Arc 3Foundation in Baohua

Wei Yunxi survived a deadly back-mountain mission, withdrew from the sect to escape those targeting her, and broke through to Foundation Establishment. She reached the Baohua outpost to search for the missing disciples and recognized Sheng Yuhong from her vision.

  • Wei Yunxi and Wei Zonghao completed their Spirit Rice harvest before White Honey destroyed the remaining fields, and the Law Enforcement Hall's investigation implicated Tang Ru.
  • Wei Yunxi joined Hua Xuanzi's squad in the back mountain, where Senior Brother Li and Junior Sister Zhang betrayed their companions and the group fought a second-tier Sand Rat.
  • Wei Yunxi killed the Sand Rat with a Thunderburst Talisman, and she and Wei Zonghao later joined the Wei family arena match, where Yunxi defeated Zhen Tongshuang.
  • After years of cultivation and pill-making, Wei Yunxi learned that the Immortal Spirit Grass had drained the Cultivation Hall's Spiritual Qi and decided to seek an unclaimed Spiritual Vein beyond the sect.
  • Wei Yunxi disguised herself and traveled alone to Baohua City, while Wei Zonghao misled the Wei family about her whereabouts and she evaded disciples pursuing her.
  • Wei Yunxi rented Bingsi Cave Mansion and, with the Immortal Spirit Grass's help, endured her Foundation Establishment Tribulation and glimpsed a sorrowful girl in red robes.
  • Wei Yunxi went to the Haoran Sect outpost to investigate the missing disciples, learned that Zhen Tongshuang's group had vanished, and recognized the arriving Sheng Yuhong from her vision.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Two-Pronged Approach

Wei Yunxi and Wei Zonghao acted on Fan Si’s warning by accelerating their harvest and strengthening their cultivation before anyone could target them. After Zonghao reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, they began harvesting Yunxi’s field while she concealed her true cultivation and drew talismans.

  • Fan Si warned Wei Yunxi and Wei Zonghao that the sect’s Law Enforcement Hall could not protect them from every threat, and the two decided to act quickly.
  • Yunxi activated her field’s barrier and used spirit stones to ripen Zonghao’s Spirit Rice while he entered seclusion to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
  • Yunxi harvested all three mu of Zonghao’s rice overnight, and he emerged at daybreak with his cultivation breakthrough complete.
  • Zonghao accompanied Yunxi to her field, keeping the barrier active around his already-harvested plot to mislead anyone watching them.
  • Yunxi pretended to cultivate in the thatched hut, adjusted her displayed cultivation to the fifth layer of Qi Refining, and drew talismans while Zonghao ripened her rice.
  • Zonghao began harvesting Yunxi’s Spirit Rice, and Yunxi put away her talisman tools and joined him.

Ch. 52Strike First

Zonghao and Yunxi harvested their Spirit Rice early and completed their mission before White Honey devastated the Outer Five Peaks’ fields. The Law Enforcement Hall cleared them of suspicion, but its investigation exposed Tang Ru’s scheme and cost her the protection of the Golden Core True Person she relied on.

  • Zonghao and Yunxi delivered their early harvest to Senior Brother Wang, completed their mission, and left the Outer Five Peaks.
  • Yunxi returned to the Disciple Courtyard, encountered Wei Yunqing, and installed a Third-Grade Protective Formation Disk in her room.
  • White Honey ravaged every unharvested Spirit Rice field in the Outer Five Peaks, prompting the Law Enforcement Hall to investigate deliberate sabotage.
  • The Law Enforcement Hall questioned Yunxi and Zonghao, verified their account with Fan Si and the steward disciple, and redirected suspicion toward disciples who had lurked around the fields.
  • The investigation led to Tang Ru, whose Golden Core True Person discovered she had used his spirit stones to support her lover and drove her out of his Immortal Cave.

Ch. 53The Deadweight

Yunxi and Zonghao avoided suspicion after the Spirit Rice disaster, then Yunxi helped the Tribal Warrior’s tribe survive its food shortage by sending Bigu pills and Spirit Rice. After cultivating, Wei Yunqing took pills from Senior Brother Ye to catch up with Yunxi, and began forcing Spiritual Qi through her Meridians.

