Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yi tried to set boundaries after Xuan Jin visited her during the day, but he returned that night and the two grew physically intimate behind layers of soundproofing. The chapter ended with Xuan Yi asking him to wait because she was not ready.

• Xuan Yi told Xuan Jin to knock before visiting and not to come during the day, then fled to her room when he suggested coming at night.
• Xuan Jin waited in the courtyard until dusk, then left after telling Xuan Yi he would visit the next night.
• Xuan Jin finished stabilizing his cultivation, spent time with Cao Ying and Xuan Xi, and thanked Cao Ying before heading to Xuan Yi's courtyard.
• Xuan Jin knocked properly and joined Xuan Yi, who had spent the evening unable to focus on her pill formula notes.
• Xuan Jin set aside Xuan Yi's notes, embraced her, and assured her that five layers of restrictions would block sound and Emperor Realm Soul perception.
• Xuan Yi tensed as Xuan Jin touched her and asked him to wait because she was not ready.

Xuan Jin balanced cultivation and Pill Tower duties while his relationship with Xuan Yi grew closer. After Ya Fei reported rumors of the Space Auction returning, he ordered her to watch for official news.

• Xuan Jin cultivated after spending the night with Xuan Yi, then settled into a routine of training, family time, and visiting her courtyard.
• Cao Ying quietly arranged for others to leave Xuan Jin and Xuan Yi alone, while Zi Yan questioned his messy hair after he returned from Xuan Yi's courtyard.
• Over the next three months, Xuan Jin consolidated his Five-Star Battle Saint foundation, and Xuan Yi took charge of Pill Tower internal affairs as their relationship warmed.
• Soul Hall's activity in Zhongzhou declined after three Heavenly Venerates died, and Ya Fei brought Xuan Jin intelligence about its retreat to remote regions.
• Ya Fei told Xuan Jin that cultivators were gathering in Saint Pill City amid rumors that the Space Auction was approaching, and he asked her to watch for official news.

Xuan Jin announced his trip to the Space Auction and chose Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to accompany him. He then spent five days refining powerful Eighth Rank pills, drawing attention across Saint Pill City.

• Xuan Jin told everyone the Space Auction would open in the Northeast Desert of Zhongzhou in half a month and invited them to join him.
• Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to go, while Cao Ying, Ya Fei, Tang Huo'er, and Huo Zhi stayed behind.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xuan Jin to look for poison-path inheritances, and Qing Lin thanked him for bringing her along.
• Xuan Jin visited Xuan Yi, told her who would accompany him, and stayed with her late into the night.
• Xuan Jin spent five days refining Eighth Rank pills with six- and seven-colored Pill Lightning, while Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Kongzi discussed the disturbances.

Xuan Jin finished refining pills to use as bargaining chips for the Space Auction, then traveled with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to Space Town. The group entered the auction’s free-trading area, where Xiao Yi Xian stopped at a stall displaying a poisonous Jade Slip.

• Xuan Jin refined five Ninth Rank Bodhi Great Restoration Pills and packed them with his earlier pills for the Space Auction.
• Cao Ying told Xuan Jin she had arranged for Ya Fei, Tang Huo'er, and Huo Zhi to manage affairs while he was away, and Xuan Jin said they would leave the day after tomorrow.
• Xuan Jin visited Xuan Yi, who asked him to come back early before he departed.
• Xuan Jin, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin traveled through a spatial passage to Space Town and presented his Pill Tower token at the entrance.
• The four donned black hooded robes and explored the free-trading area, where Xiao Yi Xian stopped at a stall with an incomplete Jade Slip giving off poisonous mist.

Xuan Jin and the three girls visited the Space Town free trade area, where he bought Xiao Yi Xian an ancient poison inheritance and Zi Yan three Spirit Fruits. They then entered the main Space Auction, where rare treasures drew fierce bids as Xuan Jin waited for the final auction item.

• Xuan Jin verified the Myriad Poison Canon Fragment and bought it for Xiao Yi Xian with an Eighth-grade Pill bearing Six-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xuan Jin bought Zi Yan the Amethyst Source Fruit, Nine-Leaf Spirit Sunflower, and Crimson Flame Dragon Fruit, while Qing Lin judged an Ancient Heavenly Snake scale to be nearly worthless.
• Xuan Jin led the three girls into the main auction hall, where they spotted the notorious Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts among the powerful bidders.
• Elder Baoshan opened the Space Auction with a pair of Demon Phoenix Wings, which sold to a mysterious black-robed figure for four Eighth-grade Pills with Six-Colored Pill Lightning.
• The auction continued with rare treasures, but Xuan Jin and the girls made no bids as they waited for the final item.

