Chapter Summaries

Su Chen defeated Jiang Minghao, then challenged Jiang Mingxuan after Jiang Shan urged his son to fight and reclaim the wager. Su Chen unleashed Sevenfold Waves of One Sword and left Jiang Mingxuan stunned with his sword nearly cut through.

• Su Chen pressed his attack on the fallen Jiang Minghao until Jiang Mingxuan intervened, and Su Chen taunted Jiang Minghao for refusing to admit defeat.
• Su Chen challenged Jiang Mingxuan, who accepted after Jiang Shan secretly told him to fight; Su Chen raised the wager from five hundred to one thousand Lesser Origin Pills if he won.
• Jiang Mingxuan entered the arena and attacked Su Chen with Azure Wood Swordsmanship, confident that his higher cultivation would secure victory.
• Su Chen countered with Sevenfold Waves of One Sword, and the clash left Jiang Mingxuan standing stunned with only the hilt of his sword remaining.

Su Chen defeated Jiang Mingxuan, secured a written promise for the thousand Lesser Origin Pills, and learned that Jiang Shan and Jiang He had arranged Jiang Tingyi’s betrothal to Wang Sheng. The chapter ended with Jiang Tingyi dropping her teacup in shock as the arranged marriage was announced.

• Su Chen defeated Jiang Mingxuan across a realm and cut his sword in half, then Xu Yin checked him for injuries and praised him.
• Su Chen demanded the wager, and Jiang Shan agreed to provide one thousand Lesser Origin Pills within three days, recording the debt in an IOU.
• Su Chen suspected that the important matter Jiang Shan and Jiang He planned to discuss had changed from what he remembered in his previous life.
• Jiang Shan announced that Jiang Tingyi was old enough for betrothal and that he and Jiang He had arranged her marriage.
• Jiang He revealed that Jiang Tingyi was to marry Wang Sheng and that the Wang Family would bring betrothal gifts in three days, causing Jiang Tingyi to drop and shatter her teacup.

Xu Yin learned that Jiang Shan and Jiang He had arranged for Jiang Tingyi to marry the cruel Wang Sheng, and Su Chen intervened to challenge their decision. The chapter ended with Su Chen revealing that he knew the two acting family heads had been searching for the Family Head's Seal.

• Jiang Shan and Jiang He announced that Jiang Tingyi would marry Wang Sheng, despite Xu Yin's furious objections.
• Jiang Mingxuan and Jiang Minghao mocked Xu Yin, while Jiang Shan used his authority and aura to insist the marriage could not be changed.
• Su Chen applauded and condemned Jiang Shan and Jiang He for forcing their niece into the marriage.
• Jiang He called Su Chen an outsider, but Su Chen pointed out that Jiang He had earlier treated him as a Jiang Family member.
• Su Chen reassured Xu Yin that he had a way to stop the marriage, then hinted that Jiang Shan and Jiang He had failed to find the old family head's Family Head's Seal.

Su Chen used his knowledge of the Jiang Family's missing Family Head's Seal to bargain with Jiang Shan. Jiang Shan agreed to cancel Jiang Tingyi's marriage arrangement with the Wang Family in exchange for the seal's location, but Su Chen had not yet revealed it.

• Jiang Shan and Jiang He questioned Su Chen after he mentioned the missing Family Head's Seal.
• Su Chen claimed he knew where the seal was and drew an accurate likeness of it, convincing Jiang Shan that he had seen it.
• Su Chen demanded that Jiang Shan cancel Jiang Tingyi's marriage arrangement with the Wang Family in exchange for the seal's location.
• Jiang Shan agreed to cancel the arrangement and asked Su Chen to tell him where the seal was.

Su Chen persuaded Jiang Shan to cancel Jiang Tingyi’s marriage to Wang Sheng by falsely claiming the Jiang Family’s Head’s Seal lay in a collapsed cave. Three days later, after the Wang Family retaliated by cutting ties with the Jiang Family, Jiang Tingyi thanked Su Chen and asked how he had become so formidable.

• Su Chen gave Jiang Shan a map to a real collapsed cave and claimed the Family Head’s Seal was buried inside, persuading Jiang Shan to cancel Jiang Tingyi’s marriage agreement.
• After Jiang Shan left, Su Chen admitted to Xu Yin that he had lied and resolved to grow strong before Jiang Shan and Jiang He uncovered the deception.
• Jiang Shan and Jiang He sent guards to excavate the cave, while the Wang Family Head publicly expelled them and ended business cooperation with the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Tingyi visited Su Chen, thanked him for stopping the marriage, and asked why he seemed so different from before.

