Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao summoned Ye Chen, a Ninth Grade Alchemist, and arranged for him to cultivate and work in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Later, the pavilion residents gathered to harvest peaches, where Yun Yun reunited affectionately with Li Xiao and Nalan Yanran privately wished she could find someone like him.

• Li Xiao used his system reward to summon Ye Chen, whose peak Heaven Realm Soul Power made him capable of refining Ninth Grade Pills despite his One-Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Li Xiao gave Ye Chen the Flame Mantra, assigned him the fifth floor as his alchemy grounds, and bought him a pill cauldron; Bailing questioned Ye Chen's intelligence before Li Xiao told her to provide for him.
• After a period of cultivation, Xiao Yi Xian told Li Xiao that the peach trees had borne fruit, and he went outside to join the pavilion residents in harvesting peaches.
• Li Xiao greeted the magical beasts and pavilion residents, then accepted a ripe peach from Qing Lin as Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran came out to join them.
• Yun Yun embraced Li Xiao and admitted she had missed him, while Nalan Yanran watched with envy and wondered whether she could find a man like him.

Queen Medusa and the Snake-People Race arrived at their new settlement in the Beast Mountain Range, where Li Xiao welcomed the four elders and established rules for the tribe. The Snake-People Race agreed to live peacefully under Medusa’s leadership, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King reluctantly made peace with Sino.

• Queen Medusa returned with the Snake-People Race warriors, and Cai Lin reported that they had suffered only minor injuries during attacks on the way.
• The Snake-People Race settled in the Beast Mountain Range, and Great Elder Yin Shi celebrated their escape from the desert after a thousand years.
• Sino and the other three elders thanked Li Xiao for helping Medusa reach the Dou Zong realm and bowed to him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King confronted Sino over their old grudge, but Li Xiao ordered them to reconcile as neighbors and allies.
• Li Xiao forbade the Snake-People Race from robbing, seizing women, or fighting nearby magical beasts over territory.
• Cai Lin promised the four elders that she would lead the Snake-People Race toward a better future.

Queen Medusa abolished the Snake-People Race’s old customs and vowed to build a peaceful life in the Beast Mountain Range with Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s support. At the Ancient Clan Great Hall, Gu Yuan examined Xun’er’s auction scroll and was shocked by what it said.

• Queen Medusa announced new rules for the Snake-People Race, and the Eight Great Chiefs executed a clansman who protested.
• Queen Medusa rebuked her people for forgetting their hardships in the Tagor Desert and swore to lead them toward a different future.
• The Snake-People experts pledged their loyalty to Queen Medusa, while Li Xiao approved of her decision.
• After the elders returned to help build a new home, Li Xiao, Medusa, and the others spent a peaceful evening together eating and drinking.
• Gu Yuan praised Xun’er for obtaining the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and she presented him with the scroll from Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction.
• Gu Yuan opened the scroll and sprang from his seat in shock.

Gu Yuan learned that Ascending Heaven Pavilion had auctioned a complete Emperor Seal Skill manual containing Sacred Power and heard how it had injured Gu Yang. He abandoned his plan to attack after the elders urged caution, while Gu Nanhai agreed to investigate the Pavilion in a year; Xun'er returned to Jia Nan Academy, and Gu Yang revealed that the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade had disappeared.

• Gu Yuan compared the auctioned Emperor Seal Skill with the Gu Clan's original and discovered that the new manual contained Sacred Power.
• Gu Yang explained how Ascending Heaven Pavilion had injured him and caused his realm to fall, prompting Gu Yuan to order the Black Annihilation Army to destroy it.
• Gu Yang warned that Ascending Heaven Pavilion had many Dou Zun and Dou Sheng experts, and Gu Nanhai persuaded Gu Yuan to postpone action and send him to investigate in a year.
• Xun'er left for Jia Nan Academy with Ling Ying, assuring him that Gu Yuan would not attack Ascending Heaven Pavilion and that Li Xiao would not harm the Gu Clan elders.
• Gu Yang drew a portrait of Li Xiao for Gu Yuan and disclosed that the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade had disappeared.

Gu Yuan learned that the Tou She Ancient God Jade had left the Xiao Family and ordered Gu Yang and Gu Nanhai to retrieve it if it appeared in Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s hands. At the camp, Li Xiao planned to take Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy, while Ye Chen recruited her to test his experimental pills.

