Chapter Summaries

Gu He tested the abilities of his newly condensed Destiny Divine Flame, discovering that it strengthened his soul attacks, cultivated and tempered him autonomously, and made alchemy easier. He successfully refined a high-quality Dou Ling Pill with the Dragon Soul Cauldron and planned to make another for the Mittel Auction House auction in three days.

• Gu He used Soul Fire to burn a table to ashes and realized his Destiny Divine Flame could turn anything reached by his soul power into a sea of flames.
• Gu He tested the flame's other abilities and found it drew in energy for autonomous cultivation and stabilized his Dou Qi through body tempering.
• Gu He brought out the Dragon Soul Cauldron and began refining a Dou Ling Pill commissioned by a Misty Cloud Sect elder.
• Gu He completed the pill quickly, containing its energy ripples with a soul barrier and producing a pill of better quality than before.
• Gu He decided to refine another batch of ingredients so he could sell the Dou Ling Pill at the Mittel Auction House auction in three days.

Xiao Yi Xian visited Nalan Yanran, and the two became closer while chatting and practicing combat. Their sparring left Nalan Yanran shocked by Xiao Yi Xian’s strength, while Xiao Yi Xian concealed her true cultivation.

• Xiao Yi Xian visited Nalan Yanran’s residence and apologized for not coming sooner, and Nalan Yanran welcomed her warmly.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran chatted for two hours before Nalan Yanran suggested they practice combat.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yi Xian to attack her with the Rippling Wave Palm, and Xiao Yi Xian struck with part of her strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s palm strike staggered Nalan Yanran, who was shocked by her junior’s strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Nalan Yanran that she had recently reached Six-star Dou Zhe, concealing that her actual cultivation was higher.

Nalan Yanran learned that Xiao Yi Xian was a sixteen-year-old Six-star Dou Zhe, then continued sparring with her. Gu He began Liu Ling’s special physical training by making him endure a tub of scalding Blood Burning Powder for half a shichen, and Liu Ling focused on using the pain to temper his body and Dou Qi.

• Nalan Yanran was shaken by Xiao Yi Xian’s age and strength but resolved to train harder and surpass her.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized, and she and Nalan Yanran resumed sparring with Xiao Yi Xian agreeing to hold back.
• Liu Ling arrived expecting special training, and Gu He told him to fill a tub with water and climb in.
• Gu He poured Blood Burning Powder into the tub and ordered Liu Ling to endure the heat for half a shichen.
• Liu Ling endured the burning pain, circulated the Purple Sun Art to temper his body and Dou Qi, and earned Gu He’s quiet approval.

Gu He went to the Mittel Auction House in disguise and submitted a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill for auction. After revealing himself as the Dan Emperor, he asked Mite'er Tushan to keep his visit quiet until the auction began.

• Gu He left the Misty Cloud Sect and arrived at the imperial capital for the Mittel Auction House auction.
• Gu He entered the auction house in a white robe and went to have an item evaluated for auction.
• Gu He presented a pill, and the appraiser recognized its quality after Gu He identified it as a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill.
• Gu He asked the appraiser to summon the auction house's highest-ranking person, and Mite'er Tushan arrived.
• Gu He revealed his identity as the Dan Emperor and asked Mite'er Tushan to keep his visit secret until the auction began.

Gu He submitted his Dou Ling Pill for the Mittel Auction House’s auction and learned it would be the finale, while the auction list left him disappointed by the scarcity of valuable medicinal ingredients. He wondered whether he needed a stronger patron to advance his alchemy, but decided to take things one step at a time.

• Mite'er Tushan accepted Gu He's Dou Ling Pill as genuine and said the Sixth-Grade Pill would be auctioned as the finale, with its price determined by the major clans.
• Mite'er Tushan gave Gu He a private-room card and an auction list, then ordered an elder to notify the major clan heads about the pill.
• Gu He took his seat and found that almost all the listed items were ordinary, with only one medicinal herb catching his interest.
• Gu He reflected that the Misty Cloud Sect's resources had helped him rise from a Fourth-Grade to a Seventh-Grade Alchemist, but could no longer support his needs.
• Gu He considered seeking a wealthier faction, then decided to focus on being a Seventh-Grade Alchemist for now.

