Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen refined pills for ten days, broke through to Two-Star Dou Emperor, and upgraded his system. The upgrade revealed Ling Er in a new form and enabled four check-ins that granted two Heavenly Flames and two valuable pills.

• Xiao Chen refined pills for ten days with Little Fire's help, producing many pills and advancing to Two-Star Dou Emperor.
• Ling Er announced that the system could be upgraded, and Xiao Chen agreed despite there being no upgrade reward.
• The upgraded system displayed Xiao Chen's updated attributes, and Ling Er appeared before him as a girl only he could see.
• Xiao Chen checked in with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Ye Xinlan, and Nalan Yanran, receiving the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, Yin-Yang Dual Flames, Bone-Growing Blood-Melt Pill, and Tuckahoe Green Pill.
• Xiao Chen considered giving the Bone-Growing Blood-Melt Pill to Yao Lao and noted that Yao Lao could use the Tuckahoe Green Pill.

Xiao Chen devoured the Yin-Yang Dual Flames and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, rising to Seven-Star Dou Huang before preparing to return to Jia Nan Academy and the Jia Ma Empire. He left the Pill Tower area through a spatial passage, while Meng Er saw cracks spreading through a barrier and feared a seal was about to break; Xiao Chen arrived at the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Chen absorbed the two Heavenly Flames and their refined energy, advancing from Two-Star Dou Emperor to Seven-Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Chen gave the Tuckahoe Green Pill to the Heavenly Flame Honored One and claimed he had reached the eighth tier of alchemy.
• Xiao Chen said farewell to his companions and told Ye Zhong to contact him when the Pill Tower assessment began.
• Xiao Chen departed through a spatial passage, and the Heavenly Flame Honored One entered seclusion while Yun Yun vowed to reach Dou Zong before Xiao Chen returned.
• Meng Er saw cracks spreading across a barrier and wondered if the seal was about to break and disrupt Xiao Chen's plans.
• Xiao Chen emerged from a spatial gate in the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Chen visited Instructor Ruo Lin before meeting Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, and his check-ins rewarded him with pills. He spent the night with Xiao Mei and then went to Xiao Yu's room, where she confronted him.

• Xiao Chen appeared in Instructor Ruo Lin's pavilion, checked in with her, and received a Transformation Pill.
• Xiao Chen embraced Ruo Lin and spent the evening with her before leaving to visit Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.
• Xiao Chen checked in with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, earning a Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill from each.
• Xiao Chen carried Xiao Mei to her bedroom, while Xiao Yu watched and later returned to her own room.
• In the middle of the night, Xiao Chen appeared beside Xiao Yu and stroked her legs; Xiao Yu called him a bastard and lunged at him.

Xiao Chen returned to the Jia Ma Empire, used check-ins with Yao Ye, Yao Yue, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei to obtain pills, and reunited with the women at Xiao Mansion. After hearing about Jia Xing Tian’s breakthrough, he agreed to teach alchemy and gave Green Elder and Yue Mei pills to aid their cultivation; the chapter ended with Yao Yue holding him back as he was about to leave her room.

• Xiao Chen returned to Xiao Mansion and checked in with Yao Ye, Yao Yue, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei, receiving two Dou Venerable Breakthrough Pills and two Imperial Zenith Pills.
• Yao Yue told Xiao Chen she had reached the fourth rank, and Xiao Chen said he was about to break through to the eighth rank.
• Yao Ye told Xiao Chen that Jia Xing Tian had used the Dou Zong Breakthrough Pill and reached Dou Zong about a month later.
• Xiao Chen agreed to teach Yao Yue, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei alchemy, then gave Green Elder and Yue Mei pills to help them break through to Dou Huang.
• After several days of alchemy lessons, Yao Yue wrapped her arms around Xiao Chen’s waist as he rose to leave her room.

After seven days of cultivation, Xiao Chen left the Jia Ma Empire and traveled to Starfall Pavilion to sign in. He arrived to find Venerable Feng, Mu Qingluan, and Xiao Yan, and obtained the Chaos Scripture as his reward.

• Xiao Chen learned that Starfall Pavilion was the new sign-in location and decided to leave the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Chen said goodbye to Yao Ye, Yao Yue, Xue Mei, Lin Fei, Yue Mei, and Green Elder, then left cultivation resources for his acquaintances and the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Chen visited Jia Nan Academy to say goodbye to Instructor Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei before departing through a Space Passage.
• Xiao Chen reached the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and used Space Power to enter Starfall Pavilion through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Chen met Mu Qingluan and Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion and signed in, receiving the Chaos Scripture.

