Chapter Summaries

After Zheng Yuan’s death, Qin Miaoyi arranged for Yan Yao to fill his place in the Qin Family’s plan to gather Foundation Establishment cultivators. Li Qingyuan plundered Zheng Yuan’s possessions, reached Body Refining Tenth Layer Perfection after a year of seclusion, and flew toward the Qin Family when the three-year deadline arrived.

• Qin Miaoyi and the Qin Family elders learned that Zheng Yuan’s life plaque had shattered and ordered a search for his killer.
• Qin Miaoyi revealed that Yan Yao was her backup candidate for the Qin Family’s Spirit Ascension Formation and chose her to replace Zheng Yuan.
• Li Qingyuan returned to his cave abode with Zheng Yuan’s belongings and gained talisman materials, spirit plants, tools, and more than six thousand Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingyuan spent a year refining body-enhancing resources, reaching Body Refining Tenth Layer Perfection and demonstrating that his flesh could withstand a quasi second-grade magic tool.
• When the three-year deadline arrived, Li Qingyuan left seclusion at Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection and flew toward the Qin Family.

Li Qingyuan emerged from three years of seclusion at the Qin Family, reached Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection, and impressed Qin Miaoyi with his talisman-making. Qin Miaoyi gave him a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and offered to escort him home before he begins cultivating at the Qin Family’s spirit vein.

• Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi discussed Su Hong and Zhou Kui’s alliance, Yan Yao’s preparations for Foundation Establishment, and how Qin You would be told to accept the family’s decision about the Foundation Establishment Nourishment.
• Li Qingyuan visited Qin Miaoyi after emerging from seclusion, reporting that he had expelled most of his pill toxins and reached Qi Condensation Tenth Layer Perfection.
• Li Qingyuan presented Qin Miaoyi with three Spirit Gathering Talismans he had drawn, and she gave him 500 portions of talisman materials to make more.
• Qin Miaoyi urged Li Qingyuan to cultivate at the Qin Family’s Second-grade Spirit Vein and promised to help him achieve Foundation Establishment within a year.
• Qin Miaoyi gave Li Qingyuan a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, and he said he would return home to handle family matters before cultivating in seclusion.
• Qin Miaoyi warned that Bandit Cultivators had killed Zheng Yuan and insisted on escorting Li Qingyuan home.

Li Qingyuan left the Qin Family with Qin Miaoyi’s protective armor as she and Qin Chuan investigated the suspected killer of Zheng Yuan. Disguised as Bloody Hand Butcher, he reached Feiyan Island and used an illusion on Zhou Li to uncover the brothers’ meeting place and other information.

• Qin Miaoyi lent Li Qingyuan her Second-grade Low-grade Soft Armor before he departed, while Qin Chuan reported finding traces of a second-grade formation at the site where Zheng Yuan died.
• Qin Miaoyi ordered a search for the suspected killer, though she dismissed the thought that Li Qingyuan could be the person they sought.
• Li Qingyuan changed his appearance to Bloody Hand Butcher and traveled to Feiyan Island to meet Zhou Li.
• Zhou Li told Li Qingyuan that his father had sought the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo to help Li Qingyuan advance his body-refining cultivation.
• After Zhou Kui’s message mentioned meeting at the old place, Li Qingyuan used the Phantom God Eye Technique on Zhou Li and learned that the location was Quicksand Island.
• Li Qingyuan questioned Zhou Li about the Zhou brothers and their family, obtaining useful information along with Zhou Li’s confession about his affair with the Third Concubine.

Li Qingyuan prepared an ambush on Quicksand Island and disguised himself as Zhou Gang to mislead Zhou Kui. He left Zhou Kui suspecting that the Qin Family was cultivating Foundation Establishment Venerables as nourishment to create a Third-grade Spirit Vein.

