Chapter Summaries

Han Yi transmigrated into the body of a Mystic Pill Sect outer disciple who had ten days to earn enough points to keep his courtyard on Little Spirit Void Peak. After rejecting the dangerous pill-testing mission, he examined his options and discovered a translucent status panel appear before him.

• Senior Guan Di told Han Yi that he had ten days to meet the sect’s point requirement and suggested Luo Qi’s dangerous pill-testing mission.
• Han Yi told Zheng Hai about the mission, and Zheng Hai warned him that testing pills with one’s body could be fatal.
• Han Yi returned to his courtyard and reviewed his new identity, the sect’s rules, and his limited options for staying on the mountain.
• Han Yi resolved to seek another way to earn points rather than risk testing pills, then decided to rest and clear his mind.
• Han Yi saw a fiery red line in the air, and a translucent panel displaying his lifespan, cultivation realm, and skills appeared before him.

Han Yi examined the mysterious work manual panel and tried to make use of his inherited alchemy skills to avoid being driven from the Mystic Pill Sect. After refining Plague Dispelling Powder and seeing his Alchemy progress increase, he realized the panel tracked skill growth and believed it offered a way out of his predicament.

• Han Yi found that the panel only displayed his lifespan, cultivation, technique, and skills, then calmly considered how to survive within the Mystic Pill Sect.
• Han Yi inspected his limited alchemy supplies and recalled that his previous body had failed to refine a batch of Qi Nourishing Pills.
• Han Yi repeatedly failed to make Plague Dispelling Powder before succeeding on his fourth attempt.
• Han Yi noticed that his Alchemy progress had risen from 82 to 84 after the four attempts.
• Han Yi concluded that raising his Alchemy progress toward 100 could improve his pill-making success and help him escape his predicament.

Han Yi exhausted his supplies refining pills and advanced his alchemy to first glimpse, then discovered he had spent twelve days in cultivation and missed a ten-day deadline. After Zheng Hai warned him to settle his points before the Enforcement Hall intervened, Han Yi headed to Vermilion Bird Peak, confident he could still pass the Return-to-Sect Assessment.

• Han Yi used his spirit sand and spirit stones to restore his spiritual power while repeatedly refining pills until his materials and supplies ran out.
• Han Yi found that he had produced two bottles of Mind Sharpening Pills, twelve bottles of Plague Dispelling Powder, and twelve bottles of Beast Nurturing Pills, and that his Alchemy skill had advanced to first glimpse.
• Han Yi named his skill-advancement interface the Proficiency Panel and calculated that selling his pills would earn 49 sect points.
• Zheng Hai confronted Han Yi after he emerged from his residence and told him twelve days had passed, exceeding the ten-day deadline.
• Han Yi realized cultivation had distorted his sense of time, and Zheng Hai urged him to settle his points at Vermilion Bird Peak before the Enforcement Hall became involved.
• Han Yi set off for Vermilion Bird Peak, believing his improved alchemy would help him pass the Return-to-Sect Assessment.

After losing his residence in the Mystic Pill Sect, Han Yi arrived at the Mystic Fire Pill Shop in Mengshan City, where he was assigned work and a courtyard. He left unaware that Guan Sheng and Jiang De were plotting to frame and kill him.

• Han Yi parted from Zheng Hai and headed down the mountain after Guan Di arranged for him to work at the Mystic Fire Pill Shop.
• Han Yi reached the shop in Mengshan City and met its shopkeeper, Guan Sheng, who explained the staff and introduced Jiang De.
• Guan Sheng gave Han Yi a silver Array Disk for his assigned courtyard and told him to report to the shop in seven days for pill-refining assignments.
• After Han Yi left, Jiang De proposed killing him, but Guan Sheng planned to frame him for stealing spirit herbs and have him executed.
• Han Yi used mana on the Array Disk and realized it could guide him through a formation array.

Han Yi settled into his new courtyard and used his alchemy skills to refine Qi Nourishing Pills, learning through repeated attempts that success was not guaranteed even when he followed every step correctly. After five days, he had produced three successful batches and counted twenty-six pills, giving him a promising source of wealth.

• Han Yi claimed the Mystic Pill Sect courtyard, arranged his alchemy materials, and cultivated to restore his spiritual power before refining pills.
• Han Yi failed his first attempt at refining Qi Nourishing Pills but saw his alchemy proficiency increase.
• Han Yi succeeded on his second attempt, producing eight Qi Nourishing Pills and advancing his alchemy to first glimpse.
• Han Yi concluded that pill refinement depended on a success rate, then resumed cultivating and refining in his courtyard.
• After five days, Han Yi had used all eight sets of materials and produced three successful batches totaling twenty-six Qi Nourishing Pills.

