Chapter Summaries

Gu He recovered from a failed attempt to refine a Sixth-grade pill and discovered he had transmigrated into the body of Pill King Gu He in the Battle Through the Heavens world. After recognizing his dangerous connection to Xiao Yan’s story, he decided to leave and learn more about his situation.

• Gu He woke in his ruined alchemy room, sensed the strength of his new body, and fainted again after memories flooded his mind.
• Gu He recalled the original Gu He’s rise as a Misty Cloud Sect alchemist and learned that a failed Sixth-grade pill refinement had injured him.
• Nalan Yanran told Gu He he had been unconscious for two days and explained that she and Yun Yun had entered after hearing no response.
• Gu He asked Nalan Yanran to inform Yun Yun that the refinement had failed and said he needed to go outside to clear his head.
• After Nalan Yanran left, Gu He feared the fate awaiting him in Xiao Yan’s story, resolved to learn about the situation, and examined the space inside his Ring.

Gu He discovered that a black flame could devour pills and convert their energy into cultivation, helping him advance to Two-star Dou Wang. He named the ability the Devouring Flame and began planning to strengthen himself enough to face Xiao Yan, before a woman congratulated him on his breakthrough.

• Gu He examined his Ring’s treasures and decided to use its pills to strengthen himself rather than attack the Xiao Family.
• As Gu He prepared to take a Spirit Dou Pill, a black flame appeared, consumed the pill, and drew away about one-third of his Dou Qi.
• Gu He absorbed the pure energy released by the flame and advanced to Two-star Dou Wang.
• Gu He named the flame the Devouring Flame and considered using it with self-refined pills to rapidly raise his strength while building combat experience.
• An elegant female voice congratulated Gu He on advancing to Two-star Dou Wang.

Gu He told Yun Yun he planned to leave the Misty Cloud Sect and seek an opportunity to become a Sixth-grade Alchemist. After an awkward exchange with Yun Yun, he flew toward the Imperial Capital to prepare for his journey and conceal his identity.

• Gu He explained that his failed Sixth-grade pill refinement had helped him advance to Two-star Dou Wang and that he wanted to travel to clear his head.
• Yun Yun offered to arrange supplies and tell the sect's people in major cities to receive Gu He, while encouraging him to return as a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Gu He told Yun Yun that he would remain loyal to the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun left after becoming embarrassed by their conversation.
• Gu He packed, manifested his purple Dou Qi Wings, and flew from Misty Cloud Mountain toward the Imperial Capital.
• Gu He planned to rest in the Imperial Capital and buy an Ice Silkworm Mask before continuing his journey, then descended outside the city.

Gu He visited the Miter Auction House to ask Mittel Teng Shan for help obtaining an Ice Silkworm Mask. Teng Shan summoned Ya Fei to check whether the auction house had one in stock.

• Gu He entered the Imperial Capital and traveled to the Miter Auction House, where the guards and residents recognized and honored him as Pill King.
• Mittel Teng Shan welcomed Gu He and escorted him to a courtyard for Jade Dew Tea.
• Teng Shan offered Gu He the two tea masters, but Gu He declined and asked Teng Shan to serve him tea on future visits instead.
• Gu He asked Teng Shan to obtain an Ice Silkworm Mask, explaining that he needed no other items.
• Teng Shan called for Kyle and ordered him to bring Ya Fei to check the auction house's inventory.

Gu He obtained an Ice Silkworm Mask from the Miter Auction House before leaving the Imperial Capital on urgent business. Teng Shan later questioned Ya Fei about Gu He's unusual reluctance to accept the mask as a gift and warned her to keep their conversation secret.

• Teng Shan introduced Kyle and Ya Fei to Gu He, and Ya Fei confirmed that the auction house had an Ice Silkworm Mask in stock.
• Ya Fei proposed selling the mask to Gu He for seventy percent of its auction price, and he accepted her offer.
• After Kyle brought the mask, Gu He paid for it, asked Teng Shan to apologize to his old acquaintances, and flew out of the Imperial Capital.
• Teng Shan confronted Ya Fei about her interruption, then concluded that Gu He expected a dangerous journey and warned her not to reveal what had happened.

