Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling woke beside Cao Ying and Dan Chen, then took them to meet Yao Chen and the Pill Tower leaders. The group discussed Yao Chen’s proposal to establish an independently managed hall for the Talisman Master cultivation method, and Xuan Kongzi believed the Little Pill Tower elders might approve it.

• Xiao Ling woke with Cao Ying and Dan Chen and reminded them that they had a morning meeting with Yao Chen and Xuan Kongzi.
• Cao Ying asked about Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ling explained that his cousin was cultivating in a sealed side room and did not need another master.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen met Yao Chen at the Pill Tower and explained that they had admired his reputation since childhood.
• Yao Chen teased Cao Ying and Dan Chen for staring at him, then joked with Xuan Kongzi about Cao Ying's admiration for him.
• Yao Chen asked whether the Little Pill Tower elders would accept his proposal for a new independent hall, and Xuan Kongzi said Xiao Ling's standing made approval likely.

Xiao Ling, Yao Chen, and the others traveled to the Little Pill Tower to seek the First Elder’s approval for reopening its branch halls. They met the First Elder, who recognized Yao Chen’s Three-star Dou Sheng cultivation and praised Xiao Ling’s early breakthrough, leaving the group poised to discuss their proposal.

• Yao Chen agreed to visit the Little Pill Tower, and Xuan Kongzi opened a Space Passage for the group.
• Xiao Ling and the others arrived at the Little Pill Tower’s medicinal gardens, where reclusive Alchemy Grandmasters tended rare herbs and greeted Yao Chen.
• Xuan Kongzi led the group through the mountains toward the First Elder’s residence and explained that the First Elder had to approve their plan to reopen the branch halls.
• The group met the First Elder, who sensed that Yao Chen had reached Three-star Dou Sheng and Xiao Ling had recently entered the Dou Sheng realm.
• The First Elder welcomed Yao Chen and Xiao Ling, recalled their histories with the Dan Tower, and praised Xiao Ling’s talent.

Xiao Ling and Yao Chen proposed teaching the Talisman Master cultivation method throughout the Pill Tower, and Cao Ying and Dan Chen demonstrated its combat power to convince the First Elder. After the First Elder agreed to the partnership and began discussing its terms with Yao Chen, Xiao Ling took Cao Ying and Dan Chen to explore the Little Pill Tower and trade for rare herbs.

• Xuan Kongzi explained that Talisman Master cultivation used Soul Power to fight and could strengthen alchemy, prompting the First Elder to take an eager interest.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen displayed their Talisman Master abilities by striking the First Elder with a combined hand seal that he easily blocked.
• The First Elder praised the method and promised to meet the Pill Tower's terms so it could be taught throughout the organization.
• Xiao Ling entrusted Yao Chen with explaining the partnership's terms, and the First Elder invited him and the Pill Tower's Three Titans into the pavilion to discuss instruction and resources.
• Xiao Ling toured the Little Pill Tower with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, helping them trade for rare medicinal herbs.

Yao Chen and Xiao Ling established the Spirit Talisman Hall within the Pill Tower, with strict membership and secrecy rules protecting the Talisman Master inheritance. As the hall’s first disciples began training, Xiao Ling saw Yao Chen was overwhelmed and brought him a helper, whom he was about to introduce.

• Yao Chen and Xiao Ling agreed to create the autonomous Spirit Talisman Hall, with Xiao Ling as Hall Master and Yao Chen managing its affairs.
• Yao Chen set admission standards and used the Heart Wave Tree to verify applicants’ secrecy oaths.
• The Spirit Talisman Hall publicly presented itself as a place to study Soul Dou Techniques, while its approved members learned the Talisman Master cultivation method.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and other disciples discovered that Talisman Master cultivation could improve both their combat ability and their alchemy.
• Xiao Ling visited the busy Yao Chen with a young man he had chosen to help manage the Spirit Talisman Hall.

Xiao Ling brought Little Sable back to help Yao Chen manage the newly founded Spirit Talisman Hall, then returned with Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion. There he sensed Xiao Yi Xian breaking through to the Half-Saint Realm and hurried toward Lingyue Peak.

• Xiao Ling introduced Little Sable to Yao Chen, who welcomed him as a helper for the Spirit Talisman Hall.
• Xiao Ling hosted a banquet where Little Sable met Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi and joined the Spirit Talisman Hall's circle.
• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen and Little Sable he planned to return to Starfall Pavilion, leaving them to handle the hall's affairs.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan used a teleportation array to travel from Holy Pill City to the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, and Xiao Ling offered to teach Xiao Yan how to set one up.
• Xiao Ling sensed Xiao Yi Xian breaking through to the Half-Saint Realm and rushed to Lingyue Peak while Xiao Yan returned to the pavilion.

