Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling entered the Star Domain with the Pill Gathering group and reached the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame, where he began trying to subdue it. After entering its Source Flame, he pretended to represent the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and presented an Ancient Dragon Token, startling the flame awake.

• Xiang Jinsong led Xiao Ling and the others through the scorching Star Domain and warned them not to anger Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The group found Three Thousand Burning Flame coiled in the void, and Xiang Jinsong gave Xiao Ling the first chance to attempt to subdue it.
• Xiao Ling approached the dragon, noticed the seal covering its scales, and sent his Soul Power into an uncovered scale.
• Xiao Ling entered the flame’s inner space and found its sleeping Mini Dragon Source Flame.
• Xiao Ling claimed he had come on behalf of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, displayed an Ancient Dragon Token, and commanded Three Thousand Burning Flame to reveal itself.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame opened its eyes and stared at Xiao Ling in confusion, doubt, and excitement.

Xiao Ling persuaded the Three Thousand Burning Flame to accept his help by claiming the Ancient Void Dragon Clan sought to honor its late master's final wish. The flame agreed to accompany him while keeping its Spiritual Wisdom, and Xiao Ling returned to the Star Domain to announce that he would refine it there.

• Xiao Ling showed the Three Thousand Burning Flame a token bearing the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Dragon Might and told it that its master had died in battle, leaving instructions for the clan to find and protect it.
• Xiao Ling explained that the flame had been sealed in the Star Domain of Holy Pill City and that he had won the right to contact it as an envoy of East Dragon Island.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame questioned Xiao Ling's motives, but agreed to travel with him after he warned that the Alchemist Tower might erase its Spiritual Wisdom and subdue it by force.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame required Xiao Ling to preserve its Spiritual Wisdom and take it to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's territory; Xiao Ling accepted and said he would bring it to Ancient Dragon Island.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame agreed to be subdued and refined, and Xiao Ling withdrew his consciousness from it.
• Xiao Ling returned to his body, told Cao Ying and the onlookers that the Three Thousand Burning Flame had agreed to submit, and announced that he would refine it in the Star Domain.

Xiao Ling convinced the others that Great Void Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire had chosen to follow him, then remained in the Star Domain to refine its Source Flame. After his companions departed, he began suppressing the flame’s resistance with the Ancestor Stone while cultivating through the Fen Jue.

• Great Void Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire awakened, but Xiao Ling calmed the group by showing that it accepted his touch and would obey him.
• Xiao Ling explained that his secret art let him subdue multiple Heavenly Flames, and Xiang Jinsong agreed to lead everyone out so Xiao Ling could refine the flame undisturbed.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen expressed concern for Xiao Ling, shared an affectionate farewell with him, and left the Star Domain with the others.
• Alone with Great Void Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire, Xiao Ling promised to honor its trust, and the flame gave him its Source Flame.
• Xiao Ling absorbed the Source Flame and used the Ancestor Stone to suppress its resistance as he refined it with the Fen Jue.

After Xiao Ling gained the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s recognition and began refining it, Xuan Kongzi confirmed that he was safe while the others waited in Holy Pill City. Zi Yan then took Medusa and Qing Lin to the Beast Domain to help Qing Lin prepare for a breakthrough, leaving the story with Xiao Ling still refining the flame.

• Xiang Jinsong told Xuan Kongzi and the others that Xiao Ling had been recognized by the Three Thousand Burning Flame and was refining it inside the Star Domain.
• Cao Ying explained that Xiao Ling possessed a secret art that let him subdue multiple Heavenly Flames, while Old Man Qing Hua left disappointed and the other visitors departed.
• Xuan Kongzi entered the Star Domain, saw the flames protect Xiao Ling and repel him, and returned reassured that Xiao Ling’s refinement was going smoothly.
• Zi Yan sensed through her Dragon Seal that Xiao Ling was stable, and Medusa voiced concern about his rapid progress.
• Zi Yan proposed taking Qing Lin to the Beast Domain to subdue high-tier Serpentine Magical Beasts, then used the Power of Space to take Qing Lin and Medusa away.

Xiao Ling completed more than two months of cultivation in the Star Domain, refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and broke through to Seven-Star Dou Zun. He returned to Holy Pill City, where Little Sable and the three great heads of the Pill Tower awaited him.

