Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin appeared at the ruins of Ice River Valley and announced that he would auction the Tou She Ancient God Jade there in three days. When a greedy High-Level Dou Venerable attacked him, Xiao Lin’s Infinite Purgatory crushed the man to powder.

• Xiao Lin appeared amid the ruins of Ice River Valley, letting onlookers assume he had destroyed the valley.
• Xiao Lin revealed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and announced an auction at the ruins three days later.
• The assembled experts recognized the jade’s legendary significance, and greed stirred among many of them.
• An unnamed High-Level Dou Venerable charged at Xiao Lin to seize the jade.
• Xiao Lin’s Infinite Purgatory crushed the High-Level Dou Venerable into fine powder without Xiao Lin moving.

Xiao Lin killed a High-Level Dou Venerable without moving and announced that the Tou She Ancient God Jade would be auctioned at Ice River Valley’s ruins in three days. The news sent the Emperor Clans rushing to the auction, while Hun Tiandi set out intending to uncover Xiao Lin’s secrets.

• Xiao Lin crushed a High-Level Dou Venerable, frightening the gathered experts into abandoning their attempts to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Lin moved the auction forward and announced it would take place at the ruins of Ice River Valley in three days.
• Dou Venerable experts spread the news to the Central Plains’ major factions, prompting the Emperor Clans to prepare for the auction.
• Gu Yuan took resources and set out with Xun’er and several senior elders; he speculated that the jade might belong to the Xiao Household or have another connection to Xiao Xuan.
• Hun Tiandi also set out for Ice River Valley, planning to investigate Xiao Lin and eventually move against him.

Xiao Lin’s announcement that he would auction the Tou She Ancient God Jade drew powerful experts from across the Central Plains, including many Dou Shengs. As more factions gathered, Xiao Lin waited for the Eight Great Emperor Clans’ most powerful figures to arrive.

• The Emperor Clans and Central Plains factions sent leaders, elders, and ancestors to attend Xiao Lin’s auction.
• Water Cloud Saint and Purple Lightning Saint arrived, followed by roughly a dozen other unfamiliar Dou Shengs.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor confronted Hun Miesheng, and Old Man Shennong joined the gathering.
• Huang Tian arrived with members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Yao Xiaotian also appeared nearby.
• Xiao Lin remained calm as the crowd watched him, knowing the true heavyweights had yet to arrive.

The Emperor Clans gathered for the contest over the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan were absent, prompting speculation among their leaders. Xiao Lin drew the attention of Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi, who studied his concealed identity and powerful cultivation but ruled out any connection to the Xiao Clan.

• Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Yao Dan, and Shi Xiao discussed the Ling Clan's absence and its declining bloodline, while Hun Tiandi hoped the Stone Clan would isolate itself too.
• Gu Yuan wondered why Zhukun and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had not come, unaware that Zhukun already knew where the Ancient Emperor's Cave was and had little need for the jade.
• Hun Tiandi suspected Zhukun might be planning to seize the jade after the auction, then turned his attention to Xiao Lin.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi examined Xiao Lin's Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng cultivation and Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power but concluded he was not connected to the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Lin displayed the genuine Tou She Ancient God Jade and began an auction after three days, drawing representatives from most of the Central Plains factions. He explained that the jade could lead to the Ancient Emperor’s Cave and the secret of becoming a Dou Emperor, leaving Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi openly determined to acquire it.

• Xiao Lin waited among the ruins for three days while factions gathered around him and the Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan noted that the Ling Clan and Ancient Void Dragons had not arrived, then focused on winning the jade and guarding against the Hun Clan.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi exchanged a hostile look as both showed their determination to obtain the jade.
• Xiao Lin announced that his jade was the piece once held by the vanished Xiao Clan and described its origins among the Eight Great Emperor Clans.
• Xiao Lin explained that gathering all eight pieces could reveal the Ancient Emperor’s Cave, where the secret to becoming a Dou Emperor was said to lie.

Xiao Lin began auctioning the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and powerful bidders competed with increasingly valuable Heaven Rank methods, techniques, and pills. The Gu Clan outbid the Yao Clan with an offer that included High-Tier Heaven Rank treasures, leaving the auction ongoing.

