Chapter Summaries

Su Ye impressed Master Zhang Tan with his Level 2 Alchemy and listened as Zhang explained the principles of Third-grade Alchemy. After gaining a major breakthrough in his understanding, Su Ye was invited to attempt refining a Third-grade pill under Zhang’s guidance.

• Fang Yaoxian realized Su Ye’s Level 2 Alchemy was far beyond what luck could explain, while Zhang Tan praised Su Ye’s talent and said he could begin studying Third-grade Alchemy.
• Xu Yong asked Zhang Tan to guide Su Ye, and Zhang agreed to give a lesson to everyone present.
• Zhang Tan demonstrated refining a Third-grade Low-grade Marrow Strengthening Pill and explained how alchemists adjusted techniques to match medicinal properties.
• Su Ye used his Manifestation Technique to gain entry-level Third-grade Alchemy, then experienced enlightenment that raised his skill to 301/3000.
• Zhang Tan asked Su Ye to refine the same Third-grade pill under his guidance, and Su Ye agreed.

Su Ye refined a Third-grade Low-grade Marrow Strengthening Pill using the advanced Hundred Heavenly Crafts techniques he had just learned, astonishing the alchemists watching. After Su Ye completed the pill and criticized his own result, Zhang Tan asked him to become his master.

• Su Ye began refining a Third-grade Low-grade Marrow Strengthening Pill with the same difficult Hundred Heavenly Crafts approach Zhang Tan had used.
• As Su Ye’s refinement surpassed their expectations, Lei Tianming explained that Su Ye’s techniques already met the standards of a Third-grade Alchemist.
• Fang Yaoxian realized he could no longer understand Su Ye’s techniques and felt unable to compete with him.
• At the final stage, Su Ye replaced the ordinary Furnace Control Palm with the Eighty-first Form of Hundred Heavenly Crafts, revealing a new approach to pill formation.
• Su Ye completed the pill, judged its medicinal effect inferior to Zhang Tan’s, and heard Zhang Tan ask him to become his master.

Zhang Tan offered to make Su Ye his sole inheriting disciple, praising his talent and character, and Su Ye accepted. Zhang Tan announced that he would formally proclaim the apprenticeship after the Spring Outing Cup, leaving those present aware that Su Ye’s status and reputation would soon rise across Tiandong Province.

• Zhang Tan praised Su Ye’s alchemy talent and character, then asked him to become his disciple.
• Su Ye bowed and accepted, calling Zhang Tan his master.
• Zhang Tan’s immense Spiritual Power swept through Dongyong Camp, shocking Xu Yong, Lei Tianming, Ye Tianlin, and the others.
• Zhang Tan announced that after the Spring Outing Cup, he would hold a banquet, proclaim Su Ye as his only disciple, and give him a grand gift.
• Fang Yaoxian accepted Su Ye’s superiority, while the others realized Zhang Tan’s public announcement would make Su Ye’s name shake Tiandong and elevate his standing.

Su Ye became Master Zhang Tan’s sole Disciple of Inheritance, while Xu Yong learned that Su Ye belonged to the Su Family and was Su Kuangtian’s son. Master Zhang Tan then met Shenyun City’s General Commander, who asked for help with a mysterious footprint tied to the Su Family eighteen years earlier.

• Master Zhang Tan told Su Ye to focus on the Spring Outing Cup and said he hoped Su Ye could contend with Chen Kai, then left after receiving a message.
• Ye Tianlin revealed to Xu Yong that Su Ye was from the Su Family and had been driven out after briefly returning.
• Ye Tianlin told Xu Yong that Su Ye was Su Kuangtian’s son and had once been betrothed to Lin Qingyue before the Lin Family chose Su Ling instead.
• Master Zhang Tan went to the sealed rear mountain and met Shenyun City’s General Commander, who asked him to help suppress and absorb the power of a footprint from the Su Family eighteen years earlier.

