Chapter Summaries

Tang Zhen arrived in Heavenly Yellow City to meet Zi Yu, whom he believed to be an eighth grade alchemy grandmaster, and invited him to Burning Flame Valley to cure his daughter. Zi Yu reached the valley with his companions, where its gathered elders awaited him.

• Tang Zhen introduced himself to Zi Yu and agreed to take him to Burning Flame Valley to treat his daughter.
• Zi Yu departed with Tang Zhen, Xiao Yan, Yu Wuxin, Dongfang Jing, and Feng Qingxue, while Elder Red Fire granted the Liu Family five years of spatial wormhole operating rights.
• Zi Yu used spatial shifting to bring the group to the Scorching Fire Mountain Range after Tang Zhen flew too slowly.
• More than fifty Burning Flame Valley experts gathered in the main hall to welcome Zi Yu.

Tang Zhen welcomed Zi Yu and his companions to Burning Flame Valley, offering him rare local delicacies before bringing in his ill daughter, Tang Huo'er. Zi Yu was introduced as an eighth-grade alchemy grandmaster who could treat her illness, and Tang Huo'er’s eyes brightened when she saw him.

• Tang Zhen introduced Zi Yu to Burning Flame Valley’s elders, who treated the eighth-grade alchemy grandmaster with great respect.
• Tang Zhen served Zi Yu Firecloud Jade Spirit Sprout and Fire Crystal Cloud Lotus Fruit, then promised to send him more.
• Tang Zhen noticed Xiao Yan’s interest in the delicacies and decided to give him some, hoping to draw him closer while recruiting him.
• Tang Zhen summoned Tang Huo'er and introduced her to Zi Yu as his daughter and a patient he could treat.
• Tang Huo'er was struck by Zi Yu’s appearance, and a hint of light returned to her dim eyes.

After receiving the Burning Flame Valley sign-in rewards, Zi Yu considered his new treasures while Tang Zhen worried about whether his daughter could win Zi Yu's affection. Tang Zhen asked Zi Yu to refine a pill to save Tang Huo'er, and Zi Yu revealed he already had a more powerful Nirvana Fire Bodhi Pill.

• The system awarded Zi Yu ten Heavenly Flame Glazed Pills, ten Immortal Spirit Jade Bones, ten jars of Life Sacred Spring, and a Heavenly Light Profound God Banner.
• Zi Yu reflected on his three Spirit Grade Peerless Saint Items and his wealth of cultivation resources.
• Tang Zhen noticed Tang Huo'er had developed feelings for Zi Yu but worried she could not compare with Yu Wuxin, Dongfang Jing, and Feng Qingxue.
• Tang Zhen asked Zi Yu to refine a Seventh Grade high-tier Fire Bodhi Pill to save Tang Huo'er.
• Zi Yu said a Fire Bodhi Pill was insufficient and offered his eighth-grade Nirvana Fire Bodhi Pill, prompting Tang Zhen's astonishment.

Zi Yu revealed an eighth-grade Nirvana Fire Bodhi Pill that had triggered Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and gave it to Tang Huo'er to heal her near-fatal injuries. Tang Zhen recognized Zi Yu's extraordinary alchemy skill, hosted him with great respect, and then went to tell the Fire Cloud Ancestor about him.

• Zi Yu showed Tang Zhen and the Burning Flame Valley elders the Nirvana Fire Bodhi Pill, and Tang Zhen confirmed it was an eighth-grade pill that had triggered Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Tang Zhen realized Zi Yu was a top-tier eighth-grade alchemist with the potential to become a Ninth Grade Pill Grandmaster and resolved to befriend him.
• Tang Zhen urged Tang Huo'er to accept the pill, and she thanked Zi Yu before taking it.
• Tang Zhen brought Tang Huo'er to a secret chamber to help her refine the pill, while Great Elder Ding Yong entertained Zi Yu and his group.
• After several days, Tang Zhen visited the injured Fire Cloud Ancestor and recounted Zi Yu's affairs to him.

