Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan attacked Xiao Yan, overwhelming Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan and neutralizing Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus. Xiao Yan escaped with a Space Stone, and Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan vanished with a transparent stone, leaving Chen Xuan furious and wondering who Zi Yan was.

• Chen Xuan badly injured Xiong Zhan and forced Xiao Yan to flee while Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan stayed behind to hold him off.
• Xiao Yan fused a Four-Colored Fire Lotus and launched it at Chen Xuan, who contained it inside a giant ice lotus.
• Chen Xuan’s azure storms defeated Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan, sending both flying with severe injuries.
• Zi Yan urged Xiao Yan to escape, and Xiao Yan crushed a Space Stone to vanish from the battlefield.
• Zi Yan crushed a transparent stone after telling Xiong Zhan to return to human form, and the two disappeared before Chen Xuan.

After leaving the Pill Realm, Chen Xuan joined the contestants for the Pill Gathering’s final round, while the Pill Tower investigated Song Qing’s murder and Xiao Yan’s disappearance from the competition. The final contest began as the alchemists took their places on the floating platforms.

• Xiao Yan told the Pill Tower’s elders that a young-looking Dou Zun had killed Song Qing and abducted Cao Ying, and Xuan Kongzi ordered the Pill Tower to watch the competitors for the murderer.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Xiao Yan to help investigate after explaining that he had lost his right to compete; Xiao Yan agreed despite his frustration at being eliminated.
• Disguised as the old man Mo, Chen Xuan left the Pill Realm and handed in his task list and medicinal herbs at the exit.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the contestants who passed the second selection would compete on the floating stone platforms for the Pill Gathering championship.
• The contestants rose to the platforms after Xuan Kongzi invited them to refine the pills they were most skilled at.

Chen Xuan competed in the Pill Gathering and drew attention with his unknown crimson-blue Heavenly Flame. On the tenth day, he refined a pill that summoned six-colored pill lightning, leaving the contestants and Pill Tower officials stunned.

• Chen Xuan chose a stone platform and decided to refine a Saint Origin Pill as Xuan Kongzi began the competition.
• Chen Xuan released his Crimson Blue Flame, which startled the other alchemists and puzzled Xiao Yan and Xuan Kongzi, who could not identify it.
• While the alchemists refined pills, Xiao Yan and Xuan Kongzi searched for a disguised seven-star Dou Zun among the contestants but found no clear suspect.
• After eight days of refining, contestants began completing Grade 7 and Grade 8 pills, and Cao Ying and a mysterious man in black summoned colored pill lightning.
• Chen Xuan completed his pill and summoned six-colored pill lightning, shocking the crowd as the mysterious man in black lost confidence in his chances of winning.

Chen Xuan endured the Six-Colored Pill Lightning with his strength as a Two-star Dou Zun and completed a Saint Origin Pill. He won the Pill Gathering, leaving him poised to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Chen Xuan calmly faced the Six-Colored Pill Lightning as the alchemists and Pill Tower leaders watched.
• Chen Xuan shattered the first bolt with a lightning-infused punch, revealing that he possessed both fire-attribute and lightning-attribute Dou Qi.
• Xuan Kongzi questioned Xiao Yan about Chen Xuan, and Xiao Yan concluded that Chen Xuan was not the Dou Zun they had encountered in the Pill Realm.
• Chen Xuan endured the successive bolts of pill lightning without serious injury while other alchemists struggled and some had their cauldrons smashed.
• Chen Xuan completed a Saint Origin Pill, and Xuan Kongzi announced him as the Pill Gathering champion, naming him Chen Haorong.

Chen Xuan entered the Star Domain with the Pill Gathering finalists to try to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After the flame rejected him and everyone else failed, Old Man Mugū stepped forward, claiming he would demonstrate another method.

• Chen Xuan and the other finalists entered the Star Domain under Qiu Ling's supervision and followed him to the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Qiu Ling chose Chen Xuan, the Pill Gathering champion, to make the first attempt at subduing the sleeping flame.
• Chen Xuan sent his soul power into the flame, but its Little Fire Dragon mocked him and drove his soul away with purple-black flames.
• The other finalists, including Old Man Mugū, also failed to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Qiu Ling prepared to take everyone out of the Star Domain.
• Old Man Mugū laughed at Qiu Ling and announced that he would demonstrate how to subdue the flame.

Old Man Mugū shattered Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal and called in Hall of Souls reinforcements, but the awakened Heavenly Flame refused to honor their agreement. Chen Xuan trapped the combatants in powerful arrays, swallowed the Pill Tower and Hall of Souls experts, and turned toward Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Origin Flame.

