Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian explained his plans for Liu Erlong's academy to Bibi Dong, then endured her unusual intimate training through the night. The next morning, he flew to Spirit City and sent Bai Yun to deliver pills to Heaven Dou City, announcing that he would attend the auction.

• Ye Tian told Bibi Dong that he planned to fund Liu Erlong's advanced Soul Master Academy and use it to recruit students for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Bibi Dong subjected Ye Tian to intimate training that she described as resistance practice against seductive illusions, and he endured it through the night.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Ye Tian was too tired from cultivation to get up, while Ye Tian later left Wisteria Residence without breakfast.
• Ye Tian flew to his bird shop in Spirit City and gave Bai Yun pills for Heaven Dou Longevity Pavilion's Pill Auction Conference, instructing her to deliver them to Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Tian told Bai Yun to inform Dugu Bo and the others that he would attend the Auction Assembly in person.

The Longevity Pavilion announced its upcoming auction, and Ye Tian traveled to Heaven Dou City with Ling Yuan Douluo while considering how to build a high-level Soul Master Academy. As the auction began, Tang Yuehua wrestled with the Clear Sky Sect’s pressure to win Ye Tian’s favor, while Liu Erlong arrived at the Longevity Pavilion.

• The Longevity Pavilion’s auction preview revealed a new Foundation Saint Pill, fewer Earth Grade Body Tempering Pills, and a Heaven Grade Low Tier Breaking Pill, stirring excitement among the major forces.
• Ye Tian traveled toward Heaven Dou City with Ling Yuan Douluo and explained that his Fourth Soul Skill still did not let him fly for long.
• Ye Tian considered recruiting outstanding academy students into the Longevity Pavilion and discussed Bibi Dong’s instructions with Ling Yuan Douluo, who agreed to stay in his room.
• The auction drew a large crowd, and Tang Yuehua decided against attending because she was broke and already owed the Longevity Pavilion money and performances.
• Tang Yuehua recalled that Clear Sky Sect elders had urged her to seduce Ye Tian, and she feared the sect’s decline would eventually overwhelm her pride.
• Tang Yuehua saw Liu Erlong arrive at the Longevity Pavilion and wondered whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had also pressured her to pursue Ye Tian.

Liu Erlong arrived at the Longevity Pavilion to repay her debt and meet its Pavilion Master, but her encounter with Yu Luomian led her to suspect he wanted to offer her to the Pavilion Master. As the Pill Auction Conference began, Ye Tian saw the many Beast Ear Girls serving outside the private rooms and condemned the slave trade.

• Liu Erlong asked Ye Qinshui to let her meet the Pavilion Master after the Auction Assembly, then ran into her father, Yu Luomian, who urged her to marry a reliable man.
• Yu Luomian clashed verbally with Huyan Zhen and Xiong Kuohai until Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin stopped the confrontation under the city's no-trouble rule.
• Liu Erlong recalled Yu Luomian's earlier attempts to arrange her marriage and concluded that he was hinting at giving her to the Longevity Pavilion Master, leaving her disgusted and abandoning her plans to ask Yu Luomian for money and land.
• Dugu Xin opened the Pill Auction Conference while Liu Erlong sat troubled by Yu Luomian's intentions.
• Ye Tian arrived outside his private room with Ling Yuan Douluo, saw the Beast Ear Girls serving the guests, and condemned the slave trade taking place despite the empires' prohibition.

Ye Tian reunited with Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er at the auction, where they embraced and teased him before joining Ling Yuan Douluo to watch the bidding. Huyan Zhen won the Breaking Pill for fifteen million Gold Soul Coins, and Ye Tian concluded that he hoped the Elephant Armor Sect could join the Upper Three Sects through the Longevity Pavilion.

• Ye Tian showed his private-room plaque to the wary maid, then Jin Yue'er pulled him inside to meet Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er embraced Ye Tian, and he escaped their crushing hug with his wings before playfully spanking them.
• Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er discussed their closeness with Ye Tian, then invited Ling Yuan Douluo to join them for the auction.
• The auction sold Body Tempering Pills for over one million Gold Soul Coins apiece, while Foundation Saint Pills averaged around six hundred thousand.
• Huyan Zhen outbid the other bidders to win the Breaking Pill for fifteen million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Tian told Ling Yuan Douluo that Huyan Zhen wanted to use the Longevity Pavilion to help the Elephant Armor Sect enter the Upper Three Sects.

