Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan arrived in the Central Plains with Old Ghost Star Picker and learned about the Soul Palace’s hierarchy and power. They traveled to a hidden entrance in the Western Region, where they were about to enter the Heavenly Gang Earth Hall to meet the Vice Hall Master.

• Lin Yuan and Old Ghost Star Picker emerged at a Central Plains transfer square, where Lin Yuan assessed the region’s powerful practitioners and abundant world energy.
• Old Ghost Star Picker explained the Soul Palace’s Heavenly Gang Halls, Earthly Fiend Halls, and specialized branch halls, then said they would travel through the Northern Region Hub Hall to the Heavenly Gang Earth Hall.
• Old Ghost Star Picker told Lin Yuan that the Vice Hall Master was currently running the Soul Palace while the Hall Master remained in seclusion, and Lin Yuan wondered whether Hun Miesheng was pursuing a breakthrough.
• Lin Yuan and Old Ghost Star Picker flew for a day and a night to a desolate mountain range in the Western Region.
• Old Ghost Star Picker used a Venerate token to open a spatial rift, and he and Lin Yuan entered it.

Lin Yuan toured the Hall of Souls’ Northern Region Hub Hall, examined its soul-imprisonment facilities, and learned how its wormhole network connected distant regions. After the Hall Master ordered Old Ghost Star Picker to bring him to the Earth Hall, Lin Yuan set off through the network while another figure decided to report his abilities to Hun Xu Zi.

• Old Ghost Star Picker brought Lin Yuan to the hidden Northern Region Hub Hall, where Qing Yi and Tian Mu greeted them after being reprimanded for failing to keep watch.
• Qing Yi showed Lin Yuan the Soul Imprisonment Plaza, where Lin Yuan sensed soul origin energy within a pillar, examined the chains, and accepted one from Qing Yi.
• Old Ghost Star Picker reported Lin Yuan’s abilities and Mu Gu’s death to the Hall Master, who praised him and ordered Lin Yuan brought directly to the Earth Hall.
• Old Ghost Star Picker showed Lin Yuan the hub’s wormhole network, then spared Qing Yi and Tian Mu from punishment because of Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan and Old Ghost Star Picker boarded a space ship and began the month-long journey toward the Western Region Hub Hall, while Lin Yuan asked Old Ghost Star Picker to answer his questions.
• A figure on a throne confirmed Lin Yuan was an Eighth-Grade Alchemist under twenty and decided to report the news to Hun Xu Zi.

Lin Yuan traveled with Old Ghost Star Picker to the Soul Palace’s hidden Earth Hall, while Xiao Yi Xian told Medusa and the others about his departure and arrangements. The chapter ended with the Earth Hall’s mysterious master summoning Lin Yuan and comparing him favorably to Mu Gu.

• Old Ghost Star Picker warned Lin Yuan that the Soul Palace’s stored soul origin was reserved for an important figure and described the punishment for an alchemist who had stolen some.
• At Jia Nan Inner Academy, Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Lin Yuan had left for the Central Plains with Soul Palace members and gave Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan the items and plans he had left behind.
• Medusa explored the academy under a concealment technique and overheard students discussing Lin Yuan and Fairy Mu.
• Lin Yuan spent a month cultivating, strengthened the Azure Blue Ice Flame, and concluded that he needed a better soul cultivation method.
• Lin Yuan and Old Ghost Star Picker reached a hidden canyon in the Western Region and were seized by a giant hand of black fog before being brought into the Earth Hall.
• The Earth Hall’s master watched Lin Yuan recover quickly from the soul-level disorientation and remarked that he was better than Mu Gu.

Lin Yuan faced the Soul Palace Vice Hall Master and then Hun Xu Zi, proving his composure and ambition during the Soul Palace’s assessment. Hun Xu Zi restored Lin Yuan’s strength, helped him break through to Eight-Star Dou Sect, and began testing his alchemical potential by asking what mattered most to a top alchemist.

• Lin Yuan told the Soul Palace Vice Hall Master he had joined the Soul Palace to advance, and he resisted the Vice Hall Master’s killing intent while asserting that he could become a ninth-grade alchemist.
• The Vice Hall Master brought Lin Yuan before Hun Xu Zi, who tested his temperament by drawing out his three Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Yuan suppressed his rage after losing access to his origin flame, so Hun Xu Zi returned the flames and used a pill beast’s energy to heal him and raise his cultivation to Eight-Star Dou Sect.
• Lin Yuan declined Hun Xu Zi’s offer of the Eighth Grade Nine Colors pill beast and agreed to continue the assessment of his alchemical talent.
• Hun Xu Zi asked Lin Yuan to name the fundamental ability of a top alchemist, and Lin Yuan answered comprehension before Hun Xu Zi explained his philosophy of alchemy.

