Chapter Summaries

The Ancient Clans bid for the God Grade Bloodline, while the Gu Clan revealed that it had recovered the Hun Clan’s Soul Controlling Pearl. Hun Yuantian raised the Hun Clan’s bid to one hundred million Spirit Crystals, desperate to avoid blame when he returned home.

• The auction opened with a starting price of thirty million Spirit Crystals, and the Ancient Clans cautiously joined the bidding.
• Hun Yuantian offered seventy million Spirit Crystals and an Earth Rank High Grade cultivation method, hoping to secure the bloodline and save himself from the Clan Leader’s wrath.
• Gu Xing returned and told Gu Lie that Gu Xian had sent the stolen Soul Controlling Pearl back to the Gu Clan, though Hun Yan had escaped.
• Gu Lie raised the bid to eighty million Spirit Crystals and included three Earth Rank Middle Grade cultivation methods and combat techniques.
• Hun Yuantian angrily bid one hundred million Spirit Crystals, insisting that the Hun Clan had to obtain the bloodline and revealing his fear that he would be blamed for the stolen pearl.

Hun Yuantian lost the auction for the God Grade Bloodline when Lei Ying outbid the Hun Clan, and Li Xiao ended the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction. After Gu Lie challenged Li Xiao over Ling Quan’s death, Li Xiao struck him down and the Pavilion Protectors took control.

• Hun Yuantian and the Hun Clan stopped bidding at One Hundred Million Spirit Crystals, but Lei Ying bid One Hundred Twenty Million Spirit Crystals and three Earth Rank Middle Grade Dou Techniques.
• Hun Tu told Hun Yuantian that the Hun Clan had only One Hundred Ten Million Spirit Crystals, and Hun Yuantian fainted after losing the chance to obtain the God Grade Bloodline.
• Li Xiao declared Lei Ying the winner, ended the Auction, and ordered everyone to leave without fighting within fifty li of the Auction.
• Gu Lie confronted Li Xiao about killing his subordinate, Ling Quan, and demanded justice.
• Gu Dao urged Gu Lie not to provoke Li Xiao and apologized, but Li Xiao punched Gu Lie, shattering his ribs and badly damaging his organs.
• Gu Xing pleaded for forgiveness, and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Protectors arrived as Niu Meng threw the injured Gu Lie back in.

Ye Chen forced Gu Lie to apologize, while Hun Yuantian tried to buy the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s headquarters for the Hun Clan. After Hun Yuantian insulted Niu Meng, Li Xiao severed one of his arms with a golden sword.

• Ye Chen spared the badly injured Gu Lie after Gu Dao repeatedly slammed his head into the ground in apology.
• Li Xiao warned Gu Lie to leave and said Gu Yang, not Li Xiao, had killed Ling Quan.
• Hun Yuantian offered to buy the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s territory in exchange for a location in Central Continent, but Li Xiao refused.
• Hun Yuantian insulted Niu Meng and threw Spirit Crystals at him.
• Li Xiao summoned a golden sword that severed Hun Yuantian’s arm, while the three Hun Sha brothers watched without helping.

After the auction, Li Xiao drove Hun Yuantian from the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, collected payment from the Hun Clan, and gained system rewards that raised him to Six-Star Dou Zun. Meanwhile, the factions fought a deadly battle outside the Pavilion, and Li Xiao ordered his people to keep the conflict away from their territory.

• Niu Meng hurled the unconscious Hun Yuantian into the sky, and Hun Jing paid Li Xiao two million Spirit Crystals for the damage and as tribute.
• Gu Lie left with Gu Dao, while Yao Dan slipped out through a back door to protect his Heavenly Flame.
• Li Xiao converted the auction’s seven hundred million Spirit Crystals into System Coins and received rewards, including a five-star cultivation increase that brought him to Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Linglong reported that Hun Tu had been severely wounded by Gu Lie and that a Flame Clan Dou Sheng had died in the battle outside the Pavilion.
• Li Xiao refused to intervene in the fighting and told Linglong to let the fleeing magical beasts stay inside the Pavilion’s territory.

Li Xiao watched Nihility Devouring Flame arrive and turn the battle between the Gu Clan and the Hun Clan in the Hun Clan’s favor. Gu Lie survived his first assault, but Nihility Devouring Flame pressed the attack as Gu Xing and Gu Dao rushed to his aid.

• Li Xiao watched the battle as Gu Lie injured Hun Sha and prepared to finish him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame arrived, and Li Xiao recognized the Heavenly Flame ranked second.
• Nihility Devouring Flame gave Hun Sha a medicinal pill, learned the Soul Controlling Pearl had been seized, and attacked Gu Lie.
• Nihility Devouring Flame struck Gu Lie into the ground, and Gu Xing and Gu Dao rushed to help him.
• Gu Lie rose despite his chest wound and defied Nihility Devouring Flame.