Mittel~Tu Shan opened the Mittel Auction and presented its first item, while Gu He waited for lots that interested him. In the Nalan Family’s private room, Nalan Jie focused on the Fifth-grade Demonic Beast Egg for Nalan Yanran and struggled to suppress the Scorched Poison worsening inside him.

• Mittel~Tu Shan opened the auction and introduced the ice-attribute Demonic Core Weapon Han Feng, which a thin man bought for one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.
• Gu He watched the early lots without bidding, waiting for the Demonic Beast Egg and a medicinal ingredient.
• Nalan Jie said he planned to buy the Fifth-grade Demonic Beast Egg for Nalan Yanran and reflected on her engagement annulment and place in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Jie suppressed a flare-up of Scorched Poison and feared the toxin would soon erupt completely.

Nalan Jie and Mu Chen learned that a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill would be the auction’s grand finale, and both resolved to obtain it for their own reasons. The auction continued with a sale of Two-pattern Qing Ling Pills, which drew eager bids from the crowd.

• Nalan Jie received the revised auction list, discovered the Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill, and decided he had to buy it to improve his cultivation and possibly suppress his Scorched Poison.
• Mu Chen saw the Dou Ling Pill on the revised list and hoped to use it to strengthen himself and narrow the Mu Family’s gap with the other great families.
• The early auction items drew no major bids from the powerful factions in the private rooms.
• Mite'er Tu Shan presented two Two-pattern Qing Ling Pills and explained their ability to help peak Dou Masters break through to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Bidders competed for the Qing Ling Pills, quickly raising the price above the initial bid of three hundred and thirty thousand.

Gu He watched the auction and bid on a Fifth-grade Iron-winged Giant Eagle egg, hoping to give it to his disciple and trigger a Ten Thousandfold Return. The auction ended with the egg sold to Gu He for two million gold coins.

• A Qing Ling Pill sold for 600,000 gold coins after bids from the auction hall and a private room.
• Miteer Tushan introduced a Fifth-grade Iron-winged Giant Eagle egg, and the great families began bidding on it.
• The egg’s price climbed to 1.7 million gold coins as the bidders grew fewer.
• Gu He bid two million gold coins, making the other families stop bidding.
• Miteer Tushan recognized Gu He's voice, then sold the egg to him after calling for further bids three times.

Gu He bought a Fifth-grade Demonic Beast Egg and a Fire Spirit Ganoderma while the other bidders tried to identify him. The auction’s final item, a Sixth-Grade Dou Ling Pill, sparked fierce competition, and Nalan Jie won it with a bid of six million gold coins.

• Gu He bought the Fifth-grade Demonic Beast Egg, prompting Nalan Jie and Mu Chen to speculate about his identity.
• Gu He bid one million two hundred thousand gold coins for the Fire Spirit Ganoderma, intending to use it to prepare a Resurrection Purple Spirit Pill for Hai Bodong.
• Nalan Jie and Mu Chen deduced that Gu He had supplied the Dou Ling Pill being auctioned, but remained puzzled by his earlier purchases.
• Mite'er Tushan revealed the Dou Ling Pill inside a protective Cold Iron cage, and the major families began bidding fiercely.
• After the price rose to six million gold coins, Nalan Jie won the Dou Ling Pill when the other families withdrew.

Gu He collected the proceeds from his auctioned Dou Ling Pill and the items he had purchased, then agreed to meet Mittel Teng Shan, who asked whether he could refine a pill to extend his lifespan. The chapter ended with Mittel Teng Shan seeking an Azure Nether Longevity Pill as the Mittel Family struggled to protect its wealth without Hai Bodong.

• Gu He collected five million four hundred thousand gold coins from his Dou Ling Pill and received his purchased items from Mittel Teng Shan.
• Mittel Teng Shan persuaded Gu He to stay and meet with the Mittel Family's clan leader.
• Mittel Teng Shan asked Gu He about pills that could extend a person's lifespan.
• Gu He said he knew of the Sixth-Grade Azure Nether Longevity Pill, which could grant ten additional years of life.
• Mittel Teng Shan asked Gu He to refine the pill as the Mittel Family faced growing threats after Hai Bodong's disappearance.

Gu He arranged for Mittel Tengshan to gather ingredients for the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, secretly adding materials for Hai Bodong’s Resurrection Purple Spirit Pill. Back at the Misty Cloud Sect, Liu Ling’s training loosened his bottleneck, but Xiao Yi Xian arrived having already broken through to the Dou Master realm.

