Recaps

Lu Qingyu confirmed that Lin Bai’s formula was for a King-Grade Pill and pledged the Pill Dao Academy’s support, but the academy lacked the Flood Dragon Blood needed to refine it. Gu Yueqing prepared to travel with Lin Bai to Pill King City to obtain the ingredient from the He Family.

• Lu Qingyu examined Lin Bai’s formula, recognized it as a King-Grade pill formula, and told Gu Yueqing to provide Lin Bai with the academy’s finest spirit medicines.
• Lu Qingyu warned Gu Yueqing to keep Lin Bai’s refinement secret from everyone, especially Pill King City, and asked her to remind Lin Bai about the Human Sovereign Pill.
• Gu Yueqing found the required spirit medicines in the academy treasury but confirmed that it had no Flood Dragon Blood.
• Gu Yueqing told Lin Bai that the He Family of Pill King City held Flood Dragon Blood and explained the city’s place as Eastern Lingnan’s pill dao center.
• Lin Bai asked when they would go to Pill King City, and Gu Yueqing replied that they would leave immediately.

Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing traveled to Pill King City to obtain Flood Dragon Blood for the Heaven Mending Pill, growing closer as they discussed pill dao. Meanwhile, Chou Yun Kui became murderous toward Lin Bai after hearing that Gu Yueqing had been speaking warmly with him.

• Gu Yueqing told Lin Bai that the Pill Dao Academy had gathered the Heaven Mending Pill's ingredients except for Flood Dragon Blood, and they set out to obtain it.
• Chou Yun Kui learned that Gu Yueqing and Lin Bai had left together and ordered a disciple to find out where they went, vowing to claim Gu Yueqing and kill Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing boarded a spirit boat and headed toward Pill King City, where they hoped to obtain Flood Dragon Blood.
• During their seven-day journey, Lin Bai guided Gu Yueqing through pill dao discussions, and she resolved to follow his example and study diligently.

Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing arrived in Pill King City to deliver a letter from Lu Qingyu to the He Family, but learned that the family head was dying from an incurable poison. Gu Yueqing agreed to examine him while He Yunfei faced the cost of keeping him alive with Life-Extending Divine Pills.

• Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing reached Pill King City and headed to the He Family’s territory in East City.
• He Yunfei welcomed them and learned they had come with a handwritten letter from Lu Qingyu for his father.
• He Yunfei told Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing that his father had been unconscious for three months after contracting an incurable poison and had only three days left.
• Gu Yueqing agreed to examine Old Master He, and He Yunfei led them to the family residence.
• Bao Xuanming said Old Master He needed a Life-Extending Divine Pill every day, but He Yunfei said the expense had drained the He Family’s coffers.
• Lin Bai asked what a Life-Extending Divine Pill was.

Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing encountered Bao Xuanming, a notorious former Pill Dao Academy disciple who had become Pill King City's top alchemist, while visiting the He family. Gu Yueqing began examining Old Master He’s poison, which gave Lin Bai a familiar feeling.

• He Yunfei introduced Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing to Bao Xuanming, who mocked Gu Yueqing despite her standing as the Pill Dao Academy’s chief senior disciple.
• Gu Yueqing told Lin Bai that Bao Xuanming had fled Divine Relic Ridge ten years earlier after harassing and assaulting women, and Lin Bai urged her not to provoke him before they found Flood Dragon Blood.
• Gu Yueqing agreed to examine Old Master He, and Bao Xuanming sneered that even Lu Qingyu could not cure the poison afflicting him.
• Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing entered Old Master He’s room, where Lin Bai sensed that the poison felt familiar.

Lin Bai examined the Life-Extending Divine Pill and exposed Bao Xuanming for deceiving He Yunfei with a cheap pill sold at an enormous price. He claimed he knew the ingredients and the toxins in Old Master He's body, leaving He Yunfei stunned and Bao Xuanming panicked.

