Chapter Summaries

Han Feng killed and secretly replaced a Hall of Souls Dou Zun who had attacked alchemists in the Pill Realm, then advanced with Xiao Yan to the Pill Gathering’s final round. The chapter ended as the finalists began refining pills and revealed their flames.

• Cao Ying attacked the Hall of Souls Venerable with her Soul Spear, but Han Feng, disguised as Cloud Sparrow, killed him before he could overpower her.
• Han Feng extracted the Dou Zun’s memories, discovered the Hall of Souls planned to open a Space Gate in the Star Domain, and turned the body into a puppet under his control.
• Han Feng and Xiao Yan submitted their medicinal ingredients and advanced to the final round, where Cao Ying searched the crowd for the Senior who had rescued her.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the pill-refinement test, and the finalists took their places on the stone platforms.
• Cao Ying brought forth Blood Demon Flame Fire, while Xiao Yan released Fallen Heart Flame as the alchemists began refining pills.

The Pill Gathering advanced to the Rank 8 stage as Dan Chen, Cao Ying, Xiao Yan, and two veteran alchemists completed exceptional pills. Han Feng held back his pill’s formation while waiting for Xiao Yan, who announced that he wanted to attempt Spirit Ascension.

• Han Feng’s Profound Yellow Flame suppressed the other alchemists’ flames, while Xiao Yan began refining his ingredients.
• After ten days, Pill Lightning appeared, and the remaining contestants displayed their strongest techniques as many completed pills or withdrew.
• Dan Chen refined a Rank 8 pill with Two-Colored Pill Lightning, and Cao Ying followed with Three-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan completed a Rank 8 pill with Three-Colored Pill Lightning, while Old Monster Qing Hua and the Hall of Souls alchemist also formed Rank 8 pills.
• Han Feng opened his eyes after delaying his own pill’s formation, and Xiao Yan called out that he wanted to try Spirit Ascension.

Han Feng guided Xiao Yan through the Spirit Ascension method after refining a pill that summoned Nine-colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan tried to raise his own Three-Colored Pill Lightning pill. As both brothers reached the method’s final stage, mysterious soul-wielders appeared around the venue and Han Feng began a blood sacrifice.

• Xiao Yan asked Han Feng to help him use the Spirit Ascension method on his pill, and Han Feng agreed to guide him.
• Han Feng’s pill produced Seven-Colored, then Eight-Colored, and finally Nine-colored Pill Lightning, stunning the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and the spectators.
• Cao Ying learned that Han Feng was the alchemist on the platform and ordered her family to find information about him.
• Han Feng began teaching Xiao Yan the Spirit Ascension method, while Xuan Kongzi and the others recognized Yao Chen’s legendary technique.
• A group of mysterious people with strange soul auras quietly gathered around the venue, and one of them considered capturing Han Feng and Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan channeled spiritual energy into his pill, and Han Feng began the final step by sacrificing blood into his own pill.

Han Feng forced his Rank 8 pill into the Ninth-grade and defeated the Black Demon Lightning, winning the Pill Gathering. The crowd hailed him as champion, while a concealed Hall of Souls member marked him as a potential threat.

• Han Feng's pill reached Ninth-grade, and Xuan Kongzi gathered the Pill Tower elders to prepare a protective barrier against the Black Demon Lightning.
• Han Feng used the Profound Yellow Flame as a golden whip to disperse the Black Demon Lightning while hiding the full extent of his strength.
• Han Feng suppressed the Ninth-grade Pill's spirituality, then returned to the stage as the alchemists evaluated their pills.
• Xuan Kongzi announced Han Feng as the Pill Gathering champion and offered him an ancient soul cultivation method as the prize.
• A concealed member of the Hall of Souls watched Han Feng and decided capable people would need to be sent after him.

After Han Feng joined the Pill Tower and received an ancient soul cultivation technique, he brought Xuan Yi to meet Yao Chen and his companions. As Han Feng investigated Sacred Pill City, he discovered the Hall of Souls was preparing to summon reinforcements through a Space Gate.

• Xuan Kongzi gave Han Feng an ancient soul cultivation technique and invited him to join the Pill Tower as a future giant, and Han Feng accepted.
• Xuan Yi gave gifts to Lin Xian'er, Xiao Yan, and Mu Qingluan, then escorted Han Feng's group into the Pill Tower.
• Han Feng contacted Tang Zhen and the Chen Family sisters before settling into a quiet room, while Yao Chen privately worried about Xuan Yi's feelings.
• Han Feng used puppets to investigate Sacred Pill City and found that the Hall of Souls was gradually surrounding it.
• Han Feng discovered that a Hall of Souls Dou Zun had learned the next stage of the plan: his spatial mark opened a Space Gate to the Heaven Hall headquarters and could summon its troops.

