Chapter Summaries

After Zhao Li’s pill-making achievement shook the continent, Yao Dan and the Yao Clan struggled to accept that Zhao Li had surpassed their standing in alchemy. Yao Dan decided to use Yao Wangui’s punishment and Yao Chen’s restored status to seek a connection with Zhao Li.

• Zhao Li left Gu Yuan after giving him the pills and prepared to exploit the attention that would follow the incident.
• News of Zhao Li’s pill spread among the Ancient Clans and reclusive powers, prompting Yao Dan and Yao Huo to confront the threat his alchemy posed to the Yao Clan.
• Yao Dan considered sacrificing Yao Wangui’s position to gain Zhao Li’s favor because Zhao Li had previously intervened for Yao Chen.
• Yao Dan stripped Yao Wangui of his role as Punishment Elder and sentenced him to face the wall for fifty years.
• Yao Dan restored Yao Chen’s name, had his parents added to the Clan Stone Tablet, and ordered the news spread widely.

The Imperial Clans reacted to Zhao Li’s ability to refine Ninth Grade Golden Pills, with many deciding they had to obtain one. In the Soul Realm, Hun Tianyuan’s group chose to watch for forces seeking Zhao Li’s help and prepare ambushes against them.

• Yao Wangui realized Yao Dan was sacrificing his standing to appease Zhao Li and felt disheartened, while Yao Dan wondered how the Yao Clan might have fared if its members had set aside their pride sooner.
• The Imperial Clans convened meetings to discuss negotiating with Zhao Li, and the Lei and Yan Clans welcomed the chance to break through while the weaker Ling and Shi Clans feared falling further behind.
• The Imperial Clans and several hidden forces decided to obtain Golden Pills at any cost after Zhao Li’s power threatened to change the continent’s balance.
• Hun Sha complained that the Soul Clan should have killed Zhao Li, but Hun Tianyuan’s associate reminded him that Zhao Li had been too powerful even decades earlier.
• Hun Tianyuan asked the Soul Clan elders how to respond to Zhao Li’s Golden Pills, and one elder proposed using an outside force to request pills.
• An unnamed Soul Clan leader ordered the clan to monitor the continent and prepare ambushes whenever someone sought Zhao Li’s pill-refining services.

The Soul Clan planned to seize Zhao Li’s Golden Elixir while Hun Tiandi secretly refined Nihility Devouring Flame. Hun Tiandi revealed that he had already obtained a Tou She Ancient God Jade and no longer needed Nihility Devouring Flame’s knowledge of the cave mansion.

• The Soul Clan’s leaders unanimously approved killing and robbing others to obtain Zhao Li’s Golden Elixir, while Hun Sha and Hun Tianyuan discussed their plans and worried about the Gu Clan.
• Hun Tiandi suppressed Nihility Devouring Flame and refined his Origin Flame, ignoring his threat that devouring him would make the Ancient God’s Cave Mansion impossible to find.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame that he had always regarded him and the Soul Clan as tools for locating the Ancient God’s Cave Mansion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame claimed that restoring his damaged memories would reveal the cave mansion’s location, but Hun Tiandi continued refining him and showed him a Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that Nihility Devouring Flame had become useless as soon as he mentioned the cave mansion’s Opportunity to Become Emperor.

Hun Tiandi suppressed Nihility Devouring Flame and continued refining it while planning to collect the Tou She Ancient God Jade and become a Dou Di. Meanwhile, Zhao Li’s fame spread, and Shi Potian’s gifts gave Qi Tian a chance to advance, leaving Zhao Li wondering whether he could change the Shi Clan’s fate.

• Hun Tiandi decided to pursue the Tou She Ancient God Jade, confident that his new power would let him defeat Gu Yuan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame tried to self-destruct, but Hun Tiandi froze the Void, suppressed the flames, and continued refining it after it refused to submit.
• Several months later, Zhao Li became a topic of discussion across the continent but casually put off visitors and requests to refine pills.
• Shi Potian visited Zhao Li with gifts to apologize for his past behavior and presented the Shi Clan’s treasured inheritance.
• Zhao Li realized the inheritance could help Qi Tian resume his cultivation and wondered whether he could prevent the Shi Clan’s destruction.

Zhao Li learned that the continent held many powerful factions beyond the accounts in his books, but Yao Chen’s unexplained disappearance left him fearing that the world was correcting his changes. Ye Yunsheng noticed his distress and urged him to face whatever was troubling him together.

• Zhao Li imprisoned two arrogant early-stage one-star Dou Shengs in the Safe House for thirty years after they demanded he refine pills for them without pay.
• Zhao Li realized that at least eight factions possessed Dou Shengs and reflected on how much of the continent lay beyond his Foreknowledge.
• Zhao Li resolved to find Yao Chen, whose disappearance made him fear that the world was erasing the changes he had caused.
• Ye Yunsheng noticed Zhao Li repeatedly drifting away and told him that they could confront his troubles together.

