Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu arrived at the Alchemy Tower headquarters and passed the Eighth-grade Alchemist assessment by refining three different pills successfully. He left after telling the young Cao Ying that he expected to become a Ninth-grade Alchemist within three years, prompting her to challenge him to compete then.

• Lu Yu, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zi Yan entered the Alchemy Tower, where Elder Xuan Qing escorted Lu Yu to the assessment hall.
• Lu Yu began the Eighth-grade assessment before Xuan Kongzi and two other elders, refining three different pills with his Strange Fire.
• Lu Yu successfully refined the Soul Returning Pill, Jade Clarity Condensing Liquid Pill, and Nine Orifice Exquisite Pill, while Xuan Kongzi dispelled each batch's Pill Lightning.
• Cao Ying arrived to see the young assessment candidate and learned that Lu Yu was eighteen and had passed the assessment.
• Cao Ying challenged Lu Yu to an alchemy contest in three years, and Lu Yu replied that he expected to be a Ninth-grade Alchemist by then.
• Cao Ying vowed to compete with Lu Yu in three years as he left the hall.

After passing the Alchemy Tower’s assessment as an Eighth-grade Alchemist, Lu Yu declined Xuan Kongzi’s offer to become his disciple and negotiated for a Guest Elder position instead. He secured Xuan Kongzi’s approval by offering to supply Spirit Nurturing Dust, a lost treasure that could help alchemists advance their soul realms, while keeping its formula secret.

• Xuan Kongzi praised Lu Yu’s talent, granted him Eighth-grade Alchemist status, and asked Xuan Qing to invite him for a private talk.
• Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan congratulated Lu Yu, and Little Fairy Doctor dressed him in his new robe before they toured the Alchemy Tower together.
• Xuan Qing escorted Lu Yu to Xuan Kongzi’s study, where Cao Ying was also present; Lu Yu declined Xuan Kongzi’s offer to become his disciple.
• Lu Yu agreed to join the Alchemy Tower only as a Guest Elder, and Xuan Kongzi questioned whether the newly advanced Eighth-grade Alchemist had earned the position.
• Lu Yu revealed that he could refine Spirit Nurturing Dust and offered to supply it in exchange for the Guest Elder position, while refusing to reveal the formula.
• Xuan Kongzi accepted the deal and reviewed Lu Yu’s list of rare ingredients; Lu Yu agreed to wait while the Alchemy Tower gathered them.

Lu Yu secured an eighth-tier poison pill formula and began planning a weaker version for Little Fairy Doctor, then chose an Ice Spirit Clan Descendant identity for his simulation in the Gu Realm. He rose to become a Southern Border Gu Master and alchemist before a mysterious colossal hand killed him, leaving him to choose one simulated reward.

• Elder Xuan Qing gave Lu Yu access to an inner-region courtyard and exchanged the Netherworld Soul-Erosion Pill formula and one set of ingredients for two of Lu Yu’s pills.
• Lu Yu began studying the formula and planned to adapt it into a seventh-tier poison pill for Little Fairy Doctor using the Seven-pattern Jade Spirit Grass.
• Lu Yu chose the Ice Spirit Clan Descendant identity and entered the Gu Realm simulation as a youth in White Village.
• Lu Yu killed White Village’s old ancestor, escaped the village, defeated Gu Yueyu and Gu Yuehe, and became known as the Blood Sword Demon Lord.
• Lu Yu founded Blood Lord Mansion, became a peak fifth-grade alchemist, and created the Three-Patterned Sword Spirit Gu before a colossal hand destroyed him.
• Lu Yu ended the simulation and was offered the Blood Prison Heart-Burning Flame, a Substitute Gu Puppet, or a Fifth-grade Alchemist Inheritance.

Lu Yu acquired the Blood Prison Heart-Burning Flame, used it to cultivate the Blazing Heaven Glazed Body, and discovered that it could fuse with his other flames. The Flame Ancestral Talisman’s spirit offered to help create a Spirit of the Exotic Flame in exchange for Lu Yu breaking one of its seals.

