Chapter Summaries

Li Shiming rapidly studied the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s vast Library Pavilion collection while Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng discovered the extent of his abilities and shared the sect’s core inheritances. After learning Li Shiming could protect the sect from most Great Cultivators, Zhang Dansheng opened the library’s important texts to him, and Li Shiming continued studying there over the following days.

• Li Shiming used his Natal Magical Treasure IBMz15 to record the hundred Jade Slips, convincing Zhang Dansheng of his perfect recall by reciting passages without error.
• Li Shiming brewed Spirit Tea in his Azure Radiance Treasure Cauldron and gave Zhang Dansheng a box of Fourth Grade Spirit Tea.
• Zhang Dansheng removed the restrictions from the Phoenix Faction and Dragon Faction core Jade Slips, allowing Li Shiming to study the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Scripture and Heavenly Origin Dragon Scripture.
• Zhang Dansheng urged Li Shiming to consider the two cultivation techniques, but Li Shiming revealed the extraordinary aura of his own Heavenly Human Art, and Zhang Dansheng stopped persuading him.
• Li Shiming told Zhang Dansheng he could kill Great Cultivators below Peak strength and hold off those at Peak strength, giving Zhang Dansheng hope for the sect.
• Zhang Dansheng opened the Library Pavilion’s important texts to Li Shiming, who spent the next few days studying its collection, including incomplete inheritances from the other three great sects.

Li Shiming learned that the Central Continent Merchant Guild had sent its strongest Nascent Soul cultivator, Great Cultivator Ren Mu, to confront him, while he considered striking the Jade Purity Sect and White Emperor Sect’s forces. He revealed his Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects and mastery of Sword Cultivator and Thunder Cultivator rules to reassure Great Cultivator Hu, leaving his next move unresolved.

• Li Shiming met Liu Ziyun, who warned him that Great Cultivator Ren Mu would come after him on behalf of the Central Continent Merchant Guild.
• Li Shiming gave Liu Ziyun improved Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, and Liu Ziyun recognized its exceptional quality.
• After returning to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Li Shiming reviewed intelligence on the Jade Purity Sect and White Emperor Sect and considered clearing out their forces.
• Great Cultivator Hu urged Li Shiming to stay inside the sect and avoid acting alone, then learned that Li Shiming had acquired eleven Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects from Zhao Qingfeng.
• Li Shiming told Great Cultivator Hu that he had mastered rules in both the Sword Cultivator and Thunder Cultivator paths.

Li Shiming revealed his Chaos Sword Intent and Rule-bearing lightning to Great Cultivator Hu, then learned that the three major sects were preparing to attack the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. He left with Great Cultivator Luo Pei to strike White Emperor Sect’s largest Eastern Qi base, where he began displaying overwhelming thunder techniques before its defenders and gathered witnesses.

• Li Shiming showed Great Cultivator Hu his sword intent and lightning, convincing him that Li Shiming could protect himself.
• Great Cultivator Hu warned Li Shiming that the three major sects were investigating him and planning an assault on the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s mountain gate.
• Li Shiming told Great Cultivator Hu he would attack White Emperor Sect’s bases, then departed with Great Cultivator Luo Pei after securing the sect’s intelligence support.
• Li Shiming appeared outside White Emperor Sect’s largest Eastern Qi base and identified himself to its two Great Cultivators as Li Shizhen of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
• Li Shiming launched ten Thunder Cloud Arts in quick succession, filling the sky above the base with gathering thunderclouds.

Li Shiming destroyed the White Emperor Sect’s main base with Thunder Cloud Art and killed its two Great Cultivators with a hidden sword strike. After the Jade Purity Sect evacuated its base and he found it empty, he returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, while the three major sects reconsidered their plan to attack.

• Li Shiming’s Thunder Cloud Art broke the White Emperor Sect base’s formation, and his Traceless Illusion Sword killed its two Great Cultivators as lightning wiped out the remaining defenders.
• Li Shiming collected the two Great Cultivator Corpse Bodies and left, while witnesses reported the destruction to the three major sects.
• Great Cultivator Lü Han ordered the Jade Purity Sect to evacuate its base and flee by Far Sailing Boat after reading the report and sensing danger.
• Li Shiming destroyed the White Emperor Sect’s other bases, then found the Jade Purity Sect base abandoned and returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
• The three major sects learned of the White Emperor Sect’s losses and shifted their attention from attacking the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to preparing for Li Shizhen’s retaliation.

