Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen, Ye Xinlan, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yan passed the Illusion Realm Trial and entered the dangerous Pill Realm to search for medicinal ingredients. After learning they had ten days to complete their tasks, Xiao Chen and Ye Xinlan set off together while Xiao Yan went alone.

• Xiao Chen used the Chaos Eye to guide Ye Xinlan through the Illusion Realm and reach the Pill Realm passage ahead of the other contestants.
• Cao Ying and Xiao Yan arrived at the passage, where Xiao Chen greeted Xiao Yan.
• The old man on the tortoise explained the contestants’ tasks, ten-day limit, powerful magical beasts, and life-saving Space Stones.
• Cao Ying invited Xiao Chen to team up, but he declined before entering the Pill Realm with Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan.
• Xiao Yan read his ingredient list and flew off alone, while Xiao Chen and Ye Xinlan chose a nearby marked location and flew there together.

Xiao Chen and Ye Xinlan collected the Blood Orchid Fruit and Life Bone Flower in the Pill Realm, where Xiao Chen killed a Six-Star Dou Zong who tried to claim the Life Bone Flower. They set out for the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range to seek the four remaining ingredients, expecting others to gather there.

• Ye Xinlan harvested the Blood Orchid Fruit, and Xiao Chen decided they would next seek the Life Bone Flower.
• Xiao Chen killed the Dou Emperor demon tiger guarding the Life Bone Flower and found the flower in the forest.
• A white-robed Six-Star Dou Zong demanded that Xiao Chen surrender the Life Bone Flower, but Xiao Chen trapped and killed him with Space Prison and Space Annihilation.
• Xiao Chen dug up the Life Bone Flower and gave the elder's Storage Ring to Ye Xinlan.
• Xiao Chen and Ye Xinlan headed toward the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range, where their four remaining ingredients were located.

Xiao Chen arrived at the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range with Ye Xinlan and joined Xiao Yan as Song Qing gathered the contestants to propose a temporary alliance against a powerful magical beast. After identifying Chen Xian of the Profound Nether Sect, Xiao Chen killed him and his two guards, then challenged Song Qing over the act.

• Xiao Chen and Ye Xinlan flew to the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range and found contestants gathered at its outskirts.
• Xiao Yan introduced Song Qing, who explained that a peak seventh-order magical beast guarded mission items and proposed that the contestants cooperate to defeat it.
• Xiao Chen recognized Cao Ying and learned from Ye Xinlan that Chen Xian was the young sect master of the Profound Nether Sect, accompanied by two Nine-Star Dou Zong guards.
• Xiao Chen used Space Power to pin Chen Xian and his guards to the ground, then killed all three with Space Prison and Space Annihilation.
• Xiao Chen collected the three Storage Rings, and Song Qing questioned him about killing Chen Xian; Xiao Chen asked whether Song Qing wanted revenge.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan intervened when Mu Gu the Elder and the Soul Hall slaughtered contestants in the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range. Xiao Chen killed Mu Gu, and the surviving contestants thanked the brothers, though Xiao Chen ended by teasing Cao Ying about repaying him.

• Xiao Chen used his soul power to frighten Song Qing, then entered the inner region with Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan and waited for the Soul Hall to appear.
• Mu Gu the Elder and his black-clothed subordinates attacked the contestants, killing more than half of the allied group.
• Xiao Chen identified the attackers as Soul Hall members and confronted Mu Gu while Xiao Yan fought the other black-clothed figures.
• Xiao Chen wounded Mu Gu with Chaos Light Beams, then killed him as he tried to flee.
• Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Song Qing, and the surviving contestants defeated the remaining Soul Hall members, and the survivors thanked Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Chen teased Cao Ying that she should repay him for saving her with her body.

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Ye Xinlan completed the Pill Realm task and returned to Saint Pill City for the final Pill Convention competition. As the contestants began refining pills on the floating platforms, Xiao Chen summoned Little Fire, whose appearance drew attention as a fire spirit.

• Cao Ying teased Xiao Chen and vowed he would not escape her grasp as he departed with Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan to search for the required ingredients.
• After finding the ingredients, Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Ye Xinlan reached the Pill Realm exit before it closed and passed the inspection of a Pill Tower elder.
• The three entered the spatial rift and returned to Saint Pill City, where friends and fellow contestants gathered for the final round.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the final competition had no restrictions and instructed the contestants to refine their best pills on the floating stone platforms.
• At the signal to begin, Xiao Chen summoned the Cosmos Cauldron and brought out Little Fire, prompting someone to recognize it as a fire spirit.

