Chapter Summaries

At the Pill Conference, Cao Ying appeared set to win after refining an Eighth-grade Pill with three-colored Pill Lightning, but a mysterious Black Robe surpassed her with a five-colored pill and claimed the championship. He revealed that he was the new Hall Master of the Soul Hall, leaving the Pill Tower leaders alarmed about the fate of Three Thousand Burning Flame as Xiao Han arrived at the last moment.

• Xin Lan worried that the Ye Family would lose its standing, and the Little Fairy Doctor and Angel Yan promised to help protect the family if it had to withdraw.
• Cao Ying refined an Eighth-grade Pill with three-colored Pill Lightning, prompting the crowd and Pill Tower leaders to declare her the likely champion.
• A mysterious Black Robe produced an Eighth-grade Pill with four-colored Pill Lightning, then used Yin Yang Twin Flames to enhance it into a pill with five-colored Pill Lightning.
• The Black Robe caught the descending five-colored Pill Lightning and revealed himself as a soul body, claiming he was the new Soul Hall Hall Master who had killed Hun Miesheng.
• Xuan Kongzi began announcing the Black Robe as champion, but Xiao Han interrupted by declaring, "Sorry, I'm late!"

Xiao Han arrived at the Pill Conference to support the Ye Family and confronted Cao Bao after Cao Bao mocked his lateness and the family’s chances. Xiao Han shattered Cao Ying’s pill and stopped Cao Bao’s attack, revealing power that shocked Pill Tower’s leaders.

• Xiao Han arrived and apologized to Xin Lan for being late, while Xuan Yi and others noticed Black Robe’s fear of him.
• Cao Bao mocked Xiao Han and the Ye Family, but Xiao Han’s glare made Cao Bao recoil in fear.
• Xiao Han asked whether Cao Bao was proud of Cao Ying’s Eighth-grade Pill, then shattered it with a cough.
• Cao Bao accused Xiao Han of tampering with the pill and attacked him with a crimson sword, while Xiao Han restrained Ye Tong from intervening.
• Xiao Han ordered Cao Bao’s sword aura to stop just before his forehead, and Pill Tower’s leaders recognized that Xiao Han had Dou Saint cultivation.

Xiao Han arrived at the Pill Conference and revealed overwhelming strength, forcing the Pill Tower’s leaders to honor their promise to let him compete for the Ye Family. With only five minutes left, he faced mockery and a threat from Black Robe, whom he taunted by asking if he feared Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Han shattered Cao Bao’s sword aura, sent him crashing into the VIP seats, and warned that he would destroy the Cao Family if Cao Bao attacked again.
• Cao Bao appealed to Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi to bar Xiao Han from the Pill Conference, but the leaders confirmed that they had promised the Ye Family he could compete if he arrived before the event ended.
• Xin Lan revealed that she had pledged the Ye Family’s accumulated wealth in exchange for the leaders’ promise, and Xiao Han assured her he would win the championship.
• Cao Bao and the spectators mocked Xiao Han because only five minutes remained in the competition, while Black Robe invoked the Soul Hall to pressure the Pill Tower’s leaders.
• Xiao Han turned to Black Robe and asked whether he was that afraid of Xiao Yan.

Xiao Han used his Pupil Martial Soul to gather and refine more than a hundred ingredients, then fused them into a Ninth-grade Pill just before time ran out. Black Demon Lightning appeared above the Pill Realm, leaving Xiao Yan and the Pill Tower’s leaders stunned.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had become the Soul Hall’s new Hall Master and said Xiao Han had arrived too late to win the Pill Conference.
• Cao Bao mocked Ye Tong over the wealth the Ye Family had lost, while Xiao Han asked the Pill Tower’s Three Great Leaders for his ingredient prescription.
• Xiao Han activated his Pupil Martial Soul and drew more than two hundred medicinal ingredients from the Pill Realm in about twenty seconds.
• Xiao Han extracted the ingredients without fire, then fused their droplets together without a cauldron as the final seconds passed.
• Xiao Han produced a Ninth-grade Pill, and black lightning appeared in the thunderclouds above it.

Xiao Han refined a Ninth-grade Pill and absorbed its terrifying Black Demon Lightning, securing the Pill Conference championship. Xiao Yan prepared to leave after losing, but Xiao Han stopped him and asked if he was in a hurry to go.

