Recaps

Qin Yu told Xuan Kongzi about the Hall of Souls’ attention and received a Jade Slip after Xuan Kongzi confirmed his Spirit Realm soul. He also asked the Pill Tower to look for the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation, then began studying the Star Region Grand Formation while Tian Leizi questioned whether he could be trusted.

• Dan Xuan led Dan Chen away, and Qin Yu refused Cao Ying’s attempt to make Cao Dan seek his guidance before leaving.
• Qin Yu met Xuan Kongzi in a quiet room and explained his encounter with the Hall of Souls Protectors.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Qin Yu a Jade Slip and confirmed that Qin Yu had reached the Spirit Realm soul before becoming an Eighth-Grade alchemist.
• Qin Yu handed Xuan Kongzi an incomplete scroll of the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation and asked the Pill Tower to search for related information.
• Xuan Kongzi brought Qin Yu to study the Star Region Grand Formation, and Qin Yu began observing it in the following days.
• Tian Leizi voiced doubts about Qin Yu, but Xuan Kongzi said he trusted him and would act if Qin Yu showed unusual behavior.

Qin Yu cultivated Wood Attribute Dou Qi, developed a method to circulate all five attributes, and reached Seven-Star Dou Zong. After Xuan Kongzi learned of Qin Yu’s unusual abilities, he directed him toward a Pill Tower commission, but Qin Yu discovered that the Heavenly Formation Sect’s commission had already been taken.

• Qin Yu gained Wood Attribute Dou Qi and cultivated a new route that circulated his metal, wood, water, fire, and earth attributes together.
• Xuan Kongzi sensed five attributes around Qin Yu’s residence, questioned him, and heard Qin Yu explain that he knew a little of everything.
• Xuan Kongzi told Qin Yu about the Heavenly Formation Sect’s alchemy commission and asked him to handle commissions from other factions as well.
• Qin Yu continued improving his cultivation methods and, after another month, reached Seven-Star Dou Zong while saving his Emperor Hong Violet Qi for a future breakthrough.
• Qin Yu asked the Pill Tower steward for the Heavenly Formation Sect commission and learned that another grandmaster had already taken it; the steward offered him the Demon Puppet Sect commission instead.

Qin Yu discussed the Demon Puppet Sect’s request for a High Seventh Grade healing pill and learned that its finest puppet was a Dou Venerable-level puppet. After Elder Yu discovered Qin Yu had crafted a Heavenly Demon Puppet himself, he hurriedly contacted the sect to negotiate a partnership, while the injured Young Sect Master still needed medicine.

• Qin Yu asked Elder Yu how strong the Demon Puppet Sect’s finest puppet was and showed him a Peak Dou Zong Earth Puppet as a comparison.
• Elder Yu recognized Qin Yu’s puppet as a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Qin Yu confirmed that he had crafted it himself.
• Elder Yu offered the sect’s three Dou Venerable-level puppets, but said he needed the Sect Master’s approval before discussing the sect’s puppet-crafting techniques.
• Qin Yu agreed to wait for the sect’s decision and reminded Elder Yu to send the healing pill’s medicinal ingredients.
• Elder Yu sent the Sect Master a message telling him to bring the ingredients and hurry to Saint Pill City.

Qin Yu negotiated with Qian Xunji, the Demon Puppet Sect's Thousand Mechanisms Elder, and gained the sect's support in exchange for teaching them the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method. After receiving the ingredients for the Trace-Origin Rebirth Pill, Qin Yu learned that the method required a Dou Zong soul, and he began considering how to obtain one.

• The Demon Puppet Sect Master brought medicinal ingredients to Saint Pill City after Elder Yu reported that Qin Yu possessed the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method.
• Qian Xunji met Qin Yu and prioritized discussing the puppet method over healing medicine for his injured son.
• Qin Yu and Qian Xunji agreed that Qin Yu would teach the method, while the Demon Puppet Sect would give him control of five Dou Venerable-level puppets and make its members available to him.
• Qian Xunji handed Qin Yu the Trace-Origin Rebirth Pill ingredients and asked when he could begin learning the puppet method.
• Qin Yu explained that Heavenly Demon Puppet refining required a Dou Zong soul, and Qian Xunji proposed stealing one from the Hall of Souls before Elder Yu cautioned against it.
• Qin Yu came up with an idea for obtaining the required soul.

