Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen each defeated Soul Hall assassins sent to kill them in Sacred Pill City. Xiao Chen learned that Soul Hall was targeting something sealed within the Alchemist Tower, and the brothers prepared for the Pill Gathering finals.

• Xiao Chen sensed Soul Hall attackers surrounding his residence and marked Xiao Yan so he could intervene if needed.
• Xiao Yan fought two Soul Hall Protectors, using the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame to destroy both of them.
• Three peak Dou Zong Protectors attacked Xiao Chen, but he erased their Soul Locks with spatial power and captured their One Star Dou Zun Heavenly Venerate leader.
• Xiao Chen searched the Heavenly Venerate's soul and learned Soul Hall had a large force in Sacred Pill City, sought something sealed in the Alchemist Tower, and had sent stronger experts.
• Xiao Chen killed the remaining Protectors, confirmed Xiao Yan was safe, and looked ahead to the brothers' participation in the finals.

The Pill Gathering finals challenged five hundred alchemists to refine their best pills within three days. Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yan each completed difficult seventh-tier pills and triggered pill phenomena, while the chapter ended with the contestants awaiting the judges’ rankings.

• Xuan Kongzi opened the finals, and the alchemists began refining pills at their stations.
• Cao Ying chose the high-grade seventh-tier Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill, Dan Chen chose the mid-grade seventh-tier Taiyi Soul Spirit Pill, and Xiao Yan chose the mid-grade seventh-tier Poria Green Pill.
• As the three-day contest wore on, many alchemists failed, while Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yan struggled to control their increasingly difficult refinements.
• Cao Ying completed the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill and triggered a pill phenomenon, followed by Dan Chen completing the Taiyi Soul Spirit Pill with a phenomenon of her own.
• Xiao Yan stabilized his pill with his remaining Soul Power and Dou Qi, completing the Poria Green Pill and triggering a pill phenomenon.
• The contestants finished their refinements, and everyone awaited the three giants’ final ruling.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering championship and earned a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but a Five Star Dou Venerate from the Soul Hall attacked him. Xiao Chen stopped the attack and confronted the Heavenly Venerate as a battle loomed.

• Xuan Kongzi announced Xiao Yan as champion, placing Cao Ying second and Dan Chen third.
• Xiao Yan received the championship badge, an eighth-tier pill formula, access to the Book Collection Pavilion's top floor, and a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• A Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate at the Five Star Dou Venerate level appeared and tried to seize Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Kongzi and Yao Lao tried to stop the attack, but the Heavenly Venerate overwhelmed their defenses.
• Xiao Chen shattered the ghostly hand with a cold snort and challenged the Heavenly Venerate, who vowed to take down both brothers.

Xiao Chen effortlessly destroyed the Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerate’s attack and killed the Five Star Dou Venerate with one finger, stunning Sacred Pill City. He returned to Han Yue’s side as the city recognized his overwhelming power, while the fall of the Heavenly Venerate foreshadowed a greater conflict with Soul Hall.

• The Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan with the Myriad Souls Devour Heaven Palm, but Xiao Chen crushed it with a gesture.
• Xiao Chen crossed the space to confront the Heavenly Venerate, pinned him in place, and pierced through his defenses with the Annihilation Finger, destroying his body and soul.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Han Family’s Viewing Platform as the people of Sacred Pill City erupted in shock at the Five Star Dou Venerate’s death.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen admired Xiao Chen, Tang Huo’er vowed to catch up to him, and Xiao Yan resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside him.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other two recognized Xiao Chen’s immense power and anticipated that Soul Hall would retaliate.

After Xiao Chen killed a Five Star Dou Venerate, factions sought his favor while Xiao Yan celebrated his Pill Gathering victory and prepared to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Xiao Chen secured initial support and intelligence from the Alchemist Tower, then planned to take the brothers to Starfall Pavilion.

