Chapter Summaries

The Star Domain began collapsing after the Three Thousand Burning Flame broke free, leaving Xiao Yan trapped inside as he battled the flame’s origin. Xiao Yu later reported that Xiao Yan had gained the upper hand and was protected, while the others waited for him to finish subduing the heavenly flame.

• Xuan Kongzi ordered the Pill Tower Elders to enter the Star Domain, but a scorching wave blasted Qiu Ling and the others out as the domain began to rupture.
• Qiu Ling told the three giants that Xiao Yan had been swallowed by the flames and that Mu Gu and the Soul Palace’s three Dou Zun had not emerged; Yao Chen assured them Xiao Yan was likely safe.
• The three giants spent a day stabilizing the Star Domain, while searches found no other Soul Palace members, and Xuan Yi brought Yao Chen to the Xiao Residence to ask Xiao Yu about Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu explained that Xiao Yan was winning his soul battle against the Three Thousand Burning Flame and that the Glazed Lotus Heart Flame now protected his body; he also said Mu Gu and his companions had died.
• Yao Chen and Xuan Yi left after hearing Xiao Yan was safe, Xiao Yi Xian departed afterward, and Xiao Yu resumed his quiet days with Medusa.

After learning the Soul Palace was searching for seven vanished Dou Zun experts, Xiao Yu remained unaware of its investigation and spent time with Medusa. Her account of the primordial creation bloodline led Xiao Yu to suspect it was connected to Nuwa mending the heavens.

• Xuan Kongzi learned that the Soul Palace had sent eleven Dou Zun experts to the Pill Gathering, including seven who vanished without a trace.
• Xiao Yu gave Medusa Pill Marrow Nectar and explained that his Medicine Garden might soon produce enough for regular use.
• Xiao Yu asked Medusa about her bloodline, and she revealed that the Illusory World Thunderflame had awakened her primordial creation bloodline.
• Medusa described the bloodline’s awakening vision, and Xiao Yu recognized imagery associated with Nuwa mending the heavens.

Xiao Yu told Medusa the myths of Nuwa, and her bloodline reacted strongly, leading them to suspect it came from the ancient goddess. He demonstrated how his Myriad Transformation Flame and Returning-to-Truth Lightning could turn imagined forms into real objects, while Medusa stayed with him after their three-year agreement had ended.

• Xiao Yu recounted the creation of humanity and Nuwa's mending of the heavens, and Medusa believed the stories reflected the origin of her bloodline.
• Medusa kept Xiao Yu's revelations secret and wondered whether he trusted her deeply, while Xiao Yu considered her bloodline's extraordinary potential and its possible connection to his return home.
• Medusa explained that absorbing and comprehending the creation within Xiao Yu's Thunderflame could help awaken and perfect her bloodline.
• Xiao Yu combined his Myriad Transformation Flame with Returning-to-Truth Lightning, briefly giving a butterfly life before turning a stone into a real object.
• Xiao Yu offered to help Medusa find a faster way to gain the power of creation, and Medusa agreed seriously when he joked that she should take him along when she rose to greatness.
• After Xiao Yu gave Medusa several charged magic cores, they returned to their rooms without discussing her departure, though their three-year agreement had ended.

During the year Xiao Yan remained inside the Star Domain, the Pill Tower and Soul Palace clashed while Xiao Yu grew stronger, built his reputation, and strengthened his ties to Medusa. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu and Medusa sharing insights beneath the moon as he reflected on the people he had left behind.

• The Pill Tower and Soul Palace traded attacks in the Pill Region for a year, while Xiao Yi Xian tried to enter the Star Domain and Yao Lao persuaded her to wait another year.
• Xiao Yu refined pills for powerful visitors, gained the friendship of numerous experts, and advanced to third-revolution Dou Zun while his body reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Medusa reached Six-Star Dou Zun as Xiao Yu shared his insights into creation power with her.
• Xiao Yu reflected on the Xiao Clan, Zi Yan, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and his fading longing to return to Earth.
• Medusa joined Xiao Yu in the courtyard to compare their insights into creation power.

Xiao Yi Xian tried to force her way into the Star Domain to find Xiao Yan, but he emerged after subduing the three thousand burning flame and sea heart flame. Reunited with his friends and teacher, Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower and recounted how he had absorbed both Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yi Xian attacked Xuan Kongzi and tried to force entry into the Star Domain, but he stopped her.
• Yao Lao and Xuan Yi arrived and persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to wait, just before Xiao Yan emerged from a rift in the sky.
• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xiao Yan, and he greeted Yao Lao, Xuan Kongzi, and Xuan Yi before they returned to the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan told the others how he had subdued the three thousand burning flame with help from Xiao Yu's Soul Barrier and absorbed it over nearly a year.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had also found and merged with the sea heart flame in the Star Domain.

