Chapter Summaries

The Ice Cold Battle Armor drew fierce bidding at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Ice River Valley Lord Bing He, the Ice Venerable, competed against Hun Yuantian. Hun Yuantian outbid him with Spirit Crystals and Eighth Grade pills, forcing Bing He to abandon the armor.

• Miss Ya Fei announced the Ice Cold Battle Armor’s defensive power, and bidders quickly drove its price upward.
• Gu Lie and the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan decided not to bid because Gu Lie believed Li Xiao would keep Xun'er safe; the Yao Clan also passed.
• Bing He bid fifty million Spirit Crystals and three Tier 7 Pills, and Li Xiao recognized him as the Ice Venerable with an acquired Woeful Poison Body.
• Hun Yuantian challenged Bing He’s bid, and the two exchanged insults as they raised the price.
• Hun Yuantian offered sixty million Spirit Crystals and two Eighth Grade Three-Colored Heavenly Lightning Pills, so Bing He angrily withdrew from the auction.

Ya Fei auctioned the Ice Cold Battle Armor and then presented Ten Thousand Snakes Devour Body, a technique created by Li Xiao that sparked a fierce bidding war. Yao Xiao Tian won the highest bid, while Li Xiao and Niu Meng reminded the crowd that the auction rules applied to everyone.

• Ya Fei sold the Ice Cold Battle Armor to the guest in box number five on the Fourth Floor.
• Ya Fei unveiled Ten Thousand Snakes Devour Body and revealed that Li Xiao had created the Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique for Cai Lin.
• The crowd enthusiastically praised Li Xiao and drove the technique's bids sharply upward.
• Yao Xiao Tian bid fifty million Spirit Crystals, citing the technique's suitability for the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan.
• A Dou Zong complained about Fourth Floor bidders, but Li Xiao defended the auction rules and the Dou Zong apologized.
• Niu Meng warned the Dou Zong against causing trouble at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, then reassured him that he would not hit him.

At the auction, Huang Tian and Yao Xiao Tian outmaneuvered each other while bidding on the Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique, Ten Thousand Snakes Devour Body. After Yao Xiao Tian won it, Niu Meng punished him for damaging an Ascending Heaven Pavilion table, leaving him battered but able to remain at the auction.

• Huang Tian raised the bid to sixty million Spirit Crystals and two eighth-tier Three-Colored Heavenly Lightning Pills, and Yao Xiao Tian pretended to withdraw.
• Huang Tian accepted the bid, prompting Yao Xiao Tian to raise it to seventy million Spirit Crystals and two pills.
• Ya Fei declared Yao Xiao Tian the winner of Ten Thousand Snakes Devour Body, and he smashed a table in anger.
• Niu Meng subdued Yao Xiao Tian, reducing his cultivation and damaging his bloodline power, then beat him for breaking the pavilion's rules.
• Cai Lin noted that Yao Xiao Tian should have been expelled, and Li Xiao explained that Niu Meng was letting him stay and continue bidding.

After Niu Meng beat Yao Xiao Tian for breaking the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules, Ya Fei introduced Water Spirit Essence, a rare substance said to let newborns reach Dou Wang or even Dou Huang. The auction crowd fixated on the prize, while Li Xiao reflected on his son Li Muchen’s exceptional strength and unstable foundation.

• Li Xiao explained to Cai Lin that Niu Meng had spared Yao Xiao Tian because the Protector had not ordered his expulsion.
• Niu Meng stopped beating Yao Xiao Tian, charged him for the damage and labor, and allowed the auction to continue.
• Ya Fei revealed Water Spirit Essence and explained that it came from a ninth-tier water-attributed magical beast.
• Ya Fei claimed the essence could alter physiques, strengthen users, and give newborns the cultivation of a Dou Wang or Dou Huang, shocking the assembled clans.
• Li Xiao considered how pills and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion had helped Li Muchen reach Dou Zun at birth, and resolved to have Ye Chen stabilize his foundation.

