Chapter Summaries

Lin Yiyi reunited with Gu Mo'er aboard the White Jade Flying Boat and announced that she had become Gu Sujin's disciple. Gu Mo'er voided Yiyi's engagement to Ye Jian but offered to restore it if he defeated a top-ten direct descendant at the coming-of-age ceremony.

• Lin Yiyi rushed toward Gu Mo'er, who stopped her with an invisible force before letting her come close.
• Lin Yiyi told Gu Mo'er that Gu Sujin had accepted her as a disciple, and Gu Mo'er agreed to let her stay by her side.
• Gu Mo'er told the Lin and Ye Family ancestors that Lin Yiyi would remain with her as she returned to the Gu Realm to command the Black Annihilation Army.
• Gu Mo'er declared Lin Yiyi's engagement to Ye Jian void unless he defeated a top-ten direct descendant at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Ye Jian accepted the challenge, and the Ye Family Supreme Elder scolded him afterward while the Lin Family ancestor celebrated.

Red Queen’s reputation as a grandmaster alchemist continued to grow as she traveled with Lin Yiyi to the Black Annihilation Army’s Training Ground. There, she reunited with Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao, while her excitement over introducing Lin Yiyi to the others left Xun’er wary and Zi Yan uneasy.

• Lin Yiyi earned the favor of people in the Gu Realm, including Kurumi, while Red Queen questioned whether she should refine an intelligent Mysterious Pill.
• Red Queen’s fame as a grandmaster alchemist spread through the Gu Realm as Saints sought pills from her.
• Lin Yiyi traveled by White Jade Flying Boat toward the Black Annihilation Army’s Training Ground and marveled at the respect the soldiers showed her.
• Little Seven-colored transformed into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and flew to Red Queen, then shrank down so Red Queen could ride her.
• Red Queen reached the Training Ground and greeted Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao, praising Gu Qingyang’s strength.
• Red Queen spotted Lin Yiyi arriving behind her master and eagerly anticipated the meeting, making Xun’er narrow her eyes and Zi Yan shiver.

Kurumi returned to the Black Annihilation Army’s Training Ground, where Xun’er’s jealousy over Lin Yiyi’s place as her adopted younger sister turned into an affectionate exchange with Kurumi. The encounter ended with Kurumi teasing Xun’er until Red Queen and the others confirmed that she was jealous.

• Zi Yan tried to hide from Xun’er, but Xun’er grabbed her and led her forward while Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao stayed behind, sensing that Xun’er felt challenged.
• Kurumi met Xun’er and told her that Xun’er would always be the most important person in her heart.
• Xun’er asked whether she was the most important person in Kurumi’s heart, and Kurumi answered that she was.
• Kurumi pinched Xun’er’s cheeks and teased her for being jealous, making Xun’er blush and deny it.
• Xun’er asked Red Queen whether she was jealous, and Red Queen, Seven-colored Skinny Snake, and Zi Yan confirmed it before Gu Qingyang coughed to ease the tense atmosphere.

Kurumi decided to go to the dangerous Barren Ancient Region despite Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao’s objections. After the meeting, she kept her plan from the Elder Council and intended to bring Xun'er with her.

• Kurumi continued refining her strength while watching the Gu Clan’s ambitions and the Hun Clan’s schemes from the sidelines.
• Kurumi proposed that she go to the Barren Ancient Region, but Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao objected because of the dangers and her importance to the Gu Clan.
• Kurumi told Gu Yao that her decision did not require his approval, and the meeting ended tensely.
• Gu Qingyang asked Gu Yao not to report Kurumi’s plan to the Elder Council, and Gu Yao agreed.
• Kurumi decided to bring Xun'er with her to the Barren Ancient Region.