• Lu Yu chose the Blood Prison Heart-Burning Flame from his simulation rewards and suppressed it with the Futu Flame and Netherworld Heart Demon Flame before storing it in the Pagoda Tower.
• Lu Yu discovered that the Blood Prison Heart-Burning Flame could temper bloodlines, then used it to cultivate the Blazing Heaven Glazed Body to the great-completion Glazed Realm.
• Lu Yu’s Blood Prison Heart-Burning Flame clashed with the Formless Heart Flame in his heart, but wisps of both flames began to merge, and he added Soul Fire to them.
• The three flames fused briefly before disappearing, stirring the Flame Ancestral Talisman and summoning its imprisoned fire phoenix spirit.
• The fire phoenix offered to help nurture a Spirit of the Exotic Flame if Lu Yu broke one of its five ice chains, and Lu Yu considered the bargain.

Lu Yu traded three Exotic Flames to the Spirit of the Ancestral Talisman for a flame seed and returned to find Zi Yan sensing a summons from the Great Void Dragon Clan. Zi Yan refused to leave with Hei Qing, who agreed to wait in the Alchemy Tower while the clan decided what to do; Xuan Kongzi also brought Lu Yu three sets of ingredients for Spirit Nurturing Dust.

• Lu Yu negotiated to undo one of the Ancestral Talisman's seals only after the Spirit of the Exotic Flame was nurtured, then gave the Fire Phoenix three Exotic Flames to combine into a flame seed.
• Lu Yu placed the flame seed in the Pagoda Tower and rejoined Little Fairy Doctor and Zi Yan in the courtyard.
• Zi Yan sensed someone calling her, and Hei Qing arrived at the Alchemy Tower after detecting her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.
• Zi Yan refused to return to the Great Void Dragon Clan, and Lu Yu supported her; Xuan Kongzi intervened, after which Hei Qing agreed to contact his clan and remain nearby.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Lu Yu three sets of ingredients for Spirit Nurturing Dust, and Hei Qing realized Lu Yu was an Eighth-grade Alchemist.

Lu Yu established a Level Five Spirit Gathering Array and entered seclusion, where he broke through to Dou Zun as Venerable Sky Flame revived at Nine-star Dou Zun. With Spirit Treasure Pavilion preparing to expand into the Central Plains, Lu Yu proposed the Tianmu Mountain Range as its base.

• Lu Yu studied the Level Five Spirit Gathering Array, completed it in the courtyard, and entered seclusion to pursue the Dou Zun realm.
• After two months of cultivation, Lu Yu broke through to Dou Zun, and Venerable Sky Flame revived and reached peak Nine-star Dou Zun.
• Venerable Sky Flame thanked Lu Yu for his rebirth and pledged to serve him, while Hei Qing watched in surprise.
• Lu Yu and Venerable Sky Flame discussed establishing Spirit Treasure Pavilion in the Central Plains.
• Lu Yu proposed the Tianmu Mountain Range, known for the Sky Mountain Blood Pool, as Spirit Treasure Pavilion's base.

Lu Yu established Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s mountain gate in the Tianmu Mountain Range and refined Spirit Nurturing Dust before preparing to make the Azure Spirit Pill for Little Fairy Doctor. After using the dust to strengthen his soul, he broke through to the Spirit Realm Middle Stage.

• Lu Yu chose the Tianmu Mountain Range as Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s base and sent Little Fairy Doctor to exchange for ingredients for the Azure Spirit Pill.
• Lu Yu prepared to forge his Natal Sword Artifact from three fire-attribute materials, then entered seclusion to refine Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Lu Yu refined three batches of Spirit Nurturing Dust, while Venerable Sky Flame blocked the Pill Lightning outside the quiet room.
• Little Fairy Doctor delivered five grains of Spirit Nurturing Dust to the Alchemy Tower and brought Lu Yu the ingredients for the poison pill.
• Lu Yu consumed Spirit Nurturing Dust to cultivate his soul and broke through to the Spirit Realm Middle Stage.

