Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang and his companions reached the stone hall atop Myriad Medicine Mountain, where Ah Da challenged its Eighth Tier earth-element guardian. As their fight began, Wei Yang searched for Zi Yan but still had not found her.

• Inside the hall, a petite figure ate precious medicinal herbs while a bare-chested man complained and she promised to take him out once she found someone.
• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da reached the summit, where Ah Da's aura frightened off the two Seventh Tier Magical Beasts guarding the hall.
• The bare-chested Eighth Tier Magical Beast emerged from the hall and demanded that the group leave his territory.
• Wei Yang ordered Ah Da to fight the guardian without killing him, and Ah Da struck him back more than ten meters with a palm.
• The guardian recovered, praised Ah Da's strength, and launched another attack as Ah Da prepared to fight more seriously.

Ah Da fought the burly man in a fierce battle atop the mountain, unleashing his Cold Nether Palm against the man's mountain-shaking punch. Their clash tore open a Void Black Hole and devastated the mountaintop, while Xian'er protected the nearby stone hall from the shockwaves.

• Ah Da struck the burly man with a cold-qi fist, and the burly man staggered back before eagerly demanding another exchange.
• Xian'er told Xiao Yan that Ah Da had not used even half his true strength.
• Ah Da unleashed his Cold Nether Palm, and the burly man expanded into a fur-covered giant and answered with a powerful punch.
• The attacks collided, collapsing the void into a Void Black Hole and sending a destructive energy storm across the mountain.
• Wei Yang signaled to Xian'er, who used Spatial Power to shield the stone hall from the incoming shockwaves.

Xiao Yan and the others saw the Ancient Dragon Bear reveal its true form, and Wei Yang considered taking the powerful beast as a subordinate. Ah Da fought it while holding back to avoid killing it, leaving their battle ongoing.

• The Dragon Bear burst from the crater in its nearly hundred-meter true form, revealing eight dragon patterns and a massive tail.
• Xiao Yan recognized it as an Ancient Dragon Bear, and Wei Yang considered cultivating it into a Supreme Demonic Bear and making it his subordinate.
• The Dragon Bear attacked Ah Da with punches, sharp bristles, and its dragon tail, while Ah Da blocked its strikes with spatial power and frigid energy.
• Ah Da restrained his strength and circled the Dragon Bear, testing its limits as the two continued battling amid waves of destruction.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan watched Ah Da wear down the powerful Dragon Bear, which Wei Yang hoped to recruit as a subordinate. Their reunion with Zi Yan began when she emerged from hiding nearby.

• Wei Yang explained that Ah Da had not yet used his full strength and said he wanted to subdue the Dragon Bear, offering a Grade 8 Pill as compensation if necessary.
• Ah Da steadily exhausted and battered the Dragon Bear, but it refused to submit.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan sensed a concealed presence nearby, and Wei Yang called for the hidden girl to come out.
• Zi Yan laughed, complained that they had found her, and stepped out of the void to face Wei Yang and Xiao Yan.

Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan reunited in the Pill Realm after Ah Da defeated the Dragon Bear Xiong Zhan. Wei Yang offered Xiong Zhan a place as his subordinate so he could leave the realm, and Zi Yan tried to persuade him to accept.

• Zi Yan revealed that she had returned to her clan but sneaked away again to wait for Xiao Yan in the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan learned that Zi Yan had befriended Xiong Zhan, the boss of the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, and that she had been eating his rare medicinal ingredients.
• Ah Da defeated Xiong Zhan, who transformed back into a burly man and admitted that his strength was lacking.
• Wei Yang offered to take Xiong Zhan out of the Pill Realm if he became his subordinate, but Xiong Zhan angrily refused.
• Zi Yan told Xiong Zhan that Wei Yang was an Eighth Grade Alchemist and urged him to accept the offer.

Wei Yang refused to force Xiong Zhan to become his subordinate after the dragon bear stubbornly rejected the offer. Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Xian'er gathered rare medicinal ingredients from the stone hall and completed their Pill Realm tasks, ending with Zi Yan embarrassing Xiao Yan over seeing her grown-up form.

