Chapter Summaries

Gu He returned to the Jia Ma Empire and reunited with Caiyi and Qing Lin, who had grown stronger during his absence. He persuaded Caiyi to join him in the Central Continent, and then continued toward the Small Valley.

• Gu He returned to the Northwest Continent and flew toward the Jia Ma Empire.
• Caiyi asked Qing Lin about her cultivation, and Qing Lin said she had reached Dou Huang and wanted to find Gu He in the Central Continent.
• Gu He appeared in the Snake-People Tribe's hall, and Qing Lin welcomed him back.
• Gu He told Caiyi and Qing Lin about his Central Continent achievements and enemies, explaining that he wanted Caiyi to come with him for her safety.
• Caiyi agreed to leave for the Central Continent after arranging the Snake-People Tribe's affairs, and Qing Lin agreed to go with Gu He.
• Gu He continued flying toward the Small Valley.

Gu He returned to Small Valley and brought Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Jing, White Fang, Green Barbarian, and others from the Jia Ma Empire to Central Continent. After settling everyone in Sacred Pill City, he assigned White Fang and Green Barbarian to guard Pill Fire Pavilion.

• Gu He returned to Small Valley and told Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Jing, White Fang, and Green Barbarian that he would take them to Central Continent.
• Gu He found Zi Yan in the Monster Mountain Range, gave her a Shaping Pill, and persuaded her to join him.
• Gu He persuaded Yun Yun, Caiyi, Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Gu Te, and others to leave the Jia Ma Empire with him.
• After Yun Yun and Caiyi handed over their responsibilities, Gu He opened a Space Wormhole and led the group to the Pill Region in Central Continent.
• Gu He brought everyone to his courtyard in Sacred Pill City and spent a month helping them become familiar with the city and the Pill Tower.
• Gu He took White Fang and Green Barbarian to Pill Fire Pavilion, where Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed to have them serve as guarding elders.

Gu He entered the Void Lightning Pool to temper his body and master his Peak Dou Zun strength before refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After growing stronger through battle, he began devouring the deeper pool’s lightning to raise his cultivation toward Nine Revolutions Dou Zun.

• Gu He entered the Void Lightning Pool with only an energy barrier and fought through its outer lightning to temper his Dou Qi, body, and will.
• After two months of battling the lightning, Gu He had mastered his strength, toughened his body, and reached power comparable to an ordinary Second or Third Revolution Dou Zun.
• Gu He advanced into the darker middle layer, where silver-black lightning could threaten even a Peak Dou Zun.
• Gu He used the Devouring Flame to consume the middle layer’s lightning and turn its energy into cultivation.
• As the Devouring Flame adapted and became more efficient, Gu He’s cultivation continued to rise.

Gu He cultivated in the Thunder Pool, absorbing increasingly powerful lightning and refining his energy until he broke through from Nine Revolutions Dou Zun to Half-Saint. His aura cleared the lightning around him as he completed the breakthrough.

• Gu He judged that ordinary Thunder Pool energy was insufficient for a Half-Saint breakthrough and moved deeper into the pool.
• Gu He entered an area filled with destructive black lightning and began drawing it into his body.
• Gu He used the Azure Flame to control the black lightning and guide it into his spirit receptacle, strengthening the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He accumulated and compressed the refined energy in his body until he broke through to Half-Saint.

Gu He reached Half-Saint and left the Thunder Pool after nearly half a year of cultivation, then flew toward Sacred Pill City. At the Pill Tower, Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi worried over the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s growing strength and waited for Gu He to arrive.

• Gu He tested his new power, reflected on the gulf between Dou Saint ranks, and decided to leave the Thunder Pool to familiarize himself with his strength.
• Gu He used his power over energy and space to exit the Thunder Pool, then kept the valuable location secret and headed toward Sacred Pill City.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi discussed Gu He’s absence and agreed to wait three more months before sealing the Star Realm.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame roared and blasted purple-black flames from its eyes, making Xuan Kongzi stagger as the three Pill Tower leaders feared it was growing stronger.

Gu He briefly returned to Sacred Pill City, reassured Zi Yan that he would take her to Dragon Island within three years, and encouraged Zi Jing to keep cultivating and protect his loved ones. After leaving instructions for the others to stay in the Pill Region, he headed back to the Central Tower and sensed the formidable strength of its three giants.

