Chapter Summaries

Qing Lin gained permission to leave the valley and see the world, while Ye Chen spent months refining Rank Eight Pills before departing to prepare for the Pill Gathering and search for rare materials. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan arrived in Central State determined to rescue his father and Yao Lao, and set out to find Venerable Feng for help.

• Qing Lin asked to travel outside the Ye Family, and Alita and Ye Chen agreed while warning her to conceal her Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils and avoid the Beast Region.
• Ye Chen refined five Rank Eight Pills over several months, then worried that he lacked the rare ingredients needed to obtain the final Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment map.
• Ye Chen gave Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Die pills he had prepared for them and told them he might be away for a year as the Pill Gathering approached.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Central State at Three-Star Dou Huang strength and as a peak Sixth Grade alchemist, vowing to rescue his father and Yao Lao and reunite with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan decided to seek Venerable Feng, Yao Lao's life-and-death friend, as his first source of powerful support.

As the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool descended, Ye Xinyue, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran arrived at Heavenly Eye Mountain to compete for its ten cultivation spots. Their Spiritual White Fox drew the attention of five hostile Dou Huang, who blocked their way and demanded it.

• Ye Xinyue, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran gathered at the foot of Heavenly Eye Mountain and discussed their chances of entering the Blood Pool.
• A dark yellow-clothed man watched the three women and lustfully eyed them, while they remained unaware of his interest.
• Xiao Yan learned of the Blood Pool and recognized it as an opportunity to improve his cultivation.
• When the mountain range opened a month later, the three women used Nalan Yanran's Spiritual White Fox to navigate the mist.
• Five strong people blocked the women's path and demanded that they hand over the Spiritual White Fox.

Ye Xinyue, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran defeated five Earth Hall disciples and pursued Wang Chen. After Wang Chen tried to recruit a black-robed young man against them, the young man turned on him and killed him.

• Ye Xinyue, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran worked together to kill the five Earth Hall disciples with the Fallen Heart Flame and their swords.
• Wang Chen saw the fight, fled into the forest, and the three women pursued him.
• Wang Chen persuaded a black-robed young man to join forces by promising him a Heaven Mountain Blood Pool spot and telling him about the Spiritual White Fox.
• Wang Chen asked the black-robed young man to hold off the women while he prepared to ambush them, but the young man struck Wang Chen with his heavy ruler.
• The black-robed young man stabbed Wang Chen from behind, and Wang Chen died.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ye Xinyue and Han Yue, and Ye Xinyue offered to help him obtain a spot in the Heaven Mountain Blood Pool. After Wang Chen’s death reached Yellow Springs Venerate, the furious Dou Zun confronted Jin Shi at Heavenly Eye Mountain, leaving the killer’s identity uncertain.

• Xiao Yan greeted Ye Xinyue and Han Yue, while he and Nalan Yanran pretended they were strangers.
• Xiao Yan told Ye Xinyue that Xun'er had returned to her clan, and Ye Xinyue offered to help him obtain a Heaven Mountain Blood Pool spot.
• Xiao Yan warned Ye Xinyue that Wang Chen belonged to Yellow Springs Pavilion, but she said its pavilion master could not threaten them.
• Yellow Springs Venerate learned that his disciple Wang Chen had died and stormed into the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• Jin Shi confronted Yellow Springs Venerate, who demanded to know who had killed Wang Chen, while Jin Shi worried that the killer might be a successor of one of the Four Directions Pavilion.

Sword Venerate and Venerable Feng arrived at Heavenly Eye Mountain, joining the confrontation between Yellow Springs Venerate and Heavenly Flame Honored One. Meanwhile, Ye Xinyue and her companions reached the Heavenly Mountain Stage and prepared for the Sound Wave Array trial, with Ye Xinyue determined to get Xiao Yan a place in the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.

• Sword Venerate arrived and exchanged hostile words with Yellow Springs Venerate, who held back his anger after assessing their strength.
• Venerable Feng arrived, and Heavenly Flame Honored One recognized that the Four-Star Dou Zun was far stronger than the other venerates.
• Guided by the Spiritual White Fox, Ye Xinyue and the others emerged from the mountain mists and reached the Heavenly Mountain Stage.
• Jin Gu began the next trial by sending a challenger into the Gold Devouring Rat Tribe's Sound Wave Great Formation.
• Ye Xinyue decided to secure Xiao Yan a place despite his doubts that he could pass, and told him to wait while she handled it.

Ye Xinyue used her connection to Ye Chen to secure a way through the Sound Wave Array for Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, then claimed a spot for them in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Blood Pool. As the group began absorbing its energy, Xiao Yan’s strength started rising at an unexpectedly rapid pace.

