Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao revealed himself as the masked Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion and presented Emperor-Grade Spirit Liquid at the auction. He explained its immense power and rarity, leaving the assembled clans stunned as the auction of the final treasures continued.

• Ya Fei announced that someone else would personally auction the final two treasures, and Li Xiao appeared on the Crystal Stage wearing an Evil Ghost Mask.
• Li Xiao identified himself as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and experts who tried to probe his strength suffered severe backlash.
• Lin Dong recognized similarities between Li Xiao’s aura and that of people he had encountered after arriving in the Great Thousand World.
• Li Xiao unveiled a bottle of pale blue Spirit Liquid and identified its contents as a drop of Emperor-Grade Spirit Liquid made from ten Emperor Pills.
• Li Xiao said the drop could kill an Earth Supreme Realm expert but could also help ten Ascending Heaven Realm cultivators become Supremes.
• Li Xiao stressed that the Spirit Liquid’s greatest distinction was its rarity, noting that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion possessed only three drops.

Li Xiao explained that only exceptionally talented Ascending Heaven Realm cultivators could safely absorb the Spirit Liquid, and the auction sparked fierce bidding among the major factions. The Bone God Clan raised the price sharply, while Xue Lingzi suspected the bid was meant to drain the Blood God Clan’s resources.

• Li Xiao explained that Spirit Liquid could kill Supreme experts but help exceptionally talented Ascending Heaven Realm cultivators break through.
• The auction began, and the bidders offered rare treasures while Lin Dong, Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Zi Yan discussed the Spirit Liquid.
• Xue Lingzi ordered the Blood God Clan to compete for the Spirit Liquid to keep it from strengthening rival factions.
• A Blood God Clan elder bid six High-Rank God-level Weapons and two Upper Grade God Rank Spiritual Skills.
• Gu Mie told the Bone God Clan elders to bid aggressively to drain their rivals’ resources, and they raised the price to ten High-Rank God-level Weapons and five God-level Spiritual Skills.
• Xue Lingzi blamed Luo Tianshen and the others for the high bid, while Xue Yi suggested they might be raising the price at random.

The Blood God Clan abandoned its bid for the Spirit Liquid, suspecting the Bone God Clan was trying to drain its resources before the final auction item. Li Kun of the Strength God Clan then raised the bid, provoking a clash with his elders and a confrontation with Gu Mie that Li Xiao stopped with a warning.

• Xue Yi and Blood Eye persuaded Xue Lingzi that the Bone God Clan’s high bids were a trap, and Xue Lingzi withdrew the Blood God Clan from the auction.
• Gu Mie berated the Bone God Clan elder who had proposed the costly bid after the Blood God Clan stopped raising the price.
• Li Kun bid eleven High-Rank God-level Weapons and three volumes of High-Rank God-level Cultivation Method Spiritual Skills for the Spirit Liquid, despite his elders’ objections.
• The Strength God Clan Great Elder stormed out, vowing to report Li Kun to the former Clan Leader, while the other elders left him to continue bidding.
• Gu Mie and Li Kun exchanged threats until Li Xiao warned them to obey the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules.

Li Xiao revealed the Mirror Breaking Sword, a low-rank Sacred Weapon that could absorb heaven-and-earth spiritual energy and advance in rank, and set a staggering minimum bid. After a bidder charged the stage to seize it, Niu Meng killed him and warned the crowd not to interfere, leaving the auction poised to begin.

• Li Kun won the Spirit Liquid after Li Xiao's presence silenced the rival bidders, though he was pained by the high price.
• Li Xiao presented the ordinary-looking Mirror Breaking Sword and explained that it was a low-rank Sacred Weapon embedded with a Supreme Realm spirit beast's magic core.
• Li Xiao demonstrated the sword's power and revealed that it could absorb spiritual energy to advance into a mid-rank Sacred Weapon, shocking the auction hall.
• A Third Grade Supreme charged toward the Crystal Stage to seize the sword, but Niu Meng killed him and gave his body to the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Niu Meng warned the crowd against entering the stage, and Li Xiao set the sword's minimum bid at ten High-Rank God-level Weapons and three volumes of Upper Grade God Rank Spiritual Skills.

Winter Old Man and Ling Zhanzi of the Western Heaven Battle Hall arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion while the final auction item was being sold. After greeting Li Xiao and entering the pavilion, Ling Zhanzi pursued Bailing, who rebuffed him.

