Chapter Summaries

Du Shu presented a three-step plan to grow the Myriad Pill Tower by promoting its Pill Dao orthodoxy, improving its pill selection, and strengthening its marketing. Lu Fengzong and Ma Tengyun approved his strategy, accepted his explanation of his background, and prepared to put him in charge.

• Du Shu argued that the Myriad Pill Tower needed a distinct brand and proposed honoring the Medicine Spirit Heavenly Venerable as its founding ancestor while claiming the Tower represented true Pill Dao orthodoxy.
• Du Shu proposed having Myriad Pill Tower disciples challenge Clear Sky Peak and publicizing a victory as proof of the Tower's superiority.
• Du Shu urged the Tower to improve support for Alchemy Masters, acquire specialty pill formulas, and end robbery and plundering to repair its reputation.
• Du Shu recommended membership programs and marketing campaigns, predicting the Tower could claim thirty percent of the Spirit Wilderness Realm's pill market within six months and forty percent within a year.
• Lu Fengzong and Ma Tengyun approved Du Shu's plan, and Du Shu explained that he had come from the Northern Spirit Realm to do business.
• Lu Fengzong arranged a banquet to introduce Du Shu, while Ma Tengyun took him to tour the Myriad Pill Tower and meet its hall leaders.

The Myriad Pill Tower challenged the Pill Alliance's Clear Sky Peak to a disciple contest, while Tang Yan discussed the Tower's rising influence with Yingyu. Jun Ting confronted Tang Yan over his closeness with Yingyu, but Tang Yan returned to Clear Sky Peak after Yingyu stopped Jun Ting's attack.

• Mu Kaiyong arrived at the Pill Alliance and challenged Clear Sky Peak to a disciple contest scheduled for the next day.
• Yingyu told Tang Yan that the Myriad Pill Tower was claiming Pill Dao orthodoxy and using discounts and passwords to attract customers, and Tang Yan recognized the strategy behind its campaign.
• Jun Ting arrived at Yingyu's courtyard, questioned Tang Yan about spending the night with her, and challenged him to fight.
• Tang Yan explained that he and Yingyu had discussed the Dantian and meridians, then tried to leave after receiving a message from his sect.
• Jun Ting attacked Tang Yan, but Yingyu blocked the strike and rebuked Jun Ting; Tang Yan then returned to Clear Sky Peak.

Yingyu defended Tang Yan against Jun Ting, while Qinglan sent Jun Ting away and expected him to learn humility by observing Tang Yan. Tang Yan learned that his family was alive and prepared with Clear Sky Peak for a public alchemy contest against the Myriad Pill Tower.

• Yingyu rebuked Jun Ting for insulting Tang Yan, and Qinglan used a Paper Crane to send Jun Ting away after comparing him unfavorably with Tang Yan.
• Qinglan told Yingyu that Jun Ting might observe Tang Yan and curb his arrogance, while Yingyu thanked her for intervening.
• Tang Yan read Feng Chenye's letter, learning that his father was in the Southern Region and that his parents and brothers were alive, though their exact whereabouts remained unknown.
• Rao Baoyue told Tang Yan that the Myriad Pill Tower had challenged Clear Sky Peak, and Tang Yan explained that the rival tower hoped to bolster its claim as the Pill Dao Orthodoxy.
• Tang Yan teased Yan Biao about his extravagant appearance before the Myriad Pill Tower delegation arrived at the Main Peak and Mu Kaiyong instructed Pan Hao to criticize Clear Sky Peak's alchemy.
• Rao Baoyue led Tang Yan and her other disciples from Clear Sky Peak toward the Main Peak as the contest approached.

Tang Yan overwhelmed the Myriad Pill Tower’s five contestants by refining six Immortality Pills through Mixed Refining. After Mu Kaiyong tried to dismiss the loss and challenge Clear Sky Peak’s other disciples, Yan Biao and Tong Banzhi stepped forward, and Tang Yan urged Rao Baoyue to have them refine the Ninth-Grade Netherworld-Connecting Pill.

• Rao Baoyue accepted Mu Kaiyong’s challenge, and Bai Qing announced that five Myriad Pill Tower disciples could challenge Tang Yan in a pill-refining contest.
• Tang Yan mocked the five contestants’ techniques, then refined dozens of medicinal herbs simultaneously while they struggled to finish.
• Tang Yan produced six Immortality Pills, and Mu Kaiyong admitted they were excellent before claiming his disciples had been told not to win the first round.
• Mu Kaiyong challenged Clear Sky Peak’s other disciples, arguing that Tang Yan’s superior rank made the first contest unfair.
• Yan Biao and Tong Banzhi volunteered to compete, and Tang Yan told Rao Baoyue to have them refine the Ninth-Grade Netherworld-Connecting Pill.

