Chapter Summaries

The disciples chose Immortal Arts from Azure Cloud Sect’s Technique Hall, while Feng Qingyang sent Long Xie to bring the Royal Pill Holy Land’s alchemists into the sect. Elder Nie then reported that Ning Yan and the remnant soul in his necklace had tried to enter the Technique Hall, leaving Feng Qingyang to decide their fate.

• The disciples discovered the Technique Hall was filled with Immortal Arts and selected techniques, with Qin Han choosing the Pure Void Phantom Shadow Great Art and Ning Yan choosing the Transcendent Immortal Ephemeral Great Art.
• Feng Qingyang summoned Long Xie and ordered him to make the Royal Pill Holy Land submit and bring back every alchemist.
• Long Xie departed for the Royal Pill Holy Land after Feng Qingyang told him to use force if they refused to cooperate.
• Elder Nie reported that he had captured Ning Yan and the remnant soul in his necklace after they tried to enter the Technique Hall together.

Feng Qingyang accepted Dan Qing into Azure Cloud Sect’s Alchemy Hall after hearing his offers. Meanwhile, Long Xie arrived at the Royal Pill Holy Land under the Sect Master’s orders and demanded to meet its Holy Lord, warning that the holy land’s survival was at stake.

• Feng Qingyang let Dan Qing out of the Holy Light Chain and asked what he could offer to join Azure Cloud Sect.
• Dan Qing offered his Strange Fire, pill-refining skills, and connections in the Central Domain, and Feng Qingyang accepted him into the Alchemy Hall.
• Li Yanzhi refined a fourth-order Ultimate Pill after a year of effort, and Li Qingxuan praised her talent.
• Long Xie arrived above the Royal Pill Holy Land and threatened to crush its Sect Protecting Grand Formation if its people obstructed him.
• Long Xie identified himself as an Offering Elder of Azure Cloud Sect and demanded that the Holy Lord come out to discuss an urgent matter concerning the holy land’s survival.

Long Xie demanded that the Royal Pill Holy Land’s Holy Lord meet him, claiming the Azure Cloud Sect would crush the Holy Land’s protective formation. He revealed his peak Manifest Saint Realm cultivation and forced everyone present to the ground, leaving them under his ultimatum.

• Long Xie dismissed the Guardian Elder’s offer to hear his complaint and insisted that the Holy Lord come in person.
• The Guardian Elder suspected Long Xie had powerful backing and sent word to the Holy Land’s elders while trying to keep him calm.
• Holy Lord Li Qingxuan noticed the disturbance but dismissed Long Xie as a minor nuisance and continued teaching Li Yanzhi to refine pills.
• Seven elders and five consecrated elders arrived and challenged Long Xie, while the Guardian Elder warned them that he might have backing.
• Long Xie unleashed his peak Manifest Saint Realm aura, summoned purple tribulation lightning, and forced everyone present to prostrate themselves as he demanded they submit to Azure Cloud’s might.

Long Xie arrived at the Royal Pill Holy Land and demanded that it submit to the Azure Cloud Sect and surrender its Fourth-Order-and-above alchemists. The Holy Lord and ancestor learned that Long Xie had already defeated the ancestor and were left stunned by his claims about the Pill Sect.

• Long Xie suppressed the Royal Pill Holy Land and confronted Holy Lord Li Qingxuan over the elders’ refusal to let him meet the Holy Lord.
• Li Qingxuan invited Long Xie into the main hall, where Long Xie demanded the holy land submit to the Azure Cloud Sect and hand over its Fourth-Order-and-above alchemists.
• Li Qingxuan prepared to summon the ancestor, but the ancestor arrived and revealed no sign that he had already lost a clash with Long Xie.
• The ancestor warned Long Xie that the Royal Pill Holy Land was protected by the Pill Sect, but Long Xie dismissed the threat and said the Azure Cloud Sect had already taken in a Tenth-Order Transcendent Pill Saint as an ordinary disciple.

