Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Wei Yang discussed plans for Wei Ye’s cultivation before Wei Yang forced Xiao Yan to honor their agreement and sign marriage contracts for their children. Wei Yang offered the Three Thousand Burning Flame as a betrothal gift, while Xiao Yan worried about how Medusa would react.

• Xiao Yan explained how the Ye Family’s Ancient Yang Fire Altar produced Yang Fire and offered to negotiate ten years of access for Wei Ye.
• Xiao Yan promised to obtain a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Seed for Wei Ye within five years, though Wei Yang said he could wait longer.
• Wei Yang reminded Xiao Yan of their children’s marriage agreement and produced two prepared marriage contracts.
• After trying to delay, Xiao Yan signed both contracts, and Wei Yang gave him one to keep.
• Wei Yang offered to help Xiao Yan obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame as a betrothal gift, but left him to handle Medusa’s reaction himself.

Xiao Yan visited Wei Yang’s family and gave Wei Ye and Wei Shuo gifts, including an Earth Core Fire Pearl for Wei Ye. Wei Yang used sunlight to draw Yang Fire from the pearl, revealing its ability to produce flame while its energy lasted.

• Xiao Yan met Xian'er and greeted Wei Ye and Wei Shuo, giving each child a jade-box gift.
• Xiao Yan examined Wei Ye and confirmed that he possessed a Pure Yang Body.
• Wei Yang opened the gifts and found a cultivation scroll and an Earth Core Fire Pearl.
• Xiao Yan explained that the pearl could produce Yang Fire in sunlight and was also used to refine Earth Core Thunder Pearls.
• Wei Yang focused sunlight onto the pearl and drew out a cluster of Yang Fire, which Xiao Yan said would need a steady energy supply to keep burning.

Xiao Yan gave Wei Yang and Xian'er gifts for their children, then received Wei Yang’s insights into the Spirit Realm before hurrying off to cultivate. Wei Yang offered to help restore Venerable Skyfire’s strength, while Xian'er worried about her own progress.

• Xiao Yan gave Wei Yang’s family an Earthfire Pearl for Ye'er and a Grade 8 One Beginning Pill formula for the children’s foundation.
• After dinner, Xiao Yan declined Wei Yang and Xian'er’s offer to stay with them, saying he needed to help the Ye Family and remain with Venerable Skyfire.
• Wei Yang learned that Venerable Skyfire was only a One-Star Dou Zun and asked Xiao Yan for the Fuling Green Pill formula so he could make pills to restore Venerable Skyfire and Ah Da.
• Wei Yang shared his Spirit Realm insights with Xiao Yan, who felt he had touched the opportunity to advance and hurried away to enter seclusion.
• Xian'er lamented that she was still far from the Spirit Realm, and Wei Yang reassured her that her Body of Calamitous Poison would eventually overcome the bottleneck.

Wei Yang arranged for Ah Da to gather ingredients for the Fuling Green Pill and One Beginning Pill as the Pill Gathering approached. In Holy Pill City, Xiao Yan was confronted by a black-robed figure wielding the Nihility Devouring Flame, who demanded the Flame Mantra and claimed it had once belonged to him.

• Wei Yang gave Ah Da the lists and supplies to collect two sets of ingredients for the Fuling Green Pill and One Beginning Pill.
• Qing Lin learned that the One Beginning Pill would help establish Big Treasure and Little Treasure's foundations, and Wei Yang explained that soul and comprehension mattered most in the long run.
• As the Pill Gathering neared, crowds flooded Holy Pill City, while Xiao Yan practiced a Soul Hand Seal in the Ye Family courtyard.
• Xiao Yan sensed an intruder and confronted a black-robed figure, who revealed the Nihility Devouring Flame and demanded the Flame Mantra.
• The black-robed figure claimed Yao Chen had stolen the technique from him, said he had sealed the courtyard with a Soul Barrier, and threatened Xiao Yan unless he surrendered it.

Xiao Yan fought Mu Gu while defending the Four-color Fire Lotus and refusing to surrender his cultivation method. Wei Yang arrived and confronted Mu Gu, who hesitated to attack despite threatening them.

• Xiao Yan dodged Mu Gu's black flame attacks and tore through his Binding Heaven Net with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan formed a Four-color Fire Lotus, and Mu Gu tried to make him surrender the cultivation method, threatening to kill him.
• Mu Gu trapped the Earth Demon Puppet in a black flame vortex while Xiao Yan held the unstable Fire Lotus and waited for Wei Yang.
• Wei Yang tore open the barrier and entered the courtyard, where Mu Gu identified himself as a member of the Soul Hall.
• Wei Yang challenged Mu Gu to fight, but Mu Gu held back because Wei Yang had killed Bing He and they were in Holy Pill City.