• Gu Yueqing examined Old Master He but could not identify or cure the strange toxins in his body.
• He Yunfei explained that his father needed a Life-Extending Divine Pill each day, costing one hundred million spirit stones, and that the He Family had nearly run out of money.
• Lin Bai inspected the pill and said Gu Yueqing could make hundreds of batches for a small sum.
• Lin Bai accused Bao Xuanming of swindling He Yunfei by selling him a pill worth only ten thousand spirit stones.
• Lin Bai named the pill's ingredients, causing Bao Xuanming to panic, then said he also knew what poison afflicted Old Master He.

Lin Bai identified Old Master He's poison as Serpent Heart Poison and exposed Bao Xuanming as the Rank Six Alchemist behind the Life-Extending Divine Pills. Bao Xuanming escaped, and Lin Bai offered to cure Old Master He on one condition.

• Lin Bai explained Serpent Heart Poison's three stages and judged that it had reached its final stage in Old Master He's body.
• Lin Bai deduced that Bao Xuanming had refined the Life-Extending Divine Pills and accused him of poisoning Old Master He.
• He Yunfei confronted Bao Xuanming and demanded the antidote, but Bao Xuanming fled using a Heaven-grade, second-rank movement technique.
• Lin Bai told He Yunfei that he could cure Serpent Heart Poison, but only if the He Family met his condition.

Lin Bai asked He Yunfei for Flood Dragon Blood and five Myriad Year Spirit Herbs, then gave him the Nirvana Pill formula to save Old Master He. Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing went to the He Family’s Underground Palace, where Gu Yueqing prepared to refine the pills and Lin Bai planned to guide her in making another batch.

• Lin Bai requested Flood Dragon Blood and five Myriad Year Spirit Herbs from He Yunfei, and Gu Yueqing presented her master’s letter to secure the He Family’s help.
• He Yunfei misunderstood Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing’s relationship, then asked Lin Bai to treat his poisoned father.
• Lin Bai gave He Yunfei the Nirvana Pill formula, and He Yunfei knelt in gratitude when he learned it could save Old Master He.
• Gu Yueqing agreed to refine the Nirvana Pill, while Lin Bai asked He Yunfei to send her the Flood Dragon Blood for another batch of pills.
• He Yunfei escorted Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing to the Underground Palace, where the He Family delivered the requested blood and spirit herbs.

Gu Yueqing began refining the Nirvana Pill while Bao Xuanming fled to Zhang Pengyi and reported that Lin Bai had disrupted the Five Venoms Sect’s plot against the He Family. The Holy Daughter and Holy Son learned Lin Bai was in Pill King City and recalled that he possessed the key to their Vermillion Bird Treasure Vault.

• Gu Yueqing began refining the Nirvana Pill and decided not to attempt the Heaven Mending Pill without Lin Bai’s approval.
• Bao Xuanming escaped the He Family’s pursuit and reached Zhang Pengyi’s home, where he learned the Holy Daughter and Holy Son had arrived.
• Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming met the Holy Daughter and Holy Son in the Zhang Family’s reception hall and reported their plan to drain the He Family’s resources.
• Bao Xuanming explained that Lin Bai and the Pill Dao Academy’s chief senior disciple had exposed the Serpent Heart Poison plot, forcing him to flee.
• The Holy Daughter recognized Lin Bai as East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator, and the Holy Son recalled that Lin Bai held the key to the Five Venoms Sect’s Vermillion Bird Treasure Vault.

The Five Venoms Sect’s Holy Son ordered an attack on the He Family to kill Lin Bai and reclaim what the sect had lost. Meanwhile, Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing prepared to refine a Heaven Mending Pill so Lin Bai could repair his dantian, as the attack on the He Family drew near.