Gu Lie wielded the Ice Crystal Sword against Nihility Devouring Flame while Gu Dao and Gu Xing tried to survive the confrontation. Li Xiao watched from Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and the chapter ended with Yun Yun returning to tease him.

• Nihility Devouring Flame healed Hun Tu and prepared to attack Gu Lie, Gu Dao, and Gu Xing.
• Gu Lie urged Gu Dao and Gu Xing to flee, but Gu Dao gave him the Ice Crystal Sword entrusted by the Clan Chief.
• Gu Lie unleashed the sword's power, freezing the Beast Mountain Range and scattering Nihility Devouring Flame's Heavenly Flames.
• Gu Lie told Gu Dao and Gu Xing to enter Ascending Heaven Pavilion while he held Nihility Devouring Flame back.
• Li Xiao told Cai Lin he would protect Ascending Heaven Pavilion rather than intervene in the battle, then asked where Yun Yun was.
• Yun Yun returned and called Li Xiao a pervert after seeing him with Cai Lin.

Gu Lie escaped Nihility Devouring Flame by reaching the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Li Xiao enforced the ban on fighting. Nihility Devouring Flame then tried to buy Li Xiao’s two Tou She Ancient God Jade fragments, but Li Xiao refused and proposed trading for the Hun and Ling Clans’ fragments instead, leaving a possible meeting with the Hun Clan ahead.

• Li Xiao watched Gu Lie and Nihility Devouring Flame’s fierce battle with Yun Yun and Cai Lin as Gu Lie retreated toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Gu Lie reached the Pavilion’s protected territory, where he recovered while Nihility Devouring Flame refrained from attacking because of the rules.
• Li Xiao warned Nihility Devouring Flame that anyone who fought within the Pavilion would face severe punishment.
• Nihility Devouring Flame offered to buy Li Xiao’s two Tou She Ancient God Jade fragments, but Li Xiao refused and offered to trade for the Hun and Ling Clans’ fragments instead.
• Nihility Devouring Flame invited Li Xiao to meet Hun Tiandi, and Li Xiao stopped Cai Lin from objecting as he considered obtaining the Hun Clan’s fragments.

Li Xiao agreed to visit the Hun Clan with Nihility Devouring Flame and entered the Soul World, where the clan’s experts reacted to his arrival. After waiting for Hun Tiandi, Li Xiao decided to leave when the Clan Leader failed to appear.

• Li Xiao agreed to accompany Nihility Devouring Flame to the Hun Clan and told Yun Yun and Cai Lin to guard the area.
• Ya Fei collected payment from Gu Lie and the others for entering Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s territory without permission.
• Nihility Devouring Flame led Li Xiao and three of the Four Demon Saints into the Hun Clan’s Soul World.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yan recognized Li Xiao, while Hun Shengtian challenged his identity before Nihility Devouring Flame warned the clan’s experts not to cause trouble.
• Nihility Devouring Flame arranged for Hun Feng to summon Hun Tiandi, but the Clan Leader did not arrive after Li Xiao finished his tea.
• Li Xiao rose to leave, saying Hun Tiandi seemed to consider him unworthy, while Nihility Devouring Flame urged him to wait.

Li Xiao met Hun Tiandi to negotiate for the Hun Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment, but Hun Tiandi tried to pressure him into surrendering his own fragments. Their clash revealed Li Xiao’s overwhelming temporary strength, and Hun Tiandi backed down, leaving the transaction still unresolved.

• Hun Tiandi entered the meeting room and greeted Li Xiao after Nihility Devouring Flame left and secured the area.
• Hun Tiandi asked Li Xiao to hand over his two Tou She Ancient God Jade fragments, offering to meet any price.
• Li Xiao refused to sell and said he had come to buy the fragment held by the Hun Clan.
• Hun Tiandi threatened to keep Li Xiao there, and the two unleashed their Dou Qi, causing a violent clash that shook the clan.
• Hun Tiandi sensed that Li Xiao was stronger and withdrew his Dou Qi, claiming the confrontation had only been a small interlude.
• Li Xiao stopped using the Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak experience card and resolved to grow stronger to protect the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

Li Xiao and Hun Tiandi haggled over the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments before agreeing to exchange them for two Heaven Rank Weapons and one Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill. Hun Tiandi secretly resolved to destroy Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but Nihility Devouring Flame warned him not to provoke Li Xiao.

