Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling met Su Li, the Valley Master of Sound Valley, and learned that the Grand Elder needed a Spirit Origin Restoration Pill for her grave injuries. Su Li explained that a Rank 7 pill could suppress the injuries for twenty years, while a Rank 8 Three-Turn version might help the Grand Elder recover.

• Sound Valley patrol disciples gossiped about Xiao Ling until an old woman ordered them back to their patrols and worried that he might not be able to heal the Grand Elder.
• A patrol disciple led Xiao Ling and Qing Lin to the guarded palace where Su Li was playing the zither.
• Su Li welcomed Xiao Ling, recalled meeting Feng Xian, and expressed hope that Xiao Ling could help Sound Valley.
• Su Li explained that the Grand Elder needed a Spirit Origin Restoration Pill refined with Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Ling agreed to help as promised to Ning Yu Xi.
• Xiao Ling questioned why a Rank 7 pill would help such a powerful elder, and Su Li explained that it could suppress the injuries for twenty years while a Rank 8 Three-Turn pill might restore her.

Xiao Ling agreed to refine Sound Valley’s Three-pattern Spirit Origin Restoration Pill after examining its recipe and learning that the valley had prepared three sets of ingredients. He began the difficult Grade 8 refinement before Sound Valley’s elders and disciples, while Su Li and Qing Lin defended their trust in him; as the process continued, a veiled woman appeared beside Qing Lin.

• Su Li explained that Sound Valley needed a Grade 8 Three-pattern Spirit Origin Restoration Pill to protect the Grand Elder, and Xiao Ling reviewed the recipe before estimating a success rate above fifty percent.
• Su Li offered Xiao Ling access to Sound Valley’s treasures and future friendship in exchange for refining the pill, and he said he was most interested in medicinal ingredients, pill recipes, and powerful Dou Skills.
• Su Li led Xiao Ling and Qing Lin through Sound Valley on a summoned cloud, explaining the Cloud Mist Technique and saying that her disciple Ning Yu Xi was in secluded cultivation.
• Xiao Ling began refining the pill in Sound Valley’s plaza, using the Spirit Quenching Cauldron and the Five Spirit Flame Heaven Flame to process the ingredients.
• When Sound Valley elders questioned whether Xiao Ling was capable of refining the difficult pill, Su Li insisted that they trust him, and Qing Lin also defended her young master.
• As the long refinement continued and most disciples left, a veiled woman appeared beside Qing Lin at the plaza.

Xiao Ling refined a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Pill, and Sound Valley’s formation and his Heavenly Demon Puppets endured its powerful lightning tribulation. After Su Li accepted the pill and entrusted its use to Xiao Ling, she led him to the Grand Elder’s residence, where the gates opened.

• After seven days of alchemy, Xiao Ling produced a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Pill, summoning Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Su Li ordered Sound Valley’s elders to activate the sect-protecting formation, while Xiao Ling sent out Heavenly Demon Puppets to absorb the lightning’s energy.
• Xiao Ling caught the escaping pill and gave it to Su Li to inspect; she returned it to him and said he would need it when cooperating with the Grand Elder.
• Xiao Ling arranged for Ning Yu Xi to look after Qing Lin, then followed Su Li into Sound Valley toward the Grand Elder’s residence.
• Su Li used her token to open the palace gates, and she and Xiao Ling prepared to enter.

Xiao Ling met Sound Valley’s Grand Elder, Chu Wanqing, and gave her a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Three-pattern Spirit Origin Restoration Pill to treat her injuries. After they moved to a secluded chamber and Chu Wanqing swallowed it, the pill’s medicinal power rampaged through her body as Xiao Ling prepared to help refine it with Heavenly Flames.

• Su Li led Xiao Ling through Sound Valley to meet Grand Elder Chu Wanqing, who warmly introduced herself as Sister Qing.
• Su Li revealed that Xiao Ling had refined a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Three-pattern Spirit Origin Restoration Pill, and Chu Wanqing confirmed its grade after inspecting it.
• Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing agreed to proceed with treatment in a secluded chamber, while Su Li stayed outside to guard it.
• Xiao Ling warned Chu Wanqing that his Heavenly Flames might burn away her clothes, and she agreed to continue despite her brief embarrassment.
• Chu Wanqing swallowed the pill, but its medicinal power surged uncontrollably through her body and put her under immense pressure.