  • Tang Ru’s search for Chen Feng made him the leading suspect in the destruction of the Spirit Rice fields, while Yunxi and Zonghao privately agreed that he had targeted them.
  • Yunxi and Zonghao decided to wait for Spiritual Rice prices to rise before selling their harvest and spent their accumulated cultivation time at the Cultivation Hall.
  • Yunxi learned that the Tribal Warrior’s tribe had endured a deadly Cold Season and was migrating with little food, so she sent ten bottles of Bigu pills and a hundred jin of Spirit Rice.
  • The Tribal Warrior promised to repay Yunxi with Milk Fruit when the Hot Season arrived, and Yunxi logged off to continue cultivating toward Qi Refining Layer 9.
  • Frustrated that Yunxi kept advancing ahead of her, Wei Yunqing rented a cultivation room, swallowed Senior Brother Ye’s pill, and began guiding the surging Spiritual Qi through her body.

Ch. 54Rising Four Layers in a Row

Yunxi and Zonghao encountered Wei Yunqing, who bragged about reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining, then sold Spiritual Rice at the Market. After Yunxi reached Qi Refining Layer 9, Hua Xuanzi invited her on a mission, and she and Zonghao planned to meet him at the Mission Hall.

  • Wei Yunqing told Yunxi and Zonghao that she had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining and planned to move closer to the Inner Sect.
  • Yunxi pointed out that Wei Yunqing's breakthrough seemed unstable, reassuring Zonghao that steady cultivation mattered more than rushing ahead.
  • Yunxi and Zonghao sold Spiritual Rice at the Market, where Yunxi bought talisman supplies and Zonghao bought First Order Spiritual Herb Seeds.
  • Wei Yunying told Yunxi she planned to attempt a breakthrough to the fifth layer of Qi Refining, and Yunxi comforted her about Wei Yunqing's unstable cultivation.
  • Yunxi received a Message Talisman from Hua Xuanzi inviting her to join a mission in the sect's back mountain, and she arranged to meet him at the Mission Hall the next day.
  • Zonghao decided to accompany Yunxi to check out the mission.

Ch. 55Temporary Squad

Wei Yunxi and Wei Zonghao joined Hua Xuanzi’s temporary squad for a back-mountain mission to gather Golden Sand Grass and capture Sand Rats. As the group entered the mountain, Yunxi noticed Senior Brother Li secretly marking their path and grew wary of the squad’s intentions.

  • Wei Yunxi and Wei Zonghao accepted Hua Xuanzi’s invitation to join her squad and registered for the mission.
  • The cousins prepared, told Yunying and Zong Yu where they were going, and met Hua Xuanzi and the other squad members at the back-mountain entrance.
  • Senior Brother Zhao led the six disciples into the mountain, placing Yunxi and Zonghao in the middle of the formation.
  • Yunxi noticed Senior Brother Li leaving hidden marks along the path and wondered whether he was plotting against the cousins or the entire squad.
  • When Zonghao asked about her worried expression, Yunxi said she was simply surprised by how vast the back mountain was.

Ch. 56Heightened Vigilance

Yunxi and Zonghao joined Hua Xuanzi’s group to collect Golden Sand Grass from a Sand Rat nest, while Yunxi revealed that someone was following them and might attack during the mission. The team began harvesting the grass after luring most of the Sand Rats away.

  • Hua Xuanzi warned Yunxi and Zonghao to avoid the dangerous Inner Ring, and the group discussed the earlier spirit-field incident involving Chen Feng.
  • Senior Brother Zhao assigned the group roles for collecting Golden Sand Grass from a Sand Rat nest.
  • Yunxi used an Isolation Formation Disk to tell Zonghao that people were following them, and they agreed to stay together and watch for an attack.
  • The group reached the nest and lured most of the Sand Rats away with smoke.
  • Yunxi burned the remaining Sand Rats at the entrance with Fireball talismans, while Hua Xuanzi cleared others and collected them as the two entered the nest.

