Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan traveled toward Tianyuan Mountain, collecting useful materials along the way, then discovered a Vermilion Fruit guarded by an Ironback Black Python. He attacked the python with a perfected Fireball Technique and followed up with Wind Blades, leaving the beast under assault.

• Ye Xuan used his divine sense to find and gather Blue Star Grass outside Heyang City.
• Ye Xuan spent a month flying toward Tianyuan Mountain, looting useful herbs, ore, and spiritual wood along the route.
• Ye Xuan followed an unusual medicinal fragrance into a primeval forest and found a Vermilion Fruit growing on a bluestone.
• An Ironback Black Python emerged to protect the fruit, and Ye Xuan recognized it as a powerful demonic beast and a valuable source of materials.
• Ye Xuan blasted the python's throat with a perfected Fireball Technique, then sent a dozen Wind Blades toward it as it writhed on the ground.

Ye Xuan harvested a Hundred-Year Vermillion Fruit and refined it into top-grade Foundation Replenishing Pills using a crude furnace. He ended the chapter with five pills in hand, disappointed by the losses but eager to use them.

• Ye Xuan killed the Ironback Black Python and collected its gallbladder, skin, tendons, and other materials.
• Ye Xuan picked the Hundred-Year Vermillion Fruit and gathered supplementary ingredients from the forest.
• Ye Xuan set up a secluded cave and began refining pills in his crude Bronze Cauldron.
• Ye Xuan combined the ingredients and used his spiritual power to control the unstable furnace.
• Ye Xuan opened the cauldron and found five top-grade Foundation Replenishing Pills.

After swallowing five Foundation Replenishing Pills, Ye Xuan broke through to the sixth level of the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao and began forging his first magical treasure. He started shaping a cauldron from the meager materials in his Storage Bag.

• Ye Xuan swallowed five Foundation Replenishing Pills at once, and his Innate Dao Body absorbed their medicinal power while purging the pill toxins.
• Ye Xuan broke through the fifth-level bottleneck and reached the sixth level of the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.
• Ye Xuan destroyed his cracked Bronze Cauldron and decided his first magical treasure would be a cauldron-type artifact.
• Ye Xuan gathered Black Cold Iron, Red Copper Essence, beast bones, and scales, lamenting that he had poor-quality materials.
• Ye Xuan used the Low-tier Artifact Forging Technique to heat the materials in red flames and began refining the Black Cold Iron.

Ye Xuan forged the Myriad Ancient Cauldron, a powerful High-grade Magic Tool, and then left his cave to find food. He headed deeper into the primeval forest, still hungry after the demanding work.

• Ye Xuan used the Nine-Forging method to refine Black Cold Iron and Red Copper Essence, then infused the molten metal with beast bones and scales.
• Ye Xuan inscribed four arrays and forged a palm-sized cauldron that shook the forest when it was completed.
• Ye Xuan named the cauldron the Myriad Ancient Cauldron and judged it a High-grade Magic Tool, unusually powerful by the Zhu Xian World's standards.
• Ye Xuan put the cauldron away and walked deeper into the forest to find something to eat.

Ye Xuan traveled to Tianyuan Mountain, where he entered the rogue cultivators’ Tianyuan Market disguised as a poor herb gatherer. After spotting flaws in a stall’s Red Iron Ore, he received a system prompt to check in at Tianyuan Mountain.

• Ye Xuan roasted a wild rabbit in the forest and rested overnight before setting out the next morning.
• Ye Xuan flew north on his Chang Qing Sword and reached Tianyuan Mountain by sunset.
• Ye Xuan landed outside Tianyuan Mountain, concealed his sword, and entered Tianyuan Market in ordinary clothes.
• Ye Xuan identified the impurities and cracks in a Red Iron Ore at a stall, startling its seller.
• The system prompted Ye Xuan to check in at Tianyuan Mountain, and he chose to check in.

Ye Xuan received the Compendium of Low-tier Arrays and used his new expertise to expose a worthless piece of ore in Tianyuan Market. He checked his system and learned that his next sign-in required returning to the Qingyun Sect Ancestral Hall, but decided to delay the trip and enjoy his time away from the mountain.

• Ye Xuan absorbed the Compendium of Low-tier Arrays, which overwhelmed him with its vast array knowledge.
• Ye Xuan identified the Red Iron Ore as corroded by Earth Fire Fiendish Energy and told Old Huang Tou where to test it.
• Old Huang Tou channeled spiritual energy into the ore, causing it to crack apart into powder and silencing the onlookers.
• Ye Xuan checked his system panel and saw that the next sign-in location was the Qingyun Sect Ancestral Hall.
• Ye Xuan considered the prospect of encountering Wan Jianyi and decided to postpone returning to the Qingyun Sect.

