Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan helped Dan Chen subdue a Heavenly Flame and began refining her body with the Brahma Lotus Tribulation Fire Body, while preserving excess flame energy for her future cultivation. As Dan Chen’s strength began to rise, Holy Pill City filled with visitors anticipating the Pill Convention, the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly, and the Five Great Families assessment.

• Lin Yuan used Fu Xuan’s power and a Soul Imprint to help Dan Chen calm the pale purple Heavenly Flame and begin claiming it.
• After three days, Dan Chen erased the flame’s resistance, and Lin Yuan taught her the Brahma Lotus Tribulation Fire Body.
• Lin Yuan used the Lotus Profound Fire Seal to refine Dan Chen’s body with Heavenly Flame energy while sealing excess energy for her future cultivation.
• Dan Chen endured the painful body-refining process, and her cultivation began rising past Peak Dou Sect.
• Visitors gathered in Holy Pill City for the upcoming contests and Five Great Families assessment, where many hoped Ye Xinlan would fail and the Ye Family would lose Lin Yuan’s favor.

Ye Xinlan and the Ye Family attended the Five Great Families assessment, where Xinlan faced the first test of her soul power. As her concealed Spirit Realm soul power erupted, the assessment hall’s observers were stunned, and the chapter ended before her score appeared.

• Ye Zhong led the Ye Family into the assessment hall, where the guards treated them with new respect and onlookers discussed Xinlan’s status as Lin Yuan’s disciple.
• Shi Yi and Gu Zhen discussed Xinlan’s potential and their reasons for visiting Holy Pill City to meet Lin Yuan.
• Cao Xiu and Dan Xuan arrived with their families, but the celebrated Cao Ying and Dan Chen were absent.
• Elder Sheng began the assessment, and Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, Cao Xiu, and Dan Xuan recorded soul values of 751, 799, 886, and 952 respectively.
• Xinlan pressed her hand to the stone stele and unleashed her concealed Spirit Realm soul power, startling the observers.

Ye Xinlan dominated all three assessments, breaking the soul-power record and revealing that she had reached the Spirit Realm. As Elder Sheng prepared to announce the results, Yao Ziyou insulted the Pill Tower and Yao Chen, prompting Xiao Yan to reveal himself and confront him.

• Ye Xinlan scored three thousand on the soul test, surpassing Cao Ying's record and astonishing the hall with her Spirit Realm soul power.
• Ye Xinlan caught three hundred Soul Measuring Beads and defeated Dan Xuan, Cao Xiu, Bai Ying, and Qiu Ji in soul combat, taking first place in all three assessments.
• Yao Ziyou appeared before Elder Sheng and denounced the Pill Tower's disciples, boasting about the Yao Clan and insulting Yao Chen as an outcast.
• Xiao Yan tore off his cloak, confronted Yao Ziyou, and challenged him for insulting his teacher.
• Yao Ziyou recognized Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame and privately saw the confrontation as a chance to earn merit.

Yao Ziyou provoked Xiao Yan to challenge him, hoping to claim the Wind Fury Dragon Flame through a later contest while currying favor with Yao Wangui. Their soul duel ended in an apparent draw, and Lin Yuan realized Yao Ziyou had concealed some of his strength; the confrontation was set to continue at the Pill Convention.

• Yao Ziyou targeted Chen Yan, intending to provoke him into a contest and seize his Wind Fury Dragon Flame for the Yao Clan.
• Yao Ziyou insulted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan until Xiao Yan prepared to attack, but Elder Sheng stopped him and proposed an alchemist contest.
• Yao Ziyou challenged Xiao Yan to a soul duel, and they exchanged the Annihilating Soul Hand and Soul Profound Seal.
• The soul techniques wrecked the assessment square, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Ziyou both injured and apparently evenly matched.
• Yao Ziyou postponed their alchemy contest until the Pill Convention and left, while Lin Yuan told Xin Lan that Yao Ziyou had hidden part of his soul power.

Lin Yuan planned to use the Yao Clan’s scheme against Xiao Yan to his advantage while accelerating Dan Chen’s breakthrough and preparing a Lightning Illusion Body. In Holy Pill City, Elder Yao warned Xiao Yan about the approaching conflict with the Soul Palace and urged him to grow stronger before the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly and Pill Convention.

