Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran cultivated in the Heavenly Eye Blood Pond to absorb the medicinal effects of his Eighth-Rank Adamantine Dragon Bone Pill, while the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts planned to exploit his Pure Yang Physique. After Gu Yuan pulled Lin Ran back to Jia Nan Academy to nourish Xun Er’s meridians, Lin Ran returned to the blood pool and resumed cultivating, determined to finish absorbing the pill.

• Lin Ran spent three days cultivating at the bottom of the blood pool, drawing out the pill’s medicinal effects and strengthening his body.
• Heavenly Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion discussed capturing Lin Ran after he absorbed the pill so they could use his Pure Yang power to break through their cultivation limits.
• After roughly half a month, Gu Yuan pulled Lin Ran out of the blood pool; Lin Ran had reached three-star Dou Zun but had absorbed only seventy percent of the pill.
• Lin Ran covered himself, then used his Pure Yang Dou Qi to nourish Xun Er’s meridians before checking on Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Green Yi and leaving for Tianya City.
• Lin Ran crossed the Space Wormhole back to the Central Continent and returned to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, where he reentered the blood pool unseen by Jin Shi and Jin Gu.
• Lin Ran resumed cultivating in the blood pool, intending to absorb the remaining medicinal effects within the final month.

After emerging from the Heavenly Eye Blood Pond, Lin Ran reached peak Three-Star Dou Zun and gave the Gold Devouring Rat Clan a Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame seed to cleanse its fire poison. He secretly planned to use his influence over the clan and blood pool to benefit the Sacred Sect and monitor Central Continent’s younger generation, then set off for the Starfall Pavilion.

• Energy erupted from the Heavenly Eye Blood Pond, alarming Jin Shi and Jin Gu and drawing experts from across the surrounding region.
• Lin Ran emerged from the blood pool and revealed that the Adamantine Dragon Bone Pill had raised him to peak Three-Star Dou Zun and greatly strengthened his body.
• Lin Ran gave Jin Shi and Jin Gu a seed flame of Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame as compensation and explained that it could remove the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s fire poison.
• Jin Shi tested the seed flame, endured intense pain, and confirmed that it had expelled much of his fire poison; Lin Ran said the flame could cleanse the clan over the next month.
• Lin Ran secretly planned to use his control over the Gold Devouring Rat Clan and Heavenly Eye Blood Pond to support the Sacred Sect and monitor Central Continent’s promising youths.
• Lin Ran concealed himself and prepared to visit the Starfall Pavilion.

Lin Ran reached Starfall Pavilion and met Venerable Feng, using news of Yao Chen to gain his trust. He asked to build a spatial passage and invite Starfall Pavilion into his Sacred Sect, and Feng Xian asked whether Yao Chen was there.

• Lin Ran traveled to Starfall Pavilion in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and entered its hidden headquarters through the Starfall Grand Array.
• Lin Ran bypassed the assembly’s participant requirements and went to the Starfall Platform to study its stellar power and spatial nodes.
• Venerable Feng confronted Lin Ran, who gave him a crystal bearing Yao Chen’s soul imprint and told him Yao Chen was alive and doing well.
• Lin Ran explained that he wanted to construct a spatial passage between Starfall Pavilion and his base in the Northwest Continent, and Venerable Feng agreed to discuss it after the assembly.
• Lin Ran said Yao Chen wanted him to make a greater stir and presented a Golden Token, asking Venerable Feng to lead Starfall Pavilion into the Sacred Sect.
• Venerable Feng asked whether Yao Chen was in Lin Ran’s sect, and Lin Ran confirmed that Yao Chen was its Pill Hall Master.

Lin Ran persuaded Venerable Feng to bring Starfall Pavilion into Saint Rain Sect while keeping the alliance secret, then attended the Four Pavilion Grand Assembly. As the competition narrowed to ten fighters, Lin Ran abruptly seized Feng Qing’er and a Starfall Pavilion girl, throwing the assembly into chaos.