Xiao Chen used medicinal ingredients, Little Fire’s flames, and rare pills to forge a new body for Yao Lao. After Yao Lao entered it and swallowed a special Ninth Grade Pill, his aura began to strengthen, leaving Xiao Chen wondering whether he could reach the Dou Saint realm.

• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, and Yao Lao that he could forge Yao Lao a body capable of restoring his strength.
• After three days of preparation, Xiao Chen began forging the body at Starfall Pavilion while Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, Mu Qingluan, and Yao Lao watched.
• Little Fire released its flames, and Xiao Chen refined more than a hundred medicinal ingredients into liquids and shaped them into a body resembling Yao Lao.
• Xiao Chen put a Bone-Growing Blood-Melt Pill into the lifeless body, and Yao Lao entered it.
• Xiao Chen caught a fleeing Bodhi Great Returning Pill and fed it to Yao Lao, whose new body began radiating a stronger aura.

After Yao Lao was reborn as an Advanced Half-Saint, Xiao Chen left Starfall Pavilion and headed to a secluded mountain cave to cultivate and prepare for his own breakthrough. Yao Lao began training Xiao Yan for the Alchemist Convention, where Xiao Yan would need to place in the top ten to pursue the Pill Tower's Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• On the ninth day, Yao Lao emerged from his rebirth with the strength of an Advanced Half-Saint and thanked Xiao Chen for his help.
• Yao Lao explained the Half-Saint ranks to Xiao Yan, while Venerable Feng celebrated Starfall Pavilion's new strength and Mu Qingluan called Yao Lao the Medicine Saint.
• After staying at Starfall Pavilion for several days, Xiao Chen left through a spatial gate and arranged to meet Xiao Yan again at the Alchemist Convention in Saint Pill City.
• Yao Lao promised to raise Xiao Yan's cultivation and told him he would need to enter the Pill Convention's top ten to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Chen reached a mountain range, made a cave behind a Space Barrier, and began cultivating with the Chaos Scripture as he prepared to advance.

After a month of secluded cultivation, Xiao Chen broke through to One-Star Dou Zong and received a check-in location in Tianbei City. Traveling there with Han Chong’s convoy, he checked in after meeting Han Xue and obtained the Time-Space Secret Codex.

• Xiao Chen completed a month of cultivation and advanced to One-Star Dou Zong, while his soul reached the Early Spirit Realm.
• Ling Er announced that Tianbei City was the new check-in location, and Xiao Chen set out for the city.
• Seventeen days later, Xiao Chen encountered Han Chong’s family convoy and traveled with it toward Tianbei City.
• At the convoy’s nighttime camp, Han Xue appeared, and Xiao Chen successfully checked in to receive the Time-Space Secret Codex.
• Han Xue approached Xiao Chen, asked whether he was the Xiao Chen her sister had mentioned, then left after he confirmed his identity.

Xiao Chen traveled with the Han Family caravan toward Tianbei City and entered Ten Thousand Snakes Gorge, where Demon Snake Xia Mang ambushed them and demanded Han Xue. Xiao Chen rescued Han Xue and killed Xia Mang with a Chaos Light Beam, then sat with her in a tent that night.

• Han Xue watched Xiao Chen from her tent while he cultivated the Time-Space Secret Codex.
• Han Chong warned Xiao Chen that the caravan would pass through Ten Thousand Snakes Gorge, where Xia Mang's snakes watched the road.
• Xia Mang surrounded the caravan with venomous snakes, accepted Han Chong's crystal card, and demanded that Han Xue stay behind.
• Han Xue attacked Xia Mang, but he knocked her from the carriage, and Xiao Chen caught her.
• Xiao Chen killed Demon Snake Xia Mang by firing a Chaos Light Beam through his brow.
• That night, Xiao Chen and Han Xue sat facing each other in a tent and talked.

Xiao Chen escorted Han Xue and the Han Family guards toward Tianbei City, winning Han Xue’s affection and aiding the injured guards with pills. After arriving at the city, he checked in and received the Chaos Sword, then set out with Han Xue to find Han Yue.

• Han Xue praised Xiao Chen’s strength and agreed to his marriage proposal if he could persuade Han Yue, while warning him that Hong Chen had also sought to marry the sisters.
• Xiao Chen gave the Han Family guards healing pills and gave Han Chong pills to help him break through to Dou Wang.
• The Han Family convoy resumed its journey and reached Tianbei City the following day, with Han Xue tending to Xiao Chen inside the carriage.
• Xiao Chen checked in at Tianbei City and received the Chaos Sword.
• Xiao Chen took Han Xue’s hand and said they would go find her sister.

Xiao Chen arrived in Tianbei City with Han Xue, killed the Hong Family members who confronted them, and checked in with Han Yue to obtain the Time-Space Scripture. After Hong Chen threatened the Han Family and Xiao Chen killed him and his followers, Xiao Chen vowed to eliminate the Hong Family and appeared above the city.

