Recaps

Xiao Yan faced Lu Du in a confrontation but stopped their fight to demand the wager money before it began. Gu Li intervened, and Lu Du produced a Nine-Pattern Crystal Card worth two hundred thousand Spirit Coins, which caught Xiao Yan’s interest.

• Lu Du tested Xiao Yan with a blade Qi strike, and Xiao Yan summoned the Heavy Xuan Ruler to block it.
• As Lu Du prepared to charge, Xiao Yan stopped him to ask about the Spirit Coins he had wagered, angering Lu Du.
• Lu Du attacked anyway, but Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King to shield him before Gu Li appeared and halted the confrontation.
• Gu Li identified the Seven-Star Half-Emperor as Broadsword Lu Du, and Xiao Yan stood beside Gu Li while insisting he had not changed their wager.
• Lu Du showed a Nine-Pattern Crystal Card worth two hundred thousand Spirit Coins, and Gu Li explained its value to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought Lu Du, a Seven-Star Half-Emperor, in a sealed arena above Ancient Wilderness City and matched him through hundreds of clashes. Lu Du then revealed his saber technique, Garrison, and challenged Xiao Yan to withstand it.

• Gu Li sealed the space around Xiao Yan and Lu Du and warned them to stop if either admitted defeat.
• Xiao Yan opened the fight with Flame Splitting Tsunami, and he and Lu Du traded hundreds of powerful ruler and saber blows.
• Lu Du realized Xiao Yan was much stronger than he had expected and began to fight in earnest.
• Xiao Yan infused his Heavy Xuan Ruler with Heavenly Flames and prepared a powerful strike.
• Lu Du named his ultimate saber technique Garrison and said he would admit defeat if Xiao Yan endured it.

Lu Du sacrificed his essence blood to unleash his deadly self-created blade technique, Shu, and charged Xiao Yan with a powerful surprise attack. Xiao Yan detected Lu Du’s afterimage with his soul power and prepared to meet the descending slash with his Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler as Gu Li and hooded observers watched.

• Lu Du drained his essence blood into his broadsword, empowering Shu at a severe cost to himself.
• Lu Du revealed that Shu had saved his life four times and had once killed a Half-Emperor with one strike, alarming Gu Li.
• Gu Li prepared to intervene if Xiao Yan appeared unable to withstand Lu Du’s attack.
• Lu Du hurled his broadsword skyward and charged Xiao Yan, who closed his eyes and spread his soul power through the arena.
• Xiao Yan recognized Lu Du’s charge as an afterimage, and Lu Du appeared overhead to slash down at him with Shu.
• Xiao Yan steeled himself to test his Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler at close range as Gu Li and several black-robed figures watched.

Xiao Yan defeated Lu Du’s Shou with five consecutive strikes of the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, winning the battle but exhausting his Dou Qi. As he challenged the spectators to come take his Void Lightning Pool Invitation, another Seven-Star Half-Emperor stepped forward to claim it.

• Xiao Yan’s first two ruler strikes failed to overpower Lu Du’s Shou, so he continued attacking and merged successive strikes together.
• Xiao Yan’s fifth strike surpassed Shou, shattered Lu Du’s broadsword, and gravely injured him.
• The spectators recognized Xiao Yan as the victor, while Gu Li withdrew his Dou Qi and the black-robed figures departed.
• Xiao Yan, completely depleted, asked whether anyone else would seize his Void Lightning Pool Invitation, and the onlookers held back.
• Another Seven-Star Half-Emperor calmly announced that he would take Xiao Yan’s invitation.

Xiao Yan faced Lin Feng and Lin Yu, twin Half-Emperors who demanded a fight over his Void Lightning Pool Invitation. He accepted their challenge for three days later and asked to set the stakes, and the twins offered another invitation.

• Gu Li identified Lin Feng and Lin Yu as powerful twin Half-Emperors whose linked attributes made them formidable opponents together.
• Lin Feng and Lin Yu demanded that Xiao Yan meet them in a challenge three days later, but Xiao Yan initially refused.
• The twins threatened to go after Qin Zhong, prompting Xiao Yan to accept their challenge.
• Xiao Yan stopped Lin Feng and Lin Yu as they were leaving and asked about the stakes.
• Lin Feng and Lin Yu offered a Void Lightning Pool Invitation as the stake.

