Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng gathered the Alliance’s elders, deacons, and disciples to help establish a Formation Array in a newly created Independent Space. After he and his companions shaped the space into a verdant realm, Qing Lin brought the waiting Formation Array masters inside to begin their work.

• Xiao Heng led the gathered Alliance members through a Space Gate to a barren grassland and announced that he needed their help setting up a Formation Array.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Medusa, and the others opened a vast Independent Space and turned the Dragon Bead into a stable sun that illuminated it.
• Xiao Heng brought a mountain into the space and used the five elements to transform the empty realm into a green, sunlit land.
• While the Alliance members waited outside, Huang Zhong told them they would assist Xiao Heng and urged them to remain patient.
• Qing Lin led the waiting members through a Space Gate into the Independent Space, where they recognized that it had been created only recently.

Xiao Heng organized the Alliance’s experts to build a vast, secret formation in an independent space, completing most of it in twenty-seven days with Xiao Yan supplying the energy. The formation still needed two formation eyes before activation, and Xiao Yan left to recover before the approaching Yao Clan Ceremony.

• Xiao Heng gathered the Alliance’s formation experts, offered contribution points for their work, and warned them to keep the task secret.
• Xiao Heng distributed formation plans and materials, then coordinated the teams as they built the formation throughout the independent space.
• After twenty-seven days, the formation was nearly complete, but it still lacked two formation eyes that Xiao Heng would need to retrieve before activating it.
• Xiao Yan, exhausted from powering the construction, complained to Xiao Heng and left to recover before the Yao Clan Ceremony.

After completing the Formation Arrays, Xiao Heng rested at the alliance, where Gu Yue’s affectionate closeness sparked a jealous teasing exchange with Medusa. As the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon drew near, Xiao Heng left Gu Yue behind, reassured Medusa, and departed to meet Old Yao and Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Heng returned to the alliance exhausted, and Gu Yue secretly curled up beside him in bed overnight.
• Medusa found Gu Yue on Xiao Heng’s bed and teased him until he appeased her with flattery and affection.
• Xiao Heng asked Gu Yue about her future and suggested dissolving their contract, but Gu Yue insisted she would never leave him.
• Ten days later, Gu Yue wanted to accompany Xiao Heng to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon, but he asked her to stay with Medusa.
• Xiao Heng said farewell to Medusa and vanished to meet Old Yao and Xiao Yan before setting out for the Yao Clan.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao arrived at the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon, where Old Yao revisited his former home. Their arrival ended with Yao Wan Gui publicly mocking Old Yao for having been expelled from the clan.

• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao traveled from Starfall Pavilion to the Shennong Mountain Range and entered the Medicine Realm with Old Yao’s invitation.
• Old Yao led Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan through the Medicine Realm to the Yao Clan’s gathering grounds, where they waited as he took in memories of his youth.
• Xiao Heng considered the coming destruction of the Yao Clan and chose not to warn them, believing the alliance’s survival mattered more.
• Yao Wan Gui approached Old Yao and mocked him for returning after being expelled, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
• Old Yao turned to face Yao Wan Gui, while Yao Wan Gui’s lackeys prepared to curry favor by targeting him.

At the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon gathering, Yao Wan Gui insulted Old Yao, prompting Xiao Yan to attack him and the clan members who joined in. Xiao Heng challenged the Yao Clan elders to answer for the insult, and Elder Wan Huo arrived offering an apology and asking Old Yao to let the matter end.

• Yao Wan Gui mocked Old Yao while his followers joined in, and Xiao Heng told Xiao Yan to deal with him.
• Xiao Yan knocked down Yao Wan Gui’s followers and defeated Yao Wan Gui, while Xiao Heng repelled the Yao Clan Iron Guards.
• Xiao Yan demanded that Yao Wan Gui apologize to Old Yao, but Yao Wan Gui refused.
• Xiao Heng stopped Xiao Yan and urged the Yao Clan elders to establish what had happened before deciding how to respond.
• Xiao Heng warned the elders that Heavenly Mansion would not tolerate the insult, and the Yao Clan members hesitated to provoke a conflict.
• Elder Wan Huo arrived and offered to have Yao Wan Gui apologize, asking Old Yao to let the matter end.

At the Yao Clan’s Medicine Canon, Elder Wan Huo settled the dispute by stripping Yao Wan Gui of his post and ordering him into a century of seclusion. Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao then attended the event, where Yao Dan appeared as the gathering’s Seven-star Dou Sheng clan leader.