Ye Tian learned that Huyan Zhen wanted the Elephant Armor Sect to take the Clear Sky Sect’s vacant place among the Upper Three Sects, while his pills could help the sect pursue that ambition. Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er tried to persuade Ye Tian to stay in Heaven Dou City, and he agreed to remain four or five more days before leaving to meet Liu Erlong.

• Qian Renxue explained that Spirit Hall had created the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects distinction to divide the sects, and Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo concluded Huyan Zhen was targeting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s position.
• Ye Tian said the Elephant Armor Sect might expect to buy future Heaven Grade Pills from Longevity Pavilion, and Jin Yue'er praised Ye Tian and his pills.
• Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er pressed Ye Tian to stay longer, then wrestled and exposed their clothing until Ye Tian stopped them.
• Jin Yue'er threatened to take off her pants, prompting Ye Tian to promise he would stay four or five more days; Ling Yuan Douluo left with him, taunting Jin Yue'er and Qian Renxue.
• After Ye Tian left, Qian Renxue questioned Jin Yue'er about her scheme, and Jin Yue'er admitted she had controlled the pace of their attempt to tempt him.
• Ye Tian went with Ling Yuan Douluo to meet Liu Erlong and asked Ling Yuan Douluo to describe the incident more decently if she reported it to Bibi Dong.

Ye Tian arrived unmasked to meet Liu Erlong, while Dugu Yan described Longevity Pavilion’s prodigies and praised the Spirit Hall Saint Child. Liu Erlong saw Ye Tian’s true face and was struck by his otherworldly presence.

• Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo discussed his identity and approached the reception room where Liu Erlong was waiting.
• Dugu Yan told Liu Erlong that she had reached Level 22 with two Millennium Spirit Rings and that Longevity Pavilion had even more powerful young geniuses.
• Dugu Yan named the Spirit Hall Saint Child the world’s greatest genius, then said Longevity Pavilion’s Pavilion Master was evenly matched with him.
• Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo emerged from the mist into the reception room, and Liu Erlong saw Ye Tian’s unmasked face for the first time.
• Liu Erlong was awed by Ye Tian’s appearance and the pill fragrance and mist surrounding him.

Ye Tian met with Liu Erlong and asked for her views on the Longevity Pavilion’s pills and their effects on commoner Spirit Masters. After agreeing with her concerns about inequality, he asked for her help, leaving Liu Erlong astonished.

• Ye Tian brought Ling Yuan Douluo to meet Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong, while Dugu Yan eagerly stayed for their discussion.
• Ye Tian invited everyone to sit, and Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong only then noticed Ling Yuan Douluo and apologized for overlooking her.
• Liu Erlong repaid the ten thousand Gold Soul Coins she owed, but Ye Tian returned the Amethyst Card and called the money a gift for becoming friends.
• Ye Tian and Liu Erlong discussed rumors about their supposed relationship, and Ye Tian asked whether the Longevity Pavilion’s pills benefited the entire Soul Master World.
• Liu Erlong argued that the pills mainly benefited noble Spirit Masters and warned that commoners would have little chance to rise.
• Ye Tian agreed that the pills could worsen class divisions and asked Liu Erlong to help him.

Ye Tian asked Liu Erlong to lead Qingyun Advanced Soul Master Academy, which he planned to establish for commoner Spirit Masters. Liu Erlong left without accepting, but Ye Tian was certain she would agree.

• Ye Tian praised Liu Erlong for understanding the struggles of commoner Spirit Masters and asked her to help him.
• Ye Tian revealed he planned to establish Qingyun Advanced Soul Master Academy and wanted Liu Erlong to be its principal.
• Liu Erlong doubted she could shoulder the role and declined, so Ye Tian gave her time to consider it while planning to begin construction next month.
• Liu Erlong thanked Ye Tian, expressed her belief that commoner Spirit Masters would support him, and left with Dugu Yan.
• After Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong had gone, Ling Yuan Douluo asked whether Liu Erlong would agree, and Ye Tian said he was certain she would.

