Chapter Summaries

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Luo Hao, a cultivator from the Nine Great Immortal Sects, visits Azure Mountain to inform Li Chang'an about the upcoming great battle against the Immortal Extermination Alliance.
• The battle is to take place within a month and will involve many Nascent Soul cultivators, including those from the Two-Nation Cultivation World.
• Li Chang'an learns that Zi Xi and other cultivators from Azure Mountain will participate in the battle.
• Li Chang'an learns about the Cloud Dragon Tide in Cloud Dragon Lake, which is a good opportunity to catch high-tier Cloud Dragon Fish that can enhance comprehension.
• Li Chang'an meets Cloud Crane Angler, who is willing to trade information about the Immortal Gazing Technique for a late Tier 4 Cloud Dragon Fish.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an: He is still recovering from his previous battles and feels exhausted. He is willing to send a Tier 4 puppet to the front lines instead of going himself.
• Luo Hao: He is a cultivator from the Nine Great Immortal Sects and seems to be a poison master, as he uses Spiritual Poisons during his conversation with Li Chang'an.
• Cloud Crane Angler: He is a Heavenly Lord Disciple of Nine Lotus and a demon cultivator in his true form. He has fished at Cloud Dragon Lake for decades but has only caught a few early Tier 4 Cloud Dragon Fish.

Significant Themes

• The upcoming great battle between the Nine Great Immortal Sects and the Immortal Extermination Alliance, which will determine the future course of events.
• The search for the complete Immortal Gazing Technique, which is crucial for Li Chang'an's cultivation progress.
• The importance of high-tier Cloud Dragon Fish in enhancing comprehension, which can provide a boost in cultivation progress.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and Luo Hao: They discuss the upcoming battle, and Luo Hao secretly poisons Li Chang'an during their conversation.
• Li Chang'an and Cloud Crane Angler: They discuss the possibility of trading information about the Immortal Gazing Technique for a late Tier 4 Cloud Dragon Fish.
• Li Chang'an and Zi Xi: They discuss Zi Xi's plans to participate in the upcoming battle, and Li Chang'an wishes her smooth sailing.

Key plot points and events

• Li Chang’an tries to trade treasures with Cloud Crane Angler, but Cloud Crane wants only a Late Tier 4 Cloud Dragon Fish. He then offers Li a clue to the complete Immortal Gazing Technique if Li can help locate such a fish during the coming Cloud Dragon Tide.
• Cloud Crane reveals a golden key to the Golden-Eyed Master’s Legacy Cave Mansion. He swears it is genuine; Li accepts the arrangement cautiously, noting that the key itself is valuable.
• Cloud Crane explains that Cloud Dragon Lake repels Spiritual Sense and becomes dangerous when too much Mana enters it. Large-scale spells or nets trigger a powerful force that can drag the caster into the lake—hence the lake’s reputation for “fishing for people.” Li tests the method and successfully catches a low-rank Spirit Fish with a single Mana thread.
• As the Cloud Dragon Tide approaches, Li positions several Clones around the shore to observe the lake from different angles.
• Blood Rain arrives with the Yan Kingdom Demonic Dao group. She confronts Li about taking a Spirit Body as his disciple and warns him not to squander the girl’s talent. Blood River and Yin Ling smooth over the exchange, and the lake begins to churn as the Tide nears.

Character developments

• Li Chang’an remains cautious and observant: he questions Cloud Crane’s motives, evaluates the key’s worth, tests the lake’s rules, and prepares multiple viewpoints for the Tide. His first catch suggests his Immortal Gazing Technique may be useful here.
• Cloud Crane Angler shows his single-minded love of Spirit Fish and his reluctance to risk entering the Immortal Extermination Alliance’s territory. Though he gives Li a valuable clue and key, his proposed bargain still depends on an exceptionally difficult catch.
• Blood Rain displays her hostility and protectiveness toward the Spirit Body disciple, while Li stays composed and does not take her remarks personally.
• Blood River and Yin Ling act as mediators, maintaining cordial relations with Li and defending his ability as a teacher.

Significant themes

• Risk and restraint: Cloud Dragon Lake offers rare rewards, but its dangers punish greed and excessive use of power.
• Trust and uncertain bargains: Cloud Crane swears to the key’s authenticity, yet Li remains wary and judges the deal by its practical value.
• Talent and responsibility: Blood Rain’s concern over Li’s new disciple raises the question of whether extraordinary gifts are being properly nurtured.
• Knowledge and exploration: Even powerful sects have failed to explain the lake, leaving room for outsiders—and Li’s unusual perception—to uncover its secrets.

Character interactions

• Li negotiates with Cloud Crane, questions why he has not pursued the Immortal Gazing Technique himself, and learns the lake’s fishing method firsthand.
• Cloud Crane and Li trade knowledge for possible future cooperation: Li may help locate the rare fish, while Cloud Crane offers access to a legacy clue.
• Blood Rain’s pointed challenge creates tension, but Blood River and Yin Ling intervene. Li responds calmly, and the group returns its attention to the approaching Tide.

