Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan refined three Violet-Green Extreme Venerate Pills, strengthening their allies as they prepared to fight Soul Hall. Venerable Feng arrived at Wei Manor with another elder, and both sensed that Wei Yang was an exceptionally powerful expert.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan refined all three Violet-Green Extreme Venerate Pills, while Single-Horn used the pill lightning to break through to Two-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan gave the final pill to Venerable Skyfire, while Wei Yang and Xian'er took the other two; all three emerged from seclusion with stronger cultivation.
• Wei Yang reached Six-Star Dou Zun, Xian'er reached Nine-star Dou Venerate, and Venerable Skyfire reached Four-Star Dou Zun, strengthening the group as it awaited Venerable Feng.
• Xiao Yan sensed Venerable Feng's arrival on the fifth day and welcomed him and another elderly man at Wei Manor.
• Xiao Yan introduced Wei Yang to Venerable Feng, and both visiting elders were shocked by the pressure they sensed from him.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan gathered Venerable Feng, Venerable Iron Sword, and their powerful Dou Zun allies to plan Yao Chen’s rescue from Soul Hall. After learning Yao Chen had been moved to the Mountain Range of the Departed Souls, they agreed to depart that night before Soul Hall could relocate him again.

• Venerable Feng introduced Venerable Iron Sword, who agreed to help rescue Yao Chen in repayment for an old kindness.
• Xiao Yan thanked Venerable Iron Sword, and Wei Yang introduced his own Dou Zun allies, impressing Venerable Feng and Iron Sword with the assembled force.
• Xiao Yan shared intelligence from the Alchemist Tower, and Venerable Feng identified the Mountain Range of the Departed Souls as a difficult place to search.
• Xiao Yan proposed leaving as soon as possible to prevent Soul Hall from moving Yao Chen again, and Venerable Feng agreed.
• Wei Yang and the others toasted to a smooth journey and prepared to depart that night.

Wei Yang left his children in Xuan Kongzi’s care and led a group to the Mountain Range of the Departed Souls to rescue their captured grandmaster. The group reached the mountain range and stopped to rest before entering.

• Wei Yang revealed his children, Wei Ye and Wei Shuo, to Xuan Kongzi and sealed their Special Physiques to conceal them.
• Wei Yang asked Xuan Kongzi to keep the children in his sight while he and their mother went away, then departed with his group after nightfall.
• Xuan Kongzi told Wei Ye and Wei Shuo that Wei Yang was going to save their grandmaster, who had been captured by bad people.
• Wei Yang, Ah Da, Xian'er, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and the others traveled for four days toward the Mountain Range of the Departed Souls.
• Wei Yang halted the group outside the mountain range to let everyone recover, while Zi Yan complained to Xiao Yan about the exhausting journey.

Wei Yang and his companions entered the Mountain Range of the Departed Souls to find the Soul Hall, but cold mist and nightfall forced them to stop and rest. Xiao Yan confided in Wei Yang that he still felt guilty about Elder Yao’s capture and wished he had been taken instead.

• Venerable Feng warned the group against flying in and led them into the cold mist on foot to avoid detection by the Soul Hall.
• Wei Yang and the others struggled to navigate the vast mountain range as the mist weakened their perception and made their map less useful.
• As night fell, Venerable Feng called off the search, and Venerable Iron Sword scattered magical beast dung to deter lesser beasts while the group rested.
• Wei Yang kept watch through the night, then reassured Xiao Yan that they would rescue Elder Yao within a day or two.
• Xiao Yan told Wei Yang that he had long felt guilty because Elder Yao had intercepted a Soul Hall Guardian for his sake, and that he wished he had been captured instead.

Wei Yang comforted Xiao Yan over Elder Yao’s sacrifice, then sent Zi Yan to capture a Stone Devouring Ant Queen to help locate a Soul Hall branch. Zi Yan returned unharmed with the queen, and the group prepared to follow it.

• Wei Yang reassured Xiao Yan that Elder Yao’s sacrifice had given him time to grow strong enough to become a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan renewed his hatred of the Soul Hall, while Wei Yang reflected on Soul Emperor’s defeat and the danger posed by Xiao Yan and himself.
• Wei Yang asked Zi Yan to capture the Stone Devouring Ant Queen so it could guide them to the Soul Hall branch.
• Venerable Feng warned that the ant swarm’s immense numbers made it one of the Mountain Range of the Departed Souls’ most feared dangers.
• Zi Yan returned with the dark golden Eight-Winged Giant Ant Queen, startling Venerable Feng and the others.
• Wei Yang told Zi Yan to have the queen lead the group toward the Soul Hall.

