Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze sensed that the Holy Spirit Saint was fighting a Soul Hall Dou Sheng and went to help her. The Grand Heavenly Venerable attacked the Holy Spirit Saint and demanded she join Soul Hall, but she refused as Xiao Ze approached.

• Xiao Ze left Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin waiting while his Lightning Body went ahead to assist the Holy Spirit Saint.
• The Grand Heavenly Venerable trapped the Holy Spirit Saint in an Iron Chain Array and attacked her with bone techniques.
• The Holy Spirit Saint fused holy light and Nether power to counter the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s Void-Shattering Three Bone Blades.
• The Grand Heavenly Venerable used the array to withstand the clash and offered the Holy Spirit Saint Soul Hall’s protection and resources if she joined.
• The Holy Spirit Saint refused, and the Grand Heavenly Venerable drew a Bone Blade formed from vengeful spirits and threatened to kill her.

Xiao Ze arrived in the Nether Sea and joined the Holy Spirit Saint against the Grand Heavenly Venerable. After sealing the space and shattering the Bone Blade, he prepared to deal with its owner.

• Xiao Ze appeared near the Grand Heavenly Venerable and the Holy Spirit Saint, surprising them with his Dou Sheng strength.
• The Grand Heavenly Venerable attacked the Holy Spirit Saint with a soul strike, but Xiao Ze broke through the sealing chains and destroyed it with his soul power.
• The Grand Heavenly Venerable recognized Xiao Ze as the Pill Tower’s vice president and launched a massive attack with his Bone Blade.
• Xiao Ze used spatial power to crack the Bone Blade and sealed the surrounding space to prevent the Grand Heavenly Venerable from escaping.
• Xiao Ze crushed the Bone Blade with a silver spatial hand and announced that he would deal with the Grand Heavenly Venerable next.

Xiao Ze killed the Grand Heavenly Venerable after trapping him in a spatial seal and defeating his attacks. He offered the Holy Spirit a place at the Pill Tower to protect her from the Soul Hall’s response.

• The Grand Heavenly Venerable attacked Xiao Ze with black chains and a spatial seal, but Xiao Ze’s golden flames melted the chains and broke through his defenses.
• The Grand Heavenly Venerable crushed a Space Jade Slip to escape, but Xiao Ze’s spatial seal prevented a channel from forming, and the flames burned his right hand until he cut off his arm.
• The Grand Heavenly Venerable threatened Xiao Ze with revenge from the Soul Hall and Soul Clan, then charged at him and self-destructed.
• Xiao Ze used Ten Thousand Thunderbolts Strike to suppress the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s self-destruction, then repaired the shattered space with the Holy Spirit Saint nearby.
• The Holy Spirit Saint warned that the Soul Hall would investigate the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s death, and Xiao Ze suggested that she take an honorary position at the Pill Tower.

After the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s soul plaque shattered, Saint Guyou and the Vice Hall Master suspected that a powerful third party had killed him and decided to alert the Soul Hall Master. In the Nether Sea, Holy Spirit accepted Xiao Ze’s invitation to become a Pill Tower guest elder for protection from the Soul Hall.

• Saint Guyou learned that the Grand Heavenly Venerable’s soul plaque had shattered and blamed Holy Spirit for his death.
• Saint Guyou contacted the Vice Hall Master and explained that the Grand Heavenly Venerable had been investigating a Dou Sheng in the Nether Sea.
• The Vice Hall Master suspected that the Pill Tower Ancestor or the Ancient Clan had intervened and decided to report the death to the Soul Hall Master.
• Holy Spirit considered the danger of the Soul Hall’s retaliation and accepted Xiao Ze’s offer to become a Pill Tower guest elder.

Xiao Ze returned to the Pill Tower with Holy Spirit Saint, who sought protection as a guest elder after the death of Grand Heavenly Venerable. After learning Xiao Ze had reached Dou Sheng and could refine Tier 9 Treasure Pills, the First Elder invited him to become Pill Tower president.

• Xiao Ze brought Holy Spirit Saint to the Pill Tower and explained that the Soul Hall might retaliate against her for Grand Heavenly Venerable's death.
• Xiao Ze revealed that he had recently reached Dou Sheng and personally killed Grand Heavenly Venerable, astonishing the three presidents.
• Xuan Kongzi brought Xiao Ze and Holy Spirit Saint to the First Elder, who approved her appointment as a guest elder with the highest benefits.
• Xiao Ze told the First Elder he had refined a Tier 9 Treasure Pill before breaking through to Dou Sheng.
• The First Elder asked Xiao Ze to take over as Pill Tower president and offered to remove the word “vice” from his title.

