Chapter Summaries

Su Hao followed his sworn brother Zhang Yunfei to the Golden Light Sect, where the sect revealed itself to be a murderous demonic organization. After Zhang Yunfei was killed for his talent, Su Hao absorbed that talent and was selected as a medicine slave, leaving him determined to survive before seeking revenge.

• Su Hao saw through his information panel that Zhang Yunfei possessed the rare blue Fire Elemental Sword Physique, while Su Hao had no talent of his own.
• The Old Man in Red Robes tested the refugees with a lantern and discovered Zhang Yunfei's Fire Elemental Sword Physique.
• The Old Man in Red Robes drained Zhang Yunfei into the lantern and carried his corpse away to the Myriad Souls Pagoda.
• Su Hao's ability automatically absorbed Zhang Yunfei's Fire Elemental Sword Physique, leaving Su Hao terrified that he would suffer the same fate.
• Golden Light Sect disciples killed refugees who tried to flee and assigned the survivors to different destinations.
• A Daoist named Senior Brother Lin selected thirty people, including Su Hao, to serve as medicine slaves, and Su Hao resolved to survive and avenge Zhang Yunfei someday.

Lin Zhi Shan welcomed Su Hao and the other captives to Heavenly Medicine Mountain, offering comfort, pills, and a cultivation method while secretly making them into Medicine Slaves. After five days, Su Hao discovered that the pills had given him a talent that turned his heart into nourishment for another talent, just as someone else announced he had begun cultivating.

• Lin Zhi Shan told Su Hao and the other thirty captives that they had escaped grim fates and promised them comfortable lodging, Heart Nourishing Pills, and the chance to join the Golden Light Sect.
• Su Hao took a Heart Nourishing Pill under Lin Zhi Shan’s pressure, then learned from servants that Medicine Slaves assisted Lin Zhi Shan with pill refinement.
• Su Hao used his mysterious ability to understand the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins but stopped short of cultivating because the method seemed suspicious.
• Over five days, the captives received daily pills and cultivation lessons while being kept on Heavenly Medicine Mountain and watched.
• Su Hao discovered he had gained the Medicine Person talent, which purified pill ingredients in his heart so the heart could nourish another talent.
• A man nearby shouted that he had started cultivating the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins and could become Lin Zhi Shan’s registered disciple.

Su Hao realized Lin Zhi Shan was turning the residents of Heavenly Medicine Mountain into tools for making pills, but he concealed his suspicions by pretending he had only just begun cultivating. After Lin Zhi Shan summoned him and Ge Lao Si to his cave abode, Su Hao discovered three Medicine Person talents in the pill room and learned they could strengthen his medicine slave talent.

• Su Hao identified Ge Lao Si's new medicine slave talent and realized that eight people, including himself, had gained the Medicine Person talent after taking Heart Nourishing Pills.
• Lin Zhi Shan accepted Ge Lao Si as a registered disciple and promised him more pills, while Su Hao hid his growing suspicions.
• Ge Lao Si said Lin Zhi Shan had sent Ye Kun and Zhao Shisan to assist with alchemy, and Su Hao later heard that three more people had been sent to the medicine fields.
• Lin Zhi Shan confronted Su Hao in his room, so Su Hao claimed he had been struggling to complete his cultivation; he then reached Qi Refining Level 1 and gained the medicine slave talent.
• Lin Zhi Shan ordered Su Hao and Ge Lao Si to visit his cave abode, where Su Hao found three Medicine Person talents in the pill room and learned they could be fused to upgrade a talent.

Su Hao met Lin Zhi Shan, who chose Ge Lao Si for secluded cultivation and ordered Lin Miao to ensure Su Hao took his medicine. Trapped on Heavenly Medicine Mountain and fearing he would be targeted next, Su Hao absorbed three clusters of Medicine Person Talent and began fusing them.

