Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan refined a Primordial Pill while sustaining a domain, then used Yao Chen’s Spirit Ascension Technique to raise its tribulation to Six-Colored Pill Lightning and decisively defeat Old Man Mu Gu. As Xiao Yan claimed victory, Hun Ruoruo began retrieving her own Pill Embryo.

• Xiao Yan formed a domain with the Power of Reincarnation and controlled multiple Heavenly Flames as he refined the Primordial Pill in two cauldrons.
• Xun'er defended Xiao Yan’s achievements as his own, while Hun Ruoruo realized the pill was tied to his memories of her.
• Xiao Yan’s Primordial Pill summoned Five-Colored Heavenly Lightning, and Mu Gu insisted his own pill was superior because it was more valuable.
• Xiao Yan condemned Mu Gu for betraying Yao Chen and relying on Soul Hall, shattering Mu Gu’s pride.
• Xiao Yan used Yao Chen’s Spirit Ascension Technique to turn the tribulation into Six-Colored Pill Lightning, caught the finished pill, and declared Mu Gu defeated.
• Hun Ruoruo reached for the Pill Embryo in her cauldron as Xiao Yan’s victory became certain.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering after forming an eighth-tier pill that summoned Six-Colored Pill Lightning, and Old Man Yao declared him the Continent's Number One Alchemist. As the competition's inspections continued, Old Man Yao honored Xiao Yan as his disciple and prepared to pass his legacy on to him.

• Xiao Yan completed his pill, overcame Old Man Mu Gu's Pill Seizure technique, and was cheered by Xun'er from the stands.
• Dan Chen and Cao Ying each formed an eighth-tier pill with Three-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xuan Kongzi ordered the contestants to present their pills for Danta's inspection, which Old Man Yao conducted as the newly appointed giant.
• Old Man Yao announced the contestants' results until only Xiao Yan, Old Man Mu Gu, and Hun Ruoruo remained on the stone platform.
• Old Man Yao praised Xiao Yan, raised his arm, and declared him the undisputed number one among all Pill Gathering contestants and the Continent's Number One Alchemist.

Xiao Yan was hailed as the Continent's Number One Alchemist after defeating Old Man Mu Gu at the Pill Gathering, while Mu Gu tried to preserve his chances of claiming the Three Thousand Burning Flame. As Mu Gu raged at the crowd, a mysterious girl in black revealed her face and drew everyone's attention.

• Old Man Yao declared Xiao Yan the Continent's Number One Alchemist, and the crowd erupted in celebration.
• Old Man Mu Gu accepted his defeat but planned to capture Xiao Yan and seize his Heavenly Flames during the contest for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Mu Gu completed his pill and boasted that it surpassed Old Man Yao's past achievement, but a child's pitying remark provoked him into a furious outburst.
• A mysterious girl in black raised her head and asked Mu Gu whether his laughter was really so amusing.
• Old Man Yao wondered why the girl had stepped out at that moment.

Hun Ruoruo exposed Old Man Mu Gu’s connection to Hun Xuzi and used Pill Seizure to take the pills he had refined. She then asked Yao Chen to reclaim what belonged to him as countless pill tribulations converged above the arena.

• Xuan Kongzi recognized Hun Ruoruo as Yao Chen’s second disciple, and Mu Gu realized she belonged to the Soul Clan’s main family.
• Mu Gu admitted he had acted on Hun Xuzi’s orders and boasted that his pill would earn him a chance to refine Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Hun Ruoruo revealed that Pill Seizure had prevented the tribulations from descending on Mu Gu, Dan Chen, Cao Ying, and herself, robbing Mu Gu of his pill.
• Hun Ruoruo rejected Mu Gu’s claim to the pill and walked to the platform’s center as the four thunderclouds began to merge.
• Hun Ruoruo spoke of wanting to repay Yao Chen and asked him to reclaim what belonged to him, while Yao Chen straightened and recovered his former bearing.
• Pill tribulations descended in a storm of lightning as Hun Ruoruo’s words about reaching tier nine resounded through the arena.

