Recaps

Xiao Yan used the Spirit Ascension Pill, his Clan Mark, and the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to begin refining the fourth-tier Spirit Awakening Pill before his deadline. After two months of work, the pill reached its final nurturing stage as experts gathered in Golden Radiance City ahead of the auction.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Spirit Ascension Pill and temporarily raised his Spiritual Strength to the level of a Fourth-Tier Intermediate Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan activated his Clan Mark, boosted his cultivation, and began refining hundreds of medicinal ingredients in the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Xiao Yan spent half a month extracting the ingredients, losing some to mistakes during the process.
• More than twenty Dou Di experts arrived in Golden Radiance City as factions gathered ahead of the auction.
• Two months passed, Han Dong arrived in the city, and the fragrance of Xiao Yan's pill signaled that it had entered the final Pill Nurturing step.

With the auction a week away, Xiao Yan used Spirit Ascension to improve the Spirit Awakening Pill while his strength was nearly exhausted. Pill Lightning gathered over Golden Radiance City, drawing the Formation Master Association to his building just as a dazzling pillar of light burst toward the clouds.

• Xiao Yan kept the Spirit Awakening Pill in the Pill Nurturing state and prepared to use Spirit Ascension to raise its quality.
• Black thunderclouds gathered over Golden Radiance City, and the city's residents recognized them as Pill Lightning.
• Cheng Zhihui led members of the Formation Master Association toward Xiao Yan's building, while experts from other factions gathered and speculated about the pill.
• Xiao Yan took the finished pill from the cauldron and touched it with his finger to begin Spirit Ascension.
• A huge pillar of light shot from Xiao Yan's building toward the thunderclouds as Cheng Zhihui arrived.

Xiao Yan completed the Spirit Awakening Pill and began recovering as Pill Lightning gathered above Golden Radiance City. The city’s formation blocked the first strike before disappearing, and the Northern King appeared above Xiao Yan’s pavilion.

• Xiao Yan used his remaining soul power and Heavenly Flames to raise the Spirit Awakening Pill’s quality, then swallowed pills to recover.
• Cheng Zhihui decided to wait until Xiao Yan endured the Pill Lightning before attacking him and taking the pill.
• Han Dong, Qin Yun, and Yan He watched the pavilion as a massive bolt of Pill Lightning descended.
• The city’s formation blocked the first lightning strike, then gradually disappeared.
• Qin Yun noticed the Northern King materializing above Xiao Yan’s pavilion.

Xiao Yan's Northern King absorbed the Pill Lightning and grew stronger, alarming the gathered factions. When Cheng Zhihui led the Formation Master Association in an attack, Qin Yun appeared with a white-robed figure and stopped them.

• The Northern King appeared above Xiao Yan's pavilion, and the gathered experts recognized him as a formidable puppet.
• The Northern King plunged into the descending Pill Lightning and absorbed it, swelling in size as his strength rose to the Five-Star Dou Di level.
• The Northern King's lightning dragon drew power from the thunderclouds, frightening and injuring people nearby.
• Cheng Zhihui ordered the Formation Master Association to attack the Northern King before he could absorb more lightning.
• Qin Yun and a white-robed figure appeared in front of the Northern King, and Qin Yun stopped Cheng Zhihui's group.

Qin Yun stopped the Formation Master Association from interfering with Xiao Yan’s pill refinement, while the association’s leaders wondered who the mysterious alchemist was. After a day of Pill Lightning, the black pillar vanished and Xiao Yan opened his eyes.

• Qin Yun ordered Cheng Zhihui and the Formation Master Association members to stay away from Xiao Yan, and Qi Ming arrived to call them off.
• Qin Yun watched the Northern King absorb Pill Lightning and realized it might grow from Mid Five-Star Dou Di to Six-Star Dou Di.
• Han Dong wondered why Qin Yun had intervened on behalf of the person refining pills in the attic.
• Qi Ming told two elders in the Formation Master Association’s underground hall that the alchemist’s Spiritual Strength had blocked his probing.
• After a day, the black pillar and thunderclouds vanished, and Xiao Yan opened his eyes in the attic.

Xiao Yan met Qin Yun after finishing the Spirit Awakening Pill, while Han Dong recognized him and grew wary of Qin Yun. After resting for three days to recover his depleted strength, Xiao Yan woke with his presence fully restored.