Ye Tian explained to Ling Yuan Douluo why Liu Erlong might pursue strength to help commoner Spirit Masters, then admitted that he had only offered Liu Erlong a modest hope rather than a grand plan. He turned to a more practical goal—training Alchemists—and invited Ling Yuan Douluo to become his disciple, leaving her eager but wary.

• Ye Tian asked Ling Yuan Douluo to consider whether becoming stronger was her only goal, and she reflected on her own ambitions as a Spirit Master.
• Ye Tian explained that Liu Erlong wanted strength to seek justice for her mother and support commoner Spirit Masters, whose paths to awakening, education, and Soul Rings were difficult.
• Ling Yuan Douluo understood the disadvantages commoner Spirit Masters faced, while Ye Tian clarified that he had only given Liu Erlong something to look forward to and did not intend to change the system himself.
• Watching Liu Erlong leave, Ye Tian said he wanted to take on disciples and asked Ling Yuan Douluo whether she wanted to learn Pill Refining.
• Ling Yuan Douluo agreed to become Ye Tian's disciple if he taught her, and insisted she be his eldest disciple; Ye Tian accepted as he considered how to train Alchemists.

Ye Tian explained his plans for a commoner Spirit Master academy and went to Moonlight Pavilion to approach Tang Yuehua. Liu Erlong decided to return to Longevity Pavilion and accept a subordinate role, while Ye Tian began his visit to Tang Yuehua.

• Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er teased Ye Tian about Liu Erlong, and Ye Tian told them he planned to support her in establishing Azure Cloud Academy for commoner Spirit Masters.
• Ye Tian told Qian Renxue he intended to use Tang Yuehua to help him deal with Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, then left with Ling Yuan Douluo for Moonlight Pavilion.
• Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er discussed whether to follow Ye Tian, and Qian Renxue warned Jin Yue'er not to disrupt her plans to cultivate with him.
• Liu Erlong reflected on Ye Tian's offer and decided to return to Longevity Pavilion as his subordinate, accepting the position of vice headmaster at Azure Cloud Academy.
• Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo entered Moonlight Pavilion, where Ye Tian asked a receptionist to tell Tang Yuehua that an old acquaintance from a year earlier had come to visit.

Tang Yuehua welcomed Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo to Moonlight Pavilion, where she and Ye Tian exchanged increasingly flirtatious remarks. Tang Yuehua admitted she had helped spread rumors about Ye Tian to raise his standing, while her feelings and the Clear Sky Sect’s pressure left her conflicted.

• Tang Yuehua hurried downstairs to greet Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo, then led them to her private hall on Moonlight Pavilion’s top floor.
• Tang Yuehua served tea and discussed visiting Ye Tian’s Longevity Heaven, while Ye Tian praised her appearance and she blushed.
• Ye Tian joked that Tang Yuehua could secure generous credit by playing music for him, and Ling Yuan Douluo reacted uneasily to his suggestive remarks.
• Tang Yuehua asked whether Ye Tian found women like her irresistible, and he admitted that he did while claiming he had not pursued her.
• Tang Yuehua denied being virtuous and talented, then revealed she had considered helping spread rumors about Ye Tian because his status was at its zenith.

Ye Tian listened as Tang Yuehua revealed that she was the Clear Sky Sect Master's younger sister and explained the sect's financial troubles. As Tang Yuehua played the harp, she considered teaching Ye Tian to play it as a way to grow closer to him, while Ye Tian resolved that she should remain useful within the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ye Tian asked Tang Yuehua to play the flute, and he heard helplessness in her music.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Moonlight Pavilion lacked the funds to participate in Longevity Pavilion's Pill Auction Conference.
• Tang Yuehua revealed that she was the younger sister of the Clear Sky Sect Master and wanted to auction pills for the sect.
• Ye Tian expressed understanding but did not offer to help, while Tang Yuehua considered drawing closer to him.
• Tang Yuehua played the harp and thought that teaching Ye Tian to play might help her get closer to him.
• Ye Tian wondered whether the Clear Sky Sect elders planned to trade Tang Yuehua for pills and decided she should remain in the sect.

