Chapter Summaries

Chen Cang helped Xiao Yi Xian unleash her Woeful Poison Body and begin forming a Poison Pill with the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva. As the process proceeded smoothly, a formidable party arrived in the Pill Region, with a young woman looking toward Ye City.

• Medusa agreed to guard Chen Cang and Xiao Yi Xian while they prepared to form the Poison Pill.
• Chen Cang opened the altar's Earth Eye, causing the stone walls to focus sunlight and intensify its utmost-yang energy.
• Chen Cang removed the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal and used his fused Heavenly Flames to drive Xiao Yi Xian's poison qi into her lower abdomen.
• Chen Cang placed the magic core and refined Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva into Xiao Yi Xian, then told her to circulate her Dou Qi and form the Poison Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian compressed the poison qi around the magic core, which began shrinking into the shape of a pill as Chen Cang sensed the process was going smoothly.
• A formidable party arrived in the Pill Region, and a young woman gazed toward Ye City with anticipation.

Chen Cang restored the Yang Fire Ancient Altar and cultivated while Xiao Yi Xian completed her advancement. The chapter left Xiao Yi Xian free of the woeful poison body's deadly fate and reunited with Chen Cang in an intimate embrace.

• Chen Cang absorbed a Flame Lizardman fire core, then sent his soul power into the Earth Eye to investigate why the Earth Core Flame had stopped rising.
• Chen Cang drew out an Earth Core Pearl and blood-red liquid, allowing Earth Core Flame to surge through the Yang Fire Ancient Altar as he resumed cultivating.
• After three more days, Xiao Yi Xian opened her eyes, having completed her advancement to Dou Zun without any disruptive phenomena.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered heaven-and-earth energy to help Chen Cang break through to Nine-Star Dou Zong, and he stabilized his new realm.
• Chen Cang congratulated Xiao Yi Xian on becoming the first Dou Zun among them, and she leapt into his arms, overwhelmed with affection and gratitude.

Xiao Yi Xian successfully controlled her woeful poison body at the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar, and Chen Cang’s group left Ye City after returning an Earth Core Pearl to Ye Zhong. On the road, they encountered Xun’er arriving with a powerful procession, and she took Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian aside to talk.

• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the altar with her woeful poison body under control and strength beyond what the others could gauge.
• Chen Cang gave Ye Zhong the Earth Core Pearl and suggested the Ye Family use it to hire a Seventh-Tier Alchemist for its Pill Tower elder-seat assessment.
• A powerful Dou Zun aura approached Chen Cang’s group, and Xun’er appeared with a procession of Four-Winged Unicorns and Dou Huang escorts.
• Xun’er greeted Chen Cang affectionately and embraced him before introducing herself to Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xun’er invited Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian to speak with her privately, leaving Chen Cang behind with the bewildered group.

Chen Cang revealed his eighth-tier alchemy ability to Elder Lin, who explained that Xun'er was the Gu Clan leader's daughter and that Chen Cang would need to grow stronger to overcome opposition to their relationship. Meanwhile, Xun'er confided in Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa about her bloodline and asked them to protect Chen Cang, just as Zi Yan suddenly appeared.

• The Snow Demon Heavenly Ape challenged Elder Lin's assessment of Chen Cang, and Chen Cang revealed his Spirit Realm soul and eighth-tier alchemy realm.
• Elder Lin told Chen Cang that Xun'er was the Gu Clan leader's daughter and urged him to reach Dou Zun, then eventually Dou Sheng, to silence opposition within the clan.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa that her bloodline had not fully awakened and that she could not take the final step with Chen Cang yet.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa to watch over Chen Cang while she returned to the Gu Clan, and Medusa agreed.
• Zi Yan appeared beside the three women and asked if she could join their conversation.

Chen Cang and Xun'er reunited and spent time together before she departed for the Gu Clan. She left him a detailed map and warned him about the Soul Hall, while Chen Cang promised to visit her in the Gu Clan.

• Chen Cang and Elder Lin praised one another as Xun'er, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian returned to join them.
• Chen Cang took Xun'er for a private walk, where they shared their feelings and she gave him a detailed map of the Central Plains.
• Xun'er warned Chen Cang to be cautious around the Soul Hall and told him to escape if his identity was exposed, then discussed the Tou She Ancient God Jade and Emperor Seal Art with him.
• Elder Lin urged Xun'er to leave, and she said goodbye to Chen Cang before departing with Elder Lin on the Four-Winged Unicorns.

After Hei Qing discovered Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor Bloodline, he asked her to return with him to Eastern Dragon Island, and Chen Cang helped her assess the risks and secure her freedom. Zi Yan left with Hei Qing for a visit, while Chen Cang’s group was interrupted by approaching figures and a message from Qiu Di.