Tong Banzhi and Yan Biao defeated the Myriad Pill Tower’s disciples, bringing Clear Sky Peak’s victory to the Pill Alliance. Later, Xu Mao and Tong Chengxian entered Dream Lord Tower using a countersign and activated a stone statue, whose eyes opened.

• Rao Baoyue let Tong Banzhi and Yan Biao compete against five Myriad Pill Tower disciples after Tang Yan signaled his approval.
• Tong Banzhi and Yan Biao refined superior ninth-tier Netherpassage Pills, and Clear Sky Peak won the contest.
• Mu Kaiyong left with the Myriad Pill Tower disciples after threatening to return, while Bai Qing promised to publicize the Pill Alliance’s victory.
• Rao Baoyue praised Tong Banzhi and Yan Biao, learned Tang Yan had taught them, and assigned Tang Yan to teach Clear Sky disciples’ Pill Dao lessons.
• Sun Long asked Tang Yan to teach him alchemy, and Tang Yan agreed.
• Xu Mao and Tong Chengxian entered Dream Lord Tower’s Immortal Guest in the Clouds room, placed a bead in a stone statue’s hand, and watched its eyes open.

Xu Mao and Tong Chengxian reported that the Divine Pills Association wanted to join the Divine Clan, and Flying Thunder went to consult the Great Guardian. Meanwhile, Du Shu discovered that the Pill Alliance’s remarkable alchemist was his old acquaintance Brother Yan, while Lin Dongxue brought news of a new book that might be intended for their group.

• Xu Mao told Flying Thunder that the Divine Pills Association wanted to defect from the Pill Alliance and join the Divine Clan, and Flying Thunder verified the report with a Soul-Searching Pearl before leaving to meet the Great Guardian.
• Rao Baoyue, Tong Banzhi, and Yan Biao gained recognition in the Pill Alliance, while Sun Long trained hard to avoid being exposed as less accomplished than people assumed.
• Mu Kaiyong confronted the Demon Sect leaders over faulty intelligence about Clear Sky Peak, and Du Shu recognized Brother Yan in a recording of the Pill Alliance competition.
• Du Shu refused to punish Zheng Qingshi for the intelligence failure and instead praised the unexpected reversal, while Lu Fengzong let the Intelligence Hall off with a warning.
• Lin Dongxue gathered everyone and said Feng Chenye’s new book, The First Sage of Pill Dao, might have been written for their group.

Fang Xuan learned that Tang Yan was at the Pill Alliance while Du Shu resolved to strengthen his standing in the Demon Sect for Reach the Summit’s sake. At the Pill Alliance, Chen Yu defeated the Sword Alliance’s Qin Wei in a sword duel, and another young man stepped forward to challenge him.

• Fang Xuan told Du Shu that Young Master Feng’s book could help them find Tang Yan, but Du Shu revealed Tang Yan was at the Pill Alliance and described the Demon Sect’s challenge there.
• Fang Xuan advised Du Shu to build influence in the Demon Sect and turn the Myriad Pill Tower’s staff toward loyalty to him; Du Shu agreed, while Fang Xuan planned to send Lei Yu to contact Tang Yan.
• Lu Ruiqing visited the Pill Alliance to offer it a place in the Heavenly Wailing Ruins Secret Realm expedition, asking it to prioritize the Sword Alliance if they found a Sword Saint Inheritance.
• Qin Wei challenged Chen Yu at Skill-Questioning Cliff, but Chen Yu’s Star River overwhelmed Qin Wei’s Clouds Aligned and left him injured.
• Lu Ruiqing urged Lin Jiuyuan to let Chen Yu join the Sword Alliance, but Lin Jiuyuan refused; then a tall young man from the Sword Alliance stepped forward and challenged Chen Yu to take a strike.

Chen Yu claimed that Tang Yan surpassed the Sword Alliance’s younger generation, prompting Jun Ting to challenge him. Tang Yan defeated Jun Ting’s Torrent with a basic sword strike and then sent him flying with Comrades in Arms.

• Jun Ting defeated Chen Yu’s Star River after suppressing his cultivation to the late Dominion Realm.
• Chen Yu praised Tang Yan’s swordsmanship, and the Sword Alliance members asked to meet him.
• Tang Yan agreed to face Jun Ting after Lu Ruiqing offered him a place in the Heavenly Wailing Ruins Secret Realm expedition if he won.
• Tang Yan split Jun Ting’s Torrent with a basic sword strike, and Lu Ruiqing declared Jun Ting the loser.
• Jun Ting demanded another test, and Tang Yan’s Comrades in Arms sent him flying.

