Chapter Summaries

Li Shiming returned to Shu Mountain Sect after killing a Yin Yang Sect cultivator and used IBMz15 to test her inheritance technique in a simulated cultivation system. He then prepared for the Spirit-Sealing Phantom Serpent’s breakthrough to the third grade, which began inside a formation on Sword Holding Peak.

• Li Shiming used Mind Penetration on the wounded Golden Core Middle Stage female cultivator, learned the Yin Yang Harmony Scripture from her memories, and burned her corpse after killing her.
• Li Shiming returned to Shu Mountain Sect and used IBMz15 to build a simulated cultivation system, where the Yin Yang Harmony Scripture produced dangerous errors in Clone Li Yuanba’s cultivation.
• Li Shiming resumed cultivation and research on Sword Holding Peak, considering whether to refine more Silver Corpses with the Golden Core corpses and materials he had collected.
• The Spirit-Sealing Phantom Serpent reached the limit of its second-grade cultivation, so Li Shiming gave it several kinds of Third Grade Spirit Pills and led it to a prepared formation.
• The Spirit-Sealing Phantom Serpent entered its breakthrough, and the formation gathered Spiritual Power from the Nascent Soul level Spiritual Meridian into its body.

Li Shiming’s Spirit-Sealing Phantom Serpent survived a powerful heavenly lightning tribulation and transformed into the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon, which gained water powers while retaining its potent invisibility. After asking Elder Su to keep the spirit pet’s identity private, Li Shiming began merging two mountain peak magical treasures into a stronger artifact.

• The Spirit-Sealing Phantom Serpent absorbed Spiritual Qi for nearly three hours as cultivators gathered to watch its breakthrough at Sword Holding Peak.
• A powerful bolt of heavenly lightning charred the serpent, but it emerged with blue scales and four legs after recovering.
• Li Shiming recognized its transformation into a flood dragon, named it the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon, and found that it could control water and turn invisible.
• Li Shiming asked Elder Su to help keep the spirit pet’s identity private, and Elder Su promised the sect would support him.
• The Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon shrank to bracelet size and followed Li Shiming back to his Cave Dwelling.
• Li Shiming used Pill Fire and a new design from IBMz15 to begin combining Galan Peak and Boulder Peak into one improved mountain peak magical treasure.

Li Yuanba joined Jiang Pu and Qi Jin on an urgent mission to collect third-grade royal jelly from a Muyang Bee colony. They found that the guarding Golden Moon Tyrant Bear had advanced to the Great Demon Late Stage, leaving the three Golden Core cultivators to face a stronger opponent than expected.

• Jiang Pu invited Li Yuanba to join a time-sensitive third-grade resource collection mission after the resources matured early.
• Li Yuanba left with Jiang Pu and met Qi Jin at the Zheng'an Mountain Range, where Qi Jin explained their target was the Muyang Bee queen's royal jelly.
• The three cultivators entered the spirit beasts' territory and approached the valley protected by a natural formation.
• A Golden Moon Tyrant Bear appeared and Qi Jin realized it had advanced from the Great Demon Middle Stage to the Great Demon Late Stage.
• Qi Jin instructed Jiang Pu and Li Yuanba to coordinate their attacks and retreat if they could not handle the bear.

Li Yuanba used his Scorching Sun Jade Body Art and close-combat skills to defeat the Golden Moon Tyrant Bear in their contest over the Third Grade Royal Jelly. After the bear conceded, Li Yuanba, Senior Brother Qi Jin, and Jiang Pu entered the valley safely to await the royal jelly.

• Senior Brother Qi Jin, Jiang Pu, and Li Yuanba attacked the Golden Moon Tyrant Bear, but only Li Yuanba managed to cut off a strand of its fur.
• Li Yuanba dodged the bear’s golden ranged attack, then revealed his late Great Accomplishment stage Scorching Sun Jade Body Art and fought it head-on.
• Li Yuanba overwhelmed the Golden Moon Tyrant Bear with close-range attacks until it admitted defeat and withdrew.
• Senior Brother Qi Jin and Jiang Pu questioned Li Yuanba’s strength, and he said his main path was Sword Cultivation while crediting his Body Refinement to fortuitous encounters.
• Senior Brother Qi Jin led Li Yuanba and Jiang Pu through the valley entrance and along a protected path that let them pass the Muyang Bees unnoticed.

