Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan secured the Blazing Flame Flower and waited through the rest of the auction, reflecting on his need to gather the ingredients for the Ice Spirit Pill and grow stronger. The auction’s final centerpiece was revealed as a white jade box, drawing the attention of powerful bidders.

• Xiao Yan declined to bid on the auction’s remaining treasures and told Murong Qianqian to wait until the auction ended so he could collect the Blazing Flame Flower.
• Xiao Yan watched bidders drive the price of the Shadow-Devouring Mantra above fifty million Spirit Coins, but he remained confident that his Flame Mantra had far greater potential.
• Xiao Yan resolved to find the six remaining ingredients for the Ice Spirit Pill and devour the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to strengthen himself against the Ghost Hall and the Four Great Sects.
• Fang Qian announced the auction’s final centerpiece and uncovered a lustrous white jade box as bidders in several private rooms rose to attention.

Fang Qian revealed the auction’s final item, a pill whose fragrance stirred the cultivation of everyone in the hall. As he identified it as the tier-four Ultimate Transformation Pill, the auction’s powerful guests prepared to compete for it.

• Fang Qian unveiled a white jade box as the auction’s final attraction and announced that it contained a pill.
• The pill’s fragrance spread through the hall, causing Dou Qi to surge and prompting some guests to move as if they might attack.
• Dong Chuan appeared onstage and warned everyone to obey the auction hall’s rules, quieting the crowd.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian examined the ice-blue pill as Fang Qian named it the Ultimate Transformation Pill.
• Fang Qian revealed that the Ultimate Transformation Pill was a tier-four pill.

Fang Qian revealed that the Ultimate Transformation Pill was a fourth-tier pill that could increase a Dou Di expert’s strength, igniting excitement and greed among the experts at the auction. He then warned that the pill’s effects were uncertain, leaving the experts to weigh a risky bid against the chance of gaining nothing.

• Fang Qian announced that the Ultimate Transformation Pill was a fourth-tier pill, shocking Xiao Yan and the auction crowd.
• Jin Yao and a silver-eyed clan leader showed their desire to obtain the pill, while other Dou Di experts in private rooms also grew excited.
• Fang Qian explained that the pill could increase a Dou Di expert’s strength by at most one star, but might bring only a slight improvement or no effect.
• The Dou Di experts grew worried about the pill’s uncertain results, and Fang Qian urged them to risk their wealth for the chance to avoid centuries of cultivation.

Xiao Yan offered a second Thousand-Fan Leaf for the Ultimate Transformation Pill, drawing the auction hall’s attention and prompting Dou Di experts to enter the bidding. The competition began with bids of Hundred-Flower Grass and Seasonless Flower, with the pill still unclaimed.

• Fang Qian explained that the pill’s owner wanted a Spirit Class cultivation method or equivalent materials, but the private boxes stayed silent for nearly half an hour.
• Xiao Yan bid a second thousand-year-old Thousand-Fan Leaf and revealed himself, surprising the crowd and raising questions about how many leaves he possessed.
• Jin Yao realized Xiao Yan must have spent the past two days cultivating the Thousand-Fan Leaves and wondered what he had been doing.
• A yellow-robed elder bid one stalk of Hundred-Flower Grass, determined to obtain the pill despite risking Xiao Yan’s enmity.
• A red-haired elder offered a Seasonless Flower, and Fang Qian watched the bidding begin with satisfaction.

Bidding for the Ultimate Transformation Pill continued as the Dou Di experts offered rare treasures, but Fang Qian dismissed their cautious bids. Jin Yao challenged them and revealed a Low Spirit Class cultivation method, leaving the other bidders stunned.

• The Dou Di experts named nearly a hundred rare materials, and Xiao Yan realized their accumulated treasures far surpassed his own.
• Fang Qian told the bidders that their offerings were too modest for a fourth-tier pill.
• Jin Yao mocked the experts for offering what she called scraps, and her enchanting voice affected people throughout the hall.
• Shan Lei challenged Jin Yao to show what she could offer, and she warned that her pavilion held treasures better than his green vine root.
• Jin Yao produced a silver scroll and identified it as the lightning-attribute Low Spirit Class Thunderclap Method, shocking the bidders and Xiao Yan.

