Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan returned to the Li Clan and shared resources and cultivation guidance with his family while continuing to consolidate his abilities. After six years of preparation, with his parents nearing the ends of their lives, he began refining a Reincarnation Elixir to extend their lifespans.

• Li Qingyuan gave Li Qingqing precious elixirs and resources to improve her chances of achieving Core Formation, then guided her and the rest of the family in cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan used Blood Shadow to teach the clan cultivation and crafting skills, provided resources, and received visitors from across the Sea Domain Archipelago.
• Li Qingyuan spent years studying Third-tier spells and refining his cultivation system while accompanying and supporting his family.
• After more than six years, Li Dingzhou reached age 119 and Chen Xiuyun reached age 98, so Li Qingyuan prepared to refine the Reincarnation Elixir he had practiced making in mental simulations.
• Li Qingyuan began refining the elixir in the clan’s spirit vein cave dwelling, and Zhao Guangzheng explained that refining its Samsara Fruit required Nascent Soul fire.
• Li Qingyuan asked Zhao Guangzheng to help and swore he would not detonate Zhao Guangzheng’s Primordial Spirit to escape a future crisis.

Li Qingyuan refined three Reincarnation Elixirs with Zhao Guangzheng and Zhenxing, hoping to improve his parents’ Spirit Root aptitude through reincarnation. After a powerful heavenly phenomenon announced their completion, his family gathered and asked what the elixirs were.

• Li Qingyuan began refining the Reincarnation Elixir with Zhenxing serving as earthfire, while Zhao Guangzheng explained its effects and limitations.
• Zhao Guangzheng used his Primordial Spirit Fire to melt the Samsara Fruit, and Li Qingyuan combined it with the Moon Sun Fruit, Mysterious Yin Grass, and Yellow Springs Water.
• Li Qingyuan, Zhao Guangzheng, and Zhenxing worked together through the night, coordinating the pill-separation and pill-fusion steps.
• Three Reincarnation Elixirs formed at dawn, and Li Qingyuan infused each with a drop of his blood.
• Li Dingzhou, Luo Ling, Li Qingqing, Li Xianfeng, and Chen Xiuyun arrived after seeing the heavenly phenomenon, and Li Dingzhou asked Li Qingyuan what elixir he had made.

Li Qingyuan gave his family Reincarnation Elixirs, which could let them reincarnate with their memories and gain better spiritual roots. After refining another batch, he helped his parents, Luo Ling, Li Qingqing, and Li Xianfeng take the pills, while reserving the last one for his missing daughter, Li Xianhuang.

• Li Qingyuan explained that the Reincarnation Elixirs would let his family awaken their true selves in a future life and might grant them Dual-Attribute Spirit Roots.
• Chen Xiuyun offered her pill to Luo Ling, while Li Dingzhou argued that Li Qingqing deserved one and suggested Li Xianfeng receive the last; the family urged one another to accept the pills.
• Li Qingyuan revealed he could make more, then entered seclusion and refined a second batch with Zhao Guangzheng and the True Nature Nascent Soul.
• Li Dingzhou and Chen Xiuyun swallowed their pills, and Luo Ling took hers after promising to walk beside Li Qingyuan in her next life.
• Li Qingyuan gave pills to Li Qingqing and Li Xianfeng, who thanked him and affirmed that they had never hated him.
• Li Qingyuan saved the final pill for Li Xianhuang and worried that she had been missing for nearly seven years despite repeated searches.

Li Qingyuan spent his parents’ final days sharing meals and family outings with them, then watched them pass away peacefully together. Their deaths left him grieving with Luo Ling and the rest of the family, while the Reincarnation Elixir he had given them offered hope of meeting again in another life.

• Li Qingyuan took Li Dingzhou, Chen Xiuyun, Luo Ling, and Li Xianfeng on a three-month journey through the Yue Kingdom.
• The family held a simple banquet for Li Dingzhou’s one hundred and twentieth birthday, where he and Li Qingyuan shared several drinks.
• Chen Xiuyun sent Li Qingyuan and Luo Ling away so she could accompany Li Dingzhou during his final hours.
• Li Dingzhou died in his sleep, and Chen Xiuyun drank the medicinal liquid she had prepared and died beside him.
• Li Qingyuan sensed his parents’ deaths, found them in their bedroom, and wept with Luo Ling and their family as they paid their respects.

