Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao accompanied Cai Lin to the Snake-People Race Tribe, where Great Elder Sino recognized their relationship and proposed a grand wedding to bind the tribe to Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Li Xiao agreed to hold the wedding after the Auction, and Sino arranged a banquet and a cleansing ritual for the Queen.

• Cai Lin told Li Xiao that Snake-People Race customs required her to confess that she was no longer a virgin, so they set out for her tribe.
• Great Elder Sino and the other elders welcomed Li Xiao and reported that the Snake-People Race had grown stronger, with several chiefs advancing to Dou Huang.
• Sino sensed peculiar energy in the Queen's belly and proposed that Li Xiao and the Queen hold a grand wedding in the Snake-People Race.
• Li Xiao agreed to hold the grandest wedding in the Beast Mountain Range after the Auction and invite powerful experts.
• Sino told the Queen that she needed a cleansing ritual and ordered the elders to prepare a banquet for Li Xiao that night.

After celebrating Cai Lin and Li Xiao’s relationship, the group spent several months together before powerful clans and empires gathered at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion for its auction. Niu Meng announced that the auction would begin in three days and forbade anyone from entering the valley or fighting, leaving the assembled guests to wait under the pavilion’s rules.

• The Snake-People Race held a banquet to celebrate Cai Lin and Li Xiao’s relationship, and the Eight Great Chiefs toasted Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao and Cai Lin grew closer to Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and the others over the following months.
• Powerful representatives from the Ancient Clan, Soul Clan, Thunder Clan, Stone Clan, Medicine Clan, and Qingyun Empire arrived to attend the auction.
• Yao Dan told Yao Tian that the Medicine Clan needed to obtain the Ninth Grade Soul Power Mysterious Pill and defended Li Xiao’s credibility.
• Niu Meng announced that the auction would begin in three days and threatened to kill anyone who entered the valley or started a fight.
• Hun Yan ordered the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints to obey the rules, and the assembled guests waited for the auction.

Li Xiao strengthened the Blood Demon Blade with a Ninth Order Magical Beast Magic Core and renamed it the Slaying Immortal Blade. Yun Shan was beaten by Niu Meng outside the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, then admitted inside and hid the truth from Yun Yun.

• Cai Lin suggested embedding a high-level magical beast magic core into the Blood Demon Blade, and Li Xiao bought a Dou Sheng Level core from the system.
• Li Xiao embedded the core into the Blood Demon Blade, whose power surged and drew the attention of the experts outside the pavilion.
• Li Xiao renamed the transformed weapon the Slaying Immortal Blade and spent the next two days in the pavilion with Cai Lin.
• Yun Shan asked Niu Meng to let him enter the pavilion, but Niu Meng and the Amethyst Winged Lion King beat him before allowing him inside alone.
• Li Xiao noticed Yun Shan's swollen face, and Yun Shan told Yun Yun that a failed Dou Technique had caused it.

Yun Shan agreed to preside over Yun Yun and Li Xiao’s wedding, while Bailing announced that Li Xiao would marry the next day. The announcement upset Xun’er and Han Yue, and Ling Ying returned to face Gu Dao’s anger for leaving Xun’er unprotected.

• Yun Yun told Yun Shan that Li Xiao planned to hold a wedding for them, and Yun Shan agreed to serve as a witness.
• As the auction approached, Gu Dao guessed that Xun’er hoped to form a connection with Li Xiao, while the Hun Clan’s Four Demon Saints discussed sending their women to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Bailing appeared on Niu Meng’s shoulder, and Xun’er learned that Bailing had advanced to the Three-Star Dou Sheng Realm.
• Bailing announced that Li Xiao would hold a grand wedding the next day and invited those present to witness it.
• Xun’er and Han Yue were saddened by the wedding announcement, while Gu Xing suggested Xun’er might still have a chance as one of Li Xiao’s wives or concubines.
• Ling Ying returned, and Gu Dao scolded him for failing to protect Xun’er.

