Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang returned to Sacred Pill City and contacted Xuan Yi while the Lesser Pill Tower elders debated which powerful faction to ally with. Xuan Yi told them Xiao Yang wanted to meet, and the Great Elder decided to visit him and consider recruiting him.

• Xiao Yang found Sacred Pill City crowded with refugees and experts fleeing the destruction of the Ling and Shi Clans and the conflict between the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yang returned to his former residence, cleared the dust, and sent Xuan Yi a message asking to meet.
• The Lesser Pill Tower elders debated invitations from the Emperor Clan Alliance and the Ancient Clan, but worried that they lacked the strength to remain neutral without Old Ancestor Dan Ta.
• Xuan Yi received Xiao Yang’s message and told the elders he wanted to meet them.
• The Great Elder decided to visit Xiao Yang and see whether the newly advanced Ninth-grade Alchemist would join the Lesser Pill Tower as an elder.

Xiao Yang visited the Lesser Pill Tower, where Lin Lao Guai invited him to join but he declined and revealed that his Small World would move beside the Pill Domain. After learning he was a descendant of the Xiao Tribe, Lin Lao Guai proposed an alliance, and Xiao Yang began considering it.

• Xiao Yang met Lin Lao Guai and the other Pill Tower leaders at the Lesser Pill Tower.
• Lin Lao Guai offered Xiao Yang membership and access to the Lesser Pill Tower’s medicinal materials, pill recipes, and Alchemy Techniques, but Xiao Yang declined.
• Xiao Yang said his Small World was preparing to move beside the Pill Domain and explained that he had come to inform the Pill Tower.
• Lin Lao Guai inferred that Xiao Yang was descended from the Xiao Tribe, and Xiao Yang confirmed it.
• Lin Lao Guai proposed an alliance with the Xiao Tribe, and Xiao Yang considered the benefits for the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yang allied with the Pill Tower and arranged to trade medicinal materials for pills. He returned to the Yang Realm to refine his Lightning Tribulation Pill with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa.

• Xiao Yang agreed to form an alliance with the Pill Tower and exchange medicinal materials for low- and mid-grade pills, with top-tier materials traded for at least Eighth-grade Pills.
• Xiao Yang and the Great Elder agreed to announce the alliance after the Yang Realm had stabilized and settled other details.
• Xiao Yang sent a Clone to seize territory held by a small faction near the Pill Domain.
• Xiao Yang returned to the Yang Realm and planned to refine his Ninth-grade Profound Pill Lightning Tribulation Pill with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, sharing its medicinal potency with them.
• Xiao Yang entered the room where Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa were consolidating their cultivation and invited them to cultivate with him.

Xiao Yang used a Lightning Tribulation Pill during cultivation with Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, then went to Blade Evil Sect and destroyed its headquarters after judging its members. He brought Xiao family members and Snake People Tribe experts to establish a base at the site, just as a powerful figure approached.

• Xiao Yang showed Xiao Yi Xian the Ninth-grade Profound Lightning Tribulation Pill he had refined with the Rong Dan Method, then began Triple Cultivation with her and Medusa.
• Xiao Yang arrived above Blade Evil Sect and killed its guest elder Liu Yutian by distorting space.
• Xiao Yang used Nightmare to judge the sect members, killing those who had committed evil and sparing or disarming others.
• Xiao Yang burned down Blade Evil Sect's headquarters, moved the unconscious survivors outside, and set up formations around the area.
• Xiao Yang opened a Space Rift and summoned Xiao family members and Snake People Tribe experts to clear the site and build a base.
• A powerful aura approached as Xiao Yang's people came out of the rift.

Xiao Yang instantly killed a Dou Zun who challenged him, reinforced the Space Gate, and returned to the Yang Realm. There, he witnessed Xiao Yan emerge from the Bodhi Ancient Tree as a Half Saint with his Soul Realm raised to the Perfection of the Spirit Realm.

