Chapter Summaries

Meng Yaofan activated the Blood Infant Myriad Fiends Great Array and joined Li Xietu, Meng Fengmo, and Ghost Face Granny in attacking Li Chengjie. Li Chengjie suppressed their array and treasures, then began killing them with sword lights.

• Meng Yaofan fed Essence Blood to the Blood Fiend Demonic Sword and activated the Blood Infant Myriad Fiends Great Array at full power.
• Li Xietu, Meng Fengmo, and Ghost Face Granny unleashed their magic treasures alongside Meng Yaofan against Li Chengjie.
• Li Chengjie used the Measuring Heaven Ruler to weaken the array and the Earth Control Pearl to trap all four evil treasures in a powerful Gravity Field Domain.
• Li Chengjie sent four sword lights at his enemies, killing Li Xietu with the first and Meng Fengmo with the second.

Li Chengjie killed the Blood Fiend Cult’s four Golden Core cultivators and destroyed their formation without moving. Ten years later, the Chu Kingdom’s new ruler, Fan Xingzhou, prepared to unveil a vast statue honoring Li at the capital’s South Gate.

• Li Chengjie’s sword lights killed Li Xietu, Meng Fengmo, and Ghost Face Granny, then pierced Meng Yaofan and burned his soul away.
• With the four formation cores gone, the Blood Infant Myriad Fiends Great Array collapsed, and Li Chengjie told Hu Qingling and the others to finish cleaning up.
• Ten years later, Fan Xingzhou oversaw the construction of a hundred-zhang statue of Li in Yingdu and ordered an inscription praising him as the Heaven-bestowed Sage Lord.
• Fan Xingzhou recalled that Fan Zhiyong had summoned him half a month earlier and ordered him to build the statue using Li’s likeness from a Jade Slip.

After destroying the Blood Fiend Cult, Li Chengjie brought Gao Chen to Dragon Lake Mountain and revealed that he planned to form a Nascent Soul. He chose the mountain’s intact Spirit Vein as the site for his preparations.

• Li Chengjie converted the Spirit Stones in four Storage Bags into 2000 Replication Points, then told Hu Qingling and the others to claim the Blood Fiend Cult’s remnants and resources.
• Li Chengjie took Gao Chen south through war-scarred lands to Yingdu, where they saw a statue of Li Chengjie at the South Gate.
• Li Chengjie left Yingdu and inspected Dragon Lake Mountain, confirming that its Spirit Vein remained intact.
• Li Chengjie told Gao Chen that he planned to form a Nascent Soul and explained that he needed a Spirit Vein, a protector, and a Dao Heart.
• Li Chengjie chose Dragon Lake Mountain as the site for his Nascent Soul formation preparations.

Li Chengjie claimed Dragon Lake Mountain as a secluded place to form his Nascent Soul and ordered the Fan Family to leave. He and Gao Chen deployed the Town Origin Guard True Demon Subduing Formation around the mountain peak.

• Fan Zhiyong recognized Li Chengjie and led the Fan Family disciples in paying their respects.
• Li Chengjie announced he would stay at Dragon Lake Mountain and ordered Fan Zhiyong and the others to go to Yingdu.
• Fan Zhiyong obeyed and led the Fan Family away, leaving Li Chengjie and Gao Chen alone at Dragon Lake Mountain.
• Li Chengjie examined the Spirit Vein and chose the peak at the mountain's core to deploy a formation.
• Li Chengjie completed the Town Origin Guard True Demon Subduing Formation, raising a golden light curtain around the peak.

Li Chengjie entered seclusion on Dragon Lake Mountain to prepare to form a Nascent Soul, while Gao Chen guarded him and Fan Zhiyong sealed off the surrounding area. After refining his Golden Core with the Profound Spirit Pearl, Li Chengjie reached his peak state and began the process of shattering the core.

• Li Chengjie completed the Golden Gang Demon Subduing Array, gave Gao Chen its primary Formation Flag, and entered a cave to attempt forming a Nascent Soul.
• Li Chengjie used the Profound Spirit Pearl and the Sacred Sun Heavenly Fire Art to cultivate and prepare inside the cave as Gao Chen stood guard outside.
• Fan Zhiyong declared the area within ten miles of Dragon Lake Mountain a forbidden zone and ordered that anyone who approached be killed.
• Li Chengjie refined his Golden Core until it was smooth and flawless, and his spiritual power and state of mind reached their peaks.
• Li Chengjie recalled that the Golden Core had to shatter for the Nascent Soul to be born, then began spinning it faster.

Li Chengjie began the decisive stage of breaking through from the Golden Core to the Nascent Soul as a vast Spiritual Energy Vortex gathered above Dragon Lake Mountain. After his Golden Core shattered, the vortex froze and darkness swallowed the sky, leaving Gao Chen and Fan Zhiyong fearing that Li Chengjie had failed.

