Recaps

Han Shuo traveled to Shadow City with the wounded Kamelita, whose explanations of destruction power helped his External Incarnation begin a breakthrough. After he reached the Saint Family estate and accepted Wallace Saint’s badge, Han Shuo left and heard from Little Skeleton that they had taken over the Undead World and wanted to develop it.

• Han Shuo treated Kamelita during their journey, and her wounds healed as they grew close and she shared her insights into destruction power.
• Han Shuo’s External Incarnation entered a dormant state inside the Myriad Demon Cauldron as it began breaking through beyond the middle stage lower god realm.
• Han Shuo and Kamelita arrived in Shadow City, where Wallace Saint ordered her to recover and gave Han Shuo a Saint Family badge in thanks for saving her.
• Han Shuo declined Kamelita’s invitation to stay at the Saint Family estate but agreed to visit her, then left for the city streets.
• Han Shuo received a message from Little Skeleton, who said they had completely taken over the Undead World and wanted to develop there.

Han Shuo agreed to let the six little fellows leave him and explore other divine domains, then reunited with Kamelita in Shadow City. After she proposed that he sell his medicinal pills and build influence of his own, he decided to make his way in the city.

• Little Skeleton and the other five persuaded Han Shuo to let them leave and pursue growth in different divine domains, promising to stay alive and meet every fifty years in Ethereal City.
• Han Shuo spent two months advising the six before summoning them outside Shadow City and saying goodbye as they departed.
• A Divine Guard recognized Han Shuo as Brian and waived his city fee because Kamelita was looking for him.
• Han Shuo met Kamelita and Karina, who thanked him for saving them, and heard that their pursuers had escaped after destroying the God-Given Divine Stone.
• Kamelita offered to arrange orders for Han Shuo's medicinal pills and help him establish a business and eventually found a family in Shadow City.
• Han Shuo accepted Kamelita's proposal and declared that he would make something of himself in Shadow City.

Han Shuo opened Celestial Pivot Pharmacy and sold two hundred Vitality-Recovery Pills to the Saint Family, earning twenty thousand Black Crystal Coins. He gave Kamelita detoxifying pills that might improve her appearance, just as Ketch, Tengfei, and Eve arrived at the shop.

• Kamelita helped Han Shuo exchange a lightning Divine Crystal for a shop near the Saint Family, and he set up its training ground and pharmacy.
• Han Shuo refined three hundred Vitality-Recovery Pills and two hundred pills with other effects, then opened Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.
• Andrei approved the Vitality-Recovery Pills and bought two hundred bottles for twenty thousand Black Crystal Coins.
• Han Shuo gave Kamelita three detoxifying pills, explaining they might reduce the toxins affecting her appearance, and she asked whether they could work.
• Ketch, Tengfei, and Eve arrived at the shop, recognized Han Shuo, and entered with hostility.

Han Shuo drove off Ketch, Tengfei, and Eve after slapping Eve to stop Kamelita from disfiguring her, then waited several days for customers at Celestial Pivot Pharmacy. When Jiya, a renowned daughter of the Jinsen Family, visited with her admirers, Han Shuo refused to flatter them and faced down the blond young man who threatened his shop.

• Kamelita seized Eve after Eve called her a ghost, and Ketch begged Kamelita to spare his sister.
• Han Shuo slapped Eve until her face swelled, then handed her to Ketch and ordered the group out of Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.
• Kamelita left to test Han Shuo's medicine, and Andrei thanked Han Shuo and promised to speak with the Rivers Family's head.
• For five days, customers browsed Celestial Pivot Pharmacy but bought none of Han Shuo's expensive pills.
• Jiya entered the shop with young admirers, and Han Shuo recognized her as a famous battle-aura cultivator from the Jinsen Family.
• The blond admirer threatened to tear up Han Shuo's shop, and Han Shuo challenged him to try.

Han Shuo’s Celestial Pivot Pharmacy gained customers after Jiya and Kamelita saw results from its pills, while Donna was misled into believing Han Shuo had harmed her sister. The chapter ended with a crowd gathering outside the closed pharmacy to buy its medicine.

