Recaps

Mei Chaofeng explained that the ruins’ central bridge was covered in alchemy restrictions, prompting the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain to seek an alchemist to compete against the Ghost Alchemist. Guan Guan agreed to face him despite the contest being a battle to the death, and Ji Yourong asked Yang Zhen whether he could defeat him.

• Mei Chaofeng told the group that only alchemists with profound attainments could cross the bridge leading to the ruins’ heart.
• The little fatty pointed out that Guan Guan was an alchemy grandmaster, and Mei Chaofeng explained that two alchemists had to work together to maintain the bridge’s restrictions while their groups crossed.
• The group realized the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land’s Spirit Transformation Realm expert gave it the advantage in deciding who would cross first.
• Mei Chaofeng asked Guan Guan if she could defeat the Ghost Alchemist, and Guan Guan agreed to try.
• Yang Zhen learned that competing against the Ghost Alchemist meant a battle to the death, while Mei Chaofeng urged Guan Guan to defer to the Sacred Lord’s arrangements.
• Ji Yourong asked Yang Zhen if he had a way to defeat the Ghost Alchemist, as Mei Chaofeng warned that inherited alchemy insights alone could not ensure successful pill refinement.

Ji Yourong revealed that Yang Kaixin was Yang Zhen, prompting Mei Chaofeng to apologize for opposing him and acknowledge his help to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain. As Guan Guan warned Yang Zhen to leave because of the Ghost Alchemist, the Shameless Cat rushed back with an urgent outburst.

• Ji Yourong asked Mei Chaofeng to assess Yang Zhen, then revealed his identity to the group.
• Mei Chaofeng accepted that Yang Zhen had helped the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and apologized for her earlier attitude, while reprimanding Ji Yourong for hiding the truth.
• Ji Yourong accused Yang Zhen of gaining more from helping Guan Guan refine the pill than Guan Guan had, and Yang Zhen denied it.
• Guan Guan warned Yang Zhen to leave because of the Ghost Alchemist, but Yang Zhen asked what had happened.
• The Shameless Cat rushed over, pretended to be cute, and reacted in alarm when Yang Zhen called him out.

Yang Zhen learned that the Ghost Alchemist had become a Pill Ghost and prepared to face him in an alchemy contest. As the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain gathered for the contest, the Ghost Alchemist threatened Feng Lingqiao, and Fang Zhongjian warned him not to provoke Yang Zhen.

• The Shameless Cat told Yang Zhen that a Three-Flower Pill Ghost, an alchemy grandmaster who had refined himself into a pill, was nearby with Fang Zhongjian.
• Yang Zhen questioned the Shameless Cat about Pill Ghosts and learned of their dangerous alchemy methods.
• Yang Zhen studied the Medicine Madman's notes for several days, immersing himself in alchemy.
• The Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and Heavenly Spring Sacred Land stopped arguing as the contest and the coming ruins expedition stirred tension.
• At the alchemy grounds, the Ghost Alchemist threatened to use Feng Lingqiao's heart blood to refine a Sea-Opening Pill, and Fang Zhongjian warned him against provoking Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen arrived at the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and faced the Ghost Alchemist, who had challenged him to a pill-refining contest. Yang Zhen mocked the alchemist and asked whether he could dance to Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

• The Ghost Alchemist dismissed warnings about Yang Zhen and headed toward him, while Feng Lingqiao worried that neither Yang Zhen nor the Feng Household had appeared.
• Yang Zhen arrived with the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and asked about the Spirit Transformation Realm expert, who was approaching him.
• Yang Zhen greeted the Ghost Alchemist loudly and jokingly asked after his family, leaving the alchemist and onlookers stunned.
• The Ghost Alchemist flared with heat and approached Yang Zhen, who hid behind Ji Yourong and asked how they would compete.
• Yang Zhen asked what prize was at stake and whether the Ghost Alchemist could dance to Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Yang Zhen turned his contest with the Ghost Alchemist into a public wager, demanding that his opponent dance the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss if he lost and offering his own life if he did. He used the crowd’s outrage to pressure Fang Zhongjian over Miss Feng, leaving the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land’s side furious as an elder ordered everyone to be silent.

• The Sacred Lord of the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain explained to Elder Huo that Yang Zhen had seized control of the crowd and unsettled the Ghost Alchemist in a battle of alchemical presence.
• Yang Zhen told the Ghost Alchemist that the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss was a dance he would have to perform if he lost, and wagered his life if he lost instead.
• The Ghost Alchemist accepted Yang Zhen’s wager and threatened that Yang Zhen would die in their next contest.
• Yang Zhen asked Fang Zhongjian to release Miss Feng, prompting the crowd to condemn Fang and the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land for using her as leverage.
• Yang Zhen pretended the Ghost Alchemist refused to release Miss Feng and rallied the crowd against him, until an elder from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land shouted for silence.

