Recaps

After Ji Bai’s celebration, Li Qing assessed his combat equipment and planned a set of four High-grade Magic Tools from the Joyful Ape’s bone spikes. He left for the sect’s Affairs Hall to issue a task for the spirit materials needed to refine them.

• Li Qing left Ji Bai’s three-day Foundation Establishment celebration and reflected on the Qingling Region’s sects before returning to his cave dwelling.
• He sorted through his magic tools, setting aside several damaged or outdated weapons and considering how to restore the Peerless Hammer and use his Water Entanglement Net blueprint.
• Li Qing examined the Joyful Ape’s seven bone spikes and decided to refine four into a combination set of High-grade Magic Tools with wind, wood, fire, and earth attributes.
• He named the planned weapons the Spear of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, and chose spirit materials to seek for each attribute.
• Unable to buy materials with Contribution Points, Li Qing went to the Affairs Hall to issue a collection task to sect disciples.

Li Qing issued a sect mission offering a chance to trade for his last nine-hundred-year-old Sky Star Grass, drawing the interest of disciples and Foundation Establishment elders. He refined the Killing Intent from four demon beast bone spikes, then welcomed a Foundation Establishment female cultivator who came to discuss the trade.

• Li Qing posted a mission requesting spirit materials and offered the successful gatherer a chance to trade for his nine-hundred-year-old Sky Star Grass.
• Li Qing returned to his cave abode and used Innate True Fire to expel the Killing Intent from four bone spikes, exhausting his Spiritual Power.
• The mission stirred interest among Lingyun Sect disciples and elders, several of whom began gathering the requested materials.
• After roughly half a month, a Foundation Establishment female cultivator visited Li Qing to discuss trading for the Sky Star Grass, and Li Qing invited her inside.

Li Qing refused Qiu Ya’s request to trade for his nine-hundred-year-old Sky Star Grass without completing his mission, then accepted Shen Ningbing’s completed mission and her offer of three Purple Sun Pills and a second-tier Wind Attribute Demonic Beast Demon Spirit. Shen Ningbing confirmed the herb’s age, and the exchange was agreed.

• Qiu Ya asked Li Qing to trade for the Sky Star Grass before collecting all the required spirit materials, but he refused and sent her away.
• Li Qing resolved to conceal his older Sky Star Grass and prepared to refine the Spear of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain.
• Shen Ningbing returned from gaining experience with a token proving she had completed Li Qing’s mission and offered the required spirit materials.
• Shen Ningbing proposed three Purple Sun Pills and a second-tier Wind Attribute Demonic Beast Demon Spirit for the Sky Star Grass, and Li Qing accepted after considering the Demon Spirit’s value.
• Li Qing handed Shen Ningbing the Sky Star Grass, and she confirmed it was genuine and nine hundred years old.

Li Qing traded the Sky Star Grass to Shen Ningbing, obtained the mission’s spirit materials, and prepared to refine a magic tool using the remains of a Wind Attribute Demonic Beast. The chapter left him beginning the refinement of a bone spear with Yellow Jade Stone in the Black Furnace.

• Shen Ningbing gave Li Qing three Purple Sun Pills and entrusted a second-rank Demon Spirit to his emerald-green bottle for safekeeping.
• Li Qing collected the mission’s spirit materials from the Affairs Hall and told an elder that he had traded the Sky Star Grass to Shen Ningbing.
• Li Qing examined the materials and concluded that Shen Ningbing’s Core Formation master had killed the Wind Attribute Demonic Beast.
• Li Qing considered imbuing the Wind Spear with the matching Demon Spirit and decided to begin refining a magic tool.
• Li Qing placed a bone spear and Yellow Jade Stone in the Black Furnace and heated them with Innate True Fire.

Li Qing refined four bone spears into powerful High-grade Magic Tools, overcoming a flaw in his first attempt and completing the Spears of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain. After his repeated artifact-refining disturbances drew a fellow elder outside, Li Qing emerged and apologized while the four finished spears circled his cave.

