Chapter Summaries

After completing his Second Blood Transformation at White Dragon Snow Mountain, Yang Chan set out from the Northern Plains to return to Tianxuan Holy Land, traveling under a new identity. He crossed the North Sea and reached the coast, where he decided to head straight for the holy land and learn how the matter involving Yuwen Ze had been handled.

• Yang Chan assessed the time and resources needed for his next Blood Transformation and decided to travel home while broadening his horizons.
• Yang Chan washed, changed his appearance, and had Black Dragon dismantle the aura-concealing formation after his breakthrough finished without incident.
• Yang Chan sealed the cave at White Dragon Snow Mountain, took away everything he had left there, and began his journey south with Black Dragon.
• Yang Chan and Black Dragon crossed the North Sea without encountering a Blood Transformation-level exotic beast and arrived at the coastal port aboard a Xu Family merchant ship.
• Black Dragon asked why Yang Chan had skipped the Hundred Flower Banquet rankings, and Yang Chan dismissed the event and ordered him to return to Tianxuan Holy Land.

Yang Chan returned to Tianxuan Holy Land after a year and a half away and learned that the Tianxuan Holy Son had been confined for ten years over the assassination attempt against him. Han Bingyu told him that the Saintess had benefited from the outcome, but the truth behind the incident remained unclear.

• Gu An, Liu Xuan, and others welcomed Yang Chan back on Sacred Mountain and escorted him through the spatial gate into Xuanxu Grotto-heaven.
• Yang Chan returned to the Pill Pavilion's Yuanqing Courtyard, where Han Bingyu and Princess Lanyue greeted him.
• Yang Chan asked Han Bingyu what had happened in the holy land during his absence, and she explained that the Tianxuan Holy Son had been confined for ten years after Yuwen Ze was implicated in the assassination attempt and disappeared.
• Han Bingyu said the Holy Master and others had compensated Yang Chan with cultivation resources and warned that anyone targeting Top Alchemists would be killed without mercy.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that rumors blamed the Tianxuan Saintess for arranging the assassination because she had benefited from the Holy Son's confinement, but her investigation had not uncovered the full truth.

After returning to Tianxuan Holy Land, Yang Chan heard that the Tianxuan Saintess had risen in influence and the Tianxuan Holy Son had been confined for ten years, while he chose to stay out of the factional struggle. He reunited with Han Bingyu and Princess Lanyue, and offered to help Princess Lanyue improve her pill-refining skills.

• Yang Chan dismissed rumors about the Tianxuan Saintess and heard from Han Bingyu that the Saintess had placed third at the East Sea Martial Arts Exchange Conference, strengthening support for her as a future Holy Master.
• Han Bingyu reported that Liu Xuan had reached the first level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm and that people connected to Yuwen Ze had been removed from the Spiritual Medicine Tower after Yang Chan's assassination attempt.
• Yang Chan approved Han Bingyu's decision not to interfere in the Spiritual Medicine Tower's staffing and learned that the Tianxuan Holy Son had been confined for ten years.
• Yang Chan and Han Bingyu reunited privately and became intimate.
• Princess Lanyue told Yang Chan she had refined ordinary Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pills, and he promised to observe her next attempt and advise her.

Yang Chan refined a White Jade Nether Marrow Pill of unprecedented quality and then guided Princess Lanyue through improving her Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill technique. The chapter left Princess Lanyue with Yang Chan’s fine-quality demonstration to study and apply in her next attempt.

• Yang Chan refined a fine-quality White Jade Nether Marrow Pill with a quality of ninety-six, impressing Princess Lanyue.
• Princess Lanyue recognized that Yang Chan’s alchemy had become more natural and asked him to assess her refining.
• Princess Lanyue refined a qualified-quality Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill with a quality of sixty-five.
• Yang Chan identified mistakes in Princess Lanyue’s process, including when and how much Brilliant Spirit Flower to add.
• Yang Chan demonstrated the adjustments while refining the same pill, explained his choices, and produced a fine-quality pill with a quality of ninety-three.