• Gu Yang told Gu Yuan that Xiao Zhan had given away the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Gu Yuan ordered Gu Yang and Gu Nanhai to seek it after the next auction.
• Li Xiao told Lian Xue that Yun Yun had recovered from a cultivation mistake and was nearing a breakthrough to the Dou Zong realm.
• Li Xiao said he would travel to the Black-Corner Region and take Zi Yan to support Jia Nan Academy’s upcoming Inner Courtyard Selection Competition.
• Ye Chen gave Li Xiao the high-grade Rank 6 Pills he had refined, and Li Xiao handed them to Zi Yan.
• Ye Chen asked Zi Yan to test new pills because her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline could withstand powerful medicinal effects, and Bailing threw him away when he became overexcited.

Li Xiao and Zi Yan traveled to the Black-Corner Region, where Li Xiao encountered Iron Protector of the Soul Hall during a Black Storm. Li Xiao unleashed the God Slaying Palm, flattening the storm and defeating Iron Protector, while Zi Yan wondered what rank the technique was.

• Li Xiao left Bailing in charge and flew with Zi Yan toward the Black-Corner Region.
• Li Xiao and Zi Yan reached the outskirts, hired a carriage, and set off across the Black Domain Great Plains toward Black Seal City.
• A Black Storm struck, and Li Xiao protected the driver while spotting Iron Protector hunting soul bodies.
• Iron Protector recognized Li Xiao as a threat after Li Xiao identified him as a Soul Hall Protector, so Li Xiao attacked with the God Slaying Palm.
• Li Xiao's palm strike flattened the Black Storm and left Iron Protector's sharp hook in fragments, prompting Zi Yan to marvel at its power.

Li Xiao defeated the Soul Hall Protector Iron Protector, accepted his payment as compensation for Zi Yan, and traveled with her to Black Seal City to auction his goods. At the Eight Gates Sect Auction, they encountered the cruel Blood Sect Young Sect Master Fan Ling, who had a woman killed in front of them.

• Li Xiao defeated Iron Protector with one palm and revealed that he was the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Iron Protector apologized, gave Li Xiao one million Gold Coins for Zi Yan, and watched them leave.
• Li Xiao and Zi Yan arrived in Black Seal City and headed for the Eight Gates Sect Auction.
• Fan Ling and his followers forced their way through the crowd, killing anyone who obstructed them.
• Fan Ling ordered his guards to drag a pleading woman into an alley and kill her, angering Zi Yan.

Li Xiao and Zi Yan attended the Eight Gates Sect auction, where Li Xiao bid ten million Gold Coins for a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment. Fan Ling threatened him over the purchase, leaving the auction tense as Xiao Yan and other factions also recognized the fragment’s importance.

• Li Xiao showed a Purple Gold Card to secure a private room, then noticed Elder Qing, Xiao Yan, and Fan Ling among the auction attendees.
• Fan Ling bought two Two-Patterned Qingling Pills for 1.5 million Gold Coins each.
• The auctioneer revealed a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment, and Xiao Yan recognized it as another piece of the map he was collecting.
• Mo Erhan and Fan Ling contested the fragment before Li Xiao bid ten million Gold Coins, shocking the auction hall.
• Fan Ling threatened Li Xiao and vowed to take back what he considered his, while Li Xiao explained the fragment’s value to Zi Yan.

Li Xiao and Xiao Yan waited until the Black Skeleton Tomb won the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map and Three Thousand Lightning Movement at the auction, intending to steal the treasures afterward. After the auction, they followed the Black Skeleton Tomb experts into the forest, where the group sensed someone nearby.

• Li Xiao withdrew from bidding on the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map, allowing Mo Erhan to buy it for thirteen million Gold Coins.
• Mo Erhan won Three Thousand Lightning Movement for twelve million Gold Coins, while Elder Qing acquired Han Feng's Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill for the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• After the auction, Li Xiao set out to take the remnant map and Three Thousand Lightning Movement, while Xiao Yan followed the Black Skeleton Tomb experts with Yao Chen's help.
• Zi Yan spotted Xiao Yan following them, but Li Xiao allowed him to keep tailing them as they hurried ahead of the Black Skeleton Tomb.
• The Black Skeleton Tomb experts stopped and demanded that whoever was nearby reveal themselves, leaving Zi Yan wondering if they had detected her.

Fan Ling and the Blood Sect ambushed Mo Erhan’s party, killed the Black Skeleton Tomb experts, and took their treasures. Zi Yan then overwhelmed Fan Ling and seized his Ring, but he sprang up and attacked her as she was about to leave.