Li Shiming went to the Tai Chu Sect intending to destroy its mountain gate and demonstrate the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect’s strength. He waited outside as the Tai Chu Sect’s seven Great Cultivators and its cultivators assembled inside the grand formation, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect learned that the missing White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator had taken refuge with the Tai Chu Sect, and Li Shiming restored his drone satellite surveillance across the Eastern Qi Continent.
• Li Shiming told Great Cultivator Hu he planned to destroy the Tai Chu Sect’s mountain gate, and Great Cultivator Hu agreed to prepare the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to take over its forces.
• Li Shiming broke through the Tai Chu Sect’s spatial barrier and appeared outside its mountain gate, triggering the sect’s alarm.
• The Tai Chu Sect’s six Great Cultivators and the White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator gathered at the formation’s Core Position, while Great Cultivator Qi rejected advice to flee and vowed to live and die with the sect.
• Li Shiming greeted Great Cultivator Qi, offered the Tai Chu Sect a chance to leave, and told the White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator that Yan Gao could seek a fair fight.
• After the Tai Chu Sect’s cultivators entered their positions and strengthened the grand formation, Great Cultivator Qiao suspected Li Shiming had deliberately let them finish preparing before the fight.

Li Shiming overwhelmed the Tai Chu Sect’s defenses with successive waves of Thunder Cloud Arts after effortlessly catching and taking the White Emperor Sect great cultivator’s flying needle. As he prepared an even stronger attack, the Tai Chu Sect’s formation was badly damaged and its great cultivators were nearing their limits.

• The White Emperor Sect great cultivator launched a Fourth Grade Top-Tier Flying Needle Magical Treasure, but Li Shiming caught it barehanded and erased its Recognition of Ownership Mark.
• Li Shiming unleashed ten Thunder Cloud Arts against the Tai Chu Sect, destroying its Lightning Attraction Formation and killing the Formation Masters controlling it.
• The Tai Chu Sect’s grand formation withstood the first lightning barrage, so Li Shiming followed with twenty Thunder Cloud Arts.
• Four of the Tai Chu Sect’s six Great Cultivators swallowed Life-Risking Spiritual Pills to help withstand the second barrage, which damaged more than thirty percent of the formation.
• Li Shiming began preparing forty Thunder Cloud Arts while using IBMz15 to help control the spell runes and avoid revealing the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer’s spiritual treasure quality.

Li Shiming destroyed the Tai Chu Sect with forty Thunder Cloud Arts, killing its Great Cultivators and intercepting the fleeing White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator. After the Lotus Flower Temple and Veiled Sun Sect surrendered, Li Shiming welcomed Great Cultivator Hu to the ruined sect and left its Cave Heaven for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to claim.

• Li Shiming unleashed forty Thunder Cloud Arts, and the White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator fled the Tai Chu Sect using an Earth Escape Jade Talisman.
• Li Shiming intercepted the White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator with the Traceless Illusion Sword, whose Chaos Sword Intent fatally wounded him.
• The Thunder Cloud Arts destroyed the Tai Chu Sect's great Formation and killed Great Cultivator Qiao and the other Great Cultivators, while Li Shiming preserved seven Great Cultivator Corpse Bodies.
• Li Shiming found the Cave Heaven entrance, sealed the Tai Chu Sect's mountain gate with a Formation, and contacted Great Cultivator Hu.
• The Lotus Flower Temple and Veiled Sun Sect surrendered to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and offered war reparations after learning the Tai Chu Sect had fallen.
• Great Cultivator Hu arrived, and Li Shiming left the Cave Heaven unexplored for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to take over.

After the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect took control of Tai Chu Sect, Li Shiming helped secure the ruins and cleared the battle residue with his Samadhi Divine Wind. The sect claimed Tai Chu Blessed Land, and Great Cultivator Hu made Li Shiming its master despite his plans to leave the Eastern Qi Continent.

• Great Cultivator Hu discussed Lotus Flower Temple and Veiled Sun Sect's surrender with Li Shiming, who left their punishment to him.
• Li Shiming used the Samadhi Divine Wind to clear the thunder and lightning residue from the Tai Chu Sect mountain gate in one day.
• The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's Formation Masters replaced Li Shiming's temporary formation, and Great Cultivator Hu brought him into Tai Chu Blessed Land.
• A Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator reported that the blessed land had been taken without resistance and its Spirit Planters were tending the fields.
• Great Cultivator Hu declared that Li Shiming would become master of the Blessed Land Core, and Li Shiming declined before Hu insisted it was the sect's decision.

