Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan chose to seek Dragon Blood Spiritual Materials through missions and began preparing to refine the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill. In the Taixuan Secret Realm, the Tianxuan Saintess’s party suspected a powerful Mirage Source Beast was generating the mist, while the Tianxuan Holy Son continued deeper despite growing dangers.

• The Black Dragon advised Yang Chan to ask the Tianxuan Saintess about Dragon Blood Spiritual Materials, but Yang Chan decided to issue missions and let their discovery take its natural course.
• Yang Chan planned to test the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill’s effects and toxicity, then told Han Bingyu to collect half the materials’ worth of Meridian Nourishing Marrow Cleansing Pills for Chiyu Peak in two days.
• Liao Leng Hui, Xu Ling, Li Yuelai, and the Tianxuan Saintess concluded that a powerful Mirage Source Beast likely produced the ever-thickening mist, and the Saintess ordered them to retreat if they found no source after another ten li.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son’s group fought through the mist and killed a powerful alien race expert, then decided to continue a little farther before withdrawing if the danger increased.

Yang Chan assessed his cultivation progress and compared the lethality of his breath attack with the Primordial Soul Sword before Han Bingyu brought him reports from the Taixuan Secret Realm. The reports revealed Blood-Changing-level Mirage Source Beasts and prompted Tianxuan Holy Land to send Supreme Elders into the dangerous realm, where Yang Chan hoped they would find rare Spiritual Materials.

• Yang Chan estimated that he could finish tempering his body within a year and noted that refining the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill might increase his daily Potential Point gain.
• Yang Chan demonstrated his arrow-like breath and concluded that the Primordial Soul Sword, strengthened by his Sword Domain, was a more effective trump card.
• Han Bingyu brought Yang Chan several letters from the Taixuan Secret Realm, and he learned that Blood-Changing-level Mirage Source Beasts were responsible for its fog.
• Yang Chan read that the Tianxuan Saintess and Tianxuan Holy Son had requested aid and that Tianxuan Holy Land had sent Blood-Changing-level Supreme Elders into the realm.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to bring him any further news, hoping the exploration would uncover rare Spiritual Materials useful for future alchemy.

In the Taixuan Secret Realm, the Tianxuan Saintess’s group encountered multiple Blood-Changing-level threats and moved toward the exit while reporting the danger to the Holy Land. Meanwhile, Yang Chan successfully refined a potent Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill and planned to reduce its toxicity before testing it.

• Supreme Elder Shui Ruyi confronted a Second Blood Transformation Mirage Source Beast while the Tianxuan Saintess and her companions retreated from the battle.
• The Tianxuan Saintess’s group detected clashes involving alien race and exotic beast Blood-Changing experts near the Holy Son, Quasi Holy Son Gongye Zhe, and Quasi Saintess An Gongyan.
• Steward Li Yuelai urged the Tianxuan Saintess to report the escalating danger, and the Saintess sent someone to notify the Holy Land while leading her group toward the secret realm’s entrance.
• The Tianxuan Saintess and the other groups met near the route to the entrance and watched the situation without fighting one another.
• Yang Chan successfully refined a barely passable Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill with potent toxicity, then decided to refine a less toxic version before testing it.
• Princess Lanyue warned Yang Chan that the pill was dangerous and advised him to use other pills for his third Marrow Cleansing instead.

Yang Chan advised Princess Lanyue to focus on martial cultivation and patiently build her alchemy foundation before she left to continue refining pills. Meanwhile, Tianxuan Holy Land’s leaders prepared to delay rival factions seeking the Taixuan Secret Realm while its forces tried to secure it.

• Yang Chan warned Princess Lanyue against rushing to become a Senior Alchemist and urged her to cultivate martial arts; she understood his advice and left to focus on her progress.
• Yang Chan resumed refining Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pills and considered extracting their toxicity for future use.
• Tianxuan Holy Master Baili Xun, First Elder Nalan Zhongyun, and Second Elder He Jizheng discussed Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Supreme Sect approaching under the pretext of a martial arts exchange.
• Baili Xun revealed that four Blood-Changing-level combatants were inside the unusually large Taixuan Secret Realm and that he had sent the Old Holy Lord and others to support the expedition.
• The leaders agreed to delay rival factions while their people sought to secure the secret realm, and Nalan Zhongyun and He Jizheng took responsibility for holding back Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Supreme Sect.

