Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan refined a Greenwood Chrysanthemum and discovered a mysterious Spirit Root that purified its energy, helping him reach Qi Condensation Eighth Layer and suspect he had an Innate Spirit Body. After cultivating the Phantom God Eye Technique in seclusion, he transformed his Spiritual Sense into divine sense.

• Li Qingyuan absorbed the Greenwood Chrysanthemum, whose essence was swallowed and purified by a mysterious three-inch Spirit Root near his own.
• After half a month of cultivation, Li Qingyuan broke through to Qi Condensation Eighth Layer and continued refining the plant for three months, reaching near-perfection in the realm.
• Li Qingyuan wondered whether the mysterious Spirit Root indicated an Innate Spirit Body, then chose to cultivate the Phantom God Eye Technique rather than immediately pursue another breakthrough.
• Li Qingyuan spent more than half a year cultivating with Phantom God Liquid, bringing his total time in seclusion to three years.
• Li Qingyuan refined the last of the Phantom God Liquid, and on the third day his Spiritual Sense transformed into divine sense.

After three years of seclusion, Li Qingyuan condensed early Foundation Establishment divine sense and reached Qi Condensation Eighth Layer Perfection. He concealed his cultivation, visited Monster Hunting Town to sell talismans and buy Second-grade materials, then returned to Willow Crane Island to study the Golden Light Sword Talisman.

• Li Qingyuan condensed divine sense with a range of one hundred zhang, and the resulting feedback raised his cultivation to Qi Condensation Eighth Layer Perfection.
• Li Qingyuan sensed Great Elder Grandfather break through to Qi Condensation Level 7, concealed his own cultivation, and left Cloud Mist Mountain after checking on his family.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as Zhen Youde, sold talisman paper in Monster Hunting Town, and earned three thousand Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan bought a Quasi-Second-grade Talisman Brush, one hundred sheets of Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Paper materials, and supplies for Second-grade Talisman Ink.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Willow Crane Island and began studying the Golden Light Sword Talisman from Zhao Tu's inheritance.

Li Qingyuan studied and repeatedly failed to draw the Second-grade Golden Light Sword Talisman, gradually improving with each attempt. Meanwhile, spirit veins advanced on White Rainbow Island and Willow Crane Island, as several cultivators began Foundation Establishment attempts that could shift power across the Sea Domain Archipelago.

• Li Qingyuan studied Zhao Tu’s Golden Light Sword Talisman inheritance and practiced copying its runes until he could draw them from memory.
• Li Qingyuan began using a quasi-second-grade brush and costly materials to draw the talisman, but his first ten attempts failed as the runes resisted his spiritual power.
• Li Qingyuan continued practicing over the following days, slowly progressing from drawing a small portion of the Golden Light Sword Talisman to as much as one-third.
• Qin Mo activated the formation on White Rainbow Island, causing the Gao Family’s spirit vein to advance to second-grade as Gao Qiang and Su Hong began their Foundation Establishment attempt under martial lockdown.
• Qin Miaoyi prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment with a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and the spirit vein’s surging energy, believing success was nearly certain.
• On Willow Crane Island, Zhou Kui and Qin Mo began Foundation Establishment attempts as Second Uncle Qin promised to hold off the Liu Clan Patriarch.

The Qin Family prepared to use a spirit vein’s advancement to help Qin Miaoyi and Qin Mo establish their foundations, while Second Uncle Qin set out toward the Zhou Family. In the Sky Yin Mountain Range, Liu Yunlong learned that the Zhou and Gao families were attempting Foundation Establishment and sent three patriarchs to kill them.

• Second Uncle Qin explained that the advancing spirit vein would greatly improve Qin Miaoyi and Qin Mo’s chances of Foundation Establishment, then flew toward the Zhou Family.
• Liu Yunlong and four other patriarchs defeated several Second-tier Great Demons and prepared to attack the Blood-Devouring Centipedes guarding San Quan Venerable’s inheritance.
• Liu Yunlong received messages that Zhou Kui and Gao Qiang and Su Hong were attempting Foundation Establishment, and became furious.
• The five patriarchs agreed that Liu Yunlong would attack Zhou Kui, while the Iron and Flame Family patriarchs would attack Gao Qiang and Su Hong.
• Liu Yunlong, the Iron Family Patriarch, and the Flame Family Patriarch flew away to stop the three families from gaining Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Qin Family ambushed the Iron and Flame Family Patriarchs and Qin Chuan fought Liu Yunlong to stall him while Qin Miaoyi attempted Foundation Establishment. Meanwhile, after ninety failed attempts, Li Qingyuan successfully completed a Second-grade talisman paper.

