Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuan invited Mo Tang to the Ancient Realm to discuss the Stone Clan's disappearance and the threat of the Soul Clan. Mo Tang met Gu Yuan and the leaders of the Yan and Thunder Clans, leaving him face-to-face with Yan Jin in a tense first encounter.

• Gu Nan Hai invited Mo Tang to visit the Ancient Realm on Gu Yuan's behalf, and Mo Tang accepted.
• Mo Tang instructed Zi Yan to alert the Myriad Beast Alliance, left the Four Directions Alliance under Venerable Lei, Medusa, and Yun Yun, and traveled alone with Gu Nan Hai.
• Gu Nan Hai guided Mo Tang into the Ancient Realm through a hidden spatial passage and brought him to a city filled with powerful Gu Clan members.
• Gu Yuan personally welcomed Mo Tang and led him into the main hall, where Yan Jin and Lei Ying were waiting.
• Gu Yuan introduced Yan Jin to Mo Tang, and Yan Jin glared at him with a scorching intensity.

Yan Jin questioned Mo Tang about his unexplained rise in strength and secretly developed killing intent toward him. Gu Yuan then revealed that the Stone Clan had vanished in the same way as the Spirit Clan, suggesting the attacker might include two Nine-star Dou Shengs.

• Yan Jin challenged Mo Tang to explain how he had gained strength from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame without refining a Heavenly Flame, but Mo Tang refused to reveal his secret art.
• Yan Jin became wary of Mo Tang and secretly formed the intent to kill him, which Mo Tang detected through his Minimap.
• Mo Tang considered breaking through to eight stars and glanced at Gu Yuan while thinking about the Gu Clan's debt of a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill.
• Gu Yuan stopped Yan Jin's questioning and explained that the Stone Clan had been sealed off and slaughtered just like the Spirit Clan.
• Gu Yuan estimated that at least two Nine-star Dou Shengs would have been needed to destroy the Stone Clan so completely, leaving Yan Jin and Lei Ying grimly wondering whether the Hun Clan had gained a second Nine-star Dou Sheng.

Gu Yuan urged Mo Tang, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying to unite against the Soul Clan, which now had two Nine-star Dou Shengs. He gave Mo Tang a powerful Ink Origin Pill, believing Mo Tang would soon break through to Eight-star Dou Sheng and help face the threat.

• Gu Yuan recalled that Nihility Devouring Flame had once been an Eight-star Dou Sheng and warned that the Soul Clan's two Nine-star Dou Shengs could destroy any single faction.
• Gu Yuan proposed that the Gu Clan, Yan Clan, Thunder Clan, and Four Directions Alliance unite against the Soul Clan, and Yan Jin and Lei Ying left after agreeing the danger was serious.
• Gu Yuan gave Mo Tang a powerful Ninth Grade Treasure Pill called the Ink Origin Pill, which Mo Tang accepted before leaving the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Xun'er questioned why Gu Yuan had given Mo Tang the clan's valuable pill, and Gu Yuan predicted Mo Tang would soon become an Eight-star Dou Sheng.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Yan Jin intended to kill Mo Tang and hoped the pill would help Mo Tang survive and strengthen their side against the Soul Clan.

Mo Tang evaded Yan Jin’s failed ambush and went to Bodhi Space to cultivate beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree. He began his breakthrough to an eight-star Dou Saint, drawing the energy of heaven and earth into a tide above the plain.

• Yan Jin pursued Mo Tang, intending to kill him once they left the Eastern Domain.
• Mo Tang sensed Yan Jin’s pursuit, escaped through the void, and left Yan Jin unable to track him.
• Mo Tang arrived at Bodhi Space, where the Bodhi Ancient Tree spoke to him and agreed to stand guard.
• Mo Tang adjusted his condition and ordered the system to raise him to an eight-star Dou Saint.
• Mo Tang’s breakthrough unleashed violent energy and formed a Heaven and Earth Tide above the plain.

After breaking through to Eight-star Dou Saint, Mo Tang left the Bodhi Ancient Tree and returned to the Pill Region, where he learned that Hun Xuzi had attacked the Pill Tower Ancestor. The Ancestor revealed that Elder Shen Nong had saved him, prompting Mo Tang to recall Shen Nong’s Living Flame.

