Chapter Summaries

Jiang Donghua stabilized Mu Chen’s life-threatening injuries while the Xiao Family gathered herbs, and he proved his extraordinary Soul Force to the skeptical Elder Qiu. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhen and Elder Qiu rushing to procure every herb Jiang Donghua needed, while Xiao Han laughed at Elder Qiu’s sudden change in attitude.

• Elder Qiu questioned Xiao Zhen’s claim that Jiang Donghua possessed the Soul Force of an Eighth-grade Alchemist Grandmaster and doubted that Jiang could heal Mu Chen without a seventh-rank pill.
• After waiting more than two hours, Xiao Zhen, Xiao Han, and Elder Qiu saw that Jiang Donghua had stabilized Mu Chen’s severe injuries.
• Xiao Han gave Jiang Donghua precious herbs from the Xiao Family medicine vault, and Elder Qiu challenged Jiang’s ability to use the rare ingredients he requested.
• Jiang Donghua shook Elder Qiu’s hand and revealed a trace of Soul Force that made Elder Qiu recognize Jiang’s Spiritual Realm Soul.
• Elder Qiu urgently urged Xiao Zhen to gather all the medicinal herbs Jiang needed, and Xiao Han laughed at the elder’s change in attitude.

The Xiao Family gathered enough rare medicinal herbs for four batches of Primordial Creation Pills, and Jiang Donghua accepted them before preparing to refine the pills. He began arranging the open-air alchemy platform as Elder Qiu watched eagerly, leaving the refinement about to begin.

• Xiao Zhen and Elder Qiu mobilized the Xiao Family to gather medicinal herbs, while surrounding forces speculated that Elder Qiu might be advancing to a Seventh-rank Alchemist.
• Elder Qiu inventoried the herbs and found enough ingredients for four batches of Primordial Creation Pills, which Xiao Zhen handed to Jiang Donghua.
• Jiang Donghua promised to repay the Xiao Family's assistance and explained that Pill Lightning made the secret room unsuitable for refining.
• Elder Qiu led Jiang Donghua, Xiao Zhen, and Xiao Han to his open-air alchemy platform, where Jiang Donghua agreed to let Elder Qiu observe.
• Jiang Donghua inspected the pill furnace and Earth Fire, then drew medicinal herbs from the Storage Ring and began preparing to refine.

Jiang Donghua refined the ingredients for a Primordial Creation Pill, completing the dangerous fusion and forming a pill embryo. He began nurturing it in the cauldron, with pill formation and lightning still to come.

• Jiang Donghua used his beast flame and Soul Force to refine the Ice Spirit Fruit and the other medicinal herbs over two days and two nights.
• Xiao Han grew restless while watching, but Elder Qiu carefully observed Jiang Donghua's alchemy and learned from his flame control.
• Jiang Donghua began the perilous pill-fusion stage, using his Spiritual Realm Soul to control the medicinal liquids and prevent their energies from spiraling out of control.
• After another two days, Jiang Donghua successfully fused the medicinal liquids into a fist-sized pill embryo.
• Jiang Donghua began nurturing the pill embryo with steady flames, waiting for it to form and for pill lightning to descend.

As Jiang Donghua refined a pill in the Xiao Family’s rear mountain, powerful pill lightning appeared, proving the surrounding factions wrong and drawing their alarm. Xiao Zhen and the Xiao Family elders defended the cauldron, and Xiao Zhen prepared to withstand the remaining bolts after realizing Jiang Donghua was refining a High-grade Seventh-rank Pill.

• Rumors that the Xiao Family had invited an Eighth-grade Alchemist Grandmaster were dismissed by neighboring factions as a fabrication.
• Pill lightning gathered above the Xiao Family’s rear mountain, and Xiao Zhen and the elders recognized its immense power.
• The surrounding factions witnessed the lightning and sent people to investigate whether a master alchemist was refining a Seventh-rank Pill.
• The first three bolts struck the elders’ barrier, shattering it and injuring the two elders.
• Xiao Zhen blocked the fourth through seventh bolts with his golden Battle Qi and realized the lightning indicated a High-grade Seventh-rank Pill.
• Xiao Zhen steeled himself to block the remaining lightning to protect Jiang Donghua’s pill and the Xiao Family’s opportunity.

