Chapter Summaries

Gu Fengchen sought to impress Frank so the alchemist would take him as a student, but Frank’s medicinal bath caused an unexpected breakthrough. The chapter ended with Frank and Xue Mei entering just as Gu Fengchen stood naked in the shattered tub.

• Gu Fengchen decided to seek Frank’s guidance in alchemy and hoped to prove his talent to him.
• Frank prepared a medicinal bath for Gu Fengchen and told him to absorb it without using Dou Qi to protect himself.
• Gu Fengchen began cultivating, and Taotie appeared and swallowed all the medicinal liquid within seconds.
• Gu Fengchen advanced to Four Star Dou Shi, while Frank realized he had mistaken Gu Fengchen for a Da Dou Shi.
• Frank and Xue Mei entered the room and found Gu Fengchen naked, prompting him to awkwardly ask them for clothes.

Gu Fengchen recovered after his breakthrough, cultivated until he stabilized at Four Star Dou Shi, and received thanks from the villagers for defeating the Tiger Hounds. The chapter ended with a flashback to the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group leader being urgently summoned after A Bao ran into trouble.

• President Frank praised Gu Fengchen's talent, and Gu Fengchen gave him a Storage Ring containing Tiger Hound corpses and Magic Cores in return for his medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Gu Fengchen clothes and grew jealous when she thought he was distracted by Xue Mei, but Gu Fengchen teased her and called her his lady boss.
• Villagers from the west side of the village thanked Gu Fengchen for dealing with the Tiger Hounds by giving him a basket of eggs, which he accepted.
• Gu Fengchen cultivated Fire Burning Myriad Laws and the Indestructible Golden Body Technique, stabilizing his advancement at Four Star Dou Shi.
• In a flashback, the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group leader left a dim room after a subordinate reported that A Bao was in trouble.

The Serpent Nest Mercenary Group's leader planned revenge against Gu Fengchen after learning he had killed A Bao and the others, but decided to wait and see whether Yaoye was connected to him. Gu Fengchen advanced his cultivation, enjoyed growing popularity in Qingshan Town, and asked President Frank to test his potential as an Alchemist.

• The Serpent Nest Mercenary Group identified Gu Fengchen as the killer of A Bao and his men, and its leader resolved to watch whether Yaoye had ties to him before attacking.
• Gu Fengchen practiced the Indestructible Golden Body Technique, felt its progress, and reflected that cultivating with Xiao Yi Xian raised his strength faster.
• Gu Fengchen reached Four Star Dou Shi, went out for breakfast, and earned warm greetings from Qingshan Town's residents because he had helped them without taking payment.
• Gu Fengchen brought steamed buns back for Xiao Yi Xian and Xue Mei, then asked President Frank to assess whether he had the talent to become an Alchemist.
• President Frank agreed to test Gu Fengchen's Alchemist potential.

Gu Fengchen tested his Soul Power and impressed Frank with his aptitude for alchemy. Frank gave him a Medicine Cauldron and basic materials, while Gu Fengchen decided to postpone choosing between the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy.

• Frank explained how the Spirit Testing Orb tested Soul Power, and Gu Fengchen made it glow with a small portion of his mind.
• Frank praised Gu Fengchen's aptitude and asked him to become his disciple, but Gu Fengchen said he already had a teacher and agreed to call Frank Teacher.
• Frank told Gu Fengchen to call Xue Mei Senior Sister and advised him that the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy offered different paths.
• Gu Fengchen considered the Misty Cloud Sect but decided not to join either institution until he had grown stronger.
• Frank gave Gu Fengchen a Storage Ring containing basic alchemy materials and a Medicine Cauldron as a gift.

Gu Fengchen began learning alchemy and successfully refined his first Grade One Spring Return Powder after struggling to control the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame. He later gave Xiao Yi Xian a set of protective Soft Armor, while planning to acquire more herbs and recipes for his alchemy.

• Frank gave Gu Fengchen two Pill Recipes and left him to practice alchemy.
• Gu Fengchen repeatedly failed to refine Medicinal Herbs with the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame before mastering the temperature control and extracting medicinal essence.
• After recovering his Dou Qi, Gu Fengchen fused the medicinal essences and successfully refined a Spring Return Powder.
• Gu Fengchen considered selling pills from Gu Yuan at the Mitel Auction House to earn Gold Coins for more alchemy supplies.
• Gu Fengchen gave Xiao Yi Xian a set of Fourth Tier Black Demon Bear Soft Armor to improve her defense.

