Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu convinced Xun Er to leave the valley, disguised himself, and entered the hall to claim the Chaos Green Lotus. After discovering that four Soul Hall figures were restrained while sealing something below, he confronted them and unleashed his full power.

• Xiao Yu persuaded Xun Er to leave the valley with Elder Lin, Elder Zhao, and Yao Lao, promising he would return safely.
• Xiao Yu changed his appearance with a medicinal pill and entered the great hall, where the Nihility Devouring Flame detected him and attacked.
• Xiao Yu recognized the Nihility Devouring Flame and learned that the four Soul Hall figures inside were being restrained.
• The system announced that Xiao Yu had received the Chaos Green Lotus, but he held off on claiming it and mocked the Soul Hall figures about the thing sealed beneath them.
• After the Soul Hall Master threatened him, Xiao Yu awakened his minor-mastery Prison Suppressing Divine Body and unleashed his full power.

Xiao Yu broke the seal while fighting Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Miesheng, releasing two powerful innate flames. The Chaos Flame identified them as the Nine Yin Demonic Flame and Nine Yang Sacred Fire and warned Xiao Yu that they could devour it.

• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered Hun Miesheng to stop Xiao Yu, while Xiao Yu sent two Shadow Clones to hold Hun Miesheng back.
• Xiao Yu resisted Nihility Devouring Flame’s devouring attack and charged toward the seal as the Soul Hall figures reinforced it.
• Xiao Yu struck the seal with his Prison Suppressing Divine Body, causing the hall to shake and cracks to spread across the seal.
• The seal shattered, releasing a scorching red flame and a freezing black flame that intertwined in midair.
• The Chaos Flame identified the pair as the Nine Yang Sacred Fire and Nine Yin Demonic Flame and warned Xiao Yu that they were mature innate flames capable of devouring it.

Xiao Yu watched Nine Yang Sacred Fire and Nine Yin Demonic Flame battle Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Hall, then planned with Chaos Flame to exploit the flames’ weakened state. After the two flames engulfed the hall, Xiao Yu escaped, and Nihility Devouring Flame turned his fury on him.

• Chaos Flame explained that Nine Yang Sacred Fire and Nine Yin Demonic Flame were natural enemies whose power cycled between weakened and flourishing periods.
• Nine Yang Sacred Fire struck Hun Miesheng into a wall, while Nine Yin Demonic Flame destroyed a Soul Hall venerable elder’s avatar and injured him through backlash.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Ran attacked the two flames, but the flames fought back and steadily weakened them.
• Xiao Yu agreed to let the battle wear down the flames so Chaos Flame could sense when they were weakest and attempt to devour them.
• Nine Yang Sacred Fire and Nine Yin Demonic Flame unleashed a surge of fire through the hall, and Xiao Yu vanished as Nihility Devouring Flame sent black fire sweeping toward the flames.

Xiao Yu claimed the Chaos Green Lotus, which raised his Soul Power to the Great Perfection Heavenly Realm and let him overwhelm Hun Miesheng and a Soul Hall Venerable. With Nihility Devouring Flame cornered alongside the Nine Yang Sacred Fire and Nine Yin Demonic Flame, Xiao Yu blocked its escape from the grand hall.

• Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Xiao Yu with a devouring vortex, but Xiao Yu suppressed the force with the Chaos Cultivation Source Method.
• Xiao Yu claimed the Chaos Green Lotus, which entered his sea of consciousness and raised his Soul Power to the Great Perfection Heavenly Realm.
• Xiao Yu clashed with Nihility Devouring Flame and forced the flame avatar back, while Hun Miesheng called for its true body to come.
• Xiao Yu captured and crushed Hun Miesheng, then shattered a Soul Hall Venerable's soul with a strike to the forehead.
• Nihility Devouring Flame tried to flee the grand hall, but Xiao Yu appeared before it and stopped its escape.

Xiao Yu defeated the Nihility Devouring Flame’s origin flame and used the Chaos Green Lotus to subdue Nine Yang Sacred Fire and Nine Yin Demonic Flame. After reuniting with Xun Er and returning to Underworld’s headquarters, he let her examine him, and she was shocked by what she sensed.

• Xiao Yu watched Nine Yang Sacred Fire and Nine Yin Demonic Flame devour Nihility Devouring Flame’s weakened origin flame, while its true body in the Soul Realm sensed Xiao Yu’s awakened Xiao Clan bloodline and vanished.
• Chaos Flame warned Xiao Yu that the two innate flames would soon weaken and might escape, so Xiao Yu summoned the Chaos Green Lotus and drew them into its lotus pedestal.
• Xiao Yu put away the Chaos Green Lotus, reunited with Xun Er and the others, and traveled with them to Underworld’s headquarters in the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yu entered the courtyard Ya Fei had prepared for him, and Xun Er examined him with her Soul Power before suddenly widening her eyes in shock.

