Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan and the Black Submerging Army with his lightning clone, then saw Xun Er off as she returned to the Ancient Clan. Afterward, he and Xiao Yi Xian helped Qing Lin subdue Smoke Serpent Venerable, leaving him as her controlled Snake Slave.

• Xiao Yan's Lightning Illusion Body badly injured Ling Quan and routed the Black Submerging Army, while Ling Quan's secret technique and Xiao Yan's Heavenly Punishment lightning left him incapacitated.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er to stay for two more days, and they spent their final time together touring Ye City before she departed with the Ancient Clan elders.
• Lin Lao warned Xun Er that Xiao Yan might be connected to the Soul Hall, but she rejected the accusation and threatened to punish anyone who spread it.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Smoke Serpent Venerable in the Ye Residence basement, and Xiao Yi Xian weakened him so Qing Lin could control him with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin successfully made Smoke Serpent Venerable her Snake Slave, and Xiao Yan urged her to cultivate by using the captured Dou Venerable's power.

Xiao Yan refined Ice Venerable’s Acquired Calamity Poison Body into a Poison Pill, uncovered Ice River Valley’s hidden treasure map, and prepared to take the Ye Family examination in Holy Pill City. After arriving, he found no sign that his ancestor’s Yin-Yang Twin Flame reacted to Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Zi Yan sensed something mysterious in the city’s Inner City.

• Xiao Yan used the Thousand-Eyed Night Zhen to refine Ice Venerable’s corpse into a Poison Pill, and the ashes revealed Ice River Valley’s treasure map.
• Venerable Tian Huo retrieved the treasure, including the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill formula, Taiyi Treasure Pill, and Xiao Yan gave Ice Venerable’s ice techniques to Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Ye Zhong traveled to Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yan planned to earn a Pill Tower-certified Alchemist grade badge before the Ye Family examination.
• A carriage bearing the Dan Family’s badge arrived as Xiao Yan’s group entered Holy Pill City, but Xiao Yan dismissed the encounter and went to the Ye Family residence.
• Xiao Yan found that the Yin-Yang Twin Flame did not react to Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Zi Yan sensed something mysterious both near the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s territory and in Holy Pill City’s Inner City.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered the Pill Tower’s Star Region, where they discovered that the Three Thousand Burning Flame bore the mark and appearance of an Ancient Void Dragon. After escaping the Pill Tower elder’s attack and gaining a breakthrough, Xiao Yan prepared for the Pill Gathering and encountered Dan Chen while seeking certification for his alchemist rank.

• Zi Yan opened a Space Channel into the Star Region, where she and Xiao Yan found the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the form of a colossal Ancient Void Dragon.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame blocked a Pill Tower elder’s attack and sent Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fleeing; Xiao Yan absorbed some of its energy and advanced to six-star Dou Zun.
• The Pill Tower elders discussed the Soul Hall’s interest in the Three Thousand Burning Flame and tightened security ahead of the Pill Gathering.
• Ye Zhong took Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower branch for rank certification, where Xiao Yan caught Dan Chen and resisted her ability to drain his Soul Power.
• Dan Chen told her cousin that Xiao Yan had touched her without suffering harm, while Xiao Yan wondered about her unusual constitution.

Xiao Yan impressed the Pill Tower assessors by earning a Rank 7 Intermediate-Level badge, then declared his support for the Ye Family and confronted the Bai and Qiu Families. The next morning, Qiu Ping apologized and offered three high-grade Rank 8 Magic Cores, which Xiao Yan accepted as he let the old grievance go.

• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower assessment room with Ye Zhong and silenced the Bai Family and Qiu Family members by testing for a Rank 7 Intermediate-Level badge.
• Han Li confirmed Xiao Yan’s rank, recognized him as the renowned Eighth Grade Alchemist, and agreed to send his badge to the Ye Family Residence.
• Xiao Yan used his Spirit Realm Soul Power to subdue the Bai Family members and told the Qiu Family to bring Qiu Ping to see him.
• Xiao Yan searched Holy Pill City’s trading districts, returned to the Ye Family Residence, and waited for the Alchemist Market.
• Qiu Ping came to apologize, knelt before Xiao Yan, and offered three high-grade Rank 8 Magic Cores.
• Xiao Yan accepted Qiu Ping’s gift and invited him to eat, while Xiao Yi Xian teased him about acting like a bandit.

