Chapter Summaries

Shen Wen entered the Pill Realm, collected the three rare herbs required for the test, and recruited Xiong Zhan by revealing Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix bloodline power. He then stayed in the realm, waiting for Soul Hall operatives who might target the Alchemy Conference.

• Shen Wen declined Yao Ling’s offer to travel together and entered the Pill Realm alone.
• Shen Wen used his Soul Power to locate and collect the Dragon Blood Ganoderma, Nine-Section Green Bamboo, and Earth Core Fire Lotus.
• Shen Wen went to the Ten Thousand Medicinal Mountains and summoned Xiong Zhan, who knelt under the Dragon Phoenix pressure in Shen Wen’s power.
• Shen Wen told Xiong Zhan that Zi Yan had become a Dragon Phoenix and offered to take him out of the Pill Realm; Xiong Zhan accepted and received a Communication Talisman.
• Shen Wen settled on a cliff instead of leaving, intending to wait for Old Man Mu Gu or Hun Xuzi to appear.

Shen Wen intervened when Hun Xuzi attacked Yao Tian and Yao Ling, then fought the seven-star Dou Saint with his amplified power. Hun Xuzi escaped after losing an arm, while Shen Wen killed Old Man Mu Gu, leaving the Yao siblings stunned by his strength.

• Yao Tian and Yao Ling collected the Nine-Leaf Begonia, but Hun Xuzi and Old Man Mu Gu appeared and Hun Xuzi revealed the Soul Clan had destroyed the Ling Clan.
• Hun Xuzi pinned the Yao siblings down with his seven-star Dou Saint pressure and moved to capture them before Shen Wen arrived.
• Shen Wen raised his strength to the middle stage of the Four-star Dou Saint realm and traded blows with Hun Xuzi, resisting his attacks and nullifying his control over space.
• Xuan Danzi, Old Monster Lin, and Old Man Shennong arrived to confront Hun Xuzi, who used the Nihility Devouring Flame and a soul attack to create an opening to escape.
• Shen Wen severed Hun Xuzi's arm as he fled, then killed Old Man Mu Gu and left Yao Tian and Yao Ling in shock.

After forcing Hun Xuzi to flee, Shen Wen recovered in the Pill Realm and waited for the other Alchemists to emerge. As the Alchemy Conference gathered for its next stage, news of Shen Wen’s battle left the Pill Pagoda leaders and the crowd astonished.

• Old Monster Lin, Xuan Danzi, and Old Man Shennong warned Shen Wen that the Soul Clan might retaliate, then left to guard the Alchemy Conference.
• Shen Wen helped Yao Tian to his feet, and Yao Tian thanked him before leaving with Yao Ling.
• Shen Wen reviewed his battle with Hun Xuzi, then gave Xiong Zhan a Jade Talisman and headed for the examination exit.
• Shen Wen submitted his medicinal herbs, refined Hun Xuzi’s severed arm with the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, and meditated while Yao Tian, Yao Ling, Huo Xuan, and Huo Zhi arrived.
• Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Lei Zi learned that Shen Wen had fought Hun Xuzi, and Tian Lei Zi announced that the Alchemists were arriving.

The final contest of the Alchemy Conference began, and several competitors displayed powerful Heavenly Flames. Shen Wen revealed an ordinary-looking flame that made every Heavenly Flame bow before it, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Old Monster Lin announced that the final contest had no restrictions and told the competitors to refine their best medicinal pills.
• Yao Tian, Yao Ling, Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, Xiao Yan, Shen Wen, and the other Alchemists took their places on the stone platforms.
• Huo Xuan displayed the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, Huo Zhi displayed the Red Lotus Karma Fire, and Yao Tian displayed the Turtle Spirit Earth Fire.
• Xiao Yan revealed a fused flame made from three Heavenly Flames, suppressing the other flames and shocking the spectators.
• The crowd questioned how Shen Wen could compete without the Fallen Heart Flame, which they believed he had given to Dan Chen.
• Shen Wen produced an ordinary-looking flame, and every Heavenly Flame in the square trembled and bowed before it.

