Vol. 1The Road to Foundation Establishment

Wang Yu survived the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect’s rivalries and the dangers of Profound Bone and Spider Mountains while advancing his cultivation and seeking a way forward. He left for Heart Erosion City to pursue Foundation Establishment resources, but robbers cornered him in a canyon.

  • Wang Yu survived the sect’s attacks, became an Outer Disciple, and began studying alchemy while tending Tantai Chan’s Medicine Garden.
  • Wang Yu refused Su Qing Shan’s request to lure Zhao Shang into an ambush after finding his room occupied.
  • Wang Yu formed an Alchemist Society, survived Xu Jiao Jiao’s ambush, and joined Gu Zheng Shun’s expedition to Profound Bone Mountain.
  • Wang Yu claimed two levels on the mountain and fought Liu Jin Xian when she tried to seize his territory.
  • Wang Yu stole the Grand Yin Nether Eye and other treasures from the Underground Palace, then advanced to Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
  • Wang Yu saved Liu Jin Xian from Steward Xu’s Ferocious Ghost and later left Profound Bone Mountain with her, Situ Hong, and Gu Zheng Shun.
  • Wang Yu took a ten-year posting at Spider Mountain, found an Invisibility Technique, and advanced to Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
  • Wang Yu set out for Heart Erosion City to seek Foundation Establishment resources, but black-robed robbers trapped him in a canyon.
Chapters 1–101 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1From Spirit Slave to Outer Disciple

Wang Yu used his Placement Slot and careful maneuvering to survive the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, earn promotion, and begin studying alchemy. After reaching the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, he found his room taken and refused Su Qing Shan’s request to help ambush Zhao Shang.

  • Wang Yu was eliminated from Spirit Testing, then left for Thousand Autumn City after Wang Chongwen warned him that Wang Wu would threaten him.
  • The Stone Lake City Lord sold Wang Yu and other captives to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, where Wang Yu became a Spirit Slave and learned he had to repay his Buying Body Money.
  • Wang Yu used the Placement Slot to cultivate, reached the Qi Refining Second Layer, and recruited Spirit Slaves for Steward Duan until Spirit Slave Fang and others confronted him.
  • After killing three Spirit Slaves who had attacked him, Wang Yu confessed to the killings, and True Inheritor Su ordered his promotion to Outer Disciple.
  • Wang Yu joined Cold Blood Peak under True Inheritor Su, took a Medicine Garden task, and survived attacks arranged after Zhao Shang offered his Essence Qi Chamber as a bounty.
  • Wang Yu studied the Night Concealment Spell, Ice Shield Technique, and Cold Flame Alchemy while tending Tantai Chan’s Medicine Garden, and he reached the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.
  • Wang Yu discovered that Zhao Shang had rented his room to an Inner Disciple, then refused Su Qing Shan’s request to lure Zhao Shang into an ambush.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Profound Bone Outpost

Wang Yu built an alchemist network, survived the Xu Clan’s attempts to kill him, and left the sect for Profound Bone Mountain. There he claimed valuable territory and clashed with Liu Jin Xian after she tried to seize it.

  • Wang Yu exposed Xu’s Pill Shop to Zhuo Shouqing, then formed an Alchemist Society with Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu and arranged to supply Ice Snow Tower through Zhao Shang.
  • Wang Yu perfected the Cold Blood Art, improved his cultivation speed, learned the Ice Coffin Spell and Illusionary Steps, and endured Yu Tang Tang’s visit to Tantai Chan’s Medicine Garden.
  • Wang Yu trained in the Corpse Demon Secret Art, gained Yin aptitude, and advanced to Qi Refining Fifth Layer while arranging a long-term assignment at Profound Bone Mountain.
  • Xu Jiao Jiao ambushed Wang Yu, but Wang Yu trapped her with the Ice Coffin Spell and killed her after she broke free.
  • Wang Yu traded his Mountain Lord Token to Gu Zheng Shun for a Profound Bone Token and a place in Gu’s expedition, then refined a Second Tier Divine Strength Corpse arm to restore his left arm.
  • Wang Yu traveled with Gu Zheng Shun’s disciples to Profound Bone Mountain, surveyed the dangerous Bone Woods, and established a concealed stronghold on the upper levels.
  • Wang Yu claimed two levels and transferred the Alchemist Society’s authority to Zhou Tao, while Gu Zheng Shun faced Liu Jin Xian’s bid to take over his territory.
  • Wang Yu killed two of Liu Jin Xian’s disciples when they tried to claim his levels, then fought Liu Jin Xian and nearly killed her Mosquito Beast with his Divine Strength Corpse Arm.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3Profound Bone Mountain