Li Yanzhi volunteered to accompany Long Xie to Azure Cloud Sect, hoping to scout the sect and secure an opportunity for Royal Pill Holy Land. After Feng Qingyang approved, Long Xie took her away while Li Qingxuan and the Ancestor watched anxiously.

• Li Yanzhi joined Li Qingxuan and the Ancestor in the main hall and offered to go with Long Xie to Azure Cloud Sect.
• Li Yanzhi explained that she hoped to assess Azure Cloud Sect and report back, while Li Qingxuan and the Ancestor warned her that the journey was dangerous.
• Long Xie contacted Feng Qingyang, who approved Li Yanzhi's departure.
• Long Xie reassured Li Qingxuan that he would not slaughter the Holy Land's weak cultivators and prepared to leave with Li Yanzhi.
• Li Qingxuan and the Ancestor gave Li Yanzhi warnings and life-saving items before Long Xie flew away with her.
• Royal Pill Holy Land's disciples and outside cultivators watched in confusion as Long Xie took the Holy Lord's daughter away.

Long Xie brought Li Yanzhi from the Royal Pill Holy Land to the Azure Cloud Sect in Spirit Province, while rumors about the sect spread across Profound Province. Li Yanzhi arrived awed by the sect’s Heavenly Stairway and its rich spiritual energy.

• News of Long Xie's suppression of the Royal Pill Holy Land spread across Profound Province, and people speculated that the Azure Cloud Sect was a powerful sect from the Central Domain.
• Long Xie flew rapidly with Li Yanzhi, then used Saint Source to protect her after she struggled to endure the speed.
• Long Xie and Li Yanzhi crossed several provinces and reached Spirit Province, where they passed over the bustling construction site of Azure Cloud City.
• Long Xie brought Li Yanzhi to the Azure Cloud Sect's mountain gate and corrected her when she assumed they had reached the Central Domain.
• Mountain guards greeted Long Xie and escorted him and Li Yanzhi toward the sect.

Li Yanzhi agreed to join the Azure Cloud Sect and make the Royal Pill Holy Land an affiliated force, while Feng Qingyang gained a Grand Pill Saint elder and broke through to the Entering Saint Realm. He appointed Mo Wen to oversee the Alchemy Hall and brought out the Great Dao Tempering Pill Cauldron.

• Long Xie brought Li Yanzhi into the Azure Cloud Sect, and she agreed to join the sect and send word to the Royal Pill Holy Land about becoming an affiliate.
• Feng Qingyang received a Golden Summoning Card, a Cultivation Enhancement Card, and a Great Dao Tempering Pill Cauldron from the system.
• Feng Qingyang used the Golden Summoning Card to summon Mo Wen, a peak Great Saint Realm expert and Grand Pill Saint.
• Feng Qingyang used the Cultivation Enhancement Card and advanced from the Void-Shattering Realm to the initial stage of the Entering Saint Realm.
• Mo Wen met Feng Qingyang, who appointed him Pill Refining Elder to manage the Alchemy Hall.
• Feng Qingyang retrieved the Great Dao Tempering Pill Cauldron for the Alchemy Hall.

Feng Qingyang extracted the Great Dao Alchemy Cauldron, an Immortal King Tier artifact, and gave it to Azure Cloud Sect’s Alchemy Hall. The cauldron’s arrival stunned the sect, while Mo Wen learned that even he could use only a fraction of its power.

• Feng Qingyang extracted the Great Dao Alchemy Cauldron, and its immortal might caused heavenly phenomena across Azure Cloud Sect.
• Mu Shuixian, Qin Han, and Li Qingyun sensed the phenomenon and recognized that another immortal artifact had appeared at Azure Cloud.
• Long Xie encouraged Dan Qing and Li Yanzhi to prove their value to the sect, and Dan Qing returned to refining pills with his Azure Netherworld Ghost Fire.
• Feng Qingyang handed the cauldron to Mo Wen for the Alchemy Hall to use as its supreme treasure.
• The system explained that only those above the Saint Realm could use the cauldron, and Feng Qingyang told Mo Wen it would suffice for refining pills despite its limited power being accessible to them.

