Chapter Summaries

Grand Princess Yaoye attended Flowing Cloud’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and tried to build a cordial relationship with him, while he endured the family’s lengthy rituals. As Flowing Cloud’s turn approached, Mittel Yun Fei challenged him to demonstrate his Dou Shi cultivation.

• Yaoye rebuked Yao Yue for insulting Flowing Cloud, then apologized to him and tried to win his favor.
• Flowing Cloud and Ya Fei exchanged polite greetings with Yaoye, who had come to attend his ceremony.
• Mittel Tengshan welcomed Yaoye and asked Flowing Cloud to escort her group to their seats.
• Flowing Cloud complained to Ya Fei about the ceremony’s tedious procedures as he watched the other descendants take their turns.
• Mittel Yun Fei provoked Flowing Cloud to display his Dou Shi cultivation, still suspecting he had used a forbidden drug to defeat Mu Zhan.

Flowing Cloud underwent the Mittel Family’s coming-of-age test before gathered guests, proving he had reached Three-star Dou Shi. The revelation left the rival families stunned and heightened expectations for the Mittel Family’s future.

• Flowing Cloud taunted Princess Yao Yue and ignored Mittel Yun Fei’s doubts while waiting for his turn.
• Mittel Huayuan presided over Flowing Cloud’s lengthy coming-of-age rites, then began the test before the watching guests.
• Flowing Cloud placed his palm on the Black Stone Tablet while Mittel Huayuan, Princess Yao Yue, the Mu family, and Nalan Yanran watched with anticipation.
• The Black Stone Tablet displayed “Three-star Dou Shi,” shocking the audience and confirming Flowing Cloud’s strength.
• The guests considered how Flowing Cloud’s talent and the Mittel Family’s influence, wealth, and powerful connections could strengthen the family’s position.

Flowing Cloud was confirmed as a Three-star Dou Shi and became the Mittel Family’s Young Master, then prepared to hold the family’s Heaven-tier Auction. The auction began with powerful families and distinguished guests from across the Jia Ma Empire in attendance.

• Yaoye praised Flowing Cloud’s strength and asked Mittel Tengshan about the Heaven-tier Auction, while Princess Yao Yue slipped away, relieved she had not provoked him.
• Mittel Huayuan announced Flowing Cloud as a Three-star Dou Shi, and Flowing Cloud later defeated the other descendants to become the Mittel Family’s Young Master.
• Mittel Tengshan announced the coming Heaven-tier Auction, and Flowing Cloud left the ceremony with Ya Fei before other guests could exchange pleasantries.
• Ya Fei asked whether the auction needed advance publicity, but Flowing Cloud said the Heaven-tier name itself was enough.
• On auction day, Yaoye, the Little Princess, Nalan Yanran, Misty Cloud Sect elders, the Mu family, and guests from other cities gathered at the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei was set to host.

Flowing Cloud attended the Mittel Auction House’s Heaven-tier Auction, where Yao Yue bought a Green Winged Giant Bird Egg and the system rewarded him with a Seventh-tier Green Wind Luan Egg. The auction moved on to a Dragon Strength Pill, whose bidding reached eight hundred thousand gold coins.

• Ya Fei opened the Heaven-tier Auction and introduced a Fifth-tier Green Winged Giant Bird Egg with a starting price of three hundred thousand gold coins.
• Yao Yue insisted on buying the egg and won it for one million gold coins after other bidders backed down.
• The system rewarded Flowing Cloud with a Seventh-tier Green Wind Luan Egg, which he planned to give to Ya Fei after the auction.
• Ya Fei presented a Fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill, and bidders raised its price to eight hundred thousand gold coins.

Flowing Cloud received 10,000 Dragon Strength Pills and an eighth-tier Heavenly Dragon True Armor through the system as Ya Fei auctioned several treasures. The auction then unveiled a Companion Purple Crystal Source, astonishing the Misty Cloud Sect elders and Nalan Yanran.

• A mercenary captain bought the Dragon Strength Pill for 1.1 million Gold Coins, and Flowing Cloud received 10,000 Dragon Strength Pills from the system.
• Ya Fei auctioned the Red Scale Soft Armor, which the Wang Family bought for 700,000 Gold Coins.
• Flowing Cloud received an eighth-tier Heavenly Dragon True Armor and decided to keep it unrefined for now.
• Ya Fei presented the Companion Purple Crystal Source as the auction’s final item.
• The Misty Cloud Sect elders explained the treasure’s rarity and power to Nalan Yanran, while Grand Princess Yaoye recalled a previous auction of the same treasure and a Purple Crystal Winged Lion King cub.