Han Yi discovered that repeated practice rapidly advanced his Spirit Void Finger, though his cultivation realm remained stalled without spirit stones. After preparing to sell his pills at the Mystic Fire Pill Shop, he met the other dispatched disciples as Guan Sheng began reviewing their quarterly tasks.

• Han Yi checked his alchemy progress, stored three batches of Qi Nourishing Pills, and planned to sell them to Guan Sheng for spirit stones.
• Han Yi practiced Spirit Void Finger in the courtyard, destroying dates and raising its proficiency from 29/100 to 59/100.
• Han Yi realized the proficiency panel rewarded each practice attempt, then concluded he needed spirit stones to advance his cultivation realm.
• Han Yi practiced Spirit Void Finger again, raising its proficiency to 70/100, before recovering his magical power and setting out for the pill shop.
• Han Yi arrived at the Mystic Fire Pill Shop with three bottles of pills and met Xia Qingyi and Xiao Yi as Guan Sheng began asking about their pill-refining tasks.

Han Yi sold his Qi Nourishing Pills to Guan Sheng and agreed to refine Evil-Repelling Pills for the Mengshan City pill shop under an eighty-twenty profit split. Guan Sheng revealed that the Mystic Pill Sect would soon stop supplying the pills, leaving Han Yi with a formula and a new arrangement amid hints of unrest.

• Guan Sheng bought Xia Qingyi's Spirit Eye Pills and Xiao Yi's Mind Gathering Pills at standard prices and explained the pill shop's arrangements for externally assigned disciples.
• Han Yi sold Guan Sheng three bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills for forty spirit stones after Guan Sheng judged their standard-grade quality better than the others'.
• Guan Sheng urged Han Yi to try making Evil-Repelling Pills, explaining their use against Heavenly Demons during breakthroughs and their high market value.
• Guan Sheng offered Han Yi the Evil-Repelling Pill Formula and raw materials in exchange for eighty percent of the proceeds from his successful pills for one year.
• Guan Sheng said the sect's Evil-Repelling Pill supply to Mengshan City had dwindled and would end next month, and Han Yi accepted the deal.

Han Yi used the pill materials Guan Sheng gave him to cultivate and refine Qi Nourishing Pills and Evil Warding Pills, making steady progress in both skills and realm. After two months, he prepared for a breakthrough to Qi Refining Layer 3 and set out to sell his pills at the Mystic Fire Pill Shop.

• Guan Sheng gave Han Yi the Evil-Repelling Pill Formula and materials for twenty batches, while privately telling Jiang De that Han Yi would serve as a scapegoat.
• Han Yi returned to his courtyard, used spirit stones to cultivate, and found that each stone significantly advanced his cultivation progress.
• Han Yi refined ten sets of Qi Nourishing Pill ingredients into fifty-eight pills as his success rate rose to sixty percent.
• Han Yi ruined five furnaces before refining three successful furnaces of Evil Warding Pills from twenty sets of ingredients.
• After two months, Han Yi's realm progress reached 87/100, and he set aside two Evil Warding Pills for his planned breakthrough to Qi Refining Layer 3.
• Han Yi finished sorting his pills and decided to visit the Mystic Fire Pill Shop early.

Han Yi earned a hundred spirit stones from Guan Sheng for his pill-refining work, then sensed killing intent while walking through Mengshan City and escaped into a crowd. Safe inside his courtyard, he considered who had targeted him and decided he needed to become stronger.

• Guan Sheng praised Han Yi's success refining Evil Warding Pills and paid him one hundred spirit stones for his work.
• Han Yi spent forty spirit stones on Qi Nourishing Pill ingredients and bought other supplies before leaving the Mystic Fire Pill Shop.
• Han Yi sensed killing intent on the street and lost his pursuer by weaving through crowded streets.
• Jiang De watched Han Yi escape and decided to try again another time, wary of Guan Sheng.
• Han Yi returned safely to his courtyard, analyzed the possible reasons for the threat, and resolved to raise his strength.

Han Yi refined pills to temper his spiritual power, then broke through to Qi Refining Layer 3 and advanced his alchemy. He concealed part of his pill output and resolved to train Spirit Void Finger while staying wary of the killing intent.

