Chapter Summaries

Tang Yan pleased Rao Baoyue with a handmade dress and high heels, while Fang Xuan organized a group to search the Spirit Wasteland for the missing Brother Yan. The next day, Tang Yan and his companions headed to Main Peak for Spirit Cliff Cave to open.

• Tang Yan gave Rao Baoyue a fitted dress and high heels, and she tried them on and asked him to make more.
• Fang Xuan told the Medicine Valley council that Brother Yan had been missing for a month and a half and planned a search party for the Spirit Wasteland.
• Fang Xuan selected companions for the expedition and rejected several applicants, but allowed Zi Yun and Lin Dongxue to join.
• Lin Dongxue declared that Brother Yan anchored her feelings, then advanced to Ninth Grade of King Rank and won permission to go.
• Fang Xuan told the group to prepare to depart in half a month if Brother Yan had not returned.
• On the fifteenth, Tang Yan, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao followed Sun Long toward Main Peak as Spirit Cliff Cave opened.

Tang Yan and the Clear Sky Peak disciples attended the Pill Alliance’s Spirit Cliff Cave assessment, where Alliance Leader Lin Jiuyuan explained the rules and sent them into the Secret Realm. The seven-day competition began with strict bans on harming others and entering the God-Shocking Courtyard.

• Yan Biao and Tong Banzhi joked about the insults directed at them, while Tang Yan reassured them with his self-hypnosis victory method.
• The thirteen peak masters arrived, and Rao Baoyue’s outfit drew attention and prompted an argument with Feng Xueying before the Grand Elder stopped them.
• Lin Jiuyuan explained that disciples would gather medicinal ingredients for points, with rewards for the top Pill Peaks and individuals and punishment for anyone scoring below fifteen points.
• The disciples surrendered their Storage Spaces and received special Storage Rings and herb-gathering tools.
• Lin Jiuyuan forbade killing, harming others, and entering the God-Shocking Courtyard, then sent everyone into Spirit Cliff Cave for seven days.

During the Pill Alliance competition at Spirit Cliff Cave, Tang Yan followed his fellow Pill Peak disciples into the forbidden God-Shocking Courtyard after they decided they had little to gain from competing. A strange alchemist-robed woman lured him close and struck him with a blow he could not evade, then beckoned him back to hear a secret.

• At the Front Peak meeting, Rao Baoyue defended her disciples against the elders’ criticism and insisted their rankings would prove their worth.
• After arriving at Spirit Cliff Cave, Sun Long and the Pill Peak disciples decided to enter the forbidden courtyard so they could avoid spending seven days gathering herbs for no reward.
• Yan Biao led Tang Yan into God-Shocking Courtyard, but a barrier kept Sun Long and the other disciples outside.
• Tang Yan explored the abandoned front courtyard and then went to the rear courtyard after an alchemist-robed woman called him over.
• The woman slapped Tang Yan flying, and he realized through the Eye of Truth that she seemed human but was not; she then invited him closer again to hear a secret.

Tang Yan encountered the Medicine Spirit Heavenly Venerable’s divine soul in the God-Shocking Courtyard, but fled after she slapped him three times. His false claim that she gave him a profound herb drew other disciples inside, and Ge Zhengyan organized them into a queue as the crowd prepared to enter.

• Tang Yan discovered that the woman in the courtyard was the Medicine Spirit Heavenly Venerable, who sought soul-wisdom grass to refine a Primal Chaos Soul-Replenishing Saint Pill, but she slapped him again and he ran out.
• In the Pill Alliance’s Great Hall, Lin Jiuyuan rebuked Rao Baoyue for her disciples entering the forbidden courtyard, where a Heavenly Venerable’s evil thoughts were sealed.
• Tang Yan told Sun Long that the woman had praised him and given him a profound herb, prompting Sun Long and then Tong Banzhi to enter and emerge with the same supposed reward.
• Yan Biao went inside for a profound herb, while Sun Long and Tong Banzhi hurried him away before he could reveal what happened.
• The crowd decided to enter the courtyard, and Ge Zhengyan calmed the argument by arranging the disciples in order by their Pill Peaks, with Spirit Flame Peak first.

