Recaps

Yun Zimo and Yao Lao discussed Xiao Yan’s safety, Yun Zimo’s possible place in Starfall Pavilion, and the Dou Zun realm during their journey. They arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where a welcoming party awaited Yun Zimo.

• Yao Lao assured Yun Zimo that Xiao Yan would not suffer at Burning Flame Valley and suggested Yun Zimo could meet Feng Xian as a fellow Dou Zun.
• Yun Zimo considered settling in Starfall Pavilion as a guest elder, since he had no clear destination or plan for helping Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yun Zimo described his fearsome encounter with Protector Zhi, and Yao Lao explained that such strength belonged to the most powerful Dou Zun.
• Yao Lao praised Yun Zimo’s unusually solid foundation and predicted that rebuilding his Dou Qi could carry him into the Dou Zun realm.
• Yun Zimo and Yao Lao reached Starfall Pavilion, where a kindly old man and a crowd bearing starry-sky banners awaited them.

Yao Lao and Feng Xian learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body had appeared in the Central Region and that Ice River Valley was pursuing her. After Yun Zimo emerged from seclusion, Feng Xian gathered Starfall Pavilion’s forces to set out, leaving Yun Zimo poised to join the rescue.

• Feng Xian told Yao Lao that a spatial storm might have stranded Xiao Yi Xian and the others, and Yao Lao ordered searches across the other regions.
• Mu Qingluan delivered Feng Xian’s jade slip to Yao Lao, revealing that the Woe Poison Body had appeared in the Central Region and Ice River Valley was searching for it.
• Feng Xian organized Starfall Pavilion’s forces to head for the Central Region while Yao Lao agreed to accompany him.
• Yun Zimo emerged from seclusion with his strength suppressed to one-star Dou Zun and learned that Feng Xian and Yao Lao were waiting for him.
• Feng Xian sounded the horn to begin the expedition, and Yun Zimo thanked him.

Starfall Pavilion returned to the Central Region aboard its level-eight Space Warship as Yun Zimo and his companions prepared to find the Woeful Poison Maiden. After Mu Qingluan pressed local clan heads for information, Lin Xiuya suggested they ask the Pill Region’s Ye Clan.

• Feng Xian brought Starfall Pavilion’s group toward the Central Region, while Yun Zimo tried to comprehend the spatial passage and realized he could not use what he had learned.
• Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya welcomed the group in Tianhuang City, then joined Yun Zimo on his journey to find the Woeful Poison Maiden.
• At Ice River Valley’s encampment in God-Falling Ravine, an old man ordered his subordinates to find the Woeful Poison Maiden within three days and warned Gu Ling against interfering.
• Mu Qingluan asked local clan heads for the Woeful Poison Maiden’s location and warned them that others already knew the information.
• Lin Xiuya told Mu Qingluan that the Ye Clan in the Pill Region was a good place to seek information.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian faced Ice River Valley’s forces at God-Falling Ravine, where Elder Tian She attacked them to capture the Woeful Poison Maiden. Xiao Yi Xian was gravely wounded as Xiao Yan prepared to unleash a fire lotus, and a streak of blue-white light arrived between her and Tian She.

• Starfall Pavilion’s group reached Ye City and learned that Xiao Yan had already caused a disturbance while helping Ye Xinlan.
• At God-Falling Ravine, Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that her injuries had stabilized but warned him to leave if her Woe Poison Body erupted.
• Tian She led Ice River Valley’s attack, defeated Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppets, and tried to capture Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and fought off the Ice River Valley elders while Tian She attacked Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian unsealed her Woe Poison Body and briefly suppressed Tian She, but her unstable condition let him strike her down.
• Xiao Yan began forming a three-colored fire lotus, but a streak of blue-white light appeared before Xiao Yi Xian.

Yun Zimo and Starfall Pavilion intervened to protect Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley, and Yun Zimo defeated Bing He with help from Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen. Soul Hall's Venerable Elder Kumu rescued Bing He and escaped after Yao Chen warned the others not to expose his presence, leaving Starfall Pavilion to capture or kill Ice River Valley's remaining forces.

