Chapter Summaries

Xinlan, Xinyue, and Han Yue ambushed a Desire Immortal Sect party pursuing Xinlan and Xinyue with Thousand-Mile Tracking Incense. The women killed the sect’s fighters and burned the yellow-robed elder to ashes with the Fallen Heart Flame.

• The yellow-robed elder led his group after Xinlan and Xinyue, using a Yellow-Furred Mouse to follow their scent.
• An invisible energy snake entered the young tracker’s forehead, leaving him dazed as the group reached the women’s former resting place.
• Han Yue struck a Three-Star Dou King with azure sword qi while Ye Xinlan attacked the yellow-robed elder with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Yue cut down the other Dou Kings as Ye Xinlan and Xinyue battled the elder.
• Han Yue joined the women, and they overwhelmed the elder before the Fallen Heart Flame burned him to ashes.

Xinyue and Han Yue prepared to break through in a valley, unaware that Yu Shaozong had tracked them there and trapped them with his Dou Zong power. Just as they prepared to use Xinyue’s life-saving Jade Slip, a powerful woman arrived and drew Yu Shaozong’s attention.

• Heavenly Flame Honored One let a Yellow-Furred Mouse escape, then allowed Xinyue and Han Yue to continue their journey and use their battles for training.
• Xinyue gave Han Yue a Dou Spirit Pill, and the two women entered a valley to prepare for their breakthroughs.
• Yu Shaozong followed the Yellow-Furred Mouse to the valley and attacked Xinyue and Han Yue with a giant pink palm.
• Xinyue and Han Yue shattered Yu Shaozong’s attack with their sword techniques, but he restrained them with his Dou Zong spatial power.
• As Xinyue and Han Yue prepared to use her life-saving Jade Slip, a powerful woman appeared and caught Yu Shaozong’s attention.

Yun Yun appeared in the Pill Region and defeated Yu Shaozong, but his poisonous pink mist left her gravely ill. Ye Xinyue treated Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran waited with the others as her condition stabilized.

• Yun Yun attacked Yu Shaozong after he leered at her, while Nalan Yanran arrived to check on Ye Xinyue and Han Yue.
• Yu Shaozong released the Lustful Illusionary Mist, and Yun Yun was affected despite escaping its cloud.
• Yun Yun endured the mist and killed Yu Shaozong with a powerful sword technique.
• Yun Yun collapsed as the mist disrupted her body, and Nalan Yanran's Healing Pill failed to help.
• Ye Xinyue gave Yun Yun three medicinal pills, then Nalan Yanran, Ye Xinyue, and Han Yue watched over her for three hours as her complexion improved.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran met Ye Xinyue and Han Yue and planned to travel with them to the Flower Sect. After Yao Tian Huo revealed that he had been secretly protecting the girls, he sent Ye Chen a message about their plans.

• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran learned that Ye Xinyue and Han Yue had studied at Jia Nan Academy, bringing back memories of the man Nalan Yanran thought might have died.
• Yun Yun explained that she and Nalan Yanran intended to visit the Flower Sect and possibly stay there to escape the disputes of their past.
• Ye Xinyue offered to accompany them and arrange family protection for the long journey from the Pill Region.
• Yao Tian Huo appeared before the four women and said he would inform Ye Chen himself.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran were stunned to learn that Yao Tian Huo was a Dou Zun who had secretly guarded Ye Xinyue and Han Yue.
• Yao Tian Huo used a communication Jade Slip to send Ye Chen news of what had happened.

Ye Chen paused his Nine Revolutions of the Thunder God cultivation because he needed more thunder power, then strengthened his Star Vein Diagram and received news of Yun Yun’s appearance in the Pill Region. He ordered Hu Tian to destroy the Desire Immortal Sect for provoking Ye Xinyue, and Hu Tian set out with Ye Family forces.

• Ye Chen concluded that he needed to find the Void Thunder Pool to gather enough thunder power to advance the Nine Revolutions of the Thunder God.
• Ye Chen lit his twelfth Star Soul, increasing his physique and Soul Power, though Dragon Devour remained at the High-Grade Earth Tier.
• Ye Chen received a transmission Jade Slip from Heavenly Flame Honored One and learned that Yun Yun had appeared in the Pill Region.
• Ye Chen accepted Ye Xinyue’s plan to go to the Flower Sect and sent a reply through the Jade Slip.
• Ye Chen ordered Hu Tian to wipe out the Desire Immortal Sect for provoking the Ye Family’s Young Lady, and Hu Tian departed with five Dou Zong Retainers and five hundred guards.