• Anita’s Divine Guards stopped Aemon from damaging the Celestial Pivot Pharmacy, and Jiya bought a bottle of Celestial Jade Pills.
• Han Shuo closed the pharmacy and cultivated in seclusion as his External Incarnation advanced to the late stage of the Lower God realm.
• Eve told Donna that Han Shuo had beaten her, and Ketch and Tengfei falsely backed her account, turning Donna against Han Shuo.
• Jiya found that the pills had strengthened her Battle Aura and persuaded Bess to bring money to the pharmacy.
• Kamelita’s complexion improved after using the pills, and Andrei rushed to see the change.
• Nearly a hundred people gathered outside the closed pharmacy, shouting that they wanted to buy its medicine.

Han Shuo reopened Celestial Pivot Pharmacy to a crowd drawn by the medicines’ effects, and he limited most customers to three bottles each. Donna abandoned her plan to confront him, while Tengfei chose to buy medicines and seek Han Shuo’s favor, leaving Han Shuo with a rapidly dwindling stock and a busy shop.

• Han Shuo opened Celestial Pivot Pharmacy and gave Kamelita five bottles of medicine as a gift, while Andrei offered to buy the shop’s entire stock.
• Han Shuo rejected Andrei’s proposal and allowed each customer to buy three bottles, prompting prominent Shadow City figures to enter first and Kamelita to supervise the crowd.
• Donna decided against confronting Han Shuo and left with Eve and Ketch, while Tengfei stayed to buy medicines for the Rivers Family’s interests.
• Han Shuo gave Jiya and her mother five bottles each after Jiya offered extra payment, and they left ten bottles’ worth of Black Crystal Coins.
• Tengfei apologized to Han Shuo and bought three bottles before Kamelita threatened him into leaving, as Han Shuo’s remaining stock dwindled.

After earning a fortune from his pills, Han Shuo returned from gathering ingredients to find Celestial Pivot Pharmacy wrecked and began searching for the culprit. Ketch admitted he approved of the destruction, and Han Shuo retaliated by blowing up the energy crystal shops Ketch and Eve managed, prompting Ketch to march on the pharmacy.

• Han Shuo sold all his pills for ninety-six thousand Black Crystal Coins, then spent over a month gathering medicinal ingredients in the mountains around Shadow City.
• Han Shuo returned to Celestial Pivot Pharmacy and found its vessels, equipment, and training-ground energy stones smashed; Anita said the damage had occurred seven days earlier and that no culprit had been found.
• Han Shuo asked Anita about Aemon, learned he had been away from Shadow City, and left Anita to arrange repairs before going to the Rivers Family estate.
• Han Shuo learned Donna had gone to the Space-Time Divine Domain and encountered Ketch and Eve; Ketch mocked him over the wrecked pharmacy and said smashing it had been a fine job.
• That night, explosions destroyed thirty thousand Black Crystal Coins' worth of energy crystals at three shops managed by Ketch and Eve, injuring seven Rivers Family Divine Guards.
• Ketch blamed Han Shuo and took his own squad of Divine Guards to Celestial Pivot Pharmacy to confront him.

Ketch’s attack on Celestial Pivot Pharmacy was stopped by Anita, while Avery investigated the destruction of his family’s shops and a rival medicine merchant manipulated events against Han Shuo. As Han Shuo refined pills, Avery’s phantom attacked him to extract his medicinal secrets, but Han Shuo vanished after activating his natal blood essence.

• Anita and the Third Divine Guards Office prevented Ketch from entering Celestial Pivot Pharmacy, so Ketch went to Avery and blamed Han Shuo for the destruction of three Rivers Family shops.
• Avery struck Ketch, ordered him and Eve to remain at the family estate, and sent Number Three to investigate the explosions.
• Stills reported to the white-haired master that Avery would find evidence linking Han Shuo to the damaged shops, and the master hoped the Rivers and Saint Families would clash.
• Avery learned that a medicine bottle from Celestial Pivot Pharmacy had been found at an exploded shop, then sent a phantom toward the pharmacy while his body slept.
• Han Shuo completed a batch of forty-nine Vitality-Recovery Pills and began restoring his demonic essence, but Avery’s phantom struck him and attempted Memory Extraction.
• Han Shuo activated his natal blood essence and vanished in a burst of bloody mist, leaving Avery’s phantom searching for him.