Key plot points and events

• The Cloud Dragon Tide begins, filling the lake with vast shoals of ordinary and Spirit Fish. Cultivators compete to catch valuable fish.
• Vast Sea True Lord catches an Azure Jade Fish, while True Lord Spirit Talisman later catches the first Cloud Dragon Fish, a Tier 2 specimen.
• Li Chang’an studies the fish with his Immortal Gazing Technique and discovers that Cloud Dragon Fish are marked by white mist—an identifying detail other cultivators’ Insight Treasures seem unable to detect.
• Luo Wanyu catches a Tier 3 Cloud Dragon Fish. She tells Li that Xu Rui was kept behind by his master, possibly to learn a special technique. Li suspects Xu Rui may be entering a long period of seclusion, but avoids divining his fate because a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord is involved.
• Li confirms his method by catching Cloud Dragon Fish himself, then deliberately mixes ordinary catches among them to avoid drawing suspicion. Cloud Crane Angler catches and devours a late Tier 3 fish, revealing that he fishes for its exceptional taste as well as its benefits.
• Blood Rain True Lord catches many Cloud Dragon Fish, including a Quasi Tier 4 specimen. When Li spots the first Early Tier 4 fish, he discreetly guides Cloud Crane’s Mana to it. Cloud Crane catches it and receives public congratulations, while privately thanking Li.
• Blood Rain notices Cloud Crane’s unexpected success and feels uneasy, though she tells herself it was luck. When a second Early Tier 4 fish appears, Li again guides Cloud Crane toward it; the chapter ends as Cloud Crane begins the catch.

Character developments

• Li Chang’an demonstrates exceptional perception and restraint: he identifies Cloud Dragon Fish, verifies his theory, conceals his advantage, and shares opportunities with Cloud Crane rather than claiming the rarest catch himself.
• Cloud Crane Angler is shown as an enthusiastic, appetite-driven fisherman who values Cloud Dragon Fish both for their benefits and flavor. He trusts Li’s guidance and profits from it.
• Blood Rain True Lord remains cool and highly capable, but her confidence is unsettled when Cloud Crane catches a Tier 4 fish she expected to find first.
• Luo Wanyu is friendly and candid with Li, while her envy of Xu Rui’s apparent favor from their master hints at tensions or ambitions within the Wansen Lineage.
• Li’s concern for Xu Rui deepens, though he chooses caution over potentially dangerous divination.

Significant themes

• Knowledge as advantage: Li’s superior technique lets him recognize valuable fish others overlook.
• Restraint and discretion: He hides his ability and avoids attracting attention, especially when rare rewards are at stake.
• Luck versus skill: Others attribute Cloud Crane’s catch to luck, while Li knows it came from careful perception and assistance.
• Ambition and uncertainty: Xu Rui’s possible seclusion and Blood Rain’s suspicion suggest that opportunity and status can carry hidden costs.

Character interactions

• The cultivators congratulate one another throughout the fishing contest, though envy surfaces around particularly valuable catches.
• Luo Wanyu privately explains Xu Rui’s absence and shares her impressions of his standing with their master.
• Li and Cloud Crane communicate discreetly; Li directs Cloud Crane to the Tier 4 fish, and Cloud Crane acknowledges his help without revealing it publicly.
• Blood Rain questions Cloud Crane after his catch, then suppresses her suspicion and returns to fishing.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an guides Cloud Crane Angler to catch numerous fourth-rank Cloud Dragon Fish, including two late fourth-rank ones, during the Cloud Dragon Tide.
• The other Nascent Soul cultivators present are astonished and envious of Cloud Crane's success.
• After the Cloud Dragon Tide, Cloud Crane keeps his promise and gives Li Chang'an the late fourth-rank Cloud Dragon Fish and the key to Golden-Eyed Master's Cave Mansion.
• Yu Xiaosheng and Yun He receive summons from their sect to participate in a crucial battle, leaving Li Chang'an to his plans.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an demonstrates his exceptional ability in locating high-rank Cloud Dragon Fish, further cementing his status as a formidable Rogue Cultivator.
• Cloud Crane Angler proves himself a man of his word, honoring his agreement with Li Chang'an.
• Yu Xiaosheng and Yun He show loyalty to their sect, preparing to fight in an important battle.

Significant Themes

• Luck and Fortune: Li Chang'an's ability to locate high-rank Cloud Dragon Fish is attributed to both his skill and fortune, highlighting the role of luck in cultivation.
• Trust and Honor: Cloud Crane keeps his promise to Li Chang'an, emphasizing the importance of trust and honor among cultivators.
• War and Opportunity: The impending battle provides Li Chang'an with an opportunity to obtain the Golden-Eyed Master's Legacy while the Immortal Extermination Alliance's forces are depleted.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and Cloud Crane work together to catch high-rank Cloud Dragon Fish, forming a temporary alliance.
• Li Chang'an, Yu Xiaosheng, and Yun He discuss the upcoming battle and the implications for their plans.
• Li Chang'an gives instructions to his juniors and enters closed-door cultivation, preparing for his next move.

