Recaps

Li Qingyuan claimed a Seventh-Tier Cave Mansion at the Azure Profound Immortal Sect as Wu Mengzi’s disciple and began cultivating there. His victory in the Taicang Baptism spread through the sect, and a month later Mo Xuan informed him that his Apprenticeship Ceremony had begun.

• Shan Changqiu recognized Li Qingyuan as Wu Mengzi’s disciple and yielded his Seventh-Tier Cave Mansion.
• Li Qingyuan accepted the cave mansion’s control token, entered the grounds, and thanked Mo Xuan for his help.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Old Zhao, Ji Kun, Little Flame, and Er Yuan, then ordered Little Flame and Er Yuan to prepare the cave for secluded cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan cultivated at the Seventh-Tier Spirit Vein and felt his progress under its abundant spiritual energy.
• News spread that Li Qingyuan had won first place in the Taicang Baptism, while Boundless Peak sent invitations to his Apprenticeship Ceremony.
• Mo Xuan informed Li Qingyuan that the Apprenticeship Ceremony had begun.

Li Qingyuan formally became Wu Mengzi’s disciple in a grand apprenticeship ceremony at Boundless Peak, attracting powerful cultivators from many races and regions. After Wu Mengzi bestowed a Dao method and protective seal, he gave Li Qingyuan a mysterious butterfly that surprised the witnesses.

• More than a hundred Body Integration Spirit Lords and numerous other cultivators gathered at Boundless Peak to witness Wu Mengzi’s apprenticeship ceremony.
• Yun Wanwan asked Bing Ling’er how quickly she could subdue Li Qingyuan, and Bing Ling’er privately thought he would not be tempted by her beauty.
• Wu Mengzi took the seat of honor, and Li Qingyuan presented him with treasure medicines, Nirvana Divine Fruits, and three stalks of Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• Li Qingyuan completed the three kowtows and pledged to follow Wu Mengzi’s teachings and pursue the immortal path.
• Wu Mengzi bestowed the Great Dream Heart Sutra and a seal that could withstand three attacks below the early Mahayana stage.
• Wu Mengzi gave Li Qingyuan a butterfly, prompting Huang Tian Chief, Ye Yuzhen, and Purple Cloud Fairy to recognize it with surprise.

Wu Mengzi completed Li Qingyuan’s apprenticeship ceremony and passed him the Six Void Dream Butterfly, a treasured relic tied to his Great Dao. After the guests departed, Li Qingyuan met his senior brother Xiao Baiyi and second senior sister Mo Ni, who teased Wu Mengzi for favoring his new disciple.

• Wu Mengzi explained the butterfly’s powers and gave it to Li Qingyuan as his inherited treasure.
• Huang Tian Chief proclaimed Li Qingyuan Wu Mengzi’s personal disciple and announced the ceremony’s completion.
• The guests presented lavish gifts, including Origin Stones, peerless wine, and the Fierce Sun Stone; Purple Cloud Fairy left after silently connecting her generosity to the butterfly.
• Ye Yuzhen, the Cangxuan Old Ancestor, and the other guests departed, and Wu Mengzi dismissed the disciples from Boundless Peak.
• Wu Mengzi introduced Li Qingyuan to Xiao Baiyi and Mo Ni, who complained that their master was playing favorites.

Wu Mengzi welcomed Li Qingyuan to Boundless Peak and distributed gifts, while Li Qingyuan and his senior disciples returned to cultivate. In seclusion, Li Qingyuan copied an Origin Stone and the Boundless Seal, but the Six Void Dream Butterfly absorbed the Light of Fortune and bonded with the Female Immortal Corpse’s aura, as he prepared to break through to mid-stage Void Refining.

• Wu Mengzi gave Huang Tian a Fierce Sun Stone and gave Xiao Baiyi, Mo Ni, and Li Qingyuan an Origin Stone each, then kept the Drunk Life Dream Death wine for himself.
• Huang Tian returned to his cave abode to refine the Fierce Sun Stone, while Xiao Baiyi and Mo Ni discussed Li Qingyuan’s talent and went to cultivate in seclusion.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Eighth Branch Peak, activated its formation, and used the Mysterious Feminine Space to copy the Origin Stone and Boundless Seal.
• The Six Void Dream Butterfly absorbed the Light of Fortune, flew to the Crystal Immortal Coffin, and began merging with the Immortal Path laws emanating from the Female Immortal Corpse.
• Li Qingyuan produced two Origin Stones and began closed-door cultivation to attempt a breakthrough to mid-stage Void Refining.