Han Shuo survived Avery’s attack and used demonheads to confirm that Avery was likely behind it, then hid outside Shadow City while Celestial Pivot Pharmacy’s reputation grew and people searched for him. Andrei investigated the attack and confronted Avery, asking whether Brian was alive or dead; Avery said he did not know.

• Han Shuo recovered in a secluded cave outside Shadow City and sent demonheads to spy on the Rivers Family estate.
• Han Shuo overheard Ketch and Eve discussing their father’s planned retaliation and concluded that Avery had attacked him, but withdrew his demonheads when he detected a concealed Middle God nearby.
• Han Shuo stayed away from Shadow City for months as Celestial Pivot Pharmacy’s reputation spread and Kamelita organized a search for him.
• Andrei received a report linking Avery to the attack, including Ketch’s visit to the Fifth Division and Avery’s apparent alibi, and decided to confront him.
• Andrei visited Avery at the Fifth Division’s Sky Tower and asked whether Brian was alive; Avery replied that he did not know.

Avery admitted to Andrei that he had attacked Brian but did not know whether Brian had survived, and Andrei warned him not to target Brian again. After recovering in hiding, Han Shuo ambushed Ketch and Eve at the Tears of the Sea God and killed them both, leaving his conflict with Avery poised to worsen.

• Avery told Andrei that Brian had escaped after Avery struck him, and Andrei warned Avery not to attack Brian again if he was alive.
• Avery lifted the confinement order on Ketch and Eve, who left Shadow City for Haisel Fortress.
• After three months of recovery and observation, Han Shuo learned that Ketch and Eve were at the Tears of the Sea God and followed them there.
• Han Shuo trapped Eve in the Illusion Veil Banner’s illusion realm, frightened her, and beheaded her before collecting her divine soul.
• Han Shuo used the illusion realm to exhaust Ketch, then killed him with a blow to the head and collected his divine soul.
• Han Shuo left after erasing his traces, aware that killing Avery’s children could deepen his future conflict with Avery and damage his relationship with Donna.

After Ketch and Eve were killed, Avery slaughtered the Divine Guards who had failed to find clues and ordered Number Three to watch Kamelita. Meanwhile, Han Shuo hid in Greenfire Swamp and hunted Godhunters to strengthen his Death Element External Incarnation, but his first intended targets were killed by a mysterious little girl before he could act.

• Avery learned that Ketch and Eve had been killed, then killed the Divine Guards who could not identify their murderer.
• Avery suspected Kamelita and ordered Number Three to investigate her recent movements and report anything unusual.
• Han Shuo retreated to Greenfire Swamp to avoid the search for him and decided to hunt Godhunters to gather Death Divine Power.
• Han Shuo watched Faliya and Geluxi, two Middle God Godhunters, target a little girl carrying an Upper God Artifact.
• Faliya and Geluxi attacked the girl, but a force field from her body reduced them to bloody fragments before Han Shuo could intervene.

Han Shuo escaped the mysterious Andrina in Greenfire Swamp, hunted a Godhunter to strengthen his Death Power incarnation, and left after learning she had killed the remaining Godhunters. When Andrina collapsed into the sea while fleeing powerful pursuers, Han Shuo rescued her and discovered she recovered by eating Black Crystal Coins.

• Andrina trapped Han Shuo in her strange force field, but he escaped, and they agreed to leave each other alone.
• Han Shuo killed an early-stage Middle God Godhunter, absorbed some of his Death Divine Power, and sent his incarnation into a breakthrough.
• Han Shuo learned that Andrina had killed the Godhunters in Greenfire Swamp, then left the area while deciding whether to return to Shadow City.
• Andrina collapsed into the sea after pursuing forces broke through a Barrier, and Han Shuo rescued her and fled with her.
• Andrina told Han Shuo that the strongest Godhunters were pursuing her, then ate his Black Crystal Coins to improve her condition.

Han Shuo waited for Andrina to recover after she consumed ninety thousand Black Crystal Coins, then hired her protection in exchange for the debt. He returned with her to Shadow City, where the major families immediately focused on Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.