Xiao Yan and Wei Yang fought Mu Gu until Xuan Kongzi intervened and forced the Soul Hall expert to withdraw. Mu Gu escaped, but vowed to return for Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and cultivation method, while Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppet lay badly damaged.

• Xiao Yan warned Wei Yang that Mu Gu’s black flames resembled the Nihility Devouring Flame, and Wei Yang identified them as a Sub-Flame.
• Wei Yang tore through the Soul Barrier, prompting Xuan Kongzi to declare that Soul Hall could not run wild in Alchemist Tower territory.
• Mu Gu tried to attack Xiao Yan, but Wei Yang intercepted him, and Xiao Yan struck Mu Gu with the Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler.
• Ye Zhong, Venerable Skyfire, and others arrived as Xuan Kongzi warned Mu Gu to leave Holy Pill City.
• Mu Gu repelled Venerable Skyfire’s attack, escaped through distorted space, and threatened to return for Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and cultivation method.
• The vortex holding the Earth Demon Puppet burst apart, revealing its shattered and badly damaged body.

After Mu Gu escaped, Xuan Kongzi warned Xiao Yan and Wei Yang about the Heavenly Nether Sect and invited Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower for safety. Xiao Yan and Wei Yang then reaffirmed their eagerness to compete at the Pill Gathering, where they would face each other as formidable rivals.

• Venerable Skyfire cursed as Mu Gu escaped, while Xiao Yan thanked Xuan Kongzi for intervening.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Wei Yang that the Heavenly Nether Sect had set its sights on him, then vanished.
• Wei Yang explained that hidden Soul Hall Dou Zuns had been watching and that he let Mu Gu leave to avoid disrupting their plans for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Wei Yang told Xiao Yan and Venerable Skyfire that Mu Gu was an Eighth Grade Alchemist who wielded a Sub-Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan declared Wei Yang his greatest rival at the Pill Gathering, and Wei Yang welcomed the chance to compete with him.

After Old Man Mu Gu attacked, Xiao Yan moved to Wei Yang’s residence to prepare for the Pill Gathering, while Wei Yang cultivated his soul. Half a month later, the Pill Gathering began, and both Wei Yang and Xiao Yan prepared to take part.

• Wei Yang told Xiao Yan that Old Man Mu Gu was a high-ranking Soul Hall Venerable Elder, a former sectmate of Elder Yao, and a longtime enemy who had incited Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan accepted Wei Yang’s offer to stay at his residence with Venerable Skyfire and focus on the Pill Gathering.
• Wei Yang cultivated the Nine Refinements Heavenly Soul Method, reached the Sixth Refinement, and advanced his soul to the Late Spirit Realm despite the increasing pain.
• Half a month passed as Holy Pill City filled with visitors and anticipation for the Pill Gathering, where factions also competed for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• On the day the Pill Gathering began, Wei Yang and Xiao Yan opened their eyes and recognized that the event had started.

Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Xian'er arrived at the Pill Gathering venue in Holy Pill City and learned that contestants had to pass the Illusory Realm and Pill Realm before reaching the final competition. The opening bell rang, and the gathering officially began.

• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Xian'er dressed for the Pill Gathering and set out with Qing Lin, Venerable Skyfire, and the others.
• The group arrived at the crowded venue, where Ye Zhong explained that contestants first had to cross the Illusory Realm and then gather assigned medicinal ingredients in the Pill Realm.
• Ye Zhong warned Wei Yang and the others that contestants could be killed inside the Pill Realm and told them to defend themselves against anyone with ill intentions.
• A great bell rang across Holy Pill City, silencing the crowd and officially beginning the Pill Gathering.

The Pill Tower Three Giants opened the Pill Gathering and announced that its champion would receive an Ancient Soul Cultivation Method. Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da entered the Soul Illusion Realm for the first round, wary that Soul Hall might cause trouble.

• The Pill Tower Three Giants appeared before the gathered alchemists, and Xuan Kongzi explained the Pill Gathering's three selection rounds.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would become a candidate for Pill Tower giant and receive an Ancient Soul Cultivation Method, stirring the crowd.
• Wei Yang told Xiao Yan they needed to win the soul cultivation method, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the Soul Illusion Realm and called contestants above Sixth Grade to begin the first round.
• Wei Yang invited Ah Da to join them for safety, and Ah Da pinned on his Sixth Grade badge.
• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da entered the Soul Illusion Realm as the first round began.

