Chapter Summaries

After the Demonic Flame Space closed, Chen Guan began refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with Medusa and Gu Xun'er watching. When the flame overwhelmed his body, he called for Dieyi, and Medusa plunged into the fire to help him.

• The people outside the Demonic Flame Space waited for half a month before departing, while Zi Yan left with the remaining Dou Zun and promised Gu Nanhai she might notify the Ancient Clan if Chen Guan was in danger.
• Chen Guan used Venerable Skyfire’s formation and icy liquids to weaken the demonic flame lotus before grabbing its pink origin.
• Chen Guan swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s origin and used the Flame Mantra to try to refine it, but the fire ravaged his body and overwhelmed him.
• Gu Xun'er told Medusa that Chen Guan needed help sharing the flame’s energy, and Chen Guan called for Dieyi.
• Medusa rushed into the flames to help Chen Guan, leaving Gu Xun'er stunned by what she witnessed.

A year and a half after the Demonic Flame Space closed, the Central Plains faced the mysterious disappearance of the Stone Clan while the Soul Hall continued pursuing Xiao Chen. At Qingce Manor, Zi Yan reassured the others that Chen Guan was safe, though the Dragon Seal had turned its head to the right.

• People in Holy Pill City discussed the Pill Tower ancestor, Xiao Chen's escape from the Soul Hall, and Chen Guan's disappearance in the Demonic Flame Space.
• Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Cao Ying had grown stronger as the Pill Alliance developed during the Soul Hall's pursuit of Xiao Chen.
• The Stone Clan vanished overnight like the Spirit Clan, and the remaining Ancient Races suspected the Soul Clan, the Ancient Clan, or the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• The Yao Clan, Lei Clan, and Flame Clan formed the Three Clans Alliance and connected their clan spaces with Space Channels.
• Zi Yan replied to the Ancient Clan with “As usual” and used the Dragon Seal to confirm Chen Guan was fine, but noticed its head had turned to the right.

After refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Chen Guan and Medusa emerged stronger, but Gu Xun'er attacked Medusa in rage over being pulled into the flames. When Gu Xun'er suddenly faced Medusa’s attack without defending herself, a white-robed figure appeared.

• The Pink Crystal Egg exploded, and Medusa emerged before fighting off Gu Xun'er’s attacks while Chen Guan watched.
• Chen Guan explained that Medusa had dragged Gu Xun'er into the flames so he could use her Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame source essence to complete his fusion with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The refinement greatly increased Chen Guan’s cultivation, and Medusa and Gu Xun'er also advanced.
• Gu Xun'er unleashed attacks on Medusa for an hour, then launched another Great Annihilation Finger after her Dou Qi was nearly exhausted.
• Gu Xun'er let Medusa’s Palm Print strike her without resisting, and a white-robed illusory figure appeared in the ensuing energy storm.

Gu Yuan confronted Chen Guan over his responsibility to Gu Xun'er, but Zhu Kun intervened and defended Chen Guan as his son-in-law. After Zhu Kun defeated Gu Yuan in a contest of strength, the two elders agreed to speak privately, leaving the young people's dispute unresolved.

• Gu Yuan appeared in the Demonic Flame Space, realized what had happened between Chen Guan and Gu Xun'er, and demanded that Chen Guan return to the Ancient Clan with him.
• Chen Guan refused to go immediately and used the Rhinoceros Finger against Gu Yuan's Spatial Great Hand, but it was overwhelmed.
• Zhu Kun emerged from a purple barrier, identified Chen Guan as his son-in-law, and blocked Gu Yuan from taking him away.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun exchanged blows, then unleashed the Ancient Emperor Shattering Nirvana Finger and Dragon Emperor Annihilation Heaven Technique in a final clash.
• Gu Yuan admitted that Zhu Kun was stronger, and Zhu Kun suggested that they leave the young people's affairs to them and talk privately; Gu Yuan agreed.

Chen Guan resolved the immediate confrontation with Gu Yuan, though Gu Xun'er still refused to accept Medusa’s place in his life. After Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun departed, Zhu Kun passed Medusa the Dragon Emperor Annihilation Heaven Technique, and Chen Guan prepared to return home with her.