Xiao Yu and his companions traveled to the Pill Domain to help the Ye Family retain its standing and prepare for the Alchemist Tournament. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan agreeing to pose as Xin Lan’s fiancé so he could compete in the Ye Family’s assessment.

• Xun Er confirmed that Xiao Yu was unharmed, and he reassured her that the Chaos Flame would not hurt her.
• Xiao Yu discovered that the Chaos Green Lotus gathered natural energy and enhanced the Soul Power of people cultivating near him.
• With the Alchemist Tournament approaching, Xiao Yu set out for the Pill Domain with Xun Er, Yao Yue, Huo Yue'er, Venerable Wind, Mu Qingluan, and others.
• Ye Zhong welcomed the group to the Ye Family, where Xiao Yan asked him about the assessment among the Five Great Families.
• Xiao Yan agreed to pose as Xin Lan’s fiancé to participate in the assessment, while Xiao Yu teased them about marrying.

Xiao Yan began preparing to refine pills for the Ye Family’s assessment, while Xiao Yu trained three girls in alchemy. Xuan Yi came to Ye City to ask Xiao Yu to represent the Pill Tower in the Alchemist Tournament, and he agreed on the condition that the Pill Tower accept his terms.

• Xiao Yan entered the Ye Family’s alchemy chamber for a month and a half of pill refining as he aimed to reach the high seventh tier.
• Xiao Yu taught Yao Yue, Huo Yue'er, and Xin Lan to refine pills while the Alchemist Tournament drew closer.
• Xuan Yi arrived in Ye City and recognized Xiao Yu’s strength as reaching the peak of Dou Zun; she also identified Xun Er as a member of the Ancient Clan.
• Xuan Yi asked Xiao Yu to represent the Pill Tower in the Alchemist Tournament, explaining that the Pill Tower feared Soul Hall interference and Old Man Mu Gu’s possible appearance.
• Xiao Yu agreed to participate but told Xuan Yi that the Pill Tower had to accept some conditions.

Xuan Yi offered to teach the Ancient Soul Cultivation Method to Xiao Yu’s three alchemists if they became her disciples. Yao Yue and Huo Yue'er refused, but Xin Lan accepted, leaving Xiao Yu to support her new apprenticeship.

• Xiao Yu asked Xuan Yi for the Pill Tower’s Soul Cultivation Method for Yao Yue, Huo Yue'er, and Xin Lan, and Xuan Yi offered to take them as disciples.
• Xuan Yi examined the three girls and explained that becoming her disciples would grant them access to the complete Ancient Soul Cultivation Method.
• Yao Yue declined because she already had a teacher, and Huo Yue'er said she believed Xiao Yu could teach her alchemy.
• Xuan Yi recognized Xin Lan as a member of the Ye Family and offered to take her as a disciple.
• Xiao Yu encouraged Xin Lan to accept Xuan Yi’s offer, and Xin Lan agreed to become her disciple.

Xuan Yi accepted Xin Lan as her disciple while Xiao Yu and Xun Er continued cultivating at the Ye Family. When the Cao Family came to claim Ye Xinlan and demand most of the Ye Family’s businesses, Cao Dan insulted Xun Er, and Xiao Yu retaliated by nearly killing him and seriously injuring two Dou Zuns.

• Xuan Yi arranged to hold Xin Lan’s disciple-taking ceremony after the Alchemist Tournament and offered guidance to Yao Yue and Huo Yue'er.
• Xiao Yu refined pills while Xun Er cultivated with his Chaos Green Lotus and broke through to the Dou Zun realm after a month.
• Cao Dan arrived with the Cao Family, demanded that Ye Xinlan honor her engagement, and threatened to take eighty percent of the Ye Family’s businesses instead.
• Cao Dan saw Xun Er and demanded that the Ye Family marry her to him, so Elder Lin slapped him twice and sent him flying.
• Xiao Yu kicked Cao Dan, Venerable Ku Yi, and the red-robed elder, seriously injuring the two Dou Zuns and leaving Cao Dan barely alive.

Xiao Yu drove off the Cao Family’s two Dou Zuns after they attacked the Ye Family, then spent a peaceful period with Xun Er as the Pill Gathering approached. As the Ye Family departed for Sacred Pill City to face the Five Great Families assessment, Gu He and Liu Ling arrived in Ye City and Liu Ling thought he spotted Xiao Yu.

