Chapter Summaries

Nameless captured Aunt Qing after she infiltrated the Li residence, and Flowing Cloud kept her alive for his own purposes. The Grand Princess Yaoye learned Aunt Qing had vanished and grew fearful of the Li Family’s hidden backing as the Black Rock Auction approached.

• Aunt Qing entered the Li residence at night to search for the faction behind the Li Family, but Nameless struck her unconscious and took her away.
• Flowing Cloud learned Aunt Qing was a newly established Dou Wang and stored her in the System Space instead of killing her.
• Flowing Cloud told Nameless to keep guarding the Li Family and capture any further intruders, then rented an inn room and cultivated while anticipating the auction.
• The Grand Princess Yaoye questioned City Lord Yu Guang after hearing that Aunt Qing was missing and the Li Family had seemed peaceful.
• The Grand Princess ordered City Lord Yu Guang to investigate Aunt Qing’s disappearance and wondered what the Li Family was planning for the auction.

Flowing Cloud and the gathered factions awaited the Black Rock Auction as tensions rose over the Li Family’s planned sale of a Dou Wang woman. The auction began, with the Grand Princess believing the woman was Aunt Qing and vowing to buy her back.

• Flowing Cloud entered a private room with Nameless and ordered him to watch for anyone trying to disrupt the auction.
• The Grand Princess learned that the auction’s grand finale was a female Dou Wang servant and suspected she was Aunt Qing; she ordered City Lord Yu Guang to buy her back.
• Li Yan greeted Mo Cheng, the Mo Family Grand Elder, who had come seeking the Snake People woman being auctioned.
• Crowds filled the auction hall, and Li Yan opened the Black Rock Auction and announced its first item.

Flowing Cloud gained a Dou Ling Pill after the Qi Gathering Pill was auctioned and a Form Transformation Pill after the Green Spirit Pill was sold. He decided to save the Dou Ling Pill for his grandfather and learned that the Form Transformation Pill could let magical beasts take human form.

• A thin man bought the Qi Gathering Pill for one hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins, triggering Flowing Cloud to receive a Dou Ling Pill from the system.
• Flowing Cloud decided to save the Dou Ling Pill for his grandfather, who was at the Dou Wang realm.
• Li Yan introduced a two-mark Green Spirit Pill, and bidders raised its price to five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins.
• Li Yan sold the Green Spirit Pill after no one else raised the bid, triggering Flowing Cloud to receive a Form Transformation Pill from the system.
• Flowing Cloud recalled that the Form Transformation Pill could let a magical beast shed its beast form and gain human cultivation talent.

At the auction, Fu Kelan won the Fifth-grade Muscle Regeneration Pill recipe after a fierce bidding contest. Flowing Cloud’s Ten Thousand Times Return reward was an Eighth-grade Undying Pill recipe, which the System sent to his System Space.

• Flowing Cloud recalled promising the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King a Form Transformation Pill and considered whether the king might earn it early.
• Li Yan introduced the Fifth-grade Muscle Regeneration Pill recipe, starting the bidding at 150,000 Gold Coins.
• Fu Kelan asked Ao Tuo when to bid, then waited as the price climbed and other alchemists competed.
• Fu Kelan bid against an alchemist from another city and won the recipe for 1,500,000 Gold Coins.
• The System notified Flowing Cloud that the auction triggered Ten Thousand Times Return and granted him the Eighth-grade Undying Pill recipe.

Flowing Cloud learned that the Undying Pill could grant powerful regeneration and received its rare main ingredient, the Nine-Colored Longevity Grass, through the system. As the auction continued, Li Yan introduced the fifth item, a Spirit Ascension Pill.

• Flowing Cloud read the Undying Pill Recipe and learned that the pill could restore severe injuries, including a shattered heart, unless the head was severed.
• Li Yan auctioned a Green Spirit Root, which Fu Kelan won for 1.6 million Gold Coins after a visiting alchemist repeatedly raised the price.
• Ao Tuo consoled Fu Kelan, who thanked him for lending the money and was reminded to repay it.
• Flowing Cloud received a Nine-Colored Longevity Grass through Ten Thousand Times Return and learned it could add nine hundred years to his lifespan or serve as a main ingredient in the Undying Pill.
• Flowing Cloud decided to save the Nine-Colored Longevity Grass for making an Undying Pill, while Li Yan introduced the fifth auction item, a Spirit Ascension Pill.

Li Yan auctioned a Spirit Ascension Pill, which could raise a Dou Ling's strength but ended their chance of future breakthroughs. The Mo Family Grand Elder won the bidding, and Flowing Cloud received an Eighth-grade Sacred Spirit Pill through the System.

