Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and his companions entered Black Emperor City for the auction, where he explained the value of the Bodhi Body Saliva and prepared to bid for it. The auction began as powerful figures gathered, including Xiao Yan and several Dou Zong experts, and the stage’s protective barrier was raised.

• The Black Emperor Sect’s gatekeeper gave Xiao Ling a token for the Black Emperor Pavilion and sent a subordinate to report the arrival of another Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa went to the Black Emperor Pavilion while Xiao Yi Xian took Zi Yan around the city; Xiao Ling explained the Bodhi Heart’s powers and its connection to the Bodhi Body Saliva.
• The next morning, Xiao Ling and his companions entered the auction in a VIP box and recognized several Black Corner Region experts, including Fang Yan, Elder Huo, and Xiao Yan.
• Mo Tianxing and several other Dou Zong experts arrived as the auction hall filled with thousands of spectators.
• A bell announced the auction’s start, the Black Emperor Sect raised a protective barrier around the stage, and the floor opened to reveal stairs leading underground.

Mo Tianxing opened the Black Emperor Sect auction, where Xiao Yan won the Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler after fierce bidding. As the auction reached its latter half, a Sky Demon Phoenix corpse was unveiled, and Zi Yan reacted with hostility to its scent.

• Mo Tianxing welcomed the bidders and warned them against causing trouble before Zhang Feng began the auction.
• Xiao Ling and his companions watched the early lots, while Elder Huo and Xiao Yan bought medicinal ingredients and Zi Yan purchased gemstones and ornaments.
• Xiao Yan outbid Fang Yan, Green Barbarian, and other competitors to secure the Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler for five million one hundred thousand Gold Coins.
• The auction sold an Earth Tier Intermediate Cultivation Method called Shadow Skill for more than nine million Gold Coins.
• The auctioneers revealed a gigantic Sky Demon Phoenix corpse, and Zi Yan complained about its scent and said she wanted to tear it apart.

Xiao Ling bid three Imperial Pills for a dried Sky Demon Phoenix corpse at the Black Emperor Auction, hoping to obtain its wings for a Flying Fighting Skill. Mo Tianxing accepted the offer rather than risk provoking Xiao Ling, and the auction prepared to move on to the final item, the Bodhi Body Saliva.

• Xiao Ling and Yao Chen recognized the corpse as a Sky Demon Phoenix, and Yao Chen urged Xiao Ling to win it despite Xiao Yi Xian's concerns about the clan's retaliation.
• The Black Emperor Sect's elder presented the corpse as a potentially near-Eighth-Rank Magical Beast and announced that bids had to be made with treasures rather than Gold Coins.
• Yuan Yi offered two Imperial Pills, and the elder rejected a competing offer of an Earth Grade Low-Level Fighting Skill scroll.
• Xiao Ling bid three Imperial Pills, and Fang Yan decided not to raise the price because he did not want to provoke an unknown Dou Zong expert.
• Mo Tianxing accepted Xiao Ling's bid after Mo Ya suggested driving up the price, then prepared to present the Bodhi Body Saliva as the final auction item.

Xiao Ling completed his purchase of the Magical Beast mummy, and Mo Tianxing unveiled the Bodhi Body Saliva as the Black Emperor Sect auction’s grand finale. After changing the bidding to private offers made onstage, Mo Tianxing watched the first buyer enter the concealing light, while Xiao Ling recognized him as an unfamiliar peak Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Ling paid Mo Tianxing three Imperial Pills for the Magical Beast mummy, inspected it, and stored it in his Ring.
• Mo Tianxing took over the auction and revealed the Bodhi Body Saliva, protected by five Dou Emperor elders and the Black Emperor Sect’s guards.
• Xiao Ling probed the treasure’s crystal box with Soul Power, while Xiao Yi Xian watched the Bodhi Body Saliva that could free her from the Calamity Poison Body.
• Mo Tianxing began the auction, then invited interested buyers to make private offers onstage rather than bid openly from their seats.
• An unfamiliar middle-aged man entered the pillar of light first, and Xiao Ling used Soul Power to identify him as a peak Dou Emperor.

Xiao Ling offered Mo Tianxing two high-grade Sixth-grade pills in exchange for the Bodhi Body Saliva, and the Black Emperor Sect chose his offer after weighing it against the other bids. Mo Tianxing announced Tang San as the winner, drawing greedy attention from powerful figures in the auction hall.