Over the past year, Ye Xuan built a thriving pill-refining business at Tianyuan Market and raised his cultivation to the ninth level of the Jade Purity Realm. He refined six top-grade Heavenly Sun Pills and hoped to use them to break through to the Shangqing Realm.

• Ye Xuan's strict courtyard rules and impressive skills made him a feared and respected figure throughout Tianyuan Market.
• Ye Xuan profited from refining pills for rogue cultivators, and his cultivation rose to the ninth level of the Jade Purity Realm.
• Ye Xuan reforged the Myriad Ancient Cauldron into a Low-grade Spirit Tool and upgraded the Chang Qing Sword into a Top-grade Magic Artifact.
• Ye Xuan gathered rare ingredients, including Nine Yang Grass, to refine Heavenly Sun Pills for his breakthrough.
• Ye Xuan used the Myriad Ancient Cauldron to refine a batch of six top-grade Heavenly Sun Pills.

Ye Xuan used a Top-grade Tianyang Pill to break through to the first layer of the Shangqing Realm, then concealed his new cultivation and prepared to trade his surplus goods for rare materials on Tianyuan Mountain. Old Sun left to spread word of Ye Xuan’s midnight trade.

• Ye Xuan swallowed a Top-grade Tianyang Pill and broke through from the peak of the ninth layer of the Yuqing Realm to the first layer of the Shangqing Realm.
• After consolidating his cultivation, Ye Xuan stored his five remaining Top-grade Tianyang Pills as trump cards and decided to trade his surplus pills and Mid-grade Magic Tools for valuable materials.
• Ye Xuan emerged from seclusion, concealed his breakthrough, and let Old Sun into his courtyard.
• Old Sun told Ye Xuan that cultivators had brought back Deep Sea Sinking Silver and a two-thousand-year-old Blood Coral from the East Sea.
• Ye Xuan told Old Sun to announce a midnight trade for pills and magic treasures in exchange only for top-grade materials, then crushed an iron teacup to powder.
• Old Sun realized Ye Xuan’s cultivation had improved and hurried off to spread the word.

Ye Xuan returned to Qingyun Sect after more than a year away, having advanced to the Shangqing Realm, while Tian Buyi worried over his absence and the upcoming tournament. A summons from Dao Xuan Zhenren interrupted Tian Buyi’s concerns and sent him to Heaven-Piercing Peak.

• After three days of trading, Ye Xuan packed away valuable ingredients and materials and flew back to Qingyun Sect on the Chang Qing Sword.
• Tian Buyi scolded Song Daren and the other disciples for their poor cultivation, while they speculated that he missed Ye Xuan.
• Tian Buyi admitted to Su Ru that he feared something had happened to Ye Xuan, though he threatened to break Ye Xuan’s legs when he returned.
• The bell at Heaven-Piercing Peak rang once, summoning the heads of the Seven Peaks.
• Tian Buyi flew toward Heaven-Piercing Peak on the Crimson Flame Immortal Sword to answer Dao Xuan Zhenren’s summons.

Tian Buyi told Su Ru that Puzhi had visited Qingyun Sect to request the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao for a joint Buddhist-Dao cultivation practice, but the sect leaders rejected him. That night, Puzhi brooded in a ruined temple near Caomiao Village, revealing his fear of death and determination to pursue immortality.

• Tian Buyi returned to Great Bamboo Peak and told Su Ru that Puzhi had visited Qingyun Sect.
• Tian Buyi explained that Puzhi wanted to combine Great Brahma Prajna with the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, but the sect leaders refused.
• Puzhi sat alone in a ruined temple at Caomiao Village and recalled the leaders’ rejection and scorn.
• Puzhi erupted in anger, insisting he would not accept the sects’ refusal to share their cultivation methods.
• Puzhi recognized that his fear of death drove his search for immortality as he felt age and death drawing closer.

Puzhi protected Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu from harm, but that night a black-clad attacker poisoned him with a Seven-tailed Centipede and demanded the Blood Devouring Pearl. Just as the attacker launched a deadly sword strike, a Qingyun Sect disciple arrived and deflected it.

