Recaps

Lei Chen and Lei Xing plotted to exploit Liu Chuan’s hidden wealth and chose Li Yunmei as bait, while Li Qingyuan advanced his talisman-making and produced dozens of high-rank talismans. The chapter ended with an unknown man threatening Li Yunmei and demanding Spirit Stones, prompting Li Qingyuan to call on Ji Kun.

• Lei Xing reported Liu Chuan’s background to Lei Chen, and the two decided to target him for his wealth.
• Lei Chen sent Lei Xing into seclusion to improve his cultivation and planned to use Li Yunmei to lure Liu Chuan out.
• Li Yunmei took five batches of Spirit Condensing Pills from Li Qingyuan to sell through her connections.
• Li Qingyuan mastered the Heavy Water Spirit Suppressing Talisman and Golden Light Evil Breaking Talisman, producing thirty-six and forty talismans respectively.
• An unknown man threatened to kill Li Yunmei unless Li Qingyuan brought one hundred thousand Spirit Stones to Dead Spirit Abyss within three days.
• Li Qingyuan became furious over the threat and called Ji Kun to act.

After Li Yunmei was kidnapped, Li Qingyuan investigated who was responsible and suspected Lei Chen. He left for the Dead Spirit Abyss with borrowed talismans and Core Formation Talisman Treasures, while Lei Xing believed his father would kill him.

• Li Qingyuan calmed Ji Kun and reasoned that Li Yunmei's kidnapper wanted to target them, with Lei Chen and Lei Xing among his suspects.
• Li Qingyuan bought intelligence with ten Golden Light Evil Breaking Talismans and learned that Lei Chen, Zhao Tongxuan, and True Person Yun Ya had been active near the Dead Spirit Abyss.
• Li Qingyuan visited the Lei Family disguised as Liu Chuan and pretended he would seek a Core Formation True Person's help to rescue Li Yunmei.
• Lei Xing, worried his father would be exposed, lent Li Qingyuan ten pieces of Second-grade High-rank Talisman Paper and two Core Formation Talisman Treasures.
• Li Qingyuan hurried toward the Dead Spirit Abyss, while Lei Xing gloated that Lei Chen would kill him and claim his treasures and Li Yunmei.

Li Qingyuan pretended to rush to rescue Li Yunmei while Lei Chen lured him toward a deadly formation in the Dead Spirit Abyss. Li Qingyuan headed for Purple Mountain, determined to kill Lei Chen, while Lei Chen remained confident that his trap would work.

• Li Qingyuan doubled the talismans he had taken and flew toward the Dead Spirit Abyss after identifying Lei Chen as Li Yunmei's kidnapper.
• Li Yunmei warned Lei Chen that Li Qingyuan would not risk his life to save her, but Li Qingyuan's urgent transmission made Lei Chen believe he was coming alone.
• Lei Chen revealed himself to Li Yunmei, admitted his plan to kill Li Qingyuan and flee with his family, and set a Second-grade High-rank killing formation in a valley.
• After Li Qingyuan reached Blackwood Forest, Lei Chen redirected him to Purple Mountain and calculated that he would arrive in about an hour.
• Li Qingyuan flew toward Purple Mountain at an ordinary Foundation Establishment Middle Stage pace while resolving to kill Lei Chen.

Li Qingyuan rescued Li Yunmei from Lei Chen by revealing his true cultivation and killing Lei Chen with the Primordial Cone. After freeing Li Yunmei, he warned her that she knew too much about his hidden strength.

• Li Qingyuan gave Ji Kun a Primordial Cone to keep ready outside Purple Mountain, then flew into the valley while concealing his true cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan found Li Yunmei bound and gagged beside Lei Chen, who trapped them inside the Thousand Feather Sky Covering Formation.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation and False Core Divine Sense, then used the Primordial Cone to break Lei Chen's shield and pierce his heart.
• Li Qingyuan killed Lei Chen, burned his body, and collected his Storage Bag, formation flags, and formation disk.
• Li Qingyuan freed Li Yunmei and told her that she knew too much, frightening her after she praised his strength.