Xiao Yan defeated Lu Du and accepted Lin Feng and Lin Yu’s challenge to fight in three days, wagering a Void Lightning Pool Invitation. As the Wilderness buzzed over his strength, Mo Zhai hinted to Yan Bing and the others that the Twin Hegemons of the Wilderness might help them deal with Xiao Yan.

• Lin Feng and Lin Yu wagered a Void Lightning Pool Invitation and challenged Xiao Yan to fight them in three days.
• After Lin Feng and Lin Yu departed, Xiao Yan told Gu Li that he had accepted because they had threatened his friend and hoped his display would deter Mo Zhai’s group.
• Xiao Yan collected the Nine-Pattern Crystal Card from the defeated Lu Du and gave him an Emperor Grade Pill as compensation.
• News of Xiao Yan’s victory spread through the Wilderness, while Mo Zhai, Yan Bing, Old Monster Hu, and Zhang Hao discussed the threat he posed.
• Mo Zhai asked the others whether they had heard of the Twin Hegemons of the Wilderness.

Mo Zhai revealed his plan to use Wu Mohui’s remains to turn Mu Han against Xiao Yan, while Yan Bing and the others learned how dangerous the third-tier formation master was. On the day of Xiao Yan’s scheduled battle with Lin Feng and Lin Yu, Xiao Yan arrived after recovering from his injuries.

• Yan Bing explained that Mu Han was a late nine-star Half-Emperor and a third-tier formation master known as one of the Twin Hegemons of the Wilderness.
• Mo Zhai showed Yan Bing a jade bottle containing Wu Mohui’s presence and said he would use it to persuade Mu Han to attack Xiao Yan.
• Old Monster Hu questioned whether Mu Han would kill Mo Zhai, but Mo Zhai said Mu Han would not act against him while Xiao Yan was alive.
• Mo Zhai invited Yan Bing, Old Monster Hu, and Zhang Hao to accompany him to the north of the city to set Mu Han against Xiao Yan.
• A huge crowd gathered in Ancient Wilderness City to watch Xiao Yan face Lin Feng and Lin Yu, and Xiao Yan arrived late, apologizing and saying his injuries had not fully healed.

Mo Zhai and his companions visited Master Mu and baited him with news about Mohui, provoking his fury. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan continued fighting Lin Feng and Lin Yu, relying on Heavenly Severing Steps to evade their attacks.

• Mo Zhai and his three companions arrived at Mu Manor and were admitted after Master Mu answered Mo Zhai’s complaint about the guards.
• Master Mu lost patience with Mo Zhai’s regretful sighs and ordered his guards to escort the visitors out.
• Mo Zhai hinted at what had happened to Wu Mohui, and Master Mu unleashed his pressure, killing the guards and demanding to know what had happened to Mohui.
• Xiao Yan dodged Lin Yu’s attack with Heavenly Severing Steps after clashing with Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng and Lin Yu berated Xiao Yan for dodging, and Xiao Yan pointed out that they were two Seven-Star Half-Emperors fighting a Three-Star Half-Emperor.

Lin Feng and Lin Yu trapped Xiao Yan in a fusion domain of Yin Wind and water, countering his speed and suppressing his Heavenly Flames. The brothers moved to encase him in ice, leaving Xiao Yan surrounded and unable to escape easily.

• Lin Feng and Lin Yu unleashed their Fierce Yin Wind and Extreme Water Chill domains, merging them into a freezing domain that restricted Xiao Yan’s movement.
• Lin Feng attacked Xiao Yan, who activated his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline and Vajra Glazed Body before countering with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Lin Yu struck Xiao Yan from behind as he used Heavenly Severing Steps, blasting him away and making him cough up blood.
• Xiao Yan activated his Domain of Flame, but Lin Feng and Lin Yu used their combined domains to suppress the Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Feng and Lin Yu surrounded Xiao Yan with their Wind and Water domains, and the water beneath him turned to ice as they prepared to seal him.

Lin Feng and Lin Yu trapped Xiao Yan in their fused Ice Domain and launched attacks from both sides, leaving him caught between two powerful Dou Techniques. Xiao Yan melted free with his Heavenly Flames, but the brothers’ finishing attacks were already closing in.

• Lin Feng and Lin Yu sealed Xiao Yan inside their fused Ice Domain, preventing him from using his Dou Qi or Heavenly Flames.
• The brothers attacked the ice-bound Xiao Yan with Empty Sorrow Slash and Condensed Water Arrow.
• Xiao Yan erupted his Heavenly Flames from within, melted the ice, and shattered the remaining pillar before blocking Lin Feng’s attack with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Splitting Tsunami to hold back Lin Yu’s arrows, while Lin Yu combined them into a gigantic arrow.
• Lin Feng circled behind Xiao Yan and formed another Dou Technique as Lin Yu’s gigantic arrow approached from the front, trapping Xiao Yan between their attacks.