Tang Yan and the other Clear Sky Peak disciples escaped the God-Shocking Courtyard trick after Tang Yan’s warning was blocked, then hunted Spirit Herbs to build their competition points. After Tang Yan killed a Forest Wraith Spider and found Sandalwood Spirit Vines, he began helping his senior brothers raise their scores, while keeping his own gains secret.

• The Pill Peak disciples realized Clear Sky Peak had tricked them into entering the courtyard, so Ge Zhengyan warned everyone away and sent them to search for medicinal herbs.
• Tang Yan and the other three fled into the mountains, where Tang Yan spotted and killed a Forest Wraith Spider that had nearly struck Tong Banzhi.
• The four found five Sandalwood Spirit Vines, and Tang Yan gave Sun Long four of them, raising Sun Long’s score to eight points.
• Tang Yan claimed his Natal God could melt medicinal herbs and said the group would prioritize getting each senior brother to fifteen points.
• Tang Yan harvested the spider’s Beast Core, gained two points from it, and led the group onward to search for more Spirit Herbs.

Tang Yan led Sun Long, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao through Spirit Cliff Cave, identifying medicinal herbs and protecting them from a Poison Thorn Python. They eventually found the Demon Miasma Tree, whose ripe fruits drew their attention.

• Tang Yan found Yin-Yang Rootless Grass by a stream and distributed the seven stalks among the group for points.
• Tang Yan uncovered Fire Phosphorus Bamboo Shoots beneath Heavenly Yang Stones and divided them among the others.
• Sun Long recognized the hallucinogenic mist of a forest as a sign of a Demon Miasma Tree, and Tang Yan led the group inside.
• A Poison Thorn Python ambushed Tong Banzhi and wounded him, but Tang Yan and the others killed it when it attacked again.
• Tang Yan and the others fought two more Beast Kings and found a large Demon Miasma Tree bearing ripe crimson fruit.

Tang Yan led Sun Long, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao through the Secret Realm, using his knowledge of medicinal plants to find rare ingredients. The Pill Alliance elders watched as the Clear Sky Peak disciples climbed the rankings, while Rao Baoyue grew proud of Tang Yan and regretted how she had treated him.

• Tang Yan collected a Demon Miasma Tree Fruit for Yan Biao, then gathered enough fruit to bring his own score to sixteen points and uprooted the tree.
• Tang Yan offered Sun Long, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao the choice to stay behind or follow him; all three chose to continue with him.
• The Pill Alliance elders saw Sun Long, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao tied for first place with sixteen points each, while Tang Yan had two points.
• Tang Yan identified a suitable cliff habitat for Frost Crystal Spirit Tea, and Sun Long and Tong Banzhi found plants that Tang Yan collected for his master.
• Tang Yan found Ice Soul Hoof beneath the cliff pool and explained its medicinal properties; the others searched and recovered seven plants.
• Yan Biao returned to the pool to catch Ice Fish, while the elders praised Tang Yan’s herb knowledge and wondered why his points had not risen.

Tang Yan led the others through Spirit Cliff Cave, catching ice fish and identifying valuable medicinal resources by studying the landscape. The chapter ended with him uncovering a Jade Leaf Ant nest and finding a huge honey-colored crystal inside.

• The elders suspected Tang Yan had hidden a Storage Space after noticing that the herbs he received had not increased his score, and they planned to question him when he emerged.
• Yan Biao caught an ice fish, and Tang Yan suggested the group gather ingredients for a feast as they traveled.
• Tang Yan explained how Chuanjin Trees attracted lightning and guided the others to uncover twenty-six thunder thick mushrooms beneath their roots.
• Tang Yan recognized jade leaf purple clay, identified a nearby Jade Leaf Ant nest, and uncovered a washbasin-sized honey-colored crystal in its food-storage area.