• Gu He gave Mittel Tengshan a list of ingredients for the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, including materials needed for the Resurrection Purple Spirit Pill, and Mittel Tengshan agreed to gather them.
• Gu He left Jia Ma City with a Purple-Gold Card and wondered whether giving a disciple money would trigger the Ten Thousandfold Return.
• Ten days later, Gu He trained Liu Ling in a medicinal bath, and Liu Ling endured for an hour and a half.
• Gu He told Liu Ling he would increase the training dosage, and Liu Ling realized his bottleneck had loosened and expected to reach the Dou Master realm soon.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered the courtyard and announced that she had broken through to the Dou Master realm, leaving Liu Ling stunned.

Liu Ling learned that Xiao Yi Xian had reached the Dou Master realm through her own cultivation, not Gu He's Power Transmission, and apologized for doubting his teacher and envying his junior sister. Gu He explained that Xiao Yi Xian had an extraordinary constitution but kept its identity secret, leaving Liu Ling newly determined to cultivate diligently.

• Liu Ling suspected Gu He had secretly used Power Transmission to help Xiao Yi Xian, but Gu He denied it and Xiao Yi Xian confirmed she had advanced through her own cultivation.
• Liu Ling admitted he had doubted Gu He and felt jealous of Xiao Yi Xian, then apologized and rose after Gu He accepted his apology.
• Gu He explained that people could be born with extraordinary constitutions and gave examples including the Seven Orifice Exquisite Pill Heart, Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Calamity Poison Body, and Battle Emperor Bloodline.
• Gu He warned Liu Ling not to become arrogant and urged him to rely on hard work, saying Power Transmission could help him surpass those with extraordinary constitutions.
• Liu Ling asked about Xiao Yi Xian's constitution, but Gu He withheld its identity because revealing it could bring danger and made Liu Ling promise to keep her secret.

Gu He gave Xiao Yi Xian a Seven-patterned Purple Gold Card with 2.22 million gold coins so she could buy poisons for her Calamity Poison Body. The system rewarded him with an Infinite Gold Card holding 22 billion gold coins, which automatically replenished its balance.

• Gu He told Liu Ling to rest and continue training, then promised another Power Transmission when he reached the Dou Master realm.
• Gu He offered Xiao Yi Xian a Seven-patterned Purple Gold Card containing 2.2 million gold coins, but she initially refused it out of respect for her teacher.
• Gu He insisted that Xiao Yi Xian accept the money as pocket money for buying poisons, and she agreed.
• The system rewarded Gu He for giving Xiao Yi Xian 2.22 million gold coins with an Infinite Gold Card containing 22 billion gold coins.
• Gu He inspected the card and learned that it automatically replenished its balance and had a maximum balance of 20 million gold coins.

Gu He discovered that his Purple Gold Card held 22 billion gold coins and gave Xiao Yi Xian a Fifth-grade Iron-winged Giant Eagle egg as her second reward. The system returned an Eighth-grade Golden Feather Giant Eagle egg to Gu He, which he left uncontracted and learned would hatch with peak sixth-tier strength.

• Gu He examined the Infinite Gold Card and learned it held 22 billion gold coins that would replenish automatically as he spent them.
• Gu He gave Xiao Yi Xian a Fifth-grade Iron-winged Giant Eagle egg, and she eagerly accepted it as the flying pet she had long wanted.
• The system triggered Ten Thousandfold Return and placed an Eighth-grade Golden Feather Giant Eagle egg in Gu He's System Space.
• Gu He rejected the system's offer to form a master-servant contract with the Golden Feather Giant Eagle.
• Gu He learned the Golden Feather Giant Eagle could fly at exceptional speed, wield Golden Sword Qi, and hatch with peak sixth-tier strength.

Gu He gave Xiao Yi Xian a magical beast egg and used Power Transmission to raise her cultivation to Four-star Dou Master. The transmission earned Gu He a system return of twenty years of cultivation, and he waited while Xiao Yi Xian recovered.

• Gu He gave Xiao Yi Xian a golden magical beast egg, which she stored in her Storage Ring.
• Gu He transmitted his cultivation to Xiao Yi Xian, who broke through to Two-star, Three-star, and then Four-star Dou Master before telling him to stop.
• The system rewarded Gu He with twenty years of cultivation for transmitting one and a half days of cultivation to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Gu He saw the returned cultivation in the System Space and decided to focus on Liu Ling's special training and strengthen his disciples' bodies.
• After recovering, Xiao Yi Xian thanked Gu He and promised to make him chicken soup every day.

