Chapter Summaries

Yun Yun questioned Li Xiao about his strength and learned that Ascending Heaven Pavilion would auction an item capable of shaking the Four Great Empires. At the auction, Linglong opened the bidding with the Symbiotic Amethyst Source, drawing excitement and arguments from the alchemists.

• Yun Yun doubted Li Xiao was merely a Dou Shi, but he declined to explain his identity and told her to prepare for the auction.
• Yun Yun and the other attendees took their places at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, while Yun Leng agreed not to provoke its mysterious owner.
• Pill King Gu He attended hoping to earn money for the materials he still needed to devour a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan entered disguised in a black robe, and his teacher sensed at least ten Dou Huang experts and two Dou Zong experts in the venue.
• Linglong began the auction and presented two bottles of Symbiotic Amethyst Source, prompting alchemists to argue over its value.

At the Auction, Pill King Gu He outmaneuvered the Chu Yun Empire in a bidding contest over Symbiotic Amethyst Source, leaving them to pay six million Gold Coins for two bottles. The next item, the rare Flying Dou Technique Cloud Dragon Wings, was revealed, and bidding was about to begin.

• Alchemists and fire-element cultivators bid fiercely for the Symbiotic Amethyst Source, and Zach of the Chu Yun Empire raised the price to three million Gold Coins per bottle.
• Zach tried to make Gu He overspend, but Gu He recognized the trap and stopped bidding.
• The Chu Yun Empire acquired both bottles for six million Gold Coins, while Jia Xingtian and the others mocked the high price.
• Linglong presented the rare Flying Dou Technique Cloud Dragon Wings, which could let people below the Dou King Realm fly.
• Linglong announced that Cloud Dragon Wings was priced at two million Gold Coins.

The Misty Cloud Sect won the Cloud Dragon Wings Flying Dou Technique after Lü Man yielded the auction to Yun Yun in exchange for a favor. The auction then revealed the Deep Sea Blue Heart, a soul-nourishing treasure made from a Rank 8 magical beast’s core, leaving the crowd stunned by its deadly history.

• Lü Man and Yun Yun competed for Cloud Dragon Wings, while Xiao Yan resented Nalan Yanran’s advantages and Yao Chen reminded him that the world was unfair.
• Yun Yun asked Lü Man to yield the technique in exchange for a favor, and Lü Man agreed.
• Yun Yun bought Cloud Dragon Wings for four million Gold Coins, prompting Yun Leng to criticize the price and Li Xiao to watch with amusement.
• Linglong introduced the Deep Sea Blue Heart as a treasure that could solidify and repair souls and raise their realm.
• The crowd learned that the Deep Sea Blue Heart came from a Rank 8 Deep Sea Demon Spirit King, which had killed three Half Saint experts a thousand years earlier.

Medicine Emperor Han Feng and several Black-Corner Region Dou Huang experts arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion just as the auction resumed. Xiao Yan bid five Rank 6 Pills for the Deep Sea Blue Heart to help restore Yao Chen’s soul, and Han Feng became curious about the black-robed bidder.

• Han Feng arrived with Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, Ban Lao, Bone Old Man Yin, Tie Wu, Su Mei, and Yan, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King let them enter after Li Xiao’s permission.
• Han Feng and his companions entered the pavilion, drawing shocked reactions from the other guests, and Niu Meng led them to a second-floor private room.
• Han Feng bid five million Gold Coins for the Deep Sea Blue Heart and explained its value as a rare treasure for souls and alchemists.
• Xiao Yan offered five Rank 6 Pills for the Deep Sea Blue Heart, and Niu Meng appraised them at six million Gold Coins.
• Han Feng questioned Xiao Yan about the pills, but Xiao Yan refused to explain where he had obtained them.

Xiao Yan secured the Deep Sea Blue Heart by offering three Tier 7 Pills, forcing Han Feng to abandon the bidding. After a half-hour break, Li Xiao appeared in a mask and revealed himself as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion, leaving the gathered experts shaken by his power.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen decided to risk offering three Tier 7 Pills rather than let Han Feng obtain the Deep Sea Blue Heart.
• Niu Meng valued the pills at Thirteen Million Gold Coins, bringing Xiao Yan's total bid to Eighteen Million Gold Coins.
• Han Feng chose not to raise his bid, and Linglong declared the Deep Sea Blue Heart Xiao Yan's property.
• During the half-hour break, Li Xiao's subordinates sold energy-rich watermelons to the auction guests.
• Li Xiao donned a red Evil Ghost Mask, appeared on the Crystal Stage, and introduced himself as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Several experts probing Li Xiao suffered Spiritual Power backlash, while Han Feng and Yuan Yi feared his strength surpassed Dou Zong.

