Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun brought everyone outside the Medicine Immortal Hall, confirmed he had obtained its inheritance, and offered pills to Qin Muye and Xie Chenyuan. He then faced Shen Xiao in a duel, where Shen Xiao revealed an innate divine ability before launching his first attack.

• Shen Yun moved everyone from the Medicine Immortal Hall to the outside and confirmed he had obtained the inheritance.
• Shen Yun offered pills to Qin Muye and Xie Chenyuan, who accepted his generosity.
• Shen Xiao recalled how his bloodline had been destroyed and vowed to repay the person who had stolen his talent.
• The Azure Dragon told Shen Qingruo that Shen Xiao was half a step into Tribulation but possessed sword intent that could give him Mid-Tribulation combat strength.
• Shen Xiao displayed his innate divine ability, gathering sunlight around himself and revealing a righteous sword art that he said was at its limit in his current state.
• Shen Yun invited Shen Xiao to attack, and Shen Xiao unleashed Army Breaker with the Ancient Bronze Sword.

Shen Yun caught Shen Xiao’s powerful sword bare-handed, proving that he cultivated essence, qi, and spirit together, and confirmed he could treat Shen Xiao’s injuries. After the contest, Shen Yun learned that the Starfire Pill Alliance had the two medicines he needed and set his sights on going there.

• Shen Xiao unleashed his bloodline sword, and Qin Muye, Xie Chenyuan, and Azure Dragon recognized its overwhelming power.
• Shen Yun seized Shen Xiao’s sword qi with his bare hand, leaving Shen Xiao to conclude that Shen Yun cultivated essence, qi, and spirit together.
• Shen Yun told Shen Xiao he could treat his injuries, though restoring his former talent required a rare item, and said they still needed two main medicines.
• Shen Yun asked Qin Muye about Nine-Heart Begonia and Blood Life Fruit, and Qin Muye identified the Starfire Pill Alliance as a place that had both.
• Xie Chenyuan explained that the Starfire Pill Alliance was in the Eastern Sea Region and had ties to Medicine Immortal Valley, and Shen Yun decided to investigate it.

Ao Zhanlong was ambushed and drained of his life by the Five Elements Pill Emperor, who was conspiring with Asura General to seize the Medicine Immortal Inheritance. The secret realm then began breaking away from the Void Turbulence, and the Five Elements Pill Emperor realized someone had stolen the World Origin.

• Ao Zhanlong tried to leave the Spirit Herb Forest cave while still wounded by Shen Xiao's sword intent.
• The Five Elements Pill Emperor ambushed Ao Zhanlong, ripped out his heart, and drained his blood qi until he died.
• Asura General confronted the Five Elements Pill Emperor about delaying the Nine Nether's plans to claim the Medicine Immortal Inheritance.
• The Five Elements Pill Emperor said he would strike once the seven tokens weakened the Medicine Immortal Hall's restrictions, while secretly plotting to become invincible.
• The Medicine Immortal Secret Realm began breaking away from the Void Turbulence, and the Five Elements Pill Emperor roared that someone had stolen the World Origin.

The Asura General and the Five Elements Pill Emperor fled after their scheme failed and resolved to target Medicine Immortal Valley in the Eastern Sea Region. Shen Yun finished refining the Secret Realm, discovered Ao Zhanlong’s corpse, and prepared to set out for the Eastern Sea Region with Shen Qingruo and the others.

• The Five Elements Pill Emperor and the Asura General abandoned their plan and fled, agreeing to seek out and exterminate Medicine Immortal Valley’s remaining inheritors.
• Shen Yun sensed two figures escaping the Secret Realm and identified one as the Five Elements Pill Emperor.
• Shen Yun finished refining the Secret Realm and discovered a hidden cave containing Ao Zhanlong’s corpse.
• Qin Muye and Xie Chenyuan concluded that the Five Elements Pill Emperor had killed Ao Zhanlong and drained his blood vitality, while Shen Yun recognized the Asura Race’s baleful qi.
• Qin Muye and Xie Chenyuan left to return Ao Zhanlong’s body to the Dragon Clan, and Shen Yun set off for the Eastern Sea Region with Shen Qingruo and the others.

