Chapter Summaries

Liu Yun decided to avoid Yun Yun and grow stronger, then received the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame after Xiao Yan devoured a beast flame. After ten days of dangerous refinement, Liu Yun reached Peak Dou Ling, though he failed to break through to Dou Wang.

• Liu Yun resolved to put off confronting the Mu Family and avoid Yun Yun while aiming to become a Dou Wang.
• The system rewarded Liu Yun with the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame after Xiao Yan devoured a sixth-tier Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s beast flame.
• Liu Yun drew out the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame in the cave mansion and used the other Heavenly Flames and the Half-Emperor Hand Bone to suppress its aura.
• Liu Yun endured ten days of painful refinement, using the Meteor Tear to recover as the flame damaged his meridians and body.
• Liu Yun refined the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame, rose from Four-star Dou Ling to Peak Dou Ling, and stopped short of advancing to Dou Wang.

Liu Yun refined an Illusory Demon Clone with the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame, endured the agony of splitting and reuniting his soul, and spent twenty days merging the clone into himself inside the Nine Dragon Cauldron. He emerged able to summon a convincing clone and switch places with it.

• Liu Yun used the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame and Nine Dragon Cauldron to fuse his treasured essence blood into an Illusory Demon Clone.
• Liu Yun split off part of his soul and placed it in the clone, suffering immense pain and discovering that the Meteor Tear could not heal soul injuries.
• Liu Yun decided not to keep a separate clone and burned himself alongside it in the Nine Dragon Cauldron to merge their essence blood and soul back into his body.
• Liu Yun spent twenty days refining the merger, while golden energy from the Nine Dragon Cauldron began coexisting with his Heavenly Tyrant Body.
• Liu Yun emerged from the cauldron, summoned an indistinguishable Illusory Demon Clone, and successfully switched places with it.

After mastering Clone Illusory Demon Shadow, Liu Yun used his Locator Tracker to avoid Yun Yun and waited in his cave until she left Green Mountain Town. He then rode the Azure Cloud Sparrow toward town to visit Xiao Yi Xian and seek a way to resolve her Calamity Poison Body.

• Liu Yun discovered that the Golden Dragon had vanished, then used the Locator Tracker to locate Yun Yun in Green Mountain Town.
• Liu Yun stayed in his cave for ten days until Yun Yun left for the Imperial Capital, apparently returning to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Liu Yun promised to help the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King find ingredients for a Shaping Pill and chose the Azure Cloud Sparrow as his flying mount.
• Liu Yun set out for Green Mountain Town to check on Xiao Yi Xian and planned to obtain a method for refining a Poison Pill.

Liu Yun found Xiao Yi Xian gone from Small Valley and decided to seek her in the Chu Yun Empire after handling his affairs in the Jia Ma Empire. In Wutan City, he planned a major auction and began preparing resources to establish his own Merchant Guild.

• Liu Yun found Xiao Yi Xian's letter saying she had left and did not want him to look for her, but he resolved to find her later.
• Liu Yun checked that Yun Yun had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, then flew to Wutan City on the Azure Cloud Sparrow.
• Liu Yun decided to start his own Merchant Guild because he no longer trusted the Mittel Family and worried about Ya Fei's safety.
• Liu Yun reunited with He Qingfeng at the Mittel Auction House and learned that He Qingfeng had recovered and advanced to Five-Star Dou Spirit.
• Liu Yun ordered He Qingfeng to announce a major auction in three days and buy cultivation techniques, Fighting Skills, Magical Cores, and medicinal ingredients.
• Liu Yun headed to Ya Fei's room after giving He Qingfeng his orders.

Liu Yun returned to Ya Fei and found her refining a difficult Third-grade pill, then asked her to leave the Mittel Family and help establish their own Merchant Guild. He gave her a rare flight Dou Technique and encouraged her to embrace her business strengths, leaving Ya Fei resolved to build a commercial empire in support of him.