Tang Yan rejected Lu Ruiqing’s invitation to join the Sword Alliance and reaffirmed his commitment to the Pill Alliance. In Connecting-Heaven City, Du Shu persuaded the Myriad Pill Tower’s leadership to adopt a customer-service plan, and he left determined to use his achievements to advance a larger scheme.

• Tang Yan declined Lu Ruiqing’s offer to join the Sword Alliance, and Lu Ruiqing reminded him to arrive there before the twenty-ninth for the Heavenly Wailing Ruins Secret Realm.
• Du Shu presented the Myriad Pill Tower leadership with a customer-service plan, but Ma Tengyun and other elders objected that the approach would undermine the Tower’s prestige.
• Du Shu argued that better service would attract customers, increase revenue, and improve staff wages, and Lu Fengzong approved the proposal.
• The Myriad Pill Tower leadership unanimously adopted the plan and ordered its shops to implement it within seven days, with inspections by headquarters.
• As he walked back to his residence, Du Shu resolved to use the plan’s success to introduce an alchemy master development system and turn the Tower’s debt of gratitude into one owed to him.

Rao Baoyue and Tang Yan captured Divine Clan envoys and learned the location of the clan’s hidden headquarters in Jiwang Valley. They devised a plan to infiltrate the Divine Clan and prepare a coordinated strike, and Lin Jiuyuan agreed to support the operation with experts from the great houses.

• Rao Baoyue and Tang Yan followed Xu Mao to Xiaoye Mountain, where Rao Baoyue incapacitated Flying Thunder and Tang Yan defeated Fankong.
• Tang Yan questioned Flying Thunder, who revealed that the Divine Clan’s headquarters was in Jiwang Valley, guarded by the Heaven and Earth Realm expert Sunken Whale and concealed behind the Extreme Martial Sect.
• Tang Yan proposed luring Sunken Whale into a trap by sending Alchemy Masters to He City and having Flying Thunder invite the Great Guardian to meet them; Rao Baoyue agreed to proceed.
• Rao Baoyue and Flying Thunder resumed their negotiations, agreeing that the Divine Pills Association’s members would arrive in He City over two months while Rao Baoyue took on a Gold Envoy role.
• Rao Baoyue presented the plan to Lin Jiuyuan and the Twelve Peaks’ elders, and Lin Jiuyuan ordered the Third Elder to accompany her while asking the other great houses to send Heaven and Earth Realm experts.

Lin Dongxue and Zi Yun reached the Academy seeking Feng Chenye, but learned he had left to temper himself in the mortal world with Meng Yao. Wang Ran told them Tang Yan was at the Pill Alliance’s Clear Sky Peak, and Lin Dongxue was challenged by Qin Wei after criticizing his victories.

• Lin Dongxue and Zi Yun proved they were Feng Chenye’s old friends by correctly naming Tang Yan as his closest friend, and the guard brought them to Wang Ran.
• Wang Ran told the women that Feng Chenye and Meng Yao had gone to temper themselves in the mortal world, and that Tang Yan was a disciple at the Pill Alliance’s Clear Sky Peak.
• The women thanked Wang Ran for the lead but stayed to watch Qin Wei defeat several Academy disciples in swordsmanship.
• Lin Dongxue remarked that Qin Wei should give his opponents half a move, prompting him to challenge her to come up and spar.
• Lin Dongxue asked Wang Ran whether she could accept Qin Wei’s challenge.

Lin Dongxue defeated Qin Wei and impressed Jun Ting with her extraordinary swordsmanship, revealing herself as a rare sword prodigy. Lu Ruiqing invited her to join the Sword Alliance and offered Jun Ting as an escort, but she explained that she was searching for someone at the Pill Alliance and was unlikely to join.

• Lin Dongxue challenged Qin Wei and defeated him with the Sentimental Sword, astonishing Lu Ruiqing.
• Jun Ting challenged Lin Dongxue, and she unleashed two powerful sword strikes that forced him to use Saint Level power and sent her flying.
• Wang Instructor caught Lin Dongxue, while the clash stripped away her makeup and revealed her beauty.
• Lu Ruiqing recognized Lin Dongxue's swordsmanship, learned her name and origin, and invited her to become his final disciple.
• Lin Dongxue declined the invitation and Lu Ruiqing's token, explaining that she was looking for someone at the Pill Alliance; Lu Ruiqing asked who she was seeking.

