Chapter Summaries

The Flame Clan, Soul Clan, and Elder Shennong arrived at the Medicine Clan’s gathering before the ceremony began. Hun Xuzi considered an attack but told the voice speaking through the Void Devouring Flame’s Child Flame that the powerful guests made it too risky, agreeing instead to win the Medicine Ceremony and seize the cultivation method.

• Fairy Fire Spirit’s charm briefly dazed Xiao Yan until Qing Meng kicked him awake, while Xun’er and Huo Yao sensed a reaction between their flames.
• Hun Xuzi arrived from the Soul Clan, and Yao Chen identified him as the spy who had betrayed his master at Little Danta.
• Elder Shennong arrived and condemned Hun Xuzi, who defended his actions as serving his clan’s interests.
• The Medicine Clan welcomed Yao Dan, and Hun Xuzi judged that the assembled guests made an attack too risky.
• Hun Xuzi told the voice speaking through the Void Devouring Flame’s Child Flame that he would try to win the Medicine Ceremony and seize the cultivation method.

The Medicine Ceremony began, and Xiao Yan entered the alchemy competition with Qing Meng as his pill furnace. After three days of refining while drawing attention from the assembled masters and the watching Void Devouring Flame, Xiao Yan finally began condensing his pill.

• Yao Dan announced the start of the Medicine Ceremony and invited the younger generation and guests other than the Soul Clan to compete in alchemy.
• Xiao Yan took a stone pillar, and Qing Meng revealed himself as an intelligent Heavenly Flame, drawing the attention of the masters and Void Devouring Flame.
• Qing Meng swallowed an unusually large quantity of medicinal ingredients as Xiao Yan supplied the Dou Qi needed for a demanding pill refinement.
• Xiao Yan struggled to maintain his Dou Qi, swallowed a bottle of Tier 8 Medicinal Pills, and continued refining while other competitors finished.
• After three more days, Xiao Yan shouted for the pill to condense as Qing Meng transformed into a cauldron and spun through the air.

Xiao Yan refined a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill during the Medicine Ceremony, and Yao Chen protected him from its Black Demon Lightning. Meanwhile, Void Devouring Flame spotted the transported realms containing the Taixu Ancient Dragons and Heavenly Demon Phoenixes and waited, hoping to seize the pill someone might refine from them.

• Xiao Yan refined a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, drawing astonishment from the Medicine Clan elders and praise from Yao Chen, Gu Feng, and Hun Xuzi.
• Exhausted by the refining process, Xiao Yan shouted for his teacher to save him as Black Demon Lightning descended.
• Yao Chen swept away the lightning, caught the pill, sealed it in a jade box, and had Qing Meng place it in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring.
• Void Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan members noticed two small realms containing the Taixu Ancient Dragons and Heavenly Demon Phoenixes approaching the Medicine Realm.
• Hun Tu guessed that someone intended to use the two clans as alchemy materials, and Void Devouring Flame decided to wait so he could seize the resulting pill.

Yao Dan revealed that the Medicine Ceremony was arranged to find an expert to refine a pill for a mysterious benefactor, who would reward the refiner with a Flame of Life. As the masters began the contest, Huo Yao revealed a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame he had taken from a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Yao Dan announced Yao Tian as the warm-up winner, though Yao Tian showed no joy because Xiao Yan had demonstrated the superior skill.
• Hun Xuzi, Gu Feng, Yao Chen, Huo Yao, and Elder Shennong took their places for the main pill-refining contest, and Yao Dan explained the mysterious benefactor’s request and reward.
• A vast ancient voice warned Hun Xuzi not to interfere if he saw anyone refining pills abnormally, and Hun Xuzi silently acknowledged it.
• Yao Dan borrowed Yao Tian’s Turtle Spirit Earth Flame as the contestants revealed their flames, including Gu Feng’s Yin Yang Dual Flame and Yao Chen’s Bone Chilling Flame.
• Hun Xuzi formed a huge cauldron from a Child Flame of Void Devouring Flame, prompting Gu Lie to recall the flame’s past ties to the Soul Clan.
• Huo Yao revealed his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Xun'er recognized its connection to her own flame before Huo Yao said he had seized it from a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

The Medicine Ceremony began, and Yao Chen quietly refined a pill using the difficult-to-control Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit while grandmaster Alchemists displayed their skills. After nearly a month of refining, Hun Xuzi summoned the power of heaven and earth into his Fire Cauldron, darkening the sky as the contest entered a crucial stage.

