Recaps

Li Qingyuan completed his auction purchases in Flame City, then left disguised as Peng Changsheng and drew several cultivators into pursuing him. He revealed his Foundation Establishment Divine Sense to kill two Qi Condensation Tenth Layer pursuers, while the Bloody Hand Butcher fled in terror.

• Li Qingyuan bought the White Rainbow Fish King, twenty drops of Hundred Year Spirit Milk, and a Spirit Beast Bag from Gao Lan, while Zhou Gang acquired the Three-Leaf Spirit Cleansing Grass.
• After Li Qingyuan left Flame City, a Qi Condensation Level 7 couple tried to rob him of the White Rainbow Fish King, but he raised his apparent cultivation to Qi Condensation Ninth Layer and killed them with the Qi Blade Technique.
• Li Qingyuan flew away as two Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivators pursued him with spells, talismans, and Magic Tools; Zhou Gang followed in disguise as the Bloody Hand Butcher, seeking the Hundred Year Spirit Milk and Li Qingyuan's life.
• Li Qingyuan stopped after drawing the pursuers far from the city and used the Azure Sun Sword, controlled by his Foundation Establishment Divine Sense, to kill both Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan collected the dead cultivators' belongings and burned their bodies, while the Bloody Hand Butcher realized the danger and fled.

Li Qingyuan captured and killed Zhou Gang, uncovering the Qin Family’s use of captured cultivators to nourish spirit veins and its possible plans to advance one to Third-grade. After fleeing to Xuebao Island, Li Qingyuan found a fragmented body-refining demonic art among his spoils and decided he could complete it using the Mysterious Feminine Space.

• Li Qingyuan stopped Zhou Gang’s escape and forced him to reveal that the Qin Family used cultivators’ spiritual power and bodily essence to nourish spirit veins.
• Zhou Gang said the Qin Family had captured cultivators from the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans, while Li Qingyuan suspected they might use Foundation Establishment Venerables to advance a spirit vein further.
• Zhou Gang tried to attack Li Qingyuan with talismans, but Li Qingyuan killed him and took his possessions.
• Several days later, Li Qingyuan left Ice Fire Island, abandoned his shop on Xuanqi Island, and settled in a crude cave abode on Xuebao Island.
• Li Qingyuan found a fragmented copy of the Jade Pattern Blood Demon Body and decided to complete the cultivation method with the Mysterious Feminine Space.

Li Qingyuan studied the Jade Pattern Blood Demon Body and began cultivating its first stage, using medicinal herbs and the Blood Tiger Demonic Crane Stance to refine his body. After reaching Blood Transformation Stage One, the Mysterious Feminine Space completed the Quasi-Third-grade body-refining cultivation method.

• Li Qingyuan protected his cave abode with an illusion formation and a killing formation before studying the Jade Pattern Blood Demon Body.
• He learned that the method refined blood and qi through nine transformations and reasoned that dual cultivation of Dharma and body would strengthen him for future breakthroughs.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself, traveled to Xuebao City, and bought mortal medicines and spiritual plants for body refinement.
• After returning and checking his formations, Li Qingyuan practiced the Blood Tiger Demonic Crane Stance and drank a decoction made from blood-nourishing herbs.
• Li Qingyuan completed Blood Transformation Stage One, triggering the Mysterious Feminine Space to restore the full Quasi-Third-grade body-refining cultivation method.

Li Qingyuan spent a year cultivating body refinement, strengthening his qi cultivation, and improving his alchemy, reaching the Body Refining Sixth Layer while bringing his Qi Condensation cultivation to perfection. After successfully upgrading a Spirit Nurturing Pill to Masterwork quality, he disguised himself and set out for Purple Cloud Mountain to advance his Foundation Establishment Plan.

• Li Qingyuan broke through to Blood Transformation Stage One and realized that body refinement helped expel pill toxins.
• Over the next year, Li Qingyuan advanced to the Body Refining Sixth Layer and tempered his Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection cultivation, while his body refinement also strengthened his physical body and divine sense.
• Li Qingyuan decided to wait for a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill before attempting to establish his foundation, and he continued nourishing the unhatched Spirit Pet Egg with his essence blood and Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan used the Pure Pill Spirit Ascension Technique to successfully upgrade a standard-grade Spirit Nurturing Pill to Masterwork quality.
• Li Qingyuan collected his formations, disguised himself as an ordinary Qi Condensation Eighth Layer cultivator, and flew toward Purple Cloud Mountain to carry out his plan involving Qin Miaoyi.

