Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling returned to Ye City after Xun Er departed, while Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion at Five-star Dou Venerate and began learning alchemy. The chapter left Xiao Yi Xian struggling to stabilize a pill refinement just as Xiao Ling arrived and watched nearby.

• Xun Er and the Ancient Clan guards departed through the Space Gate, and Xiao Ling resolved to grow stronger before seeing her again.
• Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo observed Xiao Yi Xian’s breakthrough to Five-star Dou Venerate and discussed her progress and Xiao Ling’s absence.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo where Xiao Ling was, then began learning to refine pills with the Nether Poison Flame.
• Xiao Ling returned to Ye City aboard Void Dragon and went to the courtyard where Xiao Yi Xian was refining a pill.
• The medicinal essences in Xiao Yi Xian’s Medicine Cauldron began violently repelling one another, and she struggled to prevent the refinement from failing.

Xiao Ling returned to Xiao Yi Xian and helped calm her unstable pill refinement, then promised Yao Chen that he had obtained materials for a new body. After traveling from the Ye Family to the Sky Star Mountain Range, Xiao Ling and his companions entered the hidden space containing Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Ling used Soul Power to calm the medicinal essences in Xiao Yi Xian’s cauldron, and the two reunited as she completed a Purple Flame Pill.
• Xiao Ling encouraged Xiao Yi Xian about her alchemy, then told Yao Chen he had found materials for his new body without revealing what they were.
• Xiao Ling decided to leave for Starfall Pavilion the next morning, and he taught Xiao Yi Xian alchemy before Qing Lin joined them for the evening.
• Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Tianhuo traveled through the Ye Family’s Space Wormhole and reached the Sky Star Mountain Range after a long journey.
• Yao Chen used an ancient piece of jade to open the entrance to Starfall Pavilion’s hidden space, and Xiao Ling and the others followed him inside.

Xiao Ling and his companions entered Starfall Pavilion’s hidden Star Realm and met Mu Qing Luan, who recognized Xiao Ling and escorted them to Wind Venerate Feng Xian. They were admitted to Feng Xian’s residence, where they finally saw the silver-haired Pavilion Master, while Yao Chen remained concealed in his Bone Flame Ring to surprise his old friend.

• Yao Chen explained that Starfall Pavilion occupied a naturally formed, concealed space created by meteorite stars.
• Mu Qing Luan confronted Xiao Ling’s group as suspected intruders, then recognized Xiao Ling by his reputation and Eighth-grade Alchemist badge.
• Mu Qing Luan apologized and led Xiao Ling and his companions through Starfall Pavilion to Wind Venerate Feng Xian’s residence.
• While waiting outside, Xiao Ling and his companions chatted with Yao Chen, who asked them not to reveal his presence to Feng Xian yet.
• Mu Qing Luan invited the group inside, where they saw Feng Xian sitting in an antique wooden chair.

Xiao Ling brought Yao Chen to Starfall Pavilion, where the reunited Yao Chen and Wind Venerate warmly greeted each other. Yao Chen introduced Qing Lin and warned Wind Venerate and Mu Qing Luan to keep her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils secret.

• Wind Venerate welcomed Xiao Ling and his companions to Starfall Pavilion, and they spoke together until Xiao Ling revealed he had good news.
• Yao Chen emerged from Heavenly Fire Venerate's ring, and Wind Venerate recognized his old friend with shock and joy.
• Wind Venerate introduced Mu Qing Luan to Yao Chen, and Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian bowed to him and described him as a beloved mentor.
• Yao Chen introduced Qing Lin as his disciple and described her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, impressing Wind Venerate and Mu Qing Luan.
• Yao Chen warned Wind Venerate and Mu Qing Luan to conceal Qing Lin's pupils because snake-type Magical Beast clans might try to kill her.

