Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin helped Cao Ying begin refining the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame after giving her an Eighth-grade Pill and using his essence blood to make the flame more receptive. After a week of painful cultivation, the flame struck directly at Cao Ying’s soul, leaving Xuan Jin alarmed and unable to protect her from the attack.

• Cao Ying took the Eighth-grade Pill, calming her soul and stabilizing her Dou Qi.
• Xuan Jin offered Cao Ying his essence blood as a catalyst, and she playfully teased him before agreeing to begin refining the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Cao Ying used her Soul Power to contact the flame, which violently attacked her; Xuan Jin suppressed it with the Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame and guided her cultivation.
• After a week, Cao Ying drew the Fallen Heart Flame into her vortex and began the final refinement.
• The Fallen Heart Flame suddenly bypassed Cao Ying’s Dou Qi and attacked her soul origin, making her scream as Xuan Jin realized he could not shield her from it.

Xuan Jin used his blood and essence blood to tame the Fallen Heart Flame inside Cao Ying, then helped her recover as she worried about the cost to him. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan left the Misty Cloud Sect after defeating Nalan Yanran and set out to return home before heading to Jia Nan Academy, with only three years to reach Dou Emperor and save his life.

• Xuan Jin fed Cao Ying his blood and essence blood, then used the Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame to suppress and tame the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Cao Ying woke, realized Xuan Jin had saved her at great cost, and embraced him; he confirmed the flame was tamed and would aid her cultivation and alchemy.
• Xiao Yan recalled crushing Nalan Yanran in their duel, burning the divorce letter, and declaring that the Xiao and Nalan families' grievances were settled.
• Xiao Yan refused offers from the Imperial Capital's major forces and continued toward Wutan City while feeling his life force drain under the pill's three-year deadline.
• Xiao Yan resolved to visit his father, then return to Jia Nan Academy and seek the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower as his best chance to grow strong enough to survive.

After Xuan Jin fell unconscious from giving Cao Ying his essence blood, his cultivation technique replenished him as he slept, and he awakened after breaking through to Two-Star Dou Venerate. A month later, his cultivation had stabilized while Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian continued advancing.

• Cao Ying worried when Xuan Jin remained unconscious and his body temperature rose, so she called Xuan Yi and the others to check on him.
• Xuan Yi found that Xuan Jin was suffering from exhausted spiritual power and depleted vital energy, and told everyone that rest would let him recover.
• The next morning, Xuan Jin's sleeping body erupted with energy, and Xuan Yi shielded the room as he broke through from peak One-Star Dou Venerate to Two-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xuan Jin woke, greeted the stunned Xuan Yi, and found his injuries healed and his cultivation advanced.
• Over the following month, Xuan Jin stabilized his cultivation and studied high-tier pill formulas, while Cao Ying advanced to Three-Star Dou Wang and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to break through to Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy after rising to two-star Dou Wang, but Xun Er learned that his rapid progress came from a forbidden drug that left him only three years to live. She decided to seek help from Xuan Jin at the Pill Tower, while Xuan Jin focused on advancing his alchemy and strengthening the Sky Demon Puppet.

• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xun Er, concealing his desperation to reach Dou Emperor within three years.
• After Xiao Yan left, Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Yan had used a forbidden drug that consumed his potential and gave him only three years to live.
• Xun Er feared the Ancient Clan would not help Xiao Yan and decided to ask Xuan Jin, a powerful alchemist and her old acquaintance, for help.
• Xun Er planned to request a detour to the Pill Tower and kept Xiao Yan unaware of what she had learned.
• At the Pill Tower, Xuan Jin sneezed, then returned his attention to advancing his alchemy and strengthening the Sky Demon Puppet.

Xuan Jin watched Zi Yan begin a breakthrough after she consumed a huge quantity of pills, and she transformed into a cocoon as her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline evolved. He reassured Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, then approached Xiao Yi Xian alone in the courtyard.

