Chapter Summaries

Azure Scales discovered Soul Hall squads infiltrating the Pill Region, reported them to Elder Liu Tian, and joined the Alchemist Tower’s effort to suppress the Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame. The chapter ended as the experts began reinforcing the seal in the Star Region.

• Azure Scales eliminated two Soul Hall squads and reported the infiltration to Elder Liu Tian.
• Elder Liu Tian warned Azure Scales to stay cautious and avoid leaving the Alchemist Tower while Soul Hall threatened the Pill Region.
• Elder Liu Tian brought Azure Scales to join the three presidents and other experts in the Star Region.
• Azure Scales saw the Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame as a colossal purple-black dragon and learned she should support the sealing experts.
• The Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame roared at the group, and Elder Liu Tian urged everyone to reinforce its seal.

After breaking through to Five-Star Dou Venerate, Xiao Ze went to the Star Region to help seal the rampaging Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame. With his power and sealing skill, he subdued the flame and left it dormant once more.

• Xiao Ze used the Heavenly Spirit Pills and their feedback reward to break through to Five-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Ze learned from Azure Scales that the Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame had gone berserk and hurried to the Star Region.
• Xiao Ze entered the Star Region, where his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils stopped the purple-black dragon from moving.
• Xiao Ze guided the experts in reinforcing the seals, and the Three Thousand Starry Sky Burning Flame fell dormant.
• The experts thanked Xiao Ze and spoke with him after the sealing was complete.

After the Three Thousand Burning Flame was sealed and the group returned from the Star Region, Tian Leizi learned that Elder Lei was in danger in the southern Pill Region. Xiao Ze joined Tian Leizi and Azure Scales to investigate, while suspecting the Soul Hall was escalating its attacks to distract the Alchemist Tower as it secretly prepared the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array.

• Xiao Ze confirmed that the seal on the dormant Three Thousand Burning Flame remained intact and left the Star Region with the others.
• Xuan Kongzi rewarded the experts for their work, and the Pill Tower Elders praised Xiao Ze for resolving the sealing crisis.
• Tian Leizi revealed that Elder Lei had sent an urgent message from the southern Pill Region, raising suspicions that the Soul Hall had attacked him.
• The three presidents decided that Tian Leizi, Xiao Ze, and Azure Scales would go investigate, and Xiao Ze volunteered to fight the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Ze recalled that the Soul Hall was secretly building the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array and suspected its attacks were meant to weaken the Alchemist Tower’s control of the Pill Region.
• Xiao Ze decided to wait for the situation to develop and look for the array in the Pill Region so he could find a way to stop it before it activated.

Elder Lei was pursued to the brink of death by Old Freak of the Azure Sea, a Heavenly Venerate from Soul Hall, until Tian Leizi and Xiao Ze intervened. Xiao Ze killed the enemy, and Elder Lei began explaining how he had encountered Soul Hall.

• Old Freak of the Azure Sea used Azure Sea Wave to injure Elder Lei and prepared to kill him before the Alchemist Tower could send reinforcements.
• Tian Leizi arrived and blocked Old Freak of the Azure Sea’s attack, protecting Elder Lei from the resulting shockwave.
• Xiao Ze appeared and struck Old Freak of the Azure Sea with Great Boundless Sea Palm, then killed him with a punch before he could send a message.
• Tian Leizi gave Elder Lei a Healing Pill and confirmed that his right hand would recover, while Elder Lei thanked both rescuers.
• Xiao Ze asked Elder Lei how he had encountered Soul Hall’s Heavenly Venerate, and Elder Lei began recounting what happened.

After the Heavenly Venerate of the Azure Sea was killed, Xiao Ze suspected the Soul Hall was concealing a Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array near Tian Huo City. He persuaded the Alchemist Tower’s presidents to resist the Soul Hall by gathering allies and taking a firm stance.

• Xiao Ze learned that the Heavenly Venerate of the Azure Sea had ambushed and severely injured Elder Lei near Tian Huo City, and he suspected the Soul Hall was setting up a Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array there.
• Xiao Ze collected the Heavenly Venerate of the Azure Sea’s belongings and found Water Attribute techniques and secret arts useful to him.
• Tian Leizi urged Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi to oppose the Soul Hall, but they worried that the Alchemist Tower needed the Little Pill Tower’s support to wage an all-out war.
• Xiao Ze proposed that the Alchemist Tower invite friendly experts and forces to form an alliance, arguing that a firm stance could force the Soul Hall to divert resources from its other plans.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi agreed to gather allies, confront the Soul Hall’s infiltration of the Pill Region, and fight back.

The Alchemist Tower rallied experts across the Central Plains as its conflict with the Soul Hall escalated, prompting the Soul Hall’s Heavenly Venerates to debate their response. They agreed to stage a limited battle rather than risk an all-out war, while treating the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Arrays already placed in the Pill Region as sufficient for now.

