Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat cooked mutton on the mountain and taunted three Void Refinement Realm experts into anger. After Shameless Cat hit Sect Master Wang with his urine and made him spit blood, the pair ate while the crowd watched, and Shameless Cat began asking Yang Zhen how he had climbed the mountain unharmed.

• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat bet that the cat could make the three Void Refinement Realm experts cough up blood in exchange for a feast.
• Shameless Cat tried to piss on Sect Master Wang, then celebrated after he splashed urine across the man's face.
• Sect Master Wang spat blood in rage, and Shameless Cat turned his attention to Elder Qu while Yang Zhen praised his shamelessness.
• Yang Zhen cooked vinegar-scented lamb chops as the crowd watched and the Void Refinement Realm experts simmered with anger.
• Shameless Cat asked Yang Zhen how he had climbed the mountain unharmed, and Yang Zhen asked what was happening there.

Yang Zhen used Dao Mark stones from Shameless Cat to climb toward the mountaintop, where the Twelve Blood Refinements Profound Art was said to be. After Yang Zhen reached the eight hundredth step and unleashed a vast surge of blood Qi, Shameless Cat fled, leaving Yang Zhen safely standing on the steps with another Dao Mark stone.

• Shameless Cat claimed the Twelve Blood Refinements Profound Art was on the mountaintop and gave Yang Zhen two Dao Mark stones to help him climb.
• Yang Zhen noticed the three Void Refinement Realm experts coveted the stones and cautiously climbed while Shameless Cat distracted them with loud cries.
• Yang Zhen reached the eight hundredth step, triggering a massive wave of blood Qi that blanketed the mountainside.
• Shameless Cat used the confusion to sprint past the three experts and flee, while Sect Master Wang pursued the cat.
• Yang Zhen remained on the step and revealed that he had a third Dao Mark stone in his storage ring.

Yang Zhen reached the mountaintop with three Dao Marks and began singing, enraging the experts below while Shameless Cat taunted Sect Master Wang. A huge torrent of Qi and Blood then poured into Yang Zhen, and he realized his talent had upgraded the dangerous Twelve Blood Refinements Profound Art, leaving him in grave danger.

• Yang Zhen revealed his third Dao Mark, climbed to the mountaintop, and declared that he wanted to sing.
• Shameless Cat evaded Sect Master Wang's attacks, complained about losing two hairs, and urged Yang Zhen to learn the Twelve Blood Refinements Profound Art.
• Yang Zhen sang at the gathered cultivators, provoking Elder Qu and Elder Tie into charging up the mountain before its restrictions threw them back.
• Shameless Cat copied Yang Zhen's song while continuing to evade Sect Master Wang.
• A funnel of Qi and Blood poured into Yang Zhen, who spat blood and fell to one knee as the onlookers feared he could not endure it.
• Yang Zhen realized his talent had upgraded the Twelve Blood Refinements Profound Art, making the inheritance even more dangerous to cultivate.

Yang Zhen endured the brutal Blood Refinements Profound Art as onlookers expected him to die, while Hua Youyue urged him to rise. He stood and rejected Great Sage Chenxue’s Dao, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Sect Master Wang laughed at Yang Zhen, then suffered a heart-demon eruption and was knocked unconscious by Elder Qu and Elder Tie.
• The Shameless Cat and Hua Youyue watched Yang Zhen struggle as cultivators mocked him and predicted his death.
• Hua Youyue shouted for Yang Zhen to get up, and Yang Zhen heard her through his pain.
• Yang Zhen spread his arms, stopped resisting, and deactivated the Ancient Elephant Lightning Defense Body, letting the wave of blood tear through him.
• Yang Zhen rose and declared that he did not want Great Sage Chenxue’s Dao, astonishing Sect Master Wang and everyone present.

Yang Zhen rejected and severed Great Sage Chenxue’s Dao, shocking the cultivators who had gathered to witness his inheritance. He then recovered by refining his Qi and Blood into a powerful Dragon-Elephant Prison-Shaking Body, while Shameless Cat crept toward the three Void Refinement Realm experts.

