Chapter Summaries

After seven months of cultivation and preparation, Xiao Kun arranged protections for the Xiao Family before setting out for Jia Nan Academy. As he finished saying goodbye and prepared to visit Ya Fei, he encountered Qing Lin.

• Xiao Kun reviewed his and the Xiao Family’s progress, including the rise of several members to Dou Zong and his stockpiling of medicinal pills.
• Xiao Kun decided to leave for Jia Nan Academy and gave Xiao Zhan Dou Venerate and Dou Saint Experience Cards to protect the family.
• Xiao Kun told Xiao Zhan he was leaving, then said goodbye to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Kun emerged from Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s rooms and encountered Qing Lin as he prepared to visit Ya Fei.

Qing Lin told Xiao Kun about her rapid progress before he headed to the Misty Cloud Sect to find Ya Fei and secretly overheard her conversation with Yun Yun. He revealed that he planned to travel to Jia Nan Academy and then assured the two women they would go with him.

• Qing Lin told Xiao Kun that she had reached four-star Da Dou Shi, and he praised her and promised to take her traveling in the future.
• Xiao Kun learned that Ya Fei had gone to visit Yun Yun, then secretly traveled to the Misty Cloud Sect to listen to their conversation.
• Ya Fei and Yun Yun worried that Xiao Kun would travel alone and return with another woman, so they discussed joining him on his journeys.
• Xiao Kun told Ya Fei and Yun Yun that he planned to go to Jia Nan Academy in the Black Corner Region for about half a year.
• Xiao Kun teased Ya Fei and Yun Yun before revealing that they would travel with him, and they playfully pummeled him for the trick.

Xiao Kun persuaded Ya Fei and Yun Yun to resign from their leadership duties so they could accompany him on a training journey and focus on cultivation. Ya Fei departed to settle her affairs, while Xiao Kun and Yun Yun went to meet Yun Shan, leaving Nalan Yanran resolved to enter the Gate of Life and Death.

• Xiao Kun told Ya Fei and Yun Yun that their positions would interfere with their cultivation and urged them to resign before traveling with him.
• Ya Fei and Yun Yun agreed to give up their duties, and Xiao Kun arranged for Ya Fei to handle the Mittel Family while he went with Yun Yun to speak to Yun Shan.
• Ya Fei flew away to settle her affairs, and Xiao Kun and Yun Yun headed toward the depths of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Kun held Yun Yun's hand as they flew through the sect, and Nalan Yanran watched them before deciding to enter the Gate of Life and Death.
• Xiao Kun and Yun Yun arrived at Yun Shan's cave, where Yun Shan came out to greet them and Yun Yun blushed as she tried to pull her hand from Xiao Kun's.

Xiao Kun helped Yun Shan resume leadership of the Misty Cloud Sect, then set out with Yun Yun and Ya Fei toward Jia Nan Academy in the Black Corner Region. He opened a Space Channel and carried them through it, and the trio saw a faint light at its far end after nearly two hours.

• Xiao Kun told Yun Shan his confinement would end early, and Yun Shan agreed to resume the Misty Cloud Sect leadership.
• Yun Yun held a high-level meeting, transferred the sect leader position to Yun Shan, and kept Nalan Yanran as young sect leader.
• Xiao Kun and Yun Yun met Ya Fei outside the Misty Cloud Sect, and the three flew toward the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Kun stopped the group and tore open a Space Channel, then formed a small boat from Heavenly Flames for their journey.
• Xiao Kun guided Yun Yun and Ya Fei into the Space Channel, and the three traveled for nearly two hours before seeing a faint light ahead.

Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei traveled through a Space Channel and reached the Black Corner Region. After learning they had not gone astray, they entered a nearby town to explore and find a map to Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Kun checked their location at a village and told Yun Yun and Ya Fei they would reach the Black Corner Region in about a day.
• Ya Fei took Xiao Kun’s right arm, and Yun Yun overcame her hesitation to take his left before the three rested and resumed their journey.
• The next afternoon, Xiao Kun and the two women emerged above the Black Region Great Plains and arrived near the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Kun chose to visit a distant town to explore and buy an accurate map, flying there with Yun Yun and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Kun noticed the townspeople’s wary distance from one another, then took both women’s hands and walked cheerfully toward the town.

Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei entered Black Stone Town, where they saw the brutality of the Black Corner Region and bought a map. When three men captured a woman and prepared to assault her, Xiao Kun intervened and crushed them under his pressure.

