Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen visited the Snake-People Tribe’s new settlement, where he discussed the secret arts for Medusa’s child and obtained the Heaven Soul Blood Melting Pill formula. After deciding the seventh-grade formula needed improvement, he resolved to visit Danta to learn more about alchemy.

• Tang Chen left Xiao Yi Xian and Tang Huo'er to rest and went to see how the Snake-People Tribe had settled in Burning Flame Valley’s small world.
• The Snake-People Tribe welcomed Tang Chen as their benefactor, and Medusa escorted him into the main hall with the Four Great Elders.
• The First Elder explained the tribe’s three grades of secret arts for Medusa’s offspring, and Tang Chen offered to provide the finest ingredients and refine the Heaven Soul Blood Melting Pill.
• Tang Chen dismissed the elders, spent time alone with Medusa, and helped her break through to the two-star Dou Zun realm.
• Tang Chen examined the pill formula, judged its seventh grade too low, and decided to travel to Danta to deepen his alchemy knowledge.

Tang Chen gave Xiao Yi Xian a store of rare poisons and began refining two Heavenly Demon Puppets from Lizardmen corpses, Magic Cores, and captured souls. After a month of work, he fused the refined metals with the bodies, bringing the puppets to the final stage of their creation.

• Tang Chen gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring filled with rare poisons and a thousand-year Poison Crystal, which stirred her Woe Poison Body.
• Tang Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Tang Huo'er spent time together before the two women fell asleep, and Tang Chen left to refine the puppets.
• Tang Chen used Heavenly Flames to temper two Half-Saint Lizardmen corpses and refined the consciousness from two Dou Zun souls before placing their soul origins into the bodies.
• Tang Chen spent a month tempering the corpses and exotic metals in his secret chamber.
• Tang Chen fused the liquid metals with the two bodies, whose surfaces shifted through silver, gold, and purple before turning blood-red.

Tang Chen completed two Half-Saint puppets and traveled to Holy Pill City to obtain an alchemist badge. After revealing his soul power and requesting a high-grade eighth-tier examination, he reached the Danta Main Tower, where Xuan Kongzi decided to assess him personally.

• Tang Chen finished refining two puppets into Half-Saints, bound them to his will with essence-blood imprints, and tested their strength.
• Tang Chen left Burning Flame Valley for Holy Pill City and went to the Danta branch tower to obtain an alchemist badge.
• Tang Chen asked to test for high-grade eighth-tier alchemist status, and the white-haired examiner escorted him to the Inner Domain after sensing his immense soul power.
• Tang Chen noticed the direction of the Three Thousand Burning Flame but followed the examiner to a guest room without investigating.
• Xuan Kongzi received word of Tang Chen's request and decided to examine him personally, when a voice behind him asked what he was going to see.

Cao Ying and Xuan Kongzi met Tang Chen at Danta’s assessment grounds for his high-grade Grade Eight Alchemist assessment. As Tang Chen began refining a pill with a powerful multicolored Heavenly Flame, Cao Ying gained insight from his technique and Xuan Kongzi wondered why it seemed familiar.

• Cao Ying emerged from seclusion after gaining the ability to refine high-grade sixth-tier pills and noticed Tang Chen’s assessment application.
• Xuan Kongzi decided to oversee Tang Chen’s assessment personally, and Cao Ying accompanied him to the assessment grounds.
• Tang Chen arrived, and Cao Ying recognized him while Xuan Kongzi sensed his formidable strength and soul power.
• Xuan Kongzi began the assessment by asking Tang Chen to refine a high-grade eighth-tier pill, and Tang Chen prepared at the stone table.
• Tang Chen ignited a multicolored Heavenly Flame and began refining ingredients with precise, practiced techniques.
• Cao Ying gained insight while watching Tang Chen, and Xuan Kongzi wondered where he had seen Tang Chen’s alchemy techniques before.

Tang Chen completed a Grade Eight pill, endured its Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, and earned a Grade Eight Alchemist badge before joining Danta as an elder. While studying Danta’s collection to develop a new pill, he was interrupted by Cao Ying, who came to ask him another alchemy question.

• After more than ten days of refining, Tang Chen formed his pill and drew Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, shocking Cao Ying and Xuan Kongzi.
• Tang Chen shattered the lightning dragon with a punch and absorbed the lightning into his body.
• Tang Chen suppressed the escaping pill with his Heavenly Realm soul power and handed it to Xuan Kongzi, who praised its quality and awarded him a Grade Eight Alchemist badge.
• Tang Chen revealed that he wanted access to Danta’s collections, and he agreed to join Danta as an elder in exchange.
• Tang Chen studied records about the Seven-Colored and Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and high-grade pregnancy and childbirth pill formulas, then began outlining a new pill.
• Cao Ying knocked on Tang Chen’s door and asked to consult him about alchemy.

