Chapter Summaries

Qing Yan overwhelmed the Dragon Guards and pushed deeper into East Dragon Island while Xia Ao and Man Yan kept Qi You and Zhu Li occupied. Qing Lin confronted Qing Yan and summoned the Ancient Tian She, whose power briefly reached the Half-Saint level.

• Hei Qing led the Dragon Guards against Qing Yan, but Qing Yan struck them down with a series of energy shockwaves and sent Hei Qing crashing toward Dragon Island.
• Qing Yan attacked Hei Qing from behind and continued into East Dragon Island as Xia Ao kept Qi You fighting and Man Yan led the Savage Dragon Army against Zhu Li.
• Man Yan dismissed Zhu Li's warning that the Dragon Emperor might return and rallied the Savage Dragon Army to hold their position.
• Qing Lin blocked Qing Yan's path, but he recognized her Jade Snake Three Flower Pupils and launched a sudden attack.
• Qing Lin summoned the Ancient Tian She, whose nine heads bore Jade Snake Three Flower Pupils and whose power briefly matched a Half-Saint; Qing Yan recognized it and claimed the Ancient Dragon Clan had exterminated its kind.

Qing Lin transformed into an Ancient Tian She to hold back Qing Yan while the battle for East Dragon Island continued. Liu Xi arrived and killed Qing Yan with a Purple Gold Dragon Spear, just as an overpowering voice declared that the clan’s traitor would be executed by the speaker.

• Qing Lin summoned the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, giving Qi You and East Dragon Island renewed confidence as Xia Ao and Qi You remained evenly matched.
• Zhu Li challenged Man Yan while the Dragon Army fought on, and Man Yan accepted rather than show fear before his soldiers.
• Qing Lin lured Qing Yan into a trap and struck him with the Ancient Tian She’s tail, but both were grievously injured.
• Liu Xi arrived, and Qing Lin dispersed the Ancient Tian She’s power to return to her human form.
• Qing Yan mocked Liu Xi as a mere Dou Zun, but Liu Xi pierced his throat with a Purple Gold Dragon Spear and killed him.
• An imposing voice declared that it would personally execute the clan’s rebellious traitor, suppressing the Ancient Dragon Clan with its bloodline pressure.

After Liu Xi finished refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s medicinal power, Zi Yan emerged with a fully matured Royal Bloodline and was welcomed as the Dragon Emperor. She used the Dragon Seal to suppress the forces of the other three islands and ordered their capture, leaving the East Dragon Island forces in control.

• Zi Yan appeared after absorbing the purple crystal layer’s power, and Qing Yan died after the Purple Gold Dragon Spear pierced his throat.
• Zhu Li, Qi You, and the East Dragon Island forces bowed to Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor, while Xia Ao and Man Yan hesitated to follow.
• Zi Yan declared that the Ancient Dragon Clan had only one Dragon Emperor and condemned those who spoke of Dragon Kings as traitors.
• The Dragon Armor Army and Savage Dragon Army succumbed to Zi Yan’s bloodline suppression and knelt, though Xia Ao and Man Yan continued to resist.
• Zi Yan summoned the Dragon Seal, which strengthened East Dragon Island’s forces and drained the bloodline power of the other islands.
• Zi Yan ordered the other three islands’ forces arrested and sent to Dragon Prison, and Xia Ao and Man Yan were captured without resisting.

After Zi Yan defeated the forces of the three Dragon Islands, she gave Liu Xi a Half-Saint corpse and transferred the power of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to him before entering seclusion. Liu Xi woke a month later at Three-turn Dou Zun, with dragon scales and powerful wings, while Zi Yan continued absorbing the fruit’s remaining power.