Ye Yunsheng helped Zhao Li confront his unease that events were following a predetermined fate, and he chose to keep pursuing the truth while enjoying life. After two peaceful years, Zhao Li accepted Shi Potian’s invitation to the Stone Realm to refine pills discreetly.

• Ye Yunsheng told Zhao Li that he should make the choices he wanted without letting their outcomes determine whether he regretted them.
• Zhao Li set aside his worries and proposed that he and Ye Yunsheng take a vacation, which turned into an intimate encounter.
• The continent experienced a period of peace as two other people grew stronger in seclusion and planned to confront each other and Zhao Li.
• Two years passed, and Zhao Li went to the Stone Realm after Shi Potian repeatedly invited him to refine pills there in secret.

Zhao Li arrived in the Stone Realm with Shi Potian and began preparing to refine pills for the Stone Clan. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi emerged from seclusion, learned that Zhao Li was in the Stone Realm, and decided to act against the Stone Clan himself.

• Zhao Li toured the Stone Realm with Shi Potian, saw how the Stone Clan’s descendants lived, and asked to be taken quickly to the Alchemy Hall.
• Zhao Li set up his Emerald Medicine Cauldron and ordered the Stone Clan’s Alchemists to move away before he began refining.
• Hun Tianyuan discussed targeting Zhao Li in the Stone Realm, but Hun Tiandi appeared in the hall and heard the report.
• Hun Tiandi learned that Zhao Li had refined a Ninth Grade Golden Pill for Gu Yuan and decided to personally attack the Stone Clan.
• Hun Tiandi asked Hun Xuzi whether studying a Golden Pill could advance his alchemy, then ordered the Soul Clan to keep monitoring other factions and stop investigating Nihility.

Zhao Li refined a Ninth Grade Golden Pill for Shi Potian, but the pill revealed its formidable power and wounded him before Zhao Li subdued it. Shi Potian received the pill and promised his clansmen that the clan would seek Zhao Li’s help again for those strong enough to refine one.

• Zhao Li completed the Ninth Grade Golden Pill, and it manifested a Purple Great Seal that smashed Shi Potian’s attack and sent him into a mountainside.
• Zhao Li seized the pill, branded its core with his Soul Power, and subdued it with ease.
• Shi Potian thanked Zhao Li, who handed him the pill and departed.
• An Elder slipped away while the other Elders gathered around Shi Potian and the pill.
• Shi Potian put the pill away and told his clansmen they would need to reach Seven-Star Dou Sheng before the clan would ask Zhao Li to obtain another one for them.

Hun Tiandi invaded the Shi Clan to seize its newly refined Ninth Grade Golden Pill and Tou She Ancient God Jade. Shi Potian’s attempt to summon reinforcements failed when Hun Tiandi trapped the clan in a sealed Pocket Dimension.

• Shi Potian reassured the Shi Clan Elders that Zhao Li’s Golden Pill was rare, then learned the Chief Alchemist had gained little from watching Zhao Li refine it.
• Hun Tiandi appeared and demanded the Ninth Grade Golden Pill and the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Shi Potian challenged Hun Tiandi over the consequences of taking the Jade, but Hun Tiandi attacked and trapped the Shi Clan in a black-mist-filled Pocket Dimension.
• Shi Potian crushed a Jade Talisman to summon help, but the spatial signal wandered through the sealed dimension and dissipated.
• Hun Tiandi taunted Shi Potian, arguing the Shi Clan had failed to uncover the Jade’s secrets and should surrender it for peace.

Hun Tiandi used the Realm of Nothingness to subdue the Shi Clan and killed its chief, Shi Potian, after demanding the Golden Pill and Ancient Jade. He recovered the treasures from Shi Potian’s Storage Ring and prepared to kill the remaining Shi Clan members.

• Hun Tiandi demanded that the Shi Clan hand over the Golden Pill and Ancient Jade, but Shi Potian attacked the spatial barrier instead.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed the Realm of Nothingness, using Nihility Devouring Flame to drain the Shi Clan members’ Dou Qi and overwhelm their Elders.
• Shi Potian recognized Nihility Devouring Flame, while Hun Tiandi reflected that Zhao Li’s technique had made his domain far more powerful and that waiting until Zhao Li left had been prudent.
• Hun Tiandi crushed Shi Potian’s body and soul by twisting the space around him, then took his Storage Ring and found the Ancient Jade and medicinal pill inside.
• Hun Tiandi told the remaining Shi Clan members that they could follow Shi Potian, signaling his intent to kill them.