Tang Yuehua played for Ye Tian and then offered to teach him the Flowing Cloud Zither, drawing close to him during the lesson. Ye Tian remained focused on learning, while Ling Yuan Douluo worried about how the scene would look when they returned to Spirit City.

• Tang Yuehua finished her zither performance, and Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo applauded.
• Tang Yuehua invited Ye Tian to learn the Flowing Cloud Zither, and he eagerly accepted.
• Tang Yuehua guided Ye Tian’s fingers and sat close beside him as Ling Yuan Douluo watched with growing concern.
• Ye Tian kept practicing and asked Tang Yuehua for feedback, while she struggled to stay focused.
• After a quarter of an hour, Ye Tian played the notes in tune, and Ling Yuan Douluo clutched her head as she listened.

Ye Tian told Tang Yuehua he might not return to Heaven Dou City for five years, intensifying her fears that the Clear Sky Sect would fall behind and prompting her to seek his favor for the sect’s sake. She arranged to guide him through harp practice while sitting on his lap, and the lesson began with a cracked note.

• Ye Tian said he would likely be away from Heaven Dou City for five years, and Tang Yuehua worried that the Clear Sky Sect could not afford to wait that long for help.
• Tang Yuehua decided to use her closeness with Ye Tian to secure benefits for the Clear Sky Sect and told him she felt troubled at the thought of not seeing him.
• Tang Yuehua suggested a more efficient way to teach him and asked Ye Tian to make room between his legs.
• Ye Tian followed Tang Yuehua’s instructions, and she sat on his lap to guide his hands on the harp.
• Tang Yuehua covered Ye Tian’s hands with hers and began the lesson, but the first note came out cracked as Ling Yuan Douluo watched in exasperation.

Ye Tian ended Tang Yuehua’s intimate harp lesson, gave her a Pill that could help her break through her bottleneck, and offered to exchange letters with her. After he left Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Yuehua resolved to use their connection to obtain more Pills for the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Yuehua finished teaching Ye Tian a piece on the zither, but Ye Tian declined to ask her to sing and dance, saying her remaining performances could count as payment for the lesson.
• Ye Tian dissolved a Pill in Tang Yuehua’s tea and told her to continue teaching him when he next visited Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Yuehua eagerly accepted the Pill after Ye Tian said it might help her become a true Spirit Master, then felt humiliated when he joked that she could repay him by giving herself to him.
• Ye Tian invited Tang Yuehua to write to him through Vice Pavilion Master Dugu and urged her to cultivate after drinking the tea, then left with Ling Yuan Douluo.
• Tang Yuehua collapsed onto the zither stool, drank the tea, and decided to use her correspondence with Ye Tian to obtain more Pills for the Clear Sky Sect, even if she had to give him everything.

Tang Yuehua took Ye Tian’s Obstacle Breaking Pill and began cultivating, while Ye Tian returned to Longevity Pavilion and secured Liu Erlong’s agreement to run Azure Cloud Academy. Liu Erlong accepted a Foundation Saint Pill as payment and promised to manage the academy while Ye Tian was away for five years.

• Tang Yuehua drank the tea containing Ye Tian’s Obstacle Breaking Pill and began cultivating again as the pill’s effects filled her body.
• Ye Tian and Ling Yuan Douluo left Moonlight Pavilion, teased each other about Tang Yuehua, and discussed what Ling Yuan Douluo would report to the Pope.
• Ye Tian returned to Longevity Pavilion and found Liu Erlong waiting; she agreed to serve as Azure Cloud Academy’s vice principal and let Ye Tian take the principal’s title.
• Ye Tian persuaded Liu Erlong to accept the principal’s position, explaining that the academy would promote Longevity Pavilion and that he would be a hands-off manager.
• Ye Tian gave Liu Erlong a high-quality Foundation Saint Pill as her wages, telling her he might be away from Heaven Dou City for five years, and she promised to manage Azure Cloud Academy properly.

