Recaps

A Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill sparked a fierce auction, which Zhao Tu won by spending everything he owned. Li Qingyuan obtained the Phantom God Eye Technique and returned to his inn as forces prepared to exploit the turmoil around the pill.

• The Purple Skirt Woman left Willow Crane City and sent Xiao Lan to alert Second Master, Zhou Kui, and White Rainbow Island that the chance to fish in troubled waters had arrived.
• Zhou Kui explained to Zhou Li how the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans controlled the Teleportation Array and brought back Foundation Establishment Pills, then told him to bid only up to ten thousand Spirit Stones.
• Bidding for the Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill began at eight thousand Spirit Stones, and Zhao Tu eventually won it for thirteen thousand after selling his possessions and talisman-making inheritance.
• Zhao Tu asked Liu Yunming to rent him a spirit vein cave residence for Foundation Establishment, but Liu Yunming refused and sent him away with a sinister smile.
• Li Qingyuan paid three thousand Spirit Stones for the incomplete Phantom God Eye Technique, removed his disguise on the way back, and returned to the inn sensing that violence had begun.

Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan stayed in Willow Crane City to draw talismans while the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans sent disguised cultivators to hunt those eligible to Attempt Foundation Establishment. Zhou Kui and Zhou Li defeated Ji Yihu with help from Bloody Hand Butcher, revealing that he was Zhou Kui’s second brother and that the Zhou Family was capturing cultivators to nourish its advancing spirit vein.

• Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan decided to remain in Willow Crane City, buy talisman materials, and quietly draw talismans after Li Guangao sensed trouble following the auction.
• Liu Yunming and the other clan representatives disguised themselves and sent a six-person group to kill Zhao Tu and reclaim the Liu Family’s Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ji Yihu and two Black Mountain Bandits ambushed Zhou Kui and Zhou Li, while Zhou Kui declared that the Black Mountain Bandits would soon vanish.
• Bloody Hand Butcher joined Zhou Kui and Zhou Li, and the three used a combined attack formation to defeat and capture Ji Yihu and his two brothers.
• Zhou Kui revealed that Bloody Hand Butcher was his second brother and said the Zhou Family needed Late Qi Condensation cultivators to nourish its advancing spirit vein.

After the auction, Zhao Tu fought through the Sea Domain Archipelago while Liu Yunming’s group followed, planning to attack once Zhao Tu was exhausted. Meanwhile, Li Qingyuan cultivated the Illusory God Pupil Technique, mastered its first level, and discovered the complete method for its later levels.

• Zhao Tu used his inner armor and talismans to battle through pursuing cultivators and escape on his sword.
• Liu Yunming revealed a Second-grade Magic Tool and ordered his group to follow Zhao Tu until the other pursuers had exhausted his talismans.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator left a middle-aged couple to deal with Zhao Tu and Liu Yunming’s group while he went to find Miaoyi.
• Li Qingyuan studied the Illusory God Pupil Technique and cultivated its first level overnight.
• Li Qingyuan saw a meridian circulation diagram in the Mysterious Feminine Space that revealed missing principles for the third level, and planned to obtain Wood Attribute spirit medicine for the second.

Li Qingyuan mastered the Pure Yang Sword Talisman and prepared to leave Willow Crane City with Li Guangao, hopeful that the Li Immortal Clan could grow stronger in seclusion. After practicing through the night, he gave Li Guangao one of his newly made talismans.

• Li Qingyuan completed a Premium Tortoise Shell Talisman and gave it to Li Guangao, who had been unable to draw one himself.
• Li Qingyuan successfully drew his first Pure Yang Sword Talisman with guidance from the Mysterious Feminine Space, becoming the Li Immortal Clan’s First-grade Top-grade Talisman Master.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Guangao decided to return home the next morning after earning more than a hundred Spirit Stones and acquiring talisman knowledge during their stay in Willow Crane City.
• Li Qingyuan practiced drawing Pure Yang Sword Talismans through the night, succeeding twice in ten attempts and bringing his total to three.
• Li Guangao predicted that the Li Immortal Clan could become a First-rate Qi Condensation Family if it developed quietly, and Li Qingyuan gave him a Pure Yang Sword Talisman.

