Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze gathered vast amounts of heaven-and-earth energy to refine a Tier 9 Profound Pill near Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion, drawing the attention of the Heavenly Tomb’s energy beings. As the pill began to form, terrifying thunderclouds gathered overhead, leaving Xiao Ze facing the pill’s coming tribulation.

• Xiao Ze refined more than a thousand rare ingredients in the Golden Fire Cauldron while Xun Er and Xiao Xuan’s projection guarded him.
• Xiao Ze drew heaven-and-earth energy from tens of thousands of miles around to begin forging the Tier 9 Profound Pill.
• Xun Er and Xiao Xuan explained that the pill’s immense energy requirements made it exceptionally rare, while energy beings across the Heavenly Tomb noticed the disturbance.
• Xiao Ze continued gathering energy for several days until a glimmer appeared in the medicinal liquid inside the cauldron.
• Thunderclouds filled the sky as the pill began to form, and Xiao Ze looked up at the destructive power gathering above him.

Xiao Ze refined a Tier 9 Profound Pill in the Golden Fire Cauldron, triggering Pill Rain and a devastating Black Demon Lightning tribulation. The pill broke free from its shell and tried to flee, but Xiao Xuan stopped it at Xiao Ze’s request.

• Xiao Ze and Xun Er watched the energy storm subside as Pill Rain formed around the Golden Fire Cauldron.
• Xiao Ze released the egg-shaped Profound Pill, and the Black Demon Lightning struck it while energy beings throughout the Heavenly Tomb knelt in terror.
• After enduring the lightning tribulation, the egg cracked and shattered, releasing a powerful medicinal fragrance and visions of heavenly treasures.
• The newborn Profound Pill fled, and Xiao Ze asked Xiao Xuan to help capture it.
• Xiao Xuan used an invisible force to stop the fleeing pill in its tracks.

Xiao Ze sealed the successfully refined Tier 9 Profound Pill with Xiao Xuan’s help, then spent the remaining three years in the Heavenly Tomb training with Xun Er and learning from Xiao Xuan. He reached Three-Star Dou Sheng and brought Xun Er to Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion to say farewell before leaving the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Ze sealed the Tier 9 Profound Pill with Xiao Xuan’s help and stored it in a bottle.
• Xiao Ze offered the pill to Xun Er, but she asked him to give it to her in front of the Ancient Clan members.
• Xiao Xuan left Xiao Ze and Xun Er alone, and they spent time together before training in the Third Layer of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ze trained, hunted energy bodies with Xun Er, and learned Dou Techniques and ancient knowledge from Xiao Xuan.
• After three years, Xiao Ze advanced from Two-Star to Three-Star Dou Sheng and decided not to risk burning Xiao Xuan’s soul to reach the Emperor Realm Soul level.
• Xiao Ze brought Xun Er to Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion to say his final farewell.

Xiao Ze and Xun Er left the Heavenly Tomb after three years inside, and Xiao Ze chose not to accept Xiao Xuan's offer to help him reach the Emperor Realm Soul. Back in the Ancient Realm, Xiao Ze publicly proposed to Xun Er with a Tier 9 Profound Pill, astonishing the gathered clans.

• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Ze and offered to help him improve his soul realm if he returned to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ze decided he would not let Xiao Xuan sacrifice himself to help him reach the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Ze and Xun Er returned to the Ancient Realm, where Elder Gu Lan and the other clans saw how much their strength had grown.
• Xiao Ze asked the gathered clans to wait, took Xun Er's hand, and produced a Tier 9 Profound Pill.
• Xiao Ze formally asked the Ancient Clan for Xun Er's hand in marriage, and the pill's power left the clans astonished and greedy.

The Gu Clan approved Xiao Ze and Xun Er’s relationship after Xiao Ze offered a Tier 9 Profound Pill as a betrothal gift. As the clans congratulated them, Xiao Ze received word that the Xiao Clan was in danger and prepared to return, with Xun Er insisting on going with him.

• The Gu Clan leader approved Xiao Ze and Xun Er’s relationship, lifting the pressure over the gathering.
• The Yao Clan’s alchemists argued over Xiao Ze’s skill, while Mang Tianchi and elders from other clans congratulated him.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin watched Xiao Ze and Xun Er together, feeling bitter about their own places at his side.
• Gu Yuan accepted the couple’s decision but wondered whether Xiao Ze had proposed quickly to avoid his interference.
• A message from the Origin Tree warned Xiao Ze that the Xiao Clan was in danger, and he announced he had to leave at once.
• The other clans declined to help against the Soul Clan, but Xun Er told Xiao Ze she would return with him.