• Su Hao avoided the Talent Power drifting from the pill room and followed Lin Miao and Ge Lao Si to meet Lin Zhi Shan.
• Lin Zhi Shan offered one disciple a place in seclusion, rejected Lin Miao’s bid, and chose Ge Lao Si while promising to nurture Su Hao later.
• Lin Zhi Shan gave Su Hao medicine and books, forbade him from leaving Heavenly Medicine Mountain, and told Lin Miao to kill him if he repeatedly refused his medicine.
• After leaving, Su Hao returned to the pill room and absorbed three clusters of Medicine Person Talent.
• Su Hao hurried back to his room in Bamboo Heart Courtyard and began fusing his Talents.

Su Hao combined his medicine-related talents into Medicine Spirit, which he believed could help Lin Zhi Shan complete the Hundred Profound Gang Body. When Lin Miao forced him to swallow an Origin Blood Pill and demanded the remaining bottles, Su Hao handed them over and stopped Lin Miao before he left.

• Su Hao combined two medicine slave talents into Medicine Spirit, gaining toxin resistance, medicinal potency affinity, and wood Spiritual Energy affinity.
• Su Hao suspected Lin Zhi Shan was using people to complete the Hundred Profound Gang Body and resolved to find a genuine cultivation technique and escape the Golden Light Sect.
• Lin Miao confronted Su Hao for not taking his Origin Blood Pills, kicked him to the ground, and ordered him to swallow one under threat of death.
• Lin Miao demanded that Su Hao hand over the other two bottles of Origin Blood Pills for safekeeping, and Su Hao agreed to lead him to them.
• After Lin Miao took the two bottles and prepared to leave, Su Hao called out to stop him.

Su Hao borrowed Lin Miao’s identity jade token to visit the library and discovered that his Medicine Spirit talent had apparently healed his injuries after he vomited. At the library, he saw the alluring Fairy Feimeng emerge with a secret cultivation record, and her presence overwhelmed everyone nearby with desire.

• Lin Miao lent Su Hao his identity jade token to visit the library but warned him to stick to miscellaneous books.
• After vomiting, Su Hao found that his bruised ribs had healed and suspected his Medicine Spirit talent had expelled impurities from the Origin Blood Pill.
• Su Hao went to the northern bamboo building and saw Golden Light Sect disciples crowding outside while they waited for Fairy Feimeng.
• Fairy Feimeng emerged with the Yin Yang Secret Record, and her appearance filled Su Hao and the disciples with uncontrollable fantasies, leaving some collapsed and gasping.

Su Hao encountered Fairy Feimeng’s powerful seduction, then visited the bamboo lodge’s library and discovered that his talent system could help him comprehend cultivation methods. He left the chapter studying several techniques, including the Crimson Flame Sword Art.

• Fairy Feimeng’s seduction affected the disciples, but Su Hao broke free after the rush of qi from an Origin Blood Pill helped counter it.
• Fairy Feimeng questioned Su Hao about his name and cultivation, then left with her maid after learning he had mastered the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins.
• The disciples discussed the Yin Cha Scripture’s ability to drain Yang energy, while Su Hao waited for them to leave.
• Su Hao entered the bamboo lodge and learned from Zhao Bai Jiang that cultivation methods and spells were kept on the second floor.
• Su Hao read the Spirit Wood Scripture, Qi Refining Art, and Crimson Flame Sword Art, using his talent system to comprehend each one.

Su Hao chose the Crimson Flame Sword Art as his cultivation method and learned from Old Man Zhao that each Origin Blood Pill cost a year of lifespan. He used the pills to advance to Qi Refining Level 2, then swallowed his remaining three and sought a weapon.

• Su Hao finished studying the manuals and spells, decided the Crimson Flame Sword Art suited him best, and asked Old Man Zhao for cultivation guidance.
• Su Hao told Old Man Zhao he knew the Medicine Slaves were meant for Lin Zhi Shan's Hundred Profound Gang Body, and Old Man Zhao revealed that each Origin Blood Pill cost a year of lifespan.
• Su Hao took another Origin Blood Pill, vomited, and cultivated through the night until he reached Qi Refining Level 2.
• Su Hao swallowed all three of his remaining Origin Blood Pills despite the danger of their concentrated medicinal power.
• When Lin Miao did not come to Bamboo Heart Courtyard, Su Hao asked its steward for a longsword or dagger.

