Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan left five slaves in Gengxin City to buy supplies, then secretly traveled with Si Yu’s convoy to a village near Spring and Autumn Winery. He entered the hidden passage and reunited with Li Bangchui in the alchemy room.

• Li Xuan ordered his five slaves to buy grain, seeds, and medicinal herbs while he was away, and placed Burning Heart Seals on them to prevent them from revealing his secrets.
• Li Xuan hid in Si Yu’s carriage as the convoy set out for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Thirteen days later, Si Yu persuaded a village chief to let the convoy camp for the night, giving Li Xuan a chance to reach the secret passage unseen.
• Li Xuan entered the underground passage and made his way to the alchemy room, where he found Li Bangchui safe.
• Li Bangchui recognized Li Xuan, rushed into his arms, and told him he had missed him.

Li Xuan rescued Bangchui and the surviving Tao Family members from the underground winery, transferring them into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space. He returned to the carriage and prepared to leave with Si Yu before the village was inspected.

• Li Xuan comforted Bangchui, who gave him the Eight Hundred Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman and mourned the Yellow Turban Warriors.
• Li Xuan learned that only about thirty members of the Tao Family had survived and told Bangchui to gather them.
• Tao Lin and the Tao Family members thanked Li Xuan, blindfolded themselves, and were transferred with Bangchui into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space.
• Li Xuan gave Bangchui Fasting Pills for the Tao Family and told him to keep cultivating while they stayed in the space.
• Li Xuan returned to the carriage, where Si Yu said they should leave before someone arrived to inspect the place after daybreak.

Li Xuan hid in the Heaven-Grasping Bottle during the convoy’s journey through Heaven Dou City and back to Gengxin City, avoiding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After returning, he visited Lou Gao with Si Yu and saw the results of Lou Gao’s research into his silver-white longsword’s patterns.

• Li Xuan refused Si Yu’s offers of shelter and meals in Heaven Dou City, choosing to remain hidden in the carriage and the Heaven-Grasping Bottle.
• Li Xuan spent two days cultivating and eating inside the Heaven-Grasping Bottle while the convoy stopped at its Heaven Dou City base.
• Li Xuan traveled hidden in Si Yu’s carriage for fifteen days, returning to the bottle only at night to eat and wash.
• The convoy reached Gengxin City, and Li Xuan went with Si Yu to visit Lou Gao at the Blacksmith’s Association.
• Lou Gao showed Li Xuan his pattern research and handed him a refined-iron sword whose weight and markings closely matched Li Xuan’s silver-white longsword.

Li Xuan and Lou Gao successfully replicated the silver longsword’s enhancement pattern, though a refined steel version boosted strength by only twenty percent. Li Xuan then reviewed possible sites for his territory and planned to inspect Ladi Canyon near Gengxin City.

• Li Xuan tested the replicated longsword and found it increased his strength by twenty percent, less than the silver-white blade’s fifty percent.
• Lou Gao explained that the original blade’s Silver Silk Iron conducted Soul Power better than refined steel, making the copied pattern difficult to use widely.
• Lou Gao introduced Li Xuan to Si Yu, who excitedly took a silver crossbow to study on the fourth floor.
• Li Xuan joined Si Long and Si Yu, then asked Si Long about locations for his new estate.
• Si Long recommended Ladi Canyon, and Li Xuan decided to inspect it the next day.

Li Xuan left Gengxin City with Bang Chui to find a secure site for a new Spring and Autumn Winery after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect destroyed his former base. He reached Ladi Canyon and sent the Yellow Turban Warriors to survey it before deciding whether to build there.

• Li Xuan brought the Tao Family and Bang Chui out of the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space, settled the family at the inn, and gave Tao Lin Gold Soul Coins for their care.
• Li Xuan left Gengxin City with Bang Chui and discovered that the horses from the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space had become low-level Soul Beasts.
• Li Xuan and Bang Chui traveled toward Ladi Canyon to find a site for a new Spring and Autumn Winery, and Li Xuan recalled his anger toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Xuan reached Ladi Canyon and judged its narrow entrance promising for a secure base.
• Li Xuan summoned the Yellow Turban Warriors and ordered them to investigate the canyon and surrounding area.

Li Xuan reviewed the Yellow Turban Warriors’ survey and decided to buy the barren territory, which had farmland, mines, a nearby source of Earth Vein Fire, and defensible terrain. He traveled to the ruined town to negotiate with its lord and confirmed he was determined to buy the land despite its poor condition.