• Tang Huo'er challenged Xiao Chen to a future battle and told Xiao Yan that he still lagged behind his brother.
• The Cao Family, the Dan Family, and other factions offered gifts and goodwill, while Xiao Chen cautioned Xiao Yan about Soul Hall and agreed to guard him when he attempted to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yan a Clear Heart Three Leaf Clover and thanked Xiao Chen for helping her.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi offered Xiao Chen limited support against Soul Hall and shared information about its branch halls and soul-related ruins.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Han Family residence, learned that Xiao Yan had entered seclusion, and decided to visit Starfall Pavilion for the Soul Infant Fruit clue and a broader stage for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan traveled to Panshi City in the Tianxing Mountain Range on their way to Starfall Pavilion, where they reunited with Yun Yun and rescued her from three members of the Blood Wolf Gang. After learning that Yun Yun was alone and seeking a chance to grow stronger, Xiao Chen invited her to join them, and the three set off for Starfall Pavilion together.

• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan left Sacred Pill City and used Xiao Chen’s control of space to reach the Tianxing Mountain Range, planning to visit Starfall Pavilion through its reception city.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan entered Panshi City and heard a commotion as three Blood Wolf Gang members harassed Yun Yun.
• Xiao Chen forced the three Dou Wangs to their knees with his pressure, then sent them flying away when they begged for mercy.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect no longer existed and that she had come to the Central Plains to train and investigate an ancient ruin.
• Xiao Chen invited Yun Yun to accompany them to Starfall Pavilion, and she accepted.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun left Panshi City and traveled toward Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun visited Starfall Pavilion to seek help restoring Yao Lao’s soul and learn where to find the Soul Infant Fruit. Feng Qing’er arrived to confront Xiao Yan, and Xiao Chen threatened her as the chapter ended with the hall at a tense standoff.

• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun entered Starfall Pavilion and were welcomed by Wind Venerate, Feng Xian.
• Wind Venerate offered to help repair Yao Lao’s soul and said the Soul Infant Fruit might be found in the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix relic, a forbidden place guarded by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Qing’er barged into the Main Star Hall and accused Xiao Yan of injuring her Spirit Crane, demanding to settle their old grievance.
• Xiao Yan defended himself, and Feng Qing’er threatened to attack him despite Wind Venerate’s warning to show restraint.
• Xiao Chen stepped in front of Xiao Yan, overwhelmed Feng Qing’er and her guards with his aura, and gave her the choice to apologize and leave or be sent out.

After driving Feng Qing'er and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elders from Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan stayed there while the Ancient Sky Phoenix Relic neared its opening. Xiao Chen met Zi Yan, helped stabilize her energy, and gained her promise to follow him, just as Wind Venerate announced that rival factions had gathered at the relic.

• Xiao Chen forced Feng Qing'er to retreat, and Wind Venerate warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan might seek revenge.
• Wind Venerate offered Xiao Yan a Star Token for cultivation and reported that an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix relic in the Tianxing Mountain Range was sealed but drawing the attention of many factions.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in the Starfall Meteorite Tower while Xiao Chen studied spatial laws and Chaos Flame, and Yun Yun resumed training at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan encountered Zi Yan, who sensed the Heavenly Flames within him and wanted to eat them.
• Xiao Chen recognized Zi Yan's Great Void Dragon Emperor bloodline, used Chaos Aura to calm her unstable energy, and secured her agreement to follow him.
• Wind Venerate reported that the relic's Spatial Fluctuations had intensified and that Soul Hall and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan were among the factions gathered there.

The Ancient Sky Phoenix Relic opened, and Wind Venerate led Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Yun Yun, and Starfall Pavilion’s fighters into its dangerous outer region. After they fought off ancient beast souls, Soul Hall and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan confronted them, and Xiao Chen prepared to fight.

• Starfall Pavilion prepared for the relic’s opening while Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yun Yun trained and made ready for the expedition.
• A Spatial Rift revealed the Ancient Sky Phoenix Relic, and Wind Venerate led the group safely through its unstable passage.
• Inside the relic, Xiao Chen sensed a strong soul fluctuation that might lead to a Soul Infant Fruit, so the group headed in that direction.
• Dozens of ancient beast souls attacked, and Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, Zi Yan, and Starfall Pavilion’s fighters defeated them while Xiao Chen watched.
• Soul Hall and Feng Qing’er’s Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived; Feng Qing’er demanded Xiao Yan surrender his Heavenly Flames and cripple his cultivation, and Xiao Chen raised his Chaos-Colored Flame to face them.

