Chapter Summaries

After Little Fairy Doctor died and Huo Xuan burned away the poisonous mist she left behind, he learned that the Gu Clan was trying to break the Flame Clan’s alliance with the Lei Clan. Huo Xuan and his clansmen reached Lei City, where a guard revealed that Gu Xun’er had ordered him to bar their entry.

• Little Fairy Doctor’s death released a deadly poisonous mist, which Huo Xuan burned away with his Strange Fire.
• Huo Xuan received word that the Gu Clan planned to target the Flame Clan and had sent envoys to persuade the Lei Clan to end their alliance.
• Huo Xuan and his clansmen hurried toward Lei City, while Huo Xuan considered seeking the Hun Clan’s help as a last resort.
• At Lei City’s gates, a guard demanded an invitation and tried to deny the Flame Clan entry.
• Huo Xuan intimidated the guard until he admitted that Gu Xun’er had ordered him to stop them.

Huo Xuan entered the Lei Realm with the Flame Clan and confronted Gu Xun'er, who had tried to bar their way. After he overwhelmed her and threatened the Gu Clan elders, both sides backed down, leaving Huo Xuan free to pursue the Flame Clan’s alliance with the Lei Clan.

• A guard told Huo Xuan that Gu Xun'er had ordered the Flame Clan kept out because she was engaged to Lei Dong, but he let Huo Xuan and his companions pass.
• Huo Xuan's group crossed Lei City and found Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan gathered before the Lei Realm's barrier.
• Gu Xun'er tried to pressure Huo Xuan with the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, but he dispelled its force with the Heavenly Flames within him.
• Huo Xuan released his Four Star Dou Zun aura, causing Gu Xun'er to faint, then confronted the two Black-Clothed Old Men who protected her.
• The Black-Clothed Old Men backed down after seeing Huo Xuan's puppets and sensing a powerful Flame Clan expert nearby, and Huo Xuan apologized to avoid starting a war with the Gu Clan.

Huo Xuan entered the Lei Realm and won Lei Ying’s respect by accepting a future challenge, while warning Gu Xun’er that her secrets could threaten the Gu Clan. That night, Gu Xun’er tried to use her engagement to Lei Dong to persuade him to convince Lei Ying to break the alliance with the Flame Clan.

• Gu Xun’er woke and resolved to find a way to break the alliance between the Flame Clan and the Lei Clan, while Huo Xuan warned her about the danger her secrets posed to the Gu Clan.
• Huo Xuan and the others arrived in the Lei Realm, where Lei Ying challenged Huo Xuan to endure a palm strike.
• Huo Xuan accepted Lei Ying’s challenge but deferred the fight until he reached Dou Sheng, emphasizing the clans’ longstanding friendship.
• Gu Xun’er visited Lei Dong at night, embraced him, and asked him to persuade Lei Ying to sever the alliance with the Flame Clan.
• Lei Dong questioned Gu Xun’er’s motives after she left, while an unseen speaker remarked that her proactive approach eased concerns about his future.

Huo Xuan secretly asked Lei Dong to preserve the alliance between the Flame Clan and Lei Clan, revealing that the Gu Clan intended to attack the Flame Clan. Outside the Stone Chamber, Gu Xun'er and Huo Zhi nearly fought before Huo Xuan and Lei Dong intervened, and Huo Xuan left intrigued by Gu Xun'er's Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.

• Huo Xuan met Lei Dong in his secluded Stone Chamber and asked him to persuade Lei Ying to maintain the alliance between the Lei Clan and Flame Clan.
• Huo Xuan told Lei Dong that the Gu Clan planned to destroy the Flame Clan, and Lei Dong concluded that the Flame Clan had likely destroyed the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Xun'er arrived outside the Stone Chamber and exchanged hostile words with Huo Zhi while waiting for Lei Dong and Huo Xuan.
• Gu Xun'er and Huo Zhi released their golden and red Heavenly Flames, but Huo Xuan and Lei Dong stopped them before they fought.
• Gu Xun'er left after praising Huo Zhi's strength, while Huo Xuan admired the golden flames and said he wanted to seize the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.

Gu Yuan learned that Gu Xun'er had concealed her feelings for Xiao Yan and used the Gu Clan's plans against the Flame Clan to try to save him. He ordered her back from the Lei Realm, then confronted her about Xiao Yan and Huo Xuan.