• Andrina devoured Han Shuo's ninety thousand Black Crystal Coins, and her injuries began healing as she slept.
• Han Shuo hid with Andrina in a cave near Shadow City while Avery investigated his children's deaths and the white-haired master plotted to turn him against Kamelita.
• Avery received a planted report linking Kamelita to Haisel Fortress and began planning how to confront her.
• After nearly four months, Andrina woke and agreed to protect Han Shuo for nine years in repayment for the coins.
• Han Shuo and Andrina entered Shadow City, prompting the major families to set their sights on Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.

Han Shuo returned to Shadow City and sold medicines to the gathered great families, then learned that Andrei would protect him from Avery while keeping Kamelita uninformed. Donna privately confronted him over Ketch and Eve’s deaths, leaving with suspicions that drove a lasting rift between them.

• Han Shuo arrived at the crowded Celestial Pivot Pharmacy and arranged for four families to receive equal shares of his medicines for 160,000 Black Crystal Coins.
• Han Shuo gave Andrina 40,000 Black Crystal Coins, adding four years to her term, and sold 100 bottles of medicine to Anita for the Third Division.
• Andrei told Han Shuo that Avery would not dare attack him again, but asked him not to tell Kamelita that Avery had injured him.
• Donna questioned Han Shuo about Ketch and Eve, but he concealed his role in their deaths and sold her 100 bottles of medicine.
• Donna left suspecting Han Shuo had killed her siblings, while Han Shuo watched her go and said he had had no choice.

Han Shuo attended a pharmacists’ gathering at Divine Grace Pharmacy after months of cultivation and growing wary of Avery’s threat. He insulted the renowned alchemist Guli, then went with proprietor Stills to discuss business privately.

• Han Shuo’s death-power External Incarnation advanced to middle god, while his body gained the ability to briefly draw on the Cauldron Spirit’s power at great risk.
• Andrei asked Han Shuo whether he knew where Kamelita was, since she had been missing for months and had stopped contacting the Saint Family.
• Han Shuo invited Andrina to help him ambush Avery when he returned, but she refused to fight and offered only to watch over him and rescue him if needed.
• Han Shuo accepted an invitation to Divine Grace Pharmacy’s pharmacists’ gathering and brought Andrina along.
• Guli challenged Han Shuo’s alchemical knowledge, and he mocked her for not recognizing ingredients he named before demanding to meet the proprietor.
• Stills introduced himself as Divine Grace Pharmacy’s proprietor and led Han Shuo to a quiet room to discuss business.

Han Shuo rejected Divine Grace Pharmacy’s attempt to take control of his formulas, then rushed to treat the gravely wounded Kamelita. He saved her from immediate danger and suspected an upper god with familiar dark divine power had attacked her.

• Han Shuo refused Stills’s proposed deal after learning Divine Grace Pharmacy wanted eighty percent of the profits and access to his formulas, then left despite Guli’s confrontation.
• The old man and Stills decided to undermine the reputation of Han Shuo’s medicines after he rejected their offer.
• Anita told Han Shuo that Kamelita had returned badly wounded, and Han Shuo hurried with him to the Saint Family estate.
• Han Shuo ordered everyone out of Kamelita’s treatment room, and Wallace cleared it so Han Shuo could treat her alone.
• Han Shuo removed the death and destruction divine power from Kamelita, strengthened her will to resist the dark divine power, and gave her pills that helped her recover her own power.
• Han Shuo told Wallace and Andrei that Kamelita was out of danger and that an upper god had attacked her with dark divine power that felt familiar, leaving Andrei enraged.

Han Shuo saved Kamelita and left the Saint Family estate with Wallace promising to remember his help, while Andrei began investigating whether Avery was behind the attack. Back at the Celestial Pivot Pharmacy, Han Shuo reunited with Akelie and agreed to let him stay and help at the shop.

• Andrei told Han Shuo to keep his suspicion about Avery secret while he investigated, and Wallace confirmed that Kamelita was out of danger and thanked Han Shuo for saving her.
• Han Shuo returned to the Celestial Pivot Pharmacy with Andrina, who admitted she had avoided Wallace because she feared he would discover her hidden strength, but refused to explain her powers.
• Guli confronted Han Shuo over his alchemy formulas, and he shoved past her into the pharmacy and ignored her angry ranting outside.
• Three days later, Han Shuo recognized Akelie outside the pharmacy and stopped the Divine Guards from seizing him.
• Akelie explained that people had hunted him after he tried to trade divine crystal ore, forcing him to travel through dangerous regions to reach Shadow City.
• Akelie asked to stay with Han Shuo, and Han Shuo agreed to let him help at the Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.