Xiao Ling used the Spirit Origin Restoration Pill and Fallen Heart Flame to heal Chu Wanqing and contain the poison source in her body. As he guided the pill’s purifying power toward the source, he discovered that refining some of the toxins could also replenish and strengthen his own battle qi.

• Chu Wanqing endured the pill’s medicinal power and the burning Fallen Heart Flame as Xiao Ling began treating her.
• Xiao Ling discovered a black Energy Body in Chu Wanqing’s lower abdomen that drained her battle qi and released compound poison.
• Xiao Ling sealed the poison source with a net of Fallen Heart Flame and used the pill’s purifying energy to clear toxins and heal Chu Wanqing’s injuries.
• Xiao Ling noticed that energy from toxins refined by the Fallen Heart Flame restored his battle qi and slightly improved his cultivation.
• Xiao Ling opened a small gap in the flame net and drew some of Chu Wanqing’s toxins into his own body to refine them, then stopped as the purifying energy approached the dangerous core poison source.

Xiao Ling completed the treatment that was purifying Chu Wanqing’s poison source, but a hidden consciousness in the poison unleashed Love Poison that overwhelmed her. As the chapter ended, Chu Wanqing threw herself into Xiao Ling’s arms and kissed him.

• Xiao Ling covered Chu Wanqing with his robe and sat aside to refine the poison he had absorbed while the purifying energy continued destroying her poison source.
• Chu Wanqing woke, thanked Xiao Ling, and used her recovering Dou Qi to help the purification.
• A consciousness hidden in the poison source awakened, revealed that it had planted Love Poison, and detonated the source into pink mist that overwhelmed Chu Wanqing.
• Xiao Ling approached Chu Wanqing, inhaled some of the mist, and tried to leave to summon Valley Master Su Li after she warned him away.
• Chu Wanqing pulled Xiao Ling down and clung to him, and despite his efforts to resist, she pressed her lips to his.

Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing were overwhelmed by the pink energy during the Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s autonomous manifestation, while toxins spread through both of them and a pale flame enclosed them in the secret chamber. After four months of silence, a violent surge of energy shook the chamber, and Su Li, Qing Lin, and Ning Yu Xi withdrew as they sensed Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing might emerge.

• Chu Wanqing’s kiss flooded Xiao Ling with pink energy, overwhelming his reason as his sealed toxins broke loose and began absorbing the energy.
• Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing lost themselves to instinct while the toxins spread through both their bodies.
• The Bone Spirit Cold Flame awakened at Xiao Ling’s brow, formed a pale sphere around the pair, and lifted them above the chamber floor.
• Yao Chen sensed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame merging on its own and discussed Xiao Ling’s situation with Feng Xian.
• Four months passed with Xiao Ling and Chu Wanqing still inside the sealed chamber, while Qing Lin, Ning Yu Xi, and Su Li waited anxiously outside.
• A powerful tremor and energy surge erupted from the chamber, prompting Su Li to lead Qing Lin and Ning Yu Xi into the air to retreat.

Chu Wanqing emerged from the secret chamber after Xiao Ling helped her recover and break through into the Dou Sheng realm, triggering a heavenly phenomenon across Sound Valley. She dispersed the clouds and greeted Su Li, Ning Yu Xi, and Qing Lin, while privately recognizing that Xiao Ling had caused a second phenomenon of his own.

• Chu Wanqing's aura erupted from the secret chamber, and Qing Lin recognized the Saintly might as proof that her young master was safe and stronger than before.
• Su Li concluded that the dark clouds signaled Chu Wanqing's breakthrough into the Dou Sheng realm, while Sound Valley's elders were stopped by a Space Lock around the chamber.
• Chu Wanqing emerged from the energy pillar and realized Xiao Ling had triggered a separate heavenly phenomenon, likely by creating a Heavenly Tier technique.
• Chu Wanqing dispersed the dark clouds and sensed the immense power of her new Dou Sheng realm as memories of her time with Xiao Ling made her blush.
• Su Li and Ning Yu Xi congratulated Chu Wanqing, and Qing Lin introduced herself respectfully as a junior from Starfall Pavilion.

