Recaps

Qin Guan held Danchenzi’s grand-disciple hostage and demanded compensation, while Qing Yan confronted the Pill Venerable over Lingxiao Pill Palace’s past harm to her Junior Sister. After Danchenzi agreed to pay two hundred million Dao Stones, Qin Guan raised his demand to five hundred million.

• The bewitching woman ordered the White Robed Old Man to pretend to side with Qin Guan, then watched as Danchenzi arrived at Yuqiong Tower.
• Qin Guan demanded two hundred million Dao Stones from Danchenzi to compensate his friend’s Wife for her miscarriage, and Danchenzi attacked him.
• Qing Yan blocked Danchenzi’s Pill Flame and accused Lingxiao Pill Palace and Xuan Zhan of ruining her Junior Sister’s attempt to prove her Dao.
• Qin Guan crushed one of the White Clad Brocade Robe Youth’s hands and threatened him with his sword, forcing Danchenzi to agree to pay two hundred million Dao Stones.
• Qin Guan changed his demand to five hundred million Dao Stones, citing the harm done to his Senior Sister.

Qin Guan and Bukui Daoist Gate collected five hundred million Dao Stones from Lingxiao Pill Palace, but Danchenzi declared their forces enemies and threatened to cut off their pill supply. After the threats and onlookers departed, Qin Guan planned to use Xiao Guo’s pill-refining skills to challenge Lingxiao Pill Palace’s business.

• Danchenzi ordered Elder Xuan to pay five hundred million Dao Stones rather than provoke the Immortal Pavilion.
• Elder Xuan returned with the Dao Stones, and Qin Guan had Qing Yan check the payment.
• Danchenzi declared Lingxiao Pill Palace and Bukui Daoist Gate enemies and threatened to stop selling pills to their allies.
• Danchenzi, Elder Xuan, and the gathered cultivators left Yuqiong Tower after Qing Yan rejected the threat.
• Qin Guan decided Xiao Guo could use the deciphered pill formulas to outcompete Lingxiao Pill Palace.

Zi Qing forcibly brought Qin Guan into a private room, served him powerful Spirit Tea, and demanded payment after he drank it. When Qin Guan resisted her and tried to use his Karma Sword Qi, Zi Qing suppressed him effortlessly, then released him.

• Zi Qing swept Qin Guan into the Inner Room and insisted he call her Sister Qing.
• Qin Guan drank Zi Qing’s Spirit Tea and spent half an hour controlling its immense Spiritual Power, which also strengthened his Sword Meridians.
• Zi Qing demanded five million dao stones for the tea, and Qin Guan accused her of being shameless.
• Qin Guan drew on his Karma Sword Qi, but Zi Qing pinned him beneath a Purple Great Dao Light Pillar and criticized his control.
• Zi Qing released Qin Guan, leaving him shaken by her strength.

Qin Guan learned that Bukui Daoist and Yang Tianni had mortgaged him to Zi Qing, who demanded a daily payment of Chaos Qi while promising to protect him through the Immortal Pavilion. Zi Qing explained the Emperor realms and left Qin Guan with a clearer understanding of how far her power extended.

• Zi Qing told Qin Guan that Bukui Daoist and Yang Tianni had sold him to her to cover their Immortal Pavilion bill, and she showed him an Imprint Stone recording as proof.
• Zi Qing demanded one thousand strands of Chaos Qi per day and threatened to sell Qin Guan to the Yin Yang Dao Court if he refused.
• Qin Guan paid Zi Qing one thousand strands of Chaos Qi while hiding how much he still had.
• Zi Qing warned Qin Guan that his Master and Senior Brother's actions had made him a target, and said the Immortal Pavilion would protect him as long as he did not publicly claim membership.
• Zi Qing told Qin Guan she was half a step from becoming an Immortal Emperor and explained the Three Realms and Nine Heavens above the Great Emperor realm.

Qin Guan left Zi Qing’s private room after she forced him to call her “Sister Qing” and demanded a thousand strands of Chaos Qi each day. After inspecting the pill recipes he gave her, Zi Qing realized he might be a powerful alchemist and that the mysterious Yin Yang Great Strength Pill recipe could contain profound Dao principles.