Tang Yan and his three senior brothers ate jade leaf honey and searched Spirit Cliff Cave for treasures while the Pill Alliance elders watched. After finding signs of a Red-Blade Leopard Tiger, Tang Yan led them deeper into its valley to look for fire qilin grass, and the tiger began stalking them.

• Tang Yan cut up the jade leaf honey, shared some with Sun Long, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao, and ate the rest, reaching the middle stage of the Supreme Venerable Realm.
• Tang Yan collected jade leaf purple clay to make porcelain for his master while his senior brothers refined their honey.
• Rao Baoyue watched Tang Yan's consideration for her and promised to reduce his ten-year sentence by at least half.
• Sun Long, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao finished refining the honey, improving their strength before setting out with Tang Yan again.
• Tang Yan identified signs of a Red-Blade Leopard Tiger and led the group deeper into the valley to search for fire qilin grass.
• A Red-Blade Leopard Tiger crept behind Tang Yan and the others as they entered its hunting range.

Tang Yan traded two Ice Fish for Fire Qilin Grass from a Red-Blade Leopard Tiger, then led the group through the night to a strangely silent willow grove. The chapter ended with Tang Yan warning that the grove’s unnatural quiet might be caused by outside interference.

• Tang Yan stopped the Red-Blade Leopard Tiger from attacking Yan Biao, then offered it Ice Fish in exchange for two stalks of Fire Qilin Grass.
• Tang Yan told the Red-Blade Leopard Tiger to remain in its den and avoid attacking people, and he left with Yan Biao, Tong Banzhi, and Sun Long.
• The group gathered medicinal ingredients throughout the day, then Yan Biao prepared a barbecue beside a stream while the Pill Alliance elders watched them through the jade disc.
• After eating, Tang Yan led the group into a Shadowy Willow Grove and ordered everyone to stay quiet and suppress their auras.
• Tang Yan pointed out that no insects were chirping and suggested that the grove’s eerie silence might come from outside interference.

Tang Yan deduced that the Shadowy Willow Grove might shelter ghost-faced spirit ginseng and set a trap to lure it out. After Tian Guangchen’s team left, Tang Yan and his companions activated a Yin-Gathering Formation, and a ghost-faced spirit ginseng appeared in the pit.

• Tang Yan explained that the Shadowy Willow Grove’s baleful yin energy could attract ghost-faced spirit ginseng, then began preparing bait when he noticed people approaching.
• Lin Jiuyuan and the Pill Alliance elders discussed Tang Yan’s deduction, while Feng Xueying doubted that he had found the herb.
• Tian Guangchen confronted Tang Yan and the others about the God-Shocking Courtyard, but believed Yan Biao’s excuse about burying a dead rock and left with his team.
• Tang Yan and his companions laughed together, then formed a Yin-Gathering Formation and hid their auras to lure the herb out.
• A baby-faced ghost-faced spirit ginseng emerged in the pit and danced within the formation.

Tang Yan captured a ghost-faced spirit ginseng and impressed the Pill Alliance elders with his herb-gathering and formation skills. On the fifth day, he helped injured disciples from Glazed Peak and Star-Welcoming Peak, then asked Yan Yongqi to sell him their remaining spoils so Clear Sky Peak could gain points.

• Tang Yan trapped and captured the ghost-faced spirit ginseng, while Lin Jiuyuan and the elders watched and discussed his abilities.
• The Pill Alliance elders decided to record Tang Yan and his companions gathering herbs for future instruction.
• Tang Yan's group reached a swamp where Glazed Peak and Star-Welcoming Peak disciples had defeated four swamp-armored crocodiles, leaving four disciples severely injured.
• Tang Yan refused to give away his Void-Quelling Qi-Boosting Pills for free, negotiated a trade for five profound ice lotuses, and fed the pills to the injured disciples.
• Tang Yan offered Yan Yongqi thirty-six low-grade spirit stones for the remaining lotuses, crocodile spoils, and essence blood, saying he wanted to raise Clear Sky Peak's points and bring honor to their master.

