Recaps

Qin Yu began refining the Sixth-Rank Azure Nether Longevity Pill, hoping it might help Xiao Yi Xian. After Elder Huo provided a secluded place and the missing ingredients, Qin Yu drew on the energy of heaven and earth to form the pill, and an azure pillar of light erupted from the cauldron.

• Su Qian told Qin Yu to discipline Zi Yan if she caused trouble, then left after urging him to take good care of her.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian he was going to collect ingredients and attempt a Sixth-Rank Pill, keeping his concern for her to himself.
• At the medicinal herb storehouse, Elder Huo recognized Qin Yu's plans and led him to a ravine prepared for refining high-rank pills.
• Elder Huo supplied the two ingredients Qin Yu lacked for the Azure Nether Longevity Pill and stood guard while Qin Yu began refining.
• Qin Yu drew energy of heaven and earth into the medicinal liquid as he shaped the pill, and an azure pillar of light shot from the cauldron.

Qin Yu successfully refined a high-tier Azure Nether Longevity Pill, establishing himself as a Sixth-Grade Alchemist, and agreed to cooperate with Jia Nan Academy. The Academy began preparing for their partnership while agreeing to search for information Qin Yu requested.

• Qin Yu gave Elder Huo the Azure Nether Longevity Pill and explained that it had reached only sixty to seventy percent of its peak efficacy.
• Elder Huo proposed a cooperation in which Jia Nan Academy would provide herbs and Qin Yu would refine high-grade pills, and Qin Yu agreed.
• Qin Yu asked the Academy to look for anything related to the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the Volcanic Rock Flame, and Turtle Spirit Earthfire.
• Elder Huo told Su Qian that Qin Yu had become a Sixth-Grade Alchemist, and they agreed to let him rest before preparing for the cooperation.
• Su Qian went to search the Academy's collections for Qin Yu's requested information, while Elder Huo prepared materials for the Emperor's Extreme Pill.

Qin Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian a pill that eased the cold and strain caused by her Woeful Poison Body, then revealed it was a high-grade Sixth-Rank Azure Nether Longevity Pill he had refined for her. After Xiao Yi Xian worried about the danger Qin Yu faced refining it, they reconciled and kissed, while Zi Yan watched from outside the window.

• Xiao Yi Xian took the pill Qin Yu had given her and felt its warmth soothe her body and ease the pressure of her Woeful Poison Body.
• Qin Yu revealed that the pill was a high-grade Sixth-Rank Azure Nether Longevity Pill he had refined specifically for her.
• Xiao Yi Xian scolded Qin Yu for hiding the pill’s rank and worried that refining it could have injured him, and Qin Yu reassured her that Elder Huo had been nearby.
• Qin Yu admitted he had called the pill Fifth-Rank because he feared Xiao Yi Xian would hesitate to take it, and she asked him not to lie to her again.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian kissed, while Zi Yan watched through the window and decided to stay.

Qin Yu refined a batch of Emperor's Extreme Pills for Jia Nan Academy and received the Academy's thanks in the form of rare treasures and cultivation notes for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He planned to leave for the Black-Corner Region soon, carrying materials he hoped to test with his Fusion Monster trait.

• Elder Huo brought Qin Yu ingredients for Emperor's Extreme Pills, and Qin Yu spent a month refining them in the mountain ravine.
• Qin Yu produced a high-quality, two-pattern Emperor's Extreme Pill and handed it to Elder Huo.
• Elder Huo brought Qin Yu to meet Su Qian and Hu Gan, who gave him a scroll detailing how to cultivate the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Su Qian told Qin Yu the Academy had found no information on the Volcanic Rock Flame or Turtle Spirit Earthfire.
• Qin Yu selected Gengsha Dark Iron, Crimson-Refined Golden Spring, and several other treasures to test with his Fusion Monster trait.
• Qin Yu said he would soon set off for the Black-Corner Region if the Academy had no immediate needs.

Qin Yu brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to the Law Enforcement Team’s base on the outskirts of the academy, where he was assigned to watch Peace Town from a Stone Tower. He kept Zi Yan from running off by threatening to withhold her little pills, leaving her regretting the trip.

• Qin Yu packed for the journey, and Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan joined him as the three left the Inner Academy.
• After Xiao Yi Xian struggled with flying, the group reached the valley and met Wu Zun at the Law Enforcement Team’s base.
• Wu Zun explained that Qin Yu would watch Peace Town from the tallest Stone Tower while he adjusted to working outside the academy.
• Zi Yan complained that staying in the tower would be boring, so Qin Yu warned that she would lose her little pills if she caused trouble or tried to leave.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to stroll around Peace Town with Zi Yan, but Zi Yan learned she could not defy Qin Yu without losing her pills and collapsed in despair.