Key plot points and events

• Surrounded by more than a hundred Tier 3 cultivators from the Cold Wind Tribe, the Ancient Wood Tribe’s remaining leaders debate whether to surrender. Former allies Huiyan Yao and Caoshe Teng have defected and urge them to give in.
• Li Chang’an emerges from seclusion as a newly advanced Tier 4 cultivator. His overwhelming pressure forces the Cold Wind forces—including the defectors—to their knees.
• Li Chang’an takes the subdued enemy to the Cold Wind Tribe, where he faces its Tier 4 leader, Cold Wind Wing. He effortlessly disperses Wing’s attacks and defeats him with three palm strikes. Wing submits, and Li Chang’an claims the Cold Wind Tribe.
• The tribe’s people welcome Li Chang’an as their new chief, and their faith flows to him. He questions Cold Wind Wing about the world’s history and learns legends of a conflict between the Moon God and a powerful “Heavenly God” from beyond the heavens.
• Suspecting that the Heavenly God may have been a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord from the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty, Li Chang’an decides to proceed cautiously and focus first on gathering Moon Gazing Dew for his cultivation technique.
• In the Cold Wind Tribe’s vault, he finds about six hundred drops. He learns the tribe must pay five hundred drops monthly to the Flame Dragon Tribe, one of two high-tier human tribes, each led by a Quasi-fifth Rank powerhouse.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Chang’an reveals the full extent of his new Tier 4 strength, shifting from a besieged leader to the dominant power in the region. He shows restraint after defeating Wing and adopts a cautious, strategic approach to the wider world.
• Purple Mountain Rock remains loyal despite the apparent hopelessness of the siege. His faith in Li Chang’an is rewarded.
• Heiya Bonan and the Ancient Wood leaders move from anxiety to awe after witnessing Li Chang’an’s breakthrough and victory.
• Huiyan Yao and Caoshe Teng regret defecting and plead for mercy, but Li Chang’an ignores them.
• Cold Wind Wing accepts defeat and submission without further resistance, then becomes Li Chang’an’s source of information. Hanfeng Yan, once openly arrogant toward Li Chang’an, recognizes his strength and submits.

Significant themes

• Power determines political order: The Cold Wind Tribe’s allegiance changes as soon as Li Chang’an proves stronger than its leader.
• Loyalty versus opportunism: Purple Mountain Rock’s steadfastness contrasts with the defectors’ self-serving betrayal and regret.
• Caution amid ambition: Although Li Chang’an can dominate nearby forces, he recognizes that this world is vast and its powers and history remain uncertain.
• Myth and uncertain history: Conflicting legends about the Moon God and Heavenly God leave the world’s origins and past unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Cold Wind Wing explains that the Flame Dragon and Golden Wolf Tribes demand all Moon Gazing Dew as tribute, and that tribes that defy them are destroyed. Li Chang’an agrees to reserve enough dew for tribute.
• Li Chang’an examines the Cold Wind Tribe’s Bloodline Treasures. Some benefit him, while others appear useful only to descendants of this world’s Moon God; he decides to use those treasures to reward his subordinates.
• Cold Wind Wing reveals that the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe is threatening to annex the Cold Wind Tribe. Though stronger than Cold Wind, the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe has openly expanded despite the danger of attracting the superior tribes. Li Chang’an is unconcerned and plans to deal with them after further preparation.
• Li Chang’an rewards Heiya Bonan, Zishan Yue, and other loyal cultivators. When former defectors beg for forgiveness, he has them killed, making clear that loyalty and service will be rewarded, while betrayal will not.
• He rejects Hanfeng Yan and other women who offer themselves according to local custom, choosing to focus on cultivation.
• After refining the Bloodline Treasures, Li Chang’an’s body-refinement cultivation breaks through from the third to the fourth layer of the Fourth Tier. He tests his new strength by defeating the recently advanced Yan Shanhe with physical power alone.
• A tremendous crash and oppressive force from the direction of the Eastern Three Domains interrupt the test. Li Chang’an wonders whether the Nine Great Immortal Sects’ counterattack has failed.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Chang’an remains pragmatic and controlled: he avoids provoking the superior tribes prematurely, rewards loyalty, punishes betrayal decisively, and turns down romantic advances. His physical strength rises sharply, making him a greater threat.
• Cold Wind Wing is now Li Chang’an’s subordinate. He explains the tribe’s predicament and hints that Li Chang’an should challenge the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe, but Li Chang’an chooses his own timing.
• Heiya Bonan, Zishan Yue, and the loyalists receive Bloodline Treasures and are glad they stayed faithful.
• Huiyan Yao, Caoshe Teng, and the other defectors plead for mercy, but Li Chang’an has them executed. Their pleas to former allies go unanswered.
• Hanfeng Yan approaches Li Chang’an under a custom that permits a conqueror to claim a beautiful woman, but he dismisses the custom and sends her away.
• Yan Shanhe serves as Li Chang’an’s sparring partner and is badly injured, demonstrating the scale of Li Chang’an’s breakthrough.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Tribes are constrained by a strict order in which stronger groups suppress weaker ones, while the superior tribes enforce tribute through fear.
• Loyalty and consequences: Li Chang’an’s reward of loyal followers and execution of defectors establish a stark standard for service.
• Strategic restraint: Though confident in his strength, Li Chang’an avoids conspicuous expansion to keep the superior tribes from noticing him.
• Growth and survival: Cultivation and physical strength are presented as essential defenses in a dangerous, unstable world.
• Cultural difference and personal choice: Local customs govern tribute, conquest, and courtship, but Li Chang’an does not automatically accept them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Formation Great Walls in Shenfu Domain and Xuanqi Domain are breached, plunging the Eastern Three Domains into war.
• Li Chang'an's Clone, Lin Mu, learns about the war and plans to claim the Golden-Eyed Legacy in the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.
• The rear of the Nine Great Immortal Sects faces attacks from the Immortal Extermination Alliance, with many factions being exterminated.
• The Green Tiger Tribe and Thousand Elephant Tribe, subordinate to the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe, visit the Ancient Wood Tribe to demand submission. Li Chang'an defeats Green Tiger Ling with a single punch.
• A Jade Arrow, imbued with Flood Dragon patterns, arrives, signaling the arrival of the enemy from the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an demonstrates his formidable strength, defeating Green Tiger Ling with a single punch, and remains calm and composed in the face of the impending enemy.
• Cold Wind Wing's respect and trust in Li Chang'an grow after witnessing his strength.

