Recaps

The Zhou Clan Leader, Zhou Kui, continued secretly capturing cultivators to nourish the clan’s Spirit Vein and secure a path to Foundation Establishment. Mr. Mo told him the Spirit Vein was nearing Second-grade and outlined the sacrifices needed before the Qin Family would provide a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Zhou Li reported that several capture teams had failed and that the Liu Family had begun patrolling the region after hearing of the attacks.
• Zhou Kui sent Zhou Li to capture cultivators on other islands, explaining that the Zhou Clan had to risk rebellion against the Liu Family to escape its control.
• Zhou Li recalled how rogue cultivators had killed his grandfather while he sought a Foundation Establishment Pill, and he and Zhou Kui blamed the Liu Family for repeatedly eliminating Zhou geniuses.
• Zhou Kui and Zhou Li brought Wang Lao Er and dozens of wounded cultivators to the forbidden area, where blood-red iron nails drained their blood and spiritual power into the Spirit Vein.
• Mr. Mo said the Spirit Vein had reached First-grade Superior-Grade and would need ten years, over ten thousand Spirit Stones, and hundreds more captives to advance to Second-grade; Zhou Kui vowed to meet the conditions for the Qin Family’s promised pill.

Li Qingyuan used expensive High-Grade First-Rank materials to create eight Authentic Quality Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans, then focused on training and cultivation. More than a year later, at age twelve, he reached Qi Condensation Third Layer Perfection and set his sights on mid-stage Qi Condensation.

• Li Dingzhou and Li Qingyuan split the cost of High-Grade First-Rank talisman materials and ink, with Li Qingyuan paying twenty-five Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan drew eight Authentic Quality Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans, though his Wind Spirit Wolf Hair Brush began to crack.
• Li Qingyuan put the talismans away and followed a training regimen of cultivation, spell practice, talisman drawing, swordsmanship, and combat drills with his father and the elders.
• More than a year passed as Li Qingyuan steadily improved his cultivation and skills, reaching Qi Condensation Third Layer Perfection at age twelve.
• Li Qingyuan decided to temper each Minor Realm naturally and begin breaking through to mid-stage Qi Condensation.

Li Qingyuan broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Condensation, gained Spiritual Sense, and demonstrated his ability to control a flying sword. After the clan celebrated his breakthrough and the Great Elder’s advancement, they worried about concealing Li Qingyuan’s talent while still allowing him to gain experience, and he asked to attend an upcoming Auction.

• Li Qingyuan broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Condensation and used Spiritual Sense to control the Green Bamboo Flying Sword from a distance.
• Li Qingyuan met the Great Elder, Li Guangyao, who revealed that he had advanced to the sixth layer of Qi Condensation; Li Guangyao then learned of Li Qingyuan’s breakthrough and praised his talent.
• Li Guangyao took Li Qingyuan to the Clan Leader’s courtyard, where the Clan Leader, the Second Elder, and Li Dingzhou learned of both breakthroughs and compared Li Qingyuan’s talent to Liu Changfeng’s.
• The Clan Leader warned that the Li Clan had to keep Li Qingyuan’s talent secret and proposed looking for a Cultivation Method to conceal his cultivation at the upcoming annual Auction.
• Li Qingyuan asked to attend the Auction himself.

Li Qingyuan persuaded Clan Leader Li Guangao to take him to the annual Auction at Qu Mountain Marketplace, where he traveled disguised as a young woman named Li Qingqing. After the group arrived, he helped sell the Li Clan’s wares at a street stall, where a mocking voice confronted them as the day ended.