Fire Cloud Ancestor discovered that Zi Yu and his companions were powerful enough to threaten Burning Flame Valley, so he ordered Tang Zhen to befriend them and avoid provoking them. Several days later, Burning Flame Ancestor met Zi Yu in the valley’s council hall, where Zi Yu calmly remarked on the valley’s hidden Dou Saint.

• Tang Zhen told Fire Cloud Ancestor that Zi Yu was a young Peak Eighth-Grade Alchemist and that his three companions were even stronger than the ancestor.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor’s spiritual probe was blocked by Feng Qingxue, prompting him to order Tang Zhen to befriend Zi Yu’s group and punish anyone who provoked them.
• Feng Qingxue and Dongfang Jing discussed Burning Flame Valley’s strength, while Zi Yu dismissed Fire Cloud Ancestor’s probing and spent the night with Yu Wuxin.
• Several days later, Tang Zhen, Tang Huo'er, the elders, and Fire Cloud Ancestor hosted Zi Yu in Burning Flame Valley’s council hall.
• Tang Zhen introduced Fire Cloud Ancestor and explained that Zi Yu had saved Tang Huo'er with a Peak Eighth-Grade Nirvana Fire Bodhi Pill; Zi Yu calmly remarked that the valley had kept its Dou Saint hidden.

The Fire Cloud Ancestor and Tang Zhen sought to befriend Zi Yu, and Tang Zhen gave him a lavish gift for saving Tang Huo'er. Zi Yu then asked Tang Zhen to teach the Burning Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Flame Change to Xiao Yan, leaving Xiao Yan stunned and the valley elders shocked.

• The Fire Cloud Ancestor praised Zi Yu and encouraged him to visit the Pill Tower, hoping to gain his goodwill.
• Tang Zhen thanked Zi Yu for saving Tang Huo'er and had her deliver him a High-grade Storage Ring filled with valuable materials.
• Zi Yu inspected the gift and accepted it, while Tang Zhen secretly felt relieved.
• Zi Yu asked Tang Zhen to teach Xiao Yan the Burning Flame Valley's guardian secret art, the Three Mysterious Flame Change.
• Xiao Yan was stunned by Zi Yu's request, and the Burning Flame Valley elders were shaken.

Zi Yu secured the Three Mysterious Flame Change for Xiao Yan, then gifted Burning Flame Valley powerful pills in return. Several days later, as Zi Yu prepared to leave, Tang Huo'er showed her reluctance to part from him and her growing affection remained unresolved.

• Fire Cloud Ancestor agreed to give Zi Yu the Three Mysterious Flame Change and instructed Tang Zhen to take Xiao Yan to the Library Pavilion for its inheritance.
• Zi Yu presented Tang Zhen with four Ascension to Dou Zun Pills and four Breakthrough Dou Zun Pills, earning Burning Flame Valley's gratitude and promise of support.
• Tang Zhen personally led Xiao Yan to receive the Three Mysterious Flame Change.
• Several days later, Zi Yu's group prepared to leave Burning Flame Valley, and Tang Huo'er asked Zi Yu if he was leaving, saddened by their separation.

Zi Yu received powerful artifacts after Tang Huo'er confessed her love, but he refused to accept her feelings immediately and made a two-year promise with her. He left after giving her a Heavenly Flame Glazed Pill, while Tang Huo'er vowed to meet him again.

• Tang Huo'er confessed her love to Zi Yu, and the system rewarded him with Mysterious Sky Divine Gold, the Crimson-Gold Glazed Tower, and ten High-Grade Saint Artifacts.
• Zi Yu told Tang Huo'er he could not accept her feelings yet and proposed that she reach the Dou Zun realm within two years before meeting him at the Pill Tower's Alchemist Contest.
• Tang Huo'er accepted the two-year promise, and she and Zi Yu sealed it with a high-five.
• Zi Yu gave Tang Huo'er a Heavenly Flame Glazed Pill and explained its benefits, though she initially protested that it was too precious.
• Zi Yu departed with his people, and Tang Huo'er kept the pill, calling it her betrothal gift and promising to meet him again.

