Chapter Summaries

Old Man Muggu completed his pill at the Pill Gathering and revealed that he had joined the Hall of Souls, provoking the Pill Tower and the crowd. He openly taunted Xuan Kongzi, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Old Man Muggu ended his lengthy refinement, and his pill summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, surpassing Qinghua’s display.
• The crowd celebrated Muggu’s achievement while Muggu mocked Qinghua and claimed he was stronger than him.
• Muggu revealed his identity and declared that being an alchemist gave him the right to participate in the Pill Gathering despite joining the Hall of Souls.
• Qinghua recognized Muggu’s aura, and the crowd erupted over a Hall of Souls member competing on Pill Tower territory.
• Old Yao urged Xuan Kongzi to perform, but Muggu interrupted and taunted Xuan Kongzi for being unable to stop him.

The Xuanming Elders revealed themselves as two more alchemists capable of drawing Four-colored Pill Lightning, disrupting Muggu’s claim to the Pill Gathering title. Ye Changge then completed his pill and sent a violet-red pillar of energy into the sky, leaving everyone waiting to see how many colors of Pill Lightning he would summon.

• Xuan Kongzi questioned whether Ye Changge could surpass Muggu, and Yao Chen admitted he had never seen his disciple refine an Eighth-grade Medicinal Pill.
• The Xuanming Elders rose from the audience and each drew Four-colored Pill Lightning with a refined pill.
• The Xuanming Elders mocked Muggu and dismissed his demand to know their identities, while Yao Chen recognized them as old acquaintances he had once defeated in an alchemy exchange.
• The eldest Xuanming Elder invited Ye Changge to reveal his nearly completed pill, and Ye Changge recalled the invisible flame from the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Ye Changge’s cauldron erupted with a violet-red pillar of energy, and the crowd waited to learn how many colors of Pill Lightning his pill would draw.

Ye Changge refined a pill that summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, while a brief flicker of purple suggested he had nearly reached the fifth color. As Old Man Muggu mocked him for falling short, Ye Changge considered using more ninth-tier magical beast essence blood to raise the pill’s grade.

• Ye Changge's pill produced green, silver, red, and gold lightning, drawing the crowd’s attention and making Old Man Muggu fear he might lose.
• A faint purple hue appeared in the thunderclouds, but it quickly faded before Five-Colored Pill Lightning could form.
• Old Man Muggu celebrated Ye Changge’s apparent failure, while Xuan Kongzi regretted that Ye Changge’s foundation was not yet strong enough.
• Old Yao suggested Ye Changge might use a secret technique to increase the pill’s spiritual energy, though he did not know which one Ye Changge would choose.
• Ye Changge analyzed his attempt and concluded that two drops of ninth-tier magical beast essence blood might force the pill to reach Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Old Man Muggu insulted Ye Changge, who dismissed him as an idiot.

Ye Changge added a drop of high-level Dou Saint essence blood to his Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, causing it to produce the fifth-colored purple Pill Lightning and establish him as the Pill Gathering champion. Xuan Kongzi questioned Yao Chen about the blood, but Yao Chen refused to reveal where it came from and dismissed the Pill Tower's ancestor as weak.

• Ye Changge taunted Old Man Muggu, then produced a drop of violet-gold essence blood that overwhelmed Muggu with hunger and greed.
• Ye Changge infused the essence blood into his completed Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, making the pill and its thunderclouds surge with power.
• Purple Pill Lightning appeared and swept aside the other colors, prompting the crowd to celebrate Ye Changge's apparent victory at the Pill Gathering.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Yao Chen about the essence blood, and Yao Chen identified it as belonging to a high-level Dou Saint magical beast.
• Yao Chen refused to explain the beast's race or how he obtained the blood, then said the Pill Tower's ancestor was simply too weak.

