Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reached the mountain palace and learned that a mysterious force had repelled even a Sixth-tier Magical Beast, leaving him uncertain whether he could enter. As the gathered crowd watched, Flowing Cloud completed his breakthrough to Dou Huang, and Mo Jiu confirmed that he had kept everyone away from the palace.

• Xiao Yan recovered with the pill Flowing Cloud had given him, then continued toward the palace after dissecting the black bird.
• Xiao Yan found a crowd stopped below the mountain by a tablet declaring the Myriad Beast Palace forbidden ground.
• A mercenary told Xiao Yan that a Sixth-tier Magical Beast had been struck down and driven away when it tried to enter.
• On the third day of Flowing Cloud's seclusion, energy gathered into a huge vortex above the palace, prompting the crowd to wonder whether someone was breaking through.
• Mo Jiu entered the palace and congratulated Flowing Cloud on breaking through to Dou Huang.
• Flowing Cloud asked about the crowd, and Mo Jiu said he had stopped everyone at the foot of the mountain.

Flowing Cloud learned that Xiao Yan had arrived and arranged for Mo Jiu to bring him to the palace. Xiao Yan accepted the invitation and was left intrigued by the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon sculpture, which he recognized from Huaxia.

• Flowing Cloud told Mo Jiu to take Xiao Yan to the palace and give him a Storage Ring.
• Mo Jiu appeared through a spatial rift and recognized Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan quickly resisted his innate ability.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that Mo Jiu was at least a high-level Dou Zong and that escape was impossible.
• Mo Jiu invited Xiao Yan to the palace, and Xiao Yan accepted despite the onlookers mistaking Tasebei for the chosen person.
• Mo Jiu carried Xiao Yan to the palace, where Xiao Yan recognized the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon as Huaxia's totem.
• Mo Jiu noticed Xiao Yan's reaction to the sculpture and regarded him with greater importance before Xiao Yan asked why he had been summoned.

Mo Jiu gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring from Flowing Cloud and secretly sent him out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Xiao Yan and Old Yao discovered the ring contained a Ten Thousand Year Evergreen Vine and other treasures, while Mo Jiu returned to Flowing Cloud’s palace, where Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Flowing Cloud on becoming a Dou Huang.

• Mo Jiu told Xiao Yan he was destined to have ties with Myriad Beast Palace and handed him a Storage Ring containing items from Flowing Cloud’s master.
• Mo Jiu revealed that he knew Old Yao was inside Xiao Yan’s ring, then offered to escort Xiao Yan past the people gathered below.
• Mo Jiu carried Xiao Yan through a spatial rift and left him at the edge of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Old Yao inspected the Storage Ring and found a Ten Thousand Year Evergreen Vine, medicinal pills, and other treasures.
• Mo Jiu returned to Flowing Cloud’s palace and reported that he had completed the task.
• Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Flowing Cloud on breaking through and becoming a Dou Huang powerhouse.

Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian enjoyed their time at the palace before traveling to Black Seal City, where Nameless reported that Han Feng had attacked the Flowing Cloud Pavilion branch and severely wounded Chi Feng. Flowing Cloud learned that Chi Feng and Nameless were forced to retreat and hide near Jia Nan Academy.

• Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian toured the decorated palace and spent three leisurely days there.
• Flowing Cloud auctioned captured magical beasts, then appointed the Explosive Flame Twin-headed Wolf, Ice Flame Celestial Bull, and Six-tailed Fire Fox as guardians of the Myriad Beast Palace.
• Flowing Cloud, Xiao Yi Xian, and Mo Jiu traveled to Black Seal City to check on the planned Heavenly Flame auction.
• Nameless told Flowing Cloud that Han Feng had gathered a four-star Dou Zong and many Dou Emperors to raid the Flowing Cloud Pavilion branch while Chi Feng and Nameless were apart.
• Nameless said Chi Feng had been severely injured saving him, and the two had hidden near Jia Nan Academy to recover.

