Chapter Summaries

Luo Qingshan recounted the tragic love story behind the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet as bidding began at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion. Hua Xueyan and Huangfu Bubai competed for it, and Ye Xingchen suddenly showed interest, leaving the auction hall stunned.

• Luo Qingshan told Ye Xingchen how Master Qing Yan forged the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet for his dying wife, Meng Shuanglin, and how both spouses died after he completed it.
• Mo Wuhen opened bidding for the bracelet, and Ye Xingchen offered to buy it for Luo Qingshan, but she declined because it would not benefit her.
• The bidding rose to fifty million supreme-grade spirit stones before Hua Xueyan bid one hundred million.
• Huangfu Bubai deliberately outbid Hua Xueyan by one million, and the two continued raising their bids as the crowd recognized his provocation.
• Yan Wudi privately considered the implications of Huangfu Bubai's grudge against the Demon Race, while Ye Xingchen perked up and spoke, silencing the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Ye Xingchen intervened when Huangfu Bubai repeatedly outbid Hua Xueyan for the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet, then won it himself with a bid of one hundred thousand supreme-grade immortal stones. He noticed Hua Xueyan’s disappointment after receiving the bracelet and began to think of a way to make it up to her.

• Ye Xingchen mocked Huangfu Bubai for provoking Hua Xueyan, and Luo Qingshan warned Huangfu Bubai against threatening them outside the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Huangfu Bubai secretly sent a white-haired elder away, then continued raising Hua Xueyan’s bids for the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet.
• Ye Xingchen bid one hundred thousand supreme-grade immortal stones, forcing Huangfu Bubai to stop bidding and securing the bracelet.
• Mo Wuhen accepted Ye Xingchen’s payment and announced that the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet belonged to him.
• Ye Xingchen noticed Hua Xueyan’s disappointment when he looked at the bracelet, then thought of an idea.

Ye Xingchen gave Hua Xueyan the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet as thanks, unaware that it symbolized romantic affection, but Hua Xueyan returned it after understanding his intent. As the auction neared its end, Mo Wuhen unveiled an ancient treasure map as the final lot, and the factions erupted into bidding.

• Ye Xingchen offered Hua Xueyan the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet as thanks, prompting the factions to mistake the gift for a romantic gesture.
• Hua Xueyan returned the bracelet, and Luo Qingshan reassured Ye Xingchen with a whisper before Mo Wuhen resumed the auction.
• Ye Xingchen refrained from bidding on later treasures unless Luo Qingshan liked them, while the major factions competed for the other lots.
• Mo Wuhen announced that the final lot was an ancient, fire- and water-resistant treasure map with unknown writing and opened bidding at one hundred million top-grade spirit stones.

Luo Qingshan explained why an ancient treasure map had once transformed the Supreme Purity Palace into a top faction, and Ye Xingchen entered the bidding as other factions backed away. Wei Tianji tried to divine Ye Xingchen’s identity, but his bronze mirror shattered and the attempt left him badly injured.

• Luo Qingshan told Ye Xingchen how the Supreme Purity Palace had risen to power after finding an ancient treasure and later gained a secluded holy land as its backer.
• First-rate factions drove the treasure map’s price to fifty billion supreme-grade spirit stones while the top factions stopped bidding, and Ye Xingchen raised the offer to sixty billion.
• The first-rate factions recognized the danger of winning the map, stopped bidding, and looked gratefully toward Ye Xingchen.
• Wei Tianji used an ancient bronze mirror to divine Ye Xingchen’s identity, but the mirror shattered before the figure became clear.
• Wei Tianji spat out blood and collapsed from his injuries, leaving everyone in Heavenly Secrets City’s private room shocked.

Wei Tianji failed to divine Ye Xingchen and was injured, leaving him convinced he should avoid a conflict with the mysterious young man. Ye Xingchen won the ancient treasure map for one hundred billion supreme-grade spirit stones, and as the auction ended, he spoke again, startling the assembled powers.

