Chapter Summaries

Lin An learned about the Pill Dao Origin Sea and the ancient Immortal Realm cultivators dwelling in the Land of Rules, then accepted the Li Clan’s offer to escort him to the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele. After taking Immortal Rank formations and cultivation resources from the Li Clan treasury, he departed for the Central Heaven Region.

• Zhou Chang told Lin An that completing all seventy-two Pill Forest Heavenly Stele trials could give him a chance to enter the Pill Dao Origin Sea.
• Lin An told Zhou Chang that he had reached the Sovereign Realm through the Land of Rules, and Zhou Chang explained that many ancient Immortal Realm cultivators had gone there.
• Li Meng offered to have the Li Clan escort Lin An to the Central Heaven Region, and he accepted the offer.
• Li Meng brought Lin An to the Li Clan treasury, where he took Immortal Rank formations and cultivation resources.
• Three days later, Lin An left with Li Tan and two other clan elders and boarded the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s Teleportation Formation for the Central Heaven Region.

Lin An arrived in Central Heaven City and cultivated with refined Sovereign Pills while the city prepared for the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele ruins to open. As the opening approached, alchemists Ning Shanhai and Xu Ming discussed their prospects for passing the steles.

• Li Tan described the Central Heaven Region’s dangerous borders and explained that its barriers could slow the Sin Beasts if the four regions fell.
• Li Tan and the others brought Lin An to a Li Clan courtyard, where he planned to cultivate before the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele ruins opened in two months.
• Lin An refined ten thousand Sovereign Pills, then used the Formation Pattern Lotus Platform’s hundredfold time flow to cultivate toward Sovereign Realm Perfection.
• Central Heaven City filled with visitors preparing for the once-in-a-century opening, and alchemists discussed the challenges of passing the heavenly steles.
• Ning Shanhai told Xu Ming he expected to pass the fifty-fourth stele but could not reach the sixty-third or seventy-second, while Xu Ming said the one-month time limit was the main obstacle.

Lin An reached Sovereign Realm Ninth Grade Perfection and worried that mastering many rules would make his breakthrough to the Immortal Realm difficult. As the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele ruins prepared to open, he met Xu Ming and Ning Shanhai and agreed to travel with them.

• Lin An considered several ways to condense his many rules into a Dao Fruit, but rejected giving up any of his auxiliary professions and decided to ask Zhou Chang for advice.
• Li Tan told Lin An that the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele ruins would open the next morning, and named Ning Shanhai, Zhou Yangyun, Qian Meng, Zheng Guangyuan, Xu Ming, and Chu Sheng among the notable alchemists attending.
• Lin An traveled with Li Tan and the others to the crowded Pill Forest Mountain Range and waited near the ruins.
• Xu Ming introduced Lin An to Ning Shanhai, the foremost Sovereign Rank alchemist, and Lin An said he had come hoping to gain something from the ruins.
• Xu Ming invited Lin An to travel with him and Ning Shanhai, explaining that he wanted to exchange ideas about formations and alchemy; Lin An accepted.

Lin An discussed the Dao of Formations and the Dao of Alchemy with Xu Ming and Ning Shanhai before the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele Ruins opened. He passed the poisonous mist, reached the first heavenly stele ahead of the others, and gained alchemy proficiency after answering its question.

• Xu Ming acknowledged that Lin An's understanding of the Dao of Formations surpassed his own, and the three discussed the Dao of Alchemy for a day and night.
• The Pill Forest Heavenly Stele Ruins opened, and Lin An entered with Xu Ming and Ning Shanhai.
• Lin An refined a king-rank pill from gathered natural treasures, neutralized the poison, and followed its pill qi out of the mist.
• Lin An reached the valley containing seventy-two heavenly steles and found that he had to pass the first stele's test to proceed.
• Lin An gave fifteen methods for neutralizing Nine Deaths Soul-Returning Grass and Netherworld Heart-Rotting Lotus, lighting the first stele and gaining alchemist proficiency.

Lin An passed the first ten Pill Forest Heavenly Steles, strengthening his origin pill mark and learning the Seven-Turn Stacked Flame Technique. Xu Ming and the others entered the steles behind him and were surprised by how quickly he advanced.

• Lin An balanced the yin and yang energies at the second heavenly stele, formed a pill, and gained a faint origin pill mark.
• Lin An passed the first nine heavenly steles and reached the tenth before Ning Shanhai, Xu Ming, and four other alchemists arrived.
• Lin An learned the Seven-Turn Stacked Flame Technique and refined nine Spirit-Nourishing Pills at the tenth heavenly stele.
• Lin An was transported to the eleventh stele as Xu Ming and the others finished the first, leaving them startled by his speed.

