Recaps

Qian Ye reflected on Die’s tragic life before Jia Xingtian found him and invited him to the imperial capital on behalf of the eldest princess, Yao Ye. Qian Ye recognized the invitation’s political purpose but had not yet decided whether to accept it.

• Qian Ye recalled how Die escaped the Snake-People, was captured by humans, and died accidentally at Queen Medusa’s hands while protecting Hai Bodong.
• Jia Xingtian approached Qian Ye as he lay with his eyes closed, and Qian Ye calmly asked what he wanted.
• Jia Xingtian introduced himself as guardian of the Jia Ma Empire’s imperial family, but Qian Ye dismissed his status and demanded he get to the point.
• Jia Xingtian considered recruiting Qian Ye, judging his strength and usefulness despite his arrogance.
• Jia Xingtian invited Qian Ye to the imperial capital on the eldest princess Yao Ye’s orders, saying she wanted to discuss something with him.

Jia Xingtian brought Qian Ye to the imperial palace to meet Princess Yao Ye, where Qian Ye received and absorbed the Golden Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame. Yao Ye arrived to find Qian Ye sitting in her seat, and their meeting began with her irritation at his behavior.

• Jia Xingtian persuaded Qian Ye to accompany him to meet Princess Yao Ye, and Qian Ye said goodbye to Queen Medusa before they left.
• Jia Xingtian brought Qian Ye to the imperial palace and left him waiting in the Council Hall while he went to inform the princess.
• Qian Ye received the Golden Emperor Incinerating Heavenly Flame from the Check-in System and absorbed it.
• While waiting for Yao Ye, Qian Ye sat in the chair at the head of the Council Hall.
• Yao Ye entered the hall, found Qian Ye in her seat wearing a Dragon King Mask, and confronted him.

Yao Ye questioned Qian Ye about his work with the snake-people and his claimed abilities as a Seventh-Tier Apothecary. When she doubted his alchemy rank, Qian Ye prepared to prove it by refining a pill in front of her.

• Yao Ye asked Qian Ye why he was helping the snake-people and how a nine-star Dou Wang could summon wind and rain.
• Qian Ye rejected Yao Ye's authoritative demands and confirmed that he was a Seventh-Tier Apothecary.
• Yao Ye challenged Qian Ye to explain how his alchemy rank could exceed what his cultivation seemed to support.
• Qian Ye brought out a pill-refining furnace and offered to demonstrate his ability, while Yao Ye watched with growing curiosity.

Qian Ye refined pills in the Jia Ma Empire's Council Hall while Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue watched, hoping he was truly a seventh-tier alchemist. After ten pills emerged from the Eight Trigrams Furnace, dark clouds and thunder suddenly filled the sky.

• Qian Ye admitted he was refining pills and used Heavenly Flames in the Eight Trigrams Furnace as Yao Ye watched.
• Jia Xingtian arrived with Yao Yue, and Yao Ye told them Qian Ye claimed to be a seventh-tier alchemist refining a seventh-tier pill.
• Yao Yue asked about Qian Ye and learned that Yao Ye had invited him from the Snake-People Tribe.
• After half an hour, Qian Ye stopped refining, and ten pills rose from the furnace.
• Qian Ye put away the Eight Trigrams Furnace as dark clouds gathered outside and thunder and lightning startled Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue.

Qian Ye refined ten seventh-tier Life Returning Pills, endured their Pill Lightning, and caught them when they tried to escape. Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue admired the flawless pills and each received one.

• Yao Yue recognized the sudden storm as Pill Lightning, revealing that Qian Ye had refined seventh-tier pills.
• Qian Ye stood before the pills and absorbed the repeated lightning strikes until the tribulation ended.
• The ten pills tried to flee, but Qian Ye used a jade bottle to catch all of them.
• Qian Ye told Jia Xingtian and the princesses that the pills were Life Returning Pills, which could save anyone whose head and heart remained intact.
• Qian Ye gave Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue a pill each, and they blew away its black ash to reveal its radiant appearance.
• Jia Xingtian praised the pills as flawless, while Yao Yue said even her teacher Fa Ma could not refine one so perfect.

Qian Ye negotiated with Jia Xingtian, Yao Ye, and Yao Yue to trade three Life Returning Pills for a palace residence, the title of imperial preceptor, and gold coins. The deal was settled, and Jia Xingtian left to arrange the benefits.

