Chapter Summaries

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.

Mu Han broke out of the formation trapping his VIP room and attacked Song Gang when the auction was suspended. Elder Xuan stopped Mu Han from striking again, then revealed Luo Jin’s Brushing Jade Fan as proof of his connection to the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s master.

• Mu Han failed to break the formation, seized an attendant, and hurled him into the VIP room wall when he realized the attendant was not the one who had brought them there.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin discussed why Mu Han dared to cause trouble despite the Heavenly Cloud Chamber of Commerce’s power.
• Song Gang confronted Mu Han, and the two exchanged blows until Mu Han sent Song Gang flying into a wall.
• Elder Xuan blocked Mu Han’s next attack and asked him to stop for the sake of his master.
• Elder Xuan produced Luo Jin’s Brushing Jade Fan, shocking Mu Han, Yan Bing, and the others.

Mu Han recognized the Brushing Jade Fan and learned that Xiao Yan had ties to the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion and its master, who was meeting Yan Xiao. After Xuan Ye accepted Mu Han’s compensation and left with Song Gang, Mu Han’s forced politeness gave way to fury.

• Mu Han and the others recognized the Brushing Jade Fan, and Mo Zhai recalled that Elder Xuan had once said the pavilion master had returned.
• Mo Zhai explained that Elder Xuan had brought Xiao Yan into the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion months earlier, leading Mu Han to suspect the auction’s formations belonged to the pavilion master.
• Mu Han tried to meet the pavilion master, but Xuan Ye said his master was meeting Yan Xiao and would not see anyone without his consent.
• Mu Han offered Xuan Ye and Song Gang two Emperor Grade Pills as compensation for injuring them, and Xuan Ye accepted the pills.
• After Xuan Ye and Song Gang left, Mu Han turned his anger on Mo Zhai and roared that he would not make himself comfortable.

After the auction proceeded smoothly for several days, Xiao Yan’s final Void Lightning Pool Invitation went up for exchange. Xiao Yan’s demand for an Emperor Grade Pill or formula left the crowd with few options and pointed directly at Mo Zhai.

• Elder Xuan showed Xiao Yan and Luo Jin the Emperor Grade Pills Mu Han had given him and Song Gang as compensation for their injuries.
• The auction continued for several days, drawing Half-Emperor experts and earning the auction house an exceptional sum.
• Xiao Yan spent the quiet days away from cultivation but learned nothing about the force behind Luo Jin.
• On the sixth day, the auctioneer presented the final Void Lightning Pool Invitation as Mu Han and his companions emerged to intimidate the crowd.
• The auctioneer announced that the invitation could only be exchanged for an Emperor Grade Pill or Pill Formula, leaving Mo Zhai gloomy as Xiao Yan’s demand singled him out.

The final Void Lightning Pool Invitation auction drew bids of Emperor Grade Pills and pill formulas after the auctioneer urged the Half-Emperors to prize strength over their limited supplies. A black-robed figure appeared to win with four fine Emperor Grade Pills, while Mo Zhai still had not bid.

• The auctioneer persuaded the hesitant crowd that the Lightning Invitation offered lasting power while pills could only save them once.
• Bidders began offering Emperor Grade Pills and pill formulas, and the auction grew heated.
• After two hours, a black-robed figure won the bidding with an offer of four Emperor Grade Pills.
• The black-robed figure presented a jade bottle, and the old man confirmed that all four pills were among the finest of their kind.
• The black-robed figure demanded that the old man bring down the hammer, while Mo Zhai remained silent.

Mo Zhai won the final Void Lightning Pool Invitation by offering four Emperor Grade Pills and an Emperor Grade Pill Formula after the black-robed man withdrew, then realized he had overpaid. Mu Han ordered Old Monster Hu to follow the bidder, while the auction concluded with Yan Xiao appearing onstage.

• Mo Zhai outbid the black-robed man with four Emperor Grade Pills and an Emperor Grade Pill Formula, and the man gave up the invitation.
• The auctioneer awarded the final Void Lightning Pool Invitation to Mo Zhai, who realized the offer was worth far more than the prize as the crowd mocked him.
• Mu Han told Old Monster Hu to follow the black-robed man and learn his identity after he left the auction house.
• Yan Bing stopped Old Monster Hu from acting against Mu Han, and Old Monster Hu vanished from the auction hall.
• The auctioneer praised the six-day event and introduced Yan Xiao, who appeared beside him onstage.