Chapter Summaries

Han Yi treated Zheng Hai to an extravagant meal, then asked about recent events in Mystic Pill Sect. Zheng Hai revealed that the Blood God Sect had seized several of Mystic Pill Sect’s mines and other resources, leaving tensions high as he returned from his assignment.

• Han Yi and Zheng Hai feasted on expensive spirit food and wine at Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
• Han Yi asked Zheng Hai whether anything major had happened in the sect.
• Zheng Hai explained that the Blood God Sect had challenged Mystic Pill Sect’s ownership of the Xiling Spiritstone Vein and defeated its four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The Blood God Sect seized other Mystic Pill Sect resources in Taibai Commandery, and clashes killed three Foundation Establishment deacons and several Alchemy-stage disciples.
• Zheng Hai said a Golden Core Stage Supreme Elder had also been slightly injured and that growing unrest had prompted him to return when his assignment ended.

Han Yi learned that the Mystic Pill Sect was preparing a counterattack against the Blood God Sect and was conscripted to accompany an expedition to Heavenfall City. He joined a huge force aboard the sect’s Skyflying Warship, unsure of what awaited him.

• Han Yi and Zheng Hai discussed the Blood God Sect’s attack and worried that the conflict might become a Sect War, though Han Yi believed the Great Qian Immortal Kingdom would prevent one.
• Li Heng told Han Yi that an Inner Peak elder had named him for a compulsory mission to garrison Heavenfall City, possibly because of an earlier recruitment for the Demon Cave.
• Han Yi went to Red Sun Market to buy supplies, but Manager He told him that defensive robes and other goods had been bought out amid rumors of an imminent war.
• Han Yi told Zheng Hai about his conscription, then returned to Little Spirit Void Peak to prepare for the journey.
• Han Yi assembled at Overseas Peak with three Golden Core cultivators, twenty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators, and over a thousand Qi Refining disciples, then departed aboard the Skyflying Warship.

Han Yi joined a Mystic Pill Sect reinforcement squad stationed in Heavenfall City as tensions with the Blood God Sect threatened to erupt into war. At the squad’s introductions, he learned that Cui Xingchen’s Pill Sword Technique was already at minor mastery and wondered how it compared with his own Sword Control Technique.

• Gu Yu led the Mystic Pill Sect reinforcements into Heavenfall City, where the streets were tense and most mortals had fled.
• Lu Su told his squad to stay alert, await orders, and avoid acting independently while they remained in the city.
• Lu Su introduced himself as a Qi Refining Layer 8 defensive specialist with experience from the Demon Cave battle.
• Cui Xingchen revealed that he was a Qi Refining Layer 7 Sword Pill Peak disciple whose Pill Sword Technique had reached minor mastery.
• Han Yi envied Cui Xingchen’s inheritance and wondered whether his own Sword Control Technique was stronger.

Han Yi introduced himself to Lu Su's squad, kept his abilities understated, and prepared for combat at their temporary base in Heavenfall City. A Blood God Sect night raid struck that same night, leaving Han Yi and the Mystic Pill Sect disciples fighting for their lives.

• Han Yi and the other disciples introduced themselves, and Lu Su learned that Han Yi cultivated an incomplete Sword Control Technique and a defensive Fire Shield Technique.
• Han Yi settled into an empty room, quietly refined the Shadowless Sword, and relied on three familiar daggers as his main long-range weapons.
• Explosions woke Han Yi that night, and he joined Lu Su and the others outside as two Foundation Establishment cultivators fought overhead.
• The Foundation Establishment cultivators disappeared into the distance, and Lu Su told his squad to wait rather than rush after them.
• Dozens of Blood God Sect cultivators surrounded the temporary base, and Lu Su ordered the Mystic Pill Sect disciples to fight together as the battle began.

Han Yi’s group was ambushed by Blood God Sect cultivators, and a Golden Light Shuttle overwhelmed their strongest fighter, Cui Xingchen. As the team fled, Lu Su was killed while holding off the attackers, and Tao Shouhua ran after Han Yi in terror.

• Han Yi followed the team toward danger while Tao Shouhua nervously urged him to stay close to Cui Xingchen.
• A Blood God Sect cultivator attacked Lu Su, and Cui Xingchen used his Pill Sword Technique to cut through the enemy’s bloody-cloth artifact and save him.
• A cold-smiling Qi Refining Layer 8 youth struck Cui Xingchen with a Top-grade Magic Artifact, the Golden Light Shuttle, sending him crashing through houses.
• Lu Su charged the youth to buy time for the others to escape, while Han Yi pulled Tao Shouhua aside and fled.
• Another Blood God Sect cultivator joined the fight and killed Lu Su with a fan-shaped silver light, frightening Tao Shouhua into running after Han Yi.

