Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo impressed Gu Ni and the auction house staff by revealing that he was a young Second Grade Alchemist with several high-quality pills to sell. After entering the auction, Xiao Chen spotted Ya Fei and received a system prompt to interact with her for a sign-in opportunity.

• Gu Ni tested Ning Luo’s Foundation Building Liquid and realized that Ning Luo was a Second Grade Alchemist.
• Ning Luo showed several more Second Grade pills and arranged for them to be auctioned at the house.
• Gu Ni advised the middle-aged man not to investigate or offend Ning Luo and to treat him favorably.
• A female attendant led Ning Luo into the auction hall, where Ya Fei was presenting an item.
• Xiao Chen recognized Ya Fei, and his system announced that interacting with her would grant a sign-in opportunity.

Ning Luo watched Ya Fei auction Foundation Building Spirit Liquid that he had refined, and its price surged as Wutan City's three great families competed for it. Xiao Zhan entered the bidding at forty thousand gold coins, leaving the auction unresolved.

• Ning Luo entered a private room at the Mittel Auction House and watched Ya Fei conduct the auction.
• Ya Fei presented Ning Luo's Foundation Building Spirit Liquid, explaining that it boosted cultivation for those below Dou Zhe and had been appraised by Gu Ni.
• Bidders pushed the spirit liquid's price from eight thousand to thirteen thousand gold coins, surprising Ning Luo with its value.
• Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa competed against each other, raising the bid to thirty-one thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Zhan ended his silence by bidding forty thousand gold coins.

Ning Luo collected the proceeds from his auction, received a VIP card from Ya Fei, and gave her a Jade Visage Pill while asking her to find Frost Flower Dew. After Ning Luo left, Ya Fei and Gu Ni discussed his alchemy skill, and Gu Ni warned her not to covet his formula.

• Xiao Zhan won the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid for forty thousand gold coins and bought more pills for Xiao Yan, spending over a hundred thousand gold coins.
• Ya Fei gave Ning Luo a VIP card and paid him the auction proceeds of one hundred and ninety thousand gold coins after the reduced tax.
• Ning Luo received a Sign-in Opportunity when he shook Ya Fei’s hand, then gave her a Jade Visage Pill and asked her to collect all the Frost Flower Dew she could find.
• After Ning Luo left, Ya Fei remarked on his generosity and Gu Ni confirmed he could not refine a Second Grade Foundation Building Spirit Liquid.
• Gu Ni warned Ya Fei against pursuing Ning Luo’s formula, recounting how the Qie Ke Family was destroyed after coveting Pill King Gu He’s formula.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao brought Foundation Building Spirit Liquid to an auction house, where they learned that another alchemist had already supplied a much purer version. After returning home, Xiao Yan questioned Yao Lao about the mysterious alchemist, then Xiao Zhan came to his door.

• Xiao Yan disguised Yao Lao’s voice and brought Foundation Building Spirit Liquid to the auction house for appraisal.
• Gu Ni and Ya Fei discussed the importance of staying on good terms with mysterious alchemists.
• Gu Ni told Yao Lao that the auction house already had a larger supply of better-quality Foundation Building Spirit Liquid.
• Yao Lao examined the purer liquid and was shocked, while Gu Ni refused to reveal who had refined it.
• Xiao Yan returned home and asked Yao Lao how another alchemist could make Foundation Building Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Zhan arrived at Xiao Yan’s door.

Xiao Zhan encouraged Xiao Yan to face the Misty Cloud Sect and gave him Foundation Building Spirit Liquid, while Xiao Yan vowed to prove himself. Ning Luo gained the Soul Seizing Technique and later hid near a hot spring when Xiao Yu arrived, triggering a sign-in opportunity.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he would go to the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, and Xiao Zhan supported his resolve.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan Foundation Building Spirit Liquid that he had bought for forty thousand gold coins, and Xiao Yan promised to silence his critics at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Ning Luo signed in and received the Heavenly Grade Cultivation Method Soul Seizing Technique, which could suppress souls and extract weaker ones.
• Ning Luo practiced his Dou Techniques in a mountain forest, then found a hot spring and got in after seeing no one nearby.
• Ning Luo hid behind a rock when Xiao Yu approached, and his system identified her as a goddess whose interaction would grant a sign-in opportunity.