• Gu Xun'er rejected Chen Guan’s apology and insisted that she and Medusa could never coexist, while Chen Guan accepted that the deadlock could not be resolved yet.
• Gu Yuan warned Chen Guan to explain himself to the Ancient Clan, and Chen Guan agreed to visit them.
• Gu Yuan asked about the Rhinoceros Finger and learned that a Spirit Clan survivor remained, but Chen Guan said he could not contact her without her consent.
• Gu Yuan departed after warning that the Stone Clan had fallen and the Central Plains faced growing turmoil, while Gu Xun'er left without speaking further.
• Zhu Kun gave Medusa the Dragon Emperor Annihilation Heaven Technique, which she said she and Zi Yan could cultivate, and Chen Guan suggested they return home.

Chen Guan returned to Qingce Manor and learned that the Soul Clan’s attack on the Stone Clan had left the other Ancient Races on guard, keeping the Soul Clan and Soul Hall occupied for now. During a brief peaceful period, he traveled with the children and companions before visiting Dragon Island, where Zi Yan noticed something inside him.

• Zi Yan reported that the Stone Clan had suffered the same fate as the Spirit Clan and that Xiao Chen had agreed to hinder Hun Miesheng in exchange for a future visit to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Chen Guan learned Ling Yu was last heading toward the Southern Region and asked Zi Yan to tell her she could travel under the name of his disciple if she wished.
• Chen Guan announced plans to tour the Northwestern Region, Sound Valley, Flower Sect, and Dragon Island with Qing Yan, Tang Xi, and Tang Zi.
• The group visited the Northwestern Region, Sound Valley, and Flower Sect, with members leaving along the way and Chen Guan confirming that Gu You and Aunt Ran had only been ordinary friends.
• At Dragon Island, Zi Yan provided Chen Guan with ten clumps of blood and sensed that something was inside his body.

Chen Guan recovered another Ancient Dragon Tribe corpse from Void Space and went to the Void Thunder Pool to obtain Nine Profound Golden Thunder. His Fire Infant, Little Five, devoured Black Demonic Lightning and fed Chen Guan energy, while the golden thunder remained ahead.

• Chen Guan brought an Ancient Dragon Tribe corpse to Dragon Island, where Zi Yan ordered Elders Zhuxin and Mingtai to identify it.
• Chen Guan and Zi Yan discussed the four Dragon Emperor Bloodline resonances, which had yielded two rescued experts and two corpses.
• Chen Guan told Zi Yan he planned to seek a pill ingredient in the Void Thunder Pool and then traveled there alone.
• Chen Guan entered the pool’s depths, where Little Five devoured Black Demonic Lightning and converted it into energy that advanced his cultivation.
• Chen Guan continued toward the depths, intending to obtain Nine Profound Golden Thunder.

Chen Guan perfected the Nine Profound Lightning Illusionary Body while evading the Nine Profound Golden Thunder, then learned that the dragon wanted to gather spirit. He began extracting its power so it could shed its strength and gain a chance to develop spirituality, leaving the process underway.

• Chen Guan used the Nine Profound Golden Thunder's pursuit to cultivate the Nine Profound Lightning Illusionary Body and advanced to the Late Five-Star Dou Saint stage.
• The Nine Profound Golden Thunder stopped chasing Chen Guan and communicated that it hoped to gather spirit again.
• Chen Guan explained that the dragon's overwhelming power prevented it from gathering spirit and offered to extract that power.
• The Nine Profound Golden Thunder trusted Chen Guan and agreed to let him help.
• Chen Guan and Little Five extracted and sealed much of the dragon's Golden Lightning, shrinking its body before Chen Guan placed a spiritual seed inside it.

Nine Profound Golden Thunder gained a soul and began recovering while Chen Guan prepared and completed a Thunder Tribulation Pill using its extracted energy and more than two hundred thousand medicinal ingredients. As pill lightning gathered to test the pill, a little girl appeared beside Chen Guan and offered to help.

