Chapter Summaries

Chen Changan produced six Supreme-Grade Immortal Spirit Pills, causing the Fifth Elder's furnace to explode and securing a decisive win. He stayed at the Taiming Branch Alliance to await its absent top alchemist and offered the Fifth Elder advice on pill refining.

• Chen Changan finished refining six Supreme-Grade Immortal Spirit Pills, impressing the Taiming Branch Alliance's leader and elders.
• The Fifth Elder panicked while watching Chen Changan and exploded his furnace before completing his pills, then admitted defeat.
• Chen Changan asked to challenge the alliance's best alchemist, but learned that the alchemist had been away for about three years with no set return date.
• Chen Changan chose to wait and asked the Taiming Branch Alliance to arrange accommodations for him and his companions.
• As the Fifth Elder escorted them, Chen Changan pointed out flaws in his pill-refining process, and the Fifth Elder thanked him for the guidance.

Chen Changan explained that he had impressed the Fifth Elder to push Taiming Branch Alliance’s strongest alchemist toward refining Grade Five Pills, giving him a chance to study the formula. After learning of Chen Changan’s skill, the alliance leader decided Huo Xiu had to return quickly for the challenge, while the elders worried Chen Changan might draw customers away to Qinglin Branch Alliance.

• Chen Changan told Da Huang he had impressed the Fifth Elder so Taiming Branch Alliance would be more likely to use a Grade Five Pill formula in the challenge.
• The Fifth Elder reported Chen Changan’s advice and alchemy skill to the alliance leader, who questioned whether Qinglin Branch Alliance had produced an exceptional alchemist by chance.
• The alliance leader learned that Huo Xiu had about a fifty-percent success rate with Grade Five Pills and decided Taiming Branch Alliance had little chance of winning without attempting them.
• The elders worried Chen Changan’s reputation could attract customers and alchemists away from Taiming Branch Alliance.
• The alliance leader ordered his people to find Huo Xiu and bring him back as soon as possible, making the challenge their highest priority.