Amethyst Winged Lion King after he trespassed into the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s protected territory. After Li Xiao offered to spare him in exchange for becoming a mount, Niu Meng tortured him until he accepted.

• Linglong crippled the Amethyst Winged Lion King and defeated the three Tier 5 Magical Beasts after declaring the airspace part of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s territory.
• Niu Meng brought the Amethyst Winged Lion King into the pavilion and struck him when he threatened to eat them.
• Li Xiao offered to make the Amethyst Winged Lion King his mount, but the lion king refused until Li Xiao threatened to capture his cub.
• Niu Meng tortured the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s soul until he agreed to Li Xiao’s terms.
• Li Xiao told Niu Meng not to make such a mess, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King reaffirmed that he accepted the terms.

Li Xiao bound the Amethyst Winged Lion King as his mount and forced the four Magical Beasts to surrender their treasures. He sent Niu Meng to invite the Jia Ma Empire’s powerful figures and merchants to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction, intending to demonstrate the pavilion’s strength.

• Li Xiao used the system to bind the Amethyst Winged Lion King and kept the three other Tier 5 Magical Beasts as guards for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao ordered the four Magical Beasts to hand over their treasures, then punished the Amethyst Winged Lion King until it surrendered its Amethyst Spirit Crystals and Symbiotic Amethyst Source.
• Li Xiao collected the Magical Beasts’ pills and Dou Techniques and considered how to draw powerful figures to the pavilion’s first auction.
• Li Xiao ordered Niu Meng to deliver invitations throughout the Jia Ma Empire and deal with anyone who refused to comply.
• Niu Meng agreed to carry out Li Xiao’s orders while Linglong planned to conceal her strength during the auction.

Niu Meng delivered invitations to powerful figures in the Jia Ma Empire for an auction at Ascending Heaven Pavilion in seven days. Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Gu He each learned of the event, while the mysterious pavilion’s strength left them wary.

• Yun Yun rebuked Nalan Yanran for breaking off her engagement to Xiao Yan at the Xiao Family, then sensed a powerful intruder at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Niu Meng dropped an invitation into the sect grounds, slapped Great Elder Yun Leng when he challenged him, and departed without harming the disciples.
• Yun Yun read that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction House would open in the Beast Mountain Range in seven days and warned Yun Leng against reckless behavior.
• Jia Xingtian received an invitation and prepared to travel to the Beast Mountain Range to investigate its sender.
• Niu Meng told Gu He to attend the auction in seven days, and Gu He agreed.

Li Xiao secured the Symbiotic Amethyst Source and prepared Ascending Heaven Pavilion for its auction, promising the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Transformation Pill for its cub. When the auction began seven days later, Jia Ma Empire’s powerful experts gathered and were shocked to see the Sixth Rank Amethyst Winged Lion King resting outside the pavilion.

• Li Xiao ordered preparations for the auction and barred anyone from leaving the Beast Mountain Range without permission.
• Linglong brought Li Xiao the Symbiotic Amethyst Source and Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and he stored them after inspecting the source.
• Li Xiao warned his guards to protect Ascending Heaven Pavilion and announced that disobedience would be punished with death.
• Li Xiao promised the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Transformation Pill if its cub reached the Fourth Rank, and the beast eagerly accepted.
• Seven days later, nearly all of Jia Ma Empire’s top experts arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where they were astonished to see the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

A crowd of powerful figures gathered at Ascending Heaven Pavilion and learned that its master had captured a Sixth Rank Magical Beast to guard the entrance. Linglong opened the Auction House, laid down its rules, and led everyone into a grand hall that deepened their belief that the Pavilion came from the Central Continent.

• The crowd, including Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li, saw the Amethyst Winged Lion King guarding Ascending Heaven Pavilion and marveled at its strength.
• Gu He explained to Yan Shi that he had come to show courtesy to the formidable Pavilion and avoid provoking it.
• Niu Meng announced that the Auction would begin in half an hour and said the Magical Beasts had been captured to serve as guards.
• At the appointed time, Linglong welcomed everyone inside and explained the Auction House's rules, including its bans on fraud and fighting and its payment requirements.
• The attendees entered the ornate first floor, which impressed them with its grandeur and reinforced their belief that Ascending Heaven Pavilion came from the Central Continent.

Ascending Heaven Pavilion opened its auction with a rare Amethyst Spirit Crystal, drawing eager interest from the experts gathered there. Pill King Gu He won the bidding after President Fa Ma withdrew, leaving Gu He confident that the treasure would be his.

• Linglong explained that seating in Ascending Heaven Pavilion depended on wealth, and Gu He took a private room on the second floor.
• Experts found that spiritual power could not penetrate the rooms, while Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma recognized the first auction item as an Amethyst Spirit Crystal.
• Linglong announced the crystal’s rarity and set its starting price at two hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Gu He bid three hundred thousand, but Fa Ma raised the price to three hundred and fifty thousand.
• Gu He bid four hundred thousand, and Jia Xingtian persuaded Fa Ma to stop competing with the Sixth-Rank Alchemist.