Hun Tiandi destroyed the Shi Clan after obtaining the Ninth Grade Golden Pill and the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Gu Yuan weighed whether the Gu Clan should seize Shi Potian’s pill. The chapter left the factions preparing for a brewing conflict, with the Soul Clan secretly gaining ground over the Gu Clan.

• Hun Tiandi expanded the Realm of Nothingness across the Stone Realm and killed the Shi Clan members while collecting their resources for the Soul Clan.
• Zhao Li received Gu Yuan’s message about the pills he owed and promised to deliver them within ten years.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie discussed using a Ninth Grade Golden Pill to strengthen the Gu Clan, and Gu Yuan considered but rejected attacking the Shi Clan to take its pill.
• Gu Lie asked Gu Yuan to spar with him so he could improve his control over his new Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength.
• The Shi Clan vanished, and its descendants became nourishment for the Soul Clan while the pill helped a Soul Clan alchemist advance.

Over thirty years, Great Li’s reforms spread their influence across the continent while the Soul Clan grew stronger under Hun Tiandi and Hun Xuzi. In the Gu Clan, Gu Yuan welcomed the birth of his daughter, Xun'er, in the Exotic Flame space.

• Great Li endured bloodshed as its people embraced Zhao Li’s ideals, and its way of life inspired change beyond the dynasty.
• Hun Tiandi eliminated the Shi Clan and kept the Soul Clan from investigating Nihility Devouring Flame’s disappearance.
• Hun Xuzi advanced his Soul Power and, with Hun Tiandi’s help, refined a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, earning the Soul Clan’s admiration.
• Gu Yuan entered the Exotic Flame space after a baby girl was born and recognized her as his daughter through their connected bloodlines.
• Gu Yuan dressed the infant and named her Xun'er.

Gu Yuan celebrated Xun'er's birth and resolved to raise her into a powerful ally against Hun Tiandi. In Wutan City, Zhao Li discovered that Xiao Yan's birth had triggered the cleansing of his soul and Yao Chen's transformation, then decided to influence the events unfolding around them.

• Gu Yuan found that newborn Xun'er had extraordinary aptitude and sealed the Heavenly Flames space so she could absorb its remaining fire energy later.
• Gu Yuan showed Xun'er to the Gu Clan, whose members began making preparations after accepting her as their little princess.
• Zhao Li sensed the Origin of Rules descend over the Xiao Family in Wutan City and discovered it was cleansing Xiao Yan's cracked soul.
• Zhao Li recognized Yao Chen's soul within the black ring and sensed that it was transforming under the origin's baptism.
• Zhao Li returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, spoke with Yun Shan, and left him busy with new plans.

Zhao Li set aside his fear of fate and resolved to observe the protagonist while preparing to pass on the Dao. In the Ancient Realm, Xun'er was poisoned by an impostor posing as Gu Feng, and Gu Yuan uncovered a clue to the force behind the attack.

• Zhao Li returned to Wutan City, decided to keep a diary observing the protagonist, and resolved to pass on the Dao.
• Zhao Li, Gu Yuan, and Hun Tiandi continued pursuing their separate plans as time passed.
• Gu Yuan's three-year-old daughter, Xun'er, amazed the Gu Clan with her talent before she suddenly suffered a life-threatening attack.
• Gu Yuan gave Xun'er a Nirvana Pill and confronted the suspicious clan member posing as Gu Feng.
• Gu Yuan seized Gu Feng's Storage Ring, erased his Soul Imprint, and found a Jade Slip that might reveal who was behind the attack.

Gu Yuan rescued Xun'er after the Soul Clan’s plot nearly killed her, then killed Hun Tiansheng and planned to use the incident to conceal her and mislead Hun Tiandi. Back in the Ancient Realm, the Elders discovered that the Soul Clan had deeply infiltrated the Gu Clan.

• Gu Yuan gave Xun'er a Nirvana Pill, then took Gu Feng to the Soul Nurturing Mountain Range and crushed a jade talisman to summon whoever was on the other side.
• Hun Tiansheng emerged from the spatial passage, recognized Gu Yuan, and tried to retreat, but Gu Yuan imprisoned him with spatial power.
• Gu Yuan killed Hun Tiansheng with a powerful palm strike, destroying his body and soul.
• Gu Yuan decided to hide Xun'er by declaring her dead and considered using Gu Clan spies to send false news to Hun Tiandi, but no one from the Soul Clan arrived.
• Gu Yuan turned Gu Feng to ash and returned to the Ancient Realm, where the Elders found that the Soul Clan had infiltrated the Gu Clan and replaced a high-ranking Half-Saint.

