Chapter Summaries

Gu He was ambushed and captured by a ghost-masked Hall of Souls fighter, but Lin Chen intervened before the man could take him away. Lin Chen attacked the wounded enemy while the other black-robed pursuers held back.

• Gu He fled through the Misty Cloud Mountain Range after black-robed fighters ambushed him and blocked his return to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He fought the pursuers with purple flames, but the ghost-masked man captured him with chains and struck his dantian.
• Lin Chen appeared disguised as a black-robed subordinate and stabbed the ghost-masked man with an ice-blue saber.
• The other pursuers recognized that 7962 had betrayed them for Lord Heavenly Poison and refused to help the wounded ghost-masked man.
• Lin Chen revealed his jade protection and dark-blue flame, then unleashed a dragon roar and a barrage of ice-blue fists at the ghost-masked man.

Lin Chen killed Gui Li and the other black-robed men, then brought Gu He to the Imperial Capital and refined a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill that caused a major stir. The pill’s display drew the attention of the Imperial Family, Lord Heavenly Poison, and Xiao Yan, while Yao Lao recognized Lin Chen’s Heavenly Flames.

• Lin Chen killed Gui Li and four fleeing black-robed men, then forced Gu He to accompany him to the Imperial Capital in exchange for a thirty-year commitment.
• At the Mittel Auction House, Lin Chen reunited with Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, and fed Zi Yan a pill that raised her to Seven-Star Dou Wang.
• Lin Chen began refining the Purple Spirit Recovery Pill while Gu He watched and learned from his technique.
• Several days later, Lin Chen produced a middle-grade sixth-grade pill, sending a purple pillar of light and a strong medicinal fragrance across the Imperial Capital.
• An Imperial Family elder ordered an investigation into the pill’s source, while Lord Heavenly Poison questioned the reports about the alchemist and demanded better intelligence.
• Xiao Yan saw the pillar of light, and Yao Lao recognized Lin Chen’s Heavenly Flames and realized Lin Chen had arrived in the Imperial Capital.