Gu He traveled to Qingshan Town in disguise, saw Xiao Yi Xian, and headed for the Monster Mountain Range to find the Small Valley. A mercenary offered to guide him, but Gu He suspected the man wanted to rob him.

• Gu He changed his appearance with the Ice Silkworm Mask, took an unmarked sword, and traveled to Qingshan Town.
• Gu He settled at an inn and followed directions to Myriad Medicine House, where he briefly saw Xiao Yi Xian.
• After cultivating overnight, Gu He set off alone for the Monster Mountain Range while mercenaries watched him with contempt.
• A mercenary warned Gu He about the dangers and offered to guide him, but Gu He detected the man eyeing his Ring and gave him the false name Gu Ling.

Gu He hired Sun Yi as a guide into the Monster Mountain Range, then exposed and interrogated him after realizing he intended to rob him. Learning Sun Yi hoped to fund his daughter’s apprenticeship to Master Nigu, Gu He spared him for now in exchange for guidance to a basin of rare medicinal ingredients.

• Sun Yi introduced himself as a Fighter Nine Stars mercenary and warned Gu He about dangers in the Monster Mountain Range, while secretly planning to rob him.
• Gu He agreed to hire Sun Yi as a bodyguard and guide, then knocked him unconscious after they entered the forest.
• Gu He took Sun Yi to a cave, used Soul Power to force him to reveal his plan, and learned Sun Yi had intended to rob him near a cave.
• Sun Yi revealed that he wanted money so his daughter could become Master Nigu’s disciple and train as an alchemist.
• Gu He spared Sun Yi for now, requiring him to lead Gu He to a large basin filled with rare medicinal ingredients.

Gu He forced Sun Yi to guide him to three herb-growing basins in the Monster Mountain Range, using a Blood Refining Pill to pressure him into cooperating. After the first basin proved unsuitable, they camped for the night and prepared to search the next one.

• Sun Yi offered to guide Gu He to one of three possible basins, and Gu He fed him a delayed-action Blood Refining Pill as punishment and incentive.
• Sun Yi led Gu He to a basin filled with common herbs, but Gu He found it was not the place he sought.
• As evening approached, Sun Yi advised stopping for the night because magical beasts were active after dark, and Gu He chose to rest in a tree.
• Sun Yi caught and roasted small animals, then served the meat to Gu He, who praised his cooking and suggested he open a barbecue shop.
• Sun Yi explained that people who lived near the Monster Mountain Range were tired of eating that kind of meat, and Gu He accepted the correction and ate.

Gu He and Sun Yi traveled through the Monster Mountain Range until Gu He found the Small Valley he had been seeking. After Sun Yi broke through to Dou Master and left for Qingshan Town, Gu He flew into the valley to investigate.

• Gu He and Sun Yi spent the night safely, then continued toward the final basin while Gu He used his soul perception to guide them past magical beasts.
• Gu He found a Magic Core and kept it to test whether his Devouring Flame could convert it into energy.
• Gu He and Sun Yi reached a basin filled with medicinal herbs, and Gu He rewarded Sun Yi with pills.
• Gu He discovered that the hidden Small Valley within the basin matched the place Xiao Yi Xian had taken Xiao Yan.
• Sun Yi broke through to Dou Master, thanked Gu He, and returned toward Qingshan Town; Gu He then flew into the Small Valley.

Gu He settled into the Small Valley, built a house, and tested whether his Devouring Flame could absorb energy from Magic Cores. After two months of fighting magical beasts and refining their cores, he reached Six-star Dou Wang and decided to rest and stabilize his strength.

• Gu He surveyed the uninhabited Small Valley and built a three-story wooden house for his stay.
• Gu He used the Devouring Flame to consume First-tier and Fourth-tier Magic Cores, discovering that the higher-grade core provided useful energy for cultivation.
• Gu He absorbed the Fourth-tier Magic Core's energy overnight and awoke at the middle stage of Two-star Dou Wang.
• Gu He spent the next two months fighting Dou Wang-level magical beasts by day and refining Magic Cores at night, while also refining pills when he needed a change of pace.
• Gu He returned to the valley as a Six-star Dou Wang and chose to pause his battles to stabilize his strength and recover from the strain.

Gu He prepared a hillside for alchemy and successfully refined a Fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder. He then began making a fifth-grade Qi Cultivation Pill, carefully studying its four medicinal essences before attempting the difficult fusion.

