Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyun met Yuanbao in his inner landscape and brought the now-enlarged cat along on the carriage to Holy Seal City. He and his companions reached a tea-shed stop, where Xiao Ao pulled a wealthy-squire living ghost aboard.

• Li Qingyun met Yuanbao in the inner landscape and decided to take the cat to Living Ghost Heaven.
• Xiao Ao, Gu Li, and Zhao Xuan stopped True Lord Nanchen from boarding the Holy Seal City carriage and defeated him when he attacked.
• Li Qingyun appeared with Yuanbao, and the three companions greeted him before boarding the carriage.
• The carriage set off with Li Qingyun, Yuanbao, and the three cultivators aboard.
• At the tea shed, Xiao Ao helped a wealthy-squire living ghost onto the crowded carriage.

Li Qingyun and his companions defeated a living ghost Squire and divided its coins, then settled into Holy Seal City while pursuing work and a way to obtain Hot Spring Tokens. Li Qingyun rented a secluded courtyard and reflected on the Death Gate Realm before Yuanbao returned with a Hot Spring Token.

• Yuanbao subdued the living ghost Squire, and Li Qingyun's group divided its 209 big coins among themselves and the cat.
• Xiao Ao, Gu Li, and Zhao Xuan explained that Spirit God Palace auctioned surplus Hot Spring Tokens and that unregistered people risked arrest near the City Lord's Mansion.
• The group returned to Holy Seal City, where Gu Li sold goods, Xiao Ao carried water, and Zhao Xuan collected night soil while watching the Yin Family courtyard for a Rebirth Talisman.
• Li Qingyun rented a separate courtyard, searched unsuccessfully for talisman materials, and read ghost-script books that deepened his understanding of the Death Gate Inscription.
• Yuanbao found Li Qingyun's new residence and brought back a Hot Spring Token.

Li Qingyun discovered that writing poems in Living Ghost Heaven’s script gave him the world’s human aura and concealed his status as an unregistered resident. He concluded that blending into the world and earning its recognition might be essential to reaching the Life Gate Realm.

• Li Qingyun hid the Hot Spring Token and planned to gather more tokens before entering the Ancient Kunlun Earth Sacrifice Site in June.
• For ten days, Li Qingyun studied and meditated in his rented courtyard while Yuanbao explored Holy Seal City and Zhao Xuan reported that the Yin Family’s gate still lacked a Rebirth Talisman.
• Li Qingyun wrote poems from his previous life in Living Ghost Heaven’s script, and the characters left the page and merged into his Death Gate True Meaning Inscription.
• As he wrote more poems, spectral winds filled the courtyard and Living Ghost Heaven’s human aura gradually changed Li Qingyun’s presence.
• After leaving his courtyard, Li Qingyun saw commoners treat him with the respect given to a scholar-official rather than the greed shown toward an unregistered resident.
• Li Qingyun reasoned that blending into Living Ghost Heaven and gaining its recognition might be crucial to breaking through to the Life Gate Realm.

Li Qingyun agreed to help Yin Wanqing ambush Holy Seal City’s ruler, Teng Tongxuan, and made the Yin Family swear loyalty to him in exchange. He prepared Gu Li, Xiao Ao, and Zhao Xuan to assist, leaving the group ready to strike on Teng Tongxuan’s late wife’s death anniversary.

• Li Qingyun visited the Yin Family and learned that Teng Tongxuan would leave the city the next day to make offerings to his late wife, creating an opportunity to attack him.
• Li Qingyun agreed to help kill Teng Tongxuan but demanded that Yin Wanqing swear the Yin Family would serve him and assist outsiders carrying his command talisman.
• Yin Wanqing swore loyalty to Li Qingyun, and she, Uncle Yin, and Li Qingyun planned the ambush in detail.
• Li Qingyun told Gu Li, Xiao Ao, and Zhao Xuan about the plan and assigned them to hold off minor troops while he and the Yin Family led the attack.
• Yuanbao scouted while Li Qingyun obtained three sets of armor for Gu Li, Xiao Ao, and Zhao Xuan to wear.

