Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan fought Venerable Feng, Venerable Skyfire, Xiao Yan, and their companions, using his Emperor Spear Art and a devastating Five-Colored Heavenly Wrath Fire Lotus to overwhelm them. As they struggled to hold back the fire lotus, two aged figures and a graceful woman appeared, threatening to change the battle.

• Venerable Feng ordered the group to attack Chen Xuan, and Venerable Skyfire and Xiao Yan unleashed their strongest techniques alongside the others.
• Chen Xuan countered with the Emperor Spear Art, then used its Heaven-Splitting form to contend against the group's combined power.
• Venerable Feng and Venerable Skyfire recognized Chen Xuan's Heaven-tier High-grade Combat Skill and were shocked by the strength granted by the Godslayer Spear.
• Chen Xuan stored the spear and launched a Five-Colored Heavenly Wrath Fire Lotus, forcing Venerable Feng, Xiao Yan, and the others back as they struggled to resist it.
• A threatening voice rang out, and Chen Xuan saw two aged figures and a graceful woman emerge from distorted space.

Xiao Xun'er arrived with two Black-clothed Elders, helping Venerable Feng survive Xiao Yan's Five-Colored Fire Lotus and reuniting with Xiao Yan. Chen Xuan bought a Dou Zun Experience Card and provoked the pair by boasting that he had touched Xiao Xun'er, leaving them furious and ready to fight.

• Xiao Yan's Five-Colored Fire Lotus exploded against Venerable Feng and two Black-clothed Elders, who joined forces to shield everyone from its destructive flames.
• Chen Xuan realized he could not defeat Xiao Yan's group in his weakened state, so he purchased an elementary Dou Zun Experience Card from the System Shop.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Xun'er, embraced her, and reunited with her after years apart.
• Chen Xuan mocked Xiao Yan and claimed he had touched Xiao Xun'er, making Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er seethe with killing intent.

Chen Xuan secretly raised his strength to the Dou Zun realm as Xiao Xun'er attacked him with her golden Heavenly Flame. He overwhelmed her defenders, leaving the battle turned in his favor once more.

• Xiao Xun'er vowed to avenge Ling Ying and kill the weakened Chen Xuan while the Black-clothed Elders guarded her and Xiao Yan.
• Chen Xuan secretly used the Dou Zun Experience Card to reach One-star Dou Zun strength without revealing it.
• Xiao Xun'er unleashed her golden Heavenly Flame, alarming Xiao Yan and tempting Chen Xuan with its power.
• Chen Xuan revealed his Dou Zun aura and met Xiao Xun'er's flame with his Emerald Green Flame.
• The Black-clothed Elders rushed to protect Xiao Xun'er, but Chen Xuan struck the white-haired Black-clothed Elder with Sweeping Through Armies and blasted him away, injured and spitting blood.

Chen Xuan overwhelmed Xiao Xun'er’s elders and swallowed them after raising his power to eight-star Dou Zun. As a terrifying pressure descended, he bought an Advanced Teleportation Jade Talisman to escape.

• Chen Xuan activated Berserk and reached Dou Zun strength, injuring Old Man Lin and prompting the Black-clothed Elder to urge Xiao Xun'er to flee.
• Old Man Lin, the Black-clothed Elder, and Venerable Feng attacked Chen Xuan while Xiao Yan refused to leave Xiao Xun'er behind.
• Chen Xuan used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to reach eight-star Dou Zun and unleashed Emperor Spear Art: Heaven-Splitting, defeating the attackers.
• Chen Xuan swallowed Venerable Feng and the two elders, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er swore vengeance in their grief.
• A terrifying pressure descended, and Chen Xuan bought an Advanced Teleportation Jade Talisman when he feared a Dou Sheng had arrived.

After Chen Xuan escaped, Gu Qingyang arrived too late to catch him, and Xiao Xun'er left with Gu Qingyang while Xiao Yan resolved to join the Pill Tower. Chen Xuan's deeds spread across the Central Plains and Beast Region as he hid away to refine the four Dou Zun experts he had devoured.

• Chen Xuan escaped using an Advanced Teleportation Jade Talisman, and Gu Qingyang arrived to find the two Elder Lins dead.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that Gu Qingyang was a Two-star Dou Sheng and blamed herself for failing to protect the elders; Xiao Yan vowed to avenge them.
• Gu Qingyang failed to track Chen Xuan and took Xiao Xun'er back to the Ancient Clan, while Xiao Yan stayed behind and decided to join the Pill Tower.
• Stories about Chen Xuan spread through the Central Plains and Beast Region, drawing attention from major factions and magical beast clans.
• Chen Xuan hid in seclusion and began refining the four Dou Zun experts he had devoured.

