Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yi ordered Fan Sect to investigate the unknown buyers of Azure Cloud Auction House and cut off their access to auction goods. Ya Fei renovated the venue as Bai Di Auction House and prepared a special Pill auction to establish its reputation.

• A Fan Sect subordinate told Yuan Yi that unknown outsiders had bought Azure Cloud Auction House, and Yuan Yi ordered him to investigate while blocking the new owners from obtaining auction items.
• Ya Fei renovated Azure Cloud Auction House with luxurious decor and magic-powered furnishings, then named it Bai Di Auction House instead of Mittel Auction House.
• Ya Fei stocked the auction house with Pills supplied by the Snake People alchemists, who had been trained by Yao Chen.
• Ya Fei told Bai Ge she would hold a special Pill auction and promote it throughout Black Seal City with notices and flyers.

Ya Fei launched a citywide campaign for Bai Di Auction House's Pill Special, drawing attention with claims of massive quantities of pills. When the Fan Sect learned of the auction, Yuan Yi chose to wait and judge its success before intervening.

• Ya Fei hired local street thugs and hooligans to post notices and distribute flyers across Black Seal City, paying them after their work was inspected.
• The flyers advertised a Bai Di Auction House Pill Special with massive quantities of pills, making residents curious and eager to attend.
• The Fan Sect's subordinate reported the campaign to Yuan Yi and explained how the auction house had spread the news.
• Yuan Yi ordered the Fan Sect not to remove the notices, reasoning that interference would make the Black Seal Auction House seem afraid.
• Yuan Yi said the Fan Sect would act if Bai Di Auction House succeeded, insisting that Black Seal City could have only one ruling auction house.

Bai Di Auction House held its first pill auction in Black Seal City, where Ya Fei sold pills ranging from tier one to tier six to an enthusiastic crowd. The auction ended successfully, while a Fan Sect spy left to warn Yuan Yi that Bai Di Auction House threatened the Black Seal Auction House and the Fan Sect.

• Bai Ge disguised himself as a silver-haired swordsman and used his Dou Huang presence to keep the arriving auction guests in line.
• Ya Fei opened the auction and explained that pills from tier one through tier six would be sold in batches, despite Blood Rakshasa's impatient interruption.
• Xiao Han, leader of the Heavenly Saber Society, won the first batch of one thousand Power Accumulation Pills as bids climbed to three hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• Ya Fei auctioned common and exclusive pills through tier four, then offered scarce tier-five and tier-six pills that excited the VIP guests.
• After the guests left satisfied, a Fan Sect spy hurried to report to Yuan Yi that Bai Di Auction House posed a threat to the Black Seal Auction House and the Fan Sect.

After learning that Bai Di Auction House had auctioned a huge stock of ordinary and unusual pills, Fan Sect leader Yuan Yi decided it was a threat to Black Seal Auction House. He ordered a masked night raid to destroy Bai Di Auction House before it could grow stronger.

• A black-clad scout reported to Yuan Yi that Bai Di Auction House had sold numerous pills, including rare varieties, and warned that it could threaten Black Seal Auction House.
• Yuan Yi reasoned that Han Sect had not established Bai Di Auction House and decided to eliminate the new rival before it gained allies or powerful guards.
• The scout told Yuan Yi that he had seen a white-haired swordsman at the auction house who seemed to be at least a Dou King.
• Yuan Yi ordered the Fan Sect fighters to gather for a night raid and wear black clothes rather than sect uniforms.
• Yuan Yi declared that Bai Di Auction House would have to obey the Black Corner Region's law of the jungle.

During the Bai Di Auction House’s victory feast, Yuan Yi and the Fan Sect launched a night raid, hoping to seize the building and learn about its pill supply channels. Bai Ge and Ya Fei calmly headed to confront the attackers, and the two groups drew close to battle.

• Ya Fei toasted the staff and thanked them for helping make the auction house’s first Black Seal City auction a success.
• As guards changed shifts, masked men rushed the Bai Di Auction House and attacked the guards outside.
• Yuan Yi led several Dou Kings from the Fan Sect into the auction house, ordering his men to preserve the building and leave survivors.
• Bai Ge told the staff to retreat and led Ya Fei and the guards toward the front hall to meet the attackers.
• Bai Ge sensed Yuan Yi nearby as the two groups approached each other from adjoining corridors.

