Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chuan and the Ancient Void Dragon Zhu Li defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elders who had attacked them. Zhu Li recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and offered to awaken her bloodline, leaving Xiao Chuan and Zi Yan to discuss her origins with him.

• Feng Qing'er pleaded with Xiao Chuan to spare Old Patriarch, but Old Patriarch crushed a blood pearl and expelled her from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others tried to protect Xiao Chuan from Huang Ming, but Zhu Li arrived and pinned Huang Ming to the ground.
• Zhu Li identified Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and killed Old Patriarch when he realized Old Patriarch had tried to use her against Xiao Chuan.
• Zhu Li defeated Huang Ming and let the Amethyst Winged Lion King beat him while Xiao Chuan and the others watched.
• Zhu Li offered to awaken Zi Yan's bloodline, and Xiao Chuan agreed to discuss her origins with him at an inn after Xuan Kongzi and the others departed.

Zhu Li revealed that Zi Yan had the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor’s bloodline and took her back to the clan, while Tang Huo'er also left to grow stronger. Xiao Chuan then reached a Soul Hall Branch in the northwestern Dan Region, intending to eliminate its members and remove the danger to the Xiao Clan.

• Zhu Li recognized Zi Yan’s bloodline as belonging to the Old Dragon Emperor and invited her to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zi Yan agreed to go with Zhu Li after Xiao Chuan promised to meet her again and make her plenty of pills.
• Tang Huo'er told Xiao Chuan she was leaving to become stronger, and he arranged for her to remain in Shengdan City until he returned.
• Xiao Chuan confronted Feng Qing'er, who asked him not to implicate her clan and said she was willing to comply with him.
• Xiao Chuan left Tang Huo'er in Shengdan City and traveled through a Space Wormhole to the Soul-Death Mountain Range to destroy the Soul Hall Branch threatening the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Chuan annihilated the Soul Hall branch hall in the Soul-Death Mountain Range, then returned to Shengdan City, where Xun Er was waiting to see him. The chapter ended with Xun Er gazing affectionately at Xiao Chuan as a group approached him.

• Xiao Chuan arrived at the Soul Hall branch hall and instantly killed its guards, including Zhaixing Old Ghost and Old Man Mugu.
• Old Man Mugu claimed to be Yao Chen’s junior brother and tried to bargain for his life, but Xiao Chuan killed him and looted the branch hall.
• Xun Er arrived in Shengdan City with Ling Ying and Ling Quan, determined to wait for Xiao Chuan despite being urged to leave.
• Xiao Chuan returned to Shengdan City to shop for gifts for his daughter, and he saw Xun Er gazing affectionately at him as a group approached.

Xiao Chuan reunited with Xun Er, revealed his immense strength and status as a Tier 8 Alchemist, and won her elders’ approval of their match. After they spent time alone, Xun Er gave him the Gu Clan’s treasured God Seal Art, a five-seal technique requiring cultivation from Dou Wang to Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Chuan subdued Ling Quan with his pressure and held Xun Er close, then showed Elder Lin and Elder Yuan that he had reached the Nine-Star Dou Venerate Peak and the 1st-Turn realm.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Xiao Chuan as a Tier 8 Alchemist, and Elder Lin and Elder Yuan accepted his offer to refine pills and declared that he and Xun Er were a perfect match.
• Xiao Chuan took Xun Er to a mountain, where they reminisced about the Xiao Clan and discussed his rapid cultivation and meeting her father.
• Xun Er gave Xiao Chuan the complete Five Seals of the Gu Clan’s treasured God Seal Art, which could only be fully unleashed by a Dou Sheng.

Xiao Chuan said goodbye to Xun Er and Tang Huo'er, then traveled through the Black-Corner Region and reunited with Ya Fei in Tianya City. He returned to Jia Nan Academy and surprised Xiao Yan, where a red-clad girl asked if he was the Elder Xiao she had heard about.

• Xiao Chuan gave Elder Lin and Elder Yuan pills and said goodbye to Xun Er before she left through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Chuan returned to Fentian Valley, saw Tang Huo'er off, and continued through Huangtian City and the Northern Region toward the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Chuan met Ya Fei at her Mittal Auction House in Tianya City and spent the night with her while Feng Qing'er and Liu Fei waited outside.
• Xiao Chuan left Feng Qing'er, Liu Fei, and Ya Fei in Tianya City and returned alone to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Chuan found Xiao Yan in the Inner Court, and a girl in red asked whether he was the Elder Xiao her grandfather had mentioned.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Chuan, introduced him to Pan Gate, and explained how Yao Chen became his teacher. Xiao Chuan invited Yao Chen to seek help from the Dan Tower and warned Xiao Yan that the Central Plains was a place where anyone below Dou Sheng was insignificant.

• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Chuan to his Pan Gate friends, and Xiao Chuan recognized Hu Jia as Elder Hu Gan's granddaughter.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chuan that Yao Chen was the Soul Body in his ring and that Yao Chen had once been Han Feng's teacher and enemy.
• Yao Chen recounted how Han Feng and Old Man Mugu destroyed his body, leaving his soul inside the Bone Flame Ring.
• Xiao Chuan revealed that he was a Tier 8 alchemist and a Three-Turn Dou Venerate, stunning Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Xiao Chuan offered to take Yao Chen to the Dan Tower, where Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi could help him forge a new body, and Yao Chen said he would consider it.
• Xiao Chuan told Xiao Yan that all below Dou Sheng were ants in the Central Plains and urged him to cultivate diligently.

Xiao Chuan helped Xiao Yan advance in alchemy and cultivation, then organized a Central Plains network for the Mittal Auction Houses and gathered companions for the journey. He set out with Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, Liu Fei, Feng Qing'er, and Hu Jia, planning to secure more resources for his enterprise.

• Xiao Chuan taught Xiao Yan alchemy until Xiao Yan became a Tier 4 Alchemist, which raised Xiao Chuan to a Tier 9 Alchemist.
• Xiao Chuan gave Xiao Yan the God Seal Art and a Dou Spirit Pill, helping him reach Four Stars Dou Spirit, then returned to Tianya City to task Ya Fei with building a Central Plains intelligence network.
• Xiao Chuan brought Xiao Yi Xian from the Chu Yun Empire and offered Xiao Yan a Huangji Pill before leaving Jia Nan Academy; Yao Chen chose to stay and have Xiao Yan help restore his body.
• Xiao Chuan decided to target Ice River Valley for resources and agreed to bring Hu Jia after Hu Gan urged him to take his granddaughter along.
• Xiao Chuan set out from Tianya City with Xiao Yi Xian and the others to begin his plans in the Central Plains.

Xiao Chuan brought Ya Fei and the others to Feng City to establish the Mittal Auction House, then encountered the leaders of three pavilions at the Four Pavilions Assembly. He invited them to join his auction house and began persuading Wind Venerate by revealing his connection to Yao Chen.

• After traveling through the Space Wormhole for more than twenty days, Xiao Chuan arrived in the Central Plains North Region and told Ya Fei to choose a site for the Mittal Auction House.
• Ya Fei chose Feng City, and Xiao Chuan received a message that Xiao Yan had advanced to Five-Star Dou Spirit, raising Xiao Chuan's cultivation to Five-Turn Dou Venerate.
• Near Feng City, Feng Qing'er identified the leaders of Starfall Pavilion, Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion, and Yellow Springs Pavilion, who were holding the Four Pavilions Assembly without Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Xiao Chuan arrived with his group and invited the three venerates to join the Mittal Auction House, claiming to be a Tier 9 Alchemist from Dan Tower.
• Feng Qing'er confirmed Xiao Chuan's status, and Xiao Chuan told Wind Venerate that Yao Chen was his younger brother's Teacher.

Xiao Chuan persuaded the leaders of the three pavilions to join the Mittal Auction House by revealing Yao Chen was alive and demonstrating his strength. As they headed to Feng City, Mu Qingluan learned about the alliance and resolved not to let Feng Qing'er outrank her.

• Wind Venerate believed Xiao Chuan's news that Yao Chen was alive and agreed to join the Mittal Auction House.
• Xiao Chuan revealed he had destroyed the Wind Thunder Pavilion, and Yellow Springs Venerate and Sword Venerate quickly agreed to join as well.
• Xiao Chuan promised each pavilion leader a chance to request pill refinement and explained his plans for opening the Mittal Auction House across the Central Plains.
• Mu Qingluan arrived after her competition, met Xiao Chuan, and reacted with hostility when she saw Feng Qing'er beside him.
• Wind Venerate told Mu Qingluan that Yao Chen was teaching Xiao Chuan's younger brother and that Starfall Pavilion had joined the Mittal Auction House.
• As they set off for Feng City, Mu Qingluan decided she would not rank below Feng Qing'er and hoped to ask Xiao Chuan to refine pills for her.

Xiao Chuan helped establish the Mittal Auction House in Feng City while Feng Qing'er taunted her rival Mu Qingluan with claims of being his woman. After Xiao Chuan's Soul Power advanced, he discovered Mu Qingluan nearby as Feng Qing'er deliberately drew her into spying on the pair, leaving Mu Qingluan shaken and flustered.

• Ya Fei presented the Mittal Auction House's plans, and the three Venerates offered advice on its operation and intelligence network.
• Sword Venerate proposed holding an auction with valuable treasures and pills, and Xiao Chuan agreed to refine pills for its grand finale.
• Xiao Chuan's Soul Power advanced to the late Heaven Realm after Xiao Yan reached the early Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Chuan sensed Mu Qingluan bathing and later noticed her following Feng Qing'er to his quarters.
• Feng Qing'er deliberately made a show of her encounter with Xiao Chuan by the window, while Mu Qingluan hid nearby and listened.

