Chapter Summaries

Reborn Li Qianqing worked to secure a place at the heart of the Li Clan and set his sights on developing Changle Mountain, hoping to avert the clan’s destruction decades later. Li Lilong agreed to send him there if he reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer within two months.

• Li Qianqing reflected on his rebirth and his plan to prevent the Li Clan’s destruction by Clear Wind Valley in thirty years.
• Li Qianqing strengthened his bond with Li Qianyin as she escorted him to meet her father, Li Lilong.
• Li Lilong asked Li Qianqing where he wanted to go after the juniors’ three years of cultivation on Changqing Mountain.
• Li Qianqing requested assignment to Changle Mountain, and Li Lilong said he needed to reach Qi Refining Fourth Layer first.
• Li Lilong gave Li Qianqing a Rank 1 Low-Grade Qi Gathering Pill and promised to arrange the assignment if he broke through within two months.

Li Qianqing cultivated with his Spirit Realm techniques and pills until he smoothly broke through to Qi Refining Fourth Layer, entering Mid-Stage Qi Refining. His progress set up the bet between Li Lilong and Li Qianyin, who had to reach the same layer before Li Qianqing or give up her playful ways.

• Li Qianqing left after asking Li Lilong for cultivation guidance, while Li Lilong stopped Li Qianyin and challenged her to reach Qi Refining Fourth Layer before Li Qianqing.
• Li Lilong bet that Li Qianyin would have to cultivate properly if she lost, and forbade her from seeing Li Qianqing until she reached the fourth layer.
• Li Qianqing returned to his residence and used the Clear Water Art and Verdant Wood Engulfing Flame Art to cultivate with a Qi Gathering Pill.
• After seven days of cultivation and three more days of effort, Li Qianqing formed a large cyclone in his qi sea and reached Peak Qi Refining Third Layer.
• Li Qianqing ate White Corn rice and began his breakthrough, which proceeded smoothly; by the next morning, he had reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

After breaking through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, Li Qianqing gained Divine Sense and began cultivating the Void God Needle technique. Three years after the spiritual root test, he reported for Lineage duties, where Li Lilong assessed his progress and prepared to assign his work.

• Li Qianqing discovered that he had gained Divine Sense at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer and found its range was one zhang.
• Li Qianqing spent more than half of the next month cultivating the Void God Needle secret technique.
• Three years after the spiritual root test, Li Qianqing went to receive his Lineage duties, where Li Qianming remained at the Qi Refining First Layer.
• Li Lilong revealed that Li Qianyin had bet she would reach the Qi Refining Fourth Layer before Li Qianqing, and Li Qianyin realized she had lost.
• Li Lilong explained that Li Qianqing's breakthrough date affected his potential evaluation and future assignments, then prepared to assign duties based on their performances.

Li Qianqing accepted an assignment tending Spiritual Fields at Changle Mountain, where he hoped to develop his Alchemy talent under Li Ditu. He persuaded Li Lilong to let Li Qianyin join him after she promised to master two minor spells.

• Li Qianqing explained that he had asked to be assigned to Changle Mountain, and Li Qianyin insisted on going there with him.
• Li Qianqing offered to supervise Li Qianyin and let Li Lilong recall her if her cultivation fell short; Li Lilong agreed on the condition that she master the Rain Transformation Art and the Geng Metal Art.
• Li Qianqing traveled for two days to reach Changle Mountain, a Li Family territory with two Micro Spirit Veins.
• Li Qianqing met Li Ditu, an eighth-layer Qi Refining elder and Alchemist, whom he had chosen as a reason to settle at Changle Mountain.

Li Qianqing arrived at Changle Mountain to tend three mu of White Corn fields, where Li Ditu explained his duties and gave him a month to learn the necessary spells. After quickly learning the Rain Transformation Art and Geng Metal Art, Li Qianqing saw Li Qianbao working outside and considered the crisis he had come to resolve.

• Li Ditu showed Li Qianqing his three mu of White Corn fields and explained the work, rewards, and basic cultivation methods.
• Li Ditu left Li Qianqing the Rain Transformation Art and Geng Metal Art to study for a month before an inspection.
• Li Qianqing learned both spells in two hours, prepared his White Corn, and began cultivating the Void God Needle.
• The next morning, Li Qianqing spotted a young man working outside and suspected he was Li Qianbao, whose actions had caused losses for the Lineage.