On the anniversary of his wife’s death, City Lord Teng Tongxuan set out to eliminate the last survivors of the Yin Family, but Yin Wanqing ambushed him. Li Qingyun intervened and used his inscription-black chains to restrain Teng Tongxuan’s monstrous transformation, leaving the city lord shocked by his power.

• Teng Tongxuan mourned at his wife’s grave and revealed that he planned to devour Yin Wanqing in two years to complete his royal bloodline.
• Yin Wanqing attacked Teng Tongxuan on the road back to Holy Seal City and declared the Yin Family’s intent to avenge its blood debt.
• Teng Tongxuan easily struck Yin Wanqing down and pursued her, intending to kill her.
• Li Qingyun appeared and blocked Teng Tongxuan’s attack, then unleashed his nine-zhang-nine-chi divine body.
• Teng Tongxuan transformed his mouth into a Heaven-devouring maw, but Li Qingyun’s black inscription-chains bound it shut.

Li Qingyun subdued Teng Tongxuan and helped Yin Wanqing defeat his guards, then learned that the City Lord could regenerate his head through the sacrificial ground’s ancient blood qi. The chapter ended with Li Qingyun taking over the fight and hammering Teng Tongxuan with lightning-charged punches.

• Teng Tongxuan tried to flee and summon his forces, but Li Qingyun’s thunder-jade radiance and Iron Chain slammed him into a crater.
• Yin Wanqing, Uncle Yin, Gu Li, Xiao Ao, Zhao Xuan, and Yuanbao fought and killed Teng Tongxuan’s guards.
• Teng Tongxuan offered Li Qingyun money and Hot Spring Tokens, but Li Qingyun rejected him and told Yin Wanqing to take his head and reclaim the Yin Family’s royal status.
• Yin Wanqing beheaded Teng Tongxuan, but the sacrificial ground’s ancient blood qi restored his head, and he claimed the Yin Family could not kill him.
• Teng Tongxuan regenerated after Yin Wanqing beheaded him again, so Li Qingyun swept her aside and began striking him with lightning-charged punches.

Li Qingyun helped Yin Wanqing defeat Teng Tongxuan and led the charge to restore the Yin Family’s rule in Holy Seal City. After killing Teng Yaogui, he and Yin Wanqing broke the opposing cavalry’s ranks, leaving the Teng loyalists fighting among themselves.

• Li Qingyun summoned Yuanbao, whose paw suppressed the ancient blood energy sustaining Teng Tongxuan until it dissipated.
• Yin Wanqing mounted a horse and led Li Qingyun and his companions toward Holy Seal City, carrying Teng Tongxuan’s corpse.
• Teng Yaogui charged at them with several hundred armored cavalrymen, but Li Qingyun bound him with black chains and cut off his head.
• Li Qingyun swept through the cavalry with Death Gate True Meaning Inscription while Yin Wanqing promised rewards to those who supported the Yin Family’s return.
• Some cavalrymen joined Yin Wanqing and began attacking the stubborn Teng loyalists.

After Yin Wanqing reclaimed Holy Seal City, Li Qingyun amassed wealth in Living Ghost Heaven and reached the great completion of the Death Gate Realm. He then used a Death Mandate Scroll against True Lord Mingchan, leaving Mingchan near death and pleading with Senior Brother Chengyuan for help.

• Yin Wanqing returned as City Lord, executed the Teng Family, and rewarded Li Qingyun and his companions with new status, wealth, and Hot Spring Tokens.
• Li Qingyun transported his fortune to the safe zone, gave Ming Chan and Nan Chen two hundred big coins each, and arranged for Nan Chen to be blacklisted from Holy Seal City.
• Li Qingyun refined the Yin Yang big coins he had kept and advanced to the great completion of the Death Gate Realm.
• Li Qingyun burned a Death Mandate Scroll bearing Gu Mingchan's name, and True Lord Mingchan was struck by a powerful death curse.
• True Lord Mingchan's Yang fire dissipated, forcing him out of Living Ghost Heaven, and he sent a black talisman to Senior Brother Chengyuan for help.

