Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun battled the Fourth-Tier Golden Light Armored Beetle, weakening its defenses until Zhao Guangzheng killed it with a swarm of Xuanming Needles. Li Qingyuan claimed the demon’s body, and Ji Kun prepared to devour its nascent soul to advance his cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun tested their strength against the pursuing Golden Light Armored Beetle, with Ji Kun’s Sky Swallowing Sphere and Li Qingyuan’s Xuanming Needle wounding it.
• The Golden Light Armored Beetle broke free of Li Qingyuan’s divine sense restraint and gathered power for a decisive attack, so Li Qingyuan and Ji Kun retreated and called on Zhao Guangzheng.
• Zhao Guangzheng filled the sky with Xuanming Needles, shattered the beetle’s defenses, and pierced through its demon nascent soul, killing it.
• Li Qingyuan stored the Golden Light Armored Beetle’s body, then gave its nascent soul to Ji Kun, who planned to devour it and pursue advancement to the Fourth Tier.

Li Qingyuan prepared resources for his companions and watched Bai Hezhui battle Golden Sun True Monarch. Bai Hezhui killed Bai Yunsheng and True Monarch Xing Ren, while Golden Sun True Monarch and True Lord Feng Xuan escaped by sacrificing their bodies.

• Li Qingyuan failed to replicate the Golden Light Armored Beetle’s demon infant, then gave it to Ji Kun, who swallowed it and entered seclusion to refine it.
• Zhao Guangzheng proposed a formula using Dragon Origin Grass to help the Flame Dragon Lizard and Blood Shadow absorb the Ancient Treasure Blood, and Li Qingyuan set out to watch Bai Hezhui’s battle.
• Bai Hezhui overwhelmed Golden Sun True Monarch with her movement technique and spear attacks, but he sacrificed his body and fled as a Nascent Soul.
• True Lord Feng Xuan also self-detonated his body and escaped, while Bai Hezhui’s white crane killed True Monarch Xing Ren.
• Bai Hezhui and her allies stopped Bai Yunsheng from escaping, and she killed him with a spear strike before declaring that rebels would be killed without mercy.

Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng pursued Feng Xuan, then lured him into range and captured his Nascent Soul. Zhao Guangzheng searched Feng Xuan’s memories and obtained the Triple Wind Whisper Technique for Li Qingyuan.

• Zhao Guangzheng explained the limits of Nascent Soul Separation and advised Li Qingyuan to wait until Feng Xuan’s initial burst of strength passed.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as badly injured and fleeing, drawing Feng Xuan toward him.
• Feng Xuan tried to seize Li Qingyuan’s body, but Zhao Guangzheng trapped him with an unfinished banner that drew out his Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
• Li Qingyuan took Feng Xuan’s Wind Gathering Pearl, while Zhao Guangzheng swallowed Feng Xuan’s Nascent Soul and refined its origin.
• Zhao Guangzheng searched Feng Xuan’s memories and transmitted the Triple Wind Whisper Technique to Li Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan met Tang Nan after escaping the Golden Light Armored Beetle, then reunited with Bai Hezhui and her companions. They set off for Zhao Country before traveling to the Divine Continent, where Li Qingyuan expected his fame and strength to attract challenges at the Human King Hall.

• Li Qingyuan flew back toward the battlefield and encountered Tang Nan, who confirmed he was safe and notified Bai Hezhui and the others.
• Tang Nan introduced herself as a Human King Hall student and praised Li Qingyuan for killing Young King Yuan.
• Bai Hezhui arrived, acknowledged Li Qingyuan’s escape from the Golden Light Armored Beetle, and tested his ability by releasing Nascent Soul pressure against him.
• Bai Hezhui withdrew her pressure, summoned a flying vessel, and brought Li Qingyuan and the others aboard.
• Tang Nan explained that Bai Hezhui had been pursuing the goal of becoming the Human King’s personal disciple, but Bai Hezhui stopped her from saying more.
• Bai Hezhui announced they would travel to Zhao Country and then the Divine Continent, where Human King Hall prodigies were curious about Li Qingyuan’s strength.

Bai Hezhui and the Human King Hall envoys visited the Limitless Sect after helping the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province defeat the Five Yuan King Lineage’s allies. Li Qingyuan accepted a fourth-grade talisman brush from Zhao Liuyun, then joined the other selected prodigies as they teleported to the Human King Hall.

