Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao ordered the Emperor Pill to capture the Embryonic Emperor Pill, promising to help it become human in return. The Emperor Pill subdued its opponent and delivered it to Li Xiao, who sealed it in a Medicine Bottle and reaffirmed his promise.

• The Emperor Pill took human form, bowed to Li Xiao, and agreed to capture the Embryonic Emperor Pill in exchange for a chance to become human.
• Li Xiao sat with Zhu Kun to drink tea as the two pills fought, and the Embryonic Emperor Pill's attacks failed to harm its opponent.
• The Emperor Pill used golden chains formed from its blood to suppress the Embryonic Emperor Pill and force it back into pill form.
• The Emperor Pill handed the captured Embryonic Emperor Pill to Li Xiao, who stored it in a Medicine Bottle and promised to honor their agreement.

Li Xiao struck the Tou She Ancient God's statue and revealed the Source of the Emperor, which chose to envelop him. As Bailing's people evacuated the cave mansion, Hun Tiandi and other experts rushed toward the site.

• Bailing reported that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion had collected twenty-one Heavenly Flames, with Nihility Devouring Flame and the top-ranked Emperor Flame still missing.
• Zhu Kun explained that the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion held an Embryonic Emperor Pill and Original Emperor Qi, while Bailing said the Pavilion possessed plenty of Original Emperor Qi.
• Li Xiao used a Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak Experience Card and punched the statue, triggering strange phenomena across the Northwest Continent as Hun Tiandi led the Hun Clan army toward the cave mansion.
• The statue cracked open at its chest, releasing the Source of the Emperor, whose power forced Zhu Kun to his knees before it wrapped around Li Xiao.
• Bailing ordered Linglong to evacuate everyone and prevent intruders from disturbing Li Xiao, and Linglong carried the weakened Zhu Kun away with the others.

The leaders of the Ancient Clans entered the Tou She Ancient God’s space hoping to claim its treasures, but Linglong and Bing Shuang barred their way while Li Xiao remained inside. Zhu Kun revealed that Li Xiao had already taken the Embryonic Emperor Pill and the other treasures, leaving the clan leaders waiting outside as another explosion shook the space.

• Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan, and the other Ancient Clan leaders agreed to enter the Magma World and investigate the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi he could not sense the Embryonic Emperor Pill until they entered, and feared Li Xiao had already taken it.
• Linglong and Bing Shuang blocked the clan leaders from entering the inner space and threatened to kill anyone who crossed their boundary.
• Nihility Devouring Flame confirmed that Li Xiao had likely captured the Embryonic Emperor Pill, while Linglong refused Yan Jin’s request to observe him.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi recognized Zhu Kun, who revealed he was still alive and challenged them about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• An explosion sounded from inside, and Zhu Kun warned the clan leaders that Li Xiao had taken the Embryonic Emperor Pill, Heaven Rank Dou Techniques, and cultivation methods.

Li Xiao met Tou She Ancient God in the Different Flame Ocean and learned that the vanished Source of the Emperor was the only way to reach Dou Di. Tou She Ancient God offered him his inheritance, but Li Xiao chose to give it to his family, moving the ancient god with his devotion.

• Li Xiao met Tou She Ancient God in the Different Flame Ocean and discussed the disappearance of the Source of the Emperor from the Dou Qi Continent.
• Tou She Ancient God explained that the remaining Original Emperor Qi had been gathered into the Embryonic Emperor Pill and offered Li Xiao his inheritance.
• Li Xiao refused to keep the inheritance for himself, saying his wives were more suited to receive it and that he wanted to care for his family.
• Li Xiao explained his devotion to his family, and Tou She Ancient God laughed and praised him as the most devoted man he had ever seen.

Li Xiao revealed the Source of the Emperor to Tou She Ancient God, then left the cave with Bailing and announced an auction for half a year later. Back at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, Zhu Kun entered the valley to meet Zi Yan but could not find her.

• Li Xiao refused Tou She Ancient God's inheritance, then showed him the abundant Source of the Emperor and confirmed he already knew about the higher plane.
• Tou She Ancient God warned Li Xiao that Dou Emperors were not supreme in the higher world, then vanished as the cave began to collapse.
• Li Xiao left the cave with Bailing, promised an auction in half a year featuring the Embryonic Emperor Pill and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and gave Heaven Rank Dou Techniques to Gu Yuan, Zhu Jin, Yao Dan, and Lei Ying.
• Hun Tiandi and the other clan chiefs left the collapsing cave after realizing its treasures had been taken.
• At Ascending Heaven Pavilion, Li Xiao urged Zhu Kun to meet Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun entered the valley but could not find her.