Significant Themes

• The war between the Nine Great Immortal Sects and the Immortal Extermination Alliance, and its impact on the rear.
• The power dynamics and alliances among the tribes in the Moon Gazing Secret Realm.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an interacts with Tong Hu, learning about the war and the situation in the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Chang'an faces off against Green Tiger Ling and Thousand Elephant Kai, demonstrating his strength and deterring them from further aggression.
• Li Chang'an and Cold Wind Wing wait together for the arrival of the enemy from the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe, showing unity and determination.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an and Yu Jiao Lan, leader of the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe, engage in a fierce battle using only the power of their physiques.
• Li Chang'an activates his bloodline power, suppressing Yu Jiao Lan's, and ultimately defeats her.
• Yu Jiao Lan submits to Li Chang'an and reveals information about the Flame Dragon Tribe's plan to select a successor and the competition for the Bloodline Treasure.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an demonstrates his incredible strength and bloodline power, defeating Yu Jiao Lan.
• Yu Jiao Lan, initially hostile, submits to Li Chang'an after her defeat and shares valuable information.
• Cold Wind Wing, Green Tiger Ling, and Thousand Elephant Kai wait outside the Ancient Wood Tribe for the battle's outcome.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for power and resources among tribes.
• The importance of bloodline and heritage in this world.
• Li Chang'an's uncertainty about his own bloodline and identity.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and Yu Jiao Lan engage in a battle that reveals their respective strengths and bloodline powers.
• Li Chang'an and Yu Jiao Lan discuss the Flame Dragon Tribe's plans and the competition for the Bloodline Treasure.
• Cold Wind Wing, Green Tiger Ling, and Thousand Elephant Kai await the outcome of the battle, representing different interests and alliances.

Key plot points and events

• Li Chang’an defeats Yu Jiao Lan and makes the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe an ally of the Ancient Wood Tribe rather than absorbing it outright. He wants to avoid drawing the Flame Dragon Tribe’s attention while he learns more about the world.
• Yu introduces Li to the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe’s leaders and treasure stores. He takes useful items from her storage bag and gathers surplus Moon Gazing Dew from several tribes, bringing his total to over 3,000 drops. He plans to save 10,000 drops for each eye before attempting the next stage of the Immortal Gazing Technique.
• Yu proposes that Li help her conquer the Ten Thousand Beasts Tribe. She had planned to attack it alongside the Fire Rock Tribe, but now believes Li’s strength makes that alliance unnecessary. The target is formidable: its chief and a powerful demonic beast are both late fourth-tier fighters.
• Li studies the Moon Observing Blood Coagulation Method, then returns to Azure Mountain to undergo his second bloodline awakening. The process succeeds, greatly strengthening his Fire Element insight; a casual burst of Mana produces flames comparable to a top-level Heaven grade spell.
• In the Moon Gazing Secret Realm, Yu’s decision to cancel the Fire Rock Tribe alliance and join with the Ancient Wood Tribe provokes opposition from her own people. Huo Yanqi, leader of the Fire Rock Tribe, confronts her and storms off after she refuses to reconsider.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Chang’an remains cautious and strategic: he keeps the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe as an ally to avoid attracting powerful rivals, assesses its resources, and advances his cultivation in private. His growing Fire Element mastery also supports his future alchemy, artifact refining, and cultivation goals.
• Yu Jiao Lan outwardly accepts defeat and submits to Li, but privately vows to reach quasi-fifth rank and defeat him. She remains ambitious and continues pursuing expansion, treating Li’s power as a means to strengthen her plans.
• Cold Wind Wing is relieved that Li won, believing him fairer to serve than Yu. The Jade Flood Dragon leaders accept Li’s authority, though many of their cultivators doubt the new alliance.
• Yu and Li cooperate pragmatically: she provides information and a path to further conquests, while he agrees to help with the Ten Thousand Beasts Tribe. Their partnership is uneasy, since Yu’s apparent obedience conceals her desire to overturn the defeat.
• Yu and Huo Yanqi clash over her broken agreement. She bluntly claims Li’s tribe is stronger, while Huo responds angrily and withdraws.

Significant themes

• Power and concealed ambition: Yu’s submission is tactical, and Li understands she is waiting for a chance to regain control.
• Strategic restraint and secrecy: Li avoids overt conquest and keeps his strength and identity from drawing attention in a world of rival tribes and races.
• Cultivation through knowledge and resources: Moon Gazing Dew, bloodline methods, and elemental insight are all treated as strategic assets for advancement.
• Unstable alliances: The new partnership reshapes tribal politics, but mistrust and competing interests threaten its durability.

