Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian trapped Earth Demon Old Ghost with Funeral Song, then let Medusa fight and kill him. Afterward, Ye Tian explained the Three Talents Sword Array and extracted Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Soul Origin Energy.

• Ye Tian’s Funeral Song trapped Earth Demon Old Ghost in an illusion, while Xiao Yan and the others discussed Ye Tian’s past victories over powerful Flame Lizards.
• Medusa asked Ye Tian to stop the song so she could test her strength, and Ye Tian restored Soul Power to Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Zi Yan.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost regained consciousness and attacked, but Medusa blocked his strike and fought him with the Three Talents Sword Array.
• Medusa’s Flying Swords pierced Earth Demon Old Ghost’s heart and killed him.
• Ye Tian explained the Three Talents Sword Array’s tiers and its use of Soul Power to control Heaven and Earth Energy.
• Medusa brought Earth Demon Old Ghost’s corpse to Ye Tian, who extracted his Soul Origin Energy.

After defeating Magic Flame Valley, Ye Tian and his companions collected Soul Origin Energy and searched the valley for its resources. They found a treasure vault containing a seventh-order fire-attribute Magical Core and the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique, then began examining the spoils.

• Ye Tian killed Earth Demon Old Ghost and turned his Soul Body into Soul Origin Energy, which Medusa collected while Zi Yan and the others gathered more souls.
• Ye Tian told Su Qian that Jia Nan Academy could mine Magic Flame Valley’s Ink Steel Stone and Crimson Flame ore, and he and Xiao Yan discussed how the ores could improve Fire Scale Battle Armor.
• Xiao Yan agreed to refine fifty sets of Fire Scale Battle Armor for the academy and take ten sets for himself.
• After Zi Yan found the vault, Ye Tian entered it with the others, and he and Medusa killed the giant snake guarding the chamber.
• The group inspected Magic Flame Valley’s shelves of treasures, and Ye Tian found a seventh-order fire-attribute Magical Core and the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique.

Ye Tian and his companions improved their plans for the Demon Puppet art, collected Magic Flame Valley’s treasures, and claimed its mines for the Heavenly Court and Jia Nan Academy. They traveled to Maple City to recruit workers and announce Magic Flame Valley’s destruction, then reunited with Su Mei at Jade Bamboo Villa.

• Ye Tian studied the Heavenly Demon Puppet secret art and explained how artifact forging could improve puppets, while speaking puppets would require divine-grade skill beyond his current ability.
• Ye Tian stored Magic Flame Valley’s treasures, and the group agreed to copy its Cultivation Methods, Combat Skills, and puppet art for Jia Nan Academy.
• Ye Tian and Xiao Yan burned the corpses, claimed the nearby ore mines, and carved a warning that the land belonged to the Heavenly Court and Jia Nan Academy.
• The group discussed space wormholes and Xiao Yan’s hope of rescuing his father from the Soul Hall, while Ye Tian warned that the passages were guarded by Dou Zun experts.
• Ye Tian’s group arrived in Maple City, announced Magic Flame Valley’s destruction, and discussed recruiting the Yao Brothers before flying to Su Mei’s Jade Bamboo Villa.
• Su Mei welcomed Ye Tian and his companions and arranged refreshments at her residence.

Ye Tian refined Earth Demon Old Ghost’s body into an improved Earth Demon Puppet using Mysterious Thunder Iron, a Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder Array, and Soul Origin Energy. After it survived a Heavenly Tribulation, the puppet displayed strength of at least an Eight-star Dou Ancestor.

• Ye Tian gathered the group to refine Demon Puppets, and Xiao Yan brought rare ores while Su Qian agreed to let him mine Mysterious Thunder Iron for the Xiao Family.
• Medusa returned with a huge supply of Mysterious Thunder Iron from Jia Nan Academy, and Ye Tian began refining Earth Demon Old Ghost’s corpse with help from Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Ye Tian used molten metals to strengthen the puppet’s body and reshaped its face, then had Xiao Yan embed Mysterious Thunder Iron throughout it.
• Ye Tian inscribed a Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder Array onto the puppet, bound it with his blood and Soul Imprint, and brought it to life as the Earth Demon Puppet.
• Medusa let the puppet face its Heavenly Tribulation, which it survived before demonstrating power that Su Qian and the others estimated at least equaled an Eight-star Dou Ancestor.

Ye Tian strengthened Little Demon with a defensive soul array, helped Xiao Yan prepare Han Feng’s body for puppet refinement, and welcomed Heavenly Fire Venerable after his recovery. Over the following month, Ye Tian and his companions refined eight more puppets, leaving Xuan Protector’s body as an Earth-tier Demon Puppet and the others below that level.

