Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Yuan cultivated his soul, secured Gu Zhen’s lineage’s support, and began refining the Mysterious Meridian Restoration Pill while asking them to investigate an Ancient Heavenly Snake relic. Meanwhile, Gu Xun’er emerged from the Gu Realm and led a group toward Yongning City, intending to test Lin Yuan’s abilities for Xiao Yan.

• Lin Yuan strengthened ties with Gu Zhen’s lineage and cultivated his soul while Gu Yong promised Gu Zhen a share of the channel’s future profits.
• Gu Yong advised Gu Zhen to earn Lin Yuan’s favor by helping him achieve his goals, including searching for rare resources and an Ancient Heavenly Snake relic.
• Lin Yuan inspected four sets of ingredients, then traveled with Gu Yong and Gu Zhen to Quiet Secluded Valley to refine the Mysterious Meridian Restoration Pill.
• Lin Yuan began refining the Eighth-Grade pill, and Gu Yong and Gu Zhen were astonished by his powerful Spirit Realm soul.
• Gu Xun’er arrived at Ancient Saint City with Gu Clan escorts, then ordered them to set out for Yongning City to test Lin Yuan’s abilities for Xiao Yan.

Black Azure agreed to accompany Zi Yan and the others to Holy Pill City while they waited for Lin Yuan. Gu Xun'er arrived at Ancient Moon Mountain Water as Lin Yuan refined a pill, and Gu Yao followed with the Black Annihilation Army deputies, recognizing Lin Yuan and preparing to avenge his past defeat.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa protected Zi Yan from Black Azure, who agreed to stay with her rather than force her back to Eastern Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Black Azure's company on their journey to Holy Pill City, and Ye Zhong arranged for Ye Xinlan to receive the group.
• Gu Xun'er reached Yongning City with Gu Clan guards and flew to Ancient Moon Mountain Water, while Gu Yao and the other Black Annihilation Army deputies followed her trail.
• Gu Yong concealed his long-term cooperation with Lin Yuan and prepared to host Xun'er while Lin Yuan continued refining the Profound Restoration Pill.
• Gu Xun'er arrived and watched Lin Yuan refine the pill as Gu Qingyang, Gu Yao, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing entered the valley.
• Gu Yao recognized Lin Yuan and declared that he had finally come to avenge his defeat.

Lin Yuan completed the Mysterious Meridian Restoration Pill for Gu Yong, revealing himself as an eighth-grade alchemist, while Gu Xun'er maneuvered to use Gu Yao and Gu Qingyang to probe his strength. After Lin Yuan countered Xun'er’s attempt to provoke hostility by putting an arm around her, an enraged voice ordered him to take his hand off her.

• Gu Yong stopped Gu Yao from confronting Lin Yuan before the pill refinement ended, then advised him to control his anger and study his opponent.
• Gu Yong told Gu Qingyang that Lin Yuan concealed his cultivation but was at least a Seven-Star Dou Sect, while Xun'er privately recognized that he was a Nine-Star and planned to use the clan’s challengers to test him.
• On the eighth day, Lin Yuan’s pill drew four-colored pill lightning, which his Heavenly Demon Puppet devoured before Lin Yuan completed the peak-quality eighth-grade Mysterious Meridian Restoration Pill for Gu Yong.
• Gu Yong thanked Lin Yuan before the gathered clan members, while Gu Yao prepared to challenge him and Xun'er greeted Lin Yuan in a way that encouraged rumors about their relationship.
• Lin Yuan put an arm around Xun'er and warned her through soul transmission to cooperate, then an enraged voice demanded that he take his hand off her.

Lin Yuan defeated Gu Yao in a sparring match after overcoming Gu Yao’s Nine Heavens Cold Jade-enhanced power. Gu Qingyang then challenged Lin Yuan to defend the Black Annihilation Army’s prestige, but Lin Yuan asked whether he had mastered the Ancient Emperor Seal.