Xiao Yan survived Lin Feng and Lin Yu’s combined attack and reappeared with white hair, a changed appearance, and overwhelming speed. He confronted the terrified brothers, reflecting that he would eventually have to face powerful enemies without Gu You’s help.

• Lin Feng scattered the explosion’s mist and, seeing no trace of Xiao Yan or his Storage Ring, assumed the attack had killed him.
• Gu Li, Chi Lin, and Elder Xuan suspected Xiao Yan had survived, while Lin Feng and Lin Yu searched for his missing Storage Ring and realized he might still be alive.
• Xiao Yan appeared above Ancient Wilderness City in a snow-white robe, with white hair and flames flickering at his fingers.
• Xiao Yan’s presence and speed terrified Lin Feng and Lin Yu as he confronted them with killing intent.
• Xiao Yan considered how difficult his journey had become and worried that he would eventually have to face his enemies without Gu You.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Lin Feng and Lin Yu, then killed them with the Low Intent Grade Dou Technique Heart-Shattering Palm. Meanwhile, Mu Han blamed Xiao Yan for Wu Mohui’s death and vowed to slaughter Xiao Yan’s clan.

• Xiao Yan battered Lin Feng and Lin Yu with his physical strength, leaving the spectators and Gu Li and Chi Lin stunned by his power.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would use the Heart-Shattering Palm, and Lin Feng and Lin Yu realized he was wielding a technique beyond Human Class.
• Xiao Yan struck Lin Feng and Lin Yu with the Heart-Shattering Palm, and both brothers died as their bones broke.
• Mu Han demanded that Mo Zhai identify Wu Mohui’s killer, then crushed Mo Zhai into the ground with his Spiritual Strength.
• Mo Zhai continued to blame Yan Xiao for Wu Mohui’s death, and Mu Han vowed to kill Yan Xiao and slaughter his clan.

Mu Han sought Xiao Yan to avenge Wu Mohui, but Yan Bing warned him that Elder Luo and the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion protected Xiao Yan. Mu Han demanded details about Xiao Yan’s identity and left with only Yan Bing’s claim that their connection was transactional.

• Mu Han seized Mo Zhai and forced him to reveal that Xiao Yan was in the Wilderness, then hurled him through a wall.
• Mu Han ordered Yan Bing, Old Monster Hu, and Zhang Hao to take him to Xiao Yan so he could avenge his disciple.
• Mo Zhai objected, and Mu Han repeatedly attacked him until Yan Bing warned that Elder Luo stood behind Xiao Yan and that no one could touch him before the Void Lightning Pool.
• Mu Han questioned Yan Bing about Xiao Yan’s identity, and Yan Bing claimed Xiao Yan had only met Elder Xuan and given Elder Luo a piece of black iron.
• Mu Han only partly believed Yan Bing but accepted his account with a warning.

After defeating Lin Feng and Lin Yu, Xiao Yan revealed that he had won two Void Lightning Pool Invitations and announced that challengers could fight him for a chance to claim them. He set a five-day challenge period, and the crowd immediately began arguing over who would face him first.

• Xiao Yan used the Heart-Shattering Palm to kill Lin Feng and Lin Yu, then burned their corpses to ashes.
• Gu You explained that Xiao Yan had only managed a limited version of the technique by borrowing his power and relying on his strong body.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Li and Chi Lin that his apparent strength came from a secret technique, while watching for people still coveting his invitations.
• Xiao Yan announced that anyone who could injure him within a hundred moves could claim a Void Lightning Pool Invitation by offering enough Spirit Coins or valuable heavenly treasures.
• Xiao Yan opened the challenge to the crowd for five days, and the Half-Emperors began fighting over who would challenge him first as he recovered.

Xiao Yan fought a stream of challengers in Ancient Wilderness City for several days, wagering Void Lightning Pool Invitations on whether anyone could injure him within a hundred moves. After Heavenly Severing Steps advanced to major mastery, he collected seven invitations and concealed his growing fortune.

