Chapter Summaries

After rising to Three-Star Dou Saint, Lin Ran traveled with Yao Chen to the Pill Tower to secure its alliance against the Soul Hall. The vote appeared to be tied, but Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi realized Lin Ran might be able to prevent Old Monster Hou from becoming a new elder.

• Lin Ran emerged from seclusion with the power of the Bodhi Heart, having advanced from One-Star to Three-Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Chen told Lin Ran that the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley had agreed to an alliance, while the Pill Tower remained undecided.
• Lin Ran and Yao Chen met Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi at the Pill Tower, then traveled with them to the Little Pill Tower to present the alliance proposal.
• Xuan Kongzi reported that six elders supported the alliance, but Old Monster Hou was likely to become a new elder and cast the opposing vote, creating a tie.
• Xuan Yi suggested preventing Old Monster Hou from becoming an elder, and Xuan Kongzi realized Lin Ran could compete for the position.

Lin Ran agreed to compete for a place on the Little Pill Tower’s Grand Elder Council, and he and Yao Chen spent three days meeting its senior alchemists. At the selection, Lin Ran unsettled the Grand Elder with his strength and stepped forward as a qualified participant, while Old Monster Hou prepared to oppose him.

• Lin Ran agreed to become a Pill Tower elder and compete against Old Monster Hou, whose alchemy could summon Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Lin Ran and Yao Chen stayed at Pill Tower Mountain for three days, where Yao Chen introduced Lin Ran to senior alchemists.
• Old Monster Hou mocked Yao Chen and challenged Lin Ran, while Lin Ran and Yao Chen remained confident he would win.
• The Seven Elders appeared to begin the selection, and the Grand Elder sensed Lin Ran’s formidable cultivation and soul strength.
• Lin Ran joined the selection after the Grand Elder confirmed that four Pill Tower elders had recommended him.

Lin Ran stunned the Pill Tower alchemists by revealing his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul and began refining a Bodhi-based pill with the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame. After ten days of competition, someone completed a pill and drew colored pill lightning, but the chapter ended before revealing who.

• Lin Ran formed a Medicine Cauldron from the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame and silenced Old Monster Hou by displaying his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul realm.
• Yao Chen guessed Lin Ran intended to refine a Bodhi Pill, and Lin Ran produced a Bodhi Seed and fed more than a thousand ingredients into his flaming cauldron.
• Lin Ran refined with effortless control while Yao Chen, Xuan Kongzi, and the other alchemists watched, unable to determine why he used so many ingredients.
• After five days, several alchemists failed and destroyed their medicinal essences, while Lin Ran continued without making a mistake.
• After another five days, pill fragrance spread across the square, colored lightning gathered in the clouds, and someone completed a pill.

During the Pill Tower selection, Lin Ran revealed that he was refining a Ninth-Rank pill with a Bodhi Seed, using the Condensing Object to Contain Pill Method. He faced Black Demon Lightning without difficulty, leaving the elders stunned by his strength.

• Old Monster Hou completed his Blazing Demon Pure Profound Pill and summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, then challenged Yao Chen about whether his pill could win.
• Lin Ran said he was not refining a Bodhi Pill and rose as a pill fluctuation emerged from his fire cauldron.
• Lin Ran expanded the fire dragon and destroyed the cauldron, then used the Condensing Object to Contain Pill Method to reveal the pill within it.
• Black clouds gathered over Lin Ran, and the alchemists recognized that he had refined a Ninth-Rank pill with a Bodhi Seed.
• Lin Ran shattered a bolt of Black Demon Lightning with his golden palm imprint, and the elders were shocked when the Grand Elder said Lin Ran was stronger than him.

Lin Ran won the Little Pill Tower’s selection by refining the Ninth-Rank Bodhi Great Returning Pill, then argued that neutrality had left alchemists unprotected from the Soul Hall. The Grand Elder agreed to the alliance, and the Pill Tower decided to join Lin Ran’s Sacred Sect.