Jin Yao offered the Low Spirit Class Thunderclap Method for the Ultimate Transformation Pill, but a powerful stranger entered the bidding with a complementary cultivation method and combat skill. Fang Qian verified the stranger’s offer, leaving the auction unresolved.

• Jin Yao offered the Low Spirit Class Thunderclap Method for the Ultimate Transformation Pill, stunning the auction hall and Dou Di experts.
• A silver-eyed middle-aged man offered a Low Spirit Class cultivation method and a complementary combat skill, drawing wary attention.
• Xiao Yan identified the man as a Mid-Stage Two-Star Dou Di, stronger than everyone present except Dong Chuan and Fang Qian.
• The middle-aged man described the Black Nether Method and its matching Black Nether Palm, which could rival an Intermediate Spirit Class Dou Technique when used together.
• Fang Qian examined the two scrolls with his soul power and confirmed that the man’s claims were true.

Zhao Xian won the Ultimate Transformation Pill at the Yan City Tianyun Auction with a Spirit-tier cultivation method, and the auction ended. As Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian went to collect the Crimson Flame Flower, Jin Yao stopped them and privately approached Xiao Yan.

• Fang Qian asked for higher bids, but the Dou Di experts withdrew to their private rooms rather than challenge Zhao Xian's offer.
• Fang Qian announced Zhao Xian as the winner of the Ultimate Transformation Pill, and Dong Chuan declared the auction over.
• Murong Qianqian urged Xiao Yan to leave, but Xiao Yan reminded her that he still needed to collect the Crimson Flame Flower.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian left their private room and encountered Jin Yao, who revealed she had sealed the space so no outsiders could overhear them.
• Xiao Yan asked Jin Yao what she wanted with him.

Xiao Yan and Jin Yao went to collect their auction purchases, with Murong Qianqian accompanying them. At the end of the passage, they encountered Zhao Xian.

• Jin Yao teased Murong Qianqian and Xiao Yan as they headed to collect their auction items.
• Xiao Yan and Jin Yao agreed to go together, and Jin Yao said she wanted to meet the person who had impressed her at the auction.
• An attendant led Xiao Yan, Jin Yao, and Murong Qianqian through the auction house’s back area to collect the Green Jade Fruit and Blazing Flame Flower.
• The attendants were astonished to learn that the youthful Xiao Yan was the tier-three alchemist who had bought the Blazing Flame Flower.
• Zhao Xian stepped out at the end of the passage, startling Xiao Yan and Jin Yao.

Xiao Yan, Jin Yao, and Murong Qianqian encountered Zhao Xian, who threatened Xiao Yan but left without attacking on the auction house’s grounds. At Fang Qian’s private chamber, Xiao Yan exchanged his Thousand-Fan Leaf and Jin Yao traded her Lily of the Valley Paste for desired items, and Xiao Yan obtained the Blazing Flame Flower.

• Zhao Xian appeared, showed killing intent toward Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian, and warned Xiao Yan he would not leave Yan City alive if he ventured out.
• Jin Yao confronted Zhao Xian, who passed Xiao Yan and the others before Fang Qian invited them into the auction house’s chamber.
• Jin Yao gave Fang Qian her Lily of the Valley Paste, and he supplied her with a Green Jade Fruit.
• Xiao Yan placed his thousand-year-old Thousand-Fan Leaf on the table, and Fang Qian gave him a Blazing Flame Flower.
• Xiao Yan collected the Blazing Flame Flower and felt relieved to have secured it.

After obtaining the Blazing Flame Flower, Xiao Yan left Yan City with Murong Qianqian, wary that Zhao Xian knew his identity. Near Shahepu, they were ambushed by Zhao Xian, while Jin Yao followed them in secret, intent on claiming the Ultimate Transformation Pill.

• Xiao Yan learned that Zhao Xian was the head of the Zhao Clan in Sulan City and suspected Zhao Xian knew who he was.
• Xiao Yan took Murong Qianqian and left Yan City, while Jin Yao secretly followed them.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian flew toward Shahepu and noticed the landscape turning into a sandy, golden wilderness.
• Xiao Yan sensed concealed presences and realized they had been ambushed.
• Zhao Xian appeared before Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian, boasting that he had stopped them.

