Chapter Summaries

After learning that Ice River Valley Lord Ice Venerable had massacred Poison Sect disciples, Li Xiao took Xiao Yi Xian and Ye Chen to Ice River Valley to demand retribution. The chapter left Li Xiao confronting Great Elder Tian Shuangzi, who revealed that Bing He had gone to an auction and had not returned.

• Bailing told Li Xiao that Ice Venerable had attacked the Poison Sect and killed several people before escaping Xiao Yi Xian.
• Li Xiao summoned Ye Chen and went with him to the Poison Sect, where Xiao Yi Xian mourned the dead and swore to avenge them.
• Li Xiao took Xiao Yi Xian away and ordered Linglong to protect the Poison Sect.
• Li Xiao and Ye Chen arrived at Ice River Valley, where Great Elder Tian Shuangzi recognized Li Xiao and fell to his knees.
• Tian Shuangzi told Li Xiao that Bing He had gone to an auction and had not returned.

Li Xiao and Xiao Yi Xian destroyed Ice River Valley in revenge for its attack on the Poison Sect, then waited for Ice Venerable to return. When he arrived at the ruins, Xiao Yi Xian confronted him with her teacher and companions behind her.

• Li Xiao confronted Tian Shuangzi with proof that Ice River Valley had targeted the Woeful Poison Woman, while Xiao Yi Xian condemned the sect for killing innocents and her disciples.
• Xiao Yi Xian burned Tian Shuangzi and the Ice River Valley disciples with the Netherworld Poison Flame, and Ye Chen struck down to erase the sect completely.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Li Xiao, who vowed to kill anyone who harmed his disciples and waited for Ice Venerable to return.
• Ye Chen brought Li Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan into his pocket space while they waited for Ice Venerable.
• Ice Venerable reached the ruins of Ice River Valley and found Xiao Yi Xian waiting; after she credited her sudden arrival to her teacher, he turned toward the people behind her in terror.

Ice Venerable confronted Li Xiao and Xiao Yi Xian after learning she was Li Xiao’s disciple, then fought her using a Soul Hall poison that enhanced his strength. Xiao Yi Xian gained the upper hand with the Netherworld Poison Flame and an Eighth Grade Poison Pill, leaving Ice Venerable begging for his life.

• Ice Venerable recognized Li Xiao, learned Xiao Yi Xian was his disciple, and begged for mercy after realizing he had destroyed her sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused to spare Ice Venerable and demanded to avenge her dead disciples herself.
• Ice Venerable used a Soul Hall poison to recover his injuries and raise his strength to Six-Star Dou Zun before attacking Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian used the Netherworld Poison Flame to burn the poison inside Ice Venerable’s body, revealing she had planted it during their clash.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed an Eighth Grade Poison Pill and trapped Ice Venerable in her domain, prompting him to offer his treasures and service in exchange for his life.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Ice Venerable, and Li Xiao’s group traveled to Saint Pill City to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. They met Pill Tower’s elders, while Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian disappeared in the crowded city.

• Xiao Yi Xian destroyed Ice Venerable’s treasures and cut off his limbs with her Heaven Rank Weapon.
• Li Xiao declared that anyone who harmed his disciple must die, and Ye Chen collected Ice Venerable’s soul after Xiao Yi Xian beheaded him.
• A black-robed elder arrived, found Ice Venerable’s soul gone, and took the Woeful Poison Body from his corpse.
• Li Xiao’s group reached Saint Pill City, where Old Monster Lin and Xuan Yi welcomed them and recognized Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao introduced Ye Chen as Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s Ninth Grade Golden Pill Alchemist, and Old Monster Lin invited the group to the inner region.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian vanished before the group entered a meeting room, where Old Monster Lin served Li Xiao tea.

Li Xiao sought to exchange for the Pill Tower’s Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Hun Xuzi’s arrival interrupted the negotiations. Hun Xuzi attacked the Pill Tower’s Second Elder, and Li Xiao remained present as tensions escalated.

• Li Xiao asked Old Monster Lin about the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Ye Chen revealed his Golden Emperor Burning Flame.
• Li Xiao offered an equal-value exchange for the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Lin Tianqiong agreed.
• A disciple announced that the Hun Clan had arrived, and Li Xiao said he wanted to question them.
• Hun Xuzi entered and taunted Lin Tianqiong about his strength.
• The Pill Tower’s Second Elder condemned Hun Xuzi for betraying and killing his master, so Hun Xuzi struck him down and warned him to stay quiet.

