Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian the perfected pill-refining method and prepared the Heavenly Demon Puppet for the others to control while he focused on refining pills. He sent Medusa, Qing Lin, and—once she emerged from seclusion—Zi Yan to raid the Northwestern Continent along a route he had mapped, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to train for condensing the Poison Pill.

• Xiao Yi Xian handed Lin Yuan the scroll containing Elder Yao's perfected Method of Gathering Fire to Form Pills.
• Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin second-tier control authority over the Heavenly Demon Puppet, retaining the highest authority for himself.
• Lin Yuan showed Medusa a map of a treasure-plundering route through countries whose ruling forces lacked Dou Venerate-level experts.
• Lin Yuan instructed Medusa to lead Zi Yan and Qing Lin on the raids after Zi Yan emerged from seclusion, and to help Qing Lin capture seventh-rank Magical Beasts as followers.
• Medusa agreed to carry out the plan, and Lin Yuan reminded her to conceal her appearance and withdraw if she met strong resistance.
• After they discussed the details, Lin Yuan headed to the Library Pavilion.

Lin Yuan waited at Jia Nan Academy as Zi Yan absorbed an eighth-grade medicinal pill’s energy and prepared to advance, while he planned to make her the centerpiece of his future strategy. Five days later, Zi Yan broke out of her cocoon and revealed her Ancient Void Dragon form as Lin Yuan completed the second stage of Void Roam.

• Lin Yuan visited Zi Yan’s purple cocoon, learned that she was nearing advancement, and supplied dragon qi to help nourish her.
• Bai Lie told Lin Yuan that Qian Mu had gone to the Central Plains for medicinal ingredients and that the two elders planned to use their Venerable Beginning Pills to attempt breakthroughs to Dou Venerate.
• Lin Yuan reflected on his plan to help Zi Yan become a Dragon Phoenix and eventually secure the Ancient Emperor’s inheritance.
• After five days of waiting, Lin Yuan successfully cultivated the Illusion Weaving stage of Void Roam.
• Zi Yan’s cocoon cracked apart, and she emerged as a massive purple Ancient Void Dragon with a trace of golden light in her scales.

Lin Yuan confirmed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and warned her to conceal her identity until they could safely investigate her clan. After the group left, Mu Gu destroyed the intelligence about Lin Yuan and killed its bearer before setting out toward the Black Corner Region to confront him.

• Zi Yan transformed into her enormous dragon body, then returned to human form and accidentally tore Xiao Yi Xian's dress before changing back into her usual appearance.
• Lin Yuan identified Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and explained the major magical beast clans, warning Medusa to hide her Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form.
• Lin Yuan told Zi Yan that her clan was likely in the Central Plains but had vanished from public view, and promised to help her return home without exposing her identity recklessly.
• Lin Yuan sensed that Zi Yan had reached the peak of Three-Star Dou Sect and absorbed the purple-gold dragon qi she gave him into his Natal Blood Pill.
• After Lin Yuan led the group away from the Library Pavilion, Mu Gu burned the intelligence about Lin Yuan, killed the messenger who had delivered it, and flew toward the Black Corner Region.

Lin Yuan saw Medusa and the others off, then went with Xiao Yi Xian to watch the Inner Academy’s Power Ranking Competition. As Xiao Yan fought for first place, Su Qian gave Lin Yuan an invitation to the Lei Clan’s Initial Thunder Ceremony, hinting that it offered a stage for powerful young talents to compete.

• Lin Yuan gave Medusa information and advised her to take Qing Lin and Little Cai to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range while she watched over Zi Yan and the others.
• After Medusa and the group departed, Xiao Yi Xian told Lin Yuan she expected to condense her poison pill in a month, and he invited her to watch the Inner Academy’s Power Ranking Competition.
• Xiao Yan set out from Pan Gate, confident he could win first place now that the Brute Force King would not compete.
• At the competition, Xiao Yan defeated several high-ranking students without using the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame, while Lin Yuan watched with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Qian gave Lin Yuan an invitation to the Lei Clan’s Initial Thunder Ceremony and left him to decide how to use it.
• Lin Yuan questioned why Su Qian described the ceremony as a contest among supreme talents rather than merely a coming-of-age ceremony.

Lin Yuan learned about the Lei Clan’s Initial Thunder Ceremony and accepted the academy’s permission to join another force while retaining his next-Great-Elder status. As he prepared for the ceremony, the Soul Palace ordered Old Ghost Star Picker to capture him and bring him back intact.

