Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun entered the Super Heavy Space trial and fought ten Perfected King Realm puppets wielding the Great Evolution Tianji Sword. He countered their first three moves, but the puppets launched a final attack, leaving his trial unresolved.

• Nie Yun recognized the room as Super Heavy Space and adapted to its immense gravity, strengthening the flow of his power.
• Ten Perfected King Realm puppets attacked Nie Yun, and he used Shattering Stars to block their first assault.
• The puppets used Shattering Stars through various weapons, but Nie Yun evaded their combined attack with the second transformation of the Netherflame Movement Technique.
• The puppets formed a Formation and used Sword Points to the Heavens to trap Nie Yun, but he broke the spatial pressure and blocked their strike with his dual swords.
• The puppet leader declared that Nie Yun would pass if he survived their final move, and ten blood-red sword flashes stabbed toward him.

Nie Yun passed Yan Huang Hall’s second trial by using the Storage World’s power to break the fourth form of the Great Evolution Tianji Sword. The Stone Turtle then offered him a benefit that required over thirty percent recognition and revealed the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture.

• Ten Perfected King Realm experts and an early-stage Emperor Realm expert attacked Nie Yun with the fourth form, Soaring Cloud Under Heaven.
• Nie Yun used the power of the Storage World to shatter all eleven swords and defeat the puppets.
• The early-stage Emperor Realm expert declared that Nie Yun had passed and explained that previous challengers had attacked before the puppets could coordinate their sword formation.
• The early-stage Emperor Realm expert named the fourth form of the Great Evolution Tianji Sword, and Nie Yun recalled the names of all four forms.
• The Stone Turtle congratulated Nie Yun, promised a benefit requiring more than thirty percent recognition, and revealed the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture.

Nie Yun learned that the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture could lead to the legacy of Shennong Disciples, but its recognition test gave him only fifteen percent because it sensed the Extreme Poison Qi in his body. He told Stone Turtle that his apparent Innate Poison Body came from his dantian talents, leaving open the possibility that he could remove the poison and try again.

• Nie Yun connected the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture to the long-vanished Shennong Disciples and learned that he needed at least thirty percent recognition to inherit Yan Huang Hall.
• Stone Turtle tested Nie Yun with the scripture, and the stele’s recognition reading rose only from zero to fifteen percent.
• Stone Turtle suspected Nie Yun had a constitution that conflicted with healing, and Nie Yun asked whether his apparent Innate Poison Body was the cause.
• Stone Turtle explained that the scripture rejected poison-oriented constitutions and said an Innate Medical Body would be ideal for inheriting its healing arts.
• Nie Yun said he was not truly an Innate Poison Body and could withdraw the Extreme Poison Qi that had transformed his blood, while Stone Turtle lamented how rare Innate Medical Bodies were.

Nie Yun transformed his constitution with Wood Life Qi and raised his recognition of the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture to ninety-nine percent. Stone Turtle accepted him as a candidate to inherit Yan Huang Hall and handed him the scripture to refine.

• Stone Turtle told Nie Yun that his fifteen-percent recognition as an Innate Poison Body disqualified him from inheriting Yan Huang Hall and ordered him to leave.
• Nie Yun asked for one stick of incense to raise his recognition, then drew the Extreme Poison Qi from his blood and infused his body with Wood Life Qi.
• Stone Turtle tested Nie Yun again, and the stone tablet’s recognition reading climbed from fifteen to ninety-nine percent.
• Stone Turtle suspected Nie Yun was an Innate Medical Body, and Nie Yun claimed that he had merely eliminated poison from his body.
• Stone Turtle gave Nie Yun the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture and told him to refine it to become a Shennong Disciple.

Nie Yun fused the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture with his Wood Life Dantian and instantly mastered its medical arts, stunning Stone Turtle. He used the Medical Dao Bracelet’s patient-treatment test and quickly diagnosed nearly everyone, with ten patients still remaining.

• Nie Yun refined the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture, and Stone Turtle told him he had to master one-tenth of it before learning Yan Huang Hall’s origins.
• Nie Yun fused the scripture with his Wood Life Dantian and comprehended all the medical arts recorded within it.
• Stone Turtle presented the Medical Dao Bracelet to test Nie Yun’s claim, and Nie Yun entered its patient-treatment illusion.
• Nie Yun diagnosed the patients and prescribed treatments, making nearly all of them disappear until only ten remained.

Nie Yun completed the Medical Dao Bracelet’s final diagnostic trials, treating unfamiliar ailments through the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture and his Soul Master Talent. The Stone Turtle revealed that Yan Huang Hall was a treasure left by Great Emperor Shennong, the only person in history to reach the Emperor level through the Medical Dao.

