Recaps

After Xiao Yi Xian resolved the Poison Body of Misfortune, she and Chen Guan left the altar and prepared to cultivate at the Ye Clan. Zi Yan returned to Dragon Island with Hei Qing, while Chen Guan obtained Venerable Poison’s remains and teachings from Old Monster You Du; days later, the Soul Hall received news of You Du.

• Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the altar, and Hei Qing praised Xiao Yi Xian’s strength after she resolved the Poison Body of Misfortune.
• Hei Qing took Zi Yan through a spatial vortex toward Dragon Island after she said goodbye to Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ye Chong invited Chen Guan’s group to cultivate at the Ye Clan, and Chen Guan agreed after learning that the Ancient Sunfire Altar had been restored.
• Chen Guan challenged Old Monster You Du to hand over Venerable Poison’s full legacy and skeleton, then received the remains and Jade Slips recording You Du’s knowledge.
• Old Monster You Du left to travel across the Dou Qi Continent, and several days later a subordinate reported news of him to Protector Cai in the Soul Hall.

Old Monster You Du escaped the Soul Hall’s pursuit into Holy Pill City, while Chen Guan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared for seclusion at the Ye Clan. Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame with ease, and Chen Guan revealed that he had a lead on the remaining materials needed to revive Venerable Skyfire.

• Old Monster You Du tried to escape through a Spatial Wormhole, but Mu Gu shattered it and offered him forty years of service in exchange for pardon; You Du refused and fled toward Holy Pill City.
• Chen Guan sensed through the Dragon Seal that You Du had reached Holy Pill City, then took Xiao Yi Xian to the Ancient Sunfire Altar to begin cultivating.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame without difficulty, and her cultivation rose from peak seven-star Dou Zong toward nine-star Dou Zong.
• Chen Guan summoned Venerable Skyfire and showed him Venerable Poison’s corpse as a suitable body for his revival.
• Chen Guan and Venerable Skyfire agreed that the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill was preferable to the Yin Yang Life Soul Pill, and Chen Guan said he had a lead on the missing ingredients.

Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi watched Holy Pill City’s tensions grow as Old Monster You Du was driven out, while Venerable Skyfire searched the Alchemist Trading Fair for the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit. Chen Guan cultivated in seclusion for forty-five days, and his surging breakthrough aura interrupted Cao Ying and Old Monster You Du outside Ancient Altar Plaza.

• Xuan Yi told Xuan Kongzi that Chen Guan’s puppet could track Old Monster You Du, and Xuan Kongzi ordered the Pill Tower to keep the city safe.
• Xuan Yi suppressed a clash between Old Monster You Du and several enemies, then escorted them out of Holy Pill City.
• Venerable Skyfire entered the Alchemist Trading Fair, searched its first two floors for the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit, and set up a stall to wait for it.
• Chen Guan absorbed energy from the Earth Core Fire Pearl in seclusion, approaching the Dou Zong Barrier over forty-five days.
• Cao Ying visited the Ye Clan to find Chen Guan while Old Monster You Du waited nearby, and Chen Guan’s breakthrough energy suddenly surged through Ancient Altar Plaza.

Chen Guan broke through to the Dou Zong realm at the Ye Clan’s altar, then agreed to help Old Monster You Du contact Venerable Hei Qing in exchange for rare alchemy materials. He left Xiao Yi Xian under Old Monster You Du’s protection and traveled with Cao Ying to Holy Pill City to help revive Venerable Yao, where Cao Ying found in Chen Guan a kindred spirit for discussing alchemy.

• Chen Guan absorbed the energy gathered at the Ye Clan’s altar and emerged as a one-star Dou Zong, astonishing the Ye Clan, Cao Ying, and Old Monster You Du.
• Old Monster You Du offered Chen Guan a Snow Bone Ginseng, two Dragon Tongue Orchids, and a seventh-grade Mind Clarity Pill formula, and Chen Guan agreed to contact Venerable Hei Qing about arranging a trip to Dragon Island.
• Cao Ying told Chen Guan that Venerable Yao had returned and needed his help with revival, and Chen Guan agreed to go with her to the Pill Tower.
• Chen Guan asked Old Monster You Du to protect Xiao Yi Xian while he was away, then traveled with Cao Ying through a Spatial Wormhole to Holy Pill City.
• Cao Ying praised Chen Guan as the only peer who kept her eager to discuss alchemy, contrasting him with the timid Dan Chen.

