Chapter Summaries

After True Monarch Miao Le reorganized the Three Joys Immortal Sect, she gave Li Qingyuan a Top-grade Spirit Stone and explained the Human King’s mysterious gifts and expectations. Miao Le hoped the rare treasures would help her strengthen the sect, while Li Qingyuan worried the Human King might have tampered with them or be using her.

• True Monarch Miao Le recruited six Core Formation elders, exposed and dealt with dangerous recruits, and made the original Three Joys Immortal Palace disciples members of the Nascent Soul Sect.
• True Monarch Miao Le privately gave Li Qingyuan a Top-grade Spirit Stone and explained that such stones held faint Primordial Spirit intent and Heaven and Earth Laws, making them precious to Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Miao Le revealed that the Human King had secretly gifted her ten Top-grade Spirit Stones, along with a Sky-Slaying Sword and Sky-Patrolling Robe, and had spoken of remaking Heaven and Earth with her.
• Li Qingyuan reasoned that the Human King was investing in Miao Le because he either desired her or expected her to handle something for him, and Miao Le gave Li Qingyuan one of the stones as her own investment in him.
• Miao Le explained that the Human King’s gifts placed her under pressure to strengthen herself and protect Three Joys Immortal City, and Li Qingyuan asked whether the Human King had tampered with the stones or had designs on her.

Li Qingyuan received a Top-grade Spirit Stone from True Monarch Miao Le and settled into his new cave mansion, where he prepared to strengthen his cultivation and skills. After three months of studying artifact refinement under True Person Yun Le, he upgraded his Halberd of Subduing with Virtue and resolved to become a Third-grade Alchemist before returning home.

• Li Qingyuan worried that the Human King might target Miao Le, but she assured him she had inspected the Top-grade Spirit Stone and made him swear to keep its existence secret before giving it to him.
• Miao Le and Li Qingyuan were intimate, and afterward she asked him to become a Third-grade Alchemist for the sect; he promised to start refining Third-grade Elixirs.
• Li Qingyuan moved into a Third-grade Mid-rank Spirit Vein Cave Mansion, rewarded Ji Kun and the Flame Dragon Lizard with elixirs, and copied the Top-grade Spirit Stone in the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan planned to consolidate his cultivation, improve his Talisman Path and Alchemy skills, and refine more Top-grade Spirit Stones when he could leave Three Joys Immortal City.
• Li Qingyuan studied artifact refinement under True Person Yun Le for three months and forged the Halberd of Subduing with Virtue into a Third-grade Mid-tier Magic Tool.
• Li Qingyuan resolved to become a Third-grade Alchemist, establish himself in Three Joys Immortal Sect, and eventually return home to prepare his family's migration.

After returning from the Trial Ground, Li Qingyuan refined the Wind Fire Furnace and spent months improving his alchemy. He advanced from a Second-grade Alchemist to a Third-grade Mid-rank Alchemist by successfully refining Spirit Condensing Pills.

• Li Qingyuan refined the Wind Fire Furnace and mastered its controls while making batches of Masterwork Second-grade Elixirs.
• Li Qingyuan refined True Man Pills, improving his results until he produced Masterwork pills on his first attempt at Third-grade Elixirs.
• Zhao Guangzheng marveled at Li Qingyuan’s rapid progress and predicted that he could eventually become a Fourth-grade Alchemist.
• Li Qingyuan refined batches of Primordial Chaos Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills, producing standard and Masterwork pills.
• Li Qingyuan successfully refined one standard-grade and two low-rank Third-grade Mid-rank Spirit Condensing Pills, becoming a Third-grade Mid-rank Alchemist.

Li Qingyuan successfully refined standard-quality Spirit Condensing Pills and went to the Cloud Top Heavenly Palace to demonstrate his skills as a Third-grade Alchemist. He left the gathered cultivators stunned by refining three fine-quality Primordial Chaos Pills, giving Miao Le proof that the Three Joys Immortal Sect could attract talented cultivators.

