Chapter Summaries

Mu Qingluan won the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly after Feng Qing'er conceded, giving the Starfall Pavilion the chief pavilion position. The next day, Mu Qingluan told Ye Changge that Feng Qing'er had conceded to repay him for sparing her at the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.

• Venerable Huangquan carried Wang Chen away and scolded him after his loss, while Ye Changge gave him healing and Dou Qi-restoring pills.
• Mu Qingluan defeated Wang Chen, then prepared to face Feng Qing'er in the final match.
• After a fierce clash, Feng Qing'er claimed her Dou Qi was exhausted and conceded, saying she was repaying a favor owed to Mu Qingluan.
• Venerable Lei announced Mu Qingluan as the assembly's winner and named the Starfall Pavilion chief pavilion for the term.
• The next day, Mu Qingluan told Ye Changge that Feng Qing'er had conceded because he had spared her at the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, and she blamed him for denying her a fair victory.

Ye Changge brought Mu Qingluan to the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda while Venerable Feng negotiated the merger of the four pavilions with the other three Pavilion Masters. After learning that Yao Chen was alive and recovering, the three leaders agreed to the merger if they could meet him, and he appeared before them unnoticed.

• Ye Changge told Mu Qingluan that cultivating the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s secret arts in its sacred grounds could get her killed.
• Venerable Feng gave Venerable Lei a Venerable Extreme Pill and asked the three Pavilion Masters to decide on merging the four pavilions.
• Venerable Feng offered more Eighth-grade Medicinal Pills and revealed that Yao Chen had survived and recovered.
• Venerable Lei, Venerable Jian, and Venerable Huangquan agreed that the merger was possible if they could meet Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen appeared in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda without the three Pavilion Masters sensing his arrival, and Venerable Lei asked whether he had reached the Half-Saint realm.

Yao Chen secured the merger of the four pavilions into the Four Directions Pavilion, keeping the plan secret while he opened spatial channels. Ye Changge learned that Yao Chen was his teacher and was set to cultivate in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda.

• Yao Chen arrived at Wind Lightning Pavilion, announced his advancement to Dou Saint, and persuaded the three pavilion masters to merge their pavilions under his leadership and Gu Ling’s.
• Yao Chen said they would conceal the merger for three to five years and spend the next month opening spatial channels between the pavilions.
• Yao Chen offered Venerable Extreme Pills to Venerable Jian and Venerable Huangquan and arranged for Ye Changge to cultivate Three Thousand Lightning Movement in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda.
• Mu Qingluan learned that Ye Changge was her senior brother and fled upstairs in embarrassment after discovering that everyone had kept his identity secret from her.
• Yao Chen told Ye Changge the merger had succeeded and explained that the spatial network would connect the four regions and could help the Ye Clan rise faster.

Ye Changge cultivated the Three Thousand Lightning Movement at the Wind Lightning Pavilion before traveling with Old Yao to Burning Flame Valley. There, he met Valley Master Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er and prepared to discuss his purpose for visiting.

• The Western Pavilion Master escorted Ye Changge into the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda, where Feng Qing'er helped him cultivate the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to the “Lightning Blink” realm over a month.
• Ye Changge learned that Gu Ling and Mu Qingluan had returned to arrange the Four Directions Pavilion merger, then asked Old Yao to take him to Burning Flame Valley for the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Old Yao used his spatial power to carry Ye Changge to the Blazing Fire Mountain Range, and they flew to Burning Flame Valley.
• Tang Zhen received Ye Changge in a hall with his daughter Tang Huo'er present and asked why he had come.
• Ye Changge asked Tang Zhen to dismiss those around them, but Tang Zhen said only he and Tang Huo'er were present and invited Ye Changge to speak.

Ye Changge introduced his teacher, Yao Chen, to Tang Zhen, who questioned the visitor’s identity and intentions. After Yao Chen and Ye Changge showed off their Heavenly Flames, Old Ancestor Huoyun arrived and recognized Yao Chen as an old acquaintance.

