Chapter Summaries

Xia Mo completed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, endured its lightning tribulation with his Earth Demon Puppet, and traveled with Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan through a Space Wormhole to the Central Continent. In Tianxin City, he entered the Liu Family auction house after its manager recognized the group’s strength.

• Xia Mo refined the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and his Earth Demon Puppet shattered the pill lightning until the tribulation ended.
• Xia Mo gave Xiao Bai an Imperial Pill and the three Yao brothers Dou Ling Pills, said farewell to the Inner Academy, and helped Xiao Lan absorb Heavenly Demon Phoenix blood.
• Xia Mo, Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan bought a fifth-grade space vessel in Tianya City and traveled through the Space Wormhole for ten days.
• The group arrived in Tianxin City, learned they were in the Central Continent’s Northern Region, and headed to the Tianxin Liu Auction House to buy a map.
• After Xia Mo silently knocked down a man who insulted the women, Liu Hai recognized the group’s strength and escorted them into the auction house.

Xia Mo obtained a map of the Central Continent and led Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian to Clear Wind City to fulfill Elder Qing’s wish and help the Lin Family. After revealing himself as a Dou Zong and defeating Han Lei and two Han Family elders, Xia Mo prepared to lead the Lin Family’s forces against the Han Family.

• Xia Mo bought a map of the Central Continent from Liu Hai and planned to visit Clear Wind City, the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, and Falling God Stream.
• Xia Mo and the three women reached Clear Wind City and learned that the declining Lin Family faced pressure from the Han Family, including a proposed engagement between Lin Rou'er and Han Lei.
• Xia Mo told Lin Ye that Azure Fire Venerable Lin Feng had been his teacher, then learned of the Lin Family’s crisis and agreed to accompany Lin Ye when Han Lei arrived.
• Han Lei demanded that the Lin Family honor its agreement and revealed he would join the Wind Thunder Pavilion, but Xia Mo seized him and swiftly defeated him and the two Han Family elders.
• Lin Ye introduced Xia Mo to Lin Rou'er, and Xia Mo proposed eliminating the Han Family’s threat before he left Clear Wind City.
• Lin Ye summoned the family elders, and Xia Mo led the Lin Family’s elite forces toward the Han Family after meeting Elder Qing’s great-grandson, Lin Ken.

Xia Mo destroyed the Han Family in Clear Wind City, then left with his companions for the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range to seek the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. There, Jin Gu brought them to meet the Gold Devouring Rat Clan chief, who hoped Xia Mo’s alchemy skills could help with his hidden ailment.

• Xia Mo and the Lin Family attacked the Han Family, where Xia Mo killed Han Li and used the Earth Demon Puppet to overpower Han Tao while crippling the Han Family’s remaining experts.
• Han Tao fled and self-destructed, but Xia Mo found and destroyed the trace of his soul that had escaped into a dead tree.
• Xia Mo returned to the Lin Family, gave Lin Ken pills and the legacy of Azure Fire Venerable, then left Clear Wind City with Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan.
• Xia Mo led the three women into the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range to seek the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and met Jin Gu of the Gold Devouring Rat Clan.
• Jin Gu learned that Xia Mo was an Alchemist and brought the group to meet the clan chief, Jin Shi.

Xia Mo negotiated access to the pure energy beneath the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool in exchange for treating Jin Shi’s fire poison, and he cultivated there with Zi Yan and Medusa. After Zi Yan broke through to the seventh tier and Xia Mo greatly improved his strength and soul, he finished treating Jin Shi and prepared to leave.

• Xia Mo identified Jin Shi’s deep-seated Heavenly Mountain Fire Poison and agreed to treat it in exchange for access to the pool’s sealed energy for himself, Zi Yan, and Medusa.
• Xia Mo, Zi Yan, and Medusa entered the pool’s hidden depths, while Xiao Yi Xian stayed outside because the fire poison could trigger her Poison Body of Calamity.
• Medusa emerged after nearly a month and a half, and Xia Mo later left the pool at the peak of three-star Dou Zong with his soul at Mortal Realm Peak while Zi Yan continued cultivating.
• Xia Mo used medicinal liquids and his Heavenly Flames over several days to drive most of Jin Shi’s fire poison from his body and gave him supplies to complete the treatment.
• After nearly three months, Zi Yan broke through to the seventh tier, but the Form Transformation Grass wore off and she returned to her little-girl form before demanding that Xia Mo refine a Shaping Pill for her.
• Xia Mo gave Jin Shi the remaining treatment supplies, said he would leave the next day, and asked Jin Shi to let his senior brother Xiao Yan enter the pool’s depths if he came.

