Chapter Summaries

At the Spatial Trading Meet, Xuan Kongzi traded two pills that had endured Nine-Colored Pill Lightning for the three Ice Lotus Seeds. Old Man Baoshan then unveiled a genuine Ninth-grade Treasure Pill formula, and bidding erupted as experts competed for it.

• A female expert offered an ice-attributed Heavenly Grade Cultivation Technique and matching Heaven-grade Dou Technique for the Ice Lotus Seeds.
• Xuan Kongzi outbid her with two pills that had endured Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and secured the three seeds.
• Old Man Baoshan revealed the final item, a complete Ninth-grade Treasure Pill formula, and assured the bidders that the three sects had verified it.
• Old Man Baoshan explained that the pill could purify Dou Qi, aid breakthroughs, and help Dou Qi and the soul initially merge.
• Experts began bidding with rare treasures, and Xuan Kongzi joined the contest by offering two more pills that had endured Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.

After completing the exchange in Space Town, Gu He and the Pill Tower elders encountered the Scorpion Demon Trio attacking Lin Shiyun of Sound Valley. They agreed to rescue her and secretly positioned themselves to trap the trio, while Gu He approached as if he intended to leave.

• Xuan Kongzi exchanged two Nine-Colored Pill Lightning pills and one Eight-colored Pill Lightning pill for the prescription.
• Gu He sensed a battle ahead and showed Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi an image of the Scorpion Demon Trio fighting Lin Shiyun.
• Xuan Kongzi identified the trio and explained their history of abducting and violating women, while Xuan Yi recognized Lin Shiyun as a Sound Valley elder.
• Xuan Yi urged the others to save Lin Shiyun, and Gu He proposed a plan to eradicate the Scorpion Demon Trio.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi secretly encircled the battlefield as Gu He approached, then pretended to leave.
• Lin Shiyun called out to Gu He for help and offered him a Heavenly Grade Cultivation Technique and a Heaven-grade Dou Technique.

Gu He confronted the Scorpion Demon Trio and fought them while Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi completed a spatial restriction around the area. Unable to escape and facing four Half-Saints, the trio launched an attack as the confrontation turned into a battle.

• Gu He demanded a Heavenly Grade Cultivation Technique or the treasures Lin Shiyun had mentioned, then pressured the Scorpion Demon Trio with his Half-Saint power.
• Gu He struck first, and his jade-green palm collided with the trio's combined attack, sending them stumbling backward.
• The Scorpion Demon Trio opened an unstable Space Channel to retreat, but discovered that the surrounding space had been sealed.
• Xuan Kongzi appeared beside Gu He, and Tian Lei Zi confirmed that he, Xuan Kongzi, and Xuan Yi had sealed the area.
• Sky Scorpion called the trio to fight, and the Scorpion Demon Trio charged Gu He's group of four.

Gu He defeated the Scorpion Demon Trio after Xuan Kongzi, the others, and Lin Shiyun withdrew to guard the perimeter. He killed Sky Scorpion and pursued the fleeing Earth Scorpion, who began to self-destruct, leaving the outcome of Gu He's pursuit unresolved.

• Gu He and his allies fought the Scorpion Demon Trio, leaving the three brothers seriously injured.
• Gu He told Xuan Kongzi, the others, and Lin Shiyun to withdraw and surround the battlefield while he fought the trio alone.
• The Scorpion Demon Trio raised the Thick Earth Bell, but Gu He's Five-Ring Separation Fire Disk shattered it and badly wounded them.
• Sky Scorpion sent Earth Scorpion and Human Scorpion fleeing, then charged Gu He and was killed; Gu He took his Ring and stored his corpse.
• Gu He caught up to Earth Scorpion, who made his Dou Qi go berserk and began turning himself into a massive bomb.

Gu He killed Earth Scorpion and forced Human Scorpion to reveal how to save the women held by the Scorpion Demon Trio’s He Huan Sect. After accepting Lin Shiyun’s reward, Gu He left to rescue them while Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi escorted Human Scorpion toward the Pill Tower.

• Gu He killed Earth Scorpion, took his Ring, and restrained Human Scorpion.
• Human Scorpion bargained for his life by revealing the sect’s location and the method for removing the spirit gu from the captive women.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi vouched for Gu He, and Gu He sealed Human Scorpion’s cultivation and sent him with them to the Pill Tower.
• Lin Shiyun gave Gu He two scrolls as his reward, and he promised to refine pills for her in the future.
• Gu He departed for the He Huan Sect to rescue the women, while the others traveled with Lin Shiyun before parting ways.