Chen Guan arrived at the Pill Tower and agreed to help prepare for Yao Chen’s resurrection, then toured Holy Pill City with Cao Ying and Xiao Yan. After encouraging Xiao Yan through his doubts about the Central Plains, Chen Guan and Cao Ying entered the trading fair’s top floor.

• Chen Guan greeted Yao Chen and the Pill Tower seniors, agreed to help with Yao Chen’s resurrection, and accepted the chance to study the Pill Tower’s records and improve his alchemy.
• After Chen Guan and Xiao Yan left, Xuan Kongzi asked whether Chen Guan had a master, and Yao Chen encouraged him to consider taking Chen Guan as a disciple.
• Cao Ying guided Chen Guan and Xiao Yan through Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yan worried that he was too weak to become the Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master.
• Chen Guan encouraged Xiao Yan to believe in his talent, and Xiao Yan felt a breakthrough coming and hurried off to cultivate.
• Cao Ying led Chen Guan into the trading fair’s top floor, where he observed the rare and valuable wares while she warned him not to reveal interest in anything.

Chen Guan traded with Elder Yan for a Snow Bone Ginseng and a copper piece that he recognized as containing Spirit Nourishing Dust, then told Cao Ying how to extract it. After failing to find a Blood Essence Demonic Fruit, he asked Venerable Skyfire to keep watch while he prepared to make the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, and arrived at Xiao Yan’s room with good news.

• Chen Guan negotiated with Elder Yan, trading Cao Ying’s seventh-grade middle-grade Pure Heart Pill for a Snow Bone Ginseng.
• Chen Guan exchanged a seventh-grade middle-grade Mind Clarity Pill formula for a pale yellow copper piece and told Cao Ying it contained Spirit Nourishing Dust, offering her half of what she extracted.
• Chen Guan completed his circuit of the top floor without finding a Blood Essence Demonic Fruit and asked Venerable Skyfire to continue watching for one.
• Chen Guan told Venerable Skyfire he would prepare the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, then headed to the Pill Tower with Cao Ying.
• Xiao Yan celebrated his progress toward Dou Wang, and Chen Guan called from outside with good news.

Chen Guan gave Xiao Yan a Snow Bone Ginseng and promised him Spirit Nourishing Dust, prompting Xiao Yan to help search for Chen Guan’s Blood Essence Demonic Fruit. After Cao Ying delivered the Spirit Nourishing Dust and a rare soul cultivation technique, Chen Guan went to take his seventh-tier alchemist assessment, which Cao Ying was overseeing.

• Chen Guan gave Xiao Yan a Snow Bone Ginseng and promised him his share of the Spirit Nourishing Dust, earning Xiao Yan’s gratitude.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen, Xuan Yi, and Venerable Feng about the gift and offered to help Chen Guan find a Blood Essence Demonic Fruit.
• Yao Chen agreed to seek the fruit from Old Monster Lin, while Xuan Yi mentioned another possible source in Bright Day City.
• After studying Pill Tower’s public records, Chen Guan met Cao Ying, who gave him three Spirit Nourishing Dust pellets and a recorded, incomplete soul cultivation technique.
• Cao Ying told Chen Guan she was in charge of his seventh-tier alchemist assessment, and he followed her to the examination room.

Chen Guan passed the Pill Tower’s seventh-tier alchemy examination by refining a Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and using his puppet to block the pill lightning. Xuan Kongzi then took him as a disciple, making him Cao Ying’s junior brother, while Xiao Yan prepared to share good news.

• Chen Guan selected two freshly extracted monster cores and began refining a Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill in the examination courtyard as Cao Ying watched.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower, learned Chen Guan had been refining for two and a half days, and waited in the hall while cultivating.
• After another ten days, Chen Guan completed the pill, and his puppet blocked every bolt of pill lightning before retrieving it.
• Chen Guan confirmed the pill’s identity to Cao Ying and swallowed it, then followed her out of the courtyard.
• Xuan Kongzi offered to take Chen Guan as his disciple, and Chen Guan accepted, becoming Cao Ying’s junior brother.
• Xiao Yan congratulated Chen Guan and said he had good news to tell him.

