Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng attended Mo Ya’s gathering at the Black Emperor Pavilion, where he traded for valuables and clashed with the Young Sect Master over his attention toward Xiao Yi Xian. The chapter ended after Zi Yan struck a man who had harassed her and Gu Yue, with Mo Ya stepping in and Xiao Heng demanding a resolution.

• An old man invited Xiao Heng and his companions to Mo Ya’s gathering, and Xiao Heng agreed after hearing it included a trade fair.
• Mo Ya welcomed Xiao Heng and offered him items from the Black Emperor Sect’s trading platform, while repeatedly eyeing Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Heng accepted two precious medicinal ingredients and traded for other resources, while Mo Ya left to attend to other guests and ordered an old man to test the group.
• A man harassed Zi Yan and tried to take advantage of Gu Yue, so Zi Yan struck him and sent him flying.
• Mo Ya blocked Zi Yan from attacking again, and Xiao Heng demanded to know how Mo Ya would resolve the incident.

Xiao Heng killed Poison Wolf after he harassed Zi Yan and Gu Yue, then left the gathering with Xiao Yi Xian, whose Dou Zong strength forced Mo Ya to back down. As Xiao Heng’s group prepared for the next day’s auction, Xiao Yan arrived in Black Emperor City determined to obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill for his brother.

• A maid explained that Poison Wolf had made obscene advances toward Zi Yan, and Mo Ya ordered him to apologize to Xiao Heng.
• Poison Wolf agreed to take one strike from Xiao Heng, who killed him with a single blow.
• Mo Ya confronted Xiao Heng, but Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Dou Zong aura, prompting Mo Ya to withdraw his disciples and end the confrontation.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian discussed how the incident had exposed their strength and likely their identities, then prepared for the auction.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Black Emperor City with Xiao Li and Su Qian, intending to acquire an earth-tier ruler Dou Technique and the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill for Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian discussed her curse against Mo Ya while Xiao Yan entered the Black Emperor Pavilion under a false identity. When a Kui Lang Gang Dou Emperor challenged Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan defeated him with one punch and left him severely injured.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Heng that she had used the Six Soul Dread Curse and poison on Mo Ya, who would not live past a month.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Heng that she would cripple and bind anyone who bullied her, and Xiao Heng tried to appease her by massaging her shoulders.
• Xiao Yan entered the Black Emperor Pavilion using a false identity, accompanied by Great Elder Su Qian and another companion.
• A middle-aged Kui Lang Gang Dou Emperor confronted Xiao Yan over the gang members he had killed, and Xiao Yan repelled his probing attack with flames.
• The man tried to leave after realizing Xiao Yan was stronger, but Xiao Yan demanded they exchange one move each.
• Xiao Yan struck the man with Eight Extremes Collapse, smashing him through the bar and leaving him badly injured.

Xiao Yan stopped a fight with Mo Ya’s hired thug and suspected that Xiao Heng had arrived for the auction, while planning around the many forces gathering there. At his residence, Xiao Heng cultivated with Spirit Stones and discussed preparing Old Yao’s resurrection before the auction began the next day.

• Xiao Yan accused Mo Ya of appearing only after the fight started, then ended the confrontation and left with Xiao Li and Su Qian.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Li and Su Qian that Xiao Heng might be in the Black Corner Region and proposed waiting to meet him at the auction.
• Xiao Yan asked the Xiao Clan’s people to remain hidden and suggested Xiao Heng might help Jia Nan Academy deal with Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan’s group returned to their residence to rest and gather resources for the auction.
• Xiao Heng absorbed energy from Spirit Stones and told Old Yao he expected to break through to the sixth star within a month.
• Xiao Heng and Old Yao discussed Xiao Heng’s cultivation, his plans to prepare a stronger body for Old Yao, and Old Yao’s future help after his resurrection.

A rare pill refined by Xiao Yan drew powerful figures to the pavilion, while Xiao Heng and Xiao Yi Xian watched and assessed the threat. Xiao Heng revealed that the alchemist and Su Qian were their allies, then chose to keep their group separate until the crucial moment before the coming auction.

• Xiao Heng sensed a peak sixth-rank pill being born and rushed toward the pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian, while Gu Yue stayed behind to watch Zi Yan.
• Su Qian ordered Xiao Li to guard Xiao Yan and drove spectators back as Demon Flame Valley’s black-robed group and the Black Emperor Sect’s Mo Tianxing arrived.
• Xiao Heng noticed the black-robed figures’ chilling aura and suspected they were connected to Soul Hall, while Su Qian recognized Xiao Yan inside the pavilion.
• The pill’s phenomenon ended, and its mysterious alchemist remained unseen as Su Qian returned inside and the spectators dispersed without attacking.
• Xiao Heng told Xiao Yi Xian that Su Qian and Xiao Yan were allies, and decided they should not join them until the crucial moment.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Heng a kiss on the cheek before returning to her room.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan reunited at the Black Emperor Sect’s auction, where powerful factions gathered for the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill and other treasures. Mo Tianxing opened the auction by warning that anyone who caused trouble would face severe consequences.

