Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan absorbed the Asura Demon Emperor’s remnant soul and discovered a path to restore his shattered meridians and cultivate the Chaos Gods and Devils Art. Shen Qingqing told him that Shen Qianxun had fallen into a coma after risking herself to refine a pill for him.

• The Asura Demon Emperor tried to possess Ning Chuan, but a strange light destroyed his remnant soul and merged its memories and legacies into Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan learned that the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill could restore his meridians and found the Chaos Gods and Devils Art among the Asura Demon Emperor’s memories.
• Shen Qingqing stormed into Ning Chuan’s room and berated him for being a useless husband while Shen Qianxun faced trouble with Li Yunfei.
• Ning Chuan asked Shen Qingqing what had happened, and she explained that Shen Qianxun had tried to refine a Meridian-Continuing Pill for him.
• Shen Qingqing told Ning Chuan that Shen Qianxun had suffered heart-attacking fire poison and severe mental exhaustion, leaving her in a coma.

Ning Chuan learned that Li Yunfei was using Shen Qianxun’s perilous condition to pressure the Shen family into arranging their marriage, and he suspected the Li Family had caused the crisis. He confronted Li Yunfei in the Shen family council hall, where Shen Wan and the elders ordered him to leave.

• Shen Qingqing blamed Ning Chuan for Shen Qianxun’s injuries and told him to stay out of the family’s dealings with Li Yunfei.
• Li Yunfei offered the Spirit-Nurturing Pill only if the Shen family drove out Ning Chuan and married Shen Qianxun to him.
• Shen Wan resisted Li Yunfei’s demand, but the Shen family elders urged her to accept the offer to save Shen Qianxun.
• Ning Chuan entered the council hall and traded insults with Li Yunfei, who threatened him.
• Shen Qingqing, a Shen family elder, and Shen Wan rebuked Ning Chuan and demanded that he leave.

Ning Chuan persuaded Shen Wan to let him treat Shen Qianxun, warning that the Spirit-Nurturing Pill would worsen the fire poison bound to her depleted mental power. He began preparing to use acupuncture, and Shen Qingqing started undressing her sister while ordering him not to look.

• Ning Chuan claimed he could save Shen Qianxun and warned that the Spirit-Nurturing Pill would make her fire poison more dangerous.
• Li Yunfei mocked Ning Chuan and urged Shen Wan not to trust him, but Ning Chuan explained how the fire poison and Shen Qianxun's mental power were linked.
• Shen Wan allowed Ning Chuan to treat Shen Qianxun and led him to her room, leaving Shen Qingqing to assist.
• Ning Chuan asked Shen Qingqing to remove Shen Qianxun's clothes so he could use acupuncture to expel the fire poison.
• Shen Qingqing reluctantly began undressing Shen Qianxun and told Ning Chuan to turn around and not peek.

Ning Chuan used Thirteen Life-Taking Needles to draw the fire poison from Shen Qianxun and stimulate her soul. Shen Qianxun woke and learned that Ning Chuan had saved her.

• Ning Chuan told Shen Qingqing to step aside and keep anyone from disturbing him as he prepared his acupuncture technique.
• Ning Chuan used mental power to control thirteen silver needles and draw Shen Qianxun's fire poison from her heart and out through her arm.
• Ning Chuan redirected the fire poison when it tried to return to Shen Qianxun's heart, and her blackened arm regained its normal color.
• Ning Chuan used the needles to stimulate Shen Qianxun's soul, sensing that it contained both utmost yin and utmost yang.
• Shen Qianxun opened her eyes, and Shen Qingqing embraced her and told her that Ning Chuan had cured her.

Ning Chuan cured Shen Qianxun of the fire poison and earned the Shen family’s gratitude, while Li Yunfei left threatening retaliation at the Spirit-Seizing Battle in seven days. Ning Chuan vowed to compete after healing his severed meridians with a Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill.

