Chapter Summaries

Shi Yu faced Zhang Qianyi in the Top Four Advancement Battle as news broke that the Iron Eating Beast’s evolved form had passed review. The chapter ended with Eleven splitting the Thundercloud Sprite’s lightning strike in midair using a profound technique combining Perfect Thunder Palm and Perfect Super Vision.

• Yin Zhengfan defeated Ji Ke by using Lycanroc’s Intimidation and Void Crystal Butterfly’s Spatial Shackles to disable her pets.
• Lin Xiuzhu told Shi Yu that the Iron Eating Beast’s evolved form had passed review and would be announced at 1:00 p.m.
• Shi Yu considered using the Relic Bead to develop Ping City into a major Iron Eating Beast breeding center.
• Shi Yu and Zhang Qianyi began their Top Four Advancement Battle, and their pets clashed with Intimidation as Zhang Qianyi summoned a storm.
• Shi Yu ordered Eleven to use Lightning Cut, and Eleven split the Thundercloud Sprite’s falling lightning with a profound technique combining Perfect Thunder Palm and Perfect Super Vision.

Xiao Han brought Langya Pavilion elders to the Space Trading Fair and entered Space Town to look for bargains. Disguised, he bought a rare Soul-Molding Fruit from a stall and stopped outside the fair’s entrance to watch the crowd.

• Xiao Han agreed to escort Langya Pavilion elders to the Space Trading Fair, and Cang Yu excitedly proposed greening the desert.
• Xiao Han entered Space Town with the elders and told them to split up until the fair opened.
• Xiao Han disguised himself and returned to a stall selling a string of blue fruits he had noticed earlier.
• Xiao Han bargained with the stall owner and bought the blue fruits along with a Golden Sun Demon Fruit.
• Xiao Han recognized the blue fruits as Soul-Molding Fruits and watched the lively entrance to the Space Trading Fair without going in.

At the Space Trading Fair, Yao Wangui, Dan Mu, and Hun Miesheng clashed verbally over the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame, and Xiao Han confronted the Soul Hall Master. Xiao Han’s aura forced Hun Miesheng to retreat, while the arrival of powerful Ancient Races showed how fiercely contested the fair would be.

• Yao Wangui and Dan Mu traded threats at the fair entrance, with Yao Wangui warning the Pill Tower not to compete for the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame.
• Hun Miesheng arrived and drew insults from Dan Mu and others over the Soul Hall’s defeat by Langya Pavilion.
• Xiao Han confronted Hun Miesheng, offered to ally with Dan Mu, and overpowered Hun Miesheng in an aura clash.
• Gu Qingya and members of the Thunder Flame Clans arrived as the crowd gathered to enter the fair.
• Xiao Han recognized that the Ancient Races and major factions had sent numerous Dou Sheng experts to compete for the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame.

Xiao Han attended the Space Trading Fair, where Kong Yi opened the auction with rare treasures before unveiling the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame. As bidding for the flame began, Xiao Han had sent the Langya Pavilion elders away, leaving him among the determined bidders.

• Yao Wangui, Xiao Han, and other powerful figures entered the fair without wearing the detection-blocking robes, while Xiao Han later told the Langya Pavilion elders to remove theirs.
• Kong Yi welcomed the gathered Dou Sheng experts and began the Space Trading Fair, opening with a Heaven Rank Low-Level Dou Technique that Elder Cang Yu acquired in exchange for a red-glowing scroll.
• Xiao Han watched the auction, during which Yao Wangui obtained a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill formula and Xiao Han bid for several medicinal herbs.
• As the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame auction approached, Kong Yi asked anyone who would not bid to leave, and Xiao Han sent the Langya Pavilion elders out for their safety.
• Kong Yi revealed the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame in a Jade Box and announced that it had no starting price or conditions, with the highest bidder to win.

Xiao Han and Yao Wangui fiercely competed for the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame, with Yao Wangui winning after the seller rejected Xiao Han’s offer of a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill Pill Formula. Just as the fair seemed to be ending, Kong Yi announced a final auction item, catching the attention of the Dou Sheng experts.