Chu Wanqing thanked Su Li, Ning Yu Xi, and Qing Lin before leaving Sound Valley to settle old grudges, while Qing Lin waited near Xiao Ling’s sealed cultivation chamber. Inside, Xiao Ling reflected on how the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had helped him and Chu Wanqing survive the toxin crisis and refine their power.

• Chu Wanqing told Qing Lin that Xiao Ling was safe and still cultivating, then revealed the restored cultivation chamber and its protective restriction.
• Chu Wanqing instructed Su Li and Ning Yu Xi to manage Sound Valley and prepare Xiao Ling’s reward before leaving to deal with her old grudges.
• Qing Lin sensed cold and Thunder Gang energy mixed with Xiao Ling’s scorching aura, then chose a nearby room to rest while the tiny Serpentine Magical Beasts covered her with a blanket.
• Rayquaza felt its senses briefly connect with Xiao Ling, then curled up to rest after sharing the strain of their connection.
• Xiao Ling opened his eyes in the overheated chamber and recalled how the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Five Spirit Flame Heaven Flame, and Rank 8 Nine-Colored Pill’s medicinal power had helped him and Chu Wanqing refine the toxins and strengthen their cultivation.

Xiao Ling reached Four-Star Dou Zun, gained Chu Wanqing’s jade hairpin and resolved to become strong enough to control their relationship. As he refined the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame and Fen Jue advanced to the Heavenly Tier, the story shifted to Starfall Pavilion, where Mu Qingluan announced her breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Chu Wanqing absorbed most of the refined energy, healed her injuries, and broke through to Dou Sheng, while Xiao Ling advanced to Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ling recalled Chu Wanqing’s departure and kept the jade hairpin she had left, which could summon her aid up to three times.
• Xiao Ling resolved to grow strong enough to defy Chu Wanqing’s attempt to end their ties, then began refining the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.
• As Xiao Ling refined the flame, Fen Jue absorbed the essence of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and became a low-level Heavenly Tier cultivation technique.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Mu Qingluan told Feng Xian and Yao Chen that she had broken through to Dou Zong at the Tianshan Blood Pool.

Feng Xian warned Mu Qingluan that Feng Qing'er would be a major rival at the Four Pavilion Conference, while Yao Chen proposed that Xiao Ling lead Starfall Pavilion’s younger disciples. Xiao Ling reunited with Qing Lin, then went to Sound Valley to collect his commission reward, where Su Li asked him about the Grand Elder’s recovery and sudden departure.

• Feng Xian told Mu Qingluan to prepare for Feng Qing'er and the other pavilions at the Four Pavilion Conference, and Mu Qingluan vowed to defend Starfall Pavilion’s honor.
• Yao Chen urged Feng Xian to let Xiao Ling lead Starfall Pavilion’s young disciples to the conference, and Feng Xian agreed to discuss the task with him when he returned.
• Xiao Ling appeared in Qing Lin’s courtyard, reunited with her, and agreed to visit Sound Valley to collect his reward before returning to Starfall Pavilion.
• Su Li and Ning Yu Xi discussed the Sound Valley Grand Elder’s unexplained absence, then welcomed Xiao Ling and Qing Lin to the main hall.
• Su Li asked Xiao Ling what had happened while he treated the Grand Elder and why she had left Sound Valley after breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm.

After healing Sound Valley’s Grand Elder, Xiao Ling accepted the promised reward of choosing a treasure and followed Ning Yu Xi into the vault. As its doors opened, he brought out Little Sable to help search, while Little Sable complained that the Pure Yuan Treasure he and Yan were forging was still far from complete.