Li Qingyuan killed Lei Chen, secured Li Yunmei’s oath of secrecy, and rewarded her with Core Formation Talisman Treasures while building a useful alliance. They headed toward the Dead Spirit Abyss to find ingredients for his Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir, with Li Yunmei learning that Ji Kun was his spirit pet.

• Li Yunmei swore on her Dao Heart not to reveal what she had seen, and Li Qingyuan returned her Storage Bag and gave her two Core Formation Talisman Treasures.
• Li Qingyuan searched Lei Chen’s Storage Bag, found wealth worth over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and packed away his formation.
• Li Qingyuan asked Li Yunmei to guide him to Dragon-type and Tiger-type Demonic Beasts so he could gather materials for the Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir.
• Li Yunmei piloted Li Qingyuan’s Wind Spirit Boat toward the Dead Spirit Abyss while he refined the Thousand Feather Sky Covering Formation.
• Ji Kun flew onto the Wind Spirit Boat, and Li Yunmei swore another Dao Heart Oath after learning that the Second-tier Late Stage demon was Li Qingyuan’s spirit pet.

Li Qingyuan hunted Death Spirit Dragon Pythons in the Dead Spirit Abyss, killing a Second-Tier Late Stage Perfection python with his Thousand Feather Sky Covering Formation. After obtaining one of the ingredients he needed, he encountered a Tier 3 Great Demon fighting a white-clothed youth and hurried to retreat.

• Li Qingyuan finished refining the Thousand Feather Sky Covering Formation, disguised himself as Zhen Youde, and entered the Dead Spirit Abyss with Li Yunmei.
• Li Yunmei explained the danger and value of Death Spirit Dragon Pythons, and Li Qingyuan killed a Second-Tier Mid Stage one with spells, talismans, and a magic tool.
• Li Qingyuan intercepted a Second-Tier Late Stage Perfection Death Spirit Dragon Python and killed it inside his Thousand Feather Sky Covering Formation.
• Li Qingyuan collected the python's body and core, obtaining one of the two main ingredients he needed.
• A Tier 3 Great Demon appeared, battling a white-clothed youth amid wind, lightning, and Death Spirit Energy, and Li Qingyuan quickly withdrew.

Li Qingyuan and Li Yunmei witnessed Zhao Tongxuan battle a Tier 3 Death Spirit Dragon Python, then continued hunting demonic beasts. After securing another Second-tier Late Stage beast core near Red Rock Valley, Li Qingyuan planned to return to the city and refine the Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir.

• Li Qingyuan and Li Yunmei retreated from the Death Spirit Dragon Python and watched Zhao Tongxuan fight it while Li Yunmei recounted his past victories and described Three Joys Immortal City's three City Lords.
• The Death Spirit Dragon Python gained the upper hand and unleashed its Death Spirit Divine Light, but Zhao Tongxuan shattered the attack with a Third-grade Mid-tier lightning talisman and drove the wounded demon away.
• Zhao Tongxuan and Li Qingyuan briefly exchanged glances, each sensing that the other was not ordinary, before Li Qingyuan and Li Yunmei moved to a safer hunting ground.
• Several days later, Li Qingyuan killed another Second-tier Late Stage Death Spirit Dragon Python and left Dead Spirit Abyss with Li Yunmei.
• Half a month later near Red Rock Valley, Li Qingyuan used the Thousand Feather Sky Covering Formation to kill a Second-tier Late Stage Two-winged Blood Tiger and decided to return to the city to refine the Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir.

Li Qingyuan secured supplies and a high-rank furnace, then began refining the Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir to advance his body-refining alchemy. He left the elixir’s fusion—and the success of his first attempt—undecided.

