Recaps

After Xiao Yan injured Xu Songming and defeated Lin Zehong, the Lin Clan and Xu Songming considered how to respond while focusing on an upcoming auction and powerful visitors. The next morning, Xiao Yan woke as Xuan City stirred.

• Xu Songming brooded over his inability to identify Xiao Yan and admitted that Xiao Yan's strength left him unable to retaliate.
• Xu Songming rebuked his tearful granddaughter for crying instead of handling her grievance herself.
• Lin Ran urged Lin Zehong to avenge the Lin Clan, but Lin Zehong planned to let Xu Songming deal with Xiao Yan while preparing to court the Bai and Huo Clans at the auction.
• Lin Zehong told Lin Ran to treat Bai Ying's son Bai Zhan respectfully, despite Lin Ran's contempt for him.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan opened his eyes after resting in the bustling city of Xuan.

Xuan City’s auction opened as the Lin, Xu, Bai, and Huo clans gathered above the city, masking their rivalries with polite greetings. From a secluded inn, Xiao Yan sensed the powerful arrivals and realized the auction would be more dangerous than he had expected.

• Lin Zehong and Lin Ran waited above the Lin estate with Xu Songming and Xu Yao for the Bai Clan’s arrival.
• Bai Ying and Bai Zhan joined them, and Lin Zehong exchanged flattering greetings while Lin Ran looked down on Bai Zhan.
• Huo Yuning and Huo Ting arrived, and Bai Ying recognized Huo Yuning as a Late Three-Star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan sensed the gathering with his Spiritual Strength and became wary after detecting two Three-Star Dou Di experts.

Bai Ying and Huo Ting traded tense words as the Bai and Huo clans sized each other up before the auction. A group of more than a dozen black-robed Dou Di experts arrived through a spatial passage, and their leader produced a Formation Plate.

• Lin Zehong fawned over Huo Ting, while Bai Ying watched with contempt.
• Bai Ying confronted Huo Yuning, but Bai Zhan restrained him as Huo Ting offered a disdainful apology.
• Xiao Yan watched the clans' hostility from the inn and hoped it would keep them occupied.
• More than a dozen black-robed experts emerged from a spatial passage above Xuan City, drawing the attention of the city's powerful figures.
• Xiao Yan examined the newcomers' golden collar runes, and their leader summoned a Formation Plate.

Black-robed Formation Masters opened a spatial passage from Xuan City to an auction house in the Endless Void, then announced that entry required five hundred thousand Spirit Coins or an item of equal value. Xiao Yan watched from an inn, while the assembled crowd faced the steep admission requirement.

• The black-robed figures used their Formation Plates and Spirit Stones to create a spatial passage above Xuan City.
• Xiao Yan realized that the figures were all powerful Third-Tier Formation Masters, while Huo Ting warned Huo Yuning not to provoke them.
• Bai Ying explained to Bai Zhan that the auction venue was in the Endless Void and that spatial currents made it difficult to enter or escape.
• The auction organizer announced that attendees could enter through the passage, but an oppressive presence forced the crowd back when they rushed toward it.
• The organizer demanded five hundred thousand Spirit Coins or an item of equal value from each attendee, and Xiao Yan considered the fee affordable with his Spirit Stones.

Xiao Yan waited in line to enter the Spatial Auction and spotted the Huo Clan and Bai Clan among the attendees. His attention to Bai Ying and Bai Zhan alerted Bai Ying, who suspected the dangerous young man from the Ancient Ruins might be nearby.

• The black-robed group charged each faction five hundred thousand Spirit Coins to enter the Spatial Auction and made even the two great clans wait in line.
• Xiao Yan, concealed beneath a black robe, noticed members of the Huo Clan and the Bai Clan in the queue.
• Xiao Yan reflected on Bai Ying and Bai Zhan’s hidden schemes and resolved to stay wary of the Bai Clan despite their secret agreement.
• Bai Ying sensed a threatening gaze, turned pale, and wondered if Xiao Yan had returned from the Ancient Ruins.
• Bai Ying warned Bai Zhan to be cautious inside the auction, leaving his son troubled by his father’s unusual fear.