After the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect secured most of Eastern Qi Continent’s resources, Li Shiming learned that Peak Great Cultivator Ren Mu was coming and went to meet him. Li Shiming and Ren Mu headed out to sea to fight, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lotus Flower Temple and Veiled Sun Sect formally surrendered territory and resources to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, while Li Shiming stayed at the sect to deter them.
• Li Shiming used the Tai Chu Blessed Land Artifact Spirit to isolate the Tai Chu Branch Sect, allowing only Ten Thousand Beasts Sect cultivators into the surrounding area.
• Liu Ziyun informed Li Shiming that Ren Mu was approaching Eastern Qi Continent, and Li Shiming hurried to the Central Continent Merchant Guild branch.
• Ren Mu arrived, recognized Li Shiming as the cultivator who had killed Qian and Lu, and offered to help him if he rejoined the Central Continent Merchant Guild after losing.
• Li Shiming challenged Ren Mu to take their battle out to sea, and the two flew away as Liu Ziyun followed to watch.

Li Shiming fought Great Cultivator Ren Mu over the sea to test his thunder-cultivator combat strength, using enhanced Thunder Methods against Ren Mu’s water techniques. Ren Mu conceded, leaving Li Shiming’s strength known to Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun and prompting both cultivators to seek friendly relations with him.

• Great Cultivator Ren Mu questioned Li Shiming’s powerful thunder aura, but Li Shiming claimed he cultivated the 'Jade Purity Thunder Canon.'
• Li Shiming attacked with the 'Falling Thunder Art,' and Great Cultivator Ren Mu countered with water spells and 'Overturning Clouds and Rain.'
• Li Shiming used ten 'Thunder Cloud Arts' to dispel Ren Mu’s dark clouds and bombard the water mist, while Ren Mu evaded through water escape.
• Li Shiming repeatedly struck at Great Cultivator Ren Mu with enhanced 'Falling Thunder Art,' but Ren Mu retreated into the sea to blunt the lightning.
• Great Cultivator Ren Mu admitted defeat, and Li Shiming stopped attacking.
• Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun recognized Li Shiming’s Peak Great Cultivator-level combat strength and resolved to maintain good relations with him.

Li Shiming reconciled with the Central Continent Merchant Guild and agreed to refine pills for Great Cultivators Liu Ziyun and Ren Mu. After news of his victory over Ren Mu spread, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect prioritized resources for him, and Li Shiming began preparing to refine Golden Corpse Late Stage corpses.

• Li Shiming and Great Cultivator Ren Mu settled their conflict, and Li Shiming agreed to resume pill-refining cooperation with Great Cultivators Liu Ziyun and Ren Mu after he settled down.
• Great Cultivator Hu and other Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Great Cultivators confronted Li Shiming after learning that he had defeated Great Cultivator Ren Mu.
• Great Cultivator Hu and the others decided to allocate Li Shiming three shares of the sect’s Great Cultivator Resources, while dividing the rest among the other Great Cultivators and future candidates.
• The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect took over three-quarters of the Eastern Qi Continent’s sphere of influence, while Li Shiming prepared to refine five Golden Corpse Late Stage corpses using the Profound Yin Yaksha Forbidden Classic.
• Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun arranged rare refining materials for Li Shiming, and the shipment arrived with Fourth Grade Late Stage resources for the Dragon Faction and Phoenix Faction.

Li Shiming prepared five Great Cultivator corpses for the Refining Corpse Grand Formation, using IBMz15 to draw hundreds of millions of Refining Corpse Runes on each body. He placed the five corpses in the formation and began the preparations for refining them into Golden Corpse Late Stage, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Li Shiming chose a site outside the Tai Chu Branch Sect, reported his plan, and arranged protection while he built a formation capable of refining five corpses at once.
• Li Shiming used Golden Corpse Late Stage Blood and his own Essence Blood to make the Refining Corpse Talisman Ink, discovering that his wound healed rapidly even after being cut with Chaos Sword Intent.
• Li Shiming and IBMz15 analyzed a Great Cultivator Corpse Body and found that its bones could bear more Refining Corpse Runes than its skin.
• Li Shiming used 180 brains and 0.05-nanometer precision to cover each of the five Great Cultivator Corpse Bodies with 400 million Refining Corpse Runes.
• Li Shiming inserted five Heavenly Human Blessed Land Golden Corpse Cores into the prepared bodies and placed them in the Refining Corpse Grand Formation with Spirit Stones and three Meridian Locking Plates.