• Li Qingyuan used the Wind Riding Technique to reach Quicksand Island ahead of Zhou Kui and concealed killing and binding formations among the reefs.
• Li Qingyuan decided not to kill Zhou Kui, then waited in his Bloody Hand Butcher disguise while considering the danger of provoking the Qin Family.
• Zhou Kui parted from Su Hong after they discussed their alliance, then arrived at Quicksand Island three days later to meet Li Qingyuan disguised as Zhou Gang.
• Li Qingyuan claimed he and the mysterious bandit cultivator had plotted together to kill Zheng Yuan, then told Zhou Kui the Qin Family was capturing cultivators for Foundation Establishment Nourishment.
• Li Qingyuan pointed out that the Qin Family was supporting several outsiders while neglecting its own cultivators, and Zhou Kui suspected the family intended to use Foundation Establishment Venerables to raise a Third-grade Spirit Vein.

Li Qingyuan learned that the Qin Family planned to combine spiritual qi from Second-grade Spirit Veins to form a Third-grade Spirit Vein, and he manipulated Zhou Kui into organizing opposition to them. Back in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, Li Qingyuan used the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo to prepare Second-grade Purifying Elixir Liquid and planned to refine a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill before attempting Foundation Establishment.

• Li Qingyuan revealed to Zhou Kui that the Qin Family intended to use Spirit Gathering Talismans and a special formation to consolidate spiritual qi from Second-grade Spirit Veins.
• Zhou Kui planned to recruit Su Hong, Yan Yao, Liu Changfeng, and the mysterious bandit cultivator to oppose the Qin Family, while Li Qingyuan warned him not to kill Li Qingyuan.
• Zhou Kui gave Li Qingyuan the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo, which Li Qingyuan said would help him overcome his demonic cultivation art's backlash.
• Li Qingyuan returned to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range, held a three-day family meeting, and sent Li Dingzhou to deliver ten Spirit Gathering Talismans to the Qin Family.
• Li Qingyuan used his Mysterious Feminine Space to double his resources and combined Thousand-Year Spirit Milk with the Jade Crystal Spirit Transforming Bamboo to prepare five portions of Second-grade Purifying Elixir Liquid.
• Li Qingyuan planned to use the liquid to upgrade a Foundation Establishment Pill into a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill and then attempt Foundation Establishment.

Li Qingyuan used the Pure Pill Spirit Ascension Technique to improve Foundation Establishment Pills, overcoming an early failure and producing two Masterwork pills. With his preparations complete, he resolved to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Qin Miaoyi accepted Li Dingzhou’s ten Spirit Gathering Talismans and told him to let Li Qingyuan focus on drawing talismans.
• Qin Miaoyi and Qin Mo discussed gathering thirty Spirit Gathering Talismans to power a Spirit Extraction Formation, and praised Li Qingyuan as the Qin Family’s fated benefactor.
• Li Qingyuan tried to improve a Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill but failed when nerves disrupted his hand seal.
• Li Qingyuan steadied himself and successfully improved a second Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Li Qingyuan turned both Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pills into Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pills, leaving him with two Masterwork pills and one Standard-grade pill.
• Li Qingyuan prepared to begin Foundation Establishment.

Li Qingyuan found a secluded valley in the Sky Yin Mountain Range with a Second-grade Spirit Spring and prepared it for a safe attempt at Foundation Establishment. After seven days of cultivation, he successfully broke through at age thirty-three.

• Li Qingyuan left his cave abode and scouted a concealed valley in the Sky Yin Mountain Range, clearing out its Peak Tier 1 Earth Cicada Scorpion.
• He discovered a Second-grade Spirit Spring and arranged formations and talismans around the valley to protect himself during his breakthrough.
• Li Qingyuan gathered five thousand spirit stones beside the spring, swallowed a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill, and began his breakthrough after three days of preparation.
• He passed the Divine Sense Tribulation with ease and reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Perfection divine sense.
• Li Qingyuan absorbed an eighteen-zhang spiritual cloud, endured the violent spiritual power with the help of his pill and body-refining technique, and spent seven days completing the breakthrough.
• Vast magic power erupted through the valley as Li Qingyuan achieved Foundation Establishment at age thirty-three.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Li Qingyuan mastered the Long Spring Technique and prepared to leave seclusion. His mysterious seven-colored egg began hatching, and the chapter ended as it burst open in a dazzling cloud of rosy light.