• Elder Wan Huo asked Old Yao to let the dispute with Yao Wan Gui end, and Old Yao agreed while warning Yao Wan Gui not to leave the Yao Clan.
• Old Yao ordered Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan not to target the Yao Clan, while Xiao Yan secretly resolved to find a chance to kill Yao Wan Gui.
• Elder Wan Huo removed Yao Wan Gui from his post as Punishment Elder, sentenced him to one hundred years of seclusion, and had elders take him away.
• Elder Wan Huo escorted Old Yao, Xiao Heng, and Xiao Yan to the mountaintop, where they watched young Yao Clan members perform alchemy ahead of the Medicine Canon.
• Yao Dan arrived at the plaza, and Old Yao explained that the Yao Clan Leader was a Seven-star Dou Sheng.

The Yao Clan welcomed guests to the Medicine Canon, where Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan met Elder Shen Nong and Hun Xuzi, the Soul Clan’s chief alchemist and a former Pill Tower traitor. Hun Xuzi demanded a chance to claim the continent’s top alchemist title, and Yao Dan agreed to let him compete under the rules while warning that any misconduct would cost him his life.

• Yao Dan greeted the guests and recognized Old Yao, while Elder Shen Nong arrived and was introduced to Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan as a Ninth-grade Profound Pill alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi arrived uninvited, and Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Hun Xuzi had betrayed the Pill Tower after killing a senior who had trusted him.
• The Yao Clan elders denounced Hun Xuzi, but he said he would leave if the clan awarded him the title of the continent’s number one alchemist.
• Yao Dan refused to grant the title outright and agreed to let Hun Xuzi compete, warning that the Yao Clan would kill him if he broke the rules.
• Hun Xuzi accepted Yao Dan’s terms and sat down among the guests.

Xiao Heng traded barbs with Hun Xuzi before the Yao Clan opened the Medicine Canon with an extended exhibition of its young alchemists. After the exhibition, Yao Dan called the five competitors forward to begin the main contest, where Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan planned to compete against each other and the continent’s top alchemists.

• Hun Xuzi taunted Old Yao, and Xiao Heng insulted him until Hun Xuzi angrily withdrew and began plotting against him.
• Yao Dan announced the start of the Medicine Canon, and the Yao Clan’s younger alchemists displayed their skills for more than ten days.
• Yao Tian won the exhibition match with an Eighth-grade Pill that produced nine-colored pill clouds, but he remained resentful toward Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan said they would compete against each other, while Old Yao warned them about Hun Xuzi, Elder Wan Huo, and Elder Shen Nong.
• Yao Dan announced that five participants would compete for the title of the continent’s number one alchemist and called them forward.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Heng, Hun Xuzi, Elder Wan Huo, and Elder Shen Nong entered the Medicine Canon’s five-person contest and revealed their Heavenly Flames. The chapter left Xiao Heng as the only one yet to display his flame.

• Hun Xuzi, Elder Wan Huo, and Elder Shen Nong descended into the square to compete, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng joined them as the final two participants.
• Xiao Yan challenged Hun Xuzi over his betrayal of his master and the Pill Tower, while Xiao Heng asked the others for guidance and promised not to hold back.
• Hun Xuzi summoned a massive cauldron of the Nihility Devouring Flame, which Xiao Yan identified as a Child Flame.
• Elder Wan Huo revealed the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Elder Shen Nong displayed the Living Flame, which Xiao Heng recognized as a rare flame prized for its vitality.
• Xiao Yan revealed Xiao Yi, the spirit of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, leaving the crowd waiting for Xiao Heng to show his Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Heng revealed his powerful fused Heavenly Flame at the alchemy competition, drawing awe and resentment from Hun Xuzi. The five alchemists began refining pills, and Xiao Heng chose to make a Ninth-grade Profound Pill.

• Elder Shen Nong asked Xiao Heng to reveal his flame, and Xiao Heng brought out a pale red flame that made the other four flames ripple.
• Xiao Heng explained that his flame had grown by absorbing many flames and had fused with the Child Flames of Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, provoking Hun Xuzi.
• The five competitors formed enormous fire cauldrons and began refining pills with their own medicinal ingredients.
• Elder Shen Nong used his Living Flame to grow medicinal plants from seeds, while Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan watched enviously.
• Xiao Yan resolved to compete with Xiao Heng on alchemy, and Xiao Heng decided to refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and three other Heaven Realm Great Perfection alchemists refined pills during the Yao Clan gathering, impressing the spectators with their mastery. After sixteen days, Xiao Heng began drawing on the energy of heaven and earth to complete a Ninth-grade Profound Pill, claiming he might finish first and leaving Hun Xuzi worried about the competition.