• Liu Yun watched Ya Fei finish refining a Xing Shen Pill and congratulated her on becoming a Third-grade Alchemist.
• Liu Yun told Ya Fei he planned to take her to the Imperial Capital and leave the Mittel Family with her, and Ya Fei agreed to support him.
• Liu Yun proposed that Ya Fei become president and chief auctioneer of their new Merchant Guild, and asked her to host an auction of more than a hundred lots in three days.
• Liu Yun gave Ya Fei the Earth Tier Low-grade Silver Falcon Sky Wings technique and enough Silver Falcon Demon Emperor Essence Blood for two cultivators.
• Ya Fei felt unworthy of Liu Yun because she could not match his achievements, but he reassured her that her business talent could support them both.
• Ya Fei embraced Liu Yun and resolved to use her strengths to build a commercial empire for him.

After Nalan Yanran cultivated Wrath of the Storm and Yun Yun broke through to Four-star Dou Huang, Liu Yun received a surge of Dou Qi that forced him to attempt a breakthrough. He reached Three-star Dou Wang by dawn and discovered he could control the energy of heaven and earth.

• Liu Yun left Ya Fei the Silver Falcon Sky Wings scroll and went to prepare to discuss the auction with Elder He.
• Liu Yun received Wrath of the Storm through the system after Nalan Yanran cultivated it, then received compressed Dou Qi when Yun Yun broke through to Four-star Dou Huang.
• Liu Yun called the Azure Cloud Sparrow and flew to the Small Valley to handle the incoming Dou Qi and attempt to break through to Dou Wang.
• Liu Yun shattered the Dou Wang barrier after hours of cultivation and absorbed the gathered energy until he reached One-star Dou Wang.
• Liu Yun continued absorbing Dou Qi through the night and woke at dawn as a Three-star Dou Wang, able to control the energy between heaven and earth.

Liu Yun returned to Wutan City before the auction and helped Ya Fei prepare by introducing her to the Sand Mercenary Group and reviewing the auction list. He added several valuable items of his own, including the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's beast flame as the finale, and the auction was ready to proceed.

• Liu Yun arrived at the Mittel Auction House and found Rob and the Sand Mercenary Group waiting there.
• Liu Yun introduced Ya Fei as his wife, and Rob and the mercenaries respectfully greeted her.
• Liu Yun and Ya Fei joined the auction preparations, where Ya Fei organized the supervisors and showed him a booklet listing the items.
• Liu Yun added three Fifth-order Magic Cores, eight Fourth-tier Magic Cores, and five unidentified herbs to the auction.
• Liu Yun and Ya Fei discussed bundling lower-value items and setting starting prices for expensive goods, including the Shaping Pill recipe and the sixth-order Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's beast flame.

Ya Fei held a packed auction in Wutan City, where Liu Yun used the system’s auction Returns to collect increasingly valuable Magic Cores, medicinal ingredients, cultivation arts, and Dou Techniques. By the end, he had gained ten Earth-tier Fighting Skills, leaving him with a substantial haul from the auction.

• Ya Fei opened the auction while Elder He guarded the stage, and Liu Yun secretly punished unruly spectators before warning the crowd to follow the rules.
• Xiao Zhan bought one Fifth-order Magic Core, while members of the Sand Mercenary Group bought the other two; Liu Yun received higher-tier Magic Cores through the system’s Returns.
• Ya Fei auctioned Magic Cores of several grades and then medicinal ingredients, earning Liu Yun returned cores and three Shaping Grasses.
• The auction of cultivation arts returned several higher-tier arts to Liu Yun, including the Nine Layers Wind Fire Art and the Lion Tiger Breathing Technique.
• Ya Fei auctioned the Dou Techniques, and Liu Yun received ten Earth-tier Fighting Skills, including Blazing Heaven Dance, Heavenly Thunder Break, Divine Frost Slash, and Lion God's Wrath.

During the Wutan City auction, Liu Yun gained an eighteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame and a collection of powerful pill recipes, then decided to establish a new Merchant Guild in Green Mountain Town with Ya Fei. After asking her to prepare to leave the next morning, he resolved to settle her forced engagement soon.

