Chapter Summaries

Demon Rain Heavenly Venerate planned to kill Xiao Yan during the Pill Gathering after the Soul Hall lost hundreds of thousands of souls. Meanwhile, Lin Feng returned to Ye City with Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er and prepared to share their captured souls with Ye Xinlan.

• Demon Rain Heavenly Venerate learned that Xiao Yan had freed hundreds of thousands of souls and discussed the losses with his subordinates.
• The Soul Hall leaders urged Demon Rain Heavenly Venerate to eliminate Xiao Yan, warning that he had several powerful Dou Zun allies.
• Demon Rain Heavenly Venerate planned for Mu Gu to infiltrate the Pill Gathering and summon the Soul Hall elders in the Star Realm to kill Xiao Yan.
• Demon Rain Heavenly Venerate ordered his subordinates to harass Starfall Pavilion, rebuild the Youmo Mountain Range Branch Hall, and recover sixty percent of the lost souls.
• Lin Feng, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing'er returned to Ye City and sent for Ye Xinlan.
• Lin Feng sat with Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing'er beside a glowing orb of souls.

Lin Feng divided the spoils from the Soul Hall raid among Feng Qing'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Xin Lan, himself, and the Cao and Dan families. After reassuring Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yi Xian, he began refining the Soul Origin with the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Lin Feng estimated the raid had yielded five hundred thousand Soul Bodies, Soul Origin made from around two hundred thousand souls, and two Grade Eight Alchemist souls.
• Lin Feng assigned the Soul Origin to Feng Qing'er, two hundred thousand Soul Bodies to Xiao Yi Xian, and planned to reserve about one hundred thousand for Xin Lan and absorb the Grade Eight Alchemist souls himself.
• Lin Feng decided to give the remaining two hundred thousand Soul Bodies to the Cao Family and the Dan Family, disappointing Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Feng comforted Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yi Xian, and they stayed in his embrace before returning to their work.
• Lin Feng used the Fallen Heart Flame to refine the Soul Origin, burning away wisps of black vapor that rose from it.

Lin Feng refined the Soul Origin taken from over two hundred thousand Soul Bodies, then tortured and refined two captured Grade Eight Alchemist souls into another Soul Origin. He entrusted Xiao Yi Xian with refining the remaining Soul Bodies and left to absorb the new Soul Origin.

• Feng Qing'er noticed Soul Hall consciousnesses hidden in the Soul Origin, and Lin Feng burned them away before giving the purified origin to her to absorb.
• Lin Feng released two weakened Grade Eight Alchemist souls from Jade Bottles, stopped their escape with fire chains, and refined them with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• By the following afternoon, Lin Feng had turned both souls into a Soul Origin and told Xiao Yi Xian to refine the remaining Soul Bodies.
• Lin Feng gave Xiao Yi Xian twenty black cloth bags and the Fallen Heart Flame's source Fire Seed, then took the Soul Origin and vanished to absorb it.

Feng Qing'er broke through to the Spirit Realm Soul after nine days of seclusion, and Lin Feng reunited with Ye Xinlan at Ye Family Manor. Lin Feng told Xinlan that their recent operation had yielded enough to raise her Soul Power to the Mortal Realm Peak once Xiao Yi Xian left seclusion and he obtained the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Lin Feng cultivated with the Soul Origin light while his family members remained in seclusion, and Ye Xinlan returned to Ye City and waited at the Ye Family.
• Nine days later, Feng Qing'er emerged from seclusion amid a surge of Soul Power and confirmed to Ye Zhong and the Ye Family elders that she had reached the Spirit Realm Soul.
• Ye Xinlan greeted Feng Qing'er, then reunited with Lin Feng when he arrived at the manor.
• Lin Feng told Ye Xinlan that he could raise her Soul Power to the Mortal Realm Peak after Xiao Yi Xian left seclusion and he obtained the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Ye Xinlan was delighted by the prospect of reaching the Mortal Realm Peak before the Pill Gathering in around two months.

Lin Feng, Ye Xinlan, and Xiao Yi Xian improved their soul power and pill-refining skills while preparing for the Pill Gathering. With the event only days away, Feng Qing'er ended their seclusion, and Lin Feng left Ye City for Sacred Pill City.

