Chapter Summaries

Li Shiming tested the danger of the Thirty-Three Heavens and confirmed that its Astral Wind killed ordinary creatures and shredded Spiritual Objects. After returning to Eagle Beak Island, he reunited with Ren Fei'er, exchanged Flying Boats with her, and received the genuine Devil Sound Enters the Ear technique; meanwhile, Elder Yin and Ren Qianqian learned that Elder Baili had lost his Parting Regret Sword to an unknown attacker.

• Martial Uncle Zhuge told Li Shiming that Golden Core cultivators could enter the Thirty-Three Heavens, where Astral Wind dispersed Spiritual Power and kept destructive battles from damaging the land.
• Li Shiming sent a balloon carrying a mouse and a Golden Winged Beetle toward the dangerous upper sky, then found the mouse dead and the beetle torn apart by Astral Wind.
• Li Shiming met Ren Fei'er outside Eagle Beak Island, traded Flying Boats with her, and received a Jade Slip containing the genuine Devil Sound Enters the Ear technique.
• Elder Yin told Ren Qianqian that Elder Baili had been ambushed and badly injured, but Ren Qianqian denied setting the trap.
• Ren Qianqian concluded that the unknown attacker had destroyed Elder Baili's Parting Regret Sword, weakening his combat strength.

Li Shiming found the mortal martial art “Ambidextrous Combat” in the Scripture Pavilion and used its principles to achieve Dual Use by separating the activity of his brain’s hemispheres. After bringing out his Clone, he began practicing with it, leaving the two bodies able to act together but still limited by the Clone’s unavailable Magic Artifact.

• Li Shiming visited the Scripture Pavilion, where Senior Brother Liu explained that Qi Refining techniques for doing two things at once were unavailable and pointed him toward the mortal martial art “Ambidextrous Combat.”
• Li Shiming studied “Ambidextrous Combat” and used IBMz15 to analyze whether Spiritual Sense could separate his brain’s hemispheres safely.
• Li Shiming separated the hemispheres with Spiritual Sense and successfully trained them to think independently, allowing him to control his own body and his Clone at the same time.
• After strengthening the Small Mountain Protection Formation and setting up an aura-isolating Formation, Li Shiming summoned his Clone from the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming sparred with the Clone, gained combat experience, and discovered that the Clone remained stronger despite suppressing its cultivation to Qi Refining Fifth Level.

Li Shiming tested whether his clone could transfer its cultivation gains to him, confirmed that it could, and sought a stronger spiritual meridian to support their joint cultivation. The chapter ended with him choosing a Cave Dwelling on Xun Peak.

• Li Shiming found no abnormal aura from the clone, ordered it to reach the limit of its corpse-refined body before advancing, and bought it the Golden Light Piercing Sky Sword.
• Li Shiming refined the Vajra Bodyguard Armor and worried that the clone would soon need a Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique.
• Li Shiming and the clone tested transferring spiritual power during cultivation, confirming the clone could safely channel its gains into his Spiritual Qi Vortex.
• Their cultivation speed reached 92.12, but the Low Grade Spiritual Meridian could not provide enough spiritual qi for both of them to cultivate effectively.
• Li Shiming asked Martial Uncle Zhuge for a Nine Peaks Cave Dwelling and received approval to apply for one with a Middle-Grade Spiritual Meridian.
• Li Shiming chose a secluded Cave Dwelling on Xun Peak near a Middle-Grade Spiritual Field.

Li Shiming moved his cultivation to a Dui Peak Cave Dwelling with a Middle-Grade Spiritual Meridian and reunited with Jin Fengzhi and other disciples from his batch. After discovering his main body's cultivation advanced faster than expected, he agreed to help his struggling fellow disciples with cultivation Pills or Spirit Planter training.

• Li Shiming received a Cave Dwelling at Dui Peak, strengthened its defensive formations, and met Jin Fengzhi, who was working as a Spirit Planter's assistant.
• Li Shiming cultivated with his Clone in the Cave Dwelling and found that his main body's cultivation speed exceeded its theoretical value.
• Jin Fengzhi invited Li Shiming to meet seven fellow disciples, who explained their slow progress and asked about his situation.
• Li Shiming told the group he was an Intermediate Formation Master at Dui Peak and offered cultivation-assistance Pills or help learning Spirit Planter Spells.
• Li Shiming handed three Porcelain Bottles of cultivation-assistance Pills to the disciples who could not receive his Spirit Planter instruction.