• Xiao Kun paid the entrance fee and led Yun Yun and Ya Fei into Black Stone Town, where they witnessed two bloody fights.
• Xiao Kun intimidated a middle-aged man into revealing the location of a map shop, then gave him a Fourth Grade Pill as thanks.
• Xiao Kun bought a map and wandered through town shopping with Yun Yun and Ya Fei while wondering why no one dared provoke them.
• Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei saw three victors capture a woman and drag her away while making lewd remarks.
• Xiao Kun stopped Yun Yun and Ya Fei from intervening and confronted the three men, then crushed them to the ground with his pressure.

Xiao Kun rescued a captive woman in Black Stone Town and learned that the Eight Gates’ auction in Black Seal City would take place in a week. While meditating at an inn with Yun Yun and Ya Fei, he fed the Little Sky-Swallowing Python, introducing it to the two women for the first time.

• Xiao Kun secretly used Dou Zun pressure to kill three men who had insulted him, then freed the woman they had captured.
• Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei checked into an inn, where Xiao Kun studied a map and learned the Eight Gates’ auction in Black Seal City was one week away.
• Xiao Kun decided to attend the auction, and Yun Yun and Ya Fei agreed to go with him.
• During their meditation, the hungry Little Sky-Swallowing Python woke Xiao Kun, who fed it an Earth Fire Lotus Seed.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei awoke and saw the Little Sky-Swallowing Python for the first time.

Xiao Kun explained the Little Sky-Swallowing Python’s origins and potential to Yun Yun and Ya Fei, then invited Medusa to emerge so they could speak. Medusa tried to provoke the women by implying she and Xiao Kun were close, but his bold response and declaration of interest left Yun Yun and Ya Fei pinching his waist.

• Xiao Kun told Yun Yun and Ya Fei that the Little Sky-Swallowing Python was the newly born soul inside Medusa’s body and could potentially advance to Dou Sheng.
• When the Little Sky-Swallowing Python froze, Xiao Kun asked it to let Medusa come out, and Medusa appeared in his arms.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei reacted warily to Medusa, while Medusa pretended that Xiao Kun had missed her and asked to see her.
• Xiao Kun hugged Medusa and returned her feigned affection, prompting her to break free and move ten meters away.
• Medusa warned Xiao Kun that she would not let him have his way, and Xiao Kun said he only wanted her.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei pinched Xiao Kun’s waist from either side.

Xiao Kun negotiated with Medusa and Little Sky-Swallowing Python to let them each control the body for one week at a time, while Yun Yun and Ya Fei resented his motives. The next morning, Yun Yun and Ya Fei chose to shop on their own as Xiao Kun planned to search for unfamiliar medicinal ingredients.

• Yun Yun and Ya Fei pinched Xiao Kun for flirting with Medusa, and he apologized while Medusa’s anger faded.
• Xiao Kun asked Medusa about her plans and proposed that she and Little Sky-Swallowing Python take turns controlling the body for one week each.
• Medusa agreed after Little Sky-Swallowing Python accepted Xiao Kun’s proposal, and Xiao Kun promised the little one plenty of food.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei recognized Xiao Kun’s ulterior motives and cooled their anger only after he reassured them.
• Medusa stayed by the window rather than trying to escape while Xiao Kun, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei meditated.
• The next morning, Xiao Kun announced that he would look for unfamiliar medicinal ingredients, but Yun Yun and Ya Fei decided to go shopping without him.

After learning Medusa only wanted the Spirit Fusion Pill and planned to return to the Snake People Tribe, Yun Yun and Ya Fei agreed to help her, and the three women acted friendly around Xiao Kun. The group traveled to Black Seal City for its upcoming auction, where Xiao Kun led them into the city by flying over its walls.

• Xiao Kun returned to the inn and found Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Medusa sitting together amicably, puzzling him.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei had earlier asked Medusa what she wanted from Xiao Kun, and Medusa said she wanted the Spirit Fusion Pill so she could resolve her soul problem and return to the Snake People Tribe.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei promised to help Medusa obtain the pill, and the three women agreed to cooperate.
• The next day, Xiao Kun and the three women left Black Stone Town and used a Space Channel to travel near Black Seal City.
• Xiao Kun and the women flew into Black Seal City over its walls, drawing astonished and envious reactions from the people below.

Xiao Kun and Yun Yun visited Thousand Medicines Pavilion in Black Seal City, where Xiao Kun spent nearly ten million Gold Coins buying rare medicinal herbs. The pavilion owner, Wang Cheng, invited Xiao Kun upstairs to show him his private collection.

