Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ce, disguised as Xuantian, opened his pill auction in Black Seal City, confident that his hidden trump cards could handle anyone who tried to seize the pills. The Gold and Silver Elders, Demon Flame Valley’s three elders, Mo Tianxing, and Han Feng began joining forces against him as the auction’s confrontation started.

• Su Qian questioned Xiao Ce’s plan to auction high-grade pills, and Xiao Ce assured him that his trump cards would protect the auction.
• Xiao Ce disguised himself as Xuantian and entered the auction hall with Su Qian as the gathered experts fell silent under his soul pressure.
• Lv Man watched Xuantian and considered his suspected connection to the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and his possible status as a seventh-tier alchemist.
• The Gold and Silver Elders challenged Xuantian, and the three elders of Demon Flame Valley revealed themselves as allies in the attempt to take the pills without bidding.
• Fang Yan called on Mo Tianxing and Han Feng to join the attack, while Han Feng placed his confidence in a black-robed figure among the crowd.

Xiao Ce revealed overwhelming strength at the auction, killing the silver-robed Gold and Silver Elder and turning aside a coordinated attack from Han Feng and the Demon Flame Valley elders. He left Mo Tianxing as the only attacker still facing Su Qian while warning his opponents that none of them would leave.

• Mo Tianxing urged the gathered experts to stand aside and promised they could claim pills below the sixth tier after Master Xuantian's death.
• Su Qian stepped forward to support Xiao Ce, but Xiao Ce assured him that the situation was under control.
• Xiao Ce evaded the silver-robed elder's attack, struck him with Flame Dragon Palm, and engulfed him in Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The gold-robed elder's punch passed through Xiao Ce's afterimage and struck the silver-robed elder, killing him; the gold-robed elder then charged Xiao Ce in rage.
• Han Feng and the three elders of Demon Flame Valley joined the gold-robed elder's attack, while Mo Tianxing intercepted Su Qian.
• Xiao Ce used Swallow Return Strike to repel all five attackers and declared that they would all remain at the auction house if that was their best effort.

Xiao Ce defeated the golden-robed old man and killed Fang Yan while surviving the attacks of Han Feng and the other Demon Flame Valley elders. As Xiao Ce prepared his trump card, Han Feng called on Protector Xuan, who launched a surprise attack and revealed himself as a Dou Zong, but Xiao Ce claimed he had finally caught him.

• The spectators fled the auction hall as Han Feng and the others confronted Xiao Ce in midair.
• The golden-robed old man attacked Xiao Ce with the Golden Sun Mountain-Suppressing Seal, but Xiao Ce destroyed it and killed him with three azure fire dragons.
• Han Feng and the three Demon Flame Valley elders attacked Xiao Ce together, and Xiao Ce killed Fang Yan with First Light Breaking Through.
• Xiao Ce emerged from Han Feng's flames largely unharmed and began gathering the surrounding energy for his ultimate trump card.
• Han Feng called for Protector Xuan, who appeared behind Xiao Ce and attacked with countless chains, revealing himself as a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ce smiled and said that he had finally caught Protector Xuan.

Xiao Ce revealed his true strength and severely wounded Protector Xuan, turning the battle against Han Feng, Mo Tianxing, and the Demon Flame Valley elders. Protector Xuan tried to devour souls to strengthen himself, but Xiao Ce’s Flame Dragon Palms broke through the others’ combined attack and struck him again.

• Xiao Ce shattered Protector Xuan’s chains with the Yin-Yang Sky Splitting Palm and blasted him backward, exposing his overwhelming strength.
• Han Feng convinced the Demon Flame Valley elders to keep fighting, while Yuan Yi wounded Mo Ya and Su Qian blocked Mo Tianxing.
• Protector Xuan summoned illusory souls and began using Soul Devour to increase his strength.
• Xiao Ce attacked with several Flame Dragon Palms as Han Feng and the Demon Flame Valley elders tried to protect Protector Xuan.
• Xiao Ce’s attack broke through their combined techniques and struck Protector Xuan, who cursed Han Feng and the others for failing to stop it.

Xiao Ce defeated Han Feng, Protector Xuan, and Demon Flame Valley’s elders, killing Han Feng’s allies and capturing Han Feng’s weakened soul to preserve the Sea Heart Flame. With the battle turning against Mo Tianxing and Mo Ya, Qi Shan surrendered and helped Yuan Yi kill Mo Ya, leaving the fighting over.

• Xiao Ce killed two Demon Flame Valley elders and overwhelmed Protector Xuan and Han Feng despite their combined attacks.
• Xiao Ce killed Han Feng, weakened his soul, and sealed it in a jade bottle so he could later obtain the Sea Heart Flame.
• Qi Shan surrendered to Yuan Yi and, at Xiao Ce’s order, stabbed Mo Ya in the back.
• Xiao Ce killed Mo Tianxing while Su Qian held him off and Qi Shan broke his defenses.
• Mo Ya tried to surrender, but Xiao Ce ordered Qi Shan and Yuan Yi to kill him, and Qi Shan finished him in ten moves.

