Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan entered seclusion to improve his pill-refining ability, aiming to perfect the Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill before attempting the Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill. The Tianxuan Saintess realized that he had returned control of the Pill Pavilion to Bai Keyi without trying to expand his influence, leaving Bai Keyi free to lead while Yang Chan focused on refining.

• Supreme Elders asked Yang Chan to reserve Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, but he had Han Bingyu reply that exchanges would wait until he emerged from seclusion.
• Yang Chan refined a premium-grade Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill and judged that reaching perfect grade would take more time.
• Princess Lanyue observed the pill aura and told Yang Chan about her former master's struggle to improve his pill-refining ability.
• Yang Chan asked Princess Lanyue to study the Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill formula and observe when he began refining it.
• The Tianxuan Saintess learned that Yang Chan had entered seclusion and recognized that he had handed the Pill Pavilion's affairs back to Bai Keyi without trying to retain authority.

The Tianxuan Saintess learned that Yang Chan had entered seclusion partly to give Bai Keyi room to gather the Spiritual Materials he needed, and she reflected on how Yang Chan’s rise had strengthened Chiyu Peak. Yang Chan refined a perfect-quality Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill and prepared to study the Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill, while Bai Keyi began arranging to recover from his failed breakthrough.

• Liao Leng Hui reported that Supreme Elders had asked Yang Chan to reserve Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, but he would discuss their requests after leaving seclusion.
• The Tianxuan Saintess praised Yang Chan’s tact and recalled how his success had helped Chiyu Peak overcome suppression and develop within the Tianxuan Holy Land.
• The Tianxuan Saintess asked Liao Leng Hui for an update on the Tianxuan Holy Son’s recent movements.
• Yang Chan refined a perfect-quality Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pill and told Princess Lanyue to observe closely when he began refining the Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill.
• Bai Keyi concluded that Yang Chan was avoiding suspicion by entering seclusion and arranged to gather Spiritual Materials and address the mixed blood in his body before attempting another breakthrough.

Yang Chan spent another year refining Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills and advancing his cultivation plans while cautiously practicing Transforming Demon into God. Meanwhile, Tianxuan Holy Land’s leaders debated who would travel to the Southern Wasteland to explore the newly emerged Ancient Divine Human Ruins, which might offer a path beyond the human-divine boundary.

• Yang Chan turned twenty-four, assessed his progress in the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique, and resolved to keep refining Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills before investing his Potential Points.
• Yang Chan continued practicing Transforming Demon into God cautiously because of its difficulty and the risks of spiritual cultivation.
• Tianxuan Holy Master Baili Xun told Tianxuan Holy Land’s leaders that Ancient Divine Human Ruins had appeared in the Southern Wasteland and that Holy Master Shangguan had already gone there.
• Baili Xun explained that the ruins might contain a way to break the human-divine boundary or leave the Taiyu Divine Continent.
• Supreme Elder Lin Nanjie argued that elders near the end of their lifespans should go, while Supreme Elder Cui Tiansheng insisted that those still at their peak should represent the Holy Land.
• Tianxuan Holy Land’s Supreme Elders and other leaders competed for the limited chance to explore the ruins.

Yang Chan refined a qualified-quality Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill, pushing his daily Potential Point income above one hundred, while Princess Lanyue advanced to premium-grade Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pills. After leaving seclusion, Yang Chan learned of newly discovered Ancient Divine Human Ruins and asked Black Dragon about their dangers and possible treasures.

• Yang Chan refined a qualified-quality Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pill, and Princess Lanyue congratulated him as he encouraged her progress.
• At midnight, Yang Chan saw his daily Potential Point income reach 107.36 and decided to split future gains between the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique and the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• Princess Lanyue refined a premium-grade Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pill, and Yang Chan advised her to rest and keep building proficiency before attempting the Marrow Cleansing Pill stage.
• Yang Chan ended his seclusion, went to the study, and read a letter describing the newly discovered Ancient Divine Human Ruins.
• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon about the ruins, and Black Dragon warned that they were extremely dangerous while cautioning that they might not contain the treasures Yang Chan expected.

Yang Chan learned more about the dangers of the Ancient Divine Human Ruins and agreed to monitor its developments rather than risk entering it. After months in seclusion, he heard Han Bingyu’s report on the Holy Land’s affairs and read the expedition arrangements for the newly emerged ruins in the Southern Wasteland.

• Black Dragon warned Yang Chan that the Ancient Divine Human Ruins were perilous, and Yang Chan decided to follow reports about them instead of entering.
• Han Bingyu visited Yang Chan after his seclusion and reported that Bai Keyi had disciplined Jing Zhongsi and Ji Yu and sent top-grade Spiritual Materials to Yang Chan’s courtyard.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that no other major events had occurred within Tianxuan Holy Land during his seclusion.
• Han Bingyu reported that Shangguan had discovered an Ancient Divine Human Ruins in the Southern Wasteland and that Baili had convened the Holy Land’s higher-ups to discuss it.
• Yang Chan read the expedition arrangements and saw that most people assigned to go were nearing the end of their lifespans, while some older Blood-Changing Martial Saints had insisted on joining.

Yang Chan learned that the Tianxuan Holy Land’s experts had gone to investigate the dangerous Ancient Divine Human Ruins, but he chose to wait for information rather than risk entering himself. He arranged to trade his Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills for spiritual materials, and Geng Yuntian arrived first to exchange for three.

• Yang Chan questioned Han Bingyu about the Ancient Divine Human Ruins expedition and learned the Holy Master and the others had been away for a month, with no reply received yet.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to send him any new intelligence about the ruins as soon as it arrived.
• Yang Chan gave Han Bingyu a list of Supreme Elders who had reserved Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills and asked her to arrange exchanges for top-grade Spiritual Materials.
• Black Dragon warned Yang Chan that the ruins were perilous, and Yang Chan said he only intended to monitor the reports, not enter.
• Geng Yuntian arrived to exchange for Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, and Yang Chan agreed to give him three while reserving the rest for other petitioners.

Yang Chan learned from Geng Yuntian that the Ancient Divine Human Ruins might actually be an extremely dangerous Ancient Demon’s Demon Gathering Place, and both men agreed to wait for more information. After Geng left, Yang Chan traded a limited number of pills to other elders while preserving the freedom and standing of top alchemists.

• Yang Chan asked Geng Yuntian about the Ancient Divine Human Ruins after they completed their pill exchange.
• Geng Yuntian said the ruins had swallowed a mountain range and drained its spiritual veins, leading him to suspect they were an Ancient Demon’s Demon Gathering Place.
• Geng Yuntian explained that he had decided to wait for further reports before risking entry, and he promised to share any new information with Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan agreed that the ruins sounded dangerous and considered the possibility that they were an Ancient Demon’s burial ground rather than a place of opportunity.
• After Geng Yuntian departed, Yang Chan let later-arriving elders exchange for only one pill each and refused advance reservations.
• Yang Chan upheld the tacit understanding among top alchemists that their status and freedom should be protected from demands to refine pills endlessly.

Yang Chan handled routine Spiritual Medicine Tower business, supported Han Bingyu, and planned to replenish the supply of his popular Marrow Cleansing pills while keeping his true pill completion rate secret. Meanwhile, the Tianxuan Saintess learned more about the dangers of the Ancient Divine Human Ruins and accepted that her supporters had barred her from entering.

• Yang Chan visited the Spiritual Medicine Tower, reviewed its pending exchanges and reservations with Han Bingyu, and left her to arrange the routine matters.
• Yang Chan decided to provide a limited number of Marrow Cleansing pills for exchange while concealing how many pills he successfully refined and reserving a large supply for himself.
• Yang Chan stayed at the Spiritual Medicine Tower to reinforce Han Bingyu's authority and discourage anyone from causing trouble during his future seclusion.
• The Tianxuan Saintess reviewed new information about the Ancient Divine Human Ruins and recalled why its rare opportunities appealed to her.
• The Tianxuan Saintess accepted that her supporters had excluded her from the expedition because her death in the dangerous ruins could harm their bid to make her the next Tianxuan Holy Master.

The Tianxuan Saintess waited anxiously for news from the suspicious ruins in the Southern Wasteland while preparing to adapt to whatever happened. In the Tianxuan Holy Land, Yang Chan brought Transforming Demon into God to beginner level and planned to develop it before advancing his Blood Transformation cultivation.

• The Tianxuan Saintess worried that the Ancient Divine Human Ruins might be an Ancient Demon trap, but Li Yuelai reminded her that Holy Master Shangguan and other powerful experts had entered the ruins.
• The Tianxuan Saintess accepted that she could only wait for news and ordered Li Yuelai to send any updates directly to her.
• Yang Chan saw that Transforming Demon into God had reached beginner level and anticipated that the proficiency panel would improve his future progress.
• Yang Chan planned to reallocate Potential Points from the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art to Transforming Demon into God once his points refreshed.
• Yang Chan decided to attempt Five Demons Union before advancing to the third Blood Transformation stage, to reduce the risk of fusion failure.

Yang Chan raised the Transforming Demon into God secret art and asked Black Dragon how to prepare for the Five Demons Union. News from the Southern Wasteland suggested that its newly discovered ruins belonged to a dangerous Ancient Demon, while Black Dragon revealed more about the ancient era and its powerful demons.

• Yang Chan spent 30 Potential Points to raise the Transforming Demon into God secret art to First Stage Peeking into the Threshold and decided to keep improving it before attempting the Five Demons Union.
• Black Dragon advised Yang Chan to build his spiritual power, keep the Five Demon Martial Seal balanced, and fuse the five demons at the final moment.
• Han Bingyu brought Yang Chan news that demonic aura surrounded the Southern Wasteland ruins, leading him to suspect they were the remains of an Ancient Demon and to request further updates.
• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon about Ancient Demons, and Black Dragon described powerful demons of the primordial era and the Nirvana Divine Dynasty that ended their age.
• Black Dragon explained that ancient beings could grow powerful quickly but often struggled to advance beyond a certain realm.

An ancient demon lord awakened in the Southern Wasteland, learned that the Hengyuan Divine Vein had scattered across the Taiyu Divine Continent, and began devouring its followers and the surrounding land to regain strength. At Yuanqing Courtyard, Yang Chan prepared to attempt Five Demons Union after advancing Transforming Demon into God to Third Order: Mastery.

• An ancient demon lord awakened in the Southern Wasteland ruins and learned from the power of faith that the Hengyuan Divine Vein had scattered across the Taiyu Divine Continent.
• The ancient demon lord devoured its followers, then opened a pitch-black gate above the Southern Wasteland and began consuming vitality and spiritual veins.
• Yang Chan advanced Transforming Demon into God to Third Order: Mastery and decided he could attempt Five Demons Union.
• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon to inspect and reinforce the aura-concealing formations around his secluded cultivation chamber.
• Black Dragon confirmed the formations were ready, and Yang Chan lit Spirit Gathering Incense and meditated to prepare for Five Demons Union.

Yang Chan fused the Ox Demon, Tiger Demon, Flood Dragon Demon, Peng Demon, and Demon Dragon Martial Imprints through Five Demons Union. He successfully created Original Demon True Intent, and his spirit and flesh began to transform.

• Yang Chan began Five Demons Union, letting the five Demonic Intents battle in his spirit sea while his Essence Origin Upper Fetus stabilized it.
• Black Dragon stood guard as Yang Chan waited for the Demonic Intents to weaken.
• Yang Chan used his Primordial Soul Sword and Sword Domain to force the five Demonic Intents to unite against him.
• Yang Chan unleashed Five Demons Union and fused the five weakened Demonic Intents into a pitch-black sphere of Original Demon True Intent.
• Yang Chan sensed his spirit and flesh beginning to transform as the new Original Demon True Intent formed.

Yang Chan completed the Five Demons Union and gained Original Demon True Intent, whose Demon Core greatly strengthened and tempered his body. After testing its effects, he decided to prioritize spending Potential Points to raise it to Third Order: Mastery.

• Yang Chan found that the five Martial Imprints had merged into Original Demon True Intent and that his breakthrough had formed a Demon Core ahead of the usual progression.
• Yang Chan empowered his body with the Demon Core and felt his overall combat power increase to around six times its normal level, though he avoided testing it through combat in the secret chamber.
• Yang Chan dispersed the Demon Core's power and sensed that the brief empowerment had passively tempered his body.
• Yang Chan let the Demon Core absorb Demonic Intent and found that it purified the power while further strengthening his physical body.
• Yang Chan planned to redirect Potential Points from Transforming Demon into God and the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique toward Original Demon True Intent until it reached Third Order: Mastery.

Yang Chan completed the Five Demons Union and strengthened his Original Demon True Intent while taking precautions against Demonic Intent. Reports of demonic sects and spreading demonic aura in the Southern Wasteland raised the possibility that an Ancient Demon had survived or returned, leaving Yang Chan wary of a threat that could disrupt the balance across the Taiyu Divine Continent.

• Black Dragon congratulated Yang Chan on completing the Five Demons Union and warned him to keep his will in command as he absorbed more Demonic Intent.
• Yang Chan continued cultivating in his secret chamber, using the Demon Core and Potential Points to strengthen his Original Demon True Intent while concealing his Blood-Changing Martial Saint cultivation.
• Yang Chan read Han Bingyu’s report that demonic aura had swallowed the Lingfeng Mountain Range and that long-hidden demonic sects had emerged across the Southern Wasteland.
• Black Dragon told Yang Chan that an Ancient Demon might have survived through special methods, though the continent’s lack of divine veins would limit its cultivation.
• Yang Chan ordered Han Bingyu to keep gathering information and worried that an Ancient Demon with unusual power could upset the continent’s balance and threaten his peaceful life.

The Tianxuan Holy Master briefed Tianxuan Holy Land’s leaders on the Ancient Demon’s destruction of three Southern Wasteland Holy Lands and the growing threat from the Demonic Sects. Following Shangguan Yutian’s instructions, they began preparing for a joint campaign, while Yang Chan remained a quiet observer; the detailed plans would follow Shangguan Yutian’s return.

• Baili Xun told Tianxuan Holy Land’s leaders that the Ancient Demon had helped four Demonic Sects destroy the Nine Heavens Holy Sect, Yaoguang Holy Land, and Luoxia Holy Land.
• Geng Yuntian asked whether the Ancient Demon had reached the Divine Aperture Realm, and Baili Xun said its cultivation was still at the Blood-Changing Martial Saint level, though its strength might continue to grow.
• Baili Xun said Shangguan Yutian and the others were returning within half a month and had instructed the Holy Land to prepare for conflict with the Southern Wasteland Demonic Sects.
• The council agreed that Tianxuan Holy Land could not avoid the coming battle and began discussing combat personnel, reinforcements, and resource escorts.
• Yang Chan listened quietly as Bai Keyi received responsibility for arranging the Pharmacists’ pill support.

As Tianxuan Holy Land prepared to join the war against the demonic sects, Yang Chan organized the Spiritual Medicine Tower’s logistical support and adjusted his cultivation plans. He agreed to refine Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills for the holy land, which prepared to face the coming conflict alongside allied forces.

• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu that the Spiritual Medicine Tower needed to coordinate supplies for the approaching war, and she arranged personnel to support the Pill Pavilion’s tasks.
• Yang Chan decided to remain at the Spiritual Medicine Tower while continuing to prepare for unexpected dangers, and the Black Dragon reassured him that ancient demons would also face the continent’s cultivation limits.
• Tianxuan Holy Land grew busy preparing resources and intelligence for war as Yang Chan attended council meetings and spent less time cultivating.
• Bai Keyi asked Yang Chan to refine Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills for wartime supplies, and Yang Chan agreed.
• Bai Keyi promised to deliver the materials and keep the Spiritual Medicine Tower secure as Tianxuan Holy Land prepared to face the demonic calamity with its allies.

Yang Chan spent more than two months refining Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills for Tianxuan Holy Land while secretly advancing his combat strength and prioritizing his survival. As the major factions sent forces against the demonic calamity, he prepared to keep improving Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique and explore the unique Innate Tai Chi Longevity Body.

• Yang Chan refined Tianxuan Holy Land's stockpiled materials into Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills, improving his proficiency and building up his reserves.
• Yang Chan considered revealing that he could refine Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills and other medicines to gain access to more resources and raise his Potential Points income.
• Yang Chan completed the latest batch of pills after more than two months, while Original Demon True Intent advanced to Second Order: Entering the Hall and his body grew stronger.
• Tianxuan Holy Land, Supreme Sect, Heavenly Fragrance Sect, and other major forces dispatched troops against the demonic sects after they destroyed holy lands and imperial dynasties.
• Yang Chan continued prioritizing Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique and learned that his Innate Tai Chi Longevity Body was strengthening his recovery, lifespan, and mental strength.

Yang Chan ended his pill-refining work after handing over his stock of Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills for Tianxuan Holy Land’s coming war in the Southern Wasteland. While walking through his Spiritual Plant Garden, he found that the Northern Plains plants were difficult to grow and decided to leave their cultivation to specialists while he focused on his other duties.

• Yang Chan handed over the Purple Origin Blood Transformation Pills he had refined, then ended his seclusion and waited for the war’s outcome.
• Yang Chan walked through Yuanqing Courtyard, where Han Bingyu continued screening the maids and dealing with spies placed by other factions.
• Yang Chan inspected the Spiritual Plant Garden and found that several spiritual plants from the Northern Plains had failed to grow or died.
• Yang Chan concluded that cold- and ice-attribute plants needed suitable environments and that cultivating them would take more time than he could spare.
• Yang Chan decided to leave special Spiritual Materials to experienced Spiritual Plant Cultivators and continue focusing on pill refinement, cultivation, and Pill Pavilion affairs.

Yang Chan advanced the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique to Sixth Order: Peak Perfection, transforming his vitality, recovery, talent, and lifespan. He still could not regenerate from a drop of blood, but his vital organs were no longer fatal weaknesses, and he set his sights on further growth and a ten-thousand-year lifespan.

• Yang Chan cultivated the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique and waited until midnight for his Potential Points to refresh.
• Yang Chan spent Potential Points to advance the Tai Chi Health Cultivation Technique from Fifth Order: Outstanding to Sixth Order: Peak Perfection.
• Yang Chan underwent a day-long transformation that strengthened his body, sea of consciousness, Essence Origin Upper Fetus, and soul body.
• Yang Chan gained the ability to rapidly regenerate even destroyed vital organs, though he still could not revive from a single drop of blood.
• Yang Chan saw his talent rise from 60 to 80 and his lifespan increase from 1105 to 1705 years.

Yang Chan reassessed his Potential Point allocation after improving his aptitude and decided to prioritize raising his Martial Cultivation in preparation for the spreading war. In the Southern Wasteland, leaders of the allied forces debated whether to keep attacking the demonic sects or search for the suspected Ancient Demon.

• Yang Chan sensed that his 80 points of aptitude greatly improved his cultivation, then decided to focus future Potential Points on the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art and his Martial Cultivation.
• Yang Chan ended his seclusion, checked that no urgent affairs awaited him, and spent his remaining Potential Points before continuing his daily cultivation in the training room.
• Gu Weiren urged Shangguan Yutian to split the allied forces and search for the Ancient Demon before it restored its strength.
• Shangguan Yutian rejected splitting up, arguing that the allies should remain united and defeat the demonic sects first, while Nangong Peiqin supported him.
• He Jingzhou claimed that the Ancient Demon might be a fabrication created by the demonic sects to frighten the alliance and draw other sects to their cause.