Chapter Summaries

At the Black Emperor Sect Auction, Mo Tianxing presented the Bodhi Transformation Saliva as the finale and accepted bids for it. A disguised Black Robe Woman offered a Seven-Rank Transformation Pill and a Rank 6 Breaking Sect Pill, but another bidder stunned the crowd by offering three Rank 6 Breaking Sect Pills.

• Mo Tianxing displayed the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and warned the crowd to follow the auction rules.
• A bidder asked to pay with Spirit Crystals, but Mo Tianxing refused because they were only used at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Eagle Mountain Old Man offered a Seven-Rank Reversion Pill, while Earth Demon Old Ghost bid with a method of soul fusion.
• The Black Robe Woman offered a Seven-Rank Transformation Pill and a Rank 6 Breaking Sect Pill for the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• An unknown bidder raised the offer to three Rank 6 Breaking Sect Pills, leaving Mo Tianxing and the other experts stunned.

Li Xiao won the Bodhi Transformation Saliva at the auction by trading a Rank 6 Breaking Sect Pill, then faced a coalition of powerful factions seeking to rob him. When their Dou Huang fighters attacked, they froze and exploded before reaching him, leaving the attackers stunned.

• Mo Tianxing inspected Li Xiao's Rank 6 Breaking Sect Pill, and the Black Emperor Sect exchanged the Bodhi Transformation Saliva for his three pills.
• After the auction, Mo Tianxing and other factions decided to ambush Li Xiao and seize his treasures.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost, Eagle Mountain Old Man, Mo Tianxing, and their forces surrounded Li Xiao in the forest and demanded his possessions.
• The faction leaders sent their Dou Huang experts to attack Li Xiao, but the fighters froze in midair and exploded into crimson mist.

Li Xiao defeated the Black-Corner Region’s Dou Zong experts and discovered that the black-clad woman seeking the Bodhi Transformation Saliva was his former disciple, Xiao Yi Xian. He revealed himself and invited her to return home with him.

• Eagle Mountain Old Man attacked Li Xiao and was struck into starlight, while Mo Tianxing knelt and begged for mercy.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost claimed Li Xiao was his brother-in-law before a woman killed him, and Mo Tianxing tried to flee but was destroyed as well.
• The black-clad woman attacked Li Xiao with poison, but he dispelled it and recognized her as Xiao Yi Xian.
• Li Xiao removed his disguise, and Xiao Yi Xian recognized him as her teacher, knelt, and apologized for attacking him.
• Li Xiao told Xiao Yi Xian that everyone at home was waiting and asked her to return with him.

Li Xiao learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left Ascending Heaven Pavilion after the eruption of her Woeful Poison Body killed the elderly couple who had cared for her, but she refused to return despite his offer to help. Back at the pavilion, he remained puzzled by her change and discovered that Qing Lin had also left to travel with Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yi Xian revealed her white hair and refused to return with Li Xiao, explaining that she had chosen her own difficult path.
• Li Xiao learned that Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body had killed the elderly couple who had treated her as family, and he gave her more poison pills before she refused to leave with him.
• Li Xiao promised Xiao Yi Xian that Ascending Heaven Pavilion would always be her home, and she vowed not to disappoint him.
• Li Xiao questioned Bing Shuang about Xiao Yi Xian's past, but Bing Shuang said she had seen nothing unusual while guarding her.
• Yun Yun and Queen Medusa comforted Li Xiao, who learned that Qing Lin and Little Amethyst Winged Lion King had left to travel the continent.
• Li Xiao accepted that his disciples could travel on their own, then joined Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Bing Shuang inside Bing Shuang's ice house.

Li Xiao spoke with Yao Chen at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion before Nalan Yanran invited him to visit the Nalan Family. As they prepared to leave in three days, Li Xiao tasked Ye Chen with refining a poison pill for Xiao Yi Xian.

• Yao Chen told Li Xiao he had accepted staying in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where his soul had grown stronger despite losing the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Li Xiao told Yao Chen that his punishment would end in a few years, and Yao Chen declined to visit Yao Ling.
• Nalan Yanran reunited with Li Xiao and said she had reached the One Star Dou Huang realm after years of cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran invited Li Xiao to accompany her to the Nalan Family, and he agreed to leave in three days.
• Li Xiao gave Ye Chen the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and instructed him to refine a poison pill once the Mittel Family found a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.

Yun Yun emerged from seclusion just short of Dou Zun and reunited with Nalan Yanran, who had also finished cultivating. Li Xiao and his group traveled to the Nalan Family, where Jia Ma Empire leaders gathered to welcome them.

