Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s eighth-stage Dou Qi at age nine caused a stir in Wutan City, while Ya Fei revealed that Lu Heng was on the verge of becoming a Dou Zhe. She gave him a precious Qi Gathering Powder, betting on his talent to help secure both their futures.

• Xiao Yan reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi at age nine, earning the Xiao Family’s admiration and stirring Wutan City.
• Ya Fei discussed Xiao Yan’s achievement with Lu Heng and noted that he had already neared the ninth stage when he was eight.
• Lu Heng told Ya Fei that his Dou Qi Whirlpool was beginning to condense and that he expected to break through within days.
• Ya Fei gave Lu Heng a fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder to help him advance to Dou Zhe.
• Ya Fei recalled finding Lu Heng as a starving child three years earlier and explained that she was wagering on his potential rather than surrendering to her family’s plans.

Lu Heng resolved to repay Ya Fei for supporting him and used the Fourth-Grade Pill she gave him to break through toward a Dou Qi Whirlpool. Meanwhile, Ya Fei reviewed the Miteer Auction House’s struggling business as Xiao Yan’s rapid cultivation unsettled Wutan City.

• Ya Fei left Lu Heng’s courtyard after telling him to focus on cultivation while she handled outside troubles.
• Lu Heng reviewed his Book of Destiny panel, which showed his Ninth Duan Dou Qi, Azure Wood Body, and Five Spirits Chaos Art.
• Lu Heng swallowed the Qi Gathering Powder and began forming a Qi Vortex as the medicinal power surged through his body.
• At the Miteer Auction House, Gu Ni told Ya Fei that Xiao Yan had reached Eight-Section Dou Qi at nine years old and that the news was affecting business.
• Ya Fei said Xiao Yan was impressive but could not yet overturn the balance of power in Wutan City.

Lu Heng broke through to Dou Zhe and unlocked new abilities and an alchemist inheritance from the Book of Destiny. He realized the resources needed to advance would cost a fortune, then heard someone exhausted approaching his courtyard.

• Ya Fei told Gu Ni that time would reveal Lu Heng's talent.
• Lu Heng formed a liquid-like azure Qi Vortex and became a One-Star Dou Zhe.
• The Book of Destiny granted Lu Heng the Li Fire Body Awakening Method, an expanded Five Spirits Chaos Art, two Dou Techniques, and an alchemist inheritance.
• Lu Heng circulated Fire and Wood Attribute Dou Qi together and learned that awakening and enhancing his physiques would require costly materials.
• Lu Heng planned to seek Ya Fei's help, visit Green Mountain Town for a Flying Dou Technique, and later enter Jia Nan Academy.
• Hearing dragging footsteps outside, Lu Heng put on a robe and opened his courtyard door.

Lu Heng told Ya Fei that he had broken through to become a one-star Dou Zhe, shocking her with his rapid progress. Ya Fei celebrated his achievement and suggested he choose a cultivation technique at the auction house the next day.

• Ya Fei returned home exhausted from business and relaxed as Lu Heng massaged her shoulders.
• Ya Fei said the Mittel Family would stay neutral between the Xiao, Jia Lie, and Ao Ba families and focus on making gold.
• Lu Heng told Ya Fei that he had become a one-star Dou Zhe, and she confirmed his breakthrough by sensing his Qi Vortex.
• Ya Fei embraced Lu Heng in delight, then teased him when she noticed his flushed face.
• Ya Fei advised Lu Heng to look for a suitable cultivation technique at the auction house the next day.

Lu Heng told Ya Fei about his inherited alchemist legacy and asked her for supplies so he could begin practicing alchemy. She gave him a medicine cauldron and Yao Cai, then brought him to the auction house’s alchemy room, where they found Gu Ni at work.

• Lu Heng told Ya Fei that his cultivation method had appeared in his mind and that he had inherited an alchemist’s legacy.
• Ya Fei warned Lu Heng to keep his inheritance secret, then learned that his dual fire and wood attributes made him suited to alchemy.
• Lu Heng asked Ya Fei for a medicine cauldron and low-grade first-tier Yao Cai, and she promised them as his birthday present.
• The next morning, Ya Fei took Lu Heng to Warehouse Number One, where he chose a dark-red medicine cauldron and gathered Yao Cai for practice.
• Ya Fei led Lu Heng to the alchemy room, where they found Gu Ni stirring a pill inside a cyan medicine cauldron.

Ya Fei brought Lu Heng to Gu Ni’s alchemy room so he could try refining medicine. Gu Ni was shocked to discover that the boy was a nine-year-old Dou Zhe with fire and wood attributes, then opened a quiet room to watch him attempt alchemy.