• Gu He returned to his courtyard and promised Zi Yan he would accompany her to Dragon Island within three years.
• Gu He comforted Zi Jing about her lack of strength and told her to protect his family and friends if he failed or left the world.
• Gu He instructed Zi Jing to keep Xiao Yi Xian and the others in the Pill Region unless something major happened.
• Gu He flew to the Central Tower and sensed that its three giants had reached at least the seventh transformation of the Dou Zun realm.

Gu He returned to the Pill Tower as a Primary Half-Saint, surprising Xuan Kongzi and the other two Presidents, then entered the Star Realm to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The chapter ended as he approached the sleeping giant dragon and prepared to send his Soul Power through an unburned scale on its forehead.

• Gu He met Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi, who were astonished by his rapid advance to Half-Saint but did not question him.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other two Presidents opened a spatial gate and led Gu He into the Star Realm.
• As they traveled deeper into the Star Realm, Gu He sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s immense heat and power.
• Gu He saw the sleeping Three Thousand Burning Flame in its giant-dragon form, wrapped in purple-black fire that drew in starlight.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi warned Gu He not to awaken the dragon and told him to send his Soul Power into an unburned scale on its forehead.

Gu He entered the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s consciousness space and used the Devouring Flame to subdue its source flame. As the dragon calmed, Gu He refined its essence and fed most of the energy to the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Gu He touched the exposed dragon scale and sent his soul power into the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s consciousness space.
• Gu He attacked the sleeping source flame with the Devouring Flame, and the Three Thousand Burning Flame retaliated with a wave of purple-black fire.
• Tian Lei Zi urged Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi to stop Gu He, but they decided to wait while the disturbance remained controllable.
• Gu He split the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s source-flame dragon into smaller pieces, weakening its resistance until the consciousness space stabilized.
• Xuan Yi sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s aura around Gu He, and Xuan Kongzi expressed relief that Gu He had refined it.
• Gu He fed most of the refined Heavenly Flame essence to the Green Lotus Core Flame, which grew slightly and turned cyan-black.

Gu He refined Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Realm, transforming his Green Lotus Core Flame and gaining the ability to control the Heavenly Flame’s sub-flames. After turning the giant dragon into Fire Lightning Seeds and assessing his strengthened power, he flew toward the Star Realm’s exit.

• Over two months, Gu He absorbed Three Thousand Burning Flame essence until the flame in his Naling turned blue-black and grew nearly half again as large.
• As the giant dragon began to collapse without its source flame, Gu He drew in its scattered flames and discovered he could still control them.
• Gu He condensed the remaining Three Thousand Burning Flame into fifteen high-quality and nine lower-quality Fire Lightning Seeds.
• Gu He found that his Heavenly Flame approached the power of the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame and that his cultivation had nearly reached the peak of Primary Half-Saint.
• After considering his gains and increased ability to refine pills, Gu He flew toward the Star Realm’s exit.

After refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame and fusing it with his Green Lotus Core Flame, Gu He showed the resulting Heavenly Flame to the Pill Tower giants. Xuan Yi proposed that they use it to attempt a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, and Gu He agreed if they supplied the ingredients.

• Qiu Ling met Gu He at the Star Realm exit, and Gu He revealed his fused green-black Heavenly Flame.
• Gu He flew to the Central Tower and told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi that he had fused the Three Thousand Burning Flame with his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He demonstrated the new flame, whose power distorted space and burned it away, impressing the three giants.
• Xuan Kongzi urged Gu He to use his Heavenly Flame for alchemy and avoid killing people, but Gu He said he would use it if provoked.
• Xuan Yi suggested borrowing Gu He's Heavenly Flame to refine a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, and Gu He agreed if they gathered the ingredients.

Gu He independently refined a Void Pill that summoned Seven-colored Pill Lightning, proving that his alchemy skills had advanced significantly. The lightning drew alchemists to his courtyard, including Chen Huo, who struggled to believe Gu He had made the pill himself.

• Xuan Kongzi advised Gu He to master his new Heavenly Flames while the three Pill Tower giants prepared medicinal ingredients.
• Gu He returned to his courtyard, spoke with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, then went to the restored alchemy chamber.
• Gu He selected ingredients from his Ring and began refining the Void Pill he had learned alongside Yao Kongzi.
• Gu He successfully refined the Void Pill on his first independent attempt, and Seven-colored Pill Lightning gathered above his courtyard.
• Gu He used the Sky Demon Puppet to block the lightning until it dissipated.
• Chen Huo arrived and, seeing the seven-colored lightning above Gu He's courtyard, assumed Yao Kongzi must be refining the pill there.

