In Yuan Sheng Continent, stands the Pill God Temple.

A colossal pill furnace, several hundred feet tall, perches in the center of the main hall. Roaring dragons with eight claws lay sprawled on top of it. The rare and extraordinary Glazed Immortal Mist shrouds its surroundings, while at the base, azure Heavenly Purity Lotus Flames circulate, their scorching power burning the air, emitting sizzling sounds.

Suddenly, a loud sound erupts into the silence, a potent spatial storm sweeps across the sky, leaving behind astonishing wounds resembling malicious demon teeth that incite fear.

The black-clad man seated before the pill furnace slowly raises his head. His handsome and fair face abruptly contorts into a terrifying grimace, and he swears through gritted teeth, "This is... the legendary 'Nine Revolutions Absolute Godly Thunder'. Is this taking it too far?"

This seemingly mad fellow's name is Dan Chenzi. Born with a Physique of Nihility incapable of storing energy, his dantian is dormant, making it impossible for him to tread the path of God Refinement.

Though utterly unlucky, Dan Chenzi never believed in fate. He chose a different path and diligently practiced the way of the pill, by chance tackled a unique opportunity and acquired the "Jade Furnace Medicine Ancestor" inheritance in an ancient cave. Handholding the Heavenly Purity Lotus Flame and with a coiled dragon furnace, in merely a hundred years, he surpassed the nine-star pill masters, thus becoming the youngest Pure Sky Pill Emperor in the history of Yuan Sheng Continent; his glory boundless.

However, even the most top-notch pill masters could not make their bodies immortal. Although the effects of the Youth-Preserving Pill could keep him young, an extended lifespan of merely three hundred years was the limit.

Unless the end is near, Dan Chenzi would never take such a risk to deploy the "Jade Furnace Medicine Ancestor's" leftover Heavenly-Defying Method to refine the "World King Dan" recorded in legends, seeking to rebuild his dantian sanctuary.

Such an act is deemed a defiance of the heavens!

At this moment, the World King Dan is about to take shape, but it provokes the Nine Revolutions Absolute Godly Thunder, known as heavenly punishment, which is said to occur only when real immortals transcend.

After a short rage, absolute despair sends a chill down Dan Chenzi's heart. He watches as the sky splits open, the rampant energy surges, creating a minutely intricate electric aura as red as blood.

Countless small electric flashes gather in an instant, forming a massive vortex, like a fiend's face hanging upside down in the sky. From there, he sees the grand heavenly might powerful enough to annihilate the world.

Defiance of heaven, is it so easy?

Dan Chenzi clenches his fists. He harbors no grand hopes; through many years of diligent pill refining, all he wants is to possess a body that can cultivate normally, just like any ordinary person.

Even if it's the most inferior and ruined dantian, he has the utmost confidence to rise above the world with the supreme talent on the pill furnace, refining to become an immortal.

"Sigh..."

Danchenzi sighed deeply, and suddenly a startling noise emanated from the Panlong Ding, shaking heaven and earth with an endless celestial light surging into the sky, illuminating the vast expanse. This was an indication that the elixir was about to be completed. At the same time, from the enormous vortex hanging in the sky, a massive purple-gold thunder pillar, a hundred feet in radius, suddenly erupted.

Heavenly punishment descended, obliterating all in its path. The explosive energy tore at every inch of space, causing the surrounding ground to shake violently. The millennium foundation magical formation in the Elixir God Hall suddenly shattered and collapsed.

Lindanchen’s face turned pale, a trembling hand reached out to the Nine-turn Supreme Immortal Thunder. He expended all his strength expressing his anger, unwillingness, and even despair.

"Darn it!! Screw this!"

Boom!

Divine thunder ends the world, wiping out all human existence.

His body, as insignificant as an ant, shattered in an instant under the brilliant celestial power, leaving only a wisp of green mist that disappeared almost immediately. Then, the divine thunder directly bombed the Panlong Ding.

However, inside the Ding, a long-accumulated haze suddenly erupted, carrying the thin green mist into the sky and disappearing deep into the starry reaches, to be seen no more.

...

Inside an ancient and charming room filled with a swirling mist, white curtains hanging down emit a tempting aroma from the lit incense burner.

A young man lay naked in a wooden tub full of hot water, the relaxation of the bath slightly easing his shock after awakening.

Weird, wasn't I turned to dust by the Nine-turn Supreme Immortal Thunder? Why am I here taking a hot bath?

Danchenzi pondered for a moment before recalling that at the instant of his spiritual and physical destruction, he had been brought here by a force within the Panlong Ding.

"Could it be... the Reversed World King Pill was successfully completed…"

Dan Chenzi's mouth murmured, his eyes showed colors of shock and ecstasy. However, much information surged up from the depths of his mind, making him frown immediately. He realized that his soul has somehow taken over another unfamiliar body.

It's been three hundred years since that divine thunder tribulation.

Interestingly, this body's name is also Dan Chen, but his surname is Lin, a member of the Lin family in the inner clan of the Qingyang City.

The Lin family could be considered a prominent family in Qingyang City, with a property spanning over a thousand acres. The family compound is full of courtyards, with hundreds of servants. In this family, almost everyone has set foot on the path of spiritual cultivation, training their martial prowess diligently.

Previously, he was undoubtedly a cultivation prodigy. He reached the first level of spiritual refinement at just six years old and manifested spiritual power in a half-hour. In the course of a few years, his cultivation soared and he had advanced to the fourth level of spiritual refinement. This peerless genius was well-known throughout Qingyang City. Even the current Dan Chenzi couldn't help admiring such talent.