Li Xiao returned and helped Zi Yan reunite with her father, Zhu Kun, before focusing on raising Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s strength. Four months later, Li Xiao had reached Nine Star Dou Sheng, but with less than two months until the Auction, he turned to preparing its treasures while Li Xiyuan asked when Li Muchen would return.

• Li Xiao reunited with Li Xiyuan and introduced Zhu Kun, whose presence led Zi Yan to realize he was her father.
• Zi Yan rejected Zhu Kun at first, but Li Xiao comforted her, and she agreed to accept Zhu Kun after he promised never to abandon her again.
• Li Xiao spent four months using pills and enhancement Spirit Liquids to help Ascending Heaven Pavilion members improve their strength, reaching Nine Star Dou Sheng himself.
• Li Xiao began organizing the treasures for the Auction, which was less than two months away.
• Li Xiyuan told Li Xiao that she missed Li Muchen, who had been away for a year.

Li Muchen stayed behind to roam the continent after Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, while the major clans gathered at the Beast Mountain Range for the Embryonic Emperor Pill auction. Hun Tiandi planned to seize the pill, and the other Ancient Clans allied to stop him.

• Li Muchen and Xiao Yi Xian let a group of experts go after Li Muchen taught them a lesson, and Xiao Yi Xian urged him to return home.
• Li Muchen refused to leave the continent, so Xiao Yi Xian gave him protective treasures and half a year to train before returning to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Muchen put on the mask he had stolen from his father and declared himself the Punishing Evil and Promoting Good Envoy.
• Hun Tiandi confirmed that the Hun Clan had prepared to prevent anyone who obtained the Embryonic Emperor Pill from leaving the Northwest Continent alive.
• Gu Yuan and the leaders of the other Ancient Clans agreed to keep Hun Tiandi from obtaining the pill, and Gu Yuan warned them that Hun Tiandi also intended to devour the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

Li Xiao received a system quest to earn ten billion Spirit Crystals within a year and prepared to expand Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction. Outside the pavilion, Zhu Huo challenged Zhu Jin and the other Dragon Kings over their plans for Zi Yan, while Zhu Jin secretly plotted to kill him.

• The system assigned Li Xiao a one-year quest to earn ten billion Spirit Crystals, and he realized he had already spent most of his savings.
• Li Xiao ordered Bailing to add precious treasures to the auction list and told Bing Shuang to let the Ancient Void Dragon Clan stay only if they came to auction.
• Zhu Huo told Zhu Jin that Zi Yan’s subjects should respect her choice to stay away from the clan.
• The North Dragon King defended Zhu Jin, but Zhu Huo suspected the Dragon Kings were concealing a plot involving Zi Yan and the disappearances of royal Ancient Dragons.
• Zhu Jin decided he would have to kill Zhu Huo to take control of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Zhu Kun returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and confronted Zhu Jin, who had seized power and split the clan. Zhu Jin blamed Zhu Kun for the discrimination he had suffered because of his impure imperial bloodline.

• Zhu Huo accused Zhu Jin of killing clansmen to strengthen his bloodline and threatened to report him to the Dragon King.
• The North Dragon King threatened Zhu Huo, and Zhu Jin seized him by the throat after he denounced Zhu Jin before the crowd.
• Zhu Kun emerged from the valley, and his Dragon Emperor bloodline forced the North, South, and West Dragon Kings and the others to kneel.
• Zhu Huo recognized Zhu Kun and tearfully welcomed the returning Old Dragon King.
• Zhu Jin accused Zhu Kun of abandoning him to prejudice and challenged why Zhu Kun had enjoyed imperial privilege while he had been mocked for his bloodline.

Zhu Jin’s resentment toward Zhu Kun and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan came to a head at Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Niu Meng enforced the pavilion’s rules and Zhu Kun killed his younger brother. Zhu Kun left with Zhu Jin’s body and magic core as the leaders of the rival clans welcomed the fall of a Nine Star Dou Sheng.

• Zhu Jin accused Zhu Kun, Zi Ji, and the clan of mistreating him for his impure bloodline, and Zhu Kun tried to explain that Zi Rou had loved Zhu Jin and that he had mistaken her for Zi Ji.
• Zhu Huo revealed that Zi Rou had died five hundred years earlier by Zhu Jin’s hand, and Zhu Jin lost control and charged forward.
• Niu Meng seized Zhu Jin and warned that fighting was forbidden in Ascending Heaven Pavilion, while Zi Yan followed the North Dragon King and his companions as they tried to leave.
• Zhu Jin attacked Zhu Kun despite the warning, so Niu Meng speared him for breaking the pavilion’s rules and Zhu Kun extracted his magic core and killed him.
• Huang Tian and Yao Ming mocked the fall of the Ancient Void Dragon elder, and Zhu Kun carried Zhu Jin’s corpse toward the valley.

