Chapter Summaries

Liu Yun negotiated with Queen Medusa to serve as his Merchant Guild’s enforcer in exchange for refining the Spirit Melting Pill, which he successfully made. At the Alchemist Headquarters, Xiao Yan saw the Alchemist Convention’s Foundation Establishment Pill recipe offered as the champion’s reward and resolved to win it; Liu Yun prepared to help Queen Medusa take the pill in seclusion.

• Liu Yun told Queen Medusa he had all the ingredients for the Spirit Melting Pill and asked her to serve as his Merchant Guild’s enforcer in exchange for refining it.
• Queen Medusa accepted the arrangement, then changed back into the Seven-Colored Little Snake as the Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul grew harder to suppress.
• Liu Yun began refining the Spirit Melting Pill at the Alchemist Headquarters, drawing attention when the pill’s energy shook the building.
• Xiao Yan saw the Foundation Establishment Pill recipe listed as the Alchemist Convention’s champion reward and determined to win the competition.
• Liu Yun successfully refined the Spirit Melting Pill while Fama stood guard against anyone attracted by the commotion.
• Queen Medusa asked Liu Yun to find a secluded place where she could take the pill and reveal the Heaven Swallowing Python’s true form without attracting powerful experts.

Liu Yun helped Queen Medusa evolve into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and survived her testing attack before she left to arrange matters for the Snake People Tribe. Back at the Alchemist Headquarters, he traded for a beast flame and found a jade fragment that might contain the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations.

• Liu Yun gave Queen Medusa the Spirit Melting Pill, and she destroyed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul before absorbing its power and evolving to Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa attacked Liu Yun after her transformation, but he dodged and restrained her until she explained she had only wanted to test the difference in their strength.
• Queen Medusa promised to visit Liu Yun at the Liang Chen Merchant Guild after arranging matters for the Snake People Tribe, then flew away.
• Liu Yun returned to the Alchemist Headquarters and traded a fourth-grade Appearance Fixing Pill formula for a Peach Blossom Fire flame seed.
• Liu Yun sensed his Heavenly Flames react to a broken jade fragment, suspected it contained the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations, and bought it from a frightened vendor for a Wind Hành Pill.

Liu Yun attended the Liang Chen Merchant Guild’s Imperial Capital auction and watched Ya Fei sell several pills and a Magic Core. The auction’s Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill fetched a record price because it had been refined by Ye Liangchen, while Liu Yun received higher-grade auction returns from the system.

• Liu Yun arrived early at the auction venue and watched Ya Fei open the event with a Fifth-order Wood-attribute Magic Core, which sold for six hundred thousand gold coins.
• Ya Fei auctioned an Ice Heart Pill and a Qing Shuang Pill, and Liu Yun received a Mysterious Ice Pill and a Snow Soul Pill through the system’s returns.
• A Green Spirit Pill sold for one million five hundred thousand gold coins, and the system returned an Imperial Spirit Pill to Liu Yun.
• Ya Fei presented a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill personally refined by Vice President Liang Chen, also known as Ye Liangchen, and its reputation drove the bidding to two million three hundred thousand gold coins.
• The system rewarded Liu Yun with a sixth-grade Sect Breaking Pill after the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill sold.

Ya Fei auctioned the Dou Ling Pill through barter, and Princess Yao Ye won it for the Imperial Family. The auction then revealed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as its finale, leaving Nalan Yanran to realize Liu Yun’s efforts had been for her sake.

• Mu Chen, Mitel Tengshan, and Nalan Yanran competed for the Dou Ling Pill with cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Princess Yao Ye offered two Mysterious Tier High-grade cultivation methods and three Mysterious Tier High-grade Dou Techniques, winning the Dou Ling Pill.
• Ya Fei’s successful sale triggered a 20x auction return, granting the host the Eighth-grade Great Void Pill.
• Ya Fei revealed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as the finale and explained that the seller could refuse inadequate barter offers.
• Nalan Yanran recognized the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and concluded that Liu Yun had acted for her sake.

