Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan and Han Bingyu returned to the Qingyuan Sect after escaping the foreign races in Yu City, and Yang Chan reported the danger to Princess Lanyue. He planned to refine more pills and help the sect as the foreign races’ emergence threatened to provoke a wider conflict.

• Yang Chan and Han Bingyu reached the Qingyuan Sect’s mountain gate at night, where a guard recognized Yang Chan and escorted them up the mountain.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard and gave Princess Lanyue back the Thousand Faces Treasure Artifact.
• Yang Chan told Princess Lanyue that several foreign-race Blood Exchange Martial Saints had appeared in Yu City and that he and Han Bingyu had escaped without learning what happened afterward.
• Princess Lanyue recalled records saying humanity united against foreign races, and Yang Chan said he would refine more pills to help the sect if the crisis worsened.

Yang Chan failed to refine the Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill and reviewed the attempt with Princess Lanyue, who offered suggestions despite her limited experience with it. He decided to keep practicing, while Princess Lanyue continued improving her own alchemy and aiming to refine First-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills.

• Yang Chan failed to refine the Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill and resolved to focus on mastering it before attempting other pills.
• Princess Lanyue comforted Yang Chan and pointed out possible flaws in his technique, including how quickly he controlled the temperature after adding the Spirit-Burning Flower.
• Yang Chan mentally reviewed the refinement process and considered Princess Lanyue's advice.
• Princess Lanyue continued refining Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pills, improving her success rate as she pursued the First-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill.

Yang Chan received news that Gu An and the others were returning safely, while alien races had captured Yu City and threatened the border. As the major factions prepared to respond, Yang Chan continued refining pills for Qingyuan Sect and worried that a wider invasion would force him to flee.

• Yang Chan read Gu An's message and learned that Gu An and the others were returning to Qingyuan Sect, while Tianxuan Holy Land's people had already gone home.
• Yang Chan learned that the alien races had captured Yu City with nation-suppressing pills, killing its deputy general and causing heavy civilian and military casualties.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that Old Emperor Yang Yu had sent news of the alien races to the major factions, and that more alien races had emerged from the Zixu Secret Realm.
• Yang Chan considered the threat to the border and continued refining pills, with his Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill still failing after two attempts.
• Qingyuan Sect treated injured disciples with healing pills, while promising cultivation resources to Steward Disciples who had distinguished themselves.

Zi Xu and the Qingyuan Sect prepared for the threat posed by the foreign races occupying Yu City, while weighing how closely to align with Saintess Yang Chan’s faction. Zi Xu focused on improving his combat strength and refining the Ice Jade Marrow Pill as the broader situation remained uncertain.

• Han Bingyu warned that the Qingyuan Sect might lack the intelligence network to know whether major powers had acted, and Zi Xu ordered close watch on border cities near the White Jade Capital and Yu City.
• Zi Xu considered leaving the Minor Zhou Dynasty for the Yang Chan Sacred Land but judged it premature while Saintess Tianxuan and the others had yet to return and the foreign races remained distant from Qingzhou.
• Saintess Tianxuan agreed to make preparations and continue gathering intelligence about the foreign races and the border situation.
• Zi Xu swallowed a First-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill and planned to spend Potential Points raising the Peng Demon Martial Imprint to strengthen himself against possible Martial Saint opponents.
• Yang Chan continued refining the Ice Jade Marrow Pill, expecting to succeed after one or two more attempts, while Zi Xu hoped the pill would provide more Potential Points.

Yang Chan improved his daily Potential Point income by refining premium Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills and prepared more while the border crisis remained unresolved. When Gu An returned to Qingyuan Sect, Yang Chan went with Han Bingyu and the sect’s disciples to welcome him, hoping to learn more about the foreign tribes and the Zixu Secret Realm.

