Chapter Summaries

Li Shiziming used two Golden Corpses Late Stage to break through Veiled Sun Sect’s defenses, kill its Great Cultivators, and seize control of its mountain gate. The corpses entered the Cave Heaven and overcame its final defenses, leaving Li Shiziming in control of the Cave Heaven as well.

• Great Cultivator Ba Run led Veiled Sun Sect’s Great Cultivators into the grand formation as the two Golden Corpses Late Stage charged the mountain gate.
• The Golden Corpses Late Stage broke through the formation’s defenses and killed Great Cultivators, including Ba Run, before the surviving cultivators surrendered.
• One Golden Corpse Late Stage seized control of Veiled Sun Sect’s grand formation, removed the Nascent Soul cultivators’ permissions, and entered the Cave Heaven through its Space Gate.
• Li Shiziming directed the Golden Corpse Late Stage to the Cave Heaven’s core, where it contained the more than a hundred Fourth Grade Nether Ghosts hidden in a thatched hut.
• The Golden Corpse Late Stage sent a spell art into the black Wood Element Heavenly Secret Treasure and became the master of the Cave Heaven.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect took control of the Eastern Qi Continent as Li Shiming cultivated for thirty years and reached the Peak Great Cultivator realm. After restoring his Teleportation Ring and releasing his spirit pets, he discovered that the Golden Winged Great Peng could bypass a formation that restricted Space Movement.

• Great Cultivator Hu led the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect into the Veiled Sun Sect, which the Golden Corpse Late Stage had already subdued, and the sect seized its captives, resources, and blessed land.
• The Lotus Flower Temple withdrew from the Eastern Qi Continent in exchange for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's promise not to pursue it, leaving the continent under Ten Thousand Beasts Sect control.
• Over the next thirty years, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect expanded and produced multiple great cultivators, while Li Shiming used the Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl to reach the Peak Great Cultivator realm.
• Li Shiming found that his Teleportation Ring's Divine Hall coordinates remained inactive, bound his seabed cave mansion as a spatial coordinate, and considered using the ring to stir up trouble.
• Li Shiming released the Golden Winged Great Peng, Little Phoenix, and Phantom Spirit Dragon, then confirmed that the Golden Winged Great Peng could Space Move through a formation designed to restrict it.

Li Shiming traveled openly through the Cloud Island Sea after reaching Peak Great Cultivator, taking time to settle his cultivation instead of advancing immediately. When six Mirror Moon Sect Law Enforcement Hall Great Cultivators intercepted him, he killed all six and discovered they had carried one-use treasures designed to resist lightning.

• Li Shiming flew across the Cloud Island Sea on the Golden Winged Great Peng, relaxed as he considered how to prepare for advancing to Half-Step Great Power.
• Li Shiming sensed his state of mind improving, but six Mirror Moon Sect Law Enforcement Hall Great Cultivators intercepted him and demanded his surrender.
• Li Shiming revealed his Peak Great Cultivator aura, then used forty Falling Thunder Arts to attack all six at once.
• Four Great Cultivators died in the lightning barrage, and Li Shiming finished off the two surviving Peak Great Cultivators with more lightning.
• Li Shiming searched the bodies and found one-use lightning-resistance beads, concluding that the Mirror Moon Sect had prepared specifically to counter his Thunder Method.

Li Shiming was ambushed by six Law Enforcement Hall teams from the Cloud Island Sea’s superpowers, but the Golden Winged Great Peng carried him through their entrapment formation. He annihilated ten Great Cultivators with a combined Falling Thunder Art, seized all six Suspended Mountain Peaks, and set out for the central region of Cloud Island Sea while preparing for retaliation by Great Powers.

