Chapter Summaries

Flowing Cloud used his Heaven Slaying Sword Art to destroy Thunder Venerable’s lightning clone and absorbed its Soul Power. Thunder Venerable was badly injured and considered retreating, while Flowing Cloud offered his body to Heavenly Fire Venerable.

• Flowing Cloud blocked the battle shockwave from striking the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Thunder Venerable created a lightning clone and sent it to attack Flowing Cloud while his true body intercepted Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Flowing Cloud used the Heaven Slaying Sword Art to split the lightning clone in two, then absorbed it with the Soul Devouring Art.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable struck Thunder Venerable’s true body while he was distracted, leaving him injured and wary of fighting both opponents.
• Flowing Cloud told Heavenly Fire Venerable that Thunder Venerable’s body would suit him.

Thunder Venerable fled Heavenly Fire Venerable, but Mo Jiu intercepted him and questioned why Heavenly Fire Venerable was alone. The chapter ended with Thunder Venerable realizing the two men knew each other and fearing they might join forces against him.

• Thunder Venerable escaped toward the outskirts of Bone Melting City, and Heavenly Fire Venerable pursued him while Flowing Cloud followed.
• Thunder Venerable threw a thunder spear at Heavenly Fire Venerable near the place where Tian Lei Zi had died and continued fleeing.
• Mo Jiu appeared ahead of Thunder Venerable, whose senses were shaken by Mo Jiu’s powerful aura and gaze.
• Mo Jiu recognized Heavenly Fire Venerable as the companion of his master’s clone and worried that something had happened to his master.
• Thunder Venerable tried to leave, but Mo Jiu stopped him and asked Heavenly Fire Venerable where Yun Liu was.

Mo Jiu confronted Thunder Venerable after learning he had threatened Yun Liu, and Flowing Cloud arrived as the fight began. Mo Jiu and Heavenly Fire Venerable badly wounded Thunder Venerable, who tried to self-destruct before Mo Jiu stopped him with a shout.

• Thunder Venerable learned that Mo Jiu was Yun Liu's ally and lied that Heavenly Fire Venerable had coerced Yun Liu and plotted against him.
• Flowing Cloud approached, and Thunder Venerable fled while Heavenly Fire Venerable warned Flowing Cloud to be careful of Mo Jiu.
• Mo Jiu pursued Thunder Venerable and shattered his hand with a punch, while Flowing Cloud declined to join the fight.
• Thunder Venerable appealed to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but Mo Jiu and Heavenly Fire Venerable continued attacking and left him gravely injured.
• Thunder Venerable tried to self-destruct, and Mo Jiu shouted for him to look at him.

After Mo Jiu and Heavenly Fire Venerable killed Thunder Venerable, the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s auction drew renewed attention. Flowing Cloud accepted an unconventional bid for a Yin Yang Life Soul Pill and received a Dragon Phoenix Life Gathering Pill, leaving him with a powerful way to revive a body from even a trace of ashes.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable struck Thunder Venerable with Soul Power, and Mo Jiu delivered the final blow that killed him.
• Flowing Cloud, Mo Jiu, and Heavenly Fire Venerable returned to Bone Melting City with Thunder Venerable’s corpse, and the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s standing rose among Northern Region factions.
• Little Black opened the auction by offering a Yin Yang Life Soul Pill in exchange for any Seventh-grade Pill and a free body-refining opportunity.
• A blue-robed young man bid a Life Devouring Pill, and Flowing Cloud allowed Little Black to accept it despite the crowd’s ridicule.
• Flowing Cloud received a ninth-grade Dragon Phoenix Life Gathering Pill from the system, which could revive the dead and grow a new body from ashes and a remnant soul.

At the auction, Flowing Cloud helped the bidders overcome their hesitation and obtained the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva in exchange for a Seventh-grade Pill. The system rewarded him with a Great Yin Life Soul Pill, which he brought to the Myriad Beast Palace and entered with his soul phantom.

• Wang Yu thanked the Heaven and Earth Alliance for honoring its word and left the auction, while Flowing Cloud discovered he was an Eight-star Dou Huang and sent Heavenly Fire Venerable to protect him.
• Little Black offered the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva for a Seventh-grade Pill, but bidders hesitated after the earlier auction and Little Black’s warning.
• Flowing Cloud reassured the crowd that the Heaven and Earth Alliance would assess the pills, prompting several Seventh-grade bids.
• Little Black chose the Heavenly Sunflower Yellow Pill, and Flowing Cloud received the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and a system reward of the Great Yin Life Soul Pill.
• Flowing Cloud brought out the Great Yin Life Soul Pill in the Myriad Beast Palace, where its Soul Power spread across the surrounding area before he sent a soul phantom inside it.

