Recaps

Xu Yi forced Huang Xing and Gao Cheng into a desperate position after fighting back, while Dong Qiankun backed him to preserve order at Earth Moist Pavilion. Xu Yi demanded five Profound Yellow Pills from Huang Xing and publicly declared he was willing to face the Punishment Hall.

• Xu Yi fought Huang Xing and Gao Cheng, leaving Huang Xing bloodied and Earth Moist Pavilion damaged.
• Dong Qiankun arrived, and Huang Xing accused Zhong Ruyi of causing the trouble; Dong Qiankun threatened to report the matter to the Punishment Hall.
• Huang Xing and Gao Cheng objected to involving the Punishment Hall, fearing their own misconduct would be exposed.
• Xu Yi revealed that he had promised Dong Qiankun Profound Yellow Pills in exchange for support and refused to back down from the possibility of punishment.
• Xu Yi demanded that Huang Xing provide five Profound Yellow Pills, then said aloud that he was willing to go to the Punishment Hall and accept punishment.

Xu Yi killed Gao Cheng and the witnesses to prevent them from exposing Huang Xing’s fabricated account, while Dong Qiankun helped erase the evidence. The next day, Xu Yi brought Jiang Xiao to meet Dong Qiankun, who confronted him after she left.

• Huang Xing handed Xu Yi his Sumeru Ring and claimed Gao Cheng had tried to rob Xu Yi, with the Menial Workers backing his story.
• Xu Yi beheaded Gao Cheng and took his Profound Infant before Gao Cheng could be sent to the Punishment Hall.
• Xu Yi began explaining that Huang Xing could claim Gao Cheng died in the confusion, and Dong Qiankun killed the Menial Workers and burned the evidence.
• Xu Yi left, then reflected on Dong Qiankun’s power and resolved to reach the Life Wheel Realm quickly.
• The next day, Xu Yi brought Jiang Xiao to meet Dong Qiankun, then sent her away when the moment seemed right.
• Dong Qiankun dropped his friendly manner and challenged Xu Yi for bringing Jiang Xiao along instead of meeting him alone.

Xu Yi gave Dong Qiankun Profound Yellow Pills in exchange for a chance to work in West Valley, where he hoped to advance his knowledge of alchemy. After becoming a Spiritual Plant Officer, Xu Yi settled into a peaceful routine while pursuing his plans.

• Xu Yi gave Dong Qiankun three Profound Yellow Pills for his monthly allotment and five more as a gift, then asked to learn the principles of medicine rather than take Huang Xing’s post.
• Xu Yi explained to Huang Mei that he was investing in a chance to reach West Valley, where he could approach the alchemists’ aides and study medicinal mixtures.
• Dong Qiankun appointed Xu Yi Spiritual Plant Officer in West Valley three days later.
• Xu Yi quietly tended spiritual plants and kept cordial relations with the other officers, avoiding disputes and trouble from Xue Ba.
• Xu Yi spent several peaceful, fulfilling months in West Valley while his plans progressed quickly.

Xu Yi visited Huang Xing at Starsea Cliff to secure the gardens’ withered plants for potion experiments, first threatening him and then offering payment. Huang Xing agreed to consider the profitable arrangement after Xu Yi explained that he hoped to become an alchemist.

• Xu Yi visited Huang Xing while he was bathing at Starsea Cliff, and Huang Xing angrily demanded to know why he had come.
• Xu Yi asked Huang Xing to collect the gardens’ withered plants, then pinned him against a wall and threatened to kill him if he refused.
• Huang Xing agreed to provide the plants, and Xu Yi offered him one Profound Yellow Pill for every hundred plants.
• Huang Xing questioned Xu Yi’s motive, and Xu Yi explained that he wanted to use the plants to experiment with compounding potions and advance toward becoming an alchemist.

Xu Yi used spiritual liquid from the Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle to revive discarded plants and prepared to test his medicine-making skills. The chapter then shifted to Li Ping, who struggled to produce enough supplementary agent as younger medicine masters threatened his position.