• Shen Qianxun woke after Ning Chuan used acupuncture to expel the fire poison, astonishing Shen Wan, Li Yunfei, and the Shen family elders.
• Shen Qianxun rejected Li Yunfei’s warning and defended Ning Chuan, while Li Yunfei challenged him and was ordered to leave the Shen residence.
• Li Yunfei threatened the Shen family over the Spirit-Seizing Battle, where five young competitors from each family would fight for a spirit stone mine in seven days.
• Ning Chuan promised to compete and defeat Li Yunfei, though Shen Wan and the others doubted his ability.
• Ning Chuan told Shen Qianxun he expected to cultivate soon after refining a Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill to heal his severed meridians.

Ning Chuan borrowed silver from Shen Qianxun to buy herbs for the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill, but his past debts disrupted his plans until he went to the Treasure Pavilion in disguise. The chapter ended with the Pavilion’s shopkeeper mistaking Ning Chuan for a powerful martial artist and offering him a three-star alchemy chamber.

• Shen Qianxun suggested sending Ning Chuan to apprentice under Duan Qiao at the Spirit Pill Hall, and Ning Chuan asked her to lend him silver for spirit herbs.
• Shen Qianxun accused Ning Chuan of wanting money to visit Zhang Xiaoxiao at the brothel, but she eventually tossed him a hundred-thousand-tael banknote.
• Ning Chuan went to Benevolence Hall for spirit herbs, where the shopkeeper forced him to repay five thousand taels of old debt and refused to sell to him.
• Ning Chuan disguised himself in black robes and went to the Treasure Pavilion, where he ordered three portions of each herb on his list for ninety thousand taels.
• Ning Chuan asked to rent the best alchemy chamber, and the elderly shopkeeper respectfully offered him a three-star chamber for five thousand taels per day.

Ning Chuan refined three Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pills and took them to heal his severed meridians, cleansing his body and allowing him to begin cultivation. As he advanced rapidly through the Meridian Opening realm, a vast gathering of spiritual energy above the Treasure Pavilion astonished Flame Dragon City.

• Ning Chuan rented a Three-Star Alchemy Room and used his inherited knowledge to refine three Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pills.
• Ning Chuan swallowed all three pills, which restored his severed meridians and cleansed his essence and marrow.
• Ning Chuan cultivated the Chaos Gods and Devils Art, drawing in vast spiritual energy and rapidly advancing through the Meridian Opening realm.
• Spiritual energy gathered above the Treasure Pavilion in a five-colored cloud, and the people of Flame Dragon City wondered what had happened.

Huo Xiyan connected the heavenly phenomenon at the Treasure Pavilion to Ning Chuan’s possible refinement of a Perfect Marrow-Cleansing Pill and ordered a search for the mysterious black-robed alchemist. Meanwhile, Li Yunfei and Shen Ruzhuo formed a plot to have Ning Chuan treat City Lord Zhao’s poisoned granddaughter, hoping her death would destroy him and weaken Shen Qianxun.

• Huo Xiyan learned that a mysterious black-robed man had rented an alchemy chamber as five-colored clouds gathered over the Treasure Pavilion and spiritual energy surged toward it.
• Huo Xiyan found Ning Chuan had already left, then recognized his spirit-herb purchases as ingredients for the Perfect Marrow-Cleansing Pill and offered a hundred spirit stones for information about him.
• Li Yunfei, furious over Ning Chuan’s humiliation, met Shen Ruzhuo, who had recently broken through to the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Shen Ruzhuo proposed that they use City Lord Zhao’s granddaughter’s god-devouring gu poison to make Ning Chuan treat her and set him up to take the blame if she died.
• Li Yunfei agreed to help Shen Ruzhuo eliminate Ning Chuan and take control of the Shen family, while Shen Ruzhuo privately revealed he had another motive for seeking power.

Ning Chuan reached the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm and trained in two powerful martial techniques in the Great Wilderness Mountains. After mastering the first stage of the Great Wind Thunder Palm and gaining minor mastery of the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique, he spotted Li Yunfei entering the mountains with two guards and quietly followed them.

