Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion after three years in Death Canyon, having reached the peak of Dou Zong, and reunited with Yao Chen. After learning that Xun'er regarded him only as a brother, Xiao Yan left determined to pursue greater strength, while Xun'er accepted that they would never be together.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and asked Niu Meng to inform Li Xiao that he had returned.
• Li Xiao admitted Xiao Yan, who revealed that he had gained the Nine Nether Wind Flame and True Dragon Relic and reached Nine Star Dou Zong.
• Li Xiao summoned Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan knelt before his teacher and vowed to kill Han Feng for revenge.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er how she had regarded him, and she told him he was her best brother.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would reach the pinnacle of the continent and left, while Xun'er said there would never be a chance for them to be together.

Xiao Yan ambushed Han Feng near the Beast Mountain Range to settle their old grudge. After Xiao Yan killed the Gold Silver Two Elders with one strike, Han Feng and Xiao Yan prepared to clash with their manifested Heavenly Flames.

• Han Feng traveled toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, hoping to obtain a Heavenly Flame, when Xiao Yan attacked his War Boat.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself as Han Feng’s former junior and challenged him to settle their past grudges.
• Han Feng offered an Eighth-Rank Pill to anyone who killed Xiao Yan, and the Gold Silver Two Elders and other experts charged at him.
• Xiao Yan killed the Gold Silver Two Elders with one strike, shocking Han Feng and the other experts.
• Han Feng manifested the Sea Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan fused the Nine Nether Wind Flame, Beast Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Fire into the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yan pursued Han Feng through the Beast Mountain Range, intent on avenging the harm Han Feng had caused him, Yao Chen, and the Xiao Family. As Han Feng prepared to fight back with his weapon and the complete Flame Mantra, Yao Chen headed over to witness their final confrontation.

• Xiao Yan sent Han Feng flying, then Han Feng offered an Eighth-Rank Pill to Black-Corner Region experts in exchange for help escaping.
• Xiao Yan burned through the experts who attacked him and chased Han Feng as he fled toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Han Feng threw pills to create smoke and offered Xiao Yan the Flame Mantra, pills, the Black Alliance, and pill formulas in exchange for his life.
• Li Xiao gave Yao Chen half an hour to see Han Feng, and Yao Chen flew toward the battle to watch Xiao Yan kill his traitorous disciple.
• Xiao Yan rejected Han Feng's offers and declared that Han Feng would pay with his life, while Han Feng summoned an Earth-Rank High-Level Weapon and claimed the complete Flame Mantra meant he had nothing to fear.

Xiao Yan and Han Feng fought in the Beast Mountain Range until Yao Chen appeared and revealed that Lord Li Xiao had sent him to deliver Han Feng’s final send-off. Han Feng tried to flee, but Xiao Yan struck him down, leaving him gravely wounded and without help.

• Han Feng used his Sea Heart Flame and Earth-Rank High-Level Weapon to fight Xiao Yan, while Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong watched from beyond the flames.
• Han Feng revealed that a pill from the Ascending Heaven Pavilion had raised his strength by four stars, then looked for a chance to escape.
• Yao Chen appeared and confronted Han Feng, who panicked and threatened that Lord Li Xiao would punish him.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to finish Han Feng, and Xiao Yan attacked with his purple-black flames.
• Han Feng fled toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but Xiao Yan caught him with a punch that shattered his internal organs.
• Han Feng called for Lord Li Xiao to save him, but no one came.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen confronted Han Feng over his betrayal, but Star Plucking Old Ghost intervened and took Han Feng’s soul, Heavenly Flame, and Ring. He left Yao Chen and Xiao Yan with a threat against Ascending Heaven Pavilion before disappearing with his prize.

• Han Feng begged Yao Chen for forgiveness, but Yao Chen rejected his plea and Xiao Yan began burning him with Heavenly Flames.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost hooked Han Feng and dragged him away, then revealed himself to Yao Chen and taunted him about his Soul Power.
• Yao Chen warned Star Plucking Old Ghost that he was under Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s protection, but Star Plucking Old Ghost dismissed the threat and took Han Feng’s soul, Heavenly Flame, and Ring.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost slapped Xiao Yan, tossed Han Feng’s body at Yao Chen’s feet, and threatened them before departing with Han Feng’s soul.