• Han Yi used spirit stones to raise his Qi Refining Layer 2 progress to 99/100, then spent months refining Qi Nourishing Pills to improve his spiritual control.
• Han Yi swallowed two Evil Warding Pills, used more spirit stones, and broke through to Qi Refining Layer 3 despite the Heavenly Demon's seductive voices.
• Han Yi consolidated his realm and discovered that his lifespan had increased to eighty-nine years and his alchemy had reached the intermediate stage.
• Han Yi refined twenty sets of Evil Warding Pill ingredients in about ten days, producing five batches at a twenty-five-percent success rate.
• Han Yi hid two bottles of Evil Warding Pills and planned to underreport his success and sell only some of his Qi Nourishing Pills.
• Han Yi noticed the killing intent remained a concern and decided to train Spirit Void Finger, his only combat spell.

Han Yi advanced the Spirit Void Finger twice through intensive practice, greatly increasing its power, but ran out of spirit stones and could no longer train safely in his courtyard. He left after four months in seclusion to visit Mengshan City's cultivation market and the Mystic Fire Pill Shop, seeking supplies and stronger spells.

• Han Yi advanced the Spirit Void Finger to first glimpse and discovered that its new form was smoother and more destructive.
• Han Yi practiced the spell for more than a month and advanced it to intermediate, producing a strike that blasted a meter-wide pit in the ground.
• Han Yi found that progress had slowed, his courtyard could not safely contain the spell's power, and his spirit stones were gone.
• Han Yi prepared pills for Guan Sheng and the Mystic Fire Pill Shop, then left his courtyard to visit Mengshan City's cultivation market.
• Jiang De continued waiting outside Han Yi's courtyard after Han Yi's four months in seclusion.

Han Yi visited Lei Family Market to sell pills and find a spell technique, choosing the Lei Family Trading House for a quick transaction. Guxi Shopkeeper appraised his pills, and Han Yi frowned at the offered prices.

• Han Yi asked a Lei Family guard about renting stalls, selling pills, buying herbs, and purchasing spells at Lei Family Market.
• The guard directed Han Yi to the Lei Family Trading House and explained that spells there were expensive.
• Han Yi surveyed the market stalls, then went to the Lei Family Trading House to sell pills and buy a spell technique.
• Guxi Shopkeeper appraised Han Yi's Qi Nourishing Pills and Evil Warding Pills, offering fifty-five and thirty Low-grade Spirit Stones respectively.
• Han Yi furrowed his brows at Guxi Shopkeeper's appraisal.

Han Yi negotiated with Guxi Shopkeeper at the Lei Family Trading House and spent the eighty-five spirit stones from selling his pills on an incomplete Sword Control Technique. He left the market and headed straight back to the Mystic Fire Pill Shop.

• Han Yi judged the Lei Family Trading House's offer for his six bottles of pills to be far below market value and asked about buying spells.
• Guxi Shopkeeper pitched three expensive spells, but Han Yi said he could only spend the value of his pills.
• Guxi Shopkeeper showed Han Yi seven affordable spell arts and explained that the Sword Control Technique was incomplete but could be cultivated at the Qi Refining stage.
• Han Yi chose the Sword Control Technique for eighty-five spirit stones and left the trading house with its Transmission Jade Disk.
• Han Yi hurried out of the market and went directly to the Mystic Fire Pill Shop.

Han Yi sold pills to Guan Sheng and agreed to help manage the Mystic Fire Pill Shop during an upcoming sect inspection. Unbeknownst to Han Yi, Guan Sheng and Jiang De planned to use him as a scapegoat, and Jiang De objected to the scheme.

• Guxi Shopkeeper learned Han Yi belonged to the Mystic Fire Pill Shop and abandoned plans to target him because of the Mystic Pill Sect's backing.
• Han Yi traded his pills with Guan Sheng, received 167 spirit stones, and took twenty sets of Evil Warding Pill ingredients.
• Guan Sheng asked Han Yi to oversee the shop for half a month during the sect steward's inspection in three months, and Han Yi agreed.
• After Han Yi left, Guan Sheng said his preparations were complete, while Jiang De warned that the plan could get them killed and urged him to eliminate Han Yi instead.
• Guan Sheng ordered Jiang De not to interfere, and Jiang De left to collect spirit herbs and medicinal grasses.

Han Yi recognized Jiang De as an attacker in a secluded alley and unleashed a barrage of Spirit Void Fingers, killing him before escaping. He returned to his courtyard and realized that Jiang De had tried to kill him and that he had killed Jiang De.

• Han Yi noticed the burnt-pill scent on a passerby in the alley and recognized him as Jiang De.
• Jiang De attacked Han Yi with a fire-elemental spell, but Han Yi instinctively struck back with Spirit Void Fingers.
• Han Yi fired fifty Spirit Void Fingers in a furious barrage, blasting Jiang De to pieces and draining his spiritual power.
• Han Yi picked up an object from the ground, escaped into the crowd, and reached his courtyard.
• Mengshan City's authorities dismissed the death as a rogue cultivator robbery case and left without investigating.
• Han Yi collapsed by his courtyard gate and realized that Jiang De had wanted to kill him and that he had killed Jiang De.

