Chapter Summaries

Hu Haoran began learning alchemy, overcame an initial failure, and refined high-grade Blood Coagulating Powder in large quantities. After impressing Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei, he returned to study the harder Hundred Spirits Pill, his next step toward completing his task.

• Taohua, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen gathered more than three thousand jin of herbs for Hu Haoran while disguising themselves to protect his identity.
• Hu Haoran’s first attempt to refine Blood Coagulating Powder failed, but he corrected his handling of spiritual power and furnace temperature and succeeded on his second try.
• Hu Haoran spent three days refining one thousand portions of Blood Coagulating Powder, including two hundred portions of top-grade quality, and became a Medicine Apprentice.
• Hu Haoran practiced the Soaring Sword Technique after leaving his alchemy room, and Bai Erli praised his improved spiritual power.
• Hu Haoran showed Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei his top-grade powder and explained that a Medicine Saint had given him alchemy books and a technique to study.
• Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei told Hu Haoran about Shen Mengyan and the Continental Youth Alchemist Competition, and Hu Haoran said he intended to participate before returning to study the Hundred Spirits Pill.

Hu Haoran refined thousands of Hundred Spirits Pills and demonstrated his remarkable alchemy skills to Luo Li, who was stunned by his progress. After Hu Haoran proved he could make top-grade pills, Luo Li set him a one-month challenge and entrusted him with powerful techniques and pill formulas.

• Hu Haoran refined more than fifteen hundred batches of Hundred Spirits Pills with no failures, producing over six thousand superior-grade pills and over fifteen hundred top-grade pills.
• Hu Haoran visited Luo Li and displayed the third level of the Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique, Three Dragons Bringing Prosperity, shocking Luo Li and Liu Zhili.
• Hu Haoran bet that he could refine a top-grade yellow-rank pill, and Luo Li agreed to give him his ultimate techniques if he succeeded.
• Hu Haoran refined five top-grade Hundred Spirits Pills, convincing Luo Li that he had become a skilled Medicine Apprentice.
• Luo Li challenged Hu Haoran to master Five Dragon Smelting Furnace and become an Elixir Grandmaster within a month, offering the complete Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique and a favor as rewards.
• Luo Li gave Hu Haoran the Medicine Dragon God Hand, the Poison Dragon Demon Finger, and the Crimson Scale Pill Scripture to study.

Hu Haoran disguised himself as an older alchemist and negotiated a major pill-and-herb trade with Hong Yi at Dust Settling Pavilion. After securing the ingredients he needed, Hu Haoran returned to the Hu Residence with only three weeks left to reach Elixir Grandmaster and advance his Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique.

• Hu Haoran used Asura's Grin to disguise himself and entered Dust Settling Pavilion to sell pills.
• Hu Haoran sold Hong Yi eight hundred bottles of superior-grade and two hundred bottles of top-grade Blood Coagulating Powder for 270,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Haoran sold Hong Yi six thousand superior-grade and one thousand five hundred top-grade Hundred Spirits Pills for 29,250 Purple Gold Coins.
• Hong Yi offered Hu Haoran a twenty percent discount, and Hu Haoran ordered 1,200 sets of ingredients for each of three pill formulas.
• Hu Haoran paid 500,000 Gold Soul Coins for the herbs and returned to the Hu Residence to continue his training.

Hu Haoran began practicing human-grade elixir refining to break through to Elixir Master, but his first batch of Flying Shadow Elixirs reached only high grade. As he started another batch, Luo Li revealed that his threat to end Hu Haoran’s tutelage had only been meant to pressure him to improve.

• Hu Haoran prepared the ingredients and used Three Dragons Bringing Prosperity to refine three Flying Shadow Elixirs in the Fire Sun Furnace.
• Hu Haoran inspected the elixirs and found they were high grade rather than top grade, then identified insufficient tempering during the second purification as the likely problem.
• Hu Haoran meditated briefly, reflected on how refining elixirs might improve his mental power, and began another batch of Flying Shadow Elixirs.
• Liu Zhili asked Luo Li whether he would really let Hu Haoran leave his tutelage, and Luo Li admitted that he had only said so to pressure Hu Haoran to improve.

Hu Haoran refined top-grade Frenzied Blood Pills and then successfully made his first batch of Great Strength Spirit Pills. After mastering the unfamiliar ingredients and overcoming near failures, he felt he had finally qualified as an Elixir Master.

