Arc 23The Dark Realm Trial

Tang Yan joined Heavenly Enchantress in the Dark Realm, where he uncovered demons in a deadly game and gained powerful rewards. After returning, he expanded Reach the Summit and used the Netherweb Ghost Spider to ambush Medicine Valley, whose leaders prepared to strike the Spirit Shaman Clan.

  • Tang Yan and his companions explored the Miasma Marshland, where he guided Heavenly Enchantress to the Phoenix-Crying Jade Grass and later freed her from a poisonous web.
  • Tang Yan and the group killed no Netherweb Ghost Spider, but Tang Yan bound it as his servant and used its puppets to lure Medicine Valley into its cave.
  • Tang Yan returned to Reach the Summit, supported plans to build its faction, and helped Zi Yun accept her dragon form as part of the sect.
  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress entered the Dark Realm, where Tang Yan exposed disguised demons, solved Madam Dou’s identity, and used the Sky Wolf Brush to fight the unleashed fiends.
  • Tang Yan earned rewards and points in the Dark Realm, then confronted Huang Benjiang after he had Heavenly Enchantress bound and forced him to apologize.
  • Tang Yan helped Heavenly Enchantress master her Charm Technique through cultivation, while the Netherweb Ghost Spider killed Tan Xuebo and his Medicine Valley party in its cave.
  • Tang Yan approved another Pill Dao School session, strengthened Zi Yun with Azure Dragon Blood Essence, and began cultivating with Black Dragon Essence Blood.
  • Medicine Valley’s leaders discussed the missing expedition and proposed attacking the Spirit Shaman Clan with four Saint-Level Allies.
Chapters 551–575 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 551Heavenly Enchantress

Tang Yan and his companions encountered the Heavenly Enchantress guarding a rare Phoenix-Crying Jade Grass in the Miasma Marsh. To avoid revealing his escape technique and creating trouble, Tang Yan agreed to let her beat him, and she began pounding his back.

  • Pei Guang warned Tang Yan and Zhuang Zhile that the dangers increased as they traveled deeper into the marsh.
  • The trio found a Phoenix-Crying Jade Grass guarded by a deadly natural formation, poisonous miasma, and armored ants, with the Heavenly Enchantress nearby.
  • Zhuang Zhile identified the Heavenly Enchantress as the fourth-ranked Top Ten Expert, and Pei Guang urged the others not to contest the herb.
  • The Heavenly Enchantress tried to approach the herb, lost her way in the formation, and retreated when armored ants attacked her.
  • The Heavenly Enchantress targeted Tang Yan to vent her frustration, but Tang Yan chose not to flee and agreed to let her beat him.
  • Tang Yan lay face down, and the Heavenly Enchantress began raining punches onto his back as Zhuang Zhile and Pei Guang watched tensely.

Ch. 552The Big Sister Who Rode the Wind and Waves

Tang Yan endured the Heavenly Enchantress’s beating while claiming he could break the formation around the Phoenix-Crying Jade Grass. He guided her through the swamp to the herb, where she grabbed it and faced a swarm of Carapace Ants.

  • Tang Yan provoked the Heavenly Enchantress into striking harder, using the blows to temper his Five Elements Tyrant Body Art.
  • Tang Yan explained the swamp’s formation and bargained for the herb’s non-flower parts in exchange for guiding her through it.
  • After two hours of beating, Tang Yan told the Heavenly Enchantress to enter the formation alone and promised to guide her by transmitting his voice.
  • Tang Yan directed the Heavenly Enchantress along a safe route until she reached the Phoenix-Crying Jade Grass.
  • The Heavenly Enchantress gathered the herb, alerting the Carapace Ants, and fought through their swarm to escape.

Ch. 553Where in Life Would We Not Meet Again?

Tang Yan, Pei Guang, and Zhuang Zhile found the cave where Zhuang Yingshui had been attacked, only to be trapped in poisonous webs alongside Heavenly Enchantress. Tang Yan freed the group with his Heaven-Earth Creation Flame and confronted Heavenly Enchantress, who tried to seduce him into rescuing her.

