Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yun settled the dispute with the Cao Family, spent a year building his reputation in the Pill Tower, and then began tracking the Hall of Souls. After locating a branch hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range, he isolated it and prepared to attack.

• Elder Cao made Cao Xuan apologize to Jiang Yun, who healed him and let the Cao Family leave without further conflict.
• Jiang Yun spent a year in the Pill Tower refining Grade 8 Pills, while Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Dou Zong and Cao Ying grew frustrated at their progress.
• Jiang Yun told Heavenly Fire Venerable to investigate the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and pay special attention to the Three Earth Sects.
• Jiang Yun traveled to the Dead Soul Mountain Range and found a Hall of Souls branch hall guarded by four Dou Zun and dozens of Dou Zong.
• Jiang Yun sealed the branch hall off from the outside world as a huge energy hand struck through the sky and the Hall of Souls raised an alarm.

Jiang Yun destroyed a Hall of Souls branch and collected its soul origin before Tang Zhen visited him to request a pill. The meeting ended with Jiang Yun demanding Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, while Tang Zhen offered the Mountain Melting Cauldron instead.

• Jiang Yun defeated the Hall of Souls’ Venerable Elders and Protectors with his Great Compassion Hand, destroying their branch and gathering its soul origin.
• Jiang Yun returned to Sacred Pill City, where Xiao Yi Xian told him that Tang Zhen had requested an audience.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er met Jiang Yun, and Tang Zhen asked him to refine a high-grade seventh-rank pill.
• Jiang Yun agreed to refine the pill in exchange for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, prompting Tang Zhen to warn that the Heavenly Flame bore Burning Flame Valley’s mark.
• Tang Zhen offered the Mountain Melting Cauldron as payment, since he could not decide alone to give up the valley’s inherited Heavenly Flame.

Jiang Yun agreed to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen in exchange for a wisp of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire’s child flame and the Mountain Melting Cauldron, while the Hall of Souls prepared to attack the Pill Tower. As the pill formed, Yun Yi joined the planned operation and declared that he would face Jiang Yun himself.

• Tang Zhen offered Jiang Yun the Mountain Melting Cauldron, and Jiang Yun agreed to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill for the cauldron and a wisp of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire’s child flame.
• Jiang Yun began refining the high-level seventh-grade pill with the Mountain Melting Cauldron and the Undying Saint Flame.
• Hun Miesheng ordered the Hall of Souls to gather its remaining soul origin and prepare to strike the Pill Tower after four branches were wiped out.
• The Soul Demon Elder arrived with Yun Yi, who joined the operation to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame and said he would fight Jiang Yun himself.
• Jiang Yun’s pill produced a towering light and pill lightning, and Tang Zhen realized Tang Huo’er could be saved.
• An enormous finger carrying the scent of death energy shot from Jiang Yun’s room toward the pill lightning.

Jiang Yun completed his exchange with Tang Zhen by making a Fire Bodhi Pill and receiving a child flame of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, then investigated the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s rampage. The Hall of Souls attacked Pill Tower branches, igniting a month-long war in which Jiang Yun and Yun Yi became feared combatants.

• Jiang Yun suppressed the pill tribulation, completed the Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen, and received the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire’s child flame, which his Saint Heavenly Demon Flame devoured.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame rampaged inside the Star Domain, and the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and four elders sealed it; Jiang Yun arrived and learned what had happened.
• Great Elder Qiu Ling reported that the Hall of Souls had attacked Alchemist Guild branches across the Central Plains, so Xuan Kongzi ordered an investigation and mobilized the Pill Tower’s forces.
• The conflict between the Pill Tower and the Hall of Souls continued for a month, with Dou Zun dying daily and the Central Plains gripped by war.
• Jiang Yun killed the Eighth Heavenly Venerate and Ninth Heavenly Venerate in one battle, while Yun Yi slew more than ten Pill Tower Dou Zun and became known as the White-Robed God of Death.