Shen Wen suppressed the other alchemists’ Heavenly Flames, then withdrew the pressure and began refining his pill fairly. As the conference’s competitors produced increasingly impressive Pill Lightning, Shen Wen continued refining, and Xuan Danzi judged that he was making a Ninth-grade Pill.

• Shen Wen’s flame made the surrounding Heavenly Flames cower until Old Man Shennong said it came from Shen Wen’s own comprehension.
• Shen Wen restrained his flame, told the competitors that pill refining was not a contest of fire, and began refining with the Taishang Cauldron.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi each produced Five-Colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan formed two pills under Five-Colored Pill Lightning and withdrew from the platform.
• Yao Ling produced three pills under Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, and Yao Tian later refined a pill under Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• As Shen Wen continued refining on the eighth day, Xuan Danzi said he was making a Ninth-grade Pill, and news of it spread through the square.
• Heaven and earth began to change, silencing the crowd.

Shen Wen completed a Ninth-grade Bodhi Great Restoration Pill using his own alchemy techniques, then swallowed its three Black Demon Lightning bolts with the Great Dao Treasure Bottle and captured the sentient pill. The Alchemy Conference audience was left stunned by his achievement, while Yao Tian, Xiao Yan, and the others recognized the enormous gap between him and them.

• Shen Wen refined the Bodhi Great Restoration Pill as Black Demon Lightning gathered over Pill City, developing an alchemy method of his own.
• Shen Wen completed the Ninth-grade Treasure Pill and silently swallowed the three bolts of Black Demon Lightning with the Great Dao Treasure Bottle.
• The Bodhi Great Restoration Pill transformed into a golden Qilin-like beast and tried to flee, but Shen Wen restrained it with the Space Ancestral Talisman and sealed it in a Jade Bottle.
• Yao Tian put away his own pill, realizing that the gap between his Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and Shen Wen's Ninth-grade achievement was an uncrossable chasm.
• Yao Ling, Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, and Xiao Yan watched in shock, while Old Man Shennong and Xuan Danzi took pride in their disciple.

After winning the Alchemy Conference, Shen Wen entered the Star Domain and subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame by revealing his Dragon Phoenix aura. The others left without a chance to claim the flame, while Xiao Yan recognized how far Shen Wen surpassed him.

• Shen Wen received the championship badge, while Yao Tian declined to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi prepared to claim it.
• Xiao Yan worried that his ability to fuse Heavenly Flames had attracted dangerous attention, and Old Yao warned him that the Soul Clan might be watching.
• Xuan Kongzi led the top alchemists into the Star Domain, where they found the dragon-formed Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Shen Wen awakened his Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor, causing the Three Thousand Burning Flame to submit and condense into a Fire Seed in his palm.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi accepted that Shen Wen had left them no chance, while Yao Tian admitted to Yao Ling that she had been right to study alchemy with Shen Wen.

Xiao Yan visited Shen Wen and exchanged the Tou She Ancient God Jade for two fragments of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map, hoping to escape the danger of holding it and pursue a path to greater power. After Xiao Yan left, Shen Wen discovered an ancient power sealed in the jade and considered using it and Zi Yan’s royal bloodline aura to contact Zhu Kun.

• Xiao Yan told Shen Wen that people, whom he suspected were from the Soul Clan, had been watching and questioning him after the Alchemy Conference.
• Shen Wen explained that Xiao Yan’s fame and his fused Heavenly Flames had made the Soul Clan more likely to suspect he had inherited the former Xiao Clan’s legacy.
• Xiao Yan admitted he had abandoned his hope of subduing Three Thousand Burning Flame and considered hunting Imperial Clan members or pursuing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan asked whether he could obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade’s cave mansion, and Shen Wen told him he could not enter or handle what lay inside at his current strength.
• Xiao Yan traded his Tou She Ancient God Jade to Shen Wen for two Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragments, then left.
• Shen Wen sensed an ancient power within the jade and planned to use his spatial abilities and Zi Yan’s royal bloodline aura to seek contact with Zhu Kun.

