Chapter Summaries

After the destruction of the Heavenly Gang Human Hall, Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Xuan Kongzi recovered and reached Beginner Half-Saint. Yao Chen reunited with Xiao Yan and learned of recent events, then wondered how Liu Xi had fused multiple Heavenly Flames without cultivating the Flame Mantra.

• Xiao Yan became famous for destroying the Heavenly Gang Human Hall, but inherited enormous debts after his hired experts died.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng brought the severely injured Xuan Kongzi back to Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan treated him and Xuan Kongzi awakened and advanced to Beginner Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan continued refining pills to repay his debts, and Yao Chen emerged from the Bone Flame Ring to warn him not to lose focus.
• After Xiao Yan completed an Eighth-grade Pill, Yao Chen praised his alchemy and asked about the years he had been imprisoned.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen about the Alchemy Convention and Liu Xi's killing of Mu Gu and seizure of Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Chen questioned how Liu Xi could fuse multiple Heavenly Flames without the Flame Mantra and called the idea a dead end.

Yao Chen learned of the sacrifices Xiao Yan made to rescue him and grieved for the friends who died, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen considered who had caused the soul riot. Yao Chen reunited with Venerable Feng, but his depleted Soul Origin left him with only a few years, so they decided to seek Xuan Kongzi’s help.

• Yao Chen learned that Xiao Yan belonged to the Xiao Family, had traded away its secret-bearing jade fragment, and relied on bloodline advancement, so he promised to help temper Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that Iron Sword, Tyrant Blade, Qi Lian, Zhao Xian, and Xuan Yi had died during the rescue, and Yao Chen regretted that they had sacrificed themselves for him.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan suspected that someone in the Soul Hall had caused the soul riot to conceal the theft of Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan brought Yao Chen to Venerable Feng, and the two old friends mourned their lost companions and discussed Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen revealed that his remaining soul might not last even a few more years, so Venerable Feng proposed asking Xuan Kongzi for help.

After recovering, Yao Chen reunited with Xuan Kongzi, who resolved to return to the Pill Tower and accept responsibility for its losses. Seven days later, they reached Sacred Pill City with Xiao Yan, while Liu Xi sensed their arrival and considered avoiding trouble.

• Xuan Kongzi told Yao Chen that he would return to the Pill Tower and atone for the losses incurred under his leadership.
• Yao Chen agreed to travel with Xuan Kongzi, and he assigned Venerable Feng to guard Starfall Pavilion while Xiao Yan accompanied them.
• Seven days later, Xuan Kongzi, Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan arrived in Sacred Pill City, where Xiao Yan’s destruction of the Human Hall had left the city on alert.
• Liu Xi sensed Xuan Kongzi and Xiao Yan’s return to the Pill Tower and wondered whether he should flee to avoid being caught up in trouble.
• Liu Xi continued tempering his Soul Origin with Heavenly Flames, burning away strands of black qi.

Liu Xi entered the Little Pill Tower after learning that Xuan Yi had died and Xuan Kongzi had returned from a disastrous mission. The Pill Tower planned to select a new Titan, with Liu Xi as the leading candidate, while Cao Ying prepared to take over her teacher’s duties.

• A Pill Tower elder summoned Liu Xi to the Little Pill Tower to discuss Xuan Kongzi and Yao Chen.
• Liu Xi entered the Little Pill Tower and met Cao Ying, who told him that Xuan Yi and other Pill Tower experts had died during the mission.
• Cao Ying explained that Xiao Yan and Yao Chen had requested soul-restoring treasures and wanted Xiao Yan to qualify to compete for Titan.
• Cao Ying said Liu Xi was the leading candidate to become a new Pill Tower Titan and that Xuan Kongzi had lost his authority over Pill Tower affairs.
• Cao Ying told Liu Xi she would risk her life to rescue him if the Soul Hall captured him, but Liu Xi dismissed the possibility.

Liu Xi arrived at the Little Pill Tower’s gathering and won the elders’ favor with praise for their alchemy writings. The Great Elder announced that the Pill Tower would choose a new Titan after Xuan Yi’s death and Xuan Kongzi’s loss of authority.

• Liu Xi and Cao Ying reached the plaza, where Liu Xi assessed the Pill Tower’s powerful elders and fighters.
• Liu Xi saw Xuan Kongzi, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen, noting Xuan Kongzi’s frailty and Yao Chen’s dwindling Soul Origin.
• Liu Xi thanked the elders for the alchemy insights he had studied, earning their approval and making Xiao Yan displeased.
• The Great Elder silenced the gathering and explained that the Pill Tower needed to select a new Titan after Xuan Yi’s death.
• The Great Elder said Xuan Kongzi would temporarily remain a Titan while his authority was withdrawn, then called for a choice.