Xiao Ling helped Qing Lin contain the disturbance from Xiao Yi Xian’s breakthrough, then reunited with Qing Lin as Xiao Yi Xian successfully reached the Half-Saint Realm. The three reunited at Lingyue Peak, where Xiao Ling promised to help Qing Lin tame powerful serpent pets.

• Xiao Ling saw that Xiao Yi Xian’s Half-Saint breakthrough overwhelmed Qing Lin’s concealment formation and used his Spiritual Power to seal the aura around Lingyue Peak.
• Qing Lin recognized Xiao Ling, flew into his embrace, and told him how much she had missed him.
• Xiao Yi Xian completed her breakthrough and emerged from the peak, and Xiao Ling and Qing Lin congratulated her.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Qing Lin for protecting her and promised to take her to the Beast Domain to find high-level Serpentine Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Ling promised to help Qing Lin tame ninth-tier serpent pets, and the three walked together through the courtyard.

Xiao Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin traveled to the Beast Domain, where Qing Lin gained several powerful serpent Magical Beasts, including a Nine Nether Underworld Python elder. Back at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Ling gave Mu Qingluan a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Sect Breaking Pill, and she took him to her residence to massage him.

• Xiao Ling led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin into the Beast Domain to find high-tier serpent Magical Beasts for Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue several Eighth-tier serpents and an Eighth-tier peak Nine Nether Underworld Python elder, who revealed what he knew about his clan.
• Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin after Qing Lin had gathered her serpent pets.
• Mu Qingluan asked Xiao Ling for help reaching Dou Zun, and he gave her a peak-quality Rank 8 Nine-Colored Sect Breaking Pill.
• Mu Qingluan embraced and kissed Xiao Ling, then invited him to her residence to massage his shoulders and waist.
• Mu Qingluan massaged Xiao Ling until she was exhausted and fell asleep, and Xiao Ling held her as they drifted off together.

Xiao Ling trained Mu Qingluan at Lingyue Peak and treated her injuries before Qing Lin brought Nalan Yanran to see him. Nalan Yanran pleaded with Xiao Ling to save her master, leaving her master’s crisis unresolved.

• Xiao Ling sparred with Mu Qingluan and corrected her Dou Qi control until she was exhausted.
• Xiao Ling used life energy to heal Mu Qingluan’s strains, then spent time with her in the gazebo.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ling that Nalan Yanran had arrived anxiously and was waiting outside the barrier.
• Xiao Ling invited Nalan Yanran into the courtyard after recalling her and her companions’ years at Starfall Pavilion.
• Nalan Yanran bowed to Xiao Ling and pleaded with him to save her master.

After Nalan Yanran reported that Soul Hall had captured Yun Yun, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and several Starfall Pavilion deacons, Xiao Ling promised to rescue them and began investigating. He learned the ambush had been arranged in secret by a Hun Clan Dou Zun, confirming that the operation was connected to him.

• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Ling that Soul Hall ambushed her group in Black Wind Canyon and took Yun Yun, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and the other deacons prisoner.
• Xiao Ling promised Nalan Yanran he would rescue Yun Yun and asked Qing Lin to help her recover.
• Xiao Ling informed Feng Xian about the ambush and decided to leave with Qing Lin and Xian'er, while keeping Yao Lao as possible backup.
• Xiao Ling questioned Soul Hall branch informants through the Myriad Soul Banner and learned that a Hun Clan Dou Zun had secretly organized the operation.

Xiao Ling learned that the Hun Clan had captured Heavenly Fire Venerable to lure him into a trap, and he set out to rescue him while sending Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to raid weakened Hall of Souls branch halls. At Earth Fiend Hall, Old Ghost Di Mo revealed his allegiance to Xiao Ling by killing Blood Fiend Venerable and dismissing the Hall of Souls as a pawn in his master's scheme.

• Xiao Ling used his soul slaves to confirm that the Hun Clan had captured Heavenly Fire Venerable as bait and was waiting to ambush him at Earth Fiend Hall.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin three Heavenly Demon Puppets and orders to raid understaffed branch halls for their Soul Origin while he went to rescue Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin accepted Xiao Ling's jade talismans for emergency support and departed for their targets.
• Xiao Ling tore open a Space Rift and traveled toward the Northern Region to begin his counterattack.
• At Earth Fiend Hall, Old Ghost Di Mo told Blood Fiend Venerable that Xiao Ling would come, then killed him and declared that the Hall of Souls had been a pawn in his master's schemes.

