Chapter Summaries

Tang Yan fed Little Dot First Spirit Pills, then refused Chu Wen's offer to buy the spirit beast. When Uncle Guan threatened him, Tang Yan used a formation as a feint, grabbed Qiu Shao, and escaped.

• Tang Yan gave Little Dot seven First Spirit Pills after it demanded the Dragon Snake Fruit, and Little Dot clung to his leg as he prepared to leave.
• Chu Wen and his group encountered Tang Yan, and Qiu Shao asked for Little Dot, but Tang Yan refused to sell it even when offered ten million taels of silver.
• Uncle Guan threatened Tang Yan after he refused to hand over Little Dot, so Tang Yan launched a Rain Blades formation that Uncle Guan shattered.
• Tang Yan used Phantom Shadow Steps to reach Qiu Shao, grabbed her chest, and fled while she screamed and Chu Wen looked furious.

Tang Yan followed Young Master Chu and his companions to a hidden cave, where they uncovered a chamber guarded by bronze men. He slipped inside to discover a scroll and a porcelain bottle on a stone platform, while the bronze men attacked the others.

• Uncle Guan pursued Tang Yan, but Tang Yan escaped into a forest and lost him.
• Tang Yan returned to track the group, then followed them to a cliff where Uncle Guan used a treasure map to reveal a cave entrance.
• Tang Yan incapacitated the guards outside with Spirit-Dispersing Powder and entered the cave, leaving Little Dot at the entrance.
• After passing eighty-one bends, Tang Yan found a sealed chamber containing a scroll and a porcelain bottle on a stone platform.
• Nearly a hundred bronze men attacked Uncle Guan, Chu Mo, and Miss Qiu as they approached the treasures.

Tang Yan stole two objects from the stone platform while Uncle Guan and the others fought the Bronze Men, then escaped Uncle Guan’s pursuit. After the Chu group planned to hunt him down, Tang Yan examined the cultivation method and found it was called “Qi Meridian Transformation.”

• Tang Yan watched Uncle Guan, Chu Mo, and Qiu Shao battle the Bronze Men before using Phantom Shadow Steps to snatch the two objects from the stone platform.
• Uncle Guan abandoned his pursuit to protect Qiu Shao, then chased Tang Yan as he fled with the little one.
• Tang Yan taunted Uncle Guan and escaped by taking secluded paths that left no trace.
• Uncle Guan returned to Chu Mo and Qiu Shao, and Qiu Shao proposed setting a citywide hunt and ambushing Tang Yan on his way back to Azure Dragon Academy.
• Tang Yan reached a secluded spot and discovered that the cultivation method was called “Qi Meridian Transformation.”

Tang Yan discovered the second part of the Qi Meridian Transformation and used Azure Dragon blood essence to strengthen his body and break through to Earth Tier Third Grade. Hearing a fight nearby, he concealed himself and approached, where he overheard people planning to intercept a boy returning to the Azure Dragon Academy.

• Tang Yan read the second part of the Qi Meridian Transformation and learned how it could strengthen his qi meridians and bloodline.
• Tang Yan swallowed a drop of Azure Dragon blood essence, and the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron suppressed the Azure Dragon's Divine Sense before he could be harmed.
• Tang Yan continued cultivating and broke through to Earth Tier Third Grade, then demonstrated his strength by punching through an ancient tree.
• Tang Yan heard fighting nearby and hurried over while concealing his presence.
• Tang Yan overheard a group say their lineage would send elites to intercept and kill a boy along the route back to the Azure Dragon Academy.

Tang Yan secretly attacked the Chu Family after Uncle Guan confronted Yu Juechen’s group and demanded information about him. The fight began with Tang Yan and his friends facing the remaining Chu Family fighters.

• Tang Yan hid as Uncle Guan, Chu Mo, and Qiu Shao approached, then followed them to Yu Juechen’s group.
• Uncle Guan showed the group a portrait of Tang Yan and threatened them unless they identified him.
• Yu Juechen disguised Tang Yan’s identity with a false description while Tang Yan scattered Spirit-Dispersing Powder and silently counted to thirty.
• Tang Yan killed six Chu Family fighters by surprise before Uncle Guan ordered the attack.
• Yu Juechen and his companions fought alongside Tang Yan, refusing to betray him.
• Uncle Guan threatened to kill Tang Yan’s friends unless Tang Yan surrendered.

Tang Yan bluffed Uncle Guan with a supposed magical fan, then attacked him and forced the Chu Family guards to halt their assault. Yu Juechen and his companions exploited the opening to wound several enemies, leaving the Chu Family stunned by the Azure Dragon Academy students’ tactics.