• Xiao Ling emerged from seclusion after two and a half months and confirmed that he had reached Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ling used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to devour all the Starlight Force flames in the Star Domain before returning the flame to his body.
• Xiao Ling opened a Space Gate and traveled back to Holy Pill City, where Little Sable watched his arrival from a pagoda.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi welcomed Xiao Ling and praised his success in subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi offered Xiao Ling access to the Pill Tower's people, resources, and confidential intelligence, and Xiao Ling hurried to his residence to see Little Sable.

Xiao Ling reunited with Little Sable, who described how the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill had revived him and advanced his cultivation. In Holy Pill City, Xiao Ling gave Cao Ying and Dan Chen inheritance talismans, while preparing to refine his own Destiny Talisman and eventually spread Talisman Master cultivation across the Dou Qi Continent.

• Xiao Ling congratulated Little Sable on returning to life, and Little Sable explained that the pill had helped him reach the Transmigration Realm and the plane's Half-Saint Realm.
• Little Sable told Xiao Ling that Zi Yan and the others had gone to the Beast Domain, and Xiao Ling decided to wait for them in Holy Pill City while handling other matters.
• Xiao Ling gave Cao Ying and Dan Chen mysterious talismans, which they pressed to their foreheads to absorb the information within.
• The Ancestral Spirit revealed that Xiao Ling's Destiny Talisman contained a trace of the Eight Ancestral Symbols' essence, and Xiao Ling planned to refine it after returning to Starfall Pavilion.
• The Ancestral Spirit estimated that Cao Ying and Dan Chen could reach the Immortal Talisman Master realm, and Xiao Ling said he intended to spread Talisman Master cultivation across the Dou Qi Continent on his own terms.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen awakened from the seal inheritance and decided to cultivate as Talisman Masters, recognizing how well the path suited their Soul Power and alchemical talents. Xiao Ling explained the method’s supposed origins and revealed that he had not yet begun cultivating it himself, while planning to use the women’s progress to strengthen his influence over the Alchemist Tower.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen recovered from the inheritance’s revelations, and Xiao Ling teased them until their shock began to fade.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen praised Talisman Master cultivation and recognized that combining it with Alchemy could make them far stronger in combat.
• Xiao Ling urged both women to study the path, then claimed its teachings had been recovered from Ancient Ruins where Talisman Masters had once flourished.
• Dan Chen asked about Xiao Ling’s own cultivation and Natal Spirit Talisman, and he said his Destiny Seal was ready but that he had not yet begun training as a Talisman Master.
• Cao Ying remarked that Xiao Ling’s Soul Power could let him reach the major completion realm of an Immortal Talisman Master, while Xiao Ling asked the women to become his capable assistants.
• Xiao Ling planned to use Cao Ying and Dan Chen’s cultivation to increase his influence over the Alchemist Tower before sharing the method more widely.

Xiao Ling brought Cao Ying and Dan Chen to the luxurious residence the Pill Tower had prepared for him in Holy Pill City, where they met Little Sable and teased him about his lack of romantic experience. After the women settled in, Xiao Ling asked Little Sable about the teleportation array, and Little Sable said its preparations were nearly complete.

• Xiao Ling accepted Cao Ying and Dan Chen's request to stay near him and brought them to his new residence in Holy Pill City.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen admired the lavish estate, and Xiao Ling explained that President Xuan Kongzi had arranged its construction with his input.
• Little Sable teased Xiao Ling about bringing back two beautiful young women, and Xiao Ling teased him in return before easily dispelling his attack.
• Xiao Ling left Cao Ying and Dan Chen to choose rooms while he and Little Sable went to his quarters.
• Xiao Ling asked about the teleportation array, and Little Sable said its preparations were nearly finished despite differences between this plane and the Tian Xuan Continent.

Little Sable continued refining the first Spatial Teleportation Array on the Dou Qi Continent after his resurrection and breakthrough to Half-Saint, while Xiao Ling left him to work. Elsewhere, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Medusa traveled across the Beast Domain with captured Serpentine Magical Beasts, and Medusa grew less worried about provoking the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan.