• Xiao Heng refined more than a thousand medicinal herbs at once, while Xiao Yan and the other three alchemists demonstrated the same level of control.
• Yao Xing Ji and Yao Ling reflected on how far Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan had surpassed them, while Old Yao felt proud that his disciples had surpassed him.
• After nine days, Xiao Heng finished refining the herbs and began merging their medicinal essences into a single mass.
• Sixteen days into the competition, Xiao Heng summoned the energy of heaven and earth to infuse his pill and said he might finish first.
• Hun Xuzi challenged Xiao Heng’s claim, but worried that Xiao Heng’s early start would leave too little energy for the other alchemists to refine Ninth-grade Profound Pills.

Xiao Heng tried to refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill by drawing in energy of heaven and earth, but four other alchemists joined him and the competition drained Medicine Peak. After three days, the region was withering and all five still lacked the energy their pills required.

• Xiao Heng activated the Five Elements Formation and his Devouring Power, drawing energy into his pill faster than the others.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Xuzi began gathering energy for their own Ninth-grade Profound Pills, followed by Elder Wan Huo and Elder Shen Nong.
• The five competing vortices depleted the energy around Medicine Peak, forcing people to seal their Dou Qi as plants and medicinal herbs began to wilt.
• After three days, Medicine Peak had turned dry and autumnal, but the energy remained insufficient for any pill to form.
• Xiao Heng estimated that his pill still needed about forty percent more energy, while Xiao Yan and Hun Miesheng had gathered roughly thirty percent, Elder Shen Nong twenty-five percent, and Elder Wan Huo twenty percent.

With natural energy exhausted, Hun Xuzi tried to complete his Ninth-grade Profound Pill by draining the other alchemists’ cauldrons, but Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng countered his Child Flame. Xiao Yan stole Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo, and the chapter ended with Hun Xuzi challenging Elder Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo as they blocked his attack.

• Hun Xuzi used Nihility Devouring Flame to drain energy from Elder Wan Huo’s and Elder Shen Nong’s pills, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng devoured the Child Flame sent into their cauldrons.
• A little doll snatched Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo and brought it to Xiao Yan, who transferred it into his own cauldron and extracted its energy for his pill.
• Hun Xuzi attacked Xiao Yan with a black fire dragon, but Elder Shen Nong restrained it with emerald vines to protect Xiao Yan’s cauldron.
• Hun Xuzi tried to devour Elder Shen Nong’s Living Flame, and Elder Wan Huo joined the fight with the Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Hun Xuzi accused Elder Wan Huo of making the Yao Clan an enemy of the Soul Clan, then asked whether the two elders thought they could stop him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng continued refining their Ninth-grade Profound Pills as Hun Xuzi tried to attack Xiao Yan, but Yao Dan stopped him. With help from Elder Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo, Xiao Yan gained enough energy to approach success, while Xiao Heng’s pill was nearly complete and he expected to win.

• Elder Wan Huo and Elder Shen Nong joined forces to hold back Hun Xuzi’s fire dragon while Xiao Yan drew energy from Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo.
• Xiao Heng poured energy from a Spirit Stone vein into his Medicine Cauldron, bringing his Ninth-grade Profound Pill close to completion.
• Xiao Yan used Xiao Yi to purify Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo and absorb its energy into his own pill.
• Hun Xuzi merged with his fire dragon and attacked Xiao Yan, but Yao Dan struck the dragon aside and warned Hun Xuzi not to break the Medicine Canon’s rules.
• Elder Shen Nong and Elder Wan Huo gave Xiao Yan their disrupted pill embryos, providing enough energy for his pill to take shape.
• Xiao Heng’s pill became nearly perfect, and he looked toward Xiao Yan, confident that he would win.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan completed Ninth-grade Profound Pills, then sent them through the dangerous Black Demon Lightning trial. Xiao Heng’s pill broke free of its pill embryo and tried to escape, but his sword strike stopped it as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Heng’s cauldron released Pill Rain, revealing that he had completed a Ninth-grade Profound Pill.
• Xiao Yan finished his own Ninth-grade Profound Pill, stunning the onlookers and recognizing Xiao Yi’s role in his success.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan sent their pills into the Black Demon Lightning to undergo Lightning Purification.
• Xiao Heng’s pill shattered its pill embryo and emerged amid dazzling visions.
• Xiao Heng struck the escaping pill with a streak of sword light, and a giant dragon appeared and roared at him.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan refined Ninth-grade Profound Pills, and Xiao Heng’s superior pill established him as the First Alchemist on the Continent. As Yao Chen was granted access to the Yao Clan monument, Hun Xuzi abruptly asked to borrow the clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, turning the gathering hostile.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan completed their pills’ lightning tempering and subdued them when they tried to escape.
• Xiao Yan admitted Xiao Heng’s pill was far more potent and conceded that Xiao Heng had surpassed him in alchemy.
• Elder Shen Nong recognized Xiao Heng as the First Alchemist on the Continent, while Yao Clan elders considered reconciling with Yao Chen.
• Yao Dan allowed Yao Chen to deal with the clan monument and invited him to grow closer to the Yao Clan.
• Hun Xuzi asked Yao Dan to lend him the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, provoking the clan elders’ killing intent.

