Chapter Summaries

Lin Che shattered Hun Yin’s Heavenly Soul Devouring Array and continued fighting after Hun Yin destroyed his wine gourd. As Hun Yin and two allies unleashed their Life Soul Locks, Xiao Yi Xian threatened to destroy Sacred Pill City unless the Star Domain was opened to save her teacher.

• Lin Che broke the Heavenly Soul Devouring Array with a powerful strike and severed its chains.
• Hun Yin destroyed Lin Che’s wine gourd, but Lin Che took another jar from his Storage Ring and drank to restore his strength.
• Venerable Tengyun and another Soul Clan Dou Zun joined Hun Yin, and the three sacrificed their Life Soul Locks to attack Lin Che.
• The violent energy inside the Star Domain alarmed Sacred Pill City’s experts, while Xuan Kongzi refused Xiao Yi Xian’s request to open it.
• Xiao Yi Xian threatened to destroy Sacred Pill City if Lin Che was harmed, revealing four Heavenly Flames around herself.

Xiao Yi Xian revealed her four Heavenly Flames and Poison Body of Calamity while waiting outside the Star Domain, threatening to destroy Sacred Pill City if Lin Che died. Inside the Star Domain, Lin Che held off Hun Yin and two allies, then unleashed overwhelming sword power that made Hun Yin suspect he wielded a Heavenly-tier weapon.

• Xiao Yi Xian displayed four Heavenly Flames, causing her Poison Body of Calamity to erupt and forcing the Pill Tower elders to retreat.
• Lin Tianqiong suppressed Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Body and urged her to trust Lin Che, while Xiao Yi Xian warned she would destroy everything nearby if he died.
• Lin Che faced Hun Yin and two other opponents as Three Thousand Burning Flame watched, waiting for both sides to weaken.
• Lin Che used Frost Feather to freeze Hun Yin's chains, then drank from his wine jar and gathered powerful Sword Qi.
• Lin Che's sword strike split the clouds and revealed the stars, leading Hun Yin to accuse him of possessing a Heavenly-tier weapon.

Lin Che fought three Soul Hall experts who used thousands of captive souls to empower their attack, but he killed two and badly wounded Hun Yin with the final strike of the Thirteen Sword Slashes of the Spirit Sword. Hun Yin swallowed a Grade Eight Berserk Beast Pill and began transforming into a magical beast, preparing to fight Lin Che as a Half-Saint.

• Hun Yin and the other two Soul Hall experts unleashed their Soul Lamps and used countless captured souls to strengthen their attack against Lin Che.
• Lin Che countered their combined assault with God Slayer, killing Venerable Teng Yun and the Eight Revolutions Dou Zun while gravely injuring Hun Yin.
• Hun Yin took a Grade Eight Berserk Beast Pill from his Storage Ring and swallowed it despite the pain and dangerous transformation.
• Hun Yin grew wings, a barbed tail, and beastlike limbs and head, then vowed to torture and kill Lin Che.

Hun Yin rose to the Half-Saint realm and overpowered Lin Che and Three Thousand Burning Flame. After drinking ten jars of wine, Lin Che surged to a third-turn Dou Zun and prepared to unleash the fusion realm of the Thirteen Sword Slashes of the Spirit Sword as Hun Yin charged to stop him.

• Hun Yin attacked Lin Che at Half-Saint speed and strength, grievously injuring him and announcing his intent to claim Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame agreed to help Lin Che, but Hun Yin seized his tail, smashed him into the ground, and pinned him down.
• Lin Che attacked Hun Yin with his Heaven-tier weapon, but Hun Yin caught it and threw Lin Che aside.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame charged Hun Yin again, but Hun Yin slammed him into the ground and prepared to kill him.
• Lin Che finished ten jars of wine, surged to a third-turn Dou Zun, and announced he would use the fusion realm of the Thirteen Sword Slashes of the Spirit Sword.
• Hun Yin recognized the danger and charged at Lin Che to stop him from unleashing the attack.

Lin Che killed the Soul Clan Half-Saint Hun Yin with help from Three Thousand Burning Flame, then persuaded the flame to leave the Star Domain with him. After returning to the Pill Tower and reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian, he stunned everyone by revealing that he had defeated a Half-Saint.

• Three Thousand Burning Flame restrained Hun Yin long enough for Lin Che to gather his strength and kill him with a powerful Sword Qi attack.
• Lin Che thanked Three Thousand Burning Flame and offered to take it out of the Star Domain; it agreed to become his Heavenly Flame after asking him to preserve its memories.
• Lin Che stored Three Thousand Burning Flame in the system space and left the Star Domain.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Lin Che, and he thanked First Elder Lin Tianqiong for his help.
• Lin Che told the Pill Tower elders that he had encountered and killed a Soul Hall Half-Saint, leaving the crowd and Xuan Kongzi in disbelief.

