Chapter Summaries

Xu Haoyu prepared to compete in the Medicine Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, hoping to refine a Lightning Tribulation Pill from Nine Profound Golden Lightning and gain the strength to pursue Nihility Devouring Flame. He arrived in the Medicine World with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, where he reunited with Yao Chen and Xiao Yan and learned the Medicine Clan had treated them coldly.

• Xu Haoyu gathered medicinal ingredients and refined three Rank 9 Treasure Pills to prepare for making a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Lightning Tribulation Pill.
• Xu Haoyu, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled from Ancient Dragon Island to the Medicine World using his invitation to enter.
• The three arrived at Medicine Mountain, where attendees recognized Xu Haoyu and discussed his strength and alchemy achievements.
• Yao Wanhua welcomed Xu Haoyu and escorted him toward the VIP seating at the Medicine Ceremony.
• Xu Haoyu greeted Yao Chen and Xiao Yan, then learned that the Medicine Clan had invited them because of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s standing but had treated them poorly.

Shennong Old Man and Hun Xuzi arrived at the Medicine Ceremony, and Yao Dan allowed Hun Xuzi to compete despite the Medicine Clan’s hostility toward him. After Xiao Yan and Yao Tian tied in the youth competition, the contest for the Continent’s Number One Alchemist was about to begin.

• Shennong Old Man arrived at Medicine Mountain to participate in the Medicine Ceremony.
• Hun Xuzi demanded entry, and Yao Dan accepted him so the ceremony would judge alchemy fairly.
• Hun Xuzi confronted Xu Haoyu, who taunted him over the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan.
• Yao Dan began the Medicine Ceremony, and Xiao Yan and Yao Tian tied for first in the youth competition with Rank 8 Pills that summoned nine-colored pill lightning.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated that he had become a peak Rank 8 alchemist, and the main contest was about to start.

Yao Dan began the Pill Ceremony’s main competition, where Hun Xuzi, Ten Thousand Fire Elder, Shennong Old Man, and Xu Haoyu competed for the title of number one alchemist under heaven. After revealing their Heavenly Flames and starting to refine pills, Xu Haoyu prepared more than ten thousand medicinal herbs, with the Nine Profound Golden Lightning sealed in his arm as the true main ingredient.

• Yao Dan announced the main competition, and Hun Xuzi, Ten Thousand Fire Elder, Shennong Old Man, and Xu Haoyu entered the arena.
• Hun Xuzi, Ten Thousand Fire Elder, and Shennong Old Man revealed their Heavenly Flames and formed medicinal cauldrons.
• Xu Haoyu revealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and condensed a vast cauldron from it.
• Hun Xuzi, Ten Thousand Fire Elder, and Shennong Old Man began refining medicinal herbs.
• Xu Haoyu brought out more than ten thousand medicinal herbs and began refining them, while the Nine Profound Golden Lightning sealed in his arm remained the true main ingredient.

Xu Haoyu refined a Lightning Tribulation Pill by breaking down Nine Profound Golden Lightning and drawing in Heaven and Earth Energy. He expanded his Emperor Realm Soul Strength across the entire Medicine World, leaving the Yao Clan to watch as its energy was drained into his cauldron.

• Xu Haoyu refined more than ten thousand medicinal ingredients with precise fire control, then shattered and refined Nine Profound Golden Lightning into pure lightning energy.
• Xu Haoyu mixed the medicinal essences into the lightning energy and began gathering Heaven and Earth Energy to form a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill.
• Hun Xuzi, Ten Thousand Fire Elder, and Shennong Old Man also drew in Heaven and Earth Energy, rapidly draining Medicine Mountain and withering its herb fields.
• Xu Haoyu declared that the four refiners would rely on their own abilities, then unleashed his Emperor Realm Soul Strength across the entire Medicine World to gather its energy.
• Yao Dan recognized Xu Haoyu's Emperor Realm soul and ordered the Yao Clan not to stop him, telling them to watch and learn despite the Medicine World's losses.

Xu Haoyu completed a Ninth-Rank Mysterious Pill and won the Medicine Ceremony after crippling Hun Xuzi. Just as Yao Dan named him the top alchemist under heaven, Hun Xuzi summoned the Void Devouring Flame.

• Hun Xuzi attacked Xu Haoyu with his unfinished pill, but Xu Haoyu devoured the blast and struck Hun Xuzi with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Xu Haoyu completed his pill, which took the form of a golden dragon and survived the pill lightning before Xu Haoyu captured and sealed it.
• Yao Dan announced Xu Haoyu as the Medicine Ceremony's champion and the new number one alchemist under heaven.
• Hun Xuzi recovered enough to summon the Void Devouring Flame, whose black flames gathered into a terrifying human figure in the sky.