• Zi Qing told Qin Guan she knew about his Little Black Tower, then made him call her “Sister Qing” before letting him leave and reminding him to deliver a thousand strands of Chaos Qi the next day.
• Qin Guan complained to Little Black Tower about Zi Qing’s treatment, while Little Black Tower teased him about her showing him her breasts.
• Zi Qing inspected Qin Guan’s pill recipes and recognized recipes for Eighth Grade and Ninth Grade pills, leading her to suspect he was a highly skilled alchemist.
• Zi Qing examined the Yin Yang Great Strength Pill recipe, blushed at its ingredients, then realized it might embody the Dao principle of harmonizing yin and yang and returning chaos to unity.

Danchenzi and Elder Xuan plotted to lure Qing Li out of the Immortal Pavilion by inviting her to a ceremony with a Ninth-grade Heaven Mending Pill as its auction prize. Danchenzi then went to Xuantian Hall to seek support against the Immortal Pavilion, but framed his visit as an invitation to Zhan'er's ceremony.

• Elder Xuan urged Danchenzi to target Qing Li because Qin Guan Qing Yan and the others were staying inside the Immortal Pavilion.
• Danchenzi planned a ceremony for Zhan'er's promotion to Eighth-grade Alchemist and an auction featuring a Ninth-grade Heaven Mending Pill, intending to draw Qing Li out.
• Danchenzi refused to invite the Immortal Pavilion and said he would ask Xuantian Hall to pressure it.
• Danchenzi visited Xuantian Hall and learned the Hall Master was in seclusion, then met the old man in the crimson-gold robe, whom he called Brother Fa Dao.
• Danchenzi recounted Qin Guan's extortion of five hundred million Dao Stones, but Brother Fa Dao said Xuantian Hall should not interfere in the dispute.
• Danchenzi said he had come to invite Xuantian Hall's Fa Practitioners to Zhan'er's promotion ceremony.

Qin Guan discussed the rare materials for the Yin Yang Great Strength Pill with Zi Qing, then fled after nearly being charged for her Spirit Tea again. The next day, Lingxiao Pill Palace held a grand celebration for Xuan Zhan’s promotion to Eighth-grade Alchemist, attended by the Xuanji Realm’s major powers.

• Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that the Yin Yang Great Strength Pill might be an Immortal Grade Pill and urged him to secure the materials.
• Zi Qing questioned whether Qin Guan had refined every pill to top-tier Wushuang quality, then agreed to gather more materials as he planned to confront Lingxiao Pill Palace.
• Qin Guan took a sip of Zi Qing’s Spirit Tea and vanished in a panic, remembering her previous five-million-Dao-Stone charge.
• The major sects and clans arrived at Lingxiao Pill Palace to celebrate Xuan Zhan’s promotion to Eighth-grade Alchemist.
• Danchenzi and Xuan Zhan received the guests alongside Yin Yue, Xuan Zhan’s Dao Companion and the Saintess of Yin Yang Dao Court.

Qing Li confronted Xuan Zhan, Yin Yue, and the gathered factions during Xuan Zhan’s Eighth-grade Alchemist celebration, declaring her intention to kill them and prove the Dao. Qin Guan and the Bukui Daoist Gate arrived, with a mysterious veiled woman in purple among them, and Qing Li welcomed her junior brothers and sisters.

• Qing Li rejected Yin Yue’s invitation to sit beside her and traded insults with Yin Yue and the Yin Yang Dao Court’s Elders.
• Xuan Zhan and the assembled factions mocked Qing Li, but she said she could obtain as many Heaven Mending Pills as she wanted and had come to brew Killing Intent before proving the Dao.
• Qing Li openly declared her intention to kill Xuan Zhan and Yin Yue, and Xuan Zhan dismissed her ability to do so.
• A voice from the crowd said that Qing Li’s Senior Sister could not kill Xuan Zhan, but the speaker would do it for her.
• Qin Guan, Qing Yan, Qing Ming, and other members of the Bukui Daoist Gate arrived with a veiled woman in purple, and Qing Li ran to greet them.

At Lingxiao Pill Palace’s auction, Qin Guan mocked the sale of a Heavenly Gang Breakthrough Pill and insulted Myriad Beast Mountain, escalating tensions between the factions. Danchenzi attacked Qing Li after she threw Lingxiao Pill Palace’s invitation to the ground.

