Chapter Summaries

Qi Chuan discovered that Zhao Tao and Guan Fei knew where Dust Settling Grass and Withered Flourish Flower grew in the Great Rift Demon Valley, and decided to follow them. As the two Inner Sect Disciples reached the valley, Guan Fei sensed someone behind them and demanded to know who was there.

• Qi Chuan saw that Situ Jiang had posted a sect-wide mission offering contribution points for Dust Settling Grass and Withered Flourish Flower.
• Zhao Tao told Guan Fei he knew where both herbs grew and persuaded him to hunt them despite the Giant Strength Rock Ape guarding the area.
• Qi Chuan overheard their plan, marked the two disciples, and decided to follow them to protect the herbs and secure them himself.
• Zhao Tao and Guan Fei left the Wind Moon Sect the next day, while Qi Chuan secretly followed using Illusion Body and Breath Concealing Talismans.
• The two disciples reached the Great Rift Demon Valley near the Heavenly Soul Hall, and Guan Fei suddenly sensed someone behind them and shouted for them to reveal themselves.

Qi Chuan joined Guan Fei and Zhao Tao in the Great Rift Demon Valley to hunt the Giant Strength Rock Ape and collect Dust Settling Grass and Withered Flourish Flower. As the three fought the beast deep in the valley, a Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder and his nephew arrived, and the ape was nearing a frenzy.

• Qi Chuan revealed that he sought the same Spirit Herbs as Guan Fei and Zhao Tao, then agreed to cooperate with them against the Giant Strength Rock Ape.
• Guan Fei and Zhao Tao led Qi Chuan into the Great Rift Demon Valley, where the three advanced toward the herbs and the beast guarding them.
• A short, stout young man brought his uncle, the Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder, to the valley so the elder could claim the Spirit Herbs and the Giant Strength Rock Ape's essence blood.
• Guan Fei, Zhao Tao, and Qi Chuan battled the Giant Strength Rock Ape in a cave while Qi Chuan assessed the beast as it approached a frenzied state.

Qi Chuan secretly used the Nine Layers Painful Soul Technique to help Guan Fei and Zhao Tao kill a berserk Giant Strength Rock Ape, then left Great Rift Demon Valley with them after they collected the Spirit Herbs. As they encountered a Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder from Heavenly Soul Hall, the Foundation Establishment cultivator prepared to seize their souls.

• The Giant Strength Rock Ape entered a berserk state, and Guan Fei and Zhao Tao decided to retreat while Guan Fei covered them.
• Qi Chuan struck the Ape with the Nine Layers Painful Soul Technique, leaving it helpless long enough for Guan Fei and Zhao Tao to blind and kill it.
• Guan Fei divided the Ape's valuable remains among the three, and they collected the Dust Settling Grass and Withered Flourish Flower before leaving the cave.
• Zhao Tao promised Qi Chuan one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for helping complete the mission, and Qi Chuan gave him a false name and Cave Dwelling information.
• The three Wind Moon Sect disciples encountered a Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder and a short, stout youth; the Elder revealed his Nether Luo Banner and threatened to take their souls.

Qi Chuan revealed his Foundation Establishment strength while fighting the Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder and killed him with a soul attack and his Blood Spirit Sword. The elder’s companions were left unconscious, while Qi Chuan stood victorious in the Great Rift Demon Valley.

• The Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder unleashed the Nether Luo Banner’s fierce ghosts against Qi Chuan, Guan Fei, and Zhao Tao.
• Guan Fei and Zhao Tao fought the ghosts, but a pair of ghosts overwhelmed them and left them unconscious.
• The short, stout youth offered to fight Qi Chuan, but the Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder rebuked him and approached Qi Chuan himself.
• Qi Chuan revealed his Foundation Establishment spiritual power and used crimson flames to burn several fierce ghosts.
• Qi Chuan struck the Purple-lipped Black Robed Elder with Soul Devouring Agony, then pierced his brow with the Blood Spirit Sword and froze his corpse into shattered ice.

Qi Chuan killed Jia Feng and Jia Qi, rescued Guan Fei and Zhao Tao, and returned to the Wind Moon Sect with their Spirit Artifacts. After the Heavenly Soul Hall learned of Jia Feng’s death and Guan Fei and Zhao Tao reunited with Qi Chuan, he refined the Nether Luo Banner and Eight Yin Ring in his Cave Dwelling.

