Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuan used the Forbidden Character Art, a technique beyond Heaven Tier, to seal Thunder Venerable’s Dou Qi after Thunder Venerable ignored his warning and attacked. Thunder Venerable and his disciples were left shocked, and Jiang Yuan revealed the technique’s name.

• Jiang Yuan comprehended the Forbidden Character Art when Thunder Venerable attacked him.
• Thunder Venerable dismissed Jiang Yuan’s warning, while Feng Qing'er and the junior sisters mocked his claim that he could seal a Dou Zun’s Dou Qi.
• Jiang Yuan released the Forbidden Character Art, causing Thunder Venerable’s attack to vanish and sealing the Dou Qi in his body.
• Feng Qing'er, the junior sisters, and Dan Chen were stunned when Thunder Venerable could no longer use his Dou Qi.
• Jiang Yuan told Thunder Venerable that he had used the Forbidden Character Art, a Dou Technique beyond Heaven Tier.

Jiang Yuan refused to undo the seal that had crippled Thunder Venerable’s Dou Qi and left with Dan Chen. Thunder Venerable blamed Feng Qing'er for provoking Jiang Yuan and took her and her Junior Sisters back toward the Wind-Thunder Pavilion, considering whether to seek help from the Pill Tower.

• Thunder Venerable begged Jiang Yuan to remove the seal and ordered Feng Qing'er to apologize, but Jiang Yuan refused and left with Dan Chen.
• Thunder Venerable despaired over losing his strength and angrily blamed Feng Qing'er for provoking Jiang Yuan.
• Feng Qing'er asked what they should do, and Thunder Venerable decided they would return to the Wind-Thunder Pavilion.
• As they headed back, Thunder Venerable wondered who Jiang Yuan was and considered visiting the Pill Tower.

After Jiang Yuan sealed the Thunder Venerable’s Dou Qi, the Thunder Venerable went to the Pill Tower to beg the Three Elders to ask Jiang Yuan to remove it. The elders agreed to pass along his request, while Feng Qing’er remained too afraid of Jiang Yuan to speak.

• Dan Chen asked Jiang Yuan about his Forbidden Character Art, and he said he had just learned it by chance.
• The Thunder Venerable blamed Feng Qing’er for the trouble and took her and several junior disciples to the Pill Tower to seek help.
• Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi discussed the Wind-Thunder Pavilion and received the Thunder Venerable’s group at the Disciple Square.
• The Thunder Venerable bowed to the Three Elders and revealed that Jiang Yuan had sealed all his Dou Qi.
• Xuan Kongzi agreed to pass the Thunder Venerable’s request to Jiang Yuan, but warned that they could not make Jiang Yuan lift the seal.

Jiang Yuan returned to the Pill Tower and learned that Thunder Venerable had asked the Three Elders to persuade him to lift his seal. Feng Qing'er apologized and begged him to free her master, but Jiang Yuan left without saying whether he would do so.

• Jiang Yuan and Dan Chen arrived at Disciple Square and learned from Cao Ying that Thunder Venerable had brought Feng Qing'er to seek the Three Elders' help.
• Cao Ying explained that Thunder Venerable was staying in the guest hall and had asked the Three Giants to intercede.
• Feng Qing'er apologized to Jiang Yuan for her past actions and offered to agree to any condition if he lifted her master's seal.
• Jiang Yuan rebuked Feng Qing'er, then told her, “I heard you. Now get lost,” without clarifying whether he would lift the seal.
• Dan Chen followed Jiang Yuan to his quarters while Cao Ying regretted ending their engagement and Feng Qing'er resolved to beg him again.

Feng Qing'er told the Thunder Venerable that Jiang Yuan had ignored her request, so the Thunder Venerable resolved to apologize to him in person. While Jiang Yuan cultivated in seclusion, Cao Ying asked Dan Chen how he had sealed the Thunder Venerable's Dou Qi, then left disappointed.

• Feng Qing'er told the Thunder Venerable that Jiang Yuan had walked away without answering her plea.
• The Thunder Venerable decided to wait and apologize to Jiang Yuan face-to-face.
• Jiang Yuan began cultivating in seclusion and told Dan Chen not to let anyone disturb him.
• Cao Ying arrived to speak with Jiang Yuan, but Dan Chen told her he was cultivating.
• Cao Ying asked Dan Chen how Jiang Yuan had sealed the Thunder Venerable's Dou Qi, and Dan Chen admitted she did not know the technique.
• Cao Ying left, while Jiang Yuan continued cultivating unaware of what had happened outside.

Jiang Yuan revealed a pill formula that could temporarily prevent opponents from using Dou Qi, alarming Thunder Venerable and Feng Qing'er. He rejected their apologies and left with Dan Chen, who hoped the pill could strengthen the Pill Tower once Jiang Yuan refined it.

• Jiang Yuan told Dan Chen he had developed a pill formula inspired by the Forbidden Character Art that could briefly stop opponents from using Dou Qi.
• Thunder Venerable and Feng Qing'er overheard Jiang Yuan and realized the formula could greatly increase the Pill Tower's power.
• Thunder Venerable and Feng Qing'er begged Jiang Yuan to forgive them and lift Thunder Venerable's seal, but Jiang Yuan told them to scram.
• Thunder Venerable agreed to return to the guest hall with Feng Qing'er, both left humiliated and fearful.
• Dan Chen asked whether Jiang Yuan could refine the pill, and he said he first needed to prepare the medicinal ingredients.

Jiang Yuan met with the Three Elders, who asked when he would unseal the Thunder Venerable and assigned him to deal with a Hall of Souls stronghold. He planned to leave the next morning with Dan Chen.

