Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu chose the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Pill from his simulation rewards, then prepared the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and his companions to attack Magic Flame Valley. He arrived at the valley with Wu Ya, where Magic Flame Valley raised its protective formation in response to their assault.

• Lu Yu chose the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Pill, secured it in a Storage Ring, and planned to open its Snake Seal Curse after reaching Dou Sheng.
• Lu Yu told Venerable Sky Flame that he would gather his forces and eliminate Magic Flame Valley without letting anyone escape.
• Lu Yu gave Qing Lin an Emperor Breaking Pill and the Soul Slaying Sword Scripture, then learned she had developed a way to raise and harvest Fifth-tier Serpent Magical Beasts.
• Lu Yu gave Cai Lin the first volume of the Nine Heavens Sword Origin Scripture and ordered everyone to prepare for an attack in half a month.
• Lu Yu and Wu Ya arrived at Magic Flame Valley, where Lu Yu's flame killed the guard captain and Wu Ya ordered outsiders to leave within ten breaths.
• Magic Flame Valley activated its protective formation, and a voice from inside asked who had come to visit.

Lu Yu destroyed Magic Flame Valley’s defenses and killed Old Ghost Di Mo, then sent Xiao Yan to find Han Feng as the Spirit Treasure Pavilion attacked the valley. Xiao Yan cornered Han Feng in a secret passage and prepared to kill his senior brother.

• Wu Ya wounded Fang Yan and used the Jade Poison Spotted Demonic Scorpion to break Magic Flame Valley’s protective formation.
• Old Ghost Di Mo emerged from seclusion, but Lu Yu killed him with the Seven Revolutions Burning Sea palm.
• Lu Yu ordered the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to leave no one alive, and Xiao Yan went into the valley to find Han Feng.
• Cai Lin, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan intercepted Magic Flame Valley’s escape parties at three different routes.
• Han Feng forced a disciple to lead him toward a secret passage, where Xiao Yan confronted him and threatened to kill him.

Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng, but Yao Chen awakened and personally ended the life of his former disciple. Afterward, Yao Chen agreed to join Lu Yu’s Spirit Treasure Pavilion and received an Eighth-grade Alchemist inheritance to study.

• Han Feng attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan used his secret techniques and the Mysterious Heavy Ruler to overpower him.
• Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng and was about to kill him when Yao Chen awakened from the ancient ring.
• Yao Chen recalled Han Feng’s betrayal, then killed him with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Chen thanked Lu Yu for caring for Xiao Yan and described his plans to obtain Yin Fire, rebuild his body, and return to Starfall Pavilion.
• Lu Yu offered Yao Chen a Peak Dou Zong corpse, but Yao Chen declined and agreed to join the Spirit Treasure Pavilion instead.
• Lu Yu gave Yao Chen the Eighth-grade Alchemist inheritance to examine.

After the Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s rise, Lu Yu uncovered the Heavenly Demon Puppet art and organized the Pavilion’s halls before starting a new simulation as the Hundred Spirits King’s illegitimate son. The simulation ended with Lu Yu able to claim an inheritance jade slip, Ice Soul Cold Flame, or Heavenly Spirit Divine Marrow.

• The Spirit Treasure Pavilion gained fame after destroying Magic Flame Valley, and Lu Yu struggled to handle the flood of petitions and contracts.
• Cai Lin found the Blazing Flame Art and led Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor to Magic Flame Valley’s sealed treasury, where Lu Yu opened the barrier and found the Heavenly Demon Puppet art.
• Lu Yu explained that the puppet art could strengthen the Pavilion’s ranks, introduced Senior Sky Flame as Heavenly Crafts Hall Master, and assigned Wu Ya to lead External Affairs Hall.
• Lu Yu began a simulation as the Hundred Spirits King’s illegitimate son, improved his First-grade Human Vein with Heavenly Spirit Divine Marrow, and rose to become Young Master Sky Flame.
• In the simulation, Lu Yu chose Ice Soul Cold Flame as his reward and recorded three cultivation arts in an Inheritance Jade Slip before the system offered him three rewards.

Lu Yu gave Qing Lin the Ice Soul Cold Flame and recruited Cai Lin as the Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s Battle Hall master, withdrawing the Futu Flame seed and welcoming her with an Earth Spirit Pill. After refining the flame for three days, Lu Yu broke through to Seven-star Dou Zong, awakening the ancient runes on his Pagoda Tower and revealing it to be a Top-grade Spirit Artifact.