The Ancient Eight Great Clans fiercely bid for the Ice Spirit Essence, which Shi Hao ultimately pushed to one hundred million Spirit Crystals and six Eighth-Rank Pills. Yao Dan stripped Yao Xingji of his Young Clan Leader position, while the other clans held back, leaving Shi Hao poised to win the auction.

• The clans competed for the Ice Spirit Essence, and Yao Dan declared Yao Ling the Yao Clan’s new Young Clan Leader after dismissing Yao Xingji.
• Yao Dan bid thirty million Spirit Crystals and an Eighth-Rank Nine-Colored Sky Lightning Pill, prompting many bidders to withdraw.
• Gu Lie raised the offer to fifty million Spirit Crystals and three Eighth-Rank Pills on behalf of the Gu Clan.
• Shi Hao bid one hundred million Spirit Crystals and six Eighth-Rank Pills, stunning the auction hall.
• Gu Xing persuaded Gu Lie to stop bidding, and Lei Yunhe likewise held Lei Ying back as Shi Hao awaited the hammer.

After the Water Spirit Essence auction, Li Xiao saw Xiao Yi Xian off and sent Linglong to watch over her. The auction resumed, but an unexpected visitor arrived: Liu Batian, the Gun God and a peak Eight Star Dou Sheng.

• Shi Hao won the Water Spirit Essence, hoping it would help the Stone Clan produce a powerful genius.
• During the break, Li Xiao cared for Yun Yun and their sleeping son, Li Muchen, while Ya Fei prepared for the next auction lot.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she had to return to her sect early, and Li Xiao embraced her and asked Linglong to protect her.
• Ya Fei resumed the auction, but a powerful presence swept toward Ascending Heaven Pavilion and startled the assembled experts.
• Li Xiao confronted the white-haired elder, who introduced himself as Liu Batian, and the crowd recognized him as the Gun God.

Liu Batian arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion and confirmed its overwhelming power before joining his family in a private room. After Li Xiao returned upstairs, Ya Fei introduced the Chaos Pill, whose ability to conceal Dou Qi and turn its user invisible stirred excitement among the auction guests.

• Hun Yuantian recognized Liu Batian, whose strength had risen to Eight Star Dou Sheng, but decided not to report his survival to the Clan Leader.
• Liu Batian tested the pressure of Ascending Heaven Pavilion, yielded to Li Xiao, and entered the pavilion after acknowledging its power.
• Liu Batian reunited with Liu Qingyun and Liu Qingning, explaining that he had come out because Liu Qingning wanted to elope with Jiang Cheng.
• Li Xiao returned to the Fifth Floor, where Yun Yun and Queen Medusa were waiting, while Bailing had gone to find Zi Yan.
• Ya Fei presented the Chaos Pill, explaining that it concealed Dou Qi and granted invisibility, prompting strong interest from the audience.

At the Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction, Li Xiao revealed that the Ninth Grade Chaos Pill could copy other people’s Dou Skills, igniting fierce bidding among powerful factions. As the auction continued, Fire Spirit Fairy returned with the Flame Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, which Yan Jin hoped to exchange for help reaching Nine Star Dou Sheng.

• Li Xiao explained that the Chaos Pill could replicate Dou Skills, and Ya Fei announced its abilities to the auction crowd.
• Niu Meng killed a Dou Zong who approached the Crystal Stage, while Li Xiao warned him not to kill people inside the pavilion.
• Ya Fei opened bidding at Thirty Million Spirit Crystals, and Hun Yao’s group bullied Star Plucking Old Ghost as the auction proceeded.
• Huo Jin bid Seventy Million Spirit Crystals, two Eighth-Rank Pills, and an Earth Rank High Grade movement-type Dou Skill for the Chaos Pill.
• Fire Spirit Fairy returned to Yan Jin with the Flame Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, which Yan Jin planned to trade for a chance to advance to Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Yan Jin told Fire Spirit Fairy that Li Xiao’s son had been born a Dou Zun Strong, leaving her shocked.

The Gu Clan won the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill after Hun Yuantian was forced to stop bidding. The auction ended with Gu Lie and Hun Shengtian trading threats under the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules.

