Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Dao Sect opened its Treasure Ship Auction with a bidding war over rare treasures, and Liu Xian'er lost the Water-Fire Twin Light Swords to Great Gong Diamond. The sect’s grand-finale ten-thousand-year spirit milk sparked a furious contest between Great Gong Diamond and Ghost Sword, leaving the auction unresolved.

• Heavenly Venerable Daoling opened the auction and offered the Water-Fire Twin Light Swords as the first item.
• Li Xiaoya bid on the swords before Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong took over, raising the price to three billion five hundred million spirit stones.
• Great Gong Diamond outbid Liu Xian'er with five billion spirit stones and won the swords, then asked Heavenly Venerable Daoling about Buddha Xuanmen.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling gave an ambiguous answer about Buddha Xuanmen, and the distraction caused the second item to sell for an ordinary price before later treasures revived the auction.
• Great Gong Diamond bid thirty billion for the ten-thousand-year spirit milk, but Ghost Sword raised the bid to thirty-two billion and angered him.

At the Treasure Ship Auction, Ghost Sword Deity bought the Heavenly Dao Sect’s ten-thousand-year spirit milk for fifty billion spirit stones, and the Spring Returning Church began selling pills and rare alchemy materials. Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong bid on wooden dragon blossom dew, a key ingredient for Buddha Xuanmen’s Demon-Expelling Pill, but Great Gong Diamond and Ghost Sword Deity entered the contest.

• Ghost Sword Deity outbid Great Gong Diamond and bought the ten-thousand-year spirit milk for fifty billion spirit stones, the Heavenly Dao Sect’s final offering.
• Alchemy Spirit Child began the Spring Returning Church’s sales, and Li Xiaoya bought most of the rare ingredients he needed for the Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill.
• The Spring Returning Church revealed wooden dragon blossom dew, which could extend a cultivator’s lifespan by at least five hundred years and was one of the last ingredients needed for the Demon-Expelling Pill.
• Li Xiaoya bid fifteen billion spirit stones for the wooden dragon blossom dew, but Great Gong Diamond raised the price to sixteen billion.
• Li Xiaoya bid twenty billion, and Ghost Sword Deity questioned Great Gong Diamond’s interest in the life-extending treasure.

At the Treasure Ship Auction, Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong watched the major sects sell their treasures while searching for the Five Poisons Sect’s Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom. The sect auction ended without it, but Li Xiaoya’s Fire Dragon Sword began humming as the Heavenly Dao Sect prepared the privately owned items auction.

• Heavenly Venerable Daoling bid thirty billion spirit stones for the Wooden Dragon Blossom Dew, and no one challenged him.
• Li Yuer hosted the Hehuan Cult’s auction, where an unidentified cultivator bought half of a True Immortal Spirit Treasure for forty-two billion spirit stones.
• Li Xiaoya, Dong Santong, Liu Xian'er, and Zhang Hong bought several treasures as the sects took turns auctioning their goods.
• The Five Poisons Sect finished its auction without offering the Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom, frustrating Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling announced the start of the private-items auction, and Li Xiaoya’s Fire Dragon Sword hummed in response to something inside a chest being brought onto the stage.

Li Xiaoya’s Fire Dragon Sword absorbed the strange dragon egg and advanced to a mid-grade Spirit Treasure, while he wondered what the egg had been and whether the sword could now harm Old Dragon Head. He reported his progress on gathering ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill, but Heavenly Venerable Daoling warned him against entering the underground auction.

• Li Xiaoya brought out the dragon egg and Fire Dragon Sword, and the sword pierced the egg and absorbed its energy.
• The Fire Dragon Sword advanced to a mid-grade Spirit Treasure, and Li Xiaoya found that the dragon egg had crumbled into fragments.
• Li Xiaoya wondered whether the sword could absorb dragon-related creatures and whether it could now wound Old Dragon Head.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling, Fairy Qingxia, Dong Santong, Liu Xian'er, and Zhang Hong visited Li Xiaoya, who showed them three ingredients he had found for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill.
• Li Xiaoya proposed finding the last ingredient at the underground auction, but Heavenly Venerable Daoling warned that it was no place for Heavenly Dao Sect cultivators.