• Li Qing discovered that rushing Earth Attribute essence into a bone spear had cracked it, then slowly infused Yellow Jade Stone essence into a fresh spear to create the Mountain Spear.
• Li Qing infused a second bone spear with Hundred-Year Spirit Wood essence to make the Forest Spear, then fused Molten Fire Marrow into another spear to create the exceptionally potent Fire Spear.
• Li Qing covered the final bone spear with Wind Attribute scales and attached shrunken wings, completing the Wind Spear.
• Li Qing meditated to restore his mana, spiritually tempered all four spear prototypes, and spent half a month inscribing their spiritual patterns as spiritual energy repeatedly surged around Barren Cloud Peak.
• After another disturbance drew a neighboring elder outside, the four completed spears flew from Li Qing's cave, and he emerged to apologize for the noise.

Li Qing tested the four newly forged Spears of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, then resolved to strengthen himself before exploring Heavenly Measure Mountain in the Eternal Night World. He fed the Second-tier white ape’s flesh to Rice Bucket and began refining a Purple Sun Pill to improve his cultivation.

• A black-robed elder praised Li Qing’s artifact-refining skill and left without confronting him over the spiritual energy disturbances.
• Li Qing tested the four bone spears, recognized their combined power and heavy demands on his mana and divine sense, and judged that he still could not reliably defeat Zhong Ya and the Golden Warship.
• Li Qing planned to refine his three Purple Sun Pills before traveling to the Eternal Night World to explore Heavenly Measure Mountain.
• Li Qing fed the Second-tier white ape’s remaining flesh and blood to Rice Bucket, hoping the meal would help it advance.
• Li Qing swallowed a Purple Sun Pill and began refining its medicinal power with the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art.

After more than two years in seclusion, Li Qing awoke when Rice Bucket broke through to become a Second-tier Demonic Beast, gaining a crystal core and a ranged innate ability. Li Qing collected Rice Bucket’s strength and reflected on his slow cultivation before heading to the Merit Hall to claim his stipend.

• Rice Bucket’s breakthrough startled Li Qing from deep cultivation, and he watched it condense a demonic beast crystal core.
• Li Qing celebrated Rice Bucket’s advancement, then barely caught the excited tiger’s pounce with his Limitless Golden Body.
• At Li Qing’s request, Rice Bucket demonstrated its innate ability by firing beams from its differently colored eyes and boring holes in the cave floor.
• Li Qing told Rice Bucket to stay in the cave abode and familiarize itself with its new strength while he left to prepare for the Eternal Night World.
• Li Qing noted that his cultivation remained at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage despite years of effort, while his remaining lifespan had risen to six hundred and thirty-one years.
• Li Qing arrived at the sect’s Merit Hall to collect his spiritual stone stipend for the past two years.

Li Qing visited the Talisman Hall to buy protective second-grade Talismans before exploring Heavenly Measure Mountain, but found their Contribution Point prices steep. He discovered that Chu Lingyi, a fellow Immortal Seed, had become a Talisman Hall elder and offered to sell him Talismans privately.

• Li Qing collected six Mid-grade Spirit Stones from the Merit Hall and decided to prepare more protection for his trip to Heavenly Measure Mountain.
• Li Qing arrived at the Talisman Hall and recognized Chu Lingyi, who had recently established her Foundation and become an elder there.
• Chu Lingyi teased Li Qing about seeking a Dao companion, then showed him costly second-grade offensive Talismans.
• Li Qing asked about privately purchasing Talismans with Spirit Stones, and Chu Lingyi offered to sell him ones she had drawn herself.
• Li Qing doubted Chu Lingyi's claim that she could already draw second-grade Talismans.

Li Qing bought a set of second-rank talismans from Chu Lingyi, including her experimental Beast Transformation Talisman, and prepared to explore Heavenly Measure Mountain in the Eternal Night World. After securing his cave abode and choosing what to bring, he traveled there with Rice Bucket.