• Qin Yun waited for Xiao Yan to appear, and Han Dong suspected that he was the Xiao Yan he had met in Shahepu.
• Xiao Yan left his bedroom, tested the Northern King's hardened body, and thanked Qin Yun for his help.
• Qin Yun chatted with Xiao Yan and probed him about the fourth-tier pill, while Han Dong watched them from nearby.
• Qin Yun left with Yan He, who then kept watch over Xiao Yan's pavilion and forced Han Dong to retreat.
• Xiao Yan slept for three days as his soul power and strength recovered, then woke fully restored.

After waking from a three-day sleep, Xiao Yan discovered that Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul was still dormant, though it released a powerful soul storm when he touched it. Qin Yun visited Xiao Yan to discuss the auction and offer protection from the Formation Master Association.

• Xiao Yan awoke after three days and found that Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul had not awakened despite absorbing the seven Dou Di experts’ Soul Origins.
• Xiao Yan touched Xiao Xuan’s Soul Origin after seeing it flash, unleashing a soul storm that shattered his barrier and forced Yan He back in shock.
• Xiao Yan put away the now-still Soul Origin and greeted Qin Yun, who had come to visit after repeatedly finding the door unanswered.
• Qin Yun offered to protect Xiao Yan from the Formation Master Association, and Xiao Yan invited him inside.
• Qin Yun asked whether Xiao Yan had refined a fourth-tier pill for the auction and confirmed that Xiao Yan had an entry ring.

Xiao Yan and Qin Yun discussed the mysterious six-petaled Fusang Flower, while Qin Yun secretly investigated Xiao Yan and planned to stop another alchemist from interfering with his plans. Xiao Yan overheard Qin Yun’s suspicions, recovered, and stepped out on the day the auction began, determined to obtain the flower.

• Qin Yun warned Xiao Yan that the six-petaled Fusang Flower might be defective, and the two spent the day discussing it without reaching a conclusion.
• Yan He told Qin Yun that an unknown person had driven him back with soul power, which Qin Yun believed did not belong to Xiao Yan.
• Qin Yun ordered Yan He to watch Xiao Yan and prevent the unknown alchemist from interfering with his plans.
• Xiao Yan watched Qin Yun leave and resolved to kill him if he proved to have sinister intentions.
• Xiao Yan recovered to peak condition and left his room on auction day, declaring that he would claim the Fusang Flower.

Xiao Yan accompanied Wu Gang into the auction house through a restricted entrance after explaining that he had used a Spirit Ascension Pill to temporarily boost his Spiritual Strength. Outside, Qin Yun and Yan He watched him enter, and Yan He sensed Qin Yun’s icy anger.

• Wu Gang invited Xiao Yan to the auction and praised his skill as a Fourth-Tier Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan explained that a Spirit Ascension Pill had temporarily increased his Spiritual Strength, easing Wu Gang’s suspicion that he had used a Blood Soul Pill.
• Wu Gang led Xiao Yan through a special entrance guarded by two Two-Star Dou Di experts.
• The guards wondered who Xiao Yan was, noting that even Qin Yun had never used that entrance.
• Qin Yun and Yan He watched Xiao Yan enter, while Yan He sensed a chilling aura from Qin Yun.

Xiao Yan entered the auction house’s luxurious VIP room, where he was distracted by the valuable Magic Cores decorating the seats rather than the maid sent to attend him. As the invited factions gathered, the auction began with Lü Zhongtian appearing as its chief auctioneer.

• Wu Gang escorted Xiao Yan to the auction house’s most luxurious private room, drawing envious looks from the experts in the corridor.
• Xiao Yan admired the room’s Magic Cores and nearly tried to take them before noticing the maid’s mocking smile.
• Xiao Yan sent the maid away and sat down, reluctantly leaving the Magic Cores where they were.
• Nearly a thousand people from factions bearing milky-white rings gathered in the auction house, while those without rings were forced to leave.
• The auction platform opened and maids carried out covered trays as the crowd watched.
• Lü Zhongtian appeared at the center of the hall and introduced himself as the auction house’s president and chief auctioneer.

Lü Zhongtian opened the auction and demonstrated the power of the dagger Edgeless, which sold for 470 Spirit Stones. As the bidding continued, Xiao Yan spotted a mysterious scaled red fruit that excited him.