Yun Shan encouraged Yun Yun to leave the Misty Cloud Sect and pursue her own life, while Chen Guan accepted Xuan Kongzi as his teacher and secured help with two important pills. With Venerable Skyfire’s resurrection nearing and his urgent tasks mostly done, Chen Guan found a moment of calm and wondered about the people he had left behind.

• Yun Shan told Yun Yun that the Misty Cloud Sect would be safe without her and urged her to go to the Central Plains if she wished, then left for the Imperial Palace.
• Yun Yun flipped the gold coin to settle her decision, while Chen Guan saw Xiao Yan off with two portions of Spirit Nourishing Dust and stored the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit needed for the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Cao Ying brought Chen Guan to meet Xuan Kongzi, who gave him three Grade 8 pill formulas, a Seventh Grade Alchemist Badge, a Pill Tower Core Disciple Token, and his alchemy notebook.
• Chen Guan asked Xuan Kongzi to refine the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, and Xuan Kongzi agreed to have them ready in one and a half months.
• Chen Guan retrieved Venerable Skyfire, wrote to the Ye Clan, and then looked at the stars while thinking of Queen Medusa, Sect Master Yun, Yaoye, Yaoyue, and Qing Lin.

After a month of study in the Pill Tower's Library Pavilion, Chen Guan received two pills from Xuan Kongzi and used one to restore Venerable Skyfire to a living body. Venerable Skyfire emerged as a peak Six-Star Dou Venerate and planned to repay Chen Guan by handling an important task.

• Xiao Yan reached the Spirit Realm and went looking for Chen Guan, but learned that Chen Guan was studying at the Library Pavilion.
• Chen Guan's recommendation led Xiao Yan to an opportunity to help the declining Ye Clan and gain experience.
• After more than a month in the Library Pavilion, Chen Guan answered Xuan Kongzi's summons and received the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, agreeing to refine two pills for his teacher within three months.
• Chen Guan used the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill, a powerful skeleton, and Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast essence blood to prepare a body for Venerable Skyfire.
• Venerable Skyfire entered the body and endured the Heavenly Flame's final trial, reviving as a peak Six-Star Dou Venerate.
• Venerable Skyfire thanked Chen Guan and said he would first do something for him, while Chen Guan understood that he meant delivering the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill.

Chen Guan advanced his cultivation, refined several high-tier pills, and successfully resurrected Yao Chen as a Six-Star Dou Venerate. He then went to meet the Sound Valley visitor who had sought him out and learned that she was Ran Qingchen.

• Chen Guan secluded himself to cultivate and refine pills, drawing attention with a peak seventh-tier pill and another high-tier pill as pill lightning repeatedly struck near his courtyard and Cao Ying's.
• After several months, Chen Guan broke through to Two-Star Dou Zong, and Cao Ying told him that Yao Chen's resurrection materials were ready.
• Xuan Kongzi led Chen Guan and the others to a secluded basin, where Chen Guan used Heavenly Flames to resurrect Yao Chen in a body that gave him Six-Star Dou Venerate strength.
• Chen Guan learned from Xuan Kongzi that a woman from Sound Valley was waiting for him at the Cloud Inn in Holy Pill City.
• At the inn, Chen Guan approached the veiled visitor, who introduced herself as Sound Valley's Ran Qingchen.

Chen Guan learned that Yun Yun was recovering in Sound Valley after fighting a puppet he had left in the Black Mist Mountain Range, then traveled there with Ran Qingchen. He found Yun Yun nearing a breakthrough in the Nine-Colored Spiritual Rainbow Pool, and Ran Qingchen ended the chapter by showing him a mysterious, freezing crystal.

• Ran Qingchen told Chen Guan that Yun Yun was safe in Sound Valley and explained that she had rescued her after she fought an out-of-control puppet.
• Chen Guan realized the puppet had been his own, agreed to travel to Sound Valley, and learned from Xuan Kongzi about the Nine-Colored Spiritual Rainbow Pool.
• Chen Guan and Ran Qingchen traveled for seven days before reaching Sound Valley, where Granny Lu briefly appeared and Ran Qingchen led him to Yun Yun.
• Chen Guan saw Yun Yun cultivating in the pool at peak Six-Star Dou Huang, close to breaking through to Seven-Star, and then accepted accommodations in the valley.
• Ran Qingchen hinted that she needed Chen Guan's help and revealed a jade box containing a crystal that radiated intense cold.