Qin Hanxing told Zhang Tan about the mysterious footprint whose remaining power threatened Shenyun City, and asked him to help suppress it. After learning Zhang Tan had taken Su Ye as a disciple, Qin Hanxing expressed interest in meeting him; meanwhile, students at Shenyun First High School discussed Su Ye's place in the upcoming Spring Outing Cup.

• Qin Hanxing explained that a black-robed stranger had appeared during the Monster Tide seeking the Su Family, then left a footprint whose power helped him reach God-Opening Great Perfection.
• Zhang Tan realized that the footprint's remaining power could destroy more than half of Shenyun City, and Qin Hanxing asked him to help suppress and absorb it.
• Qin Hanxing said he hoped to reach a higher realm and later confront the Heavenly Demon Cult Bishops who had attacked Shenyun.
• Zhang Tan told Qin Hanxing that he had taken Su Ye as a disciple, and Qin Hanxing recognized Su Ye as the Four School Grand Competition's little hero and said he wanted to meet him.
• After four days of rest, students returned to school, where Shenyun First High School students discussed Su Ye's ranking in the upcoming Spring Outing Cup.

Zhang Yuan wagered that Su Ye would place in the Spring Outing Cup’s top five, while Su Ling returned to school and impressed the students with his strength. Lin Qingyue watched the admiration surrounding Su Ling and resolved to marry a powerful Heavenly Chosen like him.

• Zhang Yuan challenged Fang Quan to bet on Su Ye placing in the top five, and Fang Quan and other students wagered thirty Bone Tempering Pills.
• Students learned that Su Ling and Lin Qingyue had returned to school, and rumors spread that they were about to get engaged.
• Su Ling defeated every student in the guidance class and beat a teacher who had lowered his cultivation, impressing the crowd with his Martial Bones and swordsmanship.
• Su Ling used the display to build momentum ahead of the Heavenly Pride Soaring Cloud Ranking while concealing his full strength.
• Lin Qingyue saw the students admire Su Ling and decided she would marry a Heavenly Chosen like him rather than Su Ye.

Su Ye continued tempering his Martial Bones, settled his parents into a new home, and selected six bone-forging methods to complete his plan for ninety-nine bones. At Shenyun First High School, he unexpectedly encountered Su Ling and Lin Qingyue, who challenged him with a cold question.

• Su Ye formed his fifty-fifth Martial Bone and estimated he might reach ninety-nine before the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm opened.
• Su Ye reassured Wang Yuerong and Su Su that their new home was his Four School Grand Competition reward, while his parents discussed when to tell him he was adopted.
• Su Su recalled how a one-armed old man had entrusted the infant Su Ye to him and Wang Yuerong during a Monster Tide.
• Su Ye searched the school library and chose six bone-forging methods to complete his plan for ninety-nine Martial Bones.
• Su Ye ran into Lin Qingyue and Su Ling at school, and Su Ling asked him why he was there.

Su Ling publicly asserted his superiority over Su Ye, while the approaching Spring Outing Cup fueled speculation that Chen Kai would become Zhang Tan’s heir. Zhang Tan revealed that Su Ye had tempered sixty-three Martial Bones and announced a disciple-acceptance banquet in Shenyun, drawing attention from across Tiandong Province.

• Su Ling refused to fight the injured Su Ye, revealed that he had reached the Sword Qi Realm with eighty Martial Bones, and left as onlookers declared him Shenyun’s top prodigy.
• News spread that the Spring Outing Cup champion would receive Zhang Tan’s Spiritual Pill, and rumors said Zhang Tan had already chosen a disciple.
• The Chen Family Patriarch and Chen Kai expected Chen Kai to win the Spring Outing Cup and become Zhang Tan’s disciple.
• Zhang Tan returned from the mountain and was astonished to learn that Su Ye had tempered sixty-three Martial Bones.
• Zhang Tan announced a disciple-acceptance banquet at Fengyun Restaurant in Shenyun, prompting powerful figures across Tiandong Province to set out for it.