• Su Qian explained that the Initial Thunder Ceremony included a Martial Arts Performance Ceremony open to outside contestants, with valuable rewards for top finishers.
• Lin Yuan decided he could compete in the Earth Ranking and considered bringing Xiao Yi Xian, who was also young enough to enter.
• Su Qian told Lin Yuan that Jia Nan Academy would let him join another force without losing his identity as the next Great Elder, then gave him a letter for Mang Tianchi.
• Xiao Yan won his match in the competition below as Lin Yuan looked forward to visiting the Lei Clan.
• After receiving Protector Xuan’s intelligence, the Vice Hall Master ordered Old Ghost Star Picker to go to the Black Corner Region and bring Lin Yuan back intact.

Lin Yuan completed his pill refining for Jia Nan Academy and met Venerable Feng, who reunited with Elder Yao and took him and Xiao Yan toward the Central Plains. Lin Yuan planned his own journey there while Su Qian told him about trouble facing the Ye Family.

• An old man in green robes sensed Pill Lightning near Jia Nan Academy and flew toward the Inner Academy, where he reunited with Elder Yao as Venerable Feng.
• Lin Yuan refined two high-grade pills, tempered three demon puppets with Pill Lightning, and gave Su Qian four Sect Origin Pills for the academy.
• Lin Yuan reminded Elder Yao and Xiao Yan that they owed him favors for upgrading their puppets.
• Venerable Feng arrived, caught up with Elder Yao, and departed with him and Xiao Yan for the Central Plains.
• Su Qian offered to connect Lin Yuan with his old friend from the Ye Family, and Lin Yuan agreed to help with the family’s troubles.
• On the journey, Venerable Feng praised Xiao Yan and warned Elder Yao that Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flames should not be pursued.

After learning about the Central Plains and Elder Yao’s plans for resurrection, Lin Yuan completely refined the Demonic Poison Spot and broke through to the middle stage of Six-Star Dou Sect. He then gave Xiao Yi Xian resources to advance her cultivation before they condensed the poison pill to control her Woeful Poison Body.

• Venerable Feng told Elder Yao that Mang Tianchi had become a Half-Saint, and Elder Yao revealed that Lin Yuan was an eighth-grade three-colored alchemist.
• Elder Yao recounted recent events to Venerable Feng, who promised to prepare the materials for his resurrection; Elder Yao declined to contact Xuan Yi and Hua Qing until he had recovered his body.
• Lin Yuan used the Azure Blue Heart Flame to refine the Demonic Poison Spot and, after two days, broke through to the middle stage of Six-Star Dou Sect.
• Lin Yuan met Xiao Yi Xian in the back mountain and learned that she was nearing the peak of Mortal Realm soul power and that her Heavenly Capital Fire Seal could last at least another year.
• Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Sect Origin Pill and the poison essence from his Demonic Poison Spot, then sent her to cultivate toward Eight-Star Dou Sect before condensing the poison pill.
• While Xiao Yi Xian began her secluded breakthrough, Lin Yuan took out the lightning-filled stone from the Demon Puppet to continue his own work.

Lin Yuan used a Heavenly Thunder Seed to temper his Heavenly Phoenix Wings and body, then enlisted Venerable Skyfire as a trusted companion. He began combining five Heavenly Flame Sub-Flames with the Flame Manipulation Art, leaving the attempt underway as he swallowed three of them.

• Lin Yuan exhausted a Heavenly Thunder Seed over two days, improving the speed, defense, and attack of his Heavenly Phoenix Wings while strengthening his body through cycles of damage and repair.
• Lin Yuan sensed that the woman in seclusion had advanced to Seven-Star Dou Sect and planned to take the Sect Origin Pill next, then brought out five Heavenly Flame Sub-Flames.
• Lin Yuan invited Venerable Skyfire to travel with his group, and they sealed their agreement with a palm strike.
• Lin Yuan explained that he planned to use the Flame Manipulation Art and Heavenly Flame Sub-Flames to create a Transforming Fire, despite Venerable Skyfire's warning about the difficulty of fusion.
• With Venerable Skyfire guarding the valley, Lin Yuan sat on the Azure Lotus Platform and swallowed the Azure Blue Heart Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Bone Chilling Flame Sub-Flames to begin the process.

