Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu and his companions explored the collapsed mountainside after Qing Lin found a hidden cave, where they discovered a Spirit Clan member’s blood pool and a nine-headed Ancient Heavenly Snake skeleton. Yun Yun hesitated to exchange blood with the Spirit Clan, and the group ended the chapter retreating from the skeleton’s vicious aura.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable explained that Yun Yun’s faint Spirit Clan bloodline was common and warned Lu Bu that surviving Spirit Clan members could possess other bodies.
• Qing Lin captured Feng Qing'er, and Lu Bu took her Ring before letting her leave with medicine to ease her cold poison.
• Qing Lin spotted a hidden cave, where Lu Bu’s group found a blood pool, a woman’s skeleton, and a phantom identifying herself as the Spirit Clan member Ling Yu.
• Lu Bu identified a formation that could exchange Yun Yun’s bloodline, but Yun Yun declined to decide immediately, so the group continued deeper into the cave.
• The Earth Demon Puppet uncovered a nine-headed Ancient Heavenly Snake skeleton, whose vicious aura drove Lu Bu, Yun Yun, Qing Lin, and Nalan Yanran into violent madness until Lu Bu freed them and pulled them away.

Lu Bu and Qing Lin subdued the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s soul, while Yun Yun replaced her bloodline and became a six-star Dou Zong. Lu Bu then attacked Soul Hall for its Soul Origin, where Bone-Marrow Old Man mistook him for Xiao Yan.

• Lu Bu restrained the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s soul with a cyan formation, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue it.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Bu how to replace her bloodline, and he sent Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran to guard the cave while he helped her enter the blood pool.
• Qing Lin broke the soul imprint on Feng Qing’er’s Ring and gave Nalan Yanran several treasures, including Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Heavenly Feather Finger.
• After a day in the blood pool, Yun Yun awoke as a six-star Dou Zong, and Lu Bu led her to attack Soul Hall for its Soul Origin.
• Lu Bu struck Bone-Marrow Old Man’s palace with purple-black flames, and Bone-Marrow Old Man identified his Emperor Seal Art and assumed he was Xiao Yan.

Lu Bu and his companions attacked the Soul Hall branch, where he fought Bone-Marrow Old Man and Venerable Elder Kuang Ni while Heavenly Fire Venerable retrieved the Soul Origin. Lu Bu defeated Kuang Ni and wounded Bone-Marrow, who escaped, and the chapter ended with Lu Bu asking Yun Yun why she had not used the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Venerable Elder Kuang Ni arrived with Dian Gang and joined Bone-Marrow Old Man against Lu Bu, while Yun Yun and Qing Lin fought Dian Gang.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable slipped beneath the ruined formation and began securing the Soul Origin.
• Bone-Marrow and Kuang Ni cornered Lu Bu, but Lu Bu's Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body pierced Bone-Marrow while Lu Bu struck Kuang Ni with the Fusion of Five Seals.
• Lu Bu captured Kuang Ni's soul, but Kuang Ni destroyed it to avoid capture; Bone-Marrow escaped after Lu Bu severed one of his hands.
• Lu Bu asked Yun Yun why she had not used the Fallen Heart Flame against Bone-Marrow.

Lu Bu and Qing Lin exposed and captured Ling Yu, a Spirit Clan member who had possessed Yun Yun, while Mu Gu reported the destruction of Soul Hall’s Hejing Icefield branch and suspected Xiao Yan. After leaving Nalan Yanran at Starfall Pavilion, Lu Bu traveled with Yun Yun and Qing Lin, who began making advances based on what Medusa had told her.

• Lu Bu and Qing Lin realized something was wrong with Yun Yun, and Qing Lin’s green light revealed that Ling Yu had possessed her.
• Lu Bu used the Devouring Ancestral Talisman to pull Ling Yu’s soul from Yun Yun and learned that Ling Yu had a seventh-grade bloodline but could not yet inscribe clan patterns.
• Mu Gu returned to Soul Hall gravely wounded and reported that the Hejing Icefield branch had been destroyed; Ninth Heavenly Venerate doubted his claim that Xiao Yan was responsible because Xiao Yan was at Starfall Pavilion.
• Yun Yun identified Ling Yu as a Spirit Clan member, and Lu Bu sealed her soul in a jade bottle before taking Yun Yun and Qing Lin toward Sacred Pill City.
• Lu Bu and Yun Yun left Nalan Yanran at Starfall Pavilion, where Wind Venerable guided her before she entered seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough.
• While traveling on Qing Lin’s seventh-tier python, Qing Lin cuddled up to Lu Bu and said Medusa had told her that dual cultivation would help him recover after battle.

