Chapter Summaries

After ending his life simulation, Xiao Jie chose the God Blood Lotus and planned to use it for future trades. As Ice River Valley’s new power was challenged by neighboring forces, he accepted an invitation to their gathering and prepared to demonstrate his strength.

• Xiao Jie chose the God Blood Lotus, reasoning that it could help him trade for materials to cultivate the Nine Turns Golden Body Art.
• Tian Shuangzi told Xiao Jie that spies had noticed suspicious activity and that the major Northern Region powers had invited Ice River Valley’s former Valley Master to a gathering.
• Tian Shuangzi explained that the Mysterious Underworld Sect and several other forces might be testing Ice River Valley because Bing He had not appeared.
• Xiao Jie ordered Tian Shuangzi to announce that he was Ice River Valley’s Vice Valley Master and that the Valley Master was in seclusion, and said they would attend the gathering.
• Xiao Jie reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could handle the Dou Venerate opponents, and she agreed that he was strong.

Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi arrived in Tianmu City for the Northern Region gathering, where Ice River Valley faced pressure from rival forces and a concealed high-level Dou Venerate. At the Lin Clan gates, Xiao Jie noticed an enchanting woman watching him.

• The Northern Region's forces gathered in Tianmu City for a resource-sharing meeting called by the Mysterious Underworld Sect, while rumors spread that Ice River Valley would be pressured or tested.
• Xiao Jie arrived aboard Ice River Valley's Space Ship with Tian Shuangzi, having left Xiao Yi Xian and the other Dou Zong powerhouses behind.
• Xiao Jie sensed numerous Dou Venerate powerhouses in the city, including one stronger than Mo Yu, and suspected the Heavenly Underworld Sect was involved.
• Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi reached the Lin Clan gates, where alchemists above the Sixth grade could enter without invitation checks.
• An enchanting woman in a black dress stared at Xiao Jie and smiled when he turned to look at her.

Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi attended the Lin Clan gathering, where Xiao Jie saw the Cao Family’s Cao Ying and explored the alchemist exchanges. On the second floor, Chen Yang confronted them and mocked Xiao Jie’s position as Ice River Valley’s Vice Valley Master, and Xiao Jie answered with an insult.

• Cao Ying and Cao Yuan entered the Lin Clan gathering, and Tian Shuangzi identified them for Xiao Jie.
• Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi entered the pavilion and inspected the exchanges on its first and second floors.
• Chen Yang, Chen Xuan, and another Dou Venerate approached Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi.
• Tian Shuangzi explained that Xiao Jie represented Ice River Valley as Vice Valley Master because the Valley Master had entered seclusion.
• Chen Yang mocked Xiao Jie for being a fire-attributed cultivator in an ice-attributed force, and Xiao Jie called him the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s dog.

At an exchange gathering, Xiao Jie stood up to the Mysterious Underworld Sect’s Chen Yang and concealed his identity while drawing attention from Cao Ying. The gathering began with Chen Yang offering a Tier 8 Yin-Yang Soul-Returning Pill formula, and the chapter ended as he rejected Granny Wanhua’s offer of one Honor-Advancing Pill.

• Xiao Jie insulted the Mysterious Underworld Sect, and Chen Yang challenged him before Lin Mowen arrived to defuse the confrontation.
• Xiao Jie introduced himself as Xuanhuang, while Cao Ying and her companion suspected he was a powerful alchemist who might possess a Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Mowen opened the exchange gathering, and Chen Yang offered a Tier 8 Yin-Yang Soul-Returning Pill formula.
• Granny Wanhua offered one Honor-Advancing Pill for the formula, but Chen Yang said it was not enough.

At the gathering, Granny Wanhua traded two Two-Colored Honored Spirit Pills for the Yin-Yang Soul-Returning Pill recipe, and Xiao Jie exchanged two Life-Returning Pills for Red-Browed Old Ghost’s Rank Eight earth-attribute monster core. When Chen Yang challenged Xiao Jie’s invitation to the injured Red-Browed Old Ghost, Xiao Jie revealed the Mystic Yellow Flame and faced Chen Yang’s Six-Star Dou Venerate aura.

