Chapter Summaries

After mastering the first layer of the Myriad Beasts True Scripture, Flowing Cloud took Xiao Yi Xian to the cave treasure and fought off magical beasts along the way. They reached the cave entrance, and Flowing Cloud entered first while Xiao Yi Xian followed.

• Flowing Cloud completed the first layer of the Myriad Beasts True Scripture and condensed a Magical Beast Body.
• Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian rode the Blue Eagle toward the cave treasure, and Flowing Cloud struck down an attacking Azure Feather Iron Eagle.
• Flowing Cloud used his blood-aperture power to see a platform beneath the cliff and carried Xiao Yi Xian down toward it.
• A Rock Snake ambushed Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian, but Flowing Cloud killed it with a bolt of lightning.
• Flowing Cloud cleared the cave entrance with Mountain Splitting Palm and entered the cave, with Xiao Yi Xian following him.

Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian entered the cave’s hidden chamber, where they discovered treasure and rare medicinal herbs, including a Fourth-grade Ice Spirit Flame Grass. Xiao Yi Xian offered Flowing Cloud the entire hoard in gratitude for saving her and Little Blue.

• Xiao Yi Xian found and pressed a hidden mechanism that opened the Stone Gate, and Flowing Cloud kissed her cheek before running into the chamber.
• Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian found a skeleton, locked stone boxes, piles of Gold Coins, and a flower bed filled with rare medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified the Ice Spirit Flame Grass as a Fourth-grade spirit medicine, and Flowing Cloud asked to keep it in exchange for the other herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused the division and offered Flowing Cloud everything in the treasure as thanks for saving her and Little Blue.

Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian divided the stone chamber’s medicinal treasures, with Xiao Yi Xian giving him a kiss as repayment before claiming most of the herbs. Flowing Cloud found a fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and opened the first of three locked chests, leaving them ready to see what was inside.

• Flowing Cloud teased Xiao Yi Xian into giving him a kiss, then let her keep all the medicinal herbs except the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
• Flowing Cloud stored the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and searched the chamber, finding three keys hanging from the skeleton’s hand.
• Flowing Cloud removed the skeleton’s arm and retrieved a fragment map depicting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Flowing Cloud returned the arm to the skeleton and invited Xiao Yi Xian over to watch him open the stone chests.
• Flowing Cloud unlocked the first chest as Xiao Yi Xian urged him to open it.

Flowing Cloud gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and collected two valuable Dou Techniques from the treasure chests. After kissing her, he asked Xiao Yi Xian to come with him, but she fell silent as they headed up the cliff.

• Flowing Cloud gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and she eagerly claimed it as her own.
• Flowing Cloud opened the second chest and found the Profound-tier High-grade Flying Dou Technique, Eagle Wings.
• Flowing Cloud opened the final chest and found the Profound-tier High-grade Dou Technique, Mad Lion's Roar, then decided to return to the imperial capital after settling Xiao Yan.
• Flowing Cloud pulled Xiao Yi Xian into his arms and kissed her despite her struggling.
• Flowing Cloud asked Xiao Yi Xian to come with him, and she fell silent before they headed up the cliff.

Flowing Cloud escorted Xiao Yi Xian safely back to Qingshan Town, then confronted and destroyed the Wolf Head mercenary group after its leader, Mu She, accused him of killing Mu Li. He summoned Nameless and set off for Wutan City before the auction.

• Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Qingshan Town, where mercenaries rejoiced to see that Xiao Yi Xian had survived.
• Flowing Cloud took Xiao Yi Xian to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and she asked him to return and visit her.
• At the town exit, Flowing Cloud found Mu She and the Wolf Head mercenary group waiting for him over Mu Li's death.
• Flowing Cloud admitted killing Mu Li and wiped out the mercenaries with the Earth Splitting Palm.
• Flowing Cloud killed Mu She with a bolt of lightning, summoned Nameless, and ordered him to return to Wutan City.

Flowing Cloud returned to Wutan City and learned that Master Gu Ni had become a Third-grade Alchemist and the Mittel Auction House had secured valuable auction items. Ya Fei then told him that the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families had attacked the Xiao Clan, but a mysterious expert saved Xiao Yan and drove the attackers away.