• Lu Yu divided the Ice Soul Cold Flame into three portions, reserving a Dou Emperor-level flame for Qing Lin and a High-level Dou Zong origin flame for himself.
• Qing Lin accepted the flame after presenting Lu Yu with a Beast Taming Token and dozens of Mysterious Ice Scale Snakes she had raised for the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
• Cai Lin agreed to become the Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s Battle Hall master after Lu Yu offered her an Exotic Flame and the method for shaping Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridians.
• Lu Yu withdrew the Futu Flame seed from Cai Lin, gave her an Earth Spirit Pill, and asked her to call him Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu refined the Ice Soul Cold Flame for three days and three nights, broke through to Seven-star Dou Zong, and awakened the runes on his Pagoda Tower.

Lu Yu oversaw Cai Lin’s breakthrough to Three-star Dou Zong and forged Hong Qi into a powerful Earth Demon Puppet. To draw Heavenly Snake Manor away from Spirit Treasure Pavilion, he sent the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor to lure its forces to the Tagor Desert, where the manor’s lord led an army toward the supposed ruins.

• Cai Lin absorbed the Ice Soul Cold Flame, broke through to Three-star Dou Zong, and formed a third-grade earth Spiritual Meridian.
• Lu Yu assigned Cai Lin to manage the pavilion and open the trade route between the Wild Goose Empire and the Mulan Empire before his planned trip to the Central Plains.
• Lu Yu refined Hong Qi’s body and soul into an Earth Demon Puppet that reached seven-star Dou Zong strength and could rival an eight-star Dou Zong in combat.
• Lu Yu had Qing Lin send the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor back to Heavenly Snake Manor with a false tale about an Ancient Ruins and a pool of Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python blood essence in the Tagor Desert.
• The Heavenly Snake Manor Lord believed the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor’s story and ordered the manor’s Dou Huang experts and above to march toward the Tagor Desert.

Lu Yu and his allies ambushed the Heavenly Snake Manor in Tagor Desert, trapping its forces in Venerable Sky Flame’s spatial array. Lu Yu faced the Manor Lord alone and struck him with powerful fire and sword techniques, but the chapter ended with the Manor Lord only slightly injured after revealing his serpent form.

• The Heavenly Snake Manor Lord led his forces toward the ruins after rumors of a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python blood essence pool spread through Tagor Desert.
• Lu Yu and his allies prepared an ambush, assigned their opponents, and planned to kill the Manor Lord’s forces without taking prisoners.
• Venerable Sky Flame activated the Four Directions Sky Locking Array, sealing the battlefield, while the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor tried to flee and was killed by the Manor Lord.
• Lu Yu confronted the Manor Lord and used sword attacks to shatter his nine energy pythons, surprising the Dou Zun with his strength.
• Lu Yu unleashed Nine Revolutions, Burning Heaven, but the Manor Lord transformed into a massive dark-green serpent and suffered only minor injuries from the flaming palm.

Lu Yu led Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s allies to defeat the Heavenly Snake Manor forces, then prepared to travel to the Central Plains while Cai Lin managed the pavilion. In a simulation, he posed as Mu Chen’s master, convinced Qing Yan Jing he belonged to the Futu Ancient Clan, and guided Mu Chen to become a Supreme before receiving a choice of rewards.

• Lu Yu killed the Heavenly Snake Manor Lord with a fused palm strike, then helped his allies defeat the remaining Dou Zong experts and seize their spoils.
• Lu Yu told Cai Lin that he and Venerable Sky Flame would leave for the Central Plains in three days, leaving pavilion affairs to her and Wu Ya.
• Lu Yu chose the Supreme expert identity in the simulation, became Mu Chen’s ring-bound master, and persuaded Qing Yan Jing that he was a disciple of the Qing Mai.
• Lu Yu guided Mu Chen through major breakthroughs and battles, then received three inheritances from Qing Yan Jing after she could not reconstruct his body.
• Mu Chen became a Supreme and helped Lu Yu reconstruct a crystallized body, after which Lu Yu reached the fourth rank and agreed to instruct the Asura Palace.
• The simulation ended with Lu Yu offered a choice between Futu Flame, Black God Thunder, and his Inheritance Jade Slip.

Lu Yu studied the inherited techniques and gave several of them to Cai Lin, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin before spending the night with Little Fairy Doctor. He then arranged for Xiao Yan to receive earthfire essence, gathered contacts and advice for his journey to the Central Plains, and agreed to take Zi Yan with him.

