Recaps

Ice Venerable prepared to attack the Han Clan after Tian Shuangzi was injured, while Lu Heng broke through to Dou Zun in seclusion. When both distress jade slips from Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian shattered, Lu Heng rushed out of the Pill Tower to head for Tianbei City.

• Ice Venerable ordered Tian Shuangzi to recover for seven days, then planned to go to Tianbei City and wipe out the Han Clan.
• Lu Heng used five elemental treasures to cultivate the Five Spirits Chaos Art and broke through from Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong to One-Star Dou Zun.
• Lu Heng sensed that Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian's jade slips had shattered at nearly the same time, signaling that they were in grave danger.
• Lu Heng left the Secret Chamber immediately, triggering the Pill Tower's defensive formations and startling Elder Sheng Yao with his new Dou Zun power.

After Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian shattered their emergency jade slips, Lu Heng learned that the fastest Pill Tower route to Tianbei City would take seven days. He returned to his residence to summon backup, while Xuankong Zi dispatched two Pill Tower Dou Zuns to support him.

• Lu Heng sensed that Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian had simultaneously shattered their jade slips and rushed to the Pill Tower council hall to ask for the fastest route back to Tianbei City.
• Xuankong Zi explained that the journey would take at least seven days, so Lu Heng left to use another means of travel.
• Xuankong Zi ordered Elder Chen and Elder Li to head for Tianbei City and support Lu Heng on behalf of the Pill Tower.
• Lu Heng sealed his residence and took a pitch-black scale from his Storage Ring to call for backup.

Lu Heng activated the Origin Dragon Scale to summon Hei Qing for help reaching the Northern Region, where Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian’s jade slips had shattered. Hei Qing arrived in Saint Dan City by tearing through space, while Cao Ying and Cao Yue watched in alarm.

• Lu Heng poured his Chaos Dou Qi into the Origin Dragon Scale, sending a signal to Hei Qing across the void.
• Hei Qing felt the scale burn, recognized Lu Heng’s energy, and tore open a spatial fissure toward Saint Dan City.
• Cao Ying and Cao Yue visited Lu Heng after hearing that he needed to reach the Northern Region, and Cao Yue offered the Cao Clan’s spatial flying ship.
• Lu Heng told them he was waiting for someone skilled at tearing through space, then watched the sky distort above the courtyard.
• Hei Qing forced open a void fissure and swaggered into the courtyard as Cao Ying and Cao Yue recoiled.

Lu Heng learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Han Yue were in grave danger in Tianbei City, so he summoned Hei Qing to take him there through space. After they departed, Cao Ying rushed to Xuankong Zi to explain that Lu Heng already had powerful help on the way.

• Hei Qing arrived after Lu Heng activated the Origin Dragon Scale and was surprised to discover that Lu Heng had become a Dou Zun.
• Lu Heng told Hei Qing that Xiao Yi Xian and Han Yue’s emergency jade slips had shattered despite a Three-Star Dou Zun Peak guarding the Han Clan’s rear courtyard.
• Hei Qing agreed to use the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s spatial talent to take Lu Heng directly to Tianbei City, and Lu Heng asked Cao Ying and Cao Yue to pass his message to the Pill Tower.
• Hei Qing tore open a spatial rift, and he and Lu Heng disappeared through it while Cao Ying promised to report their departure.
• Xuankong Zi ordered two Two-Star Dou Zun offering elders to hurry to Tianbei City and protect Lu Heng, but Cao Ying arrived and said they no longer needed to go.

Xuankong Zi learned that Lu Heng had traveled with an Ancient Void Dragon toward Tianbei City, where the Han Clan faced danger from Ice River Valley. After Hei Qing brought Lu Heng there in half a day, they arrived at the damaged Han Clan residence as its defenders prepared for another attack.

• Cao Ying told Xuankong Zi, Xuanyi, and Sky Lightning Child that an Eight-Star Dou Zun from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had taken Lu Heng through a tear in space.
• Xuankong Zi realized Lu Heng could reach Tianbei City in less than half a day and told Cao Ying to have Northern Region intelligence stewards watch the city.
• Hei Qing carried Lu Heng through spatial turbulence and promised to reach Tianbei City within half a day; Lu Heng said he would deal with anyone below Dou Zun himself.
• Hei Qing and Lu Heng emerged above the Han Clan residence, where Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Han Xue, and Yao Tianhuo waited amid the damage from the earlier attack.
• Han Chi and the Han Clan elders rushed to defend the courtyard as a powerful pressure descended, but Hei Qing and Lu Heng appeared instead.

