Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng recovered from his injuries and went to learn from the Fourth Elder, who demonstrated his alchemy before guiding Xiao Heng through refining a Divine Origin Pill. The pill succeeded as a two-colored Eighth-grade Pill, and Xiao Heng’s Heavenly Demon Puppet blocked its Pill Lightning.

• The Fourth Elder gave Xiao Heng his token, allowing him to use the clan’s alchemy ingredients in exchange for one pill per six portions, and invited him to return after recovering.
• After several days of healing, Xiao Heng flew to the Fourth Elder’s island and watched him refine a seven-colored Eighth-grade Pill.
• The Fourth Elder asked Xiao Heng to refine an Eighth-grade Pill, and Xiao Heng began making a Divine Origin Pill with his dark-red Medicine Cauldron.
• When Xiao Heng struggled to fuse the medicinal essences, the Fourth Elder advised him and used his Soul Power to help.
• Xiao Heng completed the Divine Origin Pill, which formed two-colored pill clouds, while the Heavenly Demon Puppet met the Pill Lightning.

Xiao Heng received Bai Hu’s Eighth-grade alchemical inheritance and was granted the same medicinal-ingredient privileges as the Fourth Elder. Bai Hu took him through the Bai Clan’s vast Medicine Material Treasury, where Xiao Heng saw ingredients sufficient to make an enormous number of pills.

• Bai Hu passed Xiao Heng his years of alchemical experience and insights, which Xiao Heng recognized as a complete Eighth-grade inheritance.
• Xiao Heng thanked Bai Hu and promised to pass on the clan’s support when he became an elder.
• Bai Hu brought Xiao Heng through a Space Wormhole to the Medicine Material Treasury and announced that Xiao Heng had the same privileges as himself.
• Xiao Heng asked the treasury staff to address him by name, then explored the building while Bai Hu discussed medicinal properties and pill refinement with him.
• Xiao Heng toured all ten floors and estimated that the stored ingredients could produce at least a hundred Eighth-grade Pills, over a thousand Seventh-Rank Pills, and more than ten thousand lower-grade pills.

Xiao Heng returned to the small island and went with Lin Xiao Yi to Gold Island to meet the Eighth Elder. After negotiating an Eighth-grade Pill for the Ninth Elder, Xiao Heng praised the Eighth Elder’s metal house and followed him inside to receive the item he had come for.

• Lin Xiao Yi welcomed Xiao Heng back and told him the Eighth Elder had left word for him to collect something.
• Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi traveled to Gold Island and found the Eighth Elder with the Ninth Elder.
• The Ninth Elder asked Xiao Heng to refine an Eighth-grade Pill, and Xiao Heng agreed under the usual conditions.
• The Ninth Elder left to prepare the ingredients and reward after accepting Xiao Heng’s terms.
• The Eighth Elder asked Xiao Heng what he thought of his metal house, and Xiao Heng praised it before following him inside for his promised item.

Xiao Heng acquired a sealed golden bead whose power could help him complete the Five Elements within his cultivation. After leaving the treasury, he arranged for the clan to seek more Five Elements resources and received medicinal ingredients, a Pill Recipe, and payment from Ninth Elder.

• Eighth Elder showed Xiao Heng a golden bead taken from an Eighth-Rank Demonic Beast, and Xiao Heng accepted it despite the danger of its cutting light.
• Xiao Heng armored his arm with dragon scales to seize the bead, suffered severe wounds, and stored it in his Storage Ring while Lin Xiao Yi treated him.
• Eighth Elder offered to search for Wood Attribute materials and said Xiao Heng could exchange his alchemist services for the clan’s other Five Elements resources; Xiao Heng asked him to find high-quality materials.
• Xiao Heng returned to the small island, where a young woman delivered medicinal ingredients and a Pill Recipe from her grandfather, Ninth Elder, along with a second Storage Ring containing payment.

Xiao Heng accepted Bai Yue’s request to refine a Break Dou Zun Pill, then reflected on his failures and successfully completed it. He gave the pill to Lin Xiao Yi for Bai Yue and continued preparing to refine pills and cultivate before eventually breaking through to Dou Zun.

• Bai Yue asked Xiao Heng to refine a Seventh-Rank Break Dou Zun Pill, and he agreed to deliver it within a month.
• Bai Yue introduced herself and left, while Lin Xiao Yi teased Xiao Heng about calling her cousin and he told Lin Xiao Yi to focus on cultivation.
• Xiao Heng examined his payment, including the Ice Blast combat skill and the Seven Star Steps combat skill, then decided to postpone refining the Golden Spirit while he built up his foundation.
• Xiao Heng failed twice to refine Bai Yue’s pill and realized his pride and unfamiliarity with the recipe had affected his mindset.
• Xiao Heng adjusted his approach, successfully refined the Break Dou Zun Pill, and let the Heavenly Demon Puppet absorb the pill lightning.
• Xiao Heng gave the pill to Lin Xiao Yi to pass to Bai Yue, restored his Dou Qi, and prepared to continue refining pills.