• Xuan Jin found Zi Yan rolling on the ground with a swollen belly after she had eaten dozens of bottles of pills, and he sensed that she was about to advance.
• Zi Yan lost consciousness, and Xuan Jin carried her to her room, where purple light wrapped around her and formed a massive, dragon-scale-patterned cocoon.
• Xuan Jin sensed Zi Yan’s aura transforming and considered taking her and Xuan Yi to the Dou Saint ruins in the Beast Domain to seek its treasures, including the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian rushed out after sensing the disturbance, and Xuan Jin told them Zi Yan was safe and would likely reach the Sixth Tier, or Dou Emperor level.
• Qing Lin left Xuan Jin alone with Xiao Yi Xian, and Xuan Jin stood and walked toward her beneath the moonlight.

Xiao Yi Xian told Xuan Jin she felt useless and wanted to leave the Pill Tower to gain experience and stand by his side. Xuan Jin agreed she could not remain sheltered forever but insisted she reach Dou Zong first, and Xiao Yi Xian pointed out that the breakthrough would require an enormous amount of poison.

• Xuan Jin asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she wanted to leave, and she admitted she felt useless beside Cao Ying, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she wanted to gain experience and help Xuan Jin instead of remaining a protected ornament.
• Xuan Jin acknowledged that the Pill Tower’s peaceful environment could hinder the Calamity Poison Body’s growth.
• Xuan Jin agreed Xiao Yi Xian should go out but said she needed to reach Dou Zong first to survive Zhongzhou’s dangers.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that reaching Dou Zong would require an enormous amount of poison.

Xiao Yi Xian learned that Xuan Jin had been quietly preparing poison to help her grow strong enough to protect herself, and his support gave her the courage to confess her feelings. After they kissed, she remembered Cao Ying and abruptly pulled away, leaving their relationship at an uncertain pause.

• Xuan Jin told Xiao Yi Xian he would arrange for Old Yao to find the poison she needed to advance to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized Xuan Jin had been preparing for her independence and resolved to stop hiding her feelings.
• Xiao Yi Xian suddenly embraced Xuan Jin and kissed him, and he returned the kiss.
• Xuan Jin teased Xiao Yi Xian as they separated, and she felt both shy and happy.
• Xiao Yi Xian remembered Cao Ying and pushed away from Xuan Jin before retreating to the bedside.

Xiao Yi Xian pulled away from Xuan Jin to focus on cultivating, while Cao Ying sought reassurance that he would keep his promise to make her his first. After kissing him, Cao Ying told him she did not want to wait anymore.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xuan Jin to leave so she could cultivate and break through to Dou Zong, determined not to fall behind.
• Cao Ying teased Xuan Jin outside Xiao Yi Xian's room, and he embraced her and promised that she would be his first.
• Cao Ying kissed Xuan Jin, and Qing Lin watched them from her window before retreating inside, flustered by thoughts of kissing him herself.
• After the kiss, Cao Ying leaned against Xuan Jin and told him she did not want to wait anymore.

Xuan Jin and Cao Ying spent the night together, then discovered at breakfast that they had forgotten to activate the soundproofing formation. Meanwhile, Ling Ying delivered the Ancient Clan’s demand that Gu Xun Er leave the Northwest Continent now that the Tou She Ancient God Jade had been obtained.

• Cao Ying seduced Xuan Jin, and they spent the night together.
• Xuan Jin and Cao Ying joined Xuan Yi, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin for breakfast, where Xuan Yi revealed that everyone had heard them because they forgot the soundproofing formation.
• Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Cao Ying, and Qing Lin offered her congratulations to Cao Ying and Xuan Jin.
• Ling Ying reported that the Ancient Clan considered the young master of the fallen family no longer useful and wanted Gu Xun Er to stop wasting her time in the Northwest Continent.

Xun Er told Xiao Yan that she had to return to her clan, and urged him to reach Dou Zong before seeking her out. At the Pill Tower, Xuan Jin sent Yao Tian Huo to take Xiao Yi Xian to Falling God Ravine to train and retrieve the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s treasure trove.

• Ling Ying told Xun Er that her clan expected her to return now that the Tou She Ancient God Jade was secured, and she arranged to travel to the Pill Tower first.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan she was leaving for her distant home and said he must become a Dou Zong before coming to find her.
• Xiao Yan promised to reach Dou Zong and survive until he could reunite with Xun Er, who kissed him goodbye and left.
• At the Pill Tower, Xuan Jin asked Yao Tian Huo to take Xiao Yi Xian to Falling God Ravine to retrieve the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s treasure trove and gain combat experience.