• Lin Yuan teased Gu Xun'er and followed Gu Yao into the sky to fight.
• Gu Yao activated the Blood Transformation Technique and used Nine Heavens Cold Jade to mutate his Dou Qi, matching Lin Yuan’s Peak Dou Sect aura.
• Lin Yuan shattered Gu Yao’s icy mist with spatial power, anticipated his Void Roam technique, and struck him with the Soul Profound Seal before knocking him into the ground.
• Lin Yuan told Gu Yao that he was not strong enough, while Gu Qingyang tried to console him.
• Gu Qingyang challenged Lin Yuan, who asked whether Gu Qingyang had successfully cultivated the Ancient Emperor Seal.

Lin Yuan and Gu Qingyang tested their ultimate seals in a one-move duel that ended in a draw, then agreed to settle their rivalry at the Lei Clan’s Initial Thunder Ceremony. Gu Yao also vowed to challenge Lin Yuan there, leaving the Ancient Clan’s young fighters with a future contest ahead.

• Lin Yuan recognized Gu Qingyang’s mastery of the Ancient Emperor Seal and proposed that they compare it against his Three Luminaries Destroying God Seal.
• Lin Yuan and Gu Qingyang launched their seals simultaneously, and the attacks matched before exploding into fragments.
• Lin Yuan and Gu Qingyang publicly accepted a draw and agreed to compete again at the Initial Thunder Ceremony eight months later.
• Gu Qingyang warned that his strength would rise after he advanced to Dou Venerate, while privately recognizing that Lin Yuan had not used all his strength.
• Gu Yao declared that he would attend the Initial Thunder Ceremony and seek revenge, and Lin Yuan accepted his challenge.

After recovering, Lin Yuan met with Gu Xun'er and discussed their cooperation, her debt to him, and the limits imposed by the Ancient Clan. He declined her offer of help, invited her to join the Seven-Star Maiden Association, and left her wondering whether Xiao Yi Xian was already a member.

• Lin Yuan recovered from refining a medicinal pill and using the Three Luminaries Destroying God Seal, then waited in his courtyard for Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er arrived, and Lin Yuan revealed that he had guessed she used their cooperation to draw attention away from Xiao Yan and assess Lin Yuan's strength.
• Gu Xun'er acknowledged that she owed Lin Yuan a favor, but explained that she could not give him a Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame sub-flame before becoming a Dou Saint.
• Lin Yuan told Gu Xun'er that her current strength and influence could not help him, and urged her to focus on growing stronger.
• Lin Yuan invited Gu Xun'er to join the Seven-Star Maiden Association, and she asked whether Xiao Yi Xian was also a member.

Lin Yuan invited Gu Xun'er to join the Seven-Star Maiden Association, and she accepted as Yu Heng Star Lord before leaving to return to the Gu Realm. Lin Yuan then departed the Eastern Region for the Central Region with intelligence and two portions of Bodhi Transformation Saliva from Gu Zhen, and examined a Bodhi Seed aboard his ship.

• Lin Yuan explained the Seven-Star Maiden Association to Gu Xun'er, who joined as Yu Heng Star Lord and received her token.
• Lin Yuan told Gu Xun'er she was the weakest of the Seven-Star Lords and refused to reveal the secret behind his rapid cultivation; Gu Xun'er vowed to grow stronger before they met again.
• Gu Xun'er told Elder Lin and Elder Xu that they would return to the Gu Realm the next day, while Lin Yuan prepared to leave the Eastern Region.
• Gu Yong and Gu Zhen met Lin Yuan, gave him intelligence about the Ancient Heavenly Snake and two portions of Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and agreed to continue their cooperation through the Pill Tower's Ye Family.
• Lin Yuan left for the Central Region aboard his space ship and examined a Bodhi Seed he had condensed while refining Bodhi Transformation Saliva.

Lin Yuan arrived in the Pill Region after researching the Bodhi Seeds and traveled to Ye City, where he found the declining Ye Family under pressure from the Cao Family. The chapter ended as Lin Yuan interrupted the Cao Family's threat against Ye Zhong.

