Vol. 2The Ling Clan’s New Foundation

Ling Pengyun helped the Ling Clan survive the Demon Extermination War, developed Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice, and advanced to Foundation Establishment. He claimed a spirit vein at Serpent Dragon Lake as the clan prepared for the Centennial Demon Beast Calamity.

  • Ling Pengyun studied the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation, and Ling Yunhong arranged with Wu Yan and Yang Siling to ambush Old Devil Li.
  • Ling Yunhong and Luo Minghui killed Old Devil Li, and the five clans defeated the Ape King to claim its mountain and spirit vein.
  • The five clans defeated the demon beast horde at Rock Armor Valley, and Ling Pengyun joined the hunt around Serpent Dragon Lake.
  • Ling Pengyun developed Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice, refined new artifacts, and left Cloudwater Market Town as a Hundred Spirits Sect disciple reported his departure.
  • Lin Lan killed Sun Yuan after Sun Yuan ambushed Ling Pengyun, then returned the Mother-Child Flying Swords to him.
  • Ling Yunxi discovered Ling Xin’s Three Spirit Roots, and two years later a vast spiritual energy fluctuation erupted at Lingxiao Mountain’s summit.
  • Ling Pengyun broke through to Foundation Establishment and joined Ling Yunhong and Yang Changxing on an expedition to Serpent Dragon Lake.
  • Ling Pengyun and the Immortal Spirit Crane King killed the Red Phosphorus Python King, and Ling Yunhong gave him three Spirit Gathering Pills made from its inner core.
Chapters 106–208 Read from ch. 106

Arc 5The Demon Extermination War

Ling Pengyun and the Ling Clan joined the Hundred Spirits Sect’s campaign, helped capture a spirit vein, and fought the Rock Armor Apes while the clan secretly arranged Old Devil Li’s death. The campaign escalated when the demon beasts launched a massive counterattack against the sect’s forces and the five clans’ captured territory.

  • Ling Pengyun reunited with Yang Qiuyun, attended Yang Siling and Wu Yan’s wedding, and learned that the Ling Clan had to send thirty cultivators to the Demon Extermination War.
  • Ling Pengyun agreed to fight in the campaign and studied the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation while Ling Yunhong prepared the clan’s forces and arranged with Wu Yan and Yang Siling to ambush Old Devil Li.
  • The five clans sent their cultivators to Huai River Market Town, where the clans accepted a mission to capture a spirit vein occupied by Stone Armor Apes.
  • Ling Yunhong and Luo Minghui killed Old Devil Li, then returned to help lead the clans’ assault on the Rock Armor Apes at Rock Armor Ape Mountain.
  • Ling Pengyun used the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation and Wind Shadow Peng to help the Ling Clan defeat waves of Qi Training demon apes, while Ling Yunhong killed a Foundation Establishment ape with his Fusion Word Swordplay Secret.
  • The five clans defeated the Ape King, claimed the mountain range and its spirit vein, and divided the valley’s spirit plants, young apes, and Stone Spirit Walnut Tree.
  • Mo Congxin captured the Demon Python King and took Demon Python Mountain, but the two Golden Core flood dragons and the Black Wind Wolf Demon led a huge beast horde against the sect’s forces.
  • Mo Congxin killed the Ice Flood Dragon with the Blazing Sun Heavenly Swords while Wu Tian and three Golden Core Puppets fought the Water Flood Dragon, and the approaching horde split off toward the five clans’ spirit veins.
Chapters 106–130 Summaries Read

Arc 6From the Lake Hunt to a New Rice

Ling Pengyun and the Ling Clan survived the Serpent Dragon Lake hunt, returned home, and helped the Immortal Spirit Crane King establish its Foundation Establishment. Ling Pengyun developed Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice, refined new artifacts, and learned startling news before leaving Cloudwater Market Town as a Hundred Spirits Sect disciple reported his departure.