• Fire Spirit Fairy agreed to try to give everything for the clan after learning that Li Muchen had been born a Dou Zun Strong and that Lord Li Xiao had refused an engagement.
• The Ancient Eight Great Clans drove the Chaos Pill’s price up to two hundred million Spirit Crystals, and the Lei, Yao, Flame, and Stone Clans dropped out.
• Gu Lie bid three hundred million Spirit Crystal Stones, ten Eighth-Rank Three-Colored Heavenly Lightning Pills, and two Earth Rank Advanced Dou Techniques for the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill.
• Hun Shengtian took Hun Yuantian’s bidding plaque and stopped him from raising the Hun Clan’s bid beyond its budget.
• The Gu Clan won the pill, and Gu Lie mocked the Hun Clan, prompting Hun Yuantian to spit blood and collapse.
• Hun Shengtian threatened Gu Lie with revenge, but Gu Lie insulted him while the venue’s experts laughed.

Ya Fei auctioned a Heavenly Demon Puppet forged by Niu Meng from a Dou Sheng body and a Ninth Order Magical Beast Magic Core, drawing the interest of powerful clans and factions. The bidding intensified as the Hun Clan waited for an opening, while the Pill Tower entered the contest with a Dou Sheng soul of its own.

• Ya Fei silenced the Hun Clan and Gu Clan after Commander Gu Lie and Hun Shengtian traded insults, warning them to settle disputes outside the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Ya Fei explained that the golden puppet was a Heavenly Demon Puppet forged by Niu Meng and needed a soul to activate it, then opened bidding at Ten Million Spirit Crystals.
• A Dou Zong expert offered Twenty-two Million and a favor, prompting Niu Meng to carry him out.
• Hun Shengtian held back while Gu Lie, Gu Dao, and Gu Xing discussed the Gu Clan's interest in acquiring the puppet and the Hun Clan's likely strategy.
• Ice Venerable and Tang Zhen raised the price, then Xuan Kongzi bid Forty Million Spirit Crystals and two Eighth-Rank Pills on behalf of the Pill Tower, which had a Dou Sheng soul.

The Ancient Clans fought over the Heavenly Demon Puppet at the auction, with the Gu Clan driving the price to Four Hundred Million Spirit Crystals and forcing the Hun Clan to withdraw. The Hun Clan planned to let the Gu Clan take it and target the Ancient Clans afterward.

• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi saw that Xuan Yi still longed for a powerful man, and Xuan Kongzi urged her to forget him.
• The Stone Clan, Thunder Clan, and Yao Clan joined the bidding, pushing the Heavenly Demon Puppet's price to One Hundred Million Spirit Crystals.
• Lei Yunhe bid One Hundred Twenty Million Spirit Crystals, and Gu Lie raised the price to One Hundred Fifty Million before the Hun Clan bid Two Hundred Million.
• Yan Jin chose not to compete, while the Gu Clan and Hun Clan continued bidding against each other.
• Gu Lie offered Four Hundred Million Spirit Crystals, three Eighth-Rank Pills, and two Earth Class High Level Dou Technique manuals, then mocked the Hun Clan for backing down.
• Hun Shengtian told the Hun Clan elders to let the Gu Clan have the puppet and said they would kill as many Ancient Clan Dou Sheng experts as possible.

Hun Shengtian bought the Heavenly Demon Puppet after Hun Yao and Hun Miexin opposed robbing the Auction. As the Auction continued, Ya Fei rested while Li Xiao prepared to present the final treasures and postponed a meeting with Yan Jin about a Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment.

• Hun Yao and Hun Miexin rejected Hun Shengtian's plan to rob the Auction, so Hun Shengtian bid five hundred million Spirit Crystal Stones and two Eighth-Rank Pills for the Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Ya Fei resumed resting after a long stretch of conducting the Auction, and Li Xiao told her he would present the final two treasures himself.
• Ya Fei recognized the rose fragrance on Li Xiao and teased him about Yun Yun and Sister Cai Lin; Li Xiao promised to spend a week with her after the Auction.
• Bailing told Li Xiao that Yan Jin requested an audience about the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, but Li Xiao postponed the meeting until after the Auction.
• Ya Fei asked about Li Muchen, and Li Xiao said Ye Chen had taken him to learn pill refining.