Lu Yu refined an Azure Spirit Pill for Little Fairy Doctor, prepared special pills for Zi Yan, and planned negotiations with the Gold Devouring Rat clan over the Tianmu Mountain Range. He then simulated life as an Evil Spirit Clan descendant, discovered a Thunder Palace token, and was killed when Flame Emperor Xiao Yan mistook him for an enemy; the simulation offered three rewards.

• Lu Yu refined a Rank 7 Azure Spirit Pill, destroyed its pill lightning with one palm, and gave it to Little Fairy Doctor, who entered seclusion after kissing his cheek.
• Lu Yu gave Zi Yan pills made from Spirit Fruits, then heard from Venerable Sky Flame that Huang Quan Pavilion and the Gold Devouring Rat clan might resist Spirit Treasure Pavilion's plans for Tianmu Mountain Range.
• Lu Yu resolved to negotiate with the Gold Devouring Rat clan and offer continued blood pool access and priority pill trades in exchange for giving up sovereignty.
• Lu Yu began a simulation as an Evil Spirit Clan descendant on Thunder Continent and was exiled to mine in the Demonic Lightning Ore Vein.
• Lu Yu found an Ancient Thunder Palace token, then witnessed Flame Emperor Xiao Yan purify the continent and tried to attract his attention with a shouted allusion.
• Flame Emperor Xiao Yan mistook Lu Yu for an evil race member and killed him with a purifying flame palm; the simulation offered pure demonic qi, Supreme-grade Thunder Marrow Crystal ore, or an Ancient Thunder Palace Introductory Disciple Token.

Lu Yu chose an Ancient Thunder Palace token and learned the Supreme-grade Nine Heavens Lightning Summoning Art, while Little Fairy Doctor broke through to Seven-star Dou Zong and grew closer to him. Days later, Xuan Yi, Venerable Feng, Xiao Yan, and a newly restored old man arrived, and Xiao Yan was shocked to find Lu Yu had reached Dou Zun.

• Lu Yu chose the Ancient Thunder Palace Introductory Disciple Token, which imparted the Nine Heavens Lightning Summoning Art to him.
• Little Fairy Doctor completed her breakthrough to Seven-star Dou Zong after taking the Azure Spirit Pill and discussed cultivation with Lu Yu in private.
• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor spent the night together and remained close in the days afterward.
• Lu Yu struggled to comprehend the Great Luo Heavenly Flame Sword and Dragon Soaring Technique as Venerable Sky Flame and Hei Qing discussed the difficulty of Heavenly Rank skills.
• Xuan Yi, Venerable Feng, Xiao Yan, and a restored old man arrived through a Space Rift, and Xiao Yan exclaimed in surprise at Lu Yu's Dou Zun cultivation.

Lu Yu reunited with Xiao Yan and learned that Old Man Yao planned to join the Alchemy Tower with Xuan Yi’s help. Lu Yu and Xiao Yan began a spar, with Lu Yu suppressing his strength to match Xiao Yan’s level.

• Lu Yu greeted Xuan Yi, Old Man Yao, and Venerable Feng, then reunited with Xiao Yan after eight months apart.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Yu he had completed the Yin-Yang Twin Flames and advanced to Seven-star Dou Wang, while Old Man Yao had revived at the peak of Nine-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng offered Starfall Pavilion’s support for Lu Yu’s plans to establish Spirit Treasure Pavilion in the Tianmu Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Old Man Yao planned to join the Alchemy Tower as an elder through Xuan Yi, and Lu Yu teased him about the arrangement.
• Lu Yu challenged Xiao Yan to spar and suppressed his cultivation to Seven-star Dou Wang as Xiao Yan attacked with his flame-wreathed Mysterious Heavy Ruler.

