Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyuan assassinated Yan Yaorao after she defeated a Blood-Devouring Centipede and weakened herself, then entered Venerable San Quan's cave mansion. Elsewhere, Qin Chuan captured Tie Kuangren and headed for the legacy, unaware that Yan Yaorao was already dead.

• Li Qingyuan watched Yan Yaorao fight a Blood-Devouring Centipede and saw her use an overwhelming sword technique to kill it.
• Yan Yaorao suffered the effects of her depleted blood qi, and Li Qingyuan ambushed her with ten Golden Light Sword Talismans, killing her and taking her belongings.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself, entered Venerable San Quan's cave mansion, and considered how the Golden Light Sword Talisman would make his involvement appear unrelated to the killings of the Qin Family cultivators.
• Qin Chuan ambushed Tie Kuangren, captured him, and sealed his cultivation before diverting the Blood-Devouring Centipede by throwing away its insect eggs.
• Qin Chuan headed toward Venerable San Quan's cave mansion, planning to seize the legacy and use the centipedes' Demonic Beast Cores to strengthen Miaoyi's Three-Colored Flying Centipede.

Li Qingyuan found San Quan Venerable's inheritance hidden in a Space Ring and fled the cave abode as Qin Chuan pursued him. After exhausting dozens of talismans to block Qin Chuan's attacks, Li Qingyuan headed into the depths of the Sky Yin Mountain Range in a desperate gamble.

• Li Qingyuan passed through the cave abode's formations and discovered San Quan Venerable's remains and a Space Ring containing his inheritance.
• Li Qingyuan collected the remains and the cave abode's formation equipment, then escaped on a flying sword while disguised.
• Qin Chuan pursued Li Qingyuan and demanded that he surrender the inheritance.
• Li Qingyuan repeatedly used Golden Light Sword Talismans to deflect Qin Chuan's attacks while fleeing hundreds of miles.
• Qin Chuan suspected Li Qingyuan was a Second-grade Talisman Master and offered him a chance to study the Dao of talismans, but Li Qingyuan ignored him.
• With his talismans running low, Li Qingyuan flew toward the depths of the Sky Yin Mountain Range.

Li Qingyuan fled toward Twin Python Lake while Qin Chuan pursued him with powerful spells, forcing him to spend talismans and endure severe injuries. After concealing six Golden Light Sword Talismans, Li Qingyuan used himself as bait and launched a surprise attack on Qin Chuan, who dismissed the threat.

• Li Qingyuan fled deep into the Sky Yin Mountain Range as Qin Chuan attacked, using dozens of Golden Light Sword Talismans to keep him at bay.
• Qin Chuan unleashed the Flowing Shadow Sword Art, and Li Qingyuan weakened its barrage with his divine sense, spells, and two more talismans before being badly injured.
• Li Qingyuan continued toward Twin Python Lake, where the Mystic Ice Pythons lived, while Qin Chuan tested him with the Qin Family's Purple Profound Ray.
• Li Qingyuan used his remaining talismans, the Ice Fire Sword, and two sets of inner armor to reduce the Purple Profound Ray's force, but the attack still heavily injured him.
• Li Qingyuan suddenly sent six concealed Golden Light Sword Talismans at Qin Chuan from close range, and Qin Chuan sneered that the talismans could not harm him.

Li Qingyuan tricked Qin Chuan into fighting two Mystic Ice Pythons and escaped beneath the lake before fleeing back to Willow Crane Island. The Qin Family later identified the talisman marks on five corpses and began preparing to take Ice Fire Island.

• Li Qingyuan used six Golden Light Sword Talismans to force Qin Chuan to defend, then used his last two to wound the Mystic Ice Pythons and make them mistake him for Qin Chuan.
• Li Qingyuan hid beneath the lake while Qin Chuan fought the Mystic Ice Pythons, then escaped after a quarter of an hour and healed his injuries with two Great Foundation Replenishing Pills.
• Li Qingyuan changed his appearance while returning to Willow Crane Island, handed the remains of five Qin Family disciples to the Qin Family, and returned to the Li Immortal Clan.
• Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi examined the corpses and concluded that the same talisman user had likely killed Gong Ji, while Qin Miaoyi dismissed the possibility that the culprit was Li Qingyuan.
• Qin Chuan ordered the Qin Family to prepare to seize Ice Fire Island and have the Three-Colored Flying Centipede refine the Blood-Devouring Centipede's core to advance to the second tier.

