Chapter Summaries

Qian Renhan condensed his Soul Power by drawing it through Danchen, then entered the Alchemist Conference’s Soul Illusion Realm and bypassed its trials. He reached the Ten Thousand Medicinal Herb Mountain Range while Xiao Yan began the competition.

• Qian Renhan drew back his Soul Power from Danchen, making it more condensed, before Cao Ying arrived and sealed the power surging from Danchen’s brow.
• Cao Ying attacked Qian Renhan, but he vanished after thanking Danchen and promising compensation.
• After Xiao Yan finished the alchemy and Soul Power assessments, Xuan Kongzi sent the contestants into the Soul Illusion Realm for the first stage of the Alchemist Conference.
• A little girl in purple slipped into the Alchemy Realm, while Qian Renhan crossed the spatial turbulence without a badge.
• Qian Renhan smashed the trial figure of Qian Daoliu with one palm and proceeded to the Ten Thousand Medicinal Herb Mountain Range.

Qian Renhan reunited with Ziyan in the Ten Thousand Medicinal Herb Mountain Range and began refining pills for her. Meanwhile, alchemists at the convention were ambushed, and Qian Renhan watched the slaughter without intervening as Xiao Yan remained hidden.

• Qian Renhan followed the mark he had left on Ziyan and found her eating the burly man's medicinal herbs in a mountain hall.
• Ziyan complained about her clan's bloodline training and asked Qian Renhan to refine pills from the herbs; he selected three ingredients and began making a high-grade seventh-tier pill.
• A black-robed Dou Venerable and more than a dozen attackers ambushed the alchemists gathered in a basin, killing many and trapping the survivors.
• Cao Ying, Song Qing, Danchen, and the remaining Dou Zongs joined forces to resist the attackers, while Xiao Yan stayed hidden nearby.
• Qian Renhan and Ziyan watched the battle through distorted space, and Qian Renhan chose not to act because Danchen was safe and Xiao Yan remained out of danger.

Qian Renhan rescued Xiao Yan from Old Man Mug and killed the Soul Hall attackers, then offered Danchen a cultivation method in exchange for her help. The Sea Heart Flame remained at the scene as Xiao Yan fought Song Qing over it.

• Old Man Mug exposed Xiao Yan’s hiding place, and Xiao Yan fought him while Cao Ying prepared to break the spatial seal.
• Xiao Yan was defeated and faced Old Man Mug’s scythe, but Qian Renhan arrived and shattered the attack before killing Old Man Mug and the other Soul Hall members.
• The Sea Heart Flame fell from the air, and Qian Renhan offered Danchen the Taiyi Soul Formula (Middle Volume) in exchange for her help cultivating.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Qian Renhan was a loli-con, then went to claim the Sea Heart Flame as Song Qing approached to seize it.
• Xiao Yan and the Earth Demon Puppet struck Song Qing and sent him flying.

Xiao Yan won the alchemy competition, while Qian Renhan left the Alchemy Realm and later joined the crowd gathered to watch the top ten enter Star Domain and attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Flames. As the spatial gate opened, Tianmingzi’s Blood Soul Seal pointed toward Qian Renhan, setting the stage for a confrontation in Star Domain.

• Xiao Yan refused Cao Ying’s request for the Sea Heart Flame and told her to defeat him if she wanted it.
• Qian Renhan recovered his Soul Power, then left the Alchemy Realm with Ziyan and Xiong Zhan, carrying the sleeping Danchen inside a Soul Power barrier.
• Tianmingzi learned that Old Man Mug had not returned from the Alchemy Realm, failed to locate his killer with the Blood Soul Seal, and contacted Soul Hall about his death.
• Xiao Yan won the alchemy competition, and two days later the top ten gathered at the Alchemist Tower to enter Star Domain and subdue the Three Thousand Flames.
• Qian Renhan and Ziyan joined the crowd as Tianmingzi’s Blood Soul Seal pointed toward Qian Renhan, and Xuan Kongzi opened a spatial gate and ordered the entrants to proceed.

