Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan and Zi Yan faced the Creation Saint Relic’s dark puppet trial, where they discovered that defeating two puppets was enough to clear the challenge. They received crystals granting entry to the Relic Second Domain, leaving them poised to pursue the special opportunity there.

• Jiu Feng and Qing Wu chose separate unmarked doors, while other contenders entered trials for the Heaven and Earth Oddities.
• Little Zi Yan destroyed twelve Two Star Dou Zun Puppets with ease, and she and Yang Shan continued deeper into the relic.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan encountered a Four-Star Dou Zun Puppet in a pitch-black passage, then found themselves surrounded by tens of thousands of puppets.
• Yang Shan used a soul attack to slow the puppets while Zi Yan destroyed one and Yang Shan finished another.
• The remaining puppets stopped fighting and opened a path, and Yang Shan and Zi Yan each received a Creation Opportunity Crystal for the Relic Second Domain.

Yang Shan and Zi Yan entered the Creation Saint’s Second Domain, where each Creation Opportunity Crystal opened a separate opportunity space. Yang Shan learned the Creation Saint’s history, claimed a pill formula, and returned to find the dark passage crowded with other entrants and powerful flames.

• Yang Shan and Zi Yan discovered that the Pill Refining Barrier required every opportunity to be claimed before the Third Domain could open, then entered separate opportunity spaces using crystals numbered 250 and 500.
• Yang Shan learned that the Creation Saint had been his master Ten Thousand Treasures Ancient Emperor’s all-attribute disciple, whose curiosity led him to master many crafts despite his slow cultivation.
• Yang Shan told the group that the Second Domain’s opportunities involved secondary professions, while Yi Qingyang reported that a First Domain stele was connected to formation seals.
• Yang Shan fought through puppets in opportunity space 250 and claimed the seventh-tier high-grade Blood Rage Pill formula before crushing his crystal to leave.
• Yang Shan returned to the passage and found it filled with glowing puppets and Dou Qi fluctuations, while the Red Lotus Karma Fire made the Sea Heart Flame tremble.

Yang Shan secured a valuable eighth-grade pill formula in an Opportunity Realm, then encountered a mysterious Six-Star Dou Zun who tried to steal it. The stranger fled underground, but Yang Shan pursued him, determined to fight.

• Yang Shan defeated a puppet with Yan Luo, collected a Creation Opportunity Crystal marked 38, and returned to the Pill Refining Barrier.
• Yang Shan spoke with Huo Zhi, who revealed her crystal was marked 69 and agreed they should avoid fighting unless necessary.
• Yang Shan entered another Opportunity Realm with his Thunder Phantom Body and Yue Mei, defeated its puppets, and found the Jade Beauty Pill formula.
• A small, mustached Six-Star Dou Zun burst from the ground and tried to take the formula, but Yang Shan used Three Thousand Thunder Movement to evade him.
• The stranger recognized Yang Shan and attempted to flee underground; Yang Shan chased him, breaking through an earthen wall, but the man vanished without a trace.

Yang Shan entered another secret realm and found Ice River Venerable fighting Qu Tianqin, the poisoned Valley Master of Sound Valley. He rescued her and overwhelmed Ice River Venerable with his lightning and Heavenly Flame attacks.

• Zi Yan showed Yang Shan the Beast Blood Pill she had found and admitted she had extorted three magical beasts for ransom.
• Yang Shan entered the crowded secret realm for the third time, while Zi Yan rushed off to seek more opportunities.
• Yang Shan found a cache guarded by shattered Four-Star Dou Zun puppets and heard Ice River Venerable fighting Qu Tianqin over its treasure.
• Yang Shan confirmed Qu Tianqin was Su Yitang's Valley Master and hurried to help when Ice River Venerable's poison weakened her.
• Yang Shan immobilized Ice River Venerable and attacked him with magical beast phantoms, Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, and Sea Heart Flame.

Yang Shan defeated Ice River Venerable, captured him for leverage, and found an Eighth Grade Azure Water Profound Pill, which he gave to Yue Mei. Before he could help Qu Tianqin recover, Xin Lian and three other Nine Netherworld Pythons attacked, leaving Qu Tianqin besieged.

