Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool after absorbing its hidden energy and reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong. She offered to remove the Gold Devouring Rat Clan leaders’ Fire Poison as compensation before heading to the Han Family with Nalan Yanran and Han Yue.

• Jin Shi and Jin Gu suspected Xiao Yi Xian had entered the concealed space at the bottom of the blood pool and went down to investigate.
• The spatial barrier shattered, and Xiao Yi Xian emerged unharmed as the blood pool’s water erupted around her.
• Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Little Silver recognized that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong, though she had not yet become a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to accompany Nalan Yanran and Han Yue to the Han Family, where their Master and Master's Wife were waiting.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to remove Jin Shi and Jin Gu’s Fire Poison as compensation for using the Gold Devouring Rat Clan’s opportunity and gave them a list of medicinal ingredients to gather.

Xiao Yi Xian prepared a medicinal liquid to expose the fire poison hidden in Jin Shi and Jin Gu’s bodies, then used her Purple Flame to devour it. The painful treatment was still underway as the two men’s hidden injuries began to clear.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Jin Shi and Jin Gu to gather medicinal ingredients and poisons, though she admitted to Nalan Yanran and Han Yue that the poisons were unnecessary.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu returned with the requested supplies, and Xiao Yi Xian refined the medicinal ingredients into a red liquid.
• Jin Shi drank one portion of the liquid, then persuaded Jin Gu to drink the other.
• Xiao Yi Xian used her soul force to locate the fire poison exposed by the liquid and sent controlled Purple Flame into both men’s bodies.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu endured intense pain as the Purple Flame began extracting fire poison from their flesh and bone marrow.

Xiao Yi Xian removed the Purple Flame affliction from Jin Shi and Jin Gu, then led her group toward Tianbei City. Two days later, Fei Tian confronted the Gold Devouring Rat Clan over the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool slots, and the chapter ended with Jin Shi weighing Fei Tian's warning about Venerable Thunder.

• Jin Shi and Jin Gu thanked Xiao Yi Xian after she drew the Purple Flame from their bodies, and Xiao Yi Xian left the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range with Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and the others.
• Two days after Xiao Yi Xian's group departed, Fei Tian arrived and accused Jin Shi of unfairly limiting the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool places.
• Jin Shi defended the clan's decision, and Fei Tian attacked him before Jin Shi summoned Jin Gu and the Gold Devouring Rat hordes.
• Fei Tian fought Jin Shi and Jin Gu while the Gold Devouring Rats formed a grand formation and launched sonic attacks.
• Fei Tian withdrew after warning Jin Shi that the Gold Devouring Rat Clan risked destruction and that Venerable Thunder had emerged from seclusion.
• Jin Gu asked whether Venerable Thunder would intervene, and Jin Shi judged that he would probably not upset the balance over the dispute.

Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and their companions reunited with Gu He and Yun Yun in Tianbei City after returning from the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. Gu He transmitted power to Nalan Yanran, who broke through to Six-star Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Yi Xian opened a spatial rift, and Little Silver guided the group through the void to Han Family Manor in Tianbei City.
• Gu He and Yun Yun welcomed Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and their companions, and learned about their journey and gains.
• Gu He praised Xiao Yi Xian for helping her junior sisters and decided to reward her and Nalan Yanran for their progress.
• Gu He transmitted power to Nalan Yanran, helping her break through from peak One-star Dou Emperor to peak Five-star Dou Emperor.
• After Gu He stopped transmitting power, Nalan Yanran's aura surged and she reached Six-star Dou Emperor.

Gu He passed cultivation to Xiao Yi Xian, helping her break through from the peak of the Dou Zong Realm into the Dou Zun Realm. She continued absorbing the energy he transferred after reaching the new realm.

• Nalan Yanran broke through to the Six-star Dou Emperor and received Gu He's praise before stepping aside.
• Gu He prepared Xiao Yi Xian to break through to the Dou Zun Realm, and Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Han Yue moved away.
• Gu He enclosed himself and Xiao Yi Xian within a spatial barrier and passed cultivation to her.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed Gu He's energy and broke through into the Dou Zun Realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian continued absorbing the transferred energy after her breakthrough, while Gu He recognized her exceptional comprehension.

Xiao Yi Xian broke through to the peak of Two-star Dou Zun while Gu He transmitted cultivation to her, then Gu He received a major cultivation return from his system. After the barrier fell, Xiao Yi Xian and Little Silver agreed to fight side by side.

