Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan returned to life, broke through to Dou Di, and confronted Gu Yuan over the Ancient Clan’s past betrayal of the Xiao Clan. After beating Gu Yuan to vent his anger, Xiao Xuan agreed to drink with him and leave the past behind.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xuan Origin Qi, allowing him to break through to Dou Di, while he worried with Lan Hong about the missing Gu Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan and Lan Hong brought Xiao Xuan back from the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Chen welcomed him, but Xiao Xuan declined to meet the Xiao Clan’s juniors.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Yan to take him to Gu Yuan, who was now an Eighth Grade Supreme and patriarch of the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Xuan punched Gu Yuan without using Dou Qi, and Gu Yuan accepted the beating without fighting back.
• Xiao Xuan stopped once he had vented his anger and agreed to share drinks with Gu Yuan, while Lan Hong recorded the confrontation.

After learning that Gu Xun'er was being hunted on Myriad Pill Continent, Xiao Yan traveled there with Lan Hong and Long Yuan to find her. The Great Void Sacred Flame agreed to help locate Gu Xun'er, but first challenged Xiao Yan to a fight against the Great Void Holy Venerable, and Xiao Yan opened the battle.

• Long Yuan told Xiao Yan that Gu Xun'er was on Myriad Pill Continent and being pursued by three Heavenly Supremes.
• Xiao Yan, Lan Hong, and Long Yuan teleported to the Great Void Holy Domain to seek help finding Gu Xun'er.
• The Great Void Sacred Flame recognized Xiao Yan as Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s successor and challenged him to fight the Great Void Holy Venerable.
• The Great Void Sacred Flame agreed to help search for Gu Xun’er, and Xiao Yan drew his Heavy Black Ruler to begin the fight.

Xiao Yan defeated Great Void Holy Venerable in a close spar and received a jade slip to help search for Gu Xun'er. As Xiao Yan and his companions rushed toward the Pill Domain, Gu Xun'er and Qingyan Jing remained trapped inside the Futuo Tower under attack by three Devil Emperors.

• Xiao Yan fought Great Void Holy Venerable, used a Fire Lotus and his Emperor Flame Body, then won their final clash with the Destruction Ancient Ruler.
• Great Void Holy Venerable accepted defeat, praised Xiao Yan, and gave him a jade slip for contacting Old Fu about Gu Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Gu Xun'er was in danger, and he, Long Yuan, and Lan Hong hurried toward the Pill Domain.
• Qingyan Jing used the Futuo Tower and a spirit array to hold off three pursuing Devil Emperors while she and Gu Xun'er took shelter.
• Gu Xun'er refused to leave Qingyan Jing behind, while Qingyan Jing prepared a teleportation array to send Gu Xun'er away if the tower fell.

Xiao Yan, Lan Hong, and Long Yuan arrived just as the Futuo Tower’s defenses failed and rescued Gu Xun’er and Qingyan Jing from three Outer Realm Devil Emperors. After reuniting with Gu Xun’er and learning Qingyan Jing’s identity, they joined the fight against the demons.

• The three Devil Emperors relentlessly attacked the Futuo Tower until its defensive barrier shattered, and their strikes destroyed Qingyan Jing’s teleportation array.
• Qingyan Jing shielded Gu Xun’er and offered to surrender, but the Devil Emperors moved to seize them both.
• Xiao Yan, Lan Hong, and Long Yuan arrived with a sword strike and a dragon’s roar, interrupting the attack and reuniting Xiao Yan with Gu Xun’er.
• Qingyan Jing introduced herself to Lan Hong, who explained that her father, Qingyan Qian, had asked him to look after her if they met.
• Long Yuan and Xiao Yan entered the battle against the three Devil Emperors, while Lan Hong confronted the Sword King.

Lan Hong defeated Sword King Venerate with the Bright Sword, while Long Yuan and Xiao Yan severely wounded their opponents. A Holy Emperor named Bai Xie appeared, and Lan Hong faced him as the battle’s next threat.

