Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, and Liu Qing fought the Silver Moon Wolf King but were badly outmatched until Xiao Yan intervened. As the battle continued, Xiao Yan prepared to spend Summoning Points on pills to face the Wolf King’s still-unrevealed strength.

• Lin Yan, Liu Qing, and Lin Xiuya attacked the Silver Moon Wolf King, but it knocked them aside with a single charge.
• Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, and Liu Qing chose to keep fighting rather than abandon the mission, while Xiao Yan waited in hiding for a chance to strike.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King injured Lin Yan and threatened Liu Qing, so Xiao Yan flew in and struck it with Eight Extremities Collapse, forcing it to retreat.
• Elder Yao warned Xiao Yan that the Silver Moon Wolf King could awaken its bloodline and reach Five-Star Dou King strength.
• Lin Xiuya offered to distract the Wolf King, and Xiao Yan checked his System panel and decided to use Summoning Points to buy pills.

Xiao Yan and his companions were overwhelmed by the Silver Moon Wolf King, while Yin Huanhuan encountered a Mystic Fire Crow that had come to capture her. The wolf approached the exhausted fighters, and Yun Potian still had not appeared to help them.

• Xue'er told Yin Huanhuan that she had spotted the person who stole the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, but urged her to return because a human had discovered her whereabouts.
• The Mystic Fire Crow confronted Yin Huanhuan and Xue'er outside the Chuyun Empire, saying the Crow Ancestor wanted to invite Yin Huanhuan as a guest.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King knocked Xiao Yan and Lin Xiuya down, while Liu Qing and the injured Lin Yan could no longer fight.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Cloud Fist against the Silver Moon Wolf King, but the collision left everyone exhausted and failed to defeat the beast.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King approached the fallen group, and Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan wondered why Yun Potian had not come to save them.

Yin Huanhuan revealed her true strength and refused to go with the Mystic Fire Crow, which had come to take her to the Crow Ancestor. Yun Potian rescued her and drove off the Mystic Fire Crow, while Xiao Yan and the others returned to the group.

• A high-tier magical beast's roar frightened the Silver Moon Wolf King away from Xiao Yan and his companions.
• The Mystic Fire Crow wounded Xue'er and demanded that Yin Huanhuan accompany it to meet the Crow Ancestor.
• Yin Huanhuan revealed that she had already reached the fifth tier and transformed into human form, but refused to go with the Mystic Fire Crow.
• Yin Huanhuan called for help, and Yun Potian confirmed with Xiao Yan that he should assist her in return for his earlier theft of the magical beasts' Heavenly Flames.
• Yun Potian attacked the Mystic Fire Crow with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill, piercing its wing and forcing it to retreat.

Yun Potian set Xiao Yan and the others a final challenge against the Silver Moon Wolf King and ordered them to reach the Black-Corner Region within a month. A month later, Black Seal City was crowded with powerful factions arriving for the Eight-Fan Sect’s Heaven-tier auction.

• Yun Potian let Yin Huanhuan and Xue'er go, then told Xiao Yan's group that they had to face the Silver Moon Wolf King before returning.
• Yun Potian gave the group three days to recover while requiring them to kill at least one fourth-tier magical beast each day; Xiao Yan chose to kill three.
• Yun Potian disappeared on the fourth day and ordered Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, Lin Xiuya, and Lin Yan to reach the Black-Corner Region within a month or fail the mission.
• Xiao Yan led the group through the Magical Beast Mountain Range as an unseen five-tailed fox followed them.
• One month later, Black Seal City was packed with visitors for the Eight-Fan Sect auction, whose security included powerful guards and members of the Black Emperor Sect.

Yuan Yi and Han Feng hosted Black-Corner Region powers, where Old Hai clashed with Mo Ya before Hu Yan defused the confrontation. Outside Black Seal City, Xiao Yan and his companions arrived for the auction and went to ask about a separate entrance.

• Mo Ya criticized Old Hai and Xiao Sect for killing Fan Lao and founding their sect without informing the Black Emperor Sect, and Old Hai challenged his arrogance.
• Hu Yan stopped Mo Ya from escalating the argument, apologized to the gathering, and sent the furious Young Sect Master away.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Black Seal City with Liu Qing, Lin Xiuya, and Lin Yan after a month of travel and cultivation, having reached six-star Dou Ling.
• Yun Potian had joined Xiao Sect as an elder and reached peak nine-star Dou Wang after using a high-quality sixth-tier Dou Ling Pill.
• Seeing the long queue at the city gates, Xiao Yan led his companions to the side gate to ask about an entrance suited to their status.

Xiao Yan and his companions clashed with Black Seal City’s guards after Liu Qing and Lin Yan fought off drunken men and soldiers at the gate. The confrontation left them facing Zhou An, a Dou Wang from the Black Emperor Sect, who warned them of the consequences of causing trouble in the city.

