Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan and Princess Lanyue spent five days refining pills from the Yinzhou Secret Realm’s spirit herbs, boosting their stockpiles and Yang Chan’s alchemy skill. As turmoil spread across the Great Zhou Dynasty and Qingyuan Sect’s leaders pursued deeper secrets in the secret realm, Yang Chan used Potential Points to advance his cultivation and prepared for the dangers ahead.

• Yang Chan tested the Vitality Replenishing Spirit Nurturing Fluid and resumed refining pills, while Princess Lanyue joined him to make use of the rare herbs.
• Yang Chan, Princess Lanyue, Xu Gaocen, and Elder Hua refined pills for five days before Gu An explained that the supplies were needed to support Qingyuan Sect disciples in Yinzhou.
• Gu An told Yang Chan that better herbs would soon arrive from the Yinzhou Secret Realm and urged him to rest and keep up his martial cultivation.
• Yang Chan reflected on the secret realm’s deeper mysteries, the Great Zhou Dynasty’s internal unrest, the Previous Dynasty’s efforts to restore Yu, and the growing war in Lanzhou.
• At dawn, Yang Chan gained a Potential Point, spent most of his points to improve his strength, and neared completion of his fourth viscera tempering.

Yang Chan advanced his cultivation and suppressed the domineering Imperial Shocking Strength while planning to switch methods only after reaching the peak of Internal Refinement of Five Organs. Gu An learned that the Wusheng Heresy had reappeared in Yuzhou and received news that the Qingyuan Sect’s expedition in Silver Prefecture had found traces of a Pillar-Supporting Martial Saint and needed reinforcements.

• Yang Chan controlled the restless Imperial Shocking Strength and decided to keep cultivating his current method until he reached the peak of Internal Refinement of Five Organs.
• Gu An received confirmation that the Wusheng Heresy had reappeared in Yuzhou, with reports that its Saintess might also have appeared.
• Gu An ordered his disciples to watch the Wusheng Heresy, suspecting that the imperial family might be using it to pursue its own aims in Yuzhou.
• Gu An received a letter from Silver Prefecture reporting signs of a Pillar-Supporting Martial Saint’s legacy in the secret realm and requesting skilled reinforcements.

Yang Chan arranged for the Han Family to keep collecting spiritual herbs and learned that the Wusheng Heresy had resurfaced in Yuzhou. Meanwhile, members of a hidden faction revealed that the Silver Prefecture secret realm had caused Taiyin Heaven to emerge early, forcing them to accelerate their plans.

• Yang Chan accepted newly collected spiritual herbs from Han Bingyu and sent Azure Spirit Pills back to the Han Family as payment.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to continue gathering superior herbs and asked her to report any further news about the Wusheng Heresy.
• Han Bingyu reported that the Wusheng Heresy had appeared in Yuzhou again, and Yang Chan decided to monitor the situation while expecting the major sects to handle it.
• Yang Chan reflected on his knowledge of the Wusheng Heresy's Taiyin Heavenly God Method, the Soul Seizing Great Method, and the damaged seal he had kept as a trophy.
• A woman in a dark corner told a man in a ruined house that Taiyin Heaven would appear early because the Silver Prefecture secret realm was a node of it.
• The woman warned that the Supreme Sect and Heavenly Fragrance Sect saintesses might disrupt their plans, and said the Wusheng Heresy had been arranged to appear in Yuzhou to distract others.

A hidden figure and a black-clad woman discussed the coming opening of Taiyin Heaven and their plans to gain the upper hand, while Yang Chan completed the tempering of his fifth viscera and continued improving his cultivation. Gu An investigated the Wusheng Heresy’s movements in Yuzhou as Qingyuan Sect awaited spirit herbs that could make a Marrow Cleansing breakthrough possible.

• The black-clad figure and the person inside the dilapidated house discussed Taiyin Heaven opening within a month, the missing Taiyin Token, and distracting Great Zhou Dynasty Grandmasters with a scheme in Yuzhou.
• Yang Chan spent three Potential Points to advance the Flood Dragon Demon Breath Method, completed tempering his fourth viscera, and began tempering his fifth as his body grew stronger.
• Yang Chan tested his new abilities in the secret chamber, then spent his remaining Potential Points on the Flood Dragon Demon Breath Method, the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique, and the Sword Master profession.
• Gu An ordered continued surveillance of the Wusheng Heresy because it kept changing locations in Yuzhou without preaching or expanding.
• Gu An focused on incoming superior and top-grade spirit herbs from Yinzhou, which could provide materials for Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pills and offer him and Qingyuan Sect leaders a chance to break through.

