Chapter Summaries

At the Pills Convention finals, Chen Changsheng waited until the rankings stabilized before revealing his skill in refining eight furnaces at once with the Water Refining Method. The Pill Domain elders mistakenly identified him as the missing legitimate son of the Chen Family, while Chen Weng cheered for his actual son, Chen Feng, unaware of the confusion.

• Chen Feng refined two Fifth-Grade Peak Yin Yang Limitless Pills, earning sixteen Points, while Guan Ping produced a sixth-grade pill and a fifth-grade pill from one furnace for twenty-two Points.
• Chen Changsheng told the referee he wanted to control his ranking and agreed to aim for eighty-eighth place.
• Chen Changsheng used the Water Refining Method to refine eight furnaces of pills at once, stunning the competitors and Pill Domain elders.
• The Green Mountain World Pill Domain Tower Master deduced that Chen Changsheng was the Chen Family's missing legitimate son, mistaking Chen Feng for an unrelated namesake.
• The elders saw Chen Weng cheering and assumed he was supporting Chen Changsheng, while Chen Weng cursed the other Chen for stealing his son's spotlight.

Chen Changsheng used precise point control to keep a Sixth Grade alchemist below him in the Pills Convention rankings while Bai Ze demonstrated its alchemy talent and Chen Feng struggled to keep up with stronger competitors. The top hundred contestants were nearly settled, but the final rankings remained uncertain.

• Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze traded silent taunts after Bai Ze's stolen pill furnace exploded, and Bai Ze resumed alchemy using Open Flame Alchemy.
• The Tower Master of Green Mountain World learned that Bai Ze belonged to the Silver Moon Wolf clan and allowed it to compete in beast form.
• Chen Feng, exhausted after refining many pills, saw he was ranked forty-fifth and realized Guan Ping had produced twice as many pills at higher quality.
• Chen Changsheng refined a Third-Grade Three-Pattern pill to edge above the contestant in eighty-ninth place by two Points.
• A Sixth Grade Four-Pattern pill briefly put a Sixth Grade alchemist in eighty-eighth place, but Chen Changsheng's two Fourth Grade pills pushed him below that rank again.

The Pills Convention ended, and Chen Changsheng’s identity was nearly exposed when the crowd mistook him for Chen Weng’s son. He escaped with Bai Ze and headed to check on Qian Girl, who was fighting nearby.

• The Pills Convention announced its top hundred pill refiners, and the Green Mountain World’s forces competed to recruit talented contestants.
• Chen Weng tried to protect Chen Feng from recruiters, but the crowd realized Chen Changsheng was the person they had mistaken for Chen Weng’s son.
• Chen Changsheng escaped with a flash of white light after reminding Chen Feng that he still owed two shares of Divination Fees, while Ling Shuang vowed their conflict was not over.
• A hundred li away, Bai Ze warned that the Pill Domain would investigate Chen Changsheng, but Chen Changsheng insisted his displayed abilities and apparent age would not expose him.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that Guan Ping’s pill-refining talent was more suspicious than his own, then set off to watch Qian Girl fight.

Ling Shuang and Chen Feng prepared to travel to the Endless Sea, while Guan Ping and Bai Bingyang also planned a journey there to seek a powerful flame. As the search for the DuSheng True Fire drew cultivators toward the sea, Ling Shuang and Chen Feng reached Thousandfold Crossing but worried about affording a Mulberry Wood Boat.

• Ling Shuang told Chen Weng she planned to seek the DuSheng True Fire in the Endless Sea, and Chen Weng suggested she travel with Chen Feng.
• Ling Shuang met Chen Feng outside the Chen Family, and the cousins set out together.
• Bai Bingyang advised Guan Ping to ignore recruitment offers and prepare for a trip to the Endless Sea, where he hoped to find her a powerful flame.
• News spread that the second part of the DuSheng True Fire map was hidden in Kun Peng's Belly, drawing Golden Core Alchemists and High-level cultivators toward the Endless Sea.
• At Thousandfold Crossing, Chen Feng worried about entering the dangerous sea, and Ling Shuang reassured him that her Nautical Chart would help them avoid unknown regions.
• Chen Feng pointed out that they needed an expensive Mulberry Wood Boat, leaving Ling Shuang worried that she could not afford a good one.