• Yun Yun left seclusion close to breaking through to Dou Zun, and Li Xiao told her that Nalan Yanran had invited them to her home.
• Cai Lin and Ya Fei waited downstairs while Bailing kept them from interrupting Li Xiao and Yun Yun.
• Li Xiao and Yun Yun came downstairs, and Nalan Yanran embraced her teacher and told her she had missed her.
• Bailing opened a spatial passage, and Li Xiao's group traveled to the Nalan Family estate in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Su prepared a grand welcome as Mu Chen, Teng Shan, Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma arrived.

Soul Hall Ninth Celestial Venerable Mo Yu arrived in the Jia Ma Empire and tried to claim it as a Soul Hall base, attacking Jia Xingtian and threatening Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran. When Lord Li Xiao appeared, Mo Yu recognized the danger and collapsed in terror.

• Jia Xingtian and Nalan Jie discussed the Jia Ma Empire’s standing and the resources it had gained through Yao Yue and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Soul Hall Ninth Celestial Venerable Mo Yu arrived and declared that the Jia Ma Empire would become a Soul Hall base.
• Mo Yu slapped Jia Xingtian aside and grabbed Nalan Jie, dismissing their ties to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Nalan Yanran confronted Mo Yu and rose into the air, but he threatened to make her his plaything.
• Lord Li Xiao arrived with several figures, and Mo Yu collapsed after hearing the others greet him.

Li Xiao punished Soul Hall's Ninth Heavenly Lord Mo Yu for attacking Jia Xingtian and threatening Nalan Yanran, then summoned experts from the Ancient Eight Great Clans to answer for their conduct in the Northwest Continent. He began the confrontation by exposing the Stone Clan expert Shi Hong's crimes and having him executed.

• Bailing crippled Mo Yu, and Li Xiao ordered the Amethyst Winged Lion King and three other magical beasts to devour him for targeting Jia Xingtian and Nalan Yanran.
• Li Xiao healed Jia Xingtian, who thanked him, while Nalan Yanran reunited with her grandfather and Nalan Jie expressed his gratitude.
• Li Xiao decided to remove the faction outposts that had expanded into the Northwest Continent and summoned experts from the Ancient Eight Great Clans.
• When a Stone Clan Dou Zun demanded to know why Li Xiao had summoned them, Bailing forced him to his knees and killed him.
• Li Xiao identified the dead man as Shi Hong and accused him of killing thirty-eight Mu Lan Empire experts and violating one hundred and two women.

Li Xiao judged the crimes committed by the Ancient Eight Great Clans’ forces and ordered their withdrawal from occupied territories. The clans accepted a new settlement in the northwestern Beast Mountain Range, with separate residences for each.

• Yang Hao offered compensation for the Gu Clan’s crimes, but Mu Chen demanded justice for the Mu Family member Yang Hao had killed.
• Li Xiao consulted Jia Xingtian and ruled that Yang Hao could live if he paid three Rank 6 Breaking Sect Pills and five Imperial Extremity Pills, while the Gu Clan disciples involved would be executed.
• Nalan Jie persuaded Mu Chen to accept the settlement, and the Yao, Flame, and Thunder Clans compensated for their crimes and punished some of their own disciples.
• Fifteen Dou Zong, three Dou Zun, and countless Dou Huang were killed during the night’s judgment.
• Li Xiao ordered the clans to leave their occupied territories and arranged separate residences for them in the northwestern Beast Mountain Range.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion continued construction in the Beast Mountain Range while Hai Bodong and Mittel Tengshan searched for a Rank 7 Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast core for Li Xiao. A month later, Li Xiao and his companions shared a peaceful night of music, dancing, and wine, ending with a joke that bewildered everyone.

• The Jia Ma Empire's builders began constructing residences in the Beast Mountain Range with the Amethyst Winged Lion King guiding them and Dou Ling-level magical beasts assisting.
• Hai Bodong told Li Xiao that the Mittel Family was searching for the Rank 7 beast core, and Li Xiao thanked him and Mittel Tengshan.
• One month later, Yun Yun played the zither and Cai Lin danced beneath the stars while the pregnant Cai Lin shared a tender moment with Li Xiao.
• Bailing made peach blossoms drift over Li Xiao and Cai Lin as their companions applauded.
• Niu Meng reminisced with the Amethyst Winged Lion King about their past, then asked to keep his horn as an ornament.
• Li Xiao served Peach Blossom Wine, and everyone tasted it before he claimed it was brewed from young girls' little feet.