After Lin Che proved that he had killed Soul Hall’s Half-Saint Venerable Elder Hun Yin, Lin Tianqiong urged him to leave Sacred Pill City before Soul Hall retaliated. Hun Miesheng learned of the deaths and set out for the city, where Lin Tianqiong began calling powerful allies to help defend it.

• Lin Che produced Hun Yin’s corpse and explained that Hun Yin had used a Berserk Beast Pill to reach the Half-Saint realm before Lin Che killed him.
• Lin Tianqiong acknowledged Lin Che’s achievement but warned him that Soul Hall would retaliate, and Lin Che agreed to leave Sacred Pill City.
• Hun Miesheng learned that Hun Yin, Venerable Teng Yun, and other Soul Hall experts had fallen, then ordered his forces to march on Sacred Pill City.
• Sacred Pill City’s elders discussed their chances against Hun Miesheng, and Lin Tianqiong ordered them to summon the Flame Clan Chief.
• Lin Tianqiong reassured the elders that his connections with powerful experts would bring help even if he had no Rank 9 Pills to offer.

Lin Tianqiong prepared Sacred Pill City for the Soul Hall’s arrival, while Hun Miesheng confronted the city over the deaths of Soul Hall experts. Yan Jin stood with Lin Tianqiong, and Hun Miesheng withdrew after failing to obtain answers, vowing the Soul Hall would not let the matter rest.

• Lin Tianqiong ordered the visiting alchemists to leave Sacred Pill City and had the city sealed against the Soul Hall’s arrival.
• Hun Miesheng led a large force of Soul Hall experts to Sacred Pill City and demanded that Lin Tianqiong answer for the deaths of a Half-Saint and two Dou Zun experts.
• Hun Miesheng killed a Dou Zong who insulted him, then addressed Flame Clan Chief Yan Jin and another senior as they confronted him.
• Yan Jin slapped Hun Miesheng and rejected his appeal to the Soul Clan’s authority, while Hun Miesheng asked who had killed Hun Yin.
• Yan Jin refused to help Hun Miesheng, and Lin Tianqiong told him the Soul Hall was to blame for the deaths; Hun Miesheng threatened that the Soul Hall would retaliate.

Flame Clan Chief Yan Jin stopped Hun Miesheng from escalating the conflict over Lin Che, then warned Sacred Pill City that the Soul Clan would keep pursuing him. Aboard the War Boat to the Northwest Continent, Xiao Yi Xian absorbed Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Lin Che resolved to grow strong enough to help Yao Chen and Die.

• Yan Jin forced Hun Miesheng and the Soul Clan experts to leave Sacred Pill City, though Hun Miesheng threatened to seek justice later.
• Yan Jin learned Lin Che was an Honorary Elder of the Pill Tower and warned Lin Laoguai that the Soul Clan would eventually find clues to Lin Che’s whereabouts.
• Yan Jin departed after Lin Tianqiong promised the Rank 8 Pills, and Lin Tianqiong predicted Lin Che would become unrivaled across the Dou Qi Continent.
• Aboard the War Boat, Xiao Yi Xian successfully absorbed Three Thousand Burning Flame as her fifth Heavenly Flame, while Lin Che promised to help her acquire more.
• Lin Che decided to cultivate during the journey so he could reach Half-Saint and help Yao Chen and Die, while Zi Yan dismissed their concern about the long trip.

After recovering and advancing to Eight Revolutions Dou Zun, Lin Che celebrated Xiao Yi Xian’s birthday before a powerful Soul Clan expert confronted him for the key from the Xiao Family. The expert, Hun Sha, slaughtered an entire city to threaten Lin Che, who prepared to hold him off so Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan could escape.

• After five months of secluded cultivation, Lin Che recovered from his injuries and advanced to Eight Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Lin Che that her birthday wish was for everyone to live in peace and for there to be no more people like her teacher.
• Lin Che sensed a mysterious soul watching him and encountered an elderly expert who demanded the key from the Xiao Family.
• Hun Sha threatened Lin Che and Xiao Yi Xian, then destroyed the city and killed its inhabitants with a single strike.
• Lin Che identified the attacker as a Soul Clan expert named Hun Sha and secretly told Xiao Yi Xian to flee with Zi Yan if he began fighting.

Lin Che fought Hun Sha, a Seven-star Dou Sheng, to give Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan time to escape. After surviving Hun Sha’s devastating attacks, Lin Che confirmed the girls had gotten away, though he was gravely wounded.

