Chapter Summaries

Xiao Huo traveled to Black-Seal City with Xun'er, Ya Fei, and Xiong Da, intending to attract the Black Corner Region’s powerful factions and take their wealth. At the city auction, he stunned the manager by offering pills that healed injuries, raised cultivation, and transformed talent, setting the stage for a rush of buyers.

• Xiao Huo asked Xiong Da about the Black Corner Region’s auction hall and declared that they would empty the region of its money.
• Xiao Huo and his companions traveled toward Black-Seal City while he cooked an extravagant feast that won Xiong Da and his followers’ admiration.
• Xiong Da told Xiao Huo that Black-Seal City’s city lord was powerful, ranked fourth on the Black List, and offering one million gold coins to cure his ill daughter, Nangong Yumo.
• Xiao Huo went to Black-Seal City’s auction hall to publicize his pills and draw powerful experts from across the region.
• Xiao Huo offered Healing Pills, Pipi Experience Pills that raised cultivators’ ranks, and pills that opened meridians and transformed a person’s talent, leaving the manager and Xiong Da astonished.

Xiao Huo presented three extraordinary pills for appraisal at Black-Seal City's auction house, but Elder Shi accused him of fraud and urged the guards to seize him. Alchemist Master Feng Xuanzi examined the first pill and reacted with shock, leaving his true judgment unclear as the guards charged Xiao Huo.

• Xiao Huo confirmed that he possessed the pills, astonishing Steward Hei and the people in the hall.
• Elder Shi dismissed the pills as fake and insulted Xiao Huo, prompting the crowd to condemn him.
• Steward Hei summoned Alchemist Master Feng Xuanzi to appraise the three pills.
• Feng Xuanzi opened the first jade bottle and stared at the pill in astonishment.
• Elder Shi ordered the guards to attack Xiao Huo, and they surged toward him.

Xiao Huo’s supreme-grade pills convinced Feng Xuanzi that he was a powerful alchemy prodigy, and the auction house’s leaders begged his forgiveness. Xiao Huo left after ordering them not to let him see Elder Shi and the guards again, and Feng Xuanzi killed them to protect the auction house.

• Elder Shi ordered the guards to seize Xiao Huo, but Feng Xuanzi struck Elder Shi and bowed to Xiao Huo.
• Feng Xuanzi recognized Xiao Huo’s healing pill as an extraordinary supreme-grade pill, knelt, and apologized on behalf of the auction house.
• Xiao Huo showed Feng Xuanzi more than a dozen bottles of pills, which Feng Xuanzi confirmed were all supreme-grade.
• Feng Xuanzi estimated that each pill could sell for at least five million gold coins and said the auction house needed three days to attract buyers.
• Xiao Huo left after ordering that he not see Elder Shi and the guards again, and Feng Xuanzi killed them.

Feng Xuanzi arranged a grand auction in Black-Seal City after recognizing Xiao Huo’s extraordinary cultivation and alchemy. At the Seven-Colored Treasure Orb, Xiao Huo challenged the claim that no one could light it, and Nangong Yumo offered to marry him if he succeeded.

• Steward Hei learned from Feng Xuanzi that Xiao Huo possessed Dou Emperor cultivation and alchemy beyond even a ninth-grade Alchemist, then left to carry out Feng Xuanzi’s orders for a major auction in three days.
• Feng Xuanzi resolved to ask Xiao Huo to become his master after the pills were auctioned.
• At the plaza, Nangong Hao Tian prepared to let Ling Ming marry his dying daughter Nangong Yumo after no one could light all seven colors of the treasure orb.
• Xiao Huo arrived and dismissed Ling Ming as a frog at the bottom of a well before stepping onto the platform to try the orb.
• Nangong Yumo asked her father to let Xiao Huo try and said she was willing to marry him if he succeeded.

Xiao Huo made the Seven-Colored Treasure Orb light all seven lamps with a single sentence, proving his extraordinary talent and winning Nangong Yumo’s hand in marriage. As Nangong Hao Tian announced their wedding, Ling Ming challenged Xiao Huo and attacked him in a jealous rage.

• Nangong Yumo offered to marry Xiao Huo and fulfill a wife’s duties for seven days if he lit at least four lamps, while Xiao Huo promised he would not let her die.
• Xiao Huo told the Seven-Colored Treasure Orb to light itself, and the orb lit all seven lamps and awarded him an Earth Tier Dou Technique.
• Nangong Hao Tian apologized to Xiao Huo, then announced that Yumo would marry him and that the Nangong Family’s resources would be available to him.
• Ling Ming rejected the marriage announcement and claimed that defeating Xiao Huo would entitle him to marry Nangong Yumo.
• Ling Ming charged Xiao Huo with his sword, intent on killing him in front of the crowd.

