Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian was ambushed and gravely wounded by Bing He and Ice River Valley while waiting for Xiao Jin. Yun Yun and Cai Lin arrived just as Bing He prepared to kill her, and Cai Lin struck down thirty Dou Zongs.

• Xiao Jin sensed through his Soul Mark that Xiao Yi Xian had been attacked and sent Yun Yun and Cai Lin to find her.
• Xiao Yi Xian faced Bing He and Ice River Valley with her strength suppressed after an ice attack and the group's ambush.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Bing He’s flawed Acquired Woe Poison Body and prepared to risk her life against Ice River Valley.
• Bing He decided to kill Xiao Yi Xian and take her Woe Poison Body for research.
• Yun Yun and Cai Lin arrived to defend Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin crushed thirty Dou Zongs with a space-twisting attack.

Cai Lin and Yun Yun rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley, and Xiao Jin arrived to treat the Ice Venerable Force inside her. After Xiao Yi Xian expelled the first wave of the force as crimson frost, Xiao Jin continued working to remove it completely.

• Cai Lin ambushed Ice River Valley’s forces and killed more than thirty Dou Zong, while Yun Yun helped the badly injured Xiao Yi Xian.
• Cai Lin fought Bing He and the remaining Ice River Valley experts, killing the Dou Zong and defeating their Great Elder.
• Cai Lin called Xiao Yi Xian her companion, and Yun Yun reassured Xiao Yi Xian that their shared battles had made them friends.
• Xiao Jin arrived and used the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame to locate and surround the Ice Venerable Force inside Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Jin increased the Heavenly Flame’s power, and Xiao Yi Xian spat out blood that froze into crimson frost on the ground.

Xiao Jin saved Xiao Yi Xian from the Ice Venerable Force and concluded that the Soul Hall had likely coordinated with Ice River Valley to ambush them. With his soul power depleted and Yun Yun unable to detect anyone nearby, he ordered Cai Lin to attack Bing He more ruthlessly to force the hidden Soul Hall members to reveal themselves.

• Xiao Jin expelled the Ice Venerable Force from Xiao Yi Xian and gave her a Hundred Rivers Returning to Origin Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin that Bing He, the Valley Master of Ice River Valley, had targeted her Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Jin reasoned that the Soul Hall had probably leaked his whereabouts and arranged the ambush with Ice River Valley near Blazing Flame Valley.
• Xiao Jin warned Yun Yun that Soul Hall members might be nearby, but she could not sense anyone.
• Xiao Jin found that his soul power was still too depleted to use, so he ordered Cai Lin to stop holding back and pressure Bing He into exposing the hidden attackers.

Cai Lin nearly killed Bing He, but a hidden Soul Hall powerhouse intervened and revealed four Heavenly Venerables, including Xue He and Mo Yu, who had come for Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin identified their strengths and prepared to face them, while Yun Yun learned that the Misty Cloud Sect was threatened but could be evacuated through a Space Wormhole.

• Cai Lin overwhelmed Bing He, and Xiao Yi Xian absorbed his poison after he used his Acquired Woe Poison Body.
• A hidden attacker blocked Cai Lin’s finishing strike, so Xiao Jin called her back before an ice sphere trapped her former position.
• Four Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables emerged, and their leader said they had come to kill Xiao Jin, the remnant of the Xiao Tribe.
• Mo Yu vowed to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect to avenge Qing Hai, and Xiao Jin reassured Yun Yun that the sect could evacuate through a Space Wormhole.
• Xiao Jin learned the leader was Xue He and assessed the four Soul Hall fighters’ cultivation levels, concluding he could fight them.

Xiao Jin assigned opponents for the Soul Hall’s five Dou Zuns, then revealed that his ten Heaven Demon Puppets could combine their strength through a formation. The puppets’ aura surged to the Nine-Star Dou Zun Realm, forcing Venerable Blood River to face the threat directly.

• Venerable Blood River insulted Xiao Jin and his companions, and Xiao Jin stopped Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun from attacking him.
• Xiao Jin assigned Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun to fight Mo Yu, Cai Lin to face Qiu Di, and claimed Venerable Blood River, Gu Yan, and Bing He for himself.
• Xiao Jin released ten Six-Star Dou Zun Heaven Demon Puppets and activated a formation that gathered their energy into the leading puppet.
• Venerable Blood River attacked the puppets, but the formation distributed the blow among them and accelerated their energy transfer.
• The puppets’ aura rose to the Nine-Star Dou Zun Realm, and Venerable Blood River dismissed the threat, claiming his path toward sainthood made him superior to a puppet.