Qin Yu refined the Trace-Origin Rebirth Pill for Qian Xunji and examined the Demon Puppet Sect’s Five-Beast Puppet, discovering that unstable remnant souls weakened its combat ability. After abandoning an attempted modification, he went to the Pill Tower to complete the commission and found a dispute underway.

• Qin Yu refined the High Seventh Grade Trace-Origin Rebirth Pill, and the Earth Puppet absorbed the Pill Lightning that struck it.
• Qian Xunji exchanged the pill for a Four-Star Dou Venerable Five-Beast Puppet and asked Qin Yu to demonstrate the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method after they captured Hall of Souls guardians.
• Qin Yu investigated the Five-Beast Puppet, suppressed its restless Magical Beast remnant souls, and realized they had been forcibly merged inside it.
• Qin Yu gave up trying to modify the old puppet but learned its general refining method and considered combining it with the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method.
• Qin Yu went to the Pill Tower to turn in the commission and found people gathered as a Heavenly Formation Sect representative accused the Pill Tower of failing to refine a pill.

Qin Yu learned that the Heavenly Formation Sect had disputed a pill commission with the Pill Tower, and Cao Ying invited him to visit the sect because he studied Formations. After agreeing to go, Qin Yu noticed his Dragon Seal glowing and realized Zi Yan had left Dragon Island to look for him.

• Cao Ying confronted the Heavenly Formation Sect members who demanded a replacement pill, and they backed down after she invoked her family name and the Pill Tower.
• Cao Ying explained to Qin Yu that the sect wanted a free second Seventh-Rank High-Level Pill and relied on its protective Formation and two Eight-Star Dou Venerables.
• Cao Ying described the sect's self-made Formation Master ranking system, and Qin Yu revealed that he also studied Formations.
• Cao Ying invited Qin Yu to accompany her to the Heavenly Formation Sect, and he agreed to wait for her message.
• Qin Yu returned to his residence, saw the Dragon Seal in his palm flashing, and realized Zi Yan had left Dragon Island to search for him.

Qin Yu experimented with circulating the Five Elements Dou Qi and began fusing its five attributes into a prototype he called Chaotic Dou Qi. He then went to watch the Five Great Families' assessment in Saint Pill City, where the Ye Family's weak standing drew attention; the assessment had not yet begun.

• Qin Yu tried to form a Five Elements cycle in his body, but the five types of Dou Qi began to fuse into a prototype of Chaotic Dou Qi.
• Qin Yu received a notice about the Five Great Families' assessment and decided to attend while wondering whether Xiao Yan would still reach the Central Plains on schedule.
• Qin Yu arrived early at the assessment venue in Saint Pill City and watched the crowd discuss the families and the chance to replace the struggling Ye Family.
• Ye Zhong led the Ye Family into the venue as onlookers whispered and pointed, and Qin Yu followed inside to watch the families exchange pleasantries and barbs.

The Five Families held their examination, where the Ye Family again placed last and Dan Chen won first place for the Dan Family. Afterward, Pill Tower elder Sheng Yao summoned Qin Yu, and Dan Chen joined him as they arrived at a room.

• Old Madam Bai and the Qiu Family mocked Ye Zhong over the Ye Family’s decline, but Ye Zhong defended his family and warned that their fortunes could change.
• The Five Families’ examination began, and the Ye Family’s candidates again received the lowest scores.
• Dan Chen won the examination’s final soul-power round and took first place for the Dan Family.
• After the examination, Sheng Yao invited Qin Yu to come with him, and the onlookers discussed Qin Yu’s reputation as a High Seventh Grade rogue Alchemist.
• Dan Chen caught up with Qin Yu and Sheng Yao, and the three arrived at a room.