• Gu Mie offered thirteen High-Rank God-level Weapons, four High-Rank God-level Cultivation Method Spiritual Skills, and a God-level Movement Skill for the low-grade Sacred Weapon.
• Winter Old Man and Ling Zhanzi arrived at Ascending Heaven Pavilion amid falling snow, and the gathered patriarchs recognized the Western Heaven Battle Hall elder and Saint Child.
• Li Xiao introduced himself as the pavilion’s lord, and Winter Old Man acknowledged his strength before accepting an invitation to enter the auction.
• Winter Old Man and Ling Zhanzi entered the pavilion, where the assembled experts greeted Winter Old Man and Bailing directed them to the third floor.
• Ling Zhanzi tried to court Bailing and reach for her hand, but Bailing insulted him and rejected his advances.

Bailing intimidated Ling Zhanzi after he offended her, and Li Xiao warned Winter Old not to use the Western Heaven Battle Hall’s reputation to pressure the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. The auction began with the Mirror Breaking Sword revealed as a low-grade Sacred Weapon, and Winter Old made a commanding bid as the other bidders hesitated.

• Bailing released her aura against Ling Zhanzi, and Winter Old helped him withstand it before ordering him to apologize.
• Li Xiao comforted Bailing and told Winter Old that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would not tolerate anyone trampling on its dignity.
• Luo Tianshen worried that Li Xiao’s defiance would provoke the Western Heaven Battle Hall, while the auction resumed.
• Winter Old identified the Mirror Breaking Sword as a low-grade Sacred Weapon, then bid a large collection of God-level weapons and manuals for it.
• Xue Lingzi and Blood Eye considered continuing to bid, but Xue Lingzi warned Blood Eye not to provoke Winter Old.

After the auction ended with Winter Old Man purchasing the Mirror Breaking Sword, Li Xiao received the System’s rewards and used ten weapon draws. He obtained a Peerless Sacred Object, the Supreme Heaven Slaying Sword, and met its sword spirit, Zhan Tian.

• Winter Old Man won the Mirror Breaking Sword after the other bidders fell silent, and Li Xiao announced the auction’s end.
• The System rewarded Li Xiao with twenty billion Spirit Crystals converted into System Coins, a Heavenly Supreme cultivation experience card, ten weapon draws, and other prizes.
• Li Xiao used his draws to obtain several Sacred Weapons and the Peerless Sacred Object Supreme Heaven Slaying Sword.
• Zhan Tian appeared as the sword’s innate spirit, and Li Xiao welcomed him to live in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao put away the System and reflected that the first auction had ended.

The Western Heaven Battle Emperor learned of Ascending Heaven Pavilion and its Sacred Weapon auction, then became interested in its powerful Protectors and their beauty. He ordered an investigation while privately deciding that Li Xiao could become a threat who might need to be eliminated.

• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor examined the Mirror Breaking Sword as Winter Old Man reported on Ascending Heaven Pavilion and its Lord, Li Xiao.
• Ling Zhanzi told the Western Heaven Battle Emperor about Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s beautiful, powerful Protectors, prompting the Emperor to consider taking them for himself.
• Winter Old Man warned that attacking the Protectors without knowing their strength could provoke Li Xiao and a powerful force behind the Pavilion.
• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor ordered Winter Old Man and Ling Zhanzi to investigate Ascending Heaven Pavilion and its backers.
• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor admired the weapon’s power and resolved that Li Xiao might have to be eliminated to protect his position.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin persuaded Li Xiao to let them explore the Western Heaven Continent, with Long Kui secretly assigned to protect them. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan and the others activated the Heaven Mending Stone to open a passage to the lower level, but its immense energy began draining them.

• Qing Lin told Li Xiao she wanted to travel with Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin urged him to let them go.
• Li Xiao agreed on the condition that they flee danger or crush his Jade Slip, and the two disciples set out.
• Li Xiao ordered Long Kui to follow and protect Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Long Kui transformed into her adult form before flying after them.
• A powerful disturbance erupted as Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Zhu Kun tried to use the Heaven Mending Stone to open a passage to the lower level.
• As the stone consumed immense spiritual energy, Gu Yuan urged the others to restore their strength, and Zhu Kun transformed and breathed dragon flame onto it.

Li Xiao and Bailing opened a passage from the Great Thousand World to the Dou Qi Continent, allowing Gu Yuan and the others to return. Li Xiao warned that only Dou Sheng experts could safely travel through the wormhole, leaving the clans to consider who could enter the Great Thousand World.

• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and two others exhausted themselves trying to activate the Heaven Mending Stone, but Bailing struck it with a beam of light and opened a spatial rift.
• The energy from the rift alarmed experts across the Dou Qi Continent, and Gu Qingyang and other clan leaders prepared to confront whoever emerged.
• Teng Shan suggested that the rift was likely Lord Li Xiao's work as the Gu Clan, other great clans, and the Mittel Family gathered to watch.
• Gu Yuan, Li Xiao, and the others emerged from the rift, and the Dou Qi Continent's experts recognized and welcomed them.
• Li Xiao explained that ordinary people could not endure the Great Thousand World's spiritual pressure and said only Dou Sheng experts could pass through the wormhole.

