Chapter Summaries

Gu You, the Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerate and a High-level Half Saint, confronted Yao Chen’s group in the Elf Race Holy City as a Dou Saint’s aura erupted near the Royal Palace. Xiao Yang destroyed Gu You’s soul-sucking Black Hole and stunned him with Nightmare, allowing Xiao Yang and Yao Chen to strike.

• Gu You emerged from a Space Rift, recognized Yao Chen, and threatened to take the group’s souls.
• Xuan Yi identified Gu You and warned that he was in the Elf Race’s Inner City, but Gu You said the Soul Clan’s plan had begun early and the Elf King would soon be unable to help.
• A Dou Saint’s aura erupted near the Elf Race Royal Palace as Gu You used Dark Soul Black Hole to attack the group’s souls.
• Xiao Yang rose to the Four-revolution realm, used Instant Transmission and Origin Fire to annihilate the Black Hole, then struck Gu You with Nightmare.
• Xiao Yang punched Gu You in the chest with Origin Fire while Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame flooded into Gu You’s body.

Xiao Yang fought Saint Gu You on the Ancient Tree of Life, destroying his Dark Skeleton King with the Great Sun Flame Fist. He then caught Gu You off guard with Nightmare and launched another attack, leaving the battle underway.

• Gu You awakened from Xiao Yang's Nightmare in agony and summoned the Dark Skeleton King, filling the area with freezing black mist.
• Xiao Yang told Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian not to join the fight because he wanted to test his strength against Gu You.
• Xiao Yang created a mission to defeat Gu You using Great Sun Flame Fist, Purgatory Flame Fist, and Nightmare, with a Golden Crow Descends skill as its reward.
• Xiao Yang's Great Sun Flame Fist shattered the Dark Skeleton King and stunned Gu You, Elder Yao, and Feng Xian.
• Xiao Yang used Nightmare on Gu You again and followed with Purgatory Flame Fist.

Xiao Yang killed Saint Gu You, sealed his soul, and looted his Storage Ring before trying to leave the Elf Race with Elder Yao and the others. A Soul Clan Dou Saint named Hun Yi intercepted them while holding the unconscious Elf King Adam, the previous Elf King, and Selina captive.

• Xiao Yang killed Saint Gu You with a powerful strike, bound his fleeing soul, and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yang took Gu You's Storage Ring, then urged Elder Yao and the others to leave the unsettled Elf Race.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the other women entered the Exotic Fire Tower, and Medusa handed Xiao Yang both Ninth-order Beast Puppets.
• Hun Yi and two Soul Clan Half Saints appeared before Xiao Yang and Elder Yao, carrying the unconscious Selina, Adam, and the previous Elf King.
• Hun Yi recognized Yao Chen, dismissed Gu You as trash, and charged at Xiao Yang and Elder Yao.

Xiao Yang used Nightmare to catch Hun Yi off guard and badly damaged his shoulder, but the One-star Dou Saint recovered and counterattacked with a powerful Heaven Tier technique. Xiao Yang was sent crashing through the Ancient Tree of Life, while Elder Yao remained blocked by a Soul Clan Half Saint.

• Xiao Yang used Nightmare to freeze Hun Yi, then struck his left shoulder with Purgatory Flame Fist.
• Hun Yi broke free of Nightmare, recognized Xiao Yang as the one who had killed Gu You, and prepared to fight back.
• Xiao Yang activated his defenses and several secret methods, then vanished with his Space Wings to attack Hun Yi again.
• A Soul Clan High-level Half Saint blocked Elder Yao from joining the fight.
• Hun Yi unleashed Destruction Divine Axe, overpowering Xiao Yang and hurling him through the tree houses and branches of the Ancient Tree of Life.
• Elder Yao saw Xiao Yang sent flying and tried to reach him, but the Soul Clan Half Saint kept him away.

