Chapter Summaries

Great Elder Su Qian obtained permission from the Two Elders Qian Bai to exchange Jia Nan Academy’s cultivation methods for Spirit Crystals, then brought Li Xiao into the Book Collection Pavilion. Li Xiao gave Xun'er the Earth Rank Middle Grade Ninefold Phoenix Fire Technique, and the two continued looking through the Pavilion’s treasures.

• Su Qian persuaded the Two Elders Qian Bai to let him exchange some of the academy’s cultivation methods for Spirit Crystals.
• The Two Elders Qian Bai opened the Book Collection Pavilion’s spatial seal, allowing Xun'er and the others to enter and choose rewards.
• Li Xiao entered with Su Qian and met Long Li, who brought out high-tier cultivation methods and magic cores.
• Li Xiao removed the energy barrier from the Ninefold Phoenix Fire Technique, an Earth Rank Middle Grade skill, with a casual flick.
• Xun'er told Li Xiao the Ninefold Phoenix Fire Technique suited her, and he handed it to her.
• Li Xiao examined a Tier 7 Pill, then let it merge into the wall.

Li Xiao traded Jia Nan Academy’s treasures for Spirit Crystals and revealed that Ascending Heaven Pavilion would auction a Heaven Rank Dou Technique. Back at the pavilion, a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill took shape amid terrifying pill lightning, drawing the attention of alchemists and onlookers.

• Xun'er asked Li Xiao about the Xiao Family’s Jade Slip, and he said he would keep it for now but would notify the major factions if he auctioned it.
• Li Xiao told Xun'er that Ascending Heaven Pavilion planned to auction a Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Technique.
• Su Qian and Elder Long Li exchanged Jia Nan Academy’s cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and other treasures for nine million Spirit Crystals from Li Xiao.
• After leaving the Book Collection Pavilion, Li Xiao took Zi Yan back to Ascending Heaven Pavilion while experts in the Black-Corner Region began gathering goods for the upcoming auction.
• At Ascending Heaven Pavilion, a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill formed amid raging pill lightning, and onlookers wondered whether they were witnessing the legendary pill.

Li Xiao used the Ascending Heaven Pavilion to destroy the Nine Profound Golden Lightning threatening Ye Chen’s Ninth Grade pill refinement. Ye Chen completed the Jinling Pill and presented it to Li Xiao, who worried over its cost and his dwindling System Coins.

• Li Xiao sensed Ye Chen refining a Ninth Grade Pill and discovered that countering the Nine Profound Golden Lightning would cost ten thousand System Coins.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning attacked the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, which transformed into a golden giant and destroyed it with a spear.
• The Jinling Pill was completed, and nearby experts and magical beasts refrained from trying to seize it.
• Ye Chen presented the Jinling Pill to Li Xiao and explained that it could raise a Dou Sheng to Five Star Dou Sheng and bring their bloodline close to a Dou Di Bloodline.
• Li Xiao stopped Zi Yan from eating the pill and checked his system, where he found his assets reduced to 230000 System Coins.

After Ye Chen completed the Ninth Grade Golden Pill, Li Xiao suppressed it, warned the gathered experts not to challenge the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and announced an upcoming auction of a Heaven Rank Low-Level Dou Technique. Two months later, powerful figures arrived for the auction, while the Flame Clan focused on the Heavenly Flames it hoped to obtain.

• Li Xiao placed the rebellious Ninth Grade Golden Pill into the system and warned the assembled experts that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would punish anyone who harbored improper thoughts.
• Li Xiao announced that the Ascending Heaven Pavilion would auction a Heaven Rank Low-Level Dou Technique in two months, prompting the gathered experts to return to their clans and prepare.
• Li Xiao asked Linglong and the others to manage the pavilion during his cultivation seclusion, and he resolved to advance toward Dou Zong.
• Two months later, Gu Nanhai and Gu Yang joined the many experts gathered in the Eastern Mountain Range for the auction.
• Huo Xuan explained the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's rules to Huo Yao, who warned him to save their funds for the Heavenly Flames.

Gu Nanhai, Gu Yang, and Gu Xun'er waited with other experts to enter the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction, where the Gu Clan planned to obtain a Heaven Rank Dou Technique. Soul Demon Old Man tried to threaten the gathered experts but backed down when Niu Meng warned him, and the auction began as Bailing invited everyone inside.