• Li Xuan camped overnight with Bangchui while the Yellow Turban Warriors surveyed the area.
• The Yellow Turban Warriors showed Li Xuan a map detailing extensive barren land, iron and coal mines, Earth Vein Fire, and favorable defensive terrain.
• Li Xuan asked the Yellow Turban Warriors to plan a settlement and look after Bangchui while he went to purchase the territory.
• After a three-hour carriage ride, Li Xuan reached the ruined town and knocked at the lord’s manor.
• An elderly man opened the gate and questioned Li Xuan about buying such barren land, but Li Xuan said he knew its condition and had made up his mind.

Li Xuan bought a ruined estate and baronial title from the last member of the Ander Family, gaining a new identity through the old man’s deceased son. He left the abandoned territory and returned to find the Yellow Turban Warriors building a camp, while the land’s growing barrenness remained unresolved.

• Li Xuan negotiated the price of the estate down from one hundred thousand to fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins and received its title deed.
• When Li Xuan hesitated to reveal his exposed identity, the old man gave him his deceased son’s Ander identity plaque so he could inherit the title.
• The old man explained that Ladi Canyon had become barren, driving the Ander Family’s people away, then left to travel the world.
• Li Xuan inspected the empty, ruined manor, decided it needed to be demolished and rebuilt, and considered how to restore the land.
• Li Xuan returned by carriage to the canyon, where the Yellow Turban Warriors had built a large, busy camp.

Li Xuan learned that the Yellow Turban Warriors had found something draining fertility from the soil near Ladi Canyon and went to investigate. He also agreed to acquire ten thousand slaves to help develop the vast land, though he realized he would need to buy them in batches.

• A Yellow Turban Warrior told Li Xuan that the land survey would take a month and that something seemed to be absorbing the soil's fertility near Ladi Canyon.
• Li Xuan sent the Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space so it could absorb spiritual energy and be used more often.
• The Yellow Turban Warrior estimated that developing the land would take three years with ten thousand laborers, and Li Xuan agreed to acquire them.
• Li Xuan worried that buying ten thousand slaves at once would arouse the Star Luo Empire's suspicion, so he considered buying them in batches.
• The Yellow Turban Warrior brought Li Xuan to a cliff beside Ladi Canyon to investigate the strange geological problem.

Li Xuan used the Treasure Hunting Compass to investigate why the land around Ladi Canyon had become barren. The Compass revealed several points of interest, and he set off with the Yellow Turban Warrior to inspect the largest one.

• The Yellow Turban Warrior explained that the Ander Family's territory had grown increasingly barren, though he did not know what was draining the land.
• Li Xuan used the Treasure Hunting Compass to search for the treasure causing the land to become barren.
• The Compass showed more than a dozen marked locations within two kilometers, surprising Li Xuan.
• Li Xuan copied the locations onto a map, and the Yellow Turban Warrior recognized them as the plain's lowest points.
• Li Xuan chose the location with the largest marker and rode there with the Yellow Turban Warrior.

Li Xuan and the Yellow Turban Warrior discovered a Heavy Water Mystic Pool beneath the barren plain, whose overflowing Mystic Pool Heavy Water had stripped the soil of fertility. Li Xuan collected a vat of the rare liquid, but the Heaven-Grasping Bottle would not absorb the pool, so he left for Ladi Canyon.

• Li Xuan and the Yellow Turban Warrior inspected the worst-affected area and found soil with a strange chemical smell.
• The Yellow Turban Warrior recognized Mystic Pool Heavy Water, and Li Xuan realized the land's infertility might be caused by an overflowing Heavy Water Mystic Pool.
• The Yellow Turban Warrior dug a pit and uncovered a shallow pool of black Mystic Pool Heavy Water.
• The Yellow Turban Warrior left to gather others and build a pool to contain the overflow while Li Xuan dug deeper and filled a large vat with the liquid.
• Li Xuan tried to absorb the Heavy Water Mystic Pool with the Heaven-Grasping Bottle, but it showed no reaction, so he stored the vat and headed toward Ladi Canyon.

Li Xuan searched for a way to deal with the Mystic Pool Heavy Water while the Yellow Turban Warriors located its source and began preparations to contain it. Half a month later, Si Yu visited with an invitation to Star Luo City's White Tiger Auction and a mysterious gift from Lou Gao, which surprised Li Xuan when he opened it.