• Jiang Yuan and Dan Chen headed for the Pill Tower's Medicinal Ingredient Treasury, but a messenger disciple summoned Jiang Yuan to the main hall.
• Xuan Kongzi asked when Jiang Yuan would lift the seal on the Thunder Venerable, and Jiang Yuan refused, saying the man could remain sealed until he learned his lesson.
• Xuan Yi accepted Jiang Yuan's decision and told him the Hall of Souls had been harassing Pill Tower properties and factions near the Central Plains border.
• Jiang Yuan agreed to travel to the Hall of Souls stronghold, and Xuan Yi told him to bring Dan Chen along.
• Jiang Yuan left the main hall and headed to his quarters to prepare for the journey the next morning.

Jiang Yuan and Dan Chen traveled to a Hall of Souls outpost in the mountains, where Jiang Yuan entered alone and confronted its disciples. He sealed everyone’s Dou Qi with Forbidden Character Art and told their leader they could talk.

• Jiang Yuan left the Pill Tower with Dan Chen to investigate the Hall of Souls’ mountain hideout.
• Jiang Yuan approached the concealed entrance and used his ability to stop the guards from summoning their Dou Qi.
• Jiang Yuan entered the stronghold and told the Hall of Souls disciples’ leader that he had come from the Pill Tower to talk.
• The leader ordered the disciples to seize Jiang Yuan, but Jiang Yuan used Forbidden Character Art to seal everyone’s Dou Qi.
• Jiang Yuan told the leader that he had sealed their Dou Qi so they could talk.

Jiang Yuan subdued the Hall of Souls disciples at a Stronghold and questioned their leader about who was in charge. After learning that Protector Liu Ming was cultivating in a secret chamber, Jiang Yuan went deeper into the Stronghold to confront him.

• Jiang Yuan told the helpless Hall of Souls disciples that he was acting on the Pill Tower's behalf and dismissed their threats.
• The disciples begged for mercy, and Jiang Yuan agreed to spare them if they answered his questions.
• The black-robed leader revealed that Protector Liu Ming, a Five-Star Dou Zun, was cultivating in a secret chamber at the back of the Stronghold.
• Jiang Yuan ordered the disciples to stay where they were and headed into the Stronghold to deal with Liu Ming.
• The disciples feared that Jiang Yuan might not consider Protector Liu Ming a threat.

Jiang Yuan confronted Liu Ming, a Five-Star Dou Zun of the Hall of Souls, over his men causing trouble in Pill Tower territory. After sealing Liu Ming’s Dou Qi, Jiang Yuan warned him to stay away from Pill Tower members.

• Jiang Yuan reached Liu Ming’s sealed chamber and demanded that he answer for his men’s actions.
• Liu Ming opened the stone door, mocked Jiang Yuan, and attacked him with black Dou Qi.
• Jiang Yuan scattered Liu Ming’s attack and sealed the Dou Qi inside him.
• Jiang Yuan entered Liu Ming’s chamber, gave his name, and warned him to stay away from anyone from the Pill Tower.

Jiang Yuan defeated the Hall of Souls Stronghold and warned its protector Liu Ming to keep away from Pill Tower territory. He returned to the Pill Tower with Dan Chen, who praised his strength.

• Jiang Yuan spared Liu Ming but sealed his Dou Qi for three months and warned him to keep the Hall of Souls away from Pill Tower territory.
• Liu Ming feared what would happen if his subordinates discovered his weakened state and decided to flee until the seal broke.
• Jiang Yuan told the Hall of Souls disciples they could leave the Stronghold, and they ran away.
• Jiang Yuan reunited with Dan Chen and told her he had sealed the Stronghold's occupants, including the Five-Star Dou Zun Liu Ming.
• Dan Chen praised Jiang Yuan as a future great alchemist, and they returned to the Pill Tower after nightfall.

Jiang Yuan and Dan Chen returned to the Pill Tower after destroying a Hall of Souls outpost, and Jiang Yuan told the Three Elders that he had sealed its Five-Star Dou Zun protector. The chapter ended with Xuan Yi revealing that the Yao Clan had sent someone to visit the Pill Tower.

• Jiang Yuan and Dan Chen arrived at the Pill Tower and went to meet Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi.
• Jiang Yuan reported that he had cleared the Hall of Souls' border outpost and sealed its protector, Liu Ming.
• Tian Leizi was startled by Jiang Yuan's strength, while Xuan Kongzi praised him and told him to rest.
• Xuan Yi asked Jiang Yuan whether his sealing Dou Technique had caused side effects, and he said he had noticed none.
• After Jiang Yuan and Dan Chen left, Xuan Yi told Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi that the Yao Clan had sent someone to visit.

After returning from the Hall of Souls outpost, Jiang Yuan rested at the Pill Tower while the Yao Clan arrived to investigate the Eighth-Tier Nine-Colored Pill from the Space Trade Fair. He and Dan Chen went to see the visitors, including a renowned young Yao Clan alchemist who briefly studied Jiang Yuan as he passed.

• Xuan Yi told Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi that the Yao Clan wanted to question the Pill Tower about the alchemist behind the Eighth-Tier Nine-Colored Pill.
• Jiang Yuan reflected on the strength of the Hall of Souls outpost before cultivating through the night.
• Dan Chen brought Jiang Yuan breakfast and told him the Yao Clan's delegation was expected that day.
• Jiang Yuan and Dan Chen headed to the Pill Tower's entrance after hearing a commotion and saw the Yao Clan group arrive.
• Dan Chen identified the white-robed young man as a celebrated Yao Clan genius, a seventh-tier alchemist at Peak Dou Zong.
• The young man briefly looked at Jiang Yuan before continuing with his group toward the guest hall.