Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiao and Zi Yan reunited with Cao Ying in Holy Pill City, where he asked for her family’s help refining pills and Xuan Kongzi’s help making an exceptionally high-grade pill. He also gave Cao Ying Fire Pills to aid her cultivation, leaving her with resources and a promise of more dealings as Purple Firmament Pavilion established itself in the Central Plains.

• Zi Yan tore open space and brought Chen Xiao directly to Cao Ying’s courtyard in Holy Pill City.
• Cao Ying welcomed them and explained that she had anticipated Chen Xiao’s visit and arranged for her clan to gather medicinal ingredients and prepare popular pills.
• Chen Xiao gave Cao Ying Storage Rings of ingredients and a list, asking the Cao Family to refine pills for Purple Firmament Pavilion.
• Chen Xiao asked Cao Ying to introduce him to Xuan Kongzi so he could request the refining of a pill near the top of the eighth grade, offering compensation.
• Chen Xiao gave Cao Ying a collection of Fire Pills, including one at the Dou Venerate level, to help her cultivation advance.

Chen Xiao asked Xuan Kongzi to refine a Bodhi Foundation Establishment Pill for a newborn, offering a soul cultivation scripture as payment. While Xuan Kongzi prepared to make the pill, Chen Xiao used the Soul Guiding Technique with Cao Ying, helping her break through as their souls intertwined; the chapter ended with Chen Xiao sealing the courtyard after Cao Ying showed her desire to continue.

• Cao Ying led Chen Xiao and Zi Yan to meet her teacher, Xuan Kongzi, in the Dan Tower.
• Chen Xiao presented Xuan Kongzi with the pill formula, Bodhi Seed, and ingredients, and asked him to refine a Bodhi Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Xuan Kongzi accepted the request, took the Nine Nether Soul Scripture as a possible Pill Gathering reward, and asked Chen Xiao to leave his Heavenly Demon Puppet to withstand the pill’s lightning.
• Chen Xiao and Cao Ying practiced the Soul Guiding Technique together, and Cao Ying broke through into the Spirit Realm after three days.
• After Zi Yan’s soul perception disturbed their cultivation, Chen Xiao and Cao Ying awakened, and Chen Xiao sealed the courtyard when Cao Ying signaled she wanted to continue.

After Cao Ying and Chen Xiao grew closer, they visited the Alchemist Trading Fair and obtained a Blood Spirit Demon Fruit for Cao Ying to use in refining a Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill. The chapter ended as Cao Ying began refining the pill in Holy Pill City, while Chen Xiao planned to strengthen her further with Heavenly Flames.

• Cao Ying accepted her relationship with Chen Xiao, and she and Zi Yan joined him in visiting the Alchemist Trading Fair.
• Chen Xiao spotted a Blood Spirit Demon Fruit and proposed that Cao Ying refine a Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill for Heavenly Flame Honored One.
• Cao Ying exchanged a pill prescription for the fruit, and the three collected more medicinal ingredients before leaving the fair.
• After three days, Cao Ying prepared to refine the pill on a platform in Holy Pill City as Chen Xiao and Zi Yan watched.
• Cao Ying summoned her Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron and fused Heavenly Flame, then began processing the ingredients for the Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill.

Cao Ying completed her apprenticeship by refining an Eighth Grade Pill, and Xuan Kongzi released her from the Dan Tower. After visiting her clan, she parted from Chen Xiao and Zi Yan, and Chen Xiao suggested taking Zi Yan to see her long-missing father, the Old Dragon Emperor.

• Cao Ying refined an Eighth Grade Pill that drew Two-colored Pill Lightning Cloud, while Chen Xiao used a Heavenly Demon Puppet to withstand the lightning.
• Chen Xiao gave Cao Ying his Heavenly Demon Puppets, and Xuan Kongzi praised her pill refinement and told her she no longer needed to remain in the Dan Tower.
• Cao Ying chose to visit the Cao Family before joining Chen Xiao and Zi Yan, and Chen Xiao accompanied her to Vast Sea City.
• After five days with the Cao Family, Chen Xiao and Zi Yan departed, and Chen Xiao noticed Zi Yan seemed gloomy.
• Chen Xiao offered to take Zi Yan to see her father, the Old Dragon Emperor, and Zi Yan stared at him in surprise.