Zi Yan led Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and the others to a Soul Hall branch hidden in the mountains, using the Stone Devouring Ant Queen to evade the Soul Hall’s informants. After surveying the defenders, Wei Yang arranged their attack and Zi Yan quietly opened a passage through the branch’s Spatial Barrier.

• Zi Yan calmed the Stone Devouring Ant Queen, which guided the group through the mountain range toward the Soul Hall.
• The Stone Devouring Demonic Ants killed the Soul Hall’s Message-Transmitting Birds before they could alert the branch.
• Zi Yan led everyone to a valley containing the hidden Soul Hall branch, where Wei Yang sensed eight Dou Zun and dozens of Dou Zong.
• Wei Yang assigned the Dou Zun to engage the defenders and instructed Xiao Yan to search for Elder Yao and take him away during the fighting.
• Zi Yan silently cut through the Spatial Barrier and opened a passage into the branch.

Wei Yang and his allies sent an ant swarm into the Soul Hall branch and entered to rescue Elder Yao. When Elder Yao sensed two familiar auras approaching, he realized they had finally come for him.

• Zi Yan had the ant queen summon a swarm that poured through the Spatial Barrier toward the black hall.
• Wei Yang led the group into the hall, with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan following unseen behind them.
• Elder Yao remained imprisoned in a light cluster while the Black and White Heavenly Venerates tried to persuade him to join Soul Hall.
• The White-robed Celestial Venerable explained that Soul Hall wanted Elder Yao for his alchemy skills and hoped to use him to approach Wei Yang and Xiao Yan.
• The Heavenly Venerates sensed intruders, and Elder Yao recognized two familiar auras and rejoiced that they had come.

Stone Devouring Demonic Ants swarmed the Soul Hall branch in the Mountain Range of the Departed Souls, where Soul Hall members tried to stop them. The attackers revealed themselves as nine Dou Zuns, leaving the defenders overwhelmed and in despair.

• Black and White Heavenly Venerates left the hall after sensing a violent explosion, while Elder Yao worried about Wei Yang and Xiao Yan facing them.
• Stone Devouring Demonic Ants poured into the valley, and Soul Hall guards sounded the alarm.
• Protector Liu ordered nearly a hundred Soul Hall members to attack the Ant Tide, but their black mist could not stop its advance.
• A middle-aged Soul Hall member warned that something was wrong before a hidden attacker crushed him with spatial force.
• The attackers emerged from the Ant Tide as nine Dou Zuns, overwhelming the Soul Hall members with their auras.

Wei Yang led an assault on the Soul Hall, where his allies overwhelmed its defenders while Ah Da fought Old Ghost Zhai Xing. Wei Yang blasted open the giant hall and freed its chained Soul Bodies, while two concealed Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates still remained inside.

• Wei Yang ordered his companions to attack the Soul Hall, and they quickly slaughtered its members and drew out six Venerable Elders led by Old Ghost Zhai Xing.
• Ah Da confronted Old Ghost Zhai Xing while Venerable Feng, Venerable Iron Sword, Xiong Zhan, Qing Lin, and others engaged the remaining elders.
• Wei Yang sensed two powerful auras inside the giant hall and noticed Xiao Yan and Zi Yan waiting near the battlefield.
• Wei Yang hurled a Black Sun into the hall's roof, blasting it open and allowing the chained Soul Bodies to escape.
• Old Ghost Zhai Xing used his Star Plucking Hand against Ah Da, but Ah Da broke free and struck him back, leaving Zhai Xing overwhelmed.

Wei Yang and Xian'er fought the Black and White Heavenly Venerates while their allies battled the Soul Hall defenders. Xiao Yan rescued Yao Chen from the great hall and called for the group to retreat.

• The Black and White Heavenly Venerates emerged and confronted Wei Yang and Xian'er, but Wei Yang recognized that they were stalling for time.
• Wei Yang and Xian'er revealed their powerful flames and challenged the Heavenly Venerates to fight them.
• Wei Yang attacked Black-robed Celestial Venerable, while Xian'er engaged White-robed Celestial Venerable, as the battle spread across the valley.
• Zi Yan emerged from the great hall and struck down a Soul Hall Guardian, but Xiao Yan burned the Guardian and hurried her away.
• Xiao Yan came out of the hall with Zi Yan, assessed the battle, and announced that Yao Chen had been rescued before ordering a retreat.

Wei Yang withdrew with Ah Da after Xiao Yan and the others escaped, then unleashed Ten Directions Annihilation on the Soul Hall’s arriving reinforcements. The attack destroyed the spatial barrier and valley, leaving the Soul Hall fighters and Black and White Heavenly Venerates reduced to ashes.