Lu Bu returned to his estate with Qing Lin and Yun Yun, while Xiao Yan fused the Bone Spirit Cold Fire and set his sights on winning the Pill Gathering for a chance to claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After refining Soul Origin, Lu Bu decided to target Soul Hall’s Earth Fiend Hall and shared the purified Soul Origin with Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Medusa.

• Lu Bu brought Qing Lin and Yun Yun back to the estate, where Qing Lin reunited with Medusa and Lu Bu carried Medusa off to her room.
• In Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan successfully fused the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, reached eight-star Dou Zong, and learned that the Pill Gathering’s top ten could try to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked Wind Venerable to prepare ingredients for pills to aid his cultivation and resolved to win the Pill Gathering championship.
• After three days with Medusa, Lu Bu met Heavenly Fire Venerable, received collected Soul Origin, and refined it to remove hidden negative emotions.
• Lu Bu decided to target Soul Hall’s Earth Fiend Hall and divided the purified Soul Origin among Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Medusa to strengthen their souls.

Lu Bu studied two new techniques and later refined a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill with six-colored pill lightning after using the Spirit Ascension Method. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan successfully refined a Tian Yun Pill and learned how far Lu Bu had advanced, leaving him heartbroken when Nalan Yanran revealed that Qing Lin had given her Three Thousand Lightning Movement because Lu Bu did not want it.

• Lu Bu left the training room, studied Demon Phoenix Step and Northern Darkness True Stability Art, and looked forward to confronting Hun Yu and Hun Feng.
• Xiao Yan refined a Tian Yun Pill at Starfall Pavilion as Wind Venerable resisted the pill lightning, then reunited with Nalan Yanran in the Star Realm.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan that Lu Bu had killed a Soul Hall Dou Zun, nearly killed an eighth-rank Sky Demon Phoenix, changed his flame, and joined Alchemy Tower as a reserve elder.
• Nalan Yanran gave Xiao Yan Three Thousand Lightning Movement and explained that Qing Lin had passed it to her because Lu Bu did not want it, causing Xiao Yan to break down in tears.
• Lu Bu refined a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and used the Spirit Ascension Method with three Heavenly Flames to raise its pill lightning from five colors to six.

Lu Bu agreed to guard the Pill Realm during the Pill Gathering after Xuan Kongzi warned that the Soul Hall planned to cause trouble. As Medusa caught him admiring Cao Ying, she dragged him inside to continue their cultivation.

• Hei Qing told Lu Bu that Zi Yan had left the clan to find him, while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran visited Lu Bu to ask about Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Bu offered Xiao Yan information about the Mysterious Yellow Flame, revealed that it belonged to Mu Gu, and gave him the Sky Demon Phoenix blood essence he had ordered.
• Lu Bu advised Xiao Yan to use the Alchemy Tower's intelligence network to search for his teacher.
• Xuan Kongzi and Cao Ying told Lu Bu that the Soul Hall had attacked Alchemy Tower branch towers and asked him to guard the Pill Realm during the Pill Gathering.
• Lu Bu accepted the assignment, and Medusa dragged him inside after hearing him call Cao Ying beautiful.

Xiao Yan sought help from the Alchemy Tower to find Yao Chen, then learned the Pill Gathering faced a Soul Hall threat and schemed to steer Cao Ying toward Lu Bu. Several days later, the Pill Gathering began in Sacred Pill City.

• Xiao Yan used Yao Chen's reserve elder token to meet the Alchemy Tower's three giants, who agreed to provide intelligence but not fight the Soul Hall.
• Huo Xuan and Lei Chen discussed Xiao Yan's strength and the Yao Clan's mistreatment of their clans, then set out on their mission.
• Cao Ying warned Xiao Yan that Soul Hall members might infiltrate the Pill Gathering and said Lu Bu would oversee the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan told Cao Ying about Lu Bu's devotion to his confidante, hoping to encourage her interest in him, while Lu Bu sensed someone was plotting against him and Medusa pulled him back into bed.
• Several days later, a bell rang across Sacred Pill City as the Pill Gathering began.

