Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan brought Old Man Shennong to the Small Pill Tower and proposed that he become its second Tower Master. When the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived, Yan Qingshan revealed he had obtained the treasure needed to restore the Pill Realm, and the group set off to reclaim the Pill Tower’s true foundation.

• Yan Qingshan led Old Man Shennong through the Small Pill Tower and introduced him to its Elder Council as his candidate for the vacant Tower Master position.
• The Grand Elder agreed that Old Man Shennong was qualified but said the Pill Tower Ancestor needed to discuss the appointment.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor arrived the next day in the form of a child riding a green ox and praised Yan Qingshan for bringing Old Man Shennong to the Pill Tower.
• Old Man Shennong said Yan Qingshan had given him hope of restoring the Pill Realm and advancing to Seven Star Dou Saint.
• Yan Qingshan revealed a legendary plant he had obtained to stabilize the Pill Realm and urged the group to restore it before other factions could interfere.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor agreed, and he transported the group directly to the Pill Realm.

Yan Qingshan, Old Man Shennong, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree stabilized the ruined Pill Realm, after which Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian entered seclusion within the tree. Two years later, Yan Qingshan had not emerged, while the Pill Tower expanded its strength amid growing conflicts across the Central Plains.

• Yan Qingshan brought the Bodhi Ancient Tree to the Pill Realm, and Old Man Shennong worked with it to gather and suppress the realm’s violent energy.
• Old Man Shennong planted a spiritual seed that stabilized the Pill Realm, and the realm’s spiritual energy gathered around him as he entered a cocoon-like state.
• Yan Qingshan asked the Pill Tower Ancestor to oversee the Pill Tower, then entered seclusion inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Two years passed without Yan Qingshan emerging, while Qingling sensed that an aura within the tree was undergoing a profound transformation.
• The Hun Clan and the other Imperial Clans sent young experts into conflicts across the Central Plains, destabilizing many factions.
• The Pill Tower welcomed experts seeking refuge and medicinal pills, rapidly increasing its strength while the Pill Region remained relatively stable.

After two years in seclusion within the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Yan Qingshan broke through to the Dou Saint realm and found a way to control his four Heavenly Flames by separating two into avatars and merging the other two. He learned that the Imperial Clans remained in a tense standoff, with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Hun Clan’s actions threatening to bring greater conflict.

• Yan Qingshan emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree as a Dou Saint and demonstrated his ability to condense space into a deadly pearl.
• Yan Qingshan revealed that he had made the Fallen Heart Flame and Three Thousand Burning Flame into avatars, while merging the Green Lotus Core Flame and Flame of Life within his body.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor appeared and told Yan Qingshan that his companions had helped maintain the Pill Tower during his two-year seclusion.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor reported that the Hun Clan and Gu Clan had not gone to war, though their confrontation over the Ling Clan remained unresolved.
• Yan Qingshan learned that the Imperial Clans were holding back because they coveted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while the Hun Clan concealed the threat of its inherited Tunling Clan abilities.

Yan Qingshan learned that the Central Plains had become a battlefield for the ancient Imperial Clans and decided to force their experts to follow rules he would establish. His calling cards reached Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Xun'er warned the gathered representatives that Yan Qingshan was domineering and dangerous to oppose.

• Yan Qingshan left the Pill Realm after speaking with the Pill Tower Ancestor, while Xiao Yi Xian remained in seclusion inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Qingling gave Yan Qingshan intelligence showing that the Soul Clan and the other Imperial Clans had turned the Central Plains into a battlefield, with their younger experts leading the fighting.
• Yan Qingshan resolved to reorganize the Central Plains and sent calling cards to Imperial Clan experts, declaring that he would visit them to discuss ending the chaos.
• Cao Ying worried that Yan Qingshan was provoking the Imperial Clans, but he said the Pill Tower had grown strong enough to withstand their response.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Old Ya and the gathered representatives discussed Yan Qingshan's calling card, and Xiao Xun'er warned Lei Dong and the others not to underestimate him.

Yan Qingshan visited Starfall Pavilion as Danta’s representative while the Gu, Yan, and Yao Clans debated how to respond to his plans to suppress the Central Plains. At the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Hun Feng chose to oppose Danta while Hun Yu urged patience; Yan Qingshan’s visit ended with him addressing Yao Ling directly.

• Gu Qingyang confirmed that Yan Qingshan had defeated him with a single glance, and Huo Xuan urged the gathered clans to meet Yan Qingshan before deciding what to do.
• At the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Hun Feng decided they must not let Danta interfere, while Hun Yu said they should wait for now.
• Yan Qingshan entered the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and revealed Starfall Pavilion’s hidden location with a trace of starlight.
• Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, Xiao Xun'er, and other Starfall Pavilion guests came out to greet Yan Qingshan.
• Yan Qingshan greeted Xiao Xun'er, then addressed Yao Ling as the Yao Clan member most likely to reach the Emperor Realm Soul, prompting suspicious looks from the others.

