Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu exploited the Illusory World Thunderflame to evade and absorb the four-colored pill lightning, tempering his body and strengthening his Dou Qi. After enduring the entire tribulation, he resolved to seek better resources in the Central Plains, while Little Purple worried he would become useless to his master.

• Xiao Yu hid inside the isolated Thunderflame Illusory World to break the pill lightning's lock on him, then absorbed the lightning that had filled his body.
• Xiao Yu repeatedly emerged to take more four-colored lightning and retreated into the illusory world to digest it until the tribulation ended.
• Xiao Yu cultivated until the lightning was fully consumed, and Little Purple sensed his master's dramatically stronger aura and feared he would no longer be useful.
• Xiao Yu tore open a rift in space and judged that his tempered body could contend with a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yu reached the eight-star peak of Dou Zong and decided he needed to go to the Central Plains for resources to advance further.

Xiao Yu prepared to revive Yao Tianhuo by refining a Dou Zong-level skeleton with seventh-rank magical beast blood essence and having Yao Tianhuo enter it with the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill. As flesh began to grow on the bones, Yao Tianhuo's revival was underway.

• Xiao Yu summoned Yao Tianhuo and revealed that he had already refined the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Yao Tianhuo thanked Xiao Yu and promised to support him in future matters.
• Xiao Yu placed a crystalline skeleton on the mountaintop and instructed Yao Tianhuo to take the pill and enter it at the right moment.
• Xiao Yu covered the skeleton with the blood essence of a seventh-rank magical beast and used three Origin Flames to refine it.
• Xiao Yu called out to Yao Tianhuo, who swallowed the pill and entered the skeleton as flesh began growing on its bones.

Xiao Yu resurrected Yao Tianhuo, who returned as a Two-Star Dou Zun and agreed to guard the Northwest. After they returned to the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yu introduced him to the Alliance and announced that he would be leaving.

• Xiao Yu used the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and Origin Flames to restore Yao Tianhuo's body, secretly placing a Heart Puppet Thunder Flame inside as a precaution.
• After half a month, Yao Tianhuo awoke, celebrated his resurrection, and thanked Xiao Yu for bringing him back to life.
• Yao Tianhuo recovered to Two-Star Dou Zun and agreed to stay in the Northwest to help Xiao Yu hold the fort.
• Xiao Yu and Yao Tianhuo returned to the Jia Ma Empire, where Xiao Yu introduced him to Jia Xingtian and the others.
• Xiao Yu announced that he would leave and appointed Yao Tianhuo as the Alliance Guest Grand Elder.

After completing the first level of the eternal undying body and reaching Nine-Star Dou Zong, Xiao Yu left to visit the Misty Cloud Sect and learned Yun Yun had gone traveling. Before leaving Wutan City, he shared his first kiss with Ya Fei, then departed with Zi Yan, who revealed she had understood what she witnessed and demanded medicinal pills.

• Xiao Yu completed the first level of the eternal undying body, reached Nine-Star Dou Zong, and suppressed Yao Tianhuo in a physical fight.
• Xiao Yu visited the Misty Cloud Sect and learned from Gu He that Yun Yun had left the Jia Ma Empire six months earlier, naming young Yanran as the new sect leader.
• Xiao Yu told Ya Fei he was leaving Wutan City, then kissed her, and the two eagerly traded kisses until Zi Yan interrupted them.
• Ya Fei told Zi Yan that Xiao Yu had bullied her, so Xiao Yu hurriedly took Zi Yan away from the courtyard.
• Outside Wutan City, Zi Yan admitted she knew Xiao Yu and Ya Fei had been kissing and asked him to refine medicinal pills as thanks for protecting her secret.

Xiao Yu traveled toward the Black-Corner Region with Zi Yan, encountered Queen Medusa on her way to the Central Plains, and returned to find Xiao Court flourishing. After catching up on events, he learned that Xiao Yan had killed Han Feng and left Soul Hall threats under watch in the Northwest Continent.

• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan flew toward the Black-Corner Region, where Xiao Yu detected Queen Medusa and found her traveling toward the Central Plains to seek a chance to reach Dou Zun.
• Medusa said the Snake-People Tribe’s four elders had reached Dou Zong after obtaining Sect Breaking Pills through Xiao Yu’s Alliance, and she flew away after Xiao Yu continued on with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yu returned to Xiao City and was pleased with Xue You’s management and Xiao Court’s growth, including its three Dou Emperor elders.
• Xue You told Xiao Yu that Xiao Yan had killed Han Feng, and Xiao Yu wondered whether the death had attracted a Soul Hall Protector.
• Xiao Yu kept the four Soul Hall Protectors in the Northwest Continent so they could alert him if another Soul Palace expert appeared.