Ye Chen returned to the Pill Pagoda, where Xuan Kongzi told him about the upcoming Pill Gathering and the alternate assessment for a Pill Pagoda Titan candidate. Ye Chen chose to pursue the assessment instead of competing in the gathering, while Cao Ying learned she was not yet ready to qualify.

• Ye Chen left Xiao Yi Xian and Queen Medusa to cultivate in Misty Mountain Valley while he traveled to Sacred Pill City.
• Ye Chen met Cao Ying in Xuan Kongzi's office and learned that she had entered the Spirit Realm.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Pill Gathering would take place in two years and that its champion could become a candidate for one of the Pill Pagoda's Three Great Heads.
• Ye Chen asked for another path to candidacy and agreed to take the Pill Pagoda's assessment instead of entering the Pill Gathering.
• Cao Ying asked to take the assessment, but Xuan Kongzi said she needed to refine a pill that produced Five-Colored Pill Lightning.

Ye Chen gained the Three Great Heads’ approval to take the Small Pill Tower assessment and entered its hidden realm with them. The chapter left him on a vast mountain filled with rare medicinal gardens, as he prepared to face the Elder Council.

• Ye Chen told Xuan Yi that he wanted the challenge of the Small Pill Tower assessment, and Xuan Yi and Tian Leizi approved his request.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Elder Council’s ten great elders controlled the Small Pill Tower and that Ye Chen would have to rely on himself during the assessment.
• Xuan Kongzi opened a Space Tunnel in the hall wall, and he, Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Ye Chen entered it.
• Ye Chen arrived with the Three Great Heads on a towering azure peak covered in gardens of exceptionally rare medicinal materials.

Ye Chen arrived at the Small Pill Tower and learned that the Great Elder and all seven other elders would attend his Candidate for Giant assessment in three days. As the assessment drew a crowd of the Tower’s secluded alchemists, Xuan Kongzi reassured Ye Chen that the Great Elder alone would decide the result.

• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi warned Ye Chen not to touch the medicinal fields, and he followed them through the Small Pill Tower’s simple grounds.
• Xuan Kongzi told Ye Chen that the Great Elder would assess him in three days and that all seven other great elders might attend.
• Xuan Kongzi taught Ye Chen the pill formula for a Rank Eight Pill that had to produce Five-Colored Pill Lightning or higher, and Ye Chen spent three days preparing.
• The Great Elder’s unusual involvement drew the Small Pill Tower’s alchemists out to watch the assessment.
• Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi accompanied Ye Chen to the crowded plaza, where Xuan Kongzi said the other elders would not deliberately hinder him.

Ye Chen began the Small Pill Tower Council of Elders’ assessment, which required him to refine a pill the elders would all approve of. As he started refining the difficult Six Yang Supreme Pill, the observers wondered whether he could succeed.

• The Small Pill Tower’s seven elders appeared, and the Great Elder summoned Ye Chen to stand before the Council.
• The Great Elder explained that Ye Chen had to refine a pill the elders all acknowledged to pass the assessment.
• Ye Chen brought out the Star Chen Cauldron and used the Three Thousand Starry Sky Flame to begin refining.
• Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi discussed Ye Chen’s chances while Tian Leizi recognized the Golden Yang Supreme Fruit among the ingredients.
• Xuan Yi identified the ingredients as preparations for a Six Yang Supreme Pill and questioned whether Ye Chen could refine the difficult Rank Eight pill.

Ye Chen refined a Six Yang Supreme Pill, drawing the attention of the Pill Pagoda’s alchemy grandmasters. As six-colored Pill Lightning gathered overhead, he began preparing to face it, leaving Xuan Kongzi alarmed until Xuan Yi noticed silver lightning flowing across Ye Chen’s body.

• Ye Chen used hundreds of medicinal ingredients and precise Soul Power and flame control to refine the highest-quality Six Yang Supreme Pill.
• The alchemy grandmasters praised Ye Chen’s skill and supported his candidacy for Pill Pagoda Titan, making them envy Xuan Kongzi for having him as a disciple.
• After ten days, six-colored Pill Lightning formed above the square, confirming that Ye Chen had refined the pill.
• Xuan Kongzi worried that the Two-Star Dou Zun Ye Chen would struggle against the lightning, then grew alarmed when Ye Chen appeared ready to withstand it with his body.
• Xuan Yi noticed silver lightning flowing across Ye Chen’s body and echoing the Pill Lightning overhead.

