Chapter Summaries

Xiao Li and Old Wang entered the Black Horn Region and headed for Xuan Ye City, where they hoped to visit the auction house and find rare goods. After Xiao Li killed a bandit gang that tried to rob them, he checked the Black List and noticed Han Feng’s name on it.

• Old Wang explained the Black Horn Region and led Xiao Li across the Black Domain Plain toward Xuan Ye City.
• Old Wang gave Xiao Li a black robe to conceal his identity as they traveled through the region.
• A bandit gang surrounded Xiao Li and demanded a toll, so Xiao Li killed their leader and several bandits with his flame techniques.
• After a surviving bandit threatened him with the Hero Gang, Xiao Li killed him too, and Old Wang rejoined him.
• Xiao Li learned that an auction would soon take place in Xuan Ye City and read the Black List, where he found Han Feng ranked tenth.

Xiao Li and Old Wang arrived in Xuan Ye City, where Old Wang planned to use his Alchemist connections while Xiao Li stocked up on medicinal ingredients. The chapter left them waiting in a VIP Room after Old Wang summoned the Xuan Medicine Shop’s master.

• Xiao Li and Old Wang discussed Han Feng’s abilities and why Old Wang doubted he had received Venerable Yao’s full guidance.
• Old Wang explained how Venerable Yao had saved and taught him, then said he knew Dou Ancestor Experts, including one at Jia Nan Academy.
• At Xuan Medicine Shop, Xiao Li bought five million gold coins’ worth of medicinal ingredients and kicked down a Dou Master who tried to rob him.
• Old Wang ordered a shop assistant to summon the shop master, Huang Liang, and used his Dou Emperor aura to make the assistant obey.

Old Wang and Xiao Li visited the Xuan Ye Sect to negotiate directly with Sect Leader Ye Xuan for items in the upcoming auction. Ye Xuan agreed to let Old Wang buy anything except the two main attractions after Old Wang offered him an Imperial Origin Pill.

• Xiao Li decided to use the name Wang Li in the Black Horn Region and the Central Continent, while Old Wang revealed that Huang Liang was his alias.
• Zhuo Tian, the owner of Xuan Medicine Shop and an elder of the Xuan Ye Sect, escorted Old Wang and Xiao Li to meet Ye Xuan.
• Old Wang explained that he wanted to buy auction items directly rather than compete with outlaws, then examined the auction list with Xiao Li.
• Ye Xuan revealed that this would be the Auction House's final auction and described the Ye Family's decline after the Grand Elder's death.
• Old Wang offered Ye Xuan an Imperial Origin Pill in exchange for a direct purchase, and Ye Xuan agreed to sell anything except the Grade 7 pill and the Earth Rank Intermediate lightning cultivation method and technique.

Xiao Li sought the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill at Ye Xuan’s auction, hoping it could someday help Old Wang break through to the Dou Ancestor Level. After Old Wang reacted furiously to news of Venerable Yao’s supposed death, Xiao Li selected auction items for himself and his family, while Old Wang agreed to secure additional items for him.

• Xiao Li decided to obtain the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill for Old Wang after Ye Xuan explained its Breaking and Standing effect and its connection to Emperor Yao.
• Old Wang erupted with Dou Qi after Ye Xuan said Venerable Yao had died, knocking Xiao Li and his chair over before withdrawing his power at Xiao Li’s plea.
• Xiao Li selected the Heavenly Fierce Slash Battle Skill, the Heavenly Fierce greatsword, and medicinal ingredients, then offered pills for Ye Xuan to auction.
• Old Wang contributed a Dou Spirit Pill to the auction, and Xiao Li privately asked him to obtain the Rushing Thunder Mirror and Insects Awakening Thunder Technique for Xiao Ting.
• Old Wang agreed to secure the items for Xiao Li, praising his devotion to his grandfather.

Old Wang traded pills and an Earth Rank Cultivation Method to acquire the Rushing Thunder Mirror and Insects Awakening Thunder Technique, while preserving Ye Xuan's auction and securing an Imperial Origin Pill. After the exchange, he told Xiao Li that the deal had been profitable and that his real gain was what Xiao Li had obtained.

• Old Wang offered to exchange an Earth Rank Intermediate Cultivation Method and matching Battle Skills for the Rushing Thunder Mirror, then asked Ye Xuan to summon its seller.
• Ye Xuan brought in the injured Unknown Dou Emperor, who explained that he needed money to treat his soul injury and had no use for the lightning-based treasures.
• Old Wang exchanged a Soul Fusion Pill and a Recovery Pill for the Rushing Thunder Mirror and Insects Awakening Thunder Technique.
• Old Wang gave Ye Xuan the Thick Earth Rock Dragon Technique, Stone Dragon Breaks the Sky, and an Imperial Origin Pill to make up for the missing auction centerpiece.
• After Ye Xuan left to prepare the items, Old Wang told Xiao Li that the exchange had earned them a profit and that Xiao Li's gain was the real prize.