• Nine Profound Golden Thunder gathered spirit, joyfully bonded with Chen Guan, and began replenishing its strength with Black Demonic Lightning.
• Chen Guan spent another month preparing medicinal essence and released the extracted Nine Profound Golden Thunder energy to refine a Thunder Tribulation Pill.
• Chen Guan, his Soul Clone, and Little Five suppressed the lightning dragon and melted it into golden liquid for the pill.
• Chen Guan combined the golden liquid with the medicinal essence in Little Five’s cauldron and spent a month refining the pill.
• The Thunder Tribulation Pill formed, and pill lightning gathered as Chen Guan prepared to face it.
• A little girl appeared beside Chen Guan, called him “Mother,” and offered to handle the pill lightning.

Chen Guan used the Nine Profound Golden Thunder to defeat the pill lightning and refine a pinnacle Ninth Grade Profound Pill. After swallowing it and cultivating for half a month, he broke through to Early Seven-Star Dou Saint and left the Void Thunder Pool with the girl, whose strength had recovered to Late Six-Star Dou Saint.

• The girl objected when Chen Guan told her not to call him Mother, then transformed into the Nine Profound Golden Thunder and absorbed the pill lightning.
• The Thunder Tribulation Pill absorbed the thunder tribulation energy and reached the pinnacle of Ninth Grade Profound Pills, but Chen Guan captured and condensed its escaping Pill Beast back into a pill.
• The girl asked to eat the pill, but Chen Guan refused and sent her to recover in the depths of the thunder pool.
• Chen Guan swallowed the Thunder Tribulation Pill and refined its energy with the Pink-Green Flame, advancing from Late Five-Star Dou Saint to Early Seven-Star Dou Saint over half a month.
• The girl returned at Late Six-Star Dou Saint, and Chen Guan left the Void Thunder Pool with her.

Chen Guan reunited with Zi Yan and introduced her to Little Nine, then resumed searching the Void Space for members of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. After finding Zhu Kong and Zhu Wen and bringing them back to Dragon Island, he was roused from deep contemplation by news of the Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony and decided they must attend.

• Chen Guan emerged from the Void Thunder Pool with Little Nine, explained her origins to Zi Yan, and watched Zi Yan grow attached to her.
• Zi Yan gave Chen Guan some of her blood before taking Little Nine to Qingce Manor to meet her other mothers, while Chen Guan continued searching the Void Space.
• Chen Guan sensed two powerful Ancient Void Dragon Clan elders, identified them as Zhu Kong and Zhu Wen, and led them back to Dragon Island to reunite with the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Chen Guan withdrew into prolonged contemplation as Zi Yan waited nearby, then she woke him with news that the Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony would begin in one and a half months.
• After hearing about the ceremony, Chen Guan declared that they must go, his plans changed by Zhu Kong and Zhu Wen's return.

Chen Guan and Zi Yan killed Hun Miesheng, then rescued Ling Yu and brought her into their plan to unite the Ancient Races against the Soul Clan. Ling Yu agreed to testify about the Soul Clan’s crimes and unexpectedly accepted Chen Guan and Zi Yan as her teachers.

• Chen Guan entered the battle and trapped Hun Miesheng, killing him with Little Five after devouring his Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Chen defeated the remaining Soul Hall Dou Saints, and Chen Guan asked Xiao Chen about Xiao Yan before arranging for them to enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Chen Guan and Zi Yan found Ling Yu disguised on Fanghu Continent and took her with them.
• Chen Guan explained his plan to use the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony to rally the Ancient Races against the Soul Clan, asking Ling Yu to testify about its crimes.
• Ling Yu agreed to help and knelt to accept Chen Guan and Zi Yan as her teacher and teacher’s wife.

Chen Guan hosted the four Ancient Clan leaders and presented Ling Yu as a survivor of the Spirit Clan, whose testimony confirmed the Soul Clan had destroyed her clan. The Ancient Clans began discussing an alliance against the Soul Clan, but Elder Zhu Wen refused to commit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, leaving the group to meet again at the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony.