Chen Xuan absorbed the energy of four Dou Zun experts and reached the peak of Nine-star Dou Zong before returning to Blazing Flame Valley. There, he discovered Gu Clan visitors had come seeking Chen Ping, and he stayed away after Tang Zhen agreed to hand him over if he returned.

• Chen Xuan refined the energy of four Dou Zun experts, advancing from Four-star Dou Zong to the peak of Nine-star Dou Zong.
• Chen Xuan searched for Xiao Yan but could not learn where he had gone, then returned toward Blazing Flame Valley and heard that their battle had shaken the Pill Region.
• Chen Xuan saw five visitors waiting outside Blazing Flame Valley, including four Dou Zun experts and one whose strength was beyond his perception.
• Tang Zhen met the visitors and learned they wanted Chen Ping because he had killed their people; he initially vowed to protect Blazing Flame Valley's Guest Elder.
• The leader revealed himself as a Dou Sheng from the Gu Clan and threatened to destroy Blazing Flame Valley unless it handed over Chen Ping.
• Tang Zhen agreed to notify the Gu Clan when Chen Ping returned, and Chen Xuan decided to stay away from Blazing Flame Valley and seek information.

Unable to return to Blazing Flame Valley without alerting the Gu Clan, Chen Xuan attacked Glacier Valley to seize control of Bing He and use the valley to provoke a war with Blazing Flame Valley. After defeating Bing He and badly injuring Glacier Valley’s experts, Chen Xuan led the wounded Valley Master inside to negotiate.

• Chen Xuan decided to lure Tang Zhen out by controlling Glacier Valley and provoking it into war with Blazing Flame Valley.
• Chen Xuan attacked Glacier Valley’s barrier, drawing out Xue Hai and the valley’s elders.
• Chen Xuan used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and the Berserk skill to overwhelm Xue Hai, but Bing He intervened and shattered Chen Xuan’s Ice Dragon.
• Bing He attacked Chen Xuan with black snowflakes and dragons, but Chen Xuan used his Emerald Green Flame to defend himself.
• Bing He ordered the elders to attack, so Chen Xuan swallowed a Violent Origin Pill and unleashed the Emperor Spear Art, gravely injuring Bing He and devastating Glacier Valley’s forces.
• Chen Xuan told Bing He he would spare Glacier Valley if its people obeyed, then entered the valley with Bing He following him.

Chen Xuan forced Bing He and Glacier Valley’s elders to submit, then used them to seize Cracked Rock City and lure Tang Zhen into a trap. Blazing Flame Valley mobilized its forces, and its experts arrived at Cracked Rock City as Bing He waited on the city wall.

• Chen Xuan demanded Bing He and the Glacier Valley elders submit, then used Puppet Jade Talismans to ensure their loyalty.
• Chen Xuan planned to draw Tang Zhen out of Blazing Flame Valley and set up a Dragon Trapping Array in Cracked Rock City.
• Bing He led Glacier Valley’s experts in taking control of Cracked Rock City and declaring it theirs.
• Tang Zhen ordered Blazing Flame Valley’s forces to prepare for war and set out for Cracked Rock City.
• Chen Xuan assigned Bing He to lure Tang Zhen into the array as Blazing Flame Valley’s experts approached.

Blazing Flame Valley and Glacier Valley clashed, while Bing He lured Tang Zhen into Chen Xuan’s Dragon Trapping Array. Chen Xuan defeated and captured Tang Zhen, then escaped with him as an old man arrived.

• Tang Zhen and Bing He began fighting as Blazing Flame Valley and Glacier Valley’s experts battled around them.
• Tang Zhen gained the upper hand, and Bing He retreated toward the Dragon Trapping Array as planned with Chen Xuan.
• The Dragon Trapping Array suppressed Tang Zhen’s strength, and Chen Xuan attacked him with the Godslayer Spear.
• Chen Xuan severely injured Tang Zhen, sealed his power, and escaped with him using an Advanced Teleportation Jade Talisman.
• An old man emerged from a spatial rift after Chen Xuan departed, then entered the rift again.

Chen Xuan escaped with Tang Zhen and revealed that he wanted the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire. After refining Tang Zhen and taking control of the flame, Chen Xuan began fusing it with the Emerald Green Flame.