• After forty-nine quiet days, Gao Chen noticed Spiritual Qi gathering above Li Chengjie's cave and saw a massive vortex form over Dragon Lake Mountain.
• Fan Zhiyong heard of the anomaly, saw the vortex from Yingdu, and realized Li Chengjie might be forming a Nascent Soul on Fan Family territory.
• Li Chengjie deliberately shattered his expanded Golden Core, endured his meridians tearing and healing, and drew the fragments together to form new life in his dantian.
• The Spiritual Energy Vortex abruptly stopped and darkness engulfed the sky, leaving Gao Chen and Fan Zhiyong unsure whether Li Chengjie's breakthrough had failed.

Li Chengjie’s Golden Core fragments fused into Dao Yuan as he began forming his Nascent Soul, but six Golden Core cultivators gathered outside Dragon Lake Mountain to break his formation and seize it. Gao Chen watched them prepare to attack, leaving Li Chengjie’s secluded breakthrough under immediate threat.

• Li Chengjie formed a droplet of Dao Yuan inside his dantian and sensed multiple presences outside the formation.
• Liu Wenbo, Yun Hongtai, Qingsong True Person, Hu Qingling, and Zhao Changpeng arrived at Dragon Lake Mountain and agreed to attack Li Chengjie for his Dao Yuan and treasures.
• Hu Qingling and Liu Wenbo justified betraying Li Chengjie by citing their grievances and their desire for his treasures.
• Fan Zhiyong arrived and revealed that he had reached the peak Golden Core stage after cultivating on Dragon Lake Mountain.
• The six cultivators brought out their magical treasures as Gao Chen watched from the mountain’s foot, worried the formation would not hold.

Gao Chen sacrificed himself to hold off six Golden Core cultivators while Li Chengjie attempted to form his Nascent Soul. After sensing Gao Chen’s death, Li Chengjie remained powerless as Liu Wenbo and the others entered the cave.

• Gao Chen poured his spiritual energy and Essence Blood into the Golden Gang Demon Subduing Array as Liu Wenbo and five other Golden Core cultivators attacked it.
• The formation shattered, and Liu Wenbo struck Gao Chen down after Gao Chen reminded him that Senior Brother Li had once helped him.
• Gao Chen used his last strength to urge Senior Brother Li to run, then died beside the mountain.
• Li Chengjie sensed the formation and Gao Chen’s aura vanish while his Nascent Soul remained unformed and he was too weak to move.
• Liu Wenbo and the five other cultivators reached the cave, tore apart its light curtain, and entered.

Six Golden Core cultivators confronted Li Chengjie in a cave and attacked him to seize Dao Yuan and his treasures. As their strikes reached him, Li Chengjie reflected on his lonely, hard-won path and accepted what seemed to be his end.

• Liu Wenbo, Yun Hongtai, Qingsong True Person, Hu Qingling, Zhao Changpeng, and Fan Zhiyong each explained why they would kill Li Chengjie and claim Dao Yuan and his treasures.
• The six cultivators argued over how to divide the treasures, then launched their weapons and spells at Li Chengjie.
• Li Chengjie opened his eyes and recalled his journey, the people he had killed, the dangers he had survived, and Gao Chen's death.
• Li Chengjie realized his Golden Core was shattered, his spiritual power was scattered, and he could not stand as the six attacks reached him.

Li Chengjie overcame his Heart Demon Tribulation after realizing that the six enemies attacking him were illusions. He recognized that his deepest fear was the belief that someone would always appear to betray him and block his path, while his secret system remained a source of dread.

• Li Chengjie recognized that Fan Zhiyong's impossible rise from Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to peak Golden Core stage revealed that the six attackers were part of an illusion.
• Li Chengjie stopped the six attacks with his spiritual sense and watched the attackers dissolve into black mist, overcoming the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Li Chengjie reflected that his heart demon was not any particular person but his fear that he was destined to become everyone's enemy and would always be betrayed.
• Li Chengjie continued cultivating as Dao Yuan's radiance brightened, while the Profound Spirit Pearl glowed in the silent cave.

Li Chengjie overcame his Heart Demon Tribulation and embraced a ruthless path as he resumed forming his Nascent Soul. As a massive Spiritual Energy Vortex appeared over Dragon Lake Mountain, Hu Qingling rejected Zhao Changpeng’s proposal to seize Li Chengjie’s Dao Yuan and chose to prepare a congratulatory gift instead.