Su Hao forced Xiong San Yan to hand over the Golden Rock Sword, then killed him and absorbed his Martial Artist talent. The next morning, Lin Miao investigated the murder and learned that Su Hao had argued with Xiong San Yan the previous night.

• Su Hao demanded to borrow Xiong San Yan's sword and overpowered him when he refused.
• Xiong San Yan led Su Hao to his residence and handed over the Golden Rock Sword.
• When Xiong San Yan threatened to report him, Su Hao killed him with the sword and absorbed his Martial Artist talent.
• Someone discovered Xiong San Yan's body, and Bamboo Heart Courtyard was thrown into chaos.
• Lin Miao arrived to investigate and learned from a maid that Su Hao had argued with Xiong San Yan.

Su Hao used the Golden Rock Sword and Lin Miao’s fear of the Origin Blood Pills to lower his guard, then attacked him. The chapter left Lin Miao facing a sudden sword strike at his neck.

• Lin Miao dismissed the idea that Su Hao had killed Xiong San Yan and ordered Xiong’s corpse buried in the herb garden as fertilizer.
• Lin Miao saw Su Hao with the Golden Rock Sword and confronted him about the weapon and the Origin Blood Pill he had supposedly traded for it.
• Su Hao offered the sword to Lin Miao, who reached for it while asking how many Origin Blood Pills Su Hao had left.
• Su Hao warned Lin Miao that each Origin Blood Pill cost a year of lifespan and claimed Master Lin Zhi Shan treated his disciples as materials.
• Su Hao swept the Golden Rock Sword toward Lin Miao’s neck as Lin Miao reacted in shock.

Su Hao killed Lin Miao in a courtyard duel, then searched his belongings and hid the body as he tried to avoid suspicion. While carrying the corpse toward the mountain’s mass grave that night, he encountered a mysterious woman in a bamboo grove.

• Lin Miao’s protective jade pendant blocked Su Hao’s opening sword strike, and the two fought after Lin Miao exposed his Qi Refining Level 4 cultivation.
• Su Hao used Flowing Fire Flying Star to kill Lin Miao, while Lin Miao’s Vine Thorn Spell pierced a tree behind which Su Hao had taken cover.
• Su Hao absorbed Lin Miao’s talent, dismissed witnesses, took his Origin Blood Pills, and wrapped his corpse in a carpet.
• Su Hao found a low-grade Wood Spirit Stone and the Pill Dao Scripture hidden in Lin Miao’s residence.
• Su Hao carried Lin Miao’s body toward the mass grave at night, detoured around a firelit bamboo grove, and came face-to-face with a graceful woman.

Su Hao encountered Liu Mei while disposing of Lin Miao’s body and was ordered to bury another corpse as well. After absorbing the dead man’s Vigorous Yang talent and hiding his spirit stone, Su Hao returned to his room, while Lin Zhi Shan learned that Lin Miao had died.

• Liu Mei recognized Su Hao, teased him, and ordered him to dispose of the corpse near the bonfire.
• Liu Mei examined Su Hao’s cultivation and considered absorbing his essence, but decided to spare him because Lin Zhi Shan had once given her medicine.
• Su Hao found Zhao Bin’s corpse and identified its floating Talent Fire as the Vigorous Yang talent.
• Su Hao absorbed Zhao Bin’s talent and buried both corpses in a mass burial ground.
• Su Hao hid the Wood Spirit Stone inside a hollowed-out book and kept the remaining Origin Blood Pills.
• Lin Zhi Shan’s jade token shattered, and he realized Lin Miao was dead.