Gu He fused twenty years of cultivation and rapidly rose to the peak of the Eight-star Dou Huang realm. He used the Divine Fire Body Tempering Chapter to stabilize his Dou Qi, ending the chapter with his new strength consolidated.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked how to hatch the Iron-winged Giant Eagle egg, and Gu He told her to place Gold Attribute Demonic Cores beside it.
• After Xiao Yi Xian left, Gu He sealed the Alchemy Room and began fusing twenty years of cultivation from the System.
• Gu He absorbed the surging energy and successively broke through to Five-star, Six-star, Seven-star, and Eight-star Dou Huang.
• Gu He restrained his aura after his pressure cracked the barrier, then used the Divine Fire Body Tempering Chapter for three hours to stabilize his Dou Qi.

Gu He formed a master-servant contract with the Golden Winged Giant Eagle in its egg and gathered gold-attributed treasures to help it hatch. A week later, Nalan Yanran invited Xiao Yi Xian to travel with her to the imperial capital, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed.

• Gu He formed a master-servant contract with the Golden Winged Giant Eagle and learned that the egg needed energy to hatch.
• Gu He bought gold-attributed treasures and other supplies in Jia Ma City, then placed the treasures in the System Space for the egg to absorb.
• Gu He estimated that the egg would need about ten days to consume the treasures and prepared Blood Burning Powder and Jade Bone Powder for his disciples.
• Nalan Yanran sparred with Xiao Yi Xian and felt overwhelmed by her strength, despite having recently reached Five-star Dou Zhe.
• Nalan Yanran invited Xiao Yi Xian to the imperial capital, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to go with her.

Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian entered Jia Ma City to shop at the Mittel Auction House, where Nalan Yanran bought Jade Muscle Spirit Liquid. Xiao Yi Xian revealed that her teacher had given her costly Jade Bone Powder and asked about Gold Attribute Demonic Cores, leaving her considering what she could afford.

• Nalan Yanran disguised herself with a white cloak to avoid being recognized while entering Jia Ma City with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Nalan Yanran took Xiao Yi Xian to the Mittel Auction House and ordered ten bottles of Jade Muscle Spirit Liquid.
• Nalan Yanran offered to buy Jade Muscle Spirit Liquid for Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yi Xian showed her Jade Bone Powder that her teacher had given her.
• The auction house manager was shocked by Xiao Yi Xian's Jade Bone Powder and went to fetch Nalan Yanran's purchase.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether the auction house sold Gold Attribute Demonic Cores and learned that their prices depended on their grade.

Xiao Yi Xian bought Gold Attribute Demonic Cores and Poisonous Herbs for her Demonic Beast Egg at the Mittel Auction House, while Nalan Yanran learned how generously Gu He treated his disciple. The steward recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Seven-patterned Purple Gold Card and served her with exceptional respect.

• The steward listed the prices of Gold Attribute Demonic Cores, and Xiao Yi Xian ordered three Fifth-Grade cores.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Nalan Yanran her Fifth-grade Demonic Beast Egg and explained that it needed Gold Attribute Demonic Cores to hatch.
• Nalan Yanran envied Xiao Yi Xian’s gifts from Gu He, while the steward returned with Nalan Yanran’s Jade Muscle Spirit Liquid.
• The steward recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Seven-patterned Purple Gold Card and offered to escort her to the VIP Room, but Xiao Yi Xian declined.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked for second-grade and third-grade Poisonous Herbs, then paid for them and the Demonic Cores with her card.

After leaving the auction house, Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian were ambushed by six masked bandits who wanted their valuables. Xiao Yi Xian quietly released a colorless gas and pretended to surrender, leaving the confrontation poised to turn against the attackers.

• A middle-aged man followed Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian from the Mittel Auction House after noticing their valuable card and demonic beast egg.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian discussed Xiao Yi Xian’s Iron-winged Giant Eagle and her hope to return to Qingshan Town as they traveled toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed the forest had fallen unnaturally silent, but six masked men surrounded the pair when they tried to flee.
• The bandits demanded the girls’ treasures, and their leader falsely promised to spare them if they cooperated.
• Xiao Yi Xian quietly released a colorless gas from a jade bottle and pretended to hand over her Storage Ring.