Chapter Summaries

Gu Fang persuaded Gu Yuan to let him travel to the continent despite the danger posed by the Soul Clan. He left with permission to conceal his identity, while Gu Yuan planned to misdirect the Soul Clan and warned him that exposure would bring him and Xun'er back to the Ancient Realm.

• Gu Yuan hesitated to let Gu Fang go because the Soul Clan might target him outside the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Fang learned that Gu Yuan planned to retrieve Xun'er and the Ancient Emperor Jade from the Xiao Clan, then asked what had happened to their vanished ancestors.
• Gu Yuan said no one knew why the ancestors and the clan's strongest experts had disappeared, and Gu Fang revealed that the Ancient Emperor had directed him to the far north after he reached Dou Saint.
• Gu Yuan connected the far north to Hun Tian's past journey there and moved to investigate, but Gu Fang stopped him to renew his request to travel to the continent.
• Gu Fang argued that the Ancient Realm was vulnerable to Soul Clan infiltration and that he needed trials to develop, so Gu Yuan agreed to let him go under a hidden identity.
• Gu Yuan said he would spread false information to distract the Soul Clan and warned Gu Fang not to reveal who he was.

Gu Fang left the Ancient Realm under heavy protection and traveled toward the Jia Ma Empire, where he planned to visit the Mittel Auction House. He arrived near the capital and set off with Ling Wu.

• Gu Yuan sent Gu Fang through a spatial passage with Ling Wu and arranged for Gu Nanhai, Old Demon Han, and the Three Immortals to watch over him.
• During the two-day journey, Gu Fang examined his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame and reflected on his cultivation and alchemy abilities.
• Ling Wu brought Gu Fang out of the passage near the Jia Ma Empire's capital and asked where he wanted to go.
• Gu Fang chose the Mittel Auction House, and Ling Wu flew toward the capital with him.

Gu Fang entered the Mittel Auction House headquarters to gather ingredients for the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, but learned that the rare ingredients were kept in restricted areas. As he prepared to present his Sound Valley token, Ya Fei arrived and drew the attention of the auction house.

• Gu Fang arrived at the Mittel Auction House headquarters with Ling Wu, who concealed himself nearby to protect him.
• Gu Fang asked a receptionist to gather the ingredients listed in his pill formula, hoping to use them to refine the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• The receptionist led Gu Fang toward the inner sales area, but guards required Da Dou Shi strength, a VIP card, or proof of identity for entry.
• Gu Fang revealed the silver-white Sound Valley token given to him by Gu Yuan.
• Ya Fei arrived at the auction house, and a nearby voice expressed surprise that she had returned to headquarters.

Gu Fang encountered Ya Fei at the Miteer Clan headquarters and asked her to obtain medicinal ingredients, but Lei La intervened out of jealousy and accused her of abusing her authority. The chapter ended with Lei La blocking their way and threatening Ya Fei, while she hoped Gu Fang might help her deal with him.

• Ya Fei noticed Gu Fang in the hall, asked whether she could help him, and invited him into the Mystic-tier area after seeing his request for three portions of each listed medicinal ingredient.
• Lei La arrived and greeted Ya Fei, but she answered coldly and tried to escort Gu Fang past him.
• Lei La ordered the guards to block the passage and accused Ya Fei of breaking clan rules to favor Gu Fang.
• Lei La threatened to use his grandfather's influence against Ya Fei unless she paid a price, and Ya Fei angrily refused.

Gu Fang confronted Lei La at the Mittel Auction House and revealed strength far beyond what Ya Fei expected. After Lei Ou arrived to defend his grandson, Gu Fang summoned the hidden Ling Wu, leaving Lei Ou wary of the powerful figure.

• Lei La insulted Ya Fei and ordered the counter attendant who had helped Gu Fang to leave her post, so Gu Fang stepped forward to defend them.
• Gu Fang blocked Lei La's full-force punch with one hand, then struck him into a pillar and revealed a Battle Qi Gauze Robe that marked him as a Dou Master.
• Lei La ordered the guards to attack Gu Fang, but Ya Fei stopped them by threatening to expel anyone who disobeyed her.
• Lei Ou came down from the second floor and demanded that Gu Fang be punished, but Gu Fang warned him and revealed Ling Wu, whom Lei Ou realized was likely stronger than himself.
• Lei Ou cautiously introduced himself to Ling Wu and asked his name.

