Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin successfully refined a Sect-Breaking Pill and left it in the cauldron to finish nurturing. At Ting Zhu Xuan, Xiao Yi Xian celebrated her rapid cultivation while Ya Fei worried about her own talent, and both women cared for their spirit birds.

• Xiao Jin refined the auxiliary herbs, Dragon Saliva Fruit, and Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow, then fused them into a pitted seven-colored Sect-Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Ya Fei that she had reached Four-Star Dou Ling and expected her remaining poison pills to raise her strength to around Eight-Star Dou Ling.
• Ya Fei grew worried that her limited cultivation talent would keep her from staying by Xiao Jin's side, but Xiao Yi Xian encouraged her to ask him for help.
• Ya Fei regained her confidence, stroked Ice Crystal, and fed it a Beast-Raising Pill.
• Little Blue returned to the courtyard, received a Beast-Raising Pill from Ya Fei, and left after giving Ice Crystal a fearful glance.

After ten days in the Alchemy Room, Xiao Jin returned to Ting Zhu Xuan, where he reunited with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian and spent the night with Ya Fei. The next morning, the women teased him about his dark circles as they prepared for the auction.

• Little Blue returned as a Second-order Magical Beast, while Ya Fei worried that Xiao Jin had not finished refining the pills needed for the auction.
• Xiao Jin emerged from the Alchemy Room and reunited with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian, then carried them toward his room.
• Xiao Yi Xian escaped to her own room, and Xiao Jin spent the night with Ya Fei, who eventually fainted.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian helped Xiao Jin dress while Ya Fei teased him about his dark circles.
• Xiao Jin tried to impress Ya Fei with a bold declaration, but she laughed at his appearance and ruined his confidence.

Xiao Jin, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian headed to the Mite'er Auction House, where Xiao Jin gave the auction house a large collection of high-grade pills. He left Mite'er Teng Shan and Hai Bo Dong astonished as preparations for the auction continued.

• Xiao Jin walked to the Mite'er Auction House with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian, drawing attention from passersby.
• Qian Shou Shi tried to claim Xiao Yi Xian, and his guards blocked the trio's way.
• Xiao Jin burned Qian Shou Shi and his five guards with Nine-Colored Flame, then continued on with the two women.
• Ya Fei said farewell at the auction house, where Mite'er Teng Shan and Hai Bo Dong were waiting for Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin gave Mite'er Teng Shan twenty Dou Spirit Pills, eight Imperial Pills, and one Sect-Breaking Pill to auction, stunning him and Hai Bo Dong.

The Misty Cloud Sect, the royal family, and the Nalan Family prepared to bid for high-tier pills at the Mite'er Auction House. As the auction approached, Yun Yun restrained her elders from plotting against other bidders, while Nalan Jie confronted Nalan Yanran over her public broken engagement with Xiao Huohuo.

• Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders discussed using their gold coins to obtain pills and speculated that Xiao Jin came from a powerful Central Continent faction.
• Yun Li suggested taking pills from successful bidders after the auction, but Yun Yun forbade the elders from tarnishing the sect's reputation.
• Yao Ye told Jia Xing Tian that she had brought half the royal treasury's funds and arranged for royal retainers to escort them back.
• Nalan Yanran visited her grandfather Na Lan Jie in the Nalan Family's private room, and he reproached her for publicly breaking her engagement with Xiao Huohuo.
• Na Lan Jie recalled that Xiao Huohuo had responded by divorcing Nalan Yanran and making a three-year agreement, and that her actions had nearly caused his Burning Poison to overwhelm him.

Nalan Yanran reaffirmed that she would decide her own marriage and uphold the Three-Year Agreement with Xiao Huohuo, while Na Lan Jie suspected the powerful Xiao Jin was the Xiao Family’s missing genius. Xiao Jin revealed himself as a Dou Zong at the auction and announced a Sect-Breaking Pill, prompting the imperial family to pursue it and Mu Chen to punish Mu Zhan.

• Nalan Yanran told Na Lan Jie she would not regret breaking off her engagement and would accept the Three-Year Agreement’s outcome.
• Na Lan Jie suspected Xiao Jin was the Xiao Family’s young genius and quietly ordered Nalan Su to obtain a portrait of him.
• Mu Chen worried the Mu Family could not afford five Dou Spirit Pills after Mu Zhan’s earlier offense had cost them five million gold coins.
• Xiao Jin entered the auction hall under overwhelming Dou Zong pressure and announced that the auction included a Sect-Breaking Pill.
• Jia Xing Tian ordered Yao Ye to obtain the Sect-Breaking Pill at any cost so he could attempt to reach Dou Zong.
• Mu Chen ordered the Mu Family members to beat Mu Zhan so he would stop bringing trouble upon the family.