• Elder Xuan auctioned Xuan Zhan’s superb-quality Heavenly Gang Breakthrough Pill, and Elder Ke bought it for three and a half million Dao Stones.
• Qin Guan criticized Lingxiao Pill Palace’s pricing and insulted Elder Ke, prompting Myriad Beast Mountain’s Core Elders to rise in anger.
• Qing Yan released her Sword Momentum against the Myriad Beast Mountain elders, but Danchenzi dispelled it and warned Bukui Daoist Gate not to cause trouble.
• Qing Li threw Lingxiao Pill Palace’s invitation onto the ground and challenged Danchenzi’s claim that Bukui Daoist Gate had come uninvited.
• Danchenzi summoned a dragon of crimson pill fire and sent it lunging at Qing Li.

Qin Guan accepted Xuan Zhan’s challenge to refine an eighth-grade Heavenly Gang Breakthrough Pill by hand, wagering that Xuan Zhan and Yin Yue would kneel and kowtow to Qing Li if he succeeded. He concealed the ingredients inside the Little Black Tower and asked Xiao Guo for help, but Xiao Guo passed the task to Little Xiao Guo.

• Xuan Zhan challenged Qin Guan to refine an eighth-grade Heavenly Gang Breakthrough Pill, while Qing Yan defended Qin Guan from his demand.
• Qin Guan claimed he could hand-refine the pill, and Xuan Zhan arranged for a set of ingredients to be brought to him.
• Yin Yue demanded that Qin Guan kneel and apologize if he failed, and Qin Guan countered by wagering that Xuan Zhan and Yin Yue would kneel and kowtow to Qing Li if he succeeded.
• Qin Guan covered the ingredients with Chaos Qi and secretly sent them into the Little Black Tower, revealing his Chaos Body to the crowd.
• The Little Black Tower agreed to help in exchange for Qin Guan touching Zi Qing that night, then asked Xiao Guo to refine the pill; Xiao Guo told it to have Little Xiao Guo do the work.

Qin Guan left Lingxiao Pill Palace with Zi Qing after announcing that Immortal Pavilion would sell pills at half the price, while Zi Qing warned that anyone who acted against him would become Immortal Pavilion’s enemy. With guests abandoning the plaza, Danchenzi ordered an investigation into Qin Guan’s pill-making and summoned the elders to the Council Hall, leaving Lingxiao Pill Palace divided over how to respond.

• Zi Qing publicly declared Immortal Pavilion’s support for Qin Guan, and Qin Guan left with her and their companions.
• Representatives from the Heavenly Profound Sword Sect, Jade Pool Holy Land, and other groups departed, leaving the plaza nearly empty.
• Danchenzi dismissed Qin Guan’s achievements as tricks and ordered disciples to uncover his origins and pill-making secret within three days.
• Elder Xuan argued that Lingxiao Pill Palace need not fear Qin Guan, while Xuan Heng urged Danchenzi to have him killed; Danchenzi struck Xuan Heng and blamed him for provoking Qin Guan.
• Danchenzi ordered everyone to behave and took the Cabinet Elders to the Council Hall, while Yin Yue comforted Xuan Zhan and promised to seek revenge on Qin Guan and Qing Li.

Qin Guan told Qing Yan and the others that his cauldron could refine pills, forge artifacts, and make talismans, then Zi Qing punished Qing Yan for his suggestive remarks. Zi Qing sent Qin Guan upstairs to hand over his Chaos Qi, leaving Qing Li blaming the senior brothers for bringing him to Immortal Pavilion.

• Qin Guan invited Reincarnation Great Emperor and the others to visit his Wang Sheng Pavilion in Wu She Prefecture after they returned.
• Qing Yan and the others pressed Qin Guan about his pill refining, and he explained that his cauldron could also forge artifacts and make talismans.
• Qing Yan asked whether Qin Guan had tested Zi Qing's capabilities, and Zi Qing pinned him down and struck him until he begged for mercy.
• Zi Qing demanded Qin Guan hand over his Chaos Qi, then swept him out of the room and upstairs.
• Qing Li blamed Qing Yan and the others for bringing Qin Guan to Immortal Pavilion.

