Chapter Summaries

Flowing Cloud defeated Wan Gui, stored him away to auction, and ordered the Wu Family Patriarch to visit him at the Drunken Smoke Pavilion. As the Wu Family prepared to meet him, Wan Feng left Black Mist City to seek help from his uncle, the Demonic Poison Sect’s Great Elder.

• Flowing Cloud stored the defeated Wan Gui in the System Space, let Wan Feng flee, and told the Wu Family Patriarch to visit him by the next day.
• Flowing Cloud returned to the Drunken Smoke Pavilion and reassured Ya Fei and Qing Lin that he would wait there for visitors.
• Wu Yun told Wu Jingtao that Flowing Cloud had defeated Wan Gui, and Wu Jingtao decided to pay Flowing Cloud a respectful visit.
• Wan Feng urged his mother to seek help from his uncle, and she sent him to the Demonic Poison Sect to summon its Great Elder.

Flowing Cloud demanded that the Wu Family submit to him and serve his purposes. Wu Jingtao knelt to save his clansmen, and the family accepted their new status as an affiliate of Flowing Cloud Pavilion.

• Ya Fei changed into plain clothes and a black bamboo hat because she did not want to cause trouble for Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud summoned the Wu Family to the Drunken Smoke Pavilion and demanded that they acknowledge him as their master.
• Wu Jingtao tried to avoid the demand, but a Wu Family disciple openly challenged Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud conjured a giant Dou Qi palm and threatened to kill the Wu Family, so Wu Jingtao knelt and begged him to spare his clansmen.
• The Wu Family kowtowed to Flowing Cloud, who declared them an affiliate of Flowing Cloud Pavilion.

Flowing Cloud rewarded Wu Jingtao and ordered him to prepare a Wu Family Auction House auction in ten days, supplying valuable pills, a technique, and the captured Wan Gui to sell. After learning that Wan Gui’s relatives included powerful members of the Demonic Poison Sect, Flowing Cloud considered adding them to the auction if they came seeking revenge.

• Flowing Cloud gave Wu Jingtao a thousand Fifth-tier Demonic Cores and accepted his invitation to stay at the Wu Family residence with Ya Fei and Qing Lin.
• Flowing Cloud ordered Wu Jingtao to prepare an auction in ten days and supplied Fifth-grade Pills, an Earth Tier Dou Technique, and a Myriad Poison Pearl.
• Flowing Cloud told Wu Jingtao to advertise Wan Gui, a Dou Wang, as an auction item and released the injured Wan Gui before him.
• Wu Jingtao warned Flowing Cloud that Wan Gui’s brother-in-law was a Nine-star Dou Wang and that the Demonic Poison Sect’s sect master was a Dou Huang.
• Flowing Cloud considered capturing and auctioning those who came to avenge Wan Gui, while deciding that auctioning a Dou Huang required caution.

Flowing Cloud reassured Ya Fei that he could send her back to the Jia Ma Empire without delaying his plans, but Mo Qingshan arrived to challenge the Wu Family and was struck down by Lin Hai. Lin Hai admitted that he had killed Mo Qingshan despite trying to restrain his strength.

• Flowing Cloud handed the injured Wan Gui over to Wu Jingtao and went to see Ya Fei.
• Flowing Cloud found Ya Fei bathing, and they later discussed the Wu Family auction and her wish to return to the Imperial Capital.
• Flowing Cloud promised Ya Fei that he could return to see her instantly and began preparing to summon the Void Burrowing Beast.
• Mo Qingshan confronted Wu Jingtao above the Wu Family residence and threatened to punish him for auctioning Wan Gui.
• Flowing Cloud sent Lin Hai's Magic Cloud Palm against Mo Qingshan, burying him in a crater with a single strike.
• Lin Hai came to Flowing Cloud and apologized, admitting that his restrained attack had still killed Mo Qingshan.