Gu He reached the He Huan Sect’s mountain hideout and encountered four young women fleeing from the Scorpion Demon Trio. After showing them the corpses of Sky Scorpion and Earth Scorpion, he said he had come to rescue them and asked them to lead him to the sect.

• Xuan Yi knocked the Human Scorpion unconscious, and Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi said Gu He would decide his fate after learning what happened.
• Gu He traveled deep into the mountains toward the He Huan Sect’s headquarters.
• Xu Ruobing, Zhao Ziyue, and two other girls fled through the mountains, hoping to escape the Scorpion Demon Trio and find a way to remove their parasites.
• Gu He revealed himself to the girls, who cautiously identified themselves as He Huan Sect disciples.
• Gu He displayed the corpses of Sky Scorpion and Earth Scorpion, and the girls realized the threat hanging over them had ended.
• Gu He reassured the girls that he had come to rescue them and asked them to take him to their sect.

Gu He brought Xu Ruobing and three other women to the He Huan Sect, shattered its spatial barrier, and offered to remove the gu worms binding its disciples. The chapter ended when Yu Que attacked Gu He and he forced her to the ground with his pressure.

• Xu Ruobing guided Gu He and the other three women to the He Huan Sect’s hidden spatial barrier.
• Gu He tore apart the barrier and entered the sect, where the disciples panicked and its obscene buildings disgusted him.
• Gu He had Xu Ruobing and the others gather the sect’s disciples in a plaza and showed them the corpses of Sky Scorpion and Earth Scorpion.
• Gu He offered to remove the women’s gu worms and let them choose whether to stay or leave through a Space Channel.
• Yu Que accused Gu He of hypocrisy and attacked him with daggers, but Gu He’s pressure slammed her into the ground.

Gu He killed the five women who challenged him, removed the gu insects from the survivors, and let them choose whether to stay or leave for the Central Continent. He agreed to take Zhao Ziyue with him, while the others divided into groups and made their own choices.

• Four women stepped forward to oppose Gu He, and he burned them and the woman already pinned by his aura to ashes.
• Gu He warned the survivors not to mistake his help for weakness, then extracted and incinerated their gu insects.
• Xu Ruobing chose to stay, while Zhao Ziyue asked to follow Gu He; he agreed after hearing why she admired him.
• Gu He asked the women to choose between staying with Xu Ruobing and leaving for the Central Continent, and most chose to stay.
• When another woman asked to follow him, Gu He refused and told the remaining women to join one of the two groups; everyone made a choice.

Gu He sent the women who chose to leave the sect through a temporary Space Channel, then sealed the mountain range behind him and returned to Sacred Pill City with Zhao Ziyue and Human Scorpion. After introducing Ziyue to his companions, Gu He confronted the captive Human Scorpion, who pleaded to be released.

• Gu He opened a temporary Space Channel and told the women they had an hour to gather valuables before it stabilized.
• Fewer than twenty women entered the channel after Gu He warned them about life outside, and he maintained it for three days before collapsing it and enclosing the mountain range in a spatial barrier.
• Gu He left with Zhao Ziyue, returned to Sacred Pill City through stable Space Channels, and retrieved the unconscious Human Scorpion from Xuan Kongzi.
• At the courtyard, Gu He introduced Zhao Ziyue as his disciple and asked Xiao Yi Xian to guide her cultivation.
• Gu He woke Human Scorpion in the alchemy room, refused to let him leave, and threatened to kill him; Human Scorpion then begged Gu He to unseal his cultivation and let him serve.

Gu He executed Human Scorpion after making him request death, then sorted through the Scorpion Demon Trio’s treasures and visited the Pill Tower leaders. After waiting three days, Gu He learned about the Small Pill Tower and asked what benefits membership offered.

• Gu He bound Human Scorpion and left him with Zhao Ziyue, who repeatedly wounded him until he begged to die; Gu He had Zhao Ziyue kill him after confirming the request was voluntary.
• Gu He sorted the Scorpion Demon Trio’s Rings and chose medicinal ingredients and pill formulas to send to Xuan Kongzi and the others.
• Gu He visited Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi, who said they had gathered the ingredients for their Ninth-grade pill and would be ready in about three days.
• Gu He spent three days with Xiao Yi Xian and the others before returning to Xuan Kongzi’s office.
• Xuan Kongzi told Gu He that he could seek admission to the Small Pill Tower, and Gu He asked what benefits membership provided.