Key plot points and events

• After the Fire Rock Tribe’s Huo Yanqi leaves, Yu Jiao Lan asks Li Chang’an how to handle them. He advises her to ignore them for now and says they can absorb the tribe later.
• Li Chang’an’s true body goes alone to the stronger Ten Thousand Beasts Tribe. He defeats its leaders, Wan Shoujian and the Seven-Treasure Deer, with the Heart-Questioning Technique, then overwhelms the tribe’s other Tier 4 fighters.
• Wan Shoujian and the Seven-Treasure Deer submit. Li Chang’an promises not to kill their people and takes control of the tribe.
• In the tribe’s vault, Li Chang’an finds a Quasi-fifth Rank artifact: the Ten Thousand Beasts Heart-Subduing Token. It makes Demonic Beasts instinctively favor its bearer and explains much of Wan Shoujian’s success in taming them.
• The token appears to be a relic of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty. Wan Shoujian knows nothing about Great Jin, deepening Li Chang’an’s questions about why the dynasty left so few traces in this world.
• Li Chang’an orders the Ten Thousand Beasts Tribe to stage a battle with the Jade Flood Dragon and Ancient Wood tribes in a month, so Yu Jiao Lan can appear to win without revealing his own strength.
• During that month, he tests the token among powerful Demonic Beasts. It lets him travel safely, earn their friendship, and collect valuable gifts—including fine Tier 4 monkey wine from the Monkey King.
• The Monkey King warns Li Chang’an that a great calamity is coming for the Human Race.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Chang’an continues to conceal his full power, relying on a puppet to manage affairs with Yu Jiao Lan while his true body expands his influence. He remains pragmatic and curious, especially about Great Jin and the token’s origins.
• Yu Jiao Lan trusts Li Chang’an’s judgment and accepts his advice about the Fire Rock Tribe.
• Wan Shoujian and the Seven-Treasure Deer move from defiance to submission after Li Chang’an defeats them. They agree to follow his plan and protect their people.
• Li Chang’an and the Monkey King form a friendly bond through hospitality and exchanged gifts. The Monkey King’s warning shifts the chapter from political consolidation toward an approaching threat.

Significant themes

• Power and submission: Li Chang’an wins control through overwhelming force but prefers peaceful surrender to slaughter.
• Concealed influence and strategy: He hides his strength and stages events so others—especially Yu Jiao Lan—can take the visible credit.
• Unexplained history: The token’s Great Jin origins raise questions about the world’s past and the disappearance of the dynasty’s legacy.
• Unexpected alliances and foreboding: The token turns hostile Demonic Beasts into allies, while the Monkey King’s warning suggests that the Human Race’s apparent strength may not protect it from disaster.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an learns about the Human race's special status and the rumor about the next fifth-tier being.
• The Monkey King offers to shelter Li Chang'an and his allies on Monkey Mountain.
• Li Chang'an, Yu Jiao Lan, and the Jade Flood Dragon Tribe defeat the Ten Thousand Beasts Tribe, with Li Chang'an secretly orchestrating the outcome.
• Huo Yanqi submits to Li Chang'an after a display of power.
• Li Chang'an annexes more tribes, growing closer to his goal of twenty thousand Moon Gazing Dew.
• The war between the Nine Great Immortal Sects and the Immortal Extermination Alliance reaches a stalemate, with Li Chang'an deciding it's time to act.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an maintains a low profile while orchestrating events, demonstrating his strategic prowess and control over the Fire Element.
• Yu Jiao Lan's reputation grows with each battle, nearing Peak Fourth Tier.
• Huo Yanqi submits to Li Chang'an after underestimating his power.

Significant Themes

• The Human race's special status and the rumor about the next fifth-tier being.
• The power dynamics between races and the potential threats to the Human race.
• Li Chang'an's strategic planning and manipulation of events.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and the Monkey King discuss the Human race's situation and the potential threats they face.
• Li Chang'an, Yu Jiao Lan, and Wan Shoujian stage a battle, with Li Chang'an secretly controlling the outcome.
• Li Chang'an confronts Huo Yanqi, demonstrating his power and causing him to submit.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an arrives at the border, senses three locations related to Golden-Eyed Master's Legacy, and decides to investigate.
• He encounters True Lord Dark Thunder, who is being pursued by the Immortal Extermination Alliance. He saves her and learns about her mission for revenge.
• Li Chang'an takes a Jade Talisman from True Lord Dark Thunder, which resonates with the key. He learns it belonged to Prince Ning but cannot determine its purpose.
• Li Chang'an parts ways with True Lord Dark Thunder and heads to Prince Ning's Residence, but finds no useful information about the Jade Talisman.
• He follows the key's sensing to Thousand Corpses Valley, where he senses the aura of another acquaintance.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an demonstrates his strength and courage, proving he is not the coward True Lord Dark Thunder believed him to be.
• True Lord Dark Thunder's view of Li Chang'an changes after he saves her, leading her to offer her gratitude and assistance.
• Li Chang'an shows interest in the Jade Talisman and its connection to Golden-Eyed Master's Legacy.

Significant Themes

• Revenge and its consequences, as shown through True Lord Dark Thunder's mission.
• The power of first impressions and how they can change, as seen in Li Chang'an and True Lord Dark Thunder's relationship.
• The pursuit of knowledge and secrets, as Li Chang'an seeks information about the Jade Talisman and Golden-Eyed Master's Legacy.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and True Lord Dark Thunder's relationship evolves from distant acquaintances to allies, with True Lord Dark Thunder expressing her gratitude and offering her assistance.
• Li Chang'an interrogates cultivators from Prince Ning's Residence, but finds no useful information about the Jade Talisman.

