Chapter Summaries

Lu Ping refined a flawless Six Harmonies Void-Nurturing Pill for Yin Wuqi, received the Nine-Revolution Heaven-Defying Pill formula, and heard her advice about relying on one’s own strength. When Hua Yunzhen arrived in Nü Zhi City with the Desire Sea Pavilion, Lu Ping kept up his reclusive grandmaster act, but someone soon requested an audience at his door.

• Lu Ping chose to refine pills for Yin Wuqi, who promised to send him an incomplete ancient formula for improving Spirit Roots.
• Five days later, Lu Ping successfully refined four Six Harmonies Void-Nurturing Pills, and Yin Wuqi paid him four million Spirit Stones and gave him the Nine-Revolution Heaven-Defying Pill formula.
• Yin Wuqi advised Lu Ping that Spirit Roots mattered less after Spirit Transformation and that cultivators had to seek great power within themselves.
• Hua Yunzhen arrived in Nü Zhi City with the Desire Sea Pavilion, while Lu Ping withdrew his Divine Sense and pretended not to notice her arrival.
• Lu Ping stayed secluded in Heaven No. 1 as a reclusive alchemy grandmaster, until someone outside requested an audience.

Lu Ping accepted Ning Junqiu’s request to give Hua Yunzhen an earlier pill-refining appointment, while pretending to resent the disruption and deciding to leave Nü Zhi City afterward. The next day, he entered a private room at the Gathering Immortals Tower, where one person was waiting.

• Lu Ping chose to hear Ning Junqiu’s request and learned that Hua Yunzhen had arranged to take another cultivator’s pill-refining slot.
• Lu Ping recognized Hua Yunzhen as the guest and agreed to accept her commission, while telling Ning Junqiu he would leave Nü Zhi City after completing it.
• Ning Junqiu thanked Lu Ping, promised to bring Hua Yunzhen to meet him at noon, and left a Storage Ring containing four million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The next day, Lu Ping entered the private room on the top floor of the Gathering Immortals Tower and found someone waiting inside.

Lu Ping confronted Hua Yunzhen over her demand that he refine a dangerous Earth Grade pill with only one set of ingredients. After he refused and challenged her, Hua suggested he might have secret methods that could force the refinement to succeed, leaving Lu Ping to decide how to respond.

• Hua Yunzhen praised Lu Ping and asked him to refine a dangerous batch of pills, explaining that she had gathered only one set of ingredients.
• Lu Ping chose to slap the Jade Slip onto the table and protest that no Alchemist could guarantee success with a single set of ingredients.
• Hua Yunzhen cited Lu Ping’s recent record of successful Earth Grade refinements and compared his skill to Sage Lord Zhongyuan of the Si Clan.
• Hua Yunzhen suggested Lu Ping might know secret methods that increased pill-refinement success, prompting him to suspect she intended to use a sacrificial technique.
• Lu Ping considered whether to sit down and hear her out, leave immediately, or make a provocative claim about using Hua Yunzhen as a catalyst.

Lu Ping negotiated with Hua Yunzhen for the Water Element Essence in exchange for refining her pills, then agreed to visit the Desire Sea Pavilion after secretly preparing to leave himself a way out. He emerged from an isolated room to find Hua Yunzhen waiting, with their departure still undecided.

• Lu Ping demanded Essence of the Five Elements as payment, and Hua Yunzhen offered the Water Element Essence held by the Desire Sea Pavilion.
• Lu Ping insisted on verifying the treasure, but Hua Yunzhen asked him to come to her pavilion to see it and refine the pills.
• Lu Ping agreed to Hua Yunzhen’s invitation, intending to use his Early Leave ability if danger arose.
• Lu Ping asked Hua Yunzhen to wait outside while he set up isolation Formations and spent time inside the room.
• Lu Ping removed the Formations and came out to face Hua Yunzhen, who asked whether he was ready to leave.

Lu Ping left the Gathering Immortals Tower with Hua Yunzhen and traveled to the Desire Sea Pavilion, where she gave him an alchemy chamber, a pill formula, and ingredients to refine Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder. Hua Yunzhen offered to provide attendants, and the chapter ended with Lu Ping facing a choice about how to respond.

• Lu Ping chose to leave the Gathering Immortals Tower with Hua Yunzhen and boarded the Desire Sea Pavilion's Cloud Boat.
• On the boat, Hua Yunzhen treated Lu Ping to unusually potent Spirit Tea while a jealous elder glared at him but held back.
• The Cloud Boat reached the Desire Sea Pavilion's island, where Lu Ping observed the sect's strict organization and praised Hua Yunzhen's leadership.
• Hua Yunzhen brought Lu Ping to the pavilion's finest Alchemy Chamber and gave him the Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder formula and its ingredients.
• Hua Yunzhen offered Lu Ping attendants, and he had to choose whether to refuse, accept four attendants, or demand her personal service.

