Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiao prepared to leave the Northwest Continent for the Central Plains, arranging protection for Zi Yan and Purple Firmament Pavilion before departing after the auction. He and his companions left for the Central Plains as Hai Bo Dong and the city’s residents watched them go.

• Yao Chen questioned Xiao Yan about Chen Xiao, then urged Xiao Yan to rely on himself and prepare pills for Purple Firmament Pavilion’s auction.
• Chen Xiao gave Cai Lin a Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill and discussed his plans to leave for the Central Plains after the auction.
• Chen Xiao visited Su Qian, chose a Blood Seal to conceal Zi Yan’s bloodline, and later applied it using Sixth Tier Black Flame Kui Niu blood.
• Chen Xiao told Cao Hui he would visit the Cao Family and agreed to carry a letter to Cao Hui’s parents.
• Xiao Yan won the Six Directions Roaming Body Ruler at Purple Firmament Pavilion’s auction, while Yin Gu Lao obtained the Beast Taming Art by trading nearly half of the Heavenly Yin Sect’s collection.
• After the auction, Chen Xiao handed Purple Firmament Pavilion to Hai Bo Dong and departed with his companions, leaving the pavilion’s people to bid him farewell.

Chen Xiao and his companions destroyed the Black Emperor Sect before leaving the Black-Corner Region for the Central Plains. Mo Tianxing was captured as a soul, and Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan departed after saying goodbye to Cai Lin.

• Protector Xuan refused Mo Tianxing’s request for an alliance but warned him that Chen Xiao planned to settle the Black Emperor Sect’s fate before leaving the region.
• Chen Xiao, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Black Emperor Sect, while Zi Yan and the Thousand Medicine Shop’s experts joined the assault.
• Mo Tianxing ended his life, Che Cheng self-detonated, and Chen Xiao killed Mo Ya before discovering and sealing Mo Tianxing’s hidden soul in a jade bottle.
• Chen Xiao divided the sect’s treasures, gave Cai Lin rings to support the Snake-People Race, and Xiao Yi Xian promised Cai Lin she would protect him.
• Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan departed for the Central Plains, leaving Cai Lin behind as Protector Xuan emerged and searched unsuccessfully for Mo Tianxing’s soul.

Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan reached Horizon City after traveling from the Black-Corner Region and learned about the Central Continent’s major powers on the way. They bought a Spatial Ship and entered the city’s Spatial Wormhole, beginning their journey toward the Cao Family.

• Chen Xiao explained that Horizon City's Spatial Wormhole would take them to Xian City, where they would need two more transfers to reach the Cao Family.
• Chen Xiao described the Central Continent's major factions and warned that Ice River Valley might pose a danger to Xiao Yi Xian because of her Woeful Poison Body.
• The three arrived in Horizon City, where a Luo Family elder directed them to the Spatial Wormhole and recommended the Luo Clan Auction House for a Spatial Ship.
• Chen Xiao bought a sixth-tier Spatial Ship at the Luo Clan Auction House and accepted the shop's VIP Card.
• Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan completed the required procedures and entered the Spatial Wormhole.

Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan traveled to Holy Pill City and attended the Five Great Clans' assessment, where Cao Ying took first place. Cao Ying recognized them and left the hall with Chen Xiao, holding his arm after whispering to him.

• Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan traveled through the Spatial Wormhole for twenty days before arriving in Holy Pill City.
• The three gathered news in a teahouse and learned that the Five Great Clans' assessment was taking place, with Cao Ying expected to stand out.
• Chen Xiao used a Cao Family identity token to enter the Inner Region and brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to the assessment hall.
• Cao Ying caught one hundred Soul Measuring Orbs and placed first in the assessment, while Ye Fan placed fifth.
• Cao Ying spotted Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, greeted them warmly, then whispered to Chen Xiao and left the hall holding his arm.

Chen Xiao met Cao Ying at her courtyard in Holy Pill City and assigned her four tasks to prepare for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill and repay a debt. After Cao Ying agreed, Chen Xiao planned to approach the Ye Family for access to its Sun Fire Ancient Altar.