• Ya Fei auctioned cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, pills, and pill recipes, while Liu Yun received powerful returned items including Imperial Spirit and Sect Breaking Pill recipes.
• Ya Fei auctioned a Sixth-tier Beast Fire, and the system returned the Heavenly Flame Wind Fury Dragon Flame to Liu Yun.
• After the auction ended, Ya Fei asked Liu Yun where they would go, and he chose Green Mountain Town rather than the Imperial Capital for their new Merchant Guild.
• Liu Yun explained that Green Mountain Town would let the auction house attract customers without needing Imperial Family approval, and said its powerful auction items would draw cultivators.
• Liu Yun told Ya Fei to appoint someone to take over the Mittle Auction House and prepare to depart for Green Mountain Town the next morning.
• After Ya Fei left to prepare, Liu Yun resolved to refine the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and then go to the Imperial Capital to address her engagement.

Liu Yun gave Ya Fei, Elder He, and Rob fighting skills and resources as they prepared to establish a new Merchant Guild in Green Mountain Town. While flying toward the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave, he killed He Gan, drove the He Family from town, and announced plans to build an auction house.

• Liu Yun put Ya Fei in charge of the new Merchant Guild and gave Rob, Elder He, and Ya Fei Earth Tier Low-grade Fighting Skills, while giving Ya Fei Fourth-grade Pills.
• Liu Yun left Ya Fei under the Azure Cloud Sparrow's protection and flew toward the Monster Mountain Range to devour the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Liu Yun discovered He Gan and the He Family rounding up and torturing mercenaries in Green Mountain Town, then admitted that he had killed He Gan's daughter and her accomplices.
• He Gan attacked Liu Yun, who endured his punches before revealing the name Ye Liangchen and striking him from the sky with a massive Dou Qi palm.
• Liu Yun killed He Gan, ordered the He Family to leave Green Mountain Town, and announced that he would establish an auction house there.

Liu Yun consumed a Blood Lotus Pill and devoured the Wind Fury Dragon Flame in his cave mansion. After fusing it with the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame, he broke through from a Three-star Dou King to a Seven-star Dou King.

• The system announced that Yao Chen had refined a Blood Lotus Pill, and Liu Yun obtained the pill and its formula as Xiao Yan set out for the Tagor Desert.
• Liu Yun took the Blood Lotus Pill, which coated his body in protective blood scab, then summoned the Wind Fury Dragon Flame through the System Interface.
• Liu Yun seized the flame seed and endured its scorching power while refining it with the Sky Burning Immortal Art.
• After three days, a blood-red flame emerged from Liu Yun, and after ten more days of deadlock, the Wind Fury Dragon Flame fused with the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame into an orange source flame.
• Liu Yun broke through to Four-star, Five-star, and Six-star Dou King before reaching Seven-star Dou King a day later, then checked his Personal Panel.

Liu Yun took Ya Fei from Green Mountain Town to the Imperial Capital to settle her engagement and departure from the Mittel Family. Ya Fei persuaded him to postpone discussing their marriage until after she left the family, and the chapter ended with Liu Yun kissing her.

• Liu Yun saw that the new venue in Green Mountain Town was nearing completion and left its supervision to He Qingfeng.
• Liu Yun and Ya Fei set off for the Imperial Capital on the Azure Cloud Sparrow, with Ya Fei asking him not to mention their relationship to her family.
• The Azure Cloud Sparrow interrupted Liu Yun and Ya Fei as they flirted, leaving Ya Fei embarrassed.
• Ya Fei pleaded with Liu Yun not to marry her in front of the Mittel Family because they were cousins and public gossip could harm them both.
• Liu Yun insisted that he wanted to marry Ya Fei, but she persuaded him to postpone the decision until after they broke off her engagement and left the family.
• Ya Fei said she would let Liu Yun marry another woman and might marry him once he grew up, and Liu Yun pulled her close and kissed her.

Liu Yun brought Ya Fei to the Mittel Family council hall to address her marriage and the elders who had opposed her. After Teng Shan summoned the elders and sought help from the Imperial Family, Ya Fei named the three elders she wanted punished, and Liu Yun agreed to help her take revenge.

