Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoyao, Chen Cheng, and Xiao Qing drove Jia Xingtian to use a blood-burning escape technique, while Xiao Yan survived a devastating clash through Yao Lao’s intervention. The battle left Wutan City in ruins, and Chen Cheng’s companions gathered around him as Xun Er searched for Xiao Yan.

• Li Xiaoyao severed Jia Xingtian’s right arm with his sword, and Chen Cheng poisoned him with a Fallen Body Needle before Xiao Qing attacked.
• Jia Xingtian used the Blood Burning Great Technique to flee at extreme speed, escaping Xiao Qing while Li Xiaoyao could not pursue him.
• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and used Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to shatter the giant axe, but the collision’s shockwave devastated a wide area of Wutan City.
• Xun Er survived the pavilion’s collapse with Dou Qi Armor, then hurried to search the ruins for Xiao Yan while Ling Ying followed her.
• Chen Cheng nearly collapsed after using most of his Dou Qi, and Yan Lingji supported him as Li Xiaoyao, Xiao Qing, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King joined them.

Jia Xingtian returned gravely wounded and gave Yao Ye instructions for protecting the Jia Ma Empire before secretly attempting a breakthrough to Dou Zong. Yun Yun found her teacher, Yun Shan, in seclusion and learned he had little time left to break through on his own.

• Jia Xingtian told Yao Ye that two Dou Huang accompanying the Chen Family Young Family Head had wounded him, warned her not to make the Chen Family an enemy, and urged her to secure the army and prepare for trouble within the royal family.
• Jia Xingtian revealed that he had three shichen left and planned to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zong, telling Yao Ye to conceal his death if he failed.
• Yao Yun demanded that Yun Leng take her to Yun Shan, then sensed the injured Jia Xingtian returning to the royal family.
• Yun Leng led Yun Yun to Yun Shan's hidden retreat, where she entered the stone chamber and greeted her teacher.
• Yun Shan told Yun Yun that he had at most one year to break through and might otherwise have to accept the mysterious black-robed man's method.

Yun Yun chose to stay and shoulder responsibility for the Misty Cloud Sect rather than ask Yun Shan to leave seclusion. In Wutan City, Chen Cheng searched Jia Xingtian’s Storage Ring, tested refining medicine without a wood attribute, and decided to seek one in Gama Imperial Capital.

• Yun Yun held back her doubts from Yun Shan and privately apologized to the “little fellow” for breaking her promise to leave the sect.
• Chen Cheng recovered his Dou Qi and searched Jia Xingtian’s Storage Ring, finding cultivation manuals, pills, a Hunyuan Bone Forming Pill formula and ingredients, and an unfamiliar Sea Blue token.
• Chen Cheng tried refining Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid without a wood attribute and succeeded only after his Medicine Cauldron exploded three times.
• Chen Cheng gave the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid to five guards, whose cultivation had improved after using his medicines.
• Three days later, the guards reported that Chen Cheng’s latest Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid was weaker than the previous batch, so he decided to seek a wood attribute in Gama Imperial Capital.

After waking from the battle, Xiao Yan learned that Yao Lao would soon fall asleep and that mysterious purple energy in his body might suppress his cultivation. When his Dou Qi began rapidly regressing, Xiao Yan decided he might have to ask Xun Er for help obtaining a Fifth Grade medicinal pill.

• Xun Er found Xiao Yan among the ruins and cared for him while he remained unconscious for three days.
• Xiao Yan woke and learned that Yao Lao had nearly exhausted his soul power and would soon enter slumber again.
• Yao Lao discovered mysterious purple energy in Xiao Yan's body and dictated a prescription for a Fifth Grade medicinal pill to suppress it.
• Xiao Yan refused to ask Xun Er for help, and Yao Lao fell asleep after giving him cultivation instructions.
• Xiao Yan's cultivation regressed to Dou Qi Fourth Stage and then Dou Zhi Li Level 3, so he considered asking Xun Er to help him obtain the pill.