After arriving at Changle Mountain, Li Qianqing watched Li Qianbao tend White Corn while recalling that he would betray the Li Family years later. A month passed as Li Qianqing trained, mastered Void God Needle, and was entrusted with the spiritual fields, though Li Qianyin still had not arrived.

• Li Qianqing recalled Li Qianbao's future betrayal and death, and resolved not to intervene unless events gave him a reason.
• Li Qianqing observed Li Qianbao tending three mu of White Corn and began cultivating after their brief exchange.
• Li Qianqing reached entry level in Void God Needle, giving him a short-range divine sense attack.
• Li Qianqing decided to focus on cultivation and eventually reach the Qi Refining Tenth Layer before Foundation Establishment.
• Li Ditu inspected Li Qianqing's Rain Transformation Art and Geng Metal Art, praised his progress, and entrusted him with the three mu of White Corn.
• After a month on Changle Mountain, Li Qianqing wondered why Li Qianyin had still not arrived.

Li Qianqing quickly tended three Spiritual Fields, using his Divine Sense and Geng Metal Art to remove pests before weeding and watering the White Corn. Two months later, as December snow fell, Li Qianyin arrived while he was still working.

• Li Qianqing found and killed three Horn Stem Insects without damaging the White Corn, preserving their corpses to eat later.
• Li Qianqing weeded and watered all three Spiritual Fields, finishing his daily work in half the time Li Qianbao needed.
• Li Qianqing roasted and ate the Horn Stem Insects, absorbed their energy, and spent the rest of the day cultivating.
• Two months passed, and snow made Horn Stem Insects harder to find, depriving Li Qianqing of an easy delicacy.
• Li Qianyin called out to Li Qianqing before he had finished weeding.

Li Qianyin arrived at Changle Mountain with Li Lilong and settled into tending her own Spiritual Fields while Li Qianqing continued caring for White Corn. After an excellent harvest earned him at least five hundred Contribution Points, Li Qianqing sought Li Ditu’s guidance in Alchemy.

• Li Qianyin arrived with Li Lilong and complained to Li Qianqing that her father had made her cultivate two spells to the Lesser Mastery Realm before coming.
• Li Ditu praised Li Qianqing’s care of the White Corn, and Li Lilong asked him to look after Li Qianyin.
• Li Qianyin began tending nearby Spiritual Fields, and Li Qianqing encouraged her interest in Artifact Refining.
• Li Qianqing harvested three mu of White Corn, replanted the fields, and carried the crop to Li Ditu.
• Li Ditu weighed the harvest at three thousand three hundred seventeen jin and two liang and told Li Qianqing he could earn at least five hundred Contribution Points.
• Li Qianqing praised Li Ditu’s Alchemy and prepared to ask him to teach him how to refine Fasting Pills.

Li Qianqing convinced Li Ditu to let him pursue Alchemy, and Li Ditu gave him a furnace, his own notes, and White Corn to test his talent. Back at his residence, Li Qianqing began refining Fasting Pills in a single batch using all one hundred jin of White Corn.

• Li Ditu tested Li Qianqing's basic Alchemy knowledge and approved of his effort and enthusiasm.
• Li Ditu lent Li Qianqing a Low-Grade Magic Tool Alchemy Furnace and gave him a book of Alchemy insights and one hundred jin of White Corn for Fasting Pill practice.
• Li Qianqing returned to his residence, refined the Alchemy Furnace, and prepared to use it.
• Li Qianqing lit White Corn stalks beneath the furnace and added all one hundred jin of White Corn.
• Li Qianqing advanced the Fasting Pill process to the stage where the furnace had to be sealed to prevent energy from escaping.

Li Qianqing reported that he had refined seven successful batches of Fasting Pills out of ten, astonishing Li Ditu with his apparent Alchemy Talent. Li Ditu declared that he would become a Li Family Alchemist and warned him to conceal most of his talent from outsiders.

