Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan waited for Xiao Xun'er to join him as his companion for the Three Oddities Grand Meet’s second stage in the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm. After they entered the realm and were randomly teleported together, Yang Shan summoned Black Da Sha, leaving Xiao Xun'er jealous of the beast’s greeting.

• Yang Shan learned that Hun Ji was being sent to embarrass himself at the Three Oddities Grand Meet and spent the next three days refining pills and managing his organizations.
• At the entrance to the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm, Yang Shan met Xiao Aotian and his helper Yuan Ba, who came from the Heavenly Ape Clan.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived late, apologized to Yang Shan, and was revealed to be his companion for the second stage; Xiao Aotian grew jealous when he learned her favorability toward Yang Shan was 50 points.
• When the second stage began, Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er entered the Space Channel while holding hands so they would be sent to the same place.
• After they arrived on a desolate plain, Yang Shan released Xiao Xun'er's hand and summoned Black Da Sha, who greeted him as Master and Xiao Xun'er as Mistress.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er followed Black Da Sha’s tracking skills to search for Fire Bodhi Fruits, while Da Sha’s matchmaking antics and Yang Shan’s teasing left Xiao Xun'er imagining a future with him. After Da Sha found the fruit’s location, Yang Shan sensed three people nearby and approached with Xiao Xun'er, where they recognized Gu Zhen, Gu Yan, and Brother Qing Yang.

• Black Da Sha trained as a tracker in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and offered to find spiritual items for Xiao Xun'er and Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan explained that he had told Da Sha to prioritize Xiao Xun'er because he owed her, then teased her about repaying her debts by devoting herself to him.
• Yang Shan gave Da Sha medicinal herbs to track, and Da Sha used its tracking ability to locate exceptionally aged Fire Bodhi Fruits.
• While Xiao Xun'er imagined marrying Yang Shan, he took her hand and led her running after Da Sha to the fruit’s location.
• Yang Shan sensed three figures nearby, suppressed his and Xiao Xun'er's auras, and approached them with her.
• Yang Shan recognized Gu Zhen and Gu Yan among the figures, while Xiao Xun'er recognized Brother Qing Yang.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er met Gu Qingyang in the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm and learned that the Ancient Clans were competing for blood capable of raising a Ninth Grade Bloodline to God Grade. The chapter ended with Soul Heavenly Emperor explaining why the Soul Clan would refuse to compete: he intended to become a Dou Di himself and wanted the other clans to remain wary of Xiao Xuan instead.

• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er discovered that Gu Qingyang had sent a Secret Soul Puppet to the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm, and Gu Qingyang welcomed them warmly.
• Gu Qingyang explained that the Severing Heaven Blade Saint had sealed a formation containing twelve pools of blood from the Ancient Clans, which would eventually fuse into blood capable of creating a God Grade Bloodline.
• Gu Qingyang told Xiao Xun'er and Yang Shan that the clans' leaders were competing through Secret Soul Puppets, while the Soul Clan had sent no known contender.
• Hun Xuzi urged Soul Heavenly Emperor to let Hun Feng or Hun Yu seek the blood, but Soul Heavenly Emperor dismissed the opportunity as insufficient to save the Soul Clan's fading bloodline.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered the Soul Clan to stay hidden and let the God Grade Bloodline go to another clan, declaring that only his own ascension to Dou Di could restore the Soul Clan to its peak.

Yang Shan joined Gu Yuan and the Thunder Clan leaders to discuss the God Grade Bloodline opportunity and the Ancient Clans’ alliances. Gu Yuan asked Yang Shan to hide Xiao Xun’er’s feelings from Lei Dong while they competed in the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm.

• Gu Qingyang asked Yang Shan to help the Ancient Clan secure the opportunity, but Yang Shan pointed out that doing so would put him against the Thunder Clan, so Xiao Xun’er contacted Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan summoned Yang Shan, Xiao Xun’er, and Gu Qingyang through the Transmission Token, and Yang Shan opened a temporary space for them to use safely.
• Yang Shan transferred his consciousness to a mountain peak, where he greeted Gu Yuan, Lei Zhanghao, and Thunder Clan Leader Lei Ying.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Ancient Clan had allied with the Thunder Clan because the Xiao Clan’s growing power made the other clans wary, and he revealed that the leaders were competing for Yang Shan’s help.
• Lei Ying told Yang Shan that Lei Dong liked Xiao Xun’er, and Gu Yuan asked him to conceal her feelings for Yang Shan until the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm competition ended.