Zhu Kun learned from Li Xiao that Zhu Jin had used a blood-drinking blade and sacrificed his clan’s royal bloodline in pursuit of imperial power. Xiao Yi Xian returned to Li Xiao and confessed her feelings, while Li Xiao said he would consider how to handle their relationship.

• Li Xiao told Zhu Kun that Zhu Jin had obtained Zhu Kun’s blood through a blade and had likely planned to kill him.
• Zhu Kun learned that Zhu Jin had sought to awaken his imperial bloodline by sacrificing the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s royal bloodline, then thanked Li Xiao and left to await the auction.
• Li Xiao sensed Xiao Yi Xian’s return and welcomed her after she revealed that Mu Chen was still training in the Eastern Continent.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Li Xiao that she had feelings for him, and he drew her into his arms and said he would think of a way forward.

Li Xiao used a crystal ball to reassure Yun Yun that their son, Li Muchen, was safe, while the Ascending Heaven Pavilion prepared for its auction. As the guests gathered, the clan leaders swore a binding oath to cooperate over the Embryonic Emperor Pill, and the auction was about to begin.

• Li Xiao showed Yun Yun a projection of Li Muchen traveling safely through a forest, and Yun Yun watched it through the night.
• Over the next two months, Li Xiao and the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Protectors prepared for the auction and controlled the powerful guests outside the valley.
• Niu Meng killed intruders who tried to enter the pavilion secretly, then allowed the guests to enter under strict rules.
• Lei Ying persuaded Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders to sit together so they could coordinate against Hun Tiandi during the auction.
• Yan Jin proposed that the clans agree not to seize the Embryonic Emperor Pill from one another, and the leaders swore a soul oath binding them to the pact.
• Niu Meng announced the auction's imminent start, and the guests cautiously entered the valley.

Li Xiao used the Kunpeng Creation Art to forge a new physical body for the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, delaying Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction while he worked. After the Demon Saint entered the body and Li Xiao stabilized its energy, the auction began that night.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion as experts from across the world gathered for the auction and its Embryonic Emperor Pill.
• Bailing postponed the auction for half an hour and ordered the Protectors to leave while Li Xiao handled business inside.
• Li Xiao created a physical body with the Kunpeng Creation Art and told the Yellow Springs Demon Saint to enter it before the body could mutate.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint fused with the new body as Li Xiao regulated its meridians and Qi Cyclone, and the unstable power gradually settled.
• Linglong opened Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s doors that night and invited the waiting guests inside to begin the auction.

As the auction prepared to begin, Li Xiao restored Yellow Springs Demon Saint and explained why the resurrection did not defy heavenly law. After telling his sleepy daughter Li Xiyuan a story, Li Xiao sent her to bed and stayed with Cai Lin.

• Experts from the Ancient Eight Great Clans, the Three Great Beast Clans, and other continents gathered for the auction after sensing a powerful disturbance at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Yellow Springs Demon Saint thanked Li Xiao for restoring his body and pledged to serve the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao told Cai Lin that Yellow Springs Demon Saint's soul had never dissipated, so he had not truly died.
• Li Xiyuan asked her parents for a story, and Li Xiao agreed to tell her about the Battle of the Two Gods.
• Li Xiyuan fell asleep in Li Xiao's arms, and he used a Space Wormhole to send her back to her room.
• Li Xiao invited Cai Lin to continue spending time together, and she sat on his lap.

Ya Fei opened the auction by presenting a Flame Demon Dragon magic core, a rare treasure that drew the interest of alchemists. The Pill Tower decided to bid for it while the Ancient Eight Great Clans held back, focused on the Embryonic Emperor Pill.

• Ya Fei began the auction and displayed a Ninth Order Magical Beast Magic Core from the extinct Flame Demon Dragon.
• Zhu Kun recognized the core and questioned how the Ascending Heaven Pavilion had obtained one so pure.
• Ya Fei said her husband had personally obtained the core, and the experts confirmed its identity with their Soul Power.
• Alchemists began bidding, while members of the Ancient Eight Great Clans refrained from competing as they saved their resources for the Embryonic Emperor Pill.
• Xuan Kongzi urged the Pill Tower to pursue the core, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor approved the bidding.

Pill Tower and Blood Fiend Old Ghost fought over the Flame Magic Dragon Magic Core, driving its price to extraordinary heights. The Pill Tower Old Ancestor stopped Xuan Kongzi from bidding further after Blood Fiend Old Ghost made an enormous offer.

• Xuan Kongzi bid on the Magic Core for Pill Tower, but Blood Fiend Old Ghost repeatedly raised the price.
• Li Xiao told Cai Lin that Blood Fiend Old Ghost was a ruthless alchemist, and they discussed the harsh rule that the strong survived.
• Xuan Kongzi raised Pill Tower's offer to eighty-one million Spirit Crystals and an Eight Grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pill.
• Blood Fiend Old Ghost offered three Eight Grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pills, ten Eight-Colored Pill Lightning Pills, and eighty million Spirit Crystals.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor stopped Xuan Kongzi from bidding again, saying the offer exceeded their resources and that the Pavilion's barriers prevented them from losing face.