Xuan Kongzi examined Dan Chen and confirmed that her constitution only caused fatigue because her cultivation was insufficient. He then told Qin Yu that Ziyan had caused chaos in the Pill Realm, and Qin Yu found her waiting at his residence, where he assigned her to accompany him as a bodyguard; he ended the chapter discovering Elder Yu sprawled beside her.

• Xuan Kongzi examined Dan Chen and told Dan Lin that improving her cultivation would ease the fatigue caused by her constitution.
• Dan Lin and Dan Chen left after Dan Chen invited Qin Yu to visit the Dan family.
• Xuan Kongzi told Qin Yu that Ziyan had rampaged through the Pill Realm and had been brought to his residence.
• Qin Yu returned and confronted Ziyan, then declared that she would serve as his bodyguard on a trip.
• Qin Yu turned over the person lying beside Ziyan and recognized Elder Yu.

Qin Yu reunited with Ziyan, who had grown into a Seven-Star Dou Zong and accidentally knocked out Elder Yu while mistaking him for an intruder. After agreeing to visit the Demon Puppet Sect to teach the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method, Qin Yu took the playful Ziyan along to see Cao Ying, who asked who she was.

• Ziyan explained that she had knocked out Elder Yu after catching him peeking through Qin Yu’s window, and Qin Yu scolded her.
• Elder Yu woke up, learned why Ziyan had struck him, and told Qin Yu that the Demon Puppet Sect had captured a Five-Star Dou Zong protector from the Hall of Souls.
• Elder Yu asked Qin Yu to visit the Demon Puppet Sect and demonstrate the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method, and Qin Yu agreed after settling a few things.
• Ziyan revealed that she carried the Dragon Emperor Bloodline but wanted time to adjust to her new responsibilities, then climbed onto Qin Yu’s back to accompany him.
• Qin Yu learned that Cao Ying was at the Pill Tower and went there with Ziyan, where Cao Ying asked who the girl was.

Cao Ying vented to Qin Yu and Ziyan for an afternoon, then sensed a breakthrough in her soul cultivation. After Qin Yu punished Ziyan for exposing his secrets, she told him that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan wanted him to visit Dragon Island.

• Qin Yu told Cao Ying he was going to the Demon Puppet Sect, and Cao Ying agreed to keep the Heavenly Formation Sect waiting if they came looking for him.
• Cao Ying vented about the Heavenly Formation Sect and other matters while Qin Yu and Ziyan listened, and the conversation lasted until sunset.
• After the talk cleared her mind, Cao Ying practiced the Soul Hand Seal and sensed the threshold of a Spirit Realm soul.
• Qin Yu scolded Ziyan for revealing things about him and made her promise not to expose his secrets again.
• Ziyan told Qin Yu that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had noticed his blood in her bloodline and wanted him to visit Dragon Island, but she urged him to finish his business first.

Qin Yu visited the Demon Puppet Sect and demonstrated how to refine Heavenly Demon Puppets for its members. After finishing the first puppet quickly, he offered to make another one more slowly so they could learn.

• Qian Xu introduced himself as the Demon Puppet Sect’s Young Sect Master and led Qin Yu and Ziyan inside.
• Qian Xunji showed Qin Yu the materials he had gathered, including two Peak Dou Zong corpses and two Soul Hall Protectors.
• Qin Yu began refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet while Demon Puppet Sect disciples gathered to watch.
• Qin Yu captured and refined a fleeing Soul Hall Protector, completing the puppet as the sect members watched in bewilderment.
• Qin Yu offered to refine another puppet more slowly, and Qian Xunji eagerly agreed.

Qin Yu taught Qian Xunji and the Demon Puppet Sect how to refine Heavenly Demon Puppets and explained the basics of soul imprisonment. While searching for Ziyan, Qin Yu found her fighting Fei Tian in Wind Lightning Gorge and struck Fei Tian into the mountainside.