Li Xiao prepared Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction and revealed the Emperor Slaying Sword, a weapon from an ancient Dou Di. The crowd was stunned by its power as Li Xiao introduced it as the first of the auction’s final two treasures.

• Ya Fei hurried to the alchemy room to check on the child, while Li Xiao reviewed his system status and worried about completing his wealth quest.
• Li Xiao appeared at the auction and introduced himself to the crowd before presenting the day’s final two treasures.
• Li Xiao unveiled a crimson-gold longsword whose Sword Intent overwhelmed some attendees until he contained its energy around the Crystal Stage.
• Li Xiao identified the weapon as the Emperor Slaying Sword, a supreme Emperor Rank Weapon once wielded by an ancient Dou Di.
• The audience, including Hun Yuantian, Xun'er, and the Ancient Clan’s Three Immortals, reacted with shock to the weapon’s power and origin.

Li Xiao revealed that the Emperor Slaying Sword, once wielded by a Dou Di, had been damaged and was now a Heaven Rank weapon before opening the auction. The Hun Clan and Ancient Clan escalated their bids, suspecting the sword might contain Original Emperor Qi.

• Li Xiao disclosed that the Emperor Slaying Sword had fallen from Emperor Rank to Heaven Rank Mid-Level and began the auction without a starting price.
• Experts offered rare treasures and techniques for the sword, while Hun Shengtian urged the Hun Clan elders to secure it.
• Hun Miexin bid a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill, two Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Techniques, and One Hundred Million Spirit Crystals on the Hun Clan's behalf.
• Gu Lie warned the Ancient Clan that the Hun Clan was bidding and suggested the sword might contain Original Emperor Qi.
• The Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan bid two Ninth Grade Treasure Pills, three Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Technique cultivation methods, and Three Hundred Million Spirit Crystals.
• Yan Jin told Fire Spirit Fairy that the Ancient Clan likely wanted the sword to uncover the Original Emperor Qi left by a Dou Di.

As the auction for the Emperor Slaying Sword intensified, Li Xiao explained the scarcity of Original Emperor Qi and judged Yan Jin’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment to be worth less than the leading bid. The chapter ended with Yan Jin offering his clan’s strongest member as Mu Chen’s maid, drawing ridicule from the crowd.

• Li Xiao told the bidders that weapons once used by Dou Di experts contained far more Original Emperor Qi than the Blood Demon Sword, spurring fiercer competition.
• Xun'er wondered about the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s power as Ye Chen claimed that refining an Embryonic Emperor Pill would soon be easy for him.
• Yan Jin bid a Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, pills, Dou Techniques, and Spirit Crystal Stones for the Emperor Slaying Sword.
• Hun Shengtian realized the Flame Clan or Stone Clan had offered a jade fragment and worried that the sword would slip from his grasp.
• Li Xiao ruled that Yan Jin’s jade fragment was worth only a Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Technique or weapon, leaving his bid below the Gu Clan’s.
• Yan Jin offered to make his clan’s strongest member Mu Chen’s maid, and other bidders mocked the proposal while saying they would accept similar service.

Yao Dan outbid the Gu Clan for the Emperor Slaying Sword, exhausting their rivals’ ability to continue. Li Xiao then revealed a mysterious icy-blue magical beast egg as the auction’s final item.

• Yan Jin stopped bidding for the Emperor Slaying Sword after Fire Spirit Fairy warned that the Flame Clan could not afford to waste more of its resources.
• Yao Dan continued bidding with the Yao Clan’s precious pills and treasures, while the Hun Clan withdrew from the contest.
• Gu Lie offered Yao Dan a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill to end their rivalry, but Yao Dan refused and raised the bid further.
• Gu Lie could not match Yao Dan’s offer, and Li Xiao declared that Yao Dan had won the Emperor Slaying Sword.
• Li Xiao presented an icy-blue magical beast egg, prompting the crowd to speculate about its origin and potential.

