Chapter Summaries

Yin Wu faced Wu Jiu’s attack until Ye Chen intervened with silver flames, then prepared his new Luan Kill Spear. The spear locked onto Wu Jiu and fired, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yin Wu abandoned her desperate plan and met Wu Jiu’s black python with a pillar of Dou Qi.
• Ye Chen’s six silver Fire Dragons struck the black python and spread into flames that destroyed Wu Jiu’s Soul Bodies.
• Yin Wu’s attack scattered the weakened python as Wu Jiu unleashed more Soul Locking Chains against her and Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen completed the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions of the Thunder God and formed a vast cyan luan with his Dou Qi and blood.
• Wu Jiu raised the Hundred Soul Seal Heaven Array, while Ye Chen used the Luan Kill Spear to lock onto Wu Jiu and fire a concentrated beam.

Ye Chen overwhelmed Wu Jiu after breaking his Seal Heaven Array, then killed the exposed Soul Body. He checked on Yin Wu afterward and offered her an Instant Qi Pill.

• Ye Chen's Luan Kill Spear shattered Wu Jiu's Seal Heaven Array, and Ye Chen restored his depleted Dou Qi with an Instant Qi Pill.
• The attack dispelled Wu Jiu's Black Mist and exposed his Soul Body, while Yin Wu realized that the Hall of Souls protectors were not physically alive.
• Wu Jiu tried to retreat and fight back, but Ye Chen struck him with a Soul Arrow and Soul Handprint.
• Ye Chen crushed Wu Jiu's Soul Body after the protector begged for mercy.
• Ye Chen flew to Yin Wu and offered her an Instant Qi Pill to restore her Dou Qi.

Ye Chen followed Yin Wu to Sound Valley to escape the Hall of Souls and Pill Tower’s search, reaching its hidden barrier on Emerald Peak. After entering, he recognized that the vast bamboo sea was Sound Valley’s Guardian Formation and quietly judged that it could not trap him.

• Ye Chen recalled that Sound Valley was hidden on Emerald Peak of Moyun Mountain behind an illusion barrier, and wondered about the Dou Qi Continent’s decline and the valley’s mysterious master.
• After learning that the Hall of Souls and Pill Tower were searching for him, Ye Chen chose to accompany Yin Wu to Sound Valley and ask the Pill Tower for help.
• Yin Wu revealed Sound Valley’s Spatial Barrier, and Ye Chen speculated that its master might be a Half-Saint.
• Ye Chen followed Yin Wu through the barrier and found an immense bamboo sea on Emerald Peak.
• Ye Chen used his Eye of Deception Piercing to identify the bamboo sea as Sound Valley’s Guardian Formation, which Yin Wu said could trap anyone without the proper method of entry.

Ye Chen visited Sound Valley and witnessed the valley master's extraordinary skill with the zither before meeting her in person. She revealed that Dan Chen was her daughter, leaving Ye Chen stunned and wondering about her connection to the Dan Clan.

• Yin Wu guided Ye Chen through Sound Valley, where the disciples teased her and played zither music as he passed.
• Yin Wu brought Ye Chen to Lake Heart Island, where the valley master's zither music affected the surrounding energy and drew him into shifting visions.
• After the music ended, Ye Chen greeted the Sound Valley Master, who sent Yin Wu away so they could speak alone.
• The Sound Valley Master examined Ye Chen, told him he was quite good, and revealed that Dan Chen was her daughter.
• Ye Chen was shocked by the revelation and wondered whether the valley master had once been involved with the Dan Clan Head.

Ye Chen left Sound Valley after the Pill Tower arrived to take him away, while the Sound Valley Master privately ordered Granny Su to help protect him from the Soul Hall. The chapter ended with Ye Chen traveling with Qiu Ling and the Pill Tower elders toward the Pill Tower, catching up on events during his absence.

• The Sound Valley Master told Granny Su that she had decided to entrust the little miss to Ye Chen and asked her to seek Dan Yi's opinion.
• The Sound Valley Master instructed Granny Su to secretly protect Ye Chen from the Soul Hall if Dan Yi agreed to the plan.
• After five days at Sound Valley, Ye Chen learned that people from the Pill Tower had come to fetch him.
• Ye Chen and Yin Wu met Qiu Ling and four other powerful visitors outside the valley, and Qiu Ling thanked Sound Valley for its help.
• Qiu Ling explained that Xuan Lao had allowed the Pill Tower group to travel quickly by tearing open space, and Ye Chen asked about the Pill Tower and Ye Family.

After learning that the Pill Tower was preparing to confront the Soul Hall, Ye Chen returned to Sacred Pill City and questioned Xuan Kongzi about the coming conflict. Xuan Kongzi planned a limited strike backed by recruited Dou Zun experts, and more than fifty had gathered in the city.