• The Alchemist Tower’s three presidents invited Central Plains experts and friendly factions to support them, stirring speculation about an all-out war with the Soul Hall.
• The Soul Hall’s Heavenly Venerates gathered at the Heavenly Gang Hall, where Fifth Heavenly Venerate presided in the absence of higher-ranked leaders.
• Several Heavenly Venerates argued over whether to fight the Alchemist Tower, while Fifth Heavenly Venerate warned that the Little Pill Tower’s Saint-level experts made a full confrontation dangerous.
• Fifth Heavenly Venerate proposed a limited battle with the Alchemist Tower, and the Heavenly Venerates present accepted the plan.
• Fifth Heavenly Venerate said the Soul Hall’s existing arrays in the Pill Region fulfilled the Hall Master’s orders, and Sixth Heavenly Venerate left rather than take responsibility for planting one beneath Holy Pill City.

The Alchemist Tower mobilized its forces and rewards to hunt Soul Hall infiltration teams across the Pill Region, while Xiao Ze joined the campaign with Azure Scales and Queen Medusa. At Tian Huo City, Xiao Ze exposed and killed a Soul Hall Protector, then prepared to continue the slaughter.

• The three presidents mobilized Alchemist Tower Elders and allied experts to destroy Soul Hall teams and offered rewards for information.
• Individual cultivators eagerly reported Soul Hall sightings, helping Alchemist Tower teams inflict heavy losses on the infiltrators.
• Xiao Ze traveled through the Pill Region with Azure Scales and Queen Medusa, earning double merits for killing Soul Hall teams.
• Xiao Ze arrived at Tian Huo City and sent a deep blue droplet toward a hidden Soul Hall expert.
• The exposed Soul Hall Protector attacked with black mist, but Xiao Ze’s droplet pierced him and destroyed his Soul Body.

Xiao Ze used the Nether Illusionary Sea to kill the Soul Hall Protectors hiding in Tian Huo City, then discovered a concealed Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array beneath the city. He warned Azure Scales and Queen Medusa that the formation could slaughter everyone within its range and extract their energy.

• Xiao Ze sent black water droplets after the Soul Hall Protectors, who failed to escape and were reduced to ashes.
• Xiao Ze collected what remained of the Protectors and left Tian Huo City with Azure Scales and Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Ze used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to detect a hidden formation beneath Tian Huo City.
• Azure Scales examined beneath the city with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and confirmed that a blood-red formation was there.
• Xiao Ze identified the formation as the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array and explained that it could kill everyone within its range and extract their energy.

Xiao Ze decided to keep the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array secret so Alchemist Tower could locate and prepare against the hidden arrays without escalating the war with Soul Hall. Meanwhile, the Black and White Heavenly Venerates led Soul Hall forces toward Ye City to attack Elder Sheng and harvest the city's Soul Bodies.

• Xiao Ze explained to Queen Medusa and Azure Scales why they should conceal their discovery and search for the arrays before Soul Hall could activate them.
• Azure Scales agreed to investigate cities with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Queen Medusa tried and failed to sense the concealed array.
• Xiao Ze marked Tian Huo City on a map and said the group would head to Ye City to join Elder Sheng as they continued hunting Soul Hall forces.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates emerged in the eastern Pill Region and learned that Alchemist Tower's pursuit had reduced the number of Soul Hall Protectors hiding there.
• A Soul Hall Protector told the Heavenly Venerates that Elder Sheng and his team were in Ye City, and White Heavenly Venerate resolved to kill Elder Sheng.
• Black Heavenly Venerate ordered the Soul Hall forces to attack Ye City, harvest the entire city's Soul Bodies, and withdraw from the Pill Region.

Xiao Ze arrived in Ye City with Azure Scales and Queen Medusa to meet Elder Sheng, who had come to eliminate the Soul Hall forces. Before the Ye Family could discuss its predicament with him, the Black and White Heavenly Venerates appeared outside the city, and Xiao Ze ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

• Elder Sheng told Ye Zhong that he was staying in Ye City to await another Pill Tower Elder, not to host the Ye Family.
• Xiao Ze, Azure Scales, and Queen Medusa emerged safely from the Ye Family's damaged Space Wormhole, and Xiao Ze planned to remind the family to repair it.
• Xiao Ze met Elder Sheng at the Ye Family gates, where Ye Zhong eagerly welcomed him and hoped he would help the declining family.
• Azure Scales sensed powerful enemies approaching, and Xiao Ze ordered the Ye Family and assembled experts to prepare for battle.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates appeared outside Ye City, intending to bring disaster upon it.

Xiao Ze confronted the Soul Hall force threatening Ye City and used the World-Ending Deluge to trap its experts in the phantom of the Boundless River. The Black and White Heavenly Venerates escaped the attack, while the people of Ye City watched in shock.