• Wei Tianji suffered a backlash while trying to divine Ye Xingchen and decided not to oppose him.
• The major powers abandoned their schemes and competed for the ancient treasure map, with Huangfu Bubai bidding ninety billion supreme-grade spirit stones.
• Ye Xingchen outbid the others with one hundred billion supreme-grade spirit stones and said they should save their funds for the Demon Race's longevity-extending item.
• Ye Xingchen paid with supreme-grade immortal stones and received the ancient treasure map as Mo Wuhen closed the auction.
• As the powers prepared to leave, Ye Xingchen spoke again, making them wonder whether he was about to reveal the Demon Race's miraculous longevity-extending item.

Ye Xingchen demonstrated the Divine Spring of Life at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Liu Ruosu confirmed its healing and lifespan-extending effects but revealed it could not cure her Flower of Hell poison. He invited the powers to the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion in three days, barred the Supreme Purity Palace, and then said something that stunned the gathering.

• Ye Xingchen offered a drop of the Divine Spring of Life to Hua Xueyan, who passed it to Liu Ruosu to test.
• Liu Ruosu drank the drop and confirmed it had extended her lifespan by fifty years and healed some injuries, but could not neutralize the Flower of Hell poison.
• Huangfu Bubai offered to refine an antidote if the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace supplied all the materials, while Liu Ruosu rejected his demand for a spirit stone vein and criticized him.
• Ye Xingchen invited the powers to the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion in three days and declared that the Supreme Purity Palace was not welcome among the Demon Race.
• Ye Xingchen continued speaking, stunning everyone and making the powers view him with deep wariness.

Ye Xingchen revealed himself as a ninth-grade alchemist and offered to refine an antidote to the Hell Flower Poison for the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace. Huangfu Bubai left after his mockery was disproved, then plotted to turn hidden powerhouse sacred lands against Ye Xingchen before the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty's auction.

• Ye Xingchen offered Hua Xueyan a free antidote to the Hell Flower Poison if she prepared the ingredients.
• Huangfu Bubai mocked Ye Xingchen's claim, but Ye Xingchen announced he was a ninth-grade alchemist and released spiritual power that stunned the factions.
• Huangfu Bubai left the Treasure Gathering Pavilion with the Supreme Purity Palace, while Hua Xueyan thanked Ye Xingchen and departed to prepare the ingredients.
• Huangfu Bubai ordered his forces withdrawn and planned to tell hidden powerhouse sacred lands that Ye Xingchen held an ancient treasure map and the Glazed Azure Treasure Seal.
• Huangfu Bubai ordered the Supreme Purity Palace to offer unlimited Life-Extending Pills free to the factions, and a white-haired elder left with a strange light in his eyes.

Ye Xingchen and Luo Qingshan hosted the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion’s auction of the Divine Spring of Life, drawing major powers from across Divine Desolation after news spread that Ye Xingchen was a ninth-grade alchemist. After the auction, Ye Xingchen gave Luo Qingshan a powerful bracelet and explained why he had sent a gift to the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace.

• A white-haired elder reported Ye Xingchen’s ninth-grade alchemist status to his Lineage, while Huangfu Bubai coldly anticipated the trouble the news would bring.
• Ye Xingchen and Luo Qingshan returned to the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion, where Nangong Liuyun and Hua Xueyan were struck by the pavilion and Ye Xingchen’s reputation.
• At the major powers’ request, Ye Xingchen moved the auction forward, and Wan Qianli announced it would begin at noon the next day.
• The powers bid frantically for the Divine Spring of Life, and the auction continued until evening before the attendees departed.
• Luo Qingshan told Ye Xingchen that the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace had received a hundred drops of the Divine Spring of Life and the Azure Frost Flower Bracelet.
• Ye Xingchen gave Luo Qingshan the Primordial Chaos Exquisite Bracelet and explained that he had sent the other gifts to avoid owing the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace a favor.

Hua Xueyan discovered a surprise in the storage ring from the Demon Race's Grand Elder, and Ye Xingchen used his sign-in rewards to begin establishing a high-end restaurant in the Central Province. He named it the All Under Heaven Pavilion and sent Yuan Long, Qing Feng, and ten Immortal Emperor guards to carry out his plan.

