Chapter Summaries

Li Shiming completed the Thunderclap Mystic Bow and tested its devastating power with Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng, then discovered that the Jade Purity Sect had sent a large force of Thunder Cultivators to the Eastern Qi Continent. Great Cultivator Hu warned him to return to the sect and stay there as the continent faced impending chaos.

• Li Shiming completed the Thunderclap Mystic Bow, endured its artifact tribulation, and found that he could draw it only one third of the way.
• Li Shiming had the Heavenly Ghost control Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng, whose strength fully drew the bow and fired an arrow with immense speed and power.
• Li Shiming put away Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng and traveled back toward the sect, where he spotted four Jade Purity Sect Thunder Cultivators and secretly placed them under surveillance.
• Li Shiming reported the Thunder Cultivators to Great Cultivator Hu, who revealed that more than thirty Jade Purity Sect Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators had arrived and ordered Li Shiming to return to the sect and not leave.

The Jade Purity Sect destroyed the White Day Sect and seized its mountain gate as a base on the Eastern Qi Continent, alarming Li Shiming about the sect’s power. Great Cultivator Hu summoned Li Shiming to meet Great Cultivator Li, who examined and praised his Crimson Gold Phoenix.

• White Day Sect’s sect master learned the Tai Chu Sect would not help and arranged for the sect’s inheritance and talented young disciples to escape.
• Great Cultivator Wang He led Jade Purity Sect Thunder Cultivators to destroy White Day Sect’s formation and kill its Nascent Soul cultivators, then occupied its mountain gate.
• The Four Great Local Sects condemned Jade Purity Sect’s invasion, while Li Shiming worried that his Jade Purity techniques and treasures could make him its enemy.
• Great Cultivator Hu summoned Li Shiming to meet Great Cultivator Li, whose power impressed him.
• Great Cultivator Li gave Little Phoenix a Spirit Pill and praised Li Shiming for raising the Crimson Gold Phoenix.

Li Shiming learned about Luan Phoenix Palace’s ties to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and received a Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman from Great Cultivator Li. When the Jade Purity Sect’s expansion led to war with the Four Great Sects, Li Shiming was assigned to garrison the Xuanxi Mountain Range Resource Point alongside Kang Yuan.

• Li Shiming brewed Fourth Grade Spirit Tea for Great Cultivator Li, who praised it, requested some to take home, and revealed she would reside in the Four Elephants Blessed Land.
• Great Cultivator Li explained that Luan Phoenix Palace had supported the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s establishment in the Eastern Qi Continent, then gave Li Shiming a Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman to conceal his Jade Purity Thunder Canon aura.
• The Jade Purity Sect’s expansion into territory and resources claimed by the Four Great Sects sparked repeated battles, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect ordered every Nascent Soul cultivator to take a Mandatory Combat Mission.
• Li Shiming received a mission to garrison the Xuanxi Mountain Range Resource Point, left the sect, and met Kang Yuan, who welcomed him and explained the site’s defenses and resources.

At the Xuanxi Mountain Range Resource Point, Li Shiming strengthened the defenses, cultivated to the Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak, and received a distress signal from a nearby outpost under attack by Jade Purity Sect Thunder Cultivators. He left Kang Yuan to defend their post and headed to assist while concealed, finding through surveillance that the besieged formation had not yet fallen.

• Li Shiming reinforced the Resource Point’s formation with his Fourth Grade Array Flags, and Kang Yuan visited with spirit fruits and asked him to refine pills in exchange for Fourth Grade artifact materials.
• Li Shiming refined Kang Yuan’s pills, then cultivated in his Cave Heaven and reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak after consuming more than half of his Violet Thunder Plasma.
• Li Shiming inspected the Resource Point and revealed his new realm to Kang Yuan, who was astonished by how quickly he had advanced.
• Li Shiming and Kang Yuan received a distress signal reporting that three Nascent Soul Early Stage Thunder Cultivators were attacking a nearby Resource Point defended by three Ten Thousand Beasts Sect cultivators.
• Li Shiming ordered Kang Yuan to activate their defenses and stay behind, then concealed himself and flew to assist the besieged Resource Point.
• Li Shiming checked the Drone Satellite System’s images and saw that the formation had not yet been breached.