Zhao Tu escaped Liu Yunming’s ambush after Gao Qiang and Su Hong intervened, but he then sprang a hidden killing formation to cover his own flight. Liu Yunming and the others were left facing the Fire Crow Killing Formation as Zhao Tu fled.

• Liu Yunming and three allies cornered the wounded Zhao Tu, but Gao Qiang and Su Hong ambushed them and took Zhao Tu’s side.
• Liu Yunming used Hundred Year Spirit Milk to restore his group, but Gao Qiang and Su Hong continued to overpower them.
• Gao Qiang used a Second-grade Talisman Paper to severely wound Liu Yunming, while Su Hong moved to capture him.
• Zhao Tu activated a concealed Fire Crow Killing Formation, summoned a powerful fire crow, and escaped on his flying sword.
• Gao Qiang realized Zhao Tu had hidden a formation plate and abandoned a First-grade Top-grade Formation as he fled.

The Gao Family captured Liu Yunming and his three companions, broke the Fire Crow Killing Formation, and pursued Zhao Tu for his Foundation Establishment Pill and talisman inheritance. While fleeing, Zhao Tu attacked Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan, but the grandfather and grandson killed him with Pure Yang Sword Talismans and their swords.

• Gao Qiang, Su Hong, and their family captured Liu Yunming and the other three cultivators, then broke the Fire Crow Killing Formation with a Second-grade Magic Tool.
• Gao Qiang sent his relatives to deliver the captives to Qin You and pursued Zhao Tu with Su Hong.
• Li Qingyuan explained how he kept a Tortoise Shell Talisman ready at his Qi Sea acupoint, and Li Guangao adopted the same precaution.
• Zhao Tu encountered Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan while fleeing and warned them that powerful cultivators were pursuing him.
• As the grandfather and grandson rode past him, Zhao Tu launched two talismans at them, but they counterattacked with Pure Yang Sword Talismans.
• Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan struck Zhao Tu in the eyes with their swords and killed him.

Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan killed Zhao Tu, took his possessions, and evaded the cultivators pursuing him. While hiding in a northeastern town, they found Zhao Tu’s Foundation Establishment Pill and valuable talisman inheritance, and Li Qingyuan discovered a jade slip containing the Talisman Array Technique.

• Li Qingyuan and Li Guangao destroyed Zhao Tu’s corpse and killed his Unicorn Zebras before fleeing toward Willow Crane City.
• Gao Qiang and Su Hong tracked Zhao Tu’s trail and pursued him toward Willow Crane City.
• Li Qingyuan realized the pursuers would anticipate their route, so he and Li Guangao changed course east and circled around Willow Crane Island.
• At an inn, Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan opened Zhao Tu’s Storage Bag and found the Foundation Establishment Pill and a Quasi Second-grade Talisman Paper inheritance.
• Li Qingyuan read the final jade slip and discovered Zhao Tu’s Talisman Array Technique.

Li Qingyuan and Li Guangao divided Zhao Tu’s spoils, including a Foundation Establishment Pill and valuable talisman inheritances, before returning safely to Cloud Mist Mountain. Li Qingyuan secretly used the Mysterious Feminine Space to duplicate the pill and other items, then prepared to cultivate and strengthen himself.