• Lin Ran subdued the Ninth-Rank Treasure Pill after it escaped from the exploding fire dragon and transformed into his likeness.
• Lin Ran identified his pill as the Bodhi Great Returning Pill, which doubled the Bodhi Pill’s chance of helping a peak Dou Venerate break through to Half-Saint, and the Grand Elder declared him the selection’s victor.
• The Grand Elder appointed Lin Ran an elder of the Little Pill Tower and invited him and Yao Chen to discuss their proposed alliance.
• Lin Ran told the elders that the Pill Tower’s failure to protect alchemists from the Soul Hall threatened its standing as their sacred land.
• The Grand Elder acknowledged Lin Ran’s argument and announced that the Pill Tower would join his Sacred Sect.

Lin Ran and Yao Chen gathered the Pill Tower, Flower Sect, and Blazing Flame Valley at Starfall Pavilion to discuss joining the Sacred Sect against Soul Hall. After Lin Ran revealed the sect’s formidable forces, a Soul Hall Vice Hall Master appeared through a projection and challenged him.

• The Little Pill Tower’s Grand Elder agreed to attend the Sacred Sect’s joining ceremony, and Lin Ran and Yao Chen returned to Starfall Pavilion to prepare.
• The Flower Sect arrived first, followed by Old Ancestor Huoyun and the Blazing Flame Valley delegation, then the Little Pill Tower’s Grand Elder and Xuan Kongzi.
• Yao Chen invited the factions to join the Sacred Sect and explained its rules, while Lin Ran revealed its Dou Venerable puppets, prospective Half-Saints, and other Dou Saint-level forces.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun asked how the Sacred Sect would stand against the Soul Clan, but a Soul Hall Vice Hall Master’s projection appeared in the hall before Lin Ran could answer.
• The Vice Hall Master mocked Lin Ran and Yao Chen and claimed he should have destroyed the Cloud Rain Sect along with the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts.

Lin Ran brought the Pill Tower, Flower Sect, and Blazing Flame Valley into the Sacred Sect despite threats from the Soul Hall, and the new alliance began expanding and targeting Soul Hall branch halls. As the Soul Hall appeared to wait for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Lin Ran told Cai Lin that the Netherworld Python Clan’s Nine Nether Yellow Springs might help her evolve.

• A Soul Hall Vice Hall Master threatened Lin Ran and the factions gathered with him, but they confirmed their alliance and arranged Space Wormholes for mutual support.
• News spread that Starfall Pavilion, the Pill Tower, the Flower Sect, and Blazing Flame Valley had joined the Sacred Sect, prompting many other factions to seek membership.
• Yao Chen and Feng Xian screened applicants while the Sacred Sect established an intelligence hall and completed Space Wormholes between the major factions.
• Lin Ran led attacks that destroyed two discovered Soul Hall branch halls and seized their souls, while the Soul Hall made no major response.
• Lin Ran told Cai Lin that the Nine Nether Yellow Springs might help her evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Lin Ran and Cai Lin traveled to the Netherworld Python Clan’s sacred Nine Nether Yellow Springs so Cai Lin could cultivate and Lin Ran could find the imprisoned former clan chief. At the bottom of the springs, Lin Ran uncovered the chained, withered former chief, who begged to be rescued and offered to make the clan serve Lin Ran.

• Lin Ran took Cai Lin to the Netherworld Python Clan’s headquarters in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Lin Ran entered the springs alone while Cai Lin remained above and began absorbing the surrounding frigid energy.
• Lin Ran fought off the Cold Snakes living in the springs, knocking them unconscious with a surge of soul power.
• At the bottom, Lin Ran found four immense chains buried in the ground and uncovered a withered person bound among them.
• The former clan chief begged Lin Ran to save him and promised to make the Netherworld Python Clan recognize Lin Ran as its master.

