Chapter Summaries

After leaving Jia Nan Academy, Li Xiao followed Zi Yan to the ruins of Demon Flame Valley after she sensed hidden treasure there. They uncovered a concealed passage, and Zi Yan smelled medicinal treasures within as their search began.

• Zi Yan returned from the herb garden with Old Hao’s herbs, and Li Xiao gave him a Dou Zong-level Fire Lizardman magic core as payment.
• Li Xiao bid farewell to Mang Tianchi and prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy with Bing Shuang and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan sensed treasure left by Black-Corner Region experts and led Li Xiao and Bing Shuang to the abandoned Demon Flame Valley.
• Zi Yan smashed through a stone wall and opened a tunnel more than ten meters deep, revealing a strong medicinal fragrance inside.

Li Xiao, Zi Yan, and Bing Shuang entered Earth Demon Old Ghost’s cave, overcame its guardian, and found its treasure chamber. As Zi Yan ate pills and Li Xiao examined sealed boxes, he opened the last one to reveal a bamboo scroll covered in blood-carved writing.

• Li Xiao kept Zi Yan behind him as the group descended through the cave, and Bing Shuang used ice to check for traps.
• Zi Yan struck the stone door, but Li Xiao stopped her from damaging the mountain, so Bing Shuang sliced the door apart.
• A Tier 5 snake-like magical beast attacked, and Li Xiao repelled it before Zi Yan persuaded it to surrender and Bing Shuang removed its restriction.
• Li Xiao agreed to bring the beast back for Qing Lin to form a soul contract with, while Zi Yan ate a Tier 7 Pill.
• Li Xiao removed the seals from the treasure boxes, found the Thunderbolt Mirror and recycled the Flame Manipulation Skill.
• Li Xiao opened the final box and found a bamboo scroll covered in blood-carved characters.

Li Xiao returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion with treasures and a method for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet, then learned Qing Lin would soon come home. After three years away, Qing Lin arrived with the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King and a group of snake-shaped Magical Beasts, greeting Li Xiao as her teacher.

• Li Xiao took the Heavenly Demon Puppet method and other loot from Demon Flame Valley, then assigned a Tier 5 Magical Beast to follow Zi Yan.
• Li Xiao gave Niu Meng the puppet method and Heavenly Flame Honored One so Niu Meng could create a body for him.
• Linglong told Li Xiao that Qing Lin would return in three days, and Li Xiao prepared to welcome his disciple.
• Li Xiao and the others waited at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion until Qing Lin arrived with the Dou Zong Little Amethyst Winged Lion King and several snake-shaped Magical Beasts.
• Qing Lin descended before Li Xiao and said, "Teacher, I'm back..."

Qing Lin returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion after three years away, having reached the Six-Star Dou Zong realm and changed greatly in temperament. She told Li Xiao how a ruin had driven her to massacre a sect, and he comforted her and urged her to keep the Jade Slip he had given her close.

• Qing Lin arrived with subdued magical beasts, greeted Li Xiao as her teacher, and then went to rest.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King told Li Xiao that Qing Lin had become decisive and ruthless after enduring many hardships.
• Li Xiao brought Qing Lin food and asked what had happened, and she broke down and confessed that a ruin's energy had made her kill ten thousand sect members.
• Qing Lin explained that Li Xiao's essence blood had purified the energy, though the massacre had changed her outlook and left her feeling guilty.
• Qing Lin admitted she had forgotten to bring Li Xiao's Jade Slip, and he comforted her and told her to carry it from then on.
• Qing Lin said that a treasure left by a Dou Sheng had improved her bloodline and enabled her rapid rise to the Dou Zong realm.

Li Xiao comforted Qing Lin and learned that Lei Ying and Lei Yunhe of the Thunder Clan had come to negotiate a trade. Lei Ying revealed the clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, hoping to exchange it for a Ninth Grade Pill that could help him reach Nine Star Dou Sheng.

• Li Xiao reassured Qing Lin and told her that Xiao Yi Xian had become the Poison Sect’s leader.
• Bailing informed Li Xiao that Lei Ying and Lei Yunhe had arrived to request an audience.
• Li Xiao went to Huai River Bamboo Pavilion after asking Bailing to arrange their reception.
• Lei Ying and Lei Yunhe discussed exchanging their clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment for a pill to help Lei Ying advance.
• Lei Ying presented the Thunder Clan’s jade fragment to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao negotiated with Lei Ying and traded the Thunder Clan a Heaven Rank Low-Level Dou Technique for its Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment. After Lei Ying and Lei Yunhe left to study the technique, Li Xiao gathered pills from Ye Chen and considered preparations for his children’s births.