Flowing Cloud returned to the Imperial Capital with Ya Fei, Qing Lin, Lin Hai, and the Void Burrowing Beast, then learned that the Mittel Family was under pressure from the Misty Cloud Sect over Yun Leng’s disappearance. He resolved to teach the sect a lesson.

• Flowing Cloud changed Lin Hai’s order concerning Mo Qingshan’s death and told Lin Hai to secure the courtyard before accompanying him to the Imperial Capital.
• Flowing Cloud used the Void Burrowing Beast and Companion Purple Crystal Source to teleport himself, Ya Fei, Qing Lin, and Lin Hai from the Chuyun Empire to his room in the Imperial Capital.
• Flowing Cloud left Ya Fei and Qing Lin with the Void Burrowing Beast and went to meet Mittel Tengshan.
• Mittel Tengshan’s elders worried that Yun Yun would act against the Mittel Family because Yun Leng had disappeared after the family’s auction.
• Flowing Cloud arrived at the council hall, reassured Mittel Tengshan that he had returned, and decided the Misty Cloud Sect needed a lesson.

Flowing Cloud learned that Yun Yun had threatened the Mittel Family over Yun Leng’s stolen Storage Ring, and he promised to handle the dispute. Meanwhile, Jia Xing Tian agreed that the imperial family would support the Mittel Family if the Misty Cloud Sect went too far.

• Mittel Tengshan told Flowing Cloud that Yun Yun had demanded an explanation for Yun Leng’s robbery and threatened to suppress the Mittel Family’s businesses.
• Flowing Cloud reassured Mittel Tengshan that he would handle the matter and agreed to take on more responsibility for strengthening the family.
• Ya Fei guessed that Flowing Cloud had robbed Yun Leng and embraced him gratefully before he carried her toward the bed.
• Princess Yao Ye told Jia Xing Tian that the Misty Cloud Sect might attack the Mittel Family and explained that Hai Bodong had left the empire.
• Jia Xing Tian said he would oppose the Misty Cloud Sect if it went too far, easing Yaoye’s worries.

Nalan Yanran and Nalan Jie discussed Yun Shan’s impending move against the Mittel Family, while the family remained strangely calm under Flowing Cloud’s leadership. Flowing Cloud traveled with Lin Hai to the Misty Cloud Sect, arriving at the mountain guarded by an imperial legion.

• Nalan Yanran told Nalan Jie that Yun Shan had arranged the ultimatum against the Mittel Family and might be seeking the Earth Tier Cultivation Technique or other treasures.
• Nalan Su reported that the Mittel Family had made no preparations despite the Misty Cloud Sect’s deadline, while other Imperial Capital powers watched its movements.
• Flowing Cloud took control of the Mittel Family’s affairs, told the clansmen not to worry, and said the situation would become clear the next day.
• Flowing Cloud summoned Lin Hai and flew toward the Misty Cloud Sect using his Wind Thunder Twin Wings.
• Flowing Cloud reached the foot of Misty Cloud Mountain, where the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s elite legion was stationed to keep watch on the sect.

Flowing Cloud and Lin Hai entered Misty Cloud Sect’s secret chamber and confronted Yun Shan and Vulture Protector, who had been discussing a deal involving the Xiao Clan in Wutan City. Flowing Cloud ordered Lin Hai to capture Vulture Protector alive, and Vulture Protector turned his attention toward Flowing Cloud.

• Flowing Cloud flew over the Misty Cloud Sect unnoticed and observed its disciples cultivating.
• Yun Shan questioned Vulture Protector about his offer to help him break through to Dou Zong in exchange for retrieving something from the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
• Vulture Protector claimed the Hall of Souls was a powerful Central Plains faction and that he was invincible within the Jia Ma Empire.
• Flowing Cloud and Lin Hai appeared in the secret chamber, startling Yun Shan and Vulture Protector.
• Flowing Cloud mocked Vulture Protector and told Lin Hai to capture him alive.
• Vulture Protector focused on Flowing Cloud, hoping to seize him and turn the situation around.