Li Shiming helped Jin Fengzhi become a Novice Spirit Planter, then spent a quiet year advancing his cultivation and formation skills. A Sect Emergency Summoning Order sent him and Yin Shilan with Martial Uncle Zhuge toward Seven Stars Island, and the chapter left their urgent mission unexplained.

• Li Shiming offered four fellow disciples Pills or a chance to comprehend the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art, and Jin Fengzhi chose the spell.
• Li Shiming used an illusion formation to help Jin Fengzhi grasp the spell’s true intent, and she became a Novice Spirit Planter.
• Over the following year, Li Shiming’s Array Starlight Sea formed into a rotating starfield, his cultivation reached the peak of Qi Refining Stage 6, and his Clone remained undiscovered.
• Li Shiming received a Sect Emergency Summoning Order, withdrew his Clone, and left Eagle Beak Island to meet Martial Uncle Zhuge and Yin Shilan.
• Martial Uncle Zhuge took Li Shiming and Yin Shilan aboard a Flying Boat and headed for Seven Stars Island, beyond the Sky Ocean Sea Line.

Li Shiming and Yin Shilan traveled to Seven Stars Island to repair its damaged defensive formations, where Li Shiming learned that an unknown Golden Core Sword Cultivator from across the sea had fought the Seven Great Sects and escaped. The sect elders searched for the wounded cultivator and sought information about his origins, while Li Shiming remained on the island with Yin Shilan and her father, Elder Yin.

• Zhuge Xuan brought Li Shiming and Yin Shilan to Seven Stars Island, where seven Golden Core Elders oversaw repairs to formations damaged by five sword scars.
• Li Shiming and Yin Shilan repaired the formation nodes on Phecda Island, and Zhuge Xuan was impressed by their speed and precision.
• Li Shiming asked what had caused the sword scars, but Zhuge Xuan told him to focus on repairing the formation.
• Elder Yin arrived while Li Shiming and Yin Shilan were eating, introduced himself to Li Shiming, and told him to call him uncle.
• The Golden Core Elders discussed how they had driven off a severely wounded Golden Core Sword Cultivator and wondered whether he had survived.
• Elder Gong asked Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect to gather information from across the sea, and Master Du Hai agreed to use the sect's channels.

Master Du Hai gave Li Shiming the secret transmission of the Vajra Body Protection Divine Art, and its True Meaning Visualization Diagram led Li Shiming to a sudden breakthrough and True Meaning Manifestation. He advanced to the middle of Qi Refining Stage 7 and left with a Buddhist Token and an invitation to visit the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.

• Elder Yin introduced Li Shiming to the Golden Core cultivators, and Master Du Hai recognized his Vajra Force and his authorship of two Buddhist Sounds.
• Master Du Hai passed Li Shiming the secret version of the Vajra Body Protection Divine Art, while warning him not to share it.
• Li Shiming studied the Fierce-Eyed Vajra True Meaning Visualization Diagram and unconsciously cultivated the art with IBMz15's guidance.
• Li Shiming manifested the Fierce-Eyed Vajra's true meaning, drew in spiritual qi, and advanced from Qi Refining Stage 6 to the middle of Qi Refining Stage 7.
• Master Du Hai gave Li Shiming a Buddhist Token and invited him to visit the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.

After advancing to Late-Stage Qi Refining and manifesting the Fierce-Eyed Vajra True Meaning, Li Shiming finished repairing Phecda Island’s formation and used salvaged materials to build the Thunder Shock Formation. He began developing a Railgun intended to kill Foundation Establishment cultivators, powered by the formation and firing his Third Grade Sword Foundation as its projectile.

• Li Shiming reflected on how his breakthrough greatly improved his Spiritual Power and physique, and Yin Shilan took Master Du Hai’s Buddhist Token to discourage him from joining the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect.
• Li Shiming and Yin Shilan completed repairs to Phecda Island’s formation in seven days, and Zhuge Xuan let Li Shiming keep the leftover materials.
• Li Shiming used the extra materials and IBMz15’s design to build and activate the Thunder Shock Formation inside the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming planned to use the formation’s stored electricity to power a Railgun capable of threatening Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Li Shiming chose his Third Grade Sword Foundation as the Railgun’s reusable projectile and began preparing the weapon’s magnetic and acceleration components.