After the Flame Demon Dragon’s Magic Core went to Blood Fiend Old Ghost, Ya Fei revealed the Illusory Sword, a weapon that could conceal itself and strike without warning. The Ancient Eight Great Clans admired its power but hesitated to bid, wanting to save their resources for the Embryonic Emperor Pill.

• Xuan Kongzi withdrew from the bidding, and Blood Fiend Old Ghost won the Flame Demon Dragon’s Magic Core with three Eight Grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Pills, ten Eight-Colored Pill Lightning Pills, and eighty million Spirit Crystals.
• Ya Fei introduced the Illusory Sword and explained that its ancient Ninth Order Magical Beast Magic Core let its wielder become invisible and conceal the weapon’s aura.
• At the crowd’s request, Ya Fei infused the Illusory Sword with Dou Qi, making it disappear before it reappeared with a sudden sword strike above the spectators.
• Gu Yuan and the other Ancient Eight Great Clans leaders recognized the sword’s power but weighed its value against their desire to preserve resources for the Embryonic Emperor Pill.

Hun Tiandi weighed Star Plucking Old Ghost’s advice to prioritize the Illusory Sword over the Embryonic Emperor Pill, then the auction for the sword began. The bidding continued to climb as powerful experts offered pills, cultivation methods, techniques, and Spirit Crystals.

• Nihility Devouring Flame warned Hun Tiandi that the other families had joined forces and might block the Hun Clan from winning the Embryonic Emperor Pill.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost suggested bidding for the Illusory Sword instead, arguing it could help the Hun Clan defeat the other clan leaders later.
• Hun Shengtian struck Star Plucking Old Ghost for speaking out, but Hun Tiandi stopped him and agreed to consider the suggestion.
• Hun Tiandi praised Star Plucking Old Ghost and promised he could become Soul Hall’s Hall Master if the Hun Clan obtained the Embryonic Emperor Pill.
• Ya Fei opened bidding for the Illusory Sword, and the crowd and Third Floor experts offered increasingly valuable treasures.
• Long Kui told Ya Fei she had come to keep her company after Zi Yan went to be with her father.

Li Xiao watched the Hun Clan bid on the Illusory Sword instead of the Embryonic Emperor Pill, while Hun Tiandi explained that he meant to trick the other Ancient Clans into spending their resources. The Hun Clan won the sword after its rivals withdrew, leaving Hun Tiandi’s plan to pursue the Embryonic Emperor Pill intact.

• Li Xiao refused Bailing’s offer to kill Hun Tiandi, saying that protecting the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s reputation mattered more than eliminating a potential threat.
• Hun Tiandi had Star Plucking Old Ghost bid several Eighth-Rank Pills for the Illusory Sword, despite Hun Shengtian and Nihility Devouring Flame questioning the expense.
• Hun Tiandi told Hun Shengtian and Nihility Devouring Flame that he wanted the other clans to assume the Hun Clan would not compete for the Embryonic Emperor Pill and waste their resources on other treasures.
• Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders discussed the Hun Clan’s bid, then chose to yield the Illusory Sword rather than spend resources needed for the Embryonic Emperor Pill.
• Ya Fei declared the Hun Clan’s Box Number Two the winner of the Illusory Sword after the other bidders withdrew.

Ya Fei introduced the Jinling Battle Armor, an ancient suit said to have belonged to a Dou Di who went to the Great Thousand World and capable of withstanding attacks from Half-Step Dou Di experts. As the auction escalated, Gu Yuan and the other Ancient Clan leaders resolved to keep it from Hun Tiandi, and the bidding remained fierce.

• Ya Fei revealed the Jinling Battle Armor and recounted its history as the armor of a Dou Di who had departed for the Great Thousand World.
• Ya Fei said the armor could withstand attacks from Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak experts and could not be damaged by a Half-Step Dou Di, prompting Gu Yuan and the other experts to rise from their seats.
• Gu Yuan warned the leaders beside him that Hun Tiandi must not obtain the armor, and Yao Dan agreed that the Hun Clan would become too dangerous if it did.
• The bidders drove the price upward as the major Ancient Clans joined forces in their resolve to deny the armor to Hun Tiandi.
• The Hun Clan bid One Hundred Million Spirit Crystals and two eighth-grade Six-Colored Pill Lightning pills, then Gu Yuan and the others countered with One Hundred Thirty Million Spirit Crystals and two Heaven Rank Mid-Level Dou Skills.