• Xiao Lin used the Emperor Clan heads’ silence to confirm his claims and announced that the bidding for the Tou She Ancient God Jade had begun.
• Half-Saints and then Dou Sheng Experts competed, driving bids from Low-Tier to Mid-Tier Heaven Rank Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor stayed out of the bidding, while Old Man Shennong and Huang Tian eventually gave up as the Emperor Clans entered the contest.
• Yao Dan bid five Mid-Tier Heaven Rank Cultivation Methods, three Low-Tier Heaven Rank Cultivation Methods, multiple Heaven Rank Dou Techniques, and five Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills.
• Gu Yuan surpassed Yao Dan by offering High-Tier Heaven Rank Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques along with additional treasures.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi fiercely outbid each other for Xiao Lin’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, while the other Emperor Clans withdrew rather than surrender their clan-guarding treasures. Gu Yuan made a final, costly bid, and the chapter left Hun Tiandi to answer it.

• The Lei, Yan, Yao, and Shi Clans stopped bidding after Gu Yuan offered High-Tier Heaven Rank cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Hun Tiandi bid a High-Tier Heaven Rank cultivation method and Dou Technique, additional Heaven Rank methods and techniques, and five Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi repeatedly raised their bids, driving the price to ten Heaven Rank cultivation methods, ten Heaven Rank Dou Techniques, and seven Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills.
• Xiao Lin became certain that selling the Tou She Ancient God Jade had been the right choice as the bids soared.
• Gu Yuan added one Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills to his bid, and everyone looked to Hun Tiandi for his response.

Hun Tiandi withdrew from the bidding and let Gu Yuan win the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then used a feint to draw Gu Yuan's attention and reach for Xiao Lin. The chapter ended with Hun Tiandi inviting Xiao Lin to visit the Hun Clan.

• Hun Tiandi decided not to raise his bid because he wanted to avoid provoking the Gu Clan and believed the jade would eventually fall into his hands.
• Hun Tiandi announced that the Hun Clan would stop competing, and Xiao Lin declared the Tou She Ancient God Jade sold to the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yuan paid Xiao Lin with the promised Heaven Rank methods and techniques and Ninth-Grade pills, and Xiao Lin handed him the jade.
• Hun Tiandi made a false grab for the jade, clashed with Gu Yuan, and then reached toward Xiao Lin with an invitation to visit the Hun Clan.

Hun Tiandi tried to abduct Xiao Lin after the Tou She Ancient God Jade auction, but Zhukun appeared to stop him. With Zhukun beside him, Xiao Lin stood secure while Gu Yuan no longer had to decide whether to intervene.

• Hun Tiandi feinted toward the Tou She Ancient God Jade and attacked Xiao Lin, intending to take him back to the Hun Clan.
• Gu Xun'er and a Gu Clan Elder urged Gu Yuan to stop Hun Tiandi, but Gu Yuan hesitated as he considered whether to act.
• Hun Tiandi's Dou Qi hand reached for Xiao Lin, but a spatial slash severed it.
• Zhukun appeared beside Xiao Lin and confronted Hun Tiandi for attacking a junior.
• Gu Yuan realized Zhukun had secretly supported Xiao Lin, who had activated the Dragon Seal before the auction ended.

Zhukun intervened after Hun Tiandi attacked Xiao Lin, making everyone believe Xiao Lin belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and using the incident to deter the Hun Clan. Zhukun challenged Hun Tiandi to a fight in the chaotic Void, and Gu Yuan followed to watch.

• Zhukun revealed that Xiao Lin was under his protection, and Hun Tiandi apologized for attacking him.
• Zhukun refused to let Hun Tiandi dismiss the incident and demanded to know how he would make amends.
• Hun Tiandi and the others concluded that Xiao Lin was an Ancient Void Dragon Clan member, as Xiao Lin had planned.
• Zhukun challenged Hun Tiandi to a fight, and Hun Tiandi accepted rather than risk provoking him further.
• Hun Tiandi entered the chaotic Void, followed by Zhukun and Gu Yuan.

