Chapter Summaries

Tang Zhen persuaded Su Yun to join the Zhongzhou Alliance, while Su Yun reflected on how he had manipulated the Seven Ancient Clans into focusing on Xiao Ji Bai instead of the Son of the Dragon Phoenix. Tang Zhen then asked Su Yun to co-refine a secret pill, provoking Xiao Yi Xian’s anger and leaving the meeting tense.

• Tang Zhen explained the Dragon Phoenix threat and the Zhongzhou Alliance’s protection, and Su Yun agreed to join.
• Su Yun recalled that he had deliberately directed the Seven Ancient Clans’ attention toward Xiao Ji Bai because the Sword Emperor’s inheritance held the secret to obtaining Origin Qi.
• Su Yun said he would visit the Alchemist Tower to tell Xuan Kongzi about joining the alliance, and Medusa warned Tang Zhen not to cause trouble again.
• Tang Zhen asked Su Yun to co-refine Fen Yan Valley’s seventh-grade high-tier Fire Bodhi Pill and admitted he wanted to participate in the refining himself.
• Xiao Yi Xian angrily challenged Tang Zhen’s request, turning the newly eased meeting tense again.

Tang Zhen asked Su Yun to save his daughter Tang Huo'er from the backlash of failing to inherit Fen Yan Valley’s Heavenly Flame, but Su Yun refused to jointly refine the secret Fire Bodhi Pill. He instead made a different pill to treat her, then claimed Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire as payment.

• Tang Zhen explained that Tang Huo'er was dying from the backlash of failing to inherit the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, but Fen Yan Valley’s elders would not allow him to reveal the Fire Bodhi Pill Formula.
• Medusa berated Tang Zhen for failing to protect his daughter, and Su Yun refused his request for a joint refinement before offering another way to treat Huo'er in exchange for a condition.
• Three days later, Su Yun refined an eighth-grade, three-colored Clear Flame Body Melting Pill on the Snowfield while Tang Zhen, Elder Li, and Huo'er watched.
• Su Yun blocked the pill’s lightning tribulation with his Azure Flame and caught the Pill Beast kitten that sprang from the cauldron.
• Tang Zhen gave Su Yun the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, which Su Yun seized and subdued with ease.

Su Yun used Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire alongside his other Heavenly Flames to refine a Poison Pill, which triggered a dramatic surge in cultivation. He reached Two-Revolution Dou Zun and was dissatisfied that he had not advanced farther.

• Su Yun subdued the clashing Heavenly Flames and began condensing a Poison Pill with Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and a Seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Core.
• Over three days, Su Yun’s three Heavenly Flames refined the ingredients while drawing toxins from his body into the forming Poison Pill.
• When the Poison Pill took shape, Su Yun broke through to Eight-Star and then Nine-Star Dou Zun as Tang Zhen watched in disbelief.
• Su Yun’s accumulated toxins flowed from the Nether Poison Flame into the Poison Pill, propelling him through One-Revolution and Two-Revolution Dou Zun.
• Su Yun opened his eyes, complained that he was only a Two-Revolution Dou Zun, and nearly frightened Tang Zhen into fainting.

Su Yun discussed the difficulty of advancing through the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood with Tang Zhen, then learned about the upcoming Pill Conference. He headed into the ruined depths of the Lin Yan Mountain Range, where dense Yin Soul Energy offered a chance to refine his Human Emperor Banner.

• Tang Zhen explained that Nine-Revolutions Dou Venerables needed decades or centuries to accumulate Dou Qi, while Su Yun could advance faster by consuming Eighth-tier poison.
• Tang Zhen asked to trade for the Clear Flame Body Melting Pill formula, and Su Yun required a Heaven-tier Dou Skill in exchange; Tang Zhen agreed to consult Fen Yan Valley's elders.
• Su Yun advised Tang Zhen to use the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to help his daughter refine the pill and recover from her Heavenly Flame backlash.
• Tang Zhen told Su Yun that the Pill Conference would take place in half a year and described its rewards, including entry to the Star Region and a Soul Art for the champion.
• Su Yun decided to attend the Pill Conference to contact Zi Yan, then traveled into the Lin Yan Mountain Range and found dense Yin Soul Energy suitable for refining his Human Emperor Banner.

Su Yun began refining two Human Emperor Banners while the Alchemist Tower’s leaders prepared to rally powerful allies against the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and the continent’s growing upheaval. As the Pill Conference approached, Xuan Kongzi learned that Yao Tian had arrived to ask about the Spirit Nurturing Dust appearing at Central Plains auctions.