• Qiu Ling told Ye Chen that the Pill Tower had begun purging Soul Hall affiliates and that Xuan Kongzi had summoned powerful Dou Zun experts.
• Ye Chen hurried back to the Pill Tower, reaching Sacred Pill City five days later and reuniting with Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi said the Pill Tower had to answer the Soul Hall's provocation to protect its reputation, but he intended to keep the conflict controlled.
• Xuan Kongzi offered three Rank Eight Pills to each recruited Dou Zun and planned to kill several Soul Hall Venerable Elders instead of attacking a branch hall.
• More than fifty Dou Zun experts arrived in Sacred Pill City, and Xuan Kongzi told Ye Chen that becoming an Eighth Grade Alchemist Master would greatly increase his influence.

Xuan Kongzi selected twenty-five experts for the Pill Pagoda’s campaign against the Hall of Souls and appointed Great Elder Qiu Ling to lead them, while excluding Ye Chen. The Hall of Souls sent its Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Reverents to respond and ordered Blood River to investigate Xuan Kongzi’s plans.

• Xuan Kongzi explained the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood and chose twenty-five fighters, with the weakest at Four-Star Dou Zun and the strongest at nine-star Dou Venerate Peak.
• Xuan Kongzi told Ye Chen to stay out of the battle, and Ye Chen accepted before learning that Great Elder Qiu Ling would lead the team.
• The Hall of Souls’ Third Heavenly Reverent assigned the matter to the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Reverents and demanded that they defend the Hall’s prestige.
• The Third Heavenly Reverent ordered Fourth Heavenly Reverent Blood River to join the mission because he suspected Xuan Kongzi was hiding a scheme.
• Blood River questioned why the Hall of Souls would not use the opportunity to teach the Pill Pagoda’s Three Great Heads a lesson.

The Hall of Souls’ arrival on Misty Cloud Mountain forced Xiao Yan and Yao Chen into battle with Protector Wu after Xiao Yan’s altered path left the Misty Cloud Sect devastated. As Yun Yun refused to flee, Gu He knocked her unconscious so he could take her to safety.

• The Third Heavenly Reverent warned Blood River not to start an all-out war with the Pill Tower, and Blood River agreed to watch them from the shadows.
• The Pill Tower challenged the Hall of Souls to a battle at the Yin Mo Mountain Range, drawing Central State’s attention while events in the Jia Ma Empire went unnoticed.
• The chapter recounted how Ye Chen’s actions changed Xiao Yan’s path, leaving him weaker and altering his ties to Yun Yun before he fought Nalan Yanran to a draw.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen fought Protector Wu on Misty Cloud Mountain after Yao Chen’s attack on Yun Shan drew the Hall of Souls’ attention.
• Yun Yun ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to evacuate but refused to leave, so Gu He knocked her unconscious to take her away.

Gu He took Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran away from Misty Cloud Mountain as Yao Chen stayed behind to face Protector Wu. Xiao Yan watched their battle from below, realizing his teacher was likely to lose after exhausting his strength against Yun Shan.

• Gu He explained that Yun Yun needed to leave the Jia Ma Empire and took her away with Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Chen confronted Protector Wu and told Xiao Yan to leave while he fought the Soul Hall pursuer.
• Protector Wu filled the sky with black mist and battled Yao Chen, who fought with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yan watched from halfway down the mountain and regretted that his actions had forced Yao Chen to spend strength killing Yun Shan.
• A terrifying Soul Pressure knocked Xiao Yan from a tree, and a stronger soul storm made him spit blood.

Ye Chen lit the ninth Star Palace, improving several attributes as he prepared to enter the Pill World for an ingredient needed to refine a Rank Eight Pill. Ye Zhong visited to reassure him and reported that Ice River Valley had apologized to the Ye Family and surrendered its treasured techniques after Xuan Kongzi threatened to punish it.

• Ye Chen spent 400 Star Vein points to light the ninth Star Palace in the Dragon Head Star Region, gaining a Star Soul and boosts to Qi, Speed, Technique, Soul Control, and Fire Control.
• Ye Chen left his cultivation room intending to ask his Teacher for permission to enter the Pill World and search for a medicinal ingredient.
• Ye Zhong arrived to check on Ye Chen, explaining that the Ye Family had worried after his disappearance and that Ye Chen's mother had been especially concerned.
• Ye Zhong told Ye Chen that Ice Venerable had visited Ye City with gifts to apologize, including Ice Venerable Strength and Ice River Valley's only Heaven Tier Low-Grade Dou Technique.
• Ye Zhong explained that Ice River Valley had been frightened by Xuan Kongzi's threat to punish it and his summons for experts to seek revenge, offering three Rank Eight Pills as payment.

