Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze demonstrated the Thunder Body, a powerful lightning Dou Skill he had created and controlled with the Golden Tree Root. After detecting a Soul Hall Venerable pursuing Venerate Skyfire, he sent a Thunder Body to kill the pursuer, leaving Venerate Skyfire stunned.

• Xiao Ze explained how his Thunder Body used vast Dou Qi and the Golden Tree Root to coordinate with him, and said it could eventually advance into a Heaven Tier Movement Dou Skill.
• Xiao Ze spotted a Five Star Dou Venerate pursuing a Peak Three Star Dou Venerate and recognized the pursuer as a Soul Hall member.
• Xiao Ze sent a Thunder Body through a spatial rift into the Dou Qi Continent to intervene.
• The Soul Hall Venerable tried to identify the newcomer, but Xiao Ze's silver lightning destroyed him and retrieved his belongings.
• Venerate Skyfire watched the silver lightning disappear into the spatial rift and stared in disbelief at where the Soul Hall Venerable had been.

Venerate Skyfire escaped Soul Hall with help from an unknown senior and headed to Holy Pill City to reunite with Xiao Yan. Xiao Ze returned to the Alchemist Tower, where the three presidents appointed him Pill Tower Vice President and chose him to preside over the Pill Gathering.

• An unknown senior struck down the Soul Hall Venerate pursuing Venerate Skyfire, who then set out for Holy Pill City to meet Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ze collected the defeated Soul Hall Venerate's storage ring and gave it to Azure Scales, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others to share.
• Xiao Ze and his companions arrived near Holy Pill City, and he sent Azure Scales, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian to the Elder Tower before visiting the three presidents.
• The three presidents learned that Xiao Ze had reached Nine Star Dou Venerate Peak and could refine Grade 8 Pills that summoned Nine-Colored Pill Thunder.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi appointed Xiao Ze Pill Tower Vice President and arranged for him to preside over the Pill Gathering as Pill Tower President.

Xiao Ze planned to deal with the Soul Hall infiltrator Elder Mu Gu during the Pill Gathering, then gained a Grade 9 Golden Pill recipe through Xiao Yan’s alchemy progress. After reviewing the Holy Heart Glazed Pill recipe, he began refining a Thunder Tribulation Pill.

• Xiao Ze left the Black Giant Tower and headed to the Elder Tower while planning to find and quietly eliminate Elder Mu Gu in the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Ze received a Hundredfold Alchemy Technique feedback because Xiao Yan had improved under Old Ya’s guidance.
• Xiao Ze learned the Holy Heart Glazed Pill recipe, which could improve aptitude and included a framework for Grade 9 Treasure, Profound, and Golden Pills.
• Xiao Ze found that he had the Source Blood Heart and Glazed Bead needed for the Grade 9 Treasure Pill but was missing some rare ingredients.
• Xiao Ze set aside the Holy Heart Glazed Pill recipe and began refining a Thunder Tribulation Pill using a massive Golden Fire Cauldron.

Xiao Ze refined a pill using Nine-Colored Pill Thunder inside the Elder Tower, drawing the attention of all Holy Pill City when Nine-Colored Pill Thunder appeared overhead. The three Presidents speculated that Xiao Ze might already be capable of refining Grade 9 Treasure Pills.

• Xiao Ze spent seven days refining hundreds of ingredients with his Soul Power and the Origin Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Ze suppressed the Nine-Colored Pill Thunder released from a lightning-bearing Golden Tree Root and fused it with the refined ingredients.
• Clouds gathered over Holy Pill City, and Alchemist Tower members recognized that Xiao Ze had triggered the pill phenomenon.
• The clouds produced Nine-Colored Pill Thunder, shocking the city and drawing reverent attention toward the Elder Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi discussed Xiao Ze's talent and speculated that he could already refine Grade 9 Treasure Pills.

Xiao Ze refined an Eighth Grade Thunder Tribulation Pill that drew Nine-Colored Pill Thunder, proving his worth as Pill Tower Vice President. After capturing the sentient pill, he left the three Presidents satisfied, while Xiao Yan resolved to compete for the Pill Gathering championship and a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Ze absorbed the Nine-Colored Pill Thunder and used its final strands to temper the Thunder Tribulation Pill to perfection.
• The sentient pill escaped the Golden Fire Cauldron in the form of a silver dragon and broke through the damaged Space Seal.
• Xiao Ze sealed the silver dragon in a small silver box, stored it in his ring, and apologized to the onlookers for the disturbance.
• Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Kongzi agreed that Xiao Ze’s achievement justified his position and told the elders to support him at the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan watched the Nine-Colored Pill Thunder with Old Ya and resolved to win the Pill Gathering championship to gain a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Yan prepared to refine a pill for subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Elder Mu Gu plotted with Soul Hall to enter the Star Region through the Pill Gathering. Xiao Ze finished refining the Thunder Tribulation Pill’s energy and went to check on the Pill Gathering preparations, unaware that he had already marked Mu Gu for death.