Feng Qingyang visited the Alchemy Hall and found its alchemists refining pills at an astonishing pace. Li Yanzhi confirmed that the Royal Pill Holy Land would submit to the Azure Cloud Sect, while Long Xie claimed the agreement had been reached peacefully.

• Feng Qingyang and Mo Wen passed the Four Great Sacred Beasts sweeping in human form on their way to the Alchemy Hall.
• Li Yanzhi watched Dan Qing repeatedly refine batches of Ultimate Pills and wondered whether his blue flame was a Strange Fire.
• Long Xie told Li Yanzhi that Dan Qing was a disciple and a remnant soul who had been a Pill Saint, then encouraged her to work hard.
• Feng Qingyang arrived at the Alchemy Hall, where Long Xie introduced Li Yanzhi as the daughter of the Royal Pill Holy Land's Holy Lord.
• Li Yanzhi greeted Feng Qingyang and confirmed that the Royal Pill Holy Land was willing to submit to the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Feng Qingyang asked whether Long Xie had forced the holy land to agree, and Long Xie assured him that he had persuaded them through patient reasoning.

Feng Qingyang appointed Mo Wen to oversee the Alchemy Hall, while Li Yanzhi’s message prompted the Royal Pill Holy Land to submit to the Azure Cloud Sect. News of the submission spread across Profound Province, leaving the Azure Cloud Sect’s rise the talk of the Four Continents.

• Feng Qingyang introduced Mo Wen as the Alchemy Hall’s new elder, promised Dan Qing that the sect would forge him a new body, and then left.
• Mo Wen took charge of the Alchemy Hall and asked Li Yanzhi to retrieve Sacred Medicine so he could test the Great Dao Cauldron.
• Holy Lord Li Qingxuan and the Royal Pill Holy Land elders agreed to submit to the Azure Cloud Sect, with alchemists of the fourth rank and above accompanying him to the Main Sect.
• News spread that the Azure Cloud Sect had subdued the Four Saint Beasts and overwhelmed the three great Holy Lands.
• Li Qingxuan announced that the Royal Pill Holy Land would become an affiliated force of the Azure Cloud Sect, and the news caused an uproar throughout Profound Province.

Feng Qingyang checked Azure Cloud Sect’s rising prestige and sect points as he planned to strengthen the sect. Meanwhile, Li Yanzhi brought the Royal Pill Holy Land’s alchemists to Azure Cloud Sect, where they were stunned by its spiritual energy and grandeur, and led them toward the Alchemy Hall.

• Feng Qingyang saw that Azure Cloud Sect had gained five hundred thousand Prestige Points but still needed five more Sect Points to reach its next level.
• Li Yanzhi welcomed Holy Lord Li Qingxuan and the Royal Pill Holy Land’s alchemists at the foot of Azure Cloud Sect’s mountain.
• The alchemists praised the dense spiritual energy outside the sect and learned they could proceed up the mountain.
• Li Yanzhi led Li Qingxuan and the alchemists inside Azure Cloud Sect, where its Heavenly Stairway, palaces, and spiritual energy amazed them.
• Li Qingxuan agreed with Li Yanzhi’s praise of the Main Sect, and she offered to take him to the Alchemy Hall to meet the elder.

Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Hua Qingyu, and Su Yaoyao explored the Saint Profound Secret Realm and found a talking black dog who called himself the Black Emperor. With his power sealed and his cultivation barely recovered, the Black Emperor followed them as they headed deeper into the realm.

• Shi Hao and Lin Bai emerged from a cave with Hua Qingyu and Su Yaoyao after finding only a sleeping black dog.
• Lin Bai called the dog ordinary and tossed it away, prompting it to wake and complain in human speech.
• The dog introduced himself as the Black Emperor and revealed in thought that his cultivation and divine sense were severely weakened.
• Lin Bai and the others prepared to leave the outskirts and search deeper in the secret realm.
• The Black Emperor ran after them because he needed the four cultivators' help to survive.