• Yang Chan refined premium Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills, increasing his daily Potential Point income from 12.8 to more than 16.2.
• Yang Chan postponed studying other pill formulas and prepared extra Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills in case the border crisis worsened.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that Gu An had returned to Qingyuan Sect, and Yang Chan went with her to welcome him.
• Yang Chan joined Qingyuan Sect’s disciples and other members at the mountain gate as they gathered to greet Gu An.

Gu An welcomed Yang Chan back to the Qingyuan Sect and thanked him for sending healing pills that helped injured disciples survive. Gu An reflected on the dangers of the Zixu Secret Realm and the resources and connections he had gained, leaving him more confident about advancing to Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster and entering Tianxuan Holy Land.

• Gu An saw Yang Chan return safely to the Qingyuan Sect and noticed that Gu An's own aura showed he had been injured.
• Yang Chan explained that he had escaped through Yu City's south gate and returned to the sect when the situation grew dangerous.
• Gu An thanked Yang Chan for the healing pills, which had helped injured disciples survive and stabilized Gu An's injuries.
• Gu An considered how surviving the Zixu Secret Realm had strengthened his connection with the Tianxuan Saintess and secured him spirit herbs and other resources.
• Gu An grew more confident that he could advance to Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster and bring resources with him into Tianxuan Holy Land.

Gu An gathered Qingyuan Sect’s leaders to distribute rewards for the Zixu Secret Realm expedition and explain the threat posed by the escaped Sin Clan. He left them preparing to investigate the border and protect the sect while awaiting the major factions’ response.

• Gu An summoned Qingyuan Sect’s hall masters, elders, and Pharmacists to the Council Pavilion to arrange sect affairs.
• Gu An promised the gathered leaders pills refined by Yang Chan and doubled the cultivation resources of disciples who had returned from the Zixu Secret Realm for two years.
• Gu An explained that the Sin Clan had escaped the Zixu Secret Realm, occupied cities in the Great Zhou and Tianfeng Dynasties, and harbored deep hatred for humanity.
• Gu An said the major factions planned to join forces against the Sin Clan but warned that the timing was uncertain.
• Gu An announced that Qingyuan Sect would send people to investigate the area around Yu City and ordered them to retreat if they sensed danger.

Gu An arranged for Qingyuan Sect to investigate the alien races near Yu City alongside other Great Zhou sects, while Yang Chan learned that the races’ emergence resulted from powerful factions damaging an ancient formation. Yang Chan chose to keep cultivating and preparing as Black Dragon warned that the Great Zhou Dynasty faced overwhelming odds and predicted Ouyang Qingtian’s Heaven’s Mandate would soon disappear.

• Gu An explained the dangers of investigating the border near Yu City, promised rewards and cooperation with other Great Zhou sects, and gained the upper echelons’ agreement to serve.
• Yang Chan learned that the great powers’ attempt to break the Zixu Secret Realm’s formation had let the alien races enter the Taiyu Divine Continent.
• Yang Chan decided to remain in the Great Zhou Dynasty, cultivate, gather Potential Points, refine pills, and develop his Peng Demon Martial Imprint.
• Han Bingyu delivered the Han Family’s spirit herbs, and Yang Chan told her to assess their value and take the corresponding pills.
• Black Dragon told Yang Chan that the alien races could destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty but had not acted yet, and that its emperor would be forced to defend the nation because his life was tied to its national fortune.
• Yang Chan asked about Ouyang Qingtian, and Black Dragon said that Ouyang’s Heaven’s Mandate would disappear soon because no one could bear it forever.

Black Dragon urged Yang Chan to prepare to leave the Great Zhou Dynasty for Tianxuan Holy Land, where he might find information and protection, but Yang Chan said there was no rush. He chose to refine the more effective Azure Marrow Cleansing Pill and asked Princess Lanyue for advice, leaving him ready to begin a difficult refinement.