Flowing Cloud absorbed the Soul Power within the Great Yin Life Soul Pill, advancing his soul into the Heaven Realm and discovering that the pill could slowly regenerate its power. Meanwhile, Little Black auctioned the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body after revealing Thunder Venerable’s corpse, and Flowing Cloud received the Soul Projection Technique as his reward.

• Flowing Cloud used the Taiyin Divine Flame and Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art to refine the soul ocean’s power, breaking through to a Heaven Realm soul.
• Flowing Cloud discovered that the Soul Power in the Great Yin Life Soul Pill was slowly regenerating.
• Little Black faced the crowd’s reluctance to bid on the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and revealed that Thunder Venerable had fallen.
• Little Black displayed Thunder Venerable’s corpse, convincing the crowd that the Wind Lightning Pavilion had lost two of its leaders.
• A Shapeshifted Magical Beast expert bought the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body for one Seventh-grade Pill, and Flowing Cloud received the Soul Projection Technique from the system.

Flowing Cloud acquired and began studying the Soul Projection Technique after his soul reached the great completion stage of the Heaven Realm. Meanwhile, the Wind Lightning Pavilion fractured as its members lost faith in Thunder Venerable’s survival, leaving the West Pavilion Master behind with a woman in a seven-colored skirt.

• Flowing Cloud read the Soul Projection Technique’s description and summoned his soul phantom back from the Great Yin Life Soul Pill.
• Flowing Cloud’s soul reached the great completion stage of the Heaven Realm, and he sensed his body growing stronger as he began studying the technique’s insights into space.
• The Heaven and Earth Alliance’s prestige surged after it auctioned the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s secret techniques and displayed Thunder Venerable’s corpse.
• The South Pavilion Master urged the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s members to leave, but the West Pavilion Master insisted Thunder Venerable could not have fallen.
• Nearly half the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s gathered forces abandoned the West Pavilion Master, who watched the departures and kept his gaze on the woman in a seven-colored skirt.

Flowing Cloud confronted the Wind Lightning Pavilion and gave its disciples one incense stick to leave the mountain. Feng Qing'er tried to negotiate on the pavilion's behalf by invoking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but Flowing Cloud proposed cooperating with him instead.

• Feng Qing'er told the West Pavilion Master that Thunder Venerable was likely gone and promised she would not let the Heaven and Earth Alliance wipe out the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Flowing Cloud, Fu Fan, Lin Feng, and several hundred Heaven and Earth Alliance members arrived at the mountain.
• Flowing Cloud ordered the Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples to leave within one incense stick or be killed, prompting more of them to abandon the pavilion.
• Feng Qing'er approached Flowing Cloud and revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan supported the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Flowing Cloud dismissed the pavilion as a fallen faction and suggested Feng Qing'er cooperate with him instead.

Flowing Cloud defeated the Wind Lightning Pavilion and absorbed its forces into the Heaven and Earth Alliance. During his alchemy cultivation, three Hall of Souls Dou Zuns attacked the alliance, leaving Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Fire Venerable fighting for their lives.

• Flowing Cloud mocked Feng Qing'er, ordered her captured, and sent his forces to attack the Wind Lightning Pavilion while he faced the West Pavilion Master.
• After more than four hours of fighting, Flowing Cloud's alliance defeated the Wind Lightning Pavilion, killing nearly all its remaining members and taking its resources.
• Flowing Cloud returned to alchemy cultivation, but on the sixth night he sensed three Hall of Souls Dou Zuns arriving outside the alliance headquarters.
• The three black-robed Dou Zuns attacked Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Fire Venerable, with two targeting Heavenly Fire Venerable and the third fighting Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud clashed with his opponent using the Xuanyuan Sword, while Heavenly Fire Venerable faced mounting pressure from the other two attackers.

Mo Jiu joined Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Fire Venerable against Old Ghost Xing and the Hall of Souls experts, turning the fight in their favor. Old Ghost Xing escaped Mo Jiu’s devastating attack, but Flowing Cloud and Mo Jiu killed the last remaining Venerable Elder.

• Old Ghost Xing attacked Heavenly Fire Venerable with black chains while another Black Robe joined the assault, but Heavenly Fire Venerable defended himself with a Soul Power spear and flame.
• Flowing Cloud summoned Mo Jiu, who helped Heavenly Fire Venerable drive back Old Ghost Xing and the Two-star Dou Zun as Flowing Cloud gained the upper hand against Black Robe.
• At Flowing Cloud’s order, Mo Jiu unleashed the Blood Soul Seal, killing the Two-star Dou Zun whom Old Ghost Xing used as a shield and shattering the space behind Old Ghost Xing as he fled.
• Mo Jiu intercepted the Three-star Dou Zun Venerable Elder as he tried to escape, threw him into Flowing Cloud’s sword radiance, and the attack cut him apart.