Xiao Chen refined a Bodhi Pill and won the Pill Tower Alchemist Convention championship. Xuan Kongzi announced that the Star Region would open in two days, giving the top ten a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Chen refined pills for three days as contestants began producing pills and many were eliminated.
• Dan Chen refined an eighth-grade pill with two-colored Pill Lightning, followed by Cao Ying, Old Man Qinghua, and Xiao Yan with increasingly impressive results.
• Xiao Chen’s pill produced seven-colored Pill Lightning, which he dispersed with a punch before the contestants finished refining.
• Xuan Kongzi declared Xiao Chen the champion after his pill’s golden dragon form overwhelmed the other pills.
• Xuan Kongzi awarded Xiao Chen an ancient soul cultivation method and announced that the top ten could enter the Star Region in two days to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Chen checked in at the Pill Tower and received the Wind Fury Dragon Flame before joining Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to meet the Pill Tower’s leaders. With the Star Region set to open in two days, Xiao Chen prepared to help subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Chen confirmed that he had killed Mu Gu in the Pill Realm, then rested with Xiao Yan to recover their soul power.
• Xiao Chen checked in at the Pill Tower and received the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, the eighteenth-ranked Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao met Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, Xuanyi, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing at the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Star Region would open in two days and gave Xiao Chen and the others jade pearls to summon help if the Three Thousand Burning Flame escaped.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan to expect his cultivation to improve after refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then returned to Ye Residence to refine the Wind Fury Dragon Flame while waiting for the Star Region to open.

Xiao Chen refined the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and reached Seven-Star Dou Zong before entering the Star Region with the other top Pill Convention contestants. He attempted to subdue the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame, but the flame dragon awakened and rejected him.

• Xiao Chen refined the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, raising his cultivation by four stars to Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Qiu Ling led Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Song Qing, Old Man Qinghua, and five others through the spatial gate into the Star Region.
• Qiu Ling warned the group to stay together and brought them to the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame, then ordered them to approach it one by one using gentle means.
• Qiu Ling sent Xiao Chen first because he had won the Pill Convention, and Xiao Chen pressed his palm to the dragon's uncovered scale and sent in his soul power.
• Xiao Chen's soul approached the sleeping flame dragon, which opened its eyes and called him a foolish human for trying to subdue it.

Xiao Chen subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, erased its intelligence, and gave its source flame to Xiao Yan to refine. He sent the other spectators out of the Star Region and stayed to guard Xiao Yan as the refinement began.

• Xiao Chen restrained the Three Thousand Burning Flame and warned it that he would either have it refined or erase its intelligence.
• Xiao Chen used his golden dragon phantom to extract the Three Thousand Burning Flame's source flame and used Soul Devour to erase its intelligence.
• Xiao Chen gave the weakened source flame to Xiao Yan, who swallowed it and began refining it in the Star Region.
• Xiao Chen sent Qiu Ling, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the others out through a spatial gate, then stayed to guard Xiao Yan.

After Xiao Yan refined Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Chen returned to the Ye Residence and learned that the seal above the Dou Qi Continent had begun to crack. He and Meng Er found the hidden Plane Passage and estimated that the seal would hold for only another year or two.

• Great Elder Qiu Ling told Xuan Kongzi and the others that Xiao Chen had subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame and given it to Xiao Yan to refine.
• Xiao Chen fed the remaining flames to Little Fire while Xiao Yan refined Three Thousand Burning Flame for three days and improved his Cultivation.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower, where Xiao Chen explained that he had subdued the intelligent flame by force, then Xiao Yan went back to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Ye Residence and reunited with the others, where Meng Er told him that cracks had appeared in the seal.
• Xiao Chen and Meng Er examined the hidden Plane Passage and estimated that the seal would last another year or two before vanishing from the firmament.

After the Pill Convention, Xiao Chen established a cultivation valley for his companions and traveled through a spatial gate to the Ancient Realm, where he reunited with Xun'er and met her father, Gu Yuan. The chapter ended with Xiao Chen looking toward the Heavenly Tomb and Xiao Xuan's grave.