• Tang Yan warned Uncle Guan that Spirit-Dispersing Poison threatened his meridians, but Uncle Guan took a third-tier antidote pill and prepared to fight for the cave’s cultivation method and porcelain bottle.
• Tang Yan claimed his battered fan could unleash a Heaven Tier expert’s strike and threatened to use it, then threw it into the air as a distraction.
• Tang Yan used Qi Meridian Transformation and Flame Burst Palm to strike Uncle Guan, who was forced to step back despite his Earth Tier Eighth Grade strength.
• Tang Yan ordered everyone to stop moving or face his next palm strike, and the Chu Family guards halted their fighting.
• Yu Juechen, Wan Fei, and Lin Dongxue attacked the distracted Chu Family members, wounding three of them.
• The Chu Family members were shocked by Tang Yan and his companions’ cunning tactics and reconsidered their view of Azure Dragon Academy students.

Tang Yan captured Chu Mo and fled with his companions while Uncle Guan pursued them. Tang Yan misled the pursuers through the forest, then used the smell of roast meat to draw them into a stop as his group continued toward the Azure Dragon Academy.

• Tang Yan tricked Uncle Guan with a feint and a formation, then seized Chu Mo and forced the Chu Family’s guards to retreat.
• Tang Yan sealed Chu Mo’s Dantian, bound him, and led Lin Dongxue and the others toward the Azure Dragon Academy.
• Uncle Guan pursued Tang Yan’s group for hours, while Tang Yan’s careful route through the forest concealed their tracks and left the pursuers lost.
• Uncle Guan’s group eventually spotted Tang Yan’s companions, but the aroma of Tang Yan’s roast meat distracted the exhausted guards.
• Tang Yan hoisted Chu Mo onto his shoulder and continued onward while Uncle Guan ordered Sanqi to hunt for food.

Tang Yan’s group evaded Uncle Guan’s exhausted pursuers while Tang Yan prepared Nine-Toxin Incense and used it to bait them with roast boar. After Uncle Guan’s men ate the poisoned meat and caught up, several figures blocked Tang Yan’s group of five.

• Uncle Guan led the Chu Family men in pursuit of Tang Yan’s group, following them for another twelve hours toward Azure Dragon Academy’s territory.
• Tang Yan’s group stopped by a stream, where Wan Fei roasted a wild boar and Tang Yan prepared medicinal ingredients for Explosive Spirit Pills.
• Tang Yan sprinkled Nine-Toxin Incense onto the remaining roast boar and explained that it weakened anyone who ate it by constricting their meridians.
• Tang Yan sensed the pursuers approaching and led his companions away, leaving the scented roast boar behind.
• Uncle Guan and his men ate the leftover meat while chasing Tang Yan’s group, unaware that it contained Nine-Toxin Incense.
• After running for a little over an hour, Tang Yan’s group of five encountered several figures blocking their path.

Tang Yan and his companions killed Uncle Guan’s group after Tang Yan crippled Chu Mo, prompting the Chu Family to launch a search and put a kill order on Tang Yan. A month later, Tang Yan’s new-student faction had become a subject of discussion at Azure Dragon Academy.

• Tang Yan provoked Uncle Guan, and Yu Juechen held Chu Mo at dagger-point to stop Uncle Guan from attacking.
• Tang Yan kicked Chu Mo toward Uncle Guan, then fought him; Uncle Guan tried to flee, but Tang Yan’s group killed the pursuers and left with their spoils.
• Tang Yan and his companions discussed the Chu Family’s strength and agreed to be cautious while training.
• Chu Jiang learned that the missing group’s clothes had been found and ordered a search for Little Mo, a kill mission for Tang Yan, and surveillance of him.
• After a month, a faction founded by a new student had become a topic of discussion at Azure Dragon Academy.

Reach the Summit’s affordable pills and copied signature formulas drew customers and alchemists, putting the Precious Pill Pavilion and Sacred Pill Alliance under pressure. Meng Xing persuaded Yang Xia to help undermine Reach the Summit, and Tang Yan returned to find Han Gong and the Precious Pill Pavilion protesting outside its base.

• Students praised Reach the Summit’s pills, and two alchemists considered joining it despite its five-year service requirement.
• Meng Xing met Yang Xia and offered the Precious Pill Pavilion a new pill formula if it helped bring down Reach the Summit.
• Yang Xia accepted Meng Xing’s offer in principle and asked to see the formula, which Meng Xing handed him.
• Tang Yan and his companions returned to Reach the Summit’s Trading Base and found Han Gong and the Precious Pill Pavilion’s crowd displaying banners accusing Tang Yan of breaking his challenge and Reach the Summit of stealing pill formulas.
• Tang Yan suspected Xue Xiao had stirred Han Gong into the confrontation but wondered why Han Gong had joined the Precious Pill Pavilion.