Lin An rapidly advanced through the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele trials, reaching the thirty-eighth stele in three days while Xu Ming and the other alchemists fell far behind. Xu Ming realized Lin An might also be the Immortal formation master who had surpassed him before, and resolved to become his friend as Lin An began the next trial.

• Lin An reached the fifteenth Heavenly Stele and purified a King Rank poison pill with pill fire, passing the trial.
• Lin An advanced to the sixteenth stele as hundreds of alchemists entered the valley, while Xu Ming and his companions continued their trials.
• After three days, Lin An reached the thirty-eighth stele, while Ning Shanhai stood at the eighteenth and Xu Ming remained at the sixteenth.
• Xu Ming heard others praise him and the senior alchemists, but remembered Lin An had long since left them behind.
• Xu Ming suspected Lin An was the Immortal formation master who had surpassed him before and resolved to befriend him and seek his guidance.
• Lin An studied the trial at the thirty-eighth Heavenly Stele, unaware of Xu Ming's realization.

Lin An passed the final Heavenly Stele trials by destroying the seventy-first stele and writing an epitaph that declared his pills proof he had stolen from heaven. The Heavenly Steles bestowed their alchemical inheritance on him, fully activated his Origin Pill Mark, and he entered the Pill Dao Origin Sea.

• Lin An refined a King Spirit Pill with a flame burning in reverse and passed the thirty-eighth Heavenly Stele, then swallowed a self-devouring pill to complete the thirty-ninth trial.
• After half a month, Lin An reached the seventy-first Heavenly Stele while Ning Shanhai, Xu Ming, and the others had reached the thirty-sixth.
• Lin An rejected the demand to prove that the Dao of Alchemy did not exist and shattered the seventy-first Heavenly Stele with a punch.
• At the final stele, Lin An wrote, “My pills are proof that I stole from heaven!” and triggered a phenomenon throughout the Pill Forest.
• The Heavenly Steles sent their inheritance into Lin An, fully activated his Origin Pill Mark, and he entered the Pill Dao Origin Sea.

Lin An entered the Pill Dao Origin Sea and used attribute points to deepen his comprehension of alchemy while the others attempted the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele trials. The ruins closed and everyone was teleported out, but Xu Ming could not find Lin An.

• Lin An spent attribute points to comprehend the Dao of Alchemy as primordial pill patterns gathered around him and formed a Pill Pattern Lotus Platform.
• Ning Shanhai and the others reached the fiftieth heavenly stele, but Ning doubted he could finish its trial before the ruins closed.
• After five days, Ning Shanhai remained at the fiftieth stele, Zheng Guangyuan reached the fifty-first, and Xu Ming advanced to the fifty-fifth.
• The Pill Forest Heavenly Stele Ruins closed, and the participants were teleported out to the Pill Forest Mountain Range.
• Xu Ming searched for Lin An after emerging but could not find him.

Xu Ming learned that the Sin Banquet would open within three months and left to prepare, while the Domain’s powers began readying for the event. In the Pill Dao Origin Sea, Lin An became an Immortal Rank alchemist, strengthened his Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation, and departed.

• Xu Ming told the gathered cultivators that his father had warned him the Sin Banquet would open within three months, prompting them to leave and make preparations.
• Xu Ming informed the Li Clan’s three patriarchs about Lin An and the approaching Sin Banquet before departing.
• Li Tan and the other patriarchs decided to wait for Lin An, notify their clan, and tell Meng'er about his situation.
• News of the Sin Banquet spread through the Domain, and its top powers began preparing as secluded experts emerged.
• Lin An comprehended Immortal Pill Intent, became the first Immortal Rank alchemist on the server, and received the Foundation of the Dao of Alchemy.
• Lin An fused the Foundation with Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation, increasing its effects, then left the Pill Dao Origin Sea.

Lin An refined the Immortal Origin Pill in the closed ruins and left it to mature while he departed for the approaching Sin Banquet. After reuniting with Zhou Chang, he agreed to attend the five regional lords’ council, bringing Li Tan and his companions as attendants.

• Lin An used the seventy-two heavenly steles to refine the Immortal Origin Pill and sealed the valley to nurture the pills for about a year.
• Lin An left an Anchor of Space-Time point in the ruins and used another anchor to return to the Pill Forest Mountain Range.
• Li Tan and his two companions greeted Lin An and told him the Sin Banquet would begin within two months.
• Zhou Chang arrived, recognized that Lin An had become an Immortal alchemist, and invited him to the council of the five regional lords.
• Lin An accepted Zhou Chang’s invitation and brought Li Tan and his companions along as attendants.

Lin An attended the five-region council in the Central Heaven Hall, where Qin Shao revealed that Lin An was both an Immortal alchemist and the Domain’s only Immortal formation master. The other region lords accepted him as their equal, while Xu Ming’s father ordered him to address Lin An as Senior.

