Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao revealed an unfamiliar, powerful Heavenly Flame and brought out the third-ranked Purple Abyss Cauldron as he prepared to refine a Nine-Revolutions Saint-Breaking Pill. He offered Cao Ying another Heavenly Cauldron and astonished the spectators with more than a thousand medicinal ingredients, leaving Xuan Kongzi wondering what pill he intended to make.

• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi discussed Lu Yunxiao’s unfamiliar flame, which reminded them of the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Sea Heart Flame but matched neither.
• Lu Yunxiao brought out the Purple Abyss Cauldron and used his jade-colored flame to heat it as Cao Ying asked about his Heavenly Flame and recognized the cauldron’s ranking.
• Lu Yunxiao offered to give Cao Ying the Myriad Beast Cauldron, and Cao Ying asked when he would give it to her and promised a return gift.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned more than a thousand kinds of medicinal ingredients to prepare for refining the Nine-Revolutions Saint-Breaking Pill, shocking the spectators and prompting Xuan Kongzi to question what he was making.

Lu Yunxiao began refining the Nine-Revolutions Saint-Breaking Pill by processing more than a thousand ingredients at once in his enormous Purple Abyss Cauldron, astonishing the gathered alchemists. Over the following weeks, his work remained steady as the Pill Gathering drew closer to its climax, with no pill lightning yet summoned.

• Lu Yunxiao reviewed the Nine-Revolutions Saint-Breaking Pill’s method, then sent over a thousand medicinal ingredients into the Purple Abyss Cauldron and enlarged it to a hundred zhang.
• Xuan Kongzi and Elder Tongxuan were shocked by Lu Yunxiao’s daring technique, while Gu Xun’er expressed confidence in him.
• Lu Yunxiao sealed the cauldron and began refining as the other contestants continued working on their own pills.
• Seven days passed without trouble for Lu Yunxiao, while a few contestants finished pills that left them out of contention.
• Another half month passed as more contestants completed their pills and medicinal fragrance filled the area, but none produced pill lightning.

Lu Yunxiao continued refining a mysterious, exceptionally high-grade pill while other contestants produced Tier 7 pills and pill lightning filled the sky. As the Pill Gathering narrowed to thirty-two contestants, Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi wondered whether Lu Yunxiao was using the rumored Cauldron Sealing Method.

• Lu Yunxiao remained focused on refining as the first contestant produced pill lightning and revealed a low Tier 7 Medicinal Pill.
• Over the following days, pill lightning appeared repeatedly, and fewer than fifty contestants still had pill flames rising from their platforms.
• A gray-haired man caught a bolt of pill lightning and celebrated refining a middle Tier 7 Medicinal Pill.
• Thirty-two contestants, including Lu Yunxiao, Cao Ying, Gu Ying, and Dan Chen, continued preparing their pills.
• Xuan Kongzi admitted he could not discern what Lu Yunxiao was refining, and Tian Leizi said Lu Yunxiao's technique resembled the rumored Cauldron Sealing Method.

Tian Leizi recognized that Lu Yunxiao’s technique resembled the lost Cauldron Sealing Method, raising expectations for the pill he was refining. Five days later, seventeen alchemists remained in the competition, and the thunder still rumbling above them came from their cauldrons rather than the sky.

• Tian Leizi said Lu Yunxiao’s technique resembled the Cauldron Sealing Method, and Xuan Kongzi agreed it could produce an extraordinary pill.
• Cao Ying continued refining an Eighth-Grade pill and wondered what Lu Yunxiao was making.
• Over the next five days, nine alchemists succeeded and six withdrew, leaving seventeen contestants on the stone platforms.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi discussed Venerable Qing Hua, Gu Ying, and the Soul Hall black-robed man as potential threats to Cao Ying.
• Tian Leizi said Lu Yunxiao had chased the black-robed man in the Pill Realm, and Xuan Kongzi welcomed the news.
• The thunder still echoing beneath the clear sky came from the alchemy cauldrons on the stone platforms.

Song Qing completed a Peak Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pill and boasted at Lu Yunxiao, while eight more pills of the same grade triggered pill lightning across the plaza. As the competition neared its climax, Dan Chen poured her blood into her pill, causing her cauldron to explode.

• Song Qing presented his Peak Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pill and looked to Lu Yunxiao for a reaction, but Lu Yunxiao ignored him.
• Cao Ying judged Song Qing’s pride foolish and returned her attention to her own cauldron.
• Eight more Peak Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pills appeared within minutes, filling the sky with pill lightning and exciting the crowd.
• Song Qing sneered that the other contestants’ pills were inferior, then hurriedly focused on surviving another strike of lightning.
• Dan Chen, pale from exhaustion, spat blood into her nearly finished pill, and the resulting energy burst shattered her cauldron.

