Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated the Hall of Souls Master at Fallen Peak, establishing the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as the new hegemon of the Central Plains. He killed the defeated master despite Hun Qianmo’s intervention, while the Pill Tower Old Ancestor protected him from retaliation.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi overwhelmed the Hall of Souls Master with successive fire-lotus attacks, leaving him gravely wounded and unable to fight.
• Xiao Yan pursued the falling Hall of Souls Master and struck him down, destroying his body despite Hun Qianmo’s attempt to intervene.
• Hun Qianmo trapped Xiao Yan in collapsed space, but the Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared and prevented him from killing Xiao Yan.
• Hun Qianmo collected the Hall of Souls Master’s shattered soul and withdrew with the Hall of Souls experts, threatening Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• The battle’s outcome established the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as the Central Plains’ new hegemon, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor said he believed Xiao Yan might achieve what Xiao Xuan could not.

Bai Ge entered the Void Thunder Pool to absorb its lightning and strengthen himself, aiming to gain the power needed to seize the Emperor Grade Young Pill. After a month of devouring Black Demon Thunder, he reached late Eight-Star Dou Sheng before the Nine Profound Golden Thunder appeared in the depths.

• Bai Ge returned to the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe with Zi Yan, picked up Medusa from the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe, and then went alone to the Void Thunder Pool.
• Bai Ge absorbed Black Demon Thunder, drawing more bolts until the thunder in the depths surged around him and he began cultivating amid the strikes.
• Bai Ge spent a month devouring Black Demon Thunder, surpassing Emperor Realm in soul strength, greatly strengthening his body, and reaching late Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Nine Profound Golden Thunder appeared in the depths of the Void Thunder Pool, and Bai Ge flew toward the golden thunder dragon.

Bai Ge seized the weakened Nine Profound Golden Thunder, forged it into a spirit for a new halberd, and advanced to peak Eight-Star Dou Sheng. As the Medicine Clan’s Medicine Canon approached, Yao Lao prepared to return with Bai Ge and Xiao Yan to fulfill his parents’ wish.

• Bai Ge absorbed the Black Demon Thunder and waited as the Nine Profound Golden Thunder gathered intelligence, then branded it with his blood essence and extracted most of its power.
• Bai Ge placed the Nine Profound Golden Thunder’s spirit into the Blue Silver Swimming Dragon Halberd and forged the Eight Desolations Mysterious Dragon Halberd over seven days, advancing to peak Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen discussed Yao Lao’s return to the Medicine Clan, where he planned to have his parents’ names engraved on the Clan Monument.
• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance struggled to gather information about Soul Hall after it withdrew its forces and fortified its branch halls.
• When the Medicine Clan’s Medicine Canon arrived, Yao Lao announced that he, Xiao Yan, and Bai Ge would attend while the alliance’s other leaders guarded the Star Realm.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao entered the Medicine Clan for the Medicine Canon, where Yao Wangui and his followers insulted Yao Lao and barred him from the Clan Monument. Xiao Yan answered their taunts with sudden violence, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Bai Ge arrived at the Medicine Clan’s spatial gate, where Xiao Yan identified Yao Lao’s invitation and entered after the guards checked their jade slip.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao rode a giant bird to the clan’s central mountain, where Yao Lao stared at the familiar buildings of his homeland.
• Yao Wangui confronted Yao Lao in the plaza and mocked him for returning after being expelled from the clan.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao he would handle matters so that Yao Lao and the Second Elder could leave their names on the Clan Monument, but Yao Wangui declared Yao Lao unworthy.
• When a Medicine Clan member insulted Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan smashed the man’s head into the plaza floor and then struck another heckler across the face.

Xiao Yan and Bai Ge confronted the Medicine Clan over its mistreatment of Yao Lao, forcing Yao Wangui to apologize publicly before the visitors proceeded to the Medicine Canon. The chapter left Xiao Yan and Yao Lao arriving at the summit as representatives of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, where their presence stirred discussion among the gathered alchemists.