Xiao Ling and Yao Chen settled at Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Ling prepared to refine Yao Chen a new body from a Dou Saint Corpse. After revealing the rare materials he had obtained, Xiao Ling began the secret revival preparations while Wind Venerate left to arrange lodgings for Yao Tianhuo.

• Yao Chen said the snake clans would target Qing Lin if they learned she possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Wind Venerate and Mu Qing Luan agreed to keep it secret.
• Yao Chen, Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Tianhuo joined Starfall Pavilion, and Wind Venerate arranged for Xiao Ling and Yao Tianhuo to become elders.
• Mu Qing Luan led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to choose residences while Wind Venerate took Xiao Ling and Yao Chen to a concealed Secret Chamber.
• Xiao Ling set up formations and revealed a Stone Coffin containing a Three-star Dou Saint Corpse, which Yao Chen recognized as a chance to revive and reach the Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Ling showed Yao Chen and Wind Venerate an Eighth-grade Nine-colored Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill and Ninth-order Magical Beast blood essence, explaining that he had obtained them in a trade.
• Wind Venerate left to arrange a place for Yao Tianhuo and promised to guard the Secret Chamber, leaving Xiao Ling and Yao Chen to begin refining Yao Chen's new body.

Xiao Ling used ninth-order magical beast essence blood and Heavenly Flames to refine a Dou Saint body for Yao Chen, who began fusing with it. As Yao Chen’s rebirth continued, the Soul Hall ordered Star Picking Old Ghost to keep tracking Xiao Ling, while Xiao Ling left the chamber to prepare for secluded cultivation and a breakthrough to Dou Venerate.

• Xiao Ling and Yao Chen opened the Stone Coffin and examined the well-preserved Dou Saint Corpse.
• Xiao Ling drove a wisp of Yao Chen’s soul into the corpse and tempered its body with ninth-order magical beast essence blood and Heavenly Flames for nearly half a month.
• Yao Chen swallowed the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill and entered the body, while Xiao Ling burned and regenerated its flesh until a lifelike form took shape.
• A Soul Hall Guardian reported that Xiao Ling had disappeared near the Sky Star Mountain Range, and Star Picking Old Ghost ordered continued surveillance and vowed to act personally next time.
• Xiao Ling confirmed that the body refinement had succeeded, left Yao Chen to complete the fusion, and went to prepare for secluded cultivation and a Dou Venerate breakthrough.

Xiao Ling emerged from the secret chamber and told Wind Venerate that Yao Chen’s new body had been refined successfully and that his revival was near. He joined Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin at their mountain residence, then announced that he would enter seclusion to pursue the Dou Venerate realm, leaving the three to spend time together before his departure.

• Xiao Ling emerged from the secret chamber, and Wind Venerate learned that Yao Chen’s new body had been refined smoothly and that he could soon be revived as a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Ling asked Wind Venerate for a cultivation residence, and Wind Venerate brought him to the mountain where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin lived.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Xiao Ling and questioned him about the refinement before leading him to the courtyard she shared with Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin rushed into Xiao Ling’s embrace, and Xiao Yi Xian teased her while privately recognizing her growing closeness with him.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that he would soon enter seclusion to pursue the Dou Venerate realm, then suggested they explore Starfall Pavilion together before he left.

Xiao Ling set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to explore Starfall Pavilion, keeping Yao Chen’s existence secret. He arrived at the training ground with the two women, where Mu Qing Luan introduced him to curious disciples who eagerly crowded around him.

• Xiao Ling agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin guide him around Starfall Pavilion and reassured them that he would keep Yao Chen’s existence hidden.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened a Space Passage, and Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin traveled through it together.
• Mu Qing Luan defended her claims about Xiao Ling to curious disciples and showed them a portrait of him.
• Xiao Ling appeared behind Mu Qing Luan with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, surprising the gathered disciples.
• Mu Qing Luan introduced Xiao Ling as her senior brother, and the disciples crowded around him with questions and flirtatious offers.

