Recaps

Lin Shisan confronted Gai Jiuyou inside the Nine Yang Cauldron, where she recognized his growth-type Taiji Wheel and tried to seize it. After the Little Black Cauldron and Lin Shisan’s Taiji Seal stopped her attacks, Gai Jiuyou trapped him with her Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, and he called for Master Feng Xian’er.

• Gai Jiuyou appeared before Lin Shisan and offered to reveal who killed his father if he released her.
• Gai Jiuyou recognized Lin Shisan’s Taiji Wheel and attacked to take his Dao Seed, but the Little Black Cauldron severed her energy hand.
• Lin Shisan noticed the Taiji Seal on Gai Jiuyou’s forehead and struck her with the same seal, disrupting her projection.
• Gai Jiuyou used the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art to trap Lin Shisan and began pulling the Taiji Wheel from his dantian.
• Lin Shisan called for Master Feng Xian’er to save him.

Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli fought Gai Jiuyou’s black hole with the Gu family’s Heavenly Star Seal. After their seals merged and shattered Gai Jiuyou’s projection, they fell from the air with Gu Mengli’s ribbon still spinning Lin Shisan toward her.

• Gu Mengli left the warded room and used her purple ribbon and Divine Sense to keep Lin Shisan from being swallowed by Gai Jiuyou’s black hole.
• Gai Jiuyou recognized Gu Mengli’s star seal, drew both juniors into the black hole’s pull, and attacked them with her Killing Intent.
• Gu Mengli asked Lin Shisan to reinforce her star seal with his Xiantian Gang Qi, and he recognized it as the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha Pattern.
• Lin Shisan summoned the Jiaolong True Spirit and merged his own Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha Pattern with Gu Mengli’s seal.
• The combined seal cracked Gai Jiuyou’s projection and black hole, sending Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli falling from the air.
• Gu Mengli tried to dodge Lin Shisan, but her ribbon kept him spinning back toward her like a kite.

Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli were trapped by Gai Jiuyou, who drained their Spiritual Power, but Lin Shisan used the Nine Tribulations Taiji Art to disrupt her attack. As Gai Jiuyou tried to seize his Taiji Wheel, Lin Shisan survived a surge of starlight and broke through to Body Tempering Great Perfection.

• Gai Jiuyou spun Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli with her purple ribbon and began devouring their Spiritual Power and Divine Sense.
• Lin Shisan’s Jiaolong True Spirit raised a restriction, letting him use the Heavenly Secret Seal to interrupt Gai Jiuyou’s devouring.
• Hong Tong caught Gu Mengli as she fell, then joined her in blocking Gai Jiuyou’s tentacles while Lin Shisan drew in overwhelming Power of Starlight.
• Gai Jiuyou sent a tentacle toward Lin Shisan’s Dantian, but the Little Black Cauldron severed it and the Taiji Wheel absorbed its Spiritual Power.
• Lin Shisan’s nine Body Tempering halos linked into a circle, advancing him to Body Tempering Great Perfection and shocking Gai Jiuyou.

Feng Xian'er rescued Lin Shisan from Gai Jiuyou’s attack with the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror, but Gai Jiuyou captured him and threatened Feng Xian'er. As Aunt Mei threatened Hu Niu to force Lin Shisan to save Gai Jiuyou, Lin Shisan blocked her surveillance and Feng Xian'er unleashed the mirror’s innate power, leaving Gai Jiuyou badly burned.

• Gai Jiuyou attacked Lin Shisan for his Taiji Wheel, but Feng Xian'er arrived and reflected her tentacle’s force with the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror.
• Gai Jiuyou seized Lin Shisan in a black vortex and demanded that Feng Xian'er surrender the mirror to save him.
• Aunt Mei threatened Hu Niu through the Message Stone, demanding that Lin Shisan find a way to rescue Gai Jiuyou.
• Lin Shisan used his remaining strength to throw the Message Stone into the Little Black Cauldron, cutting off Aunt Mei’s view of the Nine Yang Pavilion.
• Feng Xian'er offered Gai Jiuyou the mirror in exchange for Lin Shisan, then activated part of its innate divine power and burned Gai Jiuyou as the black vortex began to break apart.