• Xuan Kongzi and the others recognized Xiao Han’s pill as Ninth-grade, while Ye Tong and Xin Lan celebrated and Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi wondered who Xiao Han was.
• Cao Bao warned that Xiao Han might not survive the pill lightning, and Ye Tong worried that the Ye Family’s hopes depended on him enduring it.
• A massive bolt of Black Demon Lightning swallowed Xiao Han, but he used Extraction to absorb it at his fingertip and save the pill.
• Xiao Yan stored his Eighth-grade Pill and threatened to remember the Pill Tower leaders’ treatment of the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Han called after Xiao Yan, who stopped and demanded to know what else Xiao Han wanted after taking the championship.

Xiao Han stopped Xiao Yan and offered to discuss a path to the Dou Di realm, revealing that it required something hidden in the cave mansion of Tou She Ancient God. He left the gathered onlookers eager to learn more after announcing that he possessed one of the eight keys needed to open it.

• Xiao Han asked Xiao Yan how many Heavenly Flames he had collected, and Xiao Yan accused him of coveting them before trying to leave.
• Xiao Han blocked Xiao Yan and asked whether he wanted to break through to the Dou Di realm.
• Xiao Han explained that people could not reach Dou Di without something left in the cave mansion of the last Dou Di, Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Han said eight keys were needed to open the cave mansion and revealed that he had one of them.

Xiao Han negotiated with Xiao Yan for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, demanding five Heavenly Flames and offering the location of Dou Di's Cave Mansion for another. After Xiao Yan left, Xiao Han reunited with his companions and placed a lightning-charged item on Angel Yan's hand.

• Xiao Han revealed that he held a key to Dou Di's Mansion, and Xiao Yan recognized it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade from his family.
• Xiao Yan offered the Yin Yang Twin Flames for the jade, but Xiao Han insisted on five kinds of Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan reluctantly agreed to gather them.
• Xiao Han offered to reveal the location of Dou Di's Cave Mansion in exchange for one Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Yan refused and teleported away.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Xin Lan arrived beside Xiao Han, and Xin Lan thanked him for protecting the Ye Family.
• Xiao Han asked Angel Yan to hold out her hand, then touched it with his fingertips as a strange black lightning dragon surged around them.

Xiao Han displayed his power at the Pill Conference, then decided to seize Three Thousand Burning Flame immediately rather than wait for nightfall. As the flame emerged through his grasp on space, Elder Mu Gu rushed toward it and Tian Lei Zi questioned whether Xiao Han should be barred from the Star Domain.

• Xiao Han fused a black lightning dragon into Angel Yan, greatly strengthening her lightning power and bringing her close to a Fourth Generation God Body.
• The Pill Conference ended, and Xuan Kongzi began assessing the pills of the Alchemists competing for the top ten.
• Xiao Han showed that he had refined a ninth-grade golden pill and ordered Xuan Kongzi to open the Pill Tower's Star Domain.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Xiao Han that Three Thousand Burning Flame would be weakest at night, but Xiao Han chose to act immediately.
• Xiao Han reached into space and exposed Three Thousand Burning Flame, prompting Elder Mu Gu to fly toward it and Tian Lei Zi to question Xiao Han's right to enter the Star Domain.

Xiao Han and Angel Yan entered the Star Domain to find Three Thousand Burning Flame, while other contenders became lost in the dangerous rift. They reached the immense dragon-shaped Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Han called out its feigned sleep as the chapter ended.

• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi discussed the dangers of Three Thousand Burning Flame and prepared Pill Tower’s experts to support the contestants.
• Xiao Han told Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xin Lan to wait outside while he took Angel Yan into the Star Domain.
• Xiao Han warned Angel Yan to stay close as they traveled through the rift, where lost Dou Zhe were swallowed by Void Space.
• Xiao Han and Angel Yan reached Cao Ying, Elder Mu Gu, and Elder Qing Hua, who were staring at the enormous dragon-shaped Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Han called Three Thousand Burning Flame a stinking bug and accused it of pretending to sleep.

Xiao Han warned that no one else could subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Elder Mu Gu broke its seal and brought in three Soul Hall reinforcements. Three Thousand Burning Flame escaped, vowed revenge, and attacked the four men as they unleashed a black-mist array that cut off its Star Power.

• Elder Mu Gu challenged Xiao Han’s claim and then led the others toward Three Thousand Burning Flame to try to subdue it.
• Elder Mu Gu used hand seals to loosen Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal, and the dragon broke free and threatened to kill anyone in its way.
• Elder Mu Gu summoned three Soul Hall reinforcements with Spatial Jade Slips.
• Elder Mu Gu and the three reinforcements unleashed the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Array, cutting off the Star Power flowing into Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame roared and blasted the black mist with purple-black flames, filling the air with ghastly vapor and screams.