After absorbing the Star Domain’s sea of fire, Xiao Yan gained the strength to revive Yao Lao and prepared to leave for the Starfall Pavilion. Xiao Yu emerged from seclusion at peak five-revolution Dou Zun, and Xiao Yan departed after thanking him and leaving him a gift.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao and the others how he absorbed the sea of fire, subdued the sea heart flame, and raised his strength enough to begin reviving his teacher.
• Xiao Yu finished absorbing the battle venerable origin during six months of seclusion and reached peak five-revolution Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yu replenished the Magic Cores and flames in his medicine garden and drank the Pill Marrow Nectar produced there.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yu he would leave for the Starfall Pavilion to arrange Yao Lao’s revival, and Xiao Yu agreed to visit when he could.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Yu for his help, said farewell, and left a Storage Ring containing the second and third transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.

Chen Ye visited Xiao Yu to invite him to the ancient ruins in the Skeleton Mountain Range, where he hoped to find a treasure. Xiao Yu agreed to go with him, partly to seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan.

• Chen Ye arrived at Xiao Yu's residence and persuaded him to share Pill Marrow Nectar.
• Chen Ye told Xiao Yu that ancient ruins had appeared in the Skeleton Mountain Range and that several factions were gathering there.
• Chen Ye asked Xiao Yu to accompany him and offered an Eight-Colored Eighth-Tier Pill Formula, along with help obtaining anything Xiao Yu wanted from the ruins.
• Xiao Yu agreed to join Chen Ye, intending to pursue opportunities in the ruins and seek Zi Yan's Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Xiao Yu set out with Medusa and Chen Ye for the ancient ruins in the Beast Region, traveling toward the Skeleton Mountain Range in Nine Netherworld Python territory. As they crossed the vast mountain ranges, Xiao Yu wondered whether he would see Zi Yan again.

• Chen Ye agreed to join Xiao Yu’s expedition and planned to meet him three days later.
• Xiao Yu waited with Medusa at the Xiao Residence, where Chen Ye mistook Medusa for Xiao Yu’s wife and quickly regretted asking.
• Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Chen Ye left Sacred Pill City aboard Chen Ye’s flying magical beast and traveled through space wormholes beyond the Pill Region.
• The trio entered the Beast Region and headed toward the Skeleton Mountain Range, which lay within Nine Netherworld Python territory.
• Chen Ye estimated that they would arrive in four days, while Xiao Yu wondered whether he might see Zi Yan or visit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Ancient Ruins to find the Soul Infant Fruit, while Xiao Yu and his companions arrived at the Skeleton Mountain Range. Xiao Yu demonstrated his strength by carving out a campsite, drawing the attention of the gathered factions.

• Xiao Yan finished stabilizing his strength from the Star Domain and reaffirmed that he needed the Soul Infant Fruit to help restore Yao Lao’s damaged soul origin.
• Xiao Yan recalled how he had driven the Wind Lightning Pavilion from the Starfall Pavilion’s peak and forced Thunder Venerable to retreat.
• An eighth-rank magical beast arrived carrying Xiao Yu, Chen Ye, and Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yan recognized his cousin and their companions.
• Xiao Yu chided Chen Ye for failing to prepare a campsite, then cut the mountaintop level with a giant saber of Dou Qi.
• The gathered experts admired Xiao Yu’s powerful slash and discussed how fierce the competition for the Ancient Ruins would be.

Xiao Yu reunited with Xiao Yan and agreed to enter the ancient ruins alongside him. When the ruins opened, a deadly spatial storm killed many of the greedy entrants, but Xiao Yu protected his group and they advanced toward the ruins, where a colossal structure came into view.

• Xiao Yan arrived with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, and he and Xiao Yu caught up before Xiao Yan invited his cousin to explore the ruins together.
• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Yan to Chen Ye, and the three shared a drink at camp.
• After three days, the Space Seal opened, and Xiao Yu's group flew toward the ruins as crowds rushed in behind them.
• Xiao Yu sensed a Soul Palace expert among the approaching forces but decided to wait and see whether the man caused trouble.
• The Space Seal shattered, releasing a spatial storm that killed many entrants; Xiao Yu shielded his group with a golden barrier.
• Xiao Yu's group flew toward the ruins after the storm subsided and spotted a thousand-zhang behemoth at the center.