Li Shiming rescued Song Qing, Zhu Ying, and Gan Zhi by swiftly killing three Jade Purity Sect Thunder Cultivators attacking their resource point. He returned to the Xuanxi Mountain Range and warned Kang Yuan that the Jade Purity Sect was targeting the Four Great Sects’ active combat strength, not their resources.

• Song Qing and Gan Zhi urged Zhu Ying to escape when the resource point’s formation failed, but she insisted on defending it with them.
• Li Shiming used his secret techniques and swords to kill all three Jade Purity Sect Thunder Cultivators before the defenders could leave the formation.
• Song Qing, Zhu Ying, and Gan Zhi recognized Li Shiming and thanked him for saving them, but he declined their invitation to stay and returned to his post.
• Li Shiming examined the spoils, found ordinary magical treasures and few useful items, and reflected on how easily he had defeated the attackers.
• Li Shiming told Kang Yuan to report that the Jade Purity Sect was trying to eliminate the sect’s active combat strength, and said he had dealt with the three attackers.

Li Shiming used the Thunderclap Mystic Bow to ambush and kill Feng Qian, a powerful Jade Purity Sect Core Disciple sent to investigate the deaths of three Thunder Cultivators. He claimed Feng Qian’s valuable treasures and teachings, then continued preparing for the conflict with Jade Purity Sect.

• Li Shiming expanded his drone surveillance and detected a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivator approaching a Resource Point.
• Li Shiming hid with the Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng and charged the Thunderclap Mystic Bow as the Jade Purity Sect cultivator drew near.
• The arrow struck Feng Qian before he could react, destroying his body and Nascent Soul.
• Li Shiming searched Feng Qian’s Soul Crystal Ring and found cultivation annotations, three Life-Preserving Jade Talismans, and other treasures.
• Li Shiming claimed Feng Qian’s Lightning Flash Flying Boat, which could transform itself into Thunder Escape.

Li Shiming returned to the Xuanxi Mountain Range Resource Point, unaware that Feng Qian’s death had made Great Cultivator Wang He pull Jade Purity Sect forces back and pause the war. When Xin Jingyun found him with an urgent alchemy commission, Li Shiming agreed to refine a high-grade Limb Regrowth Spiritual Pill in exchange for a breakthrough pill he needed.

• Great Cultivator Wang He learned Feng Qian had died, requested reinforcements from the Jade Purity Sect, and withdrew its forces to the Great Yue Mountain Range.
• Li Shiming ambushed an approaching Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, but stopped the Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng’s attack when he recognized Xin Jingyun and had the arrow fired aside.
• Xin Jingyun explained that she had sought Li Shiming because a Central Continent Merchant Guild great cultivator needed a high-grade Limb Regrowth Spiritual Pill.
• Xin Jingyun offered three portions of spiritual herbs and a Nascent Soul Early Stage Fourth Grade Breakthrough Pill as payment, and Li Shiming agreed to deliver the pill in forty days if his alchemy level remained confidential.

Li Yuanba entered Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion’s Trial Space after Sword Elder recognized his achievements and granted him a rare chance to earn rewards. He survived increasingly difficult waves of Sword Light using his swordsmanship and Ten Thousand Swords Peak, and the trial escalated to 128 streaks of Sword Light.

• After Li Yuanba and Tang Xue Ning completed a mission, Sword Elder appeared and told Li Yuanba he had qualified to enter the Trial Space, where he could earn spiritual objects, flying-sword materials, or Divine Power Inheritance.
• Sword Elder warned Li Yuanba that he had only one chance unless he earned great merit, and that surviving longer would bring richer rewards before he sent Li Yuanba into the trial.
• Li Yuanba destroyed the first waves of Sword Light with his Fourth Grade Form Intention Sword, adapting as the attacks grew from one streak to formations of eight.
• When sixteen and then thirty-two Sword Lights attacked, Li Yuanba used Ten Thousand Swords Peak’s Energy Flying Swords to delay them while his Fourth Grade Form Intention Sword struck them down.
• Against sixty-four Sword Lights, Li Yuanba broke their formation and used sixty-four energy-transformed Fourth Grade Flying Swords to hold them off while his main sword cleared the wave.
• Li Yuanba prepared for the next stage after 128 streaks of Sword Light appeared.

Li Yuanba fought increasingly powerful waves of Trial Sword Lights in the Trial Space, pushing his sword skills and Golden Corpse form to their limits. After he defeated the 2,048-sword wave, the trial ended as the next wave struck, and the Artifact Spirit awarded him three rewards.