• A Dou Zun ancestor of the Blade Evil Sect arrived to confront Xiao Yang, but Xiao Yang killed him instantly with a soul attack.
• A Xiao Family member collected the ancestor’s corpse, and Xiao Yang reinforced the Space Gate with Space Crystals and Artifact Patterns.
• Xiao Yang considered seeking formation knowledge from the Ancient Emperor Clans and messaged Lin Lao Guai to inform him that he had settled in.
• Xiao Yang sensed energy gathering around the Bodhi Ancient Tree and went to check on Xiao Yan, who was undergoing the Hundred Generations Reincarnation.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree after breaking through to Half Saint, and Xiao Yang found that his Soul Realm had reached the Perfection of the Spirit Realm.

Xiao Yan reached Half Saint and Elder Yao began Hundred Generations Reincarnation after Xiao Yang offered him the opportunity. Xiao Yang then broke through to late-stage Five-star Dou Saint while refining a Lightning Tribulation Pill, and prepared to announce the Yang Realm’s alliance with the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Yang for helping him break through to Half Saint, and Elder Yao celebrated his disciple’s achievement.
• Xiao Yang harvested another Bodhi Heart and Bodhi Seeds, then offered Elder Yao a chance to undergo Hundred Generations Reincarnation.
• Elder Yao accepted the opportunity in exchange for guiding the Xiao Clan’s alchemists, while Xiao Yan prepared to practice alchemy.
• Xiao Yang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa refined a Lightning Tribulation Pill, and Xiao Yang reached late-stage Five-star Dou Saint while Medusa advanced to Three-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yang decided the Yang Realm was ready to announce its alliance with the Pill Tower and sent Lin Lao Guai a message.

Xiao Yang’s rise as a Ninth-grade Alchemist and the alliance between the Xiao Clan and Pill Tower made the Xiao Clan famous throughout Middle Continent. The Lei Clan and Flame Clan learned that Xiao Yang belonged to the surviving Xiao Tribe and worried he might seek revenge for its past.

• Xiao Yang’s strength and Beast Puppets secured the former Blade Evil Sect’s territory for the Xiao Clan and Snake People Tribe.
• News spread that Xiao Yang was the Pill Tower’s former Guest Elder and a newly advanced Ninth-grade Alchemist, drawing Alchemists toward Yang City.
• The Pill Tower announced its alliance with the Xiao Clan, stirring Middle Continent and reinforcing belief in Xiao Yang’s status.
• At Lei Yan Valley, Lei Ying and Yan Jin discussed Xiao Yang’s Xiao Tribe heritage and feared his potential retaliation.
• The Lei Clan and Flame Clan traced the Xiao Clan’s origins to Middle Continent and concluded it had once been the Xiao Tribe.

Lei Ying and Yan Jin discussed secretly testing Xiao Yang over the Thunder Clan and Flame Clan’s role in the Xiao Tribe’s destruction. After breaking through to Six-star Dou Saint, Xiao Yang prepared to refine a Ninth-grade Golden Pill and informed the Pill Tower, leaving Lin Lao Guai stunned by the prospect of a Golden Pill Grandmaster appearing after thousands of years.

• Lei Ying and Yan Jin worried that Xiao Yang knew their clans had helped destroy a branch of the Xiao Tribe, and they considered using Xiao Yang’s clan against him while planning to act in secret.
• Two months after news of the Pill Tower alliance spread, Xiao Yang broke through to Six-star Dou Saint and claimed his System rewards.
• Xiao Yang decided to refine an Ascension Pill, a Ninth-grade Golden Pill that could raise a Dou Saint’s cultivation by two stars but required dangerous amounts of rare ingredients and Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Xiao Yang chose to refine the pill outside the Yang Realm and Exotic Fire Tower, and he first informed the Pill Tower because the process could damage the realm and attract attention.
• Lin Lao Guai was stunned when Xiao Yang said he was preparing to refine a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, since no such Grandmaster had appeared in thousands of years.

Xiao Yang spent three days preparing to refine the Ascension Pill, a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, and invited Lin Lao Guai to observe. He began the attempt above Yang City, where his formidable Beast Puppets revealed the depth of his strength, but the chapter ended before the pill was refined.