• Su Yun used Azure Flame and rare materials to begin refining two Human Emperor Banners, carefully crafting Xiao Yan’s banner for a crucial future role.
• The Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor and Old Monster Lin proposed gathering reclusive Dou Saints and regional powers to oppose the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• The Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor departed to seek Divine Farmer, while Old Monster Lin and the Little Pill Tower Elders set out to recruit other allies.
• The Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor left Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi to guard the Alchemist Tower as the Pill Conference neared.
• An Alchemist Tower elder reported that Yao Tian had arrived to ask about the origin of the Spirit Nurturing Dust sold at Central Plains underground auctions.

After completing the Human Emperor Banners, Su Yun left Nether Valley to discuss the Zhongzhou Alliance with Xuan Kongzi and promised to help Medusa reach Dou Venerable. A month later, as the Pill Conference approached, a young man in black arrived in crowded Pill City.

• Su Yun finished refining the two purple-black Human Emperor Banners and planned to give them to Xiao Yan as Xiao Ji Bai at the Pill Conference.
• Su Yun met Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa at Nether Valley, told them to contact him with the Soul Guiding Jade if trouble arose, and promised to refine Medusa a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Su Yun warned the Amethyst Winged Lion King to reach the Eighth-tier before he reached the Saint Realm or risk being stewed into braised lion's head.
• As the Pill Conference drew near, alchemists and other experts crowded the Pill Region and filled Pill City.
• A young man dressed in black appeared on a Pill City street and remarked on the crowds.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Pill Region to prepare for the Pill Conference and planned to buy Spirit Nurturing Dust at an Underground Auction to advance his soul power. After encountering the Yao Clan prodigy Yao Tian, he attended the auction with Heavenly Fire Venerable and was surprised to see Yellow Springs Venerable hosting it.

• Xiao Yan reflected on his recent gains, including reviving Heavenly Fire Venerable, obtaining a third Heavenly Flame, and receiving Hua Yu's Dou Qi cultivation.
• Xiao Yan told Heavenly Fire Venerable he intended to seek Spirit Nurturing Dust at the Underground Auction to break through to the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yan sensed a Heavenly Flame within Yao Tian, and Heavenly Fire Venerable pulled him aside before Yao Tian noticed them.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable identified Yao Tian as the Yao Clan's leading young prodigy, prompting Xiao Yan to hope he would not cause trouble at the Pill Conference.
• Xiao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable entered the Underground Auction in disguise and waited for it to begin.
• Yellow Springs Venerable appeared as the auction's host, surprising Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan attended the Underground Auction and fought fiercely to win a batch of Spirit Nurturing Dust. The auction was interrupted when Yao Tian broke through the ceiling and appeared, leaving Xiao Yan shocked by his arrival.

• Xiao Yan recognized Yellow Springs Venerable, his old enemy, hosting the Underground Auction but held back from attacking him.
• Xiao Yan displayed his pills and Eighth-tier magic cores during the first half of the auction, where few people traded.
• Yellow Springs Venerable introduced three batches of Spirit Nurturing Dust, prompting fierce barter bids from the many alchemists in attendance.
• Xiao Yan spent rare ingredients, pill formulas, and ancient treasures to win one batch of Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Yao Tian blasted through the underground venue's ceiling, looked down on the attendees, and insulted them as Xiao Yan wondered why he had come.

Yao Tian learned that the Underground Auction would sell Spirit Nurturing Dust and sought the method behind its unusually potent formula. He decided to take Yellow Springs Venerable and Xiao Yan’s group to the Yao Clan for questioning.

• Yao Tian demanded to know who was in charge, and a black-robed man pointed him toward Yellow Springs Venerable.
• Yao Tian crushed Yellow Springs Venerable into the ground, then lifted the pressure after Yellow Springs Venerable agreed to answer his questions.
• Yellow Springs Venerable confirmed that Spirit Nurturing Dust would be sold at the Underground Auction, alarming Xiao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Yao Tian recalled that the continent’s Spirit Nurturing Dust had eighty percent efficacy, surpassing the Yao Clan’s sixty-percent version, and he coveted its refining method.
• Yellow Springs Venerable said the auction bought Spirit Nurturing Dust from a mysterious faction and did not know how to refine it.
• Yao Tian decided to take Yellow Springs Venerable and Xiao Yan’s group to the Yao Clan as guests while investigating their connection to Spirit Nurturing Dust.

Yao Tian seized the crowd seeking Spirit Nurturing Dust and killed Old Monster Qing Hua when he resisted. Xiao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable tried to flee, but Yao Tian immobilized everyone, tore out Xiao Yan’s heart, and reached to remove his mysterious mask.

• Old Monster Qing Hua defied Yao Tian, who pierced his chest with golden Dou Qi and knocked him down.
• Xiao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable split up and fled in opposite directions as the crowd scattered.
• Yao Tian used Space Power to immobilize the fugitives and dragged Xiao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable before him.
• Xiao Yan denied knowing the Spirit Nurturing Dust refiner, cursed Yao Tian, and refused to speak even after Yao Tian ripped out his heart.
• Yao Tian noticed he could not see through Xiao Yan’s Dark Gold Mask and reached to tear it off.