• Old Man Mugū broke the dragon scale sealing Three Thousand Burning Flame, awakening the flame and weakening the runes that restrained it.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame broke free, rejected Old Man Mugū’s offer, and fought the Hall of Souls elders after they arrived and bound it with their arrays.
• Old Man Mugū moved to extract Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Origin Flame, but the flame released its Origin Flame and wounded him, creating an opening for Chen Xuan.
• Chen Xuan activated the Dragon Trapping Grand Array and Immortal Slaying Sword Array, suppressing everyone’s strength and blocking the others from interfering.
• Chen Xuan transformed into his true form and swallowed Old Man Mugū, Qiu Ling, and the other experts before turning to Three Thousand Burning Flame’s Origin Flame.

Chen Xuan devoured Three Thousand Burning Flame, raising his strength to six-star Dou Zun, then left the Star Domain to face the Pill Tower’s assembled experts. After admitting he had killed Qiu Ling and the others, he fought Xuan Kongzi and struck toward Xiao Yan, but a Dou Saint intervened as Chen Xuan continued his attempt to seize him.

• Xuan Kongzi entered the Star Domain, found a glass-colored Heavenly Flame suppressing Three Thousand Burning Flame, and fled when four giant swords attacked him.
• Xuan Kongzi alerted the Pill Tower, while Chen Xuan devoured and fused Three Thousand Burning Flame, reaching six-star Dou Zun.
• Chen Xuan left the Star Domain and told Xuan Kongzi that he had killed Qiu Ling and the others.
• Xuan Kongzi attacked Chen Xuan, who used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and his Berserk skill before shattering Xuan Kongzi’s giant hand with the Godslayer Spear.
• Chen Xuan attacked Xuan Kongzi as he tried to reach Xiao Yan, blasting both men away and severely injuring Xiao Yan.
• A Dou Saint appeared as Chen Xuan charged toward Xiao Yan, determined to seize him.

Chen Xuan swallowed Xiao Yan, then used a Dou Sheng Experience Card to overwhelm the Pill Tower experts and devour the Great Elder with the Godslayer Spear. After the spear unsealed, Chen Xuan escaped through a spatial passage with Xiao Yan, leaving witnesses to fear the repercussions across the Central Plains.

• Chen Xuan transformed and swallowed Xiao Yan, then took a heavy blow from a Two-star Dou Sheng who sealed the surrounding space.
• Chen Xuan refused to surrender Xiao Yan and bought and used an intermediate Dou Sheng Experience Card, gaining Five-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Chen Xuan attacked the Great Elder and Xuan Kongzi with Heaven-Splitting; the strike shattered their combined defense, incapacitated them, and killed several Pill Tower experts.
• Chen Xuan pierced the Great Elder with the Godslayer Spear, which devoured the Great Elder's blood essence and soul and became fully unsealed.
• Tian Leizi rescued Xuan Kongzi as the Pill Tower experts fled, while Chen Xuan took Xiao Yan through a spatial passage and vanished.

Chen Xuan refined Xiao Yan, absorbed his three Heavenly Flames, and reached eight-star Dou Zun before deciding to return to the Northwest Continent. Meanwhile, Medusa’s newborn daughter awakened the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline, and Medusa drove off two Soul Hall attackers who tried to seize the child.

• Chen Xuan devoured and fused Xiao Yan’s three Heavenly Flames, raising his strength from six-star to eight-star Dou Zun.
• Chen Xuan examined Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, kept a mysterious jade pendant, and prepared to return to the Northwest Continent to confront Jia Nan Academy.
• A messenger told Xiao Xun’er that Xiao Yan was dead, and she erupted in grief and killing intent.
• Medusa’s newborn daughter underwent a nine-colored baptism that awakened the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline.
• Two Soul Hall agents attacked the Snake People Race tribe and demanded Medusa surrender her child.
• Medusa and the Snake People Race experts defeated the attackers, who fled, and Medusa ordered her people to remain inside the tribe.

Chen Xuan returned to the Snake People Race tribe and met his daughter, whom Medusa had given birth to while he was away. He named her Chen Nannan, but his attempts to bond with her were repeatedly rebuffed, and Medusa finally drove him from the bedchamber.

• Chen Xuan returned to the Snake People Race tribe, where the Great Elder told him that Medusa had already handled a recent incident.
• Chen Xuan hurried to Medusa’s bedchamber and met their silver-haired baby daughter, who wiped away his kiss and reached for Medusa instead.
• Medusa scolded Chen Xuan for being away so long, and he claimed he had been working for their child’s future.
• Chen Xuan named the baby Chen Nannan and praised her immense potential, which Medusa attributed partly to the Bloodline Pill and cleansing ritual.
• Chen Xuan tried to embrace and kiss Medusa, but Chen Nannan began crying, so Medusa sent him out.