Su Li prepared Fengyun Restaurant for Zhang Tan’s disciple-acceptance banquet and planned to give Chen Kai a treasured Bone Opening Profound Spirit Pill to build connections. At Vast Sea Sword Hall, Li Aoxue prepared to return to school, then joined Su Ye in dual cultivation as he approached a breakthrough in his breathing technique.

• Su Li ordered Fengyun Restaurant to clear its reservations and prepare for Zhang Tan’s banquet, then decided to offer Chen Kai a Bone Opening Profound Spirit Pill.
• Su Li wondered where his family’s hidden fortuitous opportunity was and resolved to use the banquet to build ties with Zhang Tan and his disciple.
• Li Aoxue told Su Ye she was returning to school for a departmental competition and would be away for some time.
• Su Ye told Li Aoxue he wanted to dual cultivate with her before they parted, having nearly perfected his Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique.
• Li Aoxue took Su Ye’s jade pendant, insisted it made their senses unfairly uneven, and pulled him close to begin dual cultivation.

Su Ye perfected the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique, transforming his Spiritual Power and triggering a vision of a mysterious Sea of Blood. The vision ended with a figure calling him the heir to its legacy and promising to wait for him.

• Su Ye perfected the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique, and the Black and White Figure swallowed his Spiritual Seeds.
• Su Ye's Spiritual Power gained the ability to perceive deeper properties, while Li Aoxue gained insights and advanced her Nine Suns Brilliant Sun Breathing Meditation Method.
• A crimson bolt of lightning pierced the Vast Sea Sword Hall's roof and descended toward Su Ye, who used Sea of Blood Submergence to absorb it.
• Su Ye's Sea of Blood vision revealed Seven Stars, Eight Fiends, Six Paths, and a figure on a throne who declared that Nine Extremes would not yield.
• The figure called Su Ye the heir to its legacy, and Su Ye awoke shaken by the vision.

After the Blood Sea remnant scene changed, Su Ye parted ways with Li Aoxue and prepared for the Spring Outing Cup, whose assessment required contestants to deduce an incomplete pill formula and refine pills. Shenyun City’s contestants set out for the provincial capital as Chen Kai declared himself certain to win first place.

• Su Ye wondered whether his completed Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique and the red lightning had caused the Blood Sea remnant scene’s anomaly, then told Li Aoxue he had simply experienced a realization.
• Li Aoxue thanked Su Ye for helping her Breathing Meditation Technique improve and said she would wait for him at the Five Great Top Universities; Su Ye then left to prepare for the competition.
• Zhang Jing told Su Ye that contestants would deduce Master Zhang Tan’s incomplete Hammer God Pill formula and use three portions of materials, with rankings based on the pills’ grade and medicinal efficacy.
• Su Ye went to the alchemy room to practice and test how his mutated Spiritual Power affected his alchemy.
• Vice President Xu led Fang Yaoxian, Lin Qingyue, Luo Ting, and Su Ye toward the provincial capital, hoping their results would lift Shenyun City’s total-points ranking into the top ten.
• Chen Kai refined a Third-grade Mid-tier pill and proclaimed that he would win the Spring Outing Cup and become Master Zhang Tan’s Disciple of Inheritance.

Su Ye joined the other contenders at the Spring Outing Cup, where his rivals weighed his chances against the favored Chen Kai. At Bird's Nest Stadium, Master Zhang Tan opened the packed competition, and the contest officially began.

• Lin Qingyue dismissed Su Ye's abilities and reaffirmed her choice to marry Su Ling.
• Luo Ting challenged Su Ye to outperform her, while Fang Yaoxian wondered whether Su Ye could contend with Chen Kai.
• Su Ye arrived at Bird's Nest Stadium, where the Spring Outing Cup drew a full crowd and nearly seven million livestream viewers.
• A God-Opening Deputy Battalion Commander quieted the stadium and welcomed Master Zhang Tan.
• Zhang Tan gave his opening remarks, looked toward Su Ye, and declared the Spring Outing Cup officially underway.