Xiao Yan sought the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to revive his teacher, and Liu Yun negotiated a deal that would require Xiao Yan's teacher to refine a Seventh-grade Shaping Pill. Liu Yun answered Xiao Yan's questions about Nalan Yanran, the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xun Er, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by the scale of their power and her identity.

• Xiao Yan offered an Earth Tier Low-grade Fighting Skill for the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Liu Yun invited him to a private room.
• Liu Yun rejected Xiao Yan's offer and proposed that Xiao Yan's revived teacher refine a Seventh-grade Shaping Pill in exchange for the herb.
• Xiao Yan agreed to the deal if Liu Yun answered three questions, and Liu Yun revealed that Nalan Yanran had reached Three-star Dou Ling.
• Liu Yun told Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect had Yun Yun, Yun Shan, and Wu Ying among its Dou Huang-level and stronger experts, and promised to stop the Soul Hall Protector if he attacked Xiao Yan.
• Liu Yun revealed that Xun Er was Gu Xun'er, the eldest daughter of the Ancient Clan, and that a Seven-star Dou Huang from the clan had protected Xiao Yan during his training.

After the auction, Liu Yun planned to sell the Shaping Pill and waited for Yao Chen to recover, while Ya Fei agreed to prepare the auction venue in Green Mountain Town. Yun Yun later visited Liu Yun with Nalan Yanran and asked him to delay his departure; he agreed to visit her monthly, leaving Nalan Yanran suspecting they were lovers.

• The system rewarded Liu Yun with a Mirage Soul Crystal after Ya Fei auctioned the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and Liu Yun promised Ya Fei a Sky Mending Pill and marriage.
• Liu Yun told Ya Fei he would auction a Shaping Pill at the Merchant Guild headquarters, and Ya Fei decided to return to Green Mountain Town to oversee preparations.
• Yao Chen awakened, releasing powerful Soul Force, while Xiao Yan failed to meet Liu Yun over the following two days.
• Nalan Yanran brought Yun Yun to visit Liu Yun, and Yun Yun asked whether he would leave the Jia Ma Empire soon.
• Liu Yun agreed to visit Yun Yun once a month, and Nalan Yanran left suspecting that her two teachers had a romantic relationship.

Liu Yun met Xiao Yan and Yao Chen in a remote mountain range so Yao Chen could attempt to refine a Shaping Pill, while Liu Yun claimed to be a reincarnated Dou Di to satisfy a system mission. Yao Chen began the difficult pill-refining process, and the chapter ended as he worked to fuse the ingredients inside the Black Demon Cauldron.

• Liu Yun left the Alchemist Guild with Xiao Yan and flew with him to a remote mountain range, where Yao Chen warned that he had only a thirty percent chance of refining the Shaping Pill and could not withstand its Pill Lightning.
• Liu Yun completed a system mission by implying he was a reincarnated Dou Di, leaving Yao Chen and Xiao Yan shocked and earning a Dual Binding Card and thirty Mission Points.
• Liu Yun produced seventy-nine kinds of medicinal ingredients, and Yao Chen brought out the Black Demon Cauldron and Bone Spirit Cold Flame while instructing Xiao Yan to observe his techniques.
• Yao Chen spent several days refining the ingredients and a Seventh-order Magic Core, then began fusing the resulting materials into a pill as explosions shook the cauldron.

Yao Chen repeatedly attempted to refine the Shaping Pill while Liu Yun gained powerful Dou Technique Returns from Yun Yun. After several failures, Yao Chen finally formed the pill, and Pill Lightning gathered overhead.

• Yao Chen's first attempt to refine the Shaping Pill failed when the Black Demon Cauldron erupted and destroyed the fused ingredients.
• Liu Yun used a Dual Binding Card on Yun Yun, binding her Dou Technique Return alongside her Dou Qi Return.
• Yun Yun cultivated Wrath of the Storm and One Sword Dawn, triggering Returns that brought Wrath of the Storm to perfection and granted Liu Yun One Sword Dawn proficiency.
• Yao Chen explained that the Shaping Pill's demanding Soul Force requirements and difficult-to-balance ingredients had caused his failures, then began another attempt after recovering.
• After refining the ingredients and forming a dark-red pill, Yao Chen triggered Pill Lightning, and Liu Yun realized the Shaping Pill had succeeded.