After the Seven Stars Island Formation was repaired, Yun Xingyi ambushed Li Shiming and Zhuge Xuan, killed Zhuge Xuan, and brought Li Shiming to his underwater cave. Still gravely wounded, Yun Xingyi chose Li Shiming as the body for his planned Soul Possession and began preparing it for his Natal Magical Treasure.

• Li Shiming and Zhuge Xuan left Seven Stars Island after the Formation was repaired, and Zhuge Xuan offered to arrange a test to certify Li Shiming as an Advanced Formation Master.
• Yun Xingyi destroyed their Flying Boat with a Sword Light, killed Zhuge Xuan, and carried Li Shiming into his underwater Temporary Cave Mansion.
• Yun Xingyi revealed that seven Golden Core cultivators had injured him by combining their strength with the Big Dipper Formation, leaving him desperate to survive through Soul Possession.
• Yun Xingyi examined Li Shiming and decided his body was a suitable Sword Cultivator vessel despite his Triple Spiritual Root.
• Yun Xingyi sealed Li Shiming's body and began preparing it for Soul Possession, making the Return to One Sword acknowledge him.

Li Shiming endured Yun Xingyi’s preparations for Soul Possession, then seized his Golden Core and Return to One Sword with the Server Room Space and counterattacked. He fired the Third Grade Sword Foundation from his Superior-Grade Magic Tool Railgun at Yun Xingyi, leaving the strike’s outcome unknown.

• Yun Xingyi explained how the Seven Great Sects’ Combined Attack Technique had poisoned and cursed him, then prepared his Return to One Sword and Sword Bone for Soul Possession.
• Yun Xingyi used his Golden Core to suppress Li Shiming, drew Rune Patterns on them both, and began chanting Daoist scripture as he prepared to possess Li Shiming’s body.
• Li Shiming took Yun Xingyi’s Golden Core and Return to One Sword into the Server Room Space, severing Yun Xingyi’s connection to both treasures and weakening him severely.
• Li Shiming unleashed his Fierce-Eyed Vajra True Meaning Manifestation and Devil Sound Lotus while his clone attacked Yun Xingyi with the Third Grade Sword Foundation.
• After Yun Xingyi struck the clone and sent it flying, Li Shiming aimed his Superior-Grade Magic Tool Railgun at Yun Xingyi’s chest and fired the Third Grade Sword Foundation as a bullet.

Li Shiming survived his battle with Yun Xingyi, claimed the dead sword cultivator’s treasures, and concealed how he had killed him. After sending a distress signal, Li Shiming led Elder Yin to Yun Xingyi’s empty underwater cave, where Elder Yin realized he had arrived too late to catch the wounded Golden Core Sword Cultivator.

• Yun Xingyi died from the railgun wound, and Li Shiming’s Primary Spirit confirmed his death by devouring his soul.
• Li Shiming searched Yun Xingyi’s storage ring and found spirit stones, powerful cultivation methods, and a map leading from the Ten Thousand Mountains to Seven Stars Island.
• Li Shiming preserved Yun Xingyi’s corpse, checked on his badly injured Clone, and secured Yun Xingyi’s Natal Flying Sword and cracked Golden Core in the Server Room Space.
• Li Shiming sent an emergency distress signal, then told Elder Yin that Zhuge Xuan had been killed by a sword cultivator and that he had fainted in the sea.
• Elder Yin followed Li Shiming to the underwater cave mansion and found it empty, mistakenly concluding that the wounded Golden Core Sword Cultivator had escaped.

Li Shiming planned his cultivation path after Elder Yin warned that his powerful physique could make Foundation Establishment harder, while Yin Shilan entered seclusion to break through. Three months later, she emerged successfully at Foundation Establishment and gave Li Shiming the Foundation Establishment Pill she had saved.

• On the journey back, Elder Yin told Li Shiming to keep Zhuge Xuan's death from Yin Shilan and advised him to prepare for Foundation Establishment by taking sect missions and collecting pills.
• Li Shiming decided his main body would cultivate the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art and his Clone would cultivate the Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art, then gave the Clone the Return to One Sword.
• Li Shiming took on formation missions and advanced to Qi Refining Stage 8 while Yin Shilan spent three to six months in seclusion.
• Elder Yin and Li Shiming waited outside the Seclusion Chamber, and Yin Shilan emerged having successfully reached Foundation Establishment.
• Yin Shilan gave Li Shiming the Foundation Establishment Pill she had saved during her breakthrough.

