Chapter Summaries

Xia Kong confronted Lei Le and Carl in the auction house corridor after Lei Le threatened Ya Fei. He killed Carl with an Azure Wood Sword Art attack, while Ya Fei’s followers killed Lei Le upstairs.

• Xia Kong arrived beside Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian, mocked Lei Le, and vowed to kill anyone who tried to hurt Ya Fei.
• Lei Le ordered Carl to kill Xia Kong and Ya Fei, but Xia Kong’s sword energy cut off Lei Le’s ear before Carl shielded him.
• Xia Kong told Ya Fei to handle Lei Le’s followers and fought Carl, overpowering her with Scorching Wood Palm.
• Carl unleashed Mountain-Breaking Seal as Lei Le’s dying scream came from the second floor, and Xia Kong killed her with an azure lotus of sword energy.
• Yao Lao praised Xia Kong’s skill and decisiveness as the corridor fell silent.

After quelling Lei Le and Carl’s rebellion, Xia Kong asked Yao Lao to refine pills in exchange for rare herbs that could enhance Soul Power. He requested pills to break Hai Bodong’s seal and restore his former cultivation, hoping to secure Hai Bodong’s support for Ya Fei.

• Ya Fei had the surrendering traitors spared but killed her former confidants who had betrayed her.
• Xia Kong stopped Xiao Yan from leaving and proposed trading a Soul Power-enhancing herb for Yao Lao’s pill-refining services.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao were astonished by Xia Kong’s claim that he could produce increasingly higher-grade spiritual herbs.
• Yao Lao’s soul aura leaked from the Ancient Flame Ring, prompting Xia Kong to warn him against trying to seize the herbs by force.
• Xia Kong asked Yao Lao to refine pills to break Hai Bodong’s seal and restore his former cultivation, intending to win Hai Bodong’s backing for Ya Fei.

Xia Kong convinced Yao Lao to trade a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill for his spiritual fruits, then negotiated the terms of their deal. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao left the Mittel Auction House after finalizing the exchange.

• Xia Kong displayed spicy jade, potatoes, and strawberries, convincing Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that his spiritual fruits were valuable.
• Yao Lao agreed to refine a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill but explained that he lacked a formula to break the Dou Emperor-level seal.
• Xia Kong proposed exchanging spiritual fruits for the pill and argued that Yao Lao should provide the formula and ingredients as part of the barter.
• Yao Lao recognized Xia Kong's reasoning, then accepted twenty level-three strawberries in advance after Xiao Yan tasted one.
• Xia Kong and Yao Lao finalized the transaction terms, and Xiao Yan left the Mittel Auction House with Yao Lao in his ring.

Xiao Xun'er heard Ling Ying report on Xia Kong's strength and his meeting with Xiao Yan, then ordered him to keep guarding Xiao Yan in secret. Xia Kong reunited with Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian at his courtyard and began explaining his plan concerning the sealed Hai Bodong.

• Xiao Xun'er read Azure Emperor's booklet and listened as Ling Ying reported that Xia Kong had defeated a Three-Star Great Dou Master and met Xiao Yan at the auction house.
• Xiao Xun'er told Ling Ying to continue watching Xiao Yan without being discovered.
• Xia Kong returned to his courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian and Little Blue after settling his arrangements with Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xia Kong about his powerful acquaintances, and Ya Fei arrived before he could answer.
• Ya Fei welcomed Xiao Yi Xian and teased her and Xia Kong about their closeness.
• Xia Kong described Hai Bodong's sealing and began laying out his plan to Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xia Kong told Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian that Hai Bodong was alive but sealed in Stone Desert City, then explained Xiao Yan’s teacher Yao Chen’s true identity. The three grew closer over the conversation, and Xia Kong reassured both women before offering to cook dinner.

• Xia Kong revealed that Hai Bodong was in Stone Desert City, weakened by a seal Queen Medusa had placed on him over a decade earlier.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned how Xia Kong knew about Hai Bodong, but he brushed off her and Ya Fei’s questions by citing a special source of intelligence.
• Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian teased Xia Kong together, easing the guardedness between them.
• Ya Fei asked whether Xiao Yan’s teacher could refine the pill Hai Bodong needed, and Xia Kong revealed that Yao Chen had been the Continent’s Number One Alchemist.
• Xiao Yi Xian tearfully asked Xia Kong not to hurt her if he ever wanted her to leave, and he promised to keep her and Ya Fei by his side.
• Xia Kong changed the subject to dinner and offered to cook for Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan narrowly escaped Xiao Xun'er's suspicion before Yao Lao told him to say farewell to his family and prepare to leave for the Black-Corner Region. Meanwhile, Xia Kong and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Wutan City with Ya Fei, and Xia Kong settled in for the night.