Yang Chan tested the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill and raised his daily Potential Point gain to 68.10, while considering toxic pills as a future way to reach one hundred. Han Bingyu brought news that the Taixuan Secret Realm contained four Blood-Changing-level threats and that rival factions were heading toward Tianxuan Holy Land, leaving Yang Chan waiting to learn how the Holy Land would respond.

• Yang Chan refined and tested a fine-quality Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill, gaining 5.0 Potential Points per day and raising his daily total to 68.10.
• Yang Chan considered seeking toxic Spiritual Materials and refining poison-tempering pills, while judging Longevity Extending Pills too costly and inefficient for his needs.
• Han Bingyu reported that the Taixuan Secret Realm contained two Blood-Changing alien races and two Blood-Changing exotic beasts, prompting the Holy Son, the Saintess, and others to request reinforcements.
• Yang Chan learned that Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Supreme Sect were sending people to Tianxuan Holy Land for a martial arts exchange, likely seeking a share of the secret realm’s resources.
• Yang Chan instructed Han Bingyu to report news of other factions promptly so they could observe their intentions.

Yang Chan decided to wait for news about the Taixuan Secret Realm and focus on refining new poison pills, while Tianxuan Holy Land faced pressure from rival forces seeking access to the realm. He Jizheng forced Ling Changsheng’s group to withdraw for now, but Ling planned to gather more forces and pressure Tianxuan Holy Land into opening the secret realm.

• Yang Chan judged that the Taixuan Secret Realm’s upheaval would mainly affect Tianxuan Holy Land, and planned to keep collecting materials for new flesh-tempering poison pills.
• He Jizheng confronted Ling Changsheng as Purple Mansion Holy Land entered Tianxuan Holy Land’s sphere of influence, warning that their arrival could be treated as an attack.
• Ling Changsheng withdrew his group outside the border after He Jizheng stood ready to fight, while warning that Tianxuan Holy Land had little time left.
• He Jizheng told his disciple that Purple Mansion Holy Land was waiting for other forces to join in pressuring Tianxuan Holy Land, and rejected the disciple’s suggestion to strike first.
• Ling Changsheng told a core disciple that several forces could pressure Tianxuan Holy Land into opening the Taixuan Secret Realm, then reassured his followers as they settled in to wait.

Nalan Zhongyun realized the Supreme Sect was testing whether Tianxuan Holy Land had taken control of the Taixuan Secret Realm, while Yang Chan raised his daily Potential Points above eighty by refining poison pills. After preparing more pills, Yang Chan learned that new Spiritual Materials from the secret realm would arrive the next morning and planned to inspect them with Han Bingyu.

• Nalan Zhongyun concluded that the Supreme Sect had confirmed Tianxuan Holy Land had not refined the Taixuan Secret Realm, and he stayed behind to watch the sect's people while hoping the Holy Land would succeed.
• Yang Chan gained 12.16 Potential Points from poison pills, raising his daily total from 68.10 to 80.26, and decided to keep experimenting with pills for three rounds of Marrow Cleansing.
• Yang Chan told Princess Lanyue that poison pills could temper the body and asked her to focus on improving her Martial Cultivation rather than watching him refine them.
• Yang Chan realized the panel removed poison toxins at midnight, giving him another way to survive poisoning, and stored enough pills to stabilize his Potential Points income.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that Spiritual Materials from the Taixuan Secret Realm would arrive the next morning, and he arranged for her to accompany him to select and bring back what they needed.

Yang Chan selected a large supply of Spiritual Materials for refining the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill and future Blood-Changing pills. Meanwhile, Tianxuan Holy Land's elders searched the vast Taixuan Secret Realm for its secret key and remaining threats, but had not yet secured control of it.

• Yang Chan joined the Top Alchemists at the General Internal Affairs Department to inspect Spiritual Materials brought back by a Blood-Changing Martial Saint.
• Bai Keyi opened the materials for selection, and Yang Chan prioritized ingredients for the Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill before taking a few materials for Blood-Changing pills.
• Yang Chan left with Han Bingyu and the others while the remaining Top Alchemists continued bargaining over rare materials.
• A Supreme Elder reported that the Taixuan Secret Realm was vast and its secret key remained difficult to find, even after the Mirage Source Beasts were slain.
• The previous Tianxuan Holy Master urged the elders to gather more Spiritual Materials before rival factions arrived, and a Supreme Elder headed north to search for alien races and exotic beasts.