• Ya Fei introduced Lu Heng to Gu Ni and said he wanted to try refining medicine.
• Gu Ni doubted Lu Heng could become an alchemist and explained the rare requirements for alchemy.
• Lu Heng revealed crimson Dou Qi with fire and wood attributes, stunning Gu Ni.
• Ya Fei explained that Lu Heng was not yet ten and had become a Dou Zhe the day before.
• Gu Ni opened a quiet room and let Lu Heng set his medicinal cauldron on the stone platform.
• Lu Heng said he had read a few books about refining medicine as Ya Fei watched anxiously.

Nine-year-old Lu Heng attempted to refine Blood Coagulation Powder for the first time, astonishing Gu Ni with his technique and rapid improvement. After several failures, he succeeded in producing a Blood Coagulation Pill approaching top grade, then nearly collapsed from exhaustion as Ya Fei supported him.

• Lu Heng used his soul power to refine two ingredients at once, impressing Gu Ni before his first attempt failed during fusion.
• Lu Heng analyzed the cause of the failure and made three more attempts, improving with each failure while Gu Ni watched in silence.
• Despite Gu Ni warning that his Dou Qi was nearly depleted, Lu Heng began one final attempt, carefully controlling every stage of the refinement.
• Lu Heng successfully condensed a Blood Coagulation Pill, and Gu Ni judged its quality to be mid-grade and close to top grade.
• Lu Heng nearly collapsed from exhaustion, and Ya Fei caught him and reproached him with concern.

Lu Heng successfully refined an exceptional Blood Coagulation Pill, and Ya Fei and Gu Ni recognized his talent as a first-grade alchemist. After arranging for the pill to be sold and receiving several basic formulas to practice with, Lu Heng left the alchemy room with Ya Fei.

• Ya Fei cared for the exhausted Lu Heng while Gu Ni appraised his Blood Coagulation Pill at around two hundred gold coins.
• Lu Heng asked Ya Fei to sell the pill for one hundred gold coins and deduct the cost of the herbs, explaining that he wanted to repay her help.
• Ya Fei agreed to his terms and offered him more pill formulas, while Gu Ni promised the auction house would buy his future pills at a fair price.
• Lu Heng asked Gu Ni for several basic first-grade formulas, and Gu Ni gave him scrolls for medicines including Hemostasis Pills and Qi Boosting Powder.
• Ya Fei escorted Lu Heng from the alchemy room, and Gu Ni reflected on the nine-year-old's achievement as a first-grade alchemist.

After leaving the auction house, Lu Heng wondered whether gentle pills could safely raise a Dou Zhe’s cultivation, but Ya Fei warned him against pursuing the idea. Ya Fei returned to the appraisal room delighted by Lu Heng’s achievements, while he hurried into his locked room to continue his work.

• Ya Fei explained that a Dou Zhe’s fragile meridians could not withstand the force of ordinary cultivation pills, and warned Lu Heng not to dwell on untested ideas.
• Ya Fei escorted Lu Heng to his courtyard, offered to send him meat buns, and kissed his cheek before leaving.
• Lu Heng watched Ya Fei depart, then locked his courtyard and hurried into his room.
• Ya Fei recalled how Lu Heng had become a nine-year-old one-star Dou Zhe and first-grade alchemist, vindicating the gamble she had taken on him.
• Ya Fei entered the appraisal room, where Gu Ni asked whether Lu Heng had gone back to rest.

After Lu Heng impressed Gu Ni with his first pill, he recognized that his limited Dou Qi and Ya Fei’s finances would hinder his progress. He chose the Beast Power Pill as a low-cost way to earn money, then began cultivating overnight to strengthen himself.

• Gu Ni questioned whether an expert had taught Lu Heng, but Ya Fei defended her younger brother and trusted his abilities.
• Lu Heng assessed how much Dou Qi medicine refinement consumed and decided he needed to earn money instead of relying on Ya Fei.
• Lu Heng found the Beast Power Pill formula in the Pharmacopoeia of Ten Thousand Worlds and planned to test the market through the auction house.
• Lu Heng secured his room and began cultivating the Dou Practitioner Chapter of the Five Spirits Chaos Art, drawing wood and fire Dou Qi into a faster cycle.

Lu Heng planned his cultivation and pill-making routine while Ya Fei cared for him with a lavish breakfast. He began refining a Beast Power Pill, but extracting medicinal liquid from its iron-hard Ironwood Root proved difficult.