• Huang Xing agreed to provide Xu Yi with discarded plants, expecting him to waste his time, and Xu Yi accepted the deal.
• Xu Yi received the plants, used spiritual liquid to restore them, and secured seven days of leave from Dong Qiankun.
• Xu Yi isolated himself in a refining room, placed Fish Star Grass, Three Dan Flower, Dragon Summer Fruit, and Seventeen Seeds in a Medicine Bowl, and ignited his nascent-soul fire.
• Li Ping reviewed his medicine bottles and realized he was still seven bottles short of the supplementary agent.
• Li Ping worried that failing to finish the task would give the ambitious young medicine masters a chance to challenge his standing.

Xu Yi used an adjuvant he had developed and his secretly acquired medicine-making skills to impress Li Ping and earn a place in the Alchemy Hall on Yinghai Peak. He revealed that he had spent nearly four months in West Garden observing pharmacists and stealing their techniques.

• Li Ping summoned the Spiritual Plant Officer who brought a black bottle, but scolded him when he asked for guidance on an adjuvant for the Profound Yellow Pill.
• The young man showed Li Ping a high-quality adjuvant he had formulated, answered a question about medicinal principles, and agreed to demonstrate his skill.
• Li Ping watched the young man refine an adjuvant with pure infant flame and offered him an opportunity if he could make two more doses.
• The young man refined five batches of ingredients into three doses, and Li Ping appointed him to the Alchemy Hall on Yinghai Peak.
• The young man identified himself as Zhong Ruyi, while Xu Yi inwardly reflected that he had spent nearly four months secretly learning pharmacists' techniques in West Garden.

Xu Yi’s deliberate work with discarded spirit plants won Li Ping’s favor and secured his transfer from West Garden to Yinghai Peak’s Alchemy Hall as a Medicine Attendant. After the transfer order arrived, Xu Yi concealed his true goal by telling Huang Xing that he had helped Li Ping with research.

• Xu Yi focused on compounding Assistants to address Li Ping’s weakness and deliberately failed twice while demonstrating his skills.
• Li Ping left West Garden, and a transfer order arrived assigning Zhong Ruyi to Yinghai Peak’s Alchemy Hall as a Medicine Attendant.
• Huang Xing summoned Xu Yi and demanded to know how he had won a place in the Alchemy Hall.
• Xu Yi claimed that Li Ping had recruited him to help research how to correct the growth of discarded spirit plants.
• Huang Xing realized he had missed the chance to benefit from the discarded plants, while Xu Yi prepared to leave for Yinghai Peak.

Xu Yi settled into his new post as a Medicine Attendant at Yinghai Peak’s Alchemy Hall, but his dwindling supply of Profound Yellow Pills left him desperate to find a way to earn money. He headed out to seek Huang Xing’s advice, then stopped when he heard a commotion among the menial workers’ caves and asked Tong Chuan what was happening.

• Huang Xing accepted Xu Yi’s transfer to the Alchemy Hall and helped him complete the formalities at Yinghai Peak.
• Xu Yi received his new Medicine Attendant token and uniform, while Li Ping assigned him to read in Purple Xuan Pavilion.
• Xu Yi worried that he had only one Profound Yellow Pill left to give Dong Qiankun in fourteen days, and rejected Old Desolate’s suggestion to ask Jiang Xiao for help.
• Xu Yi decided to consult Huang Xing about how lower-ranking disciples earned money, but stopped after hearing a commotion near the menial workers’ caves.
• Xu Yi called over Tong Chuan, who told him what he knew about the disturbance.

After learning that Xu Qiang had been arrested for sneaking out to obtain a Wind Fiend Pill, Xu Yi recognized an opportunity in the sect’s shortage of the pills and studied their refining method. He gathered ingredients and wind fiend, then asked Li Ping to borrow an alchemy room for a test refinement.

• Tong Chuan told Xu Yi that Xu Qiang had been reported and arrested after sneaking out to seek a Wind Fiend Pill, which was scarce among the sect’s menial workers.
• Xu Yi learned that a Wind Fiend Pill could sell for four Profound Yellow Pills inside the sect and decided to refine them himself.
• Xu Yi studied the Wind Fiend Pill refining method at Purple Xuan Pavilion and memorized its steps.
• Xu Yi spent his last Profound Yellow Pill to obtain discarded plants from Huang Xing, then cultivated them with spirit liquid and gathered wind fiend.
• Xu Yi finished preparing to refine Wind Fiend Pills and asked Li Ping to borrow the Type C Alchemy Room for a test.