• Yang Zhen declared that he did not want Great Sage Chenxue’s Dao, but the heavenly chorus and celestial phenomena revealed that he had obtained it.
• Yang Zhen shouted “Break!” and severed the Dao, enraging the onlookers and Sect Master Wang.
• Shameless Cat praised Yang Zhen for choosing to cultivate his own Dao, then sneaked toward the three Void Refinement Realm experts.
• Yang Zhen gathered his Qi and Blood, healed his wounds, and formed the Dragon-Elephant Prison-Shaking Body, greatly increasing his power.
• Yang Zhen dressed and noticed Shameless Cat sneaking up behind the three experts, suspecting he was planning another scheme.

Shameless Cat distracted Sect Master Wang, Elder Qu, and Elder Tie while Yang Zhen prepared to strike, but the Mirror World violently transformed and separated Yang Zhen from everyone. In a vision beneath a blood-red sun, Yang Zhen saw Great Sage Chenxue battle a ten-meter winged giant before Shameless Cat’s cries for help broke through again.

• Shameless Cat kicked Sect Master Wang, Elder Qu, and Elder Tie in the face, then fled as the three Void Refinement Realm experts pursued him.
• Yang Zhen leaped down with a powerful golden sword strike and targeted the wounded Sect Master Wang as the three experts charged him.
• The Mirror World shook and collapsed into ruins, and an invisible force swept everyone away, leaving Yang Zhen alone beneath a blood-red sun.
• Yang Zhen saw Great Sage Chenxue use the Twelve Blood Refinements Profound Art to annihilate a ten-meter winged giant with a punch.
• Yang Zhen heard Shameless Cat yelling for help and wondered who was attacking him.

Yang Zhen rushed to Shameless Cat’s aid, then faced three enraged Void Refinement Realm experts who attacked him together. As their combined techniques engulfed him, Yang Zhen laughed and declared he would take them all on, while blood-red light erupted from the force around him.

• Yang Zhen reached Shameless Cat and found the cat unharmed despite being surrounded by three Void Refinement Realm experts.
• Shameless Cat mocked the experts, and they blasted the cat away before turning their anger on Yang Zhen.
• Hua Youyue tried to help Yang Zhen, but Elder Yao warned that she could not overcome three Void Refinement Realm experts.
• The three experts launched sword, fist, and hammer attacks at Yang Zhen, determined to kill him.
• Yang Zhen challenged all three as their attacks engulfed him, and blood-red light surged through the violent waves of force.

Yang Zhen endured the attacks of three Void Refinement Realm experts and fought Sect Master Wang with his Blazing Flame Thousand-Motion Sword. After Yang Zhen staggered back, Sect Master Wang suddenly collapsed, leaving Yang Zhen to challenge Elder Qu and Elder Tie.

• Yang Zhen withstood the three experts' combined attack and charged at Sect Master Wang.
• Sect Master Wang unleashed the Blazing Flame Thousand-Motion Sword, and Yang Zhen met its Sword-Rays with a punch.
• Yang Zhen was blasted back, injured and exhausted, while Elder Qu and Elder Tie assumed he had been defeated.
• Sect Master Wang collapsed to the ground, and Elder Qu rushed to him in alarm.
• Yang Zhen recovered his footing and asked Elder Qu and Elder Tie whether they would attack him one at a time or together.

Yang Zhen faced Elder Qu and Elder Tie after defeating Sect Master Wang, while Hua Youyue risked Long Moon Pavilion’s interests to protect him. Yang Zhen killed Elder Qu and drove Elder Tie to flee, then asked Hua Youyue if he was handsome.

