Recaps

Li Qingyuan traded a drop of Sub-dragon True Blood to Qing Qiu for dragon blood essence and a hundred scales, then asked the Human King to forge Azure Scale Dragon Armor. After settling into his new cave abode, Li Qingyuan prepared the ingredients needed to help the Flame Dragon Lizard and Blood Shadow advance toward the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Qing Qiu exchanged a drop of dragon clan blood essence and a hundred dragon scales for Li Qingyuan's Sub-dragon True Blood, suffering a fall from Late Fourth Tier to Fourth-Tier Mid Stage.
• The Human King explained that Qing Qiu would benefit greatly from the trade and invited Li Qingyuan, the competition's top scorer, to make a request.
• Li Qingyuan asked the Human King to forge Azure Scale Dragon Armor from his Fourth-grade materials and the dragon scales, and the Human King agreed.
• Shangguan Tao led Li Qingyuan to the former cave abode of Bai Hezhui, which Li Qingyuan named Qingyuan Immortal Mansion and rewarded Shangguan Tao with Spirit Yuan Pills.
• Li Qingyuan reinforced his cave abode with defensive formations and restrictions, then gathered dragon blood essence, Dragon Origin Grass, a Mysterious Ice Jade Lotus, and a Heavenly Infant Fruit to prepare medicinal liquid for the Flame Dragon Lizard and Blood Shadow.

Li Qingyuan prepared powerful dragon-blood spiritual liquid for Blood Shadow and the Flame Dragon Lizard to cultivate with, then spent ten years in seclusion. He reached Peak Core Formation and continued refining top-grade spirit stones to bring his body cultivation to the same level before attempting the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Zhao Guangzheng combined dragon blood, Dragon Origin Grass, and other rare ingredients into spiritual liquid, which Li Qingyuan divided between Blood Shadow and the Flame Dragon Lizard for seclusion.
• Li Qingyuan ordered the Second Yuan Clone to prepare to use a Heavenly Infant Fruit to attempt the Nascent Soul Realm, while his other companions cultivated in the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan cultivated in repeated bouts of seclusion, replenishing his own elixirs after Blood Shadow and Second Yuan remained in seclusion.
• After ten years, Li Qingyuan broke through to Peak Core Formation, and his cave mansion's formation concealed the breakthrough from the outside world.
• Li Qingyuan began refining two Wind Thunder Intent Top-grade Spirit Stones to raise his body cultivation toward Peak Core Formation before attempting the Nascent Soul Realm through both paths.

After nearly thirteen years of seclusion, Li Qingyuan reached Peak Core Formation in both body and magic power and planned his next steps toward Nascent Soul. As he began cultivating Jianmu and refining spirit-cleansing elixirs, Miao Le advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage and thought about starting a family with him.

• Li Qingyuan refined five top-grade spirit stones over two and a half years, reaching Peak Core Formation in his physical body with six Wind God Marks and six Thunder God Marks.
• Li Qingyuan considered how difficult it would be to fuse his wind and thunder powers into a Wind Thunder Divine Mark, and planned to strengthen his divine sense and become a fourth-grade Talisman Master before attempting Nascent Soul.
• Li Qingyuan found that the Heavenly Eye in the Jianmu Sapling still resisted his Nascent Soul Divine Sense, then began refining Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs to grow Jianmu and improve his divine sense.
• Zhao Guangzheng told Li Qingyuan that the completed Soul Refining Banner could draw a heavenly tribulation, so Li Qingyuan planned to leave the Human King Hall area before refining it or the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.
• Li Qingyuan refined one premium-grade and two standard-grade Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs, swallowed the premium pill, and helped Jianmu begin growing its fourteenth leaf.
• Miao Le advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage, learned that Xian'er was attempting Core Formation, and resolved to discuss having children with Li Qingyuan after he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Li Qingyuan refined Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs until his divine sense reached a bottleneck, then chose to focus on advancing his talisman skills. After repeated failures, he successfully drew a Fourth-grade Low-rank Green Wood Thorn Talisman and became a Fourth-grade Talisman Master.

• Li Qingyuan refined Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs, helping the Jianmu Sapling grow to seventeen leaves before it reached a bottleneck.
• Li Qingyuan considered three ways to advance his divine sense, then decided to prioritize becoming a Fourth-grade Talisman Master.
• Li Qingyuan selected seven Fourth-grade Low-rank talismanic runes to study and gathered talisman materials, ink, and brushes.
• Li Qingyuan studied and repeatedly attempted to draw the Green Wood Thorn Talisman, using fourteen sheets of material in failed attempts.
• Li Qingyuan completed a Green Wood Thorn Talisman and achieved the rank of Fourth-grade Talisman Master.

