Chapter Summaries

Master Gu Ni reluctantly tested Li Xuan’s formation disks while preparing a new pill, then discovered their effects and urgently tried to find Li Xuan. At the front desk, a male employee mocked the two women who had delivered the disks, unaware that Gu Ni had just become desperate to meet their creator.

• Two female employees brought Li Xuan’s eight formation disks to Master Gu Ni, who accepted them only after hearing Li Xuan was connected to Nalan Yanran and the Cloud Mist Sect.
• Master Gu Ni arranged the disks in his Alchemy Room despite doubting they could improve pill refinement.
• The arranged disks made the room tremble faintly, and Master Gu Ni tested their effects while refining the Dou Qi Increasing Pill.
• Master Gu Ni emerged clutching the shattered disks and ordered the guards to summon the female employees so he could learn everything about Li Xuan and find him.
• At the front desk, a male employee mocked the two female employees for delivering the disks, while they worried that Master Gu Ni would blame them.

Master Gu Ni discovered that Li Xuan’s formation disks had helped him refine a Third Grade Pill, and he resolved to seek Li Xuan out. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan began training with Old Man Yao, then learned that Gu Ni had come to the Xiao Clan intending to take on a disciple.

• Gu Ni examined the eight disks, realized they had broken after three uses, and decided to investigate Li Xuan before approaching him.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and asked Old Man Yao how long it would take him to catch up to Li Xuan; Old Man Yao estimated five years and urged him to prioritize becoming an alchemist.
• Xiao Yan refined Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid with Old Man Yao’s guidance and advanced from Dou Qi Stage Three to Dou Qi Stage Four.
• A servant told Xiao Yan that Gu Ni had arrived at the Xiao Clan and seemed intent on taking on a disciple, leaving Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao puzzled.

Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan learned that Master Gu Ni had come to teach Li Xuan alchemy, hoping Li Xuan would help him advance to Third Grade Alchemist. Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning were left envious and frustrated as Master Gu Ni hurried to meet Li Xuan.

• Xiao Zhan introduced Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning to Master Gu Ni, who said he wanted to teach someone alchemy without taking him as a disciple.
• Master Gu Ni explained that he would teach everything he knew because the person could help him become a Third Grade Alchemist.
• Master Gu Ni named Li Xuan, leaving Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning stunned and envious.
• Xiao Ning questioned Li Xuan's ability, but Master Gu Ni dismissed him and asked where Li Xuan lived.
• Master Gu Ni left to visit Li Xuan with gifts, while Xiao Yan returned to his room to work toward becoming an alchemist.

Xiao Yan began learning herb identification and basic pill refinement under Old Man Yao, while Li Xuan traded alchemy materials with Gu Ni for array plates. Li Xuan then used the Amethyst Winged Lion King's flame to refine a Bone Strengthening Pill, leaving Gu Ni stunned by what he saw.

• Old Man Yao told Xiao Yan he could train him to become an alchemist quickly, and Xiao Yan eagerly began learning herbs and the Bone Strengthening Pill.
• Gu Ni praised Li Xuan for memorizing all fifty volumes of the Herbalism Illustrated Guide, and Li Xuan demanded valuable items in exchange for an array plate.
• Gu Ni gave Li Xuan alchemy techniques, pill formulas, and his Alchemy Notes, receiving permanently usable array plates in return.
• Li Xuan revealed purple flames taken from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, leaving Gu Ni shocked.
• Li Xuan quickly learned the alchemy methods and began refining a Bone Strengthening Pill, and Gu Ni froze in horror when he saw it.

Li Xuan rapidly advanced his alchemy, completing the Second Grade Alchemist mission and later learning to refine Fourth Grade Pills. A new mission sent him to the Mitel Auction House to win Ya Fei’s love, and he found her there.

• Li Xuan refined a Second Grade Bone Strengthening Pill, shocking Master Gu Ni, who humbly shared his alchemy knowledge.
• Li Xuan refined another Second Grade Pill, teased Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er, and asked Xiao Xun'er to find him more pill formulas.
• Elder Ling watched Li Xuan with approval and decided to report his talent to the clan leader in a few years.
• Over the following five days, Li Xuan completed his Second Grade Alchemist mission and, after another month and a half of study, became able to refine Fourth Grade Pills.
• Li Xuan accepted missions to join the Mitel Auction House and win Ya Fei's favor, then used God's Perspective to find her there.

Li Xuan joined the Mitel Auction House and astonished Master Gu Ni with hundreds of pills, then agreed to try a new recipe while asking to meet other alchemists. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan prepared to auction Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, still underestimating Li Xuan as he dreamed of surpassing him.