Gai Jiuyou’s final attack against Lin Shisan was stopped by a mysterious Seven-Colored Light Shield from his Little Black Cauldron, and her projection was sealed away again. As Feng Xian'er and the four mighty cultivators questioned the shield, Lin Shisan pretended he did not know where it came from.

• The four mighty cultivators joined forces to seal Gai Jiuyou, who unleashed her remaining power at Lin Shisan.
• Gai Jiuyou’s tentacle killed Zhang Hao, while Gu Mengli and Hong Tong tried and failed to protect Lin Shisan.
• The Little Black Cauldron produced a Seven-Colored Light Shield that blocked Gai Jiuyou’s attack and left Lin Shisan unharmed.
• Gai Jiuyou’s projection vanished as the seal closed, returning her true body to the Nine Yang Cauldron.
• Feng Xian'er and the four mighty cultivators questioned Lin Shisan about the shield, and he claimed he did not know what it was.

Gu Mengli explained Lin Shisan’s inheritance as a gift from the Nine Yang Cauldron’s spirit, and the elders accepted her account while Feng Xian’er protected Lin Shisan’s claim to the Nine Nether Alchemy Scripture. As Feng Xian’er took him away, she warned that fully understanding the scripture would have marked him as corrupted by the Demon Sect.

• Gu Mengli claimed she saw a senior artifact spirit give Lin Shisan the Nine Nether Alchemy Scripture and protective power, and the elders accepted her explanation.
• Feng Xian’er warned the four elders not to covet Lin Shisan’s inheritance, then left the Nine Yang Pavilion with him after thanking Gu Mengli and Hong Tong for helping him.
• Elder Gu summoned Gu Mengli, while the Ling Household took Hong Tong away and questioned him about what had happened.
• On Feng Xian’er’s cloud boat, Lin Shisan admitted that the scripture had entered his Divine Sense Sea but that he understood little of it.
• Feng Xian’er explained that the scripture contained Demon Sect methods and that anyone at Lin Shisan’s level who understood it would have been considered corrupted.

Lin Shisan questioned Feng Xian'er about Gai Jiuyou and learned the tragic story behind her fall to demonic cultivation. Outside the sect, Aunt Mei nearly killed Hu Niu over the failed plan to rescue Gai Jiuyou, but the appearance of the Nine Nether Emperor's Order convinced her that the Demon Venerable had escaped.

• Feng Xian'er questioned Lin Shisan about Gu Mengli, then accepted his explanation that Gai Jiuyou had revealed her identity to him.
• Lin Shisan asked about Feng Xian'er's background, and she said the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror recognized only her.
• Feng Xian'er described how Gai Jiuyou rose from an ordinary mortal, was betrayed by her beloved, and took revenge on the Immortal Alliance.
• Aunt Mei learned that Lin Shisan had thrown the Message Stone into the Little Black Cauldron and tightened her grip on Hu Niu's neck despite Mu Ling'er's pleas.
• The Nine Nether Emperor's Order appeared on Aunt Mei's wrist, and she exclaimed that the Demon Venerable had escaped.
• Aunt Mei's killing intent faded, and she released Hu Niu while murmuring that the Demon Venerable's return was near.

Feng Xian'er brought Lin Shisan to Cold Moon Peak, laid down rules for his new life, and warned him to conceal the Nine Nether Alchemy Scripture. Lin Shisan settled into his new home and clumsily made chicken soup under his master's guidance, leaving him hopeful that he had found a stable place to stay.

