Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang entered the Monster Mountain Range with the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King to find Lantern Heart Grass for the Advancement Pill. They found a valley full of the herb and harvested its mature plants, leaving Chu Yang with a large supply for future pills and possible sales.

• Chu Yang set out for the Monster Mountain Range with the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King after learning that Wutan City had no Lantern Heart Grass.
• Chu Yang concealed that he planned to venture deep into the mountains, and Xiao Zhan sensed the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King's formidable strength but did not question him.
• Chu Yang searched the mountains without success until the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King led him to a valley containing a large patch of Lantern Heart Grass.
• Chu Yang decided to gather extra Lantern Heart Grass for future use and possible sales through Ya Fei's auctions, and stopped the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King from summoning other magical beasts to help.
• Chu Yang and the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King harvested all the mature Lantern Heart Grass that Chu Yang considered suitable for medicine.

Chu Yang was separated from the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King when it rushed back to save its child, but he discovered a valley full of Pretty Lady Herbs and decided to gather them for refining Beauty Pills. He left with enough herbs to potentially make around a thousand pills, while still needing to return to Wutan City to refine his Advancement Pills.

• The Purple Crystal Lion Wing King learned that its child was in danger and flew back toward its lair, leaving Chu Yang behind because he could not keep up.
• Chu Yang stopped chasing the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King after losing sight of it and realizing he did not know where its lair was.
• Chu Yang spotted a Pretty Lady Herb and recognized it as a main ingredient for Beauty Pills.
• Chu Yang searched the valley and found around thirty Pretty Lady Herbs, enough to potentially refine at least one thousand Beauty Pills.

Chu Yang tried to gather Pretty Lady Herbs in a valley but was driven into the air by a swarm of first-order Green Snakes guarding them. He prepared a mixture from nearby plants to injure the snakes and sent it down toward them.

• Chu Yang was attacked by a camouflaged Green Snake as he reached for a Pretty Lady Herb and escaped into the air with his Azure Cloud Wings.
• More Green Snakes sprayed venom at Chu Yang, forcing him to stay airborne and preventing him from gathering the herbs.
• Chu Yang counted dozens of first-order Green Snakes and decided the Yellow Demonic Puppet could not safely collect the herbs either.
• Chu Yang gathered leaves, seeds, and flowers from the surrounding mountains and crushed them together with Dou Qi.
• Chu Yang flew lower and sent the medicinal pellets toward the Green Snakes, which scattered as the pellets fell and spread across the ground.

Chu Yang gathered Pretty Lady Herb from a valley by using medicinal paste to render the Green Snakes unconscious, then lost his way in the Monster Mountain Range and made a camp for the night. As he went out to find food, someone hidden in the darkness watched him and realized he was alone.

• Chu Yang used the medicinal paste to put the Green Snakes to sleep and sent the Yellow Demonic Puppet to gather Pretty Lady Herb.
• Chu Yang left the valley without killing the Green Snakes or taking their magic cores, then struggled to find his way through the vast mountain range.
• After night fell, Chu Yang abandoned his uncomfortable perch in a tree and used the Yellow Demonic Puppet to build a fire site and sleeping place.
• Chu Yang realized he was hungry and went out to hunt for game near his camp.
• A watcher hidden in the darkness spotted Chu Yang and noted that he was alone.

Chu Yang was ambushed by a black-clad assassin who mistook him for an easy target, but Chu Yang used the Great Dou Absorption Technique, Azure Cloud Wings, and his Yellow Demonic Puppet to fight back. The assassin grabbed Chu Yang’s foot during the battle, just as something abnormal happened to the hand holding him.

• A black-clad assassin stalked Chu Yang, judged him to be a weak lone traveler, and decided to ambush him for his belongings.
• Chu Yang sensed danger behind him and used the Great Dou Absorption Technique to repel part of the assassin’s attack.
• Chu Yang escaped the strike with his Azure Cloud Wings, startling the assassin, then summoned the Yellow Demonic Puppet to help him fight from the air.
• The assassin kicked the puppet away and grabbed Chu Yang’s foot as Chu Yang descended to attack him.
• The assassin sensed something abnormal in the hand gripping Chu Yang’s foot, and Chu Yang grew excited.

