Chapter Summaries

Chen Changsheng explained to Bai Ze why the Pill Epoch's people were unlikely to discover his identity, then heard Bai Bingyang plead for Guan Ping's future. He agreed to help only if Guan Ping became his disciple, and Bai Bingyang accepted, offering to give up pill refining and sever their bond.

• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that people in the Pill Epoch lacked the knowledge and reach to trace his identity, and Bai Ze understood his plan to keep revealing greater abilities.
• Bai Bingyang knelt before Chen Changsheng and begged him to save Guan Ping's future, explaining that she excelled at pill refining but lacked combat talent and worldly savvy.
• Chen Changsheng suggested Guan Ping could join a powerful faction, but Bai Bingyang argued that its intrigues would endanger her and that she deserved a path beyond Green Mountain World.
• Chen Changsheng said he would help only if Guan Ping became his disciple and accepted that the world would remember him rather than Bai Bingyang.
• Bai Bingyang accepted the condition, explaining he regarded Guan Ping as his child and offering to sever their master-disciple bond and swear never to refine pills again.

Chen Changsheng refused to take Guan Ping as his disciple, telling Bai Bingyang that she was better suited to teach her. He explained to Bai Ze that Chen Feng and Guan Ping might be needed to save their epoch, then challenged Chen Feng to understand the difference between holding a sword and carrying one in his heart.

• Chen Changsheng refused to take Guan Ping as his disciple and told Bai Bingyang that he believed she was better suited to teach her.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that he had chosen Chen Feng and Guan Ping because they might one day save their epoch from dangers created by extreme methods.
• Chen Changsheng said the Pill Epoch's complete system had preserved its goodness and hinted that he might meet its genius.
• Chen Feng struggled to split roasted Pine Nuts without damaging their membranes, and Chen Changsheng urged him to keep trying.
• Chen Feng asked why Chen Changsheng was teaching him swordsmanship, and Chen Changsheng explained that he needed to put down the sword in his heart to split the Pine Nuts.

Chen Changsheng explained his view of swordsmanship to Chen Feng, then sent an Emperor Realm puppet to rescue Qian Ya from a battle over a clue to the DuSheng True Fire. After Qian Ya left with the puppet, Chen Changsheng assured her that he had already hooked the Kunpeng.

• Chen Changsheng told Chen Feng that both sword immortals and swordsmen were shackled by their attachments, and that a true sword wielder had to put down the sword in their heart.
• Five cultivators confronted Qian Ya over the clue to the DuSheng True Fire, and a middle-aged man struck and mocked her.
• Qian Ya flew into a rage, but a puppet sent by Chen Changsheng appeared, froze the attackers with the Five-Colored Feather Fan, and pulled out the middle-aged man's teeth.
• The puppet took Qian Ya away, and Chen Changsheng let her keep it while promising to refine Beautifying Pills for her.
• When Qian Ya asked how they would obtain the DuSheng True Fire, Chen Changsheng said he had already hooked the Kunpeng.

Chen Changsheng and Qian Ya realized that Kunpeng was avoiding capture and that the DuSheng True Fire was bait in someone else’s scheme. Chen Changsheng arranged for Qian Ya to distract those outside while he entered Kunpeng’s mouth with Bai Ze and the others, where he planned to uncover the object hidden inside the beast.

• Chen Changsheng warned Qian Ya not to interfere with Kunpeng or the DuSheng True Fire, then asked her to draw attention away while he entered the game without revealing her identity as the God of Wealth.
• Chen Changsheng woke Bai Ze as a colossal Kunpeng swallowed the Mulberry Wood Boat, knocking Cui Ling Shuang and the others unconscious.
• Chen Changsheng used his Fishing Rod to protect everyone inside a bubble as they were swept into Kunpeng’s mouth.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that he had spent half a month communicating with Kunpeng, which had agreed to let them enter its mouth.
• Chen Changsheng explained that an object inside Kunpeng was making it uncomfortable and that he intended to help whoever had set the bait catch the larger target behind the scheme.

Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze entered the world inside the Kunpeng, where they rescued Cui Ling Shuang and the others and encountered the mermen. The mermen recognized Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze as honored guests, leaving the group inside the Kunpeng in their presence.

• The Kunpeng gave Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze marks that identified them as honored guests of the mermen.
• Chen Changsheng fished Cui Ling Shuang, Chen Feng, Guan Ping, and Bai Bingyang out of the water and brought them to shore.
• Bai Ze tried to bite the Kunpeng's flesh, but Chen Changsheng warned him that they were in the Kunpeng's digestive area.
• Bai Ze kicked the four unconscious youngsters to drain water from them, waking Cui Ling Shuang and Chen Feng.
• Cui Ling Shuang asked how they could escape, but Chen Changsheng said they should explore the Kunpeng instead.
• Mermen attacked the group with sonic blasts, knocking Cui Ling Shuang unconscious, then approached Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze and greeted them as Envoys of the Sea God.

Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze were welcomed as Sea God envoys by the Mermen Clan and taken to its residence, while Cui Ling Shuang and the others were carried off as captives. Cui Ling Shuang woke in a coral cage, and Chen Changsheng offered her a chance to come out as the chapter ended.

• The leading merman welcomed Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze as Sea God envoys and ordered Cui Ling Shuang and the others bound and carried away.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Bai Ze that strength shaped the Mermen Clan's hierarchy and that its mermaid legends likely referred to weaker members.
• Yu Er told Chen Changsheng that the clan respected the envoys for their divine selection and power, and Chen Changsheng urged him to hurry before the Sea God faced trouble.
• Cui Ling Shuang woke in a coral cage and tried to gather her divine power, but the mermen's sound waves overwhelmed her until Chen Changsheng ordered them to stop.
• Chen Changsheng asked Cui Ling Shuang whether she wanted to leave the cage, and she agreed.

Chen Changsheng reassured Cui Ling Shuang that the mermen would not harm them, then gathered everyone to explain their refuge inside Kunpeng and share a rare delicacy from its transforming body. The group began eating, and the arrival of a dozen scantily clad, beautiful mermen left several of them blushing.

• Chen Changsheng freed Cui Ling Shuang and explained that she was deep beneath the sea, where her treasures could not protect her from the mermen or Kunpeng.
• Chen Changsheng took Cui Ling Shuang to a cave containing a glowing ball of Kunpeng flesh and asked her to bring Bai Bingyang and the others after they woke.
• Bai Ze told Chen Changsheng that Cui Ling Shuang wanted him to ask for her help, but Chen Changsheng dismissed the idea.
• Chen Changsheng gathered the group, explained that the seven-colored flesh was a rare treasure from Kunpeng's transformation, and served roasted portions to Chen Feng and the others.
• More than a dozen lightly dressed mermen entered, making Bai Bingyang and Chen Feng look away while Cui Ling Shuang and Guan Ping blushed.

Chen Changsheng met Shui Yue, whose resemblance to an old friend briefly unsettled him, and offered her three Gold Needles, each redeemable for a wish. He granted her first wish for food for her elderly parents and accompanied her home, where he produced a great quantity of Source Pills.

• Chen Changsheng recognized Shui Yue's resemblance to someone from his past, then sent her away to dress while the others refined the energy from the Seven-Colored Treasure Meat.
• Chen Changsheng asked Shui Yue whether she wanted to leave the Merfolk Tribe, but she refused because her elderly parents depended on her for food.
• Chen Changsheng gave Shui Yue three Gold Needles and explained that each could be exchanged for one wish.
• Shui Yue used her first Gold Needle to wish for enough food to feed her parents for ten years, and Chen Changsheng agreed to take her home.
• Chen Changsheng accompanied Shui Yue to her family, where he produced a large quantity of Source Pills as the merfolk watched.

Chen Changsheng returned from meeting Shui Yue and explained why Guan Ping’s single-minded devotion to alchemy kept her from becoming a powerhouse. After Guan Ping entered the Life Lamp Realm, he agreed to teach her forbidden alchemy methods and learned that she had overheard his conversation about seeking the DuSheng True Fire.