Gu He joined the Small Pill Tower and entered the Medicine Realm with Xuan Kongzi and the others to help refine a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill. After learning about the realm’s creator and the preparations for the refinement, Gu He studied the Profound Ice Pill’s requirements as Xuan Kongzi brought out his prized cauldron.

• Xuan Kongzi told Gu He that the Small Pill Tower could provide medicinal ingredients, and Gu He agreed to join.
• Xuan Kongzi explained the Small Pill Tower’s Grand Elder Council and opened a Space Channel to the Medicine Realm, where Gu He and the others followed him.
• Gu He explored the Medicine Realm’s abundant energy and medicinal ingredients, then asked Xuan Kongzi about the Dou Saint who had created the space.
• Xuan Kongzi said the realm’s creator had been a four-star Dou Saint when he died, and led the group to a mountain where spatial restrictions gathered energy for pill refinement.
• Xuan Kongzi announced they would refine a Profound Ice Pill and gave Gu He a scroll detailing the required purity of its ingredients.
• Xuan Kongzi summoned his Giant Peak Cauldron, ranked ninth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, as the group prepared to begin refining.

Gu He assisted Xuan Kongzi and the other two in refining the ingredients for a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, while they handled merging the medicines. After their first attempt failed, the three alchemists successfully fused the medicinal liquids on their second attempt, leaving the pill’s formation still ahead.

• Xuan Kongzi began the alchemy process, and Gu He used his blue-black flames to refine the medicinal ingredients while the other three prepared to merge them.
• Gu He distributed each batch of refined ingredients to Xuan Kongzi and the other two, who shaped them into three masses of medicinal liquid over three days.
• The three alchemists tried to merge the liquids, but the combined mass turned to ashes when they compressed it.
• Gu He cleared the cauldron and refined the ingredients again, while Xuan Kongzi and the other two adjusted their approach based on the failed attempt.
• After another three days, the three alchemists formed the medicinal liquids and steadily merged them over two days into one colorful mass.

Gu He and Xuan Kongzi joined forces to refine a ninth-grade pill, drawing the terrifying Black Demon Lightning as it formed. The chapter ended with their attacks colliding with the lightning and collapsing the space around them into a region of nothingness.

• Gu He, Xuan Kongzi, and the other two fused the medicinal energies until only snowy white liquid remained.
• Gu He drew energy from heaven and earth to form and nurture the pill, which began emitting the fluctuation of a ninth-grade pill.
• Ultimate black clouds gathered above the Medicine Cauldron, and Xuan Kongzi identified the coming Black Demon Lightning.
• Gu He created two flame disks while Xuan Kongzi and the other two prepared their strongest Dou Skills.
• The four unleashed their attacks as the Black Demon Lightning descended, and the collision shattered the surrounding space into a region of nothingness.

Gu He and the Pill Tower elders captured the Ninth-grade Treasure Pill after it escaped the damaged Giant Peak Cauldron. Xuan Kongzi gave the pill to Xuan Yi and Gu He the Profound Ice Pill formula before urging everyone to leave the Medicine Realm.

• Gu He and the others recovered from their fight with the Black Demon Lightning and saw that it had cracked the Giant Peak Cauldron.
• Gu He opened the cauldron and pursued the escaping Ninth-grade Treasure Pill as it transformed into his likeness, a woman, and then a Magical Beast.
• Gu He subdued the pill and returned it to Xuan Kongzi, who celebrated its quality and passed it among the three Pill Tower elders.
• Xuan Kongzi gave the Ninth-grade Treasure Pill to Xuan Yi and handed Gu He the Profound Ice Pill formula.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi prepared to leave the Medicine Realm, while Gu He wanted to stay longer.

Gu He began cultivating the Great Heaven Burning Technique in the Medicine Realm and started converting his fighting qi into Burning Heaven Fighting Qi. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan struggled to find protection at Jia Nan Academy after learning that the academy would not oppose Soul Hall for his sake.