Gu He completed a pill that summoned Seven-colored Pill Lightning, while Chen Huo arrived and realized how far Gu He's alchemy had advanced. Chen Huo congratulated him, though he struggled with disappointment over the widening gap between them, and Gu He affirmed that their friendship remained unchanged.

• Gu He drew the completed pill into his hand and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Chen Huo entered Gu He's courtyard, where Qing Lin escorted him to the alchemy room and his strength and the household's changes unsettled him.
• Chen Huo hesitated outside the alchemy room, wondering whether Gu He had refined the pill that summoned Seven-colored Pill Lightning.
• Gu He came out to greet Chen Huo and invited him inside.
• Chen Huo congratulated Gu He on refining an Eighth-grade pill with Seven-colored Pill Lightning and admitted the achievement left him both pleased and disappointed.
• Gu He laughed, patted Chen Huo's shoulder, and reassured him that their friendship had not changed.

Gu He showed Chen Huo the Void Pill, which escaped its bottle and revealed the intelligence of a high-grade Eighth-grade pill before Gu He contained it. After refining other pills that drew Seven-colored Pill Lightning until his ingredients ran out, Gu He learned Chen Huo had left Sacred Pill City and went to seek help from Xuan Kongzi.

• Chen Huo asked to examine Gu He's Void Pill, and Gu He gave him the jade bottle containing it.
• The Void Pill transformed into a small dragon and tried to escape, but Gu He sealed the chamber in a separate space and stopped it.
• Chen Huo examined the Void Pill as Gu He explained that Seven-colored Pill Lightning marked a leap in pill spirituality and could lead to a Pill Beast.
• Chen Huo left after satisfying his curiosity, and Gu He continued refining other Seven-colored Pill Lightning pills until he used up his high-grade ingredients.
• Gu He learned from Chen Huo's steward that Chen Huo had left to refine pills for major factions, gain experience, and collect formulas.
• With Chen Huo gone, Gu He went to the top floor of the Central Tower to find Xuan Kongzi.

Gu He asked Xuan Kongzi how to obtain high-grade medicinal ingredients and learned that merchant groups could gather them on commission, while the Spatial Trading Meet offered rarer supplies. He accepted Xuan Kongzi’s invitation to attend the meet in two months.

• Gu He visited Xuan Kongzi to ask how he could exchange for high-grade medicinal ingredients through the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi explained the Pill Tower’s limited stock and told Gu He that merchant groups gathered precious ingredients for pill refiners who commissioned them.
• Gu He decided to place orders with major shops in Sacred Pill City to have their gathering teams collect ingredients for him.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced the Spatial Trading Meet, where rare ingredients and Heavenly Grade Cultivation Techniques were traded, and invited Gu He to attend in two months.
• Gu He accepted Xuan Kongzi’s invitation and planned to look for items he needed at the meet.

Gu He exchanged for high-grade medicinal ingredients at the Central Tower and visited Yao Kongzi to ask for a set suited to an Eight-colored Pill Lightning pill. After Gu He demonstrated his astonishing Soul Power, Yao Kongzi recognized its level and was left speechless.

• Xuan Kongzi arranged for Elder Sheng to help Gu He exchange medicinal ingredients, and Gu He obtained four complete sets for pills that could summon Seven-colored Pill Lightning along with other ingredients at a surprisingly low price.
• Gu He went to Tianlin Courtyard to ask Yao Kongzi for the spare set of ingredients for an Eight-colored Pill Lightning pill.
• Gu He found Yao Kongzi tending a Blood Spirit Nether Grass with blood from a powerful fire-attributed magical beast.
• Yao Kongzi confirmed that he still had the ingredient set, and Gu He demonstrated Soul Power that seemed to have touched upon the Heavenly Realm.
• Yao Kongzi compared Gu He's rapid progress with his own decades of work and was left too stunned and conflicted to speak.

Gu He completed his pill refinement, producing three pills that summoned Seven-colored Pill Lightning and one that summoned Eight-colored Pill Lightning, then traveled with Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi to the Spatial Trading Meet. After sensing powerful experts inside the Space Channel, Gu He urged the group to conceal their identities before entering, but Xuan Kongzi said the organizers would provide cloaks.