• Qin Yu showed Qian Xunji the Thunder Puppet and gave him a copy of the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining method.
• Qian Xunji and the Demon Puppet Sect elders studied the puppets, then Qian Xunji learned the basics of the Soul Imprisonment Technique from Qin Yu.
• Qin Yu followed the Dragon Seal to Wind Lightning Gorge after deciding to call Ziyan back.
• Qin Yu arrived as Ziyan fought Fei Tian and saw a wounded woman in a multicolored dress behind them.
• Fei Tian gathered wind and lightning around his Long Spear, but Qin Yu attacked from behind, broke the spear, and sent him crashing into the mountainside.

Qin Yu and Ziyan defeated Fei Tian and captured Feng Qing'er in Wind Lightning Gorge. Ziyan chose to keep Feng Qing'er hostage until they could escape, while Qin Yu prepared to prevent her from resisting.

• Fei Tian struggled free from the gorge wall, and Ziyan complained to Qin Yu that Feng Qing'er had started the fight.
• Qin Yu seized Feng Qing'er by the throat, and Ziyan knocked Fei Tian back into the rocks when he tried to intervene.
• Ziyan hesitated over what to do with Feng Qing'er, so Qin Yu revealed the four-star Dou Venerable Five-Beast Puppet and sent his Peak Dou Zong Earth Puppet after Fei Tian.
• Ziyan decided to hold Feng Qing'er hostage until they were safe, and Qin Yu released her throat but caught her by the sash as she fell.
• Qin Yu pressed five attributes of Dou Qi against Feng Qing'er's stomach to keep her from causing trouble when she recovered.

Qin Yu and Ziyan escaped Wind Lightning Gorge with Feng Qing'er after Qin Yu disrupted her Dou Qi with his unique Seal. The Thunder Venerable arrived too late to stop them and was left without a safe way to recover Feng Qing'er.

• Qin Yu left Fei Tian beaten and warned him that the Wind Lightning Pavilion must not try to rescue Feng Qing'er by force.
• Feng Qing'er discovered that Qin Yu's Seal had assimilated her Dou Qi and left her unable to use it, while Qin Yu and Ziyan continued to humiliate her.
• The Thunder Venerable arrived at Wind Lightning Gorge and found Fei Tian buried in rubble.
• Fei Tian told the Thunder Venerable that Qin Yu and Ziyan had taken Feng Qing'er and described their strength and puppets.
• The Thunder Venerable decided that recovering Feng Qing'er by force was too dangerous, then accidentally buried Fei Tian beneath falling rocks again.

Qin Yu and Ziyan released Feng Qing'er, but Qin Yu’s Seal left her unable to fly properly, and she fell before Thunder Venerable rescued her. As Qin Yu and Ziyan continued on, Ziyan admitted she had spared Feng Qing'er partly to avoid provoking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Ziyan chose to spare Feng Qing'er, who refused to accept the mercy and challenged her captors.
• Qin Yu and Ziyan left Feng Qing'er in the sky, where she fell and crashed into the ground because her Dou Qi had not recovered.
• Thunder Venerable arrived, caught Feng Qing'er when she nearly fell again, and offered to teach her the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• Qin Yu asked Ziyan why she had spared Feng Qing'er, and Ziyan confessed she wanted to avoid a major conflict between the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Ziyan teased Qin Yu after he called her canny, then realized he had implied she used to be dim-witted and attacked him.

Qin Yu and Ziyan investigated a treasure in the Heavenly Wind Mountain Range, where they met Starfall Pavilion elder Feng Xun and learned that Mu Qingluan was cultivating nearby. Qin Yu broke through to Eight-Star Dou Zong and left with Ziyan, while Feng Xun was left to report Qin Yu’s message about the pavilion’s true master.

• Ziyan sensed a treasure in the mountains, and Qin Yu detected Feng Xun and others already there.
• Feng Xun introduced himself as Starfall Pavilion’s second elder, and Qin Yu claimed an affiliation with the Pill Tower before privately giving Feng Xun a message for the pavilion master.
• Qin Yu felt his cultivation surging, left Ziyan with his puppets, and entered a cave to break through while Mu Qingluan continued cultivating nearby.
• Several days later, Qin Yu emerged as an Eight-Star Dou Zong and met Mu Qingluan, who had stayed out of curiosity.
• Qin Yu took Ziyan and left, and Mu Qingluan asked Feng Xun whether Qin Yu’s message concerned Starfall Pavilion’s true pavilion master.

