Chapter Summaries

Su Mo and Xuanji traveled the Herb and Wood Ancient Path, but a madman separated them and sent Xuanji into the Immortal Furnace while abducting Su Mo. The Immortal Furnace disciples welcomed Xuanji as one of their own as two Immortal Venerables went to find Su Mo.

• Su Mo felt his greed awaken at the sight of the herbs and agreed with the Brush of All Living Beings that they could take the plants after examining his problem.
• Xuanji realized he had been transported from the ancient path to a mountain inside the Immortal Furnace, where a white-bearded elder asked how he had entered.
• The green-robed elder recognized that a madman had sent Xuanji inside and abducted Su Mo, and he flew off with the white-bearded elder to find him.
• The Immortal Furnace disciples questioned Xuanji, learned that he was searching for a cure for his eyes, and reassured him that the two Immortal Venerables had gone after Su Mo.
• A woman explained that the Immortal Furnace welcomed newcomers and shared its resources, and Xuanji decided it was the right place for him.

Su Mo woke in the cave of a powerful Old Madman, who had drained his blood and planned to refine him into a pill. After realizing the Old Madman was studying whether people could use plants as avatars, Su Mo recognized that his theory was possible and explained that people could borrow life through plants.

• Su Mo woke in a secluded cave and learned from the Brush of All Living Beings that the Old Madman had brought them there and drained much of his blood.
• The Old Madman sealed Su Mo’s cultivation and threatened to refine him into a pill to investigate his extraordinary bloodline.
• Su Mo tried to use his Giant God Blood to warn the Old Madman, but the madman remained intent on studying him.
• Su Mo noticed the Old Madman experimenting with his blood and an Immortal Herb, which resisted swallowing it despite being drawn to it.
• Su Mo connected the experiment to the Flowers of the Other Shore and told the Old Madman that people could merge with plants and borrow life through them.

Su Mo told Old Madman that the Flower of the Other Shore had once let him merge with a plant and form an avatar, but Old Madman and the Brush of All Living Beings had never heard of it. The revelation left Su Mo questioning whether the flower existed in this world, and Old Madman demanded to know why he had entered the Immortal Furnace.

• Su Mo explained that only a sentient flower could merge with a person and said he had once merged with the Flower of the Other Shore.
• Old Madman demanded that Su Mo use the flower to form an avatar, but Su Mo said he had exhausted its power and could no longer do so.
• Su Mo described the Flower of the Other Shore as a flower of parting whose blooms and leaves never met.
• The Brush of All Living Beings told Su Mo it had never heard of the flower, and Old Madman confirmed the same, causing Su Mo to doubt what he knew.
• Old Madman said he would not ask where the flower came from, then demanded that Su Mo explain why he had entered the Immortal Furnace.

Su Mo asked to enter the Immortal Furnace Grotto-Heaven to investigate why he could not condense an incarnation, but the Old Madman found no bodily or spiritual-root flaws and said Su Mo’s perfection was itself the problem. As Su Mo wondered whether his forgotten memories held the answer, the Old Madman allowed him into the Immortal Furnace in exchange for a drop of heart’s blood every half year.

• Su Mo told the Old Madman that he could not condense an incarnation with any technique and wanted to seek treatment in the Immortal Furnace Grotto-Heaven.
• The Old Madman used an incarnation technique to test Su Mo and confirmed that no incarnation formed, though he could find no physical or spiritual-root problem.
• The Old Madman explained that Su Mo’s flawless body and spiritual root were his greatest problem, prompting Su Mo to connect his nature to his divine soul and the Star Sea.
• Su Mo recalled how powerful beings and techniques had erased memories, and wished he still had the Reincarnation Mirror to recover what he had forgotten.
• The Old Madman agreed to let Su Mo enter the Immortal Furnace and study the Flower of the Other Shore, provided Su Mo offered a drop of heart’s blood every half year.

