Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming refined three Seven-Colored Yellow Glass Pills and swallowed one, reaching Five Star Dou Zong after two days. He discussed the pill’s effects with his companions and arranged for Xiao Yi Xian to take Qing Lin to an Energy Baptism while he prepared for the Pill Tower competition.

• Xiao Ming used the Human-Monster Puppet to block three Pill Lightnings, then captured the three pills that shot from the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Xiao Ming named the pills Seven-Colored Yellow Glass Pills, stored two, and swallowed the third to test its effects.
• Two days later, Xiao Ming broke through to Five Star Dou Zong after the pill strengthened his Dou Qi, dissolved the Demonic Poison Spot, and tempered his body.
• Xiao Ming explained that the pill developed resistance after use and was too potent for humans below Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming learned that Xiao Yi Xian had also reached Five Star Dou Zong and arranged for her to take Qing Lin to an Energy Baptism in the Southern Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ming that visitors had come while he was secluded and might return, and he said he understood.

Ye Zhong asked Xiao Ming to represent the declining Ye Family in the Pill Tower’s assessment so it could retain its seat in the Elder Seat. Xiao Ming agreed in principle but stopped Ye Zhong to set two conditions.

• Ye Zhong introduced himself as the Ye Family’s Great Elder and explained the clan’s connection to the Pill Tower’s Elder Seat.
• Ye Zhong told Xiao Ming that the Ye Family had failed its last assessment because its younger generation was too weak.
• Ye Zhong offered Xiao Ming an Eighth-Grade Pill Formula or other rewards to take the next assessment for the Ye Family.
• Ye Zhong explained that the assessment required at least a Sixth Rank Alchemist and a Seven-Rank Alchemist’s skill to pass, while rival clans would not help the Ye Family.
• Xiao Ming accepted Ye Zhong’s request, then said he had two conditions.

On the day of the Eight Great Elders selection competition, Xiao Ming met Ye Zhong and traveled with him to the venue. Ye Zhong gave Xiao Ming the medicinal ingredients he had requested and the promised reward, as they approached the Pill Tower’s grand hall for the semi-public competition.

• Ye Zhong waited for Xiao Ming in the hall before the competition, and Xiao Ming arrived after recovering from refining pills.
• Ye Zhong accompanied Xiao Ming to the competition as his guarantor, drawing attention from onlookers because of Xiao Ming’s Grade Seven High-level Alchemist badge.
• Ye Zhong gave Xiao Ming a Na Ring containing the requested medicinal ingredients and the reward of three Eighth-Grade Pill Formulas.
• Xiao Ming accepted the Na Ring after confirming it held the ingredients and reward.
• Xiao Ming and Ye Zhong headed toward the grand hall in Holy Pill City’s Inner Region, where factions and young alchemists would gather to watch the selection.

Xiao Ming attended the Pill Tower selection competition for the Earth Core Soul Marrow and learned that Cao Ying and many powerful Grade Seven Alchemists would compete. Qiu Ling announced a twenty-day contest to refine the highest-ranked, best-quality pill, and the participants began setting up on the plaza.

• Ye Zhong brought Xiao Ming into the hall and explained that the other Four Great Clans had sent contestants, while the Ye Family had not.
• Xiao Ming noticed Cao Ying, whose exceptional talent and Pill Tower status Ye Zhong described; she sensed his strength and became interested in him as an alchemy rival.
• Qiu Ling, the Pill Tower's Great Elder, arrived and explained that the competition would last twenty days, with victory going to whoever refined the highest-ranked pill of the best quality.
• Xiao Ming and the other contestants took their places on the plaza and brought out their cauldrons to begin the competition.

Xiao Ming entered the alchemy competition with the Myriad Beast Cauldron and revealed the White Glass Heart Flame, disrupting several competitors’ attempts. He began refining the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill, steadily processing its many ingredients as the competition continued.

• Xiao Ming brought out the Myriad Beast Cauldron, drawing the Alchemists’ attention to the Heaven Cauldron Ranking treasure.
• Xiao Ming decided to refine the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill and considered how to contend with the Peak Grade Seven Alchemists, including the old man in Dan Family robes.
• Xiao Ming summoned the White Glass Heart Flame, whose surging heat ruined the ingredients in more than a dozen nearby cauldrons.
• Qiu Ling wondered whether Xiao Ming’s unfamiliar white Heavenly Flame was a newly discovered flame and noted his Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Xiao Ming prepared the pill’s ingredients and refined the first batch into medicinal powder with his White Glass Heart Flame and Soul Control.

Xiao Ming refined the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill faster than the other contestants and added Spirit Nurturing Dust to strengthen its spirituality. His pill triggered an unprecedented two-colored thundercloud, leaving the competition audience stunned.

