Recaps

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.

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.