Feng Qing'er tried to draw Mu Qingluan into Xiao Chuan’s circle, while the Mittal Auction House prepared for a major auction that attracted Ice River Valley’s attention. After sensing Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous aura, Bing Yuan and Bing Fu wondered whether it resembled their Valley Master’s.

• Feng Qing'er teased Mu Qingluan about Xiao Chuan’s other women and urged her to become one of them.
• More than a month later, the Mittal Auction House opened in Feng City and announced a major auction featuring rare pills, drawing cultivators from across the regions.
• Bing Yuan and Bing Fu of Ice River Valley asked Ya Fei about the auction’s Tier 8 Nine-Colored Medicinal Pill, but she refused to reveal details.
• Xiao Yi Xian briefly released poisonous vapor, and Ya Fei sent her away to control her cultivation issue.
• Bing Yuan and Bing Fu recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s aura as familiar and privately wondered whether it resembled their Valley Master’s.

Ice River Valley discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had a Woeful Poison Body and planned to seize her, while Xiao Chuan promised to protect her. Bing He set out for Feng City, confident that Ice River Valley could crush any opposition.

• Bing Yuan and Bing Fu suspected Xiao Yi Xian was a Woeful Poison Body, and Bing Fu confirmed it after finding her suppressing her poisonous aura.
• Bing Yuan stayed to watch Xiao Yi Xian while Bing Fu returned to Ice River Valley to report his discovery.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Chuan about Ice River Valley, and Xiao Chuan warned Xiao Yi Xian that Bing He wanted her body but promised to protect her.
• Mu Qingluan returned to her room troubled by thoughts of Feng Qing'er and Xiao Chuan, then tried to cultivate.
• Bing Fu told Bing He about Xiao Yi Xian, and Bing He ordered Ice River Valley to go to Feng City, threatening to flatten the Mittal Auction House if it resisted.

With the auction a day away, Xiao Chuan’s team faced a probe by Ice River Valley, which sought to capture Xiao Yi Xian and test the Mittal Auction House’s strength. Xiao Chuan revealed himself as a Dou Venerate and took control of the confrontation, leaving Bing Yuan in danger.

• An old Four Stars Dou Ancestor harassed Mu Qingluan at the Mittal Auction House, but Xiao Chuan broke his hand and sent Xiao Yi Xian to fight him.
• Xiao Chuan recognized the old man’s attack as a probe, while Bing He, Bing Yuan, and Bing Fu watched from a nearby restaurant.
• Xiao Yi Xian gained the upper hand until Bing Yuan intervened with Frozen Sky Palm and tried to capture her for Ice River Valley.
• Xiao Chuan appeared beside Xiao Yi Xian, pulled the old man toward him with Xi Zhang, and crippled him before sending him crashing into the street.
• Mu Qingluan stomped on the fallen old man, and Xiao Chuan turned toward Bing Yuan, who called for Bing He to save him.

Xiao Chuan killed Bing Yuan and overwhelmed Bing He after Ice River Valley threatened Mite Auction House. He left Bing He pinned down and ordered Mu Qingluan and Xiao Yi Xian to slap him.

• Xiao Chuan ignored Bing He’s warning and killed Bing Yuan with a punch, declaring that anyone who harmed Mite Auction House’s people would meet the same fate.
• Bing He threatened to destroy Mite Auction House, while Wind Venerate, Sword Venerate, and Yellow Springs Venerate watched without intervening.
• Xiao Chuan revealed overwhelming strength, crushed Bing He into a building, and pinned him to the ground with his pressure.
• Xiao Chuan killed Bing Fu as he tried to flee, then called Mu Qingluan and Xiao Yi Xian over to vent their anger on Bing He.
• Xiao Yi Xian slapped Bing He while he remained pinned beneath Xiao Chuan’s pressure.

Xiao Chuan killed Bing He and led the three Pavilion Masters to destroy Ice River Valley, then the Mittal Auction House’s auction drew a crowd seeking his favor. As the auction began, Ya Fei thanked Xiao Chuan and privately approached him.

• Mu Qingluan slapped Bing He, and Xiao Chuan killed him with one stomp when his Woeful Poison Body erupted.
• Xiao Chuan took Breeze Venerate and the other two Pavilion Masters to Ice River Valley, where they killed Tian Shuangzi and wiped out the faction.
• Xiao Chuan’s group looted Ice River Valley, and news of its destruction spread throughout Central Plains.
• Dou Zong families crowded the Mittal Auction House’s auction, while Mu Qingluan greeted guests and felt the respect brought by Xiao Chuan’s power.
• Ya Fei entered Xiao Chuan’s private room, thanked him for helping her succeed, and made a suggestive advance.