Xiao Ze accepted the Pill Tower presidency after the First Elder assured him he could continue cultivating, and news of his status as a Ninth-grade Alchemist drew factions and powerful recluses to the Pill Tower. He received a request to refine a Ninth-grade healing pill and examined the ancient formula the faction had offered.

• The First Elder reassured Xiao Ze that the other presidents and elders could manage the Pill Tower while he traveled, so Xiao Ze agreed to become president.
• The Pill Tower announced that Xiao Ze was its new president and a Ninth-grade Alchemist, drawing hidden experts and factions from across the Central Plains.
• The Pill Tower kept reclusive experts as honored retainers and built ties with the factions that came to congratulate Xiao Ze.
• Xiao Ze personally received major factions and agreed to refine a Ninth-grade healing pill for a faction's Grand Elder in exchange for its formula and rewards.
• Xiao Ze examined the faction's ancient Ninth-grade pill formula and the lavish rewards it had offered.

Xiao Ze learned that the Mystic Cyan Soul-Shaping Pill could repair a severely damaged soul and arranged to refine it publicly. As Central Plains flooded into Holy Pill City for the demonstration, Xuan Kongzi saw the Pill Tower’s revenues soar before the event even began.

• Xiao Ze read the Mystic Cyan Soul-Shaping Pill recipe and inferred that the Supreme Elder who needed it had suffered damage to his Soul Origin.
• Xiao Ze proposed a public pill-refining demonstration to Xuan Kongzi, who agreed and said the event would help the Pill Tower attract experts and build ties with other factions.
• Xiao Ze said he expected to master the recipe in a few days and have a seventy-to-eighty-percent chance of success, so Xuan Kongzi tentatively scheduled the demonstration for a month later in Holy Pill City's central plaza.
• News that Xiao Ze would publicly refine a Tier 9 Treasure Pill spread across Central Plains, drawing faction leaders, cultivators, and high-tier Alchemists to Holy Pill City.
• Xuan Kongzi reviewed the Pill Tower's business report and celebrated the profits generated by the influx of visitors before the demonstration began.

Xiao Ze prepared for a public pill refinement after failing to advance his soul power to the Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection. Before a packed crowd in Holy Pill City, he began refining the requested pill with his golden flames, leaving the audience astonished by his skill and power.

• Xiao Ze failed to break through to the Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection and considered powerful sources of soul energy he might pursue in the future.
• Qing Lin helped Xiao Ze dress for the public pill refinement while Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa watched.
• Xiao Ze arrived at Holy Pill City's central square, where a huge crowd had gathered to witness his refinement.
• Xiao Ze thanked the crowd, summoned his golden flames, and silenced the square as the flames suppressed those within the Alchemists present.
• Xiao Ze used the golden flames to form a Fire Cauldron and Fire Dragons, then began refining more than a thousand medicinal ingredients as the crowd watched in awe.

Xiao Ze refined a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill that attracted Black Demon Lightning, then subdued the sentient pill before handing it to a Frost Clan member. As the man rushed to heal the Frost Clan Grand Elder, onlookers began eyeing him and the pill.

• Xiao Ze’s pill refinement summoned Black Demon Lightning, and he blocked its single bolt while the Pill Tower experts protected the crowd from the energy storm.
• A pale-blue streak escaped the Golden Fire Cauldron, transformed into a giant green dragon and then a child, but Xiao Ze subdued and sealed it.
• The onlookers realized Xiao Ze was both a Ninth-grade Alchemist and a Dou Sheng.
• A frost-haired middle-aged man thanked Xiao Ze on behalf of the Frost Clan and received the pill to treat the Grand Elder’s injuries.
• The middle-aged man hurried away, and some people in the plaza began considering taking the pill from him.

Xiao Ze warned the gathered factions against seizing the Tier 9 Treasure Pill in Holy Pill City, then learned that the Frost Clan had obtained it to heal their ailing Grand Elder. After receiving invitations from powerful factions, Xiao Ze discovered the Grand Elder had apparently recovered and wanted to meet him.

• Xiao Ze warned that the Pill Tower would show no mercy to anyone who seized a pill within Holy Pill City, suppressing the onlookers' ill intentions.
• The Frost Clan's Clan Chief opened the Soul Coffin and gave the Tier 9 Treasure Pill to the Grand Elder, who began refining it in hopes of healing his damaged Soul Origin.
• Xiao Ze finished receiving representatives from factions seeking the help or friendship of a Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• The First Elder brought Xiao Ze an invitation from the Frost Clan, and Xiao Ze concluded that the Grand Elder had recovered and wished to meet him.