• Venerable Feng accepted Lin Ran’s offer and agreed to lead Starfall Pavilion into Saint Rain Sect after learning that Yao Chen had joined.
• Lin Ran explained that Starfall Pavilion would develop quietly in the Central Continent and that its affiliation would remain secret; he also revealed that the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts were his masters.
• Venerable Feng returned to the plaza, welcomed the other three Pavilion Masters, and began the Four Pavilion Grand Assembly with seventy-one participants.
• The free-for-all eliminated most contestants, leaving about ten, including Feng Qing’er and a petite girl in Starfall Pavilion uniform.
• Lin Ran shattered space, knocked the remaining contestants flying, seized Feng Qing’er and the Starfall Pavilion girl, and announced that his trip had been worthwhile.

Lin Ran disrupted the Four Pavilion Grand Assembly by capturing Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan, then faced the four pavilion masters. After Venerable Lei attacked with a thunder technique that threatened Mu Qingluan, Lin Ran countered his strikes and met his gigantic lightning fist with a surge of golden power.

• Lin Ran appeared at the assembly with Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan captured, provoking the audience and the four pavilion masters.
• Venerable Lei and Feng Xian challenged Lin Ran, and Feng Xian recognized him as the Cloud Rain Sect's young sect master who had monopolized the Tianmu Mountain Blood Pool.
• Venerable Lei unleashed the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Tribulation around Lin Ran, endangering Mu Qingluan while Feng Qing'er explained that she could survive the attack.
• Lin Ran used Sacred Sun Sword Qi to counter the falling lightning and asked Feng Qing'er whether she would mourn if he killed Venerable Lei.
• Venerable Lei attacked Lin Ran with the Wrath of the Thunder God, and Lin Ran met his lightning fist with golden energy that tore cracks through space.

Lin Ran overwhelmed the Four Directions Pavilion’s Venerables with a Heaven Tier Dou Technique, severely crippling Venerable Lei before vanishing with Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan. He later revealed the abductions had been staged with Venerable Feng, and Feng Qing'er’s loyalty to him meant the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan might not retaliate.

• Lin Ran’s Great Sun Sacred Sun Palm shattered Venerable Lei’s fists, and Venerable Huang Quan and Venerable Jian pulled him out of the attack.
• Venerable Feng, Venerable Huang Quan, and Venerable Jian joined forces against Lin Ran’s descending palm, but he disappeared after their clash.
• News of Lin Ran’s attack spread across the Central Continent, while Venerable Lei woke crippled and vowed revenge by invoking the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Venerable Feng closed Starfall Pavilion for repairs and relinquished its right to host the next Four Pavilion Grand Assembly.
• Lin Ran revealed to Venerable Feng that he had remained inside Starfall Tower and brought out Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er.
• Feng Qing'er told Mu Qingluan that her abduction had been staged with Venerable Feng, revealing to him that she called Lin Ran Master.

Lin Ran and Feng Xian prepared a Space Wormhole between Starfall Pavilion and the Northwest Continent, then learned that the upcoming Space Trading Convention might offer a Soul Infant Fruit to restore Yao Chen’s soul. Lin Ran traveled to the convention’s desert venue with Feng Xian, Feng Qing’er, and Mu Qingluan, where his soul perception detected more than a hundred powerful experts, including auras that might belong to Saint Tier experts.

• Feng Xian explained the materials and risks involved in building a Space Wormhole, and Lin Ran offered to supply most of the Dou Qi needed to construct it.
• Lin Ran promised Feng Xian that he would refine a body for Yao Chen, and Feng Xian advised him to restore Yao Chen’s origin soul qi before doing so.
• Feng Xian told Lin Ran that the Space Trading Convention would offer a Soul Infant Fruit, and Lin Ran decided to attend after learning Feng Xian knew its location.
• Lin Ran, Feng Xian, Feng Qing’er, and Mu Qingluan arrived at the barren desert venue in northeastern Central Continent.
• Lin Ran sensed more than a hundred formidable auras in the desert, including some that seemed stronger than his teacher Heavenly Scorpion and possibly belonged to Saint Tier experts.

Lin Ran and his companions entered the Space Trading Convention, where they searched Space Town for the Soul Infant Fruit before Feng Xian used an invitation to gain them access to the Ancient Treasure Pavilion. They joined the cloaked attendees as Old Man Baoshan began the auction, leaving Lin Ran to assess his funds.

