Recaps

Liu Mei investigated Zhou Cui Feng’s death and was tricked by Su Hao into believing Lin Zhi Shan had killed her. She stormed Lin Zhi Shan’s cave abode, while Su Hao secretly followed, hoping to take advantage of the confrontation.

• Liu Mei visited Su Hao and questioned him about Zhou Cui Feng’s death on Heavenly Medicine Mountain.
• Liu Mei struck Su Hao and used her bewitchment to question him, and Su Hao falsely accused Lin Zhi Shan of killing Zhou Cui Feng.
• Liu Mei believed Su Hao’s story and flew toward Lin Zhi Shan’s cave abode as Su Hao slipped into the bamboo grove after her.
• Liu Mei used a Formation Breaking Hammer to destroy Lin Zhi Shan’s Two Elements Guardian Array and demanded that he come out.
• Lin Zhi Shan emerged from his cave abode, saw Liu Mei and the broken hammer, and angrily questioned her actions.

Liu Mei attacked Lin Zhi Shan after Su Hao convinced her that Lin had killed Joy Peak disciples and absorbed their essence, but their fight ended with both cultivators badly depleted. Su Hao then confronted the injured Lin, stunned him with the Soul Shaking Bell, and struck with the Golden Rock Sword.

• Liu Mei surrounded Lin Zhi Shan with Crimson Powder Miasma and accused him of killing Joy Peak disciples and absorbing their essence, while Lin denied the charges and tried to escape.
• Lin Zhi Shan fought back with his spell sword and magical artifacts, but Liu Mei captured him with her Crimson Silk Ribbon before he counterattacked with the Tiger King Cone.
• Liu Mei exhausted the Tiger King Cone and fled after Lin injured her, leaving Lin wounded and furious over his losses and Su Hao's role in the accusations.
• Su Hao appeared near Lin Zhi Shan and revealed that he had rapidly reached Qi Refining Level 7, prompting Lin to realize Su Hao had absorbed a Joy Peak disciple's essence.
• Su Hao used the Soul Shaking Bell to immobilize Lin Zhi Shan, then drew the Golden Rock Sword and slashed at him.

Su Hao killed Lin Zhi Shan, absorbed his talents, and synthesized two Hundred Profound Gang Body talents into the orange Wood Emperor Physique. The Myriad Souls Pagoda reacted to his new physique, prompting the Golden Light Sect to search for him, while Su Hao stayed at Heavenly Medicine Mountain and prepared to take over Lin Zhi Shan’s assets.

• Su Hao killed Lin Zhi Shan, took the damaged Tiger King Cone, and absorbed his Wood Affinity, Apothecary, and completed Hundred Profound Gang Body talents.
• Su Hao synthesized two Hundred Profound Gang Body talents into the orange Wood Emperor Physique, which gave him powerful wood-element abilities.
• The Myriad Souls Pagoda shook in response to Su Hao’s new physique, and the Golden Light Sect ordered a search for the prodigy it had sensed as a potential Artifact Spirit.
• Su Hao burned Lin Zhi Shan’s corpse, decided to remain at Heavenly Medicine Mountain, and planned to claim Lin Zhi Shan’s position and wealth.
• Zhao Bai Jiang and several servants arrived at the courtyard and called out to Lin Zhi Shan, while Su Hao watched from the cave dwelling’s loft.

Su Hao concealed Lin Zhi Shan’s death while taking charge of Heavenly Medicine Mountain. After Zhao Bai Jiang tried to kill him and seize the mountain’s inheritance, Su Hao killed him and secured the servants’ obedience.

• Zhao Bai Jiang questioned Su Hao about the damage to the mountain and demanded to see Lin Zhi Shan, but Su Hao claimed his master had entered seclusion and put him in charge.
• Su Hao led Zhao Bai Jiang to the rear courtyard and asked what would happen if Lin Zhi Shan were dead and the outer sect learned of it.
• Zhao Bai Jiang revealed that he had come to claim Lin Zhi Shan’s possessions and attacked Su Hao with a Soul Extinguishing Needle, which Su Hao’s spiritual protection shattered.
• Su Hao seized Zhao Bai Jiang and killed him after learning that no third person knew whether Lin Zhi Shan was alive or dead.
• Su Hao returned to the servants, ordered them to obey him, and won their submission by promising to double their benefits.
• The four servants presented Su Hao with a list of Heavenly Medicine Mountain’s assets.