After Xun'er disappeared and Gu Yuan uncovered eleven spies in the Gu Clan, he ordered an attack on the Soul Clan. Unable to find the Soul Realm at the Soul Nurturing Mountain Range, he confronted the Soul Hall's leaders and pretended to be a greedy upstart.

• Gu Yuan questioned Gu Lie and the Elders about Xun'er's disappearance, then declared that the Soul Clan should mourn too.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan forces to gather and march on the Soul Nurturing Mountain Range, and the Elders agreed.
• Gu Yuan led the army to the range but found no Pocket Dimension or Pocket World, only a gathering of Soul Hall members.
• Gu Yuan entered the Soul Hall's mountain hall, where a drunken Dou Zong mistook him for a fellow member and invited him to drink and play cards.
• Gu Yuan released an aura just above the Half-Saints' strength and posed as a greedy newcomer seeking to make a fortune.
• A Soul Hall Half-Saint warned Gu Yuan to leave, claiming they would let the matter go if he departed.

Gu Yuan infiltrated the Soul Hall to draw out its reinforcements and followed a pursuer through a passage into the Soul Realm. There, he faced Hun Tiandi and discovered the Soul Clan was far stronger than he had expected, leaving him determined to shatter their confidence as well.

• Gu Yuan posed as a powerful enemy to make the Soul Hall reveal itself and attacked its members, drawing out Soul Bone.
• Gu Yuan fought Soul Bone, tracked a passage opened with a Jade Slip, and entered the Soul Realm.
• Hun Tiandi sensed Gu Yuan’s arrival and ordered the Soul Clan to prepare for battle.
• Gu Yuan confronted Hun Tiandi and saw the Soul Clan’s assembled strength, realizing it was more than twice what he had imagined.
• Gu Yuan resolved that since his assumptions about the Gu Clan’s position had been shattered, the Soul Clan would not be allowed to keep its confidence.

Gu Yuan led the Gu Clan into the Soul Realm and launched a full assault on Hun Tiandi, realizing the Soul Clan posed a far greater threat than he had believed. Their clash revealed that both had advanced beyond the limits of Dou Sheng, and Gu Yuan recognized that Hun Tiandi’s domain drew on insights from Zhao Li.

• Gu Yuan forced his way into the Soul Realm with his followers, including Gu Lie, and confronted Hun Tiandi.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi, having realized the Soul Clan had secretly infiltrated the Gu Clan and might have targeted the other ancient clans as well.
• Hun Tiandi swallowed Gu Yuan’s attack with a spatial technique, but Gu Yuan froze and severed that space before sending it exploding back at him.
• Hun Tiandi emerged unharmed, surrounded by Nihility Devouring Flame, and praised Gu Yuan’s strength while declaring that Gu Yuan could not defeat him.
• Hun Tiandi’s domain enveloped Gu Yuan, who sensed its devouring force and concluded that Hun Tiandi had drawn on insights from Zhao Li to advance further.

Gu Yuan unleashed a determined assault on Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan after Xun'er was nearly destroyed, while Hun Tiandi feared Zhao Li enough to seek peace. The Gu Clan gained the upper hand, and the battle continued as both sides prepared for further attacks.

• Hun Tiandi emerged from Gu Yuan’s spatial bomb and trapped him in the Realm of Nothingness, while both men privately feared Zhao Li’s strength.
• Hun Tiandi proposed ending their conflict, but Gu Yuan rejected the offer because Hun Tiandi had nearly destroyed Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan ignited the Soul Realm with his Burning Sky domain, and Hun Tiandi tore open spatial rifts to counter it.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Lie to attack as the Gu Clan’s Ancient Mirror appeared above the Soul Realm.
• The Gu Clan’s beam collided with the Soul Clan’s Seal of Destruction, injuring Soul Clan experts while the Gu Clan maintained its formation and prepared another attack.

Gu Yuan led the Gu Clan in an attack on the Soul Clan, and both sides suffered heavy losses before bargaining to end the battle. Gu Yuan secretly took Xun'er to the Northwestern Continent, while Hun Tiandi blamed Zhao Li for the conflict.

• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi clashed as the Gu Clan's attack destroyed the Soul Clan's Seal of Destruction and gained the upper hand.
• Hun Tianyuan summoned the Sacrificial Gate and ordered the Soul Clan elders to form the Realm of Death, trapping and corroding the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yuan tried to reach the formation, but Hun Tiandi intercepted him, and the battle continued until four Gu Clan Dou Shengs and two Soul Clan Demon Saints had fallen.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan stopped fighting and bargained; Gu Yuan then withdrew with his clan and sealed off the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan secretly left the Ancient Realm with Xun'er for the Northwestern Continent, while Hun Tiandi vowed to remember Zhao Li.