• Li Xuan decided to join the Mitel Auction House and sent Gu Ni a letter asking him to arrange it.
• After breaking through to the fifth stage of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan ran out of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and had Old Man Yao refine a weaker batch for auction.
• Gu Ni welcomed Li Xuan, who offered to sell a hundred Qi Gathering Powders and gave him many other pills to auction in exchange for ingredients, recipes, and techniques.
• Gu Ni begged Li Xuan to accept him as a disciple, but Li Xuan refused and said he might make an exception for Ya Fei, who wanted to become an alchemist.
• Li Xuan examined a Spirit Awakening Pill recipe and agreed to refine it, while telling Gu Ni to notify him when alchemists visited the Auction House.
• Disguised as he headed to the Auction House, Xiao Yan told Old Man Yao he wanted to learn alchemy and imagined becoming a Third Grade Alchemist before Li Xuan.

Xiao Yan went to the Mitel Auction House to sell Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, but the staff told Xue Li to wait until Li Xuan was available to appraise the pills. Master Gu Ni then punished an employee for insulting Li Xuan and revealed to Ya Fei that he had asked Li Xuan to take him as a disciple, before showing her Li Xuan’s large supply of Qi Gathering Powder.

• Xue Li told the guards that an alchemist had arrived to sell medicinal pills, and they instructed her to wait for Li Xuan because he was refining pills.
• The guards offered to help Xue Li with a male employee who had been bullying her, and she silently thanked Li Xuan for improving their attitude toward her.
• A male employee told Ya Fei that Li Xuan was a fraud, and Master Gu Ni stormed in and kicked him repeatedly for insulting Li Xuan.
• Master Gu Ni apologized to Ya Fei for beating the employee, then explained that he had asked Li Xuan to accept him as a disciple and been rejected.
• Master Gu Ni laid out Li Xuan’s medicinal pills, and Ya Fei stared in shock at the large quantity of Qi Gathering Powder.

Ya Fei learned that Li Xuan had refined an astonishing number of high-grade pills in just over a month and decided to acknowledge him as her master. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan waited at the Auction House to sell his Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, confident that no one could identify or reproduce it.

• Gu Ni showed Ya Fei the pills Li Xuan had refined and swore that Li Xuan had made them himself in a month and a half.
• Ya Fei ordered Little Yue to beat the male employee again for speaking badly of Li Xuan.
• Gu Ni told Ya Fei that Li Xuan might accept her as a disciple and explained that his alchemy talent could eventually help her gain the aptitude to become an alchemist.
• Ya Fei agreed to become Li Xuan’s disciple, and she and Gu Ni hurried to the Alchemy Room before learning he had gone to the Auction House’s main hall.
• Xiao Yan waited to sell his Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, while Old Man Yao assured him that no alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire could identify its ingredients or reproduce it.

Li Xuan appraised Old Man Yao’s Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, identified its ingredients and flaws, and revealed that he was already an alchemist. After winning ten pill formulas, Li Xuan led Old Man Yao and Xiao Yan away to speak privately.

• Xue Li introduced Li Xuan as an alchemist, but Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao doubted he could appraise the pill.
• Li Xuan identified the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid’s effects and impurities, impressing Old Man Yao and frustrating Xiao Yan.
• Li Xuan named several ingredients and inferred that Old Man Yao possessed a special flame, leaving Old Man Yao stunned.
• Old Man Yao conceded and offered Li Xuan ten pill formulas, and Li Xuan led him and Xiao Yan toward the back mountain.
• Ya Fei and Master Gu Ni arrived and questioned the Auction House staff about Li Xuan’s appraisal, but the staff hesitated to explain.

Ya Fei learned of Li Xuan’s talent and ordered Xue Li to fulfill his requests. Li Xuan traded Old Man Yao a damaged Silver-edged Array Plate for pill formulas, then returned with a stronger Gold-edged Array Plate and asked what Old Man Yao would offer for it.

• Ya Fei heard about Li Xuan’s abilities and told Xue Li to prepare whatever materials he requested.
• Li Xuan asked Old Man Yao for pill formulas and combat techniques, offering a Silver-edged Array Plate that could strengthen the soul.
• Old Man Yao tested the plate and traded Li Xuan three fifth-grade and five fourth-grade pill formulas for it.
• Xiao Yan worried that the formulas would help Li Xuan, but Old Man Yao reassured him that high-grade formulas were rare and he would catch up.
• After Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao left the mountain, Li Xuan returned with a Gold-edged Array Plate that restored the soul twice as quickly, and Old Man Yao asked what he wanted for it.

Li Xuan traded a Gold-edged Array Plate to Old Man Yao for the Heavy Xuan Ruler, combat techniques, and pill recipes, then revealed an even stronger Purple-edged Array Plate. After testing it, Old Man Yao considered another costly trade while Li Xuan quickly mastered the techniques.