Star Plucking Old Ghost captured Han Feng for Hun Tiandi while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen accepted that Yao Chen had to remain at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. After Han Feng’s death, Li Xiao confirmed Yao Chen could leave in three years and began preparing for the coming Auction and his own plans.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost brought Han Feng’s soul to Hun Tiandi, who learned the Auction would begin in about two months and continued cultivating.
• Xiao Yan found Han Feng dead and asked Yao Chen to leave with him, but Yao Chen refused because his imprisonment was not over and leaving could provoke trouble.
• Xiao Yan promised to return for Yao Chen in a few years, and Yao Chen encouraged him to rely on himself as he departed.
• Yao Chen burned Han Feng’s remains to ashes, then thanked Li Xiao, who said Yao Chen could leave the Ascending Heaven Pavilion in three years.
• Li Xiao considered sending Li Muchen out to gain experience after the Auction and ordered Bailing to prepare the Auction items.

Li Xiao prepared for the auction while advising Li Muchen to cultivate Sword Intent. Gu Yuan arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Xun'er led him to Li Xiao, and he was surprised when Li Xiao addressed him formally as Clan Leader Gu Yuan.

• Li Xiao checked his system progress and noted that he still needed two hundred million Spirit Crystals to complete his quest within the remaining two years.
• Li Xiao advised Li Muchen that mastering Sword Intent required understanding the connection between the sword and the heart.
• Li Xiao allowed Gu Yuan to enter Ascending Heaven Pavilion alone, while Gu Lie and the others waited outside.
• Gu Yuan marveled at the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the Pavilion's powerful Dou Qi, and its surroundings as he entered the valley.
• Xun'er greeted Gu Yuan and brought him to Huai River Bamboo Pavilion to meet Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao helped Gu Yuan up and addressed him as Clan Leader Gu Yuan, leaving Gu Yuan startled by the change in formality.

Gu Yuan visited Ascending Heaven Pavilion to see Xun'er and learned that she and Li Xiao were lovers, which he happily accepted. Gu Yuan left after Li Xiao promised to help him break through to the Dou Di Realm in the future, and Xun'er and Li Xiao shared an intimate moment.

• Gu Yuan thanked Li Xiao for caring for Xun'er and explained that he had missed his daughter during her years away.
• Xun'er told Gu Yuan that she and Li Xiao were lovers, and Gu Yuan enthusiastically approved of their relationship.
• Gu Yuan hoped Li Xiao would provide resources to help him reach the Dou Di Realm, and Li Xiao promised to help him in the future.
• Gu Yuan gave Xun'er a few reminders and left the valley because he could not remain in Ascending Heaven Pavilion for long.
• Xun'er embraced and kissed Li Xiao, and the two became intimate.

Hun Tiandi tried to learn what Gu Yuan had discussed with Lord Li Xiao, but Gu Yuan rebuffed him and Niu Meng warned him to obey the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's rules. After Long Kui's arrival displayed the Pavilion's formidable power, Gu Yuan apologized to Bing Shuang, while Long Kui ate a rare pill ingredient and wondered when Zi Yan would return.

• Hun Tiandi approached Gu Yuan to ask what he had discussed with Lord Li Xiao, but Gu Yuan said he had only come to see his daughter.
• Gu Yuan rebuked Hun Tiandi, and Niu Meng warned that anyone who caused trouble would be expelled from the Auction.
• Hun Tiandi returned to his camp, vowing to make Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan pay once he became a Dou Di expert.
• Bing Shuang warned Gu Yuan not to act recklessly, and Long Kui appeared with the aura of a Half-Step Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan apologized to Bing Shuang after learning her identity, while alchemists recognized the Purple Ling Yan Red Fruit Long Kui was eating.
• Long Kui told Niu Meng that she missed Zi Yan, and Niu Meng said Zi Yan would likely return soon.

Long Kui asked to visit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, but Bailing refused to let her leave without the Pavilion Master's approval. Li Xiao reassured her that Zi Yan would come to Ascending Heaven Pavilion in a month, then spent the following month with Bailing, Cai Lin, and the others as the Auction approached.

• Long Kui complained that she was bored and asked Bailing for permission to visit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Bailing told Long Kui that no one could leave before the Auction and sent her to ask Li Xiao for permission.
• Bailing reported to Li Xiao that Ascending Heaven Pavilion was operating normally, rule-breakers had been killed, and the treasures had been handed over to Mistress Ya Fei.
• Li Xiao told Bailing to reassure Long Kui that Zi Yan would arrive with Zhu Jin and the others in a month.
• Li Xiao spent the next month with Bailing, Cai Lin, and the others, then woke beside Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Cai Lin, Bailing, and Lian Xue.