Tang Yan persuaded fellow disciples to sell him their medicinal herbs, then joined them at a mysterious pillar of light that might mark the Demonic Spirit Tomb. The peak leaders gathered to investigate and began digging after their attempts to move the unusual soil failed.

• Tang Yan convinced Yan Yongqi, Chen Xiaojun, Sun Long, and others to swear secrecy and sell him medicinal herbs for spirit stones.
• On the sixth day, Tang Yan and his companions flew toward a distant pillar of multicolored light and waited as disciples from other peaks gathered.
• Lin Jiuyuan recognized that the phenomenon might mark the Demonic Spirit Tomb, where the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable could be buried.
• The leaders of the other twelve peaks agreed to cooperate, but their energy techniques could not move the soil around the pillar, so they began digging.
• Ge Zhengyan spotted Tang Yan and his three companions at the edge of the gathering and beckoned them over.

Ge Zhengyan’s group uncovered a coffin beneath the pillar of light, which Lin Jiuyuan identified as the Resurrection Coffin of the supposedly dead Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable. The coffin released treasures that the disciples scrambled to seize, while Tang Yan sensed invisible currents of energy spreading through the area.

• Ge Zhengyan ordered Sun Long and the other Clear Sky Peak disciples to dig, but they refused after he offered them only low-grade spirit stones.
• Ge Zhengyan had disciples from the other Pill Peaks dig for hours until they exposed a smooth black coffin beneath the earth.
• Lin Jiuyuan recognized it as the Resurrection Coffin and warned that opening it could release the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable, then ordered the elders to prepare to kill him.
• Tian Guangchen and Geng Yunjian persuaded the other peak leaders that the coffin’s light signaled goodwill, and they ordered the coffin fully uncovered.
• The coffin blazed with light and scattered medicinal herbs and Magic Treasures, prompting the disciples to scramble for them.
• Sun Long asked whether they should join the scramble, while Tang Yan scanned the area and sensed countless invisible currents of energy.

A black-robed man emerged from the coffin and trapped the disciples inside a deadly formation, growing stronger as he devoured their Essence Blood. Tang Yan realized he and his three companions were not connected to the formation, and the man allowed the four of them to leave.

• The black-robed man rose from the coffin, and disciples who tried to escape through the light barrier exploded into bloody mist that he consumed.
• Ge Zhengyan ordered the disciples to attack, but their strikes vanished near the coffin and the man killed a Snowfeather Peak disciple at close range.
• Wu Hongtu told everyone to stay still after noticing the man could not harm them while they remained inside the circle.
• Rao Baoyue and Lin Jiuyuan concluded that the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable was searching for a way to activate the lethal formation.
• Tang Yan used the Eye of Truth to discover that he and his three companions were not linked to the formation, and inferred their untouched status had kept them unmarked.
• The black-robed man spared Tang Yan, Yan Biao, Sun Long, and Tong Banzhi, and Sun Long called the four to retreat.

Tang Yan learned that the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable planned to use the killing formation and recruit him into the Demon Sect, but refused to let the ancient demon escape. After the Heavenly Venerable struck him down, Tang Yan realized the attack had weakened the bloody mist around him and resolved to wear him down.

• The Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable revealed that the formation had marked everyone except Tang Yan and his companions, and offered them a chance to leave.
• The Heavenly Venerable transferred the four companions’ auras onto the Blue-Robed Young Man, who tried to escape and was killed by the barrier.
• Lin Jiuyuan reassured the elders that Tang Yan and his companions should not be blamed for trying to survive, and the thirteen elders vowed to stop the Heavenly Venerable.
• Tang Yan deduced that the Heavenly Venerable wanted to consume his companions’ essence blood to escape, and refused his offer to join the Demon Sect.
• Tang Yan attacked with his heavy sword, took a bloody palm strike, and secretly noticed that the blow had weakened the Heavenly Venerable’s bloody mist.
• The Heavenly Venerable asked Tang Yan once more whether he would join the Demon Sect.