• Jin Gu recognized Ye Xinyue as Ye Chen’s younger sister and gave her group Jade Talismans that weakened the Sound Wave Array’s attacks.
• Ye Xinyue, Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and their companion used the talismans to pass through the array, joining the successful challengers on the mountaintop.
• With ten people competing for eight Blood Pool spots, two challengers tried to drive out Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, but Ye Xinyue injured them with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Jin Gu led the eight remaining candidates, including Ye Xinyue, Xiao Yan, and Nalan Yanran, to the Blood Pool.
• Ye Xinyue absorbed energy fastest, while Xiao Yan’s rapid absorption formed a vortex and caused his aura to grow stronger by the moment.

Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan, and Han Yue left the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool after making major advances, while Ye Xinyue remained to pursue a breakthrough. As the energy tide faded, Ye Xinyue emerged as a Dou Zong expert.

• After three days in the blood pool, Nalan Yanran left and stabilized her cultivation at Six Star Dou Huang.
• The next day, three others left the pool, but Xiao Yan continued cultivating until Fire Poison pain forced him out to refine the poison.
• Two days later, Han Yue had reached Nine Star Dou Huang, and she told Nalan Yanran that Ye Xinyue was nearing a breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• As the blood pool's energy tide dispersed, Ye Xinyue triggered a powerful disturbance and rose into the sky.
• Ye Xinyue walked through the air to meet Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Xiao Yan, confirming she had reached the Dou Zong realm.

Ye Xinyue and her companions faced Yellow Springs Venerate and Yellow Springs Pavilion over Ye Xinyue’s killing of Wang Chen. Xiao Yan sought Venerable Feng’s help by showing him Yao Lao’s ring, and Venerable Feng recognized it.

• Yellow Springs Venerate confronted Ye Xinyue and her companions, suspecting Ye Xinyue had killed his disciple Wang Chen.
• Ye Xinyue confirmed that she had killed Wang Chen after he tried to seize their spirit fox, while Heavenly Flame Honored One warned her that Yellow Springs Pavilion had brought many experts.
• Xiao Yan proposed asking Venerable Feng for help because his teacher was Venerable Feng’s old friend.
• As Yellow Springs Venerate demanded that Wang Chen’s killer step forward, Xiao Yan showed Venerable Feng Yao Lao’s black ring.
• Venerable Feng’s smile froze when he recognized the ring.

Venerable Feng recognized Yao Chen’s soul aura in Xiao Yan’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame and intervened to stop Yellow Springs Venerate from seeking revenge. Ye Xinyue revealed her Ye Family’s influence to force Yellow Springs Venerate to back down, then invited Xiao Yan to visit the Pill Domain for the Pill Gathering.

• Venerable Feng recognized the ring and soul imprint connected to Yao Chen, then asked Xiao Yan how he knew him.
• Xiao Yan said Yao Chen was his master and proved their connection by showing the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Venerable Feng learned that Xiao Yan had taken responsibility for Wang Chen’s death and ordered Yellow Springs Venerate to end the conflict.
• Ye Xinyue declared that her Ye Family would face Yellow Springs Pavilion if it wanted war, then revealed she belonged to the Pill Domain’s Ye Family.
• Yellow Springs Venerate backed down after learning Ye Xinyue’s identity, and she invited Xiao Yan to visit the Pill Domain and Ye City during the upcoming Pill Gathering.

Ye Xinlan successfully advanced to Seventh Grade Alchemist, easing Song Chun'er’s concerns about the Five Great Clans assessment. Ye Chen then warned them that Dan Xuan and Cao Xiu could pose serious competition, while Dan Xuan might be attempting to reach Eighth Grade.

• Ye Xinlan emerged with a successfully refined Seventh Grade Pill, and Song Chun'er, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian congratulated her.
• Ye Xinlan teased Song Chun'er about her pill formation rate, and Song Chun'er playfully slapped her before Ye Chen turned the conversation to the assessment.
• Ye Chen explained that Dan Xuan had reached Seventh Grade Peak two years earlier and might be trying to break through to Eighth Grade.
• Ye Chen reassured Song Chun'er that reaching Eighth Grade was difficult, noting that Ye Zhong had still not crossed the Spirit Realm barrier despite extensive help.
• Ye Chen told Ye Xinlan that Cao Xiu, not Cao Dan, was the Cao Family’s stronger hidden talent and had likely reached Seventh Grade Intermediate after years of training.

Ye Chen assessed Xinlan’s prospects in the Five Great Clans Assessment, then reunited with his family to celebrate Xinyue’s return and Dou Zong breakthrough. He learned that Xinyue had met Xiao Yan and invited him to visit the Ye Family, leaving Ye Chen surprised but welcoming the connection.

