Tests, tests, and more tests. It’s beginning to feel like there’s nothing but tests in this new world. There’s no rest for the weary, especially if one’s name is Jiang Chen. Pill master, martial dao extraordinaire, and savant of all knowledge beneath the heavens—if he passes with flying colors this time, he stands to gain a patron who will establish his place at the top, once and for all. So, of course nothing will go wrong, right? His trials take him all over the land, meeting new enemies, old friends, and… old new acquaintances. Some of the new faces seem oddly familiar, and there’s details about them that whisper of Jiang Chen’s past life. What unresolved business might they have to do with humanity’s rising star? But perhaps the greatest full circle of them all is the curse that plagues the mysterious grandfather and granddaughter duo. Jiang Chen seems to have finally gathered enough knowledge and treasures to break it—just before the final deadline.