• Xiao Yu severely injured Venerable Ku Yi and the red-robed old man, threatened the Cao Family, and sent them fleeing with the unconscious Cao Dan.
• Xuan Yi returned with Xin Lan after the confrontation, and Ye Zhong thanked Xiao Yu for protecting the Ye Family.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er left the courtyard together, and she teased him about being surrounded by beautiful women.
• Gu He and Liu Ling arrived in Ye City on their way to Sacred Pill City, where Gu He hoped to enter the Pill Tower.
• The Ye Family set out through the Space Wormhole for Sacred Pill City to take part in the Five Great Families assessment.
• Liu Ling thought he saw Xiao Yu entering the Space Wormhole with the Ye Family, and Gu He recognized him as the man who destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yu and his companions arrived in Sacred Pill City, where Xiao Yan’s Soul Power broke through to the Spiritual Realm. While exploring the city with Xun Er, Xiao Yu began bidding against a white-robed young man for a handful of medicinal ingredients.

• Ye Zhong led Xiao Yu and the others to the Ye Family’s run-down courtyard, while Xuan Yi took Xin Lan to the Pill Tower.
• A shout from the Pill City Star Domain startled Xiao Yan, who realized his Soul Power had broken through to the Spiritual Realm.
• Ye Zhong took Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower’s testing site for alchemist certification, while Xiao Yu explored the city with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yu spotted a purple medicinal ingredient at a vendor’s stall and selected it along with several others, offering sixty thousand Gold Coins.
• A white-robed young man outbid Xiao Yu, and the two raised their offers until the price reached four hundred thousand Gold Coins.

Xiao Yu exposed Chen Xian’s attempt to buy a worthless herb and Elder Zhao drove Chen Xian and his injured guard away. Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu Spirit Nurturing Dust, then the brothers prepared for the Five Great Families’ assessment, which was about to begin in Sacred Pill City.

• Xiao Yu revealed that the purple ginseng Chen Xian had bought was not the valuable Purple Spirit Heavenly Ginseng, and mocked him for being deceived.
• Chen Xian’s guard attacked Xiao Yu, but Elder Zhao struck him down and forced Chen Xian to flee with the injured man.
• Xiao Yu suspected the white-clad man was Chen Xian of the Profound Nether Sect and planned to kill him in the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu three portions of Spirit Nurturing Dust, but Xiao Yu refused them and encouraged Xiao Yan ahead of the competition.
• Ye Zhong arrived the next morning, and Xiao Yan and the others prepared to go to the Five Great Families’ assessment hall.

Xiao Yan and the Ye Family arrived at the Five Great Families' assessment, where the struggling Ye Family faced mockery and pressure to place in the top three. The Cao Family entered with Cao Ying and Cao Xiu, who identified Xiao Yu as the one who crippled Cao Dan and resolved to use the assessment to drive the Ye Family out.

• Ye Zhong explained that the Ye Family would lose its place among the Five Great Families if it failed to finish in the top three, and Xiao Yan promised to handle the assessment.
• People mocked the Ye Family as it entered the hall, while Xiao Yan reassured Ye Zhong that he would help.
• Xiao Yu recognized a hostile old woman from the Bai Family, and Ye Zhong introduced the other families and their leading members.
• The Cao Family arrived, drawing an enthusiastic welcome as Cao Ying entered and attracted the hall's attention.
• Cao Xiu spotted Xiao Yu, whom he blamed for Cao Dan's injury, and Cao Ying told him the assessment was his chance to act against the Ye Family.
• Cao Xiu vowed to kick the Ye Family out, while Xiao Yan remained confident that his improved Spiritual Realm Soul Power would secure victory.

Xiao Yan and the other four representatives began the Five Great Families’ assessment by measuring their Soul Power. The test had not yet reached Xiao Yan when Elder Sheng told him the Ye Family needed him to surpass Bai Ying’s score to have a chance at the top three.

• The Five Great Families’ assessment arena appeared, and Pill Tower elders Fan and Sheng took charge.
• Xiao Yan joined Dan Xuan, Cao Xiu, Bai Ying, and Qiu Ji as the family representatives entering the arena.
• Qiu Ji scored 707 Soul Power, Bai Ying scored 785, Cao Xiu exceeded 800, and Dan Xuan exceeded 900.
• Elder Fan recognized Xiao Yu and asked Elder Sheng about testing his Soul Power after the assessment ended.
• Elder Sheng told Xiao Yan he needed to exceed Bai Ying’s score of 785 for the Ye Family to have a chance at the top three.

Xiao Yan secured the Ye Family’s place among the Five Great Families with a soul value of 1505 and first place in soul control. During the final soul-combat assessment, Cao Ying challenged him and discovered that he could use the same Soul Skill she knew, leaving the Pill Tower elders wondering how he had learned it.