• Chu Lingyi drew a Thunderclap Talisman for Li Qing and sold it to him for two hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Qing ordered more talismans, and Chu Lingyi spent three days drawing them before handing over the completed talismans and charging him.
• Chu Lingyi gave Li Qing her self-created Beast Transformation Talisman and explained its effects and drawbacks.
• Li Qing returned to his cave abode, summoned Rice Bucket, and set up a restriction to discourage visitors while he was away.
• Li Qing left most of his supplies behind and traveled to the Eternal Night World with Rice Bucket.

Li Qing reached Heavenly Measure Mountain and discovered that its Black Feather People planned to turn commoners into Blood Slaves. He secretly entered the mountain and found prisoners from Giant Rock City being bled inside a stone hall, leaving him furious.

• Li Qing traveled south on Rice Bucket, avoided the expanding Bloodthirsty Mushroom Forest, and reached the wasteland before Heavenly Measure Mountain after three and a half days.
• Li Qing observed the three peaks and their Black Feather People patrols, then sent Rice Bucket away and slipped into the mountain alone.
• Li Qing overheard Black Feather People discussing their conflict with Giant Rock City's Martial Alliance and their plan to make the city's commoners Blood Slaves.
• Li Qing used a Breath Concealing Talisman to evade patrols and climbed to the summit's stone hall.
• Li Qing discovered that Heavenly Measure Mountain was bleeding captured martial practitioners from Giant Rock City as Blood Slaves, and he felt furious.

Li Qing entered Heavenly Measure Mountain’s blood hall and killed the Black Feather People who were torturing Martial Alliance fighters and preparing a blood pool for their Mountain Lord’s transformation. After freeing the prisoners, he learned that two Mountain Lords remained and gave the injured men pills while preparing to question them.

• Li Qing found seven or eight chained Martial Cultivators being drained of blood by Black Feather People, who planned to use the blood pool to strengthen their Mountain Lord and attack Giant Rock City.
• Li Qing entered the hall and killed Hei Yin with the Azure Bone Spear, then slew the Black Feather People who tried to flee.
• Li Qing questioned a surviving Black Feather Person and learned that Heavenly Measure Mountain had two Mountain Lords remaining, but killed him before he could answer further.
• A chained Martial Cultivator told Li Qing that the former senior Mountain Lord had lost his authority and disappeared, while the two remaining Mountain Lords had brought the mountain to its current state.
• Li Qing freed the Martial Cultivators but told them his cultivation path could not help them, then gave them pills to restore their qi and blood before questioning them.

Li Qing learned that Miao Xi led Giant Rock City's Martial Alliance and that Zhao Kou had created the Nine Revolutions of Qi and Blood martial path. He left to confront Heavenly Measure Mountain, declaring himself the Protector of the New Martial Path.

• Li Qing gave the injured martial artists pills and asked about the Martial Alliance and Azure Gang.
• The martial artists explained that Azure Gang had disbanded after Zhao Kou killed the mad Gang Leader An, and that Zhao had passed his legacy to his disciple Miao Xi.
• The bald martial artist said Zhao Kou had developed the Nine Revolutions of Qi and Blood, while Miao Xi promoted martial arts training among Giant Rock City's people.
• Li Qing reflected on Miao Xi's ambition to expand the new martial path and decided Heavenly Measure Mountain threatened its future.
• Li Qing promised to protect the new martial path, told the injured men to wait for him, and vanished from the stone hall to confront Heavenly Measure Mountain.

Li Qing and Rice Bucket stormed Heavenly Measure Mountain, where the Mountain Lords were turning people into Blood Slaves and refining Blood Pills. Li Qing killed Demon Mountain, while Rice Bucket struck down the Black Feather Mountain Lord.