Gu An sent Tai Yu and a group of disciples to Silver Prefecture with injured disciples and spirit herbs, warning them to watch for the Tianshan Sword Sect. Meanwhile, Yang Chan and other pharmacists prepared large quantities of Bear Gallbladder Skin Tempering Paste as the Qingyuan Sect consumed its accumulated resources for the struggle over the Yinzhou Secret Realm.

• Gu An appointed Tai Yu to lead the trip to Silver Prefecture and warned him to be vigilant around the Tianshan Sword Sect.
• Gu An gave Tai Yu a bottle of One-Cycle Viscera Nourishing Pills, and Tai Yu accepted the mission and left.
• Yang Chan and the Alchemist Assistants prepared medicinal packets for Bear Gallbladder Skin Tempering Paste to meet demand from disciples heading to Silver Prefecture.
• The Qingyuan Sect used its accumulated medicinal materials to support disciples’ cultivation and its efforts to obtain rare spirit herbs from the Yinzhou Secret Realm.

The Old Emperor learned that Taiyin Heaven was nearing emergence and ordered the Great Zhou Dynasty to find and secure it, while arranging to enter with the Martial Saint Ancestor. At Qingyuan Sect, Yang Chan and Princess Lanyue discussed the unusual abundance of spiritual herbs from the Yinzhou Secret Realm and the danger it could bring.

• Imperial Tutor Helian Guang reported that the Wusheng Heresy, the Supreme Sect Saintess, and the Heavenly Fragrance Sect Saintess were seeking Taiyin Heaven near the Qingyuan River.
• The Old Emperor ordered Helian Guang to investigate the entrance quickly and send all Six Gates personnel to prevent others from seizing the Great Zhou Dynasty's treasures.
• The Old Emperor asked the Martial Saint Ancestor about Taiyin Heaven, and the ancestor agreed to enter it with him when it opened.
• Yang Chan received another large shipment of superior spiritual herbs and prepared to refine pills for his cultivation.
• Princess Lanyue warned Yang Chan that the Yinzhou Secret Realm's unusually abundant spiritual materials could draw imperial forces and endanger Qingyuan Sect.

Yang Chan and Princess Lanyue refined pills while discussing the danger posed by Night Listening Sea Tower’s Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster. In the Thousand Feathers Secret Realm, Qingyuan Sect’s leaders withdrew from the central pagoda after sensing its danger and the Grandmaster’s move, planning to return and break through first.

• Princess Lanyue warned Yang Chan that Night Listening Sea Tower had a Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster who could threaten Qingyuan Sect’s people in Silver Prefecture, but Yang Chan dismissed the worry and gave her ingredients to refine pills.
• Princess Lanyue recognized that Yang Chan had access to better intelligence through his Qingyuan Sect connections, but she stopped questioning him and began refining pills.
• In Silver Prefecture’s Thousand Feathers Secret Realm, the major sects explored for spiritual herbs, exotic beasts, and martial inheritances, and Qingyuan Sect found several Grandmaster inheritances and other useful knowledge.
• Qingyuan Sect’s Supreme Elder and Sect Master Liu Xuan sensed deadly danger in the pagoda at the secret realm’s center and considered the possibility that it held a Pillar-Supporting Martial Saint inheritance.
• Liu Xuan sensed that Night Listening Sea Tower’s Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster had acted, so Qingyuan Sect’s leaders decided to withdraw and return home to pursue their own breakthrough.

Yang Chan managed his spirit-herb trade with the Han Family while Princess Lanyue probed him about the Qingyuan Sect and the Imperial Shocking World Scripture. The chapter ended with Princess Lanyue discovering that Yang Chan had already comprehended Imperial Strength.

• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to keep collecting superior spirit herbs and send the Han Family the pills on his table, maintaining their business relationship without accepting another Han Family girl.
• Princess Lanyue speculated that Sect Master Liu Xuan might use the secret realm’s medicinal ingredients to break through to the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster realm, and Yang Chan connected the Qingyuan Sect’s recent actions to its preparations.
• Princess Lanyue said that the Golden Meng Empire’s war could spread to Qingzhou and that a breakthrough by Liu Xuan might help protect the region.
• Princess Lanyue asked whether Yang Chan had begun cultivating the Imperial Shocking World Scripture and offered to guide him, but Yang Chan said his cultivation was going smoothly.
• When Princess Lanyue doubted that Yang Chan had even started, he demonstrated his power on a chair, which crumbled into powder after she blew on it.
• Princess Lanyue realized Yang Chan had comprehended Imperial Strength and stared at him in disbelief.

Princess Lanyue discovered that Yang Chan had rapidly mastered Imperial Strength and warned him that it could hinder his cultivation of the Qingyuan Sect's Flood Dragon Demon Breath Method. Yang Chan confronted her for withholding that risk, and the chapter left Princess Lanyue resolved to seek his help in overthrowing the Old Emperor.

• Princess Lanyue recognized the overbearing aura of Imperial Strength in Yang Chan's display and was shocked by how quickly he had mastered it.
• Princess Lanyue asked whether Yang Chan had felt discomfort while cultivating the Qingyuan Sect's Flood Dragon Demon Breath Method.
• Yang Chan accused Princess Lanyue of hiding information, and she explained that Imperial Strength could disrupt Jiaomo Strength and slow Internal Refinement.
• Yang Chan warned Princess Lanyue not to hide important information again and told her she was useful but must not test his limits.
• Princess Lanyue pushed Yang Chan away, agreed to explain things in advance next time, and resolved to find someone to help her replace the Old Emperor.

At Qingyuan Sect, Elder Hua successfully refined six Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pills, giving Liu Xuan and the Supreme Elders a chance to advance to the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster realm. Liu Xuan allocated the pills and sealed one for the sect’s future as Qingyuan Sect faced pressure from the Tianshan Sword Sect.

• Liu Xuan entrusted Elder Hua with refining the Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pills and closed the Earth Fire Courtyard to prevent interruptions.
• After three failed attempts, Elder Hua successfully refined six pills and explained that each person could benefit from only one.
• Liu Xuan gave one pill to Elder Hua and three to the Supreme Elders, as promised.
• Liu Xuan kept one pill for his own breakthrough attempt and sealed the last as an inherited resource for Qingyuan Sect.
• The Supreme Elders and Elder Hua accepted Liu Xuan’s arrangement as Qingyuan Sect sought to defend itself against the Tianshan Sword Sect.

Yang Chan considered the broken Wusheng Heresy identity token and received a new shipment of spiritual herbs from the Han Family. He learned that the Yinzhou Secret Realm had closed after Night Listening Sea Tower’s Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster was badly injured, leaving the sect vulnerable to hostile forces.

• Yang Chan examined the shattered Wusheng Heresy seal and put it away as a trophy after failing to break it.
• Han Bingyu delivered spiritual herbs gathered by the Han Family in exchange for Yang Chan’s alchemy services.
• Yang Chan noted that the herbs were poorer than before because fewer high-grade materials were emerging after the Yinzhou Secret Realm closed.
• Yang Chan learned that a Night Listening Sea Tower Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster had returned severely injured from the secret realm’s central structure, causing the realm to close.
• Yang Chan heard that rival forces were eyeing Night Listening Sea Tower’s resources and seeking to exploit its weakened state.

After reports of spiritual herbs and unusually delicious fish appearing near the Qingyuan River, Gu An suspected that spiritual qi was leaking from a secret realm or that a new one had emerged. He planned to investigate the area while Liu Xuan remained in seclusion, and asked whether exotic beasts had appeared there.

• Gu An learned that spiritual herbs had sprouted and fish and shrimp had become unusually spiritual near the Qingyuan River.
• Gu An considered whether the signs indicated the return of the Thousand Feathers Secret Realm or the appearance of a new secret realm.
• Gu An decided to gather the three Supreme Elders and several hall masters to discuss the situation without disturbing Liu Xuan's seclusion.
• Gu An weighed the opportunity and risks of claiming territory along the Qingyuan River for Qingyuan Sect.
• Gu An asked whether exotic beasts had appeared near the river, hoping they might provide cultivation resources and help him break through.