• Lin Ran, Feng Xian, Feng Qing'er, and Mu Qingluan traveled through the desert and entered the hidden space known as Space Town.
• The group browsed Space Town’s stalls, and Lin Ran bought two high-level Earth-tier Dou Skills but found no Soul Infant Fruit.
• Feng Xian revealed an invitation from a capable friend, allowing the four to enter the Ancient Treasure Pavilion in black cloaks.
• The group took seats at the convention, where Lin Ran recognized its host, Old Man Baoshan, as a peak Nine Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Old Man Baoshan opened the Space Trading Convention, and Lin Ran estimated how much he could afford to spend.

Lin Ran acquired Netherworld Python poison fangs and a damaged Soul Infant Demonic Tree at the Space Trading Convention, then arranged to trade a powerful pill for an old man's ancient-beast magic cores. After the convention ended, Lin Ran and Feng Xian quickly left with Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er, wary of attracting trouble.

• Old Man Baoshan auctioned Netherworld Python poison fangs, and Lin Ran traded an eighth-rank pill with Two-Colored Pill Lightning for them.
• Lin Ran identified the Soul Infant Demonic Tree's corroded roots and bought the damaged sapling with an eighth-rank pill with Four-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Feng Xian purchased a high-grade Earth-class wind-attributed Dou Technique while Lin Ran declined the other auction items.
• Lin Ran offered an eighth-rank pill with Five-Colored Pill Lightning for an old man's three ancient-beast magic cores, agreeing to meet at the Pill Tower after the convention.
• After Old Man Baoshan concluded the convention, Lin Ran and Feng Xian left through space with Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er.

Lin Ran brought Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er to the Pill Domain to obtain his Eighth-Rank Alchemist certification, but discovered that the Flower Sect and Heavenly Nether Sect had placed a bounty on him. After reaching Sacred Pill City and explaining the Pill Tower’s branch tower, he was challenged by an alchemist who doubted his ability to refine pills.

• Lin Ran told Feng Xian that he planned to visit the Pill Tower and celebrate his master's birthday before traveling to the Northwest Continent, then gave Mu Qingluan a Silver Token and let Feng Qing'er join him.
• Feng Xian decided to train with the wind-attributed Dou Skill he had acquired, while Lin Ran took Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er through a Space Wormhole to the Pill Domain.
• Feng Qing'er seized a man distributing broadsheets that reported a bounty on Lin Ran; the man explained that Hua Jin and Demon Flower Evil Lord had joined forces to hunt him.
• Lin Ran gave the broadsheet seller a Copper Token containing protective Dou Qi, then continued with the women to Sacred Pill City.
• Lin Ran explained the Pill Tower branch tower and the Sacred Token's uses, but an alchemist interrupted and challenged his claim that he could refine pills.

Lin Ran arrived at the Pill Tower to seek Eighth-Rank Alchemist certification and a deal with a Dou Zun, after crushing a gray-clad old woman who attacked Feng Qing'er. He began the assessment by refining the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill, drawing the attention of the Pill Tower’s three giants when he revealed his unusual Heavenly Flame.

• A gray-clad old woman attacked Feng Qing'er at a Pill Tower branch, and Lin Ran crushed her with overwhelming force after Xuan Kongzi appeared.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized Lin Ran’s strength and agreed to let him seek Eighth-Rank Alchemist certification; he also warned the Pill Tower’s corrupt elders and families by stripping their allies of power.
• Lin Ran told Xuan Kongzi that he wanted an Eighth-Rank Alchemist badge and a deal with a Dou Zun, then followed him with Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan to the assessment tower.
• Xuan Kongzi set the assessment as refining an Eighth-Rank Pill with at least two-colored pill lightning, and Lin Ran prepared to make the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill.
• Lin Ran summoned the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame, prompting Xuan Kongzi and two other Pill Tower giants to question which Heavenly Flame it was.

Lin Ran refined a Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill for an Eighth-Rank alchemist assessment while the Pill Tower’s three giants watched. After the pill formed with Three-Colored Pill Lightning, Lin Ran began using Spirit Ascension to fulfill his promise of Five-Colored Pill Lightning.

• Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan recognized Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi as the Pill Tower’s three giants, who marveled at Lin Ran’s unusual Heavenly Flame and abilities.
• Lin Ran chose to refine a stronger Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill using twelve masses of high-grade monster beast essence blood, three eighth-tier Magic Cores, and ninety-nine auxiliary ingredients.
• As Lin Ran began condensing the pill, Xuan Kongzi left to meet a black-robed elder seeking to trade Magic Cores for pills and discovered that Lin Ran was the alchemist he wanted.
• The black-robed elder returned with Xuan Kongzi and waited in Lin Ran’s chamber while Lin Ran completed the pill over seven days.
• Lin Ran’s pill formed with Three-Colored Pill Lightning, but he promised the black-robed elder he would produce Five-Colored Pill Lightning and began using Spirit Ascension on the pill.