• Xiao Ling warned his companions to prepare for a possible battle, then entered the exchange pillar to bid for the Bodhi Body Saliva.
• Xiao Ling offered Mo Tianxing a Sect Breaking Pill and a Spirit Breath Preservation Pill, and Qi Shan verified their quality.
• Mo Tianxing and Qi Shan compared Xiao Ling's offer with the Life-returning Pill from Eagle Mountain Old Man and Magic Flame Valley's bid before choosing Xiao Ling's pills.
• Xiao Ling returned to his private room and assured Xiao Yi Xian that the Bodhi Body Saliva would soon be theirs.
• Mo Tianxing announced that Tang San had won the exchange, and several bidders fixed greedy gazes on Xiao Ling's private room.

After winning the Bodhi Body Saliva at the Black Emperor Sect auction, Xiao Ling completed the exchange and left the city with his companions, knowing they would be ambushed. On a nearby peak, Fang Yan, Eagle Mountain Old Man, and other experts surrounded them, and Xiao Ling charged into battle.

• Mo Tianxing warned the auction guests against causing trouble in Black Emperor City, while Xiao Ling welcomed the hostile attention surrounding him.
• Elder Huo advised Xiao Yan to settle the auction matters and watch from outside the city rather than join Xiao Ling immediately.
• Xiao Ling exchanged a Sect Breaking Pill and a Spirit Breath Preservation Pill with Mo Tianxing for the Bodhi Body Saliva, then left with his companions.
• Mo Tianxing ordered Mo Ya to gather the Black Emperor Sect’s Dou Wang-level and stronger members and prepare to follow the conflict outside the city.
• Xiao Ling and his companions arrived at a peak near Black Emperor City, where Fang Yan, Eagle Mountain Old Man, several Dou Zong experts, and more than twenty other experts surrounded them.
• After Fang Yan’s attack failed and the opponents blocked their way, Xiao Ling charged toward the two Dou Zong experts on the left.

Xiao Ling and his companions fought the treasure seekers, overwhelming several powerful opponents while Mo Tianxing initially claimed neutrality. The chapter left Mo Tianxing, Fang Yan, and Eagle Mountain Old Man fleeing as Old Ghost Di Mo approached, while Xiao Ling suspected they were using a Five-star Dou Ancestor as a sacrifice to escape.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Zi Yan, and Xiao Zi engaged their opponents, revealing that Xiao Ling's group had four Dou Zong-level fighters.
• Xiao Ling crushed two Dou Zong powerhouses, killed them, collected their Soul Bodies and possessions, and assessed the other battles.
• Zi Yan grievously wounded Gold Horn, while Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian held their opponents at bay and Xiao Zi pressured Fang Yan and the Magic Flame Valley elders.
• Fang Yan urged Mo Tianxing to join the fight, but Mo Tianxing refused and claimed he had no intention of contesting the Bodhi Body Saliva.
• Xiao Ling sensed Old Ghost Di Mo approaching as Mo Tianxing struck Xiao Zi and Medusa, then fled with the Black Emperor Sect forces.
• Fang Yan and Eagle Mountain Old Man retreated after abandoning their Life Transformation Flame, and Xiao Ling suspected they meant to sacrifice the Five-star Dou Ancestor to escape.

Xiao Ling defeated a Five-star Dou Ancestor and prevented Mo Tianxing’s group from escaping, but Old Ghost Di Mo arrived with Magic Flame Valley’s forces and demanded the Life Transformation Flame and Bodhi Body Saliva. Xiao Ling refused, then revealed a golden Sky Demon Puppet that stunned Old Ghost Di Mo as it blocked his attack.

• Xiao Ling killed the Five-star Dou Ancestor while Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Zi Yan intercepted Mo Tianxing’s group.
• Old Ghost Di Mo arrived with Magic Flame Valley’s elites, and Mo Tianxing’s group joined him as the fighting paused.
• Elder Huo warned Xiao Ling that Old Ghost Di Mo was a powerful Seven-star Dou Ancestor, while Xiao Ling said he had already prepared a strategy.
• Old Ghost Di Mo demanded that Xiao Ling return the Life Transformation Flame and hand over the Bodhi Body Saliva, but Xiao Ling refused and stored the flame in the System Space.
• Old Ghost Di Mo attacked Xiao Ling with streams of icy Dou Qi, but a golden figure appeared and shattered them.
• Xiao Ling revealed that the golden figure was a high-grade Sky Demon Puppet, leaving Old Ghost Di Mo astonished.

