Chapter Summaries

At a gathering in Black Rock City, Flowing Cloud drew attention as a young Second-grade Alchemist and revealed he was not yet sixteen. His talent stunned Feilin and the alchemists, while City Lord Yu Guang considered how to win him and his teacher over.

• City Lord Yu Guang warmly welcomed Flowing Cloud and seated him with Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan, prompting the gathered families to speculate about his identity.
• Feilin arrived and affectionately greeted her master, Ao Tuo, who let her sit with him despite Yu Guang's mild reprimand.
• Feilin noticed Flowing Cloud's Second-grade Alchemist Badge and asked his age; Flowing Cloud said he would turn sixteen in a few months.
• Feilin and the gathered alchemists were shocked by Flowing Cloud's age and rank, and Feilin felt humbled by his talent.
• Yu Guang noticed Feilin's reaction and considered using her connection with Flowing Cloud to win over the young alchemist and his teacher.

After attending a banquet with Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan, Flowing Cloud arranged to have Nameless steal Gute’s hidden treasures during the Black Rock Auction. He then revealed to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King that he had put its son up for auction, leaving the Lion King furious and bewildered.

• Feilin teased Flowing Cloud at the banquet, and Ao Tuo stopped her before raising a toast with Flowing Cloud.
• Clan elders and young people approached Flowing Cloud to offer toasts and flattery during the banquet.
• Flowing Cloud returned to Yan Yue Tower, sobered up with a Luo Yan Pill, and ordered Nameless to raid Gute’s hidden treasury during the auction.
• Flowing Cloud explained that he would attend the auction with Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan to establish an alibi, while choosing not to kill Gute and risk drawing Pill King Gu He’s attention.
• Flowing Cloud told the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to help reclaim its son at the auction, then admitted that he had sent the son to be auctioned because he was short on money.

Flowing Cloud persuaded the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to cooperate with the auction of its son by promising to help the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King reach the Fifth-tier realm. The next day, Flowing Cloud met Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan at the Alchemist Guild, where Xue Mei arrived as they prepared to attend the auction.

• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King grew furious when Flowing Cloud revealed that he planned to auction off its son, but agreed after Flowing Cloud promised a share of the benefits and a breakthrough for the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Flowing Cloud considered auctioning off the sleeping Purple Crystal Winged Lion King himself, but decided to leave that idea for later.
• The next day, Flowing Cloud stored the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in two rings and went to the Alchemist Guild to meet Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan.
• Ao Tuo offered to help Flowing Cloud buy anything he wanted at the auction, as long as it was not one of the final items.
• Xue Mei arrived at the guild entrance, and Flowing Cloud was struck by her silver hair, elegant appearance, and striking presence.

Flowing Cloud and his companions attended the Black Rock Auction, where Xue Mei and Feilin clashed while the first item, a Purple Spirit Crystal, sparked a fierce bidding war. The bidding reached 150,000 Gold Coins when Feilin placed an offer from their private room.

• Xue Mei arrived and greeted Fu Kelan and Ao Tuo before meeting Flowing Cloud and the others.
• Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan took the group to the Black Rock Auction House, where Li Yan welcomed them and arranged a private room.
• Li Yan opened the auction by presenting a Purple Spirit Crystal, and Xue Mei explained its origin and use in making a pill that could help a Da Dou Shi break through two levels.
• Feilin and Xue Mei exchanged barbed remarks, while Fu Kelan recalled that Flowing Cloud had refined Purple Flame from a Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Bidders drove the Purple Spirit Crystal's price up to 150,000 Gold Coins, and Feilin made the latest bid from the private room.

At the auction, Feilin won the Purple Spirit Crystal while Flowing Cloud’s system returned rare treasures for the lots sold. As the auction continued, Flowing Cloud gained cultivation resources and valuable ingredients, and the sale of a Fourth-order demonic core yielded an Eighth-order Fire Attribute Demonic Core.

• Feilin won the Purple Spirit Crystal for 150,000 Gold Coins, and Flowing Cloud received Ten Thousand Year Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from the system.
• Flowing Cloud inspected the jade-green milk in the System Space and estimated that absorbing it could raise his cultivation to Nine-star Dou Ling.
• The Soul Washing Flower sold for 400,000 Gold Coins, triggering a system return of the Eighth-grade spirit medicine Ten Thousand Year Green Spirit Vine.
• Li Yan began the auction for a Fourth-order Fire Attribute Demonic Core, which a Third-grade Alchemist won.
• Flowing Cloud received an Eighth-order Fire Attribute Demonic Core from the system and recognized its value as an ingredient for Eighth-grade medicinal pills.