• Li Qingyuan refined three standard-quality Spirit Condensing Pills, and Zhao Guangzheng praised his potential to become a Grandmaster Alchemist.
• Miao Le summoned Li Qingyuan to the Cloud Top Heavenly Palace to demonstrate his alchemy before the cultivators of the Yue Kingdom.
• A False Core elder warned Li Qingyuan that the Three Joys Immortal Sect lacked a Third-grade Alchemist and faced recruitment pressure from rival sects, but Li Qingyuan declared his loyalty to the sect.
• Miao Le introduced Li Qingyuan as the sect's Third-grade Alchemist, and he began refining a Primordial Chaos Pill on the Heavenly Fire Platform.
• Li Qingyuan completed the refinement and produced three fine-quality Primordial Chaos Pills, astonishing Miao Le and the assembled crowd.

Li Qingyuan successfully refined premium Primordial Chaos Pills, True Man Pills, and Spirit Nurturing Pills, astonishing the cultivators gathered at the Three Joys Immortal Sect. He then completed three Spirit Condensing Pills as his two Tier 3 spirit beasts arrived to guard him.

• Li Qingyuan refined three premium Primordial Chaos Pills in one furnace, convincing the gathered cultivators that he was a Third-grade Alchemist.
• He refined three premium True Man Pills, strengthening the Core Formation cultivators’ resolve to remain in the Three Joys Immortal Sect.
• Li Qingyuan consumed a premium True Man Pill and refined three premium Spirit Nurturing Pills.
• Li Qingyuan began refining Spirit Condensing Pills, drawing astonishment from Miao Le and the gathered cultivators.
• At dawn, Ji Kun and the Flame Dragon Lizard broke through to Tier 3 Great Demon and flew to guard Li Qingyuan as he completed three Third-grade Mid-rank Spirit Condensing Pills.

Li Qingyuan earned the Three Joys Immortal Sect’s recognition by revealing his alchemy skill, and True Monarch Miao Le rewarded him with valuable talisman and alchemy inheritances. He accepted her third reward and stayed with her to “discuss the Dao.”

• True Monarch Miao Le appointed Li Qingyuan to oversee the sect’s Cave Mansion Hall and Alchemy Pavilion, and the sect’s cultivators saluted him as Elder Qingyuan.
• Li Qingyuan asked Miao Le for a Third-grade Talisman Path Inheritance, and she gave him her complete Third-grade High-rank inheritance.
• Miao Le gave Li Qingyuan a high-grade Alchemy Path Inheritance containing the Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pill formula and a set of ingredients to try refining it.
• Li Qingyuan accepted Miao Le’s offer of a third reward, and he stayed behind with her to “sit and discuss the Dao.”

After years of cultivation and seclusion, Li Qingyuan mastered third-grade talisman-making and amassed a stock of powerful talismans. Longing to see his elderly parents, he went to Miao Le to say farewell, leaving her uncertain whether he meant to leave the Three Joys Immortal Sect.

• Li Qingyuan entered seclusion, assigning Zhao Guangzheng to refine talisman materials and Blood Shadow to forge a third-grade mid-rank talisman brush.
• Li Qingyuan comprehended and drew third-grade low-rank, mid-rank, and high-rank talismans, producing hundreds of talismans and mastering all four high-rank types.
• After ending three years of intense work, Li Qingyuan decided to return home because his father was 112 and his mother was 91.
• True Monarch Miao Le prepared third-grade venison and spirit wine to send to Li Qingyuan, but he arrived at her palace before A Wu could deliver them.
• Li Qingyuan told True Monarch Miao Le that he had come to bid her farewell, and she urgently asked whether he was leaving the sect.

Li Qingyuan bid farewell to True Monarch Miao Le and learned that Yellow Springs Water could be found in the perilous City of the Dead, home to ghost cultivators. After leaving resources for the Three Joys Immortal Sect and hearing of a future opportunity at the Human King Hall, he set out to visit his aging parents.

• Li Qingyuan told True Monarch Miao Le he was going home to see his parents, then shared a meal and spent three days with her.
• Li Qingyuan asked Miao Le about Yellow Springs Water, and she described the City of the Dead and its dangerous ghost cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan gave Miao Le a large supply of pills for the sect, and she provided more materials for him to study the Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pill.
• Miao Le gave Li Qingyuan resources for his journey and told him that the Human King Hall would select Nascent Soul Seeds in twelve years.
• Li Qingyuan boarded his third-grade Wind Spirit Boat and traveled southeast toward his parents.