• Nie Yun diagnosed the final patients and prescribed treatments, including identifying that a woman’s cultivation regression stemmed from grief over her son’s death.
• The Medical Dao Bracelet shone with seven-colored light after Nie Yun completed the trials, proving to the Stone Turtle that he had mastered and applied the scripture.
• The Stone Turtle told Nie Yun that Yan Huang Hall was left behind by Great Emperor Yan Huang, also known as Great Emperor Shennong.
• Nie Yun was shaken to learn that Great Emperor Shennong had become an Emperor through the Medical Dao.

Nie Yun learned from Stone Turtle that Great Emperor Shennong and many other Great Emperors had fallen, then asked how to cultivate into the Emperor Realm. Stone Turtle explained that domains had three grades and warned that a domain formed by merely comprehending the Universal Divine Realm was the weakest and could block the path to becoming a Great Emperor.

• Nie Yun learned that Great Emperor Shennong had fallen after assigning Stone Turtle to find a successor, and that most of the Great Emperors from that era had also died.
• Nie Yun suppressed his fear of death and learned that Yan Huang Hall could protect him from anyone short of a Great Emperor, though he could refine only twenty percent of it for now.
• Stone Turtle explained that refining twenty percent would give Nie Yun three limited chances to teleport into Yan Huang Hall and access its medicinal garden, which could help him reach the Emperor Realm.
• Nie Yun asked how to cultivate into the Emperor Realm, and Stone Turtle said cultivators had to form a unique domain within themselves, with only First-grade Domain cultivators having a chance to contend for Great Emperor.
• Stone Turtle described three domain grades and explained that a domain formed by comprehending the Universal Divine Realm was Third-grade, easy to exploit, and cut off the possibility of creating a new Great Dao.

Stone Turtle explained how First-grade Domains were formed from a single Great Dao and why their power depended on choosing the right path. Nie Yun reconsidered his Storage World and worried that Tantai Lingyue’s body, made from the Chaos Ocean’s core, might put her at risk.

• Nie Yun asked Stone Turtle about Domain ranks, and Stone Turtle explained that a Domain had to be created independently rather than copied from the divine realm.
• Stone Turtle said a Domain’s rank depended on whether its Great Dao could surpass the Heavenly Dao, and described the Medical Domain, Devouring Domain, and Myriad People Domain.
• Nie Yun realized that his Storage World, which contained the Three Thousand Great Daos, differed fundamentally from a Domain formed from a single Great Dao.
• Stone Turtle explained that observing Chaos World cores could help cultivators comprehend First-grade Domains, and Nie Yun connected this to Pu Tian Ridge’s attempt to seize the Chaos Ocean’s core.
• Nie Yun worried that Tantai Lingyue might be in danger because her body had been refined from the Chaos Ocean’s core, but reassured himself that Di Xuan would protect her.
• Stone Turtle identified Xuanyuan the Great Emperor’s Myriad People Domain as the strongest known Domain and said the absolute strongest existed only in legend.

After hearing Stone Turtle describe the rumored Perfect Domain, Nie Yun fused his many Dantians into the Storage World and resolved to seek inspiration from Pu Tian Ridge before attempting to merge his Main Dantian. He passed the third trial’s first test by mastering the fourth form of the Great Evolution Tianji Sword, then began studying its fifth form.

• Stone Turtle explained that ancient Great Emperors had hypothesized a Perfect Domain founded on all Great Daos, which could balance their powers and lead to transcendence.
• Nie Yun fused his other Dantians into the Storage World, strengthening it, but could not yet merge his higher-grade Main Dantian.
• Nie Yun decided to visit Pu Tian Ridge and study its Chaos World cores for insight into merging the Main Dantian with the Storage Dantian.
• Stone Turtle said Nie Yun could attempt the third trial but lacked the Peak Emperor Realm strength likely needed for the fourth trial, so Nie Yun chose the third.
• Nie Yun mastered the fourth sword form, Soaring Cloud Under Heaven, passed its test, and began studying the fifth form, Heaven and Earth Canopy.

Nie Yun mastered the third Great Evolution Tianji Sword form, refined part of Yan Huang Hall’s foundation talisman, and returned to the Red River Secret Valley. There, he questioned Chaos King and the others about their journey with Tantai Lingyue and asked when she had recovered her memories.

