Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing refined the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame, created the beginnings of the Green Emperor Scripture, tempered his body to the Half-Saint level, and reached Nine-Star Dou Zun. He emerged from seclusion to a warm welcome at Star Fall Pavilion and reunited with Mu Qingluan.

• Mu Qingluan broke through to One-Star Dou Emperor and thanked Xiao Qing while he continued cultivating in seclusion.
• Xiao Qing created the embryonic Green Emperor Scripture, which improved his energy cultivation and helped his progress resume.
• Xiao Qing used the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame to temper his body to the Half-Saint level of the Indestructible Golden Body.
• Xiao Qing swallowed the Origin Venerable Pill and reconciled its power with the remaining flame energy and his Green Emperor Scripture Dou Qi, breaking through to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Qing emerged from seclusion as Star Fall Pavilion's disciples and elders welcomed him, and Wind Venerable and Venerable Skyfire praised his progress.
• Xiao Qing noticed that Mu Qingluan had reached Three-Star Dou Emperor, and she excitedly greeted him.

Xiao Qing met Fire Cloud Ancestor, who recognized the Xiao Clan bloodline in him and revealed the historic bond between the Xiao Clan and Burning Flame Valley. Fire Cloud Ancestor and Tang Zhen pledged Burning Flame Valley’s support to Xiao Qing and Star Fall Pavilion, then presented him with the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire.

• Mu Qingluan and Qing Xuan praised Xiao Qing after his seclusion, and Zi Yan celebrated his strength.
• Wind Venerable told Xiao Qing that Fire Cloud Ancestor had arrived and specifically asked to meet him.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor questioned Xiao Qing about his mastery of flames and its connection to the ancient Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Qing explained that his Xiao Family came from Wutan City and that its ancestors had migrated from the Central Plains.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor revealed that Xiao Xuan and Burning Flame Valley’s founder, Fire Glory Ancestor, had been close allies, and that Xiao Xuan had gifted the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire to the valley.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor and Tang Zhen pledged Burning Flame Valley’s support to Xiao Qing and Star Fall Pavilion, and Tang Zhen presented Xiao Qing with the ancient technique scroll.

Xiao Qing accepted the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire from Fire Cloud Ancestor, strengthening the alliance between Star Fall Pavilion and Burning Flame Valley. Fire Cloud Ancestor then asked Yao Chen to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill to cure his Soul Hall-inflicted injury, offering precious treasures and a possible clue to the Flame of Life; Yao Chen considered the request and its rewards.

• Xiao Qing accepted the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire scroll from Fire Cloud Ancestor and Tang Zhen.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor told Yao Chen that Soul Hall had wounded his origin with sinister soul power, leaving him debilitated for centuries.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor presented the Fire Bodhi Pill formula and three sets of ingredients, and Yao Chen said the pill could have a ninety percent chance of curing him.
• Yao Chen agreed to attempt the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, while warning Fire Cloud Ancestor that success was not guaranteed.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor offered Yao Chen a child flame of the Nine Dragons Lightning Flame as a token of sincerity.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor revealed a Jade Slip with coordinates to a strange, life-filled flame, prompting Xiao Qing and Yao Chen to suspect it was the Flame of Life.

Yao Chen successfully refined a Ninth-Grade Fire Bodhi Pill for Fire Cloud Ancestor after the first attempt failed and the second drew terrifying Black Demon Lightning. Several days later, Fire Cloud Ancestor was nearly recovered and praised Xiao Qing before leaving Star Fall Pavilion.

• Yao Chen began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill in the Star Realm while Fire Cloud Ancestor guarded him and Wind Venerable maintained the defenses.
• Yao Chen's first attempt failed when the forming pill resisted the final restraints and exploded.
• Yao Chen began a second refinement, drawing energy from the Star Realm's ancient formation as the process continued for another half month.
• The completed pill took human form and tried to flee, but Yao Chen imprisoned it while he and Fire Cloud Ancestor fought off the Black Demon Lightning.
• Yao Chen subdued the pill and gave the Fire Bodhi Pill to Fire Cloud Ancestor, who vowed to repay his kindness.
• Several days later, Fire Cloud Ancestor, nearly recovered, praised Xiao Qing in Star Fall Pavilion's main hall.