Gu Yao received permission to go with Gu Lin’s party to face Yun Yi, while the Hall of Souls attacked Sacred Pill City and tried to break into the Star Domain. The Pill Tower’s elders confronted the invaders, but the Star Domain’s seal split open and a white-robed figure appeared.

• Gu Qingyang tried to stop Gu Yao from seeking out Yun Yi, but an elder ordered Gu Lin to lead a party there and sent Tong Xuan to guide them.
• Xuan Kongzi told the Pill Tower’s elders that they had fought the Hall of Souls twenty-seven times, and Jiang Yun said he wanted another chance to face Yun Yi.
• Gu You appeared as the Hall of Souls’ Second Heavenly Venerate and attacked the Star Domain while confronting Jiang Yun and the Pill Tower’s Three Giants.
• The Pill Tower’s Great Elder and six others arrived, and the Great Heavenly Venerate emerged to face them.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate looked toward the Star Domain as its seal cracked open and a white-robed figure appeared within the breach.

The Hall of Souls launched a prepared assault on the Pill Tower, and Hun Qing shattered the seals imprisoning the Three Thousand Burning Flame. As the freed flame threatened to destroy Sacred Pill City, an azure ox carrying a child arrived and stopped the descending flames.

• The Three Thousand Burning Flame broke its seals as the Pill Tower and Hall of Souls clashed, while Hun Qing revealed himself as a second Dou Sheng and shattered the remaining restraints.
• Hun Qing fought the Pill Tower elders as the Hall of Souls’ Heavenly Venerates and Dou Zuns engaged Xuan Kongzi’s forces; Jiang Yun and Yun Yi also battled each other.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame regained its strength, rejected Xuan Kongzi’s offer to let it leave, and unleashed flames that began tearing apart the Star Domain.
• Sacred Pill City fell into panic and began evacuating, but Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind to wait for Jiang Yun while Cao Ying left with her family’s people.
• An aged voice stopped the flames above Sacred Pill City, and an azure ox appeared carrying a child in coarse clothes.

The Pill Tower Ancestor intervened to stop the Hall of Souls’ assault, but Hun Miesheng and Hun Qianmo escalated the conflict into a battle involving the Gu Clan. As the Pill Tower Ancestor fought Hun Qianmo, Gu Nanhai arrived to aid Gu Qingyang, only for the Soul Demon Elder to attack him.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor rescued the injured Pill Tower elders, pulled both sides out of the Star Domain, and moved to seize the Hall of Souls members.
• Hun Miesheng blocked the Pill Tower Ancestor’s attack and demanded the culprits behind the destruction of his branch halls and the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Hun Qianmo arrived, attacked the Pill Tower, exposed the hidden Gu Clan observers, and then clashed with the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Gu Qingyang crushed a jade token to summon aid and declared that the Gu Clan would not stand aside as the Hall of Souls attacked the Pill Tower.
• Gu Nanhai stepped through the spatial rift and challenged Hun Miesheng, but the Soul Demon Elder emerged and struck at him.

The Hall of Souls attacked the Pill Tower in Sacred Pill City as Jiang Yun fought Yun Yi and revealed an array modeled on the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame. The Three Thousand Burning Flame broke apart in their clash, leaving Jiang Yun and Yun Yi fighting over its escaping essence.

• Soul Demon Elder dragged Gu Nanhai into a void battlefield, while the Great Elder and the Pill Tower forces faced attacks from Hun Miesheng, Gu You, and the Hall of Souls.
• Jiang Yun killed Blood River Heavenly Venerate with a single palm strike, then drove back the surrounding Soul Hall Venerables with Earthly Gang Flame.
• Jiang Yun and Yun Yi clashed with their flames and weapons, escalating their fight with the Demonic Lotus Ancient Array and the Devouring Great Hand Seal.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame charged at Jiang Yun and Yun Yi, but their combined attack shattered its body and sent its small purple-black dragon essence fleeing.
• Jiang Yun and Yun Yi caught the escaping Three Thousand Burning Flame and each seized half of it, then began fighting over it.

