Chapter Summaries

At the Yao Clan’s Pill Codex gathering, Xiao Yan and Old Yao watched as Yao Dan arrived and greeted Flowing Cloud, whose Emperor Realm soul made his Five-star Dou Sheng cultivation seem unfathomable. Yao Dan acknowledged Old Yao with a regretful remark, while Xiao Yan remained anxious about Xiao Chen’s absence.

• Flowing Cloud watched the young alchemists with Yao Wanhuo, while Xiao Yan envied his power and Old Yao confirmed that Flowing Cloud likely possessed an Emperor Realm soul.
• The crowd welcomed Yao Dan, and Old Yao told Xiao Yan that the Yao Clan Chief was a Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan worried about Xiao Chen’s absence as Yao Dan greeted the guests and exchanged a complicated look with Old Yao.
• Yao Dan greeted Flowing Cloud respectfully and assessed his strength, recalling how the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s allies had driven back the Hall of Souls at Peak of Demise.

As Yao Dan and Flowing Cloud discussed the Pill Codex, Old Man Shen Nong arrived and marveled at Flowing Cloud’s strength. The gathering was then disrupted by the uninvited arrival of Hun Xuzi, whose history with Old Yao and ties to the Soul Clan angered the Yao Clan elders.

• Old Man Shen Nong arrived on a Medicine Cauldron, greeted Yao Dan, and studied Flowing Cloud before apologizing for staring.
• Flowing Cloud accepted Old Man Shen Nong’s apology but warned him not to do it again.
• Hun Xuzi appeared amid black clouds and announced that he had come without an invitation.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Hun Xuzi had betrayed and injured his master at the Little Pill Tower and likely helped direct the Hall of Souls’ soul-gathering scheme.
• The Yao Clan elders protested Hun Xuzi’s presence, while Yao Dan and Elder Wan Huo exchanged concerned looks.

Hun Xuzi arrived uninvited at the Yao Clan’s Pill Codex and provoked the Yao Clan and Heaven and Earth Alliance. Yao Dan allowed him to stay but enforced a ban on fighting, then declared the Pill Codex begun.

• Yao Dan and Elder Wan Huo questioned Hun Xuzi’s uninvited arrival, but Yao Dan let him remain as a guest under the Yao Clan’s rules.
• Hun Xuzi sat behind Flowing Cloud and threatened him, prompting Hai Bodong to attack and destroy Hun Xuzi’s stone chair.
• Hun Xuzi prepared to retaliate, but Yao Dan warned that anyone who fought would be expelled from the Medicine Realm.
• Flowing Cloud abandoned his plan to teach Hun Xuzi a lesson, and Yao Dan announced that the Pill Codex had begun.

The Yao Clan’s preliminary Pill Codex events ended with Yao Tian taking first place, and the gathering’s four renowned alchemists prepared to compete for the title of the continent’s number one alchemist. Yao Dan invited others to register as Hun Xuzi, Elder Wan Huo, and Old Man Shen Nong entered the arena, while Xiao Yan considered joining the contest.

• The Yao Clan’s preliminary events lasted several days, and Yao Tian won first place with a pill that summoned Nine-colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao discussed the coming contest, and Old Yao warned him about the seniority and skill of Hun Xuzi, Old Man Shen Nong, and Elder Wan Huo.
• Yao Dan announced that four alchemists had already been selected and invited others to register for the contest.
• Hun Xuzi entered the arena and declared that the Soul Clan wanted the title of the continent’s number one alchemist.
• Elder Wan Huo and Old Man Shen Nong entered the arena and challenged Hun Xuzi’s claim to the title.

Old Man Shen Nong, Elder Wan Huo, and Hun Xuzi prepared to compete for the title of the continent’s greatest alchemist, and Yao Dan invited Flowing Cloud to join them. The confrontation ended with Hun Xuzi swallowing his anger after Hai Bodong threatened him and Yao Dan enforced the rules, while Xiao Yan recognized the vast gap between himself and Flowing Cloud.

• Old Man Shen Nong criticized Hun Xuzi and joined Elder Wan Huo and Hun Xuzi as a contender in the alchemy contest.
• Yao Dan invited Flowing Cloud to compete, and Flowing Cloud accepted and appeared in the sky.
• Hun Xuzi insulted Flowing Cloud, and Hai Bodong threatened to cripple him for disrespecting his Alliance Leader.
• Hun Xuzi challenged Hai Bodong to a fight, but Yao Dan warned him that attacking would violate the rules and end the contest.
• Hun Xuzi suppressed his rage, while Xiao Yan and Old Yao realized how far Flowing Cloud had surpassed Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan joined the Yao Clan’s alchemy contest despite the overwhelming strength of the four figures already on stage. Hun Xuzi accepted his challenge and summoned the Nihility Devouring Flame, leaving the contest poised to begin.