Xu Yi refined Wind Fiend Pills and had Tong Chuan begin promoting them through Wind Fiend Tokens. Tong Chuan told his friends that Great Alchemist Li had produced the first batch, leaving them eager to learn more.

• Li Ping agreed to let Xu Yi use the Bingzi No. 1 Refining Room to refine Wind Fiend Pills.
• Xu Yi spent seven days refining two batches and produced nine pills in each successful batch.
• Xu Yi told Huang Mei he had planned ahead, then went to find Tong Chuan.
• Tong Chuan hosted Jiang Xing, Yang Bo, and Miao Jianqin and showed them a Wind Fiend Token that could be exchanged for a Wind Fiend Pill.
• Tong Chuan told his friends that Great Alchemist Li had refined the first batch of Baleful Intent Pills and that more Wind Fiend Tokens would follow.

Tong Chuan persuaded Jiang Xing, Yang Bo, and Miao Jianqin to buy Wind Fiend Tokens for Wind Fiend Pills, then helped spread the word about the bargain. More than half a month later, the tokens had become so popular that Miao Jianqin urged Tong Chuan to ask Lord Zhong to raise their price.

• Tong Chuan explained that Great Alchemist Li was selling Wind Fiend Tokens to fund his pill-refining trials and promised Wind Fiend Pills at two Profound Yellow Pills each.
• Miao Jianqin, Jiang Xing, and Yang Bo agreed to buy tokens, trusting Tong Chuan’s connection to Lord Zhong.
• Tong Chuan showed them Wind Fiend Pills and offered each of them a token, but required them to help spread the word first.
• The three men promoted the tokens, and Menial Workers brought Tong Chuan gifts as demand surged.
• More than half a month later, Miao Jianqin told Tong Chuan that tokens were selling for over three Profound Yellow Pills and asked him to have Lord Zhong raise the price.

Xu Yi’s Wind Fiend Tokens gained popularity, while Miao Jianqin urged the organizers to raise their price and was warned to obey Lord Zhong’s instructions. Summoned by Li Ping, Xu Yi claimed he had accidentally learned to make Wind Fiend Pills, leaving Li Ping stunned by his supposed success.

• The Wind Fiend Tokens became increasingly scarce as workers trusted they could be redeemed for Wind Fiend Pills, and the four men promoting them earned commissions.
• Miao Jianqin proposed raising the token price, but Tong Chuan warned him that Lord Zhong would punish anyone who tried to exploit the scheme; Tong Chuan said Lord Zhong intended to launch a lottery benefiting all Six Peaks.
• Huangmei questioned how Xu Yi could redeem the tokens when his spirit plants were running low, while Xu Yi sorted the Profound Yellow Pills he had collected.
• Duan Chu summoned Xu Yi to Li Ping’s cave abode, where Li Ping accused him of concealing how he had made Wind Fiend Pills.
• Xu Yi claimed he had studied medicine as a child, bought spirit plants through Jiang Xiao, and unexpectedly succeeded when he tried making Wind Fiend Pills in the Bingzi No. 1 alchemy room.
• Li Ping doubted Xu Yi’s account, reflecting that he himself had not mastered even an auxiliary ingredient for Profound Yellow Pills.

Xu Yi persuaded Li Ping to keep claiming credit for the Wind Fiend Pill and to enter seclusion for three months, preserving Xu Yi’s cover. At Heaven Pillar Peak, Xue Ba confronted Ding Dian and Dong Chao over the danger of exposing their plans, then ordered the cloaked visitor to speak.

• Li Ping accused Xu Yi of using his name, but agreed to keep taking credit for the Wind Fiend Pill and told Xu Yi to stay silent.
• Xu Yi explained that his low yield had forced him to create the Wind Fiend Token to secure resources for more refining.
• Xu Yi offered Li Ping ten Profound Yellow Pills, but Li Ping returned them and chose to let Xu Yi continue improving his skills.
• Xu Yi asked Li Ping to enter seclusion for three months so his public story about Li Ping refining pills would remain believable, and Li Ping agreed.
• At Zhuangri Pavilion, Xue Ba rebuked Ding Dian and Dong Chao for risking the exposure of his plans, then told the cloaked visitor to remove his hood and speak.

