Chapter Summaries

Ning Su used his public pill refining in Black Wind City to draw Tang Zhen into seeking his help with a High-grade Rank Seven pill. He agreed to travel to Blazing Flame Valley and arranged for Tang Zhen to search for his missing companions, then entered the valley with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Ning Su waited until Tang Zhen, the Valley Master of Blazing Flame Valley, came to Black Wind City seeking an audience.
• Tang Zhen waited half an hour before meeting Ning Su, who used the delay to gain an advantage in their negotiations.
• Tang Zhen asked Ning Su to refine a special High-grade Rank Seven pill at Blazing Flame Valley and offered three times the usual reward.
• Ning Su agreed to go, then told Tang Zhen he could stay only a day or two because he needed to find two missing companions.
• Tang Zhen promised to send Blazing Flame Valley disciples to search for Ning Su's companions, and Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian entered the valley with him.

Ning Su arrived at Blazing Flame Valley to refine the Fire Bodhi Elixir for Tang Huo'er and proved his strength by overpowering Tang Zhen's Nine Dragon Thunderflame with his Azure Nether Chaos Flame. The next morning, Tang Zhen began preparing for the High-grade Rank Seven elixir refinement, assigning Ning Su to handle everything after the ingredients were extracted.

• Tang Zhen brought Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian to Blazing Flame Valley's main hall and introduced his daughter, Tang Huo'er.
• Tang Zhen challenged Ning Su to compare their Heavenly Flames, and Ning Su's Azure Nether Chaos Flame defeated the Nine Dragon Thunderflame.
• Tang Zhen arranged for Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian to rest and sent disciples to search for Medusa and Qing Lin.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er he trusted Ning Su to refine the elixir alone because of his Heavenly Flame and past success with a High-grade Rank Seven elixir.
• The next morning, Tang Zhen gave Ning Su the Fire Bodhi Elixir formula and said he would extract the ingredients while Ning Su handled the rest of the refinement.

Tang Zhen refined the ingredients, and Ning Su successfully created the Fire Bodhi Elixir for Tang Huo'er. After Tang Zhen began treating her, Ning Su planned to wait briefly at Blazing Flame Valley for news of Medusa and Qing Lin.

• Tang Zhen used the Nine Dragon Thunderflame to refine the medicinal ingredients for the Fire Bodhi Elixir.
• Ning Su used the Mountain Fusion Cauldron, Azure Nether Chaos Flame, and Infinite Devour to refine the pill in two and a half hours.
• Tang Zhen blocked the pill lightning while Ning Su caught the completed Fire Bodhi Elixir, and Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er thanked him.
• Ning Su asked Tang Zhen about the search for Medusa and Qing Lin, and Tang Zhen said Blazing Flame Valley was searching the border between the Central Region and Northern Region.
• Tang Zhen took the pill to treat Tang Huo'er, while Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian returned to their room and agreed to wait a few days for news.

Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian grew closer, and she chose to become his woman. The next morning, Tang Zhen reported that Ning Su’s search had led to the Barren Beast Mountain Range, and Ning Su prepared to leave the following day.

• Tang Zhen hosted a banquet for Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian while he treated Tang Huo'er’s injuries.
• Ning Su invited Xiao Yi Xian to his room, where she shared her gratitude and feelings before they spent the night together.
• Xiao Yi Xian awoke happy beside Ning Su the next morning.
• Tang Zhen told Ning Su that Tang Huo'er's fire poison had been cleared with the Fire Bodhi Elixir.
• Tang Zhen revealed that Ning Su’s missing people were likely somewhere in the Barren Beast Mountain Range and gave him the payment for refining medicine.
• Ning Su agreed to leave for the mountain range the next day and meet the Blazing Flame Valley disciples watching the area.

Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian learned that the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan had captured Medusa and Qing Lin, then hurried east to find them. At the clan’s Heavenly Prison, Yao Xiao Tian learned about their rare bloodline and pupil technique and entered their cell.

• Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Barren Beast Mountain Range and learned that the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan had taken Medusa and Qing Lin.
• Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian rushed east after a Blazing Flame Valley disciple told them which way the captors had gone.
• The Great Elder told Yao Xiao Tian that Medusa carried Sky-Swallowing Python bloodline and Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yao Xiao Tian went to the Heavenly Prison, looked in on Medusa and Qing Lin, and ordered the Great Elder to open their cell.

