Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao reunited with Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and Qing Lin at the edge of the Tagor Desert, bringing Queen Medusa and Yue Mei with him. After Medusa agreed to spare Hai Bodong, the group set off for the Jia Ma Empire, with Qing Lin experiencing flight for the first time.

• Hai Bodong sensed Li Xiao's arrival and prepared to defend himself, then recognized Queen Medusa and waited for Li Xiao to approach.
• Queen Medusa threatened Hai Bodong over their past, but Li Xiao called him a friend and persuaded her to spare his life.
• Qing Lin shyly reunited with Li Xiao, and Yue Mei noticed that Qing Lin was descended from both Snake-People and humans.
• Hai Bodong confirmed that he had packed and was ready to return to the Jia Ma Empire with Li Xiao's group.
• Li Xiao carried Qing Lin on the Amethyst Winged Lion King as they flew through the clouds, and Qing Lin marveled at the sky for the first time.

Li Xiao brought Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where they settled in to cultivate. As Medusa prepared to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, Li Xiao spent System Coins to ensure her success and awaken her ancient bloodline.

• After leaving the Tagor Desert, Li Xiao and his companions reached the Ascending Heaven Pavilion in the Beast Mountain Range, where Niu Meng welcomed Hai Bodong and offered him a place to stay.
• Li Xiao arranged for Linglong to teach Qing Lin how to awaken her bloodline and promised Medusa a room and help devouring the Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa hoped to move the Snake-People Race out of the Tagor Desert, while she and Hai Bodong settled into the pavilion and cultivated.
• On the full-moon night, Medusa prepared to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame as Yue Mei worried nearby and Linglong barred her from interfering.
• After learning that Medusa’s attempt could awaken her Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline but might fail, Li Xiao spent one thousand System Coins to ensure her success and advancement to Dou Zong.

Queen Medusa risked her life to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, while the Ascending Heaven Pavilion crushed the raging energy of heaven and earth. Medusa remained alive, and Li Xiao was left marveling at the pavilion’s power.

• Queen Medusa summoned her Seven-Colored Python true form and pursued the Green Lotus Core Flame, which badly injured her as she refused to give up.
• Yue Mei cried out for Queen Medusa, while Lian Xue recognized how powerful the flame’s counterattack was and Li Xiao urged Medusa to hold on.
• At the Snake-People Race Tribe, Great Elder Yin Shi and Mo Bas believed Queen Medusa had died, but the fallen boulders rose again and confirmed she was still alive.
• The Ascending Heaven Pavilion transformed into a golden blade and shattered the violent energy and thunder surrounding it, sending shockwaves across the empire.
• Yun Yun and the other experts refused Gu He’s request to approach the Beast Mountain Range, and Lian Xue, Linglong, Bing Shuang, and Niu Meng knelt before the pavilion.
• Li Xiao praised the system’s reliability and marveled that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion had defeated the energy of heaven and earth.

Queen Medusa devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame and transformed into a powerful Dou Zong, while Li Xiao helped heal her and later began cultivating toward higher realms. After awakening, Medusa learned that Li Xiao’s pill had strengthened her bloodline, and she felt wary before the power of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.

• Queen Medusa endured the Green Lotus Core Flame’s backlash, swallowed Li Xiao’s pill, and completed her evolution into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Lian Xue and the others healed Medusa, who transformed into a woman; Li Xiao covered her with his robe, and Yue Mei carried her away to rest.
• Li Xiao joked with Lian Xue, Linglong, and Bing Shuang through the night, then asked Niu Meng about news from the Snake-People after waking.
• Li Xiao cultivated in the Huai River Bamboo Pavilion as his Dou Qi gathered, while Hai Bodong sensed the immense energy he was absorbing.
• Queen Medusa awoke at roughly three-star Dou Zong strength and learned from Linglong that Li Xiao’s pill had also enhanced her bloodline.

