Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang exchanged alchemy insights with Elder Zhao, gained Seventh-grade Pill Proficiency, and inspired by their discussion created his first original pill recipe. He named the Seventh-grade High-level pill Jade Dew and received a system reward for completing the recipe task.

• Xiao Yang proposed exchanging alchemy insights with Elder Zhao, and they discussed pill recipes and other alchemy techniques for more than two hours.
• Xiao Yang completed the exchange task and gained one point of Seventh-grade Pill Proficiency and 100 random High-level Medicinal Materials.
• Xiao Yang gave Elder Zhao the materials list for the Sect Prosperity Pill, and Elder Zhao promised to deliver the ingredients and prepare an additional reward.
• Xiao Yang entered the Pill Experiment Space and experimented with his new ideas, creating his first pill recipe.
• Xiao Yang named his Seventh-grade High-level pill Jade Dew and completed the system task, which offered him 100 random High-level Medicinal Materials and the Earth Tier Mid-grade Technique Longevity Art.

Xiao Yang refined Jade Dew, received visitors seeking pills and exchanges, and steadily improved his alchemy through the Pill Tower’s Eighth-grade Alchemists. After reaching Spirit Realm Grand Perfection, he refined several powerful Soul-enhancing pills and prepared to break through to the Heaven Realm.

• Xiao Yang refined Perfect Quality Jade Dew and agreed to make a Sect Prosperity Pill for a visiting Seven-star Dou Venerate, though the accompanying Eighth-grade Alchemist declined to exchange insights.
• Over the next month, Dou Zuns and Eighth-grade Alchemists visited Xiao Yang for pills, trades, and discussions, and he exchanged insights with nearly every available Eighth-grade Alchemist in Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Yang helped visitors refine several Eighth-grade Pills, gained some Eighth-grade Pill proficiency, and continued discussing how to create original pills.
• Xiao Yang’s Soul Realm reached Spirit Realm Grand Perfection, leaving him one step from the Heaven Realm, and he began refining Soul-enhancing Eighth-grade Pills.
• Over one week, Xiao Yang produced pills with Seven-colored and Eight-colored Pill Lightning on four days, astonishing Pill Tower experts before preparing to break through.

Xiao Yang broke through to the Heaven Realm, drawing the attention of Pill Tower’s Eighth-grade Alchemists. After claiming the breakthrough reward, he tested his newly released Soul Body and then completed his Gestating Soul Art mission, receiving the Emperor Soul Art.

• Xiao Yang swallowed a prepared pill and circulated the Gestating Soul Art to absorb its medicinal power and surrounding Spiritual Qi.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Tian Lei Zi, and other Eighth-grade Alchemists sensed the Spiritual Qi converging on Xiao Yang and realized he was breaking through to the Heaven Realm.
• Xiao Yang’s soul left his body, and he discovered he could control Heaven and Earth Energy, move his physical body, and see his own and others’ Life Imprints.
• Xiao Yang experimented with using his Soul Body and physical body together before returning his soul to his body.
• Xiao Yang claimed his breakthrough reward, completed the Gestating Soul Art mission, and received the Emperor Soul Art and other rewards.

Xiao Yang claimed the Emperor Soul Art and cultivated it, finding that it greatly improved his Spiritual Qi absorption, strengthened his soul, and made controlling Soul Power faster. After harvesting and sharing soul-enhancing fruits with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Medusa, he left to deliver medicinal pills and consult the Pill Tower’s ancient books.

• Xiao Yang claimed the Emperor Soul Art, learned its contents, and began cultivating it, increasing his cultivation speed and strengthening his soul.
• Xiao Yang planted an Immortal Spirit Fruit core in the Medicinal Field Space and considered the future harvest from his Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yang gathered Spirit Marrow Fruits and Soul Nourishing Fruits from the Medicinal Field Space and left seclusion with some in hand.
• Xiao Yang gave Zi Yan and Qing Lin Spirit Marrow Fruits and Soul Nourishing Fruits, then gave Medusa those fruits and Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Xiao Yang left to deliver medicinal pills and look through the Pill Tower’s ancient books.

After learning about the Southern Continent and locating the Flame of Life, Xiao Yang left Sacred Pill City with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others. They reached Falling God Ravine to capture poisonous magical beasts, but the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast emerged and threatened them.