After learning that the Spirit Realm had been sealed, Xiao Ze accepted Gu Yuan’s Space Jade Slip and set out to investigate the attack on the Heaven Alliance. He used an Origin Tree Root to travel directly to the Northwest Continent, where Lu Xin awaited an enemy the Heaven Alliance could not defeat.

• Gu Lan told Xun Er that the Spirit Clan had sealed the Spirit Realm, and Gu Yuan urged her to remain in the Ancient Realm while Xiao Ze handled the Xiao Clan’s affairs.
• Xun Er gave Xiao Ze Gu Yuan’s powerful Space Jade Slip, and Xiao Ze sent Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin back to the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Ze learned through the Origin Tree that the Xiao Clan was safe but the Heaven Alliance had been attacked by a powerful enemy heading for Heaven Alliance City.
• Xiao Ze opened a spatial gate with an Origin Tree Root and endured the immense pressure as he traveled to the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin returned to the Pill Tower while Lu Xin waited in Heaven Alliance City and warned Xiao Ze that the enemy was beyond the alliance’s ability to resist.

After Soul Hall’s invasion drove Xiao Yan from Heaven Mountain Fortress, he recovered at Heaven Alliance headquarters and discussed the threat with Yao Lao and his family. Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan connected Soul Hall’s interest in the Xiao Clan to the clan’s hidden origins, leaving them unsure what Soul Hall wanted to find.

• Xiao Yan recovered from the Yin Soul energy in his wound while Yao Lao, Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li watched over him.
• Xiao Yan recounted how Soul Hall’s overwhelming attack at Heaven Mountain Fortress forced him to summon Yao Lao and flee.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that Soul Hall had sent a Half-Saint against Heaven Alliance and might escalate to a Dou Sheng if its forces failed.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that Old Ghost Guyou had sought to use him to find something and had seemed concerned about his Xiao Clan identity.
• Xiao Zhan recalled that the Xiao Clan had moved to the Black-Corner Region because of an enemy their ancestors had offended.
• Xiao Yan said Xiao Ze had hinted that the Xiao Clan’s ancestors belonged to one of the continent’s most powerful clans, astonishing everyone in the room.

The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master and Gu You attacked Heaven Alliance City, and the Vice Hall Master severely wounded Yao Chen while threatening to kill everyone inside. As Xiao Yan prepared to fight back by self-detonating, a small golden tree suddenly appeared and grew above the city.

• Gu You attacked Heaven Alliance City's gates, but Yao Chen blocked his crystal palm and protected the city.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master revealed himself and struck at Yao Chen with a wave of sound, which Yao Chen stopped before it could cause heavy casualties.
• The Vice Hall Master sent chains through Yao Chen's medicine cauldron and wounded him, leaving Xiao Yan to catch his teacher.
• The Vice Hall Master threatened to slaughter everyone in Heaven Alliance City, and Xiao Yan resolved to self-detonate rather than surrender.
• A small golden tree emerged from the center of Heaven Alliance City and rapidly grew dozens of meters tall.

Xiao Ze arrived at Heaven Alliance City and confronted the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master, who had injured many people there. Xiao Ze killed him, while Gu You watched in disbelief.

• The Golden Tree appeared above Heaven Alliance City, and Xiao Ze emerged from a Space Channel in its trunk.
• Xiao Ze surveyed the damaged city, found that no one had died, and confronted the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master outside it.
• Xiao Ze's Thunder Dragon overwhelmed the Vice Hall Master's chains and swept away the black mist hiding his face.
• The Vice Hall Master tried to retreat and threatened that the Soul Hall Hall Master would come after Xiao Ze, but Xiao Ze trapped him in the Thunder World.
• Xiao Ze dispelled the Thunder World after killing the Vice Hall Master, and Gu You stared at the corpse in disbelief.

Xiao Ze defeated the Soul Hall’s forces and returned to Heaven Alliance City, where he declared the Heaven Alliance would oppose the Soul Hall and protect those harmed in the invasion. He reunited with his family and revealed the Xiao Clan’s history and the importance of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, which Xiao Zhan urged him to safeguard.

• Xiao Ze killed Gu You and unleashed Black Demon Lightning against the fleeing Soul Hall Protectors and Venerables.
• Xiao Ze returned to Heaven Alliance City, declared the Soul Hall the Heaven Alliance’s enemy, and promised support for victims and fallen members’ families.
• Lu Xin welcomed Xiao Ze, who praised him and asked him to handle the alliance’s affairs before reporting on its development.
• Xiao Ze reunited with Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li at the Heaven Alliance headquarters.
• Xiao Ze explained that the Xiao Clan was an ancient tribe and that the Tou She Ancient God Jade held the key to what Tou She Ancient God left behind.
• Xiao Zhan showed the jade and urged Xiao Ze to keep it safe from the Soul Hall.