Yun Yun won the Amethyst Spirit Crystal after Gu He yielded to her, and Linglong introduced an Earth Rank Middle Grade movement Dou Technique that sparked fierce bidding. The Chu Yun Empire and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion competed over the technique, with the Chu Yun Empire’s Dou Huang raising the price to eight million Gold Coins.

• Yun Yun bid four hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and Gu He gave way to her.
• Linglong sold the Amethyst Spirit Crystal to Yun Yun for four hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins.
• Linglong revealed the Earth Rank Middle Grade movement Dou Technique Three Thousand Shadow Doppelgangers and set its starting price at eight hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Jia Xingtian and other Dou Huangs joined the bidding as the price climbed to five million Gold Coins.
• Lü Man of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion bid five million two hundred thousand Gold Coins, prompting the Chu Yun Empire’s Dou Huang to raise the price to eight million.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction continued as the Jia Ma Empire let a Chu Yun Empire expert buy an Earth Rank Middle Grade movement technique for ten million Gold Coins. The final item was revealed as the Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Gu He and other experts staring at the rare Heavenly Flame.

• The Chu Yun Empire expert won the movement technique bid for ten million Gold Coins after Jia Xingtian and Nalan Jie decided not to raise the price further.
• Li Xiao watched from the Fourth Floor and anticipated the proceeds from the auction and the system’s reward.
• Niu Meng asked Li Xiao for permission to begin bidding on the third treasure, and Li Xiao agreed as the auction continued.
• The final item appeared beneath a special barrier, and Linglong used icy blue Dou Qi to contain its rising heat.
• Gu He recognized the flame as the Green Lotus Core Flame, ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and reacted with intense excitement.

Linglong presented the Green Lotus Core Flame for auction, drawing bids and threats from Gu He and Chu Yun Empire’s experts. When Chu Yun Old Ghost tried to seize it by force, Linglong revealed she was a Dou Zong and prepared to punish him.

• Linglong announced the Green Lotus Core Flame and set its starting price at ten million Gold Coins.
• Gu He urged the other experts to give him the flame, but a Chu Yun Empire expert challenged his claim.
• Chu Yun Old Ghost unleashed his Nine Star Dou Huang aura and leaped toward the Green Lotus Core Flame to steal it.
• Linglong revealed her Dou Zong strength, froze the hall, and condemned Chu Yun Old Ghost for breaking the pavilion’s rules.
• Chu Yun Old Ghost tried to flee with his black Qi Transformation Wings, but Linglong saw through his escape attempt.

Linglong killed Chu Yun Old Ghost after he attacked the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, then resumed the auction of the Green Lotus Core Flame. Gu He and Lü Man pushed the bidding to twenty-four million Gold Coins, with Lü Man scrambling to find enough money to outbid him.

• Linglong caught Chu Yun Old Ghost after he used Shadow Escape, crippled his cultivation, and killed him with Extinguish God Finger.
• Linglong returned with Chu Yun Old Ghost's head, warned the assembled factions against causing trouble, and restarted the auction.
• Gu He bid against Lü Man and the other factions as the Green Lotus Core Flame's price climbed toward twenty million Gold Coins.
• Yan Shi and Feng Li gave Gu He their Gold Coins, and Yun Yun lent him another two million to help him continue bidding.
• Lü Man raised the bid to twenty-two million Gold Coins, and Gu He countered with twenty-four million.
• Lü Man ordered her subordinates, including Elder Qing, to hand over any remaining money so she could keep bidding.

After Gu He won the Green Lotus Core Flame at the Auction, Li Xiao collected the proceeds, unlocked the System Shop, and received a new subordinate through a Character Draw Card. The chapter left Ascending Heaven Pavilion stronger, with Bing Shuang newly introduced and Li Xiao's quest to earn one billion Gold Coins underway.

• Lü Man conceded the bidding war, and Gu He bought the Green Lotus Core Flame for twenty-four million Gold Coins.
• Linglong explained that Ascending Heaven Pavilion held an Auction once a year, while Yun Yun asked to meet the Pavilion Master and was told he had seen her.
• Li Xiao converted the Auction's forty-six million Gold Coins into 4,600 System Coins, gained three cultivation stars, and unlocked the System Shop.
• Li Xiao rose from a Three-Star Dou Zhe to a Six-Star Dou Zhe, and the system assigned him a three-year quest to earn one billion Gold Coins.
• Li Xiao used his Character Draw Card, and Bing Shuang appeared and pledged herself to him.

Li Xiao rewarded Bing Shuang with the title Ice Frost Venerable and assigned the beasts work around Ascending Heaven Pavilion. He gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Transformation Pill for its child and rewarded the three Tier 5 Magical Beasts with pills of their own.