Li Shiming refined five Golden Corpses Late Stage and prepared them to face Heavenly Tribulation. They survived and gained unexpected rule marks, while Li Shiming confirmed their true stage and unusual strength.

• Li Shiming activated the Refining Corpse Grand Formation and used four hundred million Refining Corpse Runes to transform five great cultivator bodies into Golden Corpses.
• The Refining Corpse Grand Formation collapsed, so Li Shiming strengthened the Golden Corpses' lightning resistance and sent them to transcend tribulation separately.
• The Five Golden Corpses endured three rounds of Heavenly Thunder, suffered severe injuries, and then recovered under the Heaven and Earth Reward.
• Li Shiming examined a Golden Corpse Core and confirmed it belonged to a Golden Corpse Late Stage that concealed its aura like a Nascent Soul.
• Li Shiming found Speed, Strength, and Defense Rule Marks on the corpse core and concluded that the four hundred million Refining Corpse Runes had nurtured the latter two marks.

Li Shiming refined five Late Stage Golden Corpses, gave them names and human knowledge, and planned weapons and armor to strengthen their combat abilities. After Great Cultivator Hu learned of them, Li Shiming demonstrated Li Da’s overwhelming strength against Hu’s Crimson Gold Phoenix.

• Li Shiming studied the five Late Stage Golden Corpses, taught them human language and daily knowledge, named them Li Da, Li Er, Li San, Li Si, and Li Wu, and gave them robes.
• Li Shiming considered equipping the corpses with Thunderclap Mystic Bows, heavy hammers, and defensive armor, then returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect with Great Cultivator Luo Pei.
• Great Cultivator Hu questioned Li Shiming about the Heavenly Tribulations at the Tai Chu Branch Sect, and Li Shiming revealed that he had refined five Late Stage Golden Corpses from Great Cultivator corpses.
• Great Cultivator Hu examined the corpses and asked to test their combat strength against his Crimson Gold Phoenix, so Li Shiming sent Li Da into the sparring match.
• Li Da dodged the Crimson Gold Phoenix’s charge, seized its neck, and endured its claws without injury, leaving Great Cultivator Hu convinced that the Late Stage Golden Corpses surpassed his own combat strength.

Li Shiming halted his artifact refining after learning that Great Cultivator Yan Gao was approaching the Eastern Qi Continent, then detected Yan Gao arriving with Great Cultivator Wang He. The two Peak Great Cultivators concealed themselves and prepared to hunt Li Shiming and seize the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl.

• Li Shiming refined five Fourth Grade Artifact Tribulation Iron Hammer Magical Treasures for the Five Golden Corpse Late Stage, then received Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun's warning that Yan Gao had likely come to the Eastern Qi Continent.
• Li Shiming monitored the continent and nearby ocean with his Drone Satellite System, and on the third day detected two Peak Great Cultivators approaching.
• Li Shiming alerted Great Cultivator Hu that he was leaving, took Great Cultivator Luo Pei with him, and headed out to meet the threat.
• Yan Gao and Wang He landed on the Eastern Qi Continent, set up a Concealment Formation, and contacted their intelligence personnel for current information.
• Yan Gao and Wang He discussed their alliance against Li Shiming, with Wang He revealing that he had been tasked with retrieving the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl.

Li Shiming confronted White Emperor Sect Great Cultivator Yan Gao and Jade Purity Sect Great Cultivator Wang He after they failed to gather useful intelligence on the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. He trapped them inside a space-shielding field and revealed five Golden Corpse Late Stage, whose strength left Yan Gao’s Mountain Peak Magical Treasure knocked flying.

• Yan Gao and Wang He discussed how Li Shizhen’s destruction of the Tai Chu Sect had scared the Eastern Qi Continent’s forces away from helping the White Emperor Sect.
• Li Shiming used Close In An Instant to appear near Yan Gao and Wang He, startling the two Peak Great Cultivators and exposing their concealed position.
• Yan Gao activated a treasure that shielded space across a thousand li, while he and Wang He prepared to attack Li Shiming together.
• Li Shiming summoned five Golden Corpse Late Stage and displayed his own Sky Strike Thunder Hammer, revealing that the corpses wielded hammers remade from White Emperor Sect mountain peak treasures.
• Yan Gao launched his Mountain Peak Magical Treasure at Li Shiming, but the five Golden Corpse Late Stage struck it with their Iron Hammer Magical Treasures and sent it rebounding away.