As the Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction began, Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan’s cultivation had regressed to a two-star Dou Zhe and resolved to visit him after the auction. The guests exchanged treasures for Spirit Crystals and entered the Pavilion, where Li Xiao prepared to host the auction.

• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Xiao Yan was alive but had regressed to a two-star Dou Zhe, and she planned to visit him after the auction.
• Gu Dao urged Xun'er to focus on the auction as the crowd entered the valley and admired the Pavilion’s scenery and dense Dou Qi.
• The guests exchanged cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, pills, and treasures for Spirit Crystals, while Gu Dao assigned Ling Ying to place bids for the Ancient Clan.
• Li Xiao reviewed the exchange list, told Linglong not to accept copied cultivation methods in future, and the guests waited for the gates to open.
• Bailing assigned guests to private rooms by their Spirit Crystal wealth, and the Pavilion distributed masks to conceal their identities.

At the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction, Ya Fei presented a Ninth Order Magical Beast Head Heaven Bone, sparking fierce bidding. Liu Qingning won the bidding at 2.5 million Spirit Crystal Stones, with Liu Qingyun backing her against Thunder Clan Elder Lei Yunhe’s warning.

• Ya Fei introduced the Ninth Order Magical Beast Head Heaven Bone, a skull bone from a Three-Star Dou Sheng magical beast that could not be damaged.
• Gu Dao decided not to compete for the bone, preferring to let other factions spend their Spirit Crystal Stones, though he remained open to interfering.
• Ya Fei opened the bidding at one million Spirit Crystal Stones, and the price rose as experts bid for the rare material.
• Liu Qingning bid two million Spirit Crystal Stones, and Liu Qingyun let her continue because he wanted to lift her spirits after Xiao Die’s fall.
• Lei Yunhe competed with Liu Qingning, who raised her bid to 2.5 million Spirit Crystal Stones.
• Lei Yunhe yielded the bone to Liu Qingning but warned that it might not be useful, and Liu Qingyun rebuked him.

The Bewitching Fragrance Pill, a unique Tier 7 pill that restored youth and extended life, sparked a bidding contest at the auction. Hua Yu obtained it and transformed into her youthful self while advancing to Half-Saint, leaving the Flower Sect’s elders stunned.

• Ya Fei sold the Ninth Order Magical Beast Head Heaven Bone to the guest in Box Number Six for two million five hundred thousand Spirit Crystal Stones.
• Ya Fei introduced the Bewitching Fragrance Pill and explained its effects, drawing Hua Yu’s eager interest.
• Hua Yu and Ling Ying competed for the pill, but Hua Yu ultimately purchased it for the Flower Sect.
• Hua Yu swallowed the pill, which released immense energy and transformed her appearance.
• Hua Yu advanced to Half-Saint, and Hua Ze and Qing Xiao were astonished by her transformation.

Hua Yu recovered from the brink of death and reached Half Saint after taking the Bewitching Fragrance Pill, though Linglong warned that she had only twenty years unless she advanced to Dou Sheng. The auction then unveiled two rare dragon-type magic cores, drawing fierce interest from alchemists, including the Pill Tower Three Giants and Medicine Clan Leader Yao Dan.

• Linglong explained that the Bewitching Fragrance Pill had restored Hua Yu and helped her reach Half Saint, but would give her only twenty years unless she became a Dou Sheng.
• Hua Yu thanked the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and accepted her limited reprieve, while Qing Xiao challenged Linglong over the short lifespan extension.
• Linglong left, and the auction continued until two Half-Step Ninth Order dragon-type magic cores were presented.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi discussed the cores and noted that Medicine Clan Leader Yao Dan had also come to the auction.
• The auctioneer announced a starting price of 500,000 Spirit Crystal Stones for each core, and bidders quickly raised their offers.
• An unidentified Eighth-Rank Alchemist asked others to yield the cores in exchange for future help, but the crowd refused.