• The Iron Family Patriarch and Flame Family Patriarch were trapped in a Second-grade Low-tier Killing Formation set by Qin's forces, assisted by a Second-tier Great Demon.
• Qin Chuan confronted Liu Yunlong near the Zhou Family and fought him evenly, intending to hold him for three days while Qin Miaoyi attempted Foundation Establishment.
• Li Qingyuan began another day of talisman practice after spending over two thousand Spirit Stones on repeated failures.
• Li Qingyuan completed a Golden Light Sword Talisman on his ninety-first attempt.

Li Qingyuan became a Second-grade Talisman Master and acquired materials to make more Golden Light Sword Talismans. After learning that the Qin Family had destabilized the Sea Domain Archipelago and Demon-Hunting City was being evacuated, he headed back to his clan to prepare for the turmoil.

• Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Feminine Space's guidance to produce four Golden Light Sword Talismans from ten sets of materials, then decided to buy more supplies.
• Li Qingyuan returned to Demon-Hunting City and learned from Shopkeeper Wan that a new Foundation Establishment clan led by Qin Chuan was fighting the Liu Clan Patriarch while other clans and cultivators were preparing to flee.
• Shopkeeper Wan explained that the Qin Family was supporting Zhou Kui, Gao Qiang, and Su Hong in their attempts at Foundation Establishment, while the Horse and Snow Family Patriarchs attacked their islands.
• Li Qingyuan traded sixty First-grade Top-rank Talisman Papers and Phantom God Mushrooms to Shopkeeper Wan for one hundred and fifty sets of Second-grade Talisman Drawing Materials and several jin of Second-grade Talisman Ink.
• Li Qingyuan concluded that the Sea Domain Archipelago would grow more chaotic and flew back to his clan to organize its cultivators.

As the Horse Family and its allies attacked the Gao Family’s defensive formation, Gao Qiang failed at Foundation Establishment, but Su Hong and Qin Miaoyi succeeded. Qin Miaoyi’s perfect-grade foundation let her overpower Ma Jie and rout the attackers before she headed for Willow Crane Island to help her Second Uncle.

• The Horse Family Patriarch Ma Jie led cultivators from Feiyan Island in an assault on the Gao Family’s defensive formation while Gao Qiang, Su Hong, and Qin Miaoyi attempted Foundation Establishment.
• Gao Qiang failed his breakthrough and suffered severe injuries, while Ma Jie falsely announced that he had died from qi deviation.
• Qin Miaoyi formed a ten-zhang Spiritual Energy Tide and successfully established her Foundation, then attacked and wounded Ma Jie with her Flying Star Sword.
• Su Hong also succeeded at Foundation Establishment, and she and Qin Miaoyi led the Gao Family in routing the Horse Family’s forces as Spicy Lady and Charm Lady joined the pursuit.
• Qin Miaoyi chased Ma Jie for hundreds of miles, then turned north toward Willow Crane Island to help her Second Uncle and seize the Liu Family’s territory.

Li Qingyuan killed a Liu Family envoy who ordered the Li Clan’s mid-stage Qi Condensation cultivators to be conscripted, then declared the clan’s allegiance to the Qin Family. After revealing his Qi Condensation Eighth Layer cultivation, he became the Li Clan’s new Clan Leader as the family prepared to march against the Liu Family.

• The Liu Family envoy ordered the Li Clan’s mid-stage Qi Condensation cultivators to report to the Fu Bo Mountain Zhou Family and threatened to kill anyone who resisted.
• Qin Miaoyi sent Li Qingyuan a message saying she had reached Foundation Establishment and promising the Li Family a First-grade High-rank Spirit Vein for sufficient merit in the coming war.
• Li Qingyuan chose to join the Qin Family’s counterattack and killed the Qi Condensation Level 7 envoy with a single sword strike.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his Qi Condensation Level 7 cultivation, denounced the Liu Family, and announced that the Li Clan would march with the Qin Family against them.
• Li Qingyuan broke through to Qi Condensation Eighth Layer, while several Li Clan elders and cultivators raised their cultivation and pledged their support.
• Li Guangao stepped down as Clan Leader, and the Li Clan members hailed Li Qingyuan as their new leader.

