Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian watched the Black Seal City Auction, bought a young girl being sold onstage, and bid on an ancient Bronze Mask rumored to open a ruin. The auctioneer celebrated her bid while the people around her regarded it as foolish.

• The white-haired auctioneer opened the Eight Fan Sect’s auction and sold the Cold Edge sword for one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.
• The auction featured armor, combat skills, Cultivation Methods, and other treasures, while Xiao Yi Xian waited for an item that interested her.
• A young girl was sold for nearly one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins, and Xiao Yi Xian bought her so she could set her free.
• The auctioneer offered a battered Bronze Mask rumored to be a key to a ruin, and Xiao Yi Xian bid thirty thousand and one gold coin.
• The auctioneer reacted with delight to Xiao Yi Xian’s bid, while the nearby guests looked at her as though she were an idiot.

Xiao Yi Xian watched the Black Seal City auction while Xiao Yan wondered whether the masked figure was someone he knew. The auction sold the Thunder Bat Sky Wings to Fan Ling, then brought out a mysterious scrap that might be a treasure map.

• Xiao Yan asked Medicine Elder whether the black-robed figure could be Xiao Yi Xian, but Medicine Elder could not confirm her identity.
• Xiao Yi Xian missed the bidding on the Azure Spirit Pills, which Fan Ling bought for six hundred thousand gold coins each.
• The auctioneer presented the Thunder Bat Sky Wings, and Fan Ling won the Flight Fighting Skill for three million gold coins.
• Xiao Yi Xian held a little beauty in her arms and considered robbing the wealthy factions after the auction.
• The auctioneer unveiled a tattered scrap of cloth that the auction house suspected was an unknown treasure map, prompting jeers from the crowd.

At the auction, Xiao Yan and Fan Ling bid on an ancient map fragment tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian watched and planned how to exploit the coming conflict. Xiao Yan later sold a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill for a high price, and Xiao Yi Xian ended the chapter enjoying melon and medicinal wine beneath her robe.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized the auctioned cloth as one of the fragments of a map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and realized Xiao Yan already had another copy.
• Xiao Yan bid 110,000 gold coins for the fragment, then Fan Ling raised the bid to 200,000 and won it.
• Xiao Yan watched Fan Ling with a sinister grin, while Xiao Yi Xian anticipated a battle and considered using her own map fragment to escape with the little beauty.
• Xiao Yan's Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill drew attention from powerful factions, and Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion bought it for one and a half million gold coins after outbidding Fan Ling.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked the little beauty to feed her melon, then produced a fruit platter and Heavenly Silkworm Medicinal Wine, drawing the auction hall's attention.

Xiao Yi Xian watched the auction’s major factions compete fiercely for the Earth-tier Low-level Three Thousand Lightning Movement, which the Black Skull Tomb won for 10.2 million. As the auctioneer sealed off the crystal platform, the factions prepared for the auction’s long-awaited finale.

• An armed dispute in the auction hall ended when a black arrow fired from the second floor forced the factions to return to their seats.
• The auctioneer presented the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and Xiao Yi Xian decided she wanted to obtain it despite already possessing the Void Step.
• After a fierce bidding war, the Black Skull Tomb outbid its rivals with 10.2 million, securing the movement Fight Skill.
• Fan Ling and the representatives of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Black Skull Tomb turned their attention to the coming finale.
• The auctioneer clapped, and black metal bars rose around the crystal platform, sealing it off.

At the Eight Fan Sect auction, the final item was revealed as a Seventh-grade Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, whose power could transform someone after a near-fatal injury. The auctioneer explained that Gu Ling had used one to rise from Dou Zong to Dou Venerate, leaving the assembled factions stunned and eager for the pill.

• The auctioneer said the Eight Fan Sect had enclosed the auction item in a Cold Iron cage to prevent anyone from taking it by force.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed Dou Emperor auras and recognized that the special item about to appear was the auction’s grand finale.
• The auctioneer opened a Cold Jade box, revealing a golden pill whose pill qi formed two tiny dragons and produced Dragon Might.
• The auctioneer identified the pill as the Seventh-grade Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and described its Rebirth After Destruction effect.
• The auctioneer said Gu Ling had consumed a Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and later rose from Dou Zong to Dou Venerate in seven years.

