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Yao Xuan, a transmigrator from a collateral branch of the Yao Clan, practiced alchemy in the Medicine Realm and reunited with Yao Ling, his childhood companion and the clan’s exceptional soul cultivator. After they exchanged pills and praised each other’s progress, a figure appeared in the sky and called Yao Ling.

• Yao Xuan refined a Third-Grade Spirit-Congealing Blood-Nourishing Pill and judged its quality ordinary.
• Yao Ling found Yao Xuan and gave him a Fourth-Grade Origin-Weaving Pill, which he swallowed to aid his cultivation.
• Yao Xuan and Yao Ling discussed their alchemy and soul-power progress, and Yao Ling praised his talent.
• Yao Xuan gave Yao Ling the pill he had just refined, and she swallowed it without inspecting it.
• A figure appeared in the sky behind them and called out to Yao Ling.

Yao Tian took Yao Ling away and scorned Yao Xuan for being a collateral-branch clansman. Knowing the Yao Clan suppressed collateral-line talent and faced future destruction, Yao Xuan decided to prepare for the Medicine Assembly and try to win its resources.

• Yao Tian arrived, reprimanded Yao Ling for leaving the training chamber, and took her away from Yao Xuan.
• Yao Tian told Yao Xuan to remember his place, while Yao Ling defended Yao Xuan's talent before her brother forced her to leave.
• Yao Xuan reflected on how the Yao Clan had suppressed Yao Chen, a collateral-branch alchemy prodigy, and driven him out of the clan.
• Yao Xuan called for a system but received no response, then realized he needed resources to survive the Yao Clan's future extermination.
• Yao Xuan decided to prepare for the Medicine Assembly, where winning the championship could earn him resources equal to those given to direct-line disciples.

Yao Ling gave Yao Xuan the secret Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill formula and its ingredients so he could compete for first place in the Medicine Assembly. Yao Xuan accepted the risk and resolved to protect Yao Ling if trouble arose.

• Yao Xuan realized he needed a rare fifth-grade pill formula to have a chance of winning the Medicine Assembly.
• Yao Ling returned after her brother was called away and gave Yao Xuan the Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill formula.
• Yao Xuan worried that refining a direct-line secret pill as a branch-family member could anger the elders and implicate Yao Ling.
• Yao Ling gave Yao Xuan the ingredients and urged him to refine the pill, promising to take responsibility if the elders objected.
• Yao Xuan decided to use the formula and vowed not to let any trouble fall on Yao Ling.

Yao Xuan studied the Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill formula and prepared to compete in the Yao Clan’s Medicine Assembly, hoping to win a place in the direct lineage and be with Yao Ling. The assembly began in Pill Cauldron City, where Yao Wangu dismissed the branch-line contestants as inferior.

• Yao Xuan examined the rare ingredients Yao Ling had provided and resolved to master the pill formula before making his single refining attempt.
• During the following half month, Yao Xuan studied the formula and practiced refining common fifth-grade pills while Yao Tian kept Yao Ling under close watch.
• At the Medicine Assembly in Pill Cauldron City, Yao Xuan and Yao Ling found each other in the divided gathering areas and exchanged smiles.
• Yao Wangu declared the Medicine Assembly open before the assembled Yao Clan members.
• Yao Wangu told Yao Wanhuo that Yao Ling or Yao Xingji would likely win, and claimed branch-line contestants were only there to make up the numbers.

The Yao Clan’s Medicine Assembly began, and Yao Xuan and Yao Xingji both chose to refine the fifth-grade Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill while Yao Ling prepared a Detoxification Pill. Yao Wanhuo recognized Yao Xuan’s skill and predicted he could contend for the championship, but Yao Wangu resented the side-branch contestant and secretly planned to cripple him.

• The Yao Clan contestants began the Medicine Assembly, each with one chance to refine a pill for Yao Wangu and Elder Wanhuo to judge.
• Yao Xuan and Yao Xingji selected ingredients for the same fifth-grade Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill, while Yao Ling began preparing a Detoxification Pill.
• Yao Wangu questioned Yao Tian about Yao Xuan and wanted to disqualify him for using a pill formula reserved for the main branch.
• Yao Wanhuo stopped Yao Wangu from interfering and said Yao Xuan’s alchemy skills could rival or surpass Yao Xingji’s.
• Yao Wangu accepted that he could not act openly but resolved to cripple Yao Xuan, as he had once crippled another side-branch alchemy genius.

Yao Ling, Yao Xingji, and Yao Xuan were the last contestants refining pills at the Medicine Assembly, and Yao Xuan completed a Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill at the final moment. The chapter left the contest awaiting judgment between Yao Xingji’s upper-grade pill and Yao Xuan’s newly finished pill.

