Chapter Summaries

Lin Xia offered to pay for the damaged training ground, but Meng Shenji hurriedly refused. Lin Xia then revealed that his wealth could buy all of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and still amount to less than one percent, leaving everyone stunned.

• Lin Xia tossed Qin Ming a Black Jade card to cover the training ground's repair costs.
• Meng Shenji caught the card and insisted that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would pay for the repairs itself.
• Lin Xia declared that he could buy the academy, its mountain, and the Education Committee members' retirement funds without spending one percent of his wealth.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Qin Ming, Ning Rongrong, and the others were overwhelmed by Lin Xia's claim.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained composed, while Meng Yiran looked at Lin Xia with awe.

Lin Xia invited the Imperial Dou Team and others to visit the Heaven Dou Auction House after resolving the academy venue issue with his wealth. The group left Heaven Dou Royal Academy together in his luxury carriage, bound for Heaven Dou City.

• Lin Xia told Meng Shenji that the Black Jade card held enough money to buy the academy, leaving Meng Shenji speechless and embarrassed.
• Lin Xia invited Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others to accompany him to the Heaven Dou Auction House, and they agreed.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Lin Xia's invitation on behalf of the group, while Meng Shenji asked Qin Ming to accompany them.
• Dugu Yan tried to learn what Lin Xia wanted to see at auction, but he replied that he was only looking around.
• Lin Xia and the others boarded his luxury carriage outside the academy, and he ordered the coachman to set out for the Heaven Dou City auction house.

Lin Xia and the Imperial Dou Team arrived at Heaven Dou Auction House, where Dugu Yan introduced the venue and its rules. Lin Xia searched for rare materials that could strengthen his Tyranitar, including Whale Rubber.

• Dugu Yan entertained Lin Xia and the Imperial Dou Team during their carriage ride into Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan presented her noble token at Heaven Dou Auction House, and the attendants respectfully admitted the group.
• Lin Xia and the others explored the auction house’s stately halls and displays of antiques, minerals, and Soul Tools.
• Dugu Yan explained the auction schedule, admission requirements, and the nightly bidding session for wealthy buyers.
• Lin Xia used his Spiritual Power to search the venue for useful materials, especially Whale Rubber for his Tyranitar.

Lin Xia explored the Heaven Dou Empire auction house with Dugu Yan and their companions, searching for rare materials. He discovered an unusual star-infused mineral and found the top-grade Whale Rubber he had come to seek, leaving its purchase unresolved.

• Dugu Yan led Lin Xia and the others through the auction hall's display rooms while Ning Rongrong felt jealous of her familiarity with him.
• Lin Xia sensed an ancient time energy and a trace of pure Power of Stars inside an inconspicuous Mineral Ore called Deep Sea Cold Star Iron, then memorized its location and continued on.
• Lin Xia spotted a pale-gold piece of Whale Rubber with potent Blood and Qi energy and recognized it as top-grade material from a deep-sea giant whale over ten thousand years old.
• Dugu Yan questioned Lin Xia's interest in the Whale Rubber, and Lin Xia said he had another use for it.
• Ning Rongrong held back her comments about the Whale Rubber and privately thought that Brother Lin Xia was bad.

Lin Xia and his companions attended an auction while he waited for the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber lot. The host revealed a frightened young girl displayed in an iron cage, and Zhu Zhuqing and the others reacted with distress and anger.

• Lin Xia and his companions settled into a private auction box, where Lin Xia sensed the crowd while waiting for the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber.
• The host announced an unusual work of art with a starting price of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, stirring curiosity and unease among the group.
• Ning Rongrong guessed the item was something filthy, Meng Yiran grew anxious, and Zhu Zhuqing sensed a faint cry that felt connected to her Martial Soul.
• Lin Xia turned cold and watched Zhu Zhuqing's fury as the host built anticipation for the reveal.
• The host pulled away the red cloth, exposing a young girl curled up inside a large iron cage as bidders stared at her.

At the Auction House, the host exposed a terrified catgirl and put her up for sale, provoking fury and disgust in Lin Xia’s group. As bidders began raising the price, Zhu Zhuqing struggled to control her urge to attack while Lin Xia remained coldly composed.

• The host teased the caged girl with a rod, revealed her cat ears, mismatched eyes, and white tail, and advertised her as a pet with a starting price of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, and Osler reacted with anger, disgust, pain, and unease at the auction.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw herself in the captive girl and nearly charged the stage, but Lin Xia calmly suppressed her killing intent.
• A middle-aged fat man bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and an old man and other guests began raising the price as the girl trembled beneath their gazes.

Lin Xia bid one million Gold Soul Coins to win the imprisoned catgirl, then bought an Ice Marrow Jade Heart and Star-Sinking Meteorite Iron at the auction. The auction continued, ending as a provocative new lot was brought onto the stage.

