Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen told the Pill Tower’s leaders that Yao Chen had fallen into the Soul Hall’s hands and promised to help Xiao Yan rescue him, while secretly aiming to obtain the Soul Hall’s collected Soul Origins. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan passed through the Space Tunnel and reached a resting ground where he drew the attention of three relaxed competitors.

• Xuan Kongzi asked Ye Chen about Yao Chen, and Ye Chen said the Soul Hall had captured him.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi reacted with concern, and Ye Chen said he had arranged help for a rescue after the Pill Gathering.
• Ye Chen privately planned to use Xiao Yan’s involvement to obtain the Soul Hall’s Soul Origins and advance his Soul Realm.
• Xuan Kongzi asked about Xiao Yan’s talent, and Ye Chen said it was no weaker than Cao Ying’s.
• Xiao Yan carefully crossed the Space Tunnel’s distorted folds and illusionary checkpoint, then reached the resting ground.
• Xiao Yan noticed a man and two women sitting together, and all three opened their eyes and looked toward him.

Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Dan Chen noticed Xiao Yan at the Pill Gathering and chose to follow Ye Chen’s instructions to help him only if necessary. In the Pill World, Zi Yan insisted on leaving Xiong Zhan’s mountain hall to check on Ye Chen’s two friends, despite his worries.

• Cao Ying praised Xiao Yan’s composure, while Dan Chen sensed that his Soul Power was unusually strong and Song Qing wondered if he was the Xiao Yan Ye Chen had mentioned.
• Dan Chen persuaded Cao Ying not to approach Xiao Yan, since Ye Chen had advised them to help him secretly and avoid arousing his suspicions.
• The chapter noted that Xiong Zhan, a Half-Saint guarding the Pill World, feared Xiao Yan might be in danger because he had lost the Protagonist Halo and Chen Xian was also participating.
• Xiong Zhan begged Zi Yan to leave his mountain hall before the Pill Gathering participants discovered her, but she insisted that Ye Chen was her big brother and would protect her.
• Zi Yan learned that Ye Chen’s two friends had entered the Pill World and climbed onto Xiong Zhan’s shoulder to go see them, while he hoped to keep her away from them until Ye Chen returned.

Hei Qing apologized to the Pill Tower for Zi Yan entering the Pill World, while the Fourth Elder reassured him that the Tower did not mind. Inside the Pill World, Cao Ying arranged for Xiong Zhan to disrupt a fight involving Xiao Yan, and the badly injured Xiao Yan stumbled upon an unexpected opportunity.

• Zi Yan mocked Cao Ying and Dan Chen, then dragged Xiong Zhan back to his hall after riding him around.
• Hei Qing arrived at the Pill World entrance and apologized to the Fourth Elder for Zi Yan trespassing.
• The Fourth Elder said he knew Zi Yan had visited the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and told Hei Qing there was no problem.
• Xiao Yan encountered Chen Xian and two high-level Dou Zong alchemists, who overwhelmed him in battle.
• Cao Ying provoked Xiong Zhan into unleashing his aura, injuring both sides and allowing Xiao Yan and Chen Xian's group to escape.
• Xiong Zhan led Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing toward the mountain peak, while Xiao Yan gained an unexpected opportunity.

Ye Chen oversaw the end of the Pill Gathering’s second round, reunited with Zi Yan, and brought her back to the Danta. As the final competition began, Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi examined Xiao Yan and recognized that his soul might have reached the Spirit Realm.

• Ye Chen opened a Spatial Rift and ordered the contestants to submit their medicine lists and mission Medicinal Materials before leaving the Pill World.
• Cao Ying handed in her materials first, and Ye Chen exposed and expelled contestants who tried to cheat.
• Zi Yan arrived with Xiong Zhan, complained about her treatment among the Dragon Clan, and received a string of Seventh Grade or higher pills from Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen rejected Xiong Zhan’s request for pills, then took Zi Yan to the Danta while Fourth Elder sent Xiong Zhan to Sacred Pill City’s outer city.
• As the final Pill Gathering competition began, Xiao Yan noticed Xuan Yi watching him from the high platform.
• Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi discussed Xiao Yan’s unusual soul fluctuation and suspected he had reached the Spirit Realm after gaining an opportunity in the Pill World.

The Pill Gathering's final assessment began, and the contestants gradually refined increasingly powerful pills as the crowd watched. Song Qing produced a Rank Eight Pill with two-colored Pill Lightning, but an unfamiliar alchemist under twenty immediately matched his achievement.