Yao Chen explained that the Hall of Souls served the Soul Clan and that the Pill Tower’s ancestor was too weak to challenge them, then berated the Pill Tower Three Giants for their slow cultivation. The discussion ended as Xuan Yi turned their attention back to Ye Changge and his Five-Colored Pill Lightning.

• Yao Chen told Xuan Kongzi and the other Pill Tower Three Giants that the ancestor had agreed with his criticism of the ancestor’s weakness.
• Yao Chen recalled how the Three Giants had been defeated by the Great Hall Master of the Hall of Souls and argued that the opponent had been an avatar of a powerful Dou Saint.
• Yao Chen connected the Hall of Souls to the Soul Clan and described it as the clan’s covert outer force.
• Yao Chen criticized the ancestor for being only a six-star Dou Saint and warned that the Soul Clan would have destroyed the Pill Tower if other ancient clans had not restrained it.
• Yao Chen demanded that the Three Giants reach the Half-Saint realm within five years, then remarked that Muggu would soon die by his hand.
• Xuan Yi calmed Yao Chen and redirected everyone’s attention to Ye Changge handling the Five-Colored Pill Lightning.

Ye Changge used his Earthly Demon Puppet to withstand the Five-Colored Pill Lightning, successfully refining his pill while the puppet grew stronger. He then sent it to destroy Old Man Muggu’s Four-colored Pill Lightning, prompting Muggu to accuse him of stealing it.

• The Xuanming Elders offered to help Ye Changge withstand the Five-Colored Pill Lightning, but Ye Changge summoned his Earthly Demon Puppet instead.
• The Earthly Demon Puppet battled the lightning and thunder beasts, absorbing their energy and growing stronger as it protected Ye Changge’s pill.
• After ten minutes, the Earthly Demon Puppet defeated the final thunder beast, the Five-Colored Pill Lightning dispersed, and Ye Changge completed his pill.
• Ye Changge sent the Earthly Demon Puppet toward Old Man Muggu’s Four-colored Pill Lightning, and the puppet smashed it apart before charging into the thunderclouds.
• Old Man Muggu realized what Ye Changge was doing and wailed that Ye Changge had stolen his Pill Lightning.

During the Pill Gathering, Ye Changge used the Earthly Demon Puppet to absorb Old Man Muggu’s and then the Xuanming Elders’ Four-colored Pill Lightning. The puppet finally advanced into a Heavenly Demon Puppet with strength rivaling a Dou Zun, while Muggu was left furious and powerless.

• Xuan Kongzi ruled that Ye Changge had not violated the Pill Gathering rules by helping Muggu withstand Pill Lightning, and Muggu pretended to accept the ruling so he could attack Ye Changge and the puppet.
• Before Muggu could act, the Earthly Demon Puppet absorbed all of his Four-colored Pill Lightning, leaving him stunned and enraged.
• The elder of the Xuanming Elders asked Ye Changge to help withstand their Four-colored Pill Lightning, and Ye Changge sent the puppet to absorb it.
• The Earthly Demon Puppet shattered the final lightning bolts and completed its advancement into a Heavenly Demon Puppet whose strength rivaled a Dou Zun.

Ye Changge completed an Eighth-grade Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and won the Central Continent Pill Gathering. He and the other top contestants learned they would enter the Star Region in two days to try to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Ye Changge completed the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill as the Xuanming Elders departed after encouraging him.
• Xuan Kongzi arranged the competitors’ pills into a tower, with Ye Changge’s pill at its peak, and declared him the champion.
• Xuan Kongzi awarded Ye Changge a place among the future Pill Tower Three Giants, an ancient Profound-tier High-grade soul cultivation method, and one of ten chances to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the Pill Gathering’s top ten and said Grand Elder Qiu Ling would lead them to the Star Region in two days.
• The ten contestants eagerly anticipated the attempt, while the Xuanming Elders’ departure meant they had forfeited their qualifications.