• Zhou Chang brought Lin An to the Central Heaven Hall, where Qin Shao and four other Central Heaven Region Immortal Realm experts welcomed him.
• Qin Shao introduced Lin An to the remote council of the five region lords, and Lin An saw nineteen Immortal Realm experts represented across the Domain.
• Xu Ming spotted Lin An on the call and secretly made faces at him while wondering when he had left the ruins.
• Qin Shao explained that Lin An had obtained the Li Clan’s inheritance and become an Immortal formation master, confirming his place at the council.
• Xu Ming told Xu Taosheng that he had correctly guessed Lin An’s identity, and Xu Taosheng smacked him and ordered him to call Lin An Senior.

Qin Shao revealed that Lin An was both an Immortal formation master and an Immortal alchemist, prompting the other regional domain lords to compete for his help before the Sin Banquet. Xu Taosheng urged Xu Ming to build a closer relationship with Lin An and call him Uncle Lin.

• Wang Qinyue apologized to Lin An and addressed him as a fellow Daoist after learning he was an Immortal formation master.
• Qin Shao announced that Lin An had also become an Immortal alchemist, shocking and exciting the Immortal Realm experts.
• The domain lords of the Southern Gloom, Eastern Extremity, and Northern Cold Regions invited Lin An to visit and offered him treasures and status in exchange for his help.
• Lin An agreed to do his best to refine pills for the experts before the Sin Banquet, with proper compensation.
• Xu Taosheng asked Xu Ming about his relationship with Lin An, then told him to call Lin An Uncle Lin.

At the council meeting, Lin An learned that the Sin Banquet would begin in two months and three days, and that Immortal Pearls could help him break through to the Immortal Realm. After Qin Shao arranged a pill-refining hall and two Immortal experts to assist him, Lin An began preparing pills for the coming crisis.

• Zhou Chang divined that the Sin Banquet would begin in two months and three days, and Qin Shao outlined the council's plans to fight the Sin Beasts.
• Qin Shao explained that the Sin Banquet would produce Immortal Pearls, and promised Lin An a share to support his breakthrough.
• The council discussed its preparations and ended the three-day meeting, while Lin An promised to refine pills for distribution.
• Qin Shao led Lin An to a pill-refining hall, provided his stored spirit herbs, and summoned two Immortal experts to assist.
• Lin An took out the Heaven-Burning Divine Fire Furnace and began refining pills with the two experts lending him their power.

Lin An used the hall’s accelerated time and the aid of two Immortal Realm experts to refine thousands of enhanced pills for the coming battle. When Qin Shao arrived with medicinal ingredients, he was stunned by the pills’ strength and Lin An’s enormous output, and Lin An asked him what payment he should take.

• Lin An chose to refine Nine Revolutions Life-Restoring Pills, Heavenly Light Origin Restoration Pills, and Yin-Yang Origin-Burning Pills, then used the Formation Pattern Lotus Platform to accelerate time in the hall a hundredfold.
• With the two Immortal Realm experts’ help, Lin An refined 4,500 Heavenly Light Origin Restoration Pills over ten days outside the hall, while more than two years passed inside.
• Qin Shao entered the hall with ingredients supplied by four experts, and Lin An explained which three kinds of pills he planned to make.
• Lin An gave Qin Shao a Heavenly Light Origin Restoration Pill, and Qin Shao discovered that it restored strength, enhanced defense, and was far more potent than ordinary pills.
• Lin An revealed that he had refined 4,500 pills and summoned the remaining 4,491 before asking Qin Shao how much payment he should request.

Lin An completed thousands of powerful pills for Qin Shao and the other Domain Lords, who agreed to generous compensation and offered help with his future secondary professions. With the Sin Banquet a month away, Lin An received formation materials and planned to prepare the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation.

• Qin Shao admitted he had briefly considered lowering Lin An’s compensation, then promised to pay two portions of ingredients for each portion refined; Lin An accepted.
• Qin Shao and the other Domain Lords agreed Lin An could use their Immortal Pearls first and offered help accessing Origin Seas for additional professions.
• Lin An refined 4,500 Nine-Transformation Life-Restoring Pills, 4,500 Yin-Yang Origin-Burning Pills, and over 900 Black-Yellow Immortal Pills.
• Qin Shao collected the pills and marveled that each Domain Lord would receive more than two hundred of each kind, leaving their group exceptionally well supplied for battle.
• Lin An asked for formation materials, and Qin Shao gave him a prepared supply, agreeing that Lin An should use his ancient formations to create the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation.

Lin An used accumulated attribute points to perfect all nine ancient formations, then refined treasures into powerful formation patterns before the Sin Banquet opened. The blood moon descended and the secret realm’s passages appeared, while Lin An prepared to enter with Qin Shao.