• The Holy Son and Holy Daughter discussed Lin Bai’s past victory at Famous Sword Manor, and the Holy Son decided to settle the Five Venoms Sect’s grudge against him.
• The Holy Son ordered Zhang Pengyi to prepare Qilin Smoke and gather the Scorpion Branch’s experts for an attack on the He Family in one hour.
• Gu Yueqing refined a Nirvana Pill under Lin Bai’s guidance, and He Yunfei took it to his father.
• Lin Bai sealed the quiet chamber and asked Gu Yueqing to recover before they began refining the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Gu Yueqing recovered her strength, and Lin Bai instructed her to heat the Crimson Sun Cauldron with her Prosperity Lotus Flame.

Lin Bai guided Gu Yueqing through the complex stages of refining the Heaven Mending Pill, teaching her to separate incompatible medicines inside the Crimson Sun Cauldron. Gu Yueqing succeeded in dividing the cauldron into three sections and began carefully fusing the medicinal powers, with the pill’s success still uncertain.

• Lin Bai explained the five steps of refining the Heaven Mending Pill as Gu Yueqing added the spirit medicines to the Crimson Sun Cauldron.
• Lin Bai taught Gu Yueqing to divide the cauldron into two sections so she could refine the first medicines separately, and she followed his instructions.
• Lin Bai told Gu Yueqing to divide the cauldron into three sections when she added Flood Dragon Blood, and she succeeded despite her exhaustion.
• Lin Bai warned Gu Yueqing to carefully control the spirit fire as she fused the three medicinal powers and continued refining the pill.

He Yunfei revived Old Master He with the Nirvana Pill, and Old Master He explained that Serpent Heart Poison was the Five Venoms Sect’s means of controlling martial artists. As armed attackers stormed the He Family estate, Old Master He recognized their leader as Zhang Pengyi, a Five Venoms Sect hall master.

• He Yunfei gave Old Master He the Nirvana Pill, and his father awoke and identified Bao Xuanming as the one who poisoned him.
• Old Master He learned that Lin Bai had cured the Serpent Heart Poison and asked He Yunfei to bring him over after he finished refining pills with Gu Yueqing.
• Old Master He explained that the Five Venoms Sect used Serpent Heart Poison and the Life-Extending Divine Pill to force martial artists into obedience.
• Black-clad attackers invaded the He Family estate, killing its members and overwhelming its defenders.
• Old Master He recognized the attackers’ leader as Zhang Pengyi, who revealed himself as the Hall Master of the Five Venoms Sect’s Pill King City Division.

Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming led the Five Venoms Sect in an attack on the He Family, demanding Lin Bai and vowing to kill everyone there. As the He Family fought back, Lin Bai left the Underground Palace to investigate the battle while Gu Yueqing continued refining the Heaven Mending Pill.

• Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming confronted Old Master He, revealed their ties to the Five Venoms Sect, and demanded that he hand over Lin Bai.
• Old Master He denounced Bao Xuanming for betraying their former friendship and warned that the He Family was allied with Divine Relic Ridge’s Pill Dao Academy.
• Old Master He recalled Lin Duo’s destruction of the Five Venoms Sect twenty years earlier, frightening Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming, then ordered He Yunfei to mobilize the family and alert Divine Relic Ridge.
• Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming attacked, and a fierce battle broke out across the He Family.
• A tremor shook the Underground Palace while Lin Bai guided Gu Yueqing through the final stage of refining the Heaven Mending Pill.
• Lin Bai left the quiet chamber to investigate the fighting above, promising Gu Yueqing that no one would disturb her before the pill was complete.

Lin Bai and the He Family fought to escape the Five Venoms Sect’s assault as Qilin Smoke caused their cultivation realms to fall. The Five Venoms Sect Holy Son attacked Lin Bai, but Lin Bai punched him flying despite his crippled dantian.