Xiao Ze accepted the Tou She Ancient God Jade and stayed in Heaven Alliance City to reunite with the Xiao Clan and strengthen the Heaven Alliance. After deciding to seek support from Central Plains powers, he named the site where a slain Soul Hall Vice Hall Master's bones were displayed Saint-Fallen Plain.

• Xiao Ze accepted the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Zhan advised him to entrust it to the Ancient Clan if the Soul Clan's pursuit became too dangerous.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yan reunited with the Xiao Clan, shared their Central Plains adventures, and stayed in Heaven Alliance City while Xiao Ze handled alliance affairs and guided younger clan members.
• Xiao Ze reviewed intelligence on the Soul Hall's invasion and decided the Heaven Alliance needed outside support, with the Pill Tower and other Central Plains powers as likely allies.
• Lu Xin reported that the bones of the slain Soul Hall Vice Hall Master had been placed on an altar outside Heaven Alliance City, and Xiao Ze named the plain Saint-Fallen Plain.

Xiao Ze sought Central Plains allies to strengthen the Heaven Alliance against the Soul Hall, and Yao Lao agreed to help establish a broader coalition. The alliance was provisionally agreed upon, with the group set to approach more top factions.

• Xiao Ze told Lu Xin that the Heaven Alliance needed outside allies and brought her to meet the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ze asked Yao Lao to help form an alliance between the Heaven Alliance and Star Fall Pavilion to resist the Soul Hall.
• Yao Lao agreed to represent Star Fall Pavilion and return to lead it, reassuring Xiao Yan that he would protect the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ze offered to seek the Pill Tower's support, while Yao Lao offered to approach other Central Plains factions.
• Yao Lao identified Blazing Flame Valley and Flower Sect as promising allies, and the group provisionally agreed to pursue a wider alliance.

After securing the Heaven Alliance and arranging a guarded Space Wormhole, Xiao Ze returned to the Pill Tower to prepare for the Space Trade Fair, where he hoped to obtain a Nine-Colored Origin Stone for Medusa. He learned that the Soul Hall had been targeting Pill Tower Alchemists more often, and suspected it was gathering Soul Origin for Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Ze warned Lu Xin to keep the Space Wormhole closed to the public and have trustworthy Dou Zun experts maintain it.
• Xiao Ze learned from Xiao Yi Xian that the Space Trade Fair would take place in about two months and returned to the Pill Tower through the Origin Tree.
• Xiao Ze met Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in Holy Pill City and planned to prepare high-tier pills before the fair.
• Xiao Ze visited Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who congratulated him on becoming a Profound Pill Grandmaster.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Xiao Ze a report about the Soul Hall's increasingly frequent hunts for Pill Tower Alchemists, and Xiao Ze suspected the Soul Hall was seeking Soul Origin.

Xiao Ze urged the Pill Tower to ally with his Heaven Alliance against the Soul Hall, warning that its escalating hunt for Soul Origin threatened Alchemists and other powers. The Little Pill Tower’s Great Elder Council approved the alliance while the Pill Tower’s Ancestor was absent.

• Xiao Ze told Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi that the Soul Hall was gathering Soul Origin through increasingly brazen attacks, including an invasion of the Heaven Alliance in the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Ze urged the presidents to form an alliance, warning that the Soul Hall would increasingly target Pill Tower Alchemists and that the Pill Tower risked losing its members if it failed to protect them.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi agreed to seek an alliance and accompanied Xiao Ze through a Space Channel to the Little Pill Tower Secret Realm to persuade the Great Elder.
• The Great Elder agreed that the Pill Tower should seek allies and summoned the other six members of the Great Elder Council.
• With the Ancestor absent, the Great Elder Council voted to form an alliance against the Soul Hall.

Xiao Ze sought to expand the anti-Soul Hall alliance by sending Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to approach the Flower Sect while he visited Blazing Flame Valley. Tang Zhen agreed to take him to Fire Cloud Ancestor, whose reaction to Xiao Ze was wary and surprised.

• Xiao Ze contacted Xiao Yan, and they agreed that Xiao Ze would approach Blazing Flame Valley while Yao Chen would persuade the Flower Sect.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen headed to the Flower Sect after discussing the alliance and the Golden Sapling communication talisman.
• Xiao Ze traveled to Blazing Flame Valley and asked Tang Zhen to join the alliance against the Soul Hall.
• Tang Zhen said he could not decide alone but agreed to introduce Xiao Ze to Fire Cloud Ancestor.
• Xiao Ze and Tang Zhen found Fire Cloud Ancestor receiving a shoulder massage from Huo Er, who recognized Xiao Ze; Fire Cloud Ancestor could not see through him.

