Chapter Summaries

Hun Miesheng’s soul attack was repelled by a mysterious Pill Tower ancestor, while Xiao Ling completed his breakthrough to the Five-star Dou Zun Realm after eight days of secluded cultivation. When Chu Wanqing tried to leave, Xiao Ling teased her about being jealous and kissed her, and she eventually returned his embrace.

• Hun Miesheng withdrew his scattered soul perception and vowed to take revenge on the Pill Tower ancestor once Soul Clan’s plan was ready.
• The Cowherd Boy on a green ox sensed Hun Miesheng’s actions and wondered what conspiracy Soul Hall was hiding.
• Xiao Ling absorbed a surge of energy and broke through to the Five-star Dou Zun Realm, while Chu Wanqing contained his violent aura with a Dou Qi barrier.
• Xiao Ling learned that he had cultivated for eight days and had not missed the Pill Gathering’s third round.
• Chu Wanqing prepared to leave after sensing Xiao Ling’s female companions approaching, but Xiao Ling grabbed her wrist and teased her about being jealous.
• Chu Wanqing blushed and denied being jealous, but she gradually returned Xiao Ling’s kiss and embraced him.

Xiao Ling ended his seclusion and arrived at the Pill Gathering as the Pill Realm contestants emerged, preparing to compete against Cao Ying and Dan Chen. The final competition began with the three young alchemists drawing the crowd’s attention, while the Pill Tower’s leaders discussed Xiao Ling’s potential and the Little Pill Tower’s interest in recruiting him.

• Xiao Ling emerged from seclusion, reassuring Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin before leaving for the Pill Gathering venue.
• Xiao Ling arrived with Xun'er as the Pill Realm gate opened, and Cao Ying and Dan Chen entered the square through a Spatial Tunnel to conceal that they had not come from the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Ling joined Cao Ying and Dan Chen on the square, where the crowd cheered for the three leading Eighth-grade Alchemists as championship contenders.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi discussed Song Qing's death and the Little Pill Tower's wish to recruit Xiao Ling if he won the championship.

The final round of the Pill Gathering began, and Xiao Ling claimed the central platform while preparing to refine the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill. Cao Ying revealed her powerful Blood Demon Flame, and the chapter ended as Xiao Ling summoned a strange dark-golden flame before the watching crowd.

• Xuan Kongzi announced the start of the final contest and invited the contestants to refine their finest pills on the floating platforms.
• Xiao Ling flew to the highest central platform, where other contestants yielded to him, and stationed his Sky Demon Puppet as a guard.
• Xiao Ling noticed Xiao Yan among the contestants and sensed that his Soul Power had reached the peak of the Mortal Realm.
• At Xuan Kongzi's signal, the contestants summoned their cauldrons and ignited their flames while Xiao Ling prepared to attempt the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill.
• Cao Ying revealed her complete Blood Demon Flame, and Dan Chen displayed a rare flame taken from an eighth-tier Fire Attribute magical beast.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Spirit Jade Cauldron and produced a strange dark-golden flame.

Xiao Ling began refining the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill with his Dark Gold Exotic Fire, while Little Sable prepared a formation to protect against the pill lightning. Five days passed as the contestants continued refining, and Xiao Ling's pill remained in progress.

• Xiao Ling revealed his Dark Gold Exotic Fire, whose pressure subdued the other flames and drew the attention of the contestants and spectators.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi discussed Xiao Ling's unusual Heavenly Flame and the Reversing Fate Rebirth Lotus among his ingredients.
• Little Sable urged Xiao Ling to succeed in refining the pill that could restore its life, and Xiao Ling began refining the ingredients with precise Soul Power control.
• Little Sable set up a formation to withstand the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning rather than expose Xiao Ling's connection to the Soul Hall through the puppet.
• Five days passed as the contestants refined their pills, with occasional cauldron explosions breaking the quiet.

Xiao Ling completed the difficult fusion stage of his Eighth-grade nine-colored Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill and began nurturing it, while the Pill Gathering’s other elite alchemists advanced toward their own finishes. As fewer than fifty platforms remained active, the competition approached its climax, with Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yan still refining their pills.

• Xiao Ling used his Exotic Fire and Soul Power to fuse the medicinal essences for his Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill over more than ten days, while Little Sable watched for imbalances in the Life and Death Energy.
• Xiao Ling reached the pill-nurturing stage, and Little Sable grew hopeful that the pill could soon bring it closer to resurrection.
• A middle-aged alchemist became the first contestant to draw Pill Lightning and successfully refined a Seventh-grade low pill.
• Xiao Ling judged the successive Pill Lightning displays to correspond to Seventh-grade pills, then observed that Cao Ying and Dan Chen were nearing completion and Xiao Yan was nurturing a Seventh-grade advanced pill.
• Fewer than fifty stone platforms still had burning pill flames, and the remaining alchemists prepared for the Pill Gathering’s final contest.