After killing Jiang De in self-defense, Han Yi suspected a conspiracy and decided to lie low until the sect assessment. He opened Jiang De’s storage pouch, found a fortune in alchemy supplies and a set of daggers, and planned to master Spirit Void Finger before learning the Sword Control Technique.

• Han Yi worried the authorities might trace Jiang De’s death to him, then concluded that he could trust no one in Mengshan City and decided to keep his head down for half a year.
• Han Yi opened Jiang De’s storage pouch and discovered a large quantity of herbs, pills, spirit materials, an alchemy furnace, and seventy-eight spirit stones.
• Han Yi found three Bronze Dagger artifacts and realized Jiang De might have killed him if he had used them from a distance.
• Han Yi tested the daggers and found that his cultivation let him control only two within three meters.
• Han Yi considered using the Sword Control Technique to wield the daggers, but chose to master Spirit Void Finger first and planned to practice it in his bedroom.

Han Yi spent months cultivating the Spirit Void Finger and improving his alchemy while keeping to his courtyard. When Guan Sheng came to collect on Han Yi’s promise to help at the pill shop, Han Yi sensed danger and refused to leave, unaware that Guan Sheng had planned to lure him into a trap.

• Han Yi used his spirit stones to cultivate the Spirit Void Finger, advancing it to intermediate proficiency after a month of practice.
• Han Yi refined Qi Nourishing Pills and Evil Warding Pills with sharply improved success rates, including three batches of standard-quality pills.
• After three months, Guan Sheng shook Han Yi’s courtyard formation and asked him to come to the Mystic Fire Pill Shop for a handover before an inspection.
• Han Yi recalled Jiang De’s attack and refused to leave his courtyard, claiming he had gained insight into pill refinement and was entering seclusion.
• Guan Sheng’s smile froze as Han Yi reactivated the formation and returned to the Meditation Chamber.

Guan Sheng grew suspicious of Han Yi after Han refused to help at the Mystic Fire Pill Shop, and decided Han Yi had to die. While Han Yi cultivated in seclusion, Guan Sheng sent someone to watch his courtyard and learned that its formation had briefly trembled.

• Guan Sheng failed to persuade Han Yi to open his door and help refine pills, then suspected Han might know something about Jiang De's disappearance.
• Guan Sheng considered possible reasons for Han Yi's wary behavior and decided he could not be allowed to leave alive.
• Han Yi resumed cultivating the Spirit Void Finger in the Meditation Chamber, unaware that Guan Sheng had assigned someone to watch his courtyard.
• A watcher reported that the courtyard formation had briefly shuddered, though no one had attacked or left the courtyard.
• Guan Sheng ordered the watcher to continue monitoring Han Yi and planned to kill him when the one-year deadline arrived.

Han Yi advanced his Spirit Void Finger to Comprehensive Mastery and prepared to leave Mengshan City early, choosing to focus on the Sword Control Technique rather than rush a cultivation breakthrough. He set out for the Mystic Pill Sect, planning to rent a cultivation chamber after returning.

• Han Yi's Spirit Void Finger reached Comprehensive Mastery, and its power made him confident he had a means of preserving his life.
• Han Yi planned to leave Mengshan City early and considered using Qi Nourishing Pills to pursue Qi Refining Layer 4 while learning the Sword Control Technique.
• After three days of practice, Han Yi abandoned his breakthrough plan because progress was slow and a fresh breakthrough could make his strongest spell unstable.
• Han Yi studied the incomplete Sword Control Technique with a Transmission Jade Disk and gradually learned to guide a Dagger Artifact through the air.
• A month later, Han Yi left his courtyard and headed for the city gate, intending to return to the Mystic Pill Sect and rent a cultivation chamber.

Han Yi left Mengshan City and took a winding route back toward the Mystic Pill Mountain Range to avoid Guan Sheng. After Guan Sheng failed to intercept him, Han Yi returned safely to Little Spirit Void Peak and rented a cultivation room.

• A watcher told Guan Sheng that Han Yi had left his courtyard, and Guan Sheng realized Han Yi was fleeing and pursued him.
• Han Yi left Mengshan City, deliberately took a detour, and spent the night in an inn in Lin'an City.
• Guan Sheng waited outside Lin'an City for five days but never encountered Han Yi, then returned to Mengshan City to erase traces of his plans.
• Han Yi arrived at Little Spirit Void Peak and paid ten spirit stones for a cultivation room.
• Han Yi activated the room's formation and felt the dense spiritual energy from a second-tier spirit vein.