Qin Yu brought Han Feng to the Pill Tower and handed him over to Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who had strong reasons to resent him. The chapter ended with them preparing to interrogate Han Feng while he feared that Qin Yu’s message to Venerable Feng had made his death even less likely.

• After returning to Saint Pill City with Ziyan, Qin Yu decided to give Han Feng to Xuan Kongzi and explained Han Feng’s connections to Yao Chen and Xiao Yan.
• Qin Yu asked Xuan Kongzi to summon Xuan Yi, then revealed Han Feng and dragged him out of his Container when he refused to emerge.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi recognized Han Feng and greeted him, while Qin Yu explained that he had kept him imprisoned so long that he had forgotten about him.
• Qin Yu revealed that he had sent a message to Venerable Feng through people from Starfall Pavilion, prompting Han Feng to curse him before Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi suppressed him.
• After Qin Yu and Ziyan left, Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi told Han Feng to answer their questions and warned him that his fate depended on how well he cooperated.

Venerable Feng arrived at the Pill Tower and learned that Han Feng had confessed to conspiring with the Hall of Souls to harm Yao Chen, while Qin Yu had already left for the Heavenly Formation Sect. At the sect’s entrance, Qin Yu provoked its disciples into activating their formations, then prepared to dismantle them.

• Venerable Feng came to the Pill Tower, where Xuan Kongzi confirmed that Han Feng had conspired with the Hall of Souls against Yao Chen and that Qin Yu had left for the Heavenly Formation Sect.
• Xuan Yi brought out Han Feng’s soul, and Han Feng confessed his plot to Venerable Feng, who seethed with anger.
• Qin Yu, Cao Ying, and Ziyan arrived at the Heavenly Formation Sect, where Qin Yu slapped the guard who refused to let them pass.
• Several sect disciples confronted Qin Yu, activated the entrance formations, and suppressed Cao Ying and Ziyan’s strength.
• Qin Yu revealed that he had already studied the formations and called out, “Unravel!”

Qin Yu broke the Heavenly Formation Sect’s Qi-Transforming Formation and impressed Mu Yang with his formation knowledge. Mu Yang and Mu Qing arranged to have Cao Ying receive her medicine and send the visitors away before Qin Yu could study more of their formations.

• Qin Yu reversed the formation’s seals and disabled its activation pathways, restoring Cao Ying and Ziyan to normal.
• Mu Yang dismissed the sect disciples, sensed Qin Yu’s skill, and guided the visitors into Heavenly Formation Mountain.
• Mu Yang asked Qin Yu about the sect’s formations, then promised to have Cao Ying’s medicinal ingredients brought to her and introduced himself.
• Cao Ying explained that Mu Yang was an Eight-Star Dou Venerable and that his brother Mu Qing led the sect.
• Mu Yang told Mu Qing about Qin Yu’s formation expertise and Ziyan’s beast nature, and they agreed to send the visitors away once Cao Ying had her medicine.

Qin Yu secretly used his Dou Qi to scout the Heavenly Formation Sect’s formations while Mu Yang followed him, believing he had stopped Qin Yu from learning anything. After the Mu brothers plotted to drive Qin Yu and Cao Ying away, Cao Ying wondered how Qin Yu had manipulated his soul power and asked if he had reached the Spirit Realm.

• Mu Yang shadowed Qin Yu around the Heavenly Formation Sect and interfered whenever he tried to study its formations.
• Qin Yu blended his soul power into wisps of Dou Qi and used them to probe the formations in Medicine Valley without alerting Mu Yang.
• Mu Yang believed Qin Yu had given up and told him the herbs would be ready for Cao Ying the next day.
• Mu Yang and Mu Qing agreed to send Lu Guan to make Qin Yu and Cao Ying leave after the pills were refined.
• Qin Yu told his companions how he had secretly studied the formations, and Cao Ying asked when he had attained a Spirit-Realm Soul.