Xiao Yi Xian considered the risks of the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, then left the auction and dealt with pursuers before parting from the little beauty. After the girl was collected by a hidden guard, Xiao Yi Xian prepared to begin hunting.

• The auctioneer announced that the seller of the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill required its buyer to perform two tasks, and the bidding began without a reserve price.
• Xiao Yi Xian left the auction with the little beauty and noticed followers trailing them.
• Xiao Yi Xian lured two Da Dou Shi into an alley and killed them effortlessly.
• Xiao Yi Xian told the little beauty her name was Lin Dong, then let a hidden guard take the girl away.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched the crowd disperse from a rooftop and declared that hunting time had begun.

Xiao Yi Xian saved Elder Qing from Blood Poison and learned that Fan Ling had taken the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill. She then reached the battlefield and watched Fan Ling kill the last surviving fighters from the Black Skull Tomb.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed the Blood Sect man who was about to murder Elder Qing.
• Xiao Yi Xian drew the Blood Poison from Elder Qing and told her to return to the Heavenly Snake Mansion with greetings for Qing Lin.
• Elder Qing told Xiao Yi Xian that Fan Ling had taken the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, then flew back to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the battlefield and saw the Blood Guards overwhelm the Black Skull Tomb fighters.
• Fan Ling killed one Da Dou Shi with a Blood-Eroding Arrow and then shot the other through his Fighting Armor.

Fan Ling killed Mo Erhan and found the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll, but Xiao Yi Xian intercepted it and revealed herself to Xiao Yan and the Blood Sect. When Fan Ling ordered his guards to attack, Xiao Yi Xian swiftly incapacitated them with her Calamity Poison Body.

• Elder Fu Luo defeated Mo Erhan after a fierce battle, and Fan Ling killed the unconscious leader of Black Skull Tomb.
• Fan Ling found the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll in Mo Erhan's Storage Ring, but Xiao Yi Xian seized it after it passed through Xiao Yan's hands.
• Fan Ling recognized the black-robed intruders and ordered his Blood Guards to surround and kill them.
• Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder recognized Xiao Yi Xian, while she refused to return the scroll and stored it away.
• Xiao Yi Xian used Spirit Control and Void Step to bring down the attacking Blood Guards, leaving them withered and drained of Dou Qi.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated Fan Ling and the Blood Sect fighters, using a Heavenly Flame to kill Elder Luo and ending the encounter. She handed the fragmentary map to Medicine Elder before the story moved on.

• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Poison Dou Qi of the fallen Blood Guards as Fan Ling refused to believe she was truly powerful.
• Fan Ling attacked Xiao Yi Xian with his sword, but she stopped the strike with her bare palm and sent him flying.
• Xiao Yi Xian burned Elder Luo alive with a Heavenly Flame, while Fan Ling realized the Blood Sect was helpless against such flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed Fan Ling with a cut to his neck.
• Medicine Elder asked for the fragmentary map, and Xiao Yi Xian tossed it to him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian escaped Fan Lao by fleeing far from Black Seal City, then reunited with Medicine Elder on a cliff. Xiao Yan traded his pride for a chance to study Xiao Yi Xian's Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll, while she secretly recorded his humiliation.

• Medicine Elder sensed the Blood Sect's sect master approaching and warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to leave.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian escaped through the forest without being detected and traveled hundreds of miles from Black Seal City.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Medicine Elder on a cliff after fleeing for a day.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to lend Xiao Yan the Three Thousand Lightning Movement if he shouted that he was a pig three times.
• Xiao Yan shouted, "I'm a pig!" three times, grabbed the scroll, and ran off to study it.
• Xiao Yi Xian secretly recorded Xiao Yan's outburst and planned to make him pay for her help later.

Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder in the Black Corner Region and revealed that she was heading to Jia Nan Academy. After Medicine Elder discovered that she had overcome the Calamity Poison Body’s side effects, Xiao Yi Xian set out the many goals still awaiting her.