Xiao Yu left Zi Yan with Su Qian at Jia Nan Academy and traveled to Tianya City to use its space wormhole to reach the Central Plains. He found the Space Ship Pavilion but left without buying a vessel, having examined the level-nine Space Wooden Boats.

• Xiao Yu told Su Qian to take Zi Yan back into Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian agreed.
• Zi Yan realized Su Qian would not stop her from leaving afterward, thanked him, and ran after Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu reached Tianya City in less than two days and entered the city to find its space wormhole.
• Xiao Yu crossed Blackstone Square and went to the Space Ship Pavilion to look for a vessel for the journey.
• Xiao Yu inspected the level-nine Space Wooden Boats, found they cost five million gold coins, and left the pavilion without buying one.

Xiao Yu built a wooden space boat in Tianya City, where Zi Yan caught up with him and reunited with Medusa. He invited them both to travel with him, and the three entered the Space Wormhole aboard his boat.

• Xiao Yu bought timber and made a space boat outside Tianya City after studying the boats at the Space Boat Pavilion.
• Zi Yan arrived in Tianya City after nearly five days of nonstop travel and learned she needed a space boat to follow Xiao Yu.
• Zi Yan found Medusa near Blackstone Square, and Xiao Yu soon joined them.
• Xiao Yu decided to take Zi Yan to the Central Plains and invited Medusa to travel with them in his boat.
• Xiao Yu paid to use the Space Wormhole, entered it with Zi Yan and Medusa, and launched his boat, which expanded inside the passage.

Xiao Yu, Zi Yan, and Medusa traveled through a space wormhole aboard Xiao Yu’s fast, stable Space Ship, where tea and a gentle exchange helped Zi Yan become less afraid of Medusa. As they continued through the wormhole, Xiao Yu encouraged Zi Yan to sense its spatial fluctuations and asked Medusa about the Thunderfire Seed, prompting a resentful look from her.

• Xiao Yu powered up his custom Space Ship with a magic core, and it carried the three of them into the Spatial Passage at great speed.
• Xiao Yu brewed tea aboard the ship; Medusa enjoyed it, while Zi Yan complained that it was bitter.
• Medusa smiled at Zi Yan, easing the girl’s fear, then returned to her usual aloof demeanor when Xiao Yu reacted in surprise.
• Xiao Yu urged Zi Yan to sense the wormhole’s spatial fluctuations, and she obediently began cultivating her understanding of spatial force.
• Xiao Yu asked Medusa whether she still had the Thunderfire Seed, and she gave him a resentful look as she recalled the delay his mistaken information had caused.

Xiao Yu gave Medusa another Illusory World Thunderflame seed and a magic core to sustain it, and she insisted on repaying him by serving as his hired muscle for three years. After agreeing to take her along, Xiao Yu began trying to devise an Eighth-Tier Pill Formula for his upcoming alchemist assessment in the Pill Region.

• Xiao Yu apologized to Medusa for not realizing that the thunderflame seed needed his Dou Qi to survive.
• Xiao Yu offered Medusa a new thunderflame seed and a magic core, but she suspected he wanted something from her in return.
• Medusa proposed serving as Xiao Yu's hired muscle for three years in exchange for the seed, and Xiao Yu agreed to take her along.
• Medusa accepted the seed and magic core and began cultivating with them.
• Xiao Yu meditated on creating an Eighth-Tier Pill Formula for his planned assessment in the Pill Region.

Xiao Yu, Zi Yan, and Medusa arrived in Tianyue City and explored the Central Plains city while preparing to travel to Tianzhen City. Their shopping trip ended with Xiao Yu asking the proprietress to bring out the shop’s finest shoes for Medusa.

• Xiao Yu brought Zi Yan and Medusa through the Space Wormhole to Tianyue City and learned about the Central Plains and the route to the Pill Region.
• Xiao Yu decided the group would rest for a day before leaving for Tianzhen City the next morning.
• Zi Yan and Medusa browsed a clothing shop, where Zi Yan chose several outfits but had no money to pay for them.
• Xiao Yu offered to pay for Zi Yan’s clothes and invited Medusa to choose something as well.
• Xiao Yu noticed Medusa was barefoot and asked the proprietress to bring out the shop’s best shoes for her to try.