• Lin Feng told Feng Qing'er that his Soul Power had reached the late Soul Realm and that he could eventually refine Eight-grade Seven-colored Pills.
• Ye Xinlan flew to tell Ye Zhong to gather medicinal herbs, while Lin Feng gave Feng Qing'er ten Soul Bags for Xiao Yi Xian to refine.
• Feng Qing'er gave Lin Feng bodies and Magic Cores from her clan, and Lin Feng promised to spend time with the women after the Pill Gathering before entering seclusion.
• Lin Feng's pill refining advanced from four-colored Dan Thunder to six-colored, while Ye Xinlan absorbed Soul Origin from roughly a hundred thousand Soul Bodies and reached the Mortal Realm Peak with Xiao Yi Xian's help.
• With about twenty days left before the Pill Gathering, Feng Qing'er forcibly woke the three pill refiners, and Lin Feng departed through the Ye Family's private Space Wormhole toward Sacred Pill City.

Lin Feng and his group reached Sacred Pill City after a day trapped in a crowded Space Wormhole and headed to Ye Courtyard. There, he learned that the Dan Family and Cao Family had come to meet him, while Xiao Yan paused his war with the Soul Hall to attend the Pill Gathering.

• Lin Feng's group was stuck in the Space Wormhole for a day before reaching Sacred Pill City, where the crowds led him to abandon his plans to visit the trading market and go to Ye Courtyard.
• Xiao Yan called a temporary truce with the Soul Hall and headed for the Pill Domain to participate in the Pill Gathering.
• Starfall Pavilion continued its raids on Soul Hall Branch Halls as Wind Venerable searched for someone, despite the losses that had depleted the pavilion's forces.
• A servant told Lin Feng that members of the Dan Family and Cao Family had arrived and asked to see him by name.
• Lin Feng went to the reception room, where a servant brought in two elderly men wearing the Dan Family and Cao Family insignias.

Lin Feng learned that the Dan Family wanted him to marry Dan Chen and agreed to bring betrothal gifts after the Pill Gathering. A Cao Family elder then invited him to the Cao Family patriarch’s birthday banquet.

• The Dan Family and Cao Family elders were surprised by Lin Feng’s Soul Power and Dou Zun strength.
• The Dan Family elder urged Lin Feng to prepare betrothal gifts and finalize his marriage to Dan Chen.
• Lin Feng explained that he was pleased by the proposal and promised to visit the Dan Family after the Pill Gathering.
• The Dan Family elder happily left, while the Cao Family elder grew angry that his companion had changed the purpose of his visit.
• The Cao Family elder invited Lin Feng to the Cao Family patriarch’s birthday banquet one month later and presented him with an invitation.

Lin Feng accepted the Cao Family Head’s invitation to a birthday banquet, then weighed which pill to refine at the Pill Gathering. After Ye Zhong warned him that many veteran alchemists had entered to compete for the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Lin Feng asked him to gather the herbs for his chosen pill.

• Lin Feng accepted the Cao Family’s invitation and watched the elder leave to report back.
• Lin Feng considered refining either a Seven-Colored Heaven-Defying Talent-Enhancing Pill for his child or an eight-colored Bodhi Pill as a betrothal gift for Dan Chen.
• Lin Feng decided Ye Zhong should search for the Talent-Enhancing Pill’s materials first, with the Bodhi Pill as a fallback.
• Ye Zhong told Lin Feng that the Pill Gathering had attracted a record number of contestants, including famous Grade Eight alchemists seeking the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Ye Zhong explained that the Pill Gathering rankings determined the order contestants could attempt to subdue the flame, and Lin Feng handed him a list of medicinal herbs to collect.

Heavenly Fire Venerable returned and gave Lin Feng two portions of Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, while Lin Feng told him about his Soul Hall raid and gave him an Eight-grade Seven-colored Pill. As the Pill Gathering began in Sacred Pill City, Ye Zhong had gathered only sixty percent of Lin Feng’s requested herbs.

• Ye Zhong told Lin Feng that Heavenly Fire Venerable had returned, and Lin Feng went to greet him.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable was shocked by Lin Feng’s powerful Soul Realm Soul Power, and Lin Feng explained that he had obtained souls from the Soul Hall.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable gave Lin Feng two portions of Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, and Lin Feng gave him an Eight-grade Seven-colored Pill in return.
• Ye Zhong gathered only sixty percent of the less precious medicinal herbs Lin Feng needed despite calling in favors.
• The Pill Gathering began in Sacred Pill City on the tenth day, drawing attention from across the Central Province.

Lin Feng and his companions arrived at the Pill Gathering venue, where Ye Zhong explained the two trials contestants had to pass to reach the finals. The first was an Illusionary Realm maze, followed by a search for rare herbs in the ruined Pill Realm.

• Lin Feng dressed in his Pill Pagoda robe and badge before his wives took him to the Pill Gathering with Ye Zhong and Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Ye Zhong explained that two selection trials would eliminate most contestants before the final competition.
• Ye Zhong described the Illusionary Realm Trial, where contestants had to escape a maze filled with Soul-Devouring Beast gas to qualify for the Pill Realm.
• Ye Zhong explained that contestants in the ruined Pill Realm had to collect every rare Medicinal Herb on the list they received and exchange them for a spatial stone to leave and enter the finals.