Xiao Heng cultivated the Seven Star Steps for half a month while preparing to devour Golden Spirit and break through. He mastered a powerful version of its final step, then set the technique aside to focus on his breakthrough.

• After four months of alchemy, Xiao Heng stopped making pills and decided to spend a month cultivating his Dou Technique before devouring Golden Spirit.
• Xiao Heng used the scroll to draw star power into his body and spent ten days accumulating it.
• While Xiao Heng practiced, Little Grass told him about a former partner who rose from a starving beggar girl to a feared demonic cultivator before Little Grass abandoned her.
• Xiao Heng repeatedly practiced the Seven Star Steps on the sea, gradually learning to gather power through successive steps.
• After another half month of training, Xiao Heng unleashed Kai Yang, creating a vast crater and vortex that shattered space.
• Xiao Heng decided he could not master the remaining stages soon and temporarily stopped cultivating the Seven Star Steps.

Xiao Heng returned to the Bai Realm and tried to keep Lin Xiao Yi from getting too close, but she kissed him and drew him into an embrace before he left to cultivate. He chose a cliffside cave for his seclusion, and Lin Xiao Yi entered seclusion nearby after he sent her outside the barrier.

• Xiao Heng returned to the courtyard, where Lin Xiao Yi rushed into his arms and he reminded her that he was her brother and already had several women.
• Lin Xiao Yi encouraged Xiao Heng to succeed in his breakthrough to Dou Zun, then kissed him after demanding that he close his eyes.
• Lin Xiao Yi asked Xiao Heng for a hug and told him she would not resist if he wanted to do anything, but he kept their intimacy to an embrace.
• Xiao Heng tried to end their closeness, and Lin Xiao Yi admitted she had pretended to be hurt when he said they should stop.
• Xiao Heng decided to enter seclusion in a cave by the sea, and Lin Xiao Yi insisted on cultivating nearby.
• Xiao Heng set up a barrier and sent Lin Xiao Yi outside it so she would not interfere with his cultivation.

Xiao Heng released and defeated the golden tiger sealed inside a bead, then crushed the bead to expose its origin. After preparing himself, he swallowed the golden origin and began refining it despite the intense pain.

• Xiao Heng released the golden tiger from its seal, and its rampage shattered his barrier and destroyed the surrounding coastline.
• Xiao Heng isolated the tiger inside an ice barrier and fought it with Ice Blast and the seven steps of Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang.
• Xiao Heng pinned the weakened tiger with nine swords and stabbed its brow, causing its body to vanish and leave behind the golden bead.
• Xiao Heng crushed the bead, revealing its golden origin, and treated the deep wounds in his palm.
• Xiao Heng swallowed pills, consumed the golden origin, and began refining it through cultivation.

Xiao Heng endured the painful refinement of a mysterious power while Lin Xiao Yi decided to pursue an inheritance that could help her grow stronger. The chapter ended as Lin Xiao Yi entered the Ice Gate, with Bai Qufeng promising to preserve her life.

• Xiao Heng used a pill and his Heavenly Flames to survive the damage as he guided the mysterious power through his cultivation technique.
• Lin Xiao Yi guarded the ice barrier for a month, then went to speak with Bai Qufeng about Xiao Heng.
• Bai Qufeng told Lin Xiao Yi she could choose whether to inherit his old friend's legacy, and warned that its power would come with suffering.
• Lin Xiao Yi chose the inheritance because she did not want to feel helpless again.
• Bai Qufeng led Lin Xiao Yi to the Ice Gate and told her she could withdraw if she could not endure the trial.
• Lin Xiao Yi entered the dark passage as Bai Qufeng promised he could preserve her life.

Xiao Heng tried to integrate metal power into his ice-and-fire foundation, but the three attributes clashed until Little Grass intervened and forced them apart. Little Grass made Xiao Heng endure repeated clashes to help the powers reach balance, and they eventually stabilized enough to begin forming a cycle.