Xiao Yan searched the Alchemist Trade Fair for treasures to increase his Soul Power and acquired an ancient Copper Fragment after rebuffing Chen Xian, the son of a powerful sect leader. After Elder Yao revealed that its rust contained Spirit-Nurturing Dust, Xiao Yan cultivated for a month and advanced to the Spirit Realm Middle Stage just as the Five Great Families' assessment began.

• Xiao Yan asked Xin Lan to look for treasures that could increase his Soul Power while he explored the upper floors of the trade fair with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Venerable Tian Huo.
• Venerable Tian Huo recognized an ancient pattern on a Copper Fragment, so Xiao Yan bought it from a Seventh Grade High-Level Alchemist with a Seventh Grade High-Level pill formula.
• Chen Xian tried to take the Copper Fragment by offering a Sixth Grade pill formula, but Xiao Yan pierced his fan, captured him, and warned him not to cause trouble again.
• At the Ye Family Residence, Elder Yao burned the fragment's patina and revealed Spirit-Nurturing Dust, which could nourish the soul and increase Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Spirit-Nurturing Dust and cultivated with his Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art and Soul Robe for a month, reaching the Spirit Realm Middle Stage when the Five Great Families' assessment began.

Xiao Yan attended the Five Great Families' assessment and demonstrated overwhelming Spirit Realm Soul Power, securing the Ye Family's victory. As the final contest approached, Cao Ying asked to replace her family's participant so she could challenge him herself.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the assessment hall with Ye Zhong, where the Five Great Families and spectators gathered before the Cao Family arrived.
• Cao Ying challenged Xiao Yan over whether he intended to win the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Yan replied that he planned to become champion.
• Elder Sheng began the assessment, and Xiao Yan shattered the soul-testing stele with his Spirit Realm Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan froze hundreds of Soul Measuring Pearls in midair, leaving the other families unwilling to continue the final contest.
• Cao Ying asked to replace Cao Xiu as the Cao Family's participant, then fixed her Battle Intent on Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Cao Ying faced off in a Soul Power contest, where Cao Ying used the Cao Family’s Soul Seal and appeared to gain the upper hand. Xiao Yan secretly overwhelmed her with a terrifying soul attack, then conceded publicly, leaving Dan Chen to realize that he had actually won.

• Cao Ying replaced Cao Xiu as the Cao Family’s contestant, and Dan Xuan joined Xiao Yan and the other participants in the Soul Power contest.
• Xiao Yan and Cao Ying’s Spirit Realm souls collided, and the resulting Soul Storm injured Dan Xuan and threw the other contestants out of the arena.
• Cao Ying used her Soul Phoenix and then her Soul Seal against Xiao Yan, whose crude Soul Wall broke under her attacks.
• As Cao Ying prepared her final seal, Xiao Yan’s hidden soul attack immobilized her and trapped her in an abyss-like illusion.
• Xiao Yan conceded publicly, and Cao Ying accepted his handshake while the crowd praised their supposed sportsmanship.
• Dan Chen realized that Xiao Yan had won despite conceding, while Cao Ying walked away shaken and drenched in sweat.

Xiao Yan prepared for the Pill Gathering, learned that Chen Xian had hired the Soul Hall to target him, and saw Mu Gu leave with an empty Bone Flame Ring. After Zi Yan awoke in her mature form and revealed her strength, Xiao Yan went to meet Pill Tower President Xuan Kongzi, who began questioning him about the Soul Hall.