• Lan Hong fought Sword King Venerate, whose Evil Sword was damaged and purified by the Bright Sword.
• Lan Hong defeated Sword King Venerate’s giant sword form, then pierced and purified him.
• Long Yuan and Xiao Yan severely wounded their respective Devil Emperors.
• Bai Xie appeared, dispersed the attacks from Long Yuan and Xiao Yan, and was identified by Qingyan Jing as at least a Saint Grade Heavenly Supreme.
• Bai Xie learned that Lan Hong had killed Sword King Venerate, exchanged names with him, and the surrounding space suddenly changed.

Bai Xie transported Xiao Yan, Lan Hong, Long Yuan, and Qingyan Jing to the Outer Realm and attacked them, leaving Qingyan Jing to prepare the Heaven Refining God Slaying Array. Lan Hong kept Bai Xie occupied while the others protected Qingyan Jing, and the fight continued with her unharmed for the moment.

• Bai Xie revealed that he had brought the group to the Outer Realm, and the others agreed to fight together rather than surrender.
• Lan Hong confronted Bai Xie and used the Heaven Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to counter his attacks despite Bai Xie controlling the surrounding power of heaven and earth.
• Qingyan Jing began setting up the Heaven Refining God Slaying Array, while Xiao Yan gave her healing pills and Long Yuan helped protect her.
• Lan Hong kept Bai Xie occupied and realized Bai Xie was concealing his aura with a self-sealing technique.
• Bai Xie threw a black rod toward Qingyan Jing, but Lan Hong forced him back with the Bright Sword's purifying radiance, and Qingyan Jing remained unharmed.

Bai Xie destroyed Qingyan Jing’s Heaven Refining God Slaying Array, but Lan Hong, Hong Mao, Xiao Yan, and Long Yuan joined forces to trap him in the Fire Dance Whirlwind. Reinforcements arrived and Bai Xie retreated, leaving the hunt for Qingyan Jing unresolved.

• Xiao Yan saved Qingyan Jing from Bai Xie’s black rod, but the attack destroyed her Heaven Refining God Slaying Array and injured her.
• Lan Hong summoned Hong Mao, and the two used the Fire Dance Whirlwind Sword Art to trap Bai Xie and kill the two other Heavenly Supreme Outer Realm Demons.
• Xiao Yan and Long Yuan merged into the whirlwind, greatly increasing its power and forcing Bai Xie to detonate four top-grade magical artifacts to escape.
• The Great Void Sacred Flame and the Great Void Holy Venerable arrived and held Bai Xie back, while a farmer-like Saint Grade Heavenly Supreme appeared.
• Bai Xie recognized that his mission to hunt Qingyan Jing had failed and fled after threatening the Great Thousand World and the lower-plane worlds.

Lan Hong and the others drove Bai Xie to the brink of defeat, but Swallowing Heaven arrived with reinforcements and ordered an attack on Qingyan Jing. Xiao Yan defeated Green Demon at great cost, while the larger battle continued.

• Grandpa Nong arrived and joined Dan Yu in fighting Bai Xie while Lan Hong recovered and guarded Qingyan Jing.
• Five Outer Realm Demons, led by Swallowing Heaven, appeared, and four Devil Emperors attacked Qingyan Jing as Swallowing Heaven engaged Grandpa Nong.
• Lan Hong, Xiao Yan, the Great Void Sacred Flame, and the Great Void Holy Venerable each intercepted one of the attacking Devil Emperors.
• Xiao Yan used his Destruction Flame to burn Green Demon to ashes, then collapsed from exhaustion, and Gu Xun'er helped him up.

Lan Hong and his allies defeated the Outer Realm Demons, but Maha Taiguang and Qingyan Divine Court arrived to capture Qingyan Jing. Lan Hong learned that Qingyan Jing possessed a Divine Vein rumored to help unlock the Dominator Realm and vowed to protect her.

• Lan Hong completed a breakthrough from Spirit Grade Heavenly Supreme to Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme as Old Farmer and Dan Yu fought Swallowing Heaven and Bai Xie.
• Maha Taiguang and Qingyan Divine Court arrived to capture Qingyan Jing, and Swallowing Heaven and Bai Xie self-destructed along with their souls rather than reveal information about the Outer Realm Demons.
• Qingyan Jing warned Gu Xun'er not to intervene, but Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan offered to help protect her.
• Lan Hong realized Qingyan Jing's clan wanted her because of her Divine Vein, which was rumored to help someone reach the Dominator Realm.
• Lan Hong promised Qingyan Jing that he would not let Maha Taiguang and Qingyan Divine Court take her back.

