Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun mastered pill refinement, created ultimate-grade pills, and sold his stock through Shen Wude’s stall outside the Pill Hall. After the stall drew a crowd and disrupted the pharmacy’s business, Li Guangbai set out to confront them.

• Shen Yun refined Qi Replenishing Pills until he discovered how to add Dao Charm and create an ultimate-grade pill.
• Shen Yun applied his insight to Ice Heart Pills, refined them to ultimate grade, and continued practicing for two weeks until his herbs ran out.
• Shen Yun asked Shen Wude to sell his pills and offered him a five-percent commission.
• Shen Wude set up a stall outside the Pill Hall and attracted customers with pills priced below the hall’s, prompting a buying rush.
• The pharmacy clerk reported the stall to Li Guangbai, who left the assessment lecture to see who was causing trouble.

Shen Wude sold Shen Yun’s exceptional pills at a crowded stall, including a Supreme Ice Heart Pill that Yuan Mingkong bought for eighty thousand Contribution Points. Impressed by the pills’ quality, Li Guangbai asked Shen Yun to join the Pill Hall as a Guest Elder.

• Li Guangbai arrived angry at the stall but recognized the quality of Shen Yun’s top-grade pills and watched as they sold out.
• Shen Wude revealed several Supreme Spirit Pills, and Yuan Mingkong asked whether he had a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Shen Wude displayed a Supreme Ice Heart Pill, which Li Guangbai identified and praised as flawless.
• Yuan Mingkong bought the pill for eighty thousand Contribution Points, hoping it would help him break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and impress Murong Xue.
• Shen Wude gave Shen Yun the stall’s earnings of one hundred eighty thousand Contribution Points, and Shen Yun rewarded him with eleven thousand.
• Li Guangbai examined Shen Yun’s remaining pills and invited him to join the Pill Hall as a Guest Elder.

Shen Yun agreed to become a Pill Hall Guest Elder after learning he could access the Blood Jade Pill formula, but Elder Yuheng required him to prove his alchemy skill. Xiao Fan challenged the arrangement, and the chapter ended with Shen Yun agreeing to compete against him for the sole Guest Elder position.

• Li Guangbai described the Guest Elder benefits, and Shen Yun agreed to the position after hearing about the Blood Jade Pill.
• Li Guangbai brought Shen Yun to Pill Hall's inner courtyard, where Elder Yuheng was overseeing an assessment for two entrants.
• Elder Yuheng said Shen Yun could qualify as a Guest Elder if he refined a pill on the spot.
• Xiao Fan objected that Shen Yun should not receive the position without competing, and Elder Yuheng proposed a contest between them.
• Shen Yun and Xiao Fan both agreed to compete for the remaining Guest Elder position.

Shen Yun used Divine Sense to assemble all one hundred medicinal recipes flawlessly, taking first place in the ingredient-selection test while Zhong Ling and Ye Chen also qualified for the Pill Hall. The next round began with a random draw selecting the Foundation Establishment Pill, a recipe Xiao Fan believed would give him the advantage.

• The contestants raced to select herbs for one hundred pill recipes while Shen Yun stood still and used Divine Sense to perceive the ingredients.
• Shen Yun swept thousands of herbs into the air and arranged them into one hundred flawless portions in less than thirty breaths, startling the crowd and Xiao Fan.
• Shen Yun placed first, Xiao Fan followed in second, Zhong Ling completed ninety-one recipes in third, and Ye Chen took fourth place to qualify for the Pill Hall.
• Li Guangbai announced that Zhong Ling and Ye Chen had joined the Pill Hall, then Elder Yuheng introduced the alchemy test.
• The draw selected the Foundation Establishment Pill, and Xiao Fan confidently prepared to compete against Shen Yun.

Shen Yun and Xiao Fan began an alchemy assessment, with Xiao Fan showcasing the Xiao Family’s inherited cauldron and Spirit Fusion Method while Shen Yun studied his techniques and then refined herbs with striking precision. The chapter left Xiao Fan stunned when Shen Yun also began using the Spirit Fusion Method.