Li Yuanba and his senior brothers waited for the Third Grade Royal Jelly, but the newly promoted Muyang Bee Queen poisoned Senior Brother Qi Jin and attacked Li Yuanba. Li Yuanba saved Qi Jin, collected some royal jelly, and escaped the valley as the queen guarded its swarm.

• Li Yuanba rested while Senior Brother Qi Jin and Jiang Pu watched the beehive for the royal jelly to form.
• After three days, Senior Brother Qi Jin tried to collect the royal jelly, but a hidden needle from the beehive pierced his shield and poisoned him.
• Li Yuanba gave Qi Jin a Third Grade Top-Tier Detoxification Pill, then discovered that the Muyang Bee Queen had advanced to Third Grade and was attacking him.
• Li Yuanba blocked the queen's stinger with his Third Grade Sword Foundation while Jiang Pu carried the poisoned Qi Jin away.
• Li Yuanba evaded the queen, took a portion of royal jelly, and escaped the formation; the queen stopped at the boundary to protect its swarm.
• Qi Jin recovered and thanked Li Yuanba for saving his life.

Li Yuanba and his companions returned from a failed Muyang Bee harvesting mission with Third Grade Royal Jelly and news that the colony might produce Fourth Grade resources. Old Ancestor Lu arrived to investigate, praised their discovery, and focused particular attention on Li Yuanba’s achievements.

• Li Yuanba gave the Jade Box of Third Grade Royal Jelly to Senior Brother Qi Jin, and Senior Brother Qi Jin and Jiang Pu declined to share the mission reward.
• Senior Brother Qi Jin concluded that the Royal Jelly’s quality suggested the Muyang Bee colony could become a Fourth Grade resource site, then reported the discovery to the sect.
• Li Yuanba visited Senior Brother Qi Jin’s Cave Dwelling, where he and Jiang Pu shared Third Grade Spirit Tea brewed by Li Yuanba.
• Li Yuanba offered to help Senior Brother Qi Jin obtain more tea stir-fried by Grandmaster Li Shiming, and explained that Grandmaster Li could not yet refine Third Grade Spirit Pills for Golden Core Late Stage cultivators.
• Old Ancestor Lu arrived, inspected the Royal Jelly, questioned the group about the Muyang Bee colony, and asked whether Li Yuanba’s Master would object to his actions.

Li Yuanba received Old Ancestor Lu’s backing and a Golden Corpse Core Fragment, then passed valuable spiritual soil and tea to Li Shiming. Half a year later, Wisdom Light Arhat arrived at Boundary Mountain Pass and disrupted the covert trade, prompting the stationed Golden Core cultivators to plan a confrontation with him.

• Old Ancestor Lu advised Li Yuanba to save his merit for future Nascent Soul resources and gave him a Golden Corpse Core Fragment for Jiang Chen.
• Senior Brother Qi Jin repaid Li Yuanba with Second and Third Grade Spiritual Soil and later sent him Third Grade Spirit Tea leaves, which Li Yuanba delivered to Li Shiming.
• Jiang Pu told Li Yuanba that Wisdom Light Arhat had replaced Mu Peng and confiscated Meng Sheng’s goods, so the stationed cultivators began planning how to deal with him.
• Ying Hou tried to persuade Wisdom Light Arhat to follow the pass’s established rules, but Wisdom Light Arhat refused and continued inspecting every shipment.
• Ying Hou and Xin Tong coordinated with Jiang Pu to arrange a confrontation, while Li Yuanba agreed to help and Li Shiming monitored the pass with his Drone Satellite System.

Li Yuanba joined negotiations over trade disruptions at Boundary Mountain Pass, where Thousand Leaves Temple’s Wisdom Light Arhat and nine hidden Arhats plotted to capture him. Li Yuanba killed Wisdom Light Arhat and exposed the ambush, then began cutting down the Arhats while the other Golden Core Elders watched.

• Li Yuanba learned the nine Arhats had secretly entered the Righteous Path Pass and went with Jiang Pu and three other Golden Core Elders into the Buffer Zone for negotiations.
• Ying Hou and Jiang Pu discussed the cargo seizures, and Wisdom Light Arhat requested a fight with Li Yuanba.
• Li Yuanba damaged Wisdom Light Arhat’s flying sword, broke through his Bronze Bell defense, and beheaded him before the other Elders began fighting.
• Li Yuanba detected the hidden array, brought down the Ten Thousand Swords Peak, and revealed the nine concealed Arhats.
• Li Yuanba charged into the weakened Arhats and killed them one after another as Ying Hou, Xin Tong, and the Vast Array Sect Elders watched without intervening.