• Li Qingyuan convinced Li Guangao and the elders to let him leave Cloud Mist Mountain for the Auction, and Li Dingzhou provided a one-use Human Skin Mask.
• Half a month later, Li Qingyuan traveled with Li Guangao, Li Guangzong, and Li Dingzhou, disguised in a woman’s clothes and using the name Li Qingqing.
• After four days on the road, the group reached Qu Mountain Marketplace and sold the Li Clan’s stored goods through established buyers.
• Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan set up a stall to sell talisman paper, and their first day of business brought in many customers and sold more than half their stock.
• As the sun set, a mocking voice addressed Li Guangao as the Li Immortal Clan’s Clan Leader and taunted him for selling talisman paper.

Li Qingyuan sold his stockpiled talismans at several shops in Qu Mountain Marketplace, carefully concealing his identity and earning 2,385 Spirit Stones. He confirmed the Mysterious Feminine Space could not duplicate the proceeds and decided to spend some of his new wealth on materials for Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans.

• Li Guangao traded barbs with an old alchemist and gave his young relative Xiao Luo six Masterwork Quality talismans before Li Qingyuan left with him and the others.
• Li Qingyuan went with Li Dingzhou to a Mystery Box gambling hall, opened a box containing Spirit Rice, and then left his father to keep playing.
• Li Qingyuan sold common talismans at one shop for 400 Spirit Stones and First-grade Low-rank talismans at another for 544 Spirit Stones.
• Disguised in black clothes and a hood, Li Qingyuan sold 72 Mid-Grade First-Rank talismans at a third shop for 231 Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan sold 288 Authentic Quality and Masterwork Quality Mid-Grade First-Rank talismans to Qin at the Spirit Talisman Building for 1,210 Spirit Stones, then gave his surname as Li and claimed he lacked a complete inheritance.
• Li Qingyuan tested his 2,385 Spirit Stones in a dark alley, found they could not be duplicated in the Mysterious Feminine Space, and planned to buy more materials for Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans.

Li Qingyuan bought talisman supplies and attended the annual Qu Mountain Auction with his family. The auction grew heated when a High-Grade First-Rank Spirit Nurturing Pill went up for bidding, and the chapter ended as Wang Lingyu announced its 300-Spirit-Stone starting price.

• Li Qingyuan spent 700 Spirit Stones on talisman paper and ink, then decided to delay buying a better brush so he could save money for cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan reunited with Li Dingzhou, and the next morning the four Li family members went to the Qu Mountain Auction.
• Li Guangao explained that the Wang Clan hosted the auction and that only cultivators at Qi Condensation Fourth Layer or above could bid.
• Wang Lingyu opened the auction, and a batch of three Lesser Spirit Nurturing Pills sold for 85 Spirit Stones.
• The ninth lot, a standard-quality High-Grade First-Rank Spirit Nurturing Pill, stirred the crowd when Wang Lingyu announced its 300-Spirit-Stone starting bid.

Li Qingyuan and the Li Clan attended the Qu Mountain Auction, where the Zhang Family bought a Spirit Nurturing Pill and a veiled young lady purchased a Blood-Devouring Centipede larva. At a private family trade gathering, Li Guangao acquired an incomplete Breath Concealment Art, then set out with Zhang Yuanluo while wary of the danger posed by bandits.

• Li Guangao could not afford to bid on the Spirit Nurturing Pill, which the Zhang Family Head bought for 380 Spirit Stones.
• Wang Lingyu auctioned a deficient Blood-Devouring Centipede larva, and a Purple-robed Young Lady bought it for 500 Spirit Stones after noticing a three-colored marking between its brows.
• Li Guangao brought Li Qingyuan to a private gathering of five Qi Condensation Families after the auction failed to offer the Cultivation Method they wanted.
• Li Guangao traded Masterwork Quality talisman paper and twenty Spirit Stones to the Zhao Family Head for an incomplete Breath Concealment Art.
• Li Guangao insisted on accompanying Zhang Yuanluo home despite Zhang Xuantong's objections, and Li Qingyuan realized the old men were concerned about bandit attacks.