• Huo Yao revealed that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python he hunted in the Southern Region of the Central Plains had been a Dou Sheng, and Xiao Yan felt relieved that it was probably not Cailin.
• The Medicine Ceremony began, and Xiao Yan saw Huo Yao add a seven-colored Magic Core to his golden Fire Cauldron but refrained from investigating it with soul power.
• Elder Shennong used his emerald-green flames to rapidly grow medicinal herbs from seeds, impressing the Spectators and drawing envy from Yao Dan and Hun Xuzi.
• Yao Wangui mocked Yao Chen for using a smaller Fire Cauldron and fewer ingredients, while Hun Xuzi, Huo Yao, and Gu Feng offered him extra medicinal ingredients; Yao Chen refused them and said he was confident.
• For nearly a month, Yao Chen and the other Alchemists continued refining their pills, with Yao Chen carefully controlling the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Hun Xuzi declared that he was nearly finished, then summoned the power of heaven and earth into his black Fire Cauldron, creating an energy storm that darkened the sky.

Hun Xuzi and the other alchemists competed for the dwindling energy needed to refine Ninth Grade Profound Pills, then turned to Fire Fighting to seize energy from one another. As the battle continued and Gu Feng’s pill was ruined, Yao Chen prepared to make his move.

• Hun Xuzi, Huo Yao, Gu Feng, Yao Dan, and Elder Shennong drew on heaven and earth’s energy, creating a fierce storm that threatened their pill refinements and the Medicine Clan’s herb fields.
• Hun Xuzi attacked Gu Feng’s cauldron to steal its energy, prompting Elder Shennong and Gu Feng to fight back with their flames.
• Huo Yao attacked Yao Dan’s cauldron, and the participants began battling over energy through Fire Fighting.
• Gu Feng lost control of his flame and ruined his pill, then transferred his cauldron’s energy to Elder Shennong while continuing to hinder Hun Xuzi.
• Yao Chen looked toward the sky and said it was time for his side to begin.

Yao Chen began refining a pill using the Ancient Dragon Realm and Demon Phoenix Realm as ingredients, revealing his ambition to create a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill. To control the vast refinement, he burned his soul with the Spirit Worms’ aid and reached a state resembling an Emperor Realm soul, while the other alchemists stopped competing and watched.

• Yao Chen tore open space and brought the Ancient Dragon Realm and Demon Phoenix Realm into the Medicine Realm as ingredients for his pill.
• Hun Xuzi recognized the Taixu Ancient Dragons and Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, and the alchemists realized Yao Chen was likely attempting a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill.
• Yao Chen struggled to control the two realms and silently asked the Spirit Worms for help.
• The Spirit Worms burned one of their own to fuel Yao Chen’s soul while shielding him from the harmful effects and enhancing his perception.
• Yao Chen’s vision expanded across the Medicine Realm, making the refinement’s complex patterns clear and giving him confidence in succeeding.
• Hun Xuzi and the other alchemists stopped interfering and quietly watched Yao Chen refine the pill.

Yao Chen used his burning soul and the Medicine Realm itself to refine a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, surviving Nine Profound Golden Lightning and adding his blood essence to the pill before collapsing. As Hun Xuzi moved to seize it, the pill began drawing energy from the medicinal cauldrons formed by the gathered Heavenly Flames.

• Yao Chen fused the Ancient Dragon Realm and Demon Phoenix Realm into a sphere, refined their inhabitants within the Bone Chilling Flame, and gathered energy from across the Medicine Realm.
• Void Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan experts hid outside the Medicine Realm while Hun Tu and Hun Sha waited for Yao Chen to finish refining the pill.
• Yao Chen used the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit to shape the sphere, then burned another Spirit Worm to keep his soul in the Emperor Realm and bestowed a spiritual spark upon the pill.
• Nine golden dragons appeared as Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and the golden sphere absorbed their power before shrinking to the size of a dragon's eye.
• Yao Chen added his blood essence to the pill and fainted, just as Hun Xuzi tried to seize it.
• The Ninth-Grade Golden Pill began drawing energy from the medicinal cauldrons formed by the Heavenly Flames.