• Demon Mountain lost control from hunger and devoured a Black Feather disciple before the Black Feather Mountain Lord arrived to speak with him.
• The two Mountain Lords discussed Blood Pills, capturing more Blood Slaves, and their efforts to uncover the Blood Lotus Sect’s contact signal.
• Rice Bucket and Li Qing burst into the stone hall, where Li Qing identified himself as the Giant Rock City Martial Alliance’s protector and ordered the Mountain Lords killed.
• Li Qing used talismans, bone spears, and his martial strength to batter Demon Mountain, then killed him with Soul Condensing Slash.
• Rice Bucket fired black and red beams from his eyes and brought down the Black Feather Mountain Lord.

Li Qing searched Heavenly Measure Mountain for its former Immortal Dao inheritance after killing Black Feather Mountain Lord. He found the hidden manuals and discovered a dying old man imprisoned beneath the forbidden hall, who addressed him as a fellow Daoist.

• Li Qing questioned Black Feather Mountain Lord about the Blood Lotus Sect, but the mountain lord died without answering.
• Li Qing searched the main peak and found only Red Moon manuals, then sent Rice Bucket to clear the remaining Black Feather disciples from the last peak.
• Li Qing captured a Black Feather disciple, learned of a forbidden area, and searched it after breaking the disciple’s wings and letting him fall.
• Li Qing found an ancient hall containing Storage Bags, books, and jade slips, then uncovered a concealed entrance to a secret chamber.
• Li Qing forced open the chamber and found a decrepit old man chained inside an iron cage, who asked which fellow Daoist had arrived.

Li Qing learned about the Blood Lotus Sect from the dying old mountain lord, then thwarted the old man’s attempt to possess his body. He searched the ancient palace for Heavenly Measure Mountain’s inheritance and found clues that its artifact-refining manual had a second part.

• The old mountain lord confirmed that Li Qing had killed Demon Mountain and Black Feather, then explained that the Blood Lotus Sect in the Autumn Mountain Domain taught ways to stabilize the Red Moon Secret Power’s side effects.
• The old mountain lord died, and Li Qing burned his body, destroying the remnant soul that tried to seize him with Soul Condensing Slash.
• Li Qing gathered the old mountain lord’s ashes and scattered them above Heavenly Measure Mountain before returning to the palace to search its inheritance.
• Li Qing found a first-rank formation inheritance and a map showing the nearby Autumn Mountain Domain.
• Li Qing discovered the first part of Heavenly Measure Artifact Refining and turned to the jade slips, expecting to find its latter part.

Li Qing searched Heavenly Measure Mountain’s inheritance and discovered valuable cultivation methods, a second-tier artifact-refining legacy, a Top-grade Magic Tool blueprint, and a divine ability. After finding little of value in the old Storage Bags, he broke the remains of a damaged Sky Net Banner and prepared to leave.

• Li Qing considered switching to the attribute-less Primordial Qi Induction Art but decided to keep his Crimson Blazing Heaven Art unless he failed to find Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
• Li Qing found the Blood Burning Secret Method, two Foundation Establishment cultivation arts, and the Heavenly Measure Complete Artifact Refining inheritance.
• Li Qing discovered a detailed blueprint for refining a Top-grade Magic Tool called the Sky Net Banner and found the Shattering Yuan Great Seal divine ability, which could be cultivated in limited numbers.
• Li Qing found that most items in the long-sealed Storage Bags had decayed, though some damaged spiritual materials remained.
• Li Qing tested a broken Sky Net Banner, causing its cracked pole to shatter, and decided it was time to leave.

Li Qing defeated Heavenly Measure Mountain’s two mountain lords, rescued its captives, and brought them to Giant Rock City, where Miao Xi had entered Nine Revolutions of Qi and Blood and spread martial arts throughout the city. After reading about the new cultivation method, Li Qing agreed to teach a group of mutated children who wanted to advance The Way of New Martial Arts.

