Chapter Summaries

Wang Tianyi agreed to refine a Heavenly Origin Pill using rare materials supplied by Ning Wu, staking his Nine Provinces Cauldron if he failed. Though the onlookers believed he was a second-grade Dao Pill Master, he knew he was only a third-grade master and faced an uncertain attempt.

• Wang Tianyi assured Ning Wu that refining the Heavenly Origin Pill would be easy and offered his Nine Provinces Cauldron to compensate for the materials if he failed.
• Wang Tianyi revealed the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and the crowd recognized it as a Limitless Artifact and became more inclined to believe he was an alchemist.
• Ning Wu provided five precious sets of pill materials as the onlookers discussed the cost of failure and the rewards of success.
• Wang Tianyi admitted to himself that he was only a third-grade Dao Pill Master and blamed Bao Xiaotou for forcing him into the challenge.
• Ning Wu cleared space for Wang Tianyi, who took a breath and prepared to begin refining the Heavenly Origin Pill.

Wang Tianyi began refining a Heaven Origin Pill from the formula Ning Wu provided, impressing no one with his unconventional method until he discovered the formula was incomplete. Ning Wu said the Hidden Sword Pavilion had found it in a ruin and did not know whether it was missing anything.

• Wang Tianyi ignited the Nine Provinces Cauldron with crimson flames and put all five ingredients inside at once.
• Ning Wu and the spectators doubted Wang Tianyi's pill-refining method, but he concealed the process inside the cauldron.
• Wang Tianyi used laws of the Dao of alchemy to merge the five melted ingredients.
• When the liquids were halfway fused, Wang Tianyi confronted Ning Wu and accused her of giving him an incomplete pill formula.
• Ning Wu nervously explained that the Hidden Sword Pavilion had obtained the Heaven Origin Pill formula from a ruin and she did not know whether it was incomplete.

Wang Tian discovered that the Hidden Sword Pavilion's Heavenly Origin Pill formula was incomplete, but he tried to refine the pill anyway by combining his own rare materials and Realm Breaking Pills. As the experts watched in alarm at the treasures he sacrificed, the furnace continued to brew and the attempt remained unresolved.

• Wang Tian realized the Hidden Sword Pavilion had given him an incomplete formula, and Ning Wu admitted she had not known.
• Wang Tian agreed to attempt the refinement, while Ning Wu promised to compensate him if he succeeded.
• Wang Tian fed precious materials into the Nine Provinces Cauldron, but the medicines began clashing and he could not identify what the formula lacked.
• Wang Tian added several high-quality Realm Breaking Pills to make up for the formula's deficiencies.
• The gathered Golden Immortal experts lamented as Wang Tian tossed five-pattern and six-pattern pills into the furnace.

Wang Tianyi combined rare patterned pills in the Nine Provinces Cauldron and refined three pills as a crowd watched. Their fragrance loosened the bottleneck of a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal expert, who hoped to buy one and pursue the Golden Immortal realm.

• Wang Tianyi experimented with the pills’ medicinal properties, and they began to fuse.
• Cultivators gathered to watch Wang Tianyi refine pills, believing a Dao Pill master was at work.
• After nearly twenty hours of refining, Wang Tianyi called for the pills to form as the Nine Provinces Cauldron spun.
• Ye Lin supplied Wang Tianyi with powerful immortal energy and told him to stay focused.
• Three pills took shape, and their fragrance loosened the realm bottleneck of a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal expert, who asked Wang Tianyi to sell him one.

Wang Tianyi completed three pills that triggered a Pill Dao tribulation, astonishing the Hidden Sword Pavilion’s experts. Ning Wu recognized his value and resolved to protect the secret, while Wang Tianyi became an honored guest regardless of whether the pills survived.

