Chapter Summaries

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion auctioned the Ice Crystal Cold Jade, which the guest in Box Number Nine won for nine million Gold Coins. Ya Fei then revealed the Jin Gang Sword, a damaged weapon once wielded by Jin Gang Venerable, and explained that the Pavilion Master had adjusted it so a Dou Wang could use it.

• The Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Chu Yun Que, and Wu Protector competed for the Ice Crystal Cold Jade before Wu Protector stopped bidding, and Box Number Nine won it for nine million Gold Coins.
• Ya Fei warned that private fighting was forbidden within fifty li of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, startling Wu Protector as he considered killing the other bidders.
• Ya Fei revealed the Jin Gang Sword, an originally Earth Rank High Grade weapon once used by Jin Gang Venerable, and described its eighth-tier peak magic beast core.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Jin Gang Venerable had killed three Dou Zun Strong and one Half Saint before dying of his wounds.
• Han Feng questioned whether anyone below Dou Zong could use the sword, and Ya Fei said the Pavilion Master had adjusted it so a Dou Wang could wield it.

At Li Xiao’s auction, the Jin Gang Sword sparked fierce bidding among the Black-Corner Region’s powerful factions. Yun Yun entered the contest on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect, refusing to back down when the Gold Silver Two Elders threatened her.

• Li Xiao and Lian Xue discussed the Jin Gang Sword’s value, and Li Xiao said the cultivation technique would be the auction’s final item.
• Ya Fei began bidding on the Jin Gang Sword, and Yuan Yi raised the price to ten million Gold Coins while warning others not to compete.
• Chu Yun Que and the Gold Silver Two Elders joined the bidding, while Han Feng warned Yuan Yi not to squander their funds.
• Yun Leng advised Yun Yun to bid because the sword could strengthen her, and Yun Yun offered twenty-eight million Gold Coins.
• The Gold Silver Two Elders threatened Yun Yun, but she stood firm as they leered at her.

The Gold Silver Two Elders won the Jin Gang Sword, and the auction later revealed the Flame Mantra, a low-ranked cultivation method that could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames. The crowd rushed to bid on it, while Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Han Feng recognized its significance.

• Yun Yun withdrew from the bidding for the Jin Gang Sword, and the Gold Silver Two Elders bought it for Thirty Million Gold Coins.
• Mu Lan San bought the Rank 8 Magical Beast magic core after competing with several Dou Emperors and alchemists.
• Ya Fei unveiled the Flame Mantra and explained that it could evolve endlessly by devouring Heavenly Flames, potentially surpassing the Heaven Rank.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were shocked to see another volume of the Flame Mantra, while Han Feng realized that Yao Chen had discarded it.
• Ya Fei opened bidding on the Flame Mantra at Ten Million Gold Coins, and powerhouses began competing fiercely for it.

Han Feng fought the Soul Hall Protector and the other bidders to obtain the Flame Mantra, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen could only watch. After the Ascending Heaven Pavilion rejected Wu Protector’s request to buy on credit, Han Feng secured the method, though the Soul Hall planned to take it from him later.

• Han Feng raised the bid for the Flame Mantra, but Black-Corner Region experts and his former supporters joined the bidding.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen what they could do, and Yao Chen said they could not outbid Han Feng.
• Wu Protector entered the bidding, driving Han Feng to offer gold coins and high-grade Pill Formulas.
• Wu Protector asked Ya Fei to let him buy on credit, but Niu Meng refused and Lian Xue threatened him with an Ice Arrow.
• Wu Protector backed down, and Han Feng won the Flame Mantra after no one raised the bid further.
• Wu Protector resolved that the Soul Hall would take the Flame Mantra from Han Feng later.

After Han Feng won the Flame Mantra, Ya Fei prepared to auction the final item while Li Xiao urged her to drive up the price. She revealed a tattered map identified as a treasure map for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, leaving the auction hall stunned.

• Han Feng won the Flame Mantra for one hundred fifty million gold coins.
• Li Xiao asked Ya Fei to conduct the final auction and raise the price if possible, since the item was related to Heavenly Flames.
• Linglong and Bing Shuang encouraged Ya Fei and helped calm her before the auction began.
• Ya Fei revealed a tattered piece of cloth, prompting jeers and complaints from the crowd.
• Han Feng recognized the cloth as a map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Ya Fei announced that the item was a treasure map for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, stunning the auction hall.