Flowing Cloud learned that Chi Feng had been gravely wounded and was hiding near Jia Nan Academy, then crossed into Peace Town with Nameless, Xiao Yi Xian, and Mo Jiu. They found Chi Feng in a cave, where he lay badly injured and initially doubted that Flowing Cloud had arrived.

• Nameless told Flowing Cloud that Chi Feng had been wounded while saving him and was hiding less than three hundred li from Jia Nan Academy.
• Flowing Cloud ordered Mo Jiu to take them to Peace Town, and the group traveled through a spatial rift on Mo Jiu’s transformed magical beast form.
• Mo Jiu’s arrival frightened and stunned Jia Nan Academy’s enforcement squad, whose leader decided to return to the academy and warn the elders.
• Nameless pointed out the mountain pass where Chi Feng was hiding, and Flowing Cloud hurried with Xiao Yi Xian to the cave.
• Flowing Cloud called to Chi Feng, who was severely wounded and initially thought he was hallucinating.

Flowing Cloud and Mo Jiu treated Chi Feng after learning that Elder Eagle Mountain had led the attack on him and Nameless. They returned to Black Seal City, where an auction of Three Thousand Lightning Movement led Nameless and Chi Feng to suspect Eight Sects Gate had been involved in the siege.

• Flowing Cloud returned and gave Chi Feng a Recovery Pill, while Mo Jiu used his energy to remove the force preventing Chi Feng's wounds from healing.
• Chi Feng recalled that Medicine Emperor Han Feng had gathered several Dou Huangs, including an eagle-nosed old man whom Flowing Cloud identified as Elder Eagle Mountain.
• Flowing Cloud decided to return to Black Seal City and used the Void Burrowing Beast to open a Void Gate from the cave.
• Yuan Yi prepared to auction Three Thousand Lightning Movement at the Black Seal Auction House, formerly Flowing Cloud Pavilion's auction house.
• Nameless and Chi Feng questioned how Eight Sects Gate had survived the siege and openly auctioned an Earth Tier Dou Technique, suspecting the sect had joined the attack.

Flowing Cloud used an auction to draw out those connected to the attack on Nameless and Chi Feng. After Nameless and Chi Feng revealed themselves, Yuan Yi admitted that Han Feng and the Golden Silver Elders had forced him to provide information, and Flowing Cloud left Yuan Yi's fate to them.

• Flowing Cloud ordered Nameless to bid thirty million gold coins for the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to attract attention.
• When the auctioneer hesitated, Nameless threatened to tear down the auction house, and Yuan Yi appeared to confront him.
• Nameless removed his hood and confronted Yuan Yi, who recognized him and claimed Han Feng and Elder Eagle Mountain were behind the ambush.
• Chi Feng revealed himself and questioned Yuan Yi, who admitted that Han Feng and the Golden Silver Elders had forced him to provide information.
• Nameless ended the auction and dismissed the crowd, then asked Flowing Cloud how to deal with Yuan Yi; Flowing Cloud left the decision to Nameless and Chi Feng.

Yuan Yi surrendered a Fragment Map to Flowing Cloud after crippling his own legs, and Flowing Cloud revealed that the joined fragments depicted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Two days later, Medicine Emperor Han Feng gathered Black Corner Region experts and asked them to unite against Nameless and Chi Feng.

• Nameless spared Yuan Yi but left his punishment to Chi Feng, so Yuan Yi stabbed both of his own legs and presented the group with a Fragment Map.
• Yuan Yi fled the auction house after Nameless took the map, and Flowing Cloud joined it with his two fragments, leaving only one corner missing.
• Flowing Cloud told Xiao Yi Xian and the others that the map depicted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, ranked third on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
• After hearing that Nameless and Chi Feng had appeared in Black Seal City, Han Feng questioned whether Chi Feng was truly badly injured.
• Han Feng assembled the Golden Silver Elders and other renowned experts, then asked them to join forces against Nameless and Chi Feng.