• The Energy Tide ended, and Mo Tang broke through to Eight-star Dou Saint.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Mo Tang more than a dozen Bodhi Seeds after explaining that his Origin Qi had helped it grow stronger.
• Mo Tang returned to the Pill Region and found the injured Pill Tower Ancestor there.
• Old Monster Lin and the Pill Tower Ancestor told Mo Tang that Hun Xuzi had attacked him and recovered to the middle stage of Seven-star Dou Saint.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor said Elder Shen Nong had intervened and saved him.
• Mo Tang recalled that Elder Shen Nong was a reclusive alchemist who possessed the Living Flame, ranked fifth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Mo Tang received the Yao Clan’s invitation to the Pill Record and decided to attend so he could observe the Soul Clan’s strength. He chose Xuan Kongzi as his sole companion, leaving the women to continue cultivating as the story turned to preparations for the journey.

• A Half-Saint elder delivered the Yao Clan’s invitation to Mo Tang, who accepted it and planned to attend the Pill Record cautiously.
• Mo Tang told Old Monster Lin that Xuan Kongzi would accompany him, and Old Monster Lin accepted his choice despite questioning Xuan Kongzi’s strength.
• Zi Yan, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin argued over who would accompany Mo Tang until he said he would take only Xuan Kongzi.
• Mo Tang explained that the women needed to focus on cultivation, then teased Yun Yun about how their differing bloodline levels made having children difficult.

Mo Tang and Xuan Kongzi arrived at the Yao Clan’s Pill Record, where Yao Dan personally welcomed them and Mo Tang was invited to sit beside him. As the event’s main proceedings began, a mysterious old man riding a medicine cauldron appeared.

• Mo Tang and Xuan Kongzi traveled to the Shennong Mountain Range and entered the Medicine Realm after Yao Clan guards recognized their invitation letters.
• Yao Dan personally greeted Mo Tang and Xuan Kongzi, then escorted them into the Yao Clan’s inner grounds.
• A Yao Clan elder led the other guests to Medicine Mountain, where the clan’s young alchemists displayed their skills before the Pill Record’s main event.
• Yao Dan appeared before the assembled guests and invited Mo Tang to sit beside him.
• An old man in hemp clothes arrived riding a pale-green medicine cauldron and called out to Yao Dan.

Elder Shen Nong and Hun Xuzi arrived at the Yao Clan’s Pill Record, where the Soul Clan’s presence stirred anger among the gathered alchemists and Yao Clan members. The competition began with the Yao Clan fielding an unknown, dying old Dou Saint whose identity seemed to unsettle Elder Shen Nong.

• Mo Tang greeted Elder Shen Nong and thanked him for helping the Four Directions Alliance, and Elder Shen Nong said he had acted because of his friendship with the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Hun Xuzi arrived on black clouds and announced that he had come to compete in the Pill Record, provoking anger from the crowd and the Yao Clan.
• Mo Tang suspected the Soul Clan planned to attack the Yao Clan and considered using the gathering to weaken them with help from the other clans.
• With Xiao Yan gone and Yao Wanhuo dead, Yao Dan chose an unfamiliar, aged Six-Star Dou Saint to represent the Yao Clan in the competition.
• Yao Dan declared the Pill Record underway, while Elder Shen Nong reacted solemnly to the unknown Yao Clan contestant.

Hun Xuzi, Elder Shen Nong, and the Yao Clan elder revealed their Heavenly Flames before beginning the Pill Record’s final contest. As the three took their places around the plaza, the crowd focused on their pill refinement.

• Hun Xuzi challenged the others for the title of the continent’s number one alchemist and summoned a cauldron of Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Elder Shen Nong revealed his Living Flame, surprising the crowd and stirring Hun Xuzi’s greed.
• The Yao Clan elder summoned Wind Thunder Raging Flame, which seemed inferior to the other two contestants’ flames.
• Yao Dan declared the pill refinement competition underway, and the three alchemists flew to separate corners of the plaza.
• Mo Tang watched Elder Shen Nong closely, eager to study the Living Flame.

Elder Shen Nong demonstrated the Living Flame’s ability to grow rare medicinal herbs as Mo Tang considered recruiting him into the Four Directions Alliance. Hun Xuzi then began refining a pill by absorbing the power of heaven and earth, prompting Yao Dan to suspect he was attempting a Ninth Grade Profound Pill.

• Elder Shen Nong used the Living Flame to grow countless rare herbs and condense life-filled green droplets.
• Mo Tang considered bringing Elder Shen Nong into the Four Directions Alliance but doubted he could offer a suitable incentive without using Origin Qi.
• Hun Xuzi poured refined medicinal liquids into his cauldron and summoned the power of heaven and earth to aid his pill refinement.
• Yao Dan judged that Hun Xuzi appeared to be refining a Ninth Grade Profound Pill but could not determine his chances of success.