• Xiao Yan struck down Yao Wangui’s followers and the Medicine Clan Iron Guards, while Bai Ge seized Yao Wangui and overwhelmed the clan elders with his Eight-Star Dou Sheng aura.
• Bai Ge demanded that Yao Wangui kowtow and apologize to Yao Lao, and Yao Wangui complied before being carried away by the elders.
• Xiao Yan asserted that he and Yao Lao represented the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and Ten Thousand Fires Elder welcomed them and punished the people who had insulted them.
• Ten Thousand Fires Elder invited Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to the Medicine Canon, and they followed him to the summit of Medicine Mountain.
• Ten Thousand Fires Elder called out to Yao Chen and Xiao Yan at the summit, drawing attention from the assembled guests, while Yao Lao said they should receive seats befitting the alliance.

At the Medicine Canon, Yao Dan welcomed the gathered guests, including the legendary Shennong Old Man, before Soul Void Son arrived uninvited and provoked the Medicine Clan. After Soul Void Son insulted Yao Lao, Bai Ge obliterated his seat with a surge of Soul Strength and told him to get lost.

• Bai Ge told Xiao Yan that a Ninth Grade Golden Pill could secure the title of the Dou Qi Continent's Number One Alchemist, while Yao Lao recalled Bai Ge's earlier decision to yield to Xiao Yan.
• Yao Dan arrived at the Medicine Canon, exchanged greetings with Yao Lao, and welcomed the crowd.
• Shennong Old Man arrived and praised Xiao Yan's Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Strength.
• Soul Void Son appeared uninvited, and Yao Lao revealed that he was the Soul Clan member who had betrayed his master at the Little Pill Tower.
• Yao Dan allowed Soul Void Son to stay as a guest, and Soul Void Son took a seat near Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao.
• After Soul Void Son defended his betrayal and mocked Yao Lao, Bai Ge destroyed his stone table and chair with his Soul Strength and ordered him to get lost.

The Medicine Canon began with the Medicine Clan’s younger generation competition, then moved into its main event among five of the continent’s greatest alchemists. Xiao Yan and Bai Ge joined Soul Void Son, Ten Thousand Fires Elder, and Shennong Old Man as Soul Void Son revealed the Void Swallowing Flame.

• Yao Dan stopped Soul Void Son from retaliating against Bai Ge and announced that the Medicine Canon had begun.
• The Medicine Clan’s younger alchemists competed over several days, with Yao Tian taking first place and Yao Xingji placing in the top five.
• Yao Dan announced that five alchemists would compete for the title of Continent’s Number One Alchemist, and Soul Void Son, Ten Thousand Fires Elder, and Shennong Old Man entered the field.
• Xiao Yan challenged Soul Void Son on behalf of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and traded barbs with him.
• Bai Ge entered with the Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron as Soul Void Son formed a black Fire Cauldron from the Void Swallowing Flame and urged the others to summon their Strange Fires.

Xiao Yan, Bai Ge, Soul Void Son, Ten Thousand Fires Elder, and Shennong Old Man began refining pills during the Medicine Canon contest. Bai Ge’s immense soul power stirred the energy of the Central Plains as he attempted a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, while the others aimed for Nine-Rank Mysterious Pills.

• Ten Thousand Fires Elder summoned the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Xiao Yan revealed Xiao Yi, a Strange Fire Spirit born from the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire.
• Yao Dan announced the start of pill refining, and the five contestants opened their cauldrons.
• Bai Ge sent thirteen thousand five hundred medicinal ingredients into the Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron, while Xiao Yan used Xiao Yi to refine several thousand ingredients at once.
• After nearly a day of refining, Soul Void Son, Ten Thousand Fires Elder, and Shennong Old Man began drawing in the energy of heaven and earth to attempt Nine-Rank Mysterious Pills.
• Bai Ge stirred the energy across the Central Plains with his Emperor Realm soul and declared that he would refine a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, leaving Yao Dan doubtful that any of the five would succeed.

Bai Ge continued refining a Nine-Rank Golden Pill while the other alchemists ran short of the energy needed to complete their pills. Soul Void Son tried to steal their gathered energy, but Xiao Yi snatched his Pill Embryo, leaving Soul Void Son furious and attacking Shennong Old Man.