• Zi Yan kept the captured Ancient Dragons and began sorting out the attack’s losses while Elder Zhu Li coordinated repairs on East Dragon Island.
• Liu Xi told Zi Yan he intended to leave and seek a chance to break through to Dou Sheng, and Zi Yan gave him Qing Yan’s corpse to turn into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Zi Yan kissed Liu Xi and transferred the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s power, causing his Ancient Dragon Blood to erupt and knock him unconscious.
• Liu Xi woke after about a month and learned that Zi Yan had gone into seclusion to absorb the fruit’s remaining power.
• Liu Xi discovered he had reached Three-turn Dou Zun and could manifest dragon-scale armor and enormous wings.

After leaving East Dragon Island, Liu Xi refined Qing Yan’s corpse into a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet. He named the completed puppet A San and prepared to travel through Zhongzhou with greater protection.

• Liu Xi left East Dragon Island with Qing Lin, and Hei Qing opened a passage to the northern Beast Region and saw them off.
• Liu Xi suppressed a seventh-tier Tiger King and used its cave to begin refining Qing Yan’s corpse into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Liu Xi spent five days refining Qing Yan’s body and soul while extracting the essence from metallic ores for the puppet’s outer shell.
• Liu Xi fused the refined metal, Magic Core, and power into Qing Yan’s corpse, reshaping its face and body.
• Liu Xi completed the dark-gold puppet, judged it comparable to a mid-to-high-level Half-Saint, and named it A San.

Liu Xi traveled back to Zhongzhou, learned that the Soul Hall was fueling conflicts among major factions, and decided that he needed to gain strength and control the Pill Tower before confronting it. He arrived in the Pill Domain with Qing Lin, while conflicts across Zhongzhou continued to benefit the Soul Hall.

• Liu Xi gathered news while traveling through Zhongzhou and concluded that the Soul Hall was behind the growing conflicts among major factions.
• Liu Xi decided to return to the Pill Tower, strengthen himself, and seek control of its power and resources before opposing the Soul Hall.
• Qing Lin offered Liu Xi her support, and he urged her to cultivate until she could reach Dou Sheng.
• Liu Xi and Qing Lin traveled for roughly half a month on Qing Lin's seventh-tier magical beast and reached the Pill Domain.
• Liu Xi considered the Flower Sect's internal struggle and other faction conflicts but could not find a way to intervene.

Liu Xi returned to the Ye Family and asked Ye Zhong about recent developments in the Pill Tower. He learned that Xiao Yan had arrived seeking an alliance, claiming descent from the Xiao Clan and inheritance from Xiao Xuan.

• Ye Zhong welcomed Liu Xi and Qing Lin to his study.
• Ye Zhong told Liu Xi that the Soul Hall had once placed him on a kill-on-sight list, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen had entered the Little Pill Tower to study.
• Liu Xi considered seeking support from the Little Pill Tower's Elder Council to influence the Pill Tower's future.
• Ye Zhong reported that Cao Ying had vowed to surpass Liu Xi in alchemy when she next appeared.
• Ye Zhong said Xiao Yan had arrived as a Two Star Dou Zun and Eighth-grade Alchemist, seeking an alliance with the Pill Tower as a descendant of the Xiao Clan and heir of Xiao Xuan.
• Liu Xi deduced that Xiao Yan had met Xiao Xuan and obtained the Xiao Family's final bloodline, and suspected Gu Xun'er had helped make it happen.

Liu Xi considered Xiao Yan’s likely attempt to enlist the Pill Tower in rescuing Yao Chen and decided to travel to Sacred Pill City, hoping to exploit the conflict with the Soul Hall. Before leaving, he learned of the Ye Family’s progress and Ye Xinlan’s advancement as an alchemist.

• Liu Xi weighed whether Xiao Yan’s alliance with the Pill Tower was a bid for help rescuing Yao Chen and decided not to secretly target Yao Chen.
• Ye Zhong told Liu Xi that Xiao Yan had no formal alliance with the Pill Tower, though President Xuan Yi treated him as a disciple.
• Ye Zhong credited Liu Xi with restoring the Ye Family’s fortunes, and Liu Xi introduced Qing Lin to him.
• Ye Zhong reported that Ye Xinlan had become a Seventh-grade Beginner Alchemist and was studying new techniques at the Pill Tower.
• Liu Xi promised to guide Ye Xinlan, then left with Qing Lin for Sacred Pill City to seek an opportunity against the Soul Hall.