The auction of the Companion Purple Crystal Source ended with Nalan Yanran winning it, while Flowing Cloud received Purple Fruit Birth from the system. The Green Lotus Platform auction began and drew a bid from Chelsea after the Mu family had seemed poised to win.

• Nalan Yanran outbid Princess Yao Ye and won three bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source for seven million Gold Coins, six Fourth-grade Pills, and one Fifth-grade Pill.
• Flowing Cloud received three bottles of Purple Fruit Birth through the Ten Thousand Times Return system and considered giving them to Nameless and Chi Feng.
• Ya Fei introduced the Green Lotus Platform, a treasure that accelerated cultivation and could release earth fire against enemies.
• The Mu family offered eight million Gold Coins, seven Fourth-grade Pills, and one Fifth-grade Pill, leaving the other families silent.
• Chelsea, the Alchemist Guild's vice president, bid three Fifth-grade Pills for the Green Lotus Platform, and the Mu family stopped competing.

Flowing Cloud won a Bodhi Meditation Seat through the system’s ten-thousandfold return after Qiemier bought the Green Lotus Platform. As the auction moved to its finale, bidders competed for an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, and Qiemier realized it had been taken from the platform and sold separately.

• Qiemier greeted Yaoye and Princess Yue, then won the Green Lotus Platform after no one outbid him.
• Flowing Cloud received the Bodhi Meditation Seat from the system and learned it could speed cultivation and help break through bottlenecks.
• Ya Fei announced three finale items and opened bidding on an Earth Fire Lotus Seed.
• The Grand Princess, Nalan Yanran, and the Misty Cloud Sect elders sent people to notify their superiors as bidders competed for the seed.
• Qiemier recognized the Earth Fire Lotus Seed as one removed from the Green Lotus Platform and complained that the Mittel Family had split the treasure apart and sold it twice.

Elder Yun Leng arrived at the auction and secured the Earth Fire Lotus Seed with a commanding bid after Grand Princess Yaoye withdrew. When Yun Leng threatened Ya Fei for following auction procedure, Flowing Cloud decided to confront him after the auction.

• Nalan Su and Mu Chen arrived at the auction and greeted Nalan Yanran, Yun Fan, Qiemier, and the princesses.
• Yaoye received a message that calmed her and raised her bid above Yun Fan's offer.
• Yun Leng arrived and bid fifteen Fifth-grade Pills, ten Fifth-grade spirit medicines, and a Profound-tier High-grade Dou Technique for the Earth Fire Lotus Seed.
• Yaoye withdrew, saying she would not compete with Yun Leng for the seed.
• Ya Fei followed the auction procedures despite Yun Leng's anger and threats, then struck the hammer to award him the seed.
• Flowing Cloud heard Yun Leng threaten Ya Fei and resolved to give him an explanation after the auction.

After Yun Leng won the Earth Fire Lotus Seed, Flowing Cloud received a Thousand Year Fire Lotus Essence from the system. Ya Fei then began auctioning the Myriad Poison Pearl, whose ability to ward off poisons drew intense interest as the bidding climbed.

• Flowing Cloud received the Thousand Year Fire Lotus Essence as a ten-thousand-fold return and decided to wait until he was stronger before consuming it.
• Ya Fei revealed the Myriad Poison Pearl and explained that it could ward off poisons from herbs and beasts below the seventh tier.
• Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su recognized the pearl might cure Nalan Yanran's grandfather's Luotie Poison and resolved to obtain it.
• Princess Yaoye and Qiemier decided to bid for the pearl, hoping it could help the Jia Ma Empire against poison masters from the Chuyun Empire.
• Bidders raised the price beyond thirteen million Gold Coins plus pills, surpassing what Qiemier had paid for the Green Lotus Platform.

Nalan Su won the Myriad Poison Pearl after Princess Yao Ye and Master Qiemier withdrew from the bidding. Flowing Cloud received ten thousand pearls through the system, while the auction moved on to the Earth Tier Mid-grade Wangchuan Art, prompting Yaoye to prepare for a contest with the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Nalan Su bid the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Birth for the Myriad Poison Pearl, and Princess Yao Ye and Master Qiemier both gave up competing.
• Ya Fei awarded the Myriad Poison Pearl to Nalan Su, and Flowing Cloud received ten thousand Myriad Poison Pearls in the System Space.
• Ya Fei presented the Earth Tier Mid-grade Wangchuan Art, drawing the attention of Yaoye, Nalan Su, Mu Chen, and Yun Leng.
• Yaoye decided the imperial family had to secure the Wangchuan Art and sent Aunt Qing outside before Ya Fei announced that it would be exchanged for items.

