Chapter Summaries

Dan Chen and Cao Ying produced Grade 8 pills, then Xiao Yan and Xian'er refined even stronger three-colored Grade 8 pills, surpassing the two celebrated alchemists. The Pill Gathering’s champion remained undecided as Old Monster Qing Hua, Old Man Mu Gu, and Wei Yang continued their attempts.

• Dan Chen and Cao Ying each produced a Grade 8 pill, forming thunderclouds overhead.
• Xiao Yan opened the Black Demon Cauldron and produced a vivid three-colored thundercloud stronger than Cao Ying's.
• Xian'er completed a three-colored Grade 8 pill, and her thundercloud met Xiao Yan's in the sky.
• The Pill Tower Three Giants praised Xiao Yan and Xian'er and recognized that they had surpassed Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xuan Kongzi turned his attention to Old Monster Qing Hua, Old Man Mu Gu, and Wei Yang, whose results would decide the champion.

Old Monster Qing Hua revealed Three-Colored Pill Lightning, but Old Man Mu Gu’s pill produced unprecedented Four-Colored Pill Lightning and appeared poised to take the Pill Gathering championship. Xuan Kongzi and the Alchemist Tower elders feared the blow to their reputation as they waited for the still-motionless Wei Yang to respond.

• Old Monster Qing Hua opened his cauldron and produced Three-Colored Pill Lightning, matching Xiao Yan and Xian'er.
• Old Man Mu Gu announced that he would win the Pill Gathering, then released a pillar of light stronger than any contestant’s so far.
• Xuan Kongzi rejected calls to disqualify Old Man Mu Gu and said they could only hope Wei Yang would surpass him.
• Old Man Mu Gu’s pill formed Four-Colored Pill Lightning, surpassing every other result and shocking the crowd.
• Xuan Kongzi grew furious at the prospect of Soul Hall winning the Alchemist Tower’s highest honor, but the dark-skinned old man urged him to wait because Wei Yang had not moved.

Wei Yang unveiled a pill that produced five-colored pill lightning, surpassing Old Man Mu Gu’s four-colored pill and securing the Pill Gathering championship. The crowd celebrated as Wei Yang’s name and his Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame became known throughout the Central Plains.

• Xuan Kongzi and the beautiful woman in the qipao watched anxiously, knowing that challenging Old Man Mu Gu risked war with the Soul Hall.
• Old Man Mu Gu laughed at Xuan Kongzi and declared that the Soul Hall would win the Pill Gathering.
• Wei Yang rose, challenged Old Man Mu Gu’s boast, and released a pill whose black pillar of light pierced the clouds.
• Wei Yang’s pill lightning formed four colors, matching Old Man Mu Gu’s, then continued to gather a fifth.
• Purple light appeared, creating five-colored pill lightning and confirming Wei Yang as the champion.
• The crowd erupted in celebration and recognized Wei Yang and his Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame.

Xiao Yan used the Spirit Ascension technique and Spirit-Nourishing Dust to increase his formed pill’s spirituality, then completed the Spirit Return blood sacrifice. His pill’s thunder cloud began changing and pushed toward the center among the Grade 8 clouds.

• Xiao Yan told Wei Yang he would use everything he had rather than surrender the championship.
• Xiao Yan drew spiritual energy from his formed pill with four-colored flames and added Spirit-Nourishing Dust.
• Xiao Yan used Blood Sacrifice: Spirit Return to draw the surrounding spiritual energy back into the pill.
• Xiao Yan’s pill regained its smooth surface, and its three-colored thunder cloud churned and began to change.
• Xiao Yan’s thunder cloud pushed toward the center of the sky, where the five-colored cloud and Old Man Mu Gu’s four-colored cloud remained.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan each produced a Five-Colored Thunder Cloud, securing their equal standing at the Pill Gathering and drawing the crowd’s awe. Old Man Mu Gu suppressed his murderous intent under Xuan Kongzi’s warning, but the two young men openly humiliated him as the gathering continued.

• Xiao Yan’s pill formed a Five-Colored Thunder Cloud, matching Wei Yang’s and stunning the venue.
• Xiao Yan told Wei Yang he had finally caught up and could climb toward the peak beside him, and Wei Yang agreed.
• Old Man Mu Gu’s killing intent toward Wei Yang and Xiao Yan rose, but Xuan Kongzi’s cold stare forced him to restrain himself.
• The beautiful woman in the qipao and the dark-skinned old man agreed that Old Man Mu Gu must not ruin the two youths’ moment of glory.
• Wei Yang rebuked Old Man Mu Gu for his hostile gaze, and Xiao Yan mocked him for failing to defeat them or match their teacher, Yao Chen.
• Old Man Mu Gu spat blood in fury and shouted that Wei Yang and Xiao Yan had gone too far.