Xia Mo brought Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Zi Yan to Falling God Stream to obtain the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Monster Core, which could help stabilize Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity. They found the beast and fought its forces, ending with Xia Mo and the Earth Demon Puppet killing it while its two subordinates watched in disbelief.

• Xia Mo and the three women traveled to the Central Region, prepared for Falling God Stream, and entered its poisonous ravines.
• Xia Mo’s group questioned a Black Poison Snake, learned that a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast ruled the area, and followed Xiao Yi Xian’s sense of its presence to its stone fortress.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast sensed Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity and attacked the group, summoning a horde of poisonous beasts and sending two powerful subordinates against the women.
• Xia Mo and the Earth Demon Puppet fought the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast while Xiao Yi Xian engaged its subordinates and Medusa and Zi Yan held back the beast horde.
• Medusa destroyed the poisonous cloud the beast tried to absorb, and Xia Mo seized its tail before the Earth Demon Puppet struck its head and killed it.
• The beast’s two subordinates saw its corpse and were stunned by its defeat.

Xia Mo and his companions obtained the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Monster Core and blood essence, then found and subdued the Nether Poison Flame in Falling God Stream. Xia Mo used them with the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to help Xiao Yi Xian control her Poison Body of Calamity, and he awoke to find her safely condensing a poison pill.

• Gan Hou fled after the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast was killed, and Xia Mo detained the fat expert before refining the beast’s Monster Core and blood essence from its corpse.
• Xia Mo released the fat expert once the group reached the northern ravines, then led Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Zi Yan through the poisonous forest to the Netherworld Poison Marsh.
• The Nether Poison Flame appeared as an emerald butterfly and charged at Xiao Yi Xian, but Xia Mo subdued it with Space Lockdown and the Dragon Phoenix Phantom.
• Xia Mo removed Xiao Yi Xian’s Dragon Phoenix Blood Seal and used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, the Monster Core, the Nether Poison Flame, and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to begin resolving her Poison Body of Calamity.
• Xia Mo extracted a Bodhi Seed and collapsed from exhaustion after Xiao Yi Xian began compressing her poison gas into a poison pill.
• Xia Mo awoke to find Xiao Yi Xian’s poison gas no longer leaking and her body recovering, while she continued condensing the poison pill under the Nether Poison Flame’s power.

Xiao Yi Xian broke through to two-star Dou Zun, but Ice River Valley ambushed her group at the entrance to Falling God Stream. Xia Mo and the others defeated the attackers while Xiao Yi Xian battled Tian Shuangzi, whose threat left the fight unresolved.

• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion as a two-star Dou Zun, and Xia Mo's group headed for the exit of Falling God Stream.
• Tian Shuangzi and Tian She led Ice River Valley forces in an attempt to capture Xiao Yi Xian, so Xia Mo and the others chose to fight back.
• Xiao Yi Xian engaged Tian Shuangzi while Xia Mo fought Tian She and revealed his powerful true form, killing Tian She after a fierce battle.
• Medusa, Zi Yan, and the Earth Demon Puppet defeated the remaining Ice River Valley fighters, and Xia Mo returned with Tian She's corpse.
• Xia Mo saw that Xiao Yi Xian had gained the advantage over Tian Shuangzi, who warned that Ice River Valley would not tolerate another failure.

Xia Mo and his companions escaped Ice Venerate’s attack when Hei Qing arrived and defeated Ice Venerate and Tian Shuangzi, then brought Xia Mo and Zi Yan to Dragon Island. The elders welcomed Zi Yan home and recognized Xia Mo’s powerful Dragon Phoenix bloodline, while Zi Yan resolved to grow strong enough to become Dragon Emperor.

• Xiao Yi Xian fought Tian Shuangzi until Ice Venerate appeared, revealed his acquired Poison Body of Calamity, and attacked Xia Mo’s group with black snowflakes.
• Ice Venerate overwhelmed Xiao Yi Xian and crippled the Earth Demon Puppet, but Hei Qing arrived, shattered his attack, and struck Ice Venerate down with a single slap.
• Zi Yan agreed to return to Dragon Island with Xia Mo, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa after Hei Qing killed Ice Venerate and Tian Shuangzi and opened a spatial passage.
• Hei Qing led the group through the passage to Dragon Island, where the Grand Elder and two other elders welcomed Zi Yan and recognized Xia Mo’s Dragon Phoenix Body and extraordinary bloodline pressure.
• The Grand Elder arranged for Xia Mo and Zi Yan to acknowledge their ancestors the next day, and Zi Yan told Xia Mo that she wanted to become Dragon Emperor and asked him to help her grow stronger.

