Chapter Summaries

Li Le arrived at Yanhuo Village and confronted Master Liyuan after Liyuan’s subordinate attacked Liu Xiaowan. Qin Shaofeng and Li Le turned Liyuan’s status against him, but Liyuan invoked the Great Medical Hall’s dignity, forcing Li Le to stop insulting him.

• Li Le appeared with his guards, and his expert subordinate drove back the man who had attacked Liu Xiaowan.
• Li Le mocked Liyuan, but Uncle Hu restrained him when he charged at the master-level Medicine Master.
• Qin Shaofeng challenged Liyuan’s implied authority over life and death, reminding Li Le that Lihuo City had forbidden fighting in the area.
• Qin Shaofeng and Li Le insulted Liyuan by comparing him to a dog’s fart, while Liyuan held back from retaliating.
• Liyuan claimed their insults challenged the Great Medical Hall’s dignity, and Li Le stopped speaking to avoid trouble with the organization.

Qin Shaofeng challenged Liyuan’s medicine-refining skill after defending Elder Liu and proposing a contest. Li Ruojun arrived to accept the idea, and Qin Shaofeng discovered she was a powerful Saint Elephant Realm expert and Li Le’s elder sister.

• Liyuan threatened to execute Qin Shaofeng for insulting his status as a master-level Medicine Master.
• Qin Shaofeng accused Liyuan and Ran Jinrong of provoking Elder Liu and mocked their medicine-refining skills.
• Qin Shaofeng challenged Liyuan to a medicine-refining contest, but Li Ruojun arrived and said they should compete.
• Qin Shaofeng used Fiery Golden Eyes and learned that Li Ruojun had reached the seventh level of the Saint Elephant Realm.
• Li Le greeted Li Ruojun as his elder sister, leaving Qin Shaofeng stunned to learn that Li Le was the City Lord’s son.

Li Ruojun challenged Qin Shaofeng to prove his Medicine Master skills by competing against Liyuan in refining Spirit Elephant Pills, while Liyuan insisted he would demand an explanation if Qin lost. Qin Shaofeng accepted and proposed raising the stakes, leaving the terms undecided.

• Qin Shaofeng realized Li Le was the City Lord’s son and saw that Li Ruojun cared about her younger brother.
• Li Ruojun revealed she had helped Li Le gather medicinal ingredients and demanded Qin Shaofeng prove his skills against Liyuan.
• Li Le proposed a pill-refining contest, and Li Ruojun chose Spirit Elephant Pills, which Liyuan had used to pass his master assessment.
• Liyuan agreed to compete and threatened to demand an explanation from Qin Shaofeng if he lost, while Li Ruojun promised not to interfere.
• Qin Shaofeng reassured Li Le, accepted the contest, and suggested raising the stakes.

Qin Shaofeng challenged Liyuan to a pill-refining contest and wagered his Alchemy Furnace and Storage Ring against Liyuan’s public humiliation. The contest began, but while Liyuan worked skillfully on his first batch, Qin Shaofeng still had not started.

• Qin Shaofeng wagered his Alchemy Furnace and Storage Ring, and Liyuan accepted while demanding everything in the ring if he won.
• Qin Shaofeng required Liyuan to call himself trash three times if he lost, and Liyuan agreed after threatening him.
• Li Ruojun set out ten ingredient sets for each competitor and limited the contest to one hour, judging the Spirit Elephant Pills by quantity, quality, and effects.
• Liyuan began refining pills with practiced skill, impressing the crowd while the people from Yanhuo Village questioned his mastery.
• Qin Shaofeng watched Liyuan without beginning to refine, leaving Ran Jinrong and the onlookers baffled.

Qin Shaofeng used the Cloud Pill Technique to refine ten perfect-grade Spirit Elephant Pills at once, stunning Ran Jinrong and Li Ruojun. Liyuan finished his own pill just as the result became clear, unaware that his excellent-quality pill could not match Qin Shaofeng’s.

• Ran Jinrong and Chi Hu assumed Qin Shaofeng was too frightened to begin while Liyuan’s pill developed a medicinal fragrance.
• Qin Shaofeng placed all ten portions of ingredients into his furnace and used the Cloud Pill Technique to produce ten Spirit Elephant Pills almost instantly.
• Ran Jinrong, Li Ruojun, and the crowd doubted Qin Shaofeng’s success, but he drew ten pills from the furnace and showed them to Ran Jinrong.
• Ran Jinrong inspected the pills and recognized that all ten were perfect-grade, while Li Ruojun realized the competition was decided.
• Liyuan completed an excellent-quality Spirit Elephant Pill and declared that Qin Shaofeng was finished.

Liyuan lost the alchemy contest after Qin Shaofeng produced ten perfect-quality Spirit Elephant Pills, while Liyuan made one exceptional-quality pill. When Liyuan tried to leave, Qin Shaofeng reminded him of their wager, and Li Le warned him that referee Li Ruojun would enforce it.