Xiao Yi Xian grew closer to Gu Fengchen after he gave her Soft Armor, but their reunion with Yaoye and Xue Mei turned tense as the three women sized one another up. When the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group came to seize Gu Fengchen, its leader realized he faced the Great Princess, President Frank, and Jia Xingtian, leaving him terrified.

• Gu Fengchen gave Xiao Yi Xian Soft Armor, and she stopped holding back her wariness toward him.
• Yaoye arrived at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, where Xiao Yi Xian greeted her alongside Gu Fengchen.
• Xue Mei joined them and subtly aligned herself with Yaoye, creating tension with Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Serpent Nest Mercenary Group stormed the pavilion and threatened to abduct Gu Fengchen.
• The mercenary leader recognized Yaoye, President Frank, and Jia Xingtian, and realized he had provoked powerful figures.

Jia Xingtian killed the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group's leader after Gu Fengchen appealed for help, then offered Gu Fengchen a chance to enter the Misty Cloud Sect through a Spring Hunt. Gu Fengchen declined, resolved to grow stronger without drawing attention, and was surprised when Xue Mei found his Spring Return Powder and asked if he had refined it.

• Gu Fengchen called on Jia Xingtian for help, and Jia Xingtian killed the Serpent Nest Mercenary Group's leader.
• Jia Xingtian and Yaoye told Gu Fengchen that Yun Yun would use a Spring Hunt to select Misty Cloud Sect disciples and offered him a place.
• Gu Fengchen declined to join the Misty Cloud Sect, suspecting the imperial family wanted him to watch the sect for them.
• After Jia Xingtian and Yaoye left, Gu Fengchen reflected on Jia Xingtian's overwhelming strength and decided to keep a low profile while improving his cultivation.
• Xue Mei visited Gu Fengchen, noticed the Spring Return Powder on his table, and asked whether he had refined it.

Gu Fengchen impressed Xue Mei with his alchemy talent and continued cultivating after she left. The next day, he went to Wutan City to sell pills and search for pill recipes and poisons, but left the marketplace empty-handed and headed for the Mitel Auction House.

• Xue Mei praised Gu Fengchen's Spring Return Powder, offered to help with alchemy, and gave him two books to study.
• Jia Xingtian and Yaoye discussed Gu Fengchen's rapid cultivation and whether he would remain loyal to the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• After Xue Mei left, Gu Fengchen cultivated through the night, then prepared breakfast and set out to auction pills and look for poisons for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian complained that Xue Mei was always clinging to Gu Fengchen, and he explained that she was his Senior Sister.
• Gu Fengchen searched the Xiao Clan's marketplace for Grade One Pill Recipes but found nothing, so he went to the Mitel Auction House.

Gu Fengchen visited the Mitel Auction House to sell pills and noticed that Xiao Yan was missing the ring that should have contained Old Ya. Master Gu Ni examined Gu Fengchen’s pills, but the chapter ended before he gave his assessment.

• Gu Fengchen went to the Mitel Auction House, where Ya Fei’s appearance drew a crowd.
• He recognized Xiao Zhan and saw the young Xiao Yan in a wheelchair, then discovered that Xiao Yan no longer wore his ring.
• Gu Fengchen entered the auction house and told its manager that he wanted to sell pills.
• He presented twenty Qi Augmenting Powders and thirty Qi Recovery Pills for appraisal.
• Master Gu Ni examined one of the pills, and the manager asked him how they were.

Gu Fengchen impressed the Mitel Auction House with high-quality pills and exchanged them for a medicine cauldron, then requested herbs while concealing his intentions. Gu Ni and Ya Fei sought to befriend the young alchemist, who left them with a list that included rare poisons.

• Gu Ni judged Gu Fengchen’s pills to be exceptionally high quality, and Ya Fei brought him tea while wondering at his calm response to her beauty.
• Gu Fengchen revealed that he had refined the pills himself and asked to trade them for a medicine cauldron.
• Gu Fengchen selected a third-tier cauldron, and Gu Ni offered it as a gesture of friendship, but Gu Fengchen insisted its cost be deducted from the pill proceeds.
• Gu Fengchen gave Gu Ni a list of herbs for Qi Augmenting Powder and secretly included several rare, highly toxic herbs.

Gu Fengchen convinced Gu Ni and Ya Fei that he was a powerful Dou Wang and a highly skilled alchemist, then arranged to do business with the Mitel Auction House. He offered to help Ya Fei advance her career, leaving her flustered when he asked to call her Sister Ya Fei.