• Li Shiming noticed cultivators scouting his route and anticipated an ambush ahead.
• Six teams of Great Cultivators and six Suspended Mountain Peaks surrounded Li Shiming, but the Golden Winged Great Peng carried him out of their entrapment formation.
• Li Shiming returned while the enemies dismantled their formation and stored two Suspended Mountain Peaks in his Soul Crystal Ring.
• Li Shiming unleashed one hundred Falling Thunder Arts, killing ten pursuing Great Cultivators, including two Peak Great Cultivators, then collected the other four Suspended Mountain Peaks.
• The surviving twenty-six Great Cultivators fled with Life-Preserving Jade Talismans, and Li Shiming sent his spirit pets to Heavenly Human Blessed Land in preparation for attacks by Great Powers.
• Li Shiming decided to visit the central region of Cloud Island Sea before leaving.

Li Shiming traveled through Cloud Island Sea’s central region, where he explored the floating islands and reflected on mortal life. As he left near the Wind Demon Sect, Great Power Wu Da confronted him and prepared to fight after he refused to reveal his secrets.

• Li Shiming used “Close In An Instant” to reach Cloud Island Sea’s central region and observed its cloud-shrouded islands and mortal settlements.
• Li Shiming spent a month traveling through the mortal world, gained deeper insights into mortal life, and left near the Wind Demon Sect’s mountain gate.
• Great Power Wu Da appeared beside Li Shiming and questioned him about entering the Divine Hall and his origins.
• Li Shiming refused to answer Wu Da’s questions and requested a fair fight.
• Wu Da accepted, explaining that she had noticed Li Shiming’s spatial movement and sent her Clone to intercept him.

Li Shiming unleashed a full-strength attack against Great Power Wu Da's clone, escaped her counterattack using the Teleportation Ring, and returned to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect as a Peak Great Cultivator. He planned to reopen the Alchemy Commission briefly before leaving the sect to avoid another Great Power attack.

• Li Shiming attacked Great Power Wu Da with one hundred amplified Falling Thunder Arts, but her clone remained unharmed after spending a thousand years of accumulated energy to withstand them.
• Great Power Wu Da tried to capture Li Shiming with an invisible wind attack, but he escaped to the Eastern Qi Continent using the Teleportation Ring.
• Li Shiming reflected on the cost Great Powers paid to send out clones, then traveled openly toward the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect aboard his Fourth Grade Top-tier Jade Pearl Flying Boat.
• Great Cultivator Hu and the sect's cultivators welcomed Li Shiming, and Great Cultivator Ding recognized that he had reached the Peak Great Cultivator realm.
• Li Shiming told Great Cultivator Hu he would reopen the Alchemy Commission briefly, then leave the mountain gate and have the outside world told he was traveling.

After returning to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Li Shiming kept himself hidden while resuming alchemy commissions, then reunited with Yin Shilan and gave her a fortified home among seven floating peaks. He later sent his Phantom Clone to deliver the Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl to Li Yuanba, who had left the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion to meet it.

• Li Shiming resumed accepting alchemy commissions and used a Space Teleportation Formation to receive spirit herbs while hiding in an underwater cave mansion.
• Great Power Luo Yuan faced warnings from other Great Powers after they learned he had targeted Li Shiming, and Li Shiming thanked the forces that had intervened on his behalf.
• Yin Shilan traveled from Luan Phoenix Palace to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect aboard a Far Sailing Boat escorted by three Great Cultivators.
• Yin Shilan reunited with Li Shiming, who gave her six formation peaks and showed her a Space Teleportation Formation for emergencies.
• Li Shiming strengthened his Phantom Clone with two Golden Corpses Late Stage, a Sky Strike Thunder Hammer, and a Soul Crystal Ring, then sent it with the Thunder Beast to deliver the Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl to Li Yuanba.
• Li Yuanba left the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion to meet the Phantom Clone.

Li Shiming gave Great Cultivator Hu rare Asking the Dao Tea and Life-Saving Talismans, then discussed the limits of his support for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Meanwhile, Li Yuanba received supplies from Li Shiming and passed a portion of the tea and a communication token to Jian Wuwei before preparing to cultivate in seclusion.