Hun Xuzi sabotaged Elder Shen Nong and the Yao Clan elder’s attempts to refine Ninth Grade Profound Pills, then used the stolen energy to complete his own pill. Pill rain and black lightning announced the Profound Pill’s emergence, leaving Hun Xuzi poised to claim the title of the continent’s number one alchemist.

• The Yao Clan elder and Elder Shen Nong joined Hun Xuzi in attempting to refine Ninth Grade Profound Pills, draining the surrounding energy of heaven and earth.
• Hun Xuzi used the Nihility Devouring Flame to absorb energy from the other two alchemists’ cauldrons and swallow parts of their Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Shen Nong’s pill was ruined, and the Yao Clan elder’s refinement was disrupted while Hun Xuzi declared himself the continent’s number one alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi drew the remaining energy into his cauldron, where a point of light appeared as black clouds and destructive lightning filled the sky.
• Hun Xuzi opened his cauldron, and pill rain descended as the Profound Pill emerged, apparently deciding the Pill Record in his favor.

Hun Xuzi successfully refined a Ninth Grade Profound Pill, won the Pill Record, and demanded to borrow the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade. Yao Dan faced Hun Xuzi’s request as Mo Tang sat beside him, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Hun Xuzi’s Ninth Grade Profound Pill endured the Black Demon Thunder and emerged from its shell as a young girl.
• Hun Xuzi sealed the pill’s spirituality, turning it into a black pill, while Yao Dan announced him as the Pill Record champion.
• Hun Xuzi fixed his killing intent on Mo Tang, blaming him for disrupting his plans and taking a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill.
• Hun Xuzi asked Yao Dan to lend him the Tou She Ancient God Jade held by the Yao Clan.

Hun Xuzi demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade as the Soul Clan sealed the Medicine Realm and attacked those trying to escape. Yao Dan rallied the trapped guests to unite against the Soul Clan, while Mo Tang made his help conditional on being protected as Yao Dan’s guest.

• Hun Xuzi demanded that Yao Dan hand over the Tou She Ancient God Jade, provoking the Yao Clan.
• Mo Tang failed to open a spatial passage, and he warned Yao Dan that the Soul Clan had sealed the Medicine Realm.
• Yao Dan suspected the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan, and the trapped guests panicked when their escape attempts failed.
• Hun Xuzi claimed that people outside the Yao Clan could leave, but the Nihility Devouring Flame killed those who rushed for the exit.
• Yao Dan called on everyone to unite against the Soul Clan after the black flames covered the Medicine Realm.

Yao Dan revealed that the Yao Clan had allies waiting in the Medicine Realm: the leaders of the Thunder and Yan Clans and the Gu Clan’s Three Immortals. Nihility Devouring Flame appeared in person and attacked Lei Ying and Yan Jin, leaving the allied forces facing the overwhelming power of a Nine-star Dou Sheng.

• Hun Xuzi’s Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame surged, raising his strength to the peak of Seven-star Dou Sheng and further weakening the Yao Clan’s morale.
• Mo Tang urged Yao Dan to reveal the Yao Clan’s preparations, and Yao Dan summoned allies from the depths of the Medicine Realm.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the Gu Clan’s Three Immortals arrived, revealing that the Yao Clan had joined forces with the Thunder, Yan, and Gu Clans against the Soul Clan.
• Hun Xuzi reacted in shock to the hidden reinforcements, while Nihility Devouring Flame formed a black flame body and acknowledged the allied clans’ arrival.
• Nihility Devouring Flame dismissed Yan Jin’s accusation of collusion and unleashed a gigantic black flaming finger at Lei Ying and Yan Jin.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin raised Black Demon Thunder and Heavenly Flame fire to confront Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack.

Yao Dan activated the Yao Clan’s Heaven Transformation Medicine Array and sacrificed the clan’s accumulated pills to summon the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul against Nihility Devouring Flame. The Medicine Emperor appeared above Medicine Mountain, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Nihility Devouring Flame’s attack injured Lei Ying and Yan Jin, so Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan to activate its guardian formation.
• The Yao Clan’s elders and members poured energy into the Heaven Transformation Medicine Array, and Elder Shen Nong told Mo Tang that it could summon the ancestor’s remnant soul.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sent black fire rain against the formation, devouring its energy and prompting Yao Dan to commit the clan’s vast stores of pills.
• Yao Dan used the Ten Thousand Pills Transform Heaven technique to summon the Yao Clan’s ancestor, the Medicine Emperor, whose appearance forced many Yao Clan members to kneel.