• Little Sable told Xiao Ling that he still needed to adjust key array nodes, then showed him the unfinished Spatial Teleportation Array.
• Xiao Ling left high-grade spirit fruits for Little Sable and returned to his Alchemy Room.
• Zi Yan praised Qing Lin for capturing more than twenty Seventh-tier and six Eighth-tier Serpentine Magical Beasts, and Qing Lin thanked Zi Yan, Medusa, and Rayquaza for their help.
• Medusa recalled how she, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin defeated three Nine Nether Underworld Python experts who had threatened to take her away; Qing Lin subdued two, while the third escaped and vowed revenge.
• Medusa's worries about causing Xiao Ling trouble eased as she reflected that he would protect her, and she resolved to spend more time with him.

After an afternoon of alchemy study, Xiao Ling encountered Dan Chen alone in the moonlit courtyard and invited her to walk with him. Their tender evening ended at his room, where Dan Chen watched him leave with a newly sharpened resolve.

• Xiao Ling left the Alchemy Room late at night and noticed Dan Chen sitting alone in the pavilion by the pond.
• Xiao Ling teased Dan Chen after overhearing her wish to live with him, then invited her to walk beneath the moonlight.
• Xiao Ling took Dan Chen's hand, and the two walked together through the courtyard.
• At Xiao Ling's room, he said goodbye and suggested they visit Holy Pill City's night market together another time.
• After Xiao Ling went inside, Dan Chen clenched her hands and silently became more resolute.

Dan Chen asked Xiao Ling to stay with her for the night, and he agreed despite his mixed feelings about her age and the meaning behind her request. They entered his bedroom and shared a passionate kiss, leaving their intimacy poised to go further.

• Dan Chen told Xiao Ling she was uncomfortable sleeping alone and asked him to sleep with her.
• Xiao Ling agreed and led Dan Chen into his room, where she closed the door behind them.
• Dan Chen embraced Xiao Ling from behind and tried to kiss him but could only reach his chin.
• Xiao Ling lifted Dan Chen's chin and kissed her, and they held each other closely for nearly five minutes.
• Dan Chen rested against Xiao Ling's chest as their affection intensified and they faced what might happen next.

Xiao Ling and Dan Chen shared a tender bath and grew more comfortable with each other before moving to the bed. Dan Chen told Xiao Ling she was ready, and he leaned toward her as their intimacy began.

• Xiao Ling gently helped Dan Chen wash in the bath, easing her nervousness.
• Xiao Ling carried the freshly bathed Dan Chen to the bed and laid her down.
• Xiao Ling kissed Dan Chen, and she gradually became more confident and responsive.
• Xiao Ling asked whether Dan Chen was ready, and she said she had been waiting for this.
• Xiao Ling leaned toward Dan Chen as she closed her eyes with a happy smile.

Dan Chen and Xiao Ling woke together after their first night as a couple, then shared breakfast in the courtyard. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached the Blazing Dome Ancient Region to search for the two rumored Heavenly Flames.

• Dan Chen woke in Xiao Ling's arms, and the two teased each other before dressing and leaving the bedroom.
• Xiao Ling and Dan Chen ate pastries and breakfast together in the courtyard, feeding each other and laughing.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Blazing Dome Ancient Region after leaving the Star Domain and examined an old map of the volcanic region.
• Xiao Yan hoped the rumors about two Heavenly Flames were true, then flew into the depths of the valley.

Cao Ying confronted Xiao Ling about his relationship with Dan Chen, then visited him late at night to admit her jealousy and seek reassurance. She asked him to prove that he liked her, hinting that she did not want to fall far behind Dan Chen.

• Cao Ying accused Xiao Ling of pursuing Dan Chen, and Xiao Ling said they were mutually in love before redirecting the conversation to alchemy and Talisman Master cultivation.
• Xiao Ling, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen exchanged insights in the Alchemy Room, and Little Sable mused about finding wives and leaving behind a Sky Demon Sable bloodline.
• Cao Ying came to Xiao Ling's room late at night, saying she could not sleep and wanted to talk.
• Cao Ying leaned against Xiao Ling, complained that he had chosen Dan Chen before her, and asked him to prove that he liked her.

Xiao Ling shared an intimate moment with Cao Ying as Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Medusa returned to Holy Pill City. In the Blazing Dome Ancient Region, Xiao Yan escaped a volcanic eruption with a valuable stone block but left a powerful Heavenly Flame behind, planning to tell his cousin about it.

• Xiao Ling kissed Cao Ying and carried her to the bath, where they shared an intimate moment.
• Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Medusa arrived in Holy Pill City aboard a silver Spacecraft and hurried away from the crowd.
• A volcano erupted violently in the Blazing Dome Ancient Region, forcing nearby beasts and cultivators to flee.
• Xiao Yan escaped the eruption using the Flying Dou Technique his cousin had given him.
• Xiao Yan examined the dark-red stone block he had recovered and regretted being unable to claim the powerful Heavenly Flame underground.