After spending five days devising a way to absorb the Crimson-Refined Golden Spring, Qin Yu successfully refined and consumed a pill that strengthened his Metal Attribute power. He began considering how to extract the energy from the Gengsha Dark Iron, while Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the tower at night.

• In Peace Town, Zi Yan angrily chewed grilled skewers while Xiao Yi Xian teased her about Qin Yu and her little pills.
• Qin Yu devised a pill formula that used the Crimson-Refined Golden Spring as its sole main ingredient and refined the pill in the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron.
• Qin Yu consumed the crimson-gold pill and absorbed its Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water energies, strengthening his Dou Qi and Metal Attribute affinity.
• Qin Yu examined the Gengsha Dark Iron but found its Metal Attribute energy too tightly contained to extract easily.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the stone tower before nightfall, and Zi Yan fell silent when she saw Qin Yu deep in thought.

Qin Yu devised a way to absorb the Metal-Attribute power in the Gengsha Dark Iron by first letting it adapt to his own energy, then successfully integrated the power into his body. After Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan returned from Peace Town, he rewarded Zi Yan with the promise of extra little pills, and Xiao Yi Xian said she would have him to herself that night.

• Qin Yu realized he could merge his Metal-Attribute Battle Qi with the power in the Gengsha Dark Iron before absorbing it.
• Qin Yu steadily infused the Gengsha Dark Iron with his energy, then absorbed its power and endured intense pain as it merged into his Dou Qi.
• Qin Yu completed the absorption, gained Metal-Attribute power, and watched the Gengsha Dark Iron crumble into gray powder.
• Qin Yu saw that Water was the only attribute he still lacked and considered combining his new Metal-Attribute cultivation art with his current technique.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned with food from Peace Town, and Qin Yu promised Zi Yan an extra bottle of little pills for bringing him roasted meat.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu that she wanted him to herself that night.

Qin Yu responded to a distress signal in Peace Town and pursued a Blood Sect member who had attacked two Law Enforcement Team members. After Wang Feng used a bloody substitute to escape Qin Yu's first strike, Qin Yu found his trail and continued the chase.

• Qin Yu heard Peace Town's distress signal and flew there, while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan stayed behind.
• Qin Yu found two injured Law Enforcement Team members, learned a Nine-Star Dou Ling from the Blood Sect had fled west, and gave them medicine.
• Wang Feng fled through the forest, cursing the Law Enforcement Team and the Blood Sect for driving him out of hiding.
• Qin Yu caught up with Wang Feng and crushed what appeared to be his head, but the body burst apart as a substitute.
• Qin Yu burned away the blood that interfered with his soul perception and located Wang Feng's fleeing aura a hundred zhang away.

Qin Yu caught and killed Wang Feng after the Blood Sect fugitive’s Blood Puppet let him survive an earlier attack. He took Wang Feng’s Storage Ring and gave the flying Dou skill he found inside to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Wang Feng fled from Qin Yu in blood-mist form after a Blood Puppet had absorbed an earlier attack.
• Qin Yu struck Wang Feng with the Green Lotus Core Flame, breaking his blood-mist state and leaving him badly burned.
• Wang Feng offered his Storage Ring and explained how the Blood Sect’s Blood Puppets worked, but Qin Yu killed him and took the ring.
• Qin Yu found a Mystic Tier High-Rank flying Dou skill, Thunder Bat Wings, in the ring and decided to give it to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yu returned to Peace Town, confirmed Wang Feng was dead to the Law Enforcement Team members, then flew back to the valley and handed Xiao Yi Xian the skill.

Qin Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian the Thunder Bat Wings, then responded to another Blood Sect attack on Peace Town. He learned the sect was tracking a blood-red stone from Wang Feng’s belongings and planned to ask Captain Wu what to do with it.

• Qin Yu gave Xiao Yi Xian the Thunder Bat Wings and teased Zi Yan into calling him her reliable companion in exchange for little pills.
• Three days after Qin Yu killed Wang Feng, a distress signal appeared over Peace Town, and Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian flew to investigate.
• Qin Yu and Zi Yan learned that Blood Sect members had infiltrated the town, and Qin Yu sent Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian after one intruder while he pursued another.
• Qin Yu stopped the intruder from escaping or self-destructing and forced him to reveal that the Blood Sect was searching for a valuable blood-red stone.
• Qin Yu realized the stone from Wang Feng’s Storage Ring let the Blood Sect sense its general direction and decided to ask Captain Wu about it.