• Cao Ying explained that she had led the group in circles to discourage people pursuing her, then told Chen Xiao she lived in the Dan Tower and asked when he had reached the Central Plains.
• Chen Xiao explained that he had brought Xiao Yi Xian to resolve her poison body, and Cao Ying agreed to help, noting that she could ask her Teacher, Xuan Kongzi, to refine the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill.
• Chen Xiao gave Cao Ying the pill formula and materials, asking her to arrange the refinement and have the Cao Family Elders help if needed.
• Chen Xiao asked Cao Ying to invite the Ye Family so he could negotiate access to its Sun Fire Ancient Altar, which could help condense Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill.
• Chen Xiao had Cao Ying store a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse and study the Heavenly Demon Puppet refinement method, then said they would visit the Ye Family once the four tasks were done.

Chen Xiao reached an agreement with Ye Zhong to use the Ye Family’s Sun Fire Ancient Altar in exchange for helping the family solve two urgent problems. Back in Cao Ying’s courtyard, he gave her the complete Flame Mantra and prepared to deal with her Monster Corpse that night.

• Chen Xiao offered to repair the Ye Family’s Sun Fire Ancient Altar and guide them ahead of the next Five Great Clans assessment in exchange for borrowing the altar, and Ye Zhong agreed.
• Cao Ying told Chen Xiao that her teacher would begin refining the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill the next day.
• Cao Ying accidentally drank Chen Xiao’s tea, then suffered a bout of chest tightness and coughing from the Flame Mantra’s aftereffects.
• Chen Xiao gave Cao Ying the complete Flame Mantra, easing her unspoken worry that he treated her only as a business partner.
• Cao Ying warned Chen Xiao that her family and Xuan Kongzi might soon seek him out, and Chen Xiao said he was ready to face them.
• Chen Xiao and Cao Ying set out to deal with the Monster Corpse.

Chen Xiao, Cao Ying, and Zi Yan processed a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse, refining its blood essence and magic core while preparing materials for Zi Yan. Afterward, Chen Xiao gave Cao Ying the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, leaving her delighted.

• Chen Xiao identified the corpse as belonging to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Cao Ying warned him that the clan could sense its dead and seek revenge.
• Chen Xiao and Cao Ying stripped the corpse while Zi Yan arrived through a hole in the ceiling and showed them how to process its remains.
• Cao Ying refined five drops of Heavenly Demon Phoenix Blood Essence from the corpse's flesh, and Chen Xiao gave them to Zi Yan.
• Cao Ying burned the hide and other materials, producing a powerful green-red magic core and preparing the claws, fangs, and bone wings for Zi Yan and Chen Xiao.
• Chen Xiao presented Cao Ying with the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, and she eagerly accepted it.

Chen Xiao and his companions visited Holy Pill City’s Alchemist Trading Fair, where he brushed off Song Qing’s jealous provocation and found an inconspicuous copper piece that contained a valuable treasure. The chapter ended with Chen Xiao focusing on the copper piece at a Seventh Grade Advanced Alchemist’s stall.

• Xiao Yi Xian finished making Zi Yan a pair of gloves from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix’s claws and fangs, and Zi Yan happily tried them on.
• Cao Ying invited Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan to the Alchemist Trading Fair after completing her cultivation method.
• Chen Xiao led the group through the first and second floors, and Cao Ying used her Seventh Grade Alchemist badge to get them onto the third floor.
• Song Qing mocked Chen Xiao and questioned his relationship with Cao Ying, but Chen Xiao embraced Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian to provoke him before continuing upstairs.
• Chen Xiao spotted a rusty copper piece at a Seventh Grade Advanced Alchemist’s stall and recognized that it contained Spirit Nurturing Dust.

Chen Xiao traded a mid-grade seventh-rank elixir formula for an ancient Copper Piece, then uncovered five grains of Spirit Nurturing Dust that strengthened the souls of him and the three women. After the group absorbed the dust, Chen Xiao told Cao Ying he planned to leave the Dan Domain within a month and head north after breaking through to Dou Zong.