• Chen Changsheng left Shui Yue with enough Source Pills for her family’s needs and ordered the merman guard to protect them.
• Chen Changsheng told Bai Ze that Guan Ping lacked any desire to kill and cared about little beyond alchemy, so she was unlikely to become a powerhouse.
• Guan Ping entered the Life Lamp Realm and asked Chen Changsheng whether Life Lamp Fire could be used for alchemy.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Life Lamp alchemy consumed a cultivator’s lifespan and warned Guan Ping not to reveal the method to anyone.
• Chen Changsheng offered to teach Guan Ping forbidden alchemy methods if she kept them secret, and she eagerly agreed.
• Guan Ping revealed that she had overheard Chen Changsheng’s conversation with the Kunpeng and knew he was seeking the DuSheng True Fire.

Chen Changsheng discovered Guan Ping’s wisdom and learned that her greatest ambition was to preserve the value of pill formulas while honoring Bai Bingyang, the teacher who raised her. He helped her resolve her doubts and offered to teach her about the DuSheng True Fire and a different alchemy technique.

• Guan Ping revealed that she had overheard Chen Changsheng and Bai Ze discussing Kunpeng, but said she trusted Chen Changsheng because Bai Bingyang did.
• Guan Ping explained that she pursued alchemy to create pill formulas that would be remembered long after she died, rather than seeking fame or power.
• Chen Changsheng called Guan Ping’s insight an acquired Innocent Heart and asked why she would not take him as her teacher.
• Guan Ping refused to replace Bai Bingyang, explaining that she wanted to honor the man who saved and raised her even if Chen Changsheng could teach her more.
• Chen Changsheng told Guan Ping that Bai Bingyang had already refined an unparalleled pill in her, and she understood his advice about surpassing her teacher.
• Chen Changsheng invited Guan Ping to learn about the DuSheng True Fire and a different alchemy technique, while asking her to call him Teacher but conceal the title from Cui Ling Shuang.

Yu Er confronted Shui Yue for keeping the Source Pills instead of helping the Mermen Clan, while Chen Changsheng and Guan Ping discussed the Kunpeng and Guan Ping nearly tested whether Bai Ze had a Divine Beast bloodline. Chen Changsheng then asked Bai Ze what he thought of the seal on the Kunpeng's heart.

• Yu Er rebuked Shui Yue for failing to help her hungry clansmen and told her it was too late to ask the Sea God’s Envoy for another wish.
• Chen Changsheng explained to Guan Ping that the Kunpeng hid because it was young and wanted to avoid trouble with the Human Race.
• Guan Ping said she wanted to refine pills from Divine Beast flesh and suspected Bai Ze might have Bai Ze bloodline, then approached him with a knife for a blood sample.
• Chen Changsheng stopped Guan Ping and sent her to examine all five viscera and six bowels as an alchemy exercise.
• Bai Ze admitted he stayed near Guan Ping because he expected her to refine supreme-grade pills he could steal, and Chen Changsheng asked him about the seal on the Kunpeng’s heart.

Chen Changsheng began breaking the Pill Epoch’s seal through alchemical methods and had Chen Feng carve Array Patterns into Kunpeng’s heart as sword practice. He also taught Guan Ping about the Inner Alchemy Method, pointing him toward using Kunpeng’s Five Elements and internal organs as an alchemy furnace.

• Chen Changsheng stopped Bai Ze from trying to take the sealed object by force and decided to break the setup with alchemical methods.
• Chen Feng arrived and said the Seven-Colored Treasure Meat had only slightly increased his divine power.
• Chen Changsheng asked Chen Feng to carve Array Patterns exactly three cun six fen deep into Kunpeng’s heart, and Chen Feng’s precise swordwork gave him new insights into swordsmanship.
• Guan Ping returned after seeing the Five Elements’ mutual generation and restraint and an alchemy furnace capable of refining all things.
• Chen Changsheng explained the Inner Alchemy Method and suggested Guan Ping use links between Kunpeng’s five internal organs to harness the Five Elements Power.