Su Mo struck a deal with the Old Madman and asked him about an Elixir Art that could create reincarnation. The Old Madman’s insight led Su Mo to realize that the pills he sought could only be refined by himself, before two white-haired elders took him away.

• Su Mo agreed to give the Old Madman a drop of his heart's blood every six months in exchange for help examining his body and answering questions.
• Su Mo asked the Old Madman whether an Elixir Art could create a cycle of reincarnation, and the Old Madman explained its connection to karma and the creation of a small realm.
• The Old Madman compared Spirit Ring spaces to tiny worlds and discussed how all things remained governed by heaven and earth, prompting Su Mo to identify the underlying concept as destiny.
• The Old Madman told Su Mo that only he could refine the pills he wanted and advised him to try it himself.
• Two white-haired elders appeared, and the Old Madman told them to take Su Mo away and reminded him of their agreement.

Su Mo arrived at the Immortal Furnace with Little Xuanji and demonstrated pure power over plants and trees to two Immortal Lords. Both elders immediately argued over which branch should take him, leaving the chapter as other figures began arriving.

• The two elders brought Su Mo to the central peak, where he reunited with Little Xuanji and learned an Immortal Lord had healed his eyes.
• The green-robed elder questioned Su Mo about joining the Immortal Furnace, his illness, and his past teachers.
• At the green-robed elder’s request, Su Mo revived a withered leaf by manifesting power over plants and trees.
• The green-robed and white-bearded elders argued over whether Su Mo should join Herb and Wood Mountain or Wu Xun Mountain.
• Several more people arrived after the elders’ argument drew their attention.

Su Mo and Xuanji watched Canye and Wuxun pretend to quarrel over ruined pills while secretly agreeing to keep the other elders from claiming Su Mo. The elders exposed their act, and after the old woman found no remarkable cultivation or alchemy talent in Su Mo, she asked him to pour his power of plants and trees into a wine cup.

• Canye and Wuxun staged an argument over purple light grass to conceal their rivalry over taking Su Mo as a disciple.
• Canye described Su Mo as an ordinary alchemy talent, and Wuxun backed him up while the other elders arrived.
• An easygoing elder began inviting Su Mo to join his branch, but Canye and Wuxun both shouted him down.
• The old woman called out Canye and Wuxun for scheming to claim gifted disciples without asking what they wanted.
• The old woman examined Su Mo, found no unusual alchemy talent or spiritual root, and asked him to pour his power of plants and trees into a wine cup.

Su Mo revealed extraordinary talent for plants and trees through the Destiny Cup, which manifested peach blossoms as the focus of his devotion to alchemy. The Immortal Lords warned him about the danger of Alchemy Obsession and agreed to hide him at Central Peak while they taught him together.

• Su Mo poured his Power of Plants and Trees into the Destiny Cup, and a vision of peach blossoms appeared.
• The granny explained that the cup revealed alchemical talent and warned Su Mo that great talent could let him surmount a dangerous Alchemy Obsession.
• Su Mo said he had no Alchemy Obsession yet, though he was obsessed with finding the Floating Leaf.
• The granny learned that the madman in the Pill Furnace already knew about Su Mo's talent, and the Immortal Lords resumed competing to claim him.
• Immortal Lord Canye said Su Mo could stay in a cave abode on Central Peak's Back Mountain and receive instruction from all of them before they chose his Mountain Gate.

Su Mo tried to create a tiny reincarnation cycle but struggled with the task, then used another drop of Giant God Blood to ease Bai Zhi’s poison. After he returned to his cave abode, Bai Zhi woke and was found by Granny Su Zhan and Immortal Lord Can Ye.