Jiang Donghua completed the High-grade Seventh-rank Primordial Creation Pill after Xiao Zhen survived its devastating final pill lightning, then used it to heal Mu Chen. As Mu Chen began recovering, Xiao Han marveled at Jiang Donghua’s talent, and Jiang Donghua asked whether the Xiao Family needed his help.

• Xiao Zhen used his Indestructible Golden Body to block the final pill lightning, enduring a catastrophic blast that shattered the Xiao Family’s protective formation and alarmed nearby cities.
• Jiang Donghua collected the completed Primordial Creation Pill and thanked Xiao Zhen for protecting him during the refinement.
• Jiang Donghua gave the pill to Mu Chen, whose broken meridians, damaged organs, and bones began healing as he absorbed its medicinal power.
• Jiang Donghua left Mu Chen to recover for several days, then encountered Xiao Han, who expressed disbelief at his successful first attempt at refining the pill.
• Jiang Donghua asked Xiao Han whether the Xiao Family needed his help.

While Mu Chen recovered in seclusion, Jiang Donghua agreed to stay with the Xiao Family and refine pills for local factions in exchange for resources and help finding Hong Ling and Mo Xuan. His repeated refinements improved his skills and boosted the Xiao Family’s influence, but the search for the two missing people yielded no clues.

• Mu Chen refined the medicinal power of the Primordial Creation Pill as his severed meridians healed and his aura strengthened.
• Factions from across the region visited the Xiao Family to meet Jiang Donghua after learning he could refine High-grade Seventh-rank Pills.
• Jiang Donghua and Xiao Zhen agreed that Jiang would serve as a guest Alchemy Grandmaster while the Xiao Family searched for Hong Ling, the Hong Family, and Mo Xuan.
• The Xiao Family announced Jiang Donghua’s pill-refining terms, prompting factions to bring medicinal herbs and seek his services.
• Jiang Donghua refined batches of pills at the back mountain, improving his proficiency as factions resisted the resulting pill lightning.
• The Xiao Family’s influence grew, but Xiao Zhen found no breakthrough clues about Hong Ling or Mo Xuan.

Jiang Donghua completed a Sect-Breaking Spirit Cloud Pill for Zheng Shanhe, who consumed it to pursue an Eight-star Dou Zong breakthrough. The chapter also recounted Mu Chen’s recovery to Six-star Dou Zong and ended with him leaving for the Hundred Herbs Empire to handle trouble facing his family.

• Jiang Donghua refined the Sect-Breaking Spirit Cloud Pill while Zheng Shanhe and two Zheng Family elders blocked its pill lightning.
• Jiang Donghua gave Zheng Shanhe the completed pill and stood guard as he began trying to break through to Eight-star Dou Zong.
• Mu Chen emerged from seclusion with restored meridians and Six-star Dou Zong strength after taking the Primordial Creation Pill.
• Mu Chen told Jiang Donghua and Xiao Han that urgent trouble had called him back to the Hundred Herbs Empire.
• Mu Chen gave Jiang Donghua a Jade Slip containing his Natal Soul Imprint and departed for the Hundred Herbs Empire.

Jiang Donghua learned that the Xiao Family had found no trace of Hong Ling and that the Netherworld Sect had been destroyed years earlier, leaving Master Mo Xuan’s whereabouts unexplained. He resolved to focus on growing stronger and promised to refine the Po Zun Ling Xi Pill for Xiao Zhen after recovering.