Li Xiao led Xiao Yan and a group of Dou Sheng experts through the Space Wormhole to the Great Thousand World, where they began settling near Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Xiao Yan left alone to find his place in the vast new world.

• Li Xiao told the clans to register those who wished to travel to the Great Thousand World within three days, and the clans gathered their Dou Sheng experts.
• Xiao Yan arrived and told Li Xiao that Yao Chen had died after exhausting his Soul Power to save him.
• More than a hundred experts gathered before Li Xiao, and about one-third chose to remain on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Li Xiao protected the departing experts as he led them through the Space Wormhole to Ten Thousand Layer Mountain Peak in the Great Thousand World.
• Gu Yuan and the others arranged for their clansmen to cultivate in their established Ancient World and warned them to stay out of Ascending Heaven Pavilion's territory.
• Xiao Yan said farewell to Li Xiao and set out alone to find a place for himself in the Great Thousand World.

Li Muchen visited the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, offered Luo Li a place in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and left to search for his teacher. Back at the pavilion, Li Xiao learned that Xiao Xiao had found the Ancient Heavenly Palace ruins and that Lian Xue had killed an Upper Earth Supreme who confronted her.

• Li Muchen invited Luo Li to become his father's disciple and join the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and she expressed interest in the offer.
• Dean Tai Cang questioned Li Muchen, who said he had come to study and asked whether any heavenly phenomena had occurred on the Northern Heavens Continent.
• Li Muchen gave Luo Li a high-rank god-level weapon, reminded her of their agreement, and departed to look for his teacher.
• Bailing reported to Li Xiao that Mu Chen and Luo Li were searching for the Confucian Sage and that Xiao Xiao was safe under Lian Xue's protection.
• Bailing told Li Xiao that Xiao Xiao had discovered the Ancient Heavenly Palace ruins and that Lian Xue had killed an Upper Earth Supreme expert.

Li Xiao learned that Xiao Xiao had discovered the vanished Ancient Heavenly Palace, but trusted Lian Xue to protect her. The Western Heaven Battle Emperor arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Bailing and Bing Shuang rebuffed his advances and challenged his intrusion.

• Bailing told Li Xiao that Xiao Xiao had found the Ancient Heavenly Palace, which had appeared for only half an hour, and identified the Purple Cloud Sect as the force involved.
• Li Xiao decided not to recall Xiao Xiao because Lian Xue was with her and said he would intervene if necessary.
• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor entered the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's airspace and praised its restrictions while questioning Li Xiao's strength.
• Bailing confronted the Western Heaven Battle Emperor, insulted him, and rejected his offer to make her a saintess of the Western Heaven Battle Hall.
• Bing Shuang arrived, and the Western Heaven Battle Emperor gawked at her before Bailing threatened him with a High-Level Sacred Object Weapon.

Li Xiao appeared to stop the Western Heaven Battle Emperor from attacking Bailing and Bing Shuang, revealing that he had become a Sacred Grade Heavenly Supreme. He overpowered and punished the Battle Emperor, who was left suffering the pain of ten thousand arrows piercing his heart.

• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor attacked Bailing after she ordered him to leave, but a golden beam from the Ascending Heaven Pavilion shattered his hand.
• Li Xiao appeared before Bailing and Bing Shuang and confronted the Western Heaven Battle Emperor for attacking members of his pavilion.
• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor challenged Li Xiao, but Li Xiao’s aura forced him to kneel and Li Xiao struck him repeatedly.
• Li Xiao punished the Western Heaven Battle Emperor with three years of Heart-Piercing Pain from ten thousand arrows.
• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor writhed in agony and asked Li Xiao what he had done, and Li Xiao said it was the fate of those who refused to follow the rules.

Li Xiao forced the Western Heaven Battle Emperor to apologize to Bailing and left him cursed to suffer heart-piercing pain for three years. Half a year later, Ya Fei and Xun'er both announced they were pregnant, and Li Xiao ordered a special banquet and summoned everyone back to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

• Li Xiao made the Western Heaven Battle Emperor apologize to Bailing and Bing Shuang, then told him to endure the curse for three years.
• Bailing asked Li Xiao whether using his power would cause an economic crisis, and he reassured her.
• Half a year later, Ya Fei told Li Xiao she was pregnant, and Ye Chen confirmed she was nearly three months along.
• Xun'er also announced that she was pregnant, and Li Xiao confirmed it by checking her pulse.
• Li Xiao ordered everyone away to return and announced a special ceremonial banquet for Ya Fei and Xun'er.