Xiao Han watched as Three Thousand Burning Flame defeated Elder Mu Gu and the other three Soul Hall Venerable Elders, who had used countless souls to weaken it. When they tried to flee, Xiao Han trapped and devoured their soul power with his Black Hole Martial Soul, leaving them dead.

• Angel Yan grew furious when she saw the Soul Hall Venerable Elders using souls as cannon fodder, but Xiao Han stopped her from attacking.
• Elder Mu Gu and the other three Venerable Elders used Myriad Soul Heaven Lock to pin down Three Thousand Burning Flame and weaken it with the souls in their chains.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame unleashed its accumulated energy, burned through the chains, and forced the four Venerable Elders to flee.
• Xiao Han blocked their escape and revealed that he intended to kill them because they had lost their Spatial Jade Slips.
• Xiao Han's Black Hole Martial Soul drew in the four Venerable Elders' Soul Power, devouring Elder Mu Gu before he could finish cursing him.

The Three Thousand Burning Flame escaped into the sky above Pill City and began attacking the Pill Tower’s defenses. After its dragon cry shattered the Barrier, it started slaughtering the city, and Cao Ying urged Xiao Han to show his strength.

• The Three Thousand Burning Flame emerged from the Star Domain, and Cao Ying saw Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi erect a Barrier over Pill City.
• Xiao Han studied the Three Thousand Burning Flame while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan joined him outside the Barrier; Zi Yan said it felt familiar.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame struck the Barrier with a dragon cry, injuring the defenders and shattering the Pill Tower’s protection.
• Xuan Yi told the people of Pill City to flee, but the Three Thousand Burning Flame mocked them and strengthened itself with purple energy from the sky.
• Cao Ying, wounded by the dragon cry, watched the Three Thousand Burning Flame attack the city and shouted for Xiao Han to reveal his strength.

Xiao Han overpowered Three Thousand Burning Flame with his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and prepared to subdue the Heavenly Flame, while the Pill Tower leaders mistook him for Yao Chen’s true inheritor because he wielded the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. The chapter ended with Black Robe realizing that his identity as the Soul Hall Master had permanently branded him a traitor to Yao Chen.

• Cao Ying witnessed Xiao Han’s immense power as he stopped Three Thousand Burning Flame’s attack and overwhelmed it with his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
• The Pill Tower leaders identified Xiao Han’s manifestation as a legendary Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, while Zi Yan felt its bloodline pressure and knelt in midair.
• Xiao Han said he would take Three Thousand Burning Flame and asked how many years it had lived, then revealed two more flames that drew the Heavenly Flame’s attention.
• Xuan Yi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Kongzi saw the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and concluded that Xiao Han was Yao Chen’s true inheritor, dismissing Xiao Yan as a possible traitor.
• Black Robe overheard the Pill Tower leaders’ judgment and realized that his reputation as Yao Chen’s traitor would never be erased.

Xiao Han used fused Heavenly Flames to injure and frighten the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then revealed seven flames as it repeatedly tried to flee. The Three Thousand Burning Flame begged for a quick death, and Xiao Han wondered how many years its soul ring would be if he killed it.

• Venerable Feng recognized Xiao Han's technique as Fen Jue and suspected he was connected to Yao Chen.
• Xiao Han fused two Heavenly Flames into a fire sparrow that exploded against the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which then devoured the resulting energy and recovered.
• Xiao Han fused three Heavenly Flames and detonated them inside the Three Thousand Burning Flame, shrinking it to a hundred meters before he blew away the energy it wanted to consume.
• Xiao Han revealed more Heavenly Flames whenever the Three Thousand Burning Flame tried to escape, eventually displaying seven and breaking its resolve.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame asked Xiao Han to kill it quickly, and Xiao Han wondered whether its soul ring would last a thousand, ten thousand, or a hundred thousand years.

Xiao Han killed Three Thousand Burning Flame by destroying its Dragon Seal and began absorbing the million-year Soul Ring formed from its intelligence. As Lu Bu and the others guarded him, Xiao Yi Xian spotted Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Life Fire absorbing Star Power nearby.

• Xiao Han used the Rusted Iron Sword to shatter Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Dragon Seal, causing the flame’s dragon body and soul to dissipate.
• Xiao Han formed a million-year Soul Ring from Three Thousand Burning Flame’s intelligence and ordered Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Angel Yan to guard him while he absorbed it.
• Xiao Han summoned Lu Bu, who pledged loyalty and joined the others in protecting him.
• Xiao Han sat down to absorb the Soul Ring while the surrounding Dou Zhe watched and the four guards prepared to stop anyone approaching.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed that Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Life Fire remained and was absorbing Star Power.

