Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing accepted Qiu Chen’s public alchemy challenge after wagering the Soul Infant Spirit Pill formula against a secret Tier 8 Qiu Family formula. As the contest began, Xiao Qing revealed a mysterious Heavenly Azure Glazed Flame and summoned an ancient beast-engraved Medicine Cauldron, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Qiu Chen insulted Xiao Qing and challenged him to prove his Grade 8 alchemist skill, while Elder Wang tried to stop the confrontation.
• Xiao Qing accepted on the condition that they wagered valuable medicinal formulas, and Qiu Chen put up the Qiu Family’s Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill formula against Xiao Qing’s Soul Infant Spirit Pill formula.
• The two alchemists signed a soul contract before taking opposite stone platforms to refine their strongest pills.
• Qiu Chen began refining a Dragon Strength Tyrant Blood Pill with his eighth-rank Blazing Sun Cauldron and Beast Fire.
• Xiao Qing revealed a strange azure glazed flame that subdued the other flames in the plaza, then summoned an ancient Medicine Cauldron engraved with images of myriad beasts.

Xiao Qing refined a Middle Eighth Grade pill that triggered Four-Colored Pill Lightning, defeating Qiu Chen and astonishing the Pill Tower. Gold Puppet absorbed the lightning and broke through to Dou Zun, while Xiao Qing captured the completed pill.

• Xiao Qing displayed the Myriad Beast Cauldron and Heavenly Azure Glazed Flame, then began refining as Qiu Chen struggled under the pressure.
• Over six days, Xiao Qing purified and fused the ingredients with exceptional speed and control, while Qiu Chen lost focus and fell behind.
• Xiao Qing condensed the pill, and its Four-Colored Pill Cloud revealed it was a Middle Eighth Grade pill; Qiu Chen's pill failed, and Dan Xuan admitted defeat.
• Xiao Qing summoned Gold Puppet, which absorbed the descending Pill Lightning and broke through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Qing used his Soul Power to stop the pill spirit Soft-Bone Rabbit from escaping and sealed the pill in a Warm Jade Bottle.

Xiao Qing’s victory over Qiu Chen made him famous throughout Saint Pill City, while the Qiu Family resigned itself to surrendering its inherited pill formula and the Cao Clan considered befriending him. Old Yao and the Pill Tower’s three giants agreed that Xiao Qing might enter the Star Domain to pursue Three Thousand Burning Flame, despite the danger of Soul Hall interference.

• Xiao Qing claimed Qiu Chen’s Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill formula after winning their contest, and Elder Wang praised him as the younger generation’s foremost alchemist.
• News of Xiao Qing’s Four-Colored Pill Lightning spread across Saint Pill City and the Central Plains, earning him widespread respect.
• Qiu Chen’s father scolded him for losing the family’s inherited formula, while an elder urged the Qiu Family to honor the Soul Contract and avoid provoking Xiao Qing.
• The Cao Clan head considered making contact with Xiao Qing, and young Cao Ying became curious about him.
• Dan Xuan praised Xiao Qing and arranged to exchange alchemy knowledge with him.
• Old Yao told Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi that Xiao Qing sought Three Thousand Burning Flame, and they considered opening the Star Domain for him while warning that Soul Hall would likely attack.

Xiao Qing studied the Pill Tower’s Library Pavilion before deriving the missing step in the Grade 8 Star Spirit Pill formula. He began refining the pill, whose success could aid him in the Star Domain, but the result was not yet revealed.

• Xuan Kongzi and Old Yao agreed to join forces to help Xiao Qing enter the Star Domain and strengthen the Pill Tower against the Soul Hall.
• The Pill Tower granted Xiao Qing access to the first five floors of its core Library Pavilion for three days, where he studied pill formulas, soul techniques, spatial power, and records about the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi presented Xiao Qing with the incomplete Star Spirit Pill formula and asked him to derive its missing Stellar Spirit Guiding step.
• Xiao Qing concluded that an alchemist should use flame and soul power to create a miniature Star Domain inside the cauldron, allowing the pill to absorb pure Star Power.
• Xiao Qing began refining the Star Spirit Pill with his Heavenly Azure Glazed Flame, Myriad Beast Cauldron, and rare stellar ingredients.