• Cao Ying recognized that Xiao Yan had used a soul illusion during their assessment and resolved to defeat him fairly at the Pill Gathering.
• Mu Gu visited Xiao Yan, revealed that the Profound Nether Sect had asked the Soul Hall to target him, and confirmed that Venerable Yao had died.
• Xiao Yan gave Mu Gu the empty Bone Flame Ring, refused to fear his threats, and warned that he might not survive the Pill Gathering.
• Zi Yan woke in her mature form, announced that she had reached strength equivalent to an Eight-Star Dou Ancestor, and then changed back into her childlike appearance.
• Elder Sheng escorted Xiao Yan into the Pill Tower to meet Xuan Kongzi, who began discussing the Soul Hall and left Xiao Yan fearing that he had been discovered.

Xiao Yan met Xuan Kongzi and learned that Soul Hall threatened the Pill Gathering and the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After seven days of preparation, the Pill Gathering began, and Xuan Kongzi announced a special reward for its champion.

• Xuan Kongzi gathered Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing to warn them that Soul Hall might seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame or break its seal.
• Xiao Yan left with Dan Chen after turning down Cao Ying’s invitation, and he explained that his Soul Dou Technique let him resist Dan Chen’s ability before her family took her away.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Yan as he set out for the Pill Gathering, where Ye Zhong and Xin Lan wished him success.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Gathering and reviewed its three stages: crossing the mist, entering the Pill Realm, and refining a medicinal pill.
• Xuan Kongzi and ten other Pill Tower leaders appeared, and Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would become a candidate for Pill Tower Giant and receive an Ancient Soul Cultivation Method.

Xiao Yan passed the first Pill Gathering trial and entered the Pill Realm, where he summoned Zi Yan to help him gather its rare ingredients and treasures. After Zi Yan suggested robbing other competitors too, the pair formed the Purple Flame Bandit Group and set out to plunder the realm.

• Xuan Kongzi announced the Soul Illusion Realm trial, and Xiao Yan passed it quickly before chatting with Dan Chen and ignoring Cao Ying’s advances.
• Chen Xian threatened Xiao Yan outside the Pill Realm entrance, while Xiao Yan assessed the Profound Nether Sect experts accompanying him.
• The Turtle-Riding Elder explained the Pill Realm trial: competitors had ten days to collect ingredients from random prescriptions while facing powerful Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Realm, received a prescription for three rare Rank 7 ingredients, and used a Space Jade Pendant to summon Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan proposed robbing other competitors as well as gathering treasures, and Xiao Yan agreed while deciding not to target alchemists for their Soul Bodies.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan robbed alchemists and searched the Pill Realm for rare ingredients, and Xiao Yan found Earth Core Jade Marrow and Earth Core Soul Essence. On the third day, Xiao Yan confronted Chen Xian and had Zi Yan attack his guards.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan restrained alchemists, stole their valuable ingredients, and headed toward Earth Treasure Spirit Mountain.
• Xiao Yan killed a Three Stars Dou Zun who tried to keep Di Huang Essence, then uncovered Earth Core Jade Marrow containing Earth Core Soul Essence.
• Zi Yan returned with stolen medicinal ingredients, and she and Xiao Yan continued searching the Pill Realm.
• On the third day, Xiao Yan found Chen Xian and told Zi Yan to deal with the two Profound Nether Sect Elders accompanying him.
• Zi Yan struck the Elders with Space Power, revealing that she was an Eight-Star Dou Ancestor.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan defeated Chen Xian and the Profound Nether Sect elders, then spent days raiding the Pill Realm for medicinal treasures. They reached the lord of Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range, where their battle began with the revealed Ancient Dragon Bear.

• Zi Yan used her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and Space Power to defeat the two Profound Nether Sect elders while Xiao Yan trapped Chen Xian in a Soul Illusion Realm and killed him.
• Xiao Yan found Rank 7 and Rank 8 ingredients, and he and Zi Yan spent several days gathering medicinal herbs and robbing alchemists throughout the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range seeking its gathered herbs, suspecting its lord was a Rank 8 Magical Beast.
• The pair reached the lord’s Stone Hall, where Xiao Yan sent Xing Tian to handle the guards and confronted the awakened overlord.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan attacked the burly lord, but he awakened his bloodline, revealed himself as an Ancient Dragon Bear, and raised his strength to the Two-Star Dou Venerable Late Stage.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fought Xiong Zhan before learning that the Ancient Dragon Bear belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s affiliated races. After Zi Yan’s Royal Clan identity was revealed, Xiong Zhan gave them his medicinal ingredients, and they prepared to leave the Pill Realm with him.