• Ye Tian inscribed a Seven Kill Star Slash Array into Little Demon, making it lash out at anyone who tried to erase his Soul Imprint.
• Ye Tian gave Xiao Yan two Fire Spirit Pearls to help supply Han Feng’s body with energy, and Heavenly Fire Venerable emerged after recovering much of his Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan cleared the corpse qi from Han Feng’s body with the Green Lotus Core Flame while Yao Chen guided him.
• After resting, Ye Tian enlisted Medusa and Yun Yun to help refine eight puppet bodies and reshaped the Gold-Silver Elders and the other bodies into beautiful women at Zi Yan’s request.
• A month later, Ye Tian finished refining the eight puppets, using Fire Spirit Pearls to raise Xuan Protector’s body to Earth-tier Demon Puppet level while the others remained weaker.

Ye Tian and his allies tested their newly refined Puppet Guards in a massive lightning tribulation, then learned that several Black Corner Region powers had come to Maple City seeking an audience. Ye Tian returned to meet them, leaving the negotiations with the Thousand Medicine Workshop, Mad Lion Gang, and Black Emperor Sect about to begin.

• Ye Tian and his companions moved nine Puppet Guards away from Maple City and sent them through a shared heavenly tribulation, while the stray lightning also strengthened Ye Tian and the others.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian tested their guards in a fierce spar and named them Xiao Zi and Xiao Hua.
• Su Mei told Ye Tian that the Yao Brothers, Mad Lion Gang leaders Tie Wu and Yin Gu Lao, Black Emperor Sect Young Sect Master Mo Ya, and Yao Keqing with alchemist Yan He had arrived in Maple City.
• Yao Keqing, Tie Wu, and Yin Gu Lao speculated about Ye Tian's power and the purpose of the visitors as Mo Ya waited arrogantly in the hall.
• Ye Tian and his companions returned to Maple City, where the female guards welcomed him before he entered the hall to meet the waiting guests.

Ye Tian recruited the Yao Brothers, accepted Yao Keqing’s pill-refining requests, and persuaded the Mad Lion Gang and Tian Yin Sect to join Heavenly Gate. He ordered the new forces to obey Heavenly Court’s rules, while Mo Ya declined to involve the Black Emperor Sect in the growing consolidation of the Black Corner Region.

• The Yao Brothers explained that the Gold-Silver Elders had killed their followers and stolen their discoveries, and Ye Tian welcomed them into Heavenly Gate.
• Yao Keqing offered Spirit Herbs in exchange for pills, and Ye Tian agreed to refine them; Old Man Yan He also asked to watch and order a Huang Ji Pill.
• Ye Tian invited Tie Wu and Old Man Yin Gu to join Heavenly Gate, and they agreed on behalf of the Mad Lion Gang and Tian Yin Sect.
• Ye Tian ordered the new members to abandon rape, pillaging, and indiscriminate killing, and Su Mei took charge of reorganizing the two forces.
• Ye Tian teased Mo Ya about having the Black Emperor Sect join, but Mo Ya said his sect wanted to avoid conflicts and manage Black Emperor City.

Ye Tian provoked Mo Ya, the Black Emperor Sect's Young Sect Master, and used the encounter to test the sect's attitude while preparing for a possible conflict. After Yao Keqing pledged the Thousand Medicine Workshop to Heavenly Gate, Ye Tian followed Mo Ya in disguise and discovered him plotting to abduct Princess Yao Ye.

• Ye Tian mocked Mo Ya and brought up Kui Sha's death, but Mo Ya denied the Black Emperor Sect's connection and claimed he had come to request a Huang Ji Pill.
• Ye Tian explained that he had provoked Mo Ya to test the Black Emperor Sect, while Xiao Yan and Zi Yan discussed the risks and rewards of dealing with him.
• Yao Keqing pledged the Thousand Medicine Workshop to Heavenly Gate, and Ye Tian promised to make her the governor of Black Emperor City after the sect was dealt with.
• Ye Tian assigned his companions to reorganize their forces and prepare pills, then went to watch Mo Ya, hoping to use the Soul Locking Curse to learn about the sect's channels.
• Mo Ya complained to his guard about Heavenly Gate's strength and became enraged over his humiliation, then spotted Princess Yao Ye and plotted to abduct her.
• Ye Tian and Medusa followed Mo Ya in disguise and watched as he began trailing Yao Ye's patrol through Maple City.

Mo Ya abducted Princess Yao Ye from Maple City and tried to spirit her away to Black Emperor City, while plotting against Ye Tian. Ye Tian and Queen Medusa intercepted the carriage, rescued Yao Ye unharmed, and agreed to let her keep training in the Black Corner Region.