Xiao Qing refined an eighth-tier Five-Colored Star Spirit Pill and devoured its Five-Colored Pill Lightning, astonishing the Pill Tower elders. He used the energy to break through toward Dou Zong while Old Yao and the elders stabilized the space around him.

• Xiao Qing used the Heavenly Azure Glazed Flame to refine the Five-Colored Star Spirit Pill, then restrained it as it tried to escape.
• The pill’s birth summoned eighth-tier Five-Colored Pill Lightning, and Xiao Qing charged into the storm and devoured its first bolt with his Devouring Law Form.
• Xuan Kongzi suspected Xiao Qing possessed the Nihility Devouring Flame, but Old Yao explained that his power was a unique Talent unrelated to Heavenly Flames or the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the full Pill Lightning and circulated the Burning Mantra and Heavenly Lightning Body Tempering Method to break through toward Dou Zong.
• Old Yao and the Pill Tower elders raised barriers and stabilized the space as Xiao Qing’s breakthrough drew in vast amounts of energy.

Xiao Qing completed his breakthrough to Two-Star Dou Zong, reached the Eighth Stage physically, and astonished the Pill Tower with his power and the heaven-and-earth phenomenon surrounding him. The reclusive elders of the Little Pill Tower recognized his exceptional talents and discussed Yao Chen’s remarkable successor.

• Xiao Qing shattered the barrier to Dou Zong, perfected the third level of the Heavenly Lightning Body Tempering Method, and advanced his body to the Eighth Stage.
• Xiao Qing’s Innate Spirit Body absorbed the remaining lightning and surrounding energy, triggering a vast phenomenon that alarmed Saint Pill City and drew the attention of the Little Pill Tower elders.
• After seven days and nights, Xiao Qing stabilized at Two-Star Dou Zong, and even Dou Zun experts sensed his unusually dense aura and faint pressure.
• Xiao Qing thanked Old Yao, the Three Great Elders, and the other elders for protecting and assisting him, while Xuan Kongzi objected to his calling the breakthrough a slight improvement.
• The reclusive elders in the Pill Realm discussed Xiao Qing’s physique, Spirit Realm Middle Stage Soul Power, heavenly flames, Pill Lightning devouring, and Eighth Stage body.
• First Elder Lin remarked that Yao Chen had found a remarkable successor.

The Pill Tower prepared to send Xiao Qing into the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while the Soul Hall secretly plotted to ambush him and attack the Pill Tower. As Xiao Qing entered the forbidden ground for the opening, the chapter left Elder Mu Gu and Elder Li approaching under concealment.

• The Little Pill Tower elders ordered the Pill Tower to protect Xiao Qing without disturbing his growth, and Xuan Kongzi informed Old Yao that the Star Domain would open in three days.
• Old Yao agreed to send a soul avatar into the Star Domain with Xiao Qing, while Xiao Qing refused Zi Yan's request to accompany him and asked her to watch the outside with Old Yao.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable ordered Mu Gu to infiltrate the Star Domain and strike Xiao Qing during his confrontation with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Soul Hall agents created chaos outside.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi prepared the altar, and Old Yao gave Xiao Qing a Jade Slip containing his soul avatar before Xiao Qing entered the forbidden ground.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable used a spatial secret treasure to conceal Elder Mu Gu and Elder Li as they approached the Pill Tower's preparations.

Xiao Qing entered the Star Domain to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Elder Mu Gu’s hidden attack drove the flame into a berserk state. Xiao Qing suppressed it with the Law of Fire and fought to gain the upper hand, ending the chapter as his Crimson Gold Law Spear struck its chest.

