Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan entered the Pill Realm to find Xiong Zhan, the Ancient Dragon Bear who ruled the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range. After locating him, Xiao Fan woke him with a slap and began fighting him, leaving Xiong Zhan astonished that his attacks could not hurt Xiao Fan.

• Xiao Fan decided to leave the Pill Gathering contestants to compete and took Zi Yan to a secluded spot in Sacred Pill City.
• Zi Yan found a space wormhole into the Pill Realm, where Xiao Fan made her medicinal ingredients into Sugar Beans as they explored.
• After three days of gathering rare herbs, Xiao Fan and Zi Yan learned from a beast that Xiong Zhan lived in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• Xiao Fan slapped the sleeping Xiong Zhan awake, then fought him after Xiong Zhan retaliated.
• Xiong Zhan's strength surged during their fight, but Xiao Fan remained unharmed and blocked all his attacks.

Xiao Fan fought Xiong Zhan until the Ancient Dragon Bear conceded, and Zi Yan revealed the bloodline power that made Xiong Zhan defer to her. Xiao Fan explained their purpose, while Xiao Yan continued searching the Pill Realm for ingredients, unaware of the riches Zi Yan and Xiao Fan had gathered.

• Xiao Fan and Xiong Zhan resumed their fight, and Xiao Fan’s growing strength and heavenly flames made Xiong Zhan call a halt.
• Zi Yan released her bloodline aura, and Xiong Zhan recognized the threat of her Ancient Dragon Clan heritage and showed her respect.
• Xiao Fan told Xiong Zhan they were waiting for someone, and Xiong Zhan agreed to help, leaving the Alchemists entering the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range to suffer.
• Xiao Yan searched the Pill Realm after three days and found only five kinds of ingredients from his list.
• Xiao Yan wondered why the Pill Realm seemed to have so few ingredients, unaware that Zi Yan and Xiao Fan had filled their Storage Rings with riches.

Xiao Yan investigated the strange movements of magical beasts in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, while Xiao Fan and Zi Yan waited there with Xiong Zhan for Mu Gu. After Xiao Yan triggered a swarm of beasts, he sensed a Dou Zun approaching and fled toward the mountains’ outskirts.

• Xiao Yan overheard two contestants speculate that someone was directing the magical beasts, then followed the beasts deeper into the mountains.
• Xiao Fan, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan shared a meal, and Xiong Zhan agreed to inspect every human entering the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• Xiao Fan sensed Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and realized that his junior brother had arrived in the mountains.
• Xiao Yan collected a red flower, but a Sharp-Mouthed Monkey spotted him and screeched before he could kill it.
• Xiao Yan defeated several magical beasts, then sensed a Dou Zun’s aura and fled toward the outskirts.

Xiao Fan reunited with Xiao Yan in the Pill Realm and helped him gather medicinal ingredients before Old Man Mu Gu ambushed him for the Flame Mantra and his heavenly flames. Yao Lao blocked Mu Gu’s attack, and Xiao Fan and Xiong Zhan arrived to surround him.

• Xiao Yan fled Xiong Zhan after sensing a Dou Zun aura, and Xiao Fan followed him while Zi Yan told Xiong Zhan who he was.
• Xiao Fan caught up with Xiao Yan, learned how he had reached Four-Star Dou Zong, and gave him medicinal ingredients while pointing him toward a gorge where the weathered fruit could be found.
• Xiao Yan resisted Xiong Zhan’s pressure, and Xiong Zhan praised his talent and temperament after testing him.
• Xiao Yan continued searching the Pill Realm under the secret protection of Xiao Fan and Xiong Zhan, and he obtained the weathered fruit from a gorge.
• Old Man Mu Gu trapped Xiao Yan in a formation and demanded the Flame Mantra and his heavenly flames, but Yao Lao blocked his claw as Xiao Fan and Xiong Zhan arrived to surround him.

Xiao Fan, Xiong Zhan, and Yao Lao cornered Old Man Mu Gu in the Pill Realm, where Mu Gu tried to break through by attacking Yao Lao. Xiao Fan’s Four-Star Dou Zun strength forced Mu Gu to flee, but Xiao Fan’s spear wounded him before he escaped the Pill Realm.

• Old Man Mu Gu attacked Xiao Fan and Xiong Zhan with black chains, then rushed toward Yao Lao while Xiao Yan retreated.
• Xiao Yan sent a green wolf and white tiger formed from his fire control technique to delay Mu Gu, giving Yao Lao time to escape his attack.
• Xiong Zhan confronted Mu Gu, and Xiao Fan blocked Mu Gu’s hidden strike before revealing his Four-Star Dou Zun strength.
• Mu Gu unleashed a soul attack and attempted to flee, but Xiao Fan stopped the attack and hurled the Thousand-Flame Spear after him.
• The Thousand-Flame Spear struck Mu Gu’s right shoulder, and he escaped from the Pill Realm.