• Five alchemists drew energy from the surrounding region for three days, but the four with Heaven Realm Great Perfection souls exhausted the available energy before their Pill Embryos were complete.
• Soul Void Son used the Void Swallowing Flame to drain energy from Xiao Yan, Shennong Old Man, and Ten Thousand Fires Elder's cauldrons.
• Xiao Yi used the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire to neutralize Soul Void Son's attack on Xiao Yan and purified its Sub-flame into energy for Xiao Yan's Pill Embryo.
• Xiao Yi darted into Soul Void Son's cauldron and stole his unfinished Pill Embryo, enraging Soul Void Son.
• Shennong Old Man restrained Soul Void Son's black fire dragon and denounced him, and Soul Void Son's dragon swallowed Shennong Old Man's Dou Qi streams.

Bai Ge refined a Ninth Grade Golden Pill with help from Xiao Yan, Shennong Old Man, and Ten Thousand Fires Elder, while Xiao Yan secured Yao Lao’s right to the Medicine Clan’s Clan Monument. The celebration ended when Soul Void Son asked the Medicine Clan to lend him its Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

• Ten Thousand Fires Elder intervened to stop Soul Void Son from attacking Shennong Old Man, and Bai Ge struck Soul Void Son with Hado 99 - Goryūtenmetsu.
• Xiao Yan used Xiao Yi to absorb Soul Void Son’s embryonic pill, then received the embryonic pills from Shennong Old Man and Ten Thousand Fires Elder.
• Bai Ge drew the embryonic pills into his Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron and refined a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, which he retrieved after it survived the pill lightning.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Dan to grant Yao Lao access to the Clan Monument, and Yao Dan agreed.
• Soul Void Son asked the Medicine Clan to lend him the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade, shocking the gathered elders.

Soul Void Son revealed the Soul Clan’s assault on the Medicine Clan, sealed the Medicine World, and unleashed the true Void Swallowing Flame. Bai Ge killed Soul Void Son, while Yao Dan activated the Medicine Clan’s ancient guardian formation and called on its ancestor to return as the attack began.

• Soul Void Son revealed his Seven Star Dou Sheng strength, defeated Ten Thousand Fires Elder, and sealed the Medicine Clan’s space so no one could send for help or escape.
• Soul Void Son allowed visitors to leave, but black rays killed those fleeing as the true Void Swallowing Flame spread across the Medicine World.
• Bai Ge appeared and killed Soul Void Son with a Great Heaven Creation Palm, then challenged the Soul Clan’s forces.
• Yao Dan ordered the Medicine Clan to activate the Heaven Transformation Medicine Array as the true Void Swallowing Flame took form and attacked it with black fire rain.
• Yao Dan poured the Medicine Clan’s reserves of medicinal pills into the formation and invoked the ancestor’s return.

Yao Dan summoned the Medicine Emperor's remnant soul to defend the Medicine Clan, but Void Swallowing Flame overwhelmed the clan's formation and destroyed their ancestor. With the Medicine Clan facing annihilation, Yao Dan led its surviving members in a desperate attack.

• Yao Dan summoned the Medicine Emperor's remnant soul, which scattered Void Swallowing Flame's flames and blocked his attacks with a giant medicine cauldron.
• Void Swallowing Flame devoured Medicine Clan descendants to empower a blood sphere, but Bai Ge diverted it, struck Void Swallowing Flame with the Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron, and refined the sphere into a blood pill for Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao's strength rose from Two-Star Dou Sheng to Seven-Star Dou Sheng, and Yao Dan accepted that the bloodline power had gone to him rather than the Soul Clan.
• The Medicine Emperor's remnant soul entered Void Swallowing Flame and shattered, after which the Medicine Clan's grand formation broke apart.
• Yao Dan called on the Medicine Clan to protect its bloodline, and the clan's members charged Void Swallowing Flame in a desperate assault.

The Medicine Clan’s all-out counterattack wounded Void Swallowing Flame, but he unleashed the Spirit Devouring Clan and revealed the Soul Clan’s scheme to consume Dou Di bloodlines. Bai Ge shattered the Medicine World’s spatial blockade with Sunshine Shines, and Xiao Yan’s nine-fire lotus devastated the Soul Clan’s attackers, leaving both sides’ strongest fighters badly depleted.