After more than half a year of seclusion, Li Xiao emerged stronger and learned that the Snake-People Race had repaid his favor with vast wealth and treasures. Queen Medusa agreed to let him call her Cai Lin, while the Ascending Heaven Pavilion prepared for its annual auction as powerful visitors gathered outside.

• Queen Medusa sent Yue Mei to deliver the Snake-People Race's Gold Coins, pills, and Dou Techniques to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, with the Amethyst Winged Lion King guarding her.
• After more than half a year, Li Xiao completed his seclusion at Nine Star Dou Ling and discovered that the Snake-People Race's tribute had raised his assets to 70,000 System Coins.
• Linglong told Li Xiao that Queen Medusa had advanced to Dou Zong and that powerful visitors had gathered nearby without entering the Pavilion's territory.
• Medusa thanked Li Xiao and agreed to relocate the Snake-People Race near the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Niu Meng would arrange for craftsmen to build houses.
• Li Xiao suggested that Medusa use the name Cai Lin, and she said he could call her that while she remained Queen Medusa of the Snake-People Race.
• As the annual auction approached, Jia Xingtian, Chairman Fa Ma, and other experts gathered outside the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, wary of its growing power.

Yun Yun, Han Feng, and other experts gathered at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where two powerful Dou Zun arrived and confronted each other. Star Plucking Old Ghost demanded answers for the Blood-colored Old Ghost’s death, and Bing Shuang told him to repay the dead man’s debt.

• Yun Yun wondered why spring prevailed inside the Ascending Heaven Pavilion despite the heavy snow outside.
• Han Feng arrived with Black-Corner Region experts, hoping to obtain a Heavenly Flame and advance his cultivation.
• Tang Zhen, the Five Star Dou Zun and master of Burning Flame Valley, arrived and drew the crowd’s respect.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost arrived with Wu Protector, announced he had come to seek justice for the Blood-colored Old Ghost, and demanded that the Pavilion’s people come out.
• Bing Shuang confronted Star Plucking Old Ghost, called him a dog, and told him to repay the Blood-colored Old Ghost’s debt.

Star Plucking Old Ghost tried to avoid Blood-colored Old Ghost’s debt to Ascending Heaven Pavilion, while the gathered powers entered the valley for the auction. Ya Fei opened the event, and Xiao Yan remained unnoticed by Han Feng as Yao Chen watched his former disciple.

• Ice Frost presented Star Plucking Old Ghost with Blood-colored Old Ghost’s debt of Eighty Million Gold Coins, but the Pavilion Master told her to let the matter go.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost denied knowing Blood-colored Old Ghost, and Ice Frost withdrew her threat after warning him that Ascending Heaven Pavilion would make him pay if he lied.
• Tang Zhen mocked Star Plucking Old Ghost, who threw Wu Protector away, while Fan Lao called Han Feng out from behind a tree.
• Niu Meng led the guests to Ascending Heaven Pavilion and warned them that damaging plants would cost one hundred Gold Coins per stalk.
• Yao Chen recognized Han Feng as his unfilial disciple, but Han Feng dismissed Xiao Yan as a harmless Dou Shi.
• Linglong welcomed the guests into Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Ya Fei introduced herself as the Mittel Family’s new auctioneer.

The Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction opened with a rare Seventh-Order Dragon-Type Magical Beast Magic Core, drawing fierce bids from Medicine Emperor Han Feng and Pill King Gu He. As Han Feng pushed the price higher, Star Plucking Old Ghost entered the contest through Wu Protector, raising the bid to forty million Gold Coins.

• Wu Protector and Niu Meng led the Heavenly Lord and Tang Zhen to private rooms on the Pavilion’s third floor, and Ya Fei announced concealed identities and randomized bidding order.
• Ya Fei presented a water-attributed Seventh-Order Dragon-Type Magical Beast Magic Core and opened bidding at ten million Gold Coins.
• Medicine Emperor Han Feng bid thirty million Gold Coins, but Feng Li raised the price to thirty-one million for Pill King Gu He.
• Gu He and Han Feng competed, driving the bid up to thirty-seven million Gold Coins as Han Feng refused to yield.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost decided to test the core’s auction price, and Wu Protector raised the bid to forty million Gold Coins.

