Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan learned that the Tianxuan Holy Land had destroyed the Earth Demon race and began considering Blood Pills as a way to increase his Potential Points while continuing to cultivate. Meanwhile, beings in the starry sky discovered that Taiyu Divine Continent might be nurturing a divine vein, and the injured Tianxuan Saintess recovered with Yang Chan’s pills.

• The previous Tianxuan Holy Master and the Holy Land’s experts killed the Lord of Earth Demons, though one Supreme Elder died and others were injured.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that the Demon Cave would become a Medicine Field and that its soil could grow special spiritual herbs; Yang Chan considered asking Bai Keyi about refining Blood Pills.
• Yang Chan gave Han Bingyu healing pills for Gu An, then entered his secret chamber to cultivate the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
• Two powerful beings in the starry sky learned that Taiyu Divine Continent might be nurturing a divine vein and discussed finding allies to seize it.
• Li Yuelai delivered Yang Chan’s Recovery Spirit Pills to the injured Tianxuan Saintess, who praised his skill and predicted he would soon become a Top Alchemist.

After two peaceful months of martial arts practice and pill refinement, Yang Chan met the Tianxuan Saintess, who rewarded him with a Blood Pill formula and informed him that Tianxuan Holy Land had chosen him for the upcoming Divine Pill Ceremony. Yang Chan questioned whether he had to attend, and the chapter ended with the Saintess explaining the benefits of participating.

• Yang Chan left the Pill Pavilion and went to the Saintess Pavilion after the Tianxuan Saintess summoned him.
• Li Yuelai welcomed Yang Chan warmly, and Xiao Yue escorted him directly to meet the Saintess.
• The Tianxuan Saintess thanked Yang Chan for his Recovery Spirit Pills and gave him a Blood Pill formula with two books of notes.
• The Tianxuan Saintess told Yang Chan he had been recommended for the Azure Pill Competition at the Divine Pill Ceremony, alongside Yuwen Ze and other Pharmacists.
• Yang Chan asked whether he had to participate, and the Saintess described the opportunity to exchange knowledge and hear Top Alchemists explain pill refinement.

Yang Chan learned that the Tianxuan Holy Land expected him to attend the Divine Pill Ceremony and compete in the Azure Pill Competition, despite his preference to wait until he was stronger. After weighing the risks against the chance to improve his pill-refining skills, he accepted that he would go and began planning for his safety.

• The Tianxuan Saintess told Yang Chan that he would attend the Divine Pill Ceremony and offered to protect him during the journey and competition.
• Yang Chan recognized that refusing could bring restrictions from the Holy Land, so he thanked the Saintess and accepted the arrangement.
• The Saintess encouraged Yang Chan to perform as usual at the Azure Pill Competition and said the Holy Land would not demand a particular ranking.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard and considered preparing poisons and other safeguards before the ceremony.
• Yang Chan decided the Divine Pill Ceremony could help him overcome his pill-refining bottleneck and broaden his knowledge, and he hoped it would pass safely.

Yang Chan learned that Tianxuan Holy Land had selected him for the Divine Pill Ceremony and Azure Pill Competition, though memories of a dangerous past conference left him reluctant. He accepted the assignment, arranged for Han Bingyu to manage the Spiritual Medicine Tower, and Yuwen Ze also received a slot as the Tianxuan Holy Son urged him to overcome his difficulty refining Marrow Cleansing pills.

• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that Steward Li from the Pill Pavilion Internal Affairs Department had come to see him.
• Steward Li informed Yang Chan that he had been chosen to represent Tianxuan Holy Land at the Divine Pill Ceremony and compete in the Azure Pill Competition.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu that the assignment reminded him of the dangers at the Alchemist Conference in White Jade Capital, then asked her to oversee the Spiritual Medicine Tower while he was away.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son told Yuwen Ze that he had secured him a place at the Divine Pill Ceremony and urged him to make progress beyond Marrow Cleansing pills.
• Yuwen Ze assured the Tianxuan Holy Son that he had begun trying to refine Marrow Cleansing pills and expected to succeed soon.