• Zheng Shanhe began breaking through from Peak Seven-star Dou Zong after taking Jiang Donghua’s pill, while the Zheng Family elders thanked Jiang Donghua and guarded him.
• Xiao Zhen reported that the Hong Family’s destruction had been concealed and that no reliable information about Hong Ling’s fate could be found.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that a mysterious expert had wiped out the Netherworld Sect more than a decade earlier, leaving Jiang Donghua unable to learn where Master Mo Xuan had gone.
• Jiang Donghua accepted that the leads had failed and said he needed to improve his strength before continuing his search.
• Jiang Donghua promised to refine the Po Zun Ling Xi Pill for Xiao Zhen once he had recovered, and Xiao Zhen eagerly agreed to wait.

Jiang Donghua completed a High-grade Seventh-rank Po Zun Ling Xi Pill for Xiao Zhen, then advanced to the two-star Dou Zun realm while staying with the Xiao Family. After nearly eight months in seclusion, Xiao Zhen broke through to Dou Zun, bringing celebration across the clan.

• Jiang Donghua refined the Po Zun Ling Xi Pill while Xiao Zhen endured its pill lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Zhen thanked Jiang Donghua, took the pill, and entered seclusion to challenge the Dou Zun bottleneck.
• Over the next half a year, Jiang Donghua advanced from Three-star Dou Zong to two-star Dou Zun while searching for news of Hong Ling and Mo Xuan.
• Xiao Han visited Jiang Donghua after sensing his cultivation had stabilized, and they discussed Xiao Zhen's prolonged seclusion.
• A golden pillar of light erupted from the Xiao Family's back mountain as Xiao Zhen broke through to Dou Zun, prompting the clan to celebrate.

Xiao Zhen emerged from seclusion as a One-star Dou Zun and discovered that Jiang Donghua had advanced to Two-star Dou Zun. To help Jiang Donghua find his master, Mo Xuan, and Hong Ling, Xiao Zhen urged him to make a name across the continent by winning the Pill Tower Alchemist Tournament.

• Xiao Zhen broke through to One-star Dou Zun and emerged from seclusion to welcome the Xiao Family elders and Xiao Han.
• Xiao Zhen was stunned when he sensed that Jiang Donghua had reached Two-star Dou Zun in just over half a year.
• Xiao Zhen dismissed the others and advised Jiang Donghua to seek fame so Mo Xuan and Hong Ling, or those with information about them, might find him.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that the Pill Tower Alchemist Tournament would be held in Sacred Pill City two years later and urged Jiang Donghua to compete.
• Jiang Donghua resolved to aim for the Pill Tower Convention championship.

At Xiao Zhen’s celebration for reaching Dou Zun, Jiang Donghua demonstrated his overwhelming Soul Force and drew the attention of a Soul Hall Protector. Xiao Zhen urged Jiang to attend the next Pill Tower Convention, and Jiang set out for Sacred Pill City.

• Xiao Zhen celebrated his breakthrough to Dou Zun as leaders from across the region gathered at the Xiao Family Mountain Range.
• A Soul Hall Protector secretly sensed Jiang Donghua’s formidable Soul Force and left to report his discovery to the Venerable Elder.
• The Flowing Cloud Sword Sect’s young master challenged Jiang Donghua, who effortlessly restrained him with Soul Force and left the guests in awe.
• Xiao Zhen gave Jiang Donghua a Guest Elder Token and encouraged him to attend the Pill Tower Convention in less than two years.
• Jiang Donghua departed alone for Sacred Pill City, while Xiao Zhen and Xiao Han watched him leave.

Jiang Donghua tested the Treasure Seeking Ruler in the Wind Erosion Wasteland and found a hidden cave containing a Dou Zong’s remains and an Earth-tier Low Grade Dou Technique. After taking the technique and Storage Ring, he continued flying south, encouraged that the ruler worked.

• Jiang Donghua infused the Treasure Seeking Ruler with Soul Force and Dou Qi, and it pointed him toward a concealed site beneath a rocky hill.
• Jiang Donghua detected and bypassed a soul illusion array, then entered a cave and found the remains of a Four-star Dou Zong.
• Jiang Donghua searched the Storage Ring and discovered the Earth-tier Low Grade Dou Technique Mysterious Yin Vein Piercing Finger.
• Jiang Donghua took the Storage Ring and scroll, restored the cave entrance, and flew south to continue his journey.