Xiao Fan failed to kill the fleeing Mu Gu and left the Pill Realm with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan. After Mo Shang overheard the Hall of Souls plotting to target Xiao Fan over the suspected Tou She Ancient God Jade, Xiao Fan learned of the threat and prepared to face their forces.

• Xiao Fan reflected on Mu Gu's escape, then escorted Xiao Yan to the Pill Realm exit after Mu Gu's defeat.
• Xiao Fan invited Xiong Zhan to leave the Pill Realm with him and Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan accepted.
• Mo Shang secretly infiltrated the Hall of Souls' inner courtyard and found Mu Gu recovering alongside two other Venerable Elders.
• Mo Shang overheard the Venerable Elders conclude that Xiao Fan's rapid advancement suggested he held the Xiao Clan's item, and they agreed to act after the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Fan received Mo Shang's information and resolved that he did not fear the Hall of Souls' three Venerable Elders and several Dou Zun.

After Xiao Fan and Zi Yan looted much of the Pill Realm’s medicinal ingredients, the second trial ended and the Pill Gathering’s final round began. Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the other finalists prepared to compete for the championship.

• Xiao Fan, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan arrived near the Pill Gathering venue, where Xiao Fan spotted Xiao Yan among the contestants.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Bai Ying blamed one another for the missing medicinal ingredients in the Pill Realm, then realized none of them had caused the shortage.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen noticed Xiao Yan among the contestants and regarded him as a potential rival.
• The second trial ended, eliminating contestants who had failed to gather all their required materials and leaving just over a hundred Floating Stone Platforms.
• The Pill Tower Elder announced that the final round would be decided by who refined the strongest pill, and the contestants began refining.

The Pill Gathering final began as the alchemists selected their pills and started refining, while Xiao Yan waited until he was composed before revealing the Black Demon Cauldron and a heavenly flame. After twenty days, a contestant became the first to refine a seventh-grade pill, and the story left his pill facing the trial of pill lightning.

• Xiao Fan explained to Zi Yan that alchemists who began refining while caught up in the crowd’s excitement had harmed their chances, and most contestants took time to prepare before starting.
• Cao Ying revealed her powerful blood demon flame, while Dan Chen and the other favored contenders also displayed their flames.
• Xiao Yan waited an hour before producing the Black Demon Cauldron, then used a heavenly flame to begin refining ingredients as the crowd questioned his identity.
• Over five days, some contestants completed lower-grade pills while others’ cauldrons exploded; by the twentieth day, only about fifty alchemists remained.
• A young contestant became the first to refine a seventh-grade pill, summoning pill lightning that he still had to withstand.

Xiao Yan and the remaining alchemists continued the Pill Gathering’s final competition as Dan Chen and Cao Ying each refined an eighth-tier pill that summoned a two-colored thundercloud. Xiao Yan then began condensing his own pill, and a third color appeared in its thundercloud, suggesting his pill could surpass theirs.

• After another three days of refining, only ten contestants remained on the Floating Stone Platform, and Dan Chen began completing an eighth-tier pill.
• Dan Chen sacrificed a mouthful of blood to finish her pill, which shattered her cauldron and summoned an azure-and-silver two-colored thundercloud.
• Cao Ying completed another eighth-tier pill and summoned a matching two-colored thundercloud before turning a provocative gaze toward Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan declared that he was aiming for the championship and poured his soul power into the Black Demon Cauldron to condense his pill.
• A third color began spreading through the silver-and-azure thundercloud above Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan faced Old Monster Qing Hua for the Pill Gathering championship, but hesitated to reveal more of his strength until Xiao Fan urged him to stop holding back. Xiao Yan began displaying his Heavenly Flames as Xiao Fan introduced himself to the Pill Tower’s leaders as a disciple of Venerable Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan’s three-colored pill lightning was matched by Old Monster Qing Hua, whose pill’s quality seemed slightly higher and whose lightning nearly formed a fourth color.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi expected Old Monster Qing Hua to win, but Xuan Yi insisted Xiao Yan could still prevail.
• Xiao Fan appeared above the arena and told Xiao Yan not to hold back, prompting Xiao Yan to declare that the championship was his.
• Xiao Yan removed his finished pill from the Black Demon Cauldron and let it hover in the pillar of light as he prepared to use more of his power.
• Xiao Yan revealed five Heavenly Flames, including the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Xiao Fan introduced himself to Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi as a disciple of Venerable Yao Chen.