• Xiong Zhan awakened his bloodline and fought Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, who struck him with the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique and Ancient Dragon Slash.
• Xiong Zhan surrendered and explained that the Ancient Dragon Bear race was affiliated with the Ancient Void Dragons, while Zi Yan admitted she had not recognized his bloodline.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiong Zhan a Seventh Grade Healing Pill, and Zi Yan persuaded him to let them take his medicinal ingredients in exchange for an Eighth Grade pill to improve his bloodline.
• Xiong Zhan said he was trapped in the Pill Realm, and Zi Yan promised to take him out.
• Xiong Zhan explained that only the Ancient Void Dragon Royal Clan could freely cross barriers and seals, revealing that Zi Yan belonged to the Royal Clan.
• Xiong Zhan packed up his medicinal ingredients and gave them to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan rescued Cao Ying from Mu Gu’s ambush, then traded the medicinal ingredients needed for her to pass the second stage for a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill. The second stage ended with Mu Gu still hidden among the contestants, leaving his threat unresolved as the third stage began.

• Xiao Yan sensed Cao Ying was in danger and went with Xiong Zhan and Zi Yan to confront Mu Gu, who had trapped nearly a hundred alchemists and killed most of them.
• Xiong Zhan broke Mu Gu’s Space Lock, allowing Cao Ying and Song Qing to escape, but Mu Gu pursued them and nearly seized Cao Ying before Xiao Yan intervened.
• Xiao Yan and Xiong Zhan faced down Mu Gu, who withdrew after warning that he would claim the championship in the final round.
• Xiao Yan arranged to give Cao Ying the medicinal ingredients she needed in exchange for a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, and she passed the second stage after writing an IOU.
• Song Qing returned safely, but Cao Ying concealed her disgust toward him; when the second stage ended, Xiao Yan suspected Mu Gu had disguised himself and hidden among the contestants.

Xiao Yan entered enlightenment during the Pill Gathering’s final round after sensing that Cai Lin was about to give birth, leaving his competition in jeopardy. As he and Cai Lin shared their memories through their souls, Dan Chen and Cao Ying each completed a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, with Cao Ying producing the stronger Three-Colored Pill Lightning.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Gathering’s final stage and recognized Gu He among the more than one hundred remaining Alchemists.
• Xiao Yan sensed Cai Lin’s impending childbirth across the continent and entered a state of enlightenment just as the alchemy contest began.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin met in their shared Soul World and witnessed each other’s memories, including Xiao Yan’s origins and feelings for Xun Er.
• The Pill Tower Three Giants concluded that Xiao Yan had likely lost his chance to compete after he remained in enlightenment for more than half the month-long round.
• Song Qing refined a Seventh-Rank Peak Break-Dou Zun Pill, but Dan Chen followed with a Tier 8 pill that summoned Two-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Cao Ying refined her own Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and produced Three-Colored Pill Lightning, surpassing Dan Chen’s display.

Xiao Yan ended his month-long meditation and refined a First Origin Pill in the final moments of the Pill Gathering, surpassing Mu Gu and attracting Six-Colored Pill Lightning. After absorbing the lightning, the pill was secured and Xiao Yan declared Mu Gu defeated.

• Mu Gu revealed his identity and refined an Eighth Grade Medicinal Pill that summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan remained in meditation.
• Xiao Yan awoke, put on Venerable Yao's champion robe and Bone Flame Ring, and began refining a First Origin Pill with two furnaces and Mao Wu's help.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others recognized Xiao Yan's unusual dual-furnace technique, while Mu Gu grew convinced that Xiao Yan could not finish in time.
• At the last moment, Xiao Yan used his Strange Flame Pill Fusion Method to complete the First Origin Pill before the hourglass ran out.
• The pill summoned Six-Colored Pill Lightning, Xing Tian absorbed it, and Xiao Yan put the pill away and told Mu Gu that he had lost.