• Zi Yan revealed the Ancestor Dragon’s bloodline pressure to Xiong Zhan and urged him to submit, but he refused, so Wei Yang left him behind.
• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan entered the stone hall and found a plaza filled with rare medicinal ingredients from the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan collected the Dragon Heart Nine-Leaf Ganoderma and Cold Spirit Jade Marrow, while Xian'er collected a crimson ancient vine, completing all three of their Pill Realm tasks.
• Zi Yan recognized Xian'er as the black-robed person from the Inner Academy, and the two exchanged greetings.
• Zi Yan claimed Xiao Yan had seen her grown-up form, so Xiao Yan hurriedly covered her mouth and tried to deny that he had seen anything clearly.

Wei Yang and his companions searched the medicinal herb plaza and found the Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence needed to harmonize the Earth Core Soul Marrow and help Xian'er advance. After choosing their preferred ingredients, they divided the plaza’s remaining herbs and prepared to stay a few more days while Wei Yang handled other matters.

• Ah Da brought Xiong Zhan before Wei Yang, and Xiong Zhan knelt and acknowledged him as Master after Ah Da enslaved him through Soul Control.
• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Xian'er searched the plaza for medicinal ingredients while Zi Yan grew bored and munched on a blood-red ginseng-like herb.
• Wei Yang found and collected the Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence, the final ingredient he needed to harmonize the Earth Core Soul Marrow for Xian'er.
• Wei Yang told Zi Yan they would stay for a few more days, and she asked him to refine tasty medicinal pills for her.
• Wei Yang let Xiao Yan take one share of the herbs, then had Xian'er store all the remaining ingredients in her Storage Ring.

Wei Yang prepared the ingredients needed to refine Earth Core Soul Marrow, which he hoped would help Xian'er strengthen her soul and possibly reach the Spirit Realm. After testing a mixture of the marrow, Pill Spirit Paste, and Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence, he found the proportions were wrong and prepared to try again.

• Wei Yang told Xiao Yan and Xian'er that he had found Earth Core Soul Marrow that might help Xian'er break through into the Spirit Realm.
• Wei Yang entered a sealed stone chamber and instructed Ah Da not to let anyone disturb him.
• Wei Yang cut open the Earth Core Jade Mother, extracted the Earth Core Soul Marrow, and stored the remaining jade.
• Wei Yang refined the impurities from the Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence and prepared the Pill Spirit Paste and other ingredients.
• Wei Yang mixed small amounts of the three liquids, watched the Pill Spirit Paste and stone essence get consumed, and decided he had used too much Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Wei Yang began preparing another mixture.

Wei Yang gave Xian'er the refined Earth Core Soul Marrow to strengthen her soul. Though she still had not reached the Spirit Realm, her soul began absorbing mysterious spiritual energy, and an invisible ripple spread from the chamber into the sky.

• Wei Yang finished refining two bottles of Earth Core Soul Marrow and gave one to Xian'er.
• Xian'er drank the entire bottle, and the marrow rapidly strengthened her Soul Power while causing intense pain.
• A violent explosion shook Xian'er's consciousness, leaving her soul several times stronger, though she had not entered the Spirit Realm.
• Xian'er sensed mysterious spiritual energy flowing into her soul and nourishing it.
• After nearly an hour, the suction at Xian'er's brow intensified and an invisible ripple spread from the chamber into the sky.

Xian'er broke through to the Spirit Realm after seven days in seclusion, and the immense force of her awakening startled Wei Yang and Xiao Yan. The chapter ended as her Soul Power surged outward, far exceeding the strength of their own breakthroughs.

• Spiritual energy rippled across Sky-Pillar Peak, and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan realized Xian'er had entered the Spirit Realm.
• Ah Da and Xiong Zhan recognized Xian'er's breakthrough, and Xiong Zhan ordered the Magical Beasts to drive humans away from the mountain.
• Xian'er absorbed spiritual energy and used the Nine Refinements Heavenly Soul, enduring pain as her soul transformed over nearly seven days.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan exchanged Fire Control Technique insights while Zi Yan grew bored and complained that they were ignoring her.
• Wei Yang gave Zi Yan more medicinal pellets and told Xiao Yan that he had reached five-colored Pill Lightning with Grade 8 Pills.
• Xian'er's stone chamber exploded as a beam of light shot skyward and her Soul Power swept across the area, startling Wei Yang and Xiao Yan with its strength.

