Recaps

Su Chen rebuilt his cultivation, gained Princess Xiling’s favor, and used his skills to secure resources for Xu Yin’s branch of the Jiang Family. After defeating Jiang Minghao and Jiang Mingxuan, he stopped Jiang Tingyi’s arranged marriage by tricking Jiang Shan with a false lead about the Family Head’s Seal, leaving the Jiang Family facing trouble with the Wang Family.

• Su Chen awakened as the Dust Pill Emperor, exposed Elder Xing Yun’s failed attempt to frame him, and left the Orthodox Unity Sect to rebuild his cultivation.
• Su Chen reached the Eighth Layer of the Qi-Attraction Realm, treated Elder Jiang’s Coldheart Python wound, and earned Princess Xiling’s invitation and information about the Ice-Snow Cold Cicada.
• Su Chen trained Layered Wave Slash and attended the Jiang Family assembly, where Jiang Shan and Jiang He tried to cut Xu Yin’s branch’s share of Lesser Origin Pills.
• Su Chen defeated Jiang Minghao and Jiang Mingxuan, winning a promise from Jiang Shan to provide one thousand Lesser Origin Pills.
• Jiang Shan and Jiang He announced Jiang Tingyi’s marriage to Wang Sheng, but Su Chen offered to reveal the Family Head’s Seal’s location in exchange for canceling the arrangement.
• Su Chen gave Jiang Shan a false map to a collapsed cave, and Jiang Shan canceled Jiang Tingyi’s marriage agreement.
• The Wang Family Head expelled Jiang Shan and Jiang He from his presence and ended business cooperation with the Jiang Family, while Jiang Tingyi thanked Su Chen for saving her from the marriage.

Su Chen proved his alchemical skill, advanced to the Essence Condensation Realm, and returned to Clear River City as old conflicts resurfaced. He prepared to protect Jiang Tingyi from a scheme at the Jiang Family banquet, while a dispute over medicinal ingredients at Five Treasures Hall escalated.

• Su Chen attended Jiang Minghao’s apprenticeship banquet, corrected Master Qian’s Spirit Transformation Pill formula, and earned an invitation to the Alchemy Guild.
• At the Guild, Su Chen helped Master Mo salvage a failed refinement, borrowed a furnace, and refined a Hundred-Year Supreme-Yang Pill for Xu Yin.
• Su Chen refused to treat Wang Bingyan’s brother after she insulted him, but cured a commoner’s poisoned son and gained the Alchemy Guild’s protection as an Honorary Guest Elder.
• Su Chen gave Xu Yin her pill, trained in the Rising Sun Mountains, and advanced to the Tenth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm while defeating Iron Garb Sect martial artists.
• Su Chen found and consumed the Primordial Five-Element Lotus, formed five Essence Cores, and reached the First Layer of Essence Condensation Realm.
• After returning to Clear River City, Su Chen refused Wang Bingyan’s accusation and accepted Ye Xuan’s challenge to duel at the Southern City Martial Arena in ten days.
• Su Chen warned Xu Yin that Jiang Shan and Jiang He planned to take Jiang Tingyi’s Skyreach Academy place, and told her how to guard against the scheme and Sinew-Softening Powder.
• At Five Treasures Hall, Su Chen sought body-tempering ingredients, but Envoy Feng tried to claim the Bloodsnake Ginseng for himself, and Su Chen offered to pay double.