Yang Chan refined Marrow Devouring Poison as an additional safeguard for the Divine Pill Ceremony and warned Black Dragon to remain hidden during the event. After reviewing information sent by Gu An, Yang Chan agreed to seek opportunities to learn about the Cross-Boundary Teleportation Array and the Taiyu Divine Continent’s past.

• Yang Chan successfully refined Marrow Devouring Poison and stored the contaminated pill furnace, while Black Dragon praised his preparations.
• Yang Chan told Black Dragon that he must stay inside the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads during the Divine Pill Ceremony unless danger made his help necessary.
• Han Bingyu delivered letters and books from Gu An, and Yang Chan sent Gu An a letter of thanks and healing pills in return.
• Black Dragon urged Yang Chan to ask Pharmacists at the Divine Pill Ceremony about the Cross-Boundary Teleportation Array and ancient secrets.
• Yang Chan agreed to look for information from major sect Pharmacists and compare it with what the Array Spirit had told him.

Yang Chan left Tianxuan Holy Land with a large delegation to attend the Divine Pill Ceremony at Yuan Dan Mountain, where he and Zheng Yuanliang discussed the gathering and the legendary divine pills. Zheng Yuanliang revealed that Tianxuan Holy Land was attempting to refine the Water God Pill, whose recorded effects included improving a martial artist’s innate foundation.

• Yang Chan departed Xuanxu Grotto-heaven with more than a thousand people bound for the Divine Pill Ceremony.
• Yang Chan told Zheng Yuanliang that he hated leaving Tianxuan Holy Land, while Zheng Yuanliang eagerly anticipated the ceremony and the Yuan Dan Mural.
• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang discussed the major factions’ failed attempts to refine legendary divine pills and the possibility of breaking the limits of Martial Dao.
• Yang Chan asked which divine pill Tianxuan Holy Land was attempting to refine, and Zheng Yuanliang told him that Pavilion Master Bai was working on the Water God Pill.

Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang traveled by ship to Yuan Dan Mountain for the Divine Pill Conference, discussing the legendary Water God Pill and the ambitions behind the sects’ alchemy efforts. They arrived at the mountain, where Zheng Yuanliang had overcome his seasickness only after vomiting, and Yang Chan compared its height unfavorably with Tongtian Wushang Mountain.

• Yang Chan asked whether the major factions had a divine pill they all wanted to refine together, and Zheng Yuanliang explained that scarce materials and rival ambitions made cooperation unlikely.
• Zheng Yuanliang said that becoming a top alchemist could let him work on Tianxuan Holy Land’s Water God Pill and earn a place in history, while Yang Chan affirmed that each person pursued a different goal.
• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang sailed with Tianxuan Holy Land’s group toward Yuan Dan Mountain, and Zheng Yuanliang suffered severe seasickness despite taking pills for it.
• After the ship approached Yuan Dan Mountain, Zheng Yuanliang vomited into a bucket Yang Chan placed before him, then insisted he would attend another Divine Pill Ceremony after improving his Martial Cultivation.
• The ship docked, and Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang disembarked to see Yuan Dan Mountain towering over the island.
• Yang Chan agreed that Yuan Dan Mountain paled beside Tianxuan Holy Land’s Tongtian Wushang Mountain.

Yang Chan arrived at Yuan Dan Mountain for the Divine Pill Ceremony and learned from Black Dragon about the Qingdan Sect’s failed attempt to refine a Yuanqing Divine Pill. After discussing pill and Heavenly Tribulations, Yang Chan decided to seek ways to prepare for them and asked Black Dragon for more information about the sect.

• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang surveyed the many factions’ ships and settled into the Tianxuan Holy Land’s protected residences at Yuan Dan Mountain.
• Black Dragon used his Divine Sense to inspect the area and told Yang Chan that Yuan Dan Mountain had once been the Qingdan Sect’s secret realm.
• Black Dragon recalled that the Qingdan Sect had invited him to witness its Yuanqing Divine Pill refinement, but the pill failed its Divine Pill Tribulation.
• Black Dragon explained that divine pills and those who crossed the boundary between man and god faced tribulations, though Taiyu Divine Continent’s changed laws might affect them.
• Yang Chan resolved to look for tribulation-avoidance methods after becoming a Top Alchemist, while Black Dragon tried to dismiss his concerns and then praised his caution.
• Yang Chan set aside Black Dragon’s flattery and asked what else he knew about the Qingdan Sect.

Yang Chan arrived at Yuan Dan Mountain for the Divine Pill Ceremony and learned that Qingdan Sect had once used a powerful array there to withstand a pill tribulation. He planned to stay within Tianxuan Holy Land’s safe area and wait for the ceremony, while Zheng Yuanliang’s feud with Xu Wenye flared up over dinner.

• Black Dragon told Yang Chan that Qingdan Sect had used a special array on Yuanqing Mountain and might have left treasures there, so Yang Chan allowed him to investigate with his Divine Sense.
• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang went to dinner, where Zheng traded insults with Xu Wenye, a Third-level Alchemist allied with Tianxuan Holy Son.
• Bai Keyi warned the attendees to stay within their sect’s assigned area and travel with Marrow Cleansing experts, explaining that people sometimes disappeared during the Divine Pill Ceremony.
• Zheng Yuanliang told Yang Chan about four Purple Mansion Holy Land Alchemists who vanished after going to see the bright moon rise over the sea, and Yang Chan agreed to avoid wandering away.
• Zheng Yuanliang discussed dangerous North Sea exotic beasts with Yang Chan until Xu Wenye mocked him, prompting Zheng to imply that Xu planned to disobey Bai Keyi’s warning.

Yang Chan considered the danger on Yuan Dan Mountain, then received a quilt and warning from the Tianxuan Saintess through Xiao Yue. Zheng Yuanliang later revealed that a Third-level Alchemist from the Heavenly Sword Sect had already disappeared, reinforcing Yang Chan’s decision to remain within his sect’s protection.

• Yang Chan asked the Black Dragon whether the sea beasts might have dragon blood, but the Black Dragon said their impure bloodlines were useless to him.
• Yang Chan took a medicinal bath and reflected on his cultivation plans while the Black Dragon kept watch.
• Xiao Yue brought Yang Chan a quilt from the Tianxuan Saintess and warned him not to leave the sect’s sphere of influence alone.
• Yang Chan realized the Saintess might be trying to offer Xiao Yue to him, but he declined to pursue the arrangement because he did not trust her background.
• Zheng Yuanliang warned Yang Chan that a Third-level Alchemist from the Heavenly Sword Sect had disappeared after leaving his faction’s territory, and Yang Chan agreed to stay with his sect.

Yang Chan entered Yuan Dan Mountain for the Divine Pill Ceremony and experienced its memory recollection, which improved his soul and revived alchemy memories. He reached the Divine Pill Great Hall with Zheng Yuanliang and waited as the senior Pharmacists prepared for the ceremony.

• The major factions shattered Yuan Dan Mountain’s protective array with the combined power of more than a dozen Blood-Changing Martial Saints, opening the mountain to visitors.
• Yang Chan entered Yuan Dan Mountain and experienced its Pharmacist memory recollection, while Black Dragon observed that his soul body had improved.
• Zheng Yuanliang explained the recollection and shared how his prepared pills had eased its effects on him.
• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang continued up the mountain and reached the Divine Pill Great Hall, where Zheng Yuanliang described the Ancient Pill Sect and the immovable furnace at its center.
• Yang Chan asked about the ceremony’s schedule, and Zheng Yuanliang said they would wait for the Top Alchemists to exchange knowledge before the next part began.

Yang Chan attended the Divine Pill Ceremony’s alchemist exchange meet, where he learned about unusual techniques such as Water Method Alchemy. He returned to his lodgings with no immediate trouble, while Black Dragon reported inaccessible treasures on Yuan Dan Mountain and the next day’s exchange introduced Water Method Alchemy.

• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang joined the alchemists exchanging pill-refining insights and heard about methods involving Gu insects and Water Method Alchemy.
• After the first day’s meet, Zheng Yuanliang discussed the unfamiliar techniques with Yang Chan as they returned to their lodgings.
• Black Dragon told Yang Chan that formations deep within Yuan Dan Mountain and the pill furnace might conceal treasures, but admitted he could neither break the formations nor open the furnace.
• Yang Chan soaked in a medicinal bath, then told Black Dragon to watch for disturbances while accepting that they lacked the strength to claim the treasures.
• At the next exchange, an alchemist from the Purple Mansion Holy Land explained that Water Method Alchemy used Yellow Springs Water, while Pharmacist Zhao invited alchemists to visit the Holy Land to try the technique.

At the Divine Pill Ceremony, aging Martial Saints planned to exploit the weakening formations on Yuan Dan Mountain to reach a Legendary Divine Pill, while Yang Chan prepared to stay low-key during the Azure Pill Competition. The competition began on the Earthfire Divine Platform, where Yang Chan carefully started refining the Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill.

• A group of Blood-Changing Martial Saints agreed to wait until the tenth day, when Yuan Dan Mountain's formations would be weakest, before trying to sever the alchemy furnace's connection to the mountain.
• After the alchemist exchange meets ended, Zheng Yuanliang said the Azure Pill Competition's strongest contestants could refine pills for a second marrow cleansing, while Yang Chan planned to display only his established skills.
• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang encouraged each other before the competition, and Zheng Yuanliang composed himself despite being nervous before the gathered spectators.
• Bai Keyi began the Azure Pill Competition and announced that anyone who failed to refine the Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill with their single set of ingredients would be eliminated.
• Yang Chan checked the earthfire, lowered its high temperature to his preferred level, and began adding the Spiritual Materials according to his usual method.

Yang Chan passed the morning round of the Azure Pill Competition with a perfect-quality Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill, while Zheng Yuanliang also qualified. The Tianxuan Saintess warned them that Blood-Changing Martial Saints might soon break Yuan Dan Mountain’s array, forcing the Divine Pill Ceremony to end early, and the chapter left the alchemists bracing for the danger and grieving the lost opportunities.

• Yang Chan refined a perfect-quality Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill, and the judges eliminated alchemists whose pills failed to qualify or who ran out of time.
• Bai Keyi ended the morning round and announced that the afternoon competition would test the alchemists with Marrow Cleansing-level pills.
• Zheng Yuanliang praised Yang Chan’s result, and Yang Chan acknowledged that Zheng Yuanliang had also refined a perfect-quality pill.
• The Tianxuan Saintess warned Yang Chan, Zheng Yuanliang, and the other alchemists that Blood-Changing Martial Saints planned to break Yuan Dan Mountain’s array to reach the giant pill furnace, possibly causing the mountain to flee into the void.
• The Tianxuan Saintess told the alchemists to compete as usual that afternoon, remain alert, and follow the Holy Land’s arrangements if they had to evacuate.
• Zheng Yuanliang and the other alchemists lamented the likely loss of the competition’s later opportunities, while Yang Chan accepted the possibility of leaving early.

Yang Chan stayed focused and produced a perfect Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill despite news that the major sects planned to act against Yuan Dan Mountain. At night, the Blood-Changing Martial Saints prepared to evacuate the alchemists and attempt to sever the mountain’s connection to the giant pill furnace.

• Yang Chan refined a perfect Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill while Zheng Yuanliang’s unsettled state left him with only a qualified pill.
• The judges eliminated many alchemists, leaving fewer than a hundred who passed, and Yang Chan encouraged Zheng Yuanliang to steady his mindset.
• Zheng Yuanliang said he had recovered and was content with having achieved his goal by competing in the Divine Pill Ceremony.
• The Blood-Changing Martial Saints concluded that night offered their best chance to break the formations linking Yuan Dan Mountain to the giant pill furnace.
• The sect leaders discussed their hopes of finding Legendary Divine Pills and ordered the remaining alchemists to retreat to the ships before the attempt.

Yang Chan and the other sects fled Yuan Dan Mountain as Blood-Changing Martial Saints attacked it, but Black Dragon discovered that the mountain concealed a secret realm whose expanding light was swallowing ships and people. Unable to escape, Yang Chan prepared to enter the realm and relied on Black Dragon to scout for danger.

• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang boarded Tianxuan Holy Land's ship with the other sects and watched the Blood-Changing Martial Saints attack Yuan Dan Mountain.
• A Blood-Changing Martial Saint warned the ships to move away, and Black Dragon told Yang Chan that the furnace held a key to a secret realm rather than a divine pill.
• Black Dragon reported that the secret realm had swallowed the Blood-Changing Martial Saints and that its expanding boundary would catch the nearby ships.
• The Tianxuan Saintess ordered the ship to speed up, but Black Dragon said it could not outrun the realm's advancing boundary.
• Yang Chan used his soul body to see the wave of light swallowing living creatures and accepted that he could not escape.
• Yang Chan removed the restrictions on the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads and instructed Black Dragon to monitor the situation and intervene if danger arose.

Yang Chan was dragged into a vast, unfamiliar secret realm where he found no other people and followed Black Dragon’s guidance to a deserted Spiritual Field. After gathering its mature herbs, he reached a mountain resembling Yuan Dan Mountain, but its weakening formations prevented him from climbing it, so he began investigating the surroundings while waiting for a safer chance.

• Yang Chan entered the unfamiliar realm after the ship was caught by strange ripples, and Black Dragon found no living creatures nearby.
• Black Dragon sensed dense spiritual qi gathering at a Spiritual Field, and Yang Chan went there to investigate.
• Yang Chan harvested the mature spiritual herbs from the field while leaving younger herbs behind.
• Yang Chan and Black Dragon reached a mountain that resembled Yuan Dan Mountain and discovered it was protected by powerful formations.
• Black Dragon said the mountain’s formations were weakening and might vanish in a few days, so Yang Chan began investigating the surrounding area while they waited.

Yang Chan and Black Dragon discovered that the empty space surrounding Yuan Dan Mountain was an illusion and that the mountain concealed a Qingdan Sect trial. Yang Chan passed its first pill-formulation test and continued toward the summit, still focused on finding a way out.

• Yang Chan and Black Dragon searched the vast space for three days but found no other living beings or significant Spiritual Fields.
• Yang Chan stepped onto the mountain path, revealing a bluestone road and a hidden illusory formation concealing the mountain's true appearance.
• Black Dragon suspected the mountain was Qingdan Sect's inheritance ground, where trials tested Pharmacist skills.
• Yang Chan recognized the Azure Spirit Pill recipe challenge and placed the correct Spiritual Materials on the stone table.
• The test accepted Yang Chan's answer, extended the path, and cleared some of the mist above the mountain.
• Yang Chan and Black Dragon continued uphill, prioritizing escape from the space over obtaining Qingdan Sect's inheritance.

Yang Chan progressed from formulating prescriptions to refining pills in the Qingdan Sect's trial, earning bottles of pills as rewards. After successfully refining increasingly difficult pills through the Jade Dew Marrow Pill, he waited to see what new challenge the trial would present.

• Yang Chan reached a pill-refining trial and successfully refined a premium-grade Spiritual Purple Pill, but the path did not change until new materials and a bottle of ten pills appeared.
• Yang Chan refined a premium-grade Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill and received another bottle of pills along with the next trial materials.
• Yang Chan felt uneasy as the trial advanced to the Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pill, but calmed himself and refined it successfully.
• Yang Chan collected the premium-grade Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills that appeared as a reward, then faced the Jade Dew Marrow Pill trial.
• Yang Chan spent an hour refining a premium-grade Jade Dew Marrow Pill and placed it on the stone platform, where it vanished.

Yang Chan broke through to Top Alchemist by successfully refining a White Jade Nether Marrow Pill, but the Qingdan Sect trial continued and presented him with the far more difficult Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill. He faced the next challenge with only one set of materials and little hope of having enough time to succeed.

• Yang Chan recognized the White Jade Nether Marrow Pill as a third Marrow Cleansing pill he had repeatedly failed to refine and began refining it under intense pressure.
• Yang Chan focused on controlling the furnace and fire, and his mental power broke through during the process.
• Yang Chan successfully refined a qualified White Jade Nether Marrow Pill, advancing to Top Alchemist, while Black Dragon watched nearby.
• Yang Chan placed the pill on the stone platform, but the bluestone road and mist did not change, and new materials and a pill bottle appeared.
• Yang Chan found that the next required pill was the Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill and realized he had neither the time nor the spare materials for repeated attempts.