Chapter Summaries

Yan Kuan traded Blood Origin Pills for Daoist texts and rare spiritual medicines with several Four Extremities Realm elders. When an elder of the Dragon Finch Clan arrived after the high-grade pills were gone, she revealed a vial of Vermillion Phoenix Blood, leaving Yan Kuan intensely interested.

• Cultivators lined up outside the Three Purities Dao Palace to trade Daoist texts and treasures for Yan Kuan's Blood Origin Pills.
• Zhang Lingyun of Tianshi Manor traded a Daoist text for a high-grade Blood Origin Pill and gave Yan Kuan two Purple Spirit Mushrooms as payment and an apology for his disciple Qingyun.
• Elders of the Lingbao Sect and Shangqing Sect exchanged two Daoist texts and spiritual medicines for the remaining high-grade Blood Origin Pills.
• An elderly Four Extremities Realm cultivator from the Dragon Finch Clan asked to trade for a high-grade pill, but Yan Kuan said they were gone.
• The Dragon Finch elder brought out a Jade Vial containing Vermillion Phoenix Blood, and Yan Kuan's gaze sharpened.

After selling his pills at the Three Purities Dao Palace, Yan Kuan was followed by cultivators who wanted to take his Divine Pills. He defeated their ambush and then addressed the two elders of the Dragon Sparrow Clan, who had appeared nearby.

• Yan Kuan declined to trade his remaining pills for the old woman's Vermillion Phoenix Blood, and the Dragon Sparrow elders exchanged his mid-grade pills for other items and gave him a clan token.
• Elder Zhang Lingyun and elders from the Shangqing Sect and Lingbao Sect offered Yan Kuan tokens and friendly invitations.
• After leaving the Three Purities Dao Palace, Yan Kuan stopped in a gorge and revealed that twenty-six cultivators had been following him.
• When the cultivators demanded his Divine Pills and attacked, Yan Kuan defeated them with a roar and a flurry of sharp flashes.
• Yan Kuan spotted the old woman and old man of the Dragon Sparrow Clan and asked if they had come to see him off.

Yan Kuan refused the Dragon-Sparrow elders’ offer to become a supplicant, and they tried to force him to come with them. He killed them with his flames and a Bagua Diagram secret treasure, then collected their valuables and destroyed the evidence.

• Yan Kuan stayed wary of the two Dragon-Sparrow elders and declined their offer to join the Jiujiang branch as a supplicant.
• The old woman ordered the old man, whom she called Little Sparrow, to bring Yan Kuan to the clan by force.
• Yan Kuan used his Solar Trueflame and a Bagua Diagram secret treasure to immobilize and attack the elders.
• Yan Kuan refined the elders’ bodies and Deities with Empyrean Flame, killing them completely.
• Yan Kuan collected the treasures that survived, including the Vermillion Phoenix Blood, and destroyed the corpses.

After killing the Dragon Finch Elders, Yan Kuan hid their treasures and raided the Jiujiang Dragon Sparrow Branch’s underground palace. He left the branch a taunting message before departing with its valuables.

• Yan Kuan burned the Dragon Finch Elders and the other pursuers, collected their belongings, and took two strands of the clan’s Demon God Bloodline.
• Yan Kuan hurled the Dragon Finch Crook and Divine Awl into the deadly formations of the Mount Lu underground palace, then headed for Jiujiang.
• Yan Kuan overheard the Jiujiang Dragon Sparrow Branch’s leaders discussing the deaths of Que Elder and Ancestral Aunt and their weakened defenses.
• Yan Kuan slipped past the villa’s patrols into its underground palace, where he took secret treasures, spiritual herbs, and seeds.
• Yan Kuan left the message, “I, Celestial Venerable Han, am giving you a lesson,” in the underground palace.

Yan Kuan returned to Jingcheng for the New Year after raiding the Jiujiang Dragon Sparrow Branch, and his family welcomed him home. He told his parents he would not attend school and intended to cultivate the Dao, then revealed a jade box and proposed visiting White Cloud Temple to settle the matter.

• The Jiujiang Dragon Sparrow Clan vowed to alert its main branch and prepare for Yan Kuan's possible return after he stole more than half the branch's treasures.
• Yan Kuan traveled to Jingcheng at his mother's request and returned to his family's Courtyard House.
• Yan Kuan reunited with Xiao Lin and Yan Qiang, relaxing at home while reflecting on having killed twenty-eight people during his trip.
• Yan Kuan refused his parents' suggestion that he start school, arguing that he already had the knowledge and resources he needed.
• Yan Kuan said he intended to cultivate the Dao, revealed a jade box, and told his parents they would go to White Cloud Temple the next day.