Han Yi fled as the Blood God Sect slaughtered the Mystic Pill Sect encampment and sent teams to hunt down survivors. With the sect forces scattered and the Great Qian officials staying neutral, Han Yi decided to seek safety under their protection.

• The Blood God Sect overwhelmed the Mystic Pill Sect squads, and the last Qi Refining Peak defender died after his Magic Artifact was detonated and blocked.
• Senior Han ordered Luo Yunxiao, Yuan Bai, and Shi Heng to lead hunts for survivors while he took the two Qi Refining Layer 9 cultivators toward the Blood Flame Crystal Mine.
• The Blood God Sect’s remaining Qi Refining Layer 8 cultivators split up to pursue fleeing Mystic Pill Sect members.
• Han Yi realized the encampment had fallen and weighed whether to stay in Heavenfall City or flee.
• Han Yi decided to seek protection from the Great Qian officials.

Han Yi was stopped by a Great Qian official while trying to reach the authorities, then hid from the Blood God Sect in a tavern cellar. When the cellar collapsed, he fought back and killed a Blood God Sect cultivator with two daggers.

• A Great Qian Foundation Establishment cultivator blocked Han Yi from reaching the officials and ordered him to turn back, revealing that Great Qian would not intervene in the sect conflict.
• Han Yi returned to the city and hid in a tavern cellar, using the Turtle Breath Technique to suppress his aura as fighting erupted outside.
• Han Yi recognized Luo Yunzhou’s voice and heard someone call out to Senior Brother Cui, but he stayed hidden rather than risk helping them.
• The battle shook the tavern apart, forcing Han Yi to break through the rubble and emerge from the cellar.
• A Blood God Sect cultivator attacked Han Yi with a Blood Soul Banner, but Han Yi tore the banner with one dagger and killed him with the other.

Han Yi killed Liu Dazui, a Blood God Sect cultivator, but was immediately confronted by three more Qi Refining Layer 7 enemies. He charged into the fight while Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua attempted to break through the left side.

• Han Yi used two concealed daggers to kill Liu Dazui and took the Blood-colored Long Banner and the dead cultivator's storage bag.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua entered the ruined building and urged Han Yi to escape with them.
• Three Blood God Sect Cultivators recognized Liu Dazui's corpse and focused their killing intent on Han Yi and the others.
• Han Yi told Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua to help hold off the leftmost enemy, then charged forward.
• Luo Yunzhou led Cui Xingchen and Tao Shouhua toward the left to seize the chance to escape.

Han Yi fought two Blood God Sect cultivators at once, using his speed and relentless attacks to overwhelm them. As Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua turned back to look, Han Yi’s Spirit Void Finger barrage destroyed one opponent, while the other remained under attack.

• Han Yi dodged the central cultivator’s Imprisonment Technique with his Peak Mastery Body Lightening Technique and rushed within three meters of him.
• Han Yi blasted aside the central cultivator’s umbrella artifact with Spirit Void Finger and launched a second strike as the man retreated.
• The cultivator on the right attacked Han Yi with a blood-red saber, while Han Yi formed a Fire Shield and sent a dagger forward as another slid across the ground.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua forced back their opponent and turned to check on Han Yi instead of escaping.
• Han Yi unleashed a barrage of Spirit Void Finger attacks that shattered the central cultivator’s defenses and tore apart his body.

Han Yi killed two Blood God Sect cultivators, then escaped while the remaining Mystic Pill Sect disciples regrouped. Before he could hide, a young Blood God Sect cultivator armed with a Top-grade Magic Artifact, the Golden Light Shuttle, blocked his path.

• Han Yi killed the Blood God Sect cultivator attacking him by striking from behind with a hidden dagger.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua were stunned by Han Yi’s strength as the surviving Blood God Sect cultivator fled.
• Han Yi refused to pursue the fleeing cultivator, collected the fallen enemies’ artifacts and storage bags, and left to find a place to hide.
• Cui Xingchen, Luo Yunzhou, and Tao Shouhua discovered that Senior Brother Li was dead and fled in Han Yi’s direction.
• A young Blood God Sect cultivator confronted Han Yi with the Golden Light Shuttle, making Han Yi fear he could not safely fight back.

Han Yi barely survived the Icy Youth’s Golden Light Shuttle by exhausting his weapons and techniques. When Cui Xingchen and two others arrived, the Icy Youth sensed them and attacked with three silver beads.