• Tian Shuangzi confronted the blue-white newcomer, but Venerable Feng arrived and declared that Xiao Yi Xian was the wife of a Starfall Pavilion elder.
• Bing He appeared, attacked Xiao Yi Xian, and summoned Ice River Valley's Ganlong Xuanming Formation to create a giant ice dragon.
• Yun Zimo fought Bing He, then used black-and-white sword auras to immobilize him as Yao Chen's Bone Chilling Flame and Xiao Yi Xian's poison struck Bing He.
• Venerable Elder Kumu emerged from a spatial crack to rescue Bing He, but he lost a hand and could not free Bing He from Yun Zimo's restraints.
• Yao Chen stopped Yun Zimo and Venerable Feng from attacking Kumu to avoid confirming his return to Soul Hall, and Kumu escaped through space.
• Venerable Feng captured several Ice River Valley elders while Starfall Pavilion's forces killed or captured the remaining disciples.

Yao Lao, Yun Zimo, and Xiao Yan used four Heavenly Flames, Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and Bing He's Woe Poison origin to help Xiao Yi Xian condense a poison pill and overcome her Woe Poison Body. The procedure succeeded, leaving Xiao Yi Xian restored and Yao Lao with a Bodhi Seed that could lead to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• After ten days of seclusion at the Ye Clan's Yang Fire Ancient Altar, Xiao Yi Xian had suppressed her injuries, and Yao Lao warned that the poison pill method would be dangerous.
• Xiao Yan emerged at five-star Dou Zong and supplied his Heavenly Flames so Yao Lao could oversee the procedure.
• Yao Lao used the four Heavenly Flames and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva to drive out Xiao Yi Xian's deathly aura and prepare her to control the Woe Poison Origin.
• Yun Zimo transferred Bing He's Woe Poison origin into Xiao Yi Xian through his Yin-Yang Rotation Technique, while Xiao Yi Xian used the Scorpion Dragon energy to form her poison pill.
• Yao Lao discovered a Bodhi Seed inside the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and kept it as Yun Zimo and Xiao Yi Xian completed the procedure.
• After ten more days, Xiao Yi Xian awoke free of the poison gas, and Yun Zimo welcomed her back.

Xiao Yi Xian successfully controlled her Woe Poison Body by condensing its poison into a pill, while Yun Zimo learned that his companions had been scattered by a spatial storm. Determined to find them and build his standing, Yun Zimo prepared to visit the Flower Sect and discovered he could kindle the Three-Flower Fire for alchemy.

• Yao Lao confirmed that Xiao Yi Xian had successfully formed the Poison Pill and gained control over her Woe Poison Body, while Yun Zimo absorbed a trace of its origin.
• Yun Zimo gave Ye Zhong instructions for using the Yang Fire Ancient Altar as a defense, and Venerable Feng welcomed Yun Zimo as a disciple.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Yun Zimo that a spatial storm had scattered their group, leaving Yun Yun, Gouli, and Yun Yue's whereabouts unknown.
• Yun Zimo decided to seek out the Flower Sect, where he suspected Yun Yun had arrived, and considered using the Dan Clan connection to establish his reputation.
• Yun Zimo kindled the Three-Flower Fire: God and realized it was strong enough for refining pills.

Yao Lao and Venerable Feng arranged for Yun Zimo to lead Starfall Pavilion’s younger disciples to the Pill Gathering, using the news of his victory over Bing He to raise his fame and reveal the pavilion to the Central Plains. As Yun Zimo traveled with the team, Qing Hua saw in him the promise of his own youth and resolved to join the journey.

• Yao Lao warned Yun Zimo that ordinary medicinal cauldrons required fire and wood attributes, making it difficult for him to practice alchemy without a suitable strange cauldron.
• Yun Zimo explained that he wanted to join the Pill Gathering, and Yao Lao told him the event included contests beyond pill refinement where he could make a name for himself.
• Yao Lao and Venerable Feng decided to publicize Yun Zimo’s killing of Bing He and use the victory to build Starfall Pavilion’s reputation.
• Venerable Feng asked Yun Zimo to lead Starfall Pavilion’s team, including Qing Luan and the other younger disciples, to the Pill Gathering.
• As the team traveled through a spatial passage, Qing Hua reflected on Yun Zimo’s talent and said that joining him would fulfill a dream from his youth.