Honored One Hui Ke captured Li Yuanba after suppressing the cultivators at Boundary Mountain Pass and brought him to Thousand Leaves Temple. Li Yuanba remained imprisoned in a protected hall, where four High Monks began expounding Buddhist intent that could gradually bewitch his mind.

• Honored One Hui Ke immobilized the cultivators, seized Li Yuanba and the Ten Thousand Swords Peak Magical Treasure, and left with him while Jiang Pu called for Boundary Mountain Pass to be sealed.
• Honored One Hui Ke searched Li Yuanba’s Space Ring and body, found evidence that reinforced his belief that Li Yuanba was a Great Being Reincarnation, and asked about two missing Heritage Relics.
• Honored One Hui Ke brought Li Yuanba to Thousand Leaves Temple and confined him in a hall covered with Buddha images, including the Fierce-Eyed Vajra Buddha Statue.
• Li Yuanba failed to break through the hall’s formation and mysterious defensive power, so Main Body Li Shiming recorded the Buddha images through their soul connection.
• Four High Monks began expounding Buddhist intent from around the hall, a sound that could gradually make Li Yuanba lose himself.

Li Shiming took control of Li Yuanba in Thousand Leaves Temple, while Honored One Hui Ke mistook Li Yuanba’s calm response to Buddhist intent for evidence that he was a reincarnated Buddhist Great Being. Li Shiming absorbed the intent from afar and perfected his Golden Core-stage Vajra Body Protection Divine Art, leaving him with Great Elder-level body refinement but still needing to advance his Golden Core before pursuing Nascent Soul.

• Li Yuanba’s consciousness began to sink under the Buddhist intent in Prajna Hall, so Li Shiming took over the clone’s body and sealed away his consciousness.
• Honored One Hui Ke watched Li Yuanba’s expression become peaceful and took it as a sign of a Buddhist Great Being’s power, while the four High Monks’ Buddhist intent was drawn away.
• In his Shu Mountain Sect cave dwelling, Li Shiming used the Buddhist intent to cultivate the Vajra Body Protection Divine Art, driving his body toward the peak of Golden Core-stage body refinement.
• Li Shiming’s Vajra Body Protection Divine Art reached perfection, and his body gained Great Elder-level strength and defenses despite his Golden Core remaining at the Initial Stage.
• Li Shiming tested his strengthened body against the Heart Sword, then refrained from striking himself with his enhanced Third Grade Sword Foundation Magical Treasure.
• Li Shiming considered whether the Vajra Body Protection Divine Art had follow-up techniques but chose to pursue the normal path to Nascent Soul rather than body refinement advancement.

Li Shiming used Mind Penetration to manipulate Honored One Huijing’s Heart Demon, hoping the ensuing chaos would free Clone Li Yuanba from Prajna Hall. The four High Monks collapsed after expounding Buddhist principles, and Honored One Hui Ke realized Huijing had lost control.

• Li Shiming scanned Prajna Hall, discovered its overlapping spaces, and used the Divine Eye Art to draw a Fierce-Eyed Vajra Buddha Statue from Vajra Patterns.
• Li Shiming sensed Honored One Huijing’s disordered spiritual strength and suspected that Huijing’s Heart Demon could help Li Yuanba escape.
• Li Shiming left the Shu Mountain Sect for Thousand Leaves Temple while secretly using Mind Penetration to contact Honored One Huijing.
• Li Shiming redirected Huijing’s anger during the four High Monks’ discourse, allowing Huijing’s Heart Demon to take control and planting a subconscious thought in his mind.
• The four High Monks spat blood and collapsed, Honored One Hui Ke gave them Spirit Pills, and he sensed that Huijing had gone berserk.

Li Shiming’s clone escaped Thousand Leaves Temple with Honored One Huijing’s body while Honored One Hui Ke fought Huijing’s Heart Demon-controlled Nascent Soul Avatar. After fleeing the temple, Li Yuanba learned that Old Ancestor Lu was approaching and sent word that he was already safe.

• Honored One Hui Ke sent an emergency message, then fought Honored One Huijing after Huijing broke out of Prajna Hall under the Heart Demon’s control.
• Huijing entrusted his body to Li Yuanba because Li Shiming’s subconscious suggestion had made him trust the clone, while Hui Ke lured Huijing’s Nascent Soul Avatar away from Thousand Leaves Temple.
• Li Yuanba took Huijing’s body and escaped through the temple’s formations, killing two Arhats who tried to block him.
• Li Yuanba fled beyond the Sect Protecting Grand Formation before a Formation Master could fully control it.
• Li Yuanba sensed Old Ancestor Lu heading toward Thousand Leaves Temple and used a Communication Token to tell the sect that he had escaped.
• Several Arhats pursued Li Yuanba but could not catch up with him.

