Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling transformed a Seventh-grade High Fire Bodhi Pill into an Eighth-grade Pill, drawing two-colored Pill Lightning over Blazing Flame Valley. He used a Sky Demon Puppet to absorb the lightning while Tang Zhen and the onlookers watched in amazement.

• Xiao Ling used blood sacrifice and Spiritual Energy to smooth the pill and raise it to the Eighth grade.
• The pill’s transformation triggered two-colored Pill Lightning, astonishing the Alchemists and Tang Zhen while Tang Huo'er secretly admired Xiao Ling.
• Ancestor Huoyun tried to probe Xiao Ling, but the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone blocked him; Xiao Ling then checked on Yan’s recovery.
• Tang Zhen charged toward the Pill Lightning, but Xiao Ling stopped him and released a Sky Demon Puppet to collect its energy.
• The Sky Demon Puppet shattered the descending lightning and grew brighter as it absorbed the power, leaving Tang Zhen impressed.

Xiao Ling completed the refinement of the Eighth-grade Fire Bodhi Pill and received Tang Zhen’s promised opportunity to learn Blazing Flame Valley’s Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations. Tang Zhen led him to the Fighting Skill Pavilion’s inheritance crystal, where Xiao Ling prepared to connect his soul force to it.

• The tribulation ended, Xiao Ling stored the two-star Dou Venerate Sky Demon Puppet, and he collected the Fire Bodhi Pill from the Mountain Melting Cauldron.
• Tang Zhen inspected the pill, praised Xiao Ling’s alchemy, and agreed to honor his promise to show him the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Ling spoke with Tang Huo'er as they walked to the Fighting Skill Pavilion, while Qing Lin joined them and waited outside.
• Tang Zhen and the three Elders opened the pavilion, then led Xiao Ling and Tang Huo'er to its protected third floor.
• Tang Zhen revealed Blazing Flame Valley’s Inheritance Crystal and explained that Xiao Ling could receive the technique’s complete inheritance by connecting his soul force to it.

Xiao Ling absorbed the complete Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations inheritance in Blazing Flame Valley, then rested while considering how to revive Little Diao. He planned to visit the valley’s Treasure Vault and later discuss a life-and-death pill with Old Yao.

• Xiao Ling’s Soul Power made the Inheritance Crystal Ball blaze with crimson light as he absorbed the predecessors’ experiences and the complete Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er that Ancestor Blazing Flame had been one of five supreme experts who nearly reached the Dou Emperor realm.
• Tang Zhen explained that Xiao Ling’s absorption took longer because he accepted the crystal ball’s full inheritance, then offered to help Tang Huo'er subdue the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame with the Eighth-grade Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Xiao Ling awoke with the complete cultivation formula, and Tang Zhen invited him to choose a treasure from Blazing Flame Valley’s Treasure Vault the next morning.
• Xiao Ling discussed Little Diao’s revival with it, explaining that he might study the Life and Death Revolving Pill and consult Old Yao about creating a similar pill.

Xiao Ling spent the evening with Qing Lin while Ancestor Huoyun urged Tang Zhen to give Xiao Ling Huo'er's child flame of the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame, believing a connection to Xiao Ling’s heritage could benefit Blazing Flame Valley. The next morning, Xiao Ling and Qing Lin woke together, and Xiao Ling let Little Diao out of the Bone Flame Ring and offered it Spirit Fruits.

• Qing Lin brought tea and pastries to Xiao Ling, who embraced and kissed her while using a Soul Barrier to block Little Diao’s view.
• Ancestor Huoyun told Tang Zhen that Huo'er should give Xiao Ling the child flame of the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame and advised him to follow the order without explanation.
• Ancestor Huoyun suspected Xiao Ling had ties to the Xiao Clan and Ancient Clan and hoped Blazing Flame Valley could gain his future protection.
• Tang Zhen questioned how the child flame could help Xiao Ling, who already possessed the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, but agreed to follow Ancestor Huoyun’s instructions.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin woke late the next morning, shared an affectionate moment, and dressed before going to the courtyard.
• Xiao Ling released Little Diao from the Bone Flame Ring, apologized for keeping it confined, and gave it several Spirit Fruits.