Xiao Yan used three Heavenly Flames and Yao Chen’s Spirit Elevation technique to improve his eighth-tier pill, producing five-colored pill lightning and securing the Pill Gathering victory. As the lightning struck, the Heavenly Demon Puppet appeared to shield the pill.

• Xiao Fan revealed himself as Yao Chen’s disciple and deterred the watching factions from attacking Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan combined three Heavenly Flames and used his blood and soul power to refine the pill further with Spirit Elevation.
• The pill’s lightning advanced from three colors to five, confirming Xiao Yan’s victory over Old Monster Qing Hua.
• Xiao Yan prepared for the pill lightning while Xiao Fan remained confident that the Heavenly Demon Puppet would protect him.
• A bolt of pill lightning descended, and the enormous Heavenly Demon Puppet appeared above Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering after his Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the five-colored pill lightning, but revealing it drew the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s hostility. As the group prepared to enter the Star Domain in two days, Xuan Yi asked Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan about their master, Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Demon Puppet blocked the five-colored pill lightning and grew stronger, while the crowd recognized it as a refined Heaven Demon Phoenix expert.
• Xuan Kongzi announced Xiao Yan as the Pill Gathering champion, and Xiao Yan and the other nine top alchemists earned places to enter the Star Domain and pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would seek revenge, and Xuan Yi advised them that a formal challenge might limit the clan to sending Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Fan said he could escape opponents within the Dou Zun realm, and Xuan Yi asked him and Xiao Yan how they had become Yao Chen’s disciples and where he was.

Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain with the Pill Gathering’s top ten to face the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Xiao Fan stayed behind to draw the Hall of Souls’ attention. Xiao Fan left Zi Yan in Xiong Zhan’s care and prepared to face the danger alone, thinking Xiao Yan would have to grow without him.

• Xiao Yan told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi about Yao Lao and Han Feng, and they praised Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan as exceptional disciples.
• Xiao Fan spent two days trying to learn the Hall of Souls’ plans through Mo Shang, but Mo Shang could not get useful information from Brother Jie.
• Xiao Yan joined the Pill Gathering’s top ten, and Xuan Kongzi led them through a Spatial Passage into the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan and the others saw the immense Three Thousand Burning Flame, whose star-powered strength made it difficult to subdue.
• Xiao Fan warned Zi Yan to remain inside the Pill Tower, knocked her unconscious, and entrusted her to Xiong Zhan before preparing to face the Hall of Souls.

Xiao Fan revealed six Heavenly Flames above Sacred Pill City and challenged the Hall of Souls members hiding there. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan joined the Hall of Souls to surround him, and Xiao Fan prepared to face fifteen Dou Zun alone.

• Xiao Fan entrusted Zi Yan to Xiong Zhan, then left the Pill Tower and unleashed six Heavenly Flames above Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Fan called out the Hall of Souls, and Yin Gu, Mu Gu, and their allies appeared to confront him.
• Xiao Fan told Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi that the conflict was a private grudge and urged the Pill Tower not to interfere.
• Xiao Fan taunted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and flew upward, prompting five clan experts to reveal themselves and trap him with the Demon Emperor Bell.
• Xiao Fan drew the Thousand-Flame Spear and declared that he would prove himself the greatest prodigy of the age by fighting the fifteen Dou Zun.

Xiao Fan fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Hall of Souls experts trapped inside the Demon Emperor Bell's sealed space. He drew Yin Gu, Mu Gu, and Tian Gu away from the weaker Hall of Souls fighters, then launched a deadly attack among their ranks.

• Xiao Fan mocked Yin Gu, and Yin Gu's attempt to move through space failed because the Demon Emperor Bell had sealed it.
• Xiao Fan attacked Yin Gu with the Thousand-Flame Spear and sent his five Fire Spirits after him.
• Yin Gu called Mu Gu and Tian Gu to help, and the two rushed to fend off the Fire Spirits.
• Xiao Fan used Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to reach the Hall of Souls fighters while the three leaders were occupied.
• Xiao Fan killed a One-Star Dou Zun, blasted two more Dou Zun with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, and raised his spear to strike another.

Xiao Fan killed four Hall of Souls Dou Zun experts at the start of the battle, alarming both the Hall of Souls and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. After the system rewarded him with Dou Qi Points, he attacked Yao Gui, while Yin Gu and Mu Gu weighed a dangerous gamble against him.