Queen Medusa sent Lu Bu to oversee the Pill Realm as the Pill Gathering began, while Xuan Kongzi revealed that the Three Thousand Burning Flame had been reclaimed and that Soul Hall spies were among the competitors. Lu Bu arrived at the Pill Realm entrance, where a turtle-riding old man greeted him with unexpected familiarity.

• Queen Medusa changed Lu Bu's outfit several times before settling on his black alchemist's robe, and Lu Bu departed for the Pill Realm.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the Pill Gathering and announced that the Three Thousand Burning Flame was no longer in the Star Region because the Ancient Dragon Clan had reclaimed it.
• Bone-Marrow Old Man realized that his mission had become dangerous and that he could neither pursue the flame nor safely compete for the championship.
• Xuan Kongzi warned that Soul Hall spies had infiltrated the competitors, while Huo Xuan and Lei Chen recognized the Alchemy Tower's plan to trap them.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the first round, the Soul Illusion Realm, and Lu Bu appeared at the Pill Realm entrance.
• A turtle-riding old man welcomed Lu Bu and said that the young man's presence had exceeded his expectations.

Xiao Yan entered the Pill Gathering’s first trial and dismissed its illusions before preparing to enter the Pill Realm. Inside the realm, Lu Bu failed to find the Earth Core Soul Marrow, while Zi Yan arrived at the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and met Xiong Zhan.

• The old turtle-riding man asked Lu Bu to protect the younger alchemists inside the Pill Realm, and Lu Bu agreed before entering the trial area.
• Xiao Yan crossed the soul illusion realm, brushed off illusions of Lu Bu and his loved ones, and emerged among the wary contestants as the old man announced that they could enter the Pill Realm.
• Lu Bu searched the Pill Realm for the Earth Core Soul Marrow but found nothing, then used the Dragon Seal and left behind a lifelike afterimage.
• Zi Yan reached the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and pressured Xiong Zhan into promising to show her its finest medicinal ingredients.
• Lu Bu appeared behind Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan attacked him before Lu Bu caught his punch; Zi Yan then kicked Xiong Zhan away and checked Lu Bu for injuries.

Lu Bu reunited with Zi Yan in the Pill Realm, then watched as Xiao Yan fought Mu Gu over the Earth Core Soul Marrow. Mu Gu escaped when Lu Bu appeared, leaving Xiao Yan with the treasure and Lu Bu’s congratulations.

• Lu Bu found Zi Yan with Xiong Zhan, gave her golden pills, and agreed to help gather medicinal ingredients before leaving the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan discovered Earth Core Soul Marrow, but Mu Gu appeared and attacked him, seeking the Heavenly Flames on his body.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations to reach one-star Dou Zun strength and fought Mu Gu while Lu Bu, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan watched from above.
• Mu Gu tried to outlast Xiao Yan’s secret technique, but Lu Bu’s presence startled him into fleeing before Xiao Yan could finish their fight.
• Lu Bu emerged from the sandstorm with Zi Yan and congratulated Xiao Yan on finding the Earth Core Soul Marrow.

Xiao Yan reluctantly gave Lu Bu Earth Core Soul Marrow, then tried to find Pill Spirit Fluid so he could advance as an alchemist. After Xiao Yan outsmarted a Mysterious Water Tiger Flood Dragon and collected the fluid, Lu Bu appeared and caught him with another treasure.

• Lu Bu demanded most of Xiao Yan’s Earth Core Soul Marrow as repayment for an old debt and saving his life, and Xiao Yan handed it over.
• Xiao Yan proposed killing Mu Gu and dividing the spoils, but Lu Bu revealed he had already robbed Mu Gu twice and showed Xiao Yan Mu Gu’s identity token.
• Lu Bu left with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan to hunt Soul Hall members, while Mu Gu attacked Alchemy Tower’s group, killed Song Qing, captured his soul, and pursued Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xiao Yan smelled Pill Spirit Fluid and followed it to a spring, where he found a Mysterious Water Tiger Flood Dragon guarding the treasure.
• Xiao Yan used a Water Cloud Drunken Immortal Fruit to put the flood dragon to sleep, broke the protective screen, and collected Pill Spirit Fluid, but Lu Bu arrived with Zi Yan and startled him.

Lu Bu traded Xiao Yan for most of his Pill Spirit Fluid and searched the Pill Realm for Mu Gu, who was hunting Alchemy Tower’s young talents. Lu Bu arrived as Mu Gu attacked Xiao Yan and the hiding Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and Mu Gu recognized something terrifying about Lu Bu’s flame and strength.

