Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming began purifying the Evil Tree Spirit in the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space, risking his soul to gain half of the spirit and a chance to reach the Emperor Realm. Outside, Elder Tong Xuan concluded that Gu Yun had likely died and withdrew the Ancient Clan’s people, leaving the plain quiet.

• Xiao Ming learned that the Evil Tree Spirit could contest control of the Bodhi Ancient Tree and agreed to purify it in exchange for half of its spirit.
• Xiao Ming used his Heavenly Flames to purify the Evil Tree Spirit, resisting its illusions while the Bodhi Ancient Tree replenished his energy and suppressed the spirit.
• Elder Tong Xuan recovered enough to tell Gu Qing Yang that Gu Yun had likely met with disaster.
• Elder Tong Xuan sent the Ancient Clan’s people away and decided they should send a message to the Heavenly Court instead of inviting Xiao Ming to the Ancient Clan.
• The remaining visitors departed or were collected by their allies, and the plain returned to tranquility.

Xiao Ming received half of the purified Bodhi Ancient Tree Spirit’s power and entered the vast Soul Ocean within it to strengthen his soul. He used Heavenly Flames to refine the Soul Power as his soul steadily approached the Emperor Realm.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree purified the Evil Tree Spirit into a green crystal halo and divided it, absorbing one portion and giving the other to Xiao Ming.
• Xiao Ming thanked the Bodhi Ancient Tree and stepped into the crystal halo, where he found an immense ocean of Soul Power.
• Xiao Ming summoned a massive soul phantom and spread Heavenly Flames across it to refine the Soul Power surging from the ocean.
• The Soul Ocean formed a vast vortex and sent pillars of soul water crashing into Xiao Ming’s burning phantom, while his soul grew increasingly powerful.

Xiao Ming broke through to an Emperor Realm Soul with the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s help and prepared to leave its space. The tree refused to go with him, but awakened the sapling’s sentience before sending Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin outside, where Xiao Ming set out for the Heavenly Court.

• Xiao Ming emerged from his breakthrough with an Emperor Realm Soul, greatly increasing his strength and comprehension.
• Xiao Ming told Zi Yan and Qing Lin that two and a half months had passed and that they should leave the Tree Spirit Space.
• Xiao Ming asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to leave with them, but it refused and awakened the Bodhi Tree Sapling’s sentience instead.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin outside, then sank underground and disappeared.
• Xiao Ming put away the sapling, tore open space, and led Zi Yan and Qing Lin toward the Heavenly Court.

Xiao Ming returned to his family after exploring the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then spent the next six months supporting the Heavenly Court and the Xiao Family. His second daughter was born, and the chapter ended with an invitation from the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Ming returned to the Pill Realm and gave Medusa a Bodhi Heart to help her break through to Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ming decided the Heavenly Court would hold the Pill Gathering as scheduled, and news of the event spread across the continent.
• Xiao Ming gave a Bodhi Heart to Elder Huo, and Zi Yan gave hers to Su Qian.
• Xiao Ming selected Xiao Shan and two other Xiao Family Members to receive Bodhi Hearts, and created a cultivation space in Wu Tan City.
• Over the next six months, Xiao Ming reached Six Star Dou Sheng Mid-stage, and Xiao Yi Xian safely gave birth to another daughter.
• A few days after his daughter's birth, Xiao Ming received an Invitation Letter from the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Ming received an invitation from the Ancient Clan and suspected they were investigating the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Spirit Clan. Before deciding whether to visit the Ancient Realm, he traveled with Zi Yan to the Void Thunder Pool to cultivate amid the Black Demonic Lightning.

• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ming that the Ancient Clan had sent him an invitation to enter the Ancient Realm, and Xiao Ming suspected they wanted to investigate the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Ming postponed deciding whether to visit the Ancient Realm and asked Xuan Kongzi about the medicinal ingredients gathered for his pills.
• Xuan Kongzi reported that Heavenly Court had collected ingredients for ten batches of Mysterious Pills and three batches of Golden Pills, and Xiao Ming asked him to deliver them.
• The day after receiving the ingredients, Xiao Ming left Holy Pill City with Zi Yan and traveled through the Void Space to the Void Thunder Pool.
• Xiao Ming led Zi Yan into the Black Demonic Lightning at the depths of the pool, using his Emperor Realm Soul and lightning control to clear a path.