Su Hao inspected Lin Zhi Shan’s inheritance and learned that the cave abode held more than five hundred spirit herbs intended for pill commissions. He discovered Ge Lao Si’s remains in a hidden chamber, buried him, and finally prepared to examine the two storage bags.

• Su Hao reviewed the estate inventory and learned from Huang Jiao that the Blood Tribute Field earned about 105 spirit stones last year.
• Huang Jiao told Su Hao about more than five hundred spirit herbs awaiting Lin Zhi Shan’s pill-making work for the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
• Su Hao dismissed the servants, disposed of Zhao Bai Jiang’s corpse, and searched Lin Zhi Shan’s pavilion for hidden valuables.
• Su Hao found a secret passage behind the Three Pure Ones relief and discovered Ge Lao Si’s corpse mounted on a special pill furnace.
• Su Hao buried Ge Lao Si in the bamboo grove and opened Lin Zhi Shan’s and Zhao Bai Jiang’s storage bags late that night.

After killing Zhou Cui Feng, Zhao Bai Jiang, and Lin Zhi Shan, Su Hao looted their valuables and learned Lin Zhi Shan’s alchemy secrets and cultivation technique. He advanced rapidly with pills, then decided to prove his value by refining pills so he could keep Lin Zhi Shan’s identity and Heavenly Medicine Mountain.

• Su Hao found a weak Soul Refining Banner among Zhao Bai Jiang’s possessions and claimed it along with the old man’s savings.
• Su Hao took Lin Zhi Shan’s medium-grade storage bag, including pills, spirit stones, the Medicine King’s Secret Codex, and the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins.
• Su Hao comprehended both texts and chose the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins as a better fit for his Wood Emperor Physique than the Crimson Flame Sword Art.
• Su Hao absorbed a bottle of Tiger Heart Pills and a Moonlight Spirit Pill with exceptional efficiency, but stopped before taking more pills to stabilize his cultivation.
• Su Hao decided to refine pills to establish his usefulness as Lin Zhi Shan’s disciple and preserve his disguise and access to Heavenly Medicine Mountain.

Su Hao inspected Lin Zhi Shan’s medicinal stores and tested how his Wood Emperor Physique affected Blood Thorn Ginseng. He began refining Pure Qi Pills and discovered an unusual ability to sense medicinal ingredients, though his first batch failed.

• Su Hao examined the herbs in the medicine vault and calculated how Lin Zhi Shan fulfilled Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s pill orders.
• Su Hao visited the Blood Tribute Field, learned about Lin Zhi Shan’s cultivation of Blood Thorn Ginseng, and tested his ability to nourish the herb with spiritual power.
• Su Hao ordered Huang Jiao to prepare ingredients for one hundred batches of Pure Qi Pills and learned about Heavenly Medicine Mountain’s staff and Mirror Script Jade Contract.
• Su Hao began refining Pure Qi Pills, but his first batch burned after he mishandled the heat.
• Su Hao sensed the changes in medicinal power and vitality inside the furnace, then carefully advanced his second batch to the pill-forming stage.

Su Hao refined hundreds of Pure Qi Pills, including many top-grade pills, then repaid his loan and delivered part of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s commission while hiding his abilities behind a story about Lin Zhi Shan’s disappearance. Huang Shanyu suspected Lin Zhi Shan had offended Joy Peak, leaving Su Hao startled by how much the elder knew.

• Su Hao purified medicinal materials during pill refinement and produced a batch of fifteen Top-grade Pure Qi Pills.
• Over two days, Su Hao made 260 Pure Qi Pills, including 100 top-grade pills, and kept the best pills to conceal his skill.
• Su Hao refined additional pills and Qi Gathering Powder, then went to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion at the end of the month with a partial commission.
• Su Hao repaid Huang Shanyu the 200-spirit-stone loan and claimed Lin Zhi Shan had been injured, left, and entrusted him with the pills.
• Huang Shanyu said Lin Zhi Shan had most likely offended Joy Peak, surprising Su Hao.