After Li Dingzhou and Chen Xiuyun died, Li Qingyuan mourned them for three months before resolving to continue his cultivation and seek their reincarnated selves. He then set a secret hundred-year plan for the Li Clan and told Li Xianfeng to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Li Qingqing and the Li Clan mourned Li Dingzhou and Chen Xiuyun, and Li Qingyuan buried them with Luo Ling, Li Qingqing, and others.
• For three months, Li Qingyuan grieved at his parents’ graves and recounted his life and dangers to them.
• Li Qingyuan emerged from his sorrow, vowed to reach higher realms and help his parents cultivate again, and reassured Luo Ling that he understood their Reincarnation Elixir would let them return.
• Li Qingyuan gathered the clan’s Late Qi Condensation cultivators, distributed resources, and set a hundred-year goal of gaining more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and another Core Formation True Person.
• Li Qingyuan secretly planned for a successful Core Formation successor to lead a branch of the clan to the Yue Kingdom, while keeping his connection to them hidden for their protection.
• Li Qingyuan told Li Xianfeng he could attempt Foundation Establishment, and Li Xianfeng agreed.

Li Xianfeng achieved Foundation Establishment, and Li Qingyuan trained him while helping Luo Ling prepare for her own breakthrough. After Luo Ling also achieved Foundation Establishment, Li Qingyuan studied the Formless Divine Ability and discovered its powerful transformation and spell-imitation abilities.

• Li Xianfeng achieved Foundation Establishment at thirty-one, and Li Qingyuan congratulated him before sparring with him and warning him not to grow arrogant.
• Li Qingyuan trained Li Xianfeng in combat and cultivation while personally guiding Luo Ling toward Foundation Establishment.
• Three years later, Luo Ling passed the Three Tribulations of Foundation Establishment with Li Qingyuan's help and celebrated her breakthrough with him.
• The next morning, Li Qingyuan studied the Formless Divine Ability and learned it could completely change a cultivator's appearance and aura and imitate powerful spells.
• Zhenxing explained that a relic had let Zhen Wu detect him, but Li Qingyuan would not share the same Buddhist aura; Li Qingyuan then discovered the divine ability's final aid involved Divine Sense attacks.

Li Qingyuan comprehended the Formless Divine Ability and quickly mastered its first level before testing its divine sense attack on Zhenxing. After seeing the technique’s power, he prepared to break through to Mid-Stage Core Formation.

• Li Qingyuan studied the Formless Divine Ability’s three auxiliary abilities, while Zhenxing warned that mastering them would take decades.
• Li Qingyuan transformed into Blood Shadow after just over a month, surprising Zhenxing and prompting Zhao Guangzheng to explain that Li Qingyuan had an advantage because Blood Shadow was his Natal Clone.
• After several months of further comprehension, Li Qingyuan agreed that it was time to advance his cultivation, then expelled Zhenxing from the Mysterious Feminine Space to test the Great Void God-Trapping Realm on him.
• Li Qingyuan trapped Zhenxing’s divine sense for a breath, leaving him vulnerable to the Primordial Cone; Zhenxing recognized the technique’s formidable power.
• Li Qingyuan took out two Top-grade Spirit Stones and prepared to attempt a breakthrough to Mid-Stage Core Formation.

Li Qingyuan absorbed two Top-grade Spirit Stones and advanced both his magic-power and physical cultivation to Mid-Stage Core Formation. At age eighty-two, he left seclusion and prepared to set out for the Human King Hall Selection, which was less than two years away.

• Zhenxing begged Li Qingyuan for a Top-grade Spirit Stone, but Li Qingyuan sent him into the Mysterious Feminine Space, where Zhao Guangzheng refused to give him any.
• Li Qingyuan cultivated for seven days and seven nights with two Top-grade Spirit Stones, breaking through to Mid-Stage Core Formation as the Li Clan watched.
• Li Qingyuan continued cultivating for three more days, using the stones' faint Lightning Intent to advance his Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body to Physical Core Formation Mid-Stage and condense a third Thunder God Mark.
• Li Qingyuan completed his dual-path breakthrough, and the two Top-grade Spirit Stones vanished completely.
• Li Qingyuan left his cave dwelling and decided to set out for the Human King Hall Selection for Core Formation Prodigies.

