Chapter Summaries

Flowing Cloud, Duan San, and Bai Yi entered a concealed Space Trading Convention in the Central Plains and waited among powerful cloaked experts. Elder Baoshan began the auction, leaving Flowing Cloud amused to be attending an auction rather than hosting one.

• Duan San led Flowing Cloud and Bai Yi into the pavilion wearing cloaks that concealed their identities and blocked probing.
• The group entered a hidden hall, where Duan San took secluded seats and used spatial fluctuations to conceal their conversation.
• Nearly two hours passed as more cloaked attendees arrived, bringing the crowd to over a hundred.
• Elder Baoshan appeared and introduced himself as the Nine-turn Peak Dou Zun lord of Treasure Mirror Mountain.
• Elder Baoshan enclosed himself in a Space Prison and announced the start of the Space Trading Convention.
• Flowing Cloud anticipated the first auction item and reflected that he had always hosted auctions before.

At the Space Trading Convention, Elder Baoshan traded the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and Three Thousand Lightning Movement to a cloaked bidder for an Eighth-grade pill with five-colored Pill Lightning. He then introduced the Heaven-tier Indestructible Vajra Body, drawing offers from several attendees as Flowing Cloud considered its potential.

• Elder Baoshan presented the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and included Three Thousand Lightning Movement after an attendee pointed out it was required for cultivation.
• Elder Baoshan mocked the Heaven and Earth Alliance for selling the technique cheaply, and two attendees joined in while Flowing Cloud reacted silently.
• A cloaked attendee exchanged an Eighth-grade pill with five-colored Pill Lightning for both lightning techniques after no one else bid.
• Duan San explained to Flowing Cloud that convention trades depended on whether the offered goods were worth the item sought.
• Elder Baoshan presented the Heaven-tier Low-grade Indestructible Vajra Body, and four attendees offered scrolls in exchange for it.

Flowing Cloud exchanged a Heaven-tier beginner water-element Dou Technique for the Indestructible Vajra Body and began studying it. The convention then unveiled its finale, the Heaven-tier intermediate soul attack technique Soul Annihilation Spear, which required an exceptionally powerful soul to cultivate.

• Flowing Cloud offered Nine Layered Waves, and Elder Baoshan selected it in exchange for the Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Flowing Cloud examined the Indestructible Vajra Body and found that his tempered body made it manageable to cultivate.
• Flowing Cloud watched the convention’s increasingly rare items trade while avoiding further bids to keep from attracting Half-Saint experts.
• Elder Baoshan presented the finale, the Heaven-tier intermediate Soul Annihilation Spear, and explained its demanding soul requirements and the risk of announcing it in advance.
• Elder Baoshan stated that the owner of the Soul Annihilation Spear wanted an Eighth-grade medicinal pill with Nine-colored Pill Lightning or a Ninth-grade medicinal pill.

At the Space Trading Convention, two bidders offered Eighth-grade medicinal pills with Nine-colored Pill Lightning for the Soul Annihilation Spear, but Elder Baoshan could not distinguish their quality. Flowing Cloud produced a Ninth-grade medicinal pill to settle the contest, and Elder Baoshan declared the result decided.

• A gaunt man in black offered a turtle-shaped Eighth-grade medicinal pill with Nine-colored Pill Lightning for the Soul Annihilation Spear, while Duan San warned Flowing Cloud not to reveal his wealth or risk being targeted.
• A second man in black offered an emerald-green snake-shaped pill, and Elder Baoshan judged the two pills to be equal in quality.
• Flowing Cloud offered to resolve the dispute, and after one bidder challenged him to produce a Ninth-grade medicinal pill, he tossed a jade bottle to Elder Baoshan.
• Elder Baoshan glimpsed the golden light and powerful fragrance inside the bottle, sealed it, and declared the transaction’s result decided.

Flowing Cloud left the Space Trading Convention with the Soul Annihilation Spear, only to be pursued by two Half-Saint bidders who tried to seize it. As they attacked him together, a young man suddenly appeared in front of the scroll.

• Elder Baoshan gave Flowing Cloud the Soul Annihilation Spear and ended the Space Trading Convention.
• Flowing Cloud left with Bai Yi and Duan San, noticing hostile observers following them out of Space Town.
• Two Black Robes confronted the trio on a mountain and demanded that Duan San hand over the Dou Technique.
• Flowing Cloud revealed that he had the scroll and urged the Black Robes to decide who should take it.
• The two Black Robes ignored Flowing Cloud’s ploy and simultaneously attacked him for the scroll.
• As one enormous palm neared the scroll, a young man appeared before it.