• Xiao Kun and Yun Yun went to Thousand Medicines Pavilion while Medusa and Ya Fei stayed at the inn.
• Xiao Kun bought herbs he did not possess, spending nearly ten million Gold Coins as Yun Yun watched with concern.
• Wang Cheng introduced himself as the pavilion's owner and invited Xiao Kun upstairs to view several rare herbs.
• Xiao Kun accepted Wang Cheng's invitation, and Wang Cheng praised Yun Yun as Xiao Kun's wife.

Xiao Kun traded five Emperor Extreme Pills with Wang Cheng for five rare medicinal herbs and arranged for Wang Cheng to collect more herbs and seeds for him. Wang Cheng agreed, seeing Xiao Kun as a valuable connection, and their mutually beneficial relationship began.

• Wang Cheng brought Xiao Kun and Yun Yun five rare medicinal herbs, which Xiao Kun identified as ingredients for Seventh-grade Medicinal Pills.
• Wang Cheng offered Xiao Kun one herb as a gift, but Xiao Kun declined and proposed exchanging five Emperor Extreme Pills for all five herbs.
• After confirming the pills were genuine, Wang Cheng accepted the exchange and offered to help Xiao Kun collect additional herbs and seeds.
• Xiao Kun transmitted a list of the herbs he wanted, and Wang Cheng found that he already had several of the requested seeds.
• Wang Cheng offered the seeds, and Xiao Kun proposed trading three kinds of same-grade seeds for one mature herb, after which the group chatted together.

Xiao Kun and Yun Yun went to Black Shadow City’s Thousand Artifacts Pavilion to buy battle gear, since Yun Yun needed weapons and armor suited to her increased cultivation. Xiao Kun bought the shop’s Dou Emperor-level weapons and inner armor, then left with Yun Yun carrying the shop’s VIP card.

• Xiao Kun offered to take Yun Yun shopping, and she said she needed a suitable weapon and defensive armor.
• Xiao Kun took Yun Yun to Thousand Artifacts Pavilion after deciding to look for the best weapon shop in the city.
• The shop’s clerk reported Xiao Kun’s request for every Dou Emperor-level weapon and armor piece to the owner.
• Xiao Kun bought the shop’s six Dou Emperor-level weapons for fifteen million gold coins and two inner armor pieces for twelve million.
• The owner gave Xiao Kun a VIP card, and Xiao Kun hurriedly left the shop with Yun Yun.

Xiao Kun returned from shopping with Yun Yun and used the weapons he had bought to trigger critical-hit rewards from the System. He gave Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Medusa powerful eighth-order equipment, leaving Yun Yun astonished by his hidden preparations.

• Xiao Kun and Yun Yun bought four more Dou Emperor-grade inner armors and six weapons, while Yun Yun wondered why he was spending so much.
• Back at the inn, Ya Fei praised the Green Lotus Saint Seat’s cultivation benefits, and Medusa grew curious about Xiao Kun’s supply of treasures.
• Xiao Kun divided the six inner armors and twelve weapons among Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Medusa, triggering critical-hit rewards from the System.
• The System returned eighth-order and seventh-order weapons and inner armor, with Medusa’s and Yun Yun’s gifts producing thousandfold returns and Ya Fei’s producing a hundredfold return.
• Xiao Kun gave each woman attribute-matched eighth-order weapons and inner armor, and Yun Yun was stunned by the gifts.

Xiao Kun gifted Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Medusa powerful weapons and armor before the Eight Gates master learned of his wealth and strength and ordered his people not to offend him. Five days later, Xiao Kun and his companions arrived at the crowded Black Seal Auction House and spotted a guarded entrance reserved for VIPs.

• Xiao Kun gave Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Medusa eighth-tier weapons and inner armor, and Medusa reluctantly thanked him after realizing how well they suited her.
• The Eight Gates master heard reports about Xiao Kun's lavish spending and suspected that powerful people stood behind him, so he ordered his subordinates to befriend Xiao Kun and avoid offending him.
• Xiao Kun and his companions spent the five days before the auction cultivating at their inn, unaware that their arrival had stirred the city.
• On auction day, Xiao Kun and his companions went to the Black Seal Auction House and found the main entrance packed with people.
• Xiao Kun noticed a separate guarded entrance where visitors with VIP cards entered under the guards' respectful gazes.

Xiao Kun and his companions arrived at a major auction house, where his recent extravagant purchases had made him recognizable to the staff. At the auction, Fang Qi of Demonic Flame Valley leered at Yun Yun and the others, prompting Medusa and Yun Yun to force him to his knees while Xiao Kun secretly planted Fallen Heart Flame in his body.