• Xiao Chen took his companions to a secluded valley, sealed it with a Space Barrier, and gathered Heaven and Earth Energy there for their cultivation.
• Xiao Chen told the group to cultivate and train against magical beasts while he left to open a spatial gate to another Small World-like place.
• Xiao Chen arrived in the Ancient Realm and reunited with Xun'er on a mountain peak.
• Gu Yuan appeared, introduced himself as the Ancient Clan patriarch, and spoke privately with Xiao Chen about Xun'er and her bloodline.
• Gu Yuan warned Xiao Chen not to consummate his marriage with Xun'er before she reached the Dou Saint realm.
• After Gu Yuan left, Xiao Chen joked with Xun'er about a grandson and turned his gaze toward the Heavenly Tomb and Xiao Xuan's grave.

After leaving the Ancient Realm, Xiao Chen cultivated the Chaos Secret Codex and Chaos Scripture inside the Small World within the Cosmos Ring, evolving new domains and strengthening his cultivation. Nine months later, he reached Nine-Star Dou Zong and decided to check on the others.

• Xiao Chen left the Ancient Realm after spending three days with Xiao Xun'er, while Gu Yuan sensed a dangerous power in him linked to the Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Chen reviewed his Attribute Panel and chose to cultivate the Chaos Secret Codex and Chaos Scripture.
• Xiao Chen used Chaos Qi to evolve the Chaos Domain, creating the Great Path of Fire and Law of Fire, then manifesting the Five Elements Great Paths and Laws over time.
• Xiao Chen infused soul power and Chaos Qi into the Ancestor Dragon Shadow and Phoenix Shadow, making them more solid and wondering if they could become living beings.
• After nine months, Xiao Chen had evolved the Ten Thousand Paths Domain and Ten Thousand Laws Domain, reached Nine-Star Dou Zong and the late Spirit Realm, and left the Small World to see how the others were doing.

Xiao Chen completed more than a year of secluded cultivation, breaking through to One-Star Dou Venerable and reaching peak Spirit Realm. He and his companions joined Xiao Yan’s group at Starfall Pavilion and set out for the Ancient Ruins in the Beast Region, where a new check-in location appeared.

• Xiao Chen cultivated in the valley while news of ancient ruins in the Beast Region drew experts from across the Central Plains.
• After a year and two months, Xiao Chen broke through to One-Star Dou Venerable and reached peak Spirit Realm, awakening the others with his breakthrough.
• Xiao Chen assessed his companions’ cultivation and decided that the Ancient Ruins might help those who had reached their bottlenecks.
• Xiao Chen and his companions traveled to Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan invited him to explore the ruins together and Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a Space Jade Slip.
• After three days of preparation, Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan led their groups toward the Beast Region while Yao Lao and Venerable Feng stayed to guard Starfall Pavilion.
• Ling Er notified Xiao Chen that the Beast Region had become a new check-in location.

Xiao Chen and his companions traveled to the Skeleton Mountain Range to investigate the Ancient Ruins, where they learned the seal would soon weaken enough for Dou Venerables to enter. After checking into the Beast Region and obtaining the Evolution Art, Xiao Chen joined Xiao Yan in waiting for the ruins to open.

• Mu Qingluan explained the Beast Region’s major clans and warned that the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan would contest the Ancient Ruins and its rumored Heaven Rank Dou Technique.
• After three days of travel, Xiao Chen entered the Beast Region, checked in, and received the Evolution Art.
• Xiao Chen’s group reached the Skeleton Mountain Range and met two Starfall Pavilion elders who were monitoring the ruins.
• The elders reported that the ruins held dangerous corpse puppets and mechanisms, and that the weakening spatial seal would likely dissipate within a few days.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Soul Hall, learned that its presence had not been confirmed, and agreed with Xiao Chen to wait for the seal to open.

Xiao Chen reunited with Feng Qing'er before the spatial seal around the Ancient Ruins shattered and he led his group into the ruins. They crossed a deadly flame passage and reached ten Earth Demon Puppets guarding a stone door, where Xiao Chen asked Xiao Yan if he wanted to subdue them.

• Xiao Chen met Feng Qing'er in his tent and confirmed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had not noticed her Phoenix Mark.
• The spatial seal shattered, killing several experts in its violent backlash, and Xiao Chen waited until the Bone Sea was safe before entering with his companions.
• Xiao Chen and his group reached the crimson hall as numerous factions gathered, then entered its passage after the gate opened and its magma and blue flames killed many intruders.
• Xiao Chen reached a plaza guarded by ten Earth Demon Puppets and asked Xiao Yan whether he wanted to subdue them as a Dou Venerable expert began fighting the puppets.

Xiao Yan subdued the ten Earth Demon Puppets, and the group entered an ancient medicinal forest in search of the Soul Infant Fruit. They found the Soul Infant Demon Tree guarded by an ancient Heavenly Flood Dragon, which Xiao Chen offered pills and a Transformation Pill in exchange for the fruit.

