Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan discovered he had a Lower Eighth-grade Spiritual Root at White Stone Town’s assessment ceremony and learned that a Hundredfold Critical Hit Golden Finger was loading. He ended the ceremony as its strongest spiritual-root talent, surrounded by seven Lower Ninth-grade peers, and awaited his new ability.

• Qi Chuan passed the Spirit-Testing Array with a Lower Eighth-grade Spiritual Root and recalled his past life as a novelist who had transmigrated into the Qi Family.
• A Hundredfold Critical Hit loading indicator appeared before Qi Chuan’s eyes and began increasing.
• Qi Chuan met Qi Li and Qi Huo, who had Lower Ninth-grade Spiritual Roots, and agreed that they would look after one another.
• The assessment produced seven other cultivation seedlings, all with Lower Ninth-grade Spiritual Roots, making Qi Chuan the ceremony’s top result.
• Qi Li, Qi Huo, and the other seedlings congratulated Qi Chuan, while the Immortal Master regarded the group’s overall results with mixed feelings.

Qi Chuan said goodbye to the uncle and aunt who had raised him, then entered Red Maple Valley with the other Immortal Seedlings. At the Hall of Bestowing Merit, he learned his Second Grandfather, Qi Baicang, was only a Qi Refining Third Layer cultivator, while his Hundredfold Critical Hit remained on the verge of loading.

• Qi Chuan met his uncle and aunt, received a letter for his Second Grandfather, and promised to visit them after entering the valley.
• Qi Chuan left White Stone Town with the Immortal Seedlings on a Flying Sword and saw his Hundredfold Critical Hit loading reach 81%.
• Qi Chuan asked the Immortal Master to deliver the letter to Qi Baicang and learned his Second Grandfather was a Qi Refining Third Layer cultivator.
• The Immortal Master brought the seven Immortal Seedlings to the Hall of Bestowing Merit, where the Transmission Elder welcomed them and praised the Qi Family's prospects.
• Qi Chuan watched his Hundredfold Critical Hit loading reach 99% while awaiting its activation.

Qi Chuan discovered that his Hundredfold Critical Hit could randomly multiply the gains he received from comprehending the Evergreen Art, despite his weak spiritual root. Meanwhile, Qi Chan'er learned that the Qi Family hoped she would win an Inner Sect Quota when the Wind Moon Upper Sect opened its gates.

• The Transmission Elder gave Qi Chuan and the other Immortal Seedlings Evergreen Art booklets and explained they had to return them after half a year.
• Qi Chuan triggered his Golden Finger by casually reading the Evergreen Art and gained an enhanced, though slight, understanding of it.
• Qi Chuan experimented with the Evergreen Art and concluded that his critical-hit multiplier varied randomly from onefold to a hundredfold.
• The Transmission Elder told Qi Chan'er that spiritual roots were not the only factors in cultivation and encouraged her to seek a place in the Wind Moon Upper Sect's Inner Sect.
• Qi Chan'er resolved to reach the Mid Qi Refining Stage before the sect opened its gates and to seize an Inner Sect Quota.

Qi Chuan settled on Red Dust Peak and diligently studied the Evergreen Art before beginning to sense Spiritual Qi. After a month of effort, he triggered a Hundredfold Critical Hit and advanced to the Qi Refining First Layer, becoming a true Xiu Xian practitioner.

• Qi Chuan and the other new disciples moved to Red Dust Peak, where he chose a tiled house.
• Qi Chuan carefully read the Evergreen Art through the night and fully comprehended it.
• Qi Chuan began sensing Spiritual Qi but stopped when the effort left him exhausted, then rested and resumed over the following days.
• Qi Chuan spent a month practicing while the other Immortal Seedlings struggled to take their first cultivation step.
• Qi Chuan triggered a Hundredfold Critical Hit while drawing Spiritual Qi into his body and successfully refined his first strand of Spell Power, reaching the Qi Refining First Layer.

After advancing to Qi Refining First Layer, Qi Chuan received his formal Qi Family identity and met his Second Grandfather, Qi Baicang. Qi Baicang brought him to live on his Independent Peak and explained the cultivation families ruled by the Wind Moon Sect.

• The steward granted Qi Chuan an Identity Token, a Standard Magic Robe, and two Low-grade Spirit Stones after his breakthrough.
• The Immortal Seedlings watched enviously as Qi Chuan became the first among them to receive a formal identity.
• Qi Baicang arrived, introduced himself as Qi Chuan's Second Grandfather, and learned that Qi Chuan had a Lower Eighth-grade Spiritual Root.
• Qi Baicang took Qi Chuan from Red Dust Peak to his Independent Peak, where they settled in together.
• Over dinner, Qi Baicang told Qi Chuan about neighboring Cultivation Families and their subordination to the Wind Moon Sect.