Su Hao visited Huang Shanyu to learn what he knew about Lin Zhi Shan’s conflict with Liu Mei and to seek protection from possible retaliation. Huang Shanyu dismissed Su Hao’s chances of joining Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, but Su Hao presented a pill he had refined himself.

• Huang Shanyu told Su Hao that he believed Liu Mei had used Essence Absorption and that Lin Zhi Shan had fled the sect to avoid her influence.
• Huang Shanyu warned Su Hao that Liu Mei might target him when she recovered, then refused to protect him as a shopkeeper.
• Su Hao asked to join Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, but Huang Shanyu said even highly cultivated disciples needed connections and that the pavilion had no place for him.
• Su Hao claimed he knew how to make pills, and Huang Shanyu mocked his experience and ordered a page to throw him out.
• Su Hao showed Huang Shanyu a gleaming white pill he said he had refined over the past two days.

Su Hao demonstrated his alchemical skill at Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, refining a Fragrant Treasure Pill that shocked Xu Wensi with its high quality. Huang Shanyu offered to recommend Su Hao if he could refine a Pure Qi Pill within a year, but Su Hao left wary of the restrictions and dangers of joining the pavilion.

• Huang Shanyu doubted Su Hao could refine a Fragrant Treasure Pill, so he brought Su Hao to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s pill room for a demonstration.
• Xu Wensi questioned Su Hao’s talent, and Su Hao admitted he had learned herbal skills before joining the sect.
• Su Hao refined a Fragrant Treasure Pill from one set of materials, while Xu Wensi dismissed the success as luck.
• Su Hao declined to refine the remaining batches and left after Huang Shanyu offered to recommend him if he refined a Pure Qi Pill within a year.
• Xu Wensi recognized that Su Hao’s pill had been high-grade, then concealed its quality from Huang Shanyu and made the pill appear ordinary.

Liu Mei learned that Lin Zhi Shan had fled and decided to target Su Hao and the medicine slaves, while Su Hao acquired a soul-refining technique and headed back toward Heavenly Medicine Mountain. At Tiger Fall Cliff, two cultivators revealed their murderous intentions, and Su Hao prepared to face them with his unfinished sword.

• Liu Mei burned Huang Shanyu's letter, resolved to absorb the medicine slaves' essence, and said she would deal with Su Hao afterward.
• Su Hao bought the Soul Refining Method from Zhang Ming and learned that the Soul Refining Banner could strengthen him with captured souls.
• On his journey back, Su Hao encountered Zhang Jiaojiao and Chen Yifeng, who explained that Tiger Fall Cliff was a dangerous place where cultivators ambushed and killed newcomers.
• After Su Hao identified himself as Lin Zhi Shan's disciple, Zhang Jiaojiao and Chen Yifeng chose to attack him anyway.
• Su Hao drew his unfinished Golden Rock Sword, and Zhang Jiaojiao and Chen Yifeng mocked him for lacking an artifact.

Su Hao killed Chen Yifeng at Tiger Fall Cliff and spared Zhang Jiaojiao by making her his maid so he could learn about the Golden Light Sect. After bringing her to his cave dwelling and questioning her, he demanded she serve him, and Zhang Jiaojiao complied.

• Su Hao revealed his Qi Refining Level 8 strength and beheaded Chen Yifeng, then stopped Zhang Jiaojiao from fleeing and took her as his maid.
• Su Hao sealed Zhang Jiaojiao’s cultivation, absorbed her talents, and gained the white Martial General talent.
• Zhang Jiaojiao retrieved Chen Yifeng’s storage pouch, disposed of his corpse, and told Su Hao about the Soul Refining Banner and its thirty Yin Souls.
• Su Hao took Zhang Jiaojiao to his Heavenly Medicine Mountain cave dwelling and questioned her about the outer sect and its hidden trading places.
• Su Hao told Zhang Jiaojiao to come to him, and she knelt before him, believing he wanted her to serve him seductively.

Su Hao killed Zhang Jiaojiao, absorbed her talent, and added her soul to the Soul Refining Banner before turning to his alchemy work. Meanwhile, Liu Mei attacked Bamboo Heart Courtyard’s Medicine Persons, and Su Hao found three of them dead at daybreak, gaining three gray talent fragments.