Kurumi investigated the blood-robed woman who had killed two Half-Saints and suspected she might be a Reincarnator, so she led a disguised squad into the Barren Ancient Region to draw her out. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian became Xuan Yi’s disciple at the Pill Tower, armed with the child flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

• Kurumi learned that the blood-robed woman had killed two Half-Saints and considered whether she was a Reincarnator or a consequence of Kurumi’s actions.
• Kurumi’s group grew stronger as Little Seven-colored pursued her transformation, Ice Phoenix recovered, Xun'er awakened more of her Divine Bloodline, and Red Queen built her reputation as a treasure-pill grandmaster.
• Kurumi took Lin Lin and his elite squad to Barren Town, where they disguised themselves as adventurers before entering the Barren Ancient Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian formally became Xuan Yi’s disciple after enduring many trials, and her child flame of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame drew attention.

Xun'er broke through to Four-star Dou Zun while the Black Annihilation squad fought its way through the Barren Ancient Region. After Kurumi battled a powerful python bull, a blood-red-robed woman found and consumed a drop of her Divine Bloodline, rejecting a mission to submit it.

• Xun'er killed a magical beast near the High-level Dou Zun level, and Kurumi praised her as they fled approaching roars.
• Xun'er broke through during an attack by swamp carrion insects, and the squad fought off the swarm and an arriving magical beast.
• After two months of fighting and a week of rest, the squad continued deeper into the Barren Ancient Region and hunted there for half a year.
• Kurumi defeated a six-star Dou Zun-level python bull, stored its body, and rushed after the Black Annihilation squad.
• A blood-red-robed woman found a drop of Kurumi's Divine Bloodline, refused the mission to submit it, and licked up the blood.

Shang Xiaoxiao and Liu Mu’s group approached the edge of the Barren Ancient Region, but Kurumi’s squad found them after Zi Yan sensed a rare treasure. Kurumi took two maps from them and led the squad toward a Dou Sheng dwelling, while Luo Yunling arrived at the site afterward and wondered whether she had been discovered.

• Shang Xiaoxiao privately recalled that she had entered the Barren Ancient Region to obtain an ancient scroll and a Thousand-Year Soul-Returning Flower, and that she had deceived Liu Mu and the servants to pursue an Ancient Dou Sheng inheritance.
• A scout warned Liu Mu that a grove ahead had been destroyed and that even Dou Zun magical beasts had been killed and stripped of their magic cores.
• Zi Yan sensed a rare treasure near the ruined grove, so Gu Mo'er agreed to investigate and the Black Annihilation Army squad flew there.
• Lin Lin destroyed the sand ants and brought Liu Mu and Shang Xiaoxiao to the squad, where Kurumi searched their souls and burned them away before taking their two ancient maps.
• Kurumi identified one map as leading to a Dou Sheng tomb dwelling and set off with the squad for its location deep in the Barren Ancient Region.
• Luo Yunling emerged from torn space half a month later, sensed the lingering bloodline aura of a main-line descendant, and wondered whether someone had discovered her.

After two years exploring the ancient tomb, Kurumi and her companions collected its treasures and inheritance before preparing to leave. Xun'er wondered whether they had forgotten something, while Zi Yan was left behind inside the collapsing tomb.

• Kurumi and her companions finished collecting the tomb's treasures, while Xun'er read ancient accounts and Zi Yan secretly pocketed valuables.
• After several Black Annihilation Army soldiers failed to claim the inheritance, Kurumi let each squad member choose one technique or Dou Skill and ordered them not to share the copies outside the army.
• Kurumi removed and preserved the patterned dome before the tomb began collapsing, then she and Xun'er escaped through space to join the waiting squad and Red Queen.
• Xun'er asked Kurumi whether they had forgotten something, while Zi Yan rushed into the empty main hall and shouted angrily at Gu Mo'er.

After escaping a Half-Saint’s attack with Gu Yuan’s protective strike, Kurumi and her companions returned to the Gu Clan, where the Elder Council confined her and Xun’er. During their long stay, the group grew stronger, and Kurumi reached nine-star Dou Zun, poised to begin her nine turns to sainthood.