• Flowing Cloud summoned Ya Fei and Master Gu Ni, who reported that the auction would feature a Second-grade Pill, a Third-grade Pill, and a Mysterious Tier Intermediate Cultivation Method.
• Master Gu Ni credited Flowing Cloud’s Fifth-grade Alchemist notes for his breakthrough, and both he and Ya Fei pledged their loyalty to Flowing Cloud.
• Ya Fei explained that the Mysterious Tier cultivation method came from the destroyed Ao Ba family, and Master Gu Ni added that the Jia Lie family had also been destroyed.
• Ya Fei recounted how the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families raided the Xiao Clan while Xiao Zhan was in seclusion, severely injuring the defenders and Xiao Yan.
• A mysterious expert intervened to save Xiao Yan, badly injured Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa, and allowed both families to flee; Flowing Cloud suspected Xiao Xun'er had sent the Shadow Emperor.

After Wutan City’s Xiao Clan destroyed the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families, Flowing Cloud devised a plan to expand the Mittel Auction House’s reach by drawing buyers from nearby cities. He learned Xiao Yan had accepted his condition and prepared to summon him, while considering a return to the imperial capital.

• Ya Fei told Flowing Cloud that Xiao Zhan had broken through to Dou Ling and led the Xiao Clan in wiping out the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families.
• Flowing Cloud postponed the auction for three days and ordered Ya Fei to publicize its rare items in Qingmu City and Ziyang City.
• Flowing Cloud showed Ya Fei and Master Gu Ni several Profound-tier Dou Techniques, including the Flying Dou Technique Eagle Wings, to support his plan for a grand auction.
• Ya Fei told Flowing Cloud that Xiao Yan had accepted his proposed condition, so Flowing Cloud asked her to summon Xiao Yan to the auction house.
• After Master Gu Ni left, Flowing Cloud considered returning to the imperial capital once Xiao Yan’s ring was auctioned.

Xiao Yan agreed to trade his mother’s Black Ring to Flowing Cloud in exchange for restoring his talent. Flowing Cloud took the ring and offered him a Seven-leaf Green Lotus seed, promising it would restore his talent.

• Xiao Yan ended his cultivation and lamented that his power had not improved, recalling the Xiao Clan’s devastating nighttime raid and worrying about Flowing Cloud’s absence.
• Xiao Yan hurried to the Mittel Auction House after hearing Flowing Cloud had returned and agreed to his condition for restoring Xiao Yan’s talent.
• Flowing Cloud reminded Xiao Yan that he had promised to bring his treasures to the Mittel Auction House for auction and identified the Black Ring as a treasure.
• Xiao Yan hesitated because the ring was his mother’s keepsake, but Flowing Cloud promised to auction it so Xiao Yan could buy it back.
• Xiao Yan handed Flowing Cloud the Black Ring, and Flowing Cloud gave him a Seven-leaf Green Lotus seed, saying it would restore his talent.

Xiao Yan learned that the Mittel Auction House’s upcoming auction would feature powerful treasures, and Xiao Zhan began gathering funds so the Xiao Clan could bid. Flowing Cloud entrusted Xiao Yan’s ring to Nameless and ordered him to keep order at the auction, while Xiao Yan returned home carrying the Lotus Seed.

• Flowing Cloud told Xiao Yan that the auction had been postponed for three days and would draw experts from Qingmu City and Ziyang City, but assured him Wutan City would remain under control.
• Flowing Cloud revealed the auction would include Profound-tier High-grade Dou Techniques, Fourth-grade spirit medicine, and a Flying Dou Technique, prompting Xiao Yan to hurry back to tell his clan.
• After Xiao Yan left, Flowing Cloud gave his ring to Nameless to keep Old Yao from absorbing Dou Qi and ordered Nameless to suppress anyone who caused trouble at the auction.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan about the auction’s treasures, and Xiao Zhan ordered the Xiao Clan to gather Gold Coins at all costs.

Xiao Yan swallowed Flowing Cloud’s lotus seed, recovered from his injuries, and discovered that his Dou Qi talent had returned. Later, Ya Fei visited Flowing Cloud alone, drank with him, and kissed him as their evening grew increasingly intimate.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the lotus seed and found that his injuries had healed.
• Xiao Yan meditated and discovered that he could retain the Dou Qi he absorbed, ending his nearly three-year decline.
• Ya Fei visited Flowing Cloud at the Mittel Auction House and invited him to drink with her.
• Ya Fei and Flowing Cloud drank several cups of wine together until they were both drunk.
• Ya Fei sat on Flowing Cloud’s lap, asked if he thought she was beautiful, and Flowing Cloud kissed her.

Flowing Cloud and Ya Fei spent the night together. The next day, Jin Yuan and the Jin family elders learned of Wutan City's auction and debated the Xiao Clan's growing power before deciding to attend.

