Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and his companions arrived in the Central Plains, learned about Star Brilliance City, and bought a map while planning their next destination. At dinner, Xiao Ling revealed a chance to help Xiao Yi Xian strengthen her Calamity Poison Body by seeking the Netherworld Poison Flame and the beast guarding it.

• Little Fire piloted the Space Ship through the wormhole, and Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin emerged in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ling led the group into Star Brilliance City, where an old man directed them to a map shop and later explained the city’s location and the influence of the Star Brilliance Sect.
• Xiao Ling bought a detailed Central Plains map and learned that Tianbei City was within reach, while Poison Mist Valley and Falling God Stream were not marked.
• At an inn, Xiao Ling noticed Tianbei City on the map and thought of visiting Han Yue before deciding to pursue an opportunity for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ling showed Yao Chen a beast-hide map marking the Netherworld Poison Flame, guarded by a seventh-tier Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion whose magic core could help Xiao Yi Xian condense her Poison Pill.

Xiao Ling and his companions prepared to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame and traveled to Tianbei City to reunite with Han Yue. They arrived as the Han Family faced growing pressure from the Hong Family, and Xiao Ling’s reunion with Han Yue began.

• Yao Chen warned Xiao Ling that the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion might have grown stronger and supported his plan to obtain its magic core for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill.
• Xiao Ling decided to seek Poison Mist Valley and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan through Star Brilliance City toward Tianbei City.
• Han Chi told Han Yue and Han Xue that the Hong Family had grown bolder after Hong Chen joined the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion and had attacked a Han Family caravan.
• Xiao Ling and his companions reached the Han Family estate, where the guards admitted them after he explained his connection to Han Yue.
• Han Yue and Han Xue entered the reception hall, and Xiao Ling and Han Yue happily reunited after two years apart.

Xiao Ling and his companions visited the Han Family, where his Dou Zong cultivation and alchemy skill drew admiration and Zhu Gan’s skepticism. After agreeing to demonstrate his abilities, Xiao Ling began refining a Bone Regenerating Blood Melting Pill in the manor courtyard.

• Han Yue introduced Han Xue to Xiao Ling and led their group to meet her father, Han Chi, at the Han Family manor.
• At the banquet, Xiao Ling revealed that he had reached the Dou Zong realm, and Han Yue added that he was a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Zhu Gan questioned whether Xiao Ling’s alchemy rank met Zhongzhou standards and challenged him to demonstrate his skills.
• Xiao Ling agreed to refine pills during his stay, intending to make a Bone Regenerating Blood Melting Pill for Yao Tianhuo’s resurrection.
• That night, Xiao Ling gathered observers in a courtyard and began refining the pill, aiming for Grade 8 quality.

Xiao Ling refined the Bone Regenerating Blood Melting Pill while the Han Family watched, gradually proving his skill to the skeptical Zhu Gan. As Pill Lightning gathered over Tianbei City, Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Xiao Ling was refining a Grade 8 Pill, leaving the gathered factions awaiting its descent.

• Xiao Ling prepared the ingredients for the Bone Regenerating Blood Melting Pill, while Zhu Gan doubted his ability and Yao Chen recognized the pill he intended to make.
• Xiao Ling refined and fused more than a hundred ingredients over several days, impressing Zhu Gan and convincing the Han Family elders of his skill.
• Xiao Ling nurtured the pill into a red sphere, and dark clouds and silver Pill Lightning gathered above Tianbei City as he prepared to finish.
• Hong Tianxiao and other powerful figures arrived near the Han Family, where the Han Family Ancestor questioned Hong Tianxiao's intentions.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned the gathered figures that Xiao Ling was refining a Grade 8 Pill, while Han Yue worried whether he could withstand its Pill Lightning.

Xiao Ling completed a Grade 8 pill and summoned a Four-colored Lightning Cloud, then used his Heavenly Demon Puppet to withstand the pill lightning. After the clouds dispersed, he retrieved the pill while the crowd restrained its greed, wary of the powerful puppet beside him.