Xiao Ze visited Blazing Flame Valley to propose an alliance with Pill Tower against Soul Hall and offered to treat Fire Cloud Ancestor’s chronic ailment. Fire Cloud Ancestor accepted the alliance, while Tang Huo'er was left disappointed that Xiao Ze did not return her feelings.

• Xiao Ze greeted Fire Cloud Ancestor and Tang Huo'er, then explained that he had come to form an alliance against Soul Hall.
• Xiao Ze warned that Blazing Flame Valley might struggle against Soul Hall alone and offered to cure Fire Cloud Ancestor’s lingering ailment.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor jokingly proposed that Xiao Ze marry Tang Huo'er as a condition, but Xiao Ze refused to make her marriage part of the alliance.
• Xiao Ze offered to treat Fire Cloud Ancestor even if he rejected the alliance, and Fire Cloud Ancestor agreed that Blazing Flame Valley and Pill Tower would support one another.
• Tang Zhen escorted Xiao Ze to prepare medicine, while Fire Cloud Ancestor comforted Tang Huo'er and promised to help her cultivate.

Xiao Ze refined the Heavenly Spirit Profound Ice Pill, overcame its Eight-Colored Pill Lightning with the Origin Tree Root, and formed a dazed Snow Rabbit Pill Beast. After settling Blazing Flame Valley’s alliance and leaving the pill to cure Fire Cloud Ancestor, he went with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the Space Trade Fair.

• Xiao Ze used the Origin Tree Root to devour the Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, impressing Fire Cloud Ancestor and Tang Zhen.
• Xiao Ze retrieved the Heavenly Spirit Profound Ice Pill as a Snow Rabbit Pill Beast from the Golden Fire Cauldron.
• Xiao Ze gave the Snow Rabbit to Tang Zhen and left Blazing Flame Valley, explaining that he needed to attend the Space Trade Fair.
• Tang Zhen returned to Fire Cloud Ancestor with the pill, while Tang Huo'er learned that Xiao Ze had departed.
• Xiao Ze reported the alliance to the Great Elder of the Little Pill Tower, then traveled with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to the Space Trade Fair in the northeastern Central Plains.

Xiao Ze brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Space Trade Fair, where they entered its specially opened venue, Space Town. As the fair had yet to begin, the three explored the town, and Xiao Ze located the Seven-Colored Raw Stone.

• Xiao Ze explained that three powerful sects organized the Space Trade Fair as he and his companions crossed the desert toward Space Town.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the spatial black hole and arrived in Space Town before the trade fair began.
• The three explored the town's stalls and saw rare techniques, cultivation methods, pills, weapons, and other treasures.
• Xiao Ze used the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's bloodline power to sense the Seven-Colored Raw Stone.
• Xiao Ze and his companions reached a stall and found the fist-sized, seven-marked Seven-Colored Raw Stone.

Xiao Ze bought a Seven-Colored Raw Stone at the Space Trade Fair and revealed its hidden potential with Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python blood. The stone became a Nine-Colored Origin Stone, a rare treasure prepared for Medusa's advancement.

• Xiao Ze traded two Eighth-Tier Pills for a Seven-Colored Raw Stone from Old Monster Lin at the Space Trade Fair.
• Old Monster Lin tried to change the deal, but Xiao Ze and a rival trader exposed that the pills exceeded the agreed requirements, and Xiao Ze left with the stone.
• Xiao Ze took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin aside and dripped prepared Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python blood onto the stone.
• The stone gained an eighth colored stripe, and then a faint ninth stripe appeared, revealing it as a Nine-Colored Origin Stone.

Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Space Trade Fair after discovering a Nine-Colored Origin Stone that could strengthen Medusa’s bloodline. The fair began with Elder Baoshan presenting Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings in exchange for an Eighth-Tier Pill.

• Xiao Ze stored the Nine-Colored Origin Stone and planned to give it to Medusa after her seclusion ended.
• Xiao Ze presented the Pill Tower’s invitation at the Ancient Treasure Pavilion, where the guards gave him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin concealing cloaks.
• The three entered the trade fair hall, settled in a secluded corner, and noticed Xiao Ze’s Third Brother and Yao Lao among the attendees.
• Elder Baoshan appeared and began the fair, announcing that the first item, Heavenly Demon Phoenix Wings, was available in exchange for an Eighth-Tier Pill that attracted Four-Colored Pill Lightning.