• Lei Ying asked Li Xiao for a pill to help him reach Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak, but Li Xiao argued that such a pill was worth more than one jade fragment.
• Li Xiao offered the Thunder Clan his self-created Phantom Thunder Thousand Layer Finger, and Lei Ying accepted the exchange.
• Lei Yunhe examined the lightning technique, and he and Lei Ying left the Ascending Heaven Pavilion with the scroll and without the jade fragment.
• Ye Chen told Li Xiao that Zi Yan was resting after being overwhelmed by pill energy, and he confirmed Fire Lizardmen magic cores could replace magical beast cores.
• Li Xiao collected Ye Chen’s refined pills for his children and thought about Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei before an excited figure rushed toward him, saying she had gotten bigger.

Li Xiao visited Ya Fei after Yun Yun urged him to check on her, and reassured her that he would love her regardless of her cultivation. After they spent the night together, Ya Fei suggested a trip to the Mittel Family, and Li Xiao invited everyone to relax in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Zi Yan showed Li Xiao her transformed adult appearance, while Ye Chen hurriedly left after she began revealing who had teased her about his preferences.
• Yun Yun told Li Xiao that Ya Fei had been cultivating in seclusion for months and urged him to visit her.
• Li Xiao waited quietly while Ya Fei broke through to the 6-Star Dou Huang realm, then comforted her when she worried that their difference in strength might separate them.
• Li Xiao and Ya Fei spent the night together, and she asked him to accompany her on a trip to the Mittel Family.
• Li Xiao invited Bailing and the others to take time off and travel to the Jia Ma Empire, while Xun'er revealed that she had reached the 2-Star Dou Zun realm.

Li Xiao brought Xun'er and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Protectors to the Jia Ma Empire, where the Mittel Family hosted a banquet. Yun Shan arrived having advanced to Half-Step Dou Zun, and the chapter ended with Li Xiao congratulating him on Yun Yun’s pregnancy.

• Li Xiao told Xun'er that the group would travel to the Jia Ma Empire to relax and broaden their horizons.
• The Ascending Heaven Pavilion sealed its grounds before Li Xiao and the Protectors departed for the Mittel Family.
• Mittel Tengshan prepared to welcome Li Xiao, and Jia Xingtian led the Jia Ma Empire’s experts in greeting him.
• Yun Shan arrived at the banquet and revealed that he had reached Half-Step Dou Zun.
• Niu Meng interrupted Yun Shan’s boasting by throwing him into the ground, and Yun Shan apologized to Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao congratulated Yun Shan after hearing that Yun Yun was pregnant.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Mittel Family to pay respects to Li Xiao and reunite with Yao Chen, while discovering that Xun'er no longer returned his romantic feelings. After speaking with his teacher, Xiao Yan left with the promise to return for him in seven years, then asked Xun'er to talk.

• Yun Shan sat quietly beside Yun Yun after Niu Meng beat him, while Xiao Yan announced his arrival.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xun'er, who told him she had always regarded him as an older brother; he learned she was a 2-Star Dou Zun while he was a 3-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan paid respects to Li Xiao and asked to see Yao Chen, who emerged from the ring with his Soul Power greatly recovered.
• Li Xiao allowed Xiao Yan to see Yao Chen but said he could take his teacher away only after Yao Chen's punishment ended in seven years.
• Xiao Yan promised Yao Chen he would return for him, then turned to Xun'er and asked to speak with her.

Xun'er rejected Xiao Yan and revealed that she had become a Dou Zun, ending their connection as he vowed to prove himself within seven years. Li Xiao then accepted the Mittel Family’s auction earnings and agreed to watch an auction.

• Xun'er refused Xiao Yan, who swore he would reach the continent’s pinnacle and prove himself to her.
• Xun'er revealed her Dou Zun strength and declared that only Gu Xun'er remained after the Xiao Family’s destruction.
• Xiao Yan left the Mittel Family, while Xun'er cried in Yun Yun’s embrace and Yun Shan condemned him.
• Teng Shan apologized to Li Xiao, who accepted the Mittel Family’s auction earnings.
• Hai Bodong invited Li Xiao to observe an auction, and Li Xiao agreed.