• Li Qingyuan cultivated the Long Spring Technique for half a month, refining all his magic power into the new method.
• Li Qingyuan found that his breakthrough had drained the Second-grade Spirit Spring and consumed three thousand of his five thousand Spirit Stones.
• The seven-colored egg began absorbing spiritual energy, and Li Qingyuan offered it a Standard-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, causing it to stop hatching.
• Li Qingyuan gave the egg a Masterwork Foundation Establishment Pill, and it resumed absorbing the Spirit Spring and two thousand Spirit Stones.
• The egg shattered amid an eighteen-zhang spiritual cloud, and a rooster crowed as the red sun rose for the first time.

Li Qingyuan formed a blood contract with the newly hatched Seven-Colored Rooster, which had reached Foundation Establishment, and named it Ji Kun. After storing Ji Kun in his Space Ring, Li Qingyuan set out to return and began studying the second level of Wind Shadow Escape.

• The Seven-Colored Rooster swallowed the spirit cloud and stabilized at Second-tier Early Stage, and Li Qingyuan successfully bound it with a blood contract.
• Li Qingyuan and the Seven-Colored Rooster argued over who would be the boss before Ji Kun agreed to follow him in exchange for food and care.
• Li Qingyuan named the rooster Ji Kun, and it happily accepted the name.
• Li Qingyuan collected the three second-tier formations, stored Ji Kun in his Space Ring, and flew away.
• Li Qingyuan studied the second level of Wind Shadow Escape as he began his journey back.

Li Qingyuan prepared to hunt Qin Chuan by making talismans and developing a Wood Attribute talisman, while the Qin Family planned to use his Spirit Gathering Talismans to drain two spirit veins and advance its own. The chapter left Li Qingyuan pursuing a new talisman design as Qin Miaoyi arrived at the Li Clan and was shocked to see him.

• Li Qingyuan returned to the Purple Cloud Mountain Range in disguise and decided to target Qin Chuan before the Qin Family advanced its spirit vein.
• Li Qingyuan made 640 Wildfire Talismans, 120 Spirit Gathering Talismans, and 30 Earth Gathering Mountain Talismans, then resolved to create a Wood Attribute talisman himself.
• Li Qingyuan sent Li Dingzhou to deliver 100 Spirit Gathering Talismans to Qin Miaoyi and request more drawing materials.
• Qin Miaoyi and Qin Mo decided the 113 Spirit Gathering Talismans could drain the Zhou Family's Fubo Mountain spirit vein and the Gao Family's White Rainbow Island spirit vein.
• Qin Miaoyi brought Li Dingzhou to the Li Clan, where she saw Li Qingyuan and was profoundly shocked.

Li Qingyuan acted devoted to Qin Miaoyi while secretly keeping up his disguise and duplicating talismans. After Qin Miaoyi left, he prepared to make stronger talismans for his plan to kill Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi and destroy the Qin Family.

• Li Qingyuan concealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation and pretended to be a weary Qi Condensation talisman maker when Qin Miaoyi arrived.
• Qin Miaoyi was moved by Li Qingyuan's apparent concern for her burdens and embraced him, despite privately believing he was destined to become spirit-vein nourishment.
• Qin Miaoyi brought Li Qingyuan talisman materials, warned him to care for his cultivation, and flew away after he declared he wanted to marry and support her.
• Li Qingyuan revealed that he had recognized Qin Miaoyi's act, then duplicated his newly drawn Wildfire and Spirit Gathering Talismans and copied more talisman paper materials.
• Li Qingyuan continued studying talisman runes, deciding he needed stronger firepower to kill Qin Chuan and Qin Miaoyi and destroy the Qin Family.

Li Qingyuan struggled for three months to create a Second-grade Low-rank Wood Attribute Talisman Paper while Qin Miaoyi questioned her feelings for him and resolved to kill him. After finding inspiration in lightning-struck peachwood, Li Qingyuan created the Thunderwood Spirit Talisman and grew more confident in killing Qin Chuan.

• Li Qingyuan studied Wood Attribute runes obsessively, seeking their commonality so he could create a Second-grade Low-rank talisman.
• Qin Miaoyi asked Qin Lan to describe Li Qingyuan, recognized his honesty and kindness, and admitted her Dao Heart was in disorder.
• Qin Miaoyi decided that she must kill Li Qingyuan to restore her Dao Heart.
• After three months of failed attempts, Li Qingyuan left his cave to clear his mind and found a lightning-struck peach tree whose new shoots grew from its charred stump.
• Li Qingyuan understood how lightning and wood could combine, created the Thunderwood Spirit Talisman, and declared it would become the Qin Family's death warrant.