Xuan Ye City filled with powerful factions awaiting the Xuanye Auction, where an Earth Rank Intermediate Cultivation Method and seventh-grade pills were expected to appear. Ye Xuan opened the auction, and bidding began on a pair of Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pills.

• Xiao Li cultivated within the Xuan Ye Sect while Old Wang stayed in Xuan Ye City to seek seventh-grade pills.
• Experts from the Black Horn Region and other regions flocked to the Xuanye Auction House, drawn by the advertised Earth Rank Intermediate Cultivation Method.
• Ye Xuan asked the Ye Family's Third Elder, a Dou Emperor Peak expert, to support the auction, and the Third Elder agreed.
• Ye Xuan opened the auction and sold a Fourth-Tier Magic Core Weapon called Youhan to a white-haired old man for three hundred thousand gold coins.
• Ye Xuan presented Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pills that could help peak Dou Masters break through, and bidders began raising the price from three hundred and thirty thousand.

Xiao Li profited from the auction’s pills and bought an Azure Void Fruit while rare treasures drew fierce bidding. When the Earth Rank Low-Level Shattered Sky Meteorite Fist appeared, Ye Xuan confronted attackers with help from a Dou Emperor Peak elder, while Tian Snake Mansion’s Elder Huang watched from a VIP room.

• Xiao Li watched the Two-patterned Azure Spirit Pills sell for high prices and saw three Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pills fetch more than three million gold coins.
• Xiao Li bought the Azure Void Fruit for three million gold coins after learning it could be used to refine a longevity-extending pill.
• Ye Xuan stopped a bidder from attacking over a Cultivation Method by cutting his cheek with a black leaf.
• Ye Xuan announced the Earth Rank Low-Level Shattered Sky Meteorite Fist, prompting a Dou King and several other experts to try to seize it.
• Ye Xuan killed the charging Dou King with black vines, then called on the Third Elder, whose orange-yellow flame seized the leading Two Star Dou Emperor.
• Elder Huang told Lü Man that Tian Snake Mansion had come to seek the auction’s Grade 7 Pill and Earth Rank Intermediate Cultivation Method.

Ye Xuan’s auction resumed after he swiftly crushed a challenge, and the factions of the Black Horn Region battled over an Earth Rank Battle Skill and a Dou Spirit Pill. He then revealed the auction’s main event, the seventh-tier Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, leaving the gathered powers staring at the coveted prize.

• Ye Xuan’s vines tore apart several Dou Wangs, and he resumed the auction after a Dou Emperor Peak expert defeated the challenger.
• The factions bid fiercely on the Shattered Sky Meteorite Fist until Mo Tianxing won it for twelve million gold coins, outbidding Old Man Ying Shan and Huang Xiyue.
• Demon Flame Valley won the Dou Spirit Pill, while a black-robed observer thought about mastering the Flame Mantra.
• Ye Xuan unveiled the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and announced that it was a seventh-tier pill and the auction’s main event.

Ye Xuan explained the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill’s power, and Old Wang decided to buy it for Xiao Li. As the bidding escalated, Demon Flame Valley withdrew, leaving Old Wang in control of the auction.

• Ye Xuan described how the pill’s Breaking and Standing effect had helped Venerable Feng rise from a severely injured Dou Ancestor to a Dou Zun.
• Old Wang confirmed Ye Xuan’s account to Xiao Li and agreed to obtain the pill for him.
• Su Qian told Wu Tianlang that Jia Nan Academy would target a Black Horn Region force if it acquired the pill, but would not interfere if another force won it.
• Old Wang opened his bid with two Dou Spirit Pills, then raised it to three Dou Spirit Pills after Demon Flame Valley bid two Dou Spirit Pills and a Windwalk Pill.
• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon decided Demon Flame Valley would stop bidding and wait for the auction’s final item.

Old Wang won the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and left the auction with Xiao Li, intending the pill for his disciple. Old Ghost of the Earth Demon acquired the final auction item, an Earth Rank cultivation method and matching battle skill, while Su Qian set out to find his old friend.

• Old Wang secured the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill for three Dou Spirit Pills, and Su Qian suspected the buyer was an old Rank 6 Alchemist he knew.
• Ye Xuan announced the final auction item: the Earth Rank Intermediate Thick Earth Rock Dragon Technique and its matching Earth Rank Low-Level battle skill, Stone Dragon Breaks the Sky.
• Mo Tianxing, Demon Flame Valley, and Tian Snake Mansion bid for the set before Old Ghost of the Earth Demon demanded that everyone yield it to him.
• Demon Flame Valley acquired the Earth Attribute set, and Su Qian told Wu Tianlang he had no need to contest it because Old Ghost of the Earth Demon cultivated Ice Attribute Dou Qi.
• Old Wang collected the Azure Void Fruit and Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, refused Xiao Li's suggestion to take the pill himself, and led him away from the auction house.