• Su Hao killed Zhang Jiaojiao, took her belongings, and refined her soul into the Soul Refining Banner.
• Su Hao transferred the stronger yin souls from Chen Yifeng’s banner and dissolved Zhang Jiaojiao’s corpse with Corpse Dissolving Water.
• Liu Mei entered Bamboo Heart Courtyard and drained three Medicine Persons, leaving their bodies dried out.
• Huang Jiao reported the deaths to Su Hao, who took responsibility and hurried to the courtyard.
• Su Hao absorbed the three corpses’ Talent Power and received three gray fragments after his Medicine Person talent reached perfection.

After medicine slaves were killed in Bamboo Heart Courtyard, Su Hao tightened security and suspected Liu Mei was responsible. He went to Hidden Dragon Valley to sell pills and buy supplies to improve his combat strength, but the chapter ends as Eight Treasures Hall offered him three spirit stones for a bottle of mid-grade Pure Qi Pills.

• Su Hao ordered Huang Jiao to increase security, confined the medicine slaves to their rooms, and had a disruptive fat man locked in the woodshed.
• Su Hao suspected Liu Mei had killed the three medicine slaves and decided to seek magical artifacts and talismans to prepare for a possible fight.
• Su Hao traveled to Hidden Dragon Valley and entered its underground market disguised in a black robe and ghost-face mask.
• Su Hao avoided Heavenly Treasure Residence because of its connection to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and brought his Pure Qi Pills to Eight Treasures Hall.
• The maid at Eight Treasures Hall identified Su Hao's pills as mid-grade and offered to buy them for three spirit stones per bottle.

Su Hao sold high-quality Pure Qi Pills and Spirit Gathering Powder to several shops in Hidden Dragon Valley, earning enough spirit stones to begin upgrading his combat power. As he considered how to improve his Soul Refining Banner, he spotted Zheng Tu at a nearby stall.

• Su Hao negotiated with Li Ying at Eight Treasures Hall and sold thirteen bottles of Mid-grade Pure Qi Pills and two bottles of High-grade Pure Qi Pills for 134 low-grade spirit stones.
• Su Hao watched Eight Treasures Hall to make sure it did not follow him, then sold pills to another shop for the same price.
• Su Hao visited six separate shops, sold Mid-grade pills and some High-grade pills, and earned a total of 1,268 spirit stones.
• Su Hao bought a Low-grade Spirit Gathering Array for 220 spirit stones and weighed the cost of filling his Soul Refining Banner with Yin Souls.
• Su Hao noticed Zheng Tu at an unassuming stall displaying talismans.

Su Hao recognized Zheng Tu selling talismans in disguise and negotiated to buy his lightning-type talismans. After exchanging spirit stones and top-grade pills for most of Zheng Tu’s stock, Su Hao learned that Zheng Tu was willing to barter away Heavenly Thunder Talismans too.

• Su Hao recognized the disguised Zheng Tu and followed him into a soundproof chamber to discuss buying lightning-type talismans.
• Zheng Tu showed Su Hao Lightning Strike Talismans and Thunder Fire Talismans, explaining that he no longer had the Heavenly Thunder Talismans used against He Tieniu.
• Su Hao haggled with Zheng Tu and agreed to buy all thirty Lightning Strike Talismans and twenty Thunder Fire Talismans for 1,400 spirit stones.
• Su Hao paid half the price in spirit stones and covered the rest with top-grade pills, which impressed Zheng Tu.
• As Su Hao prepared to leave, Zheng Tu offered to trade him some Heavenly Thunder Talismans in exchange for top-grade pills.

Su Hao traded two bottles of Top-grade Pure Qi Pills to Zheng Tu for three Heavenly Thunder Talismans, then bought Turtle Scale Armor and went to Tiger Fall Cliff. Zheng Tu tracked him there and, convinced Su Hao was weaker, faced his attack as Su Hao rushed in with the Crimson Flame Sword Art.

• Su Hao and Zheng Tu negotiated a trade, and Su Hao gave him two bottles of Top-grade Pure Qi Pills for three Heavenly Thunder Talismans.
• After Su Hao left, Zheng Tu deduced that Su Hao was concealing his strength and decided to follow him.
• Su Hao spent his remaining seven hundred spirit stones on Turtle Scale Armor and traveled to Tiger Fall Cliff.
• Zheng Tu tracked Su Hao using a mark on the talismans, and the two confronted each other at the cliff.
• Zheng Tu judged Su Hao to be only at Qi Refining Level 7 and underestimated him as Su Hao charged with the Spirit Snake Sword and Crimson Flame Sword Art.