• The auction house guards recognized Xiao Kun, and Steward Hu welcomed him because he had spent tens of millions of Gold Coins there days earlier.
• Steward Hu escorted Xiao Kun, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Medusa to the front-row seats.
• Xiao Kun identified the Black Skull Tomb, Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Demonic Flame Valley representatives among the other auction guests.
• Fang Qi, grandson of Demonic Flame Valley elder Fang Yan, grew jealous of Xiao Kun and openly coveted Yun Yun and the others.
• Medusa and Yun Yun used their Dou Zong pressure to force Fang Qi to his knees, while Xiao Kun planted Fallen Heart Flame in his body.
• Fang Qi's Dou Wang guard apologized and begged Medusa and the others to spare his young master's life.

Medusa and Yun Yun punished Fang Qi for insulting Xiao Kun at the Eight Gates auction, then Xiao Kun compensated the auction house for the damage. Fang Qi was later burned to ashes by a hidden attack, and the auction began as his guard hurried toward Demonic Flame Valley.

• Yun Yun and Medusa withdrew their pressure after Fang Qi was seriously injured, and his guard helped him leave the auction hall.
• Xiao Kun gave the master of the Eight Gates a fifth-grade Spirit Ascension Pill to cover the damage, while Steward Hu gave Fang Qi and his guard a Storage Ring as compensation.
• Fang Qi vowed to have the ancestor of Demonic Flame Valley capture and torture Yun Yun and Medusa, but a burst of heat turned him to ashes.
• Fang Qi's guard gathered the ashes and flew toward Demonic Flame Valley to report what happened to Fang Yan.
• A chime announced the start of the auction, and the crowd began discussing the treasures on offer.

Xiao Kun attended the Eight Gates auction and won a rare movement-type Dou Technique, then bid on several weapons for the Xiao Family. The auction ended with him eager to acquire a seventh-tier Crimson Blood Grass, a key ingredient for the Dragon Power Pill.

• The white-haired old man opened the auction by presenting the Profound-tier High-grade movement-type Dou Technique Following the Wind, and Xiao Kun raised his bid to three million gold coins to ensure the auction house received its reserve price.
• Xiao Kun told the crowd not to hold back from bidding against him, then skipped the prescriptions and pills while buying several weapons for the Xiao Family treasury.
• The auction presented a seventh-tier Crimson Blood Grass, which Xiao Kun recognized as another main ingredient for the Dragon Power Pill, and the white-haired old man announced its one-million-gold-coin reserve price.

Xiao Kun bought the Crimson Blood Grass and several other auction items before a rare flying Dou Technique, Wind-Lightning Tiger Wings, sparked fierce bidding. As the price climbed, he promised to buy the technique for Ya Fei, while assuring her that he had other gifts for Yun Yun and the others.

• Xiao Kun bought the Crimson Blood Grass for two million Gold Coins after no one else bid on it.
• Xiao Kun bid on the ordinary cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and weapons, preventing other bidders from obtaining them.
• The auctioneer revealed Wind-Lightning Tiger Wings, and Xiao Kun explained that it was similar in grade to Xiao Yan's Purple Cloud Wings but inferior to his own Peng Wings.
• The Black Skull Tomb and Heavenly Snake Mansion led the bidding for Wind-Lightning Tiger Wings, driving its price to three million one hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Xiao Kun told Ya Fei he would bid on Wind-Lightning Tiger Wings for her, and reassured her that Yun Yun and the others would receive different gifts.

Xiao Kun won the Wind-Lightning Tiger Wings and then bid on the auction’s Earth-tier Low-grade cultivation method and combat technique. He secured the set for eighteen million Gold Coins, leaving Heavenly Snake Mansion and Black Skull Tomb trading insults.

• Xiao Kun bid four million Gold Coins and won the Wind-Lightning Tiger Wings after the other factions stopped bidding.
• The auctioneer presented the Earth-tier Low-grade Blazing Flame Art and Sea Incinerating Palm as a set, and Xiao Kun explained that even greater auctions took place in the Black Corner Region.
• Heavenly Snake Mansion and Black Skull Tomb competed for the set as bids rose to sixteen million Gold Coins, forcing Black Skull Tomb to withdraw.
• Xiao Kun raised the bid to eighteen million Gold Coins, and Heavenly Snake Mansion could not afford to continue.
• Black Skull Tomb taunted Heavenly Snake Mansion, whose members traded barbs with them while Xiao Kun revealed that he had bid late to keep the set from selling too cheaply.