Chapter Summaries

Chu Yu failed the second trial, while Luo Chen discovered the Returning to Dust Art and used it to clear the stage. In the third trial, Luo Chen and Chen Mozi faced a one-attempt challenge to create a Tier 4 pill, just as Mister Xuan Yan arrived.

• Chu Yu failed to refine a pill in the second stage and was sent out, where she encountered Mister Xuan Yan entering the stage.
• Chen Mozi reached the third stage after spending two years on the second, but hesitated when the trial demanded a new Fourth Order pill under harsh conditions.
• Luo Chen examined the remains of a failed reverse refinement, understood how to extract a pill's essential substance, and awakened the Returning to Dust Art.
• Luo Chen used the new art to continue reverse-refining pills and, half a year later, emerged into the third-stage hall, where he met Chen Mozi.
• Luo Chen and Chen Mozi learned that they had to construct a Pill Recipe and refine a Tier 4 Pill using recovered materials in a single attempt.
• Mister Xuan Yan arrived and urged Luo Chen and Chen Mozi not to hesitate.

Mister Xuan Yan joined Luo Chen and Chen Mozi for the Pill Saint Hall’s third trial, where each had to devise and refine a pill from the materials they had reverse-refined. After Xuan Yan gave Chen Mozi his Fourth-Order Exhaustion Pill and departed for the final trial, Luo Chen completed a new Two Forms Pill formula and began refining it, leaving both men working toward their own results.

• Mister Xuan Yan arrived at the Earthfire Great Hall, praised Luo Chen’s quick progress, and explained that the third trial required each alchemist to devise a recipe and refine a pill.
• Mister Xuan Yan refined a Fourth-Order Exhaustion Pill and gave it to Chen Mozi, urging him to seek new paths rather than cling to old rules, then left for the final trial.
• Luo Chen identified Flame Flow Marrow and Netherworld Cold Spring as possible main ingredients and worked to adapt the Devil Monarch’s Two Forms Pill recipe.
• After a year of study, Chen Mozi began refining with his reverse-refined materials, while Luo Chen completed the Two Forms Pill formula and unlocked its entry on his Attribute Panel.
• Luo Chen summoned the Primal Chaos Cauldron and began heating it, and he and Chen Mozi exchanged wishes for success before starting their pill refining.

Luo Chen refined the Two Forms Pill after realizing the Nirvana Sacred Fire could resolve the conflict between its main ingredients, then entered the Mingyuan Sect’s Blessed Land. Mister Xuan Yan revealed that he had reached the end of his lifespan and gave Luo Chen the token for the fourth trial, saying only Luo Chen could open it.

• Luo Chen spent three months trying to merge the Withered Source Fire Marrow and Netherworld Cold Spring, but the ingredients remained locked in conflict.
• The Wither Bloom Fire Spirit urged Luo Chen to change fires, and he used the Nirvana Sacred Fire to complete the fusion in three days and refine the Two Forms Pill.
• Luo Chen arrived in a Blessed Land that he deduced belonged to the Mingyuan Sect, then restored his mana and reflected on his improved cultivation speed.
• Mister Xuan Yan appeared aged and explained that his earlier vigor had been a final flash before death.
• Luo Chen declined to claim the Pill Saint Legacy from Mister Xuan Yan, but Xuan Yan gave him the fourth-trial token and said only Luo Chen could unlock it.

Luo Chen learned the Refining Heaven Secret, revealed his Golden Core-era Law Derivation Divine Pill to Mister Xuan Yan, and received a fragmentary Clarified Butter Pill formula. He drew Spiritual Opportunity into Chu Yan’s token, triggering her Alchemy Dao inheritance and a rainstorm across the Ming Abyss Holy Land as the sect wondered who had passed the trials.