Yun Zimo and the Starfall Pavilion party traveled through Pill City on their way to the Pill Gathering, where Qiu Wuji provoked Yun Zimo and threatened to make him pay. The group reached Qingling City by battle array and headed toward Holy Pill City, as Yun Zimo considered the Pill Region’s competing clans and Xiao Yan’s role.

• Mu Qingluan explained that the Starfall Pavilion group had to travel from Pill City through Qingling City to reach Holy Pill City.
• Dan Yang greeted the group, praised Yun Zimo for killing Bing He, and received the Pill Tower invitation from Mu Qingluan.
• Qiu Wuji mocked Yun Zimo, but Yun Zimo ignored him; Qiu Wuji left, vowing to make Yun Zimo pay once they reached Holy Pill City.
• Venerable Qinghua described Qiu Wuji and his influential cousin Qiu Wu, while Venerable Qingmu named the leading young alchemists from the Pill Region’s clans.
• The Starfall Pavilion group arrived in Qingling City by battle array, drawing whispers from nearby onlookers about the faction’s four Dou Zun.

Starfall Pavilion arrived in Holy Pill City and was welcomed by the Dan Clan, while Yun Zimo’s group entered the inner region ahead of the Pill Gathering. Yun Zimo struck down Qiu Wuji with his soul power and noticed several dangerous figures in the city before asking about the Pill Forest.

• Mu Qingluan led Starfall Pavilion into the Dan Clan’s carriage, and Dan Hu welcomed the group to the Dan Clan residence.
• Dan Hu told Qing Hua and Qing Mu that the Dan Clan elder had entered seclusion to pursue the half-saint level and that the Ye Clan had gained outside help in securing a Pill Tower Elder Seat quota.
• Qiu Wuji insulted Yun Zimo in the inner region, and Yun Zimo struck him down with his Late Spirit Realm soul power.
• Qiu Wu apologized for Qiu Wuji, and Yun Zimo warned him not to let his younger brother bring trouble upon the Qiu Clan.
• Yun Zimo noticed a bewitching girl and a strange, seemingly weak girl in the crowd, then asked Dan Hu about the Pill Forest.

Yun Zimo and the Pill Tower drove off Mu Gu’s attempted abduction, and Xuan Kongzi learned that Yao Chen was alive. Xuan Yi then met Yun Zimo and Xiao Yan, heard about Yao Chen, and was introduced to Xiao Yan as Aunt Xuan.

• Mu Gu attacked Yun Zimo in the Ye Clan courtyard, but Yun Zimo, Venerable Qinghua, Venerable Qingmu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xuan Kongzi countered him; Mu Gu escaped after Yun Zimo’s sword destroyed half his hand and wounded his soul.
• Yun Zimo saw a dragon-shaped apparition in the stars and told Xuan Kongzi that Xiao Yan was Master Chen’s disciple, then sent him Yao Chen’s message.
• Xuan Kongzi brought the news to Xuan Yi, who decided to visit the Pill Courtyard rather than expose Yao Chen by rushing to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xuan Yi visited Yun Zimo and Xiao Yi Xian, asked after Yao Chen, and invited Yun Zimo to accompany her.
• Xuan Yi and Yun Zimo arrived at Xiao Yan’s courtyard, where Yun Zimo introduced her as Aunt Xuan and Xiao Yan paid his respects.

Yun Yin entered the Pill Gathering under an assumed identity, comprehended the Phantom Demon Sky Mist array, and was ejected into the Pill World, where he encountered Yang Yun’s team. The chapter left Yun Yin considering an offer to join them and travel toward the spatial portal.

• Yun Zimo reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Yun Yin could enter the Pill Gathering as long as he stayed below Dou Zong cultivation, while secretly watching Mu Gu.
• Yun Yin studied the Phantom Demon Sky Mist and began comprehending its Dou Array, prompting Xuan Kongzi to remove his image from the ranking display and then kick him into the Pill World.
• Yun Yin arrived alone in the Pill World and returned to ask Yang Yun’s team for a map after learning he had entered without accepting a task.
• Yang Yun introduced himself as a seven-star Dou Zong from Water Cloud Pavilion and offered to let Yun Yin join his team for a sixty-forty split of their gains.

Yun Yin traveled with Yang Yun’s group through the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range, helping them gather medicinal herbs before parting ways with most of their resources. Following a glowing mark toward the range’s main peak, he spotted Black Robe being chased and then noticed Little Demoness watching a battle; he sensed Mu Gu nearby.

