Chapter Summaries

Mite'er Flowing Cloud activated the Auction Ten Thousand Times Return System and received powerful gifts, including a Heaven Devouring Demonic Body and a loyal Dou Huang summon. After taking charge of the Mittel Auction House in Wutan City, he reviewed preparations for the next auction and told Ya Fei to manage its affairs without seeking his approval.

• After half a month without a system, Flowing Cloud finally activated the Auction Ten Thousand Times Return System and learned it rewarded him when he auctioned items.
• Flowing Cloud opened the beginner's gift pack, obtaining a Dou Zun Experience Card, a Character Card, a Heaven Devouring Demonic Body, and a Resurrection Card.
• Flowing Cloud merged with the Heaven Devouring Demonic Body and experienced intense pain before discovering its power to devour things and increase his strength.
• Flowing Cloud used the Character Card to summon a loyal Dou Huang expert, named him Nameless, and ordered him to stay hidden.
• Ya Fei visited Flowing Cloud and confirmed that preparations for the next day's auction were complete.
• Flowing Cloud reviewed the auction list and told Ya Fei to run the auction house according to her own judgment.

Flowing Cloud won Ya Fei’s support by promising her a future role in the Mittel Family, then used his Devouring Divine Ability to absorb five Magical Beast Cores and rapidly increase his cultivation. By morning, he had become a Dou Zhe and was preparing to attend the auction.

• Ya Fei thanked Flowing Cloud for supporting her authority over the Mittel Auction House, and he promised to give her the life she wanted after taking over the Mittel Family.
• Flowing Cloud asked Ya Fei to send several first-tier Magical Beast Cores to his room, then looked toward the Xiao Clan residence and resolved to become the Dou Qi Continent’s protagonist.
• Ya Fei arranged for five Magical Beast Cores to be delivered, and Flowing Cloud devoured the first one to advance from the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi to the Ninth Stage.
• Flowing Cloud devoured all five Magical Beast Cores overnight and broke through to the Dou Zhe realm.
• Flowing Cloud washed up and left his room because the auction was about to begin.

Flowing Cloud attended the Mittel Auction House auction, where Ya Fei sold a Foundation Building Pill and a Demonic Core Weapon. The system rewarded him with a fifth-grade Profound Origin Pill and a third-grade Ice Soul Sword, and he awaited the next item.

• Ya Fei welcomed Flowing Cloud to a private room before beginning the auction as Wutan City's family chiefs arrived.
• The auction's first item, a Foundation Building Pill, sold to a mercenary commander for three thousand Gold Coins, triggering a system reward of a Profound Origin Pill for Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud examined the Profound Origin Pill in the System Space and decided not to devour it while others could notice a breakthrough.
• The first-grade Ice Gleam Sword sold to Clan Chief Ao Ba for four thousand five hundred Gold Coins, earning Flowing Cloud a third-grade Ice Soul Sword through the system.
• Flowing Cloud admired the Ice Soul Sword and turned his attention back to the hall as Ya Fei began auctioning the third item.

Ya Fei auctioned the Mountain Splitting Palm, and Flowing Cloud gained an Earth Tier Mid-grade Dou Technique through the Ten Thousand Times Return. The auction then opened bidding on the Mysterious Tier Intermediate Mad Beast Art, which drew intense interest from Wutan City's families and wealthy merchants.

• Ya Fei began the auction for the Yellow Tier Mid-grade Mountain Splitting Palm, and Jia Lie Bi won it with a bid of forty thousand Gold Coins.
• Flowing Cloud received the Earth Tier Mid-grade Sky Covering Palm from the system but realized he was not yet strong enough to cultivate it.
• Ya Fei introduced the Mysterious Tier Intermediate Mad Beast Art as the auction's final item.
• A wealthy medicinal-herb supplier and Ao Ba Pa both coveted the Mad Beast Art to strengthen their position against Wutan City's three great families.
• Ya Fei set the Mad Beast Art's starting price at forty thousand Gold Coins, and the first bidder offered fifty thousand.

The clan chiefs of Wutan City's three great families drove up the price of the Mad Beast Art until Ao Ba Pa won it for two hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins. Flowing Cloud received the Heavenly Tier Primary Cultivation Method Myriad Beasts True Scripture through the Ten Thousand Times Return and eagerly inspected it in the System Space.

• Ao Ba Pa, Xiao Zhan, and Jia Lie Bi competed for the Mad Beast Art, with Jia Lie Bi and Xiao Zhan pushing up Ao Ba Pa's bid.
• Ya Fei encouraged the bidding as the clan chiefs drove the price higher, while Flowing Cloud waited for the auction to end.
• Ao Ba Pa won the Mad Beast Art for two hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins after Xiao Zhan and Jia Lie Bi stopped bidding.
• Flowing Cloud triggered the Ten Thousand Times Return and obtained the Heavenly Tier Primary Cultivation Method Myriad Beasts True Scripture.
• Flowing Cloud sent his consciousness into the System Space to examine the Myriad Beasts True Scripture.

