Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan escaped the special space after failing to refine the Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill and reached the Yuan Dan Great Hall on Yuan Dan Mountain. He triggered a Spirit Light Entering Dreams inheritance from the Yuan Dan Mural and began receiving Qingdan Sect’s alchemy memories.

• Yang Chan failed to refine the Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill, placed the failed pill on the stone platform, and discovered that a void gate had appeared.
• Yang Chan and Black Dragon passed through the gate and arrived in a new area of Yuan Dan Mountain, where Black Dragon sensed other life auras.
• Yang Chan sent Black Dragon into the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads to scout and entered the Yuan Dan Great Hall to inspect the Yuan Dan Mural.
• Yang Chan approached the mural, and a flash of spirit light flew from between his brows into it, drawing his consciousness and soul inside.
• Black Dragon recognized the event as a memory inheritance, while Yang Chan received pill formulas and unusual refining methods from Qingdan Sect.

Yang Chan absorbed the Yuan Dan Mural’s inheritance of advanced pill formulas and alchemy methods, then returned to his body in the Yuan Dan Great Hall. He was left facing several powerful arrivals, including the Tianxuan Saintess, as the factions gathered around the mural.

• Yang Chan absorbed memories of Legendary Divine Pills and King-level Alchemists, though he realized the inheritance was incomplete because he had not passed enough trials.
• Yang Chan left the special space after Black Dragon warned that someone was approaching the Yuan Dan Great Hall.
• Purple Mansion Holy Son He Tianqing arrived and questioned Yang Chan, then backed off when Yang Chan revealed someone else was hiding outside.
• Supreme Saintess Meng Qianshang entered the hall, causing He Tianqing to withdraw his hostility toward Yang Chan.
• Tianxuan Saintess He Zixuan arrived and moved closer to Yang Chan, while the three powerful newcomers watched one another warily.

Yang Chan reunited with Zheng Yuanliang and the Tianxuan Saintess in the Yuan Dan Great Hall as the factions prepared to let their alchemists contemplate the Yuan Dan Mural. During the first round, Yang Chan learned that only his soul-body cultivation let him receive Qingdan Sect's inheritance, while the others gained spiritual insights.

• Yang Chan met the arriving Zheng Yuanliang and learned that the major factions would arrange turns at the Yuan Dan Mural once their leaders arrived.
• The Tianxuan Saintess reassured Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang that they would be among the first alchemists allowed to contemplate the mural.
• Bai Keyi announced the contemplation order based on the Azure Pill Competition, placing Yang Chan fifteenth and Zheng Yuanliang eighty-fifth.
• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon to secretly observe whether other people's minds entered the mural, and Black Dragon reported that they gained spiritual insights but no inheritance.
• Yang Chan confirmed that only he received Qingdan Sect's inheritance and that distance did not affect contemplation, while he pretended to meditate with the others.

Yang Chan and the other Pharmacists finished contemplating the Yuan Dan Mural, then left Yuan Dan Mountain’s secret realm as it was about to close. Back aboard the ship, they found the entrance had vanished, and Yang Chan looked forward to returning to Tianxuan Holy Land.

• Yang Chan pretended to awaken from contemplation alongside the other Pharmacists, while Zheng Yuanliang said the Yuan Dan Mural had given him valuable insights.
• The remaining Pharmacists took their turns before the Yuan Dan Mural, and all finished after more than half a day.
• Blood-Changing Martial Saints warned that the secret realm was closing, so the Tianxuan Saintess arranged for everyone to leave.
• Yang Chan and the others swam back to the ship and changed clothes after exiting the secret realm at the foot of Yuan Dan Mountain.
• Yang Chan noticed that Yuan Dan Mountain and the secret realm entrance had disappeared, and Zheng Yuanliang wondered whether the mountain would return in twenty years.

Yang Chan and the others returned from the Divine Pill Ceremony, and Yang Chan settled back into Tianxuan Holy Land after a long journey. He asked Han Bingyu to report what had happened in the Holy Land during his absence.

• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang celebrated reaching land by ordering a feast at Laifu Restaurant and discussed their plans to return to Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Yang Chan explained that he wanted to return to refine pills, absorb his gains from Yuan Dan Mountain, and work toward becoming a Top Alchemist and a Blood-Changing Martial Saint.
• The Tianxuan Saintess led the group back through the Sacred Mountain’s void gate into Xuanxu Grotto-heaven, where Zheng Yuanliang invited Yang Chan to exchange pill-refining insights and share food.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard, where Han Bingyu welcomed him and prepared a hot bath.
• After bathing, Yang Chan asked Han Bingyu to tell him about the major events in Tianxuan Holy Land during his absence.

Yang Chan returned from the Divine Pill Ceremony and advanced to Top Alchemist, while Han Bingyu updated him on the Tianxuan Holy Land and their growing intelligence network. Baili Xi learned of the Saintess’s return, prepared to end his seclusion, and planned an expedition to a newly discovered secret realm; Yang Chan later discussed the Yuan Dan Mural with Princess Lanyue.

• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that the Tianxuan Holy Son had been in seclusion for three months, Hall Master Gu could move again but was not ready to fight, and their intelligence network had expanded.
• Yang Chan asked Han Bingyu to bring Hall Master Gu to his study when he visited and to send gathered intelligence there.
• Zhou Cheng reported the Tianxuan Saintess’s return and the events at Yuan Dan Mountain to Baili Xi, who decided to end his seclusion and ordered Zhou Cheng to watch the returning pharmacists and summon Yuwen Ze.
• Baili Xi ordered Zhou Cheng to summon Luo Hongguang to help explore a newly discovered secret realm beyond the Xuanxu Grotto-heaven, hoping to find arrays and win support from the Holy Land’s Supreme Elders.
• Yang Chan refined a passing-quality White Jade Nether Marrow Pill, and Princess Lanyue congratulated him on becoming a Top Alchemist.
• Yang Chan explained to Princess Lanyue that the Yuan Dan Mural could strengthen spiritual power and provide pill-refining insights, while only a soul body could obtain the Qingdan Sect inheritance.

Yang Chan continued refining White Jade Nether Marrow Pills while Princess Lanyue observed and offered suggestions, helping him seek exquisite quality. Meanwhile, the Tianxuan Saintess learned that the Tianxuan Holy Son had found another foreign-race secret realm and prepared to counter his plans as he arranged to leave Xuanxu Grotto-heaven.

• Yang Chan told Princess Lanyue that the Yuan Dan Mural could only be comprehended once, then continued refining pills in pursuit of exquisite quality.
• Princess Lanyue watched Yang Chan refine a qualified White Jade Nether Marrow Pill and pointed out steps she thought might have caused problems.
• Liao Leng Hui reported that the Tianxuan Holy Son had emerged from seclusion and was arranging for people to leave Xuanxu Grotto-heaven.
• A trusted informant told the Tianxuan Saintess that the Holy Son had used a foreign-race treasure to detect a secret realm beyond the Sacred Mountain, possibly containing a cross-realm array.
• The Tianxuan Saintess ordered Steward Li to prepare Meng Jiemin, Wanyan Sha, and others to leave Xuanxu Grotto-heaven and respond to the Holy Son's moves.

Yang Chan completed his third marrow cleansing and continued consolidating his cultivation while planning to advance as an alchemist and prepare for the Blood-Changing Martial Saint Realm. He then learned that the Tianxuan Saintess was heading to a newly discovered secret realm to counter the Holy Son’s growing influence.

• Yang Chan used Potential Points to advance the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture and complete his third marrow cleansing, then judged his combat power against Ouyang Qingtian’s.
• Yang Chan planned to keep accumulating strength, refine White Jade Nether Marrow Pills, become a Top Alchemist, and obtain the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• Yang Chan consolidated his cultivation as Black Dragon watched and considered his potential to surpass Black Dragon and reach the Blood-Changing Martial Saint Realm.
• Gu An told Yang Chan that the Tianxuan Holy Son had discovered a secret realm that might contain arrays like the Bloodline Sacrifice Array.
• Gu An explained that the Tianxuan Saintess was setting out to prevent the Holy Son from winning over more Supreme Elders, and Yang Chan wondered whether they would clash outside the Holy Land.