• Jia Xingtian asked Qian Ye to trade the three Life Returning Pills, and Qian Ye agreed to hear their offer.
• Qian Ye accepted a palace residence for one pill and the position of imperial preceptor for another.
• Qian Ye asked for 999,999 gold coins for the third pill, then offered to sell only two when Jia Xingtian hesitated.
• Yao Ye cried and rolled on the ground after Qian Ye took back the pill, prompting Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye to agree to his price.
• Qian Ye tossed the pill to Yao Yue, and Yao Ye asked Jia Xingtian to arrange the residence, title, and payment.

Qian Ye received the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from the Check-in System, then accepted his payment and Imperial Preceptor appointment from Jia Xingtian and settled into his palace residence. Yao Yue told Fa Ma that Qian Ye was a Seventh-Tier Apothecary and showed him evidence, prompting him to ask to meet Qian Ye.

• Qian Ye checked in with Yao Yue and absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame into his Dantian.
• Jia Xingtian paid Qian Ye more than nine hundred thousand gold coins, appointed him Imperial Preceptor, and gave him a residence in the palace.
• Qian Ye settled into his new residence and fell asleep.
• Yao Yue visited Fa Ma at the Alchemist Association and told him that Qian Ye had refined ten seventh-tier pills.
• Yao Yue explained that Qian Ye's pill lightning had appeared above the palace and revealed that she had bought a Life Returning Pill from him.
• Fa Ma recognized the Life Returning Pill as a seventh-tier pill that could grant its owner another life.

Qian Ye welcomed Ning'er, Xia'er, and Ruo'er as palace maids, and the Check-in System rewarded him with a Soul Storage Ring for meeting Ning'er. Later, Yao Yue and Fa Ma arrived to request an audience, and Fa Ma restrained Yao Yue while they waited for permission to enter.

• Qian Ye accepted the three palace maids sent by Yao Ye and asked Xia'er and Ruo'er to leave so he could speak with Ning'er privately.
• Qian Ye entrusted Ning'er with managing his residence, triggering a system reward of a Soul Storage Ring, which he claimed by binding it with his blood.
• Ning'er left the room, and Yao Ye later sent Qian Ye a full set of State Preceptor's equipment and a swift horse.
• Ruo'er told Ning'er that Yao Yue and Fa Ma had come to discuss an important matter, so Ning'er decided to ask Qian Ye whether he would receive them.
• Yao Yue grew impatient and wanted to enter Qian Ye's residence, but Fa Ma stopped her and told her to wait for Ruo'er to return.

Fa Ma visited Qian Ye to exchange alchemical knowledge and buy a Life Returning Pill, then agreed to introduce Xue Mei to him. The chapter ended with Qian Ye walking through the garden of his temporary residence.

• Ruo'er escorted Fa Ma and Yao Yue to the Council Hall, where they met Qian Ye.
• Fa Ma bought a seventh-tier Life Returning Pill from Qian Ye for one million gold coins.
• Qian Ye asked Fa Ma to bring Xue Mei to his residence, and gave him a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill in return.
• Fa Ma agreed to bring Xue Mei the next afternoon at three thirty, then left with Yao Yue.
• Qian Ye went to the pond in his garden, where Ruo'er and Xia'er were watering the flowers.

Qian Ye accepted the rewards he received for checking in with Ruo'er and Xia'er, then set out with Ning'er to visit the Alchemist Association. The chapter ended as his carriage entered the bustling city streets.

• Qian Ye received one hundred bottles each of Qi Nourishing Powder, Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, Meridian Protection Pill, Ice Heart Pill, and Bone Growth Pill from the Check-in System.
• Qian Ye called Ruo'er over and asked her to fetch Ning'er so he could visit the Alchemist Association.
• Ning'er joined Qian Ye and arranged a carriage to take them to the Alchemist Association.
• Qian Ye rode with Ning'er through the guarded road from the palace and passed a checkpoint into the city.
• Qian Ye observed the crowds, carriages, carts, and vendors filling the city's main street.

Qian Ye visited the Alchemist Association with Ning'er and ran into Xiao Yan in the trading area. Xiao Yan left after vowing to defeat Qian Ye and rescue Yao Chen, while continuing to pursue ingredients and pills to strengthen himself.