Liu Xi returned to Sacred Pill City to learn how the Pill Tower viewed Xiao Yan and his plans to rescue Yao Chen. After meeting the Pill Tower, he learned that Xiao Yan’s identity as a descendant of the Xiao Family had sparked debate among its leaders, but they had reached no decision.

• Liu Xi arrived in Sacred Pill City with Qing Lin and visited the Ye Family Estate, where Ye Xinlan welcomed him.
• Liu Xi praised Ye Xinlan’s progress as a Seventh-grade Alchemist and gave her guidance on her alchemy.
• The next morning, Elder Zhao invited Liu Xi to the Pill Tower, where Liu Xi asked about Xiao Yan.
• Elder Zhao explained that Xiao Yan was a descendant of the Ancient Races and had recently become a Dou Zun and an Eighth-grade Alchemist.
• Elder Zhao revealed that the three Pill Tower presidents had discussed Xiao Yan’s identity intensely, even consulting the Little Pill Tower, but had made no decision.

Liu Xi met with Xuan Kongzi at the Pill Tower, where they discussed Liu Xi’s cultivation, his conflict with Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen’s imprisonment. Liu Xi agreed not to make things difficult for Xiao Yan, but refused to help rescue Yao Chen, and left knowing Xiao Yan was preparing to attack the Heavenly Gang Human Hall.

• Elder Zhao told Liu Xi that the Pill Tower had declined to ally with Xiao Yan but had treated him with courtesy.
• Liu Xi met Xuan Kongzi, who recognized that Liu Xi had entered the Nine Revolutions Realm and warned him about the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Liu Xi to spare Xiao Yan from future trouble, and Liu Xi agreed.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Yao Chen had been captured and taken to the Heavenly Gang Human Hall, while the Pill Tower would not risk a large-scale war to rescue him.
• Liu Xi refused to help rescue Yao Chen and inferred that Xiao Yan was preparing an attack on the Heavenly Gang Human Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi urged Liu Xi to study and suggested that he might one day lead the Pill Tower, then Liu Xi took his leave.

Liu Xi marked Xiao Yan and learned that he planned to rescue Yao Chen from Soul Hall’s Heavenly Gang Human Hall, while worrying that Xiao Yan’s Spatial Jade Slip could summon a powerful opponent. Xiao Yan gathered support from nine Dou Zun experts and prepared to attack the hall, leaving the rescue effort on the verge of beginning.

• Liu Xi found Xiao Yan in the corridor, suppressed him with his aura, and secretly placed a soul imprint on him.
• Xiao Yan resisted Liu Xi’s pressure and considered using his Spatial Jade Slip against him, but decided to save it for rescuing Yao Chen.
• Liu Xi sensed Xiao Yan’s Spatial Jade Slip and hurried away, fearing it might summon a Half-Saint or Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan told Xuan Kongzi that nine Dou Zun experts, including Venerable Feng, Venerable Shanyun, and Venerable Iron Sword, had agreed to help.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Pill Tower could not openly support Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan vowed to overturn the Heavenly Gang Human Hall and rescue Yao Chen.

Liu Xi sent his primordial spirit to follow Xiao Yan while he stayed behind at the Ye Family Estate. Xiao Yan and a group of allies reached the Corpse Burial Mountain Range to rescue Yao Chen, unaware that Liu Xi was watching them.

