Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin persuaded Xuan Yi to let Zi Yan join his trip to the Pill Realm, and she warned him to be wary of the Soul Hall while promising to protect him. Back at the courtyard, Xuan Jin told Xiao Yi Xian he would leave for the Pill Realm in a few days, leaving her concerned about the danger.

• Xuan Jin argued that Zi Yan's treasure-hunting ability and intimidating bloodline would make her a valuable companion in the Pill Realm, and Xuan Yi gave him a token to take her.
• Xuan Yi told Xuan Jin to watch for clues about Zi Yan's origins and warned him that the Soul Hall had been active, promising to support him.
• Xuan Jin privately resolved to keep Zi Yan's identity as the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor secret and to grow stronger before the Dragon Kings learned of her.
• Xuan Jin used Xuan Yi's token to take high-grade pills and medicinal ingredients from the Pill Tower's storehouse for Zi Yan.
• Xuan Jin found Xiao Yi Xian watching the sunset and told her he would go to the Pill Realm in a few days, explaining that he planned to bring Zi Yan along.

Xiao Yi Xian decided to travel to the Cloud Empire to strengthen herself and unlock the Calamity Poison Body’s potential, and Xuan Jin gave her a World-Breaking Talisman for protection. At dinner, Xuan Jin announced that he would soon go to the Pill Realm with Zi Yan, leaving Xiao Yi Xian sitting quietly as he turned toward her.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xuan Jin she wanted to return to the Northwest Continent and train among the poison masters of the Cloud Empire.
• Xuan Jin accepted Xiao Yi Xian’s decision and gave her a World-Breaking Talisman to escape danger.
• Xuan Jin comforted Xiao Yi Xian and told her to use poison or the talisman if anyone threatened her.
• At dinner, Xuan Jin announced that he would go to the Pill Realm in a couple of days and take Zi Yan with him.
• Xuan Jin ignored Zi Yan and Cao Ying’s teasing and turned to look at Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian decided to return to the Cloud Empire to gain experience, while Qing Lin chose to stay with Xuan Jin and guard their home. After three days of leisure together, Xiao Yi Xian departed from Saint Pill City, leaving the group at the northern gate.

• Xiao Yi Xian announced she would return to the Northwest Continent and travel through the Cloud Empire, and Cao Ying supported her decision.
• Qing Lin chose to stay by Xuan Jin's side, and he agreed that she could guard the courtyard as long as she continued cultivating.
• Xuan Jin raised a toast with the group, wishing that each of them would follow their own path and reunite in the future.
• Xuan Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan spent three days shopping and enjoying themselves in Saint Pill City.
• Xiao Yi Xian said goodbye to the group outside Saint Pill City's northern gate and looked at Xuan Jin before departing.

Xiao Yi Xian set out toward the Black Corner Region with Yao Tian Huo secretly assigned to protect her, while Xuan Jin and Zi Yan entered the Pill Realm. The chapter ended with them arriving in the realm and asking if it was the Pill Realm.

• Xuan Jin warned Xiao Yi Xian to stay safe, and she departed while he ordered Yao Tian Huo to follow and protect her.
• Xiao Yi Xian detected Yao Tian Huo following her and accepted his protection until they reached the edge of the Black Corner Region.
• Xuan Jin and Zi Yan entered the teleportation formation as Xuan Yi warned Xuan Jin not to show off.
• Cao Ying teased Qing Lin about cultivating to keep up with the women competing for Xuan Jin, then resolved to cultivate herself.
• Xuan Jin and Zi Yan emerged in the Pill Realm, where Zi Yan landed painfully and Xuan Jin asked if they had arrived.

Xuan Jin and Zi Yan explored the Pill Realm, where Zi Yan discovered and collected a cluster of Flame Marrow Dragon Ganoderma. They reached the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range and were surrounded by high-level magical beasts.

• Zi Yan sensed a treasure in the forest and led Xuan Jin to a Stone Forest, where she uncovered a cluster of Flame Marrow Dragon Ganoderma.
• Xuan Jin stopped Zi Yan from eating the herbs raw and told her they could be refined into candy-flavored pills.
• Xuan Jin noticed weak points in the Pill Realm’s spatial barrier and considered the possibility of encountering something interesting.
• Xuan Jin and Zi Yan reached the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range, where Zi Yan eagerly dismissed its beasts as mere gatekeepers.
• A Black Striped Demonic Tiger and several other high-level magical beasts attacked and encircled Xuan Jin and Zi Yan, and Zi Yan’s eyes changed to violet-gold vertical pupils.