After defeating Old Man Mu Gu, Wei Yang and Xiao Yan faced the Five-Colored Pill Lightning summoned by their Grade 8 Pills. Wei Yang began devouring the lightning, while Xiao Yan sent out his damaged Earth Demon Puppet to receive the storm.

• Old Man Mu Gu warned Wei Yang and Xiao Yan that their Dou Zong strength would not be enough to withstand the Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Wei Yang revealed his Hou Bloodline and charged into the lightning bare-bodied, devouring it unharmed as the crowd watched in shock.
• Xiao Yan realized Wei Yang was using the lightning to temper his physique and reflected on the different paths they had chosen.
• Xiao Yan summoned his badly damaged Earth Demon Puppet and prepared it to face the Five-Colored Pill Lightning.

Wei Yang endured the Five-Colored Pill Lightning and absorbed its Thunder Force, while Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppet also repaired itself under the barrage. As the lightning subsided, the Alchemist Tower’s Three Giants faced the problem of choosing a champion between the two of them.

• Wei Yang took the five-colored lightning head-on as it damaged and restored his body, strengthening his Hou Bloodline and aura.
• Old Man Mu Gu watched Wei Yang grow stronger and regretted not destroying Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppet, which also absorbed Thunder Force and repaired itself.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other two Giants concluded that Wei Yang and Xiao Yan had passed the final test and privately agreed not to pry into Wei Yang’s ability.
• The Three Giants recognized that the Pill Gathering results ranged from Cao Ying and Dan Chen’s two and three colors to Old Man Mu Gu’s four and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan’s five.
• As the pill lightning neared its end, Xuan Kongzi and the other Giants began considering how to choose between the two five-colored pills.

Wei Yang absorbed the Pill Lightning and began breaking through to Dou Zun, while the thunderclouds above the Pill Gathering gathered into one enormous storm. The chapter ended with the Three Giants guarding his breakthrough as Wei Yang faced the combined Pill Lightning.

• Wei Yang absorbed over a hundred lightning strikes, strengthening his body to the Dou Zun level, while his Dou Qi breakthrough remained incomplete.
• The Earth Demon Puppet endured the lightning and began developing faint golden radiance as it evolved toward a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• The Five-Colored Thunder Clouds drew in the other contestants' Pill Lightning and merged into a vast thundercloud above the square.
• The Three Giants recognized that Wei Yang was breaking through to Dou Zun and prepared to kill anyone who interfered.
• Xian'er, Ah Da, and Xiao Yan watched for danger as Old Man Mu Gu reluctantly abandoned any plan to stop Wei Yang.

Wei Yang endured the Pill Lightning and broke through to Dou Zun, while Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppet evolved into a Heavenly Demon Puppet. After the storm cleared, the group celebrated their gains from the Pill Gathering.

• The Pill Lightning split between Wei Yang and the Earth Demon Puppet, bombarding both as their strength grew.
• After nearly forty minutes, the thunderclouds dispersed, leaving Wei Yang’s Dou Qi transformed and more than half the puppet’s body golden.
• Wei Yang awoke as a Dou Zun and discovered his overall strength had increased more than tenfold.
• Xiao Yan’s fully golden Earth Demon Puppet appeared beside him, having evolved into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Yan tested the puppet’s defense with a flame dagger, but its faint mark vanished almost immediately.

The Pill Gathering’s remaining pills revealed a tie between Xiao Yan’s and Wei Yang’s five-colored Grade 8 Pills, leaving the Alchemist Tower to decide the champion. While the two contestants discussed the techniques behind Xiao Yan’s pill, they agreed that the title mattered little to either of them.

• Xuan Kongzi asked the remaining contestants to display their pills, revealing seven Grade 8 Pills among the results.
• Old Man Mu Gu’s four-colored pill challenged Xiao Yan’s and Wei Yang’s five-colored pills, but their dragon-shaped spiritual forms drove it away before confronting each other.
• The two five-colored pills proved evenly matched, and the audience awaited the Alchemist Tower’s decision on the championship.
• Wei Yang praised Xiao Yan’s Spirit Ascension Method and Spirit-Nourishing Dust, and Xiao Yan offered to let Wei Yang and Xian'er study them.
• Xiao Yan said he would accept Wei Yang as champion, and Wei Yang replied that the title mattered little to him.

