Chapter Summaries

Liu Xi and his companions entered the Beast Tomb and followed his Spiritual Power to the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. The flame gathered in a pit of beast bones and regarded Liu Xi with malice, wary of Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened a Spatial Rift, and Liu Xi, Yao Tianhuo, and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Beast Tomb.
• Yao Tianhuo destroyed a charging Blood Spirit, and Liu Xi identified its bead as containing magical beast essence blood.
• Liu Xi used his lotus-pattern mark to search for the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, while Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yi Xian cleared the Blood Spirits in their path.
• Liu Xi led his companions to a vast pit of beast bones, where sparks gathered into the blood-red Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Liu Xi explained that the flame had used Blood Spirits to lure beasts to their deaths and nourish itself; it regarded him as prey but feared his companions' auras.

Liu Xi seized the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in the Beast Tomb and escaped with Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yi Xian. The clan elders arrived afterward and set out to pursue the thief.

• The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame summoned a tide of Flame Demonic Beasts, and Yao Tianhuo used Spatial Annihilation to destroy those that charged him.
• Liu Xi used Soul Control to overwhelm the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame’s consciousness and capture its true body.
• Outside the Beast Tomb, Huqiu and Xiong Er heard the beast tide and decided to alert the clan leader.
• Liu Xi stored the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in his dantian, then left through a Spatial Rift with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo.
• Huqiu and Xiong Er found the scorched battlefield, realized the Heavenly Flame had been taken, and rushed off to pursue the intruders.

Liu Xi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Tianhuo fled through the Beast Region while Hu Potian and another Dou Zun pursued them over the stolen Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After three days, Liu Xi decided to fight back with Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Tianhuo, and two concealed Heavenly Demon Puppets, and the pursuers arrived demanding the Heavenly Flame.

• Liu Xi detected two Dou Zun pursuers and had Xiao Yi Xian carry him through space while Yao Tianhuo followed.
• Hu Potian tracked the group by the Blood Bead’s scent, and he and the bear-robed elder continued pursuing them for three days.
• Liu Xi stopped above a broken valley and decided to kill the two pursuers rather than keep fleeing.
• Liu Xi revealed that Ah Da and Tianshuangzi had become Heavenly Demon Puppets and concealed them near the cliff.
• The two Dou Zuns arrived, and Hu Potian demanded that Liu Xi’s group surrender the Heavenly Flame.

Liu Xi and his allies ambushed Hu Potian and the Bear Clan Leader, turning the pursuit into a fierce battle. Xiao Yi Xian killed Hu Potian with her Calamity Poison Power, while the Bear Clan Leader was left overwhelmed and begging for mercy.

• Liu Xi ordered an attack on Hu Potian and the Bear Clan Leader, sending the Heavenly Demon Puppets at them as Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yi Xian joined the fight.
• Tianshuangzi and Ah Da clashed with the two magical beasts, and Tianshuangzi endured Hu Potian's Wind Blades and close-range attacks.
• Hu Potian transformed into a giant striped tiger and struck Tianshuangzi with the Divine Firmament Evil Purging Cannon.
• Xiao Yi Xian hit Hu Potian with a black needle that carried Calamity Poison Power, and the poison killed him.
• The Bear Clan Leader, pressed by Yao Tianhuo and Ah Da, panicked and invoked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while pleading to be spared.

Liu Xi, Yao Tianhuo, and Xiao Yi Xian killed the pursuing bear tribe Dou Zun and escaped the Beast Region for the Central Region. The Sky Demon Phoenix Clan later discovered the deaths and issued wanted notices, but the group had already erased their tracks.

• The bear tribe chief entered a berserk state and attacked Yao Tianhuo, while Tianshuangzi engaged him in battle.
• Xiao Yi Xian struck the giant bear with a poison needle, and the Calamity Poison Gas killed him.
• Liu Xi stored the two Heavenly Demon Puppets and the two magical beast corpses, then led the group toward the Central Region.
• The group returned to the Central Region and erased their traces before the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan investigated the deaths.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan issued wanted notices and offered rewards for information about the mysterious experts.

After returning to Sacred Pill City, Liu Xi went to a Pill Tower branch to seek an Alchemist grade assessment and learn about advanced alchemy. He requested a Seventh-grade assessment, leaving the courtyard stunned and doubtful.