Li Qingyuan traveled to the Black Mountain Range, where the Ghost Domain opened and formed the Black Mountain Ghost City. After the departed souls entered the city, the ghost market opened, and Li Qingyuan went inside seeking Yellow Springs Water.

• Li Qingyuan studied spells and the Tiangang Golden Body Art aboard the Wind Spirit Boat while Ji Kun and the Flame Dragon Lizard guarded him on the journey.
• After selling supplies in several cities, Li Qingyuan reached the Black Mountain Range, where a slovenly old Daoist, Crimson Powder True Monarch, and a Taiyi Gate monk gathered with other cultivators.
• The Yin Qi surged and transformed the mountains into the Black Mountain Ghost City, drawing departed souls from across the Nine Provinces into its gates.
• After three days and nights, ghost cultivators arrived with goods, and a fourth-tier ghost cultivator announced that the ghost market was open to the living.
• Li Qingyuan entered the Outer City Ghost Market, determined to obtain Yellow Springs Water.

Li Qingyuan explored Black Mountain Ghost City, secretly copying ghost-realm cultivation methods and asking about Yellow Springs Water. A group of ghost cultivators who claimed their master possessed it approached him, and he agreed to meet them while preparing Zhao Guangzheng for a possible fight.

• Li Qingyuan inspected the ghost cultivators and wandered the market, trading goods and asking about Yellow Springs Water.
• Li Qingyuan had Zhao Guangzheng infiltrate the soul imprint of the Spirit Devouring Great Method, confirmed it suited Blood Shadow’s Dark Spirit Root, and copied it along with several other techniques.
• Li Qingyuan learned that powerful ghost cultivators could not remain in the Nine Provinces Continent without their Yin Qi weakening, and decided against entering the Inner City.
• Four Late Tier 3 ghost cultivators surrounded Li Qingyuan, and a scarlet-clad female ghost said her master wanted to discuss Yellow Springs Water.
• Li Qingyuan claimed to be Tie Wushuang, a Heavenly Gang Gate disciple backed by Nascent Soul Late Stage body cultivator Tie Yuangang, then agreed to follow the ghosts and warned Zhao Guangzheng to prepare for battle.

Li Qingyuan met Zhuge Ru, the Scholar Ghost General of Black Mountain City, and traded a Heavenly Infant Fruit for two drops of Yellow Springs Water. After the exchange, Zhuge Ru stopped him as he tried to leave, leaving the reason unclear.

• The female ghost led Li Qingyuan into Black Mountain City and explained that her master was one of its eight fourth-tier Ghost Generals.
• Li Qingyuan arranged for Zhao Guangzheng to refine a Heavenly Sun Pearl using a drop of Ji Kun’s essence blood, and Zhao Guangzheng prepared two with Li Qingyuan’s Creation Divine Light.
• Li Qingyuan met Zhuge Ru at Pure Wind Studio and learned that the Ghost General possessed two drops of Yellow Springs Water.
• Zhuge Ru asked for a Heavenly Infant Fruit in exchange, and Li Qingyuan revealed one and traded it for the two drops of Yellow Springs Water.
• As Li Qingyuan turned to leave, Zhuge Ru called him back and Leng'er blocked his path.

Li Qingyuan received Earth Core Crimson Flame Stone from Zhuge Ru and discovered a Diamond Spirit-Breaking Stone hidden inside it, bringing him one step closer to forging his natal magic treasure. As he left Black Mountain Ghost City, he saw two Nascent Soul experts fighting above the city.

• Zhuge Ru apologized to Li Qingyuan for Leng'er’s behavior and gave him Earth Core Crimson Flame Stone as thanks for the Heavenly Infant Fruit.
• Zhuge Ru punished Leng'er for considering an attack on Li Qingyuan, then divined that their paths would cross again.
• Li Qingyuan stored the Earth Core Crimson Flame Stone and Yellow Springs Water in the Mysterious Feminine Space for duplication.
• Zhao Guangzheng revealed a Diamond Spirit-Breaking Stone hidden inside the Earth Core Crimson Flame Stone, leaving Li Qingyuan needing only a Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma to forge his natal magic treasure.
• Li Qingyuan saw two Nascent Soul Middle Stage experts fighting in the sky above Black Mountain Ghost City.