Shen Wen destroyed the Lion Nether Sect, ordered Hei Jue to consolidate the Northwest, and returned to the underground ruins beneath Jia Nan Academy. Using the Tou She Ancient God Jade, he reached through the rift toward the cave mansion and called out to Zhu Kun.

• Shen Wen wiped out the Lion Nether Sect with a single palm strike.
• Shen Wen told Hei Jue to speed up the Northwest's unification and learned that the National Religion had established seventy-two Faith Anchor Points.
• Shen Wen descended beneath Jia Nan Academy and found the Heavenly Flame Venerate's remains, with the soul body gone.
• Shen Wen crushed the two Half-Saint Lizardmen guarding the passage and continued toward the spatial rift to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Shen Wen used the Tou She Ancient God Jade and Bug Treasure Technique to sense an aura beyond Dou Sheng, then called out to Zhu Kun, Dragon Emperor.

Shen Wen contacted Zhu Kun through the seal and learned that Zi Yan was alive and well. He broke open the Tou She Ancient God's formation and freed Zhu Kun, but the formation's countermeasure immediately attacked them.

• Shen Wen used the Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor and Tou She Ancient God Jade to reach Zhu Kun, who asked about his daughter Zi Yan.
• Shen Wen told Zhu Kun that Zi Yan had become a Dragon Phoenix and was subduing the four Dragon Islands, and Zhu Kun learned Shen Wen was her partner.
• Shen Wen combined his powers and artifacts to break the seal, then called for the Dragon Emperor.
• Zhu Kun emerged from the rift in human form, freed after thousands of years of imprisonment.
• The formation's runes surged from the rift as a retaliatory force, and Shen Wen warned Zhu Kun to watch out.

Shen Wen and Zhu Kun survived the backlash from Tou She Ancient God's seal, allowing Zhu Kun to escape while leaving the sealed Cave Mansion inaccessible. They traveled to Ancient Dragon Island, where Shen Wen reunited with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun met his daughter again.

• Shen Wen and Zhu Kun used the Qiankun Xuantian Hall, their power, and pills to break down the seal's violent backlash and close the spatial rift.
• Zhu Kun asked to enter the sealed Cave Mansion, but Shen Wen said he could not yet withstand another attempt, so they left the underground space.
• Shen Wen told Zhu Kun how the Ancient Void Dragons split into four islands and how Zi Yan had become a Dragon Phoenix and was subduing the factions.
• On Ancient Dragon Island, Zi Yan's elders reported her recent battle against West Dragon Island and warned that the North Dragon King had contacted the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.
• Zhu Kun and Shen Wen appeared in the Council Hall, where Zi Yan joyfully embraced Shen Wen while Zhu Kun awkwardly watched his daughter greet him.

Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan after Shen Wen freed him from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, but Zi Yan struggled to forgive his long absence. When the other Dragon Islands ignored his summons, Zhu Kun set out to confront the clan’s traitors.

• Shen Wen told Zi Yan that Zhu Kun was her father, and Zhu Kun explained that he had been trapped in the Cave Mansion for thousands of years.
• Zi Yan returned to Shen Wen’s arms and said she had been left alone at Jia Nan Academy, prompting Zhu Kun to apologize.
• Zhu Kun ordered Qingshan and Qingmu to summon the clan and call Zhu Huo, then condemned the rebels who had divided Dragon Island.
• The South, West, and North Dragon Kings doubted the news of Zhu Kun’s return and refused to come to East Dragon Island.
• Zhu Huo recognized Zhu Kun, knelt before him, and accepted blame for failing to protect the clan and welcome Zi Yan.
• After no one else answered his summons, Zhu Kun departed to deal with the traitors, while Zi Yan told him to be careful.