• Bing He ordered Glacier Valley's people to retreat after a Dou Saint appeared, while Chen Xuan escaped with Tang Zhen using teleportation talismans.
• Chen Xuan sealed Tang Zhen inside a secluded cave and revealed his identity, confronting Tang Zhen over Blazing Flame Valley's plan to hand him to the Gu clan.
• Chen Xuan explained that he wanted Tang Zhen's Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire and showed him that he already possessed the Azure Nether Flame Art.
• Chen Xuan transformed into his true form, swallowed Tang Zhen, refined him, and stripped out the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire's origin.
• Chen Xuan used the Azure Nether Flame Art to control the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire, then began fusing it with the Emerald Green Flame, which started consuming the other flame and its Blood Soul Imprints.

Blazing Flame Valley learned from Gu Qingyang that Chen Xuan had captured Tang Zhen and sought the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire. After refining the Heavenly Flame and advancing to Two-star Dou Zun, Chen Xuan received information about Three Thousand Burning Flame, which was held in the Pill Tower’s Star Domain.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun questioned Blazing Flame Valley’s elders about Chen Xuan and learned that Gu Clan experts had arrived.
• Gu Qingyang told Old Ancestor Huoyun that Chen Xuan was a magical beast from the Northwest Continent who had killed two Gu Clan elders and likely captured Tang Zhen for the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire.
• Gu Qingyang offered to share the Gu Clan’s findings and assistance, then left Blazing Flame Valley.
• Chen Xuan finished devouring the Nine Dragon Heavenly Gang Fire, reached Two-star Dou Zun, and transformed his Emerald Green Flame into glass-colored flames containing nine tiny fire dragons.
• The system gave Chen Xuan information about Three Thousand Burning Flame, which was located in the Star Domain and controlled by Pill Tower experts.

Chen Xuan traveled to Holy Pill City to enter the Pill Gathering and compete for a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After obtaining an eighth-grade alchemist badge, he set up a stall at the trade fair and drew a crowd with his rare pills and medicinal herbs.

• Chen Xuan learned that the Pill Gathering’s top ten would get a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, so he traveled toward Shengdan City.
• After four days through the spatial wormhole, Chen Xuan arrived in Holy Pill City and marveled at the enormous, crowded plaza.
• Chen Xuan disguised himself as a silver-haired old man, passed the Pill Tower’s test, and received an eighth-grade alchemist badge.
• Chen Xuan went to the alchemist trade fair and paid for a stone stall on the second floor.
• Chen Xuan displayed rare pills and medicinal herbs, including a Three-Revolving Divine Soul Pill and Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Ginseng, attracting a crowd of astonished and greedy alchemists.

Chen Xuan drew a crowd at the second-floor trading fair by offering rare medicinal herbs and pills for Gold Coins only, prompting factions and Pill Tower alchemists to rush to gather money. As the gathering grew, Chen Xuan spotted Xiao Yan among the crowd.

• Chen Xuan announced that he would sell his rare herbs and pills for Gold Coins rather than barter, and the crowd reacted with astonishment.
• Chen Xuan set the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Ginseng’s starting price at five hundred million Gold Coins, but no one present could pay immediately.
• Chen Xuan quoted two hundred million Gold Coins for the Saint Origin Pill and ten million per Violent Origin Pill, then sold three Violent Origin Pills for ninety million Gold Coins.
• News of Chen Xuan’s stall spread through Holy Pill City, bringing factions and powerful Pill Tower alchemists to the trading fair to seek his rare items.
• Chen Xuan noticed Xiao Yan among the crowd.

Chen Xuan’s Three-Revolving Divine Soul Pill drew fierce bids from the Pill Region’s major families and the Pill Tower, eventually selling to Xuan Kongzi for 2.5 billion Gold Coins. Xuan Kongzi then asked Chen Xuan to name his price for the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Ginseng.

• Chen Xuan guarded his stall as major forces gathered to bid for his Three-Revolving Divine Soul Pill.
• The Cao Clan, Dan Clan, Bai Clan, and other families raised the pill’s price to one billion Gold Coins.
• Xuan Kongzi bid on behalf of the Pill Tower, but a mysterious old man challenged him and drove the price higher.
• Xuan Kongzi outbid the mysterious man at 2.5 billion Gold Coins, and Chen Xuan handed over the verified pill in exchange for payment.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Chen Xuan for the price of the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Ginseng.

Chen Xuan auctioned rare treasures and forty Saint Origin Pills to powerful Central Plains factions, driving the bids far beyond their starting prices. He left the trade fair with a huge fortune in Gold Coins.

• Chen Xuan set the minimum price for the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Ginseng at five hundred million Gold Coins, and Xuan Kongzi bid for it on behalf of the Pill Tower.
• A mysterious old man pushed the price up to one billion seven hundred million Gold Coins before withdrawing, and Xuan Kongzi bought the ginseng for two billion.
• Chen Xuan offered Saint Origin Pills at a minimum of one hundred million Gold Coins each and revealed that he had forty available.
• The mysterious old man tried to buy all forty, but the factions began bidding against him, and Xuan Kongzi bought six at three hundred million Gold Coins apiece.
• The mysterious old man secured only twenty Saint Origin Pills, while other factions paid as much as five hundred million Gold Coins per pill.