After the auction for the Tou She Ancient God Jade ended, Xiao Lin escaped the gathering and examined the resources he had received from Gu Yuan. He learned two Heaven Rank Dou Techniques and planned to add the remaining manuals to the Xiao Household’s collection.

• The spectators discussed Hun Tiandi and Zhukun’s coming battle as the two left to fight in a Chaos Space, and Xiao Lin declared the auction over.
• Xiao Lin departed the ruins of Ice River Valley, erased his spatial traces, and used several Spatial Passages to make sure no one followed him.
• Xiao Lin opened the Storage Ring Gu Yuan had given him and found Heaven Rank manuals, Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, and a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill in exchange for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Lin realized the Gu Clan might have bid with resources taken from the Xiao Clan, then learned Earth Burial Fission and Light and Shadow Daybreak.
• Xiao Lin decided to store the remaining manuals in the hidden fourth floor of his Scripture Pavilion so talented members of the Xiao Household could use them.

Xiao Lin used the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill to begin secluded cultivation, hoping to advance before the coming conflict. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and they reconciled, until Qing Lin interrupted their affectionate moment.

• Xiao Lin decided to use Gu Yuan’s Ninth-Grade Profound Pill to break through and later visit the old site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin returned the Heaven Rank methods and techniques to the Xiao Household’s Scripture Pavilion, then entered seclusion at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with the pill.
• Zuo He attended the Tou She Ancient God Jade auction on behalf of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, while Xiao Yan left Ice River Valley to catch up with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian blushed when Xiao Yan kept looking at her, and promised she would not run away from him again.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he believed her, and Qing Lin interrupted their affectionate gaze by reminding them she was still there.

After Xiao Lin left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin with Xiao Yan, Qing Lin grew jealous of the couple’s affection, but the three began discussing their shared ties to the Jia Ma Empire. Qing Lin nearly revealed Xiao Yan’s connection to Xiao Lin before Xiao Yi Xian stopped her.

• Xiao Lin chose Ice River Valley as the Tou She Ancient God Jade auction venue and left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin with Xiao Yan.
• Qing Lin pulled Xiao Yi Xian away from Xiao Yan, upset that the two were ignoring her and showing affection.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he had recognized her as the white-haired woman who used the Netherworld Poison Flame near Wutan City.
• Qing Lin revealed that she came from Stone Desert City in the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yan realized they shared a homeland.
• Qing Lin began to explain how Xiao Yan was connected to Master Xiao, but Xiao Yi Xian covered her mouth and pulled her aside to whisper.

After Xiao Yi Xian reminded Qing Lin not to reveal the truth about her benefactor, Qing Lin began treating Xiao Yan with exaggerated respect and agreed to help him pursue Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yan remained puzzled about the benefactor’s identity but decided he would learn the truth someday.

• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin what she had been about to say, but Qing Lin claimed she had only been curious about his Xiao Household origins.
• Qing Lin insisted that Xiao Yan call her Qing Lin and explained her sudden deference by saying someone from his household had once saved her life.
• Xiao Yi Xian backed up Qing Lin’s explanation, and Qing Lin refused to identify her benefactor, so Xiao Yan stopped pressing them.
• Qing Lin stopped getting between Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian and secretly offered to help Xiao Yan win Xiao Yi Xian’s affection.

Xiao Yan traveled through the Central Plains with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, whose special constitutions and new powers greatly outpaced his own progress. As he prepared to return to Starfall Pavilion, he learned that both women had already joined another sect and asked which one.