• Ye Tian stopped Queen Medusa from attacking Mo Ya in Maple City until they could rescue Yao Ye safely.
• Mo Ya staged a street fight with his Guards to distract Yao Ye, then struck her unconscious and carried her into a waiting carriage.
• The patrol discovered Yao Ye was missing, and Ye Tian reassured them while Queen Medusa pursued Mo Ya.
• Yao Ye woke in the carriage, used Ye Tian's Soul Communication Jade Pendant to send him a message, and tried to persuade Mo Ya to release her.
• Ye Tian and Queen Medusa shattered the carriage's energy barrier and used the Heavenly Sound Divine Skill to trap Mo Ya and his Guards in an Illusion Realm before binding them.
• Ye Tian and Queen Medusa revealed themselves to Yao Ye, who asked to remain in the Black Corner Region and continue training; Medusa supported her request.

Ye Tian subdued Mo Ya and his two guards, then learned about the Black Emperor Sect and the major powers of the Northwest Continent. Back at Maple City, Yao Keqing explained that she had joined Heavenly Gate to seek its help against the rising Lion Nether Sect.

• Ye Tian sealed Mo Ya, Wang Kui, and Lin Bei with Soul Locking Curses, then ordered them to return to Black Emperor City and supply medicinal herbs.
• Mo Ya revealed the strength of the Black Emperor Sect, the Falling Cloud Sect, and other first-rate forces, while Medusa described the Sect Grand Meeting and the Northwest Continent’s major sects.
• Ye Tian and Medusa returned to Maple City, where Ye Tian reassured Ya Fei and the others that Princess Yao Ye was safe and explained that Mo Ya had been brought under his control.
• Medusa asked Yao Keqing why she had joined Heavenly Gate, and Yao Keqing revealed her Falling Cloud Sect ties and the threat posed by Shi Tian and the Lion Nether Sect.
• Yao Keqing asked Ye Tian to help the Falling Cloud Sect if it faced disaster, explaining that her group had joined Heavenly Gate and offered Thousand Medicine Workshop in exchange.

Ye Tian decided to establish the Pill Sect in Maple City, using the region’s medicinal shops and herb supplies as its foundation, and began recruiting people and arranging its leadership. The sect’s preparations got underway as Xiao Yan headed to Jia Nan Academy, while Yao Chen withdrew to restore his soul.

• Yao Keqing explained the Northwest Continent’s Sect Grand Meeting and its major powers, and Xiao Yan urged Ye Tian to bring the continent under the Heavenly Court’s influence.
• Ye Tian suspected the Lion Nether Sect had received support from the Soul Hall, but agreed to delay unifying the Northwest Continent until his allies grew stronger.
• Ya Fei reported the available medicinal ingredients, and Ye Tian proposed establishing the Pill Sect in Maple City.
• Yun Yun left to gather people from the Jia Ma Empire, while Ye Tian sent Xiao Yan to recruit elders and alchemists from Jia Nan Academy.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and Yao Chen agreed to help oversee the Pill Sect, and Ye Tian gave Yao Chen two Soul Origin Energy beads to restore his soul.
• Xiao Yan set up a Four Symbols Array around Yao Chen, then left for Jia Nan Academy to recruit people.

Ye Tian began establishing the Pill Sect, refining pills and gathering support from the Falling Cloud Empire, Jia Ma Empire, and Jia Nan Academy. The chapter ended with the allies assembled at the City Lord’s Mansion as Xiao Yan proposed founding more sects, which Ye Tian deferred until Heavenly Court grew stronger.

• Yan He returned to the Falling Cloud Empire to recruit Alchemists and secure support for the Pill Sect, while Ye Tian chose the City Lord’s Mansion as its headquarters.
• Ye Tian offered Shapeshifting Pills to Xiao Li and Xiao Feng, and began refining pills at Jade Bamboo Villa with Zi Yan and his beast companions.
• Medusa asked Ye Tian to prepare pills for Mo Ya, and Ye Tian refined Huang Ji Pills and Dou Spirit Pills from the herbs Mo Ya had brought, setting aside some for him to take back.
• Zi Yan, Xiao Li, and Xiao Feng took Huang Ji Pills to improve their strength, while Ye Tian gave Xiao Yi Xian a pill and went to meet the arriving supporters.
• Fama, Gu He, Su Qian, students from Jia Nan Academy, and leaders from the Falling Cloud Empire pledged support or offered to join the Pill Sect.
• Xiao Yan proposed establishing several more sects, but Ye Tian said Heavenly Court lacked the people and strength to manage them yet.