Li Qingyuan and his allies absorbed spirit energy and Soul Crystals while Miao Le used a matching set to strengthen the Li Clan. After giving Ji Kun an Origin Stone and learning how rare they were, Li Qingyuan focused on improving his cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan, Old Zhao, Ji Kun, the Second Yuan Clone, and the Flame Dragon Flood Dragon cultivated in the Seventh-Tier Spirit Vein cave dwelling, while Miao Le and the Li Clan refined an identical set of Soul Crystals in secret.
• Miao Le urged the Li Clan’s young cultivators to cultivate diligently and hoped to reunite with Li Qingyuan after reaching the summit of Void Refining.
• Wu Mengzi observed Li Qingyuan’s cultivation setup, judged that he could battle Late Void Refining cultivators, and entered a dream under the influence of Drunk Life Dream Death and the Great Dream Heart Sutra.
• Li Qingyuan gave Ji Kun an Origin Stone, and Old Zhao explained that Origin Stones came from Immortal Venerables or the dangerous, sporadically appearing Demon Cave.
• Li Qingyuan considered the Demon Cave too distant to concern him and used the Origin Stone to strengthen his body and increase his magic power.

After three hundred years of seclusion, Li Qingyuan broke through to the Mid Void Refining Stage, while his companions also advanced through tribulations. The chapter ended with Li Qingyuan's Void Refining group complete.

• Li Qingyuan used an Origin Stone to strengthen his cultivation and spent three hundred years breaking through from Early to Mid Void Refining Stage.
• Old Zhao underwent a Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation and reached the Mid Void Refining Stage.
• The Flame Dragon Flood Dragon advanced to Void Refining, shed its flood dragon body, and became a sub-dragon of the Red Dragon Clan.
• Li Qingyuan used Light of Fortune to complete the Second Yuan Clone's Primordial Spirit, allowing it to break through to Void Refining and pass its tribulation.
• Ji Kun underwent a Six-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation and reached the Mid Void Refining Stage.

After reaching the Mid Void Refining Stage, Li Qingyuan named his newly transformed dragon companion Li Yan and welcomed two Body Integration Spirit Lords who sought his friendship. At a banquet in Zuoqiu Ling’s cave mansion, Zuoqiu Ling revealed that he and Huyan Xin had an unreasonable request for Li Qingyuan.

• Li Qingyuan broke through to the Mid Void Refining Stage, while his allies’ combined strength could challenge powerful Void Refining cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan named the transformed Flame Dragon Flood Dragon Li Yan, who celebrated with Ji Kun.
• Two Body Integration Spirit Lords visited Li Qingyuan, addressed him as a fellow junior brother because of his connection to Wu Mengzi, and invited him to discuss the Dao over tea.
• Li Qingyuan joined Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin at Spirit Cloud Residence, where they shared tea, food, music, and dancing.
• Zuoqiu Ling admitted that he and Huyan Xin had come to make an unreasonable request of Li Qingyuan.

Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin explained the Azure Profound Immortal Sect’s elder ranks and offered Li Qingyuan an open Silver Robe Elder position at Eighth Peak. Li Qingyuan eagerly accepted their offer, and they planned to recommend him to the Chief Lord, though he might have to prove himself against other cultivators.

• Zuoqiu Ling explained the Black, Silver, and Gold Robe Elder ranks and their authority, benefits, and qualifications.
• Huyan Xin described the Gold Robe Elders’ territories, rewards, and status as Body Integration Spirit Lords.
• Zuoqiu Ling offered Li Qingyuan Eighth Peak’s vacant Silver Robe Elder position and asked if he wanted it.
• Li Qingyuan accepted, presenting the post as a chance to serve the sect and repay his master and Boundless Peak.
• Li Qingyuan raised concerns that lower-ranked cultivators might object, and Zuoqiu Ling told him to beat them into submission.
• Li Qingyuan urged Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin to recommend him to the Chief Lord as soon as possible.

Ji Dan broke through to the Late Void Refining Stage, prompting Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin to arrange a fair contest for the Eighth Peak’s vacant Silver Robe Elder position. Three months later, the selection began, and Ji Dan immediately challenged the other contestants from one of the arenas.

