Chapter Summaries

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.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin discovered Ice Venerable's hidden poison vault and learned how he had tried to perfect his Woe Poison Physique. They decided to cultivate there together so they could grow strong enough to support Lu Heng.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin broke through the ice gate and entered a chamber filled with poisons and Beast Hide notes.
• Xiao Yi Xian read Ice Venerable's notes and realized he had sought her source blood essence to repair the flaws in his postnatal Woe Poison Physique.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Lu Heng had helped her control her Poison Physique, and Qing Lin recalled how he had cared for her in Stone Desert City.
• Qing Lin urged Xiao Yi Xian to refine the vault's rare poisons while she absorbed the three Seventh-Rank mutated giant snakes sealed in her pupils.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to cultivate alongside Qing Lin so they could help Lu Heng face stronger enemies.

Yao Tianhuo concealed the Poison Cavern while Cao Yue decided to seek an opportunity in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range rather than rely on Lu Heng’s gifts. After Lu Heng recovered and stabilized his cultivation, Cao Ying hurried to see him and nearly collided with him at the courtyard entrance.

• Yao Tianhuo erased the traces around the Poison Cavern and hid its entrance from people searching the ruins.
• Cao Ying told Cao Yue that Lu Heng had returned unharmed after defeating the Ice Venerable and Tian Shuangzi.
• Cao Yue declined to visit Lu Heng while he rested and reaffirmed her plan to travel to the Heavenly Star Mountain Range to seek an opportunity.
• Three days later, Lu Heng woke from his rest with his One-Star Dou Zun cultivation stabilized.
• Cao Ying hurried into Lu Heng’s courtyard and nearly collided with him, then scolded him for startling her.

Cao Ying asked Lu Heng to stop Cao Yue from risking a trip to the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, and Lu Heng proposed that Cao Yue prepare for a safer opportunity in the Northern Region. He met Cao Yue and heard that she wanted to break through her stagnant cultivation and alchemy before the Alchemy Assembly.

• Cao Ying told Lu Heng that Cao Yue planned to seek an opportunity in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and asked him to dissuade her.
• Lu Heng decided Cao Yue should cultivate for two years before joining Cao Ying on a trip to the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.
• Cao Ying led Lu Heng to Cao Yue’s courtyard, where Cao Yue blushed at seeing him and Cao Ying teased her about her feelings.
• Lu Heng asked Cao Yue about her plans, and Cao Yue explained that her alchemy was stuck at Seventh-Grade Early-Stage and her cultivation at Four-Star Dou Emperor.

Lu Heng steered Cao Yue away from a likely trap in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and pointed her and Cao Ying toward the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool as a safer opportunity to strengthen their cultivation. After returning to his room in Saint Dan City, he prepared to examine the heavenly mandate reward from his breakthrough to Dou Zun.

• Lu Heng warned Cao Yue that the rumored opportunity in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range was probably a trap, while she explained her fear of falling behind her talented peers.
• Lu Heng recommended the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, explaining that it would reopen in about two and a half years and could help Cao Yue break through to Dou Zong.
• Lu Heng urged Cao Ying to use the pool to stabilize her Dou Qi foundation and promised to refine Poison-Averting Meridian-Protecting Pills for both women.
• Cao Yue and Cao Ying agreed to avoid the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and train until they could visit the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool together.
• Lu Heng returned to the Guest Elder Courtyard, secluded himself in his bedroom, and prepared to inspect the Golden Book Fragment's reward for his Dou Zun breakthrough.

Lu Heng received the Dou Zun Yin-Yang Section of the Five Spirits Chaos Art and the nascent Yin-Yang Five Elements Dharma Body, then cultivated for a month to stabilize his breakthrough. He left seclusion at the peak of One-Star Dou Zun and began considering his next move.

• The Book of Destiny granted Lu Heng the Yin-Yang Section of his cultivation art and the nascent form of the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dharma Body.
• Lu Heng refined his five-element Dou Qi into Yin Yang Twin Fish, strengthening his body and widening his meridians.
• Lu Heng briefly formed the dharma body but suppressed it before it could damage his room or attract the Pill Tower Elders' attention.
• Lu Heng cultivated in seclusion for a month while Cao Ying visited twice and left spirit fruit at his courtyard gate.
• Lu Heng emerged with his cultivation stabilized at the peak of One-Star Dou Zun, ate the fruit Cao Ying had left, and considered where to go next.