• Gu Fengchen claimed he had refined the pills himself and revealed Purple Cloud Wings, making Gu Ni and Ya Fei believe he was a young Dou Wang.
• Gu Fengchen asked Gu Ni to keep his strength secret and mentioned his acquaintance with Hai Bodong, impressing Gu Ni further.
• Ya Fei escorted Gu Fengchen to a private room, where he requested long-term business with the Mitel Auction House and information about other alchemists above the third grade.
• Gu Fengchen offered to help Ya Fei return to the imperial capital and said he would speak to Mitel Tengshan about her talents.
• Gu Fengchen asked Ya Fei if he could call her Sister Ya Fei, and she felt her heart race.

Gu Fengchen attended Ya Fei’s auction at the Mitel Auction House, where she drew a packed crowd and sold items at high prices. After collecting the materials he needed and his remaining Gold Coins, he left to meet someone he had yet to see.

• Ya Fei offered to escort Gu Fengchen to the auction hall, but he declined to avoid attracting attention.
• Gu Fengchen watched Ya Fei host the auction as the Clan Heads of the Three Great Clans and a crowd of admirers attended.
• Ya Fei auctioned several items, including a Wind Walking Pill and thirty exceptional Qi Recovery Pills.
• Ya Fei gave Gu Fengchen the materials he had requested and a gold card containing 50,000 Gold Coins.
• Gu Fengchen left the auction house, intending to meet someone before returning to Qingshan Town.

Gu Fengchen left the auction and visited Gu Xun'er at the Xiao Clan, where they reunited after a month apart. After hearing that Xiao Yan had repeatedly tried to approach her, Gu Fengchen offered to nourish her meridians himself.

• Ya Fei invited Gu Fengchen to visit the Mittel Family and asked him to give the Mitel Auction House priority when selling pills.
• Gu Fengchen entered the Xiao Clan while Xiao Zhan was away and found Gu Xun'er cultivating in her room.
• Gu Xun'er eagerly reunited with Gu Fengchen, accepted his candied hawthorns, and told him she had missed him.
• Gu Xun'er said Xiao Yan had tried to approach her to nourish her meridians despite Elder Ling breaking his legs.
• Gu Fengchen suspected the black ring was no longer with Xiao Yan and offered to nourish Gu Xun'er's meridians himself.

Gu Fengchen nourished Gu Xun'er's meridians, helping her break through, then left before the Xiao Clan returned. Back at Qingshan Town, he spent time with Xiao Yi Xian and resumed alchemy practice, finally refining another batch of Spring Return Powder.

• Gu Fengchen infused Gu Xun'er with his Dou Qi to nourish her meridians, and she broke through while he absorbed some of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.
• Gu Xun'er accidentally exposed herself when she celebrated, then told Gu Fengchen that Jia Nan Academy would recruit in Wutan City in half a year and asked Elder Ling to keep their meeting secret.
• Gu Fengchen returned to Qingshan Town, found Xiao Yi Xian selecting Medicinal Herbs, and took her for a walk around town.
• Gu Fengchen returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and practiced refining medicine, failing ten times before successfully making Spring Return Powder after thirteen attempts.

After a year of cultivation and alchemy practice, Gu Fengchen had reached Six-Star Great Dou Master and planned his next steps, including taking the Tier 3 Alchemist examination. In Black Rock City, he went shopping with Xue Mei, who was also preparing to take her Tier 1 Alchemist examination.

• Gu Fengchen spent the year refining pills, cultivating the Indestructible Golden Body, and advancing to Six-Star Great Dou Master.
• Gu Fengchen planned to seek Hai Bodong's map fragment, visit Jia Nan Academy, collect the Green Lotus Core Flame, and find Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva to counter the Taotie Seal's effects.
• After a painful night of body cultivation, Gu Fengchen traveled to Black Rock City with Xue Mei.
• Xue Mei asked whether Gu Fengchen would take the Tier 3 Alchemist examination, and he said he planned to try.
• Xue Mei offered to show Gu Fengchen around before the afternoon examination, while she prepared to take the Tier 1 Alchemist certification examination herself.

Gu Fengchen took the Tier 3 Alchemist assessment in Black Rock City while Yun Yun resolved a dispute over Misty Cloud Sect admissions by announcing a hunt. Gu Fengchen passed and was celebrated as the youngest Tier 3 Alchemist in the Dou Qi Continent’s history.