• Mo Erhan tried to lead his party back to Black Seal City, but Fan Ling blocked their escape with the Blood Sect and ordered them killed.
• The Blood Sect slaughtered Mo Erhan’s party, and Fan Ling beheaded Mo Erhan and took his Ring and its treasures.
• Zi Yan attacked the Blood Sect, killed its elder with one punch, and stunned Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, who suspected someone had concealed her aura.
• Zi Yan beat Fan Ling, took his Ring, and spared his life at Li Xiao’s request.
• As Zi Yan prepared to leave, Fan Ling sprang up and charged at her.

Li Xiao intervened when Fan Ling attacked Zi Yan, forcing Fan Lao to kill his own son to avoid being killed himself. His display of power drew nearly every prominent Dou Huang in the Black-Corner Region, who gathered as Han Feng insisted they had only come to watch.

• Fan Lao arrived to save Fan Ling and demanded that Zi Yan return the Ring, but Li Xiao stepped out and challenged him.
• Fan Ling insulted Li Xiao and continued threatening Zi Yan, so Fan Lao ordered him to kneel and begged Li Xiao for mercy.
• Li Xiao unleashed overwhelming pressure, and Fan Lao killed Fan Ling to save himself and the Blood Sect.
• Li Xiao seized Fan Lao by the head as he considered killing him, while Xiao Yan watched from hiding and Yao Chen warned him about the region's ruthless nature.
• Han Feng and the other prominent Dou Huang arrived, and Han Feng told Li Xiao they had come only to watch.

Li Xiao spared Fan Lao, then accepted Han Feng’s invitation to a banquet in Maple City, where leaders from across the Black-Corner Region gathered to meet him. Mo Tianxing arrived to pay his respects and tried to win Li Xiao’s favor, while Han Feng competed to host him.

• Li Xiao spared Fan Lao but warned him that his life belonged to Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and Fan Lao knelt to thank him.
• Su Mei tried to seduce Li Xiao, but he rejected her, and Tie Wu mocked her approach.
• Han Feng invited Li Xiao to Maple City and arranged a grand banquet, notifying the major factions of the Black-Corner Region.
• More than a hundred tables were set for the banquet, and Mo Tianxing arrived to meet Li Xiao.
• Mo Tianxing greeted Li Xiao and offered him a toast, while Han Feng interrupted to serve him treasured Peach Blossom Wine.

At Han Feng’s gathering, Earth Demon Old Ghost tried to approach Li Xiao but was rebuffed and left Maple City after Han Feng and Mo Tianxing sent him to another table. The chapter ended with Su Qian arriving with two masked experts and questioning why Li Xiao had not visited Jia Nan Academy.

• Han Feng presented treasured Peach Blossom Wine for Li Xiao, and Earth Demon Old Ghost arrived to ask for a taste.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost introduced himself as a Seven-Star Dou Zong, but Li Xiao ignored him before eventually inviting him to sit.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost asked why no Dou Zun experts were present, angering Li Xiao, so Han Feng and Mo Tianxing sent him to a separate table.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost claimed he had other business and hurriedly left Maple City, while Han Feng and Mo Tianxing mocked him after his departure.
• Su Qian arrived with two masked experts, bowed to Li Xiao, and asked why he had not visited Jia Nan Academy.

Li Xiao traveled with Medicine Emperor Han Feng to Maple City, then accepted Great Elder Su Qian’s invitation to Jia Nan Academy. There, Xun’er waited for Xiao Yan to appear in the selection competition, but he never came.

• Su Qian introduced Li Xiao to Jia Nan Academy’s peak Dou Zong elders, Bai Lie and Qian Mu, and the group dined with Han Feng and other powerful figures.
• Li Xiao praised Han Feng’s Peach Blossom Wine, then agreed to visit Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan.
• Su Qian brought Li Xiao to watch the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition, where Xue Beng was scheduled to face Xiao Yan.
• Xun’er waited anxiously for Xiao Yan, but he did not appear, and Xue Beng was declared the winner by default.
• Li Xiao asked Su Qian what he thought of Xiao Yan three years later, and Su Qian recognized him as the Xiao Family’s good-for-nothing young master.

After searching Jia Nan Academy for the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid, Li Xiao sought out Han Yue, who knew where it was. She revealed that a powerful Snow Demon Sky Ape guarded the treasure, leaving Li Xiao poised to pursue it with her help.

• Xun'er won her match, and Li Xiao told Su Qian he would explore Jia Nan Academy alone.
• Li Xiao searched the forest behind the academy for half a shichen but could not find the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid.
• Li Xiao went to the Inner Academy and introduced himself to Han Yue, who recognized the Evil Ghost Mask and respectfully greeted him.
• Li Xiao asked Han Yue about her encounter with a Tier 5 Magical Beast and offered to share the treasure with her.
• Han Yue confirmed that she knew the beast's location and explained that the Snow Demon Sky Ape had gained intelligence from cultivating with the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid and was nearly as strong as a five-star Dou Wang.