After reaching Qi Condensation Tenth Layer, Li Qingyuan visited Qin Miaoyi and used his talisman work to secure Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and a promise of help with Foundation Establishment. Qin Miaoyi also offered him a jade slip for drawing Second-grade Mid-rank Talisman Paper, leaving Li Qingyuan eager to learn more.

• Li Qingyuan broke through to Qi Condensation Tenth Layer, and the Li Clan celebrated its rise to a First-rate Qi Condensation Family.
• Li Qingyuan traveled to meet Qin Miaoyi and explained that pill toxins had impaired his meridians and reduced his talisman completion rate.
• Li Qingyuan presented Qin Miaoyi with 180 completed Second-grade Low-rank talismans, claiming a forty percent completion rate despite his condition.
• Qin Miaoyi gave Li Qingyuan three drops of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to clear his pill toxins and promised a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and access to a Second-grade Spirit Vein.
• Qin Miaoyi offered Li Qingyuan her jade slip for drawing Second-grade Mid-rank Talisman Paper, and Li Qingyuan eagerly accepted the prospect.

Li Qingyuan received the Spirit Gathering Talisman method, a fine brush, and materials from Qin Miaoyi, who pretended to seek his help and affection. After he left believing she wanted him as her husband, Qin Miaoyi and Qin Chuan revealed their plan to control and kill him for Foundation Establishment Nourishment; Qin Miaoyi then agreed to meet Liu Changfeng.

• Qin Miaoyi gave Li Qingyuan the Spirit Gathering Talisman runes, a Second-grade Mid-grade talisman brush, and materials for drawing talismans.
• Qin Miaoyi told Li Qingyuan that Qin Chuan was pressuring her to take a husband and claimed she had nominated him as a candidate.
• Li Qingyuan agreed to pursue Foundation Establishment so he could marry Qin Miaoyi, then left delighted.
• Qin Chuan told Qin Miaoyi that Li Qingyuan had flown away looking elated, and Qin Miaoyi admitted they intended to control and kill him for Foundation Establishment Nourishment.
• Qin Miaoyi said she would meet Liu Changfeng.

Li Qingyuan realized Qin Miaoyi had used him and returned to his cave to prepare for Foundation Establishment, while Qin Miaoyi recruited Liu Changfeng to secure exceptional heirs for the Qin Family. The chapter revealed Qin Miaoyi’s ambition to rise beyond family revival and rule as an immortal clan herself, leaving Li Qingyuan racing to strengthen his talisman skills.

• Li Qingyuan sensed Qin Chuan watching him at the Qin Family headquarters and decided to conceal his strength, draw Wildfire Talismans, and pursue Foundation Establishment before confronting the Qin Family.
• Qin Miaoyi freed Liu Changfeng from prison, made him a Qin Family Guest Elder, and promised him a Foundation Establishment Pill in exchange for producing gifted heirs with her.
• Liu Changfeng accepted Qin Miaoyi’s plan while secretly resolving to infiltrate the Qin Family through his descendants and eventually undermine its bloodline.
• Qin Miaoyi declared that Li Qingyuan and Liu Changfeng were nourishment for her ambitions, and vowed to become a Core Formation and then Nascent Soul immortal clan by herself.
• Li Qingyuan returned to his cave in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range and began preparing to master Second-grade Mid-rank Talisman Paper so he could face Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators.

Li Qingyuan learned to draw the Second-grade Mid-grade Wildfire Talisman and built up a stock of forty, giving him a new weapon against the Qin Family. He then began studying the Spirit Gathering Talisman so he could keep Qin Miaoyi supplying him with materials.

• Li Qingyuan assessed the Qin Family’s diminished reserves but prepared for the possibility that they could still threaten a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator.
• He studied the Wildfire Talisman’s runes, then spent two hundred sheets of material and ten days practicing before drawing his first one successfully.
• Li Qingyuan studied the Mysterious Feminine Space’s flawless Wildfire Talisman drawing and improved his own success rate to thirty percent, producing forty talismans in total.
• Li Qingyuan decided to draw the Spirit Gathering Talisman to give Qin Miaoyi a little sweetness and secure more materials for future Wildfire Talismans.

Li Qingyuan improved his talisman skills, learned to refine Jade Spirit Pills, and became a First-grade Top-grade Alchemist. After successfully upgrading pills to Masterwork Quality, he tested a second upgrade, discovered it caused the pill to explode, and prepared to advance his body refinement.

• Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Feminine Space's guidance to improve his Spirit Gathering Talisman success rate and put away his finished talismans.
• Li Qingyuan refined Jade Spirit Pills, progressing from two low-grade pills to a successful furnace containing two low-grade pills and one standard-grade pill.
• Li Qingyuan purified and upgraded standard-grade Jade Spirit Pills to Masterwork Quality, producing three Masterwork Jade Spirit Pills.
• Li Qingyuan attempted to upgrade a Jade Spirit Pill a second time, but the pill furnace exploded during condensation.
• Li Qingyuan concluded that an unknown forbidden force prevented a second upgrade and took out a Blood Jade Ganoderma to advance to the late stage of body refinement.

Li Qingyuan used the Blood Jade Ganoderma to break through to Body Refining Seventh Layer and form the first silver patterns of the Silver Veined Blood Demon Body. He checked on Li Dingzhou and Li Qingqing as the Li Clan continued to grow stronger.

• Li Qingyuan refined the Blood Jade Ganoderma through the Blood Tiger and Demonic Crane stances, breaking through to Body Refining Seventh Layer and condensing silver patterns across his right hand.
• Li Qingyuan concealed his body-refining cultivation and visited Li Dingzhou, who was cultivating the Silver Veined Blood Demon Body and had reached Body Refining Sixth Layer.
• Li Qingyuan observed Li Qingqing reach Qi Condensation Sixth Layer Perfected and begin refining a masterwork Spirit Nurturing Pill to attempt Qi Condensation Level 7.
• Li Qingyuan surveyed the diligent Li Clan cultivators as spring arrived across the Purple Cloud Mountain Range.

Li Qingyuan took on Zhou Gang’s Bloody Hand Butcher identity to gather body-refinement resources while keeping his supposed seclusion secret. After collecting gifts from the Zhou Family and resources across several islands, he encountered Zheng Yuan, who proposed a paid alliance to kill someone.

• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as Zhou Gang and traveled to Feiyan Island, where cultivators fled from Bloody Hand Butcher’s reputation.
• Zhou Li secretly delivered Hundred Year Spirit Milk, Blood Jade Ganoderma, and Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Li Qingyuan duplicated the resources.
• Li Qingyuan collected body-refinement materials across Feiyan Island and then traveled to Ice Fire Island.
• Zheng Yuan approached Li Qingyuan outside Flame City, offered Second-grade Talisman Paper, and proposed joining forces to kill a Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivator.
• Li Qingyuan questioned why Zheng Yuan needed his help if the target was so weak, suspecting the Foundation Establishment Venerable had withheld the truth.

Li Qingyuan, disguised as the Bloody Hand Butcher, learned that Zheng Yuan wanted him to help kill Li Qingyuan, not realizing that the target was the man behind the mask. He used Zheng Yuan’s jealousy and fear to bargain for more talisman paper, leaving the agreement unsettled.

• Zheng Yuan confessed that he wanted Li Qingyuan, Lord of the Li Immortal Clan, killed because he believed Li Qingyuan had taken the Qin Family’s talisman-making resources and blocked his advancement.
• Li Qingyuan pretended to share Zheng Yuan’s concerns and warned that Li Qingyuan’s cultivation, talismans, and favor with the Qin Family Patriarch made him dangerous to attack.
• Zheng Yuan asked the Bloody Hand Butcher to watch the Li Family and alert him when Li Qingyuan left, offering twenty sheets of Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Paper for protection.
• Li Qingyuan rejected Zheng Yuan’s offer, claiming that twenty sheets might not be enough to face Li Qingyuan and that the Qin Family Patriarch would investigate his death.
• Zheng Yuan raised his offer to twenty-five sheets, but Li Qingyuan demanded thirty and said that was only his first condition.

Li Qingyuan bargained with Zheng Yuan for supplies by posing as the Bloody Hand Butcher, then returned to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range and spent over half a year advancing his body-refining cultivation. After reaching Body Refining Eighth Layer Perfection, he prepared a trap for Zheng Yuan and began the hunt.