Lin Yuan passed Hun Xu Zi’s final test by completing an incomplete Eighth-Grade pill recipe, earning the chance to become his disciple. Hun Xu Zi gave him part of the Heaven and Earth Soul Technique and allowed him five years to train outside before returning to the Soul Realm.

• Hun Xu Zi tested Lin Yuan by giving him three hours to complete an incomplete Eighth-Grade Extreme Flame Profound Tempering Pill recipe.
• Lin Yuan used his Spirit Purification Art to calculate the missing ingredients and explain the recipe’s processing steps, impressing Hun Xu Zi.
• Lin Yuan accepted Hun Xu Zi as his teacher but refused to kneel, claiming he would not bow to anyone as he climbed toward the highest realm.
• Hun Xu Zi gave Lin Yuan the Earth Soul Scroll, part of the Heaven and Earth Soul Technique, and promised to provide the Heaven Soul Scroll when Lin Yuan reached the Spirit Realm Peak.
• Lin Yuan said he planned to travel and visit the Pill Tower, and Hun Xu Zi gave him five years to train before returning to the Soul Realm.

Lin Yuan presented Hun Xu Zi with his Blood Pill Method, and Hun Xu Zi perfected it while secretly planning to control and eventually kill his new disciple. Lin Yuan became Soul Palace’s Yuan Tianzun under a false identity, accepted a Nether Soul Restriction, and took on alchemy work for the hall.

• Lin Yuan asked Hun Xu Zi to refine his Blood Pill Method, which would turn his Natal Blood Pill into an eighth-grade pill and let him break through to Dou Venerate.
• Hun Xu Zi perfected the method and urged Lin Yuan to advance toward ninth-grade alchemy, while privately deciding to impose a Soul Restriction on him and eliminate him after the Millennium Plan.
• Hun Xu Zi sent Lin Yuan back to the Heavenly Gang Earth Hall and instructed Hun Lin to oversee him and make him accept a Nether Soul Restriction.
• Lin Yuan asked to travel the continent, serve Soul Palace as an alchemist, and join under the name Hun Yuan; Hun Lin agreed on the condition that he accept the restriction.
• Hun Lin placed the Nether Soul Restriction on Lin Yuan, named him Yuan Tianzun, and gave him a Heavenly Venerate Token and jade slips.
• Hun Lin assigned Lin Yuan to replace Mu Gu’s pill-refining duties, requiring him to provide ten eighth-grade pills each year in exchange for ingredients and merits.

Lin Yuan secured a place in the Soul Palace, gathered valuable materials and techniques, and prepared to leave for the Beast Region. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian defeated Venerable Sky Snake and claimed the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil Legacy; the chapter ended with Lin Yuan and Old Ghost Star Picker setting out together.

• The Vice Hall Master gave Lin Yuan a secret technique to disguise himself, access to the hall's alchemy collection, and a post at Star Picker's Earth Fiend Hall, while warning Old Ghost Star Picker to protect Lin Yuan and keep his identity secret.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated Venerable Sky Snake, compelled him to hand over the Jade-Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil Legacy, and threatened the Heavenly Snake Mansion if he resisted.
• Lin Yuan examined the materials he had obtained, including a Seven-Colored Primordial Stone for the queen and the Profound Nether Poison Canon for Xiao Yi Xian, and noted that Mu Gu's fortune was running low.
• Lin Yuan sensed that Old Ghost Star Picker had advanced to Six-Star Dou Venerate, decided his business at the Soul Palace was finished, and chose to leave for the Beast Region.
• Lin Yuan and Old Ghost Star Picker exchanged congratulations and flew away from the Earth Hall toward the southeast.

Lin Yuan refined a two-star Dou Venerate Heavenly Demon Puppet during the journey south and learned the Heaven Deceiving Profound Method. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian and the others arrived in the Central Plains, where she killed a sect elder who attacked them; Lin Yuan then began cultivating the Earth Soul Scroll as the ship continued toward the Southern Region.

• Lin Yuan formed a Soul Barrier around the cabin, began refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and studied the Heaven Deceiving Profound Method during the voyage.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan emerged from a wormhole into Haiyuan City, where Bian Bufu tried to capture them for the Cloud Rain Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed Bian Bufu with Space Annihilation and led the others through a spatial rift to leave the plaza.
• Lin Yuan completed Heavenly Puppet One, a two-star Dou Venerate puppet, and used the Heaven Deceiving Profound Method to take on the identity and appearance of Hun Yuan.
• Lin Yuan began cultivating the Earth Soul Scroll, drawing spiritual energy into his soul as the ship traveled through the space wormhole.

