Vol. 2The Li Clan’s Rise

Li Qianqing established his foundation and led the Li Clan through the fall of the Jiang Clan, the expansion of its territory, and the growth of its strength. The volume ends with Li Qianqing supporting Li Xunting’s Foundation Establishment attempt and asking Li Qianyin to craft Spirit Tools.

  • Li Qianqing found Clear Nectar Spirit Liquid and a Clear Nectar Spirit Stone, reached Qi Refining Tenth Layer, and began Foundation Establishment.
  • As Li Qianqing began his attempt, the Li Clan prepared for conflict with the Jiang Family.
  • Li Qianqing established his foundation as the Li Clan prepared to attack the Jiang Clan.
  • The Li Clan captured the Jiang Clan’s lands, and Li Qianqing and Li Xunting killed Jiang Clan opponents in battle.
  • The Li Clan consolidated its new territories while Li Qianqing developed Changqing Mountain and refined Spirit Enhancement Pills.
  • Li Qianqing discovered Li Xunchen’s water-fire Dual Spiritual Roots and began teaching him cultivation.
  • Li Cunliu and Li Qianyin established their foundations as the Li Clan expanded its training and beast-taming efforts.
  • Li Qianqing acquired Star God Grass and a Flame Cry Stone at a trade fair, then gave the Star God Grass to Li Xunting and asked Li Qianyin to craft Spirit Tools.
Chapters 102–201 Read from ch. 102

Arc 5Li Qianqing’s Foundation Establishment

Li Qianqing discovered a predecessor’s cave dwelling, advanced to Qi Refining Tenth Layer, and helped strengthen the Li Clan through cultivation, alchemy, and new recruits. After reaching Qi Refining Tenth Layer Peak, he began Foundation Establishment while the clan prepared for his attempt and its conflict with the Jiang Family.

  • After Li Lilong’s banquet, Li Qianqing traveled to Yue Kingdom and found a cave dwelling containing Clear Nectar Spirit Liquid and a Clear Nectar Spirit Stone.
  • Li Qianqing used some of the spirit liquid to reach Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak, then gave the remainder and the spirit stone to the Clan Treasury.
  • Li Qianqing revealed to Li Cunliu that he had changed to a method allowing him to reach Qi Refining Tenth Layer, then broke through and learned the Spirit Concealment Art.
  • Li Xunting reached Qi Refining Seventh Layer and began training the clan’s cultivators in combat, while Li Qianqing encouraged her and gave her cultivation pills.
  • Li Qianqing refined hundreds of furnaces of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills, and the clan lowered their exchange price so more cultivators could obtain them.
  • Li Qianqing and Li Xunting found Li Xingsheng’s Three Spiritual Roots and discovered that his companion Shu Shu was a Mutated Gold Devouring Rat.
  • After reaching Qi Refining Tenth Layer Peak, Li Qianqing refused the Clear Nectar Spirit Stone and began Foundation Establishment in the ancestors’ cave dwelling.
  • Li Qianqing assessed the Foundation Establishment barriers during seclusion as the Li Clan debated his chances and prepared its plans against the Jiang Family.
Chapters 102–126 Summaries Read

Arc 6The Fall of the Jiang Clan

Li Qianqing established his foundation, strengthening the Li Clan’s position and clearing the way for its campaign against the Jiang Clan. The Li Clan seized the Jiang Clan’s ancestral land and spirit-vein territories, while Li Qianqing and Li Xunting each proved themselves in battle.