• Xiao Chen slaughtered the Hong Family group that intercepted him and Han Xue on the way into Tianbei City.
• At the Han Family residence, Xiao Chen checked in with Han Yue and received the Time-Space Scripture.
• Han Xue introduced Xiao Chen as her husband, and Han Yue angrily objected after hearing her explanation.
• Hong Chen entered the Han Family residence, revealed that he had joined the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion, and pressed Han Chi to accept the Hong Family's terms.
• Xiao Chen killed Hong Chen with a Chaos Light Beam and killed the remaining Hong Family followers, then promised to destroy the Hong Family.
• Xiao Chen released his aura to demonstrate his strength and vanished to the skies above the northern part of Tianbei City.

Xiao Chen destroyed the Hong Family and secured the Han Family’s rule over Tianbei City, then grew closer to Han Yue and Han Xue. After spending the night with Han Xue, he resumed cultivating his newly acquired techniques in the Universe Ring’s Small World.

• Xiao Chen returned to the Han residence after killing the Hong Family’s experts, including its Dou Zong ancestor, and promised Han Chi he would care for Han Yue and Han Xue.
• Han Chi led the Han Family to handle the aftermath, leaving the Han Family as Tianbei City’s sole ruler.
• Xiao Chen spoke with Han Yue, who thanked him but remained shy about his claim that she was his woman.
• Xiao Chen visited Han Xue, and the two grew closer; the next morning, Han Xue called him her husband and teased him about being lecherous.
• Xiao Chen spent the day cultivating the Chaos Scripture, Time-Space Secret Codex, and Time-Space Scripture, forming a Chaos Lotus from Dao patterns and Chaos Qi.

Xiao Chen returned to Ye City and disrupted Cao Dan’s confrontation with the Ye Clan by openly claiming Ye Xinlan as his wife. The Cao Family departed after Venerable Ku Yi sensed Xiao Chen’s strength, while Cao Dan threatened the Ye Clan over the upcoming assessment.

• Xiao Chen left the Han Family after a month in Tianbei City, and Han Fei praised the connection Han Yue and Han Xue had formed with him.
• Xiao Chen arrived in Ye City and asked whether the Cao Family had come before heading to the Ye Clan’s courtyard.
• Ye Zhong explained that the Ye Clan had withdrawn from its agreement with Cao Dan, and Cao Dan accused the clan of making a mockery of the Cao Family.
• Xiao Chen approached Ye Xinlan, embraced and kissed her in front of Cao Dan, then warned Venerable Ku Yi to step back.
• Venerable Ku Yi sensed danger from Xiao Chen and advised Cao Dan to retreat, so Cao Dan left after threatening the Ye Clan over the upcoming assessment.
• That night, Xiao Chen and Ye Xinlan spent time together in a room at the Ye Clan.

Xiao Chen traveled with the Ye Clan to Saint Pill City for the Five Great Families assessment, where the clan’s standing was at risk. After Cao Ying arrived, Xiao Chen checked in and obtained the Space-Time Tower, then prepared to compete as the assessment began.

• After Ye Zhong arranged the Ye City’s affairs, Xiao Chen and the others traveled for two months to Saint Pill City.
• Xiao Chen and Ye Zhong registered at a Pill Tower branch while their companions stayed at the Ye Residence.
• Xiao Chen and Ye Zhong entered the assessment hall, where attendees mocked the Ye Clan’s precarious position among the Five Great Families.
• Cao Ying arrived with the Cao Family, and Xiao Chen’s system offered him a check-in with her.
• Xiao Chen checked in successfully and received the Space-Time Tower, then assured Ye Xinlan he could reach the top three.
• Sheng Yao began the assessment and called the assessors from the Five Great Families into the arena.

Xiao Chen represented the Ye Clan in the Pill Tower assessment and stunned the audience by scoring 2017 in the soul test, revealing himself as an Eighth Grade Alchemist. Sheng Elder declared Xiao Chen the new record holder and began the second assessment, Soul Manipulation.

• Dan Xuan, Cao Xiu, Bai Ying, and Qiu Ji greeted Sheng Elder, and Xiao Chen introduced himself as the Ye Clan’s representative.
• Sheng Elder explained that the first assessment measured Soul Value, with contestants needing to exceed 400 and the existing record standing at Cao Ying’s 976.
• Qiu Ji scored 707, Bai Ying scored 785, Cao Xiu scored 846, and Dan Xuan scored 903 in the soul test.
• Xiao Chen unleashed a powerful soul storm and scored 2017, forcing Sheng Elder and the other contestants back.
• Sheng Elder recognized Xiao Chen as an Eighth Grade Alchemist, announced him as the first-place finisher and record holder, and started the Soul Manipulation assessment.