• Hun Tiandi demanded an Emperor Pill and three Heaven Rank Weapons for his two fragments, but Li Xiao countered with a lower offer and left when they could not agree.
• Hun Tiandi caught up with Li Xiao and proposed a higher price, but Li Xiao insisted on two Heaven Rank Weapons and one Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill.
• Hun Tiandi accepted Li Xiao's terms, and they exchanged the two fragments for the agreed items.
• Li Xiao stored the fragments and noted that he had gathered four, with fragments from the Yao Clan, Flame Clan, Stone Clan, and Thunder Clan still remaining.
• After Li Xiao left, Hun Tiandi vowed to destroy Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Nihility Devouring Flame warned him against provoking Li Xiao.

After Yao Tian’s betrayal, Yao Xingji was poised to become the Yao Clan’s next Young Clan Leader while his sister Yao Ling mourned and refused to believe he was beyond redemption. Li Xiao arrived at the Yao Clan and invited Yao Ling to become Ye Chen’s disciple at Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

• Hun Tiandi questioned whether anyone could stop him from killing Lord Li Xiao, and Nihility Devouring Flame warned him against provoking Li Xiao.
• The Yao Clan’s members favored Yao Xingji as the next Young Clan Leader after Yao Tian’s betrayal, while Yao Ling remained convinced her brother would return.
• Yao Xingji tried to comfort Yao Ling, but she kept her distance, and he privately welcomed Yao Tian’s betrayal as a chance to claim succession.
• Li Xiao tore open space and appeared at the Yao Clan, where Yao Wan Huo cautiously greeted him and learned he was the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao noticed Yao Ling, whose soul sensed overwhelming pressure from his mask and robe, and asked whether she would become Ye Chen’s disciple.

Li Xiao arranged for Yao Ling to become Ye Chen’s disciple and leave with him for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Ye Chen gave her a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill to transform her frail body, while Yao Xingji was rejected when he asked to join.

• Yao Dan agreed to let Yao Ling join the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as Ye Chen’s disciple.
• Yao Ling accepted the offer, and Li Xiao summoned Ye Chen through the pavilion’s teleportation formation.
• Ye Chen assessed Yao Ling’s soul realm, accepted her formal disciple ceremony, and gave her a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill.
• Li Xiao told Ye Chen to temper Yao Ling’s bones so she could withstand a Heavenly Flame’s baptism.
• Ye Chen took Yao Ling through a spatial rift, and Yao Xingji asked Li Xiao to let him join the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao rejected Yao Xingji, who lowered his head in disappointment.

Li Xiao traded the Flame Mantra for the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment and agreed that Yao Dan could announce Yao Ling’s connection to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. With five fragments gathered, Li Xiao stayed at the Yao Clan to watch its upcoming disciple assessment.

• Li Xiao offered the Yao Clan the Flame Mantra in exchange for its Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, and Yao Dan accepted after the elders supported the trade.
• Yao Dan asked to publicize Yao Ling’s connection to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Li Xiao agreed because she was Ye Chen’s disciple.
• Yao Dan retrieved the fragment from the ancestral hall, bringing Li Xiao’s total to five; Li Xiao said only the Thunder, Flame, and Stone Clan fragments remained to be obtained.
• The Yao Clan elders celebrated their affiliation with the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and suggested their descendants marry Li Xiao, but he told them he was already married.
• Yao Dan invited Li Xiao to stay for the Yao Clan’s disciple assessment, and Li Xiao agreed to observe its alchemist competition.

The Yao Clan began its alchemy competition with Li Xiao present, offering a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill to the champion and drawing powerful guests, including Lei Ming. As the disciples refined pills inside the Medicine World, Li Xiao reminded the clan that the disgraced Yao Tian still possessed the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame.

• Yao Dan welcomed Li Xiao’s presence and planned to publicize the competition, while Lei Ming came to the Yao Clan and apologized for the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s past actions.
• Yao Wan Huo announced the competition and its Ninth Grade Treasure Pill reward, prompting the disciples to enter the Medicine World and begin refining pills.
• Hua Yu attended the gathering and served Li Xiao tea, while the Yao Clan elders discussed her breakthrough to Half Saint.
• Yao Wan Huo focused the projection on Yao Xingji and lamented Yao Tian’s betrayal, but Yao Dan forbade anyone from mentioning Yao Tian again.
• Li Xiao pointed out that Yao Tian still held the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and Yao Wan Huo realized the clan had not taken it back.

The Medicine Clan’s pill competition ended with Yao Xingji injured after his experimental formula caused his cauldron to explode, while Yao Bujin won with an excellent Eighth-Rank Pill. Li Xiao rewarded Yao Bujin with a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill, leaving the champion overwhelmed with gratitude.