• Black Dragon warned Yang Chan that the Rising Sun Empire would protect the Great Zhou Dynasty for now and advised him to seek refuge in Tianxuan Holy Land if events turned against them.
• Yang Chan declined to rush into joining Tianxuan Holy Land and decided to refine the Azure Marrow Cleansing Pill, for which he had gathered enough materials to build a stockpile.
• Yang Chan considered the foreign races’ growing attacks and the major powers’ inaction, while waiting for intelligence beyond Qingyuan Sect’s reach.
• Princess Lanyue described the Azure Marrow Cleansing Pill’s difficulty and recommended preparing Spirit-Tempering Cold Liquid to control the intense heat during refinement.
• Yang Chan asked Princess Lanyue for further advice so he could reduce the risk of wasting his scarce, valuable Spiritual Materials.

Tianxuan Holy Master Baili Xun assigned Baili Xi to lead the effort against the foreign races, with a Supreme Elder set to handle their Martial Saint experts, while the injured He Zixuan stayed behind to recover. Great Zhou Emperor Yang Yu received the holy lands’ replies and accepted their plan to let their younger leaders gain prestige, since his dynasty could not defeat the foreign races alone.

• He Zixuan reported the foreign races’ actions after the Zixu Secret Realm, and Tianxuan Holy Land’s leaders debated whether to intervene.
• The First Elder urged Tianxuan Holy Land to coordinate with other factions, while the Second Elder and the Pill Pavilion master argued for acting promptly.
• Baili Xun chose Baili Xi to lead the campaign and arranged for a Supreme Elder to confront the foreign races’ Martial Saint experts.
• Baili Xun ordered He Zixuan to recover in the holy land and collect a healing pill and reward, leaving her disappointed to lose the chance to build prestige.
• Yang Yu read the holy lands’ replies and resented their plan to send Holy Sons and Saintesses instead of Holy Masters.
• The First-Rank Grand Protector advised Yang Yu to accept the holy lands’ pursuit of fame, since the Great Zhou Dynasty needed their help against the foreign races.

Yang Chan learned that Tianxuan Holy Land was sending Baili Xi and Supreme Elders to Purple Star City, but he chose to remain at Qingyuan Sect and focus on alchemy. Gu An agreed and warned him to avoid the gathering, leaving Yang Chan to pursue advancement as an alchemist and keep watch on events from afar.

• Yang Chan received news that Tianxuan Holy Land was sending Baili Xi and Supreme Elders to Purple Star City, and worried about the factional tensions surrounding the mission.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu they would stay behind, refine pills, and monitor developments in Purple Star City and among the major holy lands.
• Black Dragon suggested the foreign races might know about a Cross-realm Teleportation Array, but Yang Chan refused to risk going to find out.
• Gu An warned Yang Chan to avoid Purple Star City because Qingyuan Sect was aligned with He Zixuan's faction and Baili Xi was her rival.
• Yang Chan told Gu An he planned to advance to Senior Alchemist, and Gu An offered Qingyuan Sect's Spiritual Materials to support his attempt at refining the Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill.

Gu An confirmed Yang Chan’s plans and made arrangements to support Qingyuan Sect’s delegation to Purple Star City. As major factions converged on the city to fight the foreign races, the Great Yin Saintess sought their bodies for spirit-pill refinement, while Tianxuan Holy Son Baili Xi and the Supreme Saintess traveled there to pursue their own missions and ambitions.

• Gu An learned that Yang Chan was willing to cooperate and left to arrange Qingyuan Sect’s support for the journey to Purple Star City.
• The Great Yin Saintess decided to head for Purple Star City and seek Blood-Changing Martial Saint foreign races to refine into spirit pills.
• Baili Xi ordered his followers to go directly to Purple Star City and warned them not to target Qingyuan Sect while he handled the mission and his rivals.
• The Supreme Saintess set out for Purple Star City after learning that six Blood-Changing foreign experts had appeared and that a Supreme Elder would investigate for hidden Martial Saints.
• The Supreme Sect’s party continued toward Purple Star City, where its affiliated force had prepared to receive them.