Qin Yu prepared to enter the Black-Corner Region with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian after Blood Sect members infiltrated Peace Town and the academy identified the Blood Stone as a reason they might keep coming. The group set out to destroy the Blood Stone and potentially confront the Blood Sect, while Qin Yu advised Xiao Yi Xian to stay alert.

• Zi Yan told Qin Yu she had defeated a Six-Star Dou Ling from the Blood Sect, while Xiao Yi Xian admitted she had struggled against a Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Qin Yu showed Wu Zun the Blood Stone and learned that the Blood Sect could use a secret technique to sense its location.
• Wu Zun gave Qin Yu a list of three Blood Sect Dou Wang elders with grudges against the academy and suggested entering the Black-Corner Region to destroy the Blood Stone and warn the sect.
• Qin Yu told Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian they would enter the Black-Corner Region after two days of rest, and Xiao Yi Xian asked him to guide her flying Dou Technique.
• After Xiao Yi Xian improved her flight and secretly approached Four-Star Dou Ling strength, Qin Yu set out with both women in cloaks and masks and urged Xiao Yi Xian to proceed carefully.

Qin Yu bought intelligence on three Blood Sect elders from a broker in Dark Lion City and learned that Feng San would attend an auction in Black Seal City. He left without revealing his plans and decided the group would travel to Black Seal City the next morning.

• Qin Yu, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian entered Dark Lion City to gather intelligence on the Blood Sect elders.
• Qin Yu traded a fifth-tier Dou Ling Pill for information from a shopkeeper, who said Feng San would attend an auction in Black Seal City in three days.
• Qin Yu silently checked the shop with his soul power after leaving and found the shopkeeper making no unusual move.
• Qin Yu explained to Zi Yan that he had kept her quiet to avoid alerting the shopkeeper, then chose to find lodging and leave for Black Seal City the next morning.

Qin Yu took Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to Black Seal City’s auction to find Feng San, bought Xiao Yi Xian a poison combat technique, and watched Feng San win the grand prize. After the auction, Qin Yu followed Feng San out of the city, carrying a bloodstone to make him stop.

• Qin Yu secured admission tickets by taking them from several men and entered the auction with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qin Yu identified Feng San in the hall and told Zi Yan to remember his face and aura.
• Qin Yu outbid others for the Heavenly Yin Poison Hand after Xiao Yi Xian showed interest, and she kissed him to thank him.
• Feng San won the Earth Tier Low-Rank Demon-Splitting Space-Cleaving Slash at the auction.
• Qin Yu paid for the Heavenly Yin Poison Hand with medicinal pills, then followed Feng San out of Black Seal City with a bloodstone in hand.

Qin Yu, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian followed Feng San and discovered the Blood Sect had prepared an ambush with three Dou Wang elders. Qin Yu split the elders apart with a stone ridge, triggering the waiting factions to attack, and the battle erupted into chaos.

• Qin Yu told Zi Yan to wait before attacking Feng San because other pursuers were closing in and the Blood Sect might have arranged reinforcements.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed a strange scent from a Lin ahead, and Qin Yu recognized that the Blood Sect had set an ambush there.
• Feng San and two Blood Sect Dou Wang elders defeated several ambushers and made the other factions hesitate to attack.
• Qin Yu raised a stone ridge from the ground, separating the three Blood Sect elders.
• More than a dozen figures from different factions rushed out to attack the separated elders, while Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian watched the battle begin.

Feng San detonated his Life-bound Bloodstone to escape the Mad Lion Gang, but Qin Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan pursued him. Zi Yan killed Feng San, and Qin Yu recovered the Demon-Splitting Space-Cleaving Slash scroll before another Blood Stone exploded in the distance.

• Feng San used his Life-bound Bloodstone to unleash a devastating explosion and flee in blood-mist form.
• Qin Yu recognized Feng San's escape technique and led the pursuit while Feng San cursed the Mad Lion Gang and the person who triggered the stone ridge.
• Qin Yu's Heavenly Flame forced Feng San to reveal his body, giving Zi Yan the chance to crush his chest with a punch.
• Qin Yu took Feng San's Storage Ring and found the Demon-Splitting Space-Cleaving Slash scroll inside.
• Qin Yu tossed away his own Blood Stone and burned it to ash, then another explosion sounded as Zi Yan urged the group to return and deal with the remaining elders.