• Gu He continued transmitting cultivation, helping Xiao Yi Xian break through to Two-star Dou Zun and reach its peak.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that the transmission was weakening Gu He, but he reassured her and stopped only when she neared her limit.
• Gu He received eighty-two years of cultivation from the system, adding to the sixteen years returned from Nalan Yanran and planning to advance his realm.
• Gu He dismissed the spatial barrier, and Nalan Yanran congratulated Xiao Yi Xian on her breakthrough to Dou Zun.
• Little Silver lamented that Xiao Yi Xian no longer needed her protection, so Xiao Yi Xian promised they would fight side by side.

Xiao Yi Xian celebrated her breakthrough with her fellow disciples and learned that Gu He had once reached Nine-star Dou Zun. Han Xue returned and met her new senior sisters, who welcomed her with gifts and told her about their absent Eldest Senior Brother’s achievements.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Yun Yun about Gu He’s cultivation and learned he had been a Nine-star Dou Zun when he left the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He and Yun Yun talked with Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Han Yue about the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Han Xue leaped into the courtyard, greeted Gu He and Yun Yun, and was introduced to Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Little Silver.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran gave Han Xue precious gifts, and the junior and senior sisters quickly became friendly.
• Han Xue asked about their Eldest Senior Brother, and Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran said he was a talented alchemist who had been a fifth-grade alchemist at the Jia Ma Empire’s Alchemist Grand Meeting and might now be a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.

Gu He learned that Star-Picking Old Ghost had arrived at the Northern Region Soul Hall branch and was investigating the Soul Hall’s missing operatives in the Northwest Continent. Star-Picking Old Ghost revealed that the mission concerned the fallen Xiao Clan and that he had been sent by the Ninth Heavenly Venerate.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Han Yue and Han Xue that Liu Ling was a Sixth-Grade Alchemist and Gu He had reached at least the seventh grade.
• Han Yue said Zi Yan had left to train and planned to return for the Four Pavilion Grand Competition, so Xiao Yi Xian and the others agreed to stay with Han Yue until then.
• Over the next three months, Gu He refined three Seventh-Grade Pills and absorbed his disciples’ returned cultivation, reaching Peak Eighth-Turn Dou Zun.
• Blood Heavenly Venerate informed Gu He that a Heavenly Venerate from another branch had arrived, and Gu He ordered him to act according to circumstances and report back.
• Blood Heavenly Venerate welcomed Star-Picking Old Ghost to the Northern Region branch and sealed a private room before asking about his mission.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost said the mission concerned the Xiao Clan and that the Ninth Heavenly Venerate had sent him to the Northwest Continent because the operatives there had stopped reporting.

Blood Heavenly Venerate gave Star-Picking Old Ghost a detailed, partly fabricated account of the Northwest Continent and offered him a guide for his mission against the Xiao Clan. After leading Star-Picking Old Ghost to a nearby valley, Blood Heavenly Venerate ambushed and grievously wounded him, leaving Star-Picking Old Ghost reaching for a jade cylinder.

• Star-Picking Old Ghost asked Blood Heavenly Venerate about the Northwest Continent and the other imperial clans before moving against the Xiao Clan.
• Blood Heavenly Venerate described the region’s powers for an entire day and night, mixing facts with fabrications.
• Blood Heavenly Venerate offered to send a Protector familiar with the Northwest Continent as Star-Picking Old Ghost’s guide.
• Blood Heavenly Venerate opened a spatial rift and led Star-Picking Old Ghost to a valley several hundred miles from the Black Giant Hall.
• Blood Heavenly Venerate struck Star-Picking Old Ghost from behind, badly injuring him, and Star-Picking Old Ghost turned on him with a jade cylinder in hand.

Gu He seized Star-Picking Old Ghost’s Spatial Jade Slip, planted a Puppet Seed in his soul, and ordered him to head toward the Northwest Continent. He then sent Blood Heavenly Venerate to lure Soul Hall’s Fourth Heavenly Venerate, Xue He, to the Northern Region before returning toward Tianbei City.