• Xiao Xun'er confronted Xiao Yan about visiting Ya Fei, and Xiao Yan distracted her with the Level-Two Potatoes and white radish he had bought.
• While Xiao Yan cooked, Yao Lao hinted that Xiao Xun'er's identity was unusual and warned Xiao Yan that a future with her would bring hardship.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to bid farewell to his family that night because they would leave for the Black-Corner Region the next day to seek medicinal ingredients for the Purple Spirit Recovery Pill.
• Xia Kong and Xiao Yi Xian took Ya Fei for a flight over Wutan City on Little Blue, then returned to the auction house courtyard.
• Ya Fei sent Xiao Yi Xian to a guest room, and Xia Kong went to sleep in his own room.

Xia Kong took Ya Fei to his Secret Realm, where he revealed that it was the source of his spiritual medicines and promised to explain why he had returned early. As Xia Kong and Ya Fei spent the night together, Xiao Yi Xian was left alone with her jealousy and thoughts.

• Ya Fei visited Xia Kong late at night, teased him, and asked why he had returned early.
• Xia Kong told Ya Fei that his early return involved a matter of vital importance, and she asked him to call her Ya Fei rather than Sister Ya Fei.
• Xia Kong carried Ya Fei into his exclusive Secret Realm after telling her they would be alone there.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized Xia Kong and Ya Fei had vanished into the Secret Realm and privately wrestled with her jealousy.
• Xia Kong explained that the Secret Realm was bound to his soul and the source of his spiritual medicines, then carried Ya Fei into the attic to talk through the night.

After a night together, Xia Kong and Ya Fei planned for the fallout from Lei Le’s death and began arranging a magic core acquisition scheme. Xia Kong then took Xiao Yi Xian around Wutan City, where they found homeless youths sheltering in his old home.

• Xia Kong gave Ya Fei a Tier 3 Blueberry to restore her strength, and they discussed the consequences of Lei Le’s death and plans to acquire magic cores.
• Xia Kong tended the spiritual farm before leaving the Farm Space with Ya Fei, then joined Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian for breakfast.
• Ya Fei took Xiao Qin and Xia Kong’s gold coin cards back to the Mittel Auction House to handle business, while Xia Kong set out with Xiao Yi Xian to explore Wutan City.
• Xia Kong visited his old, neglected home and found several beggars living in his former room instead of the guards he had suspected.
• Xiao Yi Xian left gold coins for the beggars before following Xia Kong away.

Xia Kong and Xiao Yi Xian toured Wutan City, where Xiao Yi Xian intervened when Liu Xi and Jialio harassed Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu. After Xiao Yi Xian secretly poisoned the two men, the group became acquainted, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to consider attending Jia Nan Academy with Xia Kong in a few months.

• Xia Kong and Xiao Yi Xian revisited the rebuilt Spring Breeze Pavilion, where Xia Kong saw a wanted notice depicting someone who was not him.
• Xia Kong bought magic cores for Ya Fei through the Mittel Auction House and took Xiao Yi Xian shopping for clothes and jewelry.
• Xiao Yi Xian stepped in when Liu Xi and Jialio confronted Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu in the Xiao Family Market, knocking down the men and their guards.
• Xiao Yi Xian secretly poisoned Liu Xi and Jialio, who left without realizing they would die that night.
• Xia Kong learned Xiao Yan had left for the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Yu invited Xiao Yi Xian to attend Jia Nan Academy with her.
• Xia Kong and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to sign up for Jia Nan Academy in a few months before parting from Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu.

Xia Kong used tier three cucumbers and carefully chosen poisons to help Xiao Yi Xian awaken and cultivate her woeful poison body. After seven days, she reached Two-Star Great Dou Master, while Xia Kong prepared to pause her risky training until he could strengthen her foundations.

• Mittel Tengshan confined Mittel Raymond to prevent him from attacking Ya Fei, but Raymond secretly enlisted Mittel Leijie to avenge Lei Le.
• Ya Fei spent over ten million gold coins buying nearly all the magic cores in Wutan City and nearby settlements, and Xia Kong exchanged them for sacred water in the farm space.
• Xia Kong reached the peak of nine-star Dou Shi, while Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Shi and agreed to test a cultivation method using tier three cucumbers and poisons.
• As Xiao Yi Xian took stronger poisons and more cucumbers, her cultivation surged, and a Da Dou Shi-level poison triggered a burst of innate poisonous energy that filled the farm-space attic.
• Xiao Yi Xian refined the released poisonous energy for three days and nights and broke through to Two-Star Great Dou Master, after which Xia Kong halted her rapid poison training until he could strengthen her foundations.