• Gu Nanhai explained that the Gu Clan would spare no expense to obtain the Heaven Rank Dou Technique, even resorting to killing and robbing if necessary.
• Soul Demon Old Man mocked the gathered experts and began circulating his Dou Qi, but Niu Meng warned him against challenging the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Soul Demon Old Man withdrew his Dou Qi after Star Plucking Old Ghost reminded him that Blood Demon Old Ghost had been killed for acting arrogantly.
• Bailing announced that the auction was about to begin and invited everyone into the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• The crowd entered and admired the pavilion's peach grove and lake, while Soul Demon Old Man commented on the scenery and questioned Star Plucking Old Ghost.

Li Xiao prepared for the Ascending Heaven Pavilion Auction while reflecting on Ya Fei’s unspoken feelings for him. The Auction began with Ya Fei presenting an Ice Cold Pearl, and the crowd competed fiercely to buy it.

• Li Xiao enjoyed Yun Yun’s company in his private room before Ya Fei arrived to announce that the Auction was about to begin.
• Ya Fei left to arrange the Crystal Stage, and Li Xiao realized he had neglected her despite her years of loyal work.
• The crowd entered the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, where Soul Demon Old Man instructed the Soul Hall experts to focus on obtaining the Heaven Rank Dou Technique.
• Ya Fei introduced herself as the Auction’s auctioneer and revealed an Ice Cold Pearl whose chill frosted the nearby Crystal Stage.
• Ya Fei set the Ice Cold Pearl’s starting bid at two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals, and bidders quickly raised their offers.

A veiled princess won the Ice Cold Pearl, and Tie Wu acquired Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid at Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction. As the guests speculated that Li Xiao was preparing the crowd for a Heaven Rank Dou Technique, Han Feng sensed a familiar presence among the attendees.

• The veiled princess bid seven hundred thousand Spirit Crystals and won the Ice Cold Pearl after no one challenged her offer.
• Li Xiao gave Zi Yan a bottle of Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid, and she eagerly thanked him with a kiss on the cheek.
• The bidding for the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid rose to one hundred and twenty thousand Spirit Crystals, and Tie Wu of the Mad Lion Gang won it.
• Han Feng and Yin Gu Lao suspected that the auction’s earlier items were meant to build interest in an upcoming Heaven Rank Dou Technique.
• Han Feng sensed a familiar aura from a black-robed man on the first floor but could not identify him because of the pavilion’s restrictions.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen spotted Han Feng at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction and planned to deal with him after it ended. Meanwhile, Ya Fei revealed a Five Clawed Blood Dragon egg with Nine Revolutions Golden Dragon bloodline, and Soul Demon Old Man opened the bidding.

• Xiao Yan sensed Han Feng watching him, and Yao Chen told him to stay still because the pavilion’s protection concealed them.
• Yao Chen decided they would try to kill Han Feng after the auction, and Xiao Yan agreed to leave him in the Beast Mountain Range.
• Ya Fei unveiled a magical beast egg and explained that it carried the bloodline of the extinct Nine Revolutions Golden Dragon.
• Ya Fei identified the egg as a Five Clawed Blood Dragon, a rare beast born around Sixth Rank strength that could potentially reach Ninth Rank.
• Soul Demon Old Man bid two hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Crystals and an Earth Rank Middle Grade cultivation technique for the egg.

Gu Nanhai and Soul Demon Old Man competed fiercely over the Five Clawed Blood Dragon egg, driving its price above a million Spirit Crystal Stones. Xun'er stopped Gu Nanhai before he jeopardized the Ancient Clan’s mission to obtain a Heaven Rank Dou Technique, leaving Soul Demon Old Man in the lead.

• Gu Nanhai bid on the Five Clawed Blood Dragon egg, and Huo Xuan startled the auction hall by adding two Spirit Crystal Stones to his bid.
• Soul Demon Old Man raised the price to five hundred thousand Spirit Crystal Stones and taunted Gu Nanhai.
• Gu Nanhai answered with a one-million bid, then traded further increases with Soul Demon Old Man.
• Xun'er restrained Gu Nanhai and reminded him that their mission was to obtain a Heaven Rank Dou Technique.
• Gu Nanhai calmed down, withdrew from the bidding, and told Soul Demon Old Man to keep the egg.

The auctioned Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map drew fierce interest, but Bai Shan won it for 300,000 Spirit Crystal Stones. After a half-hour break, Li Xiao took over the remaining auction items while helping the exhausted Ya Fei recover.

• Soul Demon Old Man won the Five Clawed Blood Dragon egg for the Hun Clan with a bid of 1.8 million Spirit Crystal Stones.
• Ya Fei presented a Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map, and Xiao Yan, Bai Shan, and Pill King Gu He competed to buy it.
• Bai Shan outbid the others at 300,000 Spirit Crystal Stones, while Xiao Yan planned to take the map from him after the auction.
• Gu Nanhai told Xun'er that the Gu Clan would not pursue the fragment, and Gu He could not afford to raise his bid.
• Li Xiao called a half-hour break, then helped the exhausted Ya Fei recover and offered to handle the rest of the auction.

