Chapter Summaries

Li Bai told the women that Dugu Sheng was safe and shared uncertain news about Hong Yi, then revealed that Jiang Liuli would join their group. Jiang Liuli arrived carrying Huang Xiao’s child and learned that the women she would live with included his wives, leaving the group tense.

• Li Bai told Yan Xi and Zhao Yunya that Dugu Sheng was safe at Imperial Remnant Manor and that Hong Yi’s whereabouts were unclear, though Baili Zhen was searching for him.
• Li Bai revealed that Jiang Liuli, who was carrying Huang Xiao’s child, had been chosen to join the women’s group.
• Jiang Liuli arrived from the Divine Nun Convent, and Zhangsun Youyue greeted her and introduced the other women.
• Zhangsun Youyue explained that Xiao Yan and three others were Huang Xiao’s wives, and Jiang Liuli stared coldly at them as they stared back.

Jiang Liuli clashed with Huang Xiao’s other women after arriving at the Three Immortal Mountains, where Li Bai explained that she had escaped the Sword Pavilion with help from Zhu Fanjiang and the other Heavenly Evil Sect experts. Li Bai then discussed their settlement with Wu Xuancang, who saw the newcomers as both a possible threat and an asset before the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period.

• Jiang Liuli argued with You Lian'er and Zhao Xin'er, while Zhangsun Youyue and the others tried to calm the women and urge them to get along.
• Li Bai said Jiang Liuli would stay at the Three Immortal Mountains because she had escaped the Sword Pavilion, and explained that Zhu Fanjiang and two others had helped her while Leng Guhan was away.
• Zhangsun Youyue and the others learned that Jiang Liuli had severed ties with the Sword Pavilion, while Jiang remained dismissive of Li Bai’s advice.
• Li Bai returned and asked Wu Xuancang whether arrangements had been made for Zhu Fanjiang and the other two Heavenly Evil Sect members.
• Wu Xuancang said the Three Immortal Mountains would shelter the three if they remained sincere, and argued their expertise could help when the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period arrived.

Li Bai and Wu Xuancang discussed Zhu Fanjiang and the others seeking protection from the Three Immortal Mountains and their plans for Jiang Liuli’s child. Wu Xuancang prepared to pursue the Longevity Pill, while reflecting on the gathering of ancient experts and the limits of what long life could offer.

• Li Bai learned that Zhu Fanjiang and the others had given the Three Immortal Mountains the First Part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art, but did not possess the Second Part.
• Wu Xuancang explained that Zhu Fanjiang and the others intended to raise Jiang Liuli’s child as their successor, and Li Bai agreed the child’s future looked promising.
• Wu Xuancang hoped Huang Xiao would ascend to the Hall Master’s Seat and remain rational when the time came to confront the Three Immortal Mountains.
• Wu Xuancang said he would soon set out to seek the Longevity Pill, though he would not insist on obtaining it, and planned to meet the Ghost Spirit Sect’s ancestor.
• Wu Xuancang told Li Bai that ancient experts were not necessarily stronger than people today and that the Three Immortal Mountains had forebears who had entered slumber several thousand years earlier.

Feng He and Huo Lian continued toward the Longevity Pill with Huang Xiao weakened by Mist Mountain’s dangers, while each kept his own motives and distrust hidden. Their progress was interrupted by Xuanyuan Xing, who challenged Feng He’s contempt for the present generation, and Feng He dismissed both Xuanyuan Xing and Huo Lian as no threat.

• Li Bai and Wu Xuancang worried that the Three Immortal Mountains might have to awaken their elders and agreed to protect the younger women if possible.
• Feng He and Huo Lian let Huang Xiao rest as he struggled against Mist Mountain’s formations and oppressive pressure.
• Feng He warned Huo Lian not to attempt rescuing Huang Xiao, and Huo Lian agreed to preserve Huang Xiao’s safety while privately weighing his options for the Longevity Pill.
• Feng He and Huo Lian sensed someone approaching and recognized the newcomer as Xuanyuan Xing, the Sword Master of Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Xuanyuan Xing rebuked Feng He for insulting his ancestor and challenged him to cross swords, but Feng He called him a frog at the bottom of a well and dismissed him and Huo Lian as threats.

Xuanyuan Xing found Huo Lian and Feng He together and learned Feng He was using Huang Xiao to control Huo Lian. He joined their pursuit of the Longevity Pills, leaving the three to compete for the pills under Feng He’s proposed division.

• Xuanyuan Xing realized Feng He had abducted Huang Xiao and was using him to threaten Huo Lian.
• Xuanyuan Xing offered to help Huo Lian rescue Huang Xiao, but Huo Lian refused and Feng He revealed that he could also expose Huang Xiao’s use of the Blood Exhaustion Method.
• Xuanyuan Xing inferred that Huo Lian and Feng He were cooperating to pursue the Longevity Pills and asked to join them.
• Feng He demanded at least half of any Longevity Pills they obtained, while Xuanyuan Xing and Huo Lian agreed to split the remainder.
• Xuanyuan Xing wondered whether Huo Lian would eventually strike back at Feng He, but dismissed the idea of taking Huang Xiao himself.