Yao Xiao Tian confronted Medusa and Qing Lin in the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan’s prison and offered to spare them if they became his concubines. Meanwhile, Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to seek the clan’s imprisoned former chief, Yao Ming, leaving Medusa and Qing Lin’s rescue dependent on his release.

• Yao Xiao Tian identified himself as the clan chief and demanded retribution from Medusa and Qing Lin for killing his clansmen.
• Yao Xiao Tian offered to spare Medusa and Qing Lin if they became his concubines, citing their beauty and bloodlines, but both women refused.
• The Great Elder interrupted Yao Xiao Tian and summoned him away, and he ordered the women guarded.
• Ning Su and Xiao Yi Xian subdued the guards at the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and reached the underground holy land.
• Ning Su told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to descend into the springs and free Yao Ming, the former clan chief whom Yao Xiao Tian had sealed there.

Ning Su entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, fought off a swarm of strange serpents, and found the imprisoned Yao Ming. After placing a soul mark on him, Ning Su broke the seal and freed him, while Yao Xiao Tian and the Great Elder sensed that the seal had been broken and hurried to intervene.

• Ning Su defeated the strange serpents by redirecting their attacks through Space Gates.
• Ning Su found Yao Ming buried beneath the sand and learned that Yao Xiao Tian had sealed him and stolen his position as clan chief.
• Ning Su demanded a soul mark as the price of freeing Yao Ming, and Yao Ming agreed so he could seek revenge.
• Ning Su used the Azure Nether Chaos Flame to shatter the Yellow Springs Yin Stones, and Yao Ming broke free of his chains.
• Yao Xiao Tian sensed the seal breaking and hurried toward the Nine Nether Yellow Springs with the Great Elder.

Yao Xiao Tian and the Great Elder rushed to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after discovering Yao Ming’s seal had been broken, where Xiao Yi Xian fought to hold them off. Ning Su and Yao Ming emerged at the critical moment, leaving Yao Ming ready to confront Yao Xiao Tian.

• Yao Xiao Tian and the Great Elder hurried to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and found Xiao Yi Xian hiding there.
• Yao Xiao Tian ordered two Dou Zuns to attack Xiao Yi Xian, who activated her Calamity Poison Body and fought them off with poisonous techniques.
• The Great Elder identified Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, and Yao Xiao Tian struck her down while trying to end the fight quickly.
• Ning Su intercepted Yao Xiao Tian’s next attack as he and Yao Ming emerged from beneath the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming confronted Yao Xiao Tian and said he had recovered ninety percent of his strength and was ready to fight.

Ning Su killed the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan’s Great Elder and advanced to Initial Half-Saint after devouring him. As Yao Ming and Yao Xiao Tian’s battle reached its climax, Ning Su struck Yao Xiao Tian and told him the Great Elder was dead.

• Yao Ming confronted Yao Xiao Tian while Ning Su faced the Great Elder over the capture of his two companions.
• The Great Elder attacked Ning Su with the Yellow Springs Finger, but Ning Su redirected the strike through a Space Gate and turned it back on him.
• Ning Su pierced the wounded Great Elder with the Azure Nether Chaos Flame and devoured his body, advancing to Initial Half-Saint.
• Yao Ming and Yao Xiao Tian fought to a near stalemate, with Yao Ming beginning to lose ground as his cultivation had not fully recovered.
• Ning Su struck Yao Xiao Tian from behind, weakening him, then revealed that he had killed the Great Elder.

Yao Ming returned and exposed Yao Xiao Tian’s lies, then defeated and killed him to reclaim leadership of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan. With the clan submitting to Yao Ming, Ning Su asked the elders about his two captured companions.

• Yao Xiao Tian ordered the arriving Nether Snake Guards to seize Ning Su and his allies, but Yao Ming revealed himself and was recognized by the clan elders.
• Yao Ming produced the Nine Nether Staff, proving his identity and turning the clan members against Yao Xiao Tian’s claim that he was an impostor.
• Yao Xiao Tian attacked Yao Ming, but Ning Su struck him first, and Yao Ming overwhelmed him after advancing to Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Ming killed Yao Xiao Tian, and the clan members knelt to welcome him back as their leader.
• Yao Ming tasked the elders with handling clan affairs and removing his enemies, while Ning Su asked where his two captured companions were being held.