After Xiao Han weakened the Three Thousand Burning Flame, the crowd tried to seize it, while Xuan Kongzi and the others hesitated to interfere. Xiao Yi Xian finally flew into the battle herself, leaving the flame contested as her poison struck down weaker Dou Zhes.

• The crowd recognized the weakened Three Thousand Burning Flame as possibly its Origin Fire and rushed toward it, while Elder Qing Hua killed challengers in his path.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi that the flame belonged to Xiao Han, but refused to join the battle against the countless Alchemists.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Lu Bu to help reclaim the flame, but he refused because his orders were to guard Xiao Han and he did not consider the flame worth taking.
• The fighting around the Three Thousand Burning Flame turned bloody, and Dou Zhes who tried to grab it had their hands vaporized.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew toward the flame and swept a wave of purple poison through the crowd, killing weaker Dou Zhes.

Xiao Yi Xian seized the Three Thousand Burning Flame and fought off the greedy crowd in the Pill Domain, declaring that she would protect Xiao Han’s claim to it. With Xuan Yi’s help, she broke through the encirclement and neared Xiao Han, while Lu Bu suddenly leaped past them.

• Xiao Yi Xian cut through the attackers with her poison and whip as Elder Qing Hua reached for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian claimed the flame for Xiao Han and refused Elder Qing Hua’s demand to hand it over.
• Elder Qing Hua urged the crowd to attack, and Xiao Yi Xian used her Purple Cloud Eight Wings to repel them, clearing a wide space around her.
• A vine attack pierced Xiao Yi Xian’s back, but her poison corroded the vines before they could cause worse injuries.
• Xuan Yi joined Xiao Yi Xian after the crowd ignored her orders to stop, and the two fought their way out of the encirclement.
• Xiao Yi Xian approached Xiao Han as Lu Bu leaped into the air and passed them.

Xiao Yi Xian protected Xiao Han’s Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Lu Bu confronted the cultivators seeking to seize the Heavenly Flames. As the attackers charged again, Lu Bu unleashed his ultimate and wiped out those marked by it.

• Xiao Yi Xian reassured Zi Yan and Angel Yan that she was fine and said she had protected the flame because Xiao Han was her friend.
• Lu Bu killed hundreds of advancing Dou Zhe with his Heavenly Halberd, frightening the crowd into stopping.
• Elder Qing Hua demanded that Lu Bu move aside, but Lu Bu mocked the cultivators and refused to leave Xiao Han’s side.
• A black-robed cultivator rallied the crowd, and Dou Zun led the next charge toward Xiao Han.
• Lu Bu used Demon God Descends to mark the approaching attackers, then swung his halberd and turned them to dust.

After absorbing Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Han gained a powerful healing skill, a new Heavenly Flame, and broke through to Eight-Star Dou Sheng. When he learned Xiao Yi Xian had been injured protecting the flame, he demanded to know who had attacked her.

• Xiao Han awakened and discovered he had gained a Million-year soul ring, a new spirit skill, and the rank of Spirit Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Han the Origin Fire of Three Thousand Burning Flame, which he fused with and absorbed, advancing to Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Han noticed blood at the corner of Xiao Yi Xian's mouth and questioned her about her injury.
• Zi Yan revealed that Xiao Yi Xian had been attacked while protecting Three Thousand Burning Flame during Xiao Han's seclusion.
• Xiao Han grew furious, froze the surrounding air, and demanded to know who had attacked Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Han avenged Xiao Yi Xian by killing the attackers who had injured her, then stopped the slaughter at her request. He suppressed a sudden surge of heat from the Three Thousand Burning Flame and flew toward a cave with Angel Yan.

• Zi Yan identified Elder Qing Hua as the one who had sneak-attacked Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Han killed him with a single palm strike.
• Xiao Han ordered Lu Bu to kill the attackers, but Lu Bu’s summoning ended, so Xiao Han summoned three thousand lightning Shadow Clones and attacked them himself.
• Xuan Yi urged Xiao Han to stop killing the Alchemists, and Xiao Han spared her after Xiao Yi Xian said she had helped her.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Han to stop, and he withdrew the Shadow Clones and spared the survivors.
• Xiao Han felt the Three Thousand Burning Flame flare inside him, suppressed the heat, and flew toward a cave with Angel Yan.