• Li Qingyuan asked Li Yunmei to sell Spirit Condensing Pills, buy body-refining ingredients, seek high-rank talisman scripts, and watch Lei Xing until he left Three Joys Immortal City.
• Li Yunmei swore to keep Li Qingyuan’s affairs secret and agreed to help him kill Lei Xing when the time came.
• Back in Three Joys Immortal City, Li Qingyuan used the Zhen Youde identity to trade for a Second-grade High-rank alchemy furnace, then secured his cave with formations and Ji Kun.
• Li Qingyuan fed Ji Kun Second-Tier Demonic Beast Cores and studied how to refine the Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir.
• After three days of preparation, Li Qingyuan began refining the elixir, melting its auxiliary ingredients and dragon- and tiger-type beast cores before starting the crucial fusion step.

Li Qingyuan refined Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixirs, improved one to Masterwork quality, and swallowed it to advance his body refinement. As the elixir’s power surged through him, his Body Refining cultivation broke through its bottleneck.

• Li Qingyuan successfully refined a low-rank Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir and became a Second-grade High-rank alchemist.
• Li Qingyuan studied the refining method, doubled resources from Lei Chen's Storage Bag, and prepared to forge a body-refining magic tool from Purple Crystal Stone.
• Li Yunmei delivered four sets of medicinal ingredients and the proceeds from selling Spirit Condensing Pills, then accepted more resources to sell on Li Qingyuan's behalf.
• Li Qingyuan refined five furnaces of Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixirs, producing nine low-rank pills and four Standard pills, then upgraded one Standard pill to Masterwork quality.
• Li Qingyuan suppressed Ji Kun's attempts to eat the Masterwork pill and swallowed it himself, triggering a breakthrough in his Body Refining cultivation.

Li Qingyuan used superior Dragon Tiger Elixirs to advance his body cultivation to the Second Stage Late Stage, while Ji Kun grew stronger and agreed to hunt for alchemy materials. As Li Qingyuan prepared to focus on talisman cultivation, Li Yunmei arrived with news about the talisman script he needed.

• Li Qingyuan refined Dragon Tiger Elixirs for months, turning the patterns on his arms and legs into jade patterns and breaking through to Body Refining Second Stage Late Stage.
• Ji Kun swallowed a superior Dragon Tiger Elixir and used its innate cultivation method to refine the medicinal power.
• Li Qingyuan absorbed the final superior Dragon Tiger Elixir, advanced to Body Refining Second Stage Late Stage, and converted one-third of the patterns on his torso into jade patterns.
• Li Qingyuan asked Ji Kun to leave the city and hunt demonic beasts for alchemy materials while he focused on talismans and cultivation; Ji Kun eagerly agreed.
• Li Qingyuan left his cave mansion and met Li Yunmei, who told him there was news about the Second-grade High-rank Talisman Script he needed.

Li Qingyuan collected the resources Li Yunmei had traded from Lei Chen’s Storage Bag and learned that a Second-grade High-rank Talisman Script was being offered in exchange for Masterwork Spirit Condensing Pills. He and Li Yunmei met Lu Huan at Biyi Hall, where Lu revealed that his junior sister was the one seeking the pills.

• Li Yunmei gave Li Qingyuan the traded cultivation resources and received eight thousand Spirit Stones as payment.
• Li Yunmei told Li Qingyuan that Lu Huan had mentioned an exchange for a Second-grade High-rank Talisman Script, so Li Qingyuan decided to seek him out.
• Li Yunmei explained that Biyi Hall verified cultivators and introduced potential Dao companions, then accompanied Li Qingyuan there.
• Li Qingyuan and Li Yunmei listened as Lu Huan taught male cultivators how to find Dao companions, and Li Yunmei recounted that sixty-six of Lu Huan’s ninety-nine Dao companions had accepted one another.
• After his lesson, Lu Huan told Li Qingyuan that his junior sister, Three Joys Immortal City’s most talented Second-grade Talisman Master, wanted to trade the script for Spirit Condensing Pills.