• Xiao Yan continued fighting Seven-Star and stronger Half-Emperor challengers, using his speed and resources to withstand dozens of battles without being injured.
• Xiao Yan gained more than a million Spirit Coins and three additional Lightning Invitations from challengers who wagered them.
• On the fourth day, Xiao Yan advanced Heavenly Severing Steps to major mastery of the Wind Movement Realm and demonstrated his improved speed by stripping a Seven-Star Half-Emperor of his robes.
• By the end of the fifth day, Xiao Yan had won two more Void Lightning Pool Invitations, bringing his total to seven, and quietly put them away.

After five days of defeating Half-Emperor experts in exchanges, Xiao Yan had collected stakes, Void Lightning Pool Invitations, and other rewards. When the experts tried to seize his invitations by force, Xiao Yan’s allies joined him, and he offered a plan that would give everyone a chance to obtain an invitation without fighting.

• Xiao Yan collected the stakes from his final opponent after five days of profitable challenges.
• Several Half-Emperor experts accused Xiao Yan of profiting from them and proposed taking his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King, while Gu, Li, and Elder Xuan took positions beside him to deter the crowd.
• Xiao Yan challenged the experts for failing to attack and pointed out that a fight would benefit only the strongest few.
• Xiao Yan promised a method that would give everyone a chance to obtain a Void Lightning Pool Invitation without fighting, and the experts grew interested.

Xiao Yan announced that he would auction his Void Lightning Pool Invitations and other treasures at the Heavenly Cloud Auction House in ten days, then vanished before the Half-Emperors could respond. The news spread across Ancient Wilderness City and nearby towns, while Luo Jin arranged security for the auction and warned Elder Xuan that Mo Zhai might interfere.

• Xiao Yan announced an auction for ten days later and promised to deliver purchases in secret.
• Xiao Yan left with the Northern King, astonishing Gu Li, Chi Lin, and Elder Xuan with his speed.
• Elder Xuan departed, and the gathered Half-Emperors went their separate ways.
• News of Yan Xiao's auction spread through Ancient Wilderness City and the surrounding towns.
• Luo Jin ordered Elder Xuan to help maintain order at the Heavenly Cloud Auction House and warned him to watch for Mo Zhai and his group.

Mu Han learned that Yan Xiao would auction Void Lightning Pool Invitations in ten days and grew furious that Xiao Yan was thriving despite killing his disciple. Mu Han revealed that he needed an invitation to enter the Void Lightning Pool, leaving Mo Zhai to realize he would have to obtain one at Yan Xiao’s auction.

• A Mu Manor attendant reported that Yan Xiao would auction Void Lightning Pool Invitations at the Heavenly Cloud Auction House in ten days.
• Mu Han erupted in anger over Xiao Yan’s success and vowed to avenge Wu Mohui, while Mo Zhai assured him they would kill Xiao Yan inside the Void Lightning Pool.
• Mu Han told Mo Zhai that he needed a Void Lightning Pool Invitation to enter the pool and help kill Xiao Yan.
• Mo Zhai realized the auction was his only way to get an invitation for Mu Han and accused him of deliberately making things difficult.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Heavenly Cloud Auction House to auction six Void Lightning Pool Invitations, drawing a huge crowd to Ancient Wilderness City. He met Song Gang, the auction house branch manager, and became wary of Song Gang’s enthusiasm when Elder Xuan arrived and revealed their close relationship.

• Xiao Yan finished refining his incarnation and set out for the auction on the announced day.
• A massive crowd gathered outside the Heavenly Cloud Auction House to bid for Xiao Yan’s Void Lightning Pool Invitations.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would auction six invitations, leading the crowd to realize he had obtained seven in total.
• Song Gang arrived and promised to secure a good price for Xiao Yan’s invitations.
• Elder Xuan called out to Song Gang, prompting Xiao Yan to suspect that Song Gang’s enthusiasm toward him was connected to Elder Xuan or his backing.

Song Gang confronted Elder Xuan over how he addressed Xiao Yan, then fell silent when Luo Jin arrived. As a Nine-Star Half-Emperor approached with Mo Zhai, Yan Bing, and Old Monster Hu, he attacked Xiao Yan’s probing soul power, leaving Xiao Yan injured and Luo Jin glaring toward the newcomers.

• Song Gang accused Elder Xuan of calling Xiao Yan a young friend to take advantage of him, and Elder Xuan descended with Luo Jin.
• Song Gang fell silent at Luo Jin’s appearance, while Luo Jin privately joked with Xiao Yan about taking Song Gang in as a subordinate.
• Xiao Yan sensed four people approaching from the north and recognized Mo Zhai, Yan Bing, and Old Monster Hu among them.
• Xiao Yan detected that the leading elder was a Nine-Star Half-Emperor and identified his soul power as far below that of a Dou Di.
• The elder sensed Xiao Yan’s soul power and struck it with a Soul Storm, forcing Xiao Yan back until Luo Jin caught him.

