Recaps

Er Yuan and Old Zhao fought to a draw and withdrew from the contest for Wind Thunder Peak’s Peak Master, leaving Miao Le and the Golden Plume Divine Chicken to decide the result. Miao Le defeated Jin Ling with the Earth Marsh Sword Array, became Peak Master, and told Li Qingyuan she would accompany him on the immortal path.

• Er Yuan’s clone and Old Zhao fought for several hundred exchanges, injured one another, and withdrew from the Peak Master contest.
• Li Qingyuan began the final battle between Miao Le and the Golden Plume Divine Chicken, which used its bloodline power to reach the Integrated Body Late Stage.
• Miao Le traded lightning and sword attacks with Jin Ling, then summoned the Earth Marsh Sword Array.
• Miao Le’s sword array shattered Jin Ling’s Golden Rooster manifestation and defeated the Golden Plume Divine Chicken.
• Jin Ling and Wind Thunder Peak’s cultivators acknowledged Miao Le as Peak Master, and Miao Le told Li Qingyuan she would follow him on the immortal path.

After Miao Le became Wind Thunder Peak’s Mountain Lord and Li Qingyuan established a governing council, he entered seclusion to advance his Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and Primordial Spirit. He broke through to the Third Revolution Late Stage and then raised his Primordial Spirit to Integrated Body Peak.

• Li Qingyuan appointed Miao Le as Wind Thunder Peak’s Mountain Lord and established the Boundless Peak Nine Elders Council with himself as chief.
• Li Qingyuan entered seclusion to temper his essence, qi, and spirit before pursuing the Third Revolution Late Stage.
• After ten years, Li Qingyuan swallowed a Third Revolution Golden Core and broke through the bottleneck on his 108th attempt.
• Li Qingyuan’s Profound Technique Heavenly Eye grew stronger, and his Primordial Spirit began to advance as well.
• Li Qingyuan used Primordial Spirit Tribulation Elixirs and the Jianmu Meditation Method during another two and a half years of seclusion.
• Li Qingyuan’s Primordial Spirit broke through to Integrated Body Peak.

Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan upgraded the Earth Marsh Sword Array by forging a full set of seventh-tier swords, bringing them to the rank of seventh-tier artifact refining grandmasters. After forty-six and a half years, Li Qingyuan finished the array and declared it could challenge an Integrated Body Peak Stage cultivator, just as Ji Kun broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage.

• Li Qingyuan decided that his Integrated Body Peak Stage Primordial Spirit would let him strengthen the Earth Marsh Sword Array enough to close the gap against peak-stage opponents.
• Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan studied artifact-refining notes and forged the Three Hundred Sixty-Five Heavenly Cycle Flying Swords, eventually producing five seventh-tier low-grade swords.
• Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan forged the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Flying Swords, with several swords reaching the seventh-tier middle grade.
• Li Qingyuan and Er Yuan completed four seventh-tier middle-grade Four Seasons Flying Swords after two more years of secluded forging.
• Li Qingyuan finished upgrading the Earth Marsh Sword Array after forty-six and a half years and said it could force an Integrated Body Peak Stage cultivator to avoid its full power.
• Ji Kun underwent heavenly lightning tribulation, broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage, and proclaimed his rise to its summit.

Ji Kun broke through to the Integrated Body Late Stage, astonishing the cultivators at Wind Thunder Peak and Boundless Peak. Li Qingyuan learned of an ancient lightning cultivator’s cave mansion that might contain the final ingredient for a powerful body-refining pill, and prepared to join the search.