• Liu Xi and his companions returned to Sacred Pill City, where he planned to pursue the Alchemy Convention, learn higher-grade alchemy, and find the Poria Green Pill recipe for Yao Tianhuo.
• Liu Xi followed directions to the outer city branch tower with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo and explained to its guards that he had come to take an Alchemist grade assessment.
• A guard escorted Liu Xi to the assessment courtyard, where he took a ticket and told the clerk he wanted to be assessed as a Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• The clerk and the people in the courtyard reacted with disbelief, noting that the testing room only handled assessments up to Fifth grade and mocking Liu Xi's claim.

Liu Xi entered the Pill Tower’s high-level Fifth-grade Alchemist assessment after declaring that he would soon seek the Seventh-grade assessment. He passed with such impressive skill that Examiner Zhang treated him with respect, leaving the courtyard alchemists stunned.

• Xiao Yi Xian released a powerful aura against the alchemists mocking Liu Xi, but Liu Xi stopped her and asked about the Seventh-grade assessment process.
• The Pill Tower clerk explained that Liu Xi first had to pass the high-level Fifth-grade assessment and submit an application for the Seventh-grade test.
• Liu Xi received ticket number three and entered the assessment room while the waiting alchemists disparaged his ambitions.
• After about an hour, Liu Xi passed the assessment, and Examiner Zhang respectfully escorted him from the room.
• Examiner Zhang told the gathered alchemists that Liu Xi’s pill-refining technique rivaled that of veteran Seventh-grade Alchemists, astonishing them.

Liu Xi arrived at the Pill Tower to take the Seventh-grade Alchemist assessment, and Han Li brought him to the testing area alongside Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo. When Liu Xi declared that he wanted a Seventh-grade High-level assessment, the Cao and White families reacted with disbelief and scorn.

• Han Li checked Liu Xi’s Fifth-grade Alchemist badge and led him to the high-level testing area.
• Han Li introduced the Cao and White families, and Cao Xiu and Cao Dan requested Sixth-grade Intermediate and Seventh-grade Beginner assessments.
• Bai Feng and Bai Xue requested Sixth-grade Low-level and Sixth-grade Intermediate assessments.
• The Old Woman of the Bai Family challenged Liu Xi’s presence, prompting Liu Xi to announce that he would take the Seventh-grade High-level assessment.
• Han Li and the families were shocked, while the Old Woman of the Bai Family mocked Liu Xi and accused Han Li of damaging the Pill Tower’s reputation.

Liu Xi entered the Pill Tower’s assessment alongside Cao Dan, seeking recognition as a Seventh-grade Intermediate Alchemist. Both emerged with Seventh-grade badges, but Liu Xi’s seventh star shone brighter, leaving the onlookers stunned and the White Family elder’s hopes of mocking him in doubt.

• Han Li reprimanded the White Family elder and warned Liu Xi that he could assess only up to Seventh-grade Intermediate Alchemist.
• Liu Xi chose to take the Seventh-grade Intermediate assessment, while the other candidates went to their assessment rooms.
• While waiting, Liu Xi considered the Pill Tower’s influence and his need to find high-grade pill recipes before the Alchemy Convention.
• The sixth-grade candidates passed their assessments, and Han Li led Liu Xi and Cao Dan into the Heaven-tier room for their tests.
• After an hour, Han Li emerged looking amazed and regretful, followed by Cao Dan and Liu Xi, each holding a Seventh-grade badge; Liu Xi’s seventh star was brighter.

Liu Xi subdued the White Family elder at the Pill Tower and secured the steward’s promise to report his request for an Eighth-grade Poria Green Pill recipe. After settling in Sacred Pill City, he began refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and his expanding Spiritual Power reached toward a vast Star Domain.

• Liu Xi crushed the White Family elder with his soul pressure, then told Han Li that the White Family could confront him directly if it had a grievance.
• Han Li promised to report Liu Xi’s request for an Eighth-grade Poria Green Pill recipe, while Bai Feng and Bai Xue fled with the dazed elder.
• Cao Xiang invited Liu Xi to stay with the Cao Family, but Liu Xi declined and left the branch tower with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo.
• Liu Xi rented rooms at an inn, asked Xiao Yi Xian to guard him, and began refining the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in his spiritual space.
• Liu Xi’s growing Spiritual Power crossed beyond his body and drifted toward a vast Star Domain filled with stars and blazing flames.

Liu Xi located the Three Thousand Burning Flame in his soul vision but chose to follow the Pill Tower’s rules and wait for the Alchemy Convention. After the White Family came to apologize and Elder Qiu intervened, Liu Xi agreed not to pursue the dispute but refused to make peace with them.