Zi Yu introduced Feng Qingxue, Jin Yuxue, Jin Yuying, Jin Yufei, and Yue Ling'er to the women at Sacred Evolution Palace, revealing the newcomers’ extraordinary identities and cultivation. Later, Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Queen Medusa privately asked how many more women he might bring home, and Zi Yu promised to restrain himself where he could.

• Zi Yu’s wives met Feng Qingxue, Jin Yuxue, Jin Yuying, Jin Yufei, and Yue Ling'er and were astonished by their strength and talent.
• Zi Yu explained the newcomers’ identities, including the three women who were mutated Ninth Grade Golden Pills and Yue Ling'er, who had transformed from a Heaven and Earth Spirit Item.
• Yue Ling'er respectfully greeted Zi Yu’s wives, who welcomed her and gathered around her.
• That night, Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Queen Medusa visited Zi Yu and asked how many more sisters he intended to bring them.
• Zi Yu said he could not predict matters of the heart but promised to restrain himself and avoid bringing home more women when possible.

Zi Yu promised Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Queen Medusa that he would make concessions, then spent more than ten days with his many women. He later brought Feng Qingxue and four others to the Palace Master Hall, where Yao Chen reported that the Soul Hall had attacked and Zi Yu mocked its new leaders.

• Zi Yu counted the women involved with him and decided to be more selective about future wives, while considering others as maids, subordinates, or personal life secretaries.
• Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, and Queen Medusa accepted Zi Yu's promise, and the three women spent the night with him.
• Over the following days, Zi Yu spent his nights with his many women, leaving them exhausted while he remained energetic.
• Zi Yu set up a restriction so the sleeping women could rest, then went to the Palace Master Hall with Feng Qingxue, Jin Yuxue, Jin Yuying, Jin Yufei, and Yue Ling'er.
• Yao Chen reported that Hun Dan and Hun Qiu had led the Soul Hall in an attack on the Sacred Evolution Palace, and Zi Yu mocked their names and questioned their judgment.

Zi Yu explained why the Soul Clan had not retaliated after Sacred Evolution Palace destroyed Soul Hall, then revealed Hun Tiandi’s plan to Yao Chen. The chapter left Yao Chen alarmed, while Zi Yu decided they should not yet warn the other Ancient Imperial Clans.

• Yao Chen reported that the Soul Clan had made no move since Soul Hall’s destruction and said its silence worried him.
• Zi Yu explained that Hun Tiandi would avoid attacking Sacred Evolution Palace because doing so could expose the Soul Clan and draw in the other Ancient Imperial Clans.
• Zi Yu warned Yao Chen that Hun Tiandi was a madman and described the Soul Clan’s plan to harvest the other Ancient Clans’ bloodline power.
• Yao Chen asked whether they should warn the other Ancient Imperial Clans, but Zi Yu said not yet because their rivalries and the balance between the Soul Clan and Gu Clan made unity unlikely.

Zi Yu explained to Yao Chen why Sacred Evolution Palace should stay hidden while preparing for a future confrontation with the Soul Clan. After introducing the Jin sisters and Yue Ling'er, he asked Yao Chen to bring in You Quan, who arrived and paid her respects.

• Zi Yu told Yao Chen to keep Sacred Evolution Palace discreet, train talented members, and secretly strengthen its forces until the other Ancient Races united against the Soul Clan.
• Zi Yu introduced Jin Yuxue, Jin Yuying, and Jin Yufei as Nine-Star Dou Saints, and introduced Yue Ling'er as his disciple, a Five-Star Dou Zun under twenty.
• Yao Chen reported that he had found You Quan, and Zi Yu ordered him to bring her to the hall.
• Yao Chen returned with You Quan, who greeted Zi Yu as the Palace Master, and Zi Yu told everyone to rise.

Zi Yu accepted You Quan as his disciple after praising her talent and character, then discovered her unusual attributes and soul power. He gave her powerful cultivation gifts and privately resolved to recruit Yao Ling from the Yao Clan.