• Liu Yun showed Ya Fei the waterfall where he had cultivated as a child, and Teng Shan arrived after sensing the Azure Cloud Sparrow.
• Teng Shan rebuked the Azure Cloud Sparrow and scolded Liu Yun and Ya Fei, but Liu Yun silenced him and ordered him to convene the Elder Council over Ya Fei's marriage.
• Liu Yun threatened that the Mittel Family elders would begin disappearing if Teng Shan delayed, then led Ya Fei toward the council hall.
• Teng Shan suspected Ye Liangchen had used powerful Soul Force and sent guards to summon Elder Jia and notify the elders.
• Ya Fei told Liu Yun that Leo, Kuhn, and Roca had opposed her, and admitted she held grudges against those who had bullied her.
• Liu Yun agreed to help Ya Fei get revenge as they reached the council hall.

Liu Yun confronted the Mittel Family elders over Ya Fei’s planned marriage to Mu Zhan, while Jia Xing Tian arrived to assess the dispute. After Liu Yun killed Kuhn with a single punch, he revealed that he was the Sixth-Rank Alchemist Ye Liangchen, leaving the council hall stunned.

• Jia Xing Tian agreed to help Teng Shan stop Master Liangchen, then learned that Teng Shan’s Dou Ling Pill had been refined by Liangchen himself.
• At the Elder Council meeting, Liu Yun sat in the clan leader’s seat while Ya Fei massaged his shoulders, and the Second Elder challenged his authority.
• Liu Yun sensed Jia Xing Tian hiding nearby and called him into the hall; Jia Xing Tian chose to observe rather than interfere.
• Liu Yun demanded to know who had proposed marrying Ya Fei to Mu Zhan, and Kuhn defended the decision.
• Liu Yun struck Kuhn with the Fist of Justice, killing him in front of the elders.
• Liu Yun introduced himself as Liu Yun and revealed his other identity as Vice President of the Alchemist Guild, Sixth-Rank Alchemist Ye Liangchen.

Liu Yun confronted the Mittel Family over Ya Fei’s forced marriage, overwhelmed their elders, and announced that they were leaving the clan. He ordered the family to retrieve Ya Fei’s Marriage Contract within a day as he departed with her.

• Liu Yun demanded to know who had arranged Ya Fei’s marriage alliance, and Roca blamed Leo while Leo blamed Teng Shan.
• Teng Shan defended the marriage alliance, so Liu Yun unleashed his aura and warned Jia Xing Tian not to interfere.
• Liu Yun struck Jia Xing Tian with a soul attack and sent him away with a warning for Mu Chen.
• Liu Yun beat Leo and Roca, reducing their cultivation levels to Nine-star Dou Zhe, while the other elders pleaded for mercy.
• Liu Yun declared that he and Ya Fei were leaving the Mittel Family and ordered Teng Shan to retrieve her Marriage Contract and deliver it to the Alchemist Guild within one day.
• Liu Yun took Ya Fei’s hand and left the council hall without further attacking the elders.

After leaving the Mittel Family, Liu Yun comforted Ya Fei and brought her to the Alchemist Headquarters so she could take an alchemist assessment. They entered during a meeting, where the alchemists recognized Liu Yun as Ye Liangchen, the celebrated Sixth-Rank Alchemist.

• Liu Yun left the Mittel Family gates with Ya Fei, and their teasing eased his sadness about leaving.
• Liu Yun told Ya Fei they were going to the Alchemist Headquarters, where she planned to take her alchemist rank assessment.
• Liu Yun explained to Ya Fei why he wore a mask and concealed his identity, then entered the guild in his purple robe.
• Liu Yun shoved aside a young Third-grade Alchemist who blocked his way, and the man recognized that he had angered someone important.
• Liu Yun and Ya Fei entered the meeting hall, where Fama noticed them and the alchemists recognized Liu Yun as Ye Liangchen.
• Vice President Mitchell welcomed Liu Yun respectfully, and the assembled alchemists began flattering him.