Qian Renhan confronted the Hall of Souls Deputy Hall Master and Old Demon Tianming inside the Star Domain, and their clash unleashed a devastating storm. The Great Elder of the Little Alchemist Tower saved Holy Pill City, while Xuan Kongzi remained unaware of what had caused the battle.

• Qian Renhan entered the Star Domain with Ziyan and confronted Old Demon Tianming and the Hall of Souls Deputy Hall Master, who revealed himself from the black mist.
• The Deputy Hall Master said he meant to capture Qian Renhan and interrogate him about his cultivation, and Qian Renhan attacked with ice swords and the Emperor Seal Technique.
• The Deputy Hall Master countered Qian Renhan's attacks with black chains, and their clash caused a massive Dou Qi storm that tore through the Star Domain and engulfed Holy Pill City's inner region.
• The Great Elder of the Little Alchemist Tower appeared above Holy Pill City and transported the storm away before it could destroy the city.
• Xuan Kongzi told the Great Elder that he did not know what had happened inside the Star Domain, while the dragon guarding Three Thousand Flames opened its eyes.

Qian Renhan fought the Hall of Souls Deputy Hall Master in the Star Domain, using simultaneous combat techniques and a spatial sword ambush to wound him. After the Deputy Hall Master healed himself with a precious pill, they resumed their battle as its aftershocks devastated the Star Domain.

• Qiu Ling told Xiao Yan and the other alchemists to hide at the Star Domain's edge and wait for the Alchemist Tower's rescue.
• Qian Renhan used the Great Extinction Finger and a weakened Ancient Emperor's Grasping the Heavens Claw together to catch the Deputy Hall Master off guard.
• The Deputy Hall Master summoned the Soul Gu Frog to block the Great Extinction Finger, while Qian Renhan attacked him with Soul Power and the Asura Sword.
• Qian Renhan's spatial ambush cut the Deputy Hall Master deeply, but the Soul Gu Frog briefly caught the Asura Sword before Qian Renhan recalled it.
• The Deputy Hall Master healed his wound with a nine-colored eighth-tier pill, and he and Qian Renhan charged at each other again as Old Demon Tianming died in the battle's aftershocks.

Qian Renhan fought Hun Moqian while Three Thousand Flames escaped its seal, and Ziyan revealed a Dragon Seal that could control it. Qian Renhan activated the seal on Three Thousand Flames, leaving the Heavenly Flame under his command as the battle continued.

• The Little Alchemist Tower's Great Elder exposed the Soul Gu Frog's origins and weakness to the alchemists, angering Hun Moqian.
• Three Thousand Flames escaped after the battle's shockwaves disrupted its seal, prompting the Little Fairy Doctor to rush off in search of Xiao Yan before Xuan Kongzi stopped her.
• Ziyan told Qian Renhan that her clan had hidden a Dragon Seal inside Three Thousand Flames and explained how to activate it.
• Hun Moqian sent the Soul Gu Frog after Three Thousand Flames, while Qian Renhan used Blood Angel Asura to draw Hun Moqian's attention.
• Qian Renhan crossed space and pressed Ziyan's blood-marked palm to Three Thousand Flames' forehead, activating the Dragon Seal and bringing the flame under his control.

Qian Renhan subdued Three Thousand Flames and used it to drive Hun Moqian and the Soul Gu Frog into the Star Domain. Three Thousand Flames then self-destructed, leaving Hun Moqian wounded and holding its origin flame as the Soul Gu Frog’s aura weakened.

• Qian Renhan defeated Three Thousand Flames’ resistance with his late Heavenly Realm Soul Power and subdued it within three breaths.
• Qian Renhan and Three Thousand Flames fought Hun Moqian and the Soul Gu Frog, pushing them higher into the Star Domain.
• Qian Renhan ordered Three Thousand Flames to attack Hun Moqian, who sent black chains toward its origin flame.
• Three Thousand Flames self-destructed, blasting Hun Moqian and the Soul Gu Frog with purple-black flames.
• The Great Elder of the Little Alchemist Tower led dozens of Dou Venerables in sealing the Star Domain to protect Holy Pill City.
• Hun Moqian survived with burns and seized Three Thousand Flames’ origin flame, then sensed the Soul Gu Frog’s aura growing weaker.