• Xiao Yan emerged from his room, and Su Qian told him that Xiao Heng had arrived before leading the group toward the auction.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan greeted each other through Mo Ya, then entered together and left Mo Ya behind.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan took separate seats, while Xiao Heng sensed numerous powerful experts among the gathered factions.
• Xiao Heng reassured Xiao Yi Xian that they would obtain the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill, while Zi Yan asked Gu Yue when they would grow up.
• A bell signaled the auction’s start, and Mo Tianxing appeared under an Energy Shield and threatened anyone who tried to disrupt the proceedings.

At the Black Emperor Sect auction, rare techniques and pills sold for high prices, and Xiao Yan acquired an Earth Grade ruler technique. The auction then presented a near-eighth-rank Magical Beast corpse, and Xiao Heng understood Xiao Yan’s signal as the bidding stalled over its barter-only price.

• Mo Tianxing announced the start of the Black Emperor Sect auction after displaying his Dou Zong power.
• The opening Heaven Feather Finger sold for its capped price of eight hundred thousand gold coins, and three batches of Heavenly Spirit Bone Regeneration Pills sold for a total of 3.3 million.
• Xiao Yan bought the Mid-grade Earth Tier Six Body Merging Travel Ruler for three million, while a Mid-grade Earth Tier cultivation method later sold for nearly ten million.
• Zi Yan detected a corpse smell, and Xiao Heng recognized the enormous corpse as a Heaven Demon Phoenix that had been close to reaching the eighth rank.
• The auctioneer said the corpse might still contain a near-eighth-rank Magic Core and would be sold only by barter, but the crowd hesitated to spend items reserved for the final auction.
• Xiao Yan glanced toward Xiao Heng, who understood his signal.

Xiao Heng traded pills for a mysterious Magical Beast corpse, while Mo Tianxing prepared to unveil the Black Emperor Sect auction’s grand finale. The Bodhi Body Transformation Pill appeared, drawing Xiao Yi Xian’s yearning and setting the stage for the contest over the legendary treasure.

• Xiao Heng outbid others for the Magical Beast corpse by offering an Imperial Pill, a Dou Ling Pill, and a Sixth-grade Azure Cloud Body Tempering Pill.
• Mo Tianxing accepted Xiao Heng’s offer, while secretly believing the corpse had no further value to the Black Emperor Sect.
• Xiao Heng recognized the corpse as a Heaven Demon Phoenix and noted that its wings were meant for Xiao Yan and its essence blood could be divided.
• Mo Tianxing brought out the auction’s final item, the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill, and revealed it in a crystal case.
• Xiao Heng identified the pill as genuine, and Xiao Yi Xian gazed at it with deep yearning.

The Black Emperor Sect auctioned the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill through a private exchange, and Elder Eagle Mountain was chosen as its winner. Xiao Heng collected the Magical Beast corpse he had purchased and left the auction, expecting the struggle over the pill to begin next.

• Mo Tianxing announced that bidders would privately offer items in exchange for the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill, and Xiao Heng told Xiao Yan to make an offer while warning him that the pill would likely require a fight to claim.
• Xiao Yan entered the screened auction stage, but Xiao Heng chose not to participate in the exchange.
• Mo Tianxing named Elder Eagle Mountain the winner, and Xiao Heng resolved to take the pill from him.
• Xiao Heng collected his auctioned Magical Beast corpse from Mo Tianxing and rejected the sect leader's attempt to recruit him.
• Xiao Heng spotted a Xiao Clan contact signal after leaving the auction house and led his group away from the people watching them.

Xiao Heng reunited with Xiao Yan and the others to plan for the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill, which Xiao Heng needed to save Xiao Yi Xian. After they discussed the threat of a possible Soul Hall agent, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan examined a demonic beast corpse, and Xiao Heng identified it as a Heaven Demon Phoenix.

• Xiao Heng welcomed Su Qian, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Gu Yue, then asked the group to help secure the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill.
• Xiao Heng explained Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body, and Su Qian and Xiao Li agreed to help while Xiao Li revealed that he had sent people to watch Elder Eagle Mountain.
• Xiao Heng warned the group that someone in Demon Flame Valley might be connected to Soul Hall, and they agreed to observe carefully and act when an opportunity arose.
• Xiao Yan removed crystalline wings from a demonic beast corpse, and Xiao Heng offered to help raise the grade of the Heavenly Goose Nine Paths Wings during refinement.
• Zi Yan entered after smelling the corpse, and Xiao Heng identified it as a Heaven Demon Phoenix, the second-ranked demonic beast clan and the mortal enemy of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan extracted valuable blood and a Magic Core from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, then divided the spoils with Zi Yan. The next morning, Xiao Heng gave Xiao Li an Immortal Herb Pill, and the brothers prepared to act after learning Elder Eagle Mountain had left the city.