• Flowing Cloud carried Ya Fei to bed, and the two spent the night together.
• Jin Yuan told the Jin family elders that the Mittel Family had announced an auction featuring rare treasures, but Jin Jue and Jin Tao doubted Wutan City could offer them.
• Jin Yuan revealed that Xiao Zhan had reached the Dou Ling realm with a Qi Gathering Pill bought at the Mittel Auction House, and that the Xiao Clan had defeated the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families.
• Jin Yuan warned that a powerful expert might be backing the Xiao Clan, so the Jin family abandoned plans to attack Wutan City.
• Jin Yuan sent Jin Jue and Jin Tao to attend the auction, while clans from Ziyang City and Qingmu City and independent cultivators also headed to Wutan City.

Flowing Cloud promised to improve Ya Fei’s aptitude and gave her a sixth-grade Creation Golden Pill. Ya Fei prepared to take it as Flowing Cloud offered to help her refine it.

• Ya Fei asked Flowing Cloud to take responsibility for her, and he assured her he would.
• Flowing Cloud asked whether Ya Fei wanted to become stronger and promised he could change her aptitude, as he had restored Xiao Yan’s talent.
• Flowing Cloud made Ya Fei satisfy him before revealing how she could become a genius.
• Flowing Cloud gave Ya Fei a sixth-grade Creation Golden Pill and offered to help her refine it.
• Ya Fei opened the bottle and stared at the golden pill in her palm.

Ya Fei used the Creation Golden Pill to transform her cultivation aptitude and rise to the peak of the Nine-star Dou Zhe level. As the Mittel Auction House drew powerful bidders to Wutan City, Xiao Zhan prepared the Xiao Clan for the auction, while Xiao Yan planned to reclaim his mother’s Black Ring.

• Flowing Cloud helped Ya Fei refine the Creation Golden Pill, which changed her aptitude and raised her strength from Five-star Dou Zhe to the peak of Nine-star Dou Zhe.
• Ya Fei discovered that the pill had left foul-smelling grime on her body and called for hot water to bathe.
• News of the Mittel Auction House’s Qi Gathering Pills, Fourth-grade spirit medicine, and Flying Dou Technique spread to Qingmu City and Ziyang City, drawing many experts to Wutan City.
• The Xiao Clan’s First Elder told Xiao Zhan that many Dou Ling experts and the bandit Tian Feng had arrived, so Xiao Zhan ordered the clan to strengthen its defenses and avoid disputes.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that his injuries had healed and asked to attend the auction; Xiao Zhan agreed, while Xiao Yan planned to reclaim his mother’s Black Ring.

Flowing Cloud held a crowded auction at the Mittel Auction House and put Xiao Yan’s mother’s Black Ring up for sale as the first item. Xiao Yan won it with a bid of one thousand gold coins, bringing the ring back within his reach.

• Prominent guests and cultivators filled the Mittel Auction House, while Flowing Cloud reviewed the attendees and learned that the notorious bandit Tian Feng had come.
• Flowing Cloud gave Ya Fei the Black Ring and instructed her to offer it as the first auction item, with a starting price of one thousand gold coins.
• Ya Fei introduced the Black Ring as a mysterious item, but the audience hesitated to bid.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Black Ring and bid one thousand gold coins, telling Xiao Zhan that it was important to him.
• No one else raised the price, and Ya Fei sold the Black Ring to Xiao Yan as Flowing Cloud smiled.

After auctioning Xiao Yan’s Black Ring, Flowing Cloud opened a Super Gift Pack and gained several rare treasures, then gave Nameless an Imperial Pill. Ya Fei began auctioning the fourth item, the Profound-tier High-grade Golden Seal Fist.

• Flowing Cloud received a System Super Gift Pack for auctioning Xiao Yan’s Black Ring and opened it.
• The gift pack contained a Pill Emperor Inheritance Crystal, the Taiyin Divine Flame, the Nine Yang Burning Heaven Art, the Heaven Slaying Sword Art, the Xuanyuan Sword, and the Soul Devouring Art.
• Flowing Cloud decided to keep the treasures in the System Space until the auction ended so he could reveal them safely.
• After receiving an Imperial Pill from the auction return, Flowing Cloud gave it to Nameless, who expected it to help him reach the peak of Nine-star Dou Huang.
• Ya Fei introduced the fourth auction item, the Profound-tier High-grade Golden Seal Fist, drawing an excited reaction from the audience.

The Jin family and the Tie family competed for the Profound-tier High-grade Dou Technique Golden Seal Fist, which the Tie family won for 350,000 Gold Coins. Flowing Cloud received a Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique through the system’s Ten Thousand Times Return, and Ya Fei began auctioning the Blazing Flame Palm.

