Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and his companions watched Liu Qing defeat Cheng Nan, securing the Liu Family’s management rights to Tianhuang City’s Space Wormhole, and accepted an invitation to the family banquet. Tang Huo’er came to Xiao Ling’s courtyard to challenge him with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, but his dark brown flame formed a giant turtle that tore apart and swallowed her attack.

• Xiao Ling joked with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin while Tang Huo’er noticed his powerful fire aura and asked Elder Chi Huo to approach him.
• Liu Qing defeated Cheng Nan with his Intentional Bombardment Fist, winning the contest and the Space Wormhole’s management rights for the Liu Family.
• Liu Qing invited Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Liu Family banquet, and they agreed to attend before traveling through the Space Wormhole.
• The Heavenly Fire Venerable predicted that Fen Yan Valley would come calling, and Tang Huo’er soon arrived with Elder Chi Huo to challenge Xiao Ling to a flame match.
• Tang Huo’er sent a silver fire dragon at Xiao Ling, but he summoned a dark brown flame turtle that tore the dragon apart and swallowed its flames.

Xiao Ling defeated Tang Huo'er with the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, prompting her to decide to subdue Fen Yan Valley's complete Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire ahead of schedule. He then traveled with his companions to Sacred Pill City, where he planned to take the Pill Tower's alchemist examination.

• Xiao Ling revealed the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire and defeated Tang Huo'er in their spar, while Elder Chi Huo treated her injuries and thanked him for showing mercy.
• Tang Huo'er vowed to challenge Xiao Ling again and decided to return to Fen Yan Valley to accept its inheritance and subdue the complete Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• After the Liu Family banquet, Xiao Ling and his companions said farewell to Liu Qing and traveled through a Space Wormhole toward Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Ling and his companions arrived in Sacred Pill City, where Yao Chen declined to visit his old friends and encouraged Xiao Ling to take the Pill Tower's alchemist examination.
• Xiao Ling led the group through the busy central district and checked into Pill Heart Pavilion, an expensive inn reserved for groups with a Dou Zong-level expert.

Xiao Ling’s soul broke through to the late Spirit Realm, and he secretly explored the Star Region to see the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The next morning, he went to the Pill Tower headquarters in Sacred Pill City to take the Alchemist Badge assessment.

• While sitting with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ling absorbed ambient Spirit Energy and entered a deep cultivation state as Yao Chen and the others guarded him.
• After three hours, Xiao Ling awakened with late Spirit Realm Soul Power, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also improved their Soul Power.
• Xiao Ling used his Soul Power to enter the Star Region and saw the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the form of a giant dragon; he resolved to subdue it later, possibly with Zi Yan’s help.
• The next morning, Xiao Ling left for the Pill Tower headquarters to take the Alchemist Badge assessment, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin went sightseeing with the Heavenly Fire Venerable guarding them.
• Xiao Ling reached the Pill Tower’s inner district and approached its headquarters, where his arrival drew the attention of the guards and nearby alchemists.

Xiao Ling sought an Eighth-grade Alchemist assessment at Pill Tower headquarters, where Cao Ying recognized him and escorted him to meet her teacher, Xuan Kongzi. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling entering Xuan Kongzi’s hall and finding the powerful elder pretending not to notice their arrival.

• Xiao Ling showed a Seventh-grade Life Returning Pill to the gate guard, but the guard said it could not prove Xiao Ling had refined it himself.
• Cao Ying arrived, recognized Xiao Ling as the rumored Eighth-grade Alchemist, and offered to bring him to her teacher for assessment.
• Cao Ying and Xiao Ling walked through Pill Tower together, chatting as its elders and alchemists greeted them.
• Cao Ying led Xiao Ling to Xuan Kongzi’s hall and introduced him as her teacher and the Pill Tower president.
• Xiao Ling sensed Xuan Kongzi’s tremendous power as the elder dusted bookshelves without acknowledging their arrival.

Xiao Ling accepted Xuan Kongzi’s offer to prove his Eighth-grade alchemist rank by refining a Poria Qing Pill in the Pill Tower. As the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and Cao Ying watched, he began processing the ingredients with the Spirit Quenching Cauldron and a golden Heavenly Flame.

