Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Kun visited the Alchemist Tower and reunited with Yao Lao, who introduced them to Xuan Yi. Xiao Kun teased the pair by calling Xuan Yi “Aunt Xuan,” and she welcomed both brothers as family and offered to help them during the Pill Gathering.

• Xiao Yan announced that he and Xiao Kun had come to visit Yao Chen, and the guards hurried to report their arrival after sensing Xiao Yan’s Dou Zun aura.
• Yao Lao emerged from the Alchemist Tower with Xuan Yi and introduced Xiao Yan and Xiao Kun to her.
• Xuan Yi was impressed by the brothers’ strength and greeted them warmly.
• Xiao Kun called Xuan Yi “Aunt Xuan,” hinting at her special relationship with Yao Lao and leaving the group stunned.
• Xuan Yi accepted the affectionate address, invited both brothers to call her Aunt Xuan, and promised to help them during the Pill Gathering.

Xiao Kun maneuvered Yao Lao into giving Xuan Yi a rare Face-Fixing Pill, stirring her long-held feelings for him. Xuan Yi accepted the gift, and the group continued toward the Pill Gathering, which was set to begin the next day.

• Xuan Yi noticed Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan's Seventh-grade Alchemist badges and guessed they had already reached the eighth grade.
• Xiao Kun considered how to encourage Yao Lao and Xuan Yi's relationship as they walked through the Alchemist Tower.
• Xiao Kun produced a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill called the Face-Fixing Pill and hinted to Yao Lao that he should give it to Xuan Yi.
• Yao Lao realized Xiao Kun's plan, then handed the pill to Xuan Yi and said it was useless to him now.
• Xuan Yi accepted the pill with gratitude, her buried feelings for Yao Lao surging as she realized she could preserve her appearance for another hundred years.

Xiao Kun arranged for Yao Lao and Xuan Yi to spend time alone, and their decades-long affection blossomed into a union. He and Xiao Yan then met the Alchemist Tower’s other leaders and the prodigies Dan Chen and Cao Ying, who were eager to judge the brothers’ skills for themselves.

• Xiao Kun pulled Xiao Yan away from Yao Lao and Xuan Yi, then arranged a guest room for them to wait in.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan cultivated until evening, when Yao Lao and Xuan Yi arrived together, visibly close after becoming united in marriage.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan congratulated Yao Lao and Aunt Xuan before Yao Lao led them to meet the Alchemist Tower’s other leaders.
• Xiao Kun recognized the two young women waiting in the hall as Dan Chen and Cao Ying, prodigies of the Dan and Cao families.
• Dan Chen and Cao Ying examined Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan, skeptical of Xuan Yi’s claim that the brothers surpassed them in Alchemy Skills.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan met the Alchemist Tower’s leaders and impressed them with their strength and youth, while Dan Chen and Cao Ying struggled to hide their shock. The group discussed Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuan Yi warned the brothers to be cautious as they pursued it at the Pill Gathering.

• Dan Chen and Cao Ying heard that Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan were Dou Zun experts and wondered whether they were much older than themselves.
• Xuan Yi revealed that Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan were twin brothers who had just turned twenty-five, leaving Dan Chen, Cao Ying, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi stunned.
• Xuan Kongzi greeted Xiao Kun, Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xuan Yi, then introduced Dan Chen and Cao Ying to the brothers.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Three Thousand Burning Flame was growing stronger and might break its seal, and he asked whether the brothers had entered the Pill Gathering to pursue it.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that he and Xiao Kun wanted the Heavenly Flame, and Xuan Yi warned them that its flames could burn them to ashes if they acted recklessly.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan prepared to compete in the Pill Gathering, confident they could subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. At the gathering’s opening, they learned how the two preliminary trials would narrow the field before the final pill-refining round.

• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan told Xuan Yi they were confident about subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuan Kongzi wished them well.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan cultivated after midnight, then dressed in the Alchemist Tower’s purple alchemist robes for the Pill Gathering’s opening day.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan arrived with Yao Lao, Xuan Yi, and the others at the crowded Pill Gathering venue.
• Xuan Yi explained that contestants first had to pass an illusion trial, then gather specified medicinal ingredients in the Pill Realm before competing in the finals.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan joined the Pill Gathering as the Alchemist Tower explained its dangerous first rounds and began the ceremony. Xiao Kun discovered that the Soul Clan had sent three powerful experts to target them, and warned Xiao Yan to call for help if he met them alone.