Pill King Gu He won the Fragment of Purification Lotus Demon Flame at the auction, despite the interest of Han Feng and Xiao Yan. He left with Yan Shi and Feng Li as the other factions watched him closely.

• Ya Fei revealed that the remnant map was connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and opened bidding at five million Gold Coins.
• Han Feng urged the Black-Corner Region experts to help him buy the map, but they refused and discussed taking it by force later.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen realized they could not afford to bid and considered waiting for the chaos after the auction.
• After two Fifth-Rank Alchemists bid the price up to around eighteen million Gold Coins, Gu He offered twenty million and drove them to withdraw.
• Ya Fei sold the map to Gu He, who left the auction with Yan Shi and Feng Li while others watched them.

After the auction, Xiao Yan prepared to reclaim the Flame Mantra fragment map while Li Xiao used his auction earnings to unlock and complete ten lottery draws. Li Xiao gained several powerful rewards and began considering how to acquire more treasures before his quest deadline.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that his restored strength was enough to reclaim the Flame Mantra fragment map, and Xiao Yan vanished to begin the fight.
• Li Xiao recovered 280 million Gold Coins from the auction, which the System converted into 28,000 System Coins and credited toward his quest.
• The System unlocked the lottery function and gave Li Xiao ten drawing opportunities as a reward for auctioning an item for 150 million.
• Li Xiao used a Ten Consecutive Draw and received several techniques, pills, spirit herbs, a Nine Nether Wind Flame, and a Six Star Dou Zun Strong Card that required him to reach the Dou King Realm to unlock.
• Li Xiao considered seeking the Fragment of Purification Lotus Demon Flame in the Tagor Desert and obtaining another Green Lotus Core Flame to auction.

Li Xiao and Lian Xue traveled into the Tagor Desert to find the fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After discovering that the map shopkeeper was Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, Li Xiao offered to trade for the map, but Hai Bodong attacked him.

• Li Xiao prepared to search the Tagor Desert with Lian Xue for a Heavenly Flame and the fragmentary map.
• Lian Xue sensed four Snake-People Race elders more than a thousand kilometers away, but Li Xiao chose to continue toward the map instead.
• Li Xiao and Lian Xue reached a desert shop, where Lian Xue found the map fragment among the scrolls.
• Li Xiao recognized the shopkeeper as Hai Bodong and offered to trade for the fragment.
• Hai Bodong refused and sent dozens of ice pillars sweeping toward Li Xiao.

Li Xiao and Lian Xue confronted Hai Bodong over his Map Fragment, and Lian Xue overwhelmed the Ice Emperor without killing him. Hai Bodong explained that Queen Medusa had sealed his strength and agreed to trade the fragment and three favors for a medicinal pill.

• Hai Bodong's ice attack was turned back by Lian Xue, who shattered his shield and nearly killed him before Li Xiao told her to show mercy.
• Lian Xue froze the desert and defeated Hai Bodong's strongest technique, leaving him convinced she might be a Dou Zun.
• Lian Xue introduced herself and Li Xiao, and Li Xiao explained that he had spared Hai Bodong because of his loyalty and righteousness.
• Hai Bodong revealed that Queen Medusa had sealed his strength at the Dou Ling level with the Serpent Sealing Curse.
• Li Xiao asked Hai Bodong for his Map Fragment, and Hai Bodong offered it and three principled favors in exchange for a medicinal pill.

Li Xiao gave Hai Bodong a Breaking Obstacle Pill in exchange for his map fragment, allowing the Ice Emperor to break his seal and recover his Dou Huang strength. Li Xiao left with the fragment and a map of the Green Lotus Core Flame, while he and Lian Xue headed deeper into the Tagor Desert.

• Li Xiao gave Hai Bodong a Breaking Obstacle Pill after agreeing to trade it for the map fragment and information about the Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong took the pill to his Secret Chamber and broke the seal that had suppressed his Dou Huang strength.
• Hai Bodong returned the Purification Lotus Demon Flame map fragment to Li Xiao and gave him his map marking the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The system identified Hai Bodong's fragment as part of the Purification Lotus Demon Flame map, and Li Xiao realized he could collect the fragments to unlock the complete map.
• Li Xiao explained to Lian Xue that befriending Hai Bodong could bring the Ascending Heaven Pavilion access to the Mittel Family's resources.
• Lian Xue warned Li Xiao that magical beasts were common as they approached the depths of the Tagor Desert.

Li Xiao reached the Tagor Desert in search of a Heavenly Flame and was attacked by Snake-People. He killed their fighters, then rested with Lian Xue and the Amethyst Winged Lion King while planning to find a mercenary group to search the area.