Han Feng and Yao Chen warned Xuan Kongzi that the Hall of Souls had infiltrated Sacred Pill City and planned to attack the Pill Tower. After confirming the threat, Xuan Kongzi agreed that the Pill Tower had to stand up against it, though the next steps remained undecided.

• Han Feng told Yao Chen about the Hall of Souls' plan to use Three Thousand Burning Flame's Star Domain as an entry point into the Pill Tower.
• Yao Chen and Han Feng visited Xuan Kongzi, where Yao Chen warned him that the Hall of Souls was preparing to attack the Pill Tower.
• Yao Chen revealed that Hall of Souls members had surrounded Sacred Pill City, and Han Feng showed Xuan Kongzi puppet footage identifying infiltrators inside the city.
• Xuan Kongzi realized that traitors within the Pill Tower might have let the Hall of Souls members enter during the Pill Gathering.
• Yao Chen recalled the old conflict sparked by Hun Xuzi's betrayal, and Xuan Kongzi agreed that the Pill Tower had to oppose the Hall of Souls.

Han Feng and Yao Chen warned Xuan Kongzi that the Hall of Souls was moving against Sacred Pill City and the Three Thousand Burning Flame, prompting Xuan Kongzi to secretly prepare the Pill Tower’s defenses. Han Feng then met Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, strengthened her Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and revealed that the Hall of Souls had been spotted near the city.

• Yao Chen and Han Feng told Xuan Kongzi that the Hall of Souls might target the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Han Feng offered to refine it himself.
• Xuan Kongzi decided to mobilize trusted young Pill Tower members, prepare the city’s formations, and consult the seniors of the Lesser Pill Tower without alerting possible traitors.
• Han Feng returned with Yao Chen, then went out to meet Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er.
• Han Feng shared a trace of his Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire with Tang Huo'er, raising the power of her flame.
• Han Feng told Tang Zhen that he had found traces of the Hall of Souls outside Sacred Pill City, and Tang Zhen realized the alchemists in the city might be its targets.

As the Hall of Souls prepared to threaten Sacred Pill City, Han Feng warned his allies and helped the Pill Tower plan its defense, with the Star Domain identified as a likely target. The next morning, Qiu Ling led the ten top alchemists into the Star Domain to attempt to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Han Feng warned Tang Zhen that Sacred Pill City might fall into chaos, and Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er pledged Fanning Flame Valley's support within their means.
• Han Feng brought the Chen sisters to the Pill Tower for safety and assigned them tasks for the coming crisis.
• Xuan Kongzi and Yao Chen planned the Pill Tower's response, including deploying five Half-Saints and mobilizing forces across Sacred Pill City.
• Han Feng agreed to guard the Star Domain and secretly began mobilizing the Soul Punishing Division for a possible counterattack against the Hall of Souls.
• The next morning, Xuan Kongzi sent the ten top alchemists into the Star Domain under Qiu Ling's guidance.

Han Feng subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain as the Hall of Souls launched an attack on Sacred Pill City. He used the flame to locate the Hall of Souls' Heaven Hall and summoned the Soul Punishing Division before destroying the spatial passage.

• A young Hall of Souls master ordered half-Saint subordinates to attack locations across Sacred Pill City.
• Han Feng awakened and subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame, leaving Qiu Ling and the other candidates astonished.
• Han Feng told Qiu Ling that the battle had begun outside and stayed behind with a Hall of Souls Dou Zun while the others left the Star Domain.
• Han Feng had the Dou Zun activate a spatial marker, then used Three Thousand Burning Flame through the rift to trace the location of the Hall of Souls' Heaven Hall.
• Han Feng summoned the Soul Punishing Division and burned the Hall of Souls experts emerging from the rift before void energy and Star Power destroyed the passage.

Han Feng destroyed the Hall of Souls’ passage into the Star Domain, then arrived above Sacred Pill City as the Hall of Souls attacked the Pill Tower. Hun Miesheng confronted Yao Chen, but Elder Lin stepped in to defend him before Hun Miesheng struck them both.

• Han Feng destroyed the spatial passage to the Star Domain, and the remaining Hall of Souls fighters there were killed.
• Han Feng refined half of Three Thousand Burning Flame, put on a mask, and flew toward Sacred Pill City.
• The Hall of Souls besieged the Pill Tower while Xuan Kongzi and the other defenders fought to hold the inner city.
• Yao Chen fought two Hun Palace Dou Shengs with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame until Hun Miesheng appeared and offered him submission or death.
• Elder Lin attacked Hun Miesheng with the Dan Sheng Cauldron, but Hun Miesheng remained unharmed and prepared to strike Yao Chen and Elder Lin.
• Yao Chen sensed Han Feng nearby and told Elder Lin to run, but Hun Miesheng interrupted them and sent a black palm imprint at Elder Lin.

