Chapter Summaries

Jiang Donghua defeated the Five Poisons Sect’s three Elders with a display of spatial power and learned that the Sect Master had created the valley’s sealing formation. The Sect Master arrived to confront him, leaving Jiang Donghua ready to face the poison master.

• The three Dou Zong Elders attacked Jiang Donghua with their Three Fiends Poisonous Python Array, but he annihilated it by crushing space.
• The backlash left the Elders injured and kneeling as they begged Jiang Donghua for mercy, while the Five Poisons Sect disciples froze in fear.
• Jiang Donghua questioned the Great Elder, who identified the Void Locking Poison Miasma Array and revealed that the Sect Master was a Peak Two-star Dou Zun.
• Jiang Donghua waited for the Sect Master, curious about his poison techniques and the poisons he might carry.
• The Sect Master arrived above the valley, saw his injured Elders, and demanded to know why Jiang Donghua had attacked his sect and entered its forbidden ground.

Jiang Donghua confronted the Sect Master of Five Poisons and forced him to reveal Soul Hall's plan to capture Sound Valley Master Mu Qingxian. The ambush was planned for several months later near the Illusionary Sound Platform, with Jiang Donghua now knowing the target, the method, and the Soul Hall agent involved.

• Jiang Donghua questioned the Sect Master of Five Poisons about the ambush and learned that his sect was targeting Sound Valley Master Mu Qingxian in cooperation with Soul Hall.
• The Sect Master of Five Poisons tried to intimidate Jiang Donghua by invoking Soul Hall, but Jiang Donghua showed no concern and revealed his strength as a Six-star Dou Zun.
• Overwhelmed by Jiang Donghua's aura, the Sect Master of Five Poisons knelt and begged him to spare his sect, offering to confess everything he knew.
• The Sect Master explained that Soul Hall wanted Mu Qingxian because her Heavenly Sound Spirit Body could suppress and purify its soul arts.
• The Sect Master revealed that Blood River Heavenly Venerate, a Five-star Dou Zun, planned to ambush Mu Qingxian near the Illusionary Sound Platform using Soul-Eroding Miasma to weaken her before capturing her.

Jiang Donghua decided to infiltrate Soul Hall’s plot against Sound Valley by pretending to hate Mu Qingxian and seeking an alliance with the Five Poisons Sect. The Sect Master accepted his story and went to contact Blood River Heavenly Venerate, leaving Jiang Donghua waiting for his bait to draw them in.

• Jiang Donghua recalled his debt to Venerate Huanhai and chose to infiltrate Soul Hall’s plan rather than attack the Five Poisons Sect outright.
• Jiang Donghua pretended that Sound Valley had destroyed his homeland and harmed his kin, claiming he wanted Mu Qingxian dead.
• The Sect Master of Five Poisons believed Jiang Donghua’s fabricated vendetta and eagerly offered to follow his lead in capturing Mu Qingxian.
• Jiang Donghua demanded that Blood River Heavenly Venerate meet him and gave the Sect Master his name, Venerate Donghua.
• The Sect Master swore to keep the meeting secret, then hurried to activate the Five Poisons Sect’s secret communication formation and report the supposed ally.
• Jiang Donghua watched from a distant mountain and waited for Blood River Heavenly Venerate to take the bait.

Jiang Donghua infiltrated Soul Hall by posing as a Six-star Dou Zun seeking revenge against Sound Valley, and convinced Blood River Heavenly Venerate to cooperate in capturing Mu Qingxian. After the meeting, Jiang Donghua continued cultivating and reached Seven-star Dou Zun in less than half a month.

• The Sect Master of Five Poisons sent Soul Hall information about Venerate Donghua, and Blood River Heavenly Venerate arranged to meet him in Hidden Mist Valley.
• Jiang Donghua met Blood River Heavenly Venerate and claimed that Huan Hai had killed his beloved, then used his overwhelming aura to discourage further questioning.
• Jiang Donghua agreed to help capture Mu Qingxian but said he wanted only her life, while Soul Hall could take her Heavenly Sound Spirit Body.
• Blood River Heavenly Venerate revealed that the Five Poisons Sect would weaken Mu Qingxian with Soul-Eroding Miasma before they attacked together at the Illusionary Sound Platform.
• Jiang Donghua left the valley after gaining Blood River Heavenly Venerate's trust, then continued cultivating and reached Seven-star Dou Zun in less than half a month.