• Lin An claimed 22 months of leaderboard rewards, gaining 3.56 billion attribute points and bringing his total to 15.93 billion.
• Lin An spent 6.84 billion attribute points to raise all nine ancient formations from beginner to perfection.
• Lin An refined treasures into formation patterns with the help of two Immortal Realm experts, finishing three days before the secret realm opened.
• The blood moon appeared over the Sin Abyss, awakening the Sin Beasts and opening passages into the Sin Banquet Secret Realm.
• Qin Shao told Lin An they would enter together in two hours, while others would have to wait three days for the blood moon’s light to recede.
• The system announced that the Sin Banquet event had begun.

Lin An and Qin Shao entered the Sin Banquet Secret Realm with the other Immortal Realm experts, then chose a mountain stronghold for Lin An to prepare an ancient formation. After completing nine formations, Lin An planned to fuse them into the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation, and Qin Shao summoned experts to help activate it.

• The Sin Banquet event began, offering five times the usual attribute points for killing Sin Beasts and opening its shop to players who entered the secret realm.
• Qin Shao led Lin An and three other Immortal Realm experts through the Sin Abyss passage into the secret realm, where they killed weak Sin Beasts along the way.
• At a defensible mountain, Lin An began setting up formations while Qin Shao explained that a jade disc could locate Immortal Pearls to lure Sin Beasts.
• Lin An completed nine ancient formations over three hours as Zhou Chang and the other Domain lords arrived and sent their teams searching for Immortal Pearls.
• Lin An said nine Immortal Realm experts could activate the fused Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation at full power, rivaling the Heavenly Sword Annihilation Grand Formation.
• Qin Shao sent golden orders to summon the other Immortal Realm experts back to help activate the formation.

Lin An combined nine ancient formations into the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation and used it to kill waves of Sin Beasts for event points. After the formation quickly slew an Immortal Realm Fifth Grade Seven Emotions Demon Spider, Qin Shao and the others set out to find more Immortal Pearls.

• Lin An chose nine cultivators whose mastered rules suited the formations and merged their formations into the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation.
• Qin Shao and the others supplied five Immortal Pearls, which they unsealed to attract Sin Beasts while Lin An inspected the event shop.
• Dozens of Sovereign Realm Sin Beasts charged into the formation, and Lin An killed them, earning more than six million event points.
• The Immortal Realm Fifth Grade Seven Emotions Demon Spider appeared, but Lin An used the formation’s powers to trap and kill it.
• Lin An urged the others to search for more Immortal Pearls and lure any Immortal Realm Sin Beasts back to the formation, so Qin Shao and the others scattered to search.

Lin An moved his Sin Beast trap after earning more than ten billion event points, setting up the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation at a new location. The amplified Immortal Pearl aura drew the Immortal Realm Eighth Grade Flesh and Blood Demon Tree toward the formation.

• Li Tan led the Li Clan experts out of the Domain after leaving three Sovereign Realm ancestors behind to guard the clan and distributing Lin An's pills.
• Factions across the Domain entered the Sin Banquet Secret Realm, and a month of fighting and opportunities followed.
• Lin An and Qin Shao's group lured Sin Beasts into the formation until Lin An's event points exceeded ten billion, but fewer beasts came as the area grew dangerous.
• Lin An dismantled the formation, moved to a new location, and rebuilt it after Qin Shao and the others found the site.
• Qin Shao placed the group's 204 Immortal Pearls on Lin An's stone platform, and Lin An activated it to amplify their aura.
• The Flesh and Blood Demon Tree sensed the dense Immortal Pearl aura, stored its corpses inside itself, and swept through the void toward its source.

Lin An lured a massive horde of Sin Beasts to his formation with Immortal Pearls and prepared a staged retreat to draw in the Immortal Realm beasts. The lower-ranked beasts charged first, only to be trapped and slaughtered by his Immortal Rank formation.

• The Sorrowful Cloud Wailing Soul and the Nine-Armored Giant Softshell Turtle sensed the Immortal Pearl aura and headed toward it.
• Lin An told Qin Shao, Xu Taosheng, Zhou Chang, and the others to act as bait and let some Immortal Pearls be taken to deceive the Immortal Realm Sin Beasts.
• More than two hundred thousand King Realm Sin Beasts, several thousand Sovereign Realm Sin Beasts, and nearly a hundred Immortal Realm Sin Beasts gathered near Lin An.
• The Sovereign Realm and King Realm Sin Beasts charged into Lin An's formation, and he activated the Nine Palaces Sword Annihilation Formation.
• The formation trapped and killed the charging Sin Beasts, while the Immortal Realm Sin Beasts had yet to enter the battle.