Liu Yun protected Yao Chen’s newly refined Shaping Pill by swallowing the Pill Lightning, then ambushed Wu Ying and killed him. He faced Yan Zhe, an Eight-star Dou Zong, while the system offered him an auction return he could not yet confirm.

• Fama, Jia Xing Tian, and Yun Yun sensed the Pill Lightning and flew southwest to investigate.
• Wu Ying and Yan Zhe arrived at the pill-refining site, where Wu Ying recognized Yao Chen and threatened Liu Yun.
• Liu Yun identified Yan Zhe as an Eight-star Dou Zong and told Yao Chen to take Xiao Yan away while he handled the intruders.
• Liu Yun absorbed the Pill Lightning with his Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye, leaving the Shaping Pill unharmed.
• As Yao Chen escaped with Xiao Yan, Liu Yun ambushed Wu Ying with One Sword... Dawn Break and split him in two.
• Liu Yun held the Shaping Pill and confronted Yan Zhe as the system offered him a return for becoming a Seventh-grade Alchemist.

Liu Yun battled Yan Zhe above Lonely Mountain, killed Wu Ying, and gained the upper hand with his sword and storm attack. Yan Zhe then swallowed several captive souls to unleash a terrifying surge of power, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Liu Yun burned Wu Ying with his orange flame and crushed Wu Ying’s soul as Yan Zhe attacked with Soul Chains.
• Liu Yun fought Yan Zhe with his flaming sword and escaped the cage of chains as Jia Xing Tian, Yun Yun, and another figure arrived to watch.
• Yun Yun sent Liu Yun his Liu Yun Sword, and Liu Yun used its power alongside four black shadows to break Yan Zhe’s chains and wound him.
• Liu Yun unleashed Wrath of the Storm, stripping away Yan Zhe’s black mist and shattering his chains until Yan Zhe was badly injured.
• Yan Zhe swallowed several captive soul bodies and transformed as his aura surged, preparing to continue the battle.

Liu Yun fought Yan Zhe after the Soul Hall protector raised his realm to peak nine-star Dou Zong, then risked everything by combining three flames into a fire lotus. He struck Yan Zhe with Snake Tail Transformation and the exploding lotus, then fled with Yun Yun as the blast swept across the battlefield.

• Yan Zhe used a secret technique to raise his realm and attacked Liu Yun, who countered with Illusory Demon Clones, lightning, and One Sword... Dawn Break.
• Yan Zhe survived Liu Yun's strongest sword strike and battered him with Soul Chains, nearly killing him.
• Liu Yun threw his sword toward Yun Yun and began merging the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and a third flame into a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Yan Zhe rushed Liu Yun with Myriad Ghosts Devour Soul, but Liu Yun used Snake Tail Transformation to smash Yan Zhe back and break his chains.
• Liu Yun launched the Three-Colored Fire Lotus at the injured Yan Zhe, triggered its explosion, then grabbed Yun Yun and fled from the spreading blast.

After defeating the Soul Hall Protector Yan Zhe, Liu Yun reassured Yun Yun, revealed his true identity, and gave her a Bodhi Heart. Yun Yun refined the treasure and emerged transformed, with Liu Yun beside her.

• Liu Yun explained that Yan Zhe was an Eight-star Dou Zong whose secret technique had raised him to the peak of the Nine-star Dou Zong, and he promised to help Yun Yun face the Soul Hall.
• Yun Yun said she might leave her post as Misty Cloud Sect leader, while Liu Yun revealed that Ye Liangchen was a false name and told her his real name was Liu Yun.
• Yun Yun recognized Liu Yun as the boy she had met at the Mittel Family reception hall, and Liu Yun confirmed he was Teng Shan's grandson but had left the family.
• Liu Yun gave Yun Yun a Bodhi Heart and stood guard as she refined it.
• The Bodhi Heart entered Yun Yun's chest, and after enduring the painful refinement, she gained a sacred aura and kissed Liu Yun.