Tang Yan and Du Shu faced the Precious Pill Pavilion’s accusations that Reach the Summit had stolen its Pill Formulas, while Tang Yan challenged Yang Xia to provide evidence. Zi Yun arrived to stop the Pavilion’s attack, and Tang Yan then pressed Han Gong to honor their month-old agreement.

• Du Shu defended Reach the Summit against Yang Xia’s accusations and mocked the Precious Pill Pavilion for using crooked tactics.
• Yang Xia claimed the Pavilion’s Pill Formulas had been stolen from its secret chamber and threatened to attack Reach the Summit.
• Tang Yan challenged Yang Xia to produce evidence and declared that Reach the Summit could refine any pill available at Azure Dragon Academy.
• Qin Guang ordered the Precious Pill Pavilion’s men to charge, but Zi Yun appeared and barred them from crossing a golden line.
• Tang Yan used Zi Yun’s authority to taunt the Pavilion’s men and drive them away from the shop.
• Tang Yan reminded Han Gong of their month-long agreement, leaving Han Gong pale and hesitant.

Tang Yan defeated Han Gong in one move, then exposed Xue Xiao’s betrayal and watched Han Gong get beaten by Yang Xia’s men. After Tang Yan invited him to join Reach the Summit, Han Gong blamed him for the humiliation, and Tang Yan called him a coward for avoiding the real source of his pain.

• Tang Yan defeated Han Gong with a single redirecting move and told him his reactions were too slow.
• Tang Yan suggested that Xue Xiao had been with Yang Xia, and Yang Xia confirmed the affair by revealing an intimate detail about her.
• Han Gong charged at Yang Xia, but Yang Xia’s men beat him, and Yang Xia took Xue Xiao away.
• Tang Yan asked Du Shu to invite Han Gong to join Reach the Summit, and Du Shu brought the injured Han Gong to the base.
• Han Gong blamed Tang Yan for his humiliation, but Tang Yan said he was blaming the wrong people and called him a coward.
• Han Gong admitted Tang Yan might be right, then said people found it easy to talk when they did not bear the pain themselves.

Tang Yan rallied Reach the Summit and persuaded Han Gong to join, then learned that his killing of Chu Mo and Qiu Shao had earned him a massive bounty on Ming City's Kill Ranking. Azure Dragon Academy's elders vowed to protect him as the academy braced for assassins.

• Tang Yan reminded Reach the Summit of its past hardships and promised its members support, convincing Han Gong to join in exchange for a chance to restore his dignity.
• Tang Yan told Han Gong he would be strong enough to storm the Precious Pill Pavilion within half a year, and Qin Fang asked Fang Xuan to show him around.
• Tang Yan tried to give Little Dot to Zi Yun, but the creature clung to him, so Zi Yun left it in his care.
• In Ming City, Qiu Haoran learned that Azure Dragon Academy students had killed Uncle Guan and the Chu Family fighters, while Qiu Minghui threatened retaliation if an academy elder had intervened.
• Xiao Cangshan told Azure Dragon Academy's elders that Tang Yan had killed Chu Mo, Qiu Shao, and their allies, prompting the Chu and Qiu Families to issue a Must-Kill Mission.
• Xiao Cangshan ordered the elders to guard Tang Yan, and they promised to protect him as the bounty threatened to draw assassins to the academy.

Tang Yan brought Little Dot into the Nine Nether Fire Sea, where the creature remained comfortable even on the Fourth Level as Tang Yan began cultivating toward a breakthrough. Meanwhile, a richly robed old man and Han Zhao planned to draw Tang Yan out by targeting his friends, and another young man sought out Leng Ning.

• Tang Yan entered the Nine Nether Fire Sea with Little Dot, who followed him inside and endured the heat without discomfort through the Fourth Level.
• Tang Yan realized Little Dot was extraordinary, then began cultivating as his aura started to fluctuate near a breakthrough.
• A richly robed old man reviewed Tang Yan's record and discussed his rapid rise and the threat he posed with Han Zhao.
• Han Zhao suggested watching Tang Yan's friends, and the old man ordered surveillance of Lin Dongxue, Wan Fei, Yu Juechen, Fang Xuan, and Du Shu.
• A young man bribed a student for directions to Leng Ning's dormitory and hurried toward Room 604.

After breaking through, Lin Dongxue followed Leng Ning outside to settle an old grudge, only to realize too late that Leng Ning had led her into an ambush. Surrounded by the Chu Family of Ming City, Lin Dongxue learned they planned to capture her to lure Tang Yan out.