Zi Yan used her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline to subdue the magical beasts in the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range, and she and Xuan Jin collected high-grade medicinal herbs. They confronted the range’s overlord, Xiong Zhan, and Zi Yan’s bloodline pressure began to overwhelm him.

• Zi Yan released her dragon might, forcing the Black Striped Demonic Tiger and the other surrounding magical beasts to surrender.
• Xuan Jin praised Zi Yan, and the two swept through the mountains collecting high-grade medicinal herbs.
• Xuan Jin and Zi Yan reached a valley where the Ancient Dragon Bear Xiong Zhan confronted them and demanded they leave behind their treasures.
• Xuan Jin blocked Xiong Zhan’s attack with Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame and wounded his paw.
• Zi Yan stepped forward and released her bloodline pressure, making Xiong Zhan’s ancient dragon blood tremble and slowing his Dou Qi.

Zi Yan’s Supreme Bloodline forced Xiong Zhan to submit, and Xuan Jin revealed that he was an Eighth-grade Alchemist seeking herbs to enhance his Soul Power. Xiong Zhan offered to lead them to his treasury, where he said the herbs they needed were kept.

• Zi Yan’s bloodline pressure made Xiong Zhan kneel, and she proudly accepted Xuan Jin’s praise.
• Zi Yan pardoned Xiong Zhan, who transformed into human form and apologized for threatening them.
• Zi Yan asked Xiong Zhan to show them the mountain range’s best treasures, and he offered to lead them to his stone palace treasury.
• Xuan Jin introduced himself as an Eighth-grade Alchemist and explained that he sought medicinal herbs to enhance his Soul Power.
• Xuan Jin displayed his Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame, and Xiong Zhan recognized his strength and promised the needed herbs were in the treasury.

Xuan Jin found the Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence in Xiong Zhan’s herb storehouse and offered him an Eighth-grade Pill in exchange for the medicinal ingredients. Xiong Zhan requested a Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill, offering the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range and his service if Xuan Jin could refine it.

• Zi Yan rushed into Xiong Zhan’s stone hall and began eating the medicinal ingredients he had gathered over hundreds of years.
• Xuan Jin spotted the Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence, took it, and offered Xiong Zhan an Eighth-grade Pill as compensation for the herbs.
• Xiong Zhan agreed to accept compensation after Zi Yan encouraged him to take Xuan Jin’s offer.
• Xiong Zhan presented Xuan Jin with a formula for a Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill, hoping it would help him grow a ninth silver streak and evolve into a Supreme Dragon Bear.
• Xiong Zhan said he had gathered all the required ingredients and promised Xuan Jin command of the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range and his service if Xuan Jin refined the pill.

Xuan Jin consumed soul-enhancing ingredients and broke through to the Mid Spirit Realm while Xiong Zhan and Zi Yan guarded the chamber. With his Soul Power at its peak, he began refining the Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill for Xiong Zhan.

• Xuan Jin told Xiong Zhan that refining the Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill would take time and make a commotion, and Xiong Zhan promised to guard the chamber.
• Xuan Jin combined Pill Spirit Paste, Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence, and Earth Core Soul Marrow, then consumed the mixture to strengthen his Soul Power.
• On the fifth day, Xuan Jin's breakthrough released a soul pressure that forced magical beasts across a hundred miles to the ground and frightened Xiong Zhan.
• Xuan Jin reached the Mid Spirit Realm and sensed Xiong Zhan and Zi Yan through the stone door.
• Xuan Jin summoned the Black Demon Cauldron and Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame, then prepared the ingredients to refine Xiong Zhan's pill.

Xuan Jin refined the Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill, drawing Pill Lightning over the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range as the pill approached Eighth-Rank Middle Tier. Old Man Mu Gu noticed the phenomenon and led Venerable Qing Hai and Venerable Qin Tian toward the mountain, intending to seize the pill and Xuan Jin’s Heavenly Flames.

• Xiong Zhan and Zi Yan waited anxiously as Xuan Jin spent days refining the pill in the secret chamber.
• On the sixth day, the pill’s fragrance spread across the mountain, stirring Xiong Zhan’s Dragon Bear Bloodline and tempting Zi Yan.
• On the tenth day, Pill Lightning gathered over the mountain, showing six colors and a faint trace of a seventh as the stone palace shook.
• Old Man Mu Gu recognized the Pill Lightning and concluded that Xuan Jin had refined the pill and would be exhausted.
• Old Man Mu Gu ordered Venerable Qing Hai and Venerable Qin Tian to follow him to the mountain and seize the pill and Xuan Jin’s Heavenly Flames.

Xuan Jin completed the Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill while Xiong Zhan fought to keep Old Man Mu Gu and his Soul Hall allies away from the stone hall. After Mu Gu summoned three more Three-Star Dou Venerates to trap Xiong Zhan, he rushed toward the pill with Qing Hai and Qin Tian.