Xiao Ming and Zi Yan entered the Void Thunder Pool to awaken the sentience of a powerful Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon by drawing Spirit Qi to it. The dragon began to gain vitality amid violent backlash, while Black Demonic Lightning sacrificed itself to help it endure, leaving it increasingly weak.

• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan found the Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon deep in the Void Thunder Pool, and Xiao Ming dispersed its attack with Soul Power.
• Xiao Ming gathered dense Spirit Qi around the dragon, then withdrew with Zi Yan to encourage it to awaken sentience.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon began forming intelligence, but violent explosions from within its body weakened it and repeatedly disrupted its growing vitality.
• Countless Black Demonic Lightning bolts rushed into the dragon to ease the backlash, strengthening its vitality while its golden body grew dimmer.

Xiao Ming extracted the dangerous power from Nine Profound Golden Lightning and helped it successfully form a spirit. He then returned with Zi Yan to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, where news of Zhu Kun’s survival stirred the elders and prompted several of them to leave Dragon Island.

• Xiao Ming entered the Sea of Lightning and offered to help Nine Profound Golden Lightning gather a spirit in exchange for its power.
• Xiao Ming extracted Nine Profound Golden Lightning’s destructive energy, sealed it, and had Ling swallow it.
• Xiao Ming infused Nine Profound Golden Lightning with Spirit Qi, and the weakened dragon successfully gained intelligence.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, where Zi Yan told the elders that Zhu Kun was alive.
• Zi Yan allowed several elders from Zhu Kun’s era to visit him, and they returned showing interest in seizing the Ancient Tuoshe Jade.

Xiao Ming began refining a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, using the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s ingredients and the Thunder Tribulation Golden Liquid. After crushing the Golden Thunder Dragon and combining its liquid with over ten thousand medicinal ingredients, he started the lengthy fusion process while Zi Yan guarded him.

• Zi Yan brought Xiao Ming the medicinal ingredients he needed and agreed to keep others from disturbing him.
• Xiao Ming summoned the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and used his Emperor Realm Soul to seize and crush it into Thunder Tribulation Golden Liquid.
• Zi Yan withdrew to guard Xiao Ming as Ancient Void Dragon elders watched his alchemy from a nearby peak.
• Xiao Ming gathered the golden liquid and over ten thousand medicinal ingredients in a giant Fire Cauldron, refining the ingredients into medicinal essences.
• Xiao Ming began fusing the essences with the Thunder Tribulation Golden Liquid and closed his eyes to wait through the one or two months of refinement.

Xiao Ming completed a Ninth Grade Mysterious Thunder Tribulation Pill and consumed it to advance from Six-Star Dou Sheng to Middle-Stage Seven Star Dou Sheng. He left the chapter confident that his strength now let him trade blows with Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan.

• Xiao Ming finished refining the Thunder Tribulation Pill and used his Soul Power to suppress its pill lightning and capture it when it tried to flee.
• Xiao Ming swallowed the pill, and its violent lightning energy surged through his body before Black Flame refined it into pure Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ming’s breakthrough caused a Heaven and Earth Energy Tide to gather over the mountain peak for ten days, astonishing the nearby Ancient Void Dragons.
• Xiao Ming emerged from the crater after the tide dissipated and confirmed that he had reached Middle-Stage Seven Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ming judged that his strength could now let him exchange a few moves with Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan.

After breaking through to Early Eight-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Ming completed another six months of secluded pill refinement and kept three Ninth Grade Mysterious Pills. Meanwhile, Zi Yan learned that the Stone Clan had vanished like the Spirit Clan, and the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan suspected the Ancient Clan or Soul Clan while hoping a hidden mastermind might still lead them to the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Xiao Ming refined pills for six more months, consumed one Mysterious Pill, and reached Early Eight-Star Dou Sheng before stopping because his body had developed resistance.
• Zi Yan returned to the Ancient Dragon Clan's Deliberation Hall, where the elders discussed the Stone Clan's disappearance.
• Zhu Li reported that the Stone Realm was lifeless and that investigators had found no trace of the vanished clansmen.
• Zhu Li and the other elders suspected the Ancient Clan or Soul Clan had orchestrated the disappearances of the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan.
• Zhu Xun argued that a mastermind behind the disappearances might still possess the missing Tou She Ancient God Jade, easing the elders' concern about rescuing the Old Dragon Emperor.