Chu Yang unexpectedly absorbed the black-clad assassin’s battle qi, then discovered he could transfer it into the Yellow Demonic Puppet. The puppet advanced to Eight-Star Dou Shi, and Chu Yang rested at camp until dawn.

• The black-clad assassin felt his battle qi being drained by Chu Yang, broke free, and fled into the forest.
• Chu Yang’s dantian filled with unstable battle qi, and he collapsed in pain.
• Chu Yang touched the Yellow Demonic Puppet’s head and transferred the absorbed battle qi into it, easing his discomfort.
• Chu Yang checked the puppet’s strength and found it had advanced from Six-Star Dou Shi to Eight-Star Dou Shi.
• Chu Yang and the Yellow Demonic Puppet hunted game, ate by the campfire, and kept watch through an uneventful night.

Chu Yang left the Monster Mountain Range and flew toward Wutan City, eager to return and refine an Advancement Pill. Outside the city, he encountered a Xiao Family woman surrounded by bandits and stepped in to save her.

• Chu Yang decided not to wait any longer for the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King and used his Azure Cloud Wings to leave the valley.
• Chu Yang flew toward Wutan City, landed in a secluded place, and continued toward the city on foot to keep his wings hidden.
• Chu Yang heard a woman identify herself as a member of the Xiao Family and hurried toward the voices.
• Chu Yang found the woman surrounded by five bandits and used the system to check their cultivation levels.
• Chu Yang told the bandits that the Xiao Family were his friends and stepped forward to rescue the woman.

Chu Yang rescued Xiao Yu from bandits in the Monster Mountain Range and returned with her to the Xiao clan, where she learned he truly was an alchemist and fell in love with him. Chu Yang remained unaware of her feelings and hurried to his courtyard to refine an Advancement Pill.

• Chu Yang defeated the bandits threatening Xiao Yu, absorbed the leader's Dou Qi, and sent the gang fleeing.
• Xiao Yu introduced herself and agreed to return to Wutan City with Chu Yang, who told her he was an alchemist staying at the Xiao clan.
• On the way back, Xiao Yu admired Chu Yang's strength and became shy as she began to fall for him.
• At the Xiao clan, Xiao Yu confirmed that Chu Yang was a respected alchemist and resolved that she would marry no one but him.
• Chu Yang met Xiao Zhan and several Xiao clan elders, then shut himself in his courtyard to refine an Advancement Pill.

After advancing to Dou Master, Chu Yang treated Xiao Yu’s facial scar and learned that Xiao Yan had injured her in a fight. He left Xiao Yu’s face healed and more beautiful, while keeping Old Yao’s role in Xiao Yan’s strength secret.

• Chu Yang refined an Advancement Pill and advanced to Dou Master that night.
• Yanyan and Keke told Chu Yang that Xiao Yu was waiting to see him, and he found a scratch on her face.
• Xiao Yu explained that Xiao Yan had injured her after she confronted him over his attack on Xiao Ning.
• Chu Yang recognized that Xiao Yu suspected Xiao Yan had outside help, but he kept Old Yao’s secret and promised to heal her scar.
• Chu Yang prepared herbal medicine, and Xiao Yu’s scratch vanished while her skin became even more beautiful.

Chu Yang received unexpected Check-in Points as Xiao Yu admired him and defeated Xiao Yan, while he remained unable to contact Huan Huan. After learning the Beauty Pill formula, he encountered a battered Xiao Yan and received another reward for witnessing his condition.

• Chu Yang received 200 Check-in Points after Xiao Yu's heart opened to him, though he could not reach Huan Huan to ask about the reward.
• Xiao Yu left Chu Yang's residence determined to become stronger, then encountered Xiao Yan and defeated him in a fight.
• The system rewarded Chu Yang with another 200 Check-in Points after Xiao Yu beat Xiao Yan, and he wondered whether Huan Huan had helped him.
• Chu Yang accumulated 300 Check-in Points, comprehended the Beauty Pill formula, and wandered through the Xiao Residence.
• Xun'er rescued Xiao Yan from Xiao Yu, who insulted him before leaving, and Chu Yang received 100 Check-in Points for seeing Xiao Yan disheveled.