Jiang Donghua followed the Treasure Seeking Ruler to the ruins of Mad Saber Venerable in the Ghostly Soul Mountain Range, where powerful factions and cultivators had gathered. As he waited for the ancient restriction to weaken, he drew the attention of the Earth Fiend Sect and Mysterious Cloud Sect.

• Jiang Donghua followed the Treasure Seeking Ruler deep into the mountains and found many cultivators converging on a valley.
• Jiang Donghua saw the Earth Fiend Sect and Mysterious Cloud Sect among the factions gathered before the ruins, where an energy vortex revealed a huge saber phantom.
• Jiang Donghua sensed the ancient restriction at the valley entrance and waited for it to weaken.
• An Earth Fiend Sect disciple attacked Jiang Donghua and ordered him to leave, but Jiang Donghua's soul pressure made the disciple collapse in terror.
• The Earth Fiend Sect elder withdrew with his men, while the sect master and a Mysterious Cloud Sect elder watched Jiang Donghua warily.

Jiang Donghua bypassed the barrier around the Mad Saber Venerable’s ruins and claimed its treasures before the competing sects could enter. The Earth Fiend Sect Master and the Mysterious Cloud Sect elder arrived to find the hall empty, while Jiang Donghua was already far away with his spoils.

• Jiang Donghua secretly tore open a Space Rift near the valley and entered the ruins while the factions prepared to break the restriction.
• He found the Mad Saber Venerable’s remains, took all three jade boxes, and seized the Sky-Breaking Saber Intent.
• Jiang Donghua checked the hall for anything else, then escaped through another Space Rift as the outside factions broke through the barrier.
• The Earth Fiend Sect Master and the Mysterious Cloud Sect elder reached the hall and found the stone platform, skeleton, and treasures gone.
• Jiang Donghua surveyed his spoils above the clouds dozens of li away.

After discovering that a mysterious expert had taken Mad Saber Venerable’s core inheritance, the Earth Fiend Sect Master and the Mysterious Cloud Sect Master settled for lesser treasures and left the ruins. In a hidden cave, Jiang Donghua examined his spoils, including a Grade 8 Soul Restoration Pill, and ended the chapter satisfied with his gains.

• The Earth Fiend Sect Master and the Mysterious Cloud Sect Master realized that a powerful expert had taken the core inheritance and feared they could not challenge them.
• The two sect leaders gathered lesser techniques, pills, and ores from the side chambers, then withdrew from the ruins.
• Jiang Donghua inspected the twenty-three Earth-grade cultivation techniques and Dou Techniques he had taken from Mad Saber Venerable’s collection.
• Jiang Donghua broke the Soul Force seal on a jade box and discovered a Grade 8 Soul Restoration Pill with a Pill Beast manifestation.
• Jiang Donghua stored the pill and Mad Saber Venerable’s miscellaneous books, pleased with the rewards from the expedition.

Jiang Donghua heard that Xie Ying, his former rival from Jia Nan Academy, had been stricken by an unidentified poison and went to the Xie residence to see him. After confirming Xie Ying’s identity, Jiang reached his bedside while the gathered alchemists remained unable to cure him.

• Jiang Donghua heard teahouse patrons say that Xie Ying had been poisoned and that even Fifth- and Sixth-grade alchemists could not identify or remove the poison.
• Jiang Donghua asked where the Xie Family residence was, gave the patrons three Third-grade Pills, and headed east across Tianyan City.
• Jiang Donghua told the guards he was Xie Ying’s old friend and identified Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy Strong Ranking to Xie Zhen.
• Xie Zhen welcomed Jiang Donghua into the residence, where he saw Xie Ying unconscious with an eerie blue-gold complexion.
• The alchemists described the poison’s effects and doubted that the young Jiang Donghua could help, but he walked directly to Xie Ying’s bedside.

Jiang Donghua identified the Soul Erosion Gold poisoning Xie Ying and began refining pills to protect and cure him. After successfully making a Pulse Protecting Spirit Pill, he completed the Soul Purifying Meridian Clearing Pill and left the story with Xie Ying's antidote ready.