• Ji Dan’s breakthrough triggered a Six-Colored Heavenly Tribulation, which he survived to reach the Late Void Refining Stage.
• Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin discussed the risk of forcing Li Qingyuan’s appointment, and Li Qingyuan proposed competing fairly.
• Zuoqiu Ling announced an arena selection for the vacant Silver Robe Elder position, and the Void Refining Cultivators agreed to hold it.
• Ji Dan returned to stabilize his cultivation while Li Qingyuan continued secluded training for the contest.
• Three months later, Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin opened the selection with two arenas and a final between the arena champions.
• Ji Dan claimed one arena and called for someone to fight him.

Li Qingyuan challenged Ji Dan for the Silver Robe Elder position and defeated him despite Ji Dan’s higher cultivation. He then overwhelmed the ten Black Robe Elders who attacked together, and the Eighth Peak recognized him as its fifth Silver Robe Elder.

• Ji Dan defeated Elder Helian with his Seven Star Pill and challenged the other cultivators to face him.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his Middle Void Refining Stage cultivation and defeated Ji Dan with the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, Fortune Laws, and Six-colored Heavenly Thunder.
• Li Qingyuan challenged all ten remaining Black Robe Elders to attack him together.
• Ji Kun and Li Yan joined Li Qingyuan against the ten Black Robe Elders, and the three of them sent all ten crashing into the mountains, heavily wounded.
• The cultivators and elders bowed to Li Qingyuan, and Zuoqiu Ling announced him as the Eighth Peak’s fifth Silver Robe Elder.

After becoming a Silver Robe Elder, Li Qingyuan accepted an assignment to escort Nascent Soul Immortal Seedlings to the Barren Mountain Forbidden Ground. He arrived at the trial gathering, where Bing Ling'er greeted him warmly, while Jin Luo wondered who would lead the mission.

• Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin explained that Li Qingyuan had to complete two assignments after his long seclusion, then offered him mission jade slips.
• Li Qingyuan chose the assignment to escort Nascent Soul Immortal Seedlings to the Barren Mountain Forbidden Ground and left to prepare.
• Zuoqiu Ling and Huyan Xin discussed how cultivating Li Qingyuan's favor could benefit them and their descendants.
• Thirty thousand eligible Nascent Soul Immortal Seedlings gathered for the trial, and Black Robe Elders Jin Luo and Bing Ling'er arrived.
• Jin Luo wondered who would lead the mission, and Bing Ling'er happily greeted Li Qingyuan as he arrived in silver robes.

Li Qingyuan escorted thirty thousand Nascent Soul Heavenly Chosen to the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground, where the Four Great Immortal Sects were waiting. He arrived and challenged their complaints about the Cangxuan Sect’s absence from maintaining the forbidden ground, claiming the Cangxuan Old Ancestor made their efforts possible.

• Li Qingyuan arrived and greeted Bing Ling'er, whose praise of his accomplishments astonished the thirty thousand Nascent Soul Heavenly Chosen.
• Li Qingyuan spotted a peacock-green-gowned woman whose concealed cultivation was actually at the half-step Soul Transformation stage, and suspected she carried a secret.
• Li Qingyuan summoned the Star Crossing Shuttle, and he, Jin Luo, and Bing Ling'er escorted the Nascent Soul Heavenly Chosen toward the trial site.
• Ten days later, the Star Crossing Shuttle reached Red Sun Canyon, where the Four Great Immortal Sects had gathered for the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground trial.
• A Peak Void Refining Stage female cultivator complained that the Cangxuan Sect kept the others waiting and had never helped maintain the forbidden ground.
• Li Qingyuan arrived, greeted the gathered cultivators, and declared that without the Cangxuan Old Ancestor, their Mahayana Dao Venerables could not maintain the space.

Li Qingyuan opened the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground for the Nascent Soul trial and warned Azure Profound disciples they could fight freely for resources, while Bing Ling'er defended and fawned over him. As the five sects’ disciples entered for a ten-year trial, Yang Min expected the Four Great Immortal Sects to unite against Azure Profound, unaware that a female cultivator inside had begun a killing spree.

• Yang Min mocked Li Qingyuan and the Azure Profound elders, and Bing Ling'er rebuked her before Li Qingyuan silenced the dispute by invoking the sect ancestors.
• Li Qingyuan told Azure Profound disciples he would protect them no matter how many rivals they killed or resources they seized.
• Li Qingyuan opened the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground, and tens of thousands of Nascent Soul disciples from the five sects entered for a ten-year trial.
• Bing Ling'er stayed beside Li Qingyuan and showed him admiration while Jin Luo watched and wished for an admirer like her.
• Yang Min anticipated that the Four Great Immortal Sects would join forces against Azure Profound, while Li Qingyuan believed his task was low-risk.
• An unnamed female Nascent Soul cultivator went on a killing spree inside the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground.