• Xiao Ling opened the cauldron, and the golden flame pillar rising from it provoked a Four-colored Lightning Cloud.
• Xiao Ling summoned his Heavenly Demon Puppet to take the pill lightning while the Han Family elders and others watched.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet repeatedly struck and absorbed the lightning, growing stronger through more than thirty minutes of bombardment.
• The Four-colored Lightning Cloud weakened and dispersed, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet returned to Xiao Ling's side.
• Xiao Ling took the Grade 8 Pill from the cauldron, and the spectators held back their greed after witnessing the puppet's power.

After Xiao Ling completed the Bone Regenerating Blood Melting Pill, Han Yue gave him directions to Poison Mist Valley, while the Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion learned of his arrival and planned to approach him. Xiao Ling reunited privately with Han Yue that night as preparations to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame lay ahead.

• Xiao Ling stored the completed pill, dismissed the crowd, and Xiao Yi Xian drove Hong Tianxiao and the other visitors from the courtyard.
• Han Yue shared the location of Poison Mist Valley and Youyun City with Xiao Ling, who planned to prepare for a journey to find the Netherworld Poison Flame and a Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion.
• The Wind Thunder Northern Pavilion received news of Xiao Ling's Eighth-grade Alchemist status, and its leader decided to visit Tianbei City to befriend him and investigate his background.
• Xiao Ling and Han Yue spent the night alone together after reuniting.

Xiao Ling arranged Qing Lin’s cultivation at the Tianshan Blood Pool and began restoring Yao Tianhuo’s physical body while Yao Chen agreed to wait for better materials. After two days of refinement, Yao Tianhuo’s new body took shape, and a powerful aura began to grow within it.

• Xiao Ling gave Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian pills and instructions to help Qing Lin cultivate at the Tianshan Blood Pool and reach Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo that he would restore Yao Tianhuo first and wait to give Yao Chen a body until better materials were available, and both elders agreed.
• Xiao Ling entered a Training Room with Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, prepared a body from Yao Tianhuo’s bones, and began the resurrection process with a Bone Regenerating Blood Melting Pill.
• Yao Tianhuo sent a wisp of Soul Power into his prepared body as Xiao Ling used Purple Shadow Ghost Wolf Emperor essence blood and Heavenly Flames to remake its flesh.
• After two days of burning and regeneration, Yao Tianhuo’s body finished forming, and a vast aura began growing within it.

Heavenly Fire Venerable completed his resurrection and began adapting to his restored body while Xiao Ling refined a Soul Fusion Pill and spent time with the Han sisters. After sensing an Eight-Star Dou Zong in Tianbei City, Xiao Ling discovered that Fei Tian had come to investigate him and saw an opportunity to obtain the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s secret techniques.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable awakened in his restored body, thanked Xiao Ling, and said he expected to recover Peak Three-star Dou Zun strength after seven days of adjustment.
• Yao Chen suggested that Heavenly Fire Venerable could regain his peak Five-star Dou Zun strength with a Fu Ling Qing Pill, and Xiao Ling agreed to seek its ingredients in the Pill Region.
• Xiao Ling refined a Soul Fusion Pill for Queen Medusa, then teased Han Xue and reassured Han Yue about their relationship.
• Xiao Ling sensed an Eight-Star Dou Zong outside Tianbei City and left the Han Family residence to investigate.
• At the Hong Family, Fei Tian questioned Hong Tianxiao about Xiao Ling and promised Hong Chen a promotion for handling the inquiry.
• Xiao Ling overheard the conversation from the reception hall roof, identified Fei Tian, and realized he might obtain the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body techniques.