Xiao Yang used three Ninth-order Beast Puppets and Soul Skills to turn the battle against Hun Yi, while he and Elder Yao killed two Soul Clan fighters. The chapter left Elder Yao supporting the Beast Puppets as Xiao Yang treated the unconscious Elf Race members and kept Hun Yi from escaping.

• Hun Yi recognized Xiao Yang as a Xiao Clan Remnant after identifying his surname and Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Yang summoned a Lightning Devouring Tiger, an Earth Snake, and a Howling Moon Wolf King to attack Hun Yi while he supported them with Nightmare.
• Xiao Yang immobilized the High-level Half Saint from the Soul Clan with Nightmare, allowing Elder Yao to kill him with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Elder Yao killed the Intermediate Ban Sheng from the Soul Clan after Xiao Yang used Nightmare to immobilize him.
• Elder Yao handed Adam, Selina, and the third Elf Race member to Xiao Yang, then went to support the Beast Puppets as Xiao Yang treated them and blocked Hun Yi's escape with Soul Skills.

Xiao Yang healed Adam and the previous Elf King, then helped them and his allies defeat and kill Hun Yi. After collecting Hun Yi’s rewards and remains, Xiao Yang reunited with his companions and received thanks and gifts from the Elf Race.

• Xiao Yang healed Adam and the previous Elf King, who thanked him and joined the battle against Hun Yi.
• Adam and the previous Elf King helped Xiao Yang, Elder Yao, and the Beast Puppets overwhelm Hun Yi, and Xiao Yang’s puppets killed him while Xiao Yang sealed his soul.
• Xiao Yang claimed rewards for defeating Hun Yi and collected his Storage Ring and corpse for further rewards.
• Xiao Yang released Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa from the Exotic Fire Tower, and they checked that he had recovered from his injuries.
• Adam, the previous Elf King Lei Si, and Selina thanked Xiao Yang and gave him Elf Race specialties, postponing their banquet until the Royal Palace was rebuilt.

After the Soul Clan attack, Xiao Yang used his rewards and the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s Hundred Generations Reincarnation to strengthen himself in the Medicinal Field Space. He emerged at Dou Venerate Peak, one step from Half Saint, with a completed mission reward waiting to be claimed.

• Adam and his group returned to oversee the Elf Race’s reconstruction, while Selina stayed to host Xiao Yang’s group at the surviving tree house.
• Xiao Yang claimed missions that increased his Purgatory Flame Fist and Nightmare proficiency, then integrated new cultivation techniques into the Myriad Laws Incantation and stored his beast eggs in the Magical Beast Ranch Space.
• Xiao Yang decided to use medicinal materials and a Bodhi Heart to advance quickly, wary that the Soul Clan might have trapped him inside the Exotic Fire Tower if he had not prepared Beast Puppets.
• Xiao Yang entered Hundred Generations Reincarnation beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree and spent a month in the Medicinal Field Space, while only minutes passed outside.
• Xiao Yang awoke with a more weathered gaze and saw that his mission to reach Dou Venerate Peak was complete, leaving him one step from Half Saint.

Xiao Yang claimed his rewards after reaching the Heavenly Realm Late Stage in Soul Power, then broke through to Half Saint while cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa. Xiao Yang approached Intermediate Ban Sheng, and the two women also advanced, while he considered refining a Ninth-grade pill to help them grow stronger.

• Xiao Yang claimed the rewards for his Soul Realm breakthrough and prepared to find Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.
• Xiao Yang explained that he had suppressed his cultivation during the Hundred Generations Reincarnation so he could break through alongside Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.
• Xiao Yang used Instant Transmission to bring Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa into the Cultivation Room and began cultivating with them while attempting to reach Half Saint.
• Xiao Yang broke through to a level near Intermediate Ban Sheng, and Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa also advanced.
• Xiao Yang sensed energy that could let him reach Dou Saint within months or a year and considered refining a Ninth-grade Bodhi Great Returning Pill for Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.