Lin Ran met the imprisoned Yao Ming, who revealed that Yao Xiaotian had betrayed him and seized the Netherworld Python Clan’s leadership. After securing Yao Ming’s submission with a soul seal, Lin Ran broke the mechanism holding him captive, and Yao Xiaotian sensed the seal’s collapse.

• Yao Ming told Lin Ran that he was Yao Xiaotian’s elder brother and former clan chief, imprisoned for hundreds of years after Yao Xiaotian poisoned and defeated him.
• Yao Ming explained that he had reached Two-Star Dou Sheng strength and promised to reward Lin Ran if he helped him reclaim the clan.
• Lin Ran refused to trust Yao Ming without safeguards, so Yao Ming opened his soul and accepted Lin Ran’s soul seal.
• Yao Ming revealed that Yellow Springs Yin Stones and a hidden mechanism, rather than the chains themselves, maintained his imprisonment.
• Lin Ran pierced the mechanism inside the Yellow Springs Yin Stone with Heavenly Flame, causing the chains to snap apart.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed that the seal suppressing Yao Ming had broken and told the Grand Elder.

Lin Ran rescued Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and confronted Yao Xiaotian after finding Cai Lin injured. He shattered Yao Xiaotian’s strongest sealing attack and revealed that he had reached the three-star Dou Saint realm.

• Lin Ran freed the weakened Yao Ming, gave him medicinal pills, and led him out of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Lin Ran caught Cai Lin as Yao Xiaotian sent her flying, then faced Yao Xiaotian alongside Yao Ming.
• Yao Xiaotian threatened Lin Ran and Cai Lin, while Yao Ming swore to avenge himself against his brother.
• Lin Ran casually shattered Yao Xiaotian’s giant palm and Yellow Springs Finger attacks.
• Yao Xiaotian transformed into a giant snake and used the Yellow Springs Great Seal to smash Lin Ran into the lake.
• Lin Ran broke free with a golden palm attack and revealed his three-star Dou Saint cultivation, shocking Yao Xiaotian.

Lin Ran overwhelmed the Netherworld Python Clan’s forces while Yao Ming exposed Yao Xiaotian’s betrayal and reclaimed the clan’s leadership token. As Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder attacked, Lin Ran powered up and seized them both, preparing to turn them into chargers for Qing Lin.

• Lin Ran blasted Yao Xiaotian into a mountain, then faced the Netherworld Python Clan’s elders and Nether Snake Guard as they surrounded him.
• Yao Xiaotian ordered the elders to form the Myriad Snake Grand Formation, but Yao Ming emerged and revealed that Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder had poisoned and sealed him in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming displayed the Nine Nether Nether Staff, and the elders recognized it as the clan leader’s token while arguing over whether he should reclaim leadership.
• The Grand Elder attacked Yao Ming, but Lin Ran struck him away and then confronted the Grand Elder and Yao Xiaotian as they launched a joint assault.
• Lin Ran used the Diamond Glazed Body and Sacred Origin Blood Burn to raise his strength to that of a four-star Dou Saint, then grabbed Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder to use as chargers for Qing Lin.

Lin Ran helped Yao Ming reclaim control of the Netherworld Python Clan and learned that the clan’s Yellow Springs Stone Tablet held the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s techniques and blood essence. The next morning, Yao Ming led Lin Ran and Cai Lin to the tablet so Lin Ran could try to enter it.

• Yao Ming revealed himself as a Two-Star Dou Sheng and thanked Lin Ran for rescuing him, while Lin Ran subdued Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder.
• Yao Ming reclaimed his position as clan chief and began purging Yao Xiaotian’s followers.
• Yao Ming told Lin Ran that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet contained the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and possibly the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s blood essence, guarded by a remnant soul.
• Lin Ran agreed to try to enter the tablet, and Yao Ming delayed the attempt until the following morning.
• After the clan’s turmoil settled, Yao Ming led Lin Ran and Cai Lin to the ancient altar, where they saw the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet.