• Hua Xueyan gave instructions to send three drops of Divine Spring of Life to Aunt Liu, then found something in the storage ring that made her blush with joy.
• Ye Xingchen signed in and received supreme-grade immortal stones, a Great Emperor Guard Card, divine wine, and the Ten Thousand Flavors Compendium.
• Ye Xingchen went into the nine heavens' void and summoned Great Emperor guards Yuan Long and Qing Feng, along with ten Immortal Emperor guards.
• Ye Xingchen told the guards to regard him as family, gave Yuan Long one million supreme-grade immortal stones, and had Feng Yi learn the Ten Thousand Flavors Compendium.
• Ye Xingchen sent the twelve guards to the Central Province to establish a high-end restaurant and named it the All Under Heaven Pavilion.

Ye Xingchen established the All Under Heaven Pavilion and returned to the Demon Race with Luo Qingshan, while the hidden Qin Lineage learned of his status as a ninth-grade alchemist and prepared to emerge. The Qin patriarch sent Qin An back to the Supreme Purity Palace with pills and a warning for Huangfu Bubai, and declared that he had plans for Ye Xingchen.

• Ye Xingchen named Yuan Long and the others’ new venture the All Under Heaven Pavilion, and they set out to make it Divine Desolation’s leading restaurant.
• Luo Qingshan thanked Ye Xingchen for securing the Demon Race’s wealth through the Divine Spring of Life auction, and the couple spent the night together.
• Ye Xingchen and Luo Qingshan learned that the Supreme Purity Palace had offered to refine Life-Extending Pills for free, then returned to Cloud Cliff Mountain with the remaining Demon Race ancestors.
• Qin An reported to the Qin patriarch that Ye Xingchen was a ninth-grade alchemist, and the patriarch decided the hidden Qin Lineage would emerge into the world.
• The Qin patriarch rewarded Qin An with a Nine-Turn Chaotic Heaven Pill and ordered him to deliver another bottle and a message to Huangfu Bubai.
• The Qin patriarch warned that Huangfu Bubai had only one chance to probe the Qin Lineage and said he had arrangements for Ye Xingchen.

Qin Chunqiu sent his son Qin Haotian, the Hidden Qin Family’s Holy Son, to represent the family as secluded powers emerged across Divine Desolation. Back at Phoenix Perch Palace, Ye Xingchen checked in and received a Cultivation Enhancement Pill and the Dragon Transformation Pool.

• Qin Chunqiu summoned Qin Haotian and told him to announce the Hidden Qin Family’s emergence at the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty’s upcoming gathering.
• Qin Haotian vowed to suppress the other factions’ chosen disciples and left to prepare for his journey into Divine Desolation.
• Secluded powers, sacred lands, and top factions across Divine Desolation sent their hidden monsters out of seclusion.
• Ye Xingchen returned to the lakeside pavilion at Phoenix Perch Palace and used his daily system check-in.
• The system rewarded Ye Xingchen with one million bottles of supreme-grade divine wine, a Cultivation Enhancement Pill, and the Dragon Transformation Pool.

Ye Xingchen examined the system’s Dragon Transformation Pool and discovered that an Ancient Treasure Map led to a secret trove in Avici Purgatory. Meanwhile, Luo Qingshan’s ten sheltered Demon Race prodigies asked to meet Ye Xingchen, setting up a confrontation at the Empress Palace.

• Ye Xingchen inspected the immortal-grade Cultivation Enhancement Pills and Dragon Transformation Pool, deciding that only the Demon Race’s most meritorious top prodigies should use the pool.
• Ye Xingchen used his Illusion-Breaking Divine Eyes on the Ancient Treasure Map and learned that it was made from dragonhide and marked a secret trove in Avici Purgatory.
• At the Empress Palace, Luo Qingshan met ten Demon Race prodigies released from their ancestral grounds by Luo Tianhe to seek opportunities in Divine Desolation.
• Fang Meng asked Luo Qingshan to arrange a visit with Ye Xingchen, and she agreed, understanding that the prodigies needed to be humbled.
• Wei Donglai arrived at the Empress Palace, expecting Ye Xingchen to show the prodigies the strength they had underestimated.

