Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan and his allies overwhelmed the Nascent Soul cultivators with powerful techniques and treasures. After defeating one Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator and capturing his Nascent Soul Infant, Li Qingyuan turned on True Lord Yunteng while Situ Hao remained trapped by the Human Emperor Banner.

• The Second Yuan Clone, Ji Kun, the Flame Dragon Flood Dragon, and Blood Shadow defeated or captured the ten Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators and badly wounded the two Mid Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan donned the Azure Scale Dragon Armor, battered a Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator with Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body, and tore him apart to seize his Nascent Soul Infant.
• True Lord Yunteng struck Li Qingyuan from behind, but the Azure Scale Dragon Armor dispersed the blow, and Li Qingyuan declared that Yunteng was next.
• Li Qingyuan used the Human Emperor Banner to trap Situ Hao, then attacked Yunteng with the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.
• Li Qingyuan broke Yunteng's natal magic treasure and followed with a barrage of heavy punches.

Li Qingyuan defeated Yun Teng True Lord and Situ Hao, then stole the Five Yuan King's Heavenly Mandate Blade from Jin Yuanzi. The Five Yuan King lost control in fury, opening flaws in the formation as the Human King led a large force into Yellow Province to attack.

• Li Qingyuan killed Yun Teng True Lord and captured his Nascent Soul Infant, then destroyed Situ Hao's body and seized his injured Nascent Soul.
• Ji Kun, Little Flame, Er Yuan, and Blood Shadow brought Li Qingyuan the Nascent Soul Infants, Space Rings, and magic treasures of eighteen Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• The Five Yuan King gave Jin Yuanzi the Heavenly Mandate Blade and shifted the formation flags to attack Li Qingyuan, while the Human King sent Ao Run, Qing Qiu, Wang Decai, and Ye Xuan into the formation.
• Ao Run transformed into a thousand-zhang divine dragon and used Water Intent to freeze Jin Yuanzi and the Heavenly Mandate Blade, holding him back as Li Qingyuan approached.
• Li Qingyuan used Light of Fortune to take the Heavenly Mandate Blade, causing the Five Yuan King to vomit blood and lose control of the formation.
• The Human King led more than a hundred Nascent Soul Cultivators through the formation's flaws, and Li Qingyuan ordered them to fight the decisive battle.

Li Qingyuan and the Human King fought Five Yuan King, while Zhao Guangzheng unleashed the Soul Refining Banner’s overwhelming power. Li Qingyuan seized Five Yuan Mountain into the Mysterious Feminine Space, leaving Five Yuan King exposed to their attacks.

• Five Yuan King attacked Li Qingyuan with his thousand-zhang blade, but Li Qingyuan blocked the strike with his treasures and defensive arts.
• Li Qingyuan called on Zhao Guangzheng, who emerged from the Soul Refining Banner and suppressed Five Yuan King with Slaughter Artistic Conception and Ghost Annihilation Blades.
• The Human King joined Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng, explaining that Five Yuan Mountain had been bestowed by the Lord of the Immortal Coffin and that they needed to break its defenses.
• Li Qingyuan covered Five Yuan Mountain with the Light of Fortune and pulled it into the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Five Yuan King cried out in horror as the Human King charged him and his mountain vanished.

Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng defeated Five Yuan King as the Human King swept through Huang Province with the Wind Thunder Drum, capturing hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators. Five Yuan King died in a self-detonation, and an azure-robed figure appeared amid the aftermath, reciting a poem as the red sun rose.

• Zhao Guangzheng suppressed Five Yuan King while Li Qingyuan prepared to finish him, and the Human King left to attack the fleeing cultivators.
• The Human King used the Wind Thunder Drum to slaughter and capture Nascent Soul cultivators across Huang Province, while the Four Envoys’ formations trapped the lower-level cultivators.
• Jin Yuanzi and Huo Yuanzi self-detonated rather than be captured, and Five Yuan King resolved to die rather than fall into Li Qingyuan’s hands.
• Five Yuan King charged Li Qingyuan in a self-detonation, but the Human King and Ao Run joined Li Qingyuan in defending against the blast.
• Five Yuan King died in the explosion, and an azure-robed figure appeared in the shockwaves and recited a poem as Ji Kun cried out and the red sun rose.