Xiao Jin watched the Heaven Demon Puppets overwhelm Xue He while he evaded Gu Yan, then faced Ice River after Gu Yan sent him to stop Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin unleashed the Glazed Refining Flame Technique and attacked Ice River with a killing move as their battle began.

• The Heaven Demon Puppets’ formation badly injured Xue He, while Xiao Jin used Calamity Fire Flash to evade Gu Yan’s attacks.
• Gu Yan saw Xue He was in danger and ordered Ice River to deal with Xiao Jin before joining the fight against the Puppet.
• Ice River demanded the Woe Poison Maiden as his reward, then agreed to fight Xiao Jin, hoping to obtain the Innate Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Jin activated the three-layer Glazed Refining Flame Technique, raising his power close to the Two-Star Dou Zun level.
• Xiao Jin rushed Ice River with the Calamity Flame Dragon Emperor Spear as black snowflakes fell around them.

Xiao Jin defeated Bing He after countering his ice and poison attacks with the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame and killing him with a spear strike. After replenishing his battle qi, Xiao Jin saw that his allies were winning the remaining fights.

• Bing He's black snowflakes and toxic attacks melted against Xiao Jin's Reincarnation Nirvana Flame.
• Xiao Jin destroyed Bing He's black dragon with the Calamity Flame Dragon Emperor Spear, causing Bing He to spit blood and weaken.
• Xiao Jin blocked Bing He's black ice spears and Frozen Heaven Palm, then used the clash as cover to hurl his spear into Bing He's chest.
• Bing He disintegrated under the spear's energy, and Xiao Jin recovered his battle qi with a Hundred Rivers Returning to Origin Pill.
• Xiao Jin saw Mo Yu suppressed by Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, Qiu Di pushed back by Cai Lin, and Xue He and Gu Yan struggling against the Heaven Demon Puppet.

Xiao Jin told Tang Zhen that he had killed Bing He and explained why Soul Hall’s forces were retreating. After Xiao Jin stopped Yun Yun from pursuing them, Tang Zhen realized Sound Valley might have a Dou Saint expert.

• Tang Zhen arrived and asked Xiao Jin whether Bing He had been there, and Xiao Jin confirmed that he had killed him.
• Xiao Jin told Tang Zhen that Soul Hall had ambushed them and that its forces were about to flee.
• Venerable Blood River and Gu Yan forced back their opponents, opened a spatial rift, and escaped with the remaining Heavenly Venerables.
• Yun Yun crippled Mo Yu’s arms with an attack, but Xiao Jin called her back before she could pursue him.
• Xiao Jin explained that Soul Hall’s Heavenly Venerables could summon a Dou Saint expert with Space Jade Slips, leaving Tang Zhen shocked at the possibility that Sound Valley had one.

After Xiao Jin returned to Blazing Flame Valley, Tang Zhen and Ancestor Fire Cloud prepared to destroy the weakened Ice River Valley. In the Northwest Continent, Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough to Two-Star Dou Emperor after refining the Fallen Heart Flame and asked Yao Chen to teach him how to restore his body.

• Tang Zhen invited Xiao Jin and his companions to rest in Blazing Flame Valley, and Xiao Jin urged him to seize the chance to eliminate Ice River Valley.
• Tang Zhen told Ancestor Fire Cloud about Xiao Jin's battle, and Ancestor Fire Cloud decided to lead the attack on Ice River Valley himself.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud reminded Tang Zhen to treat Xiao Jin and his companions well because of Xiao Jin's talent and ties to the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Yan awakened after more than a year of refining the Fallen Heart Flame and reached Two-Star Dou Emperor, gaining his third Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen he wanted to help him resurrect, and Yao Chen agreed to teach him how to refine a body.

After returning to the Pill Tower, Xiao Jin learned that Qing Lin and Zi Yan were in seclusion, and that Zi Yan had failed to break through to the Dou Zun realm. He decided to take her to the Star Domain to use the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Stellar Power and Dragon Seal to help her evolve.

• Xiao Jin returned to the Pill Tower and learned that Qing Lin was preparing to break through to Dou Zong while Zi Yan had failed in her attempt to reach Dou Zun.
• Xiao Jin suspected there was a mole in the Pill Tower, then found Zi Yan throwing a tantrum over her failed breakthrough.
• Xiao Jin calmed Zi Yan and proposed taking her to the Star Domain, where the Three Thousand Burning Flame might help her break through.
• Zi Yan cleaned up her courtyard, and the Pill Tower Ancestor approved Xiao Jin’s plan and assigned Old Monster Lin to guide them.
• On the way to the Star Domain, Old Monster Lin told Xiao Jin that the Pill Tower’s alchemists had mostly comprehended his method, and Xiao Jin produced seven Soul Infant Fruits.