Lin Dongxue and Zi Yun reunited with Tang Yan at the Pill Alliance, where Lu Ruiqing tried to recruit Lin Dongxue into the Sword Alliance. Tang Yan declined to decide for her, and her Sentimental Dao advanced her to Fourth Grade of Lord Rank on the spot, prompting Lu Ruiqing to make his offer more enticing.

• Lin Dongxue told Lu Ruiqing that Tang Yan was the man she loved, upsetting Jun Ting and leading Lu Ruiqing to escort her and Zi Yun to the Pill Alliance.
• Aboard the Flying Magic Treasure, Lu Ruiqing explained how the Sword Alliance could guide Lin Dongxue’s Sentimental Dao, while Zi Yun questioned whether joining it would be better than developing freely.
• Lin Jiuyuan brought Lu Ruiqing to Clear Sky Peak, where Lin Dongxue and Zi Yun reunited with Tang Yan.
• Lu Ruiqing offered to take Lin Dongxue as his final disciple, but Tang Yan said she should choose for herself and declined to pressure her.
• Lin Dongxue advanced to Fourth Grade of Lord Rank, and Lu Ruiqing listed the Sword Alliance’s resources, Three Thousand Sword Seals, and Sword-Washing Ceremony as reasons for her to join.

Tang Yan settled Lin Dongxue’s apprenticeship, learned that Du Shu had infiltrated the Myriad Pill Tower, and approved his undercover mission. The chapter ended when Lin Jiuyuan told Tang Yan that there was news of his mother.

• Tang Yan arranged for Lin Dongxue to join the Sword Alliance as Lu Ruiqing’s disciple while keeping her freedom to study at the Pill Alliance.
• Lin Dongxue told Tang Yan that Du Shu had joined the Myriad Pill Tower, and Lei Yu relayed Fang Xuan’s plan to keep Du Shu undercover there.
• Tang Yan told Lei Yu that Du Shu should fully blend into the Demon Sect and act only once while inside it.
• Tang Yan trained Lin Dongxue until she reached fifth-grade Lord Rank, then gave Zi Yun the Ice Heart Jade Pot Art after learning she had seen him underwater.
• Tang Yan considered how to obtain more Void Child Pearls for his allies and factions.
• Lin Jiuyuan summoned Tang Yan and revealed that the Pill Alliance had news of his mother.

Lin Jiuyuan revealed that Tang Yan’s mother, Zhong Jinxiu, was the imprisoned Eldest Miss of the Heavenly Punishment Clan, and Tang Yan resolved to grow strong enough to help her. Meanwhile, the Divine Clan strengthened its alliance with the Divine Pills Association, while Du Shu advanced plans to expand the Myriad Pill Tower’s pill business and recruit alchemists.

• Lin Jiuyuan told Tang Yan that the Otherworld Ruins and Heavenly Punishment Clan had taken Zhong Jinxiu back to the Spirit Wilderness Realm and imprisoned her on Heavenly Punishment Mountain, and he warned Tang Yan not to act without support.
• Tang Yan agreed to wait for the sect to mediate and resolved to grow stronger, then recruited a hundred Inner Sect Disciples for Clear Sky Peak and left with two women for the Sword Alliance.
• Flying Thunder reported that the Divine Pills Association had agreed to join the Divine Clan, and the Great Guardian promoted him, gave him Divine Liquid and medicinal herbs, and instructed him to bring President Jiang for a visit after the association settled in.
• Du Shu presented the Demon Sect’s senior members with marketing plans to grow the Myriad Pill Tower’s market share and a development system to attract and support Alchemy Masters.
• Lu Fengzong approved Du Shu’s plans, and Du Shu anticipated that the reforms would benefit the Myriad Pill Tower’s members and earn him a substantial reward.

Lin Dongxue formally joined the Sword Alliance as Lu Ruiqing’s disciple and received valuable gifts during her apprenticeship ceremony. Tang Yan then joined the team preparing to enter the dangerous Heavenly Wailing Ruins, which was scheduled to begin its exploration the next morning.

• Tang Yan brought Lin Dongxue and Zi Yun to the Sword Alliance, where Lu Ruiqing arranged Lin Dongxue’s apprenticeship ceremony for the following day.
• Lu Lingjun presided as Lin Dongxue formally became Lu Ruiqing’s disciple and pledged to cultivate swordsmanship and uphold the Sword Alliance’s righteousness.
• The Second Elder discovered a Heaven-Seizing Lifeline Pill among Lin Dongxue’s apprenticeship gifts, and Lu Ruiqing gave her protective armor and the sword Cloud Moon.
• At the Main Pavilion, Lu Lingjun gathered the ten people selected to enter the Heavenly Wailing Ruins, and they introduced themselves to one another.
• Lu Lingjun explained the ruins’ dangers, distributed maps and Key-Passage Talismans, and instructed the group to follow Jun Ting’s commands before entering the next morning.