• Xiao Yan measured a soul value of 1505, astonishing the gathered families and the Pill Tower elders.
• Xiao Yan took first place in soul control, and the elders approved Cao Ying’s request to replace Cao Xiu and fight him in the final assessment.
• Xiao Yan and Cao Ying’s soul forces overwhelmed the other three participants as they began their clash.
• Cao Ying summoned a soul phoenix with a Soul Skill, and Xiao Yan answered with a soul dragon using the same movements.
• Xiao Yan’s dragon collided with Cao Ying’s phoenix, while both fighters formed identical hand seals for their next techniques.
• Elder Sheng recognized Xiao Yan’s technique as the Pill Tower’s Soul Profound Seal Palm, and Elder Fan proposed asking him about it after the assessment.

After Xiao Yan defeated Cao Ying in the soul assessment, the Ye Family took first place and retained its position among the Five Great Families. Xiao Yu then tested his Soul Power on the Soul Measuring Stele, whose reading surged until the stele cracked beneath his hand.

• Xiao Yan and Cao Ying unleashed their Soul Power, and Xiao Yan won their contest.
• Cao Ying congratulated Xiao Yan and returned to the Cao Family's seats.
• The assessment ended with the Ye Family in first place, and Elder Fan and Elder Sheng invited Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu to speak with them.
• Xiao Yu said he wanted to test his Soul Power, drawing the interest of the Dan and Cao Families.
• Xiao Yu placed his palm on the Soul Measuring Stele, and its blood-red reading rose past four digits before the stele cracked.

After Xiao Yu's Soul Power shattered a Soul Measuring Stele, he measured a score of 4020 on the Pill Tower's Soul Measuring Pearl and left Sacred Pill City with Xun Er. In the outer district, they found servants beating a little beggar accused of stealing a Heavenly Yellow Ginseng, but she fled as soon as Xiao Yu paid for it.

• Xiao Yu's Soul Power destroyed the Soul Measuring Stele, so Elder Fan replaced it with a Soul Measuring Pearl.
• Xiao Yu recorded a Soul Power score of 4020, stunning the elders and alchemists watching.
• Xiao Yu left with Xun Er and discussed the crowds drawn to the approaching Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er found Medicine Pavilion servants beating a little beggar they accused of stealing a Heavenly Yellow Ginseng.
• Xiao Yu paid the servants five thousand Gold Coins, and the little beggar sprang up and ran away.

Xiao Yu and Xun Er encountered the beggar You Quan again and followed her to her poisoned sister. Xiao Yu agreed to treat the woman in exchange for You Quan becoming Xun Er’s disciple.

• Xiao Yu and Xun Er found You Quan waiting for them, and she asked to cultivate so she could protect the people around her.
• You Quan led Xiao Yu and Xun Er to a hidden town and showed them her sister, who was suffering from Heavenly Yin Cold Poison.
• Xiao Yu identified the poison and offered to relieve the woman’s pain, while You Quan begged him to save her sister.
• Xiao Yu agreed to treat You Quan’s sister if You Quan became Xun Er’s disciple, and You Quan immediately accepted.
• Xun Er welcomed You Quan as her disciple, and Xiao Yu promised to save her sister.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan met Yao Chen and Pill Tower’s Three Giants after being summoned to the tower. Xuan Kongzi asked them to help Pill Tower guard against Soul Hall’s suspected infiltration as they prepared to enter the Pill Realm.

• Xiao Yu gave You Quan’s dying sister a Fuling Pill and promised to refine a Grade Eight Fire Cold Pill, warning You Quan to keep her sister away from other medicine and fire-attributed ingredients.
• Xiao Yu arranged for Ye Zhong to bring You Quan and her sister to Ye Academy, where they could recuperate.
• Elder Sheng invited Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan to Pill Tower, where Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Chen and Xiao Yu said Xiao Yan had a fifty percent chance of winning the Pill Gathering.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi met Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan and asked them to help Pill Tower deal with Soul Hall’s suspected infiltration, warning them to be careful in the Pill Realm.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan learned that Old Man Mu Gu, Yao Chen’s former sectmate and enemy, was likely to appear at the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Yan vowed to confront him if they met. When the Pill Gathering began, the two entered its Illusion Realm assessment, while Xiao Yu quietly followed a familiar figure inside.

• Tian Lei Zi identified Old Man Mu Gu as the likely Soul Hall representative, and Yao Chen explained their shared history and the grudge involving Han Feng and Fen Jue.
• Xiao Yan promised to make Old Man Mu Gu suffer with a new Dou Technique, though Yao Chen cautioned him not to underestimate his opponent.
• Three days later, Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Gathering, where the organizers announced that alchemists of the fifth grade and above had to cross the Illusion Realm to enter the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan flew into the Illusion Realm, and Xiao Yu slowed down to follow a familiar figure without anyone noticing.