Chapter Summaries

Li Yuanba escaped Arhat Zhi Xin and Zhi Hui Arhat by having Li Shiming remotely control his body through their soul connection, then fled toward Boundary Mountain Pass. After realizing the two arhats might track him with Karmic Awareness and Mind Penetration, Li Yuanba sent an anonymous warning about their Divine Powers and left the Vast Array Sect’s territory.

• Zhi Hui Arhat sensed danger and warned Arhat Zhi Xin just as Li Shiming remotely controlled Li Yuanba to strike.
• Li Yuanba severed Arhat Zhi Xin’s right arm, took the arm and its Space Ring, and escaped with Lotus Steps.
• Li Yuanba reached Boundary Mountain Pass, where he regained control of his own body and considered how the arhats had found him.
• Li Yuanba suspected Zhi Hui Arhat’s Karmic Awareness and Arhat Zhi Xin’s Mind Penetration had enabled the ambush.
• Li Yuanba sent an anonymous Jade Slip warning the Golden Core Elder at Boundary Mountain Pass about the two arhats and their Divine Powers.
• Li Yuanba slipped through weaknesses in the Vast Array Sect’s and righteous path’s formations, then sped away using Lotus Steps.

Li Yuanba met Li Shiming after learning that Arhat Zhi Xin had died and Zhi Hui Arhat was being pursued by Vast Array Sect. Li Shiming examined Zhi Xin’s Space Ring, secured its most valuable relic, and gave Li Yuanba a treasure that strengthened his mind and escape abilities.

• Li Yuanba discovered that Arhat Zhi Xin’s death had unlocked his Space Ring, and he traveled to the meeting place near Shu Mountain Sect.
• Li Yuanba and Li Shiming exchanged greetings and pills, then joked about which of them would form a Golden Core first.
• Li Yuanba handed Li Shiming Zhi Xin’s Space Ring, and Li Shiming found a Heart-Shaped Sarira containing the Mind Penetration inheritance and secured it in the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming identified a Heart Hoop that strengthened Divine Sense and Lotus Steps, then gave it to Li Yuanba to improve his ability to escape powerful opponents.
• Li Shiming also examined a top-quality Jade Magical Treasure Flying Sword and an unusually powerful life-saving Talisman, which he planned to identify after returning.

After returning to Vast Array Sect, Li Yuanba reached peak Foundation Establishment and cultivated in his Corpse Refinement State, while Elder Yue tried to force him to abandon Ten Thousand Swords Peak. Elder Yue flooded the peak with Yin-Cold Energy, triggering a dangerous transformation in Li Yuanba’s corpse refinement body that ended with a black-hole-like substance forming above his heart.

• Li Yuanba returned to Vast Array Sect with Arhat Zhi Xin’s Space Ring and learned that Zhi Xin had been killed and Zhi Hui Arhat rescued.
• Li Yuanba advanced to the peak of Foundation Establishment after a month of cultivation and used his Corpse Refinement State to absorb Yin-Cold Energy beneath the moon.
• Elder Yue came to Ten Thousand Swords Peak hoping to persuade Li Yuanba to surrender it, then used his authority to send a large amount of Yin-Cold Energy into the peak.
• Li Yuanba’s Corpse Refinement State absorbed the surging Yin-Cold Energy, grew larger, and became unable to return to his human state as violent urges began to overwhelm him.
• Li Yuanba’s corpse refinement body turned silver as the energy strengthened it, then the Yin-Cold Energy gathered above his heart and formed a black-hole-like substance.

Li Yuanba’s corpse-refined body broke through to Silver Corpse and survived the Heavenly Thunder by switching between corpse and human states. The Silver Corpse’s power gave him insight into Golden Core energy, and he began a dangerous breakthrough in his human state, reaching the crucial moment.

• Elder Yue’s Yin-Cold Energy flowed into Li Yuanba’s corpse-refined body, helping it form a silvery-white Corpse Pill and become a Silver Corpse.
• Heavenly Thunder struck Li Yuanba’s newly advanced Silver Corpse, and he switched to his human state to survive before returning to the corpse-refined body as the lightning weakened.
• Li Yuanba recovered from the lightning’s damage and found that the baptism had strengthened his soul and deepened his understanding of Golden Core energy.
• Elder Yue and other cultivators gathered outside Ten Thousand Swords Peak after sensing the Heavenly Thunder, but Li Yuanba ignored their messages.
• Li Yuanba used his Silver Corpse’s strength to gain insight into Golden Core energy, then returned to his human state and began gathering Spiritual Qi and Sword Intent for a breakthrough.
• Li Yuanba compressed his Spiritual Power into a vortex inside his Spirit Lake and sensed that the crucial moment had arrived.