Tang Chen used his studies to devise a new pill-refining method and entered seclusion, where he refined a pill that summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. The Three Giants of Danta watched him shatter the lightning with one strike and absorb it into his body.

• Cao Ying accidentally opened a risqué picture book in Tang Chen’s room, blushed, and fled after he teased her.
• Tang Chen had a sudden idea while considering the book alongside his studies, gathered medicinal ingredients, and entered seclusion.
• After a month, a powerful pill-refining phenomenon drew Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi to Tang Chen’s residence.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Tang Chen was a young Danta elder who had previously refined an eighth-tier, eight-colored pill.
• Xuan Yi recognized a familiar Heavenly Flames aura and wondered about Tang Chen’s connection to Yao Chen.
• Tang Chen faced the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, dispersed it with one strike, and absorbed it into his body.

Tang Chen refined a Peak Eighth Grade Heaven Soul Blood Melting Pill, reached Second-Turn Dou Venerable, and met the three giants of Danta. After learning that Yao Chen was alive, Xuan Yi called Tang Chen “Aunt Xuan”; he then asked Xuan Kongzi about the Three Thousand Burning Flame and sought a chance to subdue it.

• Tang Chen absorbed the nine-colored Pill Lightning, captured the escaping pill, and confirmed it had reached Peak Eighth Grade.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi visited Tang Chen, and Tian Lei Zi praised his physical strength and proposed sparring.
• Xuan Yi asked about the Bone Chilling Flame and Yao Chen; Tang Chen explained how he had met Yao Chen and helped him recover.
• Xuan Yi thanked Tang Chen and asked him to call her Aunt Xuan, which he did.
• Tang Chen refined the remaining Pill Lightning energy over several days and broke through to Second-Turn Dou Venerable.
• Tang Chen asked Xuan Kongzi about the Three Thousand Burning Flame and requested a chance to subdue it at the Pill Gathering.

Tang Chen persuaded Danta’s elders to let him attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame by revealing his formidable strength. He entered the Star Domain and finally saw the legendary flame.

• Xuan Kongzi brought Tang Chen before Danta’s elders and introduced him as a newly appointed elder and an eighth-tier high-grade alchemist.
• The elders argued over whether Tang Chen should attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Tang Chen silenced their doubts by displaying his Heavenly Realm spiritual strength and two-star Dou Zun Dou Qi.
• After the meeting, an elder led Tang Chen into the Star Domain while Xuan Kongzi remained outside, prepared to intervene if needed.
• Tang Chen and the elder traveled through the starry void, and Tang Chen saw the Three Thousand Burning Flame beyond a silver light curtain.

Tang Chen entered the Star Domain to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, leaving Xuan Kongzi and Danta’s elders waiting anxiously outside for two months. He emerged unharmed as the scattered Heavenly Flames gathered into him, and told Xuan Kongzi that he had completed his mission.

• Tang Chen pressed his palm against Three Thousand Burning Flame’s exposed forehead scale, and the dragon opened its eyes with hatred burning in its pupils.
• Xuan Kongzi and Danta’s elders guarded the Star Domain while Tang Chen remained inside for two months, and Xuan Yi visited while Cao Ying was kept away.
• The Star Domain erupted with scorching, multicolored flames that threatened to overwhelm Danta’s formations, leading Xuan Kongzi to mobilize the experts.
• The flames abruptly surged toward a figure emerging from the spatial fissure and disappeared into Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen greeted Xuan Kongzi with an unscathed appearance and a stronger, more restrained aura, saying he had fulfilled his mission.

After refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Tang Chen broke through to Three-Turn Dou Zun and discovered that his Origin Flame had evolved into a Flame Infant. He emerged from seclusion ready to return home, then caught Cao Ying sneaking into his room to search for an illustrated booklet.

• Xuan Kongzi and Danta's experts celebrated Tang Chen's return and his subduing of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Tang Chen refused visitors and entered seclusion.
• After one month of refining the flame's residual energy, Tang Chen broke through to Three-Turn Dou Zun.
• Tang Chen discovered that his Origin Flame had become a Flame Infant, greatly boosting his cultivation speed, Dou Qi, and ability to heal with the power of the stars.
• Tang Chen decided to return to Burning Flame Valley after spending several days adjusting to his new abilities.
• Cao Ying sneaked into Tang Chen's room and searched for an illustrated booklet, but Tang Chen surprised her with it in hand.