One hundred and sixty alchemists gathered for the Spring Outing Cup, where they were tasked with deducing the Hammer God Pill Fragmentary Formula and refining the pill within two hours. As the assessment began, Master Zhang Tan watched his disciple Su Ye with anticipation.

• Su Ye drew loud cheers from the crowd, while Chen Kai resolved to claim the competition's spotlight and Lin Qingyue doubted Su Ye's alchemy skills.
• Spectators and supporters across Tiandong Province tuned in to watch the competition, including Su Su, Wang Yuerong, Li Aoxue, and Principal Sun Rui.
• Wu Yan mocked Zhang Jing for sponsoring Su Ye and bet that Su Ye could not place in the top three; Zhang Yuan recorded Wu Yan promising to give Zhang Jing the supervisor position if Su Ye won first place.
• The host announced the Hammer God Pill Fragmentary Formula and started the two-hour assessment, while Su Ye calmly examined the formula and Master Zhang Tan watched expectantly.

Su Ye deliberated over the Hammer God Pill assessment while Chen Kai quickly submitted a formula for a Third-grade Mid-tier pill and drew widespread praise. After every other contestant had chosen a pill formula, Su Ye finally opened his eyes and began entering his selection, leaving everyone watching to see what he would attempt.

• Su Ye used his alchemy knowledge and Spiritual Power to deduce a strategy for the Hammer God Pill assessment.
• Chen Kai selected nineteen materials after fifteen minutes, and Zhang Tan judged that his formula could refine a Third-grade Mid-tier pill.
• The judges and audience praised Chen Kai’s deduction, while Zhang Yuan and Zhang Jing worried Su Ye might not match him.
• Fang Yaoxian and Luo Ting chose Grade Two Peak pills, while Lin Qingyue chose a Grade Two Low-tier pill.
• Su Ye remained motionless for half an hour as the other contestants selected their formulas, prompting speculation from spectators and judges.
• Su Ye opened his eyes and began entering his selection on the tablet as the host and audience turned their attention to him.

At the Spring Outing Cup, Su Ye stunned the crowd by deducing a Third-grade Mid-tier Hammer God Pill, then submitting a second and a third different refining method. The top alchemists, including Zhang Tan, rose to their feet as Su Ye continued tapping the tablet, leaving everyone in suspense over what he would attempt next.

• Su Ye submitted materials for a Third-grade Mid-tier Hammer God Pill, matching Chen Kai's choice and drawing disbelief from the crowd.
• The spectators doubted Su Ye could refine the pill with only three batches of materials, but Zhang Tan said Su Ye had other ideas.
• Su Ye submitted a second, different method for refining the same pill, astonishing the judges and prompting debate over his risky strategy.
• The host noticed Su Ye was still tapping the tablet, and Su Ye uploaded and confirmed a third pill formula.
• The top alchemist judges, including Zhang Tan, stood up in shock when the third formula appeared.

Su Ye devised a formula for a Third-grade High-tier Hammer God Pill, astonishing the judges and viewers at the Spring Outing Cup. As doubts and accusations spread, he began refining the pill, leaving everyone waiting to see whether he could prove his ability.

• The judges recognized that Su Ye had perfected Master Zhang Tan’s incomplete formula into a Third-grade High-tier Hammer God Pill formula, and Zhang Tan praised him.
• A Nine-star Alchemist doubted Su Ye could surpass Chen Kai, but Lei Tianming defended him until Zhang Tan ended their argument and said the pill itself would settle the matter.
• Spectators and millions of online viewers reacted to Su Ye’s achievement as stories about him surged across trending rankings.
• Some judges suspected Su Ye had obtained the formula in advance and staged the feat for attention, while Zhang Tan eagerly awaited his next move.
• Su Ye calmly received three sets of materials and began refining the pill in the Alchemy Furnace.