After the auction, Flowing Cloud learned that the Mittel Auction House usually held sales only once a month because it lacked enough high-quality items. He decided to supply auction items himself and planned to hold the next auction in half a month, hoping to exploit a loophole in his system’s return restriction.

• Flowing Cloud praised Ya Fei’s management of the auction, then asked when the next auction would be held.
• Ya Fei explained that the Mittel Auction House held auctions monthly because preparing appealing items took considerable effort.
• Flowing Cloud considered auctioning his Ice Soul Sword but worried that the system would not return rewards for items it had already given him.
• Flowing Cloud realized he might bypass the restriction by trading a system-returned item for a different item before auctioning it.
• Flowing Cloud told Ya Fei to schedule the next auction for half a month later and promised to provide items of comparable quality.
• Ya Fei accepted Flowing Cloud’s plan after he assured her he would not endanger the auction house’s future.

Flowing Cloud devoured part of a Profound Origin Pill overnight and advanced to a five-star Dou Practitioner before beginning to absorb the Myriad Beasts True Scripture. At the Mittel Auction House, Ya Fei persuaded Gu Ni to help her rather than confront Flowing Cloud over his decision to hold the next auction in half a month.

• Flowing Cloud devoured one-third of the Profound Origin Pill's energy and advanced from a one-star to a five-star Dou Practitioner.
• Flowing Cloud ate the breakfast Ya Fei prepared, then took out the Myriad Beasts True Scripture, which poured information into his mind as his Dou Qi surged into it.
• Ya Fei told Gu Ni that Flowing Cloud had postponed the next auction until half a month later, and Gu Ni angrily prepared to confront him.
• Ya Fei stopped Gu Ni and explained that Flowing Cloud's arrival was an opportunity she did not want to lose.
• Gu Ni asked Ya Fei to bring him a Demonic Origin Flower and a Second-grade wood-element Magical Beast Core so he could try to refine a Second-grade Pill for her.

Flowing Cloud absorbed the Myriad Beasts True Scripture and began using the Profound Origin Pill to raise his cultivation. After reaching Nine-star Dou Zhe, he swallowed the pill’s remaining energy to force a breakthrough to Dou Shi.

• Flowing Cloud absorbed the Blood-colored Scroll’s information and learned that the Myriad Beasts True Scripture refined Magical Beast Essence Blood to strengthen the body and gain beast abilities.
• Flowing Cloud realized the technique’s fourth level required essence blood more powerful than the Dou Qi Continent could provide, and considered using his system to obtain it.
• Flowing Cloud activated his Devouring Divine Ability and absorbed the Profound Origin Pill’s energy, reaching Six-star Dou Zhe after a day of cultivation.
• Flowing Cloud continued cultivating for three days until he reached Nine-star Dou Zhe, but could not break through the bottleneck.
• Flowing Cloud swallowed the pill’s remaining tenth to force his breakthrough, and its energy surged wildly through his body.

After breaking through to the Dou Shi Realm, Flowing Cloud inspected Nameless’s abilities and arranged to learn Nameless’s Earth-tier Movement Technique, Demonic Shadow Tracing. He gave Nameless powerful cultivation resources in return, leaving Nameless astonished.

• Flowing Cloud absorbed the Profound Origin Pill’s energy and reached the Dou Shi Realm in three days.
• Flowing Cloud checked Nameless’s attributes and learned that he was a Six-star Dou Huang with Earth-tier cultivation and techniques.
• Flowing Cloud asked Nameless to teach him Demonic Shadow Tracing, and Nameless handed him the technique scroll.
• Flowing Cloud gave Nameless the Earth Tier Mid-grade Sky Covering Palm and the Heavenly Tier Primary Myriad Beasts True Scripture, shocking him.

Flowing Cloud sent Nameless to the Black Corner Region to auction the Ice Soul Sword and Sky Covering Palm scroll, hoping to exploit the system’s return mechanism through successive auctions. Meanwhile, Ya Fei visited Iron Wolf to negotiate for the Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf core.

• Flowing Cloud gave Nameless the Sky Covering Palm and Myriad Beasts True Scripture, then ordered him to memorize the palm technique and travel to the Black Corner Region.
• Nameless set off to auction the Ice Soul Sword and Sky Covering Palm scroll at the Black Seal Auction House.
• Flowing Cloud planned to use items obtained through barter in another auction to trigger the system’s return mechanism again, then began cultivating Demonic Shadow Tracing.
• Ya Fei visited the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group and asked Iron Wolf to sell the Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf Magical Beast Core.
• Iron Wolf praised the Mittel Auction House’s information network and acknowledged the influence of the Mittel Family.