• Xiao Yan lost confidence after seeing the formidable alchemists on stage, but Old Yao encouraged him to treat the contest as a trial.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Dan to let him compete, drawing scorn from the crowd and Hun Xuzi.
• Xiao Chen rebuked Hun Xuzi for insulting Xiao Yan, and Hun Xuzi recognized Xiao Yan as a member of the Xiao Clan while plotting to seize the clan’s Imperial Jade.
• Yao Dan allowed Xiao Yan to join the contest, but no one else volunteered to take the stage.
• Hun Xuzi challenged Xiao Yan and formed a massive black flame cauldron with the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Hun Xuzi revealed his Nihility Devouring Flame sub-flame and challenged the experts to bring out their Heavenly Flames. Yao Wanhuo and Old Man Shen Nong summoned their flames, while Flowing Cloud remained unconcerned by the threat.

• Old Man Shen Nong identified Hun Xuzi's flame as the Nihility Devouring Flame, and Hai Bodong recognized it as a sub-flame.
• Hun Xuzi revealed privately that his flame was the powerful Earth Sub-flame, a secret also known to Flowing Cloud.
• Yao Wanhuo summoned the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and Xiao Yan recalled how he had obtained the Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Old Man Shen Nong summoned the Flame of Life, whose vitality and ability to prolong life drew the experts' attention.
• Hun Xuzi stared greedily at the Flame of Life, while Yao Wanhuo praised Old Man Shen Nong's fortune in finding it.

Flowing Cloud revealed a Fire Spirit containing four Heavenly Flames, astonishing the alchemists and raising suspicions about how he had fused them. Xiao Yan then displayed the Nine Nether Wind Flame combined with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, prompting resentment from the Yao Clan and greed from Hun Xuzi.

• Old Man Shen Nong said he had found the intelligent Flame of Life by chance while searching for medicinal herbs.
• Flowing Cloud admitted that he had refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and summoned a Fire Spirit bearing the auras of four Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Xuzi, Old Man Shen Nong, and others noticed the Fire Spirit’s multiple flames, while Hun Xuzi suspected Flowing Cloud might use a technique that devoured Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan revealed a blue-white flame that Old Man Shen Nong identified as the Nine Nether Wind Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame combined.
• Yao Clan members resented Xiao Yan for possessing their Nine Nether Wind Flame, while Hun Xuzi vowed that the Soul Clan would take the eight Heavenly Flames and the flame-devouring method.

Hun Xuzi revealed the Soul Clan’s desire to seize eight Heavenly Flames and Xiao Yan’s method for refining them. The five alchemists began refining pills, with Flowing Cloud and Xiao Yan each attempting to process thousands of medicinal herbs at once.

• Hun Xuzi said the Soul Clan intended to claim eight Heavenly Flames and the method for devouring and refining them.
• Yao Dan announced that the five alchemists could begin refining their pills.
• Flowing Cloud formed a massive flame cauldron, while Old Man Shen Nong used his Flame of Life to rapidly grow medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan formed a Heavenly Flame cauldron for the first time, and Flowing Cloud praised his progress.
• Flowing Cloud sent several thousand kinds of medicinal herbs into his cauldron at once, and Xiao Yan likewise began refining more than a thousand varieties.

Xiao Yan and Flowing Cloud demonstrated extraordinary pill-refining skill as they competed with veteran masters before the Yao Clan. While the masters began refining Ninth-grade Profound Pills by drawing in the power of heaven and earth, Xiao Yan faltered during his unfinished herb extraction.

• Yao Tian and Yao Ling watched Xiao Yan and recognized the gap between his talent and their own.
• Flowing Cloud used his Heavenly Flame and Fire Spirit to refine thousands of medicinal herbs, while the other pill refiners worked through their ingredients.
• Flowing Cloud finished extracting the herbs first, followed soon by Hun Xuzi, who began drawing the power of heaven and earth into his cauldron.
• Elder Wan Huo, Old Man Shen Nong, and Flowing Cloud also gathered natural energy, revealing that all four were refining Ninth-grade Profound Pills.
• Xiao Yan turned pale as the energy storms disrupted his work before he had completed extracting his medicinal herbs.

Xiao Yan completed refining his medicinal ingredients while Hun Xuzi, Flowing Cloud, Elder Wan Huo, and Old Man Shen Nong drained the surrounding energy to refine Ninth-grade Profound Pills. After three days, the energy ran out before the four pill embryos were complete, leaving their refinement on the verge of failure.