Yang Chan learned that the Taiyu Divine Continent’s major powers were preparing to attack the foreign races, then refined an Azure Marrow Cleansing Pill and became involved with Princess Lanyue. The chapter ended with Princess Lanyue breaking through to Internal Refinement Grandmaster and Yang Chan taking her back to wash up.

• Yang Chan reviewed Han Bingyu’s intelligence about the forces gathering in Purple Star City and told her to stay close to Yuanqing Courtyard while the fighting began.
• Yang Chan successfully refined an ordinary Azure Marrow Cleansing Pill, then continued until he produced one of refined quality.
• Princess Lanyue’s encouragement and the pill’s vapors stirred Yang Chan’s desire, and he removed her Thousand Faces Treasure Artifact.
• Princess Lanyue shed her clothes, and Yang Chan accepted her advances and practiced the dual cultivation method with her.
• Princess Lanyue broke through from External Refinement to Internal Refinement Grandmaster, and Yang Chan told her not to dwell on his secrets before they left to wash up.

Yang Chan learned that the foreign races from the Zixu Secret Realm had been exterminated, removing the threat to Qingyuan Sect and the surrounding dynasties. He asked Han Bingyu to gather more detailed intelligence about them and then focused on using his increased Potential Points to advance his cultivation and Sword Master profession.

• Han Bingyu brought Yang Chan news that the major powers had exterminated the foreign races after a coordinated search across the border regions.
• Yang Chan learned that the foreign races had emerged from the Zixu Secret Realm only twenty-three days earlier and that the realm had since closed.
• Yang Chan asked Han Bingyu to seek detailed information about the foreign races, hoping to find clues about a Cross-realm Teleportation Array.
• Yang Chan reflected that a premium Azure Marrow Cleansing Pill had raised his daily Potential Points to 20.4 and improved his cultivation progress.
• Yang Chan planned to advance his Sword Master profession to Third Order and pursue the Sword Domain to strengthen himself against Blood-Changing Martial Saints.

Yang Chan spent a peaceful year cultivating in Qingyuan Sect after deciding to avoid Tianxuan Holy Land while the Tianxuan Holy Son’s influence surged. He advanced his Sword Master profession, gained a Sword Domain, and strengthened his Primordial Soul Sword, while the Black Dragon continued urging him to seek a way beyond the Taiyu Divine Continent’s limits.

• Yang Chan chose to focus on cultivation and postpone approaching Tianxuan Holy Land after learning that Baili Xi’s growing influence made the timing dangerous for Qingyuan Sect.
• Over the next year, Yang Chan cultivated steadily, neared his second marrow cleansing, and advanced his Pharmacist profession to Fourth Order: Proficient at 50%.
• Yang Chan advanced his Sword Master profession to Third Order: Mastery and comprehended a Sword Domain with a five-meter radius that could protect him even from Blood-Changing Martial Saints unless they broke it.
• The Black Dragon searched Yang Chan for a special sword-path physique but found none, then urged him to investigate Cross-realm Teleportation Arrays as its own cultivation remained restricted.
• Yang Chan advanced his Primordial Soul Sword to Third Order: Mastery, strengthening his soul and concealing the sword’s killing intent until it struck.

Yang Chan reviewed his cultivation and alchemy progress as spirit herb supplies dwindled, then learned that Emperor Yang Yu had named another Crown Prince. With no major threats to the Qingyuan Sect, Yang Chan turned his attention to guiding Han Bingyu’s alchemy studies.

• Yang Chan noted that his Primordial Soul Sword could conceal its killing intent and that his cultivation techniques and constitution had improved.
• Han Bingyu reported that spirit herb deliveries were shrinking, leaving Yang Chan with a dwindling supply of Marrow Cleansing pills.
• Han Bingyu gave Yang Chan intelligence that Emperor Yang Yu had appointed another Crown Prince, which Yang Chan dismissed as unimportant.
• Yang Chan advised Han Bingyu to keep studying medical books and practicing simple pills, and Han Bingyu reported that she had failed to refine Lantian Jade Refining Pills.

