Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lei defeated Burning Flame Valley’s Second Elder in three breaths and earned the right to inherit the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations. As he began absorbing the technique and the valley’s accumulated insights, the brilliant light from the inheritance crystal stunned Tang Zhen and revealed Xiao Lei’s extraordinary talent.

• Xiao Lei struck down the Second Elder with Seven-Colored Sword Qi, and Tang Zhen declared that the elder had lost.
• Tang Zhen congratulated Xiao Lei and agreed to let him receive the inheritance of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Tang Zhen led Xiao Lei and the others to the Dou Skills Pavilion, where three elders opened the sealed doors.
• Tang Zhen explained that the red crystal held both the complete technique and generations of Burning Flame Valley’s accumulated knowledge.
• Xiao Lei placed his hands on the crystal and absorbed its information as crimson light filled the pavilion.
• Tang Zhen was astonished by the crystal’s dazzling light and considered Xiao Lei a talent who might rival the Burning Flame Ancestor.

Xiao Lei absorbed the inheritance of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and created the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations, then returned to Tianhuang City with Yao Tian Huo. There, Liu Qing told him that Ice River Valley experts had intercepted Xiao Yi Xian and the others and that news of the Woeful Poison Body had spread.

• Tang Zhen explained that Burning Flame Ancestor had founded Burning Flame Valley and that the ancient expert Xiao Xuan had created the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Lei completed the inheritance and used his Strange Lightning to create the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations, a nine-stage Dou Skill.
• Tang Zhen warned Xiao Lei about the inherited technique’s violent energy and told him not to pass it to outsiders.
• Xiao Lei and Yao Tian Huo left Burning Flame Valley and returned to Tianhuang City, where Xiao Lei tested the new technique and reached power comparable to a Dou Zun at its fifth transformation.
• Liu Qing told Xiao Lei that Ice River Valley experts had encountered Xiao Yi Xian and the others on their way back to the Ye Family, and that news of the Woeful Poison Body had spread.

Xiao Lei and Yao Tian Huo arrived in Central State's Pill Domain and learned that Ice River Valley was hunting Xiao Yi Xian, who had escaped with her companions. Xiao Lei then reached the Ye Family, where he offered to help Ye Xin Lan, but his attack on an elder provoked the family's Six-Star Dou Zong elder.

• Xiao Lei and Yao Tian Huo traveled to the Central Region of Central State and arrived in the Pill Domain.
• Xiao Lei learned Ice River Valley had offered a reward for finding Xiao Yi Xian and had sent Bing Yuan and Bing Fu after her.
• Xiao Lei heard Xiao Yi Xian and her companions had escaped with minor injuries and were likely trapped at Fallen God Stream, then set out to find them.
• At the Ye Family, Ye Xin Lan refused an elder's demand that she marry into the Cao Family and insisted Xiao Lei would help her family.
• Xiao Lei appeared and offered to resolve the Ye Family's crisis, then sent a One-Star Dou Zong elder flying with a casual attack.
• The green-robed Six-Star Dou Zong elder erupted with Dou Qi and confronted Xiao Lei for attacking a family elder.

Xiao Lei and Ye Xin Lan left the Ye Family after Yao Tian Huo intimidated its elders, then traveled to Fallen God Stream to find Xiao Yi Xian. They reached a cave surrounded by Ice River Valley experts just as they demanded Xiao Yi Xian surrender.

• A Six-Star Dou Zong from the Ye Family attacked Xiao Lei, but Yao Tian Huo burned the flying debris to ash and warned the elder not to disrespect his young master.
• Ye Zhong let Xiao Lei and Ye Xin Lan leave, deciding that the Ye Family would wait to see how they fared against Ice River Valley.
• Ye Xin Lan told Xiao Lei that Xiao Yi Xian had exposed her controlled Woeful Poison Body and that Ice River Valley was pursuing her for it; she also said Zi Yan and Qing Lin had gone home.
• Xiao Lei, Yao Tian Huo, and Ye Xin Lan traveled to Fallen God Stream, where a Poison-Seeking Rat guided them through the dangerous terrain.
• The three reached a cave surrounded by white-robed experts and heard someone order the Woeful Poison Girl to surrender.

