Chapter Summaries

After spending half a year changing cultivation methods, Xiao Jin greatly increased his strength and prepared to refine the Nihility Devouring Flame. The flame left the Storage Ring after an exchange with Little Bodhi, and Xiao Jin ended the chapter wondering what had happened inside.

• Xiao Jin completed his cultivation-method change, boosting his vitality, Dou Qi control, and combat strength.
• Xiao Jin decided to refine the Nihility Devouring Flame and planned to break through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Jin found that his Storage Ring resisted his summons, while the Nihility Devouring Flame told Little Bodhi it was worried about leaving him alone.
• Little Bodhi pretended to welcome the flame’s departure, and the Nihility Devouring Flame left the Storage Ring in anger.
• Xiao Jin received the Nihility Devouring Flame and asked what had happened inside the ring; the flame said an idiot had failed to see through its act.

Xiao Jin refined the Nihility Devouring Flame, whose power transformed the Tree of Life in his dantian into a body that absorbed and purified energy. While he continued cultivating in seclusion, Zi Yan returned to training after receiving pills from Cai Lin, who also left to strengthen herself through the Dou Emperor Inheritance.

• Xiao Jin questioned the Nihility Devouring Flame, which argued that the Dou Qi Continent was a prison trapping the Heavenly Flames.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame entered Xiao Jin's dantian, where the Purifying Glazed Holy Scripture began refining its energy and its devouring force threatened the surrounding plants.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame stopped the Nihility Devouring Flame from draining the plants, and the Heavenly Flames reshaped the Tree of Life into a flame body with devouring roots and a purifying trunk.
• Xiao Jin cultivated as energy ripples from his body accelerated the growth of nearby plants.
• Zi Yan complained to Cai Lin that Xiao Jin had broken his promise, then accepted his Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pills and entered seclusion again.
• Cai Lin left the Star Domain to continue receiving the Dou Emperor Inheritance, as Yun Yun was doing, and improve her strength after the Soul Hall ambush.

Yao Chen revived at the Two-Star Dou Saint Middle Stage and prepared to seek justice for his parents and himself. He, Xiao Yan, and Skyfire Venerable planned to leave Jia Nan Academy for the Central Plains, while Ancestor Fire Cloud reflected on Xiao Jin’s help and Blazing Flame Valley’s growing strength.

• Yao Chen revived as a Two-Star Dou Saint and thanked Xiao Yan and Xiao Jin for making his return possible.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached Four-Star Dou Emperor after spending years refining the Fallen Heart Flame and preparing Yao Chen’s body.
• Yao Chen invited Skyfire Venerable to travel with them to the Central Plains, and Skyfire Venerable accepted.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan three days to bid farewell at Jia Nan Academy before they set out.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud teased Tang Huo'er about Xiao Jin, then credited Xiao Jin’s pill with helping her refine the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and praised Blazing Flame Valley’s expanded strength.

After three years of seclusion in Sound Valley, Xiao Jin reached Six-Star Dou Zun and returned to the Pill Tower, where Cai Lin and the others were waiting. The chapter ended with Zi Yan clinging to him as he reunited with everyone.

• Xiao Jin refined seven more Heavenly Flames, converted his cultivation technique, and stabilized at Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Jin discovered that his cultivation had reached a bottleneck and decided to leave Sound Valley for the Pill Tower.
• At the Pill Tower, Zi Yan begged the Pill Tower Ancestor to let her visit Xiao Jin, while Cai Lin and the others watched.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor sensed Xiao Jin's return, and Xiao Jin appeared from a spatial rift before the group.
• Zi Yan leaped into Xiao Jin's arms, and he greeted Cai Lin, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian.

After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Jin reunited with his companions and learned how the continent’s forces had changed over the past two years, including the Shi Clan’s disappearance. The chapter left him considering the threat posed by the Nihility Devouring Flame while the Pill Tower Ancestor reminded him of his promise to refine a Bodhi Pill.

• Xiao Jin reunited with Zi Yan, Cai Lin, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then revealed that he had reached Six-Star Dou Zun.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Jin that the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion and Earth Elephant Pavilion had replaced two of the Four Pavilions, and that Starfall Pavilion had grown stronger under Yao Chen, now a Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Jin learned that the Little Pill Tower’s elders had advanced greatly with the Soul Infant Fruits and that Yin Youyao had reached Four-Star Dou Saint Middle Stage.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor reported that the Shi Clan had lost contact after its realm was devoured, and Xiao Jin learned that the Nihility Devouring Flame was responsible.
• Xiao Jin calmed the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame within him and asked whether the Shi Clan could be helped, but the Pill Tower Ancestor said the vanished Shi Realm was nearly impossible to locate.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor reminded Xiao Jin that Huo Yun of Blazing Flame Valley was waiting for him to refine the promised Bodhi Pill.