Li Qingyuan advanced to Fourth-grade Low-rank talisman mastery and used Human King Hall resources to produce a formidable collection of talismans. He concluded that his Five Elements Talisman Arrays could let him challenge stronger Nascent Soul cultivators, but decided to prioritize cultivation and refine his natal magic treasure before advancing.

• Li Qingyuan succeeded in drawing the Green Wood Thorn Talisman and Starfall Gold Talisman, then exchanged contribution points for more talisman materials.
• Li Qingyuan copied the delivered materials and spent months learning and producing several Fourth-grade Low-rank talismans.
• Li Qingyuan assembled twenty-five sets of Five Elements Talisman Arrays and judged that they could threaten Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan learned to draw Minor Sky Thunder Talismans and Wind Armor Talismans, then considered the limits of relying on talisman arrays against stronger opponents.
• Li Qingyuan decided to refine his natal magic treasure before advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm and planned to meet his teacher about his armor.

Li Qingyuan received the Azure Scale Dragon Armor, which could protect him from powerful Nascent Soul attacks once he advanced to that realm. He then accepted a mission to hunt the Nascent Soul Early Stage bandit Blood Dragon Son and set out to refine his treasures and gain experience.

• Li Qingyuan met a gray-robed elder at the Eight Directions Pavilion, who gave him the Azure Scale Dragon Armor and explained its defensive power and lightning enhancement.
• The elder told Li Qingyuan that the Human King had gone to study the Heaven Severing Great Array and find a way to break into Yellow Province.
• At the Mission Hall, Li Qingyuan reunited with Wen Ji, who had advanced from False Nascent Soul to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Qingyuan accepted a mission to kill Blood Dragon Son, despite having only Core Formation cultivation, and Wen Ji warned him that the bandit was powerful and skilled at escaping.
• Li Qingyuan left to refine the Soul Refining Banner and his magic treasure while pursuing the mission.

Li Qingyuan traveled to the Divine Continent’s northern Gobi to refine the Soul Refining Banner while Zhao Guangzheng transformed himself into its artifact spirit. Their fusion triggered a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation, and Li Qingyuan began absorbing its lightning to temper his body, magic power, and divine sense.

• Li Qingyuan reached the northern Gobi, cleared a hundred-mile area of demonic beasts, and established a fourth-grade formation around an oasis.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Zhenxing and Er Yuan to guard him while Zhao Guangzheng emerged with the Soul Refining Banner.
• Li Qingyuan refined the banner as Zhao Guangzheng used the souls within it to form a ghost body and fuse with the treasure as its artifact spirit.
• Their joint efforts completed the fusion and drew down a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation.
• Li Qingyuan struck the first lightning bolt with a Flame Burst Spell, then used his two Longevity Seeds to absorb the remaining lightning and temper himself.

Li Qingyuan endured a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation that completed the Soul Refining Banner and helped him comprehend lightning arts. He then spent a year and a half refining a sword, whose formation summoned another heavenly tribulation.

• Li Qingyuan used the Longevity Seed and Jianmu divine sense to absorb the heavenly lightning and temper his cultivation while studying the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique.
• The lightning baptism completed the Soul Refining Banner as a Fourth-grade High-rank Magic Tool and fused Zhao Guangzheng more deeply into its artifact spirit body.
• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng began refining the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword with the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma and Diamond Spirit-Breaking Stone, while Zhenxing and the Second Yuan Clone guarded them.
• After more than eight months, Li Qingyuan turned the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma into spiritual liquid, then spent over half a year tempering the Diamond Spirit-Breaking Stone into liquid.
• Li Qingyuan fused the two liquids into a tri-colored sword embryo, which drew down another heavenly tribulation; he welcomed it without fear.

Li Qingyuan completed the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword by enduring and harnessing a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation, which also tempered his body and Golden Core. As the thunderclouds began to disperse, he drew them back with a lightning technique and prepared to confront the approaching Blood Dragon Son.