Ye Tian secured Liu Erlong’s loyalty and arranged for Ling Yuan Douluo to check whether Tang Yuehua had reached level 10. Tang Yuehua broke through after taking the Obstacle Breaking Pill, while Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er confronted Ye Tian about his lingering scent and suspected his encounter with her.

• Ye Tian urged Liu Erlong to balance running Azure Cloud Academy with her cultivation, and she knelt to pledge herself to him and asked him to use her freely.
• Liu Erlong left the Longevity Pavilion after Ye Tian offered to help with academy matters, and Ye Tian told Ling Yuan Douluo to check Tang Yuehua’s breakthrough and give her an Earth Grade Body Tempering Pill if she had reached level 10.
• Tang Yuehua absorbed the Obstacle Breaking Pill, broke through her level 9 cultivation to level 10, and resolved to master the Thirty-Six Arts of Courtesans to gain access to the Longevity Pavilion’s resources.
• Tang Yuehua saw Liu Erlong leave the Longevity Pavilion looking pleased and wondered whether she had also received a benefit from Ye Tian.
• Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er confronted Ye Tian when he returned, and Jin Yue'er guessed that Tang Yuehua had sat on his lap after smelling her fragrance on his pants.

Ye Tian admitted that Tang Yuehua had taught him the harp while sitting in his lap, angering Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er. Qian Renxue decided to teach him the harp herself that night, while Jin Yue'er claimed the next night for flute lessons, leaving Ye Tian worried about his cultivation plans.

• Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er confronted Ye Tian about Tang Yuehua, and he initially insisted that she had only taught him music.
• Ye Tian admitted that Tang Yuehua had sat in his lap and guided his hands while teaching him the harp, prompting Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er to scold him.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had already learned the harp at Moonlight Pavilion, while Jin Yue'er had learned flute playing there.
• Qian Renxue claimed Ye Tian for harp lessons that night, and Jin Yue'er arranged to teach him flute the following night.
• Ye Tian protested that he needed to cultivate, but Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er promised to join him afterward, leaving Ling Yuan Douluo wondering how she could keep watch.

Ye Tian arranged for Ling Yuan Douluo to remain nearby while Qian Renxue planned to teach him the harp, using the guard’s presence to keep the evening from getting out of hand. While Ling Yuan Douluo delivered a valuable pill to Tang Yuehua, Qian Renxue began kissing Ye Tian before their harp lesson could start.

• Ye Tian persuaded Qian Renxue and Jin Yue'er to let Ling Yuan Douluo supervise their evening harp lesson, citing Bibi Dong’s instructions.
• Ling Yuan Douluo visited Tang Yuehua and gave her an Earth Grade Body Tempering Pill from the Longevity Pavilion Master.
• Tang Yuehua decided to keep the pill for herself and considered how continued favor from the Longevity Pavilion Master could bring her more pills.
• After Ling Yuan Douluo left, Qian Renxue sat in Ye Tian’s lap and kissed him before tuning the harp.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Tian that she needed to find the right feeling through him before she could play the piece well.

Ye Tian and Qian Renxue tried to combine their Martial Souls during cultivation, while Jin Yue'er struggled to learn the xiao and advanced to Level 40. Spirit City repeatedly urged Ye Tian to return, as rumors spread that Tang Yuehua had become a Spirit Master through an affair with him.

• Ling Yuan Douluo returned and watched as Qian Renxue finished a disordered harp lesson with Ye Tian, then left to clean up before resuming their cultivation.
• Ye Tian and Qian Renxue summoned their Martial Souls and found no rejection between the Six-Winged Angel and the Flawless Embryonic Pill, though Ye Tian decided a true Innate Body might make fusion safer.
• Ye Tian took Qian Renxue, Jin Yue'er, and the others around Heaven Dou City during the day, then watched Jin Yue'er break several bamboo xiaos while trying to play at night.
• Ye Tian fed Jin Yue'er Pills for three nights, helping her cultivation rise from Level 39 to Level 40, but left Heaven Dou City before she could absorb her desired Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Rumors spread that Tang Yuehua had become a Spirit Master, prompting people to speculate that she had an affair with Ye Tian as Spirit City continued urging him to return.