• Xuan Kongzi announced the start of the test, and nearly a thousand contestants began refining pills on their Alchemy Platforms.
• After five days, the first pill was completed, and subsequent alchemists began producing Seventh Grade pills as the assessment built toward its climax.
• A middle-aged alchemist became the first to refine a Seventh Grade Advanced Pill, drawing Xuan Kongzi's approval.
• Song Qing refined a Rank Eight Pill and summoned two-colored Pill Lightning, prompting Xuan Kongzi to praise his talent and potential in the Pill Tower.
• An unfamiliar alchemist who appeared to be under twenty produced another Rank Eight Pill almost simultaneously, shocking the crowd.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen both refined pills that produced Four-Colored Pill Lightning, and Ye Chen was appointed to judge the Pill Gathering’s remaining contestants. After Xiao Yan defeated Song Qing among the Rank Eight pills, Cao Ying and Dan Chen remained to be judged.

• Cao Ying’s pill produced Four-Colored Pill Lightning, astonishing the crowd and the Pill Tower elders.
• Dan Chen infused her blood into her pill, destroyed her Medicine Cauldron, and produced another Four-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi appointed Ye Chen to judge the remaining pills, and Ye Chen reluctantly accepted.
• Xiao Yan and Song Qing presented their Rank Eight pills, whose manifestations showed Xiao Yan’s pill was stronger.
• Song Qing accepted defeat to Xiao Yan, leaving Cao Ying and Dan Chen as the final contestants.

After winning the Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan faced a deadly confrontation with Chen Tiannan, who blamed him for his son Chen Xian’s death. Ye Chen intervened on Xiao Yan’s behalf, but a representative of the Tianming Sect challenged the Pill Tower’s authority, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Cao Ying won the Pill Gathering, while Dan Chen was left badly injured after placing behind her.
• Xiao Yan rejected factions seeking to recruit him, and Chen Tiannan arrived in Sacred Pill City with nearly a hundred Xuanming Sect followers to kill him.
• Chen Tiannan accused Xiao Yan of killing Chen Xian in the Pill World, but Xiao Yan said a Magical Beast had injured them and they had fled separately.
• Ye Chen arrived and challenged Chen Tiannan’s right to threaten Xiao Yan in Sacred Pill City.
• A Tianming Sect figure stepped forward to defend the Xuanming Sect’s actions, and Ye Chen declared that no one could run rampant in Sacred Pill City before preparing to leave with Xiao Yan.

Ye Chen rescued Xiao Yan from Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan in Sacred Pill City, then revealed that Yao Chen was imprisoned in a heavily guarded Soul Hall branch in the Wanhun Mountain Range. Xiao Yan learned the rescue would mean facing at least five Dou Zun experts and possibly a Heavenly Venerate.

• Ye Chen suppressed Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan's attacks, then used a soul attack to leave Yi Chen bleeding from his seven orifices.
• Ye Chen threatened Chen Tiannan, who took the injured Yi Chen away from Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Yan thanked Ye Chen for stepping in and helping him escape trouble.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Yan, Xuan Kongzi, and Xuan Yi that Yao Chen was likely imprisoned at the Soul Hall branch in the Wanhun Mountain Range.
• Ye Chen warned that the branch had at least five Dou Zun experts and might also have a Heavenly Venerate, whose strength far surpassed Venerable Feng's.

Xiao Yan prepared to rescue Yao Chen from a Soul Hall branch hall, while Ye Chen arranged allies and exchanged two Four Yang Supreme Pills for the Fu Ling Qing Pill formula. Back at his residence, Ye Chen gave Zi Yan a mission, though its details were not revealed.

• Xiao Yan accepted Ye Chen's advice to wait for Venerable Feng and prepare a rescue plan, while Ye Chen offered to find powerful experts to help.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Yan he had found two Dou Zun experts willing to oppose the Soul Hall and asked to exchange two Four Yang Supreme Pills for the Fu Ling Qing Pill formula.
• Xiao Yan gave Ye Chen the formula, and Ye Chen handed him both pills despite Xiao Yan saying one would be enough.
• Ye Chen relayed Xuan Yi's offer to provide medicinal materials and told Xiao Yan to practice refining pills while they waited for Venerable Feng.
• Ye Chen returned home, learned that Xin Yue had taken Cai Die and the others out, and told Zi Yan that he had a mission for her.

Xiao Yan gathered allies and set out to rescue Yao Lao from the Soul Hall, while Ye Chen sent Zi Yan and the Queen Medusa to support the mission from the shadows. The operation began with the group heading toward their destination and their hidden backup departing to follow.

• Venerable Feng arrived in Sacred Pill City and brought Venerable Iron Sword to help Xiao Yan rescue Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Black-White Twin Bears were his allies, and Xuan Kongzi recognized their connection to the destruction of the Myriad Beast Sect.
• Xiao Yan announced that the group would leave the next day and promised another helper would arrive.
• Xiao Yan and four Dou Zun allies left the Pill Tower at dawn and met a powerful black-robed man outside Sacred Pill City.
• Ye Chen asked Zi Yan to help steal what they needed and told the Queen Medusa to watch over Xiao Yan’s group from the shadows.