Li Qingyuan sorted through Yan Yaorao’s treasures and examined the legacy of San Quan Venerable, learning how Wang Sanshi rose from hardship to Foundation Establishment before dying in the Sky Yin Mountain Range. The legacy revealed a Core Formation True Person’s inheritance and the cause of San Quan’s death, leaving Li Qingyuan with a potential claim on his unfinished vengeance.

• Li Qingyuan gathered the Li Immortal Clan’s Elder Council, allocated three thousand Spirit Stones, and established a family academy with six halls before entering secluded cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan duplicated the contents of Yan Yaorao’s Storage Bag, including its Spirit Stones, magic tools, armor, pills, materials, and rare Storage Bag.
• Li Qingyuan inspected San Quan Venerable’s Space Ring and discovered a huge seven-colored egg, then read Wang Sanshi’s account of obtaining a Core Formation True Person’s legacy and reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Wang Sanshi’s account revealed that he fled the Five Great Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans, stole the seven-colored egg from three battling Tier 3 Great Demons, and died from a grievous wound inflicted by one of them.
• Li Qingyuan read San Quan’s final message, which named Qin Ziyang of the Qin Family as his enemy and entrusted his legacy to a future inheritor.

Li Qingyuan reviewed True Person San Quan’s inheritance and began cultivating its spells, escape technique, and arts, gaining the means to challenge ordinary Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators. As he remained in seclusion, Qin Chuan led a force toward Ice Fire Island to conquer it and capture its Foundation Establishment cultivators.

• Li Qingyuan learned that True Person San Quan had been a wood, fire, and earth cultivator who mastered alchemy, formations, and beast taming before dying from injuries while fleeing Qin Ziyang.
• Li Qingyuan chose the Heavy Sword Technique and studied the Wind Shadow Escape, while resolving to digest San Quan’s three Peak Second-tier inheritances.
• After three months of seclusion, Li Qingyuan had initially absorbed the formation inheritance and prepared to use three second-grade formations to trap ordinary Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators or escape Qin Chuan.
• A blood-red Three-Colored Flying Centipede reached Second-Tier Early Stage, giving the Qin Family another Foundation Establishment-level combat force.
• Qin Chuan, Qin Miaoyi, the Three-Colored Flying Centipede, two Foundation Establishment Venerables, and another Second-tier Great Demon set out for Ice Fire Island to take it and capture its Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Qin Family conquered the Sea Domain Archipelago and began expanding its power while Li Qingyuan spent a year in seclusion strengthening his cultivation and talisman skills. Wary of the Qin Family and aware that he would need them to reach the Nine Provinces Continent, he decided to continue secluding himself and pursue Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection.

• The Qin Family defeated and captured the defenders of Ice Fire Island, recruited Zheng Yuan, and brought all five immortal islands and the Thirty-Six Archipelagos under its rule.
• Qin Miaoyi issued a kill order for an unnamed cultivator, and Qin Chuan led a hunting team into the Sky Yin Mountain Range to hunt Second-tier Great Demons and gather resources.
• During a year of seclusion, Li Qingyuan made two hundred sheets of Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Drawing Materials and drew one hundred and forty Golden Light Sword Talismans.
• Li Qingyuan advanced his formations, spells, and Wind Shadow Escape technique, while continuing to nourish the Seven-Colored Giant Egg with blood and Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan grew suspicious of the Qin Family’s motives and concluded that improving his own strength and his clan’s power was essential.
• Li Qingyuan chose to remain in seclusion and attempt Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection.

Li Qingyuan broke through to the Qi Condensation Tenth Layer after three years of secluded cultivation, then began planning how to prepare for Foundation Establishment. His father reported that three Rogue Cultivators had captured Li Family members and demanded the deed to Purple Cloud Mountain Range, and Li Qingyuan set out to confront them while suspecting the Qin Family was involved.

• Li Qingyuan sealed his cave abode with a Second-grade Low-rank Binding Formation and spent three years cultivating without distractions.
• Li Qingyuan broke through to the Qi Condensation Tenth Layer, examined his two Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills, and considered refining better pills himself.
• Li Qingyuan began studying True Person San Quan's alchemy inheritance to prepare for making Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Li Dingzhou told Li Qingyuan that three Rogue Cultivators had injured and captured Li Family members on their way back from an auction, demanding the deed to Purple Cloud Mountain Range as ransom.
• Li Qingyuan learned that one captor was at Qi Condensation Tenth Layer, the other two were at Qi Condensation Ninth Layer, and all three wore First-grade Top-grade inner armor.
• Li Qingyuan concealed his true cultivation, took up the Azure Sun Sword, and flew with Li Dingzhou toward the captors, suspecting the Qin Family had instructed them.

Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi discussed their need for Spirit Gathering Talismans and decided to pressure Li Qingyuan into advancing his cultivation and talisman skills. Qin You hired the Three Wolves of Ghost Island to seize the Purple Cloud Mountain Range while sparing Li Qingyuan, and the bandits prepared to confront him.

• Qin Miaoyi reported that Zheng Yuan had failed to master Second-grade Mid-grade talismans despite extensive support, while she was progressing toward becoming a Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Master.
• Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi agreed to pressure Li Qingyuan, whose talent could make him a valuable talisman master for the Qin Family.
• Qin You ordered the Three Wolves of Ghost Island to take the Purple Cloud Mountain Range and kill everyone there except Li Qingyuan.
• The Three Wolves of Ghost Island accepted Qin You's offer of Qin Family backing in exchange for becoming its subordinates.
• Great Wolf of Ghost Island spotted Li Qingyuan approaching with another figure.

Li Qingyuan used his Foundation Establishment Divine Sense to kill the Three Wolves of Ghost Island and rescue his family, while Qin You watched and learned of his abilities. After returning home, Li Qingyuan traveled openly to Willow Crane City and bought talisman materials from the Qin Family Spirit Talisman Building.

• Li Qingyuan detected Qin You in hiding, then confronted the Three Wolves of Ghost Island, who demanded the Li Clan’s Purple Cloud Mountain Range and threatened its women and female Immortal Seedlings.
• Li Qingyuan used the Azure Sun Sword to kill all three bandit brothers, then told Li Dingzhou that a Spirit Condensing Pill had let him cultivate Foundation Establishment Divine Sense early.
• Li Qingyuan found Li Guangao, Li Guangyao, and Li Ding'an, freed them from their Spirit Sealing Talismans, and escorted them home after collecting the bandits’ belongings and destroying their corpses.
• After the Li family left, Qin You revealed himself and said Li Qingyuan’s Foundation Establishment Divine Sense would help advance the Qin Family’s grand undertaking.
• Li Qingyuan traveled openly to Willow Crane City as the Li Family head and asked Qin Cuilan at the Qin Family Spirit Talisman Building for materials for three hundred sheets of Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Paper.

Li Qingyuan stocked the Li Clan Talisman Building with high-quality talismans before studying the Armor-Shedding Gold Talisman. After a month of preparation, he began formally drawing Second-grade talismans.

• Li Qingyuan bought three hundred sheets of Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Drawing Materials and ten jin of ink from Qin Cuilan, who sent word to the Qin Family that he might be advancing as a Talisman Master.
• Li Qingyuan visited the Li Clan Talisman Building in Willow Crane City, where customers praised the family’s talismans and his reputation as the Qin Family’s Guest Elder.
• Li Qingyuan asked Li Dingfang to prepare materials, then spent a month drawing 1,500 First-grade High-rank and Top-grade talismans for the shop.
• Li Qingyuan studied the Armor-Shedding Gold Talisman, recognizing that creating its runes was beyond his current skill despite his Second-grade Talisman Master status.
• After a month of studying the talisman’s runes, Li Qingyuan took out his Second-grade tools and materials and began drawing.

Li Qingyuan mastered the Armor-Shedding Gold Talisman after hundreds of failures, then spent several months improving his talisman skills and expanding the Li Clan Talisman Building’s business. After overseeing the building for half a year, he prepared to leave and respond to Qin Miaoyi, who had been secretly watching him.

• Li Qingyuan ruined hundreds of sets of materials before completing his first Armor-Shedding Gold Talisman and learning its technique through the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan’s success rate improved until he produced twenty-nine Armor-Shedding Gold Talismans and became a Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Master.
• Li Qingyuan spent several months drawing First-grade talismans, mastering four more types of First-grade Top-rank Talisman Paper and expanding his repertoire.
• The Li Clan Talisman Building’s business grew enough to surpass the Spirit Talisman Building’s headquarters and attract the Qin Family’s attention.
• After overseeing the Li Clan Talisman Building for half a year, Li Qingyuan handed its stock to Li Dingfang and Li Dingqian and prepared to answer Qin Miaoyi.

