Chapter Summaries

Ning Su sold high-grade Rank Seven Elixirs at the Auction House and used the money to buy medicinal herbs. Dan Chen inspected his elixirs and realized he could be a formidable rival at the Pill Gathering, but left without seeking his identity.

• A treasure appraiser asked Dan Chen to inspect Ning Su's elixirs, but an elder took over the appraisal instead.
• The elder appraised Ning Su's elixirs and bought them for fifty-five million.
• Ning Su went to the Medicinal Herb Trading Area and bought a large batch of high-grade medicinal herbs.
• Dan Chen examined Ning Su's elixirs, recognized their exceptional quality, and wondered who had made them.
• Dan Chen chose not to ask for Ning Su's identity, while Ning Su spent his new fortune buying herbs by the dozens and hundreds.

Ning Su prepared for the Dan Family Pill Gathering, received encouragement from Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and joined the opening round after Xuan Kongzi announced the contest and its rewards. He passed the Soul Illusion Realm with ease and waited at the entrance to the second round as it opened.

• Ning Su bought medicinal ingredients at the Dan Family Auction House, returned to Sacred Pill City, and practiced refining pills in seclusion.
• Ning Su obtained a High-grade Rank Seven alchemist badge, and Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin returned to encourage him before the Pill Gathering.
• Ning Su joined the crowds at the plaza, where Xuan Kongzi announced that the top ten contestants could enter Pill Tower's Star Domain and attempt to subdue Heavenly Flames.
• Xuan Kongzi explained the three-round format and opened the first round, the Soul Illusion Realm, for contestants who had reached Fifth Grade alchemist status.
• Ning Su passed through the Soul Illusion Realm with ease and waited with the other successful contestants until an elder opened the entrance to the second round.

Ning Su searched the Pill Realm for the ingredients on his task sheet and found Wind Star Grass and a rare Sky Blood Flower. He resisted Cao Ying’s attempt to take the flower, refused to trade it, and left after telling her they could talk if they both passed the second round.

• Ning Su studied his map and traveled to Wind Star Forest to search for Wind Star Grass.
• Ning Su found and collected Wind Star Grass, then spotted a rare Sky Blood Flower nearby.
• A woman attacked Ning Su to claim the Sky Blood Flower, but Ning Su seized it first and restrained her when she tried to snatch it.
• The woman introduced herself as Cao Ying and asked Ning Su to trade the Sky Blood Flower, but he refused.
• Ning Su declined to give Cao Ying his name and disappeared into the forest, saying they could talk if they passed the second round.

Ning Su met Xiao Yan in the Pill Realm, where they agreed to settle their old rivalry at the Pill Gathering. While searching for the Eight Treasures Spirit Flower, Ning Su found it growing on an Eighth-Rank Bloodthirsty Demonic Bird, which was about to kill a girl.

• Ning Su left Wind Star Forest and headed toward Divine Bird Valley in search of the Eight Treasures Spirit Flower.
• Ning Su encountered Xiao Yan, and they agreed to settle their rivalry at the Pill Gathering.
• Ning Su searched Divine Bird Valley and its mountaintops but initially found no Eight Treasures Spirit Flower.
• Ning Su spotted the Eight Treasures Spirit Flower growing on a Bloodthirsty Demonic Bird as it pursued a girl.
• The Bloodthirsty Demonic Bird struck the girl down and dove to kill her as she shut her eyes in terror.

Ning Su rescued Dan Chen from a Bloodthirsty Demonic Bird and learned that her unusual constitution could devour Soul Power. After parting ways with her, he traveled to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range to find Saint Child Bellwood and entered alone despite an Eighth-Order Magical Beast blocking the way.

• Ning Su burned the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bird to ashes and saved the Eight Treasures Spirit Flower for Dan Chen.
• Dan Chen accidentally tried to devour Ning Su's Soul Power when she took his hand, and she apologized after he noticed her unusual constitution.
• Ning Su and Dan Chen introduced themselves, discussed his pills from the Dan Family Auction House, and parted to search for their own ingredients.
• Ning Su flew toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, witnessing fights over treasures and mission ingredients along the way.
• Ning Su found alchemists gathered outside the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range because an Eighth-Order Magical Beast blocked their entrance, then flew in alone.