Yan Kuan settled at White Cloud Temple, uncovered a hidden spiritual courtyard, and began preparing for a breakthrough. He then noticed a lively child named Little Yezi whose unusual vitality caught his attention.

• Yan Kuan's family arranged for him to stay at White Cloud Temple, where he searched for and located a concealed courtyard.
• Yan Kuan opened the hidden courtyard and identified its Earth Essence Dragon Qi as the Essence of the Violet Dragon Vein.
• Yan Kuan used a Fire Dao Divine Power to clear weeds from the herb garden and planted spirit medicine seeds while his parents watched in shock.
• Yan Kuan studied Daoist classics in preparation for his breakthrough.
• Yan Kuan saw Sister Ye guiding Little Yezi toward the steps and sensed the child's unusually vigorous blood and qi.

Yan Kuan drew a secret art from Ye Fan’s Sacred Body blood, then used Vermillion Phoenix Blood to advance his cultivation. He broke through to the Divine Bridge realm as the blood’s violent power began expanding his Sea of Bitterness.

• Yan Kuan took a drop of Ye Fan’s blood and saw visions of a Great Completion Sacred Body battling a Great Success Overlord Body.
• Yan Kuan obtained a fragmented Sacred Body secret art and decided he could trade it to Ye Fan in the future.
• Yan Kuan sealed his courtyard with the Trigram Treasure Box and began cultivating with his gathered spoils.
• Yan Kuan completed his Wheel Sea and opened the Divine Bridge, reaching the Divine Bridge realm.
• Yan Kuan swallowed Vermillion Phoenix Blood, enduring intense pain as its energy expanded his Sea of Bitterness and strengthened the Divine Bridge.

Yan Kuan refined Vermillion Phoenix Blood, overcame the Calamity of Lost Direction, and reached the Other Shore while advancing his Wheel Sea cultivation. After refining Dragon Sparrow Blood, he formed Flame Battle Qi Armor and condensed a Purple-Red Rhombic Crystal in his Sea of Bitterness.

• Yan Kuan refined Vermillion Phoenix Blood and faced the Calamity of Lost Direction as his Sea of Bitterness and Divine Bridge neared their limits.
• Yan Kuan pierced the illusion with his Fiery Golden Eyes and spiritual force, passed the tribulation, and crossed the Sea of Bitterness to the Other Shore.
• Yan Kuan reached the Dao Palace but delayed breaking through, instead gathering his divine power within the Sea of Bitterness.
• Yan Kuan refined the Dragon Sparrow Blood from two Jade Vials and used its energy to further transform his cultivation.
• Yan Kuan formed purple-red Flame Battle Qi Armor as his Sea of Bitterness dried up and a Purple-Red Rhombic Crystal appeared at its center.

Yan Kuan decided to focus his cultivation on the Wheel Sea Secret Realm and adapted the Sacred Body lineage’s method to support it. After leaving Jingcheng to gather herbs, he traded with Zhang Qingyun in Huanggang and learned that a main-line Dragon Finch Clan expert had gone to Jiangxi.

• Yan Kuan weighed the two cultivation systems and chose to specialize in the Wheel Sea Secret Realm alongside Battle Crystal cultivation.
• Yan Kuan used the incomplete Sacred Body lineage method as a blueprint and integrated a Wheel Sea cultivation route into the Burning Art.
• Yan Kuan selected alchemy formulas and left Jingcheng to gather medicinal ingredients, stopping first at the Ancient Tomb at Mount Ba Ling.
• Yan Kuan traded Blood Origin Pills with Zhang Qingyun for spiritual herbs in Ancient Huangzhou City.
• Zhang Qingyun warned Yan Kuan that a main-line Dragon Finch Clan expert had gone to Jiangxi and suggested seeking help at Orthodox Unity Dao temples if needed.

Yan Kuan refined a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill at White Cloud Temple, using the gathered energy to help his parents cultivate. He successfully produced a Fourth Grade Peak pill that could raise a Da Dou Shi’s cultivation.

• Yan Kuan told Old Yan and Ms. Xiao to meditate nearby while he refined medicine.
• Yan Kuan brought out the Bronze Cauldron and used scarlet flames to extract medicinal essences from the herbs.
• Yan Kuan refined a first green pill, then began a second batch with greater ease.
• Yan Kuan switched from scarlet to violet flames to inscribe two pill patterns, then used the Empyrean Flame to add a third.
• Yan Kuan completed a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill with red, violet, and multicolored rings.