Xuan Kongzi announced that Wei Yang and Xiao Yan would share the Pill Gathering championship after their five-colored Eighth Grade pills proved evenly matched. The two received recognition as candidates for future Pill Tower giants and were awarded ancient soul cultivation methods.

• Xuan Kongzi announced that Wei Yang and Xiao Yan were both champions of the Pill Gathering.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan congratulated each other as the crowd celebrated their unprecedented shared victory.
• Xuan Kongzi named Wei Yang and Xiao Yan candidates for future Pill Tower giants.
• Xuan Kongzi gave each champion an Ancient Soul Cultivation Method, and they sensed the scrolls were valuable.

After the Pill Gathering ended, Wei Yang rested and reflected on his newfound strength before joining his family and friends in the garden. The top ten contestants were set to enter the Star Domain in two days to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xuan Kongzi announced that the Star Domain would open in two days for the Pill Gathering's top ten to seek the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The exhausted contestants returned to their lodgings, and Wei Yang went back to Wei Manor with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan to rest.
• Wei Yang woke the next evening and considered how the Pill Gathering had strengthened his realm, physique, and bloodline.
• Wei Yang found Zi Yan playing with Wei Ye and Wei Shuo in the garden while Qing Lin and Venerable Skyfire watched.
• Wei Yang joined the group, and Venerable Skyfire doted on Wei Shuo as she tugged at his beard and called him Grandpa.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan went to the Alchemist Tower after dinner and met its three presidents. Xuan Kongzi introduced Xuanyi and Tianleizi, and the chapter ended with the two champions greeting the presidents.

• Wei Yang learned that Ah Da had taken the Fuling Green Pill to recover, while Venerable Skyfire agreed to wait for another pill.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan left Wei Manor and entered Holy Pill City's Inner Domain to visit the Alchemist Tower.
• Elder Sheng escorted Wei Yang and Xiao Yan through the tower to meet the presidents on its top floor.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Xuanyi, whose close relationship with Yao Chen surprised Xiao Yan, and the two disciples addressed her as Aunt Xuan.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Tianleizi, and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan respectfully greeted him.

Xuan Kongzi warned Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and the others that Old Man Mu Gu and the Soul Hall might sabotage the seal on the Three Thousand Burning Flame when the Star Domain opened. After Cao Ying tried to approach Wei Yang and Xiao Yan, the two left her behind, and Xiao Yan reflected on his family.

• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Star Domain would open in two days and asked the group to watch Old Man Mu Gu and protect one another while attempting to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi gave the group jade beads they could crush to summon help and asked Wei Yang, the strongest among them, to protect the others.
• Cao Ying invited Wei Yang and Xiao Yan to walk with her, but Wei Yang moved on and Xiao Yan declined, leaving her stunned.
• Cao Ying rejected Song Qing's suggestion to rehearse for confronting Old Man Mu Gu because Song Qing had abandoned her during the Pill Realm pursuit.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan discussed Cao Ying's interest in them, and Xiao Yan said he would tell her he was married if she approached him again.

Xiao Yan and his companions discussed their plans to enter the Star Domain and subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Zi Yan warned that the intelligent flame would never willingly be refined. She revealed a dragon-shaped image of it and hinted at its connection to her, then left the group awaiting a practical way to overcome it.

• Wei Yang teased Xiao Yan about Cao Ying, and Zi Yan threatened to tell Cai Lin before Wei Yang redirected the conversation to the Star Domain opening.
• Xiao Yan vowed to capture Old Man Mu Gu to learn where his Teacher was imprisoned, while Wei Yang and Xian'er said they would handle Mu Gu and leave Xiao Yan to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Zi Yan warned that subduing and refining the intelligent Three Thousand Burning Flame would be far beyond a simple contest of strength, then bargained for Xiao Yan to make her medicinal pills in exchange for advice.
• Zi Yan formed a purple dragon phantom resembling the Three Thousand Burning Flame, prompting Xiao Yan to suspect a connection between the flame and the Ancient Void Dragon clan.
• Zi Yan dismissed the Pill Tower Three Giants' hope that someone could win the flame's favor, while Xiao Yan worried that forceful refinement would prevent him from gaining the energy he needed.

Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that Three Thousand Burning Flame had been raised by her clan and gave him an ancient dragon blood Dragon Seal that could help subdue it, though failure would let the flame control him. Two days later, the Pill Gathering’s top ten gathered to enter the Star Domain and attempt to subdue the flame, while the Alchemist Tower presidents fixed their attention on Old Man Mu Gu.

• Zi Yan explained that an ancient elder of her clan had discovered Three Thousand Burning Flame and placed a Dragon Seal inside it.
• Zi Yan imprinted a Dragon Seal on Xiao Yan’s palm and gave him a drop of ancient dragon blood to activate the seal inside the flame, warning him that failure could let it control him.
• Xiao Yan accepted the Dragon Seal as a last resort, and Wei Yang explained how it could deepen his control over Three Thousand Burning Flame after it was subdued.
• Two days later, crowds gathered outside the Alchemist Tower as the Pill Gathering’s top ten prepared to enter the Star Domain.
• Xuan Kongzi summoned the ten into the sky, and the presidents fixed their cold gazes on Old Man Mu Gu.

Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and the others entered the Star Domain under Great Elder Qiu Ling’s supervision, while Old Man Mu Gu’s presence forced Wei Yang and Xiao Yan to postpone their plan to kill him. As the group flew deeper into the scorching realm toward the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yan grew increasingly anxious about swallowing it.

• Qiu Ling appeared to lead the group into the Star Domain and warned that anyone who disobeyed the rules could lose their qualification.
• Wei Yang, Xian'er, and Xiao Yan agreed to hold off on attacking Old Man Mu Gu while Qiu Ling supervised them.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi arranged for Pill Tower experts and allies to stand by in Holy Pill City after the group entered.
• Inside the Star Domain, Wei Yang and the other bearers of Heavenly Flames sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xiao Yan noticed Old Man Mu Gu reacting to it as well.
• Qiu Ling led the group deeper into the Star Domain as the heat intensified, and Wei Yang teased Xiao Yan about swallowing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Wei Yang and the others reached the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame, an enormous dragon coiled in the void. With the champions ordered to try subduing it first, Wei Yang approached its head and examined the powerful seal binding it.

• Wei Yang sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame drawing near, and Qiu Ling warned the group to behave or face execution.
• The group saw the colossal purple-black dragon and learned that it had been sealed and must not be awakened.
• Qiu Ling sent the Pill Gathering champions Wei Yang and Xiao Yan to try subduing the flame first, and Wei Yang went ahead.
• Wei Yang approached the dragon's head, noticed what seemed to be its watchful gaze, and followed Qiu Ling's instructions to find an unburned scale.
• Wei Yang sensed the intricate runes covering the scale and recognized them as the powerful seal created by the Three Giants and the Alchemist Tower.

Wei Yang entered the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s source space and confronted the Little Fire Dragon, which attacked him after he tried to intrude on its source. Their Heavenly Flames clashed, and Wei Yang refused to leave, choosing to keep part of his soul inside while the dragon’s resentment toward the Alchemist Tower deepened.

• Wei Yang used his Soul Power to enter the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s source space and found the Little Fire Dragon apparently asleep.
• Wei Yang tried to seep his Soul Power into the Little Fire Dragon, but it burned away his intrusion and revealed that it had been watching him.
• The Little Fire Dragon attacked Wei Yang, and his Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame met its Purple-Black Flame in a stalemate.
• The Little Fire Dragon recognized Wei Yang’s strength and told him to leave, but Wei Yang said he had come for it and would not go.
• Wei Yang explained that his Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame was newly ranked twenty-fourth and warned that fighting would waste time while others waited outside.
• Wei Yang refused to remove his soul fragment from the source space, enraging the Little Fire Dragon and intensifying its hatred of the Alchemist Tower.

Wei Yang foiled Old Man Mu Gu’s attempt to trigger Three Thousand Burning Flame by removing and destroying the hidden seal. With Mu Gu’s plan exposed, Wei Yang prepared to deal with him.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan entered Three Thousand Burning Flame’s origin space but failed to subdue it, and Old Man Mu Gu failed as well.
• Xian'er and the remaining alchemists also failed, leaving Qiu Ling ready to call off the attempt.
• Old Man Mu Gu secretly activated a seal planted on the dragon scale and tried to tear open Three Thousand Burning Flame’s binding seal.
• Wei Yang appeared atop the dragon’s head, protected the scale with a Soul Barrier, and pulled out the hidden seal.
• Wei Yang crushed the seal before it could explode and told Old Man Mu Gu he had been watching him.