The factions discovered the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool, but its deadly ancient will turned their contest into a fight for survival. When Xiao Chen’s protective talisman shattered, he learned Xiao Zhan had been seized by the Hall of Souls and tore through space to return, leaving Xiao Yan to pursue strength at the pool.

• A golden pillar revealed the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool, drawing the Hall of Souls, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Starfall Pavilion, and other factions to its cavern.
• The factions fought over the pool, but its golden water melted intruders and a resentful phoenix phantom attacked everyone with corrosive arrows and Soul Strikes.
• Xiao Chen’s jade talisman shattered, and he sensed that Hall of Souls experts had attacked Xiao Sect, wounded Xiao Zhan, and dragged him toward a Spatial Rift.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan to remain in the ruins, then threatened the Hall of Souls and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan before forcing open a Spatial Rift to return to Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan stayed behind and headed toward the blood pool, determined to become stronger and protect his family.

After Xiao Chen left, Xiao Yan plunged into the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool and used Fen Jue to endure and devour its energy, breaking through to Four-Star Dou Emperor. As the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s phantom launched a lethal attack at him, his companions defended him outside the pool.

• Xiao Yan ignored the danger and charged into the blood pool while Yao Lao warned him about its violent energy and ancient remnant will.
• Xiao Yan used Fen Jue to devour the blood essence, enduring the destruction and repair of his body as his cultivation rose.
• The Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Yan, but Wind Venerate blocked the Soul Strike and ordered Starfall Pavilion’s members to protect him.
• Zi Yan and Yun Yun guarded the pool while Xiao Yan resisted the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s remnant will and advanced to Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• The golden phoenix phantom condensed into a devastating strike and shot toward Xiao Yan’s brow just after his breakthrough.

Zi Yan stopped the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s remnant soul from killing Xiao Yan, who absorbed much of the blood pool’s energy and stabilized his four-star Dou Emperor cultivation. Xiao Chen reached Wutan City as Queen Medusa and Xiao Zhan’s defenders faced a Hall of Souls assault, while Xiao Yan discovered that Yao Lao sensed Spirit Nurturing Saliva deep in the cave.

• Zi Yan used her Great Void Dragon imperial bloodline to shatter the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix remnant soul’s fatal strike and save Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan absorbed energy from the blood pool and the remnant soul fragments as Wind Venerate protected him from the Hall of Souls and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Chen tore through spatial turbulence toward Wutan City, driven by the need to rescue his father.
• Queen Medusa fought three Hall of Souls experts, but a six-star Heavenly Venerate wounded her and attacked the city until Xiao Chen’s protective formation shielded the Xiao Residence.
• Xiao Chen arrived in Wutan City and threatened the Hall of Souls experts who had attacked his father.
• Xiao Yan stabilized his cultivation and prepared to leave, but Yao Lao sensed Spirit Nurturing Saliva deep in the lava cave.

Xiao Yan obtained the Spirit Nurturing Saliva and began cultivating in a Starfall Pavilion refuge, but learned he still needed a Seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core to restore Yao Lao's body. Meanwhile, Xiao Chen returned to save Xiao Zhan, but the Hall of Souls teleported his father away, leaving Xiao Chen swearing vengeance.

• Xiao Yan collected the Spirit Nurturing Saliva and received a fragmentary vision of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix's innate Dou Technique.
• Wind Venerate led Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yun Yun to a hidden Starfall Pavilion refuge, where Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that they still needed a Seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core and urged him to increase his strength.
• Xiao Yan studied the Heavenly Phoenix's fire-controlling technique and the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations while Zi Yan cultivated and Yun Yun stood guard.
• Xiao Chen returned to Wutan City and battled the six-star Heavenly Venerate and two five-star Heavenly Venerates while trying to free Xiao Zhan.
• Queen Medusa broke the chain binding Xiao Zhan, but the Six-Star Heavenly Venerate opened a Nine Nether Soul Prison vortex that swallowed him before Xiao Chen could reach him.
• Xiao Chen vowed to destroy the Hall of Souls and unleashed his Chaos Flame in fury.