After Li Qingyuan defeated the Five Yuan King, he led cultivators in urging Dugu Lei to become Human Emperor, and Dugu Lei agreed to ascend after three months. At Red Flag Mountain, Dugu Lei completed the ceremony with offerings from humans and allied demons, while the assembled cultivators infused their power into the Human Emperor Robe.

• Li Qingyuan praised Dugu Lei’s rule and called on him to ascend as Human Emperor, and the gathered cultivators joined the appeal.
• Dugu Lei accepted and announced that he would hold the ascension ceremony at Red Flag Mountain in three months, naming eight people to prepare for investiture as kings.
• Li Qingyuan assigned Arid Province forces to help Miao Le govern Huang Province, where she established her rule while Li Xianhuang and Zhao Tongxuan founded Nascent Soul sects.
• Li Qingyuan, Miao Le, and their followers traveled to Red Flag Mountain, where cultivators and allied great demons gathered for Dugu Lei’s ceremony.
• Dugu Lei sacrificed to the Goddess of the Nine Heavens and the Heavenly Dao, bowed to the Goddess, Heaven, and all living beings, and declared that he would share the Human Emperor Robe with them.
• Li Qingyuan and hundreds of cultivators and great demons poured their Nascent Soul Magic Power Origins into the Human Emperor Robe and hailed Dugu Lei’s ascension.

Human Emperor Dugu Lei sacrificed Nascent Soul essence to strengthen the Absolute Heaven Array and appointed eight provincial kings to prepare the Nine Provinces for its revival. After returning to Arid Province, Li Qingyuan spent decades building his strength and ultimately reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Dugu Lei and the cultivators sacrificed hundreds of Nascent Soul prisoners into the Absolute Heaven Array, then Dugu Lei used his Heavenly Eye to study the formation.
• Dugu Lei appointed Li Qingyuan, Wang Decai, Ye Xuan, Bai Hezhui, Ao Run, Jin Po, Zhu Yu, and Miao Le as the Eight Kings and ordered them to strengthen the Nine Provinces within three hundred years.
• The Four Envoys and Four Great Divine Beasts stayed to guard Red Flag Mountain while Dugu Lei and the Eight Kings returned to their duties across the provinces.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Wind Thunder Immortal Sect, distributed Top-grade Spirit Stones, refined his crafts and cultivation arts for ten years, and then entered seclusion.
• After fifty years of cultivation, Li Qingyuan endured repeated Two-colored Lightning Tribulations and advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Li Qingyuan advanced to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, developed a faint Soul Transformation Artistic Conception, and visited the Human Emperor to seek guidance. Before leaving, he urged Luo Ling to attempt Nascent Soul formation and promised to refine a pill to help her.

• Li Qingyuan reached the Late Nascent Soul Stage at age 286, and the Jianmu Sapling grew as his divine sense began to show a trace of Wood Artistic Conception.
• Li Qingyuan checked on his companions, then told the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect he was leaving and visited Luo Ling, who declined to pursue Nascent Soul formation out of fear of failing and burdening him.
• Li Qingyuan encouraged Luo Ling to try with a Three Talents Infant Transformation Pill and asked her to persuade Qingqing to attempt cultivation as well.
• Li Qingyuan traveled to Diqiu City and met the Human Emperor, who recognized his new Soul Transformation Artistic Conception and asked about his Soul Refining Banner and its artifact spirit.
• After Li Qingyuan explained how he had subdued Zhao Guangzheng, he asked the Human Emperor what the first step was in comprehending Soul Transformation Artistic Conception.

The Human Emperor taught Li Qingyuan about Soul Transformation Artistic Conception and showed him how Wood Artistic Conception could wither and revive life. After twenty years of traveling and learning from nature and the mortal world, Li Qingyuan returned to the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect to complete his own artistic conception, transform his divine sense into Primordial Spirit power, and pursue Peak Nascent Soul.

• The Human Emperor confirmed Li Qingyuan’s understanding of divine sense, the Primordial Spirit, and Soul Transformation Artistic Conception, then demonstrated his Wood Artistic Conception.
• Li Qingyuan experienced the Wood Artistic Conception’s withering and restorative power, recognized its ties to Life and Death Artistic Conception, and spent a year learning from the Human Emperor.
• Li Qingyuan left Zhi Shui Palace and traveled across the Nine Provinces Continent, observing its peoples, landscapes, and natural phenomena while cultivating the Jianmu Meditation Method.
• Over twenty years, Li Qingyuan’s Jianmu Sapling grew from sixty inches to ninety inches, and more than half of his Nascent Soul divine sense transformed into Primordial Spirit power.
• At age three hundred and six, Li Qingyuan returned to the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect and announced secluded cultivation to complete his Soul Transformation Artistic Conception and advance toward Peak Nascent Soul.