Xiao Ling sent Old Ghost Di Mo and nine other soul bodies disguised as Soul Hall Protectors to ambush Fei Tian and obtain the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body method. Fei Tian was overwhelmed and captured, while the Hong Family was left in chaos and Hong Tianxiao escaped to carry news of the attack to the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

• Xiao Ling planned to frame the Soul Hall for Fei Tian’s death and sent ten soul bodies in black robes to attack him at the Hong Family.
• Old Ghost Di Mo and two soul bodies stormed the reception hall, killed Hong Chen, and claimed they wanted Fei Tian’s soul and the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body method.
• Fei Tian fought back with Thunder God Descends, while Hong Tianxiao assisted before fleeing after being wounded; Xiao Ling let him escape.
• The soul bodies killed Hong Li and drove the Hong Family into panic as seven more joined the fight against Fei Tian.
• Fei Tian summoned his Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, but Old Ghost Di Mo pierced him with a chain, extracted his soul, and escaped with the soul bodies.

After dealing with the Hong Family, Xiao Ling returned to the Han Family and obtained the complete method for cultivating Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body from Fei Tian’s scroll. He began training the technique and, several days later, formed a clone that had reached Dou Emperor strength, though it had not yet reached Initial Insight.

• Xiao Ling left the Hong Family after its head and young master were killed and its ancestor was gravely injured, leaving the family to face the fallout.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Han Family, gave Han Yue a Sect Breaking Pill for her father, and then examined the Storage Ring he had taken from Fei Tian.
• Xiao Ling found the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body scroll, overcame its Soul Power defenses, and had Fei Tian decipher the coded cultivation method.
• Xiao Ling began training the technique, using Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Fei Tian’s advice to try to merge his Soul Power with an afterimage.
• Several days later, Xiao Ling formed a clone tempered by the Fallen Heart Flame, but its strength had only reached the Dou Emperor level.

Xiao Ling left the Han Family with Heavenly Fire Venerable and Zi Yan to retrieve the Netherworld Poison Flame in Poison Mist Valley. As they traveled into the dangerous mountain range, Zi Yan began collecting the rare treasures guarded by its Magical Beasts.

• Xiao Ling learned that Han Yue's father had entered seclusion to break through to the Dou Zong realm, then told Han Yue and Han Xue he was leaving for Poison Mist Valley.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable emerged from seclusion, and Xiao Ling, Zi Yan, and Heavenly Fire Venerable departed aboard Rayquaza after Xiao Ling asked Han Yue to tell Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to wait for him if they returned.
• Xiao Ling's group entered the poisonous Netherworld Mountains, took antidote pills, and continued deeper toward Poison Mist Valley.
• Rayquaza's aura frightened many Magical Beasts as the group traveled through the valley, and Zi Yan collected the rare treasures they guarded, defeating those that resisted.

Xiao Ling and his companions found the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion concealed in a canyon and learned it had reached the Eighth-tier. They attacked it to obtain its Magic Core and the Netherworld Poison Flame, and the battle intensified as Heavenly Fire Venerable unleashed his Five-Wheel Separation Fire Disc.

• Zi Yan gathered treasures as Xiao Ling and the others traveled through Poison Mist Valley toward the Netherworld Poison Flame's mapped location.
• Yao Chen detected the concealed Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion and revealed it had reached the Eighth-tier by absorbing Poison Attribute energy with the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Ling decided to fight the scorpion, assigning Zi Yan to hold off its two Seventh-tier subordinates while Heavenly Fire Venerable and the Heavenly Demon Puppet restrained it.
• Xiao Ling sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet into the scorpion's cave, drawing the transformed Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion out into battle.
• The scorpion charged Xiao Ling, but the Heavenly Demon Puppet intercepted it, and Xiao Ling struck it with the Earth Overturning Seal.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable summoned five fire spirits and formed the massive Five-Wheel Separation Fire Disc while the Heavenly Demon Puppet kept the scorpion occupied.