Su Ye effortlessly refined a third-grade mid-tier pill with masterful precision, captivating the judges and audience while Chen Kai celebrated his own successful first furnace. The chapter ended with Su Ye beginning his second furnace as nearly everyone watched him.

• Su Ye used his keen senses and profound alchemy mastery to refine a third-grade mid-tier pill with effortless precision.
• A Nine-star Alchemist who favored the Chen Family watched in disbelief, and Lei Tianming rebuked him for doubting Su Ye.
• Chen Kai finished his first furnace, producing a third-grade mid-tier Bone Tempering Pill, and boasted that he would dominate the competition.
• Su Ye calmly placed his finished pill in a blue jade bottle, leaving the audience stunned by how quickly he had finished.
• Su Ye began his second furnace as the judges, spectators, and millions watching online focused on him.

During the Spring Outing Cup, Su Ye succeeded in refining a second Third-grade Mid-tier pill and began a far more difficult third furnace. He stunned the crowd by combining two opposing Furnace Control Palm techniques through the framework of Hundred Heavenly Crafts, leaving the Bird's Nest silent as everyone watched.

• Su Ye used forceful palm strikes to refine his second furnace while Zhang Tan explained the method's precise, demanding timing.
• Chen Kai completed a second Third-grade Mid-tier Bone Tempering Pill and proudly claimed to be Tiandong's number one alchemy prodigy, unaware that the judges were reacting to Su Ye's success.
• Experts described Su Ye's third, Third-grade High-tier pill formula as extraordinarily complex and warned that its refining process allowed no mistakes.
• Su Ye became serious and decided to push his limits on the third furnace after securing success with his first two.
• Su Ye used the Hundred Heavenly Crafts as a framework, combining the Shocking Furnace Palm with the Gentle Furnace Palm in a hard-and-soft rhythm.
• Alchemists and spectators rose in shock as the judges recognized that Su Ye had grasped the essence of Hundred Heavenly Crafts, and the crowd fell silent to watch him refine.

Su Ye displayed astonishing alchemy skill during the competition, drawing the attention of the crowd and overwhelming Tiandong's geniuses. After time ran out, the arena erupted in cheers for him, while the other contestants struggled to understand why he had become the center of attention.

• A Spirit-grade Alchemist from Shanghai declared that Su Ye had condensed an extraordinary Spiritual Seed and possessed Spiritual Power comparable to or greater than a God-Opening Martial Artist's.
• Su Ye immersed himself in alchemy and pushed his Spiritual perception, knowledge, and furnace-control techniques to their limits.
• Fang Yaoxian refined one third-grade low-tier pill and wondered whether he had moved closer to Su Ye, while Luo Ting also succeeded with one furnace and blamed the arena's sudden silence for her failed final attempt.
• After two hours, the competition ended, and Chen Kai proudly believed his three successful furnaces would win him the championship.
• The Bird's Nest crowd chanted Su Ye's name as he calmly put three pills into jade bottles and bowed to the spectators.

Su Ye stunned the Spring Outing Cup by independently devising and refining three pills, including a Third-grade High-tier pill, and the crowd erupted as Master Zhang Tan announced his chosen Disciple of Inheritance. The chapter ended with Zhang Tan naming Su Ye, setting off a frenzy across the Bird's Nest, Shenyun, and Tiandong.

• The host announced that Su Ye had devised three pill formulas and successfully refined two Third-grade Mid-tier pills and one Third-grade High-tier pill, declaring him the champion.
• Chen Kai seized Su Ye's jade bottle and recognized the pill inside as Third-grade High-tier, leaving him frozen in disbelief.
• Lin Qingyue dropped her pill bottle and struggled to accept Su Ye's achievement, then insisted that his talent did not make her regret breaking off their engagement.
• Zhang Tan quieted the crowd and announced that he had chosen a Disciple of Inheritance.
• Zhang Tan named Su Ye as his Disciple of Inheritance, igniting cheers across the venue.