Ye Xingchen arrived at Empress Palace and faced ten Demon Race prodigies who challenged him after Fang Meng clashed with Wei Donglai. Ye Xingchen accepted all ten challenges for the next day at Ten Thousand Demons Square, intending to teach them a lesson.

• Wei Donglai told Ye Xingchen that Luo Qingshan had summoned him because the Demon Race prodigies had emerged from the ancestral land, and Ye Xingchen went to Empress Palace.
• Fang Meng insulted Ye Xingchen's Innate Realm cultivation, and Wei Donglai pressured him into a clash that left Fang Meng outmatched.
• Fang Meng realized Ye Xingchen was on the imperial throne, apologized for his disrespect, then challenged him under the Demon Race's rules.
• Ye Xingchen accepted Fang Meng's challenge without requiring him to suppress his strength and invited the other nine prodigies to challenge him too.
• All ten prodigies accepted Ye Xingchen's challenge for the next day at Ten Thousand Demons Square, and Ye Xingchen told Luo Qingshan he would teach them a lesson.

Ye Xingchen learned that the ancient treasure map’s secret lay in Avici Hell, a perilous place said to be an ancient prison for the Devil Race, and resolved to investigate it someday. The next day, he arrived late at Ten Thousand Demons Square for the prodigies’ challenge, where he faced Fang Meng and the other nine with overwhelming confidence.

• Ye Xingchen told Luo Qingshan that the dragon-hide treasure map pointed to Avici Hell, and she explained its dangers, history as the Emperor’s Tomb, and connection to the Devil Race.
• Ye Xingchen privately resolved to explore Avici Hell, then changed the subject and returned with Luo Qingshan to Phoenix Perch Palace.
• The next morning, Luo Qingshan struggled to get Ye Xingchen out of bed so they could attend the challenge at Ten Thousand Demons Square.
• Ye Xingchen and Luo Qingshan arrived near noon to a huge, admiring crowd, while the ten Demon Race prodigies waited impatiently.
• Ye Xingchen invited the ten prodigies to challenge him together, and Fang Meng instead offered to face him alone and demanded an apology if Ye Xingchen lost.
• Ye Xingchen’s bearing suddenly changed, shocking the ten prodigies as the watching Demon Race members looked on with admiration.

Ye Xingchen revealed his overwhelming presence before the ten Demon Race prodigies and effortlessly erased their combined attack. After scolding them for their arrogance and teaching them to respect their opponents, he won their sincere submission.

• Ye Xingchen revealed his imposing aura, and Sikong Guyao and Bai Wuyou recognized the Great Dao and fortune surrounding him.
• The ten Demon Race prodigies attacked Ye Xingchen together with their strongest techniques, including Sikong Guyao's palm, Bai Wuyou's spear, and Fang Meng's punch.
• Ye Xingchen casually waved away all ten attacks, leaving the prodigies shocked and powerless.
• Ye Xingchen reprimanded the prodigies for their arrogance and sheltered upbringing, and Fang Meng accepted responsibility before the others admitted their faults and bowed.
• Ye Xingchen urged the Demon Race disciples to keep their pride without becoming blindly confident, and the ten prodigies knelt to show they had been won over.

Ye Xingchen gave the ten Demon Race disciples Cultivation Enhancement Pills before bringing Luo Qingshan to the Demon Race Ancestral Land to place an important treasure there. He revealed the Dragon Transformation Pool to the ancestors, whose shock grew as they sensed its extraordinary nine-colored divine water.

• Ye Xingchen gave the ten newly returned disciples Cultivation Enhancement Pills, which could raise their cultivation by one major realm once they reached the golden immortal realm.
• Ye Xingchen took Luo Qingshan to the Empress Palace and asked her to help him find a secluded, well-guarded place for a secret treasure.
• Luo Qingshan led Ye Xingchen through the golden vortex into the Demon Race Ancestral Land, where Luo Xuannü greeted them.
• Ye Xingchen placed the Dragon Transformation Pool in the small world, and its tremendous weight shook the land and drew the other ancestors to the spot.
• The ancestors examined the pool and sensed the power contained in its nine-colored divine water as Ye Xingchen began to explain its significance.