• Shen Yun quickly selected potent herbs using his microscopic-realm Divine Sense, impressing Elder Yuheng and Li Guangbai.
• Xiao Fan brought out the Azure Sea Green Cloud Furnace and began refining the eighteen ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Xiao Fan used the Xiao Family’s ancestral Spirit Merging Method to strengthen his medicinal liquid as Shen Yun observed and learned his techniques.
• Shen Yun began refining herbs with precise, concise movements that impressed Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan saw azure spiritual power coil around Shen Yun’s fingertips and realized Shen Yun was using the Spirit Fusion Method.

Shen Yun mastered the Spirit Fusion Method during the Pill Hall assessment and refined an Ultimate Foundation Establishment Pill, surpassing Xiao Fan, who conceded defeat and became Elder Yuheng’s disciple. Shen Yun left with the Blood Jade Pill formula and a Pill Hall Guest Elder badge, then learned that the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples would gather at the Seven Xuan Tower in one month.

• Shen Yun condensed a Wood Spirit Ribbon and fused it into the medicinal liquid, successfully demonstrating the Spirit Fusion Method.
• Xiao Fan refined a near-high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, while Shen Yun produced an Ultimate Foundation Establishment Pill with a green Pill Pattern.
• Xiao Fan congratulated Shen Yun and conceded defeat, and Shen Yun praised Xiao Fan’s alchemy skills.
• Elder Yuheng accepted Xiao Fan as his personal disciple, while Shen Yun received the Blood Jade Pill formula and a Pill Hall Guest Elder badge.
• Shen Yun returned to Golden Five Platforms Peak and learned that the Top Ten Outer Sect Disciples would gather at the Seven Xuan Tower in one month.

Shen Yun created the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique, advanced his cultivation and body, and emerged from seclusion to visit the Seven Xuan Tower. There, he confronted Huang Mingxuan, who was acting on Shangguan Dongjun’s behalf, and told him to bring Shangguan Dongjun instead.

• Shen Yun created the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique, broke through to the third level of Foundation Establishment, and found that combining Earth Spiritual Power with his fire-wood power caused a violent backlash.
• Shen Yun refined Blood Jade Pills, cultivated the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Body to major completion, and emerged from seclusion to seek new insights through battle.
• Shen Yun arrived at the Seven Xuan Tower, where he heard the disciples discuss Tantai Jing’s performance and watched Tantai Jing emerge from the tower and stand behind Dugu Li.
• Huang Mingxuan confronted Dugu Li over her choice of followers, and she accused him of being Shangguan Dongjun’s lackey.
• Shen Yun approached Huang Mingxuan, dismissed him as unqualified to target him, and demanded that he call Shangguan Dongjun.

Shen Yun challenged Shangguan Dongjun to a fight to the death at the Heavenly Punishment Platform, forcing the Sword Sect elders to intervene. When the sect rules prevented him from challenging an inner disciple, Shen Yun invoked the rule that reaching the Seven Xuan Tower's fifth floor granted immediate inner-disciple status and entered the tower to prove himself.

• Shen Yun publicly challenged Shangguan Dongjun and insulted him, prompting Huang Mingxuan to confront him while Dugu Li and Zhong Ling supported Shen Yun.
• Shangguan Dongjun arrived at the Seven Xuan Tower, and Shen Yun assessed him as a Foundation Establishment Layer Four cultivator before challenging him to a life-or-death fight at the Heavenly Punishment Platform.
• Elder Yaoguang and Li Kaiyang arrived, and Elder Yaoguang explained that outer sect disciples could not initiate life-and-death wagers against inner disciples.
• Shen Yun cited the ancestral rule granting inner-disciple status to anyone who reached the Seven Xuan Tower's fifth floor, asked Elder Yaoguang to bear witness, and went to enter the tower.

Shen Yun rapidly climbed the Seven Xuan Tower, reaching its fifth floor and earning recognition as an Inner Disciple. He emerged and challenged Shangguan Dongjun to fight on the Heavenly Punishment Platform.