• Feng Xian'er told Lin Shisan to cook three meals a day, drink Deer Whip Soup every evening, and follow her rules on Cold Moon Peak.
• Feng Xian'er ordered Lin Shisan to deny that he possessed the Nine Nether Alchemy Scripture and explained that revealing it would put him in danger; she urged him to keep and study it rather than surrender it to the Sect.
• Lin Shisan asked whether keeping the scripture might lead him onto the demonic path, and Feng Xian'er mocked his lack of the makings of a demon.
• Feng Xian'er showed Lin Shisan the bamboo cottages prepared for him on Cold Moon Peak and told him to make something from the kitchen ingredients.
• Lin Shisan tried to stew a chicken with little idea how to cook, but with Feng Xian'er's help he made soup that she drank and called all right.

Lin Shisan reflected on the Little Black Cauldron’s mysterious power, then learned Feng Xian’er’s pill-refining methods and began to understand the spirit of medicinal ingredients. Feng Xian’er revealed that Gu Mengli would visit Cold Moon Peak the next day, leaving Lin Shisan wondering why she was coming.

• Lin Shisan put away the Little Black Cauldron and cultivated with the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art, consolidating his Body Tempering Great Perfection while finding that the golden cocoon around his dantian still blocked his meridians.
• Lin Shisan prepared breakfast the next morning, and Feng Xian’er told him she would teach him the Danyang Sect’s basic pill-refining methods before he studied the Nine Nether Alchemy Scripture.
• Feng Xian’er demonstrated how to sense medicinal properties and the spirit within a pill, refining an ordinary Spirit-Gathering Pill into a third-grade Spirit Pill with five Pill Marks.
• Lin Shisan’s first attempt produced only a first-grade Spirit Pill, but after refining ten batches under Feng Xian’er’s guidance, he made a second-grade pill with three Pill Marks and found the feel of the process.
• Feng Xian’er told Lin Shisan to prepare for a guest from the Gu Household the next day, then identified the guest as Gu Mengli, leaving him bewildered.

Lin Shisan accepted an invitation from the Gu Household to attend an alchemy gathering at Heavenly Star Pavilion and spent three days preparing under Feng Xian’er’s guidance. He arrived with his master and found Zhang Qiling and Deacon Ling among the guests as Gu Mengli greeted them.

• Gu Mengli visited Cold Moon Peak, invited Feng Xian’er and Lin Shisan to the Gu Household’s alchemy gathering, and gave Lin Shisan Clearheart Pills in thanks for his help at the Nine Yang Pavilion.
• Lin Shisan accepted the invitation and gave Gu Mengli a jar of his homemade wine; Feng Xian’er suggested that Gu Mengli had come especially to see him.
• Feng Xian’er urged Lin Shisan to prepare, and he practiced alchemy for three days until he could consistently refine second-grade spirit pills.
• Feng Xian’er and Lin Shisan traveled by Cloud Boat to Heavenly Star Pavilion, where a Gu Household middle-aged man welcomed them and led them inside.
• Lin Shisan spotted Zhang Qiling and Deacon Ling among the guests, sat with Feng Xian’er, and watched Gu Mengli emerge from the rear hall to greet them.

Lin Shisan attended the Gu Household’s Dao of Alchemy gathering, where the elders recognized his Body Tempering Great Perfection and rewarded him with the household’s pill-refining insights. After drawing lot six, he refined a second-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill, while Gu Feiyu watched him with hostility.

• Feng Xian’er brought Lin Shisan to the Heavenly Star Pavilion, where Gu Canghai and the elders discovered he had reached Body Tempering Great Perfection.
• The elders questioned Lin Shisan about the Nine Yang Cauldron Spirit’s inheritance, and he admitted receiving alchemy insights but claimed he had understood little of them.
• Gu Canghai gave Lin Shisan the Gu Household’s pill-refining insights, and Lin accepted the gift after Feng Xian’er’s subtle approval.
• Gu Mengli explained that Gu Feiyu, her Second Uncle’s eldest legitimate son, seemed prejudiced against Lin Shisan.
• Lin drew lot six at the gathering and refined a second-grade Spirit-Gathering Pill with three pill marks.

