Chapter Summaries

Su Hao borrowed spirit stones from Huang Shanyu and bought several magical artifacts and a storage bag. After returning to Bamboo Heart Courtyard, he comprehended the Breath Concealment Technique and the Incomplete Extreme Intent True Scripture.

• Huang Shanyu made an exception and lent Su Hao 200 spirit stones, which Su Hao used to buy a Body Breaking Cone, a Soul Extinguishing Needle, a Soul Shaking Bell, and a storage bag.
• Huang Shanyu explained the high cost of formations and talismans, and told Su Hao that Zheng Tu was the outer sect’s most skilled talisman maker.
• Huang Shanyu told his assistant that Su Hao seemed more promising than Lin Miao, citing Su Hao’s concealed spiritual power and boldness.
• Su Hao returned safely to Bamboo Heart Courtyard after the disciples following him saw him enter Heavenly Medicine Mountain and left.
• Su Hao comprehended the Breath Concealment Technique and the Incomplete Extreme Intent True Scripture from jade slips.

Su Hao cultivated the Incomplete Extreme Intent True Scripture, opened three spiritual apertures, and struggled to raise his realm before Lin Zhi Shan emerged from seclusion. When Xu Qing reported Wei Bao’s death, Su Hao absorbed the dead Medicine Slave’s talent and fused it with his own, gaining the purple Hundred Profound Gang Body talent.

• Su Hao studied the Extreme Intent True Scripture and learned that it used spiritual apertures to amplify his strength, with side effects varying according to how many apertures he opened.
• Su Hao opened three spiritual apertures using his blue talents, then began gathering violet qi and taking Pure Qi Pills to strengthen himself before Lin Zhi Shan left seclusion.
• Xu Qing told Su Hao that Wei Bao had died after fighting Chen San, and Su Hao went to inspect the corpse.
• Su Hao absorbed Wei Bao’s Medicine Person talent and fused it with his existing talents, evolving them into Medicine Spirit and then the purple Hundred Profound Gang Body.

Su Hao awakened the Hundred Profound Gang Body talent, used it to cleanse his body and purify pills, and rapidly advanced to Qi Refining Level 6. After eighteen days in seclusion, he went to bathe in a mountain pool and saw a scantily dressed woman beckoning to another young man in the bamboo forest.

• Su Hao gained the Hundred Profound Gang Body talent, which gave him toxin immunity, stronger Marrow Cleansing and Hair Rejuvenation, plant-nourishing Spiritual Energy, and the ability to refine elixirs.
• Su Hao rejected the idea of killing the medicine slaves and returned to his room to test his new talent, cleansing his body and purifying a Pure Qi Pill.
• Su Hao consumed large quantities of elixirs and advanced from Qi Refining Level 5 to Level 6, while filling four spiritual apertures.
• After eighteen days of seclusion, Su Hao left his room, flew to a mountain pool, and washed beneath a waterfall.
• In the bamboo forest nearby, a scantily dressed woman beckoned to a lustful young man, who pushed through the grass toward her.

Su Hao encountered Zhou Cui Feng of Joy Peak after she drained a medicine slave, then pretended to fall for her charm while probing her claims about dual cultivation. After Zhou Cui Feng showed him the Spirit Grade Yin-Yang Harmonization Heaven and Earth Scroll, Su Hao acted willing to proceed, while she still believed she had the advantage.

• Su Hao watched Zhou Cui Feng drain a medicine slave and kill him, then she sensed Su Hao nearby and called him out.
• Zhou Cui Feng claimed Joy Peak's dual-cultivation method benefited both partners and tried to charm Su Hao into cooperating.
• Su Hao touched the dried corpse and broke free of Zhou Cui Feng's charm, prompting her to destroy the corpse in frustration.
• Su Hao asked to inspect the dual-cultivation secret technique, and Zhou Cui Feng showed him the Yin-Yang Harmonization Heaven and Earth Scroll.
• Su Hao pretended to surrender and invited Zhou Cui Feng to continue, while she privately assumed his inexperience left her in control.

Su Hao turned Zhou Cui Feng’s Essence Absorption technique against her, draining her Yin essence and advancing to Qi Refining Level 7. After burning the evidence, he identified a mysterious pill as a top-grade Moonlight Spirit Pill, then heard Liu Mei call from outside his courtyard.

• Zhou Cui Feng used dual cultivation to absorb Su Hao’s Yang energy, but he kept his mind clear and reversed the technique.
• Su Hao refined Zhou Cui Feng’s Yin essence, killed her, and broke through to Qi Refining Level 7.
• Su Hao burned the bodies and most of Zhou Cui Feng’s belongings, keeping an unmarked bottle of pills.
• Su Hao studied the Pill Dao Scripture and identified the mysterious pill as a top-grade Moonlight Spirit Pill.
• Liu Mei called to Su Hao from outside his courtyard.

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.