After winning the Pill Gathering, Ye Changge received his eighth-grade alchemist badge and prepared for the Star Region opening. With the trip two days away, he visited Venerable Qinghua to recruit him as a Guest Elder of Starfall Pavilion.

• Mu Gu threatened Ye Changge after the Pill Gathering, and Ye Changge answered that the outcome was still uncertain.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Ye Changge a soul cultivation method, and Xuan Yi presented him with an eighth-grade alchemist badge.
• Old Yao explained that the Pill Tower had strengthened the seals around Three Thousand Burning Flame and would guard against the Hall of Souls when the Star Region opened.
• Ye Changge slept for a day and a night after fifteen days of pill refinement, then decided to seek Venerable Qinghua as a long-term alchemist for Starfall Pavilion.
• Ye Changge visited Venerable Qinghua and directly invited him to become a Guest Elder of Starfall Pavilion.

Ye Changge offered Old Monster Qinghua a Heavenly Flame Sub-flame in exchange for joining Starfall Pavilion, then revealed that he possessed three Heavenly Flames. Qinghua recognized the Flame Mantra and concluded that Yao Chen was alive, leaving Ye Changge trying to deny that he was Yao Chen’s disciple.

• Ye Changge offered to help Qinghua obtain a Heavenly Flame Sub-flame if he joined Starfall Pavilion, and Qinghua agreed to inspect it.
• Ye Changge showed Qinghua three Heavenly Flames, which Qinghua identified as the Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Fallen Heart Flame.
• Qinghua recognized that Ye Changge cultivated the Flame Mantra and asked whether he was Yao Chen’s disciple.
• Ye Changge tried to leave, but Qinghua questioned him about Yao Chen and insisted that Yao Chen was still alive.
• Qinghua guessed that Yao Chen was hiding in Starfall Pavilion, while Ye Changge protested that he had never claimed to be Yao Chen’s disciple.

Xuan Kongzi opened the Star Region and sent Ye Changge and the other entrants inside, where Old Man Muggu confronted a mysterious figure. Yao Chen appeared, drove Three Thousand Burning Flame aside, and helped the Pill Tower reseal it, leaving Muggu horrified to see someone he believed dead.

• Xuan Kongzi opened the Star Region at midday and ordered Qiu Ling to lead Ye Changge and the other nine entrants inside.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other two vanished after the group entered, and a voice warned Old Man Muggu that he would not take Three Thousand Burning Flame away.
• Old Man Muggu retreated to the Hall of Souls' three Venerables and demanded that the unseen speaker reveal himself.
• Yao Chen appeared above Three Thousand Burning Flame and casually sent it away with a wave of his hand.
• Xuan Kongzi sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame again while Yao Chen watched.
• Old Man Muggu trembled and asked how Yao Chen could be alive after Muggu had witnessed his death.

Yao Chen revealed that he had lured Old Man Muggu and the Hall of Souls venerables to the Pill Tower to settle their old feud. When the group failed to escape, Old Man Muggu attacked Yao Chen with his Netherworld Demonic Flame Arm.

• The Hall of Souls venerables recognized Yao Chen as a Dou Saint, and Old Man Muggu confirmed his identity.
• Yao Chen told Old Man Muggu that he had killed Han Feng and explained that he had arranged the Pill Gathering to lure Muggu to the Pill Tower.
• Yao Chen challenged Muggu's claims that he had been forced into betrayal, while Muggu grew furious and accused Yao Chen of causing his downfall.
• A Hall of Souls venerable crushed a Spatial Jade Slip to escape, but Yao Chen sealed the spatial rift before he could flee.
• Old Man Muggu summoned the Netherworld Demonic Flame, transformed his arm, and charged at Yao Chen.

Old Yao subdued Old Man Muggu and the Hall of Souls Venerables, then left the Star Region with them. Ye Changge stayed behind to claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame, whose rune drew them into a linked soul space where he transformed into a giant golden dragon.

