Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong tried to seduce Yao Ling, but a guard summoned her to the Yao Clan Leader before anything happened. Gu Xun'er continued recovering her bloodline and privately struggled with her feelings about Lei Dong.

• Lei Dong pulled Yao Ling along, claiming he still needed treatment, while Cao Ying recognized his intentions and teased Yao Ling about them.
• A Yao Clan guard summoned Yao Ling, and she hurried away, thinking Lei Dong should make a promise to her brother before she gave herself to him.
• Lei Dong left with Cao Ying, and Gu Xun'er saw them go and called him shameless.
• Gu Qingyang asked Xun'er about her recovery, and she said one more bloodline-repairing spiritual item or an Exotic Flame could restore her bloodline to its peak.
• Xun'er watched the place Lei Dong and Cao Ying had left, feeling upset and conflicted.

Lei Dong responded to the Yao Clan’s efforts to build alliances by summoning Lei Ya to help expand his influence in Middle Continent. After the Yao Clan’s younger-generation test ended, Yao Dan announced the five competitors in the Medicine Ceremony’s contest for the continent’s number one alchemist.

• Lei Dong returned with Cao Ying after four hours, and Gu Xun'er watched him with growing irritation and unease.
• Yao Dan invited powerful alchemists and secluded sects to the Yao Clan’s opening ceremony to strengthen the clan’s alliances, despite objections from its elders.
• After learning about the visiting forces from Yao Ling, Lei Dong summoned Lei Ya and assigned him tasks in Middle Continent, relying on Yun Yun and the Flower Sect to support his plans.
• The Yao Clan’s younger-generation test ended, and the crowd turned its attention to the final Medicine Ceremony competition.
• Yao Dan announced that five alchemists would compete for the title of the continent’s number one alchemist, and no one disputed his authority to award it.

At the Yao Clan Grand Competition, Tantai Zhenren returned after several centuries to challenge Yao Dan, who revealed that three young Alchemists would compete against him and Old Man Shen Nong. The contest began with Yao Tian summoning the Nine Nether Wind Flame and Old Man Shen Nong revealing the Life Spirit Flame.

• Tantai Zhenren appeared and greeted Yao Dan, renewing their rivalry from the contest he had lost centuries earlier.
• Tantai Zhenren said he had refined Profound Pills during his seclusion and had come to compete with Yao Dan again.
• Yao Dan told Tantai Zhenren that three juniors would compete, including one whose strength might match his and Yao Dan's.
• Old Man Shen Nong joined the contest, and Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Huo Zhi stepped forward as the young competitors.
• Yao Dan announced the start, and Yao Tian summoned the Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Old Man Shen Nong revealed his Life Spirit Flame, spreading green liquid fire and an aura of vitality across the arena.

The alchemy competition began after Old Man Shen Nong, Tantai Zhenren, Cao Ying, and Yao Ling revealed their flames. As Cao Ying proved her multicolored Sub-Fire was exceptionally powerful, Lei Dong slipped away to continue guiding Gu Xun'er.

• Old Man Shen Nong revealed the Life Spirit Flame, and Lei Dong reassured the excited Cao Ying that it would eventually be hers.
• Tantai Zhenren summoned his white Taiyin True Flame, whose sinister presence made the other Strange Fires tremble.
• Cao Ying revealed her multicolored Sub-Fire, and its power surprised the onlookers by rivaling the strongest flame after Tantai Zhenren's.
• Cao Ying, Yao Ling, Old Man Shen Nong, and Tantai Zhenren took their places and began refining pills.
• Lei Dong quietly left the competition to find Gu Xun'er and continue guiding her.

Lei Dong withheld the bloodline-nourishing spiritual object from Xun'er while she endured his private lessons, then returned to watch five alchemists draw energy to refine Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pills. After three days of the immense energy drain, the pill refinement continued as Medicine Mountain’s energy and vegetation dwindled.

• Xun'er demanded that Lei Dong give her the spiritual object, but he promised to hand it over after the Yao Clan's celebration ended.
• Gu Qingyang noticed Lei Dong and Xun'er had disappeared at the same time and worried that Lei Dong might harm her.
• Lei Dong returned to the square and judged that the five alchemists would struggle to refine Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pills because of the energy required.
• Five tornadoes drew heaven and earth energy into the Fire Cauldrons, prompting the spectators to retreat for fear their Dou Qi would be drained.
• After nearly three days, the energy around Medicine Mountain had thinned and nearby medicinal plants had withered, so Yao Clan elders sealed some precious medicine fields.