Li Xiaoya found rare materials in the Treasure Ship Market and was invited to an underground auction held seven days after the Treasure Ship Auction. Back at his lodgings, he reunited with Zhang Hong, who showed off her expensive defensive gown and said Liu Xian'er had bought two as well.

• Li Xiaoya found several materials he needed while browsing the Treasure Ship Market.
• A nascent soul middle stage cultivator offered Li Xiaoya a token to attend an underground auction at Shop No. B-312 seven days after the Treasure Ship Auction, but said each token admitted only one person.
• Li Xiaoya returned to his lodgings, stored the token, sorted his materials, and meditated while Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er were still away.
• Zhang Hong visited Li Xiaoya and showed him her new Superior Ancient Treasure gown, which had cost over twenty million spirit stones.
• Zhang Hong told Li Xiaoya that Liu Xian'er had bought two gowns like hers, making him eager to see them.

Li Xiaoya followed a secret route from the Treasure Ship Market to an underground exchange auction held aboard a black Flying Boat. At the auction’s opening, he recognized Old Dragon Head among the powerful masked organizers and was shocked to see Master Long presiding.

• Li Xiaoya presented his blue token at Shop No. B-312 and followed a cultivator through a temporary Teleportation Formation to a hidden cavern.
• A beautiful nascent soul late stage cultivator escorted Li Xiaoya onto a giant black Flying Boat and warned him not to leave his room or ask about the destination.
• After the Flying Boat traveled for more than a day, Li Xiaoya followed the other attendees to the auction hall inside the ship.
• Three masked Spirit Communion Stage cultivators opened the auction, and Li Xiaoya recognized Old Dragon Head by his eyes and manner of speaking.
• Master Long appeared from backstage to preside over the auction, leaving Li Xiaoya stunned.

Li Xiaoya bid his Primordial Chaos Pill for the Thousand-Year Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom, but the masked host awarded the treasure to another bidder. The chapter ended with a cultivator protesting that his Red Pearl Jade Spirit Pill should have won.

• Master Long auctioned Mystic Heaven Way goods for nearly a hundred billion Spirit Stones before a masked Demonic Path cultivator took over.
• Li Xiaoya bought medicinal ingredients and materials while waiting for the Thousand-Year Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom to appear.
• The masked host announced that the blossom’s owner wanted a pill that increased the chances of transforming a Golden Core into a Nascent Soul.
• Li Xiaoya submitted his last Primordial Chaos Pill, and the masked host recognized it as a pill thought to have vanished long ago.
• After comparing the offers, the masked host awarded the blossom to the first bidder and returned Li Xiaoya’s pill.
• A cultivator protested that his Red Pearl Jade Spirit Pill should have won the exchange.

Li Xiaoya secured the vermilion jade iron cherry blossom at the Underground Auction but missed his chance to acquire a complete True Immortal Spirit Treasure. After the auction’s random teleportation scattered its participants, he encountered Sun Haotian and three Fire Dragon Palace cultivators, who recognized him but withdrew rather than fight.

• Li Xiaoya obtained the vermilion jade iron cherry blossom and traded for several rare items, including ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill, during the individual auctions.
• The Underground Auction’s organizers sent participants away through a random Teleportation Formation, leaving Li Xiaoya above an unfamiliar stretch of sea.
• Li Xiaoya noticed four masked cultivators following his change of course and flew toward them instead of escaping.
• Li Xiaoya recognized Sun Haotian, mocked him, and refused the other Fire Dragon Palace cultivator’s demand for the vermilion jade iron cherry blossom and his Storage Pouch.
• Sun Haotian ordered his companions to leave, then threatened to destroy the Heavenly Dao Sect as the group flew away.
• Li Xiaoya wondered how the Fire Dragon Palace had found him and began inspecting his auction purchases, while Sun Haotian decided to ask the Grand Supreme Elder to investigate and visit the Five Poisons Sect for another way to obtain the blossom.

Li Xiaoya successfully refined the Demon-Expelling Pills needed to help Buddha Xuanmen, then delivered them to High Person Qianshan. There, he met the Spirit Communion Stage sword cultivator Dongling Daojian, who agreed to help and urged Li Xiaoya to practice the sword.