Xuanyuan Xing joined forces with Feng He and Huo Lian to search for the Longevity Pills, though she could only say that her ancestor’s records indicated there were extremely few. The group pressed deeper into Mist Mountain, where Huang Xiao endured the worsening pressure, and they reached a patch of pale green mist.

• Xuanyuan Xing said her ancestor had left no exact count of the Longevity Pills, and Feng He agreed to compensate her if there was only one.
• Feng He called Huang Xiao to continue onward after he recovered to about eighty percent of his internal power.
• As the group went deeper into Mist Mountain, Huang Xiao struggled against the pressure, but Huo Lian let him continue to temper his strength.
• Xuanyuan Xing admired Huang Xiao’s endurance and reflected that the disciples of Imperial Remnant Manor faced easier trials.
• Feng He sensed movement ahead, and the group hurried toward a patch of pale green mist.

Feng He, Huo Lian, Xuanyuan Xing, and Huang Xiao entered the pale green mist to reach the Longevity Pills and discovered that the formation inside suppressed their strength. It left everyone with only a fraction of their power, though Huang Xiao seemed to withstand the suppression differently.

• Feng He, Huo Lian, and Xuanyuan Xing heard movement inside the mist and decided to enter after Huang Xiao recovered some of his true qi.
• Huo Lian entered first, followed by Xuanyuan Xing, while Feng He took Huang Xiao in after them.
• Inside the mist, Huang Xiao felt the pressure intensify and found his strength reduced to about ten or twenty percent of its peak.
• Feng He and Xuanyuan Xing realized the formation had suppressed most of their strength as well, leaving them with only a small fraction of their usual power.
• Xuanyuan Xing noticed that Huang Xiao seemed able to withstand the formation's suppression, and Huo Lian observed that the strong remained stronger despite the restriction.

Huo Lian, Feng He, and Xuanyuan Xing discovered that the formation suppressed their strength and drained their true qi faster than Huang Xiao’s, putting their advantage at risk as they approached the Longevity Pill. Huang Xiao also felt his heart fire stirring, and Feng He ended the chapter cursing the Immortal Alchemist for the formation’s effects.

• Huo Lian noticed that the group’s true qi was dissipating, and Feng He and Xuanyuan Xing confirmed that theirs was draining quickly.
• Huang Xiao found that his true qi was fading much more slowly, and Feng He concluded that the formation harmed stronger people more severely.
• Feng He urged the group to keep moving before their strength dwindled, while Huang Xiao realized his weakness might give him a chance to compete for the Longevity Pill.
• Huang Xiao felt his heart fire’s urge to activate grow stronger as they moved toward the formation’s center and sensed that his true qi was draining faster.
• Feng He cursed the Immortal Alchemist, believing the formation was affecting him most because he was the strongest.

Huo Lian's group encountered Pang Ji, Leng Guhan, and Baili Zhen on Mist Mountain, where the elders traded insults and argued over their strength and the Demon Hall's future. Pang Ji suspected Feng He had taken control of Huang Xiao, while Feng He claimed he had brought him along in exchange for the Supreme Ghost Stele.

• Huo Lian's group met Pang Ji, Leng Guhan, and Baili Zhen, who had been keeping apart from one another.
• Huo Lian and Pang Ji compared their plans for Huang Xiao and Pang Yi, and agreed the younger men would eventually compete for the Hall Master's Seat.
• Pang Ji insulted Feng He as a weak old fossil, and Feng He challenged him to a fight over the Longevity Pill.
• Pang Ji and Xuanyuan Xing discussed their long acquaintance and the limited time left to their generation.
• Huo Lian claimed Huang Xiao would defeat Pang Yi, but Pang Ji said Huang Xiao had fallen under Feng He's control.
• Feng He said Huang Xiao had taken the Supreme Ghost Stele from the Ghost Capital and had joined him on Mist Mountain as an exchange, but Pang Ji suspected the three had formed an alliance.

Wu Xuancang arrived and formed an alliance with Pang Ji, Leng Guhan, Baili Zhen, and Du Fuzhou to challenge Huo Lian, Xuanyuan Xing, and Feng He for the Longevity Pill. Feng He sent Huang Xiao to the sidelines, leaving everyone to wonder what other secret he held over Huo Lian.

