Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun won the alchemy contest, but Poison Hand Pill King challenged the result and provoked him into another wager-fight. Shen Yun accepted and demanded the Pill King's life as the stake.

• Shen Yun refined a Dragon Elephant Returning Yuan Pill, and the pill's power impressed the cultivators while it tried to flee.
• Qin Muye ordered a generous gift for Shen Yun, while Golden Peng Holy Son and the other demons reeled from their defeat.
• Poison Hand Pill King claimed his Yellow Millet Dream Pill tied with Shen Yun's pill and demanded another match, drawing angry protests.
• As the crowd prepared to celebrate, Poison Hand Pill King mocked Penglai Pavilion for withdrawing, and Shen Yun accepted his challenge.
• Shen Yun asked for stakes in the rematch and declared that he wanted Poison Hand Pill King's life.

Shen Yun challenged Poison Hand Pill King to a life-or-death alchemy contest and secured the terms with a Karma Contract. Shen Yun produced a seven-patterned precious pill with astonishing speed, leaving Poison Hand Pill King’s own attempt in disarray.

• Shen Yun offered the Three Lights Scepter and a Five-Colored Spirit Nourishing Flower in exchange for Poison Hand Pill King’s life if he lost.
• Poison Hand Pill King accepted the contest, and Shen Yun made him agree that victory would be decided by the number of Pill Patterns.
• Qin Muye presented a Karma Contract, which Shen Yun and Poison Hand Pill King both signed to prevent either from breaking the terms.
• Shen Yun refined a flawless seven-patterned precious pill using the Three Lights Scepter, stunning the alchemists watching.
• Shen Yun asked Poison Hand Pill King why he had stopped and told him to begin his performance.

Shen Yun defeated Poison Hand Pill King’s attempt to escape after exposing his plot and forcing him to flee. Poison Hand Pill King was captured alive, while the demons learned he had ties to the powerful Nether Mountain Alliance.

• Poison Hand Pill King panicked when Shen Yun refined a Seven-Patterned Precious Pill, and the human faction celebrated their advantage.
• Poison Hand Pill King unleashed poison and black smoke to flee, but Shen Yun cleansed the poison and karma backlash crippled his Divine Sense.
• Poison Hand Pill King escaped the surrounding attacks with the Golden Peng Clan’s One Thought, A Thousand Miles technique, while Golden Peng Holy Son revealed his connection to Pill Puppet Left Emissary of the Nether Mountain Alliance.
• Poison Hand Pill King burned his cultivation to accelerate his escape, and the gathered heroes launched a stronger assault to stop him.
• Shen Yun appeared in Poison Hand Pill King’s path, struck him down, and captured him alive.

Shen Yun defeated and killed Poison Hand Pill King, then discovered a mysterious Spirit Stone in his ring while uncovering the demons’ interest in a Five Elements Tribulation Resolving Pill. After the duel, Shen Yun left the gathering, planning to follow the demons’ movements and investigate the Spirit Stone later.

• Shen Yun easily overpowered Poison Hand Pill King, leaving the Demon Race gathering stunned and Golden Peng Holy Son shaken.
• Shen Yun killed Poison Hand Pill King after he threatened him with his martial uncle, and claimed the fallen Space Ring.
• Shen Yun found the Five Elements Tribulation Resolving Pill formula and inferred that Holy Son Golden Crow sought it to prepare for crossing the six calamities.
• Shen Yun sensed a mysterious Spirit Stone in the ring and decided to investigate it after leaving the crowded venue.
• The three Demon Race Young Masters departed, and Shen Yun chose to track their auras rather than confront them immediately.
• Shen Yun said farewell to Qin Muye and left, while Qin Muye anticipated an extraordinary Enlightenment Tea Gathering.

After two and a half years of seclusion, Shen Yun refined a strand of Immortal Qi from a spirit stone and advanced his law toward the Dao Integration Realm. He learned the stone was likely an Immortal Yuan Stone from the Immortal Realm, then received word that his teacher was in the Eastern Sea Region and set out to find him.