• Star-Picking Old Ghost tried to summon Ninth Heavenly Venerate Mo Yu, but Gu He appeared, severed his arm, and took the Spatial Jade Slip.
• Gu He used the Ancient Puppet Seed Art to control Star-Picking Old Ghost, then reattached his arm to hide the injury.
• Gu He learned that the Spatial Jade Slip could summon Mo Yu and chose not to use it while he was unsure whether Mo Yu would arrive alone.
• Gu He ordered Star-Picking Old Ghost to travel toward the Northwest Continent, report possible Soul Hall or Emperor Clan members, and avoid the Jia Ma Empire.
• Gu He ordered Blood Heavenly Venerate to invite Fourth Heavenly Venerate Xue He to the Northern Region and notify him once Xue He arrived.
• Gu He traveled back through the void and returned to the vicinity of Tianbei City.

Gu He returned to the Han sisters’ courtyard and named his unborn child Gu Feng. The next morning, he checked how his disciples had stabilized their cultivation and prepared to give three of them Seventh-Grade Pills.

• Gu He returned to the courtyard after an unexpected detour during pill refining and led Yun Yun to their room.
• Gu He and Yun Yun discussed their unborn child’s name, and Gu He said the child wanted to be called Gu Feng.
• Gu He gathered Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue and asked how they had stabilized their cultivation over the past three months.
• Xiao Yi Xian reported reaching peak Two-star Dou Zun, Nalan Yanran reported reaching Seven-star Dou Emperor, and Han Yue said she had reached peak Nine-star Dou Emperor but remained far from Dou Zong.
• Gu He produced three Seventh-Grade Pills he had refined and said he would bestow them upon three disciples.

Gu He persuaded Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Han Yue to accept the three Seventh-Grade Pills by revealing a peak Eighth-Grade Bodhi Pill. After gifting the pills, he received a Ninth-Grade Life-Extending Pill and ten thousand each of two Seventh-Grade pills through the system.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran refused Gu He's three Seventh-Grade Pills because they considered them too precious.
• Gu He revealed a Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Bodhi Pill and explained that it could help a peak Ninth-Turn Dou Zun advance to Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Han Yue changed their minds and accepted Gu He's gifts.
• The system rewarded Gu He with a Ninth-Grade Life-Extending Pill for Xiao Yi Xian's Clear Origin Pill, ten thousand Clear Origin Pills for Nalan Yanran's gift, and ten thousand Pills to Break Dou Zun for Han Yue's gift.

Gu He rewarded his disciples and imparted cultivation to Han Xue and Han Yue. Han Xue reached Dou Ling, while Han Yue broke through to One-star Dou Zong, and Gu He called for Yan Ran next.

• Gu He considered trading his surplus pills in the Pill Region but decided it was too dangerous for now.
• Gu He gave Han Xue a Fifth-Grade Pill and imparted cultivation to her, helping her break through to One-star Dou Ling.
• Gu He sealed the space around himself and Han Yue before imparting cultivation to her.
• Han Yue broke through to One-star Dou Zong and stabilized her cultivation.
• Gu He ended the session and told Han Yue to have Yan Ran come over.

Gu He transferred cultivation to Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian, gaining system returns that would let him finish refining his Dou Qi and prepare for a Half-Saint breakthrough. After noticing his disciples’ reduced absorption efficiency, he gathered them to discuss their training.

• Han Yue brought Nalan Yanran to Gu He, who transferred cultivation until she broke through to Nine-star Dou Emperor.
• The system returned five and a half years of cultivation to Gu He for Nalan Yanran’s transfer.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned that she might absorb less, then accepted Gu He’s transfer and broke through to Three-star Dou Zun.
• The system returned forty-one years of cultivation to Gu He, enough for his final Nine Revolutions to Sainthood.
• Gu He removed the spatial seal, gathered Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue, and pointed out that their absorption efficiency had fallen.

Gu He confronted Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue over their lack of cultivation progress and assigned Xiao Yi Xian the task of building a major force. He then questioned Nalan Yanran about being Misty Cloud Sect Leader and asked Xiao Yi Xian to explain the role to her.

• Gu He told Xiao Yi Xian and the others that their cultivation had stalled because they had fought too little and spent less time training.
• Gu He criticized Xiao Yi Xian for becoming casual about cultivation and ordered her to establish a force comparable to the Two Sects and Three Valleys within two years.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted the difficult task, promising to build a force capable of standing above the Two Sects as a step toward confronting the Soul Hall.
• Gu He asked Nalan Yanran how she felt about becoming Misty Cloud Sect Leader, and she wondered whether he was questioning her competence.
• Gu He called on Xiao Yi Xian to explain to Nalan Yanran what it meant to lead a sect.