Lu Yu and Xiao Yan sparred, then discussed Spirit Treasure Pavilion and their plans to pursue different Exotic Flames. Xiao Yan yielded the Three Thousand Burning Flame to Lu Yu, who gave him Spirit Nurturing Dust and promised to help him obtain another Exotic Flame.

• Xiao Yan and Lu Yu tested their fighting skills, and Xiao Yan admitted defeat when Lu Yu appeared to unleash the final level of his sword art.
• Lu Yu revealed that the terrifying Returning Yuan strike was a bluff, though he could force out half a strike at the risk of backlash.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Yu that Spirit Treasure Pavilion had grown strong under Cai Lin and Qing Lin, and that Fen Jue had reached the mid Di-class.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to pursue the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire or the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Lu Yu became interested in the latter and considered seeking help from Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan yielded the Three Thousand Burning Flame to Lu Yu and chose to pursue the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire instead.
• Lu Yu gave Xiao Yan five portions of Spirit Nurturing Dust and promised to help him obtain another Exotic Flame in the future.

Lu Yu accepted Yao Chen’s alchemy method, then mastered the entry-level Dragon Shadow realm of the Dragon Soaring Technique while using Xiao Yan’s Rank 7 pill lightning to temper his body. With Xiao Yan staying behind to cultivate, Lu Yu and his companions set out for the Tianmu Mountain Range, bringing Zi Yan along.

• Lu Yu told Little Fairy Doctor that Spirit Treasure Pavilion had grown stronger, with Cai Lin and Qing Lin advancing in rank and Qing Lin forming a serpent-beast guard team.
• Venerable Feng gave Lu Yu Yao Chen’s secret Method of Ascending Spirits in return for Lu Yu’s help and alchemy inheritance.
• When Xiao Yan refined a Rank 7 pill, Lu Yu used its pill lightning to temper his body and complete the initial Dragon Shadow realm of the Dragon Soaring Technique.
• Lu Yu decided to leave for the Tianmu Mountain Range, while Venerable Feng departed for Starfall Pavilion and Hei Qing reported that a Great Void Dragon Clan elder would later discuss Zi Yan’s bloodline awakening.
• Zi Yan insisted on joining Lu Yu, and Xiao Yan and Venerable Sky Flame supported her; Lu Yu agreed, and the five-person party set off toward Sacred Pill City’s Spatial Wormhole.

Lu Yu traveled to the Tianmu Mountain Range to establish Spirit Treasure Pavilion there and negotiated with the Gold Devouring Rat clan, which guarded the Sky Mountain Blood Pool. Jin Shi agreed to the pavilion’s terms and led Lu Yu’s group to see the Blood Pool.

• Hong Tianxiao welcomed Lu Yu and his companions to Tianbei City on Venerable Lei’s orders, but Lu Yu declined the Hong Family’s hospitality and left for the Tianmu Mountain Range the next morning.
• Lu Yu’s group arrived above the Tianmu Mountain Range and their Dou Zun auras silenced the local Magical Beasts.
• Jin Shi welcomed Lu Yu and explained that the Gold Devouring Rat clan could not decide the mountain range’s fate because the Four Directions Pavilion jointly managed the Sky Mountain Blood Pool.
• Lu Yu showed Jin Shi letters from Venerable Lei, Venerable Feng, and Venerable Jian supporting Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s entry, and said only Huang Quan Pavilion’s opinion remained.
• Lu Yu allowed the Gold Devouring Rat clan to stay and retain its Blood Pool slots, while reserving the main peak for Spirit Treasure Pavilion; Jin Shi accepted the terms.
• Lu Yu asked to see the Sky Mountain Blood Pool, and Jin Shi agreed to lead the group there.

Lu Yu brought Spirit Treasure Pavilion to Tianmu Mountain, treated Jin Shi’s fire poison, and helped Little Fairy Doctor begin absorbing the poison beneath the Sky Mountain Blood Pool. After cultivating for half a month, Lu Yu activated his simulator to seek a faster path to growth.

