Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng refined his first First-Order Peak Spirit Nurturing Pill and prepared to have it appraised. The chapter ended with Ye Haitian realizing Ye Jingcheng had become a First-Order Peak Alchemist.

• Over the past year, Ye Jingcheng’s cultivation advanced as the Jade Scale Snake grew stronger, while the Five Poisons Bees’ venom needles paled without Poison Flowers.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Second Furnace Warming Method and Three Parts Alchemy Method to refine a single peak-grade Spirit Nurturing Pill.
• Ye Jingcheng stored the pill dregs for a future Spirit Field and considered how his new rank could help him obtain a field and refine Jade Scale Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng checked the growing Jade Scale Snake and the recovering Five Poisons Bees, then decided that finding Poison Flowers and opening a Spirit Field had become urgent.
• Ye Jingcheng visited the Pill Pavilion with the Spirit Nurturing Pill, and Ye Haitian asked in surprise whether he had become a First-Order Peak Alchemist.

Ye Jingcheng showed Eighth Grandfather Ye Haitian his First-Order Peak Spirit Nurturing Pill and learned the family would support him in opening a Spirit Field. Ye Jingyu then surveyed the land near his courtyard and established a new field, leaving Ye Jingcheng to prepare it before planting Poison Flowers for his bees.

• Ye Jingcheng presented his First-Order Peak Spirit Nurturing Pill to Ye Haitian, who confirmed its grade and said the family would consider him for Alchemy Elder treatment.
• Ye Haitian explained that the family would fund Ye Jingcheng's Spirit Field and Spirit Gathering Array in exchange for a yearly supply of discounted pills, and Ye Jingcheng declined the offer of guards.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to his courtyard, fed the Jade Ring Rat two Spirit Feeding Pills, and resumed cultivation and alchemy.
• Ye Jingyu visited Ye Jingcheng and used an Aura Observation Array to find the best site for his Spirit Field before setting up a Spirit Gathering Array.
• Ye Jingyu enriched and marked out one mu of land, instructing Ye Jingcheng to tend it for two months before planting; she directed him to Ye Xinghan for Poison Flower seeds.

Ye Jingcheng assigned the Jade Ring Rat to cultivate his Spirit Field while he focused on cultivation and watched for his Jade Scale Snake’s breakthrough. He visited Ye Xinghan to seek spirit plant seeds, bringing him six Spirit Apricots.

• Ye Jingcheng set up a Three Talents Spirit Trapping Array and instructed the Jade Ring Rat to turn over the Spirit Field in exchange for better food and pills.
• The Jade Ring Rat dug through nearly half the field, and Ye Jingcheng rewarded it with an Azure Spirit Pill before leaving it to work there.
• Ye Jingcheng cultivated the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture through the night and considered waiting for a Foundation Establishment Pill before attempting a breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng observed that the Jade Scale Snake was nearing a breakthrough and fed it Azure Cloud Wolf meat and several Spirit Feeding Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng found the Spirit Field freshly turned, then went to Ye Xinghan’s courtyard with a basket of six Spirit Apricots to seek seeds.

Ye Jingcheng visited Ye Xinghan, learned about his Spirit Plant research, and received Purple Illusion Flower seeds and Welcoming Spring Tea roots. Back in his courtyard, he prepared to test whether the Treasure Book’s Treasure Light could improve the seeds.

• Ye Xinghan welcomed Ye Jingcheng with unusual mortal tea infused with spiritual energy, and the two discussed Spirit Plants and Wood Demons.
• Ye Jingcheng watched the Heavenly Wood Spirit Monkey tend seeds and seedlings, then wondered whether his Treasure Book could benefit Spirit Plants or improve Wood Demon contracts.
• Ye Jingcheng asked for Poison Flower seeds, and Ye Xinghan offered thirty Purple Illusion Flower seeds in exchange for future Second-Order Wood Demon materials.
• Ye Jingcheng chose ten poor seeds and twenty average ones, then accepted Spirit Raising Liquid and Welcoming Spring Tea roots from Ye Xinghan.
• Ye Jingcheng returned home, recorded Ye Xinghan’s instructions and the monkey’s cultivation methods, and set out four seeds in Spirit Raising Liquid to test the Treasure Book’s Treasure Light.

Ye Jingcheng helped the Jade Scale Snake break through, then cultivated until he advanced to Qi Training Stage 8. By summer, his Spirit Field had matured and the Jade Ring Rat had completed a minor breakthrough.