• Elder Qu proposed that he and Elder Tie join forces to kill Yang Zhen, and Hua Youyue stepped forward to defend him.
• Elder Tie threatened Long Moon Pavilion’s prospects at the Pill Appreciation Conference through his connection to Grandmaster Ma, but Hua Youyue refused to abandon Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen told Hua Youyue to let him fight the two elders and unleashed a powerful strike against their attack.
• Yang Zhen crashed into the stone steps but rose and demanded to fight again; Elder Tie urged Elder Qu to kill him, then fled.
• Yang Zhen shattered Elder Qu’s fists and internal organs, then turned to Hua Youyue and asked if he was handsome.

After defeating two Void Refinement Realm experts and driving Elder Tie away, Yang Zhen woke to learn that Donglin Island was searching for him. He discovered that Grandmaster Ma had handed the Long Moon Pavilion’s Six-Star Life Pill formula and pills to the Donglin Medicine Association, and vowed to confront him.

• Yang Zhen collapsed after killing two Void Refinement Realm experts and frightening Elder Tie away, and Hua Youyue and Elder Yao tended to him.
• Yang Zhen woke at an inn and learned that news of his feats had spread across Donglin Island and that people were looking for him.
• Yang Zhen asked Hua Youyue about the alchemy grandmaster she had sought, and she said they would handle the matter themselves.
• Elder Yao explained that the Long Moon Pavilion had shared its Six-Star Life Pill formula with Grandmaster Ma while establishing itself on Donglin Island.
• Yang Zhen learned that Grandmaster Ma had given the formula and pills to the Donglin Medicine Association, then asked where he was so he could confront him.

Yang Zhen learned that his fame had spread across Donglin Island ahead of the Pill Appreciation Conference, while Shameless Cat hinted at a mysterious power Yang Zhen had begun to wield. Elder Yao then summoned Yang Zhen, warning that Hua Youyue was in trouble.

• Shameless Cat returned after being chased for eating and spitting noodles into a vendor’s pot, and Yang Zhen scolded it for spreading stories about him.
• Yang Zhen persuaded Shameless Cat to help with a scheme to make it more famous than him.
• For several days, Yang Zhen wore Thousand Faces and gathered information about his growing fame and the Living Spirit Pill promoted by Grandmaster Ma and the Donglin Pill Association.
• Shameless Cat said Yang Zhen had secretly grasped a trace of an unfamiliar power, and Yang Zhen realized it was the same savage force he had encountered in the Nine Realms Exquisite Pagoda and the Upper Gen Mirror World.
• Shameless Cat refused to explain what it knew about the power, saying it did not want to vanish like others had.
• Elder Yao told Yang Zhen that Hua Youyue was in trouble, and Yang Zhen grabbed Shameless Cat and went with him.

Yang Zhen learned that Hua Youyue had challenged Grandmaster Ma’s disciple to a Pill Evaluation after Grandmaster Ma and Elder Tie insulted her. He arrived at the Fan residence and confronted them, then challenged Yan Feng’s audacity in competing against Hua Youyue.

• Elder Yao explained that Hua Youyue had agreed to a Pill Evaluation after Grandmaster Ma and Elder Tie provoked her, and Yang Zhen claimed he excelled at evaluating pills.
• Yang Zhen, Elder Yao, and Shameless Cat arrived at the Fan residence, where Elder Tie mocked Hua Youyue and Yang Zhen answered with insults.
• Yang Zhen challenged Elder Tie to fight outside and defended his right to speak, while Fan Tong urged everyone to remain calm in his residence.
• Grandmaster Ma offered to return the Living Spirit Pill and stay out of Hua Youyue’s dispute with the Donglin Pill Association if she defeated Yan Feng in a Pill Evaluation.
• Yan Feng introduced himself as Grandmaster Ma’s disciple of three months and challenged Hua Youyue’s courage, prompting Yang Zhen to confront him and question why he would compete against her.

Yang Zhen challenged Grandmaster Ma to an alchemy debate over the Six-Star Life Pill and the Long Moon Pavilion’s claim to it. Hua Youyue wagered the pavilion’s future on Yang Zhen, and Yang Zhen sealed his own stakes with a heaven-shaking heart-demon oath.