• Xuan Kongzi greeted Xiao Ling, offered him a choice of alchemy assessments, and supplied three sets of ingredients when Xiao Ling chose to refine a Poria Qing Pill.
• After Xiao Ling and Cao Ying left, Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi discussed Xiao Ling’s background and considered inviting him to join the Pill Tower.
• Cao Ying led Xiao Ling to the Pill Tower’s alchemy hall and arranged for his companions in Sacred Pill City to be notified.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Spirit Quenching Cauldron, ranked fourth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, and produced a golden Heavenly Flame that astonished the observers.
• Xiao Ling began refining the Poria Qing Pill, using the flame to process dozens of ingredients at once while the Pill Tower’s Three Giants admired his control.

Xiao Ling completed the Poria Qing Pill after seven days of refining, summoning four-colored Pill Lightning that the Sky Demon Puppet absorbed. He captured the pill and left the crowd marveling at his skill and the puppet’s growing strength.

• After three days of preparation, Xiao Ling began merging the purified medicinal ingredients and continued refining them for nearly three more days.
• Xiao Ling’s pill formed and summoned four-colored Pill Lightning, confirming that he had refined a high-quality Eighth-grade pill.
• Xiao Ling sent out the Sky Demon Puppet, which absorbed the lightning and grew stronger while shielding him from the bolts.
• When the thunderclouds dispersed, the Poria Qing Pill tried to flee, but Xiao Ling caught it with his Soul Power and sealed it in a cold-jade bottle.
• Xiao Ling judged that the Sky Demon Puppet had gained considerable strength, while the Pill Tower experts recognized his pill as close to the five-colored grade.

After earning his Eighth-grade Alchemist badge, Xiao Ling declined Xuan Yi’s invitation to join the Pill Tower but accepted permission to visit its treasure vault with Cao Ying. On the way, he rebuffed Song Qing’s hostility, and the chapter ended as Elder Mu welcomed Xiao Ling and Cao Ying into the vault.

• Xuan Kongzi awarded Xiao Ling an Eighth-grade Alchemist badge and two robes, while the Pill Tower’s leaders congratulated him.
• Xuan Yi offered Xiao Ling a full-fledged elder position, but he declined, and she invited him to exchange for treasures in the vault.
• Cao Ying tried to persuade Xiao Ling to join the Pill Tower for its resources and protection, but he stood by his decision to follow his own plans.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi noticed that Xiao Ling’s pill-refining techniques resembled Yao Chen’s, but Xuan Kongzi urged Xuan Yi not to question him yet.
• Song Qing greeted Xiao Ling and asked Cao Ying to discuss alchemy, but Cao Ying rejected him and continued to the treasury with Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling and Cao Ying reached the treasury, where Elder Mu greeted them and invited them inside to browse its treasures.

Xiao Ling selected rare treasures from the Pill Tower vault, exchanged herbs for them, and traded with Elder Mu for a poison-based Dou Skill intended for Xiao Yi Xian. Cao Ying grew increasingly convinced Xiao Ling liked her, while he set firm limits on their relationship before leaving her to wonder whether he was playing hard to get.

• Elder Mu lent Xiao Ling a Storage Ring, and Cao Ying guided him through the Pill Tower’s treasure vault as he collected rare herbs, Magical Cores, and poisons.
• Xiao Ling gave Cao Ying part of a thousand-year Ice Crystal Snow Lotus, and she mistook his generosity for romantic interest.
• Xiao Ling exchanged his herbs for the selected treasures, then traded two ten-thousand-year Green Spirit Vines to Elder Mu for the Earth-grade Intermediate Dou Skill Poisonous Soul Breaking Strike.
• Cao Ying offered Xiao Ling a place to stay and asked to visit him for alchemy guidance, but Xiao Ling declined the lodging and said their conversations should stay focused on alchemy and medicinal herbs.
• Cao Ying accepted Xiao Ling’s condition outwardly but wondered whether his distance meant he secretly liked her and was playing hard to get.