Xiao Ling used the Heaven Grade Sky Demon Puppet to defeat Old Ghost Di Mo and kill Eagle Mountain Old Man, Mo Tianxing, and Fang Yan. Old Ghost Di Mo’s final attack failed, and Xiao Ling’s companions discovered he was still alive inside a spatial rift.

• Old Ghost Di Mo recognized the golden puppet’s Dou Venerate-level strength and begged Xiao Ling for mercy, but Xiao Ling ordered the puppet to kill him and the others.
• The puppet killed Eagle Mountain Old Man with one punch, while Old Ghost Di Mo fled and an ice barrier trapped Mo Tianxing, Fang Yan, and the others.
• The puppet killed Mo Tianxing and Fang Yan, shattered the barrier, and chased down Old Ghost Di Mo.
• The puppet struck Old Ghost Di Mo through several mountains, and he unleashed Blood Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven in a desperate final attack.
• The puppet’s punch dispersed Old Ghost Di Mo’s frigid cloud, and Xiao Ling found no trace of his aura in the wreckage.
• Zi Yan tore open a spatial rift at Xiao Ling’s direction and pulled out the badly wounded Old Ghost Di Mo.

Xiao Ling killed Old Ghost Di Mo, collected his body and possessions, and learned that the improved Flame Controlling Art was likely stored in Magic Flame Valley. After sending his companions back to Jia Nan Academy, he harvested the battlefield’s Soul Bodies and headed to Black Emperor City to loot the Black Emperor Sect Auction House before chaos broke out.

• Xiao Ling killed Old Ghost Di Mo, extracted his Soul Body, and took his Ring and corpse for later use.
• Xiao Ling told Elder Huo he could provide a flame comparable to a Heavenly Flame and planned to obtain Old Ghost Di Mo’s improved Flame Controlling Art from Magic Flame Valley.
• Xiao Ling sent Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Elder Huo back to Jia Nan Academy, declining Elder Huo’s suggestion that he establish a force in the Black Corner Region.
• After his companions left, Xiao Ling used the Myriad Soul Banner to absorb the battlefield’s Soul Bodies, including those of Mo Tianxing and Eagle Mountain Old Man.
• Xiao Ling collected the Dou Zong corpses and flew to Black Emperor City, where he found the Black Emperor Sect Auction House’s treasures had not yet been moved.

Xiao Ling plundered the Black Corner Region’s treasuries and destroyed Magic Flame Valley in retaliation for its attacks on Jia Nan Academy students. He entered Magic Flame Valley’s hidden treasure vault, where he found a Dou Wang snake-type Magical Beast and considered it a gift for Qing Lin.

• Xiao Ling looted the Auction House and Black Emperor Sect, then raided other factions’ treasuries while leaving Thousand Medicine Workshop alone.
• Xiao Ling arrived at Magic Flame Valley and ordered the Sky Demon Puppet to kill everyone there.
• Xiao Ling defeated the valley’s elders with Heavenly Fire Meteor as the Sky Demon Puppet massacred Magic Flame Valley’s members.
• Xiao Ling uncovered the hidden passage and sent Old Ghost Di Mo’s Soul Body to gather the fallen members’ souls with the Myriad Soul Banner.
• Xiao Ling broke into the treasure vault, repelled a snake-type Dou Wang Magical Beast’s ambush, and prepared to subdue it as a surprise for Qing Lin.

Xiao Ling plundered Old Ghost Di Mo’s treasure vault, took its rare techniques and treasures, and returned to Jia Nan Academy with the True Flame Controlling Art. After giving the art to Elder Huo and Xiao Yan, he returned to his quiet courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were away cultivating.