• Liu Xi studied the Pill Tower’s alchemy materials and sent his detached primordial spirit to pursue Xiao Yan while he rested without most of his Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived near the Heavenly Gang Human Hall in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range after more than ten days of travel.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that a Space Barrier concealed the Human Hall and that entering it would alert their enemies.
• Xiao Yan sensed Yao Chen’s presence through the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Venerable Feng and Venerable Iron Sword vowed to help rescue him.
• Xuan Kongzi gave the group Breath Concealing Pills, and the seventeen Dou Zun experts advanced toward the Space Barrier as Liu Xi’s primordial spirit observed them.

Xuan Kongzi led Xiao Yan and the others into the Soul Hall’s sealed grounds, where they launched a surprise attack and faced a counterattack from the Soul Hall’s forces. As the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Great Formation trapped the intruders and killed one of their Dou Zun allies, Xuan Kongzi unleashed Heavenly Fire Burns the World to break through the black mist.

• Xuan Kongzi tore open the Space Barrier, and his Black Robe group entered the Soul Hall’s sealed grounds.
• The group ambushed the Soul Hall’s Venerable Elders and Protectors, killing or injuring more than a dozen before Xiao Yan and the others arrived.
• Xiao Yan released the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to hold back the Soul Hall’s attackers as the Black Robe figures fought them.
• A Soul Hall leader ordered the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Great Formation, whose chains killed one of Xuan Kongzi’s Dou Zun allies.
• Xuan Kongzi used Heavenly Fire Burns the World to punch a hole through the formation’s black mist curtain.

Xiao Yan and his allies attacked the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, but Gu You arrived and threatened to kill them. Xiao Yan summoned an Ancient Clan Dou Sheng, who confronted Gu You and demanded that Yao Chen be handed over, while Liu Xi watched from hiding and plotted to seize the Soul Origin.

• Xuan Kongzi broke the Myriad Souls Devouring Spirit Array, allowing Xiao Yan and the black-robed experts to advance into the hall.
• Gu You appeared, identified Xiao Yan, and threatened to kill him and his allies.
• Xiao Yan crushed a Spatial Jade Slip and told Gu You that he had come to rescue Yao Chen and take revenge on the Soul Hall.
• An Ancient Clan Dou Sheng emerged from the spatial vortex and challenged Gu You, demanding Yao Chen’s release.
• The Ancient Clan elder sensed another Dou Sheng hidden in the hall and called for him to appear, while Liu Xi watched and planned to lure the elder away.

The Ancient Clan Dou Saint and the Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate fought above the battlefield while Gu You and the Soul Hall forces tried to stop Xiao Yan from reaching the hall. With help from the elders fighting alongside him, Xiao Yan finally entered the hall to find Yao Chen.

• The Great Heavenly Venerate emerged from the black mist, ordered Gu You to kill the Ancient Clan’s people and capture Xiao Yan, then lured the Ancient Clan Dou Saint into battle beyond the heavens.
• Gu You attacked Xiao Yan, but Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi each intervened, while they and two other Ninth-Rank Dou Zuns joined forces to hold Gu You back.
• A Three Star Dou Zun blocked Xiao Yan’s route to the hall, but Venerable Iron Sword arrived and engaged him so Xiao Yan could continue.
• Venerable Yun Shan and other allies intercepted Soul Hall Dou Zuns who tried to stop Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan finally reached and entered the massive black hall.

Liu Xi followed Xiao Yan into the Human Hall, where Xiao Yan freed Yao Chen and escaped. Liu Xi destroyed the hall’s Soul Origin restraints, absorbed the accumulated Soul Origin, and incited the liberated souls to rise up against the Soul Hall.

• Liu Xi entered the Human Hall unseen and followed Xiao Yan through its corridors, where countless souls were imprisoned.
• Xiao Yan severed Yao Chen’s chains, gave him Soul Nurturing Saliva, and sent him into the Bone Flame Ring before leaving the hall.
• After Xiao Yan departed, Liu Xi used the Soul Hand Seal, Three Seals Stacked to break open the floor above the gathered Soul Origin.
• Liu Xi calmed the malice around the Soul Origin sphere and absorbed it into his phantom body.
• Liu Xi spread Azure Flame through the hall, melting its pillars and Soul Locks and awakening the imprisoned souls.
• Liu Xi’s will stirred the freed souls to fury, and thousands rose up in the Human Hall.