• After Xinlan passed the examination with a record-breaking score, Lin Yuan congratulated her and told her to deliver a message to Gu Zhen and Shi Yi.
• Lin Yuan deduced that Yao Ziyou was hiding his strength to target Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame, then accelerated Dan Chen’s advancement and sent a clone to oversee it.
• News of Xinlan’s result and Xiao Yan’s confrontation with a mysterious young man spread through Holy Pill City, and Elder Yao warned Xiao Yan not to risk himself recklessly again.
• Mang Tianchi asked Elder Yao about the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Elder Yao explained that it might be with the Gu Clan or the Hun Clan before sharing what he knew about the Xiao Clan’s destruction.
• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that an unknown Dou Saint had destroyed the Soul Palace’s forces in the borderlands, forcing the Soul Palace to withdraw and increase its activity in the Central Plains.
• Elder Yao warned that Xiao Yan’s identity could soon draw the Soul Palace’s attention and urged him to prepare for the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly and cultivate the Spirit Ascension Method for the Pill Convention.

Xiao Yan began cultivating Elder Yao’s Spirit Ascension Method while Lin Yuan prepared to frame the Hun Clan and gave Xin Lan a powerful Transforming Fire. As the Pill Convention approached, Yao Ziyou secured Yao Wangui’s support and resources to target Xiao Yan’s Strange Flame, while Lin Yuan arranged access to the Heavenly Tomb with Shi Yi and Gu Zhen.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Spirit Nurturing Dust from Elder Yao and returned to secluded cultivation to master the Spirit Ascension Method for the Pill Convention.
• Lin Yuan completed preparations for his Lightning Illusion Body to capture Yao Ling while disguising the operation as the Hun Clan’s work.
• Lin Yuan returned to Heavenly Secluded Valley, learned that Yao Chen had left him a letter and that guests had arrived, then gave Xin Lan Transforming Fire to help her reach Nine-Star Dou Sect.
• Yao Ziyou reported his concerns about the Spirit Ascension Method to Yao Wangui, who supplied him with Blood Soul Jade Marrow and promised him access to the Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Lin Yuan met Shi Yi and Gu Zhen, who confirmed Heavenly Tomb arrangements and invited him to visit their clans.

Lin Yuan accepted an Ancient Clan elder’s request to refine medicine, gifted pills to Gu Zhen, Shi Yi, and Mang Tianchi, and reunited with his old friends at Jia Nan Academy after revealing he had reached One-Star Dou Saint. Meanwhile, Cao Ying completed the Small Dan Tower inheritance and relayed the Heaven Pill Saint’s message for the Great Elder to visit the Heaven Pill Tablet with Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan accepted Gu Li’s medicine-refining request, received a Purple Jade Invitation to the Ancient Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and gave Gu Zhen and Shi Yi Eighth Grade Nine-Colored Thunder Tribulation Pills.
• Lin Yuan revealed to Mang Tianchi that he had broken through to One-Star Dou Saint and gave him lightning-based treasures to help him advance.
• Lin Yuan reunited with Han Yue, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao at Jia Nan Academy, where Hu Jia greeted him warmly.
• Cao Ying emerged from ten days of inheritance, which the Great Elder of the Small Dan Tower praised as among the best results in a hundred years.
• Cao Ying told the Great Elder that the Heaven Pill Saint wanted him to visit the Heaven Pill Tablet with Lin Yuan.

As the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly began in Holy Pill City, Xiao Yan set out to compete while Elder Yao reassured Lin Yuan that he could protect his disciple. Lin Yuan and Elder Yao discussed a trade involving Soul Origin, and Lin Yuan revealed that he had killed a Soul Palace Dou Saint in the Northwestern Continent before hinting that Elder Yao possessed another treasure he wanted.

• Xiao Yan declared his intention to win the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly and left with Mu Qingluan, Venerable Feng, and the others after Elder Yao encouraged him.
• Elder Yao met Lin Yuan privately and gave him the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill recipe, warning him that it required Yellow Springs Blood Crystal from the Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe.
• Elder Yao offered Lin Yuan a cluster of Soul Origin, but Lin Yuan dismissed it as too little to trade for the Divine Vein Foundation Pill recipe.
• Lin Yuan admitted that he had destroyed the Soul Palace’s forces in the Northwestern Continent and killed a Dou Saint, then asked Elder Yao to keep the matter secret.
• After Elder Yao called off the trade, Lin Yuan said Elder Yao still had a treasure that could interest him and looked at him with a flash of icy-blue flame in his eyes.