Ya Fei confronted Fan Sect Master Yuan Yi’s group at Bai Di Auction House and drove his three guardian Dou Kings into battle outside. Yuan Yi then proposed discussing a matter with Bai Ge, hoping to recruit him and gain access to his pill-purchasing channels.

• Bai Ge, Ya Fei, and their guards met Yuan Yi and his Fan Sect forces in a corridor of Bai Di Auction House.
• The three Fan Sect Dou Kings attacked Bai Ge, but Ya Fei stepped in and used her Heavenly Demon Force Field to blast two through the roof and repel the Ice Dou King’s attack.
• Ya Fei bound the Ice Dou King with red silk and dragged him outside, where she fought all three Dou Kings in the air.
• Yuan Yi praised Ya Fei’s strength and decided against killing Bai Ge’s group, instead considering Bai Ge a recruit who could strengthen Fan Sect and help secure pill-purchasing channels.
• Yuan Yi told Bai Ge he had come to discuss a matter, and Bai Ge asked what he wanted.

Yuan Yi demanded that Bai Ge and the Bai Di Auction House submit to the Fan Sect or die, but Bai Ge challenged him to a wager and promised to use only one sword. Bai Ge’s strike overwhelmed Yuan Yi in the sky, leaving him falling toward the ground as the three Dou Kings cried out.

• Yuan Yi explained that only Black Seal City’s strongest could run an auction house and demanded that Bai Ge join the Fan Sect or face death.
• Bai Ge proposed a third choice: he and Yuan Yi would fight, and the loser’s faction would submit to the winner’s auction house.
• Yuan Yi accepted the wager and flew into the sky, while the three Dou Kings fighting Ya Fei stopped and stood aside.
• Bai Ge walked through the air without Dou Qi Wings, shocking Yuan Yi into suspecting he was a Dou Zong.
• Bai Ge drew the Seven Kill Sword and unleashed Sword Qi that shattered Yuan Yi’s wings and armor, sending him plunging toward the ground.

Bai Ge defeated Yuan Yi and made the Fan Sect subordinate to the Bai Di Auction House, leaving Sword Qi in Yuan Yi’s chest as both a weapon and a means of control. After overseeing the new arrangement in Black Seal City, Bai Ge returned to Jia Nan Academy and was summoned by the Head of the Alchemy Department.

• Bai Ge defeated Yuan Yi, who agreed to make the Fan Sect subordinate to the Bai Di Auction House in exchange for having the Sword Qi in his body dealt with.
• Bai Ge gathered the Sword Qi in Yuan Yi’s chest, where it could protect Yuan Yi against powerful enemies but also remain under Bai Ge’s control.
• Bai Ge stayed in Black Seal City for several days to oversee cooperation between the Fan Sect and the Bai Di Auction House, then instructed Yuan Yi to follow Ya Fei’s orders.
• Bai Ge traveled to Jia Nan Academy by way of the nearest city and Peace Town because the area around the academy prohibited outside flying mounts.
• The Head of the Alchemy Department summoned Bai Ge to his office after Bai Ge arrived at Jia Nan Academy.

Bai Ge agreed to represent the Alchemist Department in the upcoming Inner Disciple Selection Competition and returned to the academy. After Xiao Ning told him that Wu Hao was persistently pursuing Xiao Xun'er, Bai Ge set out to find her.

• The Head of the Alchemy Department asked Bai Ge to join the Inner Disciple Selection Competition, and Bai Ge agreed.
• After leaving the department, Bai Ge bought an Ice Treat and strolled through the academy streets.
• Bai Ge met Xiao Ning, who explained that the competition would begin in two days and that nonparticipants had time off.
• Xiao Ning told Bai Ge that Enforcement Team member Wu Hao had been bringing flowers to Xiao Xun'er despite her repeated rejections.
• Bai Ge asked Xiao Ning to take him to Xiao Xun'er.

Bai Ge and Xiao Ning found Xiao Xun'er sparring with Huang Shan at Yellow Academy, where she defeated him by exploiting his weak footwork. After Instructor Ruo Lin explained how fighters could target an opponent's weaknesses, Xiao Xun'er noticed Bai Ge and greeted him.

• Xiao Ning led Bai Ge to Yellow Academy to find Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er evaded Huang Shan's attacks and repeatedly struck his Earth Attribute Dou Qi Gauze Robe until it shattered, winning the match.
• Huang Shan conceded defeat and praised Xiao Xun'er's rapid cultivation progress.
• Instructor Ruo Lin explained that fighters could win by identifying and targeting weaknesses tied to their Dou Qi attributes.
• Xiao Xun'er noticed Bai Ge as she was preparing to leave and greeted him as Brother Xiao Bai.