After the Gu Household’s alchemy gathering, Lin Shisan’s refusal to answer Gu Feiyu’s taunts led Feng Xian’er to push him into a fight with Ling Lei. Lin Shisan defeated the Meridian Opening first-stage disciple with one punch, leaving the banquet stunned and revealing his extraordinary strength.

• Gu Feiyu refined a second-grade spirit pill with four marks, took first place, and Lin Shisan came second and received a Meridian Opening Pill.
• At the banquet, Gu Feiyu tried to provoke Lin Shisan, but Lin Shisan calmly admitted his alchemy was inferior.
• Ling Lei mocked Gu Feiyu and praised Lin Shisan, prompting Feng Xian’er to force Lin Shisan and Ling Lei to face each other.
• Lin Shisan struck Ling Lei with one punch, sending him through several trees and leaving him unconscious with severe injuries.
• The guests stared at Lin Shisan in fear and disbelief, while Gu Canghai, Gu Mengli, and Feng Xian’er each reacted to his demonstrated strength.

After returning from the Gu Household, Lin Shisan studied Gu Canghai’s alchemical insights and learned that a Meridian Condensing Pill could help him advance. Three days later, Long Yan’er arrived at Cold Moon Peak with a Long Household secret recipe that included the pill formula and news that Long Shuang’er might be forced into marriage.

• Feng Xian'er warned Lin Shisan that Gu Feiyu resented him over Gu Mengli and that Ling Lei’s older brother might seek revenge for his injured brother.
• Lin Shisan read Gu Canghai’s scroll, considered the Gu Household’s motives, and learned that a Meridian Condensing Pill could assist his breakthrough but required rare ingredients.
• Feng Xian'er summoned Lin Shisan to the mountain gate to receive Long Yan'er, who joyfully reunited with him.
• Long Yan'er gave Lin Shisan a secret Long Household alchemical recipe containing the Meridian Condensing Pill formula and naming nine-curve spirit lingzhi as a substitute ingredient.
• Long Yan'er told Lin Shisan that Long Shuang'er had sold most of the Long Household’s properties, planned to relocate with her brothers, and might be getting married.
• Lin Shisan brought Long Yan'er to Cold Moon Peak, where she was to become Feng Xian'er's nominal disciple and live near him.

Lin Shisan welcomed Long Yan'er as Feng Xian'er's nominal disciple, then considered refining a Meridian-Congealing Pill before meeting Gu Mengli at Little Mirror Lake. Gu Mengli asked him to pose as her dual-cultivation Dao Companion to fend off a forced marriage, and the chapter ended with her revealing she knew about the ghost flower he had hidden at Nine Yang Pavilion.

• Feng Xian'er accepted Long Yan'er as her nominal disciple and let her and Lin Shisan use their own forms of address.
• Lin Shisan studied the Meridian-Congealing Pill recipe Long Shuang'er had sent and decided to seek ingredients at the Sect's Spirit Medicine Pavilion.
• Gu Mengli summoned Lin Shisan to Little Mirror Lake and asked him to publicly acknowledge her as his dual-cultivation Dao Companion.
• Gu Mengli explained that Gu Feiyu was pestering her and her Second Uncle wanted to marry her into the Ling Household, while she promised the arrangement would be temporary.
• When Lin Shisan considered refusing, Gu Mengli said she knew he had hidden a ghost flower in his robes at Nine Yang Pavilion, prompting him to ready the Little Black Cauldron.

Gu Mengli pressured Lin Shisan into helping her reclaim her family’s power, revealing her knowledge of the Ghost Flower and offering a rare ingredient for Meridian-Congealing Pills. Lin Shisan agreed under strict conditions, while Gai Jiuyou’s projection revealed itself within Gu Mengli and teased her about her feelings for him.