Xiao Lei rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley, killed the elders and disciples pursuing her, and healed her injuries. After gaining Purple Cosmos Yang Bright Lightning and advancing to One-Star Dou Zun, he vowed to make Ice River Valley pay, then sensed a Heaven Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast nearby.

• Xiao Yi Xian prepared to self-destruct rather than be captured by Bing Yuan and Bing Fu, but Xiao Lei arrived and shielded her from their ice attacks.
• Xiao Lei killed Bing Fu with a single strike, then slew Bing Yuan and many Ice River Valley disciples as they tried to retreat.
• Xiao Lei healed Xiao Yi Xian in the cave, and the system awarded him Purple Cosmos Yang Bright Lightning when he touched her.
• Xiao Lei fused the Strange Lightning and advanced from Seven-Star Dou Zong to One-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Lei that attacking Ice River Valley was dangerous, but he vowed to make them pay and called out a nearby Heaven Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast.

Xiao Lei revealed his breakthrough to One-Star Dou Zun as he killed the Heaven Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast and the Ice River Valley forces pursuing Xiao Yi Xian. He saved the Ye Family from Zhao Hei and Qin Mo, then challenged Ice River Valley to come out and face him.

• Xiao Lei dragged the hidden Heaven Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast into the open and killed it with his lightning, prompting Yao Tian Huo, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ye Xin Lan to recognize his Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Lei killed the Heavenly Serpent Elder and declared that the group would visit the Ye Family before going to Ice River Valley.
• Xiao Lei and his companions arrived at the Ye Family hall, where Zhao Hei was assaulting Ye Zhong and Qin Mo stood beside him.
• Xiao Lei killed Zhao Hei and Qin Mo, saving the Ye Family and prompting Ye Zhong to thank him.
• Xiao Lei sent a bolt of Purple-Black Lightning into the sky and demanded that Ice River Valley come out.

Xiao Lei defeated and beheaded Tian Shuangzi after Ice River Valley attacked the Ye Family, then pursued Ice Venerable Bing He through a spatial rift. He confronted Ice River Valley’s Valley Master while Yao Tian Huo stayed behind to protect Xiao Yi Xian and the others.

• Tian Shuangzi demanded that Xiao Lei surrender the Woeful Poison Girl and the person who killed Ice River Valley’s elders, threatening to destroy the Ye Family.
• Xiao Lei used the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations to overpower Tian Shuangzi and stomp him into the ground.
• Tian Shuangzi crushed an ice-blue jade pendant to summon help, but Xiao Lei beheaded him and carried his head into the spatial rift.
• Xiao Lei told Yao Tian Huo to protect Xiao Yi Xian and the others while he went to destroy Ice River Valley.
• Ice Venerable Bing He was blasted back as he tried to leave the rift, and Xiao Lei appeared before him with Tian Shuangzi’s head.

Xiao Lei killed Tian Shuangzi and defeated Ice Venerable after refusing his offer to join him. He ordered Ice River Valley disbanded, then called for Xun Er, who was watching from the void.

• Xiao Lei used a Thunder Light Blade to extinguish Tian Shuangzi's remaining life force and soul energy.
• Ice Venerable offered to spare Xiao Lei and help him reach the Half-Saint realm if he handed over Xiao Yi Xian and formed a Soul Contract, but Xiao Lei refused.
• Ice Venerable sent an ice-black frost dragon at Xiao Lei, who used six Strange Lightning transformations to reach Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Lei's Seven-Colored Sky-Slaying Gourd shattered the frost dragon and killed Ice Venerable with a Thunder Light Blade.
• Xiao Lei ordered Ice River Valley disbanded and called for Xun Er to emerge from the void.