Li Qingyuan witnessed a clash between Taiyi Gate monks Zhenwu and Zhenxing, whose dispute over their master ended with Zhenxing escaping. As powerful outsiders devastated Black Mountain Ghost City, Zhuge Ru and the city’s Ghost Cultivators drove them out, and Li Qingyuan headed home with the Yellow Springs Water.

• Li Qingyuan watched Zhenwu battle Zhenxing and learned that Zhenxing had killed their master and taken the Formless Divine Ability after accusing the master of trying to possess him.
• Zhenxing exploited Zhenwu’s momentary distraction to break free of the Demon Subduing Kasaya and flee, while Zhenwu pursued him through the city.
• The Bride Dress Female Cultivator fled with a young Silver-Winged Three-Eyed Boa as its enraged mother chased her and demanded the child’s return.
• Zhuge Ru summoned the Ghost City’s Fourth-grade Ghost Cultivators and activated the Supreme Grand Formation, forcing the outsider Nascent Soul Cultivators to leave Black Mountain City.
• Li Qingyuan fled the Ghost City and traveled southeast toward Desolate Province, eager to return home with the Yellow Springs Water.

Li Qingyuan crossed the Sky Yin Mountain Range and encountered Zhenxing, a severely injured Nascent Soul fleeing after his body was destroyed. Zhenxing attempted to seize Li Qingyuan’s body but was lured into the Mysterious Feminine Space, where Li Qingyuan ordered Zhao Guangzheng and the others to attack him.

• Li Qingyuan traveled through the Sky Yin Mountain Range, where Ji Kun and the Flame Dragon Lizard fought Demonic Beasts that blocked their route.
• Zhao Guangzheng detected a badly wounded Nascent Soul approaching, and Li Qingyuan recognized it as Zhenxing, the bewitching monk he had seen in Black Mountain Ghost City.
• Li Qingyuan hid Ji Kun, the Flame Dragon Lizard, and the Blood Shadow Clone in the Mysterious Feminine Space, then used himself as bait to lure Zhenxing into attempting a body seizure.
• Zhenxing entered Li Qingyuan’s Mud Pill Palace and discovered that it led into the self-contained Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan entered the space and ordered Zhao Guangzheng to refine Zhenxing as Zhao, Ji Kun, the Flame Dragon Lizard, and the Blood Shadow Clone attacked him.

Li Qingyuan subdued Zhenxing in the Mysterious Feminine Space and took control of his life, then continued toward Willow Crane Island. Meanwhile, Li Xianhuang achieved Foundation Establishment at age twenty-four, and the Li Clan celebrated her breakthrough.

• Zhao Guangzheng imprisoned Zhenxing's Nascent Soul, and Li Qingyuan demanded Zhenxing's Nascent Soul True Blood as proof of submission.
• Zhenxing offered the true blood, which Li Qingyuan refined to control his life and ordered him to record the Taiyi Gate techniques he knew.
• Li Qingyuan left the Mysterious Feminine Space, told Zhao Guangzheng to watch Zhenxing, and continued toward Willow Crane Island aboard the Wind Spirit Boat.
• Li Xianhuang drew in fifteen zhang of spiritual clouds and broke through to Foundation Establishment Early Stage on Cloud Mist Peak.
• The Undying Bird praised Li Xianhuang's foundation, and she vowed to reach the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and become immortal.
• The Li Clan celebrated Li Xianhuang's breakthrough and noted that she had surpassed the former Clan Leader's record at age twenty-four.

Li Xianhuang celebrated her Foundation Establishment with her family, then decided to leave the Sea Domain Archipelago to find her father, Li Qingyuan, before her grandparents died. As she departed through the family's Teleportation Array, Li Qingyuan returned to Willow Crane Island.