Xiao Jin reunited with his companions, discussed plans for their future inheritances, and then traveled with his household to Blazing Flame Valley to fulfill his promise to Ancestor Fire Cloud. The chapter ended with Ancestor Fire Cloud offering an alliance in exchange for Xiao Jin marrying Tang Huo'er.

• Xiao Jin enjoyed Qing Lin's cooking and discussed Cai Lin and Zi Yan's future inheritances, as well as a ruin tied to Xiao Yi Xian's Woe Poison Body.
• Cai Lin decided to enter the ruins before Xiao Jin went to the Ancient Clan, while Xiao Yi Xian felt reassured by Xiao Jin's promise to help her.
• After resting for several days, Xiao Jin brought his household to Blazing Flame Valley to discuss the promised Bodhi Pill.
• Tang Zhen welcomed Xiao Jin and was shocked by his Six-Star Dou Zun cultivation and the strength of his companions.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud proposed that Xiao Jin marry Tang Huo'er in exchange for an alliance between Blazing Flame Valley and Sound Valley.

Xiao Jin deflected Ancestor Fire Cloud’s attempt to arrange a match with Tang Huo'er and went to refine the Bodhi Pill. After Tang Zhen learned of Xiao Jin’s connection to Starfall Pavilion, he treated him with even greater deference, and the chapter ended as Ancestor Fire Cloud questioned the extra rare ingredients Xiao Jin had brought.

• Ancestor Fire Cloud suggested that Xiao Jin marry Tang Huo'er, but Xiao Jin refused to treat her feelings as a bargaining chip and changed the subject to the Bodhi Pill ingredients.
• Tang Zhen gave Xiao Jin the prepared materials and led him to the plaza, where Xiao Jin confirmed that his third brother’s teacher was Starfall Pavilion’s Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Tang Zhen realized how powerful Xiao Jin’s backing was and became exceptionally attentive to him at the plaza.
• Tang Huo'er pulled Tang Zhen away, and Ancestor Fire Cloud arrived to watch Xiao Jin refine the pill.
• Xiao Jin took out extra ingredients, including Nine-Turn Fire Ganoderma and Vajra Bodhi Fruit, prompting Ancestor Fire Cloud to ask what they were for.

Xiao Jin modified the Bodhi Pill formula into a Fire Bodhi Pill that could greatly improve a fire cultivator’s chance of becoming a Dou Saint, then began refining it for Ancestor Fire Cloud. By the third day, nine-colored pill lightning gathered overhead, signaling that the pill had succeeded.

• Xiao Jin explained that the Fire Bodhi Pill could let a fire-attributed cultivator bypass the Half-Saint realm and reach Dou Saint, astonishing Ancestor Fire Cloud and the Blazing Flame Valley elders.
• Tang Zhen ordered the square cleared, while Tang Huo'er left to invite Xiao Yan to Blazing Flame Valley to observe the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Jin spent a day and night refining the rare ingredients, then used his soul force to condense them into an embryonic nine-colored pill.
• Xiao Jin nourished the embryonic pill with flames for another day and night as Ancestor Fire Cloud and Tang Zhen watched.
• Nine-colored thunderclouds gathered above the square, and Ancestor Fire Cloud exclaimed that the pill had succeeded.

Xiao Jin completed the Fire Bodhi Pill for Blazing Flame Valley and waited there for Xiao Yan. The brothers reunited, and Xiao Jin confirmed that the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations could help Xiao Yan unlock the Xiao Clan bloodline.

• Xiao Jin subdued the Fire Bodhi Pill Beast, restored it to pill form, and gave the pill to Ancestor Fire Cloud.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud thanked Xiao Jin and prepared to enter seclusion to refine the pill, while Tang Zhen was assigned to host Xiao Jin and his companions.
• Tang Huo'er arrived with Xiao Yan, who enthusiastically embraced Xiao Jin after their years apart.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Jin had refined an Eighth-Grade Medicinal Pill that attracted Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and praised his skill.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Dou Technique Tang Huo'er had mentioned, and Xiao Jin explained that the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations could unlock Xiao Yan's bloodline.

Xiao Jin revealed the Xiao Clan’s former glory and its destruction by the Soul Clan, then urged Xiao Yan to enter the Pill Gathering to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The chapter ended with Xiao Jin recognizing that Nalan Yanran had used a Space Jade Slip to call for help.

• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yan that Xun Er belonged to an Ancient Clan and explained how the Xiao Clan’s Dou Emperor Bloodline had withered.
• Xiao Jin recounted how Xiao Xuan failed to become a Dou Emperor and the Soul Clan’s attack left only a few Xiao Clan survivors.
• Xiao Yan asked about his bloodline and the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, and Xiao Jin promised to investigate at the Ancient Clan in about half a year.
• Xiao Jin urged Xiao Yan to compete in the Pill Gathering, where the top ten could enter the Star Domain and seek a chance to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• A spatial passage opened beside Xiao Jin, who recognized it as the result of Nalan Yanran tearing the Space Jade Slip and took Yun Yun with him to respond.