Hun Ruoruo announced that she intended to help Old Man Yao refine a Ninth-grade Pill, a feat most believed impossible. Old Man Yao accepted her invitation and stepped onto the platform as Xuan Kongzi ordered the arena secured.

• Hun Ruoruo’s chant shook the Mysterious Wood Spirit Platform, and Elder Lin realized she was attempting to refine a Ninth-grade Pill.
• Elder Lin explained to Xun’er that Ninth-grade alchemy required power comparable to the Saint realm, leaving her convinced the attempt could not succeed.
• Old Man Mu Gu laughed at Hun Ruoruo and Old Man Yao, mocking their plan as foolish and doomed.
• Old Man Yao reflected on his return to the Pill Gathering and accepted Hun Ruoruo’s invitation to take the platform.
• Xuan Kongzi failed to stop Old Man Yao, ordered the Sacred Pill Barrier activated, and told the spectators to withdraw while Xuan Yi watched with concern.

Hun Ruoruo revealed that she had planned the Ninth-grade Pill attempt to gain influence in the Soul Clan, and Yao Chen chose to help her despite the danger. As Yao Chen began refining the pill, Mu Gu panicked while a sinister pattern appeared on his token.

• Hun Ruoruo transferred control of the Quenching Flame Cauldron to Yao Chen, who realized the Pill Embryo contained more than a hundred rare treasures.
• Hun Ruoruo told Yao Chen she could resolve the missing Sacred Qi, but admitted she needed a Ninth-grade Alchemist to compete for Young Clan Leader and protect what mattered to her.
• Yao Chen reassured Hun Ruoruo and declared that he would refine a Ninth-grade Pill for her.
• Furious lightning struck as the pill refinement began, while Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi and Xuan Yi watched.
• Mu Gu tried to contact his lord through his token, panicked when it failed, and then a sinister pattern emerged on the token toward Hun Ruoruo.

Old Man Yao attempted to refine the Dunyī Pill as a Ninth-grade Pill, but his Soul Body began to fail under the gathering pill lightning. Xiao Yan offered his body so he and Yao Chen could refine the pill together, leaving them controlling the furnace side by side.

• Xuan Yi revealed that Old Man Yao had always intended the Dunyī Pill to be a Ninth-grade Pill, not an Eighth-grade Pill.
• Old Man Yao spent seven days fusing the ingredients while alchemists watched and Hun Ruoruo supported her master.
• Hun Ruoruo and Xuan Yi recognized that the growing pill lightning was weakening Old Man Yao's Soul Body, while Old Man Mu Gu taunted him and tried to undermine him.
• Old Man Mu Gu accused Old Man Yao of stealing his cultivation technique and called Hun Ruoruo a Traitor Disciple, but Hun Ruoruo reminded him that he and Han Feng had conspired against her master.
• Xiao Yan rose and offered his body to Old Man Yao, then joined him at the cauldron to control the flames and continue refining the pill together.

Old Man Mu Gu summoned Hun Xuzi’s Soul Imprint to stop Yao Chen from completing a ninth-grade pill, but Hun Ruoruo confronted the Soul Clan elder on the platform. Hun Xuzi demanded that she give up Mu Gu’s pill, claiming the refinement could not succeed without a Saint’s power.

• Old Man Mu Gu sacrificed blood essence to summon Hun Xuzi’s Soul Imprint after sensing his connection to the Soul-Devouring Bone-Corrupting Pill fading.
• Hun Xuzi recognized Yao Chen and Hun Ruoruo, then agreed to help Mu Gu reclaim the pill for the Soul Clan.
• Hun Ruoruo drew spiritual essence from Cao Ying and Dan Chen’s pills to support Yao Chen’s ninth-grade refinement, leaving both women injured and their pills destroyed.
• Mu Gu sent a Ghost Shadow through the Sacred Pill Barrier, and Xuan Kongzi seized him while Mu Gu insisted Danta could not stop Hun Xuzi.
• Hun Xuzi appeared before Hun Ruoruo, acknowledged her schemes and ties to the Ancient Clan, and demanded that she return Mu Gu’s pill.

