Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan refined a Saint-tier skeleton into hundreds of Dou Sheng Bone Marrow pills, using one each to strengthen their cultivation. They stored most of the harvest for Elder Yao and planned to use the bone ash to cultivate a rare Medicine Field.

• Wei Yang consumed a Dou Sheng Bone Marrow pill and spent four days refining its energy, reaching the threshold of the First Turn.
• Wei Yang refined his half of the skeleton into 281 pills, while Xiao Yan advanced to five-star Dou Venerate after consuming one.
• Xiao Yan collected 249 pills from his half, bringing their combined harvest to 530 pills, with 528 remaining after their cultivation.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan stored 500 pills for Elder Yao, divided the remaining 28, and set aside pills for their children.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan decided to use the bone ash as soil for a Medicine Field and discussed transplanting rare herbs and the tree that bore the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Elder Yao’s Origin Soul Qi was restored, and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan began preparing to refine a new body for him. After revealing a complete Saint skeleton and five hundred portions of Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Bone Marrow, they left Elder Yao stunned by the materials they had secured.

• Elder Yao emerged from seclusion with his Origin Soul Qi restored by the Gold-grade Soul Infant Fruit.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan agreed with Elder Yao to begin refining his body using the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Essence Blood.
• Elder Yao guessed they planned to use Old Ghost Zhai Xing’s corpse, but Wei Yang revealed a complete Saint skeleton from the Ancient Ruins instead.
• Wei Yang brought out five hundred portions of bone marrow from a Saint-level Ancient Heavenly Phoenix skeleton, leaving Elder Yao astonished.

Wei Yang revealed that his Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame had gained Life Spirit Flame’s life-giving properties and renamed it Life-Extinguishing Flame. He concealed its true nature from the outside world before he and Xiao Yan continued preparing to restore Elder Yao’s body.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan prepared two Saint-grade skeletons to restore Elder Yao’s body.
• Wei Yang changed his Black Sun Burning Heaven Flame into a green flame with Life Spirit Flame’s life-giving properties, then shifted it back to its destructive Black Flame form.
• Wei Yang explained that his flame had both destructive and life-giving abilities and named it Life-Extinguishing Flame.
• Elder Yao and Xiao Yan marveled that Life-Extinguishing Flame could rival the highest-ranked Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Yao warned Wei Yang to hide the flame’s special nature until he became a high-level Dou Saint, and Wei Yang agreed he had kept it secret.

Wei Yang used Green Flame, Demonic Phoenix Essence Blood, and the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill to refine a Dou Sheng Skeleton into a new body for Elder Yao. Elder Yao’s flesh and skin formed successfully, leaving him to complete the final fusion and pursue the chance to reach Dou Sheng.

• Wei Yang began tempering the Jade White Skeleton with Green Flame and placed a wisp of Elder Yao’s soul inside it.
• Wei Yang spread the Demonic Phoenix Essence Blood over the skeleton and spent nearly seven days burning it into the bones.
• Elder Yao swallowed the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and merged his soul with the blood-infused skeleton.
• Wei Yang repeatedly burned away the rapidly forming flesh as the pill’s power regenerated it, until skin, hair, and a complete body formed.
• Xiao Yan saw Elder Yao in his new flesh-and-blood body, while Wei Yang noted that Elder Yao still needed to complete the final fusion and had five hundred portions of Dou Sheng Bone Marrow awaiting him.

After Elder Yao took control of his refined body, he began a breakthrough that drew a massive vortex of heaven-and-earth energy over the residence. Wei Yang discovered Soul Hall spies outside and went to confront them while Xiao Yan stayed to watch over Elder Yao.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan waited as Elder Yao adjusted to his new body, then spent seven days cultivating while he remained unconscious.
• Wei Yang sensed Elder Yao building momentum, recalled the Green Flame, and watched a vast energy vortex form above the residence as Elder Yao's breakthrough began.
• Wei Yang ordered Ah Da to stabilize the Spatial Barrier and sent Single-Horn and Xiong Zhan to guard the residence while Venerable Feng and Venerable Skyfire helped defend it.
• Wei Yang fed Elder Yao bone marrow from the Dou Sheng Skeleton, and Elder Yao rapidly absorbed its energy as he continued his breakthrough.
• Wei Yang sensed Soul Hall spies outside, handed Xiao Yan the Jade Jar, and went out to confront them.