• Xiao Ling told Su Li that Heavenly Flames and a Grade 8 Pill had helped the Grand Elder break through, and Su Li let him choose freely from Sound Valley’s treasures.
• Su Li and the First Elder discussed building ties with Xiao Ling, including the possibility of bringing him and Ning Yu Xi together, while a woman in white secretly objected to the idea.
• Ning Yu Xi led Xiao Ling and Qing Lin to the guarded vault entrance, where an elderly woman used matching jade tokens to grant them access.
• Ning Yu Xi explained that Spirit-Melding Stones lining the corridor absorbed Soul Power, then led Xiao Ling and Qing Lin to the ancient stone door and opened it with the token.
• Xiao Ling summoned Little Sable and offered him an eighth-grade spirit fruit, then asked about the Pure Yuan Treasure; Little Sable said its forging was progressing slowly.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin explored Sound Valley's Treasure Vault, where they selected a flute and sound wave Dou Techniques before reaching a collection of rare medicinal ingredients. Xiao Ling discovered the Fate Reversal Twin Lotus and learned that Sound Valley would let him take it if he could put the rare treasure to use.

• Ning Yu Xi opened the Treasure Vault and explained how Sound Valley's instruments enhanced sound wave Dou Techniques.
• Qing Lin accepted the Frost Condensing Flute as a gift from Ning Yu Xi.
• Xiao Ling chose Heavenly Resonance Brahma Chant, while Qing Lin selected Ethereal Flute Illusionary Dream Melody, and Xiao Ling learned the Cloud Riding Heaven Transformation Art.
• Ning Yu Xi led Xiao Ling and Qing Lin to the medicinal ingredients, where Xiao Ling admired the rare collection.
• Xiao Ling spotted the Nì Mìng Wǎng Shēng Lián, and Ning Yu Xi explained its opposing life and death lotuses and offered it to him if he could use it.

Xiao Ling obtained the Nì Mìng Wǎng Shēng Lián from Sound Valley, hoping to study it and create a pill to revive Little Sable. As Xiao Ling left for the approaching Pill Gathering, Chu Wanqing reappeared in Sound Valley and reprimanded Su Li for teasing Ning Yu Xi about him.

• Little Sable recognized the Nì Mìng Wǎng Shēng Lián as a treasure that could balance life and death, and Xiao Ling promised to study it for a revival pill.
• Ning Yu Xi gave Xiao Ling the Nì Mìng Wǎng Shēng Lián, and he collected several other rare medicinal herbs before leaving the Treasure Vault.
• Xiao Ling invited Su Li and Ning Yu Xi to the Pill Gathering, declared his intention to win, and departed with Qing Lin on Rayquaza.
• After Xiao Ling left, Su Li teased Ning Yu Xi about being a match for him, and Ning Yu Xi admitted she would not oppose associating with him.
• Chu Wanqing appeared, scolded Su Li and Ning Yu Xi over their conduct, then disappeared; Su Li and Ning Yu Xi hurried back to Sound Valley after realizing the Grand Elder had returned.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin headed back toward Starfall Pavilion before planning a later trip to the Beast Domain, while Zi Yan and Medusa prepared to travel there to await them. The chapter ended with Starfall Pavilion flourishing and Iron Sword Venerable training its disciples after breaking through to Three-Star Dou Zun.

• Xiao Ling told Qing Lin they would return to Starfall Pavilion first and visit the Beast Domain after the Pill Gathering, where he expected to find many treasures.
• Zi Yan subdued the Blood Fiend Mad Lion in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, and Medusa joined her after breaking through to the eighth tier.
• Medusa told Zi Yan that Xiao Ling's group would soon return to Starfall Pavilion, so Zi Yan agreed to go there with her.
• Zi Yan and Medusa rode the Void Shattering Dragon Eagle toward Starfall Pavilion while the Blood Fiend Mad Lion remained behind.
• Iron Sword Venerable trained Starfall Pavilion disciples after emerging from secluded cultivation and reaching Three-Star Dou Zun.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin returned to Starfall Pavilion after a long journey, where Yao Chen agreed to help develop a pill to restore A Diao’s body. Xiao Ling then hurried to meet Zi Yan and Medusa, who had been waiting at his residence.

• Xiao Ling arrived at Starfall Pavilion on Rayquaza, and Wind Venerable introduced him and Qing Lin to the gathered elders and disciples.
• Feng Xian told Xiao Ling that two friends had come to see him, and Xiao Ling went to meet Yao Chen at the pavilion.
• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen that he had reached Four-star Dou Zun and asked for help creating a pill to give A Diao a body.
• Yao Chen examined Xiao Ling’s notes and the Nì Mìng Wǎng Shēng Lián, agreed to help research the pill, and asked Xiao Ling to visit daily for Alchemy lessons.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Ling that Zi Yan and Queen Medusa were waiting for him, so Xiao Ling and Qing Lin hurried to their residence.
• Zi Yan ate spirit fruits in Xiao Ling’s Medicine Garden while Medusa reminded her not to eat too much.