Shen Yun and his companions reached the bustling Starfire Archipelago, home of the Starfire Pill Alliance, after entering the prosperous Eastern Sea Region. Shen Yun headed directly for the Alliance headquarters, while two hidden observers recognized him and hurried to report his arrival to a Pill Master.

• Shen Yun's party sailed into the Eastern Sea Region and marveled at its Spiritual Qi, scattered islands, and thriving markets.
• The group arrived at the crowded Starfire Archipelago, where cultivators from across the world gathered for pill transactions.
• Shen Xiao asked what they should do next, and Shen Yun said they would go straight to the Pill Alliance headquarters.
• Shen Yun spread his divine sense across the island, located a manor, and strode toward it with his companions.
• Cultivators recognized Shen Yun as the Primordial Chaos Dao Lord and speculated that he had come for an ancient legacy.
• Two middle-aged cultivators in dark pill robes spotted Shen Yun and hurried to alert a Pill Master.

Shen Yun visited the Heavenly Fire Residence and asked Old Man Heavenly Fire to take him to the Pill Alliance headquarters to buy two Eighth-tier Spiritual Medicines. Old Man Heavenly Fire agreed, despite the three elders’ warning about the aggressive Yellow Springs Pill Master, and they prepared to leave.

• Shen Yun and his companions reached the Heavenly Fire Residence, where Chi Feng recognized him as Primordial Chaos Dao Lord and escorted him inside.
• Old Man Heavenly Fire and the three elders of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity welcomed Shen Yun and his group into the hall.
• Shen Yun asked Old Man Heavenly Fire to lead him to the Pill Alliance headquarters so he could purchase two Eighth-tier Spiritual Medicines.
• Elder Fu warned Old Man Heavenly Fire to be cautious because the Yellow Springs Pill Master was coming aggressively.
• Old Man Heavenly Fire dismissed the warning, saying the Medicine Immortal Inheritance would not belong to the Yellow Springs Pill Master, and agreed to set out with Shen Yun.

Shen Yun became sect master of the Medicine Immortal Valley and learned that Yellow Springs Pill Master threatened the sect’s hold on Danxia Island through a Starfire Pill Alliance election. He went into seclusion to refine an eighth-tier pill, while Yellow Springs prepared for the vote and two hidden observers watched him.

• Azure Dragon announced that Shen Yun had inherited the Medicine Immortal legacy and would succeed as sect master, and the elders welcomed Shen Yun into the position.
• Shen Yun sent Old Man Heavenly Fire to settle Shen Qingruo and Shen Xiao, then asked Lin Baicao about the valley’s strength and learned Yellow Springs Pill Master was its only middle-grade eighth-tier alchemist.
• Lin Baicao warned that Yellow Springs could claim Danxia Island if elected vice alliance master, and Shen Yun agreed to thwart his bid rather than risk a prohibited private fight.
• Shen Yun ordered the alchemy chamber prepared so he could refine a Two Elements Pulse-Calming Pill, leading the elders to believe he had reached eighth-tier alchemist status and could influence the election.
• Yellow Springs Pill Master prepared for the vice alliance master election ten days later, unaware that two hidden observers were watching him.

The Five Elements Pill Emperor and the Asura General reached the Starfire Archipelago and plotted to ambush Medicine Immortal Valley’s alchemists. At the valley, Shen Yun inspected the damaged Nine Dragon Immortal Cauldron, then began preparing to refine a pill to heal Shen Xiao.

• The Five Elements Pill Emperor and the Asura General reached the Starfire Pill Alliance after evading the Dragon Clan, then learned that Shen Yun had joined Medicine Immortal Valley.
• The two demons decided to ambush the Yellow Springs Pill Master and the Blood-Eyed Medicine King, while leaving Lin Baicao aside because he stayed on the island.
• Shen Yun examined the Nine Dragon Immortal Cauldron and suspected that the Nine Nether had damaged it.
• Shen Yun brought out the Wisdom Wheel to simulate the pill-refining process a thousand times before beginning to refine a pill for Shen Xiao.