• Li Qingyuan, disguised as the Bloody Hand Butcher, agreed to help Zheng Yuan kill Li Qingyuan in exchange for thirty Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Papers and three Body Refining Great Elixirs.
• Li Qingyuan returned to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range with spirit plants and talismans, gave Li Dingzhou a Blood Jade Ganoderma, and entered seclusion to cultivate the Silver Veined Blood Demon Body.
• After more than half a year, Li Qingyuan reached Body Refining Eighth Layer Perfection and decided to lure Zheng Yuan into a trap.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Dingzhou set up a Second-grade Mid-rank Killing Formation, a Second-grade Low-rank Binding Formation, and a Second-grade Low-rank Illusion Formation in a valley.
• When Zheng Yuan arrived, Li Qingyuan bound Li Dingzhou with an artifact rope and announced that the hunt had begun.

Li Qingyuan lured Zheng Yuan into a killing formation by posing as the Bloody Hand Butcher, then revealed himself and attacked to avenge his clan. His Heavy Sword Technique overwhelmed Zheng Yuan’s sword, and Li Qingyuan brought down a powerful strike as Zheng Yuan struggled to defend himself.

• Li Qingyuan, disguised as the Bloody Hand Butcher, persuaded Zheng Yuan that Li Qingyuan was nearing a breakthrough and used Li Dingzhou as bait to draw him out.
• Zheng Yuan brought three spirit plants as payment, but Li Qingyuan revealed that he intended to kill Zheng Yuan and activated a Second-grade Mid-rank Killing Formation.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his identity, freed Li Dingzhou, and summoned the Ice Fire Sword while asking his father to support him from the sidelines.
• Zheng Yuan recognized the Ice Fire Sword and fought Li Qingyuan with his own Second-grade flying sword, but Li Qingyuan’s Heavy Sword Technique knocked it aside.
• Zheng Yuan cast Iron Mad Hand to block Li Qingyuan’s giant sword, while Li Qingyuan struck down with the force of his perfected Iron Arm Technique and powerful Qi Refining foundation.

Li Qingyuan used the Wind Xun Sky-Supporting Formation and his spells to defeat and kill Zheng Yuan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator. He and Li Dingzhou collected Zheng Yuan’s belongings and left, while the Qin Family learned that Zheng Yuan’s life plaque had shattered and vowed revenge.

• Li Qingyuan overwhelmed Zheng Yuan with sword techniques and talismans, then activated the Wind Xun Sky-Supporting Formation.
• Zheng Yuan exhausted his talismans and tried to destroy his Storage Bag, but a hidden formation attack pierced his chest and killed him.
• Li Qingyuan collected Zheng Yuan’s Storage Bag, magic tool, formation disk, and Formation Flags, and gave Li Dingzhou fifteen Armor-Shedding Gold Talismans.
• Li Qingyuan warned Li Dingzhou to keep the killing secret because the Qin Family might question how he had so many talismans.
• The Qin Family discovered that Zheng Yuan’s life plaque had shattered, and Qin Chuan vowed to kill his murderer.

After Zheng Yuan’s death, Qin Miaoyi arranged for Yan Yao to fill his place in the Qin Family’s plan to gather Foundation Establishment cultivators. Li Qingyuan plundered Zheng Yuan’s possessions, reached Body Refining Tenth Layer Perfection after a year of seclusion, and flew toward the Qin Family when the three-year deadline arrived.

• Qin Miaoyi and the Qin Family elders learned that Zheng Yuan’s life plaque had shattered and ordered a search for his killer.
• Qin Miaoyi revealed that Yan Yao was her backup candidate for the Qin Family’s Spirit Ascension Formation and chose her to replace Zheng Yuan.
• Li Qingyuan returned to his cave abode with Zheng Yuan’s belongings and gained talisman materials, spirit plants, tools, and more than six thousand Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan spent a year refining body-enhancing resources, reaching Body Refining Tenth Layer Perfection and demonstrating that his flesh could withstand a quasi second-grade magic tool.
• When the three-year deadline arrived, Li Qingyuan left seclusion at Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection and flew toward the Qin Family.

Li Qingyuan emerged from three years of seclusion at the Qin Family, reached Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection, and impressed Qin Miaoyi with his talisman-making. Qin Miaoyi gave him a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and offered to escort him home before he begins cultivating at the Qin Family’s spirit vein.

• Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi discussed Su Hong and Zhou Kui’s alliance, Yan Yao’s preparations for Foundation Establishment, and how Qin You would be told to accept the family’s decision about the Foundation Establishment Nourishment.
• Li Qingyuan visited Qin Miaoyi after emerging from seclusion, reporting that he had expelled most of his pill toxins and reached Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection.
• Li Qingyuan presented Qin Miaoyi with three Spirit Gathering Talismans he had drawn, and she gave him 500 portions of talisman materials to make more.
• Qin Miaoyi urged Li Qingyuan to cultivate at the Qin Family’s Second-grade Spirit Vein and promised to help him achieve Foundation Establishment within a year.
• Qin Miaoyi gave Li Qingyuan a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, and he said he would return home to handle family matters before cultivating in seclusion.
• Qin Miaoyi warned that Bandit Cultivators had killed Zheng Yuan and insisted on escorting Li Qingyuan home.

Li Qingyuan left the Qin Family with Qin Miaoyi’s protective armor as she and Qin Chuan investigated the suspected killer of Zheng Yuan. Disguised as Bloody Hand Butcher, he reached Feiyan Island and used an illusion on Zhou Li to uncover the brothers’ meeting place and other information.

• Qin Miaoyi lent Li Qingyuan her Second-grade Low-grade Soft Armor before he departed, while Qin Chuan reported finding traces of a second-grade formation at the site where Zheng Yuan died.
• Qin Miaoyi ordered a search for the suspected killer, though she dismissed the thought that Li Qingyuan could be the person they sought.
• Li Qingyuan changed his appearance to Bloody Hand Butcher and traveled to Feiyan Island to meet Zhou Li.
• Zhou Li told Li Qingyuan that his father had sought the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo to help Li Qingyuan advance his body-refining cultivation.
• After Zhou Kui’s message mentioned meeting at the old place, Li Qingyuan used the Phantom God Eye Technique on Zhou Li and learned that the location was Quicksand Island.
• Li Qingyuan questioned Zhou Li about the Zhou brothers and their family, obtaining useful information along with Zhou Li’s confession about his affair with the Third Concubine.

Li Qingyuan prepared an ambush on Quicksand Island and disguised himself as Zhou Gang to mislead Zhou Kui. He left Zhou Kui suspecting that the Qin Family was cultivating Foundation Establishment Venerables as nourishment to create a Third-grade Spirit Vein.

• Li Qingyuan used the Wind Riding Technique to reach Quicksand Island ahead of Zhou Kui and concealed killing and binding formations among the reefs.
• Li Qingyuan decided not to kill Zhou Kui, then waited in his Bloody Hand Butcher disguise while considering the danger of provoking the Qin Family.
• Zhou Kui parted from Su Hong after they discussed their alliance, then arrived at Quicksand Island three days later to meet Li Qingyuan disguised as Zhou Gang.
• Li Qingyuan claimed he and the mysterious bandit cultivator had plotted together to kill Zheng Yuan, then told Zhou Kui the Qin Family was capturing cultivators for Foundation Establishment Nourishment.
• Li Qingyuan pointed out that the Qin Family was supporting several outsiders while neglecting its own cultivators, and Zhou Kui suspected the family intended to use Foundation Establishment Venerables to raise a Third-grade Spirit Vein.

Li Qingyuan learned that the Qin Family planned to combine spiritual qi from Second-grade Spirit Veins to form a Third-grade Spirit Vein, and he manipulated Zhou Kui into organizing opposition to them. Back in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, Li Qingyuan used the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo to prepare Second-grade Purifying Elixir Liquid and planned to refine a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill before attempting Foundation Establishment.

• Li Qingyuan revealed to Zhou Kui that the Qin Family intended to use Spirit Gathering Talismans and a special formation to consolidate spiritual qi from Second-grade Spirit Veins.
• Zhou Kui planned to recruit Su Hong, Yan Yao, Liu Changfeng, and the mysterious bandit cultivator to oppose the Qin Family, while Li Qingyuan warned him not to kill Li Qingyuan.
• Zhou Kui gave Li Qingyuan the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo, which Li Qingyuan said would help him overcome his demonic cultivation art's backlash.
• Li Qingyuan returned to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, held a three-day family meeting, and sent Li Dingzhou to deliver ten Spirit Gathering Talismans to the Qin Family.
• Li Qingyuan used his Mysterious Feminine Space to double his resources and combined Thousand-Year Spirit Milk with the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo to prepare five portions of Second-grade Purifying Elixir Liquid.
• Li Qingyuan planned to use the liquid to upgrade a Foundation Establishment Pill into a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill and then attempt Foundation Establishment.