Xiao Lei reunited with Gu Xun'er, who offered the Ancient Clan's help against Ice River Valley, though Xiao Lei said he had already defeated its leaders. At the Ye Family banquet, Ye Zhong proposed that Xiao Lei marry Ye Xin Lan to qualify for the Pill Tower's Alchemy Conference, and Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed her as a sister before an explosion interrupted them.

• Gu Xun'er arrived with two Ancient Clan elders, and Xiao Lei introduced her to Yao Tian Huo as his girlfriend.
• Gu Xun'er embraced Xiao Lei and vowed to destroy Ice River Valley, but Xiao Lei told her he had killed Ice Venerable, the three elders, and Tian Shuangzi.
• Xiao Lei, Gu Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian stayed at the Ye Family, where Ye Zhong thanked Xiao Lei for saving the family from the Black Fire Sect.
• Ye Zhong asked Xiao Lei to marry Ye Xin Lan temporarily so he could participate in the Pill Tower's Alchemy Conference, and Ye Xin Lan offered to become his servant instead.
• Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian reassured Ye Xin Lan and welcomed her as one of their sisters before a thunderous explosion sounded overhead.

Ling Quan arrived with the Black Annihilation Army to escort Gu Xun'er back to the Ancient Clan and threatened to take Xiao Family members by force. Xiao Lei defeated him effortlessly, leaving Ling Quan badly injured and realizing he was no match for Xiao Lei, who had reached Dou Zun.

• Ling Quan arrived in the city with the Black Annihilation Army and announced that he had come to escort Gu Xun'er back to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Lei promised to teach Ling Quan a lesson, then confronted him in the sky.
• Ling Quan displayed an Ancient Jade Token and claimed he had authority to forcibly take Xiao Family members to the Ancient Clan if they refused to go.
• Ling Quan attacked Xiao Lei with his Lightning Spear, but Xiao Lei shattered it with Seven-Colored Sword Qi and revealed Dou Zun power.
• Xiao Lei struck Ling Quan in the chest, severely damaging his foundation, then returned to the banquet while Ling Quan realized how vast the gap between them was.

After Xiao Lei prepared to represent the Ye Family at the Pill Gathering, Cao Dan arrived to claim Ye Xin Lan as his fiancée and challenge the marriage. Xiao Lei protected her, and Yao Lao killed Cao Dan’s powerful escort, leaving Cao Dan terrified in the wrecked Ye Family hall.

• Xiao Lei learned the Pill Gathering rules from Ye Zhong and stayed with the Ye Family while preparing for the event.
• The Ye Family sent wedding invitations, and Xiao Lei cultivated until his Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations could grant him the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Zun.
• Yao Tian Huo told Xiao Lei that Cao Dan had come to demand an explanation over Ye Xin Lan’s marriage, and Xiao Lei rushed to the Ye Family’s main hall.
• Cao Dan claimed Ye Xin Lan as his fiancée and tried to strike her, but Xiao Lei stopped him, sent him flying, and slapped him.
• Cao Dan ordered Bitter Robe Venerable to attack Xiao Lei, but Yao Lao appeared and crushed the One-Star Dou Zun with his flames, leaving Cao Dan frightened.

After marrying Ye Xin Lan, Xiao Lei traveled with her and the others to Saint Pill City to pursue the Pill Tower certification needed for the Ye Family to retain its seat. He secretly sensed Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region, then arrived for testing and faced a taunting voice.

• Ye Zhong expelled Cao Dan, and Xiao Lei reassured Ye Xin Lan before marrying her.
• The next morning, Ye Xin Lan discovered that her soul power had improved, and Xiao Lei’s group set off for Saint Pill City.
• In the city, Ye Xin Lan guided them through the outer and inner districts, where they learned about the Dan Family’s Void Pegasus Beasts and Cao Ying.
• Xiao Lei sent his Spirit Realm soul force into the Star Region, encountered Three Thousand Burning Flame, and withdrew before provoking further trouble.
• Ye Zhong led the group to the Pill Tower’s testing area, where someone mocked him about the Ye Family keeping its seat.