Han Feng won the seventh-order Dragon-Type Magical Beast Magic Core for Forty-Two Million Gold Coins, using his pill-refining leverage to silence the angry Black-Corner Region bidders. The auction then introduced the rare Dragon Wandering Naring, and powerful bidders began weighing its steep price.

• Pill King Gu He withdrew from bidding, and Medicine Emperor Han Feng bought the Rank 7 magic core for Forty-Two Million Gold Coins.
• Fan Lao and other Black-Corner Region figures resented Han Feng's spending, but Han Feng reminded them that they depended on his pill refining.
• The auction presented the Dragon Wandering Naring, a high-grade Ring with one thousand cubic meters of space that could store Heavenly Flames and repel Spiritual Power.
• Tang Zhen, Star Plucking Old Ghost, and Jia Xingtian became interested in acquiring the Ring.
• Li Xiao watched from the Fourth Floor and hoped the bidders would spend enough to help him meet his system task deadline.
• The Dragon Wandering Naring's bidding opened at Thirty Million Gold Coins, prompting complaints from the first-floor audience and a Dou Wang's rebuke.

At the auction, Star Plucking Old Ghost and Tang Zhen competed for the Dragon Wandering Naring, while Star Plucking Old Ghost invoked the Soul Hall’s power to intimidate his rival. Tang Zhen concealed Burning Flame Valley’s secret Dou Sheng, the Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, and Star Plucking Old Ghost remained confident that the valley had no such backing.

• Ya Fei defended the Ring’s minimum price, and Yuan Yi threatened the disruptive first-floor bidders until they fell silent or left.
• Medicine Emperor Han Feng bid thirty-three million gold coins for the Dragon Wandering Naring, but Star Plucking Old Ghost raised the price to forty million and Han Feng withdrew.
• Tang Zhen bid forty-five million gold coins, challenging Star Plucking Old Ghost’s attempt to claim the Ring through the Soul Hall’s influence.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost questioned whether Burning Flame Valley’s old powerhouse had awakened, but Tang Zhen refused to show fear.
• Wu Protector asked whether Burning Flame Valley had hidden support, and Star Plucking Old Ghost dismissed Tang Zhen’s defiance and urged continued bidding.

Tang Zhen drove up the price of the Dragon Wandering Naring before yielding it to Star Plucking Old Ghost, who won it for the Soul Hall. Ya Fei then introduced an Eighth-Rank Eight-Colored Heavenly Lightning Bodhi Pill, and Star Plucking Old Ghost opened bidding for it.

• Wu Protector bid Fifty Million Gold Coins for the Dragon Wandering Naring on Star Plucking Old Ghost’s orders.
• Tang Zhen raised the bid to One Hundred Million Gold Coins, prompting Star Plucking Old Ghost to order Wu Protector to continue bidding.
• Wu Protector bid One Hundred Twenty Million Gold Coins, and Tang Zhen withdrew; Ya Fei sold the Dragon Wandering Naring to Star Plucking Old Ghost.
• Ya Fei revealed an Eighth-Rank Eight-Colored Heavenly Lightning Bodhi Pill that could raise a Nine Star Dou Zun’s chance of breaking through to Half Saint by twenty percent.
• Ya Fei set the Bodhi Pill’s starting price at One Hundred Million Gold Coins, and Star Plucking Old Ghost took the lead in bidding.

Star Plucking Old Ghost won the auction for the Eight-Colored Heavenly Lightning Eight-Grade Bodhi Pill after Tang Zhen withdrew, then hurried away to deliver it to the Soul Hall. The auction continued with a small bronze-colored figurine as the next item.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost raised the Bodhi Pill bid, and Tang Zhen countered with two hundred million Gold Coins and rare cultivation methods.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Bodhi Pill could help a Dou Zun advance to Half Saint and warned that its appearance could spark bloody conflict.
• The bidding climbed to three hundred million Gold Coins and three Earth Rank Low Grade Dou Skills, while Li Xiao celebrated the pill’s soaring sale price.
• Tang Zhen abandoned his bid, fearing that winning the Bodhi Pill would endanger Burning Flame Valley.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost bought the Bodhi Pill for three hundred million Gold Coins and three Earth Rank Low Grade Dou Skills Cultivation Methods, then left with Wu Protector and the others.
• The auction presented a dim, small bronze-colored figurine as its next item.