• Nie Yun learned the fifth and sixth forms of the Great Evolution Tianji Sword, cleared the third trial, and chose not to attempt the fourth.
• The Stone Turtle gave Nie Yun the foundation talisman, warned him about the dangers facing Descendants of Shennong, and told him he would need Peak Emperor Realm strength to challenge the trials again.
• Nie Yun refined twenty percent of the talisman, learned that its three Teleportations allowed round trips, and returned to the deserted Red River Secret Valley.
• Nie Yun summoned Chaos King and the others, who explained that Tantai Lingyue had disguised them after they escaped the Enforcement Team into a secret realm.
• Chaos King described how Tantai Lingyue’s group sought the Red River Spirit Blood and how her energy had helped Chaos King and Juesha King advance.
• Nie Yun asked Chaos King when Tantai Lingyue had recovered her memories.

Nie Yun disguised himself with a pill from Chaos King and led his companions toward Pu Tian Ridge, where he hoped to break through to the Perfect Domain. During the journey, he diagnosed Yuan Jiu’s poisoning and prepared a treatment plan to save him.

• Nie Yun swallowed a Disguise pill from Chaos King, then asked about the Enforcement Team led by An Chen but learned that no one knew where it had gone.
• Nie Yun announced that he planned to travel to Pu Tian Ridge, and Chaos King, Juesha King, and the others chose to follow him.
• Nie Yun launched the Weaver Girl Shuttle and summoned Nie Tong, who declared that he would condense a First-grade Sword Dao Domain.
• As the group traveled toward Pu Tian Ridge, Nie Yun entered the Storage World and examined Yuan Jiu.
• Nie Yun discovered that Old Immortal Nanhua’s poison had damaged Yuan Jiu’s organs and soul, then planned to clear the poison with Extreme Poison Qi and restore his vitality with the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture and medicinal soup.

Nie Yun healed Yuan Jiu completely and restored his chance of reaching the Perfected Emperor Realm. He then identified the poison in Old Immortal Nanhua’s corpse as Seven Sons Mind-Gu and learned that the technique had consumed the souls of many children.

• Nie Yun used the Shen Nong Hundred Herbs Scripture to purge Yuan Jiu’s poison, heal his injuries and soul, and restore his strength.
• Nie Yun prepared medicinal liquid from Old Immortal Nanhua’s herbs, and Yuan Jiu woke up after drinking it.
• Nie Yun told Yuan Jiu that Old Immortal Nanhua was dead and that he could soon attempt to break through to the Perfected Emperor Realm.
• Yuan Jiu thanked Nie Yun and resolved to follow him, then began cultivating.
• Nie Yun examined Old Immortal Nanhua’s corpse and recognized the Seven Sons Mind-Gu, a poison made by killing and replacing the souls of newborn children.

Nie Yun refined a Perfected Emperor Realm corpse into a puppet, but found that it consumed too many Divine Stones to fight and could only serve as a shield. He and his companions reached Ancient Wasteland City to use its Teleportation Array toward their destination.

• Nie Yun refined the Perfected Emperor Realm corpse into a puppet, but discovered that nine Divine Stones could not power it through a battle.
• Nie Yun taught Nie Tong the fourth through sixth forms of the Great Evolution Tianji Sword, which Nie Tong quickly mastered.
• Nie Yun delayed visiting Fairy Biluo to remove her Fire Toxin because he was unsure how to face her.
• Nie Yun and his companions traveled aboard the Weaver Girl Shuttle to Wasteland Island, where they planned to use its Teleportation Array.
• Nie Yun stored the shuttle and entered Ancient Wasteland City, a busy city filled with Emperor Realm experts.

Nie Yun learned that teleporting from Wasteland Island to Cloud Province required a costly, hard-to-obtain Teleportation Token, unless travelers had a Great Emperor’s warrant. He realized Prince Duobo likely used such a privilege, then wondered how General Zhi Yao and his men had returned to Cloud Province.

• A servant offered to arrange Nie Yun’s trip to Cloud Province and explained that its Teleportation Array opened only once a day.
• The servant told Nie Yun that teleportation cost about a thousand Divine Stones, while quickly securing a Teleportation Token through a broker cost at least another thousand.
• Nie Yun learned that ordinary travelers could queue only once every hundred years, and that selling tokens was an open secret backed by powerful connections.
• The servant explained that a Great Emperor’s Teleportation Warrant allowed its holder to travel without restrictions or waiting.
• Nie Yun guessed that Prince Duobo and his companions had used a warrant, then questioned how General Zhi Yao and his men had returned to Cloud Province.

Unable to afford a Teleportation Token, Nie Yun followed a desperate group to the Hundred Departures Pavilion, where Master Mingxin examined their dying young master. Master Mingxin said the injuries were treatable, but raised a troubling qualification and rejected the offered Divine Stones.