• Xiao Heng refined the Heavenly Demon Phoenix flesh and hide, extracting five drops of blue-red blood and forming a Magic Core.
• Xiao Heng gave Xiao Yan two drops of blood and the wings, kept the Magic Core, and promised to make Zi Yan gauntlets from the remaining bones.
• Xiao Heng considered asking Little Grass for high-grade forging materials for Zi Yan’s weapon.
• The next morning, Xiao Heng gave Xiao Li a sixth-grade Immortal Herb Pill to help him break through.
• A Xiao Clan disciple reported that Elder Eagle Mountain had left the city, and Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan decided it was time to act.

Xiao Heng and his allies tracked Elder Eagle Mountain, discovered he had sent out a Soul Clone, and followed the connection to his true body. At the mountain hollow, Mo Tianxing attacked Elder Eagle Mountain for the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill while Xiao Heng’s group waited for hidden enemies to reveal themselves, and Xiao Yan rushed toward the fight after the clone vanished.

• Xiao Heng proposed splitting into two groups so they could follow Elder Eagle Mountain without revealing their alliance.
• Mo Tianxing ordered the Black Emperor Sect elders to watch the factions and Yan Xiao while worrying over Mo Ya’s mysterious condition.
• Xiao Heng identified Elder Eagle Mountain’s Soul Clone, traced its connection to the true body, and led Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan toward the mountain hollow.
• Mo Tianxing confronted Elder Eagle Mountain, revealed that he had marked the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill, and attacked him with several Dou Huang experts.
• Xiao Heng’s group watched the battle and waited for Demon Flame Valley to appear, while Xiao Yan set out for the mountain hollow after Elder Eagle Mountain’s clone dispersed.

Mo Tianxing, Demon Flame Valley, and Xiao Yan’s group turned against Elder Eagle Mountain to seize the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill. As the three factions surrounded him, Xiao Yan unexpectedly caught the jade box Elder Eagle Mountain threw, while Xiao Heng prepared to intervene.

• Elder Eagle Mountain fell behind in his battle with Mo Tianxing until Demon Flame Valley arrived and the factions paused to negotiate.
• Demon Flame Valley and Mo Tianxing secretly planned to turn on each other after dealing with Elder Eagle Mountain, while Xiao Heng and Zi Yan watched from the shadows.
• Yan Xiao and Su Qian arrived, and Demon Flame Valley exposed their identities, intensifying the standoff.
• Mo Tianxing persuaded the factions to target Elder Eagle Mountain together, and they surrounded him when he tried to flee.
• Elder Eagle Mountain threw a jade box toward the factions, but it landed in Xiao Yan’s hands as the others continued attacking him.
• Xiao Heng saw the chance to act and told his companions to prepare.

Xiao Yan and Su Qian faced Mo Tianxing and Demon Flame Valley while Xiao Heng’s group waited to ambush them. Xiao Heng and the others struck, wounding Mo Tianxing and killing Demon Flame Valley’s Dou Zong protector, as a girl in white appeared before the remaining attackers.

• Xiao Yan revealed the real Sect Breaking Pill, prompting Mo Tianxing and Demon Flame Valley to join forces against him while Elder Eagle Mountain withdrew.
• Xiao Yan told Su Qian that Xiao Heng and the others were waiting to attack, and Su Qian engaged Demon Flame Valley’s Dou Zong as Xiao Yan fought Mo Tianxing.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and broke through the Black Emperor Sect elders to attack Mo Tianxing.
• Gu Yue thrust a silver dragon spear into Mo Tianxing’s chest, knocking him hundreds of meters backward, while Zi Yan struck a Black Emperor Sect elder.
• Xiao Heng teleported through Demon Flame Valley’s black mist and killed its Dou Zong protector with a powerful sword strike.
• A girl in a white dress appeared before the remaining Demon Flame Valley members.

Xiao Heng and his allies defeated the ambushers, killed Mo Tianxing, and captured a Soul Hall member’s escaping spirit. As the group regrouped, Xiao Heng discovered Elder Eagle Mountain hiding nearby, and the elder emerged expecting to face their judgment.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan defeated the attackers on their respective battlefields, while Xiao Heng intercepted the Soul Hall member’s escaping spirit and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Gu Yue killed the wounded Mo Tianxing after he tried to bargain and use a pill, then took the pill and dragged his corpse back.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan returned to Xiao Heng, and Gu Yue arrived with Mo Tianxing’s corpse and a Seventh-Rank Pill, which Xiao Heng stored away.
• Xiao Heng noticed Elder Eagle Mountain hiding in the forest and called him out, prompting the elder to emerge and accept that he was at their mercy.