Chu Yang went to meet the Jialie Family but was ambushed by a powerful old man who stole his pills and chased him into the Monster Mountain Range. When Chu Yang called the pursuer Ling Ying, the old man stopped and asked who Ling Ying was.

• Xiao Yan left after meeting Chu Yang, and the system rewarded Chu Yang ten thousand check-in points.
• Chu Yang learned that the Xiao Family was suppressing the Jialie Family and resolved to keep the balance from tipping too far.
• Jia Lie Bi invited Chu Yang to trade for medicinal pills at their usual meeting place, but Chu Yang found only a sinister old man waiting there.
• The old man snatched Chu Yang's pills and threatened to kill him, so Chu Yang fled using the Azure Cloud Wings.
• The old man revealed true Dou Qi Wings and pursued Chu Yang into the Monster Mountain Range, where Chu Yang finally called him Ling Ying.
• The old man stopped and asked Chu Yang who Ling Ying was.

Chu Yang suspected that the mysterious old man protecting Xun'er had come to kill him, but learned the man was Liu Xi's teacher, Mo Beibei. When Drunken Awakened Lion intervened and the two fought, Chu Yang escaped into the grass and fled on his Azure Cloud Wings.

• Chu Yang questioned whether the mysterious old man was Ling Ying and stalled while secretly preparing to fight.
• Mo Beibei revealed that he was Liu Xi's teacher and intended to take Chu Yang's life.
• Drunken Awakened Lion interrupted Mo Beibei and demanded Chu Yang's soul, then argued with him over who could claim it.
• Mo Beibei attacked Drunken Awakened Lion with a fire-based technique that restrained the illusory figure.
• Chu Yang used the distraction to flee through the grass, then unfolded his Azure Cloud Wings; Drunken Awakened Lion noticed he had escaped.

Chu Yang fled Mo Laobei and Drunken Awakened Lion, but a powerful stranger intervened and carried him away. The stranger restrained Chu Yang’s abilities and questioned him about being a promising alchemist.

• Mo Laobei and Drunken Awakened Lion pursued Chu Yang, who descended into the forest and blew his bone flute to summon the Purple Crystal Lion Wing King.
• Mo Laobei chased Chu Yang for his pill formulas, while Drunken Awakened Lion sought to capture his soul for a mysterious organization.
• A powerful force pulled Chu Yang away just as his pursuers closed in, and two strange flames drove Mo Laobei and Drunken Awakened Lion back.
• The stranger took Chu Yang far from the pursuers and suppressed his ability to use his powers or contact Huan Huan.
• The stranger released Chu Yang within a barrier and asked whether he was a promising alchemist, while Chu Yang stayed silent.

Chu Yang was confronted by the powerful stranger Di Jun, who claimed him as his captive, but a child called Pill Ancestor appeared and drove Di Jun away. After the two vanished, Chu Yang learned from Huan Huan that the encounter had been real.

• Chu Yang considered whether the stranger was connected to Old Yao or Xun'er and wondered if he might be Venerable Wind or Venerable Skyfire.
• The stranger identified himself as Di Jun and claimed Chu Yang was already his.
• Pill Ancestor appeared in the forest and extinguished Di Jun's flame lotus before pursuing him through the mountain forest.
• Di Jun warned Pill Ancestor that his true body would make the Pill Tower pay once he recovered and reunited with his avatars.
• Chu Yang wondered whether he had dreamed the encounter, and Huan Huan confirmed that it had really happened.

Chu Yang learned that the two figures he had encountered were an incarnation of the Dou Qi Continent's number one Heavenly Flame and the Pill Tower Ancestor. He reflected on the Ancestor's identity and reviewed the ranks of alchemists and medicinal pills, leaving the significance of their appearance unresolved.

• Huan Huan confirmed that one figure was an incarnation of the number one Heavenly Flame and the other was the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Chu Yang was shocked that such powerful beings had appeared in remote Wutan City.
• Chu Yang recognized that the Pill Tower Ancestor was a ninth-tier Mystic Pill and considered the figure's importance to him as an alchemist.
• Chu Yang reviewed alchemist requirements, soul realms, medicinal-pill tiers, and examples of pills from the first four tiers.