Li Qingyuan and the others were ambushed by Tumei and his siblings while escorting Zhang Xuantong home with a Spirit Nurturing Pill. Zhang Xuantong surrendered the pill to protect the others, but Tumei sent his siblings after their fleeing group and threatened to destroy the Zhang Clan if he was deceived.

• Li Dingzhou explained why Zhang Xuantong needed to return to his clan’s spirit vein before attempting to break through to Qi Condensation level 7.
• Zhang Yuanluo tried to court Li Qingyuan, who was disguised as Li Qingqing, as the group traveled toward the Zhang Clan.
• Tumei and his two siblings ambushed the group near a stone forest, and Tumei’s Flying Wheel Magic Tool severed Zhang Xuantong’s right arm.
• Tumei demanded Zhang Xuantong’s Spirit Nurturing Pill, and Zhang Xuantong offered it in exchange for the others’ safety.
• Zhang Xuantong urged Li Guangao to take Zhang Yuanluo and flee with Li Guangzong, Li Dingzhou, and Li Qingyuan.
• Tumei let them escape at first but sent his siblings in pursuit and threatened to slaughter the Zhang Clan if Zhang Xuantong crushed the pill.

Tumei forced Zhang Xuantong to surrender the Spirit Nurturing Pill, but Zhang detonated his spiritual power in a failed attempt to kill him. The Li family split up to fight their pursuers, and Li Qingyuan and Li Dingzhou killed Skinny Monkey before deciding to change targets.

• Tumei threatened to slaughter the Zhang Clan unless Zhang Xuantong surrendered the Spirit Nurturing Pill and accepted him as a guest elder.
• Zhang Xuantong offered Tumei the pill, then used the Spirit Detonation Technique; Tumei survived behind a Golden Bell Talisman and kept the pill.
• Li Qingyuan suggested splitting up, and Li Guangao and Li Guangzong joined forces against the Heavily Made-up Woman while Li Dingzhou and Li Qingyuan drew Skinny Monkey into the stone forest.
• Li Qingyuan revealed himself as a man and overwhelmed Skinny Monkey with talisman papers, then Li Dingzhou cut the wounded pursuer into eight pieces.
• Li Dingzhou proposed helping Li Guangao and the others, but Li Qingyuan refused and said they should switch targets.

Li Qingyuan and Li Dingzhou ambushed and killed Tumei, then reunited with the other Li Family members and escorted Zhang Yuanluo to Cloud Mist Town. Back at Cloud Mist Mountain, Li Qingyuan examined the Storage Bags he had taken and wondered whether he could copy their contents with the Mysterious Feminine Space.

• Li Qingyuan killed the Skinny Monkey male cultivator and took his Storage Bag and Law Artifact.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Dingzhou ambushed Tumei with seven Tier 1 High-grade Talismans and killed him, then collected his belongings and destroyed his corpse.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Dingzhou reunited with Li Guangao, who believed they had killed Tumei, and the group hurried toward Cloud Mist Town.
• After three days of travel, Li Guangao brought Zhang Yuanluo to Cloud Mist Town and told him to stay at Cloud Mist Mountain until it was safe to return home.
• That night, Li Qingyuan removed his Human Skin Mask and began checking the Storage Bags, wondering whether the Mysterious Feminine Space could copy their resources.

Li Qingyuan examined and duplicated the loot taken from the rogue cultivators, then gave pills to Grandpa Clan Leader Li Guangao for the Lineage and shared other resources with his father, Li Dingzhou. He planned to use the wealth for cultivation while keeping to the safe path of the clan.

• Li Qingyuan inspected the first Storage Bag and used the Mysterious Feminine Space to duplicate its Spirit Stones, tools, talismans, pills, ore, and Storage Bag.
• Li Qingyuan searched Tumei's Storage Bag and found Spirit Stones, a Tier 1 High-grade Magic Tool, cultivation pills, and auction-bought Lesser Spirit Nurturing Pills and a Spirit Nurturing Pill; he duplicated the contents too.
• Li Qingyuan counted his new wealth, resolved not to become a rogue cultivator, and decided to keep useful resources while trading or giving away the rest.
• Li Qingyuan gave Li Guangao the Lesser Spirit Nurturing Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pill, and Li Guangao promised the Lineage would compensate him with at least two hundred Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan shared two hundred Spirit Stones, pills, a Crimson Iron Sword, and a Storage Bag with Li Dingzhou, who marveled at his son's generosity.

Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Feminine Space to master the Breath Concealment Art, hide his true cultivation, and strengthen himself through closed-door training. Meanwhile, Li Guangao broke through to Qi Condensation Level 7, and more than a year later Li Qingyuan stood on the verge of advancing from Qi Condensation Fourth Layer.

• Li Qingyuan discovered that resources obtained by exchanging copied items could not be copied again, and he mastered the Breath Concealment Art to disguise himself as a Qi Condensation Second Layer cultivator.
• Li Qingyuan spent his Spirit Stones and supplies cultivating and drawing Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans while Li Guangao escorted Zhang Yuanluo back to the Zhang Clan.
• After three months of seclusion, Li Guangao swallowed a Spirit Nurturing Pill and broke through to Qi Condensation Level 7, prompting the Li Clan to celebrate for three days.
• Li Guangao appointed Li Qingyuan to guide the family's young Immortal Seedlings in Law Techniques, and Li Qingyuan established his standing by defeating ten opponents at once.
• More than a year passed as Li Qingyuan tempered his Qi Condensation Fourth Layer cultivation to its limit and approached a breakthrough.

Li Qingyuan broke through to Qi Condensation Fifth Layer at fourteen, then stabilized his cultivation and returned home to celebrate his father Li Dingzhou’s own breakthrough. He revealed his true cultivation to Li Dingzhou and asked to join the family Hunting Team, which his father supported.

• Li Qingyuan broke through to Qi Condensation Fifth Layer after three days of secluded cultivation and spent ten more days stabilizing his Spiritual Power while concealing his aura as Qi Condensation Second Layer Perfected.
• Li Qingyuan returned home and learned that Li Dingzhou had also broken through to Qi Condensation Fifth Layer.
• Li Dingzhou praised the Li Clan’s recent growth and credited Li Qingyuan’s arrival with bringing the family good fortune.
• Li Qingyuan told Li Dingzhou he aspired to reach Foundation Establishment, form a Core, and become a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his Qi Condensation Fifth Layer cultivation to his astonished father and asked to join the family Hunting Team to hunt Demon Beasts.
• Li Dingzhou supported the plan, and he, Li Qingyuan, and Chen Xiuyun shared a joyful evening together.

Li Qingyuan joined the Li Clan’s Hunting Team after sparring to a draw with the Second Elder, who praised his mastery of the family’s Law Techniques. He then privately showed Clan Leader Li Guangao that he had completed the powerful Flame Ice Soul Severing Talisman.

• Li Dingzhou and Li Qingyuan arrived at the clan leader’s cultivation grounds, where the elders marveled at their Qi Condensation Fifth Layer cultivation and the Li Clan’s growing strength.
• Li Qingyuan asked to join the Hunting Team, and Clan Leader Li Guangao agreed on the condition that he stay with the team and avoid especially dangerous areas and Demonic Beasts.
• The Second Elder tested Li Qingyuan in a spar using only family Law Techniques, and they fought to a draw after a quarter of an hour.
• The Second Elder and Great Elder praised Li Qingyuan’s talent and composure, and Li Guangao made him a member of the Hunting Team.
• After the others left, Li Qingyuan drew and activated a complete Flame Ice Soul Severing Talisman, destroying an artificial hill and stunning Li Guangao.

Li Qingyuan revealed that he had completed the runes for the Flame Ice Soul Severing Talisman, and Li Guangao set out to secure a better talisman brush. Three days later, Li Qingyuan joined the family’s hunting team for the first time and fought an Earth Cicada Scorpion while Li Dingzhou watched over him.

