Chapter Summaries

At the Black Emperor Sect auction, Xiao Yan outbid Earth Demon Old Ghost for a seventh-tier ice-attribute Magic Core after their rivalry disrupted the proceedings. The small factions left as the auction approached its final lots, and Mo Tianxing introduced a strange new item.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost outbid Xiao Yan for the Heavenly Feather Finger, and Mo Tianxing ended the bidding before the two could fight.
• After three hours of low-grade lots, Mo Tianxing presented a seventh-tier ice-attribute Magic Core and explained its uses.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost and Xiao Yan competed for the Magic Core, driving the price up as their hostility threatened to erupt into a fight.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost withdrew when Xiao Yan bid fifty million gold coins, and Mo Tianxing awarded the Magic Core to Xiao Yan.
• Small factions left the auction, and Mo Tianxing introduced the next, unusual lot to the remaining bidders.

Xiao Yan decided to acquire the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse to help Medicine Elder refine a body, despite the risk of attracting the Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall. The auction continued as bidders offered rare items in place of gold, with Earth Demon Old Ghost making a powerful offer.

• Xiao Yan gave Ziyan a pill to mask the corpse’s stench, and Medicine Elder identified the corpse as belonging to a Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
• Xiao Yan proposed using the corpse to refine a body for Medicine Elder, arguing that Medicine Elder’s Dou Zun-level strength could help them face Soul Hall.
• Mo Tianxing announced that the corpse would be sold through barter rather than gold coins, prompting skepticism from the crowd about its value and the Black Emperor Sect’s claims.
• Xiao Yan bid two Dou Ling Pills, and another bidder offered a Low-Grade Earth Tier battle skill.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost offered the Mid-Grade Earth Tier Flame Manipulation Formula, which could let cultivators combine energy flames into power comparable to a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan negotiated with Mo Tianxing for the magical beast corpse, then watched as the Black Emperor Sect unveiled the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. Mo Tianxing began a private bidding process, inviting interested guests to make offers one at a time behind a screen of golden light.

• Mo Tianxing dismissed Earth Demon Old Ghost’s warning about the Flame Manipulation Formula and negotiated with Xiao Yan over the magical beast corpse.
• Xiao Yan offered two Dou Ling Pills and one Imperial Pill, and Mo Tianxing accepted the trade.
• Mo Tianxing donned Purple Gold Gloves and unveiled the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva under heavy guard.
• Xiao Yan and Earth Demon Old Ghost restrained themselves from seizing the saliva by force.
• Mo Tianxing changed the auction to private offers and sealed the platform in golden light, inviting guests to enter one at a time.

Xiao Yan offered an Azure Nether Longevity Pill to Mo Tianxing in exchange for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. After Qishan verified the pill’s extraordinary effects, he recognized Xiao Yan as an alchemist whose skill surpassed his own.

• Several auction attendees presented items to Mo Tianxing, but most failed to interest him.
• The eagle-nosed elder and Earth Demon Old Ghost each entered the pillar of light to make their offers before Xiao Yan followed.
• Mo Tianxing introduced Qishan, the Black Emperor Sect’s chief alchemist, and asked Xiao Yan what he would trade for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Xiao Yan offered an Azure Nether Longevity Pill and described its life-extending, healing, and aptitude-improving effects, making Mo Tianxing and Qishan eager to obtain it.
• Xiao Yan let Qishan inspect the pill, and Qishan recognized its quality and apologized after realizing Xiao Yan was a superior alchemist.

Xiao Yan secured the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva by trading the Azure Nether Longevity Pill, then collected his auction purchases from Black Emperor Sect. After he left, Mo Tianxing revealed that people had urged him to help attack Xiongba, but he had learned why Xiao Yan was feared.

• Mo Tianxing chose Xiongba as the recipient of the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, angering Earth Demon Old Ghost and Eagle Mountain Old Man, who left the auction.
• Mo Tianxing announced that the auction had ended and invited the guests to a banquet, but Xiao Yan declined and returned the next day with Nalan Yanran and Ziyan to collect his purchases.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva had been tampered with, exchanged the gold coins and Azure Nether Longevity Pill with Mo Tianxing, and departed.
• Mo Tianxing told Qishan that Earth Demon Old Ghost and Eagle Mountain Old Man alone could not defeat Xiao Yan, and that even he would not be enough if they joined forces.
• Mo Tianxing revealed that people had asked him to help kill Xiongba and promised to help Ya'er reach Dou Zong, but he had refused to agree before learning the truth about Xiao Yan.

Mo Tianxing prepared the Black Emperor Sect to join Soul Hall’s hunt for Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan questioned Wu Protector about Soul Hall’s Northwestern Continent branch. Xiao Yan learned the branch’s location and powerful leadership, leaving him facing a serious threat.