• Ji Kun withstood the eight-colored heavenly lightning and advanced to the Integrated Body Late Stage, while Diana judged him a dangerous opponent.
• Xiao Baiyi admitted Ji Kun could defeat him, and Mo Ni privately agreed that Ji Kun’s speed would overcome Xiao Baiyi’s evasion.
• Bing Ling'er told Li Qingyuan she had informed her father that they were Dao companions, and Li Qingyuan proposed a ceremony with her and Miao Le.
• Bing Ling'er revealed that Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable’s people had found an ancient lightning cultivator’s cave mansion while searching for lightning resources.
• Yun Yan the Elixir Master explained that finding a Thunderclap Silkworm would let him refine the Dragon Vine Awakening Elixir, which could advance Li Qingyuan’s Thunder God Body.
• Li Qingyuan asked Bing Ling'er to thank her father and find out when the party would visit the cave mansion, then considered the strength he and his allies could bring to a fight.

Li Qingyuan brought his companions to the Heavenly Frost Region to meet Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable and learn about an ancient lightning cultivator’s cave abode. At the Heavenly Frost Gate, Sima Changfeng welcomed the group and recognized Li Qingyuan and Miao Le as exceptionally fated Dao Companions.

• Li Qingyuan assembled Ji Kun, Jin Ling, Old Zhao, Yun Yan, Miao Le, Bing Ling'er, and Diana for the expedition, then traveled with the group to the Heavenly Frost Region.
• Jin Ling pulled Li Qingyuan’s Wind Thunder Chariot to the Heavenly Frost Gate, where Bing Ling'er identified herself to the gate’s steward.
• Sima Changfeng arrived and greeted Bing Ling'er, then received introductions to Li Qingyuan, Diana, Miao Le, Ji Kun, and Jin Ling.
• Sima Changfeng sensed powerful karmic bonds around Li Qingyuan and Miao Le and praised them as a perfectly matched pair of Dao Companions.
• Sima Changfeng invited the group inside and said Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable was returning to provide details about the ancient lightning cultivator’s cave abode.

Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable told Li Qingyuan and his companions about a dangerous expedition to find Thunderclap Silkworms in the Demon Erosion Absolute Domain, where a powerful formation concealed a grotto-heaven. After recruiting Divine Fire Dao Venerable and Seven Profound Dao Venerable, the group set out together.

• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable returned and warmly welcomed Bing Ling'er and Li Qingyuan, thanking Li Qingyuan for looking after his daughter.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable explained that Sima Changfeng had traced Thunderclap Silkworms to the Demon Erosion Absolute Domain, a lawless realm where even Mahayana Dao Venerables had died.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable revealed that a self-repairing formation blocked the silkworms' destination and would require at least three early Mahayana cultivators to break.
• Li Qingyuan agreed to follow Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable's arrangements and said he only needed to capture the Thunderclap Silkworms.
• Divine Fire Dao Venerable and Seven Profound Dao Venerable arrived with their Integrated Body cultivators, and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable led the group toward the expedition site.

Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, Divine Fire Dao Venerable, and Seven Profound Dao Venerable brought Li Qingyuan and the others into the dangerous Demon Erosion Absolute Domain, then disguised themselves as tiny wooden ornaments so Sima Changfeng could lead the group toward an Ancient Cultivator's Cave Mansion. After the group encountered hostile cultivators, Sima Changfeng attacked, and Li Qingyuan sent Ji Kun, Old Zhao, and Jin Ling to join the fight.

• The three Mahayana Dao Venerables enveloped the Spirit Lords in Five Elements Spaces and secretly carried them through the void to the Demon Erosion Absolute Domain.
• Sima Changfeng explained that demonic qi made the domain barren and dangerous, and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable said the three Mahayana Dao Venerables would hide their auras while Sima Changfeng led the group to the cave mansion.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, Divine Fire Dao Venerable, and Seven Profound Dao Venerable shrank into tiny wooden carvings and were hung from their companions' waists.
• Sima Changfeng destroyed a group of Peak Soul Transformation demon people with a flick of his sleeve as the group traveled through the domain.
• The group encountered three Body Integration Spirit Lords, who tried to flee, and Sima Changfeng charged them with the Five Fire Divine Bird Fan.
• Li Qingyuan sent Ji Kun, Old Zhao, and Jin Ling to attack the three Spirit Lords.