• Great Cultivator Hu drank Li Shiming’s Fourth Grade Asking the Dao Tea, gained insight into advancing to the Middle Stage, and accepted Li Shiming’s offer to refine pills for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
• Li Shiming gave Great Cultivator Hu ten Life-Saving Talismans and explained that he could not safely return to Cloud Island Sea to obtain more materials.
• Li Yuanba received a Mustard Seed Ring of supplies from Li Shiming’s Phantom Clone and sent the Frost Moon Ice Soul Needle back in exchange.
• Li Yuanba gave Jian Wuwei a portion of Fourth Grade Asking the Dao Tea and explained that its strongest effect came with the first use after reaching Great Cultivator.
• Li Yuanba gave Jian Wuwei a Communication Jade Token so the pavilion could ask Li Shiming to refine pills while Li Yuanba entered seclusion.

Li Yuanba entered a long seclusion in Sword Blessed Land to raise his cultivation, while Jian Wuwei visited the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to form an alliance and meet Li Shiming. After their reunion, Jian Wuwei left with Li Shiming’s gift for Sword Elder and reassurance that the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion would receive priority in future alchemy commissions.

• Li Yuanba began cultivating with the Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl and high-grade spiritual pills, expecting his seclusion to last about sixty to eighty years.
• Jian Wuwei visited the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, where he and Great Cultivator Hu signed an alliance agreement between their sects.
• Great Cultivator Hu brought Jian Wuwei to Li Shiming’s Cave Dwelling, where Li Shiming and Yin Shilan welcomed him.
• Jian Wuwei gave Li Shiming the jade token from Li Yuanba, and Li Shiming promised to prioritize the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion for pill refining.
• Li Shiming told Jian Wuwei that the Vast Array Sect had become a branch of the Northern Shu Sect and gave him six portions of Fourth Grade Asking the Dao Tea for Sword Elder.
• Jian Wuwei left the Seven Suspended Mountain Peaks reflecting on Li Shiming and Li Yuanba’s origins on the Northern Shu Continent.

Li Shiming continued strengthening his cultivation and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect while supporting Yin Shilan’s advancement. After she reached Nascent Soul Middle Stage, he gave her a powerful shield and the spiritual treasure Yiren Sword, which she made her Natal Flying Sword.

• Li Shiming privately cultivated his understanding of the rules, studied the Frost Moon Ice Soul Needle, and prepared for possible attacks from Great Powers.
• The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect established ties and trade with Central Continent’s super forces, while Li Shiming continued refining spiritual pills and supporting Yin Shilan’s cultivation.
• Three years later, Yin Shilan reached Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak, and Li Shiming gathered spiritual qi from the sect’s Main Spiritual Meridian to help her advance.
• Yin Shilan advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage with Li Shiming’s support and a massive Spirit Gathering Array.
• Li Shiming gave Yin Shilan a Fourth Grade Top Defensive Magical Treasure, the Tortoise Shell Shield, and the spiritual treasure Yiren Sword.
• Yin Shilan recognized the Yiren Sword as her Natal Flying Sword and felt its spiritual power improve her cultivation.

After creating a nuclear weapon called the Wrath of the Dragon, Li Shiming accompanied Yin Shilan to Senior Sister Yu’s Dao companion ceremony despite sensing danger at the venue. When Great Cultivator Mu Zhang approached the disguised Phantom Clone, Li Shiming exposed his connection to the Returning Origin Sect.

• Li Shiming learned that his Teleportation Ring had recovered its spatial energy and that Yin Shilan had traveled to the Luan Phoenix Palace with protection from his Phantom Clone and Golden Corpses Late Stage.
• The Heavenly Passage Compass produced enough Military Grade Hell Aversion Crystal Essence for Li Shiming to construct the Wrath of the Dragon, which he stored in an isolated space within the Half-Life Blessed Land.
• Yin Shilan received an invitation to Senior Sister Yu’s Dao companion ceremony, and the Phantom Clone agreed to accompany her to Moon Gazing Peak.
• At the gathering, the Phantom Clone sensed something strange about Moon Gazing Peak’s Formations and kept watch over Yin Shilan while Great Cultivator Mu Zhang approached him.
• The Phantom Clone asked whether Great Cultivator Mu Zhang belonged to the Jade Purity Sect, White Emperor Sect, or Returning Origin Sect, and detected a change in his aura when he named the Returning Origin Sect.