Wallace and Andrei investigated Avery and prepared to move against him and possibly the Rivers Family, while Kamelita woke and grieved for Karina. Han Shuo was summoned to the Kisa Family after a customer’s realm regressed following a Whirling Jade Potion, and he began examining the man amid Geluxi’s accusations.

• Wallace tightened his control over the Divine Guard divisions and secretly cooperated with Andrei to investigate Avery.
• Kamelita awoke, learned that Karina had died saving her, and asked to see Han Shuo, but Wallace urged her to recover first.
• Wallace ordered Andrei to locate Avery and prepare to act against the Rivers Family if its patriarch was involved, while considering Han Shuo for command of the Fifth Division.
• Anita told Han Shuo that a Kisa Family member had suffered a realm regression after taking a Whirling Jade Potion, so Han Shuo went to investigate.
• Geluxi accused Han Shuo of selling faulty medicine and threatened to seize him, but Anita invoked Wallace’s and Andrei’s protection.
• Han Shuo held Andrina back and asked to examine the convulsing customer before deciding what had gone wrong.

Han Shuo was accused by Geluxi of selling dangerous potions, but Andrina protected him when Geluxi ordered the Divine Guards to seize him. An investigation revealed that Geligao had switched the potions and fled, and Han Shuo left after ending Celestial Pivot Pharmacy’s business with the Kisa Family.

• Han Shuo examined Geluxi’s nephew and found an ingredient in his body that was not in the Whirling Jade Potion, but Geluxi blamed Han Shuo after another Divine Guard died from a potion.
• Andrina shattered the Divine Guards’ weapons and fought Geluxi when he attacked Han Shuo; Andrei and Heitian arrived before the clash could escalate further.
• Han Shuo explained the suspicious potion incidents, and Heitian questioned Geluxi’s nephew, who revealed that Geligao had traded him the Whirling Jade Potion.
• Han Shuo found the same foreign ingredient in the dead Divine Guard, while the Divine Guards reported that Geligao had fled with the Crystal Coins from his room.
• Geluxi apologized after realizing Geligao was responsible, but Han Shuo ended Celestial Pivot Pharmacy’s business with the Kisa Family and left with Andrina.

Han Shuo investigated Divine Grace Pharmacy after suspecting it had arranged the attack on Celestial Pivot Pharmacy. He discovered forbidden experiments and confirmed that Stills and a mysterious old man were involved in the Kisa Family incident before fleeing with Andrina.

• Andrei warned Han Shuo that the attack at the Kisa Family estate was probably aimed at Celestial Pivot Pharmacy, and they suspected Divine Grace Pharmacy had the most to gain.
• Han Shuo and Andrina went to Divine Grace Pharmacy, where Andrina noticed his demon generals as they slipped inside to investigate.
• The demon generals found Guli searching Alchemy books, so Han Shuo ruled her out and continued searching for Stills.
• Han Shuo discovered secret chambers containing preserved organs and imprisoned deities subjected to forbidden Poison Potion experiments.
• A demon general broke through the strongest chamber's barriers and saw Stills kneeling before an old man, who reacted to the intrusion.
• Han Shuo ordered the demon general to retreat and fled with Andrina as Divine Grace Pharmacy erupted into chaos.

Stills rushed to remove incriminating evidence from Divine Grace Pharmacy after its secret chambers were discovered. Guli uncovered the pharmacy’s forbidden activities and was poisoned while trying to report them, but Han Shuo rescued her and brought her toward Andrei so she could reveal what she had seen.

• The old man ordered Stills to move the evidence and conceal the pharmacy’s activities after something broke through the barrier.
• Guli discovered Divine Grace Pharmacy’s organ trafficking and poison-potion production while sneaking through its restricted areas.
• A Divine Grace Pharmacy guard pursued Guli and shot her with a poison-coated crossbow bolt before she could reach the Saint Family.
• Han Shuo sent a demon to stop the guard from dissolving Guli’s body, then gave her an Antidote Pill and confirmed that the poison matched the substance linked to the Kisa Family incident.
• Han Shuo carried the recovering Guli to the Saint Family to tell Andrei what she had witnessed.