Xiao Yan and his allies used the Black-White Twin Bears to draw Soul Hall experts away from the branch hall in the Wanhun Mountain Range. As the black-robed Dou Zun led reinforcements into battle, Cai Die suspected the Soul Hall had prepared a trap and warned Zi Yan to be careful.

• Xiao Yan stopped Venerable Feng from retreating from the Stone Devouring Demonic Ants and proposed using the disturbance to lure Soul Hall experts from their branch hall.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng followed the map to the branch hall as the Black-White Twin Bears transformed into Bloodthirsty Demonic Bears and drove back the ants.
• A black-robed Soul Hall expert ordered Qin Tian and two Dou Zun to investigate, and the three were soon surrounded and injured by Xiao Yan's group.
• The black-robed Dou Zun led the remaining Soul Hall experts out to support the battle, while Zi Yan prepared to enter and Cai Die warned that the enemy's quick response might be a trap.

Xiao Yan rescued Yao Lao from the Soul Hall, only to discover that a black-robed expert had lured them into a trap to seize Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family’s key. As the expert cornered them, Yao Lao offered to sacrifice himself so Xiao Yan could escape.

• With Zi Yan secretly helping him, Xiao Yan reached the Soul Locking Hall and found Yao Lao imprisoned in a Light Orb.
• Xiao Yan freed Yao Lao by breaking the orb and using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to burn through his Soul Locking Chain.
• As Xiao Yan and Yao Lao fled, a black-robed man appeared and pursued them while Zi Yan stayed behind to investigate the Soul Origin.
• Zi Yan recognized the Soul Origin and attacked the Soul Locking Hall’s chains with Fire Thunderballs, unleashing Starry Sky Fire.
• The black-robed man revealed he had used Yao Lao as bait to lure Xiao Yan and obtain the Xiao Family’s key, then blocked their escape.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to flee and said he would self-detonate the Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Yan refused to sacrifice his teacher.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen escaped the Soul Hall with help from a mysterious barrier, while Heavenly Flame Honored One covered the retreat of their allies by destroying much of the Wanhun Mountain Range. After receiving Soul Origins recovered by Zi Yan, Ye Chen decided to spend a year purifying them.

• Explosions in the Soul Hall distracted the Black Robe Dou Zun as Xiao Yan and Yao Chen fled, and an invisible Space Barrier blocked his pursuit.
• Xiao Yan told Venerable Feng that Yao Chen had been rescued, but five Soul Hall Dou Zuns held the rescuers in battle.
• Heavenly Flame Honored One formed the Five Wheels Departing Fire Array to restrain the Soul Hall fighters, then detonated its fire spirits so Venerable Feng and the others could escape.
• Queen Medusa and Zi Yan left the ruined Wanhun Mountain Range after reuniting.
• Ye Chen examined the Soul Origin Zi Yan had brought and explained to Cai Die that the Soul Hall had gathered it from hundreds of thousands of souls.
• Ye Chen told Cai Die he would enter seclusion for one year to remove the residual emotions from the Soul Origins.

Ye Chen purified and absorbed the Soul Origin while cultivating in seclusion, and his Soul Power broke through to the Heavenly Realm. Xuan Kongzi recognized his disciple’s breakthrough and began considering handing over his responsibilities as Pill Tower Chairman.

• Ye Chen used his Purple Brown Flame to purify the Soul Luminous Orb, burning away the Black Qi impurities in its Soul Origin.
• Ye Chen absorbed the purified Soul Origin, strengthening his soul until its fluctuations drew Xuan Kongzi and Cai Die to the mountain peak.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Cai Die to watch over Ye Chen, then declared the mountain area a Forbidden Area and stationed guards around it.
• Ye Chen’s Soul Power fluctuations spread across Sacred Pill City, and Xuan Kongzi realized his disciple had broken through to the Heavenly Realm.
• Ye Chen’s soul took on his human form, and the remaining Soul Origin flowed into the tiny figure in his spiritual platform.

After reaching the Heavenly Realm, Ye Chen learned that Xiao Yan had found a possible Soul Infant Fruit in an ancient Ruins and promised to help refine Yao Chen’s body. As reports revealed the Ruins belonged to a Dou Sheng and lay in the Beast Region, Xiao Yan prepared to risk the dangerous expedition.

• Ye Chen advanced to the Heavenly Realm and discussed his progress and the past year with the Three Great Heads.
• Xuan Kongzi told Ye Chen that Xiao Yan was seeking rare materials to restore Yao Chen’s Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan visited Pill Tower after hearing that a Soul Infant Fruit might be in an ancient Ruins and asked Ye Chen and Ye Zhong to help refine Yao Chen’s body with Heavenly Flames.
• Ye Chen promised to help, saying he could use the Sea Heart Flame if Ye Zhong remained in seclusion.
• Reports identified the Ruins as a Dou Sheng’s domain containing Heaven Tier Cultivation Methods and Skills, and Ye Chen warned that they were in the Beast Region.
• Xiao Yan resolved to enter the Ruins despite the competition and the danger from the Magical Beast Clans.