• Luo Chen blocked and then absorbed Chu Yan’s thought from the token, quickly learned the Refining Heaven Secret, and confirmed that Mister Xuan Yan had damaged himself trying to perform it.
• Luo Chen showed Mister Xuan Yan the Tier 5 Law Derivation Divine Pill he had refined during the Golden Core Stage, and Mister Xuan Yan gave him a Bamboo Slip containing a fragmentary Clarified Butter Pill formula.
• Luo Chen used Source Power to perform the Refining Heaven Secret and drew nearby Spiritual Opportunity into the token, activating Chu Yan’s phantom and her pill-refining inheritance.
• Luo Chen watched Chu Yan’s phantom refine pills from many kinds of materials as Mister Xuan Yan recognized the display as insights into the Alchemy Dao Law.
• Clouds and mist over the Pill Saint Hall dispersed into rain, and the Soaring Sky City Lord and others wondered whether Luo Chen or Mister Xuan Yan had obtained the Pill Saint Legacy.
• Dark clouds, lightning, thunder, and rain spread across the Ming Abyss Holy Land, and Old Ancestor Yu Ming sensed Luo Chen’s aura from Heaven Underworld Palace.

Luo Chen rejected the chance to borrow Chu Yan’s Alchemy True Intent, took control of the Pill Saint World, and emerged from the Pill Saint Hall as its new master. As he went to pay respects to Mingyuan Sect’s Old Ancestors, a red-robed woman opened a path from an abyss to the sect.

• Luo Chen used the token to experience Chu Yan’s alchemy insights, but broke free rather than claiming an Alchemy True Intent that was not his own.
• Mister Xuan Yan saw the preserved insights and died after Luo Chen wished him a safe journey.
• Luo Chen emerged from the Pill Saint Hall, was named its Hall Master, and received a Blessing Cauldron and several treasures before being ordered to visit the Old Ancestors.
• Ye Ruoli helped Luo Chen dress, and he reunited with his son, Luo Lingxi, promising that he had an idea for his cultivation.
• Luo Chen left for Yanfu Mountain as the new Hall Master, while Red Robes Approaching the Abyss opened a passage from the abyss to Mingyuan Sect.

Luo Chen met the three Mingyuan Sect Old Ancestors, explained his dealings with Cangwu Mountain, and handed over the Pill Saint Token. After he left, the Old Ancestors discussed their suspicions and the sealed Qing He Xian, while a voice transmission announced an honored guest connected to Luo Chen.

• Tan Cheng brought Luo Chen to Heaven Underworld Palace, where Luo Chen admired Yanfu Mountain's Fifth Order Spirit Vein and climbed the pressure-laden stairs to meet the Old Ancestors.
• Old Ancestor Yu Ming questioned Luo Chen about Qixia Yuanjun, and Luo Chen described refining Transformation Pills for Cangwu Mountain and showed the three Old Ancestors his pills and Fifth-Rank Divine Fire.
• Luo Chen told the Old Ancestors that powerful figures had repeatedly taken advantage of his Alchemy Dao skills, and Tian Yuan Old Ancestor promised the Mingyuan Sect would support his cultivation and future advancement.
• Black Marsh Old Ancestor demanded the Pill Saint Blessed Land key, and Luo Chen handed over the Pill Saint Token before leaving Heaven Underworld Palace.
• The Old Ancestors suspected Luo Chen had concealed part of the truth and discussed the black pool, which had reacted to his fire and contained the sealed Qing He Xian.
• As Luo Chen was about to leave Yanfu Mountain, a voice transmission told him that an honored guest had arrived and that the matter concerned him.

Luo Chen learned that Heaven Origin Dao Sect had sent Seven Lamps True Person, Fu Chaosheng, and Gu Zuokai to demand his return, but he refused to leave Mingyuan Sect. As he fled the sudden destruction of Yanfu Mountain, Qixia Yuanjun appeared, rescued Qing He Xian, and confronted Mingyuan Sect’s three Old Ancestors.

• Tan Cheng told Luo Chen that Mingyuan Sect had locked down Yanfu Mountain because it held Qing He Xian captive.
• Seven Lamps True Person, Fu Chaosheng, and Gu Zuokai arrived to negotiate Luo Chen’s return, while Fu Chaosheng warned that Heaven Origin Dao Sect might resort to force.
• Luo Chen refused to return to Heaven Origin Dao Sect and learned that Fu Qinglan was nearing the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, while Ming Yan, Gu Yuan, and Shi Ju had also succeeded in the Grotto-heaven Competition.
• Seven Lamps True Person left after meeting Mingyuan Sect’s powerful figures, and Luo Chen descended Yanfu Mountain toward Pill Saint Hall.
• A golden Fire Phoenix shattered Yanfu Mountain’s formation and killed Tan Cheng, Fu Chaosheng, Gu Zuokai, and Seven Lamps True Person as Luo Chen fled.
• Qixia Yuanjun appeared, took Qing He Xian from the ruins, and declared that she would settle accounts with Mingyuan Sect for provoking Cangwu Mountain.