Xiao Yan refined a Seventh-grade peak pill at the Pill Gathering and used his Earth Demon Puppet to withstand its Pill Lightning. As several other contestants’ pills reached completion and nine Seventh-grade advanced pills appeared at once, the contest’s remaining Alchemists faced a spectacular storm of lightning.

• Xiao Ling continued refining a powerful pill as one contestant’s furnace failed, ending more than twenty days of work.
• Over the next five days, nine Alchemists completed pills and seven contestants failed and left the platforms.
• Xiao Yan refined a Seventh-grade peak pill, drawing fierce Pill Lightning and earning the crowd’s admiration.
• Xiao Yan sent his Earth Demon Puppet to absorb and dispel the Pill Lightning, while Xiao Ling recognized the puppet he had once left with the Xiao Family.
• Another Seventh-grade peak pill appeared, then nine Seventh-grade advanced pills formed within minutes, filling the sky with Pill Lightning and stirring the crowd into cheers.

Xiao Yan used converging Pill Lightning to transform his Earth Demon Puppet into a Sky Demon Puppet and completed his exceptional seventh-grade pill. As Dan Chen and Cao Ying revealed eighth-grade pills, Xiao Ling prepared to reveal the result of his own refinement and bring the Pill Gathering to its climax.

• Xiao Yan directed his Earth Demon Puppet into the converging Pill Lightning, which tempered it into a Sky Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Yan secured his seventh-grade peak pill and reflected on his achievements at the Pill Gathering.
• Dan Chen completed her pill with a burst of blood, summoning Pill Lightning that developed from two colors toward three.
• Cao Ying revealed another eighth-grade pill, producing four-colored Pill Lightning and drawing praise from Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi.
• Xiao Ling stood, called Little Sable to his shoulder, and struck his pill cauldron as he announced that his pill was complete.

Xiao Ling completed a pill that summoned Eighth-grade Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, astonishing the Pill Gathering and its senior alchemists. As the crowd celebrated his achievement, Cao Ying and Dan Chen accepted the vast gap between their skills and renewed their resolve.

• Xiao Ling's Spirit Quenching Cauldron released a powerful energy surge as his pill formed, drawing thunderclouds over the competition.
• The thunderclouds gathered seven colors, leading the crowd and the judges to recognize Xiao Ling's pill as a high-tier Eighth-grade pill.
• Zi Yan and Xun'er told Tang Huo'er that Xiao Ling's display was not over, and gray and black lightning clouds appeared to complete the nine colors.
• Xuan Yi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Kongzi marveled at Xiao Ling's achievement and discussed his extraordinary growth and ties to the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Ling stood beneath the nine-colored Pill Lightning as the crowd cheered, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen acknowledged his superiority and vowed to keep improving.

Xiao Ling completed an Eighth-grade nine-colored pill and prepared for its devastating Pill Lightning, while the Pill Tower leaders debated whether to intervene. Yao Chen brought Xiao Yi Xian to watch, where she reflected on her growing strength and complicated feelings for Xiao Ling before deciding he would have to earn her approval and Xun'er's.

• Old Man Qinghua completed an eighth-grade pill with three-colored Pill Lightning, which was overshadowed by Xiao Ling's Eighth-grade nine-colored pill.
• Xiao Ling asked A Diao to use his formation to withstand the gathering Nine-Colored Pill Lightning because his energy was limited.
• The Nine-Colored Pill Lightning absorbed the other alchemists' Pill Lightnings, and Xuan Kongzi told Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi he would intervene if Xiao Ling's pill faced destruction.
• Yao Chen explained the Pill Tower's strength and secrets to Xiao Yi Xian, who had reached Nine-star Dou Zun after inheriting the Calamity Poison Body legacy.
• Yao Chen encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to meet Xun'er and the others, but she hesitated and said Xiao Ling would need to show his strength to earn her approval and Xun'er's.

Little Sable revealed his human form and used the Heavenly Demon Spirit Phantom Array to suppress and devour the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning threatening Xiao Ling’s Reincarnation Primordial Soul Pill. After Xuan Kongzi left to check on the Star Region’s seal, Xiao Ling watched Little Sable’s battle and compared it to a martial soul possession.

• As the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning descended toward the Spirit Quenching Cauldron, Little Sable swallowed three Seventh-tier Magic Cores and transformed into a tall, white-haired man.
• Little Sable activated the Heavenly Demon Spirit Phantom Array and summoned an enormous illusory Heavenly Demon Sable to face the lightning dragon.
• Little Sable directed the phantom into battle, where it defeated the lightning dragon and devoured its energy above Sacred Pill City.
• Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Yi discussed Little Sable’s strength, while Xuan Kongzi warned that the battle could threaten the Star Region and the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal.
• Xuan Kongzi vanished to inspect the Star Region, and Xiao Ling watched the battle, remarking that Little Sable’s actions resembled a martial soul possessing someone.