• Xuan Kongzi and the other two presidents opened the Star Domain Passage, and Xiao Qing entered alone.
• Xiao Qing found Three Thousand Burning Flame in the form of a colossal purple dragon and demanded that it leave the Star Domain with him.
• Elder Mu Gu secretly used a black jade shard to disrupt Three Thousand Burning Flame and send it into a berserk state.
• Xiao Qing unleashed the Law of Fire, weakening Three Thousand Burning Flame, then attacked it with his laws and Eighth-Order Physique.
• After battling for nearly half an hour, Xiao Qing formed a Crimson Gold Law Spear and drove it into Three Thousand Burning Flame’s chest.

Xiao Qing defeated the Three Thousand Burning Flame and was about to claim its origin flame when Elder Mu Gu and Elder Li appeared to seize it. Meanwhile, the Soul Hall launched an attack on Saint Pill City, demanding Xiao Qing and the heavenly flame as the Pill Tower prepared to resist.

• The Three Thousand Burning Flame collapsed into its origin flame seed, acknowledged Xiao Qing's Law of Fire, and agreed to submit.
• Elder Mu Gu and Elder Li emerged from hiding and demanded that Xiao Qing surrender the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Qing shielded the weakened flame seed and confronted the two Dou Zun elders as they prepared to attack.
• The Soul Hall tore open a rift above Saint Pill City, prompting the Pill Tower to sound its highest-level alarm and raise defenses.
• Third Heavenly Venerable demanded that the Pill Tower hand over Xiao Qing and the Three Thousand Burning Flame, threatening to destroy the city, and Tian Leizi defied him.

Xiao Qing fought Elder Mu Gu and Venerable Li in the Star Domain, revealing his formidable body, laws, and spatial abilities. He killed Mu Gu, leaving Venerable Li as his remaining opponent while Old Yao witnessed his disciple avenge him.

• Elder Mu Gu and Venerable Li attacked Xiao Qing together, expecting him to be weakened after fighting the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Qing blocked Venerable Li’s palm with his body and struck Elder Mu Gu with the Great Heaven Red Sun Palm, while the Law of Devouring replenished his energy.
• Venerable Li unleashed Star Meteor Shuttles, but Xiao Qing used Spatial Power to evade them and imprisoned Elder Mu Gu.
• Xiao Qing pierced Elder Mu Gu with the Finger of Nirvana, burning and devouring his body and soul until nothing remained.
• Old Yao’s soul avatar appeared through the Soul-Warming Jade Slip and watched Xiao Qing avenge him.

Xiao Qing killed Mu Gu and Venerable Li in the Star Domain, then began refining Three Thousand Burning Flame while Old Yao guarded him. Meanwhile, the Pill Tower elders activated the Star Array against Soul Hall’s Third Heavenly Venerable, and the battle over Saint Pill City continued.

• Xiao Qing killed Venerable Li with Heaven-Swallowing Earth-Devouring after Mu Gu had already fallen, leaving both Dou Zuns dead in the Star Domain.
• Xiao Qing told Old Yao he needed at least half a year to refine Three Thousand Burning Flame, then drew the weakened flame into his body and sealed himself inside a purple fire cocoon.
• Old Yao’s soul avatar protected Xiao Qing as he worried about the crisis outside the Star Domain.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi formed the Pill Tower’s Star Array, weakening Soul Hall’s black mist and empowering the Pill Tower fighters.
• Tian Leizi attacked the Third Heavenly Venerable while Xuan Kongzi directed the array’s defenses and Xuan Yi struck at the enemy’s openings.

Zhao Lu sabotaged the Pill Tower’s Star Array, leaving its leaders injured and its defenses broken as Soul Hall forces advanced. Saint Guyou shattered the barrier, but reclusive elder Qinghua appeared to challenge him, and their battle began above the tower.

• Zhao Lu used a Soul-Breaking Awl to damage a Star Array energy node, triggering backlash that injured Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi and removed the array’s enhancement.
• The Third Heavenly Venerable prepared to attack the weakened Pill Tower leaders, but Saint Guyou arrived and destroyed the cracked barrier with his Death Ray of Annihilation.
• Elder Qinghua emerged from the Little Pill Tower and confronted Saint Guyou, then engaged him in a battle between two Advanced Half-Saints.
• Zi Yan sensed the Star Power vanish and worried that something serious had happened outside.