• Yao Ling refined a nearly perfect Detoxification Pill first, but the audience considered it unlikely to win against a Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill.
• Yao Xingji steadily refined a high-tier Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill, while Yao Xuan struggled to harmonize its medicinal properties in an ordinary black cauldron.
• Yao Xingji completed an upper-grade pill and received praise from Yao Wangu, who expected him to win.
• Yao Wanhuo recognized that Yao Xuan’s painstaking refinement was exceptionally precise and warned Yao Wangu not to celebrate too soon.
• As the time limit ended, Yao Xuan’s medicinal ingredients fused, and a flawless Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill rose from his cauldron.

Yao Xuan refined a flawless Origin-Bearing Pill and surpassed Yao Xingji, despite Yao Wangu’s attempt to favor the direct branch. After Elder Wanhuo urged him to judge fairly, Yao Wangu declared Yao Xuan the Medicine Assembly champion.

• Yao Xuan completed his Origin-Bearing Pill before the deadline, shocking the clan members and revealing that his pill surpassed Yao Xingji’s.
• Elder Wanhuo reminded Yao Wangu to judge fairly and recalled how Yao Chen had once been expelled from the clan despite his talent.
• Yao Wangu appraised Yao Ling’s Detoxification Pill as high-grade and Yao Xingji’s Origin-Bearing Pill as peak high-grade.
• Yao Wangu acknowledged that Yao Xuan’s Origin-Bearing Pill was flawless but criticized him for taking too long to refine it.
• Elder Wanhuo again called for impartiality, and Yao Wangu conceded that Yao Xuan’s pill surpassed Yao Xingji’s in quality.
• Yao Wangu announced Yao Xuan of the collateral branch as the Medicine Assembly champion.

Yao Xuan won the Medicine Assembly, but Yao Wangu used an accusation of stealing a pill formula to strip him of his clan status and expel him from the Medicine Realm. Yao Xuan left with his expectations of the Yao Clan finally extinguished.

• Yao Wangu announced Yao Xuan as the Medicine Assembly champion and gave him the championship token.
• Yao Ling congratulated Yao Xuan, and Yao Wangu later accused him of obtaining a main-line pill formula and ingredients improperly.
• Yao Ling defended Yao Xuan in the Punishment Hall, arguing that she had given him the materials and that his victory qualified him to enter the main-line registry.
• Yao Wangu had Yao Tian take Yao Ling away and offered Yao Xuan a reduced punishment if he admitted to stealing the formula.
• Yao Xuan refused to admit guilt, and Yao Wangu stripped him of Yao Clan membership and banished him from the Medicine Realm.

After Yao Xuan was expelled from the Yao Clan, Yao Ling gave him supplies and her essence blood before he entered the dangerous Shennong Mountain Range. He resolved to leave the mountains within five days and consider his future afterward.

• Yao Ling pleaded with Yao Wangu to spare Yao Xuan, but he insisted that Yao Xuan had no place beside her in the Yao Clan.
• Yao Ling met Yao Xuan at the Medicine Realm's exit, promised to wait for his return, and gave him a Storage Ring before he left the clan.
• Yao Xuan entered the Shennong Mountain Range and found five Miasma-Repelling Pills and Yao Ling's soul-nourishing essence blood in the ring.
• Yao Xuan considered searching for Old Man Shennong but decided that leaving the mountains was more urgent because he had only five pills and limited time.

After the Yao Clan barred Yao Xuan from leaving through Shennong City, he risked crossing the Shennong Mountain Range to reach the Central Plains. Old Man Shennong rescued him from a seventh-tier Magic Beast, and Yao Xuan introduced himself.

• Yao Xuan decided to cross the dangerous core of the Shennong Mountain Range because the Yao Clan had sealed the official exits.
• Yao Xuan concealed his aura and traveled north, evading Magic Beasts and deadly miasma swamps.
• A seventh-tier Giant-Scaled Venom Dragon Lizard attacked Yao Xuan and tore through his Pill Flame Art.
• Old Man Shennong appeared and used the Life Spirit Flame to repel the Dragon Lizard, which fled into the forest.
• Yao Xuan recognized Old Man Shennong, thanked him for saving his life, and introduced himself.

Old Man Shennong recognized Yao Xuan as an expelled Yao Clan collateral clansman and tested his alchemy skill in a created space. With Shennong’s guidance, Yao Xuan changed his pill-refining method and began merging the Azure Origin Meridian-Restoring Pill’s ingredients more quickly.