• Lin Yuan spent a month researching Bodhi Seeds and discovered that they could strengthen the soul, break illusions, and improve concentration.
• Lin Yuan arrived in the Pill Region, bought a map, and traveled toward Ye City, collecting useful items and information along the way.
• Lin Yuan obtained a pupil-type secret technique suited to Qing Lin in Azure Moon City.
• Ye Zhong refused Cao Yun's marriage proposal to marry Cao Dan to Xin Lan, despite the Cao Family threatening the struggling Ye Family.
• Lin Yuan entered the Ye Family hall and mocked the Cao Family's arrogance.

Lin Yuan drove the Cao Family from the Ye Family’s hall and agreed to protect the Ye Family in exchange for twenty years of service as his subordinates. He then entered the Ancient Sun Flame Altar to investigate its failing flame and found dense fire poison that he planned to collect for Xiao Yi Xian.

• Lin Yuan confronted the Cao Family with his eighth-grade alchemist soul power and ordered them to stop interfering in the Ye Family’s affairs.
• After the Cao Family left, Lin Yuan learned that Xiao Yi Xian and the others had gone to Holy Pill City and that the Cloud Rain Sect threatened them.
• Ye Zhong explained the Ye Family’s need to qualify for the Dan Tower assessment, and Lin Yuan promised to train Xin Lan or take part himself while making the Ye Family his subordinates for twenty years.
• Ye Zhong led Lin Yuan to the Ancient Sun Flame Altar, where Lin Yuan investigated the failing flame through the earth eye.
• Lin Yuan discovered dense fire poison in the earth eye and continued deeper toward the Core Flame Bead, intending to gather poison as a gift for Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Yuan recovered the Heavenly Flame origins, left the Ye Family with Ye Zhong, and arrived at Holy Pill City to meet Xiao Yi Xian and the others. Meanwhile, Lei Clan elders learned that Gu Clan youths would attend their Initial Thunder Ceremony to face the young man who defeated Gu Yao.

• Lin Yuan sealed the Earth Eye, condensed its fire poison into a Poison Fire Bead, then used the Green Lotus Core Flame to stabilize and harvest the Core Bead and surrounding earth fire energy.
• Lin Yuan and Ye Zhong departed for Holy Pill City after Ye Zhong entrusted the Ye Family to its three other elders, who pledged to carry out Lin Yuan’s tasks.
• During the journey, Lin Yuan restored the origins of the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame and continued cultivating and studying alchemy.
• Lin Yuan and Ye Zhong arrived at Holy Pill City, where Lin Yuan marveled at the crowds of alchemists and asked Ye Zhong to take him to Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• At a Lei Clan meeting, a silver-robed elder revealed that Gu Clan youths would attend the Initial Thunder Ceremony after Gu Yao’s defeat and a battle agreement with the Gu Clan’s Four Great Commanders.
• Lei Clan elders discussed the news and suggested that Lei Dong fight the Gu Clan youths to raise the Lei Clan’s prestige.

The Lei Clan planned a grand martial arts ceremony to showcase its young generation and draw the Gu Clan’s attention to Lei Dong. In Holy Pill City, Lin Yuan reunited with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, caught them up on his journey, and showed them the treasures he had brought back.

• Ninth Elder persuaded the Lei Clan elders to hold a martial arts grand ceremony in six months and invite the other clans, including the Gu Clan.
• Ninth Elder sent Lei Quan and Lei Chen to seek information about Gu Xun'er and invite her to the Lei Clan, while Mang Tianchi confirmed that Lin Yuan was his student.
• Lin Yuan arrived at Ye Courtyard and embraced Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian after their long separation.
• Xin Lan studied Lin Yuan’s alchemy notebook and wondered about his abilities and status.
• Lin Yuan told Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian about his experiences and the Soul Palace restriction, then brought out several gifts for them.

Lin Yuan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, gave them powerful gifts, and discovered that one of Medusa’s Seven-Colored Primordial Stones was an Eight-Colored Primordial Stone. As Lin Yuan and Medusa flirted, Xiao Yi Xian studied a secret dual-cultivation technique; meanwhile, Zi Yan sensed Lin Yuan’s arrival and set out with Qing Lin and Black Azure to return to him.