Gu Fang forced Lei Ou to retreat after exposing the danger of opposing him, then confronted Ya Fei over her attempt to use Lei Ou against Lei La. Ya Fei led Gu Fang and Ling Wu into the Xuan-tier area, where they encountered Miter Tengshan, the Mittel Family’s Great Elder.

• Gu Fang mocked Lei Ou for abandoning his threats, and Lei Ou struck Lei La to stop him from demanding revenge.
• Lei Ou apologized, offered to cover Gu Fang’s expenses, and fled with the injured Lei La after Gu Fang ordered them to leave.
• Gu Fang warned Ya Fei that her attempt to use others could backfire, then accepted her offer to take him to the medicinal ingredients.
• Gu Fang thanked the counter attendant who had guided him, drawing Ya Fei’s attention to his courtesy toward her.
• Ya Fei led Gu Fang and Ling Wu into the Xuan-tier area, where she greeted Miter Tengshan, the Mittel Family’s Great Elder.

Gu Fang revealed his connection to Sound Valley, forcing Miter Tengshan to back down at the Mittel Auction House. After Gu Fang entered an alchemy room to refine medicine, the Great Elder disciplined Lei Ou and Lei La and ordered Ya Fei to attend to Gu Fang.

• Miter Tengshan recognized Gu Fang's Sound Valley token and apologized, while Gu Fang warned him to control his people and not follow them.
• Gu Fang told Ya Fei he needed an alchemy room and reminded her that she owed him a favor before he began refining medicine.
• The Great Elder suspended Lei Ou from his elder position and warned Lei La to stop pursuing Ya Fei.
• The Great Elder told Ya Fei to stay with Gu Fang, provide whatever he requested, and avoid provoking him, promising her an elder position after her trial.

Gu Fang began refining a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill before planning to leave the Jia Ma Empire capital for Wutan City. Meanwhile, Lei Ou and Lei La abducted Zhan Xue to question her about Gu Fang, and Lei La turned on her when she said Gu Fang would avenge her.

• Gu Fang gathered three kinds of flame and began refining the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, hoping to reach Da Dou Shi on the journey to Wutan City.
• Lei Ou blamed Lei La for their humiliation and authorized him to deal with Ya Fei after Gu Fang left.
• Two men brought the captive Mittel Auction House maid Zhan Xue to Lei Ou and Lei La.
• Lei Ou identified Zhan Xue as the maid who had received Gu Fang and ordered her to reveal what she knew about him.
• Lei La threatened and assaulted Zhan Xue, then flew into a rage when she said Gu Fang would avenge her.
• Lei La released Zhan Xue's neck and raised his dagger to stab her in the forehead.

Gu Fang rescued Zhan Xue from Lei La, while Ling Wu killed Lei Ou, and comforted her after the attack. When Zhan Xue finally fell asleep, Gu Fang carried her toward the Temir Auction House.

• Gu Fang blocked Lei La's blade with his flame-covered palm and burned him with the Origin Flame.
• Ling Wu reported that he had killed Lei Ou, whose corpse crashed into the courtyard and caught fire.
• Gu Fang comforted Zhan Xue, who clung to him and sobbed, then covered her with his black robe.
• After Zhan Xue fell asleep, Gu Fang carried her out of the courtyard and headed for the Temir Auction House.

Gu Fang asked Ya Fei to bring him new clothes, but a misunderstanding and an accidental encounter left her believing he wanted to sleep with her. After she arrived at his door, Ya Fei invited him to stay in her room instead.

• Gu Fang reminded Ya Fei that she owed him a favor and asked her to bring a set of new clothes to his room.
• Ya Fei assumed Gu Fang wanted to sleep with her and accepted that she could not refuse him.
• Gu Fang waited for Ya Fei, then went to her room when she did not arrive and accidentally saw her naked.
• Ya Fei hurried back into the inner room, then got dressed and hesitated before opening the door for Gu Fang.
• Ya Fei took Gu Fang by the wrist and suggested they stay in her room instead.

Gu Fang left Zhan Xue in Ya Fei’s care after rescuing her and told Ya Fei he would depart the next day. He cultivated through the night and prepared to travel to Wutan City, where he wondered about Xiao Xun’er, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao.