• Granny Wanhua offered a second Two-Colored Honored Spirit Pill, and Chen Yang gave her the Yin-Yang Soul-Returning Pill recipe in exchange for two pills.
• Lin Mowen opened the gathering, and Red-Browed Old Ghost offered a Rank Eight earth-attribute monster core for two Seventh-grade Life-Returning Pills.
• Xiao Jie traded two Life-Returning Pills for Red-Browed Old Ghost’s monster core and invited him to visit Ice River Valley.
• Red-Browed Old Ghost accepted Xiao Jie’s invitation, while Chen Yang warned that Ice River Valley could not protect him.
• Xiao Jie revealed the Mystic Yellow Flame after Chen Yang challenged him, and Chen Yang answered by releasing his Six-Star Dou Venerate aura.

At the Lin Clan gathering, Xiao Jie stood up to Chen Yang and sought rare materials for cultivating the Six-Turn Golden Body. He obtained Azure Flame Grass and learned Cao Ying might know where to find Molten Vermillion Fruit, while the gathering’s exchanges continued.

• Lin Mowen interrupted Xiao Jie and Chen Yang before their confrontation escalated, and Xiao Jie explained that Ice River Valley needed to stop yielding to other forces.
• Xiao Jie offered rewards for Earth Core Flame Marrow, Molten Vermillion Fruit, Azure Flame Grass, Crimson Flame Spirit Crystal, and Sun Flower, but Lin Mowen said the materials were exceedingly rare.
• Azure Sword Venerate offered Azure Flame Grass, and Xiao Jie traded him three Tier 8 Three-Colored Pills for it.
• Cao Ying told Xiao Jie she knew who possessed Molten Vermillion Fruit, and Xiao Jie offered an Ancestor Origin Pill for confirmed information.
• Lin Mowen resumed the gathering’s exchanges after the crowd recovered from Xiao Jie’s lavish trade.

Xiao Jie used the Simulator to obtain a mass of Soul Origin and learned that the Soul Clan would accelerate its plans, prompting him to reconsider how to protect himself and Ice River Valley. As the second half of the gathering approached, he weighed abandoning Ice River Valley or joining the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi discussed the threat posed by Elder Xue and the Heavenly Underworld Sect, while Elder Xue assured Chen Yang that the Extreme Ice Ancestor would be handled by their superiors.
• At his residence, Xiao Jie simulated his future, saw Ice River Valley destroyed and himself eventually killed after risking the refinement of several Heavenly Flames, then selected a mass of Soul Origin as his reward.
• Xiao Jie sealed the Soul Origin in a jade bottle and reflected that his appearance might have caused the Soul Clan to advance its thousand-year plan.
• Cao Ying sensed the pure soul aura near Ice River Valley and grew curious about Xiao Jie's strength and concealed identity.
• The next morning, Xiao Jie learned the gathering would resume in an hour and headed to meet Tian Shuangzi while considering whether to leave Ice River Valley or join the Pill Tower.

Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi arrived at the Lin Clan gathering’s back mountain, where the Northern Region factions would compete for resource territories. As Lin Mowen opened the gathering and announced that the factions would draw opponents, the stakes appeared on the map, including extra territories offered because Ice River Valley’s stake was so valuable.

• Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi entered the back mountain plaza and examined the map of the Northern Region’s territories and resources.
• Lin Mowen welcomed Xiao Jie as Ice River Valley’s representative, drawing curious looks from the gathered factions and interest from Cao Ying.
• Tian Shuangzi explained that factions would compete for points, with rankings determining how resource territories and their output would be divided.
• Lin Mowen announced the gathering’s start and invited the factions to draw lots for their opponents.
• Eight red dots appeared on the map to mark the stakes, and the Mysterious Underworld Sect and Heavenly Yin Mansion added territories because Ice River Valley’s offering was especially valuable.

The Northern Region factions gathered to compete for valuable resource sites, and the lots set Blood Fiend Sect against Ice River Valley in the first round. Chen Yang and Azure Sword Venerate began the opening match beneath the Heavenly Dipper North Star Array.