• Ye Chen judged Xinlan’s cultivation and overall strength to be behind Cao Dan and Qiu Ji, prompting Xinlan to vow to perform well in the assessment.
• Song Chun'er told Ye Chen and Xinlan that Xinyue had returned after two years away, and the family went home to celebrate.
• Ye Chen discovered that Xinyue had broken through to Dou Zong, while Xinlan worried that she was falling behind her sister.
• Ye Xinyue told Ye Chen that she and Han Yue had visited the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, where she met Xiao Yan and invited him to visit the Ye Family.
• Ye Chen learned that Xiao Yan was a Seven Star Dou Huang and Sixth Grade alchemist, and said that befriending him would benefit the Ye Family.

Ye Chen arranged the party for the Five Great Clans Assessment and the Pill Gathering in Sacred Pill City, then reviewed the Star Vein Diagram skill he had recently unlocked. The group was set to travel after waiting several months, while Ye Chen gained a Heaven Tier High-Level trump card in Heavenly Dragon's Wrath.

• Ye Chen told Ye Lan that Xin Lan should participate in the Five Great Clans Assessment, and agreed to take her there.
• Ye Chen invited the women in his courtyard to Sacred Pill City; Qing Lin, Ye Xinyue, Han Yue, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to go.
• Song Chun'er declined to join the trip, and Alita chose to stay in Misty Valley to cultivate.
• Ye Chen checked his Star Vein Diagram and recalled that he had fully lit the Dragon Head Star Region three months earlier.
• Ye Chen reviewed Heavenly Dragon's Wrath, a Heaven Tier High-Level skill that consumed all the Star Power in its region, and Dragon Devour, a Heaven Tier Mid-Level attack.

After building up his star veins and strengthening his Soul Power, Ye Chen met Xiao Yan, who had risen to Dou Zong and become a Seventh Grade alchemist after joining Starfall Pavilion. Ye Chen learned that Xiao Yan was Yao Chen’s disciple and revealed that Yao Chen had once studied at the Pill Tower alongside Ye Chen’s Teacher, Xuan Kongzi.

• Ye Chen accumulated 3,500 star veins, used 2,700 to light his last four Star Palaces, and sensed a change in his soul after his god attribute surpassed two thousand.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Ye City after becoming Starfall Pavilion’s young pavilion master, reaching Dou Zong and advancing to Seventh Grade alchemist.
• Xiao Yan visited Ye Family Manor, where Ye Xinyue and Han Yue were surprised by his rapid progress.
• Ye Xinyue arranged for Xiao Yan to meet Ye Chen, who praised his cultivation and Soul Power.
• Ye Chen learned that Xiao Yan’s Teacher was Yao Chen and revealed that Yao Chen had once studied at the Pill Tower with Xuan Kongzi.

Ye Chen offered Xiao Yan the Ye Family’s resources to help him refine a high-grade pill, partly to strengthen an ally against the Soul Hall. Xiao Yan began refining a Guardian Soul Pill while quietly testing whether Ye Chen coveted his prized cauldron.

• Ye Chen decided Xiao Yan could draw the Soul Hall’s attention while he continued developing his own strength.
• Ye Chen identified Xiao Yan’s lack of high-grade pill ingredients and his Poison Flame as obstacles to his alchemy.
• Ye Chen offered to supply the ingredients for Xiao Yan to refine a pill at his highest level, and Xiao Yan handed him a list.
• Ye Chen sent Ye Xinyue to fetch the ingredients, then took Xiao Yan to the Alchemy Plaza with the others following to watch.
• Xiao Yan brought out the Black Demon Cauldron, and Ye Chen recognized it as eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Xiao Yan began preparing the Guardian Soul Pill, using the cauldron’s appearance to gauge whether Ye Chen’s friendliness was genuine.

After months of refining pills with the Ye Family’s materials, Xiao Yan traveled with Ye Chen and the others to Sacred Pill City for the Pill Gathering. Ye Chen declined to compete and urged Xiao Yan to place in the top ten so the Pill Tower might help rescue Yao Lao.

• Xiao Yan spent several months refining medicine for the Ye Family, improving his alchemy and Soul Power.
• Ye Chen led Ye Xinlan, Ye Xinyue, Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan through a Space Wormhole toward Sacred Pill City.
• The group arrived in Sacred Pill City after three days and drew attention as people recognized Ye Chen as the Pill Tower’s number one genius alchemist.
• Qing Lin protested when people questioned whether Ye Chen could win the Pill Gathering, and Ye Chen told Xiao Yan he would not participate.
• Ye Chen encouraged Xiao Yan to aim for the top ten, explaining that a strong showing could attract the Pill Tower’s attention and help rescue Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan resolved to earn a good ranking in the Pill Gathering.

Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan went to the Pill Pagoda in Sacred Pill City to obtain alchemist grade badges required for the Pill Gathering. They both passed the Seventh Grade Intermediate assessment, and Han Li suggested that Xiao Yan might qualify for an assessment at the headquarters.