While staying with the Five Poisons Sect, Jiang Donghua concealed his cultivation breakthrough behind staged pill lightning and reached the Peak of First-turn Dou Zun. He then traveled to the Illusionary Sound Platform with the sect master to begin the planned operation against Mu Qingxian.

• Jiang Donghua used pill lightning to hide his cultivation fluctuations while earning the Five Poisons Sect master's reverence with his alchemy and advice.
• Jiang Donghua reached the Peak of First-turn Dou Zun after accumulating forty-five thousand experience points.
• The Five Poisons Sect master summoned Jiang Donghua to the Illusionary Sound Platform, where the plan to avenge his blood feud was set to begin.
• Jiang Donghua transported himself and the sect master through space to a mountain overlooking the Illusionary Sound Platform.
• The Five Poisons Sect master said Blood River Heavenly Venerate was hidden nearby and would act once Mu Qingxian was poisoned, and Jiang Donghua waited.

Jiang Donghua watched as Su Ning lured her master, Mu Qingxian, into a trap laid by Soul Hall. After the Soul-Eroding Miasma weakened Mu Qingxian, Su Ning revealed her resentment and joined Blood River Heavenly Venerate, while Jiang Donghua prepared to act.

• Jiang Donghua and the Sect Master of Five Poisons watched Mu Qingxian meet Su Ning at the Illusionary Sound Platform.
• The Sect Master of Five Poisons told Jiang Donghua that Su Ning had lured Mu Qingxian there and that the Soul-Eroding Miasma would soon take effect.
• The poison disrupted Mu Qingxian's Dou Qi, and Blood River Heavenly Venerate appeared as Su Ning abandoned her pretense and retreated to his side.
• Su Ning accused Mu Qingxian of withholding pills and opportunities, then admitted Blood River Heavenly Venerate had promised to help her become a Dou Zun and the master of Sound Valley.
• Mu Qingxian rejected Blood River Heavenly Venerate's demand to surrender, while Jiang Donghua watched coldly and prepared to end the confrontation.

Mu Qingxian unleashed a powerful attack against Blood River Heavenly Venerate, but Soul Hall’s Seventh Heavenly Venerate Xu Jinchuan intervened and trapped her with two brothers. With her distress signal blocked and escape sealed, Mu Qingxian faced a choice between submission and death.

• Mu Qingxian used the Heavenly Sound Shattering Void Palm against Blood River Heavenly Venerate, but Xu Jinchuan appeared and stopped the attack.
• Blood River greeted Xu Jinchuan as Soul Hall’s Seventh Heavenly Venerate, and Mu Qingxian realized she could not defeat him while poisoned and exhausted.
• Xu Jinchuan tried to persuade Mu Qingxian to join Soul Hall, then struck Su Ning down when she interrupted.
• Mu Qingxian pretended to consider surrender while secretly crushing Sound Valley’s spatial communication jade slip, but an invisible barrier blocked its signal.
• Xu Yinchuan and Xu Tongchuan arrived and revealed that the three brothers had sealed the area with the Three Talents Void Locking Array.
• Xu Jinchuan demanded that Mu Qingxian choose between submitting to Soul Hall and dying.

Jiang Donghua revealed that he had deceived Soul Hall and unleashed the power of a Peak of First-turn Dou Zun, rescuing the poisoned Mu Qingxian from their trap. As the Xu Brothers tried to flee, the Sect Master of Five Poisons attacked them to prove his loyalty to Jiang Donghua.

• Mu Qingxian prepared to sever her heart meridians rather than be captured, but Jiang Donghua appeared and stopped the confrontation.
• Jiang Donghua exposed his false claims of a grudge against Mu Qingxian and revealed an aura that the Xu Brothers identified as Peak of First-turn Dou Zun.
• The Xu Brothers launched their strongest battle skills, but Jiang Donghua's invisible domain effortlessly neutralized all three attacks.
• The Xu Brothers attempted to tear through space and escape, while the Sect Master of Five Poisons chose to attack Xu Tongchuan and side with Jiang Donghua.