Han Feng rescued Yao Chen and Elder Lin, then confronted Hun Miesheng above the Pill Tower. Han Feng overwhelmed Hun Miesheng with his Azure Dragon and soul techniques, but Hun Miesheng swallowed Nihility Devouring Flame and suddenly broke through, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Han Feng appeared before Yao Chen and Elder Lin, wounded Hun Miesheng, and sent the two away from the fight.
• Han Feng and Hun Miesheng enclosed their battle in the Azure Dragon Domain while the Soul Punishing Division army attacked the Heaven Hall barrier.
• Hun Miesheng unleashed Great Sun Black Devour, but Han Feng shattered the black sphere with Azure Dragon Annihilation Wave and blasted him to the edge of the domain.
• Hun Miesheng used Ten Thousand Souls Pay Homage, but Han Feng's Heavenly Dao: Spirit Devour destroyed the soul phantoms and injured him.
• As Han Feng moved to finish him, Hun Miesheng swallowed Nihility Devouring Flame and erupted with power beyond a Four-star Dou Sheng.

Han Feng fused the Three Thousand Burning Flame into the Flame Mantra and broke through to Five-star Dou Sheng, turning the fight against Hun Miesheng. Nihility Devouring Flame then emerged from a flame seed to save Hun Miesheng and clashed with Han Feng, leaving their battle underway.

• Hun Miesheng broke through to Five-star Dou Sheng and attacked Han Feng with powerful Heaven Tier Fighting Skills.
• Han Feng fused the Three Thousand Burning Flame, broke through to Five-star Dou Sheng, and used Spatial Displacement to seize Hun Miesheng.
• Nihility Devouring Flame emerged from a black flame seed and used its devouring power to free Hun Miesheng from Han Feng's Azure Dragon attack.
• Nihility Devouring Flame challenged Han Feng, and the two exchanged blows with the Void Flame Halberd and Azure Dragon Claw.

Han Feng defeated Nihility Devouring Flame and killed Hun Miesheng inside the domain, then claimed the independent Void Devouring Flame Child Flame. He returned to the Pill Tower, where the battle had ended in victory and Elder Lin reported that casualties were light.

• Han Feng revealed his full strength and struck Nihility Devouring Flame with the Azure Dragon Subdue Heart Seal.
• Han Feng killed Hun Miesheng with an Azure Dragon Claw and refined his soul into a crimson soul pearl.
• Han Feng weakened Nihility Devouring Flame with the Heaven and Earth Yin Yang Great Grinding Disc, then destroyed its soul power and subdued its Child Flame.
• Han Feng withdrew his domain and returned to the Pill Tower, where Yao Chen and Elder Lin had helped defeat the Hall of Souls forces.
• Elder Lin thanked Han Feng for saving the Pill Tower and reported that advance warning had kept casualties low.

After the Pill Tower repelled the Hall of Souls, Yao Chen found Han Feng in the Star Domain and learned that he had subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Xuan Kongzi confirmed Han Feng’s success and welcomed the resolution of the Pill Tower’s two major crises.

• Han Feng warned Elder Lin that a greater crisis might still come, then vanished, while Yao Chen urged Elder Lin to focus on the Pill Tower’s recovery.
• Elder Lin thanked Yao Chen for helping expose the Hall of Souls’ attack plans, and Yao Chen said his aid also supported Han Feng’s place in the Lesser Pill Tower.
• Yao Chen told Xuan Kongzi that someone had dealt with Hun Miesheng, then headed to the Star Domain to find Han Feng.
• Han Feng showed Yao Chen that he had subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame and said the Flame Mantra had reached the high tier of the Heaven Tier.
• Xuan Kongzi entered the Star Domain, confirmed Han Feng had subdued the flame, and declared that the Pill Tower’s two greatest troubles had been resolved.

After the Hall of Souls’ defeat, Han Feng and Yao Chen arranged to move the Pill Tower’s Star Domain to Starfall Pavilion as a branch territory. Han Feng delivered it to Feng Xian, who was amazed by the new space and began planning its transformation.

• Han Feng praised Lin Xian'er, Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, and the others for their efforts in the battle against the Hall of Souls.
• Han Feng announced that the group would return to Starfall Pavilion, while Yao Chen later revealed that the Pill Tower had agreed to let them take the Star Domain.
• Yao Chen asked Han Feng to guide Cao Ying in repayment for Xuan Kongzi’s help, and Han Feng privately considered finding Yao Chen’s former fox-clan love interest.
• Han Feng used Three Thousand Burning Flame and Space Law to take control of the Star Domain and move it as a seed of an alternate space.
• Han Feng presented the Star Domain to Feng Xian as territory for Starfall Pavilion’s branch, and Feng Xian eagerly began planning how to develop it.