• Chen Guan welcomed Gu Yuan, Yao Dan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying into his Small World, where they saw that Elder Zhu Wen was an Eight Star Dou Saint.
• Chen Guan introduced Zi Yan, Zhu Wen, and Ling Yu, and Ling Yu confirmed she was Ling Chong’s daughter by activating her Spirit Clan bloodline.
• Ling Yu recounted how the Soul Clan attacked the Spirit Realm, killed its people, and forced her father to send her away; Chen Guan then sent her out of the Small World.
• Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders accepted that the Soul Clan was responsible and discussed joining forces against it, while Gu Yuan admitted the threat of Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan’s other Nine Star Dou Saint.
• When the leaders proposed an alliance, Zhu Wen declared the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would remain neutral, and Yao Dan invited Chen Guan and the Dragon Clan to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony in one month.

Chen Guan secured his allies on Dragon Island before traveling in disguise with Zhukong and Zhuwen to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony. They arrived at the Yao Clan’s domain, where Elder Wanhuo welcomed them and offered to take them to the clan leader.

• Chen Guan told those gathered on Dragon Island to stay there until he returned, and assigned Zi Yan and Queen Medusa to reinforce the battlefield if fighting broke out.
• Chen Guan concealed his strength and altered Zhukong’s appearance as the three traveled through a Space Channel to the Shen Nong Mountain Range.
• Zhuwen forced the Yao Clan’s guards to accept their invitations, and Chen Guan, Zhukong, and Zhuwen entered the clan’s domain.
• A Yao Clan guide carried the three on a giant bird to the clan’s central mountain, where their presence pressured the assembled guards.
• Elder Wanhuo welcomed the visitors, and Zhuwen declared that the Ancient Dragon Tribe would only observe the ceremony.
• Elder Wanhuo said the clan leader had been waiting and invited the three to follow him.

Chen Guan attended the Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony and warned Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xiao Chen to leave before danger struck. After the younger alchemists finished competing, the ceremony turned toward its main event: the contests among the masters.

• Chen Guan arrived at the Medicine Ceremony with Zhu Wen and Zhu Kong, drawing attention from the gathered experts and receiving a welcome from Yao Dan.
• Chen Guan spotted Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xiao Chen, then urged them to leave for the Ancient Clan because the ceremony was dangerous.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xiao Chen departed after Yao Chen bowed to Chen Guan.
• Yao Dan invited Chen Guan to demonstrate his alchemy, but Chen Guan declined and chose to observe.
• The younger-generation contest lasted nearly ten days, with Yao Tian winning after summoning Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and Yao Ling placing behind him.
• The younger-generation tests ended, and the gathered crowd turned its attention to the alchemy masters seated at the ceremony.

Old Man Shennong, Elder Wanhuo, and Hun Xuzi began competing to refine Ninth Grade Profound Pills at the Medicine Ceremony Assembly, while Hun Xuzi’s Soul Clan presence raised tensions. As the three fought over World Energy, Elder Zhu Kong warned Chen Guan that the Nihility Devouring Flame had arrived and was secretly devouring the surrounding space.

• Old Man Shennong invited Chen Guan to compete, but Chen Guan declined and chose to conserve his strength.
• Hun Xuzi arrived uninvited on behalf of the Soul Clan, and Yao Dan allowed him to participate while warning him not to pursue other intentions.
• Yao Dan announced the start of the assembly, and Old Man Shennong, Elder Wanhuo, and Hun Xuzi formed fire cauldrons and gathered vast quantities of medicinal herbs.
• The three alchemists began refining Ninth Grade Profound Pills, and Hun Xuzi’s flame vortex devoured World Energy while competing with the other two.
• Chen Guan sensed an abnormal fluctuation, and Elder Zhu Kong told him the Nihility Devouring Flame had arrived and was covertly devouring the space around them.