Li Xiao appeared at the auction and warned the gathered experts not to probe him with Soul Power after their attempts had injured them. The auction crowd and visiting factions were left in awe of his mysterious strength.

• Li Xiao left Ya Fei with the others and instructed Niu Meng to handle the auction hall.
• Li Xiao put on his mask and appeared on the Crystal Stage as the crowd cheered for him.
• Soul Demon Old Man and other experts tried to probe Li Xiao with Soul Power, suffered backlash, and learned from Star Plucking Old Ghost that probing him was dangerous.
• Liu Qingning asked about Li Xiao's strength, then decided not to investigate him for fear of provoking him.
• Li Xiao warned the audience against probing him and sent frightening ripples through the hall, leaving Soul Demon Old Man and Star Plucking Old Ghost to speculate about his hidden strength.

Li Xiao presented the Eight-Grade Flame Demon Qingxuan Pill of Nine-Colored Sky Lightning, sparking fierce bidding among the Auction’s powerful guests. Xiao Yan wanted the pill to help restore Yao Chen’s body, while Gu Yang hoped it could help him recover his strength, but both faced competing priorities as the price climbed.

• Li Xiao unveiled the Eight-Grade Flame Demon Qingxuan Pill and explained that it could mutate the Dou Qi of a fire-attribute cultivator.
• Soul Demon Old Man welcomed the rare pill, while Yin Gu Lao and Han Feng were surprised by the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s offerings.
• Li Xiao clarified that cultivators without fire-attribute Dou Qi could still consume the pill, though they would not gain its special benefit.
• Bidders drove the price upward, and Xiao Yan wanted the pill despite Yao Chen urging him to save his resources for the Heavenly Flames.
• Gu Yang wanted to bid for the pill, but Gu Nanhai warned that spending heavily could jeopardize their chance to obtain the upcoming Heaven Rank Dou Technique.

Xun'er secured the eighth-grade Flame Demon Qingxuan Pill for Gu Yang, then Li Xiao revealed the ninth-ranked Heavenly Flame, the Three Thousand Burning Flame, leaving the auction hall stunned and the Yao Clan eager to claim it.

• Xun'er bid three million Spirit Crystal Stones and three Earth Rank Middle Grade cultivation techniques for the Flame Demon Qingxuan Pill, despite Gu Nanhai's objections.
• Li Xiao closed the bidding, awarding the pill to the guest in Number One Private Room.
• A scorching force spread through the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, and its barriers activated as the next auction item was revealed to be a Heavenly Flame.
• The crowd recognized the purple-black flame as the ninth-ranked Three Thousand Burning Flame, whose Three Thousand Starry Sky Physique granted powerful recovery.
• Yao Wangui, a Four Star Dou Sheng of the Yao Clan, eagerly declared that obtaining the flame would raise the clan's standing.

Yao Tian, Xiao Yan, and Han Feng all set their sights on the ninth-ranked Three Thousand Burning Flame as Lord Li Xiao opened bidding at ten million Spirit Crystals. After Yao Wangui raised the bid to fifteen million, Han Feng promised the Black-Corner Region's experts Tier 7 Pills in exchange for helping him obtain the Heavenly Flame.

• Yao Tian and the Medicine Clan decided that they wanted to secure Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Xiao Yan recognized its value for his strength and Flame Mantra.
• Han Feng declared that he would not miss another Heavenly Flame and prepared to bid for Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Lord Li Xiao set the starting price at ten million Spirit Crystals and defended the price by explaining the rarity and difficulty of obtaining a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Wangui bid fifteen million Spirit Crystals, leaving Xiao Yan worried that his group could not compete.
• Han Feng appealed to the Black-Corner Region's experts by promising Tier 7 Pills if they helped him seize the Heavenly Flame, and Yuan Yi agreed to support him.

Han Feng placed a massive bid for a Heavenly Flame, provoking Yao Wangui to threaten him and damage the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. Lord Li Xiao killed Yao Wangui instantly, leaving the Medicine Clan geniuses begging for mercy while Yao Chen recognized the man who had ruined his childhood.

• Yuan Yi, Ban Lao, and several other faction leaders contributed valuable cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and treasures to support Han Feng's bid.
• Han Feng bid eighteen million Spirit Crystals and twenty low-grade Earth-tier cultivation methods and Dou Techniques for the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Wangui threatened Han Feng and smashed a table, but Lord Li Xiao warned him that he had damaged the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's property.
• Lord Li Xiao unleashed the Pavilion's power and severed Yao Wangui's head before the Medicine Clan members could react.
• Yao Chen remembered how Yao Wangui had denied him his ranking, failed to help his mother, and expelled him from the Medicine Clan, then wept in relief at his death.
• The Medicine Clan geniuses knelt and begged Lord Li Xiao to spare them.