Lu Heng returned to Tianbei City with Hei Qing after Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian shattered their jade slips, and learned that Ice River Valley had attacked the Han Clan over Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Physique. After comforting Xiao Yi Xian, Lu Heng planned to go to the Far Northern Ice Plains at dawn and kill Ice Venerable himself.

• Lu Heng arrived in Tianbei City with Hei Qing, relieved to find Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin unharmed.
• Hei Qing told Xiao Yi Xian that Zi Yan had returned to Eastern Dragon Island and entered seclusion to receive her origin bloodline inheritance.
• Yao Tianhuo explained that Tian Shuangzi and Ice River Valley had attacked the Han Clan to seize Xiao Yi Xian, but he had defeated them and injured Tian Shuangzi.
• Lu Heng ordered Yao Tianhuo and Hei Qing to accompany him to the Far Northern Ice Plains at dawn while he confronted Ice Venerable.
• Lu Heng confirmed he had reached One-Star Dou Zun, and Xiao Yi Xian confessed she felt guilty for bringing trouble to the Han Clan before he embraced her.

Lu Heng prepared to confront Ice River Valley, which sought Xiao Yi Xian's Woe Poison Physique, after learning about the valley's defenses and reassuring her and Han Yue. At dawn, he left with Hei Qing and Yao Tianhuo to destroy the valley.

• Lu Heng vowed to protect Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley, and Han Yue invited him, Hei Qing, and Yao Tianhuo to a feast.
• At dinner, Lu Heng asked Han Chi about Ice River Valley's location, leaders, and defenses.
• Lu Heng spent the night with Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian, telling them his Chaos Dou Qi had formed a Golden Core and reassuring them about facing Ice Venerable.
• At dawn, Lu Heng said goodbye to Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian and joined Hei Qing and Yao Tianhuo.
• Hei Qing tore open a spatial rift, and the three men set off for Ice River Valley.

Lu Heng arrived at Ice River Valley with Hei Qing and Yao Tianhuo, then used his Five Elements Divine Light to devastate the sect’s defenses. After Ice Venerable confronted him, Lu Heng declared that he had come to wipe out Ice River Valley for sending people to capture his allies.

• Hei Qing brought Lu Heng and Yao Tianhuo to the outskirts of Ice River Valley, where Lu Heng said he would handle the sect himself.
• Lu Heng summoned the Five Elements Roulette and unleashed Five Elements Divine Light, destroying towers and walls and cracking Ice River Valley’s defensive array.
• Lu Heng called out Tian Shuangzi and Ice Venerable, prompting the injured Tian Shuangzi to alert the sect’s leader.
• Ice Venerable gathered Tian Shuangzi and the elders, then confronted Lu Heng above the damaged valley.
• Lu Heng accused Ice River Valley of sending people to capture his allies in Tianbei City and announced that he had come to wipe out the sect.

Lu Heng fought the Ice Venerable at Ice River Valley, using his Five Elements Spirit Body to withstand the valley master's attacks and overpower him. As the Ice Venerable called for help, Tian Shuangzi and the elders raised the Dry Dragon Dark Nether Array, leaving Lu Heng facing both the Ice Venerable and a massive Nether Dragon.

• The Ice Venerable attacked Lu Heng with Heaven-Freezing Palm, but Lu Heng's Five Elements Spirit Body neutralized most of the frost and his Heavenly Flames burned away the rest.
• Lu Heng counterattacked with Water Cloud Step and Mountain-Suppressing Edge, splitting the Ice Venerable's Mysterious Ice shield and driving him back.
• Lu Heng bombarded the Ice Venerable with Blazing Sun Finger and Golden Light Slash, suppressing his Dou Qi and forcing him onto the defensive.
• The Ice Venerable ordered Tian Shuangzi to form an array, and Tian Shuangzi led the elders and protectors in raising the Dry Dragon Dark Nether Array.
• The array summoned a three-headed Nether Dragon that charged Lu Heng, while Yao Tianhuo and Hei Qing watched and discussed how he might overcome both threats.

Lu Heng overwhelmed Ice River Valley’s array and defeated Ice Venerable after the sect’s forces attacked him. Ice Venerable begged for peace, but Lu Heng rejected him for targeting the Han Clan and laying hands on his woman.

