Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng was targeted by Wang He during the Iron Blood Sect’s assault on the Flame Iron Ore Vein, but Steward Zhang Sai drove Wang He off. Wang He returned to the Iron Blood Sect stronghold and told the Thirteenth Prince, Qi Ying, about Li Changsheng, who ordered him killed if the chance arose.

• Wang He recognized Li Changsheng at the Flame Iron Ore Vein and charged at him, forcing Li Changsheng to flee.
• Steward Zhang Sai intervened and wounded Wang He, who escaped as the invaders were repelled.
• The Qingyuan Sect suffered the deaths of eleven outer disciples and one inner disciple, while nine inner disciples were injured.
• Wang He returned to the Iron Blood Sect stronghold in Qulan Mountain and received the Exquisite Grade Water Severing Blade spell from Qi Ying.
• Wang He told Qi Ying that Li Changsheng had become a Qingyuan Sect inner disciple, and Qi Ying ordered him to kill Li Changsheng if he found an opportunity.
• Wang He asked why the Iron Blood Sect kept investigating the Flame Iron Ore Vein, but Qi Ying warned him not to ask and admitted he did not know the reason.

The Iron Blood Sect and Qingyuan Sect both suspected that the other knew about the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire gestating beneath the Flame Iron Ore Vein, but neither side was ready to risk taking it before it matured. Meanwhile, Li Changsheng continued cultivating in the mine until an eruption exposed dangerous High-grade Fire Fiends.

• Jiang Hai ordered six Iron Blood Sect miner spies to search the Flame Iron Ore Vein for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.
• Li Chenxiang, Gao Feng, and Huang Xuan discussed the Iron Blood Sect's attacks and decided the Qingyuan Sect should wait for the spiritual fire to mature.
• Li Changsheng cultivated with Fire Fiends and flawless-grade Peiyuan Pills, estimating that he could reach Qi Refining Layer 4 in a little over a month.
• An explosion engulfed part of the mine, and Li Changsheng joined the inner sect disciples in extracting Fire Fiends from the blaze.
• A Qi Refining Layer 8 disciple was overwhelmed by the flames, and Zhang Sai arrived to suppress them and warn that a High-grade Fire Fiend was present.

Li Changsheng refined High-grade Fire Fiends to strengthen his body and advance his cultivation at the Flame Iron Ore Vein. After exhausting the Fiends, he had reached Qi Refining Layer 4 and believed he might be able to escape a weaker grandmaster-level warrior.

• Li Changsheng used the Great Sun Ripping Hand to capture a High-grade Fire Fiend while the group cleared the mine, and Zhang Sai recognized his Great Sun Flame Body Chapter.
• Zhang Sai warned Li Changsheng not to use High-grade Fire Fiends to refine his body, but Li Changsheng returned to his room and swallowed one, relying on his Healing Dao Fruit to recover.
• Li Changsheng’s Healing Dao Fruit reached level 7, and after a day of refining, his Great Sun Flame Body Chapter reached Minor Accomplishment.
• After exhausting six wisps of High-grade Fire Fiends, Li Changsheng traded Spirit Sand with Zhang Sai for more and advanced his Great Sun Flame Body Chapter to Great Accomplishment.
• Over two months, Li Changsheng reached Qi Refining Layer 4, exhausted all the available Fire Fiends, and cultivated Great Sun Ripping Hand to Great Accomplishment.
• Li Changsheng assessed that he might escape a weaker grandmaster-level warrior, and that reaching Perfection in both his body art and hand technique could let him contend with one.

An Iron Blood Sect assault on the Flame Iron Ore Vein failed when Xu Zixi arrived and used Spirit Refining arts to defeat the attackers. She assured the Qingyuan Sect defenders that an elder would guard the exposed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, then met Li Changsheng.

• An Iron Blood Sect miner discovered the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire’s location, and Jiang Hai arranged a secret attack led by Feng Yang.
• Feng Yang’s forces broke the Flame Iron Ore Vein’s grand formation with a Formation Breaking Pearl and moved to attack.
• Xu Zixi blocked the invaders, killed several Great Grandmasters with her divine sense and Flying Heaven Sword Art, and drove Feng Yang to flee using a Spirit Refining Mark.
• Li Chenxiang, Li Changsheng, and the other defenders killed the remaining Iron Blood Sect attackers, while the Thirteenth Prince and Wang He escaped the battle.
• Xu Zixi explained that the Qingyuan Sect had learned of the assault in advance and said an elder would guard the Flame Iron Ore Vein.
• Xu Zixi approached Li Changsheng, who was astonished by her strength.