Flowing Cloud's projection trapped two Half-Saints who tried to steal the Soul Annihilation Spear scroll and made them pledge to serve his clone. After the projection left, Duan San confronted his old acquaintance Chu Donghai for trying to rob them.

• Flowing Cloud's projection sealed Chu Donghai and Qu Ming inside a Space Prison after they fled.
• Chu Donghai and Qu Ming begged for mercy, and Duan San recognized Chu Donghai as an old acquaintance who had once joined him on jobs.
• Flowing Cloud's projection offered to spare the two Half-Saints if they served his clan's junior and handled matters for the clone during its one-year training period.
• Chu Donghai and Qu Ming swore loyalty, so Flowing Cloud's projection released them and vanished.
• Duan San angrily confronted Chu Donghai for failing to visit for two hundred years and then trying to rob them.

Flowing Cloud recruited Qu Ming, Chu Donghai, and Duan San to travel with him, then followed Bai Yi to meet her younger sister, Hong Mei, whose soul body appeared at their secluded estate. The chapter left Flowing Cloud and his companions facing Hong Mei, the person Bai Yi hoped he could revive.

• Duan San confronted Chu Donghai for trying to take the Soul Annihilation Spear Soul Attack Combat Skill, and Chu Donghai explained that he wanted it to defeat Liu Wanli.
• Duan San told Chu Donghai that Liu Wanli had already become a Dou Sheng, leaving Chu Donghai stunned.
• Qu Ming and Chu Donghai offered to follow Flowing Cloud, who told them to call him Young Master Feng Sheng in front of outsiders.
• Duan San asked to travel with Flowing Cloud, and Flowing Cloud agreed; Bai Yi then led the group toward her younger sister.
• Bai Yi brought Flowing Cloud and the others to her secluded estate, where Hong Mei appeared as an illusory female soul body.

Flowing Cloud revived Hong Yi by restoring a body for her with the Bone Growing Blood Fusing Pill. Bai Yi then removed the seal around the ancient tree bearing Green Meat, which Flowing Cloud inspected as he considered auctioning it.

• Bai Yi introduced Hong Yi to Flowing Cloud and the others, and Flowing Cloud agreed to revive her in exchange for the ancient tree bearing Green Meat.
• Bai Yi placed a preserved body on a stone platform, and Hong Yi gave Flowing Cloud a wisp of Soul Power.
• Flowing Cloud refined the body with precious materials, and Hong Yi swallowed the Bone Growing Blood Fusing Pill before entering it.
• Flowing Cloud used flame to regenerate the body until it took Hong Yi's appearance, and Hong Yi thanked him after coming back to life.
• Bai Yi removed the seal around the ancient tree, and Flowing Cloud admired its shoots while considering the reward he might obtain from auctioning it.

Flowing Cloud took the ancient tree as his reward, then accepted Bai Yi and Hong Yi’s invitation to stay and enjoy their hospitality. The next morning, the sisters joined his group as they left, and Flowing Cloud concealed their manor to protect it.

• Flowing Cloud removed the ancient tree from the ground and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Bai Yi and Hong Yi invited Flowing Cloud to stay, and he accepted their invitation to enjoy food, wine, and their dancing.
• Flowing Cloud and Hong Yi spent the night together while Duan San, Chu Donghai, and Qu Ming left the courtyard.
• The next morning, Flowing Cloud announced that he was leaving, and Bai Yi and Hong Yi said they would travel with him.
• Flowing Cloud sealed the manor behind an energy barrier and made it vanish from sight before departing with the group.

Flowing Cloud and his companions arrived in Ye City, where he learned that Ice River Valley was hunting Hai Bodong over his rapid cultivation and powerful cold Dou Qi. After confirming the fugitive was his old acquaintance, Flowing Cloud heard that Hai Bodong had likely fled to Falling God Stream, which Ice River Valley had surrounded.

• Flowing Cloud and his five companions arrived in Ye City and concealed their auras.
• Flowing Cloud explained the Soul Realms that determined alchemists’ ability to refine eighth- and ninth-grade pills.
• Flowing Cloud heard two men say that Ice River Valley was pursuing Hai Bodong, who had advanced from a newly reached Dou Zong to a Nine-star Dou Zong in just over a year.
• Flowing Cloud gave the men two Sixth-grade medicinal pills in exchange for details about Hai Bodong.
• The men said Ice River Valley had lost two Five-star Dou Zong elders and had surrounded Falling God Stream, where Hai Bodong was believed to have fled.
• Flowing Cloud concluded that Hai Bodong was his old acquaintance, whose rapid cultivation came from the Yellow Springs Ascension Art he had given him.