• Han Yi tricked the Icy Youth into turning around, then fled, but the Icy Youth used a top-grade Swift Talisman to catch up.
• Han Yi stopped running and used his daggers and Spirit Void Finger to slow the Golden Light Shuttle, then blocked it with his Fire Shield Technique and Shadowless Sword.
• The Golden Light Shuttle sent Han Yi crashing into a building, but he survived and shouted that Senior Brother Cui and the others had arrived.
• The Icy Youth sensed the newcomers, turned toward them, and launched three silver beads as Cui Xingchen and the other two saw Han Yi’s desperate defense.
• Cui Xingchen turned and fled when he witnessed the Icy Youth’s power.

Han Yi killed a Blood God Sect Qi Refining Layer 8 cultivator with a concealed attack, then returned to the Mystic Pill Sect camp with Luo Yunzhou after Gu Yu’s arrival. Gu Yu gathered the surviving disciples and led them away from Heavenfall City aboard the Skyflying Warship.

• Luo Yunzhou blocked the Icy Youth’s three silver beads while Han Yi’s hidden metal fragments rose from the ground and killed the Icy Youth.
• Han Yi collected the Icy Youth’s artifacts and storage pouch, destroyed his corpse, and told Luo Yunzhou to flee.
• Han Yi and Luo Yunzhou heard Gu Yu summon the Mystic Pill Sect disciples and hurried back to the ruined camp.
• Cui Xingchen and Tao Shouhua returned, and Han Yi estimated that only about twenty-five or twenty-six of the more than one hundred disciples had survived.
• Gu Yu ordered the survivors to gather the fallen disciples’ bodies and led them out of Heavenfall City aboard the Skyflying Warship.

Han Yi returned from Heavenfall City with valuable magic artifacts after surviving the battle, while the Mystic Pill Sect appeared to have suffered heavy losses. He kept his most powerful spoils, concealed his haul, and resumed cultivation to address the weakness he had identified: his cultivation realm.

• A Blood God Sect cultivator ordered a search for the missing Yuan Bai, unaware that Han Yi had killed him and taken the Golden Light Shuttle.
• Aboard the Skyflying Warship, Han Yi assessed his fighting ability and spoils, then asked Luo Yunzhou to keep his victory and the Golden Light Shuttle secret; Luo Yunzhou swore he would.
• Han Yi noticed that fewer Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators returned to Overseas Peak than had departed, and worried about the Mystic Pill Sect's losses.
• Back at Little Spirit Void Peak, Han Yi inventoried the magic artifacts he had taken, decided to keep the Golden Light Shuttle and protective inner armor, and planned to sell other items for better daggers.
• Han Yi found that his Qi Refining Layer 6 cultivation could not break the restrictions on the four storage pouches, so he put them away and resumed cultivating.

Han Yi returned to Red Sun Market to sell magic artifacts and ask about the sect’s sudden withdrawal, but He Fangwei refused to share what he knew. After appraising Han Yi’s trophies, He Fangwei recognized a famous high-grade artifact and questioned whether Han Yi truly intended to sell it.

• Han Yi visited the deserted Red Sun Market and asked He Fangwei why the sect had withdrawn overnight, but He Fangwei denied knowing the reason.
• Han Yi sold a badly damaged umbrella-shaped Mid-grade Magic Artifact to the Nine Dragon Shop for three hundred spirit stones.
• He Fangwei appraised the Blood Soul Banner at four thousand spirit stones and the Blood Blade at three thousand, and Han Yi accepted both prices.
• Han Yi presented three silver beads, and He Fangwei recognized them as the famous high-grade Silver Light Beads from the Southern Dipper Divine Palace.
• He Fangwei asked Han Yi whether he was certain he wanted to sell the Silver Light Beads.

Han Yi sold a set of intact Silver Light Beads to He Fangwei and asked him to find a suitable set of daggers. He Fangwei shared news about the Mystic Pill Sect’s defeat and the Blood River before hinting that the war’s true cause involved the Three Great Sects.

• He Fangwei appraised Han Yi’s Silver Light Beads at six hundred Medium-grade Spirit Stones, and Han Yi agreed to sell them.
• Han Yi asked He Fangwei to find him a set of Mid-grade or top-grade dagger Magic Artifacts, and He Fangwei promised to handle the search within seven days.
• He Fangwei told Han Yi that unofficial reports described a disastrous defeat for the Mystic Pill Sect and an ambush that nearly killed a Golden Core Stage cultivator.
• He Fangwei explained that the Blood God Sect’s disciples gained combat experience fighting Blood Demons near the Blood River, and identified Han Yi’s other sold artifacts as typical Blood God Sect weapons.
• He Fangwei said the true cause of the war between the Blood God Sect and the Mystic Pill Sect involved the Three Great Sects, leaving Han Yi bewildered.

After learning about the conflict between the Mystic Pill Sect and the Blood God Sect, Han Yi spent his new wealth on spirit talismans and protective gear. He began cultivating with Medium-grade Spirit Stones and made rapid progress toward the peak of Qi Refining Layer 6.