• Lu Bu traded the Mysterious Yellow Flame he expected to take from Mu Gu for most of Xiao Yan’s Pill Spirit Fluid, then set out to find Mu Gu.
• After several days of searching with Xiong Zhan’s help, Lu Bu deduced that Mu Gu would target Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen.
• Mu Gu cornered Cao Ying and Dan Chen in the hills and set the surrounding vegetation ablaze while they hid.
• Xiao Yan began advancing to a Spirit Realm Soul, drawing Mu Gu away from the girls, but Lu Bu caught and shattered Mu Gu’s attack before it reached Xiao Yan.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen joined Lu Bu and Xiao Yan, and Lu Bu’s purple-black flame overwhelmed Mu Gu’s giant claw, leaving Mu Gu horrified as he recognized Lu Bu’s power.

Lu Bu defeated Mu Gu, rescued the captured contestants’ souls, and gave Xiao Yan the Mysterious Yellow Flame. Xiao Yan abandoned the Pill Gathering and left the Pill Realm, while Lu Bu departed with Zi Yan and warned Cao Ying and Dan Chen about Soul Hall spies.

• Lu Bu overwhelmed Mu Gu with his speed and attacks, recognized him as the culprit behind the branch hall’s destruction, and captured his soul after defeating him.
• Lu Bu released the souls stored in a Soul Hall bag, and Cao Ying rejected Song Qing when he begged her for help.
• Lu Bu handed Xiao Yan the Mysterious Yellow Flame, forcing Xiao Yan to choose between keeping it and continuing the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan chose the Strange Fire and used his Space Stone to leave the Pill Realm before refining it.
• Lu Bu left with Zi Yan, warned Cao Ying and Dan Chen about Soul Hall spies among the contestants, and headed toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• The three giants in Sacred Pill City noticed Xiao Yan had returned from the Pill Realm carrying a Strange Fire and suspected that something significant had happened there.

The Pill Gathering ended with Old Monster Qing Hua taking the championship, while Xiao Yan refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame and reached half-step Dou Zun. Lu Bu was summoned by Xuan Kongzi over a lead involving the Soul Hall and the Cloud Rain Sect, which he recognized as the sect founded by the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts.

• Old Monster Qing Hua won the Pill Gathering championship by narrowly surpassing Cao Ying's pill in spirituality.
• Lu Bu and Zi Yan released Xiong Zhan, but an unknown spatial rift swallowed him before he could explore the continent.
• Lu Bu reunited with Medusa, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian, then spent time cultivating with Medusa while Zi Yan entertained the others with tales of Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame and advanced to half-step Dou Zun, though it failed to elevate his Burning Art as much as he had hoped.
• Xuan Kongzi said the Soul Hall kept changing Yao Chen's prison location and agreed that rescuing him soon was important while the Soul Hall remained weakened.
• An Alchemy Tower deacon delivered Xuan Kongzi's invitation, and Lu Bu recognized the Cloud Rain Sect as the sect founded by the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts.

Xiao Yan learned that Yao Chen had been moved to the Soul Hall branch in the Su Yu Mountain Range and gathered allies for a rescue mission. The assault began with the group confronting Star-Picking Old Ghost, while Xiao Yan rushed toward the ruined branch to find his teacher.

• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Yan that Yao Chen was imprisoned in the Su Yu Mountain Range, where Star-Picking Old Ghost and several other Soul Hall Dou Zuns guarded the branch.
• Lu Bu explained the Cloud Rain Sect’s conflict with the Soul Hall and warned Xiao Yan about the powerful Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, while Xuan Kongzi said the sect would likely welcome an attack on the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Yi gave Xiao Yan a map, and Xiao Yan contacted the Wind Venerable as Lu Bu prepared a Heavenly Demon Puppet and escape formations.
• The Wind Venerable and Iron Sword Venerable joined Xiao Yan and Lu Bu, and the group departed for the Su Yu Mountain Range with Medusa and Zi Yan.
• The group launched a surprise attack on the Soul Hall branch, destroying much of its hall and protective formation before Star-Picking Old Ghost appeared.
• Xiao Yan charged toward the branch to rescue Yao Chen while Lu Bu intercepted Star-Picking Old Ghost, who mistook Xiao Yan for the culprit behind an earlier attack on his branch.