• Bai Hezhui met Nangong Xue at the Limitless Sect, and Zhao Liuyun returned from an operation that killed one Nascent Soul cultivator and captured another.
• Tang Nan explained that Bai Hezhui had destroyed Jin Yang and Feng Xuan’s physical bodies, while Star Blade had been killed.
• Zhao Liuyun thanked Li Qingyuan for saving Zhao Jue, Zhao Chong, and Zhao Dai, then gifted him a fourth-grade mid-rank talisman brush.
• Nangong Xue gathered the eleven selected prodigies from the Seven Kingdoms of Arid Province, including Li Qingyuan and Zhao Tongxuan.
• Bai Hezhui led the prodigies through the activated Teleportation Array toward the Human King Hall, and Zhao Liuyun predicted Li Qingyuan might become the region’s future leader.

Li Qingyuan arrived at the Human King Hall with the other provincial Heavenly Chosen after a half-month journey to Diqiu City. As he reached the Hall, Wen Ji and Ning Wu prepared to challenge him.

• Bai Hezhui escorted the seventy-eight Heavenly Chosen toward the Human King Hall while the Nascent Soul cultivators departed to suppress the remaining Five Yuan King forces.
• Li Qingyuan received respectful greetings from the other prodigies, many of whom thanked him for defeating Young King Yuan and saving their lives.
• After half a month, Bai Hezhui's warship reached the Human King Hall, where Li Qingyuan arrived with Yu Jiao, Yu Xiao, Zhao Dai, and Tang Nan.
• Wen Ji, Fang Junlong, and Mo Xianxian discussed testing Li Qingyuan, and Mo Xianxian noted that he had become the Human King's disciple while Bai Hezhui sought that honor.
• Ning Wu appeared above the Human King Hall, released his Peak Core Formation aura, and challenged Li Qingyuan to fight.

Li Qingyuan and the other newly arrived prodigies faced challenges from veteran Human King Hall disciples Ning Wu and Wen Ji. After matching Wen Ji’s Nascent Soul Divine Sense, Li Qingyuan asked whether the two veterans were the strongest Core Formation disciples, preparing to fight them.

• Ning Wu challenged Li Qingyuan, and Wang Fugui, Ye Xuan, Jiang Xuanxu, Zhang Tianyu, and other newcomers rallied to resist the veteran’s provocation.
• Ning Wu rejected Wang Fugui’s offer of a fifteen-percent discount and threatened to keep challenging the newcomers if they refused to fight.
• Wen Ji arrived and used his Giant Spirit Illusionary Technique and Nascent Soul Divine Sense to pressure the assembled prodigies.
• Li Qingyuan countered Wen Ji’s divine sense with his Heart Demon Pupil, then dispersed its pressure over nearly a hundred Core Formation disciples.
• Li Qingyuan summoned the Mountain Settling Cudgel and asked Wen Ji and Ning Wu whether they were the strongest Core Formation disciples in the Human King Hall.

Li Qingyuan fought Ning Wu in a physical battle and won after both unleashed their strongest techniques. After recovering, Li Qingyuan challenged Wen Ji, who prepared to face him without confidence of victory.

• Fang Junlong, Wang Fugui, and Ye Xuan blocked other challengers from fighting Wen Ji and Li Qingyuan, while the assembled cultivators began duels.
• Li Qingyuan and Ning Wu exchanged dozens of powerful physical attacks, with Wen Ji observing Ning Wu’s explosive fighting style.
• Ning Wu used Blazing Sun Golden Body as Li Qingyuan activated the Tiangang Secret Method, and Li Qingyuan defeated him in their final clash.
• Ning Wu accepted defeat, and Li Qingyuan restored his strength with Living Water Source Flow.
• Li Qingyuan summoned more than three hundred flying swords and challenged Wen Ji, who recognized that he could no longer be certain of victory.

Li Qingyuan defeated Wen Ji in a clash of sword arrays and was recognized as the Human King Hall’s Core Formation Chief Disciple. He planned to cultivate in peace, advance to Peak Core Formation, refine his natal magic treasure, and eventually form a Nascent Soul.