Xiao Yu bought Medusa a pair of shoes, then continued with her and Zi Yan toward the Pill Region. In Tianzhen City, they found the space wormhole unavailable while the Qiu and Ou families competed for its management rights.

• Medusa chose crimson shoes with gold trim, and the proprietress mistakenly called her Xiao Yu’s wife, provoking a terrifying outburst of aura.
• Xiao Yu calmed Medusa, bought all three pairs of shoes, and paid the frightened proprietress with pills.
• Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Zi Yan stayed at an inn, then traveled by space wormhole for five days to Tianzhen City.
• Xiao Yu brought his companions to Blackstone Square, where a passerby explained that the Qiu and Ou families were competing over management of the space wormhole to the Pill Region.
• The passerby estimated that the competition would end in about two hours.

Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Zi Yan attended a fighting tournament in Tianzhen City, where Feng Qing'er of the Wind Lightning Pavilion stopped them after spotting Zi Yan. Feng Qing'er attacked Zi Yan and, after Zi Yan tore apart her weapon, concluded that she belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Xiao Yu agreed to take Zi Yan and Medusa to watch the fights, and the three pushed through the crowd to the front of the square.
• Feng Qing'er watched the final match with four elders before the tournament ended and the crowd began leaving.
• Feng Qing'er spotted Zi Yan and ordered the elders to surround Xiao Yu's group so she could speak with them.
• Xiao Yu asked Feng Qing'er to let them pass, but she ignored him and launched a strip of colored silk at Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan caught and tore the silk, sending Feng Qing'er stumbling, and Feng Qing'er accused her of being from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Feng Qing'er ordered four mid-rank Dou Zongs to attack Zi Yan, but Medusa and Zi Yan overpowered them while Xiao Yu confronted Feng Qing'er. Medusa nearly killed Feng Qing'er with an arrow, but Feng Qing'er used her secret techniques to escape through a spatial rift, leaving the square in ruins.

• Feng Qing'er recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and ordered the four old men to kill her.
• Medusa knocked the Qiu Family ancestor away and severed a Wind Lightning Pavilion elder’s arm, while Zi Yan fought the two remaining Dou Zongs.
• Feng Qing'er threatened Xiao Yu and Medusa with the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s power, but Medusa drew an energy bow and aimed at her.
• Feng Qing'er raised her cultivation with Bloodline Spirit Devour and transformed into the Demon Phoenix Bell to block Medusa’s arrow.
• After the arrow shattered the bell, Feng Qing'er used Blood Sacrifice and Phoenix Wings Rend the Sky to escape through a spatial rift.

After escaping Blackstone Square, Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Zi Yan traveled to the Pill Region to avoid retaliation from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. They arrived in the Central Region and set out for Sacred Pill City so Xiao Yu could take the eighth-tier Alchemist assessment.

• Xiao Yu led Medusa and Zi Yan through the intact space wormhole after deciding they could not remain near Blackstone Square.
• The three arrived at the Central Region’s space-wormhole platform, where Xiao Yu bought an information booklet from a middle-aged merchant.
• Zi Yan asked when they would visit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Xiao Yu said they needed to grow stronger and investigate carefully first.
• Xiao Yu found that the eighth-tier Alchemist assessment was only available at the Pill Tower Headquarters in Sacred Pill City.
• Medusa agreed to accompany Xiao Yu, and the three left to find a city with a space wormhole leading to Sacred Pill City.

Xiao Yu reached Sacred Pill City and went to a Pill Tower branch to seek an eighth-tier Alchemist Badge, only to learn that its local assessments stopped at the fifth tier. After taking the fifth-tier assessment, he asked to continue testing for a higher rank, surprising the chief examiner.

• Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Zi Yan arrived at Sacred Pill City, found an inn, and rested after their long journey.
• Xiao Yu went to a Pill Tower branch the next morning and joined the queue for an alchemist rank assessment.
• The chief examiner told Xiao Yu that the branch’s highest assessment was fifth-tier, so Xiao Yu requested that assessment.
• After leaving the assessment room, Xiao Yu asked to continue with a higher-tier assessment, startling the chief examiner.