Qin Yu and Cao Ying clashed with Lu Guan after the Heavenly Formation Sect delivered medicinal ingredients, then spent two days at the sect while Cao Ying prepared to refine pills. The chapter ended with Qin Yu revealing that he had used Mu Yang’s escort to secretly study every formation on the grounds.

• Cao Ying learned Qin Yu had reached the spirit realm before his Seventh-Rank High-Level Alchemist assessment and asked why he had not taken the Eighth-Tier assessment.
• Lu Guan brought the medicinal ingredients and argued with Cao Ying until Qin Yu insulted the Heavenly Formation Sect’s formations, provoking Lu Guan to leave with a threat.
• Cao Ying teased Qin Yu, who teased her back about needing to grow bigger, leaving her embarrassed and flustered.
• Qin Yu agreed to let Cao Ying spend two days refining pills while he wandered around the sect with Mu Yang.
• Mu Yang believed Qin Yu had failed and felt smug, while Qin Yu realized he had secretly figured out every formation on the sect grounds.

Qin Yu agreed to demonstrate his formation skills at the Heavenly Formation Sect’s upcoming competition, while Ziyan found him another fragment of the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation. Ten days later, Cao Ying completed Mu Yang’s pill, and Mu Qing appeared to receive it with a cold attitude.

• Mu Yang invited Qin Yu to demonstrate his formation skills at the Sect Competition, and Qin Yu accepted.
• Cao Ying prepared to refine the pill, while Ziyan showed Qin Yu a scroll she had found in an isolated cave.
• Qin Yu recognized the scroll as a third fragment of the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation and began organizing the fragments.
• Mu Yang instructed Ji Lin and the other core disciples on how to face Qin Yu at the competition.
• Ten days later, Cao Ying refined the high seventh-grade pill, Qin Yu used the Thunder Puppet to withstand its lightning, and Mu Qing collected the pill.

Ziyan decided to return home after the matter at the Heavenly Formation Sect was settled, while Qin Yu prepared to finish his business there and leave. At the Sect Competition, Qin Yu discovered a concealed interference formation and watched the disciples begin their soul-power test.

• Ziyan told Qin Yu she would report to the big guy and return home once things were settled, and Qin Yu urged her to keep cultivating.
• Qin Yu explained that he wanted to settle things quickly, while noting he had not found a suitable third person to complete the Taiyi Yin-Yang Formation.
• The Heavenly Formation Sect's triennial Sect Competition began, and Qin Yu spotted a hidden interference formation near the arena that he suspected Mu Qing and Mu Yang had prepared for him.
• A sect steward began the soul-power test using six formation-engraved stone pillars, and the first group of disciples showed weak results.
• Mu Yang relaxed when Qin Yu watched without objecting, and the first round ended with fewer than twenty disciples at late Mortal Realm or above and only five at great perfection.

Qin Yu watched the Heavenly Formation Sect’s competition as Mu Yang backed out of the disciples’ plan to challenge him, but Ji Lin and the other core disciples confronted Qin Yu after the event anyway. Qin Yu defeated them and left Heavenly Formation Mountain with Cao Ying and Ziyan, while the disciples’ faith in their sect faltered and a spatial rift opened before the group.

• Mu Yang refused Ji Lin’s request to challenge Qin Yu, leaving Ji Lin and the other core disciples confused and angry.
• The Sect Competition ended, and Mu Yang dismissed Qin Yu and his companions so they would leave Heavenly Formation Mountain.
• Ji Lin and several core disciples hurried after Qin Yu, who defeated them before departing with Cao Ying and Ziyan.
• The core disciples questioned why Qin Yu could dismantle their formations and decided to speak with Elder Mu as their loyalty to the sect weakened.
• Qin Yu, Cao Ying, and Ziyan discussed the matches while traveling, and a spatial rift suddenly opened before them.