• Su Mo failed to create a pocket world and considered how to understand reincarnation, while the Brush of All Living Beings urged him to wait for guidance from the Old Madman.
• Su Mo learned that Xuanji had gone with female disciples, then heard Bai Zhi groaning in pain from the neighboring cave abode.
• Su Mo entered Bai Zhi’s cave abode and used a drop of Giant God Blood to weaken the poison within her.
• The Brush of All Living Beings proposed using Su Mo’s blood to draw talismans, and Su Mo thought of asking Hui Kong about using his Golden Body’s blood.
• After Su Mo returned to his own cave abode, Bai Zhi woke and Granny Su Zhan and Immortal Lord Can Ye entered to see her.

Granny Su Zhan and Immortal Lord Can Ye realized Su Mo had secretly helped Bai Zhi, whose condition improved enough for them to propose making her a direct disciple and a candidate for the Immortal Furnace's Wonder. Su Mo and the Brush of All Living Beings returned to their cave abode only to realize they had forgotten Little Xuanji, who came back complaining that the senior sisters had pinched his cheeks.

• Granny Su Zhan and Immortal Lord Can Ye noticed Bai Zhi had improved and guessed Su Mo had secretly helped her.
• Can Ye gave Bai Zhi a Foundation-Stabilizing Pill, and Granny Su Zhan proposed making her a direct disciple and potentially the Immortal Furnace's Wonder alongside an unnamed junior brother.
• Su Mo and the Brush of All Living Beings wondered why they had sneaked around, then realized they had forgotten Xuanji after the female disciples called him away.
• Little Xuanji returned with red marks on his face and complained that the senior sisters had pinched his cheeks.
• Su Mo and the Brush of All Living Beings denied hearing Xuanji ask them to come rescue him.

Little Xuanji decided to refine pills to protect himself from heavenly punishment, while Su Mo met with Suzhan and Canye. They told Su Mo that the Immortal Furnace wanted to cultivate him and another alchemy prodigy as potential Wonders ahead of a dangerous competition among the thirteen grotto-heavens, leaving him to begin Wu Xun Mountain training in three days.

• Little Xuanji said he wanted to refine pills that would keep him from suffering heavenly punishment, and the Brush of All Living Beings told Su Mo that he needed such pills more.
• Suzhan and Canye visited Su Mo, praised the Immortal Furnace, and said they had matters to discuss with him.
• Canye explained that the Immortal Furnace lacked a Wonder of its own, and Suzhan said they wanted to raise one to restore the disciples’ morale.
• Suzhan revealed that a competition among the thirteen grotto-heavens would take place in a year and that it was more dangerous than an ordinary grand competition.
• Suzhan said Su Mo and another alchemy prodigy would become direct disciples taught by the Immortal Furnace elders, with the elders deciding which of them might become its Wonder.
• Suzhan told Su Mo to go to Wu Xun Mountain in three days to learn the Wu Xun Elixir Art, and Su Mo agreed.

Su Mo learned that Bai Zhi was the last survivor of the Bai Ze Clan and resolved to make her the Immortal Furnace’s Wonder so she could benefit from the position. After Xuanji reported that Bai Zhi had fallen asleep, Su Mo vanished, apparently intending to treat her poison in secret.

• Su Mo worried about being named the Immortal Furnace’s Wonder and decided to help Bai Zhi become the chosen one instead.
• Su Mo persuaded Xuanji to visit Bai Zhi without telling her that he had sent him, and Xuanji went to keep her company.
• Xuanji returned and told Su Mo that Bai Zhi had been sealed away after a calamity, lost her entire family, and had deadly poison planted in her body.
• After Xuanji said Bai Zhi had fallen asleep, Su Mo resolved to help her and disappeared from his perch.

Su Mo secretly used Giant God Blood to weaken Bai Zhi’s poison, then hurried back to his cave abode when she nearly woke. There, he gave Little Xuanji a large stash of Jarred Milk, while Bai Zhi awoke sensing that someone had been helping her.