• Medicine Elder and Xiao Yi Xian laughed at Xiao Yan as he studied a Dou Technique and muttered about clinging to a rich loli’s thigh.
• Medicine Elder asked Xiao Yi Xian why she had come to the Black Corner Region, and she said she wanted to attend Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian was also going to Jia Nan Academy and agreed that their paths would be the same from then on.
• Medicine Elder recognized that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor and inspected the purple bead in her Dantian after she said she had resolved the Calamity Poison Body’s side effects.
• Xiao Yi Xian reviewed her remaining goals, including preparing the Mysterious Dragon Pill, confronting the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, entering Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, abducting Zi Yan, and searching the Poison Marsh for Nether Poison Fire.

Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, whose power would let her rebuild after destruction and might grant her Dragon Qi. As she dismissed the chance of gaining Dragon Qi, two powerful auras approached from the east and south, leaving Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder wary.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened the Cold Jade box and cautiously examined the golden Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill.
• Medicine Elder advised Xiao Yi Xian to eat the pill rather than risk carrying it, and she swallowed it.
• The pill dissolved into heat that soaked into Xiao Yi Xian without any immediate special effect or taste.
• Medicine Elder explained the pill's rebuilding effect and its small chance of granting Dragon Qi, then told Xiao Yi Xian how to check for it.
• Two immense auras came from the east and south, and Xiao Yan hid behind Xiao Yi Xian and Medicine Elder as they sensed the approaching experts.

Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Cai Lin and Fu Ya, then led the assembled team toward Jia Nan Academy and Medicine Emperor City. As Yao Chen resolved to confront Han Feng, Han Feng wondered why he missed his former master and lamented that Yao Chen had never given him the Flame Mantra.

• Cai Lin and Fu Ya arrived, reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned Xiao Lan and led the team toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose Feng City as their target, and Yao Chen said he wanted to cleanse his sect himself.
• Xiao Yan worried that his Da Dou Shi cultivation left him unable to stand beside his teacher and friends.
• Han Feng remembered Yao Chen and asked why his master had refused to give him the Flame Mantra.

Xiao Yi Xian and her companions confronted Han Feng outside Medicine Emperor City and captured him, despite his appeal to Venerable Yao. After they flew away with Han Feng, his retainers looted the city and went their separate ways.

• Han Feng gathered his retainers and flew outside Feng City to confront Xiao Yi Xian and her companions.
• Xiao Yi Xian stopped Xiao Lan near the city and revealed that two Dou Zong experts were with her.
• The two Dou Zongs knocked Han Feng into a crater, and Xiao Yi Xian declared that they had come to kill him.
• Cai Lin subdued Han Feng and placed him on Xiao Lan's back while his retainers disowned him in fear.
• Xiao Yi Xian and her companions left with Han Feng, and his former retainers plundered Medicine Emperor City before splitting up.

Xiao Yi Xian captured Han Feng and brought him face to face with Medicine Elder, who revealed himself as Yao Chen, Han Feng’s former master. As Yao Chen questioned Han Feng about his betrayal, Han Feng blamed him for withholding the Flame Mantra and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yi Xian stopped Medicine Elder from attacking Han Feng while they were still flying and brought the captive to a forest.
• Xiao Yi Xian sealed Han Feng’s Dou Qi with chains of azure flame and forced him to his knees.
• Xiao Yan released Medicine Elder’s soul from his Storage Ring, and Han Feng recognized his former master, Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen asked whether Han Feng had attacked him only to obtain the Flame Mantra.
• Han Feng accused Yao Chen of repeatedly refusing to pass down the Flame Mantra, and Yao Chen said he had intended to teach him after tempering his nature.
• Han Feng angrily tried to rise, but the energy chains tightened and knocked him back to the ground.

Medicine Elder confronted Han Feng over his betrayal and revealed that Han Feng would have inherited his legacy if he had waited. After Han Feng showed no remorse, Medicine Elder began destroying his cultivation and soul.