• Ye Jingcheng infused Purple Illusion Flower seeds with Treasure Light and found that the inferior seeds absorbed spirit liquid faster and began to catch up with the superior ones.
• The Jade Scale Snake consumed pills, meat, and Treasure Light before entering a breakthrough; a month later it emerged larger, with a sharper tail blade and corrosive poisonous mist.
• Ye Jingcheng increased his cultivation and pill use, then broke through to Qi Training Stage 8 after drawing fire- and earth-attribute spiritual power through the Beast Communication Mark.
• After tempering his spiritual energy and waiting for the season to turn, Ye Jingcheng removed his seclusion sign and fed his Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng found the Spirit Field fully formed and fertile, while the Jade Ring Rat had completed a minor breakthrough and reached strength comparable to a Qi Training Stage 6 cultivator.

Ye Jingcheng planted Purple Illusion Flower seeds and tea cuttings in his Spirit Field, then tested his improved alchemy and beast-training methods. He refined Azure Spirit Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills, strengthened the Crimson Flame Fox through sparring and medicine, and settled into a busy routine of cultivation and training.

• Ye Jingcheng planted thirty Purple Illusion Flower seeds and three tea cuttings in his Spirit Field, with the Jade Ring Rat helping cover the seeds.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Cloud Summoning Rain Spell to water the field, then tested his alchemy after reaching Qi Training Stage 8.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Rapid Furnace Warming Method to refine nine Azure Spirit Pills and gave two to the Crimson Flame Fox.
• Ye Jingcheng sent the Crimson Flame Fox to practice dodging with the Golden Scale Beast, then treated its new injuries with Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Crimson Flame Fox a Spirit Nurturing Pill after its training, and it spent a day and night refining it.
• Ye Jingcheng successfully refined two Spirit Nurturing Pills and continued tending the field, studying alchemy, training beasts, and cultivating.

Ye Jingcheng cultivated his spirit plants, harvested Welcoming Spring Tea, and began putting his Five Poisons Bees to work. After reuniting with Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong, he learned that Taihang Market would auction at least eight Foundation Establishment Pills next year, giving the Ye Family a chance to obtain one.

• Ye Jingcheng found that his Purple Illusion Flowers had bloomed and harvested tender leaves from his Welcoming Spring Tea trees.
• Ye Jingcheng released six Five Poisons Bees to gather nectar, then moved their hive beside the spirit platform for easier access to the flowers.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared to visit Ye Xingqun and the Clan Elders with his dried Welcoming Spring Tea and spirit honey.
• Ye Jingcheng met Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong as they returned from their five-year Jade Dragon Valley garrison duty, and congratulated Ye Jingyu on reaching the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Ye Jingyu told Ye Jingcheng that Taihang Market would auction at least eight Foundation Establishment Pills next year and that the Ye Family had a good chance to obtain one.

Ye Jingcheng shared a Crimson Flame Pill formula with Ye Haiyun, who successfully refined two pills and promised Ye Jingcheng a Foundation Establishment Pill if testing confirmed their effects. Ye Jingcheng then exchanged for an Azure Water Pill formula to help his Jade Scale Snake grow stronger.

• Ye Jingcheng visited Ye Haiyun, discussed alchemy, and shared Welcoming Spring Tea, which Ye Haiyun found calming and flavorful.
• Ye Jingcheng showed Ye Haiyun the Crimson Flame Pill formula and pill dregs, prompting Ye Haiyun to test the formula at the Pill Pavilion.
• Ye Haiyun refined the pill five times and successfully produced two spirit pills, then promised Ye Jingcheng a Foundation Establishment Pill before he turned sixty if testing proved successful.
• Ye Jingcheng shared Welcoming Spring Tea with Ye Haitian and asked him several alchemy questions before leaving the Pill Pavilion.
• Ye Jingcheng exchanged for alchemy materials and an Azure Water Pill formula to improve the Jade Scale Snake's cultivation.

Ye Jingcheng obtained the method and materials needed to force his Five Poisons Bees to breed, while continuing to develop his Spirit Field. He learned that Ye Jingteng was attempting Foundation Establishment and was reminded that a family operation next year would count toward his contributions, leaving him intent on strengthening his cultivation and spirit beasts.