Li Yuanba formed a sword-shaped Golden Core after enduring Heavenly Thunder, gaining a powerful soul and condensed spiritual power. While cultivators watched Ten Thousand Swords Peak from outside, he decided to refine Yun Xingyi’s Natal Flying Sword as the weapon that would accompany him for life.

• Li Yuanba used an Advanced Mountain Piercing Pill and replenishing Spiritual Objects to form his Golden Core, then took an Advanced Rebirth Pill to restore his body.
• A golden bolt of Heavenly Thunder struck Li Yuanba, but his Supreme Yang Sword Intent countered it and absorbed its power.
• Li Yuanba discovered that his Golden Core was sword-shaped and that his soul and spiritual power had greatly strengthened.
• Cultivators gathered outside Ten Thousand Swords Peak but dispersed without breaking its formation, while some continued watching from their Cave Dwellings.
• Li Yuanba considered how to build his combat strength and chose Yun Xingyi’s Natal Flying Sword as his lifelong Magical Treasure.

Li Yuanba strengthened his newly formed Golden Core while Li Shiming used his clone’s Core Formation insights to advance to Half-Step Golden Core. The chapter left Li Shiming preparing to seek a breakthrough opportunity through safe missions, with Elder Su and Elder Ma overseeing his safety.

• Li Yuanba cultivated with Turtle Marrow Essence Enhancing Pills to strengthen his Golden Core and continued refining his Third Grade Sword Foundation.
• Li Shiming entered seclusion and combined Li Yuanba’s Core Formation insights with his own unusual cultivation to compress the Spiritual Power in his Spirit Lake.
• After ten days, Li Shiming became a Half-Step Golden Core cultivator, though he had exhausted his current accumulation and had not found the opportunity to form a Golden Core.
• Elder Su, Ye Jingxian, and the other disciples were astonished when Li Shiming arrived at Sky Eye Peak and revealed his advancement.
• Elder Su advised Li Shiming to reduce his alchemy work and undertake safe missions, and said he would discuss the arrangements with Elder Ma.

Li Shiming gave Ye Jingxian Third Grade Spirit Pills to help stabilize her Golden Core, while Li Yuanba refined Yun Xingyi’s Form Intention Sword as his Natal Flying Sword and began turning Ten Thousand Swords Peak into a magical treasure. Ten Thousand Swords Peak’s new core and expanded formation took shape, but the changes were growing too intense to stay hidden much longer.

• Elder Su asked Li Shiming to advance Ye Jingxian Spirit Pills, and Li Shiming gave her fifty Grade Three High Level Spiritual Pills.
• Li Yuanba refined Yun Xingyi’s Form Intention Sword, merged the remaining Spirit Mark into his own, and gained access to eighty percent of its power.
• Li Yuanba took Form Intention Sword into his body and found that it could enhance his Sword Intent by 135 percent.
• Li Yuanba decided to seek a Body Refining Technique to further improve his Third Grade Sword Foundation.
• Li Yuanba used the materials Elder Lu had gathered to refine Ten Thousand Swords Peak’s Third Grade core, then installed it and expanded the peak’s grand formation.
• Ten Thousand Swords Peak’s formation concealed the changes from the Vast Array Sect, but the growing activity threatened to expose them.

Li Yuanba completed his breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage and refined Ten Thousand Swords Peak into a Magical Treasure, making the Vast Array Sect’s Golden Core cultivators wary of him. At Senluo Hall, Grand Elder Situ registered him as a Golden Core cultivator and told him he would need to take on sect missions.

• Li Yuanba merged Ten Thousand Swords Peak’s formation with its new Formation Nodes, branded the peak with his Spirit Mark, and transformed it into a Magical Treasure.
• Elder Yue and the other Golden Core cultivators arrived, but none dared test Li Yuanba’s strength as he shrank Ten Thousand Swords Peak and carried it away.
• Li Yuanba flew to Senluo Hall and entered a spatial formation to meet Grand Elder Situ.
• Grand Elder Situ praised Li Yuanba for forming his Golden Core, updated his identity jade disc, and warned him that Golden Core cultivators had to contribute through sect missions.