Ning Su entered Xiong Zhan’s cave in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, beat the Ancient Dragon Bear, and took Saint Child Bellwood and a third of its herb collection. He offered to recommend Xiong Zhan to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then left as alchemists began climbing the mountain.

• Xiong Zhan drove a group of alchemists from its territory and returned to its cave, where it found Ning Su searching through its herbs.
• Ning Su slapped Xiong Zhan and beat it into submission, then asked it to find Saint Child Bellwood.
• Xiong Zhan found the plant, and Ning Su took it along with a third of the herbs in the cave.
• Ning Su learned Xiong Zhan’s name and offered to recommend it to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan after the Pill Gathering; Xiong Zhan agreed.
• Ning Su left the mountain, and Xiong Zhan charged down to attack the alchemists forming teams below, sending them fleeing.

Ning Su passed the second assessment and joined the remaining alchemists as the Pill Gathering’s final round began. He chose a stone platform and watched for Xiao Yan as the competitors prepared to refine their pills.

• Ning Su left the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, gathered more herbs in the Pill Realm, and waited until the second assessment was nearly over before heading to the exit.
• Ning Su met Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Dan Xuan as they submitted their herbs and passed the round; Dan Chen revealed that Ning Su had once saved her life.
• The second assessment ended, and Xuan Kongzi announced that the finalists would compete by refining their most confident pill to the highest quality they could manage.
• Ning Su picked a stone platform and exchanged a tense look with Xiao Yan across the arena.
• Xuan Kongzi signaled the start of the pill refinement, and the alchemists summoned their cauldrons and ignited their flames.

During the Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan revealed his Sea Heart Flame, and Ning Su unveiled his fused Azure Nether Chaos Flame, drawing the attention of the crowd and renewing Xiao Yan’s resolve to defeat him. Ning Su began refining a Dou Zun Pill to compete for the championship, but his cauldron exploded after three days, so he started again.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Sea Heart Flame, and Ning Su recognized it as the flame Xiao Yan had taken after killing Han Feng.
• The Pill Tower’s three giants discussed Xiao Yan’s connection to Yao Chen and learned that Yao Chen had returned to Starfall Pavilion.
• Ning Su summoned the Azure Nether Chaos Flame, which drew in the surrounding flames and revealed that he had fused three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan sensed the flames Ning Su had combined and vowed to beat him in the alchemy competition.
• Ning Su chose to refine a Dou Zun Pill as he and the other alchemists began the Pill Gathering’s alchemy round.
• After three days, Ning Su’s cauldron exploded, but he cleared the residue and began another attempt.

As alchemists began producing Rank Seven Elixirs, Dan Chen became the first to refine a Rank Eight Elixir, followed by Cao Ying and Old Monster Qing Mu. With only two people still refining, the contest for the Pill Gathering’s Champion remained undecided.

• Alchemists produced Rank Seven Elixirs one after another while Ning Su continued refining his more difficult pill.
• Dan Chen exhausted herself refining a pill, spat blood into the cauldron, and completed a Rank Eight Elixir with a Two-colored Lightning Cloud.
• Cao Ying refined a Rank Eight Elixir whose lightning cloud showed two colors and a faint third, slightly surpassing Dan Chen’s result.
• Old Monster Qing Mu completed a Rank Eight Elixir with genuine three-colored pill lightning, leaving only two people still refining.

Ning Su and Xiao Yan completed their Rank Eight Elixirs, but Ning Su’s Five-colored Pill Lightning and superior elixir won him the Pill Gathering championship. Xuan Kongzi named Ning Su a future Pill Tower Magnate candidate and announced that the top ten would enter the Star Domain in two days to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower Magnates discussed Ning Su’s background and his earlier accomplishments as he and Xiao Yan finished refining their elixirs.
• Xiao Yan’s elixir summoned Four-colored Pill Lightning, while Ning Su’s lightning reached five colors and astonished the crowd.
• The two elixirs took the spiritual forms of a tiger and a Fire Python, with Ning Su’s superior elixir dominating the others.
• Xuan Kongzi declared Ning Su the Pill Gathering champion and gave him a Soul Fighting Skill as his reward.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the top ten alchemists would enter the Star Domain in two days to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

After celebrating Ning Su’s Pill Gathering victory, the group entered the Star Domain so he could attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. He confronted the Flame’s Origin Flame and prepared to use Zhu Li’s dragon seal when it rejected him.