• Xiao Yan and his companions waited in line behind the Thunder Mercenary Corps while Lin Hai and his men complained about the delay.
• Drunken men shoved Liu Qing and tried to drive the group away, but Liu Qing sent one of them flying.
• Wu Yan arrived, dismissed the drunken men, and then ordered Xiao Yan’s group to leave; Xiao Yan refused, and Liu Qing and Lin Yan fought the guards.
• Lin Hai recognized the youngsters’ strength and led his men into Black Seal City, while Liu Qing and Lin Yan defeated the soldiers.
• Zhou An descended at the gate, found Wu Yan badly injured, and warned Xiao Yan’s group that they had made an enemy of the Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Yan fought Zhou An after Zhou An captured Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and Lin Xiuya. Xiao Yan badly injured the two-star Dou Wang with two Earth-Tier Dou Techniques, but recognized that he still had not reached a Dou Wang’s level.

• Xiao Yan claimed he was a fourth-tier Alchemist, but Zhou An refused to let the group go and bound Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and Lin Xiuya.
• Xiao Yan escaped into the air with his Purple Cloud Wings, and Zhou An flew after him to fight.
• Xiao Yan shattered Zhou An’s attack with Eight Extremities Collapse, then used Flame Cloud Fist to destroy Zhou An’s fireballs and injure him with an Earth-Tier Dou Technique.
• Zhou An charged Xiao Yan, who struck him with Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler while wielding the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and two Heavenly Flames.
• Zhou An survived but suffered grievous injuries, and Xiao Yan concluded that even two Earth-Tier Dou Techniques had only narrowed the gap between them.

Xiao Yan used Buddha's Fury Lotus to badly injure Zhou An, but Mo Ya intervened and confronted Xiao Yan and Yun Potian. As Mo Ya and Yun Potian prepared to clash, they challenged each other's strength.

• Xiao Yan fused two Heavenly Flames into Buddha's Fury Lotus and hurled it at Zhou An, causing a massive explosion that battered Black Seal City's walls.
• Mo Ya rescued the barely breathing Zhou An and ordered soldiers to take him to an Alchemist for treatment.
• Mo Ya tried to restrain Xiao Yan, but Yun Potian arrived and dispelled the pressure, declaring that Xiao Yan and his companions belonged to the Xiao Sect.
• Yun Potian proposed letting First Elder Hu Yan and Old Hai handle the dispute, but Mo Ya grew angry and questioned his authority.
• Yun Potian reached for his sword as Mo Ya prepared to fight, and Yun Potian said that a Dou Wang's strength depended on the individual.

Xiao Yan entered Black Seal City with Yun Potian and appeared at the Heaven-Tier Auction as the true Sect Master of the Xiao Sect, surprising the gathered factions. When the auction required each party to offer a treasure matching its strength, Xiao Yan used the system’s Lucky Wheel and won a Seventh-Rank Water Magic Core.

• Huang Lan stopped Mo Ya and Yun Potian from fighting in Black Seal City, and Mo Ya left with his men.
• Yun Potian led Xiao Yan and the others into the city, then accompanied Xiao Yan to the Eight-Fan Sect auction house.
• Xiao Yan took the seat of honor in the Xiao Sect’s private room as Old Hai and the Dou Wang elders acknowledged him as their Sect Master.
• Han Feng felt uneasy when he saw Xiao Yan, while Lei Zhen learned that Xiao Yan had fought a Dou Wang as a Dou Ling.
• After the auction house required each party to contribute a treasure, Xiao Yan used fifteen Lucky Wheel spins and won a Seventh-Rank Water Magic Core.

Xiao Yan offered a seventh-tier magic core for auction to establish the Xiao Sect's reputation and test the Black Emperor Sect's standing. As the first Heaven-tier Auction began, the Snow Mountain Fox cub went up for bidding while Han Feng watched Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan gave the auction house a seventh-tier magic core, surprising the maid and drawing the attention of Mo Ya and Hu Yan.
• Xiao Yan confirmed to Yuan Yi that he had deliberately offered the valuable core, intending to make the Xiao Sect known and challenge the Black Emperor Sect's reputation.
• Xiao Yan and Old Hai discussed whether the Xiao Sect could use the Black Emperor Sect as a stepping stone, and Old Hai assured him the sect was strong enough.
• The masked auctioneer opened the Heaven-tier Auction at the Eight-Fan Sect Auction House as Xiao Yan watched and Han Feng observed him.
• The auctioneer presented a Snow Mountain Fox cub that might grow into a fifth-tier magical beast or, if its bloodline was mutated, a sixth-tier one.