Li Qingyuan traded two Masterwork Spirit Condensing Pills to Shang Xiuxin for Second-grade High-rank Talisman Scripts, then returned to his cave mansion to duplicate cultivation resources and plan his next steps. He resolved to seek the final Wood Attribute Talisman Script and prepare to form his core before the age of one hundred.

• Lu Huan brought Li Qingyuan and Li Yunmei to Shang Xiuxin's cave mansion and introduced them.
• Li Qingyuan exchanged two Masterwork Spirit Condensing Pills with Shang Xiuxin for two Second-grade High-rank Talisman Scripts, changing one script to an offensive attribute other than metal or water.
• Shang Xiuxin told Li Qingyuan that she succeeded in drawing Second-grade High-rank talismans only about one percent of the time and used the pills to strengthen her divine sense.
• Li Qingyuan paid Li Yunmei three thousand Spirit Stones, then returned to his cave mansion wary that Shang Xiuxin might infer he possessed the Five Elements Talisman Array Technique.
• Li Qingyuan duplicated Spirit Stones and talisman-making and artifact-refining materials in the Mysterious Feminine Space, sent Ji Kun outside the city to hunt and gather, and planned to pursue the remaining Wood Attribute Talisman Script and prepare for Core Formation.

Li Qingyuan spent months mastering Second-grade High-rank talismans and amassed enough firepower to assemble six Five Elements Talisman Arrays. After he emerged from seclusion, more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators visited his cave mansion, and he asked what they wanted.

• Li Qingyuan studied the Blazing Sky and Quicksand talisman scripts and realized he had enough wood-attribute talismans to make six Five Elements Talisman Arrays once he mastered the other four elements.
• Li Qingyuan used his False Core Divine Sense and the Mysterious Feminine Space to improve his talisman drawing, producing hundreds of Blazing Sky, Quicksand, Golden Light Evil Breaking, and Heavy Water Spirit Suppressing Talismans.
• Li Qingyuan gathered 893 Second-grade High-rank talisman papers, including six sets for Five Elements Talisman Arrays, and concluded he could defend himself against ordinary False Core cultivators and possibly escape an early-stage Core Formation cultivator.
• More than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, including Nangong Jin and Xia Fangtian, gathered outside Li Qingyuan's cave mansion to visit their neighbor.
• Li Qingyuan opened his formation, introduced himself as Liu Chuan while concealing his cultivation at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and asked the visitors why they had come.

Li Qingyuan rejected cultivators seeking an introduction to Li Yunmei, then learned she had become True Person Miaole’s only nominal disciple and reconsidered strengthening their cooperation. The chapter ended when Ji Kun’s urgent message revealed he had been captured by someone at the Core Formation Earl level, provoking Li Qingyuan’s fury.

• Xia Fangtian, Nangong Jin, and the others offered Li Qingyuan gifts in exchange for an introduction to Li Yunmei, but he shut them out of his cave abode.
• Li Yunmei arrived, invited the cultivators to her cave abode, and entered Li Qingyuan’s home after addressing him as Big Brother Liu.
• Li Yunmei told the group that Li Qingyuan had declined her invitation to her apprenticeship banquet, then left with two Core Formation Talisman Treasures and ten sheets of Second-grade High-rank Talisman Paper.
• Li Qingyuan decided that his cooperation with Li Yunmei could be strengthened after she became True Person Miaole’s nominal disciple.
• Ji Kun sent Li Qingyuan a broken-off warning that someone at the Core Formation Earl level had captured him, and Li Qingyuan vowed to retaliate.

Li Qingyuan rushed to rescue Ji Kun after it was attacked by a Core Formation cultivator who wanted to enslave it. Ji Kun resisted with its unusual powers and the Primordial Cone, but the red-robed man pursued it as Li Qingyuan raced toward its location.

