Chapter Summaries

Taishu Yun completed six Eight-Mark Pills and was taken to meet the Alchemy Master Guild’s six core elders for appraisal. A Quasi-King from Taiqing Palace then became the second contestant to refine an Eight-Mark Pill, but his attempt at a second pill failed, leaving one pill to try.

• Taishu Yun finished refining six Eight-Mark Pills, and Song Qingsheng escorted him to meet the Alchemy Master Guild’s six core elders for appraisal.
• Ao Jue told Taishu Jing that the guild would likely try hard to recruit Taishu Yun or offer him a core elder title.
• A Quasi-King from Taiqing Palace produced three pills and successfully refined the first into an Eight-Mark Pill.
• The Quasi-King from Taiqing Palace rushed while refining the second pill, causing it to crack and shatter at the fifth Pill Mark.
• The Quasi-King from Taiqing Palace resolved to focus carefully on his final pill.

After Taishu Yun won the alchemy competition and became an Alchemy Dao Grandmaster, Ao Jue brought Taishu Jing and the others to the Myriad Pills Auction House for the grand event’s final auction. The auction began with lower-tier pills while the powerful guests waited for the Seven-Mark Pills and the Eight-Mark Pills.

• Taishu Yun and the Taiqing Palace quasi-King successfully refined Eight-Mark Pills, but Taishu Yun won the competition with a higher score.
• Ao Jue led Taishu Jing and the others to the Myriad Pills Auction House for its monthly auction of pills from the grand alchemy competition.
• Ning Xiaoxiao opened the auction and introduced herself as the guild elder’s granddaughter and the auction house’s chief auctioneer.
• Ao Jue and Taishu Jing discussed Ning Xiaoxiao’s cultivation, while Ao Jue and Little White urged Ao Xiaoxiao to avoid relying on pills or taking shortcuts.
• Ning Xiaoxiao auctioned the first batch of Soul Augmenting Pills, and a guest in private room number twenty-three won ten boxes for sixty-nine King Tier Treasure Medicines.
• The auction continued as most renowned Great Powers held back their bids for the Seven-Mark Pills and the Eight-Mark Pills.

Ning Xiaoxiao auctioned Seven-Mark Pills before announcing the sale of eight Eight-Mark Awakening Source Pills, six of which had been refined to nine-tenths quality by newly promoted Alchemy Dao Grandmasters. The first pair of lower-quality pills sold for three Medicine Kings, and the auction continued.

• Ning Xiaoxiao auctioned four kinds of Seven-Mark Pills in batches, earning a large supply of Six-Turn Saint Medicines for the Myriad Pills Auction House.
• Ao Jue teased Taishu Jing about becoming Ning Xiaoxiao's Dao Companion, and Taishu Jing warned him to mind his words as Ao Bai's killing intent fell on him.
• Ning Xiaoxiao announced that two newly promoted Alchemy Dao Grandmasters had refined the eight Awakening Source Pills, including six at nine-tenths quality.
• Ning Xiaoxiao opened the bidding for two five-tenths-quality Awakening Source Pills at four Half-step Medicine Kings or one Medicine King.
• Bidders competed until the pair of Awakening Source Pills sold for three Medicine Kings.

After the auction, Little White reprimanded Ao Xiaoxiao for becoming too dependent on her and Taishu Jing, and the couple decided to find another place to live. While following two Quasi-Kings to a hidden cottage, they discovered a True King arriving through a teleportation array and watched him meet them.

• Ao Xiaoxiao agreed to return to Myriad Emperors Ridge with Ao Jue after Little White warned her to become more independent.
• Taishu Jing and Little White decided to move away from Ao Xiaoxiao to help her overcome her dependence on them.
• Taishu Jing and Little White followed Yan Qi and a Quasi-King from Nether Mountain from Pill City to a secluded thatched cottage.
• The two Quasi-Kings used a teleportation array to bring a powerful True King into the cottage.
• Little White projected the cottage’s interior with the Way of Space, and the Quasi-Kings welcomed the man in black robes as Judge.

Taishu Jing ambushed the black-robed Judge, sealed his Dao cultivation, and extracted his memories. The Judge’s true spirit was destroyed after Taishu Jing learned more about the mysterious force.

• The black-robed Judge learned that Nether Mountain faced resistance from Five Elements Gate, Star Palace, and Body Sovereign Gate, while Taixu Palace arranged a possible marriage alliance with the Taotie Clan.
• Taishu Jing and Little White emerged from a spatial rift as the Judge was about to leave, and Taishu Jing struck him.
• The Judge’s unleashed pressure killed the two kneeling quasi-Kings and destroyed the grass hut, but Taishu Jing sealed his connection to the Great Dao.
• Taishu Jing pulled the Judge’s true spirit from his body and used the Thousand Mechanisms Diagram to suppress it.
• Taishu Jing searched the Judge’s memories, crushed his true spirit, and uncovered more information about the mysterious force.

