Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan opened a passage through the Sky Curtain, allowing Xiao Ming and his companions to enter the Dou Sheng Ruins. After crossing a trap-filled route through a crimson hall and magma, Xiao Ming led them toward the ruins’ true entrance.

• Zi Yan tore open a spatial passage in the Sky Curtain, and Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qing Lin, Venerable Tian Huo, and the others entered before the passage vanished.
• The Sky Curtain remained above the Bone Mountain Range, drawing Magical Beasts that could not enter and prompting some to report it to their clans.
• Xiao Ming and the others reached a vast crimson hall, then encountered magma and blue flames erupting in a dark passage; Xiao Ming shielded them with the White Glass Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ming recognized that the real passage lay beneath the magma and brought the group through it to a stone passage leading toward a plaza.
• Xiao Ming said the ruins’ true entrance lay ahead and mentioned the treasures inside, prompting Zi Yan to urge them onward.

Xiao Ming and his companions entered the ancient ruins and found a vast forest of medicinal herbs. He left the others to harvest nearby while he and Zi Yan went deeper to seek rarer herbs.

• Xiao Ming absorbed the ten Earth Demon Puppets guarding the stone gate and led his companions into the ruins.
• Xiao Ming decided they would search for the Medicine Garden first, and Zi Yan sensed its location and guided them through the halls.
• Venerable Tian Huo opened the moss-covered gate, revealing a vast forest of ancient medicinal herbs.
• Zi Yan rushed into the forest and began collecting high-grade herbs while Xiao Ming and the others followed.
• After two hours, Xiao Ming told the others to harvest the nearby herbs together while he took Zi Yan deeper into the forest.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan searched the Ancient Medicine Forest for medicinal herbs until Zi Yan sensed a call from her bloodline and led him to a Beast Spirit Cover. Inside, they found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing on an altar, and Xiao Ming encouraged Zi Yan to claim it.

• Xiao Ming asked Zi Yan to look for high-grade medicinal herbs, especially ones that could help the soul, and she led him through the forest.
• Zi Yan sensed a call from nearby and followed it with Xiao Ming to a golden Beast Spirit Cover that she opened with her blood.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan entered the cover and found an altar guarded by the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Zi Yan recognized the fruit on the altar as a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, a rare treasure that could help an Ancient Void Dragon become a Supreme Magical Beast.
• Xiao Ming told Zi Yan to pick the fruit, and she agreed because her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline could draw out its power.

Zi Yan claimed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and defeated the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix spirit when it attacked, while the Ancient Void Dragon’s ancestral soul returned to her Dragon Seal. Xiao Ming and Zi Yan left the ruins’ plain and spent the following days collecting rare medicinal ingredients.

• Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit into her body and prepared to retrieve the Ancient Void Dragon’s remains.
• The Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix spirits emerged from their skeletons, and the phoenix attacked Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan used the Ancient Void Dragon Ancestral Soul to crush the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix spirit.
• Zi Yan welcomed the Ancient Void Dragon senior home, and its light entered her Dragon Seal before she stored its remains.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan left the Beast Spirit Cover and gathered high-grade medicinal ingredients, using Zi Yan’s strength and Xiao Ming’s Heaven Demon Puppets to overcome guardians.

As the Bone Mountain Range ruins drew powerful factions from across the Central Plains, Xiao Ming and his companions explored the Pill Hall and collected medicinal pills and ancient formulas. They reached the grand third floor, where the poisonous gas was dense enough to corrode Dou Qi.

• The Nine Serene Deepground Python Tribe failed to monopolize the ruins as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and other factions arrived in the Bone Mountain Range.
• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian joined their companions and entered the Pill Hall, where Xiao Ming doubted they would find any Ninth Grade Medicinal Pills.
• Zi Yan found mostly low-grade or empty containers on the first floor, and Xiao Ming led the group in collecting the pills and searching its Alchemy Rooms.
• Xiao Yi Xian detected poisonous air on the second floor, so Xiao Ming gave everyone Detoxification Pills before they collected higher-grade pills and Medicinal Pill Scrolls.
• The group reached the third floor, where the poisonous gas was even denser and could corrode Dou Qi.

Xiao Ming lured out and captured a nearly Ninth Grade Pill Beast, then explored the Pill Hall and discovered a rare medicinal cauldron. The Pill Beast remained with Zi Yan and the others while Xiao Ming identified the cauldron as likely being the Spirit of the Deep Sea.