• Yang Shan used a clone to survive Ice River Venerable’s final poison attack, then bound and sealed Ice River Venerable after forcing him to treat Qu Tianqin.
• Yang Shan imprisoned Ice River Venerable in a Life-Sealing Coffin, planning to trade him to Tang Zhen and benefit from Ice River Valley’s defeat.
• Yang Shan found an Eighth Grade Azure Water Profound Pill and gave it to Yue Mei.
• Xin Lian ambushed Yang Shan, but Yang Shan dodged his poisonous mist and returned to find Qu Tianqin surrounded by three Four-Star Dou Zun Nine Netherworld Pythons.

Yang Shan rescued Qu Tianqin while fighting off Qing Lin, the Heavenly Serpent Saintess, who had tried to take the Azure Water Profound Pill. After recognizing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and forcing her to retreat, he agreed to discuss a sale only after she settled their previous score.

• Yang Shan sensed a Black-Clothed Man attacking him and used Thunder Phantom Body to rescue Qu Tianqin while confronting her.
• Yang Shan overwhelmed the Black-Clothed Man with his blade and Soul Strength, then bound her with the Imprisoning Spirit True Skill.
• Yang Shan used Sea Abyss Illusion Arts to stall Xin Lian and three Nine Netherworld Pythons as the Black-Clothed Man revealed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yang Shan recognized the Black-Clothed Man as Qing Lin, the Heavenly Serpent Saintess, and she offered to buy the Azure Water Profound Pill.
• Yang Shan sheathed his blade and told Qing Lin to settle their previous score before discussing the transaction.

Yang Shan fought Qing Lin and the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent while blocking Qing Lin’s access to San Hua Space. As their battle continued, his Thunder Phantom Body began sealing the Demon Energy of Qing Lin’s snake-type magical beasts, leaving her horrified at the loss of the creatures she relied on to cultivate and suppress the serpent.

• Yang Shan continued attacking Qing Lin instead of negotiating, while planning to capture her and build relations with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Qing Lin summoned the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent, and Yang Shan fought it while testing the effects of his soul attacks and Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder.
• Qing Lin tried to send the snake-type magical beasts into San Hua Space, but Yang Shan blocked the passage and trapped them outside.
• Qing Lin secretly hoped Yang Shan would defeat the disobedient Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent, then pretended to attack him without seriously interfering.
• Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body attacked Qing Lin’s King of Beasts and Thousand Beast Kings, sealing their Demon Energy and restricting their movement.
• Qing Lin panicked and pleaded with Yang Shan to stop as he took away the snake-type magical beasts she had spent years gathering.

Yang Shan outmaneuvered Qing Lin during their confrontation over her captured snake-type magical beasts, leaving her vulnerable to the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent. Qing Lin swore to reward him if he helped her subdue the serpent, and Yang Shan prepared to intervene under that bargain.

• Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body chained the captured snake-type magical beasts while Qing Lin demanded their return and offered to trade them for Yue Mei, the Illusion Jade Python.
• Qing Lin tried to command Yue Mei to bite Yang Shan, but his Sealing Spirit Seal had weakened and restrained her, making her unable to hurt him or reach Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin called on the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent, but it ignored her and began acting independently as the restrictions of San Hua Space weakened.
• Yang Shan put his blade to Qing Lin’s neck, then stepped away and invited the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent to possess her, prompting Qing Lin to beg for his help.
• Qing Lin swore to repay Yang Shan if he helped subdue the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent, and Yang Shan agreed while warning her not to break her oath.

Yang Shan used the Imprisoning Spirit Heaven Lock Formation to subdue the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent and keep it sealed for 180 days, allowing Qing Lin to return it to the San Hua Space. After Qing Lin revealed her face to thank him, Yang Shan instead ordered her to undo the small snake biting his finger.

• The Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent disrupted Qing Lin’s control of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and tried to escape through the San Hua Space.
• Yang Shan used his Thunder Phantom Body to form the Imprisoning Spirit Heaven Lock Formation, then strengthened the seal with the Seven Star Imprint.
• Yang Shan told Qing Lin the Nine-Headed Heaven Serpent would be sealed for 180 days, and Qing Lin confirmed it could not move before returning it to the San Hua Space.
• Qing Lin changed into a jade-green dress, revealed her face, and thanked Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan ignored Qing Lin’s beauty and ordered her to undo the three-inch white snake biting his finger.

