Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze obtained the Profound Purity Soul Method from Xuan Kongzi in advance, with the expectation that the Demonic Sound Tempering Ceremony might help him reach the Spirit Realm. Before departing for Sound Valley, he met Dan Chen and bound her Soul Devouring Spirit talent.

• Xiao Ze asked Xuan Kongzi about exchanging Elder Merit Points for a soul cultivation method, and Xuan Kongzi lent him the Profound Purity Soul Method in advance.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ze that refining three Grade 8 Pills would cover the method's cost, and Xiao Ze promised to earn the necessary Elder Merit Points.
• Xiao Ze left Azure Scales behind to cultivate at the Elder Tower before traveling beyond the Alchemist Tower's sphere of influence.
• Dan Xuan arrived with his cousin Dan Chen, and Xiao Ze greeted them before the Sound Valley trip.
• Xiao Ze saw that Dan Chen possessed the Soul Devouring Spirit talent and successfully bound it.

Xiao Ze and Elder Liu Tian led Dan Chen and the Alchemist Tower disciples toward Sound Valley, discussing alchemy during their journey. After hearing about Blood Fiend Venerate’s escape from Sound Valley and the Alchemist Tower, the group arrived at a prosperous city under Sound Valley’s jurisdiction.

• Xiao Ze promised Dan Xuan he would protect Dan Chen, and the group boarded the Alchemist Tower’s Space Boat for the journey to Sound Valley.
• Elder Liu Tian told Xiao Ze that Blood Fiend Venerate had once sacrificed half a city to break through to Dou Zun, then escaped Sound Valley and the Alchemist Tower using Blood Fiend avatars.
• Dan Chen asked to listen to Xiao Ze and Elder Liu Tian discuss alchemy, and they invited her to share her insights.
• The other Alchemist Tower disciples joined the discussions, and Xiao Ze’s alchemy knowledge won their admiration.
• Elder Liu Tian led the group through a Space Wormhole, and they arrived in a bustling city under Sound Valley’s jurisdiction.

Xiao Ze arrived in Heavenly Ore City with the Alchemist Tower party and explored the city before Blood Fiend Venerate drew him into a space supported by blood energy. There, Xiao Ze faced the injured Dou Venerate who had attacked the city before.

• Elder Liu Tian explained Heavenly Ore City's Echo Ore trade and how Blood Fiend Venerate's attack had led Sound Valley to strengthen the city's defenses.
• Yin Li welcomed the Alchemist Tower party, and Xiao Ze chose the courtyard next to Dan Chen's so he could look after her.
• Xiao Ze explored the city at night, examined an Echo Ore dagger, and learned that raw ore was not permitted to circulate.
• Near the Echo Ore mining area, Blood Fiend Venerate sensed Xiao Ze's blood energy and pulled him into a space without Xiao Ze resisting.
• Xiao Ze identified the old man as a Dou Venerate by the fluctuations coming from his bloodless, withered body.

Xiao Ze fought Blood Fiend Venerate in his hidden lair and killed him by combining Emperor Flame, Calamity Poison Power, and Thunder Power. He searched Blood Fiend Venerate’s storage ring and found a wealth of accumulated treasures.

• Blood Fiend Venerate recognized Xiao Ze as a Seven Star Dou Sect and threatened to drain his blood, while Xiao Ze secretly infused the surrounding blood energy with Calamity Poison Power.
• Blood Fiend Venerate attacked with Blood Fiend Demonic Claw, but Xiao Ze’s golden Emperor Flame burned through it and consumed Blood Fiend Venerate’s fingers.
• Blood Fiend Venerate tried to flee after realizing Xiao Ze had tampered with the blood energy, but the poison caused him intense pain.
• Xiao Ze struck Blood Fiend Venerate with a Thunder Power-infused punch, blasting a hole through his chest and killing him.
• Xiao Ze took Blood Fiend Venerate’s high-grade storage ring, erased its Soul Imprint, and discovered the Venerate’s abundant wealth.

Xiao Ze found the Blood Fiend Demonic Scripture among Blood Fiend Venerate’s possessions, rejected its murderous cultivation path, and escaped the shrinking space by tearing open a spatial rift. Back at his residence, he sorted the loot and received the tenfold return for Xun’er’s newly cultivated seals.