• Li Guangao gave Li Qingyuan the Foundation Establishment Pill and two inheritance jade slips, while placing the Spirit Stones in the family treasury and dividing the remaining spoils between them.
• Li Qingyuan stored the Foundation Establishment Pill in the Mysterious Feminine Space, which duplicated it, and also replicated his supplementary pills and damaged inner armor.
• Li Guangao and Li Qingyuan took detours for half a month before returning to Cloud Mist Town and Cloud Mist Mountain.
• The Great Elder told Li Qingyuan that the Black Mountain Bandits had attacked the Zhou family and that the Wang Clan’s head was badly injured while its alchemist was captured by Evil Cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan planned to enter seclusion to master the talisman inheritance, cultivate the Phantom God Eye Technique, and improve his Qi Condensation cultivation.

Li Qingyuan gave cultivation resources to Li Qingqing and his father, Li Dingzhou, before entering seclusion and reaching Qi Condensation Sixth Layer Perfection after two years. Elsewhere, Qin Miaoyi and Second Uncle Qin struggled to overcome a cave abode’s defenses and considered using its discovery to stir conflict among the Sea Domain Archipelago’s major clans.

• Li Qingyuan gave Li Qingqing pills, a Green Bamboo Sword, and cultivation resources, urging her to improve so she could help guard the family in the future.
• Li Qingyuan gave Li Dingzhou genuine and Masterwork Quality pills, and his father vowed to reach Qi Condensation Sixth Layer within three to five years.
• Li Qingyuan entered seclusion, followed a demanding cultivation routine, and reached Qi Condensation Sixth Layer Perfection after two years, choosing to pursue his next breakthrough without pills.
• In the Sky Yin Mountain Range, Second Uncle Qin fought two Second-tier Blood-Devouring Centipedes but could not overcome the killing formation protecting a cave abode.
• Qin Miaoyi suggested drawing the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans and other cultivators into a struggle over the cave abode, and Second Uncle Qin agreed that the resulting chaos would benefit the Qin family.

Qin Miaoyi and Second Uncle Qin discussed the inheritance inside San Quan Venerable’s cave abode and prioritized the Qin Family’s plans to strengthen its allies and reclaim its ancestral land. Meanwhile, the Liu Clan Patriarch ordered a continued search for his missing second granduncle and a Foundation Establishment Pill, then urged Liu Changfeng to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

• Qin Miaoyi told Second Uncle Qin that the cave abode likely belonged to San Quan Venerable, and they assessed the two powerful blood-devouring centipedes guarding it.
• Second Uncle Qin and Qin Miaoyi agreed that the Qin Family could not seize the cave abode alone and should focus on helping the Zhou and Gao Families advance their spirit veins and cultivate Foundation Establishment experts.
• Qin Miaoyi proposed using news of the cave abode to draw the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans into a conflict, then left to resume secluded cultivation with her Three-Colored Centipede.
• Liu Changfeng reported that his second granduncle, the Foundation Establishment Pill, and many missing cultivators had not been found, and the Liu Clan Patriarch ordered the search to continue.
• The Liu Clan Patriarch encouraged Liu Changfeng, who had reached Qi Condensation Tenth Layer, to attain Perfection and attempt Foundation Establishment within five years.

The Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans converged on San Quan Venerable’s cave mansion in the Sky Yin Mountain Range, hoping to claim its inheritance. Second Uncle Qin triggered a demonic beast riot that overwhelmed the clans, leaving them fighting and retreating while he watched from hiding.

• A mercenary group discovered San Quan Venerable’s cave mansion but failed to overcome its formations and Blood-Devouring Centipedes, so its survivors sold the location to powerful clans.
• Liu Yunlong learned the cave mansion might belong to San Quan Venerable and assembled Liu Family cultivators to investigate after consulting his father.
• The Liu, Iron, Flame, Horse, and Xue Families gathered at the cave mansion, and Liu Yunlong revealed that he had reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Second Uncle Qin lit Demonic Beast Berserk Incense, drawing nearby demonic beasts toward the gathered clans and causing their mounts to attack them.
• Two Blood-Devouring Centipedes emerged as the beast tide struck, forcing the five clans and other cultivators to fight while retreating as Second Uncle Qin watched from concealment.