Xu Yi used his position in Yinghai Peak's Pill Hall to draw Xue Ba into the profitable Wind Fiend Token trade. Xue Ba became interested in securing tokens, but Ding Dian warned him not to offend Li Ping, who was backed by Elder You.

• Xu Yi disguised as Zhong Ruyi gave Xue Ba six Profound Yellow Pills and revealed that he had become a Medicine Attendant in Yinghai Peak's Pill Hall.
• Xue Ba scolded Ding Dian for failing to recognize Xu Yi's progress, then listened as Xu Yi explained how Li Ping had brought him into the Pill Hall.
• Ding Dian realized Xu Yi handled the Wind Fiend Tokens and explained their popularity and potential profits to Xue Ba.
• Xu Yi claimed Li Ping might issue more tokens while preparing for seclusion and suggested that Xue Ba approach him in person.
• Ding Dian warned Xu Yi that Li Ping was a Grand Alchemist backed by Elder You and that Xue Ba risked consequences if he offended them.

Xu Yi used Xue Ba and Ding Dian’s eagerness to buy Wind Fiend Tokens to secure orders from both of them. Huang Xing then confronted Xu Yi and demanded tokens for himself, leaving Xu Yi pleased by how many people were lining up to deal with him.

• Xu Yi explained the risks of buying Wind Fiend Tokens, but Xue Ba ordered him to arrange two hundred tokens with four hundred Profound Yellow Pills.
• Ding Dian approached Xu Yi privately and asked him to arrange fifty Wind Fiend Tokens, promising a reward and secrecy.
• Xu Yi returned to his cave dwelling and found Huang Xing waiting outside.
• Huang Xing invoked their past alliance and demanded twenty Wind Fiend Tokens, then walked away before Xu Yi could answer.
• Xu Yi remarked to Old Desolate that people were lining up to deliver their heads to him.

Xu Yi used the Wind Fiend Token deals to amass enough Profound Yellow Pills to prepare for the Third Realm of Profound Infant, then questioned Zhang Yushang about cultivation and the Life Wheel Realm. The chapter ended as Zhang Yushang began to explain whether a Profound Infant cultivator could challenge someone in the Life Wheel Realm.

• Xu Yi completed deals with Xue Ba, Ding Dian, and Huang Xing, who each believed they had gained from the arrangement.
• Xue Ba rewarded Xu Yi with 500 Profound Yellow Stones, while Xu Yi counted more than 600 Profound Yellow Pills and decided he could break through to the Third Realm of Profound Infant.
• Xu Yi met Zhang Yushang at Yinghai Peak's Transmission Pavilion and asked him about advancing through the Third Realm of Profound Infant.
• Zhang Yushang explained the role of Destiny Seeds, Life Wheel grades, and the sect's path to earning an Infant Transformation Pill.
• Xu Yi asked whether Tao Jin could defeat a cultivator at the First Realm of Life Wheel, and Zhang Yushang began to answer before stopping himself.

Xu Yi paid Zhang Yushang to explain why Tao Jin might challenge the gap between the Profound Infant and Life Wheel realms. Zhang Yushang revealed how Tao Jin could attempt to comprehend Profound Intent, leaving Xu Yi with details about the cultivation realms and the strength of Life Wheel cultivators.

• Xu Yi asked Zhang Yushang why a Profound Infant cultivator might challenge a Life Wheel cultivator, and Zhang Yushang said Tao Jin had the Sect Master's favor and might attempt something extraordinary.
• Xu Yi paid Zhang Yushang another Profound Yellow Pill, and Zhang Yushang explained that rare Profound Infant cultivators could defy Heaven to comprehend Profound Intent before reaching the Life Wheel Realm.
• Zhang Yushang said Tao Jin would need to temper his mind in illusory realms and open the Heavenly Gate by burning his Infant Flame, risking the collapse of his Profound Infant.
• Zhang Yushang explained that the Sect Master could let Tao Jin use the Myriad Mirrors Jade Wall, and he described the three realms of the Life Wheel Realm and the Yin Fish Realm above it.
• Xu Yi asked how cultivation techniques, divine weapons, and Talisman Art compared in battle, and Zhang Yushang said Life Wheel cultivators' bodies and Profound Intent made lower-level weapons and talismans ineffective.