Hun Ruoruo used her Emperor Soul Art and Hun Xuzi’s devotion to the Soul Clan to persuade him to sacrifice his Soul Imprint so Old Man Yao could advance as an alchemist. When Old Man Mu Gu rushed into the pill-refining arena expecting victory, he found Hun Xuzi serving Hun Ruoruo and was seized for execution.

• Hun Ruoruo revealed her Emperor Soul Art and persuaded Hun Xuzi that sacrificing his Soul Imprint would help the Soul Clan gain another Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi took control of the Wolf Spirit and released the dark pill, prompting Old Man Mu Gu to break free and rush toward it.
• Old Man Mu Gu entered the pill-refining area and found Old Man Yao still calmly refining the pill, while Hun Xuzi stood beside Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo ordered Hun Xuzi to turn Old Man Mu Gu into fuel for a soul lamp, and the Wolf Spirit swallowed him.

Hun Xuzi revealed that he intended to use his imprint body's death to resolve his guilt over murdering his master, and he aided Old Man Yao in refining a ninth-grade pill. The pill's emergence triggered Black Demon Lightning over Saint Pill City.

• Hun Xuzi praised Mu Gu's loyalty to the Soul Hall, while Hun Ruoruo condemned Mu Gu for betraying Old Man Yao.
• Hun Xuzi admitted that he had murdered his master and betrayed the Danta, then unleashed his imprint body's Dou Saint power as the ninth-grade pill neared completion.
• Hun Xuzi explained that helping Old Man Yao become a ninth-grade alchemist could resolve his inner demon, and Hun Ruoruo let him proceed.
• Hun Xuzi transferred his pill-refining memories to Old Man Yao and sacrificed his imprint body to infuse the forming pill with Dou Saint aura.
• The pill's emergence darkened the sky above Saint Pill City, and Xun'er identified the resulting tribulation as Black Demon Lightning.

Hun Ruoruo faced the Black Demon Lightning alone and used the Heavenly Venerate Token’s Soul Chains to withstand and absorb the lightning tribulation, helping Old Man Yao become a Ninth-grade Alchemist. After the destruction subsided, she found Old Man Yao and Xiao Yan asleep and discovered Old Man Yao’s inscription in a biography.

• Xun'er wanted to help Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo, but Elder Lin stopped her, warning that her intervention could destroy Saint Pill City.
• Black Demon Lightning descended over the Sacred Pill Barrier, terrifying the cultivators gathered in Saint Pill City.
• Hun Ruoruo reassured Old Man Yao, then faced the lightning tribulation and unleashed the Heavenly Venerate Token’s Soul Chains to capture its power.
• The lightning battle shattered the Sacred Pill Barrier and devastated the Pill Gathering plaza, while Danta elders struggled to protect the fleeing crowd.
• After the lightning faded, Hun Ruoruo found Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao asleep, placed Old Man Yao’s soul in her Storage Ring, and read his Ninth-grade inscription in a biography.