• Xiao Ming recognized the white creature as a Nine-color Pill Beast and used Sixth Rank pills to lure it out.
• Xiao Ming fed the Pill Beast more pills, then caught her when she lunged for a Fourth-Colored Eighth Grade pill.
• Xiao Ming discovered the Pill Beast was female and let Zi Yan and the other women hold her, while noting that she seemed drawn to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ming explored the Pill Hall and found a deep-blue medicinal cauldron with branch-like patterns.
• Xiao Ming suspected the cauldron was the Spirit of the Deep Sea from the Heaven Cauldron Ranking.

Xiao Ming and his companions stripped the ruins’ halls of valuable treasures before reaching the main hall, where a Dou Sheng Skeleton and Heaven Rank Dou Techniques were guarded by powerful Ancient Human Puppets. Xiao Ming prepared his Heaven Demon Puppets to hold off the guardians and warned everyone not to disturb the skeleton’s lingering soul imprint.

• Xiao Ming found the Spirit of the Deep Sea, Ancient Pill Formulas, manuscripts, and a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill formula in the Pill Hall, then collected them with his companions.
• Xiao Ming led the group through the remaining halls, and they gathered most of the ruins’ valuable treasures into more than a dozen Na Rings.
• Xiao Ming and his companions entered the main hall and saw ten spheres of light surrounding a Dou Sheng Skeleton.
• Xiao Ming identified the dozen or more Ancient Human Puppets as Dou Zun-class guardians, and Venerable Tian Huo explained how they had been made.
• Xiao Ming summoned twenty-seven Heaven Demon Puppets and ordered them to hold off the guardians while the others collected the spheres of light.
• Xiao Ming warned the group not to touch the Dou Sheng Skeleton because its lingering soul imprint might awaken if disturbed.

Xiao Ming and his allies broke the Space Seal, collected the ten scrolls, and destroyed the Ancient Human Puppets guarding the hall. As the Dou Sheng Skeleton began to awaken and blocked the Heaven Demon Puppets, Xiao Ming had them form a formation that transformed their golden energy into purple light.

• Xiao Ming warned Qing Lin and Medusa to be careful, then ordered Zi Yan to break the Space Seal.
• Zi Yan shattered the barrier, releasing ten scrolls and awakening the Ancient Human Puppets, which clashed with Xiao Ming's Heaven Demon Puppets.
• Zi Yan and the others captured all ten scrolls while the puppets fought.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Venerable Tian Huo joined the battle and helped wipe out the Ancient Human Puppets.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton began to awaken and blocked the Heaven Demon Puppets, so Xiao Ming formed them into a formation that changed their golden energy to purple.

Xiao Ming tested his Purple Heaven Demon Puppet against the Dou Sheng remains, whose Great Heaven Creation Palm annihilated the hall but failed to destroy the puppet completely. After recovering the puppet’s energy, Xiao Ming had seven Heaven Demon Puppets tear the remains into four pieces.

• Xiao Ming sent the Purple Heaven Demon Puppet through the Space Barrier to attack the Dou Sheng remains.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton used Great Heaven Creation Palm, and Xiao Ming led Xiao Yi Xian and the others out of the hall.
• The attack annihilated the hall, leaving the Purple Heaven Demon Puppet damaged but intact and the Dou Sheng Skeleton floating above a huge pit.
• Xiao Ming transferred the purple puppet’s remaining energy back into twenty-six Heaven Demon Puppets and stored the weakened puppet.
• Xiao Ming sent seven Heaven Demon Puppets to pull apart the Dou Sheng remains, tearing them into four pieces.

Xiao Ming and his companions left the Dou Sheng Ruins with the Great Heaven Creation Palm ribs and a collection of scrolls. Outside, a crowd of factions surrounded them, and Xiao Ming challenged anyone who wanted to fight.

• Medusa found inscribed ribs among the dismantled Dou Sheng Skeleton, and Xiao Ming discovered that their writing was sealed and could not yet be deciphered.
• Xiao Ming and the women divided the scrolls, keeping useful Dou Skills and other treasures from the ruins.
• Xiao Ming gave the group disguising robes and aura-altering pills, then had Zi Yan check the Bone Mountain Range before they left through the portal.
• The group emerged from the ruins and drew the attention of the gathered factions, who surrounded them and demanded to know what had happened inside.
• Xiao Ming dismissed the crowd's questions and challenged them to fight.