After receiving Yao Chen’s alchemical knowledge, Liu Yun used the Mirage Soul Crystal and broke through to Spirit Realm Intermediate Soul Force. He realized he could now refine Eighth-grade Pills, but would need a soul cultivation technique to recover quickly after exhausting himself.

• Liu Yun confirmed the System’s return notification and absorbed Soul Force and alchemical knowledge from Yao Chen, reaching the level of a High-grade Seventh-grade Alchemist.
• Liu Yun retrieved the Mirage Soul Crystal, and its illusions ensnared both him and Yun Yun before Liu Yun destroyed the illusions and swallowed the crystal.
• The Mirage Soul Crystal’s energy overwhelmed Liu Yun as he struggled to suppress its impurities and resist its illusions.
• Liu Yun’s Soul Force underwent a qualitative transformation, reached the Spirit Realm, and formed an independent phantom of his soul.
• Liu Yun checked his status and discovered that his soul level had reached Spirit Realm Intermediate, then concluded he needed a soul cultivation technique to recover efficiently.

After Yun Yun advanced to Eight-star Dou Huang, Liu Yun absorbed the returned Dou Qi and reached Three-star Dou Huang. He exposed and struck down Ling Ying, then warned him to tell Xun Er not to send anyone to follow him again.

• Liu Yun asked Yun Yun to accompany him to Green Mountain Town, but she chose to return to the Misty Cloud Sect and wait until Nalan Yanran's Three-Year Agreement ended.
• Liu Yun helped Yun Yun break through to Eight-star Dou Huang, and the two reluctantly parted ways.
• Liu Yun absorbed the returned Dou Qi in a valley and advanced to Three-star Dou Huang.
• Liu Yun discovered Ling Ying following him, punched him out of hiding, and warned him to tell Xun Er not to repeat it.
• Ling Ying revealed his Spatial Jade Slip and reflected on Liu Yun's strength after Liu Yun flew away.

Liu Yun returned to Green Mountain Town, set the Liang Chen Merchant Guild’s auction for two months later, and agreed to give Queen Medusa a Shaping Pill. He took her to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s cave to refine more pills, leaving the two powerful Magical Beasts to protect him.

• Liu Yun found Ya Fei holding a meeting at the Merchant Guild with Queen Medusa beside her, then set the auction for two months later with medicinal pills and a Shaping Pill as the finale.
• Queen Medusa demanded a Shaping Pill in exchange for listening to Liu Yun, and he agreed to take her with him to refine pills.
• Liu Yun and Queen Medusa arrived at the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s cave, where the Lion King eagerly greeted Liu Yun and recoiled in fear upon noticing the Queen.
• Liu Yun asked Queen Medusa and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to protect him during the pill refinement, and gave the Lion King a Shaping Pill to help it transform and pursue a breakthrough.
• After the Lion King called Queen Medusa Liu Yun’s sister-in-law, she blushed and glared at it; Liu Yun then gave her the last Shaping Pill.

Under the protection of Queen Medusa and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Liu Yun refined a High-grade Seventh-rank Shaping Pill and devoured its Pill Lightning. He ended the chapter with a high-quality pill in hand and his strength closer to that of a Four-star Dou Huang.

• Liu Yun began refining the Shaping Pill in the Nine Dragon Cauldron, using his improved Soul Force to control his fused orange flame precisely.
• Over two days, Liu Yun refined seventy-eight ingredients, then reduced the Seventh-order Wood-attribute Magic Core to pure liquid.
• Liu Yun spent five days fusing the ingredients as Queen Medusa watched, and Pill Lightning gathered when the Shaping Pill took shape.
• Liu Yun removed his mask and used the Heavenly Punishment Divine Eye to devour the Pill Lightning, while the Thousand Hammer Hundred Refinement Technique strengthened his body.
• After an hour of refining the lightning, Liu Yun felt closer to becoming a Four-star Dou Huang and collected the finished Shaping Pill.