• Xue Mei noticed Gu Fengchen seemed more masculine, and he confirmed he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy but promised he would return.
• Frank questioned Gu Fengchen about medicinal herbs, then sent him and Xue Mei to take the Alchemist assessment.
• Gu Fengchen drew the Turtle Breathing Pill recipe and began refining it, with three sets of herbs available for his attempts.
• Yun Yun settled the clans’ argument over Misty Cloud Sect admissions by ordering their younger members to compete in a Magic Beast hunt ten days later.
• Gu Fengchen passed the assessment, and Frank and the Alchemists Guild congratulated him as an exceptionally young Tier 3 Alchemist.

After parting from Frank, Gu Fengchen explored a Black Market in search of rare ingredients and poisons. There he met Nalan Su, who asked for help treating Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, leaving Gu Fengchen with a possible chance to use the Taotie Seal against it.

• Xue Mei and Ruifei teased each other about Gu Fengchen before Master Otto scolded them for fooling around.
• Gu Fengchen asked Frank to help him find a Black Market, and Frank directed him to Daoye while advising him to keep his discipleship secret so he could gain other teachers and resources.
• Gu Fengchen disguised himself with the Ice Silkworm Mask and entered Daoye’s Black Market, where he bought rare Medicinal Herbs until he had only 10,000 Gold Coins left.
• Nalan Su introduced himself to Gu Fengchen after noticing his Third Grade Alchemist badge.
• Nalan Su explained that Nalan Jie had been poisoned by a Branding Poison Python and that even Pill King Gu He could not treat the Brand Poison.

Gu Fengchen arranged to help Nalan Su cure Nalan Jie's Brand Poison in exchange for the Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva, then explored the Black Market for useful items. He returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion with a Divine Ant's appendage and a collection of poisons, planning to use them with Xiao Yi Xian to advance his cultivation.

• Gu Fengchen told Nalan Su that he could try to purge Nalan Jie's Brand Poison and agreed to visit the Nalan Clan the next day, requesting the Seven-Colored Azure Spirit Saliva as a medicinal ingredient.
• Gu Fengchen learned that the Black Market was backed by the Mo Clan and recognized Mo Cheng's name as connected to Qing Lin's capture.
• Gu Fengchen used the Taotie Seal to find a Divine Ant's appendage and bought it from a vendor for his remaining Gold Coins and three Qi Recovery Pills.
• Nalan Su admired Gu Fengchen's talent and began planning to have Nalan Yanran break off her engagement to Xiao Yan so she could marry him instead.
• Gu Fengchen returned to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion with the Divine Ant's appendage and several lethal poisons, intending to cultivate with Xiao Yi Xian and reach Dou Ling.

Nalan Su arranged for Gu Fengchen to meet his daughter, Nalan Yanran, while considering a match between them despite her engagement to Xiao Yan. Yanran attacked Gu Fengchen after bristling at being treated as his junior, and an angry elder from the Nalan Clan rushed to defend her as Gu Fengchen struck back.

• Nalan Su told his wife that Gu Fengchen, a young third-tier Alchemist, was coming and decided to introduce him to Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Su welcomed Gu Fengchen to the estate and presented Nalan Yanran as his daughter and a potential friend for him.
• Nalan Yanran complained that her father had interrupted her cultivation and challenged Gu Fengchen over being called her senior.
• Nalan Yanran charged at Gu Fengchen, but he caught her punch and tossed her aside.
• A white-haired elder rushed out and threatened Gu Fengchen, who gathered his strength and punched toward him.

Gu Fengchen confronted Nalan Yanran and agreed to treat Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison. He began absorbing the poison with the Taotie Seal and refining it with the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, leaving Nalan Jie screaming in pain.

• Nalan Jie attacked Gu Fengchen but stopped when Nalan Su revealed that Gu Fengchen was the Alchemist he had invited.
• Gu Fengchen rebuked Nalan Yanran for her arrogance, and she apologized after Nalan Jie and Nalan Su urged her to learn a lesson.
• Gu Fengchen examined Nalan Jie and revealed his Heavenly Flame, then promised he could cure the Brand Poison with complete confidence.
• Gu Fengchen began treating Nalan Jie by absorbing the Brand Poison through the Taotie Seal and refining it with the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.
• Nalan Jie screamed in agony as Gu Fengchen’s treatment began, and his cries carried through the Nalan Clan and out to the street.