Xiao Ming told the Ancient Void Dragon Clan that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Stone Clan and warned them about its overwhelming strength. The elders agreed not to warn the other Ancient Races, instead preparing to reap benefits when conflict began.

• Xiao Ming arrived at the Council Hall, and Zhu Xun and the elders realized he had likely broken through to Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Ming that the Stone Clan had been destroyed, and he identified the Soul Clan as the culprit.
• Xiao Ming explained the Soul Clan’s pursuit of the Tou She Ancient God Jade and revealed its formidable fighters, alarming the elders.
• Xiao Ming promised to support the effort to rescue the Old Dragon Emperor and reassured the elders that he could face a weaker Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• An elder suggested warning the other Ancient Races, but Xiao Ming said they would not believe him and proposed waiting to reap benefits when they fought.

Xiao Ming gave the Ancient Void Dragon Clan three Ninth Grade Mysterious Pills, promised to marry Zi Yan after rescuing her father, and returned to Heavenly Court. There, he learned that the Yao Clan, Thunder Clan, and Flame Clan had formed an alliance after the Stone Clan vanished, while the Hall of Souls and Soul Clan remained shrouded in mystery; the Pill Gathering was approaching.

• Xiao Ming gave Zi Yan three Ninth Grade Mysterious Pills to distribute among the Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts.
• Xiao Ming told Zi Yan he would marry her after her father was rescued, then left for Heavenly Court as Zi Yan happily accepted his promise.
• Xiao Ming returned to Heavenly Court, where its leaders briefed him on the Central Plains situation and the Stone Clan's destruction.
• The Yao Clan, Thunder Clan, and Flame Clan formed the Three Clans Alliance and began investigating the Stone Clan's space.
• Heavenly Court searched for the mastermind behind the Stone Clan's disappearance, suspecting the Soul Clan, but found no useful intelligence about the Hall of Souls or Soul Clan.
• Heavenly Court reported that the Pill Gathering was the next major event.

Holy Pill City gathered for the start of the Pill Gathering, where alchemists would compete for the chance to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and earn the champion's glory. Xiao Ming appeared with Heavenly Court's leaders as Xuan Kongzi welcomed the contestants and began explaining the competition's stages.

• Holy Pill City filled with alchemists and spectators as factions arrived hoping to claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Ming donned his Pill Tower Alchemist robe and left with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others for the gathering.
• Spectators discussed the rewards for the top ten and champion, along with rumors of Xiao Ming's alchemical skill.
• Xiao Ming and Heavenly Court's leaders appeared on the stone platform, prompting cheers from the crowd.
• Xuan Kongzi welcomed the alchemists and began outlining the Pill Gathering's three stages.

Xuan Kongzi announced the Pill Gathering’s trials and the rewards awaiting its champion before sending the contestants into the Soul Illusion Realm. As the competition began, Xiao Ming told the Heavenly Court leaders that he would take the Three Thousand Burning Flame if no one else subdued it.

• Xiao Ming spotted Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Ye Xinlan among the contestants and noted that Cao Ying and Dan Chen had reached the Ling Realm while Ye Xinlan had earned a Seven-Star Badge.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the top ten contestants could attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Starry Sky Flame and that the champion would receive major honors, an ancient Soul Cultivation Technique, and guidance from a Ninth Grade Grandmaster.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the Soul Illusion Realm, and contestants above Fifth Rank rushed into the first stage of the Pill Gathering.
• Xuan Kongzi, Dan Leizi, and Xuan Yi discussed the older-generation contestants and the younger alchemists’ chances of subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Ming said he would take the Three Thousand Burning Flame if no one else subdued it, and the Heavenly Court leaders accepted his offer before leaving the platform.

Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Hall of Souls’ accumulated Soul Origins and reached the Emperor Realm Soul. Hun Tiandi then prepared to advance the Soul Clan’s plan against the Yao and Flame Clans while promising Nihility Devouring Flame the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Nihility Devouring Flame consumed nearly a hundred Soul Origin light clusters and broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Hun Tiandi congratulated Nihility Devouring Flame, who said his new strength made him the continent’s third strongest expert.
• Hun Tiandi proposed that they lead forces to destroy the Yao Clan and Flame Clan after the Soul Clan recovered, then seek the Embryonic Emperor Pill in Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reminded Hun Tiandi of their agreement to help him obtain the Cave Mansion’s contents and suitable Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Tiandi dismissed an immediate attack on Xiao Ming’s Heavenly Court and promised to personally obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in two days.
• After Hun Tiandi departed, Nihility Devouring Flame resolved to devour the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and pursue the Dou Di realm.