Lin Yuan completed the Flame Manipulation Art’s fusion of three heavenly flame sub-flames, creating the powerful Azure Blue Ice Flame, which remained just short of a true heavenly flame. With Xiao Yi Xian and Venerable Skyfire guarding him, he began feeding it more flames to complete its transformation.

• Lin Yuan tempered three heavenly flame sub-flames and began fusing them with the Five-Ringed Separation Fire, Three Spirits Gathering Fire Plate.
• Lin Yuan maintained the fusion for several days while Xiao Yi Xian ended her retreat and Venerable Skyfire reported that Lin Yuan’s stable aura suggested he had passed the most difficult stage.
• Lin Yuan completed the fusion and condensed the resulting ice-blue flame, naming it the Azure Blue Ice Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached Mortal Realm Peak soul power and returned to cultivating while Venerable Skyfire took up guard duty.
• Lin Yuan summoned the Fallen Heart Flame sub-flame and began feeding it into the Azure Blue Ice Flame to help it reach the final step.

Lin Yuan completed the fusion of several flames, and the Azure Blue Ice Flame gained spirituality and survived a heavenly tribulation. He then began helping Xiao Yi Xian control her Woeful Poison Body, gathering its poison qi in her Spirit Repository and preparing to dissolve its calamity power.

• Lin Yuan awakened after fusing the flames, and the Azure Blue Ice Flame endured a heavenly tribulation that raised its power to match the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lin Yuan returned with Xiao Yi Xian to the inner academy and prepared to condense a poison pill for her in the magma world.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Lin Yuan's Heavenly Fate Restoration Pill, which healed the hidden injuries caused by her poisons.
• Lin Yuan released Xiao Yi Xian's Heavenly Capital Fire Seal, and she controlled the Nether Poison Flame while he used a formation to suppress the unleashed poison fog.
• Lin Yuan fused three Heavenly Flames to drive the poison qi toward Xiao Yi Xian's Spirit Repository and refined three Bodhi Seeds from Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Lin Yuan confined the gathered poison qi with a ring of fused flame and prepared to dissolve its calamity power.

Lin Yuan helped Xiao Yi Xian fuse the Woeful Poison and Nether Poison into an embryonic Poison Fire Pill, while she entered a cocoon to complete her transformation. He sacrificed tens of thousands of souls to strengthen the Blood Soul, as Old Man Mu Gu arrived in the region seeking Lin Yuan and his Heavenly Flame; Venerable Skyfire then reported sensing a major threat.

• Lin Yuan used Bodhi Transformation Saliva to restore Xiao Yi Xian’s vitality, then guided her to fuse the Woeful Poison and Nether Poison into a purple-gray flame.
• After three days of accumulating poison flame and another day compressing it, Xiao Yi Xian formed an embryonic Poison Fire Pill that began absorbing the remaining Woeful Poison Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered a purple-gray energy cocoon to finish nourishing the pill and transforming her cultivation and flame, while Lin Yuan began upgrading the Blood Soul.
• Old Man Mu Gu emerged from the Space Wormhole in Sky's Edge City, learned about Lin Yuan, and set out toward the Black Corner Region to find him.
• Lin Yuan used the Blood Sacrifice method and tens of thousands of souls to strengthen the Blood Soul to Nine-Star Dou Sect before returning to Xiao Yi Xian’s cocoon.
• Venerable Skyfire warned Lin Yuan that he had sensed a major threat.

Old Man Mu Gu infiltrated Jia Nan Academy to seize Lin Yuan’s Green Lotus Core Flame, while Lin Yuan detected the Dou Venerate and lured him away from the Inner Academy. Mu Gu confronted Lin Yuan in the mountains, and Lin Yuan fled toward a battlefield he had prepared as Mu Gu pursued him.

• Old Man Mu Gu disguised himself and entered the Inner Academy, intending to abduct Lin Yuan and keep his attack secret.
• Lin Yuan and Venerable Skyfire sensed a Dou Venerate nearby, so Lin Yuan decided to draw the intruder away while Xiao Yi Xian condensed the pill.
• Lin Yuan revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame and flew toward the mountains, prompting Mu Gu to identify and pursue him through a Space Tunnel.
• Han Yue noticed signs of a Dou Venerate’s passage and lamented that she had missed her chance to grow closer to Lin Yuan.
• Mu Gu confronted Lin Yuan, who recognized him as Mu Gu and escaped a concealed Soul Barrier after provoking him.
• Lin Yuan fled toward his prepared battlefield, and Mu Gu followed, intent on killing him and taking his Heavenly Flame.