Xian'er broke through to the Spirit Realm, greatly increasing her Soul Power and combat strength. With the Pill Realm closing soon, the group prepared to head for its exit after completing their task.

• Xian'er’s Spirit Realm breakthrough released overwhelming Soul Power across the mountain range before her soul returned to her body.
• Xiao Yan, Ah Da, Xiong Zhan, and Zi Yan congratulated Xian'er, and Wei Yang explained the rarity and danger of Soul Techniques.
• Xian'er learned that seven days had passed during her seclusion and noted that nearly two days remained before the Pill Realm closed.
• Wei Yang checked the map and led the group toward the exit, while Zi Yan said she could take Xiong Zhan out and suggested they split up near the guards.

Wei Yang and his companions reached the Pill Realm’s exit and joined the contestants waiting for it to open. On the square, Wei Yang and Xiao Yan noticed Dan Chen’s unusual soul-absorbing ability and discussed the frail young girl’s dangerous physique.

• Zi Yan left the Pill Realm with Xiong Zhan after Xiao Yan gave her a jade bottle, and Xian'er told her to wait at Pill Gathering Square.
• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da flew to the exit square and found Cao Ying and the injured Song Qing waiting there.
• Song Qing glared at Wei Yang’s group, blaming their refusal to cooperate for his injuries from the encounter with Old Man Mu Gu.
• Xiao Yan warned Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Ah Da that Dan Chen could absorb Soul Power through an eerie suction force.
• Wei Yang recognized Dan Chen’s ability as a likely Special Physique and noted that her body was exceptionally frail compared with her powerful soul.

Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da completed their Pill Realm tasks and exited through the spatial rift to the Pill Gathering venue. They reunited with their family as the remaining contestants emerged, with the final competition about to begin.

• Old Man Mu Gu arrived at the exit plaza, recognized Xiao Yan, and exchanged hostile looks with him.
• An elder of the Alchemist Tower opened a space rift and required contestants to submit their lists and medicinal ingredients before leaving the Pill Realm.
• Wei Yang submitted his completed task items, then he, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da entered the rift; the elder realized all four were in the Spirit Realm and was shaken.
• At the Pill Gathering venue, contestants emerged through the spatial gate to loud cheers as spectators awaited the final competition.
• Qing Lin's two little ones called to Wei Yang and Xian'er, who smiled and waved to them from the plaza.

The final round of the Pill Gathering began, and the Three Giants realized that Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da all possessed Spirit Realm souls. As the contestants prepared to refine pills, Wei Yang and Old Man Mu Gu watched one another, with Mu Gu planning to challenge the two martial brothers and seek a chance to deal with them.

• The Three Giants recognized Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da as Spirit Realm soul practitioners and worried about their advantage in the Pill Gathering.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the final round would determine the champion and told the contestants to refine the pills they knew best on the sky platforms.
• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Xian'er, and Ah Da claimed neighboring platforms, while other contestants fought over places to stand.
• Wei Yang noticed that the Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame concealed Old Man Mu Gu's aura.
• Old Man Mu Gu regarded Wei Yang as dangerous but planned to test Wei Yang and Xiao Yan's alchemy and look for an opportunity to eliminate them.

The Pill Gathering began as the contestants raised their cauldrons and summoned their flames. Mu Gu’s Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame and Ah Da’s Cold Nether Flame drew the crowd’s attention, while the alchemists prepared to refine their pills.

• Xuan Kongzi rang the bell and told the contestants to raise their cauldrons and begin refining.
• Cao Ying summoned her Blood Demon Flame, startling nearby alchemists with its power.
• Song Qing and Dan Chen brought out their seventh-tier Beast Flames.
• Mu Gu revealed a Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame, causing nearby contestants’ cauldron flames to explode and knocking several alchemists off their platforms.
• Ah Da summoned the eighth-tier Cold Nether Flame, whose freezing power astonished the crowd.

Xiao Yan revealed his fused four-colored Heavenly Flame, forcing Mu Gu’s Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame to retreat. Wei Yang then unveiled his new Heavenly Flame to the crowd and named it the twenty-fourth Heavenly Flame, the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.

