Chapter Summaries

Medicine Elder celebrated his resurrection and Eight-star Dou Saint breakthrough, then began training under Chen Yang’s guidance. Chen Yang brought Xiao Yan to the Sky Swallowing Python Clan and asked him to resurrect fifty-six Dou Saints, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by the task.

• Medicine Elder thanked Chen Yang, embarrassed himself in front of the gathered crowd, and received congratulations after Chen Yang smoothed things over.
• The Yang Realm held a three-day celebration for Medicine Elder, whose relationship with Fairy Qing improved.
• Chen Yang gave Medicine Elder Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques, revealed he came from another world, and agreed to help him search for Hu Jiujiu there.
• Chen Yang reclaimed the Azure Emperor Cauldron from Xiao Yan and took him to Qinling to resurrect the Sky Swallowing Python Clan’s fifty-six Dou Saint-level souls.
• Xiao Yan stared at the fifty-six souls and asked Chen Yang whether he was trying to drain him dry.

Xiao Yan spent eight months reviving twenty-four Sky Swallowing Python experts, strengthening his own cultivation through the demanding work. At the Pill Tower, the Pill Tower Old Ancestor asked Chen Yang to refine him so he could take a shortcut toward becoming a Ninth-grade Golden Pill.

• Xiao Yan agreed to revive the Sky Swallowing Python experts gradually after Chen Yang clarified that he had not demanded they all be restored at once.
• Chen Yang gathered Corpse Bones, medicinal pills, and blood essence, and Xiao Yan began by reviving Yue Xian, who had been a Late Seven-star Dou Saint.
• Over eight months, Xiao Yan revived twenty-four experts, while his cultivation advanced from Early One-star Dou Saint to Late One-star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan brought Cao Ying and the secretly trained Medicine Elder to the Pill Tower, where Old Monster Lin introduced the reborn Pill Tower Old Ancestor.
• Chen Yang discussed the Soul Hall and Soul Clan with the group, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor asked whether Chen Yang could protect him as he pursued the Ninth-grade Golden Pill realm.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor asked Chen Yang to toss him into his medicine cauldron and refine him a little as a shortcut.

Chen Yang taught the Pill Tower Old Ancestor how to reach the Ninth-grade Golden Pill realm and advanced him to Seven-star Dou Sheng. The Pill Tower Old Ancestor then decided Xiao Yan should compete for the vacant Little Pill Tower Master position while carrying out his Soul Hall mission.

• Chen Yang explained that the Pill Tower Old Ancestor needed to infuse laws to become a Ninth-grade Golden Pill, then promised to teach the Pill Tower alchemy methods and urged it to reform.
• Xiao Yan told the Pill Tower leaders that Hun Miesheng had ordered him to infiltrate the Pill Tower through the Pill Gathering, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor called for an alchemy contest between Xiao Yan and Old Monster Lin.
• Chen Yang took everyone into the void, where Xiao Yan defeated Old Monster Lin in alchemy and Chen Yang refined the Pill Tower Old Ancestor into a Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor proposed naming the Pill Gathering champion as a candidate for the vacant Little Pill Tower Master role, prompting Xiao Yan to worry about taking charge of the Pill Tower.

Xiao Yan returned to Soul Hall with news that the Pill Tower would select a Little Pill Tower Master, and proposed that he compete for the position. Hun Miesheng embraced the prospect of infiltrating the Pill Tower and imagined bringing it under Soul Hall’s command.

• Chen Yang and the others agreed that Xiao Yan should seek a Heavenly Flame from the Soul Clan before competing for the Pill Tower position, and Xiao Yan returned to Soul Hall.
• Hun Miesheng welcomed Xiao Yan and nearly executed a guard for delaying him, but Xiao Yan spared the guard and arranged for him to join Earth Hall.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Miesheng that the Pill Tower would select a Little Pill Tower Master during the Pill Gathering and suggested that he pursue the position.
• Hun Miesheng eagerly imagined Xiao Yan gaining control of the Pill Tower and extending Soul Hall’s influence.

Xiao Yan asked Hun Miesheng for a Heavenly Flame that would let him enter the Pill Tower’s Pill Gathering without revealing his identity. Hun Miesheng secured the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame from Nihility Devouring Flame and returned with it for Xiao Yan.

• Blood Red Heavenly Venerate warned Hun Miesheng that Xiao Yan would need to conceal his identity and avoid using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame at the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan asked Hun Miesheng for a top-ten Heavenly Flame that could hide his identity and explained that the Flame Mantra would let him use another flame.
• Hun Miesheng contacted Nihility Devouring Flame and requested the clan’s Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame for Xiao Yan’s undercover plan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame approved the request, retrieved the pale-black Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame, and handed it to Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng left the inner hall with the Heavenly Flame and went to meet Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan accepted the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame from Hun Miesheng, devoured it, and secretly left the Soul Hall to infiltrate the Pill Tower. At the Pill Gathering, he introduced his disguise as Chen Yan, a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill Grandmaster.

• Hun Miesheng gave Xiao Yan the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame and tasked him with bringing back the souls of high-grade Pill Tower Alchemists, while warning him to prioritize his safety.
• Xiao Yan refined pills to aid his devouring of the flame, then spent a month absorbing it and rose to Early Three-star Dou Sheng as his Flame Mantra advanced to Mid-level Heaven Tier.
• Xiao Yan left Soul Hall Headquarters disguised as Blood Red Heavenly Venerate, and Hun Miesheng discovered his deception through a letter left in Xiao Yan's empty chambers.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Sacred Pill City, showed Chen Yang the Heavenly Flame, and had him confirm that it had not been tampered with.
• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower's Pill Gathering as a Wandering Cultivator and introduced himself as Chen Yan, a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill Grandmaster.

Xiao Yan entered the Pill Gathering under the alias Chen Yan, won it decisively, and then defeated the Pill Tower’s veteran Ninth-grade Alchemists in the Little Pill Tower Master Selection. The Pill Tower Old Ancestor appointed him Tower Master and entrusted him with the Tower’s affairs.

• Cao Ying recognized that the Ninth-grade Treasure Pill Alchemist Chen Yan was Xiao Yan in disguise, while the Pill Tower elders debated whether he could compete for the Little Pill Tower Master position.
• Chen Yang’s family watched from the void as Yao Ling mistakenly guessed Chen Yan was Chen Yang and Xiao Yan’s child before Chen Qi clarified that he was Xiao Yan in disguise.
• Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering by a crushing margin, and Black Demon Lightning marked the competition’s end.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yan outperformed Old Monster Lin, Xiao Jinghou, and the other contenders in the Little Pill Tower Master Selection Tournament.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor appointed Xiao Yan Tower Master and entrusted him with all affairs of the Pill Tower.

Xiao Yan purged corrupt Pill Tower elders and returned to the Soul Hall with five Eighth-grade Alchemist souls. Hun Miesheng was astonished that Xiao Yan had fulfilled the Soul Hall’s test so quickly.

• Hun Miesheng rebuked Blood Red Heavenly Venerate for questioning Xiao Yan’s loyalty, then set a test requiring Xiao Yan to bring back an Eighth-grade Alchemist’s soul within three years.
• Xiao Yan confronted Fang Bai with evidence of his crimes and killed him after Fang Bai pleaded for mercy.
• Xiao Yan oversaw the execution of five Ban Sheng Elders, thirteen Eighth-grade Alchemists, and twenty-seven Seventh-grade Alchemists, while their clans were also uprooted.
• People across the continent praised Chen Yan after the Pill Tower’s purge exposed the Alchemists’ crimes.
• Xiao Yan secretly returned to the Soul Hall carrying five Eighth-grade Alchemist souls, and Hun Miesheng reacted in shock when he saw them.

Xiao Yan returned five Eighth-grade Alchemists’ souls to Hun Miesheng, then was sent by Chen Yang to revive the Sky Swallowing Python Clan. After two months of work, the Yang Realm had grown into a formidable power, and Xiao Yan arrived back exhausted, determined to ask for Xun Er’s hand in marriage.

• Xiao Yan convinced Hun Miesheng that he had purged disobedient Pill Tower members and handed over five Eighth-grade Alchemists’ souls, earning Hun Miesheng’s trust and praise.
• Hun Miesheng warned Xiao Yan to avoid the Eastern Region because the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony was approaching, while Xiao Yan said he planned to search the Northwest Continent for Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan sent a puppet toward the Northwest Continent, returned to his original appearance, and went to the Yang Realm, where Chen Yang immediately assigned him to revive the Sky Swallowing Python Clan.
• Chen Yang told Chen Qi that Xiao Yan and Yao Chen owed him a huge debt, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin joined him to prepare dinner.
• After two months, Xiao Yan had revived every Sky Swallowing Python, and the Yang Realm’s strength had grown substantially as its residents emerged from cultivation ahead of the Ancient Clan’s ceremony.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Chen Mansion exhausted, announced that he intended to ask Xun Er to marry him, and fell asleep before Chen Yang could ask about a betrothal gift.

Xiao Yan recovered and prepared to travel to the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, while Chen Yang made his betrothal gifts and escorted him to Ancient Saint City. Chen Yang opened the gate to the Ancient Realm, where an anticipated System Prompt sounded as the group arrived.

• Chen Yang gave the exhausted Xiao Yan a medicinal pill and settled him in a courtyard, then teased Medicine Elder before preparing Xiao Yan’s betrothal gifts.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan joined Chen Yang and the others outside the Yang Realm, and Cai Lin told him Chen Yang had spent three days preparing his gifts.
• Chen Yang’s group flew into Ancient Saint City on Fierce Tiger King, where Chen Yang rebuked the Black Annihilation Army and Xiao Yan agreed to teach its younger members a lesson.
• Chen Yang opened the gate to the Ancient Realm beside a lake, and the group stepped through it.
• Chen Yang and the others arrived beneath an azure sky as a long-awaited System Prompt rang in his ears.

Chen Yang reached Late One-star Dou Di in the Ancient Realm and secretly suppressed the auras of his daughters, Chen Qi and Chen Sha. Gu Yuan welcomed Chen Yang and his party, and Xiao Yan prepared to meet Xun Er, with Gu Yuan warning him that other young elites might provoke him.

• Chen Yang’s breakthrough granted him the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, new Dou Techniques, and a Mid Emperor Realm Soul, while the resulting aura surge from Chen Qi and Chen Sha was hidden when he took them into his arms.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yan wondered about the brief disturbance, but only Qing Lin realized Chen Yang had become a Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie arrived, greeted Chen Yang’s party, and led them to a secluded palace once occupied by Gu Yuan’s parents, where Gu Yuan revealed that a hidden Soul Clan spy remained in the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yuan was surprised to learn Xiao Yan had become a Mid Three-star Dou Saint and the Little Pill Tower’s Tower Master, and he told Xiao Yan he could go see Xun Er.
• Gu Yuan warned Xiao Yan that the Ancient Clan’s younger generation and visiting clan elites might provoke him, and Xiao Yan left determined not to spare any love rivals.

Chen Yang questioned Gu Yuan about the Xiao Clan’s decline and his attempt to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then planned to help Xiao Yan propose to Xun Er after the Coming of Age Ceremony. As Chen Yang and his family set out to explore the Ancient Clan, Xiao Yan found Xun Er, but an unpleasant voice interrupted their reunion.

• Chen Yang challenged Gu Yuan over the Xiao Clan’s fate, and Gu Lie explained that its scattered survivors had been left alone for their protection.
• Gu Yuan admitted he had sent Xun Er to the Xiao Family seeking the Tou She Ancient God Jade because he desperately wanted to break through to Dou Di.
• Chen Yang told Gu Yuan to explain himself to Xiao Xuan and said he would help Xiao Yan propose to Xun Er after the Coming of Age Ceremony, which was three days away.
• Chen Yang agreed to take Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Qing Lin, and Yao Ling around the Ancient Clan, reassuring Yao Ling about possible trouble with her family.
• Xiao Yan found Xun Er in the Ancient Clan’s plaza, but an unpleasant voice interrupted them as they were about to reunite.

Xiao Yan defended his claim to Xun Er by killing Gu Yao and confronting the Ancient Clan elders who attacked him. After Xun Er gave him permission to act, he prepared to face Gu Miao while the clan members marveled at his strength and eight Heavenly Flames.

• Gu Yao challenged Xiao Yan over Xun Er, and Xiao Yan mocked him before agreeing to fight immediately.
• Xiao Yan fired a needle made from eight Heavenly Flames, piercing Gu Shan's arm and killing Gu Yao.
• Gu Shan condemned Xiao Yan, who warned that he was sparing the Ancient Clan only for Xun Er's sake.
• Gu Miao arrived, learned that Gu Yao had been killed, and attacked Xiao Yan in fury.
• Xiao Yan stopped Gu Miao's strike with one hand and asked Xun Er whether he could kill her; Xun Er told him to do as he pleased.
• Xiao Yan sent eight Heavenly Flames across the plaza as Gu Xing, Gu Hua, and Gu Qingyang reacted to his power.

Xiao Yan killed Gu Miao and Gu He after they challenged him, while Chen Yang arrived and defused the conflict with the Ancient Clan. That night, Qing Lin asked to spend time alone with Chen Yang and told him she wanted to experience a Dou Di’s power.

• Xiao Yan killed Gu Miao with his eight Heavenly Flames after she attacked him with the Nine Heavens Thunder Seal.
• Gu He descended to challenge Xiao Yan, but Gu Lie rebuked him and Chen Yang killed him with a sword strike.
• Chen Yang reunited with Xiao Yan and Xun Er, then introduced his wives to the Ancient Clan as they toured its grounds.
• Zi Yan challenged Gu Qingyang’s expectations by boasting that Lin Xiuya, a younger disciple she trained, had reached Seven-star Dou Zun.
• Qing Lin asked Chen Yang’s wives to let her accompany him alone for the night, then revealed that she wanted to experience the power of a Dou Di.

Chen Yang helped Qing Lin and the other women prepare for their future cultivation before the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony brought the Eight Ancient Clans together. At the ceremony’s end, he asked Gu Yuan for Xun Er’s hand in marriage on Xiao Yan’s behalf and offered an extravagant betrothal gift.

• Chen Yang promised to seek Dou Di inheritances for Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others, then spent the following days in the Ancient Realm with his family.
• Yao Tian told Yao Ling that their parents had been confined to Reflection Cliff, and Chen Yang warned him to convey that any further offense would bring consequences for the Yao Clan.
• The Eight Ancient Clans gathered for the Coming of Age Ceremony, where Xun Er revealed a Divine Bloodline, Gu Qingyang tested at Ninth-grade, and several others reached Eighth Grade.
• After the ceremony, Chen Yang asked Gu Yuan to accept Xiao Yan’s proposal to Xun Er and offered three Ninth-grade Golden Pills, ten Nine-Rank Profound Pills, and one hundred Ninth-grade Treasure Pills as the betrothal gift.

Chen Yang entered the Heavenly Tomb after Xiao Yan and Xun Er, who met Xiao Xuan, the remnant soul of their ancestor. When Xiao Xuan doubted that a Ninth-grade Golden Pill could restore him, Chen Yang appeared and asked whether a Dou Di could do it.

• Gu Yuan accepted Xiao Yan and Xun Er’s marriage after both agreed, and he told them to enter the Heavenly Tomb separately for training.
• As the Heavenly Tomb opened, Chen Yang reassured his worried family and promised Cai Lin he would return within a month.
• Chen Yang entered the Heavenly Tomb unnoticed and followed Xiao Yan and Xun Er as they fought two Dou Saint-level energy bodies and reached Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Yan, then explained that leaving the Heavenly Tomb would make his remnant soul vanish.
• Xiao Yan offered to ask Chen Yang for help, but Xiao Xuan said even a Ninth-grade Golden Pill could not restore him; Chen Yang then asked whether a Dou Di could.

Chen Yang met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb and revealed that he had become a Dou Di, despite Xiao Xuan’s belief that the Dou Qi Continent lacked the Origin Qi needed for anyone to break through. Xiao Xuan agreed to leave the Heavenly Tomb with Chen Yang and see the Great Thousand World if Chen Yang could free him.

• Chen Yang offered to help Xiao Xuan leave the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xuan explained why he believed no one on the Dou Qi Continent could become a Dou Di.
• Xiao Xuan said he wanted to pass the Xiao Clan’s remaining Dou Di Bloodline to Xiao Yan and warned him against attempting a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan realized Chen Yang had said a Dou Di could help, and Chen Yang confirmed he had broken through six days earlier.
• Chen Yang revealed that Xiao Jiu and Tun Tun had activated their Dou Di Bloodlines and reached Late Nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Yang explained that he came from beyond the Dou Qi Continent and said he could help Xiao Xuan escape the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to go with Chen Yang if he could truly live and see the Great Thousand World.

Chen Yang freed Xiao Xuan from the Heavenly Tomb and restored his soul by fusing it with the tomb's origin. Xiao Xuan reunited with Gu Yuan, while Chen Yang left Xiao Yan's bloodline inheritance for another time and the group returned home.

• Chen Yang severed Xiao Xuan's bond with the Heavenly Tomb and restored him by infusing him with the Heavenly Tomb Origin and the Soul of the Heaven Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan became the Master of the Heavenly Tomb and pledged his loyalty to Chen Yang; Chen Yang discussed the Soul Clan's threat and Xiao Yan's undercover role.
• Chen Yang advised Xiao Xuan to postpone giving Xiao Yan the Xiao Clan's Dou Di Bloodline, explaining that Xiao Yan and Xun Er could pursue Dou Di through their own paths.
• Chen Yang took Xiao Xuan out of the Heavenly Tomb and returned home, while Xiao Yan and Xun Er followed the original route back.
• Gu Yuan met Xiao Xuan in Chen Yang's courtyard, and Xiao Xuan grinned and told him to call him Old Ancestor.

Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan settled their old grievances as Xiao Xuan became master of the Heavenly Tomb. Chen Yang then took Xiao Yan searching for an ancient Poison Attribute Dou Di Inheritance, and Xiao Yan’s seemingly random direction led them straight to one.

• Xiao Xuan teased Gu Yuan about Xun Er marrying into the Xiao Clan, and Chen Yang and Gu Yuan explained how Gu Yuan’s actions had helped protect the Xiao Clan descendants from the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Xuan let go of his resentment toward Gu Yuan, and the two bickered about Xiao Xuan’s lifespan and Gu Yuan’s offer to find him a Nine-star Dou Sheng body.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that Chen Yang had restored his Spiritual Power to the Emperor Realm and that he had become master of the Heavenly Tomb; Gu Yuan accepted that the Heavenly Tomb now belonged to the Xiao Clan.
• Chen Yang returned to the Yang Realm with everyone, then left with Xiao Yan to search for an ancient Poison Attribute Dou Di Inheritance for his wife.
• After Xiao Yan pointed in a random direction, he and Chen Yang found an ancient Poison Attribute Dou Di Inheritance, leaving Xiao Yan wondering if he was the protagonist.

Chen Yang claimed the Heavenly Poison Empress's inheritance for his wife, then returned to Jia Nan Academy before taking Xiao Yan to meet Zi Yan's father, Zhu Kun. The chapter ended as they found the Old Dragon Emperor guarding a massive stone gate beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Chen Yang spoke with the Heavenly Poison Empress, who gave him her inheritance for his wife before her remnant consciousness faded.
• Chen Yang collected the remaining valuables as the secret realm collapsed, then told Xiao Yan they would seek Zi Yan's father next.
• Chen Yang and Xiao Yan visited Jia Nan Academy, where they reunited with old friends and drank together.
• The next day, Chen Yang took Xiao Yan deep beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where they found Zhu Kun before a huge stone gate.