Old Wang and Xiao Li were ambushed on their way to Jia Nan Academy, but Su Qian arrived and swiftly defeated their pursuers. The group reached Peace Town, where Xiao Li saw the infamous Death Spirit Tree, and Old Wang announced that he intended to enroll his gifted disciple in the academy.

• Old Wang detected two Dou Emperors and many other pursuers, then summoned Su Qian and a black-robed companion from a rift in the void.
• Su Qian killed the attackers in moments, and Xiao Li collected their Storage Rings before the group continued toward Peace Town.
• After flying for a day, Su Qian led the group into Peace Town on foot because Jia Nan Academy forbade unauthorized flight nearby.
• Xiao Li saw the Death Spirit Tree and its impaled corpses, while Old Wang explained that Jia Nan Academy kept its territory peaceful through overwhelming strength.
• Old Wang said Xiao Li would join Jia Nan Academy and cautioned him never to underestimate others; Xiao Li accepted the lesson.

Xiao Li enrolled in Jia Nan Academy and spent a month refining pills before arriving late to the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. He challenged all the contestants at once and began unleashing an Earth Rank battle skill, prompting Hu Gan to rush to protect them.

• Old Wang arranged for Xiao Li to enroll at Jia Nan Academy and asked Su Qian to reserve him a Library Pavilion opportunity if he qualified.
• Wu Tianlang took Xiao Li to register at the Outer Academy, while Old Wang told Su Qian that Xiao Li was a Rank 5 Alchemist who could refine Spirit Ascending Pills.
• Xiao Li spent the month before the selection tournament refining pills in his dormitory.
• Hu Gan found Xiao Li refining a high-grade Fifth-Grade Qing Yuan Pill and reminded him that the selection tournament was underway.
• Xiao Li arrived at the tournament, challenged the students to fight him together, and raised Heavenly Fierce to unleash an Earth Rank Battle Skill.
• Hu Gan leaped up to protect the students from Xiao Li's attack.

Xiao Li won first place in the selection tournament and joined the other four top contestants in entering Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion. After Qian Mu and Bai Lie opened the Space Lock, the five learned the pavilion’s rules and began their one-hour search for a treasure.

• Hu Gan scolded Xiao Li for overwhelming the other contestants, then led the top five through a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan presented the five to Qian Mu and Bai Lie, who recognized Xiao Li’s exceptional cultivation and soul strength.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie opened the Headmaster’s Space Lock to reveal the pavilion’s entrance.
• Bai Lie explained that each contestant could take only one item, if they could pass its energy barrier, and that they had one hour inside.
• Xiao Li entered the Library Pavilion first, followed by the other four contestants.

Xiao Li searched the Library Pavilion for treasures and traded promises of pills to get the other students to retrieve items for him. He left with a Heavenly Yang Fruit King, a Grade 7 pill formula, a Rank 7 Beast Flame, and a chance to obtain a Rank 7 Medicine Cauldron.

• Xiao Li gave the Heavenly Flame Technique to Xia Yilong, learned that he was from Black Rock City, and found him a stronger Beast Flame and a Grade 7 Heavenly Yang Dragon Blood Pill formula.
• Xiao Li stopped three students fighting over a Heavenly Yang Fruit King and offered the finder pills in exchange for retrieving it for him.
• Xiao Li promised the other students pills for helping him recover treasures and had one carry a Rank 6 Dragon-type Magical Beast Magical Core.
• The Da Dou Shi showed Xiao Li an ancient Crimson Medicine Cauldron with seven Fire Mouths, which Xiao Li identified as a Rank 7 cauldron and agreed to reward him for retrieving.

Xiao Li led four new students out of the Library Pavilion after gathering their rewards and gave them pills suited to their needs. The elders then told him Jia Nan Academy possessed the Fallen Heart Flame, a Heavenly Flame that could greatly accelerate cultivation.

• Liu Tianjiao invited Xiao Li to join the Liu Gang in the Inner Academy, and Xiao Li agreed to visit his cousin there.
• Xiao Li revealed that he was a Rank 5 Alchemist, astonishing the other four students.
• Xia Yilong, Liu Tianjiao, Lin Feng, and Ye Yu handed their Library Pavilion rewards to Xiao Li, who distributed pills tailored to each of them.
• Qian Mu asked Hu Gan to leave with the other students and spoke privately with Xiao Li alongside Bai Lie.
• Qian Mu told Xiao Li that Jia Nan Academy possessed the Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth among Heavenly Flames, and explained its cultivation benefits.