Nalan Yanran and Han Xue were cornered by the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion after trying to investigate the Han Clan’s imprisonment, while Nalan Yanran’s hidden injuries left her unable to fight. As the protective jade pendant’s barrier began to fail, she hoped that Xiao Yan would answer her signal before the pursuers broke through.

• Nalan Yanran reached Tianbei City and learned that the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion had imprisoned the Han Clan, including Han Xue’s elder sister.
• Nalan Yanran accompanied Han Xue to investigate the stronghold, but Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion Dou Zongs discovered them, and Nalan Yanran’s hidden injuries erupted as they escaped.
• Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion pursuers surrounded Nalan Yanran and Han Xue, and Nalan Yanran used Yun Yun’s protective jade pendant to shield them while sending a signal for help.
• Nalan Yanran told Han Xue that she would not abandon her, and admitted she hoped the person she had signaled would come and forgive her.
• The barrier began cracking after only half an hour of attacks, and Nalan Yanran closed her eyes as a powerful strike fell, regretting that she might never see Xiao Yan again.

Elder Xiong and the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion cornered Nalan Yanran and Han Xue, revealing that the attack on the Han Clan was driven by its connection to the Wind Lightning Pavilion. Just as Elder Xiong prepared to kill them, a Dou Sheng intervened and annihilated him.

• Elder Xiong told Han Xue that the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion targeted the Han Clan because of its alliance with the person who had caused the Wind Lightning Pavilion's destruction.
• Elder Xiong ordered his people to capture Han Xue and Nalan Yanran for the Pavilion Master's judgment, but Han Xue refused to surrender.
• Nalan Yanran pushed Han Xue aside to take Elder Xiong's attack, then countered with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill and wounded his face.
• Elder Xiong gathered his Dou Qi to kill Nalan Yanran, but a Dou Sheng sealed the surrounding space and reached through a spatial crack.
• The unseen Dou Sheng said, "Die," and crushed Elder Xiong into blood mist that vanished before reaching the ground.

Xiao Jin and Yun Yun rescued Nalan Yanran after she was gravely wounded, then Han Xue asked Xiao Jin to save her sister and the Han Clan from the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion. Realizing the Han Clan’s crisis stemmed from his conflict with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Xiao Jin promised to rescue them.

• Xiao Jin and Yun Yun emerged through the spatial passage, and Xiao Jin gave Nalan Yanran an Eighth-Grade Nirvana Life-Returning Pill to stabilize her condition.
• Yun Yun killed the attackers and crippled the sole surviving Dou Sect, whom she brought before Xiao Jin.
• Han Xue recognized Xiao Jin and begged him to save her sister and the Han Clan.
• Han Xue explained the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion’s actions, and Xiao Jin connected the Han Clan’s predicament to his conflict with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Jin accepted responsibility for overlooking the danger and promised Han Xue he would rescue the Han Clan.

Xiao Jin stabilized Nalan Yanran’s condition and took Han Xue to investigate the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion’s base so he could rescue the Han Clan. After counting the forces there, he realized the pavilion’s operation was far larger than the Han Clan alone could explain.

• Xiao Jin told Yun Yun that Nalan Yanran’s injuries were too severe for one Nirvana Life-Returning Pill to heal, but promised to stabilize her condition and treat her at the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Jin left Yun Yun with a bottle of pills and took Han Xue to the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion’s camp outside Tianbei City.
• Xiao Jin deployed ten Heaven Demon Puppets around the unguarded camp and used his soul power to count its forces and locate the imprisoned Han Clan members.
• Xiao Jin found three hundred and twenty-three Dou Emperors, seventeen Dou Zongs, and one Dou Zun in the camp, leading him and Han Xue to suspect the pavilion had a purpose beyond capturing the Han Clan.

Xiao Jin realized the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion might be targeting the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan and confronted its camp after secretly rescuing the Han Clan. The Earth Tiger Clan Chief summoned a mysterious white-robed man with multicolored pupils, leaving Xiao Jin face-to-face with a new opponent.

• Xiao Jin suspected the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion had captured the Han Clan as a warning to the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan, an affiliated force of Sound Valley.
• Xiao Jin told Han Xue that her family had already been rescued by Heaven Demon Puppets and sent her to reunite with them.
• Xiao Jin entered the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion's camp and let its forces gather around him.
• Xiao Jin recognized the leading Dou Zun as the Earth Tiger Clan's new chief and revealed that he had killed the previous chief.
• The Earth Tiger Clan Chief sent a signal, and a white-robed young man with multicolored pupils appeared.