• Ice Venerable trapped Lu Heng between black ice walls and the Crystal Ice Nether Dragon’s blizzards, but Lu Heng absorbed the surrounding worldly energy and raised his strength to Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Lu Heng summoned three Heavenly Flames and used the Five Elements Spirit Wheel True Art to destroy the Dry Dragon Dark Nether Array, crippling Tian Shuangzi and the other elders.
• Lu Heng struck Ice Venerable with the Metal Spirit Flame-Slaying Wheel, shattered his ice shields, and left him badly wounded.
• Ice Venerable offered treasure and a guest elder position in exchange for peace, but Lu Heng refused because Ice River Valley had targeted the Han Clan and his woman.

Lu Heng killed Ice Venerable, destroyed Ice River Valley’s leadership, and drove its disciples away. He then began searching the sect’s underground stores while Hei Qing stayed to help in exchange for pills for Zi Yan.

• Ice Venerable tried to self-destruct, but Lu Heng suppressed the energy and beheaded him with the Chaos Origin-Returning Wheel.
• Lu Heng took Ice Venerable’s Storage Ring and corpse, then killed Tian Shuangzi, the Sky Serpent, and the fallen elders.
• Lu Heng ordered Ice River Valley’s disciples and deacons to leave, and they fled the abandoned sect.
• Yao Tianhuo praised Lu Heng’s strength and planned to return to Eastern Dragon Island after taking him back to Tianbei City.
• Lu Heng offered to refine pills for Hei Qing and Zi Yan, persuading Hei Qing to remain while he searched beneath Ice River Valley.

Lu Heng and his companions plundered Ice River Valley’s treasury and returned toward Tianbei City, where he planned to refine pills for Yao Tianhuo and Hei Qing. The chapter ended with the three of them nearing the city through the Void Space.

• Hei Qing tore apart the spatial restriction guarding Ice River Valley’s underground treasury, allowing Lu Heng to enter.
• Lu Heng gathered the treasury’s medicinal herbs, cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and ores into three storage rings.
• Lu Heng told Yao Tianhuo that he had found the remaining ingredients for an eighth-grade Poria Azure Pill and would refine it to restore Yao Tianhuo’s strength.
• Lu Heng promised Hei Qing an eighth-grade Heavenly Dragon Bone-Forging Pill and a Yuan-Returning Soul-Stabilizing Pill, along with special medicinal pills for Zi Yan.
• Hei Qing opened a spatial rift, and the three companions traveled toward Tianbei City while discussing the promised pills.

Lu Heng returned safely to the Han Clan after destroying Ice River Valley, reassuring Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Han Xue. He revealed that Ice Venerable and Tian Shuangzi were dead and the sect had been eradicated.

• Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Han Xue anxiously waited for Lu Heng to return from Ice River Valley.
• Lu Heng arrived through a spatial ripple, while Hei Qing and Yao Tianhuo went to the front yard to drink with Han Chi.
• Lu Heng embraced Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Han Xue, reassuring them that he was unharmed and Xiao Yi Xian would no longer be targeted by Ice River Valley.
• Lu Heng told the women that Ice Venerable and Tian Shuangzi had died, the sect's mountain gate and grand array had been destroyed, and its forces had been dispersed.

Lu Heng returned after wiping out Ice River Valley and distributed powerful cultivation resources to Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Qing Lin. He promised Han Xue pills to help her advance, while Hei Qing and Yao Tianhuo celebrated with the Han Clan in the front courtyard.

• Han Xue asked Lu Heng whether he had truly killed everyone in Ice River Valley and escaped injury, and he teased her before reassuring her.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Yi Xian the Ice Venerable's Acquired Woe Poison Physique Origin to strengthen her cultivation.
• Lu Heng gave Han Yue and Qing Lin refined blood essence from Tian Shuangzi, explaining that they could absorb it safely and improve their cultivation.
• Han Xue protested that she had received nothing, so Lu Heng promised to refine pills from Ice River Valley's herbs to help her advance to Dou Wang.
• Hei Qing called for more Azure Spirit Brew in the front courtyard while Yao Tianhuo joked that he might get drunk and damage the Han Clan's courtyard.

After defeating his enemies, Lu Heng rested with Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian. The next morning, he turned to the tasks ahead and decided to make Zi Yan's candy pills before beginning the difficult high-grade refinements.

• Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian urged Lu Heng to rest after his exhausting battle and months of pill refining.
• Han Xue took Qing Lin to the West Wing, leaving Lu Heng alone with Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lu Heng carried Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian to the bedroom, where they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Lu Heng reviewed the Ice River Valley supplies and planned to refine pills for Hei Qing and Yao Tianhuo.
• Lu Heng decided to make Zi Yan's candy pills first.