Key plot points and events

• Li Chang’an arrives at Thousand Corpses Valley and finds Princess Wei Mingyue and a group of Great Wei Imperial Guest Elders searching among the corpses. Blood Rain True Lord is secretly watching them, while Li Chang’an hides nearby.
• Li Chang’an realizes Blood Rain carries a Jade Talisman he wants, but decides to pursue a trade later. He also learns the group is searching for the Legacy of Blood Slaughter True Lord, a powerful former imperial Guest Elder who vanished after rebelling against the dynasty.
• Wei Mingyue’s group confirms the valley is the right place. They wait until midnight, when its dangerous Gray Mist weakens, then enter a fissure at the valley’s center. Blood Rain follows, and Li Chang’an trails her.
• The fissure leads to a blood-red gate and a chamber filled with countless blood-energy-infused corpses. The group can find no obvious Legacy, and their attempts to move the corpses fail.
• Wei Mingyue identifies the corpses as part of an incomplete Myriad Corpses Flying Immortal Formation, associated with a legendary Corpse Immortal path. Li Chang’an suspects Blood Slaughter True Lord intended to use the formation to revive through his corpse and reach Spirit Transformation.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Chang’an remains cautious and strategic. He plans to let Wei Mingyue’s group uncover the way forward, then exploit the opportunity; a favorable divination reassures him enough to enter the fissure despite its ominous atmosphere.
• Wei Mingyue displays authority, knowledge, and caution. She directs the search, tests the valley’s hazards, and recognizes the formation from ancient texts.
• Blood Rain True Lord stays concealed from Wei Mingyue’s group, then independently follows them into the fissure. Her presence may connect her to the Legacy, though her precise aim remains unclear.
• Wei Mingyue’s Guest Elders assist in searching and testing the chamber, but their strength proves insufficient to move the formation’s bound corpses.

Significant themes

• Hidden agendas and layered pursuit: Li Chang’an watches Wei Mingyue, while Blood Rain watches her too—each pursuing different objectives.
• Caution versus opportunity: The valley and fissure are perilous, so characters rely on observation, preparation, and, in Li Chang’an’s case, divination.
• Immortality through transformation: The formation suggests an attempt to overcome death by using a corpse as the basis for renewed life and cultivation.
• Power and incomplete knowledge: Even a legendary, immensely powerful formation is only partially understood and incomplete, leaving its true function—and the Legacy’s fate—uncertain.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an discovers the true core of the Myriad Corpses Flying Immortal Formation, which he believes to be Blood Slaughter True Lord's corpse.
• Wei Mingyue and Blood Rain fight over a Corpse Puppet, drawing everyone's attention.
• Li Chang'an seizes the opportunity to take Blood Slaughter True Lord's corpse using the Sword Spirit's power.
• Wei Mingyue and Blood Rain pursue Li Chang'an, but he escapes using his Evasion Technique and Tier 5 defensive power from the Azure Origin Armor.
• Wei Mingyue and Blood Rain resume their battle.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an demonstrates his strategic thinking and quick decision-making by seizing the opportunity to take the corpse and escaping.
• Wei Mingyue and Blood Rain reveal their Tier 5 trump cards in their pursuit of Li Chang'an.
• Neither Wei Mingyue nor Blood Rain recognizes Li Chang'an's true identity.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of power and resources, as seen in the competition for Blood Slaughter True Lord's corpse.
• The consequences of desperation, as Blood Slaughter True Lord's path suggests.
• The importance of strategic thinking and quick decision-making in critical situations.

Character Interactions

• Wei Mingyue and Blood Rain's battle highlights their similar strengths and determination to obtain Blood Slaughter True Lord's corpse.
• Li Chang'an's interaction with the Sword Spirit and Azure Origin Armor demonstrates their teamwork and commitment to protecting him.
• The relationship between Wei Mingyue, Blood Rain, and Li Chang'an is one of pursuit and evasion, with Li Chang'an outsmarting them both.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Li Chang’an examines Blood Slaughter True Lord’s corpse, hoping to understand the Corpse Immortal Path. Though Evil Soul thinks he fled unnecessarily, Li explains that he wanted to avoid provoking the Nascent Soul powers behind his pursuers.
• The corpse is exceptionally powerful—Quasi-fifth Rank, with a body far stronger than Li’s. Its Nascent Soul remains, but has no consciousness. Parts of it have begun transforming into a Divine Soul, apparently because the Myriad Corpses Flying Immortal Formation strengthened Blood Slaughter before his death.
• Li confirms that Blood Slaughter is truly dead: his Spirit Body Symbols are gone, and Li can take control of the body without resistance. He gains a valuable Quasi-fifth Rank puppet.
• Blood Slaughter’s storage bag contains little equipment, likely destroyed in his desperate battle with a Great Wei Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord. It does contain blood poisons, which Li gives to Myriad Poison Gu, along with records on making and neutralizing them.
• Li also finds Blood Slaughter’s self-created cultivation method and spells. They form a substantial legacy but are useful mainly to someone with the same kind of Spirit Body—possibly Blood Rain.
• In Blood Slaughter’s final message, Li learns that Blood Slaughter discovered the Corpse Immortal Path in an ancient ruin. Pursued by Wei Wuya, he used his Life Exchange gift against an opponent one major realm stronger. The technique failed to kill Wei Wuya, exhausted Blood Slaughter’s lifespan, and left him barely alive. He escaped to Thousand Corpses Valley and attempted the Corpse Immortal Path as a last resort, but never awakened.
• Blood Slaughter’s message ends with an incomplete diagram of the Myriad Corpses Flying Immortal Formation and a request that a capable array master try to complete it.

Character developments

• Li Chang’an remains cautious and methodical, prioritizing safety over an unnecessary fight. He is pleased to acquire the powerful puppet but wary of what the corpse and Spirit Bodies may imply.
• Blood Slaughter True Lord emerges as a gifted cultivator and inventor of a near-perfect method, but also a tragic figure forced into the Corpse Immortal Path after exhausting every other means of survival. His final thoughts reveal regret and a strong desire to understand the Upper Realm.
• Evil Soul continues to push for bolder action, mainly because he wants more souls to advance.
• Myriad Poison Gu eagerly consumes Blood Slaughter’s poisons, gaining a new resource suited to its nature.

