Chapter Summaries

Jia He endured the Black Demon Lightning, advanced to Eight-Revolution Dou Zun with strength at Nine-Revolution, and captured the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill. The Pill Gathering ended with Jia He already recognized as its champion, while the other alchemists prepared to present their pills.

• Xuan Kongzi and the others watched in alarm as Jia He charged into the Black Demon Lightning, while the Grand Elder spoke with Yao Chen about the Soul Hall and the Pill Tower’s reluctance to act.
• Jia He sat within the thunderclouds and absorbed the Black Demon Lightning, tempering his body and refining his Dou Qi as his cultivation surged.
• When the lightning faded, Jia He captured the spiritual Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yan conceded Jia He’s superior alchemy, and Cao Ying praised his achievement; Zi Yan teased Medusa for worrying about him.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the Pill Gathering had ended and asked the alchemists to present their pills, exempting Jia He from displaying his ninth-grade pill.

Jia He won the Pill Gathering with a ninth-grade pill, and the Pill Tower’s Grand Elder agreed to join the Imperial Prison Alliance after Jia He accepted his conditions. The chapter ended with the group preparing to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Jia He declaring plans to strike at Soul Hall branch halls.

• Xuan Kongzi announced Jia He as the Pill Gathering champion and Xiao Yan as the leader of the eighth-grade pill refiners.
• Xuan Kongzi awarded the winner a soul cultivation method and a ninth-grade profound pill formula, and said the top ten would enter the Star Region to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The Grand Elder asked Jia He about Soul Hall’s failed interference, and Jia He revealed that he had killed Elder Mu Gu and Hun Xuzi’s clone in the Pill Realm.
• Jia He agreed to guarantee the Pill Tower alchemists’ safety and let them access the soul cultivation method in exchange for the Pill Tower joining the Imperial Prison Alliance.
• Jia He announced plans to attack Soul Hall branch halls, and Xuan Kongzi warned the group that the Three Thousand Burning Flame could devastate Sacred Pill City if its seal failed.

Jia He prepared Xiao Yan to devour the Three Thousand Burning Flame, recruited Old Monster Qinghua into the Imperial Prison, and went to help Dan Chen after she fell unconscious. Dan Chen woke and discovered that Jia He could be near her without having his soul devoured.

• Jia He told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan’s dragon mark and Yao Lao’s Bone Chilling Flame could help him subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Zi Yan planted the mark in exchange for Jia He’s tier-nine treasure pill.
• Jia He recruited Old Monster Qinghua by promising the Imperial Prison could help him become a tier-nine alchemist, and Old Monster Qinghua agreed to join.
• Dan Xuan asked Jia He to save Dan Chen, offering to have the Dan Clan join the Imperial Prison in return.
• Jia He recognized the Dragonheart Grass beside Dan Chen’s bed and explained that it had helped her stay well, then used his soul power to wake her.
• Dan Chen warned Jia He that her constitution made her devour the souls of people who came near, but she realized that his soul remained unharmed.

Jia He left the Pill Tower’s trip to the Star Region after black mist devastated Medicine Valley in the Black-Corner Region. He entered the valley, recognized the mist’s illusion of his past life, and faced a dozen Imperial Prison members who had lost their minds.

• Jia He gave Dan Chen the Soul Formula and promised to help her recover, while Dan Xuan thanked him for saving her.
• Lei Yun reported that black mist had drained medicinal ingredients and driven alchemists to violence in Medicine Valley, so Jia He withdrew from the Star Region trip.
• Jia He, Medusa, and Lei Yun traveled back to the Black-Corner Region aboard Ya Fei’s modified warship, reaching it in five days.
• Jia Nan Academy’s Grand Elder warned Jia He that the black mist had consumed two Dou Zong powerhouses and turned them into puppets.
• Jia He entered Medicine Valley, saw an illusion of a city from his previous life, and then found himself surrounded by more than a dozen crazed Imperial Prison members.

Jia He discovered that a devouring force beneath Medicine Valley had been consuming its spiritual energy, and the resulting collapse revealed the Bodhi Ancient Tree. As experts began preparing to converge on the tree, Jia He approached it and fought its five Half-Saint puppets.

• Jia He detected a devouring force beneath Medicine Valley and broke open the ground, revealing a vast underground space.
• The mountain range split apart as the Bodhi Ancient Tree rose from beneath it, and Jia He warned that its appearance could draw powerful experts and endanger the Black-Corner Region.
• Lei Yun and Su Qian began evacuating people and summoning allies, while Jia He and Medusa moved away from the tree after sensing something unsettling about it.
• Five days later, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi decided the Pill Tower should investigate, while Mang Tianchi set out after notifying his clan.
• Jia He approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where five Half-Saint puppets emerged and attacked him; he dodged among them as the fight began.