  • After Heavenly Enchantress took the Phoenix-Crying Jade Grass and refused to give Tang Yan its roots, Tang Yan continued searching the Miasma Marshland with Pei Guang and Zhuang Zhile.
  • The next day, Pei Guang found a large cave entrance, and the three entered to investigate whether it was where Zhuang Yingshui had been attacked.
  • A hidden web trapped Tang Yan, Pei Guang, and Zhuang Zhile in a chamber, where poisonous transparent threads began seeping toxins into their bodies.
  • Tang Yan used his Heaven-Earth Creation Flame to burn through the webs and free himself and his companions.
  • Tang Yan recognized the poisoned Heavenly Enchantress, freed her mouth, and resisted her seductive attempts to persuade him to release her.

Ch. 554Attacked from Front and Rear

Tang Yan rescued Heavenly Enchantress, took most of her supplies, and secured her oath to help him five times in exchange for curing her poison. As the group searched for the Netherweb Ghost Spider, they became trapped between collapsing passages and corrosive Green Liquid.

  • Heavenly Enchantress gave Tang Yan her Storage Ring, and he took her spirit herbs, materials, Magic Treasures, and Martial Skills while leaving her weapons and pills.
  • Tang Yan cured Heavenly Enchantress with a Heavenly Dipper Evil-Suppressing Pill after she swore to help him five times and never become his enemy.
  • Heavenly Enchantress warned Tang Yan, Zhuang Zhile, and Pei Guang about the Netherweb Ghost Spider, and agreed to cooperate in exchange for its gallbladder and venom sac.
  • Tang Yan led the group deeper into the cave, where his Heaven-Earth Creation Flame burned away several waves of spider silk.
  • After the group chose a cave passage, Green Liquid poured in from both sides and overhead, corroding their shields as the passage behind them collapsed.
  • The four joined their shields and tried to retreat, but found the way back blocked; they charged forward and discovered that path was blocked too.

Ch. 555The Netherweb Ghost Spider Appears!

Tang Yan used the Wind-Chasing Cloud-Brushing Fan to escape the poisonous tunnel with Heavenly Enchantress, Zhuang Zhile, and Pei Guang, then led them toward the Netherweb Ghost Spider. They found the spider in a venomous pit and began fighting it, leaving the battle underway.

  • Tang Yan offered to use his one-use Wind-Chasing Cloud-Brushing Fan in exchange for five favors, and Heavenly Enchantress swore an oath to repay him.
  • Tang Yan transported the group back to the tunnel fork, and the four entered the right-hand passage in search of the Netherweb Ghost Spider.
  • The group reached a vast pit filled with poisonous liquid, where spider silk attacked Tang Yan and dragged him toward the pool.
  • Heavenly Enchantress, Zhuang Zhile, and Pei Guang tried to rescue Tang Yan, and Tang Yan burned through the spider silk with the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame.
  • Zhuang Zhile, Pei Guang, and Heavenly Enchantress combined their attacks to force the venom and spider silk back into the pool, revealing the Netherweb Ghost Spider.
  • Heavenly Enchantress urged the others to keep attacking, and the three Saint Level experts launched another round of strikes at the spider.

Ch. 556The Cage

Tang Yan and three Saint Level experts fought the Netherweb Ghost Spider in its cavern, only to be trapped inside a corrosive silk cage. As their defenses failed, Tang Yan revealed he had another plan involving his Wind-Chasing Cloud-Brushing Fan.

  • The Netherweb Ghost Spider used its speed and webs to attack, and Heavenly Enchantress identified Pei Guang and assigned him, Zhuang Zhile, and herself roles in the assault.
  • Pei Guang cut an opening in the web, while Heavenly Enchantress and Zhuang Zhile charged the spider; Tang Yan collected venom from a nearby pool as the battle continued.
  • Heavenly Enchantress severed one of the spider’s legs, and Zhuang Zhile pierced one of its eyes, but the cavern shook as a hidden cage of dark cyan spider silk enclosed them.
  • The spider’s cage contracted and corroded their shield, while Zhuang Zhile’s golden bell and Pei Guang’s other Magic Treasures failed to stop it.
  • Tang Yan used the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame to burn the silk, but the cage drew in energy to resist the flames, and the golden bell shattered.
  • Tang Yan secretly told the others he would use his Wind-Chasing Cloud-Brushing Fan to take them behind it before they struck the spider together.