After killing the Black-Corner Domain’s powerful figures, Xiao Ce looted Han Feng’s inheritance and went to Demon Flame Valley to eliminate Old Demon Di Mo and obtain materials for a puppet. The chapter ended as Xiao Ce’s concealed Guiyuan sword light struck at Old Demon Di Mo.

• Xiao Ce postponed the auction for three days, then sent Yuan Yi and Qi Shan to raid the Black Emperor Sect while he went with Su Qian to loot Han Feng’s treasure vault in Feng City.
• Xiao Ce decided to attack Demon Flame Valley and kill Old Demon Di Mo, hoping to refine him into a powerful puppet.
• Xiao Ce arrived at Demon Flame Valley and killed the Fourth Elder with a slap before striking several Dou Wangs with Flame Dragon Palm.
• Xiao Ce called out Old Demon Di Mo, who emerged and scattered Xiao Ce’s fire dragons with an icy aura.
• Xiao Ce concealed Hidden Dragon Emerging from the Abyss behind his Flame Dragon Palms, and the sword light shot toward Old Demon Di Mo.

Xiao Ce defeated Old Demon Di Mo, looted Demon Flame Valley, and found the Heavenly Demon Puppet crafting method. In Black Seal City, Elder Lin introduced Xiao Yan and revealed how Xiao Yan had obtained the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and earned his favor.

• Xiao Ce killed Old Demon Di Mo with two surprise strikes, then searched Demon Flame Valley and subdued a fifth-rank snake-type Magic Beast.
• Xiao Ce broke into a hidden storeroom and took its treasures, including the Heavenly Demon Puppet crafting method, but realized he still needed the soul of an expert.
• Xiao Ce rode the giant snake back to Black Seal City, where Lv Man met Elder Lin of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and his companion, Xiao Yan.
• Elder Lin explained that Xiao Yan had absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame after a failed attempt by an alchemist and a battle in which a Soul Hall protector died.
• Xiao Yan told Lv Man that absorbing the Heavenly Flame had brought an aphrodisiac side effect, while Elder Lin had kept his distance as he recovered.

Xiao Yan told Elder Lin and Lv Man that Master Xuantian was his cousin Xiao Ce, warning them not to seize the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils by force. He then reunited with Xiao Ce, who learned Xiao Yan had absorbed Heavenly Flames and spoke with Yao Lao about killing Han Feng.

• Lv Man recounted Master Xuantian’s destruction of Demon Flame Valley and his killings of powerful Dou Zong and Dou Emperor experts.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Master Xuantian was under twenty and was his cousin, then warned Elder Lin and Lv Man that Xiao Ce would retaliate if they tried to take the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils by force.
• Elder Lin explained that Heavenly Snake Mansion wanted to pass on its inheritance to a possessor of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Xiao Yan agreed to ask Xiao Ce whether he would meet them.
• Xiao Yan went to the Eight-Fan Sect headquarters, where Xiao Ce recognized the Heavenly Flames he had absorbed.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Ce had killed Han Feng, and Yao Lao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring as Xiao Ce confirmed he had helped avenge Yao Lao.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yan exchanged news about the Soul Hall and traded the soul of a five-star Dou Zong protector for the Flame Manipulation Art. After the auction, Xiao Ce refused to let Qing Lin return to Heavenly Snake Mansion but offered its representatives a deal.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ce that he had killed Protector Xuan of the Soul Hall, and Xiao Ce proposed joining forces against the Soul Hall and sharing any stronghold information they uncovered.
• Xiao Yan traded the sealed soul of a five-star Soul Hall protector to Xiao Ce for the Flame Manipulation Art, which could help Xiao Yan evolve his Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Ce presided over the auction, earning medicinal ingredients and a seventh-tier Magic Core and acquiring the movement Dou Techniques Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Lightning Flash Instant Shadow.
• Xiao Yan brought Elder Lin and Lv Man to meet Xiao Ce, who refused to let Qing Lin return to Heavenly Snake Mansion and promised he could provide her with greater resources.
• After Lin Canghai accepted that Qing Lin would not come with them, Xiao Ce offered Heavenly Snake Mansion a deal.

Xiao Ce negotiated with Lin Canghai to exchange the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance for his promise to help Heavenly Snake Mansion produce three Douzun experts within thirty years. After returning to Jia Nan Academy, he reunited with Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xun'er asked him to teach her unorthodox methods.