Lin Yuan lured Old Man Mu Gu into a prepared valley and began a battle designed to prevent the Dou Venerate from escaping. After revealing his Spirit Realm soul and activating his flame techniques, Lin Yuan summoned four Heavenly Flames to unleash the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method.

• Lin Yuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Wings to evade Old Man Mu Gu’s attacks and led him on a long chase through the tree sea.
• Lin Yuan met Venerable Skyfire in a barren valley, where Venerable Skyfire had prepared the Separation Fire Space Locking Formation.
• Old Man Mu Gu realized Lin Yuan had lured him into an ambush after sensing his Spirit Realm soul and powerful Dou Qi.
• Lin Yuan struck Old Man Mu Gu with the Soul Profound Seal, then used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to raise his strength.
• Lin Yuan activated the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method and summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, Azure Blue Heart Flame, and Azure Blue Ice Flame.

Lin Yuan used the Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method and Venerable Skyfire’s formation to defeat Old Man Mu Gu, a Three-Star Dou Venerate, and captured his soul. Afterward, Lin Yuan promised Venerable Skyfire recovered Heavenly Flame seed flames, while claiming Mu Gu’s remains and storage ring.

• Old Man Mu Gu attacked Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan evaded him with Void Roam and formed the Five Spirits Heavenly Flame Great Formation.
• Lin Yuan and Venerable Skyfire sealed the valley, trapping Old Man Mu Gu inside as Lin Yuan created the Five-Ringed Separation Fire Plate.
• Old Man Mu Gu countered with the Nether Demonic Fire Arm, but Lin Yuan’s fire plate overwhelmed him and drove him into a massive pit.
• Lin Yuan found Mu Gu’s soul hiding in the void, subdued it with the Fallen Heart Flame, and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Lin Yuan promised Venerable Skyfire several Heavenly Flame seed flames in three years, and Venerable Skyfire pledged his service to him.
• Lin Yuan collected Old Man Mu Gu’s damaged corpse and storage ring, intending to examine his spoils.

After killing Old Man Mu Gu, Lin Yuan obtained his vast collection of alchemical treasures, including the recipe for the One Venerate Pill, and reported the attack to Jia Nan Academy's elders. He checked on Xiao Yi Xian, recovered from the battle, and began torturing Mu Gu for information about the Hall of Souls.

• Lin Yuan inspected Old Man Mu Gu's storage ring and found a wealth of pill recipes, including the One Venerate Pill recipe, which he promised to refine for Venerable Skyfire in the future.
• Lin Yuan told Su Qian and the Two Elders Qian Bai that he had killed a Dou Venerate who tried to seize his Heavenly Flame, and gave Su Qian storage rings for the academy.
• Su Qian agreed to seek Mang Tianchi's protection for Lin Yuan, while the Two Elders Qian Bai vowed to pursue breakthroughs to Dou Venerate.
• Lin Yuan checked that Xiao Yi Xian was safe inside her cocoon as her poison flame and poison body continued transforming.
• After recovering from the battle, Lin Yuan trapped Old Man Mu Gu's Soul Body in Fallen Heart Flame and tortured him for information on how the Hall of Souls extracted Origin Soul Qi.

Lin Yuan tortured Old Man Mu Gu into revealing the Hall of Souls' Soul Origin method, extracted his Soul Origin, and used it to advance his soul to the Mid Spirit Realm. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan traveled with Venerable Feng and Elder Yao toward Starfall Pavilion, as news of Mu Gu's death spread and a gray-robed Dou Venerate set out for Jia Nan City to find Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan forced Old Man Mu Gu to explain how the Hall of Souls extracted Soul Origin, then verified his answers through interrogation.
• After seven days, Lin Yuan extracted Soul Origin from Mu Gu, learned that Yao Chen had been destroyed by Lin Yuan, and watched Mu Gu's soul dissipate.
• Lin Yuan purified the Soul Origin and absorbed it, breaking through from the peak of the Early Spirit Realm to the Mid Spirit Realm.
• Venerable Feng praised Xiao Yan's talent and declared that he would become Starfall Pavilion's Young Pavilion Master when Elder Yao resumed leadership.
• The Hall of Souls learned that Mu Gu's soul imprint had vanished and began investigating his death.
• A gray-white-robed Dou Venerate arrived in Sky's Edge City, asked for directions to Jia Nan City to find Lin Yuan, and headed toward the Black Corner Region.