Xiao Li learned that Jia Nan Academy would let him subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, then spent two years in the Inner Academy rising to the top of the Strong Ranking. He reached Five Star Dou King and was interrupted by Zi Yan, who had eaten all the pills he made and wanted more.

• Qian Mu explained that the Fallen Heart Flame was weakening its seal and said Xiao Li could take it if he had the ability to subdue it.
• Xiao Li rejoined Hu Gan's group, received a warning about the Inner Academy's powerful students, and said he would focus on cultivation while dealing harshly with anyone who troubled him.
• Two years later, Xiao Li had reached Five Star Dou King, joined Liu Tianjiao's Liu Gang, and claimed first place on the Strong Ranking after winning most of his fights.
• Xiao Li recalled that Zi Yan had once defeated him with a single punch and that his match with the Strong Ranking's second-ranked student had ended in a draw.
• Zi Yan entered Xiao Li's training room and asked him to make more pills after finishing more than two hundred in under seven days.

After two years in the Inner Academy, Xiao Li had risen to Five Star Dou Wang and Grade 6 Alchemist, secured the Xiao Clan’s position, and prepared to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame. He returned to his residence with Zi Yan and continued building ties with those who followed him.

• Xiao Li used Ice Heart Pills to earn Fire Energy and secretly fed Old Wang the Yin Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, advancing his effort to save his teacher.
• Xiao Lin visited Xiao Li and reported that Xiao Ting had become a Dou Emperor; Xiao Li gave him pills and a rare cultivation method while the clan kept Xiao Ting’s breakthrough secret.
• Xiao Li prepared pills and other materials to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame, while Zi Yan approached her upcoming advancement to Rank 5.
• Xiao Li recalled how Zi Yan had once broken his ribs and later began relying on his pills, eventually settling beside him instead of disrupting the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Li returned home with Zi Yan, and Xia Yilong reaffirmed his decision to serve as a steward for the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Li prepared to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame, hoping to improve his cultivation and alchemy while helping Jia Nan Academy. Just as he was about to begin, the academy’s founder, Mang Tian Chi, returned and surprised the gathered Elders.

• Xiao Li learned that he could become an Elder and focused on refining pills, though Grade 6 alchemy strained his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Li told Su Qian he planned to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian urged him to be careful and refine pills for the academy afterward.
• Xiao Li thanked Su Qian and promised to refine a Zong Yuan Pill once he reached Rank 7 alchemy.
• Half a month later, the academy closed the Heavenly Burning Refining Tower and gathered its Elders as Xiao Li prepared to absorb the flame.
• Mang Tian Chi arrived amid thunder and lightning, and the Elders recognized the returning headmaster and Dou Zun expert.

Mang Tian Chi returned to Jia Nan Academy and stopped Xiao Li from absorbing the complete Fallen Heart Flame, which had grown to Dou Ancestor strength and developed intelligence. He offered to split off a safer Child Flame for Xiao Li, while Qian Mu and Bai Lie looked ahead to Xiao Li helping them break through to Dou Zun.

• Mang Tian Chi learned why the academy’s Elders had gathered and praised Xiao Li’s talent and accomplishments.
• Mang Tian Chi refused Xiao Li’s request to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame, explaining that it had reached Two-to-Three Star Dou Ancestor strength and could kill him.
• Mang Tian Chi proposed splitting off a Child Flame for Xiao Li to absorb and nurture, and Xiao Li agreed while asking for a stronger portion of its origin.
• Mang Tian Chi assessed Xiao Li’s body and Soul Force, judged that he could withstand a Dou Emperor-level Child Flame, and went to suppress the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Qian Mu told Bai Lie that Xiao Li’s future Rank 7 alchemy could help them use a Primal Chaos Barrier Breaking Pill to break through to Dou Zun.

Xiao Li absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame child flame under Mang Tian Chi’s supervision, enduring its heat and suppressing its resistance. After three days, he refined it and used it to repair and strengthen his meridians.

• Mang Tian Chi returned with the Dou Emperor-level Fallen Heart Flame child flame and warned Xiao Li about the dangers of absorbing it.
• Xiao Li prepared pills and protective items, then took the Blood Lotus Pill before Mang Tian Chi cooled the flame with Heavenly Cold Qi and sent it into his body.
• Xiao Li swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill and Ice Spirit Cold Spring, then fought to control the flame as it rampaged through his meridians.
• Mang Tian Chi monitored Xiao Li for three days and rebuked Qian Bai Er Lao and Su Qian for nearly letting him attempt to absorb the far more dangerous main flame.
• After Xiao Li subdued and refined the child flame, Mang Tian Chi sent Spirit Absorption into his body, and Xiao Li used the flame to repair and strengthen his scorched meridians.