Li Changsheng learned about the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire and later visited Black Lake Market with Zhang Sai. While shopping, he found an Ancient Ore containing spatial matter and bought it, leaving with the ore unopened.

• Xu Zixi left the Flame Iron Ore Vein after meeting Li Changsheng, and he learned that the Iron Blood Sect had invaded to seek the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.
• Zhang Sai invited Li Changsheng to Black Lake Market and brought him there under the pretext of procuring supplies.
• Li Changsheng bought Meteor Realm great demon flesh to strengthen his Vajra Dao Fruit, trading flawless Peiyuan Pills for more Spirit Sand.
• Li Changsheng discovered that an Ancient Ore contained spatial matter that attracted his Space Dao Fruit.
• Li Changsheng bargained the Ancient Ore down to five jin of Spirit Sand and took it away without opening it.

Li Changsheng absorbed the spatial matter in the Ancient Ore, raising his Space Dao Fruit to its maximum level and learning that it could evolve into higher-grade Dao Fruits. He upgraded it to Intermediate grade, gaining a Space Physique and hoping Qingyuan Sect could teach him spatial spells.

• Li Changsheng returned to the Flame Iron Ore Vein with Zhang Sai and broke open the Ancient Ore, discovering it contained Void Mithril.
• Li Changsheng absorbed the Void Mithril's spatial matter and raised his Space Dao Fruit from level 6 to level 9, expanding his Dao Fruit Space to one hundred thousand cubic meters.
• Li Changsheng learned that his Dao Fruits were Lower-grade and that reaching level 9 unlocked the option to upgrade one to Intermediate grade.
• Li Changsheng chose to upgrade the Space Dao Fruit, which expanded his Dao Fruit Space to two hundred thousand cubic meters and gave his body a slight spatial attribute.
• Li Changsheng learned that the Intermediate Space Dao Fruit improved his affinity for space and decided to seek spatial spells at Qingyuan Sect.

Li Changsheng improved his cultivation at the Flame Iron Ore Vein, while Yuan Xuanming warned Zhao Zhu that the Tengshe Demon Country’s Ebb Tide Period would eventually drive it to invade the Great Qi Dynasty. The chapter ended with Zhao Zhu facing pressure to reach the Spirit Refining Realm before war and sect withdrawal threatened his survival.

• Li Changsheng stored the remaining Void Mithril, ate Meteor Realm and Bright Moon Realm great demon flesh, and raised his Vajra Dao Fruit to level 7.
• Li Changsheng advanced to the fifth layer of Qi Refining and continued cultivating with Low-grade Fire Fiend, expecting to reach the sixth layer before his guard duty ended.
• Zhao Zhu asked Yuan Xuanming whether the Tengshe Demon Country had entered the Ebb Tide Period, and Yuan Xuanming confirmed it.
• Yuan Xuanming explained that the Ebb Tide Period would deplete resources and eventually force the Tengshe Demon Country to invade the Great Qi Dynasty, likely after twenty years.
• Yuan Xuanming urged Zhao Zhu to reach the peak of Great Grandmaster within ten years and then pursue the Spirit Refining Realm, since the Qingyuan Sect might abandon disciples who were not core members.

After returning from the Flame Iron Ore Vein, Li Changsheng learned that war with the Tengshe Demon Country was approaching and that he had only about twenty years to prepare. He applied to become a core disciple and passed the first assessment by defeating ten peak Meteor Realm demons in the Qingyuan Tower.

• Li Changsheng returned to the Qingyuan Sect after half a year at the Flame Iron Ore Vein, turned in his mission, and visited Xu He and Yuan Xuanming.
• Yuan Xuanming urged Li Changsheng to seek core disciple status early and explained that the Tengshe Demon Country had entered the Ebb Tide Period, bringing war closer.
• Li Changsheng decided to apply for core disciple status and used his core disciple seed quota to arrange an assessment at True Sun Peak.
• Steward Bai explained that Li Changsheng had to pass the Qingyuan Tower's Tenth Layer under the standards for Qi Refining Layer 9.
• Li Changsheng defeated the tower's challenges through the first nine layers and killed all ten peak Meteor Realm demons on the Tenth Layer.