After refining a Grade Eight Four-Colored Pill, Xiao Ling returned to his courtyard, where Ye Zhong asked him to represent the declining Ye Family in the Pill Tower’s next assessment. Xiao Ling accepted in exchange for access to the family’s Ancient Yang Fire Pool and alchemy records, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin prepared to advance their own cultivation.

• Cao Ying saw Xiao Ling off from the Pill Tower and resolved to make him see her in a new light.
• Xiao Ling returned to his courtyard, gave the Grade Eight Poria Qing Pill to the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin sightseeing through Sacred Pill City.
• The Ye Family’s elders decided to seek Xiao Ling’s help after their family failed the previous assessment and faced losing its place among the Pill Tower’s Five Great Families.
• Ye Zhong asked Xiao Ling to represent the Ye Family in its next assessment, and Xiao Ling agreed in exchange for using the Ancient Yang Fire Pool and reading the family’s alchemy records.
• Xiao Ling declined to take Ye Xinlan as his disciple but promised to guide her, then began meeting visitors seeking connections or pill-refining services.
• Xiao Yi Xian began preparing new poisons and aimed to reach the Dou Zun Realm in three months, while Qing Lin trained diligently and Xiao Ling planned to seek high-tier snake-type magical beasts for her in the Beast Region.

Xun'er learned that Xiao Ling had become a powerful alchemist and decided to leave the Ancient Realm to see him again. Meanwhile, Xiao Ling helped Cao Ying refine an eighth-grade pill, and the chapter ended with Cao Ying realizing how deeply attached she had become to him.

• Xiao Ling trained his alchemy skills in Sacred Pill City, while his Sky Demon Puppet absorbed pill lightning and drew requests from people hoping to trade for one.
• Xun'er reached the Dou Zun Realm, heard Ling Ying report Xiao Ling's achievements, and ordered that she was leaving the Ancient Realm.
• Cao Ying refined an eighth-grade pill with Xiao Ling's Soul Power assistance, while he caught her as she nearly collapsed from exhaustion.
• Xiao Ling sent his Sky Demon Puppet to absorb the lightning summoned by Cao Ying's pill, as they watched the storm from the courtyard.
• Cao Ying leaned against Xiao Ling and realized he had become deeply etched in her heart.

After Cao Ying refined an Eighth-grade pill and kissed Xiao Ling, he set out with Xiao Yi Xian and their companions for Ye City so she could condense her poison pill. Meanwhile, the Soul Hall ordered two Venerable Elders to capture Xiao Ling, and the chapter ended as Xiao Ling arrived at the Ye Family estate and its Great Elder prepared to receive him.

• Cao Ying finished refining an Eighth-grade pill, kissed Xiao Ling as a reward, and hurried off to report her achievement to her teacher.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable emerged from cultivation restored to the peak of Five-star Dou Zun, and Xiao Ling decided to take the group to the Ye Family to help Xiao Yi Xian condense her poison pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion at Nine-star Dou Zong, and Xiao Ling led her companions through a Space Wormhole toward Ye City.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost ordered two Venerable Elders to bring Xiao Ling back to the Soul Hall, dead or alive.
• Xiao Ling and his companions reached Ye City, where Ye Family guards recognized and escorted them to the estate.
• Ye Zhong and the Ye Family's elders gathered in the reception hall to welcome Xiao Ling as the doors began to open.

Xiao Ling brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Ye Family’s Ancient Yang Fire Altar to use its pure yang energy in the Poison Pill Method. He gathered her Calamity Poison Body’s poison aura in her lower abdomen, inserted the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion’s magic core, and applied Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva as the procedure began.

• Xiao Ling secured permission from Ye Zhong to use the Ancient Yang Fire Altar and stay at the Ye Family estate.
• Xiao Ling asked the Heavenly Fire Venerable to guard the altar and told Qing Lin to remain safely at the estate.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian entered the altar, where he activated its gathering of sunlight and yang energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian stopped suppressing her poison aura, and Xiao Ling used Heavenly Flames to drive it into a vortex in her lower abdomen.
• Xiao Ling pressed the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion’s magic core into the vortex and refined Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva into a Bodhi Seed and a green medicinal substance.
• Xiao Ling applied the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to Xiao Yi Xian, and its life force began restoring her damaged body.