After Ye Chen refined an eighth-grade poison pill, Li Xiao sent Bailing to deliver it to Xiao Yi Xian and planned a more valuable auction to advance his system quest. The chapter ended as Bailing appeared in the Poison Sect while its leaders debated expansion and Xiao Yi Xian remained lost in thought.

• Li Xiao refused to cancel his ten-billion-Spirit-Crystal quest despite the system warning that he was unlikely to complete it on time.
• Ye Chen successfully refined the poison pill using the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core and the Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Li Xiao gave the pill to Bailing and asked her to deliver it to Xiao Yi Xian, then ordered preparations for a more valuable auction in three months.
• The Poison Sect's experts discussed conquering neighboring empires while Xiao Yi Xian stared distractedly at a Jade Slip.
• Bailing appeared in the Poison Sect's main hall, and its members demanded to know who had trespassed.

Bailing visited Xiao Yi Xian and gave her medicine from the Pavilion Master to help control her Woeful Poison Body, but Xiao Yi Xian refused to explain why she had left Ascending Heaven Pavilion. After Bailing returned, Li Xiao learned that his disciple had been harmed and ordered an investigation while preparing for an auction in three months.

• Bailing reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, gave her the Pavilion Master's medicine, and warned her to return to Ascending Heaven Pavilion if she grew tired.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Bailing not to tell the Pavilion Master about her situation and said she had acted to help him become the strongest person on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Bailing told Xiao Yi Xian that Qing Lin and the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King had gone out to seek their fortunes, then returned to Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao ordered the Protectors to find who had laid hands on Xiao Yi Xian and exterminate the culprit's entire clan.
• Li Xiao announced that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction would begin in three months and ordered preparations to proceed.

Li Xiao advanced to Eight Star Dou Zun as powerful clans gathered for the auction, where the Hun Clan’s presence provoked a confrontation with the other great clans. The Ancient Void Dragon Clan then appeared, leaving the gathered experts wondering why it had returned after a thousand years.

• Li Xiao broke through to Eight Star Dou Zun after three months of cultivation.
• Gu Lie confronted Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Hun Clan’s experts exchanged threats with the Gu Clan and Flame Clan.
• Yao Dan, Lei Ying, Huo Jin, and Shi Hao declared that the great clans had united against the Hun Clan.
• Huang Tian arrived as a Seven Star Dou Sheng after consuming the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and hoped to find useful items at the auction.
• Four ancient dragons appeared above the gathering, revealing the return of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s Bailing subdued the four Ancient Void Dragon kings and laid down the Pavilion’s rules, while Huang Tian taunted them over their clan’s weakened state. Back on the Fourth Floor, Li Xiao learned Zi Yan had eaten half of Ye Chen’s pills and settled their squabble by giving her a Rank 6 Pill.

• The four Ancient Void Dragon kings roared into the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Bailing forced them into human form and onto the ground.
• Bailing explained the Pavilion’s auction, fighting, payment, and departure rules, and the North Dragon King apologized.
• Huang Tian recognized the four island masters and mocked them because their clan chief was gone, but he avoided a fight.
• Li Xiao told himself he would explain the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to Zi Yan after she became a Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan complained that Ye Chen would not give her an Eighth-Rank Pill, and Ye Chen admitted she had eaten half of the pills he had made.
• Li Xiao gave Zi Yan a Rank 6 Pill, and she ate it before pouncing on Ye Chen as he teased her.

As Ascending Heaven Pavilion prepared for its Auction, Xun'er arrived seeking Li Xiao, but Bailing barred her from entering without his order. Han Feng then arrived with other Black-Corner Region powers, claiming Li Xiao had permitted him to attend a year early, though Niu Meng doubted him.

• Yun Yun told Li Xiao that the Auction preparations were complete and that Yun Shan had brought the Misty Cloud Sect's accumulated wealth.
• Cai Lin reported that the Auction was ready to begin.
• Xun'er asked Niu Meng to let her enter and, after Bailing refused without Li Xiao's permission, waited outside.
• Han Feng arrived and said Li Xiao had granted him permission to attend the Auction a year early.
• Niu Meng challenged Han Feng's claim and pointed out Yun Shan, who had been buried in the dirt for trying to enter without authorization.
• Han Feng offered to have Niu Meng ask Li Xiao to confirm the permission.

Han Feng received permission to hold an auction at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, while the gathered experts entered the valley and exchanged treasures for Spirit Crystals. The auction had not yet begun, and the crowd waited outside under the pavilion’s rules.