After passing the fifth-grade assessment in under fifteen minutes, Xiao Yu sought a higher alchemist rank at the Pill Tower. When he asked about the eighth-tier assessment, Cao Yang and Elder Chen were stunned.

• Xiao Yu revealed that he had passed the fifth-grade assessment and asked Cao Yang where he could test for a higher rank.
• Cao Yang introduced himself and led Xiao Yu to a special testing room to take the seventh-grade assessment.
• Cao Yang told Elder Chen that Xiao Yu had completed the fifth-grade assessment in less than fifteen minutes, astonishing him.
• Elder Chen said he could assess Xiao Yu up to low-level seventh grade, while Xiao Yu appeared dissatisfied with the limit.
• Xiao Yu asked what requirements he needed to meet for an eighth-tier assessment, and Cao Yang and Elder Chen exclaimed in shock.

Xiao Yu proved that he possessed powerful Soul Power after Chen Qi and Cao Yang doubted his claim to be an eighth-tier Alchemist. President Tian Leizi arrived, offered to arrange the assessment himself, and agreed to hold it that day.

• Chen Qi refused to conduct an eighth-tier assessment for Xiao Yu, and Cao Yang grew wary of him.
• Xiao Yu released his spirit realm Soul Power to prove he was serious, startling Chen Qi and Cao Yang.
• Chen Qi apologized and explained that Xiao Yu would need to be assessed in the Inner Region after a report to the Pill Tower.
• Tian Leizi sensed Xiao Yu's Soul Power and appeared at the branch tower.
• Tian Leizi offered to personally arrange Xiao Yu's eighth-tier Alchemist assessment and said it would take place that day.

Xiao Yu began the Pill Tower’s eighth-tier alchemist assessment by studying the Myriad Beasts Dragon-Trapping Pill formula and preparing to refine it. He started extracting the medicinal ingredients with his Myriad Transformation Cauldron and Golden Light Dao Flame while Tian Leizi and the other alchemists watched.

• Tian Leizi explained that the Pill Tower supplied assessment formulas and ingredients, but candidates had to pay for them if they failed.
• Tian Leizi gave Xiao Yu the Myriad Beasts Dragon-Trapping Pill formula and several hundred medicinal ingredients, allowing him a day to study before the assessment.
• Xiao Yu memorized and reviewed the formula, then kept the copied scroll when Tian Leizi offered it to him.
• Xiao Yu summoned his Myriad Transformation Cauldron and began refining the pill, using his Golden Light Dao Flame to extract the ingredients’ essence.
• Chen Qi and Cao Yang recognized Xiao Yu’s flames as heavenly flames, while Tian Leizi wondered at their nature and Xiao Yu’s powerful Spirit Realm soul.

Xiao Yu refined the Myriad Beasts Dragon-Trapping Pill and endured the resulting two-colored pill lightning. As the lightning coursed through his body, he used it to temper his blood and reveled in the pain.

• Xiao Yu refined the medicinal ingredients while Cao Yang, Chen Qi, and Tian Leizi watched and admired his skill.
• Xiao Yu concealed the pill-fusion process with the Myriad Transformation Flame and completed the eighth-tier pill after several days.
• Xiao Yu caught the golden Myriad Beasts Dragon-Trapping Pill and judged that it could greatly strengthen Dou Qi cultivators.
• Xiao Yu faced the two-colored pill lightning, and Tian Leizi watched, ready to intervene if needed.
• Xiao Yu absorbed the lightning into his blood, which boiled and released blood mist as he exclaimed that the pain felt good.

Xiao Yu withstood the pill lightning, passed the eighth-tier alchemist assessment, and entered Sacred Pill City's Inner Region with Tian Leizi. He left Medusa and Zi Yan to wait while he went with Tian Leizi to the Pill Tower to receive his customized Alchemist Badge.

• Xiao Yu tempered his body with the pill lightning, reaching the peak of nine-star Dou Zong and strengthening his physical body to rival a late three-star Dou Zun.
• Tian Leizi confirmed Xiao Yu had passed the assessment and explained that he would need to visit the Pill Tower to have an eighth-tier Alchemist Badge made to his specifications.
• Xiao Yu asked permission to bring his two friends into the Inner Region, and Tian Leizi agreed.
• Xiao Yu brought Medusa and Zi Yan into the Inner Region with Tian Leizi, who explained its herb grounds and the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yu left Medusa and Zi Yan to wait in the Inner Region and flew with Tian Leizi toward the Pill Tower.