• Liyuan finished refining one exceptional-quality Spirit Elephant Pill and wrongly assumed Qin Shaofeng had given up.
• Li Ruojun declared Qin Shaofeng the winner, and Liu Xiaowan revealed that Qin Shaofeng had refined ten perfect-quality pills.
• Liyuan examined the pills and accepted that he had lost after Ran Jinrong confirmed how Qin Shaofeng had made them.
• Liyuan tried to leave, but Qin Shaofeng reminded him to fulfill their wager.
• Li Le warned Liyuan that Li Ruojun was the contest's referee, leaving Liyuan worried about reneging.

Liyuan left Chihuo Village after arranging revenge against Qin Shaofeng, while Qin Shaofeng used the medicinal ingredients Li Ruojun provided to advance his Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to its fifth layer. This completed half of the Sixth Stage of his Lord of Nine Clouds mission and gave him a powerful new combat state.

• Liyuan took Chihuo Village’s inherited treasure from Old Man Chi Yun, then sent Ran Jinrong to gather people for revenge against Qin Shaofeng.
• Ran Jinrong assured Liyuan that he had carried out his instructions, and Liyuan departed for Lihuo City.
• Li Ruojun gave Qin Shaofeng extra medicinal ingredients and agreed to help Yanhuo Village move into Lihuo City.
• Qin Shaofeng refined Five Elements Physique Pills and consumed them until the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill advanced to its fifth layer.
• Qin Shaofeng learned that the fifth-layer Dragon Elephant Realm could temporarily raise his strength to the Saint Elephant Realm level.

After receiving word that Yanhuo Village’s people could move to Lihuo City once Qin Shaofeng passed the Medicine Master assessment, Qin Shaofeng set out with Li Le and their companions. Ran Jinrong arranged an ambush, and the chapter ended as the group found themselves surrounded by powerful Spirit Elephant Realm experts.

• Qin Shaofeng reached Five Hundred Elephant Power and realized that Thousand Elephant Power marked a major transformation in strength.
• Li Ruojun informed Qin Shaofeng that Yanhuo Village’s settlement in Lihuo City was ready once he obtained entry-level master Medicine Master status.
• Qin Shaofeng left for Lihuo City with Liu Xiaowan, Li Le, Uncle Hu, and their companions, while Li Le’s guards stayed behind in Yanhuo Village.
• Ran Jinrong learned that Li Le had joined Qin Shaofeng and decided to proceed with the ambush, while planning to eliminate Chi Yun and Chi Hu afterward.
• Qin Shaofeng sensed hostile auras as the group traveled, and thirty or forty Spirit Elephant Realm experts surrounded their carriage.

Qin Shaofeng defeated the ambushers targeting Li Le’s party and advanced to the Saint Emperor Realm during the fight. The carriage continued on, while Li Le began to consider taking Qin Shaofeng as his master and Qin Shaofeng checked his new attributes.

• Uncle Hu recognized that the scar-faced leader had reached the Saint Elephant Realm and urged Li Le to escape, but Qin Shaofeng stepped forward and dismissed the attackers.
• Qin Shaofeng killed Ah San with one punch, then shattered the scar-faced man’s blade and killed him with Multiple Critical Strikes.
• Qin Shaofeng’s final fist force blasted more than a dozen attackers into blood mist, and the resulting experience points advanced him to Saint Emperor First Layer.
• The remaining attackers fled, but Qin Shaofeng chased them down and killed them before returning to the carriage and telling the others to continue moving.
• Liu Xiaowan and the others relaxed after Qin Shaofeng confirmed the fight was over, while Li Le grew more reverent and considered taking him as his master.
• Qin Shaofeng examined his attributes on the system interface while the carriage traveled onward.

Qin Shaofeng arrived in Lihuo City with Li Le’s group to take the Medicine Master examination. When Ge Baodong harassed Liu Xiaowan and Qin Shaofeng injured one of his guards, Ge Baodong threatened him, escalating a feud rooted in the powerful Ge Family’s rivalry with Li Le.

• Qin Shaofeng chose to save his Sixth-grade Ninefold Saint Spirit Pill rather than use it to raise his level.
• Li Le brought Qin Shaofeng and the others into Lihuo City and headed to the medicine hall for Qin Shaofeng’s examination.
• Ge Baodong mocked Li Le’s companions and reached for Liu Xiaowan, prompting Qin Shaofeng to shield her.
• Ge Baodong ordered Black Iron to attack Qin Shaofeng, who broke Black Iron’s leg and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Ge Baodong threatened Qin Shaofeng, while Uncle Hu feared the consequences of provoking the Ge Family.