• Yang Zhen challenged Grandmaster Ma to debate alchemy and slapped Yan Feng when he tried to interrupt.
• Hua Youyue declared Yang Zhen a dark-gold guest elder of the Long Moon Pavilion and said he could represent it.
• Hua Youyue wagered that the Long Moon Pavilion would leave Donglin Island if Yang Zhen lost, while Grandmaster Ma offered the pills and Pill Formula if he lost.
• Yang Zhen insisted the pills and Pill Formula already belonged to the Long Moon Pavilion and declared he would accept any punishment if he lost.
• Yang Zhen swore on his heart demon, triggering thunder and leaving the onlookers horrified.

Yang Zhen challenged Grandmaster Ma to a pill debate and raised the stakes with a heart demon oath, forcing him to risk his reputation and alchemy career. Grandmaster Ma accepted after Yang Zhen invoked Medicine Madman’s personal notes and Shameless Cat helped embarrass him, and the crowd awaited the debate.

• Yang Zhen demanded that Grandmaster Ma wager the Long Moon Pavilion’s Pill Formula and pills against a public apology, a heart demon oath to stop refining pills, and other humiliating terms.
• Yang Zhen offered Medicine Madman’s personal notes as an additional stake, shocking Grandmaster Ma and prompting the crowd to discuss the legendary alchemist and his disappearance into the Forbidden Zone of Life.
• When Grandmaster Ma demanded proof of the notes, Yang Zhen refused and threatened to spread rumors that he visited the Azure Moon Pavilion.
• Shameless Cat reinforced the rumor by pretending to recognize Grandmaster Ma as a secret visitor, and Grandmaster Ma angrily agreed to the bet.
• Grandmaster Ma proposed that Grandmaster Fan Tong choose the pills and witness the debate, while Yang Zhen wore a faint, peculiar smile.

Yang Zhen evaluated Grandmaster Ma’s rare Origin Splendor Pill and called it worthless, shocking everyone. He revealed that he had recognized the pill all along and challenged Grandmaster Ma to say how many days he had spent refining it.

• Yang Zhen let Grandmaster Ma provide a pill for the evaluation, and Grandmaster Ma presented a rare green pill that most people could not identify.
• Fan Tong praised Grandmaster Ma for refining the pill, while the crowd and Hua Youyue worried that Yang Zhen did not recognize it.
• Yang Zhen snatched the pill and angrily called it worthless, then said he would criticize Elder Chi too if he had refined it in that condition.
• Grandmaster Ma challenged Yang Zhen to explain his insult, and Yang Zhen asked how many days Grandmaster Ma had spent refining the Origin Splendor Pill.
• The crowd realized Yang Zhen had recognized the pill all along, and Shameless Cat praised his convincing act.

Yang Zhen challenged Grandmaster Ma’s claim that his Origin Splendor Pill was flawless, then agreed to refine one himself using a pressure cooker. After Yang Zhen produced the pill in half an hour amid dragon roars and righteous Qi, Grandmaster Ma accused him of playing a trick.

• Yang Zhen described the Origin Splendor Pill’s formula and proper forty-nine-day refining process, stunning Grandmaster Ma and the crowd.
• Grandmaster Ma demanded that Yang Zhen refine an identical pill to prove his criticism, and Yang Zhen accepted.
• Yang Zhen brought out a pressure cooker and made Grandmaster Ma provide the refining materials.
• Yang Zhen prepared the ingredients and refined them in the pressure cooker for half an hour.
• The pressure cooker released an orchid fragrance as dragon roars, righteous Qi, and celestial phenomena appeared, leaving Grandmaster Ma horrified and accusing Yang Zhen of a trick.

Yang Zhen’s unconventional pill refining was accused of being a sham, but the pressure cooker produced Pill Splendor, proving an Origin Splendor Pill was nearly complete. Grandmaster Ma remained unconvinced as Yang Zhen prepared to humiliate him, while Fan Tong sought an introduction to the young alchemist.