Yun Leng, the Alchemist Guild, and Princess Yao Ye competed for an Earth Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Technique at the Mittel Auction House. As their offers awaited appraisal, two powerful figures began fighting in the sky nearby.

• Yun Leng decided to obtain the Earth Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Technique and bid sect treasures, including a Sixth-grade Pill.
• Master Qiemier bid a Sixth-grade Pill and a Sixth-grade Pill Recipe on behalf of the Alchemist Guild, and Princess Yao Ye answered with her own offer.
• The auction house began appraising the three factions’ bids as the long barter auction continued toward evening.
• Two figures surrounded by white and yellow spheres of light fought near the auction house, unleashing powerful energy ripples.
• The white-sphere fighter, Old Man Bing, warned the yellow-sphere fighter that the Jia Ma Imperial Family would lose its protection if he failed to break through.

Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong arrived at the Mittel Auction House after clashing outside, drawing attention to the Earth Tier Cultivation Technique up for auction. Flowing Cloud revealed himself as the auction’s organizer, and Jia Xing Tian won the technique after Qiemier and Yun Leng withdrew from bidding.

• Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong discussed the auction and warned each other against trying to seize the Earth Tier Cultivation Technique by force.
• The two Dou Emperor experts entered the auction hall, where Yun Leng, Nalan Su, and Mu Chen respectfully greeted them.
• Jia Xing Tian called for the person in charge, and Flowing Cloud appeared from the pavilion and answered his questions guardedly.
• Ya Fei announced that Qiemier held the highest bid, but Qiemier withdrew when Jia Xing Tian showed interest.
• Yun Leng also declined to compete, and Jia Xing Tian raised his bid with another fourth-grade Demonic Core Weapon to win the Earth Tier Cultivation Technique.

After the auction, Flowing Cloud received the Heaven Tier High-grade Yellow Springs Ascension Art and considered giving it to Hai Bodong. Meanwhile, Yun Leng was knocked unconscious and robbed on his way back to the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving him to suspect powerful figures in Jia Ma Holy City.

• Jia Xing Tian won the Wangchuan Art, triggering Flowing Cloud to receive the Yellow Springs Ascension Art through the system.
• Flowing Cloud comforted Ya Fei after the auction, embraced her, and kissed her once Hai Bodong and the staff had left.
• Flowing Cloud returned to the Mittel Family residence with the auction’s pills and Demonic Core Weapons, then examined the Yellow Springs Ascension Art.
• Flowing Cloud considered giving the icy cultivation technique to Hai Bodong, whose Dou Qi suited it.
• Yun Leng was knocked unconscious while flying back to the Misty Cloud Sect and woke in a wilderness forest without his clothes or Storage Ring.
• Yun Leng realized he had been robbed and wondered whether Jia Lao or Hai Bodong could have been responsible.

Hai Bodong stopped the Mittel Family elders from claiming Flowing Cloud’s auction profits and stripped Mittel Huayuan of his Great Elder position. Flowing Cloud then offered Hai Bodong an ice-element cultivation technique, leaving him stunned by its apparent Heavenly Tier potential.

• Mittel Tengshan rejected the elders’ demand for Flowing Cloud to surrender the auction profits, but Mittel Huayuan insisted that clan rules required it.
• Hai Bodong entered the council hall, declared that the clan no longer had a rule requiring Flowing Cloud to share his possessions, and warned the elders not to seize them.
• Hai Bodong removed Mittel Huayuan from his position as Great Elder and left the stunned elders behind.
• Flowing Cloud met Hai Bodong outside and asked whether he wanted to regain his former glory.
• Flowing Cloud gave Hai Bodong the Yellow Springs Ascension Art, an ice-element cultivation technique that left Hai Bodong suspecting it was Heavenly Tier.

Hai Bodong mastered the first layer of the Yellow Springs Ascension Art and left the Jia Ma Empire, while Flowing Cloud prepared to travel to the Chuyun Empire to see Xiao Yi Xian. Flowing Cloud departed with Ya Fei, Qing Lin, and the others, planning to refine pills during the journey.

• Hai Bodong cultivated the first layer of the Yellow Springs Ascension Art, replacing his Dou Qi and gaining a younger physique.
• Hai Bodong bid Flowing Cloud farewell and left the Jia Ma Empire to seek a suitable place to cultivate.
• Flowing Cloud told Mittel Tengshan he planned to visit the Chuyun Empire and promised to leave resources for the family.
• Flowing Cloud asked Ya Fei to prepare with Qing Lin and set out the next morning aboard a rented Flying Magical Beast.
• Flowing Cloud began refining pills during the journey, hoping to become a Fifth-grade Alchemist.