Xia Kong and Xiao Yi Xian visited Ya Fei as she arranged the handover of the Wutan City auction house and prepared to leave for Stone Desert City. They discussed Xiao Yi Xian’s rapid cultivation and the woeful poison body before Xia Kong asked about Mittel’s headquarters in the Imperial Capital.

• Xia Kong massaged Ya Fei’s shoulders while Xiao Yi Xian poured her tea, and Ya Fei relaxed after confirming Xiao Yi Xian was well.
• Xia Kong told Ya Fei that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to Two-Star Great Dou Master during her recent seclusion.
• Xia Kong explained the woeful poison body’s rapid growth and deadly dangers, and Xiao Yi Xian reassured Ya Fei that his method might let her control it.
• Ya Fei expressed concern for Xiao Yi Xian and apologized to Xia Kong after hearing how he had helped her.
• Xia Kong asked Ya Fei about Mittel’s headquarters in the Imperial Capital.

Xia Kong reassured Ya Fei that they could abandon Wutan City if Lei Meng’s agents proved too strong, then proposed destroying the Ao Ba Family to seize its resources before they had to flee. After Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Qin left to scout, Xia Kong and Ya Fei stayed behind as dusk fell.

• Ya Fei told Xia Kong that Grand Elder Mittel Tengshan had confined Lei Meng, but warned that Lei Meng would likely send stronger aides to Wutan City in secret.
• Xia Kong comforted Ya Fei about possibly losing the Mittel Auction House and compared their predicament to Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement; Ya Fei explained the engagement dispute to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ya Fei estimated Lei Meng’s agents could arrive as early as the next day, so Xia Kong proposed attacking the Ao Ba Family that night and taking its businesses and resources.
• Ya Fei summoned Xiao Qin, and the three reviewed a secret report before assigning Xia Kong to attack the manor and Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei to raid the family’s casinos and pleasure houses.
• Xiao Yi Xian left with Xiao Qin to scout the targets, while Xia Kong stayed with Ya Fei in her office and urged her to help him cultivate as candlelight fell.

Xia Kong, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Gu Ni launched a coordinated assault to destroy the Ao Ba Family. Xia Kong exposed his overwhelming strength at the manor and attacked Oba Pa, declaring that the family would be wiped out.

• Xiao Yi Xian angrily urged Xia Kong and Ya Fei to begin their operation against the Ao Ba Family.
• Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian led one squad out while Xia Kong and Gu Ni led another toward the Ao Ba Family Manor.
• Xia Kong revealed his Purple Cloud Wings and demolished the manor gate, shocking the guards into panic.
• Gu Ni led his squad into the manor and fired a signal that marked the start of the coordinated assault.
• Oba Pa confronted Xia Kong, recognized Gu Ni, and questioned the attack, but Xia Kong dismissed him and plunged toward him, declaring the Ao Ba Family would cease to exist.

Xia Kong led the assault that destroyed the Ao Ba Family, killing its two strongest fighters and ordering Gu Ni to spare uninvolved women and children. He left Gu Ni to manage the aftermath and flew toward the eastern city, where fires were already burning at the family's businesses.

• Xia Kong overwhelmed Oba Pa and Ao Ba Dun with his Scorching Wood Palm, then killed Ao Ba Dun with Blossom Sword Cluster.
• The Ao Ba Family's surviving members panicked, and Gu Ni rallied his black-clad subordinates to pursue them.
• Oba Pa tried to disguise his intent to counterattack, but Xia Kong killed him with a sword strike.
• Xia Kong took the two men's Storage Rings, burned their bodies, and ordered Gu Ni to keep his men from harming women and children or committing atrocities.
• Xia Kong gave Gu Ni a Third-Level Cherry Tomato to help him improve his aptitude and break through to Da Dou Shi, then left him to handle the estate.
• Xia Kong flew toward the eastern part of the city as fires burned around the Ao Ba Family's gambling dens and pleasure houses.

Xia Kong destroyed the Ao Ba Family, but Xiao Xun'er confronted him and warned him not to involve the Xiao Clan. After she left, he told Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian what had happened and prepared to use the Ao Ba Family’s remaining wealth to fund Ya Fei’s venture in Stone Desert City.

• Xiao Xun'er confronted Xia Kong, warned him against involving the Xiao Clan, and left after he challenged her right to question him.
• Xia Kong guessed that Xiao Xun'er had acted to protect the Xiao Clan and privately resolved to settle his grievance with Xiao Yan.
• Xia Kong gave Ya Fei two Storage Rings containing Oba Pa and Ao Ba Dun’s wealth and told her that the Ao Ba Family had been destroyed.
• Xia Kong told Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Xun'er had threatened him, and Xiao Yi Xian teased him for planning to target Xiao Yan instead.
• Ya Fei took control of the Ao Ba Family’s assets, set aside compensation for the women affected by its businesses, and kept about two hundred thousand gold coins for her Stone Desert City venture.