Luo Chen fled Qixia Yuanjun’s attack on Yanfu Mountain and hid with Luo Lingxi and Ye Ruoli in the Pill Saint Blessed Land. He used the hall’s formations to watch the battle, where Qixia Yuanjun revealed how she had crossed the Nether Abyss and fought the Mingyuan Sect’s three Old Ancestors as the sect mobilized its defenses.

• Qixia Yuanjun destroyed Yanfu Mountain, and Luo Chen fled toward the Pill Saint Hall while the Soaring Sky City Lord led Mingyuan Sect cultivators toward the Nine Heavens.
• Luo Chen brought Luo Lingxi and Ye Ruoli into the Pill Saint Blessed Land, recovered from his injuries, and concluded that Qing He Xian had used his Mana to signal Qixia Yuanjun.
• Luo Chen set up the Cloud Chess Water Mirror Art to monitor the Mingyuan Sect, then formed a red-eye projection to see the battle above the Nine Heavens.
• Qixia Yuanjun revealed that an avatar had guided her across the Nether Abyss, struck Tian Yuan Old Ancestor, and allowed Black Marsh Old Ancestor to trap her in the Netherworld Yellow Springs Diagram.
• Black Marsh Old Ancestor, Tian Yuan Old Ancestor, and Old Ancestor Yu Ming entered the Treasure Map to attack Qixia Yuanjun, while Yu Ming ordered the sect to activate its God-Slaying Array and Sect Protecting Great Array.

Qixia Yuanjun destroyed the Netherworld Yellow Springs Diagram and overwhelmed Mingyuan Sect’s defenders, killing Thunder Dao Child and driving Old Ancestor Yu Ming into a desperate battle. Luo Chen sheltered in the Pill Saint Blessed Land, where Black Marsh Old Ancestor eventually crashed into the sanctuary, leaving Luo Chen to face him.

• Qixia Yuanjun burned the Netherworld Yellow Springs Diagram, defeated the All-Heaven God-Slaying Great Array, and killed Ye Lingtian and other cultivators with the Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• Old Ancestor Yu Ming attacked Qixia Yuanjun as a Gale Wind Beast, while Black Marsh Old Ancestor and Thunder Dao Child joined the fight.
• Thunder Dao Child Zhang Che sacrificed his Nascent Soul to pierce Qixia Yuanjun’s shield, but she shattered his sword and killed him.
• Old Ancestor Yu Ming continued fighting Qixia Yuanjun as their battle devastated Ming Abyss Holy Land, while Luo Chen lost sight of the battle and stayed inside the Pill Saint Blessed Land.
• Golden flames entered the Blessed Land, but Luo Chen used his own Nirvana Sacred Fire to halt their spread around himself, Luo Lingxi, and Ye Ruoli.
• Black Marsh Old Ancestor crashed into the Blessed Land with only a faint breath remaining, and Luo Chen restrained Ye Ruoli as the Old Ancestor stared at his ring of fire.

Qixia Yuanjun overwhelmed the Mingyuan Sect’s defenders, but Feng Jiang, Old Ancestor Yu Ming, and Tian Yuan Old Ancestor unleashed calamities and opened the Nether Abyss to trap her. She escaped the ghosts and Ming Water by using the Myriad Beasts Diagram to endure the Heavenly Tribulation, while Black Marsh Old Ancestor confronted Luo Chen in Pill Saint Blessed Land.