After Lin Miao’s death, Lin Zhi Shan resolved to finish his body-tempering through medicine slaves and suspected the killer had powerful backing. Su Hao reached Qi Refining Level 4, then sought help escaping the Golden Light Sect and learned it was a demonic sect where gifted disciples could still be sacrificed.

• Lin Zhi Shan discovered Lin Miao’s Life Token had shattered and continued tempering Ge Lao Si inside a pill furnace.
• Su Hao digested seven Origin Blood Pills and other medicines, advancing to Qi Refining Level 4.
• Su Hao decided that escaping the Golden Light Sect offered a better chance of survival than confronting Lin Zhi Shan or seeking a backer.
• Su Hao brought wine and beef to Zhao Bai Jiang at the Bamboo Grove Library and asked about the sect.
• Zhao Bai Jiang revealed that the Golden Light Sacred Sect was a demonic sect and that Su Hao’s talented companion had been made into a support beam for the Myriad Souls Pagoda.
• Su Hao asked Zhao Bai Jiang to point him toward a way to survive.

Su Hao learned that escaping Heavenly Medicine Mountain would be nearly impossible, then encountered Liu Mei and avoided trusting her. After mastering the Crimson Flame Sword Art, he headed to the outer sect’s Life and Death Arena to seek a way to strengthen himself quickly.

• Zhao Bai Jiang explained that Su Hao would be hunted as a walking spiritual herb if he escaped, and refused to help him flee.
• Liu Mei visited the Scripture Repository, saw through Su Hao’s cultivation, and invited him to Joy Peak for dual cultivation.
• Su Hao left the Scripture Repository and spent two days mastering the remaining two moves of the Crimson Flame Sword Art.
• Su Hao decided that further training alone would not close the gap with Lin Zhi Shan, so he took his identity token and headed down the mountain.
• Su Hao arrived at the outer sect plaza near the Life and Death Arena, where he discovered talents including Vigorous Yang and Sword Heart.

Su Hao visited the Life and Death Arena and absorbed several talents, including Sword Heart, before being knocked away by Zheng Tu. He watched Zheng Tu confront He Tieniu, whose revealed purple Hidden Kill talent and Qi Refining Level 9 cultivation set the stage for their deathmatch.

• Su Hao absorbed Vigorous Yang, Sword Heart, and Golden Spirit Body talents at the Life and Death Arena, deepening his sword comprehension with Sword Heart.
• Su Hao declined to synthesize his two Vigorous Yang talents into Initial Yang Qi.
• Zheng Tu blasted Su Hao off the arena stairs and called He Tieniu to face him in their deathmatch.
• Su Hao learned that Zheng Tu blamed He Tieniu for abandoning him during an encounter with a Foundation Establishment vicious beast, which had killed Zheng Tu's younger brother and three companions.
• He Tieniu revealed his purple Hidden Kill talent and announced that he had reached Qi Refining Level 9 during the past seven days.

He Tieniu and Zheng Tu fought in the outer sect competition, and Zheng Tu killed He Tieniu with a hidden treasure talisman. Su Hao absorbed He Tieniu’s Hidden Kill talent, resolved to prepare for his conflict with Lin Zhi Shan, and went to register as an Outer Sect Disciple.

• He Tieniu revealed that he had reached Qi Refining Level 9 and fought Zheng Tu using Ghost Fiend Mist.
• Zheng Tu countered with Heavenly Thunder Lure, but He Tieniu survived the lightning and revealed that his dagger was coated with Three-Eyed Wolf Spider venom.
• Zheng Tu used a Crimson Thunder Treasure Talisman to blast He Tieniu apart, then took his storage bag and left the arena.
• Su Hao absorbed He Tieniu’s purple Hidden Kill talent, which let him conceal his spiritual power.
• Su Hao decided to prepare stronger talismans and weapons for his conflict with Lin Zhi Shan, then went to register as an Outer Sect Disciple at the Deacon Hall.