After Xiao Qing openly confessed his feelings for Qing Xuan, she fled the hall without denying them. He then persistently pursued her around the Star Realm, and she gradually accepted his affection before Zi Yan interrupted their walk.

• Fire Cloud Ancestor asked whether Xiao Qing was engaged, and Xiao Qing declared that he already liked someone while looking toward Qing Xuan.
• Qing Xuan blushed and left the hall through a spatial tear without rejecting Xiao Qing, while Fire Cloud Ancestor and the others welcomed the match.
• Xiao Qing repeatedly appeared where Qing Xuan went, and she gradually stopped avoiding him and began talking with him.
• Xiao Qing took Qing Xuan's hand during a walk, and she eventually let him hold it; their closeness continued to grow.
• Qing Xuan asked about Xiao Qing's cultivation while they were in the Star Realm Library Pavilion, showing concern for his progress.
• Zi Yan interrupted Xiao Qing and Qing Xuan's walk among the Star Epiphyllum flowers, separated their linked arms, and declared that she had come to protect Qing Xuan.

After mastering the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire, Xiao Qing was invited by Old Yao to visit the Little Pill Tower and seek knowledge about becoming a Ninth-Grade Alchemist. They arrived in Saint Pill City and were welcomed by the Pill Tower’s leaders, while Zi Yan stayed behind after being promised a visit next time.

• Zi Yan repeatedly interrupted Xiao Qing and Qing Xuan’s dates, revealing her jealousy and attachment to them.
• Xiao Qing emerged from seclusion having stabilized his Nine-Star Dou Zun realm and mastered the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire.
• Old Yao told Xiao Qing to prepare for a trip to the Little Pill Tower to study its core inheritance and the path to becoming a Ninth-Grade Alchemist.
• Zi Yan asked to accompany Xiao Qing, but Xiao Qing, Qing Xuan, and Old Yao persuaded her to stay at Star Fall Pavilion.
• Old Yao and Xiao Qing arrived in Saint Pill City, where their presence drew attention and awe from the city’s residents.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi welcomed Old Yao and Xiao Qing at the Pill Tower.

Xiao Qing entered the Pill Realm with Yao Chen and met Elder Lin, the Little Pill Tower’s Ninth-Grade Alchemist, who required him to pass a soul test before receiving the core legacy. Xiao Qing withstood escalating pressure up to the Early Heaven Realm, but the test’s strongest assault left him dizzy and his soul on the verge of being crushed.

• The Three Great Elders opened a Spatial Passage to the Pill Realm, and Xiao Qing studied its spatial laws as he traveled with Yao Chen.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced the Pill Realm, where Elder Qinghua praised Xiao Qing and joked about taking him as a student.
• Elder Lin appeared, explained that temperament and soul resilience mattered on the path of a Ninth-Grade Alchemist, and offered Xiao Qing a test for the core legacy.
• Xiao Qing accepted Elder Lin’s test and resisted soul pressure that rose from the Late-Stage Spirit Realm to the Half-Step Heaven Realm.
• Elder Lin raised the pressure to the Early Heaven Realm, leaving Xiao Qing dizzy as the force threatened to crush his Soul Origin.

Xiao Qing endured First Elder Lin’s Heaven Realm soul pressure and earned access to the Little Pill Tower’s Ninth-Grade alchemy inheritances. Meanwhile, Hun Miesheng learned of Xiao Qing’s growing potential and ordered the Soul Hall to monitor him, while Gu Yuan’s interest in Xiao Qing was noted.

• Xiao Qing combined his Half-Saint-level blood and vitality with his Spirit Realm soul power to withstand First Elder Lin’s pressure, impressing the elders and revealing that he had touched the barrier of the Heaven Realm.
• First Elder Lin approved Xiao Qing’s entry into the Little Pill Tower’s inheritance pavilion, and Xiao Qing entered with Old Yao, Xuan Kongzi, and the others as Lin raised concerns about the Soul Hall’s activities.
• In the Soul Hall’s Tiangang Hall, Hun Miesheng reviewed reports and images of Xiao Qing’s achievements, including his suppression of the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• A Soul Hall subordinate reported Xiao Qing’s entry into the Little Pill Tower, Fire Cloud Ancestor’s meeting with Yao Chen, and the Ancient Clan’s interest in Xiao Qing.
• Hun Miesheng judged Xiao Qing too weak to warrant his personal intervention but ordered his intelligence classification raised to Earth rank and commanded the Soul Hall to watch him closely.

Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Qing’s rapid rise and resolved to shield him from the Soul Clan’s attention. In the Pill Heart Realm, Xiao Qing absorbed the Pill Tower’s alchemy inheritances, advanced to Half-Step Heaven Realm, and met Ancestor Danyang’s soul imprint.

• Hun Miesheng ordered a shadowed figure to capture Xiao Qing if the opportunity arose so he could examine Xiao Qing’s body.
• Gu Yuan reflected on Xiao Qing’s achievements and decided to protect him from trouble posed by the Soul Hall and Soul Clan.
• First Elder Lin brought Xiao Qing into the Pill Heart Realm and explained the alchemy inheritances left by Ancestor Danyang and later Grade 9 grandmasters.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the white and silver inheritances, strengthening his alchemy foundation and reaching Half-Step Heaven Realm.
• Xiao Qing touched the golden inheritance, saw Ancestor Danyang refining a supreme Golden Pill, and met the founder’s soul imprint.
• Ancestor Danyang praised Xiao Qing’s Heavenly Flames, soul power, foundation, and resolve, and called him a promising disciple.

After more than two months of Ancestor Danyang’s instruction, Xiao Qing broke through to the Early Heaven Realm and received the final words of his mentor. Meanwhile, the Pill Tower, Star Fall Pavilion, and Burning Flame Valley formed an alliance against the Soul Hall, whose escalating soul harvests threatened the Central Plains.

• Ancestor Danyang taught Xiao Qing the essence of Ninth-Grade Golden Pill alchemy and helped him temper his soul with Heavenly Flames and the Pill Heart Realm’s power.
• Xiao Qing shattered the Heaven Realm barrier, reached the Early Heaven Realm, and watched Ancestor Danyang’s phantom disperse.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, Xuan Yi, First Elder Lin, Old Yao, and Fire Cloud Ancestor discussed the Soul Hall’s killings and its suspected large-scale ritual.
• First Elder Lin, Old Yao, and Fire Cloud Ancestor agreed to unite the Pill Tower, Star Fall Pavilion, and Burning Flame Valley against the Soul Hall.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor destroyed a Soul Hall branch and killed its Honored Elder, publicly revealing his Dou Saint strength and announcing the alliance’s stance.
• Central Plains factions reacted with alarm as reports spread of missing alchemists and sects wiped out for their souls.

As the Soul Hall’s threat pushed factions to unite, Yao Chen established the Heavenly Court with Xiao Qing’s blessing. Three months later, Xiao Qing completed his seclusion in the Pill Realm, reached the Heaven Realm with his soul, and emerged before Cao Ying and the gathered Pill Tower figures.

• Fairy Qing led the Flower Sect in pledging to fight alongside Yao Chen and Xiao Qing, and Yin Yu brought Sound Valley into the alliance.
• Representatives from several other factions joined, and Yao Chen named their alliance the Heavenly Court, saying Xiao Qing had proposed the name.
• After three months, First Elder Lin sensed Xiao Qing’s soul power breaking through to the Heaven Realm and praised him as the successor to Ancestor Danyang’s inheritance.
• Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, Xuan Yi, and other Pill Tower leaders sensed the Heaven Realm soul aura and realized Xiao Qing had achieved the breakthrough.
• Cao Tian hurried Cao Ying to the Pill Realm entrance, where she and the gathered elders watched Xiao Qing emerge from the Spatial Passage with a newly profound presence.

After breaking through to a Heaven Realm soul, Xiao Qing accepted Cao Ying as his disciple, strengthening Heavenly Court’s ties to the Cao Clan. He brought her to Star Fall Pavilion, where Yao Chen awaited them with a teasing look.