Xiao Ling arrived at Falling Soul Cliff, trapped the region behind a spatial barrier, and infiltrated Earth Fiend Hall to rescue Heavenly Fire Venerable and the Starfall Pavilion members. He appeared in their underground prison and Blood River Heavenly Venerable attacked him, hoping to alert Saint Gu You.

• Xiao Ling emerged from a Space Rift, and Old Ghost Di Mo knelt and reported that he had cleared the sentries as ordered.
• Xiao Ling told Old Ghost Di Mo to guard the perimeter, then used his Destiny Seal to seal Falling Soul Cliff behind a powerful spatial barrier.
• Xiao Ling sensed Heavenly Fire Venerable and the Hall of Souls forces inside Earth Fiend Hall, suppressed his presence, and infiltrated the hall.
• Blood River Heavenly Venerable taunted the captive Heavenly Fire Venerable and Starfall Pavilion members, explaining that they were bait for Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling appeared atop a stone pillar in the prison chamber, and Blood River Heavenly Venerable attacked him with a blood-red handprint while trying to alert Saint Gu You.

Xiao Ling defeated and killed Blood River Heavenly Venerable, then freed the Starfall Pavilion captives in the secret chamber. After Yun Yun warned him about the Hall of Souls guards outside, Xiao Ling said his spatial barrier concealed them and prepared to send everyone out of Falling Soul Cliff.

• Xiao Ling destroyed Blood River Heavenly Venerable’s killing attack and tore through his Blood Sea Overflows technique before appearing beside him.
• Xiao Ling strangled Blood River Heavenly Venerable, killed him, and seized his soul after the Venerable realized he was facing a Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ling freed Heavenly Fire Venerable and the other Starfall Pavilion captives by breaking their soul locks, then acknowledged that two members were missing and promised to support their families.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Ling that Hall of Souls Venerables guarded the area outside the secret chamber.
• Xiao Ling assured Yun Yun that his spatial barrier concealed the chamber and said he would open a Space Passage to send the captives out of Falling Soul Cliff.

Xiao Ling sent the rescued Starfall Pavilion members through a Space Passage while choosing to remain in Earth Fiend Hall and confront its Soul Hall forces. After Yun Yun departed, Xiao Ling summoned ten peak Dou Zun subordinates, then burst out of the secret chamber and faced Bone You Saint and the gathered Soul Hall elites.

• Xiao Ling opened a Space Passage and asked the recovered Heavenly Fire Venerable to lead the Starfall Pavilion members back to safety.
• Xiao Ling refused the group's warnings and stayed behind to face Soul Hall's high-ranking Half-Saint, while Yun Yun asked about Nalan Yanran and then left after learning she was safe.
• Xiao Ling dismissed the Space Passage, summoned ten peak Dou Zun experts from the Myriad Soul Banner, and said he intended to claim the souls of Soul Hall's gathered experts.
• Xiao Ling blasted open the secret chamber's stone gate, injuring the two guards and alerting the Soul Hall forces in Earth Fiend Hall.
• Bone You Saint arrived with the gathered Dou Zun elites, and Xiao Ling challenged them to use every method they had.

Xiao Ling revealed himself in Earth Fiend Hall and effortlessly overwhelmed the Hall of Souls forces with his Dou Sheng power. He impaled Bone You Saint and declared that he would preserve his soul as a slave in the Myriad Soul Banner.

• Xiao Ling emerged from the secret chamber, and Bone You Saint challenged him while dismissing his strength.
• Bone You Saint ordered the Hall of Souls Venerable Elders to attack, but Xiao Ling shattered their soul chains with a single flick and injured them through the backlash.
• Xiao Ling revealed his Dou Sheng aura, shocking Bone You Saint and the surrounding Hall of Souls experts.
• Xiao Ling appeared before Bone You Saint and pierced through his defenses with a dark golden spear, devastating Earth Fiend Hall in the strike.
• Xiao Ling told the mortally wounded Bone You Saint that he would become a soul slave within the Myriad Soul Banner.

Xiao Ling killed Bone You Saint, ordered the Soul Hall elders slaughtered, and broke into Earth Fiend Hall’s hidden Soul Origin repository. He took the Soul Origin for purification and offered the freed souls a choice between joining his Myriad Soul Banner to seek revenge or dispersing into the world.