Ch. 557Long Since Left Base Pleasures Behind

Tang Yan and his companions subdued the Netherweb Ghost Spider, gathered ingredients to cure Zhuang Zhile’s old sect master, and devised a plan to lure Medicine Valley into the cavern. After Tang Yan refined the antidote and the group left the Miasma Marshland, Heavenly Enchantress questioned his resistance to her Charm Technique and asked whether he had time for something.

  • Tang Yan and the others ambushed the Netherweb Ghost Spider, and Tang Yan used a Soul-Thought Gu to bind it as his servant.
  • Tang Yan collected bile, venom, and essence blood from the spider, then healed it; he also took the Profound Azure Spiderweb.
  • Tang Yan proposed using Heavenly Enchantress’s reputation and lifelike puppets controlled by the spider to lure Medicine Valley into the cavern.
  • Zhuang Zhile made puppets of Zhu Jingkong and the Spirit Shaman Clan’s elders while Tang Yan refined a Jade Dew Emerald-Clear Pill to cure the old sect master’s poison.
  • The group left the Miasma Marshland, and Tang Yan told Heavenly Enchantress his divine soul power had overcome her Charm Technique.
  • Heavenly Enchantress asked Tang Yan whether he had time, and he replied that it depended on what she wanted him for.

Ch. 558Dark Realm

Heavenly Enchantress recruited Tang Yan to join her in the Dark Realm, and he agreed on the condition that she return to Reach the Summit as his sparring partner. Back at the faction, Tang Yan heard Fang Xuan and Du Shu's plan for investing its growing profits in security and cultivation resources.

  • Heavenly Enchantress offered Tang Yan a share of a dual union cultivation opportunity if he helped her seek Heart-Burning Grass in the Dark Realm, while Zhuang Zhile warned him against going.
  • Tang Yan agreed to enter the Dark Realm with Heavenly Enchantress and required her to return to Reach the Summit and spar with him beforehand.
  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress left the Miasma Marshland, parted from Zhuang Zhile's party, and returned to Reach the Summit.
  • Heavenly Enchantress was surprised to learn that Reach the Summit taught alchemy to outsiders, and Tang Yan explained why he shared theory rather than pill formulas.
  • At the Decision Hall, Fang Xuan and Du Shu told Tang Yan about the faction's operations and proposed spending its profits on materials, hired experts, and better cultivation resources.

Ch. 559Purple-Gold Scales

Tang Yan strengthened Reach the Summit, monitored Zi Yun’s worsening condition, and spent the following weeks cultivating his body and repairing weapons. Twenty days later, Zi Yun’s scales turned purple-gold as she endured a violent, painful transformation.

  • Tang Yan backed Fang Xuan and Du Shu’s plans to build a Tiger-Wolf Army and said he would travel to the Spirit Wilderness Realm to reunite with his parents.
  • Tang Yan observed Zi Yun’s increasingly violent Divine Soul and placed a formation above her courtyard for protection.
  • Tang Yan trained his body with Heavenly Enchantress, who explained that their cultivation method required self-control and that she was preparing to break through a bottleneck.
  • Tang Yan repaired sixty-three damaged weapons and commissioned the Artifact Pavilion to make a whip from the Profound Azure Spiderweb.
  • After twenty days, Zi Yun’s scales spread over her body and neck as Little Dot fed her pills; she suffered intense pain as something seemed ready to emerge from within her.

Ch. 560Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation

After transforming into a dragon, Zi Yun tried to leave Reach the Summit to avoid endangering her friends, but Tang Yan’s formation brought her back and he welcomed her home. The sect accepted her and kept her identity secret, while Tang Yan’s curiosity about her dragon body triggered a storm of lightning.