Han Feng took Xiao Yan to Fanning Flame Valley to study its techniques and met Old Ancestor Huoyun, whose old injuries Han Feng began treating. After clearing the Fire Stagnation Qi from Huoyun's body, Han Feng prepared pills to restore his origin.

• Han Feng set out for Fanning Flame Valley with Xiao Yan, while Lin Xian'er stayed behind to prepare for her breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Han Feng and Xiao Yan entered Fanning Flame Valley with Tang Zhen's token, and Tang Huo'er escorted them to meet Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun.
• Tang Zhen asked Han Feng to treat Old Ancestor Huoyun's injuries from his breakthrough to Dou Sheng, and Huoyun pledged Fanning Flame Valley's support.
• Han Feng examined Huoyun and found Fire Stagnation Qi throughout his body, then gathered and cleansed it with the Sea Heart Flame.
• Han Feng gave Old Ancestor Huoyun a box of pills to nurture his origin.

Han Feng accepted Fanning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and gathered its scattered origins, completing the Heavenly Flame and comprehending the Mysterious Flame Profound Meaning, Nine Dragons Merging into the Dao. The transformation revealed a mysterious lightning in the Boundless Void, which Han Feng hoped to find and fuse with his flame.

• Han Feng healed Tang Huoyun’s old injury, and Tang Zhen offered him the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire in gratitude.
• Han Feng gathered five origins from Nine Dragon Canyon and left one behind, but the flames in Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er also flew to him, completing the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• The completed flame resonated with a mysterious lightning from the Boundless Void, and Han Feng sensed that fusing with it could transform his Heavenly Flame further.
• Han Feng comprehended the principle of division and unity, and Tang Zhen realized that Han Feng had reached Dou Sheng strength.
• Tang Huo'er and Xiao Yan arrived as Han Feng manifested the Nine Dragons formation disk and displayed his Nine Dragons Merging into the Dao profound meaning.

Han Feng created new Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire origin sources and promised to teach Tang Huo'er how to control the flame. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan began learning Fanning Flame Valley's Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, and Han Feng started forging a Nine Dragon Plate to support his profound meaning.

• Han Feng demonstrated that he could create new Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire origin sources, then returned the flames he had borrowed from Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er.
• Han Feng apologized to Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er and offered to teach Tang Huo'er how to divide and control her Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Tang Huo'er tested Xiao Yan, who passed and was allowed to begin studying the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Han Feng used Fanning Flame Valley's ore and Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to forge a Nine Dragon Plate, then began carving its design.

Han Feng refined the Nine Dragon Plate and improved his forging knowledge with Fanning Flame Valley’s ancient method for making the Divine Fire Disk. Xiao Yan completed the first transformation of Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, and the chapter ended with him and Tang Huo'er preparing to spar.

• Han Feng forged a rough Nine Dragon Plate that fell short of becoming a Saint Artifact, then learned from Tang Zhen that Fanning Flame Valley preserved the Divine Fire Disk’s forging method.
• Tang Zhen showed Han Feng the ancient text, and Han Feng found that its techniques could help him improve the Nine Dragon Plate.
• Han Feng continued refining the disk, producing many eighth-grade high-tier Spirit Weapons, while Old Ancestor Huoyun let him study the Heavenly Fire Saber.
• Xiao Yan completed the first transformation using Fallen Heart Flame and reached the one-star Dou Zong realm, though his attempt at the second transformation with Beast Fire brought little improvement.
• Tang Huo'er challenged Xiao Yan to spar using Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, and they agreed to test their flames against each other.

Xiao Yan and Tang Huo'er sparred to test Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, but Tang Huo'er's Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire overwhelmed him. They returned to the hall, where Han Feng confirmed that Old Ancestor Huoyun's injuries had healed and his cultivation was rising.

• Tang Huo'er and Xiao Yan activated their flames and fought head-on, with Xiao Yan refining her lightning using Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan disrupted Tang Huo'er's Dou Qi with Heart Fire, but Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire took over and sealed his Dou Qi with Nine Dragon Thunder-Sealing Ban.
• Tang Huo'er stopped attacking after Xiao Yan begged her to halt, and he declined her suggestion to spar again after mastering the third transformation.
• Xiao Yan and Tang Huo'er returned to the hall, where Han Feng told Old Ancestor Huoyun that his injuries had healed well and that he might soon reach Two-star Dou Sheng.
• Tang Zhen asked Xiao Yan about Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, and Xiao Yan praised the secret technique before Han Feng prepared to leave Fanning Flame Valley.