Chen Xiao and his companions completed and tested Spatial Wormholes linking Purple Firmament Pavilion to Tagor and the Black-Corner Region, while Qing Lin returned with a powerful Ancient Heavenly Serpent remnant soul. After preparing to seek the Heavenly North Ruins, Chen Xiao returned to Purple Firmament Pavilion and found Cai Lin, Yao Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others reunited there, with only Xun Er absent.

• Zi Yan hesitated over meeting the Old Dragon Emperor, then joined Chen Xiao in spending a month helping open a Spatial Wormhole at Qifeng Mountain.
• Cao Ying arrived with Honored One Kuyi and medicinal pills, and Qing Lin returned from her travels with a controlled Ancient Heavenly Serpent remnant soul.
• Chen Xiao and his companions opened Wormholes to Tagor and the Black-Corner Region, and Gan Hou and Dun Xiong tested the routes safely.
• Chen Xiao pre-paid the Spirit Nurturing Dust Pill Recipe and learned that its follow-up required entering Heavenly North Ruins, then searched the region for clues without success.
• Chen Xiao returned to Purple Firmament Pavilion and found Cai Lin, Yao Yao, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others gathered for a reunion.

Chen Xiao arranged the Snake-People Race’s settlement and assigned roles and rewards to the Purple Firmament Pavilion’s allies. After Xiao Yi Xian revealed that her Woeful Poison Body was fully controlled and she had reached Seven Star Dou Venerate, she urged Chen Xiao to explain his relationship with Cao Ying to Cai Lin.

• Chen Xiao assigned Myriad Snake Gorge as the Snake-People Race’s temporary home, named Hai Bo Dong Grand Elder, and gave Heavenly Flame Honored One, Cao Ying, and Qing Lin new responsibilities.
• Chen Xiao promised resources and pavilion positions to the Han Family for its construction work, then gave Cai Lin and Hai Bo Dong Storage Rings to support their people.
• Chen Xiao visited Xiao Yi Xian, who showed that she could change her hair color and explained that her Woeful Poison Qi had been condensed into a Rune, fully resolving the danger of her condition.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Chen Xiao she had reached Seven Star Dou Venerate and advised him to explain his relationship with Cao Ying clearly to Cai Lin.

As Purple Firmament Pavilion opened and recruited new members, Chen Xiao helped Cao Ying obtain a rare ingredient for her revised Spirit Nurturing Dust formula and agreed to support Zi Yan’s search for her father. Zi Yan returned with Eastern Dragon Island’s Great Elder Qingshan, and Chen Xiao confirmed he had found traces of the Old Dragon Emperor and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Qiu Cheng joined Purple Firmament Pavilion after Chen Xiao learned South Wind and Lightning Pavilion had killed his disciple.
• Cao Ying showed Chen Xiao her revised Spirit Nurturing Dust formula, and he gave her a Soul Infant Fruit to test as its missing main ingredient.
• Zi Yan told Chen Xiao she wanted to find her father, and he agreed to help her recover the Old Dragon Emperor and seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Chen Xiao discussed a future trip to the Beast Region with Cai Lin, while they decided to wait until Yao Yao was older before bringing her along.
• Zi Yan returned to Purple Firmament Pavilion with Hei Qing and Great Elder Qingshan of Eastern Dragon Island.
• Chen Xiao confirmed to Qingshan that he had found traces of the Old Dragon Emperor and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving Qingshan and Hei Qing overwhelmed with hope.

Chen Xiao brought Zi Yan and Great Elder Qingshan to the underground magma world beneath Jia Nan Academy, where they found the entrance to the Ancient Emperor Cave while following the Old Dragon Emperor’s bloodline presence. Inside, they discovered the enormous cave gate and then saw a pair of purple-gold eyes looming in the dark sky.

• Zi Yan explained that Qing Lin was safe and breaking through in seclusion, while Chen Xiao arranged for Hei Qing to search the hidden Ruins in Northern Sky.
• Chen Xiao, Zi Yan, and Great Elder Qingshan traveled to Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan reunited with Qing Huan and Xing Yao before leading the others beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Great Elder Qingshan sensed the Old Dragon Emperor nearby and led Chen Xiao and Zi Yan through the magma, driving back the Flame Lizardmen and sparing two Half-Saint lizardmen at Chen Xiao’s request.
• The three entered a hidden space beneath the magma and found a vast stone gate marked “Ancient Emperor Cave.”
• After they looked up from the gate, Chen Xiao, Zi Yan, and Great Elder Qingshan saw a pair of enormous purple-gold eyes in the dark sky.