The Frost Clan’s Grand Elder, Han Qiu, visited Xiao Ze to thank him for saving his life and repay the favor of warning off those who might have seized the Tier 9 Treasure Pill. Han Qiu offered Xiao Ze the coordinates to the Cold Poison Secret Realm, a dangerous place where he had found both a path to Dou Sheng and the Azure Frost Heaven Poison Scorpion that shattered his Soul Origin.

• The Frost Clan’s Grand Elder and clan head arrived at the Black Giant Tower to meet Xiao Ze after Han Qiu’s soul began recovering from the Ninth-grade Pill.
• Xiao Ze greeted Clan Head Han and met Han Qiu, who thanked him for refining the pill that saved him.
• Han Qiu explained that he had entered the Cold Poison Secret Realm in the Endless Void, where he advanced to one-star Dou Sheng before venturing too deep and suffering a Soul Origin-shattering sting from an Azure Frost Heaven Poison Scorpion.
• Xiao Ze reflected on the dangers hidden in the Endless Void, and Han Qiu offered him the secret realm’s coordinates as thanks for his warning at the public pill refinement.

Xiao Ze decided to postpone visiting the Cold Poison Secret Realm after learning that a Four-Star Dou Saint guarded its depths, but accepted Elder Han’s Spatial Compass for a future trip. He planned to strengthen his lightning power in the Void Lightning Pool, then agreed to travel to the Beast Domain with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.

• Elder Han warned Xiao Ze that the Azure Frost Heaven Poison Scorpion was a Four-Star Dou Saint but could not leave the depths of the Cold Poison Secret Realm.
• Xiao Ze judged that he was not ready to face the scorpion and accepted Elder Han’s Spatial Compass while agreeing not to make a fuss about the Frost Clan’s inherited realm.
• Xiao Ze told the Pill Tower disciples to direct routine visitors to the First Elder and planned to return to the Void Lightning Pool to strengthen his lightning origin.
• Xiao Ze asked Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others whether they would accompany him to the Void Lightning Pool.
• Medusa proposed visiting the Beast Domain to investigate the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin agreed to go with Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze led his group into the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe’s underground headquarters, using Illusion Power and spatial concealment to avoid detection. They reached the tribe’s holy land, the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring, and stood before a vast, freezing ravine as they searched for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s homeland.

• Xiao Ze used Illusion Power to lead his group through a guarded passage and into the underground world.
• Xiao Ze followed a map from the Pill Tower as the group traveled for half a day to the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• Medusa reflected on the Snake-People tribes’ history but felt no kinship with the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe.
• Xiao Ze concealed the group from the tribe’s experts and passed through its headquarters without approaching the Inner Core Region.
• Xiao Ze led the group to the deepest part of the underground world, where they found a vast ravine emitting bone-chilling winds.

Xiao Ze led Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin into the ravine to investigate the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring and search for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan's territory. He protected Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin from the spring's frigid energy and decided to keep everyone together as they approached it.

• Xiao Ze and the others passed the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe's headquarters under his concealment, and he said he was now strong enough to face the tribe's Dou Sheng experts.
• Medusa asked Xiao Ze not to force the search if the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan's territory could not be found, but Xiao Ze vowed to search the Beast Domain thoroughly.
• Xiao Ze led the group down the ravine to the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring, whose frigid, dark energy was difficult for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to withstand.
• Xiao Ze covered Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in the Origin Emperor Flame to protect them from the cold.
• Xiao Ze chose to bring all three women with him into the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring rather than leave Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin near the tribe's headquarters.

Xiao Ze led Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin into the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring, using the Origin Emperor Flame to shield them from its freezing waters. When swarms of strange snakes attacked, he killed tens of thousands with golden flame needles, forcing the survivors to flee in terror.

• Xiao Ze tested the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring's cold and then enveloped the group in the Origin Emperor Flame as they descended.
• A strange black snake attacked Xiao Ze, who destroyed it with the Origin Emperor Flame.
• Qing Lin sensed a swarm of strange snakes approaching, and Xiao Ze formed the flame into golden needles to meet their assault.
• Xiao Ze's golden needles killed hundreds and then tens of thousands of snakes as the swarm continued attacking.
• The surviving snakes grew hesitant and terrified, then scattered and fled from Xiao Ze and the others.