• Shen Yun emerged from two and a half years of death seclusion after refining the Immortal Qi in the spirit stone and condensing his Primordial Chaos Law.
• Shen Yun realized he had reached the Ninth Layer of Void Return Realm and could reach the Dao Integration Realm once his law completed its transformation.
• Shen Yun asked Azure Dragon about the Immortal Qi, and Azure Dragon identified the stone as a likely Immortal Yuan Stone from the Immortal Realm.
• Shen Yun received a Transmission Talisman informing him that his teacher was in the Eastern Sea Region.
• Shen Yun decided to buy superior spirit tea at Penglai Pavilion and search for clues about Immortal Yuan Stones on the way.

Shen Yun visited Penglai Pavilion to buy spiritual tea and ask about Immortal Yuan Stone, earning Qin Muye and Sitting and Watching True Person's respect with two seven-patterned pills. Qin Muye revealed that the Nether Mountain Alliance would auction several Immortal Yuan Stones in three days at Corpse Bone Ridge, where Shen Yun would have to watch out for Dumb Doctor.

• Penglai Pavilion's attendants solemnly welcomed Shen Yun, whose reputation had spread across the Outer Sea after his Pill Dao wager battle with Pill King Dugu.
• Qin Muye and Sitting and Watching True Person greeted Shen Yun, who explained that he had come for spiritual tea and information about Immortal Yuan Stone.
• Qin Muye gave Shen Yun spiritual tea in a Northern Darkness Cold Jade box, and Shen Yun gifted him two Dragon Elephant Returning Yuan Pills.
• Qin Muye told Shen Yun that the Nether Mountain Alliance would auction several Immortal Yuan Stones at Corpse Bone Ridge in three days.
• Qin Muye warned Shen Yun to beware of Dumb Doctor, a close associate of Poison Hand Pill King.

At Blackwater Pool, the Heart Demon Great Elder threatened the Nether Mountain Alliance over a missing Immortal Yuan Stone and secretly revealed his plan to use the stones to plant Heart Demon Seeds in powerful cultivators. The Dumb Doctor vowed to kill Shen Yun, while the Great Elder watched from hiding and waited for his scheme to continue.

• The Heart Demon Great Elder confronted the Pill Puppet Left Emissary’s puppet about a missing Immortal Yuan Stone and demanded that the Alliance protect the remaining four.
• The Pill Puppet Left Emissary met the Dumb Doctor at Blackwater Pool, where the Dumb Doctor said Shen Yun had made a move and vowed to kill him.
• The Dumb Doctor departed, and the Pill Puppet Left Emissary declared that Shen Yun was doomed before leaving to secure the Immortal Yuan Stones.
• The Heart Demon Great Elder revealed that he planned to use the stones to plant Heart Demon Seeds in cultivators seeking to reach the Great Vehicle Stage and help the Asura King descend.
• The Heart Demon Great Elder explained that his Seed had failed against Shen Yun, but he intended to control four other experts instead.

Gu Ming and Jiang Xueci set out for Corpse Bone Ridge to pursue the Immortal Yuan Stones, while Shen Yun arrived at the demonic-path auction in disguise. Jiang Xueci appeared on the mountain road and introduced herself to Shen Yun.

• Righteous-path cultivators discussed the Nether Mountain Alliance’s auction and its rare treasures, including four Immortal Yuan Stones.
• Gu Ming resolved to obtain the Immortal Yuan Stones for Gu Changqing and left for Corpse Bone Ridge, while plotting to reclaim the Wisdom Wheel from Shen Yun.
• Suxin and Lieyang found Jiang Xueci in a transformed Ice and Snow Secret Realm, where she revealed her divine art had reached initial success and decided to travel to the auction herself.
• After three days, Shen Yun arrived at Corpse Bone Ridge wearing a Dragon Head Mask and passed the gathered Blood Fiend Sect and Heavenly Corpse Sect cultivators without incident.
• Jiang Xueci stopped Shen Yun on the mountain road and introduced herself.