The Ninth-Grade Golden Pill absorbed the gathered medicinal ingredients, energy, and Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, then completed its transformation. It became Black-Clad Yao Chen, whose nine-star Dou Sheng aura shook the Medicine Realm.

• Hun Xuzi let the Golden Pill Prototype absorb the gathered energy and medicinal liquids, while Yan Yao failed to stop it from taking Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• The pill fused the medicinal ingredients and flame, and its eruption knocked the unconscious Yao Chen from the platform before Xiao Yan caught him.
• The Ninth-Grade Golden Pill finished forming, and Hun Xuzi attacked it while Huo Yao tried to stop him.
• Hun Xuzi revealed his seven-star Dou Sheng strength and struck Huo Yao aside, but the pill sent Hun Xuzi flying when he tried to seize it.
• The Golden Pill transformed into Black-Clad Yao Chen, spared Hun Xuzi, and revealed an aura that King Hienie Gu Lie identified as nine-star Dou Sheng.

Black-Clad Yao Chen emerged from the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill and demanded Yao Wangui's death for his past persecution of Yao Chen's family. The Medicine Clan refused to hand over Yao Wangui and activated its Heaven-Transforming Medicine Array, leaving Black-Clad Yao Chen ready to fight the entire clan.

• Black-Clad Yao Chen revealed that the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill had the strength of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen admitted they could not handle it.
• Hun Xuzi explained that Yao Chen's resentment toward Yao Wangui had entered the pill during its refinement.
• Yao Dan offered to negotiate, but Black-Clad Yao Chen demanded Yao Wangui's death for standing by while Yao Chen's father died.
• Yao Dan ordered the Medicine Clan elders to activate the Heaven-Transforming Medicine Array, and Yao Wanhuo called on Yao Wangui to help maintain it.
• Black-Clad Yao Chen threatened to wipe out the Medicine Clan for shielding Yao Wangui.

Yao Dan summoned the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul to defend the Medicine Clan from Black-Clad Yao Chen, a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill bent on destroying them. As the two clashed and the clan’s array weakened, Hun Xuzi and the other guests joined forces to reinforce it.

• Black-Clad Yao Chen attacked everyone on the plaza, and Yao Dan strengthened the Clan Protection Array with countless pills.
• Yao Dan summoned the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul, and the Medicine Clan members knelt before their ancestor.
• The Medicine Emperor recognized Black-Clad Yao Chen as a freshly refined Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, then fought him with the energy of the array.
• Black-Clad Yao Chen and the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul battled, weakening the ancestor’s image and exhausting the Medicine Clan members.
• Hun Xuzi, Elder Shennong, Huo Yao, Fairy Fire Spirit, Gu Feng, Gu Lie, and the other guests contributed their dou qi to reinforce the array.

Black-Clad Yao Chen destroyed the Medicine Emperor Remnant Soul and began tearing apart the Medicine Clan’s space, but Void Devouring Flame intervened and fought him. Yao Chen revealed his Dragon Phoenix form and charged at Void Devouring Flame, leaving their battle underway.

• Black-Clad Yao Chen shattered the Medicine Emperor Remnant Soul’s cauldron with three strikes, causing the Medicine Clan to lose something from its bloodline.
• Black-Clad Yao Chen threatened to destroy the Medicine Clan and began shattering space around Yao Dan.
• Void Devouring Flame emerged from a rift and revealed his presence as an independent Fire Spirit at the Nine-Star Dou Sheng level.
• Void Devouring Flame attacked Black-Clad Yao Chen, striking him down and trapping him in a vast black flame vortex.
• Black-Clad Yao Chen transformed into a Dragon Phoenix, broke the vortex, and charged into Void Devouring Flame despite his palm seals.