Yang Chan guided Han Bingyu in pill refinement and prepared her to maintain a medicinal-herb supply channel after they joined the Tianxuan Holy Land. As Gu An arranged the Qingyuan Sect’s succession and transition, Yang Chan urged everyone to prepare while he planned to keep a low profile and advance within the Holy Land.

• Yang Chan advised Han Bingyu on refining Lantian Jade Refining Pills and reminded her to work patiently rather than rush.
• Yang Chan’s training had produced an Intermediate Alchemist capable of refining ordinary Three-Cycle Viscera Nourishing Pills, giving the Qingyuan Sect a replacement for him.
• Gu An prepared for the Qingyuan Sect’s eventual move into the Tianxuan Holy Land and selected a steady successor to lead the sect.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to arrange a replacement for her herb-collection channels so they could keep operating after the move.
• Han Bingyu said she had chosen one person from the Han Family and one from the Qingyuan Sect to maintain the channel, though they still needed a safe route to the Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to prepare for the move and planned to stay inconspicuous in the Tianxuan Holy Land until he could raise his status and cultivation.

Gu An received confirmation that Qingyuan Sect could soon join Tianxuan Holy Land, where he would become a hall master on Chiyu Peak. He told Yang Chan the plan and explained that the Saintess and Chiyu Peak both needed his support, leaving Yang Chan asking when they would depart.

• Gu An read Tianxuan Holy Land’s letter confirming the time for Qingyuan Sect to join and considered his coming role as Chiyu Peak’s hall master.
• Gu An decided to confirm the candidates for the move and went to Yuanqing Courtyard to speak with Yang Chan, whose alchemy talent had recently advanced him to Senior Alchemist.
• Gu An told Yang Chan that the time had come to join Tianxuan Holy Land and explained that the Tianxuan Saintess wanted more support while Chiyu Peak needed an additional Senior Alchemist.
• Yang Chan asked when they would join Tianxuan Holy Land, noting that he needed to replenish his supply of Marrow Cleansing-level pills.

Yang Chan prepared to leave Qingyuan Sect for Tianxuan Holy Land in a month, returning Qing Shuang and leaving alchemy notes behind. As he and Han Bingyu arranged their departure, he considered whom to bring and the ranks awaiting them at the holy land.

• Gu An told Yang Chan to prepare for the move, leave his alchemy insights with Qingyuan Sect, and return the famous sword Qing Shuang; Yang Chan agreed.
• Gu An reminded Yang Chan to say farewell to anyone he wished before leaving, then departed to arrange his own followers for Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu they would leave in a month or earlier, and she said she had already begun preparing and would finish most arrangements within seven days.
• Han Bingyu reported unrest caused by Golden Meng Empire remnants in the Rising Sun Empire, and Yang Chan told her to stop gathering routine regional intelligence unless it affected their journey.
• Yang Chan decided to bring Han Bingyu and Princess Lanyue, then reviewed Tianxuan Holy Land's disciple hierarchy, from Steward Disciples to the Holy Son and Saintess.

Yang Chan and the others reached the Sacred Mountain, where two Personal Disciples of Xuanjin Peak guided them into Tianxuan Holy Land on the Tianxuan Saintess’s behalf. As they entered, Black Dragon assessed the mountain-protecting array, and Yang Chan prepared to replenish his dwindling high-level pill reserves in his new home.

• Yang Chan, Gu An, and their companions arrived at the foot of the Sacred Mountain and waited for guides authorized to lead them inside.
• Liu Xuan emerged with Gu An and Xu Gaocen, accompanied by two Personal Disciples of Xuanjin Peak who had been assigned by the Tianxuan Saintess.
• Liu Xuan welcomed Yang Chan and explained through his actions that Yang Chan’s advancement to Senior Alchemist had prompted their early arrival at Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Gu An thanked the Tianxuan Saintess and the guides, and the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster led the group toward the entrance.
• Black Dragon sensed four Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters within the mountain-protecting array and judged that its defenses would make outside attacks difficult.