Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge and the other elite alchemists continued refining pills as the Pill Gathering narrowed to its final contestants. Seventeen remained, including Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and a disguised Yuan Chenzi, whose identity the Pill Tower elders still did not know.

• Bai Ge completed the fusion of the three thousand ingredients and focused on tempering the condensed essence into the Origin Beginning Pill.
• Contestants began summoning pill lightning as Seventh Grade Pills emerged, and the Pill Gathering’s remaining field dwindled through successes and cauldron explosions.
• After five more days, nine contestants succeeded and seven withdrew, leaving seventeen alchemists still refining their pills.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other elders recognized Old Qinghua among the remaining contestants and suspected he was pursuing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi wondered who the disguised Yuan Chenzi was and said the man’s pill would eventually reveal his aura.

During the Pill Gathering, Song Qing and several other contestants produced Seventh Grade pills, while Dan Chen and Cao Ying each refined Eighth Grade pills. Xiao Yan finally revealed his pill, and the chapter ended as thunderclouds began forming above his flame pillar.

• Song Qing completed a Seventh Grade peak pill and faced its Pill Lightning, but Xiao Yan and the other prominent contestants paid him little attention.
• Nine contestants produced Seventh Grade high-tier pills within minutes, filling the sky with Pill Lightnings.
• Dan Chen sacrificed her blood to complete an Eighth Grade Pill, summoning two-colored Pill Lightning that overwhelmed the other contestants' displays.
• Cao Ying also produced an Eighth Grade Pill, with thunderclouds showing two colors and a faint trace of pale red.
• Xiao Yan stood and opened the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, releasing a powerful flame pillar as thunderclouds began to gather above it.

Xiao Yan and Azure Radiance Old Freak revealed powerful pills, but Yuan Chenzi’s six-colored Pill Lightning briefly seemed to secure the Pill Gathering championship for the Soul Hall. Bai Ge then opened his cauldron and produced seven-colored Pill Lightning, leaving Yuan Chenzi coughing blood from shock.

• Xiao Yan’s pill formed five-colored Pill Lightning, astonishing the crowd and earning praise from the Pill Tower leaders.
• Azure Radiance Old Freak revealed his pill, which produced three-colored Pill Lightning.
• Yuan Chenzi revealed himself as a Soul Hall member and produced six-colored Pill Lightning, prompting him to claim the championship.
• Xuan Kongzi chose not to disqualify Yuan Chenzi, fearing the consequences for the Pill Tower’s reputation.
• Bai Ge retrieved his pill, and seven-colored Pill Lightning spread across the sky.
• Yuan Chenzi’s laughter stopped, and he spat out blood after Bai Ge surpassed his result.

Xiao Yan used Yao Chen’s Spirit Enhancement method to raise his Limitless Pill’s quality during the Pill Gathering. Its Pill Lightning reached seven colors, putting him on equal footing with Bai Ge and pushing Yuan Chenzi down to third place.

• Xiao Yan refused to concede the championship to Bai Ge and decided to enhance his already-formed pill.
• Xiao Yan fused five flames into a dark golden fire and used it to extract the pill’s spiritual energy.
• Xiao Yan added Spirit Nurturing Dust and used his blood and Soul Power to return the enhanced spiritual energy to the pill.
• Xiao Yan’s pill triggered changing Pill Lightning, whose colors rose from three to seven.
• Xiao Yan’s seven-colored Pill Lightning matched Bai Ge’s, while Yuan Chenzi fell to third place.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan shared the Pill Gathering championship after their pills drew Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, and the Pill Tower prepared to send the top ten into the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Xuan Kongzi warned them that Soul Hall and the missing Yuan Chenzi might try to break its seal and endanger Saint Pill City.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, while Bai Ge shattered his own tribulation cloud with Galaxy, Starburst.
• Xuan Kongzi saw the contestants’ pills display their spiritual forms, and Xiao Yan and Bai Ge each tried to yield the championship to the other.
• Old Yao proposed joint champions, and Xuan Kongzi declared Bai Ge and Xiao Yan co-champions, awarding the Soul Cultivation Method to Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the top ten would enter the Star Domain in two days to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• At a meeting in Pill Tower, Xuan Kongzi introduced President Black Robe, Xuan Yi, and President Heavenly Thunder Child to Bai Ge and Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Kongzi warned that Yuan Chenzi had disappeared and that Soul Hall might try to break the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan prepared for the attempt to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame after Zi Yan revealed her clan’s connection to the flame and gave them Dragon Marks. The chapter ended as the top ten Pill Gathering participants entered the Star Domain’s opening gate.

