Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen cured Old Feng, who regained his vitality and broke through to the Heaven Realm. After Yang Zhen declined Feng Jingtu’s gratitude, Feng Jingtu realized that Yang Zhen was cultivating the Great Dao, and Old Feng offered the Feng Household’s help in return.

• Old Feng emerged from the treatment with youthful skin and abundant strength, then reached the Heaven Realm.
• Feng Jingtu wept with relief as he realized his grandfather was cured and had grown stronger.
• Old Feng asked Yang Zhen how he had done it, but Yang Zhen gave a vague answer and kept the method to himself.
• Feng Jingtu kowtowed to Yang Zhen, who refused to accept the three bows, leading Feng Jingtu to suspect Yang Zhen was deliberately suppressing his cultivation to pursue the Great Dao.
• Old Feng thanked Yang Zhen and promised that he and the Feng Household would spare no effort to fulfill any request.

Yang Zhen refused the Feng Household’s offer of allegiance after saving its old master and asked it to help retrieve Feng Lingqiao from the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land. He then reached Peak Mahayana Realm in two days, and news of his power spread through Mountain and River City as he prepared for the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain Grand Assembly.

• The Feng Household’s old master offered to put the household at Yang Zhen’s disposal, but Yang Zhen refused and asked him to help bring back Feng Lingqiao, who had been abducted by the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
• Shameless Cat recognized Yang Zhen’s Yin-Yang Diagram as a method akin to the Taiji Diagram, while Yang Zhen recalled spending two years suppressing his cultivation.
• After two days of cultivation, Yang Zhen reached Peak Mahayana Realm and the Unity of Heaven and Man, astonishing Shameless Cat and Feng Jingtu.
• The Feng Household’s old master awakened and broke through to Heaven Realm, prompting Mountain and River City to celebrate for two days.
• News that Yang Zhen had advanced from Tribulation Transcendence Realm to Peak Mahayana Realm in two days spread through the city, and Meng Tinghao declared that the heavens were finally about to change.

Yang Zhen left Mountain and River City ahead of the Feng Household and traveled north toward the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain Grand Assembly with Shameless Cat. The Feng elders planned to follow and support him, while Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat reached the snowy lands and set off on a sled.

• Feng Jingtu told Old Master Feng and Meng Tinghao that Yang Zhen had left, and they decided to travel ahead to support him at the assembly.
• Rumors spread that Yang Zhen was heading to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain alone, prompting people to follow and watch.
• Yang Zhen joked with Shameless Cat about using the Thousand Faces to disguise himself, but refused to hide his identity.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat crossed the North Isle Mountain Range into the snow-covered lands north of it.
• Yang Zhen taunted Shameless Cat into pulling a sled rope, then tricked him into pulling the sled with Yang Zhen aboard.

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat traveled to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain to investigate a gathering called to break an ancient restriction, which Yang Zhen suspected was connected to the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth. At the entrance, Yang Zhen used his Heavenly Snow Token and learned he had been invited as an Honored Guest Elder, while Shameless Cat slipped in disguised as an ordinary cat.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat learned that the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and Heavenly Spring Sacred Land planned to destroy a restriction from High Antiquity, and they suspected it concealed treasure and knowledge about the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat reached the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and saw that its Tribulation Transcendence Realm disciples checked visitors’ wooden tokens.
• Shameless Cat challenged Yang Zhen to see who could enter without trouble, then walked on all fours and meowed his way past the guards.
• Yang Zhen presented his token to Liu Xian, who recognized him as Yang Kaixin and revealed that the Sacred Domain had been waiting for him as an Honored Guest Elder.
• Shameless Cat ran over to Yang Zhen and rubbed against his feet, and Liu Xian exclaimed that the cat was cute.

Yang Zhen tried to hide his identity from Liu Xian by pretending to adopt Shameless Cat as a kitten, but their arrival at Plum Fragrance Heaven exposed him to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain disciples. He left the crowd debating whether he was Yang Zhen or Yang Kaixin after his supposedly profound words convinced them he was not Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen pretended to reject Liu Xian for Shameless Cat, then played along when Shameless Cat rubbed against him like a pet.
• Liu Xian explained that adopting a cat might make Yang Zhen resemble the Sage of Saunter, who was known for traveling with Shameless Cat.
• Yang Zhen decided to adopt Shameless Cat anyway, and Liu Xian promised to tell others that he was not Yang Zhen.
• Liu Xian brought Yang Zhen to Plum Fragrance Heaven, where the scent of pills led him to learn that a holy maiden of the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain lived there.
• Disciples recognized Shameless Cat and suspected Yang Zhen’s identity, but Yang Zhen’s words about being himself persuaded them that he was the scholar Yang Kaixin.