• Qi Chuan killed Jia Feng and Jia Qi in the passageway, collected their belongings, and carried the unconscious Guan Fei and Zhao Tao back to the Wind Moon Sect.
• Golden Silkworm discovered that Jia Feng’s Soul Token had shattered, and the Heavenly Soul Hall learned that Jia Feng and Jia Qi had disappeared together, stirring alarm throughout the sect.
• Qi Chuan told Situ Jiang what had happened and gave him the Blood Spirit Sword while keeping the Nether Luo Banner and Eight Yin Ring.
• Guan Fei and Zhao Tao visited Qi Chuan three days later, accepted his account of being rescued by a passing sect Elder, and gave him his thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Qi Chuan refined the Nether Luo Banner and Eight Yin Ring in his Cave Dwelling, restoring the banner’s eight vicious ghosts and completing the refinement of both artifacts.

Tian Hunzi and Luo Jin Shen investigated Jia Feng and Jia Qi’s deaths in the Great Rift Demon Valley, where the Dragon Ghost Fly traced their killers’ auras to two Wind Moon Sect disciples. Tian Hunzi sent Luo Jin Shen into Wind Moon Sect territory to investigate and capture the killer, while also ordering him to bring back Qi Chuan if possible.

• The Dragon Ghost Fly killed a Gray Star Demon Deer while tracking the remnants of Jia Feng’s and Jia Qi’s auras.
• Tian Hunzi and Luo Jin Shen concluded that a Wind Moon Sect Foundation Establishment Elder had likely killed Jia Feng and Jia Qi, despite the Dragon Ghost Fly detecting the auras of two Qi Refining disciples.
• Tian Hunzi ordered Luo Jin Shen to infiltrate Wind Moon Sect territory and investigate, assigning the Dragon Ghost Fly to him.
• Tian Hunzi departed after ordering Luo Jin Shen to capture Qi Chuan and bring him back with his opportunities if possible.
• Luo Jin Shen concealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage aura and flew toward the Wind Moon Sect, planning to seek out an old friend who owed him a favor.

Qi Shang received a secret message from his childhood friend Luo Jin Shen, a powerful elder of the Heavenly Soul Hall, and went to meet him in Coiling Dragon Valley despite the danger of being suspected of betraying the Wind Moon Sect. Luo Jin Shen asked Qi Shang for help with a small matter, leaving its nature undisclosed.

• Qi Shang worried that he lacked the time to gather the mana needed to reach the Foundation Establishment Late Stage before his lifespan ran out.
• Qi Shang read a letter from his childhood friend A Jin inviting him to Coiling Dragon Valley and recalled their shared past, including A Jin saving him and helping his son Qi Feng.
• Qi Shang decided to meet A Jin but resolved not to help with anything that would harm the Wind Moon Sect.
• Qi Shang arrived at Coiling Dragon Valley and met Luo Jin Shen, who revealed that he had become the Heavenly Soul Hall's first elder beneath its Sect Leader.
• Luo Jin Shen told Qi Shang that he had come to ask for help with a small matter and insisted Qi Shang must not refuse.

Luo Jin Shen forced Qi Shang to investigate Wind Moon Sect Elders and search for Qi Chuan, using Qi Shang’s son Qi Feng as leverage and binding Qi Shang with a Dragon Ghost Fly. Qi Shang began the investigation, while Qi Chuan continued cultivating in secret, unaware that the search was closing in.

• Luo Jin Shen asked Qi Shang to find which Wind Moon Sect Elder had recently visited the Great Rift Demon Valley, but Qi Shang initially refused to betray his sect.
• Luo Jin Shen threatened Qi Feng and promised him a Foundation Establishment Pill and True Disciple status, persuading Qi Shang to cooperate and later pressuring him to take part in an attack.
• Luo Jin Shen ordered Qi Shang to investigate Qi Chuan’s suspected presence in the Wind Moon Sect and made him provide essence blood to the Dragon Ghost Fly before giving him a Mother-Child Talisman.
• Luo Jin Shen revealed to himself that he had arranged for Qi Feng to be lured into cultivating the Blood Refining Art, then departed to hide near the Wind Moon Sect.
• Qi Shang secretly investigated the sect’s Elders and Qi Chuan, finding clues that seemed to support the belief that Qi Chuan had faked his death.
• Qi Chuan continued cultivating in a secluded inner-sect Cave Mansion, unaware of Qi Shang’s investigation.