Yang Shan stabilized Qu Tianqin’s poison and gave her an antidote, then left to keep their relationship within proper bounds. After the group was forced out of the unstable secret realm, they saw eight-colored pill lightning above the pill at the Pill Refining Barrier.

• Xiao Aotian learned that Su Yitang was beating up Xiao Kuang for flirting with her and sent her a red packet to ask for a chance to punch him.
• Yang Shan asked Lucky Poison Hand for an antidote to Ice River Venerable’s Acquired Calamity Poison Body toxin, and Lucky Poison Hand mailed one.
• Yang Shan sealed Qu Tianqin’s spreading poison with the Sealing Spirit Seal and gave her the antidote, while AI Nüwa’s messages revealed that Qu Tianqin’s favorability toward him had risen to 40.
• Yang Shan resolved to maintain boundaries with Qu Tianqin because she was Su Yitang’s master, then found Qing Lin crying as Yue Mei comforted her about her mixed heritage and painful past.
• The secret realm became unstable, so Yang Shan told Qu Tianqin to crush the Creation Opportunity Crystal and led the group out.
• Yang Shan saw the Cauldron image shining above the Pill Refining Barrier, with eight-colored pill lightning appearing over the pill.

Yang Shan and the gathered players watched the Pill Refining Barrier collapse, revealing an enormous desert and a pill about to face a Pill Lightning Tribulation. As the final opportunity began, Yang Shan prepared to help Zi Yan and set his allies up to make Xiao Ding and Xiao Li appear to be its biggest winners.

• Yang Shan met Little Yao Xi and Little Dolphin near the barrier, while Little Yao Xi showed off her haul and four Golden Word Seal Puppets.
• The Pill Refining Barrier’s opportunity spaces collapsed as its murals revealed an Eight-Colored Pill Lightning image, leading Yang Shan to suspect an Eighth Grade pill was the greatest prize.
• Zi Yan asked Yang Shan to conceal her Sea Heart Flame and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, so he used his Thunder Phantom Body to hide her.
• Yang Shan contacted Hun Dan and confirmed that he and the others had stayed hidden with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then told them to make a commotion when the time came.
• Four One-Star Dou Zuns charged the barrier, but it collapsed first and revealed a desert where a pill and gathering Pill Lightning signaled an approaching tribulation.
• Yang Shan recalled his Thunder Phantom Body so it could recover energy for the coming events.

Yang Shan entered the Desert Zone to compete for the Bodhi Pill and joined forces with Tang Zhen and Huo Zhi, who explained why the pill mattered even to Ninth Grade Bloodlines. The zone sealed as the pill lightning formed, and Tang Zhen was stunned to see a golden streak reveal that the tribulation had become nine-colored.

• Yang Shan learned that the Bodhi Pill opportunity would lead into the Third Domain, then entered the Desert Zone with Qu Tianqin, Qing Lin, Little Yao Xi, and Little Dolphin.
• Yang Shan summoned Tang Zhen, and the two exchanged greetings with Qu Tianqin as Tang Zhen explained that Tang Huo'er and Tang Gongyu were competing in the First Domain.
• Huo Zhi joined Yang Shan and proposed that they cooperate against other forces before competing over the Bodhi Pill.
• Huo Zhi explained that the Bodhi Pill supplied abundant, directly absorbable energy, making it valuable even to Ninth Grade Bloodlines seeking to break through to Half Saint.
• The Desert Zone sealed when the countdown ended, and its formation sent a wisp of energy skyward as Tang Zhen spotted a golden streak in the pill lightning and exclaimed that it was nine-colored.

Yang Shan and the others endured the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, which completed the Bodhi Pill, while hundreds of powerful contenders watched him. Yang Shan finally rushed for the pill and turned Yao Xingji’s earthfire turtle into a shield against the other experts’ attacks.