After Soul Hall abducted Xiao Zhan, Xiao Chen defeated the three Heavenly Venerates who had attacked Wutan City and learned that his father was being held at a hidden branch hall. He left for the Central Plains to seek strength and a way to save him, while Queen Medusa sensed a strange change within herself and Xiao Yan felt his brother’s distress from afar.

• Xiao Chen destroyed the Nine Nether Soul Locking Array, killed two Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates, and searched the Six Star Heavenly Venerate’s soul for information about Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Chen learned that Soul Hall had taken Xiao Zhan to a concealed branch hall and would keep him alive to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Chen thanked Queen Medusa, treated the wounded, and resolved to seek greater strength before attempting to rescue his father.
• Queen Medusa felt a strange connection in her lower abdomen, while Xiao Chen set out for the God-Slaying Ice Plain to find the Nine-Revolutions Soul-Returning Grass and pursue a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan sensed that something had happened to his family and pushed himself into dangerous cultivation as Yun Yun and Zi Yan watched with concern.

Xiao Chen traveled into the God-Slaying Ice Plain to search for the Nine-Revolutions Soul-Returning Grass, while Xiao Yan developed new fire techniques in the ancient ruin to strengthen himself for saving his father. After briefly activating an incomplete Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, Xiao Yan set out to investigate a disturbance deep within the ruin.

• Xiao Chen entered the God-Slaying Ice Plain and headed toward the area where the Nine-Revolutions Soul-Returning Grass was most likely to grow.
• Xiao Yan used the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix remnant soul's insights to stabilize a new three-flame technique, which he named the Nirvana Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly tried and failed to use two Heavenly Flames to activate the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, suffering severe backlash each time.
• Xiao Yan briefly reached the strength of a six-star Dou Huang with the incomplete First Transformation, then collapsed from the strain.
• Yun Yun tended to Xiao Yan as their feelings grew closer, while Zi Yan watched them curiously.
• Wind Venerate reported intense Spatial Fluctuation deep within the ruin, and Xiao Yan chose to investigate.

Xiao Chen discovered an ancient ice dragon’s powerful origin in the God-Slaying Ice Plain and began breaking its restriction, while Xiao Yan fought the Wind and Thunder Pavilion in the ruins. Xiao Yan gained a breakthrough with Xiao Chen’s aid, but Fei Tian arrived and threatened him, forcing Xiao Chen to hasten his efforts from afar.

• Xiao Chen found an ancient ice dragon skeleton sealed in mysterious ice and began forcibly breaking the restriction around its Dragon Soul Origin and Great Yin Cold Source.
• Elder Lei accused Xiao Yan of killing Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples and stealing their talisman, then ordered an attack while Wind Venerate and the Starfall Pavilion elders engaged the pavilion’s main force.
• Xiao Yan used Heart Flame and Soul Perception to see through a Dou Zong’s Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, then wounded him with a simplified Nirvana Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Chen sensed Xiao Yan’s danger and sent him a drop of blood essence, replenishing his strength and helping him cultivate Three Thousand Lightning Movement to major mastery.
• Fei Tian arrived and overwhelmed Xiao Yan with his peak five-star Dou Zong pressure, while Xiao Chen sensed the threat and accelerated his attempt to break the ice dragon’s restriction.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan repelled Fei Tian with Dragon Phoenix Power and Xiao Yan’s newly formed Dragon Phoenix Nirvana Fire Lotus, forcing the Wind and Thunder Pavilion to retreat. As Xiao Yan recovered, Xiao Chen seized the Ice Dragon Origin and began refining it while sensing that his brother had survived.