• Lu Yu examined the cultivation arts and Dou Skills in the Inheritance Jade Slip, then copied techniques for Cai Lin, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin.
• Little Fairy Doctor lured Lu Yu into her bath to test the Myriad Poison Heavenly Net Palm, and they spent the night together.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Yan the Earth Flame Sect's earthfire essence in exchange for training more alchemists for the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, while Old Man Yao provided a letter to Feng Xian and advice about seeking Xuan Yi at the Alchemy Tower.
• Old Man Yao warned Lu Yu to be cautious on his journey to the Central Plains while seeking ingredients for the Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill.
• Su Qian explained that Zi Yan had eaten more medicinal ingredients and agreed that she would travel with Lu Yu.

Lu Yu left Magic Flame Valley with Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan, traveled through Tianya City’s Spatial Wormhole, and arrived in the Central Continent. After settling in Tian Yuan City, he reached the Half-step Spirit Realm and planned to seek medicinal ingredients at Wind Thunder Pavilion.

• Lu Yu said farewell to Xiao Yan and Cai Lin, gave Cai Lin an Earth Demon Puppet to guard Spirit Treasure Pavilion, and left with Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan.
• In Tianya City, Lu Yu traded a Peak Fifth Grade Purple Jade Barrier-Breaking Pill for a Fifth-grade Spacecraft and a waived travel fee, then took the group through the Spatial Wormhole.
• After arriving in Tian Yuan City, Lu Yu bought a detailed map of the Central Continent and found the group a quiet inn.
• Lu Yu cultivated the Soul Slaying Sword Scripture and advanced to the Half-step Spirit Realm, while Venerable Sky Flame praised his progress.
• Lu Yu decided to replenish his Soul Nurturing Pill ingredients and investigate whether Wind Thunder Pavilion had the ingredients for the Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill.

Lu Yu brought Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan to the Wind Thunder Pavilion to seek rare ingredients, where Venerable Lei asked him to refine a Thunder Beginning Pill in exchange for Snow Bone Ginseng and access to the pavilion’s treasures. Lu Yu agreed to try, but made clear that failure would mean he took no Snow Bone Ginseng and accepted no blame.

• Lu Yu bought Zi Yan more candied Spirit Fruits and traded pills for three rare poisonous herbs so Little Fairy Doctor could strengthen her cultivation.
• Little Fairy Doctor refined the poisons overnight and emerged at the peak of Three-star Dou Zong before the group departed for the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Feng Qing'er met Lu Yu and his companions at the East Pavilion, then brought Venerable Lei to hear Lu Yu’s request for medicinal ingredients.
• Venerable Lei offered Snow Bone Ginseng in exchange for Lu Yu refining his Thunder Beginning Pill, and challenged Lu Yu to a Soul power test.
• Lu Yu’s Soul power overwhelmed Venerable Lei’s attack, convincing Venerable Lei to offer three treasures from the pavilion if Lu Yu refined the pill.
• Lu Yu accepted the refinement after studying the formula, but said he would forfeit the Snow Bone Ginseng and bear no blame if the attempt failed.

Lu Yu refined a Peak Seventh-grade Thunder Beginning Pill atop Thunder Mountain, drawing unusually powerful black-and-silver pill lightning. Realizing the lightning might let his Netherworld Heart Demon Flame evolve, he flew into the thunderclouds to face it himself.

• Lu Yu refused Venerable Lei’s offer of an Earth Fire Room and began refining the pill on Thunder Mountain with the Futu Flame and Azure Luan Cauldron.
• Lu Yu spent nine days fusing the medicinal ingredients, then condensed and nurtured the silver pill embryo as Feng Qing'er and the alchemists watched.
• The completed pill drew pill lightning, whose dense energy formed a Half-step Eighth-grade storm with a faint silver streak among the black clouds.
• Lu Yu recalled the Earth Demon Puppet after the Netherworld Heart Demon Flame stirred with a desire to devour the silver lightning, then charged into the thunderclouds.
• Silver-black bolts swallowed Lu Yu as the shocked alchemists watched.

Lu Yu refined the Thunder Beginning Pill and used its lightning tribulation to advance to the eight-star Dou Zong realm while the Netherworld Heart Demon Flame grew stronger. After securing rewards from the Wind Thunder Pavilion, he began a simulation in which he created the Five Treasures Spirit Pivot Canon and received a choice of three rewards.