Ling Shuang and Chen Feng found that Mulberry Wood Boats were scarce and expensive, then joined Bai Bingyang and Guan Ping to buy the last available boat. Elsewhere on the Endless Sea, Chen Changsheng chose a small skiff so he could fish for treasures and cook Sea Beasts, leaving Bai Ze to complain about the conditions.

• Ling Shuang learned that the merchant house had only a five-zhang Mulberry Wood Boat left and agreed to buy it despite the shopkeeper's price of 990,000 Source Pills.
• Bai Bingyang and Guan Ping arrived, and Bai Bingyang confirmed that Mulberry Wood Boats were scarce and the price was reasonable.
• Ling Shuang agreed to travel with Bai Bingyang after learning that he was searching for a practical Exotic Fire for his disciple.
• Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang paid for the Mulberry Wood Boat together.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Bai Ze that a small skiff let them reach islands, the seabed, and Sea Beasts that a Mulberry Wood Boat might bypass.
• Chen Changsheng caught an octopus and cooked it in the Bronze Small Cauldron, while Bai Ze suppressed its Yellow Immortal Realm pressure and the group shared the meal.

Chen Changsheng and his companions sailed into a storm in the Endless Sea and discovered Cui Ling Shuang’s group had taken a wrong route in their Mulberry Wood Boat. He and Bai Ze secretly intervened underwater to keep their boat afloat, while Chen Changsheng tampered with its rudder.

• Chen Changsheng, Bai Ze, Ming Snake, and the Treasure Vomiting Rat declared themselves maritime adventurers and steered their small boat into the storm.
• Chen Changsheng spotted Cui Ling Shuang’s boat and deduced from the sun’s displacement that her group had become lost after departing Thousandfold Crossing.
• Chen Changsheng decided to rescue Cui Ling Shuang and her companions by approaching their boat underwater with Bai Ze.
• Chen Changsheng steadied the Mulberry Wood Boat with his Fishing Rod while Bai Ze repaired its formation and enclosed its passengers in a bubble.
• Chen Changsheng explained why the group could not safely leave the Mulberry Wood Boat, then sabotaged its rudder.

Chen Changsheng explained the lethal pressure of the Endless Sea and revealed his plan to use Kunpeng to reach its depths in search of a treasure. After Bai Ze tested the waters and saw how dangerous they were, they returned to the surface to meet the others.

• Chen Changsheng warned Bai Ze that the Endless Sea was over ten thousand zhang deep and its seawater could crush even powerful cultivators.
• Chen Changsheng reasoned that a Heavenly Emperor injured in the sea may have been crushed by its pressure, suggesting a rare treasure lay in the depths.
• Chen Changsheng proposed taming Kunpeng so its body could withstand the pressure and carry them down to the sea floor.
• Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze descended two thousand zhang, where Bai Ze's Water Repelling Shield cracked, the Treasure Vomiting Rat writhed in pain, and Ming Snake fainted.
• Bai Ze accepted Chen Changsheng's warning, stopped eyeing his Fishing Rod, and led them back up to meet the others.

Cui Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang’s group became trapped in the unknown region of the Endless Sea, where they rescued the unconscious Chen Changsheng and the Silver Moon Wolf. After explaining the dangers, Chen Changsheng said they could escape only by finding a high-level cultivator or guessing the right direction.

• A storm damaged the rudder and carried Cui Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang’s Mulberry Wood Boat into the unknown region of the Endless Sea.
• Bai Bingyang explained that distorted directions, scarce islands, a false sun, and dangerous Cloud Beasts made escape difficult for low-level cultivators.
• Guan Ping spotted a small boat, and Cui Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang sailed over to investigate.
• Cui Ling Shuang rescued the unconscious Chen Changsheng and the Silver Moon Wolf from the small boat as it sank.
• Chen Changsheng thanked Chen Feng, explained that he had sought the DuSheng True Fire, and argued with the Silver Moon Wolf over how they had fallen into the sea.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Bingyang that they could escape by finding a high-level cultivator or choosing the correct direction and continuing onward.