• Li Xuan returned to the camp alone and began refining Elixirs while the Yellow Turban Warriors and Bang Chui searched for the source of the Mystic Pool Heavy Water.
• After half a month, the Yellow Turban Warriors found the Heavy Water Mystic Pool and prepared to reinforce it and build a well to control its overflowing water.
• Si Yu arrived at Li Xuan's camp and gave him a token inviting him to the White Tiger Auction in Star Luo City.
• Si Yu presented Li Xuan with a wooden box from Lou Gao, and Li Xuan exclaimed in surprise when he opened it.

Li Xuan received a powerful saber forged by Lou Gao and learned how its Soul Power-dependent enhancement worked. After sending Mystic Pool Heavy Water to Lou Gao, Li Xuan looked ahead to developing Ladi Canyon and attending the upcoming auction.

• Li Xuan tested the Three-Star Snow Blade and found that its first two gemstones boosted his strength, but activating them consumed all his Soul Power.
• Si Yu explained that the blade's enhancement weakened relative to the user's strength and praised its value for Li Xuan, describing its materials and Lou Gao's craftsmanship.
• Li Xuan asked Si Yu to tell Lou Gao he would contact him when the camp was built, then entrusted Si Yu with a waterskin of Mystic Pool Heavy Water for Lou Gao.
• Si Yu departed for Gengxin City, and Li Xuan reflected that the blade and water made a fair exchange of gifts.
• Li Xuan hoped to develop Ladi Canyon soon so he could build Heaven-Shaking Cannons, and planned to attend the auction, buy medicinal herbs, refine Elixirs, and cultivate.

Li Xuan prepared for a trip to Star Luo City to buy slaves, construction supplies, and medicinal herbs for developing Ladi Canyon and attending an auction. After receiving an enormous supply list, he refused Bangchui’s request to come along because the city would be dangerous, but promised to take him to a nearby city after returning.

• Li Xuan planned to purchase slaves, construction materials, and medicinal herbs in Star Luo City, while considering how to fund Ladi Canyon’s development.
• Li Xuan asked the Yellow Turban Warriors to prepare a list of construction supplies before his departure in three days.
• The Yellow Turban Warriors presented Li Xuan with an enormous list, explaining that it covered less than one-third of the territory’s total needs.
• Bangchui asked to accompany Li Xuan, but Li Xuan refused because Title Douluo might attend the auction and Bangchui’s identity could be exposed.
• Li Xuan promised to take Bangchui to a nearby city and bring him something tasty after returning, cheering him up.

Li Xuan left Ladi Canyon and traveled to Star Luo City, where he went to the Blacksmith's Association's courtyard to thank Lou Gao for the auction invitation. He arrived to find Lou Gao studying a blueprint.

• Li Xuan discovered that his carriage horses had absorbed spiritual energy and grown horns, and Bang Chui identified their mixed Unicorn and Wind God Steed bloodline.
• Li Xuan bid farewell to Bang Chui and the Yellow Turban Warriors, then set out from Ladi Canyon.
• Eight days later, Li Xuan reached Star Luo City and marveled at its enormous, fortified walls.
• Li Xuan presented Old Ander’s son’s Identity Token at the city gate and entered Star Luo City.
• Li Xuan found the Blacksmith's Association courtyard with Si Yu’s address, and Si Yu welcomed him inside.
• Si Yu led Li Xuan to Lou Gao, who was studying a blueprint in the reception hall.

Li Xuan discussed Lou Gao’s research into armor patterns and promised to teach him a new method for crafting Soul Tools once his territory was built. After deciding not to attend the auction, Li Xuan arranged for Si Yu’s men to buy supplies for him while he kept a low profile in Star Luo City.

• Li Xuan examined Lou Gao’s modified armor patterns, and Lou Gao admitted he could improve their effects only slightly.
• Li Xuan promised to teach Lou Gao a new crafting method after his territory was completed, and Lou Gao agreed to continue studying the existing patterns and items.
• Si Long brought Lou Gao the White Tiger Auction catalog, but Lou Gao found no notable metals and Li Xuan found nothing he wanted.
• Lou Gao warned Li Xuan to be careful in Star Luo City because people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might be there.
• Si Yu offered to have his men shop for Li Xuan, who wrote supply lists and gave them to fifty blacksmiths to fulfill.
• Si Yu estimated the purchases would cost nearly a million Gold Soul Coins, and Li Xuan said he should have enough from the fortune he had obtained from the Slaughter Treasury.