At the Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction, Xiao Yan, Han Feng, and Yun Yun competed for a Human Puppet after its true strength and rarity became apparent. Han Feng bid thirty million gold coins and ordered an investigation into Yun Yun’s identity, while the Misty Cloud Sect decided the puppet was worth spending its entire fortune on.

• Ya Fei explained that the bronze Human Puppet was a rare Demon Puppet refined from a Dou Zong’s corpse and had Dou Zong-level strength.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan that Han Feng’s greater wealth made winning the puppet unlikely, and Xiao Yan reluctantly gave up bidding.
• Yun Yun bid fifteen million gold coins, prompting Han Feng to demand that the concealed bidder stop and to send Fan Lao to investigate.
• Han Feng raised his bid to thirty million gold coins, while Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders backed Yun Yun’s plan to acquire the puppet after she explained its value.
• The Gold Silver Two Elders questioned Han Feng about the puppet, but he concealed its importance and called it an ordinary item he wanted to study.

The Misty Cloud Sect, Han Feng, and other bidders competed for the Human Puppet until Ya Fei revealed that a more valuable final treasure was coming. When a Dou Huang expert won the puppet with a reckless bid he could not pay, Niu Meng enforced the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules and killed him.

• Gold Silver Two Elders hesitated over bidding against Han Feng, who raised his offer for the Human Puppet to forty million gold coins.
• Great Elder Yun Leng bid sixty million gold coins for the Misty Cloud Sect, but rival bidders pushed the price to seventy million, and Yun Yun decided to withdraw.
• Ya Fei announced that the final auction item was of extraordinary value, prompting Han Feng to stop bidding because he suspected it might be a Heavenly Flame.
• The Dou Huang expert who had bid seventy million gold coins admitted he could not pay, and Niu Meng killed him for breaking the auction rules.
• Li Xiao told Niu Meng to clean up the blood, and Niu Meng gave the corpse to the Amethyst Winged Lion King before mopping the floor.

Yun Yun secured the Human Puppet for the Misty Cloud Sect at sixty-five million gold coins, and Queen Medusa discussed the Snake-People Race’s future with Li Xiao. As the final auction item, a Heavenly Flame, was about to be presented, Li Xiao appeared on the Crystal Stage to conduct the auction himself.

• After Niu Meng killed the bidder who had disrupted the auction, Ya Fei resumed bidding from sixty-four million gold coins.
• Yun Yun bid sixty-five million gold coins and won the Human Puppet, delighting Great Elder Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Queen Medusa asked Li Xiao about returning to the Snake-People Race, and he promised to relocate them to the Beast Mountain Range within three years.
• Bing Shuang reminded Queen Medusa that the Snake-People Race owed its progress and new homeland to Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Queen Medusa thanked Li Xiao.
• Li Xiao said he would handle the final auction himself because the Heavenly Flame was too dangerous for Ya Fei, then appeared masked on the Crystal Stage.

Li Xiao presented the Bone Spirit Cold Fire at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction, stunning Yao Chen, Han Feng, and Xiao Yan. The auction was interrupted by Huo Xuan of the Flame Clan, whose attempt to probe the pavilion met resistance, and Lian Xue confronted him.

• Li Xiao activated a special barrier and revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, ranked eleventh on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
• Yao Chen recognized the flame he had once owned, while Xiao Yan questioned him and Han Feng secretly coveted it.
• Li Xiao announced that bidders could offer cultivation methods and Dou Techniques instead of Gold Coins for the flame.
• Huo Xuan arrived in a golden chariot with elite soldiers and revealed himself as an Eight Star Dou Zun of the Flame Clan.
• Huo Xuan probed Ascending Heaven Pavilion with his Spiritual Power but was forced back, and Lian Xue appeared to challenge him.