Xiao Jin and Zi Yan entered the Star Domain to meet the Three Thousand Burning Flame and seek its Stellar Power. After Xiao Jin's flame provoked the intelligent dragon, Zi Yan tried to communicate through her Dragon Seal but failed, leaving Xiao Jin to decide what to do next.

• Old Monster Lin guided Xiao Jin and Zi Yan to the Star Domain gate, and Xiao Jin gave him Soul Infant Fruits to distribute.
• Xiao Jin and Zi Yan entered the Star Domain, where Xiao Jin protected her from the extreme heat with a subsidiary flame.
• Xiao Jin and Zi Yan found the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Zi Yan sensed her Dragon Seal within it.
• Xiao Jin reached the flame through the seal with his soul force, and his own Three Thousand Burning Flame clashed with it before he withdrew.
• Zi Yan pressed her Dragon Seal to the barrier and tried to communicate with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but she told Xiao Jin it would not listen.

Xiao Jin’s Storage Ring unexpectedly sucked in the Three Thousand Burning Flame, where the Nihility Devouring Flame and Little Bodhi subdued it and demanded part of its origin. The Three Thousand Burning Flame ended the chapter cornered and facing a choice between handing over one-tenth of its origin or taking more beatings first.

• Xiao Jin prepared to force the Three Thousand Burning Flame into submission, but the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame struck first and dragged it out of the seal.
• Xiao Jin’s Storage Ring suddenly pulled the Three Thousand Burning Flame inside, leaving him wondering when the ring had gained that ability.
• Little Bodhi explained that its recovery had let it use the Storage Ring’s evolving powers and had drawn the flame inside to make Xiao Jin notice those changes.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame and eleven other Heavenly Flames surrounded the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and the Nihility Devouring Flame beat it until it cried and cowered.
• Little Bodhi demanded one-tenth of the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s origin and offered beating it first as the alternative.

Xiao Jin left Zi Yan in the Star Domain to break through while the Three Thousand Burning Flame guarded her. Back at the Pill Tower, he learned that the Song Family had fled toward a Soul Hall branch after exposing Qiu Ling’s junior fellow disciple to danger, and the Pill Tower Ancestor left the punishment of Qiu Ling and the Song Family’s case to Xiao Jin.

• Xiao Jin cautioned the Three Thousand Burning Flame to feed Zi Yan Stellar Power slowly, then left a wisp of the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame to protect her while she broke through.
• Dan Xuansheng told the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Song Family had left Saint Pill City and headed toward a Soul Hall branch in the Western Region.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor ordered Dan Xuansheng to capture the Song Family and assigned Xiao Jin to decide how the family and Qiu Ling should be dealt with.
• Dan Xuansheng told Old Monster Lin to take the kneeling Qiu Ling to Xiao Jin, warning that Xiao Jin would decide whether Qiu Ling remained Great Elder or was punished.
• Xiao Jin returned from the Star Domain, overheard the discussion, and asked Dan Xuansheng what he was leaving to him; Dan Xuansheng directed Old Monster Lin to explain.

Xiao Jin heard Qiu Ling explain how the Song Family had used him to investigate Xiao Jin before the Soul Hall ambush. He forgave Qiu Ling but removed him from his Great Elder post to entrust him with a secret task for the Pill Tower.

• Qiu Ling explained that the Song Family had claimed Song Qing offended a young figure from the Little Pill Tower and asked him to identify the person.
• Qiu Ling revealed that his investigation led him to suspect Xiao Jin, and he passed that information to the Song Family before stepping away from the matter.
• Xiao Jin concluded that the Song Family and Soul Hall were responsible for his ambush and told Qiu Ling he would not punish him harshly.
• Xiao Jin said Qiu Ling could no longer serve as Great Elder, then clarified that he was assigning him a confidential task instead.
• Qiu Ling pledged to carry out Xiao Jin's orders, and Xiao Jin began to reveal his plan.

Xiao Jin proposed establishing a Pill Tower training class and outlined ways to supply students with medicinal ingredients. After leaving the Little Pill Tower, he encountered Dan Chen and Cao Ying, two of the Pill Tower’s most outstanding young alchemists.

• Old Monster Lin considered Qiu Ling’s intelligence operation and listened as Xiao Jin proposed a training class to unite the Pill Tower’s younger generation.
• Old Monster Lin warned that medicinal ingredients would be costly and scarce, and Xiao Jin suggested reopening the Pill World and creating a spatial passage to the Shennong Mountains.
• Old Monster Lin went to discuss Xiao Jin’s proposals with Dan Xuansheng, while Xiao Jin left the Little Pill Tower cautiously.
• Xiao Jin encountered Dan Chen and Cao Ying, and Cao Ying noticed him and met his gaze.