Maha Taiguang and Qingyan Divine Court tried to take Qingyan Jing back to the clan, but Lan Hong and Xiao Yan intervened. The chapter left Qingyan Jing injured by black lightning and Hong Mao protecting her from Qingyan Divine Court.

• Maha Taiguang and Qingyan Divine Court demanded that Qingyan Jing return with them, but Lan Hong vowed to protect her.
• Old Farmer warned them that Lan Hong and Xiao Yan were important allies, but Maha Taiguang dismissed the warning and threatened Qingyan Jing.
• Lan Hong attacked Maha Taiguang and revealed that he had advanced to the Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme realm.
• Maha Taiguang fought Lan Hong with the Maha Divine Spear, redirected its black lightning toward Qingyan Jing, and struck her.
• Qingyan Divine Court tried to seize Qingyan Jing, but Xiao Yan and then Hong Mao intervened, with Hong Mao forcing Qingyan Divine Court back.

Lan Hong defeated and seriously injured Maha Taiguang after resisting his attacks with swordsmanship and time laws. Old Farmer stopped the confrontation and ordered Maha Taiguang and Qingyan Divine Court to leave without Qingyan Jing, warning them to await the Divine Ancestor’s punishment.

• Maha Taiguang's attack injured Qingyan Jing, enraging Lan Hong, who attacked Maha Taiguang with the Bright Sword.
• Lan Hong turned Maha Taiguang's evil lightning against him, breaking the Maha Divine Spear and injuring them both.
• Maha Taiguang used his Immortal Golden Body and Light of Immortality against Lan Hong, but Lan Hong emerged unharmed and gained insight into the Great Thousand World's time laws.
• Lan Hong stopped time for an instant, shattered Maha Taiguang's Immortal Golden Body, and left him badly wounded.
• Old Farmer ordered Maha Taiguang and Qingyan Divine Court to leave without Qingyan Jing and await the Divine Ancestor's punishment.

Lan Hong drove off Qingyan Divine Court and Maha Taiguang, then accompanied Xiao Yan, Qingyan Jing, Gu Xun'er, and Dan Yu to the Pill Domain for the upcoming Myriad Pill Gathering. Qingyan Jing’s feelings for Lan Hong complicated her conflict with her clan and her arranged engagement to Maha Tian, while the group explored the bustling Pill Domain ahead of the event.

• Lan Hong forced Qingyan Divine Court and Maha Taiguang to retreat, and Qingyan Jing thanked him for protecting her.
• Dan Yu invited the group to the Pill Domain and explained that the Myriad Pill Gathering would begin in half a month and draw alchemists from across the Great Thousand World.
• Old Farmer returned to the clan, while Lan Hong, Xiao Yan, Qingyan Jing, and Gu Xun'er traveled to the Pill Domain.
• Gu Xun'er warned Qingyan Jing that Lan Hong already had several wives and reminded her that she was betrothed to Maha Tian, leaving Qingyan Jing troubled by her clan’s expectations.
• The Maha Divine Clan spread rumors about Lan Hong and Qingyan Jing, while Qingyan Divine Court accused Qingyan Qian of indulging her daughter.
• Lan Hong consolidated his cultivation and later explored the Pill Domain with Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Cai Lin, and Little Doctor Immortal as preparations for the Myriad Pill Gathering continued.

Xiao Yan bought a flawed Spirit Warming Pill and its formula because he wanted to study the defect, then met Liu Xuan, who recognized his status as a Lord of the Plane. Liu Xuan revealed that she was also a Lord of the Plane and asked to form an alliance.

• Xiao Yan paid 1.5 million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid for the Spirit Warming Pill and its refining method, explaining to Lan Hong that he wanted to investigate the flawed formula.
• Dan Ling'er tried to restrain the vendor, but Xiao Yan stopped her and used his flames to reveal that the pill was an incomplete product.
• Xiao Yan let the vendor leave and learned that Liu Xuan could detect subtle differences in auras by smell.
• Qingyan Jing tried to make Gu Xun'er doubt Xiao Yan's closeness with the girls, but Xun'er said she trusted him.
• Liu Xuan asked Xiao Yan to speak privately, then revealed that she was a Lord of the Plane from a low-level plane and wanted an alliance.