Li Qingyuan visited the Qin Family and revealed that he had drawn an Armor-Shedding Gold Talisman, prompting Qin Miaoyi to reward him with a Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Brush, three talisman methods, and supplies. Qin Miaoyi then began to state a condition, leaving Li Qingyuan’s new investment deal unresolved.

• Li Qingyuan traveled to the Qin Family and asked Qin Lan to show him around while he waited for Qin Miaoyi.
• Qin Miaoyi arrived, congratulated Li Qingyuan on reaching Qi Condensation Ninth Layer, and asked why he had come.
• Li Qingyuan told Qin Miaoyi he had condensed Divine Sense and successfully drawn an Armor-Shedding Gold Talisman after half a year of study.
• Qin Miaoyi examined the talisman, confirmed it was genuine, and gave Li Qingyuan a Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Brush and three talisman-drawing methods.
• Qin Miaoyi also offered Li Qingyuan four hundred sets of Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Drawing Materials and twenty jin of Talisman Ink, then introduced a condition.

Qin Miaoyi offered Li Qingyuan resources to advance his Talisman Path in exchange for most of the talismans he produced, then granted him an alchemy inheritance and materials for his clan. As Li Qingyuan left grateful and eager to serve, Qin Miaoyi revealed that the Spirit Condensing Pill she had given him left his life in her control.

• Qin Miaoyi offered to supply Li Qingyuan with talisman resources and a Jade Spirit Pill, keeping ninety percent of his Second-grade Low-rank talismans in return, and he agreed.
• Li Qingyuan asked Qin Miaoyi for an alchemy inheritance and resources so the Li Clan could train its own alchemist, offering to pay with his talisman earnings or Spirit Stones.
• Qin Miaoyi ordered Qin Lan to provide Li Qingyuan with a First-grade Top-grade Alchemist inheritance, an alchemist furnace, and alchemy materials, and Li Qingyuan accepted them gratefully.
• After Li Qingyuan flew away, Qin Miaoyi told Qin Lan that his Talisman Path talent would help the Qin Family achieve its plans and that the Spirit Condensing Pill gave her control over his life and death.

Li Qingyuan returned to the Li Clan and spent a year in seclusion duplicating resources, mastering several Second-grade talismans, and deepening his cultivation. He emerged as a capable Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Master and headed to see Qin Miaoyi, intent on using his success rate to negotiate the Qin Family’s proposed share.

• Li Qingyuan suspected the Qin Family needed a skilled Second-grade talisman-paper maker and believed Qin Miaoyi controlled anyone who had taken the Spirit Condensing Pill.
• After returning to Purple Haze Peak, Li Qingyuan duplicated his talisman and alchemy resources and studied the three Second-grade Low-rank talisman jade slips Qin Miaoyi had given him.
• Over several months, Li Qingyuan practiced the Armor-Shedding Gold Talisman, Crimson Fire Python Talisman, and Low-grade Golden Armor Talisman, raising his drawing success rates and producing dozens of each.
• Li Qingyuan spent the rest of his year in seclusion drawing First-grade talismans and cultivating, becoming a Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Master while advancing his Qi Condensation Tenth Layer cultivation.
• At twenty-seven, Li Qingyuan decided to exploit his ability to control his success rate and went to meet Qin Miaoyi.

Li Qingyuan visited Qin Miaoyi and presented the talismans he had made, winning her praise by displaying his skill and enthusiasm for the Talisman Path. After they discussed talisman-making until dawn and he received more materials, Qin Miaoyi sensed that Li Qingyuan was being confronted outside the Qin Family Main Peak.

• Li Qingyuan gave Qin Miaoyi nine Armor-Shedding Gold Talismans and showed her a Crimson Fire Python Talisman and a Low-grade Golden Armor Talisman he had drawn.
• Qin Miaoyi accepted the Armor-Shedding Gold Talismans and let Li Qingyuan keep the other two for self-defense.
• Li Qingyuan asked for more Second-grade Low-rank Talisman Drawing Materials and discussed talisman patterns with Qin Miaoyi through the night.
• Li Qingyuan obtained five hundred sets of talisman materials from Qin Miaoyi and promised to draw more talismans for the Qin Family.
• After Li Qingyuan departed in Sword Flight, Qin Miaoyi sensed two confronting auras outside the main peak, one of them Foundation Establishment Magic Power targeting him.