At the auction house, Mo Zhai arrived with Master Mu, who had injured Xiao Yan after sensing his soul force. Xiao Yan stopped Luo Jin from retaliating and urged everyone to enter the auction, hiding how much strength he still had as he silently vowed to repay Mu Han.

• Song Gang, Elder Xuan, and Luo Jin saw Mo Zhai approaching with Master Mu and suspected they had come for Xiao Yan.
• The crowd made way for Mu Han, and Song Gang challenged him over injuring the auction's host.
• Mu Han dismissed Xiao Yan's Late Emperor Realm soul force and warned that it was useless against him.
• Luo Jin moved to confront Mu Han, but Xiao Yan stopped him and accepted blame for provoking the attack.
• Xiao Yan urged everyone to enter the auction house while concealing his strength and silently resolving to make Mu Han pay.

In a Heavenly Cloud Auction House VIP room, Xiao Yan learned that the powerful Master Mu was a Nine-Star Half-Emperor and Third-Tier Formation Master, and resolved to settle his conflict with Mo Zhai. He then handed over a Storage Ring of treasures for the auction, leaving Song Gang stunned by the lavish haul.

• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that Master Mu was Mu Han, a Nine-Star Half-Emperor and the southwestern frontier’s only Third-Tier Formation Master.
• Xiao Yan reflected on Mu Han’s overwhelming strength and vowed to deal ruthlessly with Mo Zhai for repeatedly targeting him.
• Xiao Yan gave Luo Jin the Storage Ring containing everything he planned to auction, including six Void Lightning Pool Invitations.
• Song Gang and Elder Xuan returned after settling the gathered factions, and Song Gang warned that the auction was already past its scheduled start time.
• Song Gang inspected Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and was shocked by its hundred or more kinds of rare treasures, worth at least several million Spirit Coins.

Song Gang introduced a costly entrance fee and prepared the auction hall for the sale of Xiao Yan’s six Void Lightning Pool Invitations. After Mu Han and his companions left for a private room, Song Gang activated a formation that blocked soul probing and announced the auction’s start.

• Song Gang’s fifty-thousand-Spirit-Coin entrance fee kept most attendees out and left the hall filled with wealthy Half-Emperors.
• Mu Han used soul pressure to quiet the noisy crowd, and Song Gang returned and thanked him before refusing to move the Void Lightning Pool Invitations to the start of the auction.
• Song Gang offered Mu Han and his companions a private room, and Mu Han recognized that its restrictions would limit his soul probing before following the attendant out.
• Song Gang activated the Heavenly Cloud Auction House’s formation, which blocked soul probing and concealed the attendees’ identities and presences from one another.
• Song Gang revealed that all six Void Lightning Pool Invitations were in his Storage Ring and formally began the auction.

Luo Jin disguised himself as an attendant and used the Taiyi Star Disk to seal Mu Han and his companions inside their VIP room. The formation trapped them while Luo Jin returned to Xiao Yan, leaving the auction underway and Mu Han furious.

• Luo Jin led Mu Han, Yan Bing, Mo Zhai, and Old Monster Hu to their VIP room disguised as an attendant.
• Mu Han ordered Luo Jin to stay outside and entered the room with his companions, after which the stone door closed.
• Luo Jin revealed himself, activated the Taiyi Star Disk, and sealed the VIP room with a powerful formation.
• Mu Han discovered he could not break through the formation and angrily told Mo Zhai and the others to sense it.
• Luo Jin returned to Xiao Yan and explained how he had used Mu Han's suspicion to gain the chance to trap him.

The auctioneer Elder Chen presented the Human Class Low Level Howling Wind Method, which a great clan’s ancestor won after a fierce bidding contest. Xiao Yan thanked Luo Jin for arranging Elder Chen’s help, then told him they were brothers rather than friends.

• Elder Chen introduced the Howling Wind Method and explained its wind-attribute abilities.
• The Half-Emperor experts competed fiercely for the cultivation method, and a great clan’s ancestor won it at a high price.
• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that he and Fifth Grandfather regarded their help as an investment in him.
• Xiao Yan said he and Luo Jin were brothers, and they laughed together.