Hun Xuzi revealed the Soul Clan’s plan to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade and destroy the Yao Clan, overpowering Elder Wan Huo and sealing the Medicine Realm. The Yao Clan could not send for help, and the outsiders who tried to leave were killed as the true Nihility Devouring Flame appeared.

• Hun Xuzi demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Heng realized the Medicine Realm had been sealed.
• Elder Wan Huo attacked Hun Xuzi, but Hun Xuzi revealed his Seven-star Dou Sheng strength and defeated him with one palm strike.
• Yao Dan tried to alert the Yan Clan and Lei Clan, but Hun Xuzi’s spatial seal blocked the signals and he threatened to exterminate the Yao Clan.
• Hun Xuzi allowed outsiders to leave, but black lights killed them as they flew away.
• Xiao Heng recognized the figure in the black flames as the main body of Nihility Devouring Flame, and he and Xiao Yan exchanged solemn glances.

Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan attacked the Yao Clan, forcing Yao Dan to activate the clan’s protective array and summon the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul. The remnant soul blocked Nihility Devouring Flame’s first strike, but the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Nihility Devouring Flame arrived with Soul Clan experts, sealed the Medicine Realm, and declared that the Yao Clan would be destroyed.
• Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and Xiao Heng protected themselves from the scattered Nihility Devouring Flame while the fighting spread through the Medicine Realm.
• Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan to activate the Heaven Transformation Medicine Array and poured countless high-tier medicinal pills into it to summon their ancestor.
• The array formed the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul, and the Yao Clan members bowed as he appeared before Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked with a gigantic finger, and the remnant soul produced a cauldron that blocked the blow, unleashing a devastating shockwave.

The Soul Clan’s attack overwhelmed the Yao Clan’s defenses, and Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the clan’s ancestral phantom and grand formation. As Yao Dan led a desperate counterattack, Xiao Heng recognized the devouring creatures as the Tunling Clan, also called Outer Realm Demons.

• Nihility Devouring Flame battered the Yao Clan’s Medicine Cauldron, while Yao Dan rallied the clan to reinforce its formation with Dou Qi.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sent creatures across the Medicine Realm to slaughter and devour the Yao Clan members, then detonated a vast blood-red sphere against the cauldron and formation.
• The ancestral phantom vanished, causing the Yao Clan’s bloodline power to begin fading, and the shattered formation left more clan members dead or injured.
• Yao Dan led the elders and hundreds of Yao Clan members in a desperate charge at Nihility Devouring Flame, whose black flaming vortex swallowed and resisted their attacks.
• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed black flames and shadow-like creatures against the charging Yao Clan, and Xiao Heng identified one as a member of the Tunling Clan, or Outer Realm Demons.

The Soul Clan’s assault devastated the Medicine Realm as the Yao Clan fought to survive the Tunling Clan’s ravenous creatures and the Soul Clan’s forces. Yao Dan and the elders sacrificed themselves to break the realm’s seal and create a chance for the Yao Clan’s remaining youngsters to escape.

• The Tunling Clan’s creatures swarmed the square, devouring people until Xiao Heng explained that the ancient race consumed all living things and anything else in its path.
• Yao Dan realized the Soul Clan had used the Tunling Clan and ordered the Yao Clan elders to self-destruct rather than surrender.
• Hun Jing and Hun Yan arrived and demanded Yao Dan surrender, but he refused and ordered the Yao Clan to attack the Soul Clan with their lives.
• The elders’ explosions devastated the Medicine Realm and opened a crack in its sealed barrier, while Elder Wan Huo fought Hun Jing and Hun Yan to hold them back.
• Yao Dan asked Xiao Heng and the others to take the Yao Clan youngsters to safety, then led another wave of sacrifices that broke open the spatial seal.