Liu Xuan sought allies against the Outer Realm Demons, and Lan Hong offered her a place in the Endless Fire Domain. At the Myriad Pill Gathering, Cai Lin asked whether the Ancient Sky Snake Ancestor could be resurrected from a soul imprint, then the group entered an auction where they met Liu Xuan and Dan Ling'er again.

• Liu Xuan revealed that she had recruited only two planes into her alliance, and Lan Hong explained that she needed strength to gather allies.
• Lan Hong invited Liu Xuan to join the Endless Fire Domain, but she said she needed time to consider the offer.
• The Myriad Pill Gathering began, and Cai Lin asked Qingyan Jing whether the Ancient Sky Snake Ancestor could be resurrected from her remaining soul imprint; Qingyan Jing said it was barely possible but knew no method.
• Dan Feng guided Lan Hong's group to the Myriad Pill Hall, where they entered the auction without paying the usual deposit.
• Dan Ling'er brought Liu Xuan to the auction, where Lan Hong greeted them and invited them to look around together.

Liu Xuan joined the Endless Fire Domain and used an auction ruse to obtain the final Pill Book Fragment, which contained the method for refining the Heavenly Lotus Creation Pill. As the Divine Medicine Sect threatened to target her, Lan Hong entered a bidding contest for a Battle Intent Divine Plate.

• Xiao Yan promised to protect Liu Xuan and her lower plane if she joined the Endless Fire Domain, and she resolved to join.
• Liu Xuan outbid the room for the Pill Book Fragment by pretending to be a clueless buyer, then revealed she had collected its other fragments and offered the completed pill book to Xiao Yan.
• Lan Hong warned that the Divine Medicine Sect planned to rob Liu Xuan after the auction, and Dan Ling'er explained that it was one of the Myriad Pill Continent's eight major forces.
• Li Yin from the Land of Ten Thousand Tombs and the Young Master of Divine Medicine Sect competed for the Battle Intent Divine Plate, until Li Yin withdrew at sixteen million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Lan Hong bid seventeen million Supreme Spirit Liquid for the Battle Intent Divine Plate, explaining that it might help him improve his mecha.

Lan Hong won the Battle Intent Divine Plate at auction, then stopped the Divine Medicine Sect’s Young Master and Elder Cai from ambushing him and Liu Xuan. Dan Ling’er revealed that she was Dan Yu’s daughter, and she and the two attackers were taken to the Pill God Clan for judgment.

• Lan Hong outbid the Young Master of Divine Medicine Sect for the Battle Intent Divine Plate, while Liu Xuan stayed with Lan Hong’s group for protection.
• The Young Master of Divine Medicine Sect and Elder Cai disguised themselves and ambushed Lan Hong and Liu Xuan, but Lan Hong immobilized them.
• Elder Cai recognized Lan Hong as a Heavenly Supreme and begged for mercy, while Lan Hong challenged their claim that they had not intended to kill anyone.
• Dan Ling’er asked Lan Hong to hand the attackers over to the Pill God Clan, and Lan Hong deduced that she was Dan Yu’s daughter.
• Dan Yu appeared through a projection, ordered Dan Ling’er to return to the Pill God Clan, and promised Lan Hong an explanation for the Divine Medicine Sect’s punishment.
• Dan Ling’er and Liu Xuan left for the Pill God Clan, while the Young Master of Divine Medicine Sect and Elder Cai were handed over to Dan Yu.

Dan Yu punished Dan Ling'er, advised Xiao Yan and Liu Xuan as they prepared for the Myriad Pill Gathering, and spoke with Lan Hong about the Ancient Divine Race. As the alchemy competition approached, Xiao Yan reunited with eight young alchemists from the Dou Qi Continent, while Lan Hong made early progress studying the Battle Intent Divine Plate.