Dan Chen and Old Man Qinghua each produced Tier 8 medicinal pills, with Qinghua’s pill summoning three-colored Pill Lightning. Cao Ying then finished her own pill and released a massive burst of energy from her cauldron, while Lu Yunxiao continued refining.

• Dan Chen’s Tier 8 pill summoned a two-colored Thunder Cloud, impressing the crowd and drawing praise from Tian Leizi and Xuan Kongzi.
• Old Man Qinghua opened his cauldron and produced a Tier 8 pill that summoned three-colored Pill Lightning.
• Cao Ying told Lu Yunxiao she had finished, then prepared to reveal her own alchemy results.
• Cao Ying opened her cauldron, sending a light pillar skyward as the energy inside shattered nearby Stone Platforms.

Cao Ying refined a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill that produced Four-Colored Pill Lightning, falling just short of five colors because she lacked the strength. Lu Yunxiao comforted her and reassured her that he would back her up as she worried about competing with the Soul Hall alchemist.

• Cao Ying's Tier 8 Medicinal Pill summoned a Thunder Cloud that developed four colors, while its faint purple glow failed to become true Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized that Cao Ying's cultivation had prevented her from reaching five colors and resolved to help improve her cultivation.
• Cao Ying lamented falling just short, but Lu Yunxiao comforted her and pointed out the crowd's excitement over her achievement.
• Cao Ying worried that her pill would not match the Soul Hall alchemist's, and Lu Yunxiao calmly promised to back her up.
• Cao Ying playfully demanded that Lu Yunxiao reveal what medicinal pill he was refining.

Cao Ying refined a Tier 8 pill with nearly Five-Colored Pill Lightning, but Gu Ying surpassed her by producing Seven-Colored Pill Lightning. The gray-clothed man then revealed himself as Soul Clan's Soul Capital and challenged the Pill Gathering’s leaders.

• Lu Yunxiao teased Cao Ying about taking her Pill Lightning, but she refused his help and relied on her own trump cards.
• Gu Ying unleashed Four-Colored Pill Lightning, which developed into a Seven-Colored Thunder Cloud that overshadowed the others.
• Gu Xun'er declared her confidence in Lu Yunxiao, while Elder Tongxuan lamented how openly she favored him.
• The gray-clothed man mocked Xuan Kongzi and Gu Ying, then released a powerful pillar of light and claimed he would win the championship.
• Gu Ying recognized the gray-clothed man as Soul Clan's Soul Capital.

Hun Du revealed that he belonged to the Soul Clan, then refined a pill that produced Eight-Colored Pill Lightning and surpassed Gu Ying’s result. The Pill Tower’s leaders chose not to intervene, leaving Hun Du poised to claim the Pill Gathering championship.

• Hun Du’s identity as a member of the Soul Clan shocked Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the Pill Tower elders, but they decided they had no legitimate grounds to disqualify him.
• Gu Ying recognized Hun Du as a formidable opponent trained by Hun Xuzi and doubted he could defeat him.
• Gu Xun’er remained confident that Lu Yunxiao would not lose despite Hun Du’s identity and skill.
• Hun Du’s pill lightning advanced from five colors to six and seven, matching Gu Ying’s achievement.
• Hun Du’s pill lightning gained an eighth color, showing that his alchemy had surpassed Gu Ying’s.

Soul Capital refined a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill with Eight-Colored Pill Lightning and revealed that he belonged to the Soul Hall, humiliating the Pill Tower and claiming the championship was his. With the crowd looking to Lu Yunxiao as their last hope, Soul Capital mocked him, and Lu Yunxiao calmly challenged his confidence.

• Soul Capital's Eight-Colored Pill Lightning left the Pill Tower elders, including Xuan Kongzi, shocked and furious, while Xuan Yi urged Xuan Kongzi not to attack him.
• Cao Ying realized the gap between her alchemy and Soul Capital's was immense and began to doubt she could defeat him.
• Soul Capital laughed and revealed he was from the Soul Hall, drawing shocked reactions from the crowd and anger from Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Cao Ying called to Lu Yunxiao with hope, and Soul Capital mocked him for not having opened his cauldron yet.
• Lu Yunxiao opened his eyes and questioned whether Soul Capital's Eight-Colored Pill Lightning justified his arrogance; Soul Capital sneered and challenged him to refine a pill that surpassed it.