After a year of cultivation in the Ancient Dragon Blood Pool, Xia Mo emerged as a Dou Zun, while Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan also advanced during their seclusion. The chapter ended with Xia Mo testing his newly gained strength on East Dragon Island.

• Zi Yan became the Grand Void Dragon Clan's Little Highness, and Xia Mo was named heir to Zhu Huo's Grand Elder lineage.
• Xia Mo found an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python blood drop in the treasure vault and gave it to Medusa, who used it to transform her bloodline and break through to Dou Zun.
• Xia Mo, Zi Yan, Zhu Jiu, and Long Ting entered the Ancient Dragon Blood Pool for their baptism, and Xia Mo endured its painful energy for a year.
• Zi Yan emerged at nine-star Dou Zong, Medusa reached Dou Zun, and Xiao Yi Xian advanced to three-star Dou Zun.
• Xia Mo emerged from the blood pool with a powerful Dragon Phoenix manifestation and broke through to Dou Zun.

Xia Mo searched the Ancient Dragon treasure hoard for rare materials and successfully blended Earth Core Soul Marrow to temper his soul. After nearly five days in seclusion, he broke through to the Spiritual Realm, leaving the Ancient Dragons stunned by his immense soul power.

• Xia Mo emerged from the Ancient Dragon Blood Pool and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Zi Yan before deciding to prepare for the Pill Gathering.
• Xia Mo found Pill Spirit Paste, Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Essence, Earth Core Jade Mother, Earth Core Soul Marrow, and Heavenly Hemp Jade Stone Essence in the Treasure Pavilion.
• Xia Mo repeatedly adjusted the proportions of the three treasures until he prepared two bottles of blended Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Xia Mo consumed the mixture, endured a powerful surge in Soul Power, and used a soul cultivation incantation to guide spiritual energy into his soul.
• After nearly five days, Xia Mo broke through to the Spiritual Realm, and his soul pressure spread across the Ancient Dragon residential district.

Xia Mo emerged from seclusion, demonstrated his powerful Soul Power, and left East Dragon Island with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa to attend the Pill Gathering. A spatial detour reunited him with Xiao Yan in Tianhuang City, where Xiao Yan won the Liu Family the Space Wormhole management rights before the two set off for Blazing Flame Valley.

• Xia Mo reunited his soul and body, tested his soul hammer on Qi You, and told Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa they would leave East Dragon Island the next day.
• Grand Elder Qing Shan let Xia Mo's group depart and secretly sent Hei Qing after them to protect Zi Yan and Xia Mo.
• Xia Mo's group emerged from a spatial passage in Tianhuang City and reunited with Xiao Yan, who was competing for the Liu Family's Space Wormhole management rights.
• Xiao Yan defeated Zeng Xiu with a soul hammer, securing the next three years of Space Wormhole management for the Liu Family.
• Xiao Yan asked Liu Qing to investigate Xin Lan's family, then Xia Mo and Xiao Yan agreed to accompany Elder Chi Huo to Blazing Flame Valley.
• Elder Chi Huo brought Xia Mo and Xiao Yan into the Blazing Volcano Range and landed his giant bird at the foot of a crimson mountain.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan entered Blazing Flame Valley and learned that Tang Zhen needed alchemists able to withstand his Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame while helping refine a seventh-grade high-grade pill. After Xia Mo intimidated the insulting alchemists, he and Xiao Yan took the test, and their flames made the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame’s fire dragons recoil or hesitate.

