Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun absorbed part of the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame and rose to Eight-Star Dou Zong before Black Saint gave him the Falling Heart Flame and his possessions. Black Saint stayed behind as the Ancient Pagoda collapsed, while Xiao Yun escaped through a spatial passage with Wind Venerable and the others.

• Xiao Yun completed his tempering in the Ancient Pagoda and advanced from Four-Star Dou Zong to Eight-Star Dou Zong by absorbing some of the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame’s energy.
• The Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame appeared as a little black dragon, accepted Xiao Yun as its master, and returned to sleep inside him.
• Black Saint gave Xiao Yun the Falling Heart Flame and his Storage Ring, then refused Xiao Yun’s offer to take him out and remained behind.
• Black Saint sent Xiao Yun to the main hall, where the Ancient Pagoda began to collapse.
• Wind Venerable and the others pulled Xiao Yun into the spatial passage, and they reached solid ground outside.

Xiao Yun returned from the ruins with the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame and Black Saint’s inheritance, astonishing the elders with his rapid cultivation growth. He then set out for Fallen God Stream to find the Seventh Order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Xian’er needed.

• Xiao Yun returned the Falling Heart Flame to Skyfire Venerable and revealed that he had reached the peak of Eight-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yun explained that Black Saint had given him the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame and an inheritance, and Yao Lao emerged from the Bone Flame Ring to question him.
• Xiao Yun summoned the black dragon formed from the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame, impressing Yao Lao and the elders.
• Xiao Yun gave Yao Lao Black Saint’s Fire Restoration Pill formula, and they discussed modifying it for other cultivators.
• Xiao Yun promised to help Wind Venerable and Iron Sword Venerable if they could modify the pill, then led the group toward Fallen God Stream to find Xian’er’s needed beast.

Xiao Yun and the elders traveled to Fallen God Stream and killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast to obtain its Magic Core and essence blood. They left for Starfall Pavilion, reaching the Southern Region after ten days in a Spatial Wormhole.

• Xiao Yun used his Soul Perception to locate the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast in Fallen God Stream and flew there with Wind Venerable and the elders.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast emerged from its fortress, recognized the Dou Zun experts, and tried to flee.
• Skyfire Venerable struck the beast down and restrained it with the Falling Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yun killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, extracted its Magic Core for Xiao Yi Xian, and collected its essence blood.
• Two other Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts watched the group leave and decided not to inform the Scorpion Dragon Clan, hoping to reclaim the dead beast’s treasures.
• Xiao Yun and the elders traveled through a Spatial Wormhole for ten days and arrived in the Southern Region.

Xiao Yun returned to Starfall Pavilion and discovered that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body had begun to erupt after she rapidly raised her cultivation while waiting for him. He resealed it with the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal and promised to resolve it completely after refining Yao Lao’s body.

• Wind Venerable and Xiao Yun returned to Starfall Pavilion with Skyfire Venerable, and Elder Su reported that Xiao Yi Xian’s poison had been leaking after she advanced to Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yun hurried to the sealed rear mountain, entered the poison-filled barrier, and found Xiao Yi Xian in a cave.
• Xiao Yun used the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to reseal Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and burn away the poison gas surrounding her.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the remaining poison gas and broke through from Four-Star Dou Zong to Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yun told Wind Venerable and Skyfire Venerable that he would take Xiao Yi Xian to resolve her Woeful Poison Body completely after he refined Yao Lao’s body.

Xiao Yun refined a Soul Fusion Pill and then spent ten days crafting a Bone-Growing Blood-Fusion Pill for Yao Lao, producing an Intermediate Eighth-Tier pill. He absorbed the fierce Four-Colored Pill Lightning to temper his body, and Starfall Pavilion celebrated his success.

• Xiao Yun used the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame to refine a Soul Fusion Pill, which he planned to give Medusa to resolve the hidden danger in her body.
• Elder Jin told Elder Xu that Xiao Yun had previously refined an Eighth-Tier pill in the Half-Saint Ruins, revealing that Xiao Yun was already an Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Xiao Yun spent ten days refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Fusion Pill, failing once before completing it amid a terrifying Pill Lightning phenomenon.
• Yao Lao explained that Starfall Space's accumulated Stellar Force had fueled the pill refinement, while Wind Venerable announced that Xiao Yun had caused the phenomenon.
• Xiao Yun's pill produced Four-Colored Pill Lightning, marking it as an Intermediate Eighth-Tier pill, and he and the Thunder Dragon devoured the lightning's energy.
• Xiao Yun endured the Pill Lightning to strengthen his body, and Starfall Pavilion's elders and disciples cheered when the storm ended.