Xiao Yang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa cultivated in the Exotic Fire Tower, causing a massive energy tide that shocked the Elf Race Holy City’s onlookers. Xiao Yang revealed that he had advanced to Half Saint, then proposed interrogating the captured Soul Clan souls to learn why they had come.

• Xiao Yang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa absorbed vast amounts of energy while cultivating, drawing Heaven and Earth Energy from across the Elf Race Holy City.
• Elder Yao and the others, along with Adam and Lei Si, gathered outside the Cultivation Room and guarded the three as they speculated about the breakthrough.
• After several hours, Xiao Yang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa left the Exotic Fire Tower, and Xiao Yang prepared to question the sealed souls of the Soul Clan experts.
• Xiao Yang told Elder Yao and the others that he had broken through from Two-revolution Dou Venerate to Half Saint.
• Xiao Yang suggested that they interrogate the Soul Clan Saints together to discover their purpose, and Elder Yao and the others agreed.

Xiao Yang and the others learned that the Soul Clan sought to control the Elf Race and collect Beast Souls, while the group still did not uncover the Soul Hall’s purpose in gathering Soul Bodies. After stabilizing his cultivation, Xiao Yang prepared to return to Middle Continent, and Elder Yao and the others went with him.

• Xuan Yi learned that the Soul Clan planned to control the Elf King, exploit the Elf Race’s medicinal cultivation, and collect Beast Souls across the Southern Continent.
• Xiao Yang kept his knowledge of the Soul Clan’s motives to himself and spent several days consolidating his cultivation, nearing the Intermediate Ban Sheng level.
• Adam offered to hire Xiao Yang to protect the Elf Race, but the group could not offer anything he wanted, so Xiao Yang prepared to leave.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Yan he intended to return to Middle Continent, explore ruins, and attempt to refine a Ninth-grade Pill; Xiao Yan went to consult Elder Yao and the others.
• Elder Yao and the others chose to return with Xiao Yang, and the group emerged from a concealed Teleportation Array inside Falling God Ravine’s stone fortress.

After returning instantly to the Middle Continent, Xiao Yang and his companions regrouped in Sacred Pill City while Feng Xian and Xuan Yi went their separate ways. Xiao Yang refined the Soul Clan experts into puppets and began his first attempt at making a Ninth-grade Dragon Transformation Pill.

• Xiao Yang used a Teleportation Array to bring everyone back to the Middle Continent, then concealed the array with Spatial Power.
• Xiao Yang, Elder Yao, Feng Xian, and Xuan Yi split up, with Xiao Yang and the women heading for Sacred Pill City and the others returning to their own duties.
• Xiao Yang entered the Exotic Fire Tower and refined the corpses of Hun Yi and the other Soul Clan experts into three Half Saint puppets and one Dou Saint-level puppet.
• Xiao Yang prepared to refine a Dragon Transformation Pill, which he planned to use with the Dragon Transformation Art to strengthen his physical body.
• Xiao Yang began his first Ninth-grade Pill attempt by refining the Dragon Transformation Pill's medicinal materials one plant at a time.

Xiao Yang refined a Dragon Transformation Pill and triggered Black Demon Lightning, the calamity of a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill. He survived the first strike badly injured as the pill remained under his Soul Body’s care.

• Xiao Yang refined the medicinal materials, fused their essences, and used the Object-Congealing Pill-Nurturing Method to form the Dragon Transformation Pill inside a vast Fire Dragon.
• Black Clouds gathered over Sacred Pill City, and Xuan Yi and Elder Yao recognized them as Black Demon Lightning centered above Xiao Yang’s residence.
• Elder Yao deduced that Xiao Yang was refining a Ninth-grade Pill, and Xuan Yi realized he was the alchemist at the clouds’ center.
• Xiao Yang emerged from the Exotic Fire Tower while his Soul Body maintained the pill, then flew toward the descending black lightning.
• The Black Demon Lightning struck Xiao Yang, leaving him charred and exposing the bones in his hands despite his use of Dou Qi, the Dragon Transformation Art, the Flame of Life, and the Life and Death Origin.