Ling Ming attacked Xiao Huo over Nangong Yumo, but Nangong Hao Tian forced him back and Nangong Yumo stood beside Xiao Huo, calling him her husband. As Ling Ming challenged Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo urged him not to fight, the chapter ended with Xiao Huo smiling and asking her name.

• Ling Ming erupted with killing intent and tried to attack Xiao Huo, blaming him for ruining his plans to claim Nangong Yumo.
• Nangong Hao Tian stopped Ling Ming and rebuked him for attacking in Black-Seal City, while Ling Ming questioned whether the Seven-Colored Treasure Orb proved Xiao Huo's worth.
• Nangong Yumo took Xiao Huo's arm, declared him her husband, and vowed to protect him, despite her worsening illness.
• Ling Ming taunted Xiao Huo for hiding behind Nangong Yumo, while she pleaded with Xiao Huo not to fight because Ling Ming was powerful.
• Xiao Huo smiled at Nangong Yumo and asked her name, prompting her to glare at him for not knowing his own fiancée.

Xiao Huo accepted Ling Ming’s challenge to protect Nangong Yumo, despite her warning that Ling Ming had defeated Xiao Yu. He left Ling Ming defeated in an instant by unleashing the Space Rule.

• Xiao Huo asked Nangong Yumo to be his wife and promised to protect her from Ling Ming.
• Nangong Yumo warned Xiao Huo that Ling Ming was stronger than Xiao Yu, who had been injured fighting him.
• Xiao Huo stepped onto the battle platform and faced Ling Ming as the crowd doubted he could win.
• Ling Ming launched his strongest sword technique at Xiao Huo, who remained calm and unleashed the Space Rule.
• Xiao Huo’s power shattered Ling Ming’s sword and tore his clothes, leaving Ling Ming bleeding and defeated before he could strike.

Xiao Huo overwhelmed Ling Ming in Black-Seal City, crippling him and humiliating him before the crowd. After forcing Ling Ming to kneel, Xiao Huo demanded to know whether he had laid hands on Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.

• Xiao Huo bound Ling Ming in an absolute space and shattered his arms and ribs with repeated blows from his golden staff.
• Xiao Huo smashed Ling Ming into the battle platform, kicked him off it, and crippled his cultivation and manhood.
• Ling Ming fainted and then awoke in agony, realizing he had lost his status as a genius and could no longer cultivate.
• Xiao Huo ordered Ling Ming to kneel and asked whether he had laid hands on Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.
• Ling Ming recalled that Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei had rejected his advances because they loved Xiao Huo.

Xiao Huo effortlessly defeated Ling Ming, stunning the disciples and impressing Nangong Yumo and Nangong Hao Tian. Xiao Huo comforted Yumo about her remaining seven days of life, and she leaned against him happily as he promised he would not let her die.

• Xiao Huo struck Ling Ming into the rubble after rebuking him for coveting Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.
• The disciples watched in disbelief as Ling Ming was defeated, while Nangong Yumo and Nangong Hao Tian marveled at Xiao Huo's strength.
• Nangong Yumo approached Xiao Huo, and he embraced and kissed her as she blushed and reminded him that many people were watching.
• Nangong Yumo cried over her remaining seven days of life, and Xiao Huo promised he would not let her die.
• Nangong Yumo said she would marry Xiao Huo in her next life, and Xiao Huo replied that she would marry him in this life too.
• Ling Ming saw Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo together, spat blood, and fainted again.

After Xiao Huo crippled Ling Ming, Ling Hao confronted the Nangong Family and demanded compensation, Nangong Yumo, and Xiao Huo. The chapter ended with Nangong Hao Tian facing Ling Hao’s demands as the crowd waited to see how the dispute would be resolved.

• Ling Ming vowed revenge on Xiao Huo and the Nangong Family after being crippled.
• Ling Hao arrived, and Nangong Yumo recognized him as Ling Ming’s elder brother and a peak Dou Spirit expert.
• Ling Ming told Ling Hao how Xiao Huo had defeated him, and Ling Hao stepped onto the fighting platform to confront the Nangong Family.
• Nangong Hao Tian said Ling Ming had provoked Xiao Huo and offered compensation for the injury.
• Ling Hao demanded three million gold coins, Nangong Yumo as Ling Ming’s concubine, and Xiao Huo to be handed over.