Yan Qingshan exposed Yao Ling’s rare soul potential and defeated Yao Tian in front of the gathered Imperial Clans. When Yao Tian retaliated with the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, Yan Qingshan’s flame avatars overwhelmed him, drawing the other clans into the fight.

• Yao Tian defended his sister Yao Ling after Yan Qingshan praised her potential and revealed that her soul might reach the Emperor Realm.
• Yao Tian attacked Yan Qingshan with a vast soul wave, but Yan Qingshan crushed it and struck him down with a powerful soul fist.
• Yao Tian rose, enraged, and summoned the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame to attack Yan Qingshan.
• Yan Qingshan summoned his Fallen Heart Flame and Three Thousand Burning Flame avatars, and Fallen Heart Flame’s serpent nearly dispersed Yao Tian’s fire spirit.
• Yao Ling and other Imperial Clan experts intervened as the fire serpent pursued Yao Tian, while Three Thousand Burning Flame clashed with the Yan Clan’s flame manifestations.

Yan Qingshan demonstrated his overwhelming strength by suppressing the Yan Clan’s Heavenly Flames and defeating Lei Dong and nine Lei Clan experts. His victory left the Imperial Clans unwilling to challenge him for the time being.

• Yan Qingshan’s Three Thousand Burning Flame avatar overpowered Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi’s combined Heavenly Flames, while his true body turned toward the Lei Clan.
• Yan Qingshan dismissed Lei Dong’s Black Demonic Lightning, prompting Lei Dong, Lei Yun, and eight other Lei Clan experts to attack together.
• The Lei Clan’s Thunder Dragon Kill failed to harm Yan Qingshan, who remained standing amid the attack’s impact.
• Lei Dong charged Yan Qingshan with a lightning spear and used Demonic Thunder Meteor, but Yan Qingshan stopped the strike with his palm and sent him flying.
• Yan Qingshan’s victory intimidated the Imperial Clans, and even the Gu Clan accepted the result without challenging him.

Yan Qingshan confronted the Soul Clan and Heavenly Underworld Sect at Heavenly Underworld Mountain, demanding they accept a ceasefire and stop obstructing the Central Plains. The Soul Clan refused, and Yan Qingshan heavily wounded their weaker fighters as the battle began.

• Crowds gathered at Heavenly Underworld Mountain to witness the confrontation between the Soul Clan and Starfall Pavilion’s faction.
• Heavenly Underworld Old Demon arrived with Hun Feng, Hun Yu, the Ten Soul Clan Scions, and other Soul Clan experts.
• Old Ya led Starfall Pavilion’s faction to the mountain, where Yan Qingshan demanded to know whether the Heavenly Underworld Sect would accept a ceasefire.
• Hun Feng said the Soul Clan would stop causing trouble if no one obstructed the reestablishment of Soul Hall, but Yan Qingshan rejected the terms and challenged them to fight.
• Hun Yu, Hun Feng, and the Soul Clan experts attacked together, but Yan Qingshan summoned a vast sea of emerald vines that overwhelmed their black mist and severely wounded their weaker fighters.

Yan Qingshan fought Hun Feng, Hun Yu, and the other Soul Clan Scions, overwhelming them with his vines until Hun Yu revealed a sub-flame of Nihility Devouring Flame. As Hun Feng and the others helped Hun Yu enlarge the flame, Yan Qingshan began forming a green lotus from his fused Heavenly Flames.

• The Ten Soul Clan Scions attacked Yan Qingshan together, but his forest of vines thinned their black mist and drove Hun Feng and Hun Yu back.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu combined their techniques and struck Yan Qingshan from both sides, but his coiling vines repelled them and battered their defenses.
• Hun Feng used Myriad Souls Worship to blast through Yan Qingshan’s sea of vines while Hun Yu burned the vegetation with black flame.
• Hun Yu revealed that his black flame was a sub-flame of Nihility Devouring Flame, and the spectators recognized the Soul Clan’s dangerous trump card.
• Yan Qingshan answered Hun Yu’s threat with his fused Green Lotus Core Flame and Flame of Life, while Hun Feng and the other Soul Clan experts helped Hun Yu expand the sub-flame.
• Yan Qingshan split his green flames and formed them into a green lotus.

Yan Qingshan used his fused Heavenly Flames and sword techniques to overwhelm the Soul Clan’s fighters, then revealed that he was a peak Three Star Dou Saint when a Soul Clan Dou Saint intervened. The Soul Clan withdrew with the Ten Soul Clan Scions, conceding defeat for now and postponing the conflict until the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.