• Li Qingyuan endured the Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation and used its lightning to temper his Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body, Jia Wood Golden Core, and Azure Sun sword embryo.
• Li Qingyuan infused the sword embryo with his essence blood and completed the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, a natal magic treasure that answered his commands.
• Li Qingyuan entered the fading thunderclouds and used the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique to gather the clouds and restore their Dao Rhyme.
• Blood Dragon Son saw the tribulation and flew toward Li Qingyuan, hoping to seize his possessions and Nascent Soul.
• Zhenxing prepared to attack Blood Dragon Son, but Zhao Guangzheng relayed Li Qingyuan's order to leave the enemy for him.
• Li Qingyuan called down lightning on Blood Dragon Son, who realized in terror that Li Qingyuan could control heavenly lightning.

Li Qingyuan pursued Blood Dragon Son after using the heavenly tribulation to overwhelm him, then defeated him with the Azure Sun Sword despite Blood Dragon Son’s Nascent Soul cultivation. The chapter ended with Li Qingyuan piercing Blood Dragon Son’s Nascent Soul and killing him.

• Blood Dragon Son fled from Li Qingyuan’s heavenly tribulation, recognizing him as the Human King’s disciple and the Number One Core Formation Heavenly Chosen of the Nine Provinces.
• Li Qingyuan pursued Blood Dragon Son with the Wind Thunder Wings and Lightning Evasion Technique, catching up despite Blood Dragon Son’s escape technique.
• Li Qingyuan summoned the Azure Sun Sword and struck Blood Dragon Son’s Blood Dragon Drill, suppressing it and damaging the Nascent Soul Magic Treasure.
• Blood Dragon Son brought out his Nascent Soul and attacked with the Blood Dragon Drill, but Li Qingyuan’s great sword overwhelmed the blood-colored flood dragon.
• Blood Dragon Son self-destructed his physical body to help his Nascent Soul escape, but Li Qingyuan pierced the Nascent Soul with the Azure Sun Sword and killed him.

Li Qingyuan killed Blood Dragon Son while still at Peak Core Formation, collected his treasures, and headed back to Diqiu City. At the Human King Hall Mission Hall, his return with Blood Dragon Son’s Nascent Soul shocked the cultivators there.

• Li Qingyuan sealed Blood Dragon Son’s Nascent Soul and stored it away, then prepared to return south and Impact Nascent Soul Stage.
• Li Qingyuan looted Blood Dragon Son’s ring and claimed the damaged Blood Dragon Drill, planning to restore and duplicate it for the Li Clan.
• After half a month of studying lightning arts during the journey, Li Qingyuan flew to Diqiu City and arrived at the Human King Hall Mission Hall.
• Wang Fugui and Ye Xuan discussed joining forces to hunt Nascent Soul cultivators, while Bai Hezhui accepted a mission to kill the Great Elder of the Earth Blade Sect.
• Bai Hezhui sensed Li Qingyuan approaching and remarked that he felt stronger than before.
• Li Qingyuan reported his mission by presenting Blood Dragon Son’s Nascent Soul, leaving Wang Fugui, Ye Xuan, and the other cultivators stunned that he had killed a Nascent Soul cultivator while at Core Formation.

After turning in Blood Dragon Son’s mission, Li Qingyuan reunited with Wang Fugui and Ye Xuan, then prepared to enter seclusion. He exchanged 15,000 contribution points for a Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill at half price and planned to use it to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Bai Hezhui, Tang Nan, and the Shi Brothers discussed Li Qingyuan’s victory over Blood Dragon Son, and Bai Hezhui resolved to challenge him after he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Qingyuan received 2,500 contribution points for killing Blood Dragon Son and kept the Nascent Soul for his Second Yuan Clone’s advancement.
• Wang Fugui and Ye Xuan invited Li Qingyuan to a ten-day banquet with the Human King Hall’s prodigies, then planned to hunt Nascent Soul Early Stage rebels together.
• Before entering seclusion, Li Qingyuan gave Zhao Tongxuan Masterwork Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills to support his cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan exchanged 15,000 contribution points for a Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill at half price under the Human King’s decree and prepared to attempt a breakthrough.

Li Qingyuan copied a Masterwork Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill, gave one to Ji Kun, and entered five years of seclusion to attempt his breakthrough. He shattered his Core Formation and began forming a Nascent Soul, but the tribulation gathering over his cave abode proved to be the rare Two-Colored Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.

• Zhao Guangzheng explained the Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill's power, and Li Qingyuan copied it with the Light of Fortune.
• Li Qingyuan gave one pill to Ji Kun and planned to find a treasured land for Ji Kun and his other companions to advance.
• Li Qingyuan spent five years accumulating power before using the pill to shatter his Core Formation and form a Nascent Soul.
• Li Qingyuan passed the Magic Power Tribulation, and the Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation descended.
• Xun Kuang and the Human King Hall cultivators watched the lightning gather and recognized it as a Two-Colored Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.