• Elder Chi Huo led Xia Mo and Xiao Yan through Blazing Flame Valley’s Spatial Barrier to meet Valley Lord Tang Zhen and his daughter, the Red-Robed Woman.
• Tang Zhen explained that he needed two alchemists whose Soul Power could endure the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame for ten minutes, and several invited alchemists failed the test.
• Master Huan endured the flame for ten minutes with his Sky Cold Flame, but Master Xiao and the other alchemists could not pass.
• After Master Mo mocked Xia Mo and Xiao Yan, Xia Mo released his Dou Zun aura, knocked Master Mo down, and forced Tang Zhen to intervene.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan entered their Purple Gold Flame Beast and Azure Blue Fire Lotus into the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame; its fire dragons fled from Xiao Yan’s lotus and circled Xia Mo’s flame warily.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan joined Tang Zhen to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er, whose life was endangered by the backlash from the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame. They completed the pill and sent their Earth Demon Puppets to face the Pill Lightning, leaving the puppets beneath the descending bolt.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan passed Tang Zhen's flame-resistance test, and Tang Zhen selected them to help refine the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Xiao Yan requested the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations as his reward, and Tang Zhen agreed to let him attempt to cultivate it if the pill refinement succeeded; Xia Mo provided a list of requested materials.
• Tang Zhen, Xia Mo, and Xiao Yan began the lengthy pill refinement at Blazing Flame Valley, with Tang Zhen extracting the medicinal herbs while Xia Mo and Xiao Yan fused their essences.
• After several days, Xia Mo and Xiao Yan completed the fusion and formed the Fire Bodhi Pill, which summoned Pill Lightning above the valley.
• Xiao Yan and Xia Mo summoned their Earth Demon Puppets to withstand the Pill Lightning, and the first bolt descended toward the medicinal cauldron as the puppets moved beneath it.

Xia Mo refined an Eighth-grade Five Elements Ascending Venerable Pill in Blazing Flame Valley, while Xiao Yan recovered and completed his inheritance. After surviving the pill lightning and securing the pill, Xia Mo and Xiao Yan met Old Ancestor Huoyun, who began recounting the continent’s ancient supreme experts.

• Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppet helped Xia Mo’s puppet withstand the Fire Bodhi Pill’s final lightning strike, and Xia Mo captured the escaping pill and handed it to Tang Zhen.
• After recovering, Xia Mo began refining the Five Elements Ascending Venerable Pill, while Xiao Yan completed his inheritance and earned Wu Chen’s reluctant approval.
• Xia Mo finished the Eighth-grade pill, and both Heavenly Demon Puppets absorbed its pill lightning as Xiao Yan returned to help.
• Xia Mo captured and sealed the spiritual pill, then spoke with Xiao Yan about rescuing their captured teacher after the Pill Gathering.
• Tang Zhen led Xia Mo and Xiao Yan through a hidden passage to meet Old Ancestor Huoyun, who recognized their identities and began describing the five ancient supreme experts, including himself.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan left Blazing Flame Valley after Xiao Yan learned that a fourth Heavenly Flame could help cure Old Ancestor Huoyun’s cold poison and that the Pill Tower held another Heavenly Flame. In the Space Wormhole on their way to the Pill Region, Xia Mo began cultivating the improved Flame Manipulation Art, and he opened his eyes after four days of refining Beast Fires.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun revealed that icy energy was consuming him and asked Xia Mo to treat him once he reached Dou Sheng; Xiao Yan tested his Heavenly Flames but could not suppress the cold poison.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun told Xiao Yan that the Pill Tower held a Heavenly Flame and promised him a favor if he returned to cure him.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan left Blazing Flame Valley, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Zi Yan, Liu Qing, and their friends in Tianhuang City, and learned that Xin Lan belonged to the declining Ye Family of the Pill Region.
• Xiao Yan accepted Liu Qing’s map and departed with Xia Mo and the others through the Space Wormhole toward the Central Region and the Pill Gathering.
• Xia Mo studied the improved Flame Manipulation Art during the journey and swallowed three Beast Fires, beginning to temper them into a Life Transformation Fire seed.
• After four days of cultivation, Xia Mo opened his eyes while Xiao Yan continued guiding the spatial boat.

Xiao Yan and Xia Mo arrived in Ye City and agreed to help Xin Lan’s declining Ye Family, where Xiao Yan demonstrated his strength and began refining a pill to revive Heavenly Fire Venerable. As Xiao Yan’s pill neared completion, Xia Mo successfully fused three Beast Fires into a Fire Seed after an initial explosion.

• Xia Mo finished tempering three Beast Fires, then traveled with Xiao Yan and their companions through the Central Region to Ye City.
• Xin Lan reunited with Xiao Yan and asked him to help the Ye Family resist the Cao Family’s influence and preserve its place among the Pill Tower’s Elders’ Seats.
• When a Ye Family elder attacked Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan defeated him with one palm strike; Ye Zhong then allowed Xin Lan to escort the group to a courtyard.
• Xiao Yan summoned Yao Tianhuo and began refining a Yin Yang Life Soul Pill, while Xia Mo attempted to fuse his three Beast Fires.
• Xia Mo’s first fusion attempt exploded, but he combined the remaining sparks into a Fire Seed and awoke three days later.
• After six days of refining, Xiao Yan’s cauldron released a dense pill aura, signaling that the Yin Yang Life Soul Pill was close to forming.