• Yao Chen appeared beside Ye Changge and told Tang Zhen he had returned after surviving his tribulation and wanted to visit Old Ancestor Huoyun.
• Tang Zhen sent Tang Huo'er to fetch Huoyun while Yao Chen reassured him and revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Chen asked Ye Changge to display his five Heavenly Flames, then urged Tang Zhen to show the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.
• Tang Zhen summoned his inherited flame and explained how Burning Flame Valley protected it, while Ye Changge and Yao Chen discussed it excitedly.
• After half an hour, Huoyun arrived carrying Tang Huo'er, recognized Yao Chen, and greeted him with excitement.

Old Yao negotiated an alliance with Burning Flame Valley by offering pills to heal Old Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Huo'er, while Ye Changge requested access to the valley's secret art and a child flame. The elders challenged the decision to share the art, and Old Ancestor Huoyun violently enforced his authority.

• Old Yao offered Old Ancestor Huoyun an Eighth-grade pill to heal his injuries in exchange for help against the Hall of Souls, and Huoyun agreed.
• Old Yao diagnosed Tang Huo'er with damage from the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame and arranged for Ye Changge to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for her.
• Ye Changge asked to study the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and obtain a child flame of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame; Old Ancestor Huoyun required verification that the flame's origin would remain unharmed.
• Tang Huo'er reported that the Second Elder and Third Elder opposed sharing the secret art with an outsider, and Huoyun grew angry.
• Third Elder Wu Chen questioned Tang Zhen's decision, so Old Ancestor Huoyun blasted him out of the hall and made the Second Elder kneel in apology.

Old Ancestor Huoyun backed Tang Zhen against Burning Flame Valley’s Council of Elders and arranged for Ye Changge to receive the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame sub-flame. Ye Changge had the Fallen Emperor Flame swallow it and began circulating the Flame Mantra to digest it.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun reprimanded Tang Zhen, then told him to test whether a sub-flame could be separated and instructed Tang Huo'er to take Ye Changge to the Dou Technique Pavilion.
• Tang Huo'er led Ye Changge to the Pavilion’s third floor to use the inheritance crystal for the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Old Yao gave Ye Changge a jade box holding the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame sub-flame and explained that it was unlikely to advance the Flame Mantra by half a grade.
• Ye Changge summoned the Fallen Emperor Flame, which chased down and swallowed the nine silver dragons of the sub-flame.
• Ye Changge began circulating the Flame Mantra to help the Fallen Emperor Flame digest the sub-flame.

Ye Changge and Yao Chen refined a Fire Bodhi Pill to treat Tang Huo'er's Heavenly Flame injury, while Ye Changge's Flame Mantra remained unchanged after consuming a Fallen Emperor Flame sub-flame. The pill's formation drew Burning Flame Valley's attention, and Ye Changge said the next question was how many colors of Pill Lightning it would have.

• Ye Changge absorbed the Fallen Emperor Flame sub-flame, advancing to seven-star late-stage Dou Zong without improving the Flame Mantra's rank.
• Old Yao and Ye Changge arrived to refine medicine for Old Ancestor Huoyun, and both showed off Heavenly Cauldrons ranked above Tang Zhen's Mountain Melt Cauldron.
• Old Yao and Ye Changge began refining a high-grade seventh-grade Fire Bodhi Pill, and Tang Huo'er later received the finished pill for her Heavenly Flame injury.
• Old Yao's cauldron trembled and released a deep cyan pillar of light as the pill began to form, drawing Old Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Zhen to the sealed plaza.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun asked whether the refinement had succeeded, and Ye Changge told him to ask how many colors of Pill Lightning would appear.

Yao Chen refined an Eighth-grade Medicinal Pill for Old Ancestor Huoyun, while Ye Changge used the pill lightning to strengthen his Earthly Demon Puppet. After Huoyun recovered, he agreed to ally with Starfall Pavilion, and Ye Changge prepared to leave as Tang Huo'er asked whether he was going.