Lin Feng and Ye Zhong discussed gathering herbs in the Pill Realm and protecting Ye Xinlan, then the Pill Tower announced the Pill Gathering’s stages and its rare prize. The first stage began as contestants above the fifth tier were called into the Soul Illusion Realm.

• Ye Zhong urged Lin Feng to gather materials for the Heaven-Defying Talent-Enhancing Pill and keep Ye Xinlan safe in the Pill Realm.
• Lin Feng promised to protect Ye Xinlan, who happily embraced him.
• Xuan Kongzi and other Pill Tower elders, including the Pill Tower Three Giants, appeared before the contestants and introduced the Pill Gathering’s three stages.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would receive candidate status for Pill Pagoda Titan and a Low Earth Tier Ancient Soul Cultivation Method.
• Xuan Kongzi sounded the bell and called contestants above the fifth tier to enter the Soul Illusion Realm.

Lin Feng, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ye Xinlan entered the Illusionary Realm Trial for the Pill Gathering, while the three Pill Tower giants realized how much Lin Feng had grown. Fearing his rising strength, they considered recruiting the Flower Sect to help eliminate him.

• Lin Feng left Feng Qing'er with the First Elder and Elder Yao, then entered the Illusionary Realm Trial with Xiao Yi Xian and Ye Xinlan.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi noticed Lin Feng had reached the Dou Zun realm and that his Soul Power had advanced to the late-stage Soul Realm.
• Xuan Yi worried that Lin Feng's rapid growth would soon make him a threat to the three giants.
• Xuan Kongzi suggested informing Fairy Qing that Yao Chen's disciple, Xiao Yan, was in danger so the Flower Sect might join their side.
• Xuan Yi hesitated because she feared that involving Fairy Qing would bring her closer to Yao Chen.

Lin Feng navigated the Pill Tower’s dangerous Illusionary Realm Trial by sensing its spatial distortions and resisting illusions designed to distract him. He found the passage to the Pill Realm and entered it.

• Lin Feng entered the distorted space and used his Soul Power to map a safe route through its suppressive fog and warped passages.
• He hoped Xiao Yi Xian and Xin Lan would pass safely, but encountered many contestants trapped in the maze and found neither woman.
• Near the exit, Lin Feng saw illusory Cai Lin and Yun'er, recognized the danger, and scattered them to reveal a hidden spatial fold.
• He resisted further illusions of Gu Xun'er and Xuan Yi, then located and checked a black spatial passage.
• Lin Feng confirmed the passage was safe and entered it, leaving the Illusionary Realm Trial.

Lin Feng passed the Illusionary Realm Trial and waited with Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and other contestants for the second trial. Xiao Yan arrived with a Spirit Realm Soul and a newly strengthened Heavenly Flame, but held back his hatred of Lin Feng while an elder watched.

• Lin Feng emerged into a clearing outside the Pill Realm and noticed the contestants and the Pill Tower elder guarding the silver vortex.
• Xiao Yi Xian passed the trial, reunited with Lin Feng, and sat beside him as they waited.
• Xiao Yan, Dan Chen, and Cao Ying emerged, and Lin Feng noticed Xiao Yan's peak seven-star strength, Spirit Realm Soul, and altered Heavenly Flame aura.
• Xiao Yan blamed Lin Feng for his troubles with the Soul Hall but suppressed his killing intent rather than risk losing the chance to compete for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Lin Feng invited Cao Ying and Dan Chen to sit with him, and Cao Ying teased Dan Chen about being Lin Feng's fiancé before Dan Chen sat beside Xiao Yi Xian.

Lin Feng gave Cao Ying a Storage Ring containing golden puppets and Soul Power-enhancing pills, then reunited with Ye Xinlan and reassured Dan Chen about her gift. As the contestants prepared to enter the Pill Realm, Song Qing grew jealous of Cao Ying’s closeness to Lin Feng and began seeking allies.

• Lin Feng gave Cao Ying a Storage Ring with golden puppets and three pills, but warned her not to inspect them in public.
• Ye Xinlan emerged from the gray space, and Lin Feng welcomed her while Dan Chen grew jealous of his attention to her.
• Lin Feng promised Dan Chen that he would give her gift to her in private.
• Song Qing saw Cao Ying sitting close to Lin Feng, grew furious, and went to gather helpers because he could not challenge Lin Feng alone.
• The old man announced that contestants could enter the Pill Realm after collecting a herb task list, a map, and a spatial stone, which would remove anyone who used it from the competition.