• Tang Zhen reasoned that the formation seals had amplified the pill lightning by making it count the thousands of people in the Desert Zone, and the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning began striking everyone present.
• Yang Shan and Tang Zhen defended their group as the lightning battered the contenders; after five minutes, only around eight hundred people remained, and the pill embryo absorbed the nine-colored radiance and became a Bodhi Pill.
• Yang Shan assessed the rival experts, including Yao Ling, Yao Xingji, Yao Xing, Xin Shi, Demonic Flower Evil Monarch, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen, then told Tang Zhen and Qu Tianqin to protect the others as he charged for the pill.
• Huo Zhi followed Yang Shan, and the experts at Five Star Dou Zun and above moved to intercept him; Yao Xingji blocked his route with a giant earthfire turtle.
• Yang Shan kicked the turtle’s head back into its shell, then used Supreme Void to hurl Yao Xingji’s turtle toward the Bodhi Pill, hoping the other contenders would attack it instead.

Yang Shan held back from the contest for the Bodhi Pill while the Yao Clan, Nine Netherworld Pythons, and Pill Tower fought over it. The battle escalated when Yao Ling revealed her formidable Heavenly Realm soul power, and the Pill Tower elders answered with their own Soul Handprint Method.

• Yang Shan avoided attacking the Bodhi Pill, while Huo Zhi also waited rather than risk joining the fight.
• Xin Shi defeated Yao Xingji, then held off Yao Ling and Yao Xing while Yao Xing tried to seize the pill.
• Dan Ye and Cao Xian blocked Yao Xing, but they argued over who should take the pill before fighting him together.
• Yang Shan judged that he could not overpower the gathered contenders alone and waited for a chance to enter the fray.
• Yao Ling unleashed a Soul Skill that sent a soul-powered palm toward the Bodhi Pill, alarming Yang Shan and Dan Ye.
• Dan Ye and Cao Xian countered Yao Ling's soul attack by activating the Pill Tower's Soul Handprint Method.

Yang Shan confronted the Demonic Flower Evil Monarch, whose spatial rift brought the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s fighters into the battle. As Yang Shan fought the Crimson Flame Evil Monarch and his allies while staging his Thunder Phantom Body’s destruction, Huo Zhi unexpectedly saved it.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen joined the Pill Tower’s elders to stop Yao Ling’s soul attack, leaving the Pill Tower, Yao Clan, and Nine Netherworld Pythons in a standoff over the Bodhi Pill.
• The Demonic Flower Evil Monarch moved to seize the Bodhi Pill, and Yang Shan intercepted him as the other factions watched.
• The Demonic Flower Evil Monarch opened a spatial rift that brought the Crimson Flame Evil Monarch and the other members of the Heavenly Underworld Sect into the fight.
• Yang Shan used his techniques to hold off the Demonic Flower Evil Monarch and his allies while the Crimson Flame Evil Monarch attacked with a sea of fire.
• Yang Shan let his Thunder Phantom Body appear trapped so he could replace it with a hidden Void Thunder Phantom Body, but Huo Zhi used Red Lotus Karma Fire to save it.

Yang Shan sabotaged Crimson Flame Evil Monarch’s attempt to send the Bodhi Pill away, then manipulated the Space Channel so the pill fell near Xiao Ding. Xiao Ding was forced to reveal himself, and Yao Xingji confronted him over losing eight Eighth Grade Pills.

• Crimson Flame Evil Monarch and the other Heavenly Underworld Sect members formed a barrier and began opening a Space Channel to send the Bodhi Pill away.
• Yang Shan and Huo Zhi attacked the barrier, prompting the gathered factions to unleash their strongest attacks.
• Crimson Flame Evil Monarch sent the Bodhi Pill through the Space Channel, but Yang Shan altered its destination so it fell back into the Desert Zone.
• The factions rushed for the pill, and Yang Shan stomped on the ground before pursuing it, striking Xiao Ding, who was hiding beneath the sand.
• Xiao Ding emerged to defend himself from Yao Xing’s poisonous Gang Qi, and Huo Zhi and Yao Ling recognized him.
• Yao Xingji charged Xiao Ding and demanded repayment for the eight Eighth Grade Pills he had lost through Xiao Ding’s role as a middleman.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li faced attacks from Yao Xingji and Yao Ling, while Xiao Ding’s hidden allies from Soul Sweeping Tower revealed their strength and struck the Heavenly Underworld Sect. As the clash erupted, Yang Shan moved to seize the Bodhi Pill and left his Thunder Phantom Body to stall Yao Xing.