• Li Qingqing congratulated Li Xianhuang on reaching Foundation Establishment at twenty-four and praised her father's guidance of the family.
• Li Xianhuang reunited with her mother, Luo Ling, her grandparents, and her younger brother, Li Xianfeng, who celebrated her breakthrough with his wives and children.
• Li Dingzhou coughed blood and confessed his longing to see Li Qingyuan, while Chen Xiuyun said she felt fulfilled despite possibly never seeing her son again.
• Li Xianhuang told Luo Ling she would travel to find her father and return within three years, and Luo Ling reluctantly agreed after hearing she could protect herself.
• Li Xianhuang bade farewell to Li Qingqing and departed by flying artifact for the family's Teleportation Array.
• Li Qingyuan's Wind Spirit Boat reached Willow Crane Island, and he saw the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and the Li Clan ahead.

Li Qingyuan returned to Cloud Mist Mountain after forming a Core and reunited with Luo Ling and his parents, healing Li Dingzhou with a Longevity Pill. He learned that his daughter Xian'er was about to teleport to the Yue Kingdom to find him, and rushed to stop her.

• Li Qingyuan arrived at his courtyard and reunited with Luo Ling, who confirmed he had truly returned.
• Li Qingyuan comforted Luo Ling, then visited his ailing father and fed Li Dingzhou a Longevity Pill that restored his health.
• Chen Xiuyun arrived and wept with relief at Li Qingyuan's safe return.
• Luo Ling warned that Xian'er was about to use the Teleportation Array to travel to the Yue Kingdom and find her father.
• Li Qingyuan vanished in a flash of lightning, promising to find Xian'er.

Li Qingyuan returned as a Core Formation True Person and celebrated the Li Clan’s rise, but he had failed to find his missing daughter, Li Xianhuang. He reunited awkwardly with his son Li Xianfeng and welcomed his grandchildren with gifts.

• Li Qingyuan learned that Li Xianhuang had activated the Teleportation Array and immediately followed her, then searched the Yue Kingdom with his companions for seven days without finding her.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Willow Crane Island and publicly announced that he had achieved Core Formation, prompting the Li Clan to celebrate its new status as a Core Formation Immortal Clan.
• Li Qingyuan told his family he could not find Li Xianhuang but believed she had encountered another fortuitous opportunity.
• Li Qingyuan reunited with Li Xianfeng, who respectfully congratulated him despite their awkward relationship, and welcomed his grandson Li Yunfan.
• Li Qingyuan gave Storage Bags to all seven grandchildren, and Li Xianfeng and his wives were shocked by what they contained.

Li Qingyuan reunited with his family, gave his descendants and son lavish cultivation resources, and used Longevity Pills to restore his parents’ health and improve Luo Ling’s cultivation. After promising to stay with his family, he and Luo Ling retired together to their bedroom.

• Li Qingyuan gave his five daughters-in-law and grandchildren generous meeting gifts, then bestowed Li Xianfeng with cultivation resources worth hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones.
• Li Dingzhou and Chen Xiuyun expressed their concern for Li Qingyuan and praised Luo Ling for supporting the family during his long absence.
• Li Qingyuan used Longevity Pills to restore his parents’ health and help Luo Ling reach Qi Condensation Tenth Layer.
• Li Qingyuan promised his parents that he would not leave again, and Li Dingzhou and Chen Xiuyun went for a walk to give him and Luo Ling time together.
• Li Qingyuan set a soundproof restriction and took Luo Ling to their bedroom.

After reuniting with Luo Ling, Li Qingyuan heard about their children and grandchildren before visiting Li Qingqing, whom he had not seen for years. He gave Qingqing a Space Ring, and her astonishment at its contents made her question whether he was truly only at the Core Formation Stage.

• Li Qingyuan and Luo Ling reminisced about their reunion, and Luo Ling recounted the births and childhood milestones of Li Xianhuang and Li Xianfeng.
• At breakfast, Li Qingyuan was surrounded by his grandchildren’s questions, then went out to explore the clan grounds.
• Li Qingyuan found Li Qingqing watering flowers and singing the nursery rhyme he had taught her as a child, and they reminisced about their bond.
• Li Qingyuan spoke about the dangers of pursuing the Nascent Soul Realm, while Li Qingqing expressed confidence that he would succeed.
• Li Qingyuan gave Li Qingqing a Space Ring in thanks for guarding the clan and raising the children, and she asked if he was truly only at the Core Formation Stage.