Li Qingyuan prepared to leave for the Human King Hall after Ji Kun and Blood Shadow advanced, hoping to compete for a chance to reach the Nascent Soul Realm. He planned to depart in three days, leaving Luo Ling reluctant as he set out once more on the Immortal Path.

• Li Qingyuan told Luo Ling that he would leave after Ji Kun and Blood Shadow broke through, explaining that the Human King Hall offered his fastest path to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ji Kun consumed the core of a Late Tier 3 Jadeite Scorpion and advanced to mid-stage Tier 3.
• Blood Shadow used the Spirit Devouring Great Method to break through to Mid-Stage Core Formation.
• Li Qingyuan praised their advances and decided to have Blood Shadow form a Nascent Soul first, while Zhao Guangzheng agreed to provide a cultivation technique suited to Dark Spirit Roots.
• Li Qingyuan sent Ji Kun and the Flame Dragon Lizard off to hunt, told Blood Shadow to consolidate its realm, and announced that he would depart in three days.

Li Qingyuan prepared to leave his family and clan to pursue greater realms, reassuring Luo Ling that he would put his safety first and arranging for the Li Clan to settle near Three Joys Immortal City. After bidding farewell to his loved ones, he set off by flying boat toward the Teleportation Array and the Divine Continent.

• Luo Ling urged Li Qingyuan to protect himself, and he promised not to risk his life even for a Great Opportunity.
• Li Qingyuan gave Luo Ling a jade slip bearing Li Yunmei’s name and explained that she could help the Li Clan settle near the Three Joys Immortal Sect.
• Luo Ling asked whether Li Yunmei was a concubine, and Li Qingyuan swore that they had only a business partnership and friendship.
• Li Qingyuan bid farewell to Luo Ling and Li Qingqing, who encouraged him to pursue the Great Dao and asked him to return with news of the higher realms.
• Li Qingyuan visited his children and grandchildren, then departed aboard the upgraded Wind Spirit Boat toward the Teleportation Array and the Divine Continent.

Li Qingyuan returned to Three Joys Immortal Sect after eleven years away and met with True Monarch Miao Le, whose cultivation had advanced to Nascent Soul Early-Stage Perfection. Miao Le asked him to help the sect secure a newly awakening Fourth-grade Spirit Vein, then revealed her second request: assisting her cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan returned to Three Joys Immortal City and went to Miao Le Palace after True Monarch Miao Le summoned him.
• True Monarch Miao Le told Li Qingyuan that top-grade Spirit Stones and their shared cultivation had helped her reach Nascent Soul Early-Stage Perfection.
• Miao Le described her ambition to unify Arid Province, and Li Qingyuan flattered her before agreeing to serve the sect.
• Miao Le explained that the Great Elder and Second Elder had found a hidden spirit vein at the northern border that seemed close to advancing to the fourth grade.
• Miao Le told Li Qingyuan to prepare to help the sect contend for the Fourth-grade Spirit Vein through Core Formation cultivators.
• Miao Le guided Li Qingyuan's hand and asked him to assist her cultivation.

After deepening his bond with Miao Le, Li Qingyuan learned that she wanted them to become Dao companions once he formed his Nascent Soul, while he remained mindful of his existing bond with Luo Ling. He returned to his cave residence to cultivate and refine pills, ending with plans to master the Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pill and advance toward Nascent Soul.

• Miao Le and Li Qingyuan discussed the growth of their divine senses after their dual cultivation, and Miao Le proposed becoming Dao companions when he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Qingyuan learned that Miao Le would work with True Lord Xuantian to move the advancing fourth-grade spirit vein, then returned to his cave residence.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Ji Kun, the Flame Dragon Lizard, and Blood Shadow to cultivate, then took the Heavenly Fire Furnace from the Heavenly Fire Platform.
• Li Qingyuan used the sect's resources to refine several third-grade pills, including Myriad True Pills, and reflected on his feelings for Miao Le and Luo Ling.
• Li Qingyuan began studying the Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pill formula, resolving to refine it to accelerate his cultivation.

Li Qingyuan studied the Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pill formula and successfully refined two low-grade pills on his first attempt. After the Mysterious Feminine Space guided his learning, he began another batch while Zhao Guangzheng and Zhenxing wagered on whether he could produce a standard-grade pill.