Li Changsheng passed the Spirit Refining Stairway assessment by enduring the ninth step for ten breaths, becoming a core disciple of Qingyuan Sect. He chose to remain on Lieyang Peak and reported his promotion to his master.

• Steward Bai led Li Changsheng to the Spirit Refining Stairway after he cleared the Tenth Layer of Qingyuan Tower.
• Li Changsheng endured the pressure through the eighth step and struggled to put one foot onto the ninth.
• His Healing Dao Fruit restored his body as he used his body cultivation techniques to force himself onto the ninth step.
• Li Changsheng held on for ten breaths, meeting the standard before the stairway sent him flying backward.
• Steward Bai examined Li Changsheng, found him unharmed, and took him to complete his core disciple procedures.
• Li Changsheng chose to remain on Lieyang Peak and went to inform his master that he had become a core disciple.

After becoming a core disciple, Li Changsheng exchanged for new cultivation methods and rapidly improved his skills and cultivation. He began practicing the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method at True Sun Peak, but his progress was painfully slow, leaving him to wonder whether he lacked Spirit Refining Talent.

• Li Changsheng told Yuan Xuanming that he had passed the core disciple assessment, and Yuan recommended the Movement Technique, the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method, and the Taiyi Qi Refining Chapter.
• Li Changsheng exchanged for the Taiyi Qi Refining Chapter, Movement Technique, Spiritual Fire Meditation Method, and Taiyi Sword Art, then converted his cultivation method in three days and found his dharma power had become fifty percent purer.
• Li Changsheng cultivated the Movement Technique and Taiyi Sword Art, mastered the Movement Technique with help from his Intermediate Space Dao Fruit, and broke through to Qi Refining Layer 7 three months later.
• Li Changsheng applied to meditate on Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, received approval, and went to True Sun Peak to observe Scarlet Grade Spiritual Fire.
• Li Changsheng began the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method but made painfully slow progress and wondered whether his lack of Spirit Refining Talent was holding him back.

Li Changsheng began cultivating the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method and learned that a Spiritual Energy Tide was about to begin, bringing fierce competition over Spirit Springs. At a Low-grade Spirit Spring, he absorbed Spirit Mist and killed a Meteor Realm great demon, eager to improve his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit.

• Li Changsheng visualized a Spiritual Fire Mark but realized that reaching the beginner level of the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method would take at least another year.
• Yuan Xuanming told Li Changsheng and his other disciples that the final Spiritual Energy Tide would begin in three days, warned him to avoid Spirit Springs above the low grade, and gave him a map.
• Li Changsheng arrived early at a valley where a Low-grade Spirit Spring was expected to form and saw warriors from several factions gathering.
• The Spirit Spring erupted, killing warriors caught in its dangerous currents, and Li Changsheng entered the resulting Spirit Mist to rapidly absorb spiritual energy.
• Li Changsheng charged deeper into the Spirit Spring and killed a Meteor Realm great demon with the Great Sun Ripping Hand, then stored its corpse in his Dao Fruit Space.

Li Changsheng seized Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid at a spirit spring, then was ambushed by a Grandmaster who tried to steal it. Though badly wounded, Li Changsheng killed the old man at close range and raised his Healing Dao Fruit to Level 8.

• Li Changsheng seized Spirit Sand and several drops of Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, killing warriors and Meteor Realm great demons who contested the spring.
• Over the next two days, Li Changsheng collected more spirit liquid until the spring's output faded, then left for the Qingyuan Sect.
• A Grandmaster intercepted Li Changsheng and demanded the spirit liquid, but Li Changsheng fled rather than risk a direct fight.
• The old man trapped Li Changsheng in an earth pit and pierced his abdomen with Rock Spikes, then approached to take his Storage Artifact.
• Li Changsheng killed the old man with Great Sun Ripping Hand, recovered his injuries, and raised his Healing Dao Fruit to Level 8.

Li Changsheng used Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid to advance to peak Qi Refining Layer 9, strengthened his body and mastered several Profound Grade arts. He then hunted Meteor Realm great demons to raise his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit, ending one kill short of Level 8.