Kong Huan used a Fifth Tier formation and the Six Thieves Demon Crossing Great Law to slaughter Nascent Soul cultivators in the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground, feeding their essence to Madame White Bone as she gained resources and power. After the ten-year trial ended, Kong Huan emerged in terror and begged Li Qingyuan to save her from the Four Great Immortal Sects.

• Kong Huan trapped a group of Nascent Soul cultivators in a Fifth Tier formation and killed them with the Six Thieves Demon Crossing Great Law.
• Kong Huan fed the cultivators' blood and flesh to Madame White Bone, who demanded far more Nascent Soul essence to form another finger bone.
• Kong Huan secretly slaughtered cultivators across the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground, gathering resources and improving her cultivation over ten years.
• Yang Min, Li Qingyuan, and Bing Ling'er discussed the trial's casualties before Li Qingyuan opened the forbidden ground's exit.
• Kong Huan flew out in a panic and cried to Elder Qingyuan that the Four Great Immortal Sects were trying to kill her.

Kong Huan fled the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground and sought Li Qingyuan’s protection as the Four Great Immortal Sects accused her of killing their disciples and demanded a soul search. Li Qingyuan challenged their demands and blocked Yang Min’s attack, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• Kong Huan escaped pursuing cultivators and hid behind Li Qingyuan, Jin Luo, and Bing Ling'er as disciples of the Four Great Immortal Sects accused her of murder and theft.
• Yang Min demanded Kong Huan be handed over for a soul search, while Azure Profound Immortal Sect disciples argued that Kong Huan had killed a Bloody Being and saved the others.
• Li Qingyuan agreed to a soul search but seized disciples from the other sects instead, arguing that searching witnesses could reveal what happened.
• Yang Min attacked Li Qingyuan after he refused to surrender Kong Huan, and Kong Huan prepared to flee if he could not protect her.
• Li Qingyuan used the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword to shatter Yang Min’s thousand-zhang True Essence Giant Hand, astonishing the watching Void Refining Dao Lords.

Li Qingyuan fought Yang Min, who unleashed her Peak Void Refining Stage power and Great Void Seal, but he used the Thunder Fire Golden Body to break through her defenses and sever her arm. Just as he prepared to kill her, a Body Integration Spirit Lord intervened and asked him to spare Yang Min.

• Yang Min attacked Li Qingyuan with the Heaven-Collapsing Palm, driven by her jealousy of talented young cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan, Ji Kun, Li Yan, and Er Yuan combined their powers to withstand Yang Min's attack, and Li Qingyuan provoked her into launching the Great Void Seal.
• Li Qingyuan used the Thunder Fire Golden Body and Three Origins Union to raise his cultivation to Peak Void Refining Stage and shatter the Great Void Seal with the Thunder Fire Great Thunderbolt.
• Li Qingyuan struck Yang Min with the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, severing her left arm and preparing to cut off her head.
• A Body Integration Spirit Lord protected Yang Min and asked Li Qingyuan to spare his niece's life.

Li Qingyuan rejected Yang Lian’s appeal to spare Yang Min and killed her after Yang Lian withdrew his protection. The assembled cultivators were stunned by Li Qingyuan’s victory over a Peak Void Refining Stage opponent, while Madame White Bone suggested that Kong Huan become his concubine to obtain Yang Min’s corpse.

• Li Qingyuan refused to give Yang Lian face, and Yang Lian decided to leave Yang Min to settle her grievance with him herself.
• Yang Min fled, but Li Qingyuan pursued her, broke through her Great Void Seal, and pierced her Nascent Soul with the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.
• Li Qingyuan captured Yang Min’s Nascent Soul and divine soul, then collected her magic treasures and Space Ring as spoils.
• More than thirty thousand cultivators watched in silence, and the sect disciples praised Li Qingyuan for killing a Peak Void Refining Stage cultivator while at Mid Void Refining Stage.
• Madame White Bone suggested that Kong Huan become Li Qingyuan’s concubine so she could obtain Yang Min’s corpse.