• Xiao Ming spent more than four days refining the ingredients for the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill, while three Alchemists, including Yan Tian, withdrew after their cauldrons exploded.
• Xiao Ming began fusing the refined medicinal substances and completed the process after nearly five days.
• Xiao Ming formed a Peak Grade Seven Pill prototype and added Spirit Nurturing Dust to increase its spirituality.
• Xiao Ming's pill released a towering green light pillar that drove back the silver lightning and formed an azure-and-silver thundercloud.

Xiao Ming completed a Grade 8 Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill, summoning Two-Colored Pill Lightning and securing the competition’s outcome. He used his Silver Earth Demon Puppet to absorb the lightning, bringing it close to becoming a Heaven Demon Puppet as the storm finally dispersed.

• Qiu Ling recognized that Xiao Ming had refined a Grade 8 Pill after the Two-Colored Thunder Cloud appeared, while Cao Ying and the crowd watched in astonishment.
• The thunder cloud distracted several Alchemists, causing their pill refinements to fail.
• Xiao Ming declared the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill complete as the Two-Colored Pill Lightning began to strike.
• Xiao Ming summoned the Silver Earth Demon Puppet and sent it to absorb the lightning instead of defending against it himself.
• The Earth Demon Puppet absorbed nearly a hundred bolts, gained a faint golden luster, and neared the Heaven Demon Puppet realm before the storm dispersed.

Xiao Ming won the Pill Tower competition after refining a spiritual Grade 8 Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill. He received the Earth Core Soul Marrow as his reward, which he hoped would help him fully enter the Grade Eight Alchemist realm.

• Xiao Ming captured his escaping Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill with Soul Power and waited while the other contestants finished refining their pills.
• After seven or eight days, the remaining contestants completed their pills, and Qiu Ling asked everyone to present their results.
• Qiu Ling declared Xiao Ming the champion when his spiritual Grade 8 pill stood out among the contestants’ pills.
• Qiu Ling awarded Xiao Ming a candidate position among the Eight Great Elders and the Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Xiao Ming sampled the marrow’s scent, and Qiu Ling advised him to blend it with other rare treasures and said he could search for them in the Pill Tower’s Medicinal Herb Warehouse.

After winning the alchemy contest, Xiao Ming navigated the attention of other alchemists, spoke with Ye Zhong and Cao Ying, and learned the Five Great Clans Examination would take place in two years. Rested after months of refining pills, he began preparing the Earth Core Soul Marrow and extracted the Stone Essence from the Gastrodia Elata Jade Stone Essence.

• Xiao Ming accepted congratulations and farewells after Great Elder Qiu Ling announced the contest's end.
• Ye Zhong and Cao Ying praised Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming asked Ye Zhong when the Five Great Clans Examination would be held.
• Ye Zhong told Xiao Ming that the examination would take place in two years, and Xiao Ming returned to the Inn to sleep.
• Xiao Ming woke the next day, prepared the Earth Core Soul Marrow, Pill Spirit Paste, and Gastrodia Elata Jade Stone Essence, then heated the latter with his white flame.
• Xiao Ming caused cracks to spread across the Gastrodia Elata Jade Stone Essence as its Stone Essence began to emerge.

Xiao Ming blended Earth Core Soul Marrow and consumed it to strengthen his soul, breaking through into the Ling Realm. The Pill Tower’s leaders recognized the breakthrough and marveled at Xiao Ming’s talent and mysterious background.

• Xiao Ming refined Gastrodia Elata Jade Stone Essence and repeatedly adjusted the ingredients until he successfully blended Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Xiao Ming drank nearly half the Earth Core Soul Marrow, and its energy rapidly strengthened his Soul Power.
• Xiao Ming’s soul reached a threshold, and he absorbed Spirit Qi as it surged into his brow.
• Xiao Ming’s breakthrough released an invisible ripple that drew the attention of Holy Pill City’s Alchemists.
• The beautiful woman and the stern old man at the Pill Tower identified Xiao Ming as the one who had entered the Ling Realm and discussed his talent and possible Famous Teacher.

Xiao Ming advanced his soul into the Ling Realm, then began preparing a new body for Venerable Tian Huo. The body-refinement process was underway when the chapter ended, with Xiao Ming infusing it with the essence blood of a Seventh Tier Sea Magical Beast.