• Xuan Yi explained that contestants could exchange rare medicinal ingredients for Space Stones and that the Alchemist Tower would not intervene in conflicts during the first two rounds.
• Yao Lao joined the Alchemist Tower leadership as a Guest Elder, and Xuan Kongzi opened the Pill Gathering and explained its three-stage format.
• Xiao Kun noticed three cloaked contestants watching him and used his Emperor Realm Soul to identify them as Peak Nine-Revolving Dou Venerate experts from the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Kun warned Xiao Yan to avoid the three Soul Clan experts and crush his jade tablet for help if he encountered them alone.

Xuan Kongzi announced the Pill Gathering’s rewards and sent the alchemists into the Soul Illusion Realm. After entering, Xiao Kun used his powerful Soul Power to map the space, locate Xiao Yan, and discover that three Soul Hall Dou Zuns had nearly escaped the trial.

• Xiao Kun warned Xiao Yan that three suspicious Soul Clan experts nearby were stronger than Xiao Kun, and Xiao Yan agreed to stay alert.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would become a candidate for the Alchemist Tower’s leadership and receive an ancient soul cultivation method.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the Soul Illusion Realm, and Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan entered after most of the other contestants.
• Xiao Kun was teleported away from Xiao Yan and used his Soul Power to survey the gray space, finding Xiao Yan and three Soul Hall Dou Zuns near the exit.
• Xiao Kun discovered that distorted areas trapped weaker contestants, while careful alchemists could use hidden routes to reach the exit.

Xiao Kun crossed the gray mist space toward the Pill Realm, saw through an illusion that nearly led him into a spatial fold, and reached the safe zone at the exit. Xiao Yan arrived soon after and greeted him, while the Soul Clan experts waited nearby.

• Xiao Kun reduced the reach of his Soul Power and hurried toward the exit, avoiding the dangers that slowed other travelers.
• Xiao Kun mistook an illusion of Cailin for the real person, then dispelled it and discovered a black-mist-filled spatial fold.
• Xiao Kun reflected on his carelessness, stayed alert through later hazards, and passed through the barrier into the clearing before the Pill Realm Space Channel.
• Xiao Kun noticed the Alchemist Tower guard and the concealed Soul Clan experts, then sat apart from the other competitors.
• Xiao Yan arrived, greeted Xiao Kun as his Third Brother, and praised the Alchemist Tower experts’ use of space.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan waited with the other contestants as Dan Chen and Cao Ying joined them, drawing speculation about their identities. An Alchemist Tower elder then explained the Pill Realm trial rules and began preparing the contestants to enter.

• Xiao Kun and the other contestants worried about facing powerful teams in the second trial as more people arrived at the resting grounds.
• Dan Chen and Cao Ying arrived, ignored Song Qing and their other admirers, and approached Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan.
• Cao Ying explained that she and Dan Chen had been teleported far from the exit, while onlookers speculated that Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan were acquainted with the Alchemist Tower leaders.
• After an hour passed without more arrivals, the Alchemist Tower elder announced that contestants would receive medicinal lists, maps, and Space Stones before entering the Pill Realm.
• The elder explained that contestants had ten days to gather their assigned ingredients and reach the exit, while crushing a Space Stone would save them from mortal danger but eliminate them.

Xiao Kun entered the Pill Realm, learned that his herb list contained three rare Ninth-grade ingredients, and headed for the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where Xiong Zhan had gathered many treasures. When Xiao Yan’s Space Jade Token shattered, Xiao Kun rushed toward him as Xiao Yan faced an attack from a peak Dou Zun of the Soul Clan.

• The old man warned the contestants about the Pill Realm’s dangers and gave Xiao Kun, Xiao Yan, Dan Chen, and Cao Ying their maps, herb lists, and Space Stones before they entered.
• Xiao Kun arrived alone on a desolate plain and found that he had to collect Nine Heavens Profound Liquid Grass, Ascension Grass, and Demon Face Ghost Spirit Flower.
• Xiao Kun used the map to locate the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and decided to go there, knowing Xiong Zhan had gathered many rare herbs in the area.
• Xiao Kun sensed that the Space Jade Token he had given Xiao Yan had shattered and immediately opened a Space Channel toward its coordinates.
• Xiao Yan had been teleported near the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where a peak Dou Zun from the Soul Clan detected him and attacked; Xiao Yan realized he could not escape.