Flame Clan expert Huo Xuan entered the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and joined the auction for the Bone Spirit Cold Fire. As Han Feng raised his offer and rallied the other bidders, Huo Xuan revealed his identity and exposed his knowledge of Han Feng’s past with Venerable Yao.

• Huo Xuan introduced himself to Lian Xue, who threatened him until Bing Shuang relayed the Pavilion Master’s order to let him enter.
• Li Xiao welcomed Huo Xuan and began the auction, where bidders offered rare treasures for the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Huo Xuan bid three hundred million gold coins and two Earth Rank Low Grade Dou Techniques, prompting Han Feng to promise a year of free pills to anyone who helped him win.
• Han Feng raised his bid to four hundred million gold coins and three Rank 6 pill formulas, while Huo Xuan dismissed his offer and identified himself as a member of the Flame Clan.
• Huo Xuan reminded Han Feng that he had once been Venerable Yao’s disciple, and Han Feng vowed to obtain the Bone Spirit Cold Fire at any cost.

Huo Xuan outbid Han Feng for the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, while Ascending Heaven Pavilion enforced its rules and prevented a fight. Han Feng collapsed after losing the auction, and Huo Xuan left curious about the pavilion’s origins.

• Huo Xuan’s pressure overwhelmed Han Feng until Ascending Heaven Pavilion intervened and Li Xiao warned Huo Xuan to obey the auction rules.
• Huo Xuan bid ten Tier 7 Pills, three Earth Rank Middle Grade Dou Techniques, and one hundred million gold coins for the Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Han Feng raged at Huo Xuan and collapsed unconscious after Li Xiao reminded him of the rules.
• Li Xiao declared Huo Xuan the winner, ended the auction, and warned everyone against fighting within fifty li of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Huo Xuan asked Li Xiao about Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s origins, but Li Xiao said he could not reveal them.

Li Xiao opened the Sacred Gift Bag, gaining Dou Huang strength and powerful Heaven Rank techniques, while his Protectors received major upgrades. He summoned Bailing, who joined the others to guard the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as Li Xiao entered seclusion.

• The system confirmed Li Xiao had completed the one-billion-Gold-Coin mission, rewarded him with a Nine Star Dou Zun Strength Card, and unlocked the System Recovery Shop.
• Li Xiao opened the Sacred Gift Bag and advanced to One Star Dou Huang, gained three Heaven Rank Advanced Dou Skills Cultivation Methods, and received a card that raised his Protectors by three stars.
• Li Xiao summoned Bailing using a strength card, and she appeared as a Six-Star Dou Zun.
• The Protectors' strengths increased, with Bailing reaching peak Nine Star Dou Zun and the others advancing to higher realms.
• Li Xiao told Bailing to meet the other Protectors and entered seclusion to cultivate his new techniques.
• Bailing met Linglong, Niu Meng, Lian Xue, Ya Fei, and Queen Medusa, and said they would guard the Ascending Heaven Pavilion together.

The Flame Clan investigated the mysterious Ascending Heaven Pavilion after learning of its auction of the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and an eighth-grade Bodhi Pill. Meanwhile, Li Xiao advanced to One Star Dou Huang and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Huo Xuan reported to Fire Spirit Fairy that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion had auctioned the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and an eighth-grade Bodhi Pill, and that its Pavilion Master had shattered his pressure with a sentence.
• Fire Spirit Fairy ordered an investigation that would not alert the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and took the Bone Spirit Cold Fire from Huo Xuan.
• Li Xiao cultivated his three arts, advanced to One Star Dou Huang, and discovered that he could use Qi Transformation Wings.
• Bailing and the others congratulated Li Xiao, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin emerged from cultivation and greeted him.
• Li Xiao praised Xiao Yi Xian and encouraged Qing Lin to become strong enough to protect their home.