• Ice River Valley offered its Extreme Cold Ice Marrow as a stake, and the factions discussed the competing resources and the experts involved.
• Chen Yang drew Green Peak Sword Sect, Azure Sword Venerate drew Blood Fiend Sect, and Blood Fiend Venerate drew Ice River Valley.
• The six factions' pairings were announced: Mysterious Underworld Sect versus Green Peak Sword Sect, Blood Fiend Sect versus Ice River Valley, and Lin Clan versus Heavenly Yin Mansion.
• Chen Yang and Azure Sword Venerate entered the arena, where Azure Sword Venerate's rising aura and sword qi made Chen Yang take the fight seriously.
• Lin Mowen activated the protective array, and Xiao Jie recognized it as the powerful Heavenly Dipper North Star Array.

Chen Yang and Azure Sword Venerate fought fiercely in the Heavenly Dipper North Star Array, with neither gaining a clear advantage. They unleashed their Heaven Tier techniques to decide the match, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided.

• Chen Yang and Azure Sword Venerate exchanged dozens of blows, damaging the array while spectators debated their relative strength.
• The crowd watched the battle and sought to learn from the two Dou Venerates, while younger attendees focused on Cao Ying.
• Tian Shuangzi asked Xiao Jie who would win, and Xiao Jie said the fight was too evenly matched to call unless Azure Sword Venerate broke through.
• Chen Yang launched the Blazing Sun Heaven-Shaking Fist as Azure Sword Venerate answered with the Green Peak Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Lin Mowen and the Heavenly Yin Mansion Master watched as the two Heaven Tier Dou Techniques met head-on.

Chen Yang and Azure Sword Venerate fought to a draw, giving Mysterious Underworld Sect and Green Peak Sword Sect one point each. Xiao Jie then faced Blood Fiend Venerate and declared that he would win within three moves, leaving the spectators waiting to see whether he could back up his claim.

• Chen Yang and Azure Sword Venerate ended their match in a draw, and Lin Mowen awarded one point to each sect.
• Lin Mowen announced Ice River Valley’s match against Blood Fiend Sect, and the spectators questioned why Ice River Valley had sent its Three-star Dou Venerate Vice Valley Master.
• Xiao Jie and Blood Fiend Venerate entered the arena as the gathered experts debated their chances.
• Red-Browed Old Ghost recognized the long-vanished Blood Killing Venerate beside Chen Yang and worried that Ice River Valley was in danger.
• Blood Fiend Venerate taunted Xiao Jie and urged him to concede, but Xiao Jie said he would concede only if Blood Fiend Venerate survived three moves without being defeated.

Xiao Jie revealed the Mystic Yellow Flame and defeated Blood Fiend Venerate with a powerful dragon-shaped palm technique, leaving him severely wounded. When Chen Yang questioned whether he had been too heavy-handed, Xiao Jie mocked him for expecting him to take back the attack.

• Xiao Jie surrounded himself with the Mystic Yellow Flame and drove back Blood Fiend Venerate’s blood qi.
• Xiao Jie blocked Blood Fiend Venerate’s saber attack and struck him with a blazing sun-shaped blow.
• Blood Fiend Venerate used Blood Spirit Transforming Heaven, but Xiao Jie’s dragon-shaped palm swallowed the crimson python and struck him down.
• A Blood Fiend Sect expert carried away the badly wounded Blood Fiend Venerate, while the spectators marveled at Xiao Jie’s technique.
• Chen Yang challenged Xiao Jie for injuring Blood Fiend Venerate, and Xiao Jie replied that Blood Fiend Venerate had insisted on blocking his attack.

Xiao Jie severely injured Blood Fiend Venerate, helping Ice River Valley gain an advantage in the faction tournament. After other matches concluded, Xiao Jie faced Chen Yang of the Mysterious Underworld Sect, and their fierce battle began.

