Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao and his companions intervened when Soul Hall attacked Hua Yu, and they revealed their strength while protecting the Flower Sect leader. After Ye Chen seized Hun Yin on Li Xiao’s orders, Hun Yin recognized Li Xiao as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Hua Yu embraced him in tears.

• Hun Yin blocked the force of an earlier attack, but his palm was injured before Li Xiao and three companions appeared.
• Li Xiao gave Hua Yu a healing pill and told her and the Flower Sect disciples to leave the dangerous area.
• Hun Yin attacked Li Xiao, but the Golden Emperor Burning Flame stopped his blow and made the Soul Hall experts suspect the group came from the Gu Clan.
• Ye Chen slapped Hun Yin and reminded him that Soul Hall had already lost many experts because of Li Xiao.
• When Hun Yin threatened them and prepared to leave, Li Xiao ordered that they not be allowed to remain, and Ye Chen seized Hun Yin by the throat.
• Hun Yin recognized Li Xiao as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Hua Yu embraced Li Xiao after he removed his mask.

Li Xiao and Ye Chen killed the Soul Hall force that threatened Hua Yu and the Flower Sect, then continued through the Ancient Wasteland Domain toward the Ancient Domain Platform. They arrived to find a crowd of exhausted experts gathered there after deadly battles.

• Li Xiao ordered Ye Chen to kill Hun Yin, and Ye Chen incinerated him and the fleeing Soul Hall experts, including Hun Qing Shengzhe.
• Hua Yu thanked Li Xiao and warned him that powerful experts and ferocious beasts had gathered in the Ancient Wasteland Domain to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Li Xiao gave Hua Yu medicinal pills and warned the Flower Sect to keep the massacre secret, and Hua Yu led her disciples away.
• Zi Yan collected the Soul Hall experts' Rings, and Li Xiao took them before the group set off for the Ancient Domain Platform.
• The group's aura kept the ferocious beasts from attacking as they traveled through the Ancient Wasteland Domain.
• Li Xiao and his companions reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where a crowd of weakened experts had gathered after fierce battles.

Li Xiao arrived in the Ancient Wasteland Domain and reunited with Xun'er, who explained that the Beast Tide had kept everyone from reaching the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Hun Feng and Hun Yu then arrived and respectfully greeted Li Xiao, drawing the crowd's attention.

• Xun'er recognized Li Xiao and introduced him to Gu Qingyang, the Gu Clan's young master and commander of the Black Annihilation Army.
• Feng Qing'er sensed something familiar about Li Xiao, while Gu You and the Soul Hall experts wondered why their Vice Hall Master had not arrived.
• Li Xiao told Xun'er he had come seeking the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and she warned him that a powerful, united Beast Tide blocked the way into the domain's depths.
• Ye Chen suggested Li Xiao could overcome the Beast Tide, and Li Xiao glared at him for speaking too freely.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu arrived, and Hun Feng respectfully greeted Li Xiao without revealing his identity, leaving the onlookers curious.

Hun Yu organized an alliance of experts to charge through the Beast Tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Li Xiao and his companions chose to wait rather than join the vanguard. After the allied group departed, Li Xiao woke and prepared to follow, confident they would not pass through easily.

• Hun Yu proposed that the gathered experts unite to cross the Beast Tide, and Jiu Feng agreed on behalf of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The Young Clan Leaders of the Flame, Yao, Stone, and Thunder Clans joined the alliance, which Hun Feng planned to send forward at noon.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Li Xiao that most of the vanguard would likely fall, and he chose to conserve his strength while Xun'er and Gu Qingyang stayed with him.
• Yao Ling greeted her teacher Ye Chen and Li Xiao, then remained with them instead of following Hun Yu's group.
• At noon, Hun Yu led the allied experts toward the Beast Tide, and Li Xiao continued resting until they had been gone for about half an hour.
• Li Xiao woke after the vanguard left and rose to follow, while Xiao Yi Xian remarked that the group might already be near the Beast Tide.

Li Xiao and his group crossed the Beast Tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree while fierce beasts slaughtered the human forces. After Hun Feng and Hun Yu abandoned their followers, Li Xiao used a Heaven Rank Advanced Weapon to annihilate countless beasts, and the Hun Clan leaders pressed on to reach the tree first.