At the auction, Fu Kelan won the fifth-grade Illusion Heart Grass for eight hundred thousand Gold Coins, intending to refine it into a Phantom Soul Pill and reach Fifth-grade Alchemist. Flowing Cloud’s system returned an eighth-grade Soul Nourishing Divine Lotus, whose powerful soul-nourishing and defensive abilities excited him.

• Li Yan unveiled the fifth-grade Illusion Heart Grass, and Fu Kelan revealed that he needed it to refine a Phantom Soul Pill.
• Flowing Cloud recalled that the pill could boost Soul Power but would damage the soul and prevent further advancement.
• Bidders drove the Illusion Heart Grass’s price up to seven hundred thousand Gold Coins before Fu Kelan bid eight hundred thousand.
• The other alchemists stopped bidding, and Fu Kelan secured the Illusion Heart Grass.
• Flowing Cloud’s system awarded him an eighth-grade Soul Nourishing Divine Lotus, which could strengthen the soul and protect it from probes and attacks.

Flowing Cloud examined the Soul Nourishing Divine Lotus in the System Space, then watched the auction continue as his Ten Thousand Times Return yielded a Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique and ten thousand Fifth-tier Demonic Cores. He wondered whether the system would give him a true ten-thousandfold return when the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was auctioned later.

• Flowing Cloud saw the Soul Nourishing Divine Lotus in the System Space and realized his soul was not strong enough to approach or refine it.
• The Lin Family bought the Heart Devouring Palm for 350,000 Gold Coins, and Flowing Cloud received the Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique Blood Soul Seal.
• A bidder won the earth-element Fifth-tier Demonic Core for 800,000 Gold Coins, triggering a system return of ten thousand Fifth-tier Demonic Cores.
• Flowing Cloud inspected the mountain of Demonic Cores in the System Space and realized the system's ten-thousandfold return could multiply quantity rather than quality.
• Flowing Cloud hoped the system would give him a true ten-thousandfold return when the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was auctioned.

Flowing Cloud discovered that the system had given him a mountain of Fifth-tier Demonic Cores, then watched the auction begin for a Sixth-tier Iron Winged Giant Eagle egg. The bidding escalated as Black Rock City’s major powers competed to obtain the priceless egg.

• Flowing Cloud realized the Fifth-tier Demonic Cores in his System Space could be sold for a vast fortune.
• Li Yan unveiled a Sixth-tier Iron Winged Giant Eagle egg, shocking the auction hall and drawing the attention of the major families.
• City Lord Yu Guang decided the egg could not fall into the hands of the three great families, while Feilin hurried off to ask her father to buy it for her.
• Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan speculated that a powerful expert had forced the Li Family to auction the egg, while Flowing Cloud silently knew he was responsible.
• Li Yan opened bidding without a starting price, and the offers quickly climbed to hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins plus Fourth-grade Pills.

At the auction, the Xue Family outbid the City Lord’s Mansion for the Sixth-tier Iron Winged Giant Eagle Magical Beast Egg. Flowing Cloud’s system returned an Eighth-tier Myriad Poison Beast Egg, whose pearl could neutralize all poisons.

• The Xue Family Patriarch bid three million Gold Coins and one Fifth-grade Pill for the Sixth-tier Magical Beast Egg.
• Feilin urged City Lord Yu Guang to win the egg, but he refused to spend more because the City Lord’s Mansion was saving its resources for the later Sixth-tier Magical Beast cub.
• The City Lord’s Mansion stopped bidding, and Li Yan awarded the egg to the Xue Family Patriarch.
• Flowing Cloud received an Eighth-tier Myriad Poison Beast Egg through the Ten Thousand Times Return system.
• Flowing Cloud learned that the Myriad Poison Beast could form a pearl capable of dispelling all poisons in the world.

Flowing Cloud considered how the Myriad Poison Beast could help him on his planned trip to the Chuyun Empire, then watched as the Black Rock auction unveiled and began bidding on a Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. The bids climbed rapidly, while City Lord Yu Guang set his sights on the cub and Ao Tuo briefly suspected Flowing Cloud had supplied it.