After refining five Shaping Pills, Liu Yun broke through to Four-star Dou Huang and sent Queen Medusa to deliver the pills to Ya Fei for the auction. He stayed behind to stabilize his realm and prepare to refine the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, returning to the Underground Cave Mansion where the Half-Emperor Hand Bone and three Heavenly Flames awaited.

• Liu Yun refined four more Shaping Pills, absorbed the fifth Pill Lightning, and broke through to Four-star Dou Huang after three days of gathering energy.
• Liu Yun gave Queen Medusa five Shaping Pills to take to Ya Fei, instructing her to auction four of them.
• Queen Medusa agreed to protect the Merchant Guild and warned Liu Yun that he would need to preside over the auction when veteran Dou Zong Experts attended.
• Liu Yun told the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to guard the cave entrance and support Green Mountain Town if trouble arose.
• Liu Yun entered the cave and returned to the Underground Cave Mansion, where he reconsidered whether he could ever approach the Half-Emperor Hand Bone and take its three Heavenly Flames.

Liu Yun refined the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire inside the Nine Dragon Cauldron, gaining a third Heavenly Flame and reaching Eight-star Dou Huang. After leaving the Underground Cave Mansion, he headed toward Green Mountain Town.

• Liu Yun used the Snow Soul Pill and entered the Nine Dragon Cauldron to refine the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• The Nine Dragon Cauldron’s golden dragons suppressed the silver dragons, weakening the Heavenly Flame before Liu Yun began devouring it.
• Liu Yun resisted the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire’s attack on his soul, while a mysterious True Dragon Power in his body silenced the silver dragons.
• After ten days of refining, Liu Yun absorbed the remaining silver flames, broke through to Eight-star Dou Huang, and formed a gray fusion flame from three Heavenly Flames.
• Liu Yun discovered that the Sky Burning Immortal Art had advanced to Quasi-Heaven Tier, then left the cave, instructed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and set out for Green Mountain Town.

Liu Yun discovered Xie Biyan and another Dou Zong fighting in Green Mountain Town over an old grudge and the Shaping Pill. Queen Medusa protected the Liang Chen Merchant Guild, then Liu Yun arrived in disguise with overwhelming power, leaving both elders injured and the old man pleading for mercy.

• Liu Yun sensed three powerful auras in Green Mountain Town and flew there wearing his mask.
• Xie Biyan attacked an old man who had ambushed him in the past, and the two Dou Zong clashed above the town.
• Queen Medusa dispersed their shockwaves to protect the buildings and warned them that fighting was forbidden, then shielded the Liang Chen Merchant Guild.
• Xie Biyan and the old man prepared to leave, but Liu Yun's Gray Flame and nine gray dragons suppressed them and made them spit blood.
• The old man pleaded with President Ye Liangchen for forgiveness, while Xie Shan regretted bringing his ancestor to seek a Shaping Pill for the Four-winged Sky Demon Scorpion.

Liu Yun killed Xie Biyan and another Dou Zong Expert to establish order around auctions in the Jia Ma Empire, then supported Ya Fei as she prepared to sell four Shaping Pills. The auction began with Liu Yun watching the bidders, and he recognized that the first offered iron plate held no secret.

• Liu Yun used the Gray Flame to burn the old man and Xie Biyan to ash after refusing to spare them.
• Liu Yun banned experts from engaging in private fights in the Jia Ma Empire during the days around future auctions.
• Liu Yun reunited with Ya Fei, who told him she had canceled the other lots and would auction only four Shaping Pills.
• Liu Yun arrived at the next day's auction and spread his Soul Force through the venue while Ya Fei opened the bidding.
• A bidder offered an ancient iron plate, and Liu Yun used the system's appraisal function to learn that it held no hidden secret.