• Xiao Heng rested after refining the metal origin, then began integrating its power with the ice and fire in his qi sea.
• The fire, ice, and metal powers rioted against one another, injuring Xiao Heng and threatening to destroy his body.
• Little Grass lent Xiao Heng immense power, suppressed the three attributes, and separated them until they quieted.
• Little Grass warned Xiao Heng that the powers were not circulating and would riot again without suppression, so he needed to gather all five elements or gradually balance the three.
• Little Grass repeatedly made the three powers clash while helping Xiao Heng suppress them and circulate his cultivation technique.
• After an unknown amount of time, the three powers reached a relative balance.

Xiao Heng broke through to Dou Zun after three months of cultivation, and the Bai clan gathered to witness his new strength. He began a sparring match with Bai Deng, opening with Ice Blast.

• Xiao Heng used his Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method and tens of thousands of Spirit Stones to break through his barrier after three months of meditation.
• Xiao Heng's breakthrough sent a powerful aura across the Bai Realm, and the elders and clan members gathered to congratulate him.
• The Third Elder suggested a demonstration, and the elders chose Bai Deng to test Xiao Heng while warning Xiao Heng not to use a particular move.
• Bai Deng prepared to fight Xiao Heng, while Bai Yi Fan predicted that Xiao Heng would win.
• Xiao Heng summoned countless snowflakes and launched Ice Blast at Bai Deng.

Xiao Heng defeated Bai Deng in a demonstration match by completing the seventh step of Seven Star Steps, proving how quickly his strength had grown. After Bai Deng conceded and accepted medicine from him, the clan celebrated Xiao Heng, though the person he was searching for never appeared.

• Xiao Heng overwhelmed Bai Deng with exploding snowflakes, then used Seven Star Steps to break through Bai Deng’s defenses and destroy his tree nation.
• Xiao Heng completed the seventh step, Yao Guang, and drove Bai Deng beneath the sea while the Second Elder contained the destructive aftermath.
• Bai Deng emerged from the water, admitted defeat, and accepted Xiao Heng’s jade bottle as a gift for his injuries.
• The clan cheered Bai Heng, and several elders congratulated Xiao Heng while the Ninth Elder teased him about defeating Bai Deng.
• Xiao Heng searched the crowd for someone who never appeared, exchanged pleasantries with the elders, and returned to the house at the island’s center.

After Xiao Heng learned that Lin Xiao Yi had entered seclusion, he prepared to leave the Bai Realm for the Central Continent. He said farewell to the elders and departed through the Space Wormhole with Bai Xi, leaving a letter for Lin Xiao Yi.

• Xiao Heng learned from Bai Qufeng that Lin Xiao Yi had entered seclusion and might not emerge for years.
• Xiao Heng studied five-element cultivation methods and Dou Techniques in the Scripture Pavilion, then exchanged spare medicinal pills for ingredients.
• Xiao Heng left a letter for Lin Xiao Yi and bid farewell to the elders, including the Second Elder.
• As Xiao Heng was about to enter the Space Wormhole, Bai Xi asked to travel with him, and they left together.
• Bai Xi praised Xiao Heng's achievements and advised him not to let Lin Xiao Yi down, while Xiao Heng denied that she was his wife.

After parting from Bai Xi, Xiao Heng returned to Ye City and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who had been waiting for him. He learned that her Poison Pill was stable and that Xiao Yan and the others had already left for Sacred Pill City, so he planned to set out with her and Old Yao.

• Xiao Heng and Bai Xi parted ways after emerging from the Space Wormhole, and Bai Xi said she might attend his Alchemist Grand Meeting competition.
• Xiao Heng traveled at high speed to Ye City, where Heavenly Flame Venerable noticed his arrival at the Ye Family.
• Xiao Heng reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and she told him that her Poison Pill had condensed all her poison without burdening her body.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Heng that Xiao Yan and the others had left for Sacred Pill City and that Old Yao was waiting for him.
• Xiao Heng decided to meet Old Yao and then travel with Xiao Yi Xian toward Sacred Pill City.

Xiao Heng learned that Xiao Yan and the others had already left for the Pill Tower test, then set out for Sacred Pill City with Xiao Yi Xian and Old Yao. During the journey, he gave Old Yao a Divine Origin Pill to help him advance, while Xiao Heng continued cultivating and refining his Soul Power and Heart Sword.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable and the Ye Family learned that Xiao Heng had reached two-star Dou Zun, and Xiao Heng said he could still catch up with Xiao Yan and the others.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yi Xian, and Old Yao left Ye City for Sacred Pill City by Space Wormhole.
• Xiao Heng gave Old Yao an Eighth-grade Divine Origin Pill to help him break through, and Old Yao accepted it before returning to his room to cultivate.
• Xiao Heng trained during the journey and sensed that his Soul Power had likely reached the Heaven Realm as his Heart Sword continued to grow.
• The three changed routes at a Space Wormhole transfer and drew close to Sacred Pill City, though they had not caught up with Xiao Yan and the others.

