Ye Xingchen cultivates immortality to bring his grandfather back to life, yet is tested to have ten mixed spirit roots, known as Short-Lived Ghost; he will suffer depletion of qi and blood if he does not open ten dantians before turning sixteen. Fortunate to obtain the Three Treasures As You Wish Cauldron: discarded pills can be strengthened—three yield low-grade, six mid-grade, twelve high-grade; all things can be upgraded. He refines discarded pills with his own hands, endures humiliation and rises up, strikes back at Wang Teng and Wang Ergou, and finally becomes a peerless Pill Immortal!