• Li Changsheng refined Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, advanced to Qi Refining Layer 9, and perfected the first layer of the Taiyi Qi Refining Chapter.
• Li Changsheng traded spirit liquid with Xiao Tong and other disciples for High-grade Fire Fiend, then perfected the Great Sun Flame Body Chapter and Great Sun Ripping Hand.
• Li Changsheng reached peak Qi Refining Layer 9, cultivated the Taiyi Diagram, Taiyi One Qi Slash, and Taiyi Sword Art to Minor Accomplishment, and obtained the Taiyi Aperture Refining Chapter.
• Li Changsheng bought intelligence on great demon locations and traveled to the river near Tangyang Town to hunt a Meteor Realm great demon.
• Li Changsheng hunted nine Meteor Realm great demons over several days and needed one more to raise the Demon Slaying Dao Fruit to Level 8.

Li Changsheng searched Fengdu City for a hidden Meteor Realm Fox Demon and found it in the City Lord's Mansion, where the City Lord and a dying grandmaster were protecting it. After killing the Fox Demon, Li Changsheng left the city and upgraded his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit, entering a state of enlightenment as he cultivated the Taiyi Aperture Refining Chapter.

• Li Changsheng killed a Nascent Realm snake demon by mistake while searching Fengdu City for the Fox Demon.
• Li Changsheng confronted the City Lord in the City Lord's Mansion, where the City Lord ordered his guards to attack after Li Changsheng exposed their knowledge of a demon.
• Li Changsheng killed the six Aperture Refining Realm guards and fought the grandmaster, who revealed that he wanted the Fox Demon's help to become a demon and extend his life.
• Li Changsheng killed the City Lord and the grandmaster, then found and killed the imprisoned Meteor Realm Fox Demon.
• Li Changsheng left Fengdu City, upgraded his Demon Slaying Dao Fruit from level 7 to Level 8, and began cultivating the Taiyi Aperture Refining Chapter while comprehending the method.

Li Changsheng perfected the Taiyi Aperture Refining Chapter, returned to Qingyuan Sect, and began opening his acupoints with flawless-grade Aperture Opening Pills. As he planned to balance acupoint cultivation with spell training, he learned that Demon Suppression Mountain Pass had fallen and the Tengshe Demon Country might invade ahead of schedule.

• Li Changsheng perfected the Taiyi Aperture Refining Chapter and advanced the Taiyi Diagram and Taiyi One Qi Slash through enlightenment.
• Li Changsheng returned to Qingyuan Sect and used Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid to open his first acupoint.
• Li Changsheng obtained the Aperture Opening Pill formula, gathered ingredients, and refined flawless-grade pills.
• Li Changsheng expanded his first acupoint to its ten-inch limit and began opening more acupoints at a pace of about three per day.
• Li Changsheng decided to spend one-third of each day cultivating spells and the rest opening acupoints.
• Li Changsheng learned that Demon Suppression Mountain Pass had fallen, with six Spirit Refining Realm experts and many other fighters killed, raising the prospect of an early Tengshe Demon Country invasion.

As Demon Suppression Mountain’s forces captured Baiyue Prefecture, Li Changsheng focused on cultivation and sought Fire Fiend Crystal to advance his body-tempering technique. His Flawless Aperture Opening Pills attracted Zhang Yiqian’s attention, and she came to visit him.

• Li Changsheng learned that Baiyue Prefecture had fallen to Tengshe Demon Country and that Baiyue Sect had withdrawn.
• Li Changsheng perfected the first layers of his Movement Technique and Taiyi Sword Art but lacked High-grade Fire Fiend to cultivate the Aperture Refining Chapter of the Great Sun Flame Body Chapter quickly.
• At Lingyun Pavilion, the shopkeeper told Li Changsheng that an upcoming auction would offer Fire Fiend Crystals, which were far more potent than High-grade Fire Fiend but might cost at least a thousand jin of Spirit Sand.
• Li Changsheng sold thirty Flawless Aperture Opening Pills to Lingyun Pavilion for nine Low-grade Spirit Crystals.
• The shopkeeper reported Li Changsheng’s alchemy skill to Zhang Yiqian, who went to Lieyang Peak and visited him.