• Li Yuanba used Ten Thousand Swords Peak to destroy the waves of 128 and 256 Trial Sword Lights, exhausting nearly all of its energy flying swords.
• Li Yuanba broke the 512-sword formation and used Invisible Yuan Magnetism and the Fourth Grade Sword Foundation to destroy every Trial Sword Light.
• Li Yuanba used Lotus Steps to evade and break the 1,024-sword formation, then destroyed the remaining lights despite his dwindling Spiritual Power.
• Li Yuanba transformed into his Golden Corpse state to fight the 2,048 Trial Sword Lights, and his Shattering Void Sword Intent advanced during the battle.
• After Li Yuanba destroyed all 2,048 Trial Sword Lights, 4,096 appeared; as they struck him, he was transported to a room and awarded Metal-Repelling Spirit Crystal, Sword Transformation Spirit Liquid, and a Divine Power Inheritance of Samadhi Divine Wind.

Li Yuanba obtained rewards from the Trial Space and passed the Samadhi Divine Wind inheritance trial by striking a hidden formation node in a golden sandstorm. After returning to his Cave Dwelling, he left comprehension of the divine power to Main Body Li Shiming and began cultivating with Sword Transformation Spirit Liquid.

• Li Yuanba received Metal-Repelling Spirit Crystal and Sword Transformation Spirit Liquid, then accepted the Samadhi Divine Wind Divine Power Inheritance.
• Li Yuanba fled a deadly golden sandstorm until IBMz15 identified its formation node, which he struck with Shattering Void Sword Intent to pass the trial.
• The Trial Space transmitted the Samadhi Divine Wind inheritance to Li Yuanba and Main Body Li Shiming, and Sword Elder advised Li Yuanba to combine it with Ten Thousand Swords Peak.
• Li Yuanba returned to his Cave Dwelling, sent Tang Xue Ning a message that he would enter seclusion, and left comprehension of the divine power to Main Body Li Shiming.
• Li Yuanba began consuming Sword Transformation Spirit Liquid, gaining three years of Sword Intent Soaring Art cultivation in three days and learning that he needed to wait seven days between drops.

Great Cultivator Wang He and Great Cultivator Duan Zhang sent Wu Zicang and two Nascent Soul Middle Stage thunder cultivators to kill Li Shizhen and investigate Feng Qian’s death. Li Shiming detected the attackers, evacuated the three Resource Points, and watched as Wu Zicang found them abandoned.

• Great Cultivator Duan Zhang agreed with Great Cultivator Wang He to target Li Shizhen and sent Wu Zicang with two Nascent Soul Middle Stage thunder cultivators.
• Li Shiming took a breakthrough pill and gained a clearer understanding of how to reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Li Shiming detected three approaching Jade Purity Sect cultivators and ordered Kang Yuan to evacuate the Garrison Cultivators from all three Resource Points.
• Great Cultivator Hu confirmed the evacuation order, while Li Shiming stayed behind to monitor the attackers from a distance.
• Wu Zicang and his companions surrounded the Xuanxi Mountain Range Resource Point, but found it deserted after Wu Zicang broke its Formation.

Li Shiming used his Railguns, powered by Fourth Grade Puppets and enhanced with Shattering Void Sword Intent, to ambush the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators. After killing one, he attacked the cultivator sent to investigate, while Wu Zicang remained at the Xuanxi Mountain Range Resource Point.

• Wu Zicang ordered two Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators to inspect the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s other Resource Points while he stayed at Xuanxi Mountain Range.
• Li Shiming tracked the cultivators with the Drone Satellite and used four Fourth Grade Puppets to kill one with Railgun shots enhanced by Shattering Void Sword Intent.
• Wu Zicang sensed the attack, found one cultivator unreachable, and ordered the surviving cultivator to investigate while he held back.
• The surviving cultivator layered his defenses and manifested his Nascent Soul Avatar as he approached the attack site.
• Li Shiming fired the four Railguns from two hundred li away, and the first projectile shattered the investigator’s shield and earth-element defensive Talisman.

Li Shiming killed Wu Zicang after the Jade Purity Sect cultivator fled, then returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect under Great Cultivator Hu’s orders. Great Cultivator Hu warned that Duan Zhang might target him, and Li Shiming agreed to remain in the sect and enter seclusion.