• Ya Fei opened bidding on the Golden Seal Fist at 50,000 Gold Coins, and Jin Jue led the Jin family’s bids as the price climbed.
• Jin Jue raised the bid to 300,000 Gold Coins, but a member of the Qingmu City Tie family continued competing with him.
• The Tie family member won the Golden Seal Fist for 350,000 Gold Coins after Jin Jue stopped bidding to preserve the Jin family’s funds for later prizes.
• Flowing Cloud received the Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique Golden Emperor Fist from the system as the return for the auctioned Golden Seal Fist.
• Ya Fei introduced the Profound-tier High-grade fire-element Dou Technique Blazing Flame Palm and opened bidding at 50,000 Gold Coins.

Flowing Cloud obtained the Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique Sky Burning Palm after the Blazing Flame Palm was auctioned. Xiao Zhan and Jin Tao then competed for Mad Lion's Roar, and the bidding stopped at Xiao Zhan's offer of three hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins.

• The Blazing Flame Palm was sold to Ziyang City's largest mercenary group for three hundred and sixty thousand Gold Coins, triggering Flowing Cloud's reward of Sky Burning Palm.
• Ya Fei introduced Mad Lion's Roar, a Profound-tier High-grade Dou Technique, as the next auction item.
• Xiao Zhan bid one hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins for Mad Lion's Roar, hoping to combine it with his Raging Lion Mad Gang cultivation method.
• Jin Tao raised the bid to two hundred thousand Gold Coins, and Xiao Zhan countered with two hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins.
• Jin Tao bid three hundred thousand Gold Coins, but Xiao Zhan offered three hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins, and Jin Tao stopped bidding.

At the auction, Clan Chief Xiao won Mad Lion's Roar, and Flowing Cloud received a Heaven-tier technique through the System. The Earth Dragon Soft Armor sold for 300,000 Gold Coins, granting Flowing Cloud a Seventh-tier Black Tortoise True Armor, while Ya Fei began bidding on the Seven-leaf Green Lotus.

• Clan Chief Xiao won Mad Lion's Roar for 350,000 Gold Coins, and Flowing Cloud received the Heaven-tier Intermediate Mysterious Gate Four Symbols Seal through Ten Thousand Times Return.
• Ya Fei presented the Third-order Earth Dragon Soft Armor, and a mercenary group leader won it for 300,000 Gold Coins.
• Flowing Cloud received the Seventh-tier Black Tortoise True Armor and chose not to refine it during the auction.
• Ya Fei introduced the Fourth-grade Seven-leaf Green Lotus as a healing medicine and a main ingredient for the Spirit Ascension Pill.
• Ya Fei opened bidding on the Seven-leaf Green Lotus at 80,000 Gold Coins.

Jin Jue won the Seven-leaf Green Lotus auction for 550,000 Gold Coins after Tian Feng drove up the price and then withdrew. Flowing Cloud received an Eighth-grade Extreme Cold Lingzhi through Ten Thousand Times Return, while the auction began presenting its ninth item, which the crowd expected to be a Flying Dou Technique.

• Jin Jue, Mu Yu, and Tian Feng competed for the Seven-leaf Green Lotus, which Xiao Zhan could no longer afford after buying Mad Lion's Roar.
• The bids climbed to 550,000 Gold Coins as Mu Yu withdrew and Tian Feng stopped bidding, leaving Jin Jue as the winner.
• Flowing Cloud received an Eighth-grade Extreme Cold Lingzhi in the System Space after the Seven-leaf Green Lotus was sold.
• Ya Fei began the auction of the ninth item, and the audience watched eagerly, expecting a Flying Dou Technique.

Flowing Cloud’s Ice Spirit Flame Grass was auctioned, triggering the system to award him an Eighth-grade Royal Blood Grass. The auction for the final item, the Eagle Wings Flying Dou Technique, ended with Tian Feng leading at six hundred thousand Gold Coins, but a clan offered Jin Jue a loan to keep bidding against him.

• A major herb merchant bought the Ice Spirit Flame Grass for four hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins, and Flowing Cloud received the Eighth-grade Royal Blood Grass through Ten Thousand Times Return.
• Ya Fei introduced the Eagle Wings Flying Dou Technique as the auction’s final and most precious item, drawing the attention of Tian Feng, Jin Jue, Xiao Zhan, and the Mu family head.
• Bidders drove the price of Eagle Wings up to five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins before Tian Feng raised it to six hundred thousand.
• The Mu family head bid five hundred and eighty thousand Gold Coins, but Tian Feng mocked him and outbid him at six hundred thousand.
• As Ya Fei prepared to award Eagle Wings to Tian Feng, a clan offered Jin Jue a loan of one hundred thousand Gold Coins so he could keep bidding.