Jiang Donghua defeated the Soul Hall forces at the Illusionary Sound Platform, while Xu Jinchuan escaped after sacrificing Blood River Heavenly Venerate. Mu Qingxian invited Jiang Donghua to Sound Valley, and he destroyed the hidden souls of Xu Yinchuan and Xu Tongchuan before departing with her and the Sect Master of Five Poisons.

• The Sect Master of Five Poisons ambushed Xu Tongchuan, giving Jiang Donghua the opening to crush Xu Jinchuan and Xu Yinchuan with spatial force.
• Xu Jinchuan burned his vital blood essence, used Blood River Heavenly Venerate as a sacrificial bomb, and escaped into the void.
• Jiang Donghua restrained Su Ning, and Mu Qingxian asked to take the traitor back to Sound Valley for punishment.
• Jiang Donghua gave Mu Qingxian pills to treat her injuries and poison, then accepted her invitation to Sound Valley.
• Jiang Donghua extracted and burned the hidden souls of Xu Yinchuan and Xu Tongchuan, then told Mu Qingxian and the Sect Master of Five Poisons that they should leave.

Jiang Donghua looted the defeated Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates and set out for Sound Valley with Mu Qingxian, the Sect Master of Five Poisons, and captive Su Ning. Meanwhile, Xu Jinchuan reported the defeat to Soul Hall’s Fourth Heavenly Venerate, who condemned him and his brothers as useless.

• Jiang Donghua collected Xu Yinchuan and Xu Tongchuan’s corpses and searched their Storage Rings, finding a powerful soul-attacking treasure and the High-grade Earth Tier Dou Skill Soul-Devouring Nether Palm.
• Jiang Donghua rejected cultivating the soul-devouring technique but kept it and other valuable items, sealing away the sinister objects.
• Mu Qingxian recovered enough to travel, and Jiang Donghua ordered the Sect Master of Five Poisons to accompany them and watch over the bound Su Ning.
• Mu Qingxian led the group toward Sound Valley using her sound-based Dou Qi.
• Xu Jinchuan, badly injured and weakened after escaping, contacted Soul Hall’s Fourth Heavenly Venerate and reported the defeat.
• The Fourth Heavenly Venerate rebuked Xu Jinchuan for losing the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates and returning to report like a stray dog.

Fourth Heavenly Venerate ordered Xu Jinchuan to abandon his pursuit of Jiang Donghua and Mu Qingxian while Soul Hall prepared for a suspected Dou Sheng Relic. On the way to Sound Valley, Mu Qingxian revealed that the valley had secretly lost its Half Saint ancestor and was close to collapse, leaving Jiang Donghua to consider how he could use the crisis to his advantage.

• Fourth Heavenly Venerate rebuked Xu Jinchuan, set aside the matter of Sound Valley and Jiang Donghua, and ordered Soul Hall to prepare for the Dou Sheng Relic.
• Xu Jinchuan accepted the order but vowed to take revenge on Jiang Donghua and Mu Qingxian after recovering and gaining an opportunity in the relic.
• Mu Qingxian told Jiang Donghua that Sound Valley's only active powerful elder was herself, while its other elders were near death or sealed away.
• The Sect Master of Five Poisons questioned how Soul Hall could attack while Old Man Tianyin remained, and Mu Qingxian revealed that Ancestor Tianyin had died a century earlier.
• Mu Qingxian asked Jiang Donghua and the Sect Master of Five Poisons to keep the secret, and both agreed.
• Jiang Donghua considered Sound Valley's weakness a potential opportunity and resolved to gain enough strength to protect it from Soul Hall and other powers.

Mu Qingxian asked Jiang Donghua why he had saved Sound Valley, and he vaguely claimed a connection to one of its ancestors. After returning to Sound Valley, she introduced him as her savior and ordered the sect to treat the Soul Hall ambush as its highest secret.