A massive heaven-and-earth energy gathering around Wei Manor revealed that Yao Chen was breaking through to the Saint realm. The Pill Tower Three Giants and other powerful figures watched as Soul Hall's presence emerged in response to the disturbance.

• Energy across Holy Pill City surged toward Wei Manor, drawing countless experts and the Pill Tower Three Giants.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized the gathering as a Heaven and Earth Bestowal and concluded that Yao Chen had taken the step into sainthood.
• The Three Giants noticed old acquaintances and hidden experts watching Yao Chen's breakthrough, while Pill Tower experts gathered to warn them off.
• Xuan Kongzi sensed Soul Hall's presence, and Tian Leizi's aura provoked a response from a concealed figure.
• A blue-clad figure stepped through a black fissure and challenged Tian Leizi for provoking him.

Nine Heavenly Venerate clashed with Tian Leizi in Holy Pill City, then learned Yao Chen was nearing the Dou Saint realm and decided to sabotage his breakthrough. The chapter ended as he opened a spatial rift despite Xuan Kongzi's warning.

• Nine Heavenly Venerate arrived in Holy Pill City and challenged the Pill Tower, prompting Tian Leizi to attack him with a Thunder Flame palm.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate blocked Tian Leizi's attack with a crystalline shield but was forced to retreat and back down.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Nine Heavenly Venerate to obey the Pill Tower's rules, while Xuan Yi questioned his reasons for coming.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate realized Yao Chen was about to enter the Dou Saint realm and resolved to disrupt his breakthrough.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate formed hand seals and opened a spatial rift, and Xuan Kongzi roared at him to stop.

Nine Heavenly Venerate and Eight Heavenly Venerate tried to disrupt Yao Chen’s breakthrough to Dou Saint in Holy Pill City, while Xuan Kongzi and the Pill Tower Three Giants moved to stop them. The chapter ended as Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi clashed with Eight Heavenly Venerate, while Nine Heavenly Venerate’s rain attack threatened the city.

• Xuan Kongzi attacked Nine Heavenly Venerate, shattering his Blue Water Shield and injuring him.
• Eight Heavenly Venerate Prison Land emerged from the spatial rift and learned that Yao Chen was breaking through to Dou Saint.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate persuaded Eight Heavenly Venerate to help disrupt Yao Chen’s breakthrough, with Eight Heavenly Venerate agreeing to hold off the Pill Tower Three Giants.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate summoned countless corrosive raindrops over Holy Pill City as Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi moved to stop him.
• Eight Heavenly Venerate attacked Xuan Kongzi and the other two, and the Pill Tower Three Giants met him in battle.

Wei Yang emerged from the manor and used a Life and Death Great Millstone to erase Nine Heavenly Venerate’s devastating attack, then confronted him directly. Nine Heavenly Venerate was left immobilized in Wei Yang’s grasp.

• Nine Heavenly Venerate condensed a huge Rain Sphere and launched it at Wei Manor, intending to interrupt Yao Chen’s breakthrough and destroy the manor.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi attacked Eight Heavenly Venerate but could not stop Nine Heavenly Venerate’s strike.
• As the Rain Sphere neared the manor’s barrier, a black-scaled giant hand appeared and ground the attack to nothing with a gray-black great millstone.
• Wei Yang stepped out of the barrier, revealed that the millstone was his modified Life and Death Great Millstone, and appeared before Nine Heavenly Venerate.
• Wei Yang imprisoned Nine Heavenly Venerate in place, seized him by the throat, and taunted him as he tightened his grip.

Wei Yang killed the Ninth Heavenly Venerate and then annihilated the Eight Heavenly Venerate with his newly discovered Power of Life and Death. As the Soul Hall threatened retaliation, Wei Yang realized the unfamiliar power in his hands was far stronger than Dou Qi.

• Wei Yang crushed the Ninth Heavenly Venerate's neck and tossed his body into the Spatial Barrier.
• The Eight Heavenly Venerate tried to escape Holy Pill City, but Xuan Kongzi collapsed his spatial passage.
• Wei Yang attacked the Eight Heavenly Venerate with a gray-black vortex that devoured him completely.
• The Eight Heavenly Venerate's dying roar threatened that the Soul Hall would retaliate against Wei Yang.
• Wei Yang identified the unfamiliar force as the Power of Life and Death and reflected on its overwhelming strength.