• Li Qingyuan learned that masterwork Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills could safely boost even Qi Refining Stage cultivators' cultivation speed, and he resolved to use them to strengthen his family and the Three Joys Immortal Sect.
• Li Qingyuan refined the pill's nineteen spirit plants and struggled for hours to fuse their medicinal powers.
• Li Qingyuan split the condensed medicinal paste into three portions, lost one Pill Embryo to a furnace explosion, and completed two low-grade Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills.
• The Mysterious Feminine Space guided Li Qingyuan's study of the pill, while Zhao Guangzheng and Zhenxing bet on whether he could make a standard-grade pill on his second attempt.
• Li Qingyuan began refining another batch as Zhao Guangzheng and Zhenxing watched.

Li Qingyuan perfected his Third-grade High-rank alchemy by refining Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills, then learned Zhao Guangzheng’s Forbidden Banner Technique. After discovering Zhao Guangzheng could not condense Top-grade Spirit Stones, Li Qingyuan contacted Li Yunmei and invited her to his residence.

• Li Qingyuan refined ten furnaces of Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills, eventually producing three Masterwork Quality pills in one furnace and becoming a Third-grade High-rank Alchemy Master.
• Zhenxing and Zhao Guangzheng marveled at Li Qingyuan’s talent, while Zhao Guangzheng cautioned that cultivation mattered more than mastering the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan learned that Zhao Guangzheng had reached the peak of the Body Integration Realm and asked about his signature skill.
• Zhao Guangzheng taught Li Qingyuan the Forbidden Banner Technique, which Li Qingyuan planned to use to refine a Human Emperor Banner.
• Zhao Guangzheng explained that he could not condense Top-grade Spirit Stones, and Li Qingyuan then contacted Li Yunmei and asked her to visit.

Li Qingyuan gave Li Yunmei a fortune in masterwork elixirs to help her reach Core Formation and asked her to protect his family when they settled in the Three Joys Immortal Sect’s territory. After turning down her romantic advances, he sent her away with her oath, leaving her saddened by the likelihood that they would meet less often.

• Li Yunmei presented Li Qingyuan with three Third-tier Spirit Plants and shared Fourth-tier spirit tea with him.
• Li Qingyuan gave Li Yunmei masterwork elixirs worth more than six hundred thousand Spirit Stones, enough to support a cultivator’s Core Formation.
• Li Yunmei tried to repay Li Qingyuan with her affection, but he stopped her and explained that he was devoted to Luo Ling and True Monarch Miao Le.
• Li Qingyuan asked Li Yunmei to secretly look after his family if they settled in the Three Joys Immortal Sect’s territory in the future, and she swore to help them.
• Li Yunmei took the elixirs, wished Li Qingyuan success in the struggle for the Human King Hall, and left his cave abode in tears.

Li Qingyuan refined and upgraded Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills while hoping a relocated Fourth-grade Spirit Vein would let him reach Late-Stage Core Formation. The vein erupted into a spectacular phenomenon, exposing it to powerful demons and cultivators, and the chapter ended as Zhao Liuyun and a Fire Country Nascent Soul expert disputed its ownership.

• Li Qingyuan concealed his true alchemy success and gave Miao Le seven low-grade and one standard-grade Three-Revolutions Spirit Twisting Pills.
• Li Qingyuan used Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to upgrade five pills, leaving him with ten standard-grade and ten premium pills for cultivation.
• Miao Le and True Lord Xuantian watched the spirit vein erupt and discovered it had advanced to Fourth-grade Mid-rank, breaking their formation and revealing its location.
• The Flying Golden Lion and the transformed Flame Swallowing Spirit Sparrow claimed the spirit vein for the Demon Beast Mountains, with many other demons gathering nearby.
• Zhao Liuyun arrived as a Late Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, and a Fire Country Late Nascent Soul expert challenged his claim that the area belonged to Zhao Country.

Zhao Liuyun and Huo Yuanzi fought over a Fourth-grade Spirit Vein until the Vermilion Bird Envoy arrived with the Human King's decree awarding it to the Three Joys Immortal Sect. Huo Yuanzi challenged the order, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Zhao Liuyun and Huo Yuanzi clashed with powerful sword and fire techniques over the spirit vein, forcing Miao Le, True Lord Xuantian, and the others to retreat.
• The Vermilion Bird Envoy arrived on her Vermilion Bird Remnant and stopped Zhao Liuyun and Huo Yuanzi from continuing their fight.
• The Vermilion Bird Envoy presented the Human King's Royal Order, declaring that the spirit vein belonged to the Three Joys Immortal Sect of Yue Kingdom.
• Zhao Liuyun and the others obeyed the decree, and Miao Le thanked the Human King for the reward.
• Huo Yuanzi refused to accept the decree and questioned why the Human King had awarded the ownerless spirit vein to the Three Joys Immortal Sect.