Chen Xiao, Zi Yan, and Great Elder Qingshan found the Old Dragon Emperor, and Zi Yan reunited with her father after thousands of years apart. The Old Dragon Emperor learned Dragon Island had split into four factions, while Zi Yan agreed to acknowledge him once he escaped the mysterious space.

• Chen Xiao and Great Elder Qingshan saw the Old Dragon Emperor awaken, and he recognized Zi Yan as his daughter.
• Zi Yan cried in Chen Xiao's arms before the Old Dragon Emperor nervously tried to speak with her.
• Great Elder Qingshan explained how Chen Xiao helped Zi Yan and brought them to the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Qingshan told the Old Dragon Emperor that Dragon Island had fractured into four islands ruled by rival Dragon Kings, and the Old Dragon Emperor erupted with killing intent.
• Zi Yan asked Chen Xiao whether she should acknowledge her father, and Chen Xiao encouraged her to forgive him.
• The Old Dragon Emperor apologized for leaving Zi Yan and promised to give her whatever she wanted, while Zi Yan said they would talk after he got out.

The Old Dragon Emperor revealed that he could escape the Ancient Emperor Cave only when its emperor jade key was assembled, and Chen Xiao proposed letting Hun Tiandi gather the pieces. The Old Dragon Emperor named Zi Yan Dragon Emperor, then used his blood to raise Chen Xiao to Five-Star Dou Zun and forge him a powerful Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor.

• The Old Dragon Emperor explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him in the Ancient Emperor Cave until its jade key was found, and Chen Xiao revealed that the Tou She Ancient God Jade was divided among the Ancient Eight Clans.
• Chen Xiao suggested that they let Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan gather the jade pieces, while the Ancient Dragon Clan focused on strengthening itself and intervened at the right moment.
• The Old Dragon Emperor declared Zi Yan the Primordial Void Dragon Clan's Dragon Emperor and said the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit could help her defeat the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• The Old Dragon Emperor privately warned Chen Xiao not to let Zi Yan down, then listened as Chen Xiao recounted their years together.
• The Old Dragon Emperor struck Chen Xiao with a drop of his blood and guided its power through his body, raising him to Five-Star Dou Zun and shaping the leftover energy into a Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor.

Chen Xiao, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Great Elder Qingshan traveled to the Beast Region to find the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Ancient Ruins. They reached the Bone Mountain Range, secretly cleared the area, and opened the hidden ruins, revealing a grand hall within.

• The Old Dragon Emperor gave Chen Xiao the Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor and ordered him to help Zi Yan obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit with Great Elder Qingshan's support.
• Chen Xiao and Zi Yan returned to Purple Firmament Pavilion, where they found Cao Ying refining the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and learned that Qing Lin had returned.
• Chen Xiao set out with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Great Elder Qingshan, while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind to guard Purple Firmament Pavilion.
• Qing Lin explained the Beast Region's clans and warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan might hold a grudge, but Zi Yan dismissed the danger.
• The group reached the Bone Mountain Range, where Great Elder Qingshan killed the gathered Magical Beasts and Chen Xiao and Zi Yan sealed the area.
• Great Elder Qingshan broke open the hidden space, exposing the outline of a grand hall inside the Ancient Ruins.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were ambushed by Star-Picking Old Ghost, who captured Yao Chen and cornered Xiao Yan. Just as Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames in a desperate attack, four mysterious black-robed figures appeared, rescued him, and assured him that Yao Chen would be fine.

• Xiao Yan traveled back toward the Beast Region, hoping to trade with Chen Xiao again and revive Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen sensed danger and urged Xiao Yan to detour to Starfall Pavilion, but Star-Picking Old Ghost trapped them in a spatial barrier.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost attacked, captured Yao Chen, and prepared to seize Xiao Yan for information about the key connected to the Xiao Family.
• Facing capture, Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames into a Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, while Yao Chen sent a white flame mark to Xiao Yan before being absorbed into black fog.
• Four black-robed figures appeared, one of them neutralized Xiao Yan's unstable flames, and Star-Picking Old Ghost fled through a Spatial Rift.
• A black-robed figure told the exhausted Xiao Yan that Yao Chen would be fine and urged him to regulate his breathing.