• Puzhi separated Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan when their horseplay grew dangerous, then admired their potential as cultivators.
• A black-clad figure abducted Lin Jingyu from the village, and Puzhi pursued him.
• The attacker threw Lin Jingyu at Puzhi, allowing a Seven-tailed Centipede hidden in the boy's collar to bite Puzhi's hand.
• The black-clad figure demanded the Blood Devouring Pearl, and Puzhi refused to surrender it.
• The attacker summoned a sword using profound Daoist magic and struck at Puzhi, but a Qingyun Sect disciple arrived on a flying sword and knocked the blow aside.

Ye Xuan drove off the black-clad attacker and found Puzhi near death from the Seven-tailed Centipede’s poison. He discovered Zhang Xiaofan hiding nearby and left him beside Lin Jingyu as he prepared to save Puzhi.

• Ye Xuan confronted the black-clad man and forced him to retreat rather than risk exposing Cang Song’s identity or provoking him near Qingyun Sect.
• Puzhi thanked Ye Xuan and gave him the Blood Devouring Pearl, warning that it was ill-omened.
• Ye Xuan told Puzhi he would not let him die, then sensed someone hiding outside the ruined temple.
• Ye Xuan found Zhang Xiaofan unconscious in the mud with an umbrella and a blanket, and carried him back inside.
• Ye Xuan placed Zhang Xiaofan beside Lin Jingyu, and Puzhi praised the boy’s compassionate heart.

Ye Xuan cured Puzhi’s Seven-tailed Centipede poison with a Nine Revolutions Clear Spirit Pill, and Puzhi realized the young Qingyun Sect disciple had extraordinary cultivation. Hoping Ye Xuan could unite Buddhist and Daoist teachings, Puzhi offered to teach him the Great Brahma Prajna, but Ye Xuan refused.

• Ye Xuan ignored Puzhi’s warnings and fed him a Nine Revolutions Clear Spirit Pill.
• Puzhi expelled the black poison and recovered from the Seven-tailed Centipede’s deadly venom.
• Ye Xuan told Puzhi to keep the Blood Devouring Pearl, and Puzhi sensed Ye Xuan’s powerful Shangqing Realm cultivation.
• Puzhi offered to teach Ye Xuan Tianyin Temple’s Great Brahma Prajna so he could unite Buddhist and Daoist teachings.
• Ye Xuan calmly refused Puzhi’s offer.

Ye Xuan refused Puzhi’s offer of the Great Brahma Prajna and convinced the monk to abandon his plan to combine Buddhist and Daoist arts. After Puzhi left for Tianyin Temple, Ye Xuan checked his cultivation status and watched Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu wake, then told them to go home.

• Puzhi urged Ye Xuan to accept the Great Brahma Prajna, but Ye Xuan declared that he would forge his own path to immortality.
• Ye Xuan’s words caused Puzhi to reconsider his beliefs, subdue his inner demon, and decide to return to Tianyin Temple for seclusion.
• Ye Xuan checked his system information and saw that he was twelve years old, in the Shangqing Realm’s First Layer, and had cultivated for only two years.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu woke in the abandoned temple, and Lin Jingyu guarded Zhang Xiaofan as they questioned Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan told the two boys to return home before their parents grew worried.

Ye Xuan returned to Great Bamboo Peak, where Tian Buyi probed his strength and discovered that he had reached the Shangqing Realm. Their sparring escalated when Ye Xuan revealed the Myriad Ancient Cauldron, and Tian Buyi drew the Crimson Flame Sword to meet it.

• Tian Buyi sensed a powerful presence approaching Great Bamboo Peak and rushed out of Shou Jing Hall to confront it.
• Ye Xuan arrived on his Chang Qing Sword and parried Tian Buyi's initial attack, stunning Song Daren and the others.
• Tian Buyi increased the pressure to the Shangqing Realm, and Ye Xuan revealed that he had also reached that realm.
• Tian Buyi and Ye Xuan exchanged attacks, and Tian Buyi realized Ye Xuan's Chang Qing Sword was an extraordinary treasure.
• Ye Xuan summoned the Myriad Ancient Cauldron, and Tian Buyi drew the Crimson Flame Sword to strike at it.

Ye Xuan reported the Caomiao Village incident to Tian Buyi and Su Ru after proving his strength in a spar. He revealed that Lin Jingyu was a rare cultivation prodigy, leaving Tian Buyi and Su Ru curious about the other child.