Li Shiming accepted Yin Shilan’s Foundation Establishment Pill, and the two grew closer after she learned he had nearly died. Meanwhile, the Seven Sects faced Northern Shu cultivators and learned that a powerful force might be driving sects from their homes, leaving them to seek more intelligence before deciding how to respond.

• Li Shiming accepted Yin Shilan’s Foundation Establishment Pill after she explained she had saved it for him.
• Elder Yin told Yin Shilan that Li Shiming had narrowly survived an attack, and she embraced him in relief and fear.
• Three Golden Core cultivators from the Northern Shu Bright Heart Sect arrived at Seven Stars Island aboard a flying boat and withdrew when the Seven Sects gathered reinforcements.
• Master Du Hai and Old Monk Du Yuan told the gathered Golden Cores that the Northern Shu Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect had warned them to prepare to evacuate.
• Elder Yin urged the Seven Sects to seek more intelligence, while Master Du Hai warned that a Nascent Soul Expert might be involved.

Li Shiming accepted Martial Aunt Song’s mission to build a chain of formations in exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill and hurried to complete the work amid growing unease. A Holy Ice Sect group led by Senior Brother Du arrived to kill him, and Li Shiming confronted them in midair.

• Martial Aunt Song offered Li Shiming a Foundation Establishment Pill if he completed one hundred formations, and he accepted the mission.
• Li Shiming collected materials, left the sect, and rapidly built formations while using divided souls to watch the nearby sea.
• Senior Brother Du led five Holy Ice Sect cultivators on a secret mission to kill Li Shiming and win Elder Baili’s favor.
• A divided soul warned Li Shiming that the Holy Ice Sect cultivators were approaching and surrounding him.
• Li Shiming judged the attackers to be Qi Refining cultivators, spread his wings, and rose to meet them head-on.

Li Shiming fought Du Bingyan, a Holy Ice Sect Genius Cultivator, and killed her with a Spiritual Sense attack before turning on her five companions. He quickly killed two more as the remaining three tried to flee.

• Du Bingyan and Li Shiming introduced themselves and prepared to fight, with Du Bingyan attacking first using her Super-Grade Sword-Type Artifact.
• Li Shiming used the Jade Breaking Sword to disrupt Du Bingyan’s attacks, while his Spirit Turtle Shield and speed blunted her blizzard Talisman.
• Du Bingyan poured more Spiritual Power into her artifact, but Li Shiming’s Sword Bone-enhanced sword strikes disrupted her Spirit Mark, prompting her to summon her five companions.
• As the five cultivators closed in, Li Shiming struck Du Bingyan’s mind with a Spirit Jade Sword and pierced her heart with the Jade Breaking Sword.
• Li Shiming killed two of Du Bingyan’s companions in quick succession, and the last three tried to flee.

Li Shiming returned to the sect after killing Du Bingyan and reported that the Holy Ice Sect had attacked him, prompting the sect to arrange protection and secure compensation. He resumed the formation mission with He Chuan as his escort, while learning that the sect was reinforcing defenses against an External Enemy Invasion at Seven Stars Island.

• Li Shiming collected Du Bingyan's corpse and found a fifth Foundation Establishment Pill in her Storage Bag before reporting the attack to Martial Aunt Song.
• Martial Aunt Song refused to return Du Bingyan's corpse for refinement, then arranged for a protection mission while privately resenting Li Shiming over Zhuge Xuan's death.
• Elder Yin gave Li Shiming second-grade Millennium Cold Crystal as compensation from the Holy Ice Sect and told him to resume the formation mission under protection.
• Li Shiming left with He Chuan, a Qi Refining Stage 9 Genius Cultivator, who guarded him while he set up formations.
• He Chuan asked Li Shiming about killing Du Bingyan, then revealed that the sect's formation reinforcements were connected to an External Enemy Invasion at Seven Stars Island.

Li Shiming completed his formation task and learned about the sect’s preparations for a conflict at Seven Stars Island. The sect assigned him to fight alongside He Chuan and Shang Haoquan, and he secured materials and a cultivation method on credit before the battle.