Li Qingyuan revealed his exceptional spirit root and talisman-making skills to the Li Clan, then laid out a plan to join the Qin Clan’s war against the Liu Clan in exchange for a high-grade spirit vein. He left the clan preparing for war while planning to make Second-grade talismans in case the Qin Clan failed.

• Li Guangao told the clan that Li Qingyuan had a mutually reinforcing Three-Element Spirit Root and had surpassed him in the Talisman Path.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his First-grade Top-grade Talisman Master status and displayed over a thousand high-grade talismans, along with two hundred top-rank talismans.
• Li Qingyuan told the clan that the Qin Immortal Clan had two Foundation Establishment Venerables and had promised the Li Clan a First-grade High-rank Spirit Vein if they helped win the war.
• Li Qingyuan ordered the Li Clan to spread a declaration against the Liu Clan, prepare its resources for war, seek allies, seize Qu Mountain Marketplace, and recruit skilled cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan wrote the declaration accusing the Liu Clan of tyranny and crimes, then sent Li Guangao, Li Guangyao, and Li Dingzhou to spread it and recruit support.
• Li Qingyuan placed his hopes on Qin Miaoyi while planning to draw more than a hundred Second-grade Talismans to protect himself and the clan if the Qin Clan failed.

Qin Miaoyi joined Qin Chuan in attacking the Liu Family, forcing Liu Yunlong to flee and call his father, Liu Wushang, out of seclusion. The battle reached the Liu Family’s stronghold, where Liu Yunlong recovered with Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and attacked Qin Miaoyi.

• Qin Miaoyi ambushed Liu Yunlong during his fight with Qin Chuan, but Liu Yunlong escaped with a Minor Teleportation Talisman.
• Qin Miaoyi and Qin Chuan headed for the Liu Family, while Liu Yunlong returned to the stronghold and persuaded Liu Wushang to leave seclusion.
• Liu Wushang rejuvenated himself with a secret medicine and fought Qin Chuan as Qin Miaoyi searched the Liu Family grounds and attacked its cultivators.
• Liu Changfeng confronted Qin Miaoyi, but she shattered his flying sword and prepared to strike again.
• Liu Yunlong swallowed Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to heal and restore his magic power, then knocked back Qin Miaoyi’s Flying Star Sword.

Qin Miaoyi and four allies besieged Liu Yunlong after Qin Mo, Zhou Kui, Su Hong, and the Twin-headed Green Bird joined the battle. After Liu Yunlong exhausted his three drops of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and tried to perish with Qin Miaoyi, she activated her father’s Core Formation Talisman Treasure.

• Qin Miaoyi fought Liu Yunlong and threatened to wipe out the Liu Clan after he revealed his plan to capture her and take her Dao foundation.
• Qin Mo arrived after reaching Foundation Establishment and used his Wind Blade Formation to help Qin Miaoyi battle Liu Yunlong.
• Zhou Kui joined the fight and revealed that Liu Yunlong had murdered his father, while he and Qin Miaoyi attacked Liu Yunlong together.
• The Twin-headed Green Bird wounded Liu Yunlong with a surprise sword strike, and Su Hong joined the siege to avenge her daughter Gao Yue.
• Qin Miaoyi, Qin Mo, Zhou Kui, Su Hong, and the Twin-headed Green Bird fought Liu Yunlong through more than a thousand exchanges, despite his repeated recovery using Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• With his spirit milk exhausted, Liu Yunlong ignited his blood and qi and began to self-destruct, so Qin Miaoyi activated her father’s Core Formation Talisman Treasure.

Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi destroyed the Liu Clan’s Foundation Establishment forces and began seizing its resources, prompting the other four great families to prepare for war. The Iron Family Patriarch and Flame Family Patriarch secretly left for the Sky Yin Mountain Range to seek Venerable San Quan’s legacy and the Beast Taming Jade Slip.