• Nie Yun learned that soldiers needed an approved Military Order Talisman to use a Teleportation Array and realized he could not afford a Teleportation Token.
• A Perfected Emperor Realm old man rushed past Nie Yun carrying his gravely injured young master to find Master Mingxin.
• Nie Yun and the Chaos King followed the group to the Hundred Departures Pavilion to watch Master Mingxin treat the patient.
• Master Mingxin examined the young man and found injuries to his organs and soul, then began to explain that there was a complication.
• The old man offered several thousand Divine Stones, but Master Mingxin insisted he would help if the patient could be saved and that money could not change the outcome.

Master Mingxin diagnosed the young master as fatally poisoned and said only Venerable Emperor Wu might save him. As the young master entered Master Mingxin’s meditation chamber to make final arrangements, a youth claimed he might still be treatable.

• Master Mingxin told Liu Hao that the young master had been poisoned about half a year earlier and would die within two hours unless Venerable Emperor Wu intervened.
• Liu Hao begged Master Mingxin to save the young master, but Master Mingxin said he could not cure the poison.
• The young master woke, accepted his fate calmly, and insisted that Liu Hao pay Master Mingxin’s consultation fee.
• Master Mingxin accepted the fee and arranged for the young master to use his meditation chamber while the shop closed.
• A youth told Yu Shun that he had studied medicine and believed the young master’s injuries should not be fatal.

Nie Yun identified the young master's apparent poison as the effects of a transferred Yin Soul Physique, inherited from a woman he had slept with months earlier. The young master confirmed that all his Yang-attribute meridians were frozen while his Yin-attribute meridians remained clear, validating Nie Yun's diagnosis.

• The physicians and attendants challenged Nie Yun, but Master Mingxin invited him to explain his diagnosis.
• Nie Yun briefly examined the young master's pulse and eyes, then said the illness was not strictly a poison.
• Nie Yun asked whether the young master had slept with a petite, cold-bodied woman three to six months earlier, and the young master confirmed it.
• Nie Yun explained that the woman had possessed a Yin Soul Physique that transferred to the young man and activated after he was injured.
• Nie Yun predicted that the young master's Yang-attribute meridians were frozen while his Yin-attribute meridians remained unobstructed, and the young master confirmed it.

Nie Yun diagnosed Young Master with a Yin Soul Physique and prescribed sex with a woman as the way to expel its poison. After Young Master entered a room to try the cure, Nie Yun and Master Mingxin waited for the result.

• Nie Yun revealed a plum blossom-shaped yin mark beneath Young Master's armpit, convincing the gathered physicians of his diagnosis.
• Nie Yun told Young Master that sleeping with a woman would expel the poison without harming her, and Young Master agreed to try it.
• Master Mingxin let Young Master use a prepared room, while Liu Hao warned Nie Yun that he would seek revenge if the cure was a deception.
• Nie Yun introduced himself to Master Mingxin and began to answer a question about his master, but noticed someone emerging from Young Master's room.
• The door opened, and a figure stepped out.

Nie Yun cured the young master’s poison, earning the young master’s gratitude and Master Mingxin’s admiration. The young master invited them to Skywater Room, where Liu Hao reported something that made his eyes narrow.

• The young master walked out after recovering from the poison, thanked Nie Yun, and won Master Mingxin’s praise for Nie Yun’s medical skill.
• Liu Hao apologized for threatening Nie Yun, and the young master rebuked him before Nie Yun dismissed the matter.
• The young master invited Nie Yun and Master Mingxin to dine at Skywater Room, and both accepted.
• The young master changed clothes and took medicine that quickly healed much of his remaining injuries before leading Nie Yun and Master Mingxin to the tavern.
• At Skywater Room, Liu Hao whispered something to the young master, whose eyes narrowed.

Young Master Ye Tao tried to avoid Ye Mingcheng, but their confrontation brought Master Zhao Yuan, the White-Handed Medical Sage, face-to-face with Master Mingxin. Zhao Yuan challenged Mingxin to a Medical Dao contest, demanding that he surrender his title and leave if he lost.

• Young Master Ye Tao suggested changing locations to avoid people he did not want to see, and Nie Yun and Master Mingxin agreed.
• Ye Mingcheng mocked Young Master Ye Tao, who accused him of causing his injuries and demanded that he move aside.
• Ye Mingcheng insulted Nie Yun and Master Mingxin, prompting Mingxin’s disciple to defend his master.
• Ye Mingcheng revealed that Master Zhao Yuan of White Moon Mountain was with him, and Young Master Ye Tao told Nie Yun that Zhao Yuan was famed as the White-Handed Medical Sage.
• Master Zhao Yuan belittled Master Mingxin and challenged him to a Medical Dao contest, wagering Mingxin’s title and demanding that he leave if he lost.