• Ling Ying claimed Huo Xuan had crippled his arm after trying to molest Gu Xun'er, but Gu Yuan pressed him about Xiao Yan.
• Ling Ying revealed Gu Xun'er's history with Xiao Yan and admitted she wanted the Gu Clan to fight the Flame Clan to rescue him.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Xun'er to return to the Gu Clan for secluded cultivation and dismissed Ling Ying.
• After Gu Xun'er returned, Gu Yuan visited her room and demanded to know who Xiao Yan was and why she had clashed with Huo Xuan.
• Gu Xun'er denied knowing Xiao Yan at first, then told Gu Yuan what had happened between her and Huo Xuan.

Gu Yuan confronted Gu Xun'er over deceiving him into declaring war on the Flame Clan to protect Xiao Yan, then tried to make her abandon Xiao Yan because of his other relationships and her status as a member of the Gu Clan. Gu Xun'er refused, declared she would sever ties with the Gu Clan to be with Xiao Yan, and was slapped by Gu Yuan, who left her to reflect.

• Gu Yuan angrily accused Gu Xun'er of using the Flame Clan war to save Xiao Yan and risking the Gu Clan for him.
• Gu Xun'er admitted she knew about Xiao Yan's relationships with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, the Little Fairy Doctor, and the Jia Ma Empire princess, but said she could not leave him.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er that she and Xiao Yan were impossible and ordered her to remember her identity as a member of the Gu Clan.
• Gu Xun'er declared she would leave the Gu Clan rather than give up Xiao Yan and insisted she would never leave him.
• Gu Yuan slapped Gu Xun'er, called her an unfilial daughter, and left her to reflect on her actions.

Gu Yuan decided that the Gu Clan would declare war on the Flame Clan, while Huo Xuan sought allies and persuaded the Medicine Clan to join forces with the Flame Clan by warning of the Hun Clan’s hidden strength. The conflict began, the other clans chose their positions or hesitated, and three years passed amid the unrest.

• Gu Yuan ended the Gu Clan elders’ debate by deciding to declare war on the Flame Clan.
• Huo Xuan asked Yao Tian to ally the Medicine Clan with the Flame Clan, then warned him that the Hun Clan was secretly powerful and threatened to join it if the Medicine Clan refused.
• Yao Tian heard Huo Xuan’s warning but questioned whether the Medicine Clan should instead ally with the Gu Clan.
• The Gu Clan announced war over the Xiao Clan’s destruction, while the Flame Clan denied responsibility and accused the Gu Clan of using the matter as a pretext.
• The Spirit Clan and Shi Clan stayed out of the conflict, the Hun Clan watched from the sidelines, and the Medicine Clan formed a Two-Clan Alliance with the Flame Clan.
• The Thunder Clan split over whether to support the Gu Clan or the Flame Clan, and Lei Ying could not decide before the war began and three years passed.

After years of war and losses on both sides, Gu Yuan sought to end the conflict between the Gu Clan and the Flame Clan by apologizing and offering compensation. Yan Jin accepted the payment, bringing the immediate dispute to a close.

• The Hun Clan attacked Gu World while Gu Yuan was away, killing two of the Three Immortals of Gu Clan and weakening the Gu Clan.
• The Spirit Clan and Shi Clan joined the Flame Clan and Medicine Clan against the Gu Clan, leaving the Gu Clan surrounded by enemies and wary of the Hun Clan.
• Gu Yuan agreed with Gu Dao’s advice to seek peace and offer compensation to the Flame Clan.
• Gu Yuan arrived alone at Yan World and apologized to Yan Jin for the Gu Clan’s role in framing the Flame Clan over the Xiao Clan’s destruction.
• Gu Yuan presented valuable techniques, Dou Skills, pills, and herbs as compensation, and Yan Jin accepted them and ended the dispute.

After the war with the Gu Clan ended, Huo Xuan advanced his cultivation and alchemy while preparing to claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame at the Pill Gathering. He arrived in Saint Pill City with Huo Zhi and his followers as the event drew near.

• Yan Jin ended the war with the Gu Clan and arranged for the Flame, Medicine, Shi, and Spirit Clans to divide the compensation.
• Three years later, Huo Xuan had reached Six-Star Dou Zun, and the Gu Clan formed a Six Clan Alliance to guard against the Hun Clan.
• Huo Xuan refined an Eighth Grade Pill that produced Five-Colored Pill Lightning, impressing Huo Zhi and the elders who had taught him alchemy.
• Huo Xuan prepared to enter the Pill Gathering, where the top ten contestants would earn a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Huo Xuan arrived in Saint Pill City with Huo Zhi and his followers and declared that he had come for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Huo Xuan searched Saint Pill City for the Ancient Copper Piece and found it at the Alchemist Exchange Fair. After offering the stall owner a Seventh Grade Pill Formula for it, he was interrupted by someone who also wanted the copper piece.