• Lin Bai emerged from the Underground Palace and reunited with He Yunfei and Old Master He amid the burning He Family estate.
• He Yunfei revealed that the Five Venoms Sect had attacked and ordered the He Family to retreat into the Underground Palace while they awaited help from Divine Relic Ridge.
• Qilin Smoke spread across the estate, draining the cultivation of everyone it reached, so Lin Bai urged the He Family to retreat before the poison and attackers overwhelmed them.
• The Holy Son charged out of the smoke and struck Old Master He aside before attacking Lin Bai, claiming Lin Bai had taken something from the Five Venoms Sect.
• Lin Bai refused to dodge and punched the Holy Son more than a hundred meters away, astonishing the onlookers even as Lin Bai was thrown back and spat blood.
• The Holy Daughter watched Lin Bai’s counterattack and declared that he remained powerful despite his crippled dantian.

Lin Bai withdrew into the He Family's Underground Palace after sending the Five Venoms Sect's Holy Daughter flying with a punch, and he looked forward to restoring his dantian with the Heaven Mending Pill. Inside, he found Gu Yueqing near collapse as she reached the final stage of refining the King-Grade pill.

• Lin Bai punched the Holy Daughter back, then retreated into the Underground Palace with Old Master He and He Yunfei.
• The Holy Daughter demanded another fight, but Lin Bai told him to wait seven days before the stone gate shut.
• The Holy Daughter mocked the Holy Daughter for being sent flying, and the furious Holy Daughter ordered the Five Venoms Sect's followers to break open the gate.
• Lin Bai found Gu Yueqing drenched in sweat and close to collapse beside the Crimson Sun Cauldron, where the Heaven Mending Pill was nearly formed.
• Lin Bai urged Gu Yueqing to rest, but she insisted on finishing the King-Grade Pill despite the toll on her strength.

Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing completed the Heaven Mending Pill’s refinement in the He Family’s Underground Palace while the Five Venoms Sect’s Holy Son attacked from outside. The pill was successfully produced, but Gu Yueqing collapsed as the venom-corroded stone gate neared its breaking point.

• Old Master He and He Yunfei entered the quiet room and learned that Gu Yueqing was refining a King-Grade Pill for Lin Bai.
• The Holy Son’s roar disrupted Gu Yueqing and nearly ruined the Heaven Mending Pill, but she endured the backlash and stabilized the refinement.
• He Yunfei reported that venom from the Five Venoms Sect was corroding the Underground Palace’s stone gate and that it might hold for only two or three hours.
• Old Master He ordered He Yunfei to prepare the He Family’s martial artists for battle as Lin Bai vowed to hold out until the end.
• The Heaven Mending Pill emerged from the Crimson Sun Cauldron, and Lin Bai caught it as Gu Yueqing collapsed after seeing the successful result.

Gu Yueqing refined a King-Grade Heaven-Mending Pill, which restored Lin Bai's dantian as he began condensing five spiritual vortexes. The Five Venoms Sect broke into the Underground Palace while Lin Bai was still cultivating, and the chapter ended with the Saint Son entering the quiet room to confront them.

• Gu Yueqing collapsed after refining the Heaven-Mending Pill, and Old Master He gave her medicine to stabilize her condition.
• Lin Bai swallowed the pill, restored his dantian, and began condensing five spiritual vortexes with five Myriad Year Spirit Herbs.
• The Saint Son taunted Lin Bai from outside as the Five Venoms Sect attacked the Underground Palace's stone gate.
• Old Master He prepared the He Family martial artists for battle, while He Yunfei warned that Qilin Smoke had overwhelmed their defenses and nearly all their fighters had been killed.
• The Five Venoms Sect forced open the quiet room's stone gate, and the Saint Son entered with Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming.

Lin Bai’s cultivation returned as he reached the Human Core Realm, and he defeated the Holy Son while rescuing Gu Yueqing from the Underground Palace. He fled Pill King City with her, and the Holy Daughter recognized him as the East Ridge’s Premier Sword Cultivator.

• The Holy Son attacked Lin Bai while Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming fought Old Master He and He Yunfei.
• Gu Yueqing took the Holy Son’s palm to protect Lin Bai and collapsed, gravely wounded.
• Lin Bai awakened with his power restored and sent the Holy Son flying with a punch.
• Lin Bai carried Gu Yueqing out of the collapsing Underground Palace on his flying sword.
• The Holy Daughter saw Lin Bai’s golden streak leave Pill King City and recognized his return.

