Chapter Summaries

Yao Lao refined seven Primordial Bone-Shaping Pills for Xiao Yan, who delivered three to Elder Jia and helped heal the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast. The beast recovered its strength and was surprised to find that Xiao Yan could calmly withstand its aura.

• Yao Lao finished refining seven Primordial Bone-Shaping Pills, kept four as payment, and gave Xiao Yan three for the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Xiao Yan gave Elder Jia the three pills, and the group went to the lake to treat the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Yan fed the beast one pill and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to burn another above it, causing the medicinal effects to repair its injuries.
• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast recovered and released an aura comparable to an eight-star Peak Dou Emperor, which Xiao Yan, Elder Jia, and Hai Bo Dong calmly resisted.
• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast wondered how Xiao Yan could withstand its aura so easily.

Xiao Yan stopped the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast from attacking him and used his soul power to beat it until it agreed they had only been playing a game. After Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong left, the battered beast was left lamenting the others’ contempt.

• The Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast charged at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan released Heaven Realm soul power and struck it down with a giant soul hand.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly slammed the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast into the ground until he grew tired and tossed it aside.
• Elder Jia demanded an explanation, and Xiao Yan convinced the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast to claim they had been playing a game.
• Xiao Yan warned the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast that he might have given it to Qing Lin, then departed with Hai Bo Dong.
• Elder Jia and the Imperial Family's Dou Wang left after expressing pity for the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, which burst into tears.

Elder Jia tried to match Xiao Yan with princesses of the Jia Ma Imperial Family, but Xiao Yan refused and left with Hai Bo Dong. The story ended with Elder Jia calling after them and scolding Yao Ye for misunderstanding his words.

• Elder Jia asked Xiao Yan whether he was married and suggested he consider an Imperial Family princess.
• Xiao Yan revealed his childhood betrothal to Nalan Yanran and complained that Hai Bo Dong had tricked him into attending the meeting.
• Elder Jia introduced the five-year-old Little Princess Yue'er as a possible fiancée, then presented Eldest Princess Yao Ye.
• Xiao Yan rejected the match with Yao Ye and prepared to leave when Elder Jia offered to introduce him to another princess.
• Xiao Yan called Hai Bo Dong away from the hall, and Hai Bo Dong followed him while Elder Jia shouted after them.
• Yao Ye misinterpreted Elder Jia’s mention of a candlelight talk, and Elder Jia lightly knocked her on the head.

Xiao Yan learned that the Mittel Family’s Ya Fei was in the Imperial Capital and hurried to meet her, then persuaded Hai Bo Dong to let her pursue business instead of serving him. The chapter left Xiao Yan and Ya Fei alone together as she asked who he was.

• Hai Bo Dong mentioned Ya Fei, and Xiao Yan changed his mind about where to go so he could return to the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bo Dong explained that Ya Fei was studying the family business and was expected to work at one of its auction houses.
• Ya Fei entered the main hall and met Xiao Yan, whom Hai Bo Dong introduced as a junior from a close friend's family.
• Xiao Yan objected to Hai Bo Dong assigning Ya Fei to look after him and suggested she gain experience by managing the Mite'er Auction House in Wutan City.
• After Hai Bo Dong left them alone, Ya Fei asked Xiao Yan who he was, and Xiao Yan introduced himself as a member of the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei cultivation resources and arranged for her to manage a city auction house, then accompanied her to the Mite'er Auction House to find ingredients for a pill. There, he spotted a sixth-tier medicine cauldron among the auction items.

• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei pills, promised to improve her cultivation opportunities, and said he would eventually refine a Dou Emperor Pill for her.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan she would soon be assigned to manage an auction house, and Xiao Yan invited her to the Mite'er Auction House.
• Xiao Yan chose Earth-Class Room No. 1 and concealed his relationship with Hai Bo Dong from Ya Fei.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to find Cloud Grass and Separation Soil for the Heart Nourishing Pill, and Xiao Yan confirmed both ingredients were on the auction list.
• Xiao Yan noticed that the auction's final item was a sixth-tier medicine cauldron, and Ya Fei asked if he was an alchemist.

Xiao Yan and Ya Fei bid against Xu Yi at the auction, first taking Cloud Grass from him and then challenging his attempt to claim the Separation Soil Fruit by invoking his status. Xu Yi raised his bid by a single gold coin and basked in the crowd’s attention as the contest continued.

• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei to bid against Xu Yi for Cloud Grass, and Xu Yi withdrew after their offers reached five thousand five hundred gold coins.
• Xu Yi announced that he was a Fourth-Tier Alchemist and urged the auction hall to let him have the Separation Soil Fruit, causing the other bidders to fall silent.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei to continue, and she kissed him before bidding fifty thousand gold coins to spite Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi asked the neighboring room to give him face, but Ya Fei repeated her fifty-thousand-gold bid.
• Xu Yi proudly bid fifty thousand and one gold coins, then savored the crowd’s attention from his room.

Ya Fei won the Separation Soil Fruit for seventy thousand gold coins after Xu Yi stopped bidding, and the Thunder Blade sold for eight hundred thousand to the occupant of Heaven Section Room Two. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao identified the buyer as Lion King Yan Shi and turned their attention to the final auction item.

• Ya Fei bid seventy thousand gold coins for the Separation Soil Fruit, and Xu Yi withdrew while pretending to grant her the item.
• The auctioneer sold the Separation Soil Fruit to Ya Fei for seventy thousand gold coins.
• Bidders drove the Thunder Blade's price up, and a deep-voiced bidder from Heaven Section Room Two won it for eight hundred thousand gold coins.
• Yao Lao recognized the bidder's strong Dou Qi and, with Xiao Yan, concluded he was likely Lion King Yan Shi, a mid-stage Dou Wang.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to focus on the final auction item, which Xiao Yan had been waiting for.

The auction’s final centerpiece was a Sixth-Rank Medicine Cauldron, which Xiao Yan and Xu Yi both wanted. After Qiemier outbid Xu Yi, Xu Yi challenged the neighboring bidder and discovered he was Qiemier.

• The auctioneer presented the Sixth-Rank Medicine Cauldron and opened bidding at five hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yan decided to bid for the cauldron, while Xu Yi excitedly declared that he had to obtain it.
• Bidders raised the price until Xu Yi and the guest in Earth-Class Room No. 2 became the main competitors.
• The mysterious guest bid one million gold coins, and Xu Yi could not bring himself to bid higher.
• Xu Yi angrily demanded that the guest reveal himself, and Qiemier opened his window and identified himself.

At the Mite’er Auction House, Qiemier, vice president of the Imperial Capital Alchemist Guild, tried to buy a sixth-tier medicine cauldron, but the mysterious guest in Earth-Class Room No. 1 outbid him. Xu Yi tried to confront the hidden bidder, then recognized Xiao Yan when he emerged with Ya Fei.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed Qiemier’s progress toward becoming a Five-Grade Alchemist.
• Qiemier revealed himself and stopped Xu Yi from challenging him, then bid one million gold coins for the cauldron.
• The guest in Earth-Class Room No. 1 bid 1.05 million gold coins, won the cauldron, and declined to meet Qiemier.
• After Qiemier left, Xu Yi accused the unseen bidder of hiding and tried to enter Room No. 1.
• Xiao Yan and Ya Fei emerged from the room, and Xu Yi recognized Xiao Yan as the alchemist who had humiliated him at the Nalan Clan.

Xiao Yan humiliated Xu Yi at the Mittel Family gathering, and Yan Shi joined them after hearing the commotion. Xu Yi tried to recruit Yan Shi to punish Xiao Yan, but Yan Shi recognized Xiao Yan as a Dou Wang and refused.

• Xiao Yan taunted Xu Yi about stealing his herbs, then subdued him with a threatening aura when Xu Yi grew angry.
• Yan Shi arrived, introduced himself as the Lion King, and questioned Xu Yi about why he kept seeking out powerful people.
• Xu Yi apologized to Yan Shi and privately offered to refine two pills in exchange for Yan Shi teaching Xiao Yan a lesson.
• Xiao Yan overheard Xu Yi's offer, and Yan Shi rebuked Xu Yi for expecting him to offend a fellow Dou Wang from the Xiao Clan.

After warning Xu Yi not to target Xiao Yan, Yan Shi left, and Xiao Yan returned to the Nalan Clan with Ya Fei. Nalan Su brought Xiao Yan Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, allowing Yao Lao to begin refining the Heart Nourishing Pill, whose energy Nalan Jie sensed from nearby.