Xiao Yan entered the Spatial Auction after waiting in a long queue and discovered that a mysterious black-robed figure could see through him. Inside the ancient auction house, a powerful elder began the proceedings by presenting the Jade Bone Fruit.

• Xiao Yan waited a full day to enter the Spatial Auction, where a black-robed figure told him he was special.
• Xiao Yan entered a sealed space surrounded by dangerous spatial currents and flew toward the enormous auction house.
• Xiao Yan took a seat as the auction house filled with people of varying levels of strength.
• A plainly dressed elder appeared on the central platform, and Xiao Yan sensed that the elder was stronger than a Seven-Star Dou Di.
• The elder welcomed the crowd and presented the Jade Bone Fruit as the first auction item.

The auction began with the Jade Bone Fruit, which Xiao Yan won for three million Spirit Coins despite its value being considered much lower. The old man then introduced the second item, a scroll containing a Spirit Class cultivation method.

• The old man introduced the Jade Bone Fruit and explained how it could quickly increase a Half-Emperor's strength.
• The bidders raised the price of the fruit from eight hundred thousand Spirit Coins to nearly two million.
• A black-robed man bid three million Spirit Coins, drawing mockery from some Half-Emperors in the auction hall.
• The black-robed man paid exactly three million Spirit Coins and received the Jade Bone Fruit; he was revealed to be Xiao Yan.
• The old man announced that the second auction item was a scroll containing a Spirit Class cultivation method.

The Spatial Auction continued with increasingly valuable items until the elder revealed a Magic Core from a Five-Star Dou Di-level magical beast. Xiao Yan realized the Bai Clan and Huo Clan had both come for the core, while Bai Ying and Huo Ting independently sensed a mysterious presence in the auction hall.

• The auction elder sold numerous treasures as bidding intensified among rival factions and Dou Di experts.
• The elder presented a Magic Core, surprising the attendees and drawing eager attention from Bai Ying, Bai Zhan, Huo Ting, and Huo Yuning.
• The elder opened the jade box and subdued the blood mist released by the core, then revealed that the magical beast had been a Five-Star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the Bai Clan and Huo Clan had come to pursue the Magic Core and watched the two clans closely.
• Bai Ying and Huo Ting each sensed a mysterious presence and realized it had come from neither of their clans.

The auction for a Five-Star Dou Di-level Magic Core escalated as the Huo Clan and Bai Clan bid against each other with cultivation methods. Bai Ying pushed Huo Ting to his limit, leaving the Magic Core’s fate uncertain.

• The auctioneer struggled to attract bids for the Magic Core until a middle-aged man offered a tier-three pill.
• Bids of tier-three pills quickly rose, drawing the major factions into the contest.
• Huo Ting bid a High Spirit Class cultivation method, and Bai Ying countered with two scrolls.
• Huo Ting raised his bid to five High Spirit Class cultivation methods, while Bai Ying offered five High Spirit Class methods and one Low Spirit Class method.
• Bai Ying challenged Huo Ting to add another High Spirit Class method, then suggested Huo Ting knew the Magic Core was intended for Bai Zhan.

Bai Ying won the Five-Star Dou Di Magic Core for Bai Zhan, and the auction continued through three days of intense bidding. The old man then introduced a fiery flower as the next item, leaving the experts in the room surprised.

• Huo Ting and Huo Yuning let Bai Ying win the Magic Core, choosing to save their resources for the auction’s final item.
• Bai Ying paid five High Spirit Class cultivation methods and one Low Spirit Class cultivation method, received the Magic Core, and stored it after showing it to Bai Zhan.
• The auction continued for three days as the crowd bid fiercely on valuable items, while Xiao Yan and the two great clans waited for the final prize.
• The old man presented a crimson, flame-shaped flower whose green leaves and stem remained unharmed beneath its heat.

Xiao Yan and Xu Songming both targeted the Fire Plume Flower at the Xuan City auction, while the Lin Clan planned to win it as a gift for Xu. The bidding began with Lin Zehong, and Xiao Yan countered by offering ten million Spirit Coins.