Xiao Heng joined Xiao Yan and the Ye Family in Sacred Pill City to test their alchemist ranks for the Grand Meeting. After meeting Dan Chen and learning she would be a formidable competitor, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan entered the testing room, where members of the Qiu Family and Bai Family had gathered.

• Xiao Heng arrived at Ye Academy and reunited with Xiao Yan, then agreed to accompany him to test their alchemist ranks.
• Ye Zhong led Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian to a Pill Tower branch and explained its trading area and qualification tests.
• Xiao Yi Xian bumped into Dan Chen, and Xiao Heng learned that Dan Chen was the Dan Family's Little Princess and an alchemy genius.
• Ye Zhong warned that members of other families were using the testing room, but Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan chose to proceed.
• Xiao Heng recognized the emblems of the Qiu Family and Bai Family after the group entered the testing room.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan arrived with Ye Zhong for Pill Tower rank assessments, where Xiao Heng punished a Bai Family elder for insulting them. Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng applied to test for Mid-grade Seventh-tier alchemist ranks, and Han Li led them into the Heaven-tier room as the others waited for their results.

• A Bai Family elder mocked Ye Zhong and Xiao Yan for arriving without rank badges, prompting Xiao Heng to slap her and force a Bai Family youth to his knees.
• Han Li and Ye Zhong persuaded Xiao Heng to spare the elder, and the Qiu and Bai Family candidates entered their rooms for assessment.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng requested Mid-grade Seventh-tier tests, and Han Li agreed to personally conduct them in the Heaven-tier room.
• The Sixth-tier candidates completed their assessments, with most earning badges, while the assembled families waited to learn how Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng would fare.
• Han Li led Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng into the Heaven-tier room, leaving everyone else waiting outside.

After Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan passed the Pill Tower assessment, they explored Sacred Pill City and discussed Xiao Yan’s earlier experience beneath its unusual night sky. Xiao Heng entered a similar state that strengthened and spread his Soul Power, then awoke at sunrise unsure whether he could repeat it.

• The Bai Family and Qiu Family left after Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan emerged with seven-star tower badges, confirming they had passed the assessment.
• Ye Zhong celebrated their success but worried that rival families would send their strongest elites to keep the Ye Family from returning to the Elders' Seats.
• Han Li congratulated Ye Zhong and assessed that Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan were far stronger than their apparent ranks suggested.
• The group explored Sacred Pill City’s trading district, then returned to Ye Academy and waited for the trade fair scheduled several days later.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Heng about entering a strange state beneath the stars, seeing Three Thousand Burning Flame, and gaining Soul Power afterward.
• Xiao Heng entered a similar state, absorbed motes of light into his Soul Power, sensed a barrier and a trace of heat in the sky, and awakened at sunrise unsure whether he could enter the state again.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan prepared for the Alchemist Trading Fair and reached its exclusive top floor after shopping for rare ingredients and arranging purchases through Xin Lan. They entered under the guidance of a Dou Zong gatekeeper, ready to see the fair’s finest wares.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan encouraged each other to keep improving and prepare for the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Heng sensed that his Soul Realm had reached the Heavenly Realm, and two days later Ye Zhong summoned the group to the trading fair.
• Xiao Heng bought medicinal herbs while Xiao Yan found the first floor disappointing, so Ye Zhong explained that the better goods were upstairs.
• Xiao Yan asked Xin Lan to seek rare ingredients in exchange for Mid-grade Seventh-tier pills, and Xiao Heng told her to reserve especially good ingredients for him.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan went to the top floor, where a yellow-robed Dou Zong gatekeeper greeted them and escorted them upstairs.

At the trade fair, Xiao Heng spotted a valuable Copper Plate and alerted Xiao Yan, then traded pills for rare ingredients and offered to cure a stall owner’s poisoned facial wound. Xiao Heng left with the Thousand Layer Pagoda and Xiao Yi Xian’s Holy Spirit Flower, while the woman considered his offer and the story left the cure unresolved.

• Xiao Heng quietly told Xiao Yan to buy a rusty Copper Plate while Xiao Yan negotiated for a Snow Bone Ginseng.
• Xiao Heng offered a middle-aged woman a choice of treatments for her poisoned facial wound in exchange for the Magic Core and blood essence of an eighth-rank poisonous flood dragon, and gave her an Azure Spirit Pill to consider his offer.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked for a Holy Spirit Flower, and Xiao Heng traded a Seventh-Rank Earth Origin Pill for it.
• Xiao Heng visited more stalls and acquired several items, spending about half the pills in his Storage Ring.