Chen Cheng traveled to the Mu Family to copy Mu Chen’s wood attribute, but the attempt failed and upgraded his Star Absorbing Great Art instead. With Xiao Qing restraining Mu Chen, Chen Cheng began absorbing his Dou Qi, leaving Mu Chen helpless.

• Murong Zhi told Chen Cheng that he had gathered only a quarter of the ingredients for the Beast Fire Saint Spirit Pill and that he was pursuing Ya Fei.
• Chen Cheng declined to attend Mittel Auction House’s upcoming auction and, after receiving a copying opportunity, flew to the Gama Imperial Capital with Li Xiaoyao and Xiao Qing.
• Chen Cheng secretly entered Mu Chen’s room and used the Copy System, but failed to copy Mu Chen’s wood attribute and upgraded the Star Absorbing Great Art.
• The system told Chen Cheng that his upgraded art could absorb a Dou Wang’s Dou Qi and up to a Nine-Star Dou Zong’s if the target could not resist.
• Chen Cheng ordered Xiao Qing to restrain Mu Chen, then used the Star Absorbing Great Art to absorb Mu Chen’s Dou Qi.

Chen Cheng absorbed Mu Chen’s Dou Qi but nearly died as the energy overwhelmed his body. The Copy System modified his physical limits despite interference from the Summoning System, and Chen Cheng emerged at Two Star Dou Wang before preparing to change and find food with Xiao Qing.

• Chen Cheng drained Mu Chen’s Dou Qi, learned he was Chen Cheng of the Chen Family from the Izumo Empire, and watched him die before Xiao Qing took his Storage Ring.
• Chen Cheng struggled to control the Five-Star Dou Wang’s energy, while Xiao Qing and Li Xiaoyao guarded him.
• The Copy System began modifying Chen Cheng’s body, but the Summoning System repeatedly tried and failed to intercept it.
• Chen Cheng refused the Summoning System’s request for higher authority, and the Copy System completed the modification and organized the energy.
• Chen Cheng’s physical endurance limit rose to Nine Star Dou Huang, Advanced Fighting Technique reached LV2, and his cultivation became Two Star Dou Wang.
• Chen Cheng told Xiao Qing he was fine and asked her to leave while he changed his blood-soaked clothes.

Chen Cheng summoned Yuwen Tuo after reaching Dou Wang and sent Nameless and Wei Zhuang to find Hai Bodong in Desert City. Wei Zhuang killed a young man in Hai Bodong’s map shop, and the chapter ended with Wei Zhuang telling Hai Bodong they had come for three things.

• Chen Cheng used his new summoning opportunity and summoned the Nine Star Dou Huang Yuwen Tuo, who was set to arrive within half an hour.
• Chen Cheng sent Xiao Qing and Li Xiaoyao to find an inn, then flew away to wash the blood from his body.
• Nameless and Wei Zhuang reached Desert City and found Hai Bodong’s map shop, where Yun tried to keep them from disturbing him.
• Wei Zhuang intimidated Yun, then killed the young man who attacked him, destroying Hai Bodong’s maps in the process.
• Hai Bodong confronted the visitors, and Wei Zhuang said they had come to find him for three things.

Wei Zhuang and Hai Bodong fought after Hai Bodong refused to hand over his maps and pill formula, while Nameless discovered and kept a fragment map amid the destruction. The city lord arrived with the Red-Clothed Girl, who recognized Hai Bodong as the legendary Ice Emperor, leaving the city lord shocked.

• Wei Zhuang demanded Hai Bodong's Strange Fire Map, fragment map, and seal-breaking pill formula, but Hai Bodong refused and attacked him.
• Wei Zhuang fought Hai Bodong while Nameless watched, and their battle wrecked the map shop and left them at a stalemate.
• Nameless found a strange sheet among the rubble, suspected it was the fragment map Young Master wanted, and put it in his Storage Ring.
• The city lord arrived with the Red-Clothed Girl, who had complained that Wei Qing was killed and then reconsidered asking her father to arrest the fighters.
• The Red-Clothed Girl asked whether Hai Bodong was the Ice Emperor from the last generation's top ten experts, and the city lord cried out in alarm.