Chen Guan examined the Sound Valley Master, whose body was trapped by the Heavenly Cold Crystal Core and Cold Poison, and promised to find a way to save her. When Yun Yun broke through in the Nine-Colored Spiritual Rainbow Pool, Chen Guan hurried to reunite with her.

• Ran Qingchen explained that the Heavenly Cold Crystal Core had frozen her injured mother, the Half-Saint Sound Valley Master, and led Chen Guan to the forbidden Heavenly Sound Pavilion.
• Chen Guan melted the ice covering the Sound Valley Master and discovered that the Heavenly Cold Crystal Core and Cold Poison had spread throughout her body.
• Chen Guan said the two afflictions had to be resolved together and reassured Ran Qingchen that he had several ideas, though his limited strength would make the task difficult.
• Ran Qingchen and Chen Guan sensed World Energy gathering at the Nine-Colored Spiritual Rainbow Pool, where Yun Yun was breaking through.
• Yun Yun completed her breakthrough from a Five-Star Dou Huang to a Seven-Star Dou Huang, and Chen Guan flew to her and caught her as she rushed into his arms.

Chen Guan and Yun Yun reunited in Sound Valley, where she told him about the Heavenly Alliance and their friends in the Northwestern Region. He then proposed two ways to treat the Sound Valley Master's Cold Poison, and Ran Qingchen chose the safer first method.

• Yun Yun told Chen Guan that the Heavenly Alliance had absorbed three empires, Queen Medusa was nearing five-star Dou Zong, and several others had advanced in cultivation.
• Yun Yun said Queen Medusa's pregnancy would last at least two more years, and she and Chen Guan discussed his experiences in the Central Plains and his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Chen Guan and Yun Yun visited Ran Qingchen, and Chen Guan presented a medicinal-bath method to weaken the Sound Valley Master's Heavenly Cold Crystal Core and Cold Poison.
• Chen Guan described a riskier alternative in which Xiao Yi Xian could absorb the Cold Poison, but Ran Qingchen chose the first method and agreed to prepare the medicinal ingredients.

Chen Guan cultivated in the Nine-Colored Spiritual Rainbow Pool and advanced to Three Star Dou Zong before beginning treatment for the Sound Valley Master’s Cold Poison. He repeatedly melted the Heavenly Cold Crystal on her body and prepared a medicinal bath, leaving the treatment underway.

• Ran Qingchen invited Chen Guan to cultivate in the Nine-Colored Spiritual Rainbow Pool, where he absorbed its energy for seven days.
• Chen Guan broke through to Three Star Dou Zong, stopped before exhausting the pool’s energy, and investigated the sealed opening beneath it.
• Ran Qingchen delivered medicinal ingredients, and Chen Guan spent the night refining them into medicinal liquids.
• Chen Guan began treating the Sound Valley Master by repeatedly melting the Heavenly Cold Crystal with his Heavenly Flames.
• After the crystal had been melted several times, Chen Guan gave Ran Qingchen medicinal liquids for her mother’s bath and continued controlling the Heavenly Flames.

Chen Guan removed the Heavenly Cold Crystal Core from the Sound Valley Master, allowing her to recover, and received generous gifts from Ran Qingchen. After discovering an eighth-tier Heavenly Origin Pill formula among them, he promised Yun Yun he would refine the pill for her after they returned to the Pill Tower.

• Chen Guan expelled the weakened Heavenly Cold Crystal Core from the Sound Valley Master and sealed it in a Blazing Sun Jade Box.
• Ran Qingchen learned that her mother would awaken after replenishing her energy and thanked Chen Guan with medicinal ingredients, pill formulas, and a Jade Slip.
• Chen Guan inspected the gifts and found the Earth Tier High Grade soundwave Dou Skill Great Soundless Sound and five eighth-tier pill formulas.
• Yun Yun hoped to improve her aptitude with the Heavenly Origin Pill, and Chen Guan promised to refine it for her after they returned to the Pill Tower.