Flowing Cloud learned that Ice River Valley was hunting Hai Bodong and hurried to Falling God Stream with his companions. There, Hai Bodong battled Tian Shuangzi, a Dou Zun from Ice River Valley, and tried to escape after blocking his attack.

• Flowing Cloud recognized that Ice River Valley was hunting his old acquaintance and set out for Falling God Stream with Duan San, Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, Hong Yi, and Bai Yi.
• Flowing Cloud's group reached Falling God Stream and saw crowds searching for Hai Bodong under Ice River Valley's watch.
• Tian Shuangzi demanded that Hai Bodong reveal the secrets of his frigid Dou Qi, but Hai Bodong refused.
• Tian Shuangzi attacked Hai Bodong with a barrage of ice spikes, and Hai Bodong blocked them with a black ice shield.
• Hai Bodong fled toward the upper ravine, breaking free of Tian Shuangzi's spatial restraint with his black frigid Dou Qi.

Hai Bodong killed Ice River Valley’s Great Elder Tian Shuangzi and froze most of the valley’s disciples, but six newcomers arrived to confront him. Flowing Cloud admitted that they had come for Hai Bodong and the secret he possessed.

• Hai Bodong lured Tian Shuangzi into the poisonous fog and killed him with his chilling Dou Qi.
• Hai Bodong shattered the Ice River Valley members’ ice shield and froze nearly all the disciples who failed to escape.
• Hai Bodong pursued the fleeing survivors, killing three while the final elder was forced back toward him by an eerie force.
• Four men and two women appeared above the ravine, and Flowing Cloud said they had come specifically for Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong mocked himself for being too weak to deter those coveting his secret.

Flowing Cloud’s group confronted Hai Bodong, who recognized Flowing Cloud after he mentioned Queen Medusa and the Yellow Springs Ascension Art. Ice River then appeared in a dramatic display of power, and Qu Ming challenged him.

• Hai Bodong feared Flowing Cloud’s group and realized they included a Dou Zun, but could not recover the strength he had spent freezing Tian Shuangzi.
• Flowing Cloud reminded Hai Bodong of Queen Medusa and the Yellow Springs Ascension Art, leading Hai Bodong to recognize him and call him Feng Sheng.
• Ice River appeared through twisted space, covering the mountain gorge in snow, and Hai Bodong warned Flowing Cloud that Ice River had discovered Tian Shuangzi’s death.
• Qu Ming told Ice River to leave, while Chu Donghai and Duan San teased Qu Ming about Ice River’s dramatic entrance.
• Qu Ming released a towering aura as Ice River reacted coldly to the insult.

Qu Ming killed Ice River with a single attack after Ice River threatened Hai Bodong. Flowing Cloud’s group revealed their formidable cultivation levels, then planned to take Ice River Valley as a base.

• Ice River apologized to Qu Ming, but Qu Ming killed him with a single Dou Qi handprint.
• Hai Bodong thanked Qu Ming, who asked him to call him Brother Qu Ming, and Hai Bodong accepted.
• Hai Bodong said he planned to return to Ice River Valley, and Flowing Cloud decided the group would take its mountain gate as a base.
• Hai Bodong asked Flowing Cloud about his cultivation, and Flowing Cloud and his companions revealed their ranks.
• Flowing Cloud encouraged Hai Bodong to keep cultivating, while Hai Bodong reflected on the power of the Yellow Springs Ascension Art and kept its secret.

Flowing Cloud and his companions left Falling God Stream and traveled to Ice River Valley after Qu Ming killed the elder Bing Ling who tried to stop them. They reached the valley’s formidable icy barrier, leaving their confrontation with Ice River Valley still to come.

• At Falling God Stream’s exit, Bing Ling ordered the disciples to form an array and stop Hai Bodong, but Qu Ming killed him with a single strike.
• Flowing Cloud announced that the group would head straight for Ice River Valley, and Qu Ming captured a disciple to guide them.
• The group traveled across the snowy mountains, where Hai Bodong recalled cultivating nearby and hoped to train in the region’s intense cold qi.
• Flowing Cloud and the others followed the strange unfrozen river toward Ice River Valley, passing powerful magical beasts along the way.
• They arrived at Ice River Valley’s towering icy peaks and saw the vast valley, its powerful spatial seal, and a huge palace standing over the river.

Flowing Cloud and his group broke Ice River Valley’s protective seal, took control of the valley, and renamed it Sea God Palace. They explored the palace and reached Bing He's Tomb, where they prepared to break the seal and investigate the passage below.