Ye Tian organized the Pill Sect, recruited the Ye Family as a medicinal-herb partner, and helped Lu Muzhi protect his family from the coming war with the Lion Nether Sect. He left the newly established sect preparing to grow in Golden Pill City.

• Yao Chen reported that his Soul Origin had recovered to sixty percent, and Ye Tian introduced him and Heavenly Fire Venerable as senior Pill Sect officials.
• Yao Chen outlined a development plan for the Pill Sect, and Ye Tian appointed its leaders and elders before accepting the role of Executive Chief.
• Ye Tian promised to help the Ye Family produce a Dou Zun in exchange for medicinal-herb channels, and Ye Xinlan agreed to partner with the Pill Sect.
• Ye Tian agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Jia Nan Academy and sent Mo Ya away with pills to report back.
• Ye Tian warned Lu Muzhi that the Soul Hall-backed Lion Nether Sect might start a war, so Lu Muzhi agreed to move his family to Maple City and serve the Pill Sect with the Yao Brothers' help.
• Ye Tian renamed Maple City Golden Pill City and told Xiao Yan to have Princess Yao Ye inform the City Guard.

Ye Tian completed a large batch of pills while the Pill Sect expanded Golden Pill City and recruited support. After distributing pills and adjusting the sect’s profit shares, he used a Huang Ji Pill and a Sky Jade Pill to advance to Nine-star Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Yan renamed Maple City to Golden Pill City as the Jia Ma Empire, Jia Nan Academy, and the Falling Cloud Sect began expanding it and supplying Flying Magical Beasts.
• Ye Tian finished refining several types of pills, while Zi Yan and the other women reported on the Pill Sect’s construction, recruits, and pill production.
• Ye Tian agreed to reduce the Pill Sect’s share of pill profits from sixty percent to fifty percent, giving the academy and the Falling Cloud Sect the remaining ten percent.
• Ye Tian gave the last two Sky Jade Pills to Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei, then swallowed a Huang Ji Pill and the final Sky Jade Pill to strengthen himself.
• After nearly two days of cultivation, Ye Tian reached Nine-star Dou Emperor and sensed that his understanding of Space Power had improved.

After breaking through to Nine-star Dou Emperor, Ye Tian gathered the ingredients and refined two Shapeshifting Pills, overcoming Pill Lightning with help from his allies. Xiao Li and the Holy Light Tiger took the pills and successfully shapeshifted, while Ye Tian left his companions with a demonstration of the refining process.

• Ye Tian collected the missing ingredients from the Pill Sect's Spirit Herb Treasury and refined a Shapeshifting Pill at Jade Bamboo Villa.
• Ye Tian and his allies endured the Pill Lightning, and Medusa caught the sentient pill as it tried to flee.
• Ye Tian gave the first pill to Xiao Li, who shapeshifted into a beautiful woman and emerged from the bamboo forest.
• Ye Tian let Xiao Yan, Gu He, and the others observe as he refined a second Shapeshifting Pill, with Yao Chen explaining the process.
• Ye Tian gave the second pill to the Holy Light Tiger, who shapeshifted into a tall, handsome white-haired man.

Ye Tian arranged for Medusa to bring Yue Mei and Hua She'er to the Pill Sect, then built the Heavenly Gang Platform to safely harness Pill Lightning. Medusa returned with the two Snake People and another stalk of Shapeshifting Grass, and Ye Tian prepared to refine Shapeshifting Pills and upgrade the Puppet Guards.

• Ye Tian explained that he would not attempt to refine an Eighth-grade Pill without protection against its powerful Pill Lightning, then sent the others away from Jade Bamboo Villa.
• Ye Tian gave Xiao Li the Heavenly Sound Divine Skill and Xiao Guang the Profound Light Formula, while Medusa planned to bring Yue Mei and Hua She'er to the Pill Sect.
• Ye Tian agreed to help Medusa find Shapeshifting Pills for Yue Mei and Hua She'er and sent Zi Yan with her to search for Spirit Herbs.
• Ye Tian designed the Heavenly Gang Platform to channel Pill Lightning into Mysterious Thunder Iron and help upgrade the Puppets, and the Pill Sect completed the structure after about a month.
• Medusa returned with Zi Yan, Hua She'er, Yue Mei, and a stalk of Shapeshifting Grass; Ye Tian welcomed the two Snake People and prepared to refine their pills and upgrade the Puppet Guards.

Ye Tian refined the final Shapeshifting Pills and completed the Heavenly Gang Platform’s lightning defenses, then activated the Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder Array to strengthen Puppets and temper the group. Three Puppets advanced to Earth-tier Demon Puppets, while Medusa and Yun Yun broke through; the array remained available for further training.