After returning to Holy Pill City with Yun Yun, Chen Guan learned that the Soul Hall had ambushed Yao Chen and threatened the Pill Tower ahead of the Pill Refining Convention. Cao Ying explained that Song Qing resented Chen Guan both over her and because Chen Guan threatened his prospects of becoming one of the Three Giants, then encouraged Chen Guan to claim the position Song Qing coveted.

• Chen Guan and Yun Yun returned to Holy Pill City after traveling through the Central Plains and went to the Pill Tower.
• Chen Guan entered Xuan Kongzi's study alone and heard that the Soul Hall had threatened the Pill Tower before the upcoming Pill Refining Convention.
• Cao Ying told Chen Guan that the Soul Hall's Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables had ambushed Yao Chen and Feng, but Xuan Yi's intervention prevented Yao Chen from being captured.
• Song Qing introduced himself proudly as a high-level seventh-tier alchemist and left angrily after Chen Guan brushed him off.
• Cao Ying explained that Song Qing saw Chen Guan as a threat to his chance of becoming one of the Three Giants, and she encouraged Chen Guan to take the position for himself.

Chen Guan and Yun Yun returned to the Ye Clan, where Ye Chong thanked Chen Guan for helping the clan pass the Pill Tower assessment. Chen Guan received news from Venerable Skyfire and checked on Xiao Yi Xian’s progress, then settled in to study the Ye Clan’s alchemy texts while awaiting what came next.

• Chen Guan and Yun Yun left the Pill Tower for Ye City after Cao Ying and Yun Yun met and got along well.
• Ye Chong welcomed Chen Guan and thanked him for helping the Ye Clan pass the Pill Tower assessment, then gave him a letter from Yao Tianhuo.
• Chen Guan learned that Yao Tianhuo had delivered the requested resources, informed Su Qian that Zi Yan had returned to her clan, and delayed his return to investigate a sect.
• Chen Guan and Yun Yun visited the Ancient Sunfire Altar, where Old Monster You Du estimated that Xiao Yi Xian would emerge from seclusion in three to six months.
• Ye Xinlan brought Chen Guan the Ye Clan’s ancient alchemy books and notes, and Yun Yun guessed that the Ye Clan hoped he would guide Xinlan.

During the Pill Gathering preparations, Chen Guan spent six months improving his cultivation, sound technique, alchemy, and puppet while Xiao Yi Xian neared her breakthrough. She emerged as a peak one-star Dou Venerate, reunited with Chen Guan and Yun Yun, and accepted Yun Yun as her elder sister; Chen Guan then suggested they return to the courtyard and spend the evening getting to know each other.

• Chen Guan advanced to four-star Dou Zong, mastered Great Soundless Sound, refined an eighth-tier Heavenly Origin Pill, and helped his puppet reach the eighth tier.
• Yun Yun told Chen Guan that Holy Pill City was crowded, Soul Hall was targeting Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yan might miss the Pill Gathering.
• Chen Guan and Yun Yun went to the Ancient Sunfire Altar, where Venerable Skyfire predicted Xiao Yi Xian would soon break through.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from her cultivation chamber and absorbed vast amounts of World Energy, reaching the peak of one-star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yi Xian greeted Yun Yun, and the two agreed to address each other as sisters, easing Chen Guan's worries.
• Chen Guan suggested that the three return to the courtyard and spend the evening getting to know each other, but someone objected.

Chen Guan returned to Holy Pill City for the Pill Gathering, reunited with Xuan Kongzi and Cao Ying, and learned about the dangerous assessments ahead. As the competition began, he set out with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, ready to show his skill.

• Ye Chong led Chen Guan and his companions into Holy Pill City, where the Ye Clan elders and Ye Xinlan parted ways with them at the Inner Region.
• Xuan Kongzi welcomed Chen Guan back, explained the Pill Gathering’s three rounds, warned him about Soul Hall and dangerous contestants, and gave him three eighth-grade pill formulas.
• Cao Ying delivered the medicinal ingredients Chen Guan had requested, accepted two eighth-grade pills, and looked forward to competing against him.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian helped Chen Guan prepare the next morning, and he left with them for the start of the Pill Gathering.

Chen Guan entered the Pill Gathering’s first stage, the Soul Illusion, after learning that the champion would receive an ancient Soul Cultivation Method. Inside the illusion, he encountered Sect Master Yun and Yaoye, who said she had come to fulfill an old promise.