• Mo Tianxing told Qishan that Soul Hall had mobilized its Northwestern Continent branch to capture Xiao Yan, and ordered the Black Emperor Sect to prepare to seize the opportunity.
• Xiao Yan checked into an inn with Nalan Yanran and Ziyan, then warned that Soul Hall was a greater concern than the experts waiting outside the city.
• Xiao Yan isolated Wu Protector inside a barrier and used Heavenly Flame to force him to answer questions.
• Wu Protector revealed that Soul Hall had one branch in the Northwestern Continent, hidden in Burial Heaven Ravine in the Tianxin Empire.
• Wu Protector told Xiao Yan that the branch had three Protectors, a Vice Hall Master who was a Dou Zun, and a Hall Master he estimated was at least a three-star Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan sealed Wu Protector away and prepared for the Soul Hall’s retaliation, while Medicine Elder assured him they could escape a Dou Zun. Mo Tianxing and the Soul Hall arranged an ambush in Black Emperor City, and Xiao Yan finally emerged to face them.

• Xiao Yan rejected Wu Protector’s offer to join the Soul Hall, sealed him in a jade bottle, and asked Medicine Elder whether a Dou Zun would come after him.
• Xiao Yan used multiple false figures leaving in different directions to confuse Black Emperor City’s watchers, while Mo Tianxing realized he was still in the city.
• The Soul Hall’s Hall Master arrived, ordered Mo Tianxing to attack Xiao Yan with Xuan Protector’s help, and had Earth Demon Old Ghost and Eagle Mountain Old Man join the operation.
• Xuan Protector led Mo Tianxing and the two ambushers to Xiao Yan’s room, where Xiao Yan opened the door and greeted them as if he had just woken up.

Xiao Yan lured four Dou Zong experts away, then fought them above Black Emperor City while Nalan Ranran and the purple-clad girl avoided drawing further pursuers to him. The battle left Mo Tianxing badly injured as the four experts continued to besiege Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan challenged Xuan Protector and drew him and the other three experts into the sky.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost caught up to Xiao Yan and attacked him with icy spikes, allowing the four experts to surround him.
• Xiao Yan charged Mo Tianxing, and their clash alerted Black Emperor City and revealed to the pursuers that Xiao Yan had lured them away.
• Nalan Ranran refused to wait for Xiao Yan with the purple-clad girl, fearing they would bring trouble to him and noting their own mission.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost, Eagle Mountain Old Man, and Xuan Protector joined Mo Tianxing in attacking Xiao Yan, who defended himself and countered as Mo Tianxing suffered broken bones.

Xiao Yan let Earth Demon Old Ghost and the others unleash their Dou Techniques, then survived their combined assault without a scratch. He counterattacked by sending Three Points Return to Origin Qi at Mo Tianxing, leaving the four opponents shocked and under pressure.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost, Mo Tianxing, Eagle Mountain Old Man, and Xuan Protector began forming Dou Techniques together after Xiao Yan let them retreat and prepare.
• Xuan Protector released a Fierce Soul whose howl left Xiao Yan dizzy and disoriented.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost, Mo Tianxing, and Eagle Mountain Old Man launched their attacks, but Xiao Yan blocked them with Three Points Return to Origin Qi and remained unharmed.
• The Soul Hall Master watched and gave Xiao Yan a restrained compliment.
• Xiao Yan condensed his barrier into his palm and attacked Mo Tianxing with Three Points Return to Origin Qi, sending a spatial rift toward him.

Xiao Yan killed Mo Tianxing and quickly overwhelmed the Soul Hall forces, capturing the Fierce Soul and Wu Protector before turning on the fleeing Eagle Mountain Old Man. The chapter ended with Eagle Mountain Old Man dying from Xiao Yan’s Death Finger while Earth Demon Old Ghost remained in the battle.

• Xiao Yan killed Mo Tianxing with a single strike, and the Black Emperor Sect members carried away their sect master's corpse.
• Xuan Protector ordered Earth Demon Old Ghost and Eagle Mountain Old Man to support his attack as the Fierce Soul charged Xiao Yan.
• Medicine Elder urged Xiao Yan to capture the Fierce Soul, and Xiao Yan drew it into his Storage Ring before using the Star-Absorbing Art to trap Wu Protector.
• Xiao Yan fired his Death Finger at the fleeing Eagle Mountain Old Man and pierced his chest, killing him.

After killing Eagle Mountain Old Man, Xiao Yan faced Earth Demon Old Ghost, who unleashed a life-draining ice technique and transformed into a massive ice dragon. Xiao Yan answered with his Yin-Yang Twin Flame dragon, and their attacks clashed as Earth Demon Old Ghost began burning his life force to gain the upper hand.