Qian Renhan devoured the Soul Bodies inside the Soul Gu Frog and advanced to early four-star Dou Saint before defeating Hun Moqian. The Soul Hall Master tried to capture him, but the Alchemist Tower Ancestor intervened, allowing Qian Renhan to escape while Hun Moqian was taken away.

• Qian Renhan entered the injured Soul Gu Frog and devoured its Soul Bodies, reaching early four-star Dou Saint without being affected by their resentment.
• Qian Renhan wounded Hun Moqian with Netherworld Funeral, and Hun Moqian abandoned his body to flee as a Soul Body.
• Qian Renhan caught Hun Moqian’s Soul Body and prepared to devour it, but the Soul Hall Master’s soul attack injured Qian Renhan and trapped the area.
• The Soul Hall Master formed a giant hand to seize Qian Renhan, but the Alchemist Tower Ancestor intervened and broke the confinement.
• Qian Renhan escaped through space, while the Soul Hall Master departed with Hun Moqian’s Soul Body.

Hun Miesheng revived Hun Moqian and learned of Qian Renhan’s abilities, while Qian Renhan hid in the Star Domain, cultivated, and traveled the continent to study sword techniques. At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Chen rejected Wind Venerable’s plan to injure Xiao Yan to force a breakthrough, insisting on protecting his disciple.

• Hun Miesheng ordered Hun Moqian to choose a corpse for resurrection and instructed him to report the Alchemist Tower Ancestor’s advancement to Hun Tiandi.
• Qian Renhan concealed himself in the Star Domain, gave Ziyan Three Thousand Flames to take to Starfall Pavilion, and cultivated until he reached the peak of the middle four-star Dou Saint level.
• Qian Renhan visited major factions across the Dou Qi Continent to study their sword arts and Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yan devoured Sea Heart Flame and Three Thousand Flames, reached the peak of the nine-star Dou Zong level, and continued cultivating at Starfall Pavilion.
• Wind Venerable proposed disguising themselves and severely injuring Xiao Yan so the Yin Yang Xuanlong Pill could help him reach the Dou Venerable level.
• Yao Chen refused Wind Venerable’s plan, saying he would not harm Xiao Yan and would let him advance safely under his guidance.

Qian Renhan broke through to the fourth level of Sword Dao and headed to Starfall Pavilion as Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Ancient Ruins for the Soul Infant Fruit. Qian Renhan took Ziyan toward the Beast Region, where their journey began with Mu Qingluan explaining its major magical beast clans.

• After Feng Xian left, Yao Chen continued refining pills without warning him against acting secretly.
• Qian Renhan spent months cultivating on a snowy peak, combining his knowledge of sword techniques and advancing to the fourth level of Sword Dao, the Sword Domain.
• Qian Renhan's cultivation broke through to the late stage of four-star Dou Saint, and he set out for Starfall Pavilion as the Ancient Ruins opened.
• Xiao Yan volunteered to search the Ancient Ruins for the Soul Infant Fruit to restore Yao Chen's source soul energy, and Wind Venerable agreed to prepare a Beast Region map and send Azure Luan with him.
• Qian Renhan arrived at Starfall Pavilion to pick up Ziyan, then told her their trip to the Beast Region would repay her debt for eating the pavilion's supplies.
• Xiao Yan gave Ziyan a bottle of pills, and Mu Qingluan introduced the major magical beast clans as they traveled toward the Beast Region.

Xiao Yan’s group reached the Skeleton Mountain Range, where Qian Renhan took Ziyan into the sealed Dou Saint ruins to search for the Dragon Phoenix Source Fruit. As Xiao Yan waited outside, Xuner arrived with a powerful group, and he recognized her.

• Mu Qingluan warned Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan was powerful, and Qian Renhan revealed that its Clan Chief Huang Tian was a five-star Dou Saint.
• Ziyan realized she had to reunify the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and rescue Old Man.
• At the Skeleton Mountain Range, Elder Hu reported that Lei Zunzhe had driven back the Starfall Pavilion elders and injured Elder Qi.
• Qian Renhan left Xiao Yan in charge of the Starfall Pavilion group, then took Ziyan into the Dou Saint ruins through space.
• Ziyan found a forest of rare medicinal herbs and began eating them while Qian Renhan planned to wait before seeking the Dragon Phoenix Source Fruit.
• Xuner arrived above the Skeleton Mountain Range with two elders and several young people, and Xiao Yan recognized her.