Su Chen recalled Jiang Tingyi’s tragic fate in his previous life and vowed to protect her in this one. After she delivered a thousand Lesser Origin Pills, he gave half back for Xu Yin, then prepared to cultivate with the rest.

• Su Chen remembered Jiang Tingyi’s forced marriage to Wang Sheng, her disfigurement, and her death while he was unable to protect her in his previous life.
• Su Chen resolved to keep Jiang Tingyi safe and overturn the regrets of his former life.
• Jiang Tingyi brought Su Chen a thousand Lesser Origin Pills from Jiang Shan and Jiang He, sent by Xu Yin.
• Su Chen kept five chests of pills and told Jiang Tingyi to return the other five to Xu Yin.
• After Jiang Tingyi left, Su Chen took a Lesser Origin Pill from a chest and assessed its quality.

After ten days of cultivation, Su Chen reached the peak of the eighth layer of the qi-attraction realm and went looking for a pill furnace to refine medicine for his aunt. He learned that Jiang Minghao was holding an apprenticeship banquet after catching an Alchemy Guild master’s eye, and accepted Jiang He’s invitation despite Xu Yin’s warning.

• Su Chen absorbed ten Lesser Origin Pills with the Chaos Immortal Record and reached the peak of the eighth layer of the qi-attraction realm.
• Su Chen left seclusion and decided to find a pill furnace so he could refine the century sunlight herb for his aunt.
• A servant told Su Chen that Jiang Minghao’s alchemy talent had caught Master Qian’s attention and that the Jiang Family was hosting an apprenticeship banquet.
• Xu Yin and Jiang Tingyi emerged dressed for the banquet, and Xu Yin invited Su Chen to join them.
• Jiang He sent a servant to invite Su Chen, and Su Chen inferred that Jiang He meant to use him to elevate Jiang Minghao.
• Despite Xu Yin’s concern that Jiang He was setting him up, Su Chen decided to attend the banquet.

At a Jiang Family banquet celebrating Jiang Minghao’s potential as an alchemist, Master Qian arrived to test him before making him an apprentice. The chapter ended as Jiang Minghao confidently prepared to answer Master Qian’s questions.

• Su Chen, Xu Yin, and Jiang Tingyi arrived at the banquet, where Jiang He seated Xu Yin and Jiang Tingyi at the main table but directed Su Chen to the branch-family table.
• Jiang Shan reminded Jiang Mingxuan that the first and third branches were allies until Jiang Shan secured the family-head position and said Jiang Minghao could become an asset.
• Master Qian, a Certified Alchemist, arrived with two apprentice alchemists and had Jiang Minghao offer him a toast.
• After the banquet began, Jiang He asked when the apprenticeship ceremony would take place, and Master Qian said he would first test Jiang Minghao’s basic alchemy knowledge.
• Jiang Minghao confidently agreed to answer Master Qian’s questions after studying alchemy books.

Jiang Minghao passed Master Qian’s alchemy questions and became his registered disciple, but he later accused Su Chen of disrespecting Master Qian. Su Chen denied shaking his head and claimed Master Qian should apologize to everyone, leaving the banquet hall in an uproar.

• Master Qian questioned Jiang Minghao about alchemy, and Jiang Minghao passed despite answering the final question incorrectly.
• Jiang Minghao completed the apprenticeship rite and became Master Qian’s registered disciple.
• Master Qian explained why Eight-Leaf Yam Root was better than Blue Wuzi for refining a Spirit Transformation Pill.
• Jiang Minghao saw Su Chen’s head tilt as he dozed off and accused him of mocking Master Qian’s lecture.
• Su Chen said he had not shaken his head, then declared that Master Qian should apologize to him and everyone present.

At a banquet, Su Chen challenged Master Qian’s alchemy answer and explained how to improve the Spirit Transformation Pill formula. Master Qian recognized Su Chen’s expertise and eagerly accepted his guidance.

• Jiang He tried to punish Su Chen for insulting Master Qian, but Master Qian stopped him and questioned Su Chen about his criticism.
• Su Chen declared that Eight-Leaf Yam Root was the wrong ingredient for a Spirit Transformation Pill, and Master Qian bowed and called him an expert.
• Master Qian explained that he had long suspected Eight-Leaf Yam Root was inadequate but had never found a better formula.
• Su Chen explained that immature Blue Wuzi could neutralize the Spirit Transformation Grass’s toxicity without clashing with Little Jade Grass.
• Master Qian realized immature Blue Wuzi solved the problem and exclaimed that he should have thought of it sooner.