• Li Xuan asked Old Man Yao for valuable pill recipes, then agreed to trade the Gold-edged Array Plate for the Heavy Xuan Ruler, Eight Extremities Collapse, and several pill recipes.
• Old Man Yao tested the Gold-edged Array Plate and worried that Li Xuan's growing collection of pill recipes would make him harder to restrain in alchemy.
• Old Man Yao gave Li Xuan Suction Palm, and Li Xuan revealed that he had a Purple-edged Array Plate with twice the Gold-edged plate's effect.
• Li Xuan quickly mastered Suction Palm and Eight Extremities Collapse while Old Man Yao tested the Purple-edged Array Plate.
• Old Man Yao asked whether Li Xuan had an even better array plate, and Li Xuan insisted that such treasures were rare as Old Man Yao weighed making another trade.

Li Xuan accepted combat techniques and Pill Formulas from Old Man Yao, then mastered Suction Palm and Eight Extremities Collapse almost instantly, leaving Xiao Yan and his teacher stunned by the gap between them. Xiao Yan resolved to use women and risky pills to catch up, while Ya Fei eagerly awaited Li Xuan and was captivated when he arrived at the Auction House.

• Li Xuan agreed to take ten low-tier combat techniques and cultivation methods, ten Pill Formulas below the fifth tier, five fifth-tier formulas, and two sixth-tier formulas from Old Man Yao.
• Li Xuan learned Suction Palm after one look, shocking Xiao Yan, who had hoped the techniques would slow Li Xuan down.
• Li Xuan used Eight Extremities Collapse to shatter a tree with one strike, and Old Man Yao admitted that Li Xuan’s talent was monstrous.
• Xiao Yan decided to distract Li Xuan with beautiful women and agreed to take risky pills from Old Man Yao, planning to fund them with sales of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.
• Ya Fei waited at the Auction House to meet Li Xuan and became captivated when he arrived.

Li Xuan accepted Ya Fei as an alchemy assistant, refined fifty portions of improved Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, and received a copy of the Wind Scroll Technique. As Ya Fei went to host the auction, Xiao Yan waited confidently to sell his own Spiritual Liquid, unaware that Li Xuan had already refined a stronger batch.

• Ya Fei met Li Xuan and agreed to learn alchemy from him, while Li Xuan postponed making her his disciple.
• Li Xuan used older ingredients to refine fifty portions of stronger Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid with Ya Fei's help.
• Ya Fei copied the Wind Scroll Technique for Li Xuan and delivered it before heading to host the auction.
• Xiao Yan waited at the auction to sell five bottles of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, and Old Man Yao assured him Li Xuan could not refine any in time.

At the Mitel Auction House, Xiao Yan watched Ya Fei auction Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and discovered Li Xuan had overshadowed his own goods with superior medicine. The chapter ended with Ya Fei doting on Li Xuan and Xiao Yan leaving in despair after learning Li Xuan had refined Fourth Grade Pills.

• Xiao Yan became captivated by Ya Fei and decided he could not bear to give her up to Li Xuan.
• Ya Fei auctioned high-quality Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, drawing frantic bids and eclipsing Xiao Yan’s five inferior bottles.
• Xiao Yan blamed Old Man Yao when his bottles earned only twenty thousand gold coins, most of them paid by his father, Xiao Zhan.
• Ya Fei ignored Xiao Yan and eagerly washed Li Xuan’s hands and face when he emerged from the back of the auction house.
• Li Xuan gave Ya Fei several bottles of Fourth Grade Pills to auction, leaving her and Old Man Yao astonished.
• Xiao Yan left the auction house in anguish, furious that Ya Fei had also fallen for Li Xuan.

Li Xuan went to Wutan City's Alchemist Guild seeking certification, but learned it could only examine him up to Second Grade. After rumors that he was already capable of Third Grade alchemy reached the Jialie Bi Family, Jialie Bi and Jialie Ao were left terrified and sent another steward to verify the news.

• Li Xuan went to the Alchemist Guild for a Third Grade examination, but the vice president explained that the guild could only conduct examinations up to Second Grade.
• Li Xuan decided to visit the capital later and left, planning to remain in Wutan City for now to find plot characters and trigger more missions.
• Jialie Ao urged his father, Jialie Bi, to avenge the humiliation Li Xuan had inflicted on him, but Jialie Bi said they would wait for his brother and an alliance with the Aoba Family.
• A steward reported that Li Xuan had refined the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and obtained Second Grade Alchemist certification.
• The steward added that Li Xuan's pill had reached Third Grade quality and that he had sought a Third Grade examination, frightening Jialie Bi and Jialie Ao.
• Jialie Bi ordered a second steward to verify Li Xuan's alchemist status while he and Jialie Ao waited in silence.