After sixty years of seclusion, Li Qingyuan comprehended the Fortune Artistic Conception and transformed his Divine Sense into a Primordial Spirit, causing a phenomenon across the Nine Provinces. He tested his strength, then tried to refine the Heavenly Eye, which swallowed his Nascent Soul Power and overwhelmed his mind.

• Li Qingyuan spent thirty years mastering Intent Realms and developed the idea of combining them all within a greater Intent Realm.
• He spent another thirty years comprehending the Fortune Artistic Conception, which caused a phenomenon that shook the Nine Provinces.
• Human Emperor Dugu Lei recognized the phenomenon as the birth of an unrivaled divine ability and believed Li Qingyuan was responsible.
• Li Qingyuan's Jianmu Sapling grew to one hundred and twenty inches as his Nascent Soul Divine Sense transformed into a Primordial Spirit.
• Li Qingyuan judged that he could defeat the Five Yuan King, but felt the incomplete Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao shackling his power.
• Li Qingyuan tried to refine the Heavenly Eye on the Jianmu Sapling, but it swallowed his Nascent Soul Power and left his mind blank.

Li Qingyuan received Yang Nie’s inheritance and learned that the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique required both Dharma and body cultivation at the Soul Transformation Stage, so he could not begin practicing it. After thirty years of seclusion, he reached Peak Nascent Soul in both cultivation paths and stood at the pinnacle of the Nine Provinces, awaiting the Heavenly Dao’s revival before attempting Spirit Transformation.

• Li Qingyuan examined Yang Nie’s message and learned the origins, inheritance rules, and requirements of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
• Li Qingyuan studied the first-revolution heart method and learned its Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, Five Elements Evasion Technique, and Transformation Divine Ability.
• Li Qingyuan attempted to cultivate the technique, but his magic power rebounded because his cultivation and physical body had not reached the Soul Transformation Stage.
• Li Qingyuan entered seclusion to raise his cultivation, and thirty years later he had reached Peak Nascent Soul in both magic power and physical strength.
• Li Qingyuan resolved to accumulate magic power and wait for the Heavenly Dao to revive before attempting Spirit Transformation.

Li Qingyuan emerged from over a century of seclusion as a Peak Nascent Soul cultivator and spent time with his family before three members of the Li clan successfully formed Nascent Souls. He ordered a celebration for Li Xianfeng, Li Yunfan, and Li Yunzhou as the clan gained three new Nascent Soul True Lords.

• Li Qingyuan advanced to Peak Nascent Soul, returned to the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect, and considered cultivating the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
• Li Qingqing and Luo Ling declined to attempt Nascent Soul formation, explaining that they planned to take Reincarnation Elixirs and seek better aptitude in their next lives.
• Li Qingyuan reunited with Luo Ling and later welcomed Li Xianhuang, whose achievements as a Nascent Soul prodigy had made her famous across Huang Province.
• Li Xianfeng, Li Yunfan, and Li Yunzhou each passed the Inner Demon Tribulation and successfully formed Nascent Souls.
• Li Qingyuan ordered a Nascent Soul Formation Celebration for the three new Nascent Soul True Lords and invited cultivators from all directions.

After thirty years of travel and cultivation, Miao Le comprehended her own Soul Transformation Artistic Conception and defeated powerful cultivators across the Nine Provinces. The three spouses reached Yu Province, where Ao Run challenged Miao Le to a wagered duel and asked for Li Qingyuan’s Dragon Origin Grass as her stake.

• Li Qingyuan and Miao Le dual cultivated for ten years, helping Miao Le reach Peak Nascent Soul and begin comprehending a Soul Transformation Artistic Conception.
• Over thirty years of traveling and practicing, Miao Le cultivated her Primordial Spirit and perfected her Yin Yang Intent, becoming a Pseudo-God Realm powerhouse.
• Miao Le defeated Ye Bufan, Bai Hezhui, Wang Decai, and several powerful demon beasts as the three spouses traveled across the provinces.
• In Yu Province, Ao Run met Li Qingyuan, Miao Le, and Luo Ling, then challenged Miao Le to a duel for a Dragon Clan Treasure Bone.
• Ao Run offered the dragon skull as her wager and asked Li Qingyuan to stake his Dragon Origin Grass.