Xiao Yan refined the Yin Yang Life Soul Pill and used it to restore Heavenly Fire Venerable to a living body. After Xia Mo and Xiao Yan protected the Ye Family from the Black Fire Sect, they investigated the Sun Fire Ancient Altar, where Xia Mo discovered a mass of blood-red liquid blocking the Earth Eye.

• Xiao Yan refined the Yin Yang Life Soul Pill, and Ye Zhong asked him to help preserve the Ye Family's elder seats.
• Xiao Yan used the pill, a thread of Heavenly Fire Venerable's soul, and the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's essence blood to restore Heavenly Fire Venerable to a body.
• The Black Fire Sect threatened the Ye Family, but Heavenly Fire Venerable defeated Zhao Hei and Qin Mo, while Xia Mo sealed them in coffins and sent the sect members fleeing.
• Ye Zhong lent Xia Mo and Xiao Yan the Sun Fire Ancient Altar, and Xiao Yan drew out and absorbed its Sun Fire.
• Xia Mo sent his Soul Power deep into the Earth Eye and found a mass of blood-red liquid sealing its passage.

Xia Mo found an Earth Core Pearl beneath the Yang Fire Altar, and sunlight made it produce Yang Fire for Xiao Yan. As Xiao Yan agreed to help the Ye Family keep its Pill Tower Elder seat, he and Xia Mo spent the following months refining pills, until a bell summoned Xia Mo to depart.

• Xia Mo retrieved the Earth Core Pearl from the violent energy below the Yang Fire Altar, and sunlight caused it to produce Yang Fire.
• Ye Zhong explained that the Ye Family had to place in the top three of an upcoming assessment to retain its Elder seat, and Xiao Yan agreed to represent the family as Xin Lan’s nominal fiancé.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan received medicinal ingredients from the Ye Family and devoted themselves to improving their alchemy before the Pill Gathering and assessment.
• Xia Mo refined Venerable One Pills and other pills, including a Taixu Dragon Origin Pill, while Zi Yan began a breakthrough and Xiao Yan drove off members of the Cao Family.
• An urgent bell interrupted Xia Mo’s cultivation, and he left the alchemy chamber to depart.

Xiao Yan and Xia Mo traveled with the Ye Family to Sacred Pill City for the Five Great Families' assessment and the Pill Gathering. After reaching the city, Xia Mo created a new flame and noticed something unusual about the starry sky above it.

• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion with Soul Power nearing the Spiritual Realm, and Xia Mo explained the four soul realms and gave him Old Yao's alchemist knowledge.
• Ye Zhong led Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, and their companions toward Sacred Pill City, repairing the Ye Family's Space Wormhole before they departed.
• During the journey, Xia Mo refined the Taixu Dragon Origin Pill and broke through to a two-star Dou Zun.
• The group reached Sacred Pill City and settled at the abandoned Ye Academy, where Ye Zhong planned to take Xia Mo and Xiao Yan for Pill Tower rank tests the next day.
• Xia Mo fused a wisp of Purple-gold Flame with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and named the result Dragon Phoenix Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Xia Mo beneath the stars, and after watching the sky for three hours, Xia Mo smiled and closed his eyes.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower branch tower in Sacred Pill City to earn alchemist rank badges, where Xia Mo discovered his Spirit Realm Soul could resist Dan Chen’s soul-absorbing ability and crushed a Bai Family elder who attacked him. After both men took the Seventh-grade Intermediate assessment, they emerged without badges, leaving Ye Zhong to ask whether they had passed.

• Xia Mo’s Soul Power reached the Pill City Star Region, where he sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame before Xuan Kongzi’s warning forced him to withdraw.
• Ye Zhong took Xia Mo and Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower branch tower for rank certification, and Xia Mo briefly encountered Dan Chen, whose soul tried to absorb his Soul Power.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan announced they would test for Seventh-grade Intermediate badges, drawing disbelief from the Bai and Qiu Families.
• After the Bai Family elder attacked him, Xia Mo overwhelmed her with his Spirit Realm Soul and left her consciousness destroyed; Han Li promised the Pill Tower would handle the incident impartially.
• The Qiu Family pair passed their Sixth-grade Intermediate tests, and Bai Wei passed her Sixth-grade Advanced test before Xia Mo and Xiao Yan entered the Heaven-grade room for their assessment.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan emerged behind Han Li without badges, and Ye Zhong asked whether they had passed or failed.