• Yan Qingshan blasted apart most of the Nihility Sub-Flame with Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and followed up with his azurewood sword.
• Yan Qingshan blocked Hun Yu while the Soul Clan experts attacked, defeating eight of the Ten Soul Clan Scions and driving Hun Feng and Hun Yu back.
• A Soul Clan Dou Saint appeared and stopped Yan Qingshan from finishing off Hun Feng and Hun Yu.
• Yan Qingshan revealed his peak Three Star Dou Saint strength and attacked the Four Star Dou Saint through the black mist.
• The Soul Clan Dou Saint retreated with the Ten Soul Clan Scions, admitted defeat, and vowed to settle matters after the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.

After the battle in the Heavenly Underworld Mountain Range, Yan Qingshan traveled in disguise to the Spatial Trade Fair, a secret marketplace for the Central Plains’ most powerful experts. He entered the gathering hall as Old Man Baoshan opened the fair, leaving the trade about to begin.

• Rumors spread that the Hun Clan had suffered a major loss in the battle and that a Pill Tower figure had concealed his strength.
• Yan Qingshan reached the hidden desert entrance to the Spatial Trade Fair and sensed that a Half-Saint guarded the area.
• Yan Qingshan entered Spatial Town through a spatial black hole and passed stalls displaying rare treasures and techniques.
• Yan Qingshan presented his red jade invitation and entered the private ancient hall, where attendees concealed their identities beneath black cloaks.
• Old Man Baoshan appeared before the assembled experts and began the Spatial Trade Fair.

Yan Qingshan attended the Spatial Trade Fair, traded for the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex, and waited for a map fragment linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. When Old Man Baoshan exposed Danta’s attempted private purchase to drive up bids, Yan Qingshan became furious as the fragment’s price began to soar.

• Old Man Baoshan opened the Spatial Trade Fair, and a cloaked bidder exchanged an eighth-tier pill for the Demonic Phoenix Wings.
• The Vajra Glazed Body and other rare goods were traded, while Yan Qingshan showed little interest in the Heaven-tier Dou Skill.
• Yan Qingshan traded for the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex, intending to keep it for Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.
• Old Man Baoshan presented a map fragment tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and revealed that a Danta expert had sought a private deal for it.
• Yan Qingshan crushed his stone chair’s armrest in anger as bidders offered increasingly valuable pills for the fragment.

Yan Qingshan disrupted the Spatial Trade Fair to seize the Demonic Flame Remnant Map and its nine-colored pill. Hun Miesheng appeared amid the attack, and Old Man Baoshan was left kneeling before the hidden figure controlling the black mist.

• The Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts offered an Eighth-Grade Nine-Colored Divine Pill for the Demonic Flame Remnant Map, and Yan Qingshan sealed the hall in black mist before the trade was completed.
• A figure emerged from a Heaven-engraved coffin and used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to overwhelm the hall’s experts.
• Old Man Baoshan and the others recognized the attacking figure as Hun Miesheng, the vanished Soul Hall Master.
• Hun Miesheng struck down the experts throughout the hall, leaving Old Man Baoshan and a few members of the three great sects standing.
• Hun Miesheng took the remnant map from Old Man Baoshan and brought him before the concealed figure directing the attack.

Yan Qingshan seized the final Demonic Flame Remnant Map at the Spatial Trade Fair, killed Old Man Baoshan and several other cultivators, and escaped to a desert cavern. There he assembled all five map pieces and revealed the prophecy of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but the map’s soul manifestation pierced his defenses and entered his soul.

• Yan Qingshan killed Old Man Baoshan, then selectively drained the souls and Storage Rings of several guests, including the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, before leaving the Spatial Trade Fair.
• Yan Qingshan gathered the final remnant map and his four other pieces in an underground desert cavern, then joined them into a complete map.
• Yan Qingshan used his green flame to reveal the prophecy that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge when twin moons appeared and nine stars united, three years later.
• The Demonic Lotus pattern transformed into a streak of light and entered Yan Qingshan’s glabella, where he found a fist-sized ball of light.
• When Yan Qingshan approached the ball with his soul power, a streak of white light pierced his defense and entered his soul.

Yan Qingshan received the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint’s inheritance through the complete Demonic Flame Ancient Map, but the Saint warned him to wait until he was stronger before approaching the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He traveled to the Beast Region and arrived as Yaoming and Heiqing discussed rising tensions involving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Yan Qingshan absorbed the map’s information and witnessed the Pure Lotus Demonic Saint’s remnant drive him away from a dangerous encounter with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yan Qingshan learned about the Saint’s inheritance and decided to seek support from the Beast Region’s great Magical Beast clans.
• Yan Qingshan reached the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and used Yaoming’s token to enter the Nine Serene Deep Abyss.
• Yan Qingshan learned that Elder Heiqing of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was meeting with Yaoming in the Underworld Hall.
• Yaoming warned Heiqing that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan seemed to be making a move, and Heiqing worried about a possible challenge to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan while its Dragon Emperor was in seclusion.