Xiao Ling toured Starfall Pavilion, gave pills and cultivation resources to its disciples, and spent a peaceful night with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin beneath the stars. He then entered seclusion to pursue the Dou Venerate realm, and nearly a year passed.

• Mu Qing Luan calmed the excited Starfall Pavilion disciples, and Xiao Ling gave them Fourth- and Fifth-grade Pills.
• Xiao Ling gifted Mu Qing Luan three Shaping Pills for her younger cousins, and gave You Quan a storage ring of cultivation resources.
• Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin visited Starfall Tower, where Qing Lin wondered whom Yao Chen had commemorated by naming Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling held Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin close and vowed to become stronger so he could protect those he cherished.
• Xiao Ling entered seclusion at Starfall Pavilion to try to break through to Dou Venerate, and nearly a year passed.

Over the past year, Xiao Ling’s arrival and Yao Chen’s support helped Starfall Pavilion grow in influence. Zi Yan and Medusa traveled toward the Pill Region to find Xiao Ling, while Blazing Flame Valley considered trading its secret art for his help refining a Fire Bodhi Pill; Yao Chen and Wind Venerate discussed the pavilion’s success.

• Starfall Pavilion used pills prepared by Yao Chen to win alliances with Central Plains experts, and three Dou Venerates became Guest Elders.
• Zi Yan and Medusa escaped East Dragon Island, learned they were in the Beast Region, and forced a Starlight Silver Scale Snake to carry them toward the Pill Region.
• Tang Huo'er told Tang Zhen that Xiao Ling had offered to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill in exchange for learning the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Tang Zhen decided Blazing Flame Valley would give Xiao Ling the secret art if the invited alchemists could not successfully refine the pill.
• Yao Chen praised Wind Venerate for helping Starfall Pavilion thrive and promised to help him reach the peak of the Dou Venerate realm.

After nearly a year in seclusion, Xiao Ling emerged as a Dou Venerate with his Soul Realm at great perfection of the Spirit Realm and returned to Starfall Pavilion. There he reunited with Yao Chen, who had revived in a new body and reached the early Three-star Dou Saint realm, and Yao Chen offered him the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Yao Chen told Wind Venerate that Xiao Ling could obtain Blazing Flame Valley's Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations for Qing Lin to cultivate.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian discussed Xiao Ling's long seclusion and their own cultivation needs while waiting for him to emerge.
• Xiao Ling broke through to the Dou Venerate realm in the Sky Star Mountain Range and raised his Soul Realm to great perfection of the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Ling entered a Space Passage opened by people from Starfall Pavilion and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Heavenly Fire Venerate, Mu Qing Luan, Wind Venerate, and Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen explained that his new body had fused well with his soul and that he had advanced to the early Three-star Dou Saint realm.
• Yao Chen offered Xiao Ling the Bone Spirit Cold Flame in fulfillment of their agreement, and Xiao Ling hesitated at the sight of the flame's apparent reluctance to part.

Xiao Ling accepted the Bone Spirit Cold Flame from Yao Chen and learned that Blazing Flame Valley needed an Alchemist to help Tang Huo'er, prompting him to pursue the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations. After reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and hearing of Void Dragon's rise, he spent his days helping Xiao Yi Xian practice alchemy, where the chapter ended with her suddenly embracing him.

