Chapter Summaries

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.