Xia Kong and his companions prepared to leave Wutan City as Mittel Leijie approached, while Xia Kong resolved to face him to hone his techniques. After they departed, the city’s factions relaxed their precautions, and Xiao Xun'er watched them go.

• Ya Fei learned that Mittel Leijie, a powerful Nine-Star Great Dou Master, was coming to Wutan City, but Xia Kong refused to flee without facing him.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to fight alongside Xia Kong, but he insisted that she and Ya Fei stay safe on the Blue Eagle while he relied on his wings to escape if needed.
• Xia Kong, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Qin left Wutan City on the Blue Eagle, while Gu Ni stayed behind to oversee the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Xun'er watched the Blue Eagle leave, and Xia Kong made a childish face at her before flying away.
• The Xiao Clan, Jia Lie Family, and City Lord's Manor lifted their heightened security after Xia Kong left, while Jia Lie Bi felt relieved that his family had escaped Mittel's attention.

Xia Kong intercepted Lei Jie on the mountain road and began their first battle, using his sword and movement Dou Technique to evade Lei Jie’s attacks. He left the opening exchange in control but discovered that his Scorching Wood Palm could barely damage Lei Jie’s Dou Qi Armor.

• Xia Kong set up a meal on the cliff while he waited for Lei Jie, and Xiao Qin danced as Xiao Yi Xian hummed.
• Lei Jie arrived on horseback, and Xia Kong leaped down to block his path while the three women watched from above.
• Lei Jie charged and lashed at Xia Kong, but Xia Kong cut apart the whip and forced Lei Jie to tumble from his horse to avoid a sword strike.
• Lei Jie formed lightning-wreathed Dou Qi Armor and swung his spear at Xia Kong, who evaded with Green Leaf Wandering Steps and struck him from behind with Scorching Wood Palm.
• Xia Kong’s palm barely marked Lei Jie’s armor, so he retreated and looked forward to testing himself against the more powerful opponent.

Xia Kong fought Lei Jie in the mountain valley, breaking free of Lei Jie’s Thunder Vines and recovering with spirit fruits. The battle continued as Lei Jie realized Xia Kong was Ya Fei’s lover and the source of her miraculous spirit fruits.

• Xia Kong provoked Lei Jie, who charged and drove him into a series of evasive exchanges with his spear.
• Xia Kong seized an opening and wounded Lei Jie with a Green Lotus Sword strike, but Lei Jie revealed his Thunder Vines technique and bound him.
• Lei Jie thrust his spear at Xia Kong’s heart, but Xia Kong’s Wood Hardening technique left him with only a shallow scratch.
• Xia Kong broke free of the Thunder Vines with Scorching Wood Palm, then replenished his Dou Qi and healed himself with food and a Tier 3 Blueberry.
• Xia Kong challenged Lei Jie to fight again, and Lei Jie deduced that Xia Kong was Ya Fei’s lover and had supplied her spirit fruits.

Xia Kong fought Lei Jie and broke through to Da Dou Shi while achieving great completion in Blossom Sword Cluster. He killed Lei Jie with the technique, leaving his broken spear in the crater.

• Lei Jie attacked Xia Kong, seeking the spirit medicines he believed Xia Kong had given Ya Fei, while Xia Kong refined his Dou Qi and countered with Sword Energy Green Lotuses.
• Xia Kong used a double lotus strike to break Lei Jie's Dou Qi Armor and gained insight that advanced Blossom Sword Cluster toward great completion.
• Lei Jie attacked Xia Kong during his enlightenment, but Xia Kong broke through to Da Dou Shi and revealed his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xia Kong used Scorching Wood Palm and Mad Lion's Roar to stun Lei Jie, then unleashed Blossom Sword Cluster.
• Lei Jie tried to escape the encircling lotuses, but Xia Kong's attacks destroyed his armor and reduced him to powder.

Xia Kong and the others continued toward Stone Desert City, while Xia Kong revealed the farm space’s latest upgrade to Xiao Yi Xian. The chapter left the new crops’ details unfinished, with an author’s note explaining the text would be revised later.

• Xia Kong apologized to Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Qin for making them worry, and the group resumed its journey on Blue Eagle.
• Xia Kong knocked Xiao Qin unconscious so she would not learn the secret of his farm space, then told Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian that reaching Da Dou Shi had upgraded it to LV4.
• Xia Kong tested whether he would return to the same spot after entering and leaving the farm space, then rejoined Xiao Yi Xian inside it.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xia Kong that the farm had expanded to forty plots and that its home now had four floors.
• Xia Kong found five new crops in the shop, including three with one-time seed purchase limits, but the chapter ended before their details were given.