Li Shiming’s phantom clone exposed a plot to abduct Yin Shilan for ransom and fought off six great cultivators, only to face a hidden ice-type Peak Great Cultivator using Moon Gazing Peak’s formation. Yin Shilan escaped on the Golden Winged Great Peng, the formation was destroyed, and the enemy fled using a Water Escape Life-Preserving Jade Talisman.

• Li Shiming recognized Great Cultivator Mu Zhang’s suspicious spiritual qi and warned Yin Shilan to leave Moon Gazing Peak.
• Great Cultivator Mu Zhang sealed the peak and demanded two hundred Great Cultivator high-grade Spiritual Pills in exchange for Yin Shilan, revealing that he and five allies had arranged the kidnapping.
• Li Shiming’s phantom clone summoned two Golden Corpses Late Stage and quickly defeated four of the six great cultivators, while the other two attacked Yin Shilan and the clone.
• A hidden ice-type Peak Great Cultivator used the formation and Ice Seal Heaven and Earth to trap the Golden Corpses Late Stage and threaten Yin Shilan.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng carried Yin Shilan out of the formation, and four armored Golden Corpses Late Stage broke the ice and destroyed the formation.
• Li Shiming’s phantom clone prepared Falling Thunder Art, but the enemy escaped as flowing water using a Water Escape Life-Preserving Jade Talisman.

After an attack on Yin Shilan and Luan Phoenix Palace, Li Shiming’s investigation identified Returning Origin Sect and Azure Wave Sect as the conspirators, prompting him to cut off their access to his alchemy. Returning Origin Sect sent Jiang Hao to offer compensation and distance the sect from the attackers, but Li Shiming said he still had to consider Luan Phoenix Palace’s position.

• Phantom Clone stayed at Moon Gazing Peak after the ice-type Peak Great Cultivator escaped, then guarded Yin Shilan and the shaken Senior Sister Yu until Palace Master Feng arrived.
• Luan Phoenix Palace identified the six slain Great Cultivators as Yan Rong of Returning Origin Sect and five Azure Wave Sect cultivators, and Palace Master Feng ordered an investigation and severed cooperation with both sects.
• Three days later, Luan Phoenix Palace identified the escaped cultivator as Great Cultivator Yi Xiao of Returning Origin Sect, and Ten Thousand Beasts Sect halted alchemy commissions from Returning Origin Sect and Azure Wave Sect at Li Shiming’s direction.
• Jiang Hao of Returning Origin Sect met Phantom Clone, denied that Yi Xiao and Yan Rong had acted for the sect, and offered compensation while promising to deliver Yi Xiao if captured.
• Li Shiming acknowledged Returning Origin Sect’s sincerity but said he had to take Luan Phoenix Palace’s stance into account.

Palace Master Feng told Li Shiming that Yi Xiao had sought refuge with Azure Wave Sect, prompting Luan Phoenix Palace and Returning Origin Sect to prepare for war against it. As Li Shiming committed his clone and Four Golden Corpse Late Stage to the conflict, Azure Wave Sect's leaders discussed their oath to protect Yi Xiao and the inheritance he had brought.

• Palace Master Feng visited Li Shiming and Yin Shilan, and Yin Shilan served her Fourth Grade Asking the Dao Tea, which increased Palace Master Feng's chances of Advancing to Half-Step Great Power.
• Palace Master Feng revealed that Yi Xiao had taken Returning Origin Sect's complete inheritance to Azure Wave Sect, and that Luan Phoenix Palace and Returning Origin Sect planned to wage war against Azure Wave Sect without Great Powers intervening.
• Li Shiming promised to send Yin Shilan back to Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and have his clone join the war with Four Golden Corpse Late Stage.
• Great Cultivator Hua Ying regretted that Azure Wave Sect had agreed to protect Yi Xiao, while Yi Xiao explained that he had traded the Icy Sky True Scroll inheritance for an oath of protection.
• Great Cultivator Yi Xiao reassured Great Cultivator Hua Ying that Li Shiming would not come in person because Great Power Luo had targeted him, while privately planning to gain control of Azure Wave Sect if Hua Ying died.