Jia He refined Bodhi Seeds to help the Bodhi Ancient Tree purge the Dou Di’s negative emotions, then received its enlightenment through a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation. He comprehended the Bodhi Heart Method and broke through to the Half-Saint realm as Mang Tianchi and the Pill Tower giants watched from outside.

• Jia He reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, entered its consciousness, and agreed to refine its Bodhi Seeds in exchange for help attaining enlightenment.
• Jia He refined more than a hundred Bodhi Seeds, allowing the tree to absorb their energy and purify the Dou Di’s negative emotions.
• Su Qian told Medusa that Jia He remained in the Black-Corner Region while they discussed the Bodhi Heart and the threat from Soul Hall.
• Mang Tianchi, Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the other Pill Tower giant arrived and found five Half-Saint guardians blocking their approach to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent Jia He through a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, where he comprehended the Bodhi Heart Method and advanced from peak Nine-Star Dou Venerate to Half-Saint.

Jia He emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree as a Three-Star Dou Saint, bonded with the tree, and agreed to trade Bodhi Seeds. He brought Medusa and Yaoye to cultivate beneath it, while Mang Tianchi and the Pill Tower leaders also began seeking enlightenment there.

• After three months of cultivation, Jia He emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, having reached the Three-Star Dou Saint realm and formed a bond with the Peak Dou Sheng tree.
• Jia He traded five Bodhi Seeds to the Thunder Clan and agreed to let Mang Tianchi and the Pill Tower leaders seek enlightenment beneath the tree.
• Mang Tianchi and the three Pill Tower leaders began cultivating beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Jia He returned to the Imperial Prison's main hall.
• Jia He reassured Medusa, gave her a cultivation method, and sent her to cultivate beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Jia He went to the Jia Ma Empire, gave Yaoye the Bodhi Heart Method, and took her to the Black-Corner Region to seek enlightenment.

Jia He brought Yaoye to the Black-Corner Region to cultivate beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he discovered he could speak with it in its private space. The tree revealed that it had known Tou She Ancient God long ago, leaving Jia He with a new secret about the missing Dou Di.

• Jia He and Yaoye returned to the Black-Corner Region after Yaoye delegated the Jia Ma Empire’s affairs and joined Jia He on his journey.
• Jia He found Imperial Prison elders and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li gathered beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree to seek breakthroughs.
• Yaoye chose to cultivate beside Medusa, and the two women agreed they were family and urged each other to keep pace with Jia He.
• Jia He touched the Bodhi Ancient Tree and entered its private space, where it explained that only the Bodhi Heart Method let them communicate there.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree told Jia He that an Emperor War had grievously injured it and that it had once met Tou She Ancient God underground when he was weak.

Bodhi Ancient Tree told Jia He how Tou She Ancient God had reached the Dou Di realm, fought the Evil Clan from Beyond, and later disappeared after being gravely injured. Jia He learned that a sealed land lay in the Manghuang Ancient Region and considered seeking source qi there, but decided to focus on Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion first.

• Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that it had guided Tou She Ancient God to devour Heavenly Flames and had helped him kill the Dou Di who stole its Bodhi Heart.
• Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed that Tou She Ancient God and the other Dou Di had defeated an Earthly Sovereign group from the Evil Clan from Beyond and sealed the region where they had arrived.
• Jia He concluded that Tou She Ancient God might have died from his injuries after leaving behind his inheritance and the Emperor-Grade Nascent Pill.
• Bodhi Ancient Tree told Jia He that the sealed land was in the Manghuang Ancient Region of the Central Plains and warned that opening it could attract the Evil Clan from Beyond.
• Jia He said he would treat breaking the seal as a last resort and place his hopes on Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

Jia He learned about the Soul Clan’s interest in the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and prepared to strengthen himself with the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s help. Bone Nether Saint led Soul Hall forces to the Northwest Continent to claim the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Jia He and the Pill Tower experts faced them.

• Jia He and the Bodhi Ancient Tree discussed Nihility Devouring Flame, the Soul Clan, and the cave mansion, then agreed to prepare for the Soul Hall’s attacks.
• Jia He emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and decided to focus on the Manghuang Ancient Region while strengthening himself.
• Blood River Venerable told Bone Nether Saint that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Northwest Continent, and Bone Nether Saint set out with the Eighth and Ninth Venerables.
• After more than half a month, Jia He sensed Bone Nether Saint’s group approaching the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Bone Nether Saint demanded a share of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi confronted him and Jia He watched the group arrive.

Jia He killed Bone Nether and three Soul Hall experts with one palm, then returned with Medusa to Sacred Pill City and helped Zi Yan travel to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. They arrived at the floating Ancient Dragon Island, where a voice challenged the intruders.