Xiao Ling accompanied Tang Huo'er to Blazing Flame Valley's Treasure Vault to choose compensation for refining the Fire Bodhi Pill. He took several Dark Flame Black Stones, and the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone revealed they had absorbed an unparalleled expert's blood, making them extraordinary artifact-refining materials.

• Tang Huo'er told Xiao Ling that her father had asked her to guide him to the Treasure Vault to choose treasures as compensation.
• Xiao Ling and Tang Huo'er entered the vault, where Little Diao criticized the restrictions and angrily corrected Tang Huo'er when she mistook him for a mouse.
• Little Diao urged Xiao Ling to take Dark Flame Black Stones, and Xiao Ling stored several of them in his Ancestral Stone Space.
• Tang Huo'er offered to show Xiao Ling finished weapons and armor made from the stones, but Xiao Ling declined and followed her toward the Herb Repository.
• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone revealed that blood from an unparalleled expert had fused with the stones, greatly enhancing their quality and affinity for flames.

Xiao Ling explored Blazing Flame Valley’s Herb Repository, then learned Tang Huo’er would give him her Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame Child Flame as thanks for refining her Fire Bodhi Pill. After she transferred the flame and collapsed from the strain, Xiao Ling began treating her injuries with a secret technique.

• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone offered to help Little Diao refine a defensive Pure Origin Treasure for Xiao Ling from the Dark Flame Black Stones.
• Tang Huo’er led Xiao Ling through Blazing Flame Valley’s Herb Repository, where he selected a dozen or so medicinal herbs.
• Tang Huo’er privately told Xiao Ling that his Fire Bodhi Pill had improved her chances of taming the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame and that Blazing Flame Valley would give him her Child Flame.
• Tang Huo’er drew the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame Child Flame from her body, but the effort left her pale and weak.
• Xiao Ling placed his hand on Tang Huo’er’s lower abdomen and used a secret healing technique to treat her injuries, asking her to keep it confidential.

Xiao Ling healed Tang Huo'er, stored the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame child flame, and heard her confess her feelings before leaving Blazing Flame Valley. After giving him a map to Sound Valley and receiving a Flame Rose in return, Xiao Ling departed with Qing Lin and traveled toward Sound Valley at a leisurely pace.

• Xiao Ling healed Tang Huo'er completely and absorbed the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame child flame into the fire mark between his brows.
• Tang Huo'er confessed that she liked Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling asked her to take time to understand her feelings before deciding what she wanted.
• Tang Huo'er gave Xiao Ling a detailed map of Sound Valley, and Xiao Ling gave her a Flame Rose made from his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Ling bid farewell to Tang Huo'er, then set off with Qing Lin toward Sound Valley using the map.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin traveled at leisure through the Central Plains, enjoying the scenery and each other's company.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin reached Sound Valley and entered its hidden space using the token Ning Yu Xi had given him. After Sound Valley’s disciples verified the token, they agreed to escort the pair farther into the valley.

• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin traveled to the Lanxiu Mountain Range, where Ning Yu Xi’s token guided them toward Sound Valley.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin found the valley’s spatial entrance between two stone pillars, and Xiao Ling used the token to open a Space Gate.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin crossed into Sound Valley’s hidden space and admired its mountains, buildings, and music.
• Sound Valley’s female disciples approached and questioned Xiao Ling and Qing Lin about their presence.
• Xiao Ling identified himself as being from Starfall Pavilion and presented Ning Yu Xi’s token, which the leading disciple verified before guiding them onward.

Xiao Ling arrived at Sound Valley and met Valley Lord Su Li, who asked him to refine a Spirit Origin Balance Pill for the gravely injured Grand Elder. After learning that an Eighth-grade Three-Turn pill could potentially heal her, Xiao Ling examined the Pill Recipe but gave no guarantee of success.

• Sound Valley disciples gossiped about Xiao Ling until an old woman ordered them back to their patrol, then wondered whether he could heal the Grand Elder.
• A guide led Xiao Ling and Qing Lin through Sound Valley’s guarded grounds to the palace, where Su Li stopped playing the zither to greet them.
• Su Li explained that Sound Valley needed a Spirit Origin Balance Pill because the immobile Grand Elder could not travel to have it refined elsewhere.
• Xiao Ling agreed to help, asked why a Seventh-grade Pill was needed for such a powerful expert, and learned that an Eighth-grade Three-Turn version might restore the Grand Elder.
• Su Li gave Xiao Ling the Pill Recipe, and he studied it with his Soul Power before opening his eyes with a look of understanding.