• Xiao Ze erased the Soul Imprint on Blood Fiend Venerate’s storage ring and discovered the Blood Fiend Demonic Scripture, a vast cultivation method built around slaughter.
• Xiao Ze decided not to practice the scripture’s blood-consuming cultivation method but considered its techniques for refining pills and other disciplines useful for reference.
• Xiao Ze tore open a spatial rift with his bare hands, escaped the shrinking space, and found himself in a mine containing raw Echo Ore.
• Two Sound Valley members sensed spatial fluctuations in the mine and decided to report them to the Valley Master.
• Xiao Ze returned to his residence without telling Sound Valley that Blood Fiend Venerate was dead, then sorted the ring’s contents and claimed the tenfold return for Xun’er’s Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea Overturning Seal.

Xiao Ze perfected the Great Boundless Sea Palm before traveling with Dan Chen and the Alchemist Tower delegation to Sound Valley. He arrived at the hidden Heavenly Sound Mountain Range, where the guests waited for Demonic Sound Tempering and the return of Valley Master Yin Hao.

• Xiao Ze mastered the Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea Overturning Seal, then pushed the Great Boundless Sea Palm to the limit of his current ability.
• Dan Chen informed Xiao Ze that Liu Tian had called the delegation to depart, and Xiao Ze helped her board a silver bird despite her fear that her Soul Devouring Spirit would harm him.
• Xiao Ze reassured Dan Chen that he could control his Soul Power as the delegation flew toward Sound Valley.
• Sound Valley's Fifth Elder opened the spatial barrier, allowing the delegation to enter the Heavenly Sound Mountain Range and its winding, silver-glowing valleys.
• Yin Ling welcomed the Alchemist Tower guests and explained that Valley Master Yin Hao was in seclusion ahead of Demonic Sound Tempering.
• Liu Tian told Xiao Ze that Yin Hao had once killed a peak Dou Zong with a single roar using Sound Valley's Profound Demonic Nine Sounds.

Xiao Ze entered Sound Valley’s Demonic Sound Cave and sought out its most powerful demonic sounds to temper his soul. He broke through to the Spirit Realm, and the soul pressure from his breakthrough astonished those waiting outside.

• Xiao Ze joined Elder Liu Tian and the Alchemist Tower contingent at Sound Valley’s Demonic Sound Tempering, where Yin Hao gave participants silver stones they could crush to escape the cave.
• Xiao Ze entered the cave and was separated from the Alchemist Tower disciples by its spatial transmission; he chose to search for the strongest demonic sounds rather than leave or break through immediately.
• After several days, Xiao Ze found an area where the demonic sounds made his Dou Qi tremble, laid down Soul Imprints, and began breaking through to the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Ze absorbed Soul Power from the demonic sounds until spiritual energy poured into him and his soul radiance spread through the cave and into the sky.
• Elder Liu Tian recognized Xiao Ze’s Soul Power as the others outside felt its pressure and realized that someone’s Soul Realm had advanced.

Xiao Ze broke through to the mid-stage Spirit Realm during Demonic Sound Tempering, then left the cave and reunited with Elder Liu Tian. Valley Master Tang Zhen of Burning Flame Valley asked Xiao Ze to refine a pill, leaving Xiao Ze wondering whether he wanted a Fire Bodhi Pill.

• Xiao Ze's Soul Power breakthrough caused a powerful radiance that astonished the gathered factions and drew attention to the Alchemist Tower.
• Xiao Ze discovered that his Soul Power had reached the mid-stage Spirit Realm, making the Demonic Sounds ineffective against him.
• Xiao Ze explored the Demonic Sound Cave for several days but found no magical beast and eventually left.
• Xiao Ze returned to Elder Liu Tian, who celebrated his breakthrough and praised his talent.
• Tang Zhen introduced himself to Xiao Ze and asked him to refine a pill for Burning Flame Valley in exchange for a generous reward.

Xiao Ze agreed to refine Tang Zhen’s Fire Repelling Pill in exchange for access to an Ancient Ruin believed to have belonged to an Ancient Alchemist. Before traveling to Burning Flame Valley, Xiao Ze arranged for Elder Liu Tian to protect Dan Chen and decided to leave her additional safeguards.