Xiao Yang endured the Black Demon Lightning to temper his body, then completed the Dragon Transformation Pill and claimed his mission rewards. After restoring his Dou Qi, he left seclusion to find Medusa waiting outside while visitors were turned away.

• Xiao Yang let the Black Demon Lightning repeatedly injure and regenerate his body, strengthening it until the black clouds dispersed.
• Xiao Yang entered the Exotic Fire Tower, caught the Dragon Transformation Pill as it escaped in the form of a Five-clawed Golden Dragon, and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yang claimed the mission rewards and began restoring his depleted Dou Qi, while controlling the Exotic Fire Tower's energy absorption to avoid drawing attention.
• Medusa told Xiao Yang that many people had come to visit and expressed her shock that he had refined a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill at Half Saint cultivation.

Xiao Yang took the Dragon Transformation Pill and cultivated the Dragon Transformation Art with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, using the pill’s energy to strengthen all three of their bodies. After refining it over three days and nights, he reached the High-level Half Saint realm.

• Medusa told Xiao Yang that powerful factions had sought to visit him, but he declined to meet them and asked where Xiao Yi Xian was.
• Xiao Yang explained that the Dragon Transformation Pill could improve his cultivation and that Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa could strengthen their physical bodies by cultivating with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, and Xiao Yang began cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa after reminding them to use their body-tempering Secret Methods.
• Xiao Yang swallowed the Dragon Transformation Pill and used the Flame of Life and Life and Death Origin to repair his own body and the women’s bodies as they refined the energy.
• After three days and nights, Xiao Yang finished refining the pill, roared like a dragon, and broke through to the High-level Half Saint realm.

Xiao Yang tested the strength of his Dragon Transformation Art and discovered that his physical body could suppress three Ninth-order Beast Puppets and contend with powerful Dou Saints. He then refined Hun Yi into a puppet and began preparing to make Bodhi Great Returning Pills while pursuing greater alchemy proficiency.

• Xiao Yang activated the Dragon Transformation Art and found that its Dragon Might and physical strength surpassed what he had expected.
• Xiao Yang struck the Lightning Devouring Tiger hard enough to damage it, then concluded that the Beast Puppets could not measure his full strength.
• Xiao Yang tested his transformed body against the three Beast Puppets and estimated that he could handle Dou Saints below Three-star and retreat from a Three-star opponent.
• Xiao Yang repaired the Lightning Devouring Tiger and refined Hun Yi and the others into puppets.
• Xiao Yang planned to refine Bodhi Great Returning Pills and created a mission to raise his Seventh-grade Pill Proficiency to Supernatural Proficiency.

Xiao Yang refined a Bodhi Great Returning Pill to help his companions advance, while working toward the system’s task to become a Ninth-grade Alchemist. The pill’s lightning drew attention to his mansion in Sacred Pill City, where onlookers realized he had refined another Ninth-grade Pill.

• Xiao Yang used a Bodhi Heart and abundant medicinal materials to refine a Bodhi Great Returning Pill, confident he could easily replenish his ingredients.
• Xiao Yang planned to give the mild pill to Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, while deciding to find a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan rather than ripen the one in his Medicinal Field Space.
• Xiao Yang recalled that refining two Ninth-grade Pills would complete his task to become a Ninth-grade Alchemist, and he avoided making another Dragon Transformation Pill because his companions’ bodies were not ready for it.
• Black Cloud appeared over the Inner City of Sacred Pill City again, and shocked alchemists and experts suspected Xiao Yang had refined another Ninth-grade Pill.
• Black Demon Lightning descended as people eyed Xiao Yang Mansion with greed and hesitation.