Lu Ping secured the Taiyi True Water Divine Crystal and used the pill-refining bargain to demand rare ingredients and access to Desire Sea Pavilion’s alchemical texts. After feeding the crystal to his furnace, he saw its little girl spirit again, and the chapter ended as the jealous elder delivered the requested supplies.

• Lu Ping chose B, took the Taiyi True Water Divine Crystal from Hua Yunzhen, and demanded rare supplementary ingredients for refining the pill.
• Lu Ping asked to consult the pavilion’s alchemical texts, and Hua Yunzhen ordered the jealous elder to bring him the high-grade Jade Slips.
• Lu Ping fed the crystal to the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace, causing its space to expand and prompting the little girl spirit to appear briefly.
• Three days later, the jealous elder brought Lu Ping the requested ingredients and medicinal texts, then glared at him as new choices appeared.

Lu Ping developed a substitute formula for the Nine-Revolution Heaven-Defying Pill while stalling Hua Yunzhen’s demands to refine it. As Hua Yunzhen grew increasingly anxious and may have sought another alchemist, Lu Ping realized both of them were running out of time.

• Lu Ping provoked Jealousy Bro by demanding more of Hua Yunzhen’s rare Spirit Tea, then secluded himself to study the Desire Sea Pavilion’s alchemical texts.
• Lu Ping completed the Nine-Revolution Heaven-Defying Pill’s original formula, then devised a substitute using available ingredients and refined an antidote to Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder.
• Lu Ping cleared the courtyard medicinal garden into Little Toad’s Grotto-Heaven and finished inscribing the substitute pill formula, though it required a main ingredient he had never encountered.
• When Hua Yunzhen demanded the pill, Lu Ping warned that rushing the refinement could destroy the Yin-Yang Love-Tribulation Flower and claimed he needed the right hour to ensure success.
• Hua Yunzhen repeatedly pressed Lu Ping to hurry, but he kept refusing to risk an early refinement; he suspected she was seeking a backup alchemist as time ran short for them both.

Lu Ping refined Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder, tested it on himself, and used the reaction to develop a direction for advancing his body-tempering method. After hiding his condition and erasing his traces, he sent his clone out to meet Hua Yunzhen, where she asked whether the pills were ready.

• Lu Ping chose to keep the Labor Dispatch Trait and sensed an omen in the stars before telling Hua Yunzhen that the time had come.
• Lu Ping refined four portions of Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder and took one himself, using its potency to glimpse a possible path toward the sixth level of the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula.
• Lu Ping created his Crow Daoist clone and had it feign weakness so it would match his claim that refining the powder had depleted his origin.
• Lu Ping erased his traces and vanished with the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak as Crow Daoist opened the chamber door.
• Hua Yunzhen demanded to know whether Lu Ping had succeeded, and options appeared for how to hand over the powder.

Lu Ping used Crow Daoist’s Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder to draw Hua Yunzhen into revealing her true cultivation and trapping him. Hua Yunzhen secured the powder and explained that she planned to kill him despite his sect’s possible retaliation.

• Lu Ping chose to have Crow Daoist pretend to distrust Hua Yunzhen and refuse to hand over the pills until he could leave Desire Sea Pavilion’s territory.
• Crow Daoist briefly opened the Spirit-Sealing Jade Bottle, allowing Hua Yunzhen to sense the powder before sealing it again.
• Hua Yunzhen revealed that her cultivation had reached peak Void Refining, trapped Crow Daoist in an Isolation Grand Formation, and took the bottle.
• Crow Daoist stayed calm and warned Hua Yunzhen that his sect might retaliate if she killed him.
• Hua Yunzhen said no one on the Northern Sea Coast could oppose her without a Body Integration cultivator and that she was willing to pay the cost of her plan.

Lu Ping used Crow Daoist, an external Avatar, to draw out Hua Yunzhen’s reason for refining Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder, then sacrificed the clone in a self-destruction that failed to injure her. Hidden outside the Alchemy Chamber, Lu Ping watched Hua Yunzhen realize that his true body had escaped and weighed whether to flee or seek revenge.

• Hua Yunzhen admitted that her current methods were insufficient, then recognized that Lu Ping had maneuvered her into revealing a secret and attacked Crow Daoist.
• Lu Ping chose to have Crow Daoist self-destruct, unleashing a blast that Hua Yunzhen survived with only slight damage.
• Hua Yunzhen realized Crow Daoist had been an external Avatar and wondered when Lu Ping’s true body had escaped.
• Lu Ping watched from a concealed position in a nearby sea of clouds and confirmed that Crow Daoist’s self-destruction had not substantially harmed Hua Yunzhen.
• Lu Ping considered escaping or following Hua Yunzhen to find an opportunity for revenge.