Su Hao used his swordsmanship and the Extreme Intent True Art to kill Zheng Tu at Tiger Fall Cliff, then escaped before other cultivators could claim his spoils. Back at Heavenly Medicine Mountain, he inventoried Zheng Tu’s valuable possessions and decided to keep breaking through his spiritual apertures.

• Su Hao broke Zheng Tu’s lightning defenses, then vanished after leaving the talisman pouch behind to confuse Zheng Tu’s tracking technique.
• Su Hao ambushed Zheng Tu, activated the Extreme Intent True Art, killed him, refined his soul, and absorbed the blue talents Talisman Control and Lightning Palm.
• Su Hao collected Zheng Tu’s storage pouches and Moon Wheel Flying Shuttle, then fled to a secluded cave while the art’s side effect left him unable to use spiritual power.
• Nearby disciples discovered Zheng Tu’s corpse and wondered who had killed him as Su Hao waited out the side effect.
• Su Hao returned to Heavenly Medicine Mountain and found spirit stones, pills, ten Heavenly Thunder Talismans, valuable talisman-making tools, and the Moon Wheel Flying Shuttle among Zheng Tu’s spoils.
• Su Hao credited the Extreme Intent True Art for his victory and resolved to continue breaking through his spiritual apertures.

Su Hao gained the Primal Yang Physique and grew wary that Liu Mei would target him, so he left the sect for the Blood Soul Secret Realm. Liu Mei learned of his departure and prepared to pursue him.

• Su Hao absorbed Zheng Tu's blue talents and opened two more spiritual apertures, bringing the Extreme Intent True Art to six.
• After Liu Mei killed ten medicine slaves, Su Hao feared she would discover his Primal Yang Physique and considered the danger posed by the inner sect elder who had reserved her.
• Su Hao decided to leave the sect, strengthen himself, and finish refining the Soul Refining Banner while avoiding Liu Mei.
• Su Hao paid ten spirit stones and boarded a Flying Ship bound for the Blood Soul Secret Realm.
• Liu Mei heard that Su Hao had left the sect and mocked his attempt to escape.

Su Hao traveled toward the Blood Soul Secret Realm aboard the Golden Light Sect's Flying Ship, where he considered collecting other cultivators' talents and was approached by Cui Hao's group. Liu Mei arrived at the ship and reunited with Fang Yunrong, whose revelation about the sect's hunt for prodigies left the reason behind the operation unresolved.

• Su Hao assessed the talents of the disciples aboard the Flying Ship and decided that obtaining more talents could be more valuable than secluded cultivation.
• Cui Hao invited Su Hao to join his group for the Blood Soul Secret Realm, but Su Hao suspected they wanted to use or rob him and considered going along with them.
• Liu Mei flew up to the ship and drew the attention of the disciples, while Su Hao noticed that she had reached Qi Refining Level 7.
• Fang Yunrong appeared, and Su Hao recognized the Foundation Establishment elder who had killed Zhang Yunfei and felt afraid of him.
• Fang Yunrong told Liu Mei that the Golden Light Sect had ordered its elders to capture prodigies from other sects, and Liu Mei asked whether it was connected to the disturbance at the Myriad Souls Pagoda.

Su Hao joined Cui Hao's group on their way to the Blood Soul Secret Realm, where Liu Mei unexpectedly approached him and insisted on joining them. When Liu Mei flirted with Su Hao in front of everyone, he decided to take advantage of her closeness, shocking the onlookers.

• Cui Hao invited Su Hao to travel with his group to the Blood Soul Secret Realm, and they discussed rumors about the Myriad Souls Pagoda and its search for exceptional materials.
• Liu Mei came down from the building, ignored Cui Ziming, and told Su Hao that she was looking for him.
• After learning the group was heading to the Blood Soul Secret Realm, Liu Mei asked to join them and teased Su Hao about seeming unhappy.
• Liu Mei linked arms with Su Hao and reminisced suggestively about their time together, while Su Hao deliberately rubbed his arm against her.
• The crowd stared in shock because Liu Mei's Wife-Pleasing Scripture could drain a man's essence, making Su Hao's bold touch seem dangerous.