• Gu Fang brought Ya Fei to his room, where she recognized the injured Zhan Xue, and asked Ya Fei to care for her.
• Gu Fang told Ya Fei that Lei Ou and Lei La would no longer trouble them, then explained what had happened to them and left to cultivate.
• Ya Fei changed Zhan Xue’s clothes and listened as she described how Gu Fang had saved her before she fell asleep.
• Ya Fei wondered what kind of person Gu Fang was and grew more attentive to him as she rested beside Zhan Xue.
• Gu Fang cultivated until dawn, then decided it was time to go to Wutan City and thought about Xiao Xun’er, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao.

Gu Fang reflected on the risks of using his Heaven Realm soul power in combat, then found Ya Fei and Zhan Xue asleep together and chose to cover them rather than take advantage of them. Ya Fei had awakened while he was there and later wondered why he had shown such restraint.

• Gu Fang sensed his surroundings with his Heaven Realm soul power and considered how using it in battle could injure his soul.
• Gu Fang found Ya Fei and Zhan Xue asleep in each other's arms, uncovered, and struggled to look away.
• Gu Fang covered the women with the quilt, suppressed his desire, and left without waking them.
• Ya Fei revealed that she had been awake when Gu Fang covered them and wondered whether he lacked desire or courage.
• Ya Fei stroked Zhan Xue, reflected on Gu Fang, then pulled the quilt over herself and went back to sleep.

Gu Fang met Jia Xingtian, who sought to make his acquaintance after hearing about Gu Fang’s actions at the Miteer Clan. Jia Xingtian gave Gu Fang a personal token to help him on his journey to see his elder sister, and Ya Fei then emerged from Gu Fang’s room.

• Gu Fang sensed Jia Xingtian waiting by the stairway and recognized him as the imperial family's Peak Dou Huang guardian.
• Jia Xingtian introduced himself and explained that Gu Fang’s actions at the Miteer Clan had made him famous throughout the capital.
• Miter Tengshan hurried out to clarify that he had not sent Jia Xingtian, and Gu Fang reassured him that he was not easily provoked.
• Gu Fang told Jia Xingtian that he had come to see his elder sister and declined an escort, saying he preferred to travel alone.
• Jia Xingtian gave Gu Fang his personal purple token so Jia Ma Empire personnel would help him, and Ya Fei walked out of Gu Fang’s room.

Jia Xingtian and Miter Tengshan assumed Ya Fei had become Gu Fang’s woman and treated her as a valuable connection to him. Gu Fang promised to clear up the misunderstanding and gave Ya Fei a medicinal pill before leaving, while Ya Fei found herself unexpectedly drawn to him.

• Jia Xingtian and Miter Tengshan saw Ya Fei leave Gu Fang’s room and concluded that she had spent the night with him.
• Jia Xingtian warmly addressed Ya Fei, then he and the Great Elder left after offering Gu Fang the imperial family’s support.
• Ya Fei struggled to explain the misunderstanding, but Gu Fang said he would clarify things with Jia Xingtian and the Great Elder and apologized for any trouble.
• Gu Fang’s accidental glance at Ya Fei’s revealing clothes embarrassed her and made her realize he was not indifferent to women.
• Gu Fang gave Ya Fei a medicinal pill and left, telling her they would meet again another day.

Ya Fei rejected the Great Elder’s assumptions about her and asked to return to Wutan City to continue her trial, while Gu Fang left the Mittel Auction House. One month later, Gu Fang reached Wutan City and planned to break through before heading to the Monster Mountain Range, but a lecherous mercenary named Diao Yu approached him.

• The Great Elder praised Ya Fei, then delayed her elder appointment after she explained that nothing had happened between her and Gu Fang.
• Ya Fei asked to return to Wutan City and gave the Great Elder the jade bottle Gu Fang had left for him.
• The Great Elder accepted Ya Fei’s request after learning that Gu Fang had already departed, and focused on the pill in the bottle.
• One month later, Gu Fang arrived in Wutan City at the peak of Eight-Star Dou Shi and planned to reach Nine-Star Dou Shi before taking the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
• Diao Yu approached Gu Fang at the city gate and offered to accompany him, but Gu Fang told him to leave.