• Jia He killed Bone Nether and the other three Soul Hall experts with a single palm after Bone Nether attacked Xuan Yi and her companions.
• Mang Tianchi broke through from Peak Dou Zun to Half-Saint, and Jia He asked him to guard the Bodhi Ancient Tree before returning to the Central Plains with Medusa.
• Jia He and Medusa returned to Sacred Pill City, where Zi Yan urged them to set out for the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• After three days of travel, Jia He helped Zi Yan stabilize a spatial passage through which their warship reached the floating Ancient Dragon Island.
• An ancient voice demanded to know who had trespassed upon Ancient Dragon Island.

Jia He brought Zi Yan to Ancient Dragon Island, where Qi You recognized her Royal Bloodline and welcomed her as the descendant of the former Dragon Emperor. Jia He proposed making Zi Yan clan chief and unifying the divided Ancient Void Dragon Clan, promising to help and revealing that the Old Dragon Emperor was still alive.

• Qi You recognized Zi Yan’s Royal Bloodline and thanked Jia He for bringing her back to Eastern Dragon Island.
• Jia He told Qi You that Zi Yan should inherit the clan chief position and help unite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Qi You explained that the clan was split into four factions and that the Northern Dragon King’s strength made unification difficult.
• Jia He urged Qi You to awaken the elders in secluded cultivation and said he would help defeat the Dragon Kings.
• Jia He revealed that the Old Dragon Emperor was alive, and Zi Yan confirmed that her father was trapped somewhere.
• Jia He asked the clan to strengthen Zi Yan and awaken every elder so he could resolve the clan’s internal strife.

Jia He persuaded Qi You to prepare Eastern Dragon Island for the coming conflict while Zi Yan began her cultivation. He then revealed to First Elder Green Mountain that the old Dragon Emperor was alive, and Green Mountain guessed he was trapped in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

• Jia He convinced Qi You to keep the old Dragon Emperor's survival secret from most of the clan and prepare for threats from the other Dragon Islands.
• Qi You sent Zi Yan with Zhu Li to receive the clan's baptism and cultivate, while ordering the elders to prepare for battle.
• Jia He introduced Xiong Zhan to Hei Qing, who accepted him as a disciple.
• Qi You brought Jia He to meet Green Mountain, and Jia He confirmed that the old Dragon Emperor was alive but trapped.
• Green Mountain guessed that the old Dragon Emperor was trapped in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

Jia He proposed an alliance with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and offered to help reunify it, starting by defeating the Northern Dragon King. The Northern Dragon King learned Zi Yan had returned and led an army to surround Eastern Dragon Island, where Qi You and the elders confronted him.

• Jia He warned Elder Green Mountain and Qi You about the Soul Clan’s strength and proposed an alliance before it gathered the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Jia He urged the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to reunify under Zi Yan and offered to face the Northern Dragon King while Eastern Dragon Island’s experts fought his forces.
• Eastern Dragon Island elders secretly passed news of Zi Yan’s return to Northern Dragon Island, and the Northern Dragon King ordered an attack without telling the other Dragon Kings.
• Elder Green Mountain and Qing Mu emerged from seclusion and gathered Eastern Dragon Island’s Half-Saint-level elders to prepare for battle.
• The Northern Dragon King led his army to Eastern Dragon Island, ordered Qian Xuan and Huo Zhan to seal it off, and announced his arrival.
• Qi You and several Eastern Dragon Island elders appeared before the Northern Dragon King and demanded to know why he had come.

Jia He intervened when the Northern Dragon King attacked Qi You and challenged Eastern Dragon Island. He overpowered the Northern Dragon King and devoured his soul, while Eastern Dragon Island's forces fought the Northern Dragon Island army.

• The Northern Dragon King demanded that Eastern Dragon Island acknowledge him as master and declared he would devour the young clan leader's bloodline.
• Jia He appeared and stopped the Northern Dragon King's attack on Qi You, then refused his offer to join Northern Dragon Island.
• Jia He defeated the Northern Dragon King in battle, using lightning and flames to injure and trap him.
• Elders Green Mountain and Qing Mu led Eastern Dragon Island's army against the Northern Dragon Island forces, who struggled without support from the western and southern dragon islands.
• Jia He invaded the Northern Dragon King's mind with his soul power and devoured his soul.

Jia He joined Eastern Dragon Island in facing the Western and Southern Dragon Kings after killing the Northern Dragon King. He fought both kings at once and, after they transformed into dragons, appeared atop the Southern Dragon King's head.