Taishu Jing learned that the faction called Hell worshipped Hell’s creatures and sought to turn the world into an endless Hell, so he decided they could not be ignored. After dealing with the faction’s fallen members, he and Little White returned to face the difficult prospect of Ji Ruxue joining them.

• Little White and Taishu Jing discussed Hell’s ranks, its goal of reshaping the world, and the danger its plans could bring to the Desolate Continent.
• Taishu Jing collected the three Small Worlds left by the black-robed man and his two companions, then gave them to Little White to nourish her King's Minor World.
• Taishu Jing buried the black-robed man’s corpse and said they should return because Ji Ruxue’s arrival would be difficult to handle.
• Taishu Jing and Little White teased and kissed each other, with Little White playfully punishing him in return for spanking her.
• Little White admitted she would feel reluctant if Ji Ruxue came but said she would accept her, and she asked whether Taishu Jing would accept her too.

Little White helped Taishu Jing accept her decision, and they returned together. In the Central Region, Ji Ruxue learned that the Ji Family had arranged her marriage to Xuanyuan Liuyun, and she resolved to wait until she was strong enough to escape.

• Little White asked Taishu Jing for a hug and comforted him until he accepted that he would support whatever she decided.
• Taishu Jing and Little White left together, while a hidden formation concealed the Ji Family's mountain stronghold in the Central Region.
• Ji Ruxue told Ji Wuye she intended to leave the Ji Family in seven days, but he said she had to marry Xuanyuan Liuyun first.
• Ji Ruxue resisted Ji Wuye's pressure and rejected the marriage alliance, but he told her the elders had already decided.
• The Eleventh Ancestor ordered Ji Wuye to prepare for the Ji Family's marriage alliance with the Xuanyuan Family in two months.
• Ji Ruxue judged that she could not yet challenge the Eleventh Ancestor and decided to wait until her strength transformed before escaping.

Ji Wuye refused to let Ji Ruxue leave the Ji Family and arranged for her to marry Xuanyuan Liuyun. Back in her courtyard, Ji Ruxue began forging her Sword Body and used Taishu Jing’s gifts to break through and transform Order Power.

• Ji Wuye ordered Ying Qi to escort Ji Ruxue back to her room and revealed that the elders had arranged her marriage to Xuanyuan Liuyun.
• Ji Wenwen welcomed the marriage alliance, while Ji Wuye urged her to cultivate and gave her two Awakening Source Pills.
• Ji Ruxue returned to her courtyard under Ying Qi’s surveillance and resolved to reach the Dao Source Realm and become a Peerless King within two months.
• Ji Ruxue used the Sword Origin Purple Crystal to begin forging her Sword Body.
• The Thousand Mechanisms Diagram activated beneath Ji Ruxue, aiding her Dao comprehension until she successfully transformed Order Power.

After completing her transformation into the God Slaying Sword Body, Ji Ruxue emerged from seclusion and rejected the marriage alliance by declaring that she was leaving the Ji Family. She renamed herself Nangong Ruxue and disappeared, leaving Ying Qi to deliver her message to Ji Wuye.

• Ji Ruxue absorbed the Sword Origin Purple Crystal and formed a Slaughter Sword Heart as the Thousand Mechanisms Diagram changed under her control.
• Her Dao Bones turned blood-red, completing the God Slaying Sword Body and transforming her Primordial Power into Order Power.
• Ji Ruxue left her room and told Ying Qi to inform Ji Wuye that she was severing ties with the Ji Family and taking the name Nangong Ruxue.
• Nangong Ruxue threatened Ying Qi when he hesitated, then vanished from the courtyard.
• Ying Qi hurried to Ji Wuye, fearing that her declaration would cause a major upheaval.

Taishu Jing and Little White discussed the safeguard he had left for Ji Ruxue and sensed her breakthrough through a vast celestial phenomenon. As auspicious clouds spread across nine hundred ninety thousand li, they waited for her to arrive.

• Taishu Jing realized he could no longer sense the safeguard he had left for Ji Ruxue, while Little White explained that it was a trial for her.
• A blood-colored vision of the Way of Slaughter and the Sword Dao appeared across the sky, and Taishu Jing recognized Ji Ruxue's aura in it.
• Auspicious Clouds spread across nine hundred ninety thousand li as Ji Ruxue advanced to the Dao Source Realm.
• Little White told Taishu Jing that his willingness to save Ji Ruxue in the Dao Treasury had helped inspire her, and teased him about his charm.
• Taishu Jing and Little White looked toward the sky and waited for Ji Ruxue to arrive.