Lin Yuan warned Elder Yao that the Four Pavilions faced threats from the Yao and Yan Clans as well as the Soul Palace, then offered to trade pills for the Bone Chilling Flame. Elder Yao weighed the loss of his treasured Heavenly Flame against urgently needed strength as Lin Yuan suggested replacing it with a synthesized Strange Flame.

• Lin Yuan argued that the Four Pavilions’ three Heavenly Flames made it a tempting target for the Yao and Yan Clans, especially once conflict with the Soul Palace began.
• Lin Yuan contrasted Elder Yao’s vulnerable position with his own backing, connections, and potential as a future Grandmaster Xuandan.
• Lin Yuan revealed the Soul Palace’s Dou Saint forces and urged Elder Yao to advance beyond One-Star Dou Saint as soon as possible.
• Elder Yao acknowledged the danger but questioned why Lin Yuan himself was safe despite possessing several Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Yuan offered Elder Yao the Divine Vein Foundation Pill formula, help refining it, and another Ninth Grade Treasure Pill in exchange for the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Elder Yao hesitated over surrendering the flame, and Lin Yuan suggested he replace it with a synthesized Strange Flame.

Lin Yuan offered Elder Yao a synthesized Strange Flame and other benefits in exchange for the Bone Chilling Flame, but Elder Yao postponed his decision until after the Pill Convention. Lin Yuan then went to the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly, where Dan Tower opened the preliminaries and contestants entered the secret realm as he assessed their strength.

• Lin Yuan showed Elder Yao his sixteen-flame Azure Blue Ice Flame and offered a Two-Star Dou Sheng breakthrough pill and formula plus another synthesized Strange Flame for the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Elder Yao struggled with the offer because the Bone Chilling Flame had accompanied him for years, then asked for until after the Pill Convention to decide and promised to pass the offer on to Xiao Yan regarding the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Lin Yuan warned Elder Yao that sentiment could leave the Bone Chilling Flame vulnerable to his enemies, then departed for Holy Pill Plaza.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Heavenly Thunder Seed appeared before the crowd, and Xuan Kongzi announced the assembly rules, rewards, and start of the preliminaries.
• Contestants including Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, Lin Yan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia entered the preliminary space while Lin Yuan secretly inspected their auras and cultivation through the tunnel.

Lin Yuan discovered two Hall of Souls infiltrators at the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly and secretly put them into a dream while Xiao Yan and the other contestants entered the preliminaries. Back in Heavenly Secluded Valley, Lin Yuan began absorbing Zhukun’s Reverse Scale Blood to strengthen himself before the Pill Convention.

• Gu Zhen and Shi Yi discussed why Ling Quan joined the contest, while Lin Yuan recognized Ling Quan and a Kunwu Sect genius among the contestants.
• Lin Yuan sensed two concealed Five-Star Dou Venerates from the Hall of Souls, sent Nightmare Heavenly Mist to incapacitate them, and informed the Three Greats.
• Xiao Yan crossed the fiery preliminary grounds and entered the passage to the next stage, while most contestants struggled against the heat and spatial barriers.
• Heavenly Thunder Seed appeared after the contestants left and found the two Hall of Souls members standing dazed in the flames.
• Lin Yuan returned to Heavenly Secluded Valley, checked on Dan Chen and Xin Lan, then refined two drops of Zhukun’s Reverse Scale Blood with Fu Xuan’s help.
• Lin Yuan swallowed one drop and began absorbing its energy, causing his Late One-Star Dou Saint aura to rise.

Qing Lin returned from the Beast Region as a Two-Star Dou Saint, while Dan Chen broke through to One-Star Dou Venerate in Heavenly Secluded Valley. Lin Yuan then completed his seclusion at Two-Star Dou Saint and invited the Small Dan Tower First Elder inside to discuss an important matter.

• Qing Lin left Xiao Yi Xian to guard Xiyue’s seclusion and returned to Lin Yuan, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Qing Lin guarded Lin Yuan as he cultivated, while Dan Chen broke through to One-Star Dou Venerate and went with Xin Lan to watch the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly.
• Lin Yuan absorbed the energy storm, stabilized his cultivation at Two-Star Dou Saint, and welcomed Qing Lin back.
• The Small Dan Tower First Elder arrived after sensing Lin Yuan’s aura, and Lin Yuan opened the valley’s barriers to invite him in.