• Hei Qing emerged from a spatial rift, recognized Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon bloodline, and confirmed that she possessed the Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
• Chen Cang explained that Hei Qing’s Eastern Dragon Island branch supported the Dragon Emperor Bloodline, warned Zi Yan about hostile branches, and told her to keep the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit secret as a safeguard.
• Zi Yan decided to visit Eastern Dragon Island after Hei Qing promised not to restrict her freedom, and Chen Cang gave her pills to take along.
• Hei Qing escorted Zi Yan through a spatial rift, leaving Medusa saddened by their separation.
• As Chen Cang’s group prepared to return, several figures approached the mountaintop and the communication Jade Slip from Qiu Di became active.

Xikui of Sound Valley invited Chen Cang to visit and explained that her grandmaster, the former valley master, had been acquainted with Su Youzi. Chen Cang promised to visit within three years, then learned the Eighth Heavenly Venerate had ordered him back to Pill City at once.

• Xikui arrived with two seven-star Dou Zong guardians and invited Chen Cang and his companions to Sound Valley on her master's behalf.
• Chen Cang postponed the visit until within three years because he had other urgent matters to attend to.
• Xikui gave Chen Cang a Jade Slip map and asked whether Su Youzi had already died.
• Chen Cang told Xikui how Su Youzi had fallen, and Xikui returned to Sound Valley to report.
• Chen Cang considered refining Origin-Transforming Life-Returning Pills before he and his companions set off for home.
• Chen Cang read a message from the Eighth Heavenly Venerate ordering him to return to Pill City at once.

Chen Cang met with the Eighth Heavenly Venerate and Old Man Mu Gu in Sacred Pill City, where they discussed the Soul Hall’s plans for the next Pill Gathering. The Eighth Heavenly Venerate assigned Chen Cang to build trust with the Pill Tower, while postponing Chen Cang’s proposal to stage an attack on the Star Domain.

• Chen Cang returned to Sacred Pill City and followed the Eighth Heavenly Venerate’s message to the northern district plaza.
• The Eighth Heavenly Venerate told Chen Cang and Old Man Mu Gu that the Soul Hall planned to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame at the next Pill Gathering.
• The Eighth Heavenly Venerate ordered Old Man Mu Gu to recruit high-level Alchemists and told Chen Cang to gain the Pill Tower’s trust while keeping his Soul Hall allegiance secret.
• Chen Cang proposed having Old Man Mu Gu and other Venerates attack the Star Domain so Chen Cang could help the Pill Tower and earn its trust.
• The Eighth Heavenly Venerate postponed the Star Domain plan and said he would give Chen Cang another assignment.

Chen Cang visited the Dan Family in Vast Sea City and, after revealing that he was an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster, offered to take Dan Chen as his disciple. Dan Chen accepted, and the chapter ended with her formally paying respects to her new teacher.

• Chen Cang arrived in Vast Sea City with Qing Lin and the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape, then asked the Dan Family guard to announce his visit to Dan Yun.
• Dan Yun welcomed Chen Cang and led him to meet Dan Xin while Dan Chen refined a pill; Qing Lin stayed behind to reunite with her friend.
• Dan Yun explained that Xuan Kongzi had considered taking Dan Chen as a disciple but seemed to favor Cao Ying instead.
• At Chen Cang's prompting, the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape revealed that Chen Cang was an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster, and Dan Xin asked him to take Dan Chen as his disciple.
• Dan Chen agreed to become Chen Cang's disciple and formally paid her respects to him.

Chen Cang received an unexpected visit from Gu Yuan, who secretly assessed his strength and background. Gu Yuan left after expressing interest in meeting him again, and Chen Cang suspected their next encounter would be at the Gu Clan.

• Qing Lin trained while Dan Chen refined pills, and Chen Cang reflected on their talent and diligence.
• Gu Yuan froze the Snow Demon Heavenly Ape and isolated Chen Cang from the others before appearing in the courtyard.
• Gu Yuan claimed he had come out of curiosity and asked about Chen Cang’s background, while Chen Cang gave a vague account of his origins.
• Gu Yuan confirmed Chen Cang had no Dou Di bloodline and noticed the Heavenly Fire Venerable in his Storage Ring.
• Gu Yuan praised Chen Cang, said they would meet again, and vanished; Chen Cang took the visit as a sign of Gu Yuan’s attitude toward him.

After recruiting Dan Chen, Chen Cang returned to Sacred Pill City and prepared for the Soul Hall’s planned assault on the Star Domain to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Six months later, he passed the Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster assessment and learned that the operation had begun.