• Li Yan introduced the Spirit Ascension Pill's ability to raise a Dou Ling's strength by one or two stars, while concealing that it prevented further breakthroughs.
• Bidders drove the price from two hundred thousand to one million Gold Coins.
• The Mo Family Grand Elder bid one million two hundred thousand Gold Coins, and the Ye Family Patriarch competed with him.
• The Mo Family Grand Elder made a final bid of one million six hundred thousand Gold Coins, and the Ye Family stopped bidding.
• Li Yan awarded the pill to the Mo Family Grand Elder, and Flowing Cloud's System granted him an Eighth-grade Sacred Spirit Pill.

Flowing Cloud learned that the Sacred Spirit Pill could help a Half-Saint advance to Dou Saint, then watched the auction introduce a Snake-People woman as its sixth item. Bidding surged until the Yan City Mo Family offered one million Gold Coins.

• Flowing Cloud considered the Eighth-grade Sacred Spirit Pill but set it aside because he had no Half-Saint subordinates who could use it.
• Li Yan brought a covered steel cage onto the auction stage and revealed a Snake-People woman wearing a Binding Ring.
• Li Yan announced that the woman had Dou Ling cultivation and commanded several hundred Snake People, stirring the crowd's interest.
• The Mo Family Grand Elder told the Second Elder that they had to acquire the Snake-People woman.
• Bidders drove the price up from 200,000 Gold Coins, and the Yan City Mo Family bid one million.

At the auction, Flowing Cloud let the Mo Family Grand Elder pursue the Snake People woman, suspecting the Mo Clan wanted her for an organ transplant. The Ye Family Patriarch challenged the Mo elder’s bid but stopped at 1.8 million Gold Coins, leaving the woman apparently in the Mo Clan’s hands.

• The Mo Family Grand Elder invoked the Mo Clan’s power to discourage anyone from bidding on the Snake People woman.
• Flowing Cloud considered bringing the woman to Queen Medusa and told Nameless not to kill the Mo elder yet.
• The Mo Family Grand Elder bid one million Gold Coins, and the auction hall fell silent until the Ye Family Patriarch offered one million one hundred thousand.
• The Mo Family Grand Elder and the Ye Family Patriarch raised their bids against each other until the Mo elder offered one million eight hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• The Ye Family Patriarch stopped bidding and mocked the Mo elder, while Li Yan prepared to award the woman to the Mo Clan.

Flowing Cloud obtained a Dou Zong Snake-Person through the system and waited to summon it somewhere secluded. At the auction, Li Yan presented a poisoned Dou Wang woman as the grand finale, prompting the Grand Princess to ask City Lord Yu Guang to buy her as the bidding began.

• Flowing Cloud learned that a Dou Ling Snake-Person had been auctioned and received a Dou Zong Snake-Person through Ten Thousand Times Return.
• Flowing Cloud chose to wait until he was somewhere deserted before summoning the Snake-Person, then returned his attention to the auction.
• Li Yan presented an unconscious woman in green and claimed she had attacked the Li Family before an expert defeated her.
• Li Yan revealed that the woman was a Dou Wang and that the Li Family held the antidote to her poison.
• The Grand Princess recognized the woman as Aunt Qing, and City Lord Yu Guang promised to buy her.
• Bidding for the woman began at 250,000 gold coins and quickly reached 600,000.

The auction for the Dou Wang powerhouse reached three million gold coins, and City Lord Yu Guang won the bid for the Grand Princess. Flowing Cloud then received a Nine-star Dou Zong through the System’s Ten Thousand Times Return, leaving him convinced he would become invincible.

• The Mo Family Grand Elder withdrew from bidding after spending most of his gold coins on earlier auction items, while the Second Elder warned him not to provoke the Li Family’s mysterious backer.
• City Lord Yu Guang raised his bid to two million three hundred thousand gold coins, and the Ye Family Patriarch countered with two million seven hundred thousand.
• City Lord Yu Guang offered three million gold coins, and the other factions withdrew from the bidding.
• Li Yan auctioned the Dou Wang powerhouse to City Lord Yu Guang, who thanked the Grand Princess for her promise to repay the cost.
• Flowing Cloud received a Nine-star Dou Zong in the System Space after the auction triggered Ten Thousand Times Return.

After the auction, Flowing Cloud summoned Snake Shadow and ordered her to intercept the Mo Family members carrying an unconscious Snake People woman. Snake Shadow caught up with their flying transport and killed the Mo Family Grand Elder as he tried to assault the captive.