Xiao Jin encountered Cao Ying and Dan Chen, whose unusual constitution caused her to absorb the soul power of anyone who touched her. After Xiao Jin let her absorb some of his vastly superior soul power, Cao Ying tried to learn his identity, and Dan Chen was reminded of her painful past.

• Cao Ying asked Dan Chen whether she knew Xiao Jin, but the frightened Dan Chen denied knowing him.
• As Xiao Jin passed them, Dan Chen's legs gave way, and Xiao Jin caught her before she fell.
• Xiao Jin allowed Dan Chen to absorb his soul power until she felt full, while barely losing any of his Emperor Realm Soul power.
• Cao Ying noticed Xiao Jin's badge marked him as an Eighth-Grade High-Level Alchemist and asked his name, but he gave her no answer.
• Xiao Jin recognized Dan Chen's soul-absorbing constitution, and she recalled how difficult her life had been because of it.

Xiao Jin returned to the Pill Tower and spent a quiet month as major upheavals reshaped the Central Plains and the Tower announced a young Alchemist exchange conference. The chapter ended with Dan Xuansheng capturing the entire Song Family and bringing them back to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Jin kept concealing his identity from Cao Ying and Dan Chen, then returned to his courtyard and enjoyed a rare evening of rest.
• Blazing Flame Valley annihilated Ice River Valley, and the collapse of powerful factions sparked widespread conflict across the Central Plains.
• The Pill Tower announced a ten-year young Alchemist exchange conference, giving Xiao Jin a legitimate reason to remain at the Tower.
• Dan Xuansheng captured every member of the fleeing Song Family more than ten thousand kilometers from the Soul Hall and took them back to the Pill Tower.

After the Song Family was executed for colluding with the Soul Hall, Xiao Jin received an invitation to the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, scheduled three years later. Xun Er’s message urged him to wait until then, leaving him wondering what had happened within the Ancient Clan.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor explained that the Song Family had not known Xiao Jin’s identity and had been approached by the Soul Hall to save Song Qing.
• Xuan Kongzi stripped Qiu Ling of his position and announced the Song Family’s collusion with the Soul Hall before the entire family was executed.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor gave Xiao Jin an invitation from the Ancient Clan to its Coming of Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Jin realized the ceremony had been moved forward and that Xun Er had sent the invitation early to ask him to wait three years before visiting.
• Xiao Jin recalled promising Gu Qingyang he would visit within two years and wondered whether something had happened in the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Jin learned that Xun Er’s possible troubles were limited to the Ancient Clan and agreed to spend the next three years improving his strength. He prepared to convert his cultivation method in seclusion at Sound Valley, while the Pill Tower Ancestor promised to watch over the people outside.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor reassured Xiao Jin that Xun Er could handle problems within the Ancient Clan and that he was monitoring Soul Heaven Emperor and the Soul Clan.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor urged Xiao Jin to use the three years before visiting the Ancient Clan to reach the peak of the Dou Ancestor Realm and eventually refine the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Jin took out the Purifying Glazed Holy Scripture, a Heaven-Tier High-Grade Cultivation Method, and prepared to convert his cultivation method.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor arranged for Xiao Jin to cultivate in Sound Valley, where an energy barrier could withstand an attack from a Six-Star Dou Saint.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor said Cai Lin and the other girls would cultivate separately under his watch, and Xiao Jin doubted they could reach the Dou Saint Realm within three years.

Xiao Jin arrived at Sound Valley and began studying the Heaven-Tier Purifying Glazed Holy Scripture in preparation for breaking through and entering seclusion. As his understanding deepened, his Life Origin transformed the valley’s ordinary plants into high-ranking medicinal herbs.

• Xiao Jin traveled through Pill Tower’s spatial passage and arrived at Sound Valley with Yin Lingyu.
• Yin Lingyu showed Xiao Jin around the valley and pointed out a cultivation platform that amplified energy absorption and let Stellar Power temper him at night.
• Yin Lingyu left Xiao Jin to cultivate, and he sat on the platform and studied the Purifying Glazed Holy Scripture from a jade slip.
• Xiao Jin used his earlier cultivation methods as a foundation to comprehend the Heaven-Tier scripture, drawing energy into small tornadoes around himself.
• Xiao Jin’s Life Origin spread through Sound Valley, transforming its ordinary plants into medicinal herbs of the third rank or higher within half a day.