The Pill Tower Three Giants and Lei Yunhe competed fiercely for two Rank 8 Magical Beast Magic Cores, driving the price into the millions of Spirit Crystal Stones. Xuan Kongzi raised the bid to three million five hundred thousand per core, while Lei Yunhe bristled at Tian Leizi’s warning that the Thunder Clan would not bid again.

• Xuan Kongzi bid one million Spirit Crystal Stones for the Half-Step Ninth Order Magical Beast Magic Cores, while Yao Dan refused to bid so the Yao Clan could save its funds for the Soul Power Mysterious Pill.
• Lei Yunhe raised the price to one million two hundred thousand Spirit Crystal Stones, and Xuan Kongzi answered with two million per core.
• Lei Yunhe bid three million Spirit Crystal Stones, surprising Li Xiao and the auction crowd.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi stood and Xuan Kongzi raised the bid to three million five hundred thousand Spirit Crystal Stones per core.
• Tian Leizi declared that the Thunder Clan would make no further increases, and Lei Yunhe angrily accused him of trying to force the contest to the end.

Xuan Kongzi won two Magic Cores from beasts near the ninth order for seven million Spirit Crystal Stones, while the auction continued and a storyteller entertained the crowd with exaggerated tales about Li Xiao. After a brief intermission, Ya Fei introduced an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique said to rival a Heaven Rank technique.

• Lei Yunhe explained that he could not afford to keep bidding, and Xuan Kongzi ended the contest at three and a half million Spirit Crystal Stones per Magic Core.
• Ya Fei announced that Xuan Kongzi had bought both Magic Cores for seven million Spirit Crystal Stones in total.
• Bidders on the first floor gossiped about Li Xiao, and a storyteller claimed that he had frightened away the Dou Di experts.
• Li Xiao let the storyteller continue, and Ya Fei called a five-minute intermission before resuming the auction.
• Ya Fei introduced an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique that was said to be comparable to a Heaven Rank Dou Technique once mastered.

Ya Fei introduced the Tiangang Decision, an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique that could temper the body, and Tang Zhen and Hun Sha competed fiercely to buy it. Hun Sha restrained himself from disrupting the Auction and challenged the bidder in box number five to continue competing fairly.

• Ya Fei presented the Tiangang Decision and described its ability to strengthen the body to rival a Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Tang Zhen bid three and a half million Spirit Crystal Stones, hoping to pair the technique with his Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.
• Hun Sha raised the bid to four million Spirit Crystal Stones and added three Seven-Rank peak-grade pills.
• Tang Zhen raised the bid to five million Spirit Crystal Stones, angering Hun Sha.
• Hun Yan and Hun Jing stopped Hun Sha from interfering with the Auction, reminding him of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's rules.
• Hun Sha returned to his seat, then challenged the bidder in box number five to compete fairly for the Tiangang Decision.

Tang Zhen won the Tiangang Decision after Hun Sha withdrew from the bidding. The auction then revealed a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Zi Yan secretly devoured Ye Chen’s stock of Eighth-Rank Pills.

• Tang Zhen outbid Hun Sha for the Tiangang Decision with Spirit Crystals, ten Earth Rank Low Grade Dou Techniques, and two Tier 7 Pills.
• Hun Yan stopped Hun Sha from raising his offer, and Ya Fei announced Tang Zhen as the winner.
• Ya Fei unveiled the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, shocking the Dou Sheng experts and prompting them to covet it.
• Zi Yan complained that Li Xiao had not let her eat the fruit, and Ye Chen explained that her pills contained its juice.
• Zi Yan ate all of Ye Chen’s Eighth-Rank Pills despite his protests, leaving Li Xiao to spit out his tea in surprise.

The Ancient Clan and Huang Tian competed fiercely for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which could strengthen their clans and raise their chances of reaching the Dou Di Realm. Huang Tian offered a Ninth Grade Pill, making the auction more dangerous as he risked drawing attention if he failed to win.

