Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan received his Third-level Alchemist robes, token, and courtyard at the Pill Pavilion, then visited Liu Xuan to arrange an investigation into potential troublemakers in the Spiritual Medicine Tower. Liu Xuan explained the factions involved and advised Yang Chan to move cautiously while balancing the Saintess's, Chiyu Peak's, and the Pill Pavilion's interests.

• A steward gave Yang Chan three sets of Mysterious Ice Silk robes, a courtyard token, keys, and details about his contribution points.
• Yang Chan inspected his new Pill Pavilion courtyard and planned to prepare a hidden escape route and recruit screened helpers.
• Yang Chan visited Liu Xuan and handed him a list of Spiritual Medicine Tower personnel for investigation.
• Liu Xuan explained that Zhu Feiyu had ties to several factions and warned Yang Chan to replace the remaining personnel gradually.
• Yang Chan offered to make room for suitable Chiyu Peak candidates, and Liu Xuan advised him to prioritize the Saintess's arrangements and maintain balance with the Pill Pavilion.

Yang Chan reviewed personnel lists and began reshaping the Spiritual Medicine Tower while planning to replenish his pills and spiritual materials at the Pill Pavilion. After completing the handover, he thanked Fang Zhian with alchemy insights, leaving Fang Zhian impressed by his considerate and decisive management.

• Yang Chan reviewed Fang Zhian's investigation and the lists from Gu An and Liu Xuan, preparing to replace people in the Spiritual Medicine Tower, including those suspected of causing trouble.
• Yang Chan planned to move to the Pill Pavilion courtyard, refine more pills, and use Princess Lanyue's Five-Cycle Organ Nourishing Pills to help replenish his supplies.
• Yang Chan told Princess Lanyue to move with him and encouraged her to work toward becoming a Senior Alchemist.
• Yang Chan replaced people in key posts during the handover, removed troublemakers, and sent those who threatened the Tower's interests to the Law Enforcement Hall, while Fang Zhian helped stabilize operations.
• After Fang Zhian completed the handover, Yang Chan thanked him and gave him a booklet of alchemy insights to help him advance to Senior Alchemist, which Fang Zhian accepted.

Yang Chan continued consolidating his authority in the Spiritual Medicine Tower, placing trusted allies and enforcing its rules against the Quasi Holy Son’s faction. He tasked Han Bingyu with preparing to manage the tower and build a broader intelligence network while he focused on pill refinement and advancing toward Top Alchemist.

• Yang Chan increased his daily Potential Point income to 25.2 by taking commonly used External Refinement and Internal Refinement pills, while prioritizing Marrow Cleansing-level pills for a larger future gain.
• Xu Gaocen reported that a Pharmacist from the Quasi Holy Son’s side had tried to bypass the Spiritual Medicine Tower’s exchange rules, and Yang Chan ordered the rules enforced; Yang Chan’s people removed the Pharmacist and exposed his misconduct.
• Han Bingyu asked whether targeting the Quasi Holy Son’s faction might provoke retaliation, and Yang Chan explained that showing loyalty to the Tianxuan Saintess’s side mattered most.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to learn the tower’s operations and eventually handle its affairs for him, while developing her intelligence network through the Pill Pavilion’s wider connections.
• Yang Chan planned to spend less time in the Spiritual Medicine Tower and return to pill refinement, where he aimed to build a stock of Marrow Cleansing-level pills and eventually raise his daily Potential Point income above thirty.

The Tianxuan Saintess backed Yang Chan’s purge of Gongye Zhe’s allies from the Spiritual Medicine Tower and rewarded Gu An with cultivation resources. As Baili Xi emerged from seclusion and headed to the Demon Cave, Gongye Zhe prepared to monitor him while also planning to retaliate against Yang Chan.

• The Tianxuan Saintess ordered Elder Xu Ling to continue securing control of the Spiritual Medicine Tower and told Gu An to assist Xu Ling and Yang Chan.
• The Tianxuan Saintess granted Gu An resources for Internal Refinement of Five Organs as her faction discussed Baili Xi’s return and the growing struggle over the Holy Master position.
• Gongye Zhe grew angry that Yang Chan had removed his people from the Spiritual Medicine Tower and agreed to arrange a lesson for him.
• Gongye Zhe’s supporters reported that Baili Xi had gone to the Demon Cave, and Gongye Zhe prioritized finding out what the Holy Son sought there.
• An elder told Gongye Zhe that his agents had infiltrated Baili Xi’s group and that He Zixuan was also watching the Demon Cave, giving them a chance to benefit from the rivalry.