Chen Changsheng and the others crossed the unknown region aboard the Mulberry Wood Boat, following the Silver Moon Wolf’s sense toward deeper waters and the protection of powerful cultivators. As they traveled, Chen Feng explained that he had attacked Black Wind Stronghold alone because he wanted to act as a hero independently of his family.

• Chen Changsheng explained that the group should seek powerful cultivators in the Endless Sea rather than wander blindly, while the Silver Moon Wolf identified a direction by scent.
• Chen Changsheng and the Silver Moon Wolf relaxed and left the decision to Bai Bingyang and Cui Ling Shuang, while Chen Feng urged the group to press forward.
• Bai Bingyang and Cui Ling Shuang chose to guide the Mulberry Wood Boat deeper into the unknown region toward the Silver Moon Wolf’s indicated direction.
• As Chen Changsheng and Chen Feng fished during the voyage, Chen Changsheng warned that encountering a Sea Beast would likely mean death.
• Chen Feng told Chen Changsheng that he had attacked Black Wind Stronghold after discovering its people had slaughtered a village and raised some survivors as Cauldrons.
• Chen Feng said he had fought alone because he wanted to be a carefree hero, not rely on the Chen Family and become entangled in its interests.

Chen Feng defended his aspiration to be a hero and explained why he would stand by his father even if the world turned against them. Chen Changsheng revealed that his questions came from witnessing a powerful man leave without most of his sons trying to see him off, then praised Chen Feng and asked whether he truly liked using a sword.

• Chen Feng rejected Chen Changsheng’s cautious advice and declared that his Unyielding Spirit would lead him to judge right and wrong and settle grudges.
• Chen Feng argued that a hero’s human heart required him to stand by his father, even if his father committed evil and doing so cost him his reputation or put him against the world.
• Chen Changsheng asked whether Chen Feng would follow his father into hiding, and Chen Feng said he would insist on going even if his father refused.
• Chen Changsheng denied that he was the son in his story and said he had witnessed a powerful man leave while most of his sons failed to come see him off.
• Chen Changsheng praised Chen Feng as the person most like a hero he had met, walked toward the cabin, and asked whether Chen Feng truly liked using a sword.

Chen Changsheng agreed to teach Chen Feng swordsmanship, then traded barbs with Cui Ling Shuang as she tried to discuss their grudges and win his sympathy. He saw through her scheme before Bai Ze spotted an island ahead.

• Chen Changsheng offered to teach Chen Feng swordsmanship, and Chen Feng accepted on the condition that they remain friends exchanging pointers.
• Chen Changsheng stopped fishing and drank on deck until Cui Ling Shuang confronted him about their grudges.
• Chen Changsheng taunted Cui Ling Shuang and refused to let her drink from his Wine Gourd.
• Cui Ling Shuang asked about Chen Changsheng's plans, then explained that she wanted to escape her family's control but would need to become an Immortal Pill Refiner or an Immortal King Eighth Grade.
• Chen Changsheng recognized that Cui Ling Shuang was playing up her troubles to trick him, and Bai Ze shouted that an island lay ahead.

After the damaged rudder forced the group to stop at an island, Bai Bingyang and Cui Ling Shuang split up to explore together while the others formed separate teams. As they searched, Chen Feng learned more about Chen Changsheng’s concealed cultivation, and Cui Ling Shuang told Bai Bingyang that Chen Changsheng had saved her from Fire Poison.

• Bai Bingyang and Cui Ling Shuang judged the island safe, landed, and discovered the Mulberry Wood Boat’s rudder was badly damaged.
• Bai Bingyang and Cui Ling Shuang agreed to explore together, while Chen Feng teamed up with Bai Ze and Chen Changsheng paired with Guan Ping.
• Chen Feng asked Bai Ze about Chen Changsheng, and Bai Ze revealed that Chen Changsheng was in the Original Self Realm and concealed his cultivation with a family heirloom magical treasure.
• Bai Ze found and swallowed a three-hundred-year-old Spiritual Ginseng, then continued searching the island with Chen Feng.
• Cui Ling Shuang told Bai Bingyang that Chen Changsheng had saved her from the Fire Poison of a Ming Snake using a unique secret technique.

