Chapter Summaries

Jia He refined a Spirit-Breaking Pill that restored Qing Yanjing’s cultivation, and the two agreed to travel together on the Hundred Spirit Plain. As Qing Yanjing cultivated, Jia He discovered that she was suffering from a strange fire poison.

• Jia He completed the Spirit-Breaking Pill, and it passed its lightning tribulation.
• Jia He suggested marrying the Buddha Ancient Clan’s saintess, and Qing Yanjing blushed and avoided his gaze.
• Jia He and Qing Yanjing discussed whether she would leave after recovering, and Jia He proposed that they travel together.
• Qing Yanjing swallowed the Spirit-Breaking Pill, broke the Seal Origin Powder, and began recovering her cultivation.
• Qing Yanjing’s skin turned red as she cultivated, and Jia He sensed an unusual fire poison inside her.

Jia He helped Qing Yanjing purge mutated fire poison from the Spirit-Breaking Pill, allowing her to break through to the Earthly Sovereign realm. Jia He then triggered and overcame his own immense Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation, while Qing Yanjing’s weaker tribulation formed afterward.

• Jia He used his pill flames to remove the mutated fire poison from Qing Yanjing, and she broke her seal and reached the Earthly Sovereign realm after three days.
• Jia He collapsed from exhaustion, then rapidly recovered as his cultivation advanced toward the peak of the Ninth Grade Sovereign realm.
• Jia He’s breakthrough summoned a vast spiritual tribulation, and Qing Yanjing realized the thunderclouds belonged to him rather than to both of them.
• Jia He flew into the thunderclouds and fought the heavenly lightning with his Sovereign Dharma Body, absorbing the tribulation’s power until the clouds dispersed.
• Qing Yanjing found Jia He unharmed after his tribulation, and her own smaller spiritual tribulation formed before she flew up to face it.

After advancing to the Earthly Sovereign realm, Jia He and Qing Yanjing left the Hundred Spirit Plain to seek an ownerless continent where they could establish a force. They headed for Hundred Spirit City to travel to Commerce Continent, but a troop of soldiers rushed toward the teleportation array just as they arrived.

• Jia He reflected on his new Earthly Sovereign body while Qing Yanjing endured and completed her Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation.
• Jia He decided to establish his own force, and Qing Yanjing chose to travel with him after fleeing her arranged marriage.
• After a month, Jia He and Qing Yanjing left the Hundred Spirit Plain on Dragon Horses and planned to visit Commerce Continent to earn money and bid on maps of ownerless continents.
• Jia He and Qing Yanjing reached Hundred Spirit City and discussed its defensive formation and Qing Yanjing's ties to the Buddha Ancient Clan and Maha Clan.
• A troop of armored soldiers galloped toward the teleportation spiritual array, leaving Jia He and Qing Yanjing to wonder if trouble awaited them.

Jia He and Qing Yanjing reached the teleportation array in Hundred Spirit City, only to find it sealed by guards from the Lu Clan. As they waited, Qing Yanjing explained the Great Thousand Pill Gathering and its place in the alchemy world.

• Jia He told Qing Yanjing to veil her face, and the two teased each other as they headed to the teleportation array.
• Jia He and Qing Yanjing found the array surrounded by armored guards who had driven away the waiting travelers.
• Bystanders explained that the Lu Clan had come to gather spirit herbs after one of its alchemists attracted the Ancient Prairie's attention.
• Qing Yanjing told Jia He about the Pill God Clan, the Ancient Prairie, and the Great Thousand Pill Gathering.

Jia He and Qing Yanjing decided to head for the Great Thousand Pill Gathering, but the Lu Clan sealed off Hundred Spirit City after a jade tablet connected to the Maha Clan revealed that Qing Yanjing was nearby. Qing Yanjing recognized the tablet’s insignia as Maha Tian’s, leaving the pair trapped and exposed to his forces.

• Jia He chose to travel with Qing Yanjing to the Great Thousand Pill Gathering on Cloud Medicine Continent before pursuing the Commerce Continent auction.
• Lu Tianfang arrived in Hundred Spirit City with Lu Chen and the Lu Clan’s younger generation aboard a warship.
• Lu Tianfang’s jade tablet lit up, and he ordered the Lu Clan elders to seal the teleportation array and cut the city off from the outside world.
• Lu Tianfang told the crowd that the array had breaches and needed repairs, while Jia He and Qing Yanjing suspected his real motive.
• Jia He asked Qing Yanjing whether the tablet related to her exposed whereabouts, and she recognized its pattern as Maha Tian’s personal insignia.

Jia He and Qing Yanjing prepared to force their way through the teleportation array as the Lu Clan moved to intercept them. Lu Tianfang judged Jia He’s youth and strength too dangerous to challenge and chose to approach him humbly instead.

• Qing Yanjing agreed with Jia He that they should charge through the teleportation array, then displayed her Blazing Radiance Formation while Jia He secretly memorized its spiritual seals.
• Jia He released his Earthly Sovereign aura, sending people fleeing and alerting Lu Tianfang and the Lu Clan’s ancestors.
• Lu Tianfang warned his clan not to risk their lives and went to confront Jia He, whose young appearance startled him.
• Lu Tianfang introduced himself and said he had come only to seek spiritual herbs, while the Lu Clan youths questioned his humility.
• Lu Chen rebuked the youths for criticizing Lu Tianfang and ordered them to be quiet.

Jia He and Qing Yanjing passed through the Lu Clan’s blockade and traveled toward the Cloud Medicine Continent. During the journey, Jia He created a new spirit array by combining flames and lightning, while Qing Yanjing offered to teach him spirit arrays in exchange for benefits.

