Chapter Summaries

A purple-robed woman disrupted the Pill Gathering by using a snake skull to pull at the alchemists’ Nascent Pills, and Chen Xuanling halted his attack after she claimed her actions were part of her clan’s Pill Fusion and Potency Transformation Art. She intensified the pill-sucking technique, leaving Xiao Yan and the other contestants in danger as Chen Xuanling realized the Pill Tower had to stop her quickly.

• The purple-robed woman’s cultivation alarmed the contestants and spectators while the snake skull disturbed the Tier Eight Nascent Pills in their cauldrons.
• Chen Xuanling prepared to break the barrier and capture the woman, while Yuwen Zong and the Pill Tower Elders surrounded it.
• The woman challenged the Pill Tower’s judgment and said her actions were a pill-refining method, making Chen Xuanling recall his cauldron and demand an explanation.
• Chen Xuanling recognized the woman’s method and suspected her origins, but the woman declared she would demonstrate her clan’s Pill Fusion and Potency Transformation Art.
• The woman fed black Qi into the snake skull, strengthening its pull on the Nascent Pills and putting Xiao Yan, Huoxun Mingcheng, and the other alchemists at risk of failing.

The purple-robed woman’s Pill Fusion and Potency Transformation Art drew attention to her possible Beast Region origins as she stole Old Freak Zhong’s nascent pill. Zhong Yin attacked her in rage, but she stopped his cauldron with one of seven pythons that emerged from beneath her skin, revealing a Nine Netherworld Python.

• The purple-robed woman’s pill-refining method astonished the crowd, and Fang Yue challenged Chen Xuanling over whether she had broken the Pill Gathering’s rules.
• Chen Xuanling explained that the rules allowed actions taken to refine a pill unless someone was injured or a pill was deliberately seized.
• The purple-robed woman intensified her pull on Old Freak Zhong’s nascent Heavenly Mystery Pill and swallowed it through the serpent skull in her hand.
• Zhong Yin hurled his cauldron at the purple-robed woman and summoned a silver bell with the Power of the Great Dao, ignoring Yuwen Zong’s warning.
• The purple-robed woman drew blood from her wrist and released seven enormous pythons; one stopped Zhong Yin’s cauldron, and onlookers recognized a Nine Netherworld Python.

A purple-robed woman from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan used black mist and the Dragon Beckoning Technique to seize Nascent Pills from the alchemists at the Pill Gathering. Xiao Yan resisted her assault with his Heavenly Flames, but only eight Tier Eight Alchemists remained as she continued stealing their pills.

• Zhong Yin identified the purple-robed woman as a member of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and tried to turn the alchemists against her, but she dismissed his threat and sent pythons to attack him.
• The purple-robed woman spread black mist over the medicinal cauldrons, causing the Nascent Pills to struggle, while Xiao Yan held the mist back with his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan recognized her seal as the Dragon Beckoning Technique, which made the Nascent Pills across the arena go berserk again.
• Huoxun Mingcheng lost control of his Nascent Pill, which flew into the serpent skull and eliminated him and the other Pill Tower alchemists.
• The purple-robed woman used the Dragon Beckoning Technique to tear another Nascent Pill from its cauldron, leaving only eight Tier Eight Alchemists, including Xiao Yan, in the arena.

The purple-robed woman intensified her attack on Xiao Yan, prompting the alchemists to accept a masked elder’s plan to break the barrier by detonating one of her captured Nascent Pills. The alchemists cleared the black Qi from their cauldrons, and the woman vowed to take all their pills at once.

• The purple-robed woman surrounded Xiao Yan and his cauldron with denser black Qi after studying his Heavenly Flames.
• The masked elder proposed detonating one of the purple-robed woman’s captured Nascent Pills to break the barrier, and the alchemists agreed to cooperate.
• The plump elder swallowed three pills, summoned a stone gate, and used its suction to clear the black Qi from his cauldron.
• The other alchemists used their own methods to free their Nascent Pills from the black Qi.
• The purple-robed woman noticed their resistance and declared that she would take all their Nascent Pills at once.

The woman failed to break the arena barrier with a Tier Eight Nascent Pill explosion, losing her five giant pythons and much of her strength. She then unleashed Devour Heaven and Consume Earth, pulling Xiao Yan and the other alchemists toward her snake head, until a sudden crash interrupted the assault.

• The woman made the five giant pythons swallow the exploding Nascent Pill, but the blast destroyed them and left the gray-white barrier intact.
• The woman blamed Fu Kui for the crisis, then poured snake tomb Yin Qi and two drops of blood from her eyes into the snake skull.
• The black Qi withdrew from Xiao Yan, revealing that he remained unharmed and had protected his Nascent Pill with six Heavenly Flames.
• The woman used Devour Heaven and Consume Earth to devour the void and the arena's power, overwhelming Xu Qinghe and the other alchemists.
• Xiao Yan resisted briefly with the Great Dao of the Void before he and his cauldron were pulled toward the snake head.
• A violent shattering sound rang through the venue, drawing everyone's attention.