Xu Yi learned about the Southern Pole Sect’s treasures and cultivation techniques from Zhang Yushang, then studied an elder’s failed breakthrough record while preparing to advance. After tempering his state of mind and consuming 589 Profound Yellow Pills, Xu Yi’s two Profound Infants emerged from his body and reached toward the will of Heaven.

• Xu Yi asked Zhang Yushang about ancient treasures, the Southern Pole Sect’s Taiyi Light Splitting Ruler, and Zhang Yushang’s cultivation technique.
• Zhang Yushang gave Xu Yi a jade token containing an elder’s account of a failed attempt to comprehend profound meaning.
• Xu Yi rented a quiet room in the Profound Infant Pavilion and repeatedly studied the record before using his treasure to temper his state of mind with poems for seven days.
• Xu Yi activated the Supreme Godhead and swallowed Profound Yellow Pills until the Destiny Seed became an ocean in his spirit platform.
• Xu Yi consumed 589 Profound Yellow Pills as the ocean vanished and his two Profound Infants grew larger under the remaining Profound Yellow Qi.
• Xu Yi’s two Profound Infants leapt out of his body and reached toward the surging will of Heaven.

Xu Yi broke through to the Mysterious Intent Realm by unleashing his Will of Utter Sorrow, then tested his new power before returning to recover. Meanwhile, Xue Ba and Ding Dian discussed when to sell their remaining Wind Fiend Tokens.

• Xu Yi used carefully chosen visions to try to pierce the barrier to the Mysterious Intent Realm, then his Will of Utter Sorrow surfaced as a story about a child losing her mother.
• Xu Yi's grief pierced the will of Heaven, and he crossed into the Mysterious Intent Realm as his exhausted Profound Infants returned to his body.
• Xu Yi revived withered peach trees in a secluded valley and marveled at his new ability to create things, then returned to his cave abode to recuperate.
• Ding Dian told Xue Ba that Wind Fiend Tokens had become scarce and were worth five and three-tenths, but Xue Ba ordered him to wait two months before selling.
• Ding Dian worried that delaying the sale would leave too little time to sell their large supply and keep his own fifty tokens from expiring.

After Li Ping announced that his Thunder Fiend Pill attempt had failed and postponed the outstanding Wind Fiend Tokens indefinitely, angry investors confronted Xu Yi over their losses. Xu Yi dismissed Huang Xing’s threats and prepared to leave the steward system by transferring to Fenghua Hall.

• Ding Dian learned from his spy that Li Ping had emerged from seclusion, but then heard Li Ping’s announcement that he would not refine more pills soon and that the Wind Fiend Tokens were postponed indefinitely.
• Huang Xing stormed into Xu Yi’s cave abode, demanded compensation for his lost Profound Yellow Pills, and threatened to report Xu Yi’s role in Gao Cheng’s death.
• Xu Yi explained that investors had accepted the risks and revealed that he had advanced to the Third Realm of Profound Infant with pills granted by Li Ping.
• Huang Xing threatened to expose Xu Yi to the Punishment Hall, but Xu Yi dismissed him, confident that the case was already closed and Dong Qiankun would prevent Huang Xing from succeeding.
• Xu Yi recalled that he had asked Li Ping to transfer him to Fenghua Hall, where he would become an Outer Sect Disciple of Yinghai Peak.

Xu Yi secured his position as a third-grade alchemist, rescued Huang Xing from an immediate token deadline, and then went to face Xue Ba over the lost Profound Yellow Pills. He persuaded Xue Ba that Li Ping might eventually resume refining Wind Fiend Pills and that Ding Dian had driven the failed investment.

• Li Ping persuaded Xu Yi to stay in the Alchemy Hall and used his nomination quota to have Xu Yi promoted to third-grade alchemist.
• Xu Yi agreed to help Huang Xing delay redeeming his Wind Fiend Tokens, and Huang Xing received twenty tokens with a redemption date three years away.
• Xue Ba and Ding Dian accused Xu Yi, as Dong Chao, of conspiring with Li Ping after Xue Ba lost four hundred Profound Yellow Pills.
• Xu Yi reminded Xue Ba that he had warned against buying the tokens, and Xue Ba struck Ding Dian for blaming him.
• Xu Yi explained that Li Ping might resume refining Wind Fiend Pills and could exchange Xue Ba's tokens for a new batch with a later redemption date.