Lin Bai, Shi Hao, Hua Qingyu, and Su Yaoyao explored the secret realm and found a cave filled with dangerous blood-red mist. They learned that a rare Blood-colored Underworld Flower had matured inside, drawing cultivators into the forbidden area despite its deadly hazards.

• Lin Bai joked about their journey and the Black Dog that had attached itself to the group, while Black Emperor claimed he could protect them.
• Shi Hao urged the group to keep training so they would not fall behind Azure Cloud Sect's gifted disciples, and Su Yaoyao said she wanted to join the sect.
• The group reached a cave pouring out blood-red mist, and Black Emperor warned them not to enter.
• Shi Hao asked a nearby cultivator about the cave and learned it was a forbidden area containing a boiling Blood Pool and many Demon Bats.
• The cultivator explained that the Blood Pool produced a rare Blood-colored Underworld Flower every ten thousand years, and that its maturation had drawn cultivators into the cave.

Shi Hao and his companions entered a forbidden cave to claim the Blood-colored Underworld Flower, a high-grade Sacred Medicine, and were met by a swarm of Demon Bats. Shi Hao and Lin Bai began fighting through the swarm, while the group’s battle continued deeper in the cave.

• Shi Hao learned that a Blood-colored Underworld Flower grew in the cave and told Lin Bai, Su Yaoyao, and their companion about the rare Sacred Medicine.
• Su Yaoyao recognized the flower from a family book and explained that it could nourish the divine soul and help make a powerful Saint Pill.
• Shi Hao and the others agreed to enter the forbidden cave, and Black Emperor followed after hearing about the Sacred Medicine.
• The group advanced through the cold, mist-filled cave until Shi Hao sensed an approaching group of creatures and identified them as Demon Bats.
• Shi Hao attacked the Demon Bats with the Supreme Reincarnation Fist, while Lin Bai tested his Azure Lotus Sword Art against them.

Lin Bai, Shi Hao, Hua Qingyu, and Su Yaoyao fought off waves of Demon Bats in the cave while the Black Emperor avoided the battle. Lin Bai forced the Black Emperor to the front to cover their retreat, and the group began moving toward the Sacred Medicine.

• Lin Bai, Hua Qingyu, Shi Hao, and Su Yaoyao slaughtered Demon Bats with their swordsmanship, Phoenix Flame, and punches.
• Shi Hao offered to hold back the Demon Bats so the others could leave, but Lin Bai refused to abandon him.
• Lin Bai confronted the Black Emperor, who had been lounging while the others fought, and demanded that it help.
• Lin Bai carried the Black Emperor to the front and told Shi Hao, Hua Qingyu, and Su Yaoyao that it would cover their retreat.
• The Black Emperor agreed to fight the Demon Bats in exchange for the group taking it out of the secret realm, and the others retreated toward the Sacred Medicine.

Lin Bai stayed behind with Black Emperor to hold off the Demon Bats while Shi Hao and the others went ahead to the Blood Pool. There, Gu Changge executed a cultivator who insulted him and claimed the Sacred Medicine could be contested fairly, just as it bloomed.

• Shi Hao led Hua Qingyu, Su Yaoyao, and the others toward the Sacred Medicine while Lin Bai stayed behind with Black Emperor to fight the Demon Bats.
• Black Emperor unleashed its remaining Great Emperor divine sense, instantly erasing the Demon Bats within a hundred meters and stunning Lin Bai with its power.
• Shi Hao and the others reached the Blood Pool, where cultivators had gathered and warned each other that Gu Changge was present.
• Gu Changge had his followers throw a cultivator into the Blood Pool for calling him a damn Saint Child, killing the man instantly.
• Gu Changge told the crowd they could compete fairly for the Sacred Medicine, and Shi Hao privately dismissed his threats and arrogance.
• The Sacred Medicine matured and bloomed.

Gu Changge tried to claim the Sacred Medicine, but Shi Hao and his companions challenged him and the Black Emperor stepped in. The Black Emperor’s attempt to intimidate Gu Changge failed, leaving the group facing his attack.