• Ye Jingcheng asked Ye Xingqun for the Five Poisons Bees’ breeding method, and Ye Xingqun gave him a jade slip and Stone Bamboo shoots and rhizome in exchange for a spirit apricot.
• Ye Jingcheng studied the secret method and learned that forced breeding required an illusion formation and a Heavenly Passion Pill, then bought the ingredients and a low-grade illusion formation at the Treasure Building.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded the Jade Ring Rat with pills and bamboo shoots, planted the Stone Bamboo rhizome in his Spirit Field, and infused it with Treasure Light.
• Ye Haiping gave Ye Jingcheng a hundred-year-old Jade Countenance Fruit sent at Ye Jingteng’s request and told him that next year’s operation would count toward family contributions.
• Ye Jingcheng resolved to force the Five Poisons Bees to breed, improve the Crimson Flame Fox, and study the Jade Scale Pill formula while waiting for Water Cloud Grass.

Ye Jingcheng bred his Five Poisons Bees in an illusion array, refined an Azure Water Pill, and tested the Jade Scale Snake against the Golden Scale Beast. He discovered the snake used Mist Escape, while the queen bee laid dozens of eggs, leaving him to suspect Treasure Light increased Spirit Beast reproduction.

• Ye Jingcheng placed the Five Poisons Bees in an illusion array filled with poisonous plants and a hive, then fed four bees Heavenly Passion Pills to encourage breeding.
• Ye Jingcheng successfully refined an Azure Water Pill and fed the Crimson Flame Fox pills to help it advance, though it did not break through.
• Ye Jingcheng arranged a controlled fight between the Jade Scale Snake and Golden Scale Beast, and the snake defeated the beast using poison mist and Mist Escape.
• Ye Jingcheng treated the Golden Scale Beast with Treasure Light and refused to let the Jade Scale Snake eat it.
• After four days, the Crimson Flame Fox woke without advancing, while Ye Jingcheng found more than fifty bee eggs and suspected Treasure Light helped the queen lay them.

Ye Jingcheng’s Five Poisons Bees hatched, and one queen bee showed the potential to evolve into a Six-Colored Spirit Bee while his Crimson Flame Fox reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer. The Ye Family Inner Hall convened as the Taihang Market auction and its Foundation Establishment Pill drew near.

• The Crimson Flame Fox broke through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, and Ye Jingcheng fed it pills and Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng found that his contracted Five Poisons Bee larvae had hatched and supplied the young bees with honey and Spirit Feeding Pill powder.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered that one queen bee could advance into a Six-Colored Spirit Bee, and he looked forward to planting the harvested Purple Illusion Flower seeds in spring.
• Ye Jingcheng received notice of a Ye Family Inner Hall council and hurried to the Treasure Building, where over thirty clan members were expected to gather.
• Ye Xingliu entered the council room with an aura that suggested he had reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

At a secret Ye Family meeting, Ye Xingliu assigned operations to finance an upgrade to the family Spirit Vein and prepare for Ye Haicheng’s attempted breakthrough to the Purple Mansion. Ye Jingcheng agreed to travel undercover with Ye Haiyi to Taichang Market and buy key formation treasures, then made further preparations for the journey.

• Ye Xingliu called for Beast Communication Marks to be shown, and Ye Jingcheng’s Five-Inch mark drew astonished and envious reactions from his relatives and clan elders.
• Ye Xingliu ordered the Ye Family to raise funds and control the Foundation Establishment Pill auction, while assigning Ye Xingyu to target the Chu Family’s Jade Snow Mountain mine and Ye Haiyi to buy the advanced Spirit Gathering Array and Third-Order Spirit Attraction Stone.
• Ye Xingliu gave Ye Jingcheng the secret mission of purchasing the formation treasures in Taichang Market without revealing the family’s plans, explaining that they were needed for Ye Haicheng’s Purple Mansion breakthrough.
• Ye Haiyi explained why he chose Ye Jingcheng and prepared undercover identities for them as Tang Xushan and his grandson Tang Haobo, along with disguises and advice for posing as Rogue Cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng exchanged Azure Spirit Pills for Contribution Points, bought supplies and a Taiqing Swimming Dragon Formation, and prepared to search Taichang Market for the Water Cloud Grass needed for the Jade Scale Pill.

Ye Jingcheng trained a group of Five Poisons Bees, arranged care for his Spirit Fields, and traveled with Ye Haiyi toward Taichang Market under the identity of Tang Haobo. Near the market, they encountered Xu Xiuqing fleeing an older cultivator, then reached the crimson valley entrance.