• Ye Changge summoned his Earthly Demon Puppet to withstand the Five-Colored Pill Lightning, and the puppet fought through the storm as its silver body began turning gold.
• Old Yao caught the escaped pill, sealed it in a jade box, and gave it to Old Ancestor Huoyun to heal his injuries.
• Seven days later, Old Ancestor Huoyun recovered, then left with Tang Zhen to form an alliance with Starfall Pavilion.
• Old Yao and Old Ancestor Huoyun discussed building a secret alliance to wage war on the Hall of Souls, while Ye Changge and Tang Huo'er attended them.
• Tang Huo'er asked Ye Changge if he was leaving, and he teased her about not wanting him to go.

Ye Changge hunted Poison Beasts in Fallen God Gorge to draw out the Seven-star Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast. After the beast and its two Dou Zong subordinates confronted him, Ye Changge summoned an enormous wolf formed from Heavenly Flames to repel their attack.

• Tang Huo'er invited Ye Changge to visit Starfall Pavilion, and Ye Changge and Old Yao left the Blazing Fire Mountain Range.
• Ye Changge searched Fallen God Gorge for the Seven-star Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and decided to kill Poison Beasts to force it to appear.
• Over three days, Ye Changge killed twenty Sixth-tier Poison Beasts and thirty-seven Fifth-tier Poison Beasts.
• The Seven-star Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast arrived with two Dou Zong subordinates and a Poison Beast Tide, while Ye Changge prepared to claim its Magic Core and blood essence.
• The fat and thin Dou Zong subordinates attacked Ye Changge, but an enormous wolf formed from Heavenly Flames struck them down.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast recognized Ye Changge's Invisible Wolf as a Fire Spirit formed from Heavenly Flames.

Ye Changge used five Heavenly Flame spirits and the Earthly Demon Puppet to battle the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, injuring it and revealing his Emperor Seal Art. The beast invoked its ties to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and tried to absorb poison gas, but discovered that the surrounding poison had been blocked.

• Ye Changge summoned four more Fire Spirits, which charged into the beast tide while the Invisible Wolf attacked the Scorpion Domain’s two Dou Zong experts.
• Ye Changge sent the Nine-star Dou Zong Earthly Demon Puppet to fight the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, then struck the beast’s exposed back with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• The Earthly Demon Puppet punched the wounded beast, which revealed its true form and fired a compressed blood-red beam at Ye Changge and the puppet.
• Ye Changge stopped the beam with the Overturning Sea Seal, leading the beast to identify the technique as the Ancient Clan’s Emperor Seal Art.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast warned Ye Changge that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would avenge it, then failed to absorb the poison gas surrounding the battlefield.

Ye Changge killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, extracted its Magic Core, and refined its blood essence. Back in the Star Realm, he asked Old Yao to use his position in the Pill Tower to hold the next Pill Gathering early so he could compete for a chance to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast burned his origin and attacked Ye Changge, but Ye Changge's five spirits and Earthly Demon Puppet stopped him and shattered his heart with the Five-Wheel Separation Fire Array.
• As he died, the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast sent a Blood Soul Imprint toward Ye Changge, but Ye Changge dismissed it and extracted his Magic Core.
• Ye Changge used Heavenly Flames to refine the beast's blood essence, then returned to the Star Realm after half an hour.
• Ye Changge told Old Yao he wanted to enter the Pill Gathering, place in the top ten, and reach the Star Region to collect the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Ye Changge asked Old Yao to use his status as the Pill Tower's fourth giant to push for the Pill Gathering to be held before its scheduled date in eight years.

Ye Changge and Yao Chen persuaded the Pill Tower’s four giants to hold the Pill Gathering seven years early, using the Three Thousand Burning Flame crisis and a plan to trap the Hall of Souls as justification. The giants agreed in principle and prepared to seek the ancestor’s final approval before announcing the change.