After the Heaven and Earth Alliance defeated the Hall of Souls, Flowing Cloud gave Heavenly Fire Venerable a Heaven-tier technique. Old Ghost Xing escaped and vowed to investigate the alliance, while Xiao Yan arrived in the Jia Ma Empire ahead of his agreement with Nalan Yanran and discussed his cultivation with Old Yao.

• Mo Jiu regretted failing to stop Old Ghost Xing, but Flowing Cloud said the powerful elder would likely avoid acting again until he learned more about the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Mo Jiu revealed that his Blood Soul Seal was a Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique, and Heavenly Fire Venerable inferred that Flowing Cloud had powerful backing.
• Flowing Cloud gave Heavenly Fire Venerable a scroll containing the Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique Sky Burning Palm, then flew toward Bone Melting City with the others.
• Old Ghost Xing escaped, resolved to uncover the Heaven and Earth Alliance's origins, and wondered why the Xiao Clan had not completed its task.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the Imperial Capital ahead of his agreement with Nalan Yanran and was surprised by how much the Jia Ma Empire had changed under the Cloud Alliance.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao he could break through to the Dou Ling realm using pills, but recalled Old Yao's warning to build his cultivation steadily.

Xiao Yan prepared to cultivate while awaiting the Heaven-tier Auction, as enemies planned an attack on the Xiao Clan. Flowing Cloud emerged from seclusion and reunited with Yun Yun, clearing their misunderstanding and embracing her in the pool.

• Old Yao reassured Xiao Yan that his plans and resources would help him progress, and Xiao Yan vowed to win the Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva at the auction in three days.
• Three shadowy figures watched Wutan City and decided to wait before attacking the Xiao Clan, aiming to conceal their involvement.
• Flowing Cloud emerged from seclusion at the Misty Cloud Sect and found Yun Yun bathing in a pool.
• Flowing Cloud asked Yun Yun about her injury and apologized for hurting her, while Yun Yun apologized for misunderstanding him and confessed she had thought about him for two years.
• Flowing Cloud joined Yun Yun in the pool and embraced her from behind.

Flowing Cloud gave Yun Yun an Imperial Pill and a Bodhi Meditation Seat, helping her advance to four-star Dou Huang. Nalan Yanran arrived after sensing Yun Yun's breakthrough and learned that Yun Yun and Flowing Cloud had resolved their misunderstanding and were together.

• Flowing Cloud told Yun Yun he had reached seven-star Dou Zong and explained that he could travel through space because he had grasped Space Power.
• Flowing Cloud gave Yun Yun a Bodhi Meditation Seat and an Imperial Pill, and Yun Yun used them to break through to four-star Dou Huang.
• Nalan Yanran sensed Yun Yun's breakthrough and hurried to the Sect Leader's Grand Hall.
• Nalan Yanran saw Flowing Cloud with Yun Yun, and Yun Yun explained that they had resolved their misunderstanding.
• Nalan Yanran realized Yun Yun and Flowing Cloud were intimate and asked Flowing Cloud to call her Yanran.

Flowing Cloud gave Nalan Yanran a high-grade Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill to help her prepare for her imminent Three-year agreement with Xiao Yan. Nalan took it while sitting on the Bodhi Meditation Seat, but the pill’s violent energy began to damage her meridians as Yun Yun watched anxiously.

• Yun Yun encouraged Flowing Cloud to have Nalan Yanran address him as her teacher, and Flowing Cloud gave Nalan a Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill.
• Flowing Cloud explained that the pill could briefly raise a Da Dou Shi’s strength by up to three stars but might cause a backlash, and Yun Yun suggested Nalan take it on the Bodhi Meditation Seat.
• Nalan Yanran sat on the Bodhi Meditation Seat and swallowed the pill, whose energy surged into her meridians as golden light shone from the seat.
• Nalan Yanran tried to guide the pill’s energy through her cultivation route, but it split into countless streams and forced its way into narrow meridians.
• Nalan Yanran’s meridians began to crack under the energy’s expansion, and Yun Yun grew worried as she watched.

Nalan Yanran refined the Three-patterned Green Spirit Pill, widening her meridians and advancing from a two-star Da Dou Shi to peak five-star Great Dou Shi with Flowing Cloud’s help. The next morning, Xiao Yan arrived at the Mittel Auction House and entered its Heaven-tier Auction venue.