After returning to Tianxuan Holy Land, Yang Chan prepared to advance his alchemy by attempting the Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill. He successfully refined one at passing quality and immediately set his sights on producing a premium-quality pill.

• Yang Chan regained his pill sense through weeks of refining pills, while Bai Keyi returned responsibility for the Spiritual Medicine Tower to him and discussed the aftermath of Yuwen Ze’s assassination plot.
• Princess Lanyue continued studying Yang Chan’s alchemy and grew more settled in Tianxuan Holy Land, with improved resources and a longer-term outlook on her revenge against the Great Zhou Emperor.
• Yang Chan began refining the Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill with Princess Lanyue observing, applying adjustments informed by his pill sense and experiences in the Northern Plains.
• Yang Chan produced a Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill with a quality of sixty-six, crossing the passing threshold and marking a major improvement in his alchemy.
• Yang Chan welcomed the result but immediately began another attempt, determined to refine a premium-quality Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill.

Yang Chan’s qualified-grade Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill raised his daily Potential Point income to 94.96, and he planned how to spend his new points after returning to Tianxuan Holy Land. The Tianxuan Saintess learned of his return and chose an indirect approach to contact him while preparing to remove troublesome supporters of the Tianxuan Holy Son.

• Yang Chan saw that his pill-based Potential Point income had risen to 94.96, still short of his goal of one hundred, and planned to spend the points the next day.
• The Tianxuan Saintess emerged from seclusion and learned from Liao Leng Hui that Yang Chan had returned to the Pill Pavilion.
• Liao Leng Hui told the Tianxuan Saintess that the Holy Son’s supporters had spread a rumor linking her to Yang Chan’s earlier assassination attempt.
• The Tianxuan Saintess chose to contact Yang Chan through Gu An, send him Spiritual Materials, and have Liao Leng Hui deal with the Holy Son’s restless supporters.
• Yang Chan allocated his 95 Potential Points toward Life-Nourishing Techniques and planned to cultivate Transforming Demon into God while reducing his investment in the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.

Yang Chan received valuable Spiritual Materials from Gu An on Tianxuan Saintess's behalf and agreed to refine pills for her, keeping their relationship as before. Meanwhile, the Tianxuan Holy Son remained confined to the Holy Son Pavilion after the assassination plot against Yang Chan, and learned that Yang Chan had returned.

• Gu An visited Yang Chan, praised his improving alchemy, and asked whether he could refine Blood-Changing-level pills; Yang Chan said he had not yet made a standard-quality one but expected to soon.
• Gu An delivered Spiritual Materials from Tianxuan Saintess as an apology for failing to protect Yang Chan during the ambush.
• Yang Chan offered to refine superior-grade Water Rhyme Marrow-Returning Pills for Tianxuan Saintess, and Gu An agreed to bring him more materials.
• Yang Chan decided to maintain his cooperative relationship with Tianxuan Saintess and stored the gifted materials among his treasures.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son remained confined in the Holy Son Pavilion instead of Abyssal Well Cliff after factions negotiated over his punishment for the assassination plot.
• Luo Hongguang told the Tianxuan Holy Son that Yang Chan had returned, and the Holy Son recalled the loss he had suffered over the assassination incident.

The Tianxuan Holy Son learned that Yang Chan had returned alone and ordered further investigation into Yuwen Ze and the unknown expert behind the assassination attempt. As his allies lost ground, he refused to intervene for Fanghua Peak or challenge the Pill Pavilion’s removals, choosing to remain in confinement and wait for a better opportunity.

• The Tianxuan Holy Son asked Luo Hongguang whether Yang Chan had returned with the unknown expert, and Luo Hongguang said he had come alone.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son ordered his people to keep investigating Yuwen Ze and the unknown expert as possible keys to breaking his predicament.
• Luo Hongguang reported that Fanghua Peak’s members had been caught taking Spiritual Materials and might face action from the Tianxuan Saintess’s people.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son refused to help Fanghua Peak and told Luo Hongguang to say he remained in confinement, while warning his allies to stay dormant.
• Luo Hongguang reported that the Pill Pavilion had removed another group of the Tianxuan Holy Son’s supporters from its Internal Affairs Department, and the Holy Son ordered him to leave the matter alone.

Yang Chan refined his first premium-grade Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, marking a major improvement in his pill-making ability. Gu An informed the Tianxuan Saintess that Yang Chan could already refine qualified blood-changing pills, raising his importance in Tianxuan Holy Land.

• Yang Chan refined premium-grade Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, and Princess Lanyue congratulated him before absorbing some of the pills’ aura.
• Yang Chan continued refining to improve the pills’ quality after his first batch barely reached premium grade.
• Gu An delivered Yang Chan’s improved Water Rhyme Marrow-Returning Pills to the Tianxuan Saintess.
• Gu An told the Tianxuan Saintess that Yang Chan could refine qualified Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills and planned to exchange them for top-grade Spiritual Materials.
• The Tianxuan Saintess realized Yang Chan’s new ability would raise his status and make his pills more accessible to her.

Yang Chan listed his Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills for exchange to obtain more refining materials, while his daily Potential Point gain rose to 98.96. The news drew the attention of Tianxuan Holy Land’s pharmacists and Supreme Elders, and Geng Yuntian arrived to meet Yang Chan.

• Yang Chan refined a premium-grade Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill, raising his daily Potential Point gain to 98.96, and decided to exchange qualified-grade pills for materials.
• Yang Chan continued cultivating Transforming Demon into God and went to sleep after checking his refreshed Potential Points.
• Pharmacists at the Spiritual Medicine Tower discovered Yang Chan’s Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills on the exchange list and discussed his rapid progress.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that the exchange lists had been distributed, and Yang Chan prepared to trade a few pills for top-tier Spiritual Materials.
• A Supreme Elder arrived to exchange for pills, and Yang Chan recognized him as Geng Yuntian, who had advised him about the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.

Yang Chan negotiated with Geng Yuntian and other Supreme Elders over the limited stock of Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, exchanging the pills for Spiritual Materials and arranging a few reservations for the next batch. He returned to Yuanqing Courtyard with a stockpile of materials and left Han Bingyu instructions for handling later customers.

• Geng Yuntian asked to exchange for all five Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, but Yang Chan offered to reserve pills from the next batch instead.
• Geng Yuntian agreed to reserve two pills, gave Yang Chan materials for three, and praised the quality of the pill he received.
• Elder He and Elder Zhao entered after Geng Yuntian, and later Supreme Elders exchanged for the remaining pills or made limited reservations.
• Yang Chan had Han Bingyu update the exchange list to show that the pills were gone and instructed her to handle later inquiries tactfully.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard with materials for refining more Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills and went to the alchemy room.

Yang Chan’s rapid alchemical progress shifted the balance within Tianxuan Holy Land, discouraging the Tianxuan Holy Son from further action and strengthening the Tianxuan Saintess’s position. Inspired by Yang Chan’s achievement, Pavilion Master Bai Keyi decided to prepare for a breakthrough to the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm and arrange for someone to manage the Pill Pavilion.

• The Tianxuan Saintess learned that Yang Chan could refine Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills and considered how his growing influence could benefit her, while Elder Liao praised his diligence and talent.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son concluded that Yang Chan’s status made it impossible to investigate the assassination incident or end his confinement early, and he ordered his allies to stop acting after hearing that the Holy Master demanded he serve the full ten years.
• Bai Keyi reflected on the limits imposed by the Taiyu Divine Continent’s alchemical environment and his long preparations to break through to the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm.
• Bai Keyi decided to attempt the breakthrough soon and began planning to hand over the Pill Pavilion’s affairs.

Yang Chan agreed to temporarily act as Pill Pavilion Master while Bai Keyi prepared to enter seclusion and attempt a breakthrough to the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm. Yang Chan suspected the appointment was a test of his suitability as Bai Keyi's successor, but he remained uninterested in the position and planned to keep his involvement limited.

• Bai Keyi asked Yang Chan to act in his stead at the Pill Pavilion while he attempted to break through to the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm, and Yang Chan agreed.
• Yang Chan asked Bai Keyi to maintain his existing arrangements and said urgent matters could be referred to the Holy Master.
• After Bai Keyi left, Yang Chan concluded that the temporary appointment might be a test for choosing the next Pavilion Master, but he resolved not to seek the position.
• Han Bingyu brought Yang Chan letters from Supreme Elders who wanted to exchange for his Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to gather more intelligence about the Pill Pavilion and prepared to show that he took his temporary role seriously.

Yang Chan learned that Bai Keyi would enter seclusion and appoint him acting Pill Pavilion Master, so he asked Han Bingyu to quietly monitor the Pill Pavilion’s departments and warned her to prioritize stability. As the news spread, Shen Mingxiu accepted the arrangement, while Jing Zhongsi began plotting to undermine Yang Chan and seize the position.

• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu that Bai Keyi planned to enter seclusion soon and have him temporarily manage the Pill Pavilion, and asked her to watch the departments’ attitudes toward the appointment.
• Yang Chan cautioned Han Bingyu not to overextend her intelligence network and told her she could delegate work while he helped manage matters.
• Shen Mingxiu concluded that Bai Keyi’s appointment of Yang Chan was a precaution and decided not to oppose it.
• Jing Zhongsi resented Yang Chan’s appointment and vowed to expose his inexperience, recruiting others to oppose him.
• Zheng Yuanliang admired Yang Chan’s progress and reflected on focusing on his own steady improvement.

Yang Chan took control of the Pill Pavilion while Bai Keyi prepared to break through, suppressing those who challenged his authority and deciding the position was more trouble than it was worth. Jing Zhongsi abandoned plans to keep undermining him, fearing Yang Chan would uncover his involvement.

• After Bai Keyi entered seclusion, Yang Chan temporarily managed the Pill Pavilion and swiftly dealt with Pharmacists and a Senior Alchemist who spread rumors or stirred up trouble.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to rest after seeing how exhausted she had become, then reflected that managing the Pill Pavilion distracted him from cultivation and pill refinement.
• Jing Zhongsi raged that Yang Chan had turned their schemes into proof of his ability, while Su Yunzhong cautiously asked whether they should proceed with their next move.
• Jing Zhongsi berated Su Yunzhong, then ordered his people to stop their petty tricks until Bai Keyi emerged from seclusion.

The Tianxuan Saintess reviewed Yang Chan’s success in managing the Pill Pavilion and warned her allies not to stir up trouble around him, while keeping watch on the Tianxuan Holy Son and Luo Hongguang. Yang Chan studied the Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill as he waited for Bai Keyi’s breakthrough, then sensed Bai Keyi beginning the dangerous replacement of old blood with new blood.

• The Tianxuan Saintess praised Yang Chan’s handling of the Pill Pavilion, and Liao Leng Hui said his performance could make him a future Pavilion Master.
• The Tianxuan Saintess told Liao Leng Hui not to spread speculation about Yang Chan’s future and ordered her to monitor the Tianxuan Holy Son and Luo Hongguang.
• Yang Chan chose the Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill as his next refining goal because its materials were relatively available, though his Pill Pavilion duties kept him from refining pills.
• Black Dragon sensed someone beginning a breakthrough, and Yang Chan recognized the surge of blood qi over the Pill Pavilion as Bai Keyi’s old-blood replacement stage.

Bai Keyi attempted to break through to Blood-Changing Martial Saint, while people across Tianxuan Holy Land watched and hoped he would succeed. After twelve days, his vital energy and blood collapsed, leaving him short of the breakthrough and prompting Yang Chan to hope he recovered soon.

• Yang Chan, Liu Xuan, and Gu An watched Bai Keyi’s vital energy and blood rise above the Pill Pavilion, and Liu Xuan and Gu An resolved to keep advancing so Chiyu Peak could one day stand on its own.
• Baili Xun emerged from seclusion and hoped Bai Keyi would succeed, knowing he would need the Top Alchemist’s help to advance his own martial cultivation.
• People throughout Tianxuan Holy Land watched the phenomenon as Yang Chan handled Pill Pavilion affairs while acting as its master.
• After Bai Keyi’s breakthrough had lasted twelve days, Yang Chan saw his vital energy and blood become unstable and recognized that the attempt was failing.
• Bai Keyi’s vital energy and blood collapsed and vanished, and onlookers regretted his failure and reflected on how difficult the breakthrough was.

Yang Chan reorganized his work as Acting Pavilion Master and refined the preordered Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills despite his busy schedule. After delivering Geng Yuntian’s order, he left open the possibility of future orders and secured Geng’s promise of support, while the Pill Pavilion remained calm under the two Top Alchemists’ cooperation.

• Yang Chan delegated routine Pill Pavilion matters, arranged alternating days for alchemy and administration, and asked Han Bingyu to watch Jing Zhongsi and Ji Yu.
• Jing Zhongsi and Ji Yu stayed cooperative because they feared Bai Keyi might blame them after emerging from seclusion.
• Yang Chan completed Geng Yuntian’s order and gave him two qualified-quality Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills.
• Geng Yuntian praised Yang Chan’s pills, asked to preorder more, and promised to help him if trouble arose.
• Yang Chan said he could not accept more orders for now but would notify Geng Yuntian when he had time.

Yang Chan expanded his pill exchanges and accumulated spiritual materials while managing the Pill Pavilion during Bai Keyi’s seclusion. After Bai Keyi emerged still recovering from his failed breakthrough, Yang Chan prepared to return the Pavilion’s affairs to him and enter seclusion to refine new pills.

• Yang Chan fulfilled his Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill agreement with Geng Yuntian, then exchanged further pills with Supreme Elders to build up his spiritual material reserves.
• Over the next two months, Yang Chan refined pills and managed the Pill Pavilion with Han Bingyu’s help, bringing his Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills close to perfect quality.
• The Black Dragon sensed that Bai Keyi had emerged from seclusion, and Yang Chan waited for him to appear rather than revealing that he knew.
• Yang Chan met Bai Keyi at the Spiritual Medicine Tower and saw that his failed breakthrough had left his qi and blood unstable and his hair partly white.
• Bai Keyi praised Yang Chan’s pill and administrative work, confirmed that he would not return to seclusion, and agreed to resume managing the Pill Pavilion.
• Yang Chan prepared to hand the Pavilion’s affairs back to Bai Keyi so he could enter seclusion and focus on refining new pills.

After Bai Keyi emerged from seclusion, he resumed control of the Pill Pavilion and advised Yang Chan to focus on pill refinement while avoiding reliance on pills for Martial Cultivation breakthroughs. Yang Chan delegated the Spiritual Medicine Tower to Han Bingyu and prepared to enter seclusion to refine new pills, while Han Bingyu set her sights on reaching the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm.

• Bai Keyi praised Yang Chan for managing the Pill Pavilion and completing promised pill orders while handling its affairs.
• Bai Keyi took back control of the Pill Pavilion and advised Yang Chan to develop his pill-refining ability while cultivating carefully, citing his own failed breakthrough into the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to stop managing Pill Pavilion matters and focus on the Spiritual Medicine Tower, then announced he would enter seclusion to refine pills and increase his Potential Point income.
• Yang Chan warned Han Bingyu against using pills to force Martial Cultivation breakthroughs, and she resolved to pursue the Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster and Blood-Changing Martial Saint realms.