• Li Xiao arrived at the plains with Xiao Yi Xian and Ye Chen, where Hun Yu led the waiting experts into the Beast Tide.
• The fierce beasts bowed to Li Xiao and avoided him, while they tore through the advancing experts and caused heavy casualties.
• Hun Feng, Hun Yu, and Jiu Feng abandoned the hundred-man group, leaving the survivors to be overwhelmed by the beasts.
• Li Xiao gathered the fallen experts' Rings as he and his companions continued through the tide, with Xun'er estimating they needed another half hour to cross.
• Li Xiao raised a Heaven Rank Advanced Weapon and unleashed a golden pillar of light that turned countless beasts to ash and drove off a Dou Sheng-level beast.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu urged their group to abandon the others and charge ahead to claim the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Li Xiao entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion and unleashed the Di-Rank Dou Technique Nine Dragons Phoenix Cry, shattering the illusion and devastating the surrounding land. A Black Robe Dou Di phantom appeared above the tree, and another Dou Emperor phantom joined the fight against it.

• Li Xiao warned everyone to stay back and entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion alone.
• Inside the illusion, Li Xiao offered the Bodhi Ancient Tree a chance to join Ascending Heaven Pavilion, then prepared to use a Di-Rank Dou Technique when it refused.
• Ye Chen sensed the danger and led the others far away from Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao unleashed Nine Dragons Phoenix Cry, shattering the illusion and sending destructive tremors through the outside world.
• A Black Robe Dou Di phantom appeared above the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and another Dou Emperor phantom emerged to attack it.

Li Xiao persuaded the Bodhi Ancient Tree to join Ascending Heaven Pavilion, promising to cleanse its evil intelligence and grant it intelligence, a body, and power. He paid the system to transport it safely, while Hun Feng prevented Hun Yu and the others from confronting him and led the Hun Clan group away.

• Li Xiao explained the Bodhi Ancient Tree's memories of a battle between two Dou Di experts and offered to help it remove its evil intelligence at Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree agreed to join Ascending Heaven Pavilion and made a pinky promise with Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao learned the system required One Hundred Million Spirit Crystals to transport the tree and paid the fee despite protesting the cost.
• Li Xiao placed the unharmed Bodhi Ancient Tree into the system space, shocking the onlookers when it vanished.
• Hun Yu blamed Li Xiao, but Hun Feng warned him against provoking Ascending Heaven Pavilion and led the Hun Clan group out of the Ancient Wasteland Domain.

Li Xiao returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion with the Bodhi Ancient Tree and introduced it to his family, while reuniting with his young son and pregnant Cai Lin. He cleansed the tree’s evil spiritual consciousness and told Li Muchen to cultivate beneath it and eventually protect their family.

• Xun'er stayed with Li Xiao while Gu Qingyang returned to the Gu Clan, and Li Xiao led the others out of the Ancient Wasteland Domain.
• After half a month, Li Xiao and his companions returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where he planted the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Li Xiao reunited with Li Muchen and embraced Cai Lin, who said their child would be born within a few days.
• Li Xiao explained the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s importance and cleansed its evil spiritual consciousness with the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s power.
• Li Xiao told the Bodhi Ancient Tree to recover at the pavilion and instructed Li Muchen to cultivate beneath it and someday protect their family.

Cai Lin gave birth to Li Xiao’s daughter, Li Xiyuan, who was born a low-level Half Saint amid a spectacular heavenly phenomenon. The Snake-People Race elders recognized her as their Queen Medusa, but Li Xiao insisted they let her enjoy her childhood before discussing her role.

• Li Xiao anxiously waited with the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as Cai Lin went into labor, while strange clouds and golden phoenixes gathered in the sky.
• Li Xiyuan was born, and her aura settled at the low-level Half Saint realm.
• Cai Lin named her daughter Li Xiyuan, with the nickname Xiao Xiao, and Li Xiao held her as she stopped crying and giggled.
• The Four Snake-People Race Elders knelt and greeted Xiao Xiao as their queen, but Li Xiao asked them to postpone discussing her responsibilities.
• Xiao Xiao recognized Li Muchen as her older brother.

Li Xiao and Cai Lin celebrated the birth of their daughter, Xi Yuan, whose Half Saint strength drew powerful guests from across the continent. After the banquet, Li Xiao and Cai Lin reflected on their life together and shared an intimate moment by the lake.

• Li Xiao told Mu Chen to protect his newborn sister, and Mu Chen promised he would.
• Li Xiao ordered Niu Meng to prepare a feast, and two days later guests gathered at Ascending Heaven Pavilion to celebrate Xi Yuan's birth.
• Su Qian, Gu Lie, and many other powerful figures congratulated Li Xiao and brought gifts.
• The banquet lasted all day, and Li Xiao noted that the Auction was less than a month away.
• Cai Lin thanked Li Xiao for changing her life and helping the Snake-People Race, then she and Li Xiao kissed by the lake.