Hun Xuzi seized the World Energy from Old Man Shennong and Elder Wanhuo, refined a Ninth Grade Profound Pill, and won the Medicine Ceremony. After Yao Dan announced him as champion, Hun Xuzi demanded to borrow the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Hun Xuzi used his Black Flame to defeat Old Man Shennong’s Life Spirit Flame and plundered the energy from both rival cauldrons.
• Elder Wanhuo withdrew at Yao Dan’s order, allowing Hun Xuzi to gather enough World Energy to complete his pill.
• Hun Xuzi transformed his cauldron into a Black Egg, endured Black Demonic Lightning, and captured the Profound Pill after Pill Rain fell.
• Yao Dan announced Hun Xuzi as the Medicine Ceremony champion, and Hun Xuzi celebrated while the Yao Clan seethed.
• Hun Xuzi asked Yao Dan to lend him the Tou She Ancient God Jade for a few days, shocking the Yao Clan’s higher-ups.

Hun Xuzi revealed the Soul Clan’s plan to seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then summoned the Nihility Devouring Flame, whose true form arrived as a Nine-Star Dou Saint and trapped the Medicine Realm. Yao Dan activated the Yao Clan’s Heavenly Transformation Medicine Formation to face the attack, while Chen Guan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan stayed out of the fight.

• Hun Xuzi exposed the Tou She Ancient God Jade secret and revealed his concealed strength as a Seven-Star Dou Saint, then warned Yao Dan that the Soul Clan had anticipated the Four Clans Alliance’s preparations.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin appeared to aid Yao Dan, but Hun Xuzi and Hun Qianmo called for the Nihility Devouring Flame, whose black flames spread through the Medicine Realm and sealed it.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame arrived in its true form as a Nine-Star Dou Saint, while its black sparks drained the crowd’s Dou Qi and prevented escape.
• Chen Guan used Little Five to shield himself and his companions, then chose not to intervene as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan watched from the sidelines.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame demanded the Yao Clan surrender the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Yao Dan ordered the clan to activate its Heavenly Transformation Medicine Formation.
• The formation drew energy from the Medicine Realm and its withering medicinal ingredients, reaching power comparable to an Eight-Star Dou Saint as Yao Dan prepared to fight.

The Soul Clan’s assault overwhelmed the Yao Clan as Nihility Devouring Flame battled the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul and Soul Clan experts slaughtered the defenders. As the Medicine Realm fell into chaos, Old Man Shennong offered Chen Guan the Life Spirit Flame in exchange for protection, and Chen Guan prepared to seize even more of the spoils.

• Yao Dan activated the Heavenly Transformation Medicine Formation with the Yao Clan’s pill reserves, summoning the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul to defend Medicine Mountain.
• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked the Medicine Emperor, then revealed the Soul Clan’s Death Realm Grand Formation and used the Yao Clan’s descendants to strengthen itself.
• Hun Yuantian, Hun Shengtian, Hun Yao, and Hun You joined the assault, overpowering the defenders as Elder Wanhuo and Yao Wangui were killed.
• Chen Guan secretly drew in the unattended Nine Nether Wind Flame while Old Man Shennong was cornered by Hun Xuzi and Hun Qianmo.
• Old Man Shennong offered Chen Guan the Life Spirit Flame if he would protect him, and Chen Guan accepted the opportunity to pursue the spoils.

Chen Guan accepted Old Man Shennong’s Life Spirit Flame while the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul fought the Nihility Devouring Flame to protect the Yao Clan. The Medicine Emperor sacrificed himself to create a chance for the clan, and Chen Guan began surging toward an Emperor Realm Soul.

• Elder Zhuwen invited Old Man Shennong to Dragon Island, and Chen Guan agreed to make him its Chief Alchemist.
• Old Man Shennong handed the Life Spirit Flame to Chen Guan, who swallowed it and began refining it alongside the Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• As the Heavenly Transformation Medicine Formation weakened and the Yao Clan suffered heavy losses, the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul trapped the Nihility Devouring Flame in a giant cauldron and began refining it.
• The Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul dissipated after asking Chen Guan to protect the Yao Clan, and Chen Guan resolved to do everything he could.
• Old Man Shennong sensed Chen Guan’s Soul Power surpassing Heaven Realm Great Perfection and realized he was approaching an Emperor Realm Soul.