• Li Qingyuan disguised himself, used the Star Luo Blood Compass to locate Ji Kun, and flew north at full speed.
• Ji Kun defeated four Foundation Establishment cultivators, but the Middle-aged Red-robed Man arrived and demanded its soul blood.
• Ji Kun blocked the Core Formation cultivator's attack and fled, but he broke its Sound Transmission Jade Talisman and trapped it with the Spirit Imprisoning Hundred Refining Furnace.
• Ji Kun used the Primordial Cone to break out of the furnace, revealing that it possessed a Core Formation Magic Treasure.
• The Middle-aged Red-robed Man pursued Ji Kun with a Pitch-black Snake Spear, while Ji Kun used the Primordial Cone and High-grade Talisman Paper to delay him and await Li Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan used his Bloody Hand Butcher alter ego to frighten the red-robed Core Formation cultivator into releasing Ji Kun and paying compensation. After the cultivator left, he returned three thousand li later and attacked Li Qingyuan, leaving him with no choice but to fight for survival.

• The red-robed man and his servants subdued the badly injured Ji Kun, but Li Qingyuan's Bloody Hand Butcher alter ego arrived and stopped the man's killing strike with a Five Elements Talisman Array.
• Li Qingyuan claimed Ji Kun's master was a powerful Core Formation cultivator, threatened the red-robed man, and pressured him to release Ji Kun and explain the attack.
• The red-robed man handed Li Qingyuan a Dragon Bone Marrow-Clearing Pill for Ji Kun and a Mystic Law Pill for him, and Li Qingyuan agreed to let the matter end.
• After the red-robed man and his servants departed, Li Qingyuan gave Ji Kun Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and fled, while Ji Kun entered the Space Ring to recover.
• The red-robed man tracked Li Qingyuan for three thousand li, returned with his snake spear, and attacked after concluding that no master was coming to save him.

Li Qingyuan fought True Person Chi Yun, a perfected Early-Stage Core Formation cultivator, while fleeing and revealing his trump cards. He trapped Li Qingyuan in a pill furnace, but Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun launched two Primordial Cones at him, leaving Chi Yun facing a sudden lethal attack.

• True Person Chi Yun ambushed Li Qingyuan, and Li Qingyuan blocked his Cloud-Shaking Hand with the Thunder Python Sword and a blood tiger before escaping with Wind Shadow Escape.
• Li Qingyuan distracted Chi Yun with a false claim that his master had arrived, then fled while Chi Yun pursued him with a Third-grade Magic Tool.
• Li Qingyuan used Five Elements Talisman Arrays to counter Chi Yun’s attacks, while Ji Kun reported that he had recovered enough to use the Primordial Cone once.
• Chi Yun unleashed his golden core’s power and sealed Li Qingyuan inside the Spirit Imprisoning Hundred Refining Furnace.
• Ji Kun and Li Qingyuan each launched a Primordial Cone at Chi Yun as the furnace closed, forcing him to defend against both Core Formation Magic Treasures.

Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun wounded True Person Chi Yun with their Primordial Cones, and Li Qingyuan then used talismans, heavy-water defenses, and close-range punches to overwhelm him. After Chi Yun broke free and threatened him, Li Qingyuan revealed a second Heavenly One Heavy Water Bead and escaped, leaving Chi Yun injured but in pursuit.

• Ji Kun and Li Qingyuan’s linked Primordial Cones pierced Chi Yun’s armor and wounded his clavicle.
• Li Qingyuan shattered the Spirit Imprisoning Hundred Refining Furnace with talismans, then charged Chi Yun behind the Heavenly One Heavy Water Bead’s defense.
• Chi Yun’s third-grade talismans failed to kill Li Qingyuan, who closed in and battered him with heavy punches.
• Chi Yun’s Divine Sense Pressure collided with Li Qingyuan’s Phantom God Eye Technique, and both men recoiled.
• After the first Heavy Water Bead’s protection ended, Li Qingyuan activated a second one and bombarded Chi Yun with two hundred talismans.
• Li Qingyuan fled with both Primordial Cones while Chi Yun healed and pursued him, vowing to kill him and destroy his clan.