• Chen Xiao bargained with the stall owner for the Copper Piece, and Cao Ying paid with a Star Condensing Pill formula.
• Chen Xiao removed the Copper Piece's rust, and Cao Ying used her Heavenly Flames to reveal five grains of Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Chen Xiao divided the dust among himself, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cao Ying, while Zi Yan also received a grain, and their souls began to grow stronger.
• Cao Ying told Chen Xiao about an incomplete soul cultivation chant she had heard, and he identified it as a remnant left by an ancient expert.
• Cao Ying asked about Chen Xiao's plans, and he said he would leave the Dan Domain after Xiao Yi Xian's matter was settled and seek a place to break through to Dou Zong before traveling north.

Chen Xiao watched Xuan Kongzi complete a Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill and used the resulting Pill Lightning to strengthen his Heavenly Demon Puppet. After Cao Ying stayed behind with Xuan Kongzi, Chen Xiao used the pill to pre-pay for a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core.

• Cao Ying visited Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan while Chen Xiao cultivated, and Xiao Yi Xian reassured Cao Ying about condensing the Poison Pill.
• Chen Xiao joined Cao Ying at the plaza to watch Xuan Kongzi refine the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill, then asked permission for his Heavenly Demon Puppet to receive its Pill Lightning.
• Chen Xiao sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to absorb the Pill Lightning, and it grew stronger through repeated strikes.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Chen Xiao the completed pill and asked Cao Ying to stay behind with him.
• Chen Xiao used the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill to complete a pre-payment and selected a tier-seven Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core as his next target.

Chen Xiao and his companions reached Ye City and went to the Ye Family’s Sun Fire Ancient Altar so Cao Ying could guide Xiao Yi Xian through condensing a Poison Pill. The altar sealed them inside as the process began, leaving Xiao Yi Xian braced for the Heavenly Flames and the seven-colored mark of her Woeful Poison Body nearing her heart.

• Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, and Zi Yan traveled to Ye City, where Ye Zhong welcomed them and led them to the Sun Fire Ancient Altar.
• Ye Zhong explained that the altar’s core flame seedlings had stopped appearing, but Chen Xiao said they only needed its intense yang energy to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body.
• Cao Ying swallowed a Profound Yellow Creation Pill to temporarily raise her strength, while Chen Xiao summoned the Heavenly Demon Puppet to guard the altar.
• Chen Xiao moved the altar’s stone tablet, triggering a mechanism that sealed him, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yi Xian inside as sunlight gathered around the earth eye.
• Cao Ying began preparing to force Xiao Yi Xian’s poison gas into one place with three Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yi Xian removed her clothes as the seven-colored mark on her abdomen was revealed near her heart.

Cao Ying used three Heavenly Flames and Bodhi Transformation Saliva to help Xiao Yi Xian begin condensing a Poison Pill, while Chen Xiao cleared the Sun Fire Ancient Altar’s earth eye and obtained an Earth Core Pearl. The chapter ended when a fierce battle erupted at the Ye Family’s main hall, threatening to disturb Xiao Yi Xian at a critical moment.

• Cao Ying suppressed Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison with Heavenly Flames, drew it into her lower abdomen, and used the Scorpion Dragon Beast core and Bodhi Transformation Saliva to begin the Poison Pill process.
• Chen Xiao called Xiao Yi Xian back to awareness, and she circulated her Dou Qi to compress the poison around the magic core as Cao Ying’s strength faded from the pill’s side effects.
• Cao Ying covered Xiao Yi Xian and helped Chen Xiao seal the earth eye after he extracted its Earth Core Pearl, which he gave to Cao Ying.
• A clash at the Ye Family’s main hall alarmed Cao Ying, and Chen Xiao urged them to go investigate before Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation could be disturbed.

Chen Xiao watched the Black Flame Sect threaten the Ye Family, then suggested Xiao Yan as a candidate to help them in the next Five Great Clans Assessment. Three days later, Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the Sun Fire Ancient Altar after condensing the Poison Pill, and Chen Xiao and the others waited to see how much her strength had increased.