Lin Ran used Yao Chen’s Spirit Ascension technique to upgrade his Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill to Six-Colored Pill Lightning, impressing the black-robed elder. The elder took the pill, compensated Lin Ran, dispelled its lightning tribulation, and vanished, leaving Lin Ran to identify him as a member of the Ancient Void Dragon clan.

• Lin Ran revealed the Heavenly Spirit Dragon Blood Pill and displayed three Heavenly Flames, prompting the Pill Tower giants and the black-robed elder to speculate about his abilities and his connection to Yao Chen.
• Lin Ran merged his flames into Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame and used the Spirit Ascension technique, his soul power, and his essence blood to refine the pill further.
• The pill’s lightning tribulation rose from Three-Colored to Six-Colored Pill Lightning before finally settling, astonishing everyone watching.
• The black-robed elder accepted the pill, gave Lin Ran three Magic Cores, and then added a jade bottle and jade slip as compensation.
• The black-robed elder destroyed the pill’s lightning tribulation and disappeared, and Lin Ran recognized his use of spatial power as proof that he belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon clan.

After passing the Pill Tower’s assessment, Lin Ran traded information about Yao Chen for valuable resources and returned toward the Cloud Rain Sect. There, the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts prepared to capture him and use his Pure Yang Physique, but members of the Sky Demon Phoenix clan suddenly appeared.

• Lin Ran received his Eighth-Rank Alchemist badge and Earth Core Soul Marrow from the Pill Tower giants, then promised to arrange a meeting with Yao Chen in exchange for an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python magic core and other rewards.
• Lin Ran left Sacred Pill City with Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan, who teased him for deceiving the Pill Tower giants, and headed back to the Cloud Rain Sect for his master's birthday.
• At the Cloud Rain Sect, Heavenly Scorpion, Human Scorpion, and Earth Scorpion prepared a formation to capture Lin Ran and use his Pure Yang Physique to help Heavenly Scorpion break through to Dou Saint.
• Three members of the Sky Demon Phoenix clan tore through space and confronted the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, whose expressions changed under their terrifying pressure.

Lin Ran returned to the Cloud Rain Sect and found it devastated after a battle with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. His masters, the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, betrayed him and sealed his Pure Yang Physique so they could harvest its power, leaving him helpless before Heavenly Scorpion.

• Lin Ran found the Cloud Rain Sect in ruins and gave injured disciples medicine while searching for his masters.
• Earth Scorpion told Lin Ran that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had attacked, and Lin Ran gave Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion drops of his essence blood to heal them.
• Human Scorpion stabbed Lin Ran with a sealing technique, and Earth Scorpion revealed that the three masters had spent years preparing to exploit his Pure Yang Physique.
• Human Scorpion took Lin Ran to the damaged rear hall, where Heavenly Scorpion was repairing the formation and accepted another drop of Lin Ran's essence blood.
• Heavenly Scorpion admitted that he had raised Lin Ran to cultivate his Pure Yang Physique before taking its power, leaving Lin Ran devastated by the betrayal.

Heavenly Scorpion and his brothers revealed that they had raised Lin Ran to harvest his Pure Yang power, then used a bloodline extraction formation to drain him and advance Heavenly Scorpion to Half-Saint. As Heavenly Scorpion tried to absorb more power and reach Dou Sheng, the formation suddenly collapsed.

• Heavenly Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion told Lin Ran they had cultivated him as a source of Pure Yang power and revealed they planned to devour his strength and Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame.
• Heavenly Scorpion placed Lin Ran in a bloodline extraction formation, and the three brothers absorbed his blood-gold Pure Yang power as Lin Ran withered in agony.
• Heavenly Scorpion absorbed most of the power, regained vitality, and began drawing the formation’s origin energy into himself while Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion stood guard.
• Heavenly Scorpion broke through to Half-Saint, and his brothers urged him to continue absorbing power to reach Dou Sheng.
• As Heavenly Scorpion resumed absorbing Lin Ran’s power, the blood-gold formation suddenly collapsed.