Li Qingyuan and Ao Run wagered Dragon Origin Grass against a flood dragon skull and a hundred years of service as a mount, then Miao Le fought Ao Run for the prize. Miao Le overwhelmed Ao Run with her Yin Yang Myriad Wood Sword, and Ao Run conceded and agreed to become Li Qingyuan’s mount.

• Li Qingyuan agreed to wager the remaining two-thirds of his Dragon Origin Grass against Ao Run’s flood dragon skull and a hundred years of service as a mount.
• Ao Run and Miao Le began their duel, wielding their weapons and Soul Transformation Intent against one another.
• Miao Le held the advantage through hundreds of exchanges by using Yin Yang Intent to counter Ao Run’s Water Intent and powerful close-combat attacks.
• Miao Le unleashed the Yin Yang Myriad Wood Sword, filling the battlefield with countless sword qi that broke Ao Run’s armor and scales.
• Ao Run conceded and offered to become Li Qingyuan’s mount.

After Miao Le defeated Ao Run, Li Qingyuan honored their wager before gifting Ao Run Dragon Origin Grass in exchange for a dragon bone. His guidance helped Ao Run complete her Nascent Soul and perfect her Water Intent, and after leaving Yu Province with Miao Le and Luo Ling, Li Qingyuan resumed refining Five Yuan Mountain.

• Miao Le defeated Ao Run, who accepted the wager and carried Li Qingyuan through the sky and underground for a day.
• Li Qingyuan gave Ao Run two-thirds of the Dragon Origin Grass, and Ao Run traded him a half-step fifth-tier Flood Dragon skull.
• Li Qingyuan, Miao Le, and Luo Ling stayed in Yu Province for two and a half years while Li Qingyuan discussed the Dao with Ao Run and helped her advance her Water Intent.
• Ao Run completed her Nascent Soul and perfected her Water Intent, then thanked Li Qingyuan as he prepared to leave with Miao Le and Luo Ling.
• Li Qingyuan resumed refining Five Yuan Mountain aboard their flying boat, hoping to expand the Fortune Space.

Li Qingyuan refined Five Yuan Mountain and used its Five-Colored Earth to evolve the Mysterious Feminine Space into an embryonic Small World with the Five Elements Law and a Fourth-grade Low-rank Spirit Vein. After refining premium Three Talents Infant Transformation Pills for Ji Kun, Little Flame, and Li Xianhuang, he began cultivating the Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body with the Wind Thunder Drum.

• Li Qingyuan completed refining Five Yuan Mountain, and Zhao Guangzheng identified it as a powerful Body Integration Realm magic treasure with three layers of restrictions.
• Li Qingyuan used the Light of Fortune to devour the Five-Colored Earth, expanding the Mysterious Feminine Space to a three-thousand-zhang radius and granting it the Five Elements Law.
• Li Qingyuan moved a Fourth-grade Low-rank Spirit Vein and many Spirit Plants into the space, then promised Little Flame the Dragon Origin Grass to aid its advancement.
• Li Qingyuan refined three premium Three Talents Infant Transformation Pills and gave one each to Ji Kun, Little Flame, and Li Xianhuang.
• Li Qingyuan summoned the Wind Thunder Drum and began using its power and the Wind Thunder Intent Realm to cultivate the Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body.

Li Qingyuan’s spirit pets and clones advanced to Nascent Soul Late Stage, while he completed his Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body. He returned the Wind Thunder Drum to the Human Emperor Teacher, who invited him to spar.

• Ji Kun broke through to Fourth-Tier Peak and became a formidable guardian divine beast of the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect.
• Er Yuan passed his tribulation, entered Nascent Soul Late Stage, and forged the Spirit Soul Blade by combining his magic treasures.
• Blood Shadow passed a Two-Colored Nascent Soul Minor Heavenly Tribulation and advanced to Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Li Qingyuan shattered his final two Wind Thunder Divine Marks and completed his Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body.
• Li Qingyuan traveled to Diqiu City and returned the Wind Thunder Drum to the Human Emperor Teacher.
• The Human Emperor Teacher praised Li Qingyuan and invited him to spar, and Li Qingyuan accepted.