• Lin Che ordered Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to flee, gave them his treasures, and sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation for an hour.
• Lin Che’s barrier disrupted Hun Sha’s power long enough for Zi Yan to carry Xiao Yi Xian away.
• Lin Che fought Hun Sha and broke through to Nine Revolutions Dou Zun during the battle.
• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yi Xian’s body and stopped her from returning to Lin Che.
• Hun Sha’s attack left Lin Che badly wounded, but he confirmed that Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan had escaped.

Lin Che broke through to Half-Saint while fighting Hun Sha, but the Soul Clan elder continued to overpower him until Gu Dao intervened. With Gu Xian arriving as well, Hun Sha faced two of the Ancient Clan’s Three Immortals.

• Lin Che broke through to Half-Saint and cut apart Hun Sha’s attack, then endured Hun Sha’s continued assault and crawled out of the ruins.
• Lin Che prepared to make a final stand and urged Yun'er, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan to survive.
• Gu Dao appeared and blasted Hun Sha backward, then confronted him over attacking Lin Che and slaughtering tens of thousands of people.
• Hun Sha insisted that Lin Che possessed something the Soul Clan wanted and prepared to continue fighting despite Gu Dao’s arrival.
• Gu Xian arrived to join Gu Dao, condemned Hun Sha, and left Hun Sha facing two of the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan.

Gu Xian and Gu Dao drove Hun Sha away, then took the unconscious Lin Che to the Ancient Realm to question him about the key. Xiao Yi Xian returned home and told Cai Lin and Yun Yun that Lin Che had sacrificed himself to save her and Zi Yan, leaving Cai Lin devastated.

• Hun Sha escaped after Gu Dao attacked, and Gu Xian praised Lin Che for breaking through to Half-Saint during their battle.
• Gu Dao brought the unconscious Lin Che to the Ancient Realm and confined him so the Gu Clan could question him about the key.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Northwest Continent carrying Lin Che's belongings, while Zi Yan went to seek Mang Tianchi's help.
• Xiao Yi Xian blamed herself for Lin Che's fate and eventually returned to the valley, where Cai Lin and Yun Yun asked where he was.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Cai Lin and Yun Yun how Lin Che had faced a Seven-star Dou Sheng and sacrificed himself to help her and Zi Yan escape.
• Yun Yun fainted, and Cai Lin broke down in grief, refusing to believe Lin Che was dead.

After Lin Che was presumed dead, Xiao Yi Xian vowed to avenge him while Qing Lin stayed behind to guard his grave. Lin Che awoke in the Gu Clan after more than a month and learned he had reached One-star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Lin Che's Storage Ring to Cai Lin, and the women buried it with a monument to him in the Bamboo Forest.
• Cai Lin returned to the Snake People Clan to pursue greater strength, while Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and stayed bedridden.
• Xiao Yi Xian swore to punish those who harmed Lin Che, took Yao Chen's ring, and left to seek revenge as Qing Lin remained by the grave.
• Lin Che awoke in the Gu Clan after being unconscious for over a month and received the Heaven-tier Mid-level Dou Skill Flying Sword Riding the Wind from the system.
• Lin Che met Gu Yuan and the gathered Gu Clan experts, who were shocked to learn he had reached One-star Dou Sheng.

Lin Che met Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan, who were astonished by his rise to One-star Dou Sheng and compared his talent to Xiao Xuan’s. When Gu Yuan and Gu Lie pressed him to hand over the key the Xiao Family had obtained, Lin Che proposed making a deal.

• Gu Yuan questioned Lin Che about whether he feared him, then invited him to sit and reflected on Xiao Xuan’s talent and fate.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived, recognized Lin Che, and was stunned that he had advanced from Dou Emperor to Dou Sheng in only a few years.
• Gu Yuan raised the key obtained by the Xiao Family, which the Gu Clan wanted because it could help them reach Dou Di.
• Xiao Xun'er objected to her father bringing up the key, but Gu Lie argued that Lin Che should hand it over because the Gu Clan had saved his life.
• Lin Che acknowledged Gu Lie’s point and proposed that they make a deal.

Lin Che offered the Gu Clan a trade: give him time and their Tou She Ancient God Jade key, and he would gather the keys and lead them to Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion. The Gu Clan doubted his claims until he said he knew the cave mansion's location, and Xiao Xun'er vouched for him.

• Lin Che proposed that the Gu Clan entrust him with their jade key so he could gather all eight keys and take them to Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion.
• Gu Dao warned that the other families might not give Lin Che time to grow, while Lin Che claimed he could challenge high-level Dou Sheng experts.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie rejected Lin Che's request to take the Gu Clan's key, and Gu Lie threatened to kill him.
• Lin Che said his death would be a great loss and claimed he knew where Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion was.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie questioned Lin Che's claim, and Xiao Xun'er said she believed him.