• Ning Chuan reached the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm and discovered that his restored body gave him extraordinary strength.
• Ning Chuan chose the Great Wind Thunder Palm and Wandering Dragon Movement Technique from the Asura Demon Emperor's memories and left Flame Dragon City to practice them.
• Ning Chuan trained in the Great Wilderness Mountains for two days, mastering the first stage of the Great Wind Thunder Palm and reaching minor mastery in the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique.
• Ning Chuan considered killing Li Yunfei before the Spirit-Seizing Battle because Li Yunfei still coveted Shen Qianxun.
• Ning Chuan spotted Li Yunfei entering the Great Wilderness Mountains with two guards and quietly followed them.

Ning Chuan followed Li Yunfei to the Purple Spirit Spring and learned that Li Yunfei had arranged the attack that killed his former self. After killing Li Yunfei’s two Spirit Sea Realm guards, Ning Chuan confronted Li Yunfei in the spring’s cavern, where Li Yunfei launched a punch at him.

• Ning Chuan overheard Li Yunfei reveal his plan to use the Purple Spirit Spring to enter the Spirit Sea Realm, defeat the Shen family, and kill Ning Chuan for Shen Qianxun.
• Ning Chuan followed Li Yunfei to a secluded valley and ambushed the two guards left outside the waterfall cave.
• Ning Chuan killed both Spirit Sea Realm guards with his Great Wind Thunder Palm, despite the strain on his body.
• Ning Chuan entered the cavern and found Li Yunfei cultivating in the Purple Spirit Spring.
• Li Yunfei spotted Ning Chuan and attacked him with a punch.

Ning Chuan killed Li Yunfei and his two guards, then absorbed the Purple Spirit Spring’s energy to break through to the first level of the Spirit Sea Realm. He emerged with a ten-thousand-zhang spirit sea and immense physical strength.

• Ning Chuan defeated Li Yunfei and killed him after Li Yunfei threatened him and begged for his life.
• Ning Chuan felt the original owner’s lingering obsession disappear and fully fused with his body.
• Ning Chuan looted Li Yunfei and the guards, then disposed of their bodies in the deep pool beneath the waterfall.
• Ning Chuan entered the Purple Spirit Spring and circulated the Chaos Gods and Devils Art to absorb its spiritual energy.
• Ning Chuan drained the Purple Dawn Lotus and opened a ten-thousand-zhang spirit sea, reaching the first level of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Ning Chuan left the valley after reaching the first level of the Spirit Sea Realm and rescued Luo Luo from a pack of jackals while her grandfather fought two third-tier demonic beasts. At the Ten-Li Pavilion, Luo Luo collapsed when God-Devouring Gu Poison erupted, and Ning Chuan began using the Thirteen Life-Taking Needles to suppress it.

• Ning Chuan discovered that demonic beasts had gathered near the valley and headed toward Flame Dragon City through the forest.
• Ning Chuan found an old man battling a Flame Lion and a Wind-Chasing Leopard while jackals threatened Luo Luo.
• Ning Chuan killed the jackals, rescued Luo Luo, and carried her toward the Ten-Li Pavilion as the old man continued fighting the two beasts.
• Luo Luo fainted when black lines appeared between her brows, and Ning Chuan identified the outbreak as God-Devouring Gu Poison.
• Ning Chuan placed thirteen silver needles in Luo Luo's head and used the Thirteen Life-Taking Needles to try to control the poison.

Ning Chuan used the Thirteen Life-Taking Needles to suppress Luo Luo’s God-Devouring Gu Poison, then told her grandfather he could destroy the gu insect if rare ingredients were gathered. The man revealed himself as Zhao Songzhai, lord of Flame Dragon City, and agreed to bring the ingredients to the Shen residence.