• Jiang Donghua used his Spiritual Realm Soul Force to examine Xie Ying and identified the three-layer Soul Erosion Gold toxin.
• Jiang Donghua promised to save Xie Ying, and Xie Zhen gathered the rare herbs he required over three days.
• Jiang Donghua refined a Pulse Protecting Spirit Pill and gave it to Xie Ying to protect his meridians and Battle Crystal.
• Jiang Donghua began refining the Soul Purifying Meridian Clearing Pill, and its pill lightning drew alarmed crowds to the Xie Residence.
• Jiang Donghua crushed the pill lightning with his Soul Force and completed a jade-green pill bearing three pill patterns.

Jiang Donghua cured Xie Ying of poison and learned that the Five Poisons Sect had been involved in a deadly fight in the Black Marsh. After finding a rare Yin Condensing Grass at the abandoned mine, he followed clues pointing deeper into the marsh to investigate the sect and search for a key ingredient for refining the Supreme Pill.

• Jiang Donghua expelled the poison from Xie Ying, who explained that he had been poisoned after encountering two fighting Dou Zongs near an abandoned mine in the Black Marsh.
• Xie Ying recalled hearing a Black Robe accuse his opponent of taking something the Five Poisons Sect wanted, frightening Xie Zhen and the Third Elder.
• Several days later, Xie Zhen thanked Jiang Donghua and gave him a Calming Heart Jade, while Xie Ying promised to repay his life-saving favor.
• Jiang Donghua entered the Black Marsh and followed traces of the poison to the mine where the two Dou Zongs had fought.
• Jiang Donghua found and collected a Yin Condensing Grass, then concluded the Five Poisons Sect had a presence deeper in the marsh.
• Jiang Donghua followed the Treasure Seeking Ruler farther into the marsh, hoping to find what he needed to balance the medicinal properties for refining the Supreme Pill.

Jiang Donghua infiltrated the Five Poisons Sect’s hidden medicinal valley and secretly harvested rare poisonous herbs while three Dou Zong guards watched over it. After learning the sect was preparing a spatial-corroding Mysterious Poison, he slipped deeper into the valley, and the guards discovered the theft.

• Jiang Donghua used a Space Rift to bypass the valley’s poison formation and concealment restrictions without alerting the guards.
• The Seven-star Dou Zong sensed a slight spatial fluctuation, but dismissed it as instability caused by the poison formation.
• Jiang Donghua spotted Nether Poison Lotuses and Corpse Bone Spirit Flowers and overheard the guards discuss the Five Poisons Sect’s plan to make World Breaking Powder.
• Jiang Donghua waited for windblown pollen to disrupt perception, then harvested the poisonous herbs and sealed them in a Cold Jade Box.
• Jiang Donghua moved toward a stronger energy source deeper in the valley, and the Seven-star Dou Zong discovered the missing herbs and shouted that the valley was under attack.

Jiang Donghua stole a spatial crystal fragment and an ancient jade slip from the Five Poisons Sect’s forbidden valley, but the sect’s elders sealed the space and trapped him. Facing three Dou Zongs and their formation, he decided to create greater chaos rather than risk a direct escape.

• The Five Poisons Sect’s Great Elder and two other Dou Zongs searched the valley, activated spatial restrictions, and still failed to detect Jiang Donghua’s concealed presence.
• Jiang Donghua dashed to the cold pool, found the restriction’s weak point, and forced his way inside to retrieve a spatial crystal fragment and an ancient jade slip.
• The Great Elder attacked Jiang Donghua, but Jiang Donghua effortlessly neutralized the poisonous palm and emerged from the pool with both items.
• Jiang Donghua discovered that the sect’s Void Locking Poison Miasma Array had sealed the surrounding space, preventing an easy escape.
• The three Dou Zongs formed a three-headed venomous python from the valley’s poisonous miasma, and Jiang Donghua decided to create greater chaos.