Ye Chen used Pill Lightning to cultivate the Nine Revolutions of the Thunder God, reaching the fifth revolution, then completed a highest-grade Six Yang Supreme Pill. The Pill Tower elders approved his performance, and he passed the candidate qualification assessment.

• Ye Chen endured Pill Lightning with help from the Three Thousand Blazing Flames and absorbed its power to cultivate the Nine Revolutions of the Thunder God.
• After the thunderclouds dispersed, Ye Chen realized he had reached the fifth revolution and could gain the strength of a Four-Star Peak Dou Venerate by using the technique.
• Ye Chen captured the Golden Crow Manifestation emerging from the Star Chen Cauldron and identified his Six Yang Supreme Pill as highest-grade.
• Ye Chen presented the pill to the Great Elder, and the elders examined it and offered him pointers.
• The Great Elder praised Ye Chen's work, and the elders agreed that he had passed the Pill Tower candidate qualification assessment.

After advancing to Three Star Dou Venerate, Ye Chen met Dan Xuan and Dan Chen at the Pill Tower trade hall and learned that Dan Chen had reached the Spirit Realm. He offered to guide her alchemy so she could become an Eighth Grade Alchemist.

• Ye Chen left Pill Tower Mountain after gaining the Elder Council's recognition and returned to the Pill Tower for secluded cultivation.
• Ye Chen used the Six Yang Supreme Pill to break through to Three Star Dou Venerate, while Cao Ying waited for him before Xuan Yi sent her to train in alchemy.
• Ye Chen went to Sacred Pill City to replenish medicinal materials and ran into Dan Xuan and Dan Chen at the trade hall.
• Dan Xuan explained that the Dan Clan Old Ancestor could not teach Dan Chen and that no one else in the clan could guide her after her Soul Realm reached the Spirit Realm.
• Ye Chen sensed Dan Chen's Spirit Realm soul and offered to guide her toward refining a Rank Eight Pill.

Ye Chen agreed to guide Dan Chen and watched her refine a pill, discovering that her Soul Power surpassed Cao Ying's. When he caught her as she collapsed, her soul-absorbing ability did not affect him, leaving them both confused.

• Dan Xuan happily accepted Ye Chen's offer to take Dan Chen as his student, then left her with him in Sacred Pill City.
• Ye Chen examined Dan Chen's ancient bronze cauldron and watched her use fused Beast Fire and powerful Soul Power to refine a pill for three days.
• Dan Chen completed a Seventh Grade Peak Purple Extreme Pill, and Ye Chen scattered its gathering Pill Lightning with his Fire Dragon.
• Dan Chen began to collapse, and Ye Chen caught her by the arm despite her warning about her body's soul-absorbing ability.
• Ye Chen and Dan Chen found that his touch had not triggered her ability and stared at each other in confusion.

Ye Chen recognized that Dan Chen’s fragile constitution would prevent him from advancing as an alchemist, and proposed a Primordial Body-Shaping Pill to strengthen it. Dan Chen eagerly considered asking the Dan Clan Old Ancestor for help, unaware that Ye Chen was already an Eighth Grade Alchemist.

• Ye Chen gently comforted Dan Chen, whose dangerous ability had once killed another child through touch.
• Ye Chen explained that Dan Chen’s frail body could not withstand the demands of refining Rank Eight Pills, despite his powerful Soul Power.
• Dan Chen said his father’s methods to strengthen his body had become less effective and suggested that higher Dou Qi cultivation might help.
• Ye Chen announced that he had a way to improve Dan Chen’s constitution and introduced the Primordial Body-Shaping Pill as an advanced Rank Eight version of the Body-Shaping Pill.
• Dan Chen became excited and considered asking the Dan Clan Old Ancestor to arrange the pill’s refinement, while Ye Chen silently noted that he could refine it himself.

Ye Chen agreed to take Dan Chen into the Pill World to gather ingredients for her Primordial Body-Shaping Pill, and Xuan Kongzi approved the plan. Cao Ying joined them after teasing Ye Chen about his closeness with Dan Chen, leaving him apprehensive as they approached Dan Chen’s residence.

• Ye Chen offered to refine Dan Chen’s Primordial Body-Shaping Pill and said he could gather its two missing ingredients in the Pill World.
• Dan Chen asked to accompany Ye Chen, and he agreed to seek permission from Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi authorized Ye Chen to bring Dan Chen into the Pill World, citing his status as a Candidate for Giant.
• Ye Chen encountered Cao Ying, explained the trip, and warned her not to tease Dan Chen.
• Cao Ying insisted on coming along, and Ye Chen reluctantly agreed as they headed to Dan Chen’s residence.