Li Xiao punished the Yao Clan for breaking the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules, then resumed the auction for the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Han Feng won the bid, while Huo Yao secretly planned to kill him afterward and seize the Heavenly Flame.

• Li Xiao killed Yao Wangui, banned the Yao Clan from entering within fifty miles of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion for three years, and charged Yao Tian five million Spirit Crystal Stones for the damaged tables.
• Li Xiao restated the Pavilion’s rules and resumed the auction for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Han Feng offered pills, Pill Formulas, and twenty million spirit crystals to outbid the other bidders.
• Huo Yao agreed to let Han Feng win and ordered the Flame Clan experts to find and kill him after the auction.
• Li Xiao awarded the Three Thousand Burning Flame to the guest in private room number seven.

During the auction break, Ya Fei followed Bailing’s instructions and became intimate with Li Xiao, while the others waited for the final item to be auctioned. Bailing later postponed the auction for another half-hour, leaving the experts to continue cultivating as Li Xiao remained occupied.

• Li Xiao returned to his room and found Ya Fei waiting alone, while Yun Yun and the others were away.
• As the room darkened, Ya Fei kissed Li Xiao, and the two became intimate.
• Linglong, Bailing, Bing Shuang, and Lian Xue watched from outside and discussed Ya Fei becoming another mistress, while Yun Yun remained at Huai River Bamboo Pavilion.
• The half-hour break ended, but Li Xiao did not appear, and the waiting experts speculated about his absence.
• Bailing stopped Niu Meng from disturbing Li Xiao and told Ye Chen to announce another half-hour postponement of the auction.

After announcing the auction’s brief postponement, Ye Chen presented the Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Technique Star Chen Art, created by Star Chen Great Emperor. The bidding erupted among powerful factions, while Gu Nanhai waited for the other bidders to exhaust themselves.

• Han Feng assured the Black-Corner Region Dou Emperors that he would provide the promised Tier 7 Pills and medicinal ingredients after obtaining the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• After half an hour, Li Xiao returned to the Crystal Stage and introduced the Star Chen Art as a Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Technique created by Star Chen Great Emperor.
• Gu Nanhai, Soul Demon Old Man, and Huo Yao recognized the technique’s extraordinary value and considered acquiring it for their clans.
• Bidders offered Spirit Crystals, Earth Rank Advanced Dou Techniques, and a Heavenly Talisman for the Star Chen Art.
• Gu Nanhai stayed silent and waited for the other bidders to exhaust themselves before making his move.

As the auction for a Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Technique reached staggering bids, Queen Medusa rejected the Elders’ attempts to discuss finding her a partner. Gu Nanhai then doubled Soul Demon Old Man’s bid, leaving Xun’er astonished by the Gu Clan’s offer.

• Queen Medusa told Great Elder Sino that she had no intention of seeking a partner and that any man worthy of her had to be a Dou Qi Continent powerhouse.
• Huo Yao outbid Soul Demon Old Man with pills, cultivation methods, and medicinal herbs.
• Soul Demon Old Man offered his fortune of twenty million Spirit Crystals, cultivation methods, and Tier 7 Pills, but Huo Yao raised his bid by another million.
• An unidentified bidder ordered the auctioneer to double Soul Demon Old Man’s offer, prompting the crowd to erupt in shock.
• Xun’er asked Gu Nanhai how he could afford a bid worth tens of millions of Spirit Crystals.

Gu Nanhai won the auction for the Star Chen Art, and Li Xiao closed the event before the guests dispersed. As Han Feng hurried away with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yan ambushed him and demanded the Heavenly Flame.

• Gu Nanhai outbid Huo Yao and the other bidders, purchasing the Star Chen Art for forty million spirit crystals, six Earth Rank Middle Grade cultivation methods, and twenty Tier 7 Pills.
• Li Xiao declared the auction over, and the crowd celebrated the record-breaking sale before the guests began leaving the Beast Mountain Range.
• Han Yue thanked Li Xiao for the Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid, while Linglong warned him that a small group was plotting outside the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Xun'er left with Elder Gu Nanhai, and Han Feng led the Black-Corner Region Dou Emperors toward Maple City to absorb the Three Thousand Burning Flame stored in his Ring.
• Xiao Yan attacked Han Feng on the way, killed a Dou Wang with a Heavenly Flame, and demanded that Han Feng hand over the Three Thousand Burning Flame.