After advancing to Golden Core, Li Yuanba visited Vast Array Sect’s Library Pavilion and selected the Scorching Sun Jade Body Art and Evil Corpse Spirit Record. He collected his sect benefits and returned Ten Thousand Swords Peak to its original place, where he could once again live and cultivate securely.

• Li Yuanba’s promotion to Golden Core was discovered by a Foundation Establishment cultivator, whose message caused a planned ambush against him to be abandoned.
• Li Yuanba asked Elder Cai for recommendations and chose the Scorching Sun Jade Body Art and the Evil Corpse Spirit Record as his two free cultivation methods.
• Li Yuanba collected a Storage Bracelet, an ordinary flying sword Magical Treasure, and three years’ worth of Third Grade resources from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.
• Li Yuanba restored Ten Thousand Swords Peak to its original position and activated its Mountain Protecting Grand Formation.

Li Shiming traveled to Fire Cloud Valley to represent the Shu Mountain Sect at the Alchemist Assembly, where Grandmaster Tong Yun welcomed him and showed him the sect’s alchemy grounds. The chapter left Li Shiming and Tong Yun exchanging knowledge about refining the Blazing Sun Spirit Pill.

• Li Shiming traveled by his Magical Treasure-level flying boat with Elder Zhao and Shu Mountain Sect alchemists to serve as an arbiter at the Alchemist Assembly.
• Elder Zhao examined Li Shiming’s Lightning Sword Intent but could not explain how the lightning had become part of it.
• Li Shiming and Elder Zhao arrived at Fire Cloud Valley and greeted Grandmaster Tong Yun, who welcomed them as representatives of the Shu Mountain Sect.
• Grandmaster Tong Yun led Li Shiming and Elder Zhao on a tour of the valley, where Li Shiming recognized the Blazing Sun Sky Nectar Fruit cultivation area.
• Li Shiming and Grandmaster Tong Yun exchanged their experiences refining the Blazing Sun Spirit Pill while Elder Zhao stood by as their protector.

At the Alchemist Assembly, Grandmaster Yun Ruo challenged Li Shiming to refine Blazing Sun Spirit Pills using basic techniques. Yun Ruo’s attempt faltered after he was distracted by Li Shiming’s performance, while Li Shiming’s instinctive Pill Division Art unexpectedly turned three pills into six.

• Grandmaster Yun Ruo challenged Li Shiming to demonstrate alchemy using basic techniques, and Li Shiming accepted.
• Grandmaster Tong Yun announced that the two Grandmaster Alchemists would refine Blazing Sun Spirit Pills before the assembly.
• Li Shiming and Grandmaster Yun Ruo began refining their pills as the alchemists watched from around the hall.
• Grandmaster Yun Ruo smelled the purity of Li Shiming’s medicinal fragrance, became distracted, and produced two pitch-black failed pills.
• Li Shiming attempted to use the One in a Hundred Pill Division Art to fail alongside Grandmaster Yun Ruo, but the technique instinctively succeeded and produced six Blazing Sun Spirit Pills.

After settling his dispute with Grandmaster Yun Ruo, Li Shiming attended the Alchemist Assembly and received a visit from Fang Lu of the Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild, who tried to recruit him away from the Northern Shu Merchant Guild. When he refused, Fang Lu revealed her Demonic Sect identity and attacked him inside his cave dwelling.

• Li Shiming and Grandmaster Yun Ruo agreed to call their alchemy contest a draw and became friends, easing the tension at the assembly.
• After the first day's Beginner Alchemist exchanges, Li Shiming moved into his cave dwelling and reviewed the pill-refining techniques he had observed.
• Fang Lu visited Li Shiming on behalf of the Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild and offered him better benefits if he became its Guest Elder.
• Li Shiming rejected Fang Lu's offer, unwilling to betray his relationship with the Northern Shu Merchant Guild.
• Fang Lu revealed her hostile intentions and unleashed the Yin Yang Sect's Profound Yin Maiden Art, while Li Shiming raised the HouTu Shield Pearl's Earth-Yellow Shield against her attack.