Ch. 57Coming to Light

Yunxi and Wei Zonghao harvested Golden Sand Grass before discovering that Senior Brother Li and Junior Sister Zhang had ambushed Zhao and Qian. As a second-tier Sand Rat returned to the nest, Yunxi and Zonghao chose to help Hua Xuanzi’s group, and the two sides began fighting.

  • Yunxi and Hua Xuanzi harvested Golden Sand Grass while Wei Zonghao fought Sand Rats, until he warned them that Zhao and Qian were in danger.
  • Yunxi burned the remaining Golden Sand Grass to draw the Sand Rats back to their nest, and the group fled as a second-tier Sand Rat stirred.
  • Hua Xuanzi and Yunxi learned that Senior Brother Li and Junior Sister Zhang, aided by three outsiders, were attacking Zhao and Qian.
  • Hua Xuanzi jumped down to aid her companions while Yunxi and Wei Zonghao watched from trees; Qian revealed that Zhang and Li had conspired with outsiders.
  • Zhao and Hua Xuanzi’s group confronted the attackers, and Yunxi decided that she and Wei Zonghao should help Hua Xuanzi’s side.

Ch. 58Charcoal in the Snow

Yunxi and Zonghao intervened when Senior Brother Qian betrayed the group, helping Hua Xuanzi and Senior Brother Zhao defeat the conspirators. After the battle, a second-tier Sand Rat attacked their formation, and Senior Brother Zhao proposed wearing it down by letting the Sand Rats in a few at a time.

  • Yunxi struck Senior Brother Qian with a Lightning Strike Technique as he tried to ambush Hua Xuanzi, and Hua Xuanzi killed him.
  • Yunxi and Zonghao entered the battle, helped Hua Xuanzi kill her opponent, and then joined Hua Xuanzi in turning the fight against Senior Brother Li and Junior Sister Zhang.
  • Junior Sister Zhang hurled a Second Order Talisman at the Wei siblings, but Yunxi trapped her and the talisman in a separate formation space until it exploded.
  • Hua Xuanzi and Senior Brother Zhao killed the remaining enemies, then thanked Yunxi and Zonghao for saving them.
  • A second-tier Sand Rat and its descendants attacked the formation, and Senior Brother Zhao suggested letting the Sand Rats in batches and killing them until the formation-worn Sand Rat died.

Ch. 59Break Them One by One

Yunxi and the others trapped the Sand Rat family in her formation and fought their way through the first-tier rats. With the formation’s mid-grade spirit stones running low, they prepared to face the second-tier leader in one final battle.

  • Yunxi explained that the formation needed mid-grade spirit stones to hold the second-tier Sand Rat, and the group gathered nine by combining their own stones with those from Qian, Li, and Zhang’s Storage pouches.
  • Yunxi divided the formation into nine spaces, and the four rested before entering the section with the most Sand Rats.
  • Senior Brother Zhao, Hua Xuanzi, Zonghao, and Yunxi fought together to clear each section, while Yunxi practiced combining offensive spells and adjusted her cultivation to the sixth layer of Qi Refining.
  • By midnight, the group had killed nearly all the first-tier Sand Rats, but Yunxi saw that the formation’s spirit stones were losing power.
  • Senior Brother Zhao assigned himself and Hua Xuanzi to hold the second-tier leader while Yunxi and Zonghao dealt with the remaining first-tier rats, and Yunxi warned them to target the Sand Rat’s eyes and belly.
  • After recovering for an hour, the four charged into the formation to attack the second-tier Sand Rat leader.

Ch. 60A Narrow Victory 1

Yunxi and her companions fought to survive the second-tier Sand Rat while clearing out its swarm of first-tier Sand Rats. After Senior Brother Zhao’s Talisman Treasure failed, Yunxi and Hua Xuanzi launched their planned barrage at the charging beast.