Ling Hao threatened the Nangong Family after Nangong Hao Tian refused to hand over Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo. The Ling Family departed vowing to retaliate, while Nangong Yumo feared the family would be destroyed when they returned.

• Nangong Hao Tian refused Ling Hao's demands, despite the threat that the Ling Family would attack if he did not comply.
• Ling Hao declared that the Ling Family would demand an explanation for Ling Ming's injuries, and Nangong Hao Tian said the Nangong Family would be waiting.
• Ling Ming threatened Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo, promising to make them pay in three days.
• Ling Hao and Ling Ming left the square unchallenged, as the Nangong Family's people feared provoking the Ling Family.
• Nangong Yumo worried that her illness and the loss of Jia Nan Academy's protection would bring ruin upon her family and Xiao Huo.

The Nangong Family chose to resist the Ling Family rather than surrender Nangong Yumo, and Xiao Huo decided to handle the crisis himself. The chapter ended with Nangong Hao Tian and the others wondering whether Xiao Huo could stand against the powerful Ling Family.

• Nangong Hao Tian urged Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo to leave while he stayed behind to face the Ling Family, but Nangong Yumo refused to abandon her family.
• Nangong Family disciples and guards knelt and pledged to live or die alongside their family, renewing Nangong Hao Tian's resolve.
• Xiao Huo decided the Nangong Family deserved to join the Sacred Flame Sect and resolved not to let the Ling Family harm them.
• Ling Ming and Ling Hao dismissed the Nangong Family's resistance and prepared to leave, confident that their army would destroy it.
• Xiao Huo stepped forward and told Nangong Hao Tian to leave the matter to him, prompting the family to question whether he could withstand the Ling Family.

Xiao Huo rejected Nangong Hao Tian and Nangong Yumo’s pleas to avoid a confrontation with the Ling Family and challenged Ling Hao as he tried to leave. The chapter ended with Ling Hao mocking Xiao Huo and demanding that he kneel and surrender Nangong Yumo.

• Nangong Hao Tian urged Xiao Huo to wait until he was stronger before seeking revenge against the Ling Family.
• Nangong Yumo pleaded with Xiao Huo not to risk fighting Ling Hao, but Xiao Huo reassured her that he would protect her.
• Xiao Huo told Nangong Hao Tian to trust him, and Nangong Hao Tian promised that the Nangong Family would stand behind him.
• Xiao Huo stopped Ling Hao and Ling Ming from leaving by asking whether he had allowed them to go.
• Ling Hao sneered at Xiao Huo, demanded that he kneel and hand over Nangong Yumo, and offered to make him a slave of the Ling Family.

Xiao Huo faced Ling Hao in the arena after demanding that he kneel or die. Ling Hao’s powerful attack was effortlessly shattered, and Xiao Huo’s golden staff crashed down on him, leaving Ling Hao trapped and despairing.

• Xiao Huo told Ling Hao to kneel or die, while Ling Ming mocked Xiao Huo and praised his brother’s strength.
• Ling Hao revealed his peak Dou Spirit cultivation and unleashed the high-grade Profound Tier Dou Technique Sky Blade, charging at Xiao Huo with his longsword.
• Xiao Huo vanished as Ling Hao’s sword lights froze and shattered, leaving Ling Hao stunned.
• Xiao Huo appeared above Ling Hao with a lightning-wreathed golden staff and struck toward his chest while Ling Hao was unable to move.
• Ling Hao cried out in despair as Xiao Huo’s attack came crashing down.

Xiao Huo defeated Ling Hao with one crushing staff strike, shattering the battle platform and leaving the watching disciples stunned. Ling Ming saw his elder brother fall and was left overwhelmed by disbelief as Xiao Huo descended to the ground.

• Ling Hao launched a powerful attack at Xiao Huo, but Xiao Huo vanished and reappeared in the sky, where he dispelled the sword rays with a finger.
• Xiao Huo struck Ling Hao with the golden staff technique Nine Strikes of Heavenly Travel, One Strike Reaching Heaven, breaking his chest bones and blasting him into the battle platform.
• The impact shattered the platform and formed a deep crater as the disciples watched in shock.
• Ling Ming saw Ling Hao defeated by a single strike and felt his pride and confidence collapse.
• Xiao Huo descended from the air and stood before the stunned crowd.