Lin Feng and four women entered the Pill Realm to search for medicinal herbs, despite warnings about its powerful magical beasts. They arrived in the vast, desolate realm and learned from Cao Ying and Dan Chen how the Pill Tower’s first Tower Master created it with help from numerous Dou Sheng experts.

• The turtle-riding old man warned the contestants that they had ten days to find the prescribed herbs and that no one would rescue them from the Pill Realm’s beasts.
• A Grade Eight Alchemist entered the spatial passage first, and other contestants followed; Xiao Yan also went in alone.
• Lin Feng proposed that his group travel together, teased Cao Ying, and entered the passage with Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xin Lan.
• Lin Feng and the four women emerged above a vast, barren plain inside the Pill Realm.
• Cao Ying explained that the first Pill Tower Master had created the realm with help from more than ten Dou Sheng experts, and Dan Chen recalled that later battles against the Soul Hall had cost the Pill Tower and Five Great Clans their power.

Lin Feng split from Cao Ying and Dan Chen to follow Xiao Yan after warning them that Soul Hall members had infiltrated the Pill Gathering. Before he could catch up, he killed an Earth Yellow Python and discovered a thousand-year Earth Yellow Essence, only to be confronted by someone claiming it as theirs.

• Dan Chen told Lin Feng that Dan Yitian had vanished with many experts, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen disputed the Cao Family's compensation for its losses.
• Lin Feng claimed that Soul Hall members might be targeting Xiao Yan, and Cao Ying agreed to search for medicinal herbs while Lin Feng followed him.
• Lin Feng told Ye Xinlan to stay with Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yi Xian, then left to pursue Xiao Yan.
• Lin Feng killed a giant Earth Yellow Python that attacked him and found a head-sized, thousand-year Earth Yellow Essence beneath its lair.
• An angry voice accused Lin Feng of stealing the medicinal herb and threatened to kill him.

Lin Feng killed the Seventh-grade Alchemists who attacked him, then claimed the thousand-year Earth Yellow Essence. Suspecting it had been nourished by Earth Core Soul Marrow, he dug deep into the pit and uncovered snow-white jade.

• More than a dozen Seventh-grade Alchemists ambushed Lin Feng, but he used Spatial Strangulation to tear them apart and collect their Storage Rings.
• Xiao Yan sensed the powerful fighting behind him and chose to continue onward rather than get involved.
• Lin Feng retrieved the head-sized Earth Yellow Essence and stored it, hoping to use it to help one of his wives break through to Dou Zun.
• Lin Feng deduced that Earth Core Soul Marrow had nourished the Earth Yellow Essence and excavated the pit in search of it.
• Lin Feng reached the bottom of the pit and uncovered a patch of snow-white jade.

Lin Feng found and stored a large piece of Earth Heart Jade Mother containing Earth Core Soul Marrow, then hurried after Xiao Yan when he lost track of him. Song Qing recruited Xiao Yan to join forces against Lin Feng, and Xiao Yan agreed while hiding his disdain for Song Qing’s claim that Cao Ying was his wife.

• Lin Feng pulled Earth Heart Jade Mother from the ground and discovered it contained Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Lin Feng stored the jade in his Storage Ring and realized Xiao Yan had left the range of his soul perception.
• Song Qing blocked Xiao Yan above a low mountain range and proposed they team up against Lin Feng.
• Song Qing said he wanted revenge because Lin Feng had pursued Cao Ying, whom he considered his wife.
• Xiao Yan agreed to join Song Qing in opposing Lin Feng, hoping to use Song Qing’s connections against him.

Xiao Yan and Song Qing joined forces against Lin Feng, who planned to use Soul Hall to eliminate the hidden High-tier Dou Zong cultivators and traveled to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range. He arrived at the beast-filled range, intending to seek help from its Ancient Dragon Bear overlord and possibly find Zi Yan.

• Song Qing told Xiao Yan about his grudge against Lin Feng and gathered allies among Dan Chen's admirers, while Xiao Yan hoped their conflict would draw powerful families into opposing Lin Feng.
• After Xiao Yan and Song Qing departed, Lin Feng spotted their hidden pursuers and decided to use Soul Hall to eliminate them.
• Lin Feng sent a Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body clone to warn Xiao Yi Xian and Cao Ying about Xiao Yan and Song Qing.
• Lin Feng traveled overnight to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where he planned to enlist the Ancient Dragon Bear and looked for signs of Zi Yan.
• Lin Feng entered the mountain range and found its energy extraordinarily dense, its magical beasts roaring and unusually hostile.