• Xiong Zhan sensed Old Man Mu Gu, Qing Hai, and Qin Tian approaching, and Zi Yan urged him to protect Xuan Jin while the pill was being refined.
• Xiong Zhan transformed into his Ancient Dragon Bear form and attacked Qing Hai and Qin Tian as Old Man Mu Gu headed for the stone hall.
• Xuan Jin used Number One to absorb the Pseudo-Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, then collected the completed Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill.
• Old Man Mu Gu summoned three Soul Hall Three-Star Dou Venerates, who trapped Xiong Zhan with their chains.
• Old Man Mu Gu told Qing Hai and Qin Tian to enter the stone hall and take the pill.

After emerging with a newly refined pill, Xuan Jin killed two Soul Hall venerables and fought Old Man Mu Gu with Number One’s support. With Xiong Zhan struggling against three more enemies, Xuan Jin prepared a powerful attack using four flames.

• Xuan Jin emerged from the stone hall with his pill and faced Old Man Mu Gu, Venerable Qing Hai, and Venerable Qin Tian.
• Number One killed Venerable Qing Hai with a single strike and burned away his soul with the Nether Sea Ice Lotus Flame.
• Xuan Jin defeated Venerable Qin Tian with his Thousand Illusions Flowing Fire, Hundred Veins Burning City Palm, and Eight Extremes Flame Prison.
• Number One forced Old Man Mu Gu to defend himself while Xiong Zhan called out for help against three Three-Star venerables.
• Xuan Jin rose into the air and summoned the Sea Heart Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Simulated Heavenly Flame.

Xuan Jin completed the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Formation and used it to destroy three Soul Hall Venerables, leaving Old Man Mu Gu terrified as Xiong Zhan attacked him from behind.

• Old Man Mu Gu recognized Xuan Jin as the successor of Yao Chen and realized he had killed Han Feng and possessed multiple Heavenly Flames.
• Xuan Jin summoned the Blood Demon Ape Fire and formed the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Technique with five flames.
• Xuan Jin’s fire ring spared Xiong Zhan but trapped the three Soul Hall Venerables with him.
• Xuan Jin unleashed Burning Heaven and Boiling Sea, grinding the three Venerables to ash in less than ten seconds.
• Old Man Mu Gu lost his confidence after seeing Xuan Jin’s power, and Xiong Zhan charged at him from behind.

Xuan Jin drove off Old Man Mu Gu, gave Xiong Zhan the Dragon Marrow Meridian Cleansing Pill, and settled down to recover while Xiong Zhan underwent evolution. In the following days, Zi Yan began terrorizing the magical beasts of the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range.

• Old Man Mu Gu used the Blood Escape Technique to flee after Xuan Jin exhausted much of his strength defeating the other attackers.
• Xuan Jin gave Xiong Zhan the pill, and Xiong Zhan swallowed it, triggering a violent evolution as his eight silver markings lit up.
• Xuan Jin asked Zi Yan to guard the area while he recovered, and she headed out to loot the mountain's magical beasts.
• Xuan Jin set up a Soul Power barrier around the stone hall and cultivated to restore his Dou Qi.
• During the following days, Zi Yan terrorized the mountain's high-level magical beasts, approaching an Ironclad Rhinoceros as it rested outside its cave.

Zi Yan collected medicinal ingredients across the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range, and Xuan Jin made her sweet medicinal pellets while Xiong Zhan neared a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Old Man Mu Gu escaped to a Soul Hall branch hall badly injured and faced questions about his missing companions.

• Zi Yan forced magical beasts throughout the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range to hand over their treasured medicinal ingredients.
• Zi Yan returned to Xuan Jin with a huge pile of ingredients and asked him to make her sugar beans.
• Xuan Jin made sweet medicinal pellets for Zi Yan as Xiong Zhan's ninth silver marking began to form.
• Old Man Mu Gu emerged from a spatial rift at a Soul Hall branch hall, badly burned and with his right arm ruined.
• A fellow Soul Hall elder questioned Mu Gu about Qing Hai, Qin Tian, and the three Three-Star Dou Venerates who had not returned.

Mu Gu fabricated a story about Xuan Kongzi to excuse his failed mission, while Xuan Jin advanced in the Pill Realm and gained Xiong Zhan’s loyalty. After more than half a year, Xuan Jin prepared to return to Saint Pill City, where Xuan Yi and her disciples were still waiting for news of him.