Zi Yan returned to Ascending Heaven Pavilion and decided to stay there with Li Xiao and the others. As the Auction drew near, powerful visitors gathered, and Spear God Liu Batian claimed to know a Dou Sheng expert in his twenties.

• Zi Yan surprised Li Xiao in his room, reunited with Cai Lin and the others, and went downstairs with them for breakfast.
• Zi Yan said she wanted to remain at Ascending Heaven Pavilion rather than return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Li Xiao accepted her decision.
• Li Xiao learned that the Auction was one month away and began preparing its items, prices, and sale order as powerful experts arrived.
• Spear God Liu Batian told the people around him that he knew a Dou Sheng expert in his twenties, but they doubted him.

The Ancient Eight Great Clans gathered at Ascending Heaven Pavilion for its auction, where Gu Yuan learned that his daughter Xun'er had supposedly become Lord Li Xiao's concubine. As Gu Yuan held Li Muchen, he felt an unprecedented pressure from the child’s Dou Qi.

• Yan Jin learned that the Stone Clan still had not presented its Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment and that it wanted a pill to break through to Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• After a month of waiting, Niu Meng announced the auction and allowed the visitors to enter the valley under strict rules.
• Li Muchen watched the arriving guests with Bailing, then asked her to pick him up; Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi noticed the child and discussed Xun'er.
• Hun Tiandi mocked Gu Yuan by saying Xun'er had come to become Lord Li Xiao's concubine, and Bailing warned the two men to stop talking about her.
• Gu Yuan asked to hold Li Muchen, and Bailing handed the child to him; Gu Yuan immediately felt an extraordinary pressure from Li Muchen's Dou Qi.

Li Muchen met Gu Yuan before Ascending Heaven Pavilion opened its auction, where Xun'er worried that her father’s dissatisfaction would strain his relationship with Li Xiao. Li Xiao reassured her, and Ya Fei began the auction by introducing its first item.

• Li Muchen recognized Gu Yuan as Xun'er's father and called him his grandfather, while Gu Yuan exchanged Spirit Crystal Stones.
• Linglong opened Ascending Heaven Pavilion and directed the guests to seats based on their Spirit Crystals, with powerful clans and experts occupying the upper floors.
• Xun'er feared Gu Yuan's dissatisfaction would cause a rift with Li Xiao, but Li Xiao reassured her and promised to treat her no differently from his principal wife.
• Ya Fei appeared as auctioneer, announced that autographs would cost ten thousand Spirit Crystals, and declared the auction underway.
• Ya Fei introduced the first auction item, which she said would interest the ladies.

Ya Fei revealed the Flowing Cloud Pure Fragrance Pill, an eighth-tier pill that let women advance two stars within three years while preserving their youthful appearance. After Niu Meng silenced a protesting Half Saint, Ya Fei began the auction, where powerful bidders drove the price sharply upward.

• Ya Fei unveiled the Flowing Cloud Pure Fragrance Pill and explained its effects, including that men could preserve their youth but would gain no strength.
• A Half Saint protested that the pill favored women, and Niu Meng rebuked him and warned the crowd not to interrupt the auction.
• Ya Fei set the starting price at ten million Spirit Crystals, leaving experts on the First Floor unable to compete.
• Several experts bid against one another as the pill's price surged.

Azure Cloud Fairy won the Flowing Cloud Pure Fragrance Pill for thirty-five million Spirit Crystals, and the auction moved on to a powerful Heaven Rank Advanced Dou Technique. As bids soared, Gu Yuan offered Half-Step Dou Di blood essence and a Dou Di legacy imprint to compete for it.

• Azure Cloud Fairy decided to bid on the Flowing Cloud Pure Fragrance Pill after Bailing delivered food from Li Xiao.
• Azure Cloud Fairy won the pill for thirty-five million Spirit Crystals.
• Ya Fei unveiled the Heaven Rank Advanced Dou Technique, the Demon-Slaying Soul-Severing Style, and demonstrated its soul-piercing sword aura.
• Gu Yuan considered the technique’s power and resolved to keep it from Hun Tiandi.
• Bidders offered increasingly valuable treasures and techniques for the scroll.
• Gu Yuan bid one drop of Half-Step Dou Di blood essence and a Dou Di expert’s legacy imprint.