• Xiao Yan fell behind the other four alchemists as they seized the natural energy, and Old Yao feared Xiao Yan could only make a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill.
• Yao Dan recognized that Hun Xuzi, Flowing Cloud, Elder Wan Huo, and Old Man Shen Nong were attempting to refine Ninth-grade Profound Pills, but doubted any of them could succeed.
• The four alchemists drew energy into their cauldrons through massive tornadoes, forcing spectators to retreat as Xiao Yan finished refining his ingredients and began combining them.
• The energy-devouring phenomenon continued for three days, with the drained natural energy causing nearby medicinal herbs to wither.
• The tornadoes dissipated, but Yao Dan and the Yao Clan elders found that the four pill embryos were only half complete and the surrounding energy was exhausted.

Xiao Yan completed a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, with Xiao Chen shielding him from its lightning tribulation. As Hun Xuzi tried to steal the energy gathered by his rivals, his black hole met an unexpected response above Flowing Cloud’s cauldron.

• Xiao Yan’s Ninth-grade Treasure Pill drew a lightning tribulation, and Xiao Chen appeared to split the bolts with a blood-colored axe.
• Xiao Chen blocked the remaining lightning, allowing Xiao Yan to complete the first pill in the arena.
• Xiao Yan heard experts discuss Emperor Realm souls and suspected Flowing Cloud had reached that level after devouring the Heavenly Tomb Soul.
• Hun Xuzi sent three black holes to drain energy from the cauldrons of Flowing Cloud, Elder Wan Huo, and Old Man Shen Nong.
• Old Man Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo attacked the black holes with their Heavenly Flames, but Hun Xuzi’s Nihility Devouring Flame overwhelmed them.
• Hun Xuzi noticed something happening to the black hole above Flowing Cloud’s cauldron and changed expression.

Flowing Cloud’s Fire Spirit thwarted Hun Xuzi’s attempt to steal energy and snatched the unfinished pill from his cauldron, enraging him. Hun Xuzi attacked Flowing Cloud, but Old Man Shen Nong intervened, and Hun Xuzi turned his fury on him.

• Flowing Cloud’s Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame neutralized Hun Xuzi’s Nihility Devouring Flame and purified its energy for his pill.
• Hun Xuzi increased the devouring power aimed at Old Man Shen Nong’s and Elder Wan Huo’s cauldrons, strengthening his own embryonic pill.
• Flowing Cloud’s Fire Spirit flew into Hun Xuzi’s cauldron, seized his unfinished pill, and returned it to Flowing Cloud.
• Hun Xuzi unleashed a Black Flame fire dragon at Flowing Cloud, but Old Man Shen Nong restrained it with his green sea of fire.
• Old Man Shen Nong condemned Hun Xuzi, who made the fire dragon swallow the entire green sea of fire.

Flowing Cloud revealed his Emperor Realm soul and drew vast energy from across the Medicine Realm to strengthen his Pill Embryo. Old Man Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo gave him their Pill Embryos, and Hun Xuzi, enraged when Flowing Cloud refined them, powered up his Black Flame dragon and moved to attack him.

• Hun Xuzi tried to devour the green flame sea, but Elder Wan Huo struck his Black Flame dragon and challenged him.
• Flowing Cloud spread his Soul Power across the land and gathered energy from tens of thousands of miles away, revealing his Emperor Realm soul to those present.
• Old Man Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo gave their Pill Embryos to Flowing Cloud, who had the Fire Spirit swallow all three and refine them.
• Hun Xuzi sensed that his Pill Embryo had been refined, entered the Black Flame dragon, and blasted through the flames of Old Man Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo as he charged toward Flowing Cloud.
• Hai Bodong and Chu Donghai prepared to intercept Hun Xuzi.

Flowing Cloud severely wounded Hun Xuzi with a Soul Power spear while completing a Ninth-grade Profound Pill, whose pill rain drew a terrifying black lightning tribulation. The pill’s glowing form rose into the thunderclouds as the lightning began striking it.

• Hun Xuzi entered his Black Flame fire dragon and attacked Flowing Cloud, but Flowing Cloud pierced the dragon and severely wounded him with a black Soul Power spear.
• Old Man Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo refrained from attacking Hun Xuzi, while Hun Xuzi suppressed his injuries and vowed revenge against Flowing Cloud.
• The energy of the nascent pills melted in Flowing Cloud’s cauldron, and a point of light appeared as destructive black clouds gathered overhead.
• Flowing Cloud opened the cauldron, releasing medicinal fragrance that condensed into pill beads and fell like rain as the crowd witnessed his Ninth-grade Profound Pill.
• A pillar of light carried the glowing pill into the thunderclouds, where black lightning struck it and shook Medicine Mountain.

Flowing Cloud watched the Ninth-grade Profound Pill survive its tribulation, then captured and sealed it as it tried to escape. Old Man Shen Nong and others hailed Flowing Cloud as the Medicine Realm’s undisputed number one alchemist, while Hun Xuzi tried to dispute the contest’s meaning.