Xiao Yi Xian claimed the Gold-Devouring Rat Tribe and prepared to use the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool’s energy while Qing Lin and Little Cai cultivated. Lin Yuan arrived in the Southern Region as Yuan Tianzun, reunited with Star Picker and Moon Embracer, and began asking for their help with the Beast Region.

• Xiao Yi Xian drew fire poison from Jin Shi, made the Gold-Devouring Rat Tribe a Tian Xuan Affiliate, and gave Jin Shi a Sect Origin Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qing Lin and Little Cai to cultivate at the Blood Pool, then planned to go with Zi Yan to seize the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body from Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Lin Yuan arrived in the Southern Region with Old Ghost Star Picker and instructed him to keep Lin Yuan’s identity as Hun Yuan secret.
• Lin Yuan and Old Ghost Star Picker used their Heavenly Venerate Tokens to enter the Hall of Souls, where Star Picker sparred with Venerable Moon Embracer.
• Lin Yuan gave Venerable Moon Embracer an Alchemy Certificate and asked her and Star Picker to help him with a matter involving the Beast Region.

Gu Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had reached the Central Plains and become Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, then faced pressure from the Ancient Clan elders to consider its younger generation. She agreed to their demand but pointed Gu Yao and the others toward defeating Lin Yuan, whose earlier victory had stirred the clan.

• Gu Xun'er reached five-star Dou Huang and learned from Ling Ying that Xiao Yan had become Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master.
• Gu Xun'er heard that Lin Yuan had disappeared from Jia Nan Academy and suspected he had come to the Central Plains with the white-haired woman.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er that the Ancient Clan elders had summoned a meeting to discuss the Xiao clan and Xiao Yan, prompting her to rush to the great hall.
• The Ancient Clan elder demanded that Gu Xun'er spend time with the clan’s younger generation, and she agreed on the condition that the elders leave Xiao Yan alone.
• Gu Xun'er challenged Gu Yao and the other young clansmen to defeat Lin Yuan before pursuing her, and Gu Yao left for the training ground.
• The elders discussed Gu Yao’s defeat by Lin Yuan and wondered whether Lin Yuan would attend the Lei clan’s Initial Thunder Ceremony.

Gu Zhen and Gu Qingyang discussed Lin Yuan’s strength and potential, while Xun'er sent letters to Starfall Pavilion. Lin Yuan left the Earth Fiend Hall 23rd Branch, reached the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, and used the Star Token to enter Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan had just won a match.

• Gu Zhen told Gu Xing, Gu Hua, and Gu Qingyang that Lin Yuan had defeated Gu Yao through comprehensive tactics and would be difficult to overcome without superior strength.
• The clan elder urged Gu Qingyang to pursue Xun'er, and Gu Qingyang agreed while privately questioning the importance of bloodline.
• Xun'er gave Ling Ying three letters for Xiao Yan, Senior Yao, and Lin Yuan, and resolved to compensate Lin Yuan for involving him without his consent.
• Lin Yuan left Star Picker and Moon Embracer in charge of the Earth Fiend Hall 23rd Branch and traveled toward Starfall Pavilion, using Dragon Eagle as his mount.
• Lin Yuan released Dragon Eagle at the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, activated the Star Token, and prepared to enter Starfall Pavilion.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan was declared the victor of a match.

Xiao Yan defeated Xu Lie and earned recognition from the Starfall Pavilion disciples before Lin Yuan arrived to fulfill his agreement with Elder Yao. Lin Yuan accepted the materials for Elder Yao’s body and planned to begin refining it the next morning, while Xiao Yan agreed to give Lin Yuan a Wind Fury Dragon Flame Sub-Flame.

• Xiao Yan defeated Xu Lie, then offered him a hand and earned the respect of the Starfall Pavilion disciples and elders.
• Elder Yao and Venerable Feng sensed Lin Yuan’s Star Token and opened the sealed entrance to the Star Realm for him.
• Lin Yuan reunited with Xiao Yan and gave him spiritual wine that restored his strength after his battle.
• Lin Yuan asked Xiao Yan to trade a Wind Fury Dragon Flame Sub-Flame, and Xiao Yan agreed in exchange for Lin Yuan doing his utmost to revive Elder Yao.
• Venerable Feng presented the materials for Elder Yao’s body, and Lin Yuan took them, requested the Bone Chilling Flame, and planned to begin refining the body the next morning.