• The Black Heavenly Venerate announced that the Soul Hall would destroy Ye City, but Xiao Ze appeared with Alchemist Tower experts to face them.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates recognized Xiao Ze and dismissed his challenge, while Xiao Ze assessed their Six Star Dou Venerate strength.
• Xiao Ze launched a Golden Tree Root containing his Soul Power, and the Black Heavenly Venerate failed to stop it with Spatial Power.
• The Golden Tree Root released a black droplet that summoned a phantom of the Boundless River and dragged Soul Hall Venerates and Protectors into its waters.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates fled beyond the river's reach, and Ye City's people stared in astonishment.

Xiao Ze used the Boundless River to wipe out Soul Hall experts in Ye City, then pursued Black and White Heavenly Venerates. He killed Black Heavenly Venerate with his physical strength, while White Heavenly Venerate fled into a spatial rift.

• Xiao Ze unleashed the World-Ending Deluge, dragging the Soul Hall experts who could not escape into the illusory river above Ye City.
• Elder Sheng praised Xiao Ze's Heaven Tier Dou Skill, and Xiao Ze regretted that Black and White Heavenly Venerates had escaped its range.
• Xiao Ze used the Illusionary Sea Domain to stall Black and White Heavenly Venerates, then attacked them with his Great Boundless Sea Palm.
• Black and White Heavenly Venerates clashed with Xiao Ze's palms, and Black Heavenly Venerate charged through the resulting energy storm to attack him.
• Xiao Ze shattered Black Heavenly Venerate's hand and crushed his head with a punch, killing him.
• White Heavenly Venerate fled into a spatial rift rather than face Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze defeated Soul Hall’s attack on Ye City and reported the arrival of two Heavenly Venerates to the Alchemist Tower. The presidents discovered Soul Hall had apparently withdrawn from the Pill Region, though its intentions remained unclear.

• Xiao Ze killed Black Heavenly Venerate, while White Heavenly Venerate fled through a spatial rift, and Elder Sheng arrived to find the battle over.
• Xiao Ze and Elder Sheng agreed that Soul Hall’s powerful assault required an alliance between multiple factions, and Ye City’s people cheered Xiao Ze.
• Xiao Ze recovered the ink-black water droplet and Golden Tree Root, then returned with Elder Sheng to report the attack to the three presidents.
• Xuan Kongzi ordered an investigation across the Pill Region, but the Alchemist Tower found no other attacks or traces of Soul Hall forces.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other presidents concluded that Soul Hall might have withdrawn, and Tian Leizi joked that he would step down so Xiao Ze could become president.

After the Battle of Ye City made Xiao Ze famous across the Central Plains, Alchemist Tower gained new allies while Soul Hall planned to kill him if an opportunity arose. Xun'er used the Ancient Clan’s influence to restrain Soul Hall and warned Xiao Ze to stay within Alchemist Tower’s territory.

• News of Xiao Ze killing Soul Hall’s Six Star Heavenly Venerate spread throughout the Central Plains, earning him the title of the younger generation’s top talent.
• Tang Huo'er and Tang Zhen discussed Xiao Ze’s astonishing rise, while other factions sought alliances with Alchemist Tower.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate ordered Soul Hall to focus on gathering Soul Bodies but to kill Xiao Ze if a chance appeared.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate suspected the Ancient Clan had a connection to Alchemist Tower and decided to investigate.
• Xun'er learned that the Ancient Clan’s restraint had stopped Soul Hall from targeting Alchemist Tower and contacted Xiao Ze to warn him not to leave its territory.

Xiao Ze learned that the Misty Cloud Sect had rapidly conquered much of the Northwest Continent and was threatening the Black Corner Region, putting Jia Nan Academy, his family, and Queen Medusa’s people at risk. He left the Alchemist Tower with Queen Medusa and Azure Scales to return to the Northwest, while Xuan Kongzi gave him a Space Jade Slip in case he needed help.

• Xuan Kongzi summoned Xiao Ze and showed him intelligence about the Misty Cloud Sect’s swift expansion across the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Ze decided to return to protect his family and Jia Nan Academy, and Xuan Kongzi warned him about Soul Hall and offered support.
• Xiao Ze told Queen Medusa and Azure Scales about the threat, and Queen Medusa asked to return to learn the Snake People Empire’s fate.
• Xiao Ze, Queen Medusa, and Azure Scales concealed their auras and departed through a Space Wormhole toward the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Yan returned to the Black Corner Region amid the Misty Cloud Sect’s expansion, intending to replenish the Fallen Heart Flame and seek Jia Nan Academy’s alliance. Near the academy, he witnessed a masked woman attack two Dou Zong experts and then notice him.