• Xiao Yang studied the Pill Tower's records for a month, found a map locating the Flame of Life, and decided to travel to the Southern Continent.
• Xiao Yang said goodbye to Xuan Kongzi and Wan Ling Shan, who warned him that the Soul Hall might target him.
• Xiao Yang left Sacred Pill City with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others after their strength had increased.
• Xiao Yang and his companions arrived at Falling God Ravine to capture poisonous magical beasts, especially the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast emerged from its fortress, transformed into human form, and threatened Xiao Yang and the two Calamity Poison Bodies.

Xiao Yang captured the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and gathered rare Poison Beasts from the Falling God Ravine for his Magical Beast Ranch Space. He and the others then settled in the ravine so Xiao Yi Xian could absorb its poisonous mist while Xiao Yang prepared to claim his Soul Comprehension.

• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast charged at Xiao Yang and the others, but Xiao Yang seized him, knocked him unconscious, and stored him in the Magical Beast Ranch Space.
• Xiao Yang led Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Medusa, and Qing Lin deeper into the Falling God Ravine to search for more Poison Beasts.
• Xiao Yang used Phantom Spirit to incapacitate a horde of Poison Beasts, then captured the survivors in the Magical Beast Ranch Space.
• Xiao Yang and the women searched the ravine for more promising Poison Beasts and captured the ones they found.
• Xiao Yi Xian planned to absorb the ravine's poisonous mist with the Netherworld Poisonous Fire, while Xiao Yang opened a cave in a cliff so he could claim his Soul Comprehension.

Xiao Yang finished absorbing Soul Comprehension in the Exotic Fire Tower and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and the others to Nanyan City, planning to reach the Southern Continent. Outside the city, Blood River Venerate and a powerful, unidentified Soul Hall figure ambushed them, and Xiao Yang prepared to fight.

• Xiao Yang spent ten days absorbing Soul Comprehension, improving his control over Soul Power.
• Xiao Yang and the women left Falling God Ravine and traveled through Spatial Wormholes to Nanyan City in the Southern Region.
• Xiao Yang sensed something unusual while probing Nanyan City and warned the women to stay close to him.
• Outside the city, Xiao Yang and Medusa shielded Xiao Yi Xian and the others as Blood River Venerate and a gaunt old man appeared amid a spreading Sea of Blood.
• Xiao Yang recognized Blood River Venerate and suspected the old man was a powerful Soul Clan Dou Zun, then faced them with fighting intent.

Xiao Yang sent Xiao Yi Xian and the other women into the Exotic Fire Tower before facing Blood River Venerate and Ember Flame Venerate with Medusa. After Xiao Yang unleashed powerful flame and soul attacks against Ember Flame Venerate, the Soul Clan Venerate was forced to counter the incoming strike.

• Xiao Yang stored Xiao Yi Xian and the other two women in the Exotic Fire Tower to protect them from the battle’s aftermath.
• Xiao Yang assigned Medusa to fight Blood River Venerate and chose to face Ember Flame Venerate himself.
• Ember Flame Venerate revealed a black Subordinate Fire of the Nihility Devouring Flame, and Xiao Yang’s Origin Fire raised his cultivation to the peak of Eight-star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yang summoned his Soul Body and attacked Ember Flame Venerate with Purgatory Flame Fist and Soul Severing, then created a mission tied to the attacks.
• Ember Flame Venerate weakened the attacks with black flames and retreated, but when he could no longer evade, he kicked at the Purgatory Flame Fist.

Xiao Yang and Medusa defeated Ember Flame Venerate and Blood River Venerate, with Xiao Yang gravely injuring Ember Flame Venerate’s soul and Medusa overpowering Blood River Venerate. They captured both foes and fled into the void, deciding against using the fixed Spatial Wormhole to reach the Southern Continent because their whereabouts had been exposed.

• Ember Flame Venerate’s soul weapon was knocked aside, but Xiao Yang’s Spirit Slaying Blade gravely wounded his soul.
• Medusa used her soul techniques and Extreme Path Killing Fist to overwhelm Blood River Venerate and blast apart one of his arms.
• Xiao Yang seized the injured Ember Flame Venerate while Medusa knocked Blood River Venerate into the ground and captured him.
• Xiao Yang explained that Medusa’s improved body and Heaven Tier techniques had made the fight easier than expected, then stored both Venerates away.
• Xiao Yang released Xiao Yi Xian and the other women, and they boarded the Void Ship to leave the battle site.
• Xiao Yang decided not to travel to Chixin City or use a fixed Spatial Wormhole to the Southern Continent because the Venerates had exposed his whereabouts.