• Ning Chuan used the Thirteen Life-Taking Needles to draw the poison from Luo Luo and seal the gu insect as her grandfather arrived and supplied him with spiritual energy.
• The Chaos Gods and Devils Art devoured the old man’s spiritual energy, replenishing Ning Chuan and raising his cultivation to the second level of the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Ning Chuan explained that Luo Luo’s poison was suppressed for only one month and that he needed rare ingredients to destroy the gu insect completely.
• Ning Chuan listed more than a hundred items and told Luo Luo’s grandfather to bring them to the Shen residence within seven days.
• Ning Chuan left, and Luo Luo’s grandfather revealed that he was Zhao Songzhai, lord of Flame Dragon City, and wondered whether the Ning family of Jade Capital City would regret underestimating Ning Chuan.

Ning Chuan returned to the Shen Residence after treating Luo Luo, unaware that Huo Xiyan had identified him as the mysterious Alchemist and decided to attend the Spirit-Seizing Battle. Meanwhile, Li Yan blamed the Shen family for Li Yunfei’s death and vowed to destroy them when his eldest son returned from the Black Tortoise Academy.

• Ning Chuan returned to the Shen Residence, thinking ahead to the Spirit-Seizing Battle and his chance to impress Qianxun.
• Huo Xiyan learned that Ning Chuan was the mysterious Alchemist who had refined the Perfect Marrow-Cleansing Pill, then decided to attend the Spirit-Seizing Battle and ordered her steward to keep watching him.
• Li Yan and the Li Family elders discovered Li Yunfei and his two guards dead, and suspected the Shen family had killed them and taken the purple spirit spring.
• Li Yan rejected the idea that Ning Chuan could have killed Li Yunfei but accused the Shen family and vowed to wipe them out after his eldest son, Zhenfei, returned from the Black Tortoise Academy.

Ning Chuan returned to the Shen family estate and learned that Li Zhenfei was coming back to compete in the Spirit-Seizing Battle, threatening the Shen family's chances of keeping the spirit stone mine. At the Elder Hall, Shen Qianxun claimed she would face Li Zhenfei, but news that Li Yunfei had also reached the Spirit Sea Realm left the family facing three powerful opponents.

• Ning Chuan returned to the Shen family estate, where Shen Qingqing told him the Li Family's Li Zhenfei was coming back for the Spirit-Seizing Battle.
• Ning Chuan claimed he had formed a Spirit Sea and offered to take on Li Zhenfei, but Shen Qingqing dismissed his boast.
• At the Elder Hall, Shen Wan scolded Ning Chuan, while Shen Qianxun gathered the family to discuss their candidates for the battle.
• The Grand Elder warned that the Li Family would field Li Chengliang and Li Zhenfei as Spirit Sea Realm contenders, and Shen Qianxun volunteered to face Li Zhenfei.
• Shen Ruzhuo revealed that Li Yunfei might also have reached the Spirit Sea Realm, alarming the Shen family.

At the Shen Family Elder Hall, Shen Qianxun faced the Grand Elder’s attempt to force her from her position if the family lost the Spirit-Seizing Battle. Ning Chuan challenged the family’s infighting and declared that he would enter the battle himself to defeat the Li Family.

• Shen Qianxun vowed to face the Li Family’s Spirit Sea Realm cultivators, while Shen Ruzhuo questioned her decision to arrange the Spirit-Seizing Battle.
• Shen Wan defended Shen Qianxun, but the Grand Elder revealed that he wanted Shen Qianxun to resign if the Shen Family lost and promoted Shen Ruzhuo as her successor.
• Shen Ruzhuo displayed his first-level Spirit Sea Realm cultivation, and Shen Qianxun agreed to resign if the family lost while remaining head if it won.
• Ning Chuan rebuked the Shen Family for scheming against itself instead of preparing to fight the Li Family.
• The Grand Elder and Shen Ruzhuo mocked Ning Chuan and challenged him to enter the Spirit-Seizing Battle, so Ning Chuan declared that he would fight the Li Family himself.