Lu Ping watched Hua Yunzhen cover up his supposed death, then hide at the Main Peak and poison herself to lure someone into a trap. The plan drew Jiang Mutian to the pavilion, where Hua Yunzhen collapsed before she could explain, leaving Lu Ping hidden nearby as their encounter began.

• Hua Yunzhen told her elder that Lu Ping had died from a pill-refining backlash and ordered everyone to stay away from the Main Peak summit.
• Lu Ping followed Hua Yunzhen to an elegant pavilion, where she poured Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder over herself and let it take effect.
• Lu Ping realized Hua Yunzhen had poisoned herself as bait to conceal the poison from a powerful visitor.
• Jiang Mutian appeared at the pavilion, and Hua Yunzhen claimed she had finally arrived before passing out from the medicine.
• Lu Ping remained hidden as Jiang Mutian surveyed the area.

Lu Ping intervened as Jiang Mutian confronted the apparently unconscious Hua Yunzhen, and he turned Jiang Mutian’s attention to the possibility that someone was muddling the Heavenly Secrets. Jiang Mutian grew suspicious of the danger and asked Lu Ping who he was, leaving him to choose how to answer.

• Lu Ping revealed himself to Jiang Mutian and introduced himself, prompting her to realize that he knew her.
• Lu Ping rejected the option of claiming a karmic connection and instead pointed out that Jiang Mutian had received no warning from the Heavenly Secrets before finding Hua Yunzhen.
• Jiang Mutian recognized that her senses and premonitions may have been blocked, and her suspicion shifted toward Hua Yunzhen.
• Jiang Mutian asked Lu Ping who he was, and new response options appeared.

Lu Ping warned Jiang Mutian that Hua Yunzhen’s scheme might involve the pavilion grounds, but Jiang chose to face the threat there. Hua Yunzhen sacrificed her body to unleash a deadly poison domain, and Jiang shielded Lu Ping with her Sword Gang.

• Lu Ping pretended to be a wronged Alchemist and gave Jiang Mutian an antidote to Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder while warning her about the location.
• Jiang Mutian dismissed Lu Ping’s suggestion to leave and said she was prepared to face Hua Yunzhen’s scheme.
• Lu Ping chose to retreat behind Jiang Mutian, and the system described him as positioning her in front to protect her.
• Jiang Mutian sensed the danger as Hua Yunzhen’s body exploded into dust that amplified the poison in the air.
• Jiang Mutian raised a Sword Gang barrier that protected herself and Lu Ping from the poison spreading across the mountaintop.

Lu Ping watched Hua Yunzhen reveal that she had cultivated the False Dragon Inheriting Phoenix Great Method to become Jiang Mutian’s companion, while Jiang Mutian rejected her devotion. Hua Yunzhen’s Primordial Spirit began to destabilize as she refused to accept Jiang Mutian’s answer.

• Jiang Mutian took Lu Ping’s antidote and dispelled the Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder’s effects.
• Hua Yunzhen’s Primordial Spirit emerged from the crystal dust and addressed Jiang Mutian as her Master.
• Hua Yunzhen explained that she had cultivated the False Dragon Inheriting Phoenix Great Method to stand beside Jiang Mutian and asked for her primordial Yin essence to reach the Body Integration realm.
• Lu Ping realized Hua Yunzhen’s schemes had been driven by her obsessive desire for Jiang Mutian, and he chose to stay quiet.
• Jiang Mutian told Hua Yunzhen that she had always walked the Great Dao alone and had no need of servants.
• Hua Yunzhen rejected Jiang Mutian’s words, and her Primordial Spirit began to come apart.

Jiang Mutian killed Hua Yunzhen with a single sword strike, but Lu Ping realized the danger was not over. As Jiang Mutian confronted him about how he knew her, Lu Ping faced a set of choices.

• Hua Yunzhen insisted that Jiang Mutian was destined for her, but Jiang Mutian rejected her obsession and struck her down.
• Hua Yunzhen asked whether Jiang Mutian regretted saving her, and Jiang Mutian answered that she did not before Hua Yunzhen's soul scattered.
• Lu Ping warned Jiang Mutian that Hua Yunzhen had been a pawn and that their enemies might still be nearby.
• Jiang Mutian stayed on the mountaintop despite Lu Ping's hints that they should leave, then asked him how he knew her.
• Lu Ping was presented with three possible responses to Jiang Mutian's question.

