Chapter Summaries

After Dean Lu Qingyu confirmed Lin Bai’s knowledge of medicinal herbs, he tried to recruit Lin Bai into the Pill Dao Academy, but Lin Bai stayed loyal to the Sword Dao Institute. Lin Bai asked Gu Yueqing to refine pills and offered to teach her the Human Sovereign Pill recipe in exchange, leaving Lu Qingyu astonished by his certainty.

• Lu Qingyu confirmed that Lin Bai was right about the medicinal properties of Nine Lives Grass and Coiling Dragon Root, explaining that the Alchemy Canon described cultivated herbs rather than their natural growth.
• Lin Bai introduced himself as a Sword Dao Institute disciple, and Lu Qingyu rebuked Guo Yu for not recruiting him before offering to train Lin Bai at the Pill Dao Academy.
• Lin Bai declined Lu Qingyu’s offer and asked to stay at the Pill Dao Academy so Gu Yueqing could refine a batch of pills for him.
• Chou Yun Kui demanded that Lin Bai pay at least five thousand points for Gu Yueqing’s work, and Lin Bai admitted he lacked the points to do so.
• Lin Bai offered to teach Gu Yueqing how to refine the Human Sovereign Pill in exchange for her help, and Lu Qingyu eagerly asked whether Lin Bai could really refine it.
• Lin Bai declared that he was absolutely certain he could refine the Human Sovereign Pill, startling Lu Qingyu.

Lin Bai offered to teach Gu Yueqing how to refine the Human Sovereign Pill in exchange for her refining a batch of pills for him. Gu Yueqing agreed to the deal, and Lin Bai was about to reveal which pill he wanted.

• Lin Bai claimed he could refine the Human Sovereign Pill with complete certainty and offered to teach its method in exchange for a batch of pills.
• Lu Qingyu offered to refine the pills himself and promised to appoint Lin Bai honorary dean, but Lin Bai said the pill was beyond Lu Qingyu's ability.
• Lin Bai clarified that the transaction was between him and Gu Yueqing, and promised to leave himself at the Pill Dao Academy's disposal if she could not refine the Human Sovereign Pill.
• Chou Yun Kui repeatedly accused Lin Bai of trying to get close to Gu Yueqing, and Lin Bai angrily challenged him to stop interfering.
• Gu Yueqing agreed to refine a batch of pills for Lin Bai, who began to name the pill he wanted.

Lin Bai persuaded the Pill Dao Academy to fund the spiritual medicines for a secret pill and went with Gu Yueqing to her residence to refine it. He and Chou Yun Kui wagered that Gu Yueqing would refine the Human Sovereign Pill within a month, leaving Chou Yun Kui bound to kneel and acknowledge Lin Bai as his master if she succeeded.

• Lu Qingyu agreed to pay for the spiritual medicines Lin Bai needed, without knowing which pill he planned to refine.
• Lin Bai asked Gu Yueqing to take him somewhere private, and she chose her residence while dismissing Chou Yun Kui.
• Chou Yun Kui threatened Lin Bai over going to Gu Yueqing's residence, but Lin Bai taunted him about entering her boudoir.
• Lin Bai said the pill should take about a month, and Gu Yueqing confirmed that the Human Sovereign Pill could be refined in that time.
• Chou Yun Kui wagered that he would kneel, kowtow three times, and acknowledge Lin Bai as his master if Gu Yueqing succeeded; otherwise, he threatened to kill Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai and Gu Yueqing left for her residence as the gathered martial artists anticipated the Human Sovereign Pill's return in one month.

Lin Bai and the Pill Dao Academy agreed that Gu Yueqing would refine the Human Sovereign Pill in a month, and she took him to her secluded quarters. There, his mastery of medicinal arts astonished her, and he was left stunned when she removed her veil.

• Lin Bai dismissed Gu Yueqing’s warning about provoking Chou Yun Kui and reflected on his more dangerous enemies: the Fist Dao Academy, Wu Song, Long Qingfeng, and Qin Beiao.
• Gu Yueqing brought Lin Bai to her bamboo-house retreat and served him tea blended from hundreds of spirit medicines.
• Lin Bai identified all 312 ingredients and recognized that the tea included an Azure Feather Dao Tree, shocking Gu Yueqing with his medicinal knowledge.
• Lin Bai asked Gu Yueqing to remove her veil, and she revealed a face that left him speechless with admiration.

Lin Bai asked Gu Yueqing to help refine a King-Grade Heaven Mending Pill, which could repair his ruined dantian, and gave her its recipe and ingredient list. Gu Yueqing went to search for the ingredients, while Lu Qingyu learned what the pill was and realized he could not refine it.

• Gu Yueqing removed her veil, and Lin Bai asked her to put it back so he could focus on teaching her alchemy.
• Lin Bai revealed that he wanted to refine the King-Grade Heaven Mending Pill and said he trusted Gu Yueqing more than Lu Qingyu.
• Lin Bai explained that the pill could repair his ruined dantian, then wrote down the required spiritual medicines for Gu Yueqing.
• Gu Yueqing said she would ask Lu Qingyu whether the Pill Dao Academy had any Flood Dragon Blood and left the Purple Bamboo Grove to find out.
• Gu Yueqing told Lu Qingyu that Lin Bai wanted to refine a King-Grade Heaven Mending Pill, and Lu Qingyu's anger faded when he realized he could not refine it.

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.