• Cao Ying joined Bai Ge on the way down from the hall, but Little Fairy Doctor appeared and led him into their room, leaving Cao Ying determined to pursue him.
• Zi Yan explained that the Void Ancient Dragon Clan had raised Three Thousand Burning Flame and that a Dragon Mark left inside it could be activated to subdue it.
• Zi Yan placed Dragon Marks on Bai Ge and Xiao Yan and warned that failure could let Three Thousand Burning Flame control them instead.
• Zi Yan advised them to activate their marks only after the flame had weakened in battle, and Bai Ge reassured Xiao Yan that he would take the lead.
• Two days later, Xuan Kongzi summoned the top ten participants before the crowd and opened a spatial gate to the Star Domain.

Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and the other Pill Gathering champions entered the Star Domain with Great Elder Qiu Ling to seek Three Thousand Burning Flame. They reached the sealed flame, and Xiao Yan entered its source through a dragon scale and began trying to subdue it gently.

• Qiu Ling led Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, Yuan Chenzi, and the others through the spatial gate while Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower leaders prepared defenses in Saint Pill City.
• Inside the Star Domain, Bai Ge sensed Star Power entering his Little Universe as the group followed Qiu Ling through the scorching space.
• Xiao Yan and Yuan Chenzi sensed that Three Thousand Burning Flame was near, and the group found the enormous flame sealed in the form of a purple-black dragon.
• Qiu Ling warned the group not to awaken Three Thousand Burning Flame and asked Xiao Yan and Bai Ge to attempt subduing it, so Xiao Yan went first.
• Xiao Yan touched an unburned dragon scale, sent in his Soul Power, and reached the miniature source flame, where he gently wrapped it in his Soul Power.

Xiao Yan failed to communicate with Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Yuan Chenzi broke the seal as the Soul Hall launched an attack in the Star Domain. Three Thousand Burning Flame began burning through its restraints while Xiao Yan and the others waited for reinforcements.

• Three Thousand Burning Flame destroyed Xiao Yan's strand of Soul Power when he tried to offer it freedom.
• Xiao Yan, Yuan Chenzi, and the other candidates failed to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Qiu Ling prepared to end the attempts.
• Yuan Chenzi shattered the dragon scale on Three Thousand Burning Flame's forehead, awakening it and weakening its seal.
• Qiu Ling attacked Yuan Chenzi while Xiao Yan crushed a jade bead to summon help, but two Soul Hall infiltrators stopped the others from sending their messages.
• The three great leaders strengthened the seal as Three Thousand Burning Flame condensed black fire droplets that melted the runes binding it.

Three Thousand Burning Flame broke free from its seal, rejected Yuan Chenzi’s offer to join the Soul Hall, and was attacked by Yuan Chenzi and three summoned Venerable Elders. The Soul Hall’s array cut off its access to Star Power and weakened it with chains and waves of sacrificial souls.

• Three Thousand Burning Flame broke the Pill Tower’s seal, and Yuan Chenzi asked it to honor their agreement and spend a year in the Soul Hall.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame refused to trust Yuan Chenzi and attacked him, prompting Yuan Chenzi to summon three Soul Hall Venerable Elders with a Space Jade Slip.
• Yuan Chenzi and the three Venerable Elders surrounded Three Thousand Burning Flame and formed the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Array, cutting off its absorption of Star Power.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame fought back with violet-black flames, but the Soul Hall elders bound it with chains and sent waves of souls against it.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame burned the attacking souls, but the relentless assault made the flames covering its body gradually weaken.