Li Qingyuan escaped True Person Chi Yun by hiding in the Dead Spirit Abyss, prompting Chi Yun to issue a citywide manhunt for him. After three months, Li Qingyuan returned to Three Joys Immortal City and met Li Yunmei, who had kept his identity secret.

• Li Qingyuan fled into the Dead Spirit Abyss and concealed himself in an underwater cavern as True Person Chi Yun pursued him.
• Chi Yun failed to find Li Qingyuan among the tunnels and attacking Death Spirit Dragon Pythons, then issued a citywide manhunt offering a Spirit Nurturing Pill as the reward.
• Cultivators flocked to the Dead Spirit Abyss, but Li Yunmei guessed Li Qingyuan was the target and chose not to reveal what she suspected.
• After three months, Li Qingyuan slipped out of the abyss during a battle with a Mid-Tier 3 Great Demon and returned to Three Joys Immortal City.
• Li Yunmei swore she would protect Li Qingyuan's identity, and he invited her to stay at his cave abode on a Third-grade Low-rank Spirit Vein.
• Li Qingyuan brought Li Yunmei into his cave abode and activated a killing formation and a Defensive Formation.

Li Qingyuan completed his Jade Pattern Blood Demon Body and reached Peak Second-tier body refinement, giving him strength comparable to a Fake Core True Person. He then began studying the Nine Fiend Demonic Cauldron Technique to further increase his combat power.

• Li Yunmei swore she would keep Li Qingyuan's strength and Ji Kun's existence secret, resigned from her post, and entered secluded cultivation in the cave mansion.
• Li Qingyuan refined five batches of Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixirs, producing four premium-quality pills, nine standard-quality pills, and two low-quality pills; Ji Kun swallowed one premium pill and began seclusion.
• Over the next three months, Li Qingyuan consumed the remaining premium pills and brought his Jade Pattern Blood Demon Body to major completion.
• At sixty, Li Qingyuan assessed his Peak Second-tier body refinement and acknowledged that he still could not fight Old Thief Chi Yun head-on.
• Li Qingyuan read True Person San Quan's inheritance and began comprehending the Nine Fiend Demonic Cauldron Technique, which could rival a Third-tier Spell when all nine cauldrons united.

Li Qingyuan perfected his Second-tier body cultivation and demonstrated the power of his Nine Fiend Demonic Cauldron Technique while sparring with Ji Kun, then entered seclusion to pursue Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Perfection. Li Yunmei later returned with major inside news after attending a gathering of True Person Miao Le’s disciples.

• Li Qingyuan reached Peak Second-tier Perfection in body cultivation and used nine demonic cauldrons to suppress Ji Kun during their sparring match.
• Li Qingyuan gave Ji Kun masterwork pills and told it to cultivate toward Second-Tier Late Stage Perfection and a future Demonic Core.
• Li Yunmei told Li Qingyuan that True Person Miao Le had accepted four more True Disciples and that Senior Sister Shang Xiuxin had summoned the five nominal disciples to receive a wondrous method.
• Li Qingyuan advised Li Yunmei to be careful, then entered seclusion to pursue Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• More than three months later, Li Yunmei returned to Li Qingyuan with major inside news.

Li Yunmei told Li Qingyuan about the Foundation Establishment Trial, a once-in-fifty-years opportunity to explore an Ancient Secret Realm rich in powerful inheritances. Though Li Qingyuan coveted its rewards, fear that True Person Chi Yun and Three Joys Immortal City's leaders would expose his disguise left him unsure whether to participate.