• Wu Xuancang arrived with Du Fuzhou and dismissed the idea that Huo Lian's group had formed an alliance.
• Wu Xuancang invited Pang Ji, Leng Guhan, and Baili Zhen to join him, and Pang Ji agreed that their sides would be evenly matched.
• Xuanyuan Xing pointed out the strange mix of factions, while Wu Xuancang argued that the Longevity Pill mattered more than the Demon Hall's future campaign.
• Feng He accepted the contest for the Longevity Pill and ordered Huang Xiao to leave the group.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to obey Feng He, and the others inferred that Feng He had another way to threaten Huo Lian.

Feng He and the others tried to break the formation hiding the Longevity Pill while tensions flared between Pang Ji and Leng Guhan, Baili Zhen, and Du Fuzhou. Huang Xiao discovered that his heart fire eased the formation’s suppression on him, and the chapter ended as the pale green mist began to flow rapidly and Feng He sensed an unfamiliar aura.

• Feng He urged the group to work together to reveal the Longevity Pill, but Pang Ji dismissed the strength of those who had not yet arrived and provoked Leng Guhan and Baili Zhen.
• Wu Xuancang and Xuanyuan Xing calmed the argument and redirected everyone’s efforts toward breaking the central formation.
• As the Patriarch and the others attacked the formation, Huang Xiao released his heart fire and found that it eased the pressure, freed more of his true qi, and let him begin recovering his strength.
• Huang Xiao decided he could help the Patriarch compete for the Longevity Pill, believing his reaction to the formation was connected to the Longevity Chapter.
• The pale green mist began circulating rapidly throughout the formation, and Feng He called out to ask about the strange aura.

Huang Xiao and the others felt a restorative aura and debated whether it resembled the aura from the False Tortoise Shell Inscriptions at Imperial Remnant Manor. As numerous mist vortices gathered the aura, a crystal-clear emerald pill appeared in the vortex Huang Xiao was watching.

• Pang Ji, Wu Xuancang, and others felt the aura restore some of their strength, while Leng Guhan said it resembled the aura from the False Tortoise Shell Inscriptions.
• Xuanyuan Xing denied that the aura was identical, and Pang Ji pressed him to explain what had happened at Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Huo Lian and Feng He ended the argument when Feng He noticed the surroundings changing.
• Huang Xiao saw multiple mist vortices form and gather the aura, with dozens appearing farther toward the center.
• Huang Xiao moved closer to a vortex and, after a sudden disturbance made him dizzy, saw a crystal-clear, faintly emerald pill spinning at its center.

Huang Xiao gathered two Longevity Pills before the powerful Mo Pozheng took them from him and revealed himself as the Clan Chief of the Demon Hall’s hidden Tomb Clan. Mo Pozheng’s emergence unsettled the gathered experts, while Leng Guhan turned the pressure into resolve and felt his sword intent stir.

• Huang Xiao drew a Longevity Pill to himself, then secured a second as Huo Lian and the others collected pills from the vortices.
• Mo Pozheng appeared, seized the remaining perimeter pills, and grabbed Huang Xiao, but released him after recognizing his Heavenly Demon Skill and learning he was a Hall Master Candidate.
• Mo Pozheng took Huang Xiao’s two pills, and Huang Xiao wondered why he had never heard of the powerful stranger.
• Xuanyuan Xing identified Mo Pozheng as the Clan Chief of the Demon Hall’s Tomb Clan, a hidden force guarding the past Hall Masters’ resting place.
• Leng Guhan felt discouraged by Mo Pozheng’s strength, then renewed his determination to grow stronger and sensed his sword intent stirring.

Mo Pozheng joined the contenders for the Longevity Pill, prompting Huo Lian to suspect that the first Hall Master had enabled his escape from the Hall Master's Land of Slumber. After the group collected nearly five hundred pills, they agreed to continue breaking through the formations, but Huo Lian stopped them.

• Xuanyuan Xing asked Mo Pozheng to reveal more about the Tomb Clan, but Mo Pozheng told everyone to investigate for themselves.
• Pang Ji questioned why Mo Pozheng had appeared, while Huo Lian reasoned that the first Hall Master had let him out and could still not emerge personally.
• Mo Pozheng and Feng He exchanged boasts about their long histories, and Pang Ji declared that Huo Lian remained his only true opponent.
• Huo Lian announced that the pills had been divided, and Mo Pozheng said the Longevity Pill had not appeared among them.
• Wu Xuancang urged everyone to keep attacking the formations for more treasures, but Huo Lian called for them to wait.

Huang Xiao and the others waited as a new, powerful aura slowly formed while their true qi dwindled. As the aura began to condense, it gathered toward the mist vortices, which shifted position, leaving everyone watching for what would emerge.