After stopping the Rain Sphere, Wei Yang realized the Three Giants had deliberately held back and concluded that Pill Tower could not be trusted to protect outsiders. He left the barrier, while the Three Giants acknowledged that their relationship with Wei Yang and Xiao Yan had fractured beyond repair.

• Wei Yang reflected that the Three Giants had not gone all out to stop the Eight and Nine Heavenly Venerates, and he realized Pill Tower’s leaders were constrained by their faction’s interests.
• Wei Yang decided he could rely only on himself and his own power, then vanished into the manor’s barrier.
• Xuan Kongzi said a rift had formed, and Xuan Yi left after accepting that Pill Tower could not keep Wei Yang or Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi departed as the Pill Tower experts dispersed, while five-colored energy continued flowing into the Wei Manor barrier.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan guarded Elder Yao as he completed the dangerous stage of his breakthrough into the Dou Saint realm, while the Soul Hall failed to interfere. Elder Yao entered the final stabilization stage, and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan divided the remaining Dou Sheng Bone Marrow pellets.

• Wei Yang ordered Ah Da to watch for trouble and gave the Ninth Heavenly Venerate’s corpse to Single-Horn and its soul to Ah Da.
• News of Yao Chen’s impending breakthrough drew countless people and faction leaders to Holy Pill City, where they watched Wei Manor from outside its barrier.
• Xiao Yan fed Elder Yao Dou Sheng Bone Marrow pellets as Wei Yang and Xiao Yan observed his aura approach its peak.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan realized Elder Yao had entered the final stabilization stage and that the Soul Hall had missed its chance to stop the breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan and Wei Yang divided the fifteen remaining Dou Sheng Bone Marrow pellets between themselves.

Elder Yao awakened after breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm, and his immense Saint's Might overwhelmed Wei Yang and Xiao Yan. He celebrated his resurrection and new strength with his disciples, then demonstrated his mastery of Spatial Power.

• Elder Yao awakened and accidentally released enough Saint's Might to shake the secret chamber and immobilize Wei Yang and Xiao Yan.
• Elder Yao withdrew his aura, and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan congratulated him on becoming a Saint.
• Elder Yao thanked Wei Yang and Xiao Yan for helping him, and the three sat down to talk about their past hardships.
• Elder Yao explained that his body had been refined from Saint bones and had merged well with his soul.
• Elder Yao gathered Spatial Power in his hand and shattered the surrounding space, demonstrating the difference between Dou Sheng and Dou Zun abilities.

After Elder Yao reached the Dou Saint realm, he discussed Pill Tower’s distrust and decided to return to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan and Wei Yang. He then confessed that he regretted never asking Wei Yang to become his disciple, leaving their relationship poised for a long-delayed acknowledgment.

• Elder Yao revealed that his soul had reached the peak of the Heaven Realm Initial Stage and that he could likely refine Grade 9 Treasure Pills.
• Wei Yang told Elder Yao that Eight or Nine Heavenly Venerate had attacked and that Pill Tower’s Three Giants had acted for their own interests, souring Xiao Yan’s view of Pill Tower.
• Elder Yao said they should leave for Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yan agreed that he no longer needed to pursue Pill Tower’s candidate-for-giant status.
• Elder Yao recalled meeting Wei Yang at the Xiao Family’s back mountain and admitted that he had long regretted not asking Wei Yang to become his disciple.
• Elder Yao said Wei Yang’s help had been essential to both his and Xiao Yan’s success, and Xiao Yan acknowledged how much they owed him.

Wei Yang accepted Elder Yao as his master, resolving the uncertainty between them and becoming Xiao Yan’s senior brother. Outside Wei Manor, people assumed Yao Chen’s breakthrough had failed, while the Three Giants decided to leave him undisturbed and visit later.

• Elder Yao asked Wei Yang to become his disciple and promised to protect him, and Wei Yang knelt and accepted him as Master.
• Elder Yao named Wei Yang the senior brother and Xiao Yan the junior brother, and the three shared their happiness in the secret chamber.
• People outside Wei Manor saw the heavenly energy dissipate and concluded that Yao Chen’s breakthrough to Dou Saint had failed.
• Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi discussed why Yao Chen’s attempt to skip the Half-Saint realm was unlikely to succeed.
• Xuan Kongzi decided the Three Giants would not visit Wei Manor immediately, and he and Tian Leizi returned while Xuan Yi left.