The Soul Clan trapped the Yao Clan and other guests inside the Medicine World, prompting Yao Dan to summon the Yao Clan’s founder, the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul, to fight Nihility Devouring Flame. As the two clashed, Xu Haoyu began refining the Lightning Tribulation Pill while Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Yao Clan elders protected him.

• Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that he had swallowed the Medicine World, blocking Yao Dan’s attempts to call for reinforcements, while black flames began draining the guests’ Dou Qi.
• Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan to form the Celestial Transformation Medicine Array and used its accumulated pills to summon the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul.
• The Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul attacked Nihility Devouring Flame, and their battle drew the hopes of the Yao Clan and the trapped Central Plains factions.
• Xu Haoyu asked Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to protect him as he swallowed the Lightning Tribulation Pill and three Rank 9 Treasure Pills, then began refining their power.
• Hun Xuzi tried to interrupt Xu Haoyu, but Ten Thousand Fire Elder and the Yao Clan elders attacked him and drove him into retreat.

The Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul sacrificed himself to badly wound Nihility Devouring Flame, but the Soul Clan continued slaughtering the Medicine Clan. Xu Haoyu broke through to Eight-Star Dou Sheng and rushed to confront the weakened Nihility Devouring Flame.

• The Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul self-destructed inside Nihility Devouring Flame, injuring him before he devoured Medicine Clan descendants to recover.
• Yao Dan led the Medicine Clan elders and commanders in a fight to the death as Hun Jing and Hun Yan led the Soul Clan's assault.
• Nihility Devouring Flame turned into Spirit Devouring Evil Clan shadows that drained the bloodlines of Medicine Clan descendants and other fighters.
• Yao Dan self-destructed against Hun Jing and Hun Yan, while the slaughter left the Medicine Clan nearly destroyed.
• Xu Haoyu broke through to Eight-Star Dou Sheng, then blasted Hun Jing and Hun Yan aside and charged toward Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xu Haoyu defeated and captured Nihility Devouring Flame after a coordinated assault using his soul, avatar, and true body. With the Soul Clan still dangerous and the Yao Clan devastated, Xu Haoyu urged the survivors to unite with other clans before departing to refine his captive.

• Nihility Devouring Flame recalled his shadows and faced Xu Haoyu at the height of his power.
• Xu Haoyu's avatar tore apart Nihility Devouring Flame's black canopy with six merged Heavenly Flames, while his soul struck with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and his true body attacked with Yin-Yang Heaven Eyes and Five Elements Divine Light.
• Xu Haoyu pierced Nihility Devouring Flame's heart-like origin, then sealed it inside a lotus formed from Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The surviving Soul Clan members fled after Hun Jing and Hun Yan died and Nihility Devouring Flame was captured, leaving the Medicine World in ruins and fewer than ten thousand Yao Clan survivors.
• Ten Thousand Fire Elder thanked Xu Haoyu, who warned him that the Soul Clan might try to rescue Nihility Devouring Flame and urged an alliance with the Fire Clan, Lightning Clan, and Ancient Clan.
• Xu Haoyu departed with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, while Ten Thousand Fire Elder gathered the survivors to seek refuge with the other clans.

After Xu Haoyu entered seclusion to refine the Lightning Tribulation Pill’s medicinal power, the Yao Clan survivors exposed the Soul Clan’s massacre, prompting the Ancient, Flame, and Lightning Clans to form an alliance against it. The alliance’s decision was interrupted by an explosion and fighting in the Ancient Realm’s forbidden ground.

• Xu Haoyu returned to the Nether Serpent Mountain Range with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, sealed the Nihility Devouring Flame within the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and entered seclusion.
• Survivors of the Medicine World massacre spread news of the Soul Clan’s atrocities, and Yao Wanhua led the remaining Yao Clan members to the Ancient Realm to seek justice.
• Gu Yuan summoned Yan Jin and Lei Ying, and Yao Wanhua recounted the massacre to the three clan chiefs.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying agreed to form an allied army to destroy the Soul Clan before confronting Xu Haoyu over the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• As the three chiefs ordered their clans to form the allied army, an explosion and sounds of battle erupted from the Ancient Realm’s forbidden ground.

Hun Tiandi revealed that the Soul Clan had infiltrated the Ancient, Yan, and Lei Clans, stealing six of the eight Tou She Ancient God Jades. Xiao Yan handed his clan’s jade to Gu Yuan in exchange for entering the Heavenly Tomb, while Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying prepared to attack the Soul Clan.