• Yun Yin agreed to team up with Yang Yun and impressed him and a tier-seven alchemist with his pharmacology, survival skills, combat ability, and illusion technique.
• Yun Yin led the group through the mountain range, helping them avoid danger and collect medicinal treasures.
• Yun Yin accepted sixty percent of the group’s resources and their copied map before parting ways with Yang Yun and the others.
• Yun Yin followed the map toward the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range’s main peak as a mark on his hand glowed purple-gold.
• Yun Yin watched Black Robe flee from pursuers, then saw Little Demoness watching a nearby battle with her companions.
• Yun Yin prepared to leave after thinking Little Yanzi would escape, but sensed Mu Gu and smiled coldly.

Yun Yin disrupted Mu Gu’s plan to trap and kill the alchemists in the Ten Thousand Medicine Mountain Range, then reunited with Zi Yan at the mountain’s main peak. Xiao Yan joined them there, where he and Yun Yin sorted Zi Yan’s pile of medicinal ingredients.

• Yun Yin watched Mu Gu prepare a soul barrier to trap the alchemists, then shouted to expose Mu Gu and provoke a beast tide.
• Mu Gu withdrew the barrier and fled as the beasts surged in, but the Beast King’s roar stopped the tide before it swept through the mountain range.
• Yun Yin reached the main peak and reunited with Zi Yan, who introduced him to Xiong Zhan, the Beast King.
• Zi Yan took Yun Yin into her stone hall, where he found her medicinal ingredients piled together and gave her pills to eat.
• Xiao Yan arrived, and he and Yun Yin sorted Zi Yan’s herbs so their medicinal properties would not clash.

Xiao Yan completed his seclusion and advanced into a late Spirit Realm, eighth-tier grandmaster alchemist before leaving the Pill World with Yun Yin. As the Pill Gathering participants gathered outside, the rivals and dangers surrounding the contest became clearer, and Mu Gu decided to settle matters during the final pill refinement.

• Xiao Yan found the Heavenly Hemp Fei Stone Essence and entered seclusion to elevate his soul's spirituality while Zi Yan told Yun Yin that Little Bird and Little Tiger had been sent to their clans and Little Xue remained in seclusion.
• Xiao Yan emerged with late Spirit Realm soul power and the rank of eighth-tier grandmaster alchemist, then joined Yun Yin, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan as they left the Pill World.
• Yun Yin and Xiao Yan reached the area near the Pill World's exit, where Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan departed using their void techniques.
• Xiao Yan recognized Cao Ying and Dan Chen as late Spirit Realm rivals, while Yun Yin passed the Pill Tower elder's checkpoint without receiving a task.
• Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing joined Xiao Yan and Yun Yin, and Lin Xiuya recounted how a mysterious person had saved them from a disguised Dou Zun.
• Mu Gu lamented that his plans in the Pill World had failed and resolved to settle things during the final pill refinement.

The Pill Gathering’s contestants returned from the Pill World with unusually few casualties, and the final alchemy contest began. Xiao Yan recognized a black-robed Soul Hall participant as Mu Gu, a traitor to Yao Lao’s sect, and fixed his attention on him.

• Yun Zimo and Xuan Kongzi observed that the contestants had returned safely, while the factions celebrated their prodigies’ survival.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi discussed the championship contenders, Qing Hua’s secret technique, and the danger posed by the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the start of the final match, and the alchemists summoned their cauldrons and flames.
• Xiao Yan recognized Cao Ying’s Blood Demon Flame and then spotted the Volcanic Stone Flame held by a black-robed contestant.
• Xiao Yan identified the black-robed contestant as Mu Gu, a Soul Hall member and Yao Lao’s former disciple, and grew hostile toward him.

Xiao Yan revealed his deep-green Heavenly Flame at the Pill Gathering and began refining a mysterious pill, silencing Mu Gu’s show of superiority. After more than ten days, the weaker alchemists were eliminated, and Xiao Yan finally moved on to the next stage of his painstaking preparation.