Ning Luo stumbled into the pool while Xiao Yu was bathing, and their struggle ended with him escaping the water as she attacked him with a sword. The chapter left Ning Luo facing Xiao Yu’s sudden assault.

• Xiao Yu found a secluded pool beneath a waterfall and undressed to bathe.
• Ning Luo hid behind a rock to watch, then slipped and fell into the pool.
• Xiao Yu cried for help, but Ning Luo restrained her and threatened her until she stopped shouting.
• Ning Luo climbed ashore and dressed, while Xiao Yu put on her clothes and drew her sword.
• Xiao Yu charged at Ning Luo, shouting, “Die!”

Ning Luo defeated Xiao Yu in the forest, and she demanded that he take responsibility for her after claiming he had ruined her chances of marriage. Xiao Ning went looking for Ning Luo, who knocked him unconscious and left.

• Ning Luo dodged Xiao Yu's attacks, then used flames and grappling techniques to pin her down and gain Sign-in Opportunities.
• Xiao Yu bit Ning Luo's shoulder to escape, but he drove her back with a blast of flames and proved stronger than her.
• Xiao Yu cried that Ning Luo had seen her body and demanded he take responsibility for her, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• Xiao Ning found Xiao Yu leaving the forest in disheveled clothes and went inside to look for the rogue who had bullied her.
• Ning Luo sneaked up behind Xiao Ning, knocked him unconscious with a club, and walked away.

Ning Luo absorbed Solidifying Origin Spirit Liquid and broke through to the Dou Master realm. He then visited the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei agreed to auction his spirit liquid and help find medicinal ingredients before inviting him to a meal.

• Ning Luo cultivated with Solidifying Origin Spirit Liquid until he reached the Dou Master realm.
• Ning Luo brought seven bottles of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid to the Mittel Auction House, where Gu Ni identified them as the superior Solidifying Origin Spirit Liquid.
• Ya Fei agreed to auction Ning Luo's spirit liquid and search for the medicinal ingredients he requested.
• Ya Fei invited Ning Luo to a meal, and he accepted, hoping to obtain a sign-in reward.

Ya Fei invited Ning Luo to dinner, and the two drank and chatted together until late into the night. After dancing for him, Ya Fei slipped into Ning Luo’s embrace and asked whether he liked her this way.

• Ya Fei led Ning Luo to a private room at Michelle Restaurant and ordered food and wine.
• Ning Luo and Ya Fei drank several jars of wine while chatting and discovering they got along well.
• After they both became tipsy, Ya Fei offered to dance for Ning Luo.
• Ya Fei danced for Ning Luo, then slipped into his embrace and asked whether he liked her like this.

Ning Luo spent the night with Ya Fei, helped her cultivate, and grew stronger while earning money through pill refining. After deciding to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, he stopped in Qingshan Town to visit Xiao Yi Xian, but a clerk told him she was resting.

• Ning Luo and Ya Fei entered her room and bathed together, gaining many Sign-in Opportunities through their intimacy.
• Ya Fei asked Ning Luo to take responsibility for her, and he agreed; her cultivation rose from One-star Fighter to Two-star Fighter.
• Ning Luo stayed with Ya Fei, refining pills for her to auction while his strength advanced to Two-Star Dou Master.
• Ning Luo gave Ya Fei ten Jade Visage Pills and left for Qingshan Town before continuing toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ning Luo arrived at the expanded Myriad Medicine Pavilion and asked a clerk to see Xiao Yi Xian, but the clerk said she was resting.

Ning Luo rushed to Myriad Medicine Pavilion after sensing poison gas and found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious as her Poison Body of Calamity erupted. He used his Supreme Divine Body and the Yin-Yang Method to suppress it, leaving the poison dispersed and the two of them together.