Wang Yu survived the dangers of the Underground Palace, seized its treasures, and advanced his cultivation while rival sect disciples fell to its traps. After Steward Xu pursued him and died in a battle with Liu Jin Xian, Wang Yu helped save her and left Profound Bone Mountain with the survivors for the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.

  • Wang Yu killed Su Qing Shan and the cultivators who tried to rob him, then stole the Grand Yin Nether Eye from a Corpse Demon in the Scripture Pavilion.
  • Wang Yu blocked the passage out of the Underground Palace and hid while the remaining cultivators faced its monsters and formations.
  • Wang Yu ambushed Five Yin Peak disciples, stole Profound Essence Flowers and Bone Wood, and later watched Liu Jin Xian, Gu Zheng Shun, and Situ Hong escape the palace.
  • Wang Yu broke through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer, learned Blood Talisman Script from Situ Hong, and used his Placement Slot to cultivate the Soul Devouring Evil Armor Technique.
  • Steward Xu attacked Liu Jin Xian after Wang Yu fled, but she wounded him with a Core Formation-level attack and pursued him toward Maple Province City.
  • Liu Jin Xian killed Steward Xu, but his Ferocious Ghost swallowed her until Wang Yu lured it away and destroyed it with sunlight.
  • Wang Yu brought the injured Liu Jin Xian back to Situ Hong and Gu Zheng Shun, then spent two years cultivating while she recovered.
  • Wang Yu perfected the Soul Devouring Evil Armor Technique and departed Profound Bone Mountain with Liu Jin Xian, Situ Hong, and Gu Zheng Shun for the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4Spider Mountain and the Inheritance Fall

Wang Yu sought a way to leave the sect and took a long-term posting at Spider Mountain, where Ghost Eyes helped him advance to Qi Refining Eighth Layer. As the Wei Clan and Su Yulong fell from power, Wang Yu headed for Heart Erosion City to pursue Foundation Establishment resources and was ambushed on the way.

  • Wang Yu investigated ways to improve his aptitude, secured the Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation, and later planned to leave the sect after True Inheritor Su failed to support him.
  • Wang Yu arranged a ten-year Spider Mountain posting through Situ Hong and joined an expedition to tend Spider Heart Grass fields.
  • Wang Yu killed an invisible Ghost Eye Spider with his Flame Spitting Art and Cold Flame, then found a Hidden Dragon’s Treasure Bone containing an Invisibility Technique in Ghost Eye Cave.
  • Wang Yu began refining High-Grade Ghost Eyes, sold some to fellow disciples, and broke through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer in his second year on Spider Mountain.
  • Mu Xiao revealed that he had marked Wang Yu with Blood Leech Worm powder, and Wang Yu decided to wait until he could deal with several groups of enemies at once.
  • Situ Hong told Wang Yu that the Wei Clan had been exterminated, Wei Zhong confined for a hundred years, and Su Yulong stripped of his True Inheritor status and sent away for fifty years.
  • Wang Yu studied Foundation Establishment Spiritual Items, then set out alone for Heart Erosion City after hearing an auction would offer one.
  • More than a dozen black-robed robbers cornered Wang Yu in a canyon, and he trapped them with the Ice Coffin Spell before swallowing a Top Grade Spirit Recovery Pill.
Chapters 76–101 Summaries Read
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