Xiao Yan fought a Soul Clan peak Dou Zun in the Pill Realm, relying on two puppets while waiting for Xiao Kun. Just as the Soul Clan expert attacked with dark chains, Xiao Kun arrived and broke them with a powerful ribbon of Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yan summoned a Six-Revolving Dou Venerate Peak Heavenly Demon Puppet, which clashed evenly with the Soul Clan peak Dou Zun expert's opening attack.
• The Soul Clan expert activated his clan pattern, and Xiao Yan used his Xiao Clan Clan Mark to raise his strength to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• The Soul Clan expert overpowered the Heavenly Demon Puppet and sent it flying, but Xiao Yan brought out a Peak Three-turn Dou Venerate puppet and escaped to the first puppet's side.
• The Soul Clan expert formed dark chains to restrain Xiao Yan and both puppets, but Xiao Kun appeared and shattered the chains with a vast ribbon of Dou Qi.
• The Soul Clan expert evaded Xiao Kun's follow-up attack by fleeing his position.

Xiao Kun rescued Xiao Yan from a Soul Clan Dou Zun, then tracked down and killed the two remaining Soul Clan accomplices in the Pill Realm. He returned to Xiao Yan, whose question about medicinal ingredients left Xiao Kun looking helpless.

• Xiao Kun arrived after Xiao Yan crushed the jade pendant and blocked the Soul Clan Dou Zun's attack.
• The Soul Clan Dou Zun tried to escape through a Space Channel, but Xiao Kun caught him and killed him with one punch.
• Xiao Kun collected the dead Dou Zun's corpse and told Xiao Yan to wait while he dealt with the other two Soul Clan members.
• Xiao Kun used his Emperor Realm Soul to find the other two Dou Zuns together and killed both before they could react.
• Xiao Kun returned to Xiao Yan, who asked what medicinal ingredients he needed and whether he had any ready-made ones.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan searched the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range for Xiong Zhan, who had hidden underground with the Pill Realm’s rare medicinal ingredients. Xiao Kun offered to help him leave the Pill Realm in exchange for the herbs, and Xiong Zhan heard his proposal.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Kun he had already gathered every ingredient on his list, while Xiao Kun lacked the rare Nine Heavens Profound Liquid Grass.
• Xiao Yan agreed to accompany Xiao Kun as they headed for the center of the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range to find Xiong Zhan.
• Xiao Kun searched the area but found neither Xiong Zhan nor the medicinal ingredient plaza, and concluded that Xiong Zhan had hidden the herbs after seeing their fight with the Soul Clan Dou Zun.
• Xiao Kun called out to Xiong Zhan and offered to help him leave the Pill Realm in exchange for his medicinal ingredients.
• Xiong Zhan heard Xiao Kun’s voice in his underground cavern and reacted with shock and delight.

Xiong Zhan cautiously tested Xiao Kun’s promise to help him escape the Pill Realm by sending him a message through a pangolin magical beast. Xiao Kun received the message and decided he could prove his ability by displaying Dou Sheng strength.

• Xiong Zhan doubted Xiao Kun’s offer and decided to test whether he could truly help him leave the Pill Realm.
• A pangolin magical beast broke into Xiong Zhan’s cave, and Xiong Zhan imprisoned it and ordered it to carry a written message to Xiao Kun.
• Xiong Zhan revealed a trace of his Dou Zun aura, making the pangolin obey, then relocated to keep his whereabouts hidden.
• The pangolin delivered Xiong Zhan’s scroll to Xiao Kun, who read his demand for proof in exchange for all his collected medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Kun decided to demonstrate his Dou Sheng strength to prove he could send Xiong Zhan out of the Pill Realm.

Xiao Kun sent Xiong Zhan a Ninth-grade Medicinal Pill to prove his strength and persuade him to trade the herbs he had collected in the Pill Realm. Xiong Zhan accepted the offer, and Xiao Kun inspected the vast collection, which contained nearly fifty thousand kinds of herbs.