Xiao Ling completed the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill after Little Sable held off the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, then secured the pill for the Pill Gathering assessment. Sacred Pill City celebrated Xiao Ling as the champion and hailed him as the Number One Alchemist on the Continent, while Yao Chen hoped he would one day claim the title for real.

• Little Sable fought the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning for an hour while Xuan Kongzi protected the Star Region and the residents of Sacred Pill City.
• The Nine-Colored Pill Lightning exhausted its power, and Little Sable destroyed the golden thunder dragon, allowing Xiao Ling's pill to finish forming.
• The pill tried to flee and transformed into a little purple sable, but Xiao Ling pulled it into his hand and told Little Sable he would use it to help revive him after the assessment.
• The crowd in Sacred Pill City cheered Xiao Ling as champion and proclaimed him the Number One Alchemist on the Continent.
• Xiong Zhan said he had kept his promise to be Xiao Ling's loudest cheerer, while Yao Chen hoped Xiao Ling would someday become the true Number One Alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Ling won the Pill Gathering after revealing his Nine-Colored Eighth-grade Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill, decisively surpassing the other contestants. Xuan Kongzi invited him to the Pill Tower to discuss important matters, leaving Xiao Ling curious about what he had in mind.

• Xuan Kongzi asked the remaining contestants to display their pills, and Xiao Ling revealed his pill in the form of a Heavenly Demon Sable that subdued the other Eighth-grade pills.
• Xuan Kongzi declared Xiao Ling the Pill Gathering champion, and the crowd erupted in celebration.
• Xiao Ling accepted the victory as a milestone on his path, while Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xun'er, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the other women celebrated his achievement.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ling that he could become one of the Pill Tower's potential giants and invited him to visit the Pill Tower to discuss several important matters.
• Xiao Ling accepted Xuan Kongzi's invitation but wondered what other matter he wanted to discuss.

Xiao Ling won the Pill Gathering and received the Taigu Soul Forging Art, then prepared to pursue Three Thousand Burning Flame while Xiao Yan considered other leads to a Heavenly Flame. As night fell, Xun'er told Xiao Ling she was leaving Sacred Pill City to return to her clan.

• Xuan Kongzi awarded Xiao Ling the Taigu Soul Forging Art and announced that the top ten contestants could enter the Star Region in two days to try to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan accepted that Xiao Ling was likely to pursue Three Thousand Burning Flame and planned to investigate clues from a ruin after the contest.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Xiao Ling to visit the Pill Tower later to discuss important matters, and the Pill Gathering concluded.
• Xiao Yi Xian declined to meet Xiao Ling and left with Yao Chen for Starfall Pavilion, believing Xiao Ling had sensed their presence.
• Xun'er joined Xiao Ling atop a tower in Sacred Pill City and told him she needed to leave and return to her clan.

Xiao Ling gave Xun'er a Calamity Fire Fruit and explained that it could nurture a Flame Sprite, which would be especially useful to her as a Fire Attribute cultivator. After Xun'er accepted the gift and promised to care for the Flame Sprite, an old man emerged from a spatial ripple and praised Xiao Ling for his sincerity.

• Xiao Ling and Xun'er shared a kiss, and Xun'er unexpectedly broke through her cultivation bottleneck.
• Xiao Ling presented Xun'er with a fiery Calamity Fire Fruit and described how it could nurture a Flame Sprite.
• Xiao Ling claimed he had found the fruit in ancient ruins, while privately recalling that he had obtained it through a treasure draw and decided Xun'er was better suited to raise the Flame Sprite.
• Xun'er accepted the fruit and promised to nurture the Flame Sprite with care.
• An old man emerged from a spatial ripple and praised Xiao Ling for giving Xun'er such a precious gift.

After Xun'er returned to the Ancient Clan, Xiao Ling invited Chu Wanqing to share wine beneath the moon, and they grew slightly drunk together. Their conversation and lingering glances left their relationship at an uncertain, increasingly intimate point.

• Elder Tong Xuan arrived, praised Xiao Ling, and told Xun'er it was time to return to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Ling and Xun'er exchanged farewells, and Xun'er left through Elder Tong Xuan's Spatial Tunnel after inviting Xiao Ling to her Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• After the tunnel vanished, Chu Wanqing revealed herself and teased Xiao Ling about his relationship with Xun'er.
• Xiao Ling invited Chu Wanqing to drink and admire the moon, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Xiao Ling concealed his appearance and took Chu Wanqing to a private room in Sacred Pill City's most prosperous tavern, where they drank and talked until they were slightly drunk.