Qi Chuan learned about the Wind Moon Sect’s legendary sword cultivator and considered pursuing the Sword Dao, though the Qi Family had no sword cultivation methods. After receiving talismans from Qi Baicang, he returned home to begin practicing the Basic Five Elements Spells.

• Qi Baicang told Qi Chuan that True Sword Master Xuanjian of the Wind Moon Sect was a powerful Core Formation sword cultivator and that the Qi Family had no Sword Dao Cultivation Method.
• Qi Chuan admitted he hoped to join the Wind Moon Sect and obtain True Sword Master Xuanjian’s inheritance, and Qi Baicang took his ambition as a joke.
• Qi Baicang gave Qi Chuan fifteen Tier 1 Low-grade Fireball, Water Arrow, and Light Body Talismans as a welcoming gift.
• Qi Baicang encouraged Qi Chuan to practice Basic Five Elements Spells and discover which kinds suited him.
• Qi Chuan returned home, opened the Evergreen Art to its five basic spells, and decided to begin with the Fireball Technique.

Qi Chuan reached the Entry Stage in the Fireball Technique and discovered that casting spells also improved their proficiency through his critical-hit ability. He began studying the Water Arrow Technique to bring his other Basic Five Elements Spells to the Entry Stage.

• Qi Chuan studied the Fireball Technique for three days while continuing to cultivate the Evergreen Art.
• Qi Chuan triggered a Fiftyfold Critical Hit, reached the Entry Stage, and successfully cast a fireball for the first time.
• Qi Chuan noticed that his fireball was small and unstable, then dismissed it when its Spell Power cost became apparent.
• Qi Chuan gained Fireball Technique proficiency after casting the spell and realized repeated practice could rapidly improve his spells.
• Qi Chuan began studying the Water Arrow Technique and received a Thirteenfold Harvest of understanding.

Qi Chuan tested his newly mastered spells by burning down a tree, revealing his exceptional Magic Talent to Qi Baicang. A bell then summoned the Qi Family Xiu Xian to the Main Peak over a crisis affecting the entire Lineage.

• Qi Chuan used the Fireball Technique to burn a Nameless Great Tree, then extinguished the stray flames with the Water Arrow Technique.
• Qi Baicang scolded Qi Chuan for destroying the tree, but forgave him after he apologized.
• Qi Baicang realized Qi Chuan had brought the Fireball Technique and Water Arrow Technique to the Entry Stage in only half a month and concluded that he was a Magic Talent.
• A grand bell rang over Red Maple Valley, and Qi Baicang told Qi Chuan that every Qi Family Xiu Xian had to report to the Main Peak.
• Qi Chuan followed Qi Baicang toward the Main Peak to learn what had happened.

Qi Wuyou announced that the Wind Moon Sect had sealed off a newly appeared Secret Realm, and the Qi Family ordered its members to stay within the family. Qi Chuan returned to his peak and cultivated, gaining a Twentyfold Critical Hit.

• Qi Wuyou told the gathered Qi Family cultivators that a Secret Realm had appeared two hundred miles southwest of Red Maple Valley and that the Wind Moon Sect had forbidden entry to the surrounding area.
• Qi Wuyou ordered all family members to withdraw their forces and prohibited anyone from leaving without permission.
• Qi Chuan and Qi Baicang returned to their Independent Peak and discussed how the restrictions would let them avoid Family missions for a while.
• Qi Chuan cultivated the Evergreen Art and triggered a Twentyfold Critical Hit, slightly increasing his mana.

Qi Chuan advanced to the Qi Refining Second Layer and improved all his Basic Five Elements Spells to Minor Accomplishment over a year of training. He then continued tending the Spirit Fields on his Independent Peak, while the world beyond grew turbulent around the Secret Realm.

• Qi Chuan cultivated until meridian pain forced him to stop, then practiced the Fireball Technique and gained proficiency through a critical hit.
• Qi Chuan decided to train both his cultivation and his Basic Five Elements Spells as the outside world grew increasingly turbulent around the Secret Realm.
• After a year, Qi Chuan advanced to the Qi Refining Second Layer and demonstrated a faster, more powerful Fireball Technique.
• Qi Chuan reflected that all his Basic Five Elements Spells had reached Minor Accomplishment and tended the Spirit Fields on his Independent Peak.
• Qi Chuan triggered a threefold critical hit while tending spiritual plants, slightly improving his experience and techniques.