After reaching Nine-Star Dou Zong and raising Thunderfire Flame to Three-Star Dou Zun, Xiao Yun celebrated his successful pill refinement with his companions. Back at his residence, he summoned Medusa to discuss the two souls within her body.

• Xiao Yun absorbed Pill Lightning to break through to Nine-Star Dou Zong, while Thunderfire Flame advanced to Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others congratulated Xiao Yun on refining a Four-Colored Pill, and he gave the Bone-Growing Blood-Fusion Pill to Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yun arranged to help Yao Lao recover his body the next day using the pill and a Three-Star Dou Zun corpse.
• Xiao Yun returned to his residence, fed Little Cai, and asked the seven-colored snake to let Medusa emerge.
• Medusa appeared before Xiao Yun, and he told her he wanted to resolve the issue of the two souls within her body.

Medusa took the Soul Fusion Pill, leaving Little Cai in control of her body while Medusa slept. Xiao Yun then revived Yao Lao in a prepared body, and Yao Lao awoke as a Nine-Star Dou Zun; Xiao Yun turned next to solving Xiao Yi Xian's bodily problem.

• Medusa questioned the Soul Fusion Pill's strength, and Xiao Yun revealed that he had become an Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether the pill would consume Little Cai, and Medusa promised to help Little Cai obtain a body; Medusa then took the pill.
• The next morning, Xiao Yun found Little Cai in the bed and fed her a pill before going to meet Yao Lao and Wind Venerable.
• Xiao Yun and Yao Lao began the revival ritual in the back mountain while Wind Venerable, Skyfire Venerable, and Iron Sword Venerable guarded the area.
• After a day of refinement, Yao Lao awakened in his new body at Nine-Star Dou Zun strength and credited his nourished soul for his power.
• Xiao Yun said he would now solve the problem with Xiao Yi Xian's body.

Xiao Yun and his companions traveled to Ye City to use the Ye Family’s Yangfire Ancient Altar for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method. After Yao Lao and Xiao Yun revealed their identities, Ye Zhong welcomed them and granted them access to the altar.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yun about the Yangfire Ancient Altar, and Xiao Yun decided to take Skyfire Venerable along to help treat Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yun’s group traveled through a spatial wormhole for nearly a month before reaching Ye City and seeking the Ye Family’s permission to use the altar.
• Yao Lao presented his eight-star Alchemist Badge, prompting Ye Zhong to greet the group and ask what they needed.
• Xiao Yun introduced himself and Yao Lao, and Ye Zhong recognized them and praised Xiao Yun’s reputation as an eighteen-year-old Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Ye Zhong agreed to lend the Yangfire Ancient Altar, and Xiao Yun promised the Ye Family a favor in return.
• Ye Zhong led Xiao Yun’s group to the altar and explained that moving its central stone stele would release underground flames that combined with sunlight to form Yang Fire.

Xiao Yun used the Yangfire Ancient Altar and three fused Heavenly Flames to help Xiao Yi Xian suppress her Woeful Poison Body and begin condensing a Poison Core. As Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison energy into the Magic Core, Xiao Yun waited and prepared to break through to the Dou Zun realm.

• Xiao Yun rejected the altar’s fierce Yang Fire and fused wisps of the Falling Heart Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame into a transparent black fire.
• Xiao Yun lifted Xiao Yi Xian’s seal, let her Woeful Poison Body erupt, then used the fused flames to drive the poison energy into her lower abdomen.
• Xiao Yun placed the Seventh Order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Magic Core and the refined Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva into Xiao Yi Xian to contain and transform the poison energy.
• Xiao Yi Xian awakened and compressed the poison energy into the Magic Core, which began shrinking as it absorbed the poison.
• Xiao Yun covered Xiao Yi Xian with a green robe and prepared to cultivate with a Sect Origin Pill to break through to Dou Zun.

Xiao Yun found no Earthfire Pearl in the Yangfire Ancient Altar, but collected a potent red substance that Yao Lao suspected was Earth Core Fire Marrow. He and Yao Lao prepared to refine it into a pill to help Xiao Yun break through to Dou Zun, and Xiao Yun began refining the pill in the Ye Family plaza.

• Xiao Yun searched the altar’s opening, found no Earthfire Pearl, and gathered the remaining red liquid into a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yun told Yao Lao and Skyfire Venerable that Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Core had condensed and that he planned to refine a pill to advance to Dou Zun.
• Yao Lao examined the red substance and tentatively identified it as Earth Core Fire Marrow, then advised Xiao Yun on ingredients to balance its violent energy.
• Xiao Yun asked Skyfire Venerable to guard Xiao Yi Xian while he and Yao Lao went to the Ye Family to refine the pill.
• Ye Zhong led Xiao Yun and Yao Lao to the family plaza, where Xiao Yun set out his cauldron and ingredients and began refining.

