Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge’s group reached the Pill Hall in the ancient ruins and searched its poison-filled floors for valuable pills. On the third floor, they discovered a sentient white beast that Bai Ge identified as a pill tempered by eight-colored or possibly nine-colored pill lightning.

• Bai Ge trapped Huang Xuan, killed him for his essence blood and wings, and stored the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan and the others.
• Bai Ge’s group traveled to the main hall’s Pill Hall after following other treasure seekers toward the center of the ruins.
• On the second floor, Little Doctor Fairy detected poisonous gas, absorbed much of it, and advanced to seven-star Dou Zun; the group found few valuable pills.
• The group entered the third floor, where Ning Rongrong used her Nine-Colored Fate Glazed Domain to protect them from the dense, corrosive poison.
• While searching a pill chamber, Xiao Yan realized that a plump white beast was actually a highly intelligent pill, and Bai Ge said it had likely endured eight-colored or nine-colored pill lightning.

Bai Ge's group tamed a Pill Beast and concealed its medicinal scent before navigating the ruins to reach the main hall, where they found a Dou Sheng's remains and gathered factions waiting for the seal to vanish. The Soul Hall arrived, provoking Xiao Yan's killing intent.

• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan fed the Pill Beast Sixth-Rank Pills, and Bai Ge used the Heavenly Essence Divine Pill as bait to draw it close.
• Little Doctor Fairy concealed the Pill Beast's medicinal scent, and the group left the Pill Hall with it.
• Ning Rongrong led the group through the ruins using a map she had found, and they reached the main hall.
• Bai Ge and the others saw the Dou Sheng's remains, ten sealed treasures, and numerous factions waiting for the seal to disappear.
• The Soul Hall arrived, and Xiao Yan recognized them and erupted with killing intent.

The seal on the Heaven Rank Dou Skills vanished, triggering a battle among the experts as Ancient Human Puppets awakened and attacked. Bai Ge and Xiao Yan moved to seize scrolls, with Bai Ge escaping with a cyan scroll and Xiao Yan charging toward a crimson one.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost arrived with the Soul Hall and threatened Xiao Yan, but Bai Ge warned everyone that the seal had disappeared.
• The ten scrolls flew from their light spheres, and the awakened Ancient Human Puppets began slaughtering people in the hall.
• Qian Renxue used her Sacred Angel Domain to burn an Ancient Human Puppet threatening Bai Ge and Xiao Yan's group to ashes.
• Xiao Yan chose a crimson scroll suited to his fire-attributed energy, while Bai Ge targeted a cyan scroll carrying Sword Intent.
• Bai Ge seized the cyan scroll despite attacks from several experts, and Xiao Yan fought off attackers before charging toward the crimson scroll.

Xiao Yan seized the crimson scroll after driving off a one-star Dou Zun, but Chen Tiannan tried to claim it before Yun Yun struck him down. When Star Plucking Old Ghost’s blood awakened the Dou Sheng Bone, its roar killed over a hundred people, and the survivors prepared to face it together.

• Xiao Yan injured a one-star Dou Zun with a fire lotus and raced through the crowd toward the crimson scroll.
• Xiao Yan trapped the scroll with spatial power, but Chen Tiannan grabbed its other half before Yun Yun’s attack pierced his head.
• Little Doctor Fairy noticed Star Plucking Old Ghost and the Soul Hall experts approaching the Dou Sheng Bone, and Bai Ge teleported his group away after Xiao Yan sensed the skeleton move.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost’s blood seeped into the Dou Sheng Bone, awakening it and prompting a roar that killed over a hundred people, including two Dou Zun experts.
• Tang Zhen and the other survivors blamed Star Plucking Old Ghost, who admitted his recklessness and proposed that they join forces to suppress the bone’s remaining will.