• Xiao Qing’s Heaven Realm soul aura awed Cao Tian, Cao Ying, and the Pill Tower elders when they came to congratulate him.
• Cao Ying asked Xiao Qing to accept her as his disciple, and he agreed after considering her talent and Heavenly Court’s need for alchemists.
• Cao Ying formally greeted Xiao Qing as her master, while Cao Tian pledged the Cao Clan’s support for Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Qing told Cao Ying to return with him to Star Fall Pavilion so he could assess her alchemy foundation, then used Spatial Power to take her there.
• Yao Chen greeted Xiao Qing and Cao Ying at the entrance to Star Fall Pavilion’s Star Realm.

Xiao Qing introduced Cao Ying to Old Yao and Qing Xuan, then assessed her alchemy skills and began planning how to train her. While exploring the Star Realm, Cao Ying met Zi Yan, who demanded that she greet her as her Martial Aunt.

• Xiao Qing introduced Cao Ying as his new disciple to Old Yao, who welcomed her and gave her a Soul Nourishing Pill.
• Xiao Qing introduced Qing Xuan to Cao Ying as his wife, and Qing Xuan welcomed the new disciple to Star Fall Pavilion.
• Xiao Qing tested Cao Ying's soul control, flame control, and knowledge of medicinal ingredients, then advised her on improving her alchemy.
• Cao Ying explored the Star Realm and found Zi Yan and Mu Qingluan searching for Star Moon Grass by Star Moon Lake.
• Zi Yan recognized Cao Ying as Xiao Qing's disciple and demanded that she greet her as her Martial Aunt, leaving Cao Ying stunned.

Cao Ying met Mu Qingluan and Zi Yan in the Star Realm, where Zi Yan teased her about her feelings for Xiao Qing before Qing Xuan took her away. Later, Qing Xuan and Zi Yan visited a Central Plains city, where a Cloud Rain Sect elder tried to abduct Qing Xuan and was struck down by her superior strength.

• Cao Ying formally greeted Mu Qingluan and Zi Yan as her martial aunts, and Zi Yan offered to take her treasure hunting instead of giving her a meeting gift.
• While gathering Star Moon Grass, Cao Ying praised Xiao Qing, and Zi Yan teased her about blushing over him.
• Qing Xuan arrived, noticed Cao Ying's embarrassment, and offered to show her around the Star Realm and help with everyday matters.
• Qing Xuan took Zi Yan sightseeing in a Central Plains city, where Elder Wang of the Cloud Rain Sect blocked their path and threatened to abduct Qing Xuan.
• Elder Wang attacked Qing Xuan with a gray Dou Qi hand, but Qing Xuan shattered it and blasted him through nearby stalls, revealing that she was a Five-Star Dou Zun.

Heiqing discovered Zi Yan’s royal bloodline and agreed to stay at Star Fall Pavilion after Xiao Qing warned that the divided Ancient Void Dragon Clan could not safely protect her. After Qing Xuan recounted the Cloud Rain Sect elder’s attack, Xiao Qing and Old Yao resolved to destroy the sect.

• Heiqing killed the fleeing Elder Wang and recognized Zi Yan as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan refused to leave Qing Xuan and Star Fall Pavilion, so Heiqing agreed to remain with her as her protector.
• Xiao Qing learned that Heiqing had arrived with Qing Xuan and Zi Yan, and heard how Elder Wang from the Cloud Rain Sect had harassed them.
• Heiqing explained that the Dragon Clan had split into four rival islands and that the other Dragon Kings might try to assassinate Zi Yan.
• Xiao Qing proposed that Zi Yan stay at Star Fall Pavilion while Heiqing taught her the clan’s inheritance, and Heiqing accepted.
• Qing Xuan described the encounter to Xiao Qing and Old Yao, who recalled his grudge against the Cloud Rain Sect and joined Xiao Qing in deciding to wipe it out.

Xiao Qing and Old Yao attacked the Cloud Rain Sect, and Xiao Qing crushed its defenses and fought its leaders. After killing Ren Xiezi and Di Xiezi, Xiao Qing faced Tian Xiezi alone.

• Xiao Qing decided to destroy the Cloud Rain Sect, while Heiqing resolved to report what he had learned about Xiao Qing, Saint Yao, and the Dragon Emperor to the First Elder.
• Xiao Qing and Old Yao arrived at the Cloud Rain Sect and used their power to prevent anyone from escaping or spying on the valley.
• Xiao Qing crushed the sect’s protective array, buildings, and many disciples with a single palm, then confronted Tian Xiezi, Di Xiezi, and Ren Xiezi in their hall.
• Xiao Qing killed Ren Xiezi with a single strike and broke the brothers’ joint attack with his punch.
• Xiao Qing’s punch killed Di Xiezi, leaving Tian Xiezi as the remaining opponent.