Xiao Huo defeated Ling Hao with a single strike, shocking everyone at the plaza and restoring the Nangong Family’s hopes. Nangong Hao Tian used the Seven-Colored Treasure Orb to see Xiao Huo’s incredible speed, while Xiong Da and the others arrived and witnessed the aftermath.

• Xiao Huo instantly defeated Ling Hao with one strike, leaving him injured in a crater and stunning Ling Ming and the crowd.
• Nangong Yumo marveled at her husband’s strength, and the Nangong Family disciples celebrated his victory.
• Nangong Hao Tian replayed the battle with the Seven-Colored Treasure Orb slowed to a thousandth of its speed and saw Xiao Huo move faster than Ling Hao could follow.
• Nangong Hao Tian wondered whether Xiao Huo could help the Nangong Family overcome its crisis.
• Xiao Huo calmly descended onto the platform as the crowd praised him and Xiong Da and the others arrived to witness the scene.

Xiao Huo crushed Ling Hao in battle and stopped Ling Hao and Ling Ming from leaving, demanding that they kneel or die. When Ling Hao threatened to use his trump cards and invoke the Ling Family, Xiao Huo crippled both men and left them kneeling at his feet.

• Ling Hao staggered from the crater with his Earth-rank Heartguard Armor shattered, and he and Ling Ming tried to leave the platform.
• Xiao Huo stopped them and demanded that they kneel or die.
• Ling Hao invoked the Ling Family and threatened Xiao Huo with his unused trump cards.
• Xiao Huo unleashed the Heaven and Earth Cage and sword lights, breaking Ling Hao and Ling Ming's limbs and destroying their meridians.
• Xiao Huo asked the crippled men where their trump cards were.

Xiao Huo crippled Ling Hao and Ling Ming and forced them to kneel before the Nangong Family. As the Ling Family army prepared to arrive, Xiao Huo declared that he would make the entire Ling Family kneel and beg for mercy.

• Xiao Huo crippled Ling Hao and Ling Ming, leaving both Ling Family prodigies kneeling before him.
• The crowd and Nangong Family disciples celebrated Xiao Huo’s victory and praised him for saving Nangong Yumo and the family.
• Ling Hao and Ling Ming rejected any chance of surrender and warned that the Ling Family army would destroy the Nangong Family.
• Nangong Yumo and Nangong Hao Tian wondered what Xiao Huo intended to do when the Ling Family arrived.
• Xiao Huo said he had been waiting for the Ling Family and would make every member kneel and beg for mercy.

Xiao Huo promised to make the Ling Family army kneel, and Nangong Hao Tian entrusted the Nangong Family’s defense to him. Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo shared a kiss and planned to marry that night, while Ling Ming and Ling Hao remained trapped in the plaza awaiting the Ling Family’s arrival.

• Ling Hao and Ling Ming mocked Xiao Huo’s claim that he could make the Ling Family army kneel, while Nangong Hao Tian offered to seal Black-Seal City and defend against them.
• Xiao Huo declared he was completely certain the Ling Family would kneel, so Nangong Hao Tian ordered the city gates opened and rallied the Nangong Family to fight.
• Nangong Hao Tian entrusted the Nangong Family and Nangong Yumo’s safety to Xiao Huo, who promised the Ling Family would not get in.
• Xiao Huo told Nangong Yumo he would marry her that night, then kissed her as she blushed and asked him to take responsibility for her.
• Nangong Hao Tian saw Ling Ming and Ling Hao still pinned and forced to kneel in the plaza, and planned a grand wedding before the Ling Family army arrived the next day.

Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo married, but Yumo believed she had only seven days left to live. As the Ling Family mobilized to attack the Nangong Family, Nangong Hao Tian prepared to defend his family and save the newlyweds.

• Xiao Huo and Nangong Yumo held a grand wedding, while Ling Ming and Ling Hao remained immobilized and mocked in the plaza.
• Nangong Yumo told Xiao Huo she wanted to stay with him forever and revealed she expected to die in seven days; Xiao Huo promised no one would take her life.
• Nangong Hao Tian recalled how his wife had died and resolved to stand against the Ling Family to protect Xiao Huo and Yumo.
• Ling Ming resented Xiao Huo for marrying Yumo and ruining his plans to seize the Nangong Family.
• The Ling Family Head learned that Ling Ming and Ling Hao had been crippled and forced to kneel, then ordered his forces to kill Xiao Huo and destroy the Nangong Family.