• Li Xiao arrived in the part of the Tagor Desert where Hai Bodong’s map suggested a Heavenly Flame might be hidden and decided he would need a mercenary group to search for it.
• A group of Snake-People surrounded Li Xiao and Lian Xue, and their second-in-command threatened them before ordering his warriors to attack.
• Li Xiao stopped Lian Xue from intervening, revealed his Dou Qi Armor, and killed the fleeing second-in-command and the other Snake-People fighters.
• Li Xiao asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King why the Snake-People had not feared him, and the beast said it had let Li Xiao practice.
• Lian Xue roasted a Tier 5 Magical Beast, and Li Xiao and the Amethyst Winged Lion King ate the meat by the campfire.

Li Xiao and Lian Xue arrived in Stone Desert City, where Li Xiao rescued Qing Lin from a merchant and recognized her as the bearer of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Qing Lin led them to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Li Xiao intended to commission a task.

• Li Xiao and Lian Xue reached Stone Desert City and entered after explaining that Li Xiao wanted to hire a mercenary group.
• Li Xiao stopped a merchant from striking Qing Lin and paid ten Gold Coins for the porcelain she had broken.
• Li Xiao learned Qing Lin's name and recognized her as a human and Snake-Person descendant with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Li Xiao asked Qing Lin to guide him and Lian Xue to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and she led them there.

Li Xiao hired the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to locate the Green Lotus Core Flame near Stone Desert City. After Lian Xue confirmed the Heavenly Flame lay underground, the searchers found traces of a passage as night fell.

• Xue Lan brought Li Xiao and Lian Xue to captains Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who agreed to search for an item marked on Li Xiao’s map.
• Li Xiao gave the brothers a hundred Gold Coins as a deposit and promised a thousand more upon completion of the search.
• The Desert Iron Mercenary Group searched near the Sha Zhi Mercenary Group’s territory while Xiao Ding arranged patrols to watch for interference.
• Lian Xue sensed violent energy beneath the sand and confirmed the Heavenly Flame was somewhere underground, though its entrance remained hidden.
• Lian Xue spotted people approaching from a distant dune, and Li Xiao told her to kill them if they interfered.
• A mercenary reported to Xiao Ding that Third Squad had found traces of a passage.

Li Xiao and Lian Xue reached the underground passage, where Lian Xue killed Luo Bu and the Sha Zhi Mercenary Group after they tried to stop them. Qing Lin agreed to go to a safe place Li Xiao chose for her, while Li Xiao and Lian Xue descended into the passage toward the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• The Desert Iron Mercenary Group found the underground entrance, but Luo Bu and Mo Xing arrived and tried to claim the territory for the Sha Zhi Mercenary Group.
• Lian Xue killed Mo Xing with an ice blade, then defeated Luo Bu with a single strike; Luo Bu's explosion and Lian Xue's attack wiped out the Sha Zhi Mercenary Group.
• Li Xiao gave Xiao Ding the remaining payment and showed him a map location where Qing Lin could be protected.
• Qing Lin agreed to go to the location and asked Li Xiao to be careful, and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group arranged to escort her there.
• Li Xiao and Lian Xue descended through the blazing underground passage, where Li Xiao recognized it as the hiding place of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Li Xiao and Lian Xue descended into the magma pool to find the Green Lotus Core Flame, killing the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake that guarded the way. They reached the Heavenly Flame and contained it, leaving it unable to resist.

• Lian Xue detected a creature beneath the magma, and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged and attacked Li Xiao.
• The snake summoned flame copies and tried to strike Li Xiao, but Lian Xue froze it and beheaded it.
• Two Fourth Rank magical cores flew from the snake, and Li Xiao caught them before he and Lian Xue descended into the magma.
• Lian Xue protected Li Xiao as they passed through increasingly hot magma and approached the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Li Xiao and Lian Xue found the Green Lotus Core Flame on a green lotus, and Lian Xue's energy prevented it from escaping.

Li Xiao took the Green Lotus Core Flame and its treasures, then traveled with his companions to the Snake-People Race’s Holy Land to meet Queen Medusa. Their arrival sparked a confrontation, leaving Li Xiao frustrated as the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Yue Mei clashed.