Li Xiao and his allies confronted Hun Xuzi over the Hun Clan’s role in Ice River Valley’s attack on the Poison Sect, and Hun Xuzi backed down under Li Xiao’s pressure. Hun Xuzi left to arrest those responsible, while Li Xiao chose not to provoke the wealthy Hun Clan into open conflict.

• Hun Xuzi recognized Li Xiao and greeted him respectfully, then denied that the Hun Clan was responsible for Ice River Valley’s attack when Ye Chen accused him.
• Li Xiao ordered Hun Xuzi to arrest everyone involved within one day, and Hun Xuzi offered compensation and asked to settle the matter peacefully.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered with Zi Yan and demanded accountability for the Poison Sect’s dead, while Ye Chen took the bitten Adamantine Snow Red Fruit from Zi Yan.
• A Hun Clan Dou Sheng insulted Xiao Yi Xian, and Ye Chen struck him down before he apologized after learning she was Li Xiao’s disciple.
• Xiao Yi Xian threatened to destroy the Soul Hall, and Hun Xuzi agreed to bring the culprit the next day before leaving with the Hun Clan experts.
• Ye Chen explained that confronting the Hun Clan would threaten Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s profits, and Li Xiao agreed that avoiding open conflict would preserve access to resources.

Li Xiao entered the Star Region to find the Three Thousand Burning Flame and decided to bring it into the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. He broke the seal binding the sleeping flame, leaving the people outside stunned as its power erupted.

• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi opened the Star Region, and Li Xiao entered alone while Ye Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan waited outside.
• Li Xiao crossed the barren Star Region and found the Three Thousand Burning Flame sleeping in the form of an enormous, chained dragon.
• Li Xiao chose to make the Three Thousand Burning Flame a treasure of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion rather than erase its intelligence.
• Li Xiao shattered the chains sealing the flame, and Xuan Kongzi reacted in shock as its aura erupted.

Li Xiao confronted Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region and overwhelmed it with his Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak strength. He demanded that the Heavenly Flame submit to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but when it hesitated, he threatened to turn it into an auction item.

• Li Xiao offered Three Thousand Burning Flame the choice to surrender or be beaten into submission.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame attacked Li Xiao with its tail and dragon flames, but Li Xiao blocked and dispelled every attack.
• Li Xiao revealed his overwhelming strength, and Three Thousand Burning Flame fled before he appeared on its head and forced it to the ground.
• Li Xiao crushed Three Thousand Burning Flame's condensed body and demanded that its Original Source Flame submit to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame hesitated, so Li Xiao threatened to make it an auction item.

Li Xiao subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame, rewarded Old Monster Lin with a breakthrough pill, and learned where the Space Auction would be held. After Soul Hall’s captured Dou Zun were brought before him, Li Xiao ordered their execution, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to burn them with Netherworld Poison Flame.

• Three Thousand Burning Flame surrendered to Li Xiao, received the Ascending Heaven Pavilion mark, and was stored away as the Star Region began to recover.
• Li Xiao gave Old Monster Lin a pill that could help a Half Saint break through to Dou Sheng, then asked about the upcoming Space Auction.
• Old Monster Lin explained that the Space Auction was organized by three sects and would take place in a desert in Central Continent’s Northeast Region.
• Li Xiao told Xiao Yi Xian that he needed to obtain several items at the auction and ordered Ye Chen to inspect the Stars Auction Pavilion.
• Hun Xuzi brought several captured Soul Hall Dou Zun before Li Xiao, who ordered their execution.
• Xiao Yi Xian burned the captured Dou Zun with Netherworld Poison Flame, reducing two of them to powder.

After Xiao Yi Xian destroyed Soul Hall’s experts and their souls, Hun Xuzi withdrew with his forces and resolved to wait until the Hun Clan’s thousand-year plan was complete before confronting the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Li Xiao departed Saint Pill City with his companions and reached the Space Trading Fair, where he warned them to keep his identity hidden.

• Xiao Yi Xian destroyed the souls of Hun Xuzi’s dead experts, and Hun Xuzi accepted Li Xiao’s offer to put the matter behind them before leaving Saint Pill City.
• Hun Miesheng demanded that Hun Xuzi avenge Soul Hall’s losses, but Hun Xuzi insisted that the Hun Clan should avoid drawing attention until its thousand-year plan began.
• Li Xiao refused Ye Chen’s offer to destroy the departing Soul Hall forces, and Old Monster Lin confirmed Ye Chen as a Ninth Grade Golden Pill Alchemist.
• Xuan Yi told Old Monster Lin she intended to leave after Li Xiao, and he encouraged her to pursue the opportunity.
• Li Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and their companion crossed the desert toward the Space Trading Fair, while Li Xiao masked his identity and told them to stay close.
• Li Xiao opened a path through the yellow sand, identified the spatial black hole as the entrance to the fair, and led his group inside.