Lin Hai and Flowing Cloud defeated Vulture Protector at the Misty Cloud Sect, with Flowing Cloud absorbing part of his Soul Power and sealing his soul instead of killing him. Flowing Cloud then confronted Yun Shan over the Misty Cloud Sect’s planned demand for an explanation from the Mittel Family.

• Lin Hai countered Vulture Protector’s black chain attack, but Vulture Protector used the collapsing chamber to strike Flowing Cloud with a fragment of his Soul Power.
• Flowing Cloud used the Soul Devouring Art to consume Vulture Protector’s attack, while Lin Hai protected him and forced Vulture Protector to flee.
• Lin Hai hit Vulture Protector with the Golden Light Seal, captured his remaining soul, and brought it back to Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud learned that killing Vulture Protector would alert the Hall of Souls, so he sealed him in a jade bottle with Taiyin Divine Flame and stored it in the System Space.
• Flowing Cloud told Yun Shan to send away the approaching Misty Cloud Sect members, then revealed that he and Lin Hai were from the Mittel Family and challenged Yun Shan over the sect’s plans.

Flowing Cloud forced Yun Shan to make the Misty Cloud Sect a secret subordinate of the Mittel Family, then returned with Lin Hai to the Mittel Family. The next day, Jia Xing Tian arrived to support the Mittel Family, unaware that the threat from the Misty Cloud Sect had already been settled.

• Yun Shan accepted Flowing Cloud as his master and agreed to make the Misty Cloud Sect serve the Mittel Family in secret.
• Flowing Cloud took several treasures from Yun Shan's Storage Ring, then gave him the Earth Tier Wangchuan Art.
• Yun Shan said Yun Yun had left the Misty Cloud Sect after visiting the Mittel Family, and Flowing Cloud told him to report any future contact from the Hall of Souls.
• Flowing Cloud and Lin Hai returned to the Mittel Family through a Void Gate, leaving Yun Shan unable to sense them.
• As the deadline passed without an attack, the imperial family sent troops and experts to support the Mittel Family.
• Jia Xing Tian assured Mittel Tengshan that he would defend the Mittel Family, and Mittel Tengshan invited Flowing Cloud to meet him.

Flowing Cloud’s influence forced the Misty Cloud Sect to apologize to the Mittel Family, and he returned to Black Mist City to address the Demonic Poison Sect’s leader. The chapter left Flowing Cloud preparing to visit the sect leader after learning that the man had come to the Wu Family under the pretense of showing goodwill.

• Yun Yun arrived at the Mittel Family residence and apologized on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect, bringing wine and a sixth-grade pill as compensation.
• Jia Xing Tian inferred that the Mittel Family had powerful backing after seeing Yun Yun’s apology.
• Flowing Cloud arranged staggered auctions for pills in Black Rock City and the Imperial Capital, then used the Void Gate to return to Black Mist City with Lin Hai.
• Wu Jingtao told Flowing Cloud that the Demonic Poison Sect’s sect leader had visited with gifts and praised Flowing Cloud for killing Mo Qingshan.
• Flowing Cloud told Wu Jingtao to prepare a visit to the Demonic Poison Sect’s sect leader.

Flowing Cloud confronted the Demonic Poison Sect and fought its Second Elder, Huang Dahai, after the elder mocked Wu Jingtao and challenged him. Flowing Cloud’s Taiyin Divine Flame overwhelmed Huang Dahai, who fell to the ground after cutting off his burning arm.

• Wu Jingtao led Flowing Cloud and the others to the Demonic Poison Sect’s mountain gate, where he struck down the disciples who tried to stop them.
• Wu Jingtao identified the arriving Huang Dahai as the sect’s Second Elder and a seven-star Dou Wang, and Huang Dahai mocked Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud stopped Wu Jingtao from fighting and charged Huang Dahai with his Wind Thunder Twin Wings.
• Flowing Cloud summoned the Taiyin Divine Flame and evaded Huang Dahai’s Dou Qi attack.
• Huang Dahai’s attacks melted against the flame, and he severed his burning right arm before crashing into the ground.

