Chapter Summaries

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.

Chen Xuanling and the Pill Tower fought the Nine Netherworld Python woman after she tried to seize the remaining Nascent Pills, with Xiao Yan helping suppress her Snake Mound Yin Qi. The woman escaped the Burning Fire Furnace, and the Pill Gathering continued with five contestants remaining.

• The Snow Region Elephant Venerable broke the barrier, and Chen Xuanling confronted the woman about her plan to use Nascent Pills to refine a ninth-tier Beast Spirit Pill.
• The woman transformed into a giant Nine Netherworld Python, knocked Xiang Wuhui aside, and tried to swallow the remaining medicinal cauldrons.
• Yuwen Zong, Chen Xuanling, and two others trapped the python in a Burning Fire Furnace, while Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames suppressed her Snake Mound Yin Qi.
• The woman escaped the furnace using the Power of the Great Dao and vowed to make Xiao Yan pay.
• Chen Xuanling let Xiang Wuhui leave and announced that the Pill Gathering would continue among Xiao Yan, Xu Qinghe, Fu Kui, the Qi Clan elder, and the masked person.