• Li Qingyuan gave Li Guangao twenty Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans, and the Wind Spirit Wolf Hair Brush broke after Li Guangao inspected it.
• Li Guangao decided to borrow Spirit Stones to buy a First-grade High-rank Talisman Brush and flew away to meet his old friends.
• Three days later, Li Dingzhou took Li Qingyuan to hunt near the boundary between the outer and middle layers of the Sky Yin Mountain Range while the Second Elder led the rest of the team deeper in.
• An Earth Cicada Scorpion burst out of the ground and attacked Li Qingyuan, who fought it with the Iron Arm Technique, the Moon Shadow Technique, and blades of Qi.
• The Earth Cicada Scorpion grew furious and spat a streak of spiritual light at Li Qingyuan, prompting Li Dingzhou to warn him to be careful.

Li Qingyuan trained by hunting Demon Beasts with his father, Li Dingzhou, and killed an Earth Cicada Scorpion on his own before spending half a month fighting more beasts. After improving his swordsmanship and Law Techniques, he prepared to travel with his family to Qu Mountain Marketplace to sell the materials and exchange other goods for Spirit Stones.

• Li Qingyuan fought the Earth Cicada Scorpion with Law Techniques and close-range swordsmanship, then killed it with a powerful sword strike.
• Li Dingzhou explained that the beast's valuable pincers could sell for twenty Spirit Stones and praised Li Qingyuan for defeating it alone.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Dingzhou traveled deeper into the mountains to hunt suitable Demon Beast targets.
• Over the next half month, Li Qingyuan killed three Swordtail Lizards and learned from Li Dingzhou how to harvest their materials and armor.
• Li Qingyuan considered selling materials from Tumei and the others' Storage Bags and visiting the Spirit Talisman Building to exchange goods for Spirit Stones.
• Li Dingzhou told Li Qingyuan to meet Second Elder and the others so they could go to Qu Mountain Marketplace and sell the Demon Beast Materials.

Li Qingyuan accompanied the Li Clan’s Hunting Team to Qu Mountain Marketplace, where he secretly sold the materials from beasts he had hunted and earned Spirit Stones. He later sold talisman paper to Fellow Daoist Qin, while she learned of a Blood-Devouring Centipede sighting and prepared to take her pet Little Cai after it.

• The Second Elder took the Li Clan’s cultivators above Qi Condensation Level 4 to Qu Mountain Marketplace, where they sold their hunting spoils.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Dingzhou secretly sold Li Qingyuan’s Demonic Beast Materials for 200 Spirit Stones, which Li Qingyuan doubled using the Mysterious Feminine Space; Li Dingzhou accepted 50 Spirit Stones from him.
• Li Qingyuan visited the Spirit Talisman Building and sold Fellow Daoist Qin 120 sheets of First-grade Low-rank Talisman Paper, 90 sheets of First-grade Mid-rank Talisman Paper, and 30 Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans for 900 Spirit Stones.
• Fellow Daoist Qin invited Li Qingyuan’s supposed elder sister to visit, believing she had exceptional talent in the Talisman Dao, while Li Qingyuan privately decided she would never meet her.
• A servant told Fellow Daoist Qin that a First-Tier Early Stage Blood-Devouring Centipede had been spotted, and she set out with Little Cai to help it advance.