Qi Chuan remained on his mountain peak amid the turmoil ravaging the cultivation world, but while he was alone, an injured Low-grade Tier 1 Lizard Demonic Beast infiltrated his Spirit Fields. Qi Chuan attacked it with a Crimson Fireball as it began to ravage another field.

• Qi Chuan reflected on the turmoil outside, including the Wind Moon Sect's destruction of the Xiao Family, and decided to stay on the mountain.
• With Second Master away on safe family missions, Qi Chuan inspected the peak, found nothing unusual, and returned to his room to cultivate and sleep.
• Qi Chuan heard faint rustling outside and, after realizing the intruder was not leaving, used a Light Body Talisman and slipped out.
• An injured Low-grade Tier 1 Lizard Demonic Beast chewed up a Spirit Herb and moved toward another Spirit Field.
• Qi Chuan's Crimson Fireball appeared above the Lizard Demonic Beast's head and hurtled down toward it.

Qi Chuan killed a wounded Blue Lizard Monster that had invaded the Spirit Field and reported the incident to Qi Baicang. They decided to sell the corpse to the Lineage so Qi Chuan could exchange it for Elixirs.

• Qi Chuan bound the fleeing Blue Lizard Monster with vines and killed it by striking its back wound with Mana Water Arrows.
• Qi Chuan stored the corpse and told Qi Baicang about the monster and the Spirit Herbs it had eaten.
• Qi Baicang identified the creature as an adult Blue Lizard Monster and suspected turmoil beyond Qi Feng Valley had driven it there.
• Qi Baicang advised Qi Chuan to sell the corpse to the Lineage for Spirit Stones and Elixirs, then praised his advancement to the Qi Refining Second Layer.

Qi Chuan sold the Blue Lizard Monster corpse and spent most of the proceeds on Qi Condensing Pills to improve his cultivation. After hearing that the Wind Moon Sect might recruit cultivators in three years, he resolved to pursue the chance and swallowed a pill to begin raising his strength.

• Qi Baicang and Qi Chuan sold the Blue Lizard Monster corpse to the Qi Family treasury for twenty-two Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Qi Chuan exchanged twenty-four Low-grade Spirit Stones for eight Qi Condensing Pills at the Main Peak Exchange Pavilion.
• Qi Chuan heard that the Wind Moon Sect might Greatly Open Mountain Gate and recruit disciples in three years.
• Qi Baicang said the recruitment was possible and encouraged Qi Chuan to cultivate toward becoming an Outer Disciple.
• Qi Chuan set a goal of reaching the Mid Qi Refining Stage within three years and swallowed a Qi Condensing Pill.

Qi Chuan cultivated with Qi Condensing Pills and the Evergreen Art while steadily improving his spells, as the Wind Moon Sect’s Secret Realm was emptied and its mountain gate prepared to recruit disciples. After using all eight pills and continuing to cultivate, he broke through to the Qi Refining Third Layer, though his spells remained short of Major Accomplishment.

• Qi Chuan took a Qi Condensing Pill, cultivated with the Evergreen Art, and used critical-hit rewards to strengthen his spell power and spells.
• Over the following year, the Secret Realm’s Forbidden Zone reopened, but lineages found only a bare mountain range and clashes broke out among cultivators searching the area.
• News spread that the Wind Moon Sect would greatly open its mountain gate to recruit new disciples, while Qi Chuan continued cultivating.
• After exhausting all eight Qi Condensing Pills and several more months of diligent practice, Qi Chuan advanced to the Qi Refining Third Layer.
• Qi Chuan tested his Fireball Technique and found it stronger and faster, but still below the Major Accomplishment Stage.

After reaching the Qi Refining Third Layer, Qi Chuan accepted a mission to transport supplies to the Murong Family and joined the departing caravan. The caravan left Red Maple Valley, and Qi Chuan began the journey on a blood-red horse.

• Qi Chuan tended spirit herbs on his peak and saw his spiritual-plant skills improve.
• Qi Chuan decided to accept a Family mission to earn Contribution Points and replenish his dwindling supplies.
• At the Mission Hall, Qi Chuan quickly used his Family Token to claim a transport mission to the Murong Family.
• Three days later, Qi Chuan joined a caravan carrying supplies from Red Maple Valley toward the Murong Family’s Spirit Land.
• Qi Chuan rode a blood-red horse through the journey, keeping it docile with the pressure of his Spell Power.

Qi Chuan guarded a Qi Family caravan as it traveled peacefully for half a month, until five masked Rogue Cultivators ambushed it in a forested mountain range. He confronted one of the attackers and revealed powerful Water Arrow spells, leaving the Rogue Cultivator shocked as the fight began.