• Lu Heng assessed his Dou Qi recovery and planned to refine pills in the mornings, rest in the afternoons, and cultivate at night.
• Ya Fei brought Lu Heng a nourishing breakfast made with first-tier Crimson Blood Pig tenderloin and century-old ginseng.
• Lu Heng promised Ya Fei he would become someone she could rely on, and she told him not to overwork himself.
• Lu Heng returned to his room and began refining a Beast Power Pill for mercenaries.
• Lu Heng heated the cauldron and added Ironwood Root, whose scorched outer skin resisted the flames.

Lu Heng spent five days struggling to refine a Beast Power Pill before finally succeeding. He brought it to Ya Fei and Gu Ni, where the pill’s powerful medicinal aura astonished Gu Ni.

• Lu Heng repeatedly failed to refine the Beast Power Pill, while Ya Fei worried about him and Gu Ni trusted his abilities.
• On the evening of the fifth day, Lu Heng successfully condensed a dark-red Beast Power Pill and stored it in a jade bottle.
• Ya Fei discussed Lu Heng’s five-day absence with Gu Ni at the Miteer Auction House.
• Lu Heng burst into Ya Fei’s office and announced that he had succeeded, and Ya Fei warmly wiped the soot from his face.
• Gu Ni examined the pill and was alarmed by its intense medicinal fragrance and surging vitality.

Lu Heng explained how he created the Beast Power Pill, which strengthened the body and boosted strength, and Gu Ni and Ya Fei reacted to his dangerous formula changes. During a test at the Miteer Auction House, the pill transformed Zhao Hu and let him withstand Sun Li’s Dou Master strike without injury.

• Lu Heng told Gu Ni that he had modified the Force Accumulation Pill formula with a first-tier Magic Core and Ironwood Root to create the Beast Power Pill.
• Gu Ni marveled at Lu Heng’s achievement, while Ya Fei warned him against risking himself and Lu Heng reassured her that he wanted to grow strong enough to support her.
• Gu Ni proposed testing the pill, and Zhao Hu, an eight-star Dou Zhe, swallowed it before sparring with Sun Li, a seven-star Dou Master.
• The Beast Power Pill made Zhao Hu’s muscles swell, hardened his skin, and released a ferocious aura that startled Sun Li.
• Sun Li struck Zhao Hu with a Dou Qi Veil-enhanced blade, but Zhao Hu blocked it with his arm and suffered only a faint white mark.

Zhao Hu tested Lu Heng’s Beast Power Pill by fighting Sun Li, proving its strength and lack of serious side effects. Lu Heng offered the formula to the Miteer Auction House and proposed a profit split, but Ya Fei refused to take a share as he insisted on supporting her.

• Zhao Hu used the pill’s power to overpower Sun Li with physical strength until the effect wore off.
• Gu Ni examined Zhao Hu and found his meridians unharmed, concluding that he needed only rest and food to recover.
• Gu Ni praised the pill’s market potential, and Ya Fei realized it could make the Miteer Auction House a fortune.
• Lu Heng explained that he could refine only three pills a day and offered the formula so the auction house could produce them in quantity.
• Lu Heng proposed giving half the profits to the auction house, thirty percent to Ya Fei, and twenty percent to himself.
• Ya Fei rejected any personal share, but Lu Heng threatened to tear up the formula unless she accepted money as he insisted on becoming her support.

Lu Heng and Ya Fei settled the Beast Power Pill’s revenue split and planned its launch at the Miteer Auction House’s monthly auction. After recovering from five days of work, Lu Heng tried to refine stronger pills, failed because his cultivation was too weak, and turned to training his combat strength.

• Ya Fei agreed that the auction house would take forty percent, while Lu Heng would receive fifty percent of the remainder and she would receive ten percent as a management fee.
• Gu Ni arranged to buy ingredients, recruit bound alchemy apprentices, and secretly mass-produce Beast Power Pills, while Ya Fei scheduled their debut for the monthly auction three days later.
• Ya Fei hosted a meal for Lu Heng, then sent him home to rest while she and Gu Ni prepared the launch.
• After sleeping, Lu Heng studied the Pharmacopoeia of Ten Thousand Worlds and attempted to refine a Yuan-Gathering Pill, but two cauldrons exploded and he wasted medicinal herbs.
• Lu Heng concluded that his cultivation was too weak for advanced alchemy and spent the next two days training the Azure Wood Seal.