Fang Lu used Bewitchment Art to attack Li Shiming, but he countered with his Fierce-Eyed Vajra manifestation and a swarm of Iron Corpses, then killed her with his Railgun. Elder Zhao and Grandmaster Tong Yun arrived after the Cave Dwelling’s Formation broke, and the chapter left Li Shiming under the Shu Mountain Sect’s protection as they anticipated retaliation from the Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild.

• Fang Lu’s Bewitchment Art nearly ensnared Li Shiming, but he activated the Vajra Body Protection Divine Art and summoned the Fierce-Eyed Vajra manifestation to resist it.
• Li Shiming released twelve Iron Corpses, including Iron Corpse Jue Tu, whose killing intent delayed Fang Lu long enough for Li Shiming to shoot her heart with a Third Grade Sword Foundation projectile from his Railgun.
• Elder Zhao broke through the Cave Dwelling’s Formation and found Li Shiming unharmed and Fang Lu dead, then learned she had claimed to be from the Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild.
• Grandmaster Tong Yun explained that Fang Lu had entered through the Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild’s partnership with Fire Cloud Valley, while Elder Zhao identified her as a Yin Yang Sect Demonic Cultivator and rebuked the valley.
• Elder Zhao promised to report the attack to the Shu Mountain Sect, and Grandmaster Tong Yun warned that Manager Feng Yi, a False Infant cultivator, might seek revenge.

Li Yuanba’s Golden Core breakthrough caused Zhi Hui Arhat’s attempt to divine his future to rebound, leaving the arhat gravely injured. Honored One Hui Ke became more convinced that Li Yuanba was a Reincarnated Bodhisattva, while Li Yuanba continued toward North Guard Island and learned about a costly art that could conceal him from grand formations.

• Zhi Hui Arhat used Karmic Awareness to predict Li Yuanba’s whereabouts, but Li Yuanba sensed the spying and struck the unseen presence with Supreme Yang Sword Intent.
• Zhi Hui Arhat suffered a severe backlash, and Honored One Hui Ke treated him with a Third Grade Spirit Pill.
• Zhi Hui Arhat revealed that Li Yuanba had formed the Golden Core, and Honored One Hui Ke resolved to welcome the Reincarnated Bodhisattva back to Thousand Leaves Temple.
• Li Yuanba searched the void but found no one, then continued traveling with He Wei and Liu Gang toward North Guard Island.
• Li Yuanba asked about concealing his aura from grand formations and learned that the Sky Covering Secret Art was expensive and difficult to cultivate.

After killing Fang Lu, Li Shiming discovered a Crimson Infant Ginseng Fruit in her Space Ring and hid it, knowing it could increase the chance of Becoming Nascent Soul. As he cautiously waited at Fire Cloud Valley, Manager Feng Yi learned the treasure was missing and rushed there to recover it.

• Li Shiming examined Fang Lu's Space Ring, recovered her Magical Treasures, and found the Crimson Infant Ginseng Fruit in a Spirit Nurturing Wood Box.
• Li Shiming hid the Crimson Infant Ginseng Fruit in his Server Room Space and prepared to deny ever seeing it.
• Li Shiming stayed wary at Fire Cloud Valley, sleeping outside his Cave Dwelling and setting up a Concealment Formation while Shu Mountain Sect questioned Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild about Fang Lu's attack.
• Manager Feng Yi learned Fang Lu had died and the Crimson Infant Ginseng Fruit was lost, then hurried toward Fire Cloud Valley to retrieve it.

Manager Feng Yi infiltrated Fire Cloud Valley with his False Infant to find Li Shiming and avenge Fang Lu, while Li Shiming watched the valley remotely but failed to detect the tiny intruder. The False Infant found Li Shiming’s empty cave dwelling and triggered the explosives inside, leaving its fate unknown.

• Manager Feng Yi concealed himself outside Fire Cloud Valley, released his False Infant, and used a Formation Breaking Talisman to slip through the grand formation.
• Li Shiming’s Drones detected Manager Feng Yi’s body before he hid, but they could not see the False Infant as it entered Fire Cloud Valley.
• The False Infant reached Li Shiming’s cave dwelling, incapacitated Elder Zhao without killing him, and shattered the cave’s formation.
• The False Infant entered the empty cave dwelling and examined a strange mortal object, unaware that Li Shiming had rigged explosives throughout the room.
• The explosives detonated around the False Infant, blasting through the cave dwelling’s entrance.