Ye Xingchen revealed the Dragon Transformation Pool to Luo Qingshan and the Demon Race ancestors, then received the Guardian Azure Lotus through his daily check-in and gave it to Luo Qingshan for protection. He told her he would leave for Southern Sovereign Province the next day to investigate Avici Hell, while she planned to meet him in the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty.

• Ye Xingchen identified the nine-colored pool as the Dragon Transformation Pool and told Luo Qingshan that nine carefully vetted people could use it at a time, with a six-month rest between uses.
• Luo Qingshan and the Demon Race ancestors agreed that entrants would need to be assessed and absolutely loyal to protect the secret.
• Ye Xingchen checked in and received divine wine, immortal stones, and the Guardian Azure Lotus, a treasure that could block and reflect attacks for two hours before needing a day's rest.
• Ye Xingchen placed the Guardian Azure Lotus in Luo Qingshan's hair, and she learned its origins and abilities as he prepared her for the dangers ahead.
• Ye Xingchen told Luo Qingshan he would travel to Southern Sovereign Province the next day to investigate Avici Hell, and she agreed to meet him in the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty.

Ye Xingchen arrived in Divine Dragon City to learn about Southern Sovereign Province and overheard the tale of the city’s mysterious origins. A white-haired elder and his remarkably young granddaughter became interested in Ye Xingchen’s wine, and the elder was shocked when he could not discern Ye Xingchen’s cultivation.

• Ye Xingchen left Luo Qingshan and traveled to Southern Sovereign Province without accepting secret protection from the Demon Race ancestor.
• Luo Qingshan ordered Sikong Guyao and nine others to come to the Empress Palace to receive gifts from the Imperial Venerable.
• Ye Xingchen explored Divine Dragon City and decided to gather information about Southern Sovereign Province at a restaurant.
• A white-haired elder told his granddaughter Ling'er that a giant dragon had descended beneath the city, transforming it and inspiring its name.
• Ye Xingchen noticed that the elder was a concealed Great Emperor Realm expert and that Ling'er had reached the Immortal Lord Realm.
• The elder repeatedly probed Ye Xingchen with his divine sense, and Ye Xingchen confronted him about it.

Ye Xingchen met Su Longxiao and Su Ling'er of the Hidden Su Family and learned that hidden overlord sacred lands planned to emerge during the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty's disciple competition. Su Longxiao warned him that the Hidden Qin Family stood behind the Supreme Purity Palace, and he reacted with shock to Ye Xingchen.

• Ye Xingchen called out Su Longxiao for probing him with divine sense and questioned his manners before sharing his own background.
• Su Longxiao introduced himself and Su Ling'er as members of the Hidden Su Family, and Su Ling'er recognized Ye Xingchen as the Demon Race's Imperial Venerable and a ninth-grade alchemist.
• Su Longxiao explained that the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty's disciple competition, not its auction, was drawing factions to Southern Sovereign Province.
• Ye Xingchen gave Su Longxiao and Su Ling'er bottles of supreme-grade divine wine, which Su Longxiao praised as the finest wine on the continent.
• Su Longxiao told Ye Xingchen that hidden overlord sacred lands would emerge through the competition and that the Hidden Qin Family backed the Supreme Purity Palace.
• Su Longxiao suddenly stared at Ye Xingchen in shock after sharing the warning.

Ye Xingchen left Su Longxiao with a warning about his overwhelming strength, then entered the Endless Forest to find the entrance to Avici Hell. After discovering a hidden cave and preparing to cook a Seven-Colored Elk, he was interrupted by a fleeing figure and powerful pursuers searching for Xiao Yajun.

• Ye Xingchen gave Su Longxiao a hundred bottles of supreme-grade divine wine, and Su Longxiao warned Su Ling'er to befriend him rather than make him an enemy.
• Ye Xingchen reached the Endless Forest, located the entrance to Avici Hell, and collected rare herbs, fruits, and a Seven-Colored Elk along the way.
• Ye Xingchen found a concealed cave behind a waterfall and decided to eat the elk before entering Avici Hell.
• A figure plunged into the pool beneath the waterfall as several powerful presences arrived and searched the area for Xiao Yajun.