Chapter Summaries

Li Shiming seized Cloud Stepping Tokens and killed a Golden Core late-stage cultivator with lightning before waiting for Green Field Blessed Land to open. After Lai Yuan provoked him, Li Shiming struck him down with falling thunder imbued with Heavenly Thunder, leaving the gathered great elders wary of him.

• Li Shiming demanded a Cloud Stepping Token from two Golden Core late-stage cultivators and killed one with a lightning strike after he refused.
• Li Shiming took two Cloud Stepping Tokens from the dead cultivator and gave one to Clone Li Yuanba, then concealed himself in a Formation.
• Great Elder Wei Long and Great Elder Gong You arrived, while Lai Yuan pointed out Li Shiming and continued provoking him.
• Li Shiming struck Lai Yuan twice with falling thunder, destroying his life-bound Wraith and killing him.
• Lai Li fled with a Life-Saving Talisman, and Great Elders Wei Long and Gong You moved closer together in case Li Shiming attacked again.

Li Shiming discovered that Wu Shao, the Golden Core Late Stage cultivator accompanying Young Master Zhang Xian, was actually a concealed Nascent Soul cultivator. After entering Green Field Blessed Land, Li Shiming deployed his Silver Corpses to search for resources and obtained a Third Grade ginseng while its guardian lizard escaped.

• Li Shiming sensed that one Golden Core Late Stage cultivator had no detectable emotions and used the Divine Eye Art to identify the aged Wu Shao as a Nascent Soul cultivator in disguise.
• Wu Shao warned Young Master Zhang Xian not to provoke Li Shiming inside the blessed land, and Zhang Xian agreed to wait until they had left before dealing with him.
• The Cloud Stepping Tokens transported Li Shiming and Clone Li Yuanba to different locations in Green Field Blessed Land, where flight and Divine Foot Passage were restricted.
• Li Shiming released twelve Silver Corpses and sent them to search the grassland while the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon followed him invisibly.
• A Silver Corpse found a Third Grade ginseng guarded by a Third Grade Lizard, struck the lizard twice without seriously injuring it, and dug up the ginseng.

Li Shiming’s Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon helped him gather Third Grade Spiritual Medicine in Green Field Blessed Land while Li Yuanba searched alone. Li Yuanba killed Lai Li after a close-range clash and took his treasures, but recognized that the blessed land’s restrictions weakened his usual advantages against stronger cultivators.

• The Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon killed the Third Grade Lizard, took its Third Grade Ginseng from the Silver Corpse, and brought it to Li Shiming, who stored it in a Jade Box.
• Li Shiming gathered five stalks of Third Grade Spiritual Medicine on the first day, while Li Yuanba found one and encountered Lai Li in tall grass.
• Lai Li attacked Li Yuanba with Black Mist, Flying Needle Magical Treasures, and Flying Ants, but Li Yuanba used the Silver Corpse Jiang Chen as a decoy and concealed himself.
• Li Yuanba ambushed Lai Li at close range, broke his Bronze Bell Magical Treasure with the Third Grade Sword Foundation, and killed him when his Distant Escape Talisman failed.
• Li Yuanba collected Lai Li’s Flying Needle Magical Treasures, Mustard Seed Ring, and Spirit Pet Pouch, then burned the remaining Flying Ants and recovered Jiang Chen.
• Li Yuanba found two stalks of Third Grade Spiritual Medicine in Lai Li’s Mustard Seed Ring and reflected that Green Field Blessed Land’s restrictions left him vulnerable to stronger cultivators.

Li Shiming gathered Spiritual Medicines in Green Field Blessed Land while avoiding fights, as Li Yuanba escaped an ambush by Great Elder Gong You. On the final day, fifteen Golden Core cultivators were teleported to a clearing, where the Great Elders and Wu Shao began slaughtering them.