• Lu Tianfang let Jia He and Qing Yanjing pass through the teleportation array, then speculated that Qing Yanjing might be Maha Tian’s runaway fiancée.
• Lu Tianfang told the Lu Clan to pretend they had tried to stop the pair if Maha Tian questioned them, and the blockade ended.
• Aboard the spatial vessel, Jia He recreated Qing Yanjing’s Blazing Radiance Formation and combined it with lightning spirit seals.
• Jia He named his new flame-and-lightning array the Thunderflame Formation.
• Qing Yanjing confronted Jia He about practicing spirit arrays and offered to teach him if he gave her more benefits.

Jia He and Qing Yanjing arrived at Cloud Medicine Continent, where Jia He recognized the continent’s vast medicinal gardens as a super array. Meanwhile, Maha Tian learned Qing Yanjing was on Hundred Spirits Continent and decided to pursue her before traveling to the Pill God Clan.

• During their journey through the spatial transmission passage, Qing Yanjing taught Jia He spirit arrays, and his comprehension brought him close to becoming a high-level Spirit Array Grandmaster.
• Maha Tian learned that Qing Yanjing had been located on Hundred Spirits Continent and decided to go there himself, taking the clan’s alchemists along before they continued to the Great Thousand Pill Gathering.
• Jia He and Qing Yanjing arrived on Cloud Medicine Continent, where Jia He noted its dense earth and wood spiritual energy and abundant medicinal herbs.
• Jia He recognized that Cloud Medicine Continent’s mountain ranges formed a super array, surprising Qing Yanjing with his ability to perceive the terrain’s array patterns.
• Jia He teased Qing Yanjing for being jealous of his talent, and she angrily reminded him that she had taught him many of his spirit arrays.

Jia He and Qing Yanjing explored Cloud Cliff City, where they learned about an upcoming auction featuring rare medicinal ingredients. At the Cloud Pill Auction House, they saw Pill God Clan alchemists and Qing Yanjing explained the ranks of their robes and the highest alchemist grades.

• Jia He and Qing Yanjing entered Cloud Cliff City and visited Cloud Fragrance Tower for a meal.
• Jia He warned Qing Yanjing that Maha Tian might search for her, possibly at the Pill God Clan, and she said she did not know whether the Maha Clan would attend the Great Thousand Pill Gathering.
• Jia He asked the waiter about auctions and learned that the Cloud Pill Auction House would hold a grand auction the next day, with dragon marrow among its rare ingredients.
• Jia He and Qing Yanjing went to the Cloud Pill Auction House and saw members of the Pill God Clan in alchemist robes.
• Qing Yanjing explained that moon-white robes marked alchemists below Alchemy Grandmaster, blue-green robes marked Alchemy Grandmasters, and higher-ranked Alchemy Great Grandmasters were graded Spirit, Immortal, and Saint.

Jia He and Qing Yanjing bought medicinal herbs at the Cloud Pill Auction House, then Jia He refined pills until he reached the peak realm of an alchemy master. They returned to have his pills appraised by Lin Hui, a spirit-grade grand alchemist, and his granddaughter Lin Ling.

• Qing Yanjing explained pill grades and promised to welcome Jia He to the Buddha Ancient Clan if he became a grand alchemist.
• Jia He persuaded Qing Yanjing to exchange her treasures for Supreme Liquid, which they spent on medicinal herbs at the Cloud Pill Auction House.
• Jia He refined pills in his room while Qing Yanjing guarded it with a defensive formation, and his alchemy reached the peak realm of an alchemy master.
• Jia He and Qing Yanjing brought his spiritual pills to the auction house for appraisal, where Lin Ling mistook them for a well-matched couple.
• Lin Hui introduced himself as the auction house's manager and a spirit-grade grand alchemist, and introduced his granddaughter Lin Ling.

Jia He consigned his pills at the Cloud Pill Auction House, where Lin Hui and Lin Ling learned he was a lower-plane alchemist bound for the Great Thousand Pill Gathering. He and Qing Yanjing agreed to travel with Lin Hui and Lin Ling, then used the auction proceeds to buy rare spiritual herbs.

• Jia He showed Lin Hui his pills, and Lin Hui recognized their exceptional quality and agreed to auction them.
• Lin Ling opened a bottle and released a crimson pill spirit, prompting Jia He to explain that he came from a lower plane and learn that Great Thousand World pills needed its laws' recognition to gain spirituality.
• Lin Hui invited Jia He and Qing Yanjing to travel with him and Lin Ling to the Great Thousand Pill Gathering, and Lin Ling called Jia He Big Brother and Qing Yanjing Sister-in-law.
• Lin Hui waived the Cloud Pill Auction House's commission and auctioned Jia He's pills.
• Three days later, Jia He received the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and bought rare spiritual herbs from the Cloud Pill Treasury with Lin Hui's help.

Lin Hui invited Jia He and Qing Yanjing to visit the Pill God Clan ahead of the Great Thousand Pill Gathering, and they agreed to go. As Lin Hui explained the clan’s hierarchy during their journey, Jia He learned that the Lin Clan ranked fifth among its six great families.

• Lin Hui invited Jia He and Qing Yanjing to visit the Pill God Clan before the Great Thousand Pill Gathering, and they accepted.
• Lin Ling stayed with Qing Yanjing, teased her about Jia He, and suggested they should be together, but Qing Yanjing said the matter was complicated because of her ties to the Buddha Ancient Clan.
• Lin Ling showed Qing Yanjing several medicinal gardens, where Jia He sensed powerful hidden Earthly Sovereign auras.
• Lin Hui led Jia He and Qing Yanjing through a teleportation array toward the Pill God Clan and explained that the clan rewarded members for alchemy talent.
• Lin Hui told Jia He and Qing Yanjing that the Dan Clan was the foremost lineage and ranked the six families: Dan, Huo, Zhao, Gan, Lin, and Yun.