Han Feng gathered experts to eliminate Nameless and Chi Feng before they could retaliate, while Flowing Cloud prepared to let the two fight them themselves. After Nameless and Chi Feng left to confront the approaching enemies, Flowing Cloud, Xiao Yi Xian, and Fire Fox set out to watch.

• Han Feng warned the gathered experts that Nameless and Chi Feng could target them next, persuading them to act before the pair recovered.
• Golden Elder questioned whether the experts could defeat Nameless and Chi Feng, and Han Feng assured them that Elder Eagle Mountain would join them in Black Seal City.
• Flowing Cloud learned that seven or eight Dou Huangs had gathered outside the city and told Mo Jiu to watch from the shadows while Nameless and Chi Feng handled the battle.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned with Fire Fox, and Nameless and Chi Feng reported that they had each advanced one level, to four-star and three-star Dou Zong.
• Flowing Cloud sent Nameless and Chi Feng to fight alone, then learned that Elder Eagle Mountain's four-star Dou Zong aura had appeared nearby.
• Flowing Cloud, Xiao Yi Xian, and Fire Fox went to watch the confrontation, and Flowing Cloud told Fire Fox to conceal her aura.

Nameless confronted Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts while Chi Feng went after Elder Eagle Mountain. Nameless survived their combined attack unharmed and unleashed the Sky Covering Palm, forcing Han Feng to summon his Heavenly Flame and call for the Golden Silver Elders’ help.

• Fire Fox concealed her aura and followed Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Nameless and Chi Feng found Han Feng’s group in a mountain hollow outside Black Seal City, and Chi Feng left to pursue Elder Eagle Mountain.
• Han Feng and the Black Corner Region experts attacked Nameless, but he emerged from their combined assault unharmed.
• Nameless summoned the Sky Covering Palm, which made Han Feng fear for his life.
• Han Feng unleashed his dark-blue flames and called on the Golden Silver Elders to help him.

Nameless defeated Han Feng after the Golden Silver Elders fled, while Chi Feng confronted Elder Eagle Mountain at his hiding place. The chapter ended with Chi Feng and Elder Eagle Mountain releasing their auras and preparing to fight.

• The Golden Silver Elders abandoned Han Feng and fled as Nameless prepared to attack.
• Han Feng formed a giant beast from his Heavenly Flame, but Nameless’s black handprint destroyed it.
• Nameless rejected Han Feng’s offer to become his personal alchemist and killed him with the black handprint.
• Chi Feng found Elder Eagle Mountain’s hiding place and challenged him.
• Chi Feng and Elder Eagle Mountain unleashed matching auras, shaking the mountain hollow as their battle began.

Chi Feng and Elder Eagle Mountain fought while waiting to learn the outcome of Nameless’s battle with Han Feng. After Nameless defeated Han Feng, Flowing Cloud took Han Feng’s Storage Ring and found a hidden transparent ball of light inside, then flew away as greedy spectators pursued him.

• Chi Feng and Elder Eagle Mountain exchanged attacks, and Chi Feng questioned whether Elder Eagle Mountain was stalling while Nameless fought Han Feng.
• When the distant battle fell silent, Elder Eagle Mountain chose to withdraw, and Chi Feng followed him into the mountains.
• Nameless defeated Han Feng with a single palm strike and set off after the fleeing Golden Silver Elders and other Black Corner Region experts.
• Flowing Cloud sent Fire Fox to stay with Xiao Yi Xian, entered the crater, and retrieved Han Feng’s Storage Ring.
• Flowing Cloud erased Han Feng’s soul imprint, inspected the ring’s treasures, and discovered a hidden transparent ball of light.
• Flowing Cloud stored the ring and flew away, prompting several spectators to chase him for Han Feng’s treasure.

Chi Feng pursued Elder Eagle Mountain through the mountains, while Flowing Cloud faced a crowd hoping to seize Han Feng’s ring. After Flowing Cloud killed a dozen attackers, the remaining onlookers’ greed flared again.