Li Xiao revealed the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s final auction item, a two-colored Eighth-Rank Fuling Qing Pill, stunning the assembled factions with its rarity and power. As the auction’s value became clear, Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao how much the pill might fetch.

• After Li Xiao repelled the experts, Linglong, Niu Meng, and the other guests greeted him as Pavilion Master, while the Dou Huang experts bowed without kneeling.
• Li Xiao announced he would preside over the final auction and produced an exquisite box.
• Li Xiao opened the box to reveal a two-colored Eighth-Rank Fuling Qing Pill, whose fragrance even helped some people break through their realms.
• Han Feng, Gu He, Yao Lao, and the other experts recognized the pill and discussed its rarity, value, and ability to restore a weakened Dou Zun’s strength.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao whether the two-colored pill would be worth less than a four-colored Eighth-Rank Pill.

The auction for the Eighth-Rank Fuling Qing Pill escalated as Medicine Emperor Han Feng used his influence to drive away competing bidders. Just as Han Feng seemed certain to win, an unknown powerhouse in Box Number Nine bid fifty million Gold Coins and openly challenged him.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the Fuling Qing Pill could restore the strength of Dou Zun, though it would not help him without a repaired body.
• Li Xiao opened bidding for the pill, and Han Feng offered valuable Dou Skills and pill formulas before Yuan Yi raised the bid to forty million Gold Coins.
• Han Feng threatened to end his cooperation with Yuan Yi, then persuaded the other Dou Huangs to support him by promising them double what he owed.
• Yuan Yi withdrew his bid, leaving Han Feng seemingly unopposed as other bidders gave up.
• The unknown occupant of Box Number Nine bid fifty million Gold Coins, refused Han Feng's offer and warning, and mocked him as merely a Sixth-Rank Alchemist.

Li Xiao’s auction ended with the Fuling Qing Pill selling for One Hundred Million Gold Coins, earning him system rewards and a Six-Star Dou Zun protector named Lian Xue. After appointing Lian Xue to defend the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, Li Xiao spent the night with her and found her tending the flowers the next morning.

• The guest in Box Number Nine outbid Medicine Emperor Han Feng and bought the Fuling Qing Pill for One Hundred Million Gold Coins, while Ban Lao stopped Han Feng from raising his bid further.
• Li Xiao counted his auction earnings, received a three-level increase and a Dou Zun Strong draw card from the system, and rose to Three-Star Da Dou Shi.
• The system summoned Lian Xue, a Six-Star Dou Zun, and Li Xiao appointed her a Protector of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, ordering her to kill threats to it.
• Lian Xue spent the night with Li Xiao, who woke the next morning to find her watering flowers while Bing Shuang and Linglong played chess.

Li Xiao and Linglong traveled from the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to Wutan City, where the Xiao Family faced a confrontation with the Oba Family and Liu Xi’s teacher. The chapter ended as Li Xiao and Linglong entered the Xiao Family’s hall, drawing the Dou Ling alchemist’s attention.

• Li Xiao chose Linglong to accompany him to Wutan City while Bing Shuang, Lian Xue, and Xiao Yi Xian stayed at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao and Linglong arrived in Wutan City after dark and saw a carriage splash water beside them as they headed toward the Xiao Family.
• Oba Pa offered Xiao Zhan three Gathering Qi Pills in exchange for the marketplaces the Xiao Family had taken from the Gale Family.
• Liu Xi’s teacher revealed that he intended to kill the Xiao Family in revenge for Xiao Yan killing his disciple, and Xiao Zhan prepared to hold him off.
• Li Xiao and Linglong entered the hall, where Liu Xi’s teacher asked whether they were also from the Xiao Family.

Li Xiao and Linglong intervened in the Xiao Family’s attack and demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Xiao Zhan. After Linglong killed the attackers, Li Xiao traded healing pills and cultivation methods for the jade and left Xiao Zhan with directions to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

• Li Xiao arrived at the Xiao Family and asked Xiao Zhan for the ancestral jade, while Linglong struck Teacher Liu Xi when he challenged Li Xiao.
• Oba Pa and Teacher Liu Xi resumed their attack after Li Xiao said he would not interfere, and they devastated the hall and badly wounded Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders.
• As Teacher Liu Xi began killing Xiao Family disciples, the elders pleaded for Xiao Zhan to surrender the jade, and Linglong froze everyone at Li Xiao’s signal.
• Linglong killed Oba Pa, and Xiao Zhan handed Li Xiao the Tou She Ancient God Jade from his Ring.
• Li Xiao gave Xiao Zhan healing pills and Dou Skills Cultivation Methods as payment, while Linglong identified him as the master of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Linglong killed everyone present except the Xiao Family, and Xiao Zhan discovered that Li Xiao’s payment included healing pills of Tier 3 or higher.