Li Qingyuan and his companions crossed the Demon Erosion Absolute Domain, killing Spirit Lords while following traces to an ancient lightning cultivator’s cave mansion. They found the palace protected by the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation, and the three Dao Venerables began forcing open an entrance.

• Zhao Guangzheng, Ji Kun, and Jin Ling killed three Integrated Body Middle Stage Spirit Lords, terrifying the other cultivators with their strength.
• Li Qingyuan’s group continued through the domain, killing Spirit Lords when they could do so without exposing their trail and avoiding stronger enemies.
• Sima Changfeng led the group to a silent region where Li Qingyuan used his Heavenly Eye to confirm traces left by Thunderclap Silkworms.
• Li Qingyuan and Sima Changfeng led the group through the Blackwater Long River to an underground palace surrounded by lightning as powerful as Eight-colored Heavenly Lightning.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, Seven Profounds, and Divine Fire joined forces to force open a corner of the palace’s formation while Li Qingyuan recognized it as the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation.

Li Qingyuan and the others entered the ancient grotto-heaven protected by the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation and discovered the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus powering it. After the three Dao Venerables were struck down by its Thunder Fire Forbidden Technique, the group continued exploring, while Li Qingyuan secretly resolved to find a way to take the lotus.

• Heavenly Frost, Seven Profound, and Divine Fire joined forces to open the formation, allowing Li Qingyuan and the others to enter the grotto-heaven.
• The group discovered the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus, a ninth-tier spirit plant whose power sustained the formation.
• Heavenly Frost, Seven Profound, and Divine Fire rushed toward the lotus, but its Great Heavenly Tribulation attack blasted them away and grievously injured Divine Fire.
• Seven Profound explained that the lotus had been protected by a Thunder Fire Forbidden Technique, and the group agreed to continue exploring the grotto-heaven.
• Li Qingyuan decided he would seek a way to break the formation, dispel the forbidden technique, and claim the lotus.

Li Qingyuan and the others discovered a Thunder Fire formation surrounding an ancient inheritance, where they began comprehending its Forbidden Technique Runes. As the three Mahayana Dao Venerables joined the contest, Li Qingyuan prepared to use the Mysterious Feminine Space to gain the advantage.

• Li Qingyuan considered how to break the formation around the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus and take it without the three Mahayana Dao Venerables noticing.
• The group reached a vast altar built from thirty-six Extreme Lightning Stone tablets and thirty-six Crimson Sun Stone tablets.
• Seven Profounds, Heavenly Frost, and Divine Fire entered the altar, triggering a powerful formation of nine-colored heavenly thunder and flames around an inheritance jade slip.
• Li Qingyuan studied the formation while the Dao Venerables realized its runes were connected to the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus and retreated to comprehend them.
• Heavenly Frost invited Li Qingyuan and the other Spirit Venerables to study the Forbidden Technique Runes, and Li Qingyuan called on the Mysterious Feminine Space to help him surpass the others.

Li Qingyuan rapidly comprehended the Thunder Fire Restriction Runes, surpassing the three Mahayana Dao Venerables and threatening their chances at the altar’s inheritance and the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus. The Dao Venerables schemed around his progress, while Li Qingyuan recognized their maneuvering and remained wary.

• Li Qingyuan used one mind to comprehend a Lightning Stone Tablet and a Flame Stone Tablet at once, forming both restriction runes in ten breaths.
• With the aid of Mysterious Feminine Space, Li Qingyuan accelerated his comprehension until he surpassed Seven Profound Dao Venerable, Divine Fire Dao Venerable, and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable.
• Divine Fire Dao Venerable urged Seven Profound Dao Venerable to trigger the formation’s backlash and disrupt Li Qingyuan, but Seven Profound Dao Venerable consulted Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable and claimed he had rejected the plan.
• Divine Fire Dao Venerable told Li Qingyuan about the proposed interference and said he had refused to take part.
• Li Qingyuan thanked Divine Fire Dao Venerable, warned that Seven Profound Dao Venerable remained dangerous, and privately dismissed all three Dao Venerables’ assurances as schemes.