• Jin Shi led Lu Yu and the others to the Sky Mountain Blood Pool atop Tianmu Mountain, where Lu Yu sensed its accumulated fire poison.
• Lu Yu used Golden Futu Flame to remove Jin Shi’s fire poison and asked Venerable Sky Flame to establish a protective spiritual formation around the mountain.
• Zi Yan went treasure hunting while Hei Qing followed to guard her, and Lu Yu carried Little Fairy Doctor into the Blood Pool to search for its concentrated fire poison.
• Little Fairy Doctor began absorbing the fire poison at the pool’s bottom, while Lu Yu set up a Spirit Gathering Array and entered secluded cultivation.
• After half a month, Lu Yu assessed his cultivation progress and activated the simulator.

Lu Yu chose the Wood Spirit Race identity and rose quickly through cultivation and alchemy after earning the Bodhi Ancestor Tree’s recognition. The simulation ended with him a powerful alchemist and Pill God Race son-in-law, able to claim one of three rewards.

• Lu Yu chose to become a descendant of the Wood Spirit Race, entered its main lineage, and cultivated the Eternal Evergreen Scripture.
• Lu Yu passed the Bodhi Ancestor Tree’s alchemy trial, received a Bodhi Tree Branch as his divine soul, and gained extraordinary comprehension.
• Lu Yu advanced rapidly in cultivation and alchemy, married his master’s daughter, and withdrew from the main lineage after his father-in-law died pursuing the Heaven Supreme realm.
• Lu Yu won the Wood Spirit Race’s alchemy competition, attracted a Pill God Race princess, and married into the Pill God Race.
• Lu Yu cultivated the Sword Sun Undying Body, developed powerful secret arts, and obtained three rare fire-related treasures.
• Lu Yu recorded his techniques and discoveries in an Inheritance Jade Slip, then faced a choice between the Bodhi Tree Branch, the Source Flame Divine Lotus, and the jade slip.

Lu Yu chose the Inheritance Jade Slip, gaining an alchemy inheritance and powerful secret methods before Little Fairy Doctor emerged from the Sky Mountain Blood Pool and Venerable Lei proposed an alliance with Spirit Treasure Pavilion. In the Ancient Realm, Xun'er learned that Lu Yu had appeared in the Central Plains and immediately prepared to go there.

• Lu Yu chose the Inheritance Jade Slip over the Bodhi Tree Branch and learned its secret methods, pill formulas, and Supreme-grade spiritual array.
• Little Fairy Doctor emerged from the Sky Mountain Blood Pool after breaking through to Eight-star Dou Zong and said she might reach Nine-star Dou Zong by absorbing more fire poison.
• Venerable Sky Flame reported that he had established a Spirit Gathering Array and a Nine Lock Heaven Maze Array in the Tianmu Mountain Range.
• Lu Yu welcomed Venerable Lei, who proposed an alliance and offered Wind Thunder Pavilion's resources to purchase high-tier pills from Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
• Xun'er emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zun, learned of Lu Yu's rise as an Eighth-grade Alchemist, and ordered Ling Ying to prepare their departure for the Central Plains.

Lu Yu agreed to supply Wind Thunder Pavilion with exclusive cultivation-boosting pills and accepted Venerable Jian’s request to refine an eighth-grade pill. In the Ancient Clan council, Xun’er argued for traveling to the Central Plains, and Gu Yuan approved her departure and opened the journey to other young clan members.

• Lu Yu and Venerable Lei agreed that Wind Thunder Pavilion would buy Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s exclusive pills in exchange for medicinal ingredients and additional resources.
• Venerable Lei summoned Venerable Jian, who asked Lu Yu to refine the Nine Revolutions Bone Tempering Pill using three sets of ingredients.
• Zi Yan coveted Venerable Jian’s Phoenix Blood Flame Crystal, and Hei Qing traded the Ancient Dragon Shakes Heaven Art for it.
• Lu Yu examined the pill formula and promised Venerable Jian he would refine the pill within ten days.
• At the Ancient Clan council, Xun’er challenged the elders to name an eighteen-year-old Eighth-grade Alchemist among their younger generation.
• Gu Yuan approved Xun’er’s trip to the Central Plains and allowed other young members of the Ancient Clan to leave and temper themselves.