• Lin Dongxue confronted Leng Ning, who challenged her to fight outside the Azure Dragon Academy.
• Leng Ning disguised herself and led Lin Dongxue away while Du Shu learned they had left and gathered a group to follow.
• Lin Dongxue spotted Leng Ning's disguise and tried to escape, but attackers emerged and blocked every route.
• The Chu Family's Third Elder revealed that the ambush aimed to capture Lin Dongxue and draw Tang Yan to them.

Lin Dongxue fought the Chu Family forces to keep them from using her to threaten Tang Yan, killing and wounding several men before collapsing from her injuries. As her consciousness faded, she wrote that she wanted to be Madam Tang again in her next life.

• Lin Dongxue refused to let the Chu Family use her to lure Tang Yan and killed two guards who attacked her.
• Lin Dongxue fought four earth tier third grade opponents and killed one while taking several sword wounds.
• Lin Dongxue continued fighting despite her injuries, killing another man and severely wounding one more before falling.
• The Third Elder kicked Lin Dongxue, and she used her blood to write, "In my next life, I'll be Madam Tang again," before losing consciousness.

Tang Yan returned from the Nine Nether Fire Sea to find Lin Dongxue mortally wounded after the Chu Family attacked her, and he could not revive her. After discovering she had fought to keep the Chu Family from using her as a hostage, he swore revenge and began preparing Reach the Summit for war against the Chu Family in three months.

• Tang Yan reached Earth tier fourth grade in the Nine Nether Fire Sea and headed out to gather medicinal materials for pill refining.
• The Chu Third Elder ordered his men to attack Du Shu and the others, but retreated when three signal flares drew the Azure Dragon Academy’s senior figures toward them.
• Du Shu and Wan Fei gave Lin Dongxue pills to stop her bleeding, but she remained lifeless as they waited for Tang Yan.
• Tang Yan arrived and spent two hours trying to revive Lin Dongxue with pills, True Qi, and medicinal materials, but she did not wake.
• Tang Yan found a note clenched in Lin Dongxue’s hand and realized she had fought to avoid being used as a hostage against him.
• Tang Yan ordered Fang Xuan and Du Shu to recruit and train martial artists, then vowed that Reach the Summit would march on Ming City and destroy the Chu Family in three months.

Tang Yan led Reach the Summit against the Chu Family, attracting Yang Jiayi and other powerful recruits with a promise of rapid cultivation. Little Dot revived Lin Dongxue with its five-colored blood, but Tang Yan discovered she needed a rare Divine Soul Pill to awaken fully.

• Yang Jiayi joined Reach the Summit after Tang Yan promised to raise him to the peak of earth tier ninth grade within three months.
• Tang Yan put Fang Xuan in charge and carried Lin Dongxue into the forest to grieve and find her a resting place.
• Little Dot bit its paw and fed Lin Dongxue a drop of five-colored blood, restoring warmth and faint breathing to her body.
• Tang Yan found that Lin Dongxue needed a Divine Soul Pill to awaken, but he lacked its three rare main ingredients.
• Tang Yan vowed to find the ingredients and awaken Lin Dongxue within half a year, while Little Dot lay exhausted from its sacrifice.

Tang Yan cared for the weakened Little Dot and learned that Lin Dongxue had returned to life but needed her soul essence restored. He then rallied Reach the Summit’s members to pursue greater strength and began their punishing training.

• Tang Yan fed Little Dot a Qi-Restoring Pill, then brought Lin Dongxue to Zi Yun and asked her to search for three rare ingredients to nourish Dongxue’s soul.
• Tang Yan told Zi Yun he would fight the Chu Family to the death, and she decided to join Reach the Summit.
• The next morning, Du Shu introduced sixteen new members as Tang Yan gathered Reach the Summit’s guardians and Alchemy Masters.
• Tang Yan challenged the members’ complacency and urged them to aim beyond the Azure Dragon Academy and become peerless experts.
• Everyone stepped forward to accept his harsh training, and Tang Yan announced that Purgatory officially began.

Tang Yan brought Zi Yun into Reach the Summit and began putting the group through his deceptively difficult Extreme Six Forms. The chapter left everyone exhausted but continuing the training, while Tang Yan motivated the Alchemy Masters with the promise that perseverance could make them fifth-tier alchemists.

• Tang Yan introduced Zi Yun as Reach the Summit's newest member and told everyone she would train alongside them.
• Tang Yan demonstrated the six Extreme Six Forms, and no one stepped out when he asked who thought they could not do them.
• The students and Alchemy Masters struggled to hold the first form, while Tang Yan refused to let Du Shu and You Butong quit.
• Tang Yan urged the Alchemy Masters to persevere by promising that those who continued could become fifth-tier alchemists.
• After the group completed the first three forms and grew exhausted, Tang Yan ordered them to begin the sequence again.