• The Sacred Medicine emerged from the Blood Pool, and Gu Changge ordered his Nascent Soul Realm lackeys to seize it.
• Shi Hao and his companions landed by the pool, and Shi Hao knocked Gu Changge’s lackeys away with a single punch.
• Gu Changge demanded to know Shi Hao’s sect, but Shi Hao refused to tell him.
• Lin Bai and the Black Emperor arrived as the little girl pulled the Sacred Medicine from the pool, and the Black Emperor claimed it for itself.
• Gu Changge called the Black Emperor a mongrel and revealed his seven Spirit Caves, while the Black Emperor’s attempt to crush him with its divine sense failed.
• Gu Changge charged at the group, and the Black Emperor realized it had weakened itself by overusing its power earlier.

Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Hua Qingyu, and Su Yaoyao defeated Heavenly Saint Holy Land’s Saint Child Gu Changge, who summoned a Manifest Saint Realm manifestation to kill them. Mu Shuixian’s manifestation destroyed his trump card and killed him, leaving witnesses stunned by the group’s power and connections.

• Gu Changge attacked Shi Hao, who met him in battle with his nine Spirit Caves.
• Lin Bai, Hua Qingyu, and Su Yaoyao joined the fight, helping Shi Hao knock Gu Changge down and injure him.
• Su Yaoyao revealed her identity as the Southern Region Su Family’s direct daughter, and Gu Changge begged the group to spare him.
• Gu Changge revealed a scroll that summoned a Manifest Saint Realm expert’s manifestation and shattered the cave dwelling.
• Shi Hao summoned Mu Shuixian’s manifestation, which destroyed Gu Changge’s trump card with one sword and crushed Gu Changge into blood mist.

Black Emperor recognized Mu Shuixian as Water Immortal Empress and resolved to follow the Azure Cloud Sect disciples to find her. After Shi Hao and his companions left the secret realm, Heavenly Saint Holy Land confronted them over the Saint Child's death, but Su Yaoyao's protector Ye Xue Ye intervened.

• Black Emperor recognized Mu Shuixian as Water Immortal Empress and decided to follow the disciples from Azure Cloud Sect to meet his old friend.
• Mu Shuixian sensed her clone's appearance and warned that anyone who harmed Azure Cloud Sect members would face death.
• After learning their Saint Child had died, Yang Zizai sent Heavenly Saint Holy Land experts to wait for the secret realm to open and ordered them to spare none of the killers.
• Shi Hao, Lin Bai, Su Yaoyao, and their companions left the secret realm with the treasures they had gathered and realized Heavenly Saint Holy Land was waiting for them.
• Heavenly Saint Holy Land identified Azure Cloud Sect and demanded that Shi Hao and the other two disciples remain while Su Yaoyao could leave.
• Su Yaoyao summoned her protector Ye Xue Ye, whose Manifest Saint Realm aura drove back some of the holy land's experts.

Ye Xue Ye fought a mid-stage Manifest Saint from Heavenly Saint Holy Land to protect Shi Hao and the others, while they used their trump cards against the holy land’s attackers. Mu Shuixian’s avatar appeared, and Black Emperor recognized her as the Water Immortal Empress and rushed to fight beside her.

• Ye Xue Ye refused to let Heavenly Saint Holy Land take Shi Hao and his companions, and the two mid-stage Manifest Saints clashed above the Nine Heavens.
• Shi Hao and the other Azure Cloud Sect disciples confronted the holy land elder after he threatened their master and sect.
• The Heavenly Saint Holy Land experts attacked the youngsters, who unleashed two swords and a scroll containing Mu Shuixian’s avatar.
• Mu Shuixian’s avatar declared that she would punish anyone who harmed Azure Cloud’s people, and Black Emperor recognized her as the Water Immortal Empress.
• Black Emperor blasted Shi Hao and the others away as he flew after Mu Shuixian’s avatar to fight beside his old friend.
• Su Yaoyao reassured Shi Hao that Ye Xue Ye was powerful enough to help them return safely.