Li Qingyuan comprehended the Thunder Fire Forbidden Technique, helping the group seize the Thunder Fire Steles and uncover a fragment of the Bi Fang Treasure Technique. After the group continued deeper into the blessed land, they captured a Thunderclap Silkworm that Ji Kun and the Golden Plume Divine Chicken recognized as a powerful tonic.

• Li Qingyuan comprehended the Thunder Fire Forbidden Technique and shattered the laws restraining the Thunder Fire Steles.
• Ji Kun, Li Qingyuan, and the others seized the steles, then Li Qingyuan took a jade slip from the Sacrificial Heavenly Altar and discovered it held the first form of the Bi Fang Treasure Technique.
• Li Qingyuan let the others imprint the Bi Fang Treasure Technique fragment, then challenged Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Divine Fire Dao Venerable's assumptions about using the Thunder Fire Forbidden Technique to remove the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus's restriction.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable urged the group to move on, and they continued deeper into the blessed land.
• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, Seven Profound Dao Venerable, and Divine Fire Dao Venerable caught a Thunderclap Silkworm, which Ji Kun and the Golden Plume Divine Chicken eyed as a tonic.

Li Qingyuan and the others joined the three Dao Venerables in capturing Thunderclap Silkworms and Green Fire Centipedes, while Ji Kun devoured the insects to strengthen himself. The hunt ended with two enormous roars announcing the presence of two Eighth Tier demon insects.

• Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable gave Li Qingyuan three captured Thunderclap Silkworms under their agreement, while Miao Le teased him about his promise to Bing Ling'er.
• The three Dao Venerables discovered a swarm of Thunderclap Silkworms and Green Fire Centipedes, and Li Qingyuan's group raced to join the hunt.
• Li Qingyuan, Diana, Ji Kun, and the Golden Plume Divine Chicken captured and devoured demon insects, while the rest of the group secured five Thunderclap Silkworms and three Green Fire Centipedes to breed as Ji Kun's future food.
• Two beasts roared across the heavenly domain, and the three Dao Venerables recognized them as Eighth Tier demon insects.

The three Dao Venerables and Li Qingyuan’s group confronted the Thunder Silkworm King and Fire Centipede King, whose battle formation wielded immense thunder and fire. When a mysterious force stirred at their nest, the insect kings fled there, and the pursuers discovered a thunder-and-fire egg that might contain a Bi Fang young bird.

• The Thunder Silkworm King and Fire Centipede King used hundreds of seventh-rank insects to form a battle formation and warned the intruders to leave.
• Seven Profound Dao Venerable offered the insect kings places in the Azure Profound Realm, but Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable and the kings challenged one another to swear oaths before accepting.
• The three Dao Venerables and the insect kings clashed while Li Qingyuan planned with Ji Kun and Miao Le to suppress the insects and raid their nest.
• A surge of Ancient Demon God power erupted from the nest, causing the insect kings to flee there with their formation as the three Dao Venerables and Li Qingyuan’s group pursued.
• A half-green, half-black egg bearing thunder and flame origins rose into the air, and the pursuers suspected it held a Bi Fang young bird.

The cultivators fought over a newly hatching Bi Fang Young Bird as three Dao Venerables battled the insect kings guarding it. Li Qingyuan’s group held back on Sima Changfeng’s warning, but Money Dao Venerable suddenly ambushed the fighters and shattered the formation.