Li Shiming fought Great Cultivator Wang He while the Five Golden Corpse Late Stage battled Great Cultivator Yan Gao, and he rapidly learned to match Wang He's thunder techniques. Wang He then joined Yan Gao to strike the golden corpses, while Li Shiming sensed an extreme danger as a mysterious finger pointed at him.

• The Five Golden Corpse Late Stage chased Great Cultivator Yan Gao, who used Earth Walls, Invisible Yuan Magnetism, and his mountain peak treasure to slow them.
• Li Shiming and Great Cultivator Wang He exchanged thunder attacks, and Li Shiming's combat skill quickly improved until he matched Wang He's rhythm.
• Great Cultivator Wang He asked Li Shiming to use his full strength, but Li Shiming continued fighting without revealing the Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl.
• Great Cultivator Wang He suddenly crossed to Yan Gao's battlefield and paralyzed the Five Golden Corpse Late Stage with Thunderlight Electric Shadow, allowing Yan Gao to hit them with Meteorite Descent.
• Li Shiming rushed after Great Cultivator Wang He, sensed extreme danger, and saw a finger appear in the void and point at him.

Li Shiming survived a Half-Step Great Power’s attack, healed his injuries, and deduced that the attacker belonged to the Jade Purity Sect and was acting through a Jade Compass. He confronted Great Cultivator Wang He and Great Cultivator Yan Gao, then revealed that one sealed Nascent Soul had not stopped him from fighting.

• A finger attack destroyed Li Shiming’s magical robe, injured his body, and sealed one of his Nascent Souls before withdrawing.
• Li Shiming used the Innate Yi Wood divine power from another Nascent Soul to heal, while Great Cultivator Wang He and Great Cultivator Yan Gao continued battling the Five Golden Corpse Late Stage.
• Li Shiming deduced that a Half-Step Great Power had attacked through the Jade Compass and that the attacker’s range was limited.
• Li Shiming recalled the Five Golden Corpse Late Stage and provoked Great Cultivator Wang He into confirming that the Half-Step Great Power belonged to the Jade Purity Sect.
• Li Shiming declared that Wang He and Yan Gao would not return, then demonstrated that he could still mobilize spiritual power despite having one Nascent Soul sealed.

Li Shiming overwhelmed Great Cultivator Wang He and Great Cultivator Yan Gao with a barrage of Falling Thunder Arts, then sealed and stabilized them. He turned his attention to the Jade Compass and began planning a Spatial Formation to contain the Cave Heaven and its Half-Step Great Power.

• Li Shiming unleashed twenty Divine Firmament Thunder Pearl-enhanced Falling Thunder Arts, striking Great Cultivator Wang He and Great Cultivator Yan Gao with ten bolts each.
• Great Cultivator Wang He lost his Sky Strike Thunder Hammer and fell unconscious, while Great Cultivator Yan Gao exhausted his defenses before Li Shiming struck him with another bolt and incapacitated him.
• Li Shiming sealed both Great Cultivators' bodies and Nascent Souls with the Heavenly Human Art, then used Innate Yi Wood divine power to keep their injuries from worsening.
• Li Shiming and IBMz15 concluded that a Spatial Formation offered the best way to deal with the Jade Compass and its Cave Heaven.
• Li Shiming sat down to let IBMz15 analyze the area while he focused on the Nascent Soul that had been sealed.

Li Shiming sealed the Half-Step Great Power inside the Jade Compass by suppressing its spatial connection with Buddhist Beads and drawing a sealing rune. He then prepared to build a stronger seal at a remote location, while Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun arrived with the formation materials he requested.

• Li Shiming used the Five Elements Qi Absorption Array to weaken the sealing runes inside his body and had IBMz15 design a spatial formation.
• Li Shiming arranged 108 Buddhist Beads around the Jade Compass and used a Golden Corpse Late Stage to draw a spatial sealing rune on it, cutting off the Half-Step Great Power's connection to the outside.
• The Half-Step Great Power tried to threaten and bargain with Li Shiming, but the completed rune prevented him from transmitting his voice.
• Li Shiming found the Cave Heaven embedded in the Jade Compass and decided to move it somewhere remote for a stronger seal; Great Cultivators Wang He and Yan Gao realized they had lost their hope of rescue.
• Li Shiming requested Fourth Grade Formation Material from Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun of the Central Continent Merchant Guild, who arrived four hours later and saw the damage to Li Shiming's robe.