Li Xuan gave Si Yu 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins and Soul Tools to organize purchases, then rested at Lou Gao’s residence while the group prepared supplies. With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in Xingdou City, Li Xuan agreed to stay hidden and began copying fragile books from the Slaughter Treasury.

• Li Xuan gave Si Yu 1.5 million Gold Soul Coins and fifty Soul Tools to help the brothers procure supplies.
• Lou Gao warned Li Xuan to rest and stay inside because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could find him, and Si Long escorted him to a side room.
• Li Xuan slept through the night, then learned from Si Yu that the group had begun purchasing supplies and would bring back the first batch by noon.
• Si Long told Li Xuan that people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had entered Xingdou City, so Li Xuan agreed to remain in the courtyard.
• Li Xuan spent the morning copying books from the Slaughter Treasury, then gave the returned Soul Tools to the young men who had bought the first batch of supplies.
• Li Xuan inspected the herbs, construction materials, and grain, then stored the supplies in his Void Crystal.

Li Xuan and Lou Gao traveled to the White Tiger Auction in Star Luo City while evading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s spies. They reached a private room safely and waited for the auction to begin, with Li Xuan planning to buy slaves to develop Ladi Canyon.

• For five days, Si Yu's men gathered Li Xuan's supplies in Gengxin City while Lou Gao explained that he planned to build a research manor there.
• Si Yu delivered the remaining one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to Li Xuan, who gave them back to reward the workers and support Gengxin City.
• Lou Gao arranged for Si Yu to escort Li Xuan through the White Tiger Auction's rear entrance to avoid the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's spies.
• Li Xuan and Si Yu reached a fourth-floor private room, where Li Xuan reflected on his plans to buy slaves and develop Ladi Canyon into a headquarters.
• Lou Gao and Si Long joined Li Xuan and Si Yu, and the group settled in to wait for the auction to begin.

Li Xuan attended the White Tiger Auction with Lou Gao, Si Long, and Si Yu, where he recognized Ning Fengzhi and learned about a potion that could improve low-level Spirit Masters’ cultivation. The potion’s creator was Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan, prompting Li Xuan to consider whether his own Spirit-Nurturing Pills could also be sold.

• Li Xuan and Lou Gao watched the White Tiger Auction begin and dismissed its opening crystal sculpture as useless for cultivation.
• Li Xuan recognized the masked Ning Fengzhi in the main hall and recalled his hatred of the man who had destroyed his family.
• Li Xuan watched wealthy bidders compete for the opening ornaments, while Lou Gao and Ning Fengzhi declined to bid.
• The auctioneer introduced three bottles of a Soul Power Cultivation Potion that increased cultivation speed for Spirit Masters below level thirty.
• Lou Gao explained that Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan developed the potion, but Spirit Hall’s suppression and restrictions had kept its price low.

At an auction, Li Xuan considered recruiting the Breaking Clan and became interested in buying the Giant Whale, a legendary Soul Tool ship. He asked Lou Gao to bid for it, saying he had enough money.

• Li Xuan considered bringing the Breaking Clan under his command, and Lou Gao warned him that the clan’s situation was dangerous.
• Li Xuan and Lou Gao watched the auction without bidding, while Ning Fengzhi bought jewelry.
• The auctioneer presented the Giant Whale, a Soul Tool ship once used by the Vast Sea Douluo, which had not appeared publicly for three hundred years.
• Lou Gao explained the ship’s history and speculated that the Star Luo Imperial Family had auctioned it because it needed money.
• Li Xuan decided he wanted the ship and asked Lou Gao to bid, assuring him that he had plenty of money.

Li Xuan won the Giant Whale at auction and learned it used lost Soul Tool techniques to shrink its full-sized form. As bidding began on a seventy-thousand-year White Dragon Fish corpse, he wondered whether the system would recycle its Inner Core.

• Lou Gao warned Li Xuan that the Giant Whale sale was final, and Li Xuan confirmed he wanted it.
• Ning Fengzhi bid one million Gold Soul Coins for the Giant Whale, but Lou Gao outbid him at one million one hundred thousand, and Ning Fengzhi withdrew.
• Li Xuan paid for the Giant Whale, collected it, and stored it in the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space after Lou Gao explained how it had been compressed.
• The auction continued with Soul Tools, which Li Xuan did not bid on, before Lou Gao told him Soul Beast corpses would precede the Spirit Bone lots.
• The auctioneer presented a seventy-thousand-year White Dragon Fish corpse, and Li Xuan wondered whether the system would recycle its Inner Core.