Xiao Ling, Heavenly Fire Venerable, the Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Zi Yan fought the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion and two other Magical Beasts in the valley. After Xiao Ling’s Flame Lotus grievously wounded the Scorpion, Zi Yan revealed her pure Ancient Dragon Bloodline, and Xiao Ling killed it with the Godfall Weapon.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable struck the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion with the Five-Colored Fire Plate while Xiao Ling began fusing his five Exotic Flames.
• Zi Yan intercepted the Purple Flame Poison Flood Dragon and Shadow Charm Spider, knocking both Seventh-tier Magical Beasts down with her gauntlets.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and the Heavenly Demon Puppet delayed the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion while Xiao Ling completed a Flame Lotus and sent his Humanoid Clone to throw it.
• The Flame Lotus exploded against the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion, leaving it severely burned, missing a leg, and barely able to stand.
• Zi Yan’s pure Ancient Dragon Bloodline terrified the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion, and Xiao Ling seized the opening to pierce its skull with the Godfall Weapon, killing it.

Xiao Ling and his companions defeated the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion and captured the Netherworld Poison Flame, which he planned to give to Xiao Yi Xian. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin rescued Ning Yu Xi of Sound Valley, who revealed she had come to seek Tang Zhen’s help refining a pill related to an Exotic Flame.

• An elder on East Dragon Island sensed the Ancient Void Dragon Royal Family bloodline and resolved to bring it back to Ancient Dragon Island without alerting the island’s factions.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan defeated the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion, and Xiao Ling stored its intact wings and corpse.
• Xiao Ling captured the Netherworld Poison Flame and stored it in the System Space, intending it for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ling and his companions rode Rayquaza toward Tianbei City while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin cared for the rescued Ning Yu Xi.
• Ning Yu Xi revealed she belonged to Sound Valley and had been traveling to ask Tang Zhen of Burning Flame Valley to refine a pill, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to suspect it involved an Exotic Flame.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin introduced Ning Yu Xi of Sound Valley to Xiao Ling, who agreed to help refine the Spirit Origin Restoration Pill in exchange for a reward. He accepted Sound Valley’s contact token but postponed visiting until his plans allowed.

• Ning Yu Xi explained that Sound Valley needed a Heavenly Flame to refine the Rank 7 High-grade Spirit Origin Restoration Pill, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to introduce her to Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Ning Yu Xi a Flame Condensing Pill bearing a Heavenly Flame’s aura, and Ning Yu Xi agreed to meet its alchemist.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Ning Yu Xi flew to Tianbei City on Little Purple and met Xiao Ling at the Han Family residence.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ling she had reached the Dou Zong class, and he praised her and promised to refine pills to help stabilize her cultivation.
• Ning Yu Xi asked Xiao Ling to refine Sound Valley’s Spirit Origin Restoration Pill, and he agreed to help when his schedule permitted.
• Ning Yu Xi gave Xiao Ling Sound Valley’s contact token and explained that its members would guide him into the valley when he arrived.

Xiao Ling returned to Tianbei City with the Netherworld Poison Flame and an eighth-tier magic core, then prepared to leave for Holy Pill City while Han Yue considered joining the Flower Sect with Han Xue. After accidentally entering Han Xue’s room instead of Han Yue’s, Xiao Ling spent the night with both sisters and secretly planted a suggestion to help an injured old woman they might encounter at the Flower Sect.

• Ning Yu Xi departed for Sound Valley, and Xiao Ling showed Xiao Yi Xian the Netherworld Poison Flame and the Netherworld Poison Dragon Scorpion’s magic core, promising to help her condense a poison pill.
• Xiao Ling said he would leave for Holy Pill City in the morning to gather herbs and refine a pill for Heavenly Fire Venerable, while Han Yue considered taking Han Xue to study at the Flower Sect.
• Xiao Ling entered Han Xue’s room by mistake and began kissing her before Han Yue arrived and found them together.
• Han Xue agreed to be with Xiao Ling, and Han Yue joined them for the night before Xiao Ling departed in the morning.
• Xiao Ling cut the bloodstained sheet and cast a soul suggestion so Han Yue and Han Xue would help an injured old woman if they encountered her in the Flower Sect’s Back Mountain.