Xiao Ling began refining Sound Valley’s Three-pattern Spirit Origin Balance Pill after agreeing to the task and discussing his compensation with Su Li. Seven days later, the smooth refinement triggered a massive surge of energy and dark clouds gathered overhead.

• Xiao Ling explained the pill’s difficulty and said he had more than a fifty percent chance of success, while Su Li confirmed Sound Valley had prepared three sets of ingredients.
• Su Li offered Xiao Ling access to Sound Valley’s treasures and friendship, and he said he was most interested in medicinal ingredients, Pill Recipes, and possibly Dou Techniques.
• Su Li led Xiao Ling and Qing Lin through Sound Valley on a cloud, explaining the Cloud Mist Art and telling Xiao Ling that Ning Yu Xi was her disciple and was in seclusion.
• Xiao Ling began refining the Three-pattern Spirit Origin Balance Pill as Sound Valley’s elders and disciples watched, while Su Li defended her decision to trust him.
• Xiao Ling refined the pill carefully for seven days without any mishaps, until a powerful energy fluctuation erupted and dark clouds rapidly gathered in the sky.

Xiao Ling completed an Eighth-grade Nine-colored Pill, and Sound Valley’s elders helped him withstand its Pill Lightning. After securing the pill, Xiao Ling left Qing Lin in Ning Yu Xi’s care and followed Su Li to the Grand Elder’s residence, arriving at a heavily guarded palace on a solitary peak.

• Xiao Ling’s pill refinement triggered Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, revealing that he had raised an Eighth-grade Seven-color Pill to Nine-colored quality with the Spirit Ascension Method.
• Su Li ordered Sound Valley’s elders to activate the Sect Protecting Grand Array, while Xiao Ling sent out Sky Demon Puppets to absorb the lightning’s energy.
• Xiao Ling trapped the escaping pill with his Soul Power, sealed it in a jade bottle, and showed it to Su Li, who confirmed it was intact and returned it to him.
• Xiao Ling asked Su Li to take him to the Grand Elder, then left Qing Lin with Ning Yu Xi and arranged for Void Dragon to stay with her.
• Su Li led Xiao Ling through Sound Valley to a solitary peak, where they arrived at the Grand Elder’s palace surrounded by dangerous restrictions.

Xiao Ling presented the Three-pattern Spirit Origin Balance Pill to Sound Valley’s Grand Elder, Chu Wanqing, and she confirmed its extraordinary quality. Chu Wanqing agreed to undergo treatment in a Secret Chamber, where Xiao Ling prepared to use his Heavenly Flames to refine the pill’s medicinal power; the chapter ended as he warned that the flames might burn away her clothes.

• Su Li brought Xiao Ling through Sound Valley’s halls to meet Grand Elder Chu Wanqing, who greeted him warmly and asked whether he had refined the Spirit Origin Balance Pill.
• Su Li revealed that Xiao Ling had made an eighth-grade, nine-colored pill, and Chu Wanqing verified its quality before apologizing for any earlier offense and offering him her help.
• Xiao Ling insisted that treating Chu Wanqing’s injuries came first, and she led him to a secluded Secret Chamber while Su Li stayed behind to stand guard.
• After Chu Wanqing prepared herself in the chamber, Xiao Ling told her to consume the pill and warned that his Heavenly Flames might burn away her clothes.
• Xiao Ling secretly placed the Bone Flame Ring containing Little Diao and the Ancestral Stone into the System Space and instructed them to study the Pure Origin Treasure.

Xiao Ling used the Spirit Origin Balance Pill and Fallen Heart Flame to heal Chu Wanqing, purify the poison ravaging her body, and contain its source. After discovering that refining the poison restored and strengthened his Dou Qi, he began opening a controlled passage between the poison source and the purifying energy to draw off some of the poison for himself.