• Xiao Kun sent a jade box containing a Ninth-grade Medicinal Pill to Xiong Zhan through a pangolin magical beast.
• Xiong Zhan examined the Elementary Venerate Augmenting Saint Pill and the note from Xiao Kun, then decided to trust him and trade.
• Xiong Zhan appeared before Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan and agreed to the deal.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Xiao Kun's younger brother, and Xiong Zhan greeted him respectfully.
• Xiong Zhan handed Xiao Kun a Storage Ring holding the herbs he had gathered over a hundred years, and Xiao Kun inspected its enormous collection.

After gathering a vast supply of medicinal ingredients, Xiao Kun revealed his Dou Sheng cultivation and sent Xiong Zhan out of the Pill Realm through a Space Channel. He then gave Xiao Yan the Storage Ring to inspect and promised to grow him an identical batch of ingredients with the Flame of Life.

• Xiao Kun found the Nine Heavens Profound Liquid Grass among the medicinal ingredients and agreed to help Xiong Zhan leave the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Kun revealed his One-Star Dou Sheng cultivation to Xiong Zhan and asked him to keep it secret.
• Xiao Kun opened a Space Channel to a remote place in the Central Plains, and Xiong Zhan entered it and departed the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yan the Storage Ring and promised to cultivate an identical batch of medicinal ingredients for him with the Flame of Life.
• Xiao Yan inspected the ingredients and focused on Xiao Kun's mention of the Flame of Life, the fifth-ranked Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yan one hundred thousand medicinal herbs and a Bodhi Seed, earning a million herbs and a Bodhi Heart through the system’s critical-hit rewards. The two decided to remain in the Pill Realm and search for medicinal herbs.

• Xiao Kun used the Flame of Life to cultivate one hundred thousand medicinal herbs and gave them to Xiao Yan, triggering a tenfold reward of one million herbs.
• Xiao Kun gave Xiao Yan the Bodhi Seed and received a Bodhi Heart from the system as a ten-thousandfold reward.
• Xiao Kun planned to exchange his Bodhi Heart for the one Xiao Yan would obtain in the Bodhi Secret Realm, then give it away for another reward.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan decided to stay in the Pill Realm and search for medicinal herbs, beginning another sweep of the area.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan turned the Pill Realm’s rampant robberies into an opportunity, targeting groups that preyed on others and taking their herbs and valuables. After gathering their spoils, they left early and flew toward the Pill Realm’s exit in the Northern Region.

• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan heard Dan Chen and Cao Ying’s followers complain that precious herbs were scarce and robbery was widespread.
• Xiao Kun decided that he and Xiao Yan should rob groups that preyed on others, and the brothers targeted those groups over the following days.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan killed cruel robbers, spared those with gentler methods, and took their medicinal herbs and valuables.
• By the ninth day, the Pill Realm had become peaceful, and the brothers counted several hundred thousand herbs and more than five hundred Storage Rings among their spoils.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan opened a Space Channel to the Northern Region, then flew toward the Pill Realm’s exit.

Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan reached the Pill Realm exit, where their fearsome reputation initially kept the contestants at a distance. After Cao Ying and Dan Chen arrived and approached them, the brothers’ friendly manner and past aid improved their standing; the chapter ended as an Alchemist Tower elder appeared in the plaza.

• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan reached the exit plaza, where the gathered contestants feared them and moved away to rest on the opposite side.
• Xiao Yan joked that the brothers might become infamous across the Central Plains, and Xiao Kun accepted the cost of their actions.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen arrived with their group, approached Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan, and thanked them for rescuing them from ten Dou Zong attackers.
• Xiao Kun and Xiao Yan joked that they had been maintaining order, prompting the people they had helped to gather around and express their gratitude.
• On the tenth day, an old man wearing Alchemist Tower robes appeared in the center of the plaza.

Xiao Kun, Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and their companions submitted the rare medicinal ingredients they had gathered and exited the Pill Realm to qualify for the third round. At Holy Pill City, the crowd and Alchemist Tower leaders awaited the contestants’ return, and cheers surged as Cao Ying and Dan Chen emerged.

• An Alchemist Tower elder opened the Space Channel and required contestants to submit the listed medicinal ingredients before entering the third round.
• Xiao Kun and his companions presented their lists and ingredients, passed inspection, and stepped through the rift.
• At Holy Pill City, Yao Lao and Xuan Yi discussed the shortage of ingredients and Xiao Kun’s role in preventing casualties in the Pill Realm.
• Contestants began emerging from the Pill Realm’s gate as the gathered crowd cheered.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen appeared, drawing the loudest cheers of the returning contestants.