  • The second-tier Sand Rat’s sound attack and pressure pinned down Hua Xuanzi, Senior Brother Zhao, and Zonghao, but Yunxi resisted and used First Order Talismans to disrupt the swarm.
  • Yunxi evaded the Sand Rat’s attacks while Zonghao and the others harvested first-tier Sand Rats, and Senior Brother Zhao summoned a Cloud Swallowing Leopard with his Talisman Treasure to restrain the beast.
  • Yunxi gave Hua Xuanzi second-tier Lightning Strike Talismans, which scorched the Sand Rat and helped keep it at bay while Yunxi and Zonghao cleared the remaining swarm.
  • As Senior Brother Zhao weakened and the Talisman Treasure dimmed, Yunxi split her remaining supplies with Hua Xuanzi and planned a joint barrage for when the treasure failed.
  • Senior Brother Zhao’s Talisman Treasure dissipated, and Yunxi and Hua Xuanzi threw their second-tier Talismans at the Sand Rat as it charged.

Ch. 61A Narrow Victory 2

Wei Yunxi and her companions defeated a second-tier Sand Rat through coordinated attacks and Yunxi’s hidden Thunderburst Talisman. They escaped to the beast’s nest to recover, where Yunxi explained how she delivered the decisive talisman.

  • Wei Yunxi unleashed her saved second-tier talismans, badly injuring the second-tier Sand Rat while her companions killed the remaining first-tier Sand Rat and replenished their spiritual energy.
  • Wei Yunxi realized the Sand Rat was pretending to be unconscious and secretly told Hua Xuanzi, who passed the warning to Senior Brother Zhao.
  • As the group approached, the Sand Rat broke free and swept all four away, while Yunxi’s Ice Needle carrying a Thunderburst Talisman struck its rear and detonated inside it.
  • The Sand Rat’s cries incapacitated the others, but Yunxi pretended to be affected; after it died, Hua Xuanzi collected its corpse and the group hurried away.
  • Senior Brother Zhao led the exhausted group to the Sand Rat’s former nest, where Hua Xuanzi concealed the entrance with a formation disk.
  • Hua Xuanzi asked what Yunxi had fired into the Sand Rat, and Yunxi revealed that she had sealed a second-tier middle-grade Thunderburst Talisman inside an Ice Needle and shot it through its anus.

Ch. 62Not Necessarily at a Loss

Wei Yunxi, Wei Zonghao, Hua Xuanzi, and Senior Brother Zhao agreed on an account of their team’s deaths, divided the rewards, and returned safely to the sect. Yunxi and Zonghao reflected on the dangerous mission before someone stopped them outside their courtyards.

  • Yunxi explained how she killed the second-tier Sand Rat, and Hua Xuanzi and Senior Brother Zhao thanked her and Zonghao for saving them.
  • The four agreed to say the missing teammates had been swallowed by the Sand Rat, then divided the mission rewards and recovered overnight.
  • The group returned to the sect, turned in the mission, and split the spirit stones from the second-tier Sand Rat.
  • Yunxi and Zonghao discussed the dangers of the mission and revealed they had kept additional spirit stones from the Storage pouches they had seized.
  • Someone called out to Yunxi and Zonghao as they were about to enter their courtyards.

Ch. 63Stirring Up Trouble

Wei Yunqing’s dispute over a cultivation courtyard drew Wei Zonghao and other Wei family disciples into a team challenge. Yunxi urged them not to let Wei Yunqing exploit the family’s support, and the group gathered at the arena to face the opposing disciples.

  • Wei Yunying told Yunxi and Wei Zonghao that Wei Yunqing had challenged senior disciples over a courtyard and needed two Wei family fighters for a three-on-three arena match.
  • Wei Zonghao initially refused to help, but Yunxi persuaded him to go while warning Wei Yunying that Wei Yunqing should not be allowed to use the Wei family as her shield.
  • At the arena, Yunxi and Wei Zonghao joined Wei Yunting and Wei Zonghan, and Wei Zonghao said he would fight for the Wei family rather than for Wei Yunqing.
  • Yunxi urged Wei Yunting not to let Wei Yunqing claim the courtyard even if the Wei family won, and Wei Yunting agreed with her reasoning.

Ch. 64First Defeat

Wei Yunqing lost her first match to Senior Sister Mu, exposing her poor fighting skills despite her higher cultivation. Wei Zonghao then won for the Wei Family, and Yunxi volunteered to face the next opponent, a young girl at the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

  • Wei Yunqing challenged Senior Sister Mu but was knocked off the arena after her defensive artifact failed to protect her.
  • Wei Yunting asked Wei Yunqing to admit her defeat, and Wei Yunqing stood aside without receiving help from the Wei sisters.
  • Wei Zonghao defeated Zhang Yan in a close match and earned the Wei siblings' praise.
  • Yunxi volunteered to fight the next young opponent, and Wei Yunting urged her to do her best without getting hurt.