Zhu Kun crushed the rebellion among the Dragon Islands, restored unity, and declared Zi Yan the new Dragon Emperor before arranging her Grand Wedding with Shen Wen. As Zhu Kun’s wedding invitations reached the great clans, Gu Yuan recognized Shen Wen’s new position and decided to attend.

• Zhu Kun killed the South Dragon King, West Dragon King, North Dragon King, and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders who had supported the rebellion, then united the Dragon Islands under Zi Yan.
• Zhu Kun named Zi Yan the new Dragon Emperor, and she accepted the throne with Shen Wen’s encouragement.
• Zhu Kun insisted that Zi Yan and Shen Wen hold a Grand Wedding, then learned that Shen Wen already had several wives and agreed not to interfere.
• Zhu Kun and dozens of Ancient Void Dragons arrived at Shen Manor, where Cao Ying welcomed him and said the household accepted Zi Yan as family.
• Zhu Kun sent purple-gold wedding invitations to powerful factions, and Gu Yuan decided to attend after learning Shen Wen was the Dragon Emperor’s Prince.

Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame planned to pursue the Tou She Ancient God Jade as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan prepared for Zi Yan and Shen Wen’s wedding. After they married, Shen Wen received powerful system rewards, and the couple began their life together on Ancient Dragon Island.

• Hun Tiandi discussed Zhu Kun’s return with Nihility Devouring Flame and decided the Soul Clan would target the Shi Clan after obtaining the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Representatives from the Imperial Clans gathered on Ancient Dragon Island as Zhu Kun presided over Zi Yan and Shen Wen’s wedding rites.
• Zi Yan and Shen Wen exchanged vows before the ancestral tablets, then celebrated with their guests at a banquet.
• In the bridal chamber, Zi Yan told Shen Wen that refining her Dragon Phoenix bloodline could raise her cultivation to five-star Dou Sheng, and Shen Wen received system rewards for marrying her.
• The next morning, Zi Yan’s increased favorability earned Shen Wen more rewards, including the Dragon Phoenix Harmonic Sutra, and the two discussed Zhu Kun before she teased Shen Wen about his promises.

Shen Wen gave Zi Yan two powerful origins to strengthen her Dragon Phoenix Body, then left as she worked to reunify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. He refined the Space Core and took control of its realm before returning to Shen Manor, where he warned his companions that the Soul Clan might target the Imperial Clans.

• Shen Wen gave Zi Yan Heavenly Dragon Origin and the origin of the True Dragon Body, and she embraced him before returning to her duties as Dragon Emperor.
• After several days on Ancient Dragon Island, Shen Wen left Zi Yan and told her to find him in Pill City once she finished restoring order.
• Shen Wen found the Space Core beneath the two Dou Sheng corpses and spent seven days replacing its runes with his Soul Imprint, taking control of the realm.
• Shen Wen stored the two Dou Sheng corpses in his Storage Ring and returned to Shen Manor, where Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, Tang Huo'er, and Dan Chen were gathered.
• Shen Wen told the others that he had warned the Yao Clan and Yan Clan to beware of the Soul Clan, but said they could not intervene unless the Soul Clan acted.

Shen Wen’s family grew as Cao Ying gave birth to Shen Yunlong, whose soul was already at the Early Heavenly Realm. A month later, Shen Wen and four companions set out for the newly opened Beast Domain ruins, while Cao Ying and Cai Lin stayed behind.

• Shen Wen told Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Tang Huo'er, Dan Chen, and Qing Lin about the Beast Domain ruins and the treasures within, and several women chose to join the expedition.
• Shen Wen received the Nine Secrets and Ten Fierce Treasure Techniques, while his cultivation partners advanced rapidly; Qing Lin returned as a Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Cao Ying gave birth to Shen Yunlong, whose soul reached the Early Heavenly Realm at birth, and Shen Wen named him.
• At Shen Yunlong’s one-month celebration, Yao Ming sent word that the ruins had opened, and Shen Wen prepared to leave immediately.
• Cao Ying stayed behind to care for Shen Yunlong, and Cai Lin also declined to go; Shen Wen, Xiao Yi Xian, Dan Chen, Tang Huo'er, and Qing Lin flew toward the Beast Domain.