Flowing Cloud spared Huang Dahai after Hua An offered a gift, then learned of a rapidly advancing Poison Girl in Rumic City and suspected she might be Xiao Yi Xian. He traveled there with Hua An and arrived at the Han Family to investigate.

• Flowing Cloud defeated Huang Dahai, but spared him after Hua An apologized and offered a Storage Ring.
• Huang Dahai told Hua An that the Han Family had suffered a calamity and that he had found no trace of the Poison Girl.
• Hua An described the Poison Girl’s rapid cultivation, her raids on local treasure vaults, and his plan to recruit her into the Demonic Poison Sect.
• Flowing Cloud asked Hua An to accompany him to Rumic City, sent Wu Jingtao back to arrange the auction, and flew there with Hua An.
• Flowing Cloud and Hua An reached Rumic City and went to the Han Family, where Han Jing respectfully asked Hua An why he had come.

Flowing Cloud and Hua An learned that the Poison Girl was being lured to an auction in Dark Port, and they waited nearby to find her. When a slender figure emerged from the water after entering the Auction House, several people rushed in to surround it.

• Hua An intimidated Han Jing, and Flowing Cloud stopped him before asking what Han Jing knew about the Poison Girl.
• Han Jing told Flowing Cloud that the Poison Girl had been active near Rumic City and that local families planned to ambush her at a Dark Port auction the following afternoon.
• Flowing Cloud suspected the Poison Girl was Xiao Yi Xian and decided she might steal the auction goods before the event.
• Flowing Cloud and Hua An traveled to Dark Port and hid by the pool beside the Auction House.
• After a ripple showed someone entering the Auction House underwater, Flowing Cloud and Hua An waited as a shadow emerged and several figures rushed to surround it.

Flowing Cloud reunited with Xiao Yi Xian at the pond, where she was surrounded by hunters seeking to capture her. Hua An tried to protect her, but Ten Thousand Poisons Sect Master Liu Rulong arrived and fought Hua An, leaving Xiao Yi Xian exposed to the other Dou Wang experts.

• Three Dou Wangs and several Dou Lings ambushed Xiao Yi Xian at the pond, and an Eight-star Dou Ling was badly poisoned after pursuing her underwater.
• Flowing Cloud and Hua An approached the pond, and Flowing Cloud called Xiao Yi Xian by name until she surfaced, though she denied being Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hua An ordered Ma Dayuan and the other Dou Wangs to leave, but they invoked Liu Rulong's support and refused to back down.
• Liu Rulong arrived and claimed Xiao Yi Xian for the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, prompting Hua An to challenge him.
• Hua An and Liu Rulong began fighting with their weapons as Ma Dayuan, Wang Jing, and the others turned toward Xiao Yi Xian.

Flowing Cloud protected Xiao Yi Xian from Ma Dayuan and two other Dou Wang experts, then used the Taiyin Divine Flame to kill Ma Dayuan. As Liu Rulong became distracted by Flowing Cloud’s power during his battle with Hua An, he threatened Hua An over the Heavenly Flames, but Hua An refused to back down.

• Ma Dayuan, Wang Jing, and Hou Yunfeng attacked Xiao Yi Xian and Flowing Cloud, but Flowing Cloud’s Heavenly Dragon True Armor blocked their strikes.
• Flowing Cloud revealed his Wind Thunder Twin Wings and attacked the three men with Sky Covering Palm.
• Xiao Yi Xian rushed out of the pond to warn Flowing Cloud about its poisonous water, and he pulled her into his arms and assured her that her poison could not harm him.
• Flowing Cloud used the Taiyin Divine Flame to burn Ma Dayuan to ashes, while Wang Jing begged for mercy.
• Liu Rulong noticed Flowing Cloud’s Flying Dou Technique and Heavenly Flame, then took Hua An’s strike while distracted.
• Liu Rulong threatened Hua An over the Heavenly Flames, but Hua An rejected the threat and continued fighting.