• Old Yao forced Old Man Muggu to kneel, knocked him unconscious, and killed a fleeing Hall of Souls Venerable before ordering the two remaining Venerables to carry Muggu.
• Old Yao greeted Ye Changge and Old Monster Qinghua, then departed through a spatial rift with Muggu and the two Venerables as Qiu Ling led the others away.
• Ye Changge tried to make the Three Thousand Burning Flame submit, tricked it into thinking Old Yao had arrived, and revealed a violet-gold rune linked to the flame’s golden forehead rune.
• The rune transported Ye Changge into a violet-black soul space, where the Three Thousand Burning Flame challenged him to a battle of souls.
• Ye Changge transformed into a golden dragon ten times larger than the flame’s violet-black dragon form and asked it to continue speaking.

Yao Chen extracted information from Old Man Muggu and returned to the Central Continent, where he formed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and launched a war against the Hall of Souls. As the fighting settled into a stalemate, Ye Changge remained in the Star Region, devouring the purple-black flames left by Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Yao Chen used his Heaven-tier Great Perfection soul power to interrogate Old Man Muggu, leaving him an idiot but learning useful information about the Hall of Souls.
• The Pill Tower declared total war on the Hall of Souls, while Yao Chen revealed he was alive, reclaimed the Starfall Pavilion, and merged the four pavilions into the Four Directions Pavilion with Ye Changge as Young Pavilion Master.
• Yao Chen formed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with the Pill Tower, Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Ice River Valley, and became its temporary Alliance Leader.
• Heavenly Mansion attacked several Hall of Souls branch halls, beginning a war that eventually reached a stalemate without either side's Dou Saint experts joining the fighting.
• In the Star Region, Ye Changge began devouring the purple-black flames formed from the power of the stars that Three Thousand Burning Flame had absorbed.

Ye Changge devoured the Three Thousand Burning Flame, advanced to the late seven-star Dou Zun Realm, and evolved the Flame Mantra to low-grade Heaven Rank. After returning to the Four Directions Pavilion, he reunited with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body had worsened; he promised to use the Poison Pill Method to cure it.

• Ye Changge absorbed every flame in the Star Region, reaching the late seven-star Dou Zun Realm and evolving the Flame Mantra to low-grade Heaven Rank.
• Ye Changge returned to the Pill Tower and confirmed his success to Xuan Kongzi, then gave Qinghua the offspring flame of the Three Thousand Burning Flame to keep.
• Ye Changge, Old Yao, Venerable Tianhuo, and Qinghua returned to the Four Directions Pavilion, where Ye Changge reunited with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Medusa explained that she had handed over leadership of the Serpent People, while Xiao Yi Xian had delayed leaving the Chu Yun Empire and her Calamity Poison Body had worsened.
• Ye Changge warned Xiao Yi Xian not to take such risks again and said he would use the Poison Pill Method in a few days to resolve her Calamity Poison Body.

Qing Lin told Ye Changge that Xiao Qing had swallowed a Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent's soul and was evolving, while she planned to visit the Beast Region to strengthen her bloodline. Ye Changge prepared to take Xiao Yi Xian to the Ye Clan for the Poison Pill Method, then secretly visited Medusa that night, where their playful argument turned into a struggle over who would be on top.

• Qing Lin explained that Xiao Qing swallowed a Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent's soul and was undergoing a deep bloodline evolution.
• Ye Changge said Xiao Qing might become an Eight-Headed Heavenly Serpent and warned Qing Lin that the Nine Nether Earth-Devouring Python Clan might hunt her if they learned about her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin planned to visit the Beast Region while Xiao Qing recovered, and Ye Changge told her to rest before he and Xiao Yi Xian went to the Ye Clan to use the Ancient Sunfire Altar for the Poison Pill Method.
• Medusa silently invited Ye Changge to visit her at night, and he sneaked into her room during the third watch.
• Medusa confronted Ye Changge for ignoring her earlier hint, and they began playfully wrestling over who would be on top before the lights went out.