Yan Kuan refined several powerful pills and medicinal preparations, then gave his parents Foundation Establishment Spirit Elixir to aid their cultivation. He left to enter seclusion at Mount Ba Ling, hoping to advance his Battle Qi and Wheel Sea cultivation.

• Yan Kuan showed his parents a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and warned his father that taking it would be dangerous for someone of his cultivation.
• He refined two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills, then began making modified Fire Spirit Balm and Swift Spirit Wind Pills.
• Yan Kuan prepared Foundation Establishment Spirit Elixir for his parents and explained how to use it in medicinal baths to find Qi Sensation.
• Xiao Lin accepted that Yan Kuan was leaving and told him that she and Old Yan would support him.
• Yan Kuan left for seclusion at Mount Ba Ling to raise his Battle Qi and develop his Wheel Sea Secret Realm.

Yan Kuan completed a major cultivation breakthrough in the Ancient Tomb and turned to Great Sage Chisongzi’s Sword Dao Legacy. Touching the Sword Sharpening Stone brought him face-to-face with Chisongzi’s sword light, and his consciousness sank into Chaos.

• Yan Kuan absorbed the Solar Trueflame and reached the peak of Great Battle Master, nearing Dou Ling and comparable to the third level of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Yan Kuan assessed his dwindling cultivation resources and decided to focus on mastering combat methods and accepting the Ancient Tomb’s karma.
• Yan Kuan walked to the Sword Sharpening Stone, enduring its sword qi and using the spiritual imprint of Grand Sage Red Pine to activate the legacy.
• Yan Kuan’s consciousness reached the Immortal Sword Sky Pool, where he saw Great Sage Chisongzi honing a Bronze Sword.
• Chisongzi turned toward Yan Kuan, said “Sword!”, and unleashed a ray of sword light that plunged Yan Kuan’s consciousness into Chaos.

After inheriting Great Sage Chisongzi’s Sword Dao, Yan Kuan left the Ancient Tomb of Mount Ba Ling and traveled through Shennongjia into the Daba Mountains. He tracked an Ape Demon to Ten Thousand Demons Valley, where he observed the demon holy land from afar.

• Yan Kuan took the Sword Sharpening Stone from the Ancient Tomb and set out for Ba-Shu rather than entering the Immortal Cremation Tomb Chamber.
• Yan Kuan traveled through Shennongjia, gathering medicinal and spiritual herbs as he explored its wilderness.
• Yan Kuan spotted an Ape Demon and followed it west through the Daba Mountains toward Ten Thousand Demons Valley.
• Yan Kuan found that demons from Ten Thousand Demons Valley had already looted the Hanging Coffins along his route.
• Yan Kuan reached the hidden region of Ten Thousand Demons Valley and studied its terrain and powerful demonic aura from outside.

Yan Kuan traded Beast Spirit Pills for spirit herbs with demons from Ten Thousand Demons Valley, then left to return to Shu Mountain and strengthen himself. After the Monkey King Sun Wukong decided not to pursue him, Yan Kuan traveled through Sichuan toward Mount Emei.

• Yan Kuan secretly entered Ten Thousand Demons Valley and marveled at its abundance of spirit fruits and herbs.
• Half a month later, Yan Kuan exchanged Beast Spirit Pills for herbs with Ape Demons and told them he was returning to Shu Mountain.
• The Ape Demons brought the pills to Third Valley Lord Sun Wukong, who praised their quality and chose not to pursue Yan Kuan.
• Yan Kuan waited to ensure no one followed him, then left the Daba Mountains and headed through Sichuan toward Mount Emei.

Yan Kuan spent three years cultivating Chisongzi's sword path at Immortal Sword Peak, then returned to Jingcheng. He reunited with his parents, finding his mother healthy and his father still unable to break through.

• Yan Kuan entered Shu Mountain and endured Immortal Sword Peak's sword qi to reach Sword Lake and study Chisongzi's sword path.
• Yan Kuan spent three years cultivating in Sword Lake, then emerged carrying a Broken Sword used by a Great Saint and collected three pieces of Ancient Jade.
• Yan Kuan left the Uninhabited Region, called his excited parents, and returned to Jingcheng a few days later.
• Yan Kuan's father rushed to embrace him, while Yan Kuan saw that his mother had opened her Sea of Bitterness and his father had yet to break through.

Yan Kuan helped his parents advance their cultivation and set plans to expand the family business into Sichuan before bringing them to the Daba Mountains. He met Sun Wukong, the Third Valley Lord of Ten Thousand Demons Valley, and reopened negotiations for a deal to trade pills for spiritual herbs.