Yuan Chenzi and three Soul Hall Venerable Elders used their Life Soul Locks to bind Three Thousand Burning Flame and tried to seize its source flame. Three Thousand Burning Flame struck back with its destructive source flame, but the Soul Hall elders began wearing down its remaining strength as the battle continued.

• Yuan Chenzi ordered the other three black-robed figures to summon their Life Soul Locks after Three Thousand Burning Flame shattered their chains.
• The four Soul Hall Venerable Elders pierced and bound Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Yuan Chenzi approached its forehead to take its source flame.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame released its compressed source flame, struck Yuan Chenzi, and sent him flying as Azure Radiance Old Freak rushed to seize it.
• A black-robed Venerable Elder blocked Azure Radiance Old Freak while two others attacked Three Thousand Burning Flame's source flame.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame injured one Venerable Elder with a destructive strike, but its own flames dimmed as the other elder sent swarms of souls after it.
• Yuan Chenzi and the injured Venerable Elder watched with relief as Three Thousand Burning Flame dodged the soul attacks and continued to weaken.

Bai Ge fought the Soul Hall experts and confronted Three Thousand Burning Flame, using a Dragon Mark to trigger a soul battle inside the flame’s soul world. As Three Thousand Burning Flame erupted with the fire it had absorbed, Xuan Kongzi evacuated the others while Bai Ge’s companion assured him the situation could be left to Bai Ge.

• Bai Ge killed two Soul Hall Dou Zuns, devoured Yuan Chenzi, and drove the remaining Soul Hall fighter to the brink of death.
• Bai Ge battled Three Thousand Burning Flame, absorbed its flame pillar with the Sky Spirit Scorching Fire Creation Plate, and weakened it with a bone-chilling liquid.
• Bai Ge used dark-golden blood to activate a Dragon Mark on Three Thousand Burning Flame, linking their emotions and drawing him into its soul world.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame tried to seize control of Bai Ge through the Dragon Mark, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen realized the two were locked in a soul battle.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame erupted in the Star Domain, and Xuan Kongzi ordered Qiu Ling to evacuate Cao Ying and the others.
• As Cao Ying cried out that Bai Ge was still surrounded by flames, Bai Ge’s companion told Xuan Kongzi to leave the remaining danger to him.

Bai Ge subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the collapsing Star Domain, completed the Heavenly Mirror Purple Star River, and advanced to Dou Zun Nine Transformations. Three days later, he condensed the Star Domain’s remaining flames into a new Core Flame of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xuan Kongzi escaped the erupting Star Domain with Xiao Yan and sealed its gate, while Xuan Yi and Heavenly Thunder Child learned that Bai Ge had stayed behind to refine the flame.
• Little Fairy Doctor worried about Bai Ge, but Old Yao and Zi Yan reassured her that he was not in mortal danger.
• Bai Ge deprived the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s consciousness of its senses, shattered it, and absorbed its source flame.
• Bai Ge refined the flame and its accumulated Star Power, completed the Heavenly Mirror Purple Star River, and triggered a heavenly phenomenon that Xuan Kongzi recognized as the creation of a Heaven Rank cultivation method.
• Bai Ge’s cultivation surged to Dou Zun Nine Transformations as the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s remaining fires gathered around him.
• After three days, Bai Ge used the Sky Spirit Scorching Fire Creation Plate to condense the Star Domain’s remaining flames into a new Core Flame of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Soul Hall launched a full-scale assault on Starfall Pavilion to capture Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, forcing Wind Venerable and Bai Ge to prepare the pavilion for battle. The grand array opened, and Soul Hall’s forces charged as the defenders moved to meet them.