Chen Changsheng completed the formations in the Kunpeng’s five viscera and demonstrated how mastery made familiar sword moves far more adaptable. After testing Guan Ping and Chen Feng, he activated the completed Grand Formation.

• Guan Ping realized that combining the Bitter Sea System with the Life Lamp could produce external inner cores suitable for giving to others.
• Chen Feng finished carving the formations around the Kunpeng’s heart, and Chen Changsheng demonstrated his sword technique through the five viscera.
• Chen Feng explained that Chen Changsheng’s seemingly similar sword moves differed in force, angles, timing, and variations, then challenged Guan Ping to test them.
• Guan Ping failed to hit Chen Changsheng but disrupted Chen Feng’s imitation; Chen Feng then easily interrupted Guan Ping’s sword sequence despite her repeated attempts.
• Chen Changsheng defeated Chen Feng’s imitation, learned that Chen Feng had grasped about twenty percent of his technique, and activated the completed Grand Formation.

Chen Changsheng comforted Shui Yue, arranged for Guan Ping and Chen Feng to refine the Kunpeng’s power, and advised Yu Er about leading the Mermen Clan. He then confronted the Lord of the Deep Sea, whose defenses failed against his Fishing Rod’s hook.

• Shui Yue begged Chen Changsheng to help the Mermen Clan, and his killing intent frightened Yu Er before he heard what had happened.
• Chen Changsheng granted Shui Yue’s request, handed Guan Ping control of the Grand Formation, and instructed Guan Ping and Chen Feng to refine the light source and stabilize the formation.
• Guan Ping and Chen Feng discussed Shui Yue’s mistake and agreed not to investigate Chen Changsheng’s identity as they prepared for the Pill Domain finals.
• Chen Changsheng told Yu Er to lead with a broad heart and said he would help the Mermen Clan because of their kind nature.
• Chen Changsheng opened the Kunpeng’s mouth and sent his Fishing Rod’s hook through the Lord of the Deep Sea’s defenses.

Chen Changsheng protected Kunpeng from deep-sea predators, then returned to Kunpeng’s Cave and helped refine a stubborn light source. After fulfilling Shui Yue’s second wish and taking her second gold needle, he left with Bai Ze.

• Chen Changsheng drove off the deep-sea overlords threatening Kunpeng, left a protective mark, and told Kunpeng to seek him after it transformed from Kun into Peng.
• An unknown figure discovered that his method had been broken and decided to investigate the person responsible.
• Cui Ling Shuang and Bai Bingyang finished cultivating with Seven-Colored Treasure Meat and went to look for Chen Changsheng and the others.
• Chen Changsheng used alternating extreme cold and heat to break the light source, refined its energy into pellets, and helped Cui Ling Shuang glimpse a way past her bottleneck.
• Chen Changsheng told Shui Yue that the formation fulfilled her second wish, took her second gold needle, and left with Bai Ze.

Chen Changsheng left the Endless Sea with Bai Ze and waited for Shui Yue, who used her last golden needle to wish to travel with him. After the group departed, a mysterious figure freed Kunpeng and decided to give Chen Changsheng a token of Human Sentiment; Chen Changsheng later worried that his tea had become bitter.

• Chen Changsheng revealed that he had bought and resold Mulberry Wood Boats, then left Cui Ling Shuang and the others with Bai Ze on a ship.
• Chen Changsheng waited for Shui Yue, who emerged from the sea with her final golden needle and wished to follow him into the outside world.
• Chen Changsheng accepted Shui Yue's wish, told her to call him Mister, and Bai Ze began teaching her about the Rules of the Cultivation World.
• Cui Ling Shuang and the others learned of the failed attempt to capture Kunpeng and kept quiet about their journey inside it with Chen Changsheng.
• A mysterious figure inspected Chen Changsheng's mark on Kunpeng, freed it from its restraints, and chose to give Chen Changsheng a token of Human Sentiment.
• At Supreme Clarity Temple, Chen Changsheng told Chen Feng that his tea no longer tasted good, and Chen Feng spat out a bitter cup.