Cao Ying transformed her embryonic Xuan Pill into a Treasure Pill by downgrading it, astonishing the alchemy masters and convincing them of her talent. She kept refining despite warnings that Yao Tian and Yao Ling’s cauldrons were about to explode.

• After three days, the surrounding energy was nearly exhausted, leaving the Xuan Pills in everyone’s cauldrons as embryonic pills.
• Cao Ying changed the pill in her cauldron, turning it into a Treasure Pill through an operation that stunned Tantai Zhenren, Old Man Shen Nong, and Yao Dan.
• Yao Dan’s elders feared Cao Ying’s future influence and considered her a threat to the Yao Clan, while Yao Dan regretted that clan leadership kept him from saving her.
• Yao Ling and Yao Tian warned Cao Ying to flee as their cauldrons neared explosion, and Tantai Zhenren and Old Man Shen Nong urged her to stop, declaring she had won.
• Cao Ying ignored their warnings and continued refining because she wanted to find out whether her new method would succeed.

Cao Ying continued refining a pill while the gathering Heaven and Earth energy threatened to trigger a catastrophic explosion. After Yao Ling’s cauldron exploded, Lei Dong rescued her and brought her beside Cao Ying, leaving Yao Dan torn between saving them and protecting the Yao Clan’s future.

• Cao Ying ignored Tantai Zhenren and Old Man Shen Nong’s calls, while Gu Qingyang praised her unusual pill-refining method and Gu Hua mocked her and Lei Dong.
• Gu Qingyang warned Xun'er that Lei Dong might be planning to harm her, but Xun'er reassured him that Lei Dong would not dare act against her at the Yao Clan.
• Yao Ling’s Medicine Cauldron exploded and blasted her away, and Lei Dong caught her before carrying her to Cao Ying.
• Yao Tian abandoned his own cauldron to save Yao Ling, but Yao Dan stopped him as the Yao Clan formed a protective formation and Tantai Zhenren and Old Man Shen Nong withdrew.
• Yao Tian begged Yao Dan to save Yao Ling, but Yao Dan hesitated because rescuing her would also mean saving Lei Dong and Cao Ying.

Yao Dan chose not to intervene in the energy explosion because he feared Cao Ying’s talent threatened the Yao Clan, while Yao Tian protested that Yao Ling would be endangered. As the explosion engulfed the arena, Yao Ling confessed she liked Lei Dong and urged him to escape, but he stayed with her and Cao Ying.

• Yao Dan told Yao Tian he would stand aside to protect the Yao Clan from Cao Ying’s future threat, then withdrew beyond the barrier with Yao Tian, Tantai Zhenren, and Old Man Shen Nong.
• Gu Hua celebrated the prospect of Lei Dong’s death, while Gu Qingyang noticed Xun Er looked worried rather than pleased.
• Xun Er denied that she cared about Lei Dong and claimed she wanted to kill him herself, though she briefly considered saving him.
• The gathered experts reinforced the Yao Clan’s protective barrier as the energy explosion reached its most dangerous wave.
• Yao Ling urged Lei Dong to escape, confessed that she liked him, and warned that she and Cao Ying might die, but Lei Dong stayed.

Lei Dong defended Cao Ying and Yao Ling from the erupting energy while Cao Ying continued refining a Profound Pill. The energy surged back toward them, and the chapter ended with Yao Dan realizing it was too late to save Yao Ling.

• Cao Ying told Lei Dong to leave because she needed at least half an hour to finish refining the pill, but he chose to stay and protect her and Yao Ling.
• Yao Ling helped Cao Ying refine the Profound Pill while Lei Dong used his defensive techniques to block the first wave of energy.
• The trapped energy surged outward, and Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan and their guests to join forces to repel it.
• Lei Dong summoned the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning to block the energy as Yao Dan and the others realized he was resisting it alone.
• Yao Tian urged Yao Dan to save Yao Ling, but Yao Dan said it was already too late.

Lei Dong endured the destructive energy while Cao Ying and Yao Ling completed refining the Profound Pill, leaving him nearly exhausted. The energy was brought under control, and the pill’s emergence summoned terrifying Pill Lightning as Yao Dan realized they might succeed.

• Yao Dan refused to enter the destructive energy, and Yao Tian’s hope of saving his sister faded.
• Xun Er struggled over whether to ask Gu Yuan to save Lei Dong, while Gu Qingyang wished Lei Dong would die.
• Lei Dong shielded Cao Ying and Yao Ling from the energy as they continued refining the pill, and his strength dwindled until he could no longer use Soul Power.
• Cao Ying announced the refinement was ready, and Lei Dong directed the surrounding energy into the Medicine Cauldron.
• A point of light appeared in the cauldron, summoning black Pill Lightning as the destructive energy dissipated and Yao Ling and Cao Ying emerged unharmed.

The Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill survived the thunder tribulation and tried to flee Medicine Mountain, but Lei Dong caught it with colorful lightning and swallowed it. The onlookers feared the pill’s power would kill him because he was too injured to refine it.

• Pill Rain fell as the Black Lightning continued to strike the glowing shell containing the Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill.
• The shell cracked apart, releasing the Mysterious Pill, which fled toward the edge of Medicine Mountain.
• Lei Dong used colorful lightning to bring the fleeing pill back and swallowed it.
• Yao Dan, Tantai Zhenren, and Old Man Shen Nong feared Lei Dong would die from the pill’s unrefined power, while Gu Qingyang and Gu Hua welcomed the danger and Xun Er worried despite herself.

Lei Dong used the thunder from the mysterious pill to draw down more lightning and recover from his severe injuries. Yao Dan realized that Lei Dong might be using Lei Teng's power to refine the pill inside his body.

• Lei Dong forced out the remaining Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, causing the thunder in the sky to grow more violent.
• Yao Tian was struck by lightning, and Yao Dan rescued him and carried him away from the danger.
• Yao Ling helped Cao Ying up, and Cao Ying guessed that Lei Dong was using the pill's thunder to refine it and recover.
• Cao Ying and Yao Ling stayed beside Lei Dong despite warnings from the Yao Clan elders, and the powerful lightning struck Lei Dong without harming them.
• Lei Dong began healing as lightning surrounded him, and Yao Dan suspected he was using Lei Teng's power to refine the mystic pill inside his body.

After the Medicine Ceremony ended, Lei Dong, Cao Ying, and Yao Ling emerged from the thunder ring unharmed and stronger. Lei Dong left the Yao Clan with Cao Ying and pursued Old Man Shen Nong, hoping to obtain the Life Spirit Flame.

• Yao Dan announced Cao Ying as the Medicine Ceremony winner while Lei Dong remained trapped in the thunder ring.
• After the ring dissipated, Lei Dong revealed he had recovered and broken through, while Cao Ying and Yao Ling had also advanced to Two Star Dou Sheng.
• The gathered alchemists congratulated Lei Dong and Cao Ying before most of them departed the Yao Clan.
• Lei Dong signaled Gu Xun'er, who arranged for the Gu Clan group to leave, and he let her go without stopping her.
• Lei Dong and Cao Ying bid farewell and left to pursue Old Man Shen Nong and his Life Spirit Flame.

Lei Dong intercepted Old Man Shen Nong to seize the Life Spirit Flame and overwhelmed him in battle. As Lei Dong held the battered elder by the throat, Old Man Shen Nong admitted defeat and offered to hand over the flame in exchange for his life.

• Yao Ling resented Lei Dong for leaving her behind, while Yao Dan and the Yao Clan opposed the idea of her marrying into the Lei Clan.
• Old Man Shen Nong fled the Medicine World with the Life Spirit Flame, but Lei Dong pursued him and blasted him out of a Space Wormhole.
• Lei Dong demanded the Life Spirit Flame, erected a spatial barrier, and attacked Old Man Shen Nong despite his appeal to the clans’ rules.
• Old Man Shen Nong fought back with his cane and the Life Spirit Flame, but Lei Dong struck him with several powerful battle skills.
• Lei Dong seized the badly wounded Old Man Shen Nong by the throat, and Shen Nong admitted defeat and offered the Life Spirit Flame for his life.

Lei Dong killed Old Man Shen Nong and captured the Life Spirit Flame for Cao Ying, then pursued Tantai Zhenren to claim the Taiyin True Flame for Huo Zhi. Near East Flower Mountain, he learned Tantai Zhenren belonged to East Flower Immortal Sect and hesitated to provoke the sect after an unseen elder warned him to consider the consequences.

• Lei Dong killed Old Man Shen Nong, seized the Life Spirit Flame, and stored it after inspecting it for Cao Ying.
• Lei Dong told Cao Ying he would pursue Tantai Zhenren to take the Taiyin True Flame for Huo Zhi.
• Lei Dong chased Tantai Zhenren for three hours and confronted him near East Flower Mountain.
• Tantai Zhenren warned Lei Dong that he was near East Flower Mountain and threatened him with the power of East Flower Immortal Sect.
• An aged voice warned Lei Dong against provoking the sect, and Lei Dong spotted a white-haired old man fishing several dozen li away.