• Ning Wu ordered Hidden Sword Pavilion experts to seal off the area and keep news of Wang Tianyi’s pill-making secret.
• Wang Tianyi opened the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and heavenly thunder gathered over the Hidden Sword Pavilion.
• Three pills flew from the furnace toward the sky, revealing that they had triggered a pill tribulation.
• The gathered experts discussed the tribulation and the value of pills that survived it.
• Ning Wu accepted Wang Tianyi as an honored guest of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, regardless of the pills’ fate.

Wang Tian refined three legendary Nine-Pattern Heavenly Origin Pills, provoking a rush of Golden Immortal powerhouses eager to buy them. As he reached for the descending pills, a figure lunged at him, but Li Xiaoyao intercepted it.

• Heavenly lightning tempered Wang Tian's three pills for an hour before the tribulation dispersed.
• The onlookers saw that each pill bore nine patterns, identifying them as legendary Nine-Pattern pills.
• Wang Tian realized he had refined Nine-Pattern Sacred Pills and celebrated excitedly with the surrounding powerhouses.
• Golden Immortal powerhouses praised Wang Tian and offered treasures and other rewards to buy a pill.
• Wang Tian reached to catch the descending pills, but a figure rushed toward him and Li Xiaoyao seized the attacker.

Wang Tian gave Ning Wu a Nine-Pattern Heavenly Origin Pill as promised, while Li Xiaoyao killed a Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal who tried to seize it. After Ning Wu warned the crowd, powerful factions offered Wang Tian wealth and favors for his remaining pills.

• A Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal tried to take the pill, but Li Xiaoyao caught him and destroyed him.
• Ning Wu warned the crowd not to harm the Hidden Sword Pavilion's honored guests.
• Wang Tian handed Ning Wu the promised pill, and she sealed it in a jade box.
• Ning Wu ordered a map of the Origin Continent and a generous gift prepared for Wang Tian.
• Representatives of the Giant Dragon Clan, Shadowkill Clan, and Heaven and Earth Fist Sect asked Wang Tian to sell them his remaining pills.

Wang Tian and Li Xiaoyao decided to sell the two Heavenly Origin Pills after judging they could not safely keep them and had no immediate need for them. The bidding began at the Hidden Sword Pavilion, where Ning Wu offered three million Law Source Stones and defended the pavilion’s right to compete.

• Li Xiaoyao declined a pill because his recent breakthrough to the Golden Immortal realm had not yet stabilized his cultivation.
• Wang Tian decided to sell both pills, and Li Xiaoyao invited the crowd to make offers.
• A Golden Immortal from the Shadowkill clan vowed to buy a pill even if his clan had to sell everything, hoping to save its dying ancestor.
• Ning Wu bid three million Law Source Stones for the Hidden Sword Pavilion, which already had one pill.
• An expert accused the Hidden Sword Pavilion of greed, but Ning Wu argued that the sale was open competition and no one challenged her further.

Bidders drove the auction price for the item to millions of Law Source Stones while Ye Lin learned how valuable they were and quietly reassured Wang Tianyi. The bidding ended with an expert threatening to bring the entire Shadowkill Clan into the contest.

• Several experts raised their bids for the item, reaching seven million Law Source Stones.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained to Ye Lin that Law Source Stones contained traces of laws and were extremely valuable to Golden Immortal cultivators.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar offered to share pill formulas because Ye Lin had befriended a second-grade Dao Pill master.
• Wang Tianyi silently sought Ye Lin's guidance, and Ye Lin nodded to reassure him without risking a voice transmission.
• An expert bid ten million Law Source Stones and threatened to use the entire Shadowkill Clan against anyone who bid higher.

Wang Tian sold the nine-pattern Heavenly Origin Pill to Shen Tian of the Shadowkill clan, whose ancestor needed it to recover and advance. After Shen Tian left to gather the Law Source Stones, the other experts recognized the clan’s likely resurgence and began bidding for Wang Tian’s remaining pill.