  • Zi Yun discovered she had become a dragon and feared that the members of Reach the Summit would reject her or be endangered, so she flew away with Little Dot.
  • After Zi Yun flew across the sea, Tang Yan’s formation returned her to Reach the Summit, where he told her that the sect would always be her home.
  • Tang Yan embraced Zi Yun, and the members of Reach the Summit welcomed her dragon form with curiosity rather than rejection.
  • Tang Yan classified Zi Yun’s identity as a sect secret, assigned Little Nether Peak to her as a forbidden area, and arranged for Little Dot to collect her cultivation pills.
  • At Little Nether Peak, Tang Yan examined Zi Yun’s body and remarked on her missing breasts, causing lightning to strike around the peak.

Ch. 561Selling a Secret Technique

Tang Yan removed the foreign soul from Zi Yun and reassured her about reaching human form, then completed the Five Elements Tyrant Body Art after days of training with Heavenly Enchantress. Impressed by his new defenses, Heavenly Enchantress bought the body art from him for thirty ninth-tier spirit herbs.

  • Tang Yan used Nurturing Nether and Spirit-Seizing Art to extract the foreign soul from Zi Yun, then refined it in the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron.
  • Zi Yun told Tang Yan that the Dragon Clan grew stronger by devouring essence blood, and she later revealed she could transform after reaching Saint Level.
  • Tang Yan and Zi Yun spent the night together on Little Nether Peak, while Reach the Summit kept her transformation into a dragon secret.
  • After five more days of training under Heavenly Enchantress's blows, Tang Yan completed the Five Elements Tyrant Body Art and withstood most of her strength.
  • Heavenly Enchantress bargained with Tang Yan for the Five Elements Tyrant Body Art, paid him thirty ninth-tier spirit herbs, and received the technique.

Ch. 562Welcome, Venerable Heavenly Enchantress

Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress traveled to Heaven-Covering Valley to enter the Dark Realm, learning about its deadly, unpredictable trials along the way. After advancing their cultivation and gaining a warm welcome from the Desolate Clan, they activated the passage and vanished into the Dark Realm.

  • Heavenly Enchantress explained that the Dark Realm opened every ten years, ran random games with valuable rewards, and could kill many entrants.
  • Heavenly Enchantress studied Tang Yan's Five Elements Tyrant Body Art, but Tang Yan corrected her training and gave her a Phoenix-Crying Nine-Turn Pill.
  • Heavenly Enchantress advanced to ninth-grade Saint Level, while Tang Yan rose to seventh-grade Lord Rank, and they agreed to trade spirit herbs for pills.
  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress reached Heaven-Covering Valley, where the Desolate Clan welcomed them and waived their passage fee.
  • Heavenly Enchantress and Tang Yan infused the last petals of their flowers with Spirit Power and disappeared through the altar into the Dark Realm.

Ch. 563About to Grow a Brain

Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress entered Spirit Realm No. 30, where demon catchers had to spot disguised demons on Changning Street and earn enough points to survive. Tang Yan used careful observation to expose disguised demons, and the chapter ended with his score rising to thirteen after he struck the street’s paving stones.

  • Tang Yan chose the alias "Dragon Knight" and met Heavenly Enchantress, whose alias was "Shameless Tang Dog," in the gathering hall.
  • The Spirit Realm announced its hide-and-seek rules, including the point penalties and rewards, then transported the demon catchers to Changning Street.
  • Tang Yan reasoned that demons’ disguises would contain flaws, and Crooked-Mouthed Saint earned the first-kill bonus by spotting a six-petaled plum blossom cake.
  • Tang Yan noticed the street was paved with brittle shasong rock, struck the stones with his Demon-Slaying Sword, and revealed they were disguised jingxuan stone, raising his score to thirteen.

Ch. 564Give It a Try or Say Goodbye?

Tang Yan taught Heavenly Enchantress to identify demons disguised as ordinary restaurant items, while she lost points by striking at innocent targets. After another demon catcher was erased for a mistaken attack, Tang Yan found a clue about the chef’s pastries and urged Heavenly Enchantress to test a full jar of salt.