• Mu Qingxian asked Jiang Donghua why he had rescued Sound Valley, and he said he had ties to one of its ancestors.
• The Sect Master of Five Poisons feared that Sound Valley was too weak to protect him from the Soul Hall, but he concealed his doubts from Jiang Donghua and Mu Qingxian.
• Mu Qingxian and her companions arrived in Sound Valley, where Mu Yu and Mu Yun initially suspected the Sect Master of Five Poisons of injuring their Valley Master.
• Mu Qingxian explained that Jiang Donghua had saved her from the Soul Hall and that the Sect Master of Five Poisons had helped restrain their enemy, prompting the two elders to apologize to Jiang Donghua.
• Mu Qingxian ordered Mu Yu and Mu Yun to prepare the Heavenly Sound Hall and classify the ambush as the sect's highest secret.

Jiang Donghua reassured the Sect Master of Five Poisons, then privately asked Mu Qingxian about Sound Valley’s Supreme Pills and revealed that he had inherited part of Venerate Huanhai’s legacy. Mu Qingxian realized his connection to Sound Valley’s lost patriarch and ended the chapter trusting him as the sect’s powerful protector.

• Jiang Donghua reassured the Sect Master of Five Poisons that he would honor his promise and told him to wait while he and Mu Qingxian went to the Heavenly Sound Hall.
• Mu Qingxian noticed Jiang Donghua seemed unusually familiar with Sound Valley’s hall and its ancient carvings.
• Jiang Donghua asked Mu Qingxian whether anyone in Sound Valley could still refine Supreme Pills and offered to make some if the sect gathered the herbs.
• Mu Qingxian asked how Jiang Donghua knew the secret pill formula, and he said he could refine Supreme Pills.
• Jiang Donghua told Mu Qingxian that he was half a disciple of Venerate Huanhai because he had received part of the vanished patriarch’s inheritance, and asked her to keep the matter secret.

Jiang Donghua proved his connection to Venerate Huanhai by awakening Sound Valley’s Heart-Questioning Stone, earning Mu Qingxian’s complete trust. In the Medicine Vault Secret Realm, Mu Qingxian revealed that Sound Valley lacked skilled alchemists to turn its immense medicinal stores into strength, and Jiang Donghua recognized an opportunity.

• Mu Qingxian brought Jiang Donghua to the Heart-Questioning Stone and asked him to prove his claim to Venerate Huanhai’s inheritance.
• Jiang Donghua sent Venerate Huanhai’s soul imprint into the stone, which erupted in blue light and confirmed the inheritance.
• Mu Qingxian welcomed Jiang Donghua as Sound Valley’s own and told him how difficult it was to protect the weakened sect.
• Mu Qingxian opened the Medicine Vault Secret Realm and showed Jiang Donghua its vast stores of rare medicinal herbs.
• Mu Qingxian explained that Sound Valley had too few high-rank alchemists to process its herbs, and Jiang Donghua decided the problem suited him.

Jiang Donghua chose the Greenwood King Cauldron from Sound Valley’s medicinal treasury and prepared to refine Grade 8 Supreme Pills for the valley. With Mu Qingxian providing the herbs and a secluded chamber, he began the challenging refinement.

• Jiang Donghua inspected Sound Valley’s Eighth-tier medicine cauldrons and selected the Greenwood King Cauldron.
• Mu Qingxian explained that the cauldron enhanced pills for healing, strengthening foundations, restoring vital essence, and aiding breakthroughs.
• Jiang Donghua asked Mu Qingxian to prepare herbs for the Supreme Pill and find him a secure, quiet room for refining.
• Mu Qingxian supplied three sets of Supreme Pill materials and led Jiang Donghua to the Quiet Heart Hall.
• Jiang Donghua expanded the Greenwood King Cauldron in the hall and began refining a Grade 8 Pill.

Jiang Donghua spent half a month refining a Supreme Pill in Quiet Heart Hall, overcoming the complex fusion process to produce a Grade 8 Three-Colored Supreme Pill. Sound Valley’s protective formation neutralized the pill lightning, and Jiang Donghua officially became an Eighth-grade Alchemist Grandmaster.

• Jiang Donghua refined White Jade Stone and dozens of other rare ingredients in the Greenwood King Cauldron over several days.
• Jiang Donghua fused the medicinal essences and shaped them into a Supreme Pill as Mu Qingxian, Mu Yu, Mu Yun, and Sound Valley’s alchemist elder waited outside.
• The finished pill summoned Three-Colored Pill Lightning, alarming the disciples and spectators across Sound Valley.
• Sound Valley’s protective formation neutralized the pill lightning before it could damage Quiet Heart Hall.
• Jiang Donghua stored the Three-Colored Supreme Pill and officially entered the ranks of Eighth-grade Alchemist Grandmasters.

Jiang Donghua successfully refined a sentient Three-Colored Supreme Pill and gave it to the Sect Master of Five Poisons as promised. He agreed to refine pills publicly at Sound Valley’s Heavenly Sound Platform, where he began another demonstration before the valley’s leaders and disciples.

• Jiang Donghua emerged from half a month of seclusion with the sealed Three-Colored Supreme Pill, and Mu Qingxian accepted it before returning it for him to deliver to Five Poisons.
• Jiang Donghua gave the pill to the Sect Master of Five Poisons, who thanked him and pledged his life in gratitude.
• Mu Qingxian asked Jiang Donghua to refine pills in an open area to display Sound Valley’s support, and he agreed to use the Heavenly Sound Platform.
• Several days later, Jiang Donghua began refining pills publicly at the platform as Sound Valley’s elders, alchemists, and core disciples watched.

Jiang Donghua refined a Grade 8 pill that summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, prompting nearby factions to believe Sound Valley had gained a Half Saint and a top-tier alchemist. After Jiang Donghua collected the pill and lightning, Mu Qingxian prepared to use the renewed prestige to strengthen Sound Valley’s position while concealing the truth.

• Jiang Donghua’s Four-Colored Pill Lightning spread across the region after Mu Qingxian and the elders activated Sound Valley’s sound-amplifying formation.
• Nearby powerful figures mistook the pill lightning for proof that Venerable Xuan Yin Mu Yunshan had emerged from seclusion as a Half Saint and an Eighth-grade Alchemist Grandmaster.
• Jiang Donghua opened a Space Rift to absorb the lightning, then restrained the newly formed four-colored fawn and sealed it into a jade bottle as a pill.
• Jiang Donghua gave the pill to Mu Qingxian and warned that surrounding factions would soon visit Sound Valley with gifts while probing for information.
• Mu Qingxian welcomed the expected visitors and vowed to reinforce Sound Valley’s standing without revealing anything they should not know.

After Jiang Donghua refined a pill that summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, Mu Qingxian used the spectacle to make Sound Valley appear to have an unknown, powerful alchemist grandmaster among its ranks. The surrounding Dou Zun factions accepted the rumor and increased their offerings, leaving Mu Qingxian pleased with Sound Valley’s renewed influence.

• Dou Zong family heads arrived at Sound Valley with gifts, assuming Venerable Xuan Yin had caused the Four-Colored Pill Lightning, but Sound Valley’s gate stewards hinted that another senior expert was responsible.
• Faction representatives confirmed that Elder Han Ye had not refined the pill, and rumors spread that Sound Valley concealed an unknown alchemist grandmaster.
• Dou Zun powers investigated and grew wary when Mu Qingxian referred to the mysterious expert as her Martial Uncle.
• Several Dou Zun leaders met through soul transmissions and agreed to avoid offending Sound Valley, increase their offerings, and seek an audience with the grandmaster.
• Dou Zun delegations arrived with more lavish gifts, and Mu Qingxian smiled as she heard that the factions had increased and expedited their offerings.

Jiang Donghua searched Sound Valley’s Cultivation Method Pavilion for a Fire-attribute Heaven Tier cultivation method and chose the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Cry Art. After quickly memorizing it, he made it his main cultivation method, leaving his idle gain at 27 points per hour.

• Jiang Donghua asked Mu Qingxian whether Sound Valley’s Scripture Depository held any Fire-attribute Heaven Tier cultivation methods, and she took him to the Cultivation Method Pavilion.
• Jiang Donghua examined several Low-grade Heaven Tier fire arts but found their specialized sound, venom, and other effects poorly suited to his needs.
• Mu Qingxian explained that Sound Valley’s collection reflected its founding tradition of sound and rhythm, and Jiang Donghua chose the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Cry Art.
• Jiang Donghua studied the jade slip in his quiet chamber and memorized the cultivation method in about the time it took to burn an incense stick.
• Jiang Donghua made the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Cry Art his main cultivation method, while his nine clones continued to generate 27 points per hour in total.