Nameless and Wei Zhuang negotiated with Hai Bodong for the maps and other items Chen Cheng wanted, offering to help break his seal with a Disaster Breaking Pill. Hai Bodong agreed to redraw the Strange Fire Map and seek the missing Sand Mandala, while Nameless stayed to supervise and Wei Zhuang returned to report to Chen Cheng.

• Wei Zhuang and Hai Bodong stopped fighting when Nameless arrived and proposed they discuss matters in Hai Bodong’s courtyard.
• Nameless told Hai Bodong that his Young Master was a Rank 6 Alchemist who could refine the Disaster Breaking Pill, and Hai Bodong asked for their conditions.
• Nameless revealed his Nine Star Dou Wang aura, convincing Hai Bodong that the mysterious Young Master could be powerful enough to fulfill the offer.
• Hai Bodong agreed to hand over the remnant map, redraw the Strange Fire Map, and provide the Disaster Breaking Pill formula after his seal was undone.
• Hai Bodong asked them to help find a Sand Mandala, and Nameless stayed to watch him draw the map while Wei Zhuang returned to Wutan City to report to Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng went to the Mittel Auction House with Li Xiaoyao, Xiao Qing, and Yuwen Tuo to shop and learn about its upcoming Heaven Rank auction. He learned that the auction would feature Rank 6 Pills and an Earth Low-Rank cultivation method, and left poised to qualify for entry.

• Chen Cheng transferred useful items from Mu Chen's Storage Ring, burned the rest, and decided he needed a higher-rank Medicine Cauldron.
• Chen Cheng took Li Xiaoyao, Xiao Qing, and Yuwen Tuo to the Mittel Auction House in Gama Holy City.
• Mittel Lingqi introduced the auction house and told Chen Cheng that its Heaven Rank auction would open in two days.
• Lingqi said the auction would feature at least three types of Rank 6 Pills and an Earth Low-Rank cultivation method, and that entry required five million Gold Coins in liquid funds.
• Chen Cheng told Lingqi to judge for herself whether he looked short on money.

Chen Cheng arranged for the Mittel Family to gather medicinal herbs and learned that a seventh-tier Medicine Cauldron would be auctioned. He attended the Heaven Rank auction and watched the empire’s powerful representatives arrive, including Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect delegation.

• Chen Cheng gave Ling Qi a list of ingredients for the Beast Fire Saint Spirit Pill and asked her to collect as many as possible within seven days.
• Ling Qi told Chen Cheng that the auction house had only a third-tier Medicine Cauldron available, but a seventh-tier cauldron would be auctioned in two days and Gu He wanted it.
• Chen Cheng entered VIP area seven with Ling Qi and Yuwen Tuo and learned about the Alchemist Guild, the Hao Family, the imperial princesses, and the other auction guests.
• Ling Qi identified the Mu Family’s representative as Mu Sen and said its head, Mu Chen, was in seclusion, while Chen Cheng privately knew Mu Chen was dead.
• Yun Yun arrived at VIP area two with three companions, and Chen Cheng thought she was the prettiest.

At the Mittel Auction House, Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran saw Chen Cheng, while Liu Ling talked of confronting him and Yun Yun decided to protect him discreetly. The auction began, and bidding on a rare cultivation method suited to wind-and-lightning attributes was underway when Chen Cheng joined Feng Li’s bid.