  • Heavenly Enchantress lost a point by killing a beggar, while Tang Yan explained that demons had disguised themselves as items around the city.
  • Tang Yan gained points by destroying demon-disguised dishes, a potted plant, and jars of Ancient Overlord liquor, explaining the clues he had noticed.
  • Heavenly Enchantress lost a point by attacking the head chef’s paper box of pastries, and the Spirit Realm announced that Unfettered Vagabond had been erased for reaching zero points.
  • Abalone-Selling Lord ignored Tang Yan’s warning and struck the paper box, causing the Spirit Realm to erase him as well.
  • Tang Yan realized the pastries were meant for the woman washing vegetables, then pointed out a full jar of salt and told Heavenly Enchantress to give it a try.

Ch. 565The Real and False Madam Dou

Tang Yan helped Heavenly Enchantress identify evil demons and build up her points before they accepted the Listening Spring Manor mission to distinguish the real Madam Dou from a Chaos Heavenly Demon impersonator. The mission began with the two identical women appealing for help, and Kongshan Wuwang volunteered despite having only nine points.

  • Tang Yan tested the tavern's salt jars, helping Heavenly Enchantress gain a point by striking the jar he identified as suspicious.
  • Tang Yan explained why a scarlet phoenix robe was not an evil demon, then guided Heavenly Enchantress to a mirror demon and helped her reach twenty-first place with thirty-two points.
  • The Spirit Realm announced the mission at Listening Spring Manor, where a Chaos Heavenly Demon had taken Madam Dou's appearance to plot against General Dou.
  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress arrived at the manor and saw the two identical Madam Dous argue while the household struggled to tell them apart.
  • The Spirit Realm warned that hunters who failed to identify the real Madam Dou within the time limit would lose ten points, and Kongshan Wuwang volunteered despite having only nine.

Ch. 566Erhuo, Can You Do It?

Kongshan Wuwang and The Cicada Knows Not of Snow both failed to distinguish the real Madam Dou from her impostor, leaving Tang Yan to attempt the task. Tang Yan asked for General Dou's young son to be brought out, but the chapter ended before he explained his method.

  • Kongshan Wuwang's Vast Righteousness Bowl failed to work in the Spirit Realm, so he questioned both Madam Dous but could not find a discrepancy.
  • Kongshan Wuwang accused the left Madam Dou without evidence, and Mr. Luo stopped his sword and sent him flying; the Spirit Realm erased him when his points reached zero.
  • The Cicada Knows Not of Snow proposed a Blood-Drop Kinship Test, but Mr. Luo demonstrated that unrelated people's blood merged in water, costing him ten points.
  • Tang Yan accepted the challenge after Heavenly Enchantress asked whether he could solve it.
  • Tang Yan asked for Madam Dou's son to be brought out, and a maid led the young child before the gathered crowd.

Ch. 567The Second Round

Tang Yan exposed the false Madam Dou by testing which woman would release Young Master Dou first, then killed the fiend and earned points. After trading points and returning to Changning Street, he faced the start of the second round, when the fiends came alive and the humans had to hide.

  • Tang Yan had the two Madam Dous pull Young Master Dou until the woman on the right released him, revealing herself as his birth mother.
  • Tang Yan explained his reasoning, killed the false Madam Dou, and received praise and a hundred points from Master Dou.
  • After the spirit realm awarded Tang Yan points for killing a Chaos Heavenly Demon, he traded sixty-six points to other demon hunters for spirit herbs and materials.
  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress resumed hunting fiends on Changning Street until the first round ended.
  • The spirit realm announced that the fiends had come alive and gave everyone half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to hide; Heavenly Enchantress asked Tang Yan where they should go.

Ch. 568Just Squeeze In

Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress searched for a hiding place in the Spirit Realm and squeezed together into a water jar as evil entities hunted the demon hunters. When their points began falling and others died, Tang Yan suspected the leaderboard revealed a safe hiding place and cautiously opened the jar to investigate.