Yang Zhen forced the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land to release Feng Lingqiao, then taunted the Ghost Alchemist before taking his place at the alchemy platform. The two began probing each other with their opposing spiritual presences as the contest was about to start.

• The Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain elder dispersed Chengxu's killing presence, and the crowd demanded that the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land release Feng Lingqiao.
• The Ghost Alchemist ordered Fang Zhongjian to release Feng Lingqiao, who rejoined Guan Guan and the others.
• Yang Zhen asked the Ghost Alchemist if he was angry, then walked to his pill refining platform.
• The Sacred Lord of the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain told Guan Guan to study the Ghost Alchemist's methods during the contest.
• Yang Zhen and the Ghost Alchemist sent out their golden and blood-red presences, and the crowd realized the contest was beginning.

Yang Zhen watched the Ghost Alchemist prepare to refine pills with a rare Skull Furnace, then repeatedly startled him with shouts and jokes. The Ghost Alchemist’s fear and humiliation shattered his intimidating image, while the contest remained underway.

• The Ghost Alchemist brought out a Skull Furnace made from a youth’s skull, and Guan Guan explained its sinister origins and use in alchemy.
• Yang Zhen lounged on his platform and watched the Ghost Alchemist prepare, making him increasingly wary.
• Yang Zhen shouted, startling the Ghost Alchemist into nearly dropping the Skull Furnace, then claimed he had only cleared his throat.
• The Ghost Alchemist turned away in anger, but Yang Zhen shouted again and said he was stepping on a bug.
• The crowd burst into laughter at the Ghost Alchemist’s humiliation and grew eager to watch the contest.

Yang Zhen’s deliberately strange behavior made the Heavenly Snow Sacred Lord and Li Cangxu realize that he was far more calculating than they had believed. The Ghost Alchemist unleashed his Corpse-Ferrying Insects and revealed that he intended to refine a Blood-Drinking Pill, while Yang Zhen dismissed him as a fool.

• The Heavenly Snow Sacred Lord told everyone to watch Yang Zhen closely, and Li Cangxu recognized that Yang Zhen’s seemingly absurd actions concealed deep purpose.
• Li Cangxu warned Fang Zhongjian that underestimating Yang Zhen could lead to a miserable death, while the little fatty mocked Li Cangxu for lacking a sense of humor.
• The Ghost Alchemist burst his upper garment and released a blood-red wave of Qi filled with Corpse-Ferrying Insects.
• The Ghost Alchemist declared that he had sacrificed his humanity for power and asked whether Yang Zhen had considered that someone might be scheming against him.
• The Ghost Alchemist formed a blood-red skull and announced that he would refine a Blood-Drinking Pill, prompting Guan Guan to condemn the evil art.
• The Ghost Alchemist questioned the labels of justice and evil, and Yang Zhen called him a fool, leaving the assembled cultivators baffled.

Yang Zhen challenged the Ghost Alchemist’s argument about good and evil during their alchemy contest, breaking the Ghost Alchemist’s composure and starting to refine pills while defending his view of the Heavenly Dao. The Ghost Alchemist attacked him in a rage, and Yang Zhen called on Shameless Cat as his performance began.

• The Ghost Alchemist used his presence and arguments about good and evil to shake the crowd and put Yang Zhen at a disadvantage.
• Yang Zhen agreed that the Ghost Alchemist was right, then dismissed him as a dumbass; the Ghost Alchemist dropped and cracked his Skull Furnace.
• The Ghost Alchemist abandoned the competition and sent a savage beast formed from insects charging at Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen moved through a succession of afterimages, prepared ingredients, and argued that good and evil were part of the Heavenly Dao rather than labels people could decide.
• Yang Zhen called for Shameless Cat, who appeared, beatboxed, and Moonwalked toward the alchemy platform.

Yang Zhen continued refining pills while using his strange Moonwalk to deflect the Ghost Alchemist’s attacks, and his words about the great Dao changed Li Cangxu. The chapter ended with Li Cangxu entering the Dao through Yang Zhen, while the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord considered killing Yang Zhen to sever that connection.

