Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan fought Ling Fengzhui, whose dark attribute and deceptive shadows let him trap Xiao Yan and land a deep wound on Wei Jiangyuan. Wei Jiangyuan countered with a soul attack as Ling Fengzhui withdrew his shadow, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Yan prepared his Black Flame while Ling Fengzhui judged Wei Jiangyuan to be the stronger opponent.
• Ling Fengzhui concealed his aura in darkness, split into four shadows, and surrounded Wei Jiangyuan.
• Ling Fengzhui sent two shadows to trap Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's Red Lotus Core Flame and Black Flame broke through them.
• Ling Fengzhui attacked Wei Jiangyuan with Shadow Claw as Wei Jiangyuan unleashed Red Cudrania Greenwood Palm, and a hidden shadow pierced Wei Jiangyuan's right shoulder.
• Wei Jiangyuan fired My Spirit Like Arrows at the attacking shadow, which retreated into Ling Fengzhui's true body.

Xiao Yan and Ling Fengzhui fought fiercely with their weapons while Wei Jiangyuan recovered nearby and Black Flame struggled against Ling Fengzhui’s restraints. Xiao Yan won their weapon clash, but Ling Fengzhui then unleashed a strange surge of soul power that caught both Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan’s attention.

• Ling Fengzhui injured Wei Jiangyuan, then blocked Xiao Yan’s Heavy Profound Ruler while fending off Black Flame.
• Ling Fengzhui’s Ink Shadow split into fragments and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s Red Lotus Core Flame burned the fragments until Ling Fengzhui recalled them.
• Ling Fengzhui trapped Black Flame in an energy cage and questioned Xiao Yan about it before resuming their saber-and-ruler duel.
• Ling Fengzhui admitted his saber could not withstand more clashes, and Xiao Yan realized his reforged Heavy Profound Ruler had won their weapon contest.
• Ling Fengzhui unleashed his soul power, and Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan sensed that it differed from the soul power that had obstructed them earlier.

Ling Fengzhui used Spirit Fusion with a hidden Heavenly State Soul to rise to Half-Saint strength, but Wei Jiangyuan struck him with a Shadow Piercing Needle. Ling Fengzhui survived and remained dangerously powerful, while Xiao Yan prepared to use his fire lotus and asked Wei Jiangyuan to distract him.

• Ling Fengzhui summoned a hidden Heavenly State Soul and used Spirit Fusion, while Xiao Yan tried to interrupt the power transfer with the Heavy Profound Ruler and flames.
• Xiao Yan’s Shadow Piercing Needle was stopped, but Wei Jiangyuan’s second needle struck Ling Fengzhui in the brow and detonated within his soul.
• Ling Fengzhui recalled the Heavenly State Soul to suppress the damage and endured the pain as he fought off Xiao Yan’s ruler strike with Shadow Claw.
• Ling Fengzhui’s power climbed to Half-Saint, though the Shadow Piercing Needle left him struggling to control his turbulent soul and energy.
• Xiao Yan decided to use the fire lotus again and asked Wei Jiangyuan to keep Ling Fengzhui occupied.

Xiao Yan fused Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Black Flame into a Four-Colored Fire Lotus while Wei Jiangyuan held off Ling Fengzhui. With Ling Fengzhui stabilized as a Half-Saint and Wei Jiangyuan retreating, Xiao Yan launched the lotus to break the deadlock.

• Wei Jiangyuan agreed to stall Ling Fengzhui despite his wound while Xiao Yan prepared the fire lotus.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra to subdue Black Flame and fused it with his three other flames.
• Xiao Yan formed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus as Wei Jiangyuan endured Ling Fengzhui's attacks.
• Ling Fengzhui stabilized his Half-Saint strength while Wei Jiangyuan fled from the lotus's expected blast.
• Xiao Yan thrust out his hand and sent the Four-Colored Fire Lotus toward Ling Fengzhui.

Ling Fengzhui used spatial techniques to transfer and detonate Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus in the Star Region, breaking the Pill Tower’s seals and freeing Three Thousand Burning Flame. With Xiao Yan weakened, Ling Fengzhui praised his strength and invited him to join the Spirit Clan.

• Ling Fengzhui imprisoned Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus with Space Imprisonment and transferred it into the Star Region.
• Ling Fengzhui detonated the fire lotus, shattering the Pill Tower’s starry-sky seals and releasing Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Ling Fengzhui judged Three Thousand Burning Flame a lesser concern and focused on the exhausted Xiao Yan.
• Ling Fengzhui admitted he admired Xiao Yan and had prepared in advance to withstand his fire lotus.
• Ling Fengzhui invited Xiao Yan to join the Spirit Clan and become his companion in pursuing strength.