Shen Yun refined a Four-Pattern Two Elements Pulse-Calming Pill, overcame its Pill Tribulation, and advanced to Dao Integration Fifth Heaven. He exchanged the pill for thirty Immortal Yuan Stones and planned to meet Shen Xiao again in seven days before taking the elders to the Pill Realm.

• Shen Yun opened the Nine Dragon Immortal Cauldron after three days of refinement, triggering an Eighth-grade Pill Tribulation that drew Lin Baicao and the elders to Danxia Island.
• Lin Baicao recognized the pill’s tribulation as at least a Three-Pattern Spirit Pill, and the elders marveled at Shen Yun’s alchemy.
• Shen Yun swallowed the contracting Pill Tribulation, broke through to Dao Integration Fifth Heaven, and completed the Four-Pattern Two Elements Pulse-Calming Pill.
• Shen Xiao gave Shen Yun exactly thirty Immortal Yuan Stones in exchange for the pill, then entered seclusion to recover.
• Shen Yun arranged to speak with Shen Xiao again in seven days and ordered the elders to prepare to accompany him to the Pill Realm.

After seven days of seclusion, Shen Yun broke through to the eighth heaven of He Dao and demonstrated power that could contend with Tribulation Transcendence Peak experts. He arrived at the Pill Realm, where Bodhi Pill Lord welcomed him to the seat of honor before the gathered alchemists.

• Shen Yun refined all his Immortal Yuan Stones and advanced to the eighth heaven of He Dao.
• Azure Dragon tested Shen Yun in combat, but Shen Yun’s Great Five Elements Dao effortlessly stopped his attack.
• Shen Yun judged that he could contend with Tribulation Transcendence Peak experts but would likely lose to the Heaven Swallowing King.
• Shen Yun gathered the elders at Cinnabar Cloud Main Hall and led them to the Pill Realm.
• At Starfire Hall, Yellow Springs Pill Master and other alchemists criticized True Man Baicao for his absence while Bodhi Pill Lord remained silent.
• Bodhi Pill Lord welcomed Shen Yun and invited him to take the seat of honor.

Shen Yun rejected the Pill Alliance’s honorary elder position and declared his interest in becoming a Core Elder, unsettling Yellow Springs Pill Master’s plans to become vice alliance leader. Blood-Eyed Medicine King challenged Shen Yun to take the alchemy examination together, and Shen Yun accepted as Bodhi Pill Lord began the examination.

• Yellow Springs Pill Master and Blood-Eyed Medicine King privately plotted to seize the Medicine Immortal’s Notes and alchemy inheritance after Yellow Springs became vice alliance leader.
• Bodhi Pill Lord offered Shen Yun an honorary elder position, but Shen Yun declined and said he wanted to become a Core Elder.
• The attendees suspected Shen Yun had reached the Eighth-tier Alchemist level, threatening Yellow Springs Pill Master’s expected rise to power.
• Blood-Eyed Medicine King challenged Shen Yun to take the Core Elder examination together, hoping to publicly undermine him and Medicine Immortal Valley.
• Shen Yun accepted, and Bodhi Pill Lord announced that the examination would begin immediately.

Shen Yun began refining the Source Tracing Heart Cleansing Pill after Blood-Eyed Medicine King showed off his mastery, then stunned the arena by extracting thousands of herbs at once. Blood-Eyed Medicine King lost control of his cauldron and was engulfed in its explosion.

• Blood-Eyed Medicine King began refining the Source Tracing Heart Cleansing Pill, and Yellow Springs Pill Master praised his skill and past Three-Pattern Spirit Pill success.
• Blood-Eyed Medicine King taunted Shen Yun for standing still, but Shen Yun revealed he had been deducing the pill formula and dismissed Blood-Eyed Medicine King's abilities.
• Shen Yun summoned the Nine Dragon Immortal Cauldron and extracted more than three thousand medicinal herbs at once using Innate Divine Fire and his Divine Sense.
• Blood-Eyed Medicine King became enraged and distracted, lost control of his cauldron, and was swallowed by the resulting explosion.