• Xiao Ling emptied Old Ghost Di Mo’s storeroom, breaking its spatial barrier and taking the Thunderclap Mirror, Startled Thunder Method, True Flame Controlling Art, a seventh-rank Fire Attribute Monster Core, and a Sky Demon Puppet refinement method.
• Xiao Ling collected the Myriad Soul Banner, whose capacity had grown to four hundred souls, and headed back to Jia Nan Academy while planning to refine the Life Transformation Flame and advance his cultivation.
• Xiao Ling arrived at Peace Town and visited Elder Huo and Xiao Yan at Elder Huo’s courtyard.
• Xiao Ling gave Elder Huo the True Flame Controlling Art and encouraged Xiao Yan to study it; Elder Huo praised its potential to create a powerful artificial Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ling returned to his own courtyard and found it empty while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin focused on cultivation.

Xiao Ling returned home, discovered Zi Yan was about to break through to Dou Zong, and arranged a protected room for her advancement. He also obtained Xiao Zi’s Beast Fire for his planned cultivation and instructed Xiao Yi Xian to give Heavenly Fire Venerate a cultivation technique; the chapter ended with Zi Yan sealed inside a purple cocoon as her breakthrough began.

• Xiao Ling returned to the courtyard, fed Little Sky Swallowing Python pills, and found Zi Yan on the verge of a breakthrough.
• Xiao Ling carried Zi Yan to a protected Cultivation Room while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin learned she was preparing to advance to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ling asked Qing Lin to have Xiao Zi provide Beast Fire, and Xiao Zi extracted a fire seed before receiving restorative pills from Xiao Ling and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian a scroll of the True Flame Controlling Art to pass to Heavenly Fire Venerate.
• Xiao Ling activated the Cultivation Room’s formation, and Zi Yan began her breakthrough inside a massive Purple Light Cocoon.

Xiao Ling visited the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, where he saw the growing Fallen Heart Flame, then descended into the Underground Magma World to cultivate and hunt Flame Lizardmen for their Fire Pearls. He slaughtered a group led by a seven-star Dou Zong and collected hundreds of Fire Pearls as the surviving Lizardmen fled.

• Xiao Ling saw that Zi Yan had begun her breakthrough and expected her to become a Dou Zong by their next meeting.
• Xiao Ling visited the Fallen Heart Flame, fed it Dou Qi, and told Elder Liu he planned to enter seclusion in the Underground Magma World.
• Xiao Ling descended into the magma, sensed the Flame Lizardmen, and attacked them with his Meteor God Weapon.
• Xiao Ling killed the seven-star Dou Zong leader and many other Flame Lizardmen with his flaming spear attacks.
• Xiao Ling gathered hundreds of Fire Pearls, including five from Dou Zong-level Lizardmen, and watched the survivors flee.

Xiao Ling escaped the Flame Lizardmen’s territory with their Fire Pearls and entered secluded cultivation, refining the Life Transformation Flame. Six months later, Zi Yan broke through to the Dou Zong Realm and emerged from her cocoon, eager to show Xiao Ling her transformed appearance.

• Xiao Ling fled the Flame Lizardmen, while three Dou Venerate-level Flame Lizardmen arrived and ordered the survivors to double their patrol range.
• Xiao Ling reached the surface, found a hidden mountain wall, and made a cultivation cave guarded by the Sky Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Ling sat on the Green Lotus Throne and devoured the Life Transformation Flame, refining its power with Fen Jue to strengthen his Dou Qi, Heavenly Flames, body, and Soul Power.
• After half a year, Zi Yan’s Purple Light Cocoon gathered energy, and Yao Chen, Yao Tianhuo, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin sensed her breakthrough.
• Zi Yan emerged from the shattered cocoon after reaching the Dou Zong Realm, formed a purple Dou Qi Gauze to cover herself, and headed out, hoping Xiao Ling would be captivated by her appearance.

Zi Yan emerged from seclusion, revealed her Ancient Void Dragon form, and learned that her race might live in the Central Plains; she then changed back into her child form and lamented losing her mature appearance. Meanwhile, Xiao Ling completed his cultivation in the lava world and emerged with his power greatly strengthened.

• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion in a mature human form and announced that she had broken through to the Dou Ancestor Realm.
• Zi Yan transformed into her dragon-type Magical Beast form, and Yao Chen identified her as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan wondered why her clan had left her behind, and Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Chen comforted her and promised to help her search the Central Plains.
• Zi Yan changed back into her child form and complained that she could no longer use her mature appearance to charm Xiao Ling.
• After eight days of cultivation, Xiao Ling opened his eyes, released a powerful aura that shattered part of the cliff, and rose from his Green Lotus Throne.