After the Soul Hall rescue, Venerable Iron Sword joined Starfall Pavilion, while Ye Chen agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to explore a Dou Sheng inheritance site in the Beast Region. Ye Chen set out with Cai Die and Zi Yan as powerful figures flocked toward the ruins, and the group reached the Beast Region’s vast mountain ranges.

• Venerable Iron Sword joined Starfall Pavilion as a Retainer Elder, and Ye Chen reflected on how the rescue had weakened the Soul Hall and gathered allies for him.
• Ye Chen agreed to join Xiao Yan in exploring the Dou Sheng inheritance site, and Xiao Yan thanked him for his support.
• Ye Chen chose Cai Die and Zi Yan to accompany him to the Beast Region, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin remained away training.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Yan’s group encountered many powerful travelers heading toward the ruins, and Venerable Iron Sword warned them to be cautious.
• The group arrived at the Beast Region’s endless mountain ranges, where human powerhouses had long searched for treasures despite the dangers.

Ye Chen and his companions waited for the Ancient Dou Sheng Ruins to open, then entered the crimson palace and encountered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Using his knowledge of the ruins, Ye Chen led his group safely through its defenses and captured several demon puppets, valuing the formation inscribed on them for the Ye Family.

• Ye Chen surveyed the factions gathered at Skeleton Mountain Range and discovered that the ruins remained sealed behind a space barrier.
• At dawn, Ye Chen and his companions reached the entrance as the seal rippled and revealed a huge crimson palace amid the bones.
• Ye Chen recognized members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and warned Xiao Yan that they might target his group because of their past grudges.
• Ye Chen guided his companions through the strange fire path and helped them subdue ten earth demon puppets and a heavenly demon puppet.
• Ye Chen focused on studying the Combined Attack Formation inscribed on the puppets, hoping to benefit himself and the Ye Family.

Ye Chen and his companions followed Zi Yan through an ancient medicinal forest to find the Soul Infant Demon Tree. A Sky Piercing Flood Dragon emerged to guard it, but Zi Yan transformed into a small purple dragon and subdued the beast, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by her identity.

• Zi Yan led Ye Chen and the others to an ancient forest filled with rare medicinal herbs, where she began eating the energy-rich plants.
• Ye Chen picked Zi Yan up and led the group onward to search for the Soul Infant Fruit before harvesting the herbs.
• The group found the Soul Infant Demon Tree growing on a small island in the middle of a lake.
• A Peak Seventh Tier Sky Piercing Flood Dragon emerged from the lake as the group approached the tree.
• Zi Yan transformed into a small purple dragon and made the Sky Piercing Flood Dragon docile, prompting Xiao Yan to suspect she was an Ancient Void Dragon.

Ye Chen and his companions entered a hidden Beast Spirit Cover after Zi Yan sensed a call from within the forest. Inside, they found an ancient altar and a mysterious two-colored fruit that stirred the bloodlines of Zi Yan and Cai Die.

• Zi Yan asked Ye Chen to compensate the Sky Piercing Flood Dragon for taking the Soul Infant Fruit, and Ye Chen gave it two pills while Xiao Yan offered a mature Transformation Grass.
• After the group prepared to leave, Zi Yan sensed a call from deeper in the forest and led them toward it.
• Zi Yan discovered a concealed Beast Spirit Cover and identified traces of both the Primordial Void Dragon and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan in its aura.
• Zi Yan opened the cover with her golden blood, and the group entered an ancient wilderness where a towering altar exerted a powerful pressure.
• Zi Yan rushed to the altar and found a sapling bearing a gold-and-violet fruit shaped like a Primordial Void Dragon and a Heavenly Phoenix.

After the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan attacked to seize the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, Cai Die revealed overwhelming strength and defeated them. Ye Chen’s group captured Huang Xuan, while Zi Yan questioned how powerful Cai Die truly was.

• Zi Yan sensed that someone had entered the Beast Spirit Cover, and Ye Chen signaled Cai Die to prepare for the intruders.
• The white-haired Heaven Demon Phoenix leader ordered Huang Xuan to kill Ye Chen and the others for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Cai Die transformed and crushed more than ten members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix group with a single strike, leaving Huang Xuan as the sole survivor.
• Huang Xuan tried to flee, but Cai Die caught him and brought him back to Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen said Cai Die was at the peak of Eight-Star Dou Zun, and Zi Yan doubted that her strength was no greater than the elders on Dragon Island.