• Xiao Yan ordered Zi Yan to withdraw the Ant Tide, and Xian'er led Xiao Yan and the others out of the valley toward Holy Pill City.
• Wei Yang and Ah Da stayed behind to cover the retreat, then Wei Yang stopped at the barrier’s exit and revealed he had secretly charged a powerful attack.
• As reinforcements approached through a spatial passage, Wei Yang hurled Ten Black Suns into it, and the Soul Hall Dou Zuns failed to stop them.
• Wei Yang and Ah Da escaped as the attack collapsed the spatial passage and destroyed the Soul Hall fighters, the Black and White Heavenly Venerates, and the valley.

Wei Yang unleashed his self-created Ten Directions Annihilation, destroying the valley and the Soul Bodies imprisoned there, then returned to Holy Pill City with Ah Da. At Wei Manor, he learned that Xiao Yan was helping the rescued Yao Chen recover, while Venerable Feng privately regretted that Yao Chen had never accepted Wei Yang as a disciple because of the Flame Mantra.

• Wei Yang and Ah Da inspected the devastated valley after Ten Directions Annihilation erased the hall, its Dou Venerates, and the imprisoned Soul Bodies.
• Wei Yang rebuked Ah Da for regretting the loss of the Soul Bodies and reminded him to follow his rules.
• Wei Yang reclaimed the Black Flame, then left the valley with Ah Da.
• Wei Yang returned to Wei Manor and learned from Venerable Feng that Xiao Yan was helping the exhausted Yao Chen recover in the secret chamber.
• Venerable Feng thanked everyone for rescuing Yao Chen, then privately concluded that the Flame Mantra had caused Yao Chen to reject Wei Yang as a disciple.

After Elder Yao was rescued, Xiao Yan told Wei Yang that Elder Yao was recovering through Soul Nurturing Liquid. Wei Yang eased Xiao Yan’s guilt and self-doubt, and the two reaffirmed their friendship as fellow travelers who pushed each other forward.

• Wei Yang visited Xiao Yan as he refined Fourth-Grade Soul Nurturing Liquid for Elder Yao.
• Xiao Yan told Wei Yang that Elder Yao was improving after absorbing more than a dozen portions of Soul Nurturing Liquid.
• Xiao Yan thanked Wei Yang for helping rescue Elder Yao and admitted he felt inferior and indebted to him.
• Wei Yang told Xiao Yan he admired his perseverance and resilience, and reminded him that they each had their own path.
• Xiao Yan regained his resolve, and the two agreed that they were companions who supported and pushed each other forward.

Xiao Yan and Wei Yang reunited with the weakened Elder Yao and told him about their recent accomplishments, including their Pill Gathering victory and Xiao Yan's five Heavenly Flames. Elder Yao then greeted the rescuers and joyfully met Wei Yang's children, Wei Ye and Wei Shuo.

• Elder Yao emerged from Xiao Yan's black ring and happily reunited with Xiao Yan and Wei Yang after years apart.
• Elder Yao sensed the pair's remarkable Soul Power and listened as they recounted their growth and double championship at the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan showed Elder Yao his violet-brown flames and explained that he had devoured five Heavenly Flames, including the Three Thousand Burning Flame, with Wei Yang's help.
• Wei Yang opened the chamber so Venerable Feng, Venerable Iron Sword, and the others could greet Elder Yao and discuss the rescue.
• Wei Yang introduced his children, Wei Ye and Wei Shuo, who called Elder Yao their Grandmaster and delighted him.

Elder Yao and Venerable Feng discovered that Wei Yang’s nephews had rare Special Physiques, while the group discussed Soul Hall’s likely retaliation and postponed Elder Yao’s revival until his soul recovered. Elder Yao chose to remain in Holy Pill City for safety.

• Elder Yao examined Big Treasure and Little Treasure and identified Big Treasure’s physique as the Pure Yang Body and Little Treasure’s as the Yin Yang Body.
• Elder Yao said the children had the potential to become Dou Saints, but Wei Yang warned him not to speak carelessly about their future potential.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan discussed Soul Hall’s likely retaliation after the destruction of its branch hall and prioritized restoring Elder Yao’s body.
• Wei Yang listed the revival requirements already secured and noted that the remaining need was Magical Beast essence blood, while Elder Yao’s soul still required recovery.
• Elder Yao agreed to stay in Holy Pill City to recuperate rather than return to Starfall Pavilion.