• Old Man Shennong told Yao Xuan that he had once saved Yao Chen and criticized the Yao Clan for casting out talented collateral clansmen.
• Old Man Shennong brought Yao Xuan into a created space and challenged him to refine a top-grade Fifth-Grade Azure Origin Meridian-Restoring Pill before one incense stick burned out.
• Yao Xuan began refining the pill but struggled to merge its ingredients as the incense burned down.
• Old Man Shennong advised Yao Xuan to use a gentler flame and follow the herbs’ natural medicinal properties instead of forcing them with fierce battle qi.
• Yao Xuan followed the advice, calmed the flame, and accelerated the merging of the medicinal properties.

Yao Xuan passed Old Man Shennong’s alchemy test by refining a high-quality Azure Origin Meridian-Restoring Pill before the incense burned out. After taking the pill, he broke through to the Late-Level Mortal Realm in soul power and the Three-Star Dou Spirit realm, and Old Man Shennong offered him a choice to continue improving his alchemy in the Shennong Mountain Range.

• Yao Xuan abandoned the Yao Clan’s forceful alchemy methods and refined a high-quality Azure Origin Meridian-Restoring Pill by following the natural flow of the medicinal properties.
• Yao Xuan completed the pill just as the incense burned out, passing Old Man Shennong’s test.
• Old Man Shennong gave Yao Xuan the pill, and Yao Xuan swallowed it to nourish his meridians and soul.
• Yao Xuan’s soul power advanced to the Late-Level Mortal Realm, and his cultivation rose from Two-Star Dou Spirit to Three-Star Dou Spirit.
• Old Man Shennong said he could help Yao Xuan leave the Shennong Mountain Range, then offered him the choice to improve his alchemy there.

Yao Xuan spent a year training under Old Man Shennong, becoming a Three-Star Dou Wang and a Sixth-Rank Alchemist. Old Man Shennong sent him away with supplies and a map to the Yellow Mysterious Flame, while the chapter ended with Xiao Yan being judged a third-level Dou Qi practitioner of low grade.

• Old Man Shennong offered to teach Yao Xuan for one year and gave him the Origin-Returning Spirit Art and a Sixth-Rank Scarlet Origin Marrow-Washing Pill.
• Yao Xuan consumed the pill, strengthened his body, and cultivated his soul and alchemy under Old Man Shennong's guidance.
• Yao Xuan became a Sixth-Rank Alchemist and advanced from Three-Star Dou Spirit to Three-Star Dou Wang within the year.
• Old Man Shennong gave Yao Xuan a Storage Ring containing pill formulas and medicinal ingredients, plus a map to the Yellow Mysterious Flame, before sending him away.
• In Wu Tan City, an elderly voice announced that Xiao Yan had reached the third level of Dou Qi and was of low grade.

Yao Xuan reached the Yellow Abyss Grotto in the Falling Wild Goose Empire and subdued the Yellow Mysterious Flame with the help of Old Man Shennong’s pill. He absorbed the flame, advanced to Four-Star Dou Wang, and prepared to continue his journey toward the Jia Ma Empire.

• Yao Xuan identified his location as the Falling Wild Goose Empire and used his map and soul power to find the Yellow Mysterious Flame inside Yellow Mysterious Peak.
• Yao Xuan broke the Golden Geese Sect’s barrier and entered the cavern, where the Yellow Mysterious Flame attacked him with its heavy fire pressure.
• Yao Xuan swallowed Old Man Shennong’s Flame-Absorbing Soul-Calming Pill and used his soul power to gradually suppress and refine the flame.
• Yao Xuan absorbed the Yellow Mysterious Flame into his dantian and broke through to Four-Star Dou Wang.

After subduing the Yellow Mysterious Flame, Yao Xuan found pill formulas in its former owner's burial chamber and was confronted by Yan Luotian, the Golden Geese Sect's master. Yao Xuan escaped into the Jia Ma Empire and continued toward Wu Tan City, still uncertain about Yao Chen and Xiao Yan.

• Yao Xuan opened the burial chamber behind the stone platform and found ten pill formulas, including formulas for the Sect-Breaking Pill and Purple Recovery Pill.
• Yan Luotian confronted Yao Xuan outside the cavern and demanded an explanation for trespassing in the Golden Geese Sect's forbidden ground.
• Yao Xuan gave Yan Luotian a false excuse, but Yan Luotian attacked him with a battle qi claw.
• Yao Xuan used his Battle Qi Wing Transformation and the force of Yan Luotian's attack to flee westward.
• Yao Xuan crossed into the Jia Ma Empire, forcing Yan Luotian to stop his pursuit, then sped toward Wu Tan City.