• Qian Ye entered the Alchemist Association with Ning'er and wandered into its trading area.
• Qian Ye recognized Xiao Yan by the heavy ruler on his back and approached him.
• Xiao Yan warned Qian Ye that he would defeat him and rescue Yao Chen, but Qian Ye dismissed his threat.
• Xiao Yan left the trading area after seeing that Qian Ye still wore the Yao Chen Ring.
• Xiao Yan continued his search for medicinal ingredients and pill formulas as he advanced toward Nine-Star Dou Wang.

Qian Ye absorbed the Void Devouring Flame after checking in at the capital's Alchemist Association. He then encountered Ao Ba harassing Xue Mei, and the chapter ended with Ao Ba using his teacher's status to intimidate her.

• The Check-in System rewarded Qian Ye with the Void Devouring Flame, which he absorbed into his Dantian.
• Qian Ye told Ning'er that he had crossed paths with a hostile man but did not consider him a concern.
• Qian Ye and Ning'er approached a crowd gathered around an argument at a medicinal ingredient stall.
• Qian Ye recognized the woman as Xue Mei and the man harassing her as Ao Ba, a disciple of the association elder Fu Yan.
• Ao Ba insulted Xue Mei and threatened her by invoking Fu Yan's authority, while Xue Mei rejected his advances.

Qian Ye intervened when Ao Ba bullied Xue Mei over an Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit, defeating Ao Ba’s lackeys and severing both of Ao Ba’s arms. Ao Ba survived and fled toward a passage, vowing revenge.

• Ao Ba outbid Xue Mei for the Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit and taunted her, but Qian Ye offered a hundred thousand gold coins and bought it.
• Ao Ba ordered his lackeys to attack Qian Ye, who swiftly knocked them all unconscious.
• Qian Ye slapped Ao Ba and sent him flying after Ao Ba confronted him.
• Ao Ba ran toward a passage, but Qian Ye severed both his arms with a saber, leaving Ao Ba to swear revenge.

Qian Ye confronted Ao Ba’s teacher, Fu Yan, after Ao Ba returned with him to seek revenge. Qian Ye revealed that the invisible Void Devouring Flame had consumed Fu Yan’s arm, leaving the Alchemist Association elder terrified and unsure what Qian Ye would do next.

• Ao Ba found Fu Yan and told him a distorted account of how Qian Ye had severed his arms.
• Xue Mei warned Qian Ye that Ao Ba might bring someone back for revenge, while Qian Ye assessed her potential as an apothecary.
• Fu Yan arrived with Ao Ba, demanded a hundred thousand gold coins and Qian Ye’s arms as punishment, then attacked him.
• The Void Devouring Flame silently consumed Fu Yan’s left arm, and Qian Ye admitted that he had caused it.
• Qian Ye explained that the invisible Heavenly Flame could devour life, leaving Fu Yan afraid of its power.

Qian Ye demonstrated the power of his invisible Void Heavenly Flames, then spared Ao Ba and Fu Yan after making Ao Ba apologize to Xue Mei and promise to leave her alone. Qian Ye departed without revealing his name, while Fa Ma and Yao Yue watched and discussed their connection to him.

• Qian Ye made ten gold coins liquefy and vanish to prove the power of his invisible Heavenly Flames, and the onlookers recognized him as a one-star Dou Huang.
• Ao Ba knelt and begged Qian Ye for mercy, and Qian Ye told him to obtain Xue Mei's forgiveness for his rude treatment of her.
• Fu Yan apologized to Xue Mei and asked her to spare Ao Ba, and Xue Mei asked Qian Ye to let them go.
• Qian Ye released Fu Yan and Ao Ba but warned Ao Ba never to disrespect Xue Mei again; Ao Ba rolled away, and Fu Yan left to treat his wound.
• Qian Ye refused Xue Mei's offer to visit and thank him, then left with Ning'er without giving her his name.
• Fa Ma and Yao Yue discussed why they had not intervened, while Mi Qie Er failed to understand their conversation.

Qian Ye summoned Xue Mei to the imperial palace and gave her the Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit he had bought for her. After she recognized him as the masked man from the day before, the Check-in System rewarded Qian Ye with the Heavenly Flame Emperor Flame, which he absorbed.