Li Qingyuan traded Yang Min’s corpse to Kong Huan for a mysterious Blood Jade that stirred his Mysterious Feminine Space. He then took Kong Huan as his disciple, gave her techniques and powerful resources, and began telling her about his family and origins as they returned.

• Li Qingyuan took Yang Min’s corpse and Kong Huan away, while the other immortal sects departed from the scene.
• Li Qingyuan discovered that Kong Huan’s Blood Jade was the item his Mysterious Feminine Space wanted and exchanged it for Yang Min’s corpse.
• Li Qingyuan invited Kong Huan to become his disciple, and she accepted after Madame White Bone urged her to take the opportunity.
• Li Qingyuan taught Kong Huan the first six levels of the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique and the Wood Evasion Method, then gave her cultivation resources and a Great Void Seal.
• Li Qingyuan gave Kong Huan three Thunder Fire Thunder Pearls as life-saving items and began telling her about his family and origins as they returned.

Li Qingyuan returned to the Azure Profound Immortal Sect with his companions, settled Kong Huan as his disciple, and used the Blood Jade to upgrade the Mysterious Feminine Space. The space expanded by a thousand zhang in every direction, and Li Qingyuan prepared to channel energy into Yang Xiaohe.

• Li Qingyuan returned from the Blood Soil Forbidden Ground with Jin Luo, Bing Ling'er, Kong Huan, and the surviving Heavenly Chosen, while Kong Huan privately remained wary of both her master and Madame White Bone.
• Li Qingyuan told Kong Huan to live in his cave mansion, and Bing Ling'er gave her a Nirvana Elixir after Li Qingyuan introduced Kong Huan as his disciple.
• The flying shuttle returned to the Azure Profound Immortal Sect ten days later, and Li Qingyuan reported the completed mission to Zuoqiu Ling before returning to his cave mansion.
• Li Qingyuan placed the Blood Jade inside the Mysterious Feminine Space, which consumed it and expanded from 2,300 zhang to 3,300 zhang in every direction.
• Li Qingyuan called Yang Xiaohe over and placed his hand on her head, saying he would inject energy into her.

Li Qingyuan strengthened Yang Xiaohe until she broke through to the Mid Void Refining Stage, then received Wu Mengzi’s approval and a reward for killing a Taicang Immortal Sect cultivator. He secluded himself to upgrade the Earth Marsh Sword Array, spending years forging its flying swords and preparing to refine Extreme Dao Magic Treasures.

• Li Qingyuan infused Yang Xiaohe with Light of Fortune until she broke through to the Mid Void Refining Stage, increasing the strength of his Void Refining Elite Squad.
• Li Qingyuan visited Boundless Peak, where Wu Mengzi approved of his killing of Taicang Immortal Sect’s Void Refining Cultivator and awarded him ten thousand contribution points.
• Li Qingyuan returned to his cave mansion and planned an upgraded Earth Marsh Sword Array using Void Refining and Soul Transformation flying swords.
• Li Qingyuan entered seclusion to forge the array’s weapons, while Kong Huan moved into the Seventh-Tier Cave Mansion and cultivated nearby.
• Over twenty years, Li Qingyuan refined more than three hundred Circumferential Flying Swords into top-tier Soul Transformation Magic Treasures and then prepared to temper Extreme Dao Magic Treasures.

Li Qingyuan spent twenty-seven years forging the complete Earth Marsh Sword Array, greatly increasing his combat strength without advancing his cultivation stage. After testing the array, he began studying Wu Mengzi’s Great Dream Heart Sutra and discovered its profound Dream Butterfly Evasion Art.

• Li Qingyuan forged the Awakening of Insects Spring Thunder Sword as an Extreme Dao Magic Treasure, then continued crafting the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Flying Swords.
• Over two and a half years, Li Qingyuan completed all twenty-four Solar Terms Flying Swords and began forging the Four Seasons Flying Swords with help from Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Little Flame.
• Li Qingyuan completed the Spring Birth, Summer Flourish, Autumn Wither, and Winter Destruction Swords over the following ten years, then unleashed the Earth Marsh Sword Array and nearly shattered his cave abode’s defenses.
• Li Qingyuan recalled the swords before the array could alert Zuoqiu Ling and the others, and judged that it had made him capable of killing a Peak Void Refining cultivator more easily.
• Li Qingyuan studied the Great Dream Heart Sutra Wu Mengzi had given him and was astonished by its first chapter, the Dream Butterfly Evasion Art.