• Lian Xue suppressed the Green Lotus Core Flame and delivered it to Li Xiao, who stored it in the system and claimed the Qinglian Throne and Qinglian Seeds.
• Li Xiao and his companions reached an oasis in the Tagor Desert, where the Amethyst Winged Lion King recalled Queen Medusa defeating him in the past.
• Yue Mei confronted the group after the Amethyst Winged Lion King openly released his aura near the Snake-People Race’s Holy Land.
• Queen Medusa arrived with Yue Mei and questioned why the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Qingjin Beast were traveling with humans.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King stopped Yue Mei’s attack on Li Xiao with a roar, leaving Li Xiao exasperated by the quarrel.

Li Xiao met Queen Medusa and offered to obtain a Heavenly Flame in exchange for her cooperation, while Lian Xue injured Yue Mei and intimidated the Snake-People leaders. After Li Xiao revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, Medusa accepted that he could fulfill the bargain and agreed to honor her promises.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King revealed that the Pavilion Master's help had raised his strength to the peak of the Dou Emperor realm, and Lian Xue struck Yue Mei down when she insulted Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao introduced himself as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion and offered Queen Medusa a deal involving a Heavenly Flame that could help her advance to the Dou Zong realm.
• Queen Medusa promised three requests if Li Xiao produced a Heavenly Flame within three days, while Great Elder Yin Shi withdrew with the injured Yue Mei.
• Li Xiao revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, startling Medusa and the Snake-People, who feared its powerful aura.
• Medusa agreed to honor her promise but warned Li Xiao that she would kill him if he deceived her.

Li Xiao negotiated with Queen Medusa to exchange the Green Lotus Core Flame for the Snake-People Race’s Gold Coins. After learning of Li Xiao’s abilities and paying him one hundred million Gold Coins, Medusa received the Heavenly Flame but remained wary of him.

• Queen Medusa asked Li Xiao what he wanted for the Green Lotus Core Flame, and he requested Gold Coins.
• Queen Medusa ordered Yin Shi to bring out all the Gold Coins in the treasury.
• Lian Xue teased Li Xiao about admiring Medusa, and he spat out his tea, splashing Yan Ci.
• Queen Medusa questioned Li Xiao about helping the Amethyst Winged Lion King reach Half-Step Dou Zong, and Li Xiao said the beast would advance to Dou Zong within a year.
• Yin Shi reported that the treasury held one hundred million Gold Coins, and Queen Medusa offered them for the flame.
• Li Xiao threw the Green Lotus Core Flame to Queen Medusa, who caught it after insisting on a simultaneous exchange.

Li Xiao used Queen Medusa’s promise to secure three requests, offering her three Seven-Rank Transformation Pills in exchange. His first request was that she accompany him to the Beast Mountain Range, where he promised to help the Snake-People Race leave the Tagor Desert within three years.

• After Queen Medusa paid Li Xiao for the Green Lotus Core Flame, Li Xiao invoked her earlier promise to grant him three requests, and Mo Bas attacked him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King struck Mo Bas away, while Lian Xue subdued the Snake-People Race’s chiefs with her pressure.
• Li Xiao offered Queen Medusa three Seven-Rank Transformation Pills, and she agreed to hear his requests as long as they did not violate her principles.
• Li Xiao asked Queen Medusa to follow him to the Beast Mountain Range, but she initially refused because the Snake-People Race needed its ruler.
• Li Xiao promised Queen Medusa that he would help the Snake-People Race find a prosperous new home and leave the Tagor Desert within three years.

Queen Medusa agreed to help the Ascending Heaven Pavilion in exchange for Li Xiao’s support in moving the Snake-People Race to the Beast Mountain Range. After handing the tribe’s affairs to Great Elder Yin Shi, she left with Yue Mei and Li Xiao, who asked whether she would consider changing her name.

• Queen Medusa accepted Li Xiao’s offer to help establish a Snake-People territory in the Beast Mountain Range and agreed to serve as a Guest Elder for one year.
• Li Xiao told Queen Medusa to prepare to leave, and she spent the next two days arranging her departure and handing the tribe’s affairs to Great Elder Yin Shi.
• Queen Medusa gave three Seven-Rank Transformation Pills to the four elders and left the Tagor Desert with Yue Mei to follow Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao learned that the Interest Fruit he had eaten could inflame his lust, and Lian Xue dispelled its effects after he punished the Amethyst Winged Lion King for tricking him.
• Queen Medusa and Li Xiao traveled toward the Beast Mountain Range with Lian Xue, whose power convinced Queen Medusa she was above the Dou Zong realm.
• Li Xiao asked Queen Medusa whether she would change her name, and she replied that every queen had been called Medusa.