  • The five clans defeated the demon beast horde at Rock Armor Valley, and Ling Pengyun joined the Ling Clan in hunting the Serpent Dragon Lake region for Contribution Points and resources.
  • Ling Yunhong led the Ling Clan through hunts against several demon beast groups, including the Earth Demon Tigers and Flame Tigers, before winter and the loss of Ling Pengyun’s Spirit Seeking Rat forced them to return home.
  • Ling Yunhong gave Hundred Spirits Water to the Immortal Spirit Crane King, which survived Qi Infusion and reached Foundation Establishment.
  • Ling Pengyun returned to Lingyun Mountain, tended its fields and bees, refined the Azure Leaf Array, and cultivated Thorn Vine while his improved spirit rice seedling grew.
  • Ling Pengyun developed and tested Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice and its seed-making method, then refined superior artifacts and Golden Scale Inner Armor.
  • Ling Pengyun sold magic tools to Ling Xiaohua for 4,010 spirit stones and heard startling news from his parents.
  • Ling Pengyun bought materials and supplies in Cloudwater Market Town, gave gifts to his parents, and left for Lingyun Mountain on a Swift Travel Hawk.
  • A Hundred Spirits Sect disciple watched Ling Pengyun depart and sent two Message Talismans reporting that he had left.
Chapters 131–156 Summaries Read

Arc 7Autumn Cloud and New Roots

Ling Pengyun advanced his cultivation while developing Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice, whose sale drew dangerous attention as the Ling and Yang Clans destroyed the Ye Family. After years on Lingyun Mountain, he returned to the clan with Ling Xin and established his bee colony, while a major breakthrough began at Lingxiao Mountain.

  • Lin Lan killed Sun Yuan when Sun Yuan ambushed Ling Pengyun, then offered Ling Pengyun his help and returned the Mother-Child Flying Swords to him.
  • Ling Pengyun developed Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice, captured Zhu Wen for his talisman-making skills, and learned that the Yang Clan was planning to attack the Ye Family with Ling Yunhong’s help.
  • Ling Pengyun bought Evergreen Spirit Water at the Cloud Water Gathering as Ling Yunhong and the Yang Clan attacked Red Leaf Ridge and wiped out the Ye Family.
  • Ling Yunhong inspected Ling Pengyun’s Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice, helped him refine artifacts, and watched him advance to the Qi Training Ninth Layer with Evergreen Spirit Water.
  • Ling Yunhong auctioned the Autumn Cloud Secret Method to Guo Changsheng for 13,500 spirit stones, and Ling Pengyun stayed on Lingyun Mountain under protection as other buyers pursued Guo Changsheng.
  • After two years of cultivation and refining, Ling Pengyun completed his five-year term at Lingyun Mountain, found a spirit root in Ling Xin, and returned to the clan with him.
  • Ling Pengyun received permission to cultivate in seclusion, arranged to raise his Fruit Flower Bees beside the clan’s Rainbow Cloud Spirit Butterflies, and settled his animals at Lingxiao Mountain.
  • Ling Yunxi found that Ling Xin had fire, wood, and earth Three Spirit Roots, and two years later a vast spiritual energy fluctuation erupted at Lingxiao Mountain’s summit.
Chapters 157–183 Summaries Read

Arc 8The Serpent Dragon Lake Expedition

Ling Pengyun broke through to Foundation Establishment and joined Ling Yunhong and Yang Changxing in claiming a spirit vein at Serpent Dragon Lake. While Pengyun guarded the fields and grew stronger, the Ling Clan prepared for the approaching Centennial Demon Beast Calamity, and he returned with three Spirit Gathering Pills made from a slain python’s inner core.

  • Ling Pengyun consumed Hundred Spirits Water, broke through to Foundation Establishment, and received the Azure Sea True Scripture from Ling Yunhong.
  • Ling Pengyun became the clan’s second Supreme Elder and joined Ling Yunhong and Yang Changxing on an expedition to Serpent Dragon Lake.
  • The three cultivators killed a Foundation Establishment Completion snake demon, discovered a Second Grade Middle Rank Spirit Vein, and agreed that Ling Pengyun would guard it for the Ling Clan.
  • Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong established spirit fields at the snake den, then joined Yang Changxing in killing the escaped snake demon before Ling Yunhong returned home.
  • Ling Yunhong helped the Stone Spirit Walnut Tree produce thirty-three Second Rank walnuts, then advanced to the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer after consuming them.
  • Ling Pengyun and the Immortal Spirit Crane King killed a Red Phosphorus Python King and raided its mountain, while Ling Yunhong warned that the Centennial Demon Beast Calamity was nearing.
  • Ling Pengyun returned to the spirit fields, and Ling Yunhong refined the python’s inner core into four Spirit Gathering Pills, giving three to Pengyun before they left the den.
Chapters 184–208 Summaries Read
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