• The Pill Tower, Yao Clan, Xiao Han, and other factions raised bids for the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame, with Gu Qingya and Hun Miesheng eventually withdrawing.
• Xiao Han offered a Heaven Rank Middle Grade Dou Technique and a Dou Sheng corpse he had obtained from Hun Miesheng, prompting Hun Miesheng’s anger.
• Yao Wangui bid a Half-Step Mysterious Pill, and Xiao Han countered with a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill Pill Formula.
• Kong Yi revealed that the seller would not accept pill formulas, so Xiao Han conceded and Yao Wangui bought the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame.
• After Yao Wangui paid and Kong Yi confirmed the sale, Kong Yi announced a final auction item, drawing the attention of the Dou Sheng experts.

Kong Yi revealed that the Space Trading Fair’s finale was a Ten Thousand Puppets Sect inheritance that included a powerful Dou Sheng Puppet, sparking fierce interest among the assembled experts. The auction began with a bid of two Ninth Grade Treasure Pills.

• Yao Wangui questioned Kong Yi about the unknown finale auction item, and Kong Yi announced it was a complete Dou Sheng inheritance.
• The crowd dismissed the inheritance until Kong Yi revealed it included a puppet with the fighting strength of a Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Han asked for details, and Kong Yi explained that the inheritance came from the puppet-making Ten Thousand Puppets Sect and had been forced into an auction by its powerful owner.
• Kong Yi presented the purple-black puppet, which Xiao Han and several Ancient Races experts suspected was stronger than a Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• An unidentified bidder opened the auction by offering two Ninth Grade Treasure Pills.

Xiao Han won the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect inheritance and Dou Sheng Puppet at the trade fair, then left Space Town with hostile pursuers following him. Hun Miesheng, Yao Wangui, and two concealed Dou Shengs ambushed him in the desert, and a battle began.

• Xiao Han acquired the Dou Sheng inheritance with four Ninth Grade Treasure Pills, two Heaven Rank Middle Grade Dou Techniques, and a Gathering Yuan Array Disc.
• Xiao Han left Space Town and, after walking for nearly two hours, called out the hostile group following him.
• Hun Miesheng appeared with Yao Wangui and two concealed Dou Shengs, and Yao Wangui demanded that Xiao Han surrender the inheritance.
• Hun Miesheng launched a palm strike, which Xiao Han met with a Light Seal.
• The other attackers joined in and charged at Xiao Han.

Xiao Han fought Hun Miesheng while his Frost Giant Soldiers held off Yao Wangui and the other two, but a Shadow Prison assassin joined the battle with a surprise attack. Xiao Han trapped the assassin and unleashed his Mystic Ice Killing Domain; Hun Miesheng and the maimed assassin escaped, and Yao Wangui and the others fled as well, just as Xiao Han noticed more people had arrived.

• Xiao Han summoned three Frost Giant Soldiers to hold off Yao Wangui and the other two, then charged Hun Miesheng with a Mystic Ice Spear.
• Hun Miesheng struggled against Xiao Han until a concealed Shadow Prison assassin struck Xiao Han and briefly forced him back.
• Xiao Han recognized the assassin's methods and secretly locked onto his position while continuing to fight Hun Miesheng.
• As the Frost Giant Soldiers neared defeat, Xiao Han trapped the assassin with his Mystic Ice Killing Domain and enclosed the battlefield in a sphere of wind and snow.
• Hun Miesheng escaped bloodied, and the Shadow Prison assassin fled missing his right arm; Yao Wangui and the others also withdrew.
• Xiao Han noticed that more people had arrived.

After Shadow Prison's assassin attacked him, Xiao Han told Langya Pavilion's leaders he knew where the organization was hiding and planned to strike later, once he had prepared. He asked the pavilion to investigate Shadow Prison while he secluded himself to study what he had obtained at the trade fair.

• Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion with three jade invitations from the Gu Lei Yan Three Tribes.
• Xiao Han announced that he knew Shadow Prison's headquarters and explained that he had planted Hidden Force in a Four Star Dou Sheng assassin to track him.
• Yi Huang and the other leaders questioned whether Langya Pavilion could safely destroy Shadow Prison, and Xiao Han said he would wait about two years before leading the Langya Guard against it.
• Xiao Han asked Langya Pavilion to focus its intelligence resources on investigating Shadow Prison, but Yi Huang adjourned the meeting.
• Xiao Han told Yi Huang he would enter seclusion to study the items from the Space Trading Fair, then vanished from the hall.

Xiao Han named his newly bound puppet Puppet Saint and sent it to serve Yi Huang, while Xiao Lin learned that Xiao Zhan was secretly rebuilding the Judicators. Xun Er was taken to a pavilion by Xiao Lin, who revealed his name, leaving her uncertain about his intentions.

• Xiao Han bound the puppet with a Blood Oath, named it Puppet Saint, and ordered it to obey Yi Huang.
• A Xiao family member delivered supplies to Xiao Lin and revealed that Xiao Zhan had rebuilt the Judicators as a small force operating in secret.
• Xiao Lin warned Xiao Zhan against rebuilding the Judicators, and Xiao Zhan read a letter bearing the words, “The Dagger is Revealed.”
• Xun Er worried about telling Xiao Yan she had to return to her clan, but a gray-robed old man abducted her in public without being noticed.
• Ling Ying searched for the missing Xun Er, then was told she would return safely in two hours.
• Xun Er confronted the old man at a pavilion, and Xiao Lin told her his name.

Xiao Lin revealed that he had faked his death and offered Xun Er a deal involving the Xiao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade. Xun Er agreed to consult the Gu Clan and promised an answer in seven days, while Xiao Lin went to see his grandson.

• Xiao Lin surprised Xun Er by revealing he was Xiao Yan Gege's grandfather and the supposedly dead former Xiao Clan leader.
• Xiao Lin told Xun Er he knew the Gu Clan had sent her to seek the Xiao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade and proposed a deal.
• Xiao Lin asked the Gu Clan to stop the Soul Clan from disturbing the Xiao Clan's development for ten years, and Xun Er said her clan could not meet that demand.
• Xun Er proposed exchanging resources for the jade, but Xiao Lin refused and asked what the Gu Clan could do instead.
• Xiao Lin offered the jade in exchange for the Gu Clan stopping all the Soul Clan's Dou Sheng experts for ten years, and Xun Er promised to give him the Gu Clan's answer in seven days.
• Xun Er left, and Xiao Lin went to see his grandson.

Xiao Yan received a ninth-grade Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill, a Purification Lotus Demon Fire map, and a precious jade pendant from Xiao Lin, while learning that the demon fire would appear in little more than ten years. The Gu Clan accepted Xiao Lin’s proposed transaction, leaving Gu Yuan and Gu Lie to prepare for closer scrutiny of the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yan inspected Xiao Lin’s gifts with Elder Yao and discovered the ninth-grade Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill and an incomplete Purification Lotus Demon Fire map.
• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao read Xiao Zhan’s letter, learned the demon fire’s signs and approximate arrival time, and decided Xiao Yan needed to reach the Central Plains soon.
• Elder Yao resolved to take the Sea Heart Flame from Xiao Yan’s disciple before they left, while Xiao Yan kept the jade pendant entrusted to him.
• Gu Yuan convened the Gu Clan’s Dou Sheng elders to decide whether to accept Xiao Lin’s transaction, and Gu Lie publicly supported accepting it.
• Gu Yuan declared that the Gu Clan would accept the transaction, then told Gu Lie to watch the Soul Clan’s Dou Shengs more closely.

After completing a powerful Battle Puppet, Xiao Han returned from seclusion and gave his puppets to Yi Huang to support Langya Pavilion's plans for entering the high-end merchant market. Their discussion was interrupted by the arrival of an angry Heavenly Sound Old Man, leaving them wondering what had gone wrong between Langya Pavilion and Sound Valley.