• Qin Chuan’s Core Formation Talisman Treasure killed Liu Yunlong, and the Twin-headed Green Bird devoured his body and advanced to Second-Tier Early Stage Perfection.
• Qin Miaoyi, Qin Chuan, and their allies killed Liu Wushang, then captured Liu Clan members and plundered the clan’s heritage.
• Qin Chuan predicted that the other four families would seek Venerable San Quan’s Cave Mansion, and planned to attack once their forces were divided.
• The Iron Family, Ma Family, and Xue Family fled to Ice Fire Island, where the four patriarchs agreed to recruit allies and fund six cultivators’ attempts at Foundation Establishment.
• The Iron Family Patriarch and Flame Family Patriarch secretly left through a passage for the Sky Yin Mountain Range to seek Venerable San Quan’s legacy and Beast Taming Jade Slip.

Li Qingyuan led a growing force across Willow Crane Island and attacked Qu Mountain Marketplace after Wang Tianhua refused to open its gates for him. He killed Wang Tianhua and helped capture the marketplace, then sensed Qin Miaoyi arriving nearby.

• Li Qingyuan rallied cultivators with the Qin Family’s cause, defeated Liu Family loyalists, and recruited hundreds of followers on the march to Qu Mountain Marketplace.
• Wang Tianhua refused to surrender to Li Qingyuan, hoping to pledge the Wang Clan directly to the Qin Family’s leaders instead.
• Li Qingyuan accused Wang Tianhua of resisting the Qin Family and launched an assault with ten Pure Yang Sword Talismans.
• Li Qingyuan killed the wounded Wang Tianhua and ordered his forces to storm Qu Mountain Marketplace, defeating the Wang Clan after an hour of fighting.
• Li Qingyuan sensed someone arriving beyond the city and recognized her as Qin Miaoyi.

Qin Miaoyi praised Li Qingyuan for helping the Qin Family take control of Willow Crane Island and rewarded his clan with a First-rate Qi Condensation Family title, the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, and a Spirit Condensing Pill. She urged him to advance his cultivation and become a Second-grade Talisman Master, while Li Qingyuan remained wary of her motives.

• Qin Miaoyi arrived at Qu Mountain Marketplace, where Li Qingyuan and the local cultivators welcomed her.
• Qin Miaoyi praised Li Qingyuan’s declaration against the Liu Clan and credited it with helping the Qin Family gain support across Willow Crane Island.
• Li Qingyuan reported that the Wang Clan and Zhou Clan had been executed after resisting the Qin Family, and Qin Miaoyi promised to reward those who served the new order.
• Qin Miaoyi bestowed on the Li Clan First-rate Qi Condensation Family status and the five-hundred-li Purple Cloud Mountain Range, which held a First-grade High-rank Spirit Vein.
• Qin Miaoyi gave Li Qingyuan a Spirit Condensing Pill and urged him to cultivate divine sense and pursue the Dao of talismans.
• Li Qingyuan accepted the rewards and promised to meet Qin Miaoyi’s expectations, but privately resolved to remain cautious around her.

After Qin Miaoyi granted the Li Clan Purple Cloud Mountain and First-rate Qi Condensation Family status, Li Qingyuan discovered that the Mysterious Feminine Space could purge harmful substances from duplicated elixirs. He led the clan’s migration north and, three months later, watched it settle into its new home.

• Li Qingyuan announced the Qin Family Patriarch’s decree granting the Li Clan Purple Cloud Mountain, its surrounding territory, and First-rate Qi Condensation Family status.
• Li Qingyuan discovered purple granules in duplicated Spirit Condensing Pills, suspected Qin Miaoyi had planted something, and tested a granule on a Black Tooth Fragrant Pig.
• Li Qingyuan fed another Black Tooth Fragrant Pig a portion of a Spirit Condensing Pill and saw its soul develop Spiritual Sense, leading him to suspect the Mysterious Feminine Space could purge harmful substances.
• Li Qingyuan duplicated and sorted the clan’s resources, drew talismans for its cultivators, and prepared to relocate the Li Clan north.
• Li Qingyuan led the Li Clan and thousands of mortals to Purple Cloud Mountain, where they began rebuilding and settling the clan.
• After three months of construction, Li Qingyuan surveyed the flourishing Li Clan on Purple Cloud Mountain.

Li Qingyuan developed the Li Immortal Clan’s new home in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, then entered closed-door cultivation to strengthen himself. He broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Divine Sense and began charging toward Qi Condensation Ninth Layer.