Xiao Ze and his companions reached the bottom of the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring, where Medusa sensed a faint summons. They uncovered a chained, skeletal figure who claimed to be the patriarch of the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe and begged Xiao Ze to free him.

• Xiao Ze let the surviving strange snakes flee after his group slaughtered most of them, then led Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin deeper into the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring.
• Xiao Ze and his companions landed on the desolate bottom, where Medusa sensed an intermittent summons obscured by the cold Yin energy.
• Qing Lin sensed a living presence, and Xiao Ze uncovered enormous iron chains buried beneath the sand and stones.
• Xiao Ze scattered the mud binding a gaunt figure, who declared himself the patriarch of the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe and offered to have the tribe serve Xiao Ze if he freed him.
• Xiao Ze remained calm as Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the others waited for his decision.

Yao Ming told Xiao Ze how Yao Xiaotian had imprisoned him and offered a soul contract in exchange for rescue. Xiao Ze agreed to consider helping, but chose Qing Lin to place the contract, and Yao Ming recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Yao Ming described how his younger brother Yao Xiaotian and a trusted follower ambushed him and imprisoned him at the bottom of the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring.
• Yao Ming claimed Yao Xiaotian had never obtained the Nine Serenity Nether Staff, the chief’s token, and argued that rescuing him would only make Xiao Ze oppose Yao Xiaotian and his follower.
• Xiao Ze questioned whether Yao Ming would keep his word and explained that he had little need for the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe as an ally.
• Yao Ming offered to lower his soul defenses and let Xiao Ze place a Soul Seal on him.
• Xiao Ze refused to place the Soul Seal himself and told Qing Lin to form a soul contract with Yao Ming.
• Yao Ming saw Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and reacted with alarm.

Xiao Ze guided Qing Lin as she placed a soul contract on Yao Ming, who agreed to submit so he could pursue revenge against Yao Xiaotian. Xiao Ze then assured Yao Ming that he would free him from the chains binding him in the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring.

• Yao Ming recognized Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and hesitated over the prospect of being bound by them.
• Xiao Ze held Qing Lin back, while Yao Ming abandoned hope of bargaining and chose to submit so he could take revenge on Yao Xiaotian.
• Qing Lin formed a soul contract with Yao Ming's soul serpent, with Xiao Ze watching over her and praising her mastery.
• Xiao Ze told Qing Lin not to influence Yao Ming unless necessary, and Yao Ming returned his soul serpent to his body.
• Yao Ming asked Xiao Ze to remove his chains, and Xiao Ze promised he would keep their agreement.

Xiao Ze freed Yao Ming from his chains and helped him recover enough strength to challenge his brother, Yao Xiaotian, for control of the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe. With Yao Ming restored to nearly full strength, they prepared to deal with the tribe before Medusa searched for her ancestral grounds.

• Yao Ming warned Xiao Ze that the chains were linked to Yellow Spring Yin Stones and that breaking their seal could alert Yao Xiaotian through a hidden Soul Imprint.
• Xiao Ze created a soul barrier to block the imprint’s signal, then snapped Yao Ming’s chains with his bare hands.
• Yao Ming escaped, thanked Xiao Ze, and swallowed the bottle of Eighth-Tier Pills Xiao Ze gave him to restore his Dou Qi.
• As Yao Ming recovered, Xiao Ze and Medusa agreed to settle the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Tribe’s affairs before searching for the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s ancestral grounds.
• Yao Ming recovered to Two-Star Dou Saint strength and claimed he could defeat Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder before Xiao Ze led the group to handle the tribe’s affairs.

Xiao Ze and his companions escaped the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring with Yao Ming, who confronted Yao Xiaotian and the clan elders. Yao Ming fought Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder while Xiao Ze intervened to capture the Grand Elder, and Yao Ming began overpowering Yao Xiaotian.

• Xiao Ze led the group past the fleeing strange snakes and out of the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring after its soul barrier shattered.
• Yao Ming announced himself as the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python tribe's clan chief, disrupting Yao Xiaotian's attempt to brand him an impostor.
• Yao Ming revealed that Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder had ambushed and imprisoned him, then attacked them with the strength of a two-star Dou Saint.
• Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder joined forces against Yao Ming, but Yao Ming held the upper hand.
• Xiao Ze blasted the Grand Elder into a Thunder World and flew toward it with the women, while Yao Ming began slaughtering Yao Xiaotian's forces.