Li Qingyuan cultivated Butterfly Transformation and comprehended Dream Butterfly Evasion by combining it with his Fortune Laws and Void Clarity and Selfless Intents. After mastering the evasion art, he emerged from seclusion to meet Xiao Baiyi, who was astonished by his technique.

• Li Qingyuan practiced Butterfly Transformation but initially managed only 128 butterflies before his dharma power collapsed.
• After using the Mysterious Feminine Space to comprehend the technique, Li Qingyuan spent three months learning to form 1,024 butterflies.
• Li Qingyuan spent more than half a year comparing Dream Butterfly Evasion with other evasion arts and realized that Void Clarity and Selfless Intent held its key.
• Xiao Baiyi called to Li Qingyuan beyond the sect, and Li Qingyuan used Dream Butterfly Evasion to arrive in a flash of moonlight and a swarm of butterflies.
• Xiao Baiyi was surprised that Li Qingyuan had mastered Dream Butterfly Evasion.

Li Qingyuan reunited with Xiao Baiyi, who had protected him from the Yang Clan, and the two discussed their mastery of Dream Butterfly Evasion before visiting Mo Ni. Mo Ni had passed the Body Tribulation, and Xiao Baiyi offered her and Li Qingyuan a chance to explore a Spirit Lord grotto-heaven that might contain medicines for the remaining tribulations.

• Xiao Baiyi told Li Qingyuan that the Yang Clan had promised not to trouble him again after Xiao Baiyi defeated Yang Lian by three parts.
• Li Qingyuan admitted it took him four years to transform into over a thousand butterflies and more than six years to initially comprehend Dream Butterfly Evasion, astonishing Xiao Baiyi with his speed.
• Xiao Baiyi and Li Qingyuan traveled to Mo Ni’s cave dwelling using Dream Butterfly Evasion, and Li Qingyuan explained how the technique could defend against spell attacks by turning the body illusory.
• Mo Ni revealed that she had passed the Body Tribulation, but the resources needed for the remaining tribulations had consumed most of her savings.
• Xiao Baiyi offered Mo Ni and Li Qingyuan an opportunity to explore a Spirit Lord grotto-heaven suspected to have been opened by an Elixir Master and to contain medicines for passing the Three Tribulations of Body Integration.

Li Qingyuan joined Xiao Baiyi and Mo Ni in preparing to explore the Elixir Master Grotto-heaven, then refined a large supply of First Revolution Golden Cores to strengthen himself and his allies. Xiao Baiyi summoned them after gathering enough companions for the expedition.

• Li Qingyuan and Mo Ni agreed to accompany Xiao Baiyi into the Elixir Master Grotto-heaven, and the three began preparing for the journey.
• Li Qingyuan obtained a treasure-medicine gathering task from Zuoqiu Ling and exchanged his contribution points for Nirvana Yin Yang Ganoderma and Nirvana Jade Marrow.
• Li Qingyuan studied the First Revolution Golden Core formula and, after three failed attempts, successfully refined his first batch.
• Li Qingyuan refined fifty-seven batches, producing 170 First Revolution Golden Cores for the upcoming expedition.
• Xiao Baiyi sent a message asking Li Qingyuan and Mo Ni to gather at his residence because he had assembled enough people for the grotto-heaven expedition.

Xiao Baiyi brought Mo Ni and Li Qingyuan to the Blood Demon Forbidden Zone in Tianfeng Domain to join Fairy Yun Die and six other Spirit Lords in exploring an Elixir Master Grotto-heaven. Yun Die revealed that it belonged to her great-grandfather, the famed Yun Yan the Elixir Master, and offered the group its treasures and copies of his Alchemy Path Inheritance in exchange for help recovering his remains.

• Xiao Baiyi used his cultivation to carry Mo Ni and Li Qingyuan to Tianfeng Domain, where Li Qingyuan instinctively positioned himself in a safe spot.
• Fairy Yun Die greeted Xiao Baiyi and introduced the other six Spirit Lords who had gathered for the expedition.
• Yun Die explained that the grotto-heaven belonged to her great-grandfather, Yun Yan the Elixir Master, who had reportedly died during the Five Elements Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• Yun Die said Yun Yan had been betrayed and that three generations of her family had searched for his grotto-heaven and remains.
• Yun Die asked the seven Spirit Lords for help and offered them the grotto-heaven's resources and treasures, plus copies of Yun Yan's Alchemy Path Inheritance.