True Lord Chengyuan emerged from seclusion and saved True Lord Mingchan from Li Qingyun’s Death Mandate Scroll curse, then suspected Moon Yin Palace of the attack. Li Qingyun learned that Biyou Palace had intervened and dismissed the backlash.

• Nan Chen and Guanhai returned to the present world and found True Lord Mingchan near death after repeated curses.
• True Lord Chengyuan emerged from seclusion, used his Mysterious Sun and Moon Light to heal Mingchan, and gave him a Heaven Longevity Talisman.
• Nan Chen suspected the mysterious Daoist from the Spirit God Palace auction, while Mingchan suspected Moon Yin Palace and its curse arts.
• True Lord Chengyuan blamed Moon Yin Palace and vowed to challenge Palace Master Zhu Yuyan after reaching the Clear Self Realm.
• Li Qingyun divined that a Biyou Palace expert had saved Mingchan and dispersed the backlash rather than transferring it to the mysterious soul corpse.

Li Qingyun spent a month preparing to break through to the Life Gate Realm, then traveled with Gu Li, Xiao Ao, and Zhao Xuan to the Ancient Kunlun Earth Sacrifice Site. The chapter ended as they arrived before the immense Life Gate, where the divine spring awaited.

• Li Qingyun continued studying thunder arts in seclusion while Yuanbao slept as its bloodline evolved.
• After a month, Li Qingyun entered Living Ghost Heaven on the day the four Earth Sacrifice Sites opened, joining Gu Li, Xiao Ao, and Zhao Xuan on their journey.
• Several Death Gate Realm cultivators sought to travel with Fellow Daoist Gu, but his carriage was full, so they sent him off with praise.
• Yin Wanqing rode with Li Qingyun in the Holy Seal City convoy and privately regretted that he showed no interest in her.
• The convoy reached the Ancient Kunlun Earth Sacrifice Site, where Li Qingyun saw the bronze palace and its enormous Life Gate.

Li Qingyun’s arrival at the Life Gate caused the bronze staircase to illuminate completely, prompting the ritual elder to announce that the Hundred Thousand Year Longevity Spring had reopened. Inside the sacrificial land, Li Qingyun found five Divine Spring Pools and learned that each was reserved for visitors of a different status.

• Li Qingyun watched nobles, cultivators, and city lords activate different portions of the bronze staircase as they climbed toward the Life Gate.
• When Li Qingyun stepped onto the staircase, every step lit up and the gray-robed Sacred Land Saints turned to stare at him.
• The ritual elder declared that the Ascension Path had fully lit for the first time in ten thousand years and that the Hundred Thousand Year Longevity Spring had appeared.
• Li Qingyun and his companions passed through the Life Gate into a smaller expanse of black ruins containing five mist-shrouded Divine Spring Pools.
• Yin Wanqing identified the Thousand Year Spring as a pool for commoners and suggested that Xiao Ao and the others use the Ten Thousand Longevity Spring instead.

Li Qingyun entered the Hundred Thousand Year Longevity Spring and endured its terrifying vital qi as his inscriptions transformed, pushing toward a breakthrough in the Life Gate. Kong Hong entered the spring after seeing Li Qingyun cultivating, setting up a contest between them.

• Li Qingyun ignored Yin Wanqing's warning and entered the Hundred Thousand Year Longevity Spring while she went into the Sixty Thousand Year Immortal Spring.
• Li Qingyun sat on a spring eye and absorbed Longevity Qi, causing his 108 inscriptions to writhe and mutate as his body and mind were overwhelmed.
• Li Qingyun forced himself into a distant, ethereal state and endured the Longevity Qi as his essence and foundation began to rise.
• Kong Hong arrived at the spring after Elder Ji urged him to seize the rare opportunity and avoid letting Li Qingyun outshine the royal clans.
• Kong Hong entered the blood mist, saw Li Qingyun's astonishing cultivation, and grew envious and intensely competitive.

Li Qingyun killed Kong Hong when the royal-bloodline city lord tried to devour him, then continued cultivating alone in the Longevity Spring after the Hot Spring Festival ended. Months later, Li Qingyun realized his black-dragon inscriptions were becoming vital-qi veins, bringing him closer to breaking through the Life Gate realm.