• Ye Changge told Old Yao that the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s weakening seal threatened Holy Pill City and proposed using an early Pill Gathering to lure the Hall of Souls into a trap.
• Old Yao agreed to push for the gathering to be held a year and a half later, giving Ye Changge time to raise his strength.
• Yao Chen told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Heavenly Thunder Child that he wanted to move the Pill Gathering forward and revealed Starfall Pavilion’s alliances against the Hall of Souls.
• Xuan Yi and Heavenly Thunder Child supported Yao Chen’s plan, and Xuan Kongzi agreed after finding no flaw in it.
• The four giants decided to seek the ancestor’s approval before announcing the Pill Gathering seven years early.

The Pill Tower moved the Pill Gathering seven years forward because Three Thousand Burning Flame threatened to break free, while secretly using the event to draw out Hall of Souls spies. After training for over a year, Ye Changge traveled with Yao Chen and Venerable Tianhuo to Holy Pill City, where Yao Chen introduced him to the Pill Tower Three Giants.

• The Pill Tower announced that the Pill Gathering would be held seven years early, and rumors spread that Three Thousand Burning Flame was close to escaping its seal.
• The Pill Tower Three Giants investigated a leak and used the early Pill Gathering to expose Hall of Souls spies while alchemists across the continent prepared to compete for Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• After one year and three months of cultivation, Ye Changge reached peak Nine-star Dou Zong and brought his soul realm close to the Spirit Realm.
• Yao Chen told Ye Changge that the Pill Gathering was four months away and that they would leave for Holy Pill City the next day.
• Ye Changge, Yao Chen, and Venerable Tianhuo arrived in Holy Pill City, where Yao Chen introduced Ye Changge to the Pill Tower Three Giants.
• Yao Chen introduced Xuan Yi as his woman and told Ye Changge to call her Aunt Xuan.

Xuan Kongzi discussed the Pill Tower’s young alchemists with Ye Changge and learned that Xuan Yi had made Ye Xinlan her Direct Disciple. The chapter left the Ye Clan’s place among the Five Great Families temporarily secure, while the Pill Gathering’s sudden schedule change threatened the Pill Tower’s younger generation.

• Xuan Kongzi praised Ye Changge’s talent and compared him with his disciple Cao Ying, while Old Yao boasted that he had raised Ye Changge from birth.
• Xuan Kongzi listed the Pill Region’s leading young alchemists, including Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Song Qing, Cao Xiu, Dan Xuan, Bai Ying, and Qiu Ji.
• Heavenly Thunder Child predicted that the declining Ye Clan would soon lose its place among the Five Great Families, but Xuan Kongzi revealed that Xuan Yi had accepted Ye Xinlan as a disciple.
• Xuan Yi confirmed that Ye Xinlan was her Direct Disciple and said the girl’s talent could help preserve the Ye Clan’s standing at the next assessment.
• Xuan Kongzi guessed that the Ye Clan had approached Xuan Yi through Ye Changge, but Ye Changge denied arranging it on the clan’s behalf.
• Heavenly Thunder Child lamented that the Pill Gathering had been moved forward by seven years, leaving the Pill Tower’s young alchemists unprepared to compete.

Ye Changge secured his qualification for the Pill Gathering and prepared to compete for Three Thousand Burning Flame while the Pill Tower readied for a possible Hall of Souls attack. He arrived at the packed plaza with Venerable Tianhuo as the Pill Gathering began.

• Xuan Kongzi, Heavenly Thunder Child, Old Yao, and Ye Changge discussed protecting the Pill Tower's younger alchemists and preparing to catch the Hall of Souls attempting to seize Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Old Yao and the Three Giants left to reinforce the seal in the Star Region, while Ye Changge stayed in the inner district with Venerable Tianhuo.
• Ye Changge passed the Pill Tower's qualification assessment with a Heaven-tier rating, then practiced alchemy for two months and earned a seventh-tier high-grade alchemist badge.
• Old Yao sent Ye Changge and Venerable Tianhuo to the Pill Gathering while he went to monitor Holy Pill City with the Three Giants.
• Ye Changge and Venerable Tianhuo arrived at the crowded central plaza, where three figures appeared on the highest platform after the bells rang.