• Gu Mengli threatened to expose Lin Shisan’s connection to the Ghost Flower and implicate Feng Xiangu and his new granddisciple unless he helped her.
• Gu Mengli explained that she wanted to restore her father’s rightful place as head of the Gu Household and needed Lin Shisan’s support against her Second Uncle and the Ling Household.
• Gu Mengli offered Lin Shisan a Nine-Curve Spirit Lingzhi, and Lin Shisan suspected she was not entirely herself because she knew about the ingredient for Meridian-Congealing Pills.
• Lin Shisan agreed to help if Feng Xiangu approved, Yan'er remained uninvolved, and Gu Mengli never threatened him again; they sealed the agreement with a clap of their palms.
• After Lin Shisan left, Gai Jiuyou’s projection emerged from Gu Mengli and teased her about blushing and joining Lin Shisan’s harem.

Ling Yun arranged to force Long Shuang'er into marriage with Ling Lei and use her to hurt Lin Shisan, while Lin Shisan traveled to collect ingredients for Meridian-Congealing Pills. At the chapter’s end, Lin Shisan entered the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and saw its vast collection of spirit medicines.

• Ling Lei demanded that Ling Yun kill Lin Shisan and the woman he called a slut, and Ling Yun soothed him before putting him to sleep.
• Ling Yun learned that Long Shuang'er and her two elder brothers would arrive at Soaring Sky Peak, but had Hong Tong pressure them into agreeing to her marriage to Ling Lei and demanding the Biluō Purple Cauldron.
• Lin Shisan received Feng Xian'er's Personal Disciple Command Token and agreed to collect a hundred-year-old inch-heart bitter lotus from Gu Mengli at the Heavenly Star Pavilion.
• Lin Shisan told Feng Xian'er that he would visit the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and then the Heavenly Star Pavilion, while keeping his Meridian-Congealing Pill plans secret from others.
• Lin Shisan and Qing'er arrived at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, where deacon Zhou Wenqing verified Lin Shisan's Command Token and welcomed him inside.
• Lin Shisan entered the pavilion and was astonished by its enormous, formation-divided stores of spirit medicines.

Lin Shisan gathered herbs for Meridian-Congealing Pills and met Gu Mengli to collect a hundred-year-old inch-heart bitter lotus. He discovered that Gai Jiuyou had been inside Gu Mengli, and Gai Jiuyou ended the chapter by immobilizing them in each other’s arms and threatening to force them to dual cultivate.

• Lin Shisan ordered medicinal herbs from Zhou Wenqing, then collected the remaining available ingredients from the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.
• Lin Shisan traveled to the Heavenly Star Pavilion, where Gu Mengli gave him a hundred-year-old inch-heart bitter lotus she had obtained from Ling Yun.
• Lin Shisan questioned Gu Mengli after her manner abruptly changed, and Gu Mengli revealed that another woman had been inside her.
• Lin Shisan recognized the woman as Gai Jiuyou and offered her the Taiji Wheel if she would leave Gu Mengli unharmed.
• Gai Jiuyou emerged from Gu Mengli, teased Lin Shisan, and immobilized him and Gu Mengli in each other’s arms as she threatened to make them dual cultivate.

Lin Shisan agreed to help Gai Jiuyou steal Feng Xian'er's Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror in exchange for his father's killer's identity and alchemy instruction, with Gu Mengli held as leverage. After Gai Jiuyou taught him how to refine the Meridian-Congealing Pill, Lin Shisan received the last ingredient from Feng Xian'er and was left ready to attempt the pill.

