Chapter Summaries

• Plot and events: The author announces a day off to organize outlines for the upcoming chapters and says another bonus chapter will be released later.
• Author’s approach: They explain that they rely on volume and chapter outlines to plan a novel in advance, likening preparation to the wisdom of never going into battle unprepared.
• Character development and interactions: No story characters appear or develop; the author closes with a playful appeal from “Little Rui” for monthly tickets and recommendation votes, thanking readers as adoptive fathers.
• Themes: Planning and preparation, a brief pause before continuing the story, and warm, humorous engagement with readers.

Xiao Ling triggered a pair of Lightning Tribulations to fend off Vulture Protector and Eagle Protector, while Qing Lian absorbed a bolt to aid her evolution. The Protectors escaped through a spatial wormhole, and Xiao Ling fled before Zhai Xing arrived and was confronted by another powerful presence.

• Xiao Ling summoned Dragon Sparrow and unleashed the Lightning Tribulations, forcing Vulture Protector and Eagle Protector to abandon their attack and resist the heavenly bolts.
• Xiao Ling used the Thunder Origin Rune in the Heavenly Domain Thunder Wings to absorb lightning, while Qing Lian swallowed a bolt with the Green Lotus Core Flame and discovered it could help her evolve.
• Vulture Protector and Eagle Protector consumed recruited soul bodies to strengthen themselves, but the tribulation battered them down to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Vulture Protector and Eagle Protector concealed their auras and escaped through a spatial scroll, and two pursuing bolts followed them into the space wormhole.
• Xiao Ling recognized that someone was approaching and flew away, after which Zhai Xing arrived and another aura accused the Soul Hall of crossing the line.

After recovering from his breakthrough, Xiao Ling traveled toward the Black-Corner Region with Qing Lian, while Mittel Aoxue approached its border with only days left to live. When the Flying Tiger Brothers attacked her, Xiao Ling appeared with overwhelming killing intent and caught her as she collapsed.

• Experts gathered at the battlefield and examined the crater left by Xiao Ling’s clash, while an influential woman from the Molan Empire secretly gained a Half-Step Dou Zong breakthrough and a middle Xuan-grade cultivation method.
• Xiao Ling rested overnight with Qing Lian, stabilized his Peak Dou Wang realm, and set out for the Black-Corner Region the next morning.
• Mittel Aoxue traveled toward the Black-Corner Region, lamenting that she might never see the young man she loved again and intending to die near home.
• Yuan Fei and Yuan Hu followed Mittel Aoxue, then blocked her path near the Black Great Plains and threatened to assault her.
• As Yuan Fei reached for Mittel Aoxue, Xiao Ling’s voice rang out and his aura immobilized the brothers; Mittel Aoxue collapsed into his arms.

Xiao Ling rescued Mittel Aoxue from the Flying Tiger Brothers, learned she had only three days to live, and took her to Black Seal City seeking a Sixth-Tier Wood Attribute Magic Core for a life-extending pill. The chapter ended with an auction house attendant confirming that the core was available and offering to bring an elder to negotiate.

• Xiao Ling crushed the Flying Tiger Brothers, killed them, and sealed their souls inside a Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Ling used Dou Qi and soul power to nourish Mittel Aoxue, who woke and told him she had only three days left to live.
• Xiao Ling introduced Mittel Aoxue to Qing Lian and promised to protect her before flying with them toward Black Seal City.
• Xiao Ling learned that Black Seal City would hold an auction the next day and entered the city with Mittel Aoxue and Qing Lian.
• Xiao Ling asked the auction house for a Sixth-Tier Wood Attribute Magic Core, and an attendant confirmed they had one and went to fetch an elder.

Xiao Ling bought the Sixth-Tier Wood Attribute Magic Core for Mittel Ao Xue, then struck back when Elder Yu tried to force him to pay. After learning the auction’s finale was the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, Xiao Ling confronted Yuan Yi, took the pill and other auction items from his Storage Ring, and left him defeated.

• Xiao Ling went to the Eight Gates auction house with Mittel Ao Xue and negotiated with Elder Yu to buy lot number 73 for five million gold coins.
• After confirming the magic core was genuine, Xiao Ling refused to pay and sent Elder Yu crashing through the auction house wall with a slap.
• Elder Yu summoned Yuan Yi, who demanded an apology and twenty million gold coins, while the Blood Sect Young Master watched from nearby.
• Xiao Ling asked Yuan Yi for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, then seized him with an azure-flame hand and took his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Ling took the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and other auction items, struck Yuan Yi into a crater, and left a gold coin on his forehead before departing with Mittel Ao Xue.