• Ning Luo forced his way into Myriad Medicine Pavilion and found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious as poisonous gas poured from her body.
• Ning Luo tried to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity, but her guards broke into the room and mistook his actions for molestation.
• Ning Luo fought off the guards while holding Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yi Xian woke and ordered them to stop.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the guards that Ning Luo was the true owner of Myriad Medicine Pavilion, and they withdrew after teasing the pair.
• Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian used the Yin-Yang Method, and Ning Luo transferred his Dou Qi until the poisonous gas faded from her face.

After spending two months cultivating and working with Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town, Ning Luo prepared to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, promising he would come back. On his journey through the Monster Mountain Range, he spotted a cautious group of mercenaries.

• Ning Luo signed in for the Heavenly Grade Cultivation Method Sword Intent True Art and other rewards, and advanced to Three-Star Dou Master while cultivating in Qingshan Town.
• Ning Luo and Xiao Yi Xian worked together at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, gathering herbs, refining medicine, and treating residents.
• Ning Luo told Xiao Yi Xian he would leave the next day, gave her seven Qi Replenishing Pills, and promised to return.
• Ning Luo left Qingshan Town and traveled through the Monster Mountain Range toward the Misty Cloud Sect, collecting herbs and hunting Magical Beasts along the way.
• Ning Luo heard movement in the forest, climbed a tree, and saw a group of wary mercenaries moving through the woods.

Ning Luo killed a Bloodthirsty Snake and prepared to take its Magical Core, but the Eagle Claw Mercenary Group surrounded him to steal the carcass. He recognized the danger of the Dou Qi Continent and faced the captain's threat to kill him if he refused.

• Ning Luo waited for the mercenaries to leave, then continued toward the Misty Cloud Sect and was attacked by a Bloodthirsty Snake.
• Ning Luo dodged the snake's venomous bite and killed it with his Thunderous Might Dou technique, then used a Qi Replenishing Pill to restore his Dou Qi.
• Ning Luo began cutting open the snake to retrieve its Magical Core when he realized mercenaries had surrounded him.
• The Eagle Claw Mercenary Group's captain demanded the Bloodthirsty Snake, assuming Ning Luo had found it dead.
• Ning Luo refused to yield and asked what would happen if he did, and the captain threatened to kill him.

Ning Luo attacked the Eagle Claw Mercenary Group after refusing to surrender the Bloodthirsty Snake, killing Carter’s men with his speed and lightning techniques. After replenishing his combat qi, he stayed to face Carter, and both fighters summoned their combat qi veils.

• Ning Luo killed a mercenary who mocked him and then charged at Carter with Lightning Power.
• When Carter blocked his strike, Ning Luo changed tactics and used his Electric Blade to kill the mercenaries one by one.
• Carter chased Ning Luo but could not match his speed, and Ning Luo killed all of Carter’s underlings.
• Ning Luo swallowed two Qi Replenishing Pills and waited for Carter to approach.
• Ning Luo and Carter summoned their combat qi veils as they prepared to fight.

Ning Luo battled Carter, turning aside his spear attacks and striking him with Thunderous Might. Carter swallowed a Bloodthirsty Pill and formed a lion-shaped mass of battle qi on his spear as Ning Luo gathered lightning for another attack.

• Carter charged Ning Luo with his spear, and the two exchanged a series of blows.
• Ning Luo used Proximity to Horizon to launch himself forward and clash spear against spear with Carter, forcing them both back.
• Ning Luo struck Carter from behind with Thunderous Might and detonated the hidden force inside him, injuring him.
• Carter swallowed a Bloodthirsty Pill, recovered his battle qi, and formed a roaring lion shape around his spear tip.
• Ning Luo gathered his lightning into a sphere and declared Thunderous Might as Carter prepared to attack.

Ning Luo returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after killing Carter and recounted his journey to Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran telling Ning Luo she was ready for him to do anything he wanted.

