Chapter Summaries

Liu Ding stopped the elders from risking their disciples with Zhe Spirit Liquid by telling them to wait for Du Ling Juice, then gave Liu Yandong a Restoration Pill and concealed how he had obtained it. As Liu Ding calmly passed Liu Tao, she called out to him, leaving their strained relationship unresolved.

• Liu Ding warned the elders that Zhe Spirit Liquid's Taotie Soul Qi could damage Liu Clan disciples' Qilin Soul Qi and urged them to wait for Du Ling Juice before choosing a medicinal liquid.
• Liu Yandong ended the meeting and forbade the elders from letting their disciples try Zhe Spirit Liquid before Du Ling Juice was released.
• Liu Ding gave Liu Yandong a Restoration Pill and claimed Ximen Spirit Herb Pavilion had gifted it in exchange for rare herbs.
• Liu Ding concealed the gold card from Liu Yandong, who accepted his explanation and prepared to refine the pill.
• Liu Ding passed Liu Tao without stopping, and Liu Tao turned and called his name.

Liu Ding warned Liu Tao against using a dangerous medicinal liquid, then shared an awkwardly affectionate encounter with Zhi'er before returning to intensive cultivation. After refining high-quality Du Ling Juice, he resolved to train hard for the Sect Lord Contention and entered Everlasting Cave again.

• Liu Ding told Liu Tao not to use the Taotie Beast Soul medicinal liquid and advised her to wait half a month before deciding.
• Zhi'er linked arms with Liu Ding and turned down Liu Tao's request to accompany her to the Martial Arts Hall; Liu Ji secretly vowed to make Liu Ding an idiot during the Sect Lord Contention.
• Liu Ding gave Zhi'er a Soul-Devouring Beast Gallstone Crystal, and she helped him refine Dream Incense while he struggled with his growing feelings for her.
• For three days, Liu Ding refined Yin Soul Qi at Everlasting Cave at night and Du Ling Juice by day, eventually producing a high-quality batch.
• Liu Ding used the Du Ling Juice to refine his soul qi and resolved to train hard enough to challenge Liu Ji for a place among the top four.
• Liu Ding took the Dream Incense and returned to Everlasting Cave under cover of night.

Liu Ding attended Bleser City’s investment promotion conference as the Murong Divine Pill Chamber promoted Zhe Spirit Liquid against Ximen Yaoji’s Du Ling Juice. After Murong Guang used successful trials and a discount to attract buyers, Liu Yandong called for the competing product to be presented.

• Liu Ding arrived late after gathering herbs and Spirit Orbs in Everlasting Valley, then took his VIP seat at the conference.
• Liu Ding spotted his grandfather, Liu Yandong, and members of the Stone Clan in the VIP section.
• Murong Guang claimed Zhe Spirit Liquid helped cultivators break through from Five to Six Soulforging Cauldrons and presented six successful users as evidence.
• Murong Guang offered a discount to merchants who placed orders, drawing several buyers and appearing to undercut Ximen Yaoji’s business.
• Liu Yandong interrupted the rush of orders and urged the conference to examine Ximen Spirit Herb Pavilion’s Du Ling Juice.

At the investment fair, Liu Yandong challenged the Murong Divine Pill Chamber’s Zhe Spirit Liquid as a possible counterfeit, and Ximen Yaoji promoted the Ximen Spirit Herb Pavilion’s Du Ling Juice. The chapter ended with Yaoji announcing a live trial to test the product’s claims.

• Liu Yandong interrupted the Murong Divine Pill Chamber’s promotion and questioned whether its Zhe Spirit Liquid was a shoddy counterfeit.
• Ximen Yaoji introduced Du Ling Juice, claiming it contained a Qilin beast soul and used Jade Marrow Fungus and Yin Condensing Grass rather than ingredients from the Liu Clan’s Qilin Soul Forging Pill.
• Ximen Yaoji said every Five Dings Martial Apprentice in the pavilion’s internal tests had advanced to the Six Cauldrons Realm.
• Murong Guang and Nie Zhengxu challenged Yaoji to provide proof, and Murong Guang argued that the Murong Divine Pill Chamber at least offered trial use of its product.
• Ximen Yaoji announced that the pavilion would randomly select Five Soulforging Cauldrons Martial Apprentices at the fair for an on-site trial of Du Ling Juice.

Ximen Yaoji recruited Five Cauldrons Martial Apprentices for the Spirit Herb Pavilion’s free Du Ling Juice medicinal-bath trial, using Grandmaster Wang Yao’s recommendation to counter Murong Guang’s warnings. Murong Guang challenged the Pavilion to make three peak-stage Liu Clan disciples advance or withdraw from Bleser City, and the twenty trial participants prepared to begin their baths.

• Ximen Yaoji offered free trial slots and promised six volunteers a free supply of Du Ling Juice until they advanced.
• Murong Guang warned that Qilin soul aura could harm practitioners, but Ximen Yaoji’s offers and Wang Yao’s recommendation drew enough volunteers to fill the trial.
• Ximen Yaoji asked Murong Guang to choose the final three participants, and he challenged the Pavilion to make three Liu Clan disciples advance or withdraw from Bleser City.
• Ximen Yaoji accepted on the condition that the Liu Clan participants be at the peak of Five Soulforging Cauldrons, and Murong Guang named Liu Chengsheng, Liu Shu, and Liu Tao.
• After the participants’ realms were checked, Ximen Yaoji announced the start of the medicinal baths, and twenty martial apprentices came out to begin.