Jiang Yun fought Yun Yi over the Three Thousand Burning Flame as the Hall of Souls devastated the Pill Tower. Old Man Shennong intervened, halted the battle, and gave Jiang Yun the captured flame; afterward, news of the Pill Tower’s losses spread across the Central Plains.

• Jiang Yun and Yun Yi clashed while wielding their portions of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, as Hun Qing killed the Little Pill Tower’s Third and Fifth Elders.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor attacked Hun Qing, but Hun Miesheng used the Nihility Devouring Flame to stop him, and Hun Qianmo returned to the battlefield.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame split, but Old Man Shennong arrived, caught the escaping flame, gave it to Jiang Yun, and separated the opposing forces with his spatial mastery.
• Old Man Shennong declared that he would protect the Pill Tower, and Hun Miesheng ordered the Hall of Souls to withdraw after Yun Yi and Jiang Yun promised to meet again.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor arranged the cleanup while Jiang Yun returned home and comforted Xiao Yi Xian; three days later, news of the battle spread and the Pill Tower’s prestige collapsed.

After the Gu Clan learned of the Hun Clan’s violation of the pact, it planned to send the Black Annihilation Army to the Central Plains to oppose the Hall of Souls. Jiang Yun emerged from seclusion as a One-Turn Dou Zun and sought access to the Star Domain, while Old Man Shennong prepared to meet him.

• Gu Yuan heard Gu Nanhai’s report about the Hun Clan’s attack and agreed to discuss demanding an explanation with the other clan leaders.
• Gu Lie and Gu Dao arranged for Gu Lin and others to lead Gu Qingyang and the Black Annihilation Army to the Central Plains to curb the Hall of Souls.
• Gu Qingyang told the elders that Jiang Yun had ties to the Ancient Dragon Clan, and Gu Lie urged him to build that connection.
• Gu Xun'er asked Gu Yuan to let her join the Central Plains mission, and he agreed once she reached Dou Zun.
• Jiang Yun finished absorbing the three thousand burning flame, advanced to One-Turn Dou Zun, and told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to collect the remaining flames in the Star Domain.
• Xuan Kongzi told Jiang Yun that Old Man Shennong wanted to meet him before he entered the Star Domain.

Jiang Yun was named a candidate for the Pill Tower's Three Giants and agreed to demonstrate his alchemy publicly, while remaining free to travel. As the crowds gathered in Sacred Pill City for his pill refinement, Xiao Yan arrived with Yao Chen and resolved to learn from Jiang Yun and resurrect his teacher.

• Old Man Shennong praised Jiang Yun's talent and warned the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Hall of Souls had taken an interest in him.
• Jiang Yun entered the Little Pill Tower with Xuan Kongzi, met the Pill Tower Ancestor and Old Man Shennong, and discussed his two Heavenly Flames.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor proposed Jiang Yun as a candidate for the Three Giants, and Jiang Yun accepted the title on the condition that he could continue traveling.
• The Pill Tower announced Jiang Yun's public pill refinement, and news of his appointment stirred the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Sacred Pill City with Yao Chen, vowed to catch up to Jiang Yun, and told his teacher he had the Heavenly Flames needed for resurrection.
• By noon, crowds had filled the square and surrounding buildings to watch Jiang Yun refine pills.

Jiang Yun demonstrated his extraordinary alchemy at the Pill Tower’s public pill refinement, producing a nine-colored Soul-Shaping Pill and swallowing it to break through to the Heaven Realm. After he shattered the pill lightning with a soul attack, the watching clans recognized his immense strength and resolved not to make an enemy of him.

• The Pill Tower’s Three Giants, the Little Pill Tower elders, and Jiang Yun arrived at the square as members of the Yao, Yan, and Gu Clans watched.
• Jiang Yun began refining an unknown pill with his Undying Saint Flame, the Myriad Beast Cauldron, and nearly a thousand kinds of medicinal ingredients.
• After two days of extracting the ingredients, Jiang Yun added soul origin and fused them into an eighth-tier nine-colored Soul-Shaping Pill.
• Jiang Yun swallowed the pill as nine-colored pill lightning gathered, revealing that he intended to break through to the Heaven Realm.
• Jiang Yun used Heavenly Dragon Eight Notes to shatter the pill lightning and disperse its thunderclouds, leaving the watching clans wary of becoming his enemies.