Li Qingyuan and the Human Emperor fought at full strength in the Northern Border Desert, testing their lightning arts and physical abilities. After the Human Emperor unleashed Five Thunders Bombardment, Li Qingyuan answered with Infinite Fortune: Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin.

• The Human Emperor praised Li Qingyuan’s talent and explained that he wanted to Open Heavenly Gate so the Nine Provinces’ cultivators could pursue a greater immortal path.
• The Human Emperor and Li Qingyuan clashed with their halberds, and the Human Emperor recognized that Li Qingyuan had reached the third level of the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Technique.
• The Human Emperor activated his Thunder God Body, while Li Qingyuan activated his Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body, and Li Qingyuan gained a slight advantage in their ensuing fight.
• The Human Emperor gathered his essence, qi, spirit, and Intent into the killing move Five Thunders Bombardment.
• Zhao Guangzheng and Yang Xiaohe identified the ancient origins of the Human Emperor’s five lightning arts and praised his comprehension.
• Li Qingyuan merged his Primordial Spirit, Jia Wood Magic Power, and Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body, then countered Five Thunders Bombardment with Infinite Fortune: Myriad Phenomena Return to Origin.

Li Qingyuan defeated the Human Emperor and became the Nine Provinces’ strongest cultivator, then joined him in preparing the continent for a chance to revive its Heavenly Dao. After eighty years of gathering resources and cultivating Nascent Soul experts, Li Qingyuan left seclusion upon learning that Li Qingqing was near death.

• Li Qingyuan overwhelmed the Human Emperor’s Five Thunders technique, defeated him, and was hailed as the strongest cultivator on the Nine Provinces’ immortal path.
• The Human Emperor gave Li Qingyuan the Wind Thunder Drum and explained that the Heaven Severing Great Array would weaken in eighty years, creating a chance to revive the Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao.
• Li Qingyuan, the Human Emperor, and their allies gathered High-grade Fourth Tier Spirit Veins, refined Top-grade Spirit Stones, and ordered cultivators to cultivate and prepare for the coming battle.
• Over the next eighty years, the leaders used spirit stones, pills, and artistic conception records to raise more Nascent Soul Cultivators and strengthen their forces.
• Li Qingyuan learned that Li Qingqing’s lifespan was nearly over, left seclusion, and rushed to her cave abode.

Li Qingyuan returned from seclusion to find his sister Li Qingqing near the end of her life, and he took her home for a final walk through their childhood places. Li Qingqing passed away in the dandelion-filled hills, asking Li Qingyuan to find her again.

• Li Qingyuan arrived at Li Qingqing’s residence and learned from her and Li Yunxian that Li Qingqing had reached the end of her lifespan at age 476.
• Li Qingqing explained that she had kept her decline from Li Qingyuan so he would not abandon secluded cultivation and hinder the Li Clan’s role in the Nine Provinces’ undertaking.
• Li Qingyuan reunited with Luo Ling and took both women from the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect to the Li Clan’s ancestral land.
• Li Qingqing asked Li Qingyuan to take her to the back mountain near Cloud Mist Town, where they remembered playing together as children.
• Li Qingqing’s lifespan ended, and she dissolved into spiritual light as her soul departed for reincarnation, leaving Li Qingyuan with her request to find her again.

After Luo Ling dissolved into the Dao, Li Qingyuan mourned her and renewed his resolve to pursue immortality and prepare for the coming war. He returned to seclusion to refine Three Talents Infant Transformation Pills and cultivate the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

• Li Qingyuan and Luo Ling revisited the former Luo Clan grounds, then returned to the Wind Thunder Immortal Sect as war approached.
• Luo Ling urged Li Qingyuan to strengthen the cultivators of Desolate Province, and he entered seclusion to refine Three Talents Infant Transformation Pills.
• On the third day of his seclusion, Luo Ling dissolved into the Dao, leaving her divine soul to enter reincarnation; Li Qingyuan arrived too late to save her.
• Li Xianhuang vowed to find her mother in her next life, while Hong Yuan promised to help once Li Xianhuang reached the Mahayana realm.
• Li Qingyuan arranged seven days of mourning for Luo Ling, placed her Spirit Tablet in the ancestral hall, and told Miao Le to prepare for war.
• Li Qingyuan returned to his cultivation cave and began using Three Talents Infant Transformation Pills to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.