Chapter Summaries

Tang Yan put Reach the Summit through exhausting Extreme Six Forms training, using pills to help them recover and improve. After Han Gong broke through, Tang Yan split the group between alchemy fundamentals and sparring, where he urged the martial cultivators to fight without holding back and called out their openings.

• Tang Yan made Reach the Summit repeat the Extreme Six Forms, and the members collapsed in succession before taking Explosive Spirit Pills and Qi-Restoring Pills to recover.
• Tang Yan drove the group through more rounds, and Han Gong advanced from earth tier fourth grade to earth tier fifth grade.
• Tang Yan assigned the Alchemy Masters to practice alchemy fundamentals and the martial cultivators to spar with opponents no more than one grade apart.
• Tang Yan told the martial cultivators to stop holding back, explaining that exposing one another's weaknesses in training could save their lives in battle.
• Tang Yan called out openings for Fang Xuan, Shen Qingle, and Yu Juechen to exploit against their sparring partners, then advised the fallen Wan Fei to kick Yu Juechen in the crotch.

After a week of intense training, Tang Yan consolidated his earth tier fourth grade strength and successfully refined a Dragon Snake Pill. He then returned to the training grounds to teach Reach the Summit's Alchemy Masters, who had doubted what they could learn from him.

• Tang Yan trained Reach the Summit's members for a week, helping them break through bottlenecks while his own strength improved.
• Tang Yan left Fang Xuan to supervise the group and went to the secluded chamber to refine a Dragon Snake Pill.
• Tang Yan used the Supreme Pill Canon to fuse the ingredients and successfully made an emerald-green Dragon Snake Pill.
• Little Dot woke and tried to get the pill, but Tang Yan fed it an Explosive Spirit Pill instead; Little Dot ate it and went back to sleep.
• Tang Yan checked that the members were still training, then explained to Reach the Summit's Alchemy Masters how differences in technique and speed affected the quality and risk of pill refining.

Tang Yan demonstrated a rapid method for refining superior-quality Fast-Acting Qi-Boosting Pills, inspiring the Alchemy Masters to practice under his guidance. He then swallowed a Dragon Snake Pill at the Nine Nether Fire Sea and, after eight hours of painful cultivation, advanced to Earth Tier Fifth Grade.

• Tang Yan explained how to refine and fuse medicinal ingredients more efficiently, then produced six superior-quality Fast-Acting Qi-Boosting Pills in less than half an hour.
• The Alchemy Masters inspected the pills and were astonished by their quality and Tang Yan's speed.
• Tang Yan encouraged the Alchemy Masters to improve their ingredient control step by step and gave them detailed practice instructions.
• After guiding the Martial Artists in their cultivation, Tang Yan went to the fourth level of the Nine Nether Fire Sea and swallowed a Dragon Snake Pill.
• Tang Yan endured intense pain as his Dantian and meridians absorbed the surrounding Fire Spirit Power.
• After eight hours of cultivation, Tang Yan broke through to Earth Tier Fifth Grade.

Tang Yan advanced from earth tier fifth grade to ninth grade in the Nine Nether Fire Sea, while the Chu and Qiu families planned to target him and Azure Dragon Academy. He returned to find Zi Yun had trained their companions hard, raising their strength as the group prepared for what came next.

• Tang Yan entered the fifth level of the Nine Nether Fire Sea and spent a week cultivating until he reached earth tier sixth grade.
• The Chu and Qiu family heads discussed luring Tang Yan out of Azure Dragon Academy and threatening the academy's students in the Unowned Forest.
• After two months of cultivation, Tang Yan reached earth tier ninth grade and decided he needed outside training to stabilize his foundation.
• Tang Yan returned to Reach the Summit and found Zi Yun rigorously sparring with a young man and training the others.
• Tang Yan saw that Yang Jiayi had reached earth tier ninth grade, Zhao Sen had advanced to ninth grade, Yu Juechen to seventh, Wan Fei and Fang Xuan to sixth, and Han Gong to eighth.

Tang Yan learned that the Soul-Calming Flower and other needed ingredients would be auctioned in Ming City, but insisted on scouting the Chu Family alone before bringing Reach the Summit there. Meanwhile, Reach the Summit exchanged much of its wealth for Star Value and then offered rewards for information about Lin Dongxue's contacts, stirring Azure Dragon Academy.