• Fei Tian attacked Xiao Yan with the Wind Thunder Killing Seal, but Zi Yan unleashed Dragon Phoenix Power and shattered his barrage of thunder seals.
• Xiao Yan drew on Xiao Chen’s blood essence and the powers within him to form the four-colored Dragon Phoenix Nirvana Fire Lotus, which swallowed Fei Tian’s Spear of the Thunder God.
• Wind Venerate shielded the exhausted Xiao Yan, and Fei Tian withdrew with his injured disciples after threatening Xiao Yan and Zi Yan.
• Yun Yun caught Xiao Yan as he collapsed, and Wind Venerate led everyone away to find a safe place for him to recover.
• While Xiao Yan was unconscious, Dragon Phoenix Balance Power strengthened his foundation and his mastery of Three Thousand Lightning Movement improved.
• Xiao Chen endured the Ice Dragon’s final Soul Strike, seized its origin, and began refining it with Chaos Flame as he advanced toward Eight Star Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan recovered, perfected a stable two-flame Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, and prepared to seek the Fentian Ancient Treasure for the later stages of the Five Rounds Separation Fire Method and clues about Xiao Xuan. Xiao Chen broke through to eight-star Dou Zun and changed course for the Heavenly Fire Plain after learning Tang Huo'er had been badly injured.

• Xiao Yan woke after three days, found his injuries healed and his flame control improved, and resolved to refine the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly tested the fusion of the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame until he created a stable, low-backlash two-colored fire lotus.
• Wind Venerate told Xiao Yan the Fentian Ancient Treasure was about to open and might contain the complete Five Rounds Separation Fire Method and a flawed Dou Technique left by Xiao Xuan, so Xiao Yan decided to go.
• Xiao Chen refined more than half of the Ice Dragon Origin and broke through to eight-star Dou Zun, then considered visiting the Alchemist Tower for the Star Domain.
• Han Yue told Xiao Chen that Soul Hall had ambushed Tang Huo'er and damaged the origin of her subsidiary flame, so he headed for the Heavenly Fire Plain to help and seek the complete Five Rounds Separation Fire Method.

Xiao Chen reached the Heavenly Fire Plain and used his Chaos Flame to stabilize Tang Huo'er's damaged offspring flame, saving her from immediate danger. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan left Starfall Pavilion through a Space Wormhole to seek the Fentian Ancient Treasure.

• Xiao Chen followed traces of Soul Hall's aura to a battlefield and found Tang Huo'er gravely injured in a cave.
• Elder Chi Yan let Xiao Chen treat Tang Huo'er after learning that ordinary methods could not repair her damaged flame.
• Xiao Chen used the Chaos Flame to devour the energy harming Tang Huo'er and nourish her fading flame until it stabilized.
• Wind Venerate and Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan about the dangers of the Fentian Ancient Treasure and urged him to prioritize his safety.
• Xiao Yan entered the Space Wormhole and set off to seek the Fentian Ancient Treasure, the Five Rounds Separation Fire Method, and Ancestor Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Fentian Ancient Treasure and surveyed the powerful factions gathered there as he waited for it to open. Meanwhile, Xiao Chen saved Tang Huo'er, secured Blazing Flame Valley’s promise to lend him its Five Rounds Separation Fire Method, and prepared to settle accounts with the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan entered the Fentian Ancient Treasure’s crowded plaza, spotted the Tian Ming Sect, Ice River Valley, Wind and Thunder Pavilion, and Soul Hall, then concealed himself to wait for the treasure to open.
• Xiao Chen used the Chaos Flame to stabilize Tang Huo'er’s silver flame seed and help its dragon aura begin gathering again.
• Tang Huo'er woke and thanked Xiao Chen, while Elder Chi Yan explained that Xiao Chen had saved her life.
• Xiao Chen warned Tang Huo'er not to use Dou Qi while she recovered, and Elder Chi Yan promised to present him with the complete Five Rounds Separation Fire Method.
• Xiao Chen accepted the offer and planned to escort Tang Huo'er and Elder Chi Yan back to Blazing Flame Valley before confronting the Soul Hall.