• Tang Zhen asked Xiao Ze to refine a Rank 7 High-Grade Fire Repelling Pill and offered him access to a severely damaged Ancient Ruin as payment.
• Tang Zhen revealed that the Ancient Ruin might have been left by an Ancient Alchemist, and Xiao Ze agreed to discuss the exchange further.
• Other factions inferred that Xiao Ze might be an Eighth Grade Alchemist and brought him gifts to build connections.
• Xiao Ze agreed to accompany Tang Zhen to Burning Flame Valley after the Demonic Sound Tempering Ceremony and asked Elder Liu Tian to watch over Dan Chen.
• Xiao Ze told Dan Chen about his trip, and she urged him to focus on his own affairs; he decided to leave her some means of protection.

Xiao Ze placed an Origin Emperor Flame mark on Dan Chen’s hand to protect her and monitor her safety, then read the Blood Fiend Demonic Scripture while the ceremony continued. Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er about Xiao Ze’s exceptional abilities and resolved to protect him during their trip to Burning Flame Valley, where Xiao Ze hoped to find an Ancient Pill Recipe.

• Xiao Ze placed an Origin Emperor Flame mark on Dan Chen’s hand, and she realized it could protect her and alert him if danger arose.
• Xiao Ze returned to Elder Liu Tian and studied the Blood Fiend Demonic Scripture while waiting for the Demonic Sound Tempering Ceremony to end.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er that he had invited Xiao Ze to Burning Flame Valley and warned her to treat him with respect.
• Tang Zhen revealed that Xiao Ze was a young Eighth Grade Alchemist and a powerful Dou Zong, leaving Tang Huo'er astonished.
• Tang Zhen resolved to keep Xiao Ze safe during the journey, while Xiao Ze looked forward to finding an Ancient Pill Recipe in the Ancient Alchemist Ruins.

After claiming the hundredfold Soul Devouring Spirit, Xiao Ze gained a powerful new way to cultivate his soul and traveled with Tang Zhen to inspect an ancient dragon clan alchemist’s ruin, agreeing to refine Fire Repelling Pills while they waited for the spatial turbulence to subside. Far away, Xiao Yan awakened inside the Invisible Fire Python and considered absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Yi Xian planned to travel to the Central Plains to reunite with Xiao Ze.

• Xiao Ze claimed the hundredfold Soul Devouring Spirit, experienced an urge to devour souls, and restrained it as his soul began absorbing external Soul Power and growing stronger.
• Xiao Ze joined Tang Zhen on the journey to Burning Flame Valley, where Tang Zhen offered him entry to an Ancient Ruin in exchange for refining Fire Repelling Pills.
• Xiao Ze and Tang Zhen inspected a damaged Bronze Palace in a spatially turbulent ruin and identified it as the remains of a dragon clan alchemist’s domain.
• Xiao Ze began refining the Fire Repelling Pills, while Tang Zhen told the Great Elder that Xiao Ze’s Spiritual Realm soul made his rise to Eighth Grade Alchemist likely.
• Xiao Yan awakened inside an Invisible Fire Python in the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda’s Underground World and concluded that he might be able to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed a Poison Pill at the Dark Academy and decided to apply to travel to the Central Plains so she could see Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze refined an exceptional Fire Repelling Pill and used its pill lightning to gain insight into a new Movement Dou Skill. After entering the Ancient Ruin’s Bronze Palace, he discovered murals about an Ancient Void Dragon alchemist who had devoted his life to developing the Nine Mixed Origin Pills.

• Xiao Ze let the golden tree roots devour the Fire Repelling Pill’s lightning, strengthened his Thunder Power, and refined a pill with unusually strong spirituality.
• Tang Zhen accepted Xiao Ze’s pill and took him to the Ancient Ruin, where they waited for its Spatial Rifts to calm.
• Xiao Ze used the pill lightning’s insight to create a Movement Dou Skill that Tang Zhen judged nearly equal to Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Three Thousand Lightning Movements.
• Xiao Ze entered the Bronze Palace, bypassed its mechanism, and followed murals depicting the war between Ancient Void Dragons and Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes.
• Xiao Ze passed two Heavenly Demon Phoenix puppets and found an Ancient Void Dragon corpse and murals describing an alchemist’s unfinished work on the Nine Mixed Origin Pills.