Xiao Ming and his companions repelled over a hundred experts at Bone Mountain Range, where the Purple Heaven Demon Puppet killed Yu Ting with one punch, then left for an inn outside the Beast Region. There, Xiao Ming told Zi Yan that Qing Lin needed to visit the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, and Zi Yan agreed before inviting Xiao Ming and the others to go with her.

• Yu Ting and over a hundred experts attacked Xiao Ming's group, but Venerable Tian Huo, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others formed a shield to block them.
• The Purple Heaven Demon Puppet killed Yu Ting with a single punch, frightening the other experts into letting Xiao Ming's group pass.
• Xiao Ming led his companions away from Bone Mountain Range and, after three to five days, stopped at an inn in a small town outside the Beast Region.
• Xiao Ming asked Zi Yan when she would return to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, and explained that Qing Lin needed Dragon Qi from its Dragon Tomb to erase the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent's consciousness.
• Zi Yan agreed to take Qing Lin back and invited Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa to accompany her; Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa looked to Xiao Ming for his decision.

Xiao Ming declined to accompany Zi Yan to Ancient Dragon Island, and she left with Qing Lin after learning that Medusa was carrying his child. Medusa explained the Snake People Race’s requirements for nurturing their child, and Xiao Ming promised to refine several Grade 8 pills to give the child a strong foundation before returning to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Ming refused Zi Yan’s invitation to return to Ancient Dragon Island and gave her two Na Rings filled with pills.
• Medusa declined to travel with Zi Yan, then revealed that she was carrying Xiao Ming’s child, leaving Zi Yan jealous and upset.
• Zi Yan tore open a spatial crack and left with Qing Lin, while Xiao Ming and the others planned to rest before returning to the Pill Tower.
• Medusa told Xiao Ming that their child needed special nourishment and asked him to refine a Seventh Grade Heavenly Soul Melting Blood Pill for the upper-grade Secret Technique.
• Xiao Ming offered to refine several Grade 8 pills for the child’s foundation and origin cultivation, and Medusa accepted his plan.

Xiao Ming used his remaining simulation attempt and learned that his simulated self had grown stronger, reunited with his companions and family, and raided Hall of Souls branches for Soul Origin. He chose the Soul Origin as his reward, hoping it would advance his soul to the Heavenly Realm.

• Xiao Ming started a simulation and traveled with his companions, capturing a Tier 7 Dragon Claw Red Eagle as a mount.
• Xiao Ming studied medicinal principles and alchemy, while Xiao Yi Xian’s soul reached the Ling Realm and she later advanced to Dou Zun Eight Stars.
• Xiao Ming refined pills and Heaven Demon Puppets, gave Medusa ten puppets as guards, and later found a Nine-Colored Raw Stone in the Flower Sect.
• Xiao Ming returned to Jia Nan Academy and the Jia Ma Empire, met Hu Jia and his family, and found Medusa holding an infant.
• Xiao Ming raided Hall of Souls branches on the Southwest and Northeast Continents and obtained Soul Origin.
• Xiao Ming selected the mass of Soul Origin from the simulation rewards.

Xiao Ming chose a cluster of Soul Origin from the Simulator and stored it for later, then began refining a Chaos Heaven Pill while traveling back toward the Pill Tower. After ten days of work, the pill formed and its Five-Colored Pill Lightning was blocked by his Heaven Demon Puppet.

• Xiao Ming selected a cluster of Soul Origin, recognized that its lingering emotions made it dangerous to absorb recklessly, and stored it in his Na Ring.
• Xiao Ming and his companions encountered a Dragon Claw Red Eagle and used it for their journey.
• Xiao Ming began refining the Chaos Heaven Pill on the eagle’s back, while Xiao Yi Xian and the others guarded him.
• Xiao Ming spent nearly ten days refining the pill, then drew five-colored thunderclouds as the pill formed.
• Xiao Ming sent out the Heaven Demon Puppet, which devoured the first bolt of Pill Lightning and withstood the ensuing barrage until the thunderclouds dispersed.

After refining a five-colored Chaos Heaven Pill, Xiao Ming reassured Medusa that it would safely benefit her unborn child and comforted her as she rested beside Xiao Yi Xian. Back in Holy Pill City, Ye Xinlan told him the Five Great Clans Examination would take place in a month, and Xiao Ming agreed to attend while postponing his Dou Zun breakthrough.