Qi Chuan spent three years cultivating in the Inner Sect, strengthening his mana foundation and talisman skills while his master, Situ Jiang, watched for a Heavenly Soul Hall mole. After reaching the early-stage limit of fifty-nine drops of liquid mana, Qi Chuan prepared to attempt a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

• Qi Chuan condensed his twenty-seventh drop of liquid mana, then received a warning from Situ Jiang that a likely Elder was secretly investigating his whereabouts for the Heavenly Soul Hall.
• Qi Chuan resumed cultivating with Yellow Dragon Pills, strengthened his divine soul, and improved his talisman-making skills as his liquid mana gradually increased.
• Over three years, Qi Shang failed to find Qi Chuan despite investigating under pressure from Luo Jin Shen, who suspected Qi Chuan might be hiding in the Inner Sect.
• Luo Jin Shen urged Qi Shang to investigate the Inner Sect, and Qi Shang agreed to search its cave dwellings for unusual residents.
• Qi Chuan reached fifty-nine drops of liquid mana, the usual limit for the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and decided to attempt advancing to the Middle Stage.

Qi Chuan condensed the unprecedented sixtieth drop of Liquid Mana and then spent two months perfecting his Inspiration Opportunity to break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. With his breakthrough now assured, he prepared to advance.

• Qi Chuan found that Spiritual Qi and the Yellow Dragon Pill's residual medicinal power formed Mana beyond the usual fifty-nine-drop limit, and he began condensing a sixtieth drop.
• Qi Chuan continued cultivating while his Master Sect Leader blocked a traitorous Substantive Elder's efforts to uncover his identity and Cave Mansion.
• After half a year, Qi Chuan fully condensed the sixtieth drop, felt his body change, and began sensing the Inspiration Opportunity for his next breakthrough.
• Qi Chuan captured a trace of the Inspiration Opportunity but continued cultivating because it had not yet reached perfection.
• Two months later, Qi Chuan perfected the Inspiration Opportunity and realized he could break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage whenever he chose.

Qi Chuan advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage with eighty-one drops of Liquid Mana, then mastered the fifth layer of the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art and gained the Sword Gang Differentiation divine ability. When a steward delivered another secret letter about a traitorous Substantive Elder, Qi Chuan prepared to leave and deal with the traitor.

• Qi Chuan circulated the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art and advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, increasing his reserves to eighty-one drops of Liquid Mana.
• Qi Chuan began comprehending the fifth layer of the sword art and used a critical-hit harvest to deepen his understanding.
• After three days of cultivation, Qi Chuan reached entry-level mastery of the fifth layer and comprehended Sword Gang Differentiation.
• Qi Chuan tested the divine ability, splitting the Meteor Cold Sword into its original body and a powerful Sword Shadow.
• A steward from the Inner Affairs Hall arrived with a secret letter about a traitorous Substantive Elder, and Qi Chuan set out to deal with the traitor.

Qi Chuan learned that Qi Shang had betrayed the Wind Moon Sect and agreed to help Sect Leader lure out the Heavenly Soul Hall mastermind by acting as bait alongside Yun Qingyue. As the two-month plan took shape, Qi Shang remained uneasy and continued to resent Qi Chuan.

• Qi Chuan read Sect Leader’s letter identifying Qi Shang as the mole and learned that Qi Shang planned to lure Yun Qingyue out and kill her.
• Sect Leader asked Qi Chuan to help Yun Qingyue stall Qi Shang until the Heavenly Soul Hall mastermind appeared, and Qi Chuan agreed.
• Qi Chuan burned the letter and returned to cultivation, intending to improve his divine soul and talisman-making before the operation.
• Qi Shang told Luo Jin Shen that Yun Qingyue would meet him at Xiao Yue Market and insisted Luo Jin Shen be ready to intervene at Sunset Ravine.
• Luo Jin Shen agreed to secretly hold the line, while Qi Shang cut off their conversation and tried to calm his fear of being exposed.
• Qi Shang wondered where Qi Chuan’s Cave Dwelling was and disparaged him for supposedly hiding inside the sect.