Qian Renhan and Ziyan found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit inside a Beast Spirit Shield in the Dou Saint ruins, but the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan arrived to claim it. After Qian Renhan crushed their group, they summoned a mid-stage Dou Saint, leaving him to face a far stronger response than he expected.

• Gu Xun'er chose to enter the ruins without the Gu Clan elders, while Little Fairy Doctor watched Xiao Yan stare at her.
• Qian Renhan took Ziyan from the medicinal herbs to follow a calling sensation, and Ziyan opened a Beast Spirit Shield with her blood.
• Qian Renhan and Ziyan found a Taixu Ancient Dragon corpse and a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on an altar, which Ziyan recognized.
• The Heavenly Demon Phoenix group entered the shield, and Qian Renhan crushed them with a palm strike, leaving Feng Qing'er and the elders alive.
• Huang Xuan and Feng Qing'er summoned a mid-stage one-star Dou Saint, and Qian Renhan wondered why the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan had sent such a powerful expert.

Qian Renhan killed Kun Huang after Ziyan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but Huang Tian ambushed them as they fled and trapped Qian Renhan in a confrontation. Huang Tian sought the fruit to transform into a Dragon Phoenix, while Qian Renhan sent Ziyan away and fought to hold him back.

• Ziyan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit into her body, and Qian Renhan redirected Kun Huang’s attack before revealing his true strength.
• Qian Renhan killed Kun Huang, took his corpse, and fled with Ziyan toward Ancient Dragon Island.
• Huang Tian ambushed Qian Renhan in the Skeleton Mountain Range, and their clash shattered the hidden space containing the Dou Saint Ruins.
• Qian Renhan brought Ziyan out of the Qiankun Pouch and ordered her to escape to Ancient Dragon Island while he confronted Huang Tian.
• Ziyan suggested revealing Zhu Kun’s survival, but Qian Renhan refused and sent her through a spatial tear as Huang Tian attacked.
• Qian Renhan unleashed his Killing Sword Domain, which began wearing down Huang Tian’s feathers.

Qian Renhan fought Huang Tian in the sky while Xiao Yan’s group gathered the Soul Infant Fruit and encountered Gu Xun’er in the ruins. The chapter left Xiao Yan confronting Lingquan after learning that Gu Xun’er had lost her memories of him.

• Qian Renhan used his Sword Domain and space-manipulating attacks against Huang Tian, who shattered the surrounding space with a barrage of punches.
• Huang Tian thought he had defeated Qian Renhan, but Qian Renhan’s clone vanished and his true form struck Huang Tian from behind, wounding him.
• Xiao Yan and his companions picked the Soul Infant Fruit and prepared to leave the shaking Dou Saint Ruins, where they met Gu Xun’er’s group.
• Xiao Yan eagerly greeted Gu Xun’er, but she said she had lost her memories and asked him to call her by name instead of calling her “kid.”
• Lingquan insulted Xiao Yan as a waste, and Xiao Yan grew furious as he recalled the Gu Clan’s humiliating trade for the Xiao Family’s Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade.

Qian Renhan fought Huang Tian while Gu Chui captured Ziyan, and Xiao Yan battled Lingquan to a near-fatal draw. Qian Renhan returned to the ruins with Ziyan and Gu Chui, summoned the Soul Devouring Death Formation, and prepared to sacrifice the Skeleton Mountain Range to increase his strength.

• Huang Tian transformed into his Demon Phoenix form and clashed with Qian Renhan, who wielded the Asura Sword.
• Gu Chui captured Ziyan with the Ancient Emperor's Grasping the Heavens Claw and recognized her as the Taixu Ancient Dragon sought by the Gu Clan.
• Qian Renhan sensed Ziyan's capture, lost focus, and was struck by Huang Tian's golden-sun attack before countering with a world-splitting slash.
• Xiao Yan and Lingquan unleashed their strongest attacks, leaving Lingquan badly burned and Xiao Yan gravely injured with his Dou Qi exhausted.
• Gu Xun'er stopped Wu Elder from retaliating against Xiao Yan and ordered her people to leave, but Qian Renhan returned holding Ziyan and Gu Chui's crushed body.
• Qian Renhan summoned the Soul Devouring Death Formation and prepared to blood-sacrifice the Skeleton Mountain Range to raise his cultivation.