• Yun Yun spotted Chen Cheng across the VIP seats, and Nalan Yanran recognized him as Murong Cheng and hid behind her teacher.
• Liu Ling offered to teach Chen Cheng a lesson, but Yun Yun warned him not to stir up trouble and kept Chen Cheng’s identity secret.
• The auctioneer opened the sale with an Azure Spirit Pill, which a bidder bought for three hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• The auctioneer presented the Mysterious High-Rank Startling Thunder Transforming Rain Skill, a cultivation method usable only by people with wind and lightning attributes.
• Feng Li bid one hundred thousand Gold Coins, hoping to prepare the method for his unborn grandson, and Chen Cheng raised the bid to one hundred and fifty thousand.

Chen Cheng, Yun Yun, Gu He, and the Mo Family Head competed for a rare wind-and-lightning cultivation method at the auction. Gu He’s bid reached 1,000,000 Gold Coins, but another 1,200,000 bid shocked him.

• Chen Cheng and Feng Li raised the price before Yun Yun and the Mo Family Head joined the bidding.
• The Mo Family Head explained that a junior in his clan had dual wind and lightning attributes, while Yun Yun let Chen Cheng continue bidding.
• Gu He offered 800,000 Gold Coins to please Yun Yun, and Feng Li withdrew as the bidding climbed.
• The Mo Family Head raised the price to 900,000, and Gu He countered with 1,000,000.
• Chen Cheng asked Xiao Qing to beat Gu He up, and Li Xiaoyao offered to join in.
• An unidentified bidder offered 1,200,000 Gold Coins, leaving Gu He stunned.

Yun Yun outbid Gu He to buy a cultivation method, making clear she wanted distance from him, while several bidders competed for a Millennial Blood Spirit Mushroom. When Gu He threatened Chen Cheng for bidding against him, Yun Yun defended Chen Cheng and openly rebuked Gu He, leaving their relationship badly strained.

• Yun Yun bought the Mysterious High-Rank Startling Thunder Transforming Rain Skill for 1.2 million Gold Coins, while Gu He accepted her refusal of his help.
• The auctioneer presented a Millennial Blood Spirit Mushroom, and Yao Ye, Nalan Su, Yun Yun, Gu He, and Chen Cheng bid for it for their own purposes.
• Chen Cheng raised the bid to two million Gold Coins, and Gu He threatened him by invoking his status as a Rank 6 Alchemist.
• Yun Yun warned Gu He not to harm Chen Cheng, then scolded Nalan Yanran for celebrating Gu He's threat.
• Yun Yun told Gu He that he had no right to interfere in her affairs and defended Chen Cheng, despite knowing that alienating Gu He could hurt the Misty Cloud Sect.

Chen Cheng outbid Gu He and others at the auction, winning several treasures and a Low-Rank Earth Grade Ice Attribute Cultivation Method. Afterward, Yun Yun stayed behind to meet Chen Cheng while Gu He accepted an invitation from a princess.

• Chen Cheng outbid Gu He for the Blood Spirit Mushroom, then won several other auction items while other bidders avoided competing with him.
• Chen Cheng bought the Low-Rank Earth Grade Ice Attribute Cultivation Method for eleven million after warning Yao Ye not to get involved.
• Chen Cheng collected his purchases and waited in the corridor while Yun Yun sent Nalan Yanran away and ordered Gu He to return to the sect without her.
• A person in a black robe invited Gu He to meet a princess, and Gu He agreed.

Chen Cheng reunited with Yun Yun, revealed that he had advanced to Dou Wang, and followed her to a hidden valley on Misty Cloud Mountain. They shared their feelings and exchanged gifts, but Yun Yun noticed that Chen Cheng's Storage Ring matched Yan Lingji's.

• Yun Yun signaled Chen Cheng to follow her from the Auction House, and he caught up with her after revealing his Dou Qi Transformation Wings.
• Yun Yun tested Chen Cheng's flying speed before leading him to a secluded valley and cave on Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Chen Cheng and Yun Yun embraced and admitted that they had missed each other.
• Yun Yun gave Chen Cheng the Shocking Thunder Transforming Rain Skill, and Chen Cheng gave Yun Yun the Light Wind Sword, which she had hoped to find for Yanran.
• Yun Yun noticed that Chen Cheng's Storage Ring looked exactly like the one on Little Sister Yan Lingji's hand, and Chen Cheng pulled his hand away.