Ya Fei bought the Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf's Magical Beast Core from Captain Iron Wolf for forty thousand Gold Coins. In his private courtyard, Flowing Cloud advanced his Demonic Shadow Tracing and practiced the Sky Covering Palm before Ya Fei arrived to meet him.

• Ya Fei offered Captain Iron Wolf thirty thousand Gold Coins for the Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf's Magical Beast Core, then raised her offer to forty thousand when he refused.
• Captain Iron Wolf accepted Ya Fei's offer, and the Mittel Auction House completed the transaction with the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group.
• Flowing Cloud practiced Demonic Shadow Tracing until he could create three phantoms with each step.
• Flowing Cloud used Mountain Splitting Palm to crack a large bluestone and judged that he could contend with a peak Dou Master.
• Flowing Cloud worried about Nameless's journey to the Black Corner Region, then invited Ya Fei into his courtyard when she requested an audience.

Flowing Cloud accepted the Xiao Clan’s invitation to observe its annual test and continued preparing for an auction while worrying about Nameless’s dangerous mission. At the test, Xiao Yan endured the clan’s mockery as Flowing Cloud arrived and was welcomed by Xiao Zhan.

• Ya Fei told Flowing Cloud that the Xiao Clan had invited him to its annual test, and he agreed to attend in three days.
• Ya Fei reported that she had secured a Second-grade medicinal pill Foundation Building Pill and a Third-order Demonic Core for the auction, and Flowing Cloud thanked her for her efforts.
• Flowing Cloud worried that Nameless might be caught up in the danger surrounding the Earth Tier Dou Technique Sky Covering Palm in the Black Corner Region, then resumed cultivating.
• At the Xiao Clan’s annual test, the First Elder urged Xiao Zhan to keep Xiao Yan from participating, but Xiao Zhan insisted that every young clan member follow the ancestral rule.
• Xiao Yan’s peers mocked his declining strength while he stood apart in the training grounds.
• Flowing Cloud arrived at the Xiao Clan’s test, and Xiao Zhan hurried down to welcome him.

Flowing Cloud attended the Xiao Clan’s cultivation test as Xiao Zhan and the elders welcomed him. Xiao Yan’s result showed only the Third Stage, leaving him exposed to the clan’s mockery as the chapter ended with him standing beside the testing tablet.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed Flowing Cloud and seated him with the Xiao Clan elders before announcing that Seventh Stage Dou Qi was required to pass the test.
• The examiner tested ten Xiao Clan disciples, and all of them failed to qualify, disappointing Xiao Zhan and the elders.
• The examiner called Xiao Yan, prompting the elders to worry that his performance would embarrass the clan in front of Flowing Cloud.
• Xiao Yan calmly approached the testing tablet despite the disciples’ mocking looks, and Flowing Cloud silently admired his composure.
• The tablet revealed Xiao Yan had Third Stage Dou Qi, and the disciples mocked him as he stood still while a beautiful girl looked at him with pity.

Flowing Cloud watched Xiao Yan endure humiliation and considered helping him, then observed Xiao Mei’s test and the Xiao Clan elders’ attempt to arrange her with him. The training ground fell silent when Xiao Xun’er was called to take her test.

• Flowing Cloud admired Xiao Yan’s composure and considered helping his fellow transmigrator, depending on his performance.
• Xiao Mei tested at the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi, earning praise and restoring the Xiao Clan’s spirits.
• The First and Second Elders urged Flowing Cloud to pursue Xiao Mei, and he tactfully put off the discussion.
• Xiao Xun’er was called for her test, drawing every gaze in the training ground with her presence.

Xiao Xun'er revealed that she had reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi power, drawing astonishment from the Xiao Clan while Xiao Yan left with mixed feelings. Flowing Cloud departed after inviting Xiao Zhan to the Mittel Auction House’s next auction and hinting that its treasures could make the Xiao Clan Wutan City’s leading clan.

• Xiao Xun'er touched the Black Stone Tablet and was revealed to have reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi power, Level: High.
• The Xiao Clan youths admired Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Yan watched her become the center of attention and left the training ground with a self-mocking smile.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders reacted with surprise, and Flowing Cloud suspected Xiao Xun'er was hiding her true cultivation.
• Flowing Cloud told Xiao Zhan that the Mittel Auction House would hold another auction in three days and announced that auctions would take place every half month.
• Flowing Cloud urged Xiao Zhan to attend, hinting that the auction’s treasures could help the Xiao Clan become Wutan City's number one clan.