• Yan Shi warned Xu Yi about Xiao Yan’s ties to powerful people and departed, while Xiao Yan taunted Xu Yi before leaving with Ya Fei to collect their items.
• Nalan Su visited Xiao Yan and gave him Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva after reporting that Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison had mostly been removed.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao began refining the Heart Nourishing Pill using the Sixth-Rank Medicine Cauldron, Cloud Grass, Separation Soil Fruit, and Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.
• Yao Lao condensed the ingredients into a dark-gray pill, while his barrier contained nearly all the energy released during the refining.
• Nalan Jie sensed the energy from Xiao Yan’s courtyard and recognized that Xiao Yan was refining a pill close to fourth-rank intensity.

Yao Lao refined and swallowed the Heart Nourishing Pill, restoring his strength to two-star Dou Zong while explaining that he needed a new body to reach Dou Zun again. He warned Xiao Yan to keep the materials and plans secret because the Soul Hall might be active in the Northwest Continent.

• Yao Lao finished refining the Heart Nourishing Pill in Xiao Yan’s Sixth-Rank Medicine Cauldron and praised the cauldron’s help with the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yao Lao swallowed the pill and absorbed its energy, making his soul body more solid as Xiao Yan watched.
• Yao Lao demonstrated his spatial manipulation and revealed that he had recovered to two-star Dou Zong, though the Bone Chilling Flame let him contend with a four-star Dou Zong.
• Yao Lao explained that he could not reach Dou Zun without reconstructing a body using a Tier 7 Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and a body at least at Dou Zong level.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan not to rush to gather the materials and warned that the Soul Hall might have a presence in the Northwest Continent, recalling how it had betrayed him through Han Feng.

Xiao Yan visited Nalan Yanran and met her teacher, Yun Yun, whose beauty immediately captivated him. After Yun Yun questioned him about breaking off the engagement, Nalan Yanran challenged him to a Three-Year Agreement, but Xiao Yan refused.

• Xiao Yan decided to visit Nalan Yanran after Nalan Jie and Nalan Su urged him to see her.
• Xiao Yan entered Nalan Yanran's courtyard and found her practicing swordsmanship under Yun Yun's instruction.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as Yun Zhi and stared at her, while Nalan Yanran jealously tried to shield her teacher from him.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan why he wanted to break off his engagement to Nalan Yanran and said she did not want her new disciple to cry.
• Nalan Yanran accused Xiao Yan of rejecting her because she was short and weak, then challenged him to a Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan refused Nalan Yanran's challenge and wondered whether they were still destined to fight.

Yun Yun tried to defend Nalan Yanran against Xiao Yan but was stunned to discover his extraordinary cultivation and alchemy skills. After Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan further unsettled her, Yun Yun stopped him from leaving and insisted they keep talking.

• Nalan Yanran complained to Yun Yun that Xiao Yan was bullying her, and Yun Yun agreed to take her disciple’s side.
• Yun Yun examined Xiao Yan and was shocked to learn that he was a Three-Star Da Dou Shi and a Third-Grade Alchemist at nearly seven years old.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun whether Pill King Gu He was pursuing her, and Xiao Yan vowed to compete with him before Yao Lao questioned how he could do so.
• Yun Yun tried to point out the difference between Xiao Yan’s clan and the Nalan Clan, but Nalan Yanran reminded her that the Xiao Clan already had a Dou King expert.
• Xiao Yan tried to leave, but Yun Yun sharply stopped him and then smiled as she insisted they continue talking.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in another match, prompting Yun Yun to challenge him while suppressing her strength to his level. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan prepared to test his Six-Fold Hidden Force against a Dou Emperor expert.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan to fight Nalan Yanran again with his strength suppressed to the eighth stage of Dou Power, and privately urged Yanran to take the match seriously.
• Nalan Yanran attacked Xiao Yan repeatedly, but he avoided her strikes until she grew exhausted.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Wind's Extreme, Falling Kill, but Xiao Yan disarmed her with a quick thrust before she could control the beam.
• Xiao Yan conceded after defeating Nalan Yanran, but Yun Yun challenged him and said she would suppress her strength to Three-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan accepted Yun Yun's challenge and considered whether his Six-Fold Hidden Force could injure a Dou Emperor expert.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun fought fiercely, with Xiao Yan breaking through several of Yun Yun’s wind techniques and forcing her to use her sect’s inherited sword. The chapter ended as Yun Yun prepared to continue the duel with the sword in hand.