• Xiao Yan challenged Earth Demon Old Ghost after killing Eagle Mountain Old Man, and Earth Demon Old Ghost summoned his Blood-Cold Absolute Freeze technique.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost sacrificed vital blood to form a hundred-zhang ice dragon and attacked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan transformed into a giant dragon of black-and-white flames, whose heat began melting the ice dragon.
• The Soul Hall Master watched from the shadows and coveted Xiao Yan's nearly fifth-ranked Yin-Yang Twin Flame.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost's ice pillar began to lose against Xiao Yan's flame pillar, so Earth Demon Old Ghost burned his life force to strengthen his attack.

Xiao Yan killed Earth Demon Old Ghost after defeating the Ice Dragon, then faced Hun Qiu, the Soul Hall deputy hall master, as he tried to recruit him. Hun Qiu offered Xiao Yan a chance to reunite with his father, who he claimed had reached the peak of the Dou Wang realm in Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the Ice Dragon, killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, and stored his frozen body in his Storage Ring.
• As dawn came, the spectators reacted to Xiao Yan's victory over four Dou Zongs, while Hun Qiu's applause brought the sky under a mass of black clouds.
• Hun Qiu formed a gigantic head from the clouds and confirmed that Xiao Yan had noticed him watching the battle.
• Hun Qiu introduced himself as Soul Hall's deputy hall master for the Northwestern Continent and invited Xiao Yan to join Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan rejected the invitation, and Hun Qiu offered to reunite him with his father, claiming his father had reached the peak of the Dou Wang realm.

Xiao Yan refused Hun Qiu’s offer to join the Soul Hall and fought back against the Dou Zun’s attacks with his Law of Heaven and Earth and Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms. Hun Qiu then used his spatial movement to strike Xiao Yan twice from behind, leaving him badly injured.

• Hun Qiu explained that the Soul Hall wanted Xiao Yan because of his talent, alchemy skills, and Yin-Yang Twin Flame, but Xiao Yan refused to join.
• Hun Qiu attacked with black Force Qi dragons, which Xiao Yan crushed with his giant form and iron rod.
• Hun Qiu sent waves of Dou Qi to trap Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan burned them away with his Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan summoned golden flame dragons with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, which devoured Hun Qiu’s black clouds and cleared the sky.
• Hun Qiu appeared behind Xiao Yan and struck him twice with powerful palm attacks, making him spit blood.

Xiao Yan used Snow Mastiff Armor Fusion to withstand Hun Qiu’s attacks and countered with a blow that injured him, before the two clashed in an increasingly fierce battle. Xiao Yan’s Yin-Yang Twin Flame helped him recover as he fought, and the chapter ended with his Flame Fist colliding with Hun Qiu’s palms.

• Xiao Yan summoned Snow Mastiff Armor Fusion, absorbed Hun Qiu’s strike, and hit him through space hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Hun Qiu formed black armor and traded powerful blows with Xiao Yan, while both fighters were repeatedly knocked backward.
• Hun Qiu accused Xiao Yan of relying on Yin-Yang Twin Flame to recover, then attacked with Netherworld Ghost Shadow Palm.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to create three images and scattered Hun Qiu’s ghostly shadows with Cloud-Discharging Palm.
• Hun Qiu used the shadows as a diversion to launch a close-range attack, and Xiao Yan met his palms with Flame Fist, unleashing a blast that split space and shattered the ground.

Xiao Yan used the Three Points Return to Origin Qi hidden inside Hun Qiu to badly injure him, but Hun Qiu escaped and summoned Hun Dan. After Hun Dan attacked, Xiao Yan blocked his strike with the same technique, only for Hun Dan to twist the space around him.

• Xiao Yan struck Hun Qiu with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, breaking his hands and detonating the Three Points Return to Origin Qi planted inside his body.
• Hun Qiu realized the invisible Force Qi had caused his injuries, then tore open space and fled before Xiao Yan could finish him.
• Medicine Elder found Hun Qiu hiding nearby and opened a gap in space, revealing Hun Qiu as he waited for his ally.
• Hun Dan emerged from a black hole, mocked Hun Qiu, and attacked Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder with a massive black palm.
• Xiao Yan countered Hun Dan's black palm with the Three Points Return to Origin Qi, but Hun Dan twisted the space around him.

Xiao Yan struggled against the four-star Dou Zun Hun Dan until Medicine Elder possessed him and unleashed overwhelming power. Xiao Yan defeated Hun Dan with a giant footfall, and news of his Xiongba identity spread, drawing countless people to seek membership in the Tianxia Guild.