• Li Shiming's Silver Corpse caused a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator to flee, leaving behind an Array Plate and a trapped Third Grade Lizard.
• Great Elder Gong You and his Blade Mantis ambushed Li Yuanba, but Li Yuanba escaped their pincer attack.
• Wu Shao killed a Third Grade Spirit Beast and told Young Master Zhang Xian that they would seize Spiritual Medicines from cultivators on the final day.
• After gathering fifty-three Spiritual Medicines, Li Shiming prepared for the final day and was teleported to a clearing with fourteen other Golden Core cultivators.
• Great Elder Wei Long, Great Elder Gong You, and Wu Shao attacked the cultivators, while Li Shiming and Li Yuanba stood together and watched the slaughter.

Li Shiming exposed Wu Shao as a Nascent Soul cultivator hiding his strength inside Green Field Blessed Land, prompting Wu Shao to attack the other cultivators. Li Shiming revealed his 191 Artifact Tribulation Flying Swords and killed Great Elders Gong You and Wei Long before unleashing them against Wu Shao and Young Master Zhang Xian.

• Great Elder Wei Long and Great Elder Gong You allied, while Wu Shao offered to take one altar and leave the other two to them.
• Li Shiming identified Wu Shao as a Nascent Soul cultivator using the Scattering Nascent Soul Integration Secret Technique, and Great Elder Wei Long revealed that it belonged to Flying Cloud Pavilion.
• Great Elder Gong You tried to flee on the Blade Mantis, but Wu Shao caught him and killed him with a punch.
• Great Elder Wei Long attacked Li Shiming, but stopped when 191 independent Flying Sword Magical Treasures appeared above Li Shiming.
• Li Shiming split his Flowing Light Starfall attack, killing Great Elder Wei Long and sending 181 swords toward Wu Shao and Young Master Zhang Xian.
• Wu Shao shielded Young Master Zhang Xian as Li Shiming empowered his swords with Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Sword Intent, and the first two strikes wounded Wu Shao.

Li Shiming and Li Yuanba defeated Wu Shao and Young Master Zhang Xian, then claimed two of the three altars in Green Field Blessed Land while Li Shiming placed the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon on the third. Li Shiming passed through the altar’s advancement illusion and emerged with five Nascent Souls, leaving his new cultivation breakthrough recorded by IBMz15.

• Li Shiming’s Flowing Light Starfall Flying Sword Magical Treasures killed Wu Shao, and the final altar appeared when only three cultivators remained.
• Young Master Zhang Xian’s clone jade talisman was destroyed by lightning, while Great Cultivator Zhang sensed its failure and began searching for him.
• Li Shiming had the Body Refinement Great Elder Living Dead kill Young Master Zhang Xian, then stored the corpse and Wu Shao’s corpse and belongings in the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming and Li Yuanba stood on two altars, and Li Shiming sent the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon to occupy the third.
• Light specks gathered on the altars, and Li Shiming and Li Yuanba saw the shadows of cultivators who had died in Green Field Blessed Land.
• Li Shiming experienced an advancement illusion in which his five Golden Cores nurtured five Nascent Souls, then awoke with IBMz15 having recorded the process.

Li Shiming left the Green Field Blessed Land with a clear path toward advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, then returned safely to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect while Great Cultivator Zhang investigated his son’s death. Back in his Cave Dwelling, Li Shiming preserved Wu Shao’s powerful corpse, considering refining it after he advanced.

• Li Shiming, Clone Li Yuanba, and the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon were teleported out of the Green Field Blessed Land, and their Cloud Stepping Tokens vanished to await the next cycle.
• Li Shiming reunited with Li Yuanba and the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon, then hurried toward the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect after realizing the altar’s insights gave him an advancement plan.
• Great Cultivator Zhang arrived at the site in a Fourth Grade Flying Boat, captured nearby cultivators, and detected the traces of Zhang Xian, Wu Shao, and an unidentified Thunder Cultivator.
• Li Shiming saw Great Cultivator Zhang through a Drone Satellite and sped away, while Chen Zhou noticed Li Shiming nearing the sect and decided he would need another way to contact him.
• Li Shiming returned to his Cave Dwelling, drank Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, and sealed Wu Shao’s unusually powerful corpse in a spatial Jade Box for possible refinement after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.