• Xian'er summoned the Wind Fury Dragon Flame Sub-Flame, drawing astonished reactions from the crowd.
• Xiao Yan summoned his four-colored flame, and its roar drove Mu Gu’s Nihility Devouring Flame Sub-Flame back into his palm.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Gathering judges recognized Xiao Yan’s flame as a powerful Heavenly Flame, though they could not identify it.
• Wei Yang rose above the platform and summoned a blazing black sun surrounded by black lightning.
• Wei Yang announced the flame as the world’s twenty-fourth Heavenly Flame and named it the Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.

Wei Yang began refining the One Beginning Pill for the Pill Gathering, processing more than two hundred medicinal ingredients with his Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame and powerful soul control. After completing the extraction stage, he began condensing the essences as the crowd watched the contestants approach the decisive stage.

• The proclamation named Wei Yang’s Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame the twenty-fourth Heavenly Flame, with its eventual ranking still undecided.
• Wei Yang prepared to refine the One Beginning Pill, heating the Myriad Beast Cauldron and arranging more than two hundred medicinal ingredients.
• Wei Yang used his Black Flame and soul control to extract the essences from all the ingredients in less than three days.
• Wei Yang rested briefly, then began drawing the more than two hundred essences together for Pill Condensation.
• The other Pill Gathering contestants continued refining their pills while the crowd waited for the decisive stage.

Nearly half a month into the Pill Gathering’s third round, Wei Yang steadily nurtured the One Beginning Pill while the first Pill Lightning appeared and more contestants completed their pills. With only thirty-seven alchemists left, Wei Yang’s pill had shrunk to a smooth sphere and begun to gather energy beyond the peak Dou Zong level.

• During the first five days, several alchemists finished their pills, but none drew Pill Lightning and their contests ended near the bottom.
• Nearly half a month into the round, Ah Da and other contestants completed their pills, while the remaining competitors were all Seventh Grade alchemists or higher.
• Wei Yang formed the fused essences of more than two hundred ingredients into the prototype of the One Beginning Pill and began patiently nurturing it.
• A middle-aged contestant became the first to draw Pill Lightning, and Wei Yang judged his pill to be Seventh Grade Low-Level.
• Pill Lightning appeared repeatedly over the following days, but the strongest pills reached only Seventh Grade Mid-Level as the field dwindled to thirty-seven contestants.
• Wei Yang continued refining the One Beginning Pill until it became a smooth, pigeon-egg-sized sphere with energy surpassing the peak Dou Zong level.

As the Pill Gathering continued, contestants succeeded or failed at the final stages of pill refinement, leaving nineteen alchemists on the stone platforms. Song Qing produced a peak seventh-grade pill with unusually powerful Pill Lightning and looked toward Wei Yang and the others in the central platforms.

• A middle-aged contestant's medicinal cauldron exploded during the final stage of refinement, ending his participation in the Pill Gathering.
• Over the next three days, ten contestants completed their pills while eight failed and withdrew, leaving nineteen alchemists.
• The spectators and judges noticed that the low-key Old Monster Qing Hua was an Eighth Grade Alchemy Grandmaster, while Xuan Kongzi confirmed that the disguised Old Man Mu Gu was also competing.
• Song Qing completed a peak seventh-grade pill whose quality surpassed earlier pills of the same grade, summoning fierce Pill Lightning.
• Song Qing raised his pill above his head and cast a provocative gaze toward Wei Yang and the others on the central platforms.

Wei Yang neared completion of his One Beginning Pill as pill lightning erupted across the plaza, while Dan Chen pushed through her frailty and refined a Grade 8 pill. Her pill summoned the Pill Gathering’s first Two-Colored Lightning Cloud, dwarfing the lightning summoned by Song Qing and the other contestants.

• Wei Yang watched his One Beginning Pill rotate in the Black Flame and judged that the difficult work was nearly finished.
• Song Qing fought off pill lightning as more than a dozen contestants produced Seventh Grade High-Level or better pills, filling the sky with thunderclouds and lightning.
• Dan Chen, exhausted and pale, poured her Soul Power into her pill before spitting blood into the cauldron to complete the refinement.
• Dan Chen’s cauldron exploded, and a green pillar of light drove back the silver lightning as a two-colored thundercloud gathered overhead.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other judges recognized that Dan Chen had refined a Grade 8 pill, while her Two-Colored Lightning Cloud overshadowed the pill lightning summoned by Song Qing and the others.