  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress searched several buildings, found their occupants dead, and chose to hide in a water jar inside a teahouse.
  • Heavenly Enchantress asked Tang Yan to stay with her, so they squeezed into the same jar and waited for the evil entities to arrive.
  • The Spirit Realm announced that Zhaozhao had been killed, then Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress began losing points as a suffocating force pressed on them.
  • Tang Yan watched other hunters' points and noticed Plum Blossoms at Zero Degrees had kept all eleven points, leading him to suspect their hiding place was safe.
  • Tang Yan gave Heavenly Enchantress point coins for protection, opened the jar, and cautiously looked outside with her.

Ch. 569The Sky Wolf Brush

Tang Yan discovered that staying hidden could limit the fiends’ attacks, then found the Sky Wolf Brush in the bookshop and used it to kill a Demon General. After rescuing Heavenly Enchantress, he prepared to hunt more fiends.

  • Tang Yan deduced that moving alerted the fiends, told Heavenly Enchantress to stay in the vat, and went to find Plum Blossoms at Zero Degrees.
  • Tang Yan found a verse from the Heavenly Selection Secret Realm and discovered that the Sky Wolf Brush could slay demons and vanquish evil.
  • When the bookshop became unsafe, Tang Yan brought Plum Blossoms at Zero Degrees outside and killed a Two-Winged Demon Lizard with the brush, earning the Spirit Realm’s first-kill reward.
  • Tang Yan cleared the waterweed fiends from the teahouse courtyard and rescued Heavenly Enchantress from the vat.
  • Tang Yan declared that they would slay demons.

Ch. 570Two Immortal Artifacts

Tang Yan led the demon hunt in Spirit Realm No. 30, claimed the top all-realm ranking, and arranged for Heavenly Enchantress to take second place in exchange for rewards. After choosing Immortal and Spirit Artifacts and spending his remaining points on dragon essence blood and spirit herbs, he returned to Heaven-Covering Valley.

  • Tang Yan cleared the demons in Spirit Realm No. 30, earned 659 discretionary points, and offered to exchange points with demon hunters who had fewer than ten.
  • Tang Yan transferred 447 points to Heavenly Enchantress, who rose to second place on the all-realm leaderboard and received the Void Pearls and Linglong Pagoda as rewards.
  • Tang Yan chose the Dao-Spirit Tree and Heaven-and-Earth Mirror, while Loves Little Strawberries received the Divine Shield Armor.
  • Tang Yan exchanged points for Black Dragon Essence Blood, Azure Dragon Blood Essence, and spirit herbs.
  • Tang Yan was transported back to the altar in Heaven-Covering Valley.

Ch. 571Arrogant Before, Subservient After

Tang Yan returned to the Desolate Clan with Heavenly Enchantress, who went to buy Black Spirit Paste but was seized after Huang Benjiang tried to extort her. Tang Yan revealed their friendship, disciplined the clan elders, and left Heaven-Covering Valley with her.

  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress returned to the Desolate Clan, where she asked him to wait while she went to buy Black Spirit Paste.
  • Huang Benjiang demanded ten Ninth Tier spirit herbs for a bottle, then ordered guards to seize Heavenly Enchantress when she refused to pay.
  • A guard told Tang Yan that Heavenly Enchantress had been captured, and Tang Yan entered the hall to find her bound on the floor.
  • Huang Benjiang released Heavenly Enchantress and apologized after Tang Yan condemned his conduct and declared her his friend.
  • Tang Yan ordered Huang Liang and Huang Benjiang to accept punishment, warned them to restrain the clan, and left Heaven-Covering Valley with Heavenly Enchantress.

Ch. 572Quietly extending an olive branch

Tang Yan helped Heavenly Enchantress make a high-quality Extreme Passion Pill and sent Medicine Valley a clue about the Spirit Shaman Clan. At Reach the Summit’s closing ceremony, he invited the students and their sects to cooperate with or join the school.

  • Tang Yan refined the Extreme Passion Pill for Heavenly Enchantress in the time it took to drink a cup of tea, and she planned to use it to cultivate her Charm Technique before practicing dual union with him.
  • Heavenly Enchantress gave Medicine Valley a clue that Zhu Chen might be in the Miasma Marshland, and Tan Xuebo returned her payment for the Divine Void Pill.
  • Qin Donghai ordered Medicine Valley to watch the marshland’s perimeter and spread the news so outsiders could investigate before the valley sent its own forces.
  • Heavenly Enchantress told Tang Yan that she had delivered the message, and he arranged to cultivate with her after the Pill Dao School finished.
  • Fang Xuan held the school’s closing ceremony, where Tang Yan praised the students’ progress and invited them and their sects to cooperate with or join Reach the Summit.