• Xiao Yan saw the Fire Plume Flower appear and recognized it as the ingredient he needed for the Ice Spirit Pill.
• Xu Songming and the Lin father and son also set their sights on the flower, with the Lin Clan intending to present it to Xu to build ties with the Alchemist Alliance.
• The auctioneer announced a starting price of eight million Spirit Coins, and most attendees held back because they could not use or safely keep the flower.
• Lin Zehong opened the bidding at eight million Spirit Coins, pleasing Xu Songming, who expected the Lin Clan to win the flower for him.
• Xiao Yan calmly bid ten million Spirit Coins for the Fire Plume Flower.

Xiao Yan drove the Fire Plume Flower auction price to twenty million Spirit Coins, forcing Lin Zehong to weigh the cost against the Lin Clan’s ties to Xu Songming. Xu Songming then entered the bidding with ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones, shocking the auction hall.

• Xiao Yan bid ten million Spirit Coins for the Fire Plume Flower, drawing everyone’s attention and unsettling Xu Songming.
• Lin Zehong raised the bid to eleven million, but Xiao Yan immediately countered with twelve million.
• Lin Zehong kept bidding up to fifteen million as he struggled over the cost to the Lin Clan, while Xiao Yan remained composed.
• Xiao Yan raised the bid to twenty million Spirit Coins, leaving Lin Zehong trembling and the crowd stunned.
• Xu Songming offered ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the Fire Plume Flower, revealing them above his palm and shocking the hall.

At the auction, Xiao Yan challenged Xu Songming’s bid for the Fire Plume Flower by revealing eleven Spirit Stones. The auctioneer ruled that Xu Songming had to honor his promise to give Xiao Yan the flower and his ten Spirit Stones or face permanent expulsion from the Void Auction.

• Xu Songming displayed ten Spirit Stones and assumed Xiao Yan could not outbid him for the Fire Plume Flower.
• Xu Songming promised to give Xiao Yan the flower and his ten Spirit Stones if Xiao Yan produced more than ten Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan revealed eleven Spirit Stones, stunning Xu Songming.
• Xu Songming produced ten more Spirit Stones and tried to continue the bidding.
• The auctioneer invoked the Spatial Auction’s authority and ordered Xu Songming to honor his promise or be permanently barred from the Void Auction.

Xiao Yan secured the Fire Plume Flower from Xu Songming and completed his main purpose at the Spatial Auction. As the auction neared its end, the old man revealed the grand finale: a Saint Class cultivation method.

• The old man forced Xu Songming to honor his promise, and Xiao Yan obtained the Fire Plume Flower and gave the auction house Xu Songming's remaining ten Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan stored the flower and considered his limited chances of refining the Bodhi Restoration Pill and Ice Spirit Pill.
• Xu Songming brooded over his humiliation and vowed to make Xiao Yan pay, while the Lin Clan worried that the failed purchase had displeased him.
• The auction continued, and Xiao Yan ignored the remaining items while the crowd competed for increasingly valuable lots.
• The old man divided the auction platform and sealed it behind four walls of light before announcing the grand finale.
• The old man revealed a pitch-black scroll containing a Saint Class cultivation method.

The auction’s final item was revealed as an intermediate Saint Class cultivation technique, but the old man clarified that it was only a fragment. Huo Ting bid on it despite its limitations, and Xiao Yan remained suspicious of the circumstances as the bidding began.

• The old man announced that the auction’s final item was a Saint Class cultivation technique, stunning the crowd and exciting the Huo Clan and Bai Clan.
• Xiao Yan doubted that anyone would willingly auction a complete Saint Class technique and suspected something was wrong.
• The old man opened the scroll and revealed that the technique was an intermediate Saint Class fragment, disappointing the Huo and Bai clansmen.
• Huo Ting decided to bid on the fragment so the Huo Clan would not return empty-handed, and the old man set its starting price at fifty spirit stones.
• Huo Ting offered fifty spirit stones, but an unidentified bidder on the raised platform immediately offered sixty.

Xiao Yan learned that the fragmentary Saint Class cultivation method at the auction had stirred Xiao Xuan’s soul, and Gu You suspected it was the lost Origin Return Mantra. Xiao Yan entered the bidding to obtain it, challenging Huo Ting’s offer.