• Yao Kongzi offered Gu He medicinal ingredients in exchange for a Seven-colored Pill Lightning pill formula, then settled for borrowing Gu He's Heavenly Flames when refining high-tier pills.
• Gu He spent a month and a half refining pills, producing three that summoned Seven-colored Pill Lightning and one that summoned Eight-colored Pill Lightning.
• After resting and advising Xiao Yi Xian and the others, Gu He went to the Central Tower and set off with Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi for the Spatial Trading Meet.
• The four crossed the Central Continent and arrived at the desert nearly two days before the trading meet began.
• At the Space Channel, Gu He sensed powerful experts inside and asked Xuan Kongzi to conceal their identities before entering.
• Xuan Kongzi told Gu He that the three sects would provide cloaks that blocked soul perception once they entered.

Gu He and Xuan Kongzi entered Space Town under black cloaks before the Spatial Trading Meet and explored its stalls. Gu He bought cultivation resources and techniques for Xiao Yi Xian, Caiyi, and the others, then reunited with Xuan Kongzi as the meet was about to begin.

• Gu He convinced Xuan Kongzi and the others to conceal their identities with black cloaks before entering the space.
• Xuan Kongzi presented the group’s invitation at the Ancient Treasure Pavilion, where the gatekeepers gave them black cloaks and told them the meet would begin in two days.
• Xuan Kongzi suggested that the group split up to browse Space Town’s stalls, and Gu He agreed.
• Gu He bought high-level techniques and cultivation items suited to poison, wind, ice, and fire attributes and to Caiyi’s kind, spending six Eighth-grade pills and fifteen Seventh-grade pills.
• Gu He met Xuan Kongzi outside the Ancient Treasure Pavilion shortly before the trading meet began and told him he was satisfied with his purchases.

Gu He attended the Spatial Trading Meet with Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi, hoping to trade for a Heavenly Grade Cultivation Technique. The meet began with Old Man Baoshan presenting a lightning-based cultivation method, whose dangers Gu He recognized.

• Xuan Kongzi cautioned Gu He not to spend his high-tier items at the outside stalls, and Gu He entered the ancient pavilion with Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi.
• Gu He concealed their conversation with a spatial barrier and told Xuan Kongzi that he wanted to trade for a Heavenly Grade Cultivation Technique before seeking medicinal ingredients.
• A bell marked the start of the Spatial Trading Meet, and Old Man Baoshan enclosed the platform in a spatial barrier before opening the proceedings.
• Old Man Baoshan introduced the Heavenly Thunder Art, a peak Earth Grade Cultivation Method that could absorb heavenly lightning, while Gu He recognized the serious risks of using it.

At the Spatial Trading Meet, Gu He bid for a low-grade Heavenly Grade fire-attributed cultivation technique and revealed his Half-Saint strength after attendees probed him. Old Man Baoshan took Gu He's offer to the technique's owner, leaving the trade undecided.

• A cloaked woman outbid the first bidder for the Heavenly Thunder Art with a Five-colored Pill Lightning pill and an Earth-grade advanced Dou Technique, completing the meet's first trade.
• Gu He passed on several valuable items while waiting for a Heavenly Grade Cultivation Technique, then bid his Eight-colored Pill Lightning pill for a low-grade Heavenly Grade fire-attributed cultivation technique.
• The owner favored a cold-attributed Heavenly Grade cultivation technique, so Gu He offered the Heavenly Grade Dou Technique Thousand Miles of Ice and an Eighth-grade pill that had endured Seven-colored Pill Lightning.
• When attendees intensified their probing, Gu He struck them with a needle-like pain, prompting one to identify him as a Half-Saint and flee.
• Old Man Baoshan caught Gu He's offer and prepared to consult the cultivation technique's owner.

Gu He exchanged pills and a Dou Skill for a Heavenly Grade cultivation technique, while Xuan Kongzi won a Blood Splendor Pill that could grant a Nine Revolutions Dou Zun temporary Half-Saint strength. The trading meet then opened bidding on three twenty-thousand-year-old Ice Lotus Seeds, leaving the exchange unresolved.

• Gu He traded two pills with Seven-colored Pill Lightning and a Dou Skill for a Heavenly Grade cultivation technique, then put the scroll away to study later.
• Old Man Baoshan offered a Blood Splendor Pill, and Xuan Kongzi joined the bidding to improve his chances of advancing to Half-Saint.
• The Blood Splendor Pill's owner accepted Xuan Kongzi's pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning in exchange.
• Old Man Baoshan presented three twenty-thousand-year-old Ice Lotus Seeds and invited bids for them.