Ji Wuye learned that Ji Ruxue had severed ties with the Ji Family and ordered a search for her, while a prodigy’s advancement to the Dao Source Realm produced Auspicious Clouds spanning 990,000 miles. Days later, Nangong Ruxue confronted Ji Wuye at her courtyard and used overwhelming pressure to force him toward his knees.

• Ying Qi told Ji Wuye that Ji Ruxue had left the Ji Family, changed her surname, and displayed terrifying strength.
• A blood-colored phenomenon and Auspicious Clouds stretching 990,000 miles appeared over the Ji Family, signaling that a prodigy had advanced to the Dao Source Realm.
• The Ji Family’s Eleventh Ancestor ordered Ji Wuye to retrieve Ji Ruxue because the Seventh Young Master of the Xuanyuan Family wanted her, and Ji Wuye sent disciples to search for her.
• Several days later, Nangong Ruxue appeared at her courtyard, ignored Ji Wuye, and demanded that he hand something over.
• When Ji Wuye threatened her with her mother’s Spirit Tablet, Nangong Ruxue condemned him and crushed the courtyard with her pressure.
• Ji Wuye unleashed his Dao Source Realm cultivation, but Nangong Ruxue’s pressure still forced his body toward kneeling.

Nangong Ruxue confronted Ji Wuye over her mother's Spirit Tablet and revealed overwhelming sword power. When the Ji Family's Eleventh Ancestor intervened, she cut apart his fire Order Power, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Nangong Ruxue demanded that Ji Wuye hand over her mother's Spirit Tablet and wounded him when he attacked with Sky-Splitting Fist.
• Ji Wuye called on the Ji Family disciples to retreat as his king's blood threatened them, then the Eleventh Ancestor appeared.
• The Eleventh Ancestor tried to suppress Nangong Ruxue with his fire Order Power, but she shattered his attack with a transparent Order Longsword.
• Nangong Ruxue cleaved the Eleventh Ancestor's flaming hand apart and destroyed its fire Order Power.

Nangong Ruxue reclaimed her spirit tablet from Ji Wuye and rejected the Ji Family's offer to keep her after revealing her Order Power. When her killing intent wounded Ji Wuye and the Eleventh Ancestor recognized her mastery of the Way of Slaughter, he let her leave the Ji Family.

• The Ji Family's Eleventh Ancestor recognized Nangong Ruxue's Order Power, shocking Ji Wuye, who had underestimated his daughter.
• The Eleventh Ancestor offered Nangong Ruxue the Ji Family's resources and a place among its Divine Sons, but she demanded her spirit tablet back.
• The Eleventh Ancestor ordered Ji Wuye to return the spirit tablet, and Nangong Ruxue took it and refused to remain with the Ji Family.
• Ji Wuye insulted Nangong Ruxue, and she unleashed her killing intent, severely wounding his true spirit.
• The Eleventh Ancestor recognized Nangong Ruxue's Way of Slaughter and allowed her to leave, while Nangong Ruxue condemned the Ji Family.

Nangong Ruxue severed her ties with the Ji Family and left for True Dragon Sacred Mountain to fulfill her agreement with Taishu Jing and Little White. Ao Jue escorted her to them, intrigued by her transformation and the mysterious agreement.

• Nangong Ruxue declared that she had no connection to the Ji Family and left after the Eleventh Ancestor accepted her departure.
• The Eleventh Ancestor told Ji Wuye that he would explain the situation to the Xuanyuan Family and ordered the Ji Family disciples to keep the events secret.
• Nangong Ruxue traveled toward Myriad Emperors Ridge while Ao Xiaoxiao continued her new habit of diligent cultivation at True Dragon Sacred Mountain.
• Ao Jue learned that Nangong Ruxue had come to fulfill an agreement with Taishu Jing and Little White, then went to meet her.
• Ao Jue recognized Nangong Ruxue as likely being Ji Ruxue and led her up the mountain after she confirmed she had changed her name.
• Nangong Ruxue credited Taishu Jing's guidance and Little White's recognition for her transformation, but kept the details of her agreement secret.

Nangong Ruxue reunited with Taishu Jing and Little White on True Dragon Sacred Mountain, where Little White advised her to take the initiative with Jing. Ruxue embraced the advice and began planning how to win Jing over, while he left in embarrassment.

• Ao Jue teased Nangong Ruxue about her relationship with Taishu Jing and Little White, but she declined to confirm anything.
• Ao Jue brought Nangong Ruxue to Taishu Jing and Little White, and Jing awkwardly remarked on her changed hair color.
• Nangong Ruxue embraced Little White, and the three sat down for tea and conversation.
• Little White encouraged Nangong Ruxue to be bolder with Taishu Jing, then discussed ways to get past his reserve.
• Taishu Jing left after overhearing the women discuss how they would treat him, while Nangong Ruxue agreed to follow Little White's advice.