• Old Ya warned Xiao Yan that subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame was dangerous and gave him a pill formula whose ingredients he needed to gather.
• Elder Mu Gu told Blood River Heavenly Venerate that he had allied with the Xuanming Sect and planned to kill alchemists in the Pill Realm.
• Blood River Heavenly Venerate ordered Mu Gu to avoid attracting attention and focus on getting Soul Hall’s powerhouses into the Star Region.
• Mu Gu agreed to stay hidden, dismissing the fate of the sects he had recruited, while Xiao Ze had already resolved to kill him if they met in the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Ze refined the Thunder Tribulation Pill’s energy, expanded the Tree of Origin, and left his secret chamber to consult the Great Elder about the Pill Gathering.

Xiao Ze learned that the elders had handled most Pill Gathering preparations, then entered the Pill Realm to guard against Soul Hall interference. At Xiong Zhan’s former cave abode, he left a Thunder Body and collected newly ripened Rootless Dew for the Holy Heart Glazed Pill.

• The Great Elder told Xiao Ze that his main Pill Gathering duty was to learn the procedures and explain them to participants, then discussed alchemy with him.
• Xiao Ze visited the Pill Realm and warned a Pill Tower Elder that the Soul Hall might target alchemists during the gathering.
• Xiao Ze entered the Pill Realm and flew toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where alchemists might gather despite Xiong Zhan having left.
• Xiao Ze sensed a Heavenly Treasure and Earthly Material emerging on a peak and suppressed the surrounding magical beasts with his aura.
• Xiao Ze left a Thunder Body inside Xiong Zhan’s former cave abode, then collected the lightning-ripened Rootless Dew in a bluestone container.

Xiao Ze emerged from seclusion as the Pill Gathering began and took the stage as its presiding host. The alchemists gathered across the continent were astonished to see him standing before the Pill Tower Three Giants as an Eighth Grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Ze exchanged Calamity Poison Power with Xiao Yi Xian, helping her seize a breakthrough opportunity as the Tree of Origin grew beyond five hundred meters.
• Azure Scales told Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian that the Pill Gathering began that day and gave Xiao Ze the Alchemist Tower uniform bearing his peak Eighth Grade Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, Azure Scales, and Queen Medusa traveled to the crowded gathering grounds in the northern region of the Inner Domain.
• Xuan Kongzi summoned Xiao Ze to join the Pill Tower Three Giants and the Alchemist Tower's upper ranks before the ceremony began.
• Xiao Ze addressed the gathered alchemists as the Pill Tower Vice President presiding over the Pill Gathering, drawing widespread surprise and speculation about his status and abilities.

Xiao Ze explained the Pill Gathering’s stages and rewards, then officially began the competition as alchemists entered the Soul Illusion. While the contestants faced the trial, Xiao Ze named Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yan as the contenders he favored.

• Xiao Ze explained that the contestants would pass through the Soul Illusion, gather specified ingredients in the Pill Realm, and compete in alchemy for the championship and an ancient soul cultivation art.
• Xiao Ze announced the start of the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Yan entered the Soul Illusion after Old Ya encouraged him to aim for a place among the Pill Tower Giants.
• Xiao Ze told the three presidents that he had fulfilled his duties, and they praised his composure as host.
• An Alchemist Tower elder asked Xiao Ze which contestants he favored, and Xiao Ze named Cao Ying and Dan Chen as likely top contenders.
• Xiao Ze named his third brother, Xiao Yan, as his final favored contender, making the other elders curious about Xiao Yan’s performance.

Xiao Ze watched the Pill Gathering contestants enter the Pill Realm while searching for Elder Mu Gu, then relied on contingencies he had prepared there. Elder Mu Gu confronted Xiao Yan and Old Ya, but Xiao Yan escaped and set a trap to send his pursuer toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.