Li Xiao took Han Yue to the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s valley to obtain the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid and tried to recruit the beast for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. After it refused and attacked, Li Xiao overwhelmed it with his techniques, leaving it unable to stand.

• Zi Yan told Han Yue about the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid and asked her to help obtain it from the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Li Xiao carried Han Yue to the valley, where the Snow Demon Sky Ape emerged and warned them to leave.
• Li Xiao offered the Snow Demon Sky Ape a place at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but it refused and attacked him.
• Li Xiao struck the Snow Demon Sky Ape with the God Slaying Palm, sending it crashing into a boulder while holding back enough force to spare it.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape awakened its berserk bloodline and launched another attack, but Li Xiao blocked its fist and used the Hongmeng Body Refining Art to make it lose its footing and fall.

Li Xiao offered the Snow Demon Sky Ape a Seven-Rank Transformation Pill to win its submission, but the beast transformed and attacked him instead. Li Xiao easily overpowered it, leaving its fate in his hands as Han Yue watched in shock.

• The Snow Demon Sky Ape rejected Li Xiao's offer until he revealed a Seven-Rank Transformation Pill, while Han Yue warned him not to hand it over.
• Li Xiao tossed the pill to the Snow Demon Sky Ape, which swallowed it and transformed into a powerful human body.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape refused to serve Li Xiao and attacked him with a barrage of punches.
• Li Xiao caught the Snow Demon Sky Ape's wrist and then seized its neck as it tried to fight back.
• Han Yue warned Li Xiao as the Snow Demon Sky Ape launched glaciers and unleashed icy energy, but Li Xiao shattered them and hurled it into a rocky peak.

Li Xiao killed the Snow Demon Sky Ape after it tried to murder him, then found and collected the true Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid with Han Yue. They returned to find Great Elder Su Qian waiting beside the ape’s dried corpse.

• Li Xiao forced the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s essence into its magical core, killed it, and took the core.
• Li Xiao and Han Yue searched the valley and discovered the cave containing the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid.
• Li Xiao revealed the purer fluid hidden within the stone formation and collected two-thirds of it.
• Li Xiao gave Han Yue a bottle of the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid and planned to leave the rest for future growth.
• Li Xiao and Han Yue returned outside, where Great Elder Su Qian had arrived and examined the ape’s dried corpse.

Li Xiao told Great Elder Su Qian that Ascending Heaven Pavilion would auction a Heaven Rank Dou Technique, and Su Qian agreed to spread the news. The next day, they watched Xun'er dominate the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition, while Zi Yan pressed Su Qian for medicinal herbs for Ye Chen.

• Su Qian questioned Li Xiao about the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid and the dead Snow Demon Sky Ape, and Li Xiao confirmed he had come to search for the treasure and killed the beast.
• Han Yue took her leave, and Su Qian explained her background as a student from the Han Family of Tianbei City.
• Li Xiao asked Su Qian to publicize the upcoming auction of a Heaven Rank Dou Technique, and offered Jia Nan Academy a ten percent discount at Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Li Xiao and Su Qian attended the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition, where Xun'er overwhelmed her opponents and drew the elders' attention.
• Zi Yan asked Su Qian for medicinal herbs to take to Ye Chen, but Su Qian said the academy had few herbs left for her to eat.

After the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition ended, Li Xiao accompanied the top five to Jia Nan Academy’s Book Collection Pavilion to claim their rewards. The academy’s hidden elders recognized and saluted Li Xiao, leaving the students shocked as Qian Mu questioned Su Qian.

• The Dou Wang elder announced Xun'er, Bai Shan, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Lin Ye as the competition’s top five, with Lin Ye taking the place Xiao Yan had missed.
• Su Qian asked Li Xiao to exchange Spirit Crystals for the academy’s accumulated Dou Skills Cultivation Methods, and Li Xiao agreed.
• Hu Qian led the five winners to the Book Collection Pavilion, where Su Qian demanded that the four students who had not greeted Li Xiao kneel and pay respects.
• Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Bai Shan, and Lin Ye reluctantly knelt before Li Xiao, while he studied the statues guarding the pavilion.
• Two gray-robed elders emerged from the statues and saluted Li Xiao, shocking the assembled crowd; Qian Mu then asked Su Qian what was going on.