• Xiao Fan killed three Hall of Souls Dou Zun experts with his spear and Fire Lotus, then the Bear Spirit killed a fourth, whose Soul Form escaped.
• The experts watching from Sacred Pill City were stunned by Xiao Fan's strength, while Yin Gu protected the surviving Soul Form and assessed the losses.
• Yao Gui ordered Yin Gu to join forces against Xiao Fan, and the system credited Xiao Fan with 60 Dou Qi Points for his kills.
• Xiao Fan and his illusory clone charged Yao Gui, while Yin Gu let the attack proceed and Hundred Ghosts sensed a terrifying aura hidden within Xiao Fan.
• Yin Gu asked Mu Gu to decide whether to take a gamble, and Mu Gu agreed despite the risk of the Hall Master punishing them if they failed.

Xiao Fan used a sea of flames, his illusory body, and a Four-Colored Fire Lotus to kill three Hall of Souls Dou Zun while keeping Yao Gui and Yin Gu’s group occupied. Seven Dou Zun had fallen to him, and he faced the eight still standing as the battle continued.

• Xiao Fan clashed with Yao Gui, then used a two-colored Fire Lotus to fill the sealed space with flames and conceal the battlefield.
• Xiao Fan’s Fire Spirits attacked Yao Gui and drew Yin Gu, Mu Gu, and Hundred Ghosts into combat, while Yao Gui realized the flames hid a trick and shouted a warning.
• Xiao Fan used Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to keep Yao Gui occupied, then appeared before three Hall of Souls Dou Zun and trapped them inside the flames.
• Xiao Fan burned through the trio’s defensive shield with chaos flame and killed all three with a Four-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Fan’s illusory body merged back into him as the surviving fighters regrouped, and he faced the eight remaining Dou Zun.

Xiao Fan fought eight Dou Zun after breaking through to late-stage Five-Star Dou Zun, but the Demon Phoenix Bell and their coordinated attacks left him cornered. As Yin Gu sent him flying, a Pill Tower force tried to break the bell, only for a terrifying old man to appear and crush it.

• Yin Gu persuaded Yao Gui to gather the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s fighters and surround Xiao Fan alongside the remaining Hall of Souls experts.
• Xiao Fan claimed his mission reward, raising his strength from Four-Star to late-stage Five-Star Dou Zun, and the eight opponents immediately attacked.
• Xiao Fan targeted Mu Gu, but Mu Gu held the Thousand-Flame Spear in place while Yao Gui and four others struck Xiao Fan’s back.
• Xiao Fan endured the blow and used the three thousand burning flame to heal as the eight Dou Zun repeatedly surrounded and wounded him.
• Yin Gu struck the tottering Xiao Fan and sent him flying, while a streak of light from the Pill Tower attempted to shatter the Demon Phoenix Bell.
• A powerful old man crushed the Pill Tower’s attack and challenged its interference in the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes’ private feud.

Huang Luo, a peak Nine-Star Dou Zun of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, halted the battle and revealed that Xiao Fan reminded him of Han Ning, the Moon Clan warrior who had once shattered his pride. He gave Xiao Fan one chance to prove his strength, and the chapter ended as Xiao Fan prepared his strongest attack and Huang Luo reacted with manic excitement.

• Huang Luo appeared, stopped the Pill Tower intervention from escalating, and entered the Demon Emperor Bell while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Hall of Souls fighters watched.
• Huang Luo told Xiao Fan that his talent ranked second only to Han Ning, who had fought powerful opponents as a Three-Star Dou Zun and killed Huang Luo's father.
• Huang Luo revealed that Han Ning had defeated him when he was a Nine-Star Dou Zun, leaving him obsessed with finding someone who could match her.
• Huang Luo confined Yin Gu and the other Hall of Souls members, ordered Yao Gui and the other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan fighters to stay, and promised to give Xiao Fan four hours if he survived.
• Huang Luo challenged Xiao Fan to strike him once with his strongest attack, and Xiao Fan's changing aura sent Huang Luo into delighted laughter.

Xiao Fan faced Huang Luo above Sacred Pill City and used the Nine Solar Transformations to raise his strength before unleashing the Five-Wheel Flame Disk. Their collision tore open a vast spatial void, and Xiao Fan's fate remained unclear as the figure at the battle's center emerged.

• Xiao Fan's Nine Solar Transformations manifested nine golden suns, healed his injuries, and raised his strength to the peak of Seven-Star Dou Zun after six transformations.
• Xiao Fan summoned five heavenly flame spirits and formed the Five-Wheel Flame Disk instead of risking a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Huang Luo transformed into a massive demonic beast, recalled the Demon Emperor Bell, and charged at the incoming disk while Yin Gu and his companions fled.
• The Five-Wheel Flame Disk and Huang Luo's attack collided above Sacred Pill City, creating a huge spatial black hole as the Pill Tower's soul power shielded the city.
• After the chaos subsided, the figure at the center of the battle finally came into view.