• Heavenly Thunder Child and the beautiful woman agreed that Xiao Ming should receive more Pill Tower authority, but decided to consult Xuan Kongzi because they feared Hall of Souls spies.
• Xiao Ming emerged from his soul training with a humanoid soul in the Ling Realm and returned it to his body.
• Xiao Ming confirmed to Venerable Tian Huo that he would now craft his new body using the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill.
• Xiao Ming suspended the frozen corpse of the former Joyful Union Sect Master, added a wisp of Venerable Tian Huo's Soul Power, and gave him the pill to swallow.
• Xiao Ming poured Seventh Tier Sea Magical Beast essence blood over the corpse and used White Glass Heart Flame to fuse it into the body.

Xiao Ming used his final Life Simulation opportunity while Venerable Tian Huo tried to revive himself in a body refined from a corpse. The simulation outlined Xiao Ming’s future rise across the Central Plains and ended with three available talent items.

• Xiao Ming called for Venerable Tian Huo to enter the corpse, and the Heavenly Flames began burning the fused soul and body.
• Xiao Ming began a Life Simulation while Venerable Tian Huo’s revival depended on enduring the flames.
• The simulation showed Xiao Ming obtaining the Soul Hand Seal, discovering rare ingredients and flames, and meeting Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• The simulation showed Xiao Ming becoming an Eight Great Elder of Pill Tower, confronting Hall of Souls experts, and pursuing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The simulation ended with Xiao Ming raiding a Hall of Souls Branch and receiving the options of the Spirit Nurturing Dust Refining Method, Heaven Demon Puppet, and Ice Clear Jade Moistening Pill.

Xiao Ming chose the Spirit Nurturing Dust Refining Method and considered how to protect Xiao Yi Xian and obtain resources from the Dou Sheng Ruins. After two days of tempering, Venerable Tian Huo revived in a new body, and Xiao Ming gave him a Fu Ling Azure Pill to help restore his strength.

• Xiao Ming selected the Spirit Nurturing Dust Refining Method and confirmed that its ingredients still existed, though they were rare.
• Xiao Ming suspected Ice River Valley would target Xiao Yi Xian and vowed to destroy the faction if it harmed her.
• Xiao Ming considered triggering the Dou Sheng Ruins early to obtain the ancient medicinal herbs within them, but decided to grow stronger first.
• Venerable Tian Huo revived after two days of Heavenly Flames tempering and said he needed seven days to adapt before recovering to Three-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ming gave Yao Tian Huo a Fu Ling Azure Pill, and Yao Tian Huo left to take it.

Qiu Ling brought Xiao Ming to the Pill Tower’s Elder Seat, where Xuan Kongzi and the other leaders welcomed him as the youngest of the Eight Great Elders. After meeting the elders, Xiao Ming learned that he had already been appointed to the position, rather than remaining a reserve.

• Xiao Qing told Xiao Ming that Great Elder Qiu Ling had come to see him.
• Qiu Ling invited Xiao Ming to meet the Pill Tower’s elders and Three Great Giants, noting his fame as the Central Region’s number one genius.
• Qiu Ling escorted Xiao Ming through the Pill Tower to the Elder Seat meeting hall.
• Xiao Ming greeted Xuan Kongzi, Heavenly Thunder Child, Xuan Yi, and the Eight Great Elders, who introduced themselves and welcomed him.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that Xiao Ming was the youngest of the Eight Great Elders, leaving Xiao Ming surprised that he had already gained the full position.

Xiao Ming declined to immediately take over as one of the Eight Great Elders because he planned to travel soon, but received the position’s token and other privileges in advance. After exploring the Pill Tower headquarters, he entered its Medicine Repository and began searching through its vast collection of herbs.

• Xiao Ming told Xuan Kongzi he wanted to delay taking over the Eight Great Elders until after his upcoming trip, and Xuan Kongzi explained the position’s duties and benefits.
• Xuan Kongzi reassured the other elders that Xiao Ming’s background at Jia Nan Academy had been verified.
• Qiu Ling gave Xiao Ming an Eight Great Elders Jade Token, a Grade 8 Low-Level Alchemist Badge, and the Soul Skill scroll Soul Spirit Lock.
• Xiao Ming explored the Pill Tower headquarters, greeted its members, and asked for directions to the Medicine Repository.
• Xiao Ming showed his token to the repository’s managing elder, entered the vast herb warehouse, and began searching its shelves.

Xiao Ming learned the Soul Spirit Lock from the scroll Qiu Ling gave him and practiced it until he could manifest six soul chains. After testing the skill with Venerable Tian Huo, Xiao Ming prepared to leave Holy Pill City and travel to the Wind Lightning Mountain Range before rejoining Xian'er and the others.