• Lü Zhongtian appeared at the auction, warned attendees to obey the rules, and introduced the first item.
• Lü Zhongtian demonstrated that Edgeless pierced a defensive tier-three Formation Plate without being empowered by Dou Qi.
• Bidders competed for Edgeless, which sold for 470 Spirit Stones, and several more valuable items sold over the next two hours.
• Xiao Yan reflected on the strength and wealth of the factions gathered at the auction compared with the Four Great Sects.
• Lü Zhongtian revealed a blood-red fruit covered in mysterious scales, and Xiao Yan reacted with excitement.

Xiao Yan recognized the Long Lin Fruit at Lü Zhongtian’s auction and sought to buy it without spending the Spirit Stones he had reserved for his incarnation. The bidding stalled at six hundred Spirit Stones until Xiao Yan offered ten bottles of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid.

• Lü Zhongtian revealed the Long Lin Fruit and explained that it increased physical strength, exciting the experts who cultivated physical techniques.
• The bidding for the fruit rose from its two-hundred-Spirit-Stone starting price to five hundred.
• A bidder in a private room offered six hundred Spirit Stones, and the other factions fell silent.
• Xiao Yan asked Lü Zhongtian whether he could bid with items of equal value, and Lü Zhongtian agreed.
• Xiao Yan offered ten bottles of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid for the Long Lin Fruit.

Xiao Yan offered ten bottles of ice spirit cold liquid to win the Long Lin Fruit, shocking the auction hall and drawing Qin Yun’s suspicion about where he had obtained it. After Lü Zhongtian verified the bottles, no one bid higher, and Xiao Yan’s offer stood as the winning bid.

• Xiao Yan offered ten bottles of ice spirit cold liquid for the Long Lin Fruit, stunning the auction attendees.
• Qin Yun suspected Xiao Yan had obtained the liquid from a particular place and ordered Yan He to kill him and seize the bottles after the auction.
• Lü Zhongtian asked Xiao Yan to produce the liquid for inspection, and Xiao Yan sent ten jade bottles into the auction hall.
• Lü Zhongtian opened a bottle and confirmed that it contained genuine ice spirit cold liquid, then returned all ten bottles to Xiao Yan.
• Lü Zhongtian asked for higher bids, but no one responded, and he announced the auction result in Xiao Yan’s favor.

Xiao Yan waited through the auction, bought several rare medicinal herbs, and considered the Origin Return Mantra and his need to grow stronger before leaving the Western Region. As the auction introduced increasingly powerful Dou Techniques, Lü Zhongtian presented the Wasteland-Spanning Finger, a High Spirit Class technique.

• Lü Zhongtian continued the auction, but the factions in the private boxes held back their bids for higher-grade lots.
• Xiao Yan bought five rare medicinal herbs for fewer than a thousand Spirit Stones and resisted bidding on other tempting items.
• Xiao Yan found no Origin Return Mantra fragment at the auction and considered searching beyond the Western Region, including the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb.
• Xiao Yan resolved to become strong enough to rescue Xun'er from the Ghost Hall and its connection to the Hun Clan.
• A buyer purchased an Intermediate Spirit Class Dou Technique for nine hundred and eighty Spirit Stones, and Lü Zhongtian introduced the High Spirit Class Wasteland-Spanning Finger.

The auction for Wasteland-Spanning Finger ended when a private-room bidder offered a Low Intent Grade water-attribute Dou Technique, and Xiao Yan turned his attention to the Fusang Flower. After seven days of auctions, Lü Zhongtian secured the platform and revealed the flower for the next sale.

• Lü Zhongtian offered Wasteland-Spanning Finger in exchange for water-attribute Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yan bid eight High Spirit Class Dou Techniques, but another bidder outbid him with ten.
• Qin Yun offered fifteen water-attribute Dou Techniques, then the man from whom Xiao Yan had taken the Long Lin Fruit submitted a Low Intent Grade water-attribute Dou Technique and won Wasteland-Spanning Finger.
• The auction continued for a week, and Lü Zhongtian activated the platform's formation to protect the auction stage.
• Lü Zhongtian revealed the Fusang Flower inside a crystal box.

Xiao Yan and the other factions learned that the Fusang Flower would be auctioned through private barter meetings with its owner. As bidders entered separate stone chambers, Qin Yun sent Yan He to intercept Xiao Yan if he left the auction hall first.