After killing the second Blood Sect elder, Qin Yu and his companions clashed with Lin Gui’s group, who sought the Earth Tier Dou Technique. Qin Yu killed Lin Gui with his Crescent Wind-Rending Claw, and the group prepared to move on.

• Qin Yu and his companions scavenged the second Blood Sect elder’s remains after he detonated his Blood Stone.
• Lin Gui and his Dou Ling companions confronted Qin Yu, then attacked after seeing the elder’s corpse.
• Qin Yu wounded Lin Gui with his Crescent Wind-Rending Claw and pressed him with successive attacks.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian defeated Lin Gui’s Dou Ling companions.
• Zi Yan joined Qin Yu’s fight, and Qin Yu seized the opening to kill Lin Gui with the Crescent Wind-Rending Claw.

Qin Yu, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to a small city in the Black-Corner Region to investigate a treasure that Qin Yu’s senses had detected. At the city arena, Qin Yu located the treasure beneath the fighting platform, and it emerged as the monthly champion’s reward.

• After Zi Yan helped Qin Yu defeat Lin Gui, Qin Yu decided the group would wander through the Black-Corner Region instead of pursuing the last fleeing Blood Sect elder.
• Qin Yu led Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to a nearby city because his Treasure-Seeking Sacred Body sensed a powerful treasure there.
• Zi Yan sensed something valuable in the city’s largest building, and the three entered its arena after the guard noticed that Qin Yu and Zi Yan were Dou Wang.
• Qin Yu used his soul power to locate the treasure beneath the arena’s fighting platform as two Dou Ling fought to the death.
• After Mad Blade Xie Liu won the monthly tournament, the arena manager revealed a jade box from beneath the platform, and Qin Yu and Zi Yan recognized it as the treasure.

Qin Yu learned that Xie Liu and the arena manager were smuggling a jade box intended for Han Feng, then intercepted them with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian. The box contained a seventh-tier dragon-type magic core, so Qin Yu decided they had to leave the Black-Corner Region immediately.

• Qin Yu overheard Xie Liu and the manager discussing their plan to deliver the jade box to Han Feng.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan they would intercept the men, and Zi Yan asked to handle the fight herself.
• Qin Yu and his companions ambushed Xie Liu and the manager, who were both only Dou Lings, leaving Zi Yan disappointed.
• Qin Yu opened the jade box and found a magic core from a seventh-tier dragon-type magical beast.
• Qin Yu disposed of the bodies and returned to the Law Enforcement Team's base with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.

Qin Yu traded an Earth Tier Dou Technique to Jia Nan Academy for valuable items, including herbs he needed for a friend. Su Qian then gave him a lead on the Volcanic Rock Flame near Gemer Volcano, and Qin Yu planned to refine a Poe Dan for Hai Bo Dong before pursuing it.

• Qin Yu told Wu Zun about defeating two Blood Sect elders and recovering the technique scroll and a seventh-rank dragon-type magic core, then arranged to trade the scroll to the academy.
• Qin Yu gave the scroll to Su Qian and Elder Huo, then selected a Cloud Spirit Soul-Shaping Ganoderma and asked Su Qian for a Sand Mandala.
• Su Qian agreed to give Qin Yu the Sand Mandala, which Qin Yu needed for a friend's Poe Dan.
• Su Qian gave Qin Yu a map and reported unconfirmed fire-energy fluctuations near Gemer Volcano that might signal the Volcanic Rock Flame.
• Qin Yu decided to find Hai Bo Dong and refine the Poe Dan before searching for the flame.

Qin Yu returned to Desert City to honor his agreement with Hai Bo Dong and offered to refine the Poe Dan despite Hai Bo Dong missing a rare ingredient. He supplied the Sand Mandala and began refining the pill, leaving Hai Bo Dong waiting anxiously outside the secret chamber.

• Hai Bo Dong wondered whether he had been right to give Qin Yu the map fragment as he waited for Qin Yu to become a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
• Qin Yu arrived at Gutu's shop with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, and Hai Bo Dong recognized him.
• Qin Yu said he had returned to fulfill their agreement and learned that Hai Bo Dong was missing Sand Mandala.
• Qin Yu provided the Sand Mandala and asked Hai Bo Dong to prepare the rest of the ingredients for immediate pill refinement.
• Hai Bo Dong led Qin Yu to a secret chamber, where Qin Yu warned him to stay outside because the Sixth-Rank Pill would cause a commotion.
• As Qin Yu began refining the Poe Dan, Hai Bo Dong worried about both failure and success, then accepted that he had little choice but to trust him.