• Chen Guan observed the Pill Gathering grounds, identified Dan Chen among the alchemists, and noticed a disguised Soul Hall member watching him with malice.
• Xuan Kongzi announced the Pill Gathering rules and the champion’s reward, then sent the participants into the Soul Illusion.
• Chen Guan kicked Song Qing into the Illusion Space before entering with Cao Ying and the other competitors.
• The Pill Tower’s Three Greats discussed the risk of the Soul Hall obtaining Three Thousand Burning Flame and resolved to trust the younger competitors.
• Chen Guan explored the Illusion Space until it transported him to a mist-shrouded sect, where he saw Sect Master Yun and Yaoye waiting for him.

Chen Guan passed the illusion trial and entered the staging area for the Pill Realm, where Elder Liao explained the second round’s rules and dangers. After collecting their task lists, Chen Guan, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen prepared to enter, and Chen Guan wondered whether a certain girl was inside.

• Chen Guan crossed the Space Entrance and found contestants gathered in a temporary resting point, where he noticed Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the hostile Song Qing.
• Elder Liao opened the Pill Realm trial after the contestants gathered and explained that they had ten days to collect every listed ingredient and could use a Spatial Stone to forfeit and escape.
• Elder Liao warned the contestants that powerful magical beasts inhabited the Pill Realm and that the competition could be deadly.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Chen Guan waited until most contestants had entered, then selected their task lists from Elder Liao.
• Chen Guan picked a task list without checking its contents and wondered whether the girl he sought was in the Pill Realm.

Chen Guan searched the Pill Realm for medicinal ingredients, killed magical beasts, and discovered Earth Core Soul Marrow capable of helping him advance his soul. As he began preparing to break through to Spirit Realm Perfected, a hidden figure with a grudge decided to attack him.

• Chen Guan split up with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, then found Glazed Grass and killed a Que Tian Eagle, using its corpse to create the Que Tian Wings flying Dou Technique.
• Chen Guan killed an Earth Yellow Python to save Lin Kai’s group of alchemists, then dug up Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Essence and the Earth Core Jade Mother beneath it.
• Chen Guan found Earth Core Soul Marrow inside the Earth Core Jade Mother and realized it could help his soul break through to Spirit Realm Perfected.
• Chen Guan began adjusting his condition on a sand dune, while a hidden figure watched with hatred and resolved to disturb his breakthrough.

Chen Guan staged a failed breakthrough to lure Song Qing and Qiu Zhang into revealing their plot, then used an illusion to turn their ambush against them. He defeated Qiu Zhang, who escaped with a Spatial Stone, and left Song Qing badly wounded.

• Chen Guan failed to force a breakthrough and pretended to be injured as Song Qing and Qiu Zhang confronted him.
• Qiu Zhang claimed he had cleared the area, attacked Chen Guan, and appeared to kill him while Song Qing watched.
• Song Qing gave Qiu Zhang two pill formulas, but Qiu Zhang turned on him, tore off his arm, and left him near death.
• Chen Guan revealed that the slain figure had been an illusion and fought Qiu Zhang with fire techniques, severing his left arm.
• Qiu Zhang escaped using a Spatial Stone, while Chen Guan took his storage ring and mocked the dying Song Qing.

After killing Song Qing and taking Qiu Zhang’s Dou Technique, Chen Guan searched for the mission herbs and reached the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range with Cao Ying and Dan Chen. There, the Little Dragon Person waited in a Magical Beast’s cave, having sensed Chen Guan but planned to surprise him.

• Chen Guan stored Song Qing’s corpse, took Qiu Zhang’s Thousand Gold Fire Plate scroll, and found eleven Jade Heart Orchids after searching the sandy plains.
• Chen Guan traveled overnight to the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, where he used his flute to search for the Little Dragon Person but received no response.
• Cao Dan invited Chen Guan to join a group of over a hundred alchemists, but Chen Guan declined and warned them about the danger of Eighth Tier Magical Beasts.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen joined Chen Guan as they entered the mountains to search for herbs, while Cao Ying said they had already found the Thousand-Year Earth Fire Lotus and Lake Heart Blood Ganoderma.
• The Little Dragon Person told a burly Magical Beast that she had sensed Chen Guan and was hiding her presence to surprise him, while eating medicinal herbs from the cave’s stores.