• Du Shu told Tang Yan about the upcoming Gold-Digging Auction House auction in Ming City, and Tang Yan ordered him to exchange Star Value for silver to prepare for it.
• Yang Jiayi, Zhao Sen, Yu Juechen, Wan Fei, and Fang Xuan volunteered to go to Ming City, but Tang Yan ordered the group to keep cultivating while he investigated the Chu Family alone.
• Rumors spread at Azure Dragon Academy about the Chu Family's bounty on Tang Yan and his plan to destroy the family, while students considered joining Reach the Summit.
• Reach the Summit exchanged Star Value for silver at a rate of one Star Value per hundred taels, drawing a huge crowd and spending more than half its assets.
• Reach the Summit posted a notice offering pills and other rewards for information about who had contact with Lin Dongxue two and a half months earlier, causing an uproar at Azure Dragon Academy.

Tang Yan rewarded a student for information suggesting Lin Dongxue had gone out with a woman resembling Leng Ning, and he suspected Leng Ning had hurt Dongxue again. At Azure Dragon Academy, Chu Jiang confronted Dean Xiao Cangshan about his son's death, with the Qiu Family head beside him.

• News spread that Tang Yan was offering valuable pills for leads about Lin Dongxue, and public opinion of Reach the Summit improved.
• A student told Tang Yan he had seen Lin Dongxue go out with a woman two and a half months earlier, then received ten each of four kinds of Peerless Divine Pills.
• Tang Yan suspected Leng Ning had hurt Dongxue and vowed to make her answer for it.
• Chu Jiang and the Qiu Family head arrived at Azure Dragon Academy, where Chu Jiang demanded that Dean Xiao Cangshan explain his son's death.

Chu Jiang and Qiu Minghui failed to force the Azure Dragon Academy to hand over Tang Yan, then plotted to exploit his faction’s Reach the Summit. Tang Yan traveled in disguise to Ming City to obtain the Soul-Calming Flower, where a woman framed him for molesting her.

• Chu Jiang accused the Azure Dragon Academy of helping Tang Yan kill his son, while Qiu Minghui demanded Tang Yan be handed over and threatened the academy.
• Xiao Cangshan refused to surrender Tang Yan and warned Chu Jiang and Qiu Minghui that the academy would retaliate if they broke the Heaven Tier pact.
• After leaving, Chu Jiang and Qiu Minghui discussed a scheme involving Tang Yan’s Reach the Summit faction.
• Du Shu gave Tang Yan 1.8 billion taels of silver and three million taels of gold, and Tang Yan told him to watch Leng Ning while he went to Ming City for the Soul-Calming Flower.
• Tang Yan disguised himself and entered Ming City, where a woman tore her own clothes and accused him of groping her as six men approached.

Tang Yan saw through San Hu’s gang’s staged accusation and turned their extortion attempt against them. After defeating two of the men, he forced the woman and the rest of the gang to hand over their valuables.

• Tang Yan called out San Hu and his companions for pretending that he had molested the woman in order to extort him.
• Tang Yan revealed that San Hu and the woman were not siblings and accused them of having been together earlier.
• San Hu attacked Tang Yan, who slammed him headfirst into the ground until he lost consciousness.
• Zhao Heng charged Tang Yan and was also knocked unconscious after Tang Yan struck him repeatedly.
• Tang Yan demanded the woman’s necklace and bracelets, then took the gang’s storage artifact and ordered everyone else to surrender their possessions.

Tang Yan robbed Sanhu and Zhao Heng, then learned about Ming City's powers and the rules for entering the Gold-Digging Auction House. At the auction, he became interested in the Capture Fist after the Qiu Family bid on it.

• Tang Yan searched Sanhu and Zhao Heng, took their valuables, and warned their companions to surrender anything else they carried.
• Tang Yan asked an inn waiter about Ming City's major powers, the Chu Family's rumored Heaven Tier experts, and the price of admission to the auction.
• Tang Yan cultivated with an Explosive Spirit Pill while Little Dot slept, then paid for entry to the Gold-Digging Auction House.
• Wen Chen opened the auction, and bidders drove the price of the Capture Fist up to five hundred and seventy thousand taels.
• Tang Yan saw that the Qiu Family had bid on the Capture Fist and decided he suddenly wanted the cultivation method.

Tang Yan challenged the Qiu Family and the Chu Family at the Gold-Digging Auction House, paying steep prices for treasures he wanted. He won the cold flame flower after the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron reacted to it, leaving the two families angered by his bids.

• Tang Yan outbid the Qiu Family for a cultivation method at six hundred thousand taels, then ignored Grand Elder Qiu's warning.
• Tang Yan let the Yun Family win two Spirit Storage Pills, then bid two million taels for warm jade fruit to help save Lin Dongxue.
• Grand Elder Qiu threatened Tang Yan over the warm jade fruit, but Wen Chen reminded him to respect the auction house's rules before Tang Yan won the bidding.
• Tang Yan stayed silent through four items, then bid two million taels for the cold flame flower after the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron stirred.
• The Chu Family yielded the cold flame flower to Tang Yan, while Yun Liu chose not to compete against his high bids.
• Tang Yan received the cold flame flower and sensed its properties with his consciousness.