Xiao Ling helped Xiao Yi Xian control her Calamity Poison Body by using Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to form a poison pill, then obtained an Earth Core Fire Bead from the Ancient Yang Fire Altar. Three days later, Xiao Yi Xian awakened with her poison fully under control and vastly increased strength, then moved toward Xiao Ling.

• Xiao Ling used Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and guided Xiao Yi Xian to compress her Calamity Poison Qi into a poison pill.
• While Xiao Yi Xian continued absorbing the poison, Xiao Ling explored the Ancient Yang Fire Altar and found Yang Fire emerging from its earth aperture.
• Xiao Ling sent his Soul Power underground, seized the Earth Core Fire Bead, and sealed the earth aperture with the black stone stele.
• Xiao Ling discovered that sunlight made the Earth Core Fire Bead produce Yang Fire, then stayed beside Xiao Yi Xian as she continued her transformation.
• After three days, Xiao Yi Xian awakened with the Calamity Poison Body under her control and approached Xiao Ling.

Xiao Yi Xian condensed her Poison Pill, reached the peak of Four-Star Dou Zun, and began absorbing the Netherworld Poison Flame while Xiao Ling left the altar. As Xiao Ling prepared to leave Ye City, Soul Hall members emerged from a Spatial Rift and focused their attention on him and his companions.

• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xiao Ling, told him she had reached the peak of Four-Star Dou Zun, and promised to protect him.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian the Netherworld Poison Flame and the supplies and guidance she needed to absorb it, then left her in the Ancient Yang Fire Altar.
• Xiao Ling told Heavenly Fire Venerable and Yao Chen about Xiao Yi Xian's breakthrough, and Yao Chen urged Xiao Ling to work toward Dou Zun.
• A huge Spatial Rift opened above Ye City, and more than a dozen black-robed Soul Hall members emerged from it.
• Xiao Ling, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Yao Chen recognized the Soul Hall group, whose members turned their attention toward the Ye Family.

Soul Hall Venerables Azure Sea and Qin Tian confronted Xiao Ling at the Ye Family and tried to force him to join them. Xiao Ling and Heavenly Fire Venerable fought back, leaving Qin Tian overwhelmed and Azure Sea Venerable locked in a difficult battle with Xiao Ling.

• Yao Chen hid inside the Bone Flame Ring as Azure Sea, Qin Tian, and the Soul Hall Protectors arrived at the Ye Family to seize Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling refused Azure Sea and Qin Tian's invitation to join the Soul Hall, and Azure Sea attacked with a blood-colored palm that threatened the Ye Family.
• Xiao Ling countered with the Great Desolation Prison Heaven Hand, destroying Azure Sea's first attack before Azure Sea blocked the golden palm and charged him.
• Xiao Ling used the Blood Flame Spirit Burning Art to reach Dou Zun-level strength and wounded Azure Sea with the Godfall Weapon.
• Azure Sea called Qin Tian to attack Xiao Ling, but Heavenly Fire Venerable revealed his Five-star Dou Zun strength and began overwhelming Qin Tian.
• Azure Sea offered to withdraw and threatened the Soul Hall's retaliation, but Xiao Ling rejected the offer and continued attacking him.

Xiao Ling and Heavenly Fire Venerable defeated Azure Sea Venerable and the Soul Hall Protectors after Rayquaza joined the battle. Xiao Ling survived Azure Sea Venerable’s attempted self-destruction, then planned to use the fallen Soul Hall members’ memories to locate branch halls and seize their Soul Origins.