• Chu Donghai and Qu Ming shattered Ice River Valley’s spatial seal, allowing Flowing Cloud and his group to descend into the valley.
• Flowing Cloud announced that Ice River Valley would become Sea God Palace and gave its residents one hour to leave.
• The three remaining Dou Zong elders agreed to evacuate with the disciples and their families rather than oppose Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud welcomed Hai Bodong to his new home and led the group into the ice palace.
• Flowing Cloud and the others found the sealed chamber marked “Bing He's Tomb” and guessed that a dark passage led to the burial ground.
• Chu Donghai and Qu Ming gathered Dou Qi to blast the seal on the chamber.

Flowing Cloud, Qu Ming, and Chu Donghai broke through the seal beneath Ice River Valley and discovered a vast black lake below it. They searched the lake for the tomb and found several remarkably well-preserved corpses, including one that had been an Advanced Half-Saint.

• Qu Ming and Chu Donghai repeatedly attacked the ice chamber seal until it shattered, releasing intense black cold air.
• Flowing Cloud left Hong Yi, Bai Yi, Hai Bodong, and Duan San above while he, Qu Ming, and Chu Donghai descended through the opening.
• The three discovered that the passage led to a vast black lake beneath Ice River Valley and found nothing unusual in the air above it.
• Flowing Cloud, Qu Ming, and Chu Donghai entered the lake and found a white-robed corpse whose body had retained its Dou Qi despite having no soul.
• The three continued downward and found three more corpses in the same condition, including one whose cultivation had reached Advanced Half-Saint.

Flowing Cloud, Qu Ming, and Chu Donghai explored deeper into the black lake beneath Bing He's Tomb and discovered the preserved corpse of a Dou Sheng. Taking the corpse awakened Bing Kuang, the seventh-generation Valley Master of Ice River Valley, who confronted them.

• Qu Ming and Chu Donghai discussed Ice River Valley's decline and Blazing Flame Valley's hidden strength, while Flowing Cloud explained that Blazing Flame Valley had once been protected by a Dou Sheng expert.
• Flowing Cloud led the group deeper into the black lake, using an Azure Flame to withstand the growing icy power.
• The three found a well-preserved Dou Sheng corpse, and Chu Donghai grabbed it and placed it in his Storage Ring.
• A black mist emerged from a nearby ice cocoon and cried out when Chu Donghai took the corpse.
• The mist formed into a white-robed man who introduced himself as Bing Kuang, Ice River Valley's seventh-generation Valley Master, and unleashed terrifying icy power.

Flowing Cloud, Qu Ming, and Chu Donghai escaped Bing Kuang, the seventh-generation Old Ancestor of Ice River Valley, from Blackwater Lake and warned the others of his power. Hai Bodong then used the Yellow Springs Ascension Art to absorb the valley’s frigid energy, opening new acupoints and apparently breaking through to the Dou Zun realm.

• Flowing Cloud, Qu Ming, and Chu Donghai fled Bing Kuang’s attack, using the Taiyin Divine Flame and their combined attacks to escape Blackwater Lake.
• Flowing Cloud led the group out of the ice palace, and Chu Donghai revealed that Bing Kuang was a Dou Sheng whose body he had collected.
• Qu Ming explained that Bing Kuang relied on Blackwater Lake’s freezing power, prompting Hai Bodong to ask about absorbing it.
• Hai Bodong began cultivating outside the palace with the Yellow Springs Ascension Art, drawing frigid energy into his body and opening seven new acupoints within an hour.
• Hai Bodong’s aura surged, and the group realized he had apparently reached the Dou Zun realm.

Hai Bodong used the cold power of Ice River Valley to break through rapidly, reaching Three-star Dou Zun while his body took on the appearance of a near-death state. As black cold energy poured into him from the white grand hall, Bing Kuang sealed its source from within.

• Hai Bodong broke through to Dou Zun by absorbing the valley’s cold power and condensing cold cores through the Yellow Springs Ascension Art.
• Flowing Cloud explained that the art stored cold cores in bodily apertures, while Hai Bodong continued cultivating despite his slowing heartbeat and blackening frost.
• Hai Bodong advanced to Two-star Dou Zun, and Flowing Cloud realized that the art required a near-death state to absorb yin-cold qi.
• After the valley’s cold power weakened, black cold energy streamed from the white grand hall into Hai Bodong, turning him into solid ice as everyone watched in concern.
• Bing Kuang, inside the grand hall beneath Bing He's Tomb, sealed off the black cold energy, but Hai Bodong absorbed enough to break through to Three-star Dou Zun.