Tang Yan won the Soul-Calming Flower before the auction began bidding on Blood Spirit Essence. The final treasure’s owner, Young Master Ye, objected to receiving silver and demanded that Jin Mo find treasures that would please a woman instead.

• Tang Yan noticed that the Cold Flame Flower energized his meridians and stored it in the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron.
• The Chen, Zhang, Chu, and Yun Families competed for the Soul-Calming Flower until Tang Yan won it with a bid of thirty million taels.
• Wen Chen introduced Blood Spirit Essence, and the Chu, Yun, and Qiu Families began bidding with silver.
• Young Master Ye chastised Jin Mo for accepting silver bids instead of seeking treasures that would make a woman happy.
• Jin Mo left Young Master Ye’s private room, regretting that he had tried to court the favor of such a demanding patron.

At the auction, Jin Mo revealed that the Blood Spirit Essence belonged to a young man who wanted to trade it for an unusual treasure to please his beloved. Tang Yan defended the young man from the Chu Family’s Grand Elder, then watched as a woman realized the gemstones on the young man’s clothes surpassed her own offerings.

• Jin Mo stopped Wen Chen’s auction and announced that bids had to be unusual treasures suited to winning a woman’s favor, rather than silver or ordinary valuables.
• The Chu Family’s Grand Elder mocked the proposed exchange, and Tang Yan rebuked him by praising the Blood Spirit Essence owner’s devotion and refined tastes.
• A richly dressed young man emerged from a private room, invited Tang Yan for a drink, and confirmed that he owned the Blood Spirit Essence.
• The young man offered to trade it or other treasures for a suitable item, regardless of its value.
• A woman presented polished gemstones, but the young man asked her to compare them with the jade on his clothes; she recognized a Starlight stone and admitted she had made a fool of herself.

Tang Yan persuaded an infatuated young master to trade his Blood Spirit Essence for a Youth-Preserving Pill by claiming it would help win over the woman he loved. The old man inspecting the pill praised its extraordinary quality, though its promised effects remained unverified.

• Tang Yan mocked the treasures brought for appraisal while privately coveting several of them.
• After the young master suggested castrating every man to make himself unique, Tang Yan redirected him toward offering his beloved a beauty-enhancing pill.
• Tang Yan presented a Youth-Preserving Pill and persuaded the young master that preserving his beloved’s beauty would make an ideal gift.
• The young master traded his Blood Spirit Essence for the pill, while Tang Yan swore that his claims about its effects were true.
• The old man examined the pill and praised its flawless appearance and masterful shaping.

Tang Yan helped Feng Chenye secure a Youth-Preserving Pill and gave him a romantic poem to win over his beloved. After Feng Chenye befriended Tang Yan and invited him to the Northern Spirit Realm, Tang Yan revealed his identity as the man hunted by the Chu Family of Ming City.

• The old man examined the Youth-Preserving Pill and accepted it, while Feng Chenye thanked Tang Yan for helping him.
• Tang Yan advised Feng Chenye to use a poem and a carefully staged riverboat farewell to win his beloved's favor.
• Tang Yan recited a poem about Bamboo Bridge, impressing Feng Chenye and the people in the auction house.
• Feng Chenye invited Tang Yan to drink and urged him to visit the Northern Spirit Realm, then gave him a jade token bearing his name, Chenye.
• When Feng Chenye and the old man recognized Tang Yan's name as that of the man pursued by the Chu Family of Ming City, Tang Yan revealed his true appearance.

Tang Yan asked Feng Chenye to help him obtain the divine soul grass and twin harmony fruit needed to awaken Lin Dongxue. After Tang Yan revealed his connection to Shen Shan, Feng Chenye and Elder Fan agreed to approach the Artifact Pavilion for the rare herb.

• Tang Yan explained that he wanted to settle his feud with the Chu Family and Qiu Family himself, then asked Feng Chenye to help find ingredients to awaken Lin Dongxue.
• Elder Fan said the Fengyun Clan had twin harmony fruit and that the Artifact Pavilion likely possessed divine soul grass, which would be difficult to obtain.
• Tang Yan gave Feng Chenye Beauty Pills, Origin Qi Pills, and Blood-Coagulating Pills, and told Elder Fan he was an Alchemy Master trained by a departed master.
• Tang Yan showed them Shen Shan's Artifact Dagger and asked Feng Chenye to deliver a letter to the Artifact Pavilion seeking divine soul grass.
• Elder Fan learned Tang Yan had helped cure Shen Shan's grandson, Shen He, and promised that he and Feng Chenye would visit the Artifact Pavilion and secure the needed ingredients.