• Azure Sea Venerable ordered the ten Soul Hall Protectors to attack Xiao Ling, who sent Rayquaza to fight them off.
• Rayquaza overwhelmed the Protectors while Azure Sea Venerable tried to escape through a Spatial Rift, but Xiao Ling shattered it with the Godfall Weapon.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable killed Qin Tian and sealed his soul, leaving Azure Sea Venerable trapped between him and Xiao Ling.
• Azure Sea Venerable began to self-destruct, but Xiao Ling used the Illusory Dream Spirit Shadow to interrupt him and then killed him with the Godfall Weapon.
• Xiao Ling withdrew the Blood Flame Spirit Burning Art, praised Rayquaza, and counted the souls and bodies he had gained from the battle.
• Xiao Ling planned to extract the locations of Soul Hall branch halls from the fallen members’ memories so he could later seize their Soul Origins.

After defeating Soul Hall, Xiao Ling agreed to stay with the Ye Family and promised to help protect its standing. Back at his residence, Qing Lin regretted being too weak to help him, then prepared a bath for him.

• Xiao Ling apologized to Ye Zhong for Soul Hall's attack and agreed to stay with the Ye Family for a while, offering to help it retain its place among the Five Great Families of the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Ling returned to his residence with Heavenly Fire Venerable to recover after the battle.
• Qing Lin rushed to Xiao Ling and blamed herself for being too weak to help him, but he comforted her and encouraged her cultivation.
• Qing Lin offered to help Xiao Ling relax with a bath, and he accepted while sorting the soul bodies he had taken from Soul Hall.
• Qing Lin prepared a rose-petal bath and began helping Xiao Ling undress.

A young woman arrived near Ye City with a powerful retinue, while Xiao Ling studied the Ye Family’s collection and learned two soul Dou Techniques. After an unexplained sensation drew him away, he flew off on Rayquaza, as another woman in Heart Chain City prepared to travel to Ye City to find him.

• A young woman emerged from a Space Wormhole near the Pill Region, and her followers knelt as she said she wanted to punish Soul Hall for attacking Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling spent three days studying in the Ye Family’s Library Pavilion and learned Soul Breaking Blade and Soul Binding Lock.
• Qing Lin visited Xiao Ling with tea and pastries, and he told her Xiao Yi Xian would need about another week before leaving seclusion.
• Xiao Ling felt a strange, familiar call and left alone, telling Qing Lin he would return within a week.
• Xiao Ling summoned Rayquaza and flew toward the source of the sensation as the Yin-Yang Twin Fish Jade Pendant faintly glowed.
• In Heart Chain City, Elder Lin told a woman that a Space Wormhole led to Ye City, and she chose to go there to find Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling followed the Spirit Rhinoceros Pendant’s reaction to a peach forest, where he reunited with Xun'er. They shared news of their years apart and discussed his companions, while Xun'er teased him about Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Xun'er postponed her plans to travel to Ye City and went with Elder Lin to investigate a sudden feeling that drew her toward Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling followed the glowing Yin-Yang Twin Fish Jade Pendant into a peach forest, where he found Xun'er beside a lake.
• Xiao Ling and Xun'er joyfully embraced, and Rayquaza greeted Xun'er after their long separation.
• Xun'er sent Elder Lin away so she and Xiao Ling could talk privately, then they discussed their cultivation and Xiao Ling recounted his adventures.
• Xun'er remarked on Zi Yan's Ancient Void Dragon Clan heritage and teased Xiao Ling about Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

Xiao Ling reassured Xun'er about his intentions toward Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then gave her half of the Spirit Rhinoceros Pendant and shared an intimate moment with her. After Xun'er explained that her Divine Bloodline prevented her from going further before reaching Dou Sheng, they reconciled and set off together for Heart Chain City's Lantern Festival.

• Xiao Ling told Xun'er that he nurtured Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to develop their talents and insisted he had no improper intentions toward them.
• Xiao Ling split the Spirit Rhinoceros Pendant and placed one half around Xun'er's neck, strengthening their connection.
• Xiao Ling and Xun'er kissed passionately, but she pulled away when she realized his hand had slipped inside her clothes.
• Xun'er explained that her Divine Bloodline meant intimacy could affect her cultivation before she became a Dou Sheng, and Xiao Ling promised to wait until she was ready.
• Xun'er invited Xiao Ling to Heart Chain City's Lantern Festival, and they rode Rayquaza toward the city together.