Gu Yuan used the Gu Clan’s offer of Half-Step Dou Di blood essence and a Dou Emperor inheritance to provoke Hun Tiandi into spending heavily on the Demon-Slaying Soul-Severing Style. The Gu Clan and the other ancient clans withdrew, leaving Hun Tiandi aware that they had baited him into wasting resources before later auctions.

• Gu Yuan put Half-Step Dou Di blood essence and a Dou Emperor inheritance up for auction, while Xun'er explained that neither treasure had helped the Gu Clan break through.
• Hun Tiandi suspected the other clans wanted the Demon-Slaying Soul-Severing Style and ordered his subordinates to keep raising the bid.
• Hun Shengtian and Nihility Devouring Flame warned Hun Tiandi that overspending could leave the Hun Clan unable to bid on later treasures.
• Hun Tiandi ordered a high bid of a Heaven Rank Advanced Dou Technique, cultivation methods, and valuable pills.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Dao to withdraw, revealing that his offer had been bait to make the Hun Clan spend its resources.
• The other ancient clans gave up, and Hun Tiandi realized they had exploited his fear of the technique to weaken his position in the remaining auctions.

Hun Tiandi won the Heaven Rank Advanced Dou Technique to keep it from the other factions, while the auction revealed the corpse of a Half-Step Dou Di Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast. The chapter left the factions considering bids for the beast and its intact Ninth Order Magic Core.

• Hun Tiandi stopped arguing after winning the Heaven Rank Advanced Dou Technique, and Lei Ying, Lei Yunhe, and Mang Tianchi discussed how the bid would drain the Hun Clan’s resources.
• Ya Fei presented a well-preserved corpse of an Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast, an ancient magical beast that had reached the Half-Step Dou Di realm.
• Zhu Jin explained that human experts had hunted the Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beasts until only one survived, and the North Dragon King considered using its bloodline to strengthen the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Ya Fei revealed that the corpse still held its Magic Core, prompting the factions to recognize the beast’s extraordinary value.

Yao Xingji bid an enormous sum on the Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast, hoping to secure its remains for the Yao Clan, but a mysterious black-robed bidder doubled his offer. Li Xiao recognized the newcomer as Yao Tian, an exiled former Young Clan Leader who had returned to the Yao Clan.

• Yao Xingji persuaded Yao Dan that the Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast's remains could benefit the Yao Clan and gained permission to control the bidding.
• Yao Xingji bid one hundred million Spirit Crystals, one Ninth Grade Treasure Pill, and three Eight Grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pills.
• A mysterious black-robed man doubled Yao Xingji's bid, stunning the auction attendees.
• Li Xiao recognized the black-robed man as Yao Tian, an eighth-grade alchemist once expelled from the Yao Clan for conspiring with the Hun Clan against Yao Dan.
• Yao Dan wondered who the black-robed bidder was while Yao Xingji insisted he would challenge the newcomer for the beast's remains.

Yao Tian provoked the Yao Clan during the auction, while Yao Dan recognized that he might be connected to the Ancient Eight Great Clans. Yao Ling sensed that the black-robed bidder was her long-lost brother, but Ye Chen kept her from leaving until the auction ended.

• Yao Dan stopped Yao Xingji from bidding further on the Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast, and Yao Tian taunted them for backing down.
• Yao Xingji threatened Yao Tian, who revealed that he no longer acknowledged his former ties to the Central Continent.
• Yao Dan asked Yao Tian about his background, and Yao Tian confirmed only vaguely that he had once been connected to it.
• Li Xiao identified Yao Tian as a Four Star Dou Sheng and told Yun Yun that a violent battle might follow the auction.
• Yao Ling sensed her brother's aura in the black-robed man and tried to rush downstairs, but Ye Chen stopped her and promised to take her to Yao Tian after the auction.

At the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction, Yao Tian won the Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast after the Yao Clan withdrew, then Ya Fei unveiled a Small World created by Li Xiao. The Small World’s immense Dou Qi, magical beasts, accelerated time, and fast-growing spiritual treasures impressed the clan leaders as bidding began.

• Yao Dan slapped Yao Xingji for provoking Yao Tian, then withdrew from bidding on the Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast.
• Yao Tian won the Illusory Spirit Void Dragon Beast at the cost of many treasures, but looked melancholy.
• Ya Fei presented Li Xiao’s Small World and showed the clan leaders its vast energy and magical beasts.
• Ya Fei explained that the Small World accelerated time and helped spiritual treasures grow faster, prompting the clan leaders to covet it.
• Ya Fei set the Small World’s starting price at thirty million Spirit Crystals and opened bidding.