After a year of cultivation in the Star Domain, Wei Yang successfully merged the Life-Extinguishing Flame into his Hou Bloodline and soul, gaining overwhelming power. The chapter leaves him having absorbed the flame’s consciousness completely, with his power now obeying only his will.

• After a year of seclusion, Wei Yang awakened within the Black Sun and unleashed a terrifying aura that shook the Star Domain.
• Xiao Yan woke and saw Wei Yang’s transformation; he reflected that he had advanced to four-star Mid-level Dou Venerate but still seemed far behind Wei Yang.
• Wei Yang announced that he had succeeded in refining the Life-Extinguishing Flame into his blood, making it inseparable from his body and bloodline.
• Wei Yang tested his new strength by crushing space in his palm and tearing open the void with a claw.
• Wei Yang acknowledged that he had devoured the Life-Extinguishing Flame’s power and consciousness, and said that his power must obey only his will.

Wei Yang reached the Nine-star Peak Dou Venerate realm after fusing with an Ancient Bloodline, and he and Xiao Yan left their cultivation retreat to check on their families. In the Jia Ma Empire, Medusa led the Yang Yan Alliance in their absence and was reunited with her unusually powerful young daughter.

• Wei Yang reflected on his Hou Bloodline and the limited blessings his children might inherit, then congratulated Xiao Yan on reaching Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Wei Yang explained that activating an Ancient Bloodline had caused his scales and claws, and he and Xiao Yan discussed returning home after helping Yao Lao recover.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan left the sea of fire to visit their families, with Xiao Yan planning to see his daughter after reviving his teacher.
• The narration described how the Yang Yan Alliance ruled the Jia Ma Empire, with Medusa holding authority while Wei Yang and Xiao Yan were away.
• Medusa thought about the two Alliance leaders before her young daughter approached, floating above the steps as a Seven-Colored Small Snake emerged from her clothes.

Wei Yang and his companions relaxed with the children at Wei Manor while Elder Yao worried that others would try to claim his granddisciples. Venerable Feng returned from Starfall Pavilion, and the group asked whether he had found medicine to restore Elder Yao’s soul.

• Wei Yang considered creating cultivation methods for Wei Ye and Wei Shuo while Elder Yao doted on the children and resolved to take them back to Starfall Pavilion.
• Zi Yan complained about looking after the children, who then went to Elder Yao for water, prompting Xiao Yan to joke that he had fallen out of favor.
• Venerable Feng returned from Starfall Pavilion and said he had sealed the pavilion’s grand formation; the group noted that Soul Hall had not attacked.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Venerable Feng had found a miraculous medicine for Elder Yao’s soul, and everyone turned to hear his answer.

Elder Yao needed a rare treasure to restore the Origin Soul Qi he had lost before he could be resurrected, and Starfall Pavilion received an unverified report of a Soul Infant Fruit in newly surfaced Ancient Ruins. Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and the others learned that the ruins may have belonged to an ancient Dou Saint, and the search for the treasure now led them toward a dangerous contest in the Beast Region.

• Venerable Feng explained that only the rare Soul Infant Fruit or Spirit Dragon Sky Ganoderma could restore Elder Yao’s lost Origin Soul Qi, and Xiao Yan worried that Elder Yao might never regain a body.
• A Starfall Pavilion elder reported rumors that a treasure resembling the Soul Infant Fruit lay within Ancient Ruins in the Beast Region, where several Magical Beast Clans had already explored.
• Wei Yang recognized the ruins as the Dou Saint site he had been waiting for, while Elder Yao cautioned that the treasure was unconfirmed and competition for the ruins could be deadly.
• Venerable Feng explained that the ruins appeared to have belonged to an ancient Dou Saint, and Xiao Yan and Wei Yang realized the site could attract powerful factions and magical beast tribes.

Wei Yang and his companions traveled toward the Ancient Ruins in the Beast Region, where powerful magical beast clans and their tangled alliances made the area dangerous. Wei Yang sensed an unseen Ancient Void Dragon watching them, while he and Xiao Yan resolved to claim the Soul Infant Fruit.

• Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Ah Da, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and the Unicorn Python crossed the sky toward the Beast Region and discussed its powerful clans and layered alliances.
• Zi Yan happily ate pills Wei Yang had given her, while Wei Yang suspected an Ancient Void Dragon was secretly following them through the void.
• Xiao Yan remarked that the Beast Region was complicated and the gathering would make matters even more turbulent.
• Wei Yang joked that he wished he could reserve the entire Ancient Ruins, then declared that the Soul Infant Fruit belonged to them and they would kill anyone who challenged them.
• Xiao Yan agreed that their group should be able to secure at least one Soul Infant Fruit.