Li Xiao reunited with Cai Lin before returning to Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where a visitor warned him that a powerful subordinate had fallen and enemies were lurking. A month later, as the Auction began and the great clans gathered, Hun Tiandi arrived and shocked the assembled experts.

• Li Xiao and Cai Lin shared a tender morning together before news from Ascending Heaven Pavilion called them back.
• A white-robed visitor congratulated Li Xiao on his daughter’s birth and warned him that a subordinate had fallen to hidden enemies.
• Li Xiao vowed to protect his family as the Auction drew experts and representatives from the remaining Ancient Eight Great Clans.
• Nihility Devouring Flame arrived with Hun Clan experts and Star Plucking Old Ghost, while the four Dragon Kings of the Ancient Void Dragon clan also attended.
• Hun Tiandi appeared with the pressure of a Nine Star Dou Sheng, and the gathered experts recognized the Hun Clan Leader.

Hun Tiandi arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where the other clan leaders feared his possible breakthrough but warned one another not to violate Lord Li Xiao’s rules. Li Xiao sensed Hun Tiandi’s arrival and held off auctioning the Embryonic Emperor Pill until Gu Yuan appeared.

• Hun Tiandi arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, greeted the other clan leaders, and said he had come seeking opportunities like them.
• Nihility Devouring Flame warned Hun Tiandi not to break the pavilion’s rules, and Hun Tiandi acknowledged the danger of provoking its power.
• Shi Hao urged the other clan leaders to consider how to handle Hun Tiandi, while Lei Ying and Yao Dan insisted they must obey Lord Li Xiao’s rules.
• Li Xiao told Ya Fei he knew Hun Tiandi had arrived and decided not to auction the Embryonic Emperor Pill until Gu Yuan appeared.
• Ya Fei told Li Xiao she wanted a child of her own, and they were interrupted by a nearby voice addressing him as Pavilion Master.

Han Yue nearly confessed her feelings to Li Xiao before he was called away to inspect a mysterious egg that contained an Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon from the Great Thousand World. He ordered the egg hidden and prepared for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction, while the source of the egg and the threat probing the pavilion remained unresolved.

• Han Yue visited Li Xiao, who welcomed her and introduced her daughter, Li Xiyuan, while noting Han Yue was on the verge of becoming a Dou Zun.
• Han Yue began telling Li Xiao that she had feelings for him, but a shout interrupted them, and Li Xiao left her to watch Li Xiyuan.
• Han Yue held Li Xiyuan and wondered aloud whether she could become the child's mother.
• Niu Meng and the others showed Li Xiao a strange egg, and he recognized it as an Ice Profound Spirit Flood Dragon from the Great Thousand World.
• Li Xiao ordered Niu Meng to put the egg away and keep quiet about it, then told Ye Chen to prepare for the auction.
• Li Xiao erased the traces around the pit and disappeared, still considering the threat to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

Hun Tiandi tried to examine Li Xiao’s daughter at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but Li Xiao stopped him and threatened to destroy the Hun Clan if it harmed anyone there. The auction was about to begin as the shaken guests waited under Li Xiao’s warning.

• Niu Meng ordered the gathered experts to enter the valley in an orderly manner and obey Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules.
• The guests recognized the Bodhi Ancient Tree and realized that Lord Li Xiao had taken it.
• Hun Tiandi approached Han Yue and tried to inspect the sleeping Li Xiyuan, but Li Xiao seized his wrist and forced him back.
• Li Xiao warned Hun Tiandi that he would destroy the Hun Clan if it harmed anyone from Ascending Heaven Pavilion, then sent Han Yue away with Xiao Xiao.
• Yao Dan mocked Hun Tiandi, while Nihility Devouring Flame warned him that the Hun Clan could lose its place at future auctions if he provoked Li Xiao.

Hun Tiandi and the other powerful cultivators arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion for its annual auction, while Li Xiao prepared to keep the Hun Clan alive for its resources. Ya Fei opened the auction with a mysterious golden pill whose aura shocked the crowd.

• Hun Tiandi explored the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s powerful energy and cultivated in a Fourth Floor private room with the Hun Clan elders and Star Plucking Old Ghost.
• Li Xiao told his protectors that the Hun Clan had value because it possessed abundant resources, and he ordered them to prepare the auction.
• Ya Fei appeared on the auction stage and officially opened the annual auction.
• Ya Fei presented the first item, a golden medicinal pill in a crimson box, and its aura stunned the powerful cultivators in the hall.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion auctioned a Dragon Phoenix Heart Tempering Pill that could let a powerful Dou Sheng advance one star, igniting a fierce bidding war among the Ancient Eight Great Clans. The bids escalated to Heaven Rank techniques and cultivation methods as Hun Tiandi, Gu Lie, and Yan Jin competed for the pill.