• Xiao Li struck Yao Xingji with Silver Moon Lightning to protect Xiao Ding, sending him flying and prompting Yao Ling and Huo Zhi to join forces against the brothers.
• Xiao Li called on Hun Dan, who appeared with Wu Ying and Old Ghost Zhaixing and unleashed three Quasi-Heaven Rank Dou Skills.
• At Xiao Ding’s order, Hun Dan and his allies redirected their attacks against the Heavenly Underworld Sect, badly damaging Crimson Flame Evil Monarch’s defenses.
• Yang Shan used the chaos to reach the Bodhi Pill, while Yao Xing pursued him in his true form.
• Yang Shan sent his Thunder Phantom Body to delay Yao Xing, but Yao Xing’s poisonous gang qi destroyed it almost immediately.

Yang Shan used a hidden Thunder Phantom Body to seize the Bodhi Pill amid a chaotic battle. It delivered the pill to Xiao Ding, who accepted it despite knowing the alliance with a Soul Clan force would bring heavy pressure on the Xiao Clan.

• Yang Shan evaded Yao Xing and three other opponents while secretly preparing a Thunder Phantom Body to use the Heaven Rank Dou Skill Ten Thousand Souls Finger.
• The Thunder Phantom Body unleashed Ten Thousand Souls Finger, disrupting the battlefield and snatching the Bodhi Pill from Yang Shan.
• The Thunder Phantom Body escaped with Hun Dan, Wu Ying, and Old Ghost Zhaixing as Huo Zhi, Yao Ling, and Yao Xingji withdrew.
• The Thunder Phantom Body presented the Bodhi Pill to Xiao Ding, and Xiao Ding took it despite the consequences for the Xiao Clan.

Yang Shan explained why he suspected the Xiao Clan prodigies had hired the Soul Sweeping Tower to conceal an alliance with the Soul Clan, while Huo Zhi described the Xiao Clan’s rivalry with the Soul Clan and Xiao Xuan’s overwhelming strength. He concluded that the Soul Clan and Xiao Clan prodigies had probably not joined forces, though he wished they had, leaving the group to prepare for the Third Domain.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li escaped with the Bodhi Pill while Hun Dan and the Soul Sweeping Tower held off their pursuers by threatening to use the Ten Thousand Souls Finger.
• Yang Shan offered the Soul Sweeping Tower triple payment, but Hun Dan refused to break its rules and departed with Cheng E, Wu Ying, and Old Ghost Zhaixing.
• Qu Tianqin offered Yang Shan a healing pill, but he declined and swallowed one of his own; Qing Lin then asked how he had survived Cheng E’s Heaven Rank Dou Skill.
• Yang Shan invited the others to rest and explained that he had questioned Hun Dan because he suspected the Xiao Clan and Soul Clan prodigies might have allied.
• Huo Zhi said the Xiao Clan and Soul Clan were longstanding enemies and revealed that Xiao Xuan was considered stronger than Soul Heavenly Emperor or Gu Yuan in a one-on-one fight.
• Yang Shan announced that the Soul Clan prodigies had probably not joined forces with the Xiao Clan prodigies, though he said he would have preferred that they had.

Yang Shan and the other clan prodigies speculated about Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s hidden plans while he prepared for the Third Domain. With Zi Yan’s help, Yang Shan stole the Bodhi Pill from Xiao Ding’s hidden space, leaving the brothers unaware.

• Tang Zhen explained that the Soul Sweeping Tower master’s deference to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li might be either a feint or proof that they possessed a terrifying advantage, and Yao Ling warned that Xiao Qian Di stood behind them.
• Yang Shan meditated to recover and sent his Thunder Phantom Body away from Hun Dan’s group to seek out Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Ding arranged for Xiao Li to leave and return openly, hoping to make other factions believe the Bodhi Pill had already been taken away.
• Zi Yan followed Xiao Ding and Xiao Li unseen, and Yang Shan joined her as Xiao Ding placed the Bodhi Pill inside a temporary space opened by a jade pearl.
• Yang Shan lent Zi Yan Supreme Void Power, allowing her to overlay a Space Channel and take the Bodhi Pill before Yang Shan concealed its aura with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.