• Lin Shisan activated the Little Black Cauldron's Seven-Colored Rosy Light, but Gai Jiuyou escaped into Gu Mengli and threatened her and Hu Niu to make him cooperate.
• Lin Shisan agreed to help Gai Jiuyou obtain the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror within a month, while asking her to reveal his father's killer and teach him alchemy.
• Gai Jiuyou gave Lin Shisan inherited memories detailing how to refine the Meridian-Congealing Pill, then withdrew from Gu Mengli.
• Gu Mengli woke without knowing about the deal, saw Lin Shisan off, and listened as Gai Jiuyou teased her about caring for him.
• Feng Xian'er gave Lin Shisan an upper third-tier Crimson Flame Python beast core, explaining that Gu Mengli had obtained it from Ling Yun.
• Lin Shisan realized he had gathered all the Meridian-Congealing Pill ingredients and wondered whether Gai Jiuyou's instruction would let him refine it.

Lin Shisan spent three days refining ten failed batches of Meridian-Congealing Pills before realizing the Biluō Purple Cauldron disrupted the balance of the ingredients. With only enough materials for one more attempt, he decided to risk using the Little Black Cauldron so he could break through to Meridian Opening.

• Lin Shisan prepared the spirit medicines and carefully refined the first batch of Meridian-Congealing Pills in the Biluō Purple Cauldron, but the cauldron erupted and left him with a burnt pill.
• Lin Shisan continued refining batches, but all ten attempts failed through explosions, spoiled ingredients, or pills with unstable medicinal properties.
• Lin Shisan reviewed each failure and concluded that the Biluō Purple Cauldron's gentle suppression clashed with the complex medicinal properties of the Meridian-Congealing Pill.
• Lin Shisan put away the Biluō Purple Cauldron and decided to use the Little Black Cauldron for his last attempt, despite fearing that he might expose its secret.

Lin Shisan activated the Little Black Cauldron and successfully refined a Meridian-Congealing Pill, then used the cauldron to evolve it and ten failed pills. He ended with eleven improved pills, enough to support his attempts to open his meridians.

• Long Shuang'er agreed to marry Ling Yun's younger brother to save Long Tianliang and recover the Biluō Purple Cauldron.
• Lin Shisan connected with the Little Black Cauldron through his Divine Sense on his eleventh attempt, revealing its ancient Runes and seven-colored flame.
• Lin Shisan used the Little Black Cauldron to refine a first-grade Meridian-Congealing Pill.
• Lin Shisan placed his new pill and ten failed pills inside the Little Black Cauldron and waited four days and nights for it to evolve them.
• The Little Black Cauldron produced eleven Meridian-Congealing Pills, all at least second-grade, with the best bearing four Pill Marks.

Ling Lei and Ling Yun brought Long Shuang'er and a group from the Ling Household to Cold Moon Peak to retrieve her niece and claim the Biluō Purple Cauldron as her dowry. After Long Shuang'er confirmed the claim under pressure, Lin Shisan agreed to return the cauldron.

• Qing'er told Lin Shisan that Ling Lei and others from the Ling Household had arrived at the mountain gate with Long Shuang'er.
• Lin Shisan met the group, where Ling Yun said he had come to settle two matters and Ling Lei asked Long Shuang'er to take Yan'er home.
• Long Shuang'er told Lin Shisan that she had married Ling Lei and had come to take Yan'er home.
• Ling Yun demanded the Biluō Purple Cauldron, arguing that it was Long Shuang'er's dowry and now belonged to the Ling Household.
• Lin Shisan asked Long Shuang'er whether she personally wanted the cauldron back, and she said that she did while Ling Lei squeezed her waist.
• Lin Shisan agreed to return the Biluō Purple Cauldron.

Lin Shisan returned the Biluō Purple Cauldron to Long Shuang'er, but Ling Yun and Ling Lei demanded fifty thousand Spirit Stones and threatened him. Feng Xian'er intervened, confirmed that Elder Long had given Lin Shisan the cauldron, and left Ling Yun exposed in his failed attempt to seize it.