Taishu Jing told Ao Jue that Nangong Ruxue liked him and that Little White had agreed to let her stay, then defended Ruxue’s cultivation of the Way of Slaughter. Ao Jue warned him about her ties to the Ji Family and a possible marriage alliance, leaving Taishu Jing aware that he still knew little about her past.

• Taishu Jing admitted to Ao Jue that Nangong Ruxue liked him, Little White had agreed to her staying, and Ruxue was about as strong as they were.
• Taishu Jing explained that Ruxue had recently completed her transformation in the Way of Slaughter and insisted she would be fine despite the path’s dangers.
• Ao Jue warned Taishu Jing that Ruxue’s unusual killing intent and history with the Ji Family might bring trouble.
• Ao Jue revealed that the Ji Family had announced a marriage alliance between its Heavenly Maiden and the Xuanyuan Family’s Seventh Young Master, who was likely Ruxue.
• Taishu Jing learned that Ruxue had changed her surname to Nangong, admitted he knew little about her, and agreed to find out more.

After Nangong Ruxue spent half a month refining her temperament at True Dragon Sacred Mountain, Ao Jue invited her, Taishu Jing, and Little White to attend the Ji Family and Xuanyuan Family marriage alliance. They agreed to go, then returned to teasing one another, leaving Taishu Jing in the hands of the two women.

• Nangong Ruxue subdued her killing intent and refined her Dao techniques with Taishu Jing's help.
• Ao Jue told them the Ji Family and Xuanyuan Family alliance would proceed in half a month, with the Xuanyuan Family's Eighth Miss marrying the Ji Family's Third Divine Son, and gave them an invitation.
• Nangong Ruxue agreed to attend with Taishu Jing and Little White, saying she felt no attachment to the Ji Family.
• Nangong Ruxue and Little White pounced on Taishu Jing to make him remember his saying that happiness was built upon pain.
• After Taishu Jing jokingly called them his children, Little White and Nangong Ruxue joined forces to teach him a lesson.

Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue attended the marriage alliance ceremony between the Ji Family and the Xuanyuan Family. The newlyweds greeted their guests, and the ceremony drew attention when Hundred Sages Academy presented an unusual gift.

• Taishu Jing, Little White, and Nangong Ruxue arrived at the Ji Family gates, where disciples recognized Nangong Ruxue but were told not to discuss her former ties to the family.
• Little White teased Nangong Ruxue and Taishu Jing as they sat together at the ceremony venue.
• Ji Wuye and Xuanyuan Wuming announced their families’ marriage alliance and introduced the bride and groom, Wu Ya and Hong Mei.
• The guests applauded Wu Ya and Hong Mei, and major factions began presenting congratulatory gifts.
• Hundred Sages Academy presented four Medicine Kings, two Saint’s Scrolls, and a Hundred Sages Palace Academy Token, prompting discussion among the guests.

The Dragon Clan presented its congratulatory gift at the Ji Family and Xuanyuan Family marriage alliance, with Nangong Ruxue delivering it. Ji Wuye and the gathered families recognized her as the Ji Family daughter who had been removed from the family register, leaving the Ji Family and Xuanyuan Family confused by her return as the Dragon Clan’s representative.

• Ji Wuye prompted Ji Wuya to thank the Hundred Sages Academy for its Academy Token, which granted the Ji Family a chance to enter the Hundred Sages Palace.
• Little White chose Nangong Ruxue to present the Dragon Clan’s gifts despite Taishu Jing’s misgivings, and the two teased him.
• Nangong Ruxue announced the Dragon Clan’s gifts: six King Medicines, three drops of Dragon King Blood, True Dragon Divine Iron, and a True Dragon Grand Hand Seal.
• Ji Wuye recognized Nangong Ruxue and struggled to hide his shock as she handed the gifts to the Ji Family.
• Ji Wuya and other Ji Family members recognized Nangong Ruxue as Ji Ruxue, while the Xuanyuan Family also wondered why she had returned.

At Ji Wuya and Xuanyuan Hongmei’s wedding, Xuanyuan Liuyun saw Nangong Ruxue and struggled to hide his feelings for her. Little White and Nangong Ruxue got Taishu Jing to hand-feed them, while Liuyun watched in jealousy.

• Xuanyuan Liuyun recognized Nangong Ruxue at the wedding, but Xuanyuan Wuming ordered him to sit down and remember her current identity.
• Ji Wuya and Xuanyuan Hongmei completed the marriage alliance and began toasting the guests.
• Nangong Ruxue dismissed Liuyun’s attention, and she and Little White teased Taishu Jing about feeding them.
• Little White and Nangong Ruxue glared at the guests, leaving Liuyun pale and damaging his Immortal Will.
• Taishu Jing agreed to hand-feed the two women, and Liuyun watched jealously.