Yao Xuan arrived in Wu Tan City and consigned a peak Fourth-Grade Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pill at the Mittel Auction House. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao noticed Yao Xuan, while Ya Fei and Gu Ni were left wondering whether he was a Fifth-Grade Alchemist.

• Yao Xuan entered the Mittel Auction House to gather information and brushed past the black-robed Xiao Yan, whom he recognized by his attire and the scent of medicinal herbs.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the youth who passed him was an alchemist with a Heavenly Flame and at least Fifth-Grade soul power, then warned him to stay cautious.
• Yao Xuan showed Gu Ni a peak Fourth-Grade Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pill and asked to consign it for auction.
• Gu Ni summoned Ya Fei, who recorded the pill and arranged for it to be stored and auctioned according to the house's rules.
• Ya Fei questioned Gu Ni about the pill, and he confirmed its grade and suspected Yao Xuan was a Fifth-Grade Alchemist.

At the Mittel Auction House, Xiao Yan watched as the auction’s finale—a peak Fourth-Grade Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pill—stunned Wu Tan City’s leading families. Yao Lao suspected the pill had been refined using a Heavenly Flame and began to wonder whether its alchemist came from beyond the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Zhan bought Xiao Yan’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for forty thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Zhan won the High-Grade Black Rank Wind Scroll Technique for four hundred thousand gold coins, leaving the Xiao Household without enough money to bid on the finale.
• Ya Fei revealed the Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pill, which could raise a Da Dou Shi’s strength by one star without side effects.
• Xiao Yan realized that either Jia Lie Bi or Ao Ba Pa acquiring the pill could threaten the Xiao Household’s standing.
• Yao Lao examined the pill’s flawless markings and pure medicinal potency, concluded that a Heavenly Flame had been used to refine it, and began suspecting its alchemist was not from the Jia Ma Empire.

Yao Xuan’s Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pill sold for one million gold coins after Jia Lie Bi outbid Xiao Zhan and Ao Ba Pa. Yao Xuan left to wait in the appraisal room, while Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to leave the auction house and leave investigating the mysterious pharmacist to him.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about the mysterious pharmacist, and Yao Lao suspected the pharmacist had an extraordinary background because he possessed a Heavenly Flame.
• Ya Fei began the bidding for Yao Xuan’s Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pill at five hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Zhan and Ao Ba Pa bid against Jia Lie Bi, but Xiao Zhan ran out of funds after Jia Lie Bi raised the price to one million gold coins.
• Ya Fei sold the pill to Jia Lie Bi for one million gold coins, and Yao Xuan left the VIP room for the appraisal room.
• Xiao Yan regretted that Xiao Zhan could not win the pill, and Yao Lao explained that he could refine it but that Wu Tan City lacked the necessary ingredients.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to collect the money and leave the auction house, then said he would investigate the mysterious pharmacist himself.

Yao Xuan led Xiao Yan and Yao Chen out of Wu Tan City and revealed that he knew Yao Chen’s past and shared his Yao Clan origins. After proving his identity with a Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill, Yao Xuan explained that he, like Yao Chen, came from a collateral branch and was no longer part of the clan.

• Ya Fei wondered whether Yao Xuan or Xiao Yan was the stronger alchemist, and Gu Ni warned her not to offend someone of their standing.
• Yao Xuan led the secretly following Xiao Yan out of Wu Tan City and invited Yao Chen to reveal himself.
• Yao Chen emerged from Xiao Yan’s storage ring and identified Yao Xuan as a sixth-tier alchemist and four-star Dou Wang with a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Xuan recounted Yao Chen’s achievements and revealed that he knew Yao Chen came from the Yao Clan.
• Yao Xuan showed Yao Chen a Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill, proving his Yao Clan connection, then explained that he belonged to a collateral branch and was no longer a clan member.

Yao Xuan explained to Yao Lao that the Yao Clan expelled him after he won its Medicine Assembly, and that Old Man Shennong helped him grow stronger afterward. Yao Lao questioned how Yao Xuan had found him in Wu Tan City, then asked why he had come looking for him instead of answering why he was only a soul.

• Xiao Yan realized Yao Xuan and Yao Lao were both connected to the Yao Clan and concluded his teacher had been a remarkable figure.
• Yao Xuan said Yao Wangu had expelled him from the Yao Clan after he won the Medicine Assembly by refining a Myriad Veins Origin-Bearing Pill.
• Yao Xuan explained that Old Man Shennong had saved him in the Shennong Mountain Range and helped him reach his current strength.
• Yao Xuan said he had followed rumors about Yao Lao and traveled to Wu Tan City after hearing about his disciple Han Feng.
• Yao Xuan asked why Yao Lao had been reduced to a soul body, but Yao Lao asked why he had come looking for him.