• Chen Cang brought Dan Chen and the others back to Sacred Pill City, and the Eighth Heavenly Venerate told him to leave the Cao Family alone and prepare for the Star Domain assault.
• Over six months, Xiao Yi Xian reached Three-Star Dou Zun, Medusa reached Eight-Star Dou Zong, Qing Lin reached Two-Star Dou Wang, and Chen Cang advanced to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Chen Cang passed the Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster assessment at Pill Tower Headquarters and received his badge from the Great Elder.
• The Great Elder told Chen Cang that Tian Leizi was away on business, while Chen Cang recognized that the Soul Hall had lured him away as part of its plan.
• Chen Cang wandered through the Pill Tower’s inner region, and his communication jade slip received a message that the Soul Hall had arrived in Sacred Pill City and he should act as the situation demanded.

Chen Cang watched the Soul Hall launch an assault on the Pill Tower and waited for the moment to intervene. As the battle escalated and more Soul Hall experts appeared, he and Xiao Yi Xian joined the fight, bringing the number of Dou Zun experts on the battlefield above ten.

• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Qiu Ling confronted Old Man Mu Gu, but a Four-Star Dou Zun and the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates arrived to support the Soul Hall.
• The Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates attacked the Star Domain, forcing Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi to divide their attention while Qiu Ling fought Youlin and Mu Gu.
• Qiu Ling shattered a jade slip to summon the Second Elder, who joined the battle and helped relieve the pressure on him.
• Another Soul Hall Venerable appeared and attacked the Second Elder, while Mu Gu renewed his assault on the wounded Qiu Ling.
• Chen Cang and Xiao Yi Xian flew into the battle to help Qiu Ling, but another Three-Star Dou Zun Soul Hall elder appeared, raising the number of Dou Zun experts above ten.

Chen Cang and Xiao Yi Xian fought off the Soul Hall elders while Old Man Mu Gu tried to open the Star Domain, until Tian Leizi’s arrival forced the Soul Hall to retreat. Mu Gu left badly injured and concealed his humiliation, while the Pill Tower realized the attack had nearly succeeded.

• Chen Cang intercepted Old Man Mu Gu and used his Lightning Illusion Bodies and soul techniques to suppress him, while the other Pill Tower fighters held off the Soul Hall.
• Chen Cang wounded Mu Gu in a contest of soul power, and Xiao Yi Xian gained combat experience as she forced first one Soul Hall Dou Zun and then Youlin onto the defensive.
• Tian Leizi arrived at Sacred Pill City, prompting the Soul Hall fighters to withdraw through a Spatial Jade Slip after the Eighth Heavenly Venerate threatened Xuan Kongzi.
• The Soul Hall elders regrouped in a desert, where the Eighth Heavenly Venerate praised Mu Gu’s acting; Mu Gu hid his injury and embarrassment rather than admit defeat.

Chen Cang met with the Pill Tower’s Three Giants after helping repel the Soul Hall, and hinted that he knew where Yao Chen was. Elsewhere, Hei Qing told the sleeping purple-haired girl on Eastern Dragon Island that Chen Cang and Xiao Yi Xian had helped save the Pill Tower.

• Xuan Kongzi thanked Chen Cang and Xiao Yi Xian for stopping the Soul Hall, then told Xuan Yi to prepare a position for Chen Cang at the Pill Tower.
• Chen Cang decided to keep using Old Man Mu Gu’s name to seek access to the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Great Elder Qiu Ling escorted Chen Cang to the Pill Tower Headquarters, where the Three Giants thanked him and asked about his alchemy teacher.
• Chen Cang told the Three Giants that he had no teacher and had obtained an ancient alchemist’s legacy, then mentioned meeting a soul called Yao Lao.
• Hei Qing reported to the purple-haired girl on Eastern Dragon Island that Chen Cang and Xiao Yi Xian had helped Tian Leizi repel the Soul Hall’s attack.

Chen Cang told the Pill Tower leaders where Yao Chen could be found and accepted the position of Second Elder, while secretly using the news to buy time for his own plans. The Pill Tower then prepared to retaliate against the Soul Hall, and Chen Cang pointed them toward a suspected branch in the Tianxin Empire.

• Xuan Yi drew Yao Chen's portrait from Chen Cang's description, and Chen Cang confirmed it was him.
• Chen Cang told Xuan Kongzi and the others that Yao Chen had taken Xiao Yan as his disciple in Wutan City, giving them a way to track him down.
• Xuan Kongzi offered Chen Cang the Pill Tower's Guest Elder or Second Elder token, and Chen Cang accepted the Second Elder's token.
• Tian Leizi proposed striking back at the Soul Hall, and Chen Cang offered information about a suspected branch hall.
• Chen Cang wrote down the location of the suspected branch: Heaven Burial Ravine in the Tianxin Empire.