Shen Yun ignored Jiang Xueci and the two demonic sect young masters, leaving them behind as he hurried to the auction venue to obtain four Immortal Yuan Stones and advance to the Dao Integration Realm. He reached Corpse Bone Hall, where the auction was being held.

• Jiang Xueci invited Shen Yun, but he declined and tried to leave as the surrounding cultivators speculated about her ties to Liang Yi Palace.
• Young Master Blood Fiend and the Young Master of Heavenly Corpse approached Jiang Xueci, but she ordered them to move and made them sense her formidable pressure.
• The two young masters looked for Shen Yun and discovered he had already vanished, leaving Jiang Xueci alone on the mountain path.
• Young Master Blood Fiend and the Young Master of Heavenly Corpse led their followers toward the mountain, while Shen Yun continued toward the auction.
• Shen Yun reached the valley and entered Corpse Bone Hall, determined to obtain four Immortal Yuan Stones.

Shen Yun entered the Nether Mountain Alliance’s auction venue, where guests faced asset checks and the alliance’s brutal rules. After Dumb Doctor challenged his identity, Shen Yun attacked him, leaving their confrontation poised to erupt.

• A Nether Mountain Alliance guardian crippled a gray-clothed cultivator for bringing too few Spirit Stones and challenging the rules.
• Gu Ming arrived masked and was escorted to the VIP seats without an asset check.
• Shen Yun displayed hundreds of Top-grade Spirit Stones, while Young Master Blood Fiend and Jiang Xueci speculated about his identity and origins.
• Dumb Doctor confronted Shen Yun and demanded to know who he was, drawing the attention of the eight guardians and other guests.
• Shen Yun challenged Dumb Doctor’s authority and lunged at his head with a punch.

Shen Yun defeated Dumb Doctor after the Nether Mountain Alliance disciple attacked him, then received an apology from Pill Puppet Left Emissary. The emissary escorted Shen Yun to the prepared VIP seats as the crowd watched in awe and fear.

• Shen Yun struck Dumb Doctor with a punch, and Dumb Doctor countered with his Great Withered Prosperity Hand, which reduced the Heavenly Corpse Sect elder’s zombies to ash.
• Shen Yun broke Dumb Doctor’s claws with the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, forced him back, and warned him not to offend again.
• The crowd reacted with fear and admiration, while Jiang Xueci recognized Shen Yun’s powerful body and Yin Yang Laws.
• Pill Puppet Left Emissary appeared, apologized for Dumb Doctor’s conduct, and explained that his disciple had been suspicious after his junior brother’s death.
• Shen Yun rebuked Dumb Doctor, then followed Pill Puppet Left Emissary toward the VIP seats.

Shen Yun, disguised as Azure Dragon, attended the Nether Mountain Alliance auction and repelled the Blood Fiend Sect Master's probing Spiritual Sense with overwhelming force. After the Blood Fiend Sect Master apologized, Shen Yun demanded a sword in return and left him bloodied and humiliated before the silent crowd.

• The Pill Puppet Left Emissary led Shen Yun to an honored seat and learned he called himself Azure Dragon.
• The Blood Fiend Sect Master and the Heavenly Corpse Sect Master arrived, and the Blood Fiend Sect Master attacked Shen Yun with a Spiritual Sense probe.
• Shen Yun countered with a Spiritual Sense sword that overwhelmed the Blood Fiend Sect Master's attack and cut off part of his hair.
• The Blood Fiend Sect Master apologized, but Shen Yun refused to let the offense go and demanded that he take one sword in return.
• The Blood Fiend Sect Master's layered Crystal Wall defense failed against Shen Yun's sword, which cut his face and most of his hair before he fell onto a throne.