• Grandmaster Ma accused Yang Zhen of faking Dragon Roar Righteous Qi and claimed his method could not produce an Origin Splendor Pill, prompting Yan Feng to denounce him.
• Yang Zhen asked Fan Tong for guidance, but Grandmaster Ma insisted that the pill’s signs were false based on his own experience refining one.
• The pressure cooker released Pill Splendor, and Fan Tong declared that the pill was finished as Elder Yao moved to touch the phenomenon.
• Fan Tong stopped Elder Yao and asked him to introduce Yang Zhen, while Hua Youyue watched Yang Zhen with delight and the crowd reacted with envy.
• Grandmaster Ma demanded that Yang Zhen stop making everyone wait, and Yang Zhen asked whether he should slap Ma’s left cheek or right.
• Shameless Cat crept toward the pressure cooker, muttering that Yang Zhen should slap both sides and sniffing the fragrant vapor.

Yang Zhen refined a whole batch of Origin Splendor Pills in an hour, producing a startling celestial phenomenon and pill markings. After Shameless Cat swallowed the first pill, Fan Tong caught the rest, while Grandmaster Ma denied that any pills had markings and the crowd awaited proof.

• Yang Zhen opened the pressure cooker, and a dragon's cry and radiant pill images revealed that his Origin Splendor Pills had produced pill markings.
• Shameless Cat swallowed the first pill, and Grandmaster Ma claimed Yang Zhen could not prove he had succeeded unless he refined the pills again.
• Yang Zhen told Elder Yao to collect the pills, then beat Shameless Cat for sneaking one when the cooker still held more.
• More than a dozen pills shot from the pressure cooker, and Fan Tong caught them with his Great Cloud Grasping Hand.
• Hua Youyue thanked Yang Zhen, while Grandmaster Ma rejected the possibility of pill markings and the crowd wondered about the pills' quality.

Yang Zhen’s hundred Origin Splendor Pills were revealed to have seven dragon marks, overwhelming Grandmaster Ma and making him lose the Pill Evaluation. As Grandmaster Ma tried to leave, Yang Zhen stopped him and demanded his attention.

• Fan Tong stored Yang Zhen’s ninety-nine remaining pills and warned Grandmaster Ma that his obsession would prevent him from advancing in alchemy.
• Grandmaster Ma accused Fan Tong and Yang Zhen of conspiring against him, while Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that people with demonic obsessions could be dangerous.
• Fan Tong handed Grandmaster Ma a pill bottle, and Grandmaster Ma found a Seven Dragon Mark Origin Splendor Pill inside.
• Grandmaster Ma checked more bottles and found seven dragon marks on every pill, then spat blood when he examined the twentieth bottle.
• Fan Tong blocked Grandmaster Ma’s blood from reaching the pills, and Grandmaster Ma admitted defeat by silently walking away.
• Yang Zhen called out to Grandmaster Ma, who turned back with bloodshot eyes and asked what else he wanted.

Yang Zhen killed Grandmaster Ma after the alchemist attacked him, cementing his fame on Donglin Island. The Donglin Pill Association prepared to undercut the Long Moon Pavilion, while Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed a plan to make the cat even more famous.

• Yang Zhen demanded that Grandmaster Ma apologize, and Grandmaster Ma attacked him in a rage.
• Yang Zhen fought Grandmaster Ma and killed him with the Heavenly Demon Gang Fist despite Fan Tong’s pleas to show mercy.
• Yang Zhen claimed he had held back most of his strength, and Fan Tong ruled that Grandmaster Ma had attacked first as Yan Feng carried away his master’s body.
• An old woman at the Donglin Pill Association ordered a cultivator to learn which pills the Long Moon Pavilion would offer and to produce cheaper Living Spirit Pills.
• Yang Zhen and Shameless Cat discussed a plan that they hoped would make Shameless Cat more famous than Yang Zhen on Donglin Island.