The Pill Tower elders chose a new Titan, rejecting Xiao Yan in favor of Liu Xi. Xiao Yan withdrew, leaving Liu Xi’s appointment set to be announced across the continent and the Pill Tower outside Xiao Yan’s coming conflict with the Soul Hall.

• Liu Xi, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yan stepped forward as candidates for the Titan position.
• Old Monster Hou challenged Xiao Yan’s qualifications, and many elders agreed that Liu Xi was the stronger choice.
• Yao Chen defended Xiao Yan, but the Great Elder said Liu Xi would succeed Xuan Yi unless someone could defeat him in alchemy.
• Xiao Yan considered challenging Liu Xi but withdrew, while Xuan Kongzi did not intervene.
• The Great Elder announced Liu Xi as the Pill Tower’s new Titan, and Liu Xi pledged to serve the Tower.

After Liu Xi became a Pill Tower Titan, he sought allies and devised a plan to use Yao Chen and Xiao Yan’s need for soul-restoring medicine to his advantage. Cao Ying agreed to spread word that Liu Xi possessed a rare treasure, while Liu Xi left through the Space Passage.

• The Great Elder confirmed Liu Xi’s new position, warned Yao Chen that the Pill Tower would protect him only within Sacred Pill City, and dismissed the gathering.
• Liu Xi befriended Old Monster Hou by praising his opposition to Yao Chen, and Old Monster Hou invited him to ask for help in the future.
• Liu Xi called Cao Ying over and asked whether anyone on the mountain possessed something capable of restoring Yao Chen’s depleted Soul Origin.
• Liu Xi asked Cao Ying to tell Yao Chen and Xiao Yan that he possessed a soul-restoring treasure after they failed to find medicine, and she agreed.
• Liu Xi left through the Space Passage while Cao Ying wondered what he planned to demand in exchange for the supposed treasure.

After Soul Hall failed to capture Xiao Yan in Sacred Pill City, it surrounded Starfall Pavilion and threatened to kill everyone there unless Xiao Yan appeared within half a month. Xiao Yan and Yao Chen decided to seek help from Liu Xi, who was rumored to possess a treasure that could restore souls.

• Soul Hall demanded that the Ancient Clan hand over Xiao Yan, but the Ancient Clan refused and told Soul Hall to find him itself.
• Hun Miesheng tried to capture Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, but the Pill Tower Ancestor stopped him outside Sacred Pill City, forcing Soul Hall to keep out of the city.
• Hun Miesheng sent the Third Heavenly Venerate, the Fourth Heavenly Venerate, Venerable Elders, and hundreds of Protectors to surround Starfall Pavilion and threaten its residents.
• Venerable Feng told Mu Qingluan and the others to wait, while secretly preparing to risk his life to help them escape if Xiao Yan and Yao Chen did not return.
• After hearing that Soul Hall had surrounded Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan resolved to seek Liu Xi’s rumored soul-restoring treasure, and Yao Chen agreed it was their only choice.

After becoming the Pill Tower’s third Titan, Liu Xi devoted himself to alchemy and waited for Xiao Yan to seek the Soul Infant Fruit. Xiao Yan asked Liu Xi to give it to Yao Chen, but Liu Xi demanded a treasure of equal value, leaving Xiao Yan with a difficult bargain to make.

• Liu Xi gained access to the Pill Tower’s resources and advanced his Dou Qi and alchemy while focusing on his studies.
• Qing Lin told Liu Xi that Xiao Yan had arrived, and Liu Xi made him wait for two hours before going to the reception hall.
• When Xiao Yan complained about the wait, Qing Lin’s Jade Snake Three Flower Pupils disoriented him, and Yao Chen warned him to remain patient.
• Liu Xi confirmed that he had a Soul Infant Fruit capable of restoring Yao Chen’s Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan asked Liu Xi to part with the fruit for his teacher, and Liu Xi demanded a treasure that could match its value or move him.

Liu Xi refused Xiao Yan’s offers of alchemy knowledge and battle skills, making clear he wanted a Heavenly Flame in exchange for the Soul Infant Fruit. He left Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to weigh the price against the danger to Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan offered Yao Chen’s alchemy knowledge and his Xiao Clan techniques, including the Heavenly Fire Three Transformations and Emperor Seal Art, but Liu Xi rejected them.
• Qing Lin disoriented Xiao Yan with her Jade Snake Three Flower Pupils when he lost patience, and Yao Chen pulled him out of the illusion.
• Liu Xi revealed a tiny green Heavenly Flame, leading Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to realize he wanted the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the Azure Flame for the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Yao Chen warned Liu Xi that the Bone Spirit Cold Flame was worth far more than the fruit, but Liu Xi said he would not trade unless the offer satisfied him and urged Yao Chen to consider what mattered more.