• Xiao Ce offered to help Heavenly Snake Mansion nurture three Douzun experts in exchange for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance.
• Lin Canghai accepted the proposed deal in principle but said he needed to consult the Mansion Master and elders before confirming it.
• Lin Canghai left for Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Lv Man stayed in Black Seal City and Xiao Ce returned to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ce greeted Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian at his pavilion, and Xiao Yan became a Jia Nan Academy student through Xiao Ce's arrangement.
• Xiao Yi Xian left that night, and Xun'er asked Xiao Ce to teach her unorthodox methods before he carried her toward White Chrysanthemum Mountain.

Xiao Ce interrogated Protector Yin and learned the locations and defenses of two Soul Hall branch halls. After preparing Old Demon Di Mo's corpse, Xiao Ce destroyed Protector Yin's soul and refined his intelligence away.

• Xiao Ce left Xun'er after she was exhausted and spent the night with Xiao Yi Xian, who joined Xun'er in their competition.
• The next day, Xiao Ce woke Protector Yin and used Green Lotus Core Flame to force him to reveal his identity and Soul Hall information.
• Protector Yin revealed the locations of branch halls between the Tianxin Empire and Heaven Burial Ravine and in the Horned Dragon Mountain Range, along with their strengths.
• Xiao Ce used Green Lotus Core Flame to expel corpse qi from Old Demon Di Mo's corpse.
• Xiao Ce freed Protector Yin from the jade bottle, seized him, and refined his intelligence away.

Xiao Ce completed an Earth Demon Puppet and began refining a Spirit Fusion Pill for his deal with Queen Medusa. He planned to use the pill and their future dual cultivation to help break through to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Ce refined Protector Yin's soul, Old Demon Di Mo's corpse, and a seventh-tier Magic Core into an Earth Demon Puppet, then named it Puppet One.
• Xiao Ce sent Puppet One to Black Seal City with Ling Ying and learned that Xun'er was training in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Ce visited Xiao Yi Xian, who had reached three-star Dou Wang after preparing poison with the medicinal ingredients he had traded for.
• Xiao Ce used the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron to refine a top-quality Spirit Fusion Pill for his agreement with Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Ce showed Xiao Yi Xian Xiao Cai and explained his plans for Queen Medusa; Xiao Yi Xian accepted the idea of another sister and admitted she had begun studying body-refining Dou Techniques.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian shared an intimate moment before the Heavenly Snake Mansion agreed to hand over the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance in exchange for Xiao Ce’s promise. At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ce gave the inheritance to Qing Lin, whose talent impressed the visiting mansion leaders.

• Xiao Ce carried Xiao Yi Xian into the pavilion after she warned that Qing Lin might return and catch them.
• Lin Canghai told the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master that Lv Man and White Fang had found traces of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and explained Xiao Ce’s deal.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master decided to accept the deal and personally bring the inheritance to Jia Nan Academy.
• Wang Xu handed Xiao Ce a jade slip containing the inheritance and asked to meet Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin arrived, and Lin Canghai and Wang Xu were astonished by her three-star Da Dou Shi cultivation.
• Xiao Ce gave Qing Lin the jade slip, and she promised to work hard at cultivation.

After a quiet half year of cultivation and breakthroughs, Xiao Ce called Queen Medusa out with the Spirit Fusion Pill he had prepared. She gained full control of her body and challenged him to fight, while Su Qian and the others learned that the newly revealed Dou Zong was Queen Medusa.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master stayed to teach Qing Lin, and Xiao Ce accepted his investment in her future.
• Over the next half year, Xiao Yan entered Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy and advanced in alchemy, while Xun'er, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Ce all improved their cultivation.
• Xiao Ce summoned Queen Medusa and gave her the Spirit Fusion Pill, reminding her that their old deal still stood.
• Queen Medusa swallowed the pill and gained complete control of her body, then challenged Xiao Ce to fight elsewhere.
• Su Qian, the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, and Lin Canghai sensed a Dou Zong and learned from Xiao Ce that it was Queen Medusa, his friend.

Xiao Ce defeated Queen Medusa in an overwhelming battle despite her higher realm, forcing her to accept him as her master. He promised to honor her as Queen in public, while she agreed to act as his maid in private.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master and Lin Canghai asked to see Xiao Ce fight, and he faced Queen Medusa above a mountain range.
• Queen Medusa attacked with a powerful punch, but Xiao Ce used Swallow Return Strike to send her crashing into a mountain.
• Xiao Ce used Lightning Flash Instant Shadow to catch Queen Medusa off guard and strike her, leaving her badly injured.
• Xiao Ce declared that Queen Medusa had lost and reminded her that he could have killed her; she admitted defeat and called him Master.
• Xiao Ce teased Queen Medusa by calling her a good girl and said he would respect her as Queen in public but expect her to be his maid in private.
• Queen Medusa agreed to Xiao Ce's terms.