Xiao Heng spared Elder Eagle Mountain after the battle, and he and the others escaped the Black Corner Region before rival groups could discover what had happened. On the journey back to Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian warned them about Old Ghost of Earth Demon and admitted that the academy’s elusive Headmaster had been absent for years; the group ultimately returned safely.

• Xiao Heng let Elder Eagle Mountain go after warning him to keep quiet, while Xiao Li and the others collected the fallen enemies’ Storage Rings.
• Xiao Li warned that witnesses were heading toward the battlefield, so Xiao Yan led the group away before arriving parties could uncover the truth.
• Rain washed away the group’s tracks as they traveled toward Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Li reported that no one appeared to be following them.
• Su Qian explained that Old Ghost of Earth Demon, Demon Flame Valley’s founder, was a powerful elder who feared Jia Nan Academy’s Headmaster.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan questioned whether the Headmaster was reliable, and Su Qian admitted he had not seen him in over ten years.
• The group reached Jia Nan Academy safely while the Black Emperor Sect and Demon Flame Valley concealed their losses.

Xiao Heng and the others returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan gave Xiao Heng the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill to keep. After Xiao Li departed for the Black Corner Region, Xiao Yan teased Xiao Heng about Hu Jia, while Xiao Yi Xian quietly affirmed her feelings for Xiao Heng.

• Su Qian accepted a Seventh-Rank Pill from Xiao Heng and returned to his duties at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Heng assured Xiao Li he could ask for help, then brushed off Zi Yan’s demands by reminding her he had promised to forge her a weapon.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Heng the Bodhi Body Transformation Pill, and Xiao Yi Xian examined it before Xiao Heng put it away.
• Xiao Li said he needed to return to the Black Corner Region, and Xiao Yan and the others bid him farewell.
• Xiao Yan brought up Hu Jia to tease Xiao Heng, who insisted they were only friends, and Xiao Yi Xian accepted his explanation.
• Xiao Heng admitted he was thinking about how to deal with Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian reflected on her gratitude and wish to remain by his side.

Xiao Heng returned to Pan Men with Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Yue, and Zi Yan, where Hu Jia and Wu Hao filled him in on the faction’s growth. Hu Jia resumed managing Pan Men while Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan avoided taking responsibility, and Xiao Yi Xian and Hu Jia quickly became friends.

• Xiao Heng took Zi Yan and Gu Yue out to visit Pan Men, then entered its expanded headquarters with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Two Pan Men disciples recognized Xiao Heng as the Vice Leader and welcomed him admiringly.
• Xiao Heng reunited with Xiao Yan and Wu Hao, learned that Wu Hao had reached Dou Wang, and met Hu Jia, who scolded the absent leaders for leaving her with the work.
• Hu Jia and Xiao Yi Xian quickly grew friendly, while Wu Hao tried and failed to pour tea before Hu Jia took over.
• Hu Jia explained that Pan Men had become the Inner Academy’s strongest faction, and Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan avoided her suggestion that they return to manage it.

Xiao Yan cleared the lingering aura from the Heavenly Goose Nine Paths Wings and used the Fallen Heart Flame to defeat the remnant beast, breaking through to the Spirit Realm. Xiao Heng explained the Soul Realm and its connection to alchemy, while Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Heng was only barely at the Spirit Realm’s third stage.

• Xiao Yan began clashing his Soul Power against the residual aura within the bone wings and encountered a powerful gray beast in a hazy world.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Fallen Heart Flame, weakening and refining the beast and the gray currents.
• Pure energy from the remnants merged into Xiao Yan’s soul, triggering his breakthrough to the Spirit Realm and greatly increasing his Soul Power.
• Xiao Heng explained the Mortal, Spirit, and Heaven Soul Realms and how they related to refining pills of different ranks.
• Xiao Heng said Venerable Yao had reached the Heaven Realm, then told Xiao Yan he was barely at the Spirit Realm’s third stage and corrected his assumption that this made him an Eighth-grade Alchemist.

Xiao Heng helped Xiao Yan refine a pair of powerful Wind and Thunder Attribute wings from bone wings and rare materials. The new wings began gestating inside Xiao Yan, where they would absorb his blood vitality and Dou Qi for several days.

• Xiao Yan extracted Emerald Green Liquid from the enormous bone wings by purging their impurities with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Heng rejected most of Xiao Yan's supplementary materials and added a spirit bone, diluted Spring of Life, and two feathers from his Black and White Twin Wings.
• Xiao Heng fused the materials into an energy mass and implanted it into Xiao Yan's back, warning that the process would hurt.
• The new wings devoured Xiao Yan's Cyan Wings and began absorbing his blood vitality and Dou Qi as they gestated inside his body.