Li Xiao and his companions explored the Space Trading Fair, where Li Xiao bought a Seven-Colored Primal Stone that contained Nine-Colored Ore. They headed toward the fair’s ancient pavilion, while Li Xiao planned to use the ore to enhance the bloodline of Cai Lin’s unborn child.

• Li Xiao let Ye Chen and Xiao Yi Xian browse and buy whatever they wanted, and Xiao Yi Xian traded a Tier 7 poison pill for a Phoenix Hairpin.
• Li Xiao bought a Seven-Colored Primal Stone from a dismissive stall owner for two Tier 8 Three-Colored Heavenly Lightning Pills.
• Li Xiao recognized that the stone contained Nine-Colored Ore and considered how it could strengthen Cai Lin’s unborn child.
• Li Xiao and the others finished shopping and made their way to the ancient pavilion, guarded by two Six-Star Dou Zun.

Li Xiao and his companions sought entry to the Space Trading Fair without invitations, but Old Man Baoshan recognized Li Xiao as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion and let them in. They concealed their identities before entering the auction hall, where masked experts scrutinized them.

• Li Xiao asked the guards how his group could enter without invitations, and they directed him to seek permission from the fair’s organizers.
• Old Man Baoshan arrived, identified Li Xiao through his connection to the Beast Mountain Range and Ye Chen, and quietly recognized him as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Old Man Baoshan granted Li Xiao and his companions entry and escorted them through the pavilion to the auction hall.
• Li Xiao gave black robes to Ye Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan so they could conceal their identities, and they put them on.
• Li Xiao’s group entered the crowded hall, where concealed experts examined them with their gazes and Soul Power.

Li Xiao attended the Space Trading Fair, where the auction featured Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan bone wings and the Vajra Glazed Body. He acquired the body-refining technique with a water-attribute Dou Technique of his own creation, while warning that the bone wings’ buyer had invited Huang Tian’s wrath.

• Li Xiao and his companions took a secluded seat as experts gathered for the Space Trading Fair.
• Old Man Baoshan opened the fair by offering Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan bone wings in exchange for an Eighth-Rank Pill that had endured four-colored pill lightning.
• A Dou Zun exchanged a Medicine Bottle for the bone wings, and Li Xiao told Ye Chen and Xiao Yi Xian that their hidden energy could return to the clan and provoke Huang Tian.
• Old Man Baoshan presented the Heaven Rank Low Grade Vajra Glazed Body, seeking a same-rank water-attribute Dou Technique or equivalent pills.
• Li Xiao offered a Heaven Rank Low Grade water-attribute technique he had created, and Old Man Baoshan awarded him the Vajra Glazed Body.

At the auction, Li Xiao secured a Heaven Rank Dou Technique and bought Xiao Yi Xian a poison manual before the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map Fragment came up for bidding. As the bids climbed, Li Xiao waited for the right moment and had Ye Chen offer eight Eighth-Rank Seven-Colored Pill Lightning pills.

• Old Man Baoshan revealed the power of a Dou Technique scroll and awarded Vajra Glazed Body to Li Xiao over the other bidders.
• Li Xiao bought the Heavenly Nether Poison Manual for Xiao Yi Xian with two Eighth-Rank Five-Colored Pill Lightning pills.
• Old Man Baoshan presented the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map Fragment and said its owner wanted pills of at least Six-Colored Pill Lightning quality.
• Bidders drove the price up to five Eighth-Rank Seven-Colored Pill Lightning pills as Li Xiao stopped Ye Chen from bidding early.
• Li Xiao signaled Ye Chen, who offered eight Seven-Colored Pill Lightning pills and drew the other bidders’ attention.

Ye Chen won the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map Fragment by offering an Eighth-Rank Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pill. Old Man Baoshan then revealed the Bodhi Ancient Tree as the Space Trading Fair’s final auction item, and Li Xiao learned it had appeared in the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

• Ye Chen outbid the other experts for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map Fragment with a Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pill, and the rival bidder gave up.
• Old Man Baoshan exchanged the Remnant Map for Ye Chen’s pill and confirmed the transaction.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared after ten thousand years, stunning the experts at the fair.
• Li Xiao told Zi Yan he had come to obtain the Bodhi Ancient Tree and its treasures for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao asked whether the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

Li Xiao and his companions learned that the Wildlands held news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then were confronted by the Cloud Rain Sect’s three masters, notorious for exploiting young women as human cauldrons. Ye Chen revealed his Six Star Dou Sheng strength and Li Xiao identified himself, leaving the three men trapped in Golden Emperor Burning Flame as Scorpion vowed to take his own life and bring them down with him.