Qin Yu completed the Poe Dan, restoring Hai Bo Dong’s Dou Emperor strength in exchange for his protection of a mother and daughter in a frontier city. Hai Bo Dong agreed to visit the Mittel Family before setting out, while news that Queen Medusa had reached Dou Zong and disappeared left Qin Yu with a new lead.

• Qin Yu gave Hai Bo Dong the completed Poe Dan and asked him to protect a mother and daughter in a frontier city, and Hai Bo Dong agreed.
• Hai Bo Dong took the pill into the secret chamber and, two hours later, emerged with his strength restored and his youthful bearing returned.
• Qin Yu warned Hai Bo Dong that the Heavenly Flames used to refine the pill might cause occasional scorching sensations, and Hai Bo Dong accepted the safeguard without anger.
• Hai Bo Dong asked to visit the Mittel Family before protecting the mother and daughter, and Qin Yu agreed to give him a few days.
• Hai Bo Dong told Qin Yu that Queen Medusa had reached Dou Zong a year earlier, intimidated neighboring forces, and then disappeared without a trace.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian waited for Zi Yan to return after she chased a scent, then set out with her for the Jia Ma Imperial City after Hai Bo Dong departed. Near the capital, Qin Yu stopped when someone approached from ahead.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu that Zi Yan had flown off after smelling something, and Qin Yu chose to wait rather than search for her.
• Zi Yan returned and described following suspicious people with a black-covered cart, but Qin Yu refused to investigate.
• Hai Bo Dong learned Zi Yan was a Dou Wang, then left for the Imperial Capital on his own.
• Qin Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan flew toward the Jia Ma Imperial City, and Qin Yu stopped when someone approached them.

Qin Yu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan encountered Yun Yun, who was seeking Purple Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Qin Yu agreed to help her, and Yun Yun left after promising a reward, leaving Xiao Yi Xian jealous of their exchange.

• Qin Yu recognized Yun Yun in the Magic Beast Mountains, and she was surprised to see that he had become a Dou Wang.
• Qin Yu introduced Zi Yan, and Yun Yun noticed Xiao Yi Xian watching her with jealousy.
• Yun Yun said she was going to obtain Purple Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Qin Yu offered to help.
• Yun Yun accepted Qin Yu's offer, explaining that their combined strength would improve their chances against the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Yun Yun offered to provide anything the Misty Cloud Sect had as compensation, and Qin Yu asked her to wait for his message before they departed.

Yun Yun worried that her careless offer to Qin Yu might cause trouble for him and Xiao Yi Xian, while Gu He misread her mood and left after she turned down his help. In Jia Ma Imperial City, Qin Yu let Zi Yan explore before confronting Xiao Yi Xian about secretly accelerating her cultivation, and the chapter ended with her insisting he was not to blame for her constitution.

• Yun Yun returned to Misty Cloud Mountain, regretted how her offer to Qin Yu might sound, and considered explaining herself to Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Gu He visited Yun Yun and offered to help, but she took half a step back and declined before returning to her room.
• Qin Yu allowed Zi Yan to explore Jia Ma Imperial City after ordering her not to cause trouble and to return before nightfall.
• Qin Yu confronted Xiao Yi Xian about speeding up her cultivation, then reassured her that he was not angry.
• Qin Yu blamed himself for not resolving Xiao Yi Xian's constitution, but she insisted that it was not his fault.

Qin Yu left the inn to cool off and visited the Mittel Family, where Hai Bo Dong welcomed him and introduced him to the family head. After learning Qin Yu’s connection to Hai Bo Dong was only an agreement, Mite'er Teng Shan’s hopes for the family’s rise faded.

• Qin Yu tried to spend time alone with Xiao Yi Xian, but she stopped him and he went out for a walk.
• Zi Yan pointed out the Jia Ma Imperial Palace as a place with good things, and Qin Yu sent her back to find Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hai Bo Dong told Mite'er Teng Shan he would soon leave for Wutan City.
• Qin Yu arrived at the Mittel Family residence, and Hai Bo Dong brought him inside to meet Mite'er Teng Shan.
• Hai Bo Dong introduced Qin Yu as a Sixth-Grade Alchemist who had helped him recover his strength, and Mite'er Teng Shan offered the Mittel Family’s help.
• Qin Yu told Hai Bo Dong about meeting Yun Yun, while Mite'er Teng Shan learned their relationship was only based on an agreement and lost hope of the family taking off.