• The Ninth-grade Profound Pill endured half an hour of lightning before its shell cracked and burst open.
• The newly transformed pill fled from Medicine Mountain, but Flowing Cloud stopped it with Space Power and sealed it with a Soul Power imprint.
• Flowing Cloud stored the pill in his Storage Ring, and Old Man Shen Nong praised his alchemical skill.
• Hun Xuzi argued that the contest had tested battle strength rather than alchemy, prompting Yao Dan, Old Man Shen Nong, and Elder Wan Huo to defend Flowing Cloud’s title.

After Flowing Cloud won the alchemy competition, Hun Xuzi demanded the Yao Clan hand over its Tou She Ancient God Jade as compensation. When Yao Wanhuo attacked him, Hun Xuzi unleashed black flames and revealed a terrifying surge of power.

• Hun Xuzi demanded compensation from Yao Dan, claiming the Yao Clan had insulted him and taken his embryonic pill.
• Hun Xuzi demanded the Yao Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade, shocking the gathered experts and making Xiao Yan suspect he was plotting something.
• Yao Dan questioned Hun Xuzi, who called the jade ominous and urged the Yao Clan to hand it over for peace.
• Yao Wanhuo attacked Hun Xuzi with a mountain tortoise formed from Dou Qi.
• Hun Xuzi unleashed black flames, swallowed Yao Wanhuo's attack, and sent him crashing into the plaza.

Soul Xuzi revealed his peak Seven-star Dou Sheng strength and sealed the Yao Clan’s space, confirming Yao Dan’s suspicions that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit and Stone Clans. As Yao Dan prepared to resist, Soul Xuzi offered the visiting factions a chance to leave, but he remained wary of Flowing Cloud.

• Soul Xuzi revealed his concealed peak Seven-star Dou Sheng strength, shocking the gathered experts.
• Yao Dan concluded that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit and Stone Clans and ordered a warning sent to the Yan and Lightning Clans.
• Soul Xuzi’s Spatial Seal prevented the Yao Clan’s messages and the guests’ spatial scrolls from reaching beyond the sealed area.
• Yao Dan warned that the Gu Clan would intervene if the four clans joined forces, but Soul Xuzi claimed the Yao Clan could be destroyed without the Gu Clan noticing.
• Soul Xuzi told everyone outside the Yao Clan they could leave, while his gaze on Flowing Cloud made him retreat warily.

Hun Xuzi revealed the Soul Clan’s plan to destroy the Yao Clan and demanded Xiao Chen surrender the Xiao Clan’s Imperial Jade as Nihility Devouring Flame engulfed the Medicine Realm. As the gathered experts’ Dou Qi began to drain away, Flowing Cloud protected Hai Bodong and Chu Donghai with a fiery barrier.

• Hun Xuzi allowed outsiders to leave, but several experts realized the Soul Clan would not let any witnesses escape.
• Nihility Devouring Flame emerged from the void and spread across the sky, plunging the Medicine Realm into darkness.
• Hun Xuzi declared the Yao Clan would be erased and threatened Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan unless Xiao Chen surrendered the Imperial Jade.
• Xiao Chen refused to hand over the Imperial Jade and told Xiao Yan to survive, while explaining the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Spirit and Stone Clans.
• The Black Flame began devouring the gathered experts’ Dou Qi, and Flowing Cloud shielded Hai Bodong and Chu Donghai with a fiery barrier.

The Soul Clan’s black flames began draining Dou Qi across the Medicine Realm, and Yao Dan activated the Medicine Clan’s ancient clan-protecting formation. The formation gathered the clan’s energy and awakened its ancestor’s remnant soul, but Hai Bodong and Chu Donghai doubted it could withstand the attack that had already erased the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan.

• Flowing Cloud shielded Hai Bodong and Chu Donghai from Nihility Devouring Flame’s black specks, which silently consumed Dou Qi.
• Hai Bodong and Chu Donghai concluded that the Soul Clan had stayed quiet while preparing to attack the Medicine Clan, and trusted that Flowing Cloud had made preparations.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao and Xiao Chen to wait for a chance to escape if the Soul Clan attacked, while they acknowledged they could not save the Medicine Clan.
• Yao Dan ordered the Medicine Clan to activate the Heaven Transformation Medicine Array for the first time.
• Medicine Clan elders, members, and medicinal herbs poured energy into the formation, which formed a powerful barrier and awakened the Medicine Clan ancestor’s remnant soul.
• Hai Bodong and Chu Donghai questioned whether the formation could save the Medicine Clan, since the vanished Spirit Clan and Stone Clan might have had similar defenses.