Zhang Yiqian asked Li Changsheng to refine Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills in exchange for the pill formula and ingredients. Li Changsheng used his Spirit Devouring Demon Vine to refine the pills and produced two Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills in his second batch.

• Zhang Yiqian explained that she needed Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills to strengthen her mental power and condense divine consciousness, and offered Li Changsheng the formula for his help.
• Li Changsheng agreed to the deal, and he and Zhang Yiqian signed an agreement and swore an oath.
• Zhang Yiqian gave Li Changsheng the Spirit Nurturing Pill formula and ten sets of ingredients for refining Pseudo Spirit Nurturing Pills, promising her Withered Wood Demon Vine if he made flawless pills.
• Li Changsheng realized he already had a Spirit Devouring Demon Vine in his Dao Fruit Space and began refining Pseudo Spirit Nurturing Pills with the ingredients Zhang Yiqian supplied.
• By his ninth batch, Li Changsheng had refined Flawless Pseudo Spirit Nurturing Pills, then used his Spirit Devouring Demon Vine to make real Spirit Nurturing Pills.
• Li Changsheng produced two Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills in his second batch of real pills.

Li Changsheng perfected Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills and used them to cultivate the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method, eventually reaching Minor Accomplishment while strengthening his spirit and improving his cultivation efficiency. Zhang Yiqian used his pills to approach condensing divine consciousness, and the chapter ended as an opportunity for Li Changsheng to kill demons appeared.

• Li Changsheng raised his Medicine Refining Dao Fruit to Level 8 and began using Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills to cultivate the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method.
• After half a month of practice, Li Changsheng formed nine flame sparks into a Spiritual Fire that tempered and strengthened his spirit.
• Li Changsheng refined Flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills from Zhang Yiqian's Withered Wood Demon Vine, giving her all but one pill from each batch.
• Zhang Yiqian used the pills in closed-door cultivation and came close to condensing divine consciousness before running out.
• Li Changsheng cultivated the Spiritual Fire Meditation Method to Minor Accomplishment, reached 311 limit ten-inch apertures, and sought ways to raise his Vajra Dao Fruit and Demon Slaying Dao Fruit.
• An opportunity to kill demons arrived for Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng traveled to West Sea Pass to hunt demons and improve his strength, where Senior Brother Yi Yang warned him about the dangers of fighting at sea. After learning about the demon factions threatening Qingyuan Sect’s holdings, Li Changsheng mastered the Water Evasion Technique.

• Li Changsheng volunteered to guard West Sea Pass, and Yuan Xuanming advised him to seek protection from Senior Brother Yi Yang.
• Li Changsheng traveled to West Sea Pass by Flying Boat with more than three hundred Qingyuan Sect disciples.
• After entering West Sea Pass, Li Changsheng met Yi Yang, who gave him a communication pearl and warned him that he might be called to fight at any time.
• Li Changsheng studied intelligence about the Whale Demon Alliance, the Fish Demon Palace, and the Flood Dragon Palace, which were attacking Qingyuan Sect’s coastal holdings.
• Li Changsheng cultivated the Water Evasion Technique and reached the Perfection Realm within several days.

Li Changsheng fought sea demons at West Sea Pass, secured Fire Fiend Crystals through Zhang Yiqian, and used them to advance his Great Sun Flame Body cultivation. He then received a mission to help intercept a Fish Demon Palace squad at the Thunder Magnetic Mountain Range.

• Li Changsheng killed six Meteor Realm sea demons and a Bright Moon Realm great demon during the attack on West Sea Pass, then returned to cultivate.
• Zhang Yiqian arrived with the Fire Fiend Crystal Li Changsheng had asked her to bid for, and he paid her the equivalent of 1,500 jin of spirit sand.
• Li Changsheng agreed to refine flawless Spirit Nurturing Pills for Zhang Yiqian in exchange for high-quality Baleful Intent.
• Li Changsheng absorbed fire fiend power from a Fire Fiend Crystal, advanced his Great Sun Flame Body Chapter to Minor Accomplishment, and began learning the second-level Great Sun Ripping Hand.
• Li Changsheng received a mission to accompany a Great Grandmaster and intercept a Fish Demon Palace squad near the Thunder Magnetic Mountain Range.