• When the black scroll opened, Xiao Yan sensed Xiao Xuan’s soul stir inside his Storage Ring and was overcome with emotion.
• Gu You realized the scroll might be the Origin Return Mantra and urged Xiao Yan to win it.
• Xiao Yan told Gu You that the scroll was a fragment of a Saint Class cultivation method.
• After Huo Ting offered fifty Spirit Stones, Xiao Yan bid sixty.
• Huo Ting reacted with surprise when Xiao Yan competed for the scroll his Huo Clan wanted.

Xiao Yan challenged someone from the Huo Clan at the auction, prompting the crowd to debate the clan’s power and recall his exploits. Huo Yuning suspected the black-robed man was Xiao Yan and secretly called for clan reinforcements, while the Bai Clan father and son watched him closely.

• Xiao Yan’s challenge to the Huo Clan drew scorn and admiration from the auction crowd.
• A burly man reminded the crowd that Xiao Yan had nearly destroyed the Four Great Clans during the Ancient Ruins expedition.
• The crowd recognized the black-robed figure as possibly Xiao Yan and recounted his battles, including his stand against a hundred opponents in Hanxi City.
• Huo Yuning told Huo Ting not to act rashly and said he had summoned clan reinforcements to arrive after the auction.
• Bai Ying watched Xiao Yan without hostility, and Bai Zhan inferred that his father had sensed Xiao Yan’s presence.

Xiao Yan realized the Huo Clan had exposed his identity and might trap him in Xuan City, while the Bai Clan secretly planned to give him a chance to escape. He won the remnant scroll after Huo Ting prolonged the bidding, then disappeared behind the auction’s closing curtain as the Huo Clan grew uneasy.

• Xiao Yan noticed the Huo Clan had sent word for reinforcements and feared being trapped by the Huo and Bai Clans in Xuan City.
• Bai Ying told Bai Zhan to delay summoning their clan’s people so Xiao Yan might have a chance to escape, while instructing him to hold back if they confronted Xiao Yan.
• Huo Ting repeatedly raised the price to stall for the Huo Clan’s experts, and Xiao Yan kept bidding because he needed the remnant scroll for Xiao Xuan.
• After half an hour of bidding, Huo Ting stopped, and Xiao Yan won the remnant scroll for two hundred Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan descended from the platform and passed through the wall of light as a curtain concealed the auction platform, leaving the Huo Clan members uneasy.

The Xuan City Spatial Auction ended, and Xiao Yan left with the Fire Plume Flower and a fragment of a Saint Class cultivation method connected to Xiao Xuan. The old auctioneer learned Xiao Yan’s identity as he entered the spatial passage, while the chapter ended with the auction’s attendees returning to Xuan City.

• Bai Ying signaled to Bai Zhan, who crushed a jade slip and sent an invisible energy fluctuation outside the auction house.
• The old man declared the Xuan City Spatial Auction over and offered free invitations to attendees who had gained nothing.
• The old man warned Xiao Yan that the auction house could not protect him once he returned to Xuan City, and Xiao Yan vowed to leave safely.
• As Xiao Yan entered the spatial passage, the old man asked whether he was Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan confirmed his identity before disappearing.
• A week after the auction began, more than a dozen black-robed figures emerged from spatial ripples above Xuan City, and a person in the city announced that the auction was over.

After the Spatial Auction ended, Huo Ting and Huo Yuning discovered that their clan’s people had not arrived and suspected the Spatial Auction had blocked their message. Xiao Yan finally emerged from the spatial passage to find the three clans waiting around him and Xu Songming watching from the side.

• The auction attendees left Xuan City, while the Huo Clan, Bai Clan, Lin Clan, and Xu Songming’s group remained in the sky.
• Huo Ting and Huo Yuning realized they could not sense the Huo Clan’s people and suspected someone had blocked their jade-slip message.
• Huo Ting accused the Spatial Auction of abandoning its neutrality to protect Xiao Yan and ordered Huo Yuning to send another message to the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• The Bai Clan father and son also sent a message as the four forces waited for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the spatial passage and saw the three clans forming a semicircle before him, while Xu Songming watched coldly from the side.