Lin Che traded a Low-tier Heaven-grade Frosty Jade Casket Sword to Gu Yuan for the Gu Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, promising to reveal the location of Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion. He kept the location secret for now and prepared to leave the Gu Clan the next morning.

• Gu Yuan weighed Lin Che’s offer and agreed to exchange the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment for a Heaven-tier weapon, warning Lin Che not to deceive him.
• Lin Che presented the Frosty Jade Casket Sword but withheld it until Gu Yuan showed him the jade fragment in the Gu Clan Ancestral Hall.
• Gu Yuan revealed the fragment, and Lin Che handed over the sword in exchange for it.
• Gu Yuan asked where Lin Che had obtained the weapon, and Lin Che said he had acquired it by chance but could not unleash its full power.
• Gu Yuan and Lin Che agreed to keep the transaction secret, and Lin Che said he would leave the Gu Clan the next morning.

Hun Tiandi learned from Hun Sha that Lin Che had resisted his attack and ordered the Soul Clan to watch Lin Che and the Gu Clan, intending to kill him before he became a threat. Lin Che set off for the Northwest Continent, planning to obtain a Nine-Colored Raw Stone first, while Cai Lin prepared to enter closed-door cultivation.

• Hun Sha reported Lin Che's strength and the Gu Clan's intervention, and Hun Tiandi ordered him to monitor Lin Che and the Gu Clan.
• Hun Tiandi decided that Lin Che had to be captured and killed because his talent threatened the Soul Clan.
• Lin Che said goodbye to Xiao Xun'er and departed for the Northwest Continent, while Gu Yuan warned her that Xiao Yan would not reach the Dou Di realm.
• Lin Che planned to obtain a Nine-Colored Raw Stone to help Cai Lin evolve into a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Cai Lin clutched Lin Che's jade pendant and announced that she would enter closed-door cultivation.

After Queen Medusa and Yun Yun entered seclusion, the Snake People Clan and Misty Cloud Sect feared that Lin Che had fallen and concealed his disappearance. Yun Shan prepared the sect for a possible Soul Hall attack but rejected rejoining the Soul Hall.

• Queen Medusa entered secluded cultivation to grow stronger and avenge her husband, while Yun Yun also remained in seclusion.
• Mo Bass noted that Lin Che had not appeared for a long time, and Elder Yin Shi ordered an investigation into his disappearance.
• Elder Yin Shi ordered the Snake People Clan to keep rumors of Lin Che's possible death secret to prevent conflict with the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Shan told the Misty Cloud Sect elders that Lin Che had likely fallen and urged them to prepare for the Soul Hall.
• Yun Leng asked whether the Misty Cloud Sect would rejoin the Soul Hall, and Yun Shan refused.

Yun Yun hid her grief over Lin Che’s apparent fall while Yun Shan tried to learn the truth, and she collapsed after he left. Two months later, Saint Hun Qing arrived and ordered Yun Shan to capture Lin Che’s friends, then demanded Yun Yun as well, threatening Yun Shan when he resisted.

• Yun Shan sealed the Misty Cloud Sect and questioned Yun Yun about whether Lin Che had fallen, but she insisted her husband would return.
• Yun Yun urged Yun Shan to leave, then cried, vomited blood, and collapsed after he was gone.
• Two months later, Saint Hun Qing appeared before Yun Shan and demanded to know what had happened to Protector Wu and the other dead Venerables.
• Saint Hun Qing ordered Yun Shan to capture Lin Che’s friends and threatened to strip away the strength the Soul Hall had granted him.
• Saint Hun Qing demanded that Yun Shan hand over Yun Yun, then grabbed Yun Shan by the throat when he objected.

Saint Hun Qing attacked the Misty Cloud Sect and pursued Yun Yun after she refused to submit to him. Yun Yun fled after Yun Shan and the sect were destroyed, but Saint Hun Qing caught up and threatened to destroy the Jia Ma Empire.

• Saint Hun Qing forced Yun Shan to bring Yun Yun to him, then tore open space and pulled her from her cultivation.
• Yun Yun rejected Saint Hun Qing, and Yun Shan attacked him before urging her to run.
• Yun Shan self-destructed, destroying the main hall, while Yun Yun escaped.
• Saint Hun Qing crushed the Misty Cloud Sect and killed its disciples and elders as Yun Yun fled.
• Saint Hun Qing caught up with Yun Yun and threatened to destroy the Jia Ma Empire if she resisted.