A blood-red Dou Sheng skeleton emerged in the ruins and forced the gathered experts to unite against it. As they overwhelmed it, Bai Ge recognized its final technique and fled, but the skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm, spreading a black ring that erased everything in its path.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost warned that the lingering soul imprint would kill everyone who entered the ruins, and the blood-red Dou Sheng skeleton appeared from the mist.
• Bai Ge revealed he had taken three more scrolls, bringing his group’s total to five, while Xiao Yan and Tang Zhen pressured Star Plucking Old Ghost to lead the attack.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost fought the skeleton until six human puppets joined the battle, prompting Bai Ge, Tang Zhen, and the other experts to surround it.
• The combined attacks weakened the skeleton, but Bai Ge recognized that it was preparing its final technique and retreated before it cried out, “Great Heaven Creation Palm!”
• The skeleton struck the floor and unleashed a rapidly expanding black ring that erased the hall and pulled fleeing experts into it.

Qian Renxue destroyed the Dou Sheng remnant soul’s Heaven Rank attack and secured the Dou Sheng Bone, while Star Plucking Old Ghost turned on Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan freed captive souls and fought back with powerful techniques, but the chapter ended with Star Plucking Old Ghost collapsing the space where Xiao Yan stood.

• Qian Renxue’s Light Domain dispersed the remnant soul’s attack, and she stored the Dou Sheng Bone in her ring.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost tried to capture Xiao Yan to seize his ancient jade, but Xiao Yan dodged his chains and fought back with the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost’s attacks overwhelmed Xiao Yan, who sought a chance to escape the Soul Locking Hall.
• Xiao Yan hurled a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus at Star Plucking Old Ghost, then broke the hall’s chains and released its captive souls.
• Xiao Yan threw three Fire Thunderbolts at Star Plucking Old Ghost, but Star Plucking Old Ghost used the Star Plucking Hand to collapse the space around him.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost watched Xiao Yan’s body burst into nothingness as the space collapsed.

Xiao Yan and Star Plucking Old Ghost both suffered severe injuries when the Destruction Fire Lotus exploded, and Bai Ge protected Xiao Yan and prepared to take him back for treatment. Two Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders tried to seize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but Hei Qing arrived and overwhelmed them, leaving the fruit beyond their reach.

• Star Plucking Old Ghost struck Xiao Yan with the Nine Nether Soul Hand as Xiao Yan released the unstable Destruction Fire Lotus.
• The fire lotus exploded, badly injuring Xiao Yan and Star Plucking Old Ghost, while Bai Ge shielded Xiao Yan and sent him to Skyfire Venerable for treatment.
• Two five-star Dou Zun elders of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan demanded the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Bai Ge challenged them with a palm strike.
• Hei Qing emerged from a spatial rift, slapped the Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders into craters, and warned the others not to take the fruit.
• Zi Yan reunited with Bai Ge and learned Xiao Yan was unconscious after his fight.

Bai Ge helped Yao Lao begin rebuilding his body with a Dou Sheng Bone while Xiao Yan remained in a long slumber. After roughly a thousand years, the two finally began to awaken, with Yao Lao advancing toward Dou Sheng and Xiao Yan toward Dou Zun.

• Hei Qing escorted Bai Ge and the others away from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, then agreed to let Zi Yan stay with them while he returned to consult his clan about absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Bai Ge brought everyone back to Starfall Pavilion and began refining Yao Lao’s body from a Dou Sheng Bone with demon phoenix blood essence and Strange Fire.
• Yao Lao swallowed the Soul Reviving Blood Fusion Pill and entered the bone as Bai Ge used Strange Fire to temper the growing body until its flesh and skin had formed.
• Bai Ge checked on Xiao Yan, who remained unconscious while the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and Life Source Pearl sustained him.
• After around a thousand years, Starfall Peak trembled as Yao Lao and Xiao Yan’s auras began to awaken, with Yao Lao nearing Dou Sheng and Xiao Yan nearing Dou Zun.

Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and their companions arrived in Saint Pill City for the Pill Gathering and began preparing for the Pill Tower’s certification and the Ye Family’s assessment. After meeting Ye Zhong and spotting the Dan Family’s carriage, they obtained their rank badges and searched the outer district for treasures, finding little before Ye Zhong pointed them toward the Alchemist Trading Fair.

• Bai Ge led Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Little Doctor Fairy, and Ye Xinlan toward Saint Pill City while Qian Renxue stayed behind to protect Starfall Pavilion.
• Ye Zhong met the group at a spatial plaza and explained that the Pill Tower’s certified rank badges were required to enter the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan saw the Dan Family’s carriage drawn by Void Pegasus Beasts, and Bai Ge explained his lineage and inherited Dou Di Bloodline.
• At a Pill Tower branch, Bai Ge accidentally grabbed a pale young girl and suppressed his divine sense when it nearly surged into her body; Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and Xinlan then completed their rank assessments.
• Bai Ge and the others searched Saint Pill City’s outer trading areas but found little, and Ye Zhong recommended waiting for the Alchemist Trading Fair.

Bai Ge and his companions visited the Alchemist Trading Fair in Saint Pill City to seek rare medicinal treasures. After finding a Ten Thousand Year Vermillion Fruit on the top floor, Bai Ge noticed a seemingly worthless bronze fragment that he recognized as Spirit Nurturing Dust.

• Bai Ge entered the Alchemist Trading Fair with Xiao Yan and the others, then traded Vitality Spirit Wine for a Mystic Jade Purple Ganoderma.
• Bai Ge's group reached the top floor, where a yellow-robed elder told them that a Ten Thousand Year Vermillion Fruit was being offered for trade.
• Bai Ge examined the Vermillion Fruit and negotiated with its seller, Old Yan, who agreed to accept a mid-grade Grade Seven Pill he liked.
• Bai Ge spotted a verdigris-covered bronze fragment among Old Yan's wares and recognized it as Spirit Nurturing Dust.

Bai Ge accompanied Xin Lan and the Ye Family to the Five Great Families assessment, where the struggling Ye Family faced powerful rivals from the Dan, Bai, and Cao Families. As the Cao Family arrived, its prodigy Cao Ying focused her attention on a timid girl seated with the Dan Family.

• Bai Ge obtained what he wanted from a scruffy old man and noted that Chen Xian had not come to the Pill Gathering after Chen Tiannan's death.
• Bai Ge, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan accompanied Xin Lan and Ye Zhong to the Five Great Families assessment, where onlookers anticipated the Ye Family's possible expulsion.
• Ye Zhong pointed out Dan Xuan and Bai Ying as powerful rivals, while Bai Ge reassured him that Xin Lan's Soul Strength and Yao Lao's reputation would help the Ye Family.
• The Cao Family arrived, and its prodigy Cao Ying entered the hall to a stir among the gathered factions.
• Cao Ying looked toward the timid girl beside Dan Xuan, who met her gaze briefly before looking away.

The five great families began the Pill Tower assessment with a test of soul strength, and Ye Xinlan’s unexpected result gave the declining Ye Family a chance to retain its place among them. The chapter ended with the hall stunned by her record-breaking Soul Value of 1,400.

• Cao Ying greeted Dan Chen and challenged her to show how much her alchemy had improved, while Bai Ge silenced Cao Dan and Cao Xiu when they approached the Ye Family.
• Great Elder Sheng opened the assessment by explaining that the first test would measure each representative’s Soul Value.
• Qiu Ji scored 707, Bai Ying scored 785, Cao Xiu scored 846, and Dan Xuan scored 903.
• Bai Ge encouraged Xinlan and secretly empowered her with a trace of his strength before she took the test.
• Xinlan unleashed a soul storm, scored 1,400, and left Ye Zhong convinced that the Ye Family was saved.