Lu Heng decided to travel to the Beast Region to investigate a rumored Dou Sheng ruin and seek rare medicinal ingredients. After Xuankong Zi and Sky Lightning Child warned him about the dangers and the factions gathering there, Xuankong Zi gave him a Pill Tower token to help him prepare.

• Lu Heng recalled rumors of an ancient ruin emerging in the Beast Region and decided to go there.
• Lu Heng visited Xuankong Zi and Sky Lightning Child at the Pill Tower council hall and asked about the Beast Region.
• Xuankong Zi and Sky Lightning Child explained that a Dou Sheng ruin was emerging near the Skeleton Mountain Range and that several human and magical beast factions were gathering there.
• Lu Heng insisted he would go despite the danger, and Xuankong Zi gave him an Outer Pill Tower Guest Elder token to obtain a map and faction intelligence at Ancient Town.

Xuankong Zi, Xuanyi, and Sky Lightning Child gave Lu Heng resources and a powerful talisman for his journey to the Beast Region. After preparing pills to trade with magical beast clans, Lu Heng was visited by Cao Ying and another woman.

• Xuankong Zi gave Lu Heng a Pill Tower Gold Token and explained how it could help him in the Beast Region.
• Xuanyi gave Lu Heng medicinal herbs, concealment powder, maps, Dou Crystals, and weapon-reforging ores in a storage ring.
• Sky Lightning Child gave Lu Heng a jade talisman containing one full-strength strike from a peak Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Lu Heng returned to his courtyard and refined batches of pills to trade with magical beast tribes during his journey.
• Cao Ying arrived at Lu Heng’s courtyard with another woman and called for him to open the door.

Lu Heng prepared to enter the Beast Region despite Cao Ying and Cao Yue's concern, then traveled to its outskirts and arrived at Ten Thousand Beasts City. He began exploring the city, where magical beasts in humanoid forms filled the streets.

• Cao Ying and Cao Yue warned Lu Heng about the dangers of the Beast Region, but Lu Heng reassured them he could protect himself and promised to bring Cao Ying a flying spirit beast.
• Three days later, Lu Heng packed his pills and left Saint Dan City without saying goodbye to the Cao cousins or Xuankong Zi.
• After traveling through a Spatial Wormhole, Lu Heng reached the Withered Bone Wasteland seven days later and flew south toward the Beast Region.
• Lu Heng arrived at Ten Thousand Beasts City and entered through its gate.
• Lu Heng saw that the city streets were crowded with humanoid magical beasts, many of whom still showed features of their original forms.

Lu Heng intervened when Balu bullied a human alchemist over black gold ganoderma, trading a bloodline-purifying pill for it. When Balu attacked him to seize the pill, Lu Heng used his control over space to force the bull clan warrior to his knees, revealing power that suggested he was a Dou Zun.

• Balu beat the Green-Robed Elder and demanded his Bone-Regenerating Pill as compensation for the dispute over the black gold ganoderma.
• Lu Heng took the ganoderma and offered the fox-eared stallholder a Sixth-Grade High-Tier Earth-Spirit Blood-Merging Pill in exchange.
• The fox-eared stallholder accepted Lu Heng's trade and clutched the pill, while Balu became fixated on taking it.
• Balu attacked Lu Heng and demanded his pill and Storage Ring.
• Lu Heng stopped Balu's strike with spatial pressure, broke his knees, and asked who he had called low-grade trash.

After defeating Balu, Lu Heng sought information about the Depths of the Beast Region at the Thousand Beasts Pavilion. He learned that nearby eighth-rank treasures were guarded by beast clans and began looking for clans willing to trade, while Lei Ying warned him away from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Lu Heng hurled Balu into the city wall, took the black gold ganoderma, and rescued Ye Zhong.
• Ye Zhong directed Lu Heng to the Thousand Beasts Pavilion as the best source of information about the Beast Region.
• Lei Ying welcomed Lu Heng after recognizing his Pill Tower Gold Token and escorted him to a private guest room.
• Lu Heng asked Lei Ying about nearby eighth-rank or higher Five Elements treasures and explained that he wanted to trade pills for them.
• Lei Ying showed Lu Heng a map and warned him not to negotiate with the overbearing Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.