Lu Yunxiao revealed the medicinal pill he had refined, whose power eclipsed Soul Capital’s Eight-Colored Pill Lightning and devastated the plaza. The chapter ended with Black Demonic Lightning gathering overhead, leaving the spectators and rival alchemists stunned.

• Lu Yunxiao dismissed Soul Capital’s Eight-Colored Pill Lightning and declared that he would show everyone a truly high-grade medicinal pill.
• Lu Yunxiao opened the Purple Abyss Cauldron, releasing a pillar of light and a shockwave that destroyed nearby Stone Platforms and ruined Song Qing’s pill.
• Lu Yunxiao’s jade-green pillar of light tore apart the existing Thunder Clouds as profound black clouds gathered overhead.
• The black clouds made Soul Capital’s and Gu Ying’s pill lightning retreat, and both alchemists recognized the phenomenon as Black Demonic Lightning.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other judges marveled at Lu Yunxiao’s achievement.

Lu Yunxiao refined a Ninth-Grade Medicinal Pill, but its Black Demonic Lightning threatened to turn his achievement into failure. As the first bolt descended toward the Purple Abyss Cauldron, Lu Yunxiao prepared to face it while the onlookers watched anxiously.

• Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi marveled at Lu Yunxiao's Ninth-Grade alchemy, but Tian Leizi warned that Black Demonic Lightning still posed a deadly threat.
• Elder Tongxuan praised Gu Xun'er's choice of Lu Yunxiao, while she expressed confidence that he could handle the lightning.
• Soul Capital realized the Pill Gathering rules required Lu Yunxiao to withstand the lightning himself and taunted him.
• Lu Yunxiao calmly answered Soul Capital and sensed the destructive power gathering in the black clouds.
• A circular opening formed in the clouds, and a black bolt of lightning shot toward the Purple Abyss Cauldron as Cao Ying stared at Lu Yunxiao in astonishment.

Lu Yunxiao sent a Dou Sheng Puppet to withstand the Black Demonic Lightning from his Ninth-Grade Medicinal Pill, stunning the gathered experts. With the pill lightning checked and his victory at the Pill Gathering all but assured, Cao Ying and Gu Xun'er watched him with admiration.

• Lu Yunxiao summoned a puppet from his Storage Ring, and it struck the Black Demonic Lightning head-on, triggering a storm that shattered the space around them.
• Soul Capital accused Lu Yunxiao of calling in outside help, but Lu Yunxiao revealed that the figure was his puppet.
• Elder Tongxuan and Xuan Kongzi confirmed that the figure was a puppet with no Dou Qi, while Xuan Kongzi rebuked Soul Capital.
• Gu Ying and Gu Xun'er admired Lu Yunxiao as the crowd recognized the puppet's strength and anticipated Lu Yunxiao's well-earned Pill Gathering victory.

Lu Yunxiao subdued the escaping peak Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill after his puppet blocked the Black Demonic Lightning, humiliating Hun Du’s pill achievement. Xuan Kongzi called for the contestants to present their pills, revealing the surviving Tier 7 and Tier 8 medicinal pills.

• Lu Yunxiao caught the pill that escaped from the exploding Fire Dragon and subdued it into an emerald medicinal pill.
• Lu Yunxiao taunted Hun Du, who glared at him with killing intent, while Lu Yunxiao considered preventing the Soul Clan member from leaving.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the contestants should present their medicinal pills now that the pill lightning had dispersed.
• The contestants displayed their pills, and Song Qing bitterly watched after his own pill had been destroyed.
• The audience saw the five Tier 8 pills’ spirit forms, including Dan Chen’s rabbit, Old Man Qinghua’s wolf, and Cao Ying’s tiger.

Lu Yunxiao’s Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill overwhelmed the other pills, earning him the Pill Gathering championship and a place among the candidates for a future Pill Tower giant. He received the promised ancient Soul Cultivation Method while Hun Du resolved to have the Soul Clan kill him.

• Lu Yunxiao’s pill manifested as a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and suppressed the other competitors’ pills.
• Xuan Kongzi declared Lu Yunxiao the Pill Gathering champion, and the crowd erupted in cheers.
• Hun Du resented Lu Yunxiao’s victory and decided the Soul Clan should eliminate him.
• Xuan Kongzi told Lu Yunxiao that he had become a candidate for a future Pill Tower giant.
• Xuan Kongzi awarded Lu Yunxiao the ancient Soul Cultivation Method promised to the champion.