Lin Bai returned to the Underground Palace after taking Gu Yueqing to safety and confronted the Holy Son, Zhang Pengyi, and Bao Xuanming as they attacked the He Family. He challenged the three stronger opponents to withstand one sword, promising to spare their lives if any of them could.

• Lin Bai took Gu Yueqing to a safe peak in the Vast Wilderness Mountain Range, gave her his Dragon Eye Flying Sword for protection, and flew back to Pill King City to kill his enemies.
• After Lin Bai escaped, the Holy Son ordered Zhang Pengyi to destroy the He Family before they pursued Lin Bai.
• Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming attacked Old Master He and He Yunfei together, leaving the two on the verge of death.
• Lin Bai returned to the Underground Palace and struck Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming with a sword, sending them flying and wounding them.
• Lin Bai dismissed the gathered martial artists as ants and challenged them to take one sword from him, promising to spare their lives if any of them could.

Lin Bai returned to the Underground Palace and confronted Bao Xuanming, Zhang Pengyi, and the Holy Son despite Old Master He and He Yunfei urging him to flee. He killed Bao Xuanming and Zhang Pengyi with swift sword strikes, leaving the Holy Son as the remaining threat.

• Old Master He and He Yunfei urged Lin Bai to leave, but Lin Bai stood his ground as Bao Xuanming attacked him.
• Lin Bai used Wind Severance to break Bao Xuanming's palm attack and cleaved him in two.
• Zhang Pengyi tried to ambush Lin Bai while he was supposedly weakened, but Lin Bai countered with the Azure Song Sword and blasted Zhang Pengyi into fragments.
• Old Master He and He Yunfei stared in shock at Lin Bai's strength.

Lin Bai confronted Holy Son Miao Shang in the He Family’s Underground Palace and met his Five Venoms Immortal Palm with his Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon sword technique. Their attacks collided and the Underground Palace collapsed, leaving the battle’s outcome unclear.

• Lin Bai killed Bao Xuanming and Zhang Pengyi, then challenged Holy Son Miao Shang.
• Miao Shang unleashed the Five Venoms Immortal Palm, shaking the Underground Palace and threatening to bring it down.
• Old Master He ordered He Yunfei to send the He Family’s martial artists outside while the impending collapse created a chance to escape.
• Lin Bai used his Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon sword technique to counter Miao Shang’s palm.
• The attacks collided, and the He Family’s Underground Palace collapsed.

Lin Bai broke through Holy Son Miao Shang’s Five Venoms Immortal Palm and forced him to reveal his Heavenly Centipede Martial Soul. Their next clash sent golden light and lightning into the sky, while the Holy Daughter recognized Miao Shang’s long-unseen power.

• The collision between Lin Bai and Miao Shang’s attacks collapsed the He Family’s Underground Palace, forcing the Five Venoms Sect disciples and He Family martial artists to flee.
• Old Master He ordered He Yunfei to lead the He Family fighters in a charge against the retreating Five Venoms Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai shattered Miao Shang’s Five Venoms Immortal Palm and drove a sword toward his throat.
• Miao Shang activated his Martial Soul, revealing a golden Heavenly Centipede with a human face, then attacked Lin Bai with a powerful punch.
• Lin Bai countered with the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art, and their clash burst from the ruins into the sky, clearing the clouds and exposing the full moon.
• The Holy Daughter watched the explosion and remarked that Lin Bai had forced Miao Shang to use the Heavenly Centipede Martial Soul.

Lin Bai defeated Holy Son Miao Shang in the ruined He Family manor, but a mysterious woman rescued Miao Shang before Lin Bai could kill him. The Five Venoms Sect withdrew from Pill King City, and Lin Bai reflected on the blood feud between the sect and his family.