Xiao Yan fought Zhao Xian, the Zhao Clan head, who ambushed him with overwhelming strength. Just as Zhao Xian’s spear was about to kill Xiao Yan, Jin Yao intervened.

• Xiao Yan recognized Zhao Xian as the Zhao Clan head and moved Murong Qianqian behind him as Zhao Xian launched an attack.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, briefly catching Zhao Xian off guard and revealing the strength of his Dou Technique to Jin Yao, who watched from the void.
• Zhao Xian conjured a giant spear and attacked, while Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to strengthen himself.
• Xiao Yan’s Great Heaven Creation Palm collided with Zhao Xian’s spear, but Zhao Xian destroyed the palm and drove the spear toward Xiao Yan’s forehead.
• Jin Yao intervened with a streak of cold light and rebuked Zhao Xian for attacking a Half-Emperor.

Jin Yao arrived in time to knock Zhao Xian’s spear away and revealed she had followed him to protect Xiao Yan and pursue the Thousand-Fan Tree and Ultimate Transformation Pill. She joined Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian against Zhao Xian, whose attack Jin Yao blocked, though she feared his full strength would overwhelm her.

• Jin Yao disarmed Zhao Xian and explained that she had followed him because she suspected he planned to kill Xiao Yan for his treasures and keep his identity hidden.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Heavy Xuan Ruler, and Murong Qianqian joined him and Jin Yao in facing Zhao Xian.
• Zhao Xian drew a real spear and attacked the three with his Meteor Spear technique.
• Jin Yao stepped in front of Xiao Yan and used Thousand-Sail Shadowless Sword to break Zhao Xian’s spear shadows and block his opening attack.

Xiao Yan and Jin Yao fought Zhao Xian, but their combined attacks were overwhelmed by his superior strength. Zhao Xian began manifesting the spirit of a Human Class Dou Technique, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Zhao Xian bent his spear against Xiao Yan’s Heavy Xuan Ruler, then struck back hard enough to numb Xiao Yan’s hand and draw blood.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Flame Splitting Tsunami while Jin Yao attacked Zhao Xian with her longsword.
• Zhao Xian countered with Spear Raises a Thousand Waves, and Jin Yao answered with Falling Flowers Become Shadows, Sword Slaying.
• Zhao Xian’s spear shadows swallowed Xiao Yan’s ruler wave and shattered Jin Yao’s flower petals, while Xiao Yan spat blood from the impact.
• Zhao Xian gathered his spear shadows into a white beam and formed an armored figure, which Xiao Yan recognized as Dou Technique Spirit Manifestation.

Zhao Xian unleashed his Spirit Manifestation technique, Spear Raises a Thousand Waves, and overwhelmed Jin Yao despite her Dou Di strength. As Xiao Yan prepared to rescue her, he emerged through the Six Paths Curtain and struck Zhao Xian’s attack with Shatter Heart Palm.

• Zhao Xian used Spear Raises a Thousand Waves, a Human Class Dou Technique with Spirit Manifestation, and Jin Yao’s expression turned grave.
• Xiao Yan gathered the Power of the Great Dao and considered using the Six Paths Curtain to save Jin Yao.
• Jin Yao told Xiao Yan to take Murong Qianqian and leave, then met Zhao Xian’s attack head-on.
• Jin Yao was badly weakened by the clash, while Zhao Xian claimed his technique had slain a Dou Di before and prepared to attack in person.
• Xiao Yan emerged from a pitch-black Six Paths Curtain beside Jin Yao and struck the incoming technique with Shatter Heart Palm.

Xiao Yan used Heart-Shattering Palm to strike Zhao Xian with hidden force while Zhao Xian attacked Jin Yao. Zhao Xian suppressed the force inside his chest, but Xiao Yan’s counterattack startled both Zhao Xian and Jin Yao, leaving them aware of the threat posed by his technique.

• Xiao Yan unleashed Heart-Shattering Palm against Zhao Xian’s attack, but Zhao Xian swept Xiao Yan and Jin Yao away with his spear.
• Zhao Xian charged Jin Yao and thrust his spear toward her heart.
• Xiao Yan shouted “Explode,” triggering the hidden force inside Zhao Xian’s chest and forcing Zhao Xian to retreat and suppress it with Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan rose, bloodied, and taunted Zhao Xian, while Jin Yao watched him in shock.
• Zhao Xian realized Xiao Yan’s earlier Dou Technique had planted the force inside him, and Xiao Yan explained the hidden power of Heart-Shattering Palm.