Old Yao saved Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi by destroying the Third Heavenly Venerable, then faced Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Venerable. The Great Heavenly Venerable attacked Old Yao with Nether Soul Burial, leaving their battle underway.

• The Third Heavenly Venerable prepared to kill Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi with the Myriad Soul Extinction Palm.
• Old Yao appeared, dissolved the giant hand with a touch, and burned the Third Heavenly Venerable to nothing with a wisp of white flame.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi reacted with relief as Old Yao turned his attention to the remaining Soul Hall members.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable appeared and confronted Old Yao, while the Pill Tower elders feared the Soul Hall leader’s Dou Saint strength.
• Old Yao calmly admitted killing the Third Heavenly Venerable and invited the Great Heavenly Venerable to attack.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable unleashed Nether Soul Burial, forming a black torrent of Dou Qi and soul power toward Old Yao.

Old Yao drove the Soul Hall forces from Saint Pill City, but Hun Miesheng’s warning kept him from pursuing the Great Heavenly Venerable. As Pill Tower recovered and uncovered its traitors, the chapter left Xiao Qing’s attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame unresolved.

• Old Yao revealed his Late-Stage Two-Star Dou Saint strength and shattered the Great Heavenly Venerable’s soul attack with a single punch.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable ordered a retreat after learning the Ancestor of Pill Tower was returning, while Elder Qinghua eliminated the fleeing Soul Hall forces below the Saint realm.
• Hun Miesheng’s distant will warned Old Yao, who abandoned his pursuit of the Great Heavenly Venerable as the black mist over Saint Pill City dispersed.
• Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Kongzi thanked Old Yao, and Xuan Kongzi gave him a pill before ordering an investigation into the sabotage of Pill Tower’s Guardian Array.
• Pill Tower identified Steward Zhao Lu and two servants as traitors, while disciples discussed Xiao Qing’s attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain.

After Saint Yao saved Pill Tower, its elders and clansmen honored him as he prepared to enter the Pill Realm with its three giants. There, Little Pill Tower’s First Elder welcomed him and thanked him for saving Pill Tower.

• The Qiu Family Head ordered his family to keep a low profile and send Xiao Qing the pill formula they had lost.
• Old Yao and Elder Qinghua worried over Soul Hall’s retreat and awaited Xiao Qing’s attempt to refine Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain.
• Seven days later, Pill Tower’s disciples and elders thanked Old Yao before he departed for the Pill Realm with Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi.
• Elder Hou expressed his gratitude to Old Yao and let go of his old grudge.
• Old Yao and the three giants entered the Pill Realm, where First Elder Lin and the Little Pill Tower Elder Council welcomed them.

Yao Chen earned the Little Pill Tower elders’ respect through an alchemy discussion and pledged that the Star Fall Pavilion would stand with the Pill Tower against the Soul Hall. As the Pill Tower began considering an alliance, attention remained fixed on Xiao Qing’s sealed seclusion in the Star Domain.

• Yao Chen exchanged alchemy insights with First Elder Lin, Elder Qinghua, Mo Yunzi, and the other elders, proposing that alchemists nurture a pill’s spirituality rather than forcefully control it.
• First Elder Lin told Yao Chen that the Pill Tower intended to propose an alliance with the Star Fall Pavilion, and Yao Chen promised they would oppose the Soul Hall together while urging caution about the alliance’s timing.
• First Elder Lin asked about Xiao Qing’s progress refining Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Yao Chen expressed confidence that Xiao Qing would succeed as the Pill Tower strengthened its defenses around the Star Domain.
• A month later, Elder Qinghua gave Yao Chen a Jade Slip containing notes on soul cultivation and pill refinement for Xiao Qing to study.
• Yao Chen and Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi returned to the Pill Tower Plaza, while the city recovered and attention turned toward the still-sealed Star Domain.

Xiao Qing emerged from six months of seclusion after refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reaching Nine-Star Dou Zong and evolving the Burning Mantra into a Heaven-Rank low-level technique. His power impressed the Pill Tower elders, and news of his return began spreading across the Central Plains as he and Old Yao flew back toward Star Fall Pavilion.