• Su Mo infused Bai Zhi with Giant God Blood again, and the Brush of All Living Beings warned that doing so might worsen his own problem.
• Bai Zhi called out for her parents in her sleep, and Su Mo and the Brush of All Living Beings fled when she nearly woke.
• Su Mo found Little Xuanji hiding Jarred Milk and gave him a pile of bottles from his Spirit Sea.
• Little Xuanji considered divining why Su Mo had so much Jarred Milk but stopped when he remembered the heavenly punishment.
• Bai Zhi woke and sensed that the poison had weakened, realizing that someone had secretly helped her.

Bai Zhi’s health improved after Su Mo secretly used his heart’s blood to dispel her poison, and Little Xuanji helped her realize someone had saved her. After overhearing Su Mo and another person treat her again, Bai Zhi looked forward to meeting the other alchemy Heavenly Prodigy at the lecture in two days.

• Little Xuanji visited Bai Zhi and found her feeling much better, then divined that the change in her fortune came from the southwest, near Su Mo’s cave abode.
• Little Xuanji told Bai Zhi that Su Mo was gravely ill and had come to the Immortal Furnace for treatment, but stopped himself before revealing that Su Mo had saved her on the Herb and Wood Ancient Path.
• Bai Zhi pretended to fall asleep after realizing Su Mo might have rescued her, then waited for him to return.
• Su Mo secretly infused Bai Zhi with his heart’s blood to dispel more of her poison, while another person worried about how often he was giving it.
• Bai Zhi’s aura wavered, so Su Mo and his companion fled using the Power of Law, and she opened her eyes with tears and anticipation for meeting him at the lecture.

Su Mo went to Wu Xun Mountain to begin learning Immortal Lord Wuxun’s alchemical cultivation art and found Bai Zhi recovered and joining the lesson. Wuxun introduced the two as fellow direct disciples, and Bai Zhi greeted Su Mo as her senior brother.

• Su Mo left for Wu Xun Mountain after confirming Bai Zhi had not yet emerged from her cave abode.
• Immortal Lord Wuxun welcomed Su Mo and said he would teach him the Wu Xun Elixir Art after they waited for someone.
• Bai Zhi arrived with her complexion restored, and Wuxun introduced her and Su Mo as the Immortal Furnace’s two direct disciples.
• Bai Zhi called Su Mo Senior Brother, and Su Mo accepted the title by greeting her as Junior Sister Bai.
• Wuxun urged Su Mo and Bai Zhi to support and complement each other, and both agreed.

Immortal Lord Wuxun taught Su Mo and Bai Zhi the five searches of the Wuxun Elixir Art and warned them that Alchemy Obsession was a tragic final hurdle. Su Mo’s memories of Du Pingsheng carried him through the first three searches and into Intent Search, where he could not find his own alchemical intent, leaving Wuxun and Bai Zhi staring at him in shock.

• Immortal Lord Wuxun explained the five searches of the Dao of Alchemy and warned Su Mo and Bai Zhi to guard their true hearts and avoid Alchemy Obsession.
• Immortal Lord Wuxun gave Su Mo and Bai Zhi the Wuxun Elixir Art cultivation method, and Su Mo’s Divine Race Pattern absorbed his copy.
• Su Mo’s memories of discovering alchemy through Du Pingsheng surfaced and guided him through the first three searches into Intent Search.
• Su Mo failed to find his own alchemical intent and opened his eyes to see Immortal Lord Wuxun and Bai Zhi staring at him in shock.

Su Mo worried that his extraordinary alchemy talent would draw unwanted attention, while Bai Zhi promised to keep it secret. When they returned, they found Little Xuanji drunk after drinking the Divine Brew Su Mo had hidden among his milk, and Su Mo tried to conceal the cause.