• Zi Yan broke through to Dou Zun, and her heightened perception of natural treasures helped the team explore the Barren Ancient Region.
• After the Gu Clan ordered Gu Mo'er and Gu Xun'er to return, Kurumi abandoned treasure hunting, but a Nine-turn Dou Zun later attacked and was killed by Kurumi.
• A blood-clad Half-Saint ambushed the team, so Luo Yunling used a Main God item to flee while Xun’er's Jade Pendant summoned Gu Yuan’s projection to strike the attacker.
• The team reached Barren Town and returned to the Gu Clan, where the Elder Council confined Gu Mo'er and Gu Xun'er and reprimanded Lin Lin.
• During the long confinement, Xun’er, Zi Yan, Ice Phoenix, Red Pill Grandmaster, and Lin Yiyi made progress, while Kurumi reached nine-star Dou Zun and prepared to attempt nine turns to sainthood.

Kurumi traveled toward Holy Pill City for the alchemy gathering while wondering how Xiao Yi Xian had prospered without meeting Xiao Yan. Xun'er learned that Xiao Yi Xian had received a fragment of the Gu Clan's inherited flame from Kurumi and grew jealous, though Kurumi remained unaware of her feelings.

• Kurumi used Red Queen and the magic-pattern network to model why Xiao Yi Xian's fortune had improved without meeting Xiao Yan.
• Kurumi lifted her confinement order and set out for Holy Pill City aboard the White Jade Flying Boat, leaving Little Seven-colored behind to cultivate.
• Kurumi considered the rumors surrounding Xiao Yan and worried that his growing fortune could affect anyone who stayed near him.
• Zi Yan and Red Queen played a destructive game around the flying boat while Xun'er read an ancient miscellany.
• Xun'er learned that Xiao Yi Xian was Xuan Yi's prized disciple and possessed a fragment of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame that Kurumi had given her.
• Xun'er became jealous of Xiao Yi Xian and other young men around Kurumi, while Kurumi sensed something was wrong but did not understand why.

Kurumi and the Gu Clan party arrived in Holy Pill City for the upcoming Pill Gathering, where the Pill Tower’s three giants welcomed Red Queen and the visiting geniuses. Xiao Yi Xian watched Kurumi and Xun’er, while Lin Lin’s flirtation earned him a few days off before the gathering.

• Kurumi arrived near Holy Pill City with the Gu Clan party, and Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi came out to welcome them and Red Queen.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Kurumi and Xun’er exchange a knowing smile, while Xuan Yi noticed their subtle tension and took an interest in Lin Lin.
• Kurumi and Xuan Kongzi chatted as Tian Leizi led Red Queen away to discuss alchemy, then Xuan Kongzi invited the group into the Pill Tower.
• Later, Kurumi and Xun’er found Lin Lin chatting with a young alchemist, and Xun’er told him to return when the Pill Gathering began after taking a few days off.
• Xiao Yi Xian stood quietly outside the Pill Tower in her moon-white robe.

At the Pill Tower, Liu Wu tried to confess to Xiao Yi Xian but faltered, and she sent him away with a teasing remark. Kurumi reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and introduced her younger sister Xun'er, whose frosty reaction left Xiao Yi Xian sensing that she disliked her.

• Liu Wu approached Xiao Yi Xian at the Pill Tower with a Purple Forget-Sorrow Flower, while Kurumi and Xun'er watched from nearby.
• Liu Wu froze under Xiao Yi Xian's gaze until someone reminded him through a voice transmission to present the flower.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized the flower's medicinal value, suspected Liu Wu had been set up, and told him to return after curing his stutter.
• Kurumi teased Xun'er about prompting Liu Wu, then joked with her about Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Kurumi and Xun'er on the high platform, and Kurumi introduced Xun'er as her younger sister and Xiao Yi Xian's friend's sister.
• Xun'er gave Xiao Yi Xian a cold greeting, and Xiao Yi Xian sensed that Xun'er did not like her.