Ye Chen arranged for the Ye Family’s next steps and planned to enter the Pill World, while Xiao Yan was rescued from the battle’s soul pressure by a black-robed guardian. As Yao Lao faced capture by Protector Wu, he recognized Xiao Yan’s rescuer and saw a slim chance for them both to survive.

• Ye Chen told Ye Zhong to take Xian'er to Misty Valley, reopen the Ye Family’s passage to Sacred Pill City, and tell Golden Cauldron Venerable he would seek ingredients for the Vajra Bodhi Pill.
• Ye Zhong left, and Ye Chen went to ask his Teacher about entering the Pill World.
• A black-robed old man shielded Xiao Yan from the soul pressure, gave him a healing pill, and said his mission was only to keep him alive.
• Xiao Yan asked the black-robed man to help Yao Chen, but the man said he could not join a Dou Zong-level battle.
• Protector Wu prepared to capture the badly injured Yao Chen, who recognized Xiao Yan’s rescuer as the guardian sent by the girl who cared for Xiao Yan and saw a slim chance of survival.

Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan his Bone Spirit Cold Flame source, the Bone Flame Ring, and final instructions before Protector Wu captured his soul. Xiao Yan escaped toward Jia Nan Academy, while Lin Xiu arrived in the Black-Corner Region and headed there to find Ye Xinyue.

• Yao Lao entrusted Xiao Yan with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame source and Bone Flame Ring, then urged him to stay alive and grow strong enough to save him and his father.
• The black-robed Dou Emperor took Xiao Yan away from Misty Cloud Mountain toward Jia Nan Academy as Yao Lao used his remaining strength to block Protector Wu.
• Protector Wu captured Yao Lao's soul in his Storage Ring and left Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Yan and his companion traveled toward the Black-Corner Region, where Jia Nan Academy was located.
• Lin Xiu arrived in the Black-Corner Region after nearly three months and set out for Jia Nan Academy to find Ye Xinyue.

Lin Xiu reached Jia Nan Academy to find Ye Xinyue, but his secretive arrival provoked the academy’s guardians and nearly led to a fight. After explaining himself and compensating them, he was escorted to the Inner Academy as Ye Xinyue waited on a mountain peak.

• Lin Xiu appeared in Hu Gan’s office and used his pressure to stop Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang from moving.
• Two Jia Nan Academy guardians confronted Lin Xiu, and he hurriedly explained that he had come to find Ye Xinyue on behalf of the Ye Family of the Pill Region.
• Su Qian confirmed that Ye Xinyue was an Inner Academy student, and Lin Xiu apologized and gave the guardians an Instant Qi Pill as compensation.
• Su Qian led Lin Xiu toward the Inner Academy while Hu Gan calmed the alarmed Outer Academy staff and students.
• Ye Xinyue stood alone on a mountain peak beyond the Outer Academy dormitories.

Xiao Xun'er learned that Ling Ying had taken Xiao Yan out of the Jia Ma Empire and ordered her people to keep watching for news. Meanwhile, Ye Chen and Xuan Kongzi reached the Pill World’s guarded entrance, where the mysterious Fourth Elder was stationed.

• Xiao Xun'er received word that Ling Ying had taken Xiao Yan toward the Black-Corner Region and worried that something had happened to him.
• Xiao Xun'er ordered her subordinate to monitor Ling Ying and Xiao Yan and report any new information.
• Xuan Kongzi explained to Ye Chen that the Pill Tower’s ancestors had secured the Pill World behind multiple guarded checkpoints.
• Ye Chen saw the powerful old man riding a black giant turtle and recognized him as the Pill Tower’s Fourth Elder.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Ye Chen and asked the Fourth Elder to open the passage into the Pill World.

Ye Chen entered the Pill World to collect the remaining ingredients for the Vajra Bodhi Pill and followed a map to find a Golden Rock Tree Fruit. When he reached the crimson mountain where it grew, a powerful Crimson Crystal Scaled Beast detected him and emerged from underground.

• The Fourth Elder gave Ye Chen a detailed Pill World map and a Space Talisman Stone before he entered the Pill World.
• Ye Chen used the map to locate the Golden Rock Tree and learned that the Pill World held dangerous Magical Beasts and unstable energy.
• Ye Chen killed a Sixth Rank Mystic Water Python with Soul Arrows and took its Magic Core.
• Ye Chen sensed a powerful beast inside the crimson mountain and approached the Golden Rock Tree Fruit growing on its peak.
• A Crimson Crystal Scaled Beast burst from the mountain after detecting Ye Chen through its connection to the ground.