• Gu Dao urged the Ancient Clan to obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for Xun'er, despite doubts that humans could absorb it.
• Huang Tian arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as a fiery phoenix, transformed into a Five Star Dou Sheng, and asked Li Xiao to sell him the fruit privately.
• Li Xiao refused to sell the fruit separately but arranged a private room for Huang Tian as the auction continued.
• Ya Fei opened bidding for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Dou Shengs offered rare pills, techniques, and treasures.
• Huang Tian bid five Eighth-Rank Pills containing Six-Colored Sky Thunder and a Ninth Grade Pill, drawing everyone's attention and risking a bloody battle if he lost.

The Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit went to Huang Tian after the Ancient Clan and Medicine Clan stopped bidding, and he absorbed it immediately to prevent anyone from taking it. During the auction break, Flower Sect Leader Hua Yu and her elders met Li Xiao to thank him for the pill that saved her and invite him to their sect.

• Xun'er persuaded Gu Dao and the Ancient Clan to stop bidding so they could save their resources for the Heaven Rank Weapon.
• Yao Dan gave up competing for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Yao Tian grew resentful and secretly vowed to make him pay.
• Huang Tian won the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and began absorbing it in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, frustrating the Four Demon Saints of the Hun Clan.
• Li Xiao agreed to receive Flower Sect Leader Hua Yu and Elders Qing Xiao and Hua Ze during the auction break.
• Hua Yu thanked Li Xiao for the Bewitching Fragrance Pill that had saved her, and Li Xiao declined her invitation to visit the Flower Sect for now.

Li Xiao warned Hua Yu and her companions that they were in danger and invited them to stay with the Snake-People Race until his wedding. Yun Yun returned to Li Xiao after speaking with Yun Shan, who had invited the Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Wang experts and above to their wedding, and Li Xiao reassured her that he welcomed a lively celebration.

• Li Xiao warned Hua Yu, Hua Ze, and Qing Xiao that someone had targeted them and gave them invitations to stay safely with the Snake-People Race until his wedding.
• Cai Lin questioned why Li Xiao helped the Flower Sect, and he explained that protecting customers served the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s business.
• Yun Shan praised Yun Yun and urged her to keep Queen Medusa from gaining an advantage, while Yun Yun warned him that Niu Meng might beat him again.
• Yun Yun told Li Xiao that Yun Shan had invited the Jia Ma Empire’s Dou Wang experts and above to their wedding.
• Li Xiao embraced Yun Yun and reassured her that he did not mind how many guests came, making her blush as she noted that Linglong and the others were present.

Li Xiao unveiled the Ninth Grade Soul Power Mysterious Pill, a treasure capable of advancing powerful Dou Sheng experts by one or two stars, and the bidding erupted. The Confucian Sage joined the contest with a massive offer as the Auction continued.

• Li Xiao opened the rosewood box and revealed the Ninth Grade Soul Power Mysterious Pill, whose aura formed a powerful Ice Phoenix.
• Li Xiao explained that experts above five-star Dou Sheng could advance one star with the pill, while those below five stars could advance two.
• The Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan decided they needed the pill, and Gu Dao began bidding with Spirit Crystals and valuable techniques.
• Hun Sha raised the bid on behalf of the Hun Clan with Spirit Crystals, eighth-grade pills, and Earth Rank Advanced Dou Techniques.
• The Confucian Sage offered ten eighth-grade Nine-Colored Sky Lightning Pills and three Earth Rank Advanced Dou Techniques, while Jiang Cheng watched and drank from his Wine Gourd.

The bidding for the Ninth Grade Soul Power Mysterious Pill escalated as Gu Dao and Yao Dan made costly offers. Yao Dan's bid of three Ninth Grade Pills stunned the auction hall, while Yao Tian secretly turned toward cooperation with the Hun Clan.