• Jia He returned to Eastern Dragon Island with the Northern Dragon King's corpse, while Grand Elder Green Mountain and the others dealt with the Northern Island army.
• Qing Mu agreed that Jia He could keep the Northern Dragon King's corpse, and the Western and Southern Dragon Kings arrived with their armies.
• The Western and Southern Dragon Kings chose to attack Eastern Dragon Island, while Zi Yan wanted to help Jia He but Hei Qing urged her to cultivate instead.
• Jia He told Green Mountain to handle the two opposing grand elders and charged at the two Dragon Kings himself.
• Jia He traded blows with both kings, who were unable to gain an advantage and eventually spat blood before retreating.
• The Western and Southern Dragon Kings transformed into enormous dragons, and Jia He appeared atop the Southern Dragon King's head.

Jia He reunited the Ancient Void Dragon Clan by defeating the Southern and Western Dragon Kings, then cultivated on Eastern Dragon Island and broke through to Four-Star Dou Saint. After receiving a warning from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he set out for the Northwest Continent with the Western Dragon King, Lie Shan, and Zhu Mu.

• Jia He defeated the Southern and Western Dragon Kings, extracted the Southern Dragon King's tendon, and killed him after the Western Dragon King agreed to submit.
• Jia He ordered the Dragon Islands to end their fighting and reunite under Eastern Dragon Island, then agreed to stay while Zi Yan entered seclusion.
• Jia He cultivated in the Void Lightning Pool for three months and broke through to Four-Star Dou Saint.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent Jia He a message that something had happened on the Northwest Continent.
• Jia He left for the Northwest Continent with the Western Dragon King, Lie Shan, and Zhu Mu after declining Green Mountain's offer to send Qing Mu and an army.

The Soul Hall Deputy Hall Master and the Great Heavenly Venerable attacked the Bodhi Ancient Tree and overwhelmed its defenders, but Jia He returned in time to defeat them. After healing the wounded, Jia He captured their souls and began devouring them to learn the Soul Hall’s location.

• Mang Tianchi sensed Soul Hall forces approaching, and he, Medusa, Xuan Kongzi, and others evacuated the cultivators before preparing to defend the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Soul Hall Deputy Hall Master and Great Heavenly Venerable arrived with their forces, accused the defenders of hiding the Xiao Clan and attacked them alongside the Soul Hall Protectors.
• The Deputy Hall Master and Great Heavenly Venerable destroyed three of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s five Dou Saint puppets and injured Mang Tianchi and the Pill Tower leaders as black mist threatened everyone nearby.
• Jia He arrived with the Western Dragon King, Lie Shan, and Zhu Mu, then severely injured the two Soul Hall leaders with a single attack.
• The Western Dragon King and his companions destroyed the Deputy Hall Master’s and Great Heavenly Venerable’s bodies and trapped their souls in jade bottles.
• Jia He used the Bodhi Ancient Tree to heal the wounded and then began devouring the captured souls to discover the Soul Hall’s location.

After Jia He learned the locations of the Soul Hall’s branches from captured memories, he organized a full-scale assault and waited for Xuan Kongzi to recover and break through. The forces set out for the Central Plains, while Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion and hurried to join the attack.

• Jia He killed the Soul Hall members present, learned the locations of its halls, and ordered Imperial Prison and its allies to prepare a coordinated strike.
• The Western Dragon King, Lie Shan, and Zhu Mu agreed to help target the Soul Hall’s halls, while Jia He planned to confront the Heaven Hall’s master.
• After half a month, Xuan Kongzi recovered and reached the Half-Saint realm with aid from the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Jia He led warships carrying Imperial Prison’s forces through a Spatial Wormhole toward the Central Plains as the Pill Tower and Falling Star Pavilion prepared to join them.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Star Region after reaching Dou Zun and devouring Three Thousand Burning Flame, then learned of the planned attack from Ye Xinlan.
• Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan flew to join Ya Fei and the others, while Yao Lao eagerly prepared to strike back at the Soul Hall.

Jia He and his allies launched simultaneous attacks on the Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall and its other bases across the Central Plains. Jia He confronted hall master Hun Miesheng, and their battle continued after Jia He’s soul attack injured him.

• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion and joined the group preparing to attack the Soul Hall’s Earthly Fiend Halls.
• Jia He and the Western Dragon King traveled to Heaven Hall while the other forces set out to attack Soul Hall bases across the Central Plains.
• Jia He shattered Heaven Hall’s spatial barrier and confronted Hun Miesheng as the Western Dragon King charged into the abyss.
• Jia He and Hun Miesheng exchanged attacks, and Hun Miesheng unleashed Myriad Souls Worship.
• Jia He’s armored soul phantom struck Hun Miesheng’s sonic sword, heavily injuring Hun Miesheng’s soul.