Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo pretended to be unconscious while Tang Huo'er cared for him, then went to meet Tang Zhen after waking. Tang Zhen agreed that Burning Flame Valley could form an alliance with Chen Mo on the condition that he marry Huo'er.

• Tang Huo'er brought the pretending-to-be-unconscious Chen Mo to her room, gave him a pill, and later fed him a medicinal soup.
• Chen Mo pretended to remain unconscious until Tang Huo'er returned, then woke and asked her to take him to Tang Zhen.
• Tang Huo'er led Chen Mo to the hall, where Tang Zhen and the elders had gathered to discuss the alliance.
• Li Huo tested Chen Mo with a palm strike, but Chen Mo stood firm and sent the Grand Elder flying.
• Tang Zhen said Burning Flame Valley would consider an alliance if Huo'er married Chen Mo.

Chen Mo refused Tang Zhen’s proposal for him to marry Tang Huo'er, explaining that he already had several wives and that Queen Medusa was pregnant. After Tang Huo'er confirmed she still wanted to marry him, she pressed him to give her an answer.

• Tang Zhen proposed that Chen Mo marry Tang Huo'er to strengthen the alliance between Burning Flame Valley and the Mo Ying Guild.
• Chen Mo refused and explained that he already had six or seven women, including pregnant Queen Medusa, so Tang Zhen agreed to reconsider the arrangement.
• Tang Zhen returned with Tang Huo'er, who told Chen Mo she knew about his other women and did not mind marrying him.
• Tang Huo'er explained that Chen Mo’s charm and talent had made her fall for him, then challenged him to say whether he would agree.

Chen Mo secured an alliance with Burning Flame Valley and agreed to marry Tang Huo'er once matters had stabilized. After returning to Tianbei City, he reunited with Die and Queen Medusa, then told them about the new marriage and alliance.

• Tang Huo'er said she did not need to be Chen Mo's principal wife, and Tang Zhen and the elders accepted their relationship.
• Chen Mo and Burning Flame Valley agreed to support each other, avoid provoking enemies unnecessarily, and build a Space Tunnel between their territories.
• After staying in Burning Flame Valley to refine pills and settle the alliance details, Chen Mo returned to Tianbei City after twenty-five days away.
• Chen Mo slipped into bed beside Die and Queen Medusa, and Queen Medusa noticed him but stayed quiet.
• The next morning, Chen Mo told Die and Queen Medusa about Tang Huo'er and the alliance, and Queen Medusa pinched him before ordering him out.

Chen Mo reassured Ya Fei about Tang Huo'er, visited Song Qingjun and her grandfather, and spent time with his women before entering seclusion to refine the Blood Spirit Grape. At the Pill Tower, Yao Chen awakened in the preserved body of a powerful elder and learned that its destruction would mean his final death.

• Chen Mo told Ya Fei that Tang Huo'er was easy to get along with, and Ya Fei teased him about Queen Medusa before they became intimate.
• Chen Mo took Song Qingjun to visit her grandfather, warmly greeted him, and shared an affectionate moment with Song Qingjun afterward.
• Chen Mo prepared several kinds of autumn crab for the women in the rear courtyard, then spent the evening with Queen Medusa and played Dou Dizhu with the others.
• After several days, Chen Mo entered seclusion to try to refine the Blood Spirit Grape before the Pill Assembly.
• At the Pill Tower, Yao Chen awakened in the preserved body of a tenth-transformation Dou Venerate Peak expert and learned he would have to protect the elder's descendants.
• Tian Leizi warned Yao Chen that if his new body was destroyed, he could not form another and would truly die.

Yao Chen warned the Pill Tower’s Three Great Heads that Chen Mo was a prodigious Dou Zong and alchemist who would likely enter the Pill Gathering to claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After reaching Saint Pill City for the competition, Chen Mo sensed a dragon wreathed in purple-black flame in the starry sky and heard a voice challenge the intruder.

• Yao Chen told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi about Chen Mo’s extraordinary strength and alchemy talent, and predicted he would enter the Pill Gathering for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• During five months of seclusion, Chen Mo advanced from Four-Star Dou Ancestor to Six-Star Dou Ancestor by refining the Blood Spirit Grape, leaving two-thirds of it unrefined when he set out for the Pill Gathering.
• Chen Mo traveled to the Pill Domain with Xiao Yi Xian and Die, leaving Wu and Lu behind in Tianbei City.
• The three arrived in Saint Pill City, registered for the Pill Gathering, and took in the crowded city of alchemists.
• After Die pointed out the stars, Chen Mo sensed the Heavenly Flames inside him stir and sent his Soul Power into the sky.
• Chen Mo’s soul vision revealed a colossal dragon wrapped in purple-black flame, and a voice demanded to know who was peering into the Star Region of Pill City.

