Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao received the Xiao Clan’s Jade Fragment from Xiao Zhan and gave his father pills and a puppet to support the clan. He then visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, while Xiao Yan was discovered hiding in the Snake-People Tribe’s Sacred City and fled under Yao Lao’s control.

• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yao the Jade Fragment and asked him to keep it safe for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Zhan a Storage Ring of pills and told him to keep the puppet for protection.
• Xiao Yao left the Xiao Clan and used his Mittel Family crystal card to meet Ya Fei at the auction house.
• Xiao Yao teased Ya Fei about Xiao Yan and thought about his younger brother’s situation in the Tagore Desert.
• Xiao Yan sneezed and alerted the Snake-People Tribe guards, so Yao Lao took control of his body and flew away as the guards pursued him.

Xiao Yao arranged for Ya Fei to buy cultivation materials and a flute, then met Ling Ying, Xun Er’s guard, who urged him not to disappoint her. After promising to seek Xun Er’s hand and giving Ling Ying a Sect-Breaking Pill, Xiao Yao returned to Xiao Yi Xian and said they would leave after he refined pills for the clan.

• Xiao Yao gave Ya Fei pills as payment and asked her to buy materials and a high-quality flute suited for a girl.
• Ya Fei warned the auction house appraiser to treat Xiao Yao with utmost hospitality and not offend him.
• Ling Ying revealed that Xun Er had sent him to protect Xiao Yao and asked Xiao Yao not to disappoint her feelings.
• Xiao Yao promised to prove himself worthy of Xun Er, then gave Ling Ying a Sixth-Grade Sect-Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yao returned to Xiao Yi Xian and told her they would leave after he obtained ingredients and refined pills for the clan.

Xiao Yao collected the medicinal ingredients and Purple Nether Jade Flute from Ya Fei, then prepared pills for the Xiao Clan before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. The group departed at dawn for the Magic Beast Mountain Range to find Qing Lin a new snake-type magical beast.

• Ya Fei gave Xiao Yao the requested ingredients and the Purple Nether Jade Flute, and they said goodbye outside the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yao refined two thousand bottles of first- and second-tier pills and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin they would leave for the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Zhan the pills as resources for the Xiao Clan and told him he was setting out for Jia Nan Academy.
• At dawn, Xiao Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin climbed onto White Fang, who resumed his enormous form, and flew toward the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yao used a Blood Essence Fruit to lure a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast and learned from the Azure Spirit Mysterious Tiger about a powerful ice python with a trace of True Dragon Bloodline. The tiger brought Xiao Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the python’s frost-covered valley, where they prepared to approach its cave.

• Xiao Yao had Qing Lin release the Two-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent and dismiss White Fang so they could search for serpent-type Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yao used a Blood Essence Fruit to attract a beast, and the Azure Spirit Mysterious Tiger appeared and demanded the fruit.
• Xiao Yao pinned the Azure Spirit Mysterious Tiger down with Soul Force and forced it to reveal the location of a stronger ice python with a trace of True Dragon Bloodline.
• The Azure Spirit Mysterious Tiger told Xiao Yao that the ice python’s territory contained Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Soul Grass and that the python was stronger than a Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• The Azure Spirit Mysterious Tiger carried Xiao Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the cold valley, then fled when Xiao Yao offered it the choice to leave or help.

Xiao Yao led Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian into an icy cave, where he defeated a powerful Flood Dragon and helped Qing Lin control it before taking the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul Grass. After flying to the Chu Yun Empire, Xiao Yao told Xiao Yi Xian they would part ways and invited her to find him in the Jia Ma Empire if she needed to leave.

• Xiao Yao protected Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian from the valley’s cold as they followed him into a crystal-filled cave.
• Xiao Yao found a nearly Dou Zong-level Flood Dragon guarding the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Soul Grass and knocked it unconscious with a single blow.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control the Flood Dragon, then rested with a Qi-Recovery Pill while Xiao Yao harvested the herb.
• The Flood Dragon awakened and submitted to Qing Lin, who stored it in the space within her pupils before leaving with Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yao and his companions flew to the Chu Yun Empire, where he told Xiao Yi Xian they would part ways and said she could find him in the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Yi Xian parted ways after he gave her a flute, a disguise mask, and control of the Dou Emperor Puppet, then he set off with Qing Lin toward the Black-Corner Region. At Jia Nan Academy, Xun Er learned that Xiao Yao was nearing the region and would return soon.

• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Yi Xian the Purple Nether Jade Flute and Disguise Mask, then made her the secondary authorized user of the Dou Emperor Puppet so it could protect her.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced and kissed Xiao Yao before he left with Qing Lin on the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.
• After Xiao Yao departed, Xiao Yi Xian put on the Disguise Mask and headed toward a city in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yao explained to Qing Lin that Xiao Yi Xian would cultivate more effectively among the poison masters of the Chu Yun Empire and said they would meet again soon.
• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin flew toward Black Mark City to buy materials for refining pills before going to Jia Nan Academy.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xun Er learned that Xiao Yao was nearing the Black-Corner Region with Qing Lin and a young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

Xun Er learned about Xiao Yao’s dangerous adventures, his growing strength, and his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian while waiting for him to return. She looked forward to meeting him at Jia Nan Academy and seeing his reaction when Phoenix Cry called him Father.

• Xun Er listened as the green figure recounted Xiao Yao’s battles against the Dou Emperors, his rescue of Qing Lin, and his destruction of the Mo Clan.
• Xun Er asked about Xiao Yi Xian and learned that she and Xiao Yao had been inseparable, though nothing had happened between them and Xiao Yao seemed to regard her as his woman.
• Phoenix Cry arrived and asked when Father would return, and Xun Er reassured the child that Xiao Yao had not forgotten them.
• Xun Er learned that Xiao Yao already knew Master Ling had been following him and that Xiao Yao had reached Dou Zong and sixth-grade alchemist levels.
• The green figure left to avoid the academy headmaster, while Xun Er looked forward to Xiao Yao’s arrival and Phoenix Cry calling him Father.

Xiao Yao entered Black Mark City with Qing Lin, killed thugs who tried to abduct her, and searched a large medicine shop for Transformation Grass. In distant Maple City, Han Feng sensed Xiao Yao’s Heavenly Flame and planned to lure him out with a pill.

• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin arrived at Black Mark City and paid the guards with second-grade medicinal pills to enter.
• Xiao Yao protected Qing Lin from a group of thugs and burned them to ashes with his violet-brown Heavenly Flame.
• Han Feng sensed the flame from distant Maple City, recognized the potential threat, and decided to use a pill to draw Xiao Yao out.
• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin reached Thousand Medicine Workshop, where Xiao Yao searched the displayed ingredients but did not find Transformation Grass.

Xiao Yao bought rare medicinal ingredients at the Thousand Medicine Workshop, then took Qing Lin to the Black Seal Auction House to auction pills and look for useful items. The two arrived at the auction house and began exploring its vast interior.

• Qing Lin spotted a Blue Spirit Moonlight Grass, and Xiao Yao bought six of the Sixth-Grade herb.
• Xiao Yao bargained for two Seventh-Grade Transformation Grass and agreed to visit the Thousand Medicine Workshop first for future purchases.
• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin left the shop and headed to the Black Seal Auction House after he explained that he wanted to auction pills and search for items.
• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin entered the auction house, admired its scale, and looked over the items listed on its screens.
• Qing Lin spotted the place Xiao Yao had been seeking and hurriedly led him toward it.

Xiao Yao submitted two Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pills and a Sect-Breaking Pill to the Black Seal Auction House and earned first-class guest status. He arranged to buy a Seventh-Rank Fire-Attribute Magic Core with the proceeds and left the auction house with Qing Lin, while the appraiser reported his interest to the Eight Gates.

• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin entered the appraisal room and showed the old appraiser three pills for auction.
• The appraiser valued each Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pill at about seven hundred thousand gold coins and estimated that the Sect-Breaking Pill could sell for several million, but Xiao Yao declined the Eight Gates' five-million-gold offer to buy it directly.
• The appraiser gave Xiao Yao a jade card granting first-class guest status and confirmed that the auction included the Transformation Grass and Yin-Yang Creation Fruit he sought.
• Xiao Yao asked the Eight Gates to reserve a Seventh-Rank Fire-Attribute Magic Core and deduct its price from the pill-sale proceeds.
• The old appraiser concluded Xiao Yao was connected to a powerful alchemist and decided the Gate Master should make contact with him.
• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin left the appraisal room, wandered through the auction house, and departed half an hour later.