Li Shiming prepared to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage after discovering secret techniques and pills that could aid his cultivation, then exchanged his contribution points for access to a Fourth Grade Seclusion Chamber. After waiting ten years for Flying Cloud Pavilion’s investigation into Young Master Zhang Xian’s death to fade, he entered the chamber area with Sect Master Ji’s token.

• Li Shiming inspected Wu Shao’s ring and found three Fourth Grade Magical Treasures, including one that concealed its wearer from Divine Sense, as well as the Scattering Nascent Soul Integration Secret Technique and Guiding Origin Life-Extending Secret Technique.
• Li Shiming realized the life-extending technique could help supply the vitality needed to nurture the Nascent Souls within his five Golden Cores, and he found seven Seven Stars Nascent Soul Pills in Young Master Zhang Xian’s ring.
• Li Shiming spent ten years cultivating, practicing alchemy, and building connections in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect while Flying Cloud Pavilion’s investigation into Young Master Zhang Xian’s death gradually stalled.
• Li Shiming asked Sect Master Ji for a Fourth Grade Seclusion Chamber, and she exchanged his contribution points for its use and gave him a Supreme Nascent Formation Pill and a Supreme Nascent Stabilization Pill.
• Li Shiming explained that he could no longer safely suppress his advancement, then flew to the Fourth Grade Seclusion Chambers and passed their sentries’ probes by showing his token.

Li Shiming began advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage in a Fourth Grade seclusion chamber, using his preparations and the Green Field Blessed Land illusion to guide the nurturing of his five Golden Cores. After eighteen days and an immense expenditure of resources, all five Nascent Souls formed and emerged as his aura surged.

• Li Shiming entered the Number Five Seclusion Chamber after an aged cultivator inspected his token and warned him not to undergo Tribulation Transcendence inside.
• Li Shiming spent three days adjusting to the chamber and preparing with Honored One Huijing and the Fourth Grade Pearl ready in the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming used the illusion from Green Field Blessed Land, played by IBMz15, to guide the advancement of his five Golden Cores and consumed resources supplied by Honored One Huijing.
• Li Shiming continued nurturing the Golden Cores for eighteen days, using vast amounts of Nascent Soul Advancement Resources, Spiritual Power, spirit, and vitality.
• Li Shiming's five Golden Cores split open, and five Nascent Souls formed with the runes of his cultivation methods, including Southern Blazing Fire on the fire-element Nascent Soul.
• Li Shiming's five tiny Nascent Souls climbed toward the top of his head and crowded together before contracting enough to pass.

Li Shiming emerged from seclusion with five Nascent Souls and prepared to face his heavenly tribulation alone. The first two bolts destroyed his defenses and nearly all of his Flowing Light Starfall, leaving him to await the next strike with only a few treasures remaining.

• Li Shiming examined his five Nascent Souls and discovered that their spiritual power combined elemental and thunder attributes while their formation worked only when they remained in their positions.
• Li Shiming teleported to Tribulation Transcendence Mountain, used his tribulation-preparation resources, and watched a thunder cloud gather as Sect Master Ji recognized that he was undergoing his tribulation.
• Li Shiming used an array and the Ink Feather Spiritual Umbrella to weaken the first bolt of heavenly thunder, but the strike destroyed both defenses.
• Li Shiming sent more than thirty Third Grade Magical Treasures and then his Flowing Light Starfall against the second bolt of heavenly thunder.
• The second bolt destroyed 186 Flowing Light Starfall before it weakened enough to leave the 187th intact and dissipate without striking Li Shiming.