Li Qingyuan used the Pure Pill Spirit Ascension Technique to improve Foundation Establishment Pills, overcoming an early failure and producing two Masterwork pills. With his preparations complete, he resolved to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Qin Miaoyi accepted Li Dingzhou’s ten Spirit Gathering Talismans and told him to let Li Qingyuan focus on drawing talismans.
• Qin Miaoyi and Qin Mo discussed gathering thirty Spirit Gathering Talismans to power a Spirit Extraction Formation, and praised Li Qingyuan as the Qin Family’s fated benefactor.
• Li Qingyuan tried to improve a Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill but failed when nerves disrupted his hand seal.
• Li Qingyuan steadied himself and successfully improved a second Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Li Qingyuan turned both Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pills into Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pills, leaving him with two Masterwork pills and one Standard-grade pill.
• Li Qingyuan prepared to begin Foundation Establishment.

Li Qingyuan found a secluded valley in the Sky Yin Mountain Range with a Second-grade Spirit Spring and prepared it for a safe attempt at Foundation Establishment. After seven days of cultivation, he successfully broke through at age thirty-three.

• Li Qingyuan left his cave abode and scouted a concealed valley in the Sky Yin Mountain Range, clearing out its Peak Tier 1 Earth Cicada Scorpion.
• He discovered a Second-grade Spirit Spring and arranged formations and talismans around the valley to protect himself during his breakthrough.
• Li Qingyuan gathered five thousand spirit stones beside the spring, swallowed a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill, and began his breakthrough after three days of preparation.
• He passed the Divine Sense Tribulation with ease and reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Perfection divine sense.
• Li Qingyuan absorbed an eighteen-zhang spiritual cloud, endured the violent spiritual power with the help of his pill and body-refining technique, and spent seven days completing the breakthrough.
• Vast magic power erupted through the valley as Li Qingyuan achieved Foundation Establishment at age thirty-three.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Li Qingyuan mastered the Long Spring Technique and prepared to leave seclusion. His mysterious seven-colored egg began hatching, and the chapter ended as it burst open in a dazzling cloud of rosy light.

• Li Qingyuan cultivated the Long Spring Technique for half a month, refining all his magic power into the new method.
• Li Qingyuan found that his breakthrough had drained the Second-grade Spirit Spring and consumed three thousand of his five thousand Spirit Stones.
• The seven-colored egg began absorbing spiritual energy, and Li Qingyuan offered it a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, causing it to stop hatching.
• Li Qingyuan gave the egg a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill, and it resumed absorbing the Spirit Spring and two thousand Spirit Stones.
• The egg shattered amid an eighteen-zhang spiritual cloud, and a rooster crowed as the red sun rose for the first time.

Li Qingyuan formed a blood contract with the newly hatched Seven-Colored Rooster, which had reached Foundation Establishment, and named it Ji Kun. After storing Ji Kun in his Space Ring, Li Qingyuan set out to return and began studying the second level of Wind Shadow Escape.

• The Seven-Colored Rooster swallowed the spirit cloud and stabilized at Second-tier Early Stage, and Li Qingyuan successfully bound it with a blood contract.
• Li Qingyuan and the Seven-Colored Rooster argued over who would be the boss before Ji Kun agreed to follow him in exchange for food and care.
• Li Qingyuan named the rooster Ji Kun, and it happily accepted the name.
• Li Qingyuan collected the three second-tier formations, stored Ji Kun in his Space Ring, and flew away.
• Li Qingyuan studied the second level of Wind Shadow Escape as he began his journey back.

Li Qingyuan prepared to hunt Qin Chuan by making talismans and developing a Wood Attribute talisman, while the Qin Family planned to use his Spirit Gathering Talismans to drain two spirit veins and advance its own. The chapter left Li Qingyuan pursuing a new talisman design as Qin Miaoyi arrived at the Li Clan and was shocked to see him.

• Li Qingyuan returned to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range in disguise and decided to target Qin Chuan before the Qin Family advanced its spirit vein.
• Li Qingyuan made 640 Wildfire Talismans, 120 Spirit Gathering Talismans, and 30 Earth Gathering Mountain Talismans, then resolved to create a Wood Attribute talisman himself.
• Li Qingyuan sent Li Dingzhou to deliver 100 Spirit Gathering Talismans to Qin Miaoyi and request more drawing materials.
• Qin Miaoyi and Qin Mo decided the 113 Spirit Gathering Talismans could drain the Zhou Family's Fubo Mountain spirit vein and the Gao Family's White Rainbow Island spirit vein.
• Qin Miaoyi brought Li Dingzhou to the Li Clan, where she saw Li Qingyuan and was profoundly shocked.