The Pill Gathering began with the Spirit Illusory Realm trial, where Ye Changge navigated the illusion and observed the Pill Tower elders. After the first two rounds concluded, he emerged with the required medicinal ingredients, and Xuan Yi sensed that his soul had begun touching the Spirit Realm.

• Xuan Kongzi opened the Pill Gathering and sent the participants into the Spirit Illusory Realm while the Pill Tower Three Giants discussed the Hall of Souls.
• Yao Chen appeared beside the Three Giants, and Xuan Yi agreed not to harm innocent participants while pursuing Hall of Souls members.
• Ye Changge explored the dark-gray mist, recognized that it trapped weaker alchemists in illusions, and identified the turtle-riding elder as a Pill Tower eighth-tier alchemist.
• Ye Changge noticed Old Man Muggu among those gathered near the passage.
• Elder Lin ended the first and second rounds and inspected the medicinal ingredients of participants who had reached the square.
• Ye Changge came out of the spatial gate, and Xuan Yi sensed an aura of the Spirit Realm from him.

Ye Changge entered the third round of the Pill Gathering and revealed a Heavenly Flame that overwhelmed Old Man Muggu’s Netherworld Demonic Flame. Old Yao vowed to deal with Old Man Muggu during the battle for the Star Region, while Cao Ying watched Ye Changge from a distance.

• Old Yao identified Old Man Muggu as the Hall of Souls’ envoy and said he would personally deal with him in the Star Region.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the start of the third assessment, and Ye Changge chose a remote Stone Platform.
• Old Man Muggu summoned his Netherworld Demonic Flame and provoked Ye Changge.
• Ye Changge released the pressure of his Heavenly Flame, making Old Man Muggu’s flame recoil in fear and unsettling the other contestants’ flames.
• Ye Changge mocked Old Man Muggu, while Cao Ying calmed her Blood Demon Flame and watched Ye Changge with mixed feelings.

Ye Changge began refining an upgraded Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill for the Medusa Queen during the Central Continent Pill Gathering. As the Pill Tower Three Giants questioned the pill, Yao Chen revealed its purpose, leaving them stunned and impressed.

• Xuan Kongzi and Heavenly Thunder Child noticed Ye Changge's powerful formless flame, and Yao Chen said he had fused four or five Heavenly Flames.
• Ye Changge began refining the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, intending to upgrade it to the eighth tier and produce Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• The Pill Tower Three Giants watched Ye Changge work but could not identify the pill he was refining.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Yao Chen about the pill, and Yao Chen revealed Ye Changge was making a Medusa bloodline medicine as a gift for the Medusa Queen.
• Xuan Kongzi was stunned, while Heavenly Thunder Child praised Ye Changge and Xuan Yi admired his devotion.

Ye Changge continued refining his pill as the Pill Gathering narrowed to its final competitors and the remaining alchemists began forming Eighth-grade Medicinal Pills. Qinghua finished a Three-Colored Pill Lightning pill and hoped to place in the top ten to gain access to the Star Region and pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Ye Changge refined the Dragon Blood Ganoderma and began processing the Bone Spirit Fruit while the Pill Tower Three Giants watched and praised his technique.
• Over the following days, alchemists formed pills of progressively higher grades, and the competitors dwindled until only six remained, all nurturing Eighth-grade Medicinal Pills.
• A young alchemist from the Northern Region formed his pill first, withstanding Two-Colored Pill Lightning before staying on his platform to watch the others.
• On the twelfth day, Qinghua began forming his pill, summoned Three-Colored Pill Lightning, and shattered it with a palm strike.
• Qinghua formed his Eighth-grade Medicinal Pill and aimed to place in the top ten to obtain a quota for the Star Region and seek the Three Thousand Burning Flame.