Ye Chen entered the Pill World with Dan Chen and Cao Ying, after the two women sized each other up and agreed to travel together. They arrived in a random safe area, where Ye Chen gave Cao Ying his detailed map of medicinal materials and said he had memorized the locations Dan Chen needed.

• Cao Ying entered with Ye Chen, and Dan Chen felt threatened by the alluring woman.
• Cao Ying introduced herself to Dan Chen and asked to join her and Ye Chen in the Pill World.
• Dan Chen said she would follow Ye Chen’s decision, and the three set off together.
• The Fourth Elder noticed a strange, intimidating aura from Dan Chen after they left.
• Ye Chen, Dan Chen, and Cao Ying arrived in a stretch of yellow sand inside the Pill World.
• Ye Chen gave Cao Ying his map of medicinal materials and explained that he had memorized the locations of the two ingredients Dan Chen needed.

Ye Chen, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen encountered a Yellow Sand Python in the Pill World and uncovered Earth Core Soul Marrow beneath the Earth Yellow Essence it guarded. Cao Ying divided the find among the three, and they continued with their shares.

• Cao Ying killed a Yellow Sand Python that ambushed the group, revealing a Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Essence beneath the sand.
• Cao Ying dug beneath the Earth Yellow Essence and found a piece of Earth Core Jade Marrow.
• Ye Chen cut into the jade and uncovered Earth Core Soul Marrow inside.
• Cao Ying divided the Soul Marrow into three equal portions and took one for herself.
• Ye Chen accepted two portions and gave one to the hesitant Dan Chen.

Ye Chen visited Xiong Zhan on Myriad Medicine Mountain Range to gather spirit herbs and secured his promise to protect Cao Ying and Dan Chen during the Pill Gathering assessment. After the group headed to the medicinal-material plaza, Xiong Zhan watched the two women eye the herbs with growing dread.

• Ye Chen led Cao Ying and Dan Chen to the summit, where they found Xiong Zhan's Stone Hall guarded by two Seventh-tier Demonic Beasts.
• Ye Chen woke Xiong Zhan and asked for medicinal materials, then offered to help him leave Pill World after the Pill Gathering in two years.
• Xiong Zhan agreed to protect Cao Ying and Dan Chen during the assessment, misunderstanding them as Ye Chen's sweethearts.
• Ye Chen introduced the women to Xiong Zhan and led them to the plaza, where their eager looks at the herbs frightened him.

Ye Chen refined a Primordial Body-Shaping Pill for Dan Chen, inspiring her and Cao Ying to intensify their preparations for the Pill Gathering. As Ye Chen pursued a breakthrough in alchemy, Dan Xuan brought him an ancient soul-cultivation manual fragment as thanks, offering the Ye Family a way to address a major obstacle.

• Ye Chen refined the Primordial Body-Shaping Pill in ten days, endured its Pill Lightning with his body, and let Cao Ying and Dan Chen observe his alchemy.
• Cao Ying left to cultivate and vowed not to emerge until she could refine a pill that summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, while Ye Chen encouraged Dan Chen to improve her constitution and cultivation.
• Over the following two years, Dan Chen took the pill, improved her constitution, and broke through to Dou Zong as alchemists gathered in Sacred Pill City ahead of the Pill Gathering.
• Dan Xuan visited Ye Chen, who was in seclusion attempting to become an Eighth Grade Alchemist, and gave him an incomplete ancient Soul Cultivation Method that could help the Ye Family advance its alchemy.

Ye Chen returned to the Ye Family, gave Ye Zhong a soul cultivation method, and chose Ye Xinlan to represent the family in the upcoming assessment. He later settled in Misty Valley, where Qing Lin returned with several powerful Snake-Type Magical Beasts under her control.

• Ye Chen gave Ye Zhong the Dan Family's soul cultivation secret method and Earth Core Soul Marrow Soul Liquid, prompting Ye Zhong to enter seclusion in hopes of reaching the Spirit Realm.
• Ye Chen joked that the older generation should have more children to strengthen the Ye Family, and Ye Lan urged him to contribute by having children himself.
• Ye Chen declined to attend the Pill Gathering and Five Great Clans Assessment, naming Ye Xinlan as the Ye Family's participant and predicting she would reach Seventh Grade Alchemist within two years.
• Ye Chen settled in Misty Valley to refine pills and guide the Ye Family's Outer Valley disciples while Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and the other women stayed there.
• Qing Lin returned from an outing with Queen Medusa accompanied by a Purple Flame Magic Serpent, a Mystic Ice Python, and an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, all high-bloodline beasts she had enslaved.