Gu He encouraged Nalan Yanran to build a force for greater access to cultivation resources and set Han Yue new goals after she surpassed her previous tasks. He left Han Yue facing a three-year challenge to reach the Dou Venerate realm and build a force stronger than the Wind Thunder Pavilion, while Han Xue asked for a task of her own.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained the benefits of leading a sect, and Gu He urged Nalan Yanran to build a stronger force to gain resources and experience.
• Gu He told Han Yue that she had surpassed her earlier training tasks and assigned her three years to reach the Dou Venerate realm and establish a force stronger than the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Han Yue accepted the tasks, then recognized their difficulty as Gu He warned her that he would punish her if she failed.
• Gu He told Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran that they were subject to the same expectations, and Han Xue timidly asked him to assign her a task.

Han Xue asked Gu He for permission to train with her senior sisters, and he agreed. Later, dark clouds and lightning gathered over Nine-Colored Valley, leading the Misty Cloud Sect to believe Gu He was refining a Seventh-Grade Pill, while Yun Shan watched a powerful silver figure emerge beneath the clouds.

• Han Xue asked Gu He to let her train outside with her senior sisters, and he agreed on the condition that she not go alone.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran resumed their diligent cultivation but delayed their training plans until after Yun Yun gave birth.
• Dark clouds and lightning gathered over Nine-Colored Valley, and Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders suspected pill lightning had appeared.
• The elders and disciples concluded that Gu He was refining a Seventh-Grade Pill and celebrated the prospect of his becoming a Seventh-Grade Alchemist.
• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and watched the thunderclouds, then saw a silver figure fly beneath them and wondered who the powerful expert was.

Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect watched a silver puppet withstand the pill lightning, mistaking it for Gu He as it absorbed bolt after bolt and grew stronger. After the final strike, the storm began to clear, and someone in Nine-Colored Valley praised Liu Ling for his efforts.

• Yun Shan realized the aura-less figure in the sky was probably a puppet and watched as it blocked the first bolt of pill lightning.
• The silver puppet absorbed the lightning's power and rose to face another bolt, reassuring the Misty Cloud Sect observers who believed it was Gu He.
• Three stronger bolts knocked the puppet onto the invisible barrier above Nine-Colored Valley, but it rose again and drew the storm's lightning onto itself.
• Yun Shan judged the puppet's strength to rival a Five-star Dou Zong as the lightning bombardment strengthened it.
• The puppet caught the final bolt, the dark clouds began to thin, and a voice from Nine-Colored Valley praised Liu Ling's efforts.

Liu Ling successfully refined his first Seventh-Grade Pill and reached the level of a Five-star Dou Emperor through dedicated alchemy and cultivation. Gu He gave him the ingredients for two batches of Shapeshifting Pills, and Liu Ling left Nine-Colored Valley as Yun Shan noticed him.

• Liu Ling refined a low-grade Seventh-Grade Pill, and Gu He recognized him as a Seventh-Grade Alchemist.
• Liu Ling asked Gu He for Shapeshifting Grass because he wanted to refine a Shapeshifting Pill.
• Gu He gave Liu Ling Shapeshifting Grass and enough other ingredients for two batches of Shapeshifting Pills.
• Liu Ling inspected his Heavenly Demon Puppet, whose strength had increased enough to withstand attacks from Dou Zong experts, then stored it and his pill cauldron.
• Liu Ling left Nine-Colored Valley to explain the commotion, and Yun Shan spotted him while flying nearby.

Liu Ling told Yun Shan that Gu He had become a Seventh-Grade Alchemist and was in seclusion, prompting Yun Shan to plan a celebratory banquet. After reaching the Peak of Ninth-Turn Dou Zun, Gu He postponed his Half-Saint breakthrough to meet Xue He in the Northern Region.

• Liu Ling greeted Yun Shan, who was astonished to learn that Liu Ling had reached the Five-star Dou Emperor.
• Liu Ling said Gu He had refined a Seventh-Grade Pill but was in seclusion preparing for a breakthrough, and Yun Shan decided to hold a banquet anyway.
• Yun Shan ordered Yun Leng to prepare the banquet and seal off the area where Gu He was supposedly in seclusion.
• Over the next twenty days, Gu He refined cultivation returned by Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue, reaching the Peak of Ninth-Turn Dou Zun.
• Gu He postponed taking the Bodhi Pill to attempt a Half-Saint breakthrough and decided to fight Xue He in the Northern Region, telling Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others he would return within five days.