The Ninth-Grade Golden Pill battled Void Devouring Flame across the Medicine Realm before fleeing, while Yao Dan realized the Soul Clan may have been targeting the Medicine Clan. Yao Chen agreed to take Yao Ling and other Medicine Clan disciples to Starfall Pavilion as a way to preserve the clan’s future.

• The Ninth-Grade Golden Pill and Void Devouring Flame fought fiercely until Hun Sha, Hun Tu, and Hun Yan disrupted the battle, giving Void Devouring Flame the advantage.
• The Ninth-Grade Golden Pill fled through space, and Void Devouring Flame and the three Soul Clan elders pursued it; Hun Xuzi returned to the Soul Clan, while Gu Lie and the guests left.
• Yao Chen prepared to return to Starfall Pavilion, but Yao Dan stopped him and gave him the Medicine Ceremony’s first-place reward.
• Yao Dan explained that the Soul Clan’s arrival may have been a planned attack on the Medicine Clan, and Yao Chen realized the pill’s appearance might have diverted them.
• Yao Dan asked Yao Chen to take Yao Ling and other Medicine Clan disciples to Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Chen agreed to shelter them and guide them in alchemy.

Yao Chen discovered that the sealed cultivation technique was Xiao Yan’s Burning Mantra, while Yao Dan sought alliances against the Soul Clan after its attack on the Medicine Ceremony. As Xiao Yan promised to attend Xun’er’s Coming of Age Ceremony, Xiao Zhan and his sons set out to seize the Medicine Clan’s Tuoshe Ancient God Jade.

• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan read the technique Yao Dan had given him and realized it was the Burning Mantra Xiao Yan already practiced.
• Yao Dan warned Gu Lie, Fairy Fire Spirit, and Huo Yao that the Soul Clan might have targeted the Medicine Clan, and they agreed to pursue an alliance against the threat.
• The Medicine Clan ended the guests’ stay after the ceremony, and Yao Chen honored his parents before leaving the Medicine Realm with Xiao Yan and Xun’er.
• Gu Lie asked Xun’er to return for her Coming of Age Ceremony, and Xiao Yan promised to attend and fulfill their agreement about Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Zhan consulted Amon about the pursuit of the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill and Void Devouring Flame, then took Xiao Ding and Xiao Li toward the Medicine Clan to seize its Tuoshe Ancient God Jade.

Amon and Jiu Bao used the Pill Refining Technique to capture the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill alive, then Amon swallowed it to begin evolving into a dragon-phoenix. The chapter ended as the pill’s immense energy surged through Amon, with the transformation potentially easing the Dragon Fusion Technique’s side effects.

• Amon used Nightmare Heavenly Mist to delay Void Devouring Flame while Jiu Bao intercepted the fleeing Ninth-Grade Golden Pill.
• Jiu Bao revealed that he had developed the Pill Refining Technique under Amon’s orders and used it to suppress Black-Clad Yao Chen, reverting him to pill form.
• Jiu Bao warned that he could not restrain the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill for long, and Amon swallowed it before it could transform back.
• Amon absorbed the pill’s energy, beginning an evolution into a dragon-phoenix that could reduce or remove the Dragon Fusion Technique’s side effects.

Amon gained his Dragon Phoenix Body and advanced to the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, then confronted Void Devouring Flame Amon. He pursued the fleeing Void Devouring Flame Amon to tear away some of his origin.

• Amon's wings emerged, completing his Dragon Phoenix Body and raising his cultivation to the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm.
• Void Devouring Flame Amon broke free of the Nightmare Heavenly Mist and found Amon absorbing chaotic energy in the void.
• Amon tested whether Void Devouring Flame Amon knew the Pill Refining God Art, then confirmed that his Black Flame attack could not harm Amon's scales.
• Amon revealed his late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng aura, and Void Devouring Flame Amon fled in shock.
• Amon caught up using his wings and Taixu Ancient Dragon speed, struck at Void Devouring Flame Amon, and pursued him as he tried to bargain.