Lu Bu and his allies attacked Soul Hall, rescued Yao Chen, and fought off Star-Picking Old Ghost and the other Dou Zuns. As Medusa stayed behind to hold off Star-Picking Old Ghost, Lu Bu reached Soul Hall’s underground chamber and began collecting the enormous Soul Origin.

• Medusa appeared beside Lu Bu and fought Star-Picking Old Ghost to a standstill while Lu Bu directed the others against Soul Hall’s Dou Zuns.
• Lu Bu, Wind Venerable, and Iron Sword Venerable battled Soul Hall’s fighters as a Ring slipped unnoticed into Soul Hall’s depths, where Xiao Yan found Yao Chen.
• The Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts considered taking advantage of the battle but chose not to intervene because they feared Soul Hall’s retaliation.
• Xiao Yan rescued Yao Chen, and Lu Bu told him to retreat while he covered the rear; Soul Hall’s Dou Zuns self-destructed, injuring Wind Venerable and Xiao Yan.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost shattered a Spatial Jade Slip to summon reinforcements, but Zi Yan blocked its power, and Medusa killed three Soul Hall Dou Zuns before staying behind to fight him.
• Lu Bu reached the sealed Soul Origin with Heavenly Fire Venerable and began covering its vast sphere with formation runes to collect it.

Lu Bu and Medusa defeated Star-Picking Old Ghost, but his message reached Soul Hall before they escaped with Zi Yan through a teleportation formation. As Wind Venerable led Xiao Yan away from the ruins, Xiao Yan realized Lu Bu had stayed behind to collect Soul Origin and lamented missing out on the treasure.

• Medusa fought off Star-Picking Old Ghost's soul technique and saber attack until Lu Bu returned and stabbed him from behind.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost tried to send a warning to Soul Hall, but Lu Bu destroyed his soul and stored his corpse.
• Human Scorpion ignored Heaven Scorpion's orders and pursued Lu Bu, Medusa, and Zi Yan, but they escaped through Lu Bu's teleportation formation.
• Human Scorpion vowed to find Medusa while Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion sensed powerful soul energy nearby.
• Wind Venerable, Iron Sword Venerable, and Xiao Yan fled for a day and night, and Yao Lao reminded Xiao Yan that Lu Bu had stayed to collect Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan realized Lu Bu had claimed the valuable Soul Origin and regretted missing out on it.

Xiao Yan learned that Yao Chen needed his lost Soul Origin restored before he could regain his strength, and set out to seek help from the Alchemy Tower. Meanwhile, Lu Bu escaped the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts with Xuan Kongzi’s aid, while the Soul Hall learned of Star-Picking Old Ghost’s death and prepared to retaliate against Wind Xian’s allies.

• Yao Chen explained that Lu Bu’s Soul Origin could not replace what he had lost, so Xiao Yan decided to consult the Alchemy Tower’s records and seniors.
• Lu Bu, Medusa, and Zi Yan reunited with Xuan Kongzi, who thanked Lu Bu for helping foil the Soul Hall’s plot during the Pill Gathering and took them toward Sacred Pill City.
• The Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts arrived too late to catch Lu Bu, and Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion blamed and struck Human Scorpion for provoking another powerful enemy.
• A Soul Hall Protector reported that Star-Picking Old Ghost’s soul flame had gone out and his soul jade tablet had shattered, confirming his death and the fall of the Su Yu Mountain Range branch hall.
• Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu identified Xiao Yan as a likely culprit behind the Soul Hall’s losses and ordered the Black and White Heavenly Venerates to attack the others who had followed Wind Xian.

Lu Bu returned to Sacred Pill City with Medusa and Zi Yan after the battle in the Su Yu Mountain Range, then focused on strengthening his allies against the Soul Hall and Cloud Rain Sect. Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran traveled away in search of a way to restore Yao Lao’s soul, while Lu Bu stayed behind with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Lu Bu Manor, spoke with Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran, and left to consult the Alchemy Tower’s presidents about Soul Origin.
• Lu Bu returned with Zi Yan and Medusa, and Zi Yan recounted the battle against the Soul Hall and the Cloud Rain Sect’s Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts.
• Lu Bu planned for everyone to cultivate, gave Zi Yan medicinal pills, and helped Medusa improve her soul with Soul Origin and Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• After Medusa’s training, Xiao Yi Xian dressed like Medusa to tease Lu Bu, and they went into a room together.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran traveled through a spatial wormhole, and Xiao Yan promised to help her grow stronger while admitting that finding a remedy for Yao Lao would take effort.