The Alchemist Tower’s leaders discussed Xiao Yan and Wei Yang’s plans to rescue Yao Chen after the Pill Gathering, and one of them asked to meet the two disciples. Wei Yang entered the Illusory Realm Checkpoint, understood how its twisted spaces and mist worked, and calmly navigated the maze while other participants became trapped.

• Xuan Kongzi explained that Yao Chen had fallen into Soul Hall’s hands and that Xiao Yan and Wei Yang intended to rescue him after the Pill Gathering.
• The beautiful woman insisted that she did not care about Yao Chen, then said she wanted to meet Xiao Yan and Wei Yang after the gathering.
• Wei Yang entered the Illusory Realm Checkpoint and used his Soul Power to perceive through its suppressive dark-gray gas.
• Wei Yang worked out that the checkpoint’s spatial folds formed a maze and that participants had to follow the traces of distortion to escape.
• Wei Yang walked steadily through the checkpoint as other alchemists wandered into spatial folds and powerful participants kept their distance.

Wei Yang overcame illusions that tried to exploit his deepest memories and reached the Pill Realm entrance with Xian'er, Ah Da, and Xiao Yan. The Turtle-Riding Elder explained the next trial's rules, and the contestants prepared to enter the Pill Realm.

• Wei Yang shattered an illusion of his biological parents, identified and destroyed the black aura behind it, then continued past illusions of the people he cared about.
• Wei Yang reached the spatial resting point, where he reunited with Xian'er and later met Ah Da and Xiao Yan.
• The Turtle-Riding Elder appeared at the Pill Realm entrance and impressed Wei Yang with his powerful Spirit Realm Soul.
• The Turtle-Riding Elder told the contestants to collect a mission list, a Pill Realm map, and a Space Stone before entering, explaining that completing the ingredient list would pass the trial and crushing the stone would forfeit their competition.

Wei Yang entered the decaying Pill Realm to gather three medicinal ingredients for his assessment and was separated from Xian'er and the others. He found the first ingredient and set off toward the next marked location.

• The Turtle-Riding Elder warned the contestants about the Pill Realm's dangers, but no one withdrew.
• Wei Yang collected his items, entered the spatial passage, and was separated from Xian'er and the others upon arriving in the Pill Realm.
• Wei Yang examined his map and learned that the plain where he had landed was a place to find Hundred-Year Earth Essence.
• Wei Yang used his Soul Power to locate and retrieve the Earth Essence.
• A giant serpent ambushed Wei Yang, but he crushed it and flew toward the next ingredient's location.

Wei Yang found a Thousand-Year Earth Essence after arriving at a fight in the Pill Realm, where he effortlessly defeated the burly alchemist guarding it. He suspected an even rarer treasure, Earth Core Soul Marrow, lay beneath the pit, and reached down to retrieve it for Xian'er.

• Wei Yang sensed a battle and found more than a dozen alchemists surrounding a burly man with a Mystic Iron Staff beside a giant Earth Essence.
• The burly man drove the alchemists away, then ordered Wei Yang to leave; Wei Yang refused and took the Thousand-Year Earth Essence.
• The burly man attacked Wei Yang, who sent him flying with a casual strike and left his survival uncertain.
• Wei Yang recalled that Earth Core Soul Marrow lay beneath the pit and that Xian'er needed it, then reached into the earth to seize it.

Wei Yang unearthed Earth Core Jade Mother and Earth Core Soul Marrow in the Pill Realm, treasures that could aid the cultivation of his children and strengthen Xian'er’s soul. After Huang Yi demanded a share of the find and threatened him, Wei Yang attacked.

• Wei Yang dug up a massive piece of Earth Core Jade Mother and found Earth Core Soul Marrow clinging to it.
• Wei Yang stored the Soul Marrow for Xian'er and the Jade Mother for making cultivation platforms for the two little ones.
• Wei Yang buried the pit and sensed Huang Yi hiding nearby.
• Huang Yi introduced himself as a Seven-star Dou Zong and demanded forty percent of the treasure, lowering his demand to thirty percent.
• Wei Yang rejected Huang Yi’s threat and attacked him with a rapidly expanding black Thunder Flame dragon.

