Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Fire Venerable and Flowing Cloud defeated the Hall of Souls forces besieging Bone Melting City, while a mysterious figure learned that Mu Gu and others had died. Flowing Cloud divided Mu Gu’s spoils and announced an auction in five days, leaving the Northern Region’s factions eager to attend.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable killed Old Man Mu Gu and took his Storage Ring, while a black shadow in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range sensed Mu Gu’s death and learned that Old Nine had also died.
• Flowing Cloud had already killed Nine Heavenly Venerate, and he and Heavenly Fire Venerable joined Mo Jiu in cornering Daytime Venerable.
• Daytime Venerable self-destructed, killing the remaining Hall of Souls powerhouses and bringing down the array around Bone Melting City.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable offered Mu Gu’s Storage Ring to Flowing Cloud, who divided the pills and reminded him about an Eighth-grade medicinal pill he owed.
• Flowing Cloud announced an auction of Mu Gu’s fortune in Bone Melting City five days later, drawing the interest of Northern Region families.

As Bone Melting City filled with visitors for the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s auction, Flowing Cloud detected two Peak Dou Zuns and closed the city’s entrances. The newcomers proved to be Pill Tower leaders Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Yi, whom Flowing Cloud admitted after they requested to speak inside.

• Visitors arriving for the auction marveled at the Star Array’s battle damage, and Tang Zhen entered Bone Melting City.
• Flowing Cloud sensed two Peak Dou Zuns inside the Star Array and closed all four entrances, leaving visitors outside the gates.
• Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Yi entered the Star Array and traveled to Bone Melting City, drawing attention from the people waiting outside.
• Tian Lei Zi introduced himself and Xuan Yi to Flowing Cloud as Pill Tower leaders and asked to discuss their purpose inside the city.
• Flowing Cloud opened a gap in the seal, allowing Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Yi to enter.

Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Yi invited Flowing Cloud to join the Pill Tower, but he declined for now. When the Hall of Souls arrived with a powerful force at Bone Melting City, a blood-red dragon burst from the ground and attacked the city’s grand array, which held firm.

• Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Yi explained the Pill Tower’s conflict with the Hall of Souls and invited Flowing Cloud to join its Council of Elders.
• Flowing Cloud politely declined the invitation and said his alchemy knowledge came from a predecessor’s cave dwelling.
• Flowing Cloud sensed powerful arrivals, and Heavenly Fire Venerable warned that they might have hostile intentions.
• Flowing Cloud, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Mo Jiu, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi went to Bone Melting City and saw a large force from the Hall of Souls approaching.
• A blood-red dragon erupted from a fissure near the city’s eastern gate and struck the grand array, but the barrier only trembled and remained intact.

Blood River, the Hall of Souls’ Fourth Heavenly Venerate, attacked Bone Melting City but could not break its grand formation. Flowing Cloud warned Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi that an even stronger enemy was nearby as Blood River confronted him.

• Blood River emerged from the rift above a sea of blood and confirmed that Bone Melting City’s formation could not be broken without a Saint.
• Flowing Cloud identified Blood River as a peak Nine-star Dou Zun, and Fu Fan warned him about the Heavenly Venerate’s Blood Transformation Great Method.
• Blood River’s aura caused the blood inside people outside the city to boil and explode, and he killed a fleeing Dou Zong expert.
• Xuan Yi condemned Blood River and asked Flowing Cloud to let her and Tian Lei Zi out to stop him, but Flowing Cloud warned that a stronger aura was behind Blood River.
• Blood River approached the formation, confirmed Flowing Cloud’s identity, and praised him for killing Mo Yu despite having only Five-star Dou Zun cultivation.

Flowing Cloud faced the Hall of Souls’ army as the Half-Saint Gu You arrived to capture him. The chapter ended with Gu You demanding that Flowing Cloud return with him and Flowing Cloud openly challenging him.

• Blood River mocked Flowing Cloud for killing Mo Yu, then led several hundred Hall of Souls experts to the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s Star Array.
• Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi recognized the gray-robed elder as a Half-Saint, and Flowing Cloud explained that the formation let him monitor the enemies’ auras.
• Blood River told the elder that only he could break the powerful formation, and the elder identified himself as Gu You, also known as the Second Heavenly Venerable and Bone Nether Saint.
• Gu You approached Flowing Cloud and demanded that he return to the Soul Clan or be taken by force.
• Flowing Cloud refused and threatened to kill Gu You, who responded that he was courting death.

Bone Nether Saint, also called Gu You, attacked Bone Melting City's formation, but Flowing Cloud and the defenders reinforced it. Gu You summoned the Dark Skeleton King to break through, and Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi helped the formation withstand its strike.