Yang Shan and Gu Xun'er discussed her many suitors, and Yang Shan promised to rescue her if the Ancient Clan ever arranged a marriage she did not want. Gu Xun'er took his promise seriously, triggering a special wedding-snatching storyline, while Gu Qingyang remained skeptical of Yang Shan.

• Gu Yuan warned Yang Shan not to reveal his Supreme Void Power to Lei Ying and cautioned him against bringing up his feelings with Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan and Lei Ying restored Xiao Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, and Lei Dong from their suspended consciousness, and Lei Dong eagerly approached Xiao Xun'er.
• Yang Shan asked Gu Xun'er to act distant until the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm matter was over, then asked how many powerful suitors she had.
• When Gu Xun'er asked whether he would save her from an unwanted arranged marriage, Yang Shan described plans to defeat, assassinate, or deceive the prospective groom.
• Gu Xun'er insisted that Yang Shan must save her if the clan arranged a marriage, triggering her special Wedding Snatching storyline and startling Gu Qingyang.

Yang Shan helped Gu Qingyang, Gu Zhen, and Gu Yan pursue the Fire Bodhi Fruit, and Gu Qingyang asked him to fight its Blazing Sun Mystic Lion alone so he could assess Yang Shan’s strength. Yang Shan revealed the power of his True Dragon Mystic Body and disabled the lion with a soul skill, leaving it bound and helpless.

• Gu Qingyang, Gu Zhen, and Gu Yan stayed with Yang Shan to help him obtain the Fire Bodhi Fruit before the God Grade Bloodline opportunity opened.
• Gu Qingyang stopped Xiao Xun'er from attacking the Blazing Sun Mystic Lion and asked Yang Shan to fight it alone.
• Yang Shan suppressed the lion’s flames with Sea Heart Flame and battered it with the strength of his activated True Dragon Mystic Body.
• Gu Qingyang and Xiao Xun'er discussed Yang Shan’s apparent special constitution and compared it with Xiao Qian Di’s Azure Dragon Divine Body.
• Yang Shan summoned five hundred demon spirits and used Ten Thousand Demons Howling to the Heavens to stun and weaken the Blazing Sun Mystic Lion.
• Yang Shan bound the helpless lion with the Imprisoning Spirit True Skill, while Gu Qingyang praised his rapid activation of a Heaven Rank Dou Skill.

Yang Shan, Xiao Xun'er, and Gu Qingyang arrived to compete for the God Grade Bloodline opportunity, where the Severing Heaven Blade Saint explained the dangerous rules and revealed Yang Shan as his inheritor. After the contestants were randomly sent into the mountains, Yang Shan found a Blood Bead—only for Xiao Qian Di to appear beside him.

• Yang Shan reached the opportunity site with Xiao Xun'er and Gu Qingyang, where several Clan Leaders gathered around Xiao Xun'er and argued over her attention.
• The Severing Heaven Blade Saint recognized Yang Shan as his inheritor, tested his Tyrant Blade aura, and promised him another reward if he performed well.
• The Severing Heaven Blade Saint explained that contestants had to find one of nine Blood Beads and carry one to the mountains' deepest point to try for the God Grade Bloodline opportunity.
• The Severing Heaven Blade Saint suppressed the contestants' ability to communicate and sent them through the stone gate, which randomly teleported them across the mountains.
• Yang Shan sensed a strange fluctuation, used Supreme Void Power to reach it, and found a Blood Bead in a spring.
• Before Yang Shan could examine the bead, Xiao Qian Di emerged from a spatial rift nearby.

Yang Shan fought Xiao Qian Di after Xiao Qian Di used two Blood Beads to prevent him from leaving. Yang Shan discovered that Xiao Qian Di’s Secret Soul Puppet could heal and wield the Azure Dragon Divine Wood, and the battle continued as Xiao Qian Di revealed Heaven-tier swordsmanship and Finger Strength.