Li Xiao and Linglong visited the Mittel Auction House after he gave the Xiao Family a trove of Earth Rank Dou Techniques and weapons in exchange for its Tou She Ancient God Jade. There, Li Xiao invited Linglong to bid freely and relax, leaving the pair poised to attend the auction.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders celebrated the Xiao Family's new collection of Earth Rank Dou Techniques and powerful weapons.
• Li Xiao explained to Linglong that the treasures he gave away were insignificant compared with what the Tou She Ancient God Jade could unlock, then told her to value her own life and asked her to stay by his side.
• Li Xiao relieved Linglong of her auctioneer duties at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and she accepted his decision without complaint.
• Li Xiao and Linglong arrived at the Mittel Auction House, where Xiao Lian summoned Ya Fei after seeing the enormous sum on their card.
• Ya Fei arranged a private room for Li Xiao and Linglong, and Li Xiao told Linglong to bid on anything she liked.

Li Xiao invited Ya Fei to join the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as its auctioneer and offered her a Rank 6 Pill. Ya Fei was tempted, but Mittel Family patriarch Teng Shan arrived before she could accept.

• Ya Fei welcomed Li Xiao and Linglong at the Mittel Auction House, and Li Xiao asked to speak with her after the auction.
• Linglong bought several items at the auction, then paid Ya Fei five hundred thousand Gold Coins and stored the purchases in her Divine Dragon Naring.
• Li Xiao invited Ya Fei to conduct auctions for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Ya Fei questioned whether he feared offending the Mittel Family.
• Li Xiao offered Ya Fei a Rank 6 Pill if she joined the pavilion, and Ya Fei was visibly moved by the offer.
• Teng Shan entered the room, and Ya Fei stood to greet the Mittel Family patriarch.

Li Xiao brought Ya Fei into Ascending Heaven Pavilion after Mittel Tengshan agreed to support her appointment as its auctioneer. At the pavilion, Ya Fei saw its formidable strength and was formally introduced to its members.

• Teng Shan agreed to let Ya Fei join Ascending Heaven Pavilion and offered Li Xiao several million Gold Coins to secure the Mittel Family’s ties to it.
• Li Xiao accepted the offer, left medicinal pills and cultivation techniques for Teng Shan, and departed Wutan City with Ya Fei and Linglong.
• Ya Fei was frightened by the Amethyst Winged Lion King until Li Xiao explained that she was now part of the pavilion and could touch it.
• Linglong told Ya Fei that pavilion members received high-grade magical beast mounts and help with their cultivation.
• Li Xiao’s group reached Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where its members greeted him and he introduced Ya Fei as the pavilion’s new auctioneer.

Ya Fei joined Ascending Heaven Pavilion, while Li Xiao spent his days overseeing the pavilion and its residents. After making Gu He wait all day, Li Xiao finally summoned the Sixth-Rank Alchemist to Huai River Bamboo Pavilion to discuss his search for what he needed to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Li Xiao welcomed Ya Fei into Ascending Heaven Pavilion and had Linglong show her to her room.
• Lian Xue told Li Xiao that Xiao Yi Xian was cultivating and nearing a breakthrough to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Gu He arrived with Yan Shi and Feng Li to ask Li Xiao for help finding Na Ling and the Ice Spirit Cold Spring before the Green Lotus Core Flame's restraint failed.
• Li Xiao made Gu He wait outside the pavilion for the entire day while Gu He refused to leave.
• Niu Meng told Gu He that Li Xiao was waiting at Huai River Bamboo Pavilion, and Gu He hurried there with Yan Shi and Feng Li.

Gu He bought Ice Crystal Cold Jade and Na Ling from Li Xiao so he could absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame, and he succeeded after enduring terrible pain. More than half a year later, powerful experts gathered near Ascending Heaven Pavilion ahead of its next Auction, where Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma discussed the treasures and the likely arrival of Dou Zong experts.

• Gu He asked Li Xiao to sell him the materials needed to absorb a Heavenly Flame, and Li Xiao demanded five million Gold Coins for Ice Crystal Cold Jade and Na Ling.
• Gu He paid the price, took the treasures, and left after Li Xiao reminded him not to bypass the Auction again.
• Gu He endured the Heavenly Flame’s torment and successfully absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, nearly losing half his life in the process.
• More than half a year later, dozens of Dou Wang and Dou Huang experts gathered in the valley outside Ascending Heaven Pavilion two months before its Auction.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma discussed the Auction’s valuable items and the possibility that Dou Zong experts from the Black-Corner Region would attend.