Gu An investigated reports of spiritual fish and shrimp in the Qingyuan River and ordered continued surveillance. At Yuanqing Courtyard, Princess Lanyue traded the Spiritual Purple Pill formula for Yang Chan’s guidance on cultivating Imperial Strength, leaving her with a clearer path toward breaking through.

• A Personal Disciple reported to Gu An that no mutated beasts had appeared in the Qingyuan River and that its fish and shrimp contained little spiritual qi.
• Gu An ordered the disciple to keep watch over the Qingyuan River, then went to discuss the matter with the three Supreme Elders.
• Princess Lanyue asked Yang Chan how he had cultivated Imperial Strength, and Yang Chan agreed to teach her in exchange for a pill formula that aided Internal Refinement of Lungs and Viscera.
• Princess Lanyue gave Yang Chan the Spiritual Purple Pill formula and arranged to demonstrate how to refine it at the Earth Fire Courtyard.
• Yang Chan explained that Princess Lanyue needed pills to protect her organs, a domineering mindset, and courage to break through without hesitation.

Princess Lanyue taught Yang Chan to refine Spiritual Purple Pills, raising his daily Potential Point gains past eight. Yang Chan used the points to accelerate his cultivation and looked forward to advancing his Sword Master profession.

• Princess Lanyue demonstrated how to refine Spiritual Purple Pills and produced fifty pills for Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan tested a Spiritual Purple Pill and found that it added 0.4 Potential Points, bringing his daily gains above eight.
• Yang Chan decided to seek formulas for life-extending pills but planned to keep any such refinement secret because it could attract dangerous attention.
• Yang Chan spent all eight Potential Points to speed up his Internal Refinement of Six Viscera and moved closer to advancing his Sword Master profession.
• Yang Chan went to bed with Han Bingyu, who tried to take control but was overturned by him.

Yang Chan advanced his Swordmaster Profession to Second Order: Entering the Hall, transforming his Sword Intent into Sword Momentum and greatly improving his combat abilities. He also revealed his progress to the third level of External Refinement, while resolving to keep his true strength concealed and continue advancing carefully.

• Yang Chan considered the growing conflict around the Qingyuan River and the casualties suffered in the Thousand Feathers Secret Realm, then prepared a concealed chamber for his advancement.
• Yang Chan spent a Potential Point to advance his Swordmaster Profession from First Stage Peeking into the Threshold to Second Order: Entering the Hall.
• Yang Chan gained extensive sword techniques and combat experience as his Sword Intent transformed into Sword Momentum and his spiritual power grew strong enough to meet one condition for the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster realm.
• Yang Chan assessed that Sword Momentum gave him the means to defeat Internal Refinement of Lungs and Viscera experts and fight Internal Refinement of Five Organs experts, but he resolved to remain cautious around stronger cultivators.
• Yang Chan advanced his body to the third level of External Refinement and chose to let others believe this was the full extent of his progress.

Liu Xuan broke through to the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster realm, restoring Qingyuan Sect’s strength and prompting preparations for a new secret realm near Qingyuan River. Yang Chan and Princess Lanyue discussed the dangers of the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture and what Liu Xuan’s breakthrough meant for Qingyuan Sect.

• Liu Xuan reviewed reports of unusual growth near Qingyuan River and concluded that a new secret realm was about to appear.
• Gu An urged Qingyuan Sect to use Liu Xuan’s breakthrough to deter rival sects and the imperial court, and Liu Xuan ordered Gu An to oversee the secret realm.
• Liu Xuan assigned the hall masters duties covering the sect, the Lanzhou battlefield, and the Wusheng Heresy in Yuzhou.
• Yang Chan sensed Liu Xuan’s powerful breakthrough aura and recognized that Qingyuan Sect now had a stronger means of defending itself.
• Princess Lanyue explained that Liu Xuan’s violent aura came from the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture and envied the freedom that such cultivation would bring.
• Yang Chan recalled the scripture’s deadly risks and how Qingyuan Sect’s gains from the Silver Prefecture Secret Realm had enabled Liu Xuan’s breakthrough.