Su Hao registered as an Outer Sect Disciple using Lin Miao's identity token and visited the Library, where he learned that cultivation texts cost more spirit stones than he had. Steward Zhang recognized his connection to Lin Zhi Shan and offered to let him choose a book as a meeting gift.

• Su Hao presented Lin Miao's identity token, registered under the name Su Hao at Qi Refining Level 3, and received his own identity jade token.
• Su Hao entered the Library and learned that second-floor access cost one spirit stone while Mortal Grade techniques and spells cost fifty lower-grade spirit stones each.
• A young Library disciple suggested Su Hao earn spirit stones by mining, gathering Corpse Soul Bones, or selling himself at Joy Peak.
• Steward Zhang scolded the Library disciples for neglecting Su Hao, then confirmed his connection to Lin Zhi Shan.
• Su Hao lamented that he had no spirit stones, and Zhang offered to let him choose a book from the second or third floor as a meeting gift.

Su Hao visited the Scripture Repository with Zhang Ming and chose the Extreme Intent True Art, a cheap but risky secret technique whose power could grow with his talents, along with the first chapter of the Ghost Concealment Art. He then headed to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to use Lin Zhi Shan’s name, while Zhang Ming learned Su Hao was among Lin’s Medicine Slaves and planned to speak with him again.

• Zhang Ming explained the Scripture Repository’s cultivation arts and secret techniques, and Su Hao asked for a low-ranked method with unusually high potential.
• Zhang Ming showed Su Hao the incomplete Extreme Intent True Art and described its weak results and severe side effects for past practitioners.
• Su Hao chose the Extreme Intent True Art and borrowed the first chapter of the Ghost Concealment Art from Zhang Ming, invoking Lin Zhi Shan’s name to cover the cost.
• Su Hao left the Scripture Repository and turned toward the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, thinking he could use Lin Zhi Shan’s name there as well.
• A disciple told Zhang Ming that Su Hao was one of the Medicine Slaves Lin Zhi Shan had taken in, and Zhang Ming decided to speak with Su Hao again next month.

Su Hao visited the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to buy pills and magical artifacts on Lin Zhi Shan’s behalf, but Huang Shanyu refused to extend credit without a handwritten letter. Su Hao pressured Huang by invoking Lin Zhi Shan’s influence, and Huang agreed to use unpaid pill dividends to prepare some of the order and offered Su Hao a low-grade magical artifact.

• Su Hao noticed the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s Talent Loan counter and watched disciples borrow spirit stones on costly repayment terms.
• Huang Shanyu recognized Su Hao as Lin Zhi Shan’s new disciple and explained that the month’s supplies had already been delivered to Heavenly Medicine Mountain.
• Su Hao ordered pills worth 1,450 spirit stones and asked Huang to put magical artifacts and talismans on Lin Zhi Shan’s tab.
• Huang refused to extend credit without a handwritten letter from Lin Zhi Shan, despite Su Hao claiming his master had entered seclusion to cultivate the Hundred Profound Gang Body.
• Su Hao threatened to report Huang’s refusal to Lin Zhi Shan, prompting Huang to offer 562 spirit stones in unpaid pill dividends toward the order and a low-grade magical artifact.

Huang Shanyu showed Su Hao concealed magic artifacts and explained their strengths, costs, and flaws. Su Hao chose three artifacts, but he had no spirit stones, so he asked about borrowing money through Talent Loan.

• Huang Shanyu decided to treat Su Hao warmly and led him to browse Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's magic artifacts.
• Su Hao rejected the displayed swords and sabers, then asked to see compact, concealed artifacts suited to a sneak attack.
• Huang Shanyu showed Su Hao the Soul Annihilation Needle, the Soul Shaking Bell, and other flawed concealed artifacts.
• Su Hao chose the Body Breaking Cone, Soul Extinguishing Needle, and Soul Shaking Bell, and Huang Shanyu offered to cover the Body Breaking Cone.
• Su Hao admitted he had no spirit stones and asked Huang Shanyu how much he could borrow through Talent Loan.