• Li Qing returned to the stone hall and told the rescued martial artists that Heavenly Measure Mountain was finished, then carried them toward Giant Rock City aboard the Serpent-headed Spirit Boat.
• On the way, Li Qing considered whether Nine Revolutions of Qi and Blood could advance his body arts and sped toward Giant Rock City.
• Miao Xi emerged from seclusion after completing Nine Revolutions of Qi and Blood and ordered the Martial Alliance to spread martial arts throughout the city and kill any invading Heavenly Measure Mountain disciples.
• The Martial Alliance distributed martial arts instruction to Giant Rock City’s residents, while Li Qing arrived, left the rescued captives with the city’s guards, and read a basic qi-and-blood manual.
• Li Qing met mutated children practicing martial arts and agreed to teach them when they asked for guidance.

After Gao Han reported that Li Qing had destroyed Heavenly Measure Mountain, Miao Xi recognized the likely identity of the benefactor and ordered a quiet search. Li Qing continued teaching four mutated children until Miao Xi found him and respectfully addressed him as Senior Li.

• Gao Han and the returning captives told Miao Xi and the Martial Alliance how Li Qing destroyed Heavenly Measure Mountain and rescued them.
• Miao Xi learned that Li Qing had asked about the Azure Gang, suspected he knew the benefactor, and ordered the Alliance to search Giant Rock City without disturbing him.
• While continuing to study Nine Revolutions of Qi and Blood, Li Qing taught four children martial arts from his Limitless Art inheritance.
• After five or six days, the Martial Alliance located Li Qing, and Miao Xi entered his courtyard and greeted him as Senior Li.
• The children recognized Miao Xi as the Martial Alliance Leader and stared in surprise at his deference to Li Qing.

Li Qing reunited with Miao Xi, who was astonished that he had not aged, and visited the graves of his old acquaintances outside Giant Rock City. Li Qing refused to lead the Martial Alliance but gave Miao Xi two body-tempering inheritances to support the new martial path, then remained alone by the tombs.

• Miao Xi recognized Li Qing and was stunned by his unchanged appearance, then took him to his father's grave.
• Li Qing poured wine before the tombstones of Zhao Kou, Wei Tian, Miao Jiu, and An Xuan and mourned his old acquaintances.
• Miao Xi asked about Heavenly Measure Mountain, and Li Qing confirmed that he had destroyed it alone and declined to explain his cultivation path.
• Miao Xi invited Li Qing to lead the Martial Alliance, but Li Qing refused and encouraged him to continue developing the new martial path.
• Li Qing gave Miao Xi two first-rank body-tempering secret arts from Heavenly Measure Mountain and asked to be left alone at the graves.

After reaching the Sixth Revolution of Qi and Blood, Li Qing left Giant Rock City and returned to Lingyun Sect, where he caught up on messages and prepared to resume cultivation. He declined invitations from Ji Bai and Wu Chong, sent apologetic replies, and began deciding which secret art to practice first.

• Li Qing reached the Sixth Revolution of Qi and Blood after two years of cultivation in Giant Rock City.
• Li Qing left four crimson crystals and a message for the four children before departing without saying goodbye.
• The children found Li Qing’s message, felt the pressure of his martial will, and each took one crystal he had left for them.
• After eight peaceful months at Lingyun Sect, Li Qing returned from the Eternal Night World and found invitations from Ji Bai and Wu Chong waiting outside his cave dwelling.
• Li Qing declined both invitations, replied to Ji Bai and Wu Chong, and began choosing which secret art to cultivate.

Li Qing finally condensed the Shattering Yuan Great Fire Seal after nearly a year of failure, but discovered that forming too many seals would hinder his cultivation. After testing its power, he decided to leave seclusion and serve as an Artifact Refining Elder to gain access to pills and information about Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires.

• Li Qing condensed his first Shattering Yuan Great Fire Seal after repeated failures and decided to nurture it over time.
• Li Qing formed a second seal, then a third, and realized that the third imposed a substantial burden on his cultivation.
• Li Qing launched the third seal at a mountainside, blasting a crater and confirming its power even before it had been nurtured.
• Li Qing weighed his options for improving his cultivation and concluded that he needed either a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire or a steady supply of pills.
• Li Qing decided to leave seclusion and join the Artifact Refining Hall as an Artifact Refining Elder, where he could study his inheritance and seek pills and information about spirit fires.