• Chu Wanqing swallowed the Spirit Origin Balance Pill, whose surging medicinal power battered her body.
• Xiao Ling guided the Fallen Heart Flame into Chu Wanqing and discovered her damaged meridians and the black poison source in her lower abdomen.
• Xiao Ling encased the poison source in a Fallen Heart Flame net and used the pill's purifying energy to cleanse the toxins and heal Chu Wanqing's injuries.
• Xiao Ling noticed that energy from the refined poison replenished his Dou Qi and slightly improved his cultivation.
• Xiao Ling opened a small gap in the flame net, directing purifying energy toward the poison source as it violently released more poison.

Xiao Ling helped the Spirit Origin Balance Pill purge the poison source from Chu Wanqing, then refined the poison he had extracted to strengthen his cultivation. The poison source awakened a consciousness and released Love Poison that overwhelmed Chu Wanqing, and she swept Xiao Ling down as he tried to leave for help.

• Xiao Ling stopped drawing poison from Chu Wanqing and guided the purifying energy as it attacked the poison source.
• Xiao Ling covered Chu Wanqing with his robe, then sat nearby and refined the extracted poison with the Five Spirits Blazing Heaven Flame.
• Chu Wanqing woke, thanked Xiao Ling, and used her recovering Dou Qi to help the purifying energy destroy the poison source.
• The poison source awakened a consciousness that identified itself as Chu Wanqing's enemy and burst into pink Love Poison that the pill's purifying energy could not cleanse.
• Xiao Ling inhaled some of the pink mist, suppressed its effects, and tried to leave to summon Valley Master Su Li.
• Chu Wanqing unleashed a powerful wave of Dou Qi that hurled Xiao Ling to the ground, and he felt a warm touch against his chest as he tried to rise.

Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing were overwhelmed by the pink energy in the Secret Chamber as Xiao Ling’s toxins spread through both of them, prompting the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to awaken and enclose them. Four months later, they remained inside while Qing Lin, Ning Yu Xi, and Su Li waited anxiously outside, reassured by Void Dragon that Xiao Ling was safe and growing stronger.

• Chu Wanqing embraced and kissed Xiao Ling, transferring a surge of pink energy that overwhelmed his reason and stirred the toxins sealed within him.
• Xiao Ling’s toxins broke loose, fed on the pink energy, and began spreading into Chu Wanqing as both lost awareness of the danger.
• The Bone Spirit Cold Flame manifested on its own, formed a sphere around Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing, and lifted them above the chamber floor.
• Yao Chen sensed that Xiao Ling had begun refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and discussed his progress with Feng Xian.
• Four months passed without the Secret Chamber opening, and Qing Lin, Ning Yu Xi, and Su Li waited outside after confirming Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing were alive.
• Void Dragon reassured Qing Lin that Xiao Ling was safe and had made a cultivation breakthrough, easing her worry.

Qing Lin, Su Li, and Ning Yu Xi witnessed a tremendous disturbance erupt from the meditation chamber as Chu Wanqing broke through into the Dou Saint realm. Chu Wanqing emerged amid heavenly phenomena, recognizing that Xiao Ling had also triggered a separate phenomenon, and wondered whether the events would bring blessing or disaster.

• Qing Lin reassured herself that Xiao Ling was safe through Void Dragon's mental connection, and she, Su Li, and Ning Yu Xi prepared to leave before sensing violent energy from the meditation chamber.
• Su Li led Qing Lin and Ning Yu Xi into the sky as the chamber exploded with a pillar of energy and a powerful cry that shook Sound Valley.
• Qing Lin recognized Chu Wanqing's Saint's Might and sensed that Xiao Ling's aura had grown stronger, while Su Li and the Sound Valley elders realized the disturbance signaled a breakthrough.
• Dark clouds gathered over Sound Valley, and elders approaching the chamber were stopped by a Space Lock as senior women waited outside it.
• Chu Wanqing emerged from the chamber, recognized that both her breakthrough and something Xiao Ling had done had caused heavenly phenomena, and dispersed the clouds with a wave of her sleeve.

Chu Wanqing broke through to the Dou Saint realm and left Sound Valley to settle old grievances, while Qing Lin waited near Xiao Ling’s sealed chamber. Xiao Ling remained in seclusion, reflecting on his gains and resolving to spend time with Qing Lin and address her Ancient Sky Snake Soul Body after he emerged.