Mo Tang realized that the Soul Clan had prepared an ambush far beyond what the three allied clans expected, including an eight-star Dou Saint and a plan involving the Deadly Silence Gates. As Nihility Devouring Flame announced that the Soul Clan was ready, the trap around the Yao Clan and its reinforcements was already closing.

• The Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul scattered the Nihility Devouring Flame attacking his formation and recognized the flame.
• An aged Soul Clan expert descended and unleashed an aura on the level of an eight-star Dou Saint, shocking the assembled clans.
• Mo Tang identified the newcomer as one of the Soul Clan elders tied to the Deadly Silence Gates and suspected the other three had also arrived.
• Mo Tang considered seizing a Deadly Silence Gate so he could escape or turn the battle into a mutual defeat.
• Nihility Devouring Flame said the Soul Clan was ready, and Hun Xuzi taunted Yao Dan that their trap had been set.

Hun Yuantian, Hun Shengtian, Hun Yao, and another Soul Clan expert unleashed four Deadly Silence Gates against the gathered clans. After one gate swallowed Mo Tang, he used the system to raise his soul power to the Emperor Realm so he could search for the Soul Stone and take control of it.

• Three black coffins emerged from the flames, and Hun Yuantian, Hun Shengtian, and Hun Yao stepped out with auras stronger than the Soul Clan expert already present.
• The four Soul Clan figures summoned four Deadly Silence Gates, prompting Lei Ying and Yan Jin to rush to stop them.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul blocked three gates, while Elder Shen Nong and Mo Tang attacked the fourth.
• The fourth gate absorbed Elder Shen Nong's Living Flame and swallowed Mo Tang, drawing shock from the survivors.
• Inside the gate, Mo Tang used one Origin Qi point to raise his soul power to the Emperor Realm and prepared to seek the Soul Stone.

The Soul Clan trapped the Yao, Lei, Yan, and Gu experts in the Realm of Death, where their vitality rapidly drained and the Yao Clan suffered heavy losses. Just as Lei Ying and Yan Jin led an attempt to escape, Mo Tang appeared, claiming he had seized control of one Deadly Silence Gate and found a flaw in the formation.

• Nihility Devouring Flame shattered the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul and the Yao Clan's formation, then left Hun Yuantian and the other Soul Clan elders to fight.
• The Soul Clan's Deadly Silence Gates formed the Realm of Death, draining the trapped experts' vitality and restricting their soul perception.
• Hun Xuzi appeared to stall the experts, then merged into the darkness after Yan Jin's fire dragon was stopped by black spears.
• Lei Ying decided the experts had to charge out, while Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan elders to protect Yao Ling, Yao Xingji, and the other elite disciples.
• Yao Clan elders died blocking black spears, and their bodies rapidly became dry bones under the deathly aura.
• Mo Tang emerged from a Deadly Silence Gate and told the experts he had seized control of it, creating a flaw they could use to destroy the formation.

Mo Tang used the Deadly Silence Gate to shield the allied forces as they crossed the Realm of Death and uncovered Hun Yuantian’s position. When the formation collapsed, Mo Tang killed Hun Yuantian with a time-slowing strike, leaving Yan Jin to view him as a threat.

• Mo Tang arrived with the Deadly Silence Gate and absorbed the deathly aura, allowing the allied forces to recover and advance.
• Yan Jin decided Mo Tang had to die after seeing his strength, even considering abandoning the Yao Clan to escape future conflict.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin attacked a giant deathly hand while Mo Tang controlled the Deadly Silence Gate and searched for the formation’s weakness.
• Mo Tang used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to reveal Hun Yuantian behind an invisible spatial barrier, then called on Lei Ying and Yan Jin to break it.
• The formation shattered, and Mo Tang used his Power of Time to pierce Hun Yuantian’s chest and destroy his body and soul.

After Mo Tang helped the clans escape the Realm of Death, Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Soul Clan to carry out its next plan and destroy the Yao Clan. A swarm of black-flame creatures descended on the exhausted survivors, and Yan Jin recognized them as members of the supposedly extinct Tunling Clan.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin saw that the Medicine Realm had been devastated, while the Yao Clan had lost most of its strength.
• Hun Shengtian told Nihility Devouring Flame that Mo Tang had seized the Deadly Silence Gate and helped break through the formation, and the clans suspected Mo Tang had reached the Eight-star Dou Sheng level.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Soul Clan to kill the Yao Clan and collect its bloodline power.
• Black-flame eggs burst open and released creatures that attacked the survivors and devoured flesh, blood, and Dou Qi.
• Yan Jin examined one of the creatures and identified it as a member of the Tunling Clan, which he believed had been exterminated in ancient times.