Bai Ge reunited with Xiao Xun'er and Ruolin, then confronted Wu Hao, who challenged his relationship with Xun'er and attacked him with killing intent. Bai Ge swiftly disarmed and seized Wu Hao, leaving the crowd stunned as he questioned whether Enforcement Team members were really so impressive.

• Bai Ge told Xiao Xun'er and Ruolin that he had won the Alchemist Convention and agreed to refine pills for Ruolin.
• Wu Hao appeared with flowers for Xiao Xun'er, who rejected him, and he challenged Bai Ge while claiming he could protect her.
• Bai Ge ignored Wu Hao's killing intent and warned him to stop provoking him.
• Wu Hao taunted Bai Ge and challenged his worth, so Bai Ge swiftly dislocated Wu Hao's right arm and lifted him by the throat.
• Bai Ge called out Wu Hao's reliance on his Enforcement Team position as the surrounding crowd watched in shock.

Bai Ge effortlessly defeated Wu Hao, making him the favorite to win the Inner Academy Selection Competition. Two days later, the competition opened at Jia Nan City's central plaza, where Bai Ge waited with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Ning before his first match.

• Bai Ge warned Wu Hao to stay away from Xun Er and threw him aside after defeating him in a single move.
• Ruolin reacted with shock at Bai Ge's strength and predicted he would win the competition.
• News of Bai Ge's victory spread through Jia Nan Academy, and students began betting on him to become champion.
• Two days later, the Inner Academy Selection Competition drew a huge crowd to Jia Nan City's central plaza.
• Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Xun'er watched from Bai Ge's lounge as the competition prepared to begin with its opening ceremony.

Hu Gan opened the Inner Academy Selection Competition, and Bai Ge later defeated Enforcement Team member Su Xing in a one-sided match. Bai Ge advanced, while the competition continued.

• Hu Gan announced that the Inner Academy Selection Competition had begun and that the top fifty contestants would qualify for the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, Xiao Xun'er, and Bai Ge watched the matches and discussed Bai Ge's pills and Xiao Ning's hopes of competing next year.
• Kalon exploited Mo Shan's slower movement to wear him down and win their match.
• Bai Ge entered the arena to face Su Xing, who refused to surrender despite Bai Ge's earlier victory over Wu Hao.
• Bai Ge easily countered Su Xing's attacks, struck him hard, and sent him out of the match area.
• The referee declared Xiao Bai the winner.

Bai Ge won the first round of the Inner Academy Selection Competition, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er also advanced through the early rounds. After the top fifty were selected, Hu Gan announced that the remaining contestants would determine the top five in a grand melee, with the last person standing becoming champion.

• Bai Ge defeated Su Xing and was declared the winner of the first round, drawing cheers and the attention of Hujia and Hu Gan.
• Bai Shan and Wu Hao watched Bai Ge's victory with displeasure, while Hujia observed that his combat perception gave him a major advantage.
• Xiao Yan defeated a Six-star Battle Master, and Xiao Xun'er quickly eliminated her Nine-star Battle Master opponent.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Xun'er easily passed the second and third rounds as the contestants were narrowed to fifty.
• Hu Gan announced that the top five and champion would be decided in a grand melee, with contestants allowed to use any means and form teams.

Hu Gan began the Inner Academy Selection Competition’s final round as a melee, prompting contestants to form alliances and turn on one another. Bai Shan and Wu Hao led nearly twenty contestants in a coordinated assault on Bai Ge, leaving him surrounded as the battle erupted.

• Hu Gan announced the melee elimination rules and started the final round, drawing mixed reactions from spectators and academy officials.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Bai Ge how they should respond, and Bai Ge advised her to wait because contestants had not coordinated in advance.
• Contestants broke the tense standoff by forming more than a dozen alliances across the plaza.
• Bai Ge warned Xiao Xun'er to be careful as one group attacked a nearby contestant and the melee began.
• Bai Shan and Wu Hao led their groups, joined by others, in sending nearly twenty contestants after Bai Ge from all directions.

