Recaps

Li Qingyuan became a Third-grade Alchemist, secured Yellow Springs Water, and returned to his family after years away. He made Reincarnation Elixirs for his loved ones, buried his parents, and began preparing the Li Clan for its future.

• Li Qingyuan proved his alchemy skills before the Three Joys Immortal Sect, earned the title Elder Qingyuan, and studied advanced talisman and alchemy inheritances.
• After three years of work, Li Qingyuan left Three Joys Immortal City to visit his parents and traded a Heavenly Infant Fruit to Zhuge Ru for two drops of Yellow Springs Water.
• Li Qingyuan escaped Black Mountain Ghost City, captured the wounded Zhenxing, and continued toward Willow Crane Island as Li Xianhuang reached Foundation Establishment and set out to find her father.
• Li Qingyuan reunited with Luo Ling, Li Dingzhou, and Chen Xiuyun, restored his parents’ health with Longevity Pills, and announced his Core Formation to the Li Clan.
• Li Qingyuan supported his family and the clan for years, then refined Reincarnation Elixirs for his loved ones and kept the final pill for the missing Li Xianhuang.
• Li Dingzhou and Chen Xiuyun died together after celebrating his 120th birthday, and Li Qingyuan buried them and mourned at their graves for three months.
• Li Qingyuan vowed to help his parents cultivate again in a future life, set a hundred-year goal for the Li Clan, and told Li Xianfeng he could attempt Foundation Establishment.

Li Qingyuan advanced his cultivation, strengthened his ties with Miao Le, and helped the Three Joys Immortal Sect secure a Fourth-grade Spirit Vein. After mastering new arts and preparing for the Nine Provinces gathering, he led the sect’s prodigies through an ancient teleportation array toward the Divine Continent.

• Li Qingyuan reached Mid-Stage Core Formation and Physical Core Formation, then prepared to leave for the Human King Hall Selection with Blood Shadow, Ji Kun, and the Flame Dragon Lizard advancing alongside him.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Three Joys Immortal Sect, refined Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills, and asked Li Yunmei to look after his family if they settled nearby.
• Miao Le and the Vermilion Bird Envoy secured the Fourth-grade Mid-rank Spirit Vein for Three Joys Immortal Sect after the Human King's Edict defeated the rival claimants.
• True Lord Xuantian gave Miao Le five Xuantian Stele Inscriptions, and Li Qingyuan and Miao Le mastered their five arts and discovered the Five Energies Returning to Origin Technique.
• Dugu Lei defeated Taiyi Gate's elders and destroyed its mountain gate after they defied the Nine Provinces Alliance Contract.
• Li Qingyuan admitted to Miao Le that he had a daughter and a son, and she promised to help find his daughter and protect his family.
• Li Qingyuan defeated Zhao Tongxuan in a spar, then reconciled with Miao Le, and their divine senses and Longevity Seeds caused Jianmu seeds to sprout in their Mud Pill Palaces.
• Miao Le named Li Qingyuan leader of the Three Joys Immortal Sect delegation, and he and the gathered prodigies entered the ancient teleportation array for the Divine Continent.

Li Qingyuan entered the Void Refinement Grotto-heaven, excelled in the Pill Dao and Sword Dao trials, and claimed two inheritances while concealing his identity. Young King Yuan failed to capture him and turned his attention to hunting the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province as the trials approached their end.

• The Human King and Five Yuan King brought the Nine Provinces prodigies to Diqiu, where Dugu Lei announced the grotto-heaven trial and the Azure Dragon Envoy began carrying out his plan.
• Li Qingyuan entered the grotto-heaven with the Arid Province cultivators, joined Zhao Jue’s group, and helped them survive the Five Yuan Sect’s attack before they found a Pill Key.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as Zhou Gang, passed Tianmu Zi’s pill trials, and refined two Fourth-grade Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs to claim the Pill Dao inheritance.
• Li Qingyuan took the Sun Moon Soul Nurturing Lotus, changed his disguise to Luo Zhengyi, and followed the factions to the Sword Dao inheritance.
• Li Qingyuan mastered the Spring Growth Sword Intent, breaking Sword Mountain and revealing Di Kunzi’s Earth Marsh Sword Array inheritance, which entered his brow after rejecting the other contenders.
• Young King Yuan and his followers attacked Li Qingyuan, but he escaped with talismans, teleports, and two Heavenly Sun Pearls before the Flame Dragon Lizard carried him through magma toward the earth’s core.
• Young King Yuan failed to find Li Qingyuan, learned that other inheritances had opened, and ordered Shui Lingzi to pursue the Talisman Path Inheritance.
• Young King Yuan announced that his forces would begin hunting the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province, and Tie Wuya, Wan Luo, and other followers volunteered to lead the hunt.

Li Qingyuan completed his inheritance and cultivation, then returned to the Grotto-heaven to rescue his allies and strike back against the Five Yuan Sect. After defeating the sect’s forces, he challenged the divine mountain’s talisman puppets and found that the Dragon Origin Grass had approached him on its own.

• Li Qingyuan mastered the Talisman Path inheritance, defeated Shui Lingzi, and arranged for Zhenxing to infiltrate Young King Yuan’s ranks before entering the Talisman Treasure Space.
• Young King Yuan and other prodigies challenged the ancient immortal residence’s talisman puppets for spirit plants and treasure medicines while the Five Yuan Sect hunted their rivals.
• During seclusion, Li Qingyuan advanced to Late-Stage Core Formation, strengthened his divine sense to Nascent Soul level, and cultivated his companions.
• Li Qingyuan returned to find Huo Lingzi’s forces besieging his allies, then ambushed the Five Yuan Sect and killed Cao Yifei, Tie Wuya, and other enemies as his companions captured Huo Lingzi.
• Li Qingyuan organized the survivors to hunt the scattered Five Yuan Sect forces, then challenged the talisman puppet guarding the Five Spirits Demonic Cloud and defeated it at great cost.
• Li Qingyuan defeated another puppet guarding the Thunder Spirit Fruit with his Earth Marsh Sword Array, collected the fruit, and triggered the restriction around the Dragon Origin Grass.
• The Dragon Origin Grass emerged beyond its restriction and approached Li Qingyuan, who retreated and searched for whatever had sent it to him.