• Li Chengjie understood Gao Chen’s sacrifice as a reason to live, resolved to kill anyone obstructing his path, and watched the Heart Demon Tribulation and a hidden shackle break.
• After three days of silence, Gao Chen sensed Spiritual Qi surge toward Li Chengjie’s cave and saw an even greater Spiritual Energy Vortex form above Dragon Lake Mountain.
• At Flowing Cloud Sect, Zhao Changpeng urged Hu Qingling and the others to break Li Chengjie’s formation and seize his Dao Yuan while he formed a Nascent Soul.
• Hu Qingling warned that Li Chengjie had already defeated Meng Yaofan and the Blood Fiend Cult, and that attacking him could bring their deaths.
• Hu Qingling ordered a generous gift prepared and said he would visit Li Chengjie to offer congratulations once he exited seclusion.

Zhou Chengbō and Yu Youxin detected a cultivator forming a Nascent Soul and diverted their Cloud Shuttle to Dragon Lake Mountain, hoping to exploit the breakthrough or rely on their Treasure Pavilion backing. They arrived as Gao Chen guarded Li’s Cave Abode, leaving him facing eight Golden Core cultivators while Li remained in seclusion.

• Zhou Chengbō and Yu Youxin saw the crimson-gold pillar and Spiritual Energy Vortex, and Yu Youxin judged that the cultivator was near completing Nascent Soul formation.
• Zhou Chengbō persuaded the hesitant Yu Youxin to approach under the pretense of offering congratulations, with the possibility of attacking if the cultivator failed.
• Gao Chen recognized the approaching Treasure Pavilion Cloud Shuttle and stood guard outside the Cave Abode, unwilling to abandon Senior Brother Li during his breakthrough.
• Zhou Chengbō and Yu Youxin arrived at Dragon Lake Mountain with six additional Golden Core cultivators, making eight in total.
• Zhou Chengbō observed that the pillar and vortex remained and concluded that the cultivator had not yet succeeded.

Gao Chen tried to protect Li Chengjie while Zhou Chengbō, Yu Youxin, and six other Golden Core cultivators attacked the formation and sought to seize the Dao Yuan. Li Chengjie successfully formed a Nascent Soul, and the eight attackers hurriedly presented themselves as congratulatory visitors and offered gifts.

• Zhou Chengbō demanded that Gao Chen dismantle the formation, but Gao Chen refused to leave Li Chengjie unprotected.
• Zhou Chengbō struck Gao Chen and shattered the formation, leaving Gao Chen badly injured as the eight cultivators approached the mountain peak.
• Zhou Chengbō and the others attacked the mountain, but Li Chengjie emerged in Crimson Gold Light with a Nascent Soul Dharma Idol, revealing that he had succeeded.
• Zhou Chengbō, Yu Youxin, and the six other cultivators bowed to Li Chengjie and claimed they had come to congratulate him.
• Zhou Chengbō and Yu Youxin presented Li Chengjie with Jade Boxes as gifts.

Li Chengjie killed Zhou Chengbō, Yu Youxin, and six other Golden Core cultivators after they invoked the Treasure Pavilion’s backing. He then destroyed the Foundation Establishment crew aboard their Cloud Shuttle from afar, spared the remaining travelers, and claimed the vessel.

• Zhou Chengbō and Yu Youxin appealed to the Treasure Pavilion’s influence, but Li Chengjie killed them both with his Crimson Gold sword light.
• Li Chengjie killed the six fleeing Golden Core cultivators with a spell, wiping out all eight attackers in a single breath.
• More than ten Golden Core travelers and thousands of Foundation Establishment cultivators fled or begged Li Chengjie for mercy as the Cloud Shuttle’s crew tried to escape.
• Li Chengjie used a Soul Attack to stop the Cloud Shuttle and kill everyone aboard it from more than ten li away.
• Li Chengjie ordered the surviving travelers to leave, then told Gao Chen that the Cloud Shuttle belonged to them.

Li Chengjie formed a Nascent Soul after surviving the Heart Demon Tribulation, then sensed another Nascent Soul Cultivator approaching Dragon Lake Mountain. As the newcomer arrived intending to devour Li Chengjie's Dao resonance, Li Chengjie recognized that the seemingly perfect man was a shape-shifted Demonic Beast.

• Li Chengjie formed a Nascent Soul and triggered a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon as Gao Chen watched the aftermath of the battle at Dragon Lake Mountain.
• Li Chengjie sensed a powerful Nascent Soul aura approaching from the Misty Marsh and ordered Gao Chen to retreat north and conceal himself.
• The moon-white-robed man arrived too late to interrupt Li Chengjie's breakthrough and decided to devour his Dao resonance and seize his secrets.
• Li Chengjie examined the approaching man's aura and smile, sensed the predatory strangeness beneath them, and identified him as a shape-shifted Demonic Beast.