Xuan Jin outbid the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts for the final fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with eight Eighth-Rank High Tier pills of seven-colored pill lightning. After the auction ended, he left with Zi Yan and the others while dozens of hostile perceptions followed them.

• Elder Baoshan presented the final fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and opened bidding in exchange for eighth-grade pills with six-colored pill lightning or higher.
• The Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts raised their bid to three pills of seven-colored pill lightning, silencing the other contenders.
• Xuan Jin bid five pills, then provided a pill to prove he could pay, before raising his offer to eight.
• Elder Baoshan declared Xuan Jin the winner, and Xuan Jin completed the transaction and stored the fragment map.
• After the auction ended, Xuan Jin led Zi Yan and the others toward the exit as dozens of hostile perceptions pursued them.

After leaving Space Town, Xuan Jin and his companions were ambushed by experts seeking the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map and their pills. Zi Yan revealed her Dragon Phoenix power and slaughtered the attackers, while Elder Baoshan wondered whether Xuan Jin was a killer from the Pill Tower.

• Xuan Jin's group left Space Town and were surrounded by dozens of black-robed experts led by the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts.
• The ambushers demanded the map fragment and pills, but Xuan Jin told Zi Yan to finish them quickly.
• Zi Yan revealed her Dragon Phoenix form and Five-star Battle Saint aura, crushing the weaker attackers with her pressure.
• Zi Yan killed Scorpion Leader and then slaughtered the remaining experts with her fists.
• Xuan Jin opened a spatial rift, and the four returned home as Elder Baoshan arrived and wondered whether Xuan Jin was the Pill Tower's god of slaughter.

Xuan Jin reunited the four Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragments and learned that the flame would descend in three years, but set his sights on obtaining the Life Spirit Flame to advance his cultivation. After emerging from seclusion, he prepared to handle another matter and entered Xuan Yi’s courtyard to see his teacher.

• Xuan Jin and the others returned safely to the estate, where Cao Ying asked about their gains from the auction.
• Zi Yan described how she slaughtered the robbers who had attacked them, and Xuan Jin said he would study what he had obtained in seclusion.
• Xuan Jin used the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame to join the four map fragments and reveal the complete map and its message that the Demonic Flame would descend in three years.
• Xuan Jin decided that his true target was the Life Spirit Flame, which he hoped to use to raise his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Saint and obtain an opportunity in the Yan Clan’s Ancestral Hall.
• After leaving seclusion the next morning, Xuan Jin agreed to take Huo Zhi with him and entered Xuan Yi’s courtyard through a gap in her flame barrier.

Xuan Jin visited Xuan Yi and told her he planned to leave Saint Pill City to return to the Yan Clan and seek Old Man Shennong’s Life Spirit Flame. The next morning, he set out with Huo Zhi, who eagerly agreed to return to the Yan Clan.

• Xuan Jin embraced Xuan Yi and told her he would seek the Life Spirit Flame from Old Man Shennong to help him advance.
• Xuan Yi warned Xuan Jin that confronting Old Man Shennong would be dangerous, and Xuan Jin reassured her before spending the day with her.
• The next morning, Xuan Jin left Xuan Yi’s room and learned from Cao Ying that Huo Zhi had been waiting for him.
• Xuan Jin told Huo Zhi to prepare to return to the Yan Clan, and she excitedly agreed.

Xuan Jin brought Huo Zhi back to the Yan Clan, where their hand-holding drew shocked attention and the clan welcomed him as family. He then asked Yan Jin for Old Man Shennong’s exact location so he could seek the Life Spirit Flame to break through to the Seven-Star Dou Saint realm, leaving the elders stunned.

• Xuan Jin took Huo Zhi to say goodbye to Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan before departing with her.
• Xuan Jin and Huo Zhi arrived at Burning Saint City, where the Flame Saint Guards recognized them and spread news of their relationship.
• Elder Huo Yao welcomed Xuan Jin and Huo Zhi and led them into the Yan Realm to meet Yan Jin.
• Yan Jin welcomed Xuan Jin as family and offered the Yan Clan’s help.
• Xuan Jin asked for Old Man Shennong’s exact location so he could request the Life Spirit Flame for his breakthrough, shocking the elders.

Xuan Jin told Yan Jin that he intended to seek Old Man Shennong’s Life Spirit Flame, then revealed that his true goal was to enter the Yan Clan’s Ancestral Hall. He explained that Ancestor Flame Emperor had told him the hall contained a great opportunity for Emperor Gold Mark descendants, accessible only to a Seven-Star Dou Saint, leaving Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit stunned.