Chen Changsheng tested Guan Ping's remarkable ability to identify medicinal ingredients by letting her taste his Hundred Poisons Wine. Drunk, Guan Ping correctly deduced that he was a high-grade alchemist hiding his identity, then passed out, leaving Chen Changsheng impressed by her talent.

• Bai Bingyang asked Cui Ling Shuang why she kept targeting Chen Changsheng, and Cui Ling Shuang vowed she would eventually beat him.
• On the island's south side, Chen Changsheng warned Guan Ping that an ordinary Antidote Pill could not cure the forest's miasma.
• Guan Ping identified twenty-eight ingredients from the faint fragrance of Chen Changsheng's Hundred Poisons Wine, astonishing him with her sense of smell.
• Chen Changsheng offered Guan Ping diluted wine on the condition that she name every ingredient or refine pills for him; she drank it all and admitted she could identify only 329 of its 501 ingredients.
• Drunk, Guan Ping inferred that Chen Changsheng was a high-grade alchemist disguising his skill with Water Refining and Oil Quenching methods, then collapsed asleep.

Chen Changsheng arranged for the Treasure Vomiting Rat to secretly test the others, then explained alchemy and his supposed past life to Guan Ping after she sobered up. He claimed an Immortal Pill Refiner who had killed his former self remained a threat, and asked Guan Ping how she could guarantee her silence.

• Chen Changsheng sent the Treasure Vomiting Rat to kill an Earthly Immortal Realm demon beast and disguise itself for a sparring match, while warning it not to attract attention.
• Guan Ping woke from her drunken stupor after Chen Changsheng gave her a Hangover-Relieving Pill made with Niu Shang Grass, then he advised her to study established pill formulas before creating her own.
• Chen Changsheng served Guan Ping Three-legged Turtle soup to help her absorb the medicinal effects of Hundred Poisons Wine.
• Chen Changsheng revealed that Guan Ping had identified him as a Golden Core Alchemist while drunk, and said he carried the memories of a Golden Core Alchemist from a previous life.
• Chen Changsheng claimed an Immortal Pill Refiner had framed and killed his former self, and that he was hiding because the enemy might discover he possessed those memories.
• Guan Ping promised not to reveal Chen Changsheng's identity, but he asked what guarantee she could offer.

Chen Changsheng tricked Guan Ping into becoming his disciple, then fled with Bai Ze after luring the group into danger on the island. As a Heavenly Immortal Realm Treasure Vomiting Rat attacked, Chen Changsheng watched from the shore to see how the others would act when their lives were at stake.

• Chen Changsheng pretended to accept Guan Ping as his disciple, then admitted that much of his story about pill memories and enemies had been fabricated.
• Cui Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang found a lush mountain at the island’s center, but Chen Feng and Guan Ping soon arrived under attack from Bone Exchange Realm Great Demons.
• Bai Ze rushed into the mountain and came out carrying a huge green stone, while Chen Changsheng fled toward the shore and revealed that the Mulberry Wood Boat had been replaced with a fake.
• A Heavenly Immortal Realm Treasure Vomiting Rat appeared and struck down Cui Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang as Chen Feng and Guan Ping remained trapped by the demon beasts.
• From the boat, Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze he wanted to see whether the others would fight to survive and how they would treat them if they escaped.

Chen Feng returned to the battle against the Treasure Vomiting Rat to help Cui Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang, while Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze reflected on the loyalty of those Chen Changsheng had once protected. Bai Ze defended Chen Changsheng’s past actions, insisting that his sacrifices had transformed the world, as they remained by the shore.

• Bai Bingyang held off the Treasure Vomiting Rat long enough for Guan Ping to escape, and Cui Ling Shuang helped Chen Feng break free.
• Guan Ping rejoined the fight, and Chen Feng prepared to return despite Chen Changsheng warning him that the enemy was beyond his strength.
• Chen Feng took pills that temporarily raised his power and asked Chen Changsheng to delay setting sail so the group could keep fighting.
• At the shore, Chen Changsheng criticized Chen Feng and another cultivator for rushing back into danger, while Bai Ze understood that Chen Changsheng was condemning his own past choices.
• Chen Changsheng wondered whether he had been wrong to slaughter an era to eliminate the Uncanny, but Bai Ze defended the necessity of the war and described how Chen Changsheng’s sacrifices had changed the world.