Lu Heng refined pills in the Han Clan’s rear courtyard, preparing treats and cultivation aids for Zi Yan and the others. After three days of continuous work, the chamber’s surging energy settled, leaving his major refining still to come.

• Lu Heng entered the Secret Chamber and began refining sweet, fruit-filled pills for Zi Yan.
• Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the bedroom, and Han Xue teased them before Han Yue chased her around the courtyard.
• Lu Heng gave Han Xue pills to help her reach Dou Wang, then gave Qing Lin Meridian-Nourishing Powder.
• Lu Heng returned to the chamber to finish Zi Yan’s treats and begin several days of pill refining, while Han Yue agreed to keep outsiders away.
• Over three days, Lu Heng refined ten jars of sweet pills for Zi Yan, Wind Spirit Heaven-Returning Pills for Han Yue, and Meridian-Protecting Pill Paste for Xiao Yi Xian.
• On the evening of the third day, the energy around the Secret Chamber surged and then fell still.

Lu Heng refined an Eighth-Grade Poria Azure Pill for Yao Tianhuo, drawing a Three-Color Lightning Tribulation over the Han Residence. The pill became a spirit fox and tried to escape as the chapter ended.

• Lu Heng delivered three thousand jars of Azure Porcelain to Hei Qing for Zi Yan and rested before beginning the Eighth-Grade Pills.
• Lu Heng gathered with the others in the Han Residence courtyard and began refining Yao Tianhuo's pill with three Heavenly Flames and a spatial seal.
• Lu Heng spent seven days extracting, fusing, and nurturing the ingredients in the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Three-Color Thunderclouds formed over the Han Residence, drawing the attention of Tianbei City's cultivators.
• The Myriad Beast Cauldron opened, and the Eighth-Grade Pill transformed into a spirit fox and tried to flee.

Lu Heng completed the Poria Azure Pill’s tribulation and gave it to Yao Tianhuo to restore his strength. After seven exhausting days, Lu Heng rested with Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian, while Yao Tianhuo began preparing for seclusion.

• Lu Heng trapped the azure spirit fox and used his Five Elements Roulette to absorb most of the Three-Colored Pill Lightning while it tempered the pill and his body.
• Lu Heng handed the completed Poria Azure Pill to Yao Tianhuo, who thanked him and went to refine it in the west quiet room.
• Lu Heng told Hei Qing that he would make the Heavenly Dragon Bone-Forging Pill the next morning after recovering.
• Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian helped the exhausted Lu Heng wash, eat, and relax before he asked them to sleep beside him.
• Lu Heng fell into a deep sleep as his Chaos Qi Vortex turned on its own.

Sheng Yao and two Pill Tower elders hurried to Tianbei City to reinforce Lu Heng after he crushed his jade slip, only to learn that he had already destroyed Ice River Valley and was unharmed. They left to report the fall of one of the Three Valleys while Lu Heng prepared to refine another batch of Eighth-Grade Pills.

• Sheng Yao, Elder Chen, and Elder Li arrived in Tianbei City after hearing that Lu Heng might be in danger.
• A medicine shopkeeper told the three Pill Tower elders that an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster at the Han Residence had triggered a three-colored pill tribulation.
• Sheng Yao reached the Han Residence and learned from Han Chi that Lu Heng was safe and had just woken up.
• Lu Heng explained that he had crushed his jade slip during the commotion of refining a pill and had already destroyed Ice River Valley several days earlier.
• Sheng Yao and the two elders left to report Ice River Valley's destruction, while Lu Heng prepared to refine another batch of Eighth-Grade Pills.

Lu Heng refined two Four-Colored Pill Lightning pills for Hei Qing, who rewarded him with an Origin Dragon Scale before returning to Eastern Dragon Island. Lu Heng planned to return to Saint Dan City after resting, while Han Yue chose to stay in the Northern Region to help the Han Clan secure Ice River Valley’s former holdings.

• Lu Heng refined the Heavenly Dragon Bone-Forging Pill and Yuan-Returning Soul-Stabilizing Pill, absorbing the Four-Colored Pill Lightning to temper his body.
• Hei Qing gave Lu Heng his Origin Dragon Scale and promised to answer its call, then returned to Eastern Dragon Island with the pills for Zi Yan.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Qing Lin that he planned to return to Saint Dan City after two days of rest.
• Han Yue declined to go with Lu Heng, explaining that she would stay to help her father and the Han Clan manage Ice River Valley’s former resources.