Li Qingyuan returned to Cloud Mist Mountain with a fortune of nearly 3,000 Spirit Stones and helped his clan prepare for rising dangers by crafting Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans. Over the next three months, Li Guangao learned to make them and the family armed its cultivators; two years later, Li Qingyuan had grown into a renowned young Immortal Master and advanced his cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan returned to Cloud Mist Mountain, where Li Guangao showed him the Tier 1 High-grade Talisman Brush he had bought in Willow Crane City and warned that attacks and disappearances were troubling the Sea Domain Archipelago.
• Li Qingyuan used the new brush to make Masterwork Quality Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans, then taught Li Guangao how to draw them so the family could protect its cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan made talismans daily while cultivating and training the family’s disciples, and Li Guangao’s skill improved until the clan had armed every cultivator with a Tier 1 High-grade talisman.
• Li Qingyuan accumulated 120 Flame Ice Soul Severing Talismans, keeping most and selling some, while joining the family’s Hunting Team every three months to temper himself.
• Two years passed, and sixteen-year-old Li Qingyuan became a renowned Immortal Master and reached another cultivation breakthrough.

Li Qingyuan broke through to Qi Condensation Level 6 and concealed his cultivation before joining Grandpa Clan Leader on a journey to a talisman-master gathering in Willow Crane City. He learned that a grand Auction would take place there and might offer a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Li Qingyuan stabilized his Qi Condensation Level 6 cultivation, then used the Breath Concealment Art to appear to be at Level 3.
• Grandpa Clan Leader and Great Elder Li Guangyao visited Li Qingyuan and praised his rapid breakthrough.
• Grandpa Clan Leader invited Li Qingyuan to the talisman-master exchange gathering and warned him to conceal his cultivation and Talisman Dao skill.
• Three days later, Li Qingyuan rode north with Grandpa Clan Leader toward Willow Crane City, bringing his accumulated possessions.
• Grandpa Clan Leader explained that the gathering had moved to Willow Crane Island because a grand Auction would draw visitors from across the sea region.
• Li Qingyuan grew excited when Grandpa Clan Leader said a Foundation Establishment Pill might appear at the Auction.

Li Qingyuan and Li Guangao traveled to Willow Crane City to attend a ten-day Talisman Master Exchange, where both passed the entry test. After meeting renowned talisman masters Elder Gong and Elder Zhao, they listened as the exchange began with a question about a difficult Berserk Talisman.

• Li Guangao explained that the trip was for the Talisman Master Exchange, not to seek a Foundation Establishment Pill, and he and Li Qingyuan rode to Willow Crane City.
• Li Guangao told Li Qingyuan about the city’s Liu Clan-controlled Spirit Vein and arranged to attend the exchange at the Mountain-Viewing Lake Inn.
• Li Guangao drew a genuine First-grade High-rank talisman, and Li Qingyuan drew a Masterwork Quality First-grade Mid-grade talisman, so both received participation tokens.
• Li Qingyuan learned from Gong Yuan that Elder Gong and Elder Zhao were celebrated Quasi Second-grade Talisman Masters who hosted the exchange.
• Elder Gong and Elder Zhao opened the exchange, and a talisman master asked them why his Berserk Talisman always failed at the final stage.

Li Qingyuan and Li Guangao learned from two senior Talisman Masters at a gathering, then pooled their Spirit Stones to buy Zhao Tu’s inheritance for the First-grade Top-rank Pure Yang Sword Talisman. The chapter ended with someone warning Li Qingyuan not to celebrate too soon.

• Gong Yuan identified a fellow cultivator’s mistake while drawing a Berserk Talisman, and Elder Zhao praised his Talisman Dao skill.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Guangao asked questions and learned from Elder Gong, Elder Zhao, and the other Talisman Masters.
• Zhao Tu offered individual Talisman Paper Inheritance Jade Slips for sale, including First-grade Top-rank talisman papers for eight hundred Spirit Stones each.
• Li Qingyuan gave Li Guangao three hundred Spirit Stones, and Li Guangao combined them with the family’s funds to buy an offensive First-grade Top-rank talisman inheritance.
• Li Qingyuan read the inheritance and learned that the Pure Yang Sword Talisman could unleash a strike comparable to a Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivator’s attack.
• An unidentified speaker warned Li Qingyuan that he was celebrating too soon.