• Lu Yu used the Golden Futu Flame and Netherworld Heart Demon Flame to withstand and devour the pill lightning, triggering a breakthrough to the eight-star Dou Zong realm.
• Lu Yu presented Venerable Lei with the Thunder Beginning Pill, and Venerable Lei promised to keep his two Strange Fires secret and gave him Snow Bone Ginseng, an East Pavilion Token, and a favor.
• Lu Yu entered seclusion in the Wind Thunder Pavilion, asked Venerable Sky Flame to guard him, and started a simulation as a Martial Spirit Academy student.
• In the simulation, Lu Yu became a powerful body cultivator, claimed a Supreme Hand Bone and a Fire Spirit Immortal Lotus, and later reached the Supreme Stage.
• Lu Yu created the Five Treasures Spirit Pivot Canon by combining five body-refining arts and recorded it in an Inheritance Jade Slip.
• The simulation ended with Lu Yu choosing among a Supreme Hand Bone, a Supreme Pill, and his Inheritance Jade Slip.

Lu Yu chose three treasures from Wind Thunder Pavilion’s vault, including a Phoenix Blood Grass that exposed Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon. Feng Qing’er recoiled in shock after recognizing the clan of her mortal enemies.

• Lu Yu decided against cultivating the Five Treasures Spirit Pivot Canon and selected a Supreme Hand Bone to help restore Venerable Sky Flame.
• Lu Yu brought Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan to Wind Thunder Pavilion’s treasure vault, where Feng Qing’er showed them the collections.
• Lu Yu chose Seven-pattern Jade Spirit Grass for Little Fairy Doctor, Phoenix Blood Grass for Zi Yan, and Eighth-tier Profound Nether Cold Iron for Cai Lin.
• Zi Yan eagerly ate the Phoenix Blood Grass, unleashing a powerful dragon aura and a purple-gold dragon phantom.
• Feng Qing’er recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and recoiled in horror.

Zi Yan broke through to Peak Nine-star Dou Zong, and Lu Yu protected her identity from Venerable Lei while seeking an introduction to Venerable Feng. After training together, Zi Yan chose to stay with Lu Yu; a month and a half later, the four pavilion masters gathered at Wind Thunder Pavilion, where Venerable Lei revealed his Four-star Dou Zun breakthrough.

• Zi Yan absorbed the Phoenix Blood Grass and surged to Peak Nine-star Dou Zong, shattering many treasury shields with her Dragon Might.
• Venerable Lei arrived, recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon, and agreed not to expose her identity after Feng Qing'er promised to keep silent.
• Lu Yu asked Venerable Lei to contact Venerable Feng about the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit and Ten Thousand Year Green Spirit Vine, and requested an introduction to him.
• Lu Yu and Zi Yan sparred on Thunder Mountain, where Lu Yu’s fused Yin-Yang swords briefly suppressed her strength; Zi Yan then decided to stay with him.
• A month and a half later, Venerables Jian, Huang Quan, and Feng arrived at Wind Thunder Pavilion, and Venerable Lei appeared after stabilizing his Four-star Dou Zun realm.

Lu Yu met the Four Directions Pavilion masters, obtained a Ten Thousand Year Green Spirit Vine from Venerable Jian, and won Venerable Feng’s help in gathering ingredients to revive Yao Chen. On the journey to the Pill Region, Lu Yu broke through to the Spirit Realm, and Venerable Feng expected their trip to the Alchemy Tower to succeed.

• Venerable Lei introduced Lu Yu to Venerable Huang Quan, Venerable Jian, and Venerable Feng, while Venerable Huang Quan offered medicinal ingredients Lu Yu did not need.
• Venerable Jian traded a Ten Thousand Year Green Spirit Vine for Lu Yu’s promise to refine a pill in the future.
• Venerable Feng recognized Yao Chen’s letter, learned that Yao Chen survived as a soul body, and agreed to help Lu Yu gather materials for two Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pills.
• Venerable Feng took Lu Yu, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan toward the Pill Region aboard his Azure Luan Boat, and Lu Yu claimed he had a ninety percent chance of refining the pill.
• As the group reached the Pill Region, Lu Yu absorbed spiritual energy, completed the second level of the Soul Slaying Sword Scripture, and broke through to the Spirit Realm.

Lu Yu mastered a modified Five-Wheel Divine Fire Array and traveled with Venerable Feng, Zi Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor to Sacred Pill City. There, Xuan Yi arrived and asked Lu Yu about Yao Chen.