Qin Guan showed Zi Qing the Little Black Tower and its accelerated cultivation time, then argued over its costs. Yuan Bao revealed unusual powers by dodging Qin Guan’s lightning-fast attacks and swallowing his Fist Gang Qi, leaving Zi Qing to suspect the creature had an extraordinary bloodline or mutation.

• Zi Qing entered the Little Black Tower, recognized its temporal-spatial Dao resonance, and asked to cultivate there.
• Qin Guan quoted Zi Qing one hundred million Dao Stones per day and claimed the tower’s upkeep cost fifty million Dao Stones daily; the Little Black Tower corrected his time-flow figure to eighteen times.
• Yuan Bao appeared and demanded attention, while Qin Guan complained about its appetite and tossed it a thousand strands of Chaos Qi.
• After Qin Guan flung Yuan Bao away, Yuan Bao fired golden and silver lightning from its eyes and deftly evaded Qin Guan’s punches.
• Yuan Bao swallowed Qin Guan’s Fist Gang Qi and quickly digested it, prompting Zi Qing to say its abilities suggested an extreme bloodline return or an inconceivable mutation.

Qin Guan introduced Zi Qing to Xiao Guo, who agreed to refine a forbidden pill that might save Zi Qing’s younger sister. Xiao Guo demanded that Zi Qing spend the night with Qin Guan as its condition, and Zi Qing accepted despite Qin Guan’s objections.

• Xiao Guo told Qin Guan that its Chaos Qi had become scarcer because his wife had left, then mentioned that it was researching something.
• Zi Qing showed Xiao Guo the recipe for the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill and explained that it might restore her younger sister, whose remnant soul remained.
• Xiao Guo warned that refining the pill would bring a Pill Tribulation and Karma Backlash, but agreed to help on the condition that Zi Qing sleep with Qin Guan.
• Qin Guan objected to Xiao Guo’s condition and secretly told Zi Qing he could persuade Xiao Guo to change it.
• Zi Qing accepted Xiao Guo’s condition, and Qin Guan urged Xiao Guo not to act recklessly.

Zi Qing accepted Xiao Guo’s condition and surrendered herself to unconscious Qin Guan in exchange for help refining the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill. Afterward, she promised to gather its ingredients so she could try to resurrect her younger sister.

• Zi Qing recalled how her family was destroyed and her younger sister sacrificed herself, leaving only a Remnant Soul that Zi Qing had guarded for years.
• Zi Qing accepted Xiao Guo’s condition because the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill offered hope of bringing her younger sister back to life.
• Zi Qing undressed and had an encounter with unconscious Qin Guan while the Little Black Tower watched and absorbed Yin Yang Qi from Yin Yang Fa Zu.
• An hour later, Zi Qing cleansed herself and Qin Guan, then vowed to gather the pill’s ingredients, and Xiao Guo promised to help refine it.

Little Black Tower hid that it had beaten Qin Guan after its Sister Great Dao left him unconscious, then tricked him into believing a woman had attacked him. Qin Guan decided not to seek revenge, and Little Black Tower told him to explain the incident by blaming the fifth floor.

• Little Black Tower moved the unconscious Qin Guan to the first floor, beat him, and blasted him with a Black Light Pillar to make his injuries look convincing.
• Qin Guan woke up in pain and asked Little Black Tower what had happened.
• Little Black Tower claimed Qin Guan had fallen into its Sister Great Dao illusion and that the woman had beaten him before leaving.
• Qin Guan worried he had harmed the woman, then accepted Little Black Tower's claim that she had only beaten him.
• Qin Guan declined to seek revenge, and Little Black Tower advised him to blame the fifth floor when explaining the incident to the woman.

Zi Qing showed Qin Guan a chaotic Black Hole passage leading to the Forgotten Sea of Realms, where ancient world-collision ruins might hold rare cultivation resources. They discussed the dangers and the need to spend Dao Stones to open a temporary stable route, leaving exploration as a possible but carefully planned venture.