After Xiao Qing destroyed the Cloud Rain Sect, he followed a summons to the Wild Ancient Domain with Old Yao and found the Flame of Life. Its trial led him to a charred Nirvana Tree, which he began reviving with his newly evolved Law of Life.

• Xiao Qing killed Tian Xiezi after defeating the Three Scorpions' joint technique, then erased the Cloud Rain Sect and everyone within its mountain gate.
• News of Xiao Qing's victory spread across the Central Plains, alarming Soul Hall and impressing Qing, Zi Yan, and Heiqing at Star Fall Pavilion.
• Xiao Qing sensed a summons resonating with his Heavenly Flames and traveled with Old Yao into the Wild Ancient Domain, where they found the Flame of Life.
• The Flame of Life drew Xiao Qing into a green trial world and tasked him with comprehending life's mystery and reviving the charred Ten Thousand Year Nirvana Tree.
• Xiao Qing used Tier 8 Emerald Sky Fox blood essence and the Golden Book to create and evolve the Power of Life into the Heaven Grade Initial Law of Life, then pressed his hands to the tree and activated it.

Xiao Qing revived the Nirvana Tree, bonded with the Flame of Life, and fused it with his other Heavenly Flames, advancing to Half-Saint and reaching the ninth tier in physical strength. Half a year later, he used the flame to establish a medicine garden in the Star Realm and put Cao Ying in charge of studying and managing it.

• Xiao Qing revived the Nirvana Tree with the Law of Life, bonded with the Azure Jade Fox spirit of the Flame of Life, and began fusing it with his other Heavenly Flames.
• After a month of seclusion, Xiao Qing completed the fusion, named the new flame the Flame of Life and Creation, and advanced to Primary Half-Saint with a ninth-tier body.
• Half a year later, Xiao Qing transformed a valley in the Star Realm into a protected medicine garden with Qingyu's life energy, a Spirit-Gathering Array, and an offspring flame.
• Cao Ying inspected the rapidly growing medicinal herbs, and Xiao Qing assigned her to manage the garden and study how life aura affected the herbs.

Xiao Qing traveled to the Flower Sect to treat Hua Yu, whose life was fading from an old origin injury inflicted by You Mingzi. He gave her a Tier 8 Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, but its healing effects were swallowed by the lingering injury, and he brought forth green flames to continue treating her.

• Xiao Qing promised Cao Ying a heavenly flame once she could independently refine a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill and entrusted her with the Medicine Garden's daily care and records.
• Xiao Qing used a secret method based on the Law of Life to heal injured Heavenly Court elders, and Hua Yun asked him to save the dying Hua Yu.
• Xiao Qing agreed to help Hua Yu and traveled to the Flower Sect with Qing Xuan and Hua Yun.
• Hua Yu explained that her origin injury came from her battle with You Mingzi of the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and Xiao Qing said he was eighty percent certain he could restore her.
• Xiao Qing gave Hua Yu a Tier 8 Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, which repaired some damage before her old injury consumed its medicinal power.
• Xiao Qing stepped forward and summoned a cluster of gentle green flames.

Xiao Qing used the Flame of Life to treat Hua Yu while Hua Jin resisted the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s attempt to force the Flower Sect into submission. Qing Xuan arrived to defend the Flower Sect, warned the intruders to leave, and left a clash imminent.

• Xiao Qing used the Flame of Life to nourish Hua Yu’s depleted origin and restore her body as Hua Yun watched.
• Qiu She and the Evil Monarch of the Demon Flower attacked the Flower Sect’s mountain gate and demanded that Hua Jin reveal where their sect master was sealed.
• The Evil Monarch tried to tempt Hua Jin with power and an alliance, but she rejected him and stood with the Second Elder and Third Elder.
• Qing Xuan appeared above the plaza, declared the Flower Sect a Heavenly Court Ally, and gave the intruders three breaths to leave.
• The Evil Monarch became enraged at Qing Xuan’s warning as the standoff threatened to turn into a battle.