Gu Fang intimidated Diao Yu at Wutan City's gate, then helped him break through from Nine-star Fighter Peak to Dou Zhe. The mercenaries watched in awe as Diao Yu agreed to take Gu Fang to the Xiao Family.

• Diao Yu tried to ingratiate himself with Gu Fang, who evaded him and warned him to stay away.
• Gu Fang used his Heaven Realm soul power to force Diao Yu to his knees and ordered him to take him to the Xiao Family.
• Gu Fang instructed Diao Yu to circulate his Dou Qi, then guided him through a breakthrough to Dou Zhe.
• Diao Yu thanked Gu Fang and promised to serve him, while the gathered mercenaries looked at Gu Fang with fervent hope.

Gu Fang subdued the mercenaries at Wutan City's gates after they demanded his help breaking through, then had Diao Yu lead him to Xiao Xun'er. The chapter ended as Gu Fang spotted her in a market district amid a sudden clash.

• The mercenaries crowded Gu Fang after witnessing Diao Yu break through, but Gu Fang demanded they offer something in exchange for his help.
• When some mercenaries grew angry and threatened him, Gu Fang used his Heaven Realm soul and Dou Qi to overwhelm them, forcing the crowd to kneel.
• Gu Fang left for Wutan City with Diao Yu, and the shaken mercenaries predicted his arrival would transform the city.
• Diao Yu told Gu Fang that Xiao Xun'er was in a market district and guided him there.
• Gu Fang spotted Xiao Xun'er, his elder sister, just as a booming sound rang out and a cold voice mocked someone for lacking the skill to protect a beauty.

Gu Fang intervened when Liu Xi and Jia Lie'ao tried to stop Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er in the market. After Diao Yu failed to convince Jia Lie'ao that Gu Fang had powerful backing, Jia Lie'ao ordered his men to seize him.

• Gu Fang recognized Liu Xi as a lustful first-grade alchemist and identified Jia Lie'ao as the Jia Lie Family's young master.
• Liu Xi tried to entice Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er into strolling through the market, but Xiao Yu refused and tried to leave with Xun'er.
• Liu Xi had burly men block the women's way and threatened the Xiao Family, prompting Gu Fang to step in and insult him.
• Liu Xi demanded that Jia Lie'ao deal with Gu Fang, while Diao Yu tried to defuse the situation by claiming Gu Fang came from a family in the Imperial City.
• Jia Lie'ao saw through Diao Yu's hesitation and ordered his men to seize Gu Fang and bring him back to the family alive.

Gu Fang and Diao Yu faced Jia Lie'ao's men after Diao Yu defended Gu Fang and the Xiao women, but mercenary squads suddenly stepped in to fight for Gu Fang. The chapter ended with their captains promising to handle the Jia Lie Family's attackers.

• Xiao Xun'er stopped Xiao Yu from intervening and said Gu Fang should handle the matter himself.
• Diao Yu defeated several of Jia Lie'ao's men and refused to back down despite Jia Lie'ao's threats.
• Gu Fang mocked the Jia Lie Family, while Liu Xi offered to support them if Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er were handed over to him.
• Jia Lie'ao sent Jia Liexiao and Jia Lieli to attack Gu Fang, but Gong Si and Yong Chun stepped in and were knocked back.
• Eight more mercenaries arrived, and Gong Si and Yong Chun declared that their two mercenary groups would handle the fight for Gu Fang.

Gu Fang faced Jia Lie'ao and Liu Xi after Gong Si and Yong Chun brought mercenary squads to his aid. As Jia Lie'ao's punch neared, Gu Fang remained motionless, meeting his attacker with a mocking gaze.

• Gong Si and Yong Chun stood with Gu Fang, and Gong Si rejected Jia Lie'ao's threat to the mercenaries.
• Jia Lie'ao persuaded Liu Xi to join the fight by offering him greater profits and the two women he wanted.
• Gu Fang thanked the mercenary captains and told them to contact Diao Yu or visit the Xiao Family, then ordered Diao Yu to take on the other attackers.
• Diao Yu rushed at the lackeys while Gu Fang waited alone for Jia Lie'ao and Liu Xi.
• Jia Lie'ao launched his Azure Wind Vortex Fist at Gu Fang as Liu Xi blocked his escape, but Gu Fang made no move and looked at Jia Lie'ao with mockery.