• Huo Lian pointed out that the mist vortices had not dispersed, and everyone examined them for changes.
• Feng He and Pang Ji argued over Feng He's claim to the Longevity Pill, which Feng He desperately needed to extend his life.
• Huang Xiao sensed a subtle new aura at the same time as Huo Lian and the others, and relied on the Longevity Chapter to preserve his true qi without drawing attention.
• The aura strengthened for more than an hour, while Xuanyuan Xing warned that the others' true qi would soon run out and Huang Xiao concealed that his own power had recovered.
• As the aura began condensing, the others chose to endure rather than leave, and Huang Xiao saw the vortices shift from their original positions.

Huang Xiao and the others watched the vortices converge into a pattern resembling human acupoints, then reveal pills that proved to be illusions. They learned that the pills were Inferior Longevity Pills made from residue left over from refining the Longevity Pill, while the true Longevity Pill remained undiscovered.

• Huang Xiao watched nearly five hundred vortices converge and merge until only one hundred and eighty remained.
• Huo Lian pointed out that the vortices matched the positions of major human acupoints, leading Feng He and Xuanyuan Xing to speculate that they might reveal a cultivation method.
• Pills appeared inside the vortices, and Wu Xuancang and the others tried unsuccessfully to collect them when they realized the pills were illusions.
• Feng He grew angry and nearly attacked Pang Ji, but Huo Lian stopped him after noticing further changes.
• Words appeared explaining that the pills were made from residue left after refining the Longevity Pill, and the old fellows learned they were Inferior Longevity Pills.

The vortices released heart fire belts that strengthened the illusory pills, and Huang Xiao realized the display revealed a method for training through the Longevity Chapter. He kept his own heart fire hidden while Xuanyuan Xing faced growing suspicion over Imperial Remnant Manor’s possible possession of a genuine Longevity Pill.

• Leng Guhan said the aura at Imperial Remnant Manor had likely belonged to a genuine Longevity Pill, prompting Pang Ji and Mo Pozheng to challenge Xuanyuan Xing about his manor’s involvement.
• Mist appeared between the vortices in patterns Huang Xiao recognized as resembling meridians, but Wu Xuancang and the others could not understand their purpose.
• The vortices erupted with scorching heart fire, and Huang Xiao suppressed his own heart fire to keep the others from noticing it.
• Heart fire belts struck the illusory pills, making their auras grow stronger until Leng Guhan said they resembled the aura from the False Tortoise Shell Inscription.
• Huang Xiao realized the vortices represented acupoints and the heart fire belts demonstrated a way to temper them through training in the Longevity Chapter.

Huang Xiao realized Heart Fire was central to using the Longevity Chapter, while the others learned that only half a Longevity Pill was promised. The shattered pills then fed their gathered auras into the sole intact pill in the dantian vortex, which began to take shape as the surrounding mist lost its green color.

• Huang Xiao understood that Senior Immortal Alchemist’s use of Heart Fire offered him a guide for studying the Longevity Chapter.
• Feng He and the others read the words “Half a Longevity Pill,” and Mo Pozheng suggested the other half might be at Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Everyone searched the illusory pills but found them all identical, while Huang Xiao focused on observing the Heart Fire and vortices for his own future experiments.
• The pills shattered before becoming solid, and Huo Lian recognized that their auras were converging through the Heart Fire toward the dantian vortex.
• The auras and pale green mist flowed into the only intact pill in the dantian vortex, while the surrounding mist turned white and the formation’s suppression remained.

The Longevity Pill formed as a complete sphere split into green and white halves, and its escaping aura confirmed its connection to Imperial Remnant Manor. As the protective formation faded, the pill evaded the gathered experts, while Huo Lian briefly touched it and discovered its power could stimulate and strengthen essence blood.

• The Patriarch and the others charged at the newly formed Longevity Pill but were repelled by its protective formation.
• Huang Xiao and the others saw that the pill was half emerald green and half white, revealing that only one half was effective.
• The formation dissipated, and Huang Xiao recognized the pill’s aura as the same one released by the False Tortoise Shell Inscription.
• The Longevity Pill flew from the vortex and evaded the experts as they attacked and pursued it.
• Pang Ji and the others forced Huo Lian to dodge while he reached for the pill, but he briefly touched it and sensed its effect on essence blood.

Feng He and the others fought over the Longevity Pill until Huang Xiao unexpectedly caught it and felt it resonate with his Heart Fire. After Huang Xiao narrowly escaped attacks, he threw the pill toward the Patriarch, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Feng He grabbed the Longevity Pill, but Pang Ji struck his hand and knocked it free.
• Du Fuzhou moved closer to the struggle while the others attacked anyone who neared the pill.
• Feng He threatened Huo Lian, who promised to fight harder for the Longevity Pill.
• The Longevity Pill flew to Huang Xiao, whose Heart Fire resonated with it and rapidly drew in its aura.
• Huo Lian blocked some attacks aimed at Huang Xiao, and Huang Xiao dodged the rest before tossing the Longevity Pill toward the Patriarch.