Old Ancestor Lu intervened in the battle between Honored One Huijing and Honored One Hui Ke, leaving Huijing severely injured before Hui Ke agreed to return Li Yuanba. As Li Yuanba reunited with Honored One Huijing, Li Shiming discovered that Huijing’s damaged mind swung between rage and deep trust, and sent the Heavenly Ghost ahead while keeping his main body out of danger.

• Old Ancestor Lu arrived at Thousand Leaves Temple and entered the Thirty-Three Heavens, where Honored One Huijing attacked him while fighting Honored One Hui Ke.
• Old Ancestor Lu and Honored One Hui Ke struck Honored One Huijing together, severely damaging his Nascent Soul Avatar and forcing him to return to his body with a Secret Art.
• Honored One Hui Ke promised to return Li Yuanba unharmed within two days, and Old Ancestor Lu learned that Li Yuanba had escaped.
• Li Shiming controlled Li Yuanba as he traveled with Honored One Huijing, whose pressure alternated between rage and a powerful sense of trust in Li Yuanba.
• Li Shiming stopped before his main body reached them and released the Heavenly Ghost to reassure Honored One Huijing while keeping his main body safe.

Li Shiming used the Heavenly Ghost to devour Honored One Huijing's Heart Demon, leaving the injured Nascent Soul Old Ancestor with his memories and intelligence nearly erased. He bound Honored One Huijing with a Reverse Unequal Servant Contract while Li Yuanba escaped Thousand Leaves Temple and met Old Ancestor Lu.

• The Heavenly Ghost swallowed Honored One Huijing's wounded Heart Demon, also consuming the entangled part of his mind and intelligence.
• Li Shiming found Honored One Huijing reduced to a blank state, brought him into the Server Room Space, and arranged the Reverse Unequal Servant Contract.
• Honored One Huijing accepted the contract, making him Li Shiming's servant, though the soul impact consumed more than half of Li Shiming's contract capacity.
• Li Yuanba flew toward Boundary Mountain Pass and encountered Old Ancestor Lu, who praised his escape and said Thousand Leaves Temple would be unable to threaten Vast Array Sect for at least a hundred years.
• Li Shiming examined Honored One Huijing and found that his Fourth Grade Precious Appearance Wish-Fulfilling Buddha Beads was his only treasure on hand; his space item and other valuables remained in his cave dwelling.

Li Shiming hid the injured Honored One Huijing in the Server Room Space while Li Yuanba returned safely to Senluo Sect and strengthened his defenses. At Thousand Leaves Temple, Hui Kong Honored One ordered a search for Huijing and the investigation of all Great Arhats after sensing Huijing might be far away or even gone from this world.

• Li Shiming opened a Nascent Soul-level Spiritual Meridian for Honored One Huijing to recover in the Server Room Space, then changed Huijing’s appearance to conceal his identity.
• Old Ancestor Lu brought Li Yuanba back to Senluo Sect, where Jiang Pu, Meng Sheng, and Shi Can apologized for his capture and Li Yuanba reassured them.
• Li Yuanba returned to Boundary Mountain City and obtained shared detection authority over the Boundary Mountain Grand Array so he could detect an approaching Nascent Soul Old Ancestor.
• Thousand Leaves Temple compensated other factions, and its leaders believed Honored One Huijing was alive but could not locate him.
• Hui Kong Honored One ordered Honored One Hui Ke to mobilize spies to find Huijing and begin investigating all Great Arhats, saying Huijing seemed extremely far away or possibly no longer in this world.

Li Shiming used his contract with Honored One Huijing to gain insights into cultivation, then negotiated with Zhi Yan Arhat of Thousand Leaves Temple for the Nascent Soul portion of the Vajra Body Protection Divine Art. He agreed to perform twenty future alchemy sessions, provided each session received separate compensation, and the trade was left ready to proceed.