Ya Fei returned to the Imperial Capital to host an auction where the Imperial Pill drew intense interest from the empire’s powerful factions. Yao Ye outbid Yun Yun, leaving Yun Yun unable to secure the pill.

• Ya Fei greeted the crowd, and Xiao Jin, Mu Chen, Nalan Yanran, and Yao Ye reacted to her return.
• Ya Fei introduced the Imperial Pill, which could raise a Dou Emperor’s strength and improve their body.
• Yun Yun opened the bidding at six million gold coins, while Yun Leng questioned why she wanted the pill.
• Yao Ye entered the bidding at seven million, and she and Yun Yun raised the price in turn.
• Yun Yun reached her ten-million-coin limit, then Yao Ye bid eleven million and forced Yun Yun to withdraw.

Xiao Jin’s auction continued as the Azure Nether Longevity Pill sparked a fierce contest among the royal family and the great families. The Mittel Family secured the most Imperial Pills after other bidders had spent much of their gold.

• Ya Fei sold a Dou Spirit Pill to Na Lan Jie for 4.3 million gold coins after Mu Chen withdrew.
• Na Lan Jie, Mu Chen, and Yao Ye competed for the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, which Na Lan Jie won for 11 million gold coins after Yao Ye and Mu Chen gave up.
• Mu Chen blamed Mu Zhan for the Mu Family’s earlier loss of five million gold coins and ordered him beaten.
• The auction continued with more Dou Spirit Pills and Imperial Pills, and Mu Chen bought four Dou Spirit Pills and one Imperial Pill.
• The Mittel Family waited until other bidders had spent much of their money, then bought three of the eight Imperial Pills for about six million gold coins each.

The imperial family won the Sect-Breaking Pill auction for sixty-five million gold coins, prompting Yun Yun to call on Yun Shan to stop it from reaching Jia Xing Tian. As Yun Shan prepared to act, a black mist appeared and a voice from the Soul Hall confronted him.

• Yun Yun and Yao Ye bid against each other for the Sect-Breaking Pill until Yao Ye won with a bid of sixty-five million gold coins.
• Yun Yun ordered Yun Leng to contact Yun Shan and summon the Misty Cloud Sect elders to seize the pill from the imperial family.
• Yun Shan learned that the auction’s mysterious young man was a Dou Zong and said he would go investigate.
• A black mist appeared beside Yun Shan, and a voice asked whether the Soul Hall had any Dou Zong experts who were sixteen or seventeen years old.

After the auction concluded, Xiao Jin collected the buyers’ gold and delivered their pills while putting off the Nalan Family’s request for treatment. He met with the imperial family to discuss a deal as Yun Shan and Wu Dharma Protector flew toward the auction house.

• Yun Shan persuaded Wu Dharma Protector to help him target the imperial family, offering him the souls of those who died.
• Xiao Jin collected more than thirty million gold coins as he delivered the auctioned pills to their buyers.
• Xiao Jin declined Na Lan Jie’s invitation to visit the Nalan Family for at least two days, angering Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Jin visited Mu Chen, accepted payment, and handed over the pills while Mu Chen concealed how Mu Zhan had been beaten.
• Yao Ye welcomed Xiao Jin to the imperial family’s private room and proposed discussing a deal.

Xiao Jin refused to protect the imperial family from the Misty Cloud Sect, but offered to help Jia Xing Tian break through to Dou Zong in exchange for the family's gold. Yun Shan arrived at the Mite'er Auction House, where Hai Bo Dong confronted him and revealed that the Mittel Family had two Dou Zong experts.

• Xiao Jin rejected Yao Ye's offer of thirty million gold coins after warning that Yun Shan might have reached Dou Zong and gained support from another Dou Zong expert.
• Xiao Jin agreed to use a costly secret technique to help Jia Xing Tian break through to Dou Zong in exchange for the imperial family's gold, and accepted a Storage Ring containing ten million gold coins.
• Xiao Jin sensed Yun Shan approaching and left as Yun Shan called for Jia Xing Tian above the Mite'er Auction House.
• Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect's four great elders greeted Yun Shan, who confirmed his breakthrough and ordered them to stand aside.
• Hai Bo Dong challenged Yun Shan's arrival, and Yun Shan demanded that he move the Mittel Family aside while he dealt with Jia Xing Tian.
• Hai Bo Dong refused to yield and told Yun Shan that the Mite'er Auction House had two Dou Zong experts.

Xiao Jin confronted Yun Shan at the Mite'er Auction House after Yun Shan came to kill Jia Xing Tian, and quickly proved himself stronger. The chapter left Yun Shan badly beaten and calling for Wu Dharma Protector to save him.