• Bing Shuang brewed tea for Li Xiao, who named her Ice Frost Venerable.
• Li Xiao told Bing Shuang to have Niu Meng till the nearby land and plant fruits and vegetables for auction guests.
• Niu Meng made the Amethyst Winged Lion King plow the fields while the three Tier 5 Magical Beasts planted and watered peach blossom trees.
• Li Xiao gave Bing Shuang a Seven-Rank Transformation Pill for the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which chose to give it to its child.
• Li Xiao gave the three Tier 5 Magical Beasts three different Tier 7 Pills.

Li Xiao rewarded the magical beasts and settled into the peaceful Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, while Yun Yun considered seeking help from the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction House. A month later, He Meng and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group found the valley, and He Meng confronted Li Xiao after lusting after Bing Shuang and Linglong.

• Li Xiao rewarded the Tier 5 Magical Beasts with pills and promised future rewards, then told Linglong and Bing Shuang to choose mounts he would help raise in rank.
• Niu Meng and the others built Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, where Li Xiao enjoyed the scenery and the flowing stream.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun considered taking the Amethyst Spirit Crystal to Pill King Gu He, while Nalan Yanran asked about the Beast Mountain Range and her teacher reminded her of her engagement.
• A month later, Li Xiao had advanced to Seven Star Dou Zhe and praised the Pavilion's cultivation environment.
• He Meng led more than a dozen Wolf Head Mercenary Group members into the valley while searching for Xiao Yan, then spotted Bing Shuang and Linglong and approached them greedily.
• Li Xiao asked He Meng to confirm his identity, and He Meng threatened him and ordered him down from the pavilion.

Li Xiao had Bing Shuang drive off He Meng and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then met Xiao Yi Xian after she flew into Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s airspace. He recognized her as the bearer of the Woeful Poison Body.

• He Meng and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group threatened Li Xiao, and Bing Shuang froze and killed the men before sending He Meng and the rest flying away.
• Li Xiao considered the need to attract more factions to the next auction because Ascending Heaven Pavilion needed money.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived on a blue eagle, and Niu Meng intercepted her before Li Xiao invited her into the pavilion.
• Niu Meng brought Xiao Yi Xian before Li Xiao, and she knelt and introduced herself.
• Li Xiao recognized Xiao Yi Xian as the one with the Woeful Poison Body.

Li Xiao accepted Xiao Yi Xian as his disciple and gave her a poison pill to help her cultivate safely at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Meanwhile, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group sought revenge for He Meng, but Gan Mu’s force ran into Niu Meng guarding the pavilion.

• Li Xiao recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and invited her to stay at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as his disciple.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that her condition could harm others, but she kowtowed to Li Xiao and accepted him as her teacher.
• Li Xiao gave Xiao Yi Xian a fifth-grade poison pill, told her to cultivate with Linglong, and dismissed her fears about the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall.
• After learning He Meng had died near Sunset Valley while pursuing Xiao Yan, Mu She sent Gan Mu and mercenaries to investigate and take revenge.
• Gan Mu’s group approached Sunset Valley, where one of their men exploded upon entering the area.
• Niu Meng appeared with Qi Transformation Wings, and Gan Mu realized he was facing a Dou Wang expert.

Li Xiao ordered the destruction of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after Niu Meng killed Gan Mu and Mu She’s forces. He spent the following six months cultivating in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, reaching Nine Star Dou Shi as experts gathered outside for the coming auction.

• Niu Meng crushed the Wolf Head mercenaries who attacked the pavilion, while Gan Mu begged Li Xiao for mercy and then tried to strike him.
• Li Xiao ordered Niu Meng to kill Gan Mu and wipe out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and Niu Meng killed Mu She and the group’s remaining experts.
• Niu Meng brought the group’s wealth to Li Xiao, who recycled most of the items and gained only a little over three hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Li Xiao entered the pavilion’s highest floor to cultivate while Linglong and Niu Meng guarded the pavilion.
• After six months, Li Xiao reached Nine Star Dou Shi, while many experts, including several Dou Huang, gathered outside the pavilion ahead of the auction.

The rulers and experts gathered outside Ascending Heaven Pavilion for its auction, while Yun Yun was invited inside to meet Pavilion Master Li Xiao. Li Xiao claimed he had only just reached Nine Star Dou Shi, leaving Yun Yun stunned by the apparent mismatch between his realm and his influence.

• Chu Yun Que suppressed his desire for revenge against Ascending Heaven Pavilion, while Jia Xingtian, Luo Yan Tian, and Mu Lan San discussed the danger of challenging its Dou Zong experts.
• Yun Yun arrived with Misty Cloud Sect experts, and Niu Meng invited her alone to meet the Pavilion Master.
• Yun Leng and the other Misty Cloud Sect elders tried to follow Yun Yun inside, but Niu Meng stopped them.
• Linglong led Yun Yun to Li Xiao, who welcomed her and promised to send her tea leaves.
• Yun Yun asked Li Xiao about his realm, and he said he had just broken through to Nine Star Dou Shi, surprising her.