Li Shiming survived the third Heavenly Thunder and advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, then returned to his Cave Dwelling to assess his new abilities and plan his next steps. Sect Master Ji and Grandmaster Jiang Hong also discussed warning Chen Zhou against further targeting him.

• Li Shiming used a metal shielding cage, Lightning Rods, his Shielding Suit, and his Taiqing Mysterious Turtle Art to endure the third Heavenly Thunder until the tribulation ended.
• Honored One Huijing channeled life force from the Fourth Grade Pearl to Li Shiming, slowing the destruction of his body until the tribulation's reward rebuilt him as a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Li Shiming celebrated his advancement and discovered that his new body had a thousand-year lifespan and that his five Nascent Souls greatly strengthened his Taiqing Mysterious Turtle Art.
• Sect Master Ji and Grandmaster Jiang Hong congratulated Li Shiming, then discussed confronting Chen Zhou if he continued to make trouble for him.
• Li Shiming returned to his Cave Dwelling to stabilize his realm and examined his expanded spiritual consciousness, three-thousand-meter attack range, and improved movement ability.
• Li Shiming decided he needed to refine stronger Fourth Grade equipment and first improve his Third Grade Sword Foundation.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, Li Shiming discovered that his five Nascent Souls could cultivate the Sword Body Secret Scripture together, strengthening his sword foundation and Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Sword Intent. He prepared a servant to act as his agent and began closed-door cultivation, only to find that supporting all five Nascent Souls required an enormous supply of pills.

• Li Shiming circulated the Sword Body Secret Scripture through all five Nascent Souls, raising his sword foundation to peak initial Fourth Grade over half a month.
• Li Shiming tested his Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Sword Intent and discovered that surviving the powerful Nascent Soul Stage heavenly tribulation had raised its power to the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Li Shiming realized that his five Nascent Souls could use IBMz15 and might each possess a Natal Magical Treasure, giving him several possible cultivation paths.
• Li Shiming briefly placed his Fire Thunder Nascent Soul inside the Living Dead Nascent Soul Body, then chose the Heavenly Ghost-controlled Body Refinement Great Elder as his servant and named him Li Si.
• Li Shiming registered Li Si as his agent and began closed-door cultivation, swallowing five Fourth Grade Top Tier Spiritual Pills because one pill could only support one Nascent Soul.

Li Shiming completed his first cultivation session after advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, using his Five Elements Qi Absorption Array to rapidly strengthen his five Nascent Souls while refining pills in seclusion. He fortified his cave dwelling, assessed Honored One Huijing and Clone Li Yuanba, then left the sect to test his new abilities, drawing the attention of Grandmaster Jiang Hong and Chen Zhou.

• Li Shiming cultivated the Five Rhymes Qi Refining Art and Jade Purity Thunder Canon for two hundred days while also practicing the Taiqing Mysterious Turtle Art and Human Path Reincarnation Art, and his alchemy continued through Li Si.
• Li Shiming finished the session with about one percent of the Spiritual Power needed for Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak, judged that he could reach that peak within a hundred years, and recognized that his body-refinement resources were too dangerous to use.
• Li Shiming refined twelve Fourth Grade Array Flags and strengthened his Cave Dwelling's formation before releasing Clone Li Yuanba and Honored One Huijing from the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming compared his strength with Honored One Huijing and decided to supply him with resources despite his limited usefulness, while recognizing Clone Li Yuanba's potential.
• Li Shiming flew out of the sect using Thunder Escape to test his Nascent Soul Stage abilities, and Grandmaster Jiang Hong and Chen Zhou noticed that he had left seclusion.

Li Shiming entered the Thirty-Three Heavens and successfully formed a Nascent Soul Avatar, then examined Great Power Zhai Ge’s inheritance outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. The Heavenly Human Art proved unsuited to his current cultivation, but it contained a Puppet Mechanism Art capable of creating Fourth Grade Puppets.