The auction continued as Xiao Yan and Han Feng outbid Mo Ya for several lots, deepening tensions between Han Feng and the Black Emperor Sect. When the faction-contributed items were ranked by rarity, Mo Ya took offense that the Black Emperor Sect’s lot came before the Xiao Sect’s, and Hu Yan quietly turned against the Xiao Sect.

• Su Mei of the Rakshasa Sect won the fifth-tier magical beast cub for more than three million gold coins.
• Mo Ya and Xiao Yan drove the price of a medicinal ingredient from a little over thirty gold coins to six hundred thousand, and Han Feng bought it for Xiao Yan.
• Han Feng bought several more lots for Xiao Yan, leading Mo Ya to believe Han Feng was helping the Xiao Sect oppose him.
• Hu Yan warned Mo Ya that the auction and the Blood Sect’s destruction were only the beginning of a coming struggle in the Black-Corner Region, but Mo Ya dismissed him.
• When the Black Emperor Sect’s sixth-tier medicinal pill was presented before the Xiao Sect’s contribution, Mo Ya angrily challenged the auction order, and Hu Yan stopped him while secretly resolving to destroy the Xiao Sect.

Mo Ya won Xiao Sect’s Raging Azure Beast magic core after outbidding Han Feng, while Xiao Yan watched without concern. The auction’s final item was revealed as a long-lost Soul-Nourishing Pill formula that could enhance an Alchemist’s soul power.

• Hu Yan told Mo Ya to bid for Xiao Sect’s item, and Mo Ya agreed.
• Mo Ya offered a sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill for the Raging Azure Beast magic core, silencing the crowd.
• Han Feng challenged Mo Ya with a sixth-grade Imperial Extreme Pill, but withdrew when Mo Ya raised the bid to two Imperial Extreme Pills.
• Mo Ya won the magic core, and Xiao Yan smiled as he watched the exchange.
• The masked man revealed the final auction item as a sixth-tier Soul-Nourishing Pill formula that could enhance an Alchemist’s soul power.

At the first auction, Mo Ya outbid Han Feng for a pill formula that Elder Yao revealed was fake, then mocked Xiao Yan. After the auction, Mo Ya and Lei Zhen discussed the Xiao Sect’s strength and agreed to act against it before White Fang could reach Dou Zong.

• Alchemists competed for the soul-enhancing pill formula, but Mo Ya won it with a bid of an Imperial Extreme Pill and a Dou Ling Pill.
• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that the formula was fake and could only nourish the soul, so Xiao Yan did not bid.
• Han Feng stopped competing because he wanted to save his resources for the Heavenly Flames, and Mo Ya taunted Xiao Yan after winning.
• The first auction ended, and Xiao Yan returned to his lodging rather than join Old Hai’s group so Lin Xiuya and the others would not learn about his faction in the Black-Corner Region.
• Mo Ya and Lei Zhen discussed the Xiao Sect and doubted that its vice sect leader White Fang would break through to Dou Zong.
• Mo Ya decided to strike first against the Xiao Sect and reached an agreement with Lei Zhen.

Xiao Yan sent Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, and Liu Qing back from the city with pills and instructions to hunt fourth-tier magical beasts as they traveled. While the factions searched for Xiao Yan and worried about his disappearance, Yuan Yi asked Old Hai whether Xiao Yan would attend the final auction.

• Xiao Yan told Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, and Liu Qing that they would return home while hunting two fourth-tier magical beasts each day.
• Xiao Yan gave Lin Xiuya a Storage Ring of pills and instructed the three to leave through the city gate in ordinary clothes the next morning.
• Xiao Yan waited until Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, and Liu Qing had left before returning to the city.
• The major factions searched for Xiao Yan, while the second auction proceeded quietly and several items failed to sell.
• Yuan Yi visited Old Hai and asked whether Xiao Yan would attend the final auction, but Old Hai refused to reveal his plans.

At the third auction, Xiao Yan secured the Di-class movement technique Three Thousand Lightning Movement after competing with Mo Ya and Lei Zhen. The Eight-Fan Sect’s sect master then prepared to present the auction’s final item.

• Xiao Yan and Old Hai discussed how other factions feared Xiao Sect after the Blood Sect’s destruction, while Yun Potian said fear could make them submit.
• Han Feng bought a high-quality alchemist’s furnace, and the auction later offered Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan bid against Lei Zhen, who was raising the price at Mo Ya’s urging, and won Three Thousand Lightning Movement for ten million gold coins.
• Xiao Yan looked forward to using the technique to improve his speed and planned to face the Silver Moon Wolf King again before the Three-Year Agreement.
• The masked auctioneer announced that the Eight-Fan Sect’s sect master would personally present the final auction item.

Yuan Yi revealed the Flame Heart Origin Fruit as the Heaven-Tier Auction’s final treasure, and Elder Yao explained that it could awaken a Heavenly Flame Body. Xiao Yan hoped to obtain it despite Mo Ya and Han Feng’s interest, and the private bidding reached his turn without revealing his offer.