Li Shiming's Phantom Clone joined Luan Phoenix Palace and the Returning Origin Sect at a war with the Azure Wave Sect, hoping to confront Yi Xiao. The Azure Wave Sect delayed Yi Xiao's arrival, while its Golden Core cultivators lost the first battle; Palace Master Feng and Jiang Hao warned that their factions would withdraw if Yi Xiao did not appear the next day.

• Palace Master Feng brought Luan Phoenix Palace's forces to the battlefield, and Li Shiming's Phantom Clone gave her twenty life-saving talismans.
• Li Shiming's Phantom Clone stationed four late-stage golden corpses around the flying boat as the Golden Core cultivators entered the battlefield.
• Jiang Hao and Palace Master Feng confirmed that the Azure Wave Sect had sent only one Peak Great Cultivator, and Yi Xiao was absent.
• Palace Master Feng and Jiang Hao told Hua Ying that their factions would withdraw and expose the Azure Wave Sect if Yi Xiao did not arrive the next day.
• Luan Phoenix Palace's Golden Core cultivators used healing pills and support from the Returning Origin Sect to defeat the Azure Wave Sect's Golden Core cultivators.

The Phantom Clone launched a surprise attack on Azure Wave Sect’s Sea Safe Point to capture Great Cultivator Yi Xiao before he could escape. The Four Golden Corpse Late Stage overwhelmed Yi Xiao, leaving him incapacitated as the Phantom Clone continued to face Great Cultivator Hua Ying.

• Luan Phoenix Palace and Returning Origin Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators fought Azure Wave Sect’s forces, while Palace Master Feng scolded Luan Phoenix Palace cultivators who retreated using Space Life-Saving Talismans.
• Great Cultivator Yi Xiao arrived at Azure Wave Sect’s Sea Safe Point, where he prepared to monitor the opposing forces with its Scanning Formation.
• The Phantom Clone brought the Golden Winged Great Peng and Four Golden Corpse Late Stage to the Sea Safe Point, then attacked Yi Xiao and Great Cultivator Hua Ying.
• The Four Golden Corpse Late Stage shattered Yi Xiao’s Fourth Grade Top Tier Defensive Magical Treasure and Ice Armor before striking him with their heavy hammers.
• The Four Golden Corpse Late Stage used vibrations to incapacitate Yi Xiao without killing him, while the Phantom Clone’s lightning attack failed to break through Hua Ying’s Defensive Shield.

Li Shiming’s Phantom Clone and his allies defeated Grand Cultivator Hua Ying, captured Grand Cultivator Yi Xiao, and returned to the Luan Phoenix Palace flying boat. During Jiang Hao’s interrogation, Yi Xiao revealed that the Returning Origin Sect’s forbidden methods had forcibly advanced him to Peak Great Cultivator and that he had stolen the Icy Sky True Scroll to seek a remedy from Li Shiming.

• Grand Cultivator Hua Ying used the sea to restrict the Phantom Clone’s movement, but the Golden Winged Great Peng broke through his defenses and forced his Nascent Soul from his body.
• The Phantom Clone and his allies trapped Hua Ying’s Nascent Soul with a two-layer cage, sealed it with a Restriction Talisman, and took it away along with Yi Xiao’s body.
• The Phantom Clone returned to the Luan Phoenix Palace flying boat with Yi Xiao, and Jiang Hao asked to interrogate him while Li Shiming observed.
• Jiang Hao bound Yi Xiao with the Heart Inquiry Rope, and Yi Xiao admitted that the Returning Origin Sect had forcibly advanced him using forbidden means after Lin Yuan fell.
• Yi Xiao said he had stolen the Icy Sky True Scroll as a precaution so he could threaten Li Shiming into providing a way to repair the damage from his forced advancement.