• Yang Zhen danced and refined pills as he redirected the Ghost Alchemist’s attacks, leaving the spectators amazed and unsettled.
• Li Cangxu laughed, drank wine, and unleashed his sword before declaring that he finally understood Yang Zhen.
• Li Cangxu’s presence surged as he entered the Heaven Realm, and the holy lords recognized that he had entered the Dao.
• Li Cangxu told the Ghost Alchemist that he had failed to leave his subjective world, then thanked Yang Zhen for helping him enter the Dao.
• Li Cangxu confirmed that he had entered the Dao through Yang Zhen, prompting the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord to consider severing Yang Zhen’s Dao.

Yang Zhen finished his alchemy contest by producing a bottle of jade-like liquid instead of a pill, leaving everyone convinced he had failed. Guan Guan revealed that it was a Heavenly Radiance Decoction, a lower-grade form of the legendary Heavenly Radiance Pill, and the contest’s outcome remained to be declared.

• Li Cangxu entered the Dao through Yang Zhen and said he would wait for Yang Zhen to finish refining his pill.
• Yang Zhen poured liquid from his Pill Furnace into a bottle, and Ghost Alchemist accused him of making a fool of him.
• Yang Zhen insisted that pills did not have to be round, while Ghost Alchemist demanded another contest.
• Guan Guan stood beside Yang Zhen and declared that Ghost Alchemist could not beat him.
• Guan Guan identified Yang Zhen’s liquid as a Heavenly Radiance Pill, and Yang Zhen clarified that it was a lower-grade Heavenly Radiance Decoction.

Yang Zhen demonstrated the Heavenly Radiance Decoction to the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord, then challenged Li Cangxu to a fight. As their battle escalated, Fang Zhongjian and the Ghost Alchemist attacked Yang Zhen, leaving him bewildered by the apparent infighting.

• Yang Zhen said the Heavenly Radiance Decoction lasted about four hours, and the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord offered to pay any price to obtain it.
• Yang Zhen summoned the Great Deficiency Sword and challenged Li Cangxu, explaining that he needed to defeat him before he could face Fang Zhongjian.
• Li Cangxu unleashed the Great Delusion Heavenly Lotus Sword Instruction, but Yang Zhen countered with his Just Charge and It'll Work Sword Instruction and the Evil Shadow Black Taotie.
• Fang Zhongjian attacked Yang Zhen during the fight, and the Ghost Alchemist enveloped Yang Zhen in darkness.
• Li Cangxu charged at the Ghost Alchemist while the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord questioned his actions, and Yang Zhen wondered if they were infighting.

Li Cangxu turned on the Ghost Alchemist and Fang Zhongjian, then questioned the greed and motives of those around him before walking away from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land. Yang Zhen told the baffled crowd that Li Cangxu had fallen ill with what he called depression.

• Li Cangxu pierced the Ghost Alchemist with his sword and attacked Fang Zhongjian, while the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord restrained him with True Essence.
• Li Cangxu accused the people around him of being ruled by greed and asked Yang Zhen whether everyone in the world was foolish.
• Fang Zhongjian defended greed and desire as natural parts of human life, and Li Cangxu challenged him over his sneak attack on Yang Zhen.
• Li Cangxu thanked Yang Zhen for helping him see himself clearly, then left as the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord watched in disbelief.
• Yang Zhen told the curious group that Li Cangxu had fallen ill with depression, leaving the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord confused.

After Li Cangxu entered the Dao, the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord blamed Yang Zhen and ordered his sect to kill him. The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord defended Yang Zhen, but a Spirit Transformation Realm expert arrived to threaten him before a woman appeared on a flaming bird.

• The Heavenly Spring Holy Lord accused Yang Zhen of ruining Li Cangxu and ordered the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land to attack him.
• Yang Zhen faced the gathered disciples and elders with the Great Deficiency Sword, while the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord and his followers stepped in to protect him.
• A young man in an azure robe descended from the sky, revealed himself as a Spirit Transformation Realm expert, and announced he intended to kill Yang Zhen.
• A woman's voice declared that the azure-robed expert could not kill Yang Zhen, and two young women arrived on a great bird wreathed in flames.

Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Flirtatious Chicken arrived as Yang Zhen faced a Spirit Transformation Realm expert from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land. The expert withdrew without fighting and said he would see Yang Zhen in the High Antiquity ruins, where Hua Youyue warned that he intended to kill him.

• A Golden Crow arrived carrying Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, then transformed back into Flirtatious Chicken, who wrestled with Shameless Cat.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er greeted Yang Zhen, and he celebrated their reunion while noticing both had reached the peak Mahayana Realm.
• Yang Zhen told the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land's Spirit Transformation Realm expert he did not want to fight, and the expert decided to leave the matter for another time.
• The expert told the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord to pass a message to Wan Xu and said he would see Yang Zhen in the High Antiquity ruins.
• Hua Youyue warned Yang Zhen that the expert planned to kill him in the High Antiquity ruins, and Yang Zhen laughed that no one who could not kill him today would kill him later.

Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue confessed their feelings before learning that a famous diviner’s sixteen readings for the High Antiquity ruins had not shown Yang Zhen at all. Despite the ominous warning, Yang Zhen remained eager to enter the ruins, while Han Yan’er had beaten the diviner for his prediction.

• Rumors spread across North Isle about Yang Zhen’s clash with the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land, and word emerged that Li Cangxu would face him in the High Antiquity ruins.
• At the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain, Hua Youyue admitted she had worried about Yang Zhen, and the two kissed.
• Yang Zhen declared that he would protect Hua Youyue, and his shout triggered an avalanche that Han Yan’er endured while continuing her sword dance.
• Hua Youyue told Yang Zhen that sixteen divinations about the High Antiquity ruins had not included him and that the diviner considered the odds against him.
• Hua Youyue revealed that Han Yan’er had beaten the diviner, while Yang Zhen dismissed the warning and looked forward to exploring the ruins.

As the ancient ruins prepared to open, Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat sensed that heaven and earth were changing, while Hua Youyue confronted the remnant figure tied to her cultivation. Hua Youyue refused to accept the figure’s divine soul, and Han Yan’er failed to calculate what lay ahead.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed their unease about the ancient ruins and the changing presence of heaven and earth.
• Yang Zhen said he would defy heaven rather than live in fear, and Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken concluded he was entering the ruins for fun.
• Hua Youyue’s double warned that the Three Flowers Emperor Scripture could end with her body dying and her Dao vanishing.
• Hua Youyue told the figure that Yang Zhen had helped her become herself and refused to accept its divine soul.
• The figure dispersed into three white flowers, and Hua Youyue vowed to defy heaven alongside Yang Zhen.
• Han Yan’er’s starry vision shattered, leaving her bleeding and unable to calculate what was happening.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat set out for the High Antiquity ruins, where a sudden True Essence upheaval wrecked countless flying boats. Yang Zhen then revealed he had come prepared to profit, auctioning off a small flying boat to stranded cultivators.

• Yang Zhen, Shameless Cat, and Flirtatious Chicken joined Ji Yourong, Guan Guan, and the little fatty as the sacred lands prepared to travel to the High Antiquity ruins.
• The two sacred lands and a vast procession of flying boats headed north, while Elder Huo told Yang Zhen they would rely on him to break the restriction bridge.
• A True Essence upheaval erupted as the group reached the ruins, shaking flying boats apart and leaving many cultivators stranded in the storm.
• Yang Zhen and his companions appeared on a small flying boat and mocked the struggling cultivators, who begged him to take them aboard.
• Yang Zhen produced another flying boat and announced an auction, while Shameless Cat advertised it as the Wutuo Gang Ultimate Invincible Little Flying Boat.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat sold flying boats to cultivators trapped in a storm, raising their prices through an auction. When a much more powerful storm erupted, desperate buyers rushed to Yang Zhen, but the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord warned him that something was strange about it.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat began selling flying boats for purple crystals, and competing buyers drove the price up to fifty and then seventy crystals.
• Liang Chao bought a flying boat and praised its protective formation, while Fang Zhongjian and the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord realized they had no spare boats to sell.
• After Shameless Cat announced the last boat was sold, Yang Zhen revealed another batch and denied ever claiming they were out.
• A terrifying storm erupted, tossing cultivators through the air and nearly blowing Shameless Cat off Yang Zhen's boat.
• Cultivators who had refused to buy rushed to Yang Zhen with their storage rings, and Yang Zhen sold them more boats.
• The Heavenly Snow Holy Lord called for Yang Zhen to board the flying boat, warning that something seemed strange about the storm.

Yang Zhen sold his flying boats before joining the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain’s expedition to investigate a strange presence in the High Antiquity Ruins. After Guan Guan detected someone had entered the mountain forest and triggered a formation, Yang Zhen prepared to go in and persuaded the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord to coordinate with the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.

• Yang Zhen raised the price of his Wutuo Gang flying boats and sold them all, using a small discount to leave one buyer feeling pleased with his purchase.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat boarded the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain’s flying boat, where the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord explained that the ruins had changed more than expected.
• Guan Guan sensed a presence in the forest ahead, and Yang Zhen confirmed that someone had entered and triggered a formation affecting the restrictions.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er to keep their distance, then asked the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord to send stronger people ahead to scout.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat volunteered to enter first, prompting the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord to call to the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land about sending people in together.
• Yang Zhen told Shameless Cat that the entrance was dangerous and said he did not know how anyone had entered it before.