• Xiao Yan and Qin Yun tried to probe the crystal case with their Spiritual Strength, but an auction formation repelled them.
• Lü Zhongtian revealed the Fusang Flower, then quieted the hall with his imposing pressure.
• Lü Zhongtian announced that the flower’s owner would choose a new owner based on a barter offer, meeting bidders individually in stone chambers.
• The auction hall transformed its seating into stone chambers, and Lü Zhongtian allowed only one representative from each faction to participate.
• Qin Yun ordered Yan He to watch the exit and detain Xiao Yan if he came out before Qin Yun did.

Xiao Yan waited in a stone chamber as Lü Zhongtian announced that the auction house would not oversee the private exchanges for the Fusang Flower. In another chamber, Qin Yun traded his treasures for the flower, unaware of the black-robed seller’s suspicious haste as the seller moved on to another buyer.

• Xiao Yan searched his stone chamber with his soul power before a maid appeared and explained the exchange rules.
• Lü Zhongtian warned that the auction house would not interfere in the trades or take responsibility for their outcomes.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Lü Zhongtian was avoiding involvement for a reason, then decided to wait until he met the Fusang Flower’s original owner.
• A black-robed figure showed Qin Yun the Fusang Flower, and Qin Yun offered several scrolls and jade bottles in exchange.
• The figure handed Qin Yun the crystal box, collected his treasures, and left as Qin Yun celebrated receiving the flower.
• The black-robed figure entered another stone chamber and began the same exchange again.

Xiao Yan saw through the black-robed man's Nightmare Flower trick and confronted him over the stolen Fusang Flower. After revealing the man's identity and striking him, Xiao Yan continued attacking while the old man mistook his strength for that of a Six-Star Dou Di.

• Xiao Yan noticed that the black-robed man's supposed Fusang Flower was actually a Nightmare Flower, but the Heavenly Flames kept its illusions from affecting him.
• The black-robed man tried to persuade Xiao Yan to exchange for the flower, and Xiao Yan identified him as a Late Seven Star Dou Di who had been swindling others.
• Xiao Yan attacked the black-robed man and demanded that he hand over the Fusang Flower.
• The old man's robe burst apart, revealing a lean, shifty-eyed man who tried to flee but was struck by Xiao Yan and slammed into a wall.
• The old man mistook Xiao Yan for a Six-Star Dou Di, and Xiao Yan attacked him again.

Xiao Yan confronted the wiry old man who had used the Nightmare Flower and defeated him in the stone chamber. After learning Xiao Yan’s identity, the old man surrendered the Fusang Flower and other spoils, and Xiao Yan left an avatar to keep him there for an hour before departing.

• The wiry old man attacked Xiao Yan with claw strikes, but Xiao Yan dodged every blow without being touched.
• The old man tried to flee through the stone door, but Xiao Yan pulled him back and struck him into the wall.
• Xiao Yan revealed his name, and the terrified old man recognized him as the fighter known across the Western Lin Region.
• Xiao Yan demanded the Fusang Flower, and the old man handed over his Storage Ring containing it and the other items he had taken.
• Xiao Yan ordered the old man to remain in the chamber for an hour, left an avatar to watch him, and exited through the stone door.

After securing the Fusang Flower at the auction, Xiao Yan prepared to leave Golden Radiance City, but Qin Yun and Yan He intercepted him and lured him toward an undisclosed destination. The chapter ended with Yan He positioning himself to stop Xiao Yan from escaping.

• Xiao Yan retrieved and inspected the auction items, then left the auction house intending to continue toward the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb.
• Xiao Yan noticed Qin Yun and Yan He waiting outside, and Qin Yun asked whether he had obtained the Fusang Flower.
• Xiao Yan pretended he had failed to acquire the flower, while Qin Yun implied he had obtained one himself.
• Qin Yun asked Xiao Yan about the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, but Xiao Yan said he had already handed over all ten bottles as payment.
• Qin Yun led Xiao Yan toward a place where he claimed to have something surprising to show him, while Yan He fell behind to block a possible escape.

Qin Yun lured Xiao Yan above the plaza’s ancient city-protecting formation and revealed his hostile intentions, questioning him about the Ice Spirit Cold Liquid and Leng Bingshuang. Xiao Yan escaped Qin Yun’s first attack but was trapped by two hidden elders and forced to retreat toward the plaza.