Chen Xuan entered the Pill Realm for the Pill Gathering, intent on finding Xiao Yan while hiding his identity. After finding an Earth Yang Fruit, he was surrounded by five competitors who demanded it, and he threatened the woman leading them.

• Chen Xuan passed the Environment Challenge with his powerful soul force and reached the Pill Realm entrance, where he saw Xiao Yan among the other qualifiers.
• A Pill Tower elder explained that participants had ten days to collect herbs from their task lists, warned them of powerful magical beasts, and gave each a map and a Space Stone.
• Chen Xuan entered the Pill Realm after Xiao Yan but was teleported to a different location, so he changed his appearance and set off toward the exit while searching for him.
• Chen Xuan found an Earth Yang Fruit on a hill and dug it up, recognizing its value for fire-attributed cultivators.
• A young woman in black and four young men surrounded Chen Xuan and demanded the Earth Yang Fruit; Chen Xuan refused and threatened the woman.

Chen Xuan overwhelmed Song Qing and his companions after they tried to take his Earth Yang Fruit, then abducted Cao Ying. A young man in black arrived afterward and wondered who the young Dou Zun was.

• Song Qing and the woman in black demanded Chen Xuan’s Earth Yang Fruit and attacked him with their three companions.
• Chen Xuan sealed the area with his spatial power and effortlessly shattered all five attackers’ techniques.
• Song Qing and the other three men begged for mercy, but Chen Xuan froze and killed them despite Song Qing invoking his grandfather’s position in the Pill Tower.
• Chen Xuan forced the woman in black to reveal that her name was Cao Ying, then seized her and left.
• A young man in black arrived and wondered who the unusually young Dou Zun was.

The Pill Tower's Great Elder learned that Chen Xuan had killed his grandson Song Qing and vowed revenge, while Chen Xuan traveled to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range. There, he found Old Man Mugū attacking Xiao Yan for his Heavenly Flames, and Zi Yan arrived to intervene.

• The Great Elder learned that Song Qing had been killed and demanded that the Pill Tower avenge him.
• Chen Xuan left Cao Ying after forcing her to take a pill, then traveled toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range while seeking news of Xiao Yan.
• Chen Xuan entered the mountain range and sensed Old Man Mugū fighting Xiao Yan and his companions.
• Chen Xuan learned that Old Man Mugū wanted Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames and decided to prevent him from taking Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan appeared and warned Old Man Mugū that he could not kill Xiao Yan, surprising Xiao Yan, Old Man Mugū, and Chen Xuan.

Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Yan in the Pill Realm and ordered Xiong Zhan to protect him from Old Man Mugū. As their battle escalated, Chen Xuan watched from hiding and identified Xiong Zhan as a powerful Ancient Dragon Bear, choosing to wait before making his move.

• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that she had sneaked into the Pill Realm to meet him and introduced Xiong Zhan as the boss of the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range.
• Xiong Zhan refused Old Man Mugū's demand to stay out of his attempt to capture Xiao Yan and told him to leave the mountain.
• Old Man Mugū attacked Xiong Zhan with a crystal-layered hand, and Xiong Zhan met the blow with a powerful punch.
• Old Man Mugū unleashed his Netherworld Demonic Flame Arm, and Xiong Zhan answered with a mountain-powered strike that shook the surrounding area.
• Chen Xuan saw Xiong Zhan reveal his enormous bear form and recognized him as an Ancient Dragon Bear before deciding to keep watching.

Chen Xuan ambushed Xiao Yan after Old Man Mugū withdrew, overwhelming Xiong Zhan and Zi Yan when they tried to protect him. Xiao Yan recognized Chen Xuan as the young Dou Zun who had killed Song Qing, while the fight remained unresolved.

• Xiong Zhan fought Old Man Mugū, who withdrew rather than spend his strength before the Pill Gathering.
• Xiong Zhan learned Xiao Yan was a seventh-tier high-grade alchemist, then discovered Chen Xuan hiding nearby.
• Chen Xuan revealed his Two-star Dou Zun strength, activated Berserk, and charged at Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan transformed into a young woman as Xiong Zhan returned to his true form and moved to protect Xiao Yan.
• Chen Xuan shattered Xiong Zhan's arm with a punch and sent Zi Yan flying when she attacked him.
• Xiao Yan fled to a safe distance and recognized Chen Xuan as the Dou Zun who had killed Song Qing.