Xiao Yan rejected Ling Fengzhui’s offer to join the Spirit Clan, and Ling trapped him and Wei Jiangyuan in Shadow Prison. Zi Yan and Huo Zhi arrived through a spatial rift and broke Ling’s attack, leaving Xiao Yan reunited with them as Three Thousand Burning Flame raged overhead.

• Xiao Yan refused Ling Fengzhui’s invitation, declaring his loyalty to Starfall Pavilion and his disdain for the Spirit Clan’s actions.
• Ling Fengzhui attacked Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan with Shadow Prison, sealing them in a black cage and preparing to strike them with shadow claws.
• A spatial vortex opened inside the prison, and Zi Yan emerged to attack Ling Fengzhui but was knocked away by his Half-Saint-strength blow.
• Huo Zhi stepped through the rift and unleashed Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, dissolving Ling Fengzhui’s shadow cage.
• Xiao Yan recognized Zi Yan and Huo Zhi, and Zi Yan explained that they had escaped from Three Thousand Burning Flame after it weakened while they cultivated inside it.

Huo Zhi’s appearance forced Ling Fengzhui to negotiate with Xiao Yan’s group, and they secured a promise that the Spirit Clan would stop targeting them for the night. After agreeing to discuss Xuan Yi’s release, Xiao Yan realized the truce might be a delaying tactic and asked Zi Yan if she could break through the barrier.

• Huo Zhi confirmed her identity as a Flame Clan prodigy, and Ling Fengzhui recognized the danger her presence posed to the Spirit Clan.
• Ling Fengzhui offered to escort Huo Zhi back to her clan, and Huo Zhi agreed to cooperate if he left Xiao Yan unharmed.
• Ling Fengzhui promised not to target Xiao Yan and his companions that night, while Wei Jiangyuan secured an agreement to discuss Xuan Yi’s release.
• Zi Yan questioned whether they should trust Ling Fengzhui, and Wei Jiangyuan warned that he was stalling.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan whether she could sense and break through the barrier.

Xiao Yan and his companions tried to escape the grand formation as four Spirit Guards and Ling Fengzhui closed in. As Huo Zhi’s Dou Qi flowed into Xiao Yan but could not return through their flame connection, Xiao Yan suspected his newly fused Red Lotus Core Flame had caused the change.

• Zi Yan identified a loophole in the grand formation, and Xiao Yan sent her to retrieve Xiao Yi Xian’s jade talisman and summon a Dou Sheng expert.
• Wei Jiangyuan intercepted the four Spirit Guards to cover Zi Yan’s escape while Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi prepared to face Ling Fengzhui.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi joined hands to transmit Dou Qi through the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, but the power flowed only from Huo Zhi into Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan realized his source flame had changed after fusing three Heavenly Flames and brought out the Red Lotus Core Flame as a possible cause of the blockage.

Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi joined forces against Ling Fengzhui, while Zi Yan fought her way through the Spirit Guards to reach Xiao Yi Xian. The chapter left the battle divided across the Spirit Clan grounds, with Xiao Yi Xian stopping Zi Yan and Lei Jingxiao from fighting.

• Huo Zhi sensed that Xiao Yan's origin flame had changed and discovered that it repelled her Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Ling Fengzhui tried to persuade Huo Zhi to submit, but Xiao Yan refused to trust him, so Ling Fengzhui attacked them with dark-attribute Dou Qi.
• Wei Jiangyuan held off four Spirit Guards while Zi Yan slipped past them and spotted Qing Lin fighting the Tianming Old Demon.
• Lei Jingxiao mistook Zi Yan for enemy reinforcements and attacked her, but Zi Yan struck him back with a powerful punch.
• Xiao Yi Xian called out that Zi Yan and Lei Jingxiao were on the same side, stopping their confrontation.

Zi Yan took Xiao Yan’s jade token and broke through the formation surrounding Holy Pill City while Xiao Yan and the others held off Ling Fengzhui and the Spirit Guards. She crushed the token to open a spatial passage, and a Dou Sheng’s aura came from the other side.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Zi Yan the jade token despite Lei Jingxiao’s objections, then sent Lei Jingxiao back to help Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi unleashed a powerful attack that slowed Ling Fengzhui and the Spirit Guards, giving Zi Yan a chance to reach the formation’s weak point.
• Zi Yan revealed the imperial dragon might of an Ancient Void Dragon and escaped through the formation’s gap.
• Zi Yan crushed the jade token, opening a spatial passage between Holy Pill City and the outside world.
• A Dou Sheng expert’s aura came from the other end of the passage.

Mu Yaoyin arrived with Mu Wei and broke the spatial sealing formation around Holy Pill City, freeing the trapped fighters and allowing reinforcements to enter. Fire Cloud Ancestor then descended from the heavens as Tang Huo'er watched Xiao Yan, prompting Tang Zhen to recognize her feelings for him.