• Yao Chen erased his Soul Power imprint from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and gave the flame to Xiao Ling, who planted his own imprint and stored it between his brows to nurture.
• Yao Chen departed with Yao Tianhuo and Feng Xian, leaving Xiao Ling to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who told him that Void Dragon had reached the Eighth-order Magical Beast realm and subdued two powerful beasts.
• Qing Lin explained that Void Dragon had nearly eaten Mu Qing Luan during an encounter in the Sky Star Mountain Range, and Xiao Ling apologized and promised it would not frighten her again.
• Mu Qing Luan told Xiao Ling that Blazing Flame Valley needed an Alchemist to refine a Seventh-grade High-level Pill for Tang Huo'er, and Xiao Ling agreed to help in hopes of obtaining the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations manual.
• Xiao Ling spent time teaching Xiao Yi Xian alchemy, and she suddenly threw herself into his arms as they practiced together.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian parted so they could pursue separate opportunities, and Xiao Ling set out with Qing Lin for Blazing Flame Valley. During the journey, he used his breakthrough extraction opportunity to obtain the Ancestral Stone and began considering how to awaken its artifact spirit, Yan, and learn Rune Master techniques.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ling she would seek an ancient tomb connected to the Calamity Poison Body, and Xiao Ling agreed to let her go while arranging for her to take a Spatial Jade Slip from Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yi Xian left Starfall Pavilion alone, and Xiao Ling prepared to travel to Blazing Flame Valley with Qing Lin.
• While riding the eight-winged white serpent toward Blazing Flame Valley, Xiao Ling used his extraction opportunity and obtained the Ancestral Stone.
• Xiao Ling recognized that the Ancestral Stone could affect Lin Dong's future and resolved to visit the Heaven Profound Continent someday to protect it from the Demons.
• Xiao Ling examined the Ancestral Stone and hoped to learn Rune Master techniques from its sleeping artifact spirit, Yan, but recalled that the stone needed Desolation Qi to heal.

Xiao Ling used an Eighth-grade pill to awaken the Ancestral Stone’s intelligence, then met the Sky Demon Sable hiding inside it. The Ancestral Stone’s spirit confirmed its identity, while Xiao Ling and the others began comparing the Dou Qi Continent with the Heaven Profound Continent.

• Xiao Ling fed the Ancestral Stone the medicinal essence of a Spirit Restoration Pill, and it absorbed the pill’s power without immediately reacting.
• Xiao Ling sent his Soul Power into the Ancestral Stone and entered its internal space, where he discovered the hiding Sky Demon Sable.
• Xiao Ling drew out the Sky Demon Sable with a Soul Power attack and teased it by calling it a black mouse.
• Xiao Ling explained the Dou Qi Continent and its cultivation system, prompting the Sky Demon Sable to realize that Xiao Ling was not from the Heaven Profound Continent.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone appeared and identified itself, explaining that the pill had awakened its intelligence but restored little of its power.
• Xiao Ling introduced himself as a newly advanced Dou Venerate and held the weakened Sky Demon Sable in his palm, while it dismissed his rank as unimpressive by Heaven Profound Continent standards.

Xiao Ling befriended Yan and Little Diao in the Ancestral Stone Space, learned he could become a Rune Master, and received a promise that Yan would prepare a powerful Destiny Talisman for him. After reaching Yan Hui City with Qing Lin, Xiao Ling discovered that Monster Cores could help Little Diao recover and fight.

• Yan explained Little Diao’s former strength and offered to teach Xiao Ling, while Little Diao promised to help him in return.
• Yan confirmed Xiao Ling’s strong Spiritual Power made him well suited to Rune Master cultivation and offered to guide him and prepare a Destiny Talisman.
• Yan taught Little Diao a method to form a tangible body, and Xiao Ling later took Little Diao out of the Ancestral Stone Space.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin entered Blazing Flame Valley territory at Yan Hui City, where a local deacon reported their arrival and an elder was dispatched to welcome them.
• Little Diao told Xiao Ling that Monster Cores aided its recovery and could power its condensed body in battle, potentially restoring much of its former strength.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin traveled with Elder Huo to Blazing Flame Valley, where Xiao Ling hoped to obtain the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations in exchange for helping refine a Fire Bodhi Pill. After reaching the valley’s hidden entrance, they crossed its spatial barrier and entered.