Xiao Ce urged Xiao Yan to join the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Grand Meeting and revealed that the Xiao Clan descended from the ancient Xiao Tribe, which the Soul Clan destroyed. He explained that the Gu Clan and Soul Clan were pursuing a key held by the Xiao Clan and that he had brought Xiao Yan back to the Jia Ma Empire to confront a Soul Hall protector and relocate the clan.

• Xiao Ce asked Xiao Yan to enter the Alchemist Grand Meeting, then told him the Xiao Clan had once been the powerful Xiao Tribe.
• Yao Lao explained that the Xiao Tribe was one of the ancient eight clans and that the Soul Clan had destroyed it a thousand years earlier.
• Xiao Yan learned that Yao Lao had been abandoned by the Yao Clan and vowed to seek justice for his teacher.
• Xiao Ce revealed that Xun'er was the Gu Clan leader's daughter and had come to the Xiao Clan for a key.
• Xiao Ce said the Soul Clan also wanted the key and that a Soul Hall protector was in the Jia Ma Empire's capital.
• Xiao Ce explained that he had brought Xiao Yan back to deal with the protector and move some Xiao Clan members to the Black-Corner Domain.

Xiao Ce told Xiao Yan that their Xiao Clan had once been the ancient Xiao Tribe and revealed that Xun'er was the Gu Clan leader’s daughter, sent to retrieve a key hidden with the Xiao Clan. With a Soul Hall protector in the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Ce planned to return with Xiao Yan to confront the threat and move some clan members to the Black-Corner Domain.

• Xiao Ce invited Xiao Yan to compete in the Jia Ma Empire’s upcoming Alchemist Grand Meeting, partly hoping Xiao Yan’s luck would help locate the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes.
• Xiao Ce revealed that the Xiao Clan descended from the Xiao Tribe, one of the eight ancient clans, which the Soul Clan had destroyed a thousand years earlier.
• Yao Lao confirmed that the Soul Clan destroyed the Xiao Tribe and that he himself had once belonged to the Yao Clan before it abandoned him.
• Xiao Ce disclosed that Xun'er was the Gu Clan clan leader’s daughter and had come to the Xiao Clan for a key.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Yan that a Soul Hall protector was in the Jia Ma Empire and explained that he wanted to deal with the protector and relocate some Xiao Clan members to the Black-Corner Domain.

Xiao Ce returned to the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa, intending to visit friends and deliver pills. After Jia Xingtian sensed Queen Medusa’s aura and cautiously greeted them, the group reached the Mittel Family manor and reunited with Ya Fei.

• Xiao Ce decided the Xiao Clan should hide in the Black-Corner Domain while some collateral clansmen joined Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Yi Xian and Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Ce, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa flew toward the Jia Ma Empire, while Xun'er and Qing Lin stayed behind to cultivate.
• Jia Xingtian sensed Queen Medusa’s Dou Zong aura in the imperial capital and hurried to confront the newcomers, then respectfully withdrew after Xiao Ce said they were visiting a friend.
• Xiao Ce’s group arrived at the Mittel Family manor, where Ya Fei welcomed them and said she had become the family’s head.

Xiao Ce reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Family and spent time with her after Xiao Yi Xian encouraged him to do so. He gave Ya Fei an Earth Core Foundation-Cultivating Pill that doubled her cultivation speed, and she went to bathe before thanking him.

• Ya Fei introduced Teng Shan to Xiao Ce, and Xiao Ce said he would remain in the Imperial Capital until the Alchemist Grand Meeting ended.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Ce and Ya Fei's relationship and encouraged him to spend time with Ya Fei, while Queen Medusa questioned her indulgence.
• Ya Fei reflected on her past with Xiao Ce until he appeared at her pavilion and embraced her.
• Xiao Ce gave Ya Fei an Earth Core Foundation-Cultivating Pill, and she swallowed it while he guarded her.
• Several hours later, Ya Fei said the pill had doubled her cultivation speed, then hurried off to bathe before thanking Xiao Ce.

Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan learned of Xiao Ce and Queen Medusa’s arrival in the Imperial Capital, while Yun Yun went to the Mittel Family to find Xiao Ce. Xiao Ce greeted her there as Xiao Yan prepared to confront Protector Wu.

• Ya Fei suggested that Xiao Ce ask Xiao Yi Xian to join them because she could not keep up with him alone.
• Jia Xingtian suspected Xiao Ce was the mysterious alchemist and considered using Yao Ye and Yao Yue to gain the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s favor with him.
• Yun Shan learned that Queen Medusa was alive and had reached Dou Zong, then agreed to have Yun Leng search for the Xiao Clan for Protector Wu.
• Yun Yun heard that Queen Medusa was at the Mittel Family and quietly went there to find Xiao Ce.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Yan that they would soon locate Protector Wu and that another guest had arrived; Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun.