Recaps

Lin Ming visited the Pill Tower and was asked by its presidents to help oppose Soul Hall at the upcoming Pill Gathering. He gained access to the Tower’s first five levels and spent the following days deepening his alchemy knowledge as the gathering approached.

• Elder Sheng brought Lin Ming and Elder Yao to the Pill Tower, where Lin Ming marveled at its immense structure and soul-nourishing aura.
• Elder Sheng led them to the Starry Sky Council Hall, where Lin Ming met President Xuan Yi and spoke with Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi warned Lin Ming that Soul Hall sought the Pill Gathering and Three Thousand Burning Flame, and asked him to defeat its alchemist at the final stage.
• Lin Ming agreed to help the Pill Tower and received a token granting him access to the first five levels and most of their books and pill recipes.
• Lin Ming studied in the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion and alchemy Quiet Rooms while Elder Yao researched ancient records, and Sacred Pill City grew tense as the Pill Gathering neared.

Lin Ming and his companions arrived at the Pill Gathering, where Ye Zhong explained its two qualifying trials: the Illusionary Realm Trial and the dangerous Pill Realm. Lin Ming entered the crowded venue, determined to reach the final contest.

• Lin Ming dressed in a Seventh Grade Alchemist robe and left with Xiao Yi Xian, Elder Yao, Ye Zhong, and Xin Lan for the Pill Gathering.
• Lin Ming's group surveyed the enormous venue and its suspended platforms, where finalists would compete for the championship.
• Ye Zhong explained that contestants first had to cross the Illusionary Realm Trial, a shifting maze that disrupted sight and Soul Power.
• Ye Zhong described the Pill Realm trial, where contestants had to gather designated medicinal herbs and obtain a Spatial Stone while facing dangers and other competitors.
• Lin Ming declared his confidence in claiming the final position and led his group toward the venue entrance.

The Three Pill Tower Heads opened the Pill Gathering and announced that its champion would receive an ancient soul cultivation method. Lin Ming resolved to win it and entered the Soul Illusion Realm as Xiao Yan arrived to compete.

• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi appeared before the gathered alchemists, and Xuan Kongzi explained the Pill Gathering’s three selection trials.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would earn a giant-candidate quota and an ancient soul cultivation method, prompting Lin Ming to vow to claim the title.
• Xuan Kongzi opened the Soul Illusion Realm and called contestants of fifth tier and above to begin the first trial.
• Lin Ming received encouragement from Xin Lan, Xiao Yi Xian, Elder Yao, and Ye Zhong, then entered the Soul Illusion Realm.
• An old man and Xiao Yan arrived; the old man left to meet Xuan Kongzi while Xiao Yan stepped toward the trial, declaring his intent to carry on his teacher’s glory.

Lin Ming entered the Soul Illusion Realm Trial and used his powerful Soul Perception to navigate its distorted spatial maze. When the trial conjured memories of his former life, he deliberately experienced each illusion to temper and strengthen his Soul Origin, leaving the beast-powered illusion core under strain.

• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi discussed the veteran alchemists and promising contestants entering the trial, with Tian Lei Zi expressing particular interest in Lin Ming.
• Lin Ming entered the Soul Illusion Realm and spread his Soul Perception to map the distorted space and identify a safe route.
• Lin Ming calmly advanced through the maze while other contestants became trapped in spatial folds or kept their distance from him.
• After nearly an incense stick of travel, Lin Ming reached a region where the dense gas carried mind-shaking fluctuations and triggered illusions drawn from his previous life.
• Lin Ming welcomed the illusions, revisited memories of his mother and sister, and broke free from them, steadily solidifying his Spirit Realm Grand Perfection Soul Origin.
• The illusions forced the Seventh Order Demonic Beasts powering the trial to expend deeper power and endure the impact of Lin Ming's soul.

Lin Ming exhausted the Illusionary Soul Beasts and passed through the Soul Illusion Realm into the Pill Realm. He arrived at the entrance staging area, where contestants learned the trial rules and began entering the dangerous realm.

• Lin Ming overtaxed the Illusionary Soul Beasts, causing the Soul Illusion Realm to destabilize and stunning Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi.
• Lin Ming used his tempered Soul Perception to find the passage to the Pill Realm and entered it.
• Lin Ming arrived at the Pill Realm’s staging area and saw Xiao Yan and Cao Ying among the contestants waiting to enter.
• A turtle-riding Pill Tower elder explained that contestants had ten days to collect every medicinal ingredient on their list and reach the exit, warning that powerful Demonic Beasts made the Pill Realm dangerous.
• Contestants collected their task lists, maps, and Spatial Stones, then began entering the Pill Realm.

Lin Ming entered the Pill Realm and headed for the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where rare herbs were concentrated. He found a Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit amid a battle, waited for the fighters to weaken each other, then intervened and struck down one of the victors with a single punch.

• Lin Ming entered the barren Pill Realm, sensed its dense but unstable Heaven and Earth Energy, and compared it with his own stable Internal Space.
• Lin Ming studied his task list, recalled that the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range held most of the rare herbs, and flew toward it.
• Lin Ming spotted three men in green robes fighting two Rogue Cultivator alchemists over a Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit and hid to watch.
• The three men in green robes defeated the Rogue Cultivators but were left injured and drained, so Lin Ming appeared beside the fruit and told them to leave.
• One of the men in green robes attacked Lin Ming, who crushed his arm and sent him flying with a single punch without using Dou Qi.

Lin Ming claimed the Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit and reached the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where he learned of a powerful beast guarding its treasures. As Song Qing organized the contestants into an alliance, Lin Ming chose to enter the mountains alone.

• Lin Ming defeated a wounded Seven-Star Dou Ancestor with one punch, drove off the green-robed men, and stored the Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit.
• Lin Ming arrived at the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and sensed many dangerous beasts lurking in its Spirit Mist.
• Lin Ming spotted Song Qing addressing a camp of contestants, including Cao Ying and Xiao Yan.
• Song Qing warned that a nearly Eighth Order beast guarded the mountain's treasures and proposed that the contestants form an alliance.
• The contestants agreed to Song Qing's plan, while Lin Ming dismissed their alliance and entered the mountain alone.

Lin Ming reached the core of the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and found its overlord, the Ancient Dragon Bear, guarding a Stone Hall surrounded by priceless herbs. Eager to test his newly strengthened body, he charged the beast with a fist, beginning their fight.

• Lin Ming crossed the mountain range, avoiding or intimidating its Seventh Order Magical Beasts while passing rare medicinal herbs.
• Lin Ming entered a hidden valley and discovered a Stone Hall surrounded by precious medicinal plants.
• The Ancient Dragon Bear confronted Lin Ming and unleashed a roar that shook the valley.
• Lin Ming endured the beast's roar, declared he would use it to test his strength, and charged its right claw with a punch.

Lin Ming battled the Ancient Dragon Bear with his physical strength, using the fight to temper his Rainbow Lightning Venerate Body Technique. Before he could end the battle with his Dragon Seal, a powerful bloodline pressure appeared, and Zi Yan emerged as the beast cowered before her.

• Lin Ming met the Ancient Dragon Bear's massive claw with his fist, staggering back but denting the beast's fur.
• Lin Ming repeatedly attacked and evaded the Ancient Dragon Bear without using Dou Qi, gradually improving his physical control and strengthening his body.
• After about an incense stick's worth of fighting, Lin Ming decided to end the battle and began gathering Soul Power to reveal his Dragon Seal.
• A tremendous bloodline pressure descended on the valley, causing the Ancient Dragon Bear to freeze, tremble, and press its head to the ground in submission.
• Zi Yan stepped out of distorted space and appeared before Lin Ming and the cowering Ancient Dragon Bear.

Zi Yan arrived in the Pill Realm and reunited with Lin Ming, while her Dragon Emperor bloodline subdued Xiong Zhan. Lin Ming arranged for Xiong Zhan to leave with them and ordered him to gather the Pill Realm’s medicinal treasures before they departed.

• Zi Yan rushed to Lin Ming, and her Dragon Emperor aura forced Xiong Zhan to take human form and bow to her.
• Zi Yan questioned Xiong Zhan about fighting Lin Ming, then accepted his apology and checked that Lin Ming was unharmed.
• Lin Ming asked Xiong Zhan for Ascension Grass and Crimson Flame Spirit Marrow, and Xiong Zhan brought him the finest specimens he had collected.
• Lin Ming asked Zi Yan to take Xiong Zhan out of the Pill Realm, and she agreed on the condition that he obey her.
• Lin Ming ordered Xiong Zhan to have the magical beasts gather the Pill Realm’s rare medicinal herbs, and Xiong Zhan’s roar sent them into action.

A black-robed Dou Venerate and his hidden allies ambushed the Alchemists gathered in a basin, slaughtering nearly all of them despite Cao Ying and Song Qing’s resistance. As the survivors faced certain defeat, Lin Ming sensed the bloodshed from the Stone Hall and turned his attention toward the basin.

• Xiao Yan spotted a motionless black-robed man among the gathered Alchemists and realized he intended to eliminate potential rivals.
• The black-robed man announced that he would kill everyone to protect his candidate’s chances of winning the Pill Gathering, then hidden black-robed attackers struck the crowd.
• The attackers killed more than half the Alchemists, while the black-robed man blocked escape attempts by suppressing Spatial Stones and crushing those who tried to flee.
• Cao Ying, Song Qing, the two Profound Nether Sect elders, and a few other strong Alchemists held out against the attackers, but fewer than ten survivors remained after the slaughter.
• Lin Ming sensed distant Soul Fluctuations, bloodshed, and Dou Venerate-level Spatial Fluctuations, then looked toward the basin.

Lin Ming confronted Elder Mu Gu after the Soul Barrier shattered, revealing three powerful Dou Venerate puppets and Xiong Zhan surrounding the Soul Hall elder. Elder Mu Gu unleashed his Netherworld Dharma Body and temporarily rose to Four-Star Dou Venerate, while Lin Ming prepared to respond with his awakened physical strength.

• Elder Mu Gu recognized Lin Ming and attacked him with his Three-Star Dou Venerate power, but Lin Ming summoned Frost Puppet, Puppet One, and Ice Puppet to block him.
• Xiong Zhan transformed into his Ancient Dragon Bear form, joining the three puppets to surround Elder Mu Gu as Lin Ming ordered them to kill him.
• The puppets trapped and attacked Elder Mu Gu while Xiong Zhan struck him, leaving him wounded and overwhelmed.
• Elder Mu Gu used Soul Sacrifice to summon the Netherworld Dharma Body and raise his strength to the initial stage of Four-Star Dou Venerate, breaking through much of the puppets' assault.
• Lin Ming dismissed Elder Mu Gu's power-up as a dying struggle and began awakening his immense physical strength.

Lin Ming killed Elder Mu Gu after breaking his Netherworld Dharma Body with two punches, then left the Pill Realm with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan. As the Pill Realm’s ten-day limit ended, the Pill Gathering crowd gathered to await the returning alchemists and the final contest.

• Elder Mu Gu burned his soul to activate the Netherworld Dharma Body, but Lin Ming used the Rainbow Lightning Venerate Body Technique to shatter it with two punches.
• The Ice Puppet froze Elder Mu Gu, and Puppet One killed him with a strike between the brows.
• Cao Ying and the others thanked Lin Ming for saving them, and Lin Ming collected Elder Mu Gu’s corpse before leaving with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan.
• On the final day of the Pill Realm’s ten-day limit, Cao Ying and the others prepared to leave through the Spatial Portal.
• The Pill Gathering crowd assembled before the Giant Gate and waited for the alchemists to emerge for the final contest.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan traveled from the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range to the Pill Realm’s exit, where survivors submitted their materials for inspection. After passing, Lin Ming entered the Spatial Rift to join the final Pill Gathering competition.

• Lin Ming finished collecting rare medicinal herbs, and Xiong Zhan summoned a Seventh Order Mysterious Bird Beast to carry them toward the Pill Realm’s exit.
• The group arrived at the exit plaza, where Lin Ming spotted Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Xiao Yan, and Song Qing among the surviving Contestants.
• A Pill Tower Elder opened a Spatial Rift and inspected Contestants’ task lists and medicinal materials, striking down a man who tried to submit substitutes.
• Lin Ming told Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan to meet Elder Yao and Xiao Yi Xian outside, then passed the Elder’s inspection with all his required materials.
• Lin Ming entered the Spatial Rift, ready to compete in the final Pill Gathering.

The contestants who survived the Pill Realm elimination round gathered in Sacred Pill City as the spatial gate closed. Xuan Kongzi announced that the Pill Gathering finals would take place on the floating stone platforms, leaving nearly two thousand alchemists ready to compete for the championship.

• Cao Ying, Song Qing, Dan Chen, Xiao Yan, and other contestants emerged from the Pill Realm to cheers from the crowd.
• Lin Ming stepped out near the end, relieving Xiao Yi Xian, Xin Lan, and Ye Zhong, who had been worried about him.
• Lin Ming spotted Yao Chen beside the Three Pill Tower Heads and sensed that Yao Chen's revived strength had reached the Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate ranks.
• The spatial gate closed, confirming that those who had not emerged in time had lost their qualifications and leaving nearly two thousand contestants in the plaza.
• Xuan Kongzi addressed the contestants, declared that the winner of the coming round would be the Pill Gathering champion, and revealed the suspended stone platforms as the finals' stage.

The final round of the Pill Gathering began as the contestants claimed stone platforms and prepared to refine pills. Lin Ming secured the central platform and drove away challengers, while Xiao Yan and the other leading Alchemists chose quieter positions; the chapter ended as the contestants raised their cauldrons and flames filled the sky.

• Xuan Kongzi called the contestants to the platforms, and Lin Ming claimed the central stone platform before blasting a red-robed challenger away with a single shout.
• Lin Ming summoned the Ice Puppet, whose Seven-Star Dou Venerate aura drove other contestants away from the central platforms.
• Xiao Yan waited for the initial rush to end, then chose a small, remote platform, while Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing settled in other areas away from the central clashes.
• Xuan Kongzi rang the bell and ordered the contestants to begin refining, prompting them to summon their medicinal cauldrons.
• Lin Ming recognized Xiao Yan’s cauldron as Yao Chen’s Black Demon Cauldron, and flames from the gathered Alchemists illuminated the sky as the final round began.

At the Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan and Lin Ming revealed their fused Heavenly Flames and clashed for dominance, with Lin Ming’s Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame gaining the upper hand. They withdrew their pressure and began refining pills, setting up a likely contest between the two.

• Dan Chen revealed her Holy Feather Crane Beast Flame, Song Qing displayed his Molten Gold Lion Flame, and Cao Ying’s Blood Demon Flame Fire overwhelmed the other flames.
• Xiao Yan revealed a new Heavenly Flame fused from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame, causing the flames across the venue to submit.
• Lin Ming answered with the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame, fused from four Heavenly Flames, and suppressed Xiao Yan’s flame across most of the sky.
• Lin Ming and Xiao Yan reached a balance, withdrew their flames’ pressure, and turned their focus back to the competition.
• The alchemists prepared their medicinal materials, and Lin Ming summoned the Myriad Beast Cauldron and began pill refinement.

Lin Ming began refining an original, exceptionally complex pill using nearly a thousand ingredients and the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame. As his refinement progressed, Xiao Yan also worked on a Tier 8 pill, and the alchemy contest moved toward its climax.

• Lin Ming arranged nearly a thousand medicinal materials and seven rare ingredients, including Bodhi Treasure Liquid and Saint Soul Marrow, before his cauldron.
• Lin Ming reviewed the risks and steps of his untested original pill formula, then began refining its first ingredients with precise Soul Power control.
• Lin Ming extracted the medicinal essence from ingredient after ingredient, building a multicolored mass of pure medicinal power inside the cauldron.
• Xiao Yan refined three to four hundred ingredients and admired the improved flame control and Spirit Qi he gained as a Tier 8 Alchemist.
• The Alchemists across the plaza concentrated on extracting their ingredients as the contest advanced toward its climax.

Lin Ming refined four conflicting main herbs with precise control while Xiao Yan’s first attempt at fusing his medicinal materials failed, forcing him to start over. As the other contestants continued refining, Pill Tower’s leaders praised both men, and the contest remained undecided.

• Lin Ming refined the Phoenix Blood Crimson Flame Flower, Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow Root, Dragon Heart Nirvana Fruit, and Breath Soil Divine Earth, preserving their properties for the final fusion.
• Xiao Yan’s Snow Bone Ginseng liquid resonated with the cold of his Heavenly Flame, causing his medicinal materials to rupture and disperse.
• Xiao Yan calmed himself, confirmed he had replacement materials, and restarted the process with more cautious control.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Song Qing, and the other contestants continued refining their pills with varied techniques and degrees of difficulty.
• Tian Lei Zi, Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Yao Chen praised Lin Ming’s control and Xiao Yan’s resilience as the Thousand Stone Platforms’ contest intensified.

After ten days of refining, Lin Ming risked his nearly complete pill by adding Bodhi Treasure Liquid and Saint Soul Marrow, hoping to remake Ya Fei’s foundation and fulfill his promise to her. He used his Spirit Realm Grand Perfection Soul Power to stabilize the resulting turmoil, and the pill began to take shape as a Peerless Spirit Pill.

• Lin Ming realized that the pill he was refining needed to address Ya Fei’s innate limitations, not merely win him the Pill Gathering championship.
• Lin Ming added Bodhi Treasure Liquid and Saint Soul Marrow to the unstable Pill Prototype, causing the Myriad Beast Cauldron to shake as its energies clashed.
• Tian Lei Zi, Xuan Yi, Yao Chen, and Xiao Yi Xian watched in alarm as the cauldron threatened to explode.
• Lin Ming unleashed his Spirit Realm Grand Perfection Soul Power to control the conflicting energies and force them into balance.
• The Myriad Beast Cauldron steadied, and its medicinal liquid fused into a more harmonious pill that could reshape Ya Fei’s foundation.

As the Pill Gathering entered its final stage, Alchemists celebrated breakthroughs and suffered failures while Xiao Yan and Lin Ming continued refining powerful pills. Lin Ming approached final formation of his pill, determined to succeed for the woman who had grown up with him.

• A middle-aged Alchemist endured Pill Lightning and successfully refined a Seventh Grade Intermediate medicinal pill, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Only thirty-six Contestants remained, including Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Song Qing, Dan Chen, and Lin Ming; Elder Mu Gu had been killed by Lin Ming in the Pill Realm and never qualified for the final round.
• Xiao Yan carefully condensed a Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill, intending to raise it to Tier 8 so he could meet one of the conditions for resurrecting Yao Chen.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Song Qing, and the other remaining Contestants struggled to refine their pills as exhaustion mounted, while one Alchemist's pill failed at the final stage.
• Lin Ming maintained control of his chaotic-colored Pill Prototype after combining the Bodhi Treasure Liquid, Saint Soul Marrow, and other forces, approaching the final moment of Pill Formation.

As the Pill Gathering narrowed to seventeen contestants, hidden Tier 8 Alchemy Grandmaster Qing Hua emerged as a formidable rival while the judges marveled at Lin Ming’s pill and abilities. Song Qing then completed a near-Tier 8 Seventh Grade Peak Pill, proudly challenging the remaining contestants as the story left Lin Ming and the others still refining.

• Nine contestants refined pills and seven failed, leaving only seventeen alchemists on the Stone Platforms.
• The judges recognized Qing Hua as a concealed Tier 8 Alchemy Grandmaster who had entered the contest to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others discussed Lin Ming’s exceptional Soul Realm, flame control, and risky pill refinement, anticipating an extraordinary Pill Lightning if he succeeded.
• Song Qing’s pill triggered immense thunderclouds and fierce Pill Lightning, revealing a Seventh Grade Peak Pill whose quality nearly reached the eighth tier.
• Song Qing raised his pill and proudly directed a provocative gaze at Lin Ming, Xiao Yan, and the other contestants still refining.

As the Pill Gathering’s top contestants neared the end of their refinements, Dan Chen pushed through her weakness and completed a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill. Its emergence drove back the other Pill Lightning and summoned a two-colored thundercloud, leaving the square stunned.

• Xiao Yan ignored Song Qing’s boast over his Seventh Grade Peak Pill and focused on the nearly perfected Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill in his cauldron.
• Eight more pills triggered Pill Lightning, joining Song Qing’s and covering the sky in thunderclouds while several contestants remained absorbed in their refinements.
• Dan Chen, weakened after nearly twenty days of work, spat blood into her pill as it reached its final moment of formation.
• The surge from Dan Chen’s pill shattered her cauldron and sent an emerald light pillar skyward, forcing the Silver Lightning and existing thunderclouds to retreat.
• A two-colored green-and-silver thundercloud formed above Dan Chen’s platform, and Xuan Kongzi praised her for refining a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill on her own.

Dan Chen and Cao Ying revealed Tier 8 Medicinal Pills, with Cao Ying’s pill showing signs of greater strength, before Xiao Yan unveiled his own Tier 8 pill. His Pill Lightning formed in two colors, matching Dan Chen’s result and leaving its full quality uncertain.

• Dan Chen summoned Two-colored Pill Lightning, revealing an exceptional Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and stunning the crowd.
• Cao Ying refined a Tier 8 pill that formed a Thunder Cloud with cyan, silver, and a faint trace of pale red, surpassing Dan Chen’s apparent display.
• Xiao Yan rose from his long period of pill refinement as the crowd and the other competitors turned their attention to him.
• Xiao Yan opened the Black Demon Cauldron, releasing a powerful fluctuation that shattered nearby stone platforms and sent contestants retreating.
• Xiao Yan’s White-Cyan Fire Pillar drew a Thunder Cloud that formed in two colors, matching Dan Chen’s display.

Xiao Yan revealed a Tier 8 Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill that summoned Three-color Pill Lightning, and Old Monster Qing Hua matched his achievement. The crowd and Pill Tower leaders turned their attention to Lin Ming, whose result remained unknown as his cauldron stayed unnaturally calm.

• Xiao Yan's thundercloud gained a vivid red color and stabilized as Three-color Pill Lightning, stunning the crowd and Song Qing.
• Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi discussed Xiao Yan's result, while Tian Lei Zi praised his talent and determination.
• Old Monster Qing Hua rose, privately praised Xiao Yan, and opened his cauldron despite sensing something unusual about Lin Ming.
• Old Monster Qing Hua's pill released a powerful energy surge and formed Three-color Pill Lightning nearly identical to Xiao Yan's.
• The crowd focused on Lin Ming's quiet platform as everyone waited for his final result to be revealed.