Xiao Ze explored Zhu Yang’s Bronze Palace and discovered the unfinished Nine Mixed Origin Pills, along with detailed records of their development. He identified a way to advance Zhu Yang’s research and left with the alchemist’s remains and inheritance scale, intending to give them to Zi Yan.

• Xiao Ze found an unfinished Grade 8 Pill being nurtured in Zhu Yang’s Ancient Void Dragon essence blood and left it in the cauldron to preserve it.
• Xiao Ze searched Zhu Yang’s storage ring, found many pill formulas, and learned that it held no records of the Nine Mixed Origin Pills.
• Xiao Ze read the dragon-shaped jade token and learned that the Nine Mixed Origin Pills used a magical beast’s essence blood to strengthen its physique through a sequence of pills.
• Xiao Ze concluded that Zhu Yang had overlooked a Nine-Colored Pill Thunder Grade 8 Pill and proposed expanding the set into twelve pills, though he knew he needed more study.
• Xiao Ze took the blood-stained inheritance scale for Zi Yan and stored Zhu Yang’s corpse so she could bury him on Ancient Dragon Island.

Xiao Ze explored the Bronze Palace, discovered that the pill in the Ancient Void Dragon medicine cauldron could not be used as it was, and watched Queen Medusa emerge after her smooth soul fusion with the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python. He subdued two Heavenly Demon Phoenix Puppets and left the Ancient Ruin with Queen Medusa returned to snake form.

• Xiao Ze examined the Ancient Void Dragon medicine cauldron and concluded he would need to lower the grade of the unfinished pill before attempting to refine it.
• The Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python drank high-level magical beast origin essence blood and transformed into Queen Medusa, who told Xiao Ze that their souls had fused smoothly.
• Queen Medusa agreed to honor her bodyguard agreement with Xiao Ze and followed him as he finished searching the Bronze Palace.
• Outside the palace, Queen Medusa shielded Xiao Ze from two Heavenly Demon Phoenix Puppets, but Xiao Ze explained that the former owner's storage ring kept them from attacking him.
• Xiao Ze used the Bloodstained Dragon Scale and Dragon-shaped Jade Token to make the puppets kneel, replaced their fading Soul Imprints, and subdued the two Five Star Dou Venerate-level puppets.
• Queen Medusa returned to the Seven-Colored Little Snake form and went to sleep as Xiao Ze stored the puppets and left the Ancient Ruin for the Alchemist Tower.

After returning from Burning Flame Valley, Xiao Ze refined the Void Profound Pill and successfully became an Eighth Grade Alchemist. His achievement drew the attention and admiration of Holy Pill City, while the Pill Tower Giants watched his rise.

• Xiao Ze left the collapsing Bronze Palace, thanked Tang Zhen for the opportunity, and visited Burning Flame Valley before returning to the Alchemist Tower.
• Xiao Ze reported to Xuan Kongzi, who confirmed that his Soul Realm had entered the Spirit Realm, then reunited with Azure Scales in his Elder Tower.
• Xiao Ze obtained the Void Profound Pill formula and gathered the ingredients, including the rare Spatial Fruit, to refine the pill.
• Xiao Ze successfully refined the Void Profound Pill, and its two-colored pill thunder drew crowds across Holy Pill City.
• Xiao Ze used the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Puppets to test thunder-tempering, then let his Golden Tree Roots absorb the remaining pill thunder.
• Xiao Ze trapped the living Grade 8 pill and declared himself a true Eighth Grade Alchemist, impressing the Alchemist Tower disciples and Pill Tower Giants.

Xiao Ze’s rise to Eighth Grade Alchemist spread across the Central Plains, drawing interest from major factions and the Soul Hall. The Alchemist Tower’s three presidents awarded him his new badge, asked him to lead an Alchemist Exchange Meeting, and invited him to guard the Pill Realm; Xiao Ze left to seek Elder Liu Tian’s advice.