• Kong Hong tried to swallow Li Qingyun, but Li Qingyun's eighteen black-dragon inscriptions tore Kong Hong apart and his Radiant Jade lightning destroyed the ancient blood-qi that could restore him.
• The other cultivators and living anomalies left the sacrificial grounds as their time in the pools ended, while Li Qingyun remained in the Longevity Spring.
• The Hot Spring Festival ended, and the living anomalies discovered that Kong Hong and a royal minister from Holy Seal City had disappeared.
• Li Qingyun continued cultivating for months as his Death Gate Inscriptions transformed into black dragons and then merged into his divine body as vital-qi veins.
• Li Qingyun realized that connecting all his vital-qi veins would complete the final step of his Life Gate breakthrough.

After refining the Longevity Qi into Jade True Pure Energy, Li Qingyun returned to the Earth Sacrifice Life Gate to complete the final step of his cultivation. He forced the old sacrifice priest to acknowledge him as a god, broke through the Life Gate, and ascended into Void Sky.

• Li Qingyun finished refining the Longevity Qi and brought his cultivation to consummation after spending nearly a year in the Longevity Spring.
• On the Hot Spring Festival, Li Qingyun emerged from the Life Gate and confronted the old sacrifice priest.
• Li Qingyun used his Jade Pure Profound Light to make the old sacrifice priest recognize him as an ancient true god.
• The old sacrifice priest knelt and proclaimed Li Qingyun the supreme true god, shocking the Living Ghost nobles, Earth Sacrifice Saints, and black-market cultivators.
• Li Qingyun transformed into clear Qi and profound light and vanished into Void Sky as Yin Wanqing, Xiao Ao, Gu Li, and Zhao Xuan watched.

Li Qingyun emerged from the Living Ghost Heaven after reaching the Life Gate Realm and discovered his new power could rival a Heaven Gate Realm cultivator. After his Death Mandate Scrolls targeted Gu Mingchan, he clashed across space with True Lord Chengyuan and drove him away, leaving his identity concealed.

• Li Qingyun returned to the Bronze Secret Hall, where his Life Gate Realm cultivation filled the chamber with Jade Pure Radiance and revealed his immense life force.
• Li Qingyun noticed Yuanbao growing stronger, then burned a Death Mandate Scroll bearing Gu Mingchan’s name; a Heaven Longevity Talisman blocked the curse, and Li Qingyun sensed a Heaven Gate Realm cultivator’s intervention.
• Li Qingyun burned three more Death Mandate Scrolls, destroying the talisman and hearing True Lord Mingchan call for Senior Brother Chengyuan.
• True Lord Chengyuan used his Dharma sense to trace Li Qingyun and open a light gate into the Bronze Secret Hall.
• Li Qingyun overwhelmed the light gate with Jade Pure Radiance and shattered it, forcing True Lord Chengyuan’s presence to withdraw.

Li Qingyun emerged from the Bronze Secret Hall after reaching the Life Gate Realm and helped Chen Tao overcome a blockage in his Dao path. Back at Lingbao Temple, Luo Ming and Xu Ying sought Li Qingyun’s help because Master Luo’s old curse wound had flared up and threatened his life, but Mu Yu could not tell them where Li Qingyun was.

• Li Qingyun left the Bronze Secret Hall, reflecting on the loneliness of outpacing his companions and wondering whether Yuanbao could keep up with him.
• Chen Tao arrived and realized Li Qingyun had reached the Life Gate Realm; Li Qingyun used Jade Purity Longevity Qi to clear a blockage in Chen Tao’s Dao path.
• Li Qingyun and Chen Tao agreed to address each other as Dao friends, and Li Qingyun left to return to the temple while Chen Tao stayed to guard the secret hall.
• At Lingbao Temple, Mu Yu hosted Luo Ming and Xu Ying as incense and fire flourished throughout Nanyou.
• Luo Ming and Xu Ying told Mu Yu that Master Luo’s old curse wound had worsened and that only Li Qingyun might be able to save him, but Mu Yu appeared unable to help them find Li Qingyun.