Li Qingyuan and Li Guangao attended the Talisman Master exchange gathering, where they traded a Flame Ice Soul Severing Talisman method for the Tortoise Shell Talisman method. After the gathering, Li Qingyuan began five days of instruction from Zhao Tu, who doubted the young cultivator could master First-grade Top-rank Talisman Paper.

• Gong Yuan explained that First-grade Top-rank Talisman Paper either succeeded or destroyed itself, and that Quasi Second-grade Talisman Masters could not complete Second-grade talismans without Foundation Establishment Divine Sense.
• Nearly forty participants and three Quasi Second-grade Talisman Masters attended the gathering, which ended with a free-trade session.
• Li Guangao traded the Flame Ice Soul Severing Talisman method with Lu Daoming for the Tortoise Shell Talisman method, and Li Qingyuan checked that the Jade Slip was complete.
• Elder Gong, Elder Zhao, and Elder Zheng closed the gathering, and Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan asked Zhao Tu for five days of instruction.
• When Zhao Tu offered to teach Li Guangao, Li Guangao explained that Li Qingyuan would be the student, and Zhao Tu began the lesson despite doubting the young man's ability.

Li Qingyuan finished five days of instruction from Zhao Tu without successfully drawing a First-grade Top-rank Talisman Paper, then secretly entered Willow Crane City’s auction under a disguise. Meanwhile, Zhou Kui and other powerful cultivators arrived as the Qin Family prepared for a dangerous scheme, and the Purple Skirt Woman said the show was about to begin.

• Li Qingyuan spent five days learning from Zhao Tu, making ten failed attempts at drawing top-rank talismans each day, and earned Zhao Tu’s admiration.
• Li Qingyuan declined to attend the auction with Li Guangao, saying he would sell talismans, while encouraging his grandfather to attend and learn from the event.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as a masked Qi Condensation Fifth Layer cultivator and entered the auction with four thousand Spirit Stones.
• Zhou Kui and Zhou Li arrived at Willow Crane City, and Zhou Kui explained they had to attend the auction to avoid drawing suspicion.
• The Purple Skirt Woman learned that Zhou Kui, cultivators from several Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans, and disguised robbers had gathered in the city, then said the show was about to begin.

Li Qingyuan attended the Liu Clan’s auction, where the lots included pills, armor, tools, and formations. The auction then introduced an incomplete Illusory God Pupil cultivation method, and Li Qingyuan decided he had to obtain it as bidding began.

• Liu Yunming opened the auction and sold Spirit Nurturing Pills for 1,150 Spirit Stones and inner armor for 2,100 Spirit Stones.
• The auction offered several high-grade tools, pills, talisman paper, and a formation, which Li Qingyuan considered bidding on before withdrawing because of the cost and upkeep.
• Liu Yunming introduced the rare Illusory God Pupil method, which had only its first two layers and could not cultivate Divine Sense without a special spirit medicine.
• Li Qingyuan recognized the incomplete method as valuable to him and resolved to obtain it when Liu Yunming opened bidding at 800 Spirit Stones.

Li Qingyuan won the incomplete Phantom God Eye Technique for 3,000 Spirit Stones as the auction moved through its final treasures. The chapter ended with Liu Yunming revealing the long-awaited Foundation Establishment Pill, sending the venue into an uproar.

• Li Qingyuan outbid Zhou Kui and the Purple Skirt Woman to win the Phantom God Eye Technique for 3,000 Spirit Stones.
• Liu Yunming auctioned a Jade Spirit Pill, which a First-rate Qi Condensation Family head from an island outside Willow Crane Island bought for 3,900 Spirit Stones.
• Li Guangao lamented that the Li Clan lacked the resources to bid and felt grateful that the family had Qingyuan.
• A cultivator won Zhao Tu's complete Quasi-Second Grade Talisman Paper Inheritance for 4,800 Spirit Stones.
• Liu Yunming opened the final jade box and announced that its contents were a Foundation Establishment Pill.