Xiao Lei defended Ye Xin Lan from the Bai Family and then announced that he would take the Pill Tower alchemist examination. After claiming he could qualify at Eighth Grade, he settled for Seventh Grade Mid and faced Elder Han’s threat of a personal assessment.

• The Bai Family elder attacked Ye Xin Lan, but Xiao Lei struck her down and restrained her with his Dou Zun-level pressure.
• Xiao Lei identified himself and warned the Bai Family members that he had killed Ice Venerable, frightening the elder into taking responsibility for the disturbance.
• Elder Han arrived, ended the conflict, and began the alchemist examinations.
• Ye Xin Lan told Elder Han that Xiao Lei, her husband, would take the examination, and Xiao Lei requested an Eighth Grade assessment.
• After Elder Han objected that the local examinations only reached Seventh Grade Mid, Xiao Lei chose that level, and Elder Han led him to the Heavenly Class chamber for a personal assessment.

Xiao Lei passed the Pill Tower assessment and joined the Ye Family at the Five Great Clans’ assessment. He shattered the Soul Measuring Stone’s limit, securing first place in the opening round and leaving the Ye Family’s rivals stunned.

• Elder Han announced that Xiao Lei had passed the Seventh Grade Mid assessment and was applying for a higher-level certification, but Xiao Lei declined further tests.
• Xiao Lei arrived with Ye Xin Lan and Xiao Yi Xian at the Five Great Clans’ assessment, where Ye Xin Lan introduced the rival geniuses and Xiao Lei noticed the Dan Family’s shy young woman and the Cao Family Enchantress.
• Elder Sheng opened the assessment and explained that the first round would measure soul power with the Soul Measuring Stone.
• Xiao Lei poured his soul power into the stone, drove its reading past 2,000, and shattered it.
• Elder Sheng awarded Xiao Lei first place in the round as Ye Xin Lan cheered and the watching clans reacted with dismay.

Xiao Lei won the second round of testing by controlling two hundred Soul Measuring Pearls, then defeated Cao Ying in the third round’s soul-force contest. Cao Ying was badly injured, and Elder Sheng declared Xiao Lei the winner.

• Xiao Lei used his Spirit Realm soul force to catch two hundred Soul Measuring Pearls, breaking the Cao Family Enchantress’s record and winning the second round.
• Elder Sheng announced that Xiao Lei had taken first place in two consecutive rounds, and Ye Xin Lan excitedly embraced him.
• Cao Ying entered the third round to challenge Xiao Lei, and her Flame Phoenix soul attack eliminated the other participants.
• Xiao Lei countered Cao Ying with the Soul Handprint, shattered the arena vessel, and blasted her backward, leaving her vomiting blood.
• Elder Sheng declared Xiao Lei the winner of the third round.

After the Five Great Clans' assessment, Xiao Lei was challenged by Mu Gu the Elder, a Three-Star Dou Zun from the Soul Hall. Xiao Lei overwhelmed him with the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations, and Xuan Kongzi intervened before the fight could end, leaving Xiao Lei to face Mu Gu again at the Alchemy Conference.

• Cao Ying agreed to battle Xiao Lei again at the next Pill Gathering, and Elder Sheng told Xiao Lei that Xuan Kongzi wanted to see him at the Pill Tower headquarters.
• Mu Gu the Elder tracked Xiao Lei to his lodging and attacked, believing the young man was no more than a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Lei revealed his One-Star Dou Zun strength and clashed with Mu Gu the Elder, who was shocked by his power.
• Xiao Lei activated the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations, reached Seven-Star Dou Zun strength, and badly wounded Mu Gu the Elder with a lightning strike.
• Xuan Kongzi intervened and warned Mu Gu the Elder that the Soul Hall would be disqualified if it caused further trouble in Saint Pill City.
• Xiao Lei said he had spared Mu Gu the Elder and planned to defeat him at the Alchemy Conference.