Li Qingyuan strengthened his Thunderwood Spirit Talisman skills and reviewed the Li Clan’s growing combat strength before revealing his inheritance and recent victory to the family elders. He left them with two formations to master and revealed that he had reached Foundation Establishment, stunning the clan.

• Li Qingyuan used the Mysterious Feminine Space’s instruction to produce 219 Thunderwood Spirit Talismans, bringing his total to 220.
• Li Qingyuan reviewed his formations, talismans, magic tool, spirit pet, and cultivation, then planned to lure Qin Chuan into a one-on-one battle.
• Li Qingyuan welcomed Li Qingqing to cultivate in his cave mansion and gave the elders two Second-grade formations to refine and study.
• Li Qingyuan told the family that he had inherited Venerable San Quan’s Cave Mansion and killed Yan Yaorao, then said he had to leave on a mission they could not assist with.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation, and Li Guangao celebrated that the Li Clan now had a Foundation Establishment Venerable.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Li Qingyuan concealed his breakthrough from the Qin Family and investigated the family’s efforts to drain spirit veins. He realized the Qin Family’s auction on Xuebao Island was bait for him and flew there intending to turn the trap against them.

• Li Qingyuan’s family celebrated his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and he reassured them that his divine sense had concealed their shouts before ordering them to refine the formation.
• Li Qingyuan secretly observed Qin Mo draining the Fubo Mountain spirit vein and discovered that the Qin Family’s Spirit-Draining Array used fifty Spirit Gathering Talismans.
• On White Rainbow Island, Li Qingyuan saw Qin Cuilan guarding another spirit vein and determined that it was nearly drained after several months.
• Li Qingyuan disguised himself and heard cultivators discussing the Qin Family’s Xuebao Island auction of Foundation Establishment goods and a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Li Qingyuan concluded that Qin Chuan had arranged the auction as bait to lure him, then flew toward Xuebao Island to turn the trap against the Qin Family.

Qin Chuan lured the suspected Nameless Bandit Cultivator to Xuebao City, where Li Qingyuan’s Peng Changsheng disguise was exposed during a clash with Zhou Kui. Li Qingyuan fled, but Qin Chuan arrived and attacked him with a flying sword.

• Qin Chuan prepared to capture the Nameless Bandit Cultivator and planned to use the spirit veins and Foundation Establishment Nourishment to advance the Qin Family’s power.
• Li Qingyuan entered Xuebao City disguised as Peng Changsheng, and Qin Chuan ordered Zhou Kui and Su Hong to capture or kill him.
• Zhou Kui confronted Li Qingyuan at a tavern, and Li Qingyuan dropped his disguise before blocking Zhou Kui’s attacks with the Ice Fire Sword and Golden Light Sword Talismans.
• Li Qingyuan escaped using the Wind Soaring Technique, and Zhou Kui pursued him.
• Qin Chuan arrived above Xuebao City and sent a flying sword after Li Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan fought Qin Chuan and the other Qin Family cultivators, using powerful talismans to escape while concealing his true strength. After Qin Chuan revealed a high-rank defensive formation, Li Qingyuan feigned surrender and fled, intending to lure him away from the Sea Domain Archipelago before fighting at full strength.

• Li Qingyuan blocked Qin Chuan's flying sword and used three Wildfire Talismans to force Zhou Kui and Su Hong to defend themselves as the fight moved out of Xuebao City.
• Zhou Kui and Su Hong stopped pursuing, believing Li Qingyuan had mastered San Quan Venerable's escape technique, and Zhou Kui contacted his younger brother about Qin Mo and Qin Miaoyi's missing spirit pet.
• Li Qingyuan unleashed ten Wildfire Talismans against Qin Chuan, who survived by activating the Mysterious Origin Water Control Formation and replenishing his magic power with pills and spirit milk.
• Li Qingyuan pretended to panic and retreat, using defensive talismans and occasional Wildfire Talismans to hinder Qin Chuan as he lured him toward an uninhabited region where he could fight without exposing his identity.