• Tang Zhen welcomed the news of Xiao Ze’s achievement and hoped to ask him to treat Burning Flame Valley’s ancestor, while Yin Hao regretted missing a chance to befriend him and secretly demonstrated control over two Dou Zun powerhouses.
• A Soul Hall elder ordered his Protectors to monitor Xiao Ze and report as soon as he left Holy Pill City, hoping to capture him for his origin soul power.
• Xiao Ze smoothly refined the Two-Colored Pill Thunder, gained another star in cultivation, and planned to earn merit points by refining Grade 8 Pills and collecting their formulas.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi gave Xiao Ze his Eighth Grade Alchemist badge and asked him to lead an Alchemist Exchange Meeting.
• Tian Leizi invited Xiao Ze to guard the Pill Realm, and Xiao Ze agreed before leaving to consult Elder Liu Tian about the assignment and the exchange meeting.

Xiao Ze visited Elder Liu Tian and learned that the presidents’ decision to have him lead an Alchemist Exchange Meeting was both a mark of confidence and a test. He left determined to prepare carefully before facing the senior elders who might challenge his authority.

• Xiao Ze waited in Elder Liu Tian’s tower while Elder Liu Tian finished refining pills, studying Blood Qi Alchemy from the Blood Fiend Demonic Scripture.
• Elder Liu Tian arrived and welcomed Xiao Ze, who explained that the three presidents had summoned him.
• Xiao Ze told Elder Liu Tian that the presidents wanted him to lead an Alchemist Exchange Meeting and asked for advice.
• Elder Liu Tian warned Xiao Ze that the assignment had no precedent and could provoke stubborn senior elders, who might test his ability.
• Xiao Ze accepted the warning and planned to prepare by drawing on his alchemy knowledge, Blood Qi Alchemy, and the Magical Beast Alchemy Technique of the Nine Mixed Origin Pills.

Xiao Ze learned from Elder Liu Tian that guarding the Pill Realm offered rare ingredients and other benefits, and that President Tian Leizi had personally chosen him for the duty. After discussing alchemy with Liu Tian, Xiao Ze returned to his tower to prepare an unconventional presentation for the upcoming Alchemist Exchange Meeting.

• Elder Liu Tian warned Xiao Ze that Old Monster Ling Yun disliked young alchemists who rose to prominence quickly.
• Xiao Ze told Elder Liu Tian that President Tian Leizi had selected him for the next group assigned to guard the Pill Realm.
• Elder Liu Tian explained the guards’ duties and their free time to search the Pill Realm for medicinal ingredients and treasures.
• Elder Liu Tian discussed his failed pill development with Xiao Ze, then promised to handle the Alchemist Exchange Meeting preparations.
• Xiao Ze returned to his Elder Tower and studied how to present his combined alchemy insights to veteran eighth-tier Alchemy Grandmasters.

Song Qing and other Alchemist Tower elders learned that Xiao Ze would host the Alchemist Exchange Meeting, provoking jealousy and skepticism. The presidents had approved the decision, and Old Monster Ling Yun agreed to attend so he could judge Xiao Ze’s alchemy skills for himself.

• Song Qing raged over Xiao Ze’s success and Cao Ying’s admiration before receiving the exchange meeting invitation from Liu Tian.
• The Great Elder told Song Qing that Xiao Ze was hosting the meeting and rebuked him for insulting an Alchemy Grandmaster.
• The Great Elder suspected that one or more presidents backed the unprecedented decision and chose to wait for the meeting.
• Liu Tian brought the invitation to Old Monster Ling Yun, who angrily questioned Xiao Ze’s qualifications.
• Liu Tian revealed that the presidents had chosen Xiao Ze, and Old Monster Ling Yun agreed to attend and see whether Xiao Ze could prove himself.

Dan Xuan and Cao Ying learned that Xiao Ze would host the Alchemist Exchange Meeting and worried about how veteran Alchemy Grandmasters might respond. Xiao Ze prepared to present a unified system of alchemy techniques, hoping to establish a school that could train alchemists across the continent.

• Dan Xuan showed Dan Chen the invitation to Xiao Ze’s Alchemist Exchange Meeting and agreed to take her there.
• Cao Xiu told Cao Ying that Xiao Ze would host the meeting, and she wondered why she cared so much about him before heading to ask her teacher.
• Xiao Ze organized his alchemy knowledge into three approaches: Side-Gate Alchemy Technique, Magical Beast Alchemy Technique, and his own unified system.
• Xiao Ze realized he had unified alchemy techniques from first tier to advanced seventh tier and considered founding a school to train alchemists across the continent.