Tang Yan and nine other sect members entered the Heavenly Wailing Ruins, where the Sword Alliance planned to explore southwest toward the Sword Saint's inheritance. Their first challenge was the Blood Rain Swamp, and Tang Yan saw that the team's poor cooperation and Jun Ting's conduct could put them all in danger.

• Tang Yan read that the southwest route led through Blood Rain Swamp and Sleeping Forest, where other races guarded the Sword Saint's inheritance, and Lu Ruiqing confirmed they would explore that direction first.
• Tang Yan and Xu Ningshuang discussed cultivation before joining the other entrants the next morning.
• Lu Ruiqing activated the altar formation and sent the ten members into the Secret Realm, where Jun Ting instructed them to follow his arrangements and travel together.
• The group tested the flight restriction, then proceeded on foot until they reached the Blood Rain Swamp and followed Jun Ting's marching order with Tang Yan in front.
• Tang Yan warned the group about hidden weapons and Blue Mystery Breathless Dew as the swamp's attacks forced them to defend themselves.
• Tang Yan noticed that the members fought separately and that Jun Ting was slow to respond, leaving the team vulnerable as they advanced through the swamp.

Tang Yan let Jun Ting lead the team while hidden-weapon ambushes exposed the group’s weaknesses and forced them to rely on Guo Zhanfeng’s defensive formations. After the Other Races repeatedly vanished whenever a formation was completed, Jun Ting still assigned Guo Zhanfeng the exhausting task of building defenses as the group continued through the Blood Rain Swamp.

• Tang Yan watched as Blue Mystery Breathless Dew shattered Xie Yunxuan’s and Sun Zhanyue’s Shields, while the two argued over the ambush.
• Jun Ting ordered the group to surround Guo Zhanfeng, who built a defensive formation that let them repel an attack and drive off the Other Races.
• Tang Yan returned the hidden weapons for the group to use and kept the Demon Race corpses, explaining that his Magic Treasure could refine them into Yaoguai Liquid.
• Jun Ting set a formation for the group’s advance, placing Guo Zhanfeng and Zhang Mohen in the center to provide defense and intercept threats.
• After another hidden-weapon attack ended as soon as Guo Zhanfeng completed a formation, Jun Ting told him to keep building defenses and promised the group would supply pills.

Tang Yan saved Guo Zhanfeng from a surprise attack, but the group was later trapped in a lightning-powered Net Cage while hidden weapons struck from outside. Tang Yan weakened the cage with Youlan Flame as the author’s notice explained that the book was paused for revisions.

• Tang Yan blocked a Red-Haired Divine Clan member’s ambush against Guo Zhanfeng and killed the attacker with a Blue Mystery Breathless Dew strike.
• Jun Ting adjusted the group’s positions, and they defended against another assault before the Other Races retreated.
• Tang Yan spotted a giant net overhead, but after the group left their formation, it descended and trapped eight people while Tang Yan pulled Shen Yajing clear.
• Shen Yajing’s defensive Scroll kept the hidden weapons out, but her knife could not break the Net Cage, and several protective Magic Treasures began to shatter.
• Tang Yan spread Youlan Flame across the Net Cage, weakening its power as Sun Zhanyue prepared to leave.
• The author announced that the book’s recommendations had stopped after a review and that earlier chapters would be revised before regular updates resumed.

Tang Yan took command of the group and organized their abilities into a coordinated plan for crossing the Blood Rain Swamp. Their counterattack went smoothly until Xie Yunxuan sensed a powerful southern attack that could bypass the defensive shield.

• After Tang Yan helped the group break the lightning cage, he urged everyone to cooperate and proposed taking command from Jun Ting.
• Tang Yan assigned Xie Yunxuan to detect threats, Shen Yajing to deploy defensive treasures, the Sword Alliance members and Pochen to fight at close range, Zhang Mohen and Guo Zhanfeng to provide ranged support, and Xu Ningshuang to ambush enemies.
• Jun Ting challenged Tang Yan to prove himself, and Tang Yan accepted as the group continued through the swamp.
• Xie Yunxuan warned the group of approaching enemies, and they repelled a rain of hidden weapons with their coordinated attacks.
• Xie Yunxuan sensed an extremely powerful attack approaching from the south that might bypass their shield, and he asked Tang Yan whether they should retreat.