Xiao Yi Xian recounted how her Calamity Poison Body awakened, drove her into conflict and flight, and eventually led her to inherit the Poison Pill Venerable’s legacy. She had reached the Pill Region and reunited with Kurumi and Xun'er in Holy Pill City.

• Kurumi noticed Xiao Yi Xian’s gray hair and asked whether her Poison Body had erupted, then Xun'er led them to a teahouse to talk.
• Xiao Yi Xian described traveling from the Magical Beast Mountain Range and struggling to enter the inheritance in her sea of consciousness or practice alchemy.
• In the Chu Yun Empire, Xiao Yi Xian consumed poison to gain strength, established the Poison Sect, and survived a sect war when Negative Energy spread through the empire.
• After traveling through the Black Corner Region, Xiao Yi Xian searched for Kurumi at Jia Nan Academy, then continued toward Central Plains and was hunted after killing a great sect’s young master.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body erupted during a battle with the sect’s Supreme Elder, and she later killed the people who forced her into the Poison Pill Venerable’s tomb.
• Xiao Yi Xian obtained the Poison Pill Venerable’s inheritance, changed her identity, studied alchemy, and eventually arrived in the Pill Region.

Kurumi and Xun'er watched the Pill Assembly in Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan competed among the prominent young alchemists. As the competition began, Kurumi approved Red Queen's plan to intervene despite Xiao Yi Xian's slim odds of defeating Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yi Xian described the hardships of mastering alchemy and enduring the pain of treating her Calamity Poison Body.
• Holy Pill City filled with visitors as the Pill Assembly approached, and Kurumi, Xun'er, and Red Queen took seats among the distinguished guests.
• Kurumi and Xun'er encountered Xiao Yan, who had joined the Ye Family as an outside helper and intended to protect their standing in the Five Great Families.
• Kurumi reviewed her research into talent and time before the Pill Assembly officially began, with Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan among its most watched competitors.
• Red Queen warned Kurumi that Xiao Yi Xian had little chance of defeating Xiao Yan, but Kurumi told her to proceed with their plan.

The Pill Assembly intensified as Xiao Yi Xian refined under Red Queen’s covert guidance while Xiao Yan and other competitors worked to complete their pills. Pill lightning appeared above Elder Mu Gu and Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian entered the pill-condensing stage, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Xiao Yi Xian’s precise pill-refining technique drew attention from the Pill Tower’s experts, who praised her after Red Queen did.
• Several alchemists made mistakes under the pressure of the competition, and their exploding cauldrons disrupted nearby competitors.
• An alchemist from one of the Five Great Families produced pill lightning, increasing the pressure on Xiao Yi Xian.
• Red Queen secretly guided Xiao Yi Xian through the demonic pattern network and helped her stabilize her golden flame.
• Kurumi recognized the alchemist producing pill lightning as Elder Mu Gu of the Hall of Souls.
• Pill lightning appeared above Xiao Yan as Xiao Yi Xian entered the pill-condensing stage.

At the Pill Assembly, Xiao Yan raised his pill to five-colored lightning and drove Mu Gu away, but Xiao Yi Xian refined a pill with six-colored lightning and won the championship. Kurumi monitored both contestants through the magic-pattern network while wondering how taking Xiao Yan’s expected victory might affect their luck.

• Mu Gu finished first and endured four-colored pill lightning, then Xiao Yan used Yao Lao’s Spirit-Raising Art to raise his pill to five-colored lightning and complete it.
• The Ye Family celebrated Xiao Yan’s success as Mu Gu tried to destroy the assembly, but the Pill Tower’s venerables drove him away.
• Kurumi secretly accelerated the magic-pattern network while Xiao Yi Xian began refining her pill with Red Queen’s guidance.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s pill clouds grew to six colors, and she opened her cauldron as six-colored pill lightning descended.
• Xiao Yi Xian won the Pill Assembly championship, surprising even her master, Xuan Yi, while Kurumi observed her and Xiao Yan through the network.