• Chu Wanqing recognized her breakthrough to the Dou Saint realm and welcomed Qing Lin, Su Li, and Ning Yu Xi, assuring them that Xiao Ling was safe in the Secret Chamber.
• Chu Wanqing revealed the restored Secret Chamber and instructed Su Li and Ning Yu Xi to manage Sound Valley and prepare Xiao Ling’s reward before she departed to settle old grievances.
• Qing Lin sensed strange icy and thunderous traces in Xiao Ling’s aura, then asked Su Li and Ning Yu Xi for a room near the Secret Chamber and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• The tiny snake-type Magical Beasts covered the sleeping Qing Lin with a blanket, while Void Dragon rested after sharing senses with Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling opened his eyes in the blazing Secret Chamber and decided to spend time with Qing Lin and deal with her Ancient Sky Snake Soul Body after his seclusion ended.

After Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing survived the toxin crisis, Chu Wanqing left him a jade hairpin that could summon her aid three times. Xiao Ling refined the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame, then the story shifted to Starfall Pavilion, where a hurried Green-clothed girl approached two men playing chess.

• The Bone Spirit Cold Flame refined the toxins and pill energy inside Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing, helping Chu Wanqing break through to Dou Saint and Xiao Ling reach Four-star Dou Venerate.
• Chu Wanqing left Xiao Ling a Green Jade Hairpin bearing a Space Mark and promised to come to his aid up to three times before departing.
• Xiao Ling resolved to grow stronger and refine the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame Child Flame, beginning to absorb it with the Flame Mantra.
• The Flame Mantra advanced to a low-level Heavenly Rank Technique as Xiao Ling refined the child flame and cultivated for more than ten days.
• At Starfall Pavilion, two men playing chess stopped when a hurried Green-clothed girl approached them.

Mu Qing Luan announced her breakthrough to the Dou Ancestor Realm and discussed the upcoming Four Directions Pavilion Grand Competition, while Feng Xian and Yao Chen considered sending Xiao Ling to lead the Starfall Pavilion team. Xiao Ling reunited with Qing Lin, then went with her to Sound Valley to collect his commission reward and prepare to return to the Starfall Pavilion.

• Mu Qing Luan told Feng Xian and Yao Chen that she had broken through to the Dou Ancestor Realm, and Feng Xian warned her that Feng Qing'er could soon catch up.
• Feng Xian urged Mu Qing Luan to prepare for the Four Directions Pavilion Grand Competition, and Yao Chen proposed that Xiao Ling lead the Starfall Pavilion's younger generation.
• Xiao Ling appeared in Qing Lin's courtyard, reunited with her, and learned that Su Li had asked him to collect his commission reward.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin headed to Sound Valley's Main Hall to meet Su Li and then planned to return to the Starfall Pavilion.
• Su Li and Ning Yu Xi discussed the Grand Elder's unexplained absence before a disciple announced Xiao Ling's arrival, and Su Li welcomed him into the hall.

Xiao Ling answered Su Li’s questions about Chu Wanqing, then went with Ning Yu Xi and Qing Lin to Sound Valley’s Treasure Vault to choose a reward. As they entered the vault, Xiao Ling summoned Little Diao, who reported that the Pure Origin Treasure he and Yan were forging was still far from complete.

• Xiao Ling told Su Li that he had removed Chu Wanqing’s accumulated poison with an Eighth-grade Pill and Heavenly Flames, but said he did not know why she had left Sound Valley.
• Su Li honored Sound Valley’s agreement and sent Ning Yu Xi to escort Xiao Ling to the Treasure Vault, while the First Elder discussed the benefits of befriending him and possibly bringing him and Ning Yu Xi together.
• A woman in white secretly watched the discussion and objected to Su Li considering Ning Yu Xi for Xiao Ling.
• Ning Yu Xi used a jade token to lead Xiao Ling and Qing Lin past Sound Valley’s guards and through a passage lined with Spirit-Melding Stones to the First Treasure Vault.
• Xiao Ling summoned Little Diao and offered him an Eighth-grade Spirit Fruit, then asked about the Pure Origin Treasure; Little Diao said its forging was still far from finished.