Qin Shaofeng announced that he would take the grandmaster-level Medicine Master assessment, prompting Ge Baodong to challenge him to a contest against the Ge Family’s hidden Medicine Master. Qin Shaofeng accepted, and Uncle Hu slipped away while Ge Baodong celebrated.

• Ge Baodong drew the Ge Family heir’s jade pendant to summon experts, but his guard urged him to hold back because Qin Shaofeng might be connected to the Medicine Hall.
• Li Le explained that Qin Shaofeng was in Lihuo City for a Medicine Master assessment, and Qin Shaofeng declared he would attempt the grandmaster-level assessment.
• Ge Baodong mocked Qin Shaofeng’s ambition and proposed a contest against his thin subordinate, who was also taking the grandmaster-level assessment.
• Li Le warned Qin Shaofeng that the subordinate was likely a grandmaster-level Medicine Master, and Qin Shaofeng used Fiery Golden Eyes to confirm the man’s skill.
• Ge Baodong threatened Qin Shaofeng over injuring Black Iron, but Qin Shaofeng accepted the contest and asked how they would compete.
• Uncle Hu quietly left after Li Le gave him a meaningful look, while Ge Baodong laughed at Qin Shaofeng’s agreement.

Qin Shaofeng agreed to compete against Ge Lin in the Medicine Hall’s master-level Medicine Master assessment, wagering his freedom against Ge Baodong’s five limbs. As the assessment began before a crowd in Lihuo City, Li Ruojun arrived worried that Qin Shaofeng would lose.

• Ge Baodong challenged Qin Shaofeng to an assessment wager, and Qin Shaofeng’s killing intent frightened Ge Baodong and his guards.
• Qin Shaofeng accepted the wager and demanded Ge Baodong’s five limbs if he lost; Ge Baodong agreed after receiving reassurance from the thin man behind him.
• News of the simultaneous assessments spread across Lihuo City, and Li Ruojun hurried to the Medicine Hall after hearing about the wager.
• The Medicine Hall prepared a public pill-refinement assessment, drawing Medicine Masters and prominent spectators, including Li Ruojun and Li Le.
• Elder Wang announced the assessment, and identical Alchemy Furnaces rose onto platforms as Qin Shaofeng and Ge Lin prepared to begin.

Qin Shaofeng and Ge Lin began the first stage of the Grandmaster-level Medicine Master examination, which required ten Saint Elephant Pills, including three of perfect quality and seven of superb quality. Ge Lin quickly produced three perfect pills, but Qin Shaofeng also refined a perfect-quality pill, leaving the observers divided as the examination continued.

• Ge Lin immediately began refining Saint Elephant Pills and completed his first pill at perfect quality, impressing the crowd and the observing Grandmasters.
• Ge Lin refined two more perfect-quality pills and started his fourth while Qin Shaofeng prepared his first set of ingredients.
• Qin Shaofeng used his Cloud Pill Technique to refine a perfect-quality Saint Elephant Pill, surprising Grandmaster Yun and Grandmaster Fang.
• Ge Baodong dismissed Qin Shaofeng's result, while Grandmaster Yun grew curious and Grandmaster Fang insisted that the remaining stages would still test him.

Ge Lin and Qin Shaofeng both passed the first two stages of the master-level Medicine Master assessment by refining ten perfect-quality Saint Elephant Pills in each stage. Their results left the crowd wondering which of them would win as the assessment continued.

• Ge Lin passed the first stage after refining ten perfect-quality Saint Elephant Pills, prompting Ge Baodong to gloat and Li Le to worry.
• Qin Shaofeng also passed the first stage with ten perfect-quality Saint Elephant Pills, stunning the crowd and unsettling Ge Baodong.
• The second stage required refining ten portions of ingredients together in one furnace, with one perfect-quality pill and nine superb-quality pills needed to pass.
• Ge Lin and Qin Shaofeng finished the second stage at nearly the same time, and both were announced to have produced ten perfect-quality pills.

Qin Shaofeng and Ge Lin began the Third Stage of the Medicine Master assessment, refining the difficult Thousand Herb Pill. As Qin Shaofeng followed the prescribed steps, the two Grandmasters noticed his unusual pill fire but could not identify its source.

• Ge Baodong blamed Qin Shaofeng for tying with Ge Lin, then pinned his hopes on the Third Stage assessment.
• The clinic supplied Qin Shaofeng and Ge Lin with ingredients for the Thousand Herb Pill, which required 3,333 medicinal ingredients and painstaking refinement.
• Ge Lin began refining the pill in batches, and Qin Shaofeng followed the method recorded in Old Master Liu's book.
• Qin Shaofeng used his pill fire to refine medicinal ingredients into liquid without letting the gathered liquid explode.
• Grandmaster Yun and Grandmaster Fang noticed Qin Shaofeng's unusual flame and guessed it was a special ability that strengthened his furnace fire.