• Chen Xiao brought Zi Yan and Cao Ying to the Ye Family hall, where Ye Zhong and three Ye Family elders faced the Black Demon Twin Fiends of the Black Flame Sect.
• The Black Demon Twin Fiends threatened the Ye Family, but left after Ye Zhong reminded them that his clan still held its place among the Five Great Clans.
• Chen Xiao told Ye Zhong that the Sun Fire Ancient Altar had been restored and suggested Xiao Yan of Jia Nan Academy as an ally for the next assessment.
• Chen Xiao returned to the altar with Zi Yan and Cao Ying, and they waited three days while Xiao Yi Xian completed her breakthrough.
• Heaven and Earth Energy gathered around the sealed altar, then its stone walls opened to reveal Xiao Yi Xian in a new white dress.

After Xiao Yi Xian controlled her Woeful Poison Body and reached Three-Star Dou Venerate, Chen Xiao and his companions traveled to the Cao Family, where he arranged for its Grand Elder to refine a Heavenly Demon Puppet. Chen Xiao had also set the Cao Family in motion to contact the Ancient Dragon Clan on Zi Yan’s behalf, and the group settled in to await the next steps.

• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that condensing the Poison Pill had made her a Three-Star Dou Venerate and brought her Woeful Poison Body under control.
• Chen Xiao decided the group would visit the Cao Family before dealing with the Heavenly Demon Puppet, and they left the Ye Family without saying goodbye.
• Cao Ying introduced the Cao Family’s strength as she led Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan to Vast Sea City, where the clan’s elders welcomed them.
• Chen Xiao explained that the Cao Family would use its Pill Tower connections to help contact the Ancient Dragon Clan through the Spine-Horned Dragon Lizard Clan, hoping to find Zi Yan’s people.
• Cao Ying brought the Cao Family Grand Elder to Chen Xiao, and Chen Xiao handed over the Heavenly Demon Puppet method and its materials for him to refine.

Chen Xiao and his companions left the Cao Family and traveled to Falling God Ravine to clear its threats before attempting a breakthrough to Dou Zong. Xiao Yi Xian killed the Seven-Tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast with one spatial attack, leaving the group poised to continue into the ravine.

• The Grand Elder completed a Heavenly Demon Puppet for Chen Xiao, who bonded with it and accepted a soul jade tablet for identifying the Ancient Void Dragon contacts.
• Chen Xiao discovered that the new puppet vanished under moonlight, then planned a route to pursue opportunities across the continent.
• Chen Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan departed with Cao Ying, who gave Chen Xiao pills and promised to meet again before the Pill Gathering.
• The trio reached Falling God Ravine and set out to eliminate its powerful beasts before Chen Xiao tried to break through to Dou Zong.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast threatened Xiao Yi Xian, and she killed it instantly by tearing its body apart with Spatial Strangulation.

Chen Xiao and Zi Yan secluded themselves in the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s stone fortress while Xiao Yi Xian guarded them and secured the area. After a hundred days of cultivation, Chen Xiao broke through to Dou Zong, while Xun Er and Qing Lin prepared to travel to the Dan Domain to reunite with him.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, and Chen Xiao collected its monster core and body before the group searched its fortress.
• Chen Xiao and Zi Yan began cultivating in seclusion, while Xiao Yi Xian sealed the area and recruited two former subordinates of the beast to guard it.
• After taking a Sect Breaking Pill, Chen Xiao absorbed Heaven and Earth Energy for months as Zi Yan ate and slept through her own advancement.
• In the Eastern Domain, Qing Lin gave Xun Er news that Chen Xiao had reached the Central Plains, and the two decided to go to the Dan Domain.
• On the hundredth day, Chen Xiao emerged from the stone fortress able to walk through the air, showing that he had reached Dou Zong, then closed his eyes again.

After advancing to Dou Zong, Chen Xiao discovered that his Pre-pay ability had expanded to three categories and tested its new limits. He learned that Zi Yan was nearing a breakthrough and that Eastern Dragon Island had been contacted, while two unknown figures arrived outside Falling God Ravine before its people did.