• Zi Qing dragged Qin Guan into her room and confronted him over what had happened inside the Little Black Tower.
• Qin Guan explained that the Fifth Floor Great Dao had confused his mind, and Zi Qing told him to forget the incident and never mention it again.
• Zi Qing took Qin Guan to a hazy domain and showed him a Black Hole passage that she called her secret.
• Zi Qing explained that the passage led to the Forgotten Sea of Realms, a shattered land filled with ruins and inheritances from annihilated worlds.
• Qin Guan realized that Dao Stones could only stabilize the entrance and selected routes temporarily, making exploration dangerous and time-limited.

Qin Guan and Zi Qing negotiated how to gather the Dao Stones needed to open the Black Hole and agreed to work together. After Little Black Tower offered a way to restore Qin Guan’s Chaos Qi, Zi Qing returned to their lodgings to cultivate while Qin Guan prepared pills for their business.

• Zi Qing told Qin Guan they had gathered ten billion Dao Stones and needed another ten billion to keep the Black Hole open for an hour.
• Qin Guan agreed to join Zi Qing’s plan after she described the valuable treasures they might find beyond the Black Hole.
• Qin Guan and Zi Qing argued over Chaos Qi and whether she could cultivate inside Little Black Tower, until Little Black Tower offered to help him recover his energy.
• Zi Qing gave Qin Guan ingredients for Xiao Guo to refine pills ahead of the pill shop’s opening in four days and reminded him to prepare the final ingredient for the Yin Yang Great Strength Pill.
• After Qin Guan left, Zi Qing suppressed her complicated feelings and began cultivating.

Danchenzi accepted Fu Tianzun’s invitation to the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect, hoping to restore the Lingxiao Pill Palace’s prestige. Qing Yan and his companions planned to raid the Lingxiao Pill Palace’s Spirit Garden and steal its pill recipes while setting off conflicts between other sects.

• Elder Xuan persuaded Danchenzi that attending Fu Tianzun’s banquet would bolster the Lingxiao Pill Palace’s standing, and Danchenzi ordered preparations for a personal pill demonstration.
• Qing Yan told Qing Ming, Qing Jue, and the others that Danchenzi would believe the genuine invitation and instructed them to act as soon as he left.
• Qing Yan rejected the idea of raiding the Pill Pavilion and said their target was the Spirit Garden and the Lingxiao Pill Palace’s pill recipes.
• Qing Yan revealed that he had sent Qing Yuan to capture young Heavenly Prides from the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect and deliver them to the Yin Yang Dao Court to provoke a clash.
• Qing Yan planned to exploit the resulting chaos to steal the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect’s recipes and claimed the Immortal Pavilion would protect them if their involvement was exposed.

Qin Guan struggled to advance his physical cultivation as his remaining resources dwindled, while Little Black Tower tried to tempt him into approaching Zi Qing. The chapter left Little Black Tower plotting to deepen Zi Qing’s feelings for Qin Guan.

• Qin Guan used up his Great Dao Vitality Essence and Qi Blood Spirit Fruits, but found the climb from the Twenty-third Realm toward the Twenty-sixth Realm painfully slow.
• Little Black Tower reassured Qin Guan about his progress, then suggested he could seek treasures in the Sea of Oblivion once he had saved enough money.
• Qin Guan asked Little Black Tower about its Sister Great Dao after recalling that it had once overwhelmed his state of mind.
• Little Black Tower offered to explain its Sister Great Dao if Qin Guan touched Zi Qing’s butt, but Qin Guan refused and resumed cultivating.
• Little Black Tower realized Qin Guan had been stringing it along and plotted to make Zi Qing fall more completely for him.

Danchenzi visited Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect to congratulate Fu Tianzun on emerging from seclusion and offered to refine a batch of Eight-Orifice Profound Elixirs as a gift. He completed six pills that impressed Fu Tianzun and the Elders, who eagerly admired their value for talisman cultivators.

• Fu Tianzun and the Elders wondered why Danchenzi mentioned an invitation, but welcomed him into the hall.
• Danchenzi explained that he had come to congratulate Fu Tianzun and proposed refining pills on the spot as a gift to the sect.
• Danchenzi described the Eight-Orifice Profound Elixir and began refining it in his golden pill furnace before Fu Tianzun and the Elders.
• After an hour, Danchenzi completed six Seven-Colored Eight-Orifice Profound Elixirs that hovered in the air.
• Fu Tianzun praised Danchenzi's skill, and the Elders admired the pills' usefulness to talisman and formation cultivators.