• Seven Profound, Heavenly Frost, and Divine Fire Dao Venerables attacked the Thunder Silkworm King and Fire Centipede King to seize the Bi Fang Young Bird, but the insect kings countered with the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation.
• The three Dao Venerables and the insect kings fought to a stalemate as the formation held off their combined attacks.
• Li Qingyuan prepared his group to act, but Sima Changfeng divined danger and advised everyone to stay close to Li Qingyuan and wait.
• A huge Golden Copper Coin struck the five combatants, blasting them away and breaking the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation.
• Money Dao Venerable appeared atop the coin, and the wounded insect kings and Dao Venerables recognized him.

Money Dao Venerable attacked the Bi Fang Young Bird while the injured Dao Venerables and insect kings fought to stop him, and the battle threatened to collapse the grotto-heaven. The Bi Fang Young Bird formed a contract with Divine Fire Dao Venerable, then emerged and possessed him, revealing that the returned venerable Leiyan had taken over his body.

• Money Dao Venerable revealed that he had spent a millennium luring the others to the grotto-heaven so he could capture the Bi Fang Young Bird as a mount.
• The Thunder Silkworm King and Fire Centipede King joined Seven Profound Dao Venerable, Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, and Divine Fire Dao Venerable in fighting Money Dao Venerable, but the Bi Fang Young Bird’s Er Fire burned him as he tried to escape with the egg.
• The six Mahayana experts’ battle damaged the grotto-heaven, so Li Qingyuan ordered his group to withdraw before more Dao Venerables arrived.
• The Bi Fang Young Bird chose Divine Fire Dao Venerable and offered a brotherhood covenant, while Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable held Money Dao Venerable back.
• After the contract was completed, the Bi Fang Young Bird emerged from its shell and entered Divine Fire Dao Venerable, devouring his Primordial Spirit.
• The possessed Divine Fire Dao Venerable laughed and declared that venerable Leiyan had returned.

Thunder Flame Dao Venerable revealed that he had possessed Divine Fire Dao Venerable and attacked the injured insect kings and the other Mahayana cultivators. As Thunder Flame prepared to fight Yang Haoran’s incarnation, Yang Haoran identified him as an old enemy and called on the gathered cultivators to help slay him.

• Thunder Flame Dao Venerable emerged in Divine Fire Dao Venerable’s body, advanced to the middle Mahayana stage, and demanded the Thunder Silkworm King and Fire Centipede King submit to him.
• The insect kings refused, and Thunder Flame attacked them before driving back Seven Profound Dao Venerable and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable as they tried to flee with their allies.
• Money Dao Venerable intervened against Thunder Flame, while Li Qingyuan and the others realized they could not escape and Bing Ling’er asked to save her injured father.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Haoran Dao Venerable’s incarnation, and Money Dao Venerable declared his support for fighting Thunder Flame.
• Thunder Flame attacked Yang Haoran with Er Fire Burning Heaven, but Yang Haoran recognized him and urged the gathered cultivators to join the fight.

Lei Yan battled the Mahayana Dao Venerables while Li Qingyuan fled the collapsing Grotto-heaven, then turned the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation against its control hub. The chapter ended with Li Qingyuan seizing the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus as Lei Yan raged.

• Lei Yan overwhelmed Money Dao Venerable, Yang Haoran's avatar, Seven Profound Dao Venerable, and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, who secretly discussed fleeing if Yang Haoran's avatar dissipated.
• Yang Haoran's avatar told Seven Profound and Heavenly Frost to protect Li Qingyuan and retreat, but Li Qingyuan and the others had already escaped on the Sky Swallowing Chicken.
• The Thunder Silkworm King and Fire Centipede King broke through the Grotto-heaven barrier, drawing the attention of Mahayana Dao Venerables throughout the Demon Erosion Absolute Domain.
• Money Dao Venerable and the other Dao Venerables realized Lei Yan wanted the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus and fought to stop him from reclaiming it.
• As the Grotto-heaven collapsed, Li Qingyuan reversed the formation's power into the golden lotus, shattered its restrictions, and plucked it while taunting Lei Yan.