Li Qingyuan revealed his Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation and fought Qin Chuan to a draw in the Far Southern Icefield. He unleashed fifty Wildfire Talismans to turn the attack against Qin Chuan, who replenished his magic power and activated his defensive formation as the fight continued.

• Li Qingyuan and Qin Chuan reached a glacial valley on the Far Southern Icefield Continent after more than ten days of pursuit and flight.
• Li Qingyuan revealed his Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation and Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Perfection spiritual sense, shocking Qin Chuan.
• Li Qingyuan and Qin Chuan exchanged spells and sword attacks, matching each other despite Qin Chuan's Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan concluded that his foundation let him fight above his level and declared that offense and defense had changed places.
• Li Qingyuan unleashed fifty Wildfire Talismans at Qin Chuan, who consumed Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and activated his Second-grade High-rank Defensive Formation.

Li Qingyuan used successive volleys of Wildfire Talismans to destroy Qin Chuan’s defensive formation and cut off his escape. Qin Chuan revealed the Qin Family’s Primordial Cone, but Li Qingyuan’s Five Elements Talisman Array exposed his identity, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Li Qingyuan told Qin Chuan that he had to die over the grudge from Venerable San Quan’s Cave Mansion, then shattered the Mysterious Origin Water Control Formation with fifty Wildfire Talismans.
• Qin Chuan tried to send a message, but Li Qingyuan’s Second-grade Mid-grade formation blocked it; Qin Chuan then used his own talismans to fend off Li Qingyuan’s attack.
• Qin Chuan drank Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and restored the defensive formation, but Li Qingyuan launched another fifty Wildfire Talismans and destroyed its formation disk and most of its flags.
• Qin Chuan activated the Primordial Cone, a Core Formation True Person’s natal magic treasure, by sacrificing his essence blood and twenty years of lifespan.
• Li Qingyuan arranged thirty talismans into a Five Elements Talisman Array with Foundation Establishment Late Stage combat power, and Qin Chuan recognized him as Li Qingyuan.

Li Qingyuan revealed his identity and fought Qin Chuan, who tried to escape with the Primordial Cone after their clash. Li Qingyuan’s hidden talisman traps defeated Qin Chuan, whom he captured and kept alive while planning to kill Qin Miaoyi next.

• Qin Chuan realized Li Qingyuan had arranged the confrontation and attacked him with the Primordial Cone, while Li Qingyuan countered with Five Elements Talisman Arrays.
• Qin Chuan redirected the Primordial Cone and fled, but Li Qingyuan pursued him with talisman attacks as Qin Chuan broke through the killing formation.
• Li Qingyuan detonated Wildfire Talismans and three Five Elements Talisman Arrays around the valley, badly injuring Qin Chuan and destroying his cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan sealed and subdued Qin Chuan, then fed him Hundred Year Spirit Milk to keep him alive so the Qin Family would not learn of his capture yet.
• Li Qingyuan took Qin Chuan’s Storage Bag and planned to kill Qin Miaoyi before returning to kill Qin Chuan.

Li Qingyuan examined Qin Chuan’s spoils, discovering a valuable Core Formation treasure and the Qin Family’s Third-grade Mid-rank Artifact Refining Inheritance. After securing and doubling the resources, he imprisoned the crippled Qin Chuan on Quicksand Island and prepared to target Qin Miaoyi.

• Li Qingyuan failed to refine the Primordial Cone but tested it as a physical weapon, then collected Qin Chuan’s Flowing River Sword and other possessions.
• Li Qingyuan found a Mystic Ice Heart-Cleansing Fruit, a damaged formation, and the Qin Family’s Third-grade Mid-rank Artifact Refining Inheritance in the Storage Bag.
• Li Qingyuan gathered the spoils, including about five thousand Spirit Stones, and doubled all the resources in the Mysterious Feminine Space.
• Li Qingyuan carried the barely living Qin Chuan to Quicksand Island and imprisoned him underground after crippling his cultivation and leaving him unconscious.
• Li Qingyuan left Quicksand Island, satisfied that Qin Chuan was dealt with and ready to draw Qin Miaoyi into his plan.