Ye Changge left Medusa’s room and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Venerable Tianhuo to the Ye Clan to use its Ancient Sunfire Altar. He released the Heavenly Capital Seal on Xiao Yi Xian and contained the poisonous mist, preparing to use the Heavenly Flames to draw the poison toward her abdomen.

• Ye Changge evaded Qing Lin’s questions about Medusa, while Medusa teased Qing Lin about her budding figure.
• Ye Changge set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Venerable Tianhuo after Old Yao warned him to guard against a possible Hall of Souls attack.
• Ye Zhong welcomed Ye Changge to the Ye Clan and agreed to let him use the Ancient Sunfire Altar.
• Ye Changge and Xiao Yi Xian entered the altar, where Venerable Tianhuo stood guard as Ye Changge opened its stone enclosure.
• Ye Changge removed Xiao Yi Xian’s Heavenly Capital Seal, and the altar’s light suppressed the poisonous mist that erupted from her body.
• Ye Changge prepared to send the Heavenly Flames into Xiao Yi Xian’s body to force the poison toward her abdomen.

Ye Changge helped Xiao Yi Xian refine her accumulated poison into a Poison Pill, raising her to early Three-star Dou Zun, then arrived at the Heavenly Tomb with Xun'er and the others. After the tomb opened, he identified the Yao Clan as his main target and set his sights on the Ninth Nether Wind Flame.

• Ye Changge used the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's Magic Core and Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva to help Xiao Yi Xian compress her poison into a Poison Pill.
• Three days later, Xiao Yi Xian emerged at early Three-star Dou Zun and promised to protect Ye Changge before they returned to prepare for the Ancient Clan's invitation.
• At the gathering of the eight clans, Hun Ya and Yao Xingji agreed to join forces against Ye Changge, each seeking a different reward.
• The Heavenly Tomb opened, and Ye Changge entered with Xun'er after bidding farewell to Old Yao.
• Inside the Heavenly Tomb, Ye Changge told Xun'er that he was interested in the Yao Clan and its Ninth Nether Wind Flame, while Xun'er vowed to help him kill Ren Yaozi if he attacked.

After three months of training in the Heavenly Tomb, Ye Changge and Xun'er reached the second level, where Soul Clan and Yao Clan members ambushed them. Ye Changge realized the Yao Clan had joined the attack to seize his Flame Mantra, and prepared to face them.

• Ye Changge and Xun'er spent three months absorbing energy cores, reaching the peak of eight-star and seven-star Dou Zun respectively.
• Ye Changge and Xun'er traveled to the first level's deepest point and crossed the energy barrier into the second level.
• Hun Ya and three other attackers ambushed them, and Ye Changge evaded their strikes with Xun'er.
• Ye Changge taunted Hun Ya about the Soul Clan treating the Yao Clan as livestock, unsettling Hun Ya while Yao Xingji dismissed the remark as an attempt to divide their alliance.
• Yao Xingji revealed that he wanted Ye Changge's Flame Mantra and insulted him as a member of a discarded clan.

Ye Changge used his Heavenly Demon Puppets to divide the enemy forces, then fought Hun Ya while Xun'er confronted Hun Li. A system reward gave Ye Changge a chance to summon a Ye Clan Dou Emperor's Soul Body, raising his hopes for the clan's return.

• Ye Changge summoned eleven Heavenly Demon Puppets and combined ten of them into a puppet with strength comparable to a nine-star Dou Zun.
• Yao Xingji and Yao Li activated their clan patterns and fought the empowered puppet, while Ye Changge faced Hun Ya.
• Ye Changge overpowered Hun Ya in their first clash and received a system reward granting a Ye Clan Dou Emperor's Soul Body summon and an unrestricted spatial summoning formation.
• Xun'er fought Hun Li, revealed strength at the peak of seven-star Dou Zun, and struck him with her flaming whip.