Significant themes

• Desperation and survival: Blood Slaughter chose a perilous path only after a pursuit left him effectively dying.
• The uncertainty of immortality: The corpse retains power and a Nascent Soul, yet no consciousness or clear means of returning to life.
• Spirit Bodies and possession: Blood Slaughter suspects Spirit Bodies may be immortal legacies—or a gradual means of taking over their hosts—possibly tied to a calamity in the Upper Realm.
• Caution versus ambition: Li’s restraint contrasts with Evil Soul’s desire for rapid advancement, while Blood Slaughter’s story shows the cost of being driven to extremes.
• Legacy across generations: Blood Slaughter leaves behind his knowledge and formation diagram, offering Li clues about mysteries he himself never solved.

Character interactions

• Li dismisses Evil Soul’s criticism and sends him to guard the area.
• Li consults Sword Spirit and Azure Origin Armor about the corpse’s unusual Nascent Soul; their joint examination helps establish that the formation partially transformed it.
• Li grants Myriad Poison Gu the blood poisons and keeps the relevant knowledge for himself.
• Through the recorded message, Blood Slaughter addresses a future cultivator directly, leaving a personal account, his theories, and a challenge for a skilled array master.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an discovers a broken path to immortality in the Myriad Corpses Flying Immortal Formation.
• He learns about Blood Slaughter True Lord's achievements and warnings regarding the formation and Thousand Corpses Valley.
• Li Chang'an trades with Blood Rain, exchanging Blood Slaughter True Lord's Legacy for Golden-Eyed Master's Jade Talisman.
• Blood Rain acknowledges Li Chang'an, and they part ways.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an demonstrates his courage and skill, revealing his true strength to Blood Rain.
• Blood Rain reassesses Li Chang'an, recognizing his abilities and acknowledging him.
• Blood Rain shows willingness to help Li Chang'an, indicating a shift in her attitude towards him.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of immortality and the risks involved.
• The value of trust and recognition among cultivators.
• The dangers of underestimating others and the importance of self-awareness.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and Blood Rain engage in a trade, leading to mutual respect and acknowledgment.
• Blood Rain's initial caution towards Li Chang'an evolves into acceptance and a willingness to help him.
• Li Chang'an's actions and decisions influence Blood Rain's perception of him, leading to a change in their relationship.

Plot points and events

• Li Chang’an travels to Golden Sun Mountain to find the legacy of Golden-Eyed Master. The mountain belongs to the Golden Sun Sect, whose strongest members are away; Li disguises himself as a disciple and enters unnoticed.
• Following the legacy Key’s resonance, he reaches the Cave Mansion of Thousand Bamboo True Lord, the sect’s remaining False Nascent Soul cultivator. Li breaks the protective formations and subdues him with overwhelming pressure, assuring him he means no harm.
• The Key reveals a hidden, roughly ten-zhang Cave Mansion concealed behind a powerful formation. Inside are the remains of Golden-Eyed Master and his Dao Companion, along with a Jade Slip and storage bag.
• Golden-Eyed Master’s final message explains that he gave up a nearly successful Spirit Transformation breakthrough after his Dao Companion died, choosing to die with her. His legacy also includes two exceptional Precious Eyes, but Li cannot locate them using the Jade Talismans.
• The storage bag contains useful Quasi-fifth Rank equipment and materials, a remarkable Flying Ship, and rare treasures: a perfect-grade Cultivation Method and Spell. Li decides to keep the latter two secret.
• Li finds the complete Immortal Gazing Technique. Its lower volume requires Heavenly Immortal’s Tears—an exceptionally rare Tier 5 treasure, one drop for each eye—to reach full potential. He postpones seeking them, wary of revealing his cultivation plans even to friendly Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords.
• Li leaves the hidden Cave Mansion undisturbed, returns to Thousand Bamboo, secures his silence, and heads back to Azure Mountain.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Chang’an acts cautiously and confidently, using disguise and force to secure the legacy while avoiding unnecessary harm. He gains valuable resources and knowledge but remains disciplined about secrecy and the limits of his good fortune.
• Golden-Eyed Master is revealed as a gifted cultivator whose devotion to his Dao Companion outweighed his ambition. His final choices define the emotional heart of the legacy.
• Thousand Bamboo True Lord is frightened by Li’s power but cooperates respectfully. He is left wondering what realm Li belongs to, since Li seemed stronger than the sect’s Grand Elder without the aura of a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord.
• Li pays respects to Golden-Eyed Master and his Dao Companion, reflecting on their bond, and makes Thousand Bamboo swear not to reveal the visit.

Significant themes

• Love and sacrifice: Golden-Eyed Master abandons immortality rather than live without his Dao Companion.
• Opportunity and restraint: Li receives an extraordinary legacy but accepts that the Precious Eyes may not be his and does not recklessly pursue the missing Tears.
• Secrecy and mistrust: Powerful techniques and treasures invite danger, so Li conceals his discoveries—even from allies.
• Legacy and fate: The dead leave behind knowledge and treasures for those fortunate enough to find them, while some parts of the inheritance remain beyond Li’s reach.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an returns to Azure Mountain and spends a month searching for Heavenly Immortal's Tears with no success.
• Wei Mingyue, poisoned by blood poison, summons Alchemists for help. None succeed until Li Chang'an cures her using a pill based on the Blood Slaughter Legacy.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an: Proves his Alchemy skills by curing Wei Mingyue's blood poison, earning her favor.
• Wei Mingyue: Loses hope as various Alchemists fail to cure her, but regains hope when Li Chang'an succeeds.
• Mei Yurong: Struggles to cure the blood poison but fails, showing her limits despite her high skill level.
• Fang Huaishan: Attempts to cure the blood poison but fails, demonstrating his lack of expertise in detoxification.