• Lin Yuan gave Xiao Yi Xian the Nether Poison Scripture and a Poison Fire Bead, while Medusa received three Seven-Colored Primordial Stones.
• Medusa tested the stones with her blood and revealed that Gu Zhen’s gift was an Eight-Colored Primordial Stone; Lin Yuan urged her to use it herself rather than give it to Little Cai.
• Medusa teased Xiao Yi Xian about joining her and Lin Yuan, then Lin Yuan carried Medusa away while Xiao Yi Xian withdrew to study a secret technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian read the Heavenly Desire Profound Method, planning to use it with Lin Yuan after reaching the late Dou Venerate stage.
• In the Pill Realm, Zi Yan found a snow-colored jade stone, sensed Lin Yuan’s aura, and decided to return with Qing Lin and Black Azure, who offered to gather medicinal ingredients as a greeting gift.

Lin Yuan arranged Ye Xinlan’s cultivation and sent Ye Zhong to gather rare materials, then prepared a feast to welcome Zi Yan and Qing Lin back. Zi Yan forgave him after seeing the food, and the group reunited in the Ye Courtyard.

• Lin Yuan gave Ye Xinlan a Life Devouring Pill, refined an Azure Nether Longevity Pill to offset its lifespan cost, and set her training plan.
• Ye Zhong accepted Lin Yuan’s supplies, list, and Heavenly Puppet One and departed to collect Spirit Nurturing Dust, Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and other materials.
• Xinlan consumed the pills, advanced to Dou Wang, and received further cultivation instructions and Meteor Heart Separation Fire Pills from Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan cooked a hundred energy-rich dishes while waiting for Zi Yan and Qing Lin to return from the Pill Tower.
• Zi Yan headbutted Lin Yuan for leaving without telling her, then forgave him when he revealed the feast he had prepared.

Lin Yuan agreed to accompany Black Azure when Zi Yan returned to the Ancient Dragon Clan, while Xiao Yi Xian prepared to explore the Tomb of Misfortune. Lin Yuan then reached into the Star Region to inspect the Three Thousand Burning Flame and summoned the attention of Dan Tower’s Three Greats.

• Black Azure visited Lin Yuan, shared a feast with him, and asked him to let Zi Yan return to the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Lin Yuan agreed to Zi Yan’s return on the condition that he accompany her, and they set their departure for half a month later.
• Xiao Yi Xian decided to explore the Tomb of Misfortune, and she gave Lin Yuan scrolls containing the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body and the Heavenly Desire Profound Method’s Qianyang Chapter.
• Lin Yuan sent his soul into the Star Region, found the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and decided to claim it after waiting a few days.
• One of Dan Tower’s Three Greats sensed Lin Yuan’s presence in the Star Region and went to meet him.

Lin Yuan met Xuan Kongzi in the Dan Tower’s Star Region, revealed that Yao Chen had recovered, and arranged to visit the Dan Tower the next morning. After leaving with Xiao Yi Xian and a Dan Tower elder, Lin Yuan entered the Inner Domain, intent on joining the Dan Tower and advancing his plans.

• Lin Yuan tested the Star Region barrier, then met Xuan Kongzi, who warned him that Mang Tianchi had many enemies.
• Lin Yuan told Xuan Kongzi that he wanted to join the Dan Tower and that Yao Chen had recovered and had a message for Xuan Yi.
• Xuan Kongzi welcomed Lin Yuan and arranged for a Dan Tower elder to escort him from the Ye Courtyard the next morning.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Ye Courtyard and looked forward to meeting the Dan Tower’s Three Greats and collecting Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Lin Yuan left Medusa and Little Cai sleeping, then joined Xiao Yi Xian and Elder Sheng to travel toward the Dan Tower’s Inner Domain.