• Liu Xi found the Three Thousand Burning Flame in his soul vision, burned away the Spiritual Power that challenged him, and withdrew without trying to seize the flame.
• Liu Xi cultivated through the night, raising his soul to the peak of the early Spirit Realm and his Dou Qi to Nine Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian blocked eight White Family members at the inn, and Liu Xi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Tianhuo overwhelmed them with their auras.
• The White Family’s Great Elder said they had come to apologize, but Liu Xi challenged his claim because they had brought a Dou Zun expert.
• Elder Qiu arrived and urged both sides to settle the dispute; Liu Xi agreed not to pursue it but rejected making peace with the White Family.

Liu Xi accepted three Eighth-grade Pill Recipes from Great Elder Bai Jiu to settle the White Family’s conflict with him, then heard Elder Qiu’s offer to recruit him into the Pill Tower. The chapter ended with Liu Xi learning that joining would grant him access to Eighth-grade recipes, though obtaining the Poria Green Pill recipe required trading one of equal grade.

• Elder Qiu urged Liu Xi and the White Family to settle their dispute peacefully, and Bai Jiu offered three Eighth-grade Pill Recipes as an apology.
• Xiao Yi Xian checked the scrolls and gave them to Liu Xi, who accepted the White Family’s apology and declared their grievances settled.
• Liu Xi explained that the Old Woman of the Bai Family could recover only with ingredients and pills that nourished the soul, while Bai Jiu invited him to visit the White Family.
• Elder Qiu witnessed the reconciliation, and Bai Jiu left with the White Family members and Venerable Yun.
• Elder Qiu stayed behind to recruit Liu Xi for the Pill Tower and explained that joining would grant him access to Eighth-grade Pill Recipes, but he would need to trade a recipe of equal grade for the Poria Green Pill recipe.

Liu Xi traded for the Poria Green Pill recipe, arranged for Yao Tianhuo to gather its ingredients, and left Sacred Pill City with Xiao Yi Xian. He sensed another Heavenly Flame to the north as the Pill Tower’s leaders discussed his talent.

• Elder Qiu traded Liu Xi the Poria Green Pill recipe for his Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill recipe and invited him to test his alchemy rank at the Pill Tower headquarters.
• Liu Xi gave the Poria Green Pill recipe to Yao Tianhuo, who memorized its ingredients and left to find them.
• Xiao Yi Xian promised to protect Liu Xi, and they left Sacred Pill City after settling the hotel’s costs and buying her clothes and jewelry.
• Liu Xi sensed a familiar presence to the north that he identified as another Heavenly Flame.
• Pill Tower leaders learned that Liu Xi had a Spirit Realm Soul and discussed his talent, comparing him to Cao Ying.

As Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian traveled north through Zhongzhou, Liu Xi learned that his earlier defeat of Ice River Valley had made him famous and that his return had drawn renewed attention. On their journey, he studied the Zunshi Pill recipe and considered how to obtain the rare ingredients needed to refine it.

• Liu Xi heard mercenaries discuss how his confrontation with Ice River Valley had spread his fame and boosted Jia Nan Academy’s reputation.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian traveled on the back of a captured Black Feather Arrow Eagle, which accepted its fate after witnessing Xiao Yi Xian defeat another beast.
• Liu Xi studied the Zunshi Pill recipe, an Eighth-grade pill that could raise an ordinary Dou Zun’s strength by one star once in their lifetime.
• Liu Xi explained that the main challenge in refining the pill would be gathering its rare medicinal ingredients, then wondered whether to establish or join a faction.

Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian reached a volcano in the Northern Wilderness Mountain Range, where Liu Xi found and subdued the Mysterious Yellow Flame. He absorbed the flame into his body, adding another Heavenly Flame to his power.

• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian traveled north for half a year, reaching the Northern Wilderness Mountain Range as Liu Xi advanced to peak Nine Star Dou Zong and Xiao Yi Xian reached Five Star Dou Zun.
• Liu Xi spotted a dormant volcano and sent the Black Feather Arrow Eagle toward it after sensing a Heavenly Flame nearby.
• Two seventh-tier magical beasts challenged the group, and Xiao Yi Xian knocked them down so Liu Xi could proceed.
• Liu Xi entered the volcano's magma protected by his fused Green Flame and continued diving as the magma churned around him.
• The Mysterious Yellow Azure Dragon attacked Liu Xi, but he used Soul Control to subdue it and identified it as the twenty-third-ranked Mysterious Yellow Flame.
• Liu Xi guided the Mysterious Yellow Flame into his body.