After a year of seclusion, Li Qingyuan broke through to Qi Condensation Level 7 and learned that a cave mansion belonging to San Quan Venerable had been discovered in the Sky Yin Mountain Range. Once he stabilized his cultivation, he secretly set out for the mountains to find rare spirit plants, avoiding the cave mansion and its dangerous inheritance seekers.

• After years of conflict over San Quan Venerable’s cave mansion, the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans and other cultivators remained locked in a battle against the beast tide.
• Li Qingyuan cultivated for three days and broke through to Qi Condensation Level 7 before turning twenty, delighting Chen Xiuyun and Great Elder Li Guangyao.
• Li Guangyao told Li Qingyuan that his father had reached Qi Condensation Sixth Layer and that a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator’s cave mansion had been found in the Sky Yin Mountain Range.
• After half a month of stabilizing his realm, Li Qingyuan left a note and headed for the Sky Yin Mountain Range to find rare spirit plants for his Phantom God Eye Technique.
• Li Qingyuan traveled with the perfected second-layer Phantom God Eye Technique and his talismans, intending to avoid San Quan Venerable’s cave mansion.

After emerging from seclusion, Li Qingyuan hunted in the Sky Yin Mountain Range and proved that his Qi Condensation Level 7 cultivation and major-mastery spells could match a Qi Condensation Eighth Layer cultivator. In the middle region, he disguised his cultivation and used talismans to kill a tiger before a suspicious group lured him with news of a Greenwood Chrysanthemum.

• Li Qingyuan entered the mountain range’s middle region and killed a First-Tier Late Stage Iron Armored Rhinoceros using his Iron Arm, Moon Shadow, and Qi Blade Techniques.
• Li Qingyuan harvested the rhinoceros’s valuable parts and continued hunting beasts and searching for spirit plants.
• After reaching roughly four thousand li into the range, Li Qingyuan concealed his cultivation at Qi Condensation Fifth Layer when he sensed a nearby group.
• Li Qingyuan used numerous high-grade talismans to kill a Black Striped Spirit Tiger, drawing complaints from five cultivators who witnessed the wasteful display.
• Li Qingyuan rebuffed the group’s invitation to join them, but their leader mentioned a Greenwood Chrysanthemum, making Li Qingyuan turn back and ask if it was real.

Li Qingyuan joined Zhang Quan and Liu Yun’s group to obtain the Greenwood Chrysanthemum, hoping to use it to cultivate divine sense. He lured away the Jade Scale Giant Python while the others stole the spirit medicine, then ran back toward them as the python pursued him and Zhang Quan urged him to use a top-grade talisman.

• Li Qingyuan agreed to help Zhang Quan’s group reach the Greenwood Chrysanthemum, claiming his grandfather was a top-grade Talisman Master and that he carried rare talismans.
• The group reached a bamboo valley and found the Greenwood Chrysanthemum guarded by a Peak Tier 1 Jade Scale Giant Python and numerous smaller snakes.
• Li Qingyuan attacked the snakes with high-grade talisman papers, drew the giant python away, and fled while continuing to bombard it.
• Zhang Quan and the others fought the smaller snakes, uprooted the Greenwood Chrysanthemum, and began retreating after thirty breaths.
• Li Qingyuan ran toward Zhang Quan’s group while restraining the pursuing python with talismans, and Zhang Quan urged him to use a top-grade talisman before the python caught him.

Li Qingyuan survived Zhang Quan and Liu Yun’s betrayal by revealing his hidden defenses and fighting back, killing the cultivators and the Jade Scale Giant Python. He left the valley disguised as a Qi Condensation Fifth Layer cultivator, planning to count his loot and double his resources.