• Mu Gu told Old Ghost Xing that Xuan Kongzi and a powerful flame formation had forced him to retreat, concealing that five of his companions had died.
• Old Ghost Xing believed the Pill Tower had protected Xuan Jin and sent Mu Gu to recover in the Soul Pool.
• Xuan Jin reached Three-Star Dou Venerate after spending more than half a year cultivating and refining pills with Zi Yan in the Pill Realm.
• Xiong Zhan completed his transformation, reached the seven-star level as a Nine-Patterned Dragon Bear, and swore his life to Xuan Jin, whom he began calling Young Master.
• Zi Yan claimed the first pick of food when she and Xiong Zhan fought, and Xuan Jin decided it was time to return to Saint Pill City.
• At Xuan Yi’s residence in Saint Pill City, one of the women remarked that Xuan Jin had been gone for more than half a year without sending word.

After more than half a year without news, Xuan Jin returned to the Pill Tower courtyard with Zi Yan, reuniting with Cao Ying, Qing Lin, and Xuan Yi. Their reunion ended in laughter when Zi Yan demanded recognition for her part in the trial and rushed to claim the snacks.

• Cao Ying complained that Xuan Jin had not sent word, while Qing Lin and Xuan Yi worried about him.
• A spatial vortex opened in the courtyard, and Xuan Jin and Zi Yan emerged from it.
• Cao Ying rushed into Xuan Jin's arms and scolded him for disappearing without a message, while Qing Lin and Xuan Yi welcomed him back.
• Zi Yan complained that everyone had ignored her despite her contribution to the trial and her longing for the group.
• Cao Ying offered Zi Yan the table of snacks, and Zi Yan cheered and ran toward it.

Xuan Jin returned from the Pill Realm and shocked Xuan Yi and the others by revealing his rapid cultivation breakthrough, increased soul strength, and role in defeating several Soul Hall Dou Venerates. He then left with Cao Ying for private “cultivation guidance,” sealing the room with a soul barrier.

• Xuan Yi sensed that Xuan Jin had advanced to Three-Star Dou Venerate, and he confirmed his breakthrough after gaining fortune in the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range.
• Xuan Jin told Xuan Yi, Cao Ying, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan that his soul realm had reached Mid Spirit Realm and that he had fought Soul Hall elders.
• Xuan Jin explained that he and his allies had defeated about five Dou Venerates, including Qing Hai and Qin Tian, while Mu Gu escaped.
• Xuan Yi and Cao Ying reacted with astonishment to Xuan Jin’s strength, and Xuan Yi praised his prospects in the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Jin took Cao Ying to a side room, where they sealed the room with a soul barrier.

Xiao Yi Xian rose to fame as the Heavenly Poison Girl in the Cloud Empire while thinking of Xuan Jin and preparing to seek a Myriad Poison Pearl. In the Jia Ma Empire, Ya Fei continued searching for a Heavenly Flame to help Xuan Jin, while Xuan Yi sensed that the Soul Hall’s retaliation was coming.

• Zi Yan questioned Qing Lin and Xuan Yi about Xuan Jin and Ying'er treating their injuries behind a closed door, and Xuan Yi told her not to pry into adults' affairs.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled that she had toppled more than a dozen poison-using sects in the Cloud Empire over the past three months and earned the name Heavenly Poison Girl.
• Xiao Yi Xian reflected on changes in the Jia Ma Empire, including Fa Ma becoming a Sixth Grade Alchemist and Yun Yun training to avenge Yun Shan and restore the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian decided to seek the Myriad Poison Pearl in the Cloud Empire Royal Family's treasury.
• Ya Fei ordered the Mittel Family elders to keep searching for a Heavenly Flame, despite their failure to find one in the surrounding empires or the Black Corner Region.

Ya Fei and Cai'er reflected on their limits and ambitions while, in Saint Pill City, Xuan Yi told Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi that Xuan Jin had returned from the Pill Realm with extraordinary achievements. After learning he had killed five Soul Hall Dou Venerables and badly wounded Mu Gu, the Pill Tower leaders prepared to confront the Soul Hall.

• Ya Fei looked out over the Imperial Capital and worried that her cultivation would never be enough to stay by the young master's side.
• Cai'er defeated a Sixth-Order Magical Beast in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and resolved to train harder than the poison-using woman she had heard was nearing High-Tier Dou Ancestor.
• Xuan Yi told Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi that Xuan Jin had returned from the Pill Realm and reached the Mid Spirit Realm at around twenty years old.
• Xuan Yi revealed that Xuan Jin had killed five Soul Hall Dou Venerables and forced Mu Gu to escape after losing an arm and suffering severe injuries.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi recognized that the Soul Hall would retaliate, and Xuan Kongzi declared that the Pill Tower would fight back if it came after Xuan Jin.