• Mu Yaoyin and Mu Wei emerged from the spatial vortex, and Zi Yan told Mu Yaoyin that Xiao Yan was still trapped inside.
• Mu Yaoyin summoned the Heavenly Luan phantom and shattered the Spirit Clan's spatial sealing formation with a single strike.
• Burning Flame Valley's Fire Cloud Ancestor arrived through a spatial rift, and Tang Zhen welcomed the reinforcement.
• Tang Huo'er watched Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi retreat from Ling Fengzhui, and Tang Zhen teased her about worrying over Xiao Yan.

The Pill Tower Ancestor arrived in Holy Pill City as the Spirit Clan threatened to overwhelm the Pill Tower. His immense power shifted the balance, leaving the battle’s outcome dependent on him.

• Tang Zhen worried that his daughter Tang Huo'er would suffer competing for Xiao Yan's affection, while the arrival of two Dou Shengs eased the battlefield's tension.
• A third spatial vortex opened, and a child riding a green ox emerged with an aura that froze Douqi wherever he looked.
• Pill Tower members recognized the child as their elusive ancestor and cheered, believing he had come to save them.
• The Fire Cloud Ancestor and Mu Yaoyin greeted the Pill Tower Ancestor with respect, while the Fire Cloud Ancestor suspected he had reached six-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Elder Lin saw the Pill Tower Ancestor arrive and realized the Spirit Clan no longer controlled the fate of Holy Pill City.

Ling Haonan revealed his Six-Star Dou Saint strength and activated the Heaven-Sealing Saint-Locking Grand Formation beneath Holy Pill City, trapping the Pill Tower Ancestor, Mu Yaoyin, and the Fire Cloud Ancestor. The three experts fought back as Mu Yaoyin sent Mu Wei to help Xiao Yan.

• Ling Haonan unleashed his blood essence and revealed the power of a Six-Star Dou Saint, shocking Elder Lin and the gathered experts.
• Ling Haonan and Ling He awakened the vast Heaven-Sealing Saint-Locking Grand Formation beneath Holy Pill City, revealing that the pillars holding the Pill Tower's nine experts were only subsidiary nodes.
• The formation surged with liquid Dou Qi that became chains and attacked the Pill Tower Ancestor, Mu Yaoyin, and the Fire Cloud Ancestor.
• Mu Yaoyin used her Dou Qi to send Mu Wei away and ordered her to help the young master.
• The Fire Cloud Ancestor struck a vulnerable corner of the formation with condensed golden-red flames, while the green-robed child and his ox unleashed a combined attack that made the formation's light churn.

The Pill Tower Ancestor shattered Ling Haonan’s formation with the Dou Technique Sever Heaven, but Ling Haonan revealed that luring him there had been part of a hundred-year plan. Six Spirit Clan Dou Saints arrived and restored the formation, trapping the Pill Tower Ancestor and the other reinforcements as Ling Haonan’s victory appeared assured.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor gathered the medicinal energy of Holy Pill City and struck Ling Haonan’s dark-gold rune with Sever Heaven.
• Ling Haonan’s formation began to collapse, freeing the Pill Tower experts from the Spirit Clan blood essence’s influence.
• Ling Haonan revealed that his task had been to lure the Pill Tower Ancestor and that he had not yet lost.
• Six Spirit Clan Dou Saints appeared and poured their power into the formation, binding its broken parts together and trapping the Pill Tower Ancestor, Mu Yaoyin, and Fire Cloud Ancestor.
• Elder Lin recognized Ling Yuan, Ling Xuanmo, Ling Cang, and the other arriving Spirit Clan experts as the clan declared its victory.

Ling Haonan summoned Ling Yuan and Ling Xuanmo to discuss whether the Spirit Clan should seize the Pill Tower’s Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill. After Ling Yuan explained the risks, Ling Haonan asked if they still remembered the Xiao Clan.

• Ling Xuanmo replaced Ling Haonan’s untouched tea, but Ling Haonan said he had asked the servants to leave it.
• Ling Haonan raised the Pill Convention and criticized the Spirit Clan’s lack of unity and resolve.
• Ling Yuan warned that the plan could fail because of internal dissent, resistance from the Pill Tower, and intervention by other Imperial Clans.
• Ling Haonan praised Ling Yuan and Ling Xuanmo as sources of hope for the Spirit Clan.
• Ling Haonan asked Ling Yuan and Ling Xuanmo whether they remembered the Xiao Clan.

Ling Haonan urged Ling Yuan and Ling Xuanmo to risk the Spirit Clan’s remaining strength rather than let it decline, citing Xiao Xuan’s courage as an example. He revealed that his life was nearly over and insisted they must make one final gamble while he still had his strength.