Flowing Cloud refined his first Fifth-grade Pill using the Taiyin Divine Flame and continued practicing during the journey. After three days, he and the others reached the border of the Chuyun Empire, where poison masters and poison shops were common.

• Flowing Cloud failed at first to refine a Fifth-grade Pill without a cauldron, then succeeded by using his Soul Power to control the medicinal liquid and Taiyin Divine Flame.
• Ya Fei recognized the energy fluctuation and pill fragrance, and Flowing Cloud revealed that he had refined a Fifth-grade Pill in eight hours.
• Flowing Cloud refined three more batches during the three-day flight, stabilizing his Fifth-grade Alchemist realm and deciding to attempt Sixth-grade Pills next.
• The Flying Magical Beast carrying Flowing Cloud and the others reached the border of the Chuyun Empire, where poison masters and shops selling poisons were widespread.

Flowing Cloud entered the Chuyun Empire with Ya Fei and Qing Lin, intending to find Xiao Yi Xian and take control of the empire as a base for his forces. After witnessing the empire’s dangerous poison-fueled conflicts, the group settled temporarily in Black Mist City.

• Flowing Cloud explained the dangers of the Chuyun Empire and gave Qing Lin a Myriad Poison Pearl, which strengthened her cultivation as it altered her physique.
• Flowing Cloud told Qing Lin that Cai Lin had returned to the Snake People and thought of finding Xiao Yi Xian, whose Calamity Poison Body might have flared up.
• Flowing Cloud, Ya Fei, and Qing Lin flew toward the Chuyun Empire on the Void Burrowing Beast while Lin Hai secretly followed to protect them.
• The group witnessed violent fights involving poison mist and chose to settle in Black Mist City, near the empire’s central region.

Flowing Cloud entered Black Mist City with Ya Fei and Qing Lin, where Wan Hai tried to poison him at Drunken Smoke Pavilion. Flowing Cloud killed Wan Hai with his own poisoned needle, leaving the Wan Family likely to seek revenge.

• Flowing Cloud paid the gate tax and brought Ya Fei and Qing Lin to Drunken Smoke Pavilion to gather information.
• Wan Hai noticed Ya Fei and secretly released poisonous gas from his fan toward Flowing Cloud and his attendants.
• Flowing Cloud sent the gas back, leaving Wan Hai’s attendants writhing in pain, and Wan Hai accused Flowing Cloud of poisoning them.
• Wan Hai pretended to apologize but launched a poisoned needle at Flowing Cloud, who caught it between his fingers.
• Flowing Cloud flicked the needle into Wan Hai’s heart, and Wan Hai died after warning that his father would not let Flowing Cloud go.

Flowing Cloud killed Wan Hai with the Heart-Devouring Gu and learned that the Wan Family dominated Black Mist City under the Dou Wang Mister Wan Gui. Wan Feng confronted Flowing Cloud over his brother’s death, but Mister Wan Gui arrived before the fight could begin.

• Wan Hai died after the Heart-Devouring Gu rotted his flesh, and the people in the Drunken Smoke Pavilion fled in panic.
• Flowing Cloud stopped a rugged man and learned that the Wan Family’s Auction House had driven the Wu Family’s out of business and that Mister Wan Gui was a Dou Wang.
• Flowing Cloud decided to wait for Mister Wan Gui rather than avoid him, then led Ya Fei and Qing Lin outside when Wan Hai’s killer was challenged.
• Wan Feng, Wan Hai’s elder brother and a three-star Dou Ling, attacked Flowing Cloud with poisonous mist, but the poison vanished before reaching him.
• Mister Wan Gui appeared in the air and ordered Wan Feng to stand down, and Flowing Cloud stopped to face him.

Flowing Cloud fought Wan Gui to establish his claim over Black Mist City and proved immune to Wan Gui’s poison. He overwhelmed the Wan Family leader with rapid attacks, leaving Wan Gui unable to fight as the onlookers watched.

• Wan Gui confronted Flowing Cloud over the trouble in Black Mist City, and Flowing Cloud declared that he would soon rule the city and eliminate the Wan Family.
• Wan Gui attacked with poisonous techniques while Flowing Cloud told the two women beside him to step back and countered with his movement skill and Sky Covering Palm.
• Wan Gui’s poison killed several Black Robes, but Flowing Cloud remained unharmed and revealed that the poison had no effect on him.
• Flowing Cloud used the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art to boost his strength and forced Wan Gui back in their first direct clash.
• Flowing Cloud struck Wan Gui twice at close range, then burned the poisoned blood arrow Wan Gui spat at him with Taiyin Divine Flame.
• Wan Gui crashed to the ground, unable to fight.