• Xiao Ze searched the contestants for Elder Mu Gu but found no sign of him before they entered the Pill Realm.
• Two days later, Elder Mu Gu used a Soul Barrier to trap Xiao Yan and revealed his grudge against Old Ya.
• Xiao Yan escaped through a hole in the barrier, and Old Ya used the Soul Concealment Technique to hide his aura.
• Xiao Yan sent five false trails in different directions and concealed himself in a ravine, leading Elder Mu Gu toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan and Old Ya decided to head for the exit after gathering the medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Ze used a Thunder Body to find and kill Elder Mu Gu in the Pill Realm, then continued patrolling as contestants began returning to Holy Pill City. The Pill Gathering moved toward its final round, with the remaining alchemists greeted by a roaring crowd.

• Xiao Ze's Thunder Body left Xiong Zhan's former cave dwelling after sensing Elder Mu Gu's location, leaving the Golden Striped Black Tiger cowering inside.
• Elder Mu Gu destroyed a decoy and planned to intercept Xiao Yan and Old Ya, but Xiao Ze's Thunder Body struck him down and erased his soul.
• Xiao Ze's Thunder Body collected the Sea Heart Flame seed and continued patrolling the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Old Ya saw the lightning and speculated about its source as they headed for the Pill Realm's exit.
• Xiao Ze learned that contestants were emerging from the Pill Realm as the spectators cheered and anticipation rose for the final round.

Xiao Ze welcomed the contestants to the Pill Gathering’s final round, while the Alchemist Tower’s Three Giants recognized that Xiao Yan’s teacher, Old Ya, had returned. The alchemists began refining pills on the sky platforms as Xiao Ze watched their techniques for clues to pill formulas.

• Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and the other president focused on Xiao Yan as he emerged, and Xiao Yan learned from Old Ya that the Three Giants had probably recognized him.
• Xiao Yan agreed to meet the Three Giants with Old Ya after the competition ended.
• Xiao Ze announced that the final round would have no rules and urged the contestants to show their skills; Dan Chen, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yan each prepared for the challenge.
• The alchemists flew to the sky platforms, and Xiao Ze rang the bell to signal the start of pill refinement.
• The contestants set down their cauldrons and raised flames of many colors as Xiao Ze studied their methods to test his research into pill formulas.

At the Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan began refining a Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill while Xiao Ze used his hundredfold Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to study the other contestants. As the arena filled with Pill Lightning, Xiao Ze judged Old Monster Qinghua to be ahead, though Xiao Yan’s result remained uncertain.

• Old Ya noticed Xiao Ze’s unusual eyes but kept their appearance from Xiao Yan, who chose to refine a Bone-Generating Blood-Melding Pill.
• Xiao Yan revealed an unknown Heavenly Flame, drawing the attention of the alchemists and the three presidents; Xiao Ze explained that the brothers had obtained their flames in unusual ways.
• Xiao Ze observed the contestants’ pill-refining methods and formulas, while many alchemists completed their pills and more than a dozen Seventh-Grade Pills summoned Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Ze noted that the old man refining a peculiar pill succeeded and summoned Pill Lightning as well.
• Xuan Kongzi praised Cao Ying’s chances of refining a Grade 8 Pill, Tian Leizi praised Dan Chen, and Xiao Ze assessed Old Monster Qinghua as ahead of Xiao Yan.

Dan Chen, Cao Ying, and Old Monster Qinghua each refined Grade 8 Pills, while Xiao Yan prepared to reveal the result of his own refinement. Xiao Yan’s pill summoned Three-Colored Pill Thunder, surpassing the Alchemist Tower’s prodigies and leaving his standing in the competition in question.

• Dan Chen opened her cauldron and produced a Grade 8 Pill that summoned Two-Colored Pill Thunder.
• Cao Ying refined a Grade 8 Pill whose thunderclouds neared the threshold of three colors.
• Old Monster Qinghua exchanged a quiet greeting with Xiao Yan before opening his cauldron and summoning Three-Colored Pill Thunder.
• Xiao Ze predicted that Xiao Yan’s pill would summon at least Three-Colored Pill Thunder without using the Spirit Ascension Method.
• Xiao Yan opened his cauldron, and his pill summoned Three-Colored Pill Thunder, astonishing the spectators.

The Pill Gathering concluded with Xiao Yan crowned champion after his Grade 8 pill displayed the strongest spirituality. Xiao Ze awarded him the Taiyi Soul Art and announced that the top ten would travel to the Star Region in two days to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Yan and the other alchemists overcame the final Pill Thunder, bringing the refining stage to an end.
• Xiao Ze judged the contestants’ pills and declared Xiao Yan the champion, followed by Old Monster Qinghua, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen.
• Xiao Ze granted the top ten contestants the qualification to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and named Xiao Yan a candidate for Pill Tower Giant.
• Xiao Ze presented Xiao Yan with the Taiyi Soul Art and congratulated Old Monster Qinghua, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen on attaining the title of Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Xiao Ze announced that the top ten would enter the Star Region in two days, then formally concluded the Pill Gathering.