• Xiao Ling and Little Diao tested how many Monster Cores Little Diao needed to fight at near high-level Dou Venerate strength.
• Elder Huo arrived to escort Xiao Ling and Qing Lin to Blazing Flame Valley, and Xiao Ling recalled meeting him in Tianhuang City.
• Xiao Ling questioned whether the invited Alchemists might make his help unnecessary, and Elder Huo promised compensation if the trip proved fruitless.
• Elder Huo gave Qing Lin a Leaving Fire Bead as they traveled through the Scorching Volcano Mountain Range toward Blazing Flame Valley.
• Elder Huo opened the valley’s powerful spatial barrier with a jade token, and Xiao Ling and Qing Lin followed him inside.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin visited Blazing Flame Valley, where Tang Zhen gathered Alchemists to refine a Seventh-grade High pill for Tang Huo'er. Tang Zhen revealed that candidates had to endure his Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame, while Xiao Ling said he would intervene if the others could not meet the demanding conditions.

• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin entered Blazing Flame Valley with Elder Huo and drew the disciples’ attention with their cultivation and Xiao Ling’s reputation.
• Tang Zhen welcomed Xiao Ling and Qing Lin, introduced them to the gathered Alchemists, and seated them as honored guests; Tang Huo'er watched Xiao Ling with complicated emotions.
• Tang Zhen announced that the task was to refine a Seventh-grade High pill, and Master Huan acknowledged that only Xiao Ling could handle it with ease.
• Xiao Ling explained that he had come to ensure the task succeeded and that Blazing Flame Valley would have to meet his requirements if he personally refined the pill.
• Tang Zhen apologized for making the Alchemists prove their qualifications, then revealed that he needed two Alchemists able to endure his Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame.

Xiao Ling agreed to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill to save Tang Huo'er, after Tang Zhen promised him Blazing Flame Valley's Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations. The chapter ends as Tang Zhen presents the renowned Mountain Melting Cauldron before Xiao Ling begins the pill refinement.

• Tang Zhen tested the alchemists with the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame; Master Huan endured ten minutes, while Master Mo, Master Xiao, and the others failed.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er turned to Xiao Ling for help, and Xiao Ling agreed to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill in exchange for the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Ling asked to study the pill recipe and ingredients before attempting the refinement, and Tang Zhen led him to Blazing Flame Valley's pill-refining plaza.
• The alchemists and Blazing Flame Valley disciples gathered to watch Xiao Ling, and Tang Zhen offered him the Mountain Melting Cauldron as further compensation.

Xiao Ling used the Mountain Melting Cauldron and the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame to refine a super-peak Seventh-grade Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er. As Pill Lightning gathered over the cauldron, Xiao Ling focused on the finished pill and showed a trace of disappointment.

• Tang Zhen provided the Mountain Melting Cauldron and the medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Ling began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Xiao Ling revealed the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and precisely extracted the ingredients’ essences with multiple tasks at once.
• After nearly a day and night, Xiao Ling completed a super-peak Seventh-grade pill whose power approached that of an Eighth-grade Pill.
• The pill’s energy summoned golden Pill Lightning above the Mountain Melting Cauldron, while Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er watched with anticipation.
• Xiao Ling focused on the glowing Fire Bodhi Pill and displayed a trace of disappointment.

Xiao Ling used Yao Chen’s Spirit Ascension Method to push the Fire Bodhi Pill beyond the limits of a Seventh-grade pill. After Little Diao concealed his work and Xiao Ling fused three Heavenly Flames, he began infusing the pill with Spiritual Energy, leaving its transformation underway.

• Xiao Ling reached the limit of conventional refinement and decided to use the Spirit Ascension Method on the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• As Xiao Ling reached into the energy pillar, Tang Zhen prepared to intervene, but Tang Huo'er stopped him and urged him to trust Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling drew out the crimson pill, and Little Diao raised the Demon Shadow Shrouding Heaven Array to hide his next steps from the onlookers.
• Inside the barrier, Xiao Ling fused the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame into a brownish-gold flame.
• Xiao Ling used the fused flame to extract the pill’s essence and began compressing Spiritual Energy into it with his Soul Power.