• The Heavenly Ghost finished digesting its gains, while Li Shiming continued cultivating and studying Honored One Huijing's cultivation through their contract.
• Li Shiming received a message from Zhi Yan Arhat, who offered the complete Vajra Body Protection Divine Art, including its Nascent Soul portion.
• Zhi Yan Arhat arrived at Sword Holding Peak and met Li Shiming through a Silver Corpse because Li Shiming was in seclusion.
• Zhi Yan Arhat requested an agreement for twenty alchemy sessions in exchange for the technique, intending to secure Li Shiming's future pill-making services for Thousand Leaves Temple.
• Li Shiming agreed to the twenty sessions on the condition that each receive compensation appropriate to the pills being refined, and Zhi Yan Arhat accepted.

Li Shiming perfected his Vajra Force using Thousand Leaves Temple’s complete inheritance, then sensed that something had happened to his family and set out for Sky Ocean Island. With Old Ancestor Zuo’s command token and Shu Mountain Sect’s mark, he crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains and North Sea and approached Seven Stars Island.

• Li Shiming studied Thousand Leaves Temple’s Vajra Body Protection Divine Art and adjusted his Vajra Force, increasing its body-refining boost by ten percent.
• After a year of cultivation, Li Shiming felt a warning in his heart, could not reach Yin Shilan, and realized his father on Sky Ocean Island might be in trouble.
• Li Shiming asked Elder Su for permission to return home, and Old Ancestor Zuo gave him a command token to deter Bright Heart Sect’s False Infant.
• Li Shiming bid farewell to Elder Ma and left a message for Yin Shilan before secretly crossing the formations at Boundary Mountain Pass and traveling through the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Li Shiming crossed the North Sea aboard the Meteor Ink Boat without attracting Sea Beasts and reached the waters near Seven Stars Island, where he detoured around its defenses.

Li Shiming returned to Sky Ocean Island, rescued Zhu Ji from Bright Heart Sect cultivators, and learned the Seven Sects had been reduced to a weakened, merged sect. He then traveled to the Xia Kingdom and reached the Capital City, where a servant recognized him at the Li Family’s old residence.

• Li Shiming arrived on Sky Ocean Island and stopped two Bright Heart Sect cultivators from killing Zhu Ji.
• Li Shiming reunited with Zhu Ji, heard that the Seven Sects had merged and been driven to the seaside, and gave him ten second-grade high-level spirit pills before departing.
• Li Shiming reached Nanling Prefecture and learned from its prefect that his father, Li Wenyuan, had been promoted and gone to the capital ten years earlier.
• Li Shiming traveled to the Capital City, sensed that Li Wenyuan was inside the Li Family’s old residence, and knocked on the gate.
• A servant recognized Li Shiming, cried out that the Young Master had returned, and knelt before him.

Li Shiming returned to Li Manor after twenty years and reunited with his ailing father, Li Wenyuan, and the household members who had stayed behind. He decided to remain for a year to accompany his father, while learning that Li Wenyuan had been injured and giving gifts to Si Qin and Mo Yan’s family.

• Mo Yan recognized Li Shiming and welcomed him back to the declining manor, where Li Shiming reunited with Si Qin and met his adopted younger brother, Li Shijie.
• Li Shiming treated Li Wenyuan’s illness and learned that his father’s injury had damaged his foundation and left him with less than a year to live.
• Li Shiming promised to stay with Li Wenyuan, helped him rest, and asked Mo Yan about the injury that had led to Li Wenyuan’s dismissal from office.
• Li Shiming gave Si Qin a Youthful Countenance Pill and gave three spiritual pills to Mo Yan for his family.
• Si Qin showed Li Shiming his preserved room, and he spent a quiet evening there before planning to notify his sect through the Northern Shu Merchant Guild.

Li Shiming spent three days living as a mortal with his family, leaving protections and provisions for them before returning to cultivation. His time at home loosened his bottleneck, and he advanced to Golden Core Middle Stage.

• Li Shiming reunited with Li Wenyuan and Li Shijie, promised to preserve the Li Family’s lineage, and gave them gold and silver for household expenses.
• Li Shiming gave Li Shijie a Jade Token to control Killing, arranged an underground space and Formation for the Refined Corpse, and entrusted it to protect the family.
• Li Shiming tended the family’s garden, prepared a meal with lightly spiritual greens, and planted tea trees to support his family’s health.
• Li Shiming spent three days with his father, taught Li Shijie to study and Si Qin to tend the tea trees, then left the Capital City.
• Li Shiming set up a Formation outside the Capital City and used the Nascent Soul-level Spiritual Meridian to cultivate, transforming his Five Golden Cores and advancing to Golden Core Middle Stage.