• Hun Sha restrained himself from confronting the bidder in a private room, while the Hun Clan and Medicine Clan waited for a chance to bid.
• Gu Dao offered forty million spirit crystals and three eighth-grade Nine-Colored Sky Lightning pills for the Ninth Grade Soul Power Mysterious Pill, despite Xun'er urging him to preserve funds for the Blood Demon Blade.
• Hun Sha asked Star Plucking Old Ghost to let him vent by beating him, leaving the old ghost distressed.
• Yao Dan bid three Ninth Grade Pills, shocking the auction hall and prompting Yao Tian to question his decision.
• Yao Dan rebuked Yao Tian, who secretly took out a Hun Clan token and considered seeking the Hun Clan's support.
• Li Xiao asked whether anyone had a better offer and urged the bidders to add more treasures.

Li Xiao revealed that the Blood Demon Blade had been cleansed of its mind-corrupting Demonic Qi and strengthened with a Ninth Order Magical Beast Magic Core before starting the final auction. The major clans and factions drove the bidding higher, and the chapter ended with Mang Tianchi warning that Lei Yunhe’s latest offer had reached their limit.

• No one raised the bid for the Ninth Grade Soul Power Mysterious Pill, so Li Xiao sold it to the guest in Number Three Private Room for three Ninth Grade Pills.
• Li Xiao presented the Blood Demon Blade and explained that Ascending Heaven Pavilion had removed its Demonic Qi and embedded a Ninth Order Magical Beast Magic Core in it.
• Li Xiao began the Blood Demon Blade auction at ten million Spirit Crystals, and the powerful factions on the third floor joined the bidding.
• The Hun Clan’s Four Demon Saints competed for the blade, while Gu Dao raised the bid to sixty million Spirit Crystals and added two Eighth-Rank Pills.
• Lei Yunhe offered seventy million Spirit Crystals, ten Earth Rank Middle Grade Dou Skills Cultivation Methods, three Eighth-Rank Pills, and the Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique Da Luo Cave Heaven, prompting Mang Tianchi to say they could not afford to bid higher.

Gu Dao won the Blood Demon Blade for the Ancient Clan with a bid of one hundred million Spirit Crystal Stones, while Hun Yan plotted to seize it by force after the Auction. The guests traveled to the Snake-People Race Tribe for Li Xiao’s wedding, and Li Xiao converted the Auction’s earnings into system points after completing his quest.

• Gu Dao bid one hundred million Spirit Crystal Stones and won the Heaven Rank Weapon, the Blood Demon Blade, for the Ancient Clan.
• Hun Yan recognized Gu Dao’s likely identity and persuaded Hun Jing, Hun Sha, and Hun Tu to let the Ancient Clan win so they could ambush them afterward.
• Li Xiao announced that his wedding would take place at the Snake-People Race Tribe in three days, and Sino led the Auction guests there.
• The Confucian Sage gave Li Xiao a Ninth Grade Pill as a wedding gift and departed before the ceremony.
• Li Xiao deposited the Auction’s two hundred million Spirit Crystals into the system, gaining 2,000,000 system points and exceeding his quest target.

Li Xiao claimed rewards for completing system missions, including a Di-Rank Dou Technique, a vast treasure gift pack, and ten Heavenly Flames. He gave the flames to Ye Chen and then received a new ten-year mission to obtain ten billion Spirit Crystals, leaving him worried about the immense target and his empty starting funds.

• Li Xiao received the Nine Dragons Phoenix Cry Di-Rank Dou Technique and opened a gift pack filled with treasures, including five Ninth Grade Golden Pills.
• Li Xiao opened the Heavenly Flame gift pack and obtained ten flames, including the Golden Emperor Burning Flame and Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• Li Xiao summoned Ye Chen and gave him all ten Heavenly Flames to help advance the Flame Mantra to Di Rank.
• The system activated a new mission requiring Li Xiao to obtain ten billion Spirit Crystals within ten years, with auction rewards stacking during the period.
• Li Xiao learned that his new mission had begun with no funds counted, though money he obtained could increase his strength.