• Mu Gu displayed the Volcanic Stone Flame and boasted that the Soul Hall would claim the Pill Gathering championship and the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan revealed his deep-green Heavenly Flame, which overwhelmed Mu Gu’s flame, and the competitors began refining their pills.
• Yun Zimo studied Dan Chen’s unusual flame while reassuring Xiao Yi Xian after she questioned his interest in her.
• More than ten days passed as alchemists dropped out, and the first seventh-tier contestants completed their pills and were eliminated.
• After several more days of pill lightning, Xiao Yan finished processing his ingredients and formed a clump of medicinal liquid in his cauldron.

As the Pill Gathering narrowed to its final competitors, Dan Chen refined an eighth-tier pill with three-colored Pill Lightning, and Xiao Yan helped her withstand it with his Earth Demon Puppet. Qing Hua and Cao Ying also produced three-colored Pill Lightning, leaving the crowd waiting to see what Xiao Yan and Mu Gu would refine.

• By the fifth day, only a handful of alchemists remained, and six competitors advanced to the eighth-tier stone platforms, including Xiao Yan, Dan Chen, and Cao Ying.
• Xuan Yi recognized Xiao Yan's formula as the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, while Mu Gu dismissed it as a mere seventh-tier pill.
• Dan Chen used her essence blood and soul origin to raise her pill's quality, producing three-colored Pill Lightning before collapsing from the effort.
• Xiao Yan sent his Earth Demon Puppet into the lightning to protect Dan Chen's pill, and the bombardment advanced the puppet to peak Dou Zong as the pill revealed a rabbit-shaped spirit.
• Qing Hua and Cao Ying each produced three-colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan and Mu Gu continued refining and the spectators awaited their results.

Mu Gu revealed that he was an eighth-tier intermediate alchemist and appeared poised to win the Pill Gathering, but Qing Hua Old Monster, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yan each unveiled powerful methods to raise their pills’ strength. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan revealing three Heavenly Flames, while Mu Gu recognized the Burning Mantra and stared at it with greed.

• Mu Gu refined an eighth-tier intermediate pill, summoning four-colored Pill Lightning and eclipsing the other alchemists’ three-colored clouds.
• Xiao Yan completed an eighth-tier low-grade pill, and the remaining contestants’ pills also produced pillars of light and Pill Lightning.
• Qing Hua Old Monster sacrificed his twin body to strengthen his pill and give its Pill Lightning to Xiao Yan.
• Cao Ying used her Nine-Tailed Demon Fox spirit and essence blood to strengthen her pill, burning away some of her lifespan in the process.
• Xiao Yan invoked Three Flowers Gathering Fire, Heaven and Earth Spirit Connection, revealing three Heavenly Flames and prompting Mu Gu to recognize the Burning Mantra.

Xiao Yan used gifts from the crowd and Yao Chen’s flames to raise his pill to six-colored Pill Lightning, while Mu Gu expected the tribulation to destroy it. Xiao Yan’s Earth Demon Puppets absorbed the lightning and became Heaven Demon Puppets, and the five contestants’ spirit pills completed their transformations.

• Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus, but Xuan Kongzi doubted it could give his pill enough spirituality.
• Dan Chen and supporters from Starfall Pavilion and other factions sent Xiao Yan spiritual treasures, and Xuan Yi allowed him to accept their help.
• Xiao Yan used the treasures, the Life-Transforming Flame, and the Bone Chilling Flame to refine his pill until it drew six-colored Pill Lightning.
• Mu Gu warned that Xiao Yan could not survive the powerful tribulation, while Xiao Yan sent two Earth Demon Puppets into the gathered thundercloud.
• The puppets absorbed the lightning and became golden Heaven Demon Puppets, and the five pills revealed their spirit-beast illusions before the refiners received them.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering after the Pill Tower judged his six-colored Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and reduced it to five colors for breaking the rules. The event ended with Mu Gu captured and stripped of his ranking, while Holy Pill City prepared for retaliation from the Soul Hall.

• The Pill Tower evaluated the top ten alchemists' pills, including Cao Ying's Demon Spirit Pill, Qing Hua's Whale Fall Pill, Mu Gu's Tiger Roar Pill, and Xiao Yan's Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Xuan Kongzi named Xiao Yan champion but required him to register as a Pill Tower elder and refine pills for the factions that had helped him.
• Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi captured Mu Gu and revoked his Pill Gathering ranking and qualifications for slaughtering alchemists and provoking war in the Central Plains.
• Xuan Kongzi promoted the remaining contestants, announced the top ten would enter the Pill Tower in two days, and confirmed their chance to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi used recorded evidence to launch a roundup of Soul Hall members in Holy Pill City and placed the city on first-level combat readiness.
• Yun Zimo rested calmly in a courtyard after setting the events in motion.