• Lin Shisan handed the Biluō Purple Cauldron to Long Shuang'er, and Ling Lei took it before demanding compensation for the Ling Household.
• Ling Lei demanded fifty thousand Spirit Stones, while Long Shuang'er admitted that her father had given the cauldron to Lin Shisan but fell silent under Ling Yun's threat.
• Lin Shisan refused to pay, and Ling Yun attacked him as Gu Feiyu egged them on.
• Feng Xian'er emerged from the bamboo grove and stopped Ling Yun's hand inches from Lin Shisan.
• Feng Xian'er questioned Long Shuang'er, who confirmed that Elder Long had given the cauldron to Lin Shisan, then revealed that she had witnessed the gift herself.

Feng Xian'er forced Ling Yun to pay Lin Shisan fifty thousand Spirit Stones for taking the Biluō Purple Cauldron, then blocked the Ling Household's attempt to take Long Yan'er away. Long Yan'er chose to stay at Cold Moon Peak, and Gu Mengli defended her and Lin Shisan as Feng Xian'er ordered the Ling Household's group to leave.

• Feng Xian'er took the Biluō Purple Cauldron from Ling Yun and demanded fifty thousand Spirit Stones as compensation for his taking Lin Shisan's cauldron.
• Ling Yun and the three Deacons scraped together fifty thousand Spirit Stones, which Feng Xian'er gave to Lin Shisan.
• Ling Yun and Ling Lei insisted that Long Shuang'er take Long Yan'er home, but Lin Shisan brought Yan'er out and asked what she wanted.
• Long Yan'er ran to Lin Shisan and refused to leave with Long Shuang'er, saying she wanted to stay with her Master's Master.
• Gu Mengli joined Lin Shisan, declared Long Yan'er a Cold Moon Peak disciple, and kicked Ling Changxiong away when he threatened Lin Shisan.
• Feng Xian'er ordered Ling Yun's group and the Ling Household's hidden guardians to leave Cold Moon Peak.

Lin Shisan resisted Gai Jiuyou’s attempt to seduce him through Gu Mengli, while Ling Yun revealed that he had sabotaged the Meridian-Congealing Pills to kill Lin Shisan. The chapter ended with Ling Yun suddenly weakened as Ling Lei and Long Shuang'er entered his Study.

• Feng Xian'er advised Lin Shisan to enter seclusion and attempt to break through to the Meridian Opening Realm, suggesting dual cultivation with Gu Mengli.
• Gai Jiuyou possessed Gu Mengli and tried to seduce Lin Shisan, but he stopped her by insisting she respect Gu Mengli’s wishes.
• Ling Yun learned that Lin Shisan was attempting his breakthrough and revealed that he had arranged for the pills’ ingredients to cause a deadly medicinal conflict.
• Ling Yun grew suddenly weak while with a woman, and she opened the door to admit Ling Lei and Long Shuang'er.
• Ling Yun realized that the woman had been Ling Lei’s lover and feared what the two newcomers intended.

Long Shuang'er cooperated with Ning Jiuying to kill Ling Yun and make Ling Lei his puppet. Meanwhile, Lin Shisan’s attempt to break through to Meridian Opening went disastrously wrong, leaving his life hanging in the balance as he struggled to contain the pill’s violent power.

• Long Shuang'er and Ning Jiuying carried out their plan, and Ling Lei killed Ling Yun before Ning Jiuying used him to devour Ling Yun and the young woman.
• Lin Shisan began his Meridian Opening breakthrough by swallowing three Meridian-Congealing Pills and using the Taiji Wheel to refine their medicinal power.
• Lin Shisan opened his first meridian, but the pills’ power turned violent and began swelling his body toward bursting.
• Lin Shisan realized the Inch-Heart Bitter Lotus was three hundred years old and suspected Ling Yun had tampered with it to sabotage him.
• Lin Shisan summoned the Jiaolong True Spirit and used the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art to form the Heavenly Star Seal around his Dantian while the Taiji Wheel continued grinding down the violent power.