Qi Chuan cultivated his divine soul and talisman-making skills until he became a Mid-grade Tier 2 Talisman Master, then joined Yun Qingyue on a mission to investigate a shop with Qi Shang. At Sunset Ravine, Qi Shang revealed his killing intent toward Yun Qingyue.

• Luo Jin Shen questioned Qi Shang’s plan to lure Yun Qingyue out and prepared a Top-grade Tier 2 Talisman as a precaution.
• Qi Chuan raised his divine soul strength to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and practiced drawing Demon-Sealing Talismans.
• After a month of practice, Qi Chuan advanced to a Mid-grade Tier 2 Talisman Master by drawing a Soul Capturing Talisman, then spent another month preparing more talismans.
• Qi Chuan went to Yun Qingyue’s island disguised as an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple and accompanied her and Qi Shang toward Xiao Yue Market.
• At Sunset Ravine, Qi Shang feigned discovering something and led Yun Qingyue down into the ravine before turning on her with murderous intent.

Qi Shang attacked Yun Qingyue, but Qi Chuan revealed his Foundation Establishment strength and helped her hold him off. When Qi Shang’s hidden ally failed to appear, Sect Leader Situ Jiang emerged, and Qi Shang activated a Blood Burning Secret Technique before a sudden pain in his divine soul stopped him.

• Qi Shang trapped Yun Qingyue with talismans and attacked her with the Twelve Dazzling Golden Wheels, leaving her wounded and close to defeat.
• Qi Chuan revealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation and joined Yun Qingyue in resisting Qi Shang’s artifacts.
• Qi Shang recognized Qi Chuan as the cultivator who had killed Jia Feng and called for Luo Jin Shen to appear, but Luo Jin Shen did not respond.
• Qi Shang realized Luo Jin Shen had abandoned him and fought Qi Chuan and Yun Qingyue with greater force, but their weapons continued to hold off his Golden Wheels.
• Situ Jiang appeared and told Qi Shang he had disappointed him, revealing that Qi Shang’s actions had been anticipated.
• Qi Shang activated a Blood Burning Secret Technique to escape, but his divine soul suddenly convulsed and left him screaming in agony.

Qi Chuan revealed his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage strength by killing Qi Shang and absorbing his soul into the Nether Luo Banner, then returned toward the Wind Moon Sect with Situ Jiang and Yun Qingyue. Luo Jin Shen reported his failed plot to Tian Hunzi, who confirmed Qi Chuan was alive and turned his attention toward the Wind Moon Sect.

• Qi Chuan used a Spiritual Soul Secret Technique and the Meteor Cold Sword to kill Qi Shang, then captured his soul with the Nether Luo Banner.
• Qi Chuan told Situ Jiang that he had reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and that his spiritual soul had reached the late-stage level.
• Yun Qingyue realized Qi Chuan had survived, and Situ Jiang said he would explain matters on the way back while keeping them confidential.
• Qi Chuan, Situ Jiang, and Yun Qingyue returned toward the Wind Moon Sect with Qi Shang's Cosmic Bag in Qi Chuan's possession.
• Luo Jin Shen revealed that he had watched Sunset Ravine from afar, fled after suspecting Situ Jiang's trap, and failed to capture Qi Chuan.
• Tian Hunzi heard Luo Jin Shen's report and questioned whether True Sword Master Xuanjian had suffered a problem.

Tian Hunzi planned to use the upcoming Five Sects Grand Assembly in the Langya Spirit Realm to kill Qi Chuan, while Situ Jiang explained the danger and potential rewards to his disciple. Qi Chuan chose to enter the realm five years later, confident that he could face Tian Hunzi by then.

• Tian Hunzi and Luo Jin Shen decided to target Qi Chuan in the Langya Spirit Realm, where the Five Sects would compete for spiritual treasures in five years.
• Tian Hunzi planned to personally lead the Heavenly Soul Hall's strongest Foundation Establishment cultivators into the realm and kill Qi Chuan if they encountered him.
• Situ Jiang told Yun Qingyue to keep Qi Chuan's survival secret and announced that Qi Shang had betrayed the Wind Moon Sect and been executed.
• Qi Chuan gave Qi Shang's possessions to Situ Jiang, who checked them and confirmed that only a communication talisman posed a hidden risk.
• Situ Jiang explained the Langya Spirit Realm and left the choice to Qi Chuan, who decided to enter and said he might reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage before facing Tian Hunzi.