• Qixia Yuanjun told the dying Old Ancestor Yu Ming that she could suppress a Late Spirit Transformation cultivator, then killed Feng Jiang when he emerged to challenge her.
• Feng Jiang’s death released Calamity Qi and triggered an Earth Calamity, while Old Ancestor Yu Ming burned his Primordial Spirit to summon a vast Heavenly Tribulation.
• Tian Yuan Old Ancestor performed forbidden rites to open the Nether Abyss, unleashing its Ming Water and countless vicious ghosts against Qixia Yuanjun.
• Tian Yuan Old Ancestor’s incarnations opened the Nether Abyss’s seals and died as the ghosts poured out, engulfing Qixia Yuanjun and the Ming Abyss Holy Land.
• Qixia Yuanjun escaped the Nether Abyss on the Myriad Beasts Diagram, using its beast souls to absorb the Heavenly Tribulation’s strikes as she flew away.
• Black Marsh Old Ancestor found Luo Chen in Pill Saint Blessed Land, recognized the Nirvana Sacred Fire, and accused him of inviting disaster into their home.

Luo Chen survived Black Marsh Old Ancestor’s attack and killed him with the Yuan Tu Sword, then burned the corpse and killed Ye Ruoli before leaving the Pill Saint Blessed Land. The chapter left Luo Lingxi behind with Ye Ruoli’s body while Black King guarded him.

• Black Marsh Old Ancestor accused Luo Chen of betraying the Mingyuan Sect and attacked him with a Divine Ability that seemed to melt his body.
• Luo Chen used a Substitute Puppet to evade the attack and stabbed Black Marsh Old Ancestor with the Yuan Tu Sword, whose Spirit devoured the elder’s Primordial Spirit.
• Luo Chen subdued the bloodthirsty Yuan Tu Sword Spirit, retrieved the sword, and burned Black Marsh Old Ancestor’s corpse with the Nirvana Sacred Fire.
• Luo Chen killed Ye Ruoli after she grieved for Black Marsh Old Ancestor, despite Luo Lingxi’s protest.
• Luo Chen ordered Black King to protect Luo Lingxi, then left the Pill Saint Blessed Land with the token.

Trapped inside the Pill Saint Blessed Land after the Mingyuan Sect was destroyed and the Nether Abyss flooded the Ming Abyss Holy Land, Luo Chen tried to find a way through the ghost-filled waters. He awakened the spirit of his Nirvana Sacred Fire with a Two Forms Pill, while Mount Shouyang Hermit and the Dongyang Sect Grand Elder arrived to witness the destruction and learned that the Demon Race was stirring.

• Luo Chen left the Pill Saint Blessed Land, discovered the area was flooded with defiling Ming Water, and returned after finding Nirvana Sacred Fire covering the surface.
• Luo Chen learned that the Mingyuan Sect had fallen, Tian Yuan Old Ancestor had died, and Qixia Yuanjun had escaped, leaving him trapped in the Nether Abyss.
• Luo Chen fed the Two Forms Pill's medicinal power to his Nirvana Sacred Fire, awakening its fire spirit and causing it to attack the Wither Bloom Fire Spirit.
• Luo Chen separated the two fire spirits, then watched the golden firebird begin feeding on a strand of Nirvana Sacred Fire inside the Pill Saint Blessed Land.
• Mount Shouyang Hermit saw Shangyou Immortal City reduced to ruins and joined the Dongyang Sect Grand Elder near the ruined Ming Abyss Holy Land.
• The Dongyang Sect Grand Elder declared that the Ming Abyss Holy Land had been destroyed, and a Sound Transmission Jade Pendant warned that the Demon Race in the Million Mountains was stirring.

Luo Chen harvested Grand Spirit Grass in Pill Saint Blessed Land, watched Luo Lingxi grow more independent, and completed a new Source True Fire. He left Black King to guard Lingxi and the Blessed Land, then entered the Nether Abyss alone to seek a way out.

• Luo Chen found Black Obsidian Lotus seedpods that he believed belonged to Black Marsh Old Ancestor, but left them untouched for future use.
• Luo Chen harvested most of the mature Grand Spirit Grass, then returned to his cave abode and found Black King teaching Luo Lingxi a body technique.
• Luo Lingxi began hunting and cooking for himself, while Luo Chen realized his son was sixteen and that their year in Pill Saint Blessed Land had passed quickly.
• Luo Chen completed his new Source True Fire after the Fire Spirit devoured the Nirvana Sacred Fire, then told Luo Lingxi he would leave without him.
• Luo Chen entrusted the Blessed Land key to Black King and departed for the Nether Abyss, cutting down the ghosts outside before setting off into its depths.