Jiang Yun became a Pill Tower Three Giants candidate, advanced his cultivation, and set out to travel while Zi Yan emerged from seclusion and went to find him. The chapter left Zi Yan heading toward the Beast Region and Zhu Kun worried about the ailing Zhu Ming.

• Jiang Yun repelled Hun Miesheng's soul attack with help from the Pill Tower's elders, and Xuan Kongzi announced him as a candidate for the Pill Tower's Three Giants.
• Hun Miesheng warned Yun Yi that Jiang Yun's Heavenly Realm Soul made him dangerous, and Yun Yi vowed to deal with Jiang Yun personally.
• Jiang Yun absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame's stored stellar power in the Star Domain and advanced to Three-Revolution Dou Zun.
• Jiang Yun met Xiao Yan at Xuan Kongzi's office, recounted Xiao Yan's Three-Year Agreement, and announced that he was setting out on his travels.
• Zi Yan completed her Bloodline Baptism, reached Two-Revolution Dou Zun, and left Dragon Island to find Jiang Yun in the Beast Region.
• Zhu Kun confronted Zhu Ming about his failing health and insisted that Zhu Ming could not die before Jiang Yun had a chance to help him.

Jiang Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan entered hidden Dou Saint ruins in the Skeleton Mountain Range and overcame their first defenses. They reached an ancient chamber that Zi Yan sensed contained medicinal treasures.

• Zhu Ming agreed to keep fighting after Zhu Kun urged him not to give up, though his injuries remained beyond easy healing.
• Jiang Yun searched the Skeleton Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian and Zhu Feng, locating a hidden Small World that contained Dou Saint ruins.
• Zi Yan arrived and opened the ruins with her spatial power while Zhu Feng stayed behind to stabilize and conceal the entrance.
• Jiang Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan crossed a Spatial Storm and used Jiang Yun's Undying Saint Flame to pass through magma and blue fire inside the ruins.
• Jiang Yun identified the real path beneath the magma, and the trio reached a hall where a white tiger destroyed the Heavenly Demon Puppets guarding a Bronze Gate.
• Zi Yan led Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to an ancient stone door, where she smelled medicinal herbs and anticipated finding treasures.

Jiang Yun, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian explored the Saint of Creation's Ruins and discovered a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Zi Yan absorbed into her body for later refinement. They summoned Zhu Kun to show him the fruit, and he recognized its significance after sensing the fallen Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix in the ruins.

• Jiang Yun opened the bronze doors, and the three explored a vast medicinal forest, collecting rare ingredients until Zi Yan sensed a call from its depths.
• Zi Yan opened a Beast Spirit Barrier with her blood and led Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to an altar, where they found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit beside the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit into her body and collected the Ancient Void Dragon's remains and Ancestral Soul before the three left the barrier.
• The three explored the Pill Hall and main hall, found little of interest, and returned to the entrance of the Ruins without taking the Dou Sheng's techniques or energy essence.
• Zi Yan used the Ancient Dragon Clan's Communication Secret Art to summon Zhu Kun, showed him the fruit's pattern on her palm, and he recognized the treasure and sensed the two ancient beasts' remains inside the Ruins.

Zhu Kun brought Jiang Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan back to Dragon Island after they found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. He decided Zi Yan should consume it within the Beast Spirit Barrier, where she began transforming as the others left to await her return.

• Zhu Kun stored the Dou Saint Ruins and brought everyone through a spatial passage to Dragon Island, where they met the returning Third Elder, Zhu Ming.
• Zhu Kun told Zhu Ming that Zi Yan had obtained a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Zhu Ming urged him to use it to escape the Ancient Emperor Space.
• Zhu Kun explained that the fruit would benefit Zi Yan more than him, and Zi Yan agreed to consume it after he encouraged her to grow strong enough to help Jiang Yun in the Great Thousand World.
• Zhu Kun led Zi Yan, Jiang Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian to the Beast Spirit Barrier, where he revealed the remains of a supreme Dragon Phoenix lay within.
• Zi Yan entered the barrier, and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit pattern on her hand dispelled the bloodline pressure and began transforming her; Zhu Kun, Jiang Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian then left to wait.

Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian found Old Man Shennong refining a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill and watched him overcome its black demon lightning. Afterward, Jiang Yun asked to learn from Shennong, who put him and Xiao Yi Xian to work in his medicinal fields while sharing his alchemy knowledge.

• Jiang Yun sensed Old Man Shennong in a valley and waited with Xiao Yi Xian while Shennong completed his pill.
• Old Man Shennong condensed the pill from a sea of fire, then used his power to destroy the black demon lightning that threatened it.
• The newly formed Treasure Pill tried to escape as a woman, but Old Man Shennong caught and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Old Man Shennong recognized Jiang Yun’s rapid progress and asked why he had come; Jiang Yun reminded him of his offer to provide guidance.
• Old Man Shennong gave Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian hoes and led them to his medicinal fields, where he taught them alchemy as they worked.

Xuan Yi completed the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill, but Yao Chen still needed his Soul Origin restored before he could be resurrected. Six months later, Xiao Yi Xian discovered and claimed the Life Spirit Flame, leaving Jiang Yun to arrange for her to refine it safely.

• Xuan Yi completed the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill, but Yao Chen explained that his damaged Soul Origin still had to be restored before his resurrection.
• Xuan Kongzi said the Little Pill Tower had no ingredients that could restore Soul Origin, while Jiang Yun considered asking the Gu Clan for help but hesitated.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Jiang Yun the Seven-Colored Purple Water Chestnut she had saved, then picked a ripe Xuan Ling Fruit for his planned Bodhi Pill.
• Green flames appeared as Xiao Yi Xian picked the fruit, and Jiang Yun recognized the tree as the disguised Life Spirit Flame.
• Old Man Shennong admitted he would not steal Xiao Yi Xian's opportunity and warned that she needed help sealing and slowly refining the flame.
• Jiang Yun took Xiao Yi Xian toward a nearby mountain range to address the danger of refining the Life Spirit Flame.

Jiang Yun helped Xiao Yi Xian suppress the Life Spirit Flame so she could slowly refine it, then the Bodhi Ancient Tree erupted from beneath the ground. The tree’s appearance drew the attention of Jiang Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Old Man Shennong, while news of its emergence spread across the Central Plains.

• Jiang Yun used the Flame-Cool Array and his sealing power to suppress the Life Spirit Flame inside Xiao Yi Xian’s Dantian, allowing her to begin refining it safely.
• Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian joined Old Man Shennong after a tremendous quake shook the area and clear qi rose from the ground.
• Jiang Yun recognized the clear qi as a sign of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the three fled as it burst from underground.
• Jiang Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Old Man Shennong saw the enormous tree and spotted the Bodhi Heart glowing in its trunk.
• Messages about the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance spread to the various factions, stirring the Central Plains.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree emerged without warning, drawing the major factions and Emperor Clans into a contest while Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian entered the tree. Inside, they encountered a vision of a black-robed figure before a colossal Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• The Pill Tower discussed sending a group to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Tian Leizi agreed to lead while Xuan Yi stayed behind to pursue the Nine-Revolutions Soul-Returning Grass.
• Gu Yuan agreed to contact the Lei Clan, Yan Clan, and Yao Clan about restricting Dou Zun from competing, while Yun Yi suspected the proposal concealed something and went to consult his teacher and clan leader.
• Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where a pillar of light enveloped them and pulled them inside; Old Man Shennong then discovered five Half-Saints beneath the tree and realized the pair had vanished.
• Jiang Yun and Xiao Yi Xian followed a ring of light through the white space, and the Bodhi Seed helped them reach an emerald world containing a smaller Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The emerald tree released a vision of a black-robed figure standing before a ten-thousand-zhang Bodhi Ancient Tree.