• The Railgun’s four cone-shaped magical treasures destroyed the second Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivator and his Nascent Soul, prompting Wu Zicang to flee and contact Great Cultivator Duan Zhang.
• Li Shiming pursued Wu Zicang with Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng, and a Thunderclap Mystic Bow arrow pierced Duan Zhang’s newly formed incarnation before killing Wu Zicang.
• Great Cultivator Duan Zhang’s incarnation vanished without identifying Li Shiming, while Li Shiming collected Wu Zicang’s corpse and belongings and headed for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Mountain Gate.
• Great Cultivator Hu told Li Shiming that Wu Zicang had been Great Cultivator Duan Zhang’s personal disciple and ordered him to stay in the sect in case Duan Zhang targeted him.
• Li Shiming agreed to remain in the sect and said he would enter seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.

Li Shiming remained in seclusion as the Jade Purity Sect’s conflict with the Four Great Local Sects intensified. At Glazed Light Temple, the local sects’ trap annihilated twenty-one Jade Purity Sect Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators, including five middle-stage cultivators.

• Li Shiming spent a month in seclusion, comprehending the Five Elements and strengthening his foundation while the Jade Purity Sect failed to investigate him.
• The Jade Purity Sect sent twenty-one Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators to attack Glazed Light Temple and seize its supposed-to-mature River of Forgetfulness Jade Lotus.
• Peng Bin and Qin Rui led the Thunder Cultivators in surrounding the temple, but Great Honored One Guang Wu appeared and shattered much of their Thunder Cloud with a golden hand.
• Great Cultivator Pan Xiao poisoned the attackers, and the deadly poison killed all twenty-one Thunder Cultivators and annihilated their Nascent Souls.
• Great Honored One Guang Wu revealed that Lotus Flower Temple, Veiled Sun Sect, Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, and Tai Chu Sect had cooperated to lure the Jade Purity Sect into the trap, then demanded that Pan Xiao deliver Lotus Flower Temple’s spoils.

After the Jade Purity Sect’s Great Cultivators Wang He and Duan Zhang decided to destroy the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Li Shiming joined the sect’s defense as the attackers broke through its outer barrier. Great Cultivator Li arrived with a Crimson Gold Phoenix and led the two attackers into the Thirty-Three Heavens, where she and the phoenix ambushed Wang He.

• Wang He and Duan Zhang learned that Peng Bin, Qin Rui, and twenty-one other Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators had died, so they resolved to attack the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and ordered their remaining cultivators to withdraw.
• Li Shiming stopped cultivating when his Identity Jade Disc signaled a crisis, then learned from Yue Shan that Wang He and Duan Zhang were attacking the sect’s outer barrier.
• After the barrier broke, Yue Shan gave Li Shiming a Jade Token and told him to escape through an underground passage if the Sect Grand Formation failed.
• Great Cultivator Li arrived on a Fourth Grade High Level Crimson Gold Phoenix and challenged Wang He and Duan Zhang to fight above the mountain gate.
• Great Cultivator Li and the Crimson Gold Phoenix ambushed Wang He in the Thirty-Three Heavens with a combined fire attack.

Great Cultivator Li repelled Great Cultivator Duan Zhang and Great Cultivator Wang He from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Mountain Gate, then stayed to have Li Shiming refine Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills. The chapter ended with Li Shiming completing the pills and keeping four for himself.

• Great Cultivator Li and her Crimson Gold Phoenix fought Great Cultivator Duan Zhang and Great Cultivator Wang He, but the Jade Purity Sect cultivators withdrew after she declared she would protect only the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Mountain Gate.
• Great Cultivator Hu thanked Great Cultivator Li, who planned to leave after a few more days, while Li Shiming and the sect's cultivators relaxed as the crisis passed.
• Great Cultivator Hu summoned Li Shiming and asked him to refine Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills for Great Cultivator Li, who agreed to stay and wait for the batch.
• Great Cultivator Li noticed that Li Shiming was nearing the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, but he chose to refine the pills before resuming cultivation.
• Li Shiming used his Server Room Space and IBMz15 to refine six Fourth Grade Intermediate Stage spiritual pills, gave two to Great Cultivator Li, and kept four.

Li Shiming earned Great Cultivator Li’s respect by refining exceptional Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills and received the Flying Phoenix Facing Origin Pill formula, while Luan Phoenix Palace promised to reinforce the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. He resumed seclusion to cultivate and develop his Samadhi Divine Wind, as Li Yuanba also advanced in seclusion; Luan Phoenix Palace’s first rotation group arrived but found Li Shiming unavailable.