Venerate Blood River abandoned Soul Hall’s mission after Mu Gu’s death left him without help infiltrating the Star Region, while Xiao Ze planned his next move after becoming a Pill Tower Vice President. Xiao Ze prepared to travel with his companions to the Beast Region, where he hoped to find opportunities for Azure Scales and visit Zi Yan.

• Venerate Blood River blamed Mu Gu for ruining the mission and withdrew rather than risk confronting the Pill Tower Three Giants and Xiao Ze.
• News of Xiao Ze’s Pill Tower Vice President appointment and strength spread across the Central Plains, prompting faction leaders to warn their people not to provoke him.
• Xiao Ze considered how to enter the Dou Saint Ruins when they appeared and decided the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit mattered more to him than the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Xiao Ze told Azure Scales, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa that they would travel to the Beast Region to seek opportunities for Azure Scales and see Zi Yan.

Xiao Ze planned a journey to the Beast Region, where Queen Medusa hoped to find a way to advance the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python bloodline. After refining the Ninth Pill of the Nine Mixed Origin Pills, he prepared to set out while Xiao Yan entered the Star Region to face Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Ze explained that the Beast Region had once been home to the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python clan, and Queen Medusa agreed to search there after Three Thousand Burning Flame was dealt with.
• The Alchemist Tower Great Elder led the Pill Gathering's top ten into the Star Region, while Xiao Ze wondered whether Xiao Yan could subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame without outside help.
• Xiao Ze began refining Zhu Yang's half-finished Ninth Pill of the Nine Mixed Origin Pills using Ancient Void Dragon essence blood and medicinal ingredients.
• After half a month, Xiao Ze completed the pill, which drew nine-colored Pill Thunder over Holy Pill City.
• Xiao Ze declared that he would now head for the Beast Region.

Xiao Ze refined the Nine Mixed Origin Pills into a sentient Purple-Gold Little Dragon and decided to raise it. After learning that Xiao Yan had passed the initial subjugation stage for Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Ze prepared to meet with the presidents and left the little dragon with Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Azure Scales.

• Xiao Ze absorbed the Nine-Colored Pill Thunder from his new pill and used Thunder Power to bring the Nine Mixed Origin Pills to their peak quality.
• Xiao Ze caught the Purple-Gold Little Dragon when it tried to flee, fed it Seventh-Grade Pills, and decided to raise it instead of consuming it.
• Queen Medusa told Xiao Ze that Xiao Yan was the only contestant to pass the initial subjugation stage and that the other top ten contestants had left the Star Region.
• Xiao Ze showed the Purple-Gold Little Dragon to Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Azure Scales, then left it with them while he went to speak with the presidents.

Xiao Ze left the Alchemist Tower with Azure Scales, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa to explore the Beast Region. At the Skeletal Mountain Range, he located a weakened Dou Saint seal and broke it open, revealing the ruins.

• Xuan Kongzi approved Xiao Ze’s departure, and Xiao Ze returned to the Elder Tower to collect Azure Scales, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa.
• The four traveled through a Space Wormhole to Heavenly Beast City, bought a rough map, and entered the Beast Region.
• Xiao Ze led the group to the Skeletal Mountain Range, where Queen Medusa sensed that the dispersed power in the bones could aid her cultivation.
• Xiao Ze found a weakened Dou Saint seal in a vast basin and told the three women to spread out and conceal the area with a Space Barrier.
• Xiao Ze sent Golden Tree Roots into the seal’s weak point, triggering a Spatial Storm that revealed the Dou Saint Ruins.

Xiao Ze entered the Dou Saint Ruins after stopping the Spatial Storm and creating a stable passage into them. He reunited with Zi Yan, returned the Ancient Void Dragon clan’s inherited medicine cauldron to her, and heard that the clan wanted to reward him.

• Xiao Ze suppressed the Spatial Storm, repaired the damaged space, and opened a stable channel into the Dou Saint Ruins.
• Xiao Ze called Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Azure Scales back to him.
• Zi Yan arrived, reunited with Xiao Ze, and explained that the Dragon-shaped Jade Token had let her sense him near the Beast Region.
• Xiao Ze gave Zi Yan medicinal pills and introduced her to the three women.
• Xiao Ze returned Senior Zhu Yang’s medicine cauldron to Zi Yan, who said her clan wanted to reward him with Ancient Dragon Essence Blood.