• Li Xiao explained that the factions at the Space Trading Fair wanted others to scout the Wildlands, and his group decided to wait for more news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• After leaving the fair, Li Xiao’s group was blocked by the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts of the Cloud Rain Sect, who demanded their ancient map, cultivation methods, and Dou Skills.
• Li Xiao told Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan that the Cloud Rain Sect raised young women as human cauldrons and drained their Dou Qi until they died.
• Ye Chen unleashed his Six Star Dou Sheng aura, terrifying the three sect masters, and Li Xiao revealed that he was the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao ordered Ye Chen to kill the three men and suppress their souls in Heavenly Flame Hell, so Ye Chen engulfed them in Golden Emperor Burning Flame.
• As experts gathered to watch, Scorpion endured the flames and vowed to kill himself and take Li Xiao and the others down with him.

Li Xiao killed Scorpion after Scorpion sacrificed his two brothers to escape, then collected all four fragments of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map. The map revealed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would appear in three years, and a silver light entered Li Xiao’s soul.

• Scorpion used Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion as shields, but Li Xiao subdued him, destroyed his body, and gave all three brothers’ souls to Ye Chen to burn for ten thousand years.
• Li Xiao and his companions left as the watching experts praised the brothers’ deaths and speculated that Li Xiao came from the Gu Clan.
• Li Xiao assembled the four map fragments and told Ye Chen that he intended to auction the map.
• Ye Chen used the Golden Emperor Burning Flame to reveal a prophecy that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would descend during the next heaven and earth tide, three years away.
• A silver light shot from the map into Li Xiao’s glabella and merged with his soul, revealing information about the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint without harming him.

Li Xiao and his companions learned about the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint and set out for the Ancient Wasteland Domain to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After reaching Desolate Town, they learned that the domain had killed even Dou Zun Strong and that the group planned to enter the next day.

• Li Xiao explained the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint's history and said he wanted to investigate the Ancient Wasteland Domain for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to seek a place of her own rather than live in someone else's shadow, and Li Xiao promised the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would remain her home.
• Ye Chen teased Zi Yan about her feelings for Li Xiao and advised her to take the initiative if she wanted to be with him.
• Li Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Ye Chen traveled by Space Wormhole to Desolate Town near the Ancient Wasteland Domain.
• Li Xiao learned that cultivators who entered the domain had been wiped out, including powerful Dou Zun Strong, and decided the group would enter with the others the next day.

Li Xiao and his companions entered the Ancient Wasteland Domain, passed through poisonous insects and perilous terrain, and reached the central mountain range. There, Ye Chen sensed a battle ahead and recognized the aura of a Bewitching Fragrance Pill he had once refined.

• Li Xiao told Ye Chen to protect Zi Yan and the others, then let the eager experts enter first before leading his group into the domain.
• The group passed the remains of earlier victims and saw Dou Zongs fighting a savage beast near the border.
• Xiao Yi Xian detected poison and gave Li Xiao Poison Avoidance Pills, but Li Xiao identified the danger as poisonous insects and Ye Chen used the Golden Emperor Burning Flame to repel them.
• Li Xiao and his companions crossed into the central region, where the poisonous miasma withdrew and powerful savage beasts feared their strength.
• Ye Chen sensed fighting thirty li ahead and identified the aura as that of a Bewitching Fragrance Pill he had refined before.

Li Xiao learned that Flower Sect Leader Hua Yu and her disciples had been ambushed by the Soul Hall and went to intervene. As Hun Qing Shengzhe attacked the Flower Sect and Hua Yu prepared to kill herself, a fierce gale struck and shattered his gathered Dou Qi.

• Li Xiao recognized the Bewitching Fragrance Pill and decided to help Hua Yu and the Flower Sect.
• Hun Qing Shengzhe and Hun Yin confronted the wounded Hua Yu and demanded that she and her disciples become their playthings.
• Hua Yu urged her disciples to flee, but they chose to fight the Soul Hall experts alongside her.
• Hun Qing Shengzhe overwhelmed Hua Yu and sent her crashing through trees while the Flower Sect disciples suffered heavy casualties.
• Hua Yu prepared to destroy her soul rather than be captured, but a fierce gale arrived and shattered Hun Qing Shengzhe's gathered Dou Qi.