Qi Chuan began pursuing his goal of reaching the Foundation Establishment Late Stage within five years so he could enter the Langya Spirit Realm, and he refined Clear Chirp Pills to accelerate his cultivation. After consuming one, he condensed his eighty-second drop of liquid mana in a month, maintaining the pace he had achieved at the earlier stage.

• Qi Chuan and Situ Jiang agreed that Qi Chuan would aim to reach the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and attend the Five Sects Grand Assembly to enter the Langya Spirit Realm in five years.
• Qi Chuan studied the Clear Chirp Pill formula and refined its spirit herb materials, overcoming an initial failure with Dragon Severing Spirit Tea.
• Qi Chuan successfully refined a furnace of Clear Chirp Pills, producing five pills, including three usable pills, and advanced to a Mid-grade Tier 2 Alchemist.
• Qi Chuan swallowed a Clear Chirp Pill and cultivated with the Profound Heaven Spirit Devouring Sword Art for a month.
• Qi Chuan formed his eighty-second drop of liquid mana in one month, matching the pace he had maintained at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

After three years of cultivation, Qi Chuan had reached 120 drops of Liquid Mana and advanced to High-grade Tier 2 Talisman Master. He followed Yun Qingyue into the Myriad Beast Mountain Range to obtain Clear Chirp Pill ingredients, but another party appeared near their target.

• Qi Chuan spent three years cultivating, increasing his Liquid Mana to 120 drops and advancing his talisman-making skill to High-grade Tier 2.
• Qi Chuan received a secret letter from the Sect Leader revealing the location of Clear Wind Moon Chirp Grass, and he decided to investigate with Yun Qingyue as his guide.
• Qi Chuan and Yun Qingyue traveled into the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, crossed into territory associated with Myriad Beast Valley, and found the grass guarded by a Tri-colored Mysterious Python.
• As Yun Qingyue prepared to explain her plan to lure the python away, someone approached from the direction of Myriad Beast Valley and fixed them with a hostile gaze.

Qi Chuan and Yun Qingyue lured out and killed the Tri-colored Mysterious Python, then gathered its valuable remains and claimed the Clear Wind Moon Chirp Grass. Xi Hongyi of the Myriad Beast Valley confronted them over the herb, but Qi Chuan refused to yield it, leaving her angry and unable to challenge them confidently.

• Xi Hongyi secretly watched Qi Chuan and Yun Qingyue, expecting the Tri-colored Mysterious Python to drive them away so she could take the Clear Wind Moon Chirp Grass.
• Yun Qingyue used an Earth Flame Spirit Lizard Demon Core to lure the python out, and Qi Chuan killed it with one strike of the Meteor Cold Sword.
• Yun Qingyue gave the python's gallbladder and Demon Core to Qi Chuan, then began processing the other materials while he went to collect the Clear Wind Moon Chirp Grass.
• Xi Hongyi revealed herself and asked Qi Chuan and Yun Qingyue to yield the herb, but Yun Qingyue challenged her claim and Qi Chuan refused.
• Qi Chuan sealed the Clear Wind Moon Chirp Grass in a Jade Box and stored it in his Cosmic Bag, while Xi Hongyi glared at him but held back from attacking.

Qi Chuan, Yun Qingyue, and Xi Hongyi traveled to a cliff in search of Clear Wind Moon Chirp Grass, expecting to face a powerful Silver Horn Demonic Eye Antelope. After encountering lesser beasts, they finally saw the true antelope, whose presence immediately unsettled Xi Hongyi.

• Xi Hongyi offered to guide Qi Chuan and Yun Qingyue to another patch of Clear Wind Moon Chirp Grass guarded by a powerful demon beast, and Qi Chuan agreed to take two of its three stalks.
• Qi Chuan, Yun Qingyue, and Xi Hongyi descended into the misty cliff face and followed Xi Hongyi's directions, refusing to split up while searching.
• A Gray Spirit Antelope appeared and fled from the group, only to be caught and killed by a Gray Demon Leopard.
• A Snow White Demonic Antelope emerged and killed the Gray Demon Leopard with a single blow before feeding on both beasts.
• Xi Hongyi recognized the Snow White Demonic Antelope as the true Silver Horn Demonic Eye Antelope and felt its spiritual-soul pressure even before it used its innate ability.