After rescuing Xiao Yan from Star-Picking Old Ghost, Chen Xiao explained that Yao Chen would likely remain alive in Soul Hall custody and arranged to help Xiao Yan plan a rescue. Back at Purple Firmament Pavilion, Chen Xiao presented Fortune Saint’s remains to Great Elder Qingshan, who removed the skeleton’s lingering intent and promised to create a powerful defensive trump card.

• Chen Xiao revived Xiao Yan with medicinal pills, revealed his identity, and said Soul Hall would probably keep Yao Chen alive for now.
• Xiao Yan offered Yao Chen’s Storage Ring in exchange for help, but Chen Xiao told him to consult Wind Honored One and return to Purple Firmament Pavilion with a plan.
• Chen Xiao escorted Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, gave him a passage token, and then left with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Great Elder Qingshan.
• At Purple Firmament Pavilion, Chen Xiao showed Great Elder Qingshan Fortune Saint’s skeleton and asked him to use its remaining power to strengthen the pavilion’s defenses.
• Great Elder Qingshan removed the skeleton’s lingering intent and promised to leave a powerful defensive trump card before taking Zi Yan to see the Old Dragon Emperor.

Zi Yan returned from the Ancient Ruins, recounted her adventures, and left to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy. Chen Xiao distributed the ruins’ spoils, learned the Great Heaven Creation Palm from Fortune Saint’s bones, and refined eighteen portions of Dou Sheng Marrow before summoning Heavenly Flame Honored One.

• Zi Yan told Chen Xiao and the others about the Ancient Ruins and the Soul Hall’s Star-Picking Old Ghost, then said goodbye and departed with Great Elder Qingshan and Hei Qing to digest the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Chen Xiao gave Hai Bo Dong and Heavenly Flame Honored One Storage Rings of medicines and pills, learned that Cao Ying had made eighteen grains of Spirit Nurturing Dust, and entrusted her with more Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Chen Xiao distributed the pill beast to Cai Lin and poison manuals to Xiao Yi Xian, then used Bone Spirit Cold Flame to extract Golden Spirit Saliva from three ribs of Fortune Saint’s skeleton.
• Chen Xiao absorbed the Golden Spirit Saliva, received Fortune Saint’s memory fragment, and learned the low-level Heaven Rank Dou Technique, Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Chen Xiao continued refining Fortune Saint’s skeleton and collected eighteen portions of Dou Sheng Marrow, then summoned Heavenly Flame Honored One and asked him to bring his skeleton.

Chen Xiao gave Heavenly Flame Honored One a Dou Sheng skeleton and oversaw his revival with Cao Ying’s help. After five days in the flames, Heavenly Flame Honored One awakened in his new body, stronger than he had been at his peak.

• Chen Xiao offered Heavenly Flame Honored One the remains of a Dou Sheng expert as a new body, and Heavenly Flame Honored One combined it with three ribs from his own skeleton.
• Chen Xiao consumed seven Dou Sheng Marrow pellets and advanced from Five-Star Dou Zun to Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Great Elder Qingshan agreed to empower Purple Firmament Pavilion’s protective formation, while Hei Qing said he would remain active in Northern Sky.
• Chen Xiao brought Cao Ying and Heavenly Flame Honored One to a mountain stream, where Cao Ying used her flames, a Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill, and Evil Eye White Scale essence blood to prepare the skeleton for revival.
• Heavenly Flame Honored One entered the skeleton and endured Cao Ying’s flames as his body formed over five days.
• Heavenly Flame Honored One opened his eyes, rose from the flames, and rejoiced at the power of his revived body.

After Heavenly Flame Honored One was revived and reached the peak of the second revolution, Chen Xiao assigned him to gather resources for Purple Firmament Pavilion. Feng Xian and Xiao Yan then arrived to enlist Chen Xiao’s help in rescuing Yao Chen, and Chen Xiao agreed to lead an advance investigation of the Soul Hall branch holding him.