Tang Chen and Cao Ying grew closer during several days together before he agreed to accompany Xuan Yi to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range. After shopping with Cao Ying in Holy Pill City, Tang Chen left for Burning Flame Valley, while Cao Ying resolved to improve before his return.

• Tang Chen and Cao Ying became intimate, and Xuan Yi visited to ask him about the Wind Thunder Mountain Range; Tang Chen concealed what he and Cao Ying were doing.
• Several days later, Tang Chen agreed to travel to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range with Xuan Yi and received a Communication Jade Slip and a map from her.
• Cao Ying stayed with Tang Chen, and he told her he would return to Burning Flame Valley before reassuring her that he would come back soon.
• Tang Chen and Cao Ying bought trinkets for Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Tang Huo'er in Holy Pill City.
• Tang Chen said farewell to Cao Ying and left, while Cao Ying returned to Danta determined to improve before he came back.

Tang Chen returned to Burning Flame Valley, reunited with Zi Yan, and learned that she had secured control of the Ancient Void Dragon clan as Dragon Emperor. He then visited the pregnant Medusa at the Snake-People Tribe's settlement, where their reunion turned intimate.

• Tang Chen returned to Burning Flame Valley and Zi Yan rushed into his arms, telling him she had finished settling matters on Dragon Island and advanced to Dou Venerate.
• Tang Chen spent several days with Zi Yan and learned she had taken firm control of the Ancient Void Dragon clan using Zhu Kun's contingencies.
• Tang Chen considered retrieving the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit to help Zi Yan grow stronger, then went alone to the Snake-People Tribe's new settlement.
• Tang Chen found Medusa handling tribal affairs while pregnant and embraced her from behind, startling her before she recognized him.
• Tang Chen carried Medusa to the bed as their reunion became intimate.

Tang Chen helped Medusa absorb a Peak Eighth Grade pill, learned that she was carrying a healthy daughter, and spent a peaceful month with her and the other women. He then prepared to travel with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to the Beast Domain Ruins, after discovering that Old Ancestor Fire Cloud had also broken through.

• Tang Chen gave Medusa the Peak Eighth Grade pill, and its medicinal power strengthened her and nourished their unborn child.
• Tang Chen sensed that Medusa was carrying a daughter, and Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Tang Huo'er visited to check on her.
• Tang Chen spent nearly a month in the valley with the women before deciding to handle business and travel to the Beast Domain Ruins.
• Tang Chen told Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian about the ruins, then visited Old Ancestor Fire Cloud and learned that he had recently broken through.
• Tang Chen returned to find Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian ready, and the three set off for the Beast Domain.

Tang Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan traveled to the Skeleton Mountain Range in the Beast Domain to explore ancient ruins. Zi Yan found the hidden entrance, and Tang Chen claimed the ruins’ silver puppets before the stone door opened.

• Tang Chen took Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to the Beast Domain by flying vessel, while Zhu Li secretly guarded them.
• The group reached the Skeleton Mountain Range, where Tang Chen explained that the ruins lay in the territory of the Nine Nether Deep Earth Python Clan.
• Zi Yan used her treasure-seeking talent to locate the ruins and led Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian through its restrictions, a passage of fire, and a stretch of magma.
• Tang Chen erased the weakened soul imprints in several dozen silver puppets and took control of them.
• The heavy stone door opened after Tang Chen collected the puppets, and he led the others toward the ruins’ inner chamber.

Tang Chen, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian explored the Ancient Forest, gathering rare herbs and Soul Infant Fruits. Zi Yan then sensed a call in a hidden Beast Spirit Barrier and discovered that it carried the auras of both the Ancient Void Dragon and the Ancient Heaven Phoenix.

• Tang Chen led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian into the Ancient Forest, where Zi Yan gathered rare medicinal herbs.
• At a lake, Zi Yan subdued a Heaven-Reaching Python with her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline pressure and took Soul Infant Fruits from the Soul Infant Demon Tree.
• Tang Chen gave the Python an enhanced Humanoid Pill as compensation before the group continued through the forest.
• Zi Yan sensed a mysterious call and led Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian to a concealed Beast Spirit Barrier in an open grassland.
• Zi Yan recognized that the barrier held the auras of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heaven Phoenix.