Ye Chen killed the crystal-covered Scale Beast and discovered that its crimson crystals could block Soul Power. He harvested the Golden Rock Tree Fruit the beast had guarded, and the tree withered after the fruit was removed.

• The Scale Beast refused to leave the ground to attack Ye Chen, so he struck it with soul techniques until it died.
• Ye Chen examined the Scale Beast’s crimson crystals and found that they could interfere with Soul Power.
• Ye Chen stored the Scale Beast’s corpse in his Star Crest Ring.
• Ye Chen picked the fruit from the fifteen-hundred-year-old Golden Rock Tree, which quickly withered into ash.

Ye Chen traveled to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range to search for Sulfur Flame Spirit Saliva, while considering the danger posed by its guardian beasts and Xiong Zhan. He entered the mountain range cautiously, suspecting the spirit saliva might have been moved to Xiong Zhan’s cave dwelling.

• Ye Chen studied the map and learned that all three possible sites for Sulfur Flame Spirit Saliva lay in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, home to Xiong Zhan, an Eighth Grade Ancient Dragon Bear.
• Ye Chen decided to enter the mountain range, reasoning that Xiong Zhan was unlikely to attack without cause and that his Space Talisman Stone could help him escape.
• Ye Chen crossed the Pill World, collected several unguarded rare Medicinal Materials, and reached the mountain range by afternoon.
• Ye Chen entered the energy-shrouded mountains, where fierce Magical Beast roars warned him of the dangers within.
• Ye Chen realized that the Sulfur Flame Spirit Saliva lay near Xiong Zhan’s territory and suspected Xiong Zhan might have moved it to his Myriad Medicine Square.

Ye Chen encountered Xiong Zhan, the Ancient Dragon Bear ruling the Pill World, and learned that he wanted an Eighth Grade Alchemist to refine a Rank Eight Pill. Ye Chen agreed in exchange for medicinal materials, including a chance to obtain Sulfur Flame Spirit Saliva.

• A giant bear crashed into the mountain near Ye Chen, who recognized him as Xiong Zhan, the Ancient Dragon Bear.
• Ye Chen questioned Xiong Zhan’s threatening approach and realized that he was not an Eighth Grade magical beast.
• Xiong Zhan asked whether Ye Chen was an Eighth Grade Alchemist, and Ye Chen said that he was.
• Xiong Zhan offered Ye Chen access to his medicinal materials if Ye Chen refined a Rank Eight Pill.
• Ye Chen asked for Sulfur Flame Spirit Saliva and negotiated to choose medicinal materials whether or not the pill refinement succeeded.
• Xiong Zhan agreed to let Ye Chen choose three kinds of medicinal materials if the refinement failed, and Ye Chen accepted the deal.

Ye Chen visited Xiong Zhan’s Stone Hall and chose three rare medicinal materials from his collection before agreeing to refine a pill. Xiong Zhan prepared to transmit his Dragon Bear Clan’s secret formula to Ye Chen, who promised not to reveal it.

• Xiong Zhan led Ye Chen and the others to his Stone Hall, where he casually drove away two powerful Magical Beasts.
• Ye Chen found the hall’s plaza packed with rare Medicinal Materials and asked Xiong Zhan for Sulfur Flame Spirit Saliva, Pill Spirit Paste, and Gastrodia Jade Stone Essence.
• Xiong Zhan objected to Ye Chen choosing materials before refining the pill, but Ye Chen reminded him that he had already been promised three items regardless of the outcome.
• Ye Chen collected the three materials and asked Xiong Zhan to provide the pill formula.
• Xiong Zhan warned Ye Chen that the formula belonged to the Dragon Bear Clan and threatened its revenge if he revealed it, while Ye Chen promised to keep it secret.

Ye Chen began refining the Dragon Blood Supreme Pill for Xiong Zhan, using rare ingredients and his Star Chen Cauldron. After half a month of preparation, he reached the crucial pill-merging stage, with the refinement still unfinished.

• Xiong Zhan gave Ye Chen the precious Dragon Blood Crystal needed for the Dragon Blood Supreme Pill and explained that the other ingredients could be found in the plaza.
• Ye Chen gathered the remaining materials and began refining in an open area while Xiong Zhan arranged guards and offered to block the Pill Lightning.
• Ye Chen released the Star Chen Cauldron and used Starfire to refine the Seven Star Lily of the Valley and the other main ingredients.
• Over ten days, Ye Chen extracted all five main ingredients, then refined the supplementary materials while Xiong Zhan anxiously watched.
• After half a month, Ye Chen finished preparing the medicinal liquids and powders and began merging the pill.