After drinking with Chu Wanqing, Xiao Ling was swept into an intimate encounter that continued through the night. Chu Wanqing woke alone, found his farewell letter and a jade hairpin he had left for her, then departed Sacred Pill City hoping they would meet again.

• Xiao Ling teased the tipsy Chu Wanqing into finishing another cup, and she became increasingly bold toward him.
• Chu Wanqing carried Xiao Ling to the bed and initiated an intimate encounter, but Xiao Ling soon turned the tables as they spent the night together.
• Chu Wanqing woke sore and alone, pieced together what had happened, and found Xiao Ling's letter explaining he had left for an appointment with Xuan Kongzi.
• Chu Wanqing accepted Xiao Ling's jade hairpin, put it in her hair, and said she would settle the score with him next time.
• Chu Wanqing destroyed the room with her Dou Qi, voiced hope that Xiao Ling would make her fall for him, and vanished from the tavern.

Xiao Ling accepted the Little Pill Tower’s invitation and received its membership token. He joined the Pill Tower’s top ten Pill Gathering contestants as Xuan Kongzi explained that they would enter the Star Region in two days to try to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Ling left Chu Wanqing a letter and a jade hairpin before going to meet Xuan Kongzi at the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi explained the Little Pill Tower’s role and invited Xiao Ling to join, citing his talent and the Great Elder’s recommendation.
• Xiao Ling accepted the invitation, and Xuan Yi gave him a jade token granting him access to the Little Pill Tower’s resources.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Xiao Yan, and the other Pill Gathering finalists arrived at the hall, where Xiao Ling greeted Cao Ying and checked on Dan Chen.
• Xuan Kongzi told the group that the Gate of the Star Domain would open in two days, allowing them to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

The Pill Tower warned Xiao Ling and the other contestants that the Soul Hall might target Three Thousand Burning Flame when the Star Region opened, and gave them Space Jade Beads to summon help. Afterward, Xiao Ling spent time with Cao Ying before teleporting away, leaving her alone in their private room.

• Xuan Kongzi warned the group that Soul Hall members might sabotage the attempt to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, and urged them to cooperate.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Xiao Ling and the other eight contestants Space Jade Beads that would summon Pill Tower experts if danger arose.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi discussed who might subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame and doubted Xiao Ling could do so because he already possessed a Heavenly Flame.
• Cao Ying invited Xiao Ling to discuss alchemy, while Dan Chen resolved to pursue a closer relationship with him rather than remain passive.
• Cao Ying led Xiao Ling to a secluded room, where they shared an intimate moment and he told her to recover before he left to attend to his affairs.
• Xiao Ling used the Power of Space to vanish, leaving Cao Ying alone in the room missing him.

Xiao Ling checked on Little Sable’s transformation and learned that he would likely revive within two months, while the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone reported that his Destiny Talisman was nearly complete. As Xiao Ling prepared to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Zi Yan offered to help by placing a Dragon Seal on him.

• Xiao Ling found Little Sable transforming inside a black-and-white cocoon and learned from the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone that the pill could raise him to the Half-Saint realm and that he should revive within two months.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone told Xiao Ling that his Destiny Talisman was nearly finished and agreed to watch over Little Sable.
• Xiao Ling found a fire-resistant red robe and a letter Tang Huo'er had left for him, and he considered visiting her at Fen Yan Valley.
• Zi Yan promised to help Xiao Ling subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and formed a purple dragon phantom to demonstrate the Dragon Seal.
• Zi Yan explained that she would place a Dragon Seal in Xiao Ling’s hand to improve his chances, since an Ancient Void Dragon Clan senior had sealed the flame long ago.

Zi Yan planted a Dragon Seal on Xiao Ling and gave him Ancient Dragon Blood to help him subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame. Two days later, Xiao Ling and the other top ten Pill Gathering contestants entered the Star Region under Elder Xiang Jinsong’s guidance, while the Pill Tower prepared for possible danger in Sacred Pill City.

• Zi Yan used Ancient Dragon Blood to form a violet-golden Dragon Seal in Xiao Ling’s palm, which would let her track him and help him awaken the seal inside Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Ling the remaining blood and explained that he should smear it on Three Thousand Burning Flame’s forehead to trigger a battle of souls; Xiao Ling accepted, confident he could win.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Ling went to the Sacred Pill City auction, and two days later the city gathered outside the Pill Tower to watch the top ten contestants enter the Star Region.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other presidents opened a Space Gate, and Elder Xiang Jinsong led Xiao Ling and the other nine contestants through it.
• After the eleven entered the Star Region, Xuan Kongzi warned that there could be no mistakes, while Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Yi described the Pill Tower’s security preparations.