Yang Chan weighed his plans to advance as an alchemist while remaining wary of threats to the Spiritual Medicine Tower. Xu Gaocen dismissed staff suspected of serving Quasi Holy Son Gongye Zhe, preventing them from carrying out their sabotage and leaving them to reconsider their failed assignment.

• Yang Chan decided to focus on becoming a Top Alchemist before revealing his martial cultivation and pursuing the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• Yang Chan kept watch for hidden moles and possible retaliation while continuing to practice martial arts in his courtyard.
• Xu Gaocen dismissed Xu Yuan, Gongye Xun, Peng Yuan'an, and more than ten other Spiritual Medicine Tower workers on Yang Chan's orders.
• Xu Gaocen rejected their pleas for extra time and had guards escort them out of the Spiritual Medicine Tower.
• Xu Yuan and the others gathered in a courtyard and lamented that they could no longer carry out Quasi Holy Son Gongye Zhe's plan to destroy the tower's records.

Gongye Zhe learned that his plot against Yang Chan had failed after the Spiritual Medicine Tower dismissed the operatives he had placed there, and he ordered Zhao Zizhen to investigate a possible insider. After learning that Baili Xi had discovered unexplored ruins in the Demon Cave, Gongye Zhe arranged to send his own people there and seek cooperation with Saintess He Zixuan.

• Zhao Zizhen told Gongye Zhe that the Spiritual Medicine Tower had dismissed more than a dozen people, including everyone involved in their scheme against Yang Chan.
• Gongye Zhe suspected that Saintess He Zixuan had uncovered the scheme and ordered Zhao Zizhen to investigate everyone connected to it and kill any traitor he found.
• After Zhao Zizhen left, Gongye Zhe summoned Ding Yuan and asked what he had learned about Baili Xi's movements.
• Ding Yuan reported that Baili Xi had found previously undiscovered ruins in the Demon Cave and had brought many people there.
• Gongye Zhe ordered Ding Yuan to send people into the ruins, contact Saintess He Zixuan's faction about cooperating, and report any discoveries or dangers.

Yang Chan learned that a newly discovered ruin in the Demon Cave had drawn Holy Land factions into a struggle over the discovery, but he chose to monitor events rather than get involved. After revealing that he could refine Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills, he prepared to exchange for higher-level pills to increase his Potential Points and progress toward becoming a Top Alchemist.

• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that Holy Son Baili Xi had discovered a ruin in the Demon Cave and that rival factions were sending people to investigate amid rumors about Baili Xi’s treasure.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to keep track of developments and continued focusing on pill refinement and martial cultivation while the Spiritual Medicine Tower remained peaceful.
• Yang Chan planned to reveal his ability to refine pills for Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters and exchange for Marrow Cleansing Pills, while setting aside his repeated failures with the Water Rhyme Marrow-Returning Pill.
• Fang Zhian congratulated Yang Chan after learning that he had completed assignments to refine Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills.
• Yang Chan accepted Fang Zhian’s congratulations and planned to test exchanged pills for their effect on his daily Potential Points yield.

Yang Chan increased his daily Potential Point gain to 35.3 by taking five marrow-cleansing pills and planned to keep refining them, while using Tianxuan Holy Land’s resources to build his reserves. Black Dragon warned him that the Demon Cave ruins might contain a Bloodline Cross-realm Array, but Yang Chan remained focused on his stable progress and left the search to Han Bingyu’s intelligence network for now.

• Yang Chan found that five ordinary marrow-cleansing pills raised his daily Potential Point gain to 35.3, while further pills of the same kind produced no increase.
• Yang Chan planned to refine the five pills himself and accumulate rare spiritual materials, including ingredients for the White Jade Nether Marrow Pill.
• Yang Chan considered the Demon Cave ruins, where Tianxuan Holy Land had fought Earth Demons and recovered valuable herbs, and decided Han Bingyu could keep watch on developments.
• Black Dragon urged Yang Chan to investigate the ruins because other races could construct temporary Bloodline Cross-realm Arrays using their bloodlines.
• Yang Chan reasoned that leaving the Taiyu Divine Continent might remain impossible until he reached the Divine Aperture Realm, and chose to prioritize alchemy and steady cultivation over searching for an array.