• Li Xiaoya returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect with the vermilion jade iron cherry blossom and the other materials needed to refine the Demon-Expelling Pills.
• After more than a month, Li Xiaoya refined five pills and kept two while preparing to deliver the rest to High Person Qianshan.
• Dongling Daojian arrived at High Person Qianshan's cave abode, agreed to help Buddha Xuanmen, and praised Li Xiaoya's pills.
• Dong Santong asked to see his master, but High Person Qianshan refused and told him the three senior cultivators would handle the matter.
• Dongling Daojian hurled a beast-hide book at Li Xiaoya, who stopped it with difficulty, and told him to practice the sword.

Li Xiaoya received Dongling Daojian’s Sword Dao and realized it could help him improve his sword attacks. As he studied it, Second Better announced that he had discovered an Upper Realm artifact-refining method and asked for the Giant Spirit Divine Weapon and auction materials to experiment with.

• Dongling Daojian gave Li Xiaoya the Sword Dao book, and Qianshan and Great Gong Diamond marveled that he had spoken five words to him.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling warned Li Xiaoya not to share the book, then explained Dongling Daojian’s wandering habits and peculiar temperament.
• Li Xiaoya gave Heavenly Venerable Daoling lifespan-extending elixirs and returned to his cave to study Sword Dao.
• Li Xiaoya recognized that Sword Dao addressed the weaknesses in his Fire Dragon Sword attacks and became absorbed in the book overnight.
• Second Better told Li Xiaoya he had developed an Upper Realm artifact-refining method and asked him for the Giant Spirit Divine Weapon and materials to strengthen it.

Li Xiaoya studied Dongling Daojian’s sword teachings while Qianshan, Great Gong Diamond, and Dongling Daojian began trying to expel the demonic spirit possessing Buddha Xuanmen. After Li Xiaoya practiced the sword Dao in Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s illusion formation, his master summoned him to Qianshan’s abode.

• Li Xiaoya handed the Giant Spirit Divine Weapon and strengthening materials to Second Better, then studied the beast hide inscribed by Dongling Daojian.
• Qianshan led Great Gong Diamond and Dongling Daojian to Buddha Xuanmen, who was bound by roots and covered in demonic runes.
• Qianshan, Great Gong Diamond, and Dongling Daojian combined their techniques to restrain Buddha Xuanmen and fed him a Demon-Expelling Pill.
• Li Xiaoya shattered a barrage of black spears with the Fire Dragon Sword while practicing in Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s Heavenly Gang Illusory Demon Formation.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling summoned Li Xiaoya to Qianshan’s abode, and Li Xiaoya asked whether Buddha Xuanmen had recovered.

Buddha Xuanmen recovered from the demonic beast’s divided spirit and advanced to the Spirit Communion Stage, strengthening the Heavenly Dao Sect. Li Xiaoya received a jade slip with places to seek Dongling Daojian’s Sword Dao guidance, while rumors about the sect’s growing power stirred the Demonic Path.

• Li Xiaoya, Heavenly Venerable Daoling, Dong Santong, and Fairy Qingxia went to Qianshan’s cave abode and found Buddha Xuanmen safe and already at the Spirit Communion Stage.
• Qianshan explained that he, Great Gong Diamond, and Dongling Daojian had destroyed the demonic beast’s divided spirit, and that Buddha Xuanmen and Qianshan had spent months recovering and guarding him.
• Li Xiaoya asked about Dongling Daojian’s whereabouts, and Qianshan gave him a jade slip listing places where he might find the Sword Dao cultivator.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect celebrated Buddha Xuanmen’s advancement and rewarded Li Xiaoya and the others with sect contributions, spirit stones, treasure-pavilion access, and ten-thousand-year spirit milk.
• News of Buddha Xuanmen’s advancement unsettled Demonic Path cultivators, while rumors spread that the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect had been swallowed by the Mystic Heaven Way with Li Xiaoya and other Heavenly Dao Sect cultivators involved.

Li Xiaoya entered the Heavenly Dao Sect's Treasure Pavilion to choose a treasure for Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er, hoping to support their Water-Fire Combined Strike. He arrived in a hall filled with floating treasures but was left unsure which ones counted as the middle.