Tang Yan learned that Old Master Shen had given him the legendary Wuxie Sword, and Elder Fan recognized its extraordinary materials and power. After Tang Yan left, Elder Fan explained why he wanted the Fengyun Clan to befriend him, while Feng Chenye resolved to improve himself before pursuing Meng Yao.

• Feng Chenye and Elder Fan recognized Tang Yan’s heavy sword as the Nine-Five Supreme Wuxie Sword, and Elder Fan explained its materials and Heaven Tier potential.
• Elder Fan could not sense Tang Yan’s strength, and Tang Yan said he had just reached Earth Tier Ninth Grade.
• After Tang Yan departed, Feng Chenye learned that the twin harmony fruit was one of the Fengyun Clan’s ten highest-ranked spirit herbs and worried about his father punishing him for giving it away.
• Elder Fan praised Tang Yan’s abilities and said befriending him could benefit the Fengyun Clan in the future.
• Elder Fan urged Feng Chenye to study and train before seeking Meng Yao, and Feng Chenye promised to mend his ways.

Tang Yan was pursued through the Unowned Forest by the Chu Grand Elder and his elite guards, but he used his speed and skill to kill five guards and seize an Azure Crane. He flew away laughing, leaving the Chu forces stunned by his Earth tier ninth grade cultivation.

• The Chu Grand Elder learned Tang Yan was missing and led an armed pursuit toward Azure Dragon Academy on three Azure Cranes.
• Tang Yan encountered the Chu forces in the Unowned Forest and taunted the Grand Elder before fleeing to avoid being surrounded.
• The Chu Grand Elder ordered his men to block Tang Yan, and two Azure Cranes moved ahead to cut off his escape.
• Tang Yan leapt onto one Azure Crane, disarmed five guards, and killed them with his Heavy Sword.
• Tang Yan took a Beast-Taming Bracelet and used it to ride the Azure Crane away as the Grand Elder realized Tang Yan was Earth tier ninth grade.

Tang Yan used the Grand Elder Chu’s own stone attacks to kill the Chu Family guards and their Azure Crane, then kept fleeing while preparing a poison for his pursuer. Grand Elder Chu continued closing in as Tang Yan taunted him, leaving their chase unresolved.

• Grand Elder Chu pursued Tang Yan and hurled stones at his Spirit Crane, but Tang Yan deflected the attacks with the Wuxie Sword.
• Tang Yan redirected the stones toward Grand Elder Chu and the six men on the other Azure Crane, killing the crane and sending the men falling.
• Tang Yan struck at Grand Elder Chu with an iron sword, forcing him to defend himself while off balance.
• Tang Yan scattered Spirit-Dispersing Powder behind him as he led Grand Elder Chu higher into the sky.
• Grand Elder Chu’s Azure Crane King began to close the distance, and Tang Yan mocked him over the failed ambush and his dead guards.

Tang Yan enraged the Chu Grand Elder, poisoned him, and caused his Azure Crane to lose the ability to fly. As they fell toward the ground, Tang Yan pursued him and waited for the landing before fighting.

• The Chu Grand Elder threatened to kill Tang Yan and his companions and target their families, prompting Tang Yan to turn cold with anger.
• Tang Yan used up his Spirit-Dispersing Powder, then urinated on the pursuing Chu Grand Elder from his Azure Crane.
• The Chu Grand Elder struck the stream aside, unknowingly spreading the powder’s effects and slowing the circulation of his true qi.
• The Chu Grand Elder’s Azure Crane lost the ability to fly and plunged from nearly a thousand meters up, while Tang Yan explained that the crane had absorbed the powder.
• Tang Yan rode after the falling Chu Grand Elder and said he would wait until they hit the ground before fighting him.
• As the ground rushed closer, the Chu Grand Elder felt the hairs on his back stand on end.

Tang Yan killed the Chu Family's Grand Elder, refined the Blood Spirit Essence to advance his Qi Meridian Transformation, and carried the corpse to Ming City. By morning, the Grand Elder's death and Tang Yan's threat to destroy the Chu Family had spread throughout the city.

• Tang Yan knocked Chu Grand Elder from the Azure Crane, beat him unconscious, and killed him with a dagger.
• Tang Yan considered allying with the Yun Family against the Chu and Qiu Families, then fed Little Dot a tiny piece of Blood Spirit Essence.
• Tang Yan swallowed the rest of the Blood Spirit Essence and endured its pain as he cultivated the Qi Meridian Transformation.
• Tang Yan assessed his improved strength, disguised himself, and carried Chu Grand Elder's corpse to Ming City.
• Tang Yan heard that Chu Grand Elder had been stripped and hung in the square, and that people across Ming City knew of his death and his threat against the Chu Family.