• Yun Shan decided to attack Jia Xing Tian despite being warned that Xiao Jin might intervene.
• Xiao Jin appeared behind Yun Shan without being detected, frightening Yun Yun and the four First Elders into scattering.
• Yun Shan demanded that Xiao Jin let him kill Jia Xing Tian, but Xiao Jin refused and challenged him to fight first.
• Yun Shan struck Xiao Jin with a palm, but Xiao Jin sent him flying with a single punch.
• Yun Shan tried to use his speed to attack Xiao Jin, but Xiao Jin evaded him and counterattacked with a blow to his back.
• Xiao Jin used Flash Shadow Transformation to catch Yun Shan and pummel him until Yun Shan shouted for Wu Dharma Protector to save him.

Xiao Jin confronted Wu Dharma Protector after the Soul Hall expert attacked him, then summoned the Earth Demon Puppet to overpower him. Wu Dharma Protector was badly injured and exposed as a translucent soul body, while Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect withdrew from the confrontation.

• Wu Dharma Protector appeared and attacked Xiao Jin, but Xiao Jin evaded the strike with an afterimage and identified his opponent as a powerful Soul Hall Dharma Protector.
• Xiao Jin refused Wu Dharma Protector's demand to leave and summoned the Earth Demon Puppet when Wu Dharma Protector attacked with his scythe.
• The Earth Demon Puppet caught Wu Dharma Protector's scythe barehanded, while Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect's elders left at her teacher's urging.
• Wu Dharma Protector tried to retreat, but Xiao Jin ordered the Earth Demon Puppet to strike him with a powerful punch.
• Wu Dharma Protector's energy sphere failed to stop the blow, and he spat blood as his black mist vanished and revealed his translucent soul body.

Xiao Jin decided to kill Yun Shan and Wu Dharma Protector despite the threat of Soul Hall, and both fled. Wu Dharma Protector then attacked Xiao Jin’s mind and began to self-destruct, but the Nascent Emperor Flame started devouring his soul.

• Yun Shan admitted defeat and begged Xiao Jin to spare him and Wu Dharma Protector.
• Wu Dharma Protector threatened Xiao Jin with Soul Hall’s retaliation, then tried to appease him when Xiao Jin’s killing intent surged.
• Xiao Jin declared that Yun Shan and Wu Dharma Protector should die, so the two fled in different directions.
• Wu Dharma Protector turned back, entered Xiao Jin’s mind as a soul body, and began to self-destruct.
• The Nascent Emperor Flame enveloped Wu Dharma Protector’s soul and dragged it toward Xiao Jin’s dantian, giving Xiao Jin a chance to survive.

Xiao Jin absorbed Wu Dharma Protector’s purified Soul Power and killed Yun Shan after the Earth Demon Puppet captured him. Yun Yun learned that her teacher had died, while a powerful Soul Hall figure vowed revenge for the slain Dharma Protector.

• Xiao Jin absorbed Wu Dharma Protector’s purified Soul Power, breaking through to a higher level of Soul Power.
• The Earth Demon Puppet brought the weakened Yun Shan to Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin ordered the puppet to kill him.
• The experts of the Imperial Capital reacted to Yun Shan’s death as the Misty Cloud Sect’s soul plaque for him shattered.
• Yun Yun heard from the plaque-guarding elder that Yun Shan’s soul plaque had broken and realized he was dead.
• A powerful figure in Soul Hall learned that Wu Dharma Protector had been killed and vowed to make the culprit pay.

A Soul Hall Dou Zun ordered Gan Da to lead a force into the Jia Ma Empire and capture the person responsible for a Dharma Protector’s death. Meanwhile, Jia Xing Tian offered Yao Ye to Xiao Jin as a personal maid, and Xiao Jin’s wives arrived as Yao Ye began serving him.

• A Soul Hall Dou Zun sent Gan Da with ten Human-rank and two Earth-rank Dharma Protectors to the Jia Ma Empire to seize the killer’s soul.
• The mysterious figure wondered whether the fallen Dharma Protector’s death involved the Xiao Clan, then left to pursue another urgent task.
• At the Mite’er Auction House, Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye thanked Xiao Jin for saving the imperial family, and Jia Xing Tian offered Yao Ye as his personal maid.
• Xiao Jin hesitated because he already had two wives, but Jia Xing Tian went to speak with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian, while Yao Ye began massaging Xiao Jin’s shoulders.
• Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian arrived, and Yao Ye introduced herself as Xiao Jin’s maid, leaving Ya Fei astonished at the proud princess’s new role.