Chen Feng visited Chen Changsheng, fulfilled their wager, and asked about the DuSheng True Fire and his master Li Alchemist’s chances of survival. Chen Changsheng explained that Li Alchemist was near the end of his lifespan, and Chen Feng left determined to keep cultivating and learn in the back kitchen.

• Chen Changsheng welcomed Chen Feng and praised him for mastering the sword technique well enough to split three pine nuts without damaging their kernels.
• Chen Feng asked whether Chen Changsheng wanted the DuSheng True Fire and whether Li Alchemist could obtain it, and Chen Changsheng warned that the fire was part of a scheme that would likely kill Li Alchemist if he entered the contest.
• Chen Changsheng explained that Li Alchemist had little lifespan remaining and would need either to become an Immortal Pill Refiner or break through his cultivation bottleneck to survive.
• Chen Feng vowed to compete for the DuSheng True Fire but said their friendship would remain unaffected if Chen Changsheng refused to help him.
• Chen Changsheng encouraged Chen Feng to learn pill refining in the back kitchen, and Chen Feng agreed to keep cultivating before setting off to learn.

Chen Feng visited the Taoist Temple and discovered that its back-kitchen firewood included pieces of broken Ferocious Weapons, which resisted his sword and endangered anyone who touched them. Qian Ya effortlessly lit the stove and split the wood, leaving Chen Feng and Guan Ping astonished by her skill.

• Chen Changsheng dismissed Chen Feng and reflected that his changed heart had made the tea he once enjoyed taste bitter.
• Chen Feng found Guan Ping working in the back kitchen and learned she had stayed at the Taoist Temple while her master was in seclusion.
• Qian Ya and Shui Yue arrived with vegetables, and Qian Ya ordered Chen Feng and Guan Ping to prepare the meal.
• Chen Feng chipped his sword against the indestructible firewood, then recognized a dark-red piece as part of a broken Ferocious Weapon containing Killing Intent.
• Qian Ya lit the stove with a flick of flame and split the pile of seemingly indestructible wood with her axe.

Chen Feng visited Bai Ze to ask about the Taoist Temple and agreed to repair a hole in its western wall in exchange for advice on splitting firewood. Meanwhile, Chen Changsheng explained that a bronze fragment tied to the DuSheng True Fire pointed to a Bronze Ancient Hall in the Pill Epoch, which he planned to destroy as he pursued the roots of calamity.

• Guan Ping ate the food Qian Ya had left while Chen Feng refused to eat until he finished his work.
• Guan Ping suggested Chen Feng visit Bai Ze beneath the pine tree east of the Taoist Temple.
• Bai Ze asked Chen Feng to repair a hole he had dug in the Taoist Temple’s western wall and promised to tell him how to split the firewood.
• Bai Ze warned Chen Feng not to leave his room at night, then went back to sleep.
• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that the bronze fragment came from the Bronze Ancient Hall and that destroying the hall in the Pill Epoch could eliminate another root of calamity.
• Chen Changsheng said the fragment’s DuSheng True Fire aura suggested the Pill Epoch had used the fire to suppress the Uncanny.

Chen Changsheng explained to Qian Ya why Chen Feng should earn his keep and why Guan Ping did not need to be hardened too quickly, then reflected on how his old epoch had changed. That night, Chen Feng heard a woman crying in the Taoist temple and hesitated at the door, unsure whether it was Shui Yue or something far more dangerous.

• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya to let Chen Feng repair the west-side dog hole because Chen Feng wanted to contribute rather than take opportunities for free.
• Chen Changsheng said Guan Ping should focus on learning alchemy and need not grow up too quickly, since the Pill Epoch was safer than his former era.
• Chen Changsheng told Qian Ya that he and Scholar had rushed to solve their epoch's problems, and that people like them had become obstacles in the new era.
• Chen Feng asked Guan Ping to stay nearby for safety, but she said she would share a room with Qian Ya and told him to ask Chen Changsheng where he should sleep.
• Chen Feng entered the west wing alone and heard a woman crying after the wind stopped.
• Chen Feng suspected Shui Yue might be crying, but hesitated at the door because the sound could have come from something else in the temple.