Han Shuo brought Guli to Andrei after rescuing her from an attack tied to Divine Grace Pharmacy, and her testimony prompted a raid on the pharmacy. When the search found nothing and Stills challenged Han Shuo to prove his accusation, Han Shuo wagered his life and led the group onward using a claimed ability to detect poison.

• Han Shuo told Andrei that Divine Grace Pharmacy had tried to kill Guli and that she had spoken of poison experiments involving living people and organs.
• Andrei revived Guli, heard her confirm the allegations, and mobilized Saint Family and Three Locations Divine Guards to surround Divine Grace Pharmacy.
• Stills denied the accusations, and a search of the pharmacy found nothing, while visiting alchemists criticized Andrei and Heitian for acting without proof.
• Han Shuo claimed he could smell traces of poison and offered to lead a further search, wagering that he would slit his throat if he found nothing.
• Andrei agreed to let Han Shuo lead the search, and the group followed him through Divine Grace Pharmacy.

Han Shuo led the Divine Guards and representatives of Shadow City's major families to a hidden potion storehouse and exposed Stills as the source of the Poison Potion. Stills was arrested, Divine Grace Pharmacy was shut down, and Diwei finally recognized Han Shuo's worth.

• Representatives of the four other major families followed Andrei, Heitian, and Han Shuo to investigate Divine Grace Pharmacy's poisoning case.
• Han Shuo tracked the scent to a filthy district, where Stills grew increasingly nervous as the group neared several abandoned buildings.
• Han Shuo identified a potion storehouse thirty meters underground, and Stills collapsed before Andrei's Divine Guards seized him and Heitian ordered Divine Grace Pharmacy's people detained.
• Stills admitted that he had hidden the Poison Potion, while Han Shuo mocked the pharmacists who had failed to detect it.
• The pharmacists left Shadow City in shame, and Donna told Diwei that she had tried to recruit Han Shuo before he proved his value.

Han Shuo helped Andrei expose Divine Grace Pharmacy’s poison-making operation and was offered its confiscated properties and resources for Celestial Pivot Pharmacy. After struggling to recruit Alchemists, he welcomed Guli and her students, who came seeking to learn from him.

• Andrei and Heitian’s Divine Guards captured Stills, fifteen poison makers, and Divine Grace Pharmacy’s people after finding evidence of their crimes underground.
• Han Shuo refused Geluxi’s apology, while Andrei offered him Divine Grace Pharmacy’s confiscated buildings, equipment, books, and branches for a token payment.
• Andrei warned Han Shuo that he would need to find Alchemists to run the expanded pharmacy, and Han Shuo realized he had driven away many potential workers.
• For several days, Han Shuo’s reputation spread through Shadow City, but his recruitment scrolls drew no experienced Alchemists, and he turned away would-be students because he could not teach Alchemy.
• Guli arrived at Celestial Pivot Pharmacy, apologized to Han Shuo, and asked to learn Alchemy, offering to bring her students with her; Han Shuo eagerly accepted.

The dispute between the Saint Family and Divine Grace Pharmacy spread Han Shuo’s reputation as a genius alchemist and brought skilled pharmacists to Celestial Pivot Pharmacy. When the Saint Family’s proposed profit split threatened his plans, Han Shuo paid with divine crystals and secured ownership of Divine Grace Pharmacy’s Shadow City operations.

• Andrei and Divine Grace Pharmacy’s owner exchanged accusations, while the Saint Family kept the Shadow City branch’s resources and barred key pharmacy figures from entering the city.
• Rumors about Han Shuo’s alchemy spread across the Darkness Divine Domain, attracting experienced alchemists to Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.
• Andrei told Han Shuo that the Saint Family would either require three million Black Crystal Coins or take a seventy-percent share of Divine Grace Pharmacy’s profits.
• Han Shuo presented wind and lightning divine crystals, and Andrei agreed to cover the remaining cost in exchange for ten percent of Celestial Pivot Pharmacy’s profits for Kamelita.
• Andrei gave Han Shuo official documents granting him Divine Grace Pharmacy’s Shadow City shops and resources, then privately regretted underestimating the future value of Celestial Pivot Pharmacy.