After the auction, Xiao Jin returned to Ting Zhu Xuan with Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Ye, who became his maid. He gained 165 million Breakthrough Points and decided to save Ya Fei’s talent improvement for an enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Xiao Jin assured Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian that he would reject Yao Ye for their sake, and they agreed to accept Yao Ye as his maid.
• Xiao Jin and the others returned to Ting Zhu Xuan, where Ya Fei ordered Yao Ye to oversee the maids and prepare dinner.
• Xiao Jin recharged his gold coins and received 165 million Breakthrough Points from Linglong.
• Xiao Jin asked Linglong about talent-improving treasures but declined to buy any after learning their prices and effects.
• Xiao Jin recalled that enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree could improve talent and resolved to strengthen himself first, then seek that opportunity for Ya Fei.

Yun Yun gathered the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders to plan how to survive the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s retaliation and appease Xiao Jin. Yun Leng proposed sending sixty million gold coins and Nalan Yanran to Xiao Jin, but Yun Yun angrily rejected his scheme.

• Yun Yun convened the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and deacons to discuss the threat from the Imperial Family and Xiao Jin after Yun Shan’s death.
• Yun Leng argued that the sect should summon Gu He, apologize to Xiao Jin, and rely on its fighters and protective formation to withstand Jia Xing Tian.
• Yun Yun asked how the sect could calm Xiao Jin’s anger and privately resolved to leave the sect after it survived the crisis, then seek strength to avenge Yun Shan.
• Yun Leng claimed Xiao Jin wanted gold coins and women, and Yun Yun provided a Storage Ring containing sixty million gold coins.
• Yun Leng proposed that Nalan Yanran deliver the Storage Ring, but Yun Yun refused and condemned him for using a woman’s purity to curry favor with Xiao Jin.

Yun Yun opposed sending Nalan Yanran to deliver the Storage Ring to Xiao Jin, while Yun Leng and the other sect leaders pressured her to agree. Nalan Yanran volunteered, and Yun Yun ultimately chose to accompany her despite the elders’ objections.

• Yun Leng claimed the Misty Cloud Sect’s future required Nalan Yanran to deliver the Storage Ring, then suggested Yun Yun go instead when Yun Yun refused.
• Nalan Yanran arrived and volunteered to deliver the ring, saying she was willing and had something to ask Xiao Jin.
• Yun Yun drew her sword and offered to take Nalan Yanran away, but put it aside after Nalan Yanran insisted she wanted to go.
• Yun Yun offered to accompany Nalan Yanran, but Yun Leng and the other elders urged her to stay and protect the sect.
• Nalan Yanran took the Storage Ring and started to leave alone, prompting Yun Yun to rise and insist on going with her.
• Yun Yun warned Yun Leng not to stop her and said she would leave the sect for good if pushed, silencing the hall.

Xiao Jin teased Yao Ye before spending the night with her, then told Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian he planned to return to the valley to improve his strength. Before heading there with them, he decided to visit the palace and raise Jia Xing Tian to the Dou Zong realm.

• Xiao Jin startled Yao Ye as she waited beside his bath, and she chased him and bit his earlobe after he mocked her.
• Xiao Jin and Yao Ye ended up in the tub together, where he transformed into Master Sea and she became Green Yao Ye.
• The next morning, Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Jin about the noisy night and complained about counting the royal family's forty million gold coins.
• Xiao Jin told Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian he planned to return to the valley, and both women agreed to go with him.
• Ice Crystal appeared on Xiao Yi Xian's shoulder, having grown to the peak of the Fifth-Order Magical Beast realm.
• Xiao Jin left a letter for Yao Ye and flew toward the palace, intending to raise Jia Xing Tian's strength to the Dou Zong realm before traveling to the valley.

Xiao Jin arrived at the palace to fulfill his agreement with Jia Xing Tian and help him break through to Dou Zong. As Xiao Jin poured refined Dou Qi into Jia Xing Tian, experts across the Imperial Capital sensed the surge of Heaven and Earth Energy and wondered what was happening.

• Jia Xing Tian finished adjusting his condition and hurried to meet Xiao Jin in the Imperial Garden.
• Xiao Jin gave flowers to Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei, then told Jia Xing Tian that he and the two women would leave for the Monster Mountain Range after fulfilling their agreement.
• Xiao Jin explained the breakthrough process to Jia Xing Tian in a secret chamber and used Linglong to raise his strength to a two-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Jin refined Heaven and Earth Energy with Imperial Flame and sent the resulting pure Dou Qi into Jia Xing Tian, who absorbed it to build up strength for his breakthrough.
• Hai Bo Dong and Mite'er Teng Shan noticed the energy surge, while Yun Yun suspected Jia Xing Tian was about to break through to Dou Zong.