• Wang Fugui, Ye Xuan, Zhang Tianyu, and other prodigies defeated or held their own against older students, while Jiang Xuanxu drew with Mo Xianxian.
• Wang Fugui opened a betting board, and the prodigies wagered on Li Qingyuan while most older students backed Wen Ji.
• Wen Ji unleashed the Heavenly Gang Sword Array, but Li Qingyuan’s Earth Marsh Sword Array blocked it and his Four Seasons Sword Intent shattered Wen Ji’s array.
• Li Qingyuan’s sword attack broke through Wen Ji’s defenses and wounded him, forcing Wen Ji to acknowledge Li Qingyuan’s superior skill.
• Wen Ji and the gathered older and new students bowed to Li Qingyuan as the Human King Hall’s Core Formation Chief Disciple.
• Li Qingyuan resolved to enter seclusion, reach Peak Core Formation, refine his natal magic treasure, and then form a Nascent Soul.

Xun Kuang welcomed Li Qingyuan into Human King Hall and brought him to meet the Human King, who returned most of the treasures Li Qingyuan had previously surrendered. After learning that the Ancient Treasure Blood could help Qing Qiu advance, Li Qingyuan proposed an ambitious trade for the flood dragon’s essence blood, scales, and a Mysterious Ice Jade Lotus.

• Xun Kuang gave the new disciples their identity tokens, assigned Wen Ji to guide them, and took Li Qingyuan to the inner academy at the Human King’s request.
• The Human King met Li Qingyuan at Eight Directions Pavilion and returned the treasure medicines and spirit plants he had taken, keeping the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma and asking Li Qingyuan to set aside the Ancient Treasure Blood.
• The Human King summoned Qing Qiu, a Fourth-Tier Late Stage flood dragon guarding part of Diqiu City, and explained that the Ancient Treasure Blood could help it reach the Fourth-Tier Peak or attempt the Fifth Tier.
• Qing Qiu asked Li Qingyuan to trade the blood, and Li Qingyuan requested a drop of its dragon clan essence blood, one hundred azure flood dragon scales, and a Fourth-grade Mysterious Ice Jade Lotus.
• Qing Qiu balked at Li Qingyuan’s demands and called him greedy.

Li Qingyuan traded a drop of Sub-dragon True Blood to Qing Qiu for dragon blood essence and a hundred scales, then asked the Human King to forge Azure Scale Dragon Armor. After settling into his new cave abode, Li Qingyuan prepared the ingredients needed to help the Flame Dragon Lizard and Blood Shadow advance toward the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Qing Qiu exchanged a drop of dragon clan blood essence and a hundred dragon scales for Li Qingyuan's Sub-dragon True Blood, suffering a fall from Late Fourth Tier to Fourth-Tier Mid Stage.
• The Human King explained that Qing Qiu would benefit greatly from the trade and invited Li Qingyuan, the competition's top scorer, to make a request.
• Li Qingyuan asked the Human King to forge Azure Scale Dragon Armor from his Fourth-grade materials and the dragon scales, and the Human King agreed.
• Shangguan Tao led Li Qingyuan to the former cave abode of Bai Hezhui, which Li Qingyuan named Qingyuan Immortal Mansion and rewarded Shangguan Tao with Spirit Yuan Pills.
• Li Qingyuan reinforced his cave abode with defensive formations and restrictions, then gathered dragon blood essence, Dragon Origin Grass, a Mysterious Ice Jade Lotus, and a Heavenly Infant Fruit to prepare medicinal liquid for the Flame Dragon Lizard and Blood Shadow.

Li Qingyuan prepared powerful dragon-blood spiritual liquid for Blood Shadow and the Flame Dragon Lizard to cultivate with, then spent ten years in seclusion. He reached Peak Core Formation and continued refining top-grade spirit stones to bring his body cultivation to the same level before attempting the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Zhao Guangzheng combined dragon blood, Dragon Origin Grass, and other rare ingredients into spiritual liquid, which Li Qingyuan divided between Blood Shadow and the Flame Dragon Lizard for seclusion.
• Li Qingyuan ordered the Second Yuan Clone to prepare to use a Heavenly Infant Fruit to attempt the Nascent Soul Realm, while his other companions cultivated in the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan cultivated in repeated bouts of seclusion, replenishing his own elixirs after Blood Shadow and Second Yuan remained in seclusion.
• After ten years, Li Qingyuan broke through to Peak Core Formation, and his cave mansion's formation concealed the breakthrough from the outside world.
• Li Qingyuan began refining two Wind Thunder Intent Top-grade Spirit Stones to raise his body cultivation toward Peak Core Formation before attempting the Nascent Soul Realm through both paths.