Xiao Chen won the Soul Manipulation test with ninety-nine Soul Test Pearls, then defeated the other contestants in the final soul-power contest to take first place in all three tests. His victories secured the Ye Clan’s Pill Tower Elder seat and left Cao Ying questioning his Soul Skills.

• Sheng Elder began the Soul Manipulation test, and Xiao Chen caught ninety-nine Soul Test Pearls while Dan Xuan caught sixty-six, Cao Xiu fifty-six, Bai Ying forty-three, and Qiu Ji thirty-one.
• Sheng Elder announced that Xiao Chen needed to place among the top three in the final contest for the Ye Clan to retain its Pill Tower Elder seat, and Cao Ying replaced Cao Xiu as the Cao Family contestant.
• Xiao Chen announced that he would take first place, then sent four soul dragons against Cao Ying, Dan Xuan, Bai Ying, and Qiu Ji.
• Xiao Chen’s soul dragons knocked Qiu Ji, Bai Ying, and Dan Xuan out of the red circle, leaving Cao Ying to resist the dragon with a soul Phoenix.
• As Cao Ying prepared her Soul Profound Seal Palm, Xiao Chen used Soul Capture to leave her briefly dazed, allowing the soul dragon to force her out of the circle.
• Sheng Elder declared Xiao Chen the winner of the third assessment, securing the Ye Clan’s Pill Tower Elder seat.

After Xiao Chen secured the Ye Clan’s victory in the assessment, he returned to the Ye Residence and reunited with Xiao Xun'er. He greeted her with an intimate kiss, then introduced her to the many women and companions gathered in the courtyard, leaving an explanation for later.

• Cao Ying and Dan Xuan acknowledged Xiao Chen’s strength, while Dan Chen recognized him as a serious Pill Convention rival.
• News spread through Saint Pill City that the Ye Clan had won the assessment and that Xiao Chen had dominated its trials.
• At the Ye Residence, Xiao Chen found Xiao Xun'er waiting in the courtyard and embraced and kissed her.
• Xiao Chen introduced Xiao Xun'er to his companions, and she agreed to hear his explanation later in his room.
• As evening fell, Xiao Chen left his room and looked up at the moonlit sky.

Xiao Chen asked Xiao Xun'er to meet his family after the Pill Convention, then cultivated through the night and broke through to Two-Star Dou Zong. He spent the next day exploring Ye City with Xun'er, and the two ended the day watching the night sky together.

• Xiao Chen told Xiao Xun'er he wanted to meet her family after the Pill Convention and promised to take her beyond the heavens someday.
• Xiao Chen returned to his room and cultivated overnight to break through from peak One-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Chen awakened as a Two-Star Dou Zong and planned to study his Chaos and time-space techniques and weapons before the Pill Convention.
• Xiao Chen had breakfast with everyone, then took Xiao Xun'er sightseeing and sampling food around Ye City.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er watched the sunset from a mountain peak and later sat together on Ye Mansion's terrace beneath the stars.

Xiao Chen said goodbye to Xiao Xun'er, helped Qing Lin capture powerful snake beasts, and visited Queen Medusa's relocated clan and the women at Xiao Mansion. The chapter ended with him spending the morning with Yao Yue before leaving her chamber in the afternoon.

• Xiao Chen promised Xiao Xun'er he would visit her in the Ancient Realm after the Pill Convention, and she departed through a spatial gate with two elders.
• Xiao Chen helped Qing Lin use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to capture three Dou Emperor-level snake magical beasts as pets.
• Xiao Chen discussed the relocation of Queen Medusa's clan to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and teased her about being jealous of Yue Mei.
• Xiao Chen visited Yue Mei and Green Elder at Xiao Mansion and stayed there for three days.
• Xiao Chen woke beside Yao Yue and remained in her chamber until the afternoon.

Xiao Chen and Ye Xinlan joined the opening of the Pill Convention in Saint Pill City, where the Pill Tower announced the competition and its grand prize. The first stage, the Soul Illusion Realm, began as the contestants prepared to enter.

• Xiao Chen emerged from seclusion and led his companions to the Pill Convention venue, where Ling Er announced a new check-in location at the Pill Tower.
• Ye Zhong explained the competition stages and asked Xiao Chen to look after Ye Xinlan, who had qualified as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Chen greeted Yao Lao and the Starfall Pavilion group, while Xiao Yan learned from Venerable Feng that Xuanyi could be considered Yao Lao's wife.
• The Pill Tower's three giants appeared, and Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would become a candidate for one of the giants and receive an ancient soul cultivation method.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the Soul Illusion Realm and called for all qualified contestants to enter the first stage.