After learning that Li Xuan was a Fourth Grade Alchemist, the Jialie Clan fled Wutan City, while Li Xuan became an honored Xiao Clan elder. At the Xiao Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, he publicly rested against Ya Fei’s shoulder, making his closeness with her clear to everyone.

• The plump steward reported that Li Xuan had refined Fourth Grade Pills and given several bottles to Ya Fei, so Jialie Bi decided to move the Jialie Clan away from Wutan City.
• The Xiao Clan celebrated Li Xuan’s rise as an alchemist and made him an elder, while Xiao Yan grew jealous of his closeness with Xiao Mei, Xiao Xun'er, and Ya Fei.
• Old Man Yao grew disappointed with Xiao Yan and withheld the Fentian Skill until Xiao Yan met his requirements.
• The Xiao Clan held its Coming-of-Age Ceremony and invited Wutan City’s prominent families and organizations, including the Aoba Family, the Alchemist Guild, and the Mitel Auction House.
• At the ceremony, Li Xuan sat beside Ya Fei, held her hand, and rested against her shoulder while she welcomed his affection.

At the Xiao Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei displayed their strength while Li Xuan stopped Xiao Xun’er’s test. The chapter ended with Old Man Yao warning Xiao Yan that even risky pills would not let him catch up to Li Xuan, whose current strength remained unknown.

• Ya Fei let Li Xuan lean against her while Xiao Yan and the others watched with envy.
• Xiao Ning tested at Dou Qi Stage Nine, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached Two-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Mei tested at One-Star Great Spirit Master, astonishing the crowd and prompting speculation that Li Xuan’s pills had helped her.
• Li Xuan stopped Xiao Xun’er from taking the test, and Xiao Zhan and the elders accepted his order.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Man Yao about Li Xuan’s strength, and Old Man Yao warned that Xiao Yan could not surpass him even by taking risky pills.

After learning that Li Xuan had become a One-Star Dou Huang, Xiao Yan set out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek experience and a treasure that could increase his Dou Qi. Li Xuan followed him after receiving a system mission there, leaving his companions with instructions and gaining strength when Ya Fei kissed him.

• Old Man Yao told Xiao Yan that Li Xuan had reached the One-Star Dou Huang level, leaving Xiao Yan stunned and humiliated.
• Xiao Yan decided to travel to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Old Man Yao said the Amethyst Winged Lion King possessed a Dou Qi-enhancing treasure.
• Li Xuan received system choices tied to Jialan Academy, the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and winning Yun Yun and Little Doctor's kisses, then chose to pursue the mountain-range storyline.
• Li Xuan told Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun'er to go to Jialan Academy and gave Ya Fei a Storage Ring with cultivation resources.
• Ya Fei voluntarily kissed Li Xuan, completing a mission that rewarded him with 5% Super Strength.
• Li Xuan rode the Phantom Leopard toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range to seek Little Doctor and Yun Yun.

Li Xuan traveled to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to retrieve the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Wings of the Eagle, while Xiao Yan joined Little Doctor and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group on an expedition. The chapter left Li Xuan entering the cave as Xiao Yan attracted attention by killing a magical beast, though his chipped weapon reminded him of what he had lost.

• Li Xuan searched Qingshan Town for Little Doctor, then decided to head for the Magical Beast Mountain Range and obtain the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and Wings of the Eagle before Xiao Yan could.
• Li Xuan promised the Phantom Leopard a Form Transformation Pill and spent time sightseeing and collecting rare herbs in the mountains.
• A Rock Serpent attacked Li Xuan near the cave, but the Golden Feathered Azure Eagle killed it and carried its body away before Li Xuan entered the cave.
• Little Doctor, Xiao Yan, Mu Li, and members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group traveled through the forest together, while Xiao Yan grew jealous of Mu Li’s attention toward Little Doctor.
• Xiao Yan killed an attacking magical beast with one strike, earning the mercenaries’ praise, but they also pointed out that his weapon was chipped.

Xiao Yan and the mercenaries were confronted by a Golden Feathered Azure Eagle, but Li Xuan arrived and the powerful beast greeted him like a pet. Little Doctor admired Li Xuan and began to suspect he had taken something from the cave beneath the cliff.

• Xiao Yan resented Li Xuan after his weapon was chipped, further lowering Old Man Yao's opinion of him.
• A Golden Feathered Azure Eagle landed near the mercenaries, and everyone froze in fear of the Dou King-level beast.
• Li Xuan appeared, and Little Doctor warned him not to move while Xiao Yan watched with jealousy.
• The Golden Feathered Azure Eagle ran to Li Xuan, rubbed its head against him, and let him pat it.
• Little Doctor marveled at Li Xuan's control over the eagle, then wondered whether he had taken the things from the cave.