Shen Wen entered the Skeleton Mountain Range ruins, obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul, and refined them alongside the Ancient Void Dragon's power. He broke through to middle-stage two-star Dou Sheng and emerged with dragon-phoenix power fully integrated into his body.

• Shen Wen and the four women entered the ruins, where he used his bloodline to open the Beast Spirit Barrier around the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Shen Wen drew the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul and the Ancient Void Dragon's power from beneath the stone platform, devouring the former and storing the latter.
• Shen Wen sent Xiao Yi Xian, Dan Chen, Tang Huo'er, and Qing Lin to explore while he began refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul.
• Shen Wen absorbed the two powers and advanced from nine-star Dou Venerate Peak to middle-stage two-star Dou Sheng.
• Shen Wen sensed that the dragon-phoenix power had merged into his flesh and blood, while the Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul's flame now rested within his Dou Qi.

Shen Wen subdued Feng Qing'er and Huang Xuan after they arrived seeking the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then continued refining its power. When Qing Lin sensed something awakening in her bloodline, Shen Wen set out with her to investigate.

• Feng Qing'er and Huang Xuan arrived at the valley and discovered Shen Wen had taken the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Shen Wen used Space Power to immobilize the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan group, then made Feng Qing'er and Huang Xuan submit to him with the Great Pudu Technique and Dushen Technique.
• Shen Wen sent Feng Qing'er and the others back to keep the clan from growing suspicious, then resumed cultivating in the valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Dan Chen, Tang Huo'er, and Qing Lin returned with their discoveries, and Qing Lin told Shen Wen she sensed something awakening in her bloodline.
• Shen Wen sent Xiao Yi Xian and the others back to Pill City, then followed Qing Lin northwest to investigate the source of her feeling.

Qing Lin subdued the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake in the ruins and absorbed its soul, raising her cultivation to Six Star Dou Zun. Back at Shen Manor, Shen Wen learned that the Ling Clan had vanished completely, and the others questioned how an Imperial Clan could disappear without a trace.

• Qing Lin sensed a bloodline resonance underground, and Shen Wen found the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake sealed beneath the ruins.
• Shen Wen broke the seal, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Heavenly Demon Physique, and Great Charm Technique to make the serpent submit.
• The Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake entered Qing Lin's soul, opening her ninth snake pupil and raising her cultivation to Six Star Dou Zun.
• Shen Wen and Qing Lin returned to Shen Manor, where Xiao Yi Xian gave him a newly compiled Eighth Rank Pill Recipe from the Pill Pagoda.
• Cao Ying delivered news from the Yan Clan that the Ling Clan's small world was empty and its descendants had all vanished.
• Tang Huo'er asked how the Ling Clan could have disappeared without leaving any sign of a struggle.

After the Ling Clan’s destruction put the Imperial Clans on alert, Shen Wen accepted the Small Pill Tower’s offer to become Pill Tower Tower Master and took office. The chapter ended with Shen Wen and Xuan Yi alone in his residence after she brought him a message from Starfall Pavilion.

• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan to enter war readiness and recall its members, while Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame waited for the Ancient Clan to focus on the Ling Clan before making their move.
• Old Monster Lin told Shen Wen that the Small Pill Tower wanted him as Tower Master, and Shen Wen agreed.
• The Pill Tower announced Shen Wen’s appointment, drawing astonished reactions across the Central Continent and little opposition within the Pill Tower.
• Shen Wen accepted the Tower Master Token at a ceremony attended by Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, Xuan Yi, and Old Monster Lin.
• After reviewing Tower Master matters, Shen Wen received Xuan Yi, who delivered a message from Starfall Pavilion concerning Yao Chen.
• Shen Wen sensed Xuan Yi’s worry about his knowledge of her past feelings for Yao Chen, sealed the room, and drew her into his arms.