Lord Zhí Míng revealed himself as a powerful demonic beast and attacked Li Chengjie with his divine sense, only for Li Chengjie to overpower him with a far stronger counterattack. As Li Chengjie summoned one spirit treasure and four magic treasures, Lord Zhí Míng realized he faced no ordinary newly formed Nascent Soul cultivator and wondered whether Li Chengjie had reincarnated.

• Lord Zhí Míng approached Li Chengjie at Dragon Lake Mountain, then revealed his demonic nature and his Nascent Soul Early Stage strength.
• Lord Zhí Míng attacked Li Chengjie with his divine sense, but the attack vanished into Li Chengjie's vast consciousness.
• Li Chengjie struck back with a much stronger divine sense attack, cracking Lord Zhí Míng's defense and injuring him.
• Li Chengjie summoned the Measuring Heaven Ruler, the Golden Flame Sword, the Earth Control Pearl, the Blazing Sky Shield, and the Soul Suppressing Beads.
• Lord Zhí Míng recognized Li Chengjie's extraordinary divine sense and wondered if he had cultivated a powerful technique or reincarnated.

Li Chengjie battled Lord Zhí Míng, a Black Tortoise Nascent Soul cultivator whose defenses overwhelmed Li’s first attacks. Discovering that his fire-based sword could exploit Lord Zhí Míng’s water nature, Li combined his magical treasures to pressure him and crack his protective barrier, while staying out of reach.

• Li Chengjie found that the Measuring Heaven Ruler could not suppress Lord Zhí Míng, and his Undying Sword left only a faint mark on the Black Tortoise’s palm.
• Lord Zhí Míng struck Li Chengjie with a palm attack, grazing his shoulder and scorching his skin.
• Li Chengjie recognized Lord Zhí Míng’s Black Tortoise bloodline and saw him as a trove of valuable materials.
• Li Chengjie used the Golden Flame Sword to exploit Lord Zhí Míng’s vulnerability to fire, forcing him to evade before he raised his Profound Water Body Protection.
• Li Chengjie pinned Lord Zhí Míng with the Earth Control Pearl’s Gravity Field Domain, repeatedly struck one spot on his barrier, and distracted him with the Soul Suppressing Beads.
• Lord Zhí Míng failed to catch the faster Li Chengjie and angrily demanded that he stop running.

Li Chengjie fought Lord Zhí Míng after the demonic beast revealed his true form as a giant softshell turtle. Lord Zhí Míng tried to flee and then self-detonate, but Li Chengjie killed him, leaving his corpse in a crater.

• Lord Zhí Míng transformed into a colossal softshell turtle and charged at Li Chengjie, but crashed into Dragon Lake Mountain after Li Chengjie dodged.
• Li Chengjie targeted the turtle's weak points with the Golden Flame Sword, forcing Lord Zhí Míng to flee south.
• Li Chengjie pursued Lord Zhí Míng and wounded his hind legs until the turtle begged for mercy and offered his treasures.
• Lord Zhí Míng tried to self-detonate, but Li Chengjie used the Soul Suppressing Beads to interrupt him.
• Li Chengjie sent the Golden Flame Sword through Lord Zhí Míng's mouth, killing him and bringing down his body.

After defeating Lord Zhí Míng, Li Chengjie stopped the turtle demon infant from escaping and collected the giant armored turtle’s corpse and belongings. Among them, he discovered a damaged Soul Lamp that could slowly strengthen Divine Sense, but its missing Lamp Wick remained a mystery.

• Li Chengjie struck the fleeing demon infant with two Spiritual Sense Attacks, killing it and storing it in his Storage Bag.
• Li Chengjie examined the giant armored turtle’s exceptionally tough shell and stored the entire corpse.
• Li Chengjie collected Lord Zhí Míng’s Storage Bags, magic treasures, and other belongings.
• Li Chengjie discovered that an ancient damaged lantern increased and nourished Divine Sense, then found a beast-hide record identifying it as the Soul Lamp.
• Li Chengjie stored the Soul Lamp and its record, but could find no clues about the lost Lamp Wick.

A Jun listened as his parents bickered over their patched fishing net and the Chen Family’s inherited oil lamp, whose wick supposedly never burned out. His father said he would repair the lamp and buy a new net once it was fixed, while the old wick remained hidden in a wooden box inside the cabin.

• Old Chen patched the family’s worn fishing net while his wife urged him to buy a new one.
• Old Chen told A Jun that the net and a broken oil lamp were Chen Family heirlooms passed down through generations.
• Old Chen’s wife warned A Jun not to mention the lamp, while Old Chen insisted its wick had never burned out.
• A Jun asked when the family could afford a new net, and Old Chen promised to buy one after fixing the lamp.
• A Jun looked toward the cabin’s wooden box, where the old, pitch-black wick lay.