Su Chen impressed Master Qian with his alchemical knowledge, earning an invitation to the Alchemy Guild and drawing the Jiang Family’s wary attention. At the Guild, Su Chen asked to borrow a yang-attributed pill furnace to refine a Hundred-Year Supreme-Yang Pill for Xu Yin, and Master Qian went to seek Guildmaster Master Mo’s permission.

• Su Chen solved Master Qian’s long-standing alchemical problem, then answered his questions at the banquet while Jiang He and Jiang Minghao were left ignored.
• Master Qian invited Su Chen to the Alchemy Guild, and Su Chen accepted because he hoped to borrow a pill furnace for Xu Yin’s pill.
• Jiang Mingxuan urged caution about Su Chen, but Jiang Shan warned that acting against him could provoke Master Qian.
• Su Chen arrived at the Alchemy Guild the next day, where Master Qian resumed asking him alchemical questions.
• Su Chen requested a yang-attributed pill furnace, and Master Qian went to ask Guildmaster Master Mo for permission to use the Guild’s treasured furnace.

Su Chen was pulled into Master Mo’s alchemy chamber and watched him fail to refine the Snow Lotus Creation Pill. As Master Mo despaired over the ruined batch, Su Chen said it could still be salvaged, and Master Mo asked him how.

• An alchemy apprentice took Su Chen to Master Mo’s chamber, where he was assigned to prepare ingredients.
• Master Mo carefully began his seventh attempt to refine the Snow Lotus Creation Pill, while Su Chen watched and shook his head.
• Master Mo’s refinement produced black pill embryos, and he realized the attempt had failed.
• Su Chen said the batch could still be salvaged, and Master Mo stopped the apprentices from removing him and asked how.

Su Chen explained how to fix Master Mo Shiqiu’s failed Snow Lotus Creation Pill refinement, and the successful result stunned the Alchemy Guild apprentices. Master Mo then recognized Su Chen as the young man who had cured a Coldheart Python victim at the Five Treasures Hall.

• Su Chen told Master Mo to add three qian of copper crystal sand to the furnace, and Master Mo followed his instruction.
• Black smoke poured from the furnace, prompting the apprentices to blame Su Chen, but Master Mo soon announced that the refinement had worked and produced four superb pills.
• Master Mo bowed to Su Chen and called him master, while Su Chen urged him to use his name instead.
• Su Chen explained that the Purple Silver Furnace released vaporized infiltrating silver stone, which reacted with the netherheart flower, and that copper crystal sand purged the resulting impurities.
• Master Mo asked Su Chen about his identity and recognized him as the person who had cured an old man bitten by a Coldheart Python at the Five Treasures Hall; Su Chen confirmed it.

Su Chen gave Master Mo the Coldheart Python bite formula and borrowed the Elephant-Pattern Fire Dragon Furnace to refine a Hundred-Year Supreme-Yang Pill for Xu Yin. The chapter ended with Su Chen discovering he had refined a twelve-star pill.

• Master Mo recognized Su Chen and asked him for the Coldheart Python bite formula, which Su Chen agreed to write down.
• Su Chen told Master Mo he needed to borrow a yang-aspected pill furnace, and Master Mo offered to take him to the guild's furnace.
• Master Qian asked Master Mo to lend the Elephant-Pattern Fire Dragon Furnace to his friend, while Master Mo insisted another master had already requested it.
• Master Mo and Master Qian realized they were both trying to secure the furnace for Su Chen, then escorted him to it.
• Su Chen refined a Hundred-Year Supreme-Yang Pill as Master Mo and Master Qian watched, and he found that it was a twelve-star pill.

Su Chen refined a twelve-star Hundred-Year Supreme-Yang Pill and agreed to become the Alchemy Guild’s Honorary Guest Elder under the alias Master Dust. As he prepared to leave, two children with identical symptoms arrived at the Guild, and Wang Bingyan demanded that an alchemist treat her brother first.

• Su Chen thanked Master Mo and Master Qian for helping him refine the pill and politely declined a regular position in the Alchemy Guild.
• Master Mo offered Su Chen the title of Honorary Guest Elder, and Su Chen accepted under the alias Dust.
• Master Mo gave Su Chen an Honorary Guest Elder badge and accompanied him downstairs.
• Several Wang Family attendants brought in their young master, who was convulsing and struggling to breathe, and a Senior Apprentice Alchemist told them not to disturb the Guild.
• Wang Bingyan and Wang Teng arrived, and Wang Bingyan pressured the Senior Apprentice Alchemist to treat her younger brother.
• A poor father entered carrying his similarly ill son, and the Senior Apprentice Alchemist noticed that both children had the same symptoms; Wang Bingyan ordered him to treat her brother first.