• Lord Li Xiao told Niu Meng that Han Feng had paid one million Spirit Crystals, and Bailing approved his auction after verification.
• Niu Meng warned Han Feng not to ask about Yao Chen, and Han Feng privately hoped his former teacher was dead.
• Bailing and Niu Meng allowed the crowd into the valley and warned them not to damage its valuable plants.
• The Ancient Void Dragon kings praised the valley’s rich Dou Qi, but the pavilion barrier repelled them when they tried to enter before the auction began.
• Linglong assessed the crowd’s techniques and treasures for exchange, while everyone waited for the auction to open.
• Nihility Devouring Flame threatened Hun Yao for insulting Lord Li Xiao, and Bailing withdrew her hand before striking him herself.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction began, with attendees assigned private rooms according to their Spirit Crystals and the North Dragon King forced to accept a second-floor room. Ya Fei opened the auction by presenting the unique Eighth-Rank Nine-Colored Sky Lightning Spirit Cloud Ember Pill made by Ye Chen.

• Bing Shuang opened the Auction House and directed attendees to rooms based on the Spirit Crystals they possessed.
• Niu Meng barred the North Dragon King and the other three Dragon Kings from the third floor, then forced them into a second-floor room.
• Han Feng accepted a second-floor room, while Li Xiao watched the crowd from the fourth floor.
• Ya Fei appeared at the Crystal Stage and officially opened the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction.
• Ya Fei revealed the Spirit Cloud Ember Pill, an Eighth-Rank Nine-Colored Sky Lightning Pill personally created by Ye Chen, and announced it was the only one in the Dou Qi Continent.

Ya Fei revealed that the Eighth-Rank Nine-Colored Sky Lightning Spirit Cloud Ember Pill guaranteed a High-Level Half Saint’s breakthrough to Dou Sheng, triggering fierce bidding. Hua Yu bid for the Flower Sect, but another bidder raised the price to ten million Spirit Crystals, while Han Feng watched without joining in and focused on the Heavenly Flames to come.

• Ya Fei announced the pill’s guaranteed breakthrough effect and opened bidding at three million Spirit Crystals.
• Powerful bidders drove the price upward as Li Xiao watched and Hua Yu and Qing Xiao discussed obtaining the pill for the Flower Sect.
• Hua Yu bid eight million Spirit Crystals, hoping to secure the pill for High-Level Half Saint Qing Xiao.
• An aged voice outbid Hua Yu with an offer of ten million Spirit Crystals, leaving Qing Xiao’s chance uncertain.
• Han Feng told Ban Lao and Bone Old Man Yin that the pill would be useless to them, and he waited for the auction of Heavenly Flames.

The Flower Sect won the Eighth-Rank Nine-Colored Sky Lightning Spirit Cloud Ember Pill for eleven million Spirit Crystal, securing a chance for one of its members to reach Dou Sheng. Ya Fei then revealed a Dou Di’s right arm skeleton containing a trace of Original Emperor Qi, leaving the Ancient Eight Great Clans eager to claim it.

• Hua Yu raised the Flower Sect’s bid to eleven million Spirit Crystal, and Xuan Kongzi withdrew after Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi urged him to stop.
• Ya Fei sold the Spirit Cloud Ember Pill to the Flower Sect’s guest in Box Number Six, and Qing Xiao thanked Hua Yu for the purchase.
• Ya Fei introduced the next auction item as a right arm skeleton left by a Dou Di expert.
• Ya Fei revealed that the skeleton contained a trace of Original Emperor Qi, prompting the Ancient Eight Great Clans to wonder whether it could help them break through to Dou Di.

The Ancient Emperor Skeleton auction sparked a fierce bidding war as the clans weighed its possible trace of Original Emperor Qi. Xun'er left the auction to seek Li Xiao, and Bing Shuang offered to ask him whether he would see her.

• Huo Jin and the other leaders questioned whether anyone could extract Original Emperor Qi from the Ancient Emperor Skeleton.
• Ya Fei revealed that the skeleton held a faint trace of Original Emperor Qi and opened bidding, prompting offers of millions of Spirit Crystals and valuable items.
• Gu Dao warned Gu Lie that the Hun Clan could pose a threat if it obtained the skeleton, then asked why Xun'er had been silent.
• Xun'er left the room and headed for the Fourth Floor to meet Li Xiao, but Bing Shuang stopped her and explained that no one could enter without the Pavilion Master's permission.
• Bing Shuang offered to report Xun'er's request to Li Xiao, who was drinking tea with Cai Lin when she knocked at his door.