Xiao Jin confronted Jiu Feng, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s young chief, after the Tiger Clan Chief identified him as the one who had killed the former chief. Jiu Feng attacked Xiao Jin, who defeated him with a single finger, leaving the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion and Earth Tiger Clan in despair.

• Jiu Feng arrived after the Tiger Clan Chief reported finding the person who had killed the previous chief, and Xiao Jin mocked him when he asked for his name.
• The Tiger Clan Chief erupted in anger, and Xiao Jin’s black shadow struck him and sent him crashing through trees.
• Jiu Feng challenged Xiao Jin and questioned his claim that the Ancient Void Dragon’s Old Dragon Emperor was a Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Jiu Feng suddenly attacked Xiao Jin, but Xiao Jin stopped his palm and tapped it with one finger, sending Jiu Feng flying and spitting blood.
• The Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion members despaired, while the Earth Tiger Clan feared another devastating blow would finish them.

Xiao Jin defeated Jiu Feng and the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion camp, then learned that they planned to attack the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan despite its protection by Sound Valley. As Xiao Jin prepared to kill Jiu Feng, an unknown Eight-Star Dou Saint intervened and rescued him.

• Xiao Jin overwhelmed Jiu Feng in his nine-colored bird form and forced him to answer questions.
• A Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion Dou Zong revealed that the pavilion planned to attack the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan on Tianmu Mountain, despite knowing Sound Valley protected it.
• Xiao Jin considered helping Zi Yan grow stronger and later unifying Ancient Dragon Island before confronting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Jin released his battle qi and Emperor Realm Soul, killing everyone in the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion camp except Jiu Feng.
• An unknown expert reached through a spatial rift, fought Xiao Jin’s soul power, and rescued Jiu Feng.

Xiao Jin offered the Han Clan a choice of refuge after the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion’s attack, then told Yun Yun about a mysterious Heaven Demon Phoenix powerhouse who may have discovered his Emperor Realm Soul. He planned to treat Nalan Yanran before taking everyone back to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Jin returned to the Han Clan camp and offered them a choice between settling in the Pill Domain under the Pill Tower’s protection or rebuilding in Sound Valley.
• Han Chi asked for time to discuss the options, and Xiao Jin required the Han Clan to decide before the next day.
• Han Yue tried to stop Xiao Jin from leaving, but Han Xue teased her about wanting to pursue him.
• Xiao Jin returned to Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, explained his encounter with the mysterious Heaven Demon Phoenix powerhouse, and said he would treat Nalan Yanran before returning to the Pill Tower.

The Han Clan chose to settle in Sound Valley rather than risk being swallowed by powerful factions in the Pill Domain, while Xiao Jin returned to Pill Tower to treat Nalan Yanran. After learning more about the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Xiao Jin planned to investigate the Beast Domain and later visit Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• The Han Clan chose to travel to Sound Valley, and Xiao Jin arranged for them to pass through Saint Pill City while he took Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran back to Pill Tower.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor examined Nalan Yanran and confirmed that her body and vitality were severely damaged.
• Xiao Jin began refining a Body Meridian Recovery Pill, while Elder Shennong used his green flame to sustain Nalan Yanran's vitality each day.
• Xiao Jin told the Pill Tower Ancestor about the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Seven-Star Dou Sheng, and the two discussed the difficulty of gathering intelligence on Magical Beast clans.
• Xiao Jin planned to subdue the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python Clan by rescuing Yao Ming, and the Pill Tower Ancestor offered to send Xuan Sheng with Cai Lin.
• Xiao Jin said he would heal Nalan Yanran before visiting Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion to seek a way to improve the Pill Tower Ancestor's strength.

After Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Jin clues about the Dou Emperor Cave Mansions seeking him out, Xiao Jin asked him to release Zhu Kun so the dragon could protect him. Tou She Ancient God had not yet answered, leaving Zhu Kun’s freedom unresolved.

• Xiao Jin returned to Tou She Ancient God Space and pestered Tou She Ancient God for clues about finding the next Dou Emperor Cave Mansion.
• Tou She Ancient God prompted Xiao Jin to connect the cave mansions to the people around him, leading him to suspect that Xiao Yi Xian was linked to the next clue.
• Tou She Ancient God pointed out that Feng Qingyao's cave mansion had sought Xiao Jin out, and Xiao Jin realized other Dou Emperor Cave Mansions could do the same.
• Xiao Jin asked Tou She Ancient God to release Zhu Kun so he could protect Xiao Jin from the Soul Clan, whose Late Nine-Star Dou Sheng might target him.
• Tou She Ancient God looked ready to refuse, so Xiao Jin dropped to the floor again and began throwing a tantrum.