• Zi Yu praised You Quan's talent and humility, then offered to take her as his disciple.
• You Quan gladly performed the disciple-taking ceremony and privately began imagining becoming Zi Yu's wife or lover.
• Zi Yu sensed You Quan's Thunder-Fire Dual Attribute, traces of Wood Attribute, and unusual Soul Power, then decided to recruit Yao Ling.
• Yao Ling in the Medicine Realm suddenly felt as if someone had fixed their gaze upon her.
• Zi Yu gave You Quan a Divine Marrow Pill, the Divine Fire Crimson Rainbow Art, the Heavenly Dipper Purple Fire Sword, and a bottle of Life Sacred Spring.

Zi Yu rewarded You Quan with treasures and instructed her to cultivate, then gave Yao Chen a Heavenly Essence Immortal Ganoderma to strengthen him for the Sacred Evolution Palace. After handling his affairs, Zi Yu returned to his wives on the Star Realm’s main peak, while privately worrying that the current peace would soon end.

• Zi Yu gave You Quan four treasures, including a Divine Marrow Pill, and told her to cultivate the Divine Fire Crimson Rainbow Art before he inspected her progress in a month.
• Yao Chen praised Xiao Yan’s talent, and Zi Yu ordered him to nurture Xiao Yan into a Dou Saint and Ninth Grade Pill Grandmaster for the Sacred Evolution Palace.
• Zi Yu gave Yao Chen a Heavenly Essence Immortal Ganoderma and said it could help him break through to the Six-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• After Yao Chen left, Zi Yu worried that their peace was only an illusion before an approaching upheaval, then finished his official duties and departed the council hall.
• Zi Yu returned to his wives on the Star Realm’s main peak and told Ling Qingzhu that everything had been resolved.

After everything had been resolved, Zi Yu rested while the women attended to him, then gave ten Immortal Spirit Jade Bones to his companions to improve their cultivation. He arranged for them to refine the treasures in the Heavenly Origin Divine Hall, while the remaining women stayed by his side and Qing Lin awaited a future opportunity.

• Ling Qingzhu and the other women cared for Zi Yu for several days after he said everything had been settled.
• Zi Yu took out ten Immortal Spirit Jade Bones and explained their powers to Ling Qingzhu, Gu Xun'er, Queen Medusa, Miao Ke'er, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yan Jing, Xiao Yu, and Nalan Yanran.
• Qing Yan Jing recognized that an Immortal Spirit Jade Bone could help produce a Heavenly Sovereign and concluded that Zi Yu's power might surpass the threat of the Futuo Ancient Clan.
• Miao Ke'er realized that refining an Immortal Spirit Jade Bone would bring her closer to recovering her former peak cultivation.
• Zi Yu gave each of the ten women a bone and arranged for them to absorb it while cultivating in the Heavenly Origin Divine Hall.
• Zi Yu kept Feng Qingxue, Yu Wuxin, Dongfang Jing, Di Mingli, and Yu Mengyao with him, and told Qing Lin that he would take her to her arranged opportunity later.

Zi Yu refined Ninth Grade Treasure Pills and became a Ninth Grade Pill Grandmaster, earning two system gift packs. After opening them, he gained Heaven Tier cultivation methods and combat skills, along with several powerful treasures and two renowned cauldrons.

• Zi Yu spent a month refining exceptional Eighth-Tier Pills to strengthen Sacred Evolution Palace.
• Zi Yu used more than ten thousand kinds of medicinal ingredients to refine two batches of Ninth Grade Treasure Pills: three Nine-Veined Saint Breaking Pills and three Sacred Heart Bodhi Pills.
• The system recognized Zi Yu as a Ninth Grade Pill Grandmaster and rewarded him with a Heaven Tier Techniques and Fighting Skills Gift Pack and an Intermediate Treasure Gift Pack.
• Zi Yu opened the first pack and received ten Heaven Tier cultivation methods and combat skills, including the Primordial Violet Qi Scripture and Myriad Thunder Sword Art.
• Zi Yu opened the second pack and received Golden Radiance Immortal Pearls, Hearts of the Heavenly Eye, Sacred Heart Jade Lotus Platforms, a Violet Glaze Sacred Flame Cauldron, and an Eight Desolations Fire Dragon Cauldron.