• Immortal Lord Wuxun told Su Mo and Bai Zhi to study the Wu Xun Elixir Art and meet at Suzhan Mountain in six months to seek Alchemical Intent.
• Su Mo asked Bai Zhi to hide his alchemy talent so the Immortal Furnace's Old Madman would not take him away to refine elixirs, and Bai Zhi agreed.
• Su Mo and Bai Zhi returned to Central Peak and found Little Xuanji flushed and imagining a winged blade of grass.
• Bai Zhi discovered Little Xuanji was burning hot, and Su Mo realized he had given him milk mixed with Divine Brew.
• Su Mo sent Bai Zhi away and found the wine bottle in his cave, while Little Xuanji asked whether Su Mo had any more of the tasty “milk.”

Su Mo shared Peach Blossom Brew and refined immortal-herb delicacies with Little Xuanji, Bai Zhi, and the Brush of All Living Beings beneath the moon. After the others left tipsy, Su Mo drank alone, troubled by his inability to get drunk or condense an avatar; half a year later, it was time for him to seek the Old Madman and follow Suzhan in search of Alchemical Intent.

• Su Mo invented the name “nine-milk” for Peach Blossom Brew to explain Little Xuanji’s drunkenness, then dispelled its effects with his power of law.
• Little Xuanji gathered immortal herbs from the senior sisters of the Immortal Furnace, and Su Mo refined them into pill-shaped delicacies.
• Su Mo invited Bai Zhi to join them, and the three of them and the Brush of All Living Beings drank together beneath the moon.
• Bai Zhi recounted how the Bai Ze Clan had sealed her away during its upheaval, while Little Xuanji spoke of being the last survivor of his former sect.
• After Bai Zhi and Little Xuanji returned to their cave abodes, Su Mo drank alone and wondered what was wrong with his body, which could no longer condense an avatar or become drunk.
• Half a year passed, and Su Mo’s time came to seek the Old Madman and follow Suzhan in search of Alchemical Intent.

Su Mo visited Old Madman to offer his heart's blood and learn what he had discovered about Su Mo’s perfect body and Divine Soul. Old Madman warned that the problem might be greater than Su Mo imagined, and Su Mo left to seek elixir intent with Bai Zhi and Granny Su Zhan, unsettled by doubts about his own identity.

• Su Mo arrived at Old Madman's cave for their half-year appointment, gave him heart's blood, and watched his research into plants that could hold feelings fail.
• Old Madman noticed that Su Mo had reached the intent-seeking realm of the Wu Xun Elixir Art and said he had found clues about Su Mo’s problem.
• Old Madman warned Su Mo to prepare to face himself, questioning how a perfect body and Divine Soul could exist in a world where perfection had never appeared.
• Su Mo recalled his passage through different identities and admitted he did not know whether his perfect body belonged to Su Mo or Su Jingyan.
• Old Madman urged Su Mo to pursue elixir intent and search for the truth within himself, then told him to return when he had found what troubled him.
• After Su Mo left, Old Madman wondered how Su Mo could have seen a Strange Flower that had never existed in this world.

After Bai Zhi reached the Pill-Intent-Seeking Realm, Granny Su Zhan took her and Su Mo to the Ancestral Image World so they could seek their alchemical intent and earn the Immortal Furnace’s Wonder title. As they headed for the Immortal Furnace’s Ancestral Grounds, Su Mo spotted the Book Wonder and Sword Wonder nearby.

• Bai Zhi teased Su Mo in front of Granny Su Zhan, who then agreed to take both disciples to seek alchemical intent.
• Granny Su Zhan brought Su Mo and Bai Zhi through a passage and stone gate into the Ancestral Image World.
• Granny Su Zhan explained that the Immortal Domain’s Wonders had earned their titles in their sects’ Ancestral Grounds, and that ancestral steles could sense Wonder Prodigies.
• Su Mo warned Bai Zhi not to let anyone else claim the Immortal Furnace’s Wonder title, while Bai Zhi rejected his suggestions of Grass Wonder or Wood Wonder.
• Granny Su Zhan led Su Mo and Bai Zhi along the ancient street toward the Immortal Furnace’s Ancestral Grounds, where Su Mo spotted the Book Wonder and Sword Wonder.