• Yuan Yi presented the Flame Heart Origin Fruit and described its power to transform a person’s fire affinity.
• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that the fruit could awaken a Heavenly Flame Body, making it exceptionally valuable to him.
• Xiao Yan realized Mo Ya and Han Feng had come prepared to bid, while Elder Yao suggested they could take the fruit by force if needed.
• Yuan Yi began private bidding, hearing offers from an alchemist and representatives of major factions.
• Mo Ya discussed the Eight-Fan Sect’s bid with Hu Yan, while Han Feng considered what he would sacrifice for the fruit.
• Xiao Yan entered the barrier, and Yuan Yi asked what he would offer.

Xiao Yan let Han Feng and Mo Ya compete for the Flame Heart Origin Fruit, which Han Feng won with a seventh-tier high-grade medicinal pill. After Han Feng hurried out of Black Seal City with the fruit, the Black Emperor Sect pursued him, beginning the real contest over the treasure.

• Xiao Yan offered Yuan Yi a promise as his stake, but Yuan Yi refused, and Mo Ya mocked Xiao Yan for failing to produce a suitable offer.
• Han Feng offered a seventh-tier high-grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, while Mo Ya offered a seventh-tier low-grade pill and a low-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique scroll; Yuan Yi chose Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan collected the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, while Han Feng took the Flame Heart Origin Fruit and made plans to leave for Maple City.
• Xiao Yan declined Yun Potian's suggestion to follow Han Feng and said the Black Emperor Sect would keep him from escaping; Old Hai went to watch the sect.
• Mo Ya sent five Dou Emperor elders and Lei Zhen after Han Feng, and Yuan Yi remarked that the real auction had begun.
• Han Feng sensed pursuers behind him and ordered his three Dou Wang companions to stop them.

The Black Emperor Sect cornered Han Feng and demanded the Flame Heart Origin Fruit, but he summoned the Gold and Silver Elders to protect him. As Han Feng and Hu Yan began fighting and the others clashed around them, Xiao Yan watched from the shadows, intending to let the sect take the fruit before reclaiming it.

• Han Feng sent three deathsworn Dou Wangs to delay Hu Yan, but Hu Yan broke through their attack and caught up with him.
• Mo Ya, Hu Yan, and Lei Zhen surrounded Han Feng and demanded the Flame Heart Origin Fruit, which Han Feng refused to surrender.
• Han Feng summoned the Gold and Silver Elders, who rejected Mo Ya's offer and pledged to protect him.
• Hu Yan attacked Han Feng while Mo Ya, Lei Zhen, and five Dou Emperor elders fought the Gold and Silver Elders, leaving the battle at a stalemate.
• Han Feng and Hu Yan began fighting with their Heavenly Flames and combat skills as Xiao Yan watched from the shadows and Old Hai noted the Black Emperor Sect had long planned to seize the fruit.

Han Feng failed to escape with the Flame Heart Origin Fruit, and Mo Tianxing took it from him before leaving. Outside Black Seal City, Xiao Yan and his allies intercepted Mo Tianxing, and Xiao Yan asked to borrow something from him.

• The Gold and Silver Elders fused to rescue Han Feng, but Mo Tianxing arrived and blasted them apart.
• Mo Tianxing defeated Han Feng, took only the Flame Heart Origin Fruit from his Storage Ring, and left with his men.
• Mo Tianxing ordered Hu Yan not to clash with Xiao Sect, explaining that Xiao Yan’s identity and the sect raised too many suspicions.
• After the others returned to Black Seal City, Old Hai and Yun Potian blocked Mo Tianxing’s path, and Xiao Yan appeared behind them.
• Xiao Yan told Mo Tianxing that he wanted to borrow something from him.

Mo Tianxing tried to leave with the Flame Heart Origin Fruit, but White Fang revealed his breakthrough into a Four-Claw Profound Thunder Flood Dragon and joined Hai Bodong in fighting him. When their combined attacks could not defeat the four-star Dou Zong, Xiao Yan merged with Elder Yao and struck Mo Tianxing from behind, leaving him shocked by Xiao Yan’s sudden Dou Zong strength.

• Mo Tianxing forced Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, and Yun Potian back, but Hai Bodong warned him that another friend was waiting.
• White Fang appeared as a Four-Claw Profound Thunder Flood Dragon and blocked Mo Tianxing’s escape, then fought him in the clouds.
• Hai Bodong joined White Fang, and together they briefly suppressed Mo Tianxing before he unleashed his full strength and injured them.
• Xiao Yan merged with Elder Yao and struck Mo Tianxing from behind with an Earth-tier Dou Technique.
• Mo Tianxing was shocked to discover that Xiao Yan had suddenly gained the strength and aura of a Dou Zong.