Recaps

The Li Clan expanded its influence, gained a new clan head, and strengthened its resources as Li Qianqing pursued a Core Formation opportunity and returned with a puppet inheritance. The arc left the Li Clan preparing for a future attack on the Sun Family while Li Qianqing continued to advance its cultivators.

• The Li Clan gained lands after the Chang Clan fell, while Li Qianqing advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and took over as clan head after Li Cunliu died.
• Yan Xuewei successfully formed her core and supported the Li Clan, while Li Qianqing refined Foundation Establishment Pills and guided the gifted Li Qiuben.
• Li Xingsheng’s Shu Shu and Pao Pao both advanced to the Second Order, and Li Xunming reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Li Qianqing left to seek a Core Formation opportunity, crossed the Nether River, and killed Yan Zhenghu and He Dongsheng after they targeted him.
• Li Xingwei successfully established his foundation, while Li Qianqing cleared a five-stage trial, learned the Puppet Dao, and obtained a Tier 3 Low-Grade Puppet and other rewards.
• Li Qianqing returned and hosted Li Xingwei’s Foundation Establishment Banquet, where Yan Xuewei’s presence underscored the Li Clan’s ties to Clear Wind Valley.
• Ma Xuanzong and Chen Changsheng asked Li Qianqing to lead an attack on the Sun Family, and he agreed to wait until he reached Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Two years later, Li Qianqing refined a Rank 2 High-Grade Spirit Enhancement Pill and offered Li Qiuling the choice to cultivate the Verdant Wood Engulfing Flame Art before attempting Foundation Establishment.

Li Qianqing led the Li Family through its rise to Core Formation, expanded its territory and resources, and strengthened its cultivation forces. As Heaven Harmony Sect moved toward conflict with Clear Wind Valley and its allies, the Li Clan prepared for possible threats while nurturing a new Thunder Spiritual Root cultivator.

• Li Qiuling established his foundation, bringing the Li Family to nine Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Li Qianqing announced that he would attempt Core Formation.
• Li Qianqing and the Ma and Chen Clans destroyed the Sun Clan and took its lands, while the Li Family began developing its new territory.
• Li Qianqing successfully formed his core, turning the Li Family into a Core Formation clan, and later oversaw upgrades to its spirit veins and cultivation facilities.
• Li Qiuben and Li Xunming advanced, Li Changgui became Duan Rongrong’s formation disciple, and Li Qianqing refined the Flame Dragon Pearl as the Li Family continued to grow.
• Li Xunting observed Clear Wind Valley win the Four Sects Trial while Heaven Harmony Sect finished last, then reported the result to Li Qianqing as the sect considered joining forces with the Zhao Country Royal Family.
• Li Qianqing traded six Foundation Establishment Pills for a Blazing Sun Fruit and gave it to Li Xunming to claim by reaching Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Heaven Harmony Sect and the Zhao Country Royal Family agreed to cooperate against Clear Wind Valley, while the An and Tian Clans received orders to attack a Wutong Prefecture family and Li Qianqing warned the Ma and Chen Clans.
• Li Qianqing confirmed that Li Qingqing had a Thunder Spiritual Root and taught her about the dangers of the Cultivation World.

The Li Clan seized the Tian and An Clans’ territories while Li Xunming advanced to Core Formation, as the conflict among the three sects widened and the Zhao Country Royal Family remained strategically evasive. The arc left the Li Clan expanding its holdings and Heaven Harmony Sect awaiting support that the royal family had not yet committed to provide.

• Li Xunting led the Li Clan’s forces against the Tian Clan, broke its ancestral land’s array with Duan Rongrong’s help, and killed the Tian Clan Head as other cultivators escaped.
• The Li Clan absorbed the Tian Clan’s lands and subordinate forces, then kept clear of major conflicts for five years as its population and strength grew.
• Li Xunming formed his core with help from Li Qianqing’s Blazing Sun Fruit, and Li Qianyin later crafted him the Qingfeng magical treasure.
• Li Qianqing coordinated with Yan Xuewei as Clear Wind Valley arranged for Water Cloud Gate and Heaven Transmission Mountain to join an attack on Heaven Harmony Sect.
• Li Xunming led the Li Clan’s assault on the An Clan while Heaven Harmony Sect’s forces were distracted, broke its defensive array, and killed its Patriarch and other Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Heaven Harmony Sect’s leaders debated how to support their subordinate forces, while Tian Youdao received a support mission and left the sect.
• Yi Zongde questioned Zhao Wushuang about the royal family’s inaction, and Zhao Wushuang maintained that it would act at the right time while privately intending to keep Heaven Harmony Sect hopeful.
• Li Xunming moved another Micro Spirit Vein to Changming Mountain and told Changgui to handle the next steps.

The Li Clan strengthened its position as Li Xunting formed her core, the Shen Clan yielded territory, and Li Zhonghao established his foundation, while the Zhao Country Royal Family watched for a chance to act. Li Qianqing secretly took all three portions of Mystic Talisman Wood for Li Qiuben, and Zuoqiu Lipeng arrived at Changqing Mountain seeking a duel.

• Li Qianqing advanced to Mid-Stage Core Formation, while Li Xunting first reached the Pseudo-Core Realm and later succeeded in forming her core.
• Li Lilong entered death seclusion to attempt Core Formation, then died, leaving the Li Clan with fourteen Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The Shen Clan negotiated peace with the Li Clan and handed over Qi Long Peak and two neighboring spirit-vein lands.
• Li Zhonghao was revealed to have a Heavenly Spiritual Root, reached Late-Stage Qi Refining by age eleven, and established his foundation at nineteen.
• Yan Xuewei refused Zhao Wuming’s request to help suppress the Li Clan, while Li Qianqing told her about the Azure Cloud Realm and the clan’s exceptional cultivators.
• Li Qianqing disguised himself at Jade Lotus Island, used Bewitching Heart to seize all three portions of Mystic Talisman Wood, and secretly brought them back for Li Qiuben.
• Zhao Wengang sent Zhao Tiandong to gather information on the Li Clan, while Zuoqiu Lipeng asked Li Qianqing for a duel and was told that another path remained open to him.