• Xiao Jie returned to his seat after Lin Mowen declared Ice River Valley the winner, while Chen Yang warned him to hope they did not meet again.
• Tian Shuangzi praised Xiao Jie, who dismissed Blood Fiend Venerate as a petty clown and waited for the next matches.
• Heavenly Yin Venerate forfeited, and Azure Sword Venerate defeated Lin Mowen to earn three points.
• The next draw paired Ice River Valley against the Mysterious Underworld Sect, and Chen Yang and Xiao Jie entered the arena.
• Chen Yang attacked with a powerful punch, and Xiao Jie countered with a punch enhanced by the Nine-Turn Golden Body as Chen Yang formed a gigantic flaming fist.

Xiao Jie’s Five-Turn Golden Body and Mystic Yellow Flame let him withstand Chen Yang’s attacks and wear down the Mysterious Underworld Sect Master’s Dou Technique. Chen Yang unleashed Blazing Sun Heaven-Shaking Fist against Xiao Jie’s Great Vast Wandering Dragon Palm, and their clash threatened to break the formation.

• Xiao Jie endured Chen Yang’s attack without injury, then struck him with enough force to leave Chen Yang’s hand trembling.
• Xiao Jie sent Flame Flood Dragons against Chen Yang’s Mysterious Underworld Palm and ground the attack away.
• Onlookers marveled at Xiao Jie’s strength, while Blood Killing Venerate chose to keep watching rather than intervene.
• Chen Yang unleashed Blazing Sun Heaven-Shaking Fist as Xiao Jie answered with Great Vast Wandering Dragon Palm.
• The collision of the two Heaven Tier Dou Techniques cracked the Heavenly Dipper North Star Array, so Lin Mowen ordered the Lin Clan experts to reinforce it.

Xiao Jie and Chen Yang fought to a draw, and Ice River Valley won the gathering with five points, claiming the Blood Fiend Sect’s Heavenly Mountain Blood Lake. After the rankings were announced, Xiao Jie decided to stay overnight and planned to ask Cao Ying about materials for the Six-Turn Golden Body.

• Xiao Jie and Chen Yang’s match ended in a draw, giving each faction one point.
• Tian Shuangzi drew the Blood Fiend Sect and won automatically, raising Ice River Valley’s score to five points.
• The Lin Family Ancestor defeated the Heavenly Yin Venerate, then Chen Yang and Azure Sword Venerate agreed to a draw.
• The Lin Family Ancestor announced Ice River Valley as the winner and awarded it the Heavenly Mountain Blood Lake.
• Xiao Jie told Tian Shuangzi they would leave the next day and turned toward Cao Ying to ask about materials for the Six-Turn Golden Body.

Xiao Jie learned that Tian Leizi possessed the Molten Vermillion Fruit and planned to seek Pill Tower certification, then traveled back toward Ice River Valley with Tian Shuangzi. The Mysterious Underworld Sect ambushed them in a spatial passage, and Xiao Jie began revealing his power against Blood Killing Venerate and the others.

• Cao Ying told Xiao Jie that Tian Leizi possessed the Molten Vermillion Fruit and advised him to become certified by the Pill Tower; Xiao Jie asked her to introduce him when he went.
• Cao Ying left Xiao Jie's room, and Xiao Jie resolved to focus on becoming stronger rather than pursuing her.
• During their journey toward Ice River Valley, Xiao Jie told Tian Shuangzi that the Mysterious Underworld Sect had a High-level Dou Venerate among its ranks.
• Chen Yang, Chen Tiannan, Heavenly Yin Venerate, and Blood Killing Venerate intercepted Xiao Jie and Tian Shuangzi in a spatial passage and declared their intent to kill them.
• Blood Killing Venerate's pressure nearly immobilized Tian Shuangzi, but Xiao Jie dispersed it and advanced toward the enemy group as his cultivation rose to the peak of Peak Seven-Star Dou Venerate.

Xiao Jie used the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword Array to kill Blood Killing Venerate, Chen Yang, and their allies, then ordered Tian Shuangzi to keep the fight secret. Back at Ice River Valley, Xiao Jie began a life simulation to assess the risks, and it revealed that the Heavenly Underworld Sect would issue a bounty and later attack him at an Ancient Ruins site.