Li Qingyuan confronted Zheng Yuan, who resented the resources being given to him and attacked him before Qin Miaoyi intervened. After Li Qingyuan revealed his success with Second-grade talismans, Zheng Yuan concealed his hostility, and Li Qingyuan left for the Purple Cloud Mountain Range to begin studying alchemy.

• Zheng Yuan blocked Li Qingyuan outside the Qin Family and criticized his attempt to become a Second-grade Talisman Master.
• Li Qingyuan mocked Zheng Yuan's poor talisman success rate, and Zheng Yuan attacked him with the Fireball Technique.
• Qin Miaoyi arrived atop a Three-Colored Flying Centipede, stopped Zheng Yuan's attack, and ordered the two Guest Elders to cooperate.
• Li Qingyuan showed Zheng Yuan a Crimson Fire Python Talisman and a Low-grade Golden Armor Talisman, revealing that he had become a Second-grade Talisman Master.
• Zheng Yuan apologized while secretly deciding that Li Qingyuan was a threat, and Li Qingyuan flew toward the Purple Cloud Mountain Range to begin alchemy.

Li Qingyuan assessed the Three Tribulations of Foundation Establishment and decided to prepare for the Magic Power Tribulation without risking his carefully built foundation. He began studying alchemy to make a standard-grade or better Foundation Establishment Pill, but his first attempt at refining Bigu Pills failed.

• Li Qingyuan concluded that his divine sense and vigorous blood and qi made those two Foundation Establishment Tribulations manageable, leaving the Magic Power Tribulation as his main concern.
• Li Qingyuan decided not to use his two Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills or rely on a Second-grade Spirit Vein, since he wanted to avoid damaging his foundation and needed to hide his breakthrough from Qin Miaoyi and the Qin Family.
• Li Qingyuan planned to improve his alchemy, reach Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection, and secretly seek Foundation Establishment materials and spirit items.
• Li Qingyuan studied alchemy insights from True Person San Quan and San Quan Venerable alongside the inheritance from Qin Miaoyi, then began refining Bigu Pills.
• Li Qingyuan overheated his first batch of Bigu Pills, causing the ingredients to explode and burn, and reviewed his mistake before preparing to try again.

Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Feminine Space and his cultivation experience to rapidly advance his alchemy, progressing from basic pills to the challenge of High-Grade First-Rank pills. He began refining Spirit Nurturing Pills as his first step toward that rank.

• Li Qingyuan failed ten consecutive furnaces of Bigu Pills, then refined two low-grade pills and studied the Mysterious Feminine Space’s flawless process.
• After reviewing his notes and practicing, Li Qingyuan improved his Bigu Pills and Blood Stopping Pills, eventually producing standard-grade pills of both types.
• Li Qingyuan gave the pills to the five Elder Council members, who gathered more materials after learning the Li Clan had gained its own alchemist.
• Li Qingyuan refined Qi and Blood Pills and Tiger Strength Pills, then barely succeeded in making Qi Replenishing Pills, Qi Nourishing Pills, and Lesser Spirit Nurturing Pills.
• Li Qingyuan began refining Spirit Nurturing Pills to pursue the rank of High-Grade First-Rank Alchemist.

Li Qingyuan consolidated his alchemy skills after failing to refine three High-Grade First-Rank Pills, then prepared to try again. He nearly succeeded with a Spirit Nurturing Pill, but a mistake during pill division caused the furnace to explode.

• Li Qingyuan reflected on six failed attempts each at refining the Spirit Nurturing Pill, Foundation Replenishing Pill, and Minor Longevity Pill.
• Li Dingzhou delivered ten portions of materials for each requested pill, and Li Qingyuan continued his alchemy studies despite the clan spending more than eight thousand Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan refined Low- and Mid-Grade First-Rank Pills with improved success, gave the pills to the clan, and specified how they should be distributed or sold.
• Li Qingyuan studied pills from True Person San Quan’s inheritance, mastered nine kinds of Low-Grade First-Rank Pills and five kinds of Mid-Grade First-Rank Pills, then entered seclusion to prepare for another attempt at High-Grade pills.
• Li Qingyuan attempted the Spirit Nurturing Pill again, but his pill-dividing hand seal was too forceful and the furnace exploded; he recorded the mistake and began a second furnace.