• Prince Xue Xing raised the catgirl's price to two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Lin Xia bid one million, silencing the auction house.
• The auctioneer sold the catgirl to Lin Xia, who sent her a gentle thought through his Spiritual Power that she was safe.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Lin Xia's concern for the catgirl and gradually relaxed her clenched fists.
• Lin Xia won a thousand-year Ice Marrow Jade Heart and a piece of Star-Sinking Meteorite Iron, which interested Tyranitar.
• The auction continued, and the auctioneer introduced a lot that stirred the male audience.

Lin Xia spent heavily at the auction, buying Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber for his own purposes and gifts for his companions. After the group left the auction hall with their winnings, Cat Girl remained trapped in her cage, terrified of what her new owner would do.

• Lin Xia bid five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, intending to use it to nourish Tyranitar and support physique training.
• Lin Xia bought Ning Rongrong a Blue Diamond Necklace and Zhu Zhuqing a Cat Claw Dagger, then purchased items favored by Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, and the others.
• Lin Xia lost interest in the remaining auction items and told his group to leave.
• The auction house steward brought Lin Xia's purchases, including Cat Girl in an iron cage, into the private room and left them alone.
• Cat Girl trembled in the cage, fearing the fate awaiting her after being bought for one million Gold Soul Coins.

Lin Xia freed the Caged Girl from her iron cage, gave her a robe, and asked her to follow him. She agreed, and Lin Xia declared that she would stay with him from then on.

• Zhu Zhuqing watched the frightened Caged Girl and remembered her own lonely childhood in the Star Luo Zhu Family.
• Lin Xia split the Adamantite lock with his Soul Power and opened the cage.
• Lin Xia gave the Caged Girl a robe and asked whether she was willing to follow him.
• The Caged Girl crawled out of the cage, knelt before Lin Xia, and said she was willing.
• Lin Xia told the Caged Girl that she would stay with him from then on.

Lin Xia asked the frightened white-haired girl her name and learned she had none. He named her Lin Ling, and she cautiously accepted the name with a faint smile.

• Lin Xia crouched before the trembling girl and asked what her name was.
• The girl whispered that she had no name, leaving Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, and Zhu Zhuqing affected by her answer.
• Lin Xia named the girl Lin Ling.
• The girl lifted her head, repeated her new name, and managed a faint smile.

Lin Xia left the Heaven Dou Auction House with Lin Ling, the cat-girl he had named, and brought her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As he headed to test the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, he ordered his companions not to follow.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong reacted with sympathy when Lin Ling smiled, and Lin Xia announced that they were leaving.
• Lin Ling panicked when Lin Xia started to go, but Ning Rongrong helped her up and covered her with the oversized robe.
• Lin Xia and the others rode by carriage from Heaven Dou City to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Lin Ling hid fearfully in the robe.
• At the academy, Lin Xia headed for a secluded cultivation room to experiment with the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, and Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Lin Ling followed him.
• Lin Xia stopped and told everyone not to follow because he had serious business to attend to.

Lin Xia soothed Lin Ling’s fear of being left behind, then entered a secluded cultivation room and consumed melted Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber. Its immense essence-blood energy erupted inside his body.

• Lin Xia stopped Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran from approaching Lin Ling, then reassured Lin Ling that they were not bad people.
• Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran introduced themselves to Lin Ling, while Zhu Zhuqing silently assured her; Lin Ling relaxed and moved closer to them.
• Lin Xia entered the Cultivation Room and used concentrated golden Soul Power to melt the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber into a golden-red liquid.
• Lin Xia swallowed the liquid Whale Rubber, and its vast essence-blood power erupted inside his body.

Lin Xia absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, enduring its violent energy as he strengthened his body and Tyranitar. Afterward, he sent a letter to his master Lou Gao and planned to ask Qian Renxue for Yue Guan’s book on Immortal Herbs.

• Lin Xia endured the Whale Rubber’s intense energy and guided most of its Bloodline Power into Tyranitar.
• Lin Xia used the remaining energy to temper his muscles, bones, and internal organs.
• Lin Xia finished absorbing the Whale Rubber and found that both his physique and Tyranitar’s foundation had grown stronger.
• Lin Xia wrote a letter to Lou Gao and sent it with the carriage driver.
• Lin Xia decided he needed to meet Qian Renxue and ask for Yue Guan’s book on Immortal Herbs.

Xue Qinghe visited Lin Xia at Heaven Dou Royal Academy under the guise of welcoming him and catching up. Lin Xia recognized the visit’s political purpose and alluded to their earlier Suotuo City auction, leaving Xue Qinghe momentarily caught off guard.

• Meng Shenji brought Xue Qinghe to Lin Xia’s room at the Education Committee Building.
• Lin Xia recognized Xue Qinghe and welcomed him and Meng Shenji inside.
• Xue Qinghe said he had come to congratulate Lin Xia on joining the academy and ask whether he was comfortable there.
• Meng Shenji assured Lin Xia that the academy would meet all his needs.
• Lin Xia thanked the academy, then reminded Xue Qinghe that their earlier Suotuo City auction had been a matter of mutual advantage.
• Xue Qinghe recalled how Lin Xia had controlled the auction negotiations and replied, “My Lord, you jest.”