After Xiao Yan exhausted himself fighting Zhao Xian, Jin Yao held off Zhao Xian while Xiao Yan tried to escape the encirclement with Murong Qianqian. A hidden deathsworn blocked their path, but Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King to strike him down.

• Zhao Xian warned that Xiao Yan was spent, while Jin Yao offered to hold him off so Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian could flee.
• Zhao Xian activated a formation with four hidden deathsworn, enclosing the group and leaving a narrowing gap to the west.
• Jin Yao attacked the formation barrier, giving Xiao Yan time to take Murong Qianqian and race toward the exit.
• A fifth black-robed Nine-Star Half-Emperor appeared outside the gap and blocked their escape as Zhao Xian resumed battling Jin Yao.
• Xiao Yan charged the black-robed man, then summoned the Northern King, who struck the attacker flying.

Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian fled from Zhao Xian, but Gu You urged Xiao Yan to face the danger without relying on borrowed power. After resting and recovering, Xiao Yan sensed Zhao Xian approaching and prepared to confront him.

• Xiao Yan continued flying with Murong Qianqian, believing Zhao Xian would catch them once Jin Yao could no longer delay him.
• Gu You warned Xiao Yan that borrowing his power would leave an irreversible consequence and urged him to rely on his own strength.
• Murong Qianqian admitted she was afraid but said she trusted Xiao Yan, and he stopped to recover before facing Zhao Xian.
• After an hour, Xiao Yan sensed Zhao Xian approaching and ordered Murong Qianqian to stay behind him.
• Zhao Xian appeared to taunt Xiao Yan for waiting to die.

Zhao Xian caught up with Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian, then launched a deadly spear attack that Xiao Yan barely evaded with his Six Paths Curtain. With his defenses draining and Murong Qianqian at risk if he fell, Xiao Yan prepared to fight back with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.

• Xiao Yan saw Zhao Xian appear and asked where Jin Yao was, but Zhao Xian refused to answer and threatened him.
• Zhao Xian lunged at Xiao Yan with his snow-white spear, and Xiao Yan used the Six Paths Curtain to evade the attack, though the spear left a bloody cut between his brows.
• Murong Qianqian feared for Xiao Yan as he tumbled out of the void, badly wounded and aware that Zhao Xian would target her if he fell.
• Zhao Xian attacked again with a horizontal spear sweep, and Xiao Yan dodged while summoning the Heavy Xuan Ruler.

Xiao Yan fought Zhao Xian with his Heavy Xuan Ruler despite being badly outmatched, but his strength ran out and Zhao Xian defeated him. The chapter ended with Zhao Xian holding his spear tip between Xiao Yan’s brows as Murong Qianqian watched in terror.

• Xiao Yan chose to attack rather than retreat and met Zhao Xian’s spear with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Zhao Xian praised Xiao Yan’s courage and warned that the Four Great Sects would hunt him across the Western Region.
• Xiao Yan charged Zhao Xian, and the two exchanged a series of fierce weapon clashes.
• Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi dwindled as Zhao Xian continued testing his strength, until a spear strike drove him back and broke his bones.
• Zhao Xian declared that Xiao Yan had lost and held his spear tip between Xiao Yan’s brows while Murong Qianqian trembled nearby.

Xiao Yan was on the brink of death when Murong Qianqian transformed into a giant bird and repeatedly tried to protect him from Zhao Xian. Xiao Yan then struck Zhao Xian’s left arm with a desperate punch, but both fighters were left injured and Xiao Yan had no strength to continue.

• Zhao Xian raised his spear to kill Xiao Yan, but Murong Qianqian transformed into a giant bird and rushed to defend him.
• Zhao Xian struck Murong Qianqian out of the sky, leaving her badly wounded, but she rose and charged at him again.
• Zhao Xian launched a ball of silvery-white Dou Qi as Xiao Yan vanished in the white light.
• Xiao Yan appeared before Zhao Xian and shattered every bone in his left arm with a sudden punch.
• The collision shattered Xiao Yan’s right arm as well, leaving him unable to move while Zhao Xian suffered only a minor wound.