• Ye Jingcheng selected and trained two hundred Five Poisons Bees for his use, harvested Welcoming Spring Tea, and arranged for Ye Jingyu to tend his Spirit Fields and remaining bees.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haiyi traveled toward Taichang Market in a small black-canopied boat, with Ye Jingcheng posing as Tang Haobo and listening to Ye Haiyi's advice.
• Ye Haiyi warned Ye Jingcheng that Rogue Cultivators and Robber Cultivators might lurk near Taichang Market among the mortals.
• Ye Jingcheng recognized Xu Xiuqing being pursued by a Qi Training Stage 8 old man, but he and Ye Haiyi did not intervene.
• The old man left, and Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haiyi continued on to Taichang Market, arriving at its crimson valley entrance alongside other cultivators.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haiyi entered Taichang Market under assumed names, met Meng Xuan, and searched the stalls for useful goods and remedies for Ye Jingcheng’s illness. Ye Haiyi discovered that representatives of several major families were also in the market and warned Ye Jingcheng to stay cautious as they awaited an alchemist auction.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haiyi paid the entry fee and learned about the market’s rules, the upcoming Ascension Assembly, and an auction scheduled in more than twenty days.
• Ye Haiyi left a would-be guide behind, then met Meng Xuan, who had arranged rooms for them and discussed Ye Jingcheng’s illness.
• Ye Jingcheng browsed the plaza stalls and bargained for rare Spirit Herbs needed to advance the Five Poisons Bee.
• Ye Haiyi set up a formation in their room and crushed a sensing jade slip to send a message.
• Ye Haiyi revealed that the Li, Xu, Mo, Chen, and Chu Families had people in the market, then warned Ye Jingcheng not to expose his illness or approach Xu Xiuqing for the next two months.

As Taihang Market prepared for an auction with fewer Foundation Establishment Pills than expected, the Ye Family investigated the Chu Family while Ye Jingcheng sold pills and encountered Xu Xiuqing at Taichang Market. The chapter ended with Ye Haiyi privately confirming Ye Jingcheng’s Beast Communication Mark and giving him a storage bag and a Spirit Beast Bag.

• Li Yufu ordered Li Xiangyu and Li Xiangfei to keep searching for Ye Family members and warned that Ye Haicheng might soon break through.
• Jiang Jinghe told the six family patriarchs that the sect had reduced the auction’s Foundation Establishment Pills from eight to six, and Ye Xingliu agreed to provide cultivators or spirit beasts to guard the market.
• Ye Xingyu directed Ye Xingqun to investigate the Chu Family’s defenses and its Fire Pattern Rabbits while their group hid in an underground hall.
• Ye Jingcheng sold pills at Taichang Market, where Xu Xiuqing tested whether she recognized him, gave him Black Cloud Flower seeds, and received her payment back.
• Ye Jingcheng found all the Spirit Herbs needed for the Five Poisons Bee’s advancement and returned to find Ye Haiyi preparing him for an Alchemist Exchange Meeting.
• Ye Haiyi activated the formation, checked Ye Jingcheng’s Beast Communication Mark, and handed him a storage bag and a Spirit Beast Bag.

Ye Jingcheng received a secret trade assignment, refined a Spirit Beast Bag containing Turtle Ancestor, and discovered the ancient turtle’s evolving image in his Treasure Book. He then attended the Hidden Dragon Pavilion’s Alchemist Exchange Meeting, where the arrival of rival family cultivators left him wary as the meeting began.

• Ye Jingcheng read Ye Haiyi’s jade slip and learned that the family’s transaction had been arranged before the auction, with a storage bag meant for a hidden contact.
• Ye Jingcheng refined a Spirit Beast Bag containing Turtle Ancestor and saw the Great Azure Turtle appear and evolve in his Treasure Book.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared for the Alchemist Exchange Meeting and went with Meng Xuan to Hidden Dragon Hall using the Hidden Dragon Token.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the meeting disguised in a Spirit-Separating Gauze Robe and noticed Li Xiangfei, Li Xiangyu, and a Xu Family cultivator among the attendees.
• Xu Haoyi of Taiyi Law Peak opened the meeting and required attendees to keep its proceedings confidential.