• Ling Haonan explained that he admired Xiao Xuan for risking the Xiao Clan’s remaining power in a final stand, despite its defeat.
• Ling Yuan argued that the Xiao Clan’s gamble had destroyed its inheritance, while the Spirit Clan still had capable young people.
• Ling Haonan condemned the Spirit Clan’s weakness and warned that rival clans had surpassed it, leaving it vulnerable to eventual destruction.
• Ling Haonan revealed that the Soul-Calming Tea had stopped working and that he would not live much longer.
• Ling Haonan said he could no longer protect the Spirit Clan indefinitely and called for it to stake everything on one last gamble.

Ling Haonan, Ling Yuan, and Ling Xuanmo agreed on a plan to exploit the Pill Convention, weaken the Pill Tower, and seize its Mystic Pill to revive the Spirit Clan. They recognized that even success might leave them vulnerable to the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan.

• Ling Yuan and Ling Xuanmo overcame their doubts and joined Ling Haonan in risking their lives for the Spirit Clan's future.
• Ling Haonan outlined a plan to use Ling Zhuo and the Pill Convention to build the clan's influence and undermine the Pill Tower from within.
• Ling Haonan proposed trapping the Mystic Pill with a Space Imprisonment formation, refining it to strengthen Ling Yuan, and taking the Pill Tower's resources and Alchemists.
• Ling Xuanmo and Ling Yuan raised concerns about intervention from the other Imperial Clans and how the Spirit Clan would survive retaliation.
• Ling Haonan admitted that the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan might attack, but said their decision would depend on what they wanted, not on the Spirit Clan's actions.

Ling Haonan and the Spirit Clan leaders finalized a desperate plan to seize the Pill Tower’s Mystic Pill, accepting the danger of provoking stronger clans. He revealed that Ling Yuan would consume the pill while he used his remaining power to help him, leaving the clan’s future in Ling Yuan and Ling Xuanmo’s hands.

• Ling Fengzhui warned Ling Xuanmo and Ling Yuan that the Spirit Clan could not avoid destruction by submitting to the Soul Clan and Ancient Clan.
• Ling Haonan outlined how the Spirit Clan would organize its clansmen for an assault and retrieve the two girls held at the Pill Tower, while enforcing strict rules for bloodline transplantation.
• Ling Haonan insisted that the Mystic Pill was the clan’s foremost priority and rejected Ling Xuanmo’s suggestion that he take it to extend his life.
• Ling Haonan chose Ling Yuan as the pill’s recipient because his bloodline was at its peak and explained that the pill’s spiritual origin would be devoured first.
• Ling Haonan promised to ignite his remaining power to help Ling Yuan absorb the Mystic Pill, entrusting the Spirit Clan’s future to Ling Yuan and Ling Xuanmo.

Ling Haonan’s Spirit Clan trapped the Pill Tower Ancestor, Fire Cloud Ancestor, and Mu Yaoyin in the Mother-Child Rune Grand Formation, then sealed Holy Pill City with a spatial barrier. With the Pill Tower Ancestor’s escape looking increasingly unlikely, Ling Haonan focused on completing the plan as Xiao Yan remained an unresolved variable.

• Ling Xuanmo watched Ling Haonan burn himself away to power the Mother-Child Rune Grand Formation.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor, Fire Cloud Ancestor, and Mu Yaoyin failed to break free as six Spirit Clan Dou Shengs poured their Dou Qi into the formation.
• Ling Fengzhui ordered the Spirit Guards, Spirit Clan members, and Heavenly Nether Sect to seal Holy Pill City and prevent anyone from leaving.
• Ling He joined the formation outside the rune barrier and helped the Spirit Clan activate a dark-silver spatial prison around the city.
• Ling Haonan briefly regarded Xiao Yan but gave no order concerning him, then turned his attention back to the trapped Pill Tower Ancestor.

Ling Haonan used his life force to ignite the rune formation and began refining the Pill Tower Ancestor, while the trapped Pill Tower experts failed to free him. Xiao Yan and the others regrouped, injured and cut off from aid, and faced the dire prospect that they were the only ones who could stop the Spirit Clan.

• Ling Haonan burned his life force to activate the formation’s refining flames and bind the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor, Elder Lin in hemp robes, and Mu Yaoyin attacked the formation to free the Pill Tower Ancestor, but their efforts failed.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor weakened as Ling Haonan’s flames battered his human form and threatened to force him back into a pill.
• Xiao Yan’s group regrouped after the battle, and Yao Qingyu treated Wei Jiangyuan’s severe wound.
• Zi Yan asked what they should do as the Spirit Clan’s formations imprisoned the Pill Tower experts, sealed Holy Pill City, and left the Pill Tower Ancestor close to being refined.