Ning Su rescued Medusa and Qing Lin from the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan after helping Yao Ming reclaim the clan chief position. After the group left the dungeon and shared what had happened, Ning Su introduced Xiao Yi Xian to the two women, and they met amicably.

• Ning Su asked the elders where his captured companions were, and Yao Ming ordered them to take him to the dungeon.
• Yao Ming returned to the Royal City as clan chief, while the elders explained that Yao Xiao Tian was dead and his loyalists had been eliminated.
• Ning Su and Yao Ming rescued Medusa and Qing Lin from the dungeon and arranged for the group to stay with the clan.
• Medusa and Qing Lin told Ning Su how they had been captured after falling into the Beast Region, and Ning Su explained how he had defeated Yao Xiao Tian.
• Ning Su introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Medusa and Qing Lin, and the women greeted each other warmly.

Ning Su planned to use the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to help himself and Medusa evolve into Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Pythons, while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian cultivated its frigid yin energy from the shore. The four began absorbing the energy under Yao Ming’s protection, with their evolution still ahead.

• After several days of purging Yao Xiao Tian’s followers, Yao Ming cleared the clan of those who refused to submit.
• Ning Su told Medusa that the Nine Nether Yellow Springs could help Sky-Swallowing Pythons evolve, and the two spent the night together.
• Ning Su asked Yao Ming for permission to enter the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, and Yao Ming welcomed him despite the sacred land’s usual restrictions.
• Ning Su, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian went to the springs, where Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian stayed on shore to absorb frigid yin energy.
• Ning Su and Medusa transformed into Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Pythons and entered the springs, while Ning Su carefully limited his absorption so Medusa could keep pace.
• Yao Ming barred the clan from entering the Nine Nether Yellow Springs until Ning Su and the others finished cultivating.

Ning Su and Medusa successfully evolved into Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Pythons after absorbing the power and inheritances hidden beneath the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. After celebrating their breakthroughs with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, they heard that Yao Ming wanted to discuss the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint.

• Ning Su and Medusa drew in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs' energy and emerged as Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Pythons, astonishing Yao Ming and the elders.
• Dozens of Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python souls emerged from the spring and merged into Ning Su and Medusa, strengthening their bloodlines.
• Ning Su reached Early Two-Star Dou Sheng, while Medusa rose to Peak Dou Zun after receiving most of the souls' inheritances.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin told Ning Su they had reached Three-Star Dou Zun and One-Star Dou Zun, respectively.
• Yao Ming congratulated Ning Su and asked whether he had heard of the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint.

Yao Ming asked Ning Su to unlock the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan’s Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, which held the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s fighting skills and blood essence. Ning Su entered the tablet to face the Demonic Saint’s remnant soul while Yao Ming stood guard.

• Yao Ming told Ning Su that the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s tablet contained three Heavenly Tier Fighting Skills and blood essence that the clan had been unable to obtain.
• Yao Ming explained that a person needed a Heavenly Realm soul to defeat the remnant soul inside the tablet and asked Ning Su to help in exchange for sharing the cultivation method for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Ning Su agreed to try, and the next morning he and Yao Ming traveled to the clan’s Forbidden Land and found the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet on an ancient Altar.
• Ning Su pressed his palm to the tablet, formed a figure from his Soul Power, and entered it to challenge the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s remnant soul as Yao Ming kept watch.

Ning Su entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet’s hidden space and fought the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint to prove himself worthy of Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demonic Saint Essence Blood. He withstood the ancient expert’s ultimate attack and received the cultivation method, while the Demonic Saint Essence Blood remained unclaimed.

• Ning Su dispelled the Yellow Springs Demonic Saint’s Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm with the Azure Nether Chaos Flame.
• The Yellow Springs Demonic Saint appeared and told Ning Su that he had to defeat him to obtain Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demonic Saint Essence Blood.
• Ning Su burned away the Demonic Saint’s soul palms, prompting him to unleash Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Ning Su used Infinite Devour to absorb the attack, learn Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and emerge unharmed.
• The Yellow Springs Demonic Saint declared that Ning Su had passed his test and sent him the skill’s cultivation method.