At a public demonstration, Du Ling Juice helped several martial apprentices break through, but two Liu Clan apprentices soon collapsed after their basins exploded. Liu Ding discovered that their bodies contained Taotie Soul Qi, and Ximen Yaoji prepared to explain the cause to the crowd.

• Spectators watched the martial apprentices bathe in medicinal basins, and four Five Dings Martial Apprentices broke through into the Six Soulforging Cauldrons Realm.
• Two young apprentices absorbed all the Qilin Soul Qi in their medicinal liquid, so their relatives bought more Du Ling Juice at a discount.
• More apprentices broke through or refined the Qilin Soul Qi, prompting eager customers to rush to order Du Ling Juice.
• Two medicinal basins exploded, and the martial apprentices inside them coughed up blood, causing panic while Murong Guang celebrated the apparent failure.
• Liu Ding examined Liu Chengsheng and Liu Shu, recognized that their Taotie Soul Qi had clashed with the Qilin Soul Qi, and whispered his discovery to Ximen Yaoji.
• Ximen Yaoji stepped onto the platform to address the crowd as Murong Guang waited for her explanation to fail.

Ximen Yaoji exposed that Murong Divine Pill Chamber's Zhe Spirit Liquid had mutated the Liu Clan disciples' beast soul qi, causing their injuries when they used Du Ling Juice. Murong Guang countered by revealing Liu Tao's breakthrough after using Zhe Spirit Liquid and pressed her to support his claims.

• Ximen Yaoji persuaded several martial apprentices to resume their Du Ling Juice baths and challenged the crowd to examine the two afflicted disciples.
• Ximen Yaoji identified the injured men as impostors, but Nie Zhengxu confirmed they were Liu Clan disciples, so Liu Yandong examined them.
• Liu Shu confessed that Zhe Spirit Liquid's Taotie Soul Qi had swallowed and mutated his Qilin soul qi, and Liu Yandong explained that the incompatible medicines had crippled the two disciples.
• Ximen Yaoji blamed Zhe Spirit Liquid for harming disciples from clans with secret cultivation methods, and the crowd turned against Murong Divine Pill Chamber.
• Murong Guang found Liu Tao celebrating her breakthrough, revealed that she had used Zhe Spirit Liquid, and demanded that she confirm it helped her advance.

At the trade convention, Liu Tao revealed she had never used Zhe Spirit Liquid, and examinations showed that the product damaged martial apprentices’ meridians by devouring their beast soul qi. The Ximen Spirit Herb Pavilion won the resulting dispute and gained many orders, while Liu Ding left wondering why Du Ling Juice had not helped him break through and prepared to visit Everlasting Cave.

• Liu Tao admitted she had secretly replaced Zhe Spirit Liquid with another liquid, so her breakthrough could not be credited to Murong Guang’s product.
• Ximen Yaoji called for examinations, which revealed that Zhe Spirit Liquid’s Taotie Soul Qi had severely damaged the meridians of several martial apprentices.
• The crowd turned against Murong Guang and the Murong Divine Pill Chamber, while twelve of the twenty martial apprentices using Du Ling Juice advanced to Six Soulforging Cauldrons.
• Ximen Yaoji secured a large number of orders for the Ximen Spirit Herb Pavilion, and Liu Yandong bought several bottles of Du Ling Juice from her.
• Liu Ding returned to his room, lamented that he had not broken through, and prepared to absorb and refine Yin Soul Qi at Everlasting Cave.

Liu Ding continued his grueling cultivation while Bleser City’s Liu Clan disciples struggled with damage caused by Zhe Spirit Liquid. In Everlasting Cave, he finally felt the breakthrough to Six Soulforging Cauldrons within reach as Yin Soul Qi and Du Ling Juice gathered around him.

• Liu Yandong gave Liu Ding three bottles of Du Ling Juice, believing he had bought them at a discount from Ximen Yaoji.
• The Murong Family’s Divine Pill Chamber was driven out of Bleser City, and Murong Guang was banished to a remote town.
• Liu Ding refined Du Ling Juice and cultivated day and night, while many Liu Clan disciples suffered damaged cultivation from Zhe Spirit Liquid.
• As the initial realm assessment approached, Liu Ding used Dream Incense and medicinal baths in Everlasting Cave to absorb Yin Soul Qi.
• Liu Ding reached a state of spiritual resonance, and Yin Soul Qi and Du Ling Juice surged into him as he attempted to break through to Six Soulforging Cauldrons.

Liu Ding broke through to Six Soulforging Cauldrons and formed a Phantom Phoenix Soul Beast. He used it to enter the hidden cave’s library and began learning Cloud Turning Palm, a powerful martial skill that could help him face Liu Ji.

• Liu Ding gathered scattered Yin Soul Qi with Dream Incense and Du Ling Juice, then used a Phoenix Soul Forging Pill to attempt his breakthrough.
• Liu Ding broke through to Six Soulforging Cauldrons and manifested a Phantom Phoenix Soul Beast above his head.
• Liu Ding guided the phoenix soul beast into the hidden cave to browse its martial skill manuals, but a Beast Soul Realm manual crumbled when he tried to enter it.
• Liu Ding found Cloud Turning Palm and learned from General Jiang that his realm had been too low to access the destroyed manual.
• Liu Ding directed the phoenix soul beast into Cloud Turning Palm, and a flood of its information poured into his mind.