Li Qingyuan seized control of the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation and used it to hold off Thunder Flame Dao Venerable, but five more Mahayana Dao Venerables arrived to claim his treasures and companions. Surrounded by six powerful enemies, Li Qingyuan urged everyone to defend the formation while they waited for reinforcements.

• Li Qingyuan refined the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation and took control of its Formation Flags, earning the admiration of his allies.
• Thunder Flame Dao Venerable destroyed Yang Haoran Dao Venerable's clone, while Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable and Seven Profound Dao Venerable escaped into the formation's core, badly injured.
• Money Dao Venerable warned Li Qingyuan that more enemies were coming, and five additional Mahayana Dao Venerables appeared alongside Thunder Flame Dao Venerable.
• Thunder Flame Dao Venerable offered to spare Li Qingyuan in exchange for the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus, but Li Qingyuan refused and said he was waiting for Yang Haoran Dao Venerable and the Yang Family's Third Ancestor.
• The five newcomers declared their intentions to seize Li Qingyuan's companions and treasures, then attacked together.
• Li Qingyuan told his allies to help him hold the formation until reinforcements arrived.

Li Qingyuan and his allies fought six Dao Venerables with the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation, but Thunder Flame Dao Venerable and Corpse Refining Demon Venerable broke through its defenses. As Thunder Flame Dao Venerable moved to seize Li Qingyuan and the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus, a silver-haired elder arrived and declared that anyone who harmed his disciple would die.

• Li Qingyuan activated the Nine Heavens Blazing Thunder Formation, and he, Money Dao Venerable, Seven Profounds, and Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable used it to resist six Dao Venerables.
• Thunder Flame Dao Venerable unleashed Thunderfoot Treads Qiankun while Corpse Refining Demon Venerable sent corpse puppets to destroy the formation.
• The formation shattered, and Money Dao Venerable burned his Essence Blood to escape while Thunder Flame Dao Venerable targeted Li Qingyuan and the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus.
• Li Qingyuan asked the Female Immortal Corpse to kill the Mahayana cultivators, but she withdrew her power and said to leave the opportunity for next time.
• A silver-haired old man transformed from a multicolored butterfly, unleashed Late Mahayana Stage cultivation, and threatened to kill anyone who harmed his disciple.

Wu Mengzi arrived to protect Li Qingyuan and overwhelmed Thunder Flame Dao Venerable, Corpse Refining Demon Venerable, and four early Mahayana Dao Venerables with his butterfly techniques. He killed two opponents, while the survivors escaped or were tricked into wasting their treasures and bodies.

• Wu Mengzi unleashed tens of thousands of butterflies, badly injuring Thunder Flame Dao Venerable and the four early Mahayana Dao Venerables.
• Corpse Refining Demon Venerable recognized Wu Mengzi and fled, while Thunder Flame Dao Venerable and the four others also tried to escape.
• Wu Mengzi caught one early Mahayana Dao Venerable and seized his body and nascent soul, then caught and killed a second despite the man's self-destructive counterattack.
• Wu Mengzi used illusions to frighten the last two pursuers into self-destructing their treasures and, in one case, a Mahayana fleshly body; one escaped with only his nascent soul remaining.
• Wu Mengzi returned to Li Qingyuan and laughed that the two fools had wasted their treasures and bodies on illusions.

Wu Mengzi rescued Li Qingyuan and the others, then returned with them to the Azure Profound Realm, where an Aolai Divine Monkey’s bloodline awakening drew attention. Back at the Azure Profound Immortal Sect, Li Qingyuan offered a Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus, and the Cangxuan Old Ancestor named him Young Sect Master and promoted Wu Mengzi to Vice Sect Master.