Li Xiao visited the Mittel Auction House, where Teng Shan showed him the top-floor auction room and Hai Bodong explained the background of auctioneer Hu Meng. The auction began with a powerful display from Hu Meng, while Li Xiao left the Mittel Family to decide how to handle the auctioneer’s misconduct.

• Teng Shan led Li Xiao through the Mittel Auction House and took him to a renovated room on the fourth floor.
• Li Xiao told Teng Shan to send Bailing and the others to find him when they were ready.
• The auction began, and nine-star Dou Wang Hu Meng silenced the crowd with his presence before introducing himself.
• Hai Bodong told Li Xiao that Hu Meng was Teng Shan’s old friend, had returned to serve as auctioneer, and had pocketed some clan property.
• Li Xiao said Hu Meng’s strength and misconduct were matters for the Mittel Family to manage.

Li Xiao’s auction in the Jia Ma Empire sold a Sect Breaking Pill and other rare treasures before he returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and entered cultivation. Eight months into her pregnancy, Yun Yun waited for Li Xiao to emerge from seclusion as Bailing cared for her and her restless unborn child.

• Hu Meng auctioned a Rank 6 Sect Breaking Pill, which Mu Lan San bought for twenty million Gold Coins.
• Hai Bodong refused to use the pill on principle, and Li Xiao decided to reward him with one after the auction.
• Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and the others returned from shopping, and Li Xiao saw how much they had spent.
• Li Xiao accompanied everyone around the Jia Ma Empire before returning to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and entering seclusion to cultivate.
• As winter arrived, Yun Yun’s pregnancy advanced to eight months, and Bailing soothed the active fetus while Yun Yun asked whether Li Xiao had emerged.

Yun Yun gave birth to Li Xiao's son, Li Muchen, whose arrival brought a powerful heavenly phenomenon and who was born a One-Star Dou Zun. A month later, as the Ascending Heaven Pavilion prepared for its Auction, four Hun Clan elders arrived to investigate the child favored by fate.

• Li Xiao emerged from seclusion as a Three-Star Dou Zun and ordered the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to protect nearby settlements from the storm and floods.
• Yun Yun gave birth to a son as nine golden dragons appeared, and the newborn's aura revealed that he was a One-Star Dou Zun.
• Li Xiao named his son Li Muchen and restored Yun Yun's strength with his Dou Qi.
• A month later, Bailing told Li Xiao that preparations for the Auction were complete as powerful visitors gathered at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Hun Yuantian warned the Hun Clan elders to keep a low profile, then explained that they had come to investigate the child born amid heavenly phenomena.

The Ancient Clans learned that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s newborn possessed Emperor’s Talent, while the Flame Clan considered trading its Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment for powerful treasures. Li Xiao brought Li Muchen outside, where Gu Lie asked to take him as a disciple, but Li Xiao declined.

• Gu Lie and the Ancient Clan elders discussed the child’s extraordinary talent and waited at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion for the auction.
• Lei Ying revealed that he had obtained a Heaven Rank Dou Technique from the pavilion, prompting Huo Jin to send Fire Spirit Fairy to retrieve the Flame Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment.
• Li Xiao carried Li Muchen outside, where the gathered experts were stunned to sense the infant’s Dou Zun strength.
• Gu Lie praised Li Muchen’s Emperor’s Talent and asked Li Xiao for permission to take him as a disciple.
• Li Xiao refused Gu Lie’s request, saying that Li Muchen did not need a master and had the Ascending Heaven Pavilion behind him.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Ascending Heaven Pavilion after years away, reuniting with Li Xiao and meeting his infant son, Li Muchen. Li Xiao welcomed her home and gave her the Tiandu Fire Seal to suppress the Woeful Poison Body within her.