Xiao Yan traded the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to Liu Xi for a Soul Infant Fruit to save Yao Chen, while Liu Xi claimed the flame and prepared for the conflicts ahead. Back at the Pill Tower residence, Yao Chen began absorbing the fruit and considered the Spirit Puppet Technique as a possible path to resurrection.

• Xiao Yan chose to trade the Bone Spirit Cold Flame for the Soul Infant Fruit, and Yao Chen dispersed his Soul Seal so Liu Xi could take the flame.
• Liu Xi gave Xiao Yan the Soul Infant Fruit, and Xiao Yan left with Yao Chen while Qing Lin urged Liu Xi to kill him.
• Liu Xi subdued the Bone Spirit Cold Flame with Soul Control, stored it in his dantian, and planned to cleanse it before absorbing its Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower residence and guarded the door while Yao Chen prepared to absorb the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Yao Chen realized that recovering his soul would not restore him without a body and considered using Xuan Kongzi's Spirit Puppet Technique to resurrect himself.

Yao Chen absorbed the Soul Infant Fruit, restored his soul, and broke through to the Heaven Realm. He decided to undergo Xuan Kongzi’s Spirit Puppet Method to regain a body, despite Xiao Yan’s objections, and they began preparations for the resurrection.

• Xiao Yan guarded Yao Chen’s room while his teacher absorbed the Soul Infant Fruit, and Xuan Kongzi arrived to check on him.
• Yao Chen’s Spiritual Power erupted across Sacred Pill City, revealing that he had reached the Heaven Realm and drawing Liu Xi’s notice.
• Yao Chen emerged and told Xuan Kongzi that he wanted a body so he could be resurrected.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Spirit Puppet Method would make Yao Chen a living dead with almost no senses, sustained by medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yan objected to the method, but Yao Chen insisted and left with Xuan Kongzi to begin preparations.

Xuan Kongzi used a Chaos Yin-Yang Pill and the Spirit Puppet Method to fuse Yao Chen's soul with a Medicinal Human Body. Yao Chen emerged with Half-Saint strength and prepared to return to Starfall Pavilion to confront the Soul Hall.

• Xuan Kongzi used precious medicinal ingredients to restore the corpse Xiao Yan had taken from the Human Hall and prepared Yao Chen to enter it.
• Yao Chen swallowed the Chaos Yin-Yang Pill and entered the corpse as Xuan Kongzi infused it with medicinal liquid, beginning their fusion.
• After three days, Yao Chen awoke in the Medicinal Human Body and learned that he was not truly resurrected and would need medicinal liquid to sustain himself.
• Yao Chen discovered his strength had reached Beginner Half-Saint and could rise to High-level Half-Saint as he absorbed Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Xuan Kongzi told Yao Chen that four days remained before the Soul Hall acted and warned him to be careful.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Yao Chen, who reassured him and announced they would return to Starfall Pavilion to make the Soul Hall pay.

Liu Xi entered seclusion in the Star Domain to refine the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and strengthen himself. He broke through to a Heaven Realm Soul and reached four-revolution Dou Zun, but had yet to become a Dou Sheng.

• Liu Xi told Qing Lin and Ye Xinlan he would cultivate in seclusion, then arranged entry to the Star Domain with Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi.
• Liu Xi entered the Star Domain and began refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame with Azure Flame.
• Azure Flame suppressed and absorbed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, pushing Liu Xi’s Spirit Realm Soul through its bottleneck into the Heaven Realm.
• Liu Xi absorbed a drop of Dou Sheng Bone Marrow and used the gathered energy and Star Power to advance his Dou Qi to the fourth revolution.
• Liu Xi ended his cultivation after the Star Domain grew unstable and noted that he had not yet broken through to Dou Sheng.

Liu Xi absorbed the Soul Origin in the Star Domain and advanced his soul to the late Heaven Realm, creating a soul domain that covered the entire realm. His awakening briefly shook the skies above Sacred Pill City, but Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi recognized the disturbance as his breakthrough and told the elders to disperse.

• Liu Xi absorbed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, advanced to Four-Star Dou Zun, and began absorbing the Soul Origin.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi sensed Liu Xi's Heaven Realm soul domain and discussed Yao Chen's recovery and the threat posed by Soul Hall.
• Liu Xi's soul reached the middle Heaven Realm and continued absorbing the Soul Origin until it nearly ran out.
• Liu Xi's soul broke through its crystalline shell, causing the Star Domain and the sky above Sacred Pill City to tremble.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi recognized Liu Xi's breakthrough, reassured the elders that there was no enemy attack, and sent them away.

Liu Xi consumed the Star Domain’s resources to break through from Ninth-Rank Dou Zun to Half-Saint. He emerged just as the emptied realm began to collapse, leaving Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and the Dou Zun elders facing his unexpected return.