• Xiao Qian Di showed Yang Shan two Blood Beads and forced him to fight rather than risk letting the beads go with him.
• Yang Shan struck Xiao Qian Di’s Secret Soul Puppet, but the attack dealt less damage than expected and the puppet healed using its Azure Dragon Divine Wood energy.
• Yang Shan activated his True Dragon Mystic Body, while Xiao Qian Di drew a wooden sword and declared that he would claim the title of Central State’s Foremost Heaven’s Chosen.
• Yang Shan exchanged messages with Xiao Aotian during the confrontation, then returned his attention to Xiao Qian Di and thanked him for giving him a chance to fight seriously.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Qian Di traded sword techniques, and Yang Shan switched to dual blades after Xiao Qian Di’s sword Gang Qi pierced his defense.
• Xiao Qian Di struck Yang Shan with a Heaven-tier finger technique, sending him flying dozens of zhang.

Yang Shan fought Xiao Qian Di’s Secret Soul Puppet, survived its powerful Heavenly Meteor Finger by hiding in a small spatial pocket, and exploited the puppet’s limits to overwhelm it. As the connection to the puppet was severed, Xiao Qian Di’s true body spat blood and roared Yang Shan’s name.

• Xiao Qian Di unleashed vines and Azure Dragon Divine Wood against Yang Shan, but Yang Shan countered them with his Heaven and Earth Oddities.
• Xiao Qian Di trapped Yang Shan with a dragon-claw branch and struck him with the Heavenly Meteor Finger, but Yang Shan survived inside a small spatial pocket.
• Yang Shan stepped out unharmed, then used a Three Thousand Thunder Illusory Body and a soul storm to put Xiao Qian Di’s puppet into Disorder Time.
• Yang Shan and his illusion attacked the puppet repeatedly, weakening its Protective Gang Qi and keeping it trapped in Disorder Time.
• Yang Shan’s assault severed Xiao Qian Di’s connection to the puppet, and Xiao Qian Di’s true body spat blood and roared Yang Shan’s name.

Yang Shan arrived after destroying Xiao Qian Di’s Secret Soul Puppet and helped Xiao Xun’er turn a three-on-two fight in their favor. The others surrendered their Blood Beads and agreed to accompany the group to the formation, leaving all nine beads gathered and the party ready to depart.

• Yao Tian and Huo Xuan overwhelmed Gu Qingyang while Ling Fu kept Lei Dong occupied, but Yang Shan appeared with Xiao Qian Di’s wrecked Secret Soul Puppet.
• Yang Shan restored his Dou Qi and challenged Huo Xuan, Yao Tian, and Ling Fu, while Xiao Xun’er arrived with Shi Gandang, whom she had defeated.
• Faced with Yang Shan, Xiao Xun’er, Lei Dong, and the injured Gu Qingyang, Huo Xuan conceded and asked to accompany them to see the formation.
• Huo Xuan and Yao Tian handed over their Blood Beads, Lei Dong handed over his, and the group assembled all nine beads.
• Yang Shan helped Gu Qingyang to his feet, and Lei Dong urged everyone to set off for the formation.

Yang Shan received two powerful remnant-soul companions and learned that the Thousand Azure Saint’s opportunity was tied to the abnormal Bodhi Ancient Tree. After Xiao Xun’er finished her task, she told Yang Shan she would leave the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm temporarily and return before the third round of the Three Oddities Grand Meet.

• The Severing Heaven Blade Saint gave Xiao Xun’er a Jade Bottle for the blood and brought Yang Shan aside to test his inheritance and strength.
• Yang Shan revealed his Soul Imprint, and the Severing Heaven Blade Saint learned how far he had advanced and accepted him as a worthy inheritor.
• The Severing Heaven Blade Saint awakened the Thousand Azure Saint, who explained his connection to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and joined Yang Shan as a remnant soul.
• The Thousand Azure Saint entered Yang Shan’s palm as an imprint, while the Severing Heaven Blade Saint entered the hilt of Yang Shan’s Yama blade.
• The two seniors promised to remain dormant unless Yang Shan summoned them and offered to answer his questions.
• Xiao Xun’er met Yang Shan, confirmed her gains, and said she would leave the Ten Thousand Spirits Realm and return before the third round of the Three Oddities Grand Meet.

The Supreme Competition’s alchemy contestants entered the arena, including Little Yao Xi, Xiao Aotian, and Yang Shan, as their allies and admirers gathered to watch. Just as Yang Shan thought the lineup was complete, a familiar figure appeared as the final contestant, leaving him stunned.