• Gu Lie accepted Li Muchen’s refusal to become his disciple, while Huo Jin proposed a child bride from the Flame Clan and Li Xiao rejected the idea.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived, greeted Li Xiao as her teacher, and held Li Muchen, who happily grasped her finger.
• Li Xiao brought Xiao Yi Xian back to Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where she embraced him and said the Poison Sect had become the Northwest Continent’s strongest sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Li Xiao not to interfere with her plans, and he gave her the Tiandu Fire Seal after recognizing that she had obtained the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Xiao Yi Xian returned to Ascending Heaven Pavilion after finding the Netherworld Poison Flame, reunited with Li Xiao and the others, and revealed that Three Thousand Burning Flame was in the Star Region. She planned to leave again to handle matters in her sect, while Li Xiao prepared to visit Saint Pill City after the Auction.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Li Xiao she had found and absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame in the Eastern Continent, then reunited with Qing Lin and the others at Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao invited Xiao Yi Xian to stay for a reunion dinner, where Niu Meng reported that he had refined the Heavenly Demon Puppet and Heavenly Flame Honored One chose to remain at the pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Li Xiao that Xin Lan had revealed Three Thousand Burning Flame was in the Star Region, and Li Xiao decided they would visit Saint Pill City after the Auction.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would leave again to handle matters in her sect, and later joined Li Xiao at Huai River Bamboo Pavilion to talk about the pavilion and his progress.

Li Xiao and Xiao Yi Xian reflected on her choices before leaders of the magical beast clans arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Huang Tian and the North Dragon King traded threats, while Yao Xiao Tian discovered the Pavilion’s formidable strength and respectfully greeted its gatekeeper.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Li Xiao that her regrets were outweighed by the future she hoped to share with Teacher.
• Huang Tian confronted the North Dragon King over their past fight and warned him not to provoke the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Yao Xiao Tian arrived and joined Huang Tian in threatening the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while the North Dragon King restrained his anger.
• Yao Xiao Tian approached the entrance, but Niu Meng forbade him from entering before the Auction began.
• Huang Tian explained Niu Meng’s strength and the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s advancement, prompting Yao Xiao Tian to salute Niu Meng and promise to follow the Pavilion’s rules.

Niu Meng ushered the experts into Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Bailing explained how to exchange valuables for Spirit Crystals before opening the auction hall. The Fourth Floor’s immense Dou Qi density and high entry requirement left the powerful guests eager to secure private rooms there.

• Yao Xiao Tian flattered Niu Meng until the Amethyst Winged Lion King told him to stop, and Niu Meng ordered the experts to clean up before entering the valley.
• Niu Meng led the crowd into the valley and warned them against fighting, wandering off, or damaging anything.
• Bailing invited the guests to exchange valuables for Spirit Crystals, while Han Feng searched for someone and Ban Lao asked whether he would make an exchange.
• Bailing opened the auction hall and announced that guests with at least five hundred million Spirit Crystals or equivalent valuables could use Fourth Floor private rooms.
• Bailing explained that the Fourth Floor’s Dou Qi could kill anyone below the Dou Zun realm, prompting Gu Lie and the other experts to covet its private rooms.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s grand auction began with Ya Fei presenting the Yin Yang Dual Flame, a rare Heavenly Flame that drew fierce competition. Han Feng and Xuan Kongzi bid against each other as the price reached three million Spirit Crystals.

• Li Xiao moved to the Fifth Floor while Ya Fei prepared to auction below.
• Ya Fei opened the grand auction at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Ya Fei presented the Yin Yang Dual Flame, and the bidders learned of its life-and-death powers.
• Pill King Gu He offered pills for the flame, but a bidder from the Third Floor dismissed his appeal for a favor.
• Han Feng bid two million Spirit Crystals, and Xuan Kongzi raised the price to two million three hundred thousand.
• Han Feng bid three million Spirit Crystals, prompting First Floor bidders to withdraw.

At the auction, Xuan Kongzi secured Yin Yang Dual Flame for five million Spirit Crystals, and Ya Fei revealed that the apparently ruined Ice Cold Battle Armor was an ancient treasure. The chapter ended with the armor surviving a full-force strike from a Five Star Dou Sheng, demonstrating its formidable defense and enhancement abilities.

• Tian Leizi bid five million Spirit Crystals for Yin Yang Dual Flame, and Han Feng yielded after the Gold Silver Two Elders advised him not to overspend.
• Ya Fei brought out a rusted suit of armor, prompting jeers until she identified it as the ancient Ice Cold Battle Armor.
• Ya Fei embedded an Eighth-Order Ice Magical Beast Magic Core in the armor, revealing its icy appearance and strange totems.
• Ya Fei explained that the inserted Magic Core could power the armor for ten years and demonstrated its strength by having Niu Meng test it on a Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• The armor withstood a full-force strike from a Five Star Dou Sheng without harming the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Ya Fei said it could enhance its wearer's strength and speed.