Shen Yun subdued the Blood Fiend Sect Master and waited as the Nether Mountain Alliance auction began. After Emperor Qianyao appeared and Shen Yun deduced his connection to the Heart Demon Emperor, the auction advanced through fierce bidding to the unveiling of an Immortal Yuan Stone.

• Shen Yun defeated the Blood Fiend Sect Master, took the central throne, and persuaded the gathered powers to turn their attention to the auction.
• Emperor Qianyao appeared on the fifth throne, and Shen Yun used the Heavenly Secret Technique to deduce that he was connected to the Heart Demon Emperor.
• Pill Puppet Left Emissary opened the auction, and a young master bought the Law-Breaking Flying Daggers for nine hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Jiang Xueci bought the Lie Yang Golden Lotus for four million spirit stones while Shen Yun declined to bid on the auction treasures.
• Pill Puppet Left Emissary presented an Immortal Yuan Stone and set its opening bid at five thousand top-grade spirit stones.

Shen Yun aggressively bid on the Immortal Yuan Stones, buying the first and opening the second auction with another enormous offer. The Heart Demon Great Elder, watching through Qian Yao, ordered him to stop Shen Yun.

• The Immortal Yuan Stone auction began, and Shen Yun stunned the hall by bidding fifteen thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones for the first stone.
• The Blood Fiend Sect Master challenged Shen Yun at eleven thousand, but fell silent when Shen Yun raised the bid to fifteen thousand.
• Shen Yun paid for and received the first Immortal Yuan Stone, while Gu Ming and the Heavenly Corpse Sect Master wrongly assumed he had nearly exhausted his wealth.
• Shen Yun bid fifteen thousand for the second Immortal Yuan Stone, leaving Gu Ming, Jiang Xueci, and the other contenders unable to respond.
• The Heart Demon Great Elder observed the auction through Qian Yao and ordered him to stop Shen Yun.

Shen Yun’s bidding made the auction crowd mistake him for an Ancient Titan, and he outbid Gu Ming for the Immortal Yuan Stone. Just as the auctioneer was about to close the sale, Qian Yao entered the contest with a bid of thirty thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.

• The crowd and the Blood Fiend Sect Master, Heavenly Corpse Sect Master, and Pill Puppet Left Emissary took Shen Yun for a legendary Ancient Titan and dared not challenge him.
• Gu Ming bid sixteen thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones, then offered twenty thousand plus five superior-grade Dao Integration Pills, which the Pill Puppet Left Emissary valued at three thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Shen Yun raised his bid to twenty-four thousand, leaving Gu Ming defeated and Jiang Xueci convinced that Shen Yun would not give up the Immortal Yuan Stone.
• As the Pill Puppet Left Emissary prepared to bring down the hammer, Qian Yao bid thirty thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.

Qian Yao and Shen Yun fiercely competed for the Immortal Yuan Stone, while Shen Yun uncovered signs of a scheme involving Qian Yao and the Pill Puppet Left Emissary. After Qian Yao won the second stone for 210,000 top-grade spirit stones, Shen Yun demanded to inspect the payment ring on the spot.

• Qian Yao bid 30,000 top-grade spirit stones for the first Immortal Yuan Stone, and Shen Yun suspected the Pill Puppet Left Emissary had waited for Qian Yao deliberately.
• Shen Yun and Qian Yao drove the first stone's price up to 100,000 spirit stones before Shen Yun stopped bidding.
• Shen Yun noticed that the Pill Puppet Left Emissary had not checked Qian Yao's payment ring and concluded that the two were conspiring over the Immortal Yuan Stone.
• Shen Yun detected a hidden anomaly in the stone and suspected the scheme targeted Human Race experts.
• Shen Yun bid 200,000 top-grade spirit stones for the second stone, but Qian Yao won it with a bid of 210,000.
• As Qian Yao handed over the payment ring, Shen Yun blocked it and demanded that it be opened for his personal inspection.