• Flowing Cloud recalled that the Myriad Poison Beast could absorb toxins, decided to hatch it after the auction, and thought his journey to the Chuyun Empire could no longer be delayed.
• Li Yan introduced the eighth auction item as a cub of the Sixth-tier Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, shocking the auction hall and the gathered clans.
• City Lord Yu Guang decided that he had to obtain the cub for the City Lord's Mansion.
• Ao Tuo questioned Flowing Cloud about the Purple Crystal Winged Lion cub, but Flowing Cloud denied having the ability to acquire one.
• Li Yan opened bidding without a starting price, and the offers rose to a sky-high sum within moments.

Bidding for the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King intensified as the Lin Family challenged the City Lord's Mansion with a hidden reserve of Fifth-grade Pills. The City Lord's next move remained uncertain as the auction's contest continued.

• The Lin Family bid eight million Gold Coins, three Fourth-grade Pills, and one Fifth-grade Pill for the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• City Lord Yu Guang ordered a higher bid of nine million Gold Coins, four Fourth-grade Pills, and one Fifth-grade Pill.
• The Lin Family Patriarch ordered the Grand Elder to bid two Fifth-grade Pills, surprising the auction crowd.
• The Xue Family Patriarch revealed that the Li Family had supplied the Lin Family with a Fifth-grade Pill as part of the three families' plan to keep the cub from the City Lord's Mansion.

City Lord Yu Guang outbid the Lin Family for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King cub by offering a Fifth-grade Pill Recipe, and Flowing Cloud received an unexpected reward from the system. The chapter ended with him entering the System Space to inspect the Eighth-tier Void Burrowing Beast cub.

• City Lord Yu Guang ordered his attendant to bid two Fifth-grade Pills and a Fifth-grade Pill Recipe for the cub.
• The City Lord's Mansion's offer stunned the auction hall and convinced the Lin Family that it could not compete.
• Li Yan declared City Lord Yu Guang the winner, and Feilin hurried toward the City Lord's Mansion's private room.
• The system rewarded Flowing Cloud with an Eighth-tier Void Burrowing Beast cub after the auction ended.
• Flowing Cloud sent his consciousness into the System Space to inspect the cub.

Flowing Cloud discovered the Void Burrowing Beast’s abilities and considered how its passages could make future auctions easier to reach. Meanwhile, Li Yan introduced the auction’s final item, a Companion Purple Crystal Source, leaving Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan shocked by its rarity and power.

• Flowing Cloud learned that the sixth-tier Void Burrowing Beast could create stable underground passages and use powerful void abilities.
• Feilin challenged Xue Mei to a beast battle between their magical beast cubs, while Flowing Cloud worried about Feilin’s recklessness.
• Li Yan opened the final auction item and announced that it was a Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan explained that the rare source came from a Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and could help a fourth-tier cub advance directly to the fifth tier.

At the Black Rock Auction House, the two bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source sparked a fierce bidding war, which the Lin Family Patriarch won. Flowing Cloud’s system then rewarded him with twenty thousand bottles, stored in the System Space.

• Ao Tuo explained that the Companion Purple Crystal Source helped Purple Crystal Winged Lion cubs grow, and suspected Flowing Cloud was connected to the cub and its treasure.
• City Lord Yu Guang resolved to bid for the Companion Purple Crystal Source but realized he could not compete with the Lin Family’s remaining Fifth-grade Pills.
• The Lin Family Patriarch decided to claim both bottles and celebrated the chance to strengthen the cub and get revenge on Yu Guang.
• Li Yan opened the auction, and the bids climbed until the Lin Family Patriarch won with five million Gold Coins, five Fourth-grade Pills, and one Fifth-grade Pill.
• Flowing Cloud received the system’s reward of twenty thousand bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source and found them piled in the System Space.

After the auction, Flowing Cloud considered expanding his auction houses and sent the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to rescue its son from the City Lord's Mansion. Back at Yan Yue Tower, he inspected the treasures Nameless had stolen from Gute and discovered a technique called Spirit Absorption.

• Flowing Cloud left Black Rock Auction House with Ao Tuo, Fu Kelan, Feilin, and Xue Mei after becoming distracted by thoughts of his wealth and plans for more auction houses.
• Flowing Cloud released the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and told it that its son was in danger at the City Lord's Mansion.
• Flowing Cloud ordered the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to avoid killing anyone, and Nameless appeared to deter it from attacking Flowing Cloud.
• Nameless gave Flowing Cloud a Storage Ring containing Gute's treasures and reported that he had knocked Gute unconscious.
• Flowing Cloud returned to Yan Yue Tower, examined the rare treasures in the Storage Ring, and found Spirit Absorption.