Yun Yun and Chen Cheng shared a private moment that turned tense when she was poisoned by his Curse Poison after biting his arm. Chen Cheng detoxified her and gave her a Curse Poison Seed, then asked her to become his bride.

• Yun Yun warned Chen Cheng not to let her down, bit his arm, and bandaged the wound afterward.
• Yun Yun became dizzy and discovered that purple poison from Chen Cheng's blood was spreading through her body and restricting her Dou Qi.
• Yun Yun suspected Chen Cheng had poisoned her, but he explained that his blood carried Curse Poison and that she had been poisoned when she bit him.
• Chen Cheng kissed Yun Yun to detoxify her, and the poison cleared as purple gas filled the valley.
• Chen Cheng left a Curse Poison Seed inside Yun Yun to protect her from other toxins, then asked her to be his bride.

After Gu He declined to accept Princess Yao Ye’s offer immediately, he and his companions were ambushed by Xiao Qing and her allies. They beat the group and took their Storage Rings, then returned to the city.

• Gu He and Liu Ling left the restaurant, and Gu He took Liu Ling to visit friends before they departed Gama Holy City.
• Gu He sensed someone following them, and Xiao Qing revealed herself and attacked the group on orders from her Young Master.
• Xiao Qing struck Gu He down and beat him, while Li Xiaoyao wounded Feng Li and Yuwen Tuo knocked the other fighters to the ground.
• Xiao Qing took the Storage Rings from Gu He, Feng Li, Yan Shi, the three Dou Ling, and Liu Ling, leaving each victim a few Gold Coins.
• Xiao Qing, Li Xiaoyao, and Yuwen Tuo flew back toward the city, leaving Gu He and the others battered and unwilling to seek revenge.

After taking Gu He's pills and medicinal ingredients, Chen Cheng successfully refined a Rank 6 Hunyuan Bone Forming Pill, creating a spectacle that drew the attention of powerful figures across the city. Gu He and others, Fama, and the Nalan family prepared to visit the unknown alchemist, while Nalan Jie hoped the expert could cure his poison.

• Xiao Qing gave Chen Cheng Gu He's Storage Rings, and Chen Cheng sorted through the pills, ingredients, formulas, and Medicine Cauldron he had obtained.
• Chen Cheng used one of Jia Xingtian's ingredient sets to begin refining a Hunyuan Bone Forming Pill, succeeding after two failed attempts and a full day of work.
• The pill's golden light and fragrance spread across the city, and Gu He recognized the phenomenon as the birth of a Rank 6 Pill.
• Yan Shi and the others urged Gu He to visit the unknown alchemist, so Gu He had Liu Ling remove his bandages before going.
• Fama saw the golden light and decided to pay the hidden alchemist a visit after the aura disrupted his own pill refining.
• Nalan Yanran recognized that the phenomenon surpassed Gu He's pill-refining displays, and Nalan Jie sent Nalan Su and Yanran to visit the alchemist in hopes of curing his poison.

Chen Cheng completed refining a Rank 6 Pill while Yuwen Tuo kept Fama and several Dou Huang experts from approaching. After realizing Chen Cheng had attacked them over the auction, Gu He decided to apologize, while Feng Li and Yan Shi quietly considered seeking Chen Cheng’s favor.

• Yuwen Tuo flew out to intercept Fama and the other experts who had sensed Chen Cheng’s Rank 6 Pill.
• Yan Shi recognized Yuwen Tuo’s group as the people who had attacked them, and Feng Li identified them as Chen Cheng’s party from the auction.
• Gu He realized the attack was likely retaliation for competing with Chen Cheng at the auction and resolved to bring a gift and apologize.
• Feng Li and Yan Shi considered the benefits of following Chen Cheng but chased after Gu He rather than revealing their ambitions.