Yang Chan stored a haul of top-grade Spiritual Materials and prepared to continue cultivating toward the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm, while the Black Dragon ruled out a Mirage Dragon in the Taixuan Secret Realm. Tianxuan Holy Land then let an alliance of other powers enter the secret realm, which was expected to disappear in a little over half a month.

• The previous Tianxuan Holy Master collected top-grade Spiritual Materials and corpses of foreign races and arranged for Pavilion Master Bai Keyi to receive valuable materials for pill refinement.
• Yang Chan stored the Spiritual Materials, planned to maintain his routine of pill refinement and cultivation, and said his Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture was nearing completion.
• The Black Dragon told Yang Chan that no Mirage Dragon could be in the Taixuan Secret Realm because the materials bore no dragon aura, and described the strength of Mirage Dragons.
• Ling Changsheng and elders from several major powers pressed Tianxuan Holy Land to let them enter the Taixuan Secret Realm, while Nalan Zhongyun agreed to lead them there.
• Nalan Zhongyun warned the gathered forces that the secret realm would likely close in a little over half a month, and the groups from Purple Mansion Holy Land and the Supreme Sect entered first.

The factions entered the mist-filled Taixuan Secret Realm and prepared to explore, while the Tianxuan Holy Land's leading disciples agreed to cooperate against outside forces. Yang Chan accumulated Spiritual Materials from the realm and planned to focus on refining Marrow Cleansing pills, leaving Blood Transformation Pills for later.

• Ling Changsheng and the other factions prepared medicine against the poisonous mist before scattering through the Taixuan Secret Realm to search for opportunities.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son announced that the Tianxuan Holy Land's disciples would temporarily unite, and the Tianxuan Saintess, Gongye Zhe, and An Gongyan agreed.
• The Tianxuan group discussed exploring north together, since the Supreme Elders had not thoroughly investigated that direction.
• Yang Chan gathered enough Spiritual Materials from repeated exchanges to supply more than five years of Nine Revolutions Marrow Erosion Pill production.
• Yang Chan decided to keep refining the Purple Heaven Suspended Moon Pill and Heavenly Spirit Snow Marrow Pill while postponing Blood Transformation Pills until his Martial Cultivation advanced.

Yang Chan learned that the Taixuan Secret Realm was closing and planned to collect one last batch of Spiritual Materials before it vanished. The factions departed without finding the secret key, while the Tianxuan Holy Son and Saintess returned to the Holy Land, where their rivalry could resume.

• Han Bingyu delivered news that the Taixuan Secret Realm was about to close and brought Yang Chan the latest list of Spiritual Materials.
• Yang Chan noted that the realm’s remaining materials were dwindling but decided to make one more trip to collect them, and he asked Han Bingyu to tell him when the Tianxuan Saintess returned.
• The Taixuan Secret Realm closed without anyone finding its secret key, and Gongye Zhe and An Gongyan acknowledged that the search had failed.
• The Tianxuan Saintess and Tianxuan Holy Son prepared to return to the Holy Land with the final batch of Spiritual Materials, while the Saintess reflected on Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang becoming Top Alchemists.
• Ling Changsheng regretted that the Purple Mansion Holy Land had failed to refine the Taixuan Secret Realm and suspected it was connected to a Mirage Source Beast.

Yang Chan met with Saintess He Zixuan, who congratulated him on becoming a Top Alchemist and offered him gifts from the Taixuan Secret Realm. He accepted them and agreed to refine Azure Marrow Cleansing Pills for her, then prepared to focus on refining new pills while monitoring tensions within the Holy Land.

• Yang Chan stopped his unsuccessful attempt to refine a Purple Heaven Suspended Moon Pill and learned from Han Bingyu that the Tianxuan Saintess had come to visit.
• Yang Chan met Saintess He Zixuan in his study and told her he was working toward refining a blood-transformation pill.
• He Zixuan congratulated Yang Chan on becoming a Top Alchemist and gave him ancient books and top-grade Spiritual Materials from the Taixuan Secret Realm.
• Yang Chan accepted the gifts and agreed to refine more Azure Marrow Cleansing Pills for He Zixuan when she needed them.
• Yang Chan instructed Han Bingyu to prepare pills for the Saintess during his upcoming seclusion and to report intelligence about the Tianxuan Saintess, the Tianxuan Holy Son, and their factions.

Yang Chan raised his daily Potential Point income to 82.56 and shifted his focus toward martial cultivation and preparing for the Blood-Changing Martial Saint breakthrough. Meanwhile, a new secret realm appeared near Purple Mansion Holy Land, prompting the major factions to investigate its cause and send their successors to explore it.

• Yang Chan stopped pursuing low-value pill refinements and planned to study past breakthrough insights at the Pinnacle of Techniques Pavilion before attempting the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm.
• The Tianxuan Saintess learned that another secret realm had appeared near Purple Mansion Holy Land and arranged for the Holy Son to investigate it.
• Elder Xu Ling told the Tianxuan Saintess that Yang Chan had finished refining the pills, and she sent someone to collect them from Chiyu Peak.
• Ling Changsheng regretted that Purple Mansion Holy Land had failed to conceal the secret realm's emergence and claim it first.
• The Purple Mansion Holy Lord said investigations had found no sign of a divine vein, then assigned the Holy Son and Ling Changsheng to enter the secret realm without Blood-Changing Martial Saint-level combat power.

Yang Chan completed the ultimate marrow-cleansing tempering with the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture, bringing his body to the limit needed to prepare for the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm. He planned to gather more Potential Points and protective methods before leaving Tianxuan Holy Land to break through in secret.

• Yang Chan learned that the Tianxuan Holy Son would leave for An Yu Mountain to investigate a new secret realm, accompanied by a Supreme Elder wary of Purple Mansion Holy Land.
• Han Bingyu reported that the Tianxuan Saintess wanted Yang Chan to continue refining pills for her, and Yang Chan agreed to proceed as before.
• After half a year of cultivation, Yang Chan's Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture reached Fifth Order: Outstanding 99%, and he waited in a secluded chamber for his Potential Points to refresh.
• Yang Chan spent Potential Points to advance the scripture and completed its ultimate marrow-cleansing tempering, transforming his body from skin and flesh inward to his organs and bone marrow.
• Yang Chan decided to accumulate more Potential Points and prepare protective methods before secretly leaving Xuanxu Grotto-heaven to attempt a breakthrough to the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm.

Yang Chan reached the sixth order of the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture and prepared to strengthen his cultivation before pursuing Blood-Changing Martial Saint. Meanwhile, the Tianxuan Saintess and holy elders assessed the Holy Son’s progress and the wave of secret realms, finding no evidence that the divine veins were reviving.

• Yang Chan saw that the Peng Demon Marrow Cleansing Scripture had reached Sixth Order: Peak Perfection and planned to master his transformed strength before cultivating the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art and Demon Dragon Martial Imprint.
• Yang Chan resolved to gather more pills and exchange for superior cultivation manuals, sword techniques, movement techniques, and hidden-weapon manuals before leaving the Tianxuan Holy Land.
• The Tianxuan Saintess learned that the Tianxuan Holy Son had obtained Stone Dragon Spiritual Water and was nearing his second marrow cleansing, while she continued progressing with Yang Chan’s perfect-grade pills.
• The Tianxuan Saintess ordered Liao Leng Hui to monitor the Holy Son’s movements for newly emerging secret realms, then wondered whether the divine veins were reviving.
• Baili Xun reported to Shangguan Yutian and the Supreme Elders that investigations had found no signs of divine vein tributaries, though more large secret realms might appear.

Shangguan Yutian left the Tianxuan Holy Land in the care of Baili Xun and the Supreme Elders so he could search the Taiyu Divine Continent for a path to the Divine Aperture Realm. Meanwhile, Yang Chan advanced the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art, subdued its Demon Dragon True Intent, and gained Demon Dragon Strength.

• Shangguan Yutian concluded that the sea sighting was likely a coincidence and announced he would travel across the Taiyu Divine Continent, leaving the Holy Land to Baili Xun and the other Supreme Elders.
• Yang Chan reached the beginner stage of the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art after a month of cultivation and decided he needed to save more Potential Points before leaving the Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Yang Chan spent Potential Points to raise the art to the First Stage Peeking into the Threshold, causing a powerful Demon Dragon True Intent to appear in his consciousness.
• Yang Chan used his Sword Domain to suppress the Demon Dragon, break down its Demonic Intent, and transform its True Intent into Demon Dragon Strength.
• Yang Chan separated Demon Dragon Strength from his other Jing Powers and considered how the five Demon techniques and dragon race essence blood could aid his future blood transformation.

Yang Chan exchanged for a powerful set of movement, hidden-weapon, and sword techniques and went to the Spiritual Medicine Tower to support Han Bingyu and maintain his authority there. The chapter ended with Yuwen Ze, abandoned by the Tianxuan Holy Son and short of resources, refusing a Junior Alchemist’s request for Spirit Guiding Yuan Grass.

• Yang Chan selected the Starry Sky Sunset Steps, Sea Moon Flying Knife, and Heavenly Dipper Starry Sky Sword, then exchanged the manuals with Geng Yuntian’s help.
• Geng Yuntian and Cen Juren discussed the techniques’ difficulty and Yang Chan’s prospects, noting that he could afford to try them and that they hoped he would soon refine Blood Transformation Pills.
• Yang Chan headed to the Spiritual Medicine Tower to reinforce Han Bingyu’s position and make clear that he would not tolerate trouble on his territory.
• Yang Chan inferred that Yuwen Ze had lost the Tianxuan Holy Son’s support after failing to improve his pill-refining ability following the Divine Pill Ceremony.
• At the Spiritual Medicine Tower, Yuwen Ze refused a Junior Alchemist’s request to exchange for Spirit Guiding Yuan Grass, despite a recent replenishment, and angrily told him to leave.

Yuwen Ze lost control of his temper in the Spiritual Medicine Tower, attacking several people before Yang Chan arrived and dismissed him from his steward position. When Yuwen Ze confronted Yang Chan, Yang Chan punched him out of the tower.

• Yuwen Ze kicked a First-level Alchemist who questioned whether any Spirit Guiding Yuan Grass remained, severely injuring him.
• Yuwen Ze attacked Xu Gaocen and sent him flying after Xu Gaocen defended Han Bingyu.
• Yang Chan arrived, confronted Yuwen Ze, and ordered him to leave his steward position at the Spiritual Medicine Tower.
• Yuwen Ze invoked the Tianxuan Holy Son's support, but Yang Chan stood by his decision and called for the guards to remove him.
• Yuwen Ze confronted Yang Chan, who used the Flood Dragon Demon Martial Imprint and Jiaomo Fist to punch him out of the Spiritual Medicine Tower.

Yang Chan restored order at the Spiritual Medicine Tower after driving Yuwen Ze away, arranged new management and guards, and checked on the injured pharmacists. He then began studying the Starry Sky Sunset Steps, whose potential Black Dragon confirmed but warned would not make crossing the starry sky safe.

• Yang Chan ordered the injured Pharmacists Xu and Zhang treated, appointed Alchemist Jin temporary manager, and warned him to keep the Spiritual Medicine Tower in order.
• Yang Chan visited Xu Gaocen, thanked him for intervening, and arranged for Chiyu Peak disciples to replace the guards and work under Xu.
• Yang Chan reassured Han Bingyu, told her to rely on him when problems arose, and stayed at the Spiritual Medicine Tower to oversee its affairs.
• Yang Chan began studying the Starry Sky Sunset Steps and asked Black Dragon whether its highest level could cross the void.
• Black Dragon said the technique might allow someone to cross the void but warned that traveling through the starry sky in one's physical body was extremely dangerous, and Yang Chan clarified that he had only asked about the technique.

Yang Chan studied the Starry Sky Sunset Steps and decided to follow its regular cultivation method after leaving the Spiritual Medicine Tower. Meanwhile, the Tianxuan Holy Son abandoned Yuwen Ze and began preparing to contend for the tower’s vacant manager position, anticipating rivals backed by the Tianxuan Saintess and others.

• The Black Dragon warned Yang Chan not to venture into the starry sky before reaching the Divine Aperture Realm and advised him to observe the stars and sunset while cultivating the Starry Sky Sunset Steps.
• Yang Chan chose to study the technique’s standard instructions and planned to begin cultivating after returning to Yuanqing Courtyard.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son learned that Yuwen Ze had lost his manager position and ordered that Yuwen Ze receive no more cultivation resources.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son announced that his side would contend for the vacant manager position overseeing the Junior Alchemists, and Lu Tingchen and Zhou Cheng supported the plan.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son predicted that the Tianxuan Saintess would secretly back another candidate, setting up a contest among multiple factions.