• After sparring with Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er, Li Xiaoya went to claim his reward from the Treasure Pavilion.
• Li Xiaoya explained that he planned to find a suitable treasure for Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er because Second Better was occupied with artifact research.
• At the pavilion, Li Xiaoya met Senior Brother Duan, who told him that Li Xiaoya's junior brother and master had already chosen their treasures.
• Senior Brother Duan opened the doors and warned Li Xiaoya that he had only a quarter of an hour to choose.
• Li Xiaoya gave Senior Brother Duan a bottle of Grade-One Elixir, and Senior Brother Duan advised him to pick a treasure in the middle.
• Li Xiaoya entered the pavilion and found countless treasures floating throughout a vast circular hall, then wondered which ones were in the middle.

Li Xiaoya chose a top-grade water-and-fire spirit treasure from the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Treasure Pavilion and returned to Tranquil Valley with it. He revealed the Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl to Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong, then playfully asked how they would repay him.

• Li Xiaoya studied the Treasure Pavilion’s treasures and asked Second Better to help him judge the water-and-fire options.
• Second Better identified the pearl as a top-grade spirit treasure and pointed out a separate three-colored ring that was a True Immortal Spirit Treasure.
• Li Xiaoya chose the blue-and-red pearl, collected its jade slip, and was transported out of the pavilion.
• Li Xiaoya asked Second Better how he recognized the True Immortal Spirit Treasure, then examined the pearl and read its jade slip while flying to Tranquil Valley.
• Li Xiaoya presented the Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl to Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong, who admired it, and he moved to embrace them while teasingly asking for a reward.

Li Xiaoya met Liu Xin'er on his way to Qianshan's cave abode, then learned that a Demon Realm invasion was imminent. Qianshan urged him to advance quickly because the Heavenly Dao Sect would need his strength to resist the demonic beasts.

• Li Xiaoya left Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er after receiving kisses from both, then encountered Liu Xin'er in flight.
• Li Xiaoya gave Liu Xin'er a jade cup-like treasure, and she watched him leave in tears.
• At Qianshan's cave abode, Li Xiaoya drank Hundred-Herb Spirit Wine with Qianshan and Buddha Xuanmen.
• Qianshan urged Li Xiaoya to cultivate faster and warned that he might forbid him from seeing Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er if he did not focus.
• Qianshan revealed that an invasion from the Demon Realm was imminent, and Buddha Xuanmen said the demonic beast that possessed him had sought to open the Demon Realm Passage.

Li Xiaoya learned that the Demon Realm might invade within a thousand years and resolved to cultivate more seriously, while Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong explored the Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl. At the Fire Dragon Palace, Old Dragon Head prepared to confront the Five Poisons Sect and revealed plans involving Elder Mu and the Spring Returning Church.

• Qianshan told Li Xiaoya that the Heavenly Dao Sect had uncovered demonic possessions among powerful cultivators and feared a future invasion, urging Li Xiaoya to grow stronger.
• Li Xiaoya returned to Tranquil Valley, told Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong about the threat, and learned that their Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl could boost their spells and strengthen combined attacks.
• After Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong left to practice with the treasure, Li Xiaoya decided to cultivate diligently.
• Buddha Xuanmen traveled with Qianshan, while Dong Santong returned to Jade Bamboo Peak to cultivate alone.
• At the Fire Dragon Palace, Sun Haotian reported that the Five Poisons Sect would not return the Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom, and Old Dragon Head said he would confront them himself.
• Old Dragon Head revealed that Elder Mu had been confined in the Fire Dragon Pool and ordered Sun Haotian to conceal his fate, then asked about preparations against the Spring Returning Church and vowed to defeat the Five Righteous Sects.

After nearly a century of cultivation, Li Xiaoya sparred with Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong and prepared to attend the once-in-a-century Treasure Ship Auction. He had grown far stronger but still needed ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill, and the chapter ended by hinting that Dong Santong had surprised him most.

• Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong combined their Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl to catch Li Xiaoya off guard, and he opened his eyes, conceding their victory.
• Li Xiaoya and the women stopped sparring so they could leave the dueling formation and attend the Treasure Ship Auction.
• The chapter recounted Li Xiaoya's advances over nearly a century, including reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage, the eighth layer of the Dragon-Devouring God-Reversal Art, and greater mastery of the Sword Dao.
• Li Xiaoya planned to seek the remaining ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill at the auction and arranged for treasures to be sold to fund his purchases.
• Li Xiaoya's disciple Qin Xian reached the Nascent Soul Realm with a Heavenly Dao Pill, while Second Better continued researching World Artifact Refining without producing results.
• The chapter noted that Liu Xian'er had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, Zhang Hong had reached the sixth layer of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and Dong Santong had shocked Li Xiaoya most.

Over the century after Buddha Xuanmen reached the Spirit Communion Stage, Li Xiaoya watched the Heavenly Dao Sect grow into Great Illusion's dominant sect while his friends and family pursued their own paths. The Hehuan Cult reclaimed its standing as the foremost Demonic Path sect under Li Yuer, whose strange conduct left Li Xiaoya wary.

• Dong Santong returned to Jade Bamboo Peak, cultivated a supple-body art, and grew strong enough that Li Xiaoya could no longer easily defeat him, though their friendship remained intact.
• Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er grew closer while continuing to rebuff Li Xiaoya's wish to share a pillow with both; their combined divine ability became powerful enough to threaten him.
• Li Muzhi remained at the third layer of the Nascent Soul Realm while Li Mother reached the peak of the fourth layer, and both stayed content with their leisurely life rather than pursuing the Spirit Communion Stage.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect expanded its influence and admitted more gifted disciples, including Li Xiaoya's disciple Qin Xian, who advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm; rival sects grew wary of its strength.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling and Fairy Qingxia entered seclusion to pursue Nascent Soul Great Perfection, while the Heavenly Dao Three Little Immortals' reputation continued to rise.
• Old Dragon Head defeated Immortal Venerable Poison King in a Spirit Communion Stage battle, and the Hehuan Cult later reclaimed its status as the foremost Demonic Path sect under its new leader, Li Yuer.

Li Xiaoya prepared to attend the Treasure Ship Auction, hoping to gather ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill and putting a True Immortal Spirit Treasure up for sale to fund his search. As the auction began, a red-clad figure gathered forces for a strike.

• Li Yuer strengthened her rule over the Hehuan Cult through reforms that reduced infighting and clashes with the Righteous Path, while the cult continued to grow.
• Li Xiaoya told Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong that he planned to refine the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill, whose formula he had obtained from the Primordial Chaos Immortal.
• Li Xiaoya set out for the Treasure Ship Market with Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, Li Mother, Li Muzhi, and Dong Santong, and traded medicinal ingredients with other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators along the way.
• At the market, Li Xiaoya searched for ingredients and arranged to auction the Black Long Saber to raise resources for the pill.
• As the Treasure Ship Auction proceeded, a red-clad figure aboard a flying boat declared that it was the perfect time to strike.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Zhou Xiaoya, obtained a Token for the Underground Auction, and learned that the Fire Dragon Palace might be planning something against the Righteous Path. After the auction, he tried to catch up with Dongling Daojian for sword guidance, but a sharp aura suddenly attacked him from behind.

• Li Xiaoya disguised himself and visited Zhou Xiaoya, who gave him a Token for the Underground Auction and warned him that Sun Haotian of the Fire Dragon Palace had invited the Heavenly Spirit Church to join a scheme against the Righteous Path.
• Li Xiaoya considered how the Fire Dragon Palace might work around its heavenly tribulation pact with the Heavenly Dao Sect and decided to warn other sects after the auction.
• At the Treasure Ship Auction, a True Immortal Spirit Treasure from Li Xiaoya's collection sold to Ghost Sword Deity for one hundred and twenty billion spirit stones, while Dongling Daojian also attended.
• Li Xiaoya bought materials during the half-month auction, including ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill, then went to find Dongling Daojian for sword guidance.
• When Li Xiaoya found Dongling Daojian's seat empty, he flew toward Bell Sword Mountain, where a piercing sound and sharp aura suddenly struck toward his back.