• Li Qingyuan wounded the Jade Scale Giant Python with a Pure Yang Sword Talisman, and Zhang Quan tried to use the beast to kill him and steal his Storage Bag.
• Li Qingyuan’s armor and defensive talisman blocked Zhang Quan’s Fireball Technique, and he threw Zhang Quan into the Jade Scale Giant Python’s charged attack.
• Li Qingyuan seized Zhang Quan’s Storage Bag and flying sword, then used the Spirit Breaking Blood Wheel to kill three cultivators and mortally wound Liu Yun before finishing her with the Crimson Iron Sword.
• Li Qingyuan unleashed ten Pure Yang Sword Talismans to cripple the Jade Scale Giant Python and beheaded it with the Spirit Breaking Blood Wheel.
• Li Qingyuan collected the beast’s materials and the cultivators’ Storage Bags, burned their corpses to destroy evidence, and left the valley disguised as a Qi Condensation Fifth Layer cultivator.

Li Qingyuan sold duplicated cultivation resources in Monster Hunting Town while searching for Blood Jade Ganoderma and Phantom God Mushroom. Shopkeeper Wan finally told him that Blood Jade Ganoderma was available.

• Li Qingyuan duplicated the Greenwood Chrysanthemums and Jade Scale Giant Python materials, then doubled the resources and Spirit Stones taken from five cultivators’ Storage Bags.
• Li Qingyuan spent two months fighting late-stage demonic beasts and searching for Blood Jade Ganoderma and Phantom God Mushroom, but found neither.
• Li Qingyuan went to Monster Hunting Town and sold his resources under several disguises, evading pursuers and earning eighty-five hundred Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan waited another month, then met Shopkeeper Wan at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion under the name Gong Xuan.
• Shopkeeper Wan told Li Qingyuan that the Blood Jade Ganoderma he sought was available, and Li Qingyuan asked to see it.

Li Qingyuan traded for the Blood Jade Ganoderma and learned that the Spicy Charm Mercenary Group had information about the Phantom God Mushroom. Disguised as Zhen Youde, he joined the group alongside Qin Ping, and they prepared to set out into the Sky Yin Mountain Range.

• Li Qingyuan bought the Blood Jade Ganoderma from Shopkeeper Wan for eleven hundred Spirit Stones and paid another hundred for information about the Phantom God Mushroom.
• Shopkeeper Wan told Li Qingyuan that the Spicy Charm Mercenary Group had information about the Phantom God Mushroom.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as Zhen Youde, revealed Qi Condensation Level 7 cultivation, and joined the Spicy Charm Mercenary Group as a First-grade High-rank Talisman Master.
• Qin Ping introduced herself as a Qi Condensation Level 7 High-Grade First-Rank Alchemist and explained that she wanted rare spirit plants to advance her alchemy.
• Spicy Lady welcomed Qin Ping, declared the group fully assembled, and prepared to lead them out.

Li Qingyuan joined the Spicy Charm Mercenary Group as they traveled deep into the Sky Yin Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts and gather spirit plants. Along the way, he and Qin Miaoyi recognized each other as cautious, capable cultivators, and the group began its hunt after stocking up on supplies.

• Spicy Lady led the group, including Li Qingyuan and Qin Ping, on a flight toward the deeper reaches of the Sky Yin Mountain Range.
• Qin Ping secretly used Foundation Establishment Divine Sense to examine the team and recognized Li Qingyuan as a young cultivator who sold talisman paper to her Spirit Talisman Building.
• Qin Ping's true identity as Qin Miaoyi was revealed; she had joined the group to investigate a Purple Fire Spirit Ape whose beast core could help her cultivate.
• During a rest, Spicy Lady arranged for Qin Miaoyi and Li Qingyuan to sell the team pills and talisman paper at eighty percent of market price.
• Li Qingyuan distributed 120 First-grade High-rank talismans while concealing his top-grade talismans and defenses, and Qin Miaoyi supplied the group with pills.
• Spicy Lady used a whistle to summon an Azure Spirit Eagle, which flew ahead and set the group on the hunt.