After nearly thirteen years of seclusion, Li Qingyuan reached Peak Core Formation in both body and magic power and planned his next steps toward Nascent Soul. As he began cultivating Jianmu and refining spirit-cleansing elixirs, Miao Le advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage and thought about starting a family with him.

• Li Qingyuan refined five top-grade spirit stones over two and a half years, reaching Peak Core Formation in his physical body with six Wind God Marks and six Thunder God Marks.
• Li Qingyuan considered how difficult it would be to fuse his wind and thunder powers into a Wind Thunder Divine Mark, and planned to strengthen his divine sense and become a fourth-grade Talisman Master before attempting Nascent Soul.
• Li Qingyuan found that the Heavenly Eye in the Jianmu Sapling still resisted his Nascent Soul Divine Sense, then began refining Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs to grow Jianmu and improve his divine sense.
• Zhao Guangzheng told Li Qingyuan that the completed Soul Refining Banner could draw a heavenly tribulation, so Li Qingyuan planned to leave the Human King Hall area before refining it or the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.
• Li Qingyuan refined one premium-grade and two standard-grade Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs, swallowed the premium pill, and helped Jianmu begin growing its fourteenth leaf.
• Miao Le advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage, learned that Xian'er was attempting Core Formation, and resolved to discuss having children with Li Qingyuan after he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

Li Qingyuan refined Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs until his divine sense reached a bottleneck, then chose to focus on advancing his talisman skills. After repeated failures, he successfully drew a Fourth-grade Low-rank Green Wood Thorn Talisman and became a Fourth-grade Talisman Master.

• Li Qingyuan refined Spirit-Cleansing Illusionary Elixirs, helping the Jianmu Sapling grow to seventeen leaves before it reached a bottleneck.
• Li Qingyuan considered three ways to advance his divine sense, then decided to prioritize becoming a Fourth-grade Talisman Master.
• Li Qingyuan selected seven Fourth-grade Low-rank talismanic runes to study and gathered talisman materials, ink, and brushes.
• Li Qingyuan studied and repeatedly attempted to draw the Green Wood Thorn Talisman, using fourteen sheets of material in failed attempts.
• Li Qingyuan completed a Green Wood Thorn Talisman and achieved the rank of Fourth-grade Talisman Master.

Li Qingyuan advanced to Fourth-grade Low-rank talisman mastery and used Human King Hall resources to produce a formidable collection of talismans. He concluded that his Five Elements Talisman Arrays could let him challenge stronger Nascent Soul cultivators, but decided to prioritize cultivation and refine his natal magic treasure before advancing.

• Li Qingyuan succeeded in drawing the Green Wood Thorn Talisman and Starfall Gold Talisman, then exchanged contribution points for more talisman materials.
• Li Qingyuan copied the delivered materials and spent months learning and producing several Fourth-grade Low-rank talismans.
• Li Qingyuan assembled twenty-five sets of Five Elements Talisman Arrays and judged that they could threaten Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan learned to draw Minor Sky Thunder Talismans and Wind Armor Talismans, then considered the limits of relying on talisman arrays against stronger opponents.
• Li Qingyuan decided to refine his natal magic treasure before advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm and planned to meet his teacher about his armor.

Li Qingyuan received the Azure Scale Dragon Armor, which could protect him from powerful Nascent Soul attacks once he advanced to that realm. He then accepted a mission to hunt the Nascent Soul Early Stage bandit Blood Dragon Son and set out to refine his treasures and gain experience.

• Li Qingyuan met a gray-robed elder at the Eight Directions Pavilion, who gave him the Azure Scale Dragon Armor and explained its defensive power and lightning enhancement.
• The elder told Li Qingyuan that the Human King had gone to study the Heaven Severing Great Array and find a way to break into Yellow Province.
• At the Mission Hall, Li Qingyuan reunited with Wen Ji, who had advanced from False Nascent Soul to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Qingyuan accepted a mission to kill Blood Dragon Son, despite having only Core Formation cultivation, and Wen Ji warned him that the bandit was powerful and skilled at escaping.
• Li Qingyuan left to refine the Soul Refining Banner and his magic treasure while pursuing the mission.