Yang Zhen arrived at Apricot Blossom Residence in Plum Fragrance Heaven and met Qi Dinglong, a cat-loving Cloud Void Sect disciple who followed him around. As they discussed the Sacred Domain gathering, an enormous blast sent them and the residence flying.

• Liu Xian told the other guests to treat Yang Zhen as Yang Kaixin and Shameless Cat as a pet he had just taken in.
• Qi Dinglong introduced himself to Yang Zhen and offered five purple crystals to buy Shameless Cat, but Yang Zhen refused.
• Yang Zhen reached Apricot Blossom Residence, and Qi Dinglong revealed he was staying next door at Chrysanthemum Pavilion.
• Qi Dinglong said the gathering was linked to the True Essence eruption two years earlier and warned Yang Zhen to set up a formation around his residence.
• A massive boom blasted Yang Zhen, Qi Dinglong, and Apricot Blossom Residence into the air.

Yang Zhen encountered Miss Guan Guan after her pill refinement exploded and joined her in examining the residue. As they both reached for the last piece, they grabbed each other’s hand, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Miss Guan Guan’s pill-refining experiment exploded, destroying her house and Apricot Blossom Residence.
• Miss Guan Guan searched the debris and muttered about the ingredients and fusion in her failed pill, while the guests wrote down her observations.
• Yang Zhen ignored the little fatty’s warning and approached Miss Guan Guan as she examined the residue.
• Yang Zhen and Miss Guan Guan tasted the pill residue and examined it together, astonishing the onlookers.
• Yang Zhen and Miss Guan Guan reached for the last piece of residue at the same time and grabbed each other’s hand.

Yang Zhen identified a flaw in Guan Guan’s pill refinement and traced the failed refinement to her furnace. The chapter left Guan Guan shaken after Yang Zhen correctly recognized that she had been making an Origin-Stabilizing Pill.

• Guan Guan’s pill-refining furnace exploded, and Yang Zhen tasted some residue before declaring her technique wrong.
• The onlookers doubted Yang Zhen’s pill-refining skill, while Young Master Tian predicted that he would soon expose himself as a fraud.
• Yang Zhen ignored Guan Guan and examined the formula, concluding that its ingredients, proportions, and heat were correct.
• Yang Zhen found that Guan Guan’s Year Metal Earth furnace was unsuitable for the pill’s medicinal properties.
• Yang Zhen pointed out that Guan Guan had used a metal-natured furnace to refine an Origin-Stabilizing Pill, and Guan Guan trembled at his deduction.

Yang Zhen identified the wood nature in Geng Lin Liquid as the flaw in Guan Guan’s Origin-Stabilizing Pill method, and Guan Guan quickly worked out a new approach. She ran off to put her calculations into practice, telling Yang Zhen to wait for her.

• Young Master Tian tried to smooth over Yang Kaixin’s question, but Yang Zhen and Guan Guan ignored him and discussed the pill instead.
• Yang Zhen explained that the wood nature in Geng Lin Liquid interfered with Guan Guan’s ingredients.
• Yang Zhen realized Guan Guan’s unusual method could greatly improve the pill’s success rate, though five problems remained to be solved.
• Guan Guan rapidly grasped the new direction, ran off, and returned to ask Yang Zhen to wait while she worked out her method.
• Guan Guan ran off again, leaving Yang Zhen amazed by her talent and unaware how much the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain valued the refinement.

Yang Zhen watched Guan Guan refine a pill while Elder Mei Chaofeng and a crowd from the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain gathered to see whether she could solve a long-standing problem. As Guan Guan began her work, Yang Zhen and Ji Yourong exchanged knowing looks while Young Master Tian watched them sourly.

• Guan Guan returned with Elder Mei Chaofeng, Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain disciples, and other elders, surprising Yang Zhen and prompting Shameless Cat to hide.
• Mei Chaofeng asked for Yang Kaixin, and Yang Zhen introduced himself before reacting with surprise to her name.
• Mei Chaofeng explained that Guan Guan had said Yang Zhen’s advice might help solve a problem that had troubled the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain for years.
• Guan Guan arranged the Sui Metal, Earth Pill Furnace, and other materials, then began refining the pill as the assembled crowd watched intently.
• Ji Yourong quietly exchanged meaningful glances with Yang Zhen, while Young Master Tian watched them with a dark expression.