• Xiao Qing’s emergence from the Star Domain triggered a powerful energy surge that forced Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, Xuan Yi, Old Yao, and the Pill Tower elders to reinforce a barrier around its entrance.
• Xiao Qing walked out after the energy vanished, and Old Yao sensed that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Zong and built an extraordinary foundation.
• Xiao Qing confirmed that he had refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame and told the elders he could protect himself against ordinary Dou Zuns.
• Xuan Kongzi promised the Pill Tower’s full support, and Xiao Qing left with Old Yao to stabilize his realm.
• Spies and Pill Tower elders began spreading news of Xiao Qing’s breakthrough, making the Pill Tower and Star Fall Pavilion alliance stronger and their hidden enemies more wary.
• As Xiao Qing and Old Yao flew away from the Pill Tower, Old Yao told him that his title of Saint Yao had been confirmed and powerful Central Plains factions had been visiting with gifts.

Xiao Qing returned to the Star Fall Pavilion, reunited with Old Yao and Wind Venerable, and welcomed his new junior sister Mu Qingluan with a valuable pill. After recounting his breakthrough, he learned that the Soul Hall suspected his devouring power was linked to Heavenly Flames, leaving him to focus on consolidating his cultivation as the pavilion prepared for trouble.

• Old Yao told Xiao Qing that factions were seeking marriage alliances with him, then explained that Mu Qingluan had become Wind Venerable's disciple and Zi Yan was nearing a major advancement.
• Xiao Qing and Old Yao returned to the Star Fall Pavilion, where Mu Qingluan greeted Xiao Qing as her senior brother.
• Xiao Qing gave Mu Qingluan a Tier 7 Peak Lifeform Creation Pill, and the pavilion disciples praised his generosity and achievements at the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Qing declined an invitation from Venerable Skyfire to investigate an ancient fire-related ruin, choosing to consolidate his cultivation and remain at the pavilion amid Soul Hall activity.
• After Xiao Qing recounted refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame and reaching Nine-Star Dou Zong, Old Yao warned him that the Soul Hall suspected his cultivation method involved devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Old Yao advised Xiao Qing to master his new strength and meet the Soul Hall's moves as they came, and Xiao Qing agreed.

Xiao Qing guided Star Fall Pavilion disciples while studying cultivation methods and began designing a cultivation method suited to his physique and laws. With Old Yao’s support, he continued testing its energy pathways, though his early deductions nearly caused a Dou Qi backlash.

• Xiao Qing helped Mu Qingluan understand the Wind Spirit Step, and his cultivation advice spread among the disciples.
• Xiao Qing studied the pavilion’s cultivation methods and concluded that his own path should extend beyond the Burning Mantra’s focus on fire.
• Xiao Qing told Old Yao he wanted to create a cultivation method based on fusion and transformation, and Old Yao agreed to support him.
• Xiao Qing asked Mu Qingluan how she balanced her wind-element Dou Qi with her Green Phoenix Bloodline, and her answer gave him a new insight.
• Xiao Qing continued deducing energy pathways in the Back Mountain and told Old Yao that one test had nearly triggered a Dou Qi backlash.

After learning that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body was nearing an uncontrollable eruption, Xiao Qing left Star Fall Pavilion and returned to Wutan City. He arrived at the Xiao Family courtyard and greeted Gu Xun’er.

• Ling Ying visited Xiao Qing and reported that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Eight-Star Dou Ling, Qing Lin had reached Peak Dou Shi, and Gu Xun’er had become a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Qing decided to return to Wutan City to help Xiao Yi Xian, and Old Yao gave him a Jade Slip with insights on the Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Qing said farewell to Mu Qingluan and departed Star Fall Pavilion through a Spatial Passage.
• Xiao Qing used his soul power to locate Gu Xun’er, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian in the Xiao Family courtyard.
• Xiao Qing appeared beside Gu Xun’er and told her he was back.