At the Hidden Dragon Pavilion alchemist exchange, Ye Jingcheng learned about pill-pattern refining, shared his Rapid Furnace Warming Method, and watched rogue cultivator Lin Tianyong impress the gathering with a formation-assisted idea. Ye Jingcheng placed among the top three in the Azure Spirit Pill contest and entered a private meeting with Ye Jingteng’s senior brother, who reacted eagerly to his pills.

• Xu Haoyi lectured on refining pills with pill patterns, and Ye Jingcheng gained valuable insights from the participants’ explanations.
• Ye Jingcheng shared the Rapid Furnace Warming Method, then Lin Tianyong proposed using formations to improve herb fusion and was summoned to meet Xu Haoyi’s martial uncle.
• Xu Haoyi served Golden Name Tea and announced an Azure Spirit Pill contest, with the top three earning a meeting with his martial uncle.
• Ye Jingcheng refined Azure Spirit Pills in Earth Fire Room No. 36, submitted his results, and kept the three prepared pill-pattern pills provided as a safeguard.
• Xu Haoyi announced Jin Haoli, Xu Haoshui, and rogue cultivator Tang Haobo as the top three; Li Xiangyu objected, then backed down when Xu Haoyi rebuked him.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered that the martial uncle receiving the winners was Ye Jingteng’s senior brother, and the man examined Ye Jingcheng’s pill bottle with keen interest.

Ye Jingcheng traded for a Third-Order Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attraction Stone, then attended the Hidden Dragon Hall trade fair and painted a pill furnace on its wall using the Jade Ring Rat’s spiritual power. After winning first place and receiving a Hidden Dragon Token, he left the tavern once he sensed his follower had departed.

• Ye Jingcheng chose a treasure over a sect recommendation, exchanged his pills for array treasures, and was warned to examine the Hidden Dragon Hall’s wall paintings.
• Ye Jingcheng attended Xu Haoyi’s trade fair, bought an alchemy ingredient, and joined the other alchemists in painting the hall wall.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Jade Ring Rat’s spiritual power to paint a plain pill furnace and explained that his old furnace had inspired him to become an Alchemist.
• Xu Haoyi awarded Ye Jingcheng a Hidden Dragon Token, and Ye Jingcheng told Meng Xuan that he had won first place.
• Ye Jingcheng shared wine with Meng Xuan, then left the tavern after sensing that the person following him had gone away.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haiyi prepared to attend Taichang Market’s auction after Ye Jingcheng won first place and gathered valuable supplies. The auction began with a juvenile Second-Order Top-Grade Cold Jade Toad, while the pair remained concealed in the crowd.

• Ye Haiyi praised Ye Jingcheng for winning first place and promised him a place in the family’s next Foundation Establishment opportunity.
• Ye Haiyi and Ye Jingcheng decided to attend the auction, and Ye Jingcheng continued selling spirit pills and bought Poison Thorn Flower seeds over the next two days.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haiyi donned Aura Isolation Robes and entered the crowded Auction Hall, where they saw members of the Xu and Mo Families openly take second-floor rooms.
• Qiu Xianyun, a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator and Third-Order Alchemist, opened the auction with a juvenile Second-Order Top-Grade Cold Jade Toad.

Ye Jingcheng attended the auction, passed on a Jade Ice Toad hatchling, and lost out on Water Cloud Grass after Xu Haoshui bid against him. The Foundation Establishment Pill auction began with the first pill selling for 18,300 Spirit Stones, while Xu Haoshui suspected Ye Jingcheng was a Ye Family cultivator seeking Purple Mansion Jade Liquid.

• Qiu Xianyun demonstrated the Jade Ice Tadpole’s strength, and it sold for 2,400 Spirit Stones; Ye Jingcheng did not bid.
• Ye Jingcheng bid on Water Cloud Grass, but after Xu Haoshui and a Rogue Cultivator raised the price, he gave up at 990 Spirit Stones.
• Xu Haoshui told Xu Wencheng that he suspected Ye Jingcheng was a Ye Family member and had tested his Spirit Stone limit; Xu Wencheng warned him not to underestimate other families.
• Qiu Xianyun began auctioning fifty Foundation Establishment Pills, selling the first individually with a starting price of 8,000 Spirit Stones.
• Ye Haiyi bid 16,000 Spirit Stones for the first pill but stopped after another bidder offered 17,000; the pill ultimately sold for 18,300 Spirit Stones.