• Bai Ge’s group returned to Starfall Pavilion after Zi Yan left with Hei Qing, and Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate ordered an attack to raze the pavilion and seize Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Soul Hall surrounded Starfall Pavilion with nearly a hundred experts, including Star Plucking Old Ghost and the Black White Heavenly Venerates, and attacked the Starfall Grand Array.
• Wind Venerable rallied the pavilion’s elders to fight, while Bai Ge assigned opponents to the defenders and told Wind Venerable to open the array.
• After the array vanished, Star Plucking Old Ghost ordered Soul Hall’s forces to bathe Starfall Pavilion in blood, and the attackers surged into the Star Realm.
• Little Fairy Doctor and Medusa confronted the Black White Heavenly Venerates, while Star Plucking Old Ghost charged at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought Star Plucking Old Ghost in the Star Realm battle and used the Heaven Rank Great Creation Palm to overwhelm his opponent. As Star Plucking Old Ghost called for rescue, Mo Yu blocked the Ninth Heavenly Venerate, leaving the old ghost trapped before the spreading black ring.

• Xiao Yan clashed head-on with Star Plucking Old Ghost, while Starfall Pavilion disciples fought Soul Hall forces across the Star Realm.
• Xiao Yan decided to end the duel quickly after seeing Starfall Pavilion disciples suffer casualties.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost unleashed his Star Shattering Blade, and Xiao Yan countered with the Great Creation Palm, absorbing the blade radiance.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost recognized Xiao Yan's Heaven Rank Dou Skill and tried to flee, but the black ring's suction slowed him and swallowed his attacks.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost cried for the Ninth Heavenly Venerate to save him, but Mo Yu stepped out and blocked the Ninth Heavenly Venerate.

Bai Ge faced the four Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates and effortlessly stopped their combined Blood Rain Sky attack. He absorbed its energy and thanked them, leaving the four stunned.

• Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu attacked Bai Ge, but Bai Ge shattered his palm strike and wounded him with Dragon Regrets.
• Bai Ge destroyed the Black White Heavenly Venerates’ attack near Medusa Queen, then challenged the four Heavenly Venerates to attack together.
• Mo Yu gathered a massive rain sphere, which Eighth Heavenly Venerate Qiu Di froze while Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He and Fifth Heavenly Venerate Xue Ming infused it with blood energy.
• The four Heavenly Venerates launched their Blood Rain Sky attack at Bai Ge, but he stopped the sphere with a word and revealed his Blood Sky technique.
• Bai Ge absorbed the blood-colored energy as the ice sphere exploded, then thanked the four Heavenly Venerates.

Qian Renxue battled the Great Heavenly Venerate of the Soul Hall, using her divine artifacts and powerful holy techniques to overwhelm him and nearly kill him. Before she could finish him, a black hand rescued him and the Second and Third Heavenly Venerates from the battlefield.

• Bai Ge smashed Mo Yu, the Ninth Heavenly Venerate, and two other opponents into the mountains with the Void Grand Handprint.
• Qian Renxue fought the Great Heavenly Venerate, burning away his black mist and blocking his bone and soul attacks with her defenses.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate merged with the Bone Emperor Blade and attacked Qian Renxue at extreme speed, but her Angel Divine Equipment protected her.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Angel's Judgement, destroying most of the Soul Hall experts nearby and blasting the Great Heavenly Venerate out of his blade.
• Qian Renxue struck the Great Heavenly Venerate with Angel Light Slash, but a giant black hand rescued him as the Second and Third Heavenly Venerates also withdrew from their fight with Old Yao.

Bai Ge traveled to the Flower Sect to seek an alliance against Soul Hall and discovered that Hua Jin had allied with Evil Flower Demon Lord while Senior Hua Yu was missing. After Hua Jin’s side challenged him to a duel, Bai Ge overwhelmed Evil Flower Demon Lord and destroyed his giant Dou Qi construct, leaving the Flower Sect’s conflict unresolved.