Liu Yun refined an Imperial Spirit Pill for Fama, revealing his peak Sixth-rank alchemy skill to Jia Xing Tian, who considered asking him for a Sect Breaking Pill. The chapter ended with Jia Xing Tian stopping Mu Chen and Mite'er Teng Shan’s duel and ordering them to resolve their conflict through a death match instead.

• Fama asked Liu Yun to refine an Imperial Spirit Pill, and Liu Yun began refining it with his Nine Dragon Cauldron and Heavenly Flame.
• After half a day, Liu Yun completed the pill, producing a powerful energy pillar that drew Jia Xing Tian to the Alchemist Headquarters.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Fama whether Liu Yun would refine a Sect Breaking Pill for him, and Fama advised him to appeal to Liu Yun’s devotion to his wife.
• As the pill’s energy faded, Jia Xing Tian heard Mu Chen and Mite'er Teng Shan fighting and rushed to stop them.
• Jia Xing Tian ordered Mu Chen and Mite'er Teng Shan to stop fighting and offered to arrange a death match if their conflict could not be reconciled.

Liu Yun refused Fama’s request to lead the Alchemist Headquarters and visited Ya Fei after she passed her alchemist assessment. Ya Fei registered for the upcoming Alchemist Convention, while Liu Yun warned that the other empires’ contestants would make victory difficult and prepared to leave for Mo City.

• Fama praised Liu Yun’s Imperial Spirit Pill and invited him to become president of the Alchemist Headquarters, but Liu Yun declined both the position and the convention competition.
• Liu Yun left to see Ya Fei, planning afterward to go to Mo City and refine the Po E Pill for Hai Bodong.
• Liu Yun congratulated Ya Fei on becoming a Third-grade Alchemist, and the two spent the day discussing pill refinement after curbing their flirtation.
• Ya Fei gave Liu Yun the Mittel Family’s Marriage Contract, and he burned it without reading it.
• Ya Fei told Liu Yun that Vice President Mitchell had registered her for the Alchemist Convention and asked whether reaching the fourth grade could win her the championship.
• Liu Yun warned that contestants from the other three empires could make the convention exceptionally difficult, then arranged for Elder He to protect Ya Fei while he traveled to Mo City.

Liu Yun was confronted by Wu Ying, a Soul Hall Protector who tried to recruit him, and the two fought fiercely in the sky above the Jia Ma Empire. Liu Yun burned Wu Ying with Orange Flame, but Wu Ying escaped after destroying his own body, leaving Liu Yun injured and in need of recovery.

• While traveling toward Mo City, Liu Yun sensed a powerful pursuer and stopped to confront him.
• Wu Ying revealed himself as a Soul Hall Protector and offered to help Liu Yun advance in exchange for obedience, but Liu Yun rejected and insulted him.
• Liu Yun struck Wu Ying with the Purple Bell and Step Forward Slash, then fought him for hours without gaining the upper hand.
• Liu Yun used Clone Illusory Demon Shadow and Orange Flame to pierce Wu Ying and set him ablaze.
• Wu Ying destroyed his physical body in an explosion and escaped as a black shadow, while the blast injured Liu Yun.

Liu Yun recovered after defeating the Soul Hall Protector Wu Ying and told Jia Xing Tian about the fight before continuing to Mo City. He reunited with Hai Bodong, brought the Sand Mandala, and offered a Dou Technique to the red-dressed woman before preparing to refine Hai Bodong’s pill.

• Liu Yun recovered from his battle while Jia Xing Tian waited nearby, then told him that Wu Ying was a Soul Hall Protector who had escaped with his injured soul.
• Jia Xing Tian left, and Liu Yun checked that Yun Yun had reached the Snake People Tribe’s sacred city before flying on to Mo City.
• Liu Yun arrived at Hai Bodong’s shop and teased him about the red-dressed woman, who had been sent to look after Hai Bodong.
• Liu Yun gave Hai Bodong the Sand Mandala and promised to refine his sixth-grade pill within a day.
• Liu Yun gifted the red-dressed woman a Mysterious Tier High-grade Dou Technique, then went with Hai Bodong to refine the Po E Pill.