Ning Chuan challenged Shen Ruzhuo and revealed that he had reached the second level of the Spirit Sea Realm. After Ning Chuan defeated Shen Ruzhuo with one palm strike, the First Elder attacked him in a fury.

• Shen Ruzhuo mocked Ning Chuan for volunteering to enter the Spirit-Seizing Battle, and Ning Chuan challenged him to a fight.
• Shen Ruzhuo attacked Ning Chuan with the Raging Lion Fist while the First Elder blocked Shen Wan and Shen Qianxun from intervening.
• Ning Chuan struck Shen Ruzhuo with the Great Wind Thunder Palm and sent him flying, severely injuring him.
• Shen Wan, Shen Qianxun, and Shen Qingqing realized Ning Chuan had Spirit Sea Realm cultivation, and Shen Qianxun rejoiced that his injuries had healed.
• The First Elder discovered the severity of Shen Ruzhuo's injuries and launched a palm strike at Ning Chuan, intending to kill him.

Ning Chuan’s sudden rise to the second level of the Spirit Sea Realm forced the Grand Elder to retreat, and the Shen family named its five fighters for the Spirit-Seizing Battle. He claimed a mysterious alchemist had healed him, then revealed that he had killed Li Yunfei.

• Shen Wan confronted the Grand Elder and drove him to leave with Shen Ruzhuo after defending Ning Chuan.
• Shen Qianxun announced Shen Qianxun, Ning Chuan, Shen Qian, Shen Feng, and Shen Lei as the Shen family’s participants in the Spirit-Seizing Battle.
• Shen Qianxun, Shen Wan, and Shen Qingqing asked Ning Chuan how he had recovered, and he invented a story about a mysterious alchemist who had taken him as a disciple.
• Shen Qingqing explained that the Treasure Pavilion was searching for the alchemist responsible for a miraculous pill, and the others believed Ning Chuan had met him.
• When Shen Qingqing worried about facing Li Yunfei, Ning Chuan revealed that he had already killed him.

After revealing that he had killed Li Yunfei, Ning Chuan agreed to hold off Li Chengliang in the Spirit-Seizing Battle while Shen Qianxun faced Li Zhenfei. The battle began in Flame Dragon City's central square, where Li Zhenfei arrived with an arrogant Black Tortoise Academy senior who set his sights on Shen Qianxun.

• Ning Chuan told Shen Qianxun and Shen Wan that he had killed Li Yunfei, giving the Shen family a chance to win the Spirit-Seizing Battle.
• Ning Chuan agreed to face Li Chengliang while Shen Qianxun planned to defeat Li Zhenfei, and he spent two days cultivating techniques in his courtyard.
• Shen Qianxun sent Ning Chuan spirit stones and pills, but he focused on mastering Hurricane and a Demonic Secret Art instead of breaking through.
• The Shen and Li families gathered at Flame Dragon City's central square for the Spirit-Seizing Battle as spectators debated their chances.
• Li Zhenfei arrived with a brocade-robed Black Tortoise Academy senior, who expressed interest in Shen Qianxun and mocked Ning Chuan.

Zhao Songzhai and Huo Xiyan arrived for the Spirit-Seizing Battle and showed unusual favor to Ning Chuan and the Shen family, surprising the crowd. Li Yan urged the contest to begin, and Li Zhenfei and four others stepped onto the arena.

• Ning Chuan recognized Chen Lin among the Black Tortoise Academy disciples and suspected he coveted Shen Qianxun.
• Zhao Songzhai, the lord of Flame Dragon City, and Huo Xiyan, the master of Treasure Pavilion, arrived at the Spirit-Seizing Battle.
• Zhao Songzhai greeted Shen Qianxun and Shen Wan warmly and wished Ning Chuan victory, while Huo Xiyan probed him about his alchemy skills.
• The Shen family and onlookers wondered why Zhao Songzhai and Huo Xiyan valued Ning Chuan so highly.
• Li Yan demanded that the battle begin, and Li Zhenfei and four others leaped onto the arena, their powerful auras startling the crowd.