• Xiao Yan recalled how he had devoured the Fallen Heart Flame, replenished the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, and later obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame while escaping the Snake People elders.
• Xiao Yan joined the Anti-Cloud Mist Sect Alliance as the Misty Cloud Sect expanded, and he worried about the Xiao Family and hoped Xiao Ze would return from the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan headed to Jia Nan Academy to replenish the Fallen Heart Flame and seek its support against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan sensed a battle near Jia Nan Academy and, with Old Ya’s help, went to observe two Dou Zong experts fighting.
• A cloaked figure wearing a Ghost God Mask appeared, enveloped the area in purple-gray mist, and made both Dou Zong experts scream.
• The masked figure turned toward Xiao Yan’s hiding place, alarming him.

Xiao Yi Xian revealed herself to Xiao Yan after killing two Dou Zong powerhouses, then brought him to Jia Nan Academy to secure an alliance against the Misty Cloud Sect. The academy agreed to join the Anti-Cloud Mist Sect Alliance, while Xiao Yi Xian remained occupied by the Dark Academy’s growing conflict with Han Feng’s Black Alliance.

• Xiao Yi Xian removed her Ghost God Mask, freed Xiao Yan from her Calamity Poison Power net, and told him they had met through Xiao Ze.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she served as Vice Dean of Jia Nan Academy’s Dark Academy, which Xiao Ze had proposed to counter threats to the academy.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he had come to the Black Corner Region to seek Jia Nan Academy’s help against the Misty Cloud Sect, and she agreed to take him to the Inner Academy.
• Great Elder Su Qian agreed to have Jia Nan Academy join forces with the Anti-Cloud Mist Sect Alliance against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Su Qian and Xiao Yi Xian reflected on Xiao Ze’s absence as the Dark Academy continued clashing with Han Feng’s Black Alliance in the Black Corner Region.

Two Soul Hall Venerates discussed the Misty Cloud Sect’s rapid rise and Yun Shan’s use of a brutal secret technique, while Yun Shan planned further expansion and secretly coveted the Venerates’ power. Meanwhile, Xiao Ze and his companions arrived on the Northwest Continent and hurried toward Jia Nan Academy to learn what had happened to the Snake People Empire.

• Two Soul Hall Venerates discussed Yun Shan’s success in harvesting Soul Bodies and considered increasing their support for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Misty Cloud Sect members indulged in the power gained from the Soul Devouring Body Swallowing Secret Technique as their expansion continued.
• Yun Shan crushed an elder who was shirking his duties and ordered the others to take their campaign in the Black Corner Region seriously.
• Yun Shan reflected on his altered appearance and resolved to devour the entire Northwest Continent, including the Soul Hall Venerates.
• Xiao Ze and two companions arrived at Sky Horizon City and hurried toward Jia Nan Academy to seek information about the upheaval and the Snake People Empire.

Xiao Yi Xian prepared the Dark Alliance to receive the Anti-Cloud Mist Sect Alliance, but a traitor leaked her orders to Han Feng, who launched an attack on the Dark Alliance headquarters. Xiao Yi Xian led her forces onto a plain to meet the Black Alliance army.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Dark Academy headquarters and ordered its elders and consecrated elders to prepare for the Anti-Cloud Mist Sect Alliance's arrival.
• Xiao Yi Xian cultivated with a poison pill, while a Dark Alliance insider sent her orders to Han Feng using a strange little beast.
• Han Feng decided to exploit the Anti-Cloud Mist Sect Alliance's arrival and ordered all Black Alliance fighters at Dou Wang level or above to attack the Dark Alliance headquarters.
• The scarred woman warned Xiao Yi Xian that the Black Alliance was approaching, and Xiao Yi Xian gathered her forces and prepared to fight.
• Xiao Yi Xian led the Dark Alliance experts onto a plain, where the Black Alliance fighters recognized her Ghost God Mask and feared her.

Xiao Ze returned to find the Dark Alliance facing Han Feng and the Black Alliance, and quickly turned the battle in Xiao Yi Xian’s favor. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and killed Han Feng and the Black Alliance experts, leaving the Dark Alliance stunned by his power.

• Han Feng tried to sow distrust within the Dark Alliance, but Xiao Yi Xian defended her people and countered his accusations.
• Han Feng ordered the Black Alliance experts to prepare for battle as the scar-faced woman challenged him.
• Xiao Ze, Azure Scales, and Queen Medusa appeared on the battlefield, and Xiao Ze recognized Han Feng as an old enemy.
• Xiao Ze restrained the Black Alliance with his Illusionary Sea Domain, then embraced Xiao Yi Xian as she removed her mask and reunited with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ze to deal with the Black Alliance as he saw fit, and he killed Han Feng and the other Black Alliance experts with his Calamity Poison Power.