Lin Yuan welcomed Great Elder Lin, gave him the Soul Clearing Saint’s corpse and Dragon Emperor Essence Blood, and arranged to enter the Heaven Pill Tablet after the Pill Convention. He then took Qing Lin to the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly, where Chen Xuanli won the first semifinal and Chen Yan challenged Ling Quan.

• Great Elder Lin visited Lin Yuan in Heavenly Secluded Valley after sensing his breakthrough to early-stage Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Lin Yuan agreed to enter the Heaven Pill Tablet after the Pill Convention and gave Great Elder Lin the Soul Clearing Saint’s corpse and a drop of Dragon Emperor Essence Blood.
• After Great Elder Lin left, Lin Yuan explained to Qing Lin that he would wait for Zi Yan before returning to the Heaven Pill Tablet and planned to strengthen his ties with the Dan Tower.
• Lin Yuan and Qing Lin went to Holy Pill City to watch the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly semifinals.
• Chen Xuanli defeated Lei Li in the first semifinal.
• Chen Yan entered the arena and taunted Ling Quan before their semifinal match began.

Xiao Yan faced Ling Quan at the Holy Pill Plaza, where Ling Quan exposed Xiao Yan’s true name and Xiao Clan heritage before their duel. Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan and held him by the neck, leaving his fate in his hands.

• Xiao Yan confronted Ling Quan and mocked his Three-Star Dou Venerate cultivation while revealing his own Two-Star Dou Venerate strength.
• Ling Quan exposed Xiao Yan’s identity as a member of the fallen Xiao Clan, sparking discussion among the spectators and drawing the attention of Gu Zhen, Shi Yi, and Lin Yuan.
• Ling Quan insulted Xiao Yan and warned him to abandon his feelings for Xun'er, prompting Xiao Yan to begin the fight.
• Xiao Yan destroyed Ling Quan’s lightning spear, evaded his attacks, and countered his Emperor's Seal Technique with the Dragon Overturning Heaven Ruler.
• Xiao Yan struck Ling Quan with Dragon Slash and Baji Collapse, knocked him unconscious, then seized him by the neck and challenged his claim that Xiao Yan could not act arrogantly.

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan, won the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly, and announced his intent to challenge Gu Yao within three years. As the Pill Convention approached, Lin Yuan prepared a concealed plan to capture Yao Ling and returned to Heavenly Secluded Valley, where a purple-clad girl greeted him affectionately.

• Xiao Yan overpowered Ling Quan, spared his life, and secretly told him to warn Gu Yao that he would seek a fight within three years.
• Xuan Kongzi declared Xiao Yan the winner, while Gu Zhen considered warning Gu Yao about Xiao Yan's strength.
• Lin Yuan entered the Pill Convention's Illusion Realm and set up a hidden formation and Nightmare Heavenly Mist as part of his plan to capture Yao Ling.
• After the Heavenly Pride Contest Assembly ended, Xiao Yan's victory over Chen Xuanli made him widely known as the champion, and Lin Yuan prepared for the upcoming Pill Convention.
• Lin Yuan returned to Heavenly Secluded Valley, where Qing Lin led him inside and a purple-clad girl threw herself into his arms.

Zi Yan returned from the dangerous depths of the void with four Ancient Dragon Tribe Dou Saints and news of stronger survivors, then prepared to advance her Soul Realm and raid Soul Palace branch halls. As the Pill Convention approached, Lin Yuan and Qing Lin appeared in Holy Pill City, where Lin Yuan opened his eyes on the final day before the event began.

• Zi Yan described the dangers of the void and reported finding Cang Li, Zhu Lie, Ao Qing, and Zhu Yin, who told her that late-stage Dou Saint experts of the Ancient Dragon Clan were still alive.
• Lin Yuan gave Zi Yan a cluster of Soul Origins and a jade slip marking Soul Palace branch halls, instructing her to gather more Soul Origins, conceal her attacks, and return within thirty-five days.
• Zi Yan took the Soul Origins and left for the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling after spending the night with Lin Yuan, while Qing Lin waited for him the next morning.
• Lin Yuan joined Qing Lin in Holy Pill City to make his public appearance as Medicine Lord while Zi Yan set out to attack the Soul Palace branch halls.
• As Holy Pill City filled with visitors and excitement for the Pill Convention, a young man meditating in the Pill Tower opened his eyes on the day before the event began.