• Xiao Yan surprised Yun Yun with an Eight Extremities Collapse, and Yun Yun narrowly dodged his attack.
• Yun Yun tried to bind Xiao Yan with Wind Binding, but his azure-gold flames burned away the wind ropes.
• Xiao Yan’s Prajna Palm met Yun Yun’s Great Wind Hand Seal, and their collision shattered the courtyard around them.
• Xiao Yan’s Mountain Leaning Strike broke through Yun Yun’s Thousand Winds and damaged her Mystic Wind Shield before he retreated.
• Yun Yun rejected the idea of defeat, drew the Misty Cloud Sect’s inherited sword, and challenged Xiao Yan to draw his sword.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun fought to a standstill in Nalan Yanran’s courtyard, triggering the Nalan Clan’s protection array and nearly destroying the grounds. Nalan Jie arrived to stop the battle and praised Xiao Yan before realizing he had not checked on Yanran.

• Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Yan match Yun Yun in combat and questioned how she had ever fought him herself.
• Yun Yun’s Wind's Extremity: Fallen Kill! collided with Xiao Yan’s Gale Swift Sword, triggering the Nalan Clan’s protection array.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yan launched another pair of powerful wind attacks, but Nalan Jie arrived before they could clash.
• Nalan Jie halted the fight, and Yun Yun asked to meet the person who had removed his Branding Poison; Nalan Jie evaded her question.
• Nalan Jie praised Xiao Yan’s strength, then anxiously called for Yanran and heard her weak reply.

Xiao Yan completed Nalan Jie's final detoxification, then consumed the extracted poison essence and broke through to the peak of the Five-Star Da Dou Shi realm. Later, he went to the Mite'er Auction House with Ya Fei, where they encountered Xu Yi and a Misty Cloud Sect elder.

• Yun Yun left after bidding farewell to Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Jie told his granddaughter to choose a new courtyard because the old one had been destroyed.
• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to remove the last trace of Branding Poison from Nalan Jie's body, restoring his health and Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan burned the Branding Poison essence, swallowed the resulting liquid, and broke through to the peak of the Five-Star Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xiao Yan and Ya Fei visited the Mite'er Auction House, where they ran into Xu Yi and an unfamiliar elder from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ya Fei identified the elder as a likely senior Misty Cloud Sect figure, then teased Xiao Yan after noticing his reaction to her closeness.

Xiao Yan encountered Yun Leng, the Misty Cloud Sect’s Great Elder, after Xu Yi tried to provoke Yun Leng into confronting him. Yun Leng initially planned only to intimidate Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan openly disparaged the sect, and Yun Leng unleashed his Dou Wang pressure on him.

• Ya Fei warned Xiao Yan that the old man across from him was a Dou Wang, and Yao Lao urged him to be careful.
• Xu Yi told Yun Leng that Xiao Yan had broken off his engagement to Nalan Yanran and insulted the Misty Cloud Sect, hoping Yun Leng would punish him.
• Yun Leng saw through Xu Yi’s attempt to provoke him, but agreed to approach Xiao Yan after Xu Yi offered him a fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill.
• Yun Leng asked Xiao Yan whether he had broken off his engagement and looked down on the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan openly confirmed both.
• Yun Leng grew furious at Xiao Yan’s repeated insult and pressed him down with his Dou Wang aura.

Xiao Yan called Hai Bo Dong for help when Yun Leng attacked him and Ya Fei at the Mittel Family auction house. Hai Bo Dong arrived, struck Yun Leng down, and began confronting the people who had let Xiao Yan be threatened.

• Yun Leng pressured Ya Fei and prepared to attack Xiao Yan, so Xiao Yan called for Hai Bo Dong.
• Hai Bo Dong arrived and blasted Yun Leng through rows of auction seats before checking that Xiao Yan was safe.
• Hai Bo Dong scolded Mittel Tengshan for failing to protect Xiao Yan, then withdrew his aura when Xiao Yan pointed out that Ya Fei was suffering.
• Hai Bo Dong recognized Xu Yi, ordered him to stay put, and agreed to let Xiao Yan speak with him later.
• Yun Leng staggered back and addressed Hai Bo Dong, who asked him which useless fool he was.