• Lin Lao Guai used the wormhole between Yang City and Sacred Pill City to arrive and observe Xiao Yang's planned refinement.
• Xiao Yang inspected and calculated the potency and proportions of more than a hundred thousand herbs, using several sets of ingredients from his Medicinal Field Space to select the best specimens.
• After three days of preparation, Xiao Yang's Clone brought Lin Lao Guai outside to watch the attempt.
• Xiao Yang appeared atop a hundred-thousand-year-old Green Lotus above Yang City and summoned the Heavenly Profound Cauldron and the Ascension Pill's medicinal herbs.
• Ten Four-Star Dou Saint Beast Puppets appeared around Xiao Yang, shocking Lin Lao Guai and making the onlookers abandon thoughts of stealing the herbs.

Xiao Yang carefully began refining the Ascension Pill in public, while news spread that his vast supply of medicinal materials could be used to make a Ninth-grade Golden Pill. The Yao Clan and other factions sent people toward Yang City, leaving Xiao Yang's attempt under threat from those who wanted the pill or his alchemical knowledge.

• Xiao Yang guarded his pill refinement with ten Four-Star Dou Saint Beast Puppets and a hidden Clone capable of facing a Seven-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yang meticulously refined the medicinal materials, using multiple flames and preparing five full sets of ingredients for the Ascension Pill.
• News spread that Xiao Yang was refining a pill in public, and many people guessed that it was a Ninth-grade Profound Pill.
• Ancient Emperor Clans recognized that one hundred thousand stalks of medicinal materials could indicate a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, and the Yao Clan feared Xiao Yang might surpass its alchemical prowess.
• The Yao Clan sent people to Yang City, intending to recruit Xiao Yang if he succeeded, or capture him and ultimately kill him if he refused.
• Other clans also mobilized because a Ninth-grade Golden Pill could raise a powerful Dou Saint's strength and transform the standing of their faction.

As Xiao Yang refined a Ninth-grade Golden Ascension Pill, the Ancient, Flame, Thunder, and Soul Clans all sought to secure it for their own purposes. He revealed that his formidable puppets made him ready for any interference, then began fusing three Ninth Order Monster Core essences with the medicinal essence, alarming the experts gathered in Yang City.

• The Flame and Thunder Clans, the Ancient Clan, and the Soul Clan sent people to pursue the Ascension Pill, hoping to gain a Nine-star Dou Saint and shift the balance of power.
• Xiao Yang continued refining without concern, relying on three Nine-star Dou Saint Beast Puppets and a system-rewarded Dou Saint Peak puppet to deter any attackers.
• Xiao Yang spent a month fusing one hundred thousand medicinal materials before pausing to recover with the Green Lotus Bead and two Immortal Spirit Fruits.
• Xiao Yang began fusing the essence of three system-rewarded Ninth Order Monster Cores with the Medicinal Material Essence in the Heavenly Profound Cauldron.
• The increasingly Berserk energy warped the space around Xiao Yang and frightened the experts in Yang City, who feared a Furnace Explosion would destroy the city.

Xiao Yang drew on immense Heaven and Earth Energy to refine a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, bringing forth the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. The pill faced the Lightning Tribulation by charging toward a celestial Dragon Gate and absorbing the lightning as cracks opened across its Fetus Egg.

• Xiao Yang spent a day fusing the pill’s ingredients in the Heavenly Profound Cauldron while hidden experts in Yang City watched and hoped he would weaken.
• Golden clouds gathered above Yang City, and a golden dragon appeared, revealing that Xiao Yang had successfully refined a Ninth-grade Golden Pill.
• The Nine Profound Golden Lightning dragon opened its eyes as Xiao Yang watched the tribulation begin without intervening.
• The pill’s Fetus Egg rose from the cauldron amid visions of energy dragons, phoenixes, golden lotuses, a heavenly waterfall, and a Dragon Gate.
• The lightning dragon attacked with hundreds upon thousands of bolts, but the Fetus Egg flew toward the Dragon Gate, absorbed some of the lightning, and began to crack as the strikes intensified.

Xiao Yang’s Ascension Pill survived the Golden Lightning Dragon’s assault, crossed the Dragon Gate, and took human form before he sealed it away. As the Yao, Ancient, and Flame Clans tried to recruit him and claim the pill, Xiao Yang refused them all.

• The Golden Lightning Dragon battered the fetus egg until its shell cracked, and a figure resembling Xiao Yang emerged and struck down the lightning dragon.
• The figure passed through the Dragon Gate, releasing Pill Rain and completing Xiao Yang’s missions to refine an Ascension Pill and reach Supernatural Pharmacology Proficiency.
• Xiao Yang pursued the living Ascension Pill, discovered it had Seven-star Dou Saint strength, and sealed it inside a jade bottle.
• An Eighth Revolution Dou Zun tried to steal the pill, and Xiao Yang annihilated his soul.
• Yao Wanhuo, Gu Dao, and a Flame Clan woman invited Xiao Yang to join their clans and sought the pill, but Xiao Yang refused and told them to leave.

Xiao Yang captured a lone Dou Saint who tried to ambush him, then refused the visiting factions’ requests for a Ninth-grade Golden Pill. Hun Sha revealed the Soul Clan’s plan to take Xiao Yang and brought four powerful Soul Clan Dou Saints into the confrontation, leaving the others to face the threat while Yao Wanhuo coveted Xiao Yang’s pill.

• Xiao Yang used his Ancient Sky Phoenix and Ancient Sky Snake puppets to defeat and seal a One-star Dou Saint who attacked him.
• Xiao Yang welcomed visitors to the Xiao Tribe but said he would not refine a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, then prepared to leave.
• Hun Sha confronted Xiao Yang and demanded he come to the Soul Clan, offering a Subordinate Fire from Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Huo Ling, Gu Dao, and Lei Li moved to capture Hun Sha, but Hun Sha accused them of fearing exposure and summoned four more Soul Clan Dou Saints.
• Gu Dao urged everyone, including Xiao Yang and Yao Wanhuo, to unite against the Soul Clan, while Yao Wanhuo grew greedy for Xiao Yang’s Ninth-grade Golden Pill.

Xiao Yang killed Yao Wanhuo to obtain the Nine Serenity Wind Flame, then collected his body and sealed his soul. The mission reward promised Xiao Yang ten Nine Serenity Sparrow eggs.

• Xiao Yang created a mission to obtain Yao Wanhuo's Nine Serenity Wind Flame, with ten Nine Serenity Sparrow eggs as the reward.
• Yao Wanhuo attacked Xiao Yang with Blazing Fire Filling the Sky, but Xiao Yang endured the flames and cut him in two with Sky Tearing Claw.
• Yao Wanhuo tried to flee and begged for mercy, but Xiao Yang used Instant Transmission to catch him.
• Yao Wanhuo attacked Xiao Yang's soul, but Xiao Yang overcame the attack and severed Yao Wanhuo's head.
• Xiao Yang extracted Yao Wanhuo's soul, sealed it in a jade bottle, and collected his body, including the part that had fallen into Yang City.

After claiming rewards from Yao Wanhuo's storage ring and other completed missions, Xiao Yang watched Gu Dao's group lose ground before the Soul Clan and refused to help. When Hun Sha and Hun Tu demanded his Tou She Ancient God Jade and Ninth-grade Golden Pill, Xiao Yang transformed into a thousand-zhang Five-clawed Golden Dragon and attacked them, sending Hun Tu flying.

• Xiao Yang claimed rewards for obtaining the Nine Serenity Wind Flame, killing Yao Wanhuo, and taking Yao Wanhuo's Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yang watched Hun Sha's group of five drive back Gu Dao and the other two, while Gu Dao urged him to intervene and warned that the Soul Clan would target him next.
• Hun Sha offered to trade top-tier medicinal materials for Xiao Yang's Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Hun Tu demanded the jade and Ninth-grade Golden Pill and threatened to exterminate the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Yang transformed into a thousand-zhang Five-clawed Golden Dragon and attacked Hun Tu and Hun Sha with a claw.
• Xiao Yang used the Myriad Laws Robe to resist Hun Sha and Hun Tu's corrosive Black Mist, then struck Hun Tu's long staff and shattered both of Hun Tu's hands.

Xiao Yang endured Hun Tu and Hun Sha’s attacks with his powerful dragon body and healed himself with his flames while the Soul Clan Saints struggled to keep up. He strengthened himself with the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and charged to finish the pair, but their sudden delight hinted that something had changed.