• Xuan Jin announced that he planned to seek the Life Spirit Flame from Old Man Shennong, shocking the Yan Clan elders.
• Fairy Fire Spirit warned that attacking Old Man Shennong would provoke powerful alchemists and influential allies across the continent.
• Yan Jin declared the matter a clan secret, dismissed the elders, and kept Xuan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit in the hall.
• Xuan Jin told Yan Jin that he needed to enter the Yan Clan’s Ancestral Hall, whose core required Emperor Blood, an Emperor Gold Mark, and Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation.
• Xuan Jin revealed that Ancestor Flame Emperor had told him of an opportunity in the hall that could help an Emperor Gold Mark descendant contend for the continent’s peak.

Xuan Jin persuaded Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit to help him obtain the Life Spirit Flame’s origin from Old Man Shennong so he could pursue a breakthrough. The three traveled to Myriad Medicine Valley with rare medicinal herbs and pills, where Old Man Shennong sensed a disturbance in the valley.

• Xuan Jin explained that the Yan Clan’s opportunity in the Ancestral Hall and the Soul Clan’s growing threat made his breakthrough urgent, and Yan Jin agreed to accompany him with Fairy Fire Spirit.
• Fairy Fire Spirit proposed exchanging ancient herbs for the Life Spirit Flame’s origin, while Xuan Jin prepared Ninth Grade Precious Pills as additional bargaining chips.
• Yan Jin opened the Yan Clan’s medicinal treasury and arranged for the three to travel to the Western Region of Zhongzhou.
• Xuan Jin reassured Huo Zhi that Yan Jin supported him and told her to cultivate while he was away.
• Yan Jin, Fairy Fire Spirit, and Xuan Jin departed through the spatial teleportation array with their gifts and arrived near Myriad Medicine Valley.
• Old Man Shennong sensed a faint ripple in the space around his valley and wondered whether guests were coming.

Xuan Jin, Yan Jin, and Fairy Fire Spirit visited Old Man Shennong in Myriad Medicine Valley, where Xuan Jin revealed the overwhelming power of his Emperor Realm Soul. After restoring the valley, Xuan Jin asked Shennong for the Life Spirit Flame.

• Xuan Jin, Yan Jin, and Fairy Fire Spirit arrived in Myriad Medicine Valley and found Old Man Shennong tending his medicinal field.
• Yan Jin introduced Xuan Jin as the hope of the Yan Clan and told Shennong they had come to ask for help.
• Xuan Jin used his Emperor Realm Soul to seal off the valley, leaving Shennong unable to move, escape, or call for help.
• Shennong realized Xuan Jin was the source of the soul force, and Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit were startled by its power.
• Xuan Jin released the restraint and told Shennong he wanted the Life Spirit Flame.

Xuan Jin persuaded Old Man Shennong to surrender the Life Spirit Flame by combining his overwhelming strength with Yan Jin’s offer of the Yan Clan’s alchemy inheritance. After taking the flame, Xuan Jin reshaped Myriad Medicine Valley to ensure its herbs would thrive without it.

• Xuan Jin explained that he needed the Life Spirit Flame to break through and prepare for the coming chaos of the Soul Clan, while making clear that Shennong had no way to resist.
• Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit offered Shennong access to the Yan Clan Alchemy Secret Vault, and Xuan Jin promised to strengthen Myriad Medicine Valley with a Spirit Gathering Array.
• Shennong agreed to hand over the Life Spirit Flame, and Xuan Jin absorbed it into his body.
• Xuan Jin used his Emperor Realm Soul to rearrange the valley’s earth veins and create a green light-rain that restored and nourished its herbs.

Xuan Jin reshaped Myriad Medicine Valley with a self-sustaining Spirit Gathering Array, prompting Old Man Shennong to accept Yan Jin’s invitation to become a Supreme Elder of the Yan Clan. After returning to the Yan Realm, Xuan Jin entered the Myriad Flame Pool to begin refining Heavenly Flames.

• Xuan Jin completed a Spirit Gathering Array that would sustain Myriad Medicine Valley for a thousand years.
• Yan Jin invited Old Man Shennong to join the Yan Clan as a Supreme Elder, and Shennong accepted after learning Xuan Jin was in his thirties.
• Yan Jin brought Shennong to the Yan Realm and announced his appointment, which the Yan Clan elders welcomed.
• Xuan Jin told Fairy Fire Spirit he would enter seclusion to refine Heavenly Flames, and she agreed to reassure Huo Zhi.
• Xuan Jin sat in the Myriad Flame Pool, activated the Burning Art, and released the Life Spirit Flame inside his body.

Xuan Jin fused the Life Spirit Flame with the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame and advanced from an Early Five-Star to an Early Seven-Star Dou Saint. He went with Yan Jin and Fairy Fire Spirit to the Yan Clan Ancestral Hall, where the Supreme Elders prepared to activate its opportunity.