• Wu Mengzi explained that he had defeated the attackers and led everyone out of the collapsed cave heaven and back to the Azure Profound Realm.
• A golden ape’s heavenly phenomenon appeared, and Wu Mengzi identified it as Third Young Master Sun undergoing Bloodline Ancestral Return.
• Li Qingyuan offered the sect a Ninth Tier Quasi-Immortal Medicine, the Nine Flames Golden Lightning Lotus.
• The Cangxuan Old Ancestor promoted Wu Mengzi to Vice Sect Master and appointed Li Qingyuan Young Sect Master and one of the five chiefs.

Li Qingyuan was named Young Sect Master after offering the Azure Profound Immortal Sect a Ninth Tier Quasi-Immortal Medicine, while Wu Mengzi became Vice Sect Master. Wu Mengzi explained that Cangxuan Old Ancestor stepped down to pursue a breakthrough before his lifespan ran out, and Li Qingyuan returned to Wind Thunder Peak to prepare for cultivation.

• Cangxuan Old Ancestor promoted Wu Mengzi to Vice Sect Master and Li Qingyuan to Young Sect Master, then entered seclusion in the sect’s Primordial Yuan Vein.
• Wu Mengzi took charge of the sect and brought Li Qingyuan to his cave residence to explain the new appointments.
• Wu Mengzi told Li Qingyuan that leading the sect and the Azure Profound Realm would grant access to resources needed to advance toward the Tribulation Crossing realm.
• Wu Mengzi revealed that Cangxuan Old Ancestor had only around ten thousand years left to break through before his lifespan ran out.
• Wu Mengzi urged Li Qingyuan to reach the Integrated Body Peak Stage and face the Five Elements Great Heavenly Tribulation.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Wind Thunder Peak to inventory his expedition’s gains, prepare for seclusion, and leave Yun Yan to refine the Dragon Vine Awakening Elixir.

Li Qingyuan welcomed Yun Yan the Elixir Master into the Azure Profound Immortal Sect and began preparing for a thousand years of secluded cultivation. Yun Yan refined a remarkable Dragon Vine Awakening Elixir for him, and Li Qingyuan left satisfied with its quality.

• Li Qingyuan revealed Yun Yan the Elixir Master to the Azure Profound Immortal Sect and appointed him an honorary elder and personal alchemist.
• Yun Yan welcomed Yun Ji as his descendant, promised to teach her alchemy, and began instructing her, Er Yuan, and others.
• Li Qingyuan prepared to cultivate until he reached the Integrated Body Late Stage and studied the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique.
• After more than a month, Yun Yan refined a Dragon Vine Awakening Elixir whose manifestation astonished the sect.
• Li Qingyuan took the elixir and thanked Yun Yan, then teased him about having only a twenty percent chance of becoming a mid-grade eighth-tier elixir master.

Li Qingyuan prepared to enter seclusion after Yun Yan the Elixir Master refined a quasi-eighth-rank Dragon Vine Awakening Elixir, but an invitation from the Ao Lai Sun Family changed the Azure Profound Immortal Sect’s plans. The sect decided to send its qualifying geniuses to the Aolai Heavenly Domain, where Li Qingyuan hoped to learn more about the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art.

• Yun Yan the Elixir Master took Li Qingyuan’s ancient pill formulas and became engrossed in studying them, while Er Yuan entered seclusion to improve his cultivation.
• Yun Ji asked Er Yuan to explain the Dragon Vine Awakening Elixir, and Li Qingyuan prepared to seclude himself with the finished quasi-eighth-rank elixir.
• Sun Qingtian of the Sun Family visited Dao Venerable Wu and delivered a Mahayana Banquet invitation from the Ao Lai Sun Family.
• Wu Mengzi told the sect leaders that Dao Venerable Liuyun’s banquet would let qualifying Body Integration geniuses study the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art on the Ancient Inheritance Stone Tablet.
• Wu Mengzi ordered the lineages to select eligible geniuses to travel with Supreme Elder Ye Yuzhen to the Aolai Heavenly Domain in two months, and Li Qingyuan postponed his seclusion.