Chen Mo discovered Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Region but withdrew after a powerful guardian sensed him and attacked. While he explored Saint Pill City with Die and Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying crossed his path, leaving him curious about the Cao Clan Enchantress.

• Chen Mo sent sixteen Annihilation Soul Swords to shatter a Soul Power attack in the Star Region, then withdrew after sensing that Three Thousand Burning Flame was guarded by a powerful expert.
• Pill Tower elders discussed the intruder's peak Spiritual Realm soul, the threat posed by Three Thousand Burning Flame, the Hall of Souls, and Chen Mo's connection to Yao Chen.
• Chen Mo toured Saint Pill City with Die and Xiao Yi Xian and bought gifts for them and the other women in his group.
• At the Precious Treasure Pavilion, Chen Mo ordered more than ten sets of the shop's signature products after the attendant described them.
• Cao Ying passed Chen Mo, called him a lecher, and left; the attendant identified her as the Cao Clan Enchantress and a leading contender for the Pill Gathering championship.
• Back at their lodgings, Chen Mo realized the Hundred Flower dresses he had bought for Die and Xiao Yi Xian were revealing, explaining Cao Ying's insult.

Chen Mo reunited with Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er in Saint Pill City, then followed them to an alchemist trading fair. After gaining entry by demonstrating his strength, Chen Mo heard a surprised exclamation as he stepped onto the third floor.

• Chen Mo met Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er at the night market and introduced them to Die and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Die told Tang Huo'er that Chen Mo had praised her and given her a set of rouge and a dress, and the women soon chatted together.
• Chen Mo told Tang Zhen he had registered for the Pill Gathering and expected to place in the top ten.
• Tang Zhen led the group to the alchemist trading fair, where Chen Mo proved he was an Alchemy Grandmaster so they could enter without his missing sixth-grade badge.
• Tang Zhen released his Dou Zun aura to get the group onto the third floor, where someone exclaimed in surprise when Chen Mo entered.

Chen Mo bought rare medicinal ingredients at the Alchemist Trade Fair and competed with Cao Ying for a scruffy old man's goods by offering an Eighth-Grade Pill formula. After securing the items, he struck back at Cao Ying's insult with a provocative slap, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Chen Mo bought high-grade medicinal ingredients from a yellow-robed elder with two mid-level Seventh-Grade Pills.
• Chen Mo offered the scruffy old man an Eighth-Grade Pill formula for all his goods, and Cao Ying countered with a formula of her own.
• Tang Huo'er recognized Cao Ying, and she and the others learned about Cao Ying's remarkable alchemy achievements.
• Chen Mo outbid Cao Ying with a formula for an Eighth-Grade Pill with three-color pill lightning, which the scruffy old man confirmed was genuine.
• Chen Mo stored the goods, warned the scruffy old man that the formula would disappear after another viewing, then slapped Cao Ying's butt and told her he would show her what a lecher was.

Chen Mo retaliated against Cao Ying after she attacked and insulted him, overpowering her Blood Demon Flame and taking her away from the hall. He punished her on a rooftop and left after she refused to apologize, while Song Qing and the others were left behind.

• Chen Mo slapped Cao Ying, and Die and Xiao Yi Xian intervened when Cao Ying tried to strike him.
• Cao Ying unleashed her Blood Demon Flame and attacked Die and Xiao Yi Xian, but Chen Mo stopped her and forced the flame to retreat.
• Chen Mo sent Song Qing and his two guards flying, then carried Cao Ying through the roof and away from the hall.
• Chen Mo demanded to know why Cao Ying had repeatedly opposed him, and she insulted him and threatened him with the Pill Tower and Cao Clan.
• Chen Mo pinned Cao Ying across his lap and repeatedly slapped her, then released her and left when she would not apologize.

Chen Mo returned after confronting Cao Ying, then learned about the Pill Tower’s assessment of its Five Great Clans. He later refined a copper fragment and uncovered five grains of Spirit Nurturing Powder, leaving Die curious about their purpose.

• Cao Ying cursed Chen Mo after he left and told Song Qing she would handle the matter herself, while Song Qing resolved to make her his someday.
• Chen Mo returned to Die, Xiao Yi Xian, Tang Zhen, and Tang Huo'er, and told them he had taught Cao Ying a lesson.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er explained that the Ye Clan had failed the Pill Tower’s assessment twice and could lose its seat if it failed again.
• Chen Mo held Die and Xiao Yi Xian while refining the copper fragment with the Undying Demonic Flame.
• The fragment vanished, leaving five grains of Spirit Nurturing Powder, which Chen Mo and Xiao Yi Xian identified as Die asked what they were.