• Xiao Ming collected three rare medicinal herbs from the Herb Repository and returned to his residence.
• Xiao Ming absorbed the scroll's information and learned that the Soul Spirit Lock was a low-level Earth Tier Soul Skill that formed chains to attack and restrain souls.
• Xiao Ming spent two days practicing the Soul Spirit Lock and drew Spirit Qi into himself as he chanted.
• Xiao Ming tested the six soul chains on Venerable Tian Huo, making him stagger despite his stronger soul and Dou Qi.
• Venerable Tian Huo told Xiao Ming that his strength had recovered to Five-star Dou Zun, and Xiao Ming decided they would leave Holy Pill City for the Wind Lightning Mountain Range and then find Xian'er and the others.

Xiao Ming traveled to the Falling Thunder Mountain Range to strengthen his Heaven Demon Puppet and search for a Lightning Attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object. While he refined pills to draw lightning for his puppets, Star Picking Heavenly Venerable put Xiao Ming on the Hall of Souls’ kill list.

• Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo arrived at the Falling Thunder Mountain Range and discussed its dense lightning, cultivators, and Thunder Beasts.
• Xiao Ming used the lightning on the range’s outskirts to temper the Heaven Demon Puppet, then flew with Venerable Tian Huo toward the central region.
• Xiao Ming sent the Heaven Demon Puppet into the thunderclouds, refined Yan Luotian’s corpse into a new puppet, and began refining a seventh-tier medicinal pill to attract Pill Lightning.
• Venerable Tian Huo guarded Xiao Ming and deflected lightning strikes as Xiao Ming refined the pill.
• Star Picking Heavenly Venerable summoned four figures and ordered them to bring Xiao Ming to the Hall of Souls, dead or alive.

Four Hall of Souls Elders tracked Xiao Ming to the Falling Thunder Mountain Range while he refined a pill and used its lightning tribulation to strengthen his Demon Puppets. After they confronted him, Venerable Tian Huo warned that their combined strength posed a serious threat, though he could still take Xiao Ming away.

• Old Ghost Zhaixing sent four Hall of Souls Elders to capture Xiao Ming despite their doubts about the mission.
• The four searched for Xiao Ming near the Falling Thunder Mountain Range, then entered it after finding no trace of him.
• Xiao Ming completed his pill refinement and used its lightning tribulation to strengthen his two Demon Puppets, while Venerable Tian Huo praised their progress.
• The disturbance drew the four Hall of Souls Elders toward the mountain range's central peaks, and a beautiful woman also left Luocheng to investigate.
• The four Elders found Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo; Tian Huo identified their strengths and said he could take Xiao Ming away if necessary.

Xiao Ming and Venerable Tian Huo fought four Hall of Souls Elders on Thunder Mountain, while the Heaven Demon Puppets ambushed and badly injured Venerable Qing Hai. A mysterious woman intervened, but a golden puppet shattered Qing Hai’s Natal Soul Lock and sent him crashing into the mountainside.

• Lie Yan led the four Hall of Souls Elders in an attack, and Venerable Tian Huo blocked them with the Leaving Heaven Great Formation.
• Xiao Ming sent the Heaven Demon Puppets after Qing Hai, and they injured him before Lie Yan and the other Elders could stop them.
• Qing Hai urged the Elders to sacrifice their Natal Soul Locks, and Xiao Ming, Venerable Tian Huo, and the puppets rushed to prevent them from forming their formation.
• The Elders summoned their Natal Soul Locks, but Venerable Tian Huo and the puppets split them apart, leaving Xiao Ming to face the injured Qing Hai.
• A mysterious woman deflected Qing Hai’s Natal Soul Lock, and a golden Heaven Demon Puppet then shattered it and knocked Qing Hai into the mountainside.

Xiao Ming killed Venerable Qing Hai and, with Qing Yi’s help, defeated the remaining Hall of Souls Elders. After Qing Yi left and the Falling Thunder Mountain Range’s storm intensified, Xiao Ming began investigating the thunder energy and used a simulation to locate an underground spiritual object.

• Xiao Ming extracted Venerable Qing Hai’s soul, sealed it in a Jade Bottle, and stored it with the corpse.
• Qing Yi used Flute Sound Soul Control to stun the Hall of Souls Elders, allowing Venerable Tian Huo and the Heaven Demon Puppets to kill them.
• Qing Yi revealed that she was Sound Valley’s Valley Master and gave Xiao Ming a Guest Elder Token and the Flute Sound Soul Control scroll in exchange for his promise to refine an Eighth Grade Six-colored pill for Sound Valley.
• Qing Yi left as the thunderclouds gathered again, and Venerable Tian Huo blocked a powerful Lightning Snake before he and Xiao Ming moved to the foothills.
• Xiao Ming suspected that thunder energy was flowing toward a hidden spiritual object and started a Life Simulation, which led him to the Underground Lightning Pool and the Pure Lotus Flowing Light Thunder.