• Ning Su celebrated winning the championship with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and the group had a cake fight.
• Two days later, Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi opened the Star Domain entrance, and Qiu Ling led the top ten Pill Gathering contestants inside.
• Qiu Ling guided the group through the Star Domain to the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and he told Ning Su to attempt subduing it first as champion.
• Ning Su entered the Flame’s origin space and faced its Origin Flame, which refused to submit despite sensing his powerful Soul Power.
• Ning Su threatened to force the Three Thousand Burning Flame to become his fourth Heavenly Flame and produced Zhu Li’s soul jade slip containing the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s dragon seal.

Ning Su used the Dragon Seal Jade Slip and his Azure Nether Chaos Flame to subdue and devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reaching the peak of Three-Star Dou Sheng. After the Pill Gathering group left the Star Domain, Qiu Ling told Xuan Kongzi and the other two that Ning Su’s cultivation might have reached the Dou Saint realm.

• Ning Su tried to make the Three Thousand Burning Flame submit with the Dragon Seal Jade Slip, then summoned the Azure Nether Chaos Flame when it resisted.
• Qiu Ling saw the Star Domain shake and rushed to stop Ning Su, but Ning Su’s Fire Python suppressed and gradually devoured the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Ning Su absorbed the final wisp of the Three Thousand Burning Flame and increased his cultivation to the peak of Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Ning Su told Qiu Ling and the others that he had subdued the Heavenly Flame, stunning Xiao Yan and the rest of the group.
• Qiu Ling led everyone out of the Star Domain, and Xuan Kongzi learned that Ning Su had subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Qiu Ling privately recounted what had happened to Xuan Kongzi and the other two, adding that Ning Su’s aura seemed stronger than theirs and might have reached the Dou Saint realm.

The Pill Tower Three Giants concluded that Ning Su was likely a Dou Saint and decided to offer him an elder position to secure his goodwill. After returning to his companions, Ning Su fused the Three Thousand Burning Flame with the Azure Nether Chaos Flame, creating the Great Void Flame and advancing to early Four-Star Dou Sheng.

• Qiu Ling told the Three Giants that Ning Su had released a Dou Saint's aura when he subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuan Kongzi agreed that the evidence supported it.
• Xuan Kongzi proposed making Ning Su an elder of the Pill Tower and planned to personally approach him before he left Sacred Pill City.
• Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin welcomed Ning Su back and worried over his safety; he reassured them that he had absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Ning Su used Infinite Devour to fuse the Three Thousand Burning Flame with the Azure Nether Chaos Flame, creating the Great Void Flame.
• The fusion advanced Ning Su to early Four-Star Dou Sheng, and he resolved to test his new flame if Hun Mie Sheng came after him.

After Ning Su spent the night with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, Xuan Kongzi invited him to the Pill Tower and offered him an honorary elder position. Ning Su had not yet accepted the offer.

• Ning Su visited Xiao Yi Xian, found Qing Lin with her, and the three spent the night together.
• Medusa woke Ning Su to tell him that Xuan Kongzi had come to see him, then claimed the next three days with him.
• Xuan Kongzi escorted Ning Su to the Pill Tower’s core and asked about his hometown and his grudge against the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Ning Su to join the Pill Tower as an elder, proposing an honorary position that would not restrict his freedom.

Ning Su accepted Xuan Kongzi’s invitation to become an Honorary Elder of the Pill Tower and was welcomed by its alchemists. As he prepared to leave, Cao Ying approached him to seek a chance to exchange alchemical insights, but Ning Su declined to promise her guidance.

• Xuan Kongzi explained the Honorary Elder’s benefits and why he had personally invited Ning Su, who agreed to join the Pill Tower as a cooperative ally.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Ning Su to the Pill Tower’s alchemists and presented him with an Elder’s nameplate and a private courtyard.
• After touring the Pill Tower, Ning Su encountered Cao Ying, who praised his performance at the Pill Gathering and asked to discuss alchemy with him.
• Ning Su told Cao Ying that he had no duty to teach her, and Cao Ying called his response heartless.