• Xiao Yan fought Hun Dan through a day and night but was badly wounded by the four-star Dou Zun’s spatial attacks.
• Medicine Elder joined the battle, deflected Hun Dan’s chains, then possessed Xiao Yan and greatly increased his power.
• Hun Dan’s attacks failed to harm the possessed Xiao Yan, who transformed into a thousand-zhang giant and trapped him as he tried to escape.
• Xiao Yan crushed Hun Dan beneath a gigantic foot, devastating the area around Maple City and frightening people throughout the Black-Corner Region.
• Onlookers recognized Xiongba as Xiao Yan and spread stories about him, while news of the Tianxia Guild attracted countless people seeking to join.

Xiao Yan discussed reviving Medicine Elder with a Heavenly Demon Phoenix body, then decided to strengthen Tianxia Guild by refining Heavenly Monster Puppets. He revealed he had gathered enough materials for several puppets, while using a Soul Hall Master's body would have to wait for an eighth-tier Magic Core.

• Medicine Elder questioned the time, effort, and danger of reviving him with a Heavenly Demon Phoenix body, but Xiao Yan dismissed the idea of using a weaker Dou Zun body.
• Medicine Elder warned that Tianxia Guild lacked strong defenders, and Xiao Yan considered how a revived Medicine Elder could help protect the faction from Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan took out the Heavenly Monster Puppet refining method and said the puppets could provide power and help withstand pill-refining lightning tribulations.
• Medicine Elder realized Xiao Yan had been collecting bodies and souls for puppets, and Xiao Yan admitted he had gathered materials and enough seventh-tier Magic Cores for them.
• Xiao Yan explained that he would need an eighth-tier Magic Core before he could refine a puppet using a Soul Hall Master's body.

Xiao Yan refined Xie Bi Yan’s corpse into a Heavenly Demon Puppet, using a seventh-tier Magic Core and Iron Protector’s soul. The puppet reached Earth-grade and the strength of a five-star Dou Zong, though Xiao Yan continued to temper it for further growth.

• Xiao Yan brought out Xie Bi Yan’s ice-sealed corpse and used Heavenly Flame to cleanse and transform it into a giant blood-colored scorpion.
• Xiao Yan inserted a seventh-tier Magic Core into the scorpion and burned Iron Protector’s soul until it lost consciousness, then placed it inside the puppet.
• Xiao Yan smelted rare metals and tempered the scorpion until its soul, body, and Magic Core fused, raising its aura to the level of a five-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan replaced the scorpion’s pincers with a drill and a gear, then coated its body with dark-golden liquid.
• Xiao Yan continued tempering the puppet until it turned silver-white and reached Earth-grade.

Xiao Yan created the Steel Battle Scorpion, a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet that showed signs of life, and brought it before the Tianxia Guild. He prepared to let the guild’s experts test it and use the display to help Xiao Ding and Xiao Li establish authority before he entered seclusion to make Medicine Elder a body.

• Xiao Yan’s soul imprint awakened a trace of life in the Steel Battle Scorpion, and Medicine Elder attributed it to the vitality of Xiao Yan’s Yin-Yang Twin Flame.
• When Xiao Yan complained that the scorpion was too small, it expanded to more than two hundred feet, and Medicine Elder said high-level Magical Beasts could change their size.
• Medicine Elder said he would rest, while Xiao Yan decided he needed to hurry and refine a body for his teacher.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Nalan Yanran arrived, and Xiao Yan invited them to test the Steel Battle Scorpion; Xiao Ding sent Xiao Li to gather the Tianxia Guild members.
• Xiao Yan offered a sixth-tier medicinal pill of their choice to anyone who could inflict even slight damage on the puppet, and the gathered experts prepared to attack.

Xiao Yan had the Tianxia Guild members test the Steel Battle Scorpion, then demonstrated its overwhelming power and demanded they unify the Black-Corner Region within three months. The injured members accepted his order, while Xiao Yan reflected on how much he had become like the kind of person he once hated.

• After Xiao Yan left, the Gold and Silver Elders prepared to attack the Steel Battle Scorpion for a chance to earn Sect-Breaking Pills, and Ziyan joined them despite Xiao Yan forbidding her from using her secret technique.
• Ziyan punched the Steel Battle Scorpion and barely moved it, so she urged the others to attack together; the ten Dou Huangs failed to damage its metal defenses.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Steel Battle Scorpion to attack, and it trapped the fighters with a tornado before injuring them with its sawblades.
• Xiao Yan stopped the attack, then told the Tianxia Guild members to unify the Black-Corner Region within three months or face extinction.
• The members agreed, and Xiao Yan wondered how he had become like the person he once hated.