Lei Dong encountered the Nine Star Dou Sheng elder of the East Flower Immortal Sect, then explored the Eastern Continent with Cao Ying. The chapter left Cao Ying underwater after she picked a Coral Heart guarded by dozens of Fifth Order Magical Beasts.

• The old man revealed that he had reached Nine Star Dou Sheng and ordered Lei Dong to leave, then Tantai Zhenren appeared and reported the possibility of a new Golden Pill Grandmaster.
• The old man warned Tantai Zhenren to stay out of Middle Continent and said Lei Dong's strength and Emperor Realm Soul Power gave Tantai Zhenren little chance of survival in a fight.
• Lei Dong flew across the Eastern Continent with Cao Ying and found that it was dominated by vast seas.
• Cao Ying spotted a Coral Heart, an ingredient for the ninth-grade treasure pill Recovery Pill, and plunged into the sea to collect it.
• Cao Ying found dozens of Fifth Order Magical Beasts around the Coral Heart, ignored them, and plucked the herb.

Cao Ying was attacked in the Demon Region Ocean after taking a medicinal herb that a Merman Magical Beast called his clan's sacred object. Lei Dong brought her to the surface and unleashed a devastating attack, but the old man who had appeared earlier intervened as the lightning palm was about to hit the sea.

• Cao Ying knocked out several Fifth Order Magical Beasts after they charged at her for taking a medicinal herb, then an unseen attacker struck her from the deep sea.
• Lei Dong reached Cao Ying, shielded her from another powerful attack, and questioned a low-level Dou Zun Merman Magical Beast who demanded the return of his clan's sacred object.
• Lei Dong fought the Merman Magical Beast underwater, but its speed and the sea's conditions let it evade his attacks and pursue him as he escorted Cao Ying toward the surface.
• After Lei Dong emerged from the sea, he summoned the Ninefold Thunder Tribulation Palm and aimed it at the ocean, while the Merman Magical Beast fled into the depths.
• The old man appeared and said, "Disperse!" as Lei Dong's lightning palm was about to strike the sea.

Lei Dong learned from a Nine Star Dou Sheng that the Demon Region Ocean held powerful Magical Beast clans and a rare pearl that would form in two years. He left with Cao Ying as Tantai Zhenren and other powerful experts arrived.

• A Nine Star Dou Sheng appeared and dispersed Lei Dong's attack, then scolded him for threatening the ocean's Magical Beasts.
• Cao Ying explained what had happened, and the old man told Lei Dong that the Demon Region Ocean was home to countless Magical Beast clans and ten powerful clans led by Nine Star Dou Sheng ancestors.
• The old man revealed that a pearl would form in the deep sea in two years, and refining it could raise an expert's strength or extend a Nine Star Dou Sheng's lifespan.
• Lei Dong concealed his interest, said he would give the old man face, and left with Cao Ying after sensing Tantai Zhenren and other High Level Dou Shengs approaching.
• Tantai Zhenren and several white-haired old men arrived after Lei Dong and Cao Ying had departed.

After revealing the deep-sea treasure’s promise of advancement and longer life, Lei Dong spread the news across Middle Continent, prompting major factions to investigate. As those groups entered the dangerous waters, Lei Dong went with Zi Yan to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after hearing Cai Lin was about to emerge from seclusion.

• East Flower Heaven Sect warned the East Flower Immortal Sect to watch for strangers seeking the deep-sea treasure.
• Lei Dong returned to the Lei Clan and spread news of the treasure throughout Middle Continent.
• Soul Emperor ordered Soul Extinguisher to send people to investigate, while the Gu Clan and Flame Clan also dispatched subordinates.
• Investigators from Middle Continent crowded the route to the Eastern Continent and entered the sea, where their strength was severely suppressed and the magical beasts punished anyone who provoked them.
• Lei Dong brought Zi Yan to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after learning that seven-colored light had appeared and Cai Lin was nearing the end of her seclusion.

Cai Lin emerged from seclusion at the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, revealing her transformation into a legendary Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. Yao Ming and the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan were left awestruck by her bloodline and power.

• Lei Dong, Zi Yan, and Yao Ming went to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after Yao Ming reported strange pressure coming from beneath it.
• A nine-colored pillar erupted from the Yellow Springs, and its bloodline pressure forced the Nine Nether Earth Python elders to their knees.
• A massive nine-colored python emerged, and Yao Ming recognized it as the legendary Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• The giant python shrank and transformed into Cai Lin, whose figure appeared as the light faded.