Lu Heng tested the power of his Azure Wood Seal, then Wutan City’s three great families gathered at the Miteer Auction House for its anticipated auction. The chapter ended as chief auctioneer Ya Fei appeared onstage.

• Lu Heng struck a testing stone with his Azure Wood Seal, leaving a deep, withered palm print in the granite.
• Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa arrived at the Miteer Auction House and discussed the Mittel Family’s promised auction item.
• Xiao Zhan arrived with Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, and Jia Lie Bi and Xiao Zhan exchanged barbed remarks.
• Xiao Yan told Jia Lie Bi to go inside, then entered a VIP room with his family and asked about Ya Fei.
• The auction hall fell silent as Ya Fei appeared onstage in a red brocade robe.

At Ya Fei’s auction, the Miteer Auction House unveiled the Beast Power Pill and demonstrated its remarkable strength-enhancing effects. The chapter ended as Zhao Hu, after swallowing the pill, confronted a charging Iron-Hide Savage Bull.

• Xiao Yan was captivated by Ya Fei as she hosted the auction, while Xiao Xun'er silently judged her a vixen.
• Ya Fei auctioned ordinary items, and Xiao Zhan bought medicinal herbs for Xiao Yan.
• Ya Fei presented the Beast Power Pill as the finale, explaining that it temporarily granted strength and defense comparable to a magical beast of the same rank.
• Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa doubted the pill’s claims and questioned its side effects.
• Ya Fei arranged a demonstration: Zhao Hu swallowed the pill, grew stronger, and seized the charging Iron-Hide Savage Bull by its horns.

Lu Heng’s Beast Power Pills caused a bidding frenzy at the auction, drawing the attention of powerful clans. After warning Lu Heng that his success could put him in danger, Ya Fei celebrated the sale, while Xiao Xun’er asked Ling Ying to examine a pill and learned that its crude refining method was unfamiliar even to him.

• Zhao Hu used a Beast Power Pill to lift and kill an Iron-Hide Savage Bull, astonishing the auction audience.
• Ya Fei announced the pills’ effects and opened bidding, prompting Jia Lie Bi, Xiao Zhan, and other buyers to compete fiercely.
• The Xiao Family bought four bottles, the Jia Lie Family bought three, the Aoba Clan bought two, and a black-robed man bought the last bottle before Ya Fei auctioned five loose pills.
• Lu Heng watched the auction and decided to avoid approaching Xiao Yan while the powerful figures around him remained a threat.
• Ya Fei warned Lu Heng that people would investigate the pill’s alchemist and urged him to protect himself; he reassured her that he valued his life.
• Xiao Xun’er asked Ling Ying to inspect a Beast Power Pill, and he said its primitive refining method was unfamiliar to him.

Xiao Yan stumbled upon Xiao Yu bathing in the Back Mountain and escaped her pursuit with Xiao Xun’er’s help. Meanwhile, Lu Heng awakened his Li Fire Body and advanced both his fire and wood physiques to the second tier.

• Xiao Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had gone to the Back Mountain as Ling Ying explained that the Beast Power Pill was only a first-grade pill.
• Xiao Yan came across Xiao Yu bathing in the hot spring, and she chased him through the woods after he fled.
• Xiao Xun'er stopped Xiao Yu from confronting Xiao Yan at his courtyard and persuaded her to leave.
• Lu Heng consumed fire-attributed ingredients and refined Magic Cores, awakening his Li Fire Body and forming a twin-fish Qi Vortex.
• Lu Heng refined wood-attributed materials, and the Book of Destiny recorded his Azure Wood Body and Li Fire Body at the second tier.

Lu Heng spent half a year cultivating and refining medicine, reaching six-star Dou Zhe before preparing to test his Yuan-Gathering Pill formula. He entered the alchemy room hoping to succeed and to make a cultivation aid that could help Ya Fei advance.

• Lu Heng discovered that his Li Fire Body doubled his Dou Qi absorption and strengthened his fire-attributed Dou Qi, though its larger reserves required more energy to fill.
• Over six months, Beast Power Pills made the Miteer Auction House popular with mercenaries and neighboring factions, while Lu Heng advanced to six-star Dou Zhe.
• Lu Heng decided to attempt refining Yuan-Nurturing Powder and Yuan-Gathering Pills, medicines with powerful cultivation effects and no known formulas on the continent.
• Lu Heng visited Ya Fei, borrowed access to the alchemy room's Earth Flame, and told her he had a fifty percent chance of success.
• Lu Heng entered the alchemy room determined to refine the medicines, hoping the Yuan-Nurturing Powder could help Ya Fei improve her cultivation.