After reaching the Nine Star Dou Ancestor Realm, Xiao Ling used his remaining extraction chances and obtained a map to the Nether Poison Flame, which he hoped to secure for Xiao Yi Xian. He traveled through a Space Passage back to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Zi Yan, who had also broken through to the Dou Ancestor Realm.

• Xiao Ling completed his cultivation, checked his System Panel, and extracted twenty million gold coins and the Nether Poison Flame Map.
• Xiao Ling studied Mo Yun's map and learned that the flame lay in Poison Mist Valley, guarded by a seventh-tier Nether Poison Dragon Scorpion; he planned to seek its Monster Core for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ling opened a Space Passage to Jia Nan Academy, sensed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin cultivating, and discovered that Zi Yan was at the Supreme Freedom Gate headquarters.
• Xiao Ling found Zi Yan at Tai Xu Square and caught her as she leaped toward him, congratulating her on reaching the Dou Ancestor Realm.
• Zi Yan proudly claimed that Xiao Ling should work harder, and Xiao Ling asked whether she could now switch freely between her Magical Beast and human forms.

Xiao Ling and Zi Yan met Xin Lan after she finished refining a Third-grade Spirit Rest Pill, and Xin Lan asked Xiao Ling to help the declining Ye Family with Danta's assessment of the Five Great Families. She offered the Ye Family's Earth Tier Intermediate Spirit Flame Cauldron Art, leaving Xiao Ling to decide whether to accept her request.

• Zi Yan told Xiao Ling that she could change between human and Magical Beast forms after reaching the Dou Zong Realm and that she belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan; Xiao Ling promised to help her find her family.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan watched Xin Lan refine a Spirit Rest Pill, and Zi Yan revealed that Xin Lan had been asking around for Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling appeared on the platform, praised Xin Lan's alchemy, and agreed to speak with her privately after she introduced herself.
• Xin Lan explained that the Ye Family needed help with the next assessment of Danta's Five Great Families and offered Xiao Ling a family technique as compensation.
• Xin Lan described the Spirit Flame Cauldron Art and presented its scroll to Xiao Ling as a gift, whether or not he agreed to help.

Xiao Ling declined to commit to helping the Ye Family until they could discuss cooperation in the future, but he gave Ye Xin Lan his Alchemist’s Notes and personally taught her alchemy. As he prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ling also said farewell to Xiao Yan, who chose to make his own way to the Central Plains; the chapter ended with Xiao Ling refining a treat for the Little Sky Swallowing Python.

• Xiao Ling told Ye Xin Lan he would visit the Ye Family if he passed through the Pill Region and discuss helping with their assessment then, while accepting the Spirit Flame Cauldron Art.
• Xiao Ling gave Ye Xin Lan his Alchemist’s Notes and offered to teach her alchemy before leaving for Tianya City.
• Xiao Ling greeted visiting elders, gave Xiao Yu resources for the Xiao Family members, and invited Xiao Yan to travel with him to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan declined Xiao Ling’s offer and said he would travel to the Central Plains independently once he was stronger.
• Xiao Ling used the Spirit Flame Cauldron Art and guided Ye Xin Lan as she refined pills, correcting her techniques.
• The Little Sky Swallowing Python sought Xiao Ling’s affection, and he began refining its bitten Eighth Rank Dream Immortal Fruit into a treat.

Xiao Ling and his companions left the Inner Academy for the Central Plains, bound for Tianya City and its Space Wormhole. After two days of travel, they spotted the city’s mountain range on the horizon.

• Xiao Ling refined pills and fed two to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, which transformed into Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Ling told Medusa that Yao Chen had given him the Spirit Fusion Pill recipe and promised to refine it after they reached the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian shared an intimate farewell night while Medusa, in snake form, watched.
• Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin departed the Inner Academy on Xiao Zi after saying goodbye to Su Qian and the Elders.
• Xiao Ling told his companions they were heading to Tianya City to use its Space Wormhole to reach the Central Plains.
• After a day and two nights of flight, Zi Yan spotted the mountain range marking their approach to Tianya City.