Xiao Yao and Qing Lin learned that the Black-Corner Region’s largest auction of the year would feature powerful pills and drew major factions. They entered the auction house with Xiao Yao’s first-class VIP card and settled into a private room overlooking the crystal platform.

• Xiao Yao warned Qing Lin to stay with Zi Lin in his Storage Ring if an emergency arose during the auction, then ordered food and wine at a busy restaurant.
• Xiao Yao overheard patrons say that the auction would offer a Sixth-Grade Pill capable of helping a Dou Emperor break through to Dou Zong and a Seventh-Grade Pill as its finale.
• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin arrived at the crowded auction house and saw Fan Ling, the Blood Sect’s young sect master, enter through a guarded red-carpeted passage.
• Xiao Yao showed the guards his jade-green card, and a maid escorted him and Qing Lin to a second-floor VIP room after identifying it as a first-class VIP card.
• Xiao Yao and Qing Lin looked down at the crystal auction platform and settled onto the room’s comfortable sofa.

Xiao Yao attended the Black Mark City Auction with Qing Lin as the Eight Gates officially opened the proceedings. The first lot, the flying Dou Technique Thunder Bat Wings, sparked a bidding contest between Fan Ling and Elder Qing.

• Fan Ling sensed a terrifying aura from Xiao Yao and discussed with Elder Luo his Blood Sect’s plan to obtain a certain auction item.
• The Eight Gates auctioneer announced that the Black Mark City Auction had begun and displayed the Thunder Bat Wings flying Dou Technique.
• Fan Ling said he wanted the Thunder Bat Wings, while Xiao Yao dismissed them because the bat-type technique would not suit Qing Lin.
• Fan Ling bid one million three hundred thousand, and Elder Qing raised the price to one million four hundred thousand on behalf of the Sky Serpent Mansion.
• Fan Ling mocked Elder Qing and invited her to join the Blood Sect, while she stayed silent and watched the auction platform.

Xiao Yao watched Fan Ling and Elder Qing compete over auction items before bidding on the Seventh-Grade Yin-Yang Creation Fruit. The chapter ended with the bidding turning toward Xiao Yao, whose presence unsettled Fan Ling and angered Elder Qing.

• Fan Ling won the flying Dou Technique scroll after bidding one million eight hundred thousand gold coins.
• Fan Ling and Elder Qing competed for Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pills until Han Feng bid one million five hundred thousand gold coins and bought them.
• Xiao Yao recognized Han Feng as the Medicine Emperor and privately hoped Han Feng would not seek trouble with him.
• The auctioneer introduced the Yin-Yang Creation Fruit, a Seventh-Grade Medicinal Ingredient, and bids rose to one million three hundred thousand.
• Xiao Yao bid one million four hundred thousand for the fruit, drawing attention from Fan Ling and Elder Qing.

Xiao Yao and Han Feng competed over a Seventh-Rank medicinal herb, and Xiao Yao later joined the bidding for the Red Flame Armor as the auction approached its final items. Fan Ling stopped bidding after rejecting his elder’s advice to conserve funds, while warning that whoever won the final item might not leave with it.

• Xiao Yao outbid Han Feng for the first Seventh-Rank medicinal herb, driving its price to 2.5 million before Han Feng stopped bidding.
• The auctioneer presented Transformation Grass, and Xiao Yao bought it for 700,000 after the hall remained silent.
• The auction continued with cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and pill formulas that did not interest Xiao Yao.
• The auctioneer introduced the Red Flame Armor, and bidders raised its price to 5.2 million before Xiao Yao entered the contest at 5.3 million.
• Fan Ling raised the bid to 5.4 million, then rebuked his elder and stopped bidding after Xiao Yao raised it to 5.5 million.

Xiao Yao outbid Han Feng for the Red Flame Armor, then watched the major factions compete for a high-quality Sixth-Grade Sect-Breaking Pill. Han Feng ultimately won the pill for fifteen million gold coins.

• Xiao Yao and Han Feng raised the bids for the Red Flame Armor until Han Feng bought it for eight million two hundred thousand gold coins.
• The auctioneer revealed a high-quality Sixth-Grade Sect-Breaking Pill that could help a Peak Dou Emperor advance to Dou Zong.
• Han Feng asked the other bidders to yield the pill, but Fan Ling, the Black Skull Tomb representative, Elder Qing, and the Eight Gates sect master refused.
• Han Feng and the other major factions competed for the Sect-Breaking Pill as Xiao Yao watched from his room.
• Han Feng purchased the Sect-Breaking Pill for fifteen million gold coins.