Xiao Yang collected Black Demon Lightning and claimed the rewards for completing his alchemy missions, greatly expanding his Medicinal Field Space and obtaining a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Seed. After planting his medicinal materials and placing the seed in his Flame Cultivation Space, he returned to speak with Xiao Yi Xian and the others before entering seclusion.

• Xiao Yang gathered most of the Black Demon Lightning from the dissipating tribulation to use in refining Lightning Tribulation Pills.
• Xiao Yang retrieved the Bodhi Great Returning Pill and claimed the rewards for completing his missions, except for Pill Comprehension.
• Xiao Yang absorbed the Ninth-grade Pill knowledge, raised his proficiency, and discovered that his Medicinal Field Space now had an 81,920-times time flow rate.
• Xiao Yang planted his medicinal rewards, including powerful poisons, in the Medicinal Field Space.
• Xiao Yang placed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Seed in the Flame Cultivation Space alongside Void Devouring Flame's Subordinate Fire.
• Xiao Yang returned to the outside world to speak with Xiao Yi Xian and the others before entering seclusion.

Xiao Yang’s rapid pill refining drew experts and Alchemists to Sacred Pill City, including representatives of five Ancient Emperor Clans. Xun’er arrived with Xiao Yan, Elder Yao, and an elderly Ancient Clan figure, and Xiao Yang welcomed them.

• Xiao Yang absorbed the Pill Comprehension, improved his pill proficiencies, and raised three Three-star Dou Saint Magical Beasts into Beast Puppets.
• Xiao Yang refined four more Bodhi Great Returning Pills, bringing the number of Ninth-grade Pills produced in Sacred Pill City to six within two months.
• More than a dozen people tried to attack Xiao Yang, but Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa killed them before they could reach him.
• Xuan Yi told Xiao Yang that people from five of the seven Ancient Emperor Clans had arrived in Sacred Pill City.
• Qing Lin informed Xiao Yang that Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Elder Yao, and an old man had come to see him, and Xiao Yang asked her to bring them in.
• Xun'er greeted Xiao Yang and remarked that he had become a Ninth-grade Alchemist in only a few years.

Xun'er and Tong Xuan invited Xiao Yang to join the Ancient Clan, but he refused and reaffirmed his commitment to rebuilding the Xiao Clan. He offered to refine Ninth-grade Pills for the Ancient Clan through Xiao Yan, leaving the invitation declined but future cooperation possible.

• Xiao Yang welcomed Xun'er and Tong Xuan and served them valuable Spirit Liquid, which impressed them.
• Xun'er invited Xiao Yang to become a guest elder or join the Ancient Clan, and Tong Xuan offered medicinal materials, Heavenly Flames, a Medicine Cauldron, and techniques as incentives.
• Xiao Yang rejected the offer, saying he would help the Xiao Clan regain its former stature alongside Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yang offered to refine Ninth-grade Pills for the Ancient Clan if Xun'er coordinated with Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er thanked Xiao Yang, while Tong Xuan noticed the closeness between Xun'er and Xiao Yan and considered Xiao Yang's future potential.

Xiao Yang gave Xiao Yan five Heavenly Flames to help him grow stronger and prepare for enemies who might target him. Xiao Yan was shocked by the gift, while Xiao Yang anticipated earning rewards for giving him Flames he had not absorbed before.

• Elder Tong Xuan weighed Xiao Yang and Xiao Yan's talents and considered how Xun'er's future as a possible Ancient Clan Patriarch could affect her choices.
• Xun'er and Elder Tong Xuan left after Xiao Yang promised to refine Ninth-grade Pills for the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yang stopped Xiao Yan and brought him into the Exotic Fire Tower.
• Xiao Yang revealed the Profound Yellow Flame, Yin Yang Twin Flames, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then offered them to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yang explained that the Flames could help Xiao Yan reach Dou Zun and protect himself from enemies, while Xiao Yan protested that they were too precious.