Ch. 65Restoring Face

Wei Yunxi defeated Zhen Tongshuang in an arena match, helping the Wei Family disciples settle their dispute with Senior Sister Mu without taking her courtyard. Yunxi made a new friend, then returned to the Disciple Courtyard to cultivate while Wei Yunqing raged alone.

  • Wei Yunxi used ice spells and swift footwork to defeat Zhen Tongshuang, then showed restraint and thanked her for the match.
  • Wei Yunting told Senior Sister Mu that the Wei Family would not claim her courtyard, and Wei Yunqing admitted defeat and left to find another place to live.
  • Zhen Tongshuang befriended Yunxi and exchanged Message Talismans with her.
  • Yunxi and Zonghao returned to the Disciple Courtyard and hung signs announcing their seclusion.
  • The Wei Family's Golden Core Elder watched the recorded battle, criticized the family's favored disciples, and sent a Message Talisman.
  • Wei Yunqing shut herself in her new courtyard and smashed things while cursing Yunxi and the others.

Ch. 66A Rift Takes Root

Wei Yunqing withdrew after alienating the Wei family disciples, while Wei Yunxi focused on cultivation and logged back into the Space Chat Group. Tribal Warrior thanked Yunxi for helping his tribe survive the cold season and sent her Milk Fruit, which she accepted while proposing future equivalent exchanges.

  • Wei Yunqing reflected on her conduct, decided to keep a low profile, and planned to build ties with Senior Brother Ye at the Outer Sect's Alchemy Peak.
  • Wei Yunxi resumed her cultivation routine, and a month later Wei Yunting and Wei Zonghan failed to gather the Wei family disciples to reconcile them with Wei Yunqing.
  • Wei Zonghan told Wei Yunting that the gathering would wrongly imply Wei Yunqing had done nothing wrong, so they let the matter drop.
  • Wei Yunxi entered the Space Chat Group and told Tribal Warrior about her recent mission, arena fight, and seclusion.
  • Tribal Warrior said his tribe had survived the Cold Season and Melt Season with all its young preserved, then sent Yunxi ten baskets of Milk Fruit in gratitude for her pills.
  • Wei Yunxi accepted the Milk Fruit and asked that they continue making equivalent exchanges in the future.

Ch. 67Asking a Big Shot for Advice

Yunxi asked Ethereal Immortal for cultivation advice and decided to delay Foundation Establishment while strengthening her body and seeking new skills. After cultivating with the Mutated Immortal Spirit Grass, she unknowingly caused the surrounding cultivation rooms to lose their Spiritual Qi.

  • Yunxi asked Ethereal Immortal whether she should pursue the tenth Qi Refining layer and temper her body with heavenly thunder, and the senior warned her to delay Foundation Establishment and focus on body tempering.
  • Yunxi planned to seek lightning-element techniques, gain combat experience, and learn alchemy before leaving the Chat Group.
  • Yunxi brought the Mutated Immortal Spirit Grass into her cultivation room, cultivated beside it for four hours, and saw her Spiritual Qi become unusually pure.
  • Yunxi kissed the grass, unknowingly let a drop of blood be absorbed by it, and then began replenishing her talisman stock.
  • Yunxi discovered that the Spiritual Qi in her cultivation room had not recovered and joined other disciples asking the steward disciples about the problem.