Shen Yun completed an extraordinary six-pattern spirit pill, leaving the Yellow Springs Pill Master’s ambitions in ruins. As Shen Yun refined the pill tribulation, the pill transformed into a black-and-white divine bird and escaped beyond the heavens.

• The Blood-Eyed Medicine King emerged badly injured after his furnace exploded, while the Yellow Springs Pill Master despaired over the collapse of his scheme.
• A pill tribulation gathered over Shen Yun’s platform, and Bodhi Pill Lord identified it as proof that Shen Yun had refined a six-pattern spirit pill.
• Shen Yun compressed the lightning tribulation with Primordial Mana and refined it effortlessly.
• The Nine Dragon Immortal Cauldron opened, and a black-and-white divine bird emerged from the pill and flew beyond the heavens.
• The crowd realized that the pill had undergone Pill Spirit Transformation.

Shen Yun’s six-pattern Primordial Spirit Gathering Pill secured his appointment as the Pill Alliance’s Chief Elder, while Blood-Eyed Medicine King and Yellow Springs Pill Master plotted to steal Medicine Immortal Valley’s inheritance. As they headed for Danxia Island, the hidden Five Elements Pill Emperor and Asura General prepared to ambush them.

• Shen Yun captured the divine bird formed by his Primordial Spirit Gathering Pill, and Bodhi Pill Lord praised the pill’s extraordinary effects and lack of side effects.
• Blood-Eyed Medicine King fainted after the crowd mocked his failed challenge, and Yellow Springs Pill Master escorted him away as their influence collapsed.
• Bodhi Pill Lord officially appointed Shen Yun Chief Elder with authority equal to a vice alliance master, while Lin Baicao resolved to help him restore Medicine Immortal Valley’s glory.
• Blood-Eyed Medicine King persuaded Yellow Springs Pill Master to raid Danxia Island and steal the hidden Medicine Immortal Inheritance while the valley’s defenses were empty.
• The Five Elements Pill Emperor and Asura General sensed the two men approaching Danxia Island and prepared to ambush them.

The Five Elements Pill Emperor and Asura General ambushed the Blood-Eyed Medicine King and Yellow Springs Pill Master outside Danxia Island, then fought the Azure Dragon that guarded the island. The Five Elements Pill Emperor vanished during the battle, and Shen Yun appeared before the fleeing Asura General.

• The Five Elements Pill Emperor and Asura General ambushed and mortally wounded the Blood-Eyed Medicine King and Yellow Springs Pill Master as they tried to infiltrate Danxia Island.
• The Blood-Eyed Medicine King died when his Cinnabar Origin reversed and ignited Dao Transformation Fire, and the Asura General tore the Yellow Springs Pill Master apart.
• The Azure Dragon emerged and sealed Danxia Island with its formation before attacking the Asura General and Five Elements Pill Emperor.
• The Asura General fought the Azure Dragon and, unable to find the Five Elements Pill Emperor, accused him of deserting before battle.
• Shen Yun appeared beneath the moon in front of the Asura General, who was overcome with terror.

Shen Yun crushed the Asura General’s incarnation and revealed that he planned to create a Dao art that could strike an enemy’s main body through its incarnation. He began forming a six-syllable Buddhist mantra, and the Asura General recognized its power as Buddhist karma.

• The Asura General tried to bind Shen Yun with a curse and destroy him through self-detonation, but Shen Yun crushed it with a giant hand of Primordial Mana.
• The Azure Dragon and nearby cultivators marveled at Shen Yun’s strength and praised him for defeating the Asura General.
• Shen Yun stopped the injured Asura General from speaking and told the Azure Dragon he planned to create a Dao art that could attack demons’ main bodies through their incarnations.
• Shen Yun formed a six-petaled Magic Lotus and manifested the Buddhist Six-Syllable Mantra, prompting the Asura General to recognize the power as Buddhist karma.

Shen Yun used the power of karma to strike the Asura General across the realms, while the Asura King intervened to save him. The Asura General survived but lost his mind, and the Asura King vowed to fight Shen Yun to the death.