• Xiao Ming captured the Grade 8 pill, dismissed the hidden onlookers with Venerable Tian Huo, and left with his companions.
• Xiao Ming explained that the Chaos Heaven Pill would gently improve Medusa and her unborn child, and Medusa took it before resting in his arms alongside Xiao Yi Xian.
• Half a month later, Xiao Ming and his companions returned to their residence in Holy Pill City, where Ye Xinlan visited him.
• Ye Xinlan told Xiao Ming that the Five Great Clans Examination would be held in one month, and he agreed to attend.
• Xiao Ming decided to focus on raising his Soul Realm for now, delaying his breakthrough to Dou Zun.

Xiao Ming refined the Soul Light Cluster with the White Glass Heart Flame and absorbed its pure Soul Origin to strengthen his soul. After his Soul Pressure spread across Holy Pill City for more than twenty days, it faded as he drew his crystalline soul form back into his forehead.

• Xiao Ming burned away the black impurities and faint consciousness hidden in the Soul Light Cluster.
• Xiao Ming absorbed the purified Soul Origin, causing his soul to develop a crystalline layer and release powerful Soul Fluctuations.
• Alchemists across Holy Pill City felt Xiao Ming's Soul Pressure, and Xuan Kongzi recognized that his soul was nearing the Heavenly Realm.
• For more than twenty days, Alchemists gathered near Xiao Ming's residence to cultivate under the Soul Pressure.
• Xiao Ming's Soul Pressure weakened and disappeared, and he drew his crystalline soul form into his forehead.

Xiao Ming reached the Heavenly Realm in soul power, then spent two days refining the Dou Sheng remains into Dou Sheng Marrow. He left seclusion and accompanied Ye Zhong and Xin Lan to the Five Great Clans Examination, where his participation surprised the Alchemists they encountered.

• Xiao Ming sensed the people outside and within the Pill Tower after his soul advanced to the Heavenly Realm, then told Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa he would remain in seclusion for two days.
• Xiao Ming set aside the jade bones containing the Great Heaven Creation Palm and used the White Glass Heart Flame to temper the Dou Sheng remains.
• After two days, Xiao Ming reduced the remains to ashes and collected several dozen capsules of Dou Sheng Marrow.
• Ye Zhong and Xin Lan waited anxiously for Xiao Ming to emerge, and he joined them to head for the Five Great Clans Examination.
• Alchemists recognized Xiao Ming on the way and were surprised that he would take part in the examination alongside Ye Zhong.

Xiao Ming accompanied the Ye Family to the Five Great Clans Examination, where his presence won the clan respect and made them favorites to pass. As he waited in the hall, Cao Ying approached him and remarked that the Ye Family seemed certain to win.

• Xiao Ming reassured Xin Lan and Ye Zhong that Xin Lan's talent could help the Ye Family in the next examination.
• Onlookers mocked the Ye Family until they recognized Xiao Ming, the Pill Tower elder, among its members.
• The guards respectfully admitted Xiao Ming and the Ye Family, prompting Ye Zhong to hope his clan would regain its former standing.
• Xiao Ming and the Ye Family entered the hall and sat among the front seats reserved for the clans.
• Cao Ying greeted Xiao Ming and asked whether he was representing the Ye Family, saying they seemed poised to take the championship.

Xiao Ming joined the Five Great Clans Examination as the Ye Family’s representative, and Elder Sheng began the first round, Soul Measurement. Cao Ying volunteered to go first and broke the previous record with a Soul Value of 1086.

• Cao Ying congratulated Xiao Ming on reaching the Heavenly Realm and said she would give her all in the competition.
• The five great clans’ contestants entered the arena: Xiao Ming, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Bai Ying, and the Qiu Family’s representative.
• Elder Sheng explained that the first round would measure each contestant’s Soul Value and warned Xiao Ming privately to restrain his power so he would not damage the stele.
• Cao Ying stepped forward first, pressed her hand to the stele, and recorded a Soul Value of 1086.

The Five Great Clans’ Soul Test continued, and Xiao Ming dominated the results with a score of 2830 after deliberately holding back. Elder Sheng declared him the record-breaking first-place finisher, then introduced the next assessment, Soul Control.

• Dan Chen scored 1396, nearly matching Cao Ying’s 1400, while Bai Ying and the Qiu Family contestant passed with scores of 608 and 601.
• Xiao Ming released overwhelming Soul Pressure that forced the spectators and competitors to struggle under its suppression.
• Xiao Ming’s Soul Test score reached 2830, surpassing Cao Ying’s record, though the crowd thought he had held back.
• Elder Sheng announced Xiao Ming as the winner and presented a pitch-black Iron Bead for the upcoming Soul Control assessment.