Wei Yang defeated Huang Yi and forced him to leave the Pill Gathering after he tried to claim a share of the Earth Core Soul Marrow. Afterward, Wei Yang discovered that his mutated physique could absorb the Pill Realm’s berserk energy harmlessly, and that it benefited him more than ordinary natural energy.

• Wei Yang’s Thunder Flame Dragon shattered Huang Yi’s fire cauldron and battered him into a crater, leaving Huang Yi injured and terrified.
• Huang Yi pleaded to stay in the competition, but Wei Yang refused and demanded that he leave.
• Huang Yi crushed his Space Stone, asked Wei Yang to reveal his name, and was teleported away after Wei Yang ignored him.
• Wei Yang recalled the Thunder Flame Dragon and found that the energy it had absorbed from the Pill Realm entered his body without harming him.
• Wei Yang realized that his body, mutated after merging with Hou's essence blood, absorbed the berserk energy as a beneficial tonic.

Wei Yang collected the Thousand-Year Earth Fire Flower and reached the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where the Cold Spirit Jade Marrow was hidden. He discovered that contestants had gathered outside the range to discuss entering it together.

• Wei Yang set out to collect the remaining ingredients needed to harmonize the Earth Core Soul Marrow and help Xian'er advance.
• Wei Yang obtained the Thousand-Year Earth Fire Flower and traveled toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• Wei Yang arrived at the range and realized the Cold Spirit Jade Marrow would be difficult to locate in its vast, dangerous terrain.
• Wei Yang found more than a hundred contestants gathered outside the range and heard Song Qing explain that it held their final mission ingredient.
• Wei Yang recognized Song Qing and Cao Ying, decided the contestants were gathering to enter the range together, and crushed three Jade Pendants to send an invisible ripple.

Wei Yang waited at the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range for Xian'er and the others while Song Qing rallied contestants to attack the beast guarding their mission ingredients. Wei Yang refused Song Qing's alliance and flew away with Xian'er and Ah Da, but Song Qing led the crowd after them.

• Song Qing told the contestants that a powerful beast guarded the mountain range's mission ingredients and urged them to form an alliance.
• Xian'er and Ah Da joined Wei Yang, who waited for Xiao Yan to arrive and discussed their final ingredients with Xian'er.
• Song Qing invited Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Ah Da to join the alliance, but Wei Yang rejected him twice.
• The contestants accused Wei Yang of planning to let them fight the beast before taking the spoils, and Wei Yang insulted them and flew away with Xian'er and Ah Da.
• Song Qing told the contestants to follow Wei Yang and his companions.

Xiao Yan reunited with Wei Yang and confronted Chen Xian, the Young Sect Master of the Profound Nether Sect, who had ties to the Soul Hall. The fight began, and Xiao Yan and Ah Da swiftly defeated Chen Xian’s two Nine-star Dou Zong guards, leaving Chen Xian injured.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Wei Yang’s group and learned that the contestants following them were of little concern.
• Chen Xian arrived with two Nine-star Dou Zong guards, and Xiao Yan identified him as an enemy connected to the Soul Hall.
• Wei Yang ordered Ah Da to clear Chen Xian’s group away, but Xiao Yan claimed Chen Xian as his opponent.
• Chen Xian ordered his guards to attack, while Song Qing and Cao Ying stepped forward to intervene.
• Ah Da struck the two guards, and Xiao Yan ambushed Chen Xian with a flaming punch followed by a hidden-force palm.
• Ah Da’s icy palms sent both guards crashing down, while Xiao Yan’s attack left Chen Xian wounded and spitting blood.

Xiao Yan killed Chen Xian’s two Nine-star Dou Zong guards, while Chen Xian escaped through a damaged spatial passage after Xiao Yan struck him. Wei Yang’s group entered the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and headed toward the strongest magical beast, whose cave was said to contain many rare treasures.

• The two Nine-star Dou Zong guards warned Chen Xian to run before they froze to death under the Black Ice.
• Chen Xian crushed a Space Stone to escape, but Xiao Yan struck him with a four-colored flame-wreathed fist as the spatial passage formed, leaving his fate uncertain.
• Ah Da extracted the guards’ souls, collected their rings and corpses, and stored them away.
• Wei Yang, Xian'er, Xiao Yan, and Ah Da flew into the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and sensed a powerful aura in the northeast.
• Wei Yang identified the aura as the mountain range’s peerless Ferocious Beast, and the group set out to find its cave and the rare treasures within.