Lu Heng accepted that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin would leave Tianbei City to train on their own, while he prepared to return to Saint Dan City. After saying farewell to Han Yue and the Han Clan, he flew toward Sky Maple City to travel through its Spatial Wormhole.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin explained that they wanted to train in dangerous places, and Lu Heng gave them supplies and protective jade talismans.
• Han Xue teased Lu Heng about Cao Ying, while Han Yue urged him to stay safe when he returned to Saint Dan City.
• Lu Heng and Han Yue shared a tender farewell before he left two days later.
• Yao Tianhuo, restored to Five-Star Dou Zun, stayed with the Han Clan to guide Han Chi and protect Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin departed for the mountains, and Lu Heng flew toward Sky Maple City to take the Spatial Wormhole to Saint Dan City.

Zi Yan emerged from seclusion on Eastern Dragon Island and learned that Lu Heng had reached Dou Zun, destroyed Ice River Valley, and refined several eighth-rank pills. Hei Qing told Elder Zhu Li that Lu Heng was just over twenty, leaving Zhu Li stunned and doubtful.

• Zi Yan left seclusion hungry, and Hei Qing gave her ten bottles of medicinal pellets Lu Heng had made for her.
• Hei Qing told Zi Yan that Lu Heng had killed Ice Venerable and Ice River Valley's forces, razed their headquarters, and refined eighth-rank pills.
• Zi Yan was impressed by Lu Heng's rapid progress and went with Hei Qing to meet Elder Zhu Li.
• Elder Zhu Li questioned Hei Qing for leaving the island, and Hei Qing explained that he had visited Lu Heng, who had reached One-Star Dou Zun.
• Hei Qing said Lu Heng was just over twenty, and Zhu Li questioned how such a young Dou Zun could have emerged.

Zhu Li learned that Lu Heng was a young Eighth-Rank High-Level alchemist and a powerful fighter, and he resolved to support him and keep watch over Saint Dan City. A month later, Lu Heng returned to Saint Dan City, where Xuankong Zi confronted him over his destruction of Ice River Valley and the death of Ice Venerable.

• Hei Qing told Zhu Li about Lu Heng's strength and alchemy, then showed him an Eighth-Grade pill Lu Heng had refined.
• Zi Yan affirmed that Lu Heng was her close friend, and Zhu Li ordered Hei Qing to monitor Saint Dan City and help Lu Heng if he faced trouble.
• Zi Yan returned to seclusion, while Zhu Li reflected on Lu Heng's extraordinary potential.
• Lu Heng returned to Saint Dan City after a month, having left the Han Clan in control of Ice River Valley's territory and Yao Tianhuo in charge of Tianbei City.
• Xuankong Zi arrived at Lu Heng's courtyard and demanded to know how an alchemist who had only recently become a Dou Zun had killed Ice Venerable and wiped out Ice River Valley.

After returning from the Northern Region, Lu Heng rested in Tianbei City while the ruins of Ice River Valley became a scavengers’ marketplace. Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin visited the ruined sect, and Xiao Yi Xian felt the burden of its former threat finally lift.

• Xuankong Zi praised Lu Heng’s alchemy and combat ability, then told him to rest instead of refining more pills.
• Lu Heng returned to his room and fell into a deep sleep after months of exhausting work.
• Treasure hunters swarmed Ice River Valley’s ruins, searching its halls for anything Lu Heng had left behind.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin surveyed the ruined sect and discussed how its power had collapsed after Lu Heng killed Ice Venerable and Tian Shuangzi.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Qing Lin into the ruins to listen to the cultivators, feeling relieved after seeing Ice River Valley’s downfall.

After Ice River Valley fell, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin searched Ice Venerable’s ruined chamber and discovered a concealed underground passage. They descended into it to investigate the strange chill, poisonous herbs, and traces of dead magical beasts below.

• Cultivators at the ruins argued over rumors that a young man had destroyed Ice River Valley for Xiao Yi Xian and Han Yue.
• Xiao Yi Xian examined the remains of Ice Venerable’s chamber and confirmed that Lu Heng had left no dangerous poison behind.
• Qing Lin sensed a hidden passage sealed beneath a jade pillar and opened the spatial formation on its Bronze Gate.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified poisonous fumes and signs of secret experiments, then led Qing Lin down the underground stairs.