Lin Yuan confirmed that Zi Yan’s raid on eight Soul Palace branch halls had gone smoothly, then prepared to represent the Dan Tower at the Pill Convention. As the convention opened in Holy Pill City, Yao Wangui plotted against Lin Yuan while Lin Yuan arrived at the venue as the Central Plains’ celebrated young alchemist.

• Lin Yuan finished mastering his increased Dou Qi, surveyed Holy Pill City, and went to check on Zi Yan’s operation against the Soul Palace.
• Aboard a Yao Clan warship, Yao Wangui ordered Yao Tian and Yao Ling to win the Pill Convention using a secret method, and privately resolved to eliminate Lin Yuan if he got the chance.
• Lin Yuan told Qing Lin that Zi Yan had looted eight Soul Palace branch halls and killed a Two-Star Dou Saint, while the Soul Palace suspected another ancient clan and might seek help from the Hun Clan.
• Qing Lin presented Lin Yuan with an alchemist robe she had sewn, and the next morning Lin Yuan, Xin Lan, and Dan Chen set out for the Pill Convention.
• At Holy Pill Plaza, Lin Yuan sent Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy’s seats and joined the Dan Tower disciples, who greeted him as he prepared to compete against the Yao Clan.

Lin Yuan attended the Pill Convention as the Dan Tower’s Great Elder presided over it, but the Yao Clan arrived with a hostile display of force. Huo Yao intervened on the Dan Tower’s behalf, and Yao Wangui then sent the Yao Clan’s ten prodigies to compete.

• Lin Yuan appeared at the Pill Convention with Dan Chen and Xinlan, drawing the crowd’s attention as the Three Greats and Eight Great Elders arrived.
• The Dan Tower’s Great Elder appeared and announced that he would preside over the competition.
• Yao Wangui’s battleship arrived and released a powerful aura that pressured the plaza, prompting Great Elder Lin to summon Huo Yao for support.
• Huo Yao confronted Yao Wangui and shielded the Dan Tower, while Huo Xuan, Gu Qingyang, and Lei Yun watched from the seats.
• Huo Zhi realized Lin Yuan had used his Yan Clan favor to call Huo Yao, and Lin Yuan showed no regret about spending it.
• Yao Wangui concluded that his show of force had served its purpose and ordered the Yao Clan’s ten prodigies to compete for the championship.

The Yao Clan arrived at the Dan Tower’s Pill Convention, where Lin Yuan confronted Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the hostile Yao Wangui. Huo Yao stopped Yao Wangui from attacking Lin Yuan, but Yao Wangui then exposed a hidden observer in the plaza.

• The Yao Clan’s elders and young elites appeared at the convention, prompting Lei Yun and Huo Zhi to discuss their strength and Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Yuan greeted Yao Tian and Yao Ling, exchanged barbs with Yao Tian, and noticed Yao Ling’s interest in his pill fragrance.
• Yao Wangui insulted Lin Yuan, who challenged his arrogance and criticized his conduct as a guest of the Dan Tower.
• Yao Wangui threatened Lin Yuan, but Huo Yao intervened and invited him away for tea instead of letting him attack.
• Yao Wangui spotted a hidden observer and blasted the figure from concealment into the Four Pavilions seating area.

The Yao Clan arrived at the Pill Convention in force, and Lin Yuan confronted Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the hostile Yao Wangui. Huo Yao stopped Yao Wangui from attacking Lin Yuan, but as the elders prepared to leave, Yao Wangui exposed a hidden observer and knocked him into the Four Pavilions seating area.

• The Yao Clan appeared above the Dan Tower platform with Yao Wangui, Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and eight young experts, drawing astonished reactions from the crowd.
• Lin Yuan greeted Yao Tian and Yao Ling, who had both reached Half-Saint, while Yao Ling recognized the refined pill fragrance around him and Yao Tian grew worried about her interest in Lin Yuan.
• Yao Wangui insulted Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan mocked his lack of manners and challenged his bearing as a senior.
• Yao Wangui prepared to attack Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan stepped behind Huo Yao, who blocked the killing intent and persuaded Yao Wangui to leave with him for tea.
• Before leaving, Yao Wangui sensed a hidden observer, swept spatial energy toward the square, and knocked the concealed figure into the Four Pavilions seating area.