Chen Xuan returned to the Monster Beast Mountain Range and gathered powerful allies for an assault on Jia Nan Academy. He shattered the academy’s protective formation and ordered his forces to kill everyone, leaving the slaughter underway.

• Chen Xuan told the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Green Flame Python that he would take them to Jia Nan Academy to kill its people.
• Chen Xuan assembled the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Green Flame Python, Snake Princess, three Seventh-tier Monster Beasts, Xie Biyan, and Qin Haotian, then led them toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Jia Nan Academy’s leaders activated the protective grand formation when Chen Xuan and his group arrived.
• Chen Xuan boosted his strength and used the Emperor Spear Art: Heaven-Splitting to shatter the academy’s protective formation.
• Chen Xuan ordered his allies to kill everyone, and Green Flame Python, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Qin Haotian, and Xie Biyan charged into battle.

Chen Xuan destroyed Jia Nan Academy, then consolidated his control over the Northwest Continent while growing stronger alongside Medusa and Xiao Nannan. After securing the Snake People Race’s settlement, he left alone for the Beast Region to begin establishing his presence in the Central Plains.

• Chen Xuan’s forces slaughtered everyone at Jia Nan Academy, including Su Qian and Elder Qian.
• Chen Xuan fused two Heavenly Flames into a six-colored fire lotus and obliterated Jia Nan Academy, leaving a massive crater.
• News of the academy’s destruction spread across the Northwest Continent and Central Plains as Chen Xuan’s forces annexed factions, including the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Over the following year, Chen Xuan reached the peak of Nine-star Dou Zun, Medusa advanced to Dou Zun, and Xiao Nannan grew strong enough to fly as an Eight-star Dou Wang.
• Chen Xuan prepared protective items for Medusa and reinforced the Snake People Race’s formation before leaving for the Beast Region.
• Chen Xuan returned to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, the first foothold of his forces in the Central Plains.

Chen Xuan took Mei Ling'er to the Charm Snake Race, intending to win the clan over and assess the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan. They reunited with Mei Ling'er's parents, who learned that Chen Xuan was her partner and received two Saint Origin Pills from him.

• Chen Xuan ordered the Gold-Devouring Rat higher-ups to build a massive formation across the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, then set out with Mei Ling'er for the Charm Snake Race.
• Chen Xuan told Mei Ling'er he planned to bring her clan to his side and test the strength of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan, which had Dou Sheng experts.
• Mei Ling'er led Chen Xuan into the Charm Snake Race's territory and asked to visit her family first.
• Mei Ling'er's parents hurried out to greet her, then warned that the clan leader would learn of her return and that leaving might be impossible.
• Mei Ling'er introduced Chen Xuan as her protector and partner, and he gave her parents two Saint Origin Pills as a meeting gift.

Chen Xuan met Mei Ling'er's family and won Mei Qingfeng's blessing by promising him a Saint Origin Pill in exchange for agreeing to their marriage. When the Charm Snake Race chief and his men arrived to take Mei Ling'er, Chen Xuan effortlessly defeated Mei Hong and intimidated the gathered experts, leaving them under his control.

• Chen Xuan gave Mei Yan and Mei Qing two Saint Origin Pills and assured them he would protect Mei Ling'er from the Charm Snake Race and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan.
• Mei Qingfeng met Chen Xuan, agreed to his marriage to Mei Ling'er in exchange for a Saint Origin Pill, and went into seclusion to break through to Dou Zun.
• The Charm Snake Race chief Mei Hong surrounded the valley with clan experts and ordered his men to seize Mei Ling'er for Elder Yan.
• Chen Xuan sent two One-star Dou Zongs flying with his aura, then struck Mei Hong with one punch and left him badly injured.
• Chen Xuan warned the Charm Snake Race experts not to move and told them he had something to discuss.

Chen Xuan forced the Charm Snake Race to install Mei Qingfeng as its chief and arranged to lure Elder Yan to the valley. Elder Yan arrived, furious to see Chen Xuan with Mei Ling'er, but sensed something was wrong before attacking.