Yao Tian fought Pill Tower’s Three Giants after they intervened to protect the Pill Region, and his Imperial Clan bloodline gave him a formidable advantage. The chapter ended as his Molten Giant Turtle collided with their three-colored fire dragon, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Yao Tian blocked the Three Giants’ Beast Flame attack and refused to answer for his actions in the Pill Region.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi confronted Yao Tian over his attack on Old Monster Qing Hua and Xiao Yan, but he insisted on obtaining the Spirit Nurturing Dust method.
• Yao Tian summoned the Molten Giant Turtle with his Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, while the Three Giants formed the Flame Evolution Three Talents Array and created a fire dragon.
• Xiao Yan watched the Three Giants fight and drew hope from their defense of the Alchemist Tower.
• Yao Tian unleashed his Imperial Clan bloodline power, empowered the Molten Giant Turtle, and sent it crashing into the Three Giants’ fire dragon.

Yao Tian defeated Pill Tower's Three Giants and searched for Xiao Yan, but Su Yun rescued Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Fire Venerable and killed Yao Tian with a concealed blade strike. Su Yun then prepared to leave, dismissing the Imperial Clans' reputation for invincibility.

• Yao Tian's lava giant turtle broke the Flame Evolution Three Talents Array, leaving Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi gravely injured.
• Yao Tian discovered that Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Fire Venerable had vanished and accused the weakened Pill Tower's Three Giants of hiding them.
• A scarlet blade light struck Yao Tian from behind and killed him before anyone could react.
• Xuan Kongzi worried that the hidden attacker would face the Imperial Clans' pursuit.
• Su Yun appeared in the distant void with the unconscious Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Fire Venerable, revealed that he had killed Yao Tian, and said they should leave.

Xiao Yan woke in the Pill Region after Su Yun saved him and reunited with Zi Yan, then healed his severe chest wound with the Yin Yang Twin Flames. Su Yun learned that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan supported their alliance, but Hei Qing’s request for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit left the room tense.

• Xiao Yan woke to find Su Yun, the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Zi Yan beside him, and Zi Yan tearfully welcomed him back to consciousness.
• Xiao Yan healed his chest wound with the white yang flame of the Yin Yang Twin Flames, and Su Yun noted his new Heavenly Flame and Seven-Star Dou Zong cultivation.
• Zi Yan explained that she had returned to Dragon Island and then traveled to the Pill Region, while Hei Qing revealed that he had been secretly protecting her.
• Su Yun explained that he had come to the Pill Region while tracking the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, and Hei Qing confirmed that the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan elders supported the alliance with Su Yun.
• Hei Qing said the elders wanted Su Yun to give them the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit if the group obtained it, and Su Yun’s expression turned cold.

Su Yun secured an alliance with Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to stop the Son of the Dragon Phoenix from claiming the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. As the group prepared to pursue the fruit with only one active Dou Saint from East Dragon Island, Su Yun began planning to bring the Nine Nether Underworld Python into the conflict.

• Hei Qing proposed that Zi Yan receive the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and swear never to invade human territory, while Su Yun insisted it remain under his supervision until she refined it.
• Su Yun required Zi Yan to swear by her parents that she would never attack humanity after attaining the Dragon-Phoenix Physique, and Zi Yan made the oath.
• Su Yun explained that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix was searching for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, so the alliance would have to follow him and seize it directly.
• Hei Qing revealed that East Dragon Island could send only Elder Qi You, its sole active Dou Saint, because its Great Elder remained in seclusion and the other Dragon Islands had rebelled.
• Su Yun privately concluded that the Nine Nether Underworld Python should enter the Central Plains conflict and anticipated that the young girl was nearing the Beast Domain.

Su Yun explained why the Yao Clan had discovered Spirit Nurturing Dust and planned to retaliate, while giving Xiao Yan two Human Emperor Banners to use against Soul Hall. At the Alchemist Tower, Yao Ling demanded revenge for her brother, and the Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor warned her that destroying the tower would not be simple.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable examined Xiao Yan’s Spirit Nurturing Dust and confirmed that it surpassed the Yao Clan’s inherited secret art.
• Su Yun decided that Yao Tian’s death would not end his conflict with the Yao Clan and gave Xiao Yan two Human Emperor Banners, urging him to hunt Soul Hall’s Dou Venerables.
• Xiao Yan learned that he had been unconscious for seven days and that the Pill Conference had been postponed, leaving him a chance to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Su Yun predicted that the Yao Clan would not risk a major conflict with the Alchemist Tower over Yao Tian, though his younger sister Yao Ling would be furious.
• Yao Ling demanded that Elder Wan Huo alert the Yao Clan and destroy the Alchemist Tower, but the Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor warned her that doing so would not be simple.