Ning Su settled into his new role as an Honorary Elder of the Pill Tower, refining pills in exchange for rare ingredients. Xuan Kongzi then asked him to help Dan Chen, whose Soul Devouring Body drained her own Soul Power and devoured the Soul Power of anyone she touched.

• Ning Su teased Cao Ying about her ambition to become a Pill Tower Magnate, and she vowed to challenge him in alchemy again.
• Ning Su brought Medusa and the others to live in the Pill Tower courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian delighted in its rare medicinal ingredients.
• Ning Su refined pills for the Pill Tower, impressing its elders with his flame control and alchemy skills.
• Dan Feng arrived at the Pill Tower with his daughter Dan Chen, and the elders discussed her talent and weak constitution.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Ning Su to Dan Feng and asked him to see whether he could help Dan Chen with her Soul Devouring Body.

Ning Su discovered that a Soul Beast within Dan Chen’s soul caused her Soul Devouring Body and proposed a risky way to remove it. After Dan Chen said she trusted him because he had helped her in the Pill Realm, Dan Feng agreed to the treatment, and they prepared to begin in a secluded pavilion.

• Dan Feng explained that Dan Chen’s innate Soul Devouring Body absorbed others’ Soul Power and had resisted all attempts to cure it.
• Ning Su examined Dan Chen and sensed a Soul Beast parasitizing her soul, which he believed could be removed to resolve her condition.
• Ning Su warned Dan Feng and Dan Chen that his method could harm her soul and left them to decide whether to proceed.
• Dan Chen told Dan Feng and Xuan Kongzi that she trusted Ning Su because he had saved and helped her in the Pill Realm.
• Dan Feng summoned Ning Su back and agreed to the treatment, promising the Dan Family would compensate him regardless of the outcome.

Ning Su began treating Dan Chen’s Soul Devouring Body by examining her soul and luring out the parasitic Soul Devouring Beast. He trapped the beast with the Heart Prison Soul Locking Seal, leaving it unable to escape back into Dan Chen’s soul.

• Dan Chen agreed to let Ning Su treat her, and he began examining her soul while holding her hand.
• Ning Su discovered the Soul Devouring Beast inside Dan Chen’s soul and recognized that it could eventually kill her.
• Ning Su enveloped Dan Chen’s soul with his Soul Power, and she collapsed weakly against him as he maintained contact.
• The Soul Devouring Beast emerged and tried to devour Ning Su’s Soul Power, but he trapped it in a cage with the Heart Prison Soul Locking Seal.

Ning Su removed the Soul Devouring Beast from Dan Chen’s soul without damaging her, then told Dan Feng and Xuan Kongzi that the treatment had succeeded. Dan Chen recovered and thanked him as he left to inform the men waiting outside.

• Ning Su restrained the Soul Devouring Beast but discovered it was fused with Dan Chen’s soul, making it dangerous to remove by force.
• Ning Su poured Soul Power wrapped in Heavenly Flames into the beast, preventing it from devouring his power and forcing it toward destruction.
• The Soul Devouring Beast tried to attack Dan Chen’s soul, but Ning Su overwhelmed it and devoured its remaining Soul Power.
• Ning Su withdrew his Soul Power after clearing the beast, and Dan Chen felt her soul and body reunite without discomfort.
• Dan Chen thanked Ning Su, who went outside and told Dan Feng and Xuan Kongzi that the treatment had succeeded and her soul was undamaged.

Ning Su helped Dan Chen recover from the Soul Devouring Beast and returned to the Pill Tower, where Medusa and the others had settled in. After dinner, Medusa invited him to her room and dressed up to show him how she looked.

• Xuan Kongzi and Dan Feng examined Dan Chen and confirmed the Soul Devouring Beast had disappeared, and Dan Feng and Dan Chen thanked Ning Su for saving her.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered poisonous ingredients at the Pill Tower while Qing Lin helped her, and Medusa stayed in the courtyard.
• Ning Su returned late, and Medusa prepared dinner and asked what he planned to do next.
• Medusa invited Ning Su to her room, then showed him a revealing dress she had bought specifically for him.