• Chi Feng chased Elder Eagle Mountain and noticed that the old man’s aura seemed different as his attack passed through him.
• A sinister young man watched Chi Feng’s pursuit, praised his method, and vanished into the void.
• Flowing Cloud entered the mountains with Han Feng’s ring as a crowd of greedy followers trailed him.
• A dozen ruthless fighters ambushed Flowing Cloud, hoping to take the ring and its treasures.
• Flowing Cloud evaded their attack and killed the entire group in one exchange.
• The crowd saw Flowing Cloud’s strength, but a breaking branch drew their attention back to him as their greed rose again.

Flowing Cloud fought off greedy attackers drawn by the Medicine Emperor Ring, then confronted Elder Eagle Mountain, who sought the ring. After Flowing Cloud revealed Elder Eagle Mountain’s weakened strength and demanded his Soul Clone cultivation art, Elder Eagle Mountain decided to attack him.

• Flowing Cloud turned the arrows fired at him back on their attackers, but the greed-driven crowd continued charging for the Medicine Emperor Ring and Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Eagle Mountain arrived, mistook the commotion for a chance to claim Han Feng’s ring, and killed the other people hiding in the forest.
• Flowing Cloud showed Elder Eagle Mountain the ring and refused to hand it over, then evaded his attack and met his Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art with the Taiyin Divine Flame.
• Flowing Cloud recognized that Elder Eagle Mountain had weakened himself by splitting off a Soul Clone and demanded the secret art for cultivating one.
• Elder Eagle Mountain feigned respect, then suspected Flowing Cloud was bluffing and resolved to kill him for his treasures and secrets.

Flowing Cloud thwarted Elder Eagle Mountain’s ambush and left Chi Feng to finish him, while Nameless and Chi Feng reported the results of their revenge. The Flowing Cloud Auction House opened its doors for a Heavenly Flame auction as powerful factions, including Jia Nan Academy and the Black Emperor Sect, gathered in Black Seal City.

• Elder Eagle Mountain recovered his strength by recalling his Soul Clone, but Flowing Cloud subdued him and took his Storage Ring before leaving Chi Feng to handle him.
• Nameless reported that Han Feng’s group had been mostly wiped out, though the Golden Silver Elders had escaped, and Chi Feng confirmed that he had killed Elder Eagle Mountain.
• Flowing Cloud ordered Nameless and Chi Feng to announce that the Flowing Cloud Auction House would open in seven days.
• News of Han Feng’s death and the Heavenly Flame auction spread across the Black Corner Region, prompting Jia Nan Academy and other factions to send people to Black Seal City.
• On auction day, Jia Nan Academy’s group and Black Emperor Sect Master Mo Tianxing arrived among the gathered powers, and Nameless warned entrants to obey the auction house’s rules.
• The auction house opened to the crowd as Flowing Cloud watched from a private room at the top.

Flowing Cloud’s auction brought in treasures that earned him powerful system returns, including the Nine Heavens Clone Technique, while Mo Tianxing acquired a Sect Breaking Pill. As the auction reached its finale, a Life Returning Pill was revealed, and Mo Tianxing’s elder urged him to prioritize it over the coming Heavenly Flame.

• Mo Tianxing sensed that Nameless and Chi Feng were both powerful Dou Zongs as Su Qian passed through the hall.
• Chi Feng auctioned Elder Eagle Mountain’s flawed Soul Clone technique, which Tie Wu bought for thirty million Gold Coins; Flowing Cloud received the Nine Heavens Clone Technique in return.
• Mo Tianxing offered three sixth-grade medicinal pills for the Sect Breaking Pill and won it, prompting Flowing Cloud to receive ten thousand Sect Breaking Pills from the system.
• Flowing Cloud’s auction continued with rare pills, techniques, and combat skills while Mo Tianxing saved his resources for the finale.
• Chi Feng unveiled the Seventh-grade Life Returning Pill, and a red-faced elder advised Mo Tianxing to pursue it instead of the Heavenly Flame.

Mo Tianxing traded Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for the Life Returning Pill, while Flowing Cloud received a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill through the system. Chi Feng then opened bidding on the Green Lotus Core Flame, drawing the mysterious Dou Zong expert’s interest.