Xiao Ling and his companions traveled toward Holy Pill City, but their journey changed when Hei Qing of the Great Void Ancient Dragon Clan arrived to bring Zi Yan back to Dragon Island. Zi Yan agreed to return to learn the truth about her parents, while Xiao Ling stayed behind and entrusted her safety to Hei Qing.

• Xiao Ling and his companions left for Holy Pill City, traveling through Space Wormholes and gathering medicinal ingredients along the way.
• Hei Qing emerged from the spatial storm and revealed that he had come to bring Zi Yan, the clan’s Royal Bloodline, back to Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan asked Hei Qing why her parents had abandoned her, and he said Elder Zhu Li would explain the complicated matter on Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ling encouraged Zi Yan to return to her clan, but told her he and the others would not go with her yet.
• Zi Yan tearfully said goodbye to Xiao Ling, accepted pills for three years of cultivation, and left her protection in Hei Qing’s hands.

After Zi Yan returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reached Tianhuang City on their way to the Pill Region and reunited with Liu Qing. They learned that the city’s Space Wormhole was closed for three days before a Liu Family–Cheng Family competition, so Xiao Ling agreed to wait and offered to refine Liu Qing an Imperial Extreme Pill.

• Zi Yan left with Hei Qing and the Little Sky Swallowing Python, while Xiao Ling and his companions continued their journey.
• A month later, Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin arrived in the Central Region and headed for Tianhuang City to visit Liu Qing.
• Xiao Ling’s group reached the Liu Family estate, where Liu Qing welcomed his former classmate and met Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Liu Qing told Xiao Ling that the Space Wormhole was closed until the family competition in three days, and Xiao Ling decided to stay and watch.
• Xiao Ling offered to refine an Imperial Extreme Pill for Liu Qing, who promised to treat the group well during their stay.

Xiao Ling obtained a Demon Luo Fruit Seed from Liu Qing and settled at the Liu Family estate, where he refined Liu Qing a high-quality Imperial Extreme Pill. He then cultivated the True · Flame Manipulation Art, creating and strengthening a Life-Transformation Fire from Beast Flames.

• Xiao Ling chose the Demon Luo Fruit Seed from the Liu Family’s treasure list, and Liu Qing gave it to him as an advance thank-you for refining an Imperial Extreme Pill.
• Liu Qing hosted Xiao Ling and his companions, then assigned them a quiet guest courtyard before leaving to handle family affairs ahead of the competition with the Cheng Family.
• Xiao Ling refined a top-quality Imperial Extreme Pill and stored it for Liu Qing.
• Xiao Ling tempered three seventh-tier Beast Flames for two days and fused them into a Life-Transformation Fire seed.
• Xiao Ling fed the new flame power from more than twenty Beast Flames, strengthening it into a deep-gray fire that could further aid him.

Xiao Ling accompanied Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Liu Qing to Tianhuang City’s annual contest for the right to manage Burning Flame Valley’s Space Wormhole. As Liu Qing gained the advantage over Cheng Nan, Xiao Ling recognized Burning Flame Valley’s Tang Huo’er and discussed her inherited Heavenly Flame and the Heavenly Fire Three Transformations.

• Xiao Ling gave Liu Qing the Imperial Extreme Pill he had promised him, and they headed with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the competition grounds.
• Elder Chi Huo arrived with Burning Flame Valley’s delegation and announced that the Liu and Cheng families would each send one fighter to compete for the Space Wormhole’s management rights.
• Liu Qing faced Cheng Nan and began suppressing him in a fierce aerial battle, while Xiao Ling judged that Liu Qing was likely to win.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian noticed Tang Huo’er’s concealed cultivation and unusual scorching aura, and Xiao Ling identified her as Tang Zhen’s daughter, fused with a child flame of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.
• Xiao Ling said he might need to visit Burning Flame Valley to obtain the complete Heavenly Fire Three Transformations, and Xiao Yi Xian teased him about winning Tang Huo’er over.