• Xiao Han completed a Two-Star Dou Sheng Battle Puppet by combining his knowledge with Yi Huang's Wind Fury Dragon Flame sub-flame.
• Xiao Han emerged from seclusion and showed Yi Huang the puppets he had made, explaining that lower-level puppets could be produced in quantity but the Dou Sheng puppet was unique and costly.
• Yi Huang took charge of the puppets and explained her plan to auction them through the Langya Merchant Guild to expand Langya Pavilion's high-end business.
• A disciple reported that Heavenly Sound Old Man had arrived looking angry, and Yi Huang asked for a detailed explanation.

The Heavenly Sound Old Man came to Langya Pavilion after learning that Ye Shenghan had gotten Xin'er pregnant, but he had no intention of punishing him. He and Ye Jianxin agreed on the marriage and the child’s future upbringing, then began discussing the wedding.

• The Heavenly Sound Old Man arrived at Langya Pavilion and demanded to see Ye Shenghan and Ye Jianxin.
• He revealed to Xiao Han and Yi Huang that Ye Shenghan had gotten Xin'er pregnant, astonishing them.
• The Heavenly Sound Old Man said he had come to arrange a proper marriage, and Ye Jianxin eagerly agreed.
• Ye Jianxin kicked Ye Shenghan to his knees and apologized, while the Heavenly Sound Old Man joked about making him marry into Sound Valley.
• The Heavenly Sound Old Man asked for Xin'er and Ye Shenghan’s child to be raised by Sound Valley, and Ye Jianxin agreed.
• Ye Jianxin told Ye Shenghan to serve tea as he, the Heavenly Sound Old Man, Xiao Han, and Yi Huang discussed the wedding.

Ye Shenghan and Xin'er’s families agreed to hold their wedding in half a year, and news of the marriage spread across the Central Plains. At Sound Valley, Xin'er received a precious pill from Yi Huang to nourish her unborn child as the Heavenly Sound Old Man reluctantly urged her to stay put.

• The Heavenly Sound Old Man and the Langya Pavilion elders settled Ye Shenghan and Xin'er’s wedding date for six months later, and Ye Jianxin and Ye Shenghan saw him off.
• Xiao Han carried Yi Huang away after she softly agreed to his suggestion that they have a child, while Ye Jianxin returned and teased his son about becoming a grandfather.
• News of Ye Shenghan’s upcoming marriage spread, prompting Xiao Wu and Xian'er to decide to visit him.
• At Sound Valley, the two Supreme Elders fussed over the pregnant Xin'er, who was delighted at the thought of becoming a mother.
• The Heavenly Sound Old Man gave Xin'er a Ninth Grade Spirit Essence Pill that Yi Huang had prepared for her, then told her not to run off to Langya Pavilion again; Xin'er agreed.

Xiao Han reviewed intelligence on the Central Plains and the Xiao Clan, learning that Xiao Yan had already connected with the Pill Tower and that the Xiao Clan was under pressure in the Jia Ma Empire. He considered how Central Plains turmoil might protect the Xiao Clan as the Pill Tower’s leaders and Elder Yao prepared to strike back at the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Han read reports showing Xiao Clan members had established factions across the Central Plains, forming a potential network of allies.
• Xiao Han learned that Xuan Yi had exchanged a Silver Serpent Token for a Dou Sheng corpse, confirming that Xiao Yan had reached the Central Plains and gained the Pill Tower’s support.
• Xiao Han inferred that Medicine Venerable was secretly preparing to target the Soul Hall, and he anticipated trouble for Hun Miesheng.
• Xiao Han discovered that the Jia Ma Empire and Yun Lan Sect were being pressured by powerful outsiders, while the Xiao Clan cautiously sent elders to help.
• Xiao Han considered using upheaval in the Central Plains to shield the Xiao Clan, while the Pill Tower Three Giants and Elder Yao discussed making the Soul Hall pay.

Yao Chen laid out a plan to strike the Soul Hall, using the Central Plains Pill Assembly as cover and targeting the Human Hall in the Burial Mountain Range. Xuan Kongzi agreed to provide the Pill Tower’s venue and logistical support, while Yao Chen counted on allies including Langya Pavilion.