• He Fangwei explained that the Blood God Sect was pressuring the Mystic Pill Sect on behalf of the Southern Dipper Divine Palace, and said he did not know whether the conflict would become a sect war.
• Han Yi left Nine Dragon Shop with four hundred Medium-grade Spirit Stones, over two thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, and eight spirit talismans after spending heavily on talismans and protective gear.
• Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and switched from pill refining to cultivation with Medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• After cultivating for three days, Han Yi's Spirit Stone ran dry and shattered, while his realm advanced from Qi Refining Layer 6 at 22/100 to 25/100.
• Han Yi estimated that continued cultivation with Medium-grade Spirit Stones could bring him to the Qi Refining Layer 6 peak within a year.

Han Yi learned that Great Qian had brokered a ceasefire that left the Mystic Pill Sect’s mineral vein under Blood God Sect control for twenty years, then returned to cultivation. At the Nine Dragon Shop, He Fangwei presented the seven Wind Demon Daggers Han Yi had requested and began discussing their price.

• Han Yi learned that Great Qian had ended the sect war by mediating a ceasefire, leaving the Blood God Sect in control of the mineral vein for twenty years.
• Han Yi considered the political implications but concluded the ceasefire would keep him away from the front lines for now, then resumed cultivating.
• Four days later, Han Yi visited the Nine Dragon Shop for his appointment with He Fangwei.
• He Fangwei showed Han Yi seven mid-grade Wind Demon Daggers, explaining that a Supreme Elder had commissioned them for his grandson before both men died.
• He Fangwei described the daggers’ wind formations and speed, and said the Nine Dragon Shop would sell them at its original purchase price.

Han Yi bought a costly set of seven daggers, learned that Mystic Pill Sect had paid Great Qian to mediate its conflict with the Blood God Sect, and heard about the sect’s Cave Heaven Trial. He learned the first trial’s hundred participants had already been chosen, leaving him to consider whether future trials might offer him a chance to improve his combat skills.

• Han Yi bought seven Mid-grade Magic Artifact daggers from He Fangwei for thirty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• He Fangwei explained that Mystic Pill Sect had surrendered resources to Great Qian, which mediated the halt in the war with the Blood God Sect.
• Han Yi told Chen Yujin he would enter seclusion, and she told him Mystic Pill Sect planned a Cave Heaven Trial to train disciples through repeated combat.
• Han Yi decided to ask about the trial, then resumed cultivating with his remaining Medium-grade Spirit Stones.
• The next day, Han Yi learned the first Cave Heaven Trial had one hundred places, already assigned to Inner Peak disciples at Layer 8 or above.

Han Yi learned that he had not been selected for the Cave Heaven Trial, then accepted Luo Yunzhou’s invitation to the Ascending Immortal Pavilion. After hearing about future opportunities and an invitation to Azure Dragon Peak, Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and began secluded cultivation toward Qi Refining Layer 7.

• Han Yi learned that the Mystic Pill Sect had bought one hundred slots in Chaozhen Tai Xu Tian for a one-year Cave Heaven Trial, but the list was already finalized.
• Luo Yunzhou invited Han Yi to the Ascending Immortal Pavilion, where they shared an expensive meal.
• Luo Yunzhou said he had considered recommending Han Yi for the trial, promised to keep his strength secret, and described a future disciple competition.
• Luo Yunzhou invited Han Yi to join Azure Dragon Peak after he reached Qi Refining Layer 7, but Han Yi left the offer undecided.
• Han Yi returned to Little Spirit Void Peak and began secluded cultivation with the goal of reaching Qi Refining Layer 7.

After a year of seclusion, Han Yi reached the peak of Qi Refining Layer 6, earned Spirit Stones through alchemy, and prepared for his breakthrough. He joined the disciples gathered to watch the Cave Heaven Trial participants return, and an Immortal Boat arrived at Mystic Pill Peak.

• Han Yi used up his Spirit Stones while cultivating and stopped at 99/100 progress in Qi Refining Layer 6, deciding to earn money through alchemy rather than sell his magic artifacts or talismans.
• Han Yi sold pills and bought ingredients, then refined ten batches of Gold-Silver Pills, succeeding three times and earning 540 Spirit Stones by selling them to He Fangwei.
• Li Heng congratulated Han Yi on approaching Qi Refining Late Stage and invited him to watch the returning Cave Heaven Trial disciples through the Illusory Immortal Mirror.
• Han Yi chose to spend time stabilizing his spiritual power and practiced wielding his Shadowless Sword and two Wind Demon Daggers.
• Han Yi arrived at the Peak Master Tower with other disciples to watch the trial participants return, and an Immortal Boat descended upon Mystic Pill Peak.