Hun Tiandi forced open the Demonic Flame Space with a formation, bringing the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s emergence to Xiao Ming’s attention. Xiao Ming revealed that he had advanced to Eight-Star Dou Sheng and set out with the Great Elder and others to confront Hun Tiandi.

• Hun Tiandi placed blood-colored flags around the distorted space and activated the Sen Luo Reversal Two Forms Formation, opening a crack into the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Ming and his companions sensed a distant burst of heat, and Xiao Ming identified it as the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s emergence.
• The Great Elder and other Dou Sheng arrived, and Xiao Ming revealed that Hun Tiandi, a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, was at the place where the Demonic Flame descended.
• Xiao Ming announced that he had advanced to Eight-Star Dou Sheng and assured the others that Hun Tiandi would not take the Demonic Flame.
• Xiao Ming left with the Great Elder and the others to confront Hun Tiandi after reassuring Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.

Xiao Ming reached the Place Where the Demonic Flame Descends with the Pill Tower Ancestor and several Dou Sheng, then entered the Demonic Flame Space ahead of them. After dispelling the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s illusion, he found no sign of Hun Tiandi and hurried off to find Xiao Chen.

• Xiao Ming and the Great Elder’s group arrived at the magma sea created by the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor joined them and warned that the flame could exploit emotions to ignite demonic flames within a person.
• Xiao Ming entered the milky white ring leading into the Demonic Flame Space, and the others followed after hearing the warning.
• Xiao Ming absorbed the flames seeping into his body, dispelling the illusion and revealing a bank of milky white mist.
• Seeing no sign of Hun Tiandi, Xiao Ming rushed toward the edge of the mist to search for Xiao Chen.

Xiao Ming followed the Fire Slaves through the gates and reached the Magma Sea, where he found Hun Tiandi fighting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Hun Tiandi revealed that Xiao Ming had intervened to save the flame, then recognized the dead Blood Axe Xiao Chen beside him.

• Xiao Ming passed through the white gate with the Fire Slaves and reached the Magma Sea.
• Hun Tiandi attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who used Demonic Flame Refining Heaven and the Fire Slaves' energy to withstand the assault.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that Xiao Ming had helped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame survive and asked why the Heavenly Court Alliance Leader had come out so soon.
• Hun Tiandi recognized the shriveled corpse beside Xiao Ming as Blood Axe Xiao Chen and recalled his history with the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Ming saw Xiao Chen’s soul emerge and learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had activated the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to challenge Hun Tiandi. As the Purifying Demonic Saint prepared to awaken and take over Xiao Ming’s body, Hun Tiandi launched a deadly attack on the Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Chen’s soul appeared beside Xiao Ming and angrily confronted Hun Tiandi, while Xiao Ming considered how he could restore Xiao Chen.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation and boasted that he could use it to rule the Demonic Flame Space.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame asked Xiao Ming to join forces against Hun Tiandi, but Xiao Ming refused and heard the Purifying Demonic Saint ask to borrow his body.
• Xiao Ming put away Xiao Chen’s body and soul, and Hun Tiandi attacked the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with the Finger of Death God.

Hun Tiandi's attack failed to harm Xiao Ming, whose body was protected by the Purifying Demonic Saint's remnant. The Saint seized control of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation and trapped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then turned his attention to Hun Tiandi.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame used the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to attack Hun Tiandi's Finger of Death, but Hun Tiandi destroyed the formation's beams and struck him.
• Xiao Ming emerged unharmed beside the disheveled Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Hun Tiandi realized the Purifying Demonic Saint's remnant had appeared over Xiao Ming's body.
• The Purifying Demonic Saint confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, who accused him of sealing him and laughed at his death.
• The Purifying Demonic Saint took control of the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, preventing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from using it.
• The Purifying Demonic Saint trapped the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame inside a prison of flaming pillars and turned toward Hun Tiandi.