Xu Yi tried to persuade Xue Ba that Li Ping might buy back the Wind Fiend Tokens, then left with a Ruyi Pearl. Ding Dian followed him, exposed his suspicions, and trapped him with a divine ability, intending to take him back to Xue Ba.

• Xu Yi told Xue Ba he would try to persuade Li Ping to buy back the Wind Fiend Tokens and offered to give up his rank-three alchemist title if necessary.
• Xue Ba praised Xu Yi’s loyalty, told him not to act rashly, and gave him a Ruyi Pearl before sending him back to Li Ping.
• Ding Dian caught up with Xu Yi and invited him to reminisce about their supposed drinking session in North Sea City.
• Xu Yi consulted Old Desolate, who could not confirm the memory, and tried to play along with Ding Dian’s nostalgia.
• Ding Dian ambushed Xu Yi with the Heaven-Covering Hand, bound him in a golden net, and accused him of impersonating Dong Chao.

Ding Dian’s attempt to expose Xu Yi failed, and Xue Ba killed him after uncovering his schemes and hearing Li Ping confirm the accusations. Xu Yi defended his ambitious maneuvering to Li Ping and promised to keep helping him, leaving their uneasy partnership intact.

• Xu Yi knocked Ding Dian unconscious on Fairy Peak and warned him not to reveal what had happened.
• Ding Dian went to Zhuangri Pavilion and accused Dong Chao and Li Ping of conspiring against Xue Ba, but Xue Ba questioned him about the Wind Fiend Tokens and his threats against Alchemist Li.
• Xue Ba rejected Ding Dian’s claims, crushed his chest, and destroyed his escaping Profound Infant.
• Li Ping spoke with Xue Ba through the Ruyi Pearl, then confronted Xu Yi about using his name as part of a broader scheme.
• Xu Yi argued that his actions had not harmed Li Ping and vowed to help him with additives and the Wind Fiend Pill without payment.

After securing Li Ping’s trust, Xu Yi arranged to attend the Cliff Gathering with Zhang Yushang so he could seek a cultivation technique suited to his newly comprehended Profound Intent. He prepared to focus on cultivation and planned to earn enough merit in an upcoming hunt to pursue an Infant Transformation Pill.

• Li Ping accepted Xu Yi’s promise, while Xue Ba later contacted Xu Yi to ask about Li Ping and consider sending him another gift.
• Xu Yi explained to Huang Mei that he had used Xue Ba’s suspicion of Ding Dian to ensure Ding Dian’s death, then considered how to obtain a divine ability.
• Xu Yi chose Zhang Yushang to help him access the Cliff Gathering and paid him five Profound Yellow Pills to take him there on Xinmao day.
• Xu Yi returned to the alchemy hall and began preparing a three-month supply of auxiliary agents for Li Ping before the Cliff Gathering.
• Xu Yi planned ahead for the next Fenghua Hall hunt, where he could earn merit toward receiving an Infant Transformation Pill.

Xu Yi entered the Cliff Gathering with Zhang Yushang’s help, hoping to find cultivation techniques among the Inner Sect Disciples’ spoils. There, he ran into Jiang Xiao, whose stall held medicinal plants and savage-beast remains.

• Xu Yi resolved to rely on the coming hunting expedition to make up for the merit he had missed and spent nearly half a month helping Li Ping prepare auxiliary agents.
• Xu Yi met Zhang Yushang at the Transmission Pavilion, and Zhang explained how he would get Xu Yi into the Cliff Gathering.
• Zhang Yushang took Xu Yi to the cliff and advised him to keep his identity hidden and ask for help before agreeing to a price.
• Xu Yi searched the gathering for cultivation techniques while the Inner Sect Disciples set up stalls to trade resources.
• Xu Yi spotted Jiang Xiao and went over to her stall, where she enthusiastically described a second-tier Kui Beast horn.