Wei Yang formally became Yao Chen’s disciple, and Yao Chen doted on his two young granddisciples while strengthening their foundations with Dou Sheng Bone Marrow. With the family preparing to leave Holy Pill City for Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan planned to return for his daughter, and Yao Chen invited Venerable Skyfire to become a Supreme Elder.

• Wei Yang completed his disciple-taking ceremony before the gathered guests, and his two children bowed to Yao Chen as their grandmaster.
• Yao Chen sealed Dou Sheng Bone Marrow into the two children, whose strengthened bodies grew sleepy in his arms.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Yan to return for his daughter, and Xiao Yan agreed that it was time to go back.
• Yao Chen announced that everyone would leave Holy Pill City for Starfall Pavilion the next day.
• Venerable Skyfire asked to settle in Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Chen offered him the position of Supreme Elder.

Elder Yao led Wei Yang and the others from their old residence to Starfall Pavilion in the Southern Region of the Central Plains. Venerable Feng guided them through the naturally formed Starfall Grand Array into the pavilion’s concealed space.

• Elder Yao opened a spatial rift, and he and the others departed their empty residence without alerting the Three Giants.
• Elder Yao’s group traveled for nearly half a month to reach the Southern Region, then spent another seven or eight days reaching the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
• Venerable Feng explained that Starfall Pavilion lay hidden within the mountain range and led the group toward its concealed entrance.
• Wei Yang and the others sensed an unusual array in the forest, and Venerable Feng used an Ancient Jade to open a spatial gate.
• Venerable Feng led everyone through the gate into Starfall Pavilion’s hidden space, where they saw its mountain peak, buildings, and disciples training.

Yao Chen and his group arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where Mu Qingluan met the returning Pavilion Master and his disciples. Yao Chen accepted leadership of the pavilion, and Venerable Feng assigned the newcomers roles as the sect celebrated its strengthened ranks.

• Mu Qingluan welcomed Venerable Feng and learned that Yao Chen had returned as a Saint and Pavilion Master.
• Venerable Feng introduced Wei Yang and Xiao Yan as Starfall Pavilion's Young Pavilion Masters, and Mu Qingluan greeted them.
• Venerable Feng announced Yao Chen's return and the two Young Pavilion Masters to the pavilion's disciples and elders, who were initially startled and then excited.
• Yao Chen accepted the Pavilion Master position, recognizing the need for a stable home and faction for his family and disciples.
• Venerable Feng appointed Xian'er, Ah Da, Single-Horn, Xiong Zhan, Venerable Skyfire, and Venerable Iron Sword as elders, while Zi Yan became a Guest Elder.

Starfall Pavilion rose to prominence after Yao Chen returned as a Dou Saint, while Wei Yang and his family kept to the rear mountain. Wei Yang planned to leave with Zi Yan and Xiao Yan in a few days, and he told Xian'er and Qing Lin that he expected to be away for two or three years.

• Wei Yang's children explored Starfall Pavilion under the protection of Single-Horn and Xiong Zhan.
• News that Yao Chen had returned as a Dou Saint spread across the Central Plains, drawing visitors and new Guest Elders to Starfall Pavilion.
• Elder Yao discussed the need to build a powerful faction and learned that Wei Yang and Xiao Yan planned to depart in a few days.
• Wei Yang told Xian'er and Qing Lin that his upcoming journey could last two or three years, and the three joked together afterward.

Wei Yang brought the increasingly sleepy Zi Yan to the Black Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy while Xiao Yan went to help Yun Yun. Zi Yan reunited with Su Qian at the Inner Academy, and Wei Yang introduced himself, leaving Su Qian unsure why he seemed familiar.

• Wei Yang arrived in the Black Corner Region with Zi Yan, who had grown unusually sleepy after the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was sealed inside her.
• Wei Yang carried Zi Yan toward Jia Nan Academy as he worried she would eventually absorb the fruit’s power and grow up.
• Zi Yan entered Su Qian’s pavilion and reunited with him, while Su Qian teased her about not growing taller.
• Zi Yan told Su Qian that Xiao Yan had gone to save Yun Yun and that Wei Yang had brought her back.
• Wei Yang entered the pavilion and greeted Su Qian, who felt he recognized him but could not remember where.