Lu Yu refined an eighth-tier pill while using its lightning tribulation to advance his Blazing Heaven Glazed Body, then extracted heavenly phoenix essence blood and Earth Core Molten Flame Essence from Zi Yan’s crystal. After absorbing the flame essence in seclusion, he advanced to Two-star Dou Zun.

• Lu Yu refined the pill over seven days, then endured three waves of pill lightning by drawing the tribulation into his body and broke through to the Heaven Burning Realm, forming blood armor.
• Lu Yu gave the completed pill to Venerable Jian, who thanked him for helping him approach a breakthrough, while Venerable Lei dragged Jian away for a spar.
• Lu Yu used three fused Exotic Flames to refine Zi Yan’s Phoenix Blood Flame Crystal, releasing Eighth-tier Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood and Earth Core Molten Flame Essence; Zi Yan took the blood and left to absorb it.
• Lu Yu entered seclusion and had the Earth Core Flame devour the flame essence over three days, strengthening it into a Dou Zun-grade Exotic Flame.
• The Earth Core Flame’s energy surged into Lu Yu and pushed him through the barrier to Two-star Dou Zun.

Lu Yu enlisted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to help refine the Alchemy Tower’s nine batches of Spirit Nurturing Dust, while preparing for threats from the Bai and Qiu families. They successfully produced nine portions, and Lu Yu kept five top-grade portions after giving one to Yao Chen.

• Venerable Sky Flame told Lu Yu that Spirit Treasure Pavilion would establish a base on Tianmu Mountain, and Elder Xuan Qing delivered nine sets of ingredients for Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Elder Xuan Qing traded Lu Yu an Eighth-grade Star Origin Pill recipe for one portion of Spirit Nurturing Dust and warned him that the Bai and Qiu families might try to seize it.
• Lu Yu asked Elder Xuan Qing to invite Yao Chen to Tianmu Mountain and recruit young Seventh-grade Alchemists for him.
• Yao Chen arrived with Xiao Yan, and Lu Yu explained that he needed their help refining the nine batches of Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Yao Chen warned Lu Yu to kill anyone who caused trouble and blame Soul Hall, then he, Lu Yu, and Xiao Yan refined all nine portions over a month.
• Lu Yu gave one top-grade portion to Yao Chen, while the Alchemy Tower received three ordinary portions and Lu Yu kept five top-grade portions.

Lu Yu simulated a life as a Flame Spirit Clan descendant, rising to become a powerful young Supreme before clan politics drove him away. He joined the Endless Fire Domain and gained access to its rare cultivation resources, then faced a choice of rewards as the simulation ended.

• Lu Yu chose the Flame Spirit Clan descendant identity and cultivated Fen Jue, devouring flames until he became an eleven-year-old Supreme known as the Little Flame King.
• Lu Yu won the branch lineage competition but was disqualified from the main lineage grand ceremony after an elder faction accused him of violating clan rules and having impure blood.
• Nine Nether took Lu Yu to the Great Luo Heaven Domain, where Mandala appointed him the tenth king, the Flame King.
• Lu Yu defeated Mu Chen in the Great Luo Golden Pool struggle, destroyed his Great Sun Undying Body, and took its Great Sun Origin Power.
• Lu Yu grew stronger, defeated Xiao Xiao outside Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, and accepted her invitation to join the Endless Fire Domain.
• Cai Lin welcomed Lu Yu and granted him a year in the Blazing Heaven Qi Refining Tower, a copy of the Myriad Fire Record, and three Ninth-grade Fire Bodhi Pills; the simulation offered him a choice between those rewards and the Crimson Sun Mirror.