Bai Ge and Xiao Xun'er were surrounded in the arena, but Bai Ge repelled the attackers with his Heavenly Demon Force Field and wielded the Clear Sky Hammer against Bai Shan and Wu Hao. As Xiao Xun'er held off two Great Dou Masters, Bai Ge smashed Bai Shan’s lightning attack and drove his spear into the floor, leaving him exposed to Wu Hao’s descending strike.

• Bai Ge used the Heavenly Demon Force Field to throw back the fighters surrounding him, including Bai Shan and Wu Hao.
• Bai Ge summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and sent nearby attackers flying with a sweeping blow.
• Xiao Xun'er fought two Great Dou Masters while Bai Ge charged Bai Shan and Wu Hao.
• Bai Ge smashed apart Bai Shan’s Lightning Stab and forced his spear into the floor.
• Wu Hao seized Bai Ge’s opening and brought his Asura Blade down toward him.

Bai Ge overwhelmed Wu Hao and Bai Shan in the arena, then used his Heavenly Flame and Clear Sky Hammer to fend off their attacks. When Hujia and other Great Dou Masters joined the fight, Bai Ge pulled five opponents together and knocked them all out of the arena with one hammer blow.

• Bai Ge used the Heavenly Demon Force Field to repel Wu Hao, then pulled him back and hammered him into the plaza floor.
• Bai Shan launched a thunder pillar at Bai Ge, but Bai Ge destroyed it with a green Heavenly Flame dragon and struck Bai Shan with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Bai Ge used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to fight Bai Shan and Wu Hao at once, while Xiao Xun'er defeated opponents elsewhere in the arena.
• Bai Shan called Hujia and other Great Dou Masters to join the fight, and they approached Bai Ge as a group.
• Bai Ge used the Heavenly Demon Force Field to pull Bai Shan, Wu Hao, Hujia, and two other Great Dou Masters into the air, then sent all five out of the arena with one hammer blow.

Bai Ge eliminated Bai Shan, Wu Hao, Hujia, and several other Great Dou Masters with an eighty-one-strike hammer technique, leaving Xiao Xun'er and a handful of weaker contestants in the competition. After the remaining fighters settled the final places, Hu Gan announced the top five and called them to gather by the VIP Box.

• Bai Ge's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer sent Bai Shan, Wu Hao, Hujia, and several Great Dou Masters out of the arena in one blow.
• Xiao Xun'er defeated her Great Dou Master opponent, leaving only a dozen or so contestants in the plaza.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Xun'er stopped fighting, and Bai Ge urged the four remaining contestants, including Xiao Yan, to decide who would be eliminated.
• A Nine-star Battle Master attacked an Eight-star Battle Master, and Xiao Yan and two others joined the fight to settle the final spot in the top five.
• Hu Gan announced Xiao Bai, Xiao Xun'er, Lin Shan, Chu Tian, and Xiao Yan as the top five, then summoned them to the VIP Box.

After winning the Inner Academy Selection Competition, Bai Ge and the other top five contestants were summoned to the academy’s hidden Library Pavilion to claim their rewards. The chapter ended with two Dou Zong elders appearing at the pavilion and reacting with surprise to the contestants.

• Vice dean Hu Gan congratulated the top five and told them to gather the next morning to enter the Library Pavilion.
• Bai Ge left the plaza with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yu, while Xiao Ning complained about Xiao Yan and asked about Bai Ge’s expanding hammer.
• Hu Gan led Bai Ge, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and the other two contestants through a hidden passage beneath the Classics Hall into a secluded valley.
• Hu Gan asked the Library Pavilion elders to open the entrance for the top five contestants.
• Two gray-robed Dou Zong elders appeared and stared at Bai Ge’s group in surprise.

Hu Gan brought Bai Ge, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and the other finalists to the Library Pavilion after two elders opened its Dou Zun restriction. Inside, Bai Ge used his Silver Eyes of Truth to inspect the treasures and spotted a Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine.

• A gray-robed elder questioned Hu Gan about the three Dou Shi among the competition's top five, and Hu Gan blamed the unusual knockout format for the unexpected results.
• Two gray-robed elders opened the Library Pavilion's Space Lock, and Hu Gan explained that its treasures were protected by restrictions.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Xun'er entered the middle passageway, while Xiao Yan and the other two Dou Shi chose their own routes before the group converged in a vast treasure room.
• Energy barriers began emerging from recesses in the walls, and Bai Ge activated his Silver Eyes of Truth to see through them.
• Bai Ge spotted a jade-green vine inside one barrier and recognized it as the Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine.