Chapter Summaries

Yang Chan continued refining the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill while Princess Lanyue improved her alchemy and martial cultivation in Tianxuan Holy Land. After ten days of attempts, Yang Chan finally made a pill of passing quality, bringing him closer to increasing his daily Potential Points income and advancing toward his fifth blood transformation.

• Yang Chan paid little attention to reports from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm because none contained the top-grade Spiritual Materials he sought.
• Yang Chan continued refining the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill and estimated he would soon produce one of passing quality.
• Princess Lanyue refined pills and trained, drawing on her past abandonment by the Great Zhou Imperial Family as motivation to prove her own worth.
• Ten days passed as Princess Lanyue neared the Marrow Cleansing Realm and watched Yang Chan's alchemy progress.
• Yang Chan opened his furnace and successfully refined a Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill of passing quality.

Yang Chan refined a qualifying Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill and took it to measure its effect on his Potential Points. The pill raised his daily gain to 142.06, and he looked forward to increasing it further by refining a premium-quality pill.

• Yang Chan successfully refined a qualifying Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, and Princess Lanyue inspected its sixty-percent quality.
• Yang Chan continued refining Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pills to improve their quality while Princess Lanyue wished him success.
• Yang Chan took a qualifying Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill and waited until midnight to check the change in his Potential Points.
• Yang Chan calculated that the pill added 20.3 daily Potential Points, raising his total daily gain from 121.76 to 142.06.

Yang Chan assessed his progress toward the fifth blood transformation and considered how his Potential Points might eventually let him break through to the Divine Aperture Realm without relying on a divine vein. While studying ancient texts in Yuanqing Courtyard, he received news that cultivation resources were being sent from the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm.

• Yang Chan estimated that he could complete the accumulation for his fifth blood transformation in just over two years and expected later breakthroughs to come faster.
• Yang Chan reflected on the dangers facing Tianxuan Holy Land and resolved to strengthen his martial cultivation and prepare for future threats.
• Yang Chan considered using Potential Points to reach the Divine Aperture Realm without divine veins, based on the records of the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• Yang Chan studied ancient texts and continued learning universal ancient script in preparation for seeking opportunities beyond the Taiyu Divine Continent.
• Han Bingyu reported that cultivation resources were being sent from the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm, and Yang Chan noted that more than three months had passed since it opened.

Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to monitor resources and intelligence from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, hoping to find rare materials and new pill ingredients. He learned that the Tianxuan Saintess and her allies had reached the Spiritual Void Giant Mountain and were preparing to explore unknown regions.

• Yang Chan asked Han Bingyu to keep watch over the cultivation resources returning from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm so he could exchange for useful materials.
• Yang Chan asked about conditions inside the secret realm, and Han Bingyu reported that the Tianxuan Saintess and others were undergoing trials at the Spiritual Void Giant Mountain.
• Han Bingyu explained that the group had reached two-thirds of the territory explored before and could spend the next three months surveying new regions.
• Han Bingyu said the Tianxuan Saintess had joined forces with the Supreme Saintess, the Purple Mansion Saintess, and others to explore together, sharing help in known regions and cooperating in new ones.
• Yang Chan praised the Tianxuan Saintess's ability to unite the group and asked Han Bingyu to send him any important new reports.

Yang Chan waited for the Cloud Sea Secret Realm’s cultivation resources to reach Tianxuan Holy Land so he could exchange for rare Spiritual Materials, especially the Mysterious Sky Spiritual Flower. At the Pill Pavilion, he discussed his Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill research with Zheng Yuanliang while keeping his progress concealed.

• Yang Chan focused on improving his Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill and planned to reserve Cloud Sea Secret Realm materials for future pill refinement.
• Han Bingyu reported that the resource shipment had arrived, and Yang Chan went with her to the Pill Pavilion Internal Affairs Department to exchange for materials.
• Yang Chan met Zheng Yuanliang, who said his recent pill-refining seclusion had brought some progress.
• Zheng Yuanliang asked whether Yang Chan was trying to refine the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, and Yang Chan confirmed that he had been working on it but called the process difficult.
• Zheng Yuanliang encouraged Yang Chan, unaware that Yang Chan was concealing how far he had advanced.

Yang Chan exchanged for Spiritual Materials from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, including the Mysterious Sky Spiritual Flowers he wanted, and left the Pill Pavilion with Han Bingyu and the others. The first batch still left plenty of resources behind, and more deliveries were expected.

• Yang Chan and Zheng Yuanliang waited with the other Top Alchemists for the Cloud Sea Secret Realm resources to arrive.
• Pavilion Master Bai Keyi and Alchemist Linghu’s representatives exchanged first, following the established order for Top Alchemists.
• Yang Chan submitted his prepared list to Elder Zhao, who arranged for the requested Spiritual Materials to be collected.
• Yang Chan received crate after crate of materials, then left with Han Bingyu and the others after bidding Zheng Yuanliang farewell.
• Zheng Yuanliang said he was occupied refining the White Jade Nether Marrow Pill and hoped to visit Yang Chan later.

The Tianxuan Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, Supreme Saintess, and their allies began exploring an untouched region of the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm, balancing caution against the hope of finding resources and a breakthrough opportunity. Meanwhile, Yang Chan learned that the Tianxuan Holy Land was preparing for the factions’ reaction when the explorers returned, as competition over the secret realm’s rewards threatened to turn violent.

• The Tianxuan Saintess proposed exploring the unknown region with a month remaining before the Cloud Sea Secret Realm closed, while the Purple Mansion Saintess urged them to reserve time for caution.
• The Supreme Saintess favored an aggressive search for resources and an opportunity to break through to the Blood-Changing Martial Saint Realm, and the group agreed to explore according to circumstances.
• The explorers advanced into the untouched region and sensed that its spiritual energy was denser than that of the areas they had already traversed.
• Yang Chan returned the cultivation resources from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm to the Pill Pavilion Internal Affairs Department and resumed his usual routine while receiving updates from Han Bingyu.
• The Tianxuan Holy Land’s upper echelon discussed the expedition, instructed Yang Chan and other Top Alchemists to monitor its discoveries, and arranged for Supreme Elders to guard against hostile factions outside the secret realm.

The Tianxuan Saintess, Supreme Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, and their allies discovered the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge, a new trial promising increasingly valuable treasures that strained their alliance. Meanwhile, Yang Chan refined a premium Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, and Princess Lanyue quietly benefited from its pill aura as she continued cultivating.

• The alliance reached the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge, where Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters entered trials and either received treasures or were expelled from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm.
• The Supreme Saintess and the Purple Mansion Saintess discussed exploring the bridge, while the Tianxuan Saintess urged them to test its depths; each began making separate plans as they anticipated competing for its rewards.
• Yang Chan refined a premium Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill after making faster-than-expected progress through repeated alchemy.
• Princess Lanyue congratulated Yang Chan and absorbed a wisp of the pill aura, keeping her cultivation benefits and her identity secret to avoid trouble.

Yang Chan planned to refine the Nine Heavens Blood Transformation Pill to increase his Potential Point income while the Cloud Sea Secret Realm explorers uncovered the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge’s trials. The Supreme Saintess reached the bridge’s final trial, leaving everyone watching to see whether she could pass and reveal what lay beyond.

• Yang Chan saw that the premium-grade Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill raised his daily Potential Point income to 148.06 and planned to keep improving its quality.
• Yang Chan chose to refine the Nine Heavens Blood Transformation Pill next, using his stock of Mysterious Sky Spiritual Flowers and preparing for further increases in Potential Point income.
• The Tianxuan Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, Supreme Saintess, and others learned that the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge required thirty-three trials over three thousand three hundred meters, with failure ejecting challengers from the secret realm.
• The saintesses and their groups concluded that passing the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge was necessary to explore farther into the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and began crossing it themselves.
• The Supreme Saintess advanced ahead of the others and began the thirty-third trial as the Tianxuan Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, and others approached their own later trials.

Yang Chan followed reports of the Cloud Sea Secret Realm’s newly explored region and hoped its harvest would bring valuable materials back to Tianxuan Holy Land. Meanwhile, Tianxuan Saintess and the other leaders reached a golden gate beyond the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge and entered a strange space centered on the Heavenly Mandate Stone Tablet.

• Yang Chan read Han Bingyu’s report about the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge and welcomed the prospect of more Spiritual Materials and ancient texts.
• Yang Chan decided to remain in Tianxuan Holy Land and continue refining pills while waiting for news from Tianxuan Saintess and the others.
• Golden light appeared above the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge, and Tianxuan Saintess, the Supreme Saintess, the Purple Mansion Saintess, and the others vanished into a golden void gate.
• The various Holy Lands sent more people onto the bridge, learned that those who abandoned its trials could later be sent out, and waited for the leaders’ return.
• Inside the golden gate, the Saintesses found a massive stone tablet inscribed with “Heavenly Mandate” and approached it to investigate.

The Tianxuan Saintess, the Supreme Saintess, and the others read the Heavenly Mandate Stone Tablet and learned that the Eternal Divine Vein was gathering again, potentially bringing ancient powers back to the Taiyu Divine Continent. At Tianxuan Holy Land, Black Dragon sensed the divine vein’s power while Yang Chan refined pills, leaving Yang Chan alert to the coming changes.

• The Tianxuan Saintess, the Supreme Saintess, the Purple Mansion Saintess, and the others approached the Heavenly Mandate Stone Tablet, causing its golden light to disperse and reveal its records.
• The Tianxuan Saintess and the others learned that the Eternal Divine Vein had been destroyed ten thousand years ago, that its power was gathering again, and that ancient experts might return to claim it.
• The Tianxuan Saintess warned the others that the golden light had placed Heavenly Mandate upon them and that they had little time to grow before powerful beings returned.
• While Yang Chan refined a fine-quality Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, Black Dragon sensed and absorbed a wisp of the Taiyu Divine Continent’s divine vein power, improving his soul and the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads.
• Yang Chan questioned Black Dragon about the divine vein, and Black Dragon said it might be awakening and advised Yang Chan to watch for unusual changes.

Yang Chan learned from Black Dragon that the Taiyu Divine Continent’s Divine Vein was reviving and might offer a path to becoming a True God, but he chose caution and ordered Black Dragon to watch for its aura. Meanwhile, forces gathered outside the Cloud Sea Secret Realm to learn what the Saintesses had discovered at the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge, but the expected people had not yet emerged.

• Yang Chan asked Black Dragon what a Divine Vein looked like and learned that its power spread throughout the continent, making its source difficult to find or refine.
• Black Dragon urged Yang Chan to seek the newly revived Divine Vein, but Yang Chan decided to improve his strength first and told Black Dragon to alert him if he sensed its aura.
• Yang Chan allowed Black Dragon to move more freely while warning him not to reveal himself, and Black Dragon promised to keep his identity hidden.
• Experts from many factions gathered outside the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and pressed those who emerged to reveal what they had seen, including news of the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge.
• As the secret realm neared its closure, the gathered forces worried that the Tianxuan Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, Supreme Saintess, and others might be trapped inside.

The Tianxuan Saintess and the other young leaders emerged from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm as it closed, then faced pressure from the gathered factions to reveal what they had found. Their account of the Heavenly Mandate Stone Tablet and the coming revival of the Hengyuan Divine Vein left the Taiyu Divine Continent’s powerful elders shaken, though the exact timing remained unknown.

• The Tianxuan Saintess, Supreme Saintess, Purple Mansion Saintess, and the others exited the Cloud Sea Secret Realm just before its golden gate vanished.
• Blood-Changing Martial Saint experts demanded that the young leaders explain the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge and the small golden gate, while Shui Ruyi, the Supreme Sect elder, and other faction representatives warned them against harming anyone.
• The Tianxuan Saintess revealed that the Cloud Sea Divine Bridge contained trials and that the small golden gate held a Heavenly Mandate Stone Tablet describing the Taiyu Divine Continent ten thousand years ago and its coming changes.
• The Tianxuan Saintess announced that the Hengyuan Divine Vein was about to revive and that a golden age of martial cultivation would follow, stirring the gathered elders’ auras.
• An elderly Blood-Changing Martial Saint asked when the divine vein would revive, and the Tianxuan Saintess, Supreme Saintess, and Purple Mansion Saintess said the tablet gave no exact time.

Yang Chan learned that the revival of the Hengyuan Divine Vein was tied to the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and would bring upheaval across the Taiyu Divine Continent. Black Dragon revealed that the vein could offer a path to becoming a true god, leaving Yang Chan wary of Black Dragon’s motives as the coming struggle drew closer.

• Yang Chan read Han Bingyu’s intelligence and realized the divine vein’s revival would spark a chaotic contest among the holy lands and other powers.
• Yang Chan instructed Han Bingyu to watch Tianxuan Holy Land and nearby powers, then asked Black Dragon how much strength he had regained.
• Black Dragon said a wisp of divine power had freed him from the Mysterious Yin Hanging Beads’ restrictions, restoring combat strength comparable to Yang Chan’s, though he needed more time to recover.
• Black Dragon urged Yang Chan to seize the chance to pursue the Hengyuan Divine Vein and explained its connection to true gods, eternity, and the flourishing of star domains.
• Yang Chan pointed out that Black Dragon had withheld this information before, and Black Dragon said he had only revealed it now because the revived vein presented an opportunity.

Yang Chan discussed the Hengyuan Divine Vein with Black Dragon but chose to wait, strengthen himself, and monitor developments rather than rush into the growing conflict. After learning that the Tianxuan Saintess and her companions were trapped near the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, he hoped they would return safely but decided to watch and wait.

• Black Dragon explained the rarity of True Gods and described the Hengyuan Divine Vein as a chance to advance, while Yang Chan considered its potential benefits.
• Yang Chan chose to focus on cultivation and alchemy, stay alert to Black Dragon's motives, and have him report any signs of the Divine Vein's power.
• Supreme Elders left the Xuanxu Grotto-heaven to support the Tianxuan Saintess and her companions, who were trapped near the Cloud Sea Secret Realm as rival factions demanded information.
• The Tianxuan Holy Son made no move to interfere, while Yang Chan learned of the standoff and chose not to intervene, hoping the Tianxuan Saintess would return safely.

The major forces surrounded the Purple Mansion Saintess, the Supreme Saintess, and others to press them for secrets from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and news of the Hengyuan Divine Vein. Holy Master Shangguan arrived and led the Tianxuan Holy Land away, and representatives from other powerful factions soon broke the encirclement without starting a war.

• The Heart Moon Palace Supreme Elder questioned the Purple Mansion Saintess, who recounted her experience in the Cloud Sea Secret Realm while withholding part of what she knew about the Heavenly Mandate Stone Tablet.
• The Purple Mansion Saintess insisted she had told the truth and said the others could investigate the secret realm when it reopened.
• Shangguan Yutian arrived with overwhelming blood qi and demanded that no one block the Tianxuan Holy Land's departure.
• Shangguan Yutian led the Tianxuan Saintess and the other Tianxuan members away as the surrounding forces made way.
• Representatives of the Supreme Sect, Purple Mansion Holy Land, and other factions arrived, dissolving the remaining encirclement and avoiding open war.

Yang Chan learned that Shangguan Yutian had safely led the Tianxuan Saintess and her companions away from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, but he focused on the Spiritual Materials they would bring back and on preparing for future turmoil. Black Dragon urged him to question the Saintess for secrets about the Hengyuan Divine Vein, leaving Yang Chan considering how much he could learn about Tianxuan Holy Land’s plans.

• Han Bingyu reported that Shangguan Yutian had confronted the factions surrounding the Tianxuan Saintess and her companions and brought them safely toward Tianxuan Holy Land.
• Yang Chan asked about the Spiritual Materials returning from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, hoping to choose ingredients for pills that would help him advance to his fifth blood transformation.
• Han Bingyu said the list would likely not be available until the Saintess and the others returned, and Yang Chan asked her to notify him immediately.
• Yang Chan sent Han Bingyu away after she reported that no other major developments had occurred, while he reflected on the great holy lands consolidating their territories after the Hengyuan Divine Vein’s revival.
• Black Dragon urged Yang Chan to learn secrets from the Tianxuan Saintess, and Yang Chan agreed that she and the others likely knew more about the Divine Vein’s revival than the public reports revealed.

Yang Chan decided to wait for Tianxuan Holy Land’s plans before pursuing the secrets behind the Hengyuan Divine Vein, while Tianxuan Holy Master Baili Xun prepared for Shangguan Yutian and the others to return. In the North Pivot Star Domain, the North Pivot Divine Lord learned that the vein was reviving and sent a sealed Divine Servant to investigate it on Taiyu Star.

• Yang Chan agreed to discuss the Hengyuan Divine Vein’s secrets after the Tianxuan Saintess and the others returned, then went back to refining pills.
• Tianxuan Holy Master Baili Xun ordered precautions and a reception for Shangguan Yutian and the others, while Supreme Elder Cui Tiansheng and the other elders trusted Shangguan Yutian to keep them safe.
• Baili Xun reflected that Shangguan Yutian’s strength and standing left him little choice but to accept his influence within Tianxuan Holy Land.
• A report informed the North Pivot Divine Lord that the Hengyuan Divine Vein on Taiyu Star was showing signs of revival.
• The North Pivot Divine Lord ordered Xing Bo Divine Servant to investigate the revival after sealing his Divine Aperture Realm strength and reducing him to Body Tempering Peak.

Shangguan Yutian escorted the Tianxuan Saintess and her companions back to Tianxuan Holy Land, where the upper echelon welcomed them and gathered to hear about the Cloud Sea Secret Realm. Yang Chan returned to the Pill Pavilion without learning the secret, and decided to wait for the group’s gains to be distributed while quietly preparing for his future pill-refining needs.

• Shangguan Yutian and the Tianxuan Saintess emerged from the void gateway and were welcomed by Tianxuan Holy Land officials before heading to Tongtian Wushang Mountain.
• Tianxuan Holy Master Baili Xun and the upper echelon greeted Shangguan Yutian, while Yang Chan noticed that the Tianxuan Saintess had advanced to the third level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm.
• Shangguan Yutian dismissed most of the welcoming crowd and went with the senior leaders to the council hall to discuss the Cloud Sea Secret Realm.
• Yang Chan returned to Yuanqing Courtyard and told the Black Dragon that the secret and the group’s gains would become known after the leaders settled matters.
• Yang Chan chose to wait for Spiritual Materials from the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and keep his Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill ability undisclosed for now.

The Tianxuan Saintess told Shangguan Yutian that those who entered the golden door absorbed light that would let them sense the Hengyuan Divine Vein as it revived. Shangguan ordered her to cultivate and report any trace of its aura, leaving Baili Xun unsettled as her prospects of becoming the next Holy Master strengthened.

• The Tianxuan Saintess revealed that the golden light from the Heavenly Mandate Stone Tablet had entered the bodies of those who passed through the golden door and would help them sense the Hengyuan Divine Vein until its revival was complete.
• She explained that the vein had merged into the earth, could not yet be sensed, and would move through the earth even after its aura became detectable.
• Shangguan Yutian concluded that finding the vein would be difficult and ordered the Tianxuan Saintess to cultivate toward the Blood-Changing Martial Saint realm and report any sign of its aura.
• The Tianxuan Saintess accepted Shangguan Yutian's orders and saw them as securing her chance to succeed as Tianxuan Holy Master.
• Baili Xun showed visible unease but did not challenge Shangguan Yutian's decision.