• Yao Chen reassured Xuan Kongzi that the Pill Tower would not lead the operation and said he could recruit allies from Burning Flame Valley, Flower Sect, and two Half-Saint rogue cultivators.
• Xuan Yi grew jealous when Yao Chen mentioned seeking help from an old female acquaintance, but Yao Chen soothed her before Xuan Kongzi asked how they would act.
• Yao Chen proposed using the Central Plains Pill Assembly two years later as the first step in his plan against the Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen identified the Human Hall in the Burial Mountain Range, guarded by two Heavenly Venerates, as his true target.
• Xuan Yi warned that the six experts might not defeat the Heavenly Venerates or withstand the Soul Hall’s retaliation, and Yao Chen replied that he had other enemies of the Soul Hall as allies.
• Xuan Kongzi suspected Langya Pavilion would join them, and Yao Chen confirmed it before Xuan Kongzi agreed to the plan.

Xiao Han taught Langya Pavilion members how to make Battle Puppets while the pavilion prepared to auction them. When Xiao Yan arrived at the auction with Venerable Feng, Xiao Han added the Five Round Separating Fire Method to the lots, leaving the auction official baffled by its Exotic Fire requirements.

• Xiao Han showed Langya Pavilion disciples and elders how to remove a puppet core and taught them the basics of puppet manufacturing.
• News spread that Langya Pavilion would auction Battle Puppets, prompting factions across the Central Plains to plan to attend.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Yao whether attending the auction might expose him, and Elder Yao encouraged him to go with Feng Xian.
• A month later, Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng arrived at Langya Auction House, where Xiao Han recognized Xiao Yan and ordered an additional auction lot.
• Xiao Han gave the auction official a Scroll describing the Five Round Separating Fire Method, and the official was stunned by its claim that four Exotic Fires could raise its power to Heaven Tier.

At Langya Auction House’s first auction, Xiao Han discovered Xiao Wu had slipped out of seclusion and caught him with Xian’er and Ye Xinlan. After giving Xinlan a protective crystal, Xiao Han sensed something that called him away to handle business.

• Liu Wu introduced himself and opened Langya Auction House’s first auction, while Xiao Yan asked Venerable Feng about the host’s strength.
• Xiao Han sensed an unexpected presence as Xiao Wu watched the auction with Xian’er and Ye Xinlan.
• Xiao Han confronted Xiao Wu for leaving seclusion, but Xiao Wu tried to avoid punishment by appealing to his junior sisters.
• Xiao Han recognized Ye Xinlan as Yi Huang’s disciple and gave her a snowflake-shaped crystal that could save her life.
• Xiao Han paused before disciplining Xiao Wu and said they should handle the proper business first.

At the Langya Auction House, Xiao Yan watched the first Battle Puppet sell for a high price before recognizing the Five Round Separating Fire Method as a technique suited to his Exotic Fires. Xiao Han’s planned puppet sales succeeded, and the chapter ended with him scolding Xiao Wu for sneaking out and remaining unmarried.

• Liu Wu auctioned a Dou Zong Peak Battle Puppet, which a wealthy Second-rate Force bought for twenty-three million gold coins.
• Venerable Feng explained to Xiao Yan that the first puppet was only a probe and that the private-room bidders were saving their money for stronger puppets.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Wu that Langya Pavilion could not sell puppets in large quantities because doing so would disrupt the Central Plains’ balance of power.
• Liu Wu presented the Five Round Separating Fire Method, and Venerable Feng bought it for Xiao Yan for thirty million gold coins.
• Starfall Pavilion, Burning Flame Valley, and Pill Tower bought the Two-Star, Five-Star, and Eight-Star Dou Zun puppets for eighty million, two hundred million, and nine hundred million gold coins, respectively.
• Xiao Han stopped Xiao Wu from slipping away and scolded him for sneaking out and remaining unmarried, prompting Xiao Wu to protest before Xiao Han chased him off.