• Xiao Ling pulled Bone You Saint’s soul from his body and sealed it inside the Myriad Soul Banner.
• Xiao Ling ordered his Banner Slaves to kill every Soul Hall elder, then entered the hidden chamber beneath Earth Fiend Hall.
• Xiao Ling broke the chains binding the Soul Origin and took it into the Ancestral Stone for the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone to purify.
• Xiao Ling told the freed Soul Light Clusters they could join his banner and serve him while seeking revenge, or leave and disperse between heaven and earth.

Xiao Ling absorbed the tortured souls in the Earth Fiend Hall into the Myriad Soul Banner, then raided more than ten Hall of Souls branches and gathered Soul Origin before returning toward Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. Hun Miesheng learned of the destruction and ordered the Hall of Souls to investigate Xiao Ling and kill him if an opportunity arose.

• One Soul Light Cluster entered the Myriad Soul Banner first, and the other souls followed, driven by hatred of the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Ling collected the souls and Soul Origin from the ruined Earth Fiend Hall, then left to attack other Hall of Souls strongholds.
• Over the next day, Xiao Ling destroyed several branches, looted their resources, and gathered over a hundred thousand souls before reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• A Great Heavenly Venerable found a branch hall reduced to ruins and reported the destruction of more than ten branches to Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng connected the attacks to the expert who had dealt with Gu You, ordered a report to the Hun Clan, and commanded his subordinates to track Xiao Ling and strike if they could.

After refining Soul Origin, Xiao Ling followed the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone’s advice to focus on improving his Dou Qi and planned a journey to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan for its ancient inheritance. He intended to bring Qing Lin and Medusa, then encountered Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei in the pavilion.

• Xiao Ling absorbed Soul Origin and strengthened his Spiritual Power until he neared the late Heavenly Realm.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone warned Xiao Ling that his Dou Qi lagged behind his Spiritual Power and advised him to focus on cultivation.
• Xiao Ling decided to seek the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and subdue the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan to help Qing Lin advance.
• Xiao Ling recalled that the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python inheritance could help Medusa, and decided to return to the Northwest Continent and bring her along.
• Xiao Ling left his cultivation chamber and found Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei chatting in the pavilion.

During a moonlit gathering, Xiao Ling offered Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran protection and a chance to travel with him back to the Northwest Continent. After the three women left to prepare, Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Ling about their feelings for him, and he reaffirmed his devotion to her and Qing Lin.

• Xiao Ling promised to request a Dou Zun-level puppet to protect Ya Fei from the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Ling invited Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran to return to the Northwest Continent with him, and they agreed to depart from Lingyue Peak the next day.
• Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran left to prepare for the journey and gather gifts for their relatives and friends.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Ling about the three women's affection for him, while Qing Lin agreed with her observations.
• Xiao Ling said he would let his relationship with Yun Yun and the others develop naturally, then embraced Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and promised they would always remain most important to him.

Xiao Ling gathered his companions at Lingyue Peak and prepared to leave Starfall Pavilion for the Northwest Continent. After Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan sparred and Nalan Yanran confronted memories of their broken engagement, Xiao Ling opened a Space Passage, astonishing Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Nalan Yanran.

• Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei arrived at Lingyue Peak and watched Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan spar at Dou Zun-level strength.
• Yun Yun comforted Nalan Yanran as she struggled with the contrast between Xiao Yan's rise and their past broken engagement.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan ended their spar, greeted the newcomers, and exchanged awkward pleasantries with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Ling arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Mu Qingluan clung to him and pleaded for him to stay longer.
• Xiao Ling announced that the group would leave for the Northwest Continent and opened a vast Space Passage, shocking Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Ling led his companions through a Space Passage toward the Northwest Continent, while Mu Qingluan returned to Starfall Pavilion. In Jia Ma Imperial City, Jia Xing Tian tried to use Hai Bodong’s connection to Xiao Ling to secure a path for the royal family, then considered a match between Yao Yue and Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Ling stabilized the Space Passage, told Mu Qingluan to wait at Starfall Pavilion, and led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei into it.
• Mu Qingluan watched the passage vanish, then flew back toward Lingyue Peak.
• Xiao Ling summoned a spacecraft so Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei could travel without exhausting their Dou Qi, and piloted the group through the passage toward the Northwest Continent.
• In Jia Ma Imperial City, Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong discussed Hai Bodong’s recent breakthrough and Ya Fei’s progress at Starfall Pavilion.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Hai Bodong to introduce Master Xiao Ling to the royal family so Yao Yue and Yao Ye could gain his guidance, but Hai Bodong said Xiao Ling had become too prominent for him to approach on their behalf.
• Jia Xing Tian reflected on the Xiao Family’s growing power and hoped Yao Yue might marry Xiao Yan to strengthen the royal family’s position.