Yang Chan finished refining pills for the departing Tianxuan Saintess and focused on increasing his Potential Points while preparing to refine third Marrow Cleansing pills. After the Holy Sons and Saintesses left to pursue a secret realm, he visited Zheng Yuanliang, whose growing confidence in refining the White Jade Nether Marrow Pill gave Yang Chan a chance to plan a less conspicuous path to becoming a Top Alchemist.

• Yang Chan completed a batch of healing and other pills for Gu An to deliver to the Tianxuan Saintess, then planned to work toward refining Azure Spirit Bone Marrow Pills and Snow Lotus Marrow-Creating Pills.
• Han Bingyu informed Yang Chan that the Tianxuan Saintess had left Xuanxu Grotto-heaven with her followers, joining the Tianxuan Holy Son and other influential figures who had gone to the discovered secret realm.
• With the major sources of conflict gone, Yang Chan welcomed the quieter Tianxuan Holy Land and decided to focus on improving his cultivation and pill-refining skills.
• Yang Chan visited Zheng Yuanliang after he emerged from seclusion and learned that Zheng had gained insights and intended to try refining the White Jade Nether Marrow Pill after resting.
• Zheng Yuanliang praised Yang Chan's progress toward refining second Marrow Cleansing pills, while Yang Chan said he would first master high-quality second Marrow Cleansing pills before attempting third Marrow Cleansing pills.

Zheng Yuanliang shared pill-refinement advice with Yang Chan before warning him about powerful aliens in the newly discovered secret realm. Yang Chan chose to remain at the Pill Pavilion and asked whether the realm contained Spiritual Materials he needed for his pills.

• Zheng Yuanliang explained that he had failed to refine the White Jade Nether Marrow Pill because he lacked sufficient accumulation, and advised Yang Chan to build his foundation step by step.
• Yang Chan thanked Zheng Yuanliang, and they agreed that Yang Chan might claim first place at the next Divine Pill Ceremony if he could attend.
• Zheng Yuanliang warned Yang Chan not to explore secret realms, explaining that aliens at the peak of the Marrow Cleansing realm had caused heavy casualties and that the Tianxuan Saintess and others had entered to fight them.
• Yang Chan learned that the Tianxuan Holy Son had been injured but remained in the secret realm, and he discussed how the losses could prolong the Tianxuan Holy Land's recovery.
• Yang Chan asked Zheng Yuanliang whether the secret realm contained valuable Spiritual Materials missing from the Holy Land.

Yang Chan learned more about the Taixuan Secret Realm and planned to raise his Potential Point income by refining two marrow-cleansing pills. Meanwhile, the Tianxuan Saintess’s group explored the mist-covered realm, killed an exotic beast, Wind Roar, and continued deeper.

• Zheng Yuanliang told Yang Chan about the realm’s valuable spiritual herbs, the possibility of finding its secret key, and why other forces were not entering the Taixuan Secret Realm.
• Han Bingyu brought Yang Chan information about the realm, but she had found no useful details beyond what Zheng Yuanliang knew.
• Yang Chan decided to keep refining the Azure Spirit Bone Marrow Pill and Snow Lotus Marrow-Creating Pill to increase his daily Potential Point gains.
• In the Taixuan Secret Realm, the Tianxuan Saintess warned her group to stay alert as they moved through mist that impaired their vision and perception.
• The Tianxuan Saintess identified an exotic beast as Wind Roar, led the core and true disciples in a formation, and watched them kill it before leading the group onward.

The Tianxuan Saintess’s group gathered rare spiritual materials while the Tianxuan Holy Son’s group fought aliens and found more resources in the Taixuan Secret Realm. Back at the Spiritual Medicine Tower, Yang Chan learned that many newly discovered medicines had been claimed by Top Alchemists and arranged to obtain what remained as he considered advancing.

• The Tianxuan Saintess found Mysterious Tortoise Bone Corroding Spiritual Bamboo and had specialists gather its mature stalks while leaving the immature plants behind.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son questioned why his group had found no alien grand array, but Array Master Luo Hongguang argued that the aliens they encountered suggested they were searching in the right direction.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son’s group found spiritual plants, rare Spiritual Materials, and ancient alien texts, lifting his spirits.
• Han Bingyu showed Yang Chan a list of spiritual medicines from the Taixuan Secret Realm, many of which Top Alchemists had already reserved.
• Yang Chan asked Han Bingyu to exchange for the remaining Mysterious Tortoise Bone Corroding Spiritual Bamboo, Peacock Blue Treasure Flower, and other medicines, and to notify him when they arrived.

Zheng Yuanliang took the Top Alchemist examination at the Pill Pavilion, where Yang Chan watched his attempts and assessed his technique. After failing his first attempt, Zheng Yuanliang refined a passing White Jade Nether Marrow Pill on his second and became a Top Alchemist, leaving Yang Chan ready to take the examination himself.

• Alchemists gathered to watch Zheng Yuanliang take the publicly witnessed Top Alchemist examination, while Yang Chan observed from the crowd.
• Zheng Yuanliang's first attempt failed with a pill quality of forty after he mishandled the final step.
• Zheng Yuanliang began his second attempt, correcting the temperature-control mistake that had caused his earlier failure.
• The Top Alchemists assessed Zheng Yuanliang's White Jade Nether Marrow Pill and announced that its quality of sixty-seven passed.
• Yang Chan congratulated Zheng Yuanliang's success and decided it was time for him to attempt the examination.

After Zheng Yuanliang became a Top Alchemist, Yang Chan took the same promotion examination at age twenty-one. He successfully refined a qualified White Jade Nether Marrow Pill, leaving the crowd witnessing the rise of the Holy Land’s youngest Top Alchemist.

• Pill Pavilion Master Bai Keyi announced Zheng Yuanliang’s promotion to Top Alchemist, and alchemists congratulated him.
• Yang Chan told Princess Lanyue he was preparing to become a Top Alchemist so he could access Blood Exchange-level spiritual herbs.
• Word spread that Yang Chan was taking the Top Alchemist examination, and the Pill Pavilion gathered to watch.
• Bai Keyi presented Yang Chan with three sets of White Jade Nether Marrow Pill materials, and Yang Chan began refining.
• A pill fragrance rose from Yang Chan’s furnace, signaling that he had refined a qualified White Jade Nether Marrow Pill on his first attempt.

Yang Chan passed the Top Alchemist examination, becoming Tianxuan Holy Land’s youngest and breaking its record. After crowds sought his services, he entered seclusion to refine pills and consolidate his skills, while Princess Lanyue remained discreetly in Yuanqing Courtyard.

• Yang Chan refined a passing-quality White Jade Nether Marrow Pill, and Bai Keyi announced that he had advanced to Top Alchemist and set a new age record.
• Zheng Yuanliang and the other Top Alchemists congratulated Yang Chan, who credited Zheng’s examination with giving him insight.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard with Han Bingyu and turned away requests to refine unfamiliar pills so he could follow his planned schedule.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to announce his seclusion, maintain the Spiritual Medicine Tower as usual, and alert him when top-grade spiritual materials arrived from the Taixuan Secret Realm.
• Yang Chan entered the pill-refining room, where Princess Lanyue congratulated him and continued refining pills and cultivating.

After completing outstanding-quality Azure Spirit Bone Marrow Pills and Snow Lotus Marrow-Creating Pills, Yang Chan tested their effects and left seclusion to exchange for the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art. He reached the Pinnacle of Techniques Pavilion and met the Blood Changing-level Supreme Elders guarding the sixth floor.

• Yang Chan refined the Azure Spirit Bone Marrow Pill and Snow Lotus Marrow-Creating Pill after spending nearly a month on the two formulas.
• Yang Chan swallowed both pills in turn and used the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture to absorb their medicinal power and strengthen his body.
• Yang Chan left seclusion, reasoning that the attention surrounding his promotion to Top Alchemist had faded enough for him to exchange for the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• Yang Chan arrived at the Pinnacle of Techniques Pavilion, where Elder Xu mistook his visit for a search for pill-refinement books.
• Yang Chan explored the pavilion and considered higher-grade movement and sword techniques for future cultivation.
• Yang Chan approached the sixth-floor guards and introduced himself to the two Blood Changing-level Supreme Elders.

Yang Chan visited the Pinnacle of Techniques Pavilion to study the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art and other Blood-Changing cultivation methods. He confirmed his commitment to the Demon Subduing lineage and ended the chapter examining the Nine Heavens Sacred Canon without switching paths.

• Yang Chan told Supreme Elders Geng Yuntian and Cen Juren that he wanted to exchange for the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art, and they advised him to consider other cultivation paths while recognizing his alchemy potential.
• Yang Chan entered the sixth floor of the Pinnacle of Techniques Pavilion and inspected its restricted Blood-Changing pill formulas and other rare references.
• Yang Chan read the available portion of the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art, learning about the Five Demon True Intent and its promise of bodily and spiritual transformation.
• Yang Chan examined the Nine Heavens Sacred Canon and learned that it strengthened both body and talent, but he decided to remain on the Demon Subduing lineage rather than restart his cultivation.

Yang Chan exchanged for the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art and learned that it could bring his physique to roughly eighty percent of a Dragon Race’s strength. He planned to complete his Marrow Cleansing cultivation before attempting the Blood-Changing breakthrough, and midnight brought his Potential Points to 63.10.

• Yang Chan chose the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art over the Nine Heavens Sacred Canon, and Geng Yuntian and Cen Juren recorded the exchange and removed the manual’s array restrictions.
• Geng Yuntian and Cen Juren viewed Yang Chan’s choice as support for Chiyu Peak and a sign that he placed the holy land’s interests first.
• The Black Dragon explained that the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art could temper Yang Chan’s physique to around eighty percent of a Dragon Race’s strength, though pureblood dragon essence might allow further progress.
• Yang Chan decided to finish tempering his marrow before cultivating the art and attempting to break through to the Blood-Changing realm.
• At midnight, Yang Chan saw that his daily Potential Points gain had raised his total to 63.10.

Yang Chan discussed the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art with the Black Dragon and decided to finish tempering his marrow before attempting Blood Transformation. Later, Han Bingyu told him that Taixuan Secret Realm materials had arrived, including ingredients Yang Chan could use to refine the unusual Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill.

• Yang Chan confirmed that the Azure Spirit Bone Marrow Pill and Snow Lotus Marrow-Creating Pill provided 8.8 Potential Points daily, then spent his accumulated points on cultivation.
• Yang Chan asked the Black Dragon for advice, and the Black Dragon urged him to temper his body to its utmost limit before practicing the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• The Black Dragon recommended dragon essence blood, mixed-blood dragon blood, and dragon-tainted spiritual materials to aid Yang Chan's future Blood Transformation cultivation.
• Yang Chan accepted that dragon materials would be difficult to obtain and chose to complete Marrow Cleansing before attempting the Blood-Changing Martial Saint Realm.
• Han Bingyu informed Yang Chan that Spiritual Materials from the Taixuan Secret Realm had arrived, and Yang Chan considered refining the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill for its distinct marrow-tempering effects.

Yang Chan visited the General Internal Affairs Department to select unusual Spiritual Materials from the Taixuan Secret Realm, focusing on ingredients for the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill and future Blood Transformation pills. He returned to Yuanqing Courtyard to store them and prepare for pill refinement, while Black Dragon explained why the secret realm lacked dragon blood Spiritual Materials.

• Yang Chan went to the General Internal Affairs Department after hearing that Spiritual Materials from the Taixuan Secret Realm had arrived.
• Yang Chan met Zheng Yuanliang and discussed how the secret realm's corrosive mist had produced unusual Spiritual Medicines that could support new pill experiments.
• Shen Changfeng, Ji Yu, and Jing Zhongsi joined Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang, and the five top alchemists agreed to divide eighty percent of the materials according to the rules.
• Yang Chan selected ingredients for the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill and some materials for future Blood Transformation pills, then paid the required contribution points.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard, stored the materials, and lamented that he had found no dragon blood Spiritual Medicines.
• Black Dragon emerged from the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads and explained that the corrosive environment was unsuitable for most dragons and dragon blood Spiritual Medicines.