Li Qing joined the Artifact Refining Hall as an elder, learned to use its formation and Fire Essence Crocodiles for refining, and found a way to request materials for his Sky Net Banner. Hoping to earn Contribution Points, he searched the Hall’s commissions and chose a Foundation Establishment elder’s request for a restraining High-grade Magic Tool.

• Li Qing met Wen Zihong, who explained the Artifact Refining Hall’s duties, commissions, and elders’ ability to request spiritual materials.
• Li Qing learned to operate the Fire Sourcing Formation and use the Fire Essence Crocodiles’ Demonic Fire to refine artifacts.
• Li Qing examined the available commissions and saw that completing them could earn Contribution Points.
• Li Qing selected a Foundation Establishment elder’s commission for a restraining High-grade Magic Tool, whose client offered to gather the needed materials.

Li Qing accepted Elder Xu’s commission to refine a high-grade binding Magic Tool because he urgently needed Contribution Points to buy Purple Sun Pills. After discussing Elder Xu’s requirements, Li Qing designed a Spirit Restraining Rope and sent him a list of materials; Elder Xu began gathering them while doubting Li Qing’s ability.

• Li Qing accepted Elder Xu’s commission despite a disciple’s warning that Elder Xu had rejected other elders’ work.
• Two days later, Elder Xu questioned Li Qing’s experience and warned that he would withhold payment if the tool failed to meet his standards.
• Elder Xu explained that he needed the binding tool to face a mid second-tier Ice Spirit Toad in the Forbidden Speech Snowfield.
• Li Qing chose to refine a rope-shaped Spirit Restraining Rope and listed Void Spirit Vine or second-tier python tendons among its possible main materials.
• Elder Xu grumbled about the number of requested materials but decided to gather them and considered asking Junior Sister Yiyun for the tendons of a Blood Fiend Python.

Li Qing used five-element spirit materials and a Blood Fiend Python tendon to forge the Five Elements Binding Spirit Rope, a powerful High-grade Magic Tool. As the spiritual-energy tide faded, the finished rope landed in Li Qing’s hand, and figures hurried toward him to see who had caused the disturbance.

• Li Qing received all the spirit materials from Elder Xu and traveled to the Artifact Refining Hall to begin forging the Binding Spirit Rope.
• Li Qing used the Fire Sourcing Formation’s Demonic Fire to remove the Killing Intent from two Blood Fiend Python tendons.
• Li Qing fused the five elemental essences into one tendon, shaped it into a rope, and inscribed spirit patterns for all five elements.
• Elder Wen learned that Li Qing had accepted Xu Changyun’s commission and worried that the eccentric Elder Xu would be dissatisfied.
• Seven days later, Li Qing completed the Five Elements Binding Spirit Rope as a five-colored spiritual-energy tide surged through Artifact Refining Valley.
• Li Qing praised the finished High-grade Magic Tool, and figures rushed toward him to investigate the disturbance.

Li Qing delivered the Five Elements Binding Spirit Rope he had refined to Elder Xu, demonstrated its power, and received the commission completion token. Elder Xu invited him to drink Drunken Moon, revealing his skill as a spirit brewer.

• Li Qing refined the Five Elements Binding Spirit Rope, gaining fifty years of lifespan, and drew the attention of Artifact Refining Elders.
• Li Qing visited Elder Xu and tested the rope by binding his brass bell and restraining him, disrupting his Spiritual Power.
• Elder Xu praised the rope, said it would help him capture the Ice Spirit Toad, and gave Li Qing the commission completion token.
• Elder Xu invited Li Qing into his cave dwelling and served him Drunken Moon, a spirit wine he had created himself.
• Li Qing learned that Elder Xu was an experienced Spirit Brewer whose Drunken Moon was popular with Lingyun Sect's Supreme Elders.