Li Qingyuan’s group captured a pair of White Jade Monkey-Faced Spiders, found a valuable White Jade Loquat, and spent half a month hunting in the Sky Yin Mountain Range. When Li Qingyuan asked about the Phantom God Mushroom, Spicy Lady revealed that she knew where it grew.

• Spicy Lady’s Azure Spirit Eagle led the group to two White Jade Monkey-Faced Spiders, which the cultivators joined forces to capture alive.
• Qin Ping found and collected a First-grade High-rank White Jade Loquat, promising to sell the group pills refined from it below Market price.
• Over the next half month, the group hunted demonic beasts and gathered spirit medicines while Li Qingyuan replenished talismans and Qin Ping made pills.
• Li Qingyuan asked Spicy Lady about the Phantom God Mushroom, and Qin Ping privately doubted his explanation for wanting it.
• Spicy Lady told Li Qingyuan that she knew a place where Phantom God Mushrooms grew.

Li Qingyuan and Qin Ping persuaded their companions to travel south for the Phantom God Mushroom and Purple Flame Jade Nectar by offering to give up their shares of hunting spoils and provide cultivation goods. The group agreed to risk the journey, while Li Qingyuan and Qin Ping privately revealed their separate goals.

• Spicy Lady told Li Qingyuan that the Phantom God Mushroom lay five thousand miles south, near Ice Fire Island, and described the Xian Person guarding it.
• Qin Ping and the other cultivators complained about the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans, while Li Qingyuan questioned whether Qin Ping had deliberately united them against a common enemy.
• Li Qingyuan offered his share of hunting spoils and thirty sheets of Tier 1 High-grade Talisman Paper each in exchange for help harvesting the Phantom God Mushroom, but the group hesitated over the Xian Person’s danger.
• Spicy Lady revealed that Purple Fire Spirit Apes guarded Purple Flame Jade Nectar, and Qin Ping offered to give up her hunting spoils and provide White Jade Loquat Pills for help obtaining it.
• Li Qingyuan proposed luring the guardians away rather than fighting them directly, and the group agreed to head south.
• Li Qingyuan resolved to obtain the Phantom God Mushroom for divine sense cultivation, while Qin Ping secretly planned to use the Purple Fire Spirit Ape Kings’ Demonic Beast Cores to advance toward Foundation Establishment.

Li Qingyuan and the Spicy Charm Mercenary Group entered a misty valley to hunt the illusion-wielding Xian Person and obtain a Phantom God Mushroom. The Xian Person’s fog trapped most of the group in hallucinations, while Li Qingyuan and Qin Ping pretended to be affected before it attacked.

• After traveling south for more than ten days, Spicy Lady led the group to the valley where the Xian Person and Phantom God Mushroom were believed to be.
• Charm Lady warned that the Xian Person was difficult to find and defeat, and Li Qingyuan reaffirmed his promise to the group.
• The seven entered the valley together, where Li Qingyuan used the Phantom God Eye Technique to spot the Xian Person approaching through the mist and releasing befuddling fog.
• Spicy Lady, Charm Lady, Old Man Wang, and the others succumbed to illusions reflecting their desires and obsessions.
• Li Qingyuan and Qin Ping noticed each other and pretended to be trapped in illusions as the Xian Person lunged at Li Qingyuan.
• Li Qingyuan activated a talisman and sent his Spirit Breaking Blood Wheel slicing toward the Xian Person.

Li Qingyuan and Qin Ping joined forces to kill the Xian Person, then turned against each other when Qin Ping revealed her true cultivation and challenged him. The chapter ended with Qin Miaoyi exposing Li Qingyuan’s disguise and Li recognizing her as the owner of Spirit Talisman Building in Qu Mountain Marketplace.