Chu Yang compared several pills and judged their drawbacks inferior to the medicines he planned to create with the Medicine Emperor System. After receiving a mission to catch up with the Pill Tower Ancestor and the others, he followed Huan Huan’s guidance and flew after them.

• Chu Yang reviewed the Dou Ling Pill and Three-Patterned Azure Spirit Pill, criticizing their limits and the risks of their side effects.
• Chu Yang learned that the child who drove away the first Heavenly Flame’s avatar was the Pill Tower Ancestor, a high-grade pill who traveled the continent by reincarnating.
• The system assigned Chu Yang a mission to catch up to the Pill Tower Ancestor and the others in exchange for a Lucky Draw.
• Chu Yang decided to accept the mission and sensed Huan Huan guiding him toward the group.
• Chu Yang spread his Azure Cloud Wings and flew in the guided direction without encountering any magical beasts.

Chu Yang arrived as the Pill Tower Ancestor subdued Di Jun's Clone, and Huan Huan helped him complete his mission to approach the Ancestor. As the Ancestor tried to refine the clone, information surged into Chu Yang, who spoke the words “Summoning Art,” startling the Ancestor.

• Chu Yang flew toward the Pill Tower Ancestor and Di Jun's Clone, which the Ancestor had trapped in a formation.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor said Di Jun's true body might already have fallen because the clone could not connect with it.
• Chu Yang received the system's notice that his mission was complete and followed its advice to wait before using his Lucky Draw.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor subdued Di Jun's Clone and began trying to refine it for its Heavenly Flame.
• A stream of information burst from Di Jun's Clone, and Huan Huan's voice sounded in Chu Yang's mind.
• Chu Yang involuntarily said “Summoning Art,” and the Pill Tower Ancestor recognized it as a lost art of an ancient clan.

Chu Yang absorbed Di Jun's Clone and drew the Art of Control, which let him suppress the Heavenly Flame within his body. The Pill Tower Ancestor accepted the loss, made Chu Yang the Pill Tower's master, and offered to help him refine the clone and learn the Summoning Art.

• Di Jun's Clone transformed into a flame, entered Chu Yang's body, and Huan Huan's voice prompted him to draw the Art of Control.
• Chu Yang learned the Art of Control and used it to keep Di Jun's Clone suppressed inside him.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor failed to retrieve the Heavenly Flame and suffered a backlash, then accepted that Chu Yang was meant to have it.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor declared Chu Yang the new master of the Pill Tower.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor promised to help Chu Yang refine the Heavenly Flame clone and learn the Summoning Art.

With the Pill Tower Ancestor’s guidance, Chu Yang subdued Di Jun’s Clone and began learning the Heaven-tier Summoning Art, a lost Soul Clan technique that summoned undead. He realized the technique could become a terrifying weapon and considered how his presence might change the roles of the people in this world.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor helped Chu Yang fully subdue Di Jun’s Clone and taught him methods for refining Heavenly Flames.
• Chu Yang crossed the threshold of the Summoning Art and learned that it was a Heaven-tier cultivation method once owned by an ancestor of the Soul Clan.
• Chu Yang discovered that the Summoning Art summoned undead creatures, from skeletons and zombies to dragons and entire armies.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor warned that the Soul Clan might have overwhelmed the other ancient clans if it had kept the Summoning Art.
• Chu Yang considered how the world might change around him, including the possibility that Hun Tiān could become his friend and Xiao Yan his enemy.

After the Pill Tower Ancestor left him to fend for himself, Chu Yang resolved to survive the Monster Mountain Range and make his own way back to Wutan City. He located the city’s direction but paused to find food before setting out.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor left Chu Yang to train the Summoning Art on his own, and Chu Yang decided not to give up despite feeling abandoned.
• Chu Yang reflected on how Di Jun's Clone had become his and how the Pill Tower Ancestor had taught him to refine it and summon low-level undead.
• Chu Yang used the system’s detection ability and his sense of direction to determine which way Wutan City lay, though he did not know how far away it was.
• Chu Yang wondered whether the Monster Mountain Range hid powerful magical beasts, then dismissed his speculation as fantasy.
• Chu Yang felt hungry and decided to look for a proper meal before flying toward Wutan City.