• Qian Ye learned that President Fa Ma had arrived with Xue Mei and Lin Fei, then went to meet them in the Council Hall.
• Xue Mei asked Fa Ma why the Imperial Preceptor wanted to see her, and Fa Ma said she would find out when they met.
• Qian Ye entered the hall, introduced himself to Xue Mei, and had Ning'er bring her a jade box.
• Xue Mei opened the box and recognized the Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit from the Alchemist Association's trading area, then realized Qian Ye was the man who had bought it.
• The Check-in System rewarded Qian Ye with the Heavenly Flame Emperor Flame, and he absorbed it.
• Xue Mei asked why Qian Ye was so kind to her, and he told her not to dwell on his small favor.

Qian Ye revealed that he was a high-level seventh-tier alchemist and gave Xue Mei and Lin Fei seventh-tier Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pills. After Lin Fei left, he asked Xue Mei to stay so they could speak privately.

• Qian Ye learned that Xue Mei was a third-tier alchemist and Lin Fei was a second-tier alchemist, then revealed his seventh-tier rank.
• The system rewarded Qian Ye with 100 bottles of sixth-tier Green Underworld Longevity Pills for checking in with Goddess Lin Fei.
• Qian Ye gave Xue Mei and Lin Fei one seventh-tier Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill each and warned them to keep the pills secret.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei swallowed their pills, and Lin Fei left after Qian Ye asked Xue Mei to remain.
• Qian Ye invited Xue Mei to come with him, and she followed.

Qian Ye used pressure and threats to provoke Xue Mei, who believed he intended to assault her and finally attacked him in fury. He easily countered her, but she kept getting back up to fight.

• Qian Ye told Xue Mei that his help could raise her alchemy and cultivation levels, then demonstrated his power by pinning her down with crushing pressure.
• Qian Ye threatened Xue Mei and demanded that she give herself to him, leading her to condemn him and believe his earlier kindness had been a trap.
• Qian Ye told Xue Mei to undress, then said he was not interested in her and laughed at her reaction.
• Xue Mei rose after the pressure vanished and charged at Qian Ye, who repeatedly countered her attacks and sent her flying.
• Despite her injuries, Xue Mei kept getting back up and continued fighting Qian Ye.

Qian Ye helped Xue Mei break through by putting her in danger, and she thanked him, agreed to keep his help secret from Lin Fei, and grew close to him. The next day, Lin Fei came to ask Qian Ye for pill-refining guidance, and he offered to teach her if she could last an hour against him.

• Xue Mei broke through from a three-star Dou Ling to a nine-star Dou Ling and reached the fourth-tier alchemist level after Qian Ye withdrew his Dou Qi.
• Xue Mei thanked Qian Ye, agreed not to tell Lin Fei about his methods, and kissed him before staying overnight at his residence.
• The next afternoon, Lin Fei visited Qian Ye to ask him to teach her pill refining.
• Qian Ye told Lin Fei she had to last an hour against him without admitting defeat, and she balked when he claimed to be a nine-star Dou Zong.

Lin Fei accepted Qian Ye’s challenge, but he beat and taunted her before claiming that losers had to die. After he threw her into cold water, she awakened with no injuries, advanced to a Third-Tier Alchemist and Seven-Star Dou Ling, and found Qian Ye lying beneath a tree.

• Lin Fei accepted Qian Ye’s challenge and injured her hand when her first punch struck him.
• Qian Ye mocked Lin Fei’s abilities, and she attacked again, only to be badly injured and thrown into a tree.
• Lin Fei kept fighting despite her broken hands, but Qian Ye caught her ankle and told her that anyone who lost to him had to die.
• Qian Ye grabbed Lin Fei by the throat and dropped her into cold water, where she stopped struggling and began to glow.
• Lin Fei awoke healed and stronger, having advanced to a Third-Tier Alchemist and Seven-Star Dou Ling, then found Qian Ye beneath a tree.

Qian Ye accompanied Yao Ye on an outing after the eldest princess invited him to meet someone. During their carriage ride through the imperial capital, Yao Ye told him that the Mittel Clan had closed its auction house and nearly all its shops.