• Ye Xuan withstood Tian Buyi's strike in a spar, and Tian Buyi praised his strength while warning him to refine his foundation.
• Ye Xuan told Tian Buyi and Su Ru that Puzhi, the Blood Devouring Pearl, and a black-clad attacker were involved in the Caomiao Village incident, but kept the attacker's identity secret.
• Tian Buyi decided to report the demonic sect's return and its pursuit of the Blood Devouring Pearl to the Sect Leader at Heaven-Piercing Peak.
• Ye Xuan stopped Tian Buyi to remind him about the two unconscious children from Caomiao Village.
• Ye Xuan identified Lin Jingyu as a rare cultivation prodigy, and Su Ru asked about the other child.

At Great Bamboo Peak, Ye Xuan persuaded Tian Buyi to accept Zhang Xiaofan alongside Lin Jingyu, and Tian Buyi sent Song Daren to bring both boys from Caomiao Village. After Tian Buyi left to discuss Puzhi with the Sect Leader, Su Ru checked on Ye Xuan and asked about his journey.

• Ye Xuan told Tian Buyi that Zhang Xiaofan’s steadfast temperament and good fortune made him worth accepting despite his ordinary aptitude.
• Tian Buyi agreed to take Zhang Xiaofan as a disciple and said he would personally teach Lin Jingyu.
• Tian Buyi ordered Song Daren to bring Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan from Caomiao Village, instructing him to persuade their parents with gifts and persistence.
• Tian Buyi left for Heaven-Piercing Peak to discuss Puzhi’s matter with the Sect Leader Senior Brother.
• Su Ru expressed concern that Ye Xuan had lost weight and asked whether he had faced danger during his year away.

Dao Xuan and Tian Buyi discussed the demonic cultivator who had attacked Puzhi, while Tian Buyi concealed that Ye Xuan had saved him. Song Daren brought Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan to Great Bamboo Peak, where Tian Buyi decided to take them in despite Zhang Xiaofan's ordinary aptitude.

• Dao Xuan asked Tian Buyi which disciple had saved Puzhi, but Tian Buyi avoided revealing Ye Xuan’s identity and left for Great Bamboo Peak.
• Dao Xuan guessed that Tian Buyi was hiding a talented disciple and wondered how capable the genius was.
• Song Daren returned to Great Bamboo Peak with Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan, whom he had found at Tian Buyi’s request.
• Lin Jingyu recognized Ye Xuan from the ruined temple, and Ye Xuan greeted the two boys.
• Tian Buyi praised Lin Jingyu’s talent but doubted Zhang Xiaofan’s prospects before ordering Song Daren to settle them in for an apprenticeship ceremony the next morning.

Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan prepared to become disciples of Great Bamboo Peak, though Zhang Xiaofan worried that his poor aptitude would get him sent away. At their apprenticeship ceremony, Tian Buyi welcomed them and introduced the peak’s disciples, including the exceptionally talented Ye Xuan.

• Lin Jingyu reassured Zhang Xiaofan that they would stay or leave together, and Zhang Xiaofan resolved to work harder rather than be sent down the mountain.
• Song Daren woke Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan and escorted them to Shou Jing Hall for their apprenticeship ceremony.
• Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan kowtowed to Tian Buyi and Su Ru and offered tea, but Tian Buyi warmly praised Lin Jingyu and reacted coolly to Zhang Xiaofan’s trembling hands.
• Su Ru comforted the boys, and Tian Buyi introduced them to Song Daren, Wu Dayi, Zheng Dali, He Dazhi, Lu Daxin, and Du Bishu.
• Tian Buyi introduced Ye Xuan as their Seventh Senior Brother and praised his exceptional talent and cultivation.

Ye Xuan welcomed Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan to Great Bamboo Peak with Marrow Cleansing Pills, astonishing Tian Buyi and the others with his alchemy. After explaining that he had found a senior's legacy, Ye Xuan teased his fellow disciples with news of a Foundation Replenishing Pill.

• Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan greeted Ye Xuan as their Seventh Senior Brother, and Ye Xuan gave each of them a Marrow Cleansing Pill.
• Tian Buyi examined and tasted a pill, then asked whether Ye Xuan had refined it himself.
• Ye Xuan said he had learned alchemy, artifact crafting, and formation-setting from a senior's legacy he found while traveling.
• Tian Ling'er and the other disciples asked Ye Xuan for pills, but he said the Marrow Cleansing Pills would have little effect on them.
• Ye Xuan revealed that he had also refined a Foundation Replenishing Pill, with one pill worth five years of hard cultivation.