• Xiao Yan praised Qing Lin for helping him and Xiao Yi Xian, and told her to wait for the right moment to encourage them.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed Ice Venerable's Acquired Calamity Poison Body, rose from a Two-Star to a Seven-Star Dou Venerable, and gained the ability to reach Nine-Star strength by activating her Woeful Poison Body.
• Ice Venerable and the rest of Ice River Valley died, while Qing Lin subdued an eighth-tier Earth Flame Demon Snake and advanced to Five-Star Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Yan learned that Qing Lin possessed Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while his own cultivation rose only to Two-Star Dou Venerable despite half a year of training.
• As Soul Hall's activity increased, Xiao Yan prepared to return to Starfall Pavilion and invited Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to go with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that she and Qing Lin had already joined a sect, and he asked which sect it was.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had joined the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and asked them about the sect. After hearing their praise, he told them how Tian Huangzi had targeted him, leaving the women stunned and unable to reconcile his account with the Tian Huangzi they knew.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin confirmed that they had joined the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Yan asked the two women to explain what the palace was like, and they praised its atmosphere and virtues.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that Tian Huangzi had targeted him at the Four Pavilions Assembly.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin reacted with disbelief because their understanding of Tian Huangzi did not match Xiao Yan's account.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian tried to work out why Tian Huangzi had targeted Xiao Yan, but their suspicions about factions in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace were only guesses. Xiao Yi Xian kept her theory to herself and decided to ask Grandpa Xiao about it after returning to the palace.

• Qing Lin explained that Feng Qing'er had become Tian Huangzi's maid and a member of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after the Palace Master drove away a Half-Saint from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan wondered why Feng Qing'er had competed for the Wind Lightning Pavilion at the Four Pavilions Assembly despite belonging to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested that conflict between the First Palace Master's and Second Palace Master's factions might explain why Tian Huangzi had targeted Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Yan to be careful around Tian Huangzi's faction but withheld her full theory to protect Grandpa Xiao's identity.
• Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Yi Xian's warning, and she decided to ask Grandpa Xiao to verify her suspicions when she returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin agreed to visit Starfall Pavilion together, while Xiao Lin emerged from seclusion in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after breaking through to Mid-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint. The chapter ended with Xiao Lin urging Ji Li and Ling Miao to prepare for breakthroughs using the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills he had given them.

• Qing Lin worried that Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan’s speculation meant something had gone wrong in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Xiao Yi Xian reassured her that they could ask Xiao Lin later.
• Xiao Yan warned himself to be cautious of Tian Huangzi, then asked Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin whether they would return to their sect while he went back to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin agreed to visit Starfall Pavilion without leaving the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Xiao Yan set off with them, forgetting that Nalan Yanran was there.
• Xiao Lin completed half a year of seclusion after refining the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and studying two Heaven Rank techniques.
• Xiao Lin revealed to Ji Li and Ling Miao that he had broken through to Mid-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint and told them to prepare to advance using their Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills.

Xiao Lin explained to Ji Li that the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace had existed in ancient times and that he had inherited its legacy from his teacher. He planned to explore its former site, but the unknown danger that destroyed the ancient sect left Ji Li alarmed.

• Xiao Lin asked Ling Miao to make her breakthrough first while he prepared to explore the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s former site.
• Ji Li noticed Xiao Lin’s worry and asked what was troubling him.
• Xiao Lin told Ji Li that the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace had existed on the Dou Qi Continent and that he had inherited its legacy and taken its senior’s soul as his teacher.
• Xiao Lin revealed that he intended to explore the ancient sect’s former site and wondered what powerful force had destroyed it.
• Ji Li realized that the force responsible for the sect’s destruction might still remain at the site and became alarmed.

Xiao Lin told Ji Li he planned to explore the ruins of the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, believing its destroyer was dead or crippled and that a great opportunity awaited him there. Ji Li reluctantly accepted that Xiao Lin would go alone to protect the sect, and Xiao Lin then remembered one more thing he wanted to do before the expedition.

• Xiao Lin explained that the being who destroyed the ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace might have died in its counterattack or survived in a crippled state.
• Ji Li warned Xiao Lin that the danger was immense and offered to wait until he grew stronger so they could go together.
• Xiao Lin refused, saying the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace would need Ji Li to lead it if anything happened to him.
• Xiao Lin told Ji Li he sensed an opportunity in the ruins that could help him reach a higher level, and Ji Li urged him to return alive.
• After Zhukun was released, Xiao Lin remembered another thing he wanted to do before exploring the ruins.