At the Alchemy Guild, Master Mo determined that the Wang Family's young master and a commoner boy had severe darknight flower poisoning and could only be saved with lifelong disabilities. Su Chen offered to clear the poison completely, but Wang Bingyan rejected him and threatened the Guild.

• Wang Bingyan insisted that the Senior Apprentice Alchemist treat her brother before the commoner boy, despite their shared poisoning.
• The Senior Apprentice Alchemist identified darknight flower poisoning but could not treat it, so Master Mo examined both patients.
• Master Mo said the poison had spread to their hearts and lungs and that the best possible outcome was lifelong paralysis.
• Master Mo called on Su Chen, who said darknight flower poison was not difficult to clear away.
• Wang Bingyan insulted Su Chen and accused the Alchemy Guild of bullying her family, demanding that Master Mo guarantee her brother would recover without disability.

Su Chen cured a commoner’s son of Darknight Flower Poison, then refused to treat Wang Bingyan’s younger brother because she had rejected his help. Wang Bingyan blamed Su Chen and threatened him, while Master Mo warned that the Alchemy Guild would protect its Honorary Guest Elder.

• Master Mo refused Wang Bingyan’s demand to detoxify her younger brother, and the commoner pleaded for someone to save his poisoned son.
• Su Chen agreed to treat the commoner’s child, but said he would not save anyone from the Wang Family.
• Su Chen prepared a medicinal powder that cured the child, and the grateful commoner left with his son.
• Wang Bingyan begged Su Chen to save her younger brother, but Su Chen reminded her of his refusal and left the Alchemy Guild.
• Master Mo also refused to treat Wang Bingyan’s brother, and Wang Bingyan blamed Su Chen and threatened to make him pay.
• Master Mo told a subordinate that the Alchemy Guild would defend Su Chen if anyone attacked its Honorary Guest Elder.

Su Chen gave Xu Yin a Hundred-Year Supreme-Yang Pill and set out for the Rising Sun Mountains to train and strengthen himself. After testing the Vast Sea Sword against weaker beasts, he faced an Iron-Tailed Leopard and wounded its tail, but the fight continued.

• Su Chen gave Xu Yin the Hundred-Year Supreme-Yang Pill and told her he was going to train in the Rising Sun Mountains.
• Xu Yin gave Su Chen Jiang Hai's Vast Sea Sword and urged him to be careful.
• Su Chen traveled to the Rising Sun Mountains and spent two days fighting Eighth Layer Qi-Attraction Realm demon beasts in the outer reaches.
• Su Chen killed a Carrion-Eating Rat with One Sword, Five Waves, then went deeper to seek stronger opponents.
• Su Chen clashed with a Ninth Layer Qi-Attraction Realm Iron-Tailed Leopard and cut its tail with the Vast Sea Sword.

Su Chen defeated an Iron-Tailed Leopard and broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm. After five days of travel deeper into the Rising Sun Mountains, he neared the site of a rumored opportunity and heard two groups fighting nearby.

• Su Chen mastered Sevenfold Waves of One Sword in battle, broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm, and killed the Iron-Tailed Leopard.
• Su Chen recalled a map leading to an opportunity in the Rising Sun Mountains that had once transformed an obscure martial artist, and set out to find it first.
• Su Chen spent five days traveling deeper into the mountains, fought more than a hundred demonic beasts, and improved Layered Wave Slash to Eightfold Waves of One Sword.
• Su Chen heard cries for help and the sounds of two groups fighting as they approached his location.

Su Chen encountered three young men fleeing Iron Garb Sect martial artists over a Jade Wonder Fruit and killed two pursuers with single sword strikes. He refused to let the remaining four leave, and drew the Vast Sea Sword to fight them.

• Three young men fleeing Iron Garb Sect martial artists asked Su Chen for help, but the pursuers surrounded them and threatened him.
• Su Chen killed Senior Brother Sun with one sword strike, then killed the one-eyed Junior Brother Huo when he attacked.
• The remaining Iron Garb Sect martial artists identified themselves, and Senior Brother Wu concluded Su Chen was at least at the ninth layer of Qi-Attraction Realm.
• Senior Brother Wu ordered the others to retreat, but Su Chen challenged them over their threats and drew the Vast Sea Sword again.