• Chen Xiao tested his three Pre-pay opportunities and found that he could pre-pay High-Level Earth Tier techniques and skills, but not Heaven Rank items or the highest-grade treasures.
• Chen Xiao discovered he could pre-pay the Spirit Nurturing Dust Pill Recipe, refused it because obtaining it from the Heavenly North Ruins could bring danger, and noted the ruin for the future.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Chen Xiao that Cao Ying had beaten Dan Chen in a Seventh Grade Alchemist assessment, while Zi Yan had been sleeping for increasingly long periods as she neared advancement.
• Chen Xiao sensed that the Grand Elder of the Cao Family had crushed the soul jade tablet, signaling contact with Eastern Dragon Island, and decided to wait until Zi Yan woke before breaking her Blood Seal.
• Two unidentified figures quietly arrived outside Falling God Ravine before the people from Eastern Dragon Island reached it.

Chen Xiao reunited with Xun Er and Qing Lin in Falling God Ravine, where Xun Er asked to speak privately with Xiao Yi Xian before discussing Chen Xiao’s other relationships. Qing Lin revealed her formidable strength and asked to follow Chen Xiao again after escorting Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan.

• Chen Xiao ended his spar with Gan Hou and the stocky Magical Beast, then invited them to join Purple Firmament Pavilion if they chose to travel to the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed powerful newcomers approaching, and Chen Xiao recognized them as Xun Er and Qing Lin.
• Chen Xiao embraced Xun Er, then introduced her and Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian and admitted that he and Xiao Yi Xian were inseparable, mentioning Cai Lin as well.
• Xun Er asked to speak with Xiao Yi Xian alone, while Qing Lin reassured Chen Xiao and told him about her life and cultivation in the Ancient Clan.
• Qing Lin revealed she was an Eight-Star Dou Venerate who controlled five eighth-rank snake-type Magical Beasts, then asked to return and follow Chen Xiao after escorting Xun Er back.
• Chen Xiao agreed, then noticed Little Dragon Person peeking out from the stone fort.

Zi Yan agreed to return to Eastern Dragon Island with Hei Qing after securing a promise that her freedom would not be permanently restricted. After she left, Xun Er reunited with Chen Xiao, set a firm boundary for their relationship, and revealed that she had kept the Emperor Jade hidden as he had instructed.

• Zi Yan met Qing Lin, learned that Eastern Dragon Island had come for her, and chose to return to her clan after Hei Qing promised she could leave once she grew stronger.
• Chen Xiao told Zi Yan to keep the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit secret as a safeguard, and she departed with Hei Qing through a Spatial Rift.
• Chen Xiao and Xun Er went to a pavilion, where she asked him to recount his years away and warned him not to pursue any other women beyond those already in his life.
• Xun Er produced the Emperor Jade she had kept hidden from the Gu Clan, confirming that only she and Old Ling knew she had it.

Chen Xiao discussed his plans to travel to the Extreme Northern Land with Xun Er, who gave him the remaining seals of the Emperor Seal Technique. While checking his Pre-pay abilities, Chen Xiao discovered another Bone Spirit Cold Flame in the northern ruins and unlocked a chance to obtain an upgraded Ice Hell Scripture; he ended the chapter preparing to examine it.

• Chen Xiao told Xun Er he planned to take Xiao Yi Xian to the Extreme Northern Land, and he promised to visit Xun Er in the Ancient Realm after dealing with his affairs.
• Xun Er gave Chen Xiao the last three seals of the God Seal Technique, and Chen Xiao shared Spirit Nurturing Dust with her before they rested together.
• Chen Xiao checked his Pre-pay information and found that the Fallen Heart Flame remained at Jia Nan Academy, while another Bone Spirit Cold Flame awaited a trial in the False Heaven of the Extreme Northern Land.
• Chen Xiao used his remaining Pre-pay opportunities to improve his cultivation technique and learned that the Ice Hell Scripture required reading fifty thousand volumes, with his progress at 37929.
• Chen Xiao skimmed the Emperor Seal Technique, raising his reading progress to 37930, then took out the newly obtained High-Level Earth Tier Ice Hell Scripture for inspection.