Li Xiao revealed that the auctioned magical beast egg belonged to the supposedly extinct Ice Crystal Phoenix, prompting the three great magical beast clans to fight over it. As Huang Tian pushed the price higher, Yao Xiao Tian struggled to compete, and Li Xiao warned Niu Meng not to interfere with the auction.

• Li Xiao identified the magical beast egg as an Ice Crystal Phoenix descendant, shocking Huang Tian and Lei Ying with the return of a bloodline believed extinct for ten thousand years.
• Li Xiao set the egg’s starting price at One Hundred Million Spirit Crystals, and the chiefs of the Heaven Demon Phoenix and Nine Serene Earth Python Clans and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Kings began bidding.
• Huang Tian vowed to outbid his rivals and raised his offer to six hundred million Spirit Crystals plus a secret treasure, while Yao Xiao Tian feared he could not afford the egg.
• Yao Xiao Tian asked Niu Meng for help, but Niu Meng refused to let him use the employee passage after receiving Li Xiao’s warning against interfering with the auction.
• Li Xiao reflected that Yao Xiao Tian was a cruel man and made clear that he would not allow him to use Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s backdoors.

After the Auction, Yan Jin negotiated with Li Xiao to trade the Flame Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment for a weapon suited to the clan’s two Heavenly Flames. Li Xiao gave him the Dual Flame Two Scarlet Flames, and Yan Jin tested its formidable power outside Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

• Huang Tian purchased the Ice Crystal Phoenix Egg for six hundred million Spirit Crystals, bringing the Auction to a close.
• Yan Jin approached Li Xiao privately and offered the Flame Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment in exchange for a top-ranked Heavenly Flame.
• Li Xiao explained that one jade fragment could not justify the price of a top-five Heavenly Flame and offered a special weapon instead.
• Li Xiao revealed the Heaven Rank Low-Level saber Dual Flame Two Scarlet Flames, which could channel Yan Jin’s two Heavenly Flames.
• Yan Jin accepted the exchange, received the saber, and swung it outside Ascending Heaven Pavilion, unleashing a powerful wave of energy.

After the auction, Li Xiao collected his rewards and learned that Gu Yuan wanted to trade with him over the Gu Clan’s Heavenly Tomb. Xun’er delivered the invitation, leaving Li Xiao considering what the offer might involve.

• Yan Jin thanked Li Xiao for his guidance and left Ascending Heaven Pavilion as a battle raged outside.
• Li Xiao learned that the auction had earned 3.5 billion Spirit Crystal Stones and raised his total assets to 59,050,000 System Coins.
• The system rewarded Li Xiao with an increase to Eight-Star Dou Zun, a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, Life Spirit Flame, and other prizes.
• Xun’er told Li Xiao that Gu Yuan wanted to meet him and make a deal involving the Gu Clan’s Heavenly Tomb.
• Li Xiao recalled the Heavenly Tomb’s unusual passage of time and the powerful energy bodies that could be defeated and absorbed.

Li Xiao arranged to visit the Gu Clan and take Ye Chen and Zi Yan to Saint Pill City, where Ye Chen could seek Alchemist Association certification. After learning a Stars Auction Pavilion had appeared, Li Xiao stayed with Yun Yun and Ya Fei until Cai Lin arrived to demand the foot massage he had promised.

• Li Xiao told Xun'er he would visit the Gu Clan but had no interest in its Heavenly Tomb, and Xun'er departed ahead of him with Gu Lie and the Ancient Clan's Three Immortals.
• Li Xiao told Ye Chen he would accompany him to Saint Pill City for certification and decided to bring Zi Yan along as well.
• Bailing returned and joined Ye Chen in reporting that a new faction called the Stars Auction Pavilion had appeared.
• The next morning, Li Xiao woke beside Yun Yun and Ya Fei, and Cai Lin entered to complain that he had forgotten to massage her feet.
• Li Xiao crouched before Cai Lin and began removing her shoes, then whispered to her until she went limp and fell into his embrace.