• Lin Bai sent Miao Shang flying from the Underground Palace and left him gravely wounded, shocking the Five Venoms Sect followers and Holy Daughter.
• Lin Bai moved to finish Miao Shang, but a mysterious woman intervened, rescued him, and promised that he would return to reclaim his humiliation.
• The Five Venoms Sect followers withdrew from Pill King City without leaving a trace.
• Old Master He thanked Lin Bai for saving the He Family, while He Yunfei counted the injured and organized the manor's rebuilding.
• Lin Bai recalled that his father, Lin Duo, had nearly destroyed the Five Venoms Sect twenty years earlier and feared its revenge if his identity became known.

After defeating the Five Venoms Sect in Pill King City, Lin Bai left for the Manghuang Mountain Range, while Gu Yueqing used his Dragon Eye Flying Sword to find him. They reunited, and Lin Bai said they would return to Divine Relic Ridge so he could teach her to refine the Human Sovereign Pill.

• Lin Bai apologized to Old Master He for the destruction of the He Family, then departed Pill King City after Old Master He promised to explain his actions to Divine Relic Ridge.
• The Dragon Eye Flying Sword sensed a venomous snake near the weakened Gu Yueqing and killed it before returning to her hand.
• Gu Yueqing asked the sword to take her to Lin Bai, and it transformed into a giant flying sword and carried her away from Absolute Peak.
• Lin Bai saw Gu Yueqing riding the Dragon Eye Flying Sword and was astonished that it obeyed her.
• Gu Yueqing reunited with Lin Bai and asked about Pill King City, and he said he had killed Zhang Pengyi and Bao Xuanming and driven off the Five Venoms Sect disciples.
• Lin Bai invited Gu Yueqing to return to Divine Relic Ridge with him, where he would teach her to refine the Human Sovereign Pill.

Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing returned to Divine Relic Ridge while discussing the Five Venoms Sect’s plans and its ties to Pill King City. Lin Bai resolved to strengthen himself before the sect’s next move, and Gu Yueqing asked him to call her Qing Er.

• Lin Bai piloted the spirit boat from Pill King City toward Divine Relic Ridge with the still-injured Gu Yueqing aboard.
• Lin Bai reflected on the Five Venoms Sect’s resurfacing, its Holy War, and the blood feud connecting it to his family.
• Gu Yueqing explained that the Five Venoms Sect sought to destroy the He Family and use the Zhang Family to control Pill King City’s resources and gain influence over the Pill Dao Academy.
• Gu Yueqing revealed that Divine Relic Ridge had planted forces throughout Lingdong, including Famous Sword Manor and the Pill Dao Academy, to monitor the Five Venoms Sect.
• Lin Bai decided to accelerate his cultivation and hunt demonic beasts in the Primordial Wilds to strengthen his Devouring Sword Soul.
• Gu Yueqing asked Lin Bai to call her Qing Er, but he said the name was reserved for close relatives or people with especially good relationships.

After returning to the Pill Dao Academy, Lin Bai recovered his Five Elements Divine Pill and considered how to retrieve Ji Xiang’s Demon Sword from Divine Relic Ridge. He told Lu Qingyu that the trip to Pill King City had gone smoothly in refining the Heaven Mending Pill, but that the Five Venoms Sect had caused trouble.

• Lin Bai brought the exhausted Gu Yueqing back to the Purple Bamboo Grove and waited while she recovered; Chou Yun Kui heard she had returned injured and rushed to the Pill Dao Academy.
• Lin Bai condensed the Five Elements Divine Pill and reflected on its risks, his other ways of increasing his strength, and the Demon Seed’s reaction when he held the Demon Sword.
• Lin Bai resolved to find Ji Xiang’s Demon Sword, which he believed had flown into the Primordial Wilds atop Divine Relic Ridge.
• A bamboo leaf attacked Lin Bai, and he countered with a sword strike before Lu Qingyu emerged from the grove.
• Lin Bai told Lu Qingyu that he and Gu Yueqing had refined the Heaven Mending Pill, then revealed that the Five Venoms Sect had caused trouble in Pill King City.