• Li Shiming delivered high-quality Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills to Great Cultivator Li, who called him Grandmaster Li and gave him two more batches of materials and the Flying Phoenix Facing Origin Pill formula.
• Great Cultivator Li warned that the Jade Purity Sect would likely return and promised to seek reinforcements from Luan Phoenix Palace, then departed with Fourth Grade Spirit Tea from Great Cultivator Hu.
• Great Cultivator Hu apologized for delaying Li Shiming’s cultivation, and Li Shiming returned to seclusion to refine pills, cultivate, and test the Samadhi Divine Wind with Invisible Yuan Magnetism.
• Li Yuanba cultivated in the Sword Blessed Land for two years, reached Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak, and sensed a bottleneck before advancing further.
• More than a year later, Great Cultivator Li arrived at the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect with two other great cultivators and six Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators for rotation duty, but Li Shiming remained in seclusion and could not be contacted.

Li Shiming broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage after two years of studying the Five Elements Dao, and his shared Sword Intent Soaring Art comprehension also let Clone Li Yuanba break through. After building up some combat strength, Li Shiming emerged from seclusion and asked Great Cultivator Hu for permission to travel, but agreed to remain a few more months to refine pills and prepare before leaving.

• Li Shiming broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, improving his comprehension of the Five Elements Dao and several cultivation techniques.
• Clone Li Yuanba shared Li Shiming’s Sword Intent Soaring Art comprehension and broke through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage as well.
• Li Shiming spent three months cultivating with Violet Thunder Plasma, then emerged with enough Spiritual Power to wield Nascent Soul Middle Stage combat strength.
• Li Shiming flew to the Four Elephants Blessed Land and told Great Cultivator Hu that he wanted to travel and temper himself.
• Great Cultivator Hu asked Li Shiming to stay to refine pills for the Great Cultivators of Luan Phoenix Palace and receive an advancement gift, and Li Shiming agreed to remain for a few months.

Li Shiming met three Great Cultivators from Luan Phoenix Palace, agreed to refine pills in exchange for two Longevity Spirit Fruits, and gave the fruits to Great Cultivator Hu for Zhang Dansheng. After advancing to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, Li Shiming received support from Liu Ziyun and asked where he could find Water and Wood Element Divine Power inheritances.

• Great Cultivator Ding and Great Cultivator Jiang met Li Shiming and asked him to refine five furnaces of Great Cultivator Spiritual Pills in exchange for two Longevity Spirit Fruits.
• Li Shiming gave the two Longevity Spirit Fruits to Great Cultivator Hu, who accepted them for Zhang Dansheng, whose lifespan was nearly exhausted.
• Li Shiming ordered fourth-grade Facing Origin Grass from Xin Jingyun, and Liu Ziyun visited with forty portions as a congratulatory gift.
• Li Shiming asked Liu Ziyun for intelligence on Jade Purity Sect, and Liu Ziyun agreed to share it through the Central Continent Merchant Guild.
• Li Shiming asked Liu Ziyun where he might obtain the Water Element and Wood Element Divine Power inheritances needed to cultivate the Heavenly Human Art.

Li Shiming learned that Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun might help him obtain the Innate Yi Wood Divine Power Inheritance, then completed alchemy and strengthened his spirit pets and Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects. After emerging from seclusion, he delivered the Great Cultivator Spiritual Pills to Luan Phoenix Palace and prepared to leave on his travels.

• Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun offered to ask the Merchant Guild to seek the Innate Yi Wood Divine Power Inheritance for Li Shiming and said he would notify him if he learned of Water Element Divine Power Inheritances.
• Li Shiming told Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun he would soon travel and pause accepting Alchemy Missions, and Liu Ziyun offered access to the Merchant Guild's branches and Far Sailing Boat.
• Li Shiming refined forty furnaces of Flying Phoenix Facing Origin Pills, gave Little Phoenix pills to support its growth, and supplied the Phantom Spirit Dragon with Spirit Beast Yuan Increase Pills.
• Li Shiming contracted two more Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects and nurtured them with Golden Sun Pills until they grew close to him and strengthened his combat power.
• After emerging from seclusion, Li Shiming delivered the Great Cultivator Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills to the Great Cultivator of Luan Phoenix Palace and arranged his affairs in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.