With the Star Domain about to open, Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan a secret technique tied to the Three Thousand Burning Flame and revealed its connection to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Xiao Yan entered the competition with a potential advantage, while Qing Hua accepted that the flame would be won by whoever proved strongest.

• Xuan Kongzi asked Yun Zimo to stay and help guard against interference from the Soul Hall as the Star Domain opened.
• Xuan Yi warned Xiao Yan to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame if he could and to leave if danger arose, while Qing Hua agreed to oppose any Soul Hall trouble.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan a drop of Dou Sheng essence blood and used a secret technique to place a golden dragon mark on his palm.
• Xiao Yan realized Zi Yan belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Zi Yan explained that an Ancient Void Dragon senior had once sealed the Three Thousand Burning Flame with a Dragon Seal.
• Zi Yan taught Xiao Yan a secret art that would resonate with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Qing Hua resigned himself to competing fairly for it.

Xiao Yan and the other alchemists failed to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain. As Qiu Ling tried to evacuate them during a Soul Hall attack, the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal broke.

• Tian Leizi warned the ten Pill Gathering finalists not to fight in the Star Domain and entrusted them to Great Elder Qiu Ling.
• Qiu Ling led the group into the Star Domain and showed them the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan used the Dragon Seal to approach the flame’s Origin Star Fire, but it rejected him and destroyed his soul clone.
• The other alchemists also failed to approach the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which burned their soul avatars.
• Tian Leizi warned Qiu Ling that Soul Hall Dou Zun were attacking, but Day Heavenly Venerate blocked their escape and spoke with Qiu Ling.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal broke while Qiu Ling delayed Day Heavenly Venerate.

Old Ghost Bai trapped Xiao Yan and the Pill Tower elders in the Star Domain with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, forcing them to fight while Qiu Ling tried to escape. Xiao Yan escaped after sacrificing a Heaven Demon Puppet in a massive explosion, leaving the Pill Tower and Soul Hall forces to withdraw amid the chaos.

• Old Ghost Bai shifted the spatial portal away, leaving Qiu Ling and the others trapped in the Star Domain with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The Eighth of the Pill Gathering attacked Qiu Ling, but Qiu Ling killed him before the Burning Flame shattered the group’s hastily raised barrier.
• Qiu Ling opened a new portal and evacuated the injured, while Xiao Yan, Qiu Ling, Qing Hua, the Dou Zun elder, and Xiao Yan’s Heaven Demon Puppets faced the Burning Flame.
• The Burning Flame targeted Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, so Xiao Yan and Qiu Ling fought while retreating toward the portal.
• Xiao Yan sent Qiu Ling through the portal, then used the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to draw the Star Domain’s remaining power into a Heaven Demon Puppet and make it self-destruct.
• The explosion battered both sides in the sky, and the Soul Hall forces withdrew as Day Heavenly Venerate dismissed a question about Mu Gu.

After Xiao Yan destroyed the Star Domain, Qin Lao contained the resulting chaos and took the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then invited Xiao Yan to visit the Little Pill Tower. Yun Zimo stayed in Holy Pill City to await news of Yun Yue, while Dan Chen prepared to meet him, hoping to discuss medicine.

• Qin Lao captured the Three Thousand Burning Flame, scolded the Pill Tower’s three heads, and praised Yun Zimo and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Lao told Xiao Yan that the Pill Tower Ancestor had reserved the flame for a fated one and privately asked Xuan Yi to bring Xiao Yan to the Little Pill Tower.
• After the Pill Gathering, Qing Hua returned with the Starfall Pavilion group, but Yun Zimo stayed in Holy Pill City to wait for news of Yun Yue, and Xiao Yi Xian chose to stay with him.
• Yun Zimo and his companions stayed with the Dan Clan and exchanged ideas with alchemy masters, while Dan Chen asked her father for permission to visit Yun Zimo.
• Dan Pei agreed to let Dan Chen visit Yun Zimo with Dan Xuan accompanying her, and Dan Chen looked forward to meeting him.