Shen Yun exposed Qian Yao and the Pill Puppet Left Emissary for manipulating the auction, then seized the two Immortal Yuan Stones after striking Qian Yao. He left Qian Yao shaken and ordered the hidden power behind him to speak directly.

• Qian Yao and the Pill Puppet Left Emissary tried to conceal the auction house’s dealings, but the gathered bidders condemned them.
• Shen Yun revealed that Qian Yao had brought out the Immortal Yuan Stone himself, and Jiang Xueci deduced that he had acted to keep the stones from being sold to the same buyer.
• Shen Yun attacked Qian Yao with his Divine Sense, sent him flying, and took the ring containing the Immortal Yuan Stone.
• Qian Yao threatened that his hidden backer would retaliate, and Shen Yun challenged that figure to bring out his Divine Sense because Qian Yao had no right to speak for him.

Shen Yun exposed Qian Yao’s plot to tamper with the Immortal Yuan Stones, then drew out a terrifying Heart Demon Seed that plunged the auction crowd into illusions. Huanxin seized Qian Yao’s body and confronted Shen Yun, who recognized him as a pawn and called him by name.

• Shen Yun demanded the final Immortal Yuan Stone, and the Pill Puppet Left Emissary handed it over while rejecting Qian Yao’s protests.
• Shen Yun shattered an Immortal Yuan Stone and extracted a pitch-black Heart Demon Seed, triggering illusions that revealed the crowd’s hidden regrets and desires.
• Jiang Xueci resisted the Heart Demon’s influence as Shen Yun kept the seed trapped between his fingers.
• Huanxin possessed Qian Yao’s body and confronted Shen Yun, prompting Blood Fiend, Heavenly Corpse, and Gu Ming to retreat from their clash of Divine Senses.
• Shen Yun dismissed Huanxin as too weak and identified him by name, leaving Huanxin horrified.

Shen Yun, known as Azure Dragon, overcame Huanxin’s Great Heart Demon Art and killed him with a single sword. He left to enter seclusion as news of Azure Dragon’s victory spread across the Outer Sea.

• Huanxin unleashed the Great Heart Demon Art, and the Pill Puppet Left Emissary and other mighty figures reinforced the formation against its spreading Demonic Thought.
• Shen Yun emerged unharmed, using the Primordial Chaos Law and the Power of Wind and Lightning to consume the Demonic Thought and refine the scattered Immortal Qi.
• Shen Yun absorbed all four Immortal Yuan Stones and struck Huanxin with a sword that destroyed his Spiritual Platform.
• Shen Yun erased Huanxin, took his Space Ring, and departed to enter seclusion.
• The Pill Puppet Left Emissary and the other witnesses marveled at Shen Yun’s power as Azure Dragon’s name spread throughout the Outer Sea.

After Azure Dragon’s identity and half-step Great Vehicle cultivation became the talk of the Outer Sea, Liang Yi Palace and the Kun Clan both targeted Huanxin, whom they suspected of belonging to the Heart Demon Race. Huanxin emerged to take revenge on Azure Dragon but found himself hunted across the region.

• Rumors about Azure Dragon spread through the Outer Sea, and Liang Yi Palace confirmed that he had reached half-step Great Vehicle.
• Jiang Xueci, Suxin, and Lieyang identified Huanxin as a likely member of the Heart Demon Race and decided to act against him.
• Kun Wuji concluded that Huanxin had killed Uncle Yuan and persuaded Kun Clan elders to investigate the Nether Mountain Alliance.
• Huanxin vowed to kill Azure Dragon and came out of hiding to pursue him.
• Liang Yi Palace and the Kun Clan offered rewards for clues about Huanxin, drawing experts and opportunists into the hunt.
• Huanxin became a fugitive, hiding from his pursuers and raging against Azure Dragon.