After the Pill Gathering, Old Man Yao’s new status as a Ninth-grade Alchemist silenced criticism of Hun Ruoruo within Danta. Hun Ruoruo persuaded him to work with her across Danta and the Soul Clan, and they prepared to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• The Pill Gathering’s aftermath brought fame to Old Man Yao, An Ruoruo, Xiao Yan, and Starfall Pavilion, while the Yao Clan faced widespread mockery.
• Half a month after the ruined awards ceremony, Xiao Yan remained unconscious from the strain of helping refine the Ninth-grade Pill, and Hun Ruoruo faced criticism in Danta over her actions and Soul Clan identity.
• Old Man Yao gave Hun Ruoruo a sealed document confirming that he had settled the complaints against her, with support from Dan Chen and Cao Ying helping silence dissent.
• Old Man Yao told Hun Ruoruo that self-interest and disloyalty had weakened Danta, and that changing it through Soul Hall would be difficult.
• Hun Ruoruo proposed using her influence in the Soul Clan and Old Man Yao’s standing in Danta to bring the factions together, and he agreed to accompany her.
• Hun Ruoruo said they would depart after seizing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Blood River and Qiu Di learned that Hun Miesheng had removed his mark from their tokens, but Blood River interpreted it as a command to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Meanwhile, Gu Xun'er prepared to stop Soul Hall and Hun Ruoruo from entering the Star Domain, as news of Soul Hall’s move was deliberately spread.

• Blood River and Qiu Di discovered that Old Man Mu Gu had died and that Hun Miesheng had removed his mark from their Heavenly Venerate Tokens.
• Blood River told Qiu Di that Hun Miesheng wanted them to abandon retreat and seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then killed a canine Magical Beast as they left the drainage outlet.
• Elder Lin informed Gu Xun'er that Soul Hall was likely targeting the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and she decided to capture its agents and force her way into the Star Domain if necessary.
• Elder Lin revealed that he had disguised himself in a Soul Robe to spread news of Soul Hall’s impending move, while a figure in the black mist hinted at his ambition to become eldest brother.

After waking from his exhausting alchemy, Xiao Yan rushed to reunite with Hun Ruoruo, then encountered Xun'er at Danta's celebration banquet. Xun'er had become the Ancient Assembly's president, but Xiao Yan's question about whether she had seen his sister-in-law left her stunned.

• Xiao Yan woke in a clean bed and realized Hun Ruoruo had cared for him while he was unconscious.
• Xiao Yan used his Soul Token to tell Hun Ruoruo he was awake and hurried off to find her.
• At Danta's celebration banquet, a sect leader offered Xiao Yan his daughter in an attempt to recruit him.
• Xun'er confronted the sect leader, revealed her authority as Ancient Assembly president, and warned him against crossing the line.
• Xiao Yan praised Xun'er's improved methods, and she edged closer while thinking about her rivalry with Hun Ruoruo.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er whether she had seen her sister-in-law, leaving Xun'er bewildered.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er, whose jealousy over his relationship with Hun Ruoruo led her to ask how intimate they had become. Xun'er left without explaining the Ancient Clan's plans for Xiao Yan, and he found Hun Ruoruo waiting in Old Man Yao's study, asking about the adult matters he had refused to discuss.

• Xun'er froze when Xiao Yan confirmed his relationship with Hun Ruoruo, then struggled with jealousy and asked how far they had gone.
• Xiao Yan sealed Xun'er's mouth with Dou Qi and scolded her for asking about adult matters.
• Elder Lin revealed that Xiao Yan was well known in the Ancient Clan, but Xun'er stopped him from explaining and said she would fight to get Xiao Yan what was rightfully his.
• Xun'er left with Elder Lin, and Xiao Yan went to Old Man Yao's study to rest and ask whether his teacher had anticipated the Ancient Clan's plans.
• Xiao Yan found Hun Ruoruo in the study, and she asked him what adult matters he had kept from Xun'er.

Xiao Yan confessed that he feared losing Hun Ruoruo again, and the two grew close after reuniting. Their intimate moment was interrupted when Xun'er entered and accused them of lying about having kissed.

• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan into explaining what he meant by grown-up things, and he admitted that he feared being separated from her again.
• Xiao Yan declared his love for Hun Ruoruo and said he wanted to spend his life with her.
• Hun Ruoruo reacted to Xiao Yan's confession, and the emotions she had stored away returned to her as they embraced.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo began kissing, but Xun'er entered without knocking to speak with Hun Ruoruo.
• Xun'er saw them together and exclaimed that they had claimed they had not kissed.