Yang Zhen watched Elder Quan fail to handle the Saint Law restriction at the entrance to the High Antiquity ruins, then announced that he and his companions would force their way in. When others challenged him to wait for Elder Quan to break it, Yang Zhen settled down to grill skewers instead.

• The Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain chose Elder Quan and Elder Huo, along with their companions, to investigate the entrance restriction.
• Elder Quan gathered a portion of the violent heaven and earth True Essence, but it exploded when he touched it, and he identified the restriction as a Saint Law.
• Yang Zhen asked Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er if they could force their way through, and they both said they were completely confident.
• Yang Zhen explained that breaking the restriction would take too long and started toward the entrance with Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken.
• The Heavenly Spring Holy Lord and others criticized Yang Zhen and praised Elder Quan, so Yang Zhen invited Elder Quan to continue while he prepared barbecue on the flying boat.

Yang Zhen roasted rare treasures over Parasol Tree Flood Dragon Wood, refusing Elder You’s offer to buy the fuel and ignoring Elder Quan’s threats. Elder Quan attempted to seal the restriction, but an embarrassing sound left him frozen while the crowd mistook it for a display of mastery.

• Yang Zhen laid out Heavenly Fragrance Fruit and other rare ingredients to roast, shocking the cultivators around him.
• The old man realized Yang Zhen was burning precious Parasol Tree Flood Dragon Wood, and Elder You offered five hundred purple crystals for the brazier, but Yang Zhen refused.
• Elder Quan threatened Yang Zhen and then ordered the others to retreat so he could examine the restriction.
• Elder Quan placed his hands on the ground and shouted “Seal,” but a loud pfft rang out as he went rigid and red-faced.
• The crowd praised the sound as evidence of Elder Quan’s array mastery while Yang Zhen hid his laughter and Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken hurried away.

While Elder Quan worked to break the Saint Law restriction, Yang Zhen grilled mutton and invited the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord to eat and drink. After eating, the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord and Heavenly Spring Holy Lord each manifested protective formations, leaving the onlookers suspecting Yang Zhen’s grilled meat was responsible.

• Elder Quan used Star Calculation to attack the Saint Law restriction, while Yang Zhen recognized the method and continued grilling mutton.
• Yang Zhen offered the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord wine and grilled meat, and the Holy Lord accepted and ate with him.
• After eating a skewer, the Heavenly Snow Holy Lord released a formation-like barrier that blocked the surrounding Gang winds.
• The Heavenly Spring Holy Lord criticized Yang Zhen, then asked for a stool and joined the meal.
• After eating, the Heavenly Spring Holy Lord also released a rune-filled barrier, and the onlookers suspected Yang Zhen’s grilled meat had caused the protective effects.

Yang Zhen used roast mutton skewers to trigger protective shields that let the cultivators withstand the True Essence Gang winds, then sold the meat for purple crystals. After a Rogue Cultivator praised him and urged everyone to help Elder Quan break the restriction, Yang Zhen accepted their gratitude while privately hinting to Shameless Cat that he had another motive.

• Yang Zhen shared skewers with the two Holy Lords, Hua Youyue, and Han Yan'er, whose bodies gained shields against the Gang winds.
• Yang Zhen explained that his roast mutton triggered cultivators' natural self-protection mechanisms and offered skewers to the crowd for purple crystals.
• The cultivators bought Yang Zhen's remaining meat, gained protective shields, and stopped being tossed about by the winds.
• An elderly Rogue Cultivator praised Yang Zhen and rallied everyone to help Elder Quan break the restriction.
• Yang Zhen let the cultivators celebrate his supposed kindness, then privately told Shameless Cat that he had another reason for helping before they hurried to keep the skewers from burning.

Yang Zhen and the others rushed through the activated restriction into the High Antiquity ruins, risking its deadly spatial currents. Yang Zhen emerged alone and met a strangely dressed man, whom he asked for his surname.

• Yang Zhen told everyone to eat and prepare to enter as Elder Quan struggled to navigate the restriction.
• The restriction erupted into a violent storm, and Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, Flirtatious Chicken, Shameless Cat, and Yang Zhen plunged inside.
• Yang Zhen urged the gathered cultivators to follow, and the two sacred lands' leaders ordered their disciples to break through as well.
• Yang Zhen navigated the spatial fragments and turbulent currents, worrying about Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.
• Yang Zhen shot out of the currents, landed on the ground, and greeted a strangely dressed man by asking his surname.