  • Yan Xuewei told Li Cunliu and Li Lilong that Clear Wind Valley would not interfere with the Li Clan’s plans and would prevent the Jiang Clan from receiving outside support.
  • Li Qianqing established his foundation, gained new abilities, and learned that the Li Clan planned to attack the Jiang Clan after making further preparations.
  • At Li Qianqing’s Foundation Establishment Banquet, Yan Xuewei reaffirmed her support, and Li Qianqing explained that the Li Clan would wait until more Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators were ready.
  • Li Cunliu and Li Lilong led the assault on the Jiang Clan’s ancestral land and spirit-vein territories while Li Qianqing guarded Changqing Mountain.
  • Jiang Gaoyuan attacked Changqing Mountain, but Li Qianqing killed him and alerted Li Cunliu and Li Lilong.
  • Li Cunliu and Li Lilong killed the Jiang Clan defenders at the ancestral land and preserved its spiritual fields and plants.
  • Li Cunliu killed Jiang Fenhuan at Red Leaf Valley, while Li Dihong led cultivators to eliminate Jiang Clan forces in Tongyang County.
  • Li Cunliu and Li Xunting attacked the Jiang Clan’s remaining spirit-vein land, where Li Xunting killed Jiang Chunfeng and Li Cunliu eliminated the last defenders.
Chapters 127–151 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Li Clan’s Expansion

The Li Clan consolidated the lands taken from the Jiang Clan as Li Qianqing developed Changqing Mountain, refined pills, and secured new resources. The stretch ends with Li Qianqing beginning to train Li Xunchen, a newly discovered Dual Spiritual Root cultivator.

  • Li Dihong’s forces killed the remaining Jiang Clan Cultivators in the Jiang Clan Shop, and Li Dixing ordered him to return to Changqing Mountain with the others.
  • At the core meeting, Li Cunliu confirmed that Li Qianqing had killed Jiang Gaoyuan, and the clan approved rewards for the operation while renaming the captured lands Changqing Mountain, Pingyun Valley, and Changbai Mountain.
  • Li Qianqing took charge of Changqing Mountain and assigned duties to the arriving clansmen, while Li Xunting and Li Qianyin went to manage Changbai Mountain and Pingyun Valley.
  • Li Qianqing began refining Rank 2 Low-Grade Spirit Enhancement Pills as Shu Shu led Li Xingsheng to a buried Azure Rock Spirit Mine, earning Li Xingsheng twelve thousand Contribution Points after Li Liqing confirmed the deposit.
  • Li Qianqing completed one hundred portions of Spirit Enhancement Pills with a yield of 327 pills, and the clan lowered the Treasury price and awarded him one million Contribution Points.
  • Li Qianqing refined 116 Qi Gathering Pills for Clan Head Meng, who paid 700 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while Li Qian'ou began learning to guide young cultivators.
  • The Li Clan tested eight children with spiritual roots, and Li Qianqing discovered that Li Xunchen had water-fire Dual Spiritual Roots.
  • Li Qian'ou took charge of training the seven Mixed Spiritual Root children, while Li Qianqing began teaching Li Xunchen about cultivation and the Cultivation World.
Chapters 152–176 Summaries Read

Arc 8The Li Clan’s Growing Strength

The Li Clan gained new Foundation Establishment cultivators and expanded its training and beast-taming efforts while preparing for future growth. Li Qianqing obtained rare resources at a trade fair and returned with support for Li Xunting’s Foundation Establishment attempt and Li Qianyin’s artifact refining.

  • Li Cunliu reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, strengthening the Li Clan’s standing among neighboring forces.
  • Li Qianyin established her foundation, giving the Li Clan its fourth Foundation Establishment cultivator and prompting Yan Xuewei to discuss a future intervention in Wutong Prefecture.
  • Li Qianqing and Li Xingsheng traveled to the Flame Cloud Mountain Range, where Li Xingsheng tamed Wind Cloud Horses, an Iron Carp, and a Ming Ting for the clan’s use.
  • The Li Clan agreed to improve Changqing Mountain’s spirit veins if Li Xunting succeeded in Foundation Establishment, and Li Qianqing presented a Spirit Cleansing Crystal to the elders.
  • Li Qianqing attended a trade fair in Tianshu City, acquired a 240-year-old Star God Grass and a Flame Cry Stone, and sold Spirit Enhancement Pills.
  • Zhao Chengfeng followed Li Qianqing after the trade fair and attacked him, but Li Qianqing trapped him in an illusion, killed him, and took his belongings.
  • Li Qianqing returned the remaining clan funds, gave Li Xunting the Star God Grass to aid her Foundation Establishment attempt, and asked Li Qianyin to craft Low-Grade Spirit Tools once the clan obtained Earth Melt Water.
Chapters 177–201 Summaries Read
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