Kurumi reflected on how the Plane Consciousness used fortune to guide protagonists and supporting characters, and how Gu Mo'er and Xiao Yi Xian had gained enough fortune to disrupt Xiao Yan’s destined path. With Xiao Yi Xian winning the Pill Gathering, Gu Mo'er’s character setup could now challenge for the title of Child of Fortune and pursue the Dou Emperor realm.

• Kurumi reasoned that Yao Chen’s misfortunes began after Xiao Yan received the ring, as fortune shifted toward Xiao Yan and made others supporting characters in his story.
• The Plane Consciousness grew suspicious as Gu Mo'er repeatedly obtained Heavenly Flames and other gains, then increased her fortune after she helped bring down Plague.
• Kurumi’s assistance helped Xiao Yi Xian gain fortune, and the Plane Consciousness began arranging opportunities for her after she established the main plot at the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yi Xian met Gu Mo'er, Gu Xun'er, and Red Queen through the Pill Gathering, and Red Queen’s help became another product of fortune.
• Xiao Yi Xian won the Pill Gathering championship over Xiao Yan, and Kurumi concluded that Gu Mo'er could now contend for the Child of Fortune role and pursue the Dou Emperor realm.

Xiao Yi Xian subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Kurumi brought Xiao Yan along toward the eastern region and tried to wait for trouble that might increase her fortune. The White Jade Flying Boat’s journey was interrupted when distant space suddenly shattered.

• Xiao Yi Xian used Zi Yan’s help to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, increasing her fortune and Gu Mo’er’s as well.
• Xiao Yan gave up on obtaining a Heavenly Flame and decided to travel east to support Xiao Ning at the Illusion Rainbow Sect’s Saintess coronation ceremony.
• Kurumi agreed to let Xiao Yan travel with her, then had Red Queen advise them to wait for a chance to gain fortune.
• Kurumi confiscated Xun’er’s ancient miscellanies and supervised her cultivation, then gave the finished books to Xiao Yan, who became absorbed in reading them.
• After Red Queen explained that Kurumi’s fortune had affected Xiao Yan, distant space suddenly shattered near the White Jade Flying Boat.

Kurumi and the White Jade Flying Boat survived a spatial fracture, where Luo Yunling devoured a Yao Clan Half-Saint. Kurumi used the Jade Pendant’s Saint-level aura to intimidate Luo Yunling into retreating, then returned to the cabin with Xun'er.

• Spatial fragments battered the White Jade Flying Boat, and Red Queen’s magic-pattern network kept its barrier from failing.
• Luo Yunling emerged from the fractured space and killed the Yao Clan Half-Saint by draining his blood, flesh, soul, and Dou Di Bloodline with her hair.
• Kurumi and the others prepared to fight Luo Yunling, while Kurumi raised the Jade Pendant and projected its Saint-level aura.
• Luo Yunling recognized Kurumi as a likely bearer of a similar Jade Pendant and fled through a spatial rift.
• Kurumi confirmed Luo Yunling had escaped, then returned to the cabin with Xun'er as the Jade Pendant’s simulated aura vanished.

Kurumi tested Red Queen’s upgraded Flame Mantra by extracting her Heavenly Flames and rebuilding the technique from scratch. The process left her weakened, but she restored the flames and reached five-transformations Dou Zun with a high-grade Heaven-tier technique.

• Red Queen reported that Xiao Yan had blown up another cauldron while trying to refine a seventh-tier pill for Xiao Ning’s coronation, and he decided to pause and cultivate.
• The White Jade Flying Boat attracted several waves of would-be bandits, but Kurumi stopped Xiao Yan from intervening.
• Red Queen explained her reverse-engineering and improvements to the Flame Mantra, which Kurumi trusted her to test.
• Kurumi severed her connection to the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and extracted her Heavenly Flames one by one, causing her cultivation and the Flame Mantra’s grade to plummet.
• Kurumi circulated Red Queen’s upgraded Flame Mantra, restored the Green Lotus Core Flame and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and reached five-transformations Dou Zun with a high-grade Heaven-tier technique.