• Xiao Yan took control of the ten Earth Demon Puppets after Xiao Chen explained how to subdue them.
• Zi Yan sensed the passage containing the medicinal herbs and led the group into an Ancient Forest filled with rare plants.
• The group found the Soul Infant Demon Tree on an island in a lake and drew out its guardian, a Heavenly Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Chen calmed the Heavenly Flood Dragon with the presence of a small golden dragon and offered it body-tempering pills and a Transformation Pill for the Soul Infant Fruit.

Xiao Chen and Zi Yan entered a Beast Spirit Shield after Zi Yan sensed a bloodline summons and discovered the legendary Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. Feng Qing'er’s group arrived, and Xiao Chen prepared to face them while Zi Yan collected the fruit.

• Xiao Chen harvested two Soul Infant Fruits from the Soul Infant Demon Tree and stored them in his Cosmos Ring.
• Zi Yan sensed a bloodline summons from the depths of the Ancient Forest, and Xiao Chen led the group toward it.
• Zi Yan used her blood to open the Beast Spirit Shield, and Xiao Chen teleported her inside to a desolate plain and ancient altar.
• Xiao Chen and Zi Yan found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing above the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Feng Qing'er’s group entered the Beast Spirit Shield, and Xiao Chen told Zi Yan to collect the fruit while he handled the newcomers.

Xiao Chen’s group entered the Ancient Ruins’ main hall, where ten sealed light spheres and a Dou Sheng Skeleton drew the attention of gathered factions. As the seal began to fade, Xiao Chen organized his strongest fighters to seize the treasures while warning them not to touch the skeleton yet.

• Xiao Chen brought Feng Qing'er to the altar and let the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan leave, while they carried away the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix skeleton.
• Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy and sealed it within her body, then Xiao Chen’s group took the Ancient Void Dragon skeleton and left.
• Xiao Chen’s group searched the Ancient Forest and returned to the great hall, where they joined the other forces gathered before the Ancient Ruins’ main hall.
• The group found ten light spheres containing possible Heaven Rank Dou Techniques, guarded by more than a dozen Dou Venerable-level puppets and a Dou Sheng Skeleton.
• Star Plucking Celestial and other Soul Hall members arrived, and Xiao Chen recognized Chen Tiannan of the Profound Nether Sect.
• Xiao Chen assigned Xian Er, Cai Lin, Yao Lao, Xiao Yi Xian, Little Yan, and himself to seize the light spheres when the seal vanished, while warning everyone not to touch the Dou Sheng Skeleton.

The ten light spheres released valuable scrolls, sparking a battle in the great hall as Ancient Human Puppets attacked the fighters. Xiao Chen killed Chen Tiannan and his group secured five of the ten spheres, while seven puppets remained active.

• The ten spheres burst open, and the awakened Ancient Human Puppets attacked the crowd as experts fought over the scrolls.
• Heavenly Flame Honored One warned Xiao Yan and the others that the puppets held the souls of experts and possessed Dou Venerable strength.
• Xian Er seized the first sphere, and Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations to strengthen himself and take another.
• Xiao Chen told the women and others behind him to stay out of the fight, then rushed into the crowd and took a cyan scroll from Chen Tiannan.
• Xiao Chen killed Chen Tiannan with a Chaos hand and took his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan's group obtained five spheres in total, while seven Ancient Human Puppets continued fighting.

Star Plucking Celestial’s blood awakened the Dou Sheng Skeleton, which attacked the intruders and forced the experts to unite against it. As the weakened skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm, Xiao Chen teleported back to Xiao Yan and the others and told them to stand behind him.

• Star Plucking Celestial tried to seize the Dou Sheng Skeleton, but spatial spikes pierced his palm and his blood seeped into the bones, awakening them.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton unleashed a roar that killed three Dou Venerables and hundreds of other experts, while Xiao Chen and his group defended against the soundwaves.
• Star Plucking Celestial warned that the awakened skeleton would kill everyone in the ruins and persuaded the gathered experts to fight it together.
• Star Plucking Celestial, Tang Zhen, Icy River Valley's Valley Master, and other Dou Venerables attacked the skeleton, weakening its blood energy and aura.
• Xiao Chen charged into the battle while Xiao Yan, Xian Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Heavenly Flame Honored One, and Queen Medusa retreated toward the exit.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and Xiao Chen used Space Teleportation to return beside his group and told them to stand behind him.