• Gu He used Tang Cao Fist to flatten and strengthen the hillside for alchemy.
• Gu He brought out his Medicine Cauldron and reflected on his complicated ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He refined a Fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder and stored the finished pill in a jade bottle.
• Gu He replenished his Dou Qi and began refining a fifth-grade Qi Cultivation Pill to replace the stock he had used.
• Gu He extracted the Qi Cultivation Pill's ingredients separately and assessed the four remaining essences and their required fusion temperatures.

Gu He struggled through repeated failures before mastering Fifth-grade pill refinement and nearing a breakthrough to Dou Huang. When he returned to the Small Valley, he found Xiao Yi Xian there and tested her after she asked to become his disciple.

• Gu He's first attempt to refine a Fifth-grade pill exploded, and he learned from the failure before succeeding on his fourth attempt.
• Over the next three months, Gu He mastered Fifth-grade pill refinement, reached the peak of nine-star Dou Wang, and stopped refining to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Gu He returned from fighting magical beasts and found Xiao Yi Xian and her beast Xiao Lan beside his Medicine Cauldron in the Small Valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized for entering the valley, and Gu He told her she could leave if she kept the place secret.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Gu He to accept her as a disciple, and he tested her knowledge by asking her to identify a medicinal herb.

Gu He tested Xiao Yi Xian’s Soul Power and bodily attribute to assess her suitability as a pharmacist. Though she lacked the necessary fire attribute and had poor cultivation aptitude, he accepted her as a registered disciple, and she agreed to live in the valley for a few months.

• Xiao Yi Xian answered Gu He’s questions about medicinal herbs, then endured two incense sticks of Soul Power pressure and passed with average aptitude.
• Gu He tested Xiao Yi Xian’s bodily attribute, found that she primarily had water and discovered dormant energy linked to her Calamity Poison Body.
• Gu He told Xiao Yi Xian she could not become a pharmacist, but offered to accept her as a registered disciple and teach her cultivation and medicinal knowledge.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Gu He as her master and said her parents were dead, she had no other family, and she worked at the Myriad Medicine House.

After accepting Xiao Yi Xian as his disciple, Gu He comforted her, gave her protective armor, and sent her back to collect her belongings. He then went searching for a hidden cave near the basin, hoping to find its treasures and a Flying Dou Technique for her.

• Gu He revealed that he was the Pill King and reassured Xiao Yi Xian about her future as his disciple.
• Gu He showed Xiao Yi Xian the house where she would live and gave her soft armor made from a fourth-tier Azure Nether Snake.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Gu He and flew back to the Myriad Medicine House on Xiao Lan to pack her belongings.
• Gu He recalled a cave near the basin and decided to search it for medicinal herbs, Dou Techniques, and a Flying Dou Technique for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Gu He found the concealed cave, cleared its entrance, and cautiously entered while keeping his Soul Power active.

Gu He explored the cave residence, recovered the Remnant Map of Demonic Flame and several techniques, and returned to find Xiao Yi Xian missing. He located her in Qingshan Town, where Yao Chen was pressuring her to reveal where she had found her inner armor.

• Gu He broke into the cave residence, took the Remnant Map of Demonic Flame from the skeleton, and opened three boxes containing scrolls and techniques.
• Gu He collected the medicinal herbs, gold, and treasures, then returned to the Small Valley.
• Gu He grew uneasy when Xiao Yi Xian had not returned and flew to Qingshan Town to search for her.
• Gu He sensed Xiao Yi Xian and Sun Yi in town while Yao Chen offered Xiao Yi Xian freedom and a deputy-master position in exchange for the inner armor's location.
• Yao Chen left Xiao Yi Xian locked in her room, and she leaned over the table and cried.

Xiao Yi Xian tried to resign from Myriad Medicine House and leave Qingshan Town, but a female physician stole her inner armor and exposed it to Yao Chen. Yao Chen captured Xiao Yi Xian and pressured her to reveal the location of a cave estate, while she secretly hoped to endure until Gu He came looking for her.