Tang Yan repeatedly stood against the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable, whose attacks nearly killed him but weakened the bloody mist surrounding him. After Tang Yan rose once more and baited another palm strike, the Heavenly Venerable leaned over the coffin in disbelief.

• Tang Yan charged the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable again, declaring that he would protect the Human Clan despite the disciples’ earlier abandonment of him.
• Tang Yan’s All Living Beings strike resonated with heaven and earth, but the Heavenly Venerable’s Crimson Blood Giant Palm blasted him into a crater.
• The disciples gave Tang Yan healing pills, while Lin Jiuyuan and the elders praised him and resolved to honor him in the Ancestral Hall.
• Tang Yan awakened, realized his sword strike had greatly weakened the bloody mist, and challenged the Heavenly Venerable again.
• Tang Yan survived another palm strike and baited out one more by calling his next attack his final strike.
• The Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable leaned over the coffin in shock when Tang Yan shakily stood up yet again.

Tang Yan fought the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable, survived a devastating attack with Filial Son’s help, and subdued him. He forced the Heavenly Venerable to swear allegiance to the Human Clan, then sealed him back in the coffin for future use.

• Tang Yan revealed his mid-stage Supreme Venerable Realm strength and battled the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable with All Living Beings.
• The Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable unleashed a deadly blood palm, which cracked Tang Yan’s Natal God Cauldron before its explosion severely injured him.
• Filial Son restored Tang Yan’s life force, allowing him to rise and defeat the weakened Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable.
• Tang Yan used the Soul-Thought Gu to form a connection with the Heavenly Venerable and ordered him to dispel the Killing Formation.
• Tang Yan made the Heavenly Venerable swear allegiance to the Human Clan, then sealed him in the coffin as the others buried it.

After Tang Yan helped seal the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable, the Pill Alliance elders celebrated his achievement, while Rao Baoyue embarrassed them by displaying her Dragon Pillar. The Spirit Cliff Cave disciples pooled their herbs to help Tang Yan win first place, and he set off to explore more of the realm.

• Lin Jiuyuan and the elders concluded that the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable was sealed and praised Tang Yan for saving the Pill Alliance.
• Rao Baoyue offered Lin Jiuyuan her Dragon Pillar, prompting him and the Grand Elder to tell her to put it away.
• The elders learned Tang Yan was a Supreme Venerable Realm expert, and Rao Baoyue refused Lin Jiuyuan's offer to teach him alchemy at Main Peak.
• Ge Zhengyan urged the Spirit Cliff Cave disciples to give Tang Yan their saved herbs, and leaders from the Twelve Peaks handed him their Profound Herbs to help him take first place.
• Tang Yan thanked the disciples, then left with Sun Long and two others to explore unvisited areas while Ge Zhengyan's group searched for more herbs.

Tang Yan discovered and collected a Soul-Wisdom Grass hidden in the clouds, then returned to the starting point and went to the God-Shocking Courtyard. His second visit left Lin Jiuyuan and the elders worried as the woman beckoned him inside.

• Tang Yan used a formation to disperse the clouds and revealed a Soul-Wisdom Grass floating in the cloud sea.
• Tang Yan caught the Soul-Wisdom Grass, showed it to Sun Long, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao, then stored it in the Chaos Space.
• Tang Yan and his senior brothers collected sixteen more kinds of Spirit Herbs on their way back to the starting point.
• Tang Yan left his senior brothers and headed to the God-Shocking Courtyard, alarming Lin Jiuyuan and the elders.
• Tang Yan entered the dark rear courtyard, where the woman beckoned him from a window and promised to give him Profound Herbs.