Lin Ran escaped the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts after Gu Yuan’s safeguard broke their sealing curse and another hidden power carried him into space. The Three Ghosts turned on Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er, but a Sky Demon Phoenix elder arrived to protect them and confront Heavenly Scorpion.

• As Lin Ran’s Pure Yang power drained away, memories of his life and betrayal by the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts surfaced as he neared death.
• Gu Yuan’s safeguard awakened within Lin Ran, shattered the sealing curse, and let him recover enough strength to resist briefly.
• Heavenly Scorpion tried to seal Lin Ran again, but a power from Lin Ran’s brow broke the Half-Saint-level space seal and carried him away; Lin Ran declared their master-disciple bond severed.
• The Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts found Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er, and Human Scorpion attacked them after Heavenly Scorpion ordered him to start with Lin Ran’s women.
• A Sky Demon Phoenix elder emerged from a spatial rift, blocked Human Scorpion, and challenged Heavenly Scorpion’s Half-Saint strength.

Xun Er waited for Lin Ran’s monthly meridian-nurturing session, but he appeared on her bed gravely injured and near death. She stabilized him with the Golden Emperor Heavenly Burning Flame and sent Elder Han and Elder Lin to investigate his injuries and bring Yao Chen to treat him.

• Instructor Ruo Lin confronted Xun Er about waiting for Xiao Yan to return to Jia Nan Academy, but Xun Er hurried away when her monthly session with Lin Ran was due.
• Lin Ran suddenly appeared on Xun Er’s bed, emaciated and badly wounded, and fainted before he could retrieve anything from his Storage Ring.
• Xun Er found Lin Ran’s vitality and Pure Yang origin nearly extinguished, then gave him medicinal liquid that did not improve his condition.
• Xun Er’s Golden Emperor Heavenly Burning Flame broke free and entered Lin Ran, while his Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame formed a ring around him and stabilized his life.
• Xun Er ordered Elder Han to investigate Lin Ran’s injuries in the Central Continent and Elder Lin to bring Yao Chen from the Black Corner Region.

After Xun Er and Yao Chen assessed Lin Ran’s life-threatening injuries, Green Yi brought him to Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where a lotus platform and dense fire energy helped stabilize him. Xun Er reported a wanted order accusing Lin Ran of betraying his master, and two women arrived just as she was about to reveal the second account.

• Xun Er stopped Green Yi from touching Lin Ran, and Yao Chen found his meridians ruined, his vitality exhausted, and his origin damaged, though his Pure Yang Physique had kept him alive.
• Yao Chen said Lin Ran could recover by absorbing fire-attributed energy, while Xun Er warned that his Pure Yang Physique had been badly crippled; Yao Chen then identified the Yin Yang Dragon Profound Pill as a chance for him to rebuild his foundation.
• Green Yi carried Lin Ran to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower with Yao Chen, Zi Yan, and the others, and Su Qian agreed to let them use the tower.
• Xiao Yi Xian placed Lin Ran on her Green Lotus Core Flame lotus platform in the magma, and the Saint Gold Fallen Heart Flame enveloped him as he began absorbing fire energy.
• Xun Er reported that the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts had accused Lin Ran of attempting to murder his master and issued a wanted order across Central Continent.
• Two graceful women entered the hall, and one asked Xun Er to explain the other piece of information.

Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and the Saint Rain Sect learned that Lin Ran’s injuries came from the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, who had raised him to exploit his Pure Yang Physique. As the women sought ways to help him recover, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy to become strong enough to support him.

• Yun Yun and Cai Lin arrived after hearing that Lin Ran was gravely injured and pledged their empires’ help in finding treasures to repair his soul.
• Xun Er explained that the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts had ambushed Lin Ran to devour his Pure Yang Physique, and that Heavenly Scorpion had reached Half-Saint.
• Xun Er warned the group not to confront the powerful Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, while Green Yi said their anger would fuel their growth.
• The women visited Lin Ran as he lay recovering, then Yun Yun left the next day to search her empire for soul-repairing treasures.
• Zi Yan privately told Cai Lin she might know a way to speed up Lin Ran’s recovery and led her away.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin asked to withdraw from Jia Nan Academy, but Su Qian granted them long leave and promised the academy’s support.