• Gu You clawed at Bone Melting City's formation, and Xuan Yi condemned him for attacking a junior.
• Flowing Cloud ordered the Heaven and Earth Alliance elders to reinforce the formation in shifts while Heavenly Fire Venerable defended it.
• Gu You summoned the Dark Skeleton King and sent it to smash the formation.
• Flowing Cloud, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Mo Jiu, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi reinforced the barrier, which absorbed their Dou Qi and held firm against the skeleton's fist.

Blood River Venerable and the Hall of Souls attacked Bone Melting City's Star Array, but Tang Zhen persuaded many stranded experts to reinforce it. Xuan Yi then used a spatial jade slip to summon Pill Tower seniors after Flowing Cloud lifted the Spatial Seal.

• Blood River Venerable, Gu You, and hundreds of Hall of Souls experts battered the Star Array until cracks spread across it.
• Tang Zhen urged the stranded experts to help defend the city, and their Dou Qi restored the array.
• Blood River Venerable threatened Tang Zhen and offered rewards to anyone who helped the Hall of Souls, raising suspicions among the defenders.
• Xuan Yi told Flowing Cloud that she could summon Pill Tower seniors if he lifted the Spatial Seal, and he agreed.
• Flowing Cloud withdrew the Spatial Seal, and Xuan Yi shattered a jade slip that released a powerful spatial fluctuation.

Xuan Yi summoned the Pill Tower’s Second Elder, who rescued Flowing Cloud from Gu You and forced the Hall of Souls to retreat from Bone Melting City. Afterward, Flowing Cloud remained undecided about joining the Pill Tower, and the seniors discussed his inherited legacy and talent.

• Xuan Yi opened a spatial rift to summon the Pill Tower’s Second Elder as Gu You attacked Flowing Cloud.
• The Second Elder drove the black mist from Flowing Cloud’s sword and confronted Gu You, while Xuan Yi introduced Flowing Cloud as an alchemy genius.
• The Second Elder declared that the Pill Tower would protect Flowing Cloud, and Gu You withdrew after deciding not to call for reinforcements.
• Blood River led the Hall of Souls’ experts away, and Bone Melting City’s residents cheered.
• Xuan Yi told the Second Elder that Flowing Cloud was still considering the Pill Tower’s invitation, and Flowing Cloud modestly interrupted the elders’ praise of him.

Flowing Cloud rewarded those who helped the Heaven and Earth Alliance defend Bone Melting City by distributing large quantities of pills. After the Dou Emperor cultivators received Sect Breaking Pills, he began arranging the distribution of Seventh-grade Pills to the Dou Zong experts.

• Flowing Cloud invited the Half-Saint elder and the others to stay, but the elder left to attend to matters in the Pill Domain while Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi agreed to remain for Yun's auction.
• Flowing Cloud announced pills as rewards for everyone who helped reinforce the grand formation, despite Xuan Yi and Heavenly Fire Venerable questioning whether he could provide enough.
• Flowing Cloud produced hundreds of jade bottles and had Heavenly Fire Venerable distribute sixth-grade pills to the Dou Emperor cultivators.
• The recipients repeatedly identified their pills as Sect Breaking Pills, irritating Heavenly Fire Venerable until he made a young cultivator take over the distribution.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable gave the young cultivator the remaining Sect Breaking Pills, and Flowing Cloud then brought out Seventh-grade Pills for the Dou Zong experts to collect.

Xiao Nian distributed Seventh-grade Pills to the Dou Zong experts, gaining valuable pills and connections as Heavenly Fire Venerable let him keep the remainder. Flowing Cloud then prepared to distribute six Eighth-grade medicinal pills for Dou Zun experts.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable made Xiao Nian distribute nearly two hundred jade bottles of Seventh-grade Pills, while the Dou Zong experts waited enviously.
• The recipients drew a variety of pills, including Dou Zong Pills, a Form Transformation Pill, and a Break Venerable Pill that Liu Changsong received after Xiao Nian exchanged his Life Devouring Pill.
• Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi were astonished by the rare pills and wondered whether the mysterious cave abode's alchemy master rivaled the Pill Tower's seniors.
• After the distribution, Heavenly Fire Venerable told Xiao Nian to keep the sixteen remaining bottles, and Xiao Nian thanked him for the pills and the connections he had gained.
• Flowing Cloud announced the distribution of Eighth-grade medicinal pills for Dou Zun experts and revealed six pitch-black bottles, stirring the crowd's excitement.

Flowing Cloud rewarded Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi with valuable pills and distributed Dou Zun Pills to Tang Zhen and three other experts who had helped reinforce the formation. He then supplied the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s leaders and members with cultivation pills and reserves, aiming to strengthen the faction.