• As the Pill Gathering approached, Huo Xuan searched Saint Pill City's trading areas for the Ancient Copper Piece but found nothing.
• Huo Xuan entered the Alchemist Exchange Fair and went to its top floor, where he spotted the copper piece on a jade platform.
• Huo Xuan offered the slovenly old man a choice of pill formulas in exchange for the copper piece, and the old man chose the Serene Heart Pill formula.
• Just as Huo Xuan reached for the copper piece, someone tapped it with a purple iron fan and asked whether Huo Xuan would part with it.

Huo Xuan acquired a bronze piece at the Pill Tower trade fair, then clashed with Chen Xian of the Profound Underworld Sect when Chen tried to take it. A Pill Tower elder intervened before Huo Xuan could kill Chen Xian and his men, and Huo Xuan agreed to spare them.

• Chen Xian introduced himself as a member of the Profound Underworld Sect and offered the scruffy old man double for the bronze piece Huo Xuan had paid for.
• The scruffy old man gave the bronze piece to Huo Xuan, who rejected Chen Xian's demand to hand it over.
• Chen Xian's two Eight-Star Dou Zong elders blocked Huo Xuan, but Huo Xuan struck Chen Xian and overwhelmed the elders with his Dou Qi.
• Chen Xian invoked the Heavenly Underworld Sect, but Huo Xuan dismissed the threat and prepared to kill him and his men.
• A Pill Tower elder asked Huo Xuan to spare the Profound Underworld Sect group, and Huo Xuan relented and ordered them to leave.

Huo Xuan learned that the Gu Clan was secretly plotting, then uncovered the Spirit Nurturing Powder hidden in the verdigris on a copper fragment. He left the chapter with five mysterious particles floating in his Strange Fire.

• Huo Zhi told Huo Xuan that the clan leader had reported suspicious activity from the Gu Clan and wanted him to return after subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Huo Xuan examined the copper fragment he had obtained at the Alchemist Exchange Fair and scraped away its verdigris with condensed Dou Qi.
• Huo Xuan refined the verdigris in his Strange Fire until it melted and released five pale yellow particles.
• Huo Xuan recognized the particles as Spirit Nurturing Powder.

Huo Xuan absorbed five grains of Spirit Nurturing Powder to strengthen his soul and pursue the Heaven Realm. After cultivating through the night, he finally reached the Heaven Realm Soul.

• Huo Xuan learned that Spirit Nurturing Powder could strengthen the soul and help alchemists absorb Spiritual Qi.
• Huo Xuan fused all five grains of Spirit Nurturing Powder into his forehead, enduring a brief pain as they entered his soul.
• The powder drew Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth into Huo Xuan, while ripples from his soul pressured creatures across the surrounding mountains.
• After nearly three hours, the five particles shattered, but Huo Xuan continued cultivating through the night.
• At dawn, Huo Xuan released a vast soul fluctuation and declared that he had reached the Heaven Realm Soul.

The Pill Gathering began in Saint Pill City's Inner Region, where Xuan Kongzi announced the trials and the rewards awaiting its champion and top ten contestants. Huo Xuan entered the first trial, the Soul Illusion Realm, as the fierce contest officially commenced.

• Huo Xuan and the other contestants arrived at the plaza beneath Pill Tower, where the Pill Gathering would be held.
• Xuan Kongzi appeared with the other two Great Heads of Pill Tower and explained the three selection trials.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would receive a chance to become a candidate for a Pill Tower head and obtain the Ancient Soul Cultivation Method.
• Xuan Kongzi revealed that the top ten contestants could enter Star Region and attempt to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the Soul Illusion Realm, and Huo Xuan charged into the distorted space to begin the first trial.

Huo Xuan used his Heaven Realm Soul to navigate the Soul Illusion Realm and became the first contestant to reach the Pill Realm passage. There, the turtle-riding elder explained the ten-day ingredient-gathering task and its dangers before contestants began entering the Pill Realm.

• Xuan Kongzi and the other Alchemy Tower elders observed the contestants entering the illusion-realm checkpoint and remarked on the powerful competitors.
• Huo Xuan used his Soul Power to find a safe route through the distorted spaces and shattered the illusions in his path.
• Huo Xuan reached the spatial passage first and waited in a clearing guarded by a turtle-riding Alchemy Tower elder.
• The elder told the contestants to collect a medicine list, map, and Space Stone, and warned them that they had ten days to gather ingredients amid powerful Magical Beasts.
• No contestant withdrew, and the elder opened the passage; a middle-aged alchemist collected his items and entered the Pill Realm.