Lin Yuan used three Heavenly Flames to restore Elder Yao’s body, and Elder Yao awakened with his strength fully recovered and the Half-Saint realm in sight. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Wind Lightning Eastern Pavilion and forced Venerable Lei to accept a soul restriction in exchange for an eighth-grade alchemist qualification jade slip.

• Lin Yuan refined Elder Yao’s soul power and beast essence blood into the Dou Venerate skeleton with three Heavenly Flames, then helped Elder Yao fuse with the body over several days.
• Elder Yao emerged from the flames with a restored body and fully recovered strength, having glimpsed the threshold of the Half-Saint realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian trapped Venerable Lei and the Wind Lightning Pavilion elders in her Heavenly Poison Prison Realm and demanded the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body and Venerable Lei’s submission to a soul restriction.
• Venerable Lei yielded to Xiao Yi Xian, who left him with an eighth-grade alchemist qualification jade slip and a soul restriction that would require a Half-Saint to remove.

Lin Yuan welcomed Elder Yao’s successful revival and learned that Gu Xun’er had asked him to draw the Gu Clan’s attention away from Xiao Yan. He agreed in exchange for a favor and began planning to join the Dan Tower for protection, while Elder Yao reassured Ling Ying that he would protect Xiao Yan.

• Lin Yuan congratulated Elder Yao on reaching the threshold of Half-Saint and considered him a trustworthy collaborator outside the Soul Palace.
• Elder Yao reunited with Venerable Feng and Xiao Yan after leaving the tower, confirming that his revival had succeeded.
• Lin Yuan met Ling Ying, received Gu Xun’er’s letter, and deduced that she wanted him to attract the Gu Clan’s attention away from Xiao Yan.
• Lin Yuan agreed to help Gu Xun’er and told Ling Ying that she would owe him a great favor.
• Lin Yuan weighed the risks of becoming a target for Gu Xun’er’s pursuers and decided to seek an elder position in the Dan Tower.
• Elder Yao read Gu Xun’er’s letter and told Ling Ying that he would protect Xiao Yan and had already made arrangements.

Lin Yuan used Old Man Mu Gu’s corpse to earn Elder Yao’s trust and secure help joining the Dan Tower, while concealing his own identity and motives. The next morning, Lin Yuan cultivated at Starfall Peak and prepared to use two powerful pills to advance his Dou Qi.

• Lin Yuan offered to travel east with Ling Ying, and Elder Yao promised to refine medicinal pills for him as thanks for past help.
• Xiao Yan gave Lin Yuan the Wind Fury Dragon Flame Sub-Flame, and Lin Yuan revealed that he and Xiao Yi Xian had killed Old Man Mu Gu.
• Elder Yao recognized Mu Gu, heard Lin Yuan’s account of the killing, and agreed to owe Lin Yuan a favor in exchange for the corpse.
• Lin Yuan asked Elder Yao for a letter supporting his entry into the Dan Tower, and Elder Yao promised to provide one and ask an old friend to look after him.
• After Elder Yao left with Mu Gu’s corpse, Xiao Yan asked Ling Ying about Xun’er, while Lin Yuan went with Venerable Feng to find a quiet place.
• The next morning, Lin Yuan assessed his progress with the Heaven and Earth Soul Technique and prepared the Earth Fire Origin Pill and Extreme Flame Profound Tempering Pill for cultivation.

Lin Yuan used the Earth Fire Origin Pill and the Extreme Flame Profound Tempering Pill to reach peak Dou Sect, break through to the late Spirit Realm, and gain a powerful affinity for fire. At the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian learned that the Cloud Rain Sect practiced using women as flesh cauldrons, while two auras awakened in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.

• Lin Yuan refined the Earth Fire Origin Pill and advanced to late eight-star Dou Sect as Elder Yao returned to Starfall Pavilion and began an alchemy demonstration.
• Lin Yuan used the Extreme Flame Profound Tempering Pill to temper his Dou Qi, enter unity of man and heaven, and break through to the late Spirit Realm.
• The pill’s hidden effect gave Lin Yuan fire element runes that strengthened his fire control, cultivation speed, and world-energy-based Dou Skills.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the Cloud Rain Sect, whose tradition was to cultivate women as flesh cauldrons, and resolved to investigate before confronting it.
• A thunderous roar came from the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, where Little Cai and Qing Lin released two powerful auras.