Ch. 68The Strongest Support

Yunxi learned that the Immortal Spirit Grass had drained the Cultivation Hall’s Low-grade Spirit Vein, but the year-long investigation did not implicate her. Over the next three years, she cultivated, refined pills, and carefully tempered her body while advancing to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

  • Elder Deng closed the Cultivation Hall and promised to refund the disciples after discovering a problem there.
  • Yunxi asked the Immortal Spirit Grass what had happened, and it admitted to absorbing the Spiritual Vein; it also promised not to act without consulting her again.
  • Yunxi avoided the Cultivation Hall, while the sect spent a year investigating every Outer Sect Disciple who had been there.
  • Yunxi cultivated and took missions while learning pill refinement, using spirit plants supplied by Wei Zonghao and selling improved Bigu pills.
  • Over three years, Zonghao advanced to the eighth level of Qi Refining, Yunxi reached the seventh, and Zong Yu and Zong Jin reached the sixth.
  • Yunxi refined Nourishing Spirit Pills, released the Immortal Spirit Grass to aid her cultivation, and continued tempering her meridians and internal organs instead of breaking through.

Ch. 69Leaving Sect Mission

Yunxi decided to leave the sect to find an unclaimed Spiritual Vein before advancing to Foundation Establishment, and asked Hua Xuanzi to help her take an outside mission. She chose a search mission in the distant Baohua Mountain Range, where a missing junior senior sister she knew was among the disciples to be found.

  • The Immortal Spirit Grass told Yunxi their stored Spiritual Qi was running low and suggested they search outside the sect for an unclaimed Spiritual Vein, so Yunxi planned to leave before her Foundation Establishment Thunder Tribulation.
  • Yunxi paid Senior Brother Chu for the Pill Refining Room with her mid-grade pills, and he offered to guide her next time; she suspected he was targeting her and suspected Wei Yunqing was behind it.
  • Yunxi recalled that Wei Yunqing had discovered her pill-refining skill and arranged for disciples to watch her, apparently coveting the spirit stones Yunxi had earned.
  • Yunxi asked Hua Xuanzi to help her accept a mission outside the sect because someone had set their sights on her.
  • Yunxi chose a mission to find missing fellow disciples in the Baohua Mountain Range, and Hua Xuanzi worried about the distance and danger; Yunxi said a junior senior sister she knew was among the missing.

Ch. 70Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell

Yunxi arranged a deception with Wei Zonghao, then left the Haoran Sect alone to pursue a lightning-element cultivation art and other goals. She reached Baohua City by Teleportation Formation, where a young boy offered her a Green Orange Sachet.

  • Hua Xuanzi claimed the group mission for Yunxi, and Yunxi decided to travel alone.
  • Yunxi told Wei Zonghao about her plans and enlisted him to help mislead Yunqing's watchers.
  • Yunxi pretended to settle into a rented Herb Field, then handed it to Zonghao and left the Haoran Sect before dawn.
  • Yunxi disguised her cultivation and appearance, spent all her spirit stones on a teleport to the Baohua Mountain Range, and arrived at Baohua City.
  • Yunxi became nauseated after the teleport, and a young boy offered her a Green Orange Sachet.

Ch. 71Outplayed by One Move

After arriving in Baohua City, Yunxi hired Jiaozi to guide her to shops selling pills and talismans while disciples searched for her. Back at the sect, Zonghao and Hua Xuanzi concealed her trail, and the Wei family learned that Yunxi had left on a mission to search for Zhen Tongshuang.

  • Yunxi bought a Green Tangerine sachet from Jiaozi, then hired him to guide her around Baohua City.
  • Disciples tracked Yunxi to Haoran City as the Baohua Mountain search mission was raised to Foundation Establishment rank.
  • Hua Xuanzi removed Yunxi's name from the mission list and told Zonghao to warn her that people were still watching her.
  • Zonghao broke through to Qi Refining Layer 9 while cultivating in Yunxi's rented Herb Field.
  • Wei Yunqing staged a search for Yunxi, and the Wei family disciples found Zonghao at the Herb Field.
  • Zonghao told the Wei family that Yunxi had left on a mission to find Zhen Tongshuang and had entrusted him with the Herb Field.

Ch. 72Trouble Averted

Wei Yunqing accepted Ye Shaotian’s plan to restore a damaged Foundation Establishment Grass in exchange for help obtaining Foundation Establishment Pills, while Pill Refining Hall disciples pursued Yunxi after she left the sect. Yunxi evaded them, sold pills and talismans in Xiziwu, and reached a cave-rental shop in Baohua City to prepare for a breakthrough.