Xiao Yan revealed his identity in Xuan City and resisted Huo Ting’s pressure despite being only a Six-Star Half-Emperor. After driving back those around him, he used the Heavenly Severing Steps to escape, leaving Huo Ting and the crowd stunned.

• Huo Ting challenged Xiao Yan and unleashed the pressure of a Late Three-Star Dou Di, while Huo Yuning dismissed the rumors about Xiao Yan’s strength.
• Lin Zehong and others recognized Xiao Yan as the fighter who had defeated Dou Di experts in the Ancient Ruins, but Huo Yuning claimed the ruins’ formation had done the work.
• Xiao Yan activated the Vajra Glazed Body and combined his physical strength, Dou Qi, and soul power to withstand Huo Ting’s pressure.
• Xiao Yan released a burst of force to drive back those nearby, then used the Heavenly Severing Steps to flee Xuan City.

Xiao Yan fled across the Bai Clan’s territory with Huo Ting and Bai Ying in pursuit, but the two Three-Star Dou Di caught up and blocked his escape. As they prepared to attack, an unseen black-robed figure continued following them through the void.

• Huo Ting tracked Xiao Yan’s exposed presence and led Bai Ying and the others in pursuit.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Severing Steps to flee, but Huo Ting and Bai Ying gradually closed the distance.
• After an hour of pursuit, Huo Ting and Bai Ying cornered Xiao Yan in Bai Clan territory.
• Huo Ting drew a saw-toothed sword and Bai Ying formed a lightning spear as they threatened Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Heavy Xuan Ruler and covered himself in Heavenly Flame armor, preparing to fight.

Xiao Yan fought Huo Ting while Bai Ying watched, using the Strength Elephant Art to withstand a Three-Star Dou Di despite his own Six-Star Half-Emperor strength. As Bai Ying joined the battle and Xiao Yan tried to escape, a mysterious black-robed figure appeared to block his pursuers.

• Huo Ting attacked Xiao Yan, whose Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler strike was shattered by Huo Ting’s sword.
• Xiao Yan activated the Strength Elephant Art, and its phantom blocked Huo Ting’s attack while sending a numbing force through him.
• Huo Ting called on Bai Ying to help capture Xiao Yan, and Bai Ying joined the fight with his spear.
• Together, Huo Ting and Bai Ying pressured Xiao Yan, who realized the damage dealt to the phantom would eventually return to him.
• Xiao Yan forced the two men back and tried to flee, but a black-robed figure appeared to stop Huo Ting and Bai Ying.

After escaping Huo Ting and Bai Ying, Xiao Yan collapsed in the forest and used the Three Thousand Burning Flame and a medicinal pill to heal while staying alert. A black-robed elder held off Huo Ting and Bai Ying, but reinforcements arrived and began preparing to search the mountains for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan’s Strength Elephant Art dissipated, leaving him badly injured and nearly out of Dou Qi as he fell in the forest.
• Xiao Yan fought off unconsciousness with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, swallowed a medicinal pill, and began healing while watching his surroundings with his remaining Spiritual Strength.
• A black-robed elder blocked Huo Ting and Bai Ying, revealing that they could not leave to pursue Xiao Yan.
• Huo Ting suspected the elder belonged to the Space Auction House and accused him of interfering with their jade slips and helping Xiao Yan escape.
• Bai Zhan and Huo Yuning arrived with forces from the Bai Clan and Huo Clan, and Huo Ting ordered them to search the mountains for Xiao Yan.
• Bai Ying questioned whether Xiao Yan had already left the mountains, but Huo Ting insisted he was injured and hiding nearby to recover.

Xiao Yan fled through the forest while Huo Ting and Bai Ying's forces searched for him, but his severe internal injuries left him struggling to stay ahead. He entered a cave belonging to a powerful magical beast as his pursuers closed in.

• Huo Ting and Bai Ying held the black-robed figure in a standoff while their clans and allies spread through the forest to search for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan stopped to refine a pill, but he fled deeper into the forest when searchers approached his hiding place.
• After a night of evading pursuit, Xiao Yan found himself still injured as the search party drew closer behind him.
• Xiao Yan sensed a Nine-Star Half-Emperor magical beast in a cave ahead and entered its lair.
• The magical beast roared at Xiao Yan and ordered him to leave its territory.