The Vermilion Bird Envoy used a Recording Stone to show that Three Joys Immortal Sect had discovered and planned to claim the advancing spirit vein, but Huo Yuanzi, Tu Yuanzi, and Jin Yuanzi challenged the Human King's authority over it. The Human King's Edict struck down all three with three-colored heavenly lightning, leaving them bloodied and stunned by its power.

• The Vermilion Bird Envoy played a Recording Stone showing Miao Le telling Yun Le and Ya Le that Three Joys Immortal Sect would conceal and eventually transfer the spirit vein.
• Huo Yuanzi hesitated, but Tu Yuanzi and Jin Yuanzi arrived and argued that the spirit vein belonged to Yellow Province.
• Jin Yuanzi and Tu Yuanzi challenged the Human King's legitimacy and declared that the Five Yuan Sect's ruler was more qualified to sit on the Human King's throne.
• The Vermilion Bird Envoy summoned the Human King's Edict and requested permission to suppress the Five Yuan Sect elders.
• The Human King's Edict unleashed three-colored heavenly lightning, shattered the attacks of Jin Yuanzi, Tu Yuanzi, and Huo Yuanzi, and blasted them into the ground.
• Jin Yuanzi, Tu Yuanzi, and Huo Yuanzi coughed blood and wondered how a wisp of the Human King's divine sense could summon a three-colored heavenly tribulation.

The Vermilion Bird Envoy used the Human King's Edict to drive off three Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivators, then transported a Fourth-grade Mid-rank Spirit Vein to the Three Joys Immortal Sect and transplanted it there. Myriad Phenomena True Monarch and Yin Sha True Monarch concluded that their sects had little future in the Yue Kingdom and considered an enticing offer from an unnamed person.

• The Human King's Edict forced Jin Yuanzi, Tu Yuanzi, and Huo Yuanzi to flee, while Zhao Liuyun, Xuantian, and Miao Le were astonished by its power.
• The Vermilion Bird Envoy led Zhao Liuyun, Xuantian, Miao Le, and the Vermilion Bird Remnant in using a grand formation to lift a ten-thousand-zhang mountain and its Fourth-grade Mid-rank Spirit Vein.
• The group carried the mountain across the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province toward the Yue Kingdom, alarming Myriad Phenomena True Monarch and the Myriad Phenomena Sect as it passed.
• The Vermilion Bird Envoy transplanted the Spirit Vein into the Three Joys Immortal Sect, where it became the core of the surrounding mountains and brought three days of spiritual rain to Three Joys Immortal City.
• Myriad Phenomena True Monarch and Yin Sha True Monarch discussed choosing the unnamed person's offer, which promised help surviving their Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulations.

Three Joys Immortal Sect celebrated gaining a Fourth-grade Mid-rank Spirit Vein as Vermilion Bird Envoy spoke with Miao Le about her potential and the sect’s future. After parting from Vermilion Bird Envoy, True Lord Xuantian resolved to preserve Mysterious Heaven Sect’s legacy and offered its five ultimate arts to Miao Le.

• Miao Le hosted Vermilion Bird Envoy, who praised her cultivation and urged Three Joys Immortal Sect to prepare prodigies for the Nine Provinces Continent Core Formation Prodigy Competition.
• Vermilion Bird Envoy told Miao Le that reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage could earn her the Human King’s help in unifying the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province.
• True Lord Xuantian pursued Vermilion Bird Envoy, and she warned him that Mysterious Heaven Sect would decline unless he advanced or cultivated a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• True Lord Xuantian accepted his future duty to guard the Heaven Severing Great Array, but after Vermilion Bird Envoy left, he decided Mysterious Heaven Sect’s legacy could not be severed.
• The next day, True Lord Xuantian gave Miao Le five Xuantian Stele Inscriptions containing Mysterious Heaven Sect’s fourth-grade ultimate arts.