Li Qingyuan traveled to the Divine Continent’s northern Gobi to refine the Soul Refining Banner while Zhao Guangzheng transformed himself into its artifact spirit. Their fusion triggered a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation, and Li Qingyuan began absorbing its lightning to temper his body, magic power, and divine sense.

• Li Qingyuan reached the northern Gobi, cleared a hundred-mile area of demonic beasts, and established a fourth-grade formation around an oasis.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Zhenxing and Er Yuan to guard him while Zhao Guangzheng emerged with the Soul Refining Banner.
• Li Qingyuan refined the banner as Zhao Guangzheng used the souls within it to form a ghost body and fuse with the treasure as its artifact spirit.
• Their joint efforts completed the fusion and drew down a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation.
• Li Qingyuan struck the first lightning bolt with a Flame Burst Spell, then used his two Longevity Seeds to absorb the remaining lightning and temper himself.

Li Qingyuan endured a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation that completed the Soul Refining Banner and helped him comprehend lightning arts. He then spent a year and a half refining a sword, whose formation summoned another heavenly tribulation.

• Li Qingyuan used the Longevity Seed and Jianmu divine sense to absorb the heavenly lightning and temper his cultivation while studying the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique.
• The lightning baptism completed the Soul Refining Banner as a Fourth-grade High-rank Magic Tool and fused Zhao Guangzheng more deeply into its artifact spirit body.
• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng began refining the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword with the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma and Diamond Spirit-Breaking Stone, while Zhenxing and the Second Yuan Clone guarded them.
• After more than eight months, Li Qingyuan turned the Nine Yang Spirit Ganoderma into spiritual liquid, then spent over half a year tempering the Diamond Spirit-Breaking Stone into liquid.
• Li Qingyuan fused the two liquids into a tri-colored sword embryo, which drew down another heavenly tribulation; he welcomed it without fear.

Li Qingyuan completed the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword by enduring and harnessing a Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation, which also tempered his body and Golden Core. As the thunderclouds began to disperse, he drew them back with a lightning technique and prepared to confront the approaching Blood Dragon Son.

• Li Qingyuan endured the Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation and used its lightning to temper his Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body, Jia Wood Golden Core, and Azure Sun sword embryo.
• Li Qingyuan infused the sword embryo with his essence blood and completed the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, a natal magic treasure that answered his commands.
• Li Qingyuan entered the fading thunderclouds and used the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique to gather the clouds and restore their Dao Rhyme.
• Blood Dragon Son saw the tribulation and flew toward Li Qingyuan, hoping to seize his possessions and Nascent Soul.
• Zhenxing prepared to attack Blood Dragon Son, but Zhao Guangzheng relayed Li Qingyuan's order to leave the enemy for him.
• Li Qingyuan called down lightning on Blood Dragon Son, who realized in terror that Li Qingyuan could control heavenly lightning.

Li Qingyuan pursued Blood Dragon Son after using the heavenly tribulation to overwhelm him, then defeated him with the Azure Sun Sword despite Blood Dragon Son’s Nascent Soul cultivation. The chapter ended with Li Qingyuan piercing Blood Dragon Son’s Nascent Soul and killing him.

• Blood Dragon Son fled from Li Qingyuan’s heavenly tribulation, recognizing him as the Human King’s disciple and the Number One Core Formation Heavenly Chosen of the Nine Provinces.
• Li Qingyuan pursued Blood Dragon Son with the Wind Thunder Wings and Lightning Evasion Technique, catching up despite Blood Dragon Son’s escape technique.
• Li Qingyuan summoned the Azure Sun Sword and struck Blood Dragon Son’s Blood Dragon Drill, suppressing it and damaging the Nascent Soul Magic Treasure.
• Blood Dragon Son brought out his Nascent Soul and attacked with the Blood Dragon Drill, but Li Qingyuan’s great sword overwhelmed the blood-colored flood dragon.
• Blood Dragon Son self-destructed his physical body to help his Nascent Soul escape, but Li Qingyuan pierced the Nascent Soul with the Azure Sun Sword and killed him.