Luo Chen escaped the Nether Abyss but found the surface above it filled with lingering space rifts and an uncontrolled thunder formation. After studying the rifts and surviving a lightning strike, he fled back beneath the sea, where a pair of enormous blood-red eyes watched him in the darkness.

• Luo Chen discovered that many ghosts, including Golden Core Ghost Kings, had formed from the souls of Mingyuan Sect disciples in the Nether Abyss.
• Luo Chen used a wisp of Golden Flame to escape through the water's surface and saw Qixia Yuanjun's fire suppressing the abyss across a vast area.
• Luo Chen lost his sleeve and briefly had his left arm severed by an unseen space rift, then restored his hand with Source Power.
• Luo Chen recognized the surrounding space rifts and identified the thunderclouds above as an uncontrolled formation drawing on the Mingyuan Sect's Nine Heavens Universal Origin Great Thunder Art.
• Luo Chen studied the warning signs before space rifts formed, hoping to counter Qing Shuang's space-based movement, but a lightning bolt forced him to defend himself.
• Luo Chen fled beneath the sea as the rifts expanded, then saw a pair of lantern-sized blood-red eyes staring at him in the darkness.

Luo Chen escaped the Nether Abyss on a Black Tortoise after driving off Gao Chang, the Devouring Origin Beast, and learned that the Tiger Spirit might be useful as an incarnation. Half a year later, he reached the ruins of Shangyou Immortal City and learned that Qixia Yuanjun had destroyed it and the Heaven Origin Dao Sect had driven the Dongyang Sect and other powers from their domain.

• Luo Chen recognized the Black Tortoise as a living creature of the Ming Abyss Lu Family and fought it when it attacked him.
• Gao Chang, the Tiger Spirit, lunged at Luo Chen, but Luo Chen’s flames drove it into the darkness; the Black Tortoise then recognized him as an Elder and carried him across the Nether Abyss.
• While riding the Black Tortoise, Luo Chen reasoned that Tian Yuan Old Ancestor had likely brought Gao Chang to the Ming Abyss and considered capturing it as an incarnation before deciding against the risk.
• Half a year later, Luo Chen arrived at Shangyou Immortal City and met Shen Qiuhua, a Golden Core cultivator of the Sword Stream Shen Family, among the ruins.
• Shen Qiuhua told Luo Chen that Qixia Yuanjun, whose main body was the Phoenix, had destroyed Shangyou Immortal City.
• Shen Qiuhua revealed that the Heaven Origin Dao Sect had occupied the Dongyang Domain and driven out the Dongyang Sect and the other inhabitants, leaving the Shen Family without a home.

As the Eastern Wasteland faced a demon buildup and Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s arrival, Luo Chen avoided the coming conflicts and traveled toward Luo Tian Domain to retrieve Luo Tian Sect. After trading for Soul Essence and gathering information in Soaring Sky Pass, he learned that Fu Qinglan had reached the Eastern Wasteland and was waiting for Shi Ju.

• Luo Chen considered the Demon Race’s renewed presence and Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s expansion, then left the Shen Family without meeting the Dao Sect forces.
• Luo Chen traveled through the Azure Nether to Soaring Sky Pass and entered the city in disguise to buy supplies and ask about Luo Tian Sect.
• Luo Chen traded a damaged True Artifact from the Nether Abyss for Soul Essence and decided to seek more through black markets.
• A vessel arrived on the Dongyang Domain coast, and Fu Qinglan stepped ashore, determined to arrive before Shi Ju.

Luo Chen returned to the Luo Tian Sect after gathering Soul Essence and learning that the sect had remained stable during his absence. He revealed himself at Qu Lingjun’s Core Formation Ceremony, leaving the sect members stunned and overjoyed.