• Chen Xuan ordered Mei Hong and the Charm Snake Race elders into the valley and named Mei Qingfeng the new chief.
• Mei Hong accepted the change of leadership after Chen Xuan promised to protect the Charm Snake Race's interests and deal with Mei Ling'er's troubles.
• Chen Xuan ordered Mei Hong to summon Elder Yan, intending to use him as a foothold for controlling the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan.
• Chen Xuan used a Puppet Jade Talisman on Mei Hong and promised him a reward that could help him break through to Dou Zun.
• Elder Yan heard that Mei Qingfeng had become a Dou Zun, then brought several experts to the Charm Snake Race to claim Mei Ling'er.
• Elder Yan arrived and saw Chen Xuan holding Mei Ling'er, but sensed something was wrong and held back from attacking.

Chen Xuan confronted Elder Yan at the Charm Snake Race and overwhelmed him with Crimson Blue Flame and a spatial seal. After beating Elder Yan nearly unconscious, Chen Xuan said they could finally talk, leaving his purpose for luring him there unresolved.

• Elder Yan arrived and demanded to know who Chen Xuan was, then ordered two Nine-star Dou Zongs to attack him.
• Mei Qingfeng used his newly attained Dou Zun strength to repel the two attackers and defied Elder Yan.
• Elder Yan revealed his Five-star Dou Zun strength and attacked Chen Xuan with a giant green python.
• Chen Xuan's Crimson Blue Flame destroyed the attack, and he sealed the space to prevent Elder Yan from escaping.
• Chen Xuan beat Elder Yan until he lay battered and barely breathing, then said they could talk.

After defeating and controlling Elder Yan, Chen Xuan learned about the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan and traveled with him to its territory. Chen Xuan headed for the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, hoping to use the cultivation ground for himself and Medusa.

• Chen Xuan gave the beaten Elder Yan a sixth-tier pill, then used a Puppet Jade Talisman to make him loyal.
• Elder Yan revealed that the clan’s Great Elder and chief, Yao Xiaotian, were both One-star Dou Sheng experts.
• Chen Xuan left Mei Ling'er with the Charm Snake Race and had Mei Qingfeng reorganize it as part of his forces.
• Elder Yan told Chen Xuan that the Nine Serene Yellow Springs were a frigid cultivation ground used by the clan’s serpents.
• Chen Xuan entered the clan’s territory with Elder Yan and followed him toward the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

Chen Xuan entered the Nine Serene Yellow Springs with Elder Yan’s help and absorbed its icy power to increase his strength. After reaching the Three-turn Dou Zun realm, he went deeper into the lake to continue cultivating among its strange snakes.

• Elder Yan guided Chen Xuan through the Nether Serpent Mountain Range and warned him that Dou Zun and possibly Half-Saint experts guarded the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.
• Elder Yan used a spatial jade to take Chen Xuan to the abyss above the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, then waited while Chen Xuan descended alone.
• Chen Xuan entered the lake protected by his six Heavenly Flames and began absorbing its icy power to cultivate.
• Chen Xuan’s strength rose to the peak of the One-turn Dou Zun realm, and he moved deeper into the lake after reaching the Three-turn Dou Zun realm.
• Chen Xuan continued cultivating among strange snakes that fled from his Heavenly Flames.

Chen Xuan fought off swarms of strange snakes as he descended into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, then cultivated at the lakebed until he reached Five-turn Dou Zun. He heard someone faintly calling for help and searched the depths for the unseen speaker.

• Chen Xuan punched apart a strange snake, drawing a swarm that attacked him with frigid water arrows.
• Chen Xuan burned most of the snakes with his Heavenly Flames and fled deeper, leaving a sea of fire behind to stop their pursuit.
• Chen Xuan found a bright, seemingly safe stretch of sand and stone at the lakebed and began cultivating there.
• Chen Xuan absorbed the dense frigid power until his strength reached Five-turn Dou Zun.
• Chen Xuan heard a faint voice begging for help, released his Dou Qi, and searched the lakebed for whoever had spoken.

Chen Xuan discovered Yao Ming, the former clan leader of the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Clan, chained beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Springs. Yao Ming agreed to accept Chen Xuan's Puppet Jade Talisman in exchange for being rescued.

• Chen Xuan uncovered four chains and found a weakened Dou Sheng imprisoned beneath the Yellow Springs.
• Yao Ming identified himself as the clan's former leader and said Yao Xiaotian, his younger brother, had poisoned and sealed him there hundreds of years ago.
• Yao Ming said he possessed the Nine Serene Scepter and would reclaim the clan if Chen Xuan freed him.
• Chen Xuan refused to trust Yao Ming's promises and offered to rescue him only if he accepted the Puppet Jade Talisman.
• Yao Ming agreed to accept the talisman, and Chen Xuan was pleased.