• Li Shiming formed a ten-meter Nascent Soul Avatar in the twentieth heaven and tested its amplified Thunder Strike before returning the Fire Thunder Nascent Soul to his body.
• Li Shiming traveled to a mountain peak ten thousand li away, made a Temporary Cave Mansion, and cautiously contacted Great Power Zhai Ge’s inheritance.
• Li Shiming opened the Heavenly Human Art and read Great Power Zhai Ge’s ideas about building a strong foundation for reaching the Mahayana Stage.
• Li Shiming learned that the Heavenly Human Art required five Five Elements divine powers, a condition he did not currently meet.
• Li Shiming discovered that the inheritance’s Puppet Mechanism Art could create Fourth Grade Puppets equivalent to Nascent Soul cultivators.

After studying the Heavenly Human Art and exploring Great Power Zhai Ge’s Cave Heaven, Li Shiming moved his research and companions into its Heavenly Human Path and began analyzing the Puppet Mechanism Art. He attended his first Phoenix Faction gathering as a Nascent Soul cultivator, where Feng Lanxin welcomed him with Dragon Gall Spirit Fruits.

• Li Shiming recorded the Nascent Soul chapter of the Heavenly Human Art and entered Great Power Zhai Ge’s Cave Heaven, learning that he could access only the Heavenly Human Path and Human Dao without cultivating the Heavenly Human Art.
• Li Shiming returned to his Cave Dwelling, moved his research factory and companions into the Heavenly Human Path, and studied IBMz15’s analysis of the Puppet Mechanism Art.
• Grandmaster Jiang Hong invited Li Shiming to a gathering hosted by Feng Lanxin, and Li Shiming arrived to find seven Nascent Soul cultivators gathered beneath a Fourth Grade Spirit Tree.
• Grandmaster Jiang Hong and three other Nascent Soul cultivators joined the gathering, where Feng Lanxin welcomed Li Shiming into the Phoenix Faction circle and distributed Dragon Gall Spirit Fruits.

Li Shiming attended a gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators, where Grandmaster Jiang Hong offered him materials to practice refining Nascent Soul Middle Stage Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills and a chance to choose a private Fourth Grade Pill Furnace. He selected the Blazing Fire Pill Cauldron, which amplified the Southern Blazing Fire, and planned to prepare phoenix-attracting pills before entering the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land.

• Li Shiming listened to cultivation discussions at the gathering, and Grandmaster Jiang Hong offered him four sets of Nascent Soul Middle Stage Fourth Grade Spiritual Pill materials to practice with.
• Li Shiming promised to keep refining pills for the gathered cultivators, and Grandmaster Jiang Hong arranged a Fourth Grade Pill Furnace as a reward once he could refine the higher-stage pills.
• Feng Lanxin and Zhang Kai advised Li Shiming to seek a spirit pet with phoenix bloodline in the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land, and Grandmaster Jiang Hong gave him a formula modification to attract phoenix-blooded beasts.
• After the gathering, Grandmaster Jiang Hong helped Li Shiming collect the pill materials and obtain authorization from Sect Master Ji to choose a furnace from the sect warehouse.
• Li Shiming chose the crimson Blazing Fire Pill Cauldron after detecting traces of the Southern Blazing Fire on it, then learned it amplified that divine ability for pill refining.

Li Shiming refined Flying Phoenix Yuan Yang Pills of consistently high intermediate-grade quality and impressed Grandmaster Jiang Hong, Feng Lanxin, and Great Cultivator Hu with his alchemy. As he entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land, Great Cultivator Hu gave him a Crimson Gold Phoenix eggshell fragment that could help attract Phoenix Clan spirit beasts.