Lin Yuan reached the Mid Spirit Realm while Xiao Yi Xian completed her poison pill, transformed the Nether Poison Flame, and broke through to Four-Star Dou Venerate. After celebrating together, Lin Yuan sensed a powerful visitor approaching and took Xiao Yi Xian to meet him.

• Lin Yuan absorbed the refined soul origin, advanced to eighth-grade five-colored in the Mid Spirit Realm, and considered joining the Hall of Souls to improve further.
• The dark purple cocoon cracked, so Lin Yuan ordered the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower evacuated as Xiao Yi Xian’s transformation shook the tower.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the fire as a Dou Venerate, revealed her breakthrough to Four-Star Dou Venerate, and embraced Lin Yuan before the Inner Academy.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian walked together in the valley, where she confirmed her Woeful Poison Body was under control and her Nether Poison Flame had transformed.
• Lin Yuan sensed a powerful person approaching, and he and Xiao Yi Xian flew to meet the visitor.

Lin Yuan confronted Old Ghost Star Picker, who had come to recruit him for the Soul Palace, and used Mu Gu’s attempted murder to demand assurances of safety. After Xiao Yi Xian and Star Picker fought to a standstill, Lin Yuan agreed to go to the Soul Palace if Star Picker accepted his conditions, beginning with a soul restriction to protect him on the journey.

• Old Ghost Star Picker met Lin Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian near the Inner Academy and said he had come to bring Lin Yuan to the Soul Palace.
• Lin Yuan showed Star Picker Mu Gu’s Yin Bone Ring and admitted that he had killed Mu Gu after Mu Gu tried to steal his Heavenly Flames.
• Star Picker insisted that Lin Yuan come to the Soul Palace, while Lin Yuan demanded a reliable safety guarantee and warned that he could seek refuge with other powerful factions.
• Xiao Yi Xian used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to reach Five-Star Dou Venerate and fought Star Picker to an even first exchange.
• Lin Yuan stopped the confrontation and agreed to go with Star Picker if his conditions were met, then asked to place a soul restriction on Star Picker to ensure his safety during the journey.

Lin Yuan secured a mutual soul-restriction agreement with Old Ghost Star Picker and prepared to join him on a journey to the Central Plains after arranging training and finishing his alchemy. Before departing, Lin Yuan tasked Xiao Yi Xian with obtaining two inheritances, while she remained behind as a powerful outside ally.

• Lin Yuan persuaded Old Ghost Star Picker to set soul restrictions on each other, then asked him to spar with Xiao Yi Xian for half a month.
• Xiao Yi Xian trained with Old Ghost Star Picker, improved her combat control, and refused his invitation to join the Soul Palace, warning him not to harm Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan finished refining two pills, used demon puppets to absorb the pill lightning, and agreed to depart for the Central Plains the next morning.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to accompany Lin Yuan, but he explained that her strength would better protect him from outside the Soul Palace.
• Lin Yuan asked Xiao Yi Xian to take Qing'er to the Heavenly Snake Mansion for the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil Legacy and to obtain the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body from the Wind Lightning Pavilion.

Lin Yuan prepared Xiao Yi Xian for her journey to the Central Plains, entrusting her with supplies, instructions, and plans for their allies before spending a peaceful final night with her. The next morning, Lin Yuan departed Jia Nan Academy for the Central Plains, while Xiao Yi Xian began cultivating and Su Qian and the elders watched him leave.

• Lin Yuan briefed Xiao Yi Xian on Heavenly Snake Mansion and Wind Lightning Pavilion, explaining that she was strong enough to handle Venerable Sky Snake and Venerable Lei while warning her to be discreet around the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian a storage ring, letters, and jade slips, instructing her to help Qing'er and Little Cai advance, obtain the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, and eventually settle with the Ye Family in the Pill Region.
• Lin Yuan warned Xiao Yi Xian to conceal her Woeful Poison Body and avoid Ice River Valley until he investigated them; Xiao Yi Xian reassured him that she and Medusa could face the Central Plains, and they spent the night together in quiet companionship.
• At dawn, Lin Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian he would leave without a formal farewell to the Great Elder, embraced her, and flew away; Xiao Yi Xian watched him go and resumed cultivating.
• Lin Yuan bowed toward Jia Nan Academy and departed for the Central Plains, while Su Qian, Qian Bai, and another elder emerged from twisted space and discussed his journey and their own plans to reach Dou Venerate.