Yellow Springs Demonic Saint gave Ning Su his essence blood and left him the cultivation method for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath before his remnant soul vanished. After Ning Su and his companions refined the essence blood and grew stronger, they left the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan and headed for the Pill Region.

• Yellow Springs Demonic Saint gave Ning Su his essence blood and entrusted him with passing on his ultimate techniques before his remnant soul dissipated.
• Ning Su emerged from the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet with the cultivation method for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but Yao Ming failed to meet the technique's requirements.
• Ning Su divided the Demonic Saint Essence Blood between himself, the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Ning Su refined his share and advanced to Three-Star Dou Sheng, while Medusa refined hers and advanced from Peak Dou Zun to One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Ning Su and the three women bid farewell to Yao Ming and left the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan.
• Ning Su chose to travel to the Pill Region for the Pill Gathering and its reward, Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Ning Su and his companions went to Luoshen Stream to obtain a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Magic Core for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method. After Ning Su defeated the beast, Xiao Yi Xian revealed she already had the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, leaving them with all the required materials to prepare the Poison Pill.

• Ning Su suggested visiting Luoshen Stream while the group traveled toward the Pill Region.
• An elderly man warned Ning Su that a human-form Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast had claimed Luoshen Stream as its territory.
• Ning Su explained that Xiao Yi Xian needed the beast’s Magic Core to make use of her Calamity Poison Body, and Medusa agreed to help capture it.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast appeared, sensed Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, and threatened to take her as its mate.
• Ning Su killed the Peak Dou Zong beast with Yellow Springs Palm and retrieved its Magic Core.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had obtained Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva in the Black Corner Region, giving Ning Su everything needed to prepare her Poison Pill.

Ning Su helped Xiao Yi Xian refine her Poison Pill, resolving the danger of her Calamity Poison Body and advancing her from Three-Star to Five-Star Dou Zun. After reassuring Medusa and Qing Lin, the group planned to rest for a few days, while Xiao Yi Xian chose to spend the night with Ning Su.

• Ning Su removed Xiao Yi Xian's seal and used the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's Magic Core and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to prepare her body for the Poison Pill.
• Ning Su used the Azure Nether Chaos Flame to help Xiao Yi Xian compress the Calamity Poisonous Gas into the Magic Core and refine it into a Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through from Three-Star to Five-Star Dou Zun and found she could control her Calamity Poison Body without danger.
• Ning Su told Medusa and Qing Lin that the treatment had succeeded, and they agreed to rest in town for a few days.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Ning Su she wanted to be with him that night, and he accepted.

Ning Su and his companions arrived at Sacred Pill City ahead of the Pill Gathering, where he planned to gather medicinal ingredients and improve his alchemy. Xiao Yan also set out for the gathering, urged by Venerable Feng to compete for the Champion title and greet the Pill Tower’s leaders on Yao Lao’s behalf.

• Ning Su and his companions traveled to Sacred Pill City as alchemists from across the continent headed toward the Pill Region for the Pill Gathering.
• Medusa, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian went out to explore the city without Ning Su, leaving him at the inn to focus on his alchemy.
• Ning Su realized he needed to gather more medicinal ingredients before the Pill Gathering and decided to look around for some.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Venerable Feng advised Xiao Yan to build connections at the gathering, pursue the Champion title, and convey Yao Lao’s greetings to the Pill Tower’s three great heads.
• Xiao Yan left for the Central Region while Yao Lao remained in seclusion to reconstruct his physical body.

Ning Su traveled from Sacred Pill City to Dan City to find high-grade medicinal herbs, but the prices forced him to sell pills at the Dan Family Auction House. The appraiser found pills beyond his ability to identify and sought help from Miss Dan Chen.

• Ning Su found that Sacred Pill City's herb shops lacked the high-grade ingredients he needed and decided to visit an Auction House in a nearby city.
• Ning Su arrived in crowded Dan City and found high-grade herbs at prices that exceeded his available funds.
• Ning Su waited in line at the Dan Family Auction House to sell more than a dozen bottles of pills.
• The appraiser identified Ning Su's lower-grade pills but found several beyond his expertise and went backstage to seek help.
• The appraiser encountered Miss Dan Chen and respectfully asked her for a favor.