• Li Shiming spent three months refining Third Grade Spirit Beast Yuan Increase Pills and Nascent Soul Middle Stage Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills, producing six pills of intermediate-grade quality.
• Li Shiming told Grandmaster Jiang Hong and Feng Lanxin that three furnaces of Flying Phoenix Yuan Yang Pills had succeeded, and Feng Lanxin confirmed their exceptional quality.
• Feng Lanxin led Li Shiming through the formations guarding the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land and introduced him to Great Cultivator Hu.
• Great Cultivator Hu examined Li Shiming's pills, acknowledged his alchemy ability, and offered him materials for future pill refinement.
• Great Cultivator Hu gave Li Shiming a Crimson Gold Phoenix eggshell fragment to help attract Phoenix Clan spirit beasts inside the blessed land.

Li Shiming searched the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land for a suitable Phoenix Faction spirit pet, using rare items to attract phoenix-blooded beasts. On the sixth day, Chen Zhou intercepted him and offered information about a rebirthing Crimson Gold Phoenix in exchange for the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon’s essence blood, leaving Li Shiming wary of his intentions.

• Li Shiming entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land and explored its vast terrain, finding many powerful spirit beasts but no suitable young Phoenix Faction pet.
• After two days of searching, Li Shiming used Crimson Gold Phoenix eggshell fragments and a Spirit Beast Yuan Increase Pill to attract phoenix-blooded beasts, and decided to keep searching for the best candidate.
• On the sixth day, Chen Zhou caught up with Li Shiming using a movement talisman and approached him while riding an early Fourth Grade Dragon Faction spirit beast.
• Chen Zhou offered to reveal the location of a rebirthing Crimson Gold Phoenix in exchange for ten drops of essence blood from Li Shiming’s Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon.
• Li Shiming recognized that Chen Zhou wanted the flood dragon’s powerful bloodline and refused to trust the offer, since giving up its essence blood could harm its potential.

Chen Zhou ambushed Li Shiming in the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land, but Li Shiming revealed his five Nascent Souls and killed him in a battle lasting less than a breath. Li Shiming concealed Chen Zhou’s death and possessions, while the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon swallowed Chen Zhou’s dying spirit pet.

• Chen Zhou used his Dragon Faction spirit pet’s Space Movement to ambush Li Shiming, but Li Shiming evaded him with Divine Foot Passage and activated the Heaven and Earth Net Restriction Array Disk.
• Chen Zhou revealed that he had sent people to capture Li Shiming, and both cultivators summoned their Nascent Soul Avatars.
• Li Shiming revealed five Nascent Soul Avatars and overwhelmed Chen Zhou with simultaneous Falling Thunder Arts and Flowing Light Starfall attacks.
• Li Shiming pursued Chen Zhou’s fleeing Nascent Soul with Close In Distance, Far In Horizon and destroyed it with his Fourth Grade Sword Foundation.
• Chen Zhou’s Dragon Faction spirit pet began dying after its master’s death, and the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon swallowed it.
• Li Shiming collected Chen Zhou’s belongings and corpse, stored them in the Server Room Space, and decided to conceal that he had killed him.

Li Shiming guarded the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon as it absorbed Chen Zhou’s Dragon Faction spirit pet, then watched it advance into a Fourth Grade Five-Clawed Dragon. He found and Contracted a Red Little Chick with a strong Phoenix Clan bloodline, and the story left the chick and Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon competing over Spirit Beast Yuan Increase Pills.

• Li Shiming waited beside the Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon while it absorbed the Dragon Faction spirit pet’s bloodline and energy.
• The Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon advanced to Fourth Grade, became a Five-Clawed Dragon, and answered a distant spiritual beast’s provoking cry.
• Li Shiming found a Red Little Chick in a volcano and persuaded it to Contract with him using Spirit Beast Yuan Increase Pills and Crimson Gold Phoenix eggshell fragments.
• The Red Little Chick ate the eggshell fragments and gained a brighter luster.
• The Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon joined Li Shiming and grew eager for a top-grade Spirit Beast Yuan Increase Pill, prompting the chick to protest.