Significant Themes

• The struggle against powerful enemies (blood poison, Blood Rain, Blood Slaughter).
• The importance of knowledge and expertise (Li Chang'an's understanding of the Blood Slaughter Legacy).
• The value of perseverance and not giving up (Wei Mingyue's hope despite numerous failures).

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and Wei Mingyue: Their relationship improves after Li Chang'an cures her, potentially leading to future cooperation or favor.
• Li Chang'an and Mei Yurong: Li Chang'an's success highlights the difference in their skills, possibly causing some tension or rivalry.
• Wei Mingyue and the Alchemists: Wei Mingyue's disappointment in the other Alchemists' failures contrasts with her delight in Li Chang'an's success, showing her expectations and priorities.

Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Li Chang'an detoxifies Wei Mingyue using a Poison Dao Legacy, impressing her and leading to his appointment as her Guest Elder.
• Wei Mingyue gifts Li Chang'an a Tier 4 Mid-grade Dao Field.
• Li Chang'an learns about Heavenly Immortal's Tears from Wei Mingyue and obtains a strand of aura from a Six-Horned Drilling Mountain Dragon that possesses one drop.
• Li Chang'an uses divination to locate the Drilling Mountain Dragon, finding it in the Thousand Bamboo Forest Sea.

Character Developments

• Li Chang'an: Shows his Poison Dao skill, becomes Wei Mingyue's Guest Elder, and demonstrates his divination abilities.
• Wei Mingyue: Impressed by Li Chang'an's skill, she appoints him as her Guest Elder and shares information about Heavenly Immortal's Tears.

Significant Themes

• The importance of skills and talents in gaining recognition and status in the cultivation world.
• The value of treasures like Heavenly Immortal's Tears and the lengths cultivators go to obtain them.
• The power dynamics and infighting within the Great Wei imperial family.

Character Interactions

• Li Chang'an and Wei Mingyue: Their relationship improves as Li Chang'an proves his value, leading to him becoming her Guest Elder.
• Li Chang'an and Tang Lun: Li Chang'an senses hostility from Tang Lun, who is jealous of Li Chang'an's closeness to Wei Mingyue.
• Li Chang'an and Wei Mingyue's other Guest Elders: Li Chang'an meets and interacts with the other Guest Elders under Wei Mingyue.

Plot points and events

• Li Chang’an confirms that the Six-Horned Drilling Mountain Dragon is dead, though its apparently premature death makes him suspect something is amiss.
• He inspects the dragon’s guarded Cave Mansion and learns that its Legacy is intended only for an Earth Element Demonic Beast of at least the fourth tier. A powerful mechanism blasts away anyone who fails the test.
• After testing several beasts, Li Chang’an concludes that a qualified beast must enter by its own will: neither a weaker beast protected by treasures nor one controlled by him can pass.
• He travels to the Moon Gazing Secret Realm to find a suitable candidate. There, Yu Jiao Lan reports that a Late Tier 4 Blood-Scaled Sand Snake has been preying on the tribe and evading its attempts to catch him.
• Using the snake’s scales to divine its location, Li Chang’an finds and subdues it with the Heart-Questioning Technique, then refines it into a Puppet.
• The snake is blasted from the Cave Mansion when Li Chang’an commands it to enter under his control. But when Li Chang’an explains that a Quasi-fifth-Rank Legacy lies inside, the snake enters voluntarily and discovers Tier 5 Earth Element Demonic Beast Essence Blood.
• The cave’s trial requires the beast to refine the Essence Blood before proceeding. Li Chang’an wants Da Huang to receive the opportunity instead, so he tests whether a Spirit Contract will block the snake. It does; after he destroys the contract and frees the snake, the passage lets it enter. Li Chang’an realizes the dragon’s safeguards have a loophole.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Chang’an is cautious and resourceful, using divination, formation analysis, expendable beasts, and experimentation to understand the cave’s rules. He also shows practical concern for injured beasts by healing them, though he ultimately treats the snake as a means to secure the Legacy for Da Huang.
• The Blood-Scaled Sand Snake shifts from a predatory, arrogant threat to a frightened captive and then an eager applicant once he learns of the treasure. His desire for the opportunity puts him in tension with Li Chang’an’s plan.
• Yu Jiao Lan and the tribe’s elders reveal their loyalty and restraint: they have struggled against the snake but avoided troubling Li Chang’an. He rebukes them for not reporting the danger sooner.
• The newly absorbed tribe members doubt that Li Chang’an can handle the snake alone, highlighting how little they know of his abilities.

Significant themes

• Rules and loopholes: The Legacy’s protections distinguish between a beast’s genuine qualifications and coercion, but Li Chang’an probes those rules until he finds a way through.
• Power, ambition, and inheritance: The dragon’s demanding successor requirements reflect its regret at failing to reach Tier 5; its Essence Blood offers a rare chance for another beast to advance.
• Control versus free will: The cave rejects a beast under Li Chang’an’s control but accepts it once the Spirit Contract is removed.
• Leadership and trust: The tribe’s failure to report the snake exposes a gap in communication, which Li Chang’an tries to correct.