Xuan Jin sent Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin out with Yao Tian Huo to grow stronger, while promising Yao Tian Huo an Eighth-grade Fu Ling Qing Pill for gathering its remaining ingredients. After two months of cultivation, Xuan Jin witnessed Zi Yan emerge from her cocoon.

• Qing Lin asked to accompany Xiao Yi Xian on her journey, and Xuan Jin agreed to send both girls with Yao Tian Huo.
• Xuan Jin gave Yao Tian Huo the formula and gathered ingredients for an Eighth-grade Fu Ling Qing Pill, promising it as payment for protecting the girls and collecting what was missing.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Tian Huo left the Pill Tower, while Xuan Jin returned to secluded cultivation and Cao Ying trained with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Over the next two months, Xuan Jin cultivated the Soul Guiding Art and strengthened his Soul Power.
• A violent aura erupted from Zi Yan's room, and Xuan Jin arrived as her Purple Light Cocoon cracked and shattered, revealing her newly emerged figure.

Zi Yan briefly transformed into her adult Dragon Emperor form after waking, but she quickly shrank back into a child. Xuan Jin explained that she needed to keep cultivating to maintain the transformation, then fed her candy pills as she schemed to make him responsible for her.

• Zi Yan awoke in her mature form and pounced on Xuan Jin, proudly asking whether she was now bigger than Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying.
• Zi Yan abruptly shrank back into a child, and Xuan Jin wrapped her in a robe and explained that her transformation was temporary.
• Zi Yan changed back into her dress and told Xuan Jin she was hungry after her long sleep.
• Xuan Jin gave Zi Yan the high-grade candy pills he had prepared, and she eagerly ate them while deciding he should keep feeding her.

After two months apart, Xuan Jin reunited with Heavenly Fire Venerate, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, who had grown into a powerful Dou Zong. Xiao Yi Xian returned home and finally relaxed in Xuan Jin’s arms, while Cao Ying watched from a distance.

• Cao Ying visited Xuan Jin and Zi Yan, and Zi Yan showed off her growth to nearly Mid-Sixth Tier.
• Xuan Jin reflected on strengthening his foundation, soul realm, and pill-refining skills while remaining an Early Two-Star Dou Venerate.
• Heavenly Fire Venerate returned with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian after their two-month journey.
• Qing Lin reunited with Xuan Jin as a Dou Wang and showed him the Seventh Tier magical beast she had controlled.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned as a Three-Star Dou Zong, and Xuan Jin embraced her despite the dangerous poison qi around her.
• Cao Ying watched Xuan Jin and Xiao Yi Xian together, accepting Xiao Yi Xian’s earlier choice to keep her distance.

Xuan Jin and Xiao Yi Xian reunited privately after her return from Falling God Ravine, where she told him about killing two Ice River Valley scouts. As they grew intimate, Xiao Yi Xian stopped to insist that he activate the soundproofing barrier first.

• Cao Ying led Zi Yan and Qing Lin away while Yao Tian Huo left the courtyard, giving Xuan Jin and Xiao Yi Xian privacy.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xuan Jin that she had fought magical beasts in Falling God Ravine and killed two Ice River Valley scouts who tried to assault her.
• Xuan Jin reassured Xiao Yi Xian that she had done the right thing, and she kissed him.
• As Xuan Jin and Xiao Yi Xian tumbled onto the bed, she remembered to ask him to activate the soundproofing barrier.

Xuan Jin and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together, and he discovered that her Calamity Poison Body could refine Poison Dou Qi through his Heavenly Flame. Meanwhile, Gu Xun Er arrived outside Saint Pill City and planned to ask Xuan Jin to help Xiao Yan.

• Xuan Jin sealed the room with Soul Power before he and Xiao Yi Xian became intimate.
• Outside, Zi Yan asked Cao Ying and Qing Lin what Xiao Yi Xian and Xuan Jin were doing, and Cao Ying tried to distract her by calling it treatment.
• Gu Xun Er reached Saint Pill City with Ling Ying and an Ancient Clan guard, then decided to visit Xuan Jin at the Pill Tower the next morning.
• Xiao Yi Xian rested in Xuan Jin's arms after their encounter, and he realized her Poison Dou Qi had been refined by the Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame and strengthened him.
• Xuan Jin told Xiao Yi Xian to stay at the Pill Tower and recover before seeking further experience.

Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xuan Jin, and the two joined Cao Ying, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan for an awkward but harmonious dinner. The next morning, Xuan Jin learned that two old acquaintances from Wutan City had come to see him and went to meet them.

• Xuan Jin and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from their room after their intimate reunion and joined the others for dinner.
• Cao Ying teased Xiao Yi Xian, while Qing Lin blushed and Zi Yan mistakenly asked Xuan Jin to bite her so he could treat her injuries.
• Xuan Jin stopped Zi Yan's questions by giving her a chicken drumstick, and the group continued their meal in a warm, if awkward, atmosphere.
• The next morning, a Pill Tower steward told Xuan Jin that two visitors from Wutan City wanted to see him.
• Xuan Jin wondered whether the visitors were Ya Fei or Gu Xun Er and asked the steward to take them to the side hall.

Gu Xun Er sought Xuan Jin’s help after Xiao Yan’s Soul Devouring Pill left him with only three years to live. Xuan Jin revealed two possible cures and began writing a pill formula, leaving the second remedy unexplained.

• Xuan Jin learned that Gu Xun Er had come to see him and suspected her visit concerned Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun Er told Xuan Jin that Xiao Yan took the Soul Devouring Pill to defeat Nalan Yanran, and that the pill was draining his lifespan.
• Xuan Jin identified the pill and said Xiao Yan could survive by reaching Dou Emperor within three years, though the path would be extremely difficult.
• Xuan Jin proposed a second method: replenish Xiao Yan’s lifespan, then inscribed a pill formula onto a Jade Slip.

Xuan Jin gave Gu Xun Er a formula for a pill that could extend Xiao Yan’s life by ten years and promised to refine it. Xun Er stayed for dinner, where she reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and revealed her Ancient Clan identity to Cao Ying.

• Xuan Jin gave Xun Er the Azure Nether Longevity Pill formula and agreed to refine a pill for Xiao Yan.
• Xun Er thanked Xuan Jin and promised to convey his greetings to Gu Yuan when he visited the Ancient Clan.
• Xuan Jin invited Xun Er to stay for dinner and said he would deliver the pill when he returned to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xun Er reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and noticed how much their strength had grown.
• Cao Ying learned that Xun Er belonged to the Ancient Clan and welcomed her to dinner.

Xuan Jin accepted Xun Er’s request to help Xiao Yan and gave Cao Ying a pill recipe to refine, while turning the task into an excuse to spend time with her. The chapter left Xiao Yan far away, determined to reach Dou Zong and reunite with Xun Er.

• Xun Er thanked Xuan Jin for agreeing to help Xiao Yan, then hurried back to her clan with Ling Ying.
• After Xun Er left, Cao Ying questioned Xuan Jin about Xiao Yan’s need for medicine, and Xuan Jin explained that the Soul Devouring Pill had burned away Xiao Yan’s lifespan.
• Xuan Jin gave Cao Ying the recipe for the Azure Nether Longevity Pill and told her to refine it as training, promising a reward if she succeeded.
• Xuan Jin carried Cao Ying to her room, while Zi Yan asked Qing Lin whether pill refining happened on a bed.
• Far away, Xiao Yan sneezed beside his cooking fire and vowed to reach Dou Zong so he could stand before Xun Er.

Xuan Jin planned to enter the Pill Realm to find treasures that could strengthen his Soul Power, and Xuan Yi secured him permission. She warned him that intruders had made the realm restless, leaving him prepared to confront them.

• Cao Ying received extra ingredients to refine a Sixth-Grade Pill while Xuan Jin gave hungry Zi Yan a bottle of pills.
• Xuan Yi persuaded Tian Lei Zi and Xuan Kongzi to let Xuan Jin enter the Pill Realm despite concerns about his safety and Soul Hall's attention.
• Xuan Jin considered seeking soul-enhancing treasures in the Pill Realm, including Earth Core Mother Jade and the Ancient Dragon Bear's treasure vault.
• Xuan Yi gave Xuan Jin a token granting entry to the Pill Realm and warned him that intruders had slipped inside.
• Xuan Jin accepted the token and resolved to crush the intruders if they were Soul Hall's people.