• Xuan Kongzi let Gu He stay in the Medicine Realm on the condition that he avoid causing too much damage.
• Gu He opened the Heavenly Grade scroll, learned the Great Heaven Burning Technique’s cultivation method, and began converting his technique.
• Gu He formed his first wisp of Burning Heaven Fighting Qi and began transforming the rest of his Half-Saint-level fighting qi.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy after advancing to Dou Wang with the Life Devouring Pill, but Xun Er was angry that he had risked his life.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xun Er, then realized the academy would offer him only limited care and would not offend Soul Hall for him.
• Xiao Yan entered the Inner Academy before Soul Hall arrived, gaining himself time.

Xiao Yan left the Black Corner Region for Central Continent and entered the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool to seek a breakthrough to Dou Zong. Meanwhile, Gu He completed his conversion to Burning Heaven Fighting Qi and advanced to Intermediate Half-Saint in the Medicine Realm.

• After discovering the Xiao Family's destruction, Xiao Yan became a feared peak Dou Emperor in the Black Corner Region and decided to head to Central Continent.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to visit Tian Mu Mountain, where the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool could help him break through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan crossed into Central Continent, navigated several setbacks, and entered the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool as it appeared.
• Gu He finished converting his fighting qi into Burning Heaven Fighting Qi and absorbed heaven and earth energy until he reached Intermediate Half-Saint.
• Gu He opened a spatial rift to test his strength, then closed it and remained in the Medicine Realm.

Gu He joined Qing in the Tian She Empire to investigate a Heavenly Flame aura sensed in Falling Wind Ravine. After detecting a heated aura deep underground, Gu He descended into a narrow crevice to search for its source.

• Gu He left the Medicine Realm and traveled through a Space Channel to meet Qing in Falling Wind Ravine.
• Qing led Gu He to the spatial barrier where he had sensed the Heavenly Flame, but Gu He found only a wind vortex inside.
• Gu He used his Heavenly Flame perception to sense a scorching aura far underground and hurried there with Qing.
• Gu He confirmed that Gang Winds blowing from a narrow crevice carried heat, then left Qing above and descended through the rocks with blue-black flames surrounding him.

Gu He descended into Falling Wind Ravine, subdued the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and absorbed it into his unique Heavenly Flame, which he named Saint Flame. After noticing the ravine’s Gang Wind weakening, he left with Qing to explore the Tian She Empire.

• Gu He descended deep into Falling Wind Ravine and found the Wind Fury Dragon Flame burning in a hollow.
• Gu He subdued the flame’s dragon-shaped spirituality and used the Devouring Flame to refine it.
• Gu He absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, strengthening his own Heavenly Flame until it rivaled the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame, and named it Saint Flame.
• Gu He found no other treasures in the hollow and noticed that the Gang Wind weakened after the Wind Fury Dragon Flame disappeared.
• Gu He left Falling Wind Ravine, gave Qing auxiliary cultivation pills, and asked Qing to show him around the Tian She Empire.

Gu He discovered that a Soul Hall Venerable Elder had arrived in Tian She City and identified him as Old Man Mu Gu. After Yuan She rejected Mu Gu’s proposal to start a war, Mu Gu left the city to continue gathering souls.

• Gu He sensed a familiar Dou Zun aura in Tian She City and realized it belonged to a Soul Hall Venerable Elder.
• Gu He briefly took Wu Protector out of his Ring, recognized the Soul Hall aura, and put him back inside.
• Gu He decided to investigate the newcomer and flew toward a building near the center of Tian She City.
• Old Man Mu Gu urged Yuan She to have the Tian She Empire wage war against the Mu Lan Empire, but Yuan She refused to commit without the imperial family’s decision.
• Old Man Mu Gu left Tian She City, cursed Yuan She, and headed for a Soul Hall outpost to gather souls for his quota.

Gu He captured Old Man Mu Gu and killed him to create a second clone, taking over Mu Gu’s body. After gaining access to most of Mu Gu’s memories, Gu He discovered a wealth of systematic alchemical knowledge.

• Gu He emerged from space before Old Man Mu Gu, who recognized him as a Saint or half-Saint and respectfully greeted him.
• Gu He identified Mu Gu as Venerable Yao’s junior brother and sealed him in space, declaring him a traitor to the Pill Tower.
• Gu He concealed Mu Gu in a cave, sealed his senses and soul, and extracted Mu Gu’s soul.
• Gu He placed his own soul origin into Mu Gu’s body and used the Devouring Flame to reduce the body’s rejection of it.
• Gu He accessed most of Mu Gu’s memories and was delighted to obtain his extensive alchemical knowledge.