Amon overwhelmed Void Devouring Flame, killing Hun Yan, Hun Tu, and Hun Sha before Hun Tiandi intervened and drove him away. Back in the Soul Realm, Hun Tiandi learned that Void Devouring Flame’s defeat had crippled the Soul Clan’s plans and erupted in fury once he was alone.

• Amon devoured Void Devouring Flame’s scattered origin flames, weakening him, and killed Hun Yan, Hun Tu, and Hun Sha when they tried to stop the chase.
• Amon caught Void Devouring Flame near the Soul Realm, forcing him to sacrifice more origin power before Hun Tiandi’s energy palm stopped Amon long enough for Void Devouring Flame to escape.
• Hun Tiandi confronted Amon, who vanished without answering, then took Void Devouring Flame back to the Soul Realm.
• Void Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that Yao Chen had refined a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill that attacked the Medicine Clan and later broke through to the late stage of Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Tiandi comforted the weakened Void Devouring Flame, then erupted in fury over the deaths, the loss of their advantage, and the threat to the Soul Clan’s thousand-year plan.

Hun Tiandi’s council reconsidered the Soul Clan’s plans after learning that Yao Chen’s Ninth-Grade Golden Pill had crippled Void Devouring Flame and three elders had died. Meanwhile, the devastated Medicine Clan chose to seek refuge with Yao Chen at Starfall Pavilion.

• Hun Tiandi told the Soul Clan leaders that Hun Yan, Hun Sha, and Hun Tu had fallen and Void Devouring Flame had been severely injured, then Hun Xuzi explained what had happened.
• Hun Zhang argued that the Xiao Tribe might be involved and proposed abandoning secrecy if necessary, while Hun Tiandi ordered him and Hun Qiu to strengthen ties with the Xiao Tribe and prepare a joint attack on the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan.
• Yao Tian and Yao Ling surveyed the ruined Medicine Mountain and learned that the clan’s leader, elders, and nearly all its Dou Sheng experts had been killed by three attackers seeking the Ancient Jade.
• Yao Tian told Yao Ling to gather the surviving clansmen and take them to Starfall Pavilion to seek refuge with Yao Chen.

After recovering from refining the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, Yao Chen explained the Xiao Tribe’s role and his true strength to Xiao Yan, clearing up Xiao Yan’s doubts. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan returned to Soul Hall Heaven Hall injured after attacking the Medicine Clan, while the looming war and his reunion with Hun Mi remained in focus.

• Yao Chen emerged from seclusion weakened to a four-star Dou Sheng and reflected on the Spirit Worms and the gains from refining the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Tribe had requested the pill, captured the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, and had given him a technique that temporarily increased his strength.
• Yao Chen apologized over Little Fairy Doctor’s death and explained that the Xiao Tribe had not known about the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Magic Core, and Xiao Yan said he no longer doubted his teacher.
• Xiao Zhan returned to Soul Hall Heaven Hall with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, injured after shielding them from Yao Dan’s self-destruction during the attack on the Medicine Clan.
• Amon told Xiao Zhan that the Clan Leader had taken the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill but would need time to refine it, delaying Xiao Zhan’s access to Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength.
• Hun Mi hurried to check Xiao Zhan’s injuries, and he suggested they go inside first.

Hun Zhang and Xiao Zhan agreed that their clans would attack the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan during the Ancient Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony. At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Tian revealed that the Medicine Clan had been devastated and asked Yao Chen to become its new clan leader.

• Hun Zhang visited Soul Hall and questioned Xiao Zhan about the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, learning that the Xiao Tribe had already taken the Medicine Clan's Ancient Jade.
• Hun Zhang and Xiao Zhan agreed that the Soul Clan would target the Stone Clan while the Xiao Tribe attacked the Spirit Clan during the Ancient Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony.
• Yao Tian and Yao Ling arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Tian asked Yao Chen to lead the Medicine Clan.
• Yao Tian explained that three masked late-stage Seven-Star Dou Shengs had killed the clan leader and elders, stolen the Ancient Jade, and left the surviving clansmen seeking refuge.
• Yao Chen accepted the request to become the Medicine Clan's clan leader, and Yao Tian began telling Xiao Yan what he knew about the Ancient Clan, Thunder Clan, and Flame Clan.