• Dan Yu confiscated the Sensing Divine Plate from Dan Ling'er and ordered her to kneel before the Ancestral Stele for three days.
• Dan Yu gave Xiao Yan advice and a private space to prepare for the Myriad Pill Gathering, and provided Liu Xuan a place to study the Heavenly Lotus Creation Pill.
• Dan Yu visited Lan Hong and urged him to avoid escalating conflict with the Ancient Divine Race, but Lan Hong said he would retaliate if anyone offended him.
• Lan Hong studied the Battle Intent Divine Plate and found its combat inheritance useful to his research.
• Dan Yu questioned Dan Ling'er about Xiao Yan and Lan Hong and told her to build goodwill with their wives.
• Xiao Yan summoned eight young alchemists selected by Yao Chen from the Dou Qi Continent, and they arrived at the Pill God Clan before the alchemy competition began.

Lan Hong and Xiao Yan entered the strange Heavenly Spirit Continent after suspecting it had been altered through the legendary Heaven Refining Technique. They realized the Pill God Clan and Ancient Myriad Prairie might be preparing something dangerous, while the alchemy competition continued.

• Lan Hong and Xiao Yan met Gao Yuan at Myriad Pill Summit, where Gao Yuan announced that alchemists had to pass a test before entering the Heavenly Spirit Continent.
• Lan Hong sensed that the space beyond Gao Yuan’s passage was abnormal, and Qingyan Jing told him about the Human Refining Technique and the legendary Heaven Refining Technique.
• Gao Yuan set a test in which alchemists had to complete unfinished spirit pills, while Xiao Yan instructed the eight young alchemists from the Dou Qi Continent.
• Little Doctor Immortal turned an unfinished pill into a poison pill, so Gao Yuan barred her from entering the Heavenly Spirit Continent.
• Lan Hong completed a pill and entered the Heavenly Spirit Continent with Xiao Yan, who recognized signs that someone had obtained and modified its Plane Embryo.
• Lan Hong and Xiao Yan suspected that the Pill God Clan and Ancient Myriad Prairie were using alchemy and formations to refine a plane into a weapon, and they agreed to be cautious.

Lan Hong and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Spirit Continent for the second round of the alchemy trials, where they learned about the Domain Guard Plan. After Dan Yu explained the plan to transform the Great Thousand World into a war fortress against the Outer Realm Demons, Lan Hong questioned its risks and the Pill God Clan’s motives.

• Gao Yuan announced that contestants had to gather medicinal herbs and refine a pill, and he revealed that the continent contained True Dragon and True Phoenix blood essence.
• Lan Hong studied the formations at the border and suspected that the Heavenly Spirit Continent was a war fortress with an unclear purpose.
• Dan Yu and Gao Yuan confronted Lan Hong for approaching the border, and Xiao Yan arrived after sensing their auras.
• Dan Yu explained that the Pill God Clan and Ancient Myriad Prairie had joined lower-plane alliances to create the Domain Guard Plan using the Heaven Refining Technique, formations, and warfare.
• Lan Hong considered the plan’s dangers, including damage to the Great Thousand World’s origin, internal conflict, and the possibility that the Pill God Clan sought leadership more than defense.

Lan Hong warned Xiao Yan that the Domain Guard Plan was politically fraught and unlikely to succeed, while Xiao Yan advanced in the Myriad Pill Gathering and demonstrated his unconventional Human Refining Technique. As Xiao Yan prepared to create his Pill Army, Lan Hong sensed an aura resembling the Outer Realm Demons and quietly watched several suspicious alchemists.

• Lan Hong stopped Xiao Yan from immediately accepting Dan Yu's invitation to join the Domain Guard Plan and explained its risks and political complications.
• Xiao Yan advanced to the next round, while Yao Tu, Yao Ling, and Liu Xuan were among the other alchemists who qualified.
• Dan Yu and Gao Yuan announced a Human Refining Technique test, causing more than half the competitors to withdraw.
• Xiao Yan used his fused Heavenly Flames to refine pills into people, impressing Dan Yu and Gao Yuan with his alchemy.
• Lan Hong sensed an aura similar to the Outer Realm Demons among some alchemists and kept them under observation.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the people and began preparing to fuse them with fragments of his own soul to form his Pill Army.