Yang Chan rejected Black Dragon’s push to pursue a cross-realm teleportation array immediately and suggested that Black Dragon study formations instead. Meanwhile, Tianxuan Saintess He Zixuan chose caution in the Demon Cave ruins and learned that Yang Chan had surpassed Yuwen Ze in refining pills that aided Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters.

• Yang Chan told Black Dragon he would remain in Tianxuan Holy Land for now and advised him to study formations in case a teleportation array needed repairs.
• Liao Leng Hui urged He Zixuan to enter the Demon Cave ruins, but He Zixuan chose to wait and investigate Baili Xi’s intentions, suspecting a trap.
• He Zixuan asked Liao Leng Hui to learn what Baili Xi sought in the ruins, then reflected on how the treasures from the foreign races had strengthened his position.
• Elder Xu Ling reported that Yang Chan had refined Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills and borrowed alchemy books, while Yuwen Ze had failed to refine pills for Marrow Cleansing cultivation.
• He Zixuan took greater interest in Yang Chan after learning he had advanced beyond Yuwen Ze in pill refinement.

Yang Chan directed Han Bingyu to gather hidden information about the Tianxuan Holy Land while others monitored the Demon Cave. In the Demon Cave, Baili Xi discovered a Bloodline Sacrifice Array and had an Array Master inspect whether it could be used to reach other realms.

• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that Gongye Zhe and Gongsun Qiu had entered the new Demon Cave site, while the Tianxuan Saintess remained in seclusion.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to keep track of the site’s results and cautiously gather secrets about the Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Baili Xi found a Bloodline Sacrifice Array in the Demon Cave and explained that it could connect to other realms through sacrifices.
• Baili Xi ordered an Array Master to inspect the array, and lights began flashing across it, suggesting it was not completely destroyed.
• Baili Xi grew hopeful that the array could offer a route to a better cultivation world, a prospect he valued above becoming Tianxuan Holy Master.

Baili Xi discovered a damaged Bloodline Sacrifice Array and arranged for Luo Hongguang and other Array Masters to study its repair, while Gongye Zhe and Gongsun Qiu left without fighting. At the Pill Pavilion, Yang Chan continued refining superior-quality pills and gained Potential Points as he worked toward advancing his pill-refining skills.

• Luo Hongguang explained that the damaged Bloodline Sacrifice Array could not currently be activated and was restricted to the Earth Demon race.
• Baili Xi ordered Luo Hongguang to try repairing the array and said he would summon other Array Masters to help, hoping they could also alter its bloodline restriction.
• Gongye Zhe criticized Baili Xi’s plan, but Gongsun Qiu stopped him from fighting and left with him.
• Baili Xi declined to pursue the two, noting that He Zixuan had not come to the array.
• Yang Chan refined several superior-quality pills, gaining a total of 1.5 Potential Points, but failed to produce pills for the second marrow cleansing.

Yang Chan reviewed his Potential Point plans and considered how to produce premium Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills as his spiritual medicine consumption increased. Han Bingyu then reported that the ruins in the Demon Cave contained a damaged Bloodline Sacrifice Array, leaving Yang Chan to investigate its purpose.

• Yang Chan calculated that his Pharmacist profession would reach Fifth Order in a little over a month and planned to redirect Potential Points toward his other abilities afterward.
• Yang Chan continued relying on his own efforts to improve the Primal True Mutual Sense Great Method, while Han Bingyu and Princess Lanyue benefited from rapid advances in their Martial Cultivation.
• Yang Chan planned to refine premium Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills so he could trade them for the Spiritual Materials he needed.
• Han Bingyu reported that the Holy Son and others had fully explored the Demon Cave ruins and found a damaged Bloodline Sacrifice Array that Array Masters were trying to repair.
• Black Dragon told Yang Chan that the array could connect to powerful alien Martial Dao experts, but using it to travel to their world would be extremely dangerous and unlikely to succeed.