• Qin Yun brought Xiao Yan to the black stone pillar in Golden Radiance City and revealed that he intended to give him the ancient city-protecting formation as a “grand gift.”
• Qin Yun asked whether Xiao Yan had obtained Ice Spirit Cold Liquid from the heart of the Xilin Mountain Range, then inferred that Leng Bingshuang was badly injured and connected her attacker to the power backing him.
• Qin Yun ordered an attack, and Yan He struck at Xiao Yan from behind as Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Severing Steps to reach for Qin Yun.
• Two hidden elders emerged from spatial ripples, seized Xiao Yan’s shoulders, and pinned him while Qin Yun escaped their reach.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Clan Mark and Heavenly Flames, broke free, and retreated downward as Yan He attacked again.
• Qin Yun descended toward the black stone pillar while the people below watched Xiao Yan and the three elders.

Xiao Yan struggled to survive a fight against three Nine-Star Dou Di experts while the Formation Master Association waited nearby. When the black stone pillar shattered and a column of light erupted, the association members blamed Xiao Yan, and he realized Qin Yun had brought him there to destroy the formation.

• A black-robed elder and Yan He attacked Xiao Yan, and he used his armor, Strength Elephant Art, and Heavenly Flames to withstand the three Nine-Star Dou Di experts.
• The three experts surrounded Xiao Yan and wounded him as he tried to escape, while the auction ended and his Clan Mark’s boost wore off.
• The black stone pillar cracked beneath Xiao Yan and began radiating golden light.
• The pillar collapsed, releasing a huge column of milky-white light, and the Formation Master Association members fixed their angry gazes on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan understood that Qin Yun had come to destroy the strange formation and had approached him for that purpose.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Formation Master Association’s grand formation, and President Fan confronted Qin Yun, whom he suspected of arranging the attack. Qin Yun blamed Xiao Yan and claimed he had nearly been framed, leaving President Fan faced with conflicting accusations.

• Xiao Yan approached the stone pillar, and the Formation Master Association’s grand formation shattered before the gathered figures.
• Cheng Zhihui told President Fan that Xiao Yan had previously refined a fourth-tier pill and that Qin Yun had protected him.
• President Fan led the Formation Master Association members toward Xiao Yan and Qin Yun, while Han Dong watched from nearby and prepared to intervene if necessary.
• President Fan attacked Qin Yun with his presence, but Yan Hua blocked it and warned him against harming Qin Yun.
• Qin Yun denied orchestrating the destruction and claimed Xiao Yan had invited him there and tried to frame him.

President Fan and the vice presidents suspected Xiao Yan had destroyed the city-protecting grand formation as part of the Alchemist Alliance’s conflict with the Formation Master Association, but Qin Yun insisted the situation was not what it seemed. The chapter ended as Qin Yun warned that Xiao Yan was no ordinary Five-Star Dou Di.

• President Fan and the vice presidents concluded that Xiao Yan’s attack on the formation might be an Alchemist Alliance plot against the Formation Master Association.
• Qi Ming questioned how Xiao Yan, a Five-Star Dou Di, could have defeated Qin Yun’s three Nine-Star Dou Di guards, renewing President Fan’s suspicions of Qin Yun.
• Qin Yun told President Fan to ask the square’s witnesses, but the onlookers avoided answering.
• President Fan threatened to detain Qin Yun unless he explained what had happened, and Qin Yun ordered his guards to keep Xiao Yan from escaping.
• Qin Yun told President Fan that Xiao Yan was not an ordinary Five-Star Dou Di, leaving him to ask what Qin Yun meant.

Qin Yun manipulated Fan Siyuan into doubting Xiao Yan and arranged for Cheng Zhihui to test him, while secretly pursuing his own plan after obtaining the Fusang Flower and destroying Golden Radiance City's protective formation. The chapter ended as Cheng Zhihui struck at Xiao Yan, who opened his fiery eyes.

• Qin Yun argued that Xiao Yan had hidden strength and challenged Fan Siyuan to help capture him, while privately celebrating that his plan was working.
• Qi Ming wavered in his suspicions as Fan Siyuan prepared to act, but Cheng Zhihui volunteered to fight Xiao Yan instead.
• Fan Siyuan sent Cheng Zhihui, a Seven-Star Dou Di, to test and capture Xiao Yan, hoping to prove Qin Yun's claims false.
• Cheng Zhihui rushed toward Xiao Yan and threw a punch as Xiao Yan secretly recovered his Dou Qi and opened his eyes, firelight filling them.