• Hun Sha wounded Xiao Yang with a corrosive Heaven Tier Dou Technique, but Xiao Yang expelled his Dou Qi and healed with the Flame of Life and Yin Yang Twin Flames.
• Hun Tu returned, and he and Hun Sha attacked Xiao Yang together while Gu Dao and the other two held back the remaining Soul Clan Dou Saints.
• Xiao Yang’s wounds healed as Hun Tu and Hun Sha suffered severe injuries, prompting the Soul Clan Saints to consider retreating.
• Xiao Yang returned to human form, used the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, and transformed into a Five-clawed Golden Dragon.
• Hun Tu and Hun Sha recognized the Secret Method and anxiously watched Xiao Yang fly toward them, then both showed a sudden flicker of delight.

Xiao Yang repelled the Soul Clan’s attack after demonstrating strength that rivaled an Eight-star Dou Saint, then accepted gifts from the Lei, Flame, and Ancient Clans. He arranged to visit the Ancient World in one month so he could ask Gu Yuan to let him enter the Heavenly Tomb and meet Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Yang drove the Nihility Devouring Flame from his wounds as two mysterious Eight-star Dou Saints helped the Soul Clan escape through a Space Rift.
• Xiao Yang chose not to pursue the Soul Clan, reasoning that delaying their plans was safer than revealing his Dou Saint Peak puppet.
• Lei Li gave Xiao Yang ten Jade Boxes on behalf of the Lei Clan, then departed after inviting him to visit.
• Huo Ling offered Xiao Yang gifts from the Flame Clan and left after inviting him to visit.
• Gu Dao presented gifts from the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Yang asked him to tell Gu Yuan that he would visit the Ancient World in one month.
• Xiao Yang planned to ask Gu Yuan for access to the Heavenly Tomb so he could meet Xiao Xuan and see whether he could revive him.

Xiao Yang planned to revive Xiao Xuan by refining an upgraded Heaven-Mending Pill, then visit the Ancient Clan and enter the Heavenly Tomb. After gathering allies’ gifts and arranging to collect more refining materials, he returned to the Yang Realm and absorbed the Great Thousand World Medicinal Herb Compendium’s knowledge.

• Xiao Yang planned to use a modified Heaven-Mending Pill to restore Xiao Xuan’s body and reconstruct his Soul Origin, and intended to enter the Heavenly Tomb with Dou Saint Peak Puppets.
• Gu Dao left after agreeing on the date of Xiao Yang’s visit, while the Ancient Clan prepared to adjust its attitude toward him.
• Xiao Yang reassured Lin Lao Guai that the Pill Tower had not intervened in the battle, then accepted the Pill Tower’s gifts of essences, Spirit Liquid, and Special Metals.
• Xiao Yang asked Lin Lao Guai to help collect Special Metals and Artifact Refining Materials, and Lin Lao Guai agreed to arrange it.
• Xiao Yang returned to the Yang Realm, claimed his rewards, and spent five days absorbing the insights from the Great Thousand World Medicinal Herb Compendium.

Xiao Yang prepared to revive Xiao Xuan with a new body and traveled to the Ancient Clan’s territory. He arrived at Ancient Saint City, where Gu Dao, another powerful Ancient Clan figure, and Xun'er welcomed him.

• Xiao Yang planned to combine Xiao Xuan’s stored bloodline with a Nirvana Pill and Nine-star Dou Saint Magical Beast Bone Marrow to create a suitable body for his revival.
• Yang City grew rapidly as experts and Alchemists flocked there, while Yao Dan avoided seeking revenge for Yao Wanhuo’s death.
• Xiao Yang left Clones and powerful Beast Puppets to guard Yang City, then set out for the Ancient Clan with a Dou Saint Peak puppet and two Nine-star Dou Saint Beast Puppets.
• Xiao Yang reached Ancient Saint City, descended before its gates, and approached the Ancient Clan’s representatives.
• Gu Dao, a sturdy black-armored figure, and Xun'er walked forward and welcomed Xiao Yang to the Ancient Clan.