• Luo Chen evaded three Golden Core cultivators who tried to rob him in Fallen Immortal Valley and left with a great deal of Soul Essence.
• Luo Chen returned to Skyscraper Cliff, reunited with Gu Cai Yi, and learned that Sima Hui Niang had gone to the Mingyuan Sect while Wang Yuan had reached the Fourth Realm of Body Refining.
• Luo Chen met Ling Fengzi, Bai Mei Ling, Wang Yuan, and Li Yingzhang, then told them he wanted the Luo Tian Sect to leave its domain.
• Qu Lingjun held his Core Formation Ceremony and recited Luo Chen’s Core Formation Poem before sharing his own insights.
• Luo Chen emerged before the gathered sect members, praised Qu Lingjun, and announced rewards before declaring, “I’m back!”

Gu Hong and Lin Yonghua tried to revive Mingyuan Sect by attacking Luo Tian Sect during Qu Lingjun’s Core Formation Ceremony, while factions across the domains reacted to the news of Mingyuan Sect’s destruction. Fu Qinglan crushed their attack with a powerful Divine Ability, and the chapter ended with Bi Zheng questioning whether the Demon Race could win the war against the Human Race.

• Gu Hong persuaded Lin Yonghua to raise Mingyuan Sect’s banner and target Luo Tian Sect, hoping to draw the attention of their surviving junior brother Chong Ming.
• Divine Fire Zhenren reported Mingyuan Sect’s destruction to Divine Origin, who refused to attack Luo Tian Sect and demanded to know why none of a group of disciples had reached the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Fu Old and Nine Spirits Yuan Jun sent disciples bearing gifts to Qu Lingjun’s ceremony, while a Great Demon Emperor vowed to slaughter Luo Chen’s disciples and descendants.
• Gu Hong and Lin Yonghua led more than ten thousand cultivators toward Skyscraper Cliff, where they found Fu Qinglan waiting and attacked her.
• Fu Qinglan killed Gu Hong with the Great Heaven Creation Seal, though his Nascent Soul escaped; she recognized Luo Chen’s aura and wondered why he had not met her.
• Shi Ju turned on the Gu and Lin Families’ forces as Fu Qinglan headed for the summit, while Bi Zheng watched the fighting and wondered whether the Demon Race could defeat the Human Race.

Luo Chen brought the Luo Tian Sect through the Ming Abyss and settled them in the Pill Saint Blessed Land, where he reunited his family and noticed a hint of unease around Luo Lingxi. He then went to wake an old acquaintance, Fellow Daoist Canglong.

• Li Yingzhang explained that the Luo Tian Sect was fleeing the coming conflict between the Demon Race and Heaven Origin Dao Sect for the Pill Saint Blessed Land in the Ming Abyss Old Site.
• Luo Chen met the Black Tortoise in the Ming Abyss, and it carried the sect through the Nether Abyss to the Pill Saint Blessed Land.
• Luo Chen gave Li Yingzhang a map of the Blessed Land, showing its five Fourth-Tier Spirit Veins, and entrusted him with establishing the sect's new residence.
• Sima Hui Niang reunited with Luo Lingxi, while Luo Chen sensed something unsettling about his son but found no obvious cause.
• Luo Chen asked Heartless Immortal to take him to see Fellow Daoist Canglong.

Canglong returned to the Ice Fortress during a Beast Tide, defeated its three Demon Kings, and learned that her master hoped she would succeed the sect and ally with Fallen Cloud Sect. After Luo Chen watched the dream unfold, he considered using talismans to comprehend his own Law True Intent.

• Gu Xiaorou charged the Frost Wolf King with a Profound Ice talisman, but Canglong arrived and killed one Demon King, subdued another with the Moonlight Ice Fortress, and drove the third away.
• Shang Hu treated Gu Xiaorou's injuries as a blizzard brought a massive crimson hound, whom Canglong greeted as Big dog.
• Canglong reported to her master that she had resolved the Beast Tide, and her master urged her to travel with Han Zhan, build an alliance with Fallen Cloud Sect, and visit her hometown after she remembered her identity as Xie Ran.
• Red Dog left Heavenly Mountain, while Luo Chen told Heartless Immortal that her senior sister could not yet be awakened and teased her about charging the Frost Wolf King as Gu Xiaorou.
• At Dan Mountain, Luo Chen struggled to find a way to comprehend Fire True Intent and wondered whether he could enter the Dao through talismans.