• Medicine Elder recounted how Starfall Pavilion's elders had exposed Han Feng's misconduct and asked when he had contacted the Soul Hall.
• Han Feng said he approached the Soul Hall after Medicine Elder refused his request for the Flame Mantra eight times, and revealed that Old Man Mu Gu had contacted him.
• Medicine Elder told Han Feng he had been his only disciple and would have inherited his titles and legacy, but Han Feng blamed him for never explaining this sooner.
• Medicine Elder decided to end the matter himself, struck Han Feng, and declared that he would take back what he had bestowed.
• Medicine Elder shattered Han Feng's cultivation foundation and sent his soul force into Han Feng's sea of consciousness to destroy it.

Medicine Elder destroyed Han Feng’s soul and body, then returned to the Storage Ring as the Sea Heart Flame remained behind. Xiao Yi Xian arranged for Xiao Yan to take the Heavenly Flame and left with him for Jia Nan Academy, while Cai Lin, Fu Ya, and Xiao Lan stayed in the Black Corner Region.

• Medicine Elder used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to burn Han Feng completely, then returned to the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered the Sea Heart Flame to Xiao Yan on the condition that he agree to one unconditional request, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Fu Ya sealed the Sea Heart Flame in golden chains and gave it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Cai Lin and Fu Ya to take Xiao Lan around the Black Corner Region while she visited Jia Nan Academy.
• After Cai Lin threatened to beat her, Xiao Yi Xian grabbed Xiao Yan and swiftly left with him.

Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Yan to Peace Town, where they encountered Jia Nan Academy’s law enforcement squad and Instructor Ruo Lin. Xiao Yan reported back to the academy after his two-year leave, while Ruo Lin noticed Xiao Yi Xian’s disguised appearance.

• Xiao Yi Xian flew with Xiao Yan to Peace Town and disguised herself as Lin Dong, concealing her cultivation.
• Xiao Yi Xian knocked out a one-eyed Da Dou Shi who threatened Jia Nan Academy students at the town entrance.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to the academy’s law enforcement squad, whose members recognized his name and sent a red signal flare for Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Ruo Lin arrived on a Griffin and mistook the red flare to mean Xiao Yan was dead, then accidentally landed on him.
• Xiao Yan freed himself from beneath the Griffin and apologized to Ruo Lin for arriving late, while Ruo Lin asked Xiao Yi Xian who he was.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached Jia Nan Academy, where Instructor Ruo Lin rushed them to the Inner Academy selection after revealing that Xiao Xun'er had registered them. At the tournament, Xiao Xun'er insisted it could not end before Xiao Yan arrived, and Elder Su Qian challenged her to withstand three strikes or face expulsion with Xiao Yan and Lin Dong.

• Instructor Ruo Lin accepted Xiao Yi Xian into Jia Nan Academy after Xiao Yan introduced her as his sworn sister, Lin Dong.
• Instructor Ruo Lin took Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian by griffin to the selection grounds and told them Xiao Xun'er had registered them both.
• The previous night, Xiao Xun'er learned Xiao Yi Xian was accompanying Xiao Yan, registered her for the selection, and resolved to enter the Inner Academy alongside Xiao Yan.
• At the selection tournament, Xiao Xun'er refused to let it end before Xiao Yan arrived and offered to accept punishment for disrupting the academy.
• Elder Su Qian demanded that Xiao Xun'er withstand three strikes from him, warning that failure would mean expulsion for her, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong.

Xiao Xun'er endured Elder Su Qian's three strikes, and Xiao Yan and Lin Dong intervened before the last could defeat her. Elder Su Qian offered them a trial against forty-nine Inner Academy qualifiers and an instructor, leaving the three set to fight at noon the next day for the right to advance.

• Elder Su Qian struck Xiao Xun'er twice as the crowd watched, then unleashed a third attack that Xiao Yan stopped while Lin Dong stood unharmed beside them.
• Xiao Yan apologized for arriving late, and Elder Su Qian acknowledged him and Lin Dong before warning that all three faced expulsion for breaking academy rules.
• Elder Su Qian offered a trial: the three would fight forty-nine qualifiers and an instructor, and all would be expelled if any one of them lost; Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Lin Dong accepted.
• Medicine Elder told Xiao Yan that a Heavenly Flame was hidden in the Inner Academy and advised him to wait until entering before refining Heart-Sea Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan expressed confidence about the next day's battle, while Xiao Yi Xian planned to conceal her true Dou Emperor strength.