• Yun Yun wanted to help Nalan Yanran endure the pill’s pain, but Flowing Cloud explained that widening her meridians was necessary, so Yun Yun let her continue.
• The pill’s energy widened Nalan Yanran’s meridians and connected them to pores across her body, greatly increasing her ability to absorb outside energy.
• Flowing Cloud used a dark-blue flame to refine the remaining energy, and Nalan Yanran broke through from two-star Da Dou Shi to peak five-star Great Dou Shi.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan went to the Mittel Auction House in Jia Ma Holy City to attend the Heaven-tier Auction.
• The guards admitted Xiao Yan to the auction venue after seeing the Three-star Alchemist insignia on his robe.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Heaven-tier Auction and recognized Nalan Jie and Nalan Yanran among the powerful guests. The auction began with Ya Fei presiding, leaving Xiao Yan surprised by how far she had risen.

• Xiao Yan followed an attendant to the Heaven-tier Auction venue, where Old Yao sensed two Dou Huang experts inside.
• The two yellow-robed elders noticed Xiao Yan’s alchemy skill and cultivation, while Old Yao warned him that the auction house blocked his Soul Power from probing below.
• Xiao Yan saw Nalan Jie arrive and put on a black bamboo hat, then spotted Nalan Yanran and learned she had reached the peak of the Five-star Great Dou Shi realm.
• The auction platform opened, and Ya Fei emerged as its presiding host, revealed as the acting leader of the Cloud Alliance.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ya Fei from the Wutan City branch and marveled at her rise, while Old Yao praised her as remarkable.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao speculated that Flowing Cloud’s rise and the Mittel Family’s power came from a Dou Sheng inheritance. At the Heaven-tier Auction, Ya Fei sold several items before presenting Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva, whose soul-restoring properties caught Xiao Yan’s attention.

• Old Yao concluded that Flowing Cloud had gained a Dou Sheng inheritance and suggested it explained the Mittel Family’s rise and the purge of the capital’s nobles.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he wanted to revive him out of affection, not for the opportunities Old Yao could provide.
• Ya Fei opened the auction and sold the Earth Tier Beginner Dou Technique Wave Surging Strength for thirteen million Gold Coins.
• Flowing Cloud received the Heaven-tier beginner Dou Technique Nine Layered Waves as the system’s ten-thousand-times return for the sale.
• Ya Fei introduced Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva, and Xiao Yan’s breathing quickened when he heard of its soul-restoring effect.

Xiao Yan outbid Princess Yao Yue and Princess Yao Ye for the Three-leaf Star Sunflower, which he needed to help restore Old Yao’s Soul Power. The auction ended with Xiao Yan winning the herb for forty million Gold Coins, while Flowing Cloud received Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva through the system.

• Xiao Yan bid ten million Gold Coins for the Three-leaf Star Sunflower and appeared to have secured it.
• Princess Yao Ye and Princess Yao Yue entered the auction, and Yao Yue offered Xiao Yan three million Gold Coins to give up the herb.
• Xiao Yan refused, explaining that he was determined to obtain the herb, while Yao Ye said the royal family needed it to save an elder.
• Yao Yue bid fifteen million Gold Coins, but Xiao Yan raised his bid to twenty million and then forty million.
• Yao Ye stopped Yao Yue from bidding again, and Ya Fei awarded the Three-leaf Star Sunflower to Xiao Yan.
• Flowing Cloud received Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva from the system as the auction return.

Xiao Yan paid for the Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva with pills and escaped the auction venue before anyone could stop him. He returned to his inn, where Old Yao began preparing the medicinal herb for refining.

• Flowing Cloud received another portion of Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva from the System.
• Xiao Yan paid for the Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva with pills valued at forty million Gold Coins and hurried out of the auction hall.
• Xiao Yan evaded Princess Yao Yue and encountered Fama, who sensed an aura resembling that of a mysterious old man he had once met.
• Fama told Yao Yue not to pursue Xiao Yan, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Xiao Yan returned to his inn and watched as Old Yao removed the soil from the Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva and placed it in a Medicine Cauldron.

Old Yao refined Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva and restored his Soul Body to near high-level Dou Zong strength, while Xiao Yan left the Imperial Capital to return home. During the journey, Xiao Yan began breaking through to Dou Ling as his Dou Crystal transformed.

• Old Yao refined the Three-leaf Star Sunflower Saliva and absorbed it, greatly strengthening his Soul Body.
• Fama and Jia Xing Tian sensed the powerful Soul Power released near the Mittel Auction House and wondered whether it came from the Cloud Alliance.
• Xiao Yan decided to return home for three months, and Old Yao agreed.
• Xiao Yan boarded a flying beast convoy and cultivated during the journey away from the Imperial Capital.
• On the third day, Xiao Yan's Dou Crystal transformed into a nine-spiked Sea Urchin Dou Crystal as his breakthrough began.