Yun Le and Ya Le faced their Inner Demon Tribulation while forming Nascent Souls, reliving the failures of their predecessors. Ya Le gave in and formed only a False Nascent Soul, but Yun Le overcame his fear and successfully became a Nascent Soul True Lord.

• Yun Le and Ya Le began forming Nascent Souls as the sect watched, while Miao Le explained that they still had to survive the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Yun Le relived his master's failed breakthrough and imagined that he too would die after years of managing Three Joys Immortal City.
• Ya Le saw the repeated failures of earlier generations and lost his resolve, ending with a half-formed Nascent Soul and becoming a False Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Yun Le rejected the inner demon's vision by recalling Zhao Tongxuan's faith in him and the later success of Miao Le and the sect.
• Yun Le completed his Nascent Soul, declared that his lineage had succeeded, and received the sect disciples' greetings as True Monarch Yun Le.

Li Qingyuan endured a Two-Colored Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation while forming Nascent Souls through both his magic power and physical body. After the tribulation passed, his two Nascent Souls were nearly complete when an Inner Demon Tribulation began.

• Zhao Tongxuan watched the lightning tribulation at the Human King Hall and anticipated Li Qingyuan's Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Li Qingyuan summoned his own lightning and used the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword to weaken the Two-Colored Lightning Tribulation before enduring its remaining power.
• Li Qingyuan absorbed the lightning to strengthen himself, shattered his Physical Core Formation, and began forming a physical body Nascent Soul alongside his magic power Nascent Soul.
• Xun Kuang and the other cultivators marveled as Li Qingyuan endured successive lightning bolts and formed Nascent Souls through both the dharma and body paths.
• Li Qingyuan used the lightning to merge his Wind God Mark and Thunder God Mark into a Wind Thunder Divine Mark while the Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill replenished his magic power.
• The Two-Colored Lightning Tribulation ended, but Li Qingyuan's aura became unstable as Xun Kuang and Wang Decai identified the start of his Inner Demon Tribulation.

Li Qingyuan faced a series of inner-demon illusions drawn from his past regrets and the chance to serve famous rulers and heroes, repeatedly rejecting them in favor of immortality. At the end, a figure resembling Mao Zedong appeared and called on him to help the suffering people, leaving Li Qingyuan wavering.

• Li Qingyuan saw an illusion of the happy family and healthy childhood he had never experienced, then shattered it and rejected the promise of a youthful, healthy body.
• He dismissed scenes of his lonely school years and long-lost romantic interests, insisting that his pursuit of immortality mattered more.
• Li Qingyuan refused offers from King Zhao Zheng of Qin, Emperor Wu of Han, and the three brothers of Shu Han to help shape history.
• After Li Qingyuan rejected Chancellor Zhuge's plea to restore the Han dynasty, a figure resembling Mao Zedong invited him to join the effort to help the suffering people.
• Li Qingyuan began moving toward the figure, his resolve wavering as tears filled his eyes.

Li Qingyuan overcame the Inner Demon Tribulation and successfully formed both a magic-power Nascent Soul and a physical Nascent Soul, becoming True Monarch Qingyuan. He left the Human King Hall celebrated as the Number One Heavenly Chosen of the Nine Provinces, with his cultivation and divine sense surging to new heights.

• As Li Qingyuan’s Inner Demon Tribulation disrupted his Nascent Soul formation, Xun Kuang and the others urged him to overcome it while onlookers watched anxiously.
• Li Qingyuan recalled the poems and verses he cherished from his previous life, found resolve in his teacher’s words, and broke through his inner demon.
• Li Qingyuan formed both Nascent Souls and reached Nascent Soul Early-Stage Perfection, while his divine sense advanced to Mid Nascent Soul Stage Perfection.
• Li Qingyuan sang of his breakthrough as wind, lightning, wood, and fire gathered around him and his Nascent Soul power spread across the mountains and rivers.
• Tang Nan and the other cultivators congratulated Li Qingyuan as True Monarch Qingyuan, and Li Qingyuan reflected on his achievement at age one hundred and six.

After forming Nascent Souls through both his Dharma and physical paths, Li Qingyuan defeated powerful challengers and demonstrated that he could contend with cultivators above his level. Human King Dugu Lei authorized him to enter the Elder Hall trial and offered him the chance to become King of Arid Province if he killed enough rebel traitors.