• Mo Tianxing and Su Qian considered bidding for the Life Returning Pill as the auction’s offers climbed to two hundred million Gold Coins, three sixth-grade medicinal pills, and two Seventh-tier Demonic Cores.
• Mo Tianxing offered Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and Chi Feng and Nameless accepted it in exchange for the Life Returning Pill.
• Flowing Cloud’s system awarded him the Ninth-grade Treasure Pill Cycle of Life-Locking Pill, which could repeatedly repair injuries unless the body was shattered instantly.
• Mo Tianxing swallowed the Life Returning Pill, and Chi Feng introduced the Green Lotus Core Flame as the auction’s final grand item.
• The mysterious Dou Zong expert agreed to bid his three sixth-grade medicinal pills and two Seventh-tier Demonic Cores for the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Su Qian and Mo Tianxing speculated about the flame’s origins and value.

After winning the Green Lotus Core Flame at the auction, Flowing Cloud used the proceeds and the Soul Nourishing Divine Lotus to cultivate a Soul Clone during a long seclusion. While he remained away, a powerful Soul Body infiltrated the Cloud Alliance’s estate, and Jiang Tao captured it, leaving Xiao Yi Xian concerned about the danger.

• Flowing Cloud received the Green Lotus Sacred Flame from the auction return and arranged for Fire Fox to protect Nameless and Chi Feng while he entered seclusion.
• Flowing Cloud used the Soul Nourishing Divine Lotus and the Nine Heavens Clone Technique to refine a Soul Clone over twenty-eight days.
• Flowing Cloud began refining a body for his Soul Clone as the Cloud Alliance’s influence spread throughout the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei worried about Flowing Cloud’s prolonged absence from the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Jiang Tao captured a dark-aura Soul Body that had approached the Cloud Alliance estate, and it threatened them with the power of its organization.
• Xiao Yi Xian decided to take Little Purple to the Magical Beast Mountain Range if Flowing Cloud did not return within three days.

Flowing Cloud completed his clone, learned that the Hall of Souls would remain a threat, and sent the clone to infiltrate Jia Nan Academy as a Sixth-grade Alchemist. After establishing himself at the academy, the clone headed toward the underground tower where Falling Heart Flame was kept.

• Flowing Cloud's clone finished fusing with his body at the five-star Dou Huang level, and Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei arrived to reunite with him and report that Jiang Tao had captured a Hall of Souls protector.
• Flowing Cloud explained the Hall of Souls to Xiao Yi Xian, then devoured most of the captured protector's soul and learned more about the faction's forces.
• Flowing Cloud decided to send his clone to Jia Nan Academy to pursue Falling Heart Flame while his original body returned to the Myriad Beast Palace to cultivate.
• Flowing Cloud's clone entered Jia Nan Academy as Elder Yun Liu, a Sixth-grade Alchemist, and Su Qian welcomed him despite the uncertainty around his background.
• Elder Huo watched Flowing Cloud rapidly refine a sixth-tier pill, and the clone later explored the Inner Academy before arriving at the sunken square containing the underground black tower.

Flowing Cloud explored the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, met Zi Yan, and saw the Falling Heart Flame rampage behind the sealed iron door. Su Qian entered the barrier to inspect the magma below, while Flowing Cloud remained nearby as the chapter ended.

• Flowing Cloud entered the tower with Liu Fei and descended to the sixth level after she could go no farther.
• Flowing Cloud met Zi Yan, teased her about her appearance, and heard that she had transformed after eating Form Transformation Grass.
• Flowing Cloud examined the sealed iron door and saw the Falling Heart Flame crash against the Spatial Barrier before the tower guard reinforced it.
• The Falling Heart Flame began rampaging, and an announcement ordered all students to leave the tower as the elders gathered to strengthen the energy barrier.
• Su Qian entered the barrier, inspected the magma sea below, and sensed the danger posed by the hidden Falling Heart Flame.