Yang Chan learned that Gongye Zhe and Gongsun Qiu had emerged from the Demon Cave, but trusted the Tianxuan Saintess to protect him while he focused on alchemy. After arranging a visit to Chiyu Peak and guiding Han Bingyu, he urged Black Dragon to study the Bloodline Sacrifice Array as a possible backup route out of the Taiyu Divine Continent.

• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to gather information about rare spirit herbs from the Demon Cave ruins and learned that Liu Xuan wanted him to return to Chiyu Peak, where he planned to visit in a few days.
• Yang Chan instructed Han Bingyu to remain at the Pill Pavilion Spiritual Medicine Tower while he was away, then answered her alchemy questions before she left.
• Black Dragon suggested the incomplete Bloodline Sacrifice Array might offer a way to leave the Taiyu Divine Continent if no Cross-Boundary Teleportation Array could be found.
• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon to study the Bloodline Sacrifice Array and other cross-boundary grand arrays, and Black Dragon returned to the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads to research them.
• Yang Chan read alchemy books to improve his skills and advance his Pharmacist profession.

Yang Chan returned to Chiyu Peak, where Liu Xuan asked him to refine the Spirit-Assisting Marrow Cleansing Pill using materials from the Demon Cave ruins. Liu Xuan also warned that Gongye Zhe planned to challenge Yang Chan through an alchemist from Liyu Peak, leaving Yang Chan to prepare for the contest and choose its timing and pill.

• Yang Chan waited at Yuanqing Courtyard for Liu Xuan after inferring that Chiyu Peak wanted him to refine a supplementary cultivation pill.
• Gu An warned Yang Chan that Gongye Zhe intended to cause him trouble and advised him to stay at the Pill Pavilion.
• Liu Xuan asked Yang Chan to refine the Spirit-Assisting Marrow Cleansing Pill and gave him records of previous refinement experiences.
• Yang Chan agreed to prepare for the refinement, while Liu Xuan explained that Gongye Zhe planned to challenge his pill-making ability to undermine his confidence.
• Liu Xuan told Yang Chan that he could choose the time and pill for any challenge, and promised to send him intelligence about his opponents.

Yang Chan learned that Quasi Holy Son Gongye Zhe might use Liyu Peak’s alchemists to challenge him, and he planned to turn the contest into a chance to refine a premium Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill. After returning to the Pill Pavilion, he ordered Han Bingyu to investigate Liyu Peak’s strongest alchemists as he prepared for the likely challenge.

• Liu Xuan warned Yang Chan about Gongye Zhe’s possible retaliation and gave him Spirit-Assisting Marrow Cleansing Pill records and materials.
• Yang Chan decided he could use a contest to advance his alchemy and refine a premium Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill under pressure.
• Yang Chan studied the Spirit-Assisting Marrow Cleansing Pill and considered whether refining it could provide a new source of Potential Points.
• Yang Chan returned to the Pill Pavilion, where Han Bingyu reported that the Spiritual Medicine Tower remained stable.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to gather more information about Liyu Peak’s capable alchemists, especially its Third-level Alchemists.
• Yang Chan identified Liyu Peak’s strongest Third-level Alchemist, who could refine pills for one-cleansing Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters, as the likeliest contest opponent.

Lu Feng challenged Yang Chan to a pill duel on behalf of the Quasi Holy Son’s side, hoping to undermine his confidence. Yang Chan refused to be rushed and used the waiting Pharmacists and Spiritual Medicine Tower’s rules to turn public opinion against Lu Feng.

• Lu Feng arrived at the Spiritual Medicine Tower and challenged Yang Chan to a pill duel, while Yuwen Ze and Qiu Feizhang watched for their own reasons.
• Yang Chan said he had duties to handle and would answer Lu Feng later, following Liu Xuan’s advice not to agree too quickly.
• Lu Feng pressed Yang Chan to accept and implied he was afraid, but Yang Chan asked whether Lu Feng was questioning the Pavilion Master’s arrangements.
• Lu Feng denied disrespecting the Pavilion Master and tried to return the discussion to the pill duel, but Yang Chan repeated that he would answer afterward.
• Yang Chan pointed out the Pharmacists waiting in line and accused Lu Feng’s insistence of disregarding their affairs, drawing hostile attention toward Lu Feng.

Lu Feng challenged Yang Chan to a pill contest, but Yang Chan avoided committing until he could learn more about his opponent. The contest was set for a reply within half a month, and Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard confident he could win.