• Qi Feng worried that he would lose the Qi Family’s Inner Sect Quota to Qi Chan'er when the Wind Moon Sect recruited disciples.
• Qi Chuan watched over the caravan during its peaceful journey through Wind Moon Sect territory.
• Five masked Rogue Cultivators attacked the caravan with spells as it crossed a forested mountain range.
• The Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator fought two attackers while the other three charged toward the caravan’s goods.
• Qi Chuan faced a Qi Refining Third Layer Rogue Cultivator and sent three powerful Mana Water Arrows at him.

Qi Chuan drove off a rogue cultivator with three powerful Water Arrow Techniques, but could not prevent him from escaping. The Qi Family caravan survived after an Old Woman revealed her strength and killed the remaining attackers, while she took notice of Qi Chuan’s abilities and considered his chances for the Inner Sect Quota.

• The rogue cultivator used a Bronze Shield to withstand Qi Chuan’s first Mana Water Arrow, but the next two shattered it, forcing him to flee with a Wind-Walking Talisman.
• Qi Chuan assessed the other battles and saw that the Qi Family’s central fighter was close to defeat by a Qi Refining Sixth Layer and a Qi Refining Fifth Layer rogue cultivator.
• An Old Woman burst out of the central carriage and killed the two higher-layer rogue cultivators with her blade-light, then the remaining attackers were slain.
• Qi Feng withdrew his defensive Magic Artifact and wondered how Qi Chuan had remained so calm, unaware of his fight with the fleeing rogue cultivator.
• The Old Woman noticed Qi Chuan’s Minor Accomplishment Stage Water Arrow Technique, wondered whether he could affect the Inner Sect Quota, and nodded to him.

Qi Chuan returned from a caravan mission, exchanged his rewards for Qi Condensing Pills, and learned that the Qi Family had one Inner Sect Quota and three Outer Sect Quotas for the Wind Moon Sect recruitment. He resolved to cultivate toward the Mid Qi Refining Stage, hoping to compete for a quota.

• The caravan returned safely to Red Maple Valley, and the Late Qi Refining Stage Old Woman rewarded everyone with ten Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Qi Chuan completed his mission at the Mission Hall, received five Contribution Points, and exchanged Spirit Stones and Contribution Points for five Qi Condensing Pills.
• Qi Chuan shared a meal with Qi Baicang and recounted the caravan’s troubles while leaving out his own fight with a Rogue Cultivator.
• Qi Baicang told Qi Chuan that the Qi Family had an Inner Sect Quota and three Outer Sect Quotas for the Wind Moon Sect recruitment.
• Qi Chuan learned that a twelve-year-old with a Fourth-grade Spiritual Root was favored for the Inner Sect Quota and considered pursuing an Outer Sect Quota by advancing his cultivation.

Qi Chuan reached the Qi Refining Third Layer Peak and attempted to understand how to break through to the Mid Qi Refining Stage. Just as his first effort seemed fruitless, the Hundredfold Critical Hit helped him capture a trace of breakthrough inspiration.

• Qi Chuan cultivated the Evergreen Art and spells while using family missions to earn Contribution Points for Qi Condensing Pills.
• Over a year later, Qi Chuan reached the Qi Refining Third Layer Peak and worried that failing to advance would cost him the Wind Moon Sect Inner Sect Quota.
• Qi Chuan returned to his room and circulated the Evergreen Art, sensing a vague but unclear path toward breaking through the mid-stage bottleneck.
• Qi Chuan completed a Great Heavenly Cycle without attempting the risky breakthrough, and the vague inspiration faded.
• Qi Chuan triggered a Seventy-twofold Critical Hit and successfully captured a trace of inspiration for breaking through to the Mid Qi Refining Stage.

Qi Chuan spent three months using the Evergreen Art and Hundredfold Critical Hit to perfect his insight into breaking through to the Mid Qi Refining Stage. He then advanced to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, gaining stronger Spiritual Pressure and Spiritual Sense.

• Qi Chuan repeatedly circulated the Evergreen Art to capture Inspiration Opportunities, while also cultivating his Basic Five Elements Spells when his meridians grew strained.
• Over three months, Qi Chuan accumulated clearer insights and resisted attempting a breakthrough until his Inspiration Opportunity reached Perfection Stage.
• After a Hundredfold Critical Hit perfected his breakthrough insight, Qi Chuan circulated Spell Power through new meridians and absorbed Spiritual Qi for an hour.
• Qi Chuan successfully broke through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer and sensed his increased Spiritual Pressure and newly awakened Spiritual Sense.