• Wang Tian sold the nine-pattern Heavenly Origin Pill to Shen Tian after the other experts stopped bidding.
• Shen Tian took the pill and offered his Spatial Ring as collateral while promising to return with the Law Source Stones.
• Wang Tian said he trusted Shen Tian, who gave him a contact Jade Talisman and promised to help if he faced trouble.
• Shen Tian left by tearing through space, and the gathered experts predicted the Shadowkill clan would rise again.
• An expert offered Wang Tian eight million Law Source Stones for his final pill, proposing an immediate trade.

Bidding for the Heavenly Origin Pill escalated among powerful factions, until the Emperor of the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty arrived. The other bidders realized they could hardly compete with him.

• Golden Immortals raised their bids for the Heavenly Origin Pill, reaching twelve million Law Source Stones.
• Ning Wu offered the Heaven-Slaying Sword and thirteen million Law Source Stones on behalf of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, angering the other factions.
• The Emperor of the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty arrived with his guards and servants.
• Ning Wu and the other experts greeted the Emperor, recognizing him as an eighth-level Golden Immortal and a supreme Human Race leader.
• The Emperor invited everyone to rise and remarked that they did not seem pleased to see him.

The Emperor outbid the gathered experts for Wang Tianyi’s pill and granted Wang Tianyi and his party eight Marquis identities. Wang Tianyi accepted the reward and handed over the pill to the Emperor’s attendant.

• The Emperor arrived as the crowd, including Ye Lin, bowed and flattered him.
• The Emperor offered fifteen million Law Source Stones, a mid-grade Limitless Artifact, and eight Marquis identities for the pill, silencing the other bidders.
• The Emperor said Wang Tianyi could use the Identity Tokens to claim Marquis status and warned that anyone who disrespected him would answer to the Emperor.
• Wang Tianyi accepted the rewards and gave the pill to the attendant, who sealed it in a jade box for the Emperor.

After Emperor accepted Wang Tian’s Nine-Pattern Saint Pill, he promised to protect the young alchemist and warned the other races not to harm him. The experts departed, regretting that they had failed to win Wang Tian’s favor.

• Emperor praised Wang Tian’s Nine-Pattern Saint Pill and told him to use his name for protection before leaving.
• The experts from the various races feared Emperor’s warning and approached Wang Tian to offer friendship and help.
• The experts left their contact information and departed, reluctant to leave Wang Tian behind.
• One elderly figure cursed himself for having sided with the Shadowkill Clan, while the other Primordial Unity Mystic Immortal experts also left.

Wang Tianyi’s group received a detailed map, supplies, and support from the Hidden Sword Pavilion before departing to pursue their plans. After they left, Ning Wu’s grandfather explained that he had let her handle the negotiations so she could prepare to lead the Pavilion.

• Ning Wu explained that the Emperor of the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty was the strongest Human Race expert in the Third Region and that Wang Tianyi’s marquis title would help protect him.
• Ning Wu gave Wang Tianyi a Spatial Ring, a detailed map of the Origin Continent, and a Jade Talisman offering the Hidden Sword Pavilion’s help.
• Wang Tianyi declined Ning Wu’s offer of accommodations, thanked her, and led his group away.
• Ning Wu reproached her grandfather for remaining silent during the meeting.
• Ning Wu’s grandfather said he had let her take charge because she was the next Sword Master and needed to cultivate the bearing of a leader.

After Wang Tian helped the group obtain a detailed map, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar identified the Taichu Secret Realm as the burial ground of an ancient ninth-layer Golden Immortal. Ye Lin decided the group would travel there to investigate.

• Bao Xiaotou celebrated Wang Tian's role in securing the map, while Wang Tian recalled how disastrous a failed pill refinement could have been.
• The group gathered at an inn, where Ye Lin admitted he had mainly helped Wang Tian stand out and Wang Tian spread out the map.
• Ye Lin located their position in Starry Sky Holy City within the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar examined the map and identified the Taichu Secret Realm east of the dynasty, near the Heart of Three Mountains.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar explained that the secret realm was the burial ground of the ancient ninth-layer Golden Immortal Taichu, though it did not know whether the site had already been opened.
• Ye Lin decided the group would go investigate, and Bao Xiaotou eagerly anticipated finding treasures.