Xiao Chuan left the Mittal Auction House after its successful auction and learned that Yao Ling of the Yao Clan had come to challenge him at the Dan Tower. As Shengdan City gathered to watch, Yao Ling and the other Yao Clan geniuses prepared for the contest while Xiao Chuan had yet to arrive.

• Xiao Chuan’s Tier 8 Medicinal Pills sparked fierce bidding, while Mu Qingluan overheard Ya Fei and left the private room in embarrassment.
• After the auction, Xiao Chuan told Xiao Yi Xian he would soon resolve her Woeful Poison Body and left the Mittal Auction House to handle other matters.
• Xiao Chuan learned that Yao Ling, a Tier 8 Primary Alchemist, had challenged him, and he smiled because he was already a Tier 9 Alchemist.
• Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Jixing discussed the challenge in a tavern as crowds gathered in Shengdan City to watch.
• Yao Tian urged Yao Ling to perform normally, while Yao Jixing wondered why Xiao Chuan had not appeared yet.

After returning to Shengdan City, Xiao Chuan learned that Yao Clan geniuses had come to challenge him and agreed to face them at the Dan Tower. He wagered his Fallen Heart Flame against Yao Tian’s Turtle Spirit Cold Flame, then provoked the Yao Clan into accepting a three-against-one match.

• Xiao Chuan told the Dan Tower’s three giants that Yao Chen had chosen not to return, and Xuan Kongzi asked whether he was ready to face the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Chuan asked Xuan Kongzi to have the Alchemist Guild look after his Mite Auction House, and Xuan Kongzi agreed.
• Tian Lei Zi brought Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Jixing to meet Xiao Chuan at the Dan Tower.
• Xiao Chuan demanded a wager for the challenge and offered his Fallen Heart Flame against Yao Tian’s Turtle Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Chuan called the Yao Clan geniuses his stepping stones and offered to face all three at once, prompting Yao Tian to accept.

Xiao Chuan accepted a challenge to compete against Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Jixing together in seven days, with Heavenly Flames at stake. After leaving the Dan Tower, he reunited with Xun Er and met her father, Gu Yuan, who doubted Xiao Chuan could win.

• Yao Tian set the alchemy competition for seven days later, and Xiao Chuan accepted the challenge to face all three Yao Clan prodigies.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Xiao Chuan that the Yao Clan might refuse to hand over Yao Tian's Heavenly Flame even if he lost.
• Xun Er came to cheer Xiao Chuan on and introduced him to her father, Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan questioned Xiao Chuan about the challenge and learned that Xiao Chuan had challenged Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Jixing at once.
• Xiao Chuan claimed he might be able to refine a Tier 8 High-Level medicinal pill, while Xun Er insisted he could do it.
• Xiao Chuan called Gu Yuan an “old man,” and Xun Er repeated the phrase to her father.

Xiao Chuan prepared for the contest against Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Jixing, while the Yao Clan arranged support for its contestants. The competition began before a packed crowd, with the four alchemists taking their places and Yao Tian challenging Xiao Chuan.

• Xiao Chuan asked Xuan Kongzi for access to the Dan Tower’s medicinal storehouse and gathered ingredients for a Nine-Colored Medicinal Pill.
• Elder Wanhuo met with Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Jixing, warned them not to lose, and offered to lend Yao Ling his Heavenly Flame.
• Tang Zhen brought Tang Huo'er to Shengdan City, where she planned to cheer for Xiao Chuan.
• Xuan Kongzi and Elder Wanhuo hosted the competition as Xiao Chuan and the three Yao Clan challengers entered the arena.
• Gu Yuan agreed to help Xiao Chuan if the Yao Clan refused to hand over its Heavenly Flame, after Xun Er agreed to stop calling him old man.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the start of the contest, and Yao Tian called Xiao Chuan a stepping stone as the contestants prepared their pill furnaces and ingredients.

Xiao Chuan, Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Jixing competed in a Tier 8 pill-refining contest while Elder Wanhuo watched. Yao Ling finished a four-colored Heaven Returning Pill, leaving Xiao Chuan and Yao Tian under pressure as they continued refining.

• Xiao Chuan used the Fallen Heart Flame and displayed powerful Soul Power while he and the others began refining their pills.
• Yao Jixing's pill furnace exploded on the fifth day, ending his attempt.
• Elder Wanhuo learned that Xiao Chuan had previously refined a two-colored Tier 8 Poria Clearing Pill and assumed Yao Tian had the advantage.
• Yao Ling completed a four-colored Tier 8 Heaven Returning Pill on the ninth day and passed it to the judges.
• Xuan Kongzi announced Yao Ling's successful result, and the crowd turned its attention to Xiao Chuan and Yao Tian.