After Venerable Yao completed a public pill refinement and rewarded two Starfall Pavilion elders, Lin Yuan departed with Ling Ying for the Eastern Region, leaving Yao and Venerable Feng to expand the Pavilion. As Lin Yuan traveled through a space wormhole, he began fusing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame Sub-Flame into the Azure Blue Ice Flame.

• Venerable Yao refined pills for nine days, and Xiao Yan and Kid Lin’s puppets blocked the pill lightning before Yao awarded Sect Origin Pills to Elder Wu Que and Elder Xu Yun.
• Lin Yuan questioned Mu Qingluan about the Beast Region, gave her pills and recipes, and then left Starfall Pavilion the next day with Ling Ying.
• Elder Yao gave Lin Yuan a space jade slip and promised to conceal his role in Yao’s revival and Mu Gu’s death from the Hall of Souls.
• Lin Yuan reminded Xiao Yan of their Pill Convention Agreement, while Elder Yao urged Xiao Yan to aim to become the Four Pavilions’ leading young fighter and instructed Venerable Feng to recruit allies and seek news of Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Yuan and Ling Ying traveled through Moyun City toward the Eastern Region, and Lin Yuan entered the ship’s cabin inside the space wormhole.
• Lin Yuan isolated himself with a soul barrier and began fusing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame Sub-Flame into the Azure Blue Ice Flame.

Medusa’s group hurried toward the Pill Region to escape the Cloud Rain Sect, while Lin Yuan reached the Eastern Region and parted ways with Ling Ying. Back in the Gu Realm, Gu Xun'er learned of Lin Yuan’s rapid rise to Peak Dou Sect and worried that he had uncovered her plans.

• Medusa told Xiao Yi Xian that they should hurry to Tianfeng City and use its Space Wormhole to reach the Pill Region before the Cloud Rain Sect could act.
• Zi Yan told Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian that she had sensed a summons from her bloodline.
• Lin Yuan completed his Transforming Fire, shared spirit wine with Ling Ying, and arrived with him at Ziyang City in the Eastern Region.
• Ling Ying warned Lin Yuan about the Ancient Clan’s influence in the Eastern Region, then left to report to Gu Xun'er.
• Lin Yuan changed his appearance and headed for Ziyang City before planning to travel to Yongning City for his appointment.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er about Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Lin Yuan’s letter, and Gu Xun'er wondered whether Lin Yuan had guessed her plans after learning he had reached Peak Dou Sect.

Gu Xun'er investigated Lin Yuan’s sudden visit to Yongning City and concluded that he had come to meet Gu Zhen, so she decided to travel there herself. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan met Gu Zhen and his uncle Gu Yong, leaving the three of them together at Moon Gazing Tower.

• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er that Lin Yuan had become a peak Dou Sect and an eighth-grade alchemist in less than five years, and that Xiao Yi Xian had killed Old Man Mu Gu.
• Gu Xun'er learned that Gu Zhen had volunteered to garrison Yongning City and concluded that he was Lin Yuan’s old friend.
• Gu Xun'er ordered that she would leave the Gu Realm for Yongning City.
• Lin Yuan toured Yongning City, gathered beast flames and local goods, then used a purple jade slip to signal Gu Zhen.
• Gu Zhen and Gu Yong found Lin Yuan at Moon Gazing Tower, where Lin Yuan gave Gu Zhen a Sect Origin Pill and introduced himself to Gu Yong.

Lin Yuan agreed to cooperate with Gu Zhen’s branch and confirmed that the Mysterious Meridian Restoration Pill could help Gu Yong’s daughter Luan’er. He prepared to refine it the next morning, then gave Gu Zhen a pill to stabilize his cultivation.

• Gu Yong welcomed Lin Yuan and Gu Zhen to Mount Guyue, where Gu Zhen asked whether Lin Yuan had become an eighth-grade alchemist.
• Lin Yuan confirmed his breakthrough, accepted a Seven-Colored Primordial Stone from Gu Zhen, and agreed to cooperate with Gu Zhen’s branch as his agent among the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yong gave Lin Yuan another Seven-Colored Primordial Stone and showed him the Mysterious Meridian Restoration Pill formula; Lin Yuan confirmed it was genuine and agreed to refine it for Luan’er the next morning.
• Gu Zhen explained that the Ancient Clan’s bloodline traditions made its grandmasters reluctant to help Luan’er, whose mother had a low-grade bloodline.
• Lin Yuan made a Fallen Heart Separation Fire Pill Type 2 for Gu Zhen, who accepted it and reflected on Lin Yuan’s extraordinary abilities.