Lu Ping gave Jiang Mutian the Heguang Tongchen Talisman and a method for erasing karmic traces, hoping to help her evade the forces pursuing them. Jiang Mutian praised him as a heaven-sent genius, then told him to leave while she dealt with the pursuers, leaving Lu Ping to choose whether to stay and help or flee.

• Lu Ping told Jiang Mutian that his Past-Life Wisdom had guided him to help repay a life-saving debt, and she accepted his explanation.
• Lu Ping gave Jiang Mutian the Heguang Talisman, which she recognized as valuable but stored without activating it so she could continue using herself as bait.
• Lu Ping handed Jiang Mutian a Jade Slip containing the Great Sun Primordial Void Seal Method, which could erase traces of past karma.
• Jiang Mutian called Lu Ping a heaven-sent genius but said the method was too profound for her to master quickly.
• Jiang Mutian told Lu Ping to leave while she dealt with the three pursuers, and Lu Ping considered whether to stay and help or run.

Lu Ping gave Jiang Mutian ten top-quality Taiyi Origin-Returning Pills before leaving, recognizing that her acceptance without offering payment marked a major change in their relationship. On his return to Nü Zhi City, a Transformation Perfection sea beast awakened beneath his Flying Boat, and he faced a choice about how to respond.

• Lu Ping gave Jiang Mutian ten top-quality Taiyi Origin-Returning Pills, then teleported away and repeatedly erased his tracks.
• Lu Ping concluded that Jiang Mutian’s acceptance of his gifts without settling the debt meant she no longer treated him as an outsider.
• Lu Ping realized that Void Refining and higher cultivators lost their stored treasures when they died, so he would need to shake them down while they were alive.
• Lu Ping set out for Nü Zhi City on his Flying Boat and encountered a violent sea beast with Transformation Perfection strength.
• Lu Ping received options to evade the beast, attack it, or pitch it membership and insurance plans.

Lu Ping killed a Demon Flood Dragon guarding a Nine-Yang Essence-Restoring Zhi, took the spirit medicine, and escaped when an even stronger sea beast approached. He then had to choose whether to return to Nü Zhi City or risk another fight.

• Lu Ping chose to avoid a deep-sea overlord and later found a nearly thousand-year-old Nine-Yang Essence-Restoring Zhi guarded by a powerful Demon Flood Dragon.
• Lu Ping used his abilities and Star River Myriad Blades to kill the Demon Flood Dragon in a single attack, destroying its body before he could salvage any materials.
• Lu Ping collected the Nine-Yang Essence-Restoring Zhi with the spiritual soil beneath it and erased his traces before leaving.
• A much stronger sea beast approached the island, but Lu Ping remained concealed and escaped detection.
• Lu Ping faced new options to return directly to Nü Zhi City or double back and attack the approaching sea beast.

Lu Ping returned to Nü Zhi City after gathering Spirit Plants at sea and reunited with Ning Junqiu at the Gathering Immortals Tower. He learned that the Desire Sea Pavilion claimed Hua Yunzhen had gone into seclusion, and the chapter ended with Lu Ping considering what to do next.

• Lu Ping avoided fighting a peak-stage Transformation cultivator and continued toward Nü Zhi City.
• Lu Ping collected Spirit Plants and soil from several islands, then stopped when Little Toad's internal Grotto-Heaven ran out of room.
• Lu Ping reached Nü Zhi City and returned to the Gathering Immortals Tower, where Ni Laicai welcomed him back.
• Ning Junqiu met Lu Ping and told him the city remained peaceful while he was away.
• Ning Junqiu said Hua Yunzhen had reportedly entered seclusion and that elders were managing the Desire Sea Pavilion.
• Lu Ping considered whether to leave, resume refining pills, or propose buying the pavilion's businesses.

Lu Ping resumed work at the Gathering Immortals Tower while cultivating his Grotto-Heaven plants, refining pills, and advancing his cultivation. After two quiet months, a mysterious white-robed woman appeared at his door, and he faced a choice about how to greet her.

• Lu Ping agreed to remain in Nü Zhi City for three months and take three commissions each month, prompting Ning Junqiu to arrange the work and announce his return.
• Lu Ping tended the spirit plants in his Grotto-Heaven and calculated that the thousand-whisker spirit-luring grass would mature in a little over two years.
• Lu Ping refined Qi-Returning Pills but saved his limited Creation Spirit-Promoting Dew for the thousand-whisker spirit-luring grass.
• Lu Ping used his remaining Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder to cultivate the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula and clarify its sixth layer.
• Lu Ping spent two peaceful months refining pills and cultivating, then found a white-robed woman waiting outside his door and considered how to respond.