Ch. 573Ninth Grade Lord Rank

Tang Yan finished teaching the Pill Dao academy, then practiced Dual Cultivation with Heavenly Enchantress, helping her master the final step of her Charm Technique. He advanced to ninth grade Lord Rank while she reached Transcendent Grade, and she decided to make him her Dao companion.

  • Tang Yan concluded the academy session, and the Alchemy Masters thanked him as Zhu Jingkong and Lei Yu discussed Reach the Summit Academy's prospects and challenged each other to a manure-hauling contest.
  • Tang Yan visited Heavenly Enchantress, who explained how they would use the Extreme Passion Pill and Dual Cultivation to complete her Charm Technique.
  • Heavenly Enchantress swallowed the pill, endured the surge of emotion and desire, and mastered their control with help from Tang Yan's Divine Soul Power.
  • Tang Yan and Heavenly Enchantress cultivated through the night, raising Tang Yan to ninth grade Lord Rank and Heavenly Enchantress to Transcendent Grade.
  • Heavenly Enchantress realized Tang Yan had been hiding his strength and decided to make him her Dao companion, offering to grant him any request.

Ch. 574The Ghost Spider Proves Its Worth

Tang Yan rejected Heavenly Enchantress’s attempt to trade her nine conditions for marriage, then sent the Netherweb Ghost Spider to ensnare and kill Medicine Valley’s expedition in the Miasma Marshland. A month later, Reach the Summit’s leaders reviewed their progress and learned that Tan Xuebo and his party had vanished, leaving Medicine Valley likely to investigate again.

  • Tang Yan refused Heavenly Enchantress’s offer to become his wife and insisted she still owed him all nine conditions.
  • Tang Yan refined pills while the Netherweb Ghost Spider displayed Spirit Shaman Clan puppets to lure Medicine Valley into the Miasma Marshland.
  • Tan Xuebo, Chang Chunxi, Hou Zhijie, and their fifty-four companions entered the spider’s cave, were trapped, and were killed by the Netherweb Ghost Spider.
  • The ghost spider hid the dead Medicine Valley members’ Storage Spaces and absorbed their blood and vital energy in the venom pool.
  • At a Reach the Summit meeting, Qin Yue'er reported progress in developing the pill division, and Lan Qi described recruitment and intelligence work.
  • Lan Qi told Tang Yan that Tan Xuebo and his party had disappeared in the Miasma Marshland and that Medicine Valley might send another force.

Ch. 575Zi Yun Yielded the Blood

Tang Yan strengthened Reach the Summit’s alchemy network, gave Zi Yun Azure Dragon Blood Essence that raised her to Sixth Grade King Rank, and began cultivating with Black Dragon Essence Blood. Meanwhile, Medicine Valley prepared to attack the Spirit Shaman Clan after several of its members disappeared in the Miasma Marshland.

  • Tang Yan approved a second Pill Dao School session and proposed contracts that would bind alchemy organizations to Reach the Summit while allowing their Alchemy Masters to remain in their factions.
  • Tang Yan gave Fang Xuan pills, including Ninth-Tier Pills, and suggested hiring powerful experts as lecturers.
  • Tang Yan gave Zi Yun Azure Dragon Blood Essence, and after cultivating for two days she grew to one hundred feet and advanced to Sixth Grade King Rank.
  • Zi Yun refused Tang Yan’s offer of Black Dragon Essence Blood and returned it so he could use it to cultivate; Tang Yan later swallowed it and began practicing Qi Meridian Transformation.
  • Medicine Valley’s leaders discussed the disappearance of the Sixth Elder, Chang Protector, Hou Protector, and four hall masters, then the Fourth Elder proposed attacking the Spirit Shaman Clan with four Saint-Level Allies.
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