The auction’s final item was revealed as the Seventh-Grade Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, and bidding climbed past fifteen million. Xiao Yao chose not to bid and prepared to steal it later, while the Blood Sect and other factions considered using force to claim it.

• The auctioneer unveiled the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and explained its power to let a person rise after destruction and undergo a transformation.
• Bidding for the pill escalated beyond ten million as factions competed with money, Dou Techniques, and pills.
• Qing Lin asked Xiao Yao why he was not bidding, and he told her he planned to let the buyers take the pill before robbing them.
• Xiao Yao sent Qing Lin and Zi Lin into his Soul Storage Ring and thought about confronting Han Feng.
• Elder Qing bid fifteen million, and Fan Ling learned the Blood Sect lacked funds, so an elder went to notify the Sect Master to prepare to act.

Xiao Yao collected the proceeds and purchases from the auction, then negotiated with the Eight Gates sect master to refine pills in exchange for rare medicinal ingredients. Outside Black Mark City, he confronted the person following him and recognized Han Feng as a disgrace to his teacher’s sect.

• Xiao Yao received nine million and collected the Yin-Yang Creation Fruit, Transformation Grass, and Seventh-Rank Fire-Attribute Magic Core from Manager Hu.
• Xiao Yao offered to refine pills for the Eight Gates sect master if the sect gathered the listed rare ingredients and supplied three sets of ingredients for the desired pill.
• Xiao Yao left the auction house after warning Manager Hu and the sect master not to send anyone to follow him.
• Xiao Yao sensed a fire-attribute cultivator following him and led the pursuer into the forest outside Black Mark City.
• Han Feng appeared and threatened to kill Xiao Yao and take his belongings, while Xiao Yao identified him as his teacher’s disgraceful student.
• Han Feng released his Dou Emperor aura toward Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao defeated Han Feng and sealed his soul, then faced Iron Protector when the Soul Hall warrior attacked. He fought off Iron Protector’s chains, but the chapter ended as Iron Protector summoned and swallowed a struggling soul body to strengthen himself.

• Xiao Yao revealed that he was a Dou Zong and burned Han Feng’s body with purple-brown flames, taking his Storage Ring and Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yao captured Han Feng’s soul and sealed it in a jade bottle after dodging Iron Protector’s surprise attack.
• Iron Protector launched soul chains at Xiao Yao, who burned one with the Fallen Heart Flame and mocked him.
• Xiao Yao drew the Divine Sky Sword and fought Iron Protector, cutting or knocking aside his chains and sending him flying.
• Iron Protector formed a black mist into an illusory soul body, then sucked the struggling soul into his mouth.

Xiao Yao defeated Iron Protector, then tracked Elder Qing after learning that she carried the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill. When Fan Lao and the Blood Sect ambushed her, she fought back against their overwhelming forces.

• Xiao Yao destroyed Iron Protector's body, but Mu Gu rescued his soul and taunted Xiao Yao before withdrawing.
• Xiao Yao learned where Fan Ling and Elder Qing were staying and secretly followed Elder Qing after she left Black Mark City.
• Xiao Yao sensed figures closing in on Elder Qing and entered the void to investigate, intending to let the factions weaken one another before taking the pill.
• Fan Lao confronted Elder Qing and demanded the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, threatening to kill her if she refused.
• Elder Qing fled into the forest but was trapped by arrows and nearly a hundred Blood Sect warriors, whom she fought with her serpent-shaped sword.

Green Man revealed that she was a Nine-Star Dou Emperor and turned the battle against Fan Lao and the Blood Sect. Fan Lao transformed and fought her with a Blood Spear, leaving their clash at a stalemate.

• Elder Qing fought off the Blood Sect warriors but was struck from above by Fan Lao and forced to defend herself.
• Elder Qing removed her mask, revealed herself as Green Man, and unleashed her Nine-Star Dou Emperor cultivation.
• Green Man absorbed Fan Lao's blood sea with a giant vine, while Fan Lao used Blood Transformation and ordered the Blood Sect to retreat.
• Green Man bound the fleeing Blood Sect members with thorned vines as Fan Lao attacked her with a condensed Blood Spear.
• Green Man blocked Fan Lao's spear with a wall of intertwined vines, and the two clashed in a destructive stalemate.