Xiao Ling reunited with Zi Yan and Medusa at Starfall Pavilion, helped them become Guest Elders, and agreed to attend the Four Pavilion Conference with Mu Qingluan. After returning to his room, he used his three remaining draws and received an Immortal Origin Ancient Seed, a movement technique, and a residual image of Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi.

• Zi Yan joyfully rushed into Xiao Ling's arms, and he reunited with her and Medusa after returning to Lingyue Peak with Qing Lin.
• Medusa reproached Xiao Ling for leaving her behind and demanded twenty Form Transformation Pills; Xiao Ling apologized and agreed to provide them.
• Xiao Ling toured Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan and Medusa, and Feng Xian appointed both women as Guest Elders.
• Feng Xian asked Xiao Ling to represent him and lead Mu Qingluan to the upcoming Four Pavilion Conference, and Zi Yan accepted on Xiao Ling's behalf.
• Xiao Ling returned to his room and used his remaining three draws, receiving an Immortal Origin Ancient Seed, "Taiqing Roaming Heaven Steps," and a residual image of Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi.

Xiao Ling planned to seek Qing Zhi’s Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and learned that the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone was making progress on a Pure Yuan Treasure and Destiny Talisman. With Yan’s help, he broke the meditation cushion and released the Cosmos Ancient Array, whose light shot into his body.

• Xiao Ling considered asking Qing Zhi to teach him the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and planned to enlist the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone and Little Sable if needed.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone, which said it needed ninth-tier healing pills to fully recover and expected to finish the Pure Yuan Treasure and Destiny Talisman in four or five months.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone revealed that the Destiny Talisman already bore four Ancestral Symbol imprints and would be complete once it carried all Eight Ancestral Symbols.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone identified Xiao Ling’s meditation cushion as the seal for the Cosmos Ancient Array, and Little Sable recognized it as a rare divine object.
• At Yan’s direction, Xiao Ling struck and shattered the meditation cushion, releasing a dazzling glimmer that flew into his body.

Xiao Ling subdued the Cosmos Ancient Array and discovered that it could fuse Dou Qi with Soul Power and decompose objects. The next morning, he surveyed Starfall Pavilion, greeted Mu Qingluan, and was joined by Medusa.

• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone guided Xiao Ling to use the Ancestral Stone to suppress the Cosmos Ancient Array and find its core.
• Xiao Ling connected with the Cosmos Ancient Array and quickly subdued it with the Ancestral Stone's support.
• Xiao Ling activated the array to fuse Dou Qi and Soul Power, then decomposed a jade bottle without harming the Sixth-grade Pills inside.
• Little Sable ate the intact pills, refused to let Xiao Ling test the decomposition beam on it, and retreated into the Bone Flame Ring.
• After resting through the night, Xiao Ling went to the mountaintop and saw Mu Qingluan training; she noticed him and waved.
• Medusa approached Xiao Ling and asked if he was admiring the scenery.

Xiao Ling discussed Queen Medusa’s plans for the Snake People Race and agreed that she could travel with him and Zi Yan after the Pill Gathering. He then gave Yao Chen an Immortal Origin Ancient Seed to cultivate and stayed to study Alchemy under his instruction.

• Xiao Ling promised Queen Medusa twenty Form Transformation Pills, and she explained that she needed them to support the Snake People Race.
• Xiao Ling planned to visit the Beast Domain and later take Zi Yan back to the Northwest Continent, so Queen Medusa decided to accompany them rather than return to her people immediately.
• Zi Yan appeared, objected to visiting the Beast Domain, then reluctantly agreed to go with Xiao Ling after he promised she would not be left behind at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling went to Starfall Pavilion’s main hall and gave Yao Chen and Feng Xian an Immortal Origin Ancient Seed for cultivation.
• Yao Chen took Xiao Ling away to teach him Alchemy, and he was pleased with Xiao Ling’s progress in refining Rank 8 Pills.