• Ning Luo killed Carter with a lightning attack, recovered, and took the Bloodthirsty Snake's Magical Core toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ning Luo returned to the sect and was greeted respectfully by its disciples before going to see Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Ning Luo told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran about his recent experiences, leaving out his visit to the Xiao Family and glossing over Xiao Yi Xian.
• Nalan Yanran visited Ning Luo's room and asked to sleep with him.
• Nalan Yanran told Ning Luo that he could do anything he wanted.

Ning Luo and Nalan Yanran practiced the Great Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Method, grew closer, and helped Ning Luo advance to Three-Star Dou Master. At the Misty Cloud Sect’s Alchemy Conference, Liu Ling challenged Ning Luo to a contest with a humiliating wager, and they began refining pills.

• Ning Luo and Nalan Yanran used the Great Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Method, earning Ning Luo Sign-in Opportunities as Nalan Yanran broke through.
• Ning Luo settled into life at the Misty Cloud Sect, where he gained rewards through signing in and advanced to Three-Star Dou Master through cultivation with Nalan Yanran.
• Ning Luo and Nalan Yanran attended the Misty Cloud Sect’s Alchemy Conference, where they encountered Gu He and Liu Ling.
• Liu Ling challenged Ning Luo to an alchemy contest, wagering that Ning Luo would leave the sect and Nalan Yanran if he lost.
• Ning Luo countered that Liu Ling would kneel, kowtow, and apologize if he lost, and Liu Ling accepted.
• Yun Yun told Ning Luo to prove himself, while Gu He gave Liu Ling medicinal ingredients and urged him not to disappoint.

Ning Luo and Liu Ling competed in pill refinement at Gu He's residence, where Liu Ling made a High Grade Second Tier Bone-Mending Pill. Ning Luo revealed that his pill was a Third Tier Guyuan Pill, leaving Gu He and the courtyard stunned.

• Liu Ling carefully refined a Bone-Mending Pill while Ning Luo used scarlet-red flames to refine a pill without a furnace.
• Ning Luo and Liu Ling both completed their pills, and Ning Luo said outside appraisal was unnecessary.
• Liu Ling presented his High Grade Second Tier Bone-Mending Pill to Gu He for inspection.
• Ning Luo revealed a radiant golden pill and challenged Gu He to compare its tier with Liu Ling's pill.
• Ning Luo identified his pill as the Third Tier Guyuan Pill, and the courtyard fell silent.

Ning Luo won the alchemy competition by refining a Third Tier Guyuan Pill, but Liu Ling refused to honor their wager until Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and forced him and Gu He to submit. Afterward, Ning Luo returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and spent several months cultivating, reaching five-star Dou Master.

• Gu He confirmed that Ning Luo had refined a Third Tier Guyuan Pill and declared him the winner, leaving Liu Ling stunned.
• Ning Luo demanded that Liu Ling honor their wager, but Liu Ling accused him of cheating and refused to apologize.
• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion, forced Gu He and Liu Ling to kneel, and ordered Liu Ling to apologize to Ning Luo.
• Gu He slapped Liu Ling, who then crawled to Ning Luo, kowtowed, and apologized.
• Ning Luo left with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, and they returned to their daily lives at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• After cultivating for several months, Ning Luo reached five-star Dou Master, a year after arriving in this world.

Yun Yun took Ning Luo deep into the Monster Beast Forest to train, but they found no Lightning Attribute Magical Beasts before nightfall. After Ning Luo slept on Yun Yun’s lap, they spotted a possible Lightning Wolf the next morning and flew after it.

• Yun Yun and Ning Luo searched the Monster Beast Forest for Lightning Attribute Magical Beasts, then stopped for the night when they found none.
• Ning Luo roasted a rabbit, shared it with Yun Yun, and thanked her for giving him her soft armor vest.
• Ning Luo leaned against Yun Yun and fell asleep on her lap, earning several Sign-in Opportunities while Yun Yun wished he were not her disciple.
• The next morning, Yun Yun and Ning Luo saw a flash of white light that they suspected was a Lightning Wolf.
• Yun Yun manifested her Dou Qi Wings, and Ning Luo held her waist as they took to the sky to chase the Lightning Wolf.