• Lu Feng pressured Yang Chan to accept a pill contest, drawing criticism from Pharmacists at the Spiritual Medicine Tower for his shameless tactics.
• Yang Chan said he was busy and would give Lu Feng an answer within half a month, while criticizing Lu Feng for fixating on a newly advanced Alchemist.
• Lu Feng accepted the delay and left after taunting Yang Chan, while Yuwen Ze reflected on how his own hasty agreement to a past contest had cost him.
• Qiu Feizhang concluded that Yang Chan's delay would let him choose a pill suited to his strengths, potentially foiling the Quasi Holy Son's plans.
• A Pharmacist sent by Tianxuan Saintess promised to deliver detailed information about Lu Feng the next day, and Yang Chan thanked the Saintess.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard intending to use the contest to display his pill-refining talent, while Princess Lanyue asked whether he would refine pills.

Yang Chan reviewed Lu Feng’s alchemy record and prepared to face his challenge, while the Tianxuan Saintess and Tianxuan Holy Son assessed Yang Chan’s careful response. The Saintess also learned that Baili Xi was trying to repair a Bloodline Sacrifice Array in the Demon Cave ruins, but she judged the plan uncertain and not an immediate threat.

• Yang Chan studied Lu Feng’s records, decided Lu Feng was less threatening than expected, and agreed to stay the night at Princess Lanyue’s residence.
• Elder Xu Ling reported Yang Chan’s handling of Lu Feng’s challenge to the Tianxuan Saintess, who praised Yang Chan’s caution and told Xu Ling to keep overseeing his affairs.
• Liao Leng Hui told the Tianxuan Saintess that Baili Xi had brought Array Masters into the Demon Cave ruins to repair a Bloodline Sacrifice Array and use it to open an interrealm teleportation array.
• The Tianxuan Saintess concluded Baili Xi’s plan could take a long time and might fail, then assigned Liao Leng Hui to keep watching his activities.
• Zhou Cheng told Baili Xi that Yang Chan had calmly handled Lu Feng’s challenge, and Baili Xi agreed Yang Chan was unlikely to be caught by the same tactics that had shaken Yuwen Ze.

Gongye Zhe learned that Baili Xi was assembling Array Masters to repair the Bloodline Sacrifice Array and decided to oppose him, hoping to weaken his standing. Meanwhile, Yang Chan accepted Lu Feng’s pill duel at the Alchemy Pavilion and chose the Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill, surprising Lu Feng and setting the stage for their contest.

• Lu Feng reported that Yang Chan had remained too cautious to fall for his provocations, so Gongye Zhe told him to defeat Yang Chan in a pill duel instead.
• Ding Yuan informed Gongye Zhe that Baili Xi had brought Array Masters into the Demon Cave to attempt to repair the Bloodline Sacrifice Array, and Gongye Zhe resolved to stop him and use any failure against him.
• Yang Chan arrived at the Alchemy Pavilion after days of refining Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills, and his appearance drew the attention of the gathered Pharmacists.
• Yang Chan publicly accepted Lu Feng’s pill duel and selected the Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill, a choice that surprised Lu Feng.
• Zhao Zizhen suggested that Yang Chan had chosen the pill to pressure himself into an alchemy breakthrough, and Lu Feng decided to defeat him rather than let him use the duel to advance.

Yang Chan accepted Lu Feng’s alchemy duel and chose to refine the difficult Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill before the gathered Alchemy Pavilion. As both alchemists began refining, observers recognized Yang Chan’s unusual methods and possible preparation, but his ability to produce a premium pill remained uncertain.

• Lu Feng accepted Yang Chan’s challenge, and the Alchemy Pavilion arranged a public duel overseen by a Top Alchemist.
• Yuwen Ze, Qiu Feizhang, Xu Gaocen, and Han Bingyu came to watch, each assessing Yang Chan’s chances and motives.
• Lu Feng warned Yang Chan that choosing the Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill would be the greatest mistake of his life, but Yang Chan remained unfazed.
• The duel began, and Yang Chan and Lu Feng prepared their ingredients before starting to refine the pills.
• Yuwen Ze and Qiu Feizhang observed Yang Chan’s distinct refining methods, while Qiu Feizhang judged that Yang Chan might produce a premium pill but still faced a difficult process.