Soul Hall overwhelmed the Dou Zuns defending the rescue of Yao Chen, while Gu You killed Xuan Yi and defeated Qin Feng. Xiao Yan emerged at the end and shouted for the survivors to flee.

• Soul Hall's Dou Zuns killed or drove the black-robed defenders to self-destruct, and Venerable Iron Sword sacrificed himself to slay one enemy and wound two others.
• Venerable Feng gathered Iron Sword's corpse and fought on against several Soul Hall Dou Zuns.
• Gu You killed Zhao Xian, defeated Qin Feng, and pierced Xuan Yi's chest before crushing her heart.
• Xuan Kongzi and Qin Feng erupted in rage over Xuan Yi's death, but Gu You struck Qin Feng down with Nether Hundred Palms.
• Xiao Yan appeared, saw Qin Feng fall, and shouted for everyone to leave.

Xiao Yan and the survivors tried to escape the Soul Hall after rescuing Yao Chen, but Gu You’s attacks left them facing further losses. Qin Feng died after retrieving Xuan Yi’s corpse and self-destructing, while Xuan Kongzi prepared to follow him until the Soul Hall began trembling and countless souls poured out.

• Xiao Yan urged the survivors to flee with Yao Chen as Venerable Feng tried to join them and the Soul Hall Dou Zuns blocked their escape.
• Qin Feng recklessly fought Gu You and was gravely injured by the clash between their Dou Skills.
• Gu You threatened Xuan Kongzi and vowed to kill him and demand an explanation from the Pill Tower.
• Qin Feng revealed that he had retrieved Xuan Yi’s corpse, then ignited his Dou Qi and soul and self-destructed.
• Xuan Kongzi despaired and considered self-destruction as the Soul Hall trembled and countless souls surged out.

Human Hall’s captured souls broke free en masse, devastating the Soul Hall and leaving Xiao Yan blamed for the disaster. An Ancient Clan Dou Saint rescued Xiao Yan, Xuan Kongzi, and Venerable Feng, while Great Heavenly Venerate was left amid the destruction of Human Hall.

• Gu You and the Soul Hall Dou Zun saw Human Hall’s souls escape and blamed Xiao Yan, who realized he had not caused their release.
• The Soul Hall Dou Zun surrounded Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng, while Gu You attacked Xuan Kongzi and badly injured him.
• An Ancient Clan Dou Saint arrived, struck Gu You unconscious, rescued Xuan Kongzi, and helped Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng escape through a Space Passage.
• Great Heavenly Venerate threatened the Ancient Clan and Xiao Yan as the escaping souls overwhelmed the Soul Hall’s Venerable Elders and Protectors.
• The souls killed nearly all remaining defenders, and Human Hall was effectively destroyed.

Liu Xi escaped the Soul Hall’s besieged space with Gu You’s corpse and later received the Soul Origin his primordial spirit had collected. He weighed how to use his gains while worrying about the Pill Tower’s losses and the danger posed by powerful factions.

• Hundreds of thousands of vengeful souls swarmed the Great Heavenly Venerate, while Liu Xi killed the unconscious Gu You and secretly left with his body.
• Half a month later, Liu Xi sensed his primordial spirit return with decades of Soul Origin and Gu You’s corpse, an Advanced Half-Saint.
• Liu Xi considered turning Gu You into a Heavenly Demon Puppet but decided that obtaining a Ninth-grade Demon Core would be difficult and an Eighth-order core would be wasteful.
• Liu Xi reflected that Xuan Yi had died, Xuan Kongzi might be dead or badly injured, and the Pill Tower faced upheaval and the Soul Hall’s wrath.