• Li Yunmei explained that the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province held trials to nurture Core Formation prodigies, and described the sword formation True Person Miao Le had taught her and four other registered disciples.
• Li Qingyuan concluded that Li Yunmei and the other disciples had been chosen to protect and accompany Shang Xiuxin, Miao Le's talented direct disciple.
• Li Yunmei told Li Qingyuan that Three Joys Immortal City had thirty trial spots, including ten for Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators, and encouraged him to compete for one.
• Li Qingyuan worried that participating would expose his disguise to True Person Chi Yun or Three Joys Immortal City's Core Formation leaders, so he considered refusing the opportunity.
• Li Yunmei revealed that the Ancient Secret Realm contained rare inheritances, including accounts of Soul Transformation Magic Treasures and Spirit Transformation inheritances, but Li Qingyuan remained conflicted as she departed.

Li Qingyuan bought rare materials, refined Masterwork Quality pills, and used a Mystic Law Pill to strengthen his cultivation. He resolved to claim True Person Chi Yun’s Alchemy Path Inheritance as their feud remained unsettled.

• Li Qingyuan planned to cultivate in seclusion for twenty years before seeking a Core Formation Opportunity, but Yun Lang’s message about newly stocked materials interrupted him.
• Disguised as Chen Yuanjie, Li Qingyuan paid Yun Lang sixteen thousand Spirit Stones for Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo and five drops of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, then returned as Peng Changsheng to buy the final materials for Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixir.
• Li Qingyuan refined Dragon Tiger Auspicious Elixirs and upgraded his Mystic Law Pills and Dragon Bone Marrow-Clearing Pills into Masterwork Quality pills.
• Li Qingyuan gave five Masterwork Quality Dragon Tiger and Dragon Bone Marrow-Clearing pills to Ji Kun, keeping two Masterwork Quality Mystic Law Pills for himself.
• After a month of cultivation with one Mystic Law Pill, Li Qingyuan felt his magic power increase and vowed to take True Person Chi Yun’s Alchemy Path Inheritance.

Li Qingyuan emerged from seclusion after Ji Kun advanced to Peak Second-tier, then considered their next steps and received an invitation from Yun Lang to explore an Ancient Cultivator's Cave Mansion. He decided to learn more before choosing whether to go.

• Li Qingyuan continued secluded cultivation, using Mystic Law Pills to accelerate his progress toward Core Formation.
• After half a year, Ji Kun broke through from Second-tier Late Stage to Peak Second-tier by refining pills and absorbing spiritual energy.
• Li Qingyuan urged Ji Kun to consume Purple Flame Core Condensing Fruits and attempt to become a Tier 3 Great Demon, but Ji Kun refused because its chances of success were too low.
• Li Qingyuan considered improving his body-refining cultivation and talisman skills, but lacked the Third-grade Elixirs and Wood Attribute Talisman Script he needed.
• Yun Lang invited Li Qingyuan to explore a Core Formation Cultivator's cave mansion, suspected to belong to a Third-grade Talisman Master and Insect Cultivator.
• Li Qingyuan decided to hear more about the cave mansion before deciding whether to join the exploration.

Li Qingyuan, disguised as Chen Yuanjie, met with Yun Lang and several Foundation Establishment cultivators to discuss exploring a Core Formation cultivator’s cave mansion. He agreed to join the expedition and provide pills and supplies, though he claimed he was inexperienced in combat.

• Li Qingyuan arrived at Yun Lang’s residence in his Chen Yuanjie guise and met Hua Mei'er, Fang Tian, Nangong Jin, and Chunyu Xing.
• Yun Lang introduced Chen Yuanjie as a skilled alchemist whose pills had impressed the gathered cultivators.
• Chunyu Xing explained that he had discovered the cave mansion after surviving an attack by Blood-Winged Poison Bees, and Yun Lang linked the site to a vanished Core Formation cultivator who practiced talisman arts and insect cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan suspected Chunyu Xing’s motives but judged that he and Ji Kun could handle the danger.
• Li Qingyuan agreed to join the expedition, offering to provide pills and logistical supplies while claiming he was not skilled at fighting.