Qian Renhan activated the Soul Devouring Death Formation and sacrificed the lives of those within the Skeleton Mountain Range to withstand the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s assault. He emerged from the formation with his wounds healed and his cultivation advanced to the mid-phase of Six-Star Dou Saint.

• Gu Xun'er recognized Qian Renhan and demanded that he return her memories, while Xiao Yan silently asked why before passing out.
• Qian Renhan activated the Soul Devouring Death Formation, spared Little Fairy Doctor and her companions by teleporting them away, and captured Gu Xun'er and Ziyan.
• The formation slaughtered magical beasts and experts across the Skeleton Mountain Range, converting their blood into energy as Huang Tian and Phoenix attacked it.
• Huang Tian and Phoenix led the Heavenly Phoenix Ancient Formation against the light cauldron, but its cracks were repaired by the blood energy.
• Qian Renhan broke free after two hours, shattered the Heavenly Phoenix Ancient Formation with a blood-colored sword, and advanced from late-phase Four-Star Dou Saint to mid-phase Six-Star Dou Saint.

Qian Renhan killed Huang Tian and the remaining Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan fighters, then attacked their ancestral home on Ancient Phoenix Island. He left the weaker members alive for Ziyan and began refining Huang Tian’s essence blood and Soul Body to strengthen himself.

• Huang Tian saved Phoenix from Qian Renhan’s sword, but Qian Renhan’s Sword Domain killed Phoenix and fatally wounded Huang Tian.
• Qian Renhan killed Huang Tian, released Gu Xun’er, and sent her through a spatial gate to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling with a warning about Soul Devouring Death Formations.
• Qian Renhan traveled to Ancient Phoenix Island and slaughtered its Heavenly Demon Phoenixes above the Dou Zong level, including the last resident Dou Saint Elder.
• Qian Renhan gathered the corpses and began tempering his body in Huang Tian’s essence blood while devouring his Soul Body.

Ziyan ate Feng Qing'er while news of Qian Renhan’s massacre spread across the Central Continent, drawing the attention of Yao Chen, Hun Tiandi, and Void Swallowing Flame. Hun Tiandi assigned Void Swallowing Flame to deal with Qian Renhan, then met Gu Yuan outside the Soul Realm.

• Ziyan drank Feng Qing’er’s blood, plucked her feathers, and ate her flesh as nourishment for her noble bloodline.
• Yao Chen and Wind Venerable discussed the upheaval caused by Qian Renhan’s blood sacrifice, while Xiao Yan recovered at Starfall Pavilion and began to draw on the Yin Yang Xuanlong Pill’s power.
• Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame discussed Qian Renhan’s ability to devour souls, and Hun Tiandi agreed to leave him to Void Swallowing Flame.
• Hun Tiandi sensed Gu Yuan outside the Soul Realm and went to greet him after Gu Yuan had recovered from his fight with Zhu Kun.

Void Swallowing Flame learned that Qian Renhan could grow stronger by devouring power and decided to eliminate him before he became a threat. Song Qing also saw a chance to ruin Starfall Pavilion and claim Cao Ying by exposing its connection to Qian Renhan.

• Void Swallowing Flame dismissed Gu Yuan's confrontation with Hun Tiandi and set out to investigate and kill Qian Renhan.
• Song Qing learned of Qian Renhan's notoriety and planned to link him to Starfall Pavilion so its enemies would attack Xiao Yan and leave Cao Ying to him.
• Void Swallowing Flame questioned Hun Miesheng, who reported Qian Renhan's growing strength and his close attachment to a Taixu Ancient Dragon girl.
• Void Swallowing Flame ordered Hun Miesheng to keep gathering Soul Bodies, then departed with a plan to use the girl to draw Qian Renhan out.