Xiao Yu reunited with Zi Yan outside the Crimson Hall, where she explained that her clan had sent her to explore the ruins after she completed her inheritance. His protective anger briefly alarmed the people nearby, and the chapter left an unseen Ancient Dragon Clan escort relieved that Xiao Yu had not attacked.

• Xiao Yu and his companions waited outside the Crimson Hall while Feng Qing'er recognized him and recalled their past conflict.
• Feng Qing'er told a white-haired clan genius that Xiao Yu and his companions had injured her, while privately doubting his plan to attack them.
• Xiao Yu spoke with Tang Zhen, Tang Huo'er, and other prominent Central Plains figures before Zi Yan rushed into his arms.
• After Zi Yan's careless remark made it sound as though her clan had imprisoned her, Xiao Yu released a powerful aura and demanded an explanation.
• Zi Yan clarified that she had completed her clan inheritance and had been sent to the ruins to broaden her horizons, then reunited affectionately with Medusa.
• Xiao Yu acknowledged the hidden escort accompanying Zi Yan, who privately felt relieved that Xiao Yu had restrained his aura.

Xiao Yu led his group through the deadly entrance passage of a Dou Sheng Expert's ruins and discovered that the real route lay beneath the magma. After defeating the Earth Demon Puppets guarding a stone door, the six entered the ruins proper.

• The enormous stone door opened, and reckless entrants were incinerated by magma and blue flames in the passage.
• Xiao Yu protected his five companions with the Golden Light Dao Flame and realized the true entrance lay beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yu led the group through the magma river to a hidden passage and onward to a plaza guarded by ten Earth Demon Puppets.
• Xiao Yu captured and damaged the puppets, then tossed them to Xiao Yan, who stored them away for later use.
• The stone door opened, and Xiao Yu led the group inside under the protection of his golden light.

Xiao Yu and his companions followed Zi Yan’s senses to a vast ancient forest filled with medicinal ingredients, where Zi Yan identified the Soul Infant Fruit’s scent. As they flew deeper into the forest, Xiao Yu revealed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon, stunning Xiao Yan and the others.

• Zi Yan detected a medicinal scent behind one of the passages, and Xiao Yu led the group to a moss-covered stone door.
• Xiao Yu opened the door to reveal an enormous forest of medicinal ingredients, then sealed the entrance with a restriction.
• Zi Yan feasted on lingzhi before sensing the Soul Infant Fruit and guiding the group toward its scent.
• Xiao Yu warned that powerful magical beasts inhabited the forest, and Zi Yan confidently claimed she could protect the group.
• Xiao Yu explained that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon, shocking Xiao Yan, Chen Ye, and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yu and his companions found the Soul Infant Fruit, and Zi Yan claimed the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon as a possible ally of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Following a bloodline call into a sealed plain, they discovered the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on an ancient altar.

• Zi Yan sensed the Soul Infant Fruit, and Xiao Yu found the tree guarded by a Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon in a deep lake.
• Xiao Yu pulled the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon from the lake, and Zi Yan subdued it with her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.
• The Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon retrieved the Soul Infant Fruit, which Xiao Yan stored after giving the creature pills and a Jade Box in return.
• Zi Yan sensed a call from the depths of her bloodline, and Xiao Yu led the group deeper into the forest despite the arrival of other intruders.
• Zi Yan opened a Beast Spirit Barrier with her blood, and the group entered a plain bearing the skeletons of two enormous creatures.
• The group reached an altar where Zi Yan found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing on a small sapling.

Xiao Yu gained a profound insight from the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while Zi Yan prepared to collect it. When Feng Qing'er and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived to seize the treasure, Medusa blocked their attack with overwhelming power.

• Zi Yan explained that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit formed from the life forces of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, and Xiao Yan's group discovered their skeletons encircling the altar.
• Xiao Yu entered a deep state of insight, transforming his five qi thunder and pupils into Taiji patterns before awakening; Medusa alone noticed his change.
• Xiao Yu urged Zi Yan to collect the fruit, but Feng Qing'er and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived with the Wind Lightning Pavilion and demanded it.
• Huang Xuan ordered five Dou Zun experts to attack the altar after Chen Ye rejected his threats.
• Medusa appeared before the attackers, tore open a spatial rift, and stopped all five with her terrifying aura as she warned them not to cross her line.

Xiao Yu’s group drove off Feng Qing’er and the surviving members of her party after she awakened and sacrificed an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix remnant soul to escape. Zi Yan sealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit inside herself, and the group planned to gather more medicinal ingredients before leaving the ruins.