• He Chuan told Li Shiming that the sect was recalling cultivators because a serious outside threat had emerged, then explained how cultivators condensed spiritual power before Foundation Establishment.
• Li Shiming completed one hundred formations, collected his sixth Foundation Establishment Pill, and received a summons to Sky Ocean Hall.
• Elder Sheng ordered Li Shiming to join He Chuan and Shang Haoquan in a Qi Refining battle at Seven Stars Island, explaining that the Holy Ice Sect had demanded his participation because he killed Du Bingyan.
• Li Shiming asked Sect Master Yu for Grade 2 Five Elements formation materials, claiming he intended to use them in combat, and arranged to owe their cost.
• Li Shiming also obtained the Hundred Revolution Spirit Thought Method on credit, agreeing to repay twenty thousand merit points within three years.
• Sect Master Yu asked He Chuan and Shang Haoquan whether they had requests of their own.

Li Shiming joined the Seven Sects’ Qi Refining cultivators for their first clash with the Northern Shu force, and used his Formation skill to deploy thirty-six Formation Flags on the battlefield. Elder Yin returned in time to see Li Shiming on the front line and threatened Elder Baili if anything happened to him.

• Elder Sheng brought Li Shiming to Seven Stars Island, where the Seven Sects faced ten Northern Shu Golden Core cultivators and Master Du Hai gathered fourteen Qi Refining fighters.
• Master Du Hai urged the cultivators to fight with all their strength, and Elder Xie and the Northern Shu Golden Core cultivators prepared a frozen sea and earthen battlefield.
• As both groups descended to begin the fight, Li Shiming used Spiritual Sense to inspect the chaotic terrain and rapidly planted thirty-six Formation Flags.
• Elder Liu recognized Li Shiming’s exceptional Formation skill, and Elder Sheng regretted allowing him onto the battlefield.
• Elder Yin returned, learned Li Shiming was fighting, and warned that he would make Elder Baili pay if Li Shiming was harmed.

Li Shiming set up the Inverted Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, giving the Seven Sects cultivators shelter from the stronger Northern Shu cultivators. After one Holy Ice Sect cultivator died and a Formation Breaking Talisman failed, the fighting paused as the Seven Sects discussed how to counter their opponents.

• Li Shiming quickly set up the Inverted Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation with thirty-six Formation Flags, and He Chuan and Shang Haoquan entered it.
• The Northern Shu Qi Refining cultivators overpowered the Seven Sects cultivators, so Elder Yin told Li Shiming to let them enter the formation; the Holy Ice Sect cultivator hesitated and was killed.
• The Seven Sects cultivators retreated into the formation while helping one another, then attacked the Northern Shu cultivators from behind its protection.
• A Northern Shu cultivator used a Formation Breaking Talisman, but Li Shiming stabilized the formation until the talisman ran out of energy, forcing the Northern Shu cultivators to retreat.
• The Seven Sects cultivators thanked Li Shiming and discussed their opponents’ strength, while two Profound Darkness Sect cultivators revealed that they could destroy their Bronze Corpses to attack at the cost of reduced strength and demanded intact enemy corpses afterward.

Li Shiming used the Inverted Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation and his Three Heads Six Arms Copper Corpse to turn the battle against the Northern Shu cultivators, whose defenses faltered under the Gatling Guns’ relentless fire. When Li Shiming spotted an enemy preparing a Talisman Treasure capable of destroying the formation, he flew out to intercept him, leaving both sides scrambling to stop him.

• Li Shiming revealed his Three Heads Six Arms Copper Corpse and explained that he could move the Inverted Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation by rearranging its eighteen Formation Flags.
• Li Shiming advanced the formation, allowing the Seven Sects cultivators to kill two Northern Shu cultivators and injure two more in a coordinated attack.
• Li Shiming moved the formation again and sent the Copper Corpse’s six Gatling Guns against the wounded Northern Shu cultivators, killing two and forcing another to retreat injured.
• A Northern Shu cultivator began preparing a Talisman Treasure while his allies attacked the formation and obscured the battlefield with mist.
• Li Shiming spotted the Talisman Treasure through the mist and used Sword Escape to fly out of the formation, prompting the Northern Shu cultivators to try to stop him.