Xiao Yang killed Ember Flame Venerate and seized a wisp of Nihility Devouring Flame Seed, then killed Blood River Venerate and interrogated his soul. The chapter ended with Blood River Venerate revealing how the Soul Hall had tracked Xiao Yang and the others.

• Xiao Yang killed Ember Flame Venerate, suppressed his soul with the Ghostly Lock, and dismissed his threats about the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yang discovered a wisp of Nihility Devouring Flame Seed in Ember Flame Venerate’s body, removed Ember Flame Venerate’s imprint, and stored it in the Flame Cultivation Space.
• Xiao Yang took Ember Flame Venerate and Blood River Venerate’s Storage Rings, then killed Blood River Venerate and suppressed his soul.
• Xiao Yang burned Blood River Venerate’s soul with the Fallen Heart Flame and demanded to know how the Soul Hall had found them.
• Blood River Venerate described how the Soul Hall had discovered their whereabouts.

Xiao Yang interrogated Ember Flame Venerate and Blood River Venerate, learned the locations of four Earth Fiend Halls, and preserved the two Venerates' bodies for puppet-making. After more than half a month of travel aboard the Void Ship, he discovered an independent space in the void.

• Xiao Yang questioned Ember Flame Venerate and Blood River Venerate, memorized the locations of four Earth Fiend Halls, and planned to raid them after growing stronger.
• Xiao Yang dissolved Ember Flame Venerate's Life-bound Soul Lock and decided to refine both Venerates into Puppets instead of killing them.
• Xiao Yang froze and stored the two Venerates' corpses so they would be better preserved for refining.
• Xiao Yang traveled aboard the Void Ship while cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa and discussing assorted matters.
• After the Void Ship traveled through the void for more than half a month, Xiao Yang sensed an independent space within it.

Xiao Yang discovered an independent space containing the tomb of the Heavenly Evolution Saint and entered it to investigate. Although the tomb’s inscription promised visitors its treasures, ten Human Puppets attacked him as he tested them with Soul Fire.

• Xiao Yang sensed an independent space in the void and sent his Soul Body through its barrier to explore.
• Xiao Yang found a small space containing a tomb and spotted the Heavenly Evolution Saint’s inscription inviting visitors to take its treasures while leaving the remains undisturbed.
• Xiao Yang entered the tomb’s great hall and found ten Human Puppets guarding a corridor.
• Xiao Yang used Soul Fire to test one of the Puppets, which charged at him and triggered the others to move.

Xiao Yang evaded the Human Puppets and survived a lethal steam trap in the Heavenly Evolution Saint's tomb. He found another hall beyond the magma and opened one of its granite doors.

• Xiao Yang's Soul Body passed through the Human Puppets' physical attacks after the stone gate slammed shut, and he continued down the corridor.
• Xiao Yang triggered falling Black Copper Stone walls, rising magma, and scalding steam, then escaped by diving through a passage beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yang entered a cooler hall above the magma, found several granite doors, and pushed open one of them.

Xiao Yang looted a room full of rare medicinal materials and pills from the Heavenly Evolution Saint’s independent space, then gained a Dragon Scale Phoenix Blood Flower seed through the system. After storing everything, he opened another door to explore what lay beyond.

• Xiao Yang opened Purple Spirit Wood boxes and found rare medicinal herbs, a still-living immature Dragon Scale Phoenix Blood Flower, and numerous Seventh- and Eighth-grade Pills.
• Xiao Yang created system missions for the items, collected the rewards, and received a Dragon Scale Phoenix Blood Flower seed.
• Xiao Yang considered using the flower to strengthen Magical Beasts and thought about obtaining dragon blood and flesh from the Dragon Kings opposed to Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yang stored the pills, herbs, and Purple Spirit Wood shelves, then used his Soul Power to open the room’s other door.

Xiao Yang explored the Heavenly Evolution Saint’s hidden chambers, gathering ancient medicinal materials and other treasures before encountering a poison that could penetrate even a Heavenly Soul. After collecting the mist, he found the Saint’s coffin and a tablet that claimed the poison would soon kill him.

• Xiao Yang entered a hidden medicinal field, harvested its ancient herbs, and left some roots so they could regrow.
• Xiao Yang collected useful metals and other treasures from another room, finding only Eighth Order Magical Beast materials among the cores and bones.
• Xiao Yang opened another chamber and discovered black poisonous mist that could seep into his soul and strengthen his Soul Power.
• Xiao Yang used Soul Fire to collect the mist for Xiao Yi Xian and found a Sky Meteor Iron coffin beside a Black Copper Stone tablet.
• The tablet’s message claimed that Xiao Yang had been poisoned by the Soul Devouring Poison Mist and would soon die.