Xue Qinghe and Lin Xia negotiated a possible exchange involving Yue Guan’s botanical notes, and Lin Xia arranged to send Soul Tools from Gengjin City. After Xue Qinghe left, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Lin Ling entered and asked about the visit.

• Xue Qinghe offered to help Lin Xia find rare books and illustrated catalogs, and Lin Xia asked him to seek Yue Guan’s handwritten notes on plants and herbs.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to raise the matter with Yue Guan before leaving the academy with Meng Shenji.
• Lin Xia decided to trade Soul Tools for Yue Guan’s notes and wrote a letter asking Gengjin City to send a batch.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Lin Ling entered Lin Xia’s room after seeing Xue Qinghe leave.
• Ning Rongrong asked why Xue Qinghe had visited, while Meng Yiran offered to serve tea, and Lin Xia said they had only been catching up.

Lin Xia began guiding Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran in a quiet room, tailoring his advice to their Martial Souls. He helped Zhu Zhuqing improve her Soul Power flow and began teaching Ning Rongrong to control multiple targets, leaving her astonished by his demonstration.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Xia to guide her cultivation, and he invited Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran to join the lesson.
• Lin Xia told Zhu Zhuqing to embrace the shadow attribute in her Hell Spirit Cat Soul Power instead of suppressing it.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed his instructions, improved her Soul Power circulation, and pierced a Warm Jade Chess Piece with a precise burst of Soul Power.
• Lin Xia advised Ning Rongrong to master Multi-Mind Control rather than focus on rapidly increasing her Soul Power Level.
• Lin Xia demonstrated seven Soul Power lights moving along separate paths, leaving Ning Rongrong amazed.

Lin Xia guided Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran through focused martial training, helping them begin to understand new ways to control speed, support, and attack. The session ended with the three trainees showing progress, while Lin Xia noticed Lin Ling's quiet yearning for strength.

• Lin Xia taught Ning Rongrong to use a spiritual band of light to control the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's speed enhancement, and she gradually kept pace with a moving target.
• Lin Xia taught Meng Yiran to channel her Serpent Cane attacks through a focused point and follow a serpent's rhythm of relaxing, striking, and withdrawing.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran practiced under Lin Xia's guidance as night fell, each showing signs of progress.
• Lin Xia noticed Lin Ling watching from a corner with a faint desire for strength and ended the training session.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Xia and said her bottleneck seemed to be loosening, while Ning Rongrong said her pagoda felt more closely connected to her.

Lin Xia promised to guide Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran in their cultivation, then asked Lin Ling whether she wanted to cultivate despite her half-level Innate Soul Power. Lin Ling admitted that she did, leaving her first step toward pursuing that desire in Lin Xia's hands.

• Meng Yiran thanked Lin Xia for helping her begin to sense the rhythm of the snake, and he urged her to practice persistently.
• Lin Xia promised to set aside time to guide Zhu Zhuqing's cultivation, delighting Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran.
• Lin Xia noticed Lin Ling's longing for power and asked whether she wanted to cultivate.
• Lin Ling said she could not cultivate effectively because her Innate Soul Power was only half a level.
• Lin Xia dismissed her low talent as irrelevant and asked if she wanted to cultivate, prompting Lin Ling to nod and quietly say yes.

Lin Xia promised to help Lin Ling cultivate, giving her hope after she revealed her desire to grow stronger. The next morning, Xue Qinghe brought Lin Xia the Immortal Herb records he had requested, and Lin Xia exchanged them for several powerful Soul Tools and weapons.

• Lin Xia promised Lin Ling that he would help her cultivate and said they would begin after she rested.
• Lin Ling thanked Lin Xia and embraced her new identity, while Zhu Zhuqing watched in silence and recalled Lin Xia helping her in the past.
• Xue Qinghe visited Lin Xia the next morning and presented seven jade slips containing images and details of Immortal Herbs.
• Lin Xia gave Xue Qinghe a Spirit Storage Core, an Ore Finder, and a gunpowder-powered Sleeve Star, along with a Storage Ring bearing the Geng Metal Emblem.

Lin Xia traded advanced Soul Tools to Xue Qinghe for Yue Guan’s Immortal Herb handbook, then went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find Dugu Bo through Dugu Yan. He offered Dugu Yan the handbook’s knowledge and a Lotus Token that eased her poison backlash in exchange for an introduction to her grandfather.

• Xue Qinghe accepted Lin Xia’s three experimental Soul Tools and learned he could obtain Gengjin City’s unreleased products with priority.
• After Lin Xia left, Qian Renxue ordered She Long to have Pufferfish revise the infiltration and procurement plan for Gengjin City at the highest priority.
• Lin Xia went to the academy’s poison-attribute cultivation area and found Dugu Yan practicing amid the poison mist.
• Dugu Yan claimed she did not know Dugu Bo’s whereabouts and tried to keep Lin Xia from involving her grandfather.
• Lin Xia revealed he had Yue Guan’s Immortal Herb handbook and offered Dugu Yan a Lotus Token that reduced her poison backlash by thirty percent if she introduced him to Dugu Bo.