• Old Yao sent Bai Ge to visit the Flower Sect and discuss an alliance, while Xiao Yan and Feng Xian went to Burning Flame Valley and Old Yao headed for the Pill Tower.
• Bai Ge arrived at the Flower Sect with Yun Yun and Qing Lin, where the Great Elder told him Hua Jin was acting Sect Master and said she would consider an alliance.
• Bai Ge accused Hua Jin of betraying Senior Hua Yu and questioned why Evil Flower Demon Lord of the Heavenly Underworld Sect was at the Flower Sect.
• Evil Flower Demon Lord challenged Bai Ge, who deflected his wind blades and swallowed his spatial attacks with Different Dimensional Space.
• Evil Flower Demon Lord summoned a giant Dou Qi construct, but Bai Ge’s Heaven’s Enemy finger shattered it and left Evil Flower Demon Lord injured and shocked.

Bai Ge delivered the Yin Yang Longevity Pill to Hua Yu, destroyed the seal beneath the Flower Sect, and killed Nether Child. A month later, Xiao Yan accepted Old Yao’s invitation to attend the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and traveled with Bai Ge’s group toward Ancient Saint City, where he hoped to see Xun Er.

• Bai Ge gave Hua Yu the Yin Yang Longevity Pill and persuaded her to let him handle the being sealed beneath the Flower Sect.
• Bai Ge released Nether Child from the seal, defeated him with Titan's Nova, and annihilated him with the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel.
• Old Yao entrusted Xiao Yan with an invitation to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and warned him that Xun Er’s standing in the clan would complicate their relationship.
• Bai Ge, Qian Renxue, Medusa, Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, and the others left Starfall Pavilion for the Ancient Clan, while Little Fairy Doctor stayed behind to seek an ancient tomb.
• After traveling through Space Wormholes, Xiao Yan’s group approached Ancient Saint City, and Xiao Yan thought eagerly of Xun Er.

Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Ancient Saint City, where Ling Quan challenged his right to enter and was swiftly defeated. After the Fifth Commander admitted Xiao Yan and invited him to spar over Xun Er, Xiao Yan settled into the guest estate while Xun Er learned of his arrival and strength.

• Bai Ge led Xiao Yan and the others from the stone plaza toward Ancient Saint City, where they approached the gates on foot under the city’s Dou Di pressure.
• Ling Quan recognized Xiao Yan, questioned his invitation, and burned his hand while catching the Jade Token; Xiao Yan took it back and kicked Ling Quan into the city wall when he attacked.
• The Fifth Commander scolded Ling Quan for mistreating an invited guest, admitted Xiao Yan, and quietly challenged him to spar to see if he was worthy of Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan and his companions entered the city and settled into a quiet courtyard in the estate at its center.
• Old Ling told Xun Er that Xiao Yan had arrived and was likely at least a Four-Star Dou Zun; Xun Er said she had expected him to defeat a One-Star Dou Zun.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Realm, where Xiao Yan met Huo Xuan and learned more about the Tomb of Heaven. As the group reached the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, Xun Er came to greet Xiao Yan, and he flew forward to face the Ancient Clan’s watching experts.

• Bai Ge gave Xiao Yan a replicated portion of Bone Spirit Cold Fire, helping him reach Eight-Star Dou Zun before the group entered the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Xun opened the gate to the Ancient Realm, and Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and their companions crossed into the realm and boarded an Ancient Clan Shuttle Space Boat.
• Xiao Yan met Huo Xuan, confirmed that he had come to reclaim Ancestor Xiao Xuan’s inheritance from the Tomb of Heaven, and impressed Gu Zhen with his strength.
• As the warship arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, Xiao Yan spotted Xun Er on a distant peak, and she flew to greet him aboard the ship.
• Xun Er invited Xiao Yan to accompany her into the mountains, and Xiao Yan flew forward as powerful Ancient Clan experts fixed their gazes on him.