Chen Mo used Spirit Nurturing Powder to strengthen his soul and learned he was nearing the Heavenly Realm, while news spread that the Ye Clan had been expelled from the Pill Tower’s Five Great Clans. On the eve of the Pill Gathering, Cao Ying’s teacher ordered her to stop Chen Mo in the Pill Realm after revealing that he was a member of the Hall of Souls, and Saint Pill City erupted as the gathering began.

• Chen Mo explained the Spirit Nurturing Powder’s benefits, then stored the five grains and spent two days cultivating as they pushed his soul closer to the Heavenly Realm.
• News spread through Saint Pill City that the Ye Clan had failed the Pill Tower’s assessment for the third time and lost its Elder seat and place among the Five Great Clans.
• The old man in white told Cao Ying to prevent Chen Mo from passing the Pill Gathering trials, identifying him as a member of the Hall of Souls.
• Cao Ying recognized Chen Mo from the scroll and agreed to attack him in the Pill Realm, where Soul Power was unaffected by the realm’s suppression.
• The old man in white warned Cao Ying that an unknown contestant had reached the peak of the Spiritual Realm, and the next morning Saint Pill City erupted as the Pill Gathering began.

Chen Mo and his companions arrived at the Pill Gathering venue, where he explained the first selection trial and the contestants’ final seats. The gathering’s leaders appeared to begin the event, and Chen Mo’s interest in Xuan Yi prompted teasing from Tang Huo'er and Tang Zhen.

• Chen Mo described the Illusion Realm Trial and explained that contestants had to pass two selections before reaching the floating platforms for the final pill refinement.
• Chen Mo and his companions waited as a bell quieted the crowd and drew attention to the eastern platform.
• Tang Zhen identified Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi as the Three Great Heads of the Pill Tower.
• Chen Mo admired Xuan Yi, and Tang Huo'er questioned his interest in her.
• Tang Zhen joked that Chen Mo should win Xuan Yi over, then revealed her strength and past connection to Yao Chen.

Chen Mo entered the Pill Gathering’s Soul Illusion Realm and passed its trials, then reached the Pill Realm to search for ingredients for a powerful pill. There he encountered Cao Ying and Song Qing, who recognized him as a member of the Hall of Souls.

• Xuan Kongzi explained the Pill Gathering’s three stages and announced that the champion would receive a Pill Tower giant candidate position and an ancient soul cultivation method.
• Chen Mo handed his Storage Ring to Die, passed inspection, and entered the Soul Illusion Realm.
• Chen Mo resisted illusions of Queen Medusa, Die, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Xuan Yi with his Soul Power and passed the first stage.
• Chen Mo entered the Pill Realm, found that his strength was not suppressed, and resolved to seek ingredients for a pill capable of producing six- or seven-colored Pill Lightning.
• Cao Ying and Song Qing arrived in the Pill Realm and recognized Chen Mo, whom Cao Ying identified as being from the Hall of Souls.

Chen Mo defeated Cao Ying, Song Qing, Dan Chen, and Bai Ying after Cao Ying accused him of belonging to the Hall of Souls, then took Cao Ying away and frightened her before leaving her unharmed. He searched the Pill Realm for medicinal ingredients and found Earth Core Jade Marrow, which he decided to use to refine an eighth-tier pill.

• Cao Ying accused Chen Mo of being from the Hall of Souls, and Song Qing, Dan Chen, and Bai Ying turned against him.
• Chen Mo effortlessly repelled Cao Ying and Song Qing’s attacks and sent all four alchemists flying.
• Chen Mo carried Cao Ying to a secluded cave, tore her dress, and threatened her before leaving her unharmed and vanishing.
• Cao Ying cried after Chen Mo left, while he changed into a white robe and continued searching for medicinal ingredients.
• Chen Mo found Earth Core Jade Marrow in an abyss and decided to use it to refine an eighth-tier medicinal pill.

Chen Mo harvested Earth Core Soul Marrow and searched the Pill Realm for alchemy ingredients. At a stream, he encountered Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan while trying to collect Pill Spirit Nectar.

• Chen Mo discovered Earth Core Soul Marrow inside the Earth Core Jade Marrow, collected it, and stored the remaining jade.
• Chen Mo searched the Pill Realm for medicinal ingredients and nearly gathered everything he needed.
• Chen Mo found Pill Spirit Nectar, but Xiong Zhan appeared and attacked him over it.
• Zi Yan stopped Xiong Zhan and reunited with Chen Mo, explaining that Xiong Zhan guarded the treasures in the Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range.
• Xiong Zhan apologized to Chen Mo, who said he needed the Pill Spirit Nectar for the Pill Gathering.