On the day the Pill Gathering’s top ten entered the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yan faced the tension between Hun Ruoruo and Xun'er, whose clans were ancient enemies. After the candidates entered, Xun'er promised Danta that the Ancient Assembly would help defend it if Soul Hall attacked.

• Xiao Yan stood between Hun Ruoruo and Xun'er and reflected on the hostility between their clans, joking that it was fortunate his ancestors were dead.
• Xuan Kongzi summoned the top ten Pill Gathering candidates to the Mysterious Wood Spirit Platform, where Xun'er presented their Star Domain medals.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xun'er that she would not compete with Xiao Yan for the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xun'er privately warned her about the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other elders opened the Star Domain gate, and the candidates entered inside spheres of light.
• Xun'er assured Xuan Kongzi that the Ancient Assembly elders would stop Soul Hall if it attacked Danta, while clarifying that her actions did not represent her clan.

Hun Ruoruo reached the Three Thousand Burning Flame with the Pill Gathering contestants and revealed that she intended to use its vast energy to create a child flame for Xiao Yan’s Void Spirit Devouring Flame. After the others failed to subdue the sealed dragon, she awakened it with a purple-gold crystal and challenged it on her own terms.

• Hun Ruoruo explained that she sought the Three Thousand Burning Flame to help create a child flame capable of opposing the Nihility Devouring Flame’s control over her bloodline.
• First Elder led the group to the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame, which appeared as a giant dragon, and warned them to subdue it gently without waking it.
• Xiao Yan and the other alchemists tried and failed to subdue the dragon, which mocked Xiao Yan when he touched its forehead.
• Hun Ruoruo approached last and touched the dragon’s reverse scale while holding a purple-gold crystal that released dragon’s might.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame awakened in a surge of violet flames, and Hun Ruoruo declared that she would use benefits or strength rather than follow Danta’s rules.

Hun Ruoruo confronted Three Thousand Burning Flame and offered to free it by having Xiao Yan refine it, but the proposal enraged the dragon. As the Danta tried to reinforce the seal, Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables Blood River and Qiu Di arrived, and Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan to wait for the show.

• Hun Ruoruo revealed that Three Thousand Burning Flame had been made from an Ancient Void Dragon Dragon Seal and forced it to disclose its pact with the Soul Hall.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame admitted it could not escape the Danta seal and asked Hun Ruoruo whether she had a way to help it.
• Hun Ruoruo pointed to Xiao Yan and proposed that he refine Three Thousand Burning Flame, provoking the dragon into awakening and unleashing its flames.
• The Danta First Elder ordered the others to reinforce the seal as Three Thousand Burning Flame rose into the air.
• Blood River and Qiu Di entered the Star Domain and declared that the Soul Hall would take Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Hun Ruoruo joined Xiao Yan and told him to wait for the show.

Xun'er used the Soul Hall’s attack to expose Danta’s hidden traitors, while Hun Ruoruo secretly arranged to help her. In the Star Domain, Mo Yu appeared to betray the Soul Hall’s Sequence Heavenly Venerables, but he demanded that the Ancient Assembly pay more before he would kill them.

• Xun'er told Xuan Kongzi that Danta should let its hidden traitors reveal themselves before wiping them out and rebuilding.
• Hun Ruoruo sensed the Soul Hall’s attack and sent a black-mist figure to assist Xun'er, leaving Xiao Yan unsure whether the two women were allies or enemies.
• Blood River and Qiu Di broke the Star Domain’s seal, but Three Thousand Burning Flame refused to join them and Qiu Di opened a rift to summon reinforcements.
• Elder Lin and his companion arrived with the reinforcements’ heads, but Blood River summoned Ninth Heavenly Venerable Mo Yu, alarming the Danta and Ancient Assembly.
• Elder Lin asked Hun Ruoruo for help, and Mo Yu revealed strength equal to Qiu Di’s before demanding that the Ancient Assembly pay more if it wanted him to kill his Soul Hall brothers.