Yao Xuan asked Yao Chen to help him grow strong enough to seek justice against Yao Wangu, offering support and rare soul-nourishing essence blood in return. After the essence blood strengthened Yao Chen, he considered teaching Yao Xuan the Flame Mantra, while Xiao Yan learned that Yao Xuan regarded him as a brother.

• Yao Xuan asked Yao Chen to join him in seeking justice against Yao Wangu and promised to help restore Yao Chen's soul and body.
• Yao Xuan offered Yao Chen essence blood that restored his soul power and strengthened his soul body.
• Yao Chen said he might help Yao Xuan gain the strength to challenge Yao Wangu, though the process could destroy both his body and soul.
• Yao Xuan agreed to try, and Yao Chen turned to Xiao Yan, explaining that he had accepted him as a disciple and owed him repayment.
• Yao Xuan called Xiao Yan his brother, leaving Xiao Yan surprised that he had gained a Dou Wang big brother and Sixth-Rank Alchemist.

Yao Xuan accompanied Xiao Yan to the Xiao Household and promised Xiao Zhan that he was nearly certain he could cure Xiao Yan’s condition. A young girl watched Yao Xuan from the corridor shadows, suspicious of his sudden arrival and motives.

• Yao Xuan told Xiao Yan to call him Brother Xuan, and Yao Chen agreed that Yao Xuan could act publicly on his behalf.
• Yao Xuan accompanied Xiao Yan to the Xiao Household, where Xiao Zhan worried that Jia Lie Bi’s Green Spirit Pill purchase would shift Wu Tan City’s balance of power.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yan the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid he had bought at auction, unaware that Xiao Yan could cultivate normally again.
• Xiao Yan introduced Yao Xuan as a High-Grade Sixth-Rank Alchemist who could treat him, and Xiao Zhan eagerly asked whether he could cure Xiao Yan’s condition.
• Yao Xuan said he was ninety-nine percent certain he could eradicate Xiao Yan’s condition, while a young girl watched from the corridor and questioned his motives.

Yao Xuan refined Green Spirit Pills for Xiao Yan and demonstrated his alchemy skills to Yao Lao by successfully refining a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill with three different flames. Yao Lao secretly considered whether Yao Xuan could cultivate the Flame Mantra.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Xuan to refine a Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pill to ease Xiao Zhan’s worries.
• Yao Xuan used the Yellow Mysterious Flame to refine two superior-quality Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pills.
• Yao Lao praised Yao Xuan’s skill and challenged him to refine a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill.
• Yao Xuan explained that he had only the Yellow Mysterious Flame and Beast Flame, so Yao Lao lent him a wisp of Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yao Xuan balanced the three flames and refined a perfect Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill.
• Yao Lao watched Yao Xuan’s fire control and considered whether he could cultivate the Flame Mantra.

Yao Xuan gave Xiao Yan three pills for his father, then discussed his cultivation method with Yao Lao. Yao Lao offered him the dangerous, evolving Flame Mantra as a possible path to gaining revenge on Yao Wangu, but warned that Yao Xuan would have to start his cultivation over.

• Yao Xuan gave Xiao Yan two Two-Stripe Green Spirit Pills and a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill for the Xiao Household.
• Yao Lao asked Yao Xuan about his cultivation method, and Yao Xuan said he used a High-Grade Black Rank method.
• Yao Lao explained that an Earth Rank method would not be enough to defeat Yao Wangu, a Dou Saint.
• Yao Lao revealed the Flame Mantra, a method that could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames but had a low chance of success.
• Yao Lao warned that cultivating the Flame Mantra would force Yao Xuan to disperse his Four-Star Dou Wang cultivation and asked whether he was willing to try.

Yao Xuan chose Yao Lao’s dangerous Flame Mantra so he could help revive him, while Xiao Yan received a genuine Earth Rank technique. As Yao Xuan prepared to begin cultivating the Flame Mantra, he sensed a Battle Emperor Realm expert outside his room.

• Yao Lao explained that he hoped Yao Xuan would cultivate the Flame Mantra and eventually help restore his physical body.
• Yao Xuan chose the black Flame Mantra scroll, accepting that cultivating it would require him to disperse his Dou Qi cultivation.
• Xiao Yan returned, and Yao Lao accidentally gave him a copied Flame Mantra before replacing it with the genuine Earth Rank technique.
• Yao Lao told Yao Xuan that the Flame Mantra would reduce his Dou Qi cultivation but leave his soul strength intact.
• That night, Yao Xuan considered how much his Battle Emperor Realm cultivation might fall and sensed a Battle Emperor Realm expert outside his room.