• Ye Chen brought Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan to the Pill Pagoda assessment site and told them about an upcoming Trade Fair for certified alchemists.
• Han Li welcomed Ye Chen and arranged for Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan to take their assessments ahead of the waiting candidates.
• Xiao Yan watched Ye Chen’s influence in the Pill Pagoda and resolved to grow strong enough to save Teacher and Father.
• Ye Chen considered how to help Xiao Yan rise despite his weaker alchemy and the absence of Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan and Ye Xinlan emerged with Seventh Grade Intermediate badges, and Han Li said Xiao Yan might deserve an assessment at the headquarters.

After Xiao Yan entered Enlightenment and secluded himself to strengthen his Soul Power, Ye Chen accompanied him to the Trade Fair, where a dispute over a Copper Fragment brought Xiao Yan under attack. A mysterious purple-black Dou Qi Shield protected Xiao Yan and burned the arms of his attackers, leaving Chen Xian to call out for the unseen Senior.

• Xiao Yan politely declined Han Li's proposal to go to headquarters for an assessment.
• Ye Chen sensed Xiao Yan entering Enlightenment, and Xiao Yan later secluded himself to consolidate his strength and prepare pills for the Trade Fair.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Ye Xinlan and the other girls around Sacred Pill City, where her Poisonous Body of Calamity and Ye Chen's reputation deterred those who coveted them.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion and attended the Trade Fair with Ye Chen, obtaining several items before Ye Chen briefly left to exchange a Seventh Grade Peak pill for a Thousand-Year Golden Dragon Tree.
• Xiao Yan clashed with Chen Xian over a Copper Fragment, and Chen Xian's two Eight Star Dou Zong elders attacked him.
• A purple-black Dou Qi Shield appeared around Xiao Yan and burned one arm from each elder, prompting Chen Xian to ask the unknown Senior to reveal himself.

Ye Chen stopped Chen Xian from causing trouble at the Trade Fair and explained the Xuanming Sect’s connections to Xiao Yan. Later, Ye Chen uncovered Spirit Nurturing Dust and a fragment of the Nameless Incantation in Xiao Yan’s Copper Fragment, then gave Xiao Yan the dust.

• Ye Chen warned Chen Xian not to cause trouble again, and Chen Xian left the Trade Fair with his people.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Yan that the Xuanming Sect served the Tianming Sect and cautioned him that Chen Xian might hold a grudge.
• Xiao Yan examined the Copper Fragment in his room but could not uncover its secret, so he asked Ye Chen to inspect it.
• Ye Chen removed the patina and tempered the Copper Fragment with Heavenly Flame, revealing five specks of Spirit Nurturing Dust.
• Ye Chen sensed and memorized a fragment of the Nameless Incantation from the Copper Fragment, then gave the Spirit Nurturing Dust to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Spirit Nurturing Dust and heard a faint fragment of the Nameless Incantation, while Ye Chen accompanied Ye Xinlan to the Five Great Clans Assessment in Sacred Pill City. Ye Xinlan placed third, surpassing the Bai and Qiu Clan contestants, as Cao Ying and Dan Chen prepared to compete in the Pill Gathering.

• Xiao Yan merged a grain of Spirit Nurturing Dust into his soul, sensed Spiritual Energy, and heard a faint, incomplete voice reciting the Nameless Incantation.
• Ye Chen brought Ye Xinlan to the Five Great Clans Assessment, where his arrival drew attention from the gathered clans and factions.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen each declared their intent to win the Pill Gathering, and Dan Xuan told Ye Chen that Song Qing had wanted to challenge him again.
• Dan Xuan joined the assessment while Ye Chen watched with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, wondering whether Song Qing had advanced to become an Eighth Grade Alchemist.
• Ye Xinlan finished third in the assessment, ahead of Qiu Ji and Bai Ying, while Cao Xiu took first place.

Xiao Yan received materials for the Flesh Bone Regeneration Pill from Ye Chen and entered the Pill Gathering, where the Pill Pagoda began its first trial. As the contestants entered the Soul Illusion Realm, Ye Chen identified Xiao Yan to the Three Great Heads as Yao Chen’s disciple.

• Ye Chen gave Xiao Yan enough medicinal materials for two sets of the Flesh Bone Regeneration Pill and said that reaching the top ten should be within his grasp.
• Ye Chen and the others arrived at the Pill Gathering venue, where Ye Chen left to join the Pill Pagoda’s chairman’s platform.
• Xuan Kongzi welcomed the alchemists, explained the three selections, and sent fifth-tier and higher contestants into the Soul Illusion Realm for the first trial.
• Xiao Yan entered the trial after Ye Xinyue and the others encouraged him.
• Ye Chen told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi that Xiao Yan was a disciple of the former Venerable Yao, Yao Chen.