• Void Swallowing Flame absorbed the Medicine Clan’s counterattack, then released Spirit Devouring Clan creatures that slaughtered people across Medicine Mountain.
• Yao Dan recognized the creatures and accused the Soul Clan of controlling them to devour the Dou Di clans’ bloodlines.
• Bai Ge appeared in his Virgo God Cloth and used Sunshine Shines to erase the Spirit Devouring Clan, severely injure Void Swallowing Flame, and break the Medicine World’s spatial blockade.
• Yao Dan sent a distress signal, while Soul Mirror and Soul Yan emerged from a passageway and Soul Sha joined them.
• Xiao Yan received the Medicine Clan’s Strange Fires and unleashed a nine-fire Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus that nearly killed Soul Sha and injured Soul Yan and Soul Mirror.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan were left drained as Yao Lao and Yao Dan faced the remaining Soul Clan experts.

After Void Swallowing Flame escaped with the Medicine Clan Ancient Jade, Xiao Yan and Bai Ge reported the attack to the Ancient Clan. Gu Yuan explained the Spirit Devouring Clan’s history and suspected that the Soul Clan had used its devouring power to survive and evade detection.

• Yao Feng arrived with the Medicine Clan Ancient Jade and revealed his betrayal, while Bai Ge let Yao Wangui believe that the real Yao Feng had betrayed the clan.
• Void Swallowing Flame killed Yao Wangui, then escaped with his followers and the ancient jade.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan went to the Ancient Clan, where Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Yan and acknowledged his relationship with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan recounted the attack on the Medicine Clan and asked Gu Yuan about the Spirit Devouring Clan.
• Gu Yuan described how the Spirit Devouring Clan had devoured other clans’ bloodlines, and he and Gu Dao suspected the Soul Clan had inherited that ability.
• Gu Yuan concluded that Void Swallowing Flame had evaded investigation by swallowing entire spaces into his body.

Gu Yuan decided to unite the Ancient, Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans against the Soul Clan, with Yanhuang Palace agreeing to help. As the leaders gathered, Xiao Yan learned that Thunder Clan genius Lei Dong had defeated the Black Submerging Army’s commanders and had once been promised to Xun Er.

• Gu Yuan concluded that Soul Emperor was pursuing the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and called on the Flame, Thunder, and Yao Clans to join the fight against the Soul Clan.
• Bai Ge promised that Yanhuang Palace’s Nine-Star Dou Sheng would fight Soul Emperor, while the Ancient Clan sent experts to watch the Soul Clan’s movements.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan and Bai Ge that Yan Jin and Lei Ying, the Flame and Thunder Clan leaders, had arrived at the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Hua asked Xiao Yan and Xun Er for help after Thunder Clan members defeated Gu Hua, Gu Xing, Gu Yao, and Gu Qingyang in clashes with the Black Submerging Army.
• Xun Er explained that Lei Dong, the Thunder Clan’s leading young genius, had defeated Gu Qingyang and had once been part of an unfinished marriage arrangement with her.

Xiao Yan joined a clash between the Ancient Clan’s Black Submerging Army and the Thunder Clan after Lei Yun mocked Xun Er and the Ancient Clan. He challenged all ten Thunder Clan youths at once, while Lei Dong agreed to the match despite knowing Xiao Yan had defeated Soul Extinguisher.

• Gu Hua persuaded Xiao Yan to watch the Thunder Clan’s younger members compete with the Black Submerging Army, and Xiao Yan agreed to go with him and Xun Er.
• Lei Yun taunted the Black Submerging Army and suggested Lei Dong should pursue Xun Er, angering Gu Qingyang and the other Ancient Clan commanders.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Xun Er, and Lei Dong recognized him as the Xiao Yan rumored to have defeated Soul Extinguisher.
• After Thunder Clan members disparaged Xiao Yan and Xun Er, Xiao Yan offered to join the contest and challenged all ten of them to attack together.
• Lei Dong unleashed Black Demon Thunder and accepted Xiao Yan’s challenge, while Bai Ge remarked that the Thunder Clan fighters were badly outmatched.

Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated Lei Yun’s group and Lei Dong in the Ancient Clan’s Training Field before Bai Ge detected Soul Emperor’s arrival. Soul Emperor emerged with Void Swallowing Flame and three Demon Saints, bringing the gathered clans to high alert as he confronted Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin.

• Lei Yun and nine Thunder Clan fighters attacked Xiao Yan with Thunder Dragon Kill, but he stood unharmed and challenged Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong’s Demon Thunderfall could not reach Xiao Yan, who stopped the spear with one hand, absorbed its Black Demon Thunder, and knocked Lei Dong back.
• Lei Ying offered to test Xiao Yan with a palm strike, but Bai Ge volunteered to take it on Xiao Yanzi’s behalf.
• Bai Ge sensed Soul Emperor nearby, prompting Gu Yuan to summon the Ancient Clan’s forces and put them on guard.
• Soul Emperor emerged from a spatial vortex with Void Swallowing Flame and three of the Four Demon Saints, then addressed Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin.

The Soul Clan distracted Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan while Gu Yang stole the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade from the ancestral shrine. As the clans clashed and searched the mountains, Xiao Yan used his soul perception to hunt for Gu Yang and the stolen jade.

• Soul Emperor confronted Gu Yuan with Void Swallowing Flame, whose Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength alarmed the gathered clans.
• Xiao Yan realized the Soul Clan was targeting the Ancient Clan’s Emperor Jade and warned Gu Yuan after learning it was kept in the ancestral shrine.
• The ancestral shrine alarm sounded, and an injured messenger reported that Gu Yang had wounded the shrine elders and stolen the ancient jade.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan to seal the Ancient World and search for Gu Yang, while Soul Emperor kept him occupied and Void Swallowing Flame fought Yan Jin and Lei Ying.
• Xun Er and the Black Submerging Army searched the mountains as Xiao Yan fused his soul with Xiao Yi and spread his perception across the area to locate Gu Yang.

Xiao Yan and the Ancient Clan confronted the disguised Gu Yang, who sacrificed himself to send the Ancient Jade through the defensive barrier. Soul Emperor intervened to seize it, but Gu Yuan blocked his attack as the Soul Clan army emerged from spatial rifts.

• Xiao Yan exposed Gu Yang’s hiding place, and Xun Er and the others surrounded him after he revealed that Lord Void had merged his soul with Gu Yang’s a century earlier.
• Xiao Yan intercepted Gu Yang while Soul Yan attacked, and Gu Lie arrived to fight Soul Yan as Xiao Yan continued pursuing the traitor.
• Gu Yang self-destructed near the barrier, tearing it open and sending the Ancient Jade away inside a blood-red beam.
• Xiao Yan tried to stop the beam, but Soul Emperor attacked him; Gu Yuan intervened and clashed with Soul Emperor.
• Soul Emperor opened spatial rifts, and the Soul Clan army poured out as a vast Black Seal covered the mountain range.

The Soul Clan attacked the Ancient Clan, seized its Ancient Jade, and revealed that it had also taken the Flame and Thunder Clans’ pieces. After Soul Emperor threatened Xiao Yan with his father’s life, Bai Ge proposed reviving Xiao Xuan as a way to strengthen their resistance.

• The Ancient Clan’s formation clashed with the Soul Clan’s Black Seal, and both sides suffered losses in the destructive storm.
• Void Swallowing Flame seized the Ancient Jade, but Bai Ge used the Sky Spirit Li Fire Creation Plate and the Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron to drain much of his cultivation before the Soul Clan retreated.
• Soul Emperor told Xiao Yan to bring the Ancient Jade to the Burial Sky Mountain Range in half a month if he wanted to save his father.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin learned that the Soul Clan had also taken the Thunder Clan’s and Flame Clan’s Ancient Jade pieces, and Gu Yuan summoned Xiao Yan to a council.
• Bai Ge said he could revive Xiao Xuan with the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill, and Xiao Yan agreed to pursue the revival.