The Lin family placed great expectations on him, nourishing and grooming him as their primary focus. They ensured he received two Jade Soul Pills every year. Regrettably, after he reached the fourth level of spiritual refinement, his cultivation stagnated, his health deteriorated, with illness wrapping around him. Not to mention cultivation, he seemed weaker than an average person, and even the best physicians in Lin's family could find no clear causes.

As he watched those less talented disciples gradually stepping into fifth, sixth... levels of spiritual refinement, and distance themselves from him, his once proud genius halo was ruthlessly stripped from him, replaced by the cold neglect and ridicule of his family. His story quickly spread throughout Qingyang City, and he became a laughingstock.

Lin Danchen lost his mother early. His father, Lin Xiong, used to be a core figure of the family, positioned as an elder, a potent cultivator who had reached the ninth level of spiritual refinement, and also a chosen heir favored by the old family leader. Nevertheless, in recent years, he had been seeking treatments for Lin Danchen, ignoring the family business, depleting his wealth, even using considerable family resources. Yet, all was in vain on Lin Danchen. Regardless, he never gave up. On one occasion, he ventured to the Abyss of Thousand Corpses for herbs and was injured by a Ghost Eye Tiger King. His power drastically decreased, and he was ousted by the other elder candidates. Now, he is living in a residence in the outer courtyard, no different from being exiled from the family inner circle.

"Sigh..."

Thinking of this, Lin Danchen felt the water in the wooden tub has become lukewarm, remarked, "What a luckless guy. But comparing misfortune... He’s still far behind me."

For Lin Danchen, all these were irrelevant details. What he cared about the most was this body - a body with a perfect dantian, capable of truly stepping onto the path of spiritual refinement.

As Lin Danchen directed his thoughts, the spiritual energy flowing in the void gathered toward his dantian. For the first time, he felt the grounded, energy-filled sensation of spiritual flow evolving within his body, and he couldn't help laughing wildly in ecstasy.

For Lin Danchen, who had been troubled by his natural ethereal physique for hundreds of years, this feeling was enchantingly bewildering!

Just as he was about to further explore this body, the screen was delicately lifted.

"Young Master, isn't the water a bit cold now?"

A girl approached; she was a maid from the Jan Yun House named Xin’er. Her age was similar to Lin Dan Chen’s, both were around fifteen or sixteen years old. They had grown up together and become playmates.

Lin Dan Chen's gaze moved downwards, landing on the chest tightly wrapped in plain clothes, yet about to burst. The sight alone was enough to shock and awaken his wild nature; it was a bewitching figure indeed. Her waist was so thin yet her bust was so full. Looking further down at her straight and slender legs, it inevitably sparked his imagination. Without doubt, any male would be driven mad by her.

After adding hot water, Xin’er took off her clothes and left on only a layer of thin, semi-transparent white gauze. She walked behind the tub and placed her hands on Lin Dan Chen's shoulders, rubbing them gently.

"What are you…?" Seeing such a sensual scene, Lin Dan Chen began to feel a bit uneasy.

Xin'er slightly bit her rosy lips and whispered, "I know my young master is worried about his cultivation, but I believe… One day, you will regain your strength and surprise them all."

It was then Lin Dan Chen remembered, ever since his training had halted, his body had changed. His meridians were seriously blocked and it was becoming harder and harder to refine his spiritual power. Xin’er, however, knew of a method through which she could alleviate these symptoms by massaging certain points on his body. Hence, every night involved such a sensual medicinal bath.

Soon, a few meridians within Lin Dan Chen's body started to ache. Noticing that Xin’er looked a little off, he frowned and asked, "What has happened?"

Xin'er bit her lip as tears filled her pure and lovely eyes. She said quietly, "This year's Jade Divine Pill, while the Master was out, Lord Three took it directly on the way... He said you were a cripple now, and no amount of pills would help. It would be better to give it to someone more promising..."

"Jade Divine Pill?" Lin Dan Chen scoffed. This wasn't the first time something like this had happened. Just last year, he only received one Jade Divine Pill. He said casually, "It's just a useless pill. Let them take it."

Xin'er exclaimed, "This Jade Divine Pill is vital to you, it is the only chance for you to regain your strength."

Although the Jade Divine Pill was an essential pill for spirit refiners and very valuable in Qingyang City, only a big family like Lin’s could afford such resources. However, the current Lin Dan Chen had long moved on from his past, and naturally wouldn’t care much about such basic pills.

Furthermore, Lin Dan Chen knew very well that his cultivation bottleneck was not as simple as it seemed, and certainly not something that the Jade Divine Pill could resolve.

“Silly girl, rest assured that even without this Jade Divine Pill, I will regain my strength.” Lin Dan Chen’s face lit up with a dazzling smile.

Xin’er was taken aback — she hadn't seen her young master smile for quite some time. Yet, at that moment, she sensed some undoubted, strong self-confidence in Lin Dan Chen's eyes.

"Really?"

Lin Danchen nodded and said, "Not only will I recover my strength, I will become even stronger!"

"Young Master... I like how you are now."

"Not wearing clothes?" Lin Danchen teased with a grin.

Xin'er's pretty face instantly flushed with two hints of shy, rosy blush, and she pouted, "No, not that... It's the way you are regaining your confidence."

After saying this, she walked around to the front of the tub, bent her slim waist, and gently pushed on Lin Danchen's shoulders while almost becoming transparent in the steam.

"Young Master, why are you nosebleeding?"

"It's nothing, you continue, waist... you can bend a little more."