• Heavenly Flame Honored One thanked Chen Xiao and Cao Ying for his rebirth, and Chen Xiao learned that he had reached the peak of the second revolution.
• Chen Xiao ordered Heavenly Flame Honored One to hand his pavilion duties to Qiu Cheng and join Qing Lin in gathering resources, giving him information about the Volcanic Stone Flame.
• Feng Xian and Xiao Yan visited Chen Xiao, and Feng Xian explained that only Iron Sword Honored One had joined his effort to rescue Yao Chen so far.
• Chen Xiao said the mark on Star-Picking Old Ghost would remain intact but urged a prompt rescue, then offered to bring Purple Firmament Pavilion Puppets to investigate the Soul Hall branch.
• Feng Xian agreed to Chen Xiao’s plan and presented the Eighth Grade Bodhi Pill and One Origin Pill formulas as thanks.
• Chen Xiao required Feng Xian and Iron Sword Honored One to follow his commands and set rules for dividing spoils, which Feng Xian accepted.

Chen Xiao joined Feng Xian and Iron Sword Honored One to rescue Yao Chen from a Soul Hall branch in the Mountain Range of Lost Souls. After Iron Sword Honored One eliminated the nearby informants, the three entered the mountain range, with Xiao Yi Xian following in secret.

• Feng Xian and Xiao Yan agreed to bring Iron Sword Venerable to Purple Firmament Pavilion so they could set out to rescue Yao Chen.
• Great Elder Qingshan revealed that Yao Chen was being held in the Mountain Range of Lost Souls and confirmed that no Dou Saint guarded the branch hall.
• Feng Xian and Iron Sword Honored One arrived at Purple Firmament Pavilion, and Chen Xiao led them toward the Mountain Range of Lost Souls.
• Iron Sword Honored One killed fewer than five hundred nearby informants, preventing them from sending a message.
• Chen Xiao, Feng Xian, and Iron Sword Honored One entered the mountain range, and Xiao Yi Xian followed after them in secret.

Chen Xiao used the Stone-Eating Ant Queen to guide Wind Honored One and Iron Sword Honored One through the Mountain Range of Lost Souls to the Soul Hall branch. After spotting its spatial barrier, Chen Xiao decided they would wipe out everyone inside in one assault.

• Wind Honored One suggested splitting up, but Chen Xiao refused and led the group onward through the cold fog.
• As night fell, a swarm of Stone-Eating Demonic Ants approached, and Chen Xiao captured its queen using beast-taming art.
• Chen Xiao had the ant queen lead them deeper into the mountains and clear hidden messenger birds that could have alerted the Soul Hall.
• The three reached a valley where a massive Soul Hall branch stood behind a spatial barrier.
• Chen Xiao noticed the poison domain above the valley had been strengthened by Xiao Yi Xian’s Heavenly Poison Overturning Void Chapter and declared they would wipe out the Soul Hall occupants.

Chen Xiao and his allies attacked Soul Hall’s stronghold in the Mountain Range of Lost Souls to rescue Yao Chen, and Chen Xiao killed Star-Picking Old Ghost after overpowering him. Nine Heavens Honored intervened, and Chen Xiao decided to fight him, confident that Ninth Sister could be killed as well.

• Chen Xiao, Wind Honored One, and Iron Sword Honored One broke through Soul Hall’s spatial barrier and began fighting its protectors.
• Chen Xiao’s Ice Condensing Spirit Slaughtering Sword Formation overwhelmed Star-Picking Old Ghost and killed him after Nine Heavens Honored failed to save him.
• Nine Heavens Honored confronted Chen Xiao, while Iron Sword Honored One warned Chen Xiao to flee and prepared to fight.
• Chen Xiao decided to face Nine Heavens Honored and reasoned that Ninth Sister could be killed just like Star-Picking Old Ghost.

Chen Xiao overwhelmed Nine Heavens Honored with his cold Dou Qi and Dragon Emperor Ancient Armor, then killed her as the battle against Soul Hall continued. The chapter left the other clashes unresolved.

• Chen Xiao killed Star-Picking Old Ghost and froze dozens of Soul Hall Protectors, provoking Nine Heavens Honored into attacking him.
• Chen Xiao tanked Nine Heavens Honored’s palm strike and used two clones to beat her back in close combat.
• Nine Heavens Honored questioned Chen Xiao’s ties to the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, and he claimed he had once visited its Scripture Collection Pavilion.
• Chen Xiao broke Nine Heavens Honored’s Nether Cold Wave Palm techniques and destroyed her ice cage, leaving her injured and unable to escape through space.
• Nine Heavens Honored charged at Chen Xiao in desperation, but he cut her apart with a Bone Spirit Cold Flame-coated blade and left only her Storage Ring behind.