Xiao Lei met with Xuan Kongzi before the Alchemy Conference and learned that Mu Gu would compete for the Soul Hall, making victory crucial to the Pill Tower. The conference began with Xuan Kongzi announcing its rules and champion’s reward, and the competitors prepared to enter the first trial.

• Elder Sheng escorted Xiao Lei to Xuan Kongzi, who thanked him for sparing Mu Gu and explained that the Pill Tower could not risk provoking the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Xiao Lei, Cao Ying, and Song Qing that Mu Gu would compete for the Three Thousand Burning Flame and that a Pill Tower champion was needed to stop him.
• Xiao Lei spent the following days with Cao Ying, who promised him a night together if he won the Pill Gathering championship.
• Xiao Lei arrived at the conference plaza with Xiao Yi Xian and Ye Xin Lan, where Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and another elder appeared to address the competitors.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the rules and the champion’s reward, then declared the Alchemy Conference officially begun.

Xiao Lei completed the Pill Gathering’s ingredient-gathering assessment and found Cao Ying trapped by Mu Gu the Elder and Soul Hall agents. He rescued her, and after Mu Gu fled, Xiao Lei reunited with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan.

• Xiao Lei and Cao Ying entered the second assessment and were teleported to a desolate plain to gather medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Lei gathered his ingredients and found Cao Ying, Song Qing, and other alchemists trapped by Mu Gu the Elder and his hidden Soul Hall accomplices.
• Song Qing offered Cao Ying to Mu Gu, who revealed the Soul Hall’s plan to kill the alchemists and throw the Pill Domain into chaos.
• Xiao Lei appeared, pulled Cao Ying to safety, and killed more than a dozen concealed Soul Hall experts with lightning.
• Mu Gu fled, but Xiong Zhan struck him and sent him flying.
• Zi Yan appeared and greeted Xiao Lei, reuniting with him after searching for her family.

Xiao Lei reunited with Zi Yan in the Myriad Medicines Mountain Range, where Xiong Zhan fought Mu Gu before Xiao Lei stopped him from pursuing the fleeing elder. After discovering the mountain’s vast store of medicinal ingredients and finding Tianma Jadeite Essence, Xiao Lei asked Xiong Zhan to prepare a concealed chamber so he could enter seclusion.

• Zi Yan gave Xiao Lei pills and explained that Xiong Zhan, a three-star Dou Zun and ruler of the Myriad Medicines Mountain Range, had been waiting for him.
• Xiong Zhan battled Mu Gu the Elder until Mu Gu fled, and Xiao Lei blocked Xiong Zhan from chasing him.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Lei, Cao Ying, and Xiong Zhan to a cave filled with medicinal ingredients that Xiong Zhan had gathered for Xiao Lei.
• Xiao Lei found Tianma Jadeite Essence among the treasures and stored it away.
• Xiao Lei asked Xiong Zhan to prepare a concealed chamber so he could enter seclusion.

Xiao Lei helped Cao Ying absorb the Tianma Jadeite Essence, enabling her to become an Eighth Grade Alchemist, and gained the Dragon Phoenix Body as a system reward. They left the Pill Realm and headed for the Alchemy Conference’s final round, where Xiao Lei set his sights on the championship.

• Xiao Lei took Cao Ying into a secret chamber and persuaded her to use the Tianma Jadeite Essence to strengthen her soul power.
• Xiao Lei and Cao Ying used their Dual Cultivation Method as she absorbed the essence, and Cao Ying broke through to become an Eighth Grade Alchemist.
• The system rewarded Xiao Lei with the Dragon Phoenix Body after he touched Cao Ying.
• Xiao Lei and Cao Ying left the Pill Realm, astonishing Xiong Zhan as two Eighth Grade Alchemists.
• Xiao Lei and Cao Ying passed through the Pill Realm Exit and were led toward the final assessment at Alchemist Plaza.