• Flowing Cloud opened a bottle for Xuan Yi, revealed a Bodhi Pill, and gave it to her.
• Flowing Cloud gave Tian Lei Zi a Poria Green Pill after he chose a bottle.
• Flowing Cloud randomly distributed four bottles to Tang Zhen and three other low-level Dou Zun experts, and each received a Dou Zun Pill.
• Flowing Cloud assured the guests that the planned auction would still take place.
• Flowing Cloud gathered Fu Fan, Lin Feng, and other Heaven and Earth Alliance leaders, then distributed Dou Zong Pills, cultivation pills, and a large stock of lower-grade pills.
• Fu Fan, Lin Feng, and the other senior members knelt and thanked Flowing Cloud for his rewards.

Flowing Cloud discussed the Hall of Souls’ threat with Heavenly Fire Venerable and said he would leave the Northern Region after the auction, leaving the Heaven and Earth Alliance in Heavenly Fire Venerable’s care. The grand auction began in Bone Melting City, where Yun Liu appeared onstage as its legendary Eighth-grade Alchemist.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable praised Flowing Cloud for giving away medicinal pills, and Flowing Cloud said the gifts were only a small part of his stockpile.
• Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Fire Venerable discussed the Hall of Souls’ strength, and Flowing Cloud admitted he had another way to handle the recent crisis.
• Flowing Cloud told Heavenly Fire Venerable he would leave the Northern Region after the auction and asked him to oversee the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Flowing Cloud suggested Heavenly Fire Venerable take the young man he had put to work as a disciple, then left the hall.
• The grand auction opened in Bone Melting City, drawing powerful guests as attendees discussed Flowing Cloud’s earlier gifts of medicinal pills.
• Yun Liu appeared on the auction stage, recognized by the crowd as the legendary Eighth-grade Alchemist.

After the auction, Flowing Cloud gained three Ninth-grade Profound Pills and prepared to leave Bone Melting City for the Central Region. He entrusted Heavenly Fire Venerable with a crisis signal and pills that could help him advance to Dou Sheng, then traveled in disguise through a Space Wormhole.

• The auction ended with Flowing Cloud receiving three Ninth-grade Profound Pills, fourteen Ninth-grade Treasure Pills, and many Seventh-grade Pills through Ten Thousand Times Return.
• Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi departed, while Flowing Cloud left Fu Fan to handle those who remained and returned to the great hall to bid farewell to Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Flowing Cloud summoned Heavenly Bull, collected several items, and gave Heavenly Fire Venerable a jade tube to crush if the Heaven and Earth Alliance faced a crisis.
• Flowing Cloud gave Heavenly Fire Venerable six pills, explaining that taking them in order could help him become a Dou Sheng; after Flowing Cloud left, Heavenly Fire Venerable opened the first bottle and identified a Dou Zun Pill.
• Flowing Cloud concealed his identity, traveled to a nearby city, paid to use its Space Wormhole, and entered the Space Passage toward the Central Region.

Gu Ren and Gu Xiu discussed a Northern Region genius who had defeated the Hall of Souls and impressed the Pill Tower, then turned their attention to the mysterious Flowing Cloud in the Jia Ma Empire. With half a month left before his agreement with Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan for the Imperial Capital, unaware that someone followed him.

• Gu Ren told Gu Xiu that a young man from the Heaven and Earth Alliance had destroyed the Wind Lightning Pavilion and wiped out the Hall of Souls' first assault.
• Gu Ren explained that the young man had reached Five-star Dou Zun and alchemy skills capable of refining Eighth-grade pills, and had refused the Pill Tower's invitation.
• Gu Xiu and Gu Ren concluded that the young man surpassed Qing Yang and might lead the continent's younger generation, then speculated that Flowing Cloud could be hiding a great secret.
• After a month of watching the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan left for the Imperial Capital with half a month remaining before his agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• A shadow followed Xiao Yan after he departed the Xiao Clan.

Flowing Cloud gave Nalan Yanran a stronger body-tempering medicine to help her reach the Dou Ling realm before her Three-year agreement with Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, his avatar arrived in the Central Plains seeking the Space Trading Convention, a secretive gathering maintained by three powerful sects.

• Flowing Cloud praised Nalan Yanran's progress and gave her a white jade bottle of medicinal liquid, instructing her to use it in four stages to build her foundation and break through to the Dou Ling realm.
• Nalan Yanran left the hall with the medicine, suspecting that Yun Yun had not yet gotten up.
• Flowing Cloud joined Yun Yun beneath the covers, then reassured her that Nalan Yanran would not lose to Xiao Yan in the Three-year agreement.
• Flowing Cloud remembered that the agreement was approaching and considered that Xiao Yan might have neared the Dou Wang realm.
• Flowing Cloud's avatar reached the Central Region of the Central Plains to seek the Space Trading Convention, organized by the Earthwalker Sect, Void Profound Gate, and Treasure Appraisal Mountain.