• Ye Tian refined Shapeshifting Pills for Yue Mei and Hua She'er, and Xiao Yan and the others rebuilt the lightning-attracting copper net with thicker bars after the first Pill Lightning damaged it.
• After the final Shapeshifting Pill survived its tribulation, Ye Tian and the others removed the copper net and activated the Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder Array, directing its lightning into Puppets and the group.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan upgraded their Puppets into Earth-tier Demon Puppets, while the others used the formation’s lightning to temper their bodies.
• Medusa broke through to Seven-star Dou Ancestor and Yun Yun advanced to Eight-star Dou Emperor after training in the array.
• Ye Tian lowered the array’s power so Yue Mei, Gu He, and Mite'er Tengshan could train, then Medusa threw Zi Yan into the formation to make her temper her body too.

Ye Tian’s thunder array helped Yue Mei break through to Dou Emperor, while Ye Xinlan persuaded the Ye Family to seek cooperation with the Pill Sect. Su Qian then reached Mang Tianchi, who agreed to protect Ye Tian from the Soul Hall and support his growth.

• Ye Tian intensified the Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder Array, and Xiao Yan, Yue Mei, Gu He, and Mite'er Tengshan endured the lightning until the White Jade Kirin healed them.
• Yue Mei broke through to Dou Emperor, and Lu Muzhi, Han Xian, and the others headed to the mines to gather ore for smaller thunder arrays.
• Ye Xinlan returned to the Ye Family and rejected the proposed marriage to Cao Dan, urging the elders to cooperate with Ye Tian and the Pill Sect instead.
• Ye Xinlan convinced Ye Zhong and the elders of Ye Tian’s power and support, and they agreed to prepare Spirit Herbs and keep their plans secret.
• Su Qian met Mang Tianchi in Thunderfall City and explained Ye Tian’s accomplishments and conflict with the Soul Hall.
• Mang Tianchi promised to support Ye Tian and ensure he could grow safely.

Su Qian told Mang Tianchi and Lei Ben about Ye Tian’s extraordinary techniques, pills, and dangerous abilities, warning them not to force him into the Lei Clan. Mang Tianchi and the Lei Clan chose to support Pill Sect and arrange resources and protection for Ye Tian, though some younger clan members remained unconvinced.

• Su Qian demonstrated Ye Tian’s Life-Claiming Buddhist Chant and explained that Ye Tian’s Funeral Song could overwhelm even powerful Dou Zongs.
• Su Qian described Ye Tian’s pill formulas, his ability to produce powerful experts, and his use of Forbidden Power and Soul Contracts, persuading Mang Tianchi not to investigate or control him.
• Su Qian explained Pill Sect’s plans and Yao Chen’s role, and Mang Tianchi ordered Lei Ben to gather Spirit Herbs and prepare Lei Clan support for the sect.
• Lei Ben summoned Lin Hu and Lin Bao to accompany Su Qian and help guard Pill Sect, while Su Qian showed them Ye Tian’s upgraded seventh-grade Azure Nether Longevity Pill.
• Mang Tianchi returned to the Lei Clan and urged its leaders to support Pill Sect discreetly; Patriarch Lei Ying agreed to provide resources and a communication pendant, while clan elders rebuked younger members who dismissed Ye Tian.

The Lei Clan and Jia Nan Academy backed Ye Tian’s Pill Sect, while the Ancient Clan considered negotiating for his mind-control technique. In the Northwest Continent, Soul Hall leaders learned of Ye Tian and ordered Venerable Gui to capture him or destroy the Pill Sect.

• Lou Manshan and the Lei Clan leaders speculated about Ye Tian’s mysterious mentor, then Patriarch Lei Ying approved support for the Pill Sect and Mang Tianchi gathered a force to travel to the Northwest Continent.
• Su Qian and Mang Tianchi visited the Ye Family, where Ye Xinlan reported its preparations to supply the Pill Sect; Mang Tianchi invited the family to join them, and Lei Ben arranged their passage through the Space Wormhole.
• Gu Xun’er learned that Ye Tian had founded the Pill Sect with Xiao Yan’s help, then advised Gu Yuan to seek Ye Tian’s mind-control technique through negotiation rather than force.
• Gu Yuan sent Ling Ying to offer Ye Tian an Earth-tier Intermediate Dou Technique for his secret technique, and Gu Xun’er warned Ling Ying not to antagonize Ye Tian.
• Protector Wu and Iron Protector told Rosen that Ye Tian had killed Xuan Protector, while Venerable Gui arrived to investigate and ordered them to capture Ye Tian or kill him and wipe out the Pill Sect.