Xiao Ling said goodbye to Cao Ying and Dan Chen after the Pill Gathering and returned to his residence, where Zi Yan and the others waited beside the Spatial Teleportation Array. After rejoining them, he prepared to leave Holy Pill City with the group.

• Xiao Ling told Cao Ying and Dan Chen he had to return to Starfall Pavilion, and promised he would visit them again.
• Zi Yan studied the Spatial Teleportation Array but could not understand how it worked, and Little Sable offered to teach her about spatial formations.
• Zi Yan and Little Sable traded playful insults until Qing Lin stepped in and asked when Xiao Ling would arrive.
• Xiao Ling returned to the secret chamber and brushed aside Zi Yan's questions about the medicinal fragrance on him.
• Little Sable urged everyone to test the teleportation array, and Xiao Ling, Zi Yan, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Little Sable stepped onto it.

Little Sable activated the Spatial Teleportation Array and sent Xiao Ling and four others away from Holy Pill City, while Zhu Li followed through a Space Rift. The group arrived in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range as Xiao Yi Xian sensed their arrival from Lingyue Peak.

• Little Sable powered the Spatial Teleportation Array with Seventh Stage Magic Cores and concealed its energy with a barrier.
• The array enveloped Xiao Ling and four others in light and teleported them away; Zhu Li noted that the group had vanished and then left through a Space Rift.
• At Lingyue Peak, Feng Qing'er brought pastries to Xiao Yi Xian, who reflected on Feng Qing'er’s place at Starfall Pavilion and her own concern about Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed a disturbance outside Starfall Pavilion as a beam of light struck a stone peak in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
• The light faded, revealing Xiao Ling and four companions atop the peak.

Xiao Ling and his companions returned to Starfall Pavilion through a Spatial Teleportation Array, where Yao Chen and Wind Venerable welcomed them. Little Sable thanked Yao Chen for helping revive him and agreed to stay at Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Ling.

• Xiao Ling and his companions arrived in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, and Little Sable discussed the teleportation array's uses with Xiao Ling.
• Yao Chen sensed their return and told Wind Venerable that Little Sable had reached the Half-Saint realm.
• Xiao Ling and Little Sable greeted Yao Chen and Wind Venerable at Starfall Pavilion after Zi Yan, Medusa, and Qing Lin went to Lingyue Peak.
• Xiao Ling introduced A Diao as his revived companion, and A Diao thanked Yao Chen for helping create the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill recipe.
• Yao Chen invited A Diao to stay at Starfall Pavilion, and A Diao agreed.

Xiao Ling explained the Talisman Master cultivation method to Yao Chen and Wind Venerable, then proposed using it to strengthen Starfall Pavilion and eventually influence the Alchemist Tower. He gave Yao Chen a rare flame talisman inheritance to help him begin studying the path, leaving Yao Chen ready for the work ahead.

• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen and Wind Venerable that he had discovered a cultivation method focused on Spiritual Power, which people on the Dou Qi Continent called Soul Power.
• Yao Chen and Wind Venerable were intrigued by the Talisman Master cultivation method and recognized its potential for powerful alchemists and cultivators.
• Xiao Ling proposed that Yao Chen study the method, that Wind Venerable introduce it to talented Starfall Pavilion disciples, and that they later use it to influence the Alchemist Tower.
• Xiao Ling gave Yao Chen a rare flame talisman inheritance, and Yao Chen stored it away and accepted that he would have much to study.

Xiao Ling arranged for Little Sable to settle on a mountain near Lingyue Peak, then hurried back to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian. They welcomed each other warmly and embraced after a long separation.

• Little Sable asked Xiao Ling to arrange a separate mountain peak for him, and Xiao Ling told him to seek help from the Affairs Pavilion using his Elder Token.
• Xiao Ling left Little Sable and returned to Lingyue Peak while Little Sable headed off to make his own arrangements.
• Zi Yan spotted Xiao Ling's return and led Xiao Yi Xian outside to meet him, while Qing Lin and Medusa stayed behind.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian exchanged greetings and told each other they had missed one another.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian embraced as Zi Yan celebrated their reunion.