• Xun Kuang and Wang Decai praised Li Qingyuan's dual Nascent Soul formation, while Bai Hezhui sensed danger from his newly advanced Azure Sun Sword.
• Ning Wu challenged Li Qingyuan to a physical-body battle, but Li Qingyuan's Wind Thunder Hand shattered Ning Wu's Demon Ape technique and injured him with one strike.
• Li Qingyuan defeated Tang Nan's Nascent Soul flying sword with his Azure Sun Sword, and the Mid Nascent Soul Stage cultivators declined to challenge him.
• Human King Dugu Lei permitted Li Qingyuan to take the Elder Hall trial and promised him the title of King of Arid Province if he killed three Mid Nascent Soul Stage or ten Nascent Soul Early Stage rebel traitors.

After Dugu Lei named Li Qingyuan King of Arid Province and set out plans to pacify the realm, he warned Li Qingyuan to grow stronger quickly for an undisclosed future task. Li Qingyuan celebrated his Nascent Soul advancement, exchanged for a Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill, and set off to return to Desolate Province.

• Dugu Lei named Li Qingyuan King of Arid Province, opened the Elder Hall trials to Nascent Soul cultivators, and tasked them with purging rebels while he entered seclusion.
• Dugu Lei praised Li Qingyuan’s simultaneous Dharma and Body Nascent Soul advancement, revealed his limited lifespan, and urged him to reach Peak Nascent Soul within three hundred years to receive a great fortune.
• Dugu Lei told Li Qingyuan to catch up to True Monarch Miao Le and said the two would need to reach Nascent Soul Late Stage and join forces to help him.
• One month later, Li Qingyuan held a ten-day Nascent Soul ceremony, where cultivators across the realm offered congratulations, resources, and marriage alliances.
• Li Qingyuan claimed Nascent Soul-level missions in Desolate Province and exchanged 15,000 contribution points for a Masterwork-quality Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill.
• Li Qingyuan flew toward Desolate Province, eager to reunite with old friends and expecting Ji Kun to have advanced to Fourth-Tier Great Demon.

Li Qingyuan secured a coral island in the Earth Core Sea and cleared it of its powerful Demon Beasts so Ji Kun could attempt to reach the fourth tier. Ji Kun began his breakthrough under a lightning tribulation, and the chapter left his fate unresolved.

• Li Qingyuan found a coral island with a fourth-grade spirit vein and ordered Zhao Guangzheng to seal it while Zhenxing, Ji Kun, and Er Yuan dealt with its inhabitants.
• Zhenxing fought the island's Four-Legged Lightning Python while Ji Kun and Er Yuan cleared away its kin and other Demon Beasts.
• After Ji Kun and Er Yuan joined Zhenxing, they killed the Four-Legged Lightning Python, and Li Qingyuan captured its fleeing demonic infant.
• Ji Kun revealed he was ready to advance, swallowed the Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill, and began forming a demonic infant as a lightning tribulation gathered.
• Ji Kun grew to enormous size and spat out a red sun as the lightning tribulation descended.

Ji Kun endured a Two-Colored Lightning Tribulation, formed its demon infant, and advanced to the fourth tier, awakening the Devouring Spirit Body. Li Qingyuan set plans to strengthen his forces further and headed back to Desolate Province with Ji Kun, Zhao Guangzheng, and Zhenxing.

• Ji Kun faced a Two-Colored Lightning Tribulation while Li Qingyuan, Zhao Guangzheng, and Zhenxing watched.
• Ji Kun used its Sky Swallowing Sphere and Devouring Spirit Body to absorb most of the lightning as it formed its demon infant and survived the tribulation.
• Ji Kun reached the fourth tier, shrank to one zhang tall, and revealed that it had cultivated for only two and a half years.
• Ji Kun explained that its Devouring Spirit Body could dissolve most attacks from opponents of the same realm and that its inherited secret art might let it kill a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.
• Li Qingyuan announced plans to help his Second Yuan Clone form Nascent Soul, then set off for Desolate Province with Zhao Guangzheng, Zhenxing, and Ji Kun.
• Ji Kun demonstrated its fast escape technique by carrying Li Qingyuan, Zhao Guangzheng, and Zhenxing thousands of zhang with a single flap of its wings.