• Li Qingyuan surveyed the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, set policies for the Li Clan’s growth, and delegated their execution to the five members of the Elder Council.
• Li Qingyuan entered his cave abode and used Spirit Condensing Pills to cultivate his divine sense.
• Li Qingyuan’s divine sense broke through from Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Perfection to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Li Qingyuan drew on the high-rank spirit vein and more than a thousand Spirit Stones to cultivate toward Qi Condensation Ninth Layer.
• After half a year, Li Qingyuan sensed his bottleneck loosened and drove his spiritual power against it.

Li Qingyuan stabilized his breakthrough to the Qi Condensation Ninth Layer, crafted more Golden Light Sword Talismans, and was sent by Qin Miaoyi to hunt the fugitive Gong Ji. He tracked Gong Ji into the Sky Yin Mountain Range and found cultivators fighting ahead.

• Li Qingyuan stabilized his Qi Condensation Ninth Layer cultivation in the First-grade High-rank Spirit Vein cave dwelling.
• Li Qingyuan made fifty-one Golden Light Sword Talismans, bringing his total to seventy, and concealed his cultivation before leaving seclusion.
• Qin Miaoyi ordered Li Qingyuan to help capture or kill Gong Ji and told him the Qin, Zhou, and Gao Families were preparing to attack Ice Fire Island.
• Li Qingyuan flew toward the Sky Yin Mountain Range using the Azure Sun Sword, concealed as Zhen Youde.
• After tracking the Qin Family cultivators' markers for several days, Li Qingyuan found a battle and approached it through the bushes.

Li Qingyuan watched Gong Ji defeat five Qin Family cultivators with a Second-grade Golden Light Sword Talisman, then followed and killed the wounded talisman master. He discovered a genuine Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Brush in Gong Ji’s Storage Bag.

• Li Qingyuan disguised himself as a middle-aged cultivator and watched Gong Ji refuse the Qin Family’s offer to join them.
• Gong Ji unleashed his Second-grade Golden Light Sword Talisman and killed the five Qin Family cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan followed Gong Ji to his cave dwelling and killed him with the Azure Sun Sword.
• Li Qingyuan took Gong Ji’s Storage Bags, burned his body, and fled before inspecting the spoils in another cave dwelling.
• Li Qingyuan found a genuine Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Brush in Gong Ji’s Storage Bag.

Li Qingyuan looted Gong Ji and the five Qin Family members, replicated their treasures, and improved his talisman stock before leaving seclusion. While flying through the Sky Yin Mountain Range, he discovered Tie Kuangren and Yan Yaorao battling a second-tier mid stage Blood-Devouring Centipede.

• Li Qingyuan took Gong Ji's Second-grade Talisman Brush, Blood Dragon Ginseng, talisman inheritances, and other valuables, then replicated the resources beneath the Light of Fortune.
• Li Qingyuan used the brush to draw seven Golden Light Sword Talismans, raising his total to seventy-seven, and saved his remaining materials to learn the Mysterious Ice Realm Talisman.
• Li Qingyuan left seclusion, collected the remains of the five Qin Family members, and planned to return their bodies as an explanation for their deaths.
• Li Qingyuan sensed a battle nearby, concealed himself in the forest, and recognized Tie Kuangren and Yan Yaorao fighting a Blood-Devouring Centipede.

Qin Miaoyi learned that Tie Kuangren and Yan Yaorao had left Ice Fire Island to seek Venerable San Quan’s inheritance, and she set out to help Qin Chuan capture them. As Yan Yaorao headed for the inheritance, Li Qingyuan decided to follow her despite suspecting Qin Chuan was pursuing Tie Kuangren.

• Qin Miaoyi’s forces besieged Ice Fire Island while she and her allies fought the island’s defenders at the Flame Family spirit vein.
• The Horse Family Patriarch and Snow Family Patriarch discovered a jade slip revealing that Tie Kuangren and Yan Yaorao had secretly left to seek a way to defeat the Qin Family.
• Qin Miaoyi realized the pair were pursuing Venerable San Quan’s inheritance and said Qin Chuan was waiting to ambush them; she left Little Qing with Qin Mo and went to help her second uncle capture them.
• In the Sky Yin Mountain Range, Tie Kuangren used an insect egg to lure the Blood-Devouring Centipede away while Yan Yaorao headed for Venerable San Quan’s Cave Mansion.
• Li Qingyuan noticed a Foundation Establishment cultivator following Tie Kuangren and suspected it was Qin Chuan, then chose to follow Yan Yaorao and began planning an escape route.