• Yan Kuan helped Old Yan open his Sea of Bitterness and persuaded his parents to expand their business toward Sichuan.
• After the New Year, Old Yan established a branch company in Sichuan while Yan Kuan took his parents to the Daba Mountains.
• Yan Kuan left his parents in a cave and went to Ten Thousand Demons Valley, where he requested an audience with its three valley lords as Dan Master Li Feiyu.
• Sun Wukong welcomed Yan Kuan into the valley and brought him to an ancient city to discuss his purpose.
• Yan Kuan proposed that Ten Thousand Demons Valley supply spiritual herbs in exchange for him refining pills, and he used the Ancient Sword to show he could negotiate as an equal.

Yan Kuan successfully refined his first Fifth Grade Dragon Strength Pill in Ten Thousand Demons Valley, producing the heaven-and-earth phenomenon that marked his breakthrough as a high-grade alchemist. After Sun Wukong eagerly inspected the pill, Yan Kuan asked Ten Thousand Demons Valley to prepare more spiritual herbs for his next experiments.

• Yan Kuan used spiritual power to condense the medicinal liquid in the Medicine Cauldron into an embryonic pill.
• Yan Kuan completed the refinement as the Dragon Strength Pill absorbed energy from the scarlet flames and caused a heaven-and-earth phenomenon.
• Yan Kuan retrieved the finished Fifth Grade Dragon Strength Pill and placed it in a Jade Vial.
• Sun Wukong hurried over to admire the pill and marveled at its medicinal fragrance.
• Yan Kuan asked Sun Wukong to provide more spiritual herbs, and Sun Wukong mobilized Ten Thousand Demons Valley to gather them.

Yan Kuan attempted to refine a Peak Sixth Grade Rank-Advancing Pill in Ten Thousand Demons Valley, drawing the attention of demons who hoped it could help Four Extremes Realm cultivators reach the Transforming Dragon Realm. After three days and nights, the pill formed and triggered a powerful phenomenon, leaving its final outcome unresolved.

• Yan Kuan's parents watched him refine pills, and Xiao Lin revealed to Sun Wukong that he was making a Rank-Advancing Pill.
• Sun Wukong and the gathered demons became excited and wary as they realized the pill might help peak Four Extremes Realm cultivators advance.
• Yan Kuan carefully refined the pill for three days and nights until its main ingredients began to fuse.
• The pill embryo formed, unleashing surging energy that sent lesser demons sprawling and overturned distant turf.
• The light inside the Medicine Cauldron contracted, then burst forth with a thunderous explosion and a twenty-foot energy pillar that formed a pill cloud in the sky.

Yan Kuan completed a spiritually potent Rank-Advancing Pill and met the First Valley Lord of Ten Thousand Demons Valley, an Immortal Crane who had left seclusion. He revealed his connection to Shu Mountain’s Grand Sage Red Pine and asked about the valley’s findings among Ba Mountain’s Hanging Coffins, prompting Sun Wukong to respond awkwardly.

• Yan Kuan used Empyrean Flame to finish refining a Rank-Advancing Pill, whose spirituality let it dodge Sun Wukong’s grasp.
• Yan Kuan explained that the pill’s quality approached the Seventh Grade and described the greater spirituality of higher-grade pills.
• The First Valley Lord, an Immortal Crane at the great perfection of the Dragon Transformation Realm, left seclusion and came to meet Yan Kuan.
• Yan Kuan told the First Valley Lord that he had spent three years at Shu Mountain’s Immortal Sword Sky Pool and inherited Grand Sage Red Pine’s legacy.
• Yan Kuan asked about Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s findings among Ba Mountain’s Hanging Coffins, and Sun Wukong awkwardly asked who had told him.

Yan Kuan revealed his interest in Ten Thousand Demons Valley’s ancient secrets and examined its jade books about the legendary Earth Immortal. He joined nine jade pieces into a map of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, whose ancient terrain Old Crane began comparing with the Yellow River.

• Yan Kuan admitted he had entered Ten Thousand Demons Valley with hidden motives, and the First Valley Lord told Monkey to fetch the jade books.
• Monkey explained that Ten Thousand Demons Valley had pursued Chisongzi’s search for an Earth Immortal and had gathered six ancient jade books from Hanging Coffins.
• Yan Kuan studied the six jade books and produced three more, joining all nine into a complete Jade Scroll Map.
• Monkey and Old Crane realized that the nine jade pieces had been carved as one set and that their Oracle Bone Script connected.
• The map revealed Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains and an inscription describing an Earth Immortal, while Old Crane compared the ancient terrain with the Yellow River.