Huo Xuan entered the Pill Realm and discovered that its dangers included both predators and ruthless contestants. After eliminating a group of alchemists, he uncovered Earth Core Jade Marrow and the rare Earth Core Soul Marrow, then prepared to search the realm for more treasures.

• Huo Xuan watched Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Old Man Mu Gu enter the Pill Realm before following them through the spatial passage.
• Huo Xuan emerged over a desolate plain and examined the ingredient list required for the Pill Tower selection.
• A burly alchemist attacked a newly arrived contestant, then claimed a thousand-year Earth Yellow Essence exposed by a giant python.
• Huo Xuan took the Earth Yellow Essence, killed the burly man and the other alchemists, and excavated Earth Core Jade Marrow containing Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Huo Xuan stored the treasures, took out his map, and set out to search the Pill Realm.

Huo Xuan reached the Pill World Exit, passed inspection, and entered the final Pill Gathering competition. As more than a thousand contestants began refining pills on the floating platforms, he summoned the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron and concealed his true flame, aiming only to place in the top ten.

• Huo Xuan arrived at the Pill World Exit, where a Pill Tower elder checked contestants’ mission items and sent those who passed through a spatial rift.
• Huo Xuan handed over his prescription slip and medicinal ingredients, passed the inspection, and entered the final competition venue.
• Xuan Kongzi congratulated the surviving contestants and announced that the final round had no rules and would determine the Pill Gathering champion.
• The contestants took their places on floating stone platforms, and Xuan Kongzi rang the bell to begin the pill refinement round.
• Huo Xuan summoned the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron and a High Level Beast Flame instead of revealing his Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.

After weeks of pill refining, Dan Chen, Cao Ying, and Qing Hua Old Freak produced powerful Eighth Grade Pills, leaving Old Man Mu Gu as the final contestant. Old Man Mu Gu revealed his mocking hostility toward Xuan Kongzi and claimed he would win the Pill Gathering.

• After five days and another half month of refining, the first Seventh Grade Pills emerged, and the number of active contestants dwindled to fewer than twenty.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others recognized Qing Hua Old Freak and suspected he was refining an Eighth Grade Pill to pursue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Dan Chen completed an Eighth Grade Pill that summoned a Two-Colored Lightning Cloud, but her medicine cauldron shattered from the pill's energy.
• Cao Ying completed another Eighth Grade Pill, with a faint third color appearing in its lightning cloud.
• Qing Hua Old Freak finished his pill and summoned Three-Colored Pill Lightning, surpassing Dan Chen and Cao Ying.
• Old Man Mu Gu stood from the last stone platform, revealed his mockery of Xuan Kongzi and the others, and claimed the championship would be his.

Old Man Mu Gu revealed his identity as a Soul Hall alchemist and won the Pill Gathering with a pill that summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning. Huo Xuan deliberately produced only Two-Colored Pill Lightning, and the chapter ended with the Star Region set to open in two days for the top ten to try to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Old Man Mu Gu revealed his identity and summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, while Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower leaders held back rather than risk a conflict with Soul Hall.
• Huo Xuan finished refining his pill and summoned only Two-Colored Pill Lightning, refusing to help Pill Tower defeat Old Man Mu Gu.
• Xuan Kongzi announced Old Man Mu Gu as the Pill Gathering champion and handed him the Ancient Soul Cultivation Method.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the Star Region would open in two days, giving the top ten a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

After the Pill Gathering, Huo Xuan admitted to the Three Great Heads of Pill Tower that he had concealed his Heaven Realm soul and powerful pill-refining skills to secure a chance at Three Thousand Burning Flame, then declined to decide on their invitation to join Pill Tower. Two days later, he and the other top contestants entered the Star Region under Qiu Ling’s supervision, with Pill Tower wary of Old Man Mu Gu.

• Huo Xuan woke after resting and went to meet Xuan Kongzi, Heavenly Thunder Child, and Xuan Yi at Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized that Huo Xuan’s Soul Power indicated a Heaven Realm soul, and Huo Xuan admitted that he could refine Eighth Grade Pills with Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Huo Xuan explained that he had aimed only to reach the top ten so he could try to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, and the Three Great Heads of Pill Tower confirmed they would honor his qualification.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Huo Xuan to join Pill Tower, but Huo Xuan left without accepting the invitation.
• Two days later, Xuan Kongzi and the other chairmen opened a spatial gate to the Star Region and assigned Qiu Ling to lead the ten contestants.
• Huo Xuan, Old Man Mu Gu, and the other contestants followed Qiu Ling through the gate into the Star Region.