Lin Ran entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and fought the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s remnant soul to obtain Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demon Sage’s blood essence. After surviving the technique with his Pure Yang Sacred Body and Heavenly Flames, Lin Ran earned the Demon Sage’s reward.

• Yao Ming explained the dangers of the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, and Lin Ran entered it with his soul.
• Lin Ran crossed the tablet’s inner space, repelled the Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm, and confronted the Yellow Springs Demon Sage.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage revealed his Emperor Realm soul and attacked Lin Ran with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Lin Ran survived the attack by restoring his soul body with his Pure Yang Sacred Body and Heavenly Flames.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage acknowledged Lin Ran’s victory and sent him the soul fluctuation containing what he sought, which Lin Ran refined.

Lin Ran received the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s three Heaven Tier Dou Techniques and essence blood, then brought the Netherworld Python Clan under the Sacred Sect. He and Cai Lin returned to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to help her temper her body, and she kissed him before they began.

• The Yellow Springs Demon Sage gave Lin Ran the cultivation methods for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm, along with his essence blood, before his remnant soul vanished.
• Lin Ran returned from the stone tablet, where Yao Ming failed to learn Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath because his soul strength was insufficient.
• Lin Ran gave Yao Ming a Bodhi Great Returning Pill and offered him the Sacred Sect’s Golden Token, which Yao Ming accepted on behalf of the Netherworld Python Clan.
• After returning to the clan, Lin Ran rested while Yao Ming prepared, then Lin Ran and Cai Lin went to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs the following day.
• Lin Ran gave Cai Lin a Bodhi Great Returning Pill and half of the Demon Sage Essence Blood, and Cai Lin kissed him before promising to teach him a lesson when they returned.

Lin Ran absorbed half of the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s essence blood and rose to the peak of the three-star Dou Saint level while Cai Lin cultivated in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame descended, Lin Ran prepared to pursue it and told Yao Ming to guard Cai Lin.

• Cai Lin transformed into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and plunged into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to cultivate.
• Lin Ran refined and absorbed his half of the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s essence blood, then spent more than a month cultivating.
• Lin Ran swallowed a vast energy storm and reached the peak of the three-star Dou Saint level, while Yao Ming and the Netherworld Python elders watched.
• Yao Ming told Lin Ran that the Netherworld Python Clan had joined the Sacred Sect, and Lin Ran began refining pills from the clan’s medicinal herbs.
• Twin moons appeared and nine stars aligned, heralding the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent.
• Lin Ran refused Yao Ming’s help and told him to guard Cai Lin as Lin Ran prepared to go after the flame.

Lin Ran led an elite force to the desert created by the emerging Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, where powerful factions gathered to await its release. The Soul Hall Master and the Soul Clan’s Young Clan Leader arrived, and as Huo Xuan recognized Lin Ran’s Heavenly Flame, Ancient Clan figures appeared and identified Lin Ran as their commander.

• Lin Ran returned to Starfall Pavilion, gathered Yao Chen and other Dou Sheng experts, and led them toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Lin Ran’s group reached the vast desert and found the space containing the flame ruptured, but Lin Ran urged everyone to wait rather than enter first.
• The Soul Hall Master arrived with the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and the Soul Clan’s Young Clan Leader, who discussed Lin Ran’s Pure Yang Sacred Body and waited for the seal to weaken further.
• Huo Xuan arrived with a veiled woman and a purple-robed elder, and the elder identified several Heavenly Flames within Lin Ran’s fused flame.
• Ancient Clan figures arrived, and one of them announced that Lin Ran was a commander of the Ancient Clan.

Xun Er reunited with Lin Ran as the Ancient Clan joined the other factions waiting for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to break its seal. The Yao Clan arrived, and Yao Chen recognized the elder Yao Wan Gui, prompting Lin Ran to reaffirm his promise to him.