• Gu Yang, possessed by a Soul Clan infiltrator, delivered the Ancient Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade to Hun Tiandi, who revealed that the Soul Clan had seized six jade pieces.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi, but Hun Tiandi withdrew and announced that the Soul Clan would soon obtain the remaining jades.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying learned that infiltrators had stolen the jades from their clans, and Gu Yuan realized the final pieces belonged to Xiao Yan and Nihility Devouring Flame, now held by Xu Haoyu.
• Gu Yuan asked Xiao Yan to surrender the Xiao Clan’s jade for safekeeping, and Xiao Yan agreed in exchange for entry into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan sent Xiao Yan into the Heavenly Tomb, then joined Yan Jin and Lei Ying in forming a coalition against the Soul Clan.

Xiao Xuan sacrificed himself to subdue the Heavenly Tomb Soul and transfer its power to Xiao Yan, leaving Xiao Yan in a long slumber. Meanwhile, the three-clan coalition invaded the Soul Realm and suffered catastrophic losses, with its leaders trapped inside.

• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan had destroyed half of the Ancient Eight Clans and said he could not leave the Heavenly Tomb or be resurrected.
• Xiao Xuan offered to help Xiao Yan gain an Emperor Realm soul by subduing the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and Xiao Yan agreed to risk his life.
• Xiao Xuan burned his Soul Origin, defeated the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and drove its pure energy into Xiao Yan before dissipating completely.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying led the Ancient Clan, Flame Clan, and Lightning Clan coalition into the Soul Realm after tearing open its entrance.
• Xu Haoyu, having reached the middle stage of Eight-Star Dou Sheng, sent a clone into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to refine the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Three days later, the Soul Realm sealed itself, and news spread that many coalition forces had died while Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and other experts were trapped inside.

After reaching the Emperor Realm with his soul, Xiao Yan gathered allies and persuaded Xu Haoyu to help rescue Gu Xun'er and the trapped three-clan allied army. They entered the Soul Realm and confronted Hun Tiandi, who demanded that Xu Haoyu hand over the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb, learned that Gu Xun'er and the allied army were trapped in the Soul Realm, and called experts to help rescue them.
• Xiao Yan asked Xu Haoyu to join the rescue, and Xu Haoyu agreed before revealing his Nine Star Dou Sheng strength at the Hero Assembly.
• Xu Haoyu and Xiao Yan led the assembled experts into the Soul Realm through a Space Crack, where they found a death-filled landscape and the allied army trapped in the Death Realm Formation.
• Hun Tiandi appeared before Xu Haoyu and the rescuers, challenged them to die in the Soul Realm, and demanded that Xu Haoyu surrender the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xu Haoyu led the assault on the Soul Clan while Xiao Yan and the others tried to rescue the allied forces trapped in the Death Realm Formation. After Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying sacrificed themselves to free the survivors, Xu Haoyu defeated Hun Tiandi and found that he had collected six pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade, leaving one piece still missing.

• Xu Haoyu engaged Hun Tiandi while Xiao Yan and the others attacked the Death Realm Formation and fought Hun Sha, Hun Tu, and the Soul Clan forces.
• Gu Yuan detonated his body to destroy the formation, then Yan Jin and Lei Ying sacrificed themselves to defeat the Soul Clan's four Eight-Star Dou Sheng puppets and let the survivors escape.
• Hun Tiandi summoned the Emperor Slaying Ghost Blood Blade and sacrificed over a thousand Soul Clan members to strengthen it.
• Xu Haoyu's clone became a Heavenly Flame giant and exploded, burning away the blood moon and destroying the Emperor Slaying Ghost Blood Blade.
• Xu Haoyu seized Hun Tiandi while he was weakened by backlash and destroyed his body and soul.
• Xu Haoyu found six assembled pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade and joined them with the Yao Clan piece, leaving one final piece missing.

Xu Haoyu gathered all eight pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, rescued Zhu Kun, and entered Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He became a Dou Di, later restored Source Qi to the continent, and set out for the Great Thousand World.

• Xu Haoyu burned every Soul Clan member in the Soul Realm, then took the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade from Gu Yuan and assembled the complete map to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xu Haoyu returned to Ancient Dragon Island and told Zi Yan he could open Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and bring her father home.
• Xu Haoyu, Zi Yan, and the Void Ancient Dragon Clan traveled to Jia Nan Academy, opened the cave, and found Zhu Kun before the bronze gate.
• Xu Haoyu used the Transformation Pill Divine Skill to capture the Emperor Pill Prototype, then entered Tou She Ancient God's statue and emerged a year later as a Dou Di.
• More than ten years later, Xu Haoyu reached the peak of the Dou Di realm and broke the continent's seal, restoring Source Qi so others could pursue Dou Di.
• Xu Haoyu departed for the Great Thousand World.