Xiao Yun refined a Peak Seventh Tier pill and swallowed it in seclusion to break through to Dou Zun. Seven days later, after Xiao Yi Xian also reached Three-Star Dou Zun, Xiao Yun emerged from his breakthrough and tested his new strength.

• Xiao Yun completed a Peak Seventh Tier pill, and his Thunder Dragon consumed the Pill Lightning before he took the pill to a secluded chamber.
• Xiao Yun swallowed the pill and absorbed its violent fire-attributed energy to strengthen his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian condensed her Poison Core and rose from Five-Star Dou Zong to Three-Star Dou Zun, then waited outside Xiao Yun's pavilion.
• Yao Lao and Skyfire Venerable sensed Xiao Yun's breakthrough and raised a spatial barrier to protect the Ye Family.
• Xiao Yun's aura shattered the pavilion's barrier, and he emerged into the air as a Dou Zun, marveling at his new power.

After breaking through to Dou Zun, Xiao Yun prepared to leave the Ye Family with Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Lao, and Skyfire Venerable. They traveled toward Holy Pill City so Xiao Yun could certify his Alchemist rank, and arrived at its spatial passage.

• Xiao Yun broke through to Dou Zun, tore open space, and thanked Skyfire Venerable and Yao Lao for containing his aura.
• Xiao Yun apologized to Ye Zhong for damaging the Ye Family's pavilion and barrier, then offered the Ye Family Starfall Pavilion's help if trouble arose.
• Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together before leaving the Ye Family the next morning with Yao Lao and Skyfire Venerable.
• Yao Lao explained that many Alchemists traveled to Holy Pill City and urged Xiao Yun to compete in the next Pill Conference, but Xiao Yun declined.
• The four traveled through a Spatial Wormhole toward Holy Pill City, and Yao Lao spotted the city ahead.

Xiao Yun arrived in Holy Pill City with Yao Lao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Skyfire Venerable, where the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame sealed above the city. Yao Lao proposed arranging early access to the Star Region so Xiao Yun could let his flame devour it, then went to the Pill Tower while Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian stayed to explore.

• Yao Lao explained that Holy Pill City had vast Outer and Inner Domains after the group arrived at one of its spatial landing points.
• The Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame emerged from Xiao Yun and sensed a delicious flame above the city, which Yao Lao identified as the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yun and Yao Lao agreed that the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame could devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame outside Xiao Yun’s body.
• Yao Lao suggested using his Pill Tower connections to secure Xiao Yun early entry to the Star Region, and Xiao Yun accepted the plan.
• Yao Lao and Skyfire Venerable left for the Pill Tower while Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian set out to explore Holy Pill City.

Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian visited the Pill Tower Trading Fair in Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yun searched for valuable treasures and traded on the second floor. At the entrance to the exclusive third floor, a stranger offered to take Xiao Yi Xian up instead, drawing Xiao Yun's cold attention.

• Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Pill Tower Trading Fair, backed by the Pill Tower and located between the Outer Domain and Inner Domain.
• A guard looked down on Xiao Yun's Sixth-Tier Alchemist Badge and warned that he could only browse the first floor, but Xiao Yun calmed Xiao Yi Xian and entered with her.
• Xiao Yun searched the first floor for the Ancient Copper Fragment but found nothing worth trading for.
• Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian gained access to the second floor, where they exchanged unused treasures for items they needed.
• A maid told Xiao Yun that only Seventh-Tier Alchemists or Dou Zun experts could enter the third floor, and an effeminate stranger offered to take Xiao Yi Xian up instead.
• Xiao Yun turned toward the stranger with a cold glint in his eyes.

Xiao Yun attacked Bai Qi for lusting after Xiao Yi Xian, while Xiao Yi Xian and Red Fire Venerable intervened to prevent the conflict from turning into a killing. Xiao Yun spared Bai Qi’s life but crippled him, then he and Xiao Yi Xian headed for the third floor.

• Bai Qi mocked Xiao Yun’s Sixth-Tier rank and invited Xiao Yi Xian to go upstairs with him.
• Xiao Yun seized Bai Qi by the neck, while Xiao Yi Xian used her Dou Zun aura to stop two Pill Tower elders from intervening.
• Red Fire Venerable appeared and warned Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian that killing Bai Qi would make enemies of the Bai Family.
• Xiao Yun released Bai Qi but burned away his meridians and manhood with the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.
• Red Fire Venerable examined Bai Qi, ordered the elders to take him to the Bai Family, and let Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian continue to the third floor.

Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian browsed the Pill Tower Trading Fair’s top floor, where Xiao Yun found a Copper Fragment he recognized and negotiated for it alongside a Seven-Treasure Poison Herb. Red Fire Venerable warned Xiao Yun that the Bai Family would seek revenge, but Xiao Yun dismissed the threat and examined the fragment as its seller made extravagant claims about its age.

• Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian reached the top floor and resumed browsing after their display of Dou Zun strength deterred further challengers.
• Xiao Yun spotted a Seven-Treasure Poison Herb and a faded yellow Copper Fragment on Old Man Yan’s jade platform, recognizing the fragment as something he had been seeking.
• Old Man Yan demanded an Eighth-Tier Pill for the herb, but Red Fire Venerable intervened and ordered him to set a fair price.
• Old Man Yan agreed to trade the Seven-Treasure Poison Herb for a low-grade Seventh-Tier Pill, and Xiao Yun inspected the Copper Fragment while keeping his saber in hand.
• Red Fire Venerable cautioned Xiao Yun that the Bai Family would not let the injury to Bai Qi go unanswered, but Xiao Yun said the family could do nothing to him.
• Old Man Yan boasted that the Copper Fragment was an ancient relic, while Xiao Yun suspected its patina came from poor storage.

Xiao Yun traded a Mid Seventh Tier pill formula for an ancient Copper Fragment and a Seven-Treasure Poison Herb, then encountered Bai E and her reinforcements at the Pill Tower Trading Fair. Red Fire Venerable stopped the Bai Family from attacking, but an overwhelmingly powerful figure arrived as Bai E was leaving.

• Xiao Yun traded the Ice God Pill formula to the gray-haired old man for the Copper Fragment and Seven-Treasure Poison Herb, then explained to Xiao Yi Xian that the fragment contained soul-enhancing dust.
• Xiao Yun and Xiao Yi Xian bought more ingredients before Bai Qi arrived with Bai E and four elderly Dou Zuns.
• Bai E accused Xiao Yun of crippling Bai Qi and demanded that he and Xiao Yi Xian come to the Bai Family, while Xiao Yun released his Dou Zun aura and refused.
• Red Fire Venerable intervened and ordered both sides to withdraw their auras because fighting was forbidden at the trading fair.
• Bai E threatened Xiao Yun as the Bai Family prepared to leave, but an aged voice and a suffocating aura suddenly filled the floor.

Yao Lao arrived at the Pill Tower Trading Fair with the Three Giants and stopped Bai E from harming Xiao Yun and Xian'er. After the Pill Tower punished Bai E and the Bai Family, Xiao Yun left with his teacher, while the onlookers learned more about Yao Chen's fearsome past.

• Yao Lao tore open a spatial passage and arrived with Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi, then confronted Bai E for threatening his disciple.
• Xuan Kongzi intervened, and the Pill Tower stripped Bai E of her elder position and failed the Bai Family in its annual assessment.
• Xiao Yun accepted the ruling and thanked the Pill Tower leaders before Yao Lao took him and Xian'er back to the Pill Tower.
• The trading fair crowd recognized Xiao Yun as the eighteen-year-old Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster and asked about his teacher, Yao Chen.
• Old Man Mu recounted Yao Chen's legendary alchemy achievements, leaving the crowd shocked and fearing the Bai Family's downfall.

Xiao Yun arrived at Holy Pill City with Yao Lao and met the Pill Tower’s Three Giants, who agreed to let him attempt to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame if he passed two tests. He accepted the conditions and planned to use the days before the public pill refinement to improve his soul realm.

• Xiao Yun and his group traveled through a Spatial Wormhole and arrived at Holy Pill City, where Xuan Kongzi offered him a position in the Pill Tower, but Xiao Yun declined out of loyalty to Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao introduced Xiao Yun to Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi at the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Xiao Yun could attempt to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame if he passed two tests: publicly refining an Eighth Tier, three-colored medicinal pill and proving he had enough strength to subdue the flame safely.
• Xiao Yun confidently accepted the tests, and Tian Leizi told him to remain in the Pill Tower while preparations were made.
• Xiao Yun planned to refine the Spirit-Nurturing Dust during the next few days to improve his soul realm.

Xiao Yun met Cao Ying, showed her the overwhelming strength of his Soul Power, and then settled into Pill Tower’s prepared rooms. He invited Xiao Yi Xian to help extract what was inside the Copper Fragment, which might awaken a trace of spirituality in her soul.

• Cao Ying introduced herself to Xiao Yun and escorted him and Xiao Yi Xian to their rooms while asking him questions.
• Cao Ying asked whether Xiao Yun could refine an Eighth-Tier Pill, and he demonstrated his immense Soul Power without harming her.
• Cao Ying recovered from the shock and vowed to work hard to catch up to Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Yun explored the ancient alchemy texts in his study and explained to Xiao Yi Xian that he had controlled his Soul Power carefully.
• Xiao Yun showed Xiao Yi Xian the Copper Fragment and invited her to the alchemy room to extract what was inside.