Li Qingyun returned from seclusion and went to Lingbao Sect after learning Luo Junding was dying from a curse. He revived Luo Junding with his powers, and Luo Junding awoke to find him at his bedside.

• Mu Yu told Luo Ming and Xu Ying that Li Qingyun was in critical seclusion, but Li Qingyun suddenly appeared and asked what had happened to Master Luo.
• Li Qingyun revealed his mastery over life and death, then said he was returning to the sect.
• At Junding Mansion, Yue Changsong explained that Luo Junding's curse had reached his soul and Dao Foundation, while Cai Yun pleaded for Li Qingyun to save him.
• Li Qingyun appeared in Luo Junding's sickroom and used Jade Purity mystic light to dispel the deathly aura and restore Luo Junding's body and soul.
• Luo Junding awoke and was surprised to see Li Qingyun beside his bed.

Li Qingyun restored Luo Junding to health, drawing a stream of powerful visitors to the Junding Mansion to pay their respects. As elders and Five Surnames representatives sought his favor, Li Qingyun received them while Zheng Kun considered how the Zheng family might mend its strained relationship with him.

• Li Qingyun used his divine ability to restore Luo Junding to full health, astonishing the Luo family and their guests.
• Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Yin God cultivators arrived at the Junding Mansion to congratulate Luo Junding and meet Li Qingyun.
• Yin Shou and Yan Zhao paid their respects to Li Qingyun, who welcomed them and recalled their past encounters.
• Zheng Kun greeted Li Qingyun, who responded coolly, prompting Zheng Kun to consider arranging a marriage alliance and urging Zheng Chang to withdraw from public life.
• Feng Ming and Nangong Qin stepped forward to pay their respects to Li Qingyun.

Li Qingyun met Nangong Qin, reunited with Miaoxuan and Nangong Fengchuan, and demonstrated a Life Gate creation ability. He then began explaining the Death Gate and Life Gate Realms, while preparing to assign the sect two matters.

• Li Qingyun welcomed Nangong Qin at Junding Mansion and recognized her exceptional cultivation talent before leaving the gathering.
• At Falling Star Abode, Li Qingyun reunited with Miaoxuan and Nangong Fengchuan over tea, and Miaoxuan estimated Nangong Qin had a strong chance of reaching the Yang God Realm.
• Li Qingyun restored a dried tea leaf into a seed and rapidly grew it into a tea tree, astonishing Nangong Fengchuan with his Life Gate Realm ability.
• Li Qingyun said he had returned to treat Master Luo and to have the sect carry out two matters, then warned that breaking through to the Death Gate Realm depended on comprehending and condensing the Death Gate Inscription.

Li Qingyun gave Lingbao Sect a Spirit Restraining Yin Talisman and cultivation secrets, then ordered the sect to enshrine him and chose the Dao title Juntian Divine Firmament Jade Pure Responding to Lightning True Lord Qingyun. When a Void Sky will rebuked him for the title, Li Qingyun crushed it and diverted the resulting backlash to the mysterious soul corpse, which gained new movement.

• Li Qingyun gave Miaoxuan a Spirit Restraining Yin Talisman and explained how the sect could pass it down to protect its disciples in the Death Gate underworld.
• Li Qingyun shared his insights on breaking through the Life Gate and revealed that he had left holdings in Living Ghost Heaven for Lingbao Sect to inherit.
• Li Qingyun ordered the sect to enshrine his Dao image in its temples, and Nangong Fengchuan agreed to issue the decree.
• Li Qingyun chose the Dao title Juntian Divine Firmament Jade Pure Responding to Lightning True Lord Qingyun, and thunder sounded in Void Sky as Nangong Fengchuan and Miaoxuan sensed its response.
• A Void Sky will condemned Li Qingyun's title, but he destroyed its strand of attention and redirected the backlash toward the mysterious soul corpse.
• The backlash nourished the mysterious soul corpse, moving two fingers on its left hand and refining its wrist and forearm as Li Qingyun made it raise its arm.