• Xiao Aotian worried that his female admirers would gather together, then realized he could seat them in separate sections.
• Little Yao Xi entered the competition, and Yang Shan told Xiao Aotian that she was training to refine an eighth-grade pill with Seven-Colored Pill Lightning without using a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Aotian entered after boasting that he might win a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Yang Shan pointed out that it was already his.
• Yang Shan entered to loud cheers from Tang Huo'er, Yun Yun, and the Meteor Association girls, while Xuan Yi and Azure Fairy exchanged tense looks in the highest viewing stands.
• The host announced the final alchemy contestant, and Yang Shan turned to see a familiar figure emerge, drawing a startled reaction from him.

Yao Chen joined the Three Oddities Grand Meet to compete for the alchemy championship, drawing the attention of the contestants and spectators. As the other alchemists took their platforms, Yang Shan was left facing the conspicuous open platform near the center and wondered how to keep a low profile.

• Yao Chen arrived at the meet, challenged Yang Shan, and announced that he intended to win the alchemy championship and give his former students a final lesson.
• Xiao Aotian joined Yao Chen’s platform, and the system announced that watching or competing in a player’s secondary profession would grant Comprehension +1.
• Green-Hua Old Freak teased Yao Chen about Xuan Yi and Azure Fairy, then challenged him for the championship.
• Yao Xingji insulted Yao Chen and Green-Hua Old Freak, prompting Xiao Aotian to mock him until Yao Xingji sat down to compete.
• Xiao Aotian sent Li Batian a recording of his insults, then learned that the meet was livestreaming and viewers were praising his roasting.
• The alchemists took their platforms but left the central platform east of Yao Chen’s empty while Yang Shan hesitated, wary of the nearby Heavenly Flames.

Yang Shan prepared for the Three Oddities Grand Meet’s final alchemy round as contestants showed off legendary cauldrons, leaving him with nothing impressive to present. Xiao Xun'er arrived at the last moment with a powerful cauldron for him, and Yang Shan began the competition with her encouragement.

• Yang Shan transformed Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning into a star-marked Blood Lightning True Dragon and acknowledged Little Zi Yan, Feng Qing'er, Yue Mei, and Su Yitang as they cheered him on.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the final alchemy round, and Xiao Aotian, Little Yao Xi, Yao Lao, and Yao Xingji displayed their Heaven Cauldron Ranking cauldrons.
• Yao Xingji taunted Yang Shan for lacking an impressive cauldron, while Xiao Aotian threatened to fight him after the competition.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived through a spatial rift and explained that she had hurried from the Ancient Realm to deliver a cauldron to Yang Shan.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Yang Shan a three-zhang cauldron borrowed from her clan, accepted his handkerchief and encouragement, and told him to go for it.
• Xiao Xun'er encouraged Xiao Aotian as well, and he declared that he would shine in the competition.

Xiao Xun’er sent Yang Shan the Ancient Clan’s Blazing Sun Sacred Cauldron, drawing an explosive reaction from the livestream audience and envy from the other alchemists. The competition began with Yang Shan preparing to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill, and his cauldron, flame, soul, and fortune granted him major advantages.

• Xiao Xun’er delivered the Blazing Sun Sacred Cauldron to Yang Shan, and viewers flooded the livestream with comments about their connection.
• Yao Xingji envied Yang Shan’s cauldron, while Yao Chen and Green-Hua Old Freak taunted him and agreed to compete through their alchemy.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi discussed Yao Xingji’s skill and watched as the contestants prepared for the competition’s three stages and final nurturing.
• Green-Hua Old Freak, Yang Shan, Xiao Aotian, and Yao Xingji began heating their cauldrons and preparing their flames; Xiao Aotian mocked Yao Xingji for boasting about the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame.
• Yang Shan focused on refining the Fire Bodhi Pill, and his system reduced its difficulty and granted him three chances to perfect an ingredient’s extraction.

Yang Shan used AI Nüwa’s advantages and his Heaven Realm soul to advance through alchemy far faster than the other contestants, then logged off to rest before the final nurturing stage. When he returned, Xiao Aotian was still taunting Yao Xingji, who had failed his first attempt and was holding up the remaining contestants.