Flowing Cloud traveled with Duan San to the Space Trading Convention, where he entered the independent space that housed Space Town. The chapter ended as he surveyed the town and compared its size with the space Heavenly Bull had created at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Flowing Cloud and Duan San arrived at the desert hosting the Space Trading Convention, and Duan San warned that powerful experts gathered there.
• Flowing Cloud sensed more than a hundred Dou Zun auras in the desert and agreed to avoid provoking its hidden experts.
• Flowing Cloud and Duan San crossed the sandstorms and found a vast Space Wormhole beneath the sand mountains.
• Flowing Cloud and Duan San entered the wormhole and arrived in Space Town, the convention's trading ground.
• Flowing Cloud observed that Space Town's independent space was smaller than the one Heavenly Bull had opened at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Flowing Cloud toured Space Town’s treasure stalls with Duan San and began buying rare items, starting with a blood-red armor. The chapter ended as Flowing Cloud stopped at a stall selling the Earth Tier Advanced Dou Technique Eight Extremes Fist, while its owner chased Duan San away.

• Duan San guided Flowing Cloud through Space Town, where Flowing Cloud admired the rare Dou Techniques, spirit herbs, and weapons on display.
• Duan San criticized a stall owner’s blood-red armor, provoking the owner, while Flowing Cloud asked its price.
• Flowing Cloud bought the armor for an Eighth-grade medicinal pill above Three-Colored Pill Lightning, despite Duan San’s warning that it was poor value.
• Flowing Cloud moved to a stall displaying Eight Extremes Fist, and its owner immediately told Duan San to leave.

Flowing Cloud traded an original fire-element Dou Technique scroll for the Eight Extremes Fist, and Venerable Tianshan compensated him with another technique. He then learned that the Soul Power-enhancing Green Meat at Bai Yi’s stall had unusually difficult trade requirements.

• Duan San warned Flowing Cloud that the Eight Extremes Fist was a useless technique, but Flowing Cloud traded an original Earth Tier Advanced fire-element Dou Technique scroll for it.
• Venerable Tianshan inspected the scroll, realized its value, and gave Flowing Cloud a second Earth Tier Dou Technique as compensation.
• Venerable Tianshan introduced himself, and he and Duan San bickered as Flowing Cloud moved to the next stall.
• Flowing Cloud asked Bai Yi about the green plant, and she identified it as Green Meat and confirmed that it enhanced Soul Power.
• Duan San warned Flowing Cloud that no one had yet met Bai Yi’s requirements for trading for the Green Meat.

Flowing Cloud, using the name Feng Sheng, traded a Four-Colored Bone Growing Blood Fusing Pill for Bai Yi’s Green Meat so she could save Hong Mei. He agreed to help revive Hong Mei in exchange for the ancient tree that produced Green Meat, while Bai Yi’s marriage offers left him awkward and Duan San amused.

• Flowing Cloud offered Bai Yi a Four-Colored Bone Growing Blood Fusing Pill for her Green Meat, and she said it could help save Hong Mei.
• Bai Yi gave Flowing Cloud two additional Spirit Herbs and asked him to help find an alchemist to revive Hong Mei.
• After Duan San pointed out that Flowing Cloud was a Seventh-grade Alchemist, Flowing Cloud agreed to help Bai Yi for a reward.
• Bai Yi offered the ancient Green Meat-producing tree and suggested becoming Flowing Cloud’s concubine, but he clarified that he only wanted the tree.
• Bai Yi then proposed that Hong Mei marry Flowing Cloud, and Duan San teased her about pursuing a man under thirty.

Flowing Cloud bought a sealed scroll containing three grand formations and many other treasures in Space Town, attracting covetous attention before Duan San warned him to stop flaunting his wealth. Duan San then led Flowing Cloud and Bai Yi to the Ancient Treasure Pavilion, where they received permission to enter.

• Flowing Cloud bought the Black Robed Elder’s scroll of three grand formations for two Eighth-grade medicinal pills with Three-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Flowing Cloud bought more than a dozen items as Duan San and Bai Yi followed him through the stalls.
• Duan San warned Flowing Cloud that his spending had drawn attention, and Flowing Cloud decided to stop shopping before the auction.
• Flowing Cloud agreed to attend the auction, and Duan San guided him and Bai Yi to the Ancient Treasure Pavilion.
• Duan San presented a red jade invitation to the pavilion’s six-star Dou Zun gatekeepers, who gave the three visitors black cloaks.