Su Hao traveled with Liu Mei and the Cui siblings into the Blood Soul Secret Realm, where they mistook his concealed strength for weakness. At night, Liu Mei drained Zhang Yanyan of her life force while Su Hao watched and absorbed the Frost Condensation talent from her corpse.

• Liu Mei questioned Su Hao about his rapid cultivation, but he blamed his progress on pills from his master, Lin Zhi Shan.
• The group arrived at the Blood Soul Secret Realm, and Su Hao ran into the forest with Liu Mei following close behind.
• Cui Ziming, Cui Hao, Wei Ying, and Zhang Yanyan killed a Rotten Blood Wolf while Su Hao watched, then the group spent hours hunting beasts together.
• At night, Liu Mei released a fragrant mist that incapacitated Cui Ziming, Cui Hao, and Zhang Yanyan, then drained Zhang Yanyan until she died.
• Su Hao watched from the cave entrance and absorbed the Frost Condensation talent power from Zhang Yanyan's corpse.

Liu Mei killed Zhang Yanyan, Wei Ying, Cui Hao, and Cui Ziming while Su Hao watched, then learned that he had killed Lin Zhi Shan and proposed they cooperate using their Primal Yin and Primal Yang. Liu Mei rejected him and attacked, and Su Hao countered her Crimson Powder Miasma with lightning talismans.

• Su Hao let Cui Ziming, Cui Hao, and Wei Ying believe Zhang Yanyan was a stranger, and Cui Hao threw her corpse into the river.
• Liu Mei used her fragrant mist to kill Wei Ying, then Cui Hao and Cui Ziming, absorbing their talents and vital essence.
• Su Hao told Liu Mei he had known Lin Zhi Shan's plan and had killed him while avenging Zhou Cui Feng.
• Su Hao proposed cooperating with Liu Mei, revealing that he possessed Primal Yang and that their complementary energies could achieve perfect Foundation Establishment.
• Liu Mei refused to work with Su Hao and attacked him with Crimson Powder Miasma to capture him and extract his Primal Yang.
• Su Hao unleashed Lightning Strike and Thunder Fire Talismans, dispersing most of Liu Mei's fragrant mist.

Su Hao defeated and killed Liu Mei, then killed Cui Ziming as he tried to flee. Absorbing Liu Mei’s talents fused his Primal Yin and Primal Yang Physiques into the new purple Innate Yin-Yang talent, while approaching cultivators threatened to interrupt his escape.

• Liu Mei attacked Su Hao with her Crimson Powder Miasma and daggers, but he resisted her miasma and overpowered her with the Extreme Intent True Art.
• Liu Mei tried to charm Su Hao into accepting dual cultivation, but he broke her protective spiritual power with the Body Breaking Cone and killed her.
• Su Hao absorbed Liu Mei’s Primal Yin Physique and Water Spirit Body, and his Primal Yin and Primal Yang Physiques fused into the purple Innate Yin-Yang talent.
• Cui Ziming tried to crawl away, but Su Hao killed him with the Spirit Snake Sword and absorbed his Earth Spirit Body.
• Su Hao prepared to dispose of the bodies and leave as a blood mist and several streaks of spiritual light approached.

Xu Chenguang and the other disciples discovered Liu Mei’s corpse and fled, fearing a Golden Core Ancestor would punish everyone connected to her death. Su Hao escaped the scene with Liu Mei’s storage bag and headed for the secret realm’s exit, where a Taoist nun stopped him with a binding power.

• Xu Chenguang recognized Liu Mei’s headless corpse and hurried away with the other disciples rather than investigate.
• Xu Chenguang explained that Liu Mei’s death could draw a Golden Core Ancestor, who might search their souls for answers.
• Su Hao emerged from his hiding place, took Liu Mei’s storage bag, and decided to flee the Golden Light Sect.
• Su Hao crossed the secret realm over two days, killing savage beasts and cultivators, and found the exit.
• As Su Hao prepared to leave, a beautiful Taoist nun in a plain white robe appeared and immobilized him with her power.