Flowing Cloud warned Xiao Zhan about an upcoming auction, prompting the Xiao Clan to gather Gold Coins. He then offered Xiao Yan a deal that could restore his lost talent, leaving Xiao Yan shaken and eager to know if the promise was true.

• Flowing Cloud told Xiao Zhan that a valuable treasure would appear at an auction in three days, and Xiao Zhan ordered the Xiao Clan to gather Gold Coins.
• Xiao Xun'er caught up with Xiao Yan and reassured him that her feelings for him would not change, despite his lost strength.
• Flowing Cloud introduced himself to Xiao Yan and explained that he had approached him out of respect, not mockery.
• When Xiao Yan tried to leave, Flowing Cloud said his deal could restore Xiao Yan's talent, and Xiao Yan stopped to ask whether it was true.

Flowing Cloud offered to restore Xiao Yan's talent in exchange for having his future treasures auctioned through the Mittel Auction House, while secretly planning to take Xiao Yan's Storage Ring for auction. Xiao Yan remained wary but reconsidered after Flowing Cloud promised him the auction proceeds, and the chapter ended with him asking if that promise was true.

• Flowing Cloud recognized that Old Yao inside Xiao Yan's Storage Ring was draining his Dou Qi and planned to remove and auction the ring, Soul Body, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked Flowing Cloud what he wanted in return for restoring his talent, and Flowing Cloud requested a private conversation.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Xun'er waiting and went with Flowing Cloud to an ancient tree, where they agreed to call each other brothers.
• Flowing Cloud offered to restore Xiao Yan's talent if Xiao Yan auctioned all his future treasures through the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan objected that the deal sounded excessive, but Flowing Cloud promised Xiao Yan could bid on his treasures and keep all the profits.
• Xiao Yan asked Flowing Cloud whether those promises were true.

Xiao Yan hesitated over Flowing Cloud’s offer to restore his talent in exchange for sending future treasures to the Mittel Auction House for auction. Flowing Cloud left him time to decide, then returned to the auction house to receive the treasures Nameless had brought back from the Black Corner Region.

• Flowing Cloud explained that Xiao Yan would have to auction future treasures, including Heavenly Flames, through the Mittel Auction House if he accepted help restoring his talent.
• Xiao Yan doubted Flowing Cloud’s offer and worried it concealed a scheme, so he did not agree.
• Flowing Cloud left the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yan walked away and Xiao Xun'er watched him thoughtfully.
• Outside the Xiao Clan gates, Flowing Cloud considered taking Xiao Yan’s ring by force if he refused for too long, but decided to wait.
• Flowing Cloud sensed Nameless’s return, hurried to the Mittel Auction House, and met him in his courtyard.
• Nameless handed Flowing Cloud a Storage Ring containing the treasures he had collected.

Flowing Cloud examined the treasures Nameless brought back from the Black Corner Region and decided to keep the valuable Iron Winged Giant Eagle Egg and Alchemist's Handbook for now. He planned to use the handbook to bring Master Gu Ni under his command, while preparing to auction the Qi Gathering Pill in Wutan City.

• Flowing Cloud learned that the Green Pill was a Third-grade Qi Gathering Pill that could improve a Da Dou Shi's strength, and considered auctioning it.
• Nameless identified the purple egg as a Sixth-tier Iron Winged Giant Eagle Egg, so Flowing Cloud chose to keep it until he was strong enough to protect it.
• Flowing Cloud learned that the black scroll was a Fifth-grade Alchemist's Handbook containing alchemy insights and pill formulas.
• Flowing Cloud decided to use the handbook as an opportunity to win over Master Gu Ni, a Second-grade Alchemist at the Mittel Auction House.
• Flowing Cloud kept the Qi Gathering Pill for the next auction and stored the egg and handbook, though he wished he had more items to auction.

Flowing Cloud gave Ya Fei a Qi Gathering Pill for appraisal and refused invitations from the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families. While cultivating that night, he was startled by the arrival of Xiao Xun'er above his courtyard.

• Flowing Cloud decided the Qi Gathering Pill would be the main new treasure at the upcoming auction.
• Ya Fei told Flowing Cloud the auction preparations were complete but they still needed more items, and he gave her the Qi Gathering Pill to take to Master Gu Ni for appraisal.
• Ya Fei reported that the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families had invited Flowing Cloud to their annual assessments, but he told her to decline both invitations.
• After Ya Fei left, Flowing Cloud cultivated with a Second-order Demonic Core in his courtyard.
• Nameless warned Flowing Cloud of danger, and he saw Xiao Xun'er hovering above the courtyard.