• Lin Fei told Qian Ye that the seventh-tier Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill had helped her advance to Seven-Star Dou Ling and become a third-tier alchemist, and she thanked him for concealing his plan so she would fight with real fear.
• Three days later, Xia'er told Qian Ye that Yao Ye was waiting for him in the Council Hall.
• Yao Ye invited Qian Ye to accompany her to meet someone, and he agreed to go with her immediately.
• Qian Ye and Yao Ye rode through the imperial capital in her carriage, where she told him that the Mittel Clan's auction house and nearly all its shops had closed.

Yao Ye explained to Qian Ye why the Mist Yun Sect was targeting the Mittel Clan and why the imperial family hesitated to intervene. The imperial family wanted to protect the Mittel Clan but feared that fighting the Mist Yun Sect would leave the Jia Ma Empire vulnerable to invasion.

• Yao Ye told Qian Ye that the Mist Yun Sect's conflict with the Mittel Clan stemmed from Xiao Yan's ties to both clans.
• Yao Ye recounted Xiao Yan's broken engagement to Nalan Yanran and his resulting conflict with the Mist Yun Sect.
• Yao Ye explained that Ya Fei and the Mittel Clan's supreme elder, Hai Bodong, were close to Xiao Yan, and Hai Bodong's support had helped Ya Fei lead the clan.
• Qian Ye asked whether the imperial family would intervene as the Mist Yun Sect and the Mittel Clan approached battle.
• Yao Ye said the imperial family wanted to protect the Mittel Clan but feared the Mist Yun Sect's strength and the threat of foreign invasion if war weakened the empire.

Qian Ye accompanied Yao Ye to Mittel Manor, where he agreed to help the Mittel Clan face the Mist Yun Sect while keeping his nine-star Dou Zong strength secret. The Mittel Clan leaders discussed their isolation and looming danger, then learned that Yao Ye had arrived.

• Qian Ye confronted Yao Ye for bringing him to Mittel Manor without asking and warned her not to use him without permission again.
• Qian Ye agreed to help Yao Ye handle the crisis, on the condition that she follow his instructions and conceal his nine-star Dou Zong strength.
• At Mittel Manor, the clan leader and other members discussed the Mist Yun Sect's threat and the other powerful families' refusal to help.
• Mittel Tengshan suggested joining forces with the imperial family, the Nalan Clan, and the Mu Clan, but the clan leader said they would not intervene.
• A gate attendant announced that Her Highness the Eldest Princess had arrived and asked whether the clan leader would receive her.

Yao Ye arrived at the Mittel Clan estate with Qian Ye while the clan was meeting to discuss its crisis. Ya Fei learned that Qian Ye was the imperial family’s newly appointed state preceptor, and after he ignored her, she secretly resolved to remember the slight.

• Ya Fei questioned Hai Bodong about whether Yao Ye had come to help, and he advised her to hear the princess out before deciding.
• Ya Fei went to welcome Yao Ye and Qian Ye, then led them toward the Council Hall.
• Ya Fei mistook the masked Qian Ye for a bodyguard until Yao Ye introduced him as the imperial family’s new state preceptor.
• Qian Ye stayed silent when Ya Fei apologized, leaving her awkward and prompting Yao Ye to explain that he was reserved.
• Ya Fei smiled outwardly but privately resented Qian Ye’s disregard, while Qian Ye suspected she would remember the slight and retaliate later.

Yao Ye brought the Jia Ma Empire’s state preceptor, Qian Ye, to the Mittel Clan estate to help with its conflict against the Mist Yun Sect. The hall doubted Qian Ye after learning he was only a nine-star Dou Wang, until Yao Ye revealed he was also a seventh-tier alchemist.

• Yao Ye declined Ya Fei’s offer of the seat of honor and explained that she had come because of the Mittel Clan’s conflict with the Mist Yun Sect.
• Qian Ye surveyed the hall and recognized the crippled Xiao Ding and the Ice Emperor, Hai Bodong.
• Yao Ye said one person could repel the enemy and identified Qian Ye as the Jia Ma Empire’s newly appointed state preceptor.
• Ya Fei questioned Qian Ye’s strength and warned that Yun Shan, the Mist Yun Sect, and a mysterious force made the fight dangerous.
• Yao Ye revealed that Qian Ye was a nine-star Dou Wang and a seventh-tier alchemist, leaving the hall to reconsider his value.