Experts gathered outside Ascending Heaven Pavilion for its upcoming auction, while Li Xiao allowed them to cultivate nearby as long as they obeyed the pavilion’s rules. As the auction approached, Medicine Emperor Han Feng and powerful visitors from the Black-Corner Region arrived, leaving the crowd to anticipate a fiercely contested event.

• Li Xiao learned from Bing Shuang that many experts had gathered outside the valley and let them stay as long as they respected Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules.
• After two months, the gathered experts assembled at the valley entrance to await the auction’s start.
• Medicine Emperor Han Feng recognized a powerful figure concealed in black mist, and Jia Xingtian and President Fa Ma sensed that the visitor had reached the Dou Zong realm.
• The Gold Silver Two Elders arrived and said they had come because of the previous auction’s Eight-Grade Fuling Qing Pill.
• Fan Lao reminded Han Feng of their agreement to help him bid, while Yuan Yi, Ban Lao, and other Black-Corner Region leaders gathered beside Han Feng.

Linglong and Bing Shuang enforced Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules before the auction, killing visitors who refused the wine offering and forbidding cultivation on the grounds. As the guests waited for the auction to begin, Han Feng hoped to obtain a Heavenly Flame while Wu Protector anticipated that Soul Hall experts would investigate Li Xiao and the Pavilion.

• Linglong welcomed the gathered experts and offered wine as a tribute to those killed for trespassing on Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s territory.
• Niu Meng smashed several wine jars, and Bing Shuang froze and shattered the guests who refused to drink.
• Linglong announced that anyone who trespassed on Pavilion grounds would be killed, and Han Feng held back his anger.
• Jia Xingtian and President Fa Ma discussed the unusually rich Dou Qi, while Niu Meng stopped the Gold Silver Two Elders from cultivating there.
• Han Feng told Ban Lao that he could not determine Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s origins, while Wu Protector expected Soul Hall experts to arrive and investigate Li Xiao.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion killed the Soul Hall's Blood-colored Old Ghost, a one-star Dou Zun Strong, with a single strike before its auction opened. Ya Fei introduced herself as the Pavilion's new auctioneer, while Jia Xingtian considered forming an alliance with it.

• A blood-red tornado approached the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but a sword shot from the Pavilion and killed Blood-colored Old Ghost in one strike.
• Niu Meng took Blood-colored Old Ghost's Ring, and Wu Protector denied knowing the dead Soul Hall Venerable Elder.
• Ya Fei opened the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and welcomed the crowd inside.
• Jia Xingtian recognized Ya Fei as the Mittel Family's granddaughter and considered allying the Jia Ma Empire with the Pavilion.
• Ya Fei introduced herself as the Mittel Family's Ya Fei and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's new auctioneer.

At the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction, Ya Fei opened the bidding with five Tier 7 Peak Life Devouring Pills, which could raise a Da Dou Shi to Dou Wang for the price of three years of life. Fan Lao tried to buy them for the Blood Sect, but Wu Protector’s bid and Han Feng’s advice made him back down.

• Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Yun Yun discussed the Pavilion’s influence and the mysterious Lord Li Xiao while they waited for the auction to begin.
• Ya Fei appeared as the auctioneer and officially opened the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction.
• Ya Fei introduced five Life Devouring Pills and explained their power and deadly three-year lifespan cost.
• Fan Lao bid for the pills, hoping to build a squad of Blood Sect Dou Wang experts, while Han Feng asked him to provide two pills for research if he won.
• Wu Protector raised the bid to four hundred thousand gold coins, and Han Feng advised Fan Lao to let him have the pills rather than offend a Dou Zong expert.

Ya Fei introduced Ice Crystal Cold Jade, a rare treasure that could raise a person’s strength and bloodline, and the auction sparked fierce competition among Han Feng, Lü Man, and Wu Protector. The bidding continued to climb as Han Feng realized he might not be able to secure the jade against the powerful factions present.

• Wu Protector bought Li Xiao’s Life Devouring Pills for two hundred thousand Gold Coins per pill.
• Ya Fei revealed that Ice Crystal Cold Jade could advance its user by two realms, improve their talent, and evolve their bloodline.
• Bidders began competing for the jade, and Han Feng raised the price to four million Gold Coins.
• Lü Man bid five million Gold Coins and rejected Han Feng’s threats and offer, prompting him to continue raising the price.
• Wu Protector joined the bidding and declared that the Ice Crystal Cold Jade would be his, leaving Han Feng worried about challenging his faction.