• Flowing Cloud summoned Snake Shadow, a Snake People Dou Zong expert, and ordered her to bring him the Snake People woman leaving Black Rock City with the Mo Family.
• Flowing Cloud praised Li Yan for managing the auction and promised him rewards before leaving the auction house.
• The Mo Family Grand Elder chartered a Thick Winged Bird to take the unconscious Snake People woman toward Salt City.
• The Mo Family Grand Elder sent the Second Elder outside and prepared to assault the unconscious woman.
• Snake Shadow landed on the flying transport, killed the Second Elder, then tore off the Grand Elder's head when he came to investigate.

The Grand Princess and City Lord Yu Guang treated Aunt Qing with an antidote, and she awoke to warn them about the Li Family. Her account of being knocked unconscious with one strike convinced the Grand Princess that a Dou Huang expert was backing the Li Family, while Yu Guang asked to leave Black Rock City.

• The Grand Princess questioned whether the Li Family's antidote was genuine, but Yu Guang argued that it was likely trustworthy, and she gave it to Aunt Qing.
• After waking, Aunt Qing urged the Grand Princess to leave Black Rock City because the Li Family was terrifying.
• Aunt Qing recalled infiltrating the Li Family and being knocked unconscious with a single palm strike before she could act.
• The Grand Princess concluded that the attacker was likely a Dou Huang expert hidden behind the Li Family, and Yu Guang feared for his safety.
• Yu Guang asked the Grand Princess to have the Emperor transfer him away, and she promised to report the situation to her father.

Flowing Cloud summoned Lin Hai, a Nine-star Dou Zong and Grand Elder of the Lin Family, and planned to use his Central Plains family as a base for Flowing Cloud Pavilion. He gave Lin Hai a Heaven-tier Dou Technique and asked him to record his Earth-tier techniques and cultivation method for auction.

• Flowing Cloud summoned Lin Hai, who revealed that he was the strongest expert and Grand Elder of the Lin Family, a leading family in Heavenly Wind City.
• Lin Hai explained that his absence could cost the family its standing, but the rival families would likely avoid destroying it unless they confirmed he was dead.
• Flowing Cloud decided to bring the Lin Family under his control and make it Flowing Cloud Pavilion's first base in the Central Plains.
• Flowing Cloud gave Lin Hai the Heaven-tier Intermediate Golden Emperor Fist to cultivate.
• Flowing Cloud handed Lin Hai three blank scrolls and asked him to record his Earth-tier cultivation method and Dou Techniques for auction.

Flowing Cloud reassigned his subordinates to protect his interests in the Northwest Region and prepare an auction house in the Black Corner Region. He left Lin Hai to guard him, sent Nameless to assist Chi Xiao, and secured the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's agreement to guard Black Rock City for a year.

• Flowing Cloud accepted Lin Hai's service and assigned Nameless to the Black Corner Region to help Chi Xiao establish an auction house, giving him resources to recruit people.
• Flowing Cloud told Lin Hai that he would now be responsible for protecting him.
• Worried that the imperial family might threaten the Black Rock Auction House, Flowing Cloud summoned the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and asked it to guard Black Rock City for a year.
• Flowing Cloud offered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King its promised Form Transformation Pill, and it agreed to stay in the city for a year.
• Flowing Cloud gave the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King the pill and returned its Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, prompting the beast to look at him suspiciously.

Flowing Cloud used Lin Hai's overwhelming aura to deter the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King from leaving, then had it take a Form Transformation Pill. After Snake Shadow returned, she revealed that she had once been the Snake People's Great Elder, leaving Flowing Cloud eager to use her status and strength to gain influence over the tribe.

• Flowing Cloud had Lin Hai unleash his pressure, forcing the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to the ground.
• Flowing Cloud ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to take the Form Transformation Pill, and it swallowed the pill while keeping its unconscious son nearby.
• Lin Hai sensed a Dou Zong approaching, and Snake Shadow returned to report that she had completed her mission.
• Flowing Cloud stored the unconscious Snake People woman in the System Space, and Snake Shadow said the woman carried the aura of one of her tribe's elders.
• Snake Shadow revealed that she had been the Snake People's Great Elder before leaving the tribe and breaking through to Dou Zong in the Central Plains.
• Flowing Cloud realized Snake Shadow could potentially command the Snake People tribe and considered the force she could bring under his influence.

Flowing Cloud sent Snake Shadow back to the Snake People to gather Ice Spirit Cold Spring and poisonous items, then visited the Li Family after the Black Rock Auction. He rewarded Li Yuan and left him responsible for preparing an equally high-quality auction next month before returning to the Imperial Capital with Lin Hai.