Ye Xinlan won all three Alchemist tests, preserving the Ye Family’s position, while Bai Ge and Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower and met Xuan Kongzi. Xuan Kongzi warned them that the Soul Hall might try to seize Three Thousand Burning Flame or break its weakening seal, leaving the Pill Tower facing a serious threat.

• Ye Xinlan caught seventy Soul Measurement Pearls, outperforming Cao Xiu, Dan Xuan, Bai Ying, and Qiu Ji in the Soul Control test.
• Ye Xinlan used Bai Ge’s weakened Crystal Wall to win the final soul battle and take first place in all three tests, preserving the Ye Family’s position.
• Great Elder Sheng led Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and their companions into the Pill Tower’s inner district, then brought Bai Ge and Xiao Yan to meet Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Bai Ge and Xiao Yan to Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and a seventh-grade high-level Alchemist, then explained that the Pill Gathering selection would take place in a few days.
• Xuan Kongzi warned that the Soul Hall might try to take Three Thousand Burning Flame or break its weakening seal, which could cause great losses and help the Soul Hall collect Soul Bodies.

The Pill Gathering began, and the contestants faced its first selection trial in the Soul Illusion Realm. Bai Ge entered the maze-like space, confident his spiritual power could overcome its illusions but worried about his poor sense of direction.

• Ye Zhong explained that contestants had to pass the Illusion Realm Trial, gather listed ingredients in the Pill Realm, and obtain a Space Stone to reach the final stage.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower Giants appeared and announced that the champion would become a candidate for a Giant’s position and receive an ancient soul cultivation method.
• The contestants rushed into the Soul Illusion Realm, and Bai Ge told Little Doctor Fairy good luck before entering in a streak of golden light.
• The Pill Tower Giants discussed the veteran contestants drawn by Three Thousand Burning Flame and wondered how far Bai Ge and Xiao Yan would go.
• Bai Ge entered the dark, distorted maze and found that his poor sense of direction was a greater obstacle than its illusions.

Bai Ge entered the Pill Realm to search for three rare medicinal ingredients and headed toward the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range. After arriving, he killed a competitor who had seized a thousand-year Di Huang Essence and uncovered an Earth Core Jade Mother beneath it.

• The turtle-riding elder explained the Pill Realm's ten-day mission, warned of powerful magical beasts, and gave entrants a medicine list, map, and Space Stone.
• Bai Ge entered the Pill Realm, studied the ingredient list and map, and noticed three regions marked as possible locations for the required treasures.
• A burly competitor killed a Di Huang Python, took its thousand-year Di Huang Essence, and drove the other Alchemists away.
• Bai Ge snatched the Di Huang Essence and killed the burly man with Scarlet Poison Needle.
• Bai Ge cut away the earth around the pit and revealed an Earth Core Jade Mother beneath the Di Huang Essence.

Bai Ge collected Earth Core Soul Marrow, rejected Song Qing’s plan to unite the contestants, and entered the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range with Xiao Yan to search for Pill Spirit Paste. There, they discovered a Soul Hall ambush trapping nearly a hundred people, including Cao Ying and Song Qing, as the attacker declared that no one would survive.

• Bai Ge found Earth Core Soul Marrow inside the Earth Core Jade Mother, stored it in a jade box, and killed a Seven Star Dou Zong who tried to claim a share.
• Bai Ge reached the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range and heard Song Qing propose that the contestants join forces against the beast king.
• Bai Ge exposed Song Qing’s plan to use the others against the ferocious beast, displayed his Dou Zun pressure, and left with Xiao Yan.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan entered the mountain range to search for Pill Spirit Paste and sensed a clash involving the Soul Hall.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan found Cao Ying, Song Qing, and nearly a hundred others trapped inside a Soul Hall barrier while a black-clothed man threatened to kill them all.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan witnessed Yuan Chenzi slaughter the Alchemists in the Pill Realm, and Bai Ge drove Yuan Chenzi away after learning about his grudge against Yao Chen. Bai Ge then found and collected the Pill Spirit Paste after luring out and killing its Darkwater Tiger-Jiao guardian, and set off for the mission ingredients.