• Li Qingyuan attacked the Xian Person with a talisman and the Spirit Breaking Blood Wheel, then asked Qin Ping to join him.
• Qin Ping struck the Xian Person with her sonic attack, allowing Li Qingyuan to trap it in a Five Elements Talisman Array and kill it with his blood wheel.
• Qin Ping attacked Li Qingyuan after he questioned her technique, revealing that she was a Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivator with a First-grade Top-grade Magic Tool.
• Li Qingyuan defended himself with layers of armor, talismans, and a talisman array, then persuaded Qin Ping to stop by revealing his large stock of talismans.
• Qin Ping offered Li Qingyuan a place in the Qin Family, and he admitted he was a First-grade Top-rank Talisman Master who had joined the mercenary group for information about the Phantom God Mushroom.
• Qin Miaoyi revealed her Foundation Establishment Divine Sense and exposed Li Qingyuan’s disguise, prompting him to recognize her as the owner of Spirit Talisman Building in Qu Mountain Marketplace.

Li Qingyuan accepted Qin Miaoyi’s offer to become a Qin Family guest elder after she warned him that the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans threatened his future and offered him resources and a way out of the Sea Domain Archipelago. As Spicy Lady and the others began to wake, Qin Miaoyi disguised herself and told Li Qingyuan to gather the Phantom God Mushrooms.

• Li Qingyuan apologized to Qin Miaoyi for using her to block the Xian Person, but she refused his talisman paper and urged him to join the Qin Family.
• Qin Miaoyi warned Li Qingyuan that the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans might target him and his family, and explained that leaving the Sea Domain Archipelago would be difficult without the Qin Family’s help.
• Qin Miaoyi offered Li Qingyuan guest-elder status in exchange for drawing talisman paper for thirty years, along with resources, possible help achieving Foundation Establishment, and a teleportation slot.
• Li Qingyuan agreed to join the Qin Family, accepted its token and a jade slip containing a Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Paper method, and learned that the family also had Spirit Condensing Pills.
• As Spicy Lady and the others began to regain consciousness, Qin Miaoyi disguised herself as an ordinary woman and told Li Qingyuan to pick the Phantom God Mushrooms.

Li Qingyuan secured the Phantom God Mushroom, then joined Qin Miaoyi’s group at the Purple Fire Spirit Apes’ cliff to pursue their Purple Flame Jade Nectar. Qin Miaoyi assigned the others to hold back the ape troop and asked Li Qingyuan to keep one of the two powerful ape kings occupied while she killed the other.

• Li Qingyuan harvested the Phantom God Mushroom, resisted its hallucinogenic mist, and sealed the mushroom in a jade box.
• Qin Miaoyi revealed her Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivation, gave the group White Jade Loquat Pills, and led them to the Purple Fire Spirit Apes’ lair.
• Spicy Lady warned that the two Purple Fire Spirit Ape Kings were Peak Tier 1 Demonic Beasts who had defeated three Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivators.
• At Qin Miaoyi’s request, Li Qingyuan gave the five companions a hundred First-grade High-rank talisman papers each to help hold back the ape troop.
• Qin Miaoyi offered Li Qingyuan all the Purple Flame Jade Nectar if he held off one ape king while she killed the other, and the group prepared to attack.

Qin Ping and Li Qingyuan led their companions in an ambush on a colony of Purple Fire Spirit Apes, then fought the two ape kings. Qin Ping killed one ape king, while the surviving king unleashed a power close to that of a Second-tier Great Demon and forced Li Qingyuan to retreat.

• The seven cultivators attacked the apes with talismans, and the two ape kings rallied their colony to defend the valley.
• Qin Ping, Li Qingyuan, and their companions fought off the giant apes as the two kings engaged Qin Ping and Li Qingyuan.
• Li Qingyuan dodged and counterattacked his ape king with techniques and talismans, but the king's powerful spiritual-light attack forced him to rely on his inner armor.
• Qin Ping severely wounded the other ape king with talismans and killed it with her flying sword, then retrieved its Demonic Beast Core.
• The surviving ape king went berserk, releasing an aura approaching that of a Second-tier Great Demon, and Li Qingyuan retreated in alarm.