A disciple reported that Fu Ling and four other young Heavenly Prides had been left near death after an alleged scheme by Xuan Zhan and Yin Yue, while the Lingxiao Pill Palace’s core stores were looted. Fu Tianzun accused Danchenzi of plotting against the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect, and Danchenzi blamed Qin Guan and the Immortal Pavilion before pointing to an invitation bearing the sect’s seal.

• A disciple told Fu Tianzun that Fu Ling, Zhen Xuan, Mo Yan, Ling Shu, and Xing Luo had been grievously injured and named Xuan Zhan and Yin Yue as the perpetrators.
• Danchenzi denied the accusation, but a transmission reported that the Lingxiao Pill Palace’s Pill Recipe Pavilion and Spirit Garden had been looted.
• Another disciple reported a battle near the Lingxiao Pill Palace and a long-distance teleportation headed toward the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect.
• Fu Tianzun accused Danchenzi of orchestrating the attacks, while Danchenzi blamed Qin Guan and the Immortal Pavilion and accused Fu Tianzun of arranging the looting.
• Danchenzi produced an invitation bearing the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect’s special talisman pattern, leaving Fu Tianzun unable to deny its existence.

Qin Guan lost control under the Little Black Tower's Sister Great Dao and assaulted Zi Qing before the Little Black Tower carried him to the fourth floor. Zi Qing then learned that the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect had begun fighting the Lingxiao Pill Palace and the Yin Yang Dao Court over a plot involving five harmed disciples.

• Qin Guan's mind was shattered by the Sister Great Dao, and he charged at Zi Qing in a state of uncontrollable desire.
• Qin Guan broke through Zi Qing's Purple Great Dao Light Pillar and grabbed her; three hours later, Zi Qing left the Little Black Tower, and the tower carried Qin Guan to the Big Iron Cage on the fourth floor.
• The White Robed Old Man reported to Zi Qing that the Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect's Old Ancestor and Elders had fought the Lingxiao Pill Palace and the Yin Yang Dao Court.
• The White Robed Old Man explained that five Ten Thousand Talisman Immortal Sect disciples blamed Xuan Zhan and Yin Yue for arranging their ruin, prompting the sect to suspect a conspiracy involving both rival forces.

Zi Qing confronted Qing Yan and the others over their suspected theft, while they teased her about Qin Guan and tried to persuade her to call him down. Qin Guan woke locked in the Little Black Tower’s iron cage and learned that Zi Qing had nearly killed him.

• Zi Qing confronted the injured Qing Yan and his companions, warned that the Immortal Pavilion would cast them out if their suspected theft caused trouble, and slapped Qing Yan when he joked about leaving.
• Qing Yan claimed their actions were meant to put pressure on Qin Guan and hinted that Zi Qing might become his sister-in-law, provoking her fury.
• Qing Yan asked Zi Qing to call Qin Guan down, then told his companions he believed she was already wrapped around their junior brother’s finger.
• Qin Guan woke in disarray inside a black iron cage in the Little Black Tower, and the tower told him it had locked him up to save him from Zi Qing.

Qin Guan learned how proving the Martial Dao or Sword Dao first would shape his cultivation of the other, then chose to prove the Martial Dao through his body first. When he asked his Senior Brothers to help fund the costly breakthrough, they admitted they were broke and suggested using his Divine Cauldron, formulas, and spirit materials to make money.

• Qing Ming explained how proving the Martial Dao first would strengthen Qin Guan’s physique but potentially limit his Sword Dao’s agility, while proving the Sword Dao first would sharpen his body for offense but leave it more vulnerable.
• After considering both paths, Qin Guan chose to prove his Dao through his body before advancing his Sword Dao.
• Qing Yan and Qing Ming supported Qin Guan’s choice but warned that the Martial Dao required far more resources than the Sword Dao.
• Qin Guan asked his Senior Brothers for financial help, but they dodged the request by teasing one another about their past exploits.
• Qing Yan and Qing Ming said they were broke and suggested Qin Guan use his Divine Cauldron, formulas, and spirit materials to earn a fortune.