  • Wei Zonghao sent the Wei family guests away to consolidate his cultivation, while Wei Yunying remained on the Outer Nine Peaks and Wei Yunqing resented Zonghao’s progress.
  • Wei Yunqing sought comfort from Ye Shaotian, who advised her to reach Qi Refining Layer 9 and offered to arrange Foundation Establishment Pills if she revived the damaged Foundation Establishment Grass.
  • Pill Refining Hall disciples learned that Yunxi had left the sect and decided to follow her, hoping to capture her and make her refine pills for them.
  • Yunxi used a Teleportation Formation to leave Haoran City, causing the pursuing disciples to lose her trail and avert the danger.
  • Yunxi sold nearly half her stored pills and talismans in Xiziwu, then asked Jiaozi to guide her to a safe, affordable place to cultivate and break through.
  • Yunxi reached a Cave Rental shop in Baohua City after restoring her peak Qi Refining Layer 9 cultivation, intending to rent an Immortal Cave.

Ch. 73Foundation Establishment Thunder Tribulation

Yunxi rented a low-tier cave dwelling in Baohua City and used the Immortal Spirit Grass’s Spiritual Qi to break through to Foundation Establishment. A Thunder Tribulation then struck, and she began refining its lightning power to strengthen her Lightning Spiritual Root.

  • Yunxi paid five hundred low-grade spirit stones to rent Bingsi Cave Mansion, low tier, and activated its formations.
  • Yunxi set up her Third-Grade Formation Disk and brought out the Immortal Spirit Grass, which agreed to help her establish her foundation.
  • The Immortal Spirit Grass supplied Spiritual Qi and secretly drew more from the Spiritual Vein as Yunxi broke through into the Foundation Establishment Realm.
  • A Tribulation Cloud formed over the cave dwelling, and Yunxi went outside to keep the lightning from damaging someone else's property.
  • Yunxi refined the first bolts of Tribulation Lightning through her Meridians and into her Lightning Spiritual Root, then endured the final three bolts descending almost at once.

Ch. 74Future Fragments

Wei Yunxi survived her tribulation and reached Foundation Establishment, then learned that her brief vision of a woman in red showed a possible future. After consolidating her cultivation and leaving the Immortal Cave, she set out for the Haoran Sect’s outpost in Baohua City.

  • Wei Yunxi endured the final bolts of Tribulation Lightning while the old man sent away people watching her tribulation.
  • Spirit Rain repaired Wei Yunxi’s body, and a vision left her with the image of a sorrowful girl in red robes.
  • The Immortal Spirit Grass explained that Wei Yunxi had glimpsed possible future scenes through her Shaman Clan bloodline and warned her not to interfere with the Heavenly Dao.
  • Wei Yunxi stabilized her Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation and practiced basic spells and divine-sense control in the Immortal Cave.
  • Wei Yunxi thanked the old man for protecting her, settled her bill, and bought two replacement sets of robes.
  • Wei Yunxi changed into light-gray robes and headed for the Haoran Sect’s outpost in Baohua City.

Ch. 75Sounding Out Information

Wei Yunxi went to the Haoran Sect outpost intending to search for her friend Zhen Tongshuang, but learned the mission had been raised to a level beyond her cultivation. She prepared to enter the Baohua Mountain Range with other disciples and watched Sheng Yuhong arrive, leaving him turning toward her intrusive gaze.

  • Wei Yunxi learned that the mission to search for missing disciples had become an Inner Sect mission for Foundation Establishment cultivators, so the outpost’s Foundation Establishment cultivator advised her to travel with fellow disciples instead.
  • Wei Yunxi asked about the missing disciples and learned that Zhen Tongshuang’s group had vanished after sending an SOS Talisman, and that more disciples disappeared during the search.
  • Wei Yunxi decided to wait for Senior Brother Sheng before entering the mountains and spent five days buying supplies and drawing second-grade talismans.
  • Sheng Yuhong arrived at the outpost, explaining that he had been delayed after dealing with an evil cultivator on the road.
  • Wei Yunxi recognized Sheng Yuhong as the male lead from her illusion and watched him from the crowd, prompting him to turn toward her gaze.
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