Lu Yunxiao won the Pill Gathering with the Nine-Revolutions Saint-Breaking Pill, which could help a Half-Saint break through to Dou Saint. Soul Emperor then arrived with members of the Soul Clan and invited Lu Yunxiao to the Soul Realm, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xuan Kongzi announced that the Pill Gathering’s top ten could enter the Star Domain in two days to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that his pill was the Nine-Revolutions Saint-Breaking Pill, capable of helping a Half-Saint reach the Dou Saint realm.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized the pill’s rarity, while Elder Tongxuan and others yearned for it but hesitated because of Lu Yunxiao’s Dou Sheng Puppet.
• Soul Emperor appeared with more than ten Soul Clan members, ignored Xuan Kongzi, and focused on Lu Yunxiao.
• Soul Emperor invited Lu Yunxiao to return with him to the Soul Realm, and the atmosphere turned tense.

Soul Emperor tried to take Lu Yunxiao to the Soul Clan, but Lu Yunxiao refused and Gu Yuan arrived to stop him. Gu Yuan and Lu Yunxiao reunited, while Yun Yun and the others joined Lu Yunxiao, ready to face Soul Emperor alongside him.

• Soul Emperor appeared at the Pill Tower and pressured Lu Yunxiao to come to the Soul Clan, but Lu Yunxiao refused.
• Soul Emperor said he would take Lu Yunxiao by force, and Gu Yuan emerged with more than ten figures to confront him.
• Gu Xun'er and Elder Tongxuan welcomed Gu Yuan, who recognized Lu Yunxiao and said he had grown up.
• Lu Yunxiao thanked Gu Yuan for saving him but explained that he had avoided the Gu Clan to protect the people close to him.
• Yun Yun and the other women arrived behind Lu Yunxiao and stood ready to face Soul Emperor with him.

Soul Emperor and Gu Yuan gathered their clans to fight over Lu Yunxiao, and Nihility Devouring Flame’s arrival tipped the confrontation toward the Soul Clan. Lu Yunxiao then spoke up against Nihility Devouring Flame’s dismissal, leaving the standoff poised to escalate.

• Soul Emperor faced Gu Yuan and insisted he would take Lu Yunxiao to pursue his goal of becoming an Emperor.
• Soul Emperor summoned more than thirty Soul Clan Dou Saints and their army, while Gu Yuan called in the Gu Clan’s experts and forces.
• Soul Emperor summoned Nihility Devouring Flame, whose Nine-Star Dou Saint strength made Gu Yuan’s position more dangerous.
• Nihility Devouring Flame taunted Gu Yuan and threatened the Gu Clan, while Gu Yuan recognized he could not hold back both him and Soul Emperor.
• Lu Yunxiao challenged the gathered enemies, and Nihility Devouring Flame sneered at his cultivation.

Lu Yunxiao confronted Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame, then summoned the clans he had subdued to demonstrate his strength. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan arrived with Huang Ling'er, whose Nine-Star Dou Saint strength revealed her as an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.

• Lu Yunxiao provoked Nihility Devouring Flame by revealing that he knew about Tou She Ancient God and the Ancient Emperor's Legacy, intensifying the flame's intent to kill him.
• Lu Yunxiao told Gu Yuan that the Gu Clan did not need to intervene and declared that he had been waiting to face Soul Emperor again.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned Yao Ming and the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan, who bowed and called him Master.
• Lu Yunxiao brought forth the Silver Dragon Barbarians and Red Phoenix Barbarians, revealing that he had subdued both northern clans.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, whose powerful Dou Saint experts made Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame take them seriously.
• Soul Emperor identified Huang Ling'er as an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix after sensing her pure bloodline and Nine-Star Dou Saint strength.

Soul Emperor decided to seize Lu Yunxiao despite the arrival of Gu Yuan and the powerful Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Huang Ling'er. Huang Ling'er reunited with Lu Yunxiao, while Zi Yan and the rival beast clans gathered at the scene.

• Soul Emperor recognized Huang Ling'er as a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint and resolved to take Lu Yunxiao before he grew stronger.
• Gu Yuan assessed Huang Ling'er’s strength and judged that Lu Yunxiao’s forces alone still could not match the Soul Clan.
• The Ancient Void Dragon Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived together, trading hostile looks but holding back from fighting.
• Huang Ling'er greeted Lu Yunxiao as her master, and he praised her for taking control of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao turned to Zi Yan, who silently watched him with an expectant, clingy expression.