Chen Mo visited Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan’s store of rare medicinal ingredients and offered pills in exchange for what he needed. After promising to cure Zi Yan’s condition with an Annihilation God Pill, he set out for the Pill Realm exit to qualify for the Pill Gathering’s final round.

• Zi Yan urged Xiong Zhan to give Chen Mo Pill Spirit Nectar and praised him as an 8th-grade Alchemist, and Chen Mo offered to refine a Stability Pill for Xiong Zhan.
• Zi Yan led Chen Mo to a stone hall filled with rare medicinal ingredients, and Xiong Zhan let him choose what he needed in exchange for a Venerable Zenith Pill.
• Chen Mo promised to resolve Zi Yan’s condition with an Annihilation God Pill within a year, and Zi Yan agreed to trust him.
• Chen Mo packed ingredients while leaving some for Xiong Zhan, then prepared to travel with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan to the Pill Realm exit before the third-round slots ran out.

Chen Mo rescued Cao Ying and Dan Chen from a Hall of Souls ambush, then left the Pill Realm with his ingredients gathered. As the crowd welcomed him, he met the Three Great Heads’ gazes without flinching.

• Bai Ying and Song Qing were killed and their Soul Bodies captured as Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Dan Chen fled from the black-clothed Hall of Souls attackers.
• Chen Mo appeared with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan, cut down the attackers surrounding Cao Ying and Dan Chen, and drove their Venerable Elder to flee.
• Chen Mo told Cao Ying he was not from the Hall of Souls and left with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan; Cao Ying and Dan Chen followed him toward the Pill Realm exit.
• Chen Mo confirmed he had gathered all the medicinal ingredients, while Cao Ying remained behind and vowed not to lose to him.
• Chen Mo emerged from the Pill Realm to cheers from Die, Xiao Yi Xian, Tang Huo'er, and Tang Zhen, then faced the Three Great Heads’ gazes directly.

Chen Mo reached the Pill Gathering’s final stage, where the Three Great Heads noticed him and the Black Demon Cauldron he brought out. The Pill Gathering began amid anger over the Hall of Souls capturing Bai Ying’s and Song Qing’s Soul Bodies, while Cao Ying vowed to defeat Chen Mo.

• Chen Mo claimed a suspended stone platform and cultivated while waiting for the pill refinement to begin.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen emerged from the Pill Realm, and Cao Ying told the Bai and Song families that the Hall of Souls had captured Bai Ying’s and Song Qing’s Soul Bodies.
• The Bai and Song family patriarchs demanded justice from the Three Great Heads, but Xuan Kongzi promised only that they would seek a way to resolve the matter.
• After all three hundred platforms were occupied, Xuan Kongzi announced the start of pill refinement, and the alchemists summoned their cauldrons.
• Cao Ying challenged Chen Mo, and Chen Mo brought out Yao Chen’s Black Demon Cauldron, drawing startled reactions from the Three Great Heads and the Five Great Clans.

Cao Ying tried to draw attention with her Blood Demon Flame, but Chen Mo revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, shocking the Pill Gathering and humiliating her. Chen Mo began refining an eighth-grade Seven-Colored Pill Lightning Pill, and after a week the first contestants’ pills began producing pill lightning.

• Cao Ying summoned the Blood Demon Flame, impressing the audience and smugly challenging Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, causing nearby alchemists’ cauldrons to explode and forcing Cao Ying’s flame back into her body.
• The Five Great Clan patriarchs and the Three Great Heads recognized the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and suspected Chen Mo was provoking them over Yao Chen.
• Cao Ying refused to concede and prepared to attempt an eighth-grade Four-Colored Pill Lightning Pill, while Chen Mo began refining an eighth-grade Seven-Colored Pill Lightning Pill.
• A week passed as the contestants refined their pills, and the first pill lightning appeared before stronger thunderclouds formed soon after.

The Pill Gathering narrowed to its final contestants as Chen Mo continued refining a complex pill and a desperate alchemist caused a disastrous attack. Dan Chen then successfully drew pill lightning, revealing the aura of an Eighth-Grade Pill.

• As fewer contestants remained, Chen Mo continued fusing the ingredients in his cauldron while other finalists struggled through their refinements.
• A middle-aged alchemist's pill refinement failed, and he attacked a neighboring contestant, triggering a cauldron explosion that injured several alchemists before Pill Tower staff subdued him.
• After another day, only ten contestants remained, including Old Man Qinghua and the disguised Mu Gu the Elder, whom Yao Chen recognized.
• Dan Chen rose from her platform as dark clouds and silver lightning gathered, announcing the aura of her Eighth-Grade Pill.