Zi Yu added rare treasures and Heaven Tier techniques to the Sacred Evolution Palace’s collections, then authorized Yao Chen to use the Sacred Heart Jade Lotus Platforms to help loyal Half-Saints become Dou Saints. Before leaving the palace with Ming Li and Meng Yao, Zi Yu arranged for powerful allies to remain behind to protect it.

• Zi Yu stored ten Heaven Tier Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills in the Archive Pavilion, and placed a Golden Radiance Immortal Pearl, a Heart of the Heavenly Eye, and three Sacred Heart Jade Lotus Platforms in the Strange Treasure Pavilion.
• Yao Chen asked to use a Sacred Heart Jade Lotus Platform, and Zi Yu gave him permission, expecting he planned to help Wind Venerable break through to Dou Saint.
• Zi Yu ordered Yao Chen to use the three platforms on loyal, meritorious Half-Saint experts so they could reach the Dou Saint realm.
• Zi Yu told Yao Chen that he would leave the Sacred Evolution Palace with Ming Li and Meng Yao, while Jin Yufei, Jin Yuying, Jin Yuxue, Sha Tian, Gu Lei, Wu Bufan, and Yuan Zhantian stayed behind to guard it.
• Yao Chen agreed to oversee the palace, privately judging its remaining defenders powerful enough to deter the Soul Clan and even the Gu Clan.

Yao Chen gave Wind Venerable a Sacred Heart Jade Lotus Platform created by the Palace Lord to help him reach the Dou Saint realm. Warned that disasters might come to the Dou Qi Continent, Wind Venerable accepted the treasure and went into seclusion to cultivate.

• Wind Venerable asked Yao Chen why he had come to visit, and Yao Chen said he had brought him something good.
• Yao Chen revealed the Sacred Heart Jade Lotus Platform and explained how it could aid cultivation and help a Half-Saint break through to Dou Saint.
• Wind Venerable asked whether the treasure came from the Palace Lord, and Yao Chen confirmed it and warned that the Dou Qi Continent might face coming disasters.
• Wind Venerable resolved to strengthen himself, accepted the platform, and left to cultivate in seclusion.

Zi Yu and his companions arrived in the Beast Domain, where they learned that the Ancient Ruins would open in ten days and planned to camp nearby. At Burning Flame Valley, Tang Zhen waited anxiously for Tang Huo'er to emerge from cultivation, while the Fire Cloud Ancestor sensed that her power was steadily increasing.

• Yu Mengyao reported that the Ancient Ruins would open in ten days and that their strongest visitor was a Six Star Dou Venerate.
• Yu Mengyao told Zi Yu that the visitors included experts from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix and Netherworld Python clans, along with human cultivators from the Purple Astral Sect and independent factions.
• Zi Yu decided to camp near the ruins with Feng Qingxue, Yu Wuxin, Dongfang Jing, Di Mingli, and Yu Mengyao while they explored the area.
• Tang Zhen worried that Tang Huo'er had not emerged after more than a month of secluded cultivation, and the Fire Cloud Ancestor urged him to wait because her aura was stable and growing stronger.
• Tang Huo'er remained inside the cave, still in seclusion.

Tang Huo'er emerged from seclusion at the Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun realm with the Glazed Heavenly Flame, astonishing Tang Zhen and Fire Cloud Ancestor. After she explained how she obtained her power and treasure, Tang Zhen warned her to keep both secrets hidden.

• Tang Huo'er awakened with Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun strength and summoned the Glazed Heavenly Flame, whose power surpassed the Nine-Dragon Thunder-Gang Flame.
• Tang Zhen and Fire Cloud Ancestor were shocked by Tang Huo'er's cultivation, and Tang Zhen credited Zi Yu with her extraordinary gains.
• Tang Huo'er showed them the Glazed Heavenly Flame, prompting Fire Cloud Ancestor to seal off the area and question her about it.
• Tang Huo'er explained what had happened, leaving Tang Zhen and Fire Cloud Ancestor stunned by the treasure and its origins.
• Tang Zhen warned Tang Huo'er to conceal the Glazed Heavenly Flame and the Heavenly Flame Glazed Pearl within her, since others must not learn about them.