• Elder Yaoguang judged Shen Yun’s chance of reaching the fifth floor to be fifty-fifty, while Shangguan Dongjun and Huang Mingxuan doubted he could succeed.
• The tower’s second, third, and fourth floors lit up in quick succession as Shen Yun advanced far faster than the watching disciples expected.
• On the fourth floor, Shen Yun defeated a Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer Golden Scale Snake with one strike of Taiyi Spirit Wood Sword Qi fused with Instant Kill Sword Qi.
• The fifth floor blazed with light, and Shen Yun emerged before the crowd could learn whether he would attempt the sixth floor.
• Shen Yun declared that he was now an Inner Disciple and challenged Shangguan Dongjun to fight on the Heavenly Punishment Platform.

Shen Yun and Shangguan Dongjun arrived at the Heavenly Punishment Platform for their life-and-death duel, while Shen Qingruo gave Shen Yun the Seven Star Dragon Abyss. The Law Enforcement Elder declared that only one fighter could leave alive, and the duel began.

• Shen Yun and Shangguan Dongjun refused to back down, and the elders led them to the Heavenly Punishment Platform.
• Shen Qingruo gave Shen Yun her Seven Star Dragon Abyss, a third-tier high-grade magical artifact.
• Shangguan Dongjun arrived confident in the Heavenly Net Umbrella, while Li Kaiyang believed it would secure his disciple's victory.
• The Law Enforcement Elder confirmed that the duel would end with one death, and Shen Yun stepped onto the platform.
• The Law Enforcement Elder declared that only one person could walk away alive and started the duel.

Shen Yun overwhelmed Shangguan Dongjun with his Five Elements Sword Arts and Primordial Chaos Body, prompting the crowd to suspect he was a legendary Five Elements Spirit Body. Just as Shen Yun pressed his advantage, Shangguan Dongjun revealed a Heavenly Net Umbrella and blocked his attack.

• Shen Yun unleashed the Perfect Realm Great Five Elements Sword Arts, but Shangguan Dongjun defended himself with Four Spirit Talismans and counterattacked with the Myriad Weapons Art.
• Shen Yun's Five Elements Primordial Chaos Body shattered Shangguan Dongjun's weapons and exhausted the Four Spirit Talismans, leaving him at a disadvantage.
• The Law Enforcement Elder suspected Shen Yun was a Five Elements Spirit Body, and the crowd began praising Shen Yun while Huang Mingxuan arranged gifts to apologize to him.
• Shen Yun attacked Shangguan Dongjun with Seven Star Dragon Abyss, but Shangguan Dongjun opened a Heavenly Net Umbrella that dissolved the Sword Qi.

Shen Yun overcame Shangguan Dongjun’s Heavenly Net Umbrella and killed him on the Heavenly Punishment Platform. He left the platform hailed by the watching cultivators as a new legend.

• The elders explained that Shangguan Dongjun’s Heavenly Net Umbrella was a Postnatal Dharma Treasure once used by a Corpse Demon to withstand eight Golden Core experts.
• Shangguan Dongjun unleashed the umbrella’s black beams, but Shen Yun dodged them and evaded a barrage by using the True Form Phantom Technique.
• Shen Yun cut off Shangguan Dongjun’s arm with the Seven Star Dragon Abyss, leaving him gravely injured.
• Shangguan Dongjun burned his spiritual power and charged Shen Yun with the umbrella’s full force, but Shen Yun’s Five Elements Canopy nullified the black beams.
• Shen Yun struck Shangguan Dongjun with Five-Colored Heavenly Light and turned him to dust before walking down from the platform.

After killing Shangguan Dongjun, Shen Yun became an admired Sword Sect figure and was promoted to Inner Disciple, then assigned to oversee the entrance assessment. As the applicants gathered, he appeared alive before Granny Aramaki, who feared what had happened to Shangguan Dongjun.