Liu Xi collected the Mysterious Yellow Flame, triggering the volcano to erupt, and attempted to suppress the eruption with the Green Lotus Core Flame. He forced the magma back into the crater, but the mountain shook violently as the peak began to collapse.

• Liu Xi collected the Mysterious Yellow Flame and sensed the magma growing increasingly unstable as he returned to the surface.
• Liu Xi reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and she released the magical beasts she had trapped in a Space Cage.
• The magical beasts fled as the Sacred Mountain erupted, filling the sky with smoke and sending magma surging from the crater.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to control the volcano, but Liu Xi insisted that a Heavenly Flame was needed to stop the eruption.
• Liu Xi formed a blazing sun from the Green Flame and drove it into the crater, burning the erupting magma and forcing it back down as the mountain trembled.

Liu Xi subdued a volcano with his Heavenly Flames, then refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame and strengthened his soul. After assessing his progress, he decided to return to the Northern Region with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Liu Xi used his Heavenly Flames to suppress the erupting magma and turn the volcano dormant, then left with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Three days later, Liu Xi refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame in his spiritual world, using its flame source to nourish his soul.
• Liu Xi’s Spiritual Power surged to a level comparable to a Spirit Realm Intermediate soul, and Xiao Yi Xian felt its pressure from outside the cave.
• Liu Xi reflected on his strength as a Nine Star Dou Zong and decided that reaching the Dou Zun realm was more important than challenging a Dou Zun expert.
• Liu Xi told Xiao Yi Xian they would return to the Northern Region.

Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian attended the Medicine Exchange Convention hosted by Lingyao Workshop, where Liu Xi traded for a key ingredient for the Zunshi Pill. After the formal exchanges ended, they began browsing the gathered medicinal ingredients.

• Zhou Wei opened the convention by offering a Snow Domain Cold Lotus, and Liu Xi won it with three Sect Breaking Pills.
• Liu Xi watched Master Ma obtain an Azure Green Fruit and Zhao Yan exchange a Seventh-grade Yun Ling Pill for an Eight-petal Spirit Orchid.
• Zhou Wei invited the attendees to trade their own goods at the stone platforms.
• Xiao Yi Xian wanted medicinal ingredients for making poisons, so Liu Xi gave her a Storage Ring of pills to use in trades.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian began browsing the ingredients, with Liu Xi quietly searching through them using his Spiritual Power.

Liu Xi traded a Seventh-grade Intermediate Life-Returning Pill for Earth Vein Blood Marrow, completing his ingredients for the Zunshi Pill. The next day, he prepared to refine it in the inn, hoping to become an Eighth-grade Alchemist and attract powerful experts seeking his services.

• Liu Xi browsed the medicinal ingredients and exchanged a Life-Returning Pill with Zhao Yan for Earth Vein Blood Marrow.
• Liu Xi realized he had gathered all the ingredients needed for at least one Zunshi Pill, while Xiao Yi Xian acquired rare ingredients to strengthen her Poison Pill.
• Liu Xi and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the inn and agreed to rest before refining medicine the next day.
• Liu Xi set up his Myriad Beasts Cauldron and arranged the Zunshi Pill ingredients while Xiao Yi Xian stood guard outside.
• Liu Xi reviewed the refining process and began preparing to refine the Eighth-grade Pill.

Liu Xi refined the Zunshi Pill, successfully completing an Eighth-grade Pill after three days of work. Its emergence summoned Three-colored Lightning Clouds over the city, drawing a crowd of cultivators.

• Liu Xi used the Origin Green Flame to refine the Snow Domain Cold Lotus, Earth Vein Blood Marrow, and the remaining medicinal materials into liquids.
• Liu Xi gathered the medicinal liquids and used the Gather Spirit seal to infuse them with spirituality, sustaining the process for three days.
• Liu Xi completed the Zunshi Pill, and it burst from the cauldron in a pillar of green light that pierced the inn's roof.
• Cultivators across the city gathered as the pill's emergence drew heaven and earth energy and formed green, silver, and red lightning clouds.
• The lightning clouds settled into Three-colored Lightning Clouds, and onlookers recognized them as a sign of an Eighth-grade Pill.