Tang Chen, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Beast Spirit Barrier and found the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Zi Yan safely sealed away. They looted the Pill Hall and reached the deepest main hall, where Tang Chen subdued its puppets before turning his attention to a jade-like skeleton.

• Zi Yan opened the Beast Spirit Barrier with her blood, and she, Tang Chen, and Xiao Yi Xian entered a desolate plain containing an ancient altar.
• The three found the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zi Yan removed and sealed it for transport back to Dragon Island.
• Tang Chen and Zi Yan exchanged thanks and teasing words before the group gathered the remaining herbs in the ancient forest.
• The three entered the Pill Hall, looted its medicinal pills, and Tang Chen discovered several ancient pill formulas.
• At the deepest main hall, Tang Chen used his Heavenly Realm soul to subdue ten Dou Zun puppets, then focused on the jade-like skeleton seated on a stone platform.

Tang Chen erased the remnant will in the ancient ruin and took its inscribed skeleton before traveling with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to Dragon Island. After Zi Yan’s return was celebrated and preparations began for her to absorb the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, Tang Chen deciphered the skeleton’s Heaven-tier Dou Technique: Great Heaven Creation Palm.

• Tang Chen used his Heavenly Realm soul force to erase the skeleton’s remnant will, stored it, and left the looted ruin with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Zi Yan invited Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian to Dragon Island, and Zhu Li carried them there at nearly full speed.
• Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian arrived on Dragon Island and marveled at its vast, spatially constructed landscape.
• Qingshan welcomed Zi Yan and thanked Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian for helping recover the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, then ordered preparations for Zi Yan to absorb it.
• Tang Chen tempered the skeleton’s inscribed ribs with Heavenly Flames until they became dark-gold liquid that seeped into his hand.
• Tang Chen recognized the technique revealed by the liquid as Great Heaven Creation Palm.

Tang Chen learned the Great Heaven Creation Palm from the Creation Saint’s imprint and tested its devastating power. He then witnessed Zi Yan’s successful awakening as Dragon Emperor, and she landed before him to ask if he was impressed.

• Tang Chen viewed the Creation Saint’s imprint, memorized the Great Heaven Creation Palm’s meridian route, and watched the Saint demonstrate its destructive power.
• Tang Chen found new meridians formed in his right palm and used the Great Heaven Creation Palm to erase a vast stretch of terrain.
• Tang Chen sensed Zi Yan’s powerful aura and hurried with Xiao Yi Xian toward the source.
• Zi Yan appeared above Dragon Island in her awakened form, and the Ancient Void Dragons knelt to welcome their Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan dismissed the Ancient Void Dragons, landed before Tang Chen, and asked whether he was blown away.

After Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spent several days cultivating with Tang Chen, Zi Yan entered seclusion to refine the remaining energy of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Tang Chen then entered the Void Lightning Pool to cultivate, where he began absorbing its lightning energy and planned to advance deeper as his body adapted.

• Zi Yan led Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian to her palace, where they cultivated together for several days before she prepared to enter seclusion.
• Zi Yan said goodbye to Tang Chen and entered the cultivation chamber to refine the remaining energy of the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Tang Chen asked Zhu Li to take him to the Void Lightning Pool, and Zhu Li agreed while warning him about its dangers.
• Zhu Li gave Tang Chen a jade slip for emergencies and departed after bringing him to the pool.
• Tang Chen entered the Void Lightning Pool, chose an area with relatively sparse lightning, and began absorbing its energy to strengthen himself.
• Tang Chen continued cultivating in the pool for half a year, starting at its outer edges while remaining wary of the Black Demon Lightning.

Tang Chen emerged from the Void Lightning Pool after reaching Nine-Turn Dou Venerate Peak and left Dragon Island with Xiao Yi Xian. As they crossed the Skeleton Mountain Range, Tang Chen sensed the poisoned, injured Qing Lin being pursued and rushed to save her.

• After half a year in the Void Lightning Pool, Tang Chen emerged with his cultivation at Nine-Turn Dou Venerate Peak and his body strengthened to rival a High-Rank Half-Saint magical beast.
• Tang Chen returned to his residence, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and spent several days with her before they prepared to leave Dragon Island.
• Zhu Li carried Tang Chen and Xiao Yi Xian through a spatial passage back to the Beast Domain and toward the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• Tang Chen sensed Qing Lin fleeing through the forest while injured and poisoned, and he ordered Xiao Yi Xian to prepare Antidote Pills before rushing down to help.
• Qing Lin struggled to escape three pursuers and considered calling Tang Chen as a jade slip appeared in her hand.