• Yang Shan switched to refining an Eight-Colored Pill Lightning pill after Auspicious Purple Qi Comes From the East made the process easier, and he completed ingredient forms with startling speed.
• Yao Lao sensed Yang Shan’s formidable soul strength and chose not to expose it, while Xiao Aotian finished five ingredients and mocked Yao Xingji for falling behind.
• Yang Shan released his Heaven Realm soul pressure during Spirit Injection, startling contestants and disrupting some of their refining; he then finished the stage and logged off to rest.
• An hour later, Su Yitang woke Yang Shan and urged him to return to the competition, where he found Xiao Aotian pressuring Yao Xingji after the latter failed his first attempt.

The final pill-refining contest escalated as Yao Lao, Yang Shan, Xiao Aotian, and Yao Xingji produced increasingly powerful pills and secret techniques. Yang Shan unveiled a thousand-demon-spirit formation, provoking the eight-colored tribulation clouds to intensify until golden lightning appeared.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen watched as Little Yao Xi, Yao Xingji, Xiao Aotian, and Green-Hua Old Freak drew seven-colored pill lightning.
• Yang Shan revealed his pill and drew eight-colored lightning, but Yao Lao’s pill produced silver radiance bright enough to signal eight-color perfection.
• Yao Xingji used Turtle Spirit Earth Flame to improve his pill and produced silver lightning that surpassed Yang Shan’s.
• Xiao Aotian used Yao Chen’s Soul Elevation Method to raise his pill’s quality, bringing its silver lightning close to Yao Lao’s.
• Yang Shan released his Thunder Phantom Body, summoned a thousand demon spirits, and formed the Heaven Bewildering Pill Refining Array.
• Yao Xingji recognized the array as belonging to the Creation Saint, and the enraged tribulation clouds intensified until golden lightning appeared.

Yang Shan used the Heaven Bewildering Pill Refining Array to draw out nine-colored Pill Lightning and push his Fire Bodhi Pill beyond its limits. As the finalists prepared to withstand their own tribulations, Xiao Aotian unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm and swallowed the first bolt of his Pill Lightning in a black hole.

• The spectators celebrated Yang Shan’s nine-colored Pill Lightning, while Lei Ting admitted she was inferior to him.
• Yang Shan’s demon spirits impersonated living beings to complete the Heaven Bewildering Pill Refining Array, maximizing the tribulation clouds’ power and giving the Fire Bodhi Pill the potential to sublimate.
• Yang Shan asked Yao Chen to use the Soul Elevation Method, but Yao Chen declined and told Yang Shan to handle the lightning himself.
• Zhuang Youqian, Thousand Jade Hands, Gao Someone, Little Yao Xi, and Yao Xingji brought out thunder-resisting puppets to protect themselves from Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Aotian used the Great Heaven Creation Palm to form a black hole that swallowed his first bolt of Pill Lightning without a ripple.

Yang Shan won the Three Oddities Grand Meet's Alchemy Finals after stopping the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and refining a sublimated Fire Bodhi Pill, while Xiao Aotian placed third. The artifact refining competition then began, where Tie Yang stood out as the only player to forge a Quasi-Saint Weapon.

• Xiao Aotian used the Great Creation Palm to disperse the Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, and Yao Lao followed by destroying his own lightning with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Yang Shan destroyed the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning with his lightning and flame techniques, then subdued the Fire Bodhi Pill and obtained its sublimated form.
• The three giants announced Xiao Aotian in third place, Yao Chen as runner-up, and Yang Shan as champion; global announcements awarded Yang Shan and Xiao Aotian rewards.
• The artifact refining competition began, and five Quasi-Saint Weapons impressed the audience; Tie Yang was the only player to forge one.

Yang Shan won the Three Oddities Grand Meet and chose a Saint Jade Kirin magic core to strengthen his signature Dou Technique. After Xiao Aotian refused to give up his chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Zi Yan arrived claiming she could help Yang Shan take it.

• Tie Yang placed third in the artifact-forging competition and promised to equip Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng with weapons and armor.
• Bai Su'an reached the array-inscription final, lost to Old Man Xuan Yin, and used the livestream to promote Wudang Mountain.
• Yang Shan chose a ninth-rank Saint Jade Kirin magic core as his prize, intending to develop Ten Thousand Demons Howling to the Heavens.
• Xiao Aotian told Yang Shan that he would pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, despite Yang Shan urging him to trade away his qualification.
• Zi Yan arrived with Feng Qing'er and Yue Mei and claimed she knew how to help Yang Shan subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.