Hua An risked his life to protect Flowing Cloud from Liu Rulong, even severing his own arm after being poisoned. When Lin Hai appeared and revealed that he served Flowing Cloud, Flowing Cloud left Liu Rulong’s fate in Hua An’s hands.

• Hua An refused Liu Rulong’s demand to hand over Flowing Cloud, and Liu Rulong attacked him with a poisonous Thousand-Legged Cricket.
• After the insect poisoned his arm, Hua An severed it to stop the venom and continued blocking Liu Rulong from reaching Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian saw Hua An’s desperate stand, and Flowing Cloud understood that Hua An had chosen to side with him despite the cost.
• Liu Rulong overwhelmed the injured Hua An and boasted that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect would take over the Demonic Poison Sect’s territory.
• Lin Hai stepped out of distorted space, ignored Liu Rulong’s apology, and asked Flowing Cloud whether to kill him or spare him.
• Flowing Cloud told Hua An to decide Liu Rulong’s fate.

Flowing Cloud defeated Liu Rulong’s escape attempt and left Hua An to deal with him and take control of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. After departing with Xiao Yi Xian, Flowing Cloud reassured her about the mysterious power behind him.

• Lin Hai caught the fleeing Liu Rulong and brought him back to Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud let Hua An decide Liu Rulong’s fate and offered him control of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect alongside the Demonic Poison Sect.
• Flowing Cloud gave Hua An a Myriad Poison Pearl to neutralize the toxin in his body and promised to help him regrow his lost arm.
• Flowing Cloud left with Xiao Yi Xian, leaving Hua An to handle Liu Rulong and the gathered cultivators.
• Hua An severed Liu Rulong’s arms, took his Storage Ring and White Staff, and flew toward the members of the three great families.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked about Flowing Cloud’s powerful backing, and he told her to trust him.

Flowing Cloud reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in Dark Port and took her back to Black Rock City with Little Purple. As they headed toward the Li Family residence for an auction, Yun Yun flew into the city, and Xiao Yi Xian teased Flowing Cloud about her.

• Flowing Cloud reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would resolve the danger of her Calamity Poison Body and asked whether she wanted to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Flowing Cloud summoned Little Purple, and the Void Burrowing Beast transported Flowing Cloud, Xiao Yi Xian, and Lin Hai from Dark Port to Black Rock City.
• Flowing Cloud gave Xiao Yi Xian Companion Purple Crystal Source to feed Little Purple and explained that the Li Family auction would offer many high-grade pills.
• Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian headed toward the Li Family residence when they spotted Yun Yun flying toward Black Rock City.
• Flowing Cloud identified Yun Yun as the Sect Master of Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yi Xian teased him about liking her.

Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian shared a teasing exchange before he brought her to the Li Family in Black Rock City to rest. At the daytime auction, Flowing Cloud spotted Yun Yun and suspected she had come because pills taken from Yun Leng’s Storage Ring were being sold.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Flowing Cloud about admiring Yun Yun, then pressed him to compare their appearances until his comments about Yun Yun made her call him a lecher.
• Flowing Cloud brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Li Family and arranged a quiet courtyard so she could rest after a busy night.
• Xiao Yi Xian fell asleep, and Flowing Cloud left a miniature Void Burrowing Beast to guard her before heading to the auction house.
• Flowing Cloud saw Feilin arriving with the Alchemist Guild and noticed Yun Yun among the auction’s guests.
• Flowing Cloud entered his private room as Li Yan announced that the auction was about to begin, suspecting Yun Yun had come for the pills taken from Yun Leng’s Storage Ring.