Qin Shaofeng and Ge Lin both passed the three-stage Medicine Master assessment and became Grandmasters, but Ge Baodong refused to accept their tie and pushed Ge Lin to demand a fourth-stage assessment. Qin Shaofeng joined him, and Grandmaster Fang set them the challenge of refining his newly invented Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill, whose formula left Ge Lin doubtful that it could work.

• Ge Lin and Qin Shaofeng each refined a Thousand Herb Pill, and Grandmasters Yun and Fang confirmed that both pills met the requirements.
• The crowd celebrated as Qin Shaofeng and Ge Lin officially became Grandmaster-level Medicine Masters, while Ge Baodong grew furious over the tie.
• At Ge Baodong's signal, Ge Lin requested the optional fourth-stage assessment, and Qin Shaofeng agreed to take it as well.
• Grandmaster Fang chose to set the challenge and gave them the formula for his Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill.
• Ge Lin studied the formula and suspected it was impossible to use, then felt relieved when Qin Shaofeng also looked troubled.

Qin Shaofeng recognized that Grandmaster Fang’s Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill formula had been made dangerously difficult, but he refused to abandon the fourth-stage examination. The chapter ended with Grandmaster Fang supplying the ingredients and demanding that Qin Shaofeng replace them if he failed.

• Qin Shaofeng saw that the Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill formula closely resembled the Five Elements Physique Pill and suspected Grandmaster Fang had made it nearly impossible by adding lightning and ice ingredients.
• Ge Lin gave up on the examination, and the Medicine Masters praised Grandmaster Fang’s skill while Qin Shaofeng remained determined to continue.
• Qin Shaofeng challenged Grandmaster Fang for failing to prepare the required medicinal ingredients and offered to cover their cost.
• Grandmaster Fang took out the ingredients he had on hand and told Qin Shaofeng he could keep them if he succeeded but must provide an identical set if he failed.

Qin Shaofeng stunned the crowd by refining the Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill despite throwing all 108 ingredients into the furnace at once. Grandmaster Yun confirmed its extraordinary strength-boosting effect and passed the pill to Grandmaster Fang for the final judgment.

• Qin Shaofeng accepted Grandmaster Fang's rare Ice Ling Grass and began refining the pill as the crowd doubted his ability.
• Qin Shaofeng tossed all 108 medicinal ingredients into the furnace, leaving Ge Lin convinced the furnace would explode.
• Qin Shaofeng used the Cloud Pill Technique to refine the ingredients and successfully formed a Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill in seconds.
• Ge Lin realized Qin Shaofeng had deliberately matched his timing in earlier tests and stood dumbfounded by the pill's fragrance.
• Grandmaster Yun examined the pill and said it could grant more than 1,500 Elephant Power to anyone below the Saint Elephant Realm Sixth Level, then handed it to Grandmaster Fang for confirmation.

Qin Shaofeng’s altered Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill impressed the crowd, while Grandmaster Fang called it perfect quality and failed to obtain it for study. After Ge Baodong lost his wager, his elder brother Ge Liancheng apologized to Qin Shaofeng and opened a jade box containing something that startled Li Ruojun.

• Grandmaster Fang confirmed Qin Shaofeng’s pill was a Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill, claimed its strength came from perfect quality, and tried to obtain it for study.
• Qin Shaofeng refused to give up the pill, caught it when Grandmaster Fang secretly added force to his throw, and received the crowd’s congratulations.
• Ge Baodong begrudged his lost wager and threatened Qin Shaofeng before his elder brother Ge Liancheng arrived and reprimanded him.
• Ge Liancheng brought Ge Baodong to apologize to Qin Shaofeng, then opened a jade box whose contents startled Li Ruojun.

Ge Liancheng gave Qin Shaofeng a Vermillion Yan Pill as compensation for Ge Baodong’s offense, while secretly plotting to use the gift to his advantage. After earning official recognition as an intermediate grandmaster-level Medicine Master, Qin Shaofeng reflected on the pill and his own Seven Revolutions Divine Profound Pill as news of his achievement spread through Lihuo City.

• Li Ruojun recognized the Vermillion Yan Pill and suspected Ge Liancheng was trying to recruit Qin Shaofeng.
• Ge Liancheng offered Qin Shaofeng the pill as an apology for Ge Baodong, and Qin Shaofeng accepted it while teasing Ge Baodong.
• Ge Liancheng warned Ge Baodong that offending Qin Shaofeng could bring the Medical Hall’s influence down on the Ge Family, and Ge Baodong thanked his brother for intervening.
• Ge Liancheng privately told Ge Baodong he would have a chance for revenge and considered whether he could subdue Qin Shaofeng.
• Qin Shaofeng received official recognition as an intermediate grandmaster-level Medicine Master, and word of his achievement spread across Lihuo City.