• Yao Dan told Yao Wan Huo to let Yao Tian go, recalling that Yao Tian had healed him before the Soul Hall could kill him.
• After three days of pill refining, most of the Medicine World’s disciples had failed, but the remaining competitors completed their pills.
• Yao Xingji’s cauldron shattered under Three-Colored Sky Thunder, and his pill exploded, leaving him badly injured and unconscious.
• Li Xiao revealed that Yao Xingji had added a powerful extra ingredient while attempting to create a new pill formula, and Yao Dan ordered the competitors to return with their pills for judging.
• Yao Dan selected Yao Bujin’s Eighth-Rank Pill as the champion, and Li Xiao gave Yao Bujin a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill as his reward.

Li Xiao left the Medicine Clan after helping Yao Bujin and traveled to Black Emperor City to obtain Bodhi Transformation Saliva at the Black Emperor Sect auction. He entered under the identity of a Jia Nan Academy elder, leaving the sect guards wary of his strength.

• Li Xiao gave Yao Bujin a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill and invited him to consider joining the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao departed the Medicine Clan and headed to the Northwest Continent, while Yao Dan welcomed the clan's new ties to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Han Feng used his restored Dou Huang strength and Heavenly Flames to kill Fan Lao and Yuan Yi, destroy their sects, and reclaim Maple City.
• Li Xiao went to Black Emperor City to seek Bodhi Transformation Saliva for refining the Poison Pill.
• A Black Emperor Sect elder challenged Li Xiao at the auction entrance, but the guards recognized his Jia Nan Academy token and ushered him toward a private guest room after sensing his terrifying strength.

Mo Tianxing learned Jia Nan Academy had arrived at the Black Emperor Sect Auction and ordered his elders to keep watch. Li Xiao attended the crowded Auction, where Mo Tianxing opened proceedings and eyed Li Xiao’s private room and Su Qian’s position.

• Mo Tianxing ordered the Black Emperor Sect elders to watch Jia Nan Academy and alert him if Su Qian appeared.
• Li Xiao entered the Auction with a VIP jade token and was led to a private room overlooking the platform.
• Li Xiao spotted Su Qian and Hu Qian arriving, while two hidden Dou Zong experts were also among the crowd.
• A bell signaled the Auction’s start, and Mo Tianxing released his aura to silence the hall.
• Mo Tianxing welcomed the attendees, warned them against causing trouble, and looked toward Li Xiao’s room and Su Qian.

At the Black Emperor Sect’s auction, Li Xiao ignored the early lots but bid three million Gold Coins for the Earth Rank Middle Grade Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler. Su Qian and Hu Qian sensed that Li Xiao seemed familiar but could not identify him as the bidding drew attention.

• Mo Tianxing opened the Black Emperor Sect’s auction, and the white-haired auctioneer began presenting the lots.
• The Heaven Feather Finger sold for eight hundred thousand Gold Coins, far above its value.
• The auctioneer introduced the Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler, an Earth Rank Middle Grade Dou Technique, and Li Xiao decided to buy it for the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Li Xiao bid three million Gold Coins, startling the auction hall and drawing everyone’s attention to his private room.
• Su Qian and Hu Qian both said Li Xiao’s aura felt familiar, but neither could remember who he was.

At the Black Emperor Sect Auction, Li Xiao recognized a magical beast mummy as a member of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and saw an opportunity to profit by returning it to the clan. When the Black Emperor Sect demanded a valuable item in exchange, the hall stayed silent until someone offered a Rank 7 Azure Bamboo Pill, shocking Mo Tianxing.

• Li Xiao won the Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler for three million Gold Coins.
• The Black Emperor Sect presented a massive magical beast mummy said to have been a Rank 7 beast near breaking through to Rank 8.
• Li Xiao identified the remains as belonging to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and considered buying them to sell back to the clan.
• The white-haired auctioneer demanded an item-for-item trade, but the bidders hesitated over the risk and waited for the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• An unknown bidder offered a Rank 7 Azure Bamboo Pill, and Mo Tianxing rose in astonishment.

Li Xiao negotiated with Mo Tianxing to trade a Tier 7 Azure Bamboo Pill and an Imperial Extremity Pill for the dried magical beast corpse. After the deal, Earth Demon Old Ghost challenged Li Xiao over his identity, and Li Xiao rebuffed him.

• The auctioneer accepted Li Xiao’s Tier 7 Azure Bamboo Pill as sufficient payment, while Earth Demon Old Ghost offered Demon Flame Valley’s Flame Manipulation Skill instead.
• Li Xiao rejected the Flame Manipulation Skill, warning Mo Tianxing that it was dangerous and refusing to offer more than one Azure Bamboo Pill and one Imperial Extremity Pill.
• Mo Tianxing accepted Li Xiao’s offer, and the auctioneer completed the sale of the dried magical beast corpse.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost demanded to know who Li Xiao was, and Li Xiao told him he was not qualified to ask.