Li Shiming escaped Fire Cloud Valley after discovering that Manager Feng Yi’s False Nascent Soul had entered his Cave Dwelling. He found Manager Feng Yi’s abandoned body and sent it into the Server Room Space, but the False Nascent Soul sensed the disturbance and raced back to reclaim it.

• Li Shiming watched through a Monitoring Probe as Manager Feng Yi’s False Nascent Soul entered his Cave Dwelling and destroyed the probe.
• An explosion exposed the False Nascent Soul to more than forty Golden Core cultivators, while Grandmaster Tong Yun demanded to know what had happened to Li Shiming.
• Li Shiming used the Soul Enchanting Stealth Technique and Lotus Steps to escape Fire Cloud Valley, then followed the False Nascent Soul’s trail to Manager Feng Yi’s body.
• Li Shiming broke into the Formation protecting Manager Feng Yi’s body and struck it with his Superior-Grade Magic Tool Railgun, but the projectile only left a small white mark.
• Li Shiming transported Manager Feng Yi’s body and the Fourth Grade Array Disk into the Server Room Space, then fled as Manager Feng Yi’s False Nascent Soul sensed the disturbance and hurried back.

Li Shiming fled Manager Feng Yi’s False Infant after destroying Feng Yi’s body, using Lotus Steps to stay just ahead of it through the night. At dawn, sunlight consumed the False Infant, leaving Li Shiming alive with its Dharma Robe Magical Treasure.

• Manager Feng Yi’s False Infant discovered that his original body had been destroyed and tracked Li Shiming’s hidden aura.
• Li Shiming used Lotus Steps to evade the False Infant while the two pursued each other for hours.
• Li Shiming kept his route clear of mountain gates and used a drone to monitor the chase, realizing the False Infant was not giving up.
• At sunrise, the Soul Enchanting Stealth Technique failed, and the first sunlight began dissolving the False Infant into red mist.
• Manager Feng Yi regained control briefly, recognized that Li Shiming was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and vanished under the sunlight.
• Li Shiming caught the falling Dharma Robe Magical Treasure and confirmed that Manager Feng Yi had perished.

After escaping Manager Feng Yi’s assassination attempt, Li Shiming secured himself inside the Sumeru Mustard Seed Formation and examined Feng Yi’s surviving body and possessions. He uncovered rare treasures in the Mustard Seed Ring, then read a Jade Slip that changed his expression.

• Li Shiming set up the Sumeru Mustard Seed Formation with his Fourth Grade Array Disk and eighteen Third Grade Array Flags, then rested inside it.
• Li Shiming examined Manager Feng Yi’s soulless shell in the Server Room Space and discovered its body had extraordinary defenses.
• Li Shiming removed Feng Yi’s invisible Mustard Seed Ring, bound it to himself, and found its vast interior space.
• Li Shiming discovered twenty-three Superior-Grade Spirit Stones, two Fourth Grade Magical Treasures, a Dharma Robe Magical Treasure, and twenty drops of Celestial Nectar in the ring.
• Li Shiming read a Jade Slip, reacted with surprise, and stored the valuable treasures, including the Mustard Seed Ring, in the Server Room Space.

Li Shiming survived Manager Feng Yi’s attack and brought the Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild’s intelligence jade slip to Elder Su, who took it to the Shu Mountain Sect’s leaders. While Li Shiming stayed in seclusion to study the Five Rhymes Qi Refining Art, Clone Li Yuanba settled into his new post defending North Guard Island.

• Li Shiming returned to the sect and told Elder Su that he had hidden after killing Fang Lu, then gave him the jade slip containing detailed intelligence on Northern Shu Continent and its cultivators.
• Elder Su realized the jade slip explained why Feng Yi had attacked Li Shiming, warned him not to take more missions, and carried the slip to discuss with the Shu Mountain Sect’s higher-ups.
• Li Shiming returned to Sword Holding Peak, set aside the Celestial Nectar because his cultivation had reached a bottleneck, and used IBMz15 to study the Five Rhymes Qi Refining Art.
• Clone Li Yuanba took over North Guard Island’s defenses and declined He Wei’s offer to oversee Zhenbei Market so he could cultivate in seclusion.
• He Wei and Liu Gang agreed to handle the market and promised not to disturb Li Yuanba unless a Great Demon threatened the island; Li Yuanba released the Ten Thousand Swords Peak Magical Treasure.