• Yuan Chenzi's hidden allies slaughtered nearly a hundred Alchemists, while Yuan Chenzi trapped those attempting to escape and targeted Cao Ying and Song Qing.
• Yuan Chenzi discovered Bai Ge and Xiao Yan hiding nearby, revealed his hatred of Yao Chen over Han Shanshan, and was grievously injured by Bai Ge's Galactic Starburst before fleeing.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan searched the Bending Waist Mountain Range and found Pill Spirit Paste inside a boulder beside a deep pool.
• Bai Ge identified the Darkwater Tiger-Jiao guarding the paste and used a Water Intoxicated Cloud Immortal Tree to lure it from the pool.
• Bai Ge killed the Darkwater Tiger-Jiao with Wind's Extremity - Starfall Kill, collected its Magic Core, and carefully stored the Pill Spirit Paste.
• Bai Ge headed toward the location of the mission medicinal ingredients shown on the map.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan found rare ingredients in Xiong Zhan’s collection, and Bai Ge prepared Earth Core Soul Marrow to strengthen their souls. After seven days of cultivation, Xiao Yan’s soul broke through and formed a Nascent Soul, leaving Bai Ge to assess his new stage.

• Zi Yan offered Bai Ge and Xiao Yan the medicinal ingredients in Xiong Zhan’s cave, and Bai Ge used his golden dragon bloodline to purify Xiong Zhan’s bloodline.
• Bai Ge found the Gastrodia Elata Jade Stone Essence and carefully blended Earth Core Soul Marrow for the group.
• Xiao Yan drank his portion, endured a painful surge in Soul Strength, and followed Bai Ge’s instructions to cultivate.
• After seven days, Xiao Yan’s soul erupted from the stone chamber and sent overwhelming soul pressure across the mountain range.
• Bai Ge observed Xiao Yan’s newly formed Nascent Soul and compared it to the Transformation Divinity Stage.

Xiao Yan, Bai Ge, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan traveled to the Pill Realm exit and submitted their mission items before the deadline. After the spatial gate opened, Bai Ge and Xiao Yan emerged safely, reuniting with Little Doctor Fairy and the others.

• Xiao Yan ended his seven-day seclusion, and Zi Yan gave Bai Ge a storage ring containing rare medicinal ingredients from the Stone Hall.
• Xiong Zhan summoned a Mysterious Bird Beast, and the group rode it toward the Pill Realm exit as competitors rushed to reach it before closing time.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza, where Cao Ying and Song Qing had already gathered with other competitors.
• A Pill Tower elder inspected competitors' lists and mission ingredients, expelling those who tried to submit false items, while Bai Ge and Xiao Yan passed through the spatial rift.
• The Pill Realm spatial gate opened, and Cao Ying, Song Qing, Bai Ge, and Xiao Yan emerged before the cheering crowd; Xin Lan and Little Doctor Fairy recognized Bai Ge and Xiao Yan and relaxed.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan entered the final round of the Pill Gathering, where contestants began refining pills on platforms above the plaza. Bai Ge worked on his improved Origin Beginning Pill for nearly five days, and the refinement continued as he carefully processed its rare ingredients.

• Xuan Kongzi announced that the final contest had no rules and told the contestants to refine their best pills on the floating platforms.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan chose quiet platforms near the edge, while Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing also prepared their cauldrons and flames.
• Cao Ying revealed her Blood Demon Flame, and Bai Ge summoned his crimson-gold, lightning-flashing dragon flame before beginning to refine the Origin Beginning Pill.
• Bai Ge processed the Ten Thousand Year Vermillion Fruit and spent nearly half a day refining the Golden Jade Profound Marrow Sesame into spiritual liquid.
• Five days passed as contestants refined their pills; several finished early, while Bai Ge ruined one portion of Ten Thousand Year Azure Sky and one Exquisite Seven Colors Flower.