Chen Changsheng explained to Bai Ze why he had slaughtered nearly an entire epoch to stop the Uncanny, and said he blamed himself rather than the people who resented him. He then arranged for the Treasure Vomiting Rat to fake an injury so Bai Bingyang and Cui Ling Shuang could escape with Chen Feng and the others, while the rat secretly returned to his sleeve.

• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that the Uncanny could infect even a single ordinary creature and spread through a world, so he had killed every living being he could not monitor to force Old Man Yao to reveal himself.
• Chen Changsheng said his slaughter had left the epoch a lasting deterrent against future threats, and he felt sadness rather than hatred toward those who condemned him.
• Bai Ze asked Chen Changsheng to stop the attack on the four injured people, and Chen Changsheng told him to signal the Treasure Vomiting Rat to let them escape.
• The Treasure Vomiting Rat pretended to be badly injured after Bai Bingyang and Cui Ling Shuang attacked, giving them time to carry Chen Feng and the others toward the shore.
• Bai Bingyang, Cui Ling Shuang, Chen Feng, and the others reached the Mulberry Wood Boat and escaped the island, while the Treasure Vomiting Rat secretly slipped into Chen Changsheng's sleeve.

After escaping Treasure Vomiting Rat, Chen Changsheng treated the injured cultivators and defended his decision to steal the Mulberry Wood Boat. Chen Feng stopped Bai Bingyang from attacking him, and Chen Changsheng then called on Bai Ze to divide the spoils equally.

• Chen Changsheng treated Chen Feng, Guan Ping, and Cui Ling Shuang, warning them about their injuries and the dangers of fighting recklessly.
• Bai Bingyang demanded an explanation from Chen Changsheng for stealing the Mulberry Wood Boat and nearly getting the group killed.
• Bai Ze blamed the others for provoking Treasure Vomiting Rat and said Chen Changsheng had been right to guard against strangers.
• Chen Feng persuaded Bai Bingyang not to kill Chen Changsheng and defended his choice to flee when danger appeared.
• Bai Bingyang put away his gourd-shaped magic treasure, and Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze to bring out the spoils so they could divide them equally.

Bai Ze revealed a priceless Vitality Stone, and the group tried to divide it without damaging it. Chen Changsheng demonstrated swordsmanship far beyond Chen Feng’s, leaving the others stunned as he went to the cabin with his share.

• Bai Ze brought out a huge Vitality Stone and explained its value and use in making Portable Herb Gardens.
• Cui Ling Shuang realized Bai Ze had guarded against being robbed, while Chen Changsheng had trusted that she would not attack him.
• Bai Bingyang damaged the stone with his sword, so Chen Changsheng asked Chen Feng to cut it carefully.
• Chen Feng made a clean, deep cut with the Sword Drawing Technique, but Chen Changsheng said he needed Inch Power and demonstrated three strikes that stunned everyone.
• Chen Changsheng went to the cabin after asking Bai Ze to store his share, and Bai Ze protested being called Stupid Dog.

Chen Changsheng revealed his swordsmanship to Chen Feng, who refused to become his disciple because he would not follow someone he did not respect. Chen Changsheng challenged Chen Feng to split pine nuts intact in exchange for answers about his identity, then fooled Cui Ling Shuang with his Golden Core Alchemist story again.

• Chen Feng joined Chen Changsheng fishing and said he would not learn from him merely because his swordsmanship was powerful, explaining that he would only accept a master he respected.
• Chen Changsheng's Treasure Vomiting Rat emerged from his sleeve, and he offered to answer Chen Feng's questions if Chen Feng could split three pine nuts without damaging their kernels or membranes.
• Chen Feng split the pine nuts with sword qi and damaged the kernels, so Chen Changsheng gave him a bag of pine nuts to practice with and promised to answer any question if he succeeded.
• Cui Ling Shuang asked Chen Changsheng about his identity, and he repeated the story that he had been a framed Golden Core Alchemist in a previous life.
• Cui Ling Shuang remained suspicious but decided to have the Cui Family investigate Chen Changsheng's origins, while Bai Ze complained that Chen Changsheng had revealed himself too soon.