• Liu Xi cultivated with Flame Pearl Gel until he advanced to Ninth-Rank Dou Zun.
• Liu Xi swallowed two pellets of Dou Sheng Bone Marrow and seized the Star Domain’s remaining energy to break through to Half-Saint.
• Liu Xi’s breakthrough left the Star Domain barren and triggered its collapse, with spatial storms spreading through the realm.
• Liu Xi opened a Spatial Rift and stepped out before Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and more than a dozen Dou Zun elders as they discussed stabilizing the Star Domain.
• Liu Xi greeted the solemn elders and asked if they were welcoming him out of seclusion.

After emerging from ten months of seclusion, Liu Xi learned that his breakthrough had caused the Star Domain to collapse, then reunited with Qing Lin and heard Ye Xinlan’s account of the battle between Starfall Pavilion and Soul Hall. He learned that Xiao Yan had been taken away by a mysterious woman, while Yao Chen and Starfall Pavilion had suffered heavy losses.

• Liu Xi revealed that he had absorbed the Star Domain’s flames and broken through to a higher cultivation realm, while the elders contained the spatial storms from its collapse.
• Liu Xi returned to the Ye Family Estate and reunited with Qing Lin, then asked Ye Xinlan what had happened during his ten months in seclusion.
• Ye Xinlan reported that Yao Chen had returned to Starfall Pavilion, killed the Fourth Heavenly Venerate, and severely injured the Third Heavenly Venerate.
• Ye Xinlan said Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerate later attacked Starfall Pavilion, gravely injuring Yao Chen and causing many casualties before a mysterious woman and two Dou Sheng Experts drove Soul Hall back.
• Ye Xinlan told Liu Xi that the mysterious woman had invited him to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, and Liu Xi suspected she was Gu Xun’er and reflected on Xiao Yan’s survival.

Liu Xi learned that Zhongzhou’s factions had divided amid growing conflict between Tianming Sect and Starfall Pavilion, while the Ancient Clans and Soul Clan threatened to upset the balance. Determined to reach Dou Saint quickly, he chose to seek the Ancient Bodhi Tree and prepared to leave the Pill Tower.

• Ye Xinlan told Liu Xi that Tianming Sect, backed by Soul Hall, was attacking Starfall Pavilion, while Yao Chen had allied with the Flower Sect and gathered reclusive experts.
• Ye Xinlan reported that the Pill Tower had declined Starfall Pavilion’s alliance proposal but still provided it with some medicinal resources, while most other factions stayed neutral.
• Liu Xi concluded that the Ancient Clans and Soul Clan could soon draw Zhongzhou into war and decided he needed to grow stronger before the conflict reached him.
• Liu Xi chose to seek the Ancient Bodhi Tree, whose treasures and enlightenment could help him reach Dou Saint, and resolved to pursue them despite the risks.
• Liu Xi told Ye Xinlan to tend to the Ye Family’s affairs and planned to bid farewell to Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi the next day, taking Qing Lin with him.
• After Ye Xinlan left, Qing Lin stayed with Liu Xi for the night.

Liu Xi left the Pill Tower with Xuan Kongzi’s warning and learned that a Space Trading Fair would take place in two months, where news of the Ancient Bodhi Tree might spread. He set out with Qing Lin for the Vast Ancient Region, determined to reach the tree before other experts could claim it.

• Liu Xi told Xuan Kongzi he planned to travel, and Xuan Kongzi warned him not to get caught in the conflict between the Tianming Sect and Starfall Pavilion.
• Xuan Kongzi told Liu Xi about the upcoming Space Trading Fair, and Liu Xi realized the Ancient Bodhi Tree’s emergence was near.
• Liu Xi returned to the Ye Family Estate, told Xin Lan to keep studying, and departed with Qing Lin.
• Liu Xi and Qing Lin traveled to the Barren Desert in northeastern Zhongzhou, where the Space Trading Fair was held.
• Liu Xi continued toward the Vast Ancient Region, where he intended to find the Ancient Bodhi Tree and claim its power.

Liu Xi and Qing Lin entered Vast Ancient Town to prepare for a journey into the dangerous Vast Ancient Region, but found that reliable maps were difficult to obtain. Wan Jie exposed a merchant’s fake map and offered Liu Xi a place with his mercenary group as they considered how to proceed.

• Liu Xi and Qing Lin entered Vast Ancient Town and searched for a map of the Vast Ancient Region.
• Liu Xi bought several rare medicinal herbs but found that the available maps were vague and incomplete.
• A skinny map seller tried to persuade Liu Xi to buy a map, claiming it would improve his chances of survival.
• Wan Jie confronted the skinny man, who admitted that his map was mostly fake and that he had never entered the Vast Ancient Region.
• Wan Jie introduced himself as the second-in-command of the Mad Bear Mercenary Group and advised Liu Xi to join or hire a mercenary group for safety.