• Medusa struck Huang Xuan with one blow, grievously injuring him, while Feng Qing’er awakened the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix remnant soul.
• Xiao Yu summoned a spatial sword to attack Feng Qing’er, who detonated the remnant soul to block it and escaped with Huang Xuan and the White-Haired Man.
• The resulting explosion destroyed the other fighters on the plain, leaving Xiao Yu’s group unharmed.
• Chen Ye, Xiao Yan, and Medusa reflected on the gap between their strength and Xiao Yu’s, while Medusa considered leaving to seek her own opportunities.
• Zi Yan absorbed and sealed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then said she would notify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan before the group left to gather medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Yu used his clones to gather medicinal ingredients before splitting from Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to accompany Chen Ye toward a dangerous treasure. In the entrance hall, a black-robed woman recognized Xiao Yu and hurried toward him.

• Xiao Yu created twelve clones to collect medicinal ingredients and gave each a drop of Zi Yan's blood to deter magical beasts.
• Chen Ye warned that the place he sought was too dangerous for Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, so they parted ways with Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Chen Ye.
• Xiao Yu told Zi Yan to return to her clan with the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and encouraged Xiao Yan to explore the ruins if he wished.
• Xiao Yu warned Chen Ye that he would retreat if the destination proved too dangerous, and the three returned to the Great Hall.
• A black-robed woman noticed Xiao Yu, shuddered, called his name, and rushed toward him.

Xiao Yu reunited with Yun Yun in the Creation Saint’s ruins, and the two traded complaints about leaving each other without a goodbye. Chen Ye revealed that the Creation Saint was his ancestor and began preparing to claim his inheritance.

• Xiao Yu recognized Yun Yun, who removed her hood and greeted him after their long separation.
• Xiao Yu and Yun Yun argued over each other’s past departures and admitted they had worried about one another.
• Chen Ye interrupted their reunion and asked them to focus on their business in the hall.
• Yun Yun said she sensed a familiar trace of aura in the hall, while Chen Ye explained that he had come to claim his ancestor’s inheritance.
• Chen Ye revealed that the Creation Saint was his ancestor, then asked Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Yun Yun to step back as he began.

Chen Ye opened the Creation Saint’s secret realm, where Xiao Yu shielded the group from a far stronger-than-expected trial strike. Inside, they found a vast hoard of treasures and met the Creation Saint’s remnant soul, who prepared to pass his inheritance to Chen Ye.

• Chen Ye used his ancestral blood to open the secret realm’s entrance, and Xiao Yu demanded a larger share of any treasures besides the inheritance.
• A palm strike far stronger than the promised Five-Revolution Dou Zun trial burst from the passage, so Xiao Yu raised his strength to Eight-Revolution Dou Zun and protected the group with two barriers.
• Xiao Yu confronted Chen Ye over the danger and doubled his payment before the group entered the secret realm.
• Xiao Yu, Medusa, Yun Yun, and Chen Ye found a hall stocked with eighth- and ninth-grade pills, powerful techniques, cultivation methods, and pill formulas.
• The Creation Saint’s remnant soul appeared, scolded Chen Ye for his weak cultivation, and told him to prepare to receive the inheritance.

Chen Ye entered Saint Creation’s inheritance passage while Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Yun Yun remained in the hall and received Saint Creation’s gifts. After Saint Creation vanished, the Yin-Yang Mystic Origin Stone unleashed its power on the three, and they disappeared from the hall as Ya Fei sensed a growing feeling of loss back at the Northwest Alliance.

• Chen Ye offered Xiao Yu half the hall’s treasures, then entered the passage to receive Saint Creation’s inheritance.
• Saint Creation told Xiao Yu, Medusa, and Yun Yun that Yun Yun carried the inheritance of his younger sister, Saint Flowing Cloud, and shared his insights with Medusa.
• Saint Creation gave Xiao Yu the Yin-Yang Mystic Origin Stone, revealed that the hall was safe, and vanished after urging them to use the stone there.
• Xiao Yu divided the hall’s treasures with Medusa and Yun Yun, gave Yun Yun a pair of shoes, and persuaded both women to refine the stone with him.
• The stone’s energy surged into all three, raising Xiao Yu to the early stage of a sixth-revolution Dou Zun before a thunder flame enveloped them and carried them away.
• Ya Fei cleaned Xiao Yu’s residence at the Northwest Alliance, sat on his bed, and felt an intensifying sense of loss as she looked southeast.