• Shen Yun emerged from seclusion, and Elder Yaoguang promoted him to Inner Disciple, granted him access to the sect's secret scriptures, and ordered him to oversee the entrance assessment with Dugu Li's help.
• Shen Qiu arrived with the Shen Family after three months of harsh cultivation, having reached the Eighth Level of Qi Refining and gained greater restraint.
• Granny Aramaki worried that Shangguan Dongjun had not contacted her, while she and Shangguan Mo assumed he would help destroy the Shen Family.
• The Ninth Princess arrived at the assessment, wondering why Ye Chen's fortune seemed to have been cut off and planning to learn the truth at the Sword Sect.
• Shen Yun arrived with Sword Sect Disciples and was greeted as Senior Brother, leaving Granny Aramaki stunned that he was still alive.

Shen Yun presided over the Lone Swan Sword Sect’s entrance assessment, while Shen Qiu proved his resolve by confronting Shangguan Mo on the Heaven Ascending Ladder. The chapter ended with Shen Yun stopping Granny Aramaki from killing Shen Qiu and severing her right hand.

• Shen Yun descended before the gathered candidates, and Dugu Li asked him to oversee the assessment.
• Shen Yun activated the Heaven Ascending Ladder’s formations and announced that the first round would last half an hour.
• Shen Qiu surged ahead on the ladder, then punched Shangguan Mo off it after Shangguan accused Shen Yun of helping him.
• Granny Aramaki attacked Shen Qiu with her Skull Cane, but Shen Yun intervened and cut off her right hand.
• Shen Yun warned Granny Aramaki that she would get no second warning.

Shen Yun subdued Granny Aramaki, drew the Ninth Princess’s attention by revealing the Green Gourd Ring, and advanced the Qi Gazing Technique enough to expand his Divine Sense. After the first examination ended, he began the second round by demonstrating his self-created sword technique, Azure Clouds.

• Shen Yun intimidated Granny Aramaki and warned the participants that the Sword Sect would not tolerate sabotage.
• Shen Qiu vowed to defeat Shen Yun as he climbed the Heavenly Stairs, while the Ninth Princess noticed the Green Gourd Ring and realized the future she had foreseen had changed.
• Shen Yun used the Qi Gazing Technique on the Ninth Princess, prompting her to conceal her aura, and his Divine Sense expanded to thirty li.
• The first round ended with only a little over a thousand participants remaining, and Shen Yun announced a comprehension test based on a sword technique he had created.
• Shen Yun demonstrated Azure Clouds, a sword technique embodying a youth’s spirit and ambition.

Shen Yun oversaw the Sword Sect examination as contestants studied his Azure Cloud Sword Art, and the Ninth Princess impressed him with her comprehension. After learning that Shen Yun had killed Shangguan Dongjun, the Shangguan Family’s clan head ordered Shangguan Hao to contact the Yin Yang Gate and Heavenly Sword Sect and reveal the secret of Tianwei Mountain.

• Shen Yun’s Azure Cloud Sword Art astonished the Sword Sect Disciples, while Shen Qiu reluctantly studied it and the Ninth Princess quickly grasped its path.
• The Ninth Princess asked Shen Yun to appraise her swordsmanship, and he pointed out the heavy dusk aura in her sword before telling her to wait to enter the sect.
• Shen Yun led the successful examinees through the Mountain Gate, while the Ninth Princess followed him and the Shangguan Family members learned that Dongjun had died.
• Granny Aramaki returned to the Shangguan ancestral land and reported to Shangguan Xuan that Shen Yun had killed Dongjun on the Heavenly Punishment Platform.
• Shangguan Xuan ordered First Elder Shangguan Hao to contact the Yin Yang Gate and Heavenly Sword Sect and reveal the secret of Tianwei Mountain.

After Shen Yun’s sword art earned widespread acclaim, Jue Wushen invited him to Purple Cloud Grotto-Heaven, where he and Situ Feng discussed Shen Yun’s talent. The Ninth Princess then approached Shen Yun and revealed that the Medicine Immortal Valley’s Destiny Artifact, the Azure Dragon Ring, was in Tianwei Mountain.