• Shen Yun's eyes revealed the power of karma, and Azure Dragon recognized the divine ability as the Asura General fell silent in terror.
• The Asura General reported Shen Yun's strength to the Asura King, who learned that Shen Yun could rival a peak Tribulation Transcendence expert.
• The Asura King decided to send an incarnation into the Human Realm to kill Shen Yun before he could grow stronger.
• Shen Yun's karmic attack struck the Asura General's sea of consciousness, and the Asura King used the Nine Nether Origin to suppress it.
• The Asura General's sea of consciousness and Spiritual Sense collapsed, leaving him an idiot, and the enraged Asura King vowed to fight Shen Yun until one of them died.

After the Asura General’s defeat, Medicine Immortal Valley regained its confidence and began rebuilding under Shen Yun’s leadership. Divine Firmament revealed that the Seven Emotions Evil Lord could descend within three thousand years, but warned that other powerful figures might arrive much sooner.

• Shen Yun told Azure Dragon that his attack had destroyed two of the Asura General’s souls, and the elders celebrated the vengeance for Medicine Immortal Valley’s fallen disciples.
• Shen Yun warned the elders that the Five Elements Pill Emperor had escaped, then ordered them to strengthen the island’s defenses.
• News of the Yellow Springs Pill Master and Blood-Eyed Medicine King’s deaths spread, and cultivators flocked to Danxia Island to befriend Medicine Immortal Valley.
• Divine Firmament came to bid farewell and admitted that he was from the Immortal Realm and had fled to the human world to avoid disaster.
• Shen Yun asked about a powerful figure descending to the human world, and Divine Firmament named the Seven Emotions Evil Lord, a guest elder of the Li Family of Pure Bliss Mansion, as a Heavenly Immortal who might arrive within three thousand years.
• Divine Firmament warned Shen Yun that other powerful figures might descend very soon.

A group from Pure Bliss Mansion descended through the Heavenly Road to capture Shen Xiao, who had fled to the lower realm, and Li Tianxing deduced his location in the Eastern Sea Region. The Immortal Existences on Godsfall Island watched them depart, while the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets anticipated that a turning point was near.

• Young Master Feng and six guards from Pure Bliss Mansion descended the Heavenly Road with Li Tianxing to hunt Shen Xiao.
• Young Master Feng’s followers condemned Shen Xiao for refusing to surrender his Sword Bone and killing Young Master Buye’s concubine.
• Li Tianxing deduced that Shen Xiao was about two hundred million nautical miles east, and Young Master Feng led the group toward the Eastern Sea Region.
• Mahayana experts’ divine senses stopped the group briefly, but Young Master Feng dismissed them and warned that the Seven Emotions Evil Lord would destroy them if they interfered.
• The Gravekeeper identified the visitors as members of Pure Bliss Mansion, and their warning dispelled the gathered Immortal Existences’ thoughts of capturing them.
• The Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets watched the group depart and said that a turning point was about to arrive.

Shen Yun arranged Medicine Immortal Valley’s affairs before entering seclusion to refine the Primordial Spirit Gathering Pill and strengthen himself. Two and a half years later, rumors spread that Young Master Feng had taken control of several major sects while searching for a mysterious young man, and his forces had reached Liang Yi Palace.

• Shen Yun praised Shen Xiao’s resolve, then prepared to enter seclusion and cultivate toward half-step Tribulation Crossing.
• Shen Yun ordered Lin Baicao to invite Mu Lingxi and Gu Hanzhou to Danxia Island and sent a gift to Linglong First Elder.
• Shen Yun left Qingruo’s choices to her but warned the elders to show no mercy to anyone who harmed her, and Hundred Flowers Elder offered to teach her pill arts.
• Lin Baicao and the elders accepted Shen Yun’s instructions, and the visitors gradually left Danxia Island as Shen Yun entered seclusion.
• Two and a half years passed after the Starfire Pill Alliance storm, and the Blood Fiend Sect, Heavenly Corpse Sect, and other major factions became subordinate to Young Master Feng.
• Rumors spread that Young Master Feng’s forces were searching for a mysterious young man and had attacked Liang Yi Palace.