• Hu Haoran refined top-grade Frenzied Blood Pills and used the Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique to control their violent ingredients.
• Hu Haoran refined three batches of Frenzied Blood Pills at once, then spent the next day finishing all the ingredients for them.
• Hu Haoran meditated on his recent alchemy before attempting Great Strength Spirit Pills, refining one batch at a time.
• Hu Haoran adjusted the thunder dragon's force when the Ethereal Fruit began to collapse, then patiently fused the incompatible medicinal liquids.
• Hu Haoran completed three top-grade Great Strength Spirit Pills and recognized that he had become a true Elixir Master.

Hu Haoran practiced Thunder Sound Swordplay with Bai Li and Sai Fenglei, seeking to master its final move, Purple Lightning Thunder Sound. With his brothers’ help, he achieved the move and reached the threshold of Sword Bone, then invited them to celebrate with a drink.

• Hu Haoran told Bai Li and Sai Fenglei that he was close to becoming an Elixir Grandmaster and began practicing Purple Lightning Thunder Sound.
• Bai Li and Sai Fenglei watched as Hu Haoran struggled to complete the technique and advance his swordsmanship.
• Sai Fenglei and Bai Li attacked Hu Haoran with their martial techniques to help him find the insight he lacked.
• Sai Fenglei’s attack made Hu Haoran realize that speed was the key, and Hu Haoran unleashed Purple Lightning Thunder Sound, stunning Sai Fenglei before withdrawing his move.
• Hu Haoran thanked Bai Li and Sai Fenglei, reached the threshold of Sword Bone, and invited his brothers to celebrate over drinks.

Hu Haoran refined high-grade Three-Pattern Profound Fire Elixirs and went to Luo Li to announce that he had become an Elixir Grandmaster. Luo Li asked him to demonstrate the elixir, and Hu Haoran began refining it before her.

• Hu Haoran advanced his Nine Dragon Elixir Art to five-dragon furnace tempering and prepared to refine the Three-Pattern Profound Fire Elixir.
• Hu Haoran subdued the Golden Flame Flood Dragon Blood, purified the other ingredients, and fused them into three high-grade Three-Pattern Profound Fire Elixirs.
• Hu Haoran spent the next day refining the remaining ingredients, then went to find Luo Li and announced his success as an Elixir Grandmaster.
• Liu Zhili tried to comfort Hu Haoran, but Luo Li asked him to refine an elixir so she could see for herself.
• Hu Haoran brought out his Fire Sun Furnace and ingredients and began refining the Three-Pattern Profound Fire Elixir in front of Luo Li.

Hu Haoran completed a batch of top-grade Three-Pattern Profound Fire Pills and prepared for the Life-and-Death Survival Tournament in Dark Spirit Forest. After learning the rules, including that defeated contestants could lose all their points, he entered the forest alongside Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei.

• Hu Haoran refined three top-grade Three-Pattern Profound Fire Pills, astonishing Luo Li and Liu Zhili with his talent.
• Luo Li advised Hu Haoran about advancing to Medicine King and cultivating the Poison Dragon Demon Finger before he left for the tournament.
• Hu Haoran sold his surplus pills for more than twenty-seven million Gold Soul Coins and reunited with Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei at Dark Spirit Forest.
• An officer explained the tournament’s point system for hunting Dark Spirit Phantoms, soul beasts, medicinal herbs, and ores.
• Hu Haoran learned that contestants could plunder one another’s points by defeating them, making the other young soul masters wary.
• The tournament began, and Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei charged into Dark Spirit Forest together.

Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Erli traveled into the Dark Spirit Forest’s central region to find soul beasts and battle Dark Spirit Phantoms. After being surrounded by growing numbers of Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths, they fought their way through and realized the horde could exhaust their Soul Power.

• Sai Fenglei named the Ghost Wind Evil Thunder Eagle as his soul-ring target, while Hu Haoran chose the Electric Light Ghost Wolf.
• Hu Haoran led Sai Fenglei and Bai Erli southwest, explaining that the deterrence of a Soul King would help their group.
• After two hours, the three entered the central region and discovered Dark Spirit Phantoms surrounding them.
• Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Erli attacked the Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths and raised their scores with their Scoring Soul Tools.
• The three noticed that the Dark Spirit Wraiths kept increasing and that their evil energy was dangerous, so Hu Haoran urged them to carve a path out before their Soul Power ran out.

Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei fought through a vast, growing swarm of Dark Spirit Phantoms in Dark Spirit Forest. After deciding the upheaval might come from the forest’s core region, they set out to break through the encirclement and investigate.

• Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei slaughtered Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths but found themselves surrounded by hundreds more.
• Hu Haoran unleashed Myriad Thunder Breaking Void, killing nearly a hundred Dark Spirit Phantoms, but the swarm quickly filled the gap.
• The three fought forward with their strongest attacks as more Dark Spirit Phantoms blocked their path.
• Hu Haoran and Bai Erli suspected that a disturbance deep in Dark Spirit Forest had driven the creatures into a frenzy and could cause casualties among the competitors.
• Hu Haoran proposed investigating the forest’s core region, and Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei agreed to accompany him.
• Hu Haoran declared that they would first break out of the encirclement and attacked with renewed power.

Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei escaped a tide of Dark Spirit Phantoms and defeated their pursuers, then rested while a group of young soul masters plotted to ambush them. Hu Haoran had already detected the five observers and watched them with a knowing smile.

• Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei cleared a path through the Dark Spirit Phantoms while Hu Haoran stayed behind to hold them off.
• Hu Haoran annihilated more than two hundred Dark Spirit Phantoms with Roaring Sword River and escaped to rejoin Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei.
• The three compared their scores and took Soul Nourishment Pills as Hu Haoran stood guard while they recovered.
• Five young soul masters watched the trio and discussed ambushing them to steal their points, but none dared to attack first.
• Hu Haoran detected the five observers and kept his spiritual power focused on them.

Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei lured five Soul Masters into attacking by pretending Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei had suffered a backlash. Hu Haoran revealed his strength and left the purple-robed Soul Master grievously injured, while the other four stared at him in terror.

• Hu Haoran and his companions agreed to fake injuries so the five Soul Masters would lower their guard and attack.
• Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei spat blood and pretended to suffer a cultivation backlash, while Hu Haoran acted worried.
• The five Soul Masters surrounded the trio and demanded Hu Haoran surrender his points, believing his companions were helpless.
• The purple-robed Soul Master attacked Hu Haoran with Purple Thunder Annihilation Kill, but Hu Haoran countered with Zigzag Thunder Kill and sent him flying.
• Hu Haoran struck with Myriad Thunder Breaking Void, shattering the Earth Stone Shield and grievously injuring the purple-robed Soul Master.

Hu Haoran and his brothers defeated five Soul Masters who tried to ambush them, then took their Storage Rings and activated their distress signals. They left the badly injured attackers behind and looked forward to the points and loot they had gained.

• Hu Haoran fought the red-robed Soul Master while the green-armored Soul Master joined in, and the yellow-robed Soul Master trapped Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei in an Earth Stone Net.
• Hu Haoran ignored the threats against his brothers and charged the two attackers, while Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei broke free and struck down the yellow-robed and yellow-garbed Soul Masters.
• Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei defeated the red-robed and green-armored Soul Masters, crippling them, while the purple-robed Soul Master fainted from fright.
• Hu Haoran took the five Storage Rings and activated the attackers' distress signals, and Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei checked the points they had earned.
• Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei discussed the points and the valuable items they hoped to find in the Storage Rings.

Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Erli escaped the battlefield before three powerful Soul Masters arrived and rescued the defeated fighters. The trio divided the Storage Rings’ contents, gained valuable herbs, ores, and Soul Tools, then continued their search for the Ghost Wind Evil Thunder Eagle.

• Hu Haoran sensed someone approaching, so his group left the battlefield before three Soul Masters arrived.
• The three Soul Masters assessed the injured fighters, and Elder Bai used Restoration Light to stabilize them before the red-robed Soul Master carried them out of Dark Spirit Forest.
• Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Erli agreed to divide medicinal herbs, mech design blueprints, and ores according to their needs, then opened the Storage Rings.
• Hu Haoran took medicinal herbs, Bai Erli found rare ores and the level-six Cold Martial Hammer, and Sai Fenglei acquired the Thunder Pattern Spear and Wind Riding Shoes.
• Hu Haoran obtained the Thunder Burst Light Sword, and the group continued onward in search of the Ghost Wind Evil Thunder Eagle.

Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Li confronted a Marshal-class Dark Spirit Wraith that had been following them. Hu Haoran and Sai Fenglei’s attacks began to weaken it, but the fight was still underway.

• Hu Haoran explained that he had passed over several Ghost Wind Evil Thunder Eagles because their cultivation ages were unsuitable for Sai Fenglei.
• Hu Haoran revealed that a powerful presence was stalking the group and identified it as a Marshal-class Dark Spirit Wraith.
• Hu Haoran struck the hidden wraith with Myriad Thunder Breaking Void, but it emerged seemingly unharmed and lunged at him.
• Sai Fenglei and Hu Haoran attacked together with Electric Light Formless and Azure Nether Star Radiance Phoenix Cry.
• Hu Haoran’s colorful phoenix restrained the wraith and wore down its Soul Power while Sai Fenglei’s spear strike dispersed some of its dark energy.

Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei defeated a Marshal-class Dark Spirit Wraith after discovering that Hu Haoran’s Second Soul Skill could greatly harm it. They decided to continue toward the center of the Dark Spirit Forest after strengthening themselves, but another group of Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths surrounded them.

• Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei attacked the Marshal-class Dark Spirit Wraith, but it survived their powerful blows.
• Hu Haoran noticed that the Wraith feared his rainbow soul ring and used Character 'Zhi' Thunder Kill to damage it.
• Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei combined their attacks to destroy the Wraith’s head and kill it, earning twenty points each.
• Sai Fenglei speculated that a mutated object had created the Dark Spirit Wraith, while Hu Haoran suspected a connection to the God Realm.
• The three agreed to continue toward the forest’s center after Bai Erli and Hu Haoran obtained soul rings.
• Hu Haoran realized that another large group of Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths had surrounded them.

Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei fought through swarms of Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Phantoms in the Dark Spirit Forest, but the endless attackers forced them to retreat. Outside the forest, officials discussed the danger and chose to trust Fifth Princess Shen Mengyan, while the trio fled to recover and continue their search for soul beasts.

• Bai Erli, Sai Fenglei, and Hu Haoran unleashed their weapons and abilities to destroy Dark Spirit Phantoms and break through the encirclement.
• The three realized the phantoms kept coming, while other young Soul Masters were also forced to cooperate to survive; nearly one-fifth of the contestants had already been eliminated within three days.
• A general asked whether to send someone to watch over Shen Mengyan, but Elder Bai said she would detect them and noted she had allied with Ling Fengyun.
• Hu Haoran used Spring Thunder Stab and Myriad Thunder Breaking Void to clear a temporary path, while Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei struck back at pursuing phantoms.
• Hu Haoran led Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei in retreat so they could recover their Soul Power and search for the soul beasts they needed.

Hu Haoran, Bai Li, and Sai Fenglei recovered in a hidden tree hollow after surviving attacks by Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths, while Shen Mengyan and Ling Fengyun slaughtered more of them elsewhere in the forest. Shen Mengyan exhausted herself with a powerful Soul Skill, and the three companions prepared to resume their search for Sai Fenglei’s soul beast.

• Hu Haoran, Bai Li, and Sai Fenglei hid in a tree hollow and compared their scores after escaping two waves of Dark Spirit Wraiths.
• Bai Li, Sai Fenglei, and Hu Haoran meditated to recover their Soul Power while Hu Haoran kept watch with his spiritual power.
• Shen Mengyan and Ling Fengyun continued killing Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths, and Ling Fengyun secretly thought about marrying and controlling Shen Mengyan.
• Shen Mengyan used her Golden Flame Soul Skills to annihilate waves of Dark Spirit Wraiths, killing 988 and earning 4,940 points.
• Shen Mengyan became pale and needed to rest, while Ling Fengyun had earned 530 points and considered plundering others’ points.
• After recovering, Hu Haoran, Bai Li, and Sai Fenglei prepared to search for the soul beast Sai Fenglei needed.

Sai Fenglei, Hu Haoran, and Bai Erli encountered Dugu Hen and Lu Han trapped by a horde of Dark Spirit Phantoms in the Dark Spirit Forest. After the pair fought their way out with their ultimate sword techniques, they were surrounded again, and the others prepared to intervene.

• Sai Fenglei agreed to investigate a distant battle after the group sensed familiar Soul Power and sharp Sword Intent.
• Hu Haoran recognized the injured Dugu Hen and Lu Han surrounded by Soldier-grade Dark Spirit Wraiths, and the three watched while checking for stronger enemies.
• Lu Han unleashed his Cold Yin Sword Technique to freeze and shatter Dark Spirit Phantoms, opening a path for the pair.
• Dugu Hen used his Startled Swan Sword technique to clear more enemies, and he and Lu Han fled with almost no Soul Power left.
• Bai Erli saw Dugu Hen and Lu Han surrounded again and urged the group to act.

Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Jiali rescued Dugu Hen and Lu Han from a swarm of Dark Spirit Phantoms, then reunited with them and helped them recover. The group remained together as Dugu Hen and Lu Han began meditating while the others stood guard.

• Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Jiali attacked the Dark Spirit Phantoms surrounding Dugu Hen and Lu Han, giving the exhausted pair a chance to escape.
• Dugu Hen and Lu Han fled while Hu Haoran, Sai Fenglei, and Bai Jiali cleared the remaining phantoms.
• Hu Haoran's group followed clues left by Dugu Hen and Lu Han and found them tending their wounds.
• Hu Haoran gave Dugu Hen and Lu Han earth-grade pills and revealed that he had recently become an Elixir Grandmaster.
• Dugu Hen and Lu Han accepted the pills and began meditating while Sai Fenglei and the others stood guard.