Xiao Yang survived the tomb’s Soul Devouring Poison Mist and cautiously investigated its final room, finding shelves of Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills. The chapter left him beginning to inspect the scrolls, whose lowest-ranked contents were Profound Tier High-level.

• Xiao Yang realized the Soul Devouring Poison Mist could have killed Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, and resolved to help the women improve their Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yang left the coffin undisturbed and used a puppet to open the final door from a safe distance.
• Xiao Yang confirmed the room held no poison or traps, then entered and found more than a hundred scrolls.
• Xiao Yang saw that the scrolls’ lowest-ranked Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills were Profound Tier High-level.

Xiao Yang discovered three Heaven Tier scrolls in Jade Boxes and identified them as the Heavenly Nightmare Saint’s signature skills and technique. He set up missions for them with valuable rewards, then stored the scrolls in his Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yang collected techniques and Dou Skills from the shelves and found three scrolls kept in Jade Boxes.
• Xiao Yang read the scrolls’ names: Heaven Cold Sword, Nightmare, and Heavenly Evolution Art, and connected the first two to the Heavenly Nightmare Saint.
• Xiao Yang set up missions for the three scrolls, earning rewards that included rare pills, materials, and a Bone Spirit Cold Flame Seed.
• Xiao Yang placed the scrolls and Jade Boxes in his Storage Ring, and three System Prompt Tones sounded.

Xiao Yang claimed rewards from the treasure vault and returned to the Void Ship, then began integrating the Heavenly Evolution Art into the Myriad Laws Incantation. The scroll unleashed a deadly soul attack, but Xiao Yang survived it by using pills and advancing to the Heaven Realm Mid-stage.

• Xiao Yang claimed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame seed, Cold Base Pill, Immortal Spirit Fruit, Heaven Soul Pill, Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Ice Extreme Pill, then left the vault with his Soul Body’s help.
• Xiao Yang returned to the Void Ship, had his Soul Body resume controlling it, and prepared to cultivate the Myriad Laws Incantation using the Heavenly Evolution Art.
• Xiao Yang sent his Soul Power into the scroll, triggering a corrosive soul attack that began to annihilate his Soul Power.
• Xiao Yang swallowed the Heaven Soul Pill and three pills that restored Soul Power, then advanced to the Heaven Realm Mid-stage and destroyed the strange soul attack with Spirit Slaying Blade.
• Xiao Yang realized the Heavenly Nightmare Saint had used Essence Blood to preserve the attack in the scroll, and he felt relieved that he had survived.

Xiao Yang tested the Heaven Cold Sword and Nightmare scrolls, found soul attacks in both, and began integrating the Heavenly Evolution Art into the Myriad Laws Incantation. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Elder Yao arrived in Sacred Pill City to seek materials and help refining the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill, where Xuan Yi welcomed Xiao Yan as her junior.

• Xiao Yang found that the Heaven Cold Sword and Nightmare scrolls each contained a soul attack and destroyed the attacks with his Soul Power and Spirit Slaying Blade.
• Xiao Yang began integrating the Heavenly Evolution Art into the Myriad Laws Incantation.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Sacred Pill City with Elder Yao, Feng Xian, and Mu Qing Luan to seek the medicinal materials needed for the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill.
• Xuan Yi visited the group, recognized Xiao Yan as Elder Yao's final disciple, and gave him an Eighth-grade Pill as a meeting gift.

Xiao Yan brought Xuan Yi to reunite with Elder Yao, who revealed the damage Han Feng had caused and explained that he needed rare ingredients for his resurrection. Xuan Yi described a young alchemist who had obtained the missing ingredients, and Xiao Yan realized the man might be Xiao Yang.

• Xiao Yan accepted a precious soul-enhancing pill from Xuan Yi and brought her to Elder Yao.
• Xuan Yi recognized Elder Yao’s soul and was distressed to see his damaged puppet body; Elder Yao confirmed Han Feng had colluded with the Soul Hall.
• Elder Yao explained that Xiao Yan had helped him recover and that he still needed a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill and three rare ingredients to be resurrected.
• Xuan Yi said a young alchemist had exchanged for the Blood Spirit Demonic Fruit, Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine, and Snow Bone Ginseng before leaving Sacred Pill City.
• Xuan Yi described the alchemist as a roughly twenty-year-old master of Nine-colored Pill Lightning Eighth-grade pills who traveled with four beauties, and Xiao Yan suspected he was Xiao Yang.