Lin Yuan entered the Inner Domain and met the Dan Tower’s Three Greats, who welcomed him after learning of Yao Chen’s return and reading his letter. They accepted him as a first-rank elder, leaving him with a place in the Dan Tower and protection from the Hall of Souls.

• Elder Sheng brought Lin Yuan to meet Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi in the Dan Tower.
• Lin Yuan gave Xuan Yi Yao Chen’s letter and confirmed that Yao Chen had recovered and planned to visit her.
• Lin Yuan told Xuan Yi how he had met Yao Chen and helped bring about his resurrection.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi praised Lin Yuan for killing Mu Gu, and the Three Greats agreed to accept him into the Dan Tower.
• The Three Greats appointed Lin Yuan a first-rank elder, gave him an Elder Token, and promised not to assign him duties for three years.

Lin Yuan secured First-Rank Elder status in the Dan Tower and arranged an Eighth-Grade assessment for the next day, where he planned to refine a One Venerate Pill. As he prepared for the assessment, he tasked Xiao Yi Xian and the others with secretly hunting Soul Palace Protectors in the Pill Region to gather Soul Origin.

• Lin Yuan declined the Eight Great Elders path, asked the Three Greats to perfect his Spirit Control Formation, and sought Spirit Nurturing Dust and an Eighth-Grade Alchemist assessment.
• Xuan Kongzi agreed to perfect the formation and assess Lin Yuan the next day; Lin Yuan announced he would refine an Eighth-Grade Six-Colored One Venerate Pill, astonishing the Three Greats.
• Xuan Kongzi appointed Lin Yuan a First-Rank Elder and arranged a tower territory, an Inner Domain residence, and a medicinal field; Lin Yuan left with Elder Sheng.
• Lin Yuan toured the Dan Tower with Xiao Yi Xian, settled into his manor, and sent Ye Zhong to invite potential partners to observe his assessment.
• Lin Yuan told Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Medusa to help hunt Soul Palace Protectors in the Pill Region and seize their gathered souls without exposing their identities.

Lin Yuan gathered influential guests and accepted Spirit Nurturing Dust and other gifts before heading to the Dan Tower for his Eighth-Grade Alchemist assessment. He met Cao Ying, whose curiosity turned into a competitive spirit, and began preparing to refine the One Venerate Pill before a crowd of observers.

• Ye Zhong introduced Lin Yuan to eight prominent guests, including Cao Mu, the Cao Family head, who gave Lin Yuan five grains of Spirit Nurturing Dust to secure his friendship.
• The other guests followed Cao Mu's example and gave Lin Yuan Spirit Nurturing Dust, Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and precious medicinal ingredients.
• Lin Yuan invited the guests and Xin Lan to watch his assessment, then told Xuan Kongzi that he was building connections ahead of his long stay in the Dan Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced his disciple Cao Ying to Lin Yuan and asked him to look after her; Cao Ying questioned Lin Yuan's rank and became determined to compete with him.
• Lin Yuan arrived at the Dan Tower's assessment square, adjusted his state before the observers, and summoned his crimson medicinal cauldron.

Lin Yuan completed his eighth-grade alchemist assessment by refining a six-colored One Venerate Pill, earning a grandmaster badge and choosing the title Medicine Lord. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian finished gathering more than a hundred thousand souls and prepared to return to Holy Pill City.

• Lin Yuan displayed the Myriad Beast Cauldron and Green Lotus Core Flame, then began refining a One Venerate Pill with hundreds of ingredients and his late Spirit Realm soul power.
• After nine days of pill refinement, Xiao Yi Xian reported that the soul gathering requirement had been met and used the Azure Jade Ring to tell Qing Lin to notify Medusa and the others to return.
• On the tenth day, Lin Yuan completed the One Venerate Pill, and Heavenly Puppet One absorbed the six-colored pill lightning that followed.
• Xuan Kongzi awarded Lin Yuan an eighth-grade alchemist badge and raised his Pill Tower Library authority to level one.
• Lin Yuan chose Medicine Lord as his title, while Cao Ying watched him with growing interest.