Chen Cang returned from the Pill Tower and secretly prepared the Soul Hall for the Pill Tower’s retaliation, while hoping the coming conflict would weaken the Soul Hall in the Northwest Region. Zi Yan returned from Dragon Island and warned him that claiming the Three Thousand Burning Flame was more complicated than he believed.

• Chen Cang told the Eighth Heavenly Venerate that the Pill Tower planned to retaliate and urged the Soul Hall to prepare, without revealing the target.
• Chen Cang returned to his courtyard and caught Zi Yan trying to ambush him, then learned that she had reached the seventh tier and come back with Hei Qing.
• Zi Yan reunited with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen and described her time on Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan explained that she had returned after hearing the Soul Hall had tried to steal the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and warned Chen Cang that subduing it was not simple.

Zi Yan gave Chen Cang an Ancient Void Dragon Dragon Seal to improve his chances of subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while warning him that failure could let the flame control him. Hei Qing then secured Chen Cang’s help in finding the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and proposed that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan pressure the Pill Tower to let Chen Cang claim the flame sooner.

• Zi Yan explained that the Three Thousand Burning Flame had been shaped by an Ancient Void Dragon Dragon Seal and that its former owner, a Half-Saint, had disappeared.
• Zi Yan planted a Dragon Seal on Chen Cang with blood from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Great Elder, then admitted the seal could not guarantee success and that failure could leave Chen Cang controlled by the flame.
• Hei Qing arrived with White Ape, asked to speak privately with Chen Cang, and promised that Eastern Dragon Island would become his ally in gratitude for caring for Zi Yan.
• Chen Cang confirmed he knew of a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in ancient ruins and agreed to take Hei Qing and Zi Yan there after obtaining the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Hei Qing proposed negotiating with the Pill Tower on the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s behalf to speed up Chen Cang’s claim to the flame, and Chen Cang agreed.

Chen Cang secured the Pill Tower’s permission to enter the Star Domain and refine the three thousand burning flame, while the Soul Hall urged him to observe the Pill Tower’s seal. After making arrangements with his allies, Chen Cang arrived at Pill Tower Headquarters, where the Star Domain was opened for him.

• Hei Qing persuaded Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi to let Chen Cang approach the three thousand burning flame early, then proved his Ancient Dragon Clan identity.
• Chen Cang considered how to weaken the three thousand burning flame and told the Eighth Heavenly Venerate about his chance to refine it; the Eighth Heavenly Venerate warned him to study the Pill Tower’s seal.
• Chen Cang planned separate opportunities and training for Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen while he prepared for his refinement.
• Chen Cang arrived at Pill Tower Headquarters with Xiao Yi Xian and Hei Qing, showed Xuan Kongzi his three heavenly flames, and explained that his cultivation method let him control several at once.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other leaders opened the Star Domain, and Chen Cang prepared to enter and refine the three thousand burning flame.

Chen Cang and his companions reached the Star Domain and began weakening the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame after Xiao Yi Xian blocked stellar power with her formation. The flame grew desperate and tried to use Qiu Ling’s attack to break the seal’s crucial point.

• Qiu Ling led Chen Cang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hei Qing through the Star Domain toward the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Chen Cang revealed that Xiao Yi Xian would use the Calamity-Crossing Spirit-Severing Formation to block stellar power and prevent the flame from replenishing its strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian established the formation, and Chen Cang, Qiu Ling, Hei Qing, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet attacked the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Chen Cang used his Samadhi True Body to withstand the flame’s counterattack as the group steadily drained its power for over an hour.
• Qiu Ling struck the weakened flame with the Divine Radiance Profound Flame Seal, but the flame exploited the attack to lunge at the seal’s crucial point.

Chen Cang used Zi Yan’s Dragon Seal to enter a soul battle with the weakened three thousand burning flame and endured its attacks while the seal drained its strength. As the flame grew exhausted and Chen Cang prepared to counterattack, Xiao Yi Xian crushed Qiu Ling’s Jade Slip to report that victory appeared near.

• The three thousand burning flame broke its seal by manifesting its origin flame, leaving itself severely weakened, and Chen Cang rushed in to mark it with Zi Yan’s Dragon Seal.
• The Dragon Seals established a soul battle, and Chen Cang entered the flame’s soul space and sheltered inside a cauldron formed from his soul power.
• The three thousand burning flame repeatedly attacked Chen Cang’s cauldron, but its strength faded while the higher-grade Dragon Seal let Chen Cang absorb its energy.
• Hei Qing left the Star Domain, while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind and maintained the Calamity-Crossing Spirit-Severing Formation to prevent the flame from recovering.
• Chen Cang saw that the three thousand burning flame was nearly exhausted and rose to begin his counterattack, while Xiao Yi Xian crushed Qiu Ling’s Jade Slip.