• Xuan Jin fused the Life Spirit Flame with the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame, enduring violent energy as the flame’s life force repaired his body.
• During two years of seclusion, Xuan Jin broke through to Early Seven-Star Dou Saint and fulfilled the requirement to open the Yan Clan Ancestral Hall opportunity.
• Xuan Jin told Yan Jin he was ready to enter the Ancestral Hall, and Yan Jin agreed to take him there immediately.
• Xuan Jin, Yan Jin, and Fairy Fire Spirit met Supreme Elders Yan Zhi and Yan Xin at the Ancestral Hall.
• Yan Jin explained that Xuan Jin’s Emperor Gold Mark Bloodline would serve as the key and that the four Dou Saints had to activate the Ancestral Hall Array to protect him.

Xuan Jin entered the Yan Clan’s Ancestral Hall and received the ancestor’s Emperor Blood Inheritance and a strand of Dou Di Origin Qi. He remained inside absorbing the inheritance while Yan Jin, Fairy Fire Spirit, Yan Zhi, and Yan Xin guarded the hall.

• Xuan Jin opened the Ancestral Hall’s sealed doors with his Emperor Gold Mark bloodline, and Yan Jin’s group formed a barrier around the mountaintop.
• Xuan Jin reached the Lotus Platform, where the Yan Clan ancestor’s Remnant Soul verified his bloodline and declared him the true inheritor.
• The Remnant Soul offered Xuan Jin a choice between the Emperor Blood Inheritance and Dou Di Origin Qi, but Xuan Jin asked for both and received them.
• Xuan Jin suppressed the Dou Di Origin Qi as a final trump card and began absorbing the inheritance.
• On the third day, Yan Zhi asked whether there had been any movement inside, and Yan Jin told everyone to keep waiting.

After spending one year and three months in the Ancestral Hall, Xuan Jin emerged as an early Eight-Star Dou Sheng, having advanced three stars while receiving the Yan Clan inheritance. With the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame expected to emerge within a month, he prepared to return to the Pill Tower and gather allies.

• Yan Jin and the others guarded the Ancestral Hall for a year and three months as Xuan Jin's aura grew stronger inside.
• Xuan Jin emerged as an early Eight-Star Dou Sheng, stunning the Yan Clan experts with his advance from Five-Star.
• Xuan Jin argued that the Eight Clans' pact restricting powerful experts did not bind him because he belonged to the Pill Tower, not the clans.
• Xuan Jin said he would return to the Pill Tower to gather everyone before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged within a month.
• Huo Zhi noticed Xuan Jin's increased strength, and Yan Zhi gave him an ancient Yan Clan protective restriction for refining the demonic flame.
• Yan Jin promised the Yan Clan would send forces if needed, and Xuan Jin prepared to leave through the teleportation formation for a relay node near Saint Pill City.

Xuan Jin returned to Saint Pill City with Huo Zhi after more than two years away and reunited with his family and companions. He learned that his daughter Xuan Xi had reached the Seventh Stage Dou Qi at just over four years old, while Xuan Yi warned him that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge within a month.

• Xuan Jin and Huo Zhi teleported from Flame Saint Square to Saint Pill City, where Xuan Jin concealed his Eight-Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Xuan Xi rushed to greet Xuan Jin and told him she had reached the Seventh Stage Dou Qi; Cao Ying explained that Xuan Xi cultivated unusually quickly and carried a faint Emperor Gold Mark Origin.
• Xuan Jin reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Ya Fei, Cao Ying, and Xuan Yi, and Ya Fei teased him about returning with Huo Zhi.
• Xuan Yi told Xuan Jin that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge in at most one month, and Xuan Jin said he had enough time.
• Xuan Jin gave the others an edited account of his time in the Yan Clan and heard that Xuan Xi had often asked when he would return.

Xuan Jin returned to Saint Pill City and spent half a month with Cao Ying, Xuan Xi, and the others while preparing to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame alone. As the continent’s major forces began converging on the Demonic Flame Plains, he remained at home for the final days before the coming expedition.

• Xuan Jin reunited with his family, reassured Huo Zhi, and promised Cao Ying to stay with Xuan Xi for several more days.
• Xuan Jin spent the next half month teaching Xuan Xi to cultivate and discovered that her talent and dormant golden origin power were exceptional.
• Xuan Jin told Xuan Yi he planned to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame alone, and she arranged for Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi to reinforce Saint Pill City's defenses.
• Zi Yan visited Xuan Jin and Xuan Xi, discussed Xuan Xi's potential, and learned that her Emperor Gold Mark might awaken as she grew stronger.
• Ya Fei reported that major powers and covert forces across the continent were mobilizing toward the Demonic Flame Plains.