After winning the Pill Gathering with a record-breaking Six-Colored Pill Lightning, Xiao Yan learned that his predecessor Venerable Yao had died and gave the Bone Flame Ring to Xuan Yi, who had loved him. The Pill Tower revealed Venerable Yao’s ties to the Yao Clan and awarded Xiao Yan the Taiyi Soul Skill as he prepared to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Yan broke Venerable Yao’s Pill Gathering record by refining an Eighth Grade Medicinal Pill that attracted Six-Colored Pill Lightning in one day, and Xuan Kongzi announced him as champion.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Ye Family Residence, celebrated with his companions, and brought Xiao Yi Xian with him to meet the Pill Tower’s Three Giants.
• Xiao Yan gave Xuan Yi the Bone Flame Ring and told her Venerable Yao had died; overcome with grief, she retired from public life and left the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Yan that Venerable Yao had belonged to the Yao Clan but had been framed and expelled, and advised him to be cautious if he visited the clan.
• Tian Leizi gave Xiao Yan the Taiyi Soul Skill as his championship reward, and Xiao Yan planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire before entering the Star Region in a month.

Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire, helped Cai Lin deliver twins, and married her. As he considered how to explain the marriage to Xun Er, Venerable Tian Huo sent an urgent mission from the Hall Master: destroy Holy Pill City.

• Xiao Yan left Holy Pill City with Qing Lin and hurried back to the Jia Ma Empire while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan stayed behind.
• Cai Lin struggled to give birth as the Four Great Elders discovered her unborn twins had extraordinary power, and Xiao Yan arrived to use his Heavenly Flames to protect her.
• Cai Lin gave birth to Xiao Xiao and a seven-colored snake egg that hatched into a little snake, and Xiao Yan asked Cai Lin to marry him.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin held a small wedding, and their family settled into a peaceful life with Xiao Xiao and the snake.
• Cai Lin asked Xiao Yan how he would explain their marriage to Xun Er, and Xiao Yan received Venerable Tian Huo's message that the Hall Master had ordered Holy Pill City destroyed.

After learning that Hun Miesheng planned to attack Holy Pill City, Xiao Yan left Cai Lin and their daughters and met Hun Xuzi to learn about the Emperor Breakthrough Pill formula hidden in the Small Pill Tower. Hun Xuzi revealed that he knew Xiao Yan wanted the Three Thousand Burning Flame and summoned him to Tiangang Hall in one year.

• Venerable Tian Huo warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall planned to destroy Holy Pill City, so Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he had to return there the next day.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin spent the night together before Xiao Yan left for the Soul Hall in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Offering Altar to summon Hun Xuzi and asked about the pill formula the Hun Clan wanted him to find in the Pill Tower.
• Hun Xuzi explained that the formula was an incomplete Emperor Breakthrough Pill formula hidden in the Small Pill Tower, while Hun Miesheng intended to create chaos and capture Soul Bodies.
• Hun Xuzi revealed that he knew Xiao Yan wanted the Three Thousand Burning Flame, changed Xiao Yan’s Soul Token to mark him as Tianzun, and ordered him to come to Tiangang Hall in one year.

After receiving a Tianzun Soul Token that could summon a Ban Sheng protector, Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Soul Hall’s Tiangang Hall and sought to strengthen himself by obtaining the Three Thousand Burning Flame. As the Pill Tower opened the Star Region for the Pill Gathering’s top ten, Xiao Yan approached the sealed flame and began speaking to its source.

• Hun Xuzi gave Xiao Yan an upgraded Soul Token and said he could claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame for himself.
• A year later, Xiao Yan returned to Holy Pill City and learned from Venerable Tian Huo that Mu Gu had proposed using the Star Region opening as cover for a Soul Hall attack to capture Soul Bodies.
• Xiao Yan agreed to turn Mu Gu’s plan against him, then studied the Taiyi Soul Skill and reached its entry level before the Star Region opened.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi opened the Star Region, and Qiu Ling led Xiao Yan and the other top ten participants to the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan entered the flame’s body with his Soul Power, found its miniature Ancient Void Dragon source, and told it he had come to fulfill his promise.