Yan Qingshan visited the Nine Serene Yellow Springs after learning that something was stirring beneath them. He used a Nine-Colored Raw Stone to hasten Medusa’s awakening, and a legendary Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python emerged from the springs.

• Yan Qingshan appeared before Yaoming and Heiqing, who recognized that he had reached the three-star Dou Saint level.
• Yaoming told Yan Qingshan that the Nine Serene Yellow Springs had recently shown signs of movement, and Yan Qingshan asked Heiqing to contact Ziyan before heading there.
• Yaoming led Yan Qingshan to a small vortex in the springs, where Yan Qingshan dropped a Nine-Colored Raw Stone into the water to help Medusa awaken.
• The springs erupted in a nine-colored pillar of light that shattered to reveal an enormous Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Yaoming and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python elders felt the python’s overwhelming bloodline pressure and recognized it as a legendary divine beast.

Queen Medusa returned to Yan Qingshan as a Four Star Dou Saint after inheriting the Seven-colored Sky-swallowing Python ancestors, and he promised to repair their damaged souls. Ziyan arrived at the Underworld Serpent Hall, where Yan Qingshan revealed he had come to unite the Beast Region as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice approached.

• Queen Medusa transformed from the Nine-Colored Giant Python and reunited affectionately with Yan Qingshan, boasting that she had surpassed him.
• Queen Medusa explained that she had awakened the surviving souls of her ancestors and could draw on their strength, while Yan Qingshan offered to restore their souls as a Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Ziyan arrived at the Underworld Serpent Hall as the Dragon Emperor and reunited with Yan Qingshan.
• Yan Qingshan told Ziyan that the Beast Region needed to be unified before the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice.

Yan Qingshan and Ziyan discussed disrupting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan during the Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice, and the chapter followed the gathering as the rite began at Phoenix Fall Mountain Range. Mu Qingluan arrived and saw the clan’s powerful leaders and rising generation, including Feng Qing'er, while the planned clash remained unresolved.

• Ziyan warned Yan Qingshan that attacking during the Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice would risk provoking the phoenix-blooded clans, but Yan Qingshan suggested internal conflicts could create an opening and recalled the Phoenix Wings linked to Feng Qing'er.
• Phoenix-blooded clans gathered at Phoenix Fall Mountain Range for the Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice, which the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan hosted as the Beast Region’s dominant power.
• Mu Qingluan arrived with the Heavenly Luan Clan and took her place among the visiting branches as the sacrifice began.
• Huang Tian and the Three Heavenly Demonic Phoenixes watched the ceremony and praised the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s young talents, including Jiufeng and Feng Qing'er.
• The chapter ended with the young phoenix experts preparing for the sacrifice, as Feng Qing'er and two other exceptional Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan youths stood out.

The Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan visited the Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice to discuss uniting the Beast Region against the turmoil among the ancient Imperial Clans. The chapter ended with Ziyan revealing that she was Zhukun’s daughter and the current Dragon Emperor, leaving Huang Tian and the gathered clans stunned.

• Huang Tian welcomed the arriving Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan despite the phoenix clans’ suspicions.
• Ziyan recalled how the Ancient Void Dragons and Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes fought in the Phoenix Fall Mountain Range, where the dragons destroyed a nascent Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Fenghuang questioned Yaoming, who explained that he sought to unite the Beast Region so its clans could withstand pressure from the ancient Imperial Clans.
• Huang Tian agreed to discuss Yaoming’s proposal and asked Ziyan to identify herself.
• Ziyan declared that she was Zhukun’s daughter and the current sovereign of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and said she had killed the three dragon traitors called Dragon Kings.
• Huang Tian fell silent at the mention of Zhukun as onlookers questioned Ziyan’s identity and the Ancient Dragon Clan’s strength.

Ziyan and Yaoming brought the Beast Region clans to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice, while Huang Tian tried to learn their intentions. The ceremony awakened Phoenix bloodlines and narrowed the field to a few powerful contenders as the final clash approached.

• Huang Tian welcomed Ziyan, Yaoming, and the gathered Beast Region experts to the Phoenix Fall Mountain Range for the Heavenly Phoenix Sacrifice.
• Ziyan and Yaoming evaded Huang Tian’s questions while the chapter explained how Yan Qingshan had arranged the surrounding tribes’ submission through the Ancient Dragon Clan and Python Clan.
• Huang Tian began the ceremony, and the Demonic Phoenix Bell’s chime accompanied visions of the ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s battles against powerful beast races.
• Phoenix Clan youths awakened their bloodlines as their phoenix silhouettes appeared, competed, and vanished when they could not endure the ritual.
• Fewer than fifty contenders remained in the plaza, and the surviving phoenix silhouettes prepared for the ceremony’s fiercest clashes.