• Ya Fei revealed that the Dragon Phoenix Heart Tempering Pill could advance experts at Five Star Dou Sheng or above by one star, including Eight Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Tiandi opened the bidding with a Heaven Rank Dou Technique, two Earth Rank High Grade cultivation methods, and ten Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pills, then ordered the Hun Clan experts not to let anyone else obtain the pill.
• Gu Lie bid two Heaven Rank Dou Techniques, four Earth Rank High Grade cultivation methods, and a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill on the Gu Clan's behalf.
• Yan Jin decided to risk the Flame Clan's treasures and bid three Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Techniques, a Heaven Rank Mid-Level cultivation method, a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill, and two Eighth Grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pills.
• The rival bidders reacted with alarm when Yan Jin offered the Heaven Rank Mid-Level cultivation method.

Yan Jin won the Dragon Phoenix Heart Tempering Pill after the other clan leaders withdrew from the bidding. Ascending Heaven Pavilion then revealed two Heavenly Flames for auction, including Burning Flame Valley’s inherited Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, shocking Tang Zhen.

• Yan Jin outbid Hun Tiandi for the Dragon Phoenix Heart Tempering Pill after Yao Dan and the other clan leaders stopped bidding.
• Hun Tiandi withdrew after Hun Shengtian warned that spending more would jeopardize their chances at later auction items.
• Ya Fei announced that Yan Jin had won the Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, which could help the Flame Clan produce a Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Ya Fei presented the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked eighteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
• Ascending Heaven Pavilion revealed the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, and Tang Zhen recognized the Heavenly Flame inherited by Burning Flame Valley.

Ascending Heaven Pavilion auctioned the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, offering to help the winner absorb multiple Heavenly Flames. Han Feng bid fifty million Spirit Crystals, but his Black-Corner Region allies challenged his use of their wealth, leaving him furious and without their united support.

• Bing Shuang suppressed the heat from the two Heavenly Flames as Ya Fei explained their ranks and Ascending Heaven Pavilion's offer to help the winner absorb them.
• Ya Fei opened bidding for the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, and buyers rapidly drove up the price.
• Yao Dan bid fifteen million Spirit Crystals and considered obtaining the flames for Yao Xingji.
• Han Feng bid fifty million Spirit Crystals, hoping to add the flames to his Flame Mantra and relying on the Black-Corner Region experts to support him.
• Ban Lao, the Gold Silver Two Elders, and other allies objected to Han Feng spending their accumulated wealth, angering him.

Han Feng tried to secure support for his bid by promising future pills, but Yao Dan ultimately won the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and Nine Dragon Lightning Flame for the Yao Clan. The auction ended with Yao Xingji thanking Yao Dan, who warned him to remain loyal to the clan.

• Han Feng promised the Black-Corner Region experts that he would provide pills and might become a Rank 8 Alchemist, persuading them to keep supporting him.
• Yao Dan joined the bidding, and the Yao Clan, Black-Corner Region, and Tang Zhen competed for the two Heavenly Flames.
• Li Xiao assured Xun'er that Ascending Heaven Pavilion would honor its promise to help the buyers absorb the flames, then gently reassured her about her cultivation.
• A bidder in the Fourth Floor room raised the price to 150 million Spirit Crystals, forcing Tang Zhen and Han Feng to withdraw.
• Yao Dan won the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and Nine Dragon Lightning Flame for 150 million Spirit Crystals, then warned Yao Xingji to remain loyal to the Yao Clan.

Yao Dan secured Yao Xingji’s loyalty, and Ya Fei presented the Heaven Rank Mid-Level Dou Technique Spirit Sword Thirteen Slashes for auction. Hun Tiandi made a lavish bid, while Li Xiao recognized his hostility toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

• Yao Xingji swore loyalty to Yao Dan, who hoped to use him and Yao Ling to elevate the Yao Clan.
• Ya Fei revealed Spirit Sword Thirteen Slashes, a Heaven Rank Mid-Level sword technique created by the Sword Saint of Wine, and explained its connection to the Confucian Sage.
• Hun Tiandi grew hostile toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, fearing Li Xiao might eventually reach the Dou Emperor Realm.
• Ya Fei opened bidding at one hundred million Spirit Crystals, and Gu Lie offered two hundred million Spirit Crystals and a Heaven Rank Low Grade cultivation method.
• Hun Tiandi outbid Gu Lie with three Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Techniques, a Heaven Rank Mid-Level cultivation method, and ten Eight Grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pills.
• Li Xiao recognized Hun Tiandi’s intent to oppose the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and warned the bidders against arrogance.