Flowing Cloud found the Spirit Absorption in Gute's collection, completing the treasures needed to refine the Taiyin Divine Flame once he reached Dou Ling. Meanwhile, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King rescued its cub from the City Lord's Mansion and returned to Flowing Cloud, who revealed a bottle of Companion Purple Crystal Source.

• Flowing Cloud found the Spirit Absorption among Gute's treasures and realized he had gathered all three items needed to refine the Taiyin Divine Flame.
• City Lord Yu Guang brought the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to the City Lord's Mansion, where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King arrived and demanded its son.
• City Lord Yu Guang opened the cage and released the cub, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King warned the humans before carrying its son away.
• News of the cub's rescue spread through Black Rock City as Flowing Cloud finished sorting Gute's collection at Yan Yue Tower.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and its son returned to Flowing Cloud, who teased the Lion King and revealed ten jade bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source.

Flowing Cloud revealed that he had more than a hundred bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source and used them to help Nameless attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong. He then offered the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King ten bottles in exchange for becoming his pet, and the cub eagerly accepted before its father could stop it.

• Flowing Cloud produced over a hundred bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source, shocking the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Flowing Cloud urged Nameless to drink the source so he could break through from peak Nine-star Dou Huang to Dou Zong.
• Nameless drank bottle after bottle as the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and its son watched enviously.
• Flowing Cloud teased the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King about its promise to help its son grow, then offered the cub ten bottles of source if it became his pet.
• The Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King ran to Flowing Cloud and licked his shoes, leaving Flowing Cloud to tell its father that the choice was not up to him.

Flowing Cloud fed the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and the Void Burrowing Beast Companion Purple Crystal Source, then persuaded the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to protect Nameless as he broke through to Dou Zong. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King left with the remaining ten bottles, insisting he was only honoring his promise.

• The Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King drank two bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source, grew stronger, and went to sleep.
• Nameless consumed over sixty bottles, then left Black Rock City to find a place to break through to Dou Zong.
• Flowing Cloud summoned the Void Burrowing Beast, which drank twenty bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source and fell asleep.
• Flowing Cloud offered the remaining ten bottles to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in exchange for protecting Nameless during his breakthrough.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King took the bottles and left to protect Nameless, claiming he was only keeping his previous promise.

Flowing Cloud tried to hatch the Myriad Poison Beast Egg with Snake Heart Grass, then refined a bottle of Companion Purple Crystal Source and advanced to Four-Star Da Dou Shi. He planned to seek more poisonous substances and continued reviewing the treasures from the auction while Nameless had yet to return.

• Flowing Cloud placed the Myriad Poison Beast Egg in Snake Heart Grass-infused water, but the egg absorbed it without hatching.
• Flowing Cloud decided to ask Masters Ao Tuo and Fu Kelan for information about highly poisonous substances and stored the egg in the System Space.
• Flowing Cloud drank an entire bottle of Companion Purple Crystal Source and painfully refined its energy for three hours.
• Flowing Cloud stabilized his Dou Crystal and advanced to Four-Star Da Dou Shi, bringing him closer to the Dou Ling realm and refining the Taiyin Divine Flame.
• Flowing Cloud noticed that Nameless had not returned, then entered the System Space to inspect the auction treasures as Black Rock City's major factions remained unsettled by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's visit.

City Lord Yu Guang confronted the Li Family over the stolen Purple Crystal Winged Lion King cub and demanded compensation. Li Yuan warned that the auction goods belonged to a powerful Dou Huang expert, and Yu Guang withdrew his guards, leaving the Li Family’s supposed alliance with the Xue Family and Lin Family strained.

• City Lord Yu Guang brought city guards to the Li Family estate and blamed Li Yuan for auctioning the cub that had led to the City Lord’s Mansion being attacked.
• Li Yuan denied responsibility, while Yu Guang revealed he had advanced to Six-star Dou Ling and demanded two Fifth-grade Pills as compensation.
• The Xue Family Patriarch refused to help the Li Family, hoping the City Lord’s Mansion would weaken it, and noted that the Lin Family had also stayed away.
• Li Yuan rejected Yu Guang’s demand and warned that the City Lord’s Mansion would be destroyed if it harmed the Li Family.
• Li Yuan claimed the auction goods came from a Dou Huang expert who had taken the cub and the Companion Purple Crystal Source from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Yu Guang, uncertain whether he could challenge the expert, led the city guards away from the Li Family estate.