Ye Lin and his companions left the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty to travel toward the Taichu Secret Realm, hoping to find a fragment of One Breath Becomes Three Purities. After Li Xiaoyao dispatched a pack of wolves, the group flew onward through the Origin Continent, attracting the attention of powerful figures below.

• Ye Lin memorized the map and decided that the group would set out for the Taichu Secret Realm.
• The group left the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty after five hours of travel and sensed that they were being watched.
• Ye Lin pointed out a pack of giant wolves, and Li Xiaoyao made the wolves vanish with a wave of his hand.
• Li Xiaoyao warned that great terrors lurked in the Origin Continent's space, so the group flew through the skies instead of traveling by tearing through space.
• The group raced across the nine heavens, drawing the attention of countless powerful figures below.

Ye Lin’s group traveled openly beyond the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty, drawing the attention of powerful beings who hunted Human Race prodigies for their flesh and treasures. Three Golden Immortals appeared to target Li Xiaoyao, leaving the group facing an imminent fight.

• Powerful beings from other races discussed how Human Race prodigies from remote lands were easy prey outside the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty.
• The hunters spotted Ye Lin and his group flying through the wilderness and expected to capture them for their flesh and Spatial Rings.
• Li Xiaoyao sensed that three Golden Immortals had targeted the group.
• The three Golden Immortals emerged from the void and planned to divide Li Xiaoyao among themselves.
• Dugu Feng wondered aloud why Golden Immortals seemed so common.

Li Xiaoyao battled three Golden Immortals while Ye Lin’s group watched, but another Golden Immortal appeared and attacked them. Li Xiaoyao remained pinned down, leaving the group facing the old man’s grasp.

• Li Xiaoyao challenged three Golden Immortals and began fighting them with his Wind Thunder Twin Hammers.
• Poison Venerable watched the battle and desperately wished to reach the Golden Immortal realm.
• An old man appeared behind Ye Lin’s group and revealed himself as another Golden Immortal.
• The old man reached out with a massive palm to seize Ye Lin’s group while Li Xiaoyao could not break away from his opponents.

Ye Lin used his Identity Token to stop a Golden Immortal from attacking his group, revealing the token’s protection from the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty. The old man withdrew, and the group left determined to grow stronger before entering the more dangerous regions.

• Ye Lin presented his Identity Token, and the old man halted his attack rather than risk provoking the Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty.
• The old man explained that the token could report Ye Lin’s death to the dynasty, then warned Ye Lin before leaving.
• Dugu Feng and Ye Lin were surprised by the token’s power, and Ye Lin put away the Golden Immortal’s talisman paper.
• Ye Lin told everyone to wear their Identity Tokens, and the group resolved to pursue the Golden Immortal realm as they considered the dangers ahead.

Li Xiaoyao rejoined Ye Lin's group after failing to stop three fleeing Golden Immortals, and the group continued toward the Taichu Secret Realm under the protection of their Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty Identity Tokens. Near their destination, the Earth Fiend Clan barred their way, and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to fight through.

• Li Xiaoyao told Ye Lin that the three Golden Immortals had escaped, and the group set off with their Identity Tokens.
• The three Golden Immortals emerged after the group left and lamented that they had been unable to stop Ye Lin.
• The group traveled for a day and a night without being challenged because they carried Heavenly Saint Imperial Dynasty Identity Tokens.
• Two Earth Fiend Clan guards stopped Ye Lin's group at the border and refused to let them enter, despite Ye Lin saying they were searching for a missing friend.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar urged Ye Lin to kill his way into Earth Fiend Clan territory.