Yang Zhen secretly guided Guan Guan through a crucial stage of pill refinement at the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain Grand Assembly, astonishing everyone when she followed his instruction. Guan Guan began a more demanding method of harmonizing the pill’s ingredients, and the furnace’s next movement left her sweating under pressure.

• Ji Yourong silently warned Yang Zhen to behave and avoid drawing Mei Chaofeng’s attention, but Yang Zhen ignored her.
• Yang Zhen called out, “Nine revolutions of the furnace fire, no more and no less,” and Guan Guan completed another cycle before thanking him.
• The onlookers realized that Guan Guan, a young Alchemy Grandmaster, had followed Yang Zhen’s guidance during her pill refinement.
• Guan Guan shifted to a more demanding method of harmonizing the ingredients and wrapped the furnace in wood-attribute True Essence.
• The Pill Furnace moved slightly, and Guan Guan’s expression changed as sweat poured down her forehead.

Yang Zhen helped Guan Guan stabilize her Pill Furnace by explaining how to control the five elements, earning her gratitude and surprising everyone with his alchemy knowledge. When Mei Chaofeng pressed him about his origins, Yang Zhen began inventing a story about learning alchemy on a stormy night.

• Guan Guan's Pill Furnace shook violently as she struggled to control the alchemy, and the little fatty fled in anticipation of another explosion.
• Yang Zhen explained the elemental gates using the Eight Trigrams, and Guan Guan redirected her True Essence to stabilize the furnace.
• Guan Guan thanked Yang Zhen, while the little fatty praised him and Mei Chaofeng asked who had taught him alchemy.
• Yang Zhen claimed he had no sect or master and had come to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain as a Rogue Cultivator with Ji Yourong's token.
• Mei Chaofeng questioned where Yang Zhen had learned alchemy, and Yang Zhen began making up a story about a stormy night on the back mountain.

Yang Zhen invented a tale about Elder Yao to deflect questions about his alchemy knowledge and protect Ji Yourong from suspicion. With Yang Zhen’s guidance, Guan Guan refined an exceptionally pure Origin-Stabilizing Pill, and a heavenly phenomenon formed as she prepared to bring it out.

• Yang Zhen claimed a dying Elder Yao had passed his lifetime of alchemy knowledge into his Divine Sense, and Mei Chaofeng accepted his explanation.
• Guan Guan completed the Origin-Stabilizing Pill, producing five-colored light and a fragrance that revealed its extraordinary purity.
• Mei Chaofeng praised Guan Guan’s success and celebrated the benefits her new refining method could bring to the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain.
• A boom and rumbling heavenly phenomenon announced the pill’s emergence, astonishing everyone with the speed and quality of the refinement.
• Yang Zhen watched curiously as Guan Guan prepared to bring out the pill.

Guan Guan successfully refined a hundred pill-clouded Origin-Stabilizing Pills, proving her skill and raising hopes for the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain. Yang Zhen learned that the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land had invited the Ghost Alchemist to contest leadership, and Mei Chaofeng asked Guan Guan if she could defeat him.

• Yang Zhen watched Guan Guan collect the pills as the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain elders and Ji Yourong anxiously looked on.
• Guan Guan used the Phoenix Divides the Heavens technique to stop a hundred escaping Origin-Stabilizing Pills, each bearing pill clouds.
• Ji Yourong congratulated Guan Guan, and the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain celebrated her success.
• Yang Zhen questioned Mei Chaofeng about the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land and realized the two sacred lands were rivals rather than close allies.
• Liu Xian brought Mei Chaofeng news that the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land had invited the Ghost Alchemist to compete for leadership.
• Mei Chaofeng asked Guan Guan whether she could defeat the Ghost Alchemist, and Guan Guan recognized him as a madman.

Mei Chaofeng revealed that High Antiquity ruins in the far north might hold answers about the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, and Yang Zhen suspected that opening them required an accomplished alchemist. Yang Zhen continued plotting to exploit the rivalry between the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain and the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land as the gathering reacted to his question.

• The little fatty questioned Mei Chaofeng about the Ghost Alchemist and why his arrival mattered, prompting her to disclose more about the operation.
• Yang Zhen showed off an Earth Treasury Root while hoping the Ghost Alchemist would be powerful enough to deepen the conflict between the two rival factions.
• Mei Chaofeng revealed that the Heavenly Snow Sacred Domain had discovered High Antiquity ruins in the far north that might be connected to the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
• The little fatty said he was interested in the treasures and opportunities inside the ruins, regardless of the ancient catastrophe.
• Yang Zhen asked whether opening the ruins required a powerful expert with deep alchemical skill, and Guan Guan reacted with alarm and hesitation.

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.