Great Cultivator Yi Xiao revealed that he had given the Icy Sky True Scroll to Azure Wave Sect, which wanted to combine it with its Frost Condensing Divine Tome into the Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon. After killing Yi Xiao and refusing to help Returning Origin Sect pressure Azure Wave Sect, the Phantom Clone left Luan Phoenix Palace’s fleet and set out for Ten Thousand Beasts Sect to study Great Cultivator Hua Ying’s nascent soul.

• Under the Heart Inquiry Rope, Great Cultivator Yi Xiao admitted that he gave Azure Wave Sect the Icy Sky True Scroll in exchange for shelter, and explained that it could merge with the Frost Condensing Divine Tome to form the Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon.
• Great Cultivator Jiang Hao asked the Phantom Clone to help Returning Origin Sect obtain the forbidden canon, but the Phantom Clone refused and revealed that he had killed eleven Azure Wave Sect Great Cultivators and one Peak Great Cultivator.
• Great Cultivator Jiang Hao interrogated Yi Xiao about Returning Origin Sect’s internal affairs, then handed him over to the Phantom Clone, who killed him and took his Soul Crystal Ring and Natal Magical Treasure.
• Palace Master Feng rejected Jiang Hao’s proposal to involve Luan Phoenix Palace against Azure Wave Sect, and she departed with the Phantom Clone while Returning Origin Sect remained behind.
• The Phantom Clone found little wealth in Yi Xiao’s Soul Crystal Ring, then consulted IBMz15 about studying Hua Ying’s sealed nascent soul and learned the plan required returning to Main Body Li Shiming.
• The Phantom Clone bid farewell to Palace Master Feng, summoned the Golden Winged Great Peng, and flew toward Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Li Shiming stripped Great Cultivator Hua Ying’s consciousness from his Nascent Soul and helped the Phantom Clone take control of it, then claimed Hua Ying’s treasures and discovered three valuable cultivation techniques. Meanwhile, Returning Origin Sect intensified its blockade of Azure Wave Sect, whose new leader Shi Sha sought the still-living Hua Ying.

• Li Shiming used the Heavenly Ghost and the Server Room Space to remove Great Cultivator Hua Ying’s consciousness from his Nascent Soul, leaving it alive but mindless.
• The Phantom Clone took control of the Nascent Soul, gaining a Peak Great Cultivator’s energy reserve and the ability to absorb Spiritual Qi.
• Li Shiming claimed Hua Ying’s Crossing Void Shuttle and found the Frost Condensing Divine Tome, the Icy Sky True Scroll, and the Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon in a special jade slip.
• Returning Origin Sect reinforced its attacks and blockaded Azure Wave Sect’s resources, while seizing parts of the Azure Wave Islands to pressure the sect into negotiations.
• Shi Sha, Azure Wave Sect’s new Nascent Soul Middle Stage leader, refused to negotiate and searched for Great Cultivator Hua Ying because Hua Ying’s Soul Lamp remained lit.

Shi Sha visited Li Shiming on behalf of the weakened Azure Wave Sect to mend relations and request his alchemy help, while the sects continued searching for the missing Hua Ying and his forbidden canon. Li Shiming accepted a powerful life-saving bracelet as a peace offering and gave it to Yin Shilan, though he privately resented having to reconcile with the superpowers that had threatened her.

• The Returning Origin Sect and Azure Wave Sect ended their standoff through negotiations, then joined in searching for Hua Ying's missing Nascent Soul while the Serene Tranquility Forbidden Canon remained unaccounted for.
• Shi Sha visited the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect as the Azure Wave Sect's representative and met Li Shiming through his Phantom Clone.
• Shi Sha presented Li Shiming with a bracelet containing twelve great-power water-escape talismans as an apology, and Li Shiming agreed to refine the Azure Wave Sect's Great Cultivator Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Sha left without asking about Hua Ying, and Li Shiming reassured Yin Shilan that the Azure Wave Sect had come to seek peace.
• Li Shiming gave the life-saving bracelet to Yin Shilan, while privately reflecting that he had reconciled with the Azure Wave Sect and Returning Origin Sect only because he lacked the strength to challenge them.