Li Xiao returned his family to Ten Thousand Layer Mountain Peak and used Spirit Crystals to activate the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s “Bathing All Things” opportunity. As multicolored rain empowered everyone nearby, Li Muchen experienced the phenomenon firsthand and the Bodhi Ancient Tree benefited most.

• Li Muchen complained that Li Xiao had called him back before he could find his teacher, and Li Xiao explained that Cai Lin was pregnant.
• Li Muchen told Li Xiyuan about his travels and meeting Luo Li, while Li Xiyuan asked to join him on a future adventure.
• Li Xiao spent Spirit Crystals to activate “Bathing All Things,” drawing birds and beasts toward the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as auspicious clouds and multicolored rain appeared.
• Niu Meng and Ye Chen removed their upper garments to comprehend the Great Dao, while Bailing and the other women quietly absorbed the rain’s energy.
• Li Muchen touched the rain and felt his spiritual power surge, while the Bodhi Ancient Tree absorbed the greatest share of the Spirit Liquid.

Li Xiao’s family and allies made major cultivation breakthroughs at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, after which several of them departed to pursue their own paths. At the Western Heaven Battle Hall, the Western Heaven Battle Emperor ordered his subordinates to avoid provoking the pavilion while he entered seclusion.

• The gilded light raised nearly everyone at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to Upper Earth Supreme, while Bailing, Cai Lin, Long Kui, and Lian Xue reached the Great Perfection Realm of Earth Supreme.
• Li Xiao reassured Li Xiyuan that he would protect her, and she, Li Muchen, and the others left the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to pursue their own futures.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also departed, and Li Xiao assigned Long Kui to accompany them for protection.
• Winter Old Man urged the Western Heaven Battle Emperor to negotiate with the Ascending Heaven Pavilion or pay to have his curse lifted, but the Emperor resisted the idea of admitting defeat.
• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor acknowledged his own role in the conflict, ordered his subordinates not to make enemies of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and vanished to attempt a breakthrough.

Li Xiao spoke with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, named him Uncle Fu, and welcomed him to stay at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Luo Tianshen then brought Luo Li to seek a place for her at the Pavilion, and Bailing agreed to let her join.

• Li Xiao asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree whether he wanted to leave the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but the tree chose to stay.
• Li Xiao gave the Bodhi Ancient Tree the name Uncle Fu and told him he could leave and return whenever he wished.
• Bailing told Li Xiao that Luo Tianshen had arrived with a young woman to discuss taking a disciple.
• Luo Tianshen introduced his granddaughter Luo Li and explained that Li Muchen had agreed she could become Li Xiao's disciple.
• Li Xiao said he had never agreed to take Luo Li as his disciple, but Bailing approved Luo Li joining the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

Li Xiao accepted Luo Li as his disciple and gave her a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact, strengthening the Luoshen Clan’s ties to Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Blood Lingzi’s clan discussed moving against the Luoshen Clan, and Xue Tianhe proposed joining Ascending Heaven Pavilion himself.

• Bailing reminded Li Xiao that Ascending Heaven Pavilion had to honor Mu Chen’s promise, so Li Xiao accepted Luo Li as his disciple.
• Li Xiao gave Luo Li an Azure Spirit Jade Pendant and told her to cultivate toward the Earth Supreme Realm at Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Luo Tianshen welcomed the protection Luo Li’s apprenticeship could bring the Luoshen Clan against the Blood God Clan and its allies.
• Blood Lingzi, Xue Yi, and Blood Eye discussed advancing their plan to destroy the Luoshen Clan despite its new connection to Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Xue Tianhe returned from Blood God Academy and suggested joining Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Blood Lingzi said it could help them destroy the Luoshen Clan.

Xue Tianhe confidently set out to join the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, expecting to become Li Xiao’s disciple, but Niu Meng rejected him and cut off his arm. Li Xiao learned what had happened and approved of Niu Meng’s response.

• Xue Tianhe persuaded Xue Lingzi and the Blood God Clan elders that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would welcome him, and Xue Lingzi promised him a God-level Weapon if he joined.
• Xue Tianhe arrived at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and told Niu Meng he wanted to become Li Xiao’s disciple.
• Niu Meng refused Xue Tianhe entry and warned him to leave, but Xue Tianhe argued that his talent and future leadership of the Blood God Clan made him a worthy candidate.
• When Xue Tianhe complained that the Pavilion accepted women but not men, Niu Meng severed his arm with his spear.
• Xue Tianhe fled carrying his severed arm, and Niu Meng later told Li Xiao what had happened; Li Xiao agreed that Xue Tianhe had acted arrogantly.