Yang Chan learned that few sects knew how to reach the Pillar-Supporting Martial Saint, while the Wusheng Saintess prepared for Taiyin Heaven's imminent emergence. She left the ruined house determined to find its location and ensure she could enter, despite clashing with the sinister person inside.

• Princess Lanyue told Yang Chan that no known sect in the Great Zhou Dynasty possessed a complete method for breaking through to the Pillar-Supporting Martial Saint.
• Yang Chan considered the Qingyuan Sect's newly acquired inheritances but decided not to pursue them yet, since doing so might expose his cultivation.
• The Wusheng Saintess realized that the early emergence of the Thousand Feathers Secret Realm had drawn attention to the Qingyuan River and undermined her plans to enter Taiyin Heaven first.
• The sinister voice in the ruined house ordered the Wusheng Saintess to locate Taiyin Heaven and monitor the Great Zhou Imperial Family, the Supreme Sect's Saintess, and the Heavenly Fragrance Sect's Saintess.
• The Wusheng Saintess said she had prepared people and pills to meet Taiyin Heaven's unpredictable entry restrictions, but the sinister voice mocked her confidence.
• The Wusheng Saintess warned that neither of them would fare well if their trip into Taiyin Heaven failed.

The Wusheng Saintess discussed the early appearance of Taiyin Heaven with a sinister figure, while a mirage of a heavenly palace appeared above the Qingyuan River and drew the attention of nearby factions. Gu An learned of the mirage, examined a painting of it, and ordered Qingyuan Sect to keep monitoring the river for clues about the secret realm.

• The sinister figure expressed confidence that he would find an opportunity for immortality in Taiyin Heaven, while the Wusheng Saintess warned that its early emergence had changed the plan.
• Ships on the Qingyuan River witnessed a mirage of lavish palaces floating above the clouds, and an elderly man identified it as a distant projection rather than a real place.
• Gu An learned that the mirage had lasted a quarter of an hour and that a painting of it had circulated among several factions.
• Gu An studied the painting, judged the mirage might guide people to the emerging secret realm, and told his Personal Disciple to keep watch over the Qingyuan River.

Yang Chan heard that traces of a secret realm had appeared near Qingyuan River, but he planned to avoid entering it and let other disciples seek its resources. When Princess Lanyue tried to entice him with the prospect of Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pills, he learned that she had the formula and was willing to try refining them if she obtained the ingredients.

• Yang Chan considered the rumors about the Qingyuan River secret realm and hoped its resources would reach him without his entering it.
• Princess Lanyue urged Yang Chan to seek a Marrow Cleansing Spirit Fruit, saying it could help him reach the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster realm.
• Yang Chan questioned whether Princess Lanyue possessed the formula for Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pills and could refine them.
• Yang Chan explained why he would avoid the dangerous secret realm and did not need pills to break through.
• Princess Lanyue admitted she had the formula but had not tried refining the pills, and said she would try if Yang Chan gathered the ingredients.

Yang Chan refused to help Princess Lanyue enter the secret realm unless she revealed her cultivation method, and she backed down and left. Taiyin Heaven then emerged from a vortex in the Qingyuan River, drawing rival sects and Great Zhou forces toward its entrance.

• Princess Lanyue sought a Marrow Cleansing Spirit Pill so she could advance faster, but Yang Chan warned her against entering the secret realm and demanded her subsequent cultivation method.
• Princess Lanyue apologized and left, while Yang Chan continued absorbing Pearl Lotus Paste and tempering his body to gain Potential Points.
• A vast vortex appeared in the Qingyuan River as Taiyin Heaven emerged, and the clear qi rising from it refreshed those nearby.
• The Saintesses of the Heavenly Fragrance Sect and Supreme Sect hurried toward the vortex, while the Great Yin Saintess and Great Yin Holy Son discussed their sect’s history and the dangers within Taiyin Heaven.
• Jin Feihua led the Six Gates aboard a crimson warship and charged into the vortex first, following the Great Zhou Imperial Family’s order to seek opportunities for longevity.