During the Mysterious Heaven Sect’s spirit-root examination, True Lord Xuantian discovered a girl named Xuan Xinyue with a Mutated Wind Spirit Root and considered sending her to the Three Joys Immortal Sect for protection. A distress call drew him away, where Baleful Yin, Myriad Phenomena, and Ghost Hand Enchantress ambushed him, leaving him to order his elders to summon True Monarch Miao Le.

• True Lord Xuantian lamented the Mysterious Heaven Sect’s declining disciples while watching the spirit-root examination with the Great Elder and Second Elder.
• Xuan Xinyue revealed a Mutated Wind Spirit Root, and True Lord Xuantian declared her a True Disciple before deciding she should be taught by True Monarch Miao Le at the Three Joys Immortal Sect.
• A command token carried a plea for help from the Wang Clan, which Baleful Yin had attacked, and True Lord Xuantian left with the Great Elder and Second Elder to respond.
• At the devastated Wang Clan, True Lord Xuantian confronted Baleful Yin, who fought alongside his Nascent Soul Early-Stage Perfection corpse puppet.
• Myriad Phenomena joined Baleful Yin, and Ghost Hand Enchantress arrived as a third Nascent Soul Middle Stage opponent.
• True Lord Xuantian ordered the Great Elder and Second Elder to flee and summon True Monarch Miao Le.

True Monarch Miao Le revealed herself in the enemy camp, destroyed Yin Sha True Monarch’s Natal Corpse Puppet, and fought alongside True Lord Xuantian against the attackers. Li Qingyuan then arrived as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, shocking the enemy as the battle continued.

• True Lord Xuantian fought Baleful Yin, Myriad Phenomena, and True Lord Wan Luo while the Corpse Puppet Sect and Myriad Phenomena Sect sent eighteen Core Formation Cultivators to slaughter the Mysterious Heaven Sect.
• True Monarch Miao Le revealed her disguise, killed Yin Sha True Monarch’s Nascent Soul Early Stage Natal Corpse Puppet, and seized Baleful Yin’s Nascent Soul.
• Miao Le used a Sky-Sealing Talisman and her spiritual power to kill seventeen Core Formation Cultivators, then fought off the Flame Swallowing Spirit Sparrow.
• Yin Sha True Monarch, True Monarch Enchantress, and the Flame Swallowing Spirit Sparrow joined forces against Miao Le while True Lord Xuantian battled True Lord Wan Luo.
• Li Qingyuan rode lightning into the battlefield as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, leaving Yin Sha True Monarch stunned.

Li Qingyuan revealed that he had formed a Nascent Soul and overwhelmed True Monarch Enchantress with his sword techniques. As Yin Sha, Myriad Phenomena, and their allies fled, Ji Kun killed the Flame Swallowing Spirit Sparrow, while Li Qingyuan pursued and gravely wounded True Monarch Enchantress, who begged for mercy.

• Yin Sha and Myriad Phenomena were shocked to learn that Li Qingyuan had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and True Monarch Enchantress challenged him to fight.
• Li Qingyuan’s Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword overpowered True Monarch Enchantress’s Ghost Hand Magic Treasure and wounded her with a storm of Sword Qi.
• True Monarch Enchantress released her Nascent Soul and fled as Yin Sha, Myriad Phenomena, and the Flame Swallowing Spirit Sparrow also tried to escape.
• Ji Kun suppressed the Flame Swallowing Spirit Sparrow, endured its fire, tore out its demon infant, and swallowed it.
• Li Qingyuan intercepted True Monarch Enchantress and struck her Nascent Soul with One Sword Wind Thunder, leaving it gravely wounded.
• True Monarch Enchantress begged Li Qingyuan to spare her and offered to become his cultivation furnace.

Li Qingyuan and Miao Le defeated their remaining enemies and captured several Nascent Souls before parting from True Lord Xuantian, who received a powerful pill from Li Qingyuan. During their flight, Li Qingyuan gave Miao Le a Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill and materials and instructions for a powerful sword, and she eagerly embraced him.

• Miao Le destroyed Yin Sha True Monarch's body and spared his Nascent Soul at Li Qingyuan's request, while Ji Kun and True Lord Xuantian joined forces to capture Wan Luo True Monarch's Nascent Soul.
• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le greeted True Lord Xuantian, exchanged gifts, and departed after Li Qingyuan presented him with a jade box.
• True Lord Xuantian opened the box and discovered a pill powerful enough to help him attempt advancement to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Li Qingyuan gave Miao Le a Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill and materials and refinement instructions for the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Immortal Sword.
• Miao Le eagerly threw herself at Li Qingyuan aboard the flying magic treasure and demanded that he love her.