• Flowing Cloud learned that Snake Shadow had been away from the Snake People for over a hundred years and ordered her to gather Ice Spirit Cold Spring and high-grade poisonous items.
• Flowing Cloud decided to return to the Imperial Capital and visited the Li Family before leaving Black Rock City.
• Li Yuan gave Flowing Cloud the Black Rock Auction proceeds, but Flowing Cloud returned the Storage Ring and told him to use the resources to gather rare treasures for the next auction.
• Flowing Cloud rewarded Li Yuan with thirty bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source and two hundred Fifth-tier Demonic Cores, and said a Dou Huang expert would guard the Li Family.
• Flowing Cloud warned Li Yuan that the next auction must meet his requirements, then returned to the Imperial Capital with Lin Hai through the Void Passage.

Flowing Cloud brought Lin Hai to the Imperial Capital through the Void Passage, astonishing him with the Void Burrowing Beast’s ability. After explaining the value of Space Wormholes in the Central Plains, Lin Hai suggested Flowing Cloud could earn a fortune by establishing Void Passages there.

• Flowing Cloud and Lin Hai emerged in the Imperial Capital after Little Purple used the Void Passage.
• Flowing Cloud explained the Void Passage, and Lin Hai speculated that Little Purple was a Heaven and Earth Exotic Beast.
• Lin Hai told Flowing Cloud that Space Wormholes were valuable public transportation routes in the Central Plains.
• Lin Hai explained that Flowing Cloud could profit enormously by building Void Passages, which were safer and more convenient than Space Wormholes.

Flowing Cloud and Lin Hai discussed introducing Void Passages across the Central Plains but decided to wait until they had a powerful force behind them. The next morning, Flowing Cloud checked on Qing Lin and brought Lin Hai to meet Queen Medusa, whose wariness grew when she sensed Lin Hai’s strength.

• Lin Hai proposed monopolizing the Central Plains’ Space Passages with Void Passages, but Flowing Cloud said they needed a powerful force first.
• Qing Lin helped Flowing Cloud wash and dress, and he teased her into saying he was handsome.
• Flowing Cloud asked whether Medusa had bullied Qing Lin, and Qing Lin privately resolved to stay by Flowing Cloud’s side despite Medusa’s attempts to persuade her to leave.
• Flowing Cloud decided to keep Lin Hai with him as a bodyguard and took him and Qing Lin to visit Medusa.
• Medusa sensed intense pressure from Lin Hai, and Flowing Cloud told her he had come to show her someone.

Flowing Cloud revealed that he had bought a Snake People woman, provoking Queen Medusa, who tried to reclaim her clanswoman. After Flowing Cloud’s power forced Medusa to yield, they struck a deal to establish an auction house in Snake People territory, and he returned the woman.

• Flowing Cloud showed Queen Medusa the Snake People woman he had bought, and Medusa demanded that he explain himself and release her.
• Queen Medusa blocked Flowing Cloud from leaving and demanded the woman back, but he refused and said she could buy her at an auction in half a month.
• Queen Medusa attacked Flowing Cloud with her pressure, but a stronger force sent her flying and left her injured.
• Queen Medusa offered to serve Flowing Cloud for another year in exchange for her clanswoman, but he instead asked to establish an auction house in Snake People territory within a month.
• Queen Medusa agreed to the auction house and promised her people would not interfere, while Flowing Cloud promised to return the woman.
• Flowing Cloud released the Snake People woman and left with Lin Hai and Qing Lin, while Queen Medusa examined her clanswoman's injuries.

Flowing Cloud planned to use an Auction House among the Snake People as a profitable stronghold and a route for future expansion into other empires. After confronting Great Elder Mittel Huayuan over the Mittel Auction House, he gave his grandfather Mittel Tengshan a sixth-tier Dou Ling Pill.

• Flowing Cloud planned to establish an Auction House among the Snake People, using barter and a future Void Gate to expand into other empires.
• Flowing Cloud chose the Chuyun Empire as his first target because he wanted to find Xiao Yi Xian and help her unify it.
• Flowing Cloud entered Mittel Tengshan's hall while Great Elder Mittel Huayuan argued against the Auction House decision.
• Flowing Cloud mocked Mittel Huayuan for bringing his complaint to Mittel Tengshan, and Mittel Huayuan stormed out after warning that Flowing Cloud might ruin the family business.
• Flowing Cloud gave Mittel Tengshan a sixth-tier Dou Ling Pill and told him to accept it without asking where it came from.