The Alchemist Tower rejected Yao Wanhuo’s demand to hand over Yao Tian’s killer, and Divine Farmer declared his allegiance to the Tower. After Yao Wanhuo left Yao Ling behind, a mysterious man asked her if she wanted revenge.

• Pill Tower's Old Ancestor refused to identify the Blade Dao Saint, and Xuan Yi declared that the Alchemist Tower would not submit to the Yao Clan.
• Divine Farmer revealed his debt of gratitude to the Alchemist Tower and declined Yao Wanhuo’s offer to join the Yao Clan.
• Yao Wanhuo took Yao Ling away from the Pill Region after the Alchemist Tower stood firm.
• Yao Ling challenged Yao Wanhuo for refusing to avenge Yao Tian, and he left her alone in the wilderness.
• A mysterious purple-clad man appeared before Yao Ling and asked whether she wanted revenge.

Su Yun confronted Yao Ling after secretly listening to her conversation about her brother Yao Tian’s death and offered her a way to take revenge. He challenged her faith in her Ninth-grade Bloodline and presented a strange, blood-veined skull as his method.

• Su Yun appeared before Yao Ling undetected and calmly claimed he could grant her desires.
• Yao Ling attacked Su Yun with flames, but he devoured them, vanished, and restrained her with a hand on her shoulder.
• Su Yun revealed that he had overheard Yao Ling speaking with Elder Yao Wanhuo about the Yao Clan refusing to avenge Yao Tian.
• Yao Ling rejected Su Yun’s offer, arguing that her Ninth-grade Dou Di Bloodline and Imperial Clan resources would let her grow stronger herself.
• Su Yun explained how long it could take Yao Ling to surpass her enemies, then displayed a crystal Infant's Skull covered in blood-vein patterns.

Su Yun tempted Yao Ling with the Blood Skull Gu, which could strengthen a Dou Di Bloodline by consuming the blood of one’s own clansmen. After he revealed himself as the Phoenix Emperor and vanished, Yao Ling realized the Gu could bring down the Imperial Clans—and that by keeping it, she had become part of his conspiracy.

• Su Yun explained that the Blood Skull Gu could raise Yao Ling’s bloodline by using the blood of Yao Clan members.
• Yao Ling rejected the Gu but instinctively caught it when Su Yun dropped it, then claimed she would destroy it.
• Su Yun refused to take the Gu back and revealed his name as the Phoenix Emperor before escaping through a Spatial Rift.
• Yao Ling recognized that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix was the true threat the Six Ancient Clans had overlooked.
• Yao Ling feared the Gu could undermine the Imperial Clans from within, but kept gripping it and realized she had joined the conspiracy.

Su Yun watched Yao Ling hold onto the Blood Skull Gu, confident it would eventually corrupt her, then prepared to leave the Pill Region and pursue the Son of the Dragon Phoenix. After returning as Nether Venerable to seek Nether Valley’s place in the Zhongzhou Alliance, he met Xuan Kongzi, who seemed to suspect his connection to the Spirit Nurturing Dust.

• Su Yun secretly observed Yao Ling clutching the Blood Skull Gu and believed its influence would eventually draw her into evil.
• As Xiao Ji Bai, Su Yun told Xiao Yan that Divine Farmer would join the Alchemist Tower and that Xiao Yan could attempt the Pill Conference in a month.
• Su Yun said he needed to search for the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, gave Zi Yan a Soul Guiding Jade, and parted from her, Hei Qing, and Xiao Yan.
• Su Yun arrived at the Alchemist Tower as Nether Venerable and asked Xuan Kongzi to let Nether Valley join the Zhongzhou Alliance.
• Xuan Kongzi agreed to consider the request but began asking Su Yun about the Spirit Nurturing Dust.

Su Yun agreed to bring Nether Valley into the Zhongzhou Alliance and take responsibility for restoring order in the Northern Region. After Medusa advanced to Dou Venerable, Su Yun left the work of protecting Nether Valley and unifying the region to her and Xiao Yi Xian while he set out to seek a breakthrough to the Saint Realm.

• Su Yun told Xuan Kongzi that he would become a Saint, and they agreed that Nether Valley would stop selling Spirit Nurturing Dust as the Yao Clan investigated its source.
• Xuan Kongzi explained the chaos across the Central Plains and asked Nether Valley to restore order in one of the remaining regions.
• Su Yun accepted the Northern Region as Nether Valley’s responsibility and formally joined the Zhongzhou Alliance.
• Back at Nether Valley, Su Yun explained the alliance to Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, then refined a Sect Breaking Pill for Medusa.
• Two months later, Medusa advanced to Dou Venerable, and Su Yun assigned her to guard Nether Valley while Xiao Yi Xian unified the Northern Region.
• Su Yun announced that he would travel across the continent to seek a breakthrough to the Saint Realm.