• Xiao Yi Xian returned to Myriad Medicine House to resign, but a female physician noticed the inner armor in her room.
• The female physician snatched the inner armor and accused Xiao Yi Xian of hiding treasure from an ownerless cave estate.
• Yao Chen pursued and subdued Xiao Yi Xian as she tried to leave, then had the female physician bring her back to her room.
• Yao Chen rewarded the female physician and ordered her to question Xiao Yi Xian about the supposed cave estate.
• Xiao Yi Xian resisted their threats and persuasion while planning to prepare poison and wait for Gu He to find her.
• After Yao Chen and the female physician left, Xiao Yi Xian broke down and cried alone.

Gu He rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Yao Chen and brought her back to the Small Valley, where he gave her the Purple Cloud Wings in exchange for her stolen inner armor. The chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian accepting the flying technique and preparing to rest before Gu He trained her.

• Gu He found Xiao Yi Xian crying, heard how Yao Chen had treated her, and promised to help her take revenge and recover her inner armor.
• Gu He entered Yao Chen's room, knocked him unconscious, and took the inner armor, deciding to trade it for the Purple Cloud Wings rather than return it.
• Gu He carried Xiao Yi Xian out of Myriad Medicine House and flew her safely through the Monster Mountain Range to the Small Valley.
• After Xiao Yi Xian bathed and changed, Gu He gave her the Purple Cloud Wings and explained that she should wait until she became a Dou Zhe before cultivating them.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted the scroll, and Gu He told her to rest because he would teach her how to grow stronger the next day.

Gu He refined Nourishing Spirit Liquid to help Xiao Yi Xian cultivate and gave her instructions for using it. He hinted that he would explain her unusual constitution once she reached the Dou Zhe level, leaving Xiao Yi Xian curious about what made her special.

• Gu He gathered ingredients and a wood-element Magic Core, failed at his first attempt to refine Nourishing Spirit Liquid, then produced a low-quality batch on his second try.
• Gu He flew to the Monster Mountain Range, killed several First Tier magical beasts for their wood-element Magic Cores, and refined high-quality Nourishing Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Gu He refine medicine through the night, then saw him cultivate until morning.
• Gu He refined a fourth-grade pill while Xiao Yi Xian watched, and she told him she had dreamed of becoming an alchemist.
• Gu He gave Xiao Yi Xian the Nourishing Spirit Liquid and explained how to dilute it for her cultivation.
• Gu He told Xiao Yi Xian he would explain her special constitution when she reached the Dou Zhe level, and she asked what it was.

Gu He explained the dangers and potential of Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, warned her to avoid poison, and promised to help her grow strong enough to control it. After he taught her about cultivation and Nourishing Spirit Liquid, she advanced to the Eighth Stage Fighting Energy while Gu He sensed an opportunity for his own breakthrough.

• Gu He told Xiao Yi Xian that consuming poison would awaken her Calamity Poison Body, which could grant rapid strength but eventually make her crave poison and suffer a painful death.
• Gu He urged Xiao Yi Xian to avoid all poison until she reached Dou Zun, and promised to support her cultivation despite her doubts about reaching that realm.
• Gu He explained how to use Nourishing Spirit Liquid effectively, and Xiao Yi Xian objected to his seemingly wasteful method of replacing it after a week.
• Xiao Yi Xian prepared to cultivate while Gu He practiced alchemy and cycled through exhausting and restoring his fighting qi.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yi Xian reached the Eighth Stage Fighting Energy, and Gu He sensed that his own breakthrough opportunity had arrived.

Gu He broke through from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor after absorbing a vast surge of energy with the help of the Devouring Flame. After Xiao Yi Xian reached Dou Zhe, Gu He gave her a Water Attribute cultivation technique and prepared to teach her Dou Techniques.

• Gu He sensed his breakthrough opportunity, left Xiao Yi Xian Superior Spirit Liquid and a note, and began absorbing Heaven and Earth energy with the Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered Gu He's seclusion and guarded him while cultivating, reaching Ninth Stage Fighting Energy over the next two months.
• Gu He completed his breakthrough to Dou Emperor, and Xiao Yi Xian felt his powerful aura.
• Gu He gave Xiao Yi Xian Qi Gathering Powder, and she successfully advanced to Dou Zhe.
• Gu He handed Xiao Yi Xian a High-grade Profound Water Attribute cultivation technique and said he would replace it with an Earth Grade technique when he found one.