• Xiao Jie activated the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation and trapped Chen Yang, Blood Killing Venerate, Chen Tiannan, and Heavenly Yin Venerate in the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword Array, where Chen Tiannan and Heavenly Yin Venerate were destroyed.
• Xiao Jie freed the Heavenly Demon Puppet and endured Blood Killing Venerate’s Heaven Tier Dou Technique before the puppet and the merged flame sword helped him destroy Blood Killing Venerate and Chen Yang.
• Xiao Jie dismissed the formation, recalled the puppet, and warned Tian Shuangzi not to reveal what had happened before they returned to Ice River Valley.
• Xiao Jie told Xiao Yi Xian he was going to rest, then began a Life Simulation to learn whether Old Demon Tianming would suspect him.
• The simulation predicted that the Heavenly Underworld Sect would issue a bounty, probe Xiao Jie, and later send several Dou Venerates to ambush him at the Ancient Ruins, where he would seize the Heaven-Burning Finger and escape.

After absorbing Soul Origin, Xiao Jie advanced to Spirit Realm Grand Perfection and prepared to strengthen himself before the Ancient Ruins. He began refining the Great Restoration Pill, and seven-colored Pill Lightning gathered over Ice River Valley as his first attempt appeared to succeed.

• Xiao Jie chose the Molten Vermillion Fruit from the Life Simulation and absorbed Soul Origin, bringing his soul realm to Spirit Realm Grand Perfection.
• Tian Shuangzi and Xiao Yi Xian sensed Xiao Jie's immense soul power, and Xiao Yi Xian resolved to improve her cultivation during seclusion.
• Xiao Jie ordered Tian Shuangzi to gather Great Restoration Pill ingredients and strengthen Ice River Valley's defenses while he refined pills.
• Xiao Jie began refining the Great Restoration Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron using the Mysterious Yellow Lotus Heart Flame.
• More than twenty days later, seven-colored Pill Lightning gathered over Ice River Valley, leaving Tian Shuangzi astonished by Xiao Jie's apparent success.

Xiao Jie completed the Great Restoration Pill, endured its eight-colored Pill Lightning, and spent four months refining more pills and advancing to a Five-Star Dou Venerate. After learning that Ancient Ruins had appeared in the God Blood Mountain Range, he asked Tian Shuangzi about the Heavenly Underworld Sect before setting out to pursue the Heaven-Burning Finger and Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame.

• Xiao Jie endured the eight-colored Pill Lightning, captured the pill after it took the form of an azure luan bird, and sealed the Great Restoration Pill in a jade bottle.
• Over four months, Xiao Jie refined several eighth-grade pills as Pill Lightning repeatedly appeared over Ice River Valley, while news spread of the Mysterious Underworld Sect Master's death, Heavenly Yin Mansion's destruction, and Ancient Ruins emerging in the God Blood Mountain Range.
• Xiao Jie gave Xiao Yi Xian pills to support her rapid cultivation, then entered seclusion, refined the Honored Spirit Pill, and advanced to a Five-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Jie emerged from seclusion and asked Tian Shuangzi about the ruins; Tian Shuangzi reported that they had appeared in the God Blood Mountain Range two days earlier.
• Xiao Jie asked Tian Shuangzi about the Heavenly Underworld Sect as he prepared to pursue the Heaven-Burning Finger and Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame.

Xiao Jie left Ice River Valley for the God Blood Mountain Range to retrieve the Heaven-Burning Finger from the newly opened Ancient Ruins. He reached a formation guarding a cluster of halls, where the Ancient Races agreed to let him stay if he helped them break it.

• Xiao Jie gave Xiao Yi Xian pills and Ice River Valley’s token, then left Tian Shuangzi to follow her orders while he traveled alone to the ruins.
• Xiao Jie arrived at the ruins and learned that the restrictions had opened after people were sacrificed; he entered and searched for the hall containing cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Jie reached the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation and defeated Yan Mo’s attack, surprising the gathered high-level Dou Venerates.
• Ling Ying and Gu Ming allowed Xiao Jie to remain on the condition that he help break the formation.
• Xiao Jie identified the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation and said it could not be broken by force without a Dou Saint; Gu Ming asked if he knew how to break it.