• Lu Yu discovered that the Futu Flame and Netherworld Heart Demon Flame resisted changing forms, so Venerable Sky Flame modified the Five-Wheel Divine Fire Array to accommodate them.
• Lu Yu mastered the new array overnight, then departed with Venerable Feng, Zi Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor after a Ye Family representative tried to approach him.
• After reaching Sacred Pill City, the group settled in the Outer Region while Venerable Feng went to the Inner Region to meet someone.
• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor spent the night together in their courtyard residence.
• Xuan Yi appeared the next morning, recognized Lu Yu, and asked him how Yao Chen was doing.

Xuan Yi agreed to refine Yao Chen’s Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill, and Lu Yu advanced his soul cultivation before beginning a new West Heaven Battle Hall simulation. The simulation ended with him becoming a Ninth-grade Supreme and receiving an inheritance that included the Battle Emperor Dharma Body and Million Sky Grasping Hand, leaving him to choose one reward.

• Lu Yu recounted Yao Chen’s history to Xuan Yi, who gave him the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit and agreed to refine the Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill.
• Lu Yu cultivated the Heavenly Fire Forging God Art to the Fire Transformation realm, raised his soul cultivation to the peak of the early Spirit Realm, and named his new technique the Netherworld Thunder Sound Sword.
• Lu Yu chose the West Heaven Battle Hall identity for his simulation and joined Ling Fei Hall as a Blood God Clan prodigy.
• Lu Yu’s simulated self abducted Luoli, poisoned Mu Chen, and used schemes to break Mu Chen’s resolve, while Jiu You died protecting him.
• Lu Yu’s simulated self married Luoli, later helped her reunify the Luoshen Clan, and became a Ninth-grade Supreme and War Hall Saint Son Candidate.
• Lu Yu’s simulation ended with three rewards offered: the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame, the Blood Demon Arm, or his Inheritance Jade Slip.

Lu Yu mastered the Supreme Scroll, refined an eighth-grade Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill, and broke through to peak Nine-star Dou Zong while overcoming its pill lightning. He then used the pill, a powerful corpse, and a Dou Sheng hand bone to rebuild Venerable Sky Flame’s body, leaving the elder to complete his final fusion.

• Lu Yu chose the Great Emperor Internal Scripture’s Supreme Scroll as his simulation reward and absorbed its inheritance.
• Lu Yu refined the Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill, producing an eighth-grade pill with three-colored Pill Lightning.
• Lu Yu devoured the pill lightning with the Netherworld Heart Demon Flame and advanced to peak Nine-star Dou Zong.
• Lu Yu introduced Venerable Sky Flame to Venerable Feng and began reconstructing Sky Flame’s body using Old Ghost Di Mo’s corpse and Amethyst Winged Lion King essence blood.
• Lu Yu replaced the corpse’s right hand with a Dou Sheng hand bone, and Venerable Sky Flame swallowed the pill and entered the skeleton.
• Lu Yu tempered Sky Flame’s regenerating body for ten hours, leaving the elder to complete his final fusion with it.

Lu Yu obtained a High-grade Seventh-rank Alchemist certification, helped Little Fairy Doctor break through to Four-star Dou Zong, and prepared to return to the courtyard. There, Xuan Yi departed with Venerable Feng to search for Yao Chen, while Zi Yan sensed a mysterious call from the Alchemy Tower’s Inner Region.

• Lu Yu confirmed that Venerable Sky Flame’s body had been reconstructed and learned he needed a Seventh-grade certification before attempting the eighth-grade assessment.
• Lu Yu helped Little Fairy Doctor break through to Four-star Dou Zong, then gave her the Seven-pattern Jade Spirit Grass and the second volume of the Great Emperor Internal Scripture.
• At the Alchemy Tower branch, Lu Yu revealed his Spirit Realm Soul and passed the High-grade Seventh-rank assessment, earning a badge with seven violet-gold stars.
• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor bought three rare poison-attribute medicinal ingredients, then purchased preserved fruit for Zi Yan on their way back.
• Xuan Yi announced that she and Venerable Feng would leave to search for Yao Chen, and Lu Yu asked Venerable Feng to deliver the damaged Hong Qi Puppet to Cai Lin.
• After Xuan Yi and Venerable Feng departed, Zi Yan sensed something calling to her from the Alchemy Tower’s Inner Region, and Lu Yu suspected he knew what it was.