• Sword Sect disciples praised Shen Yun’s Azure Cloud Sword Art, and Jue Wushen invited him to discuss the Dao at Purple Cloud Grotto-Heaven.
• Jue Wushen told Situ Feng that Shen Yun was a kindred spirit, and Situ Feng became interested in meeting him.
• Shen Yun examined the Heavenly Net Umbrella and continued developing his Five Elements cultivation before preparing to move to Purple Cloud Grotto-Heaven.
• The Ninth Princess asked Shen Yun to speak privately, while Ye Chen saw them leave together and hurried away, feeling despondent.
• The Ninth Princess admitted she wanted the Green Gourd Ring back and told Shen Yun that the Azure Dragon Ring was in Tianwei Mountain.

Shen Yun learned that the Azure Dragon Ring could alter destiny but refused the Ninth Princess’s offer of help, then welcomed Situ Feng’s friendly swordsmanship challenge. Meanwhile, Shangguan Hao revealed that an artifact was in the Shen Family, prompting Feng Qisha, Zhang Zijian, and Shangguan Xuan’s forces to head toward Tianwei Mountain and the Shen Family.

• The Ninth Princess explained the power of the Azure Dragon Ring, but Shen Yun declined her offer to help him reach Tianwei Mountain.
• Situ Feng visited Shen Yun, exchanged swordsmanship with him, and invited him to Purple Cloud Grotto-Heaven; Shen Yun declined the invitation.
• Shangguan Hao was confronted by Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian and revealed a Jade Slip identifying the Shen Family as the location of an artifact.
• Feng Qisha and Zhang Zijian raced toward Tianwei Mountain to claim the artifact.
• Shangguan Xuan led an army of more than ten thousand toward the Shen Family, intending to attack and kill Shen Yun.

Shen Yun returned to Canglang Mountain as the Shangguan Family besieged the Shen Family and discovered that a mole threatened its Mountain Protecting Formation. He ambushed Shen Heng at the formation’s central hub and struck him down, while the battle between Shen Changkong and Shangguan Xuan continued above Misty Peak.

• Shen Changkong watched Shen Pingsheng train at Misty Peak until Shangguan Xuan arrived and challenged him to a fight.
• Shen Changkong and Shangguan Xuan exchanged blows as the Shangguan Family’s army waited outside the Shen Family’s protected peaks.
• Shen Yun detected the invading army, identified Granny Aramaki among its ranks, and suspected a mole was needed to break the Seven Star Formation.
• Shen Yun met Elder Ming, went to Tianwei Mountain’s formation hub, and hid nearby to wait for whoever would attack its Formation Eye.
• Shen Heng arrived with Shen Feng and revealed that he had prepared to destroy the Shen Family’s defenses, but Shen Yun ambushed him and smashed him into the ground.

Shen Yun defeated Shen Heng and Shen Feng, then learned that Shangguan Xuan had spread news of a Secret Treasure to lure cultivators into attacking Misty Peak. When Shen Yun opened a mysterious realm at Tianwei Mountain, the invading army abandoned its assault, giving the Shen Family a chance to counterattack.

• Shen Yun crippled Shen Feng and captured Shen Heng, who explained that he had betrayed the Shen Family to avenge his murdered relatives.
• Shen Heng revealed that Shangguan Xuan had publicized the Secret Treasure to draw greedy cultivators toward Misty Peak, then took his own life.
• Shen Yun used the Landscape Scroll and Green Gourd Ring to open a mysterious doorway at Tianwei Mountain as a group of experts approached.
• Shangguan Hao led the Cultivator Army against the Seven Star Formation while Shen Leiyuan ordered the First Elder to escort the younger disciples away.
• The Secret Realm's emergence drew the attacking cultivators toward Tianwei Mountain, and the Shen Family used their retreat to inflict heavy casualties on Shangguan Hao's forces.