• Xun Er arrived with Gu Qingyang and Gu Nanhai, while the Soul Hall Master and Hun Feng discussed the Ancient Clan's presence and the restrictions on powerful experts.
• Lin Ran embraced Xun Er, and she promised to face the pressures of the Sacred Sect and Soul Hall alongside him.
• Xun Er introduced Gu Nanhai and warned Lin Ran about Hun Feng, while Gu Nanhai and Huo Yao discussed suspicions surrounding the Spirit Clan's disappearance.
• As the seal's radiance grew and the desert began melting, the Lei Clan and Shi Clan arrived and kept their distance from the Ancient Clan and Soul Hall.
• The Yao Clan arrived with Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Wan Gui; Yao Chen recognized Yao Wan Gui, and Lin Ran reminded him of his promise.

Lin Ran confronted Yao Wan Gui and Yao Tian after they mocked Yao Chen, revealing overwhelming soul power and defeating Yao Tian before exchanging blows with Yao Wan Gui. Xun Er invoked Lin Ran’s standing as an Ancient Clan Commander, and Lin Ran threatened the Yao Clan trio as the confrontation continued.

• Yao Wan Gui and Yao Tian mocked Yao Chen for being expelled from the Yao Clan and refusing to return.
• Lin Ran challenged Yao Tian, crushed his soul attack, and revealed his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul realm.
• Lin Ran’s soul avatar stomped Yao Tian into the ground and defeated his Turtle Spirit Earth Fire with the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Wan Gui attacked Lin Ran, but Lin Ran met his punch and sent him staggering back, revealing his peak three-star Dou Saint cultivation.
• Yao Ling stopped Yao Wan Gui as Xun Er warned that Lin Ran was an Ancient Clan Commander, and Lin Ran threatened that none of the Yao Clan trio would leave alive if they continued.

Lin Ran and his companions entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s domain, where its Nightmare Sky Mist trapped intruders in dangerous illusions. Lin Ran rescued Yao Chen and reunited with Xun Er’s group at a platform before a white gate, but Gu Nanhai warned that the flame’s power had grown and their journey would be perilous.

• Yao Wan Gui retreated with Yao Tian and Yao Ling after Lin Ran confronted him, and Lin Ran promised to take Yao Chen to the Yao Clan once they subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• After the fractured space opened, Xun Er warned the group that strong emotions could trigger demonic fire within their bodies, and Lin Ran led them into the flame’s domain.
• Lin Ran resisted an illusion of the Soul Hall Master and forced the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame out of his body.
• Lin Ran found Yao Chen burning within the Nightmare Sky Mist and awakened him with a soul-infused shout.
• Lin Ran and Yao Chen escaped the mist and reunited with Xun Er and the others beside a huge white gate.
• Gu Nanhai explained that the Nightmare Sky Mist had been the Netherworld Lotus Saint’s technique and warned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s strength had greatly increased.

Lin Ran and the others fought through the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s halls, where increasingly powerful Fire Slaves guarded their path. In the final hall, they faced Blood Axe Xiao Chen, whose Xiao Clan Clan Mark raised his strength to that of a five-star Dou Saint, and Lin Ran called on Gu Nanhai to help him resist.

• Lin Ran and the others broke through successive halls of Fire Slaves, whose strength increased as they advanced and whose battles steadily drained the group.
• They entered a hall where a gaunt, intelligent Fire Slave awaited them, and Gu Nanhai identified him as the final trial before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Lin Ran and Gu Nanhai fought the gaunt figure together, forcing him back while the others watched from a distance.
• The figure revealed a Xiao Clan Clan Mark, and his strength surged to the level of a five-star Dou Saint.
• The figure broke Gu Nanhai’s barrier and attacked him, so Lin Ran activated his enhancement skills and stopped the blood axe with his palm.
• Lin Ran struggled to hold back Blood Axe Xiao Chen and called on Gu Nanhai to lend him strength.