• Li Qianqing refined eight Fasting Pills from his first batch, then continued his cultivation routine for seven days.
• Li Qianqing visited Li Ditu and waited while his Second Grandfather refined Fasting Pills.
• Li Qianqing showed Li Ditu seven Fasting Pills, revealing that seven of his first ten batches had succeeded.
• Li Ditu explained the significance of Li Qianqing's results and concluded that he possessed astonishing Alchemy Talent.
• Li Qianqing asked whether his talent might put him in danger, and Li Ditu promised that he and the Patriarch would protect him.
• Li Ditu told Li Qianqing to become a Li Family Alchemist but conceal two tiers of his Alchemy Talent from outsiders.

Li Ditu began training Li Qianqing in alchemy after confirming his exceptional talent, and Li Qianqing quickly improved at refining Fasting Pills. When Li Qianyin finally found him, Li Qianqing encouraged her to try Artifact Refining, and she eagerly agreed.

• Li Ditu told Li Qianqing to keep his true Alchemy Talent secret and began guiding him in refining Fasting Pills from White Corn.
• Li Qianqing successfully refined two Fasting Pills in his first attempt and improved under Li Ditu's instruction over the following days.
• After the White Corn harvest, Li Qianqing continued tending the Spiritual Fields while Li Qianyin searched for him.
• Li Qianqing told Li Qianyin that he was learning alchemy and suggested she might have talent in another area.
• Li Qianyin decided to try Artifact Refining, and Li Qianqing praised her choice.

Li Ditu returned to Changqing Mountain to report Li Qianqing’s exceptional alchemy talent to Li Cunliu. After hearing that Li Qianqing had refined most of Changle Mountain’s Fasting Pills, the patriarch and Li Lilong learned of the family’s promising new talent.

• Li Qianqing advised Li Qianyin to study artifact refining and comforted her about her height before she left for the day.
• Li Qianqing continued cultivating, expecting the family to award him contribution points for refining Fasting Pills so he could exchange them for a Mid-Grade Magic Tool.
• Li Ditu left Changle Mountain and returned to Changqing Mountain after Li Qianqing refined sixty percent of Changle Mountain’s Fasting Pills.
• Li Ditu told Li Lilong that he had brought news of a heaven-sent good fortune and asked him to meet the patriarch.
• Li Ditu reported Li Qianqing’s alchemy talent and accomplishments to Li Cunliu and Li Lilong.

Li Qianqing’s alchemy talent led the Li Family’s Patriarch to increase his support while keeping his abilities secret from rival forces. After using his resources to advance his cultivation, Li Qianqing broke through to Qi Refining Fifth Layer.

• Li Cunliu awarded Li Qianqing an additional 1,500 Contribution Points and ordered the family to conceal his alchemy talent.
• Li Ditu reported that the Jiang Family had made no moves at Changle Mountain, and Li Cunliu decided the Li Family should continue developing quietly.
• Li Ditu handed Li Lilong a batch of Fasting Pills for the Clan Treasury and urged him to plan further guidance for Li Qianqing.
• In September, Li Qianqing received 3,100 Contribution Points and exchanged them for a Mid-Grade Magic Tool and three Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills.
• After cultivating to the peak of Qi Refining Fourth Layer, Li Qianqing broke through to Qi Refining Fifth Layer and extended his divine sense to three zhang.

Li Qianqing reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer and continued tending the Spiritual Fields while considering the Li Family’s future crises. Li Qianyin showed him the first defensive magic tool she had refined, and he encouraged her to exchange it for cultivation resources.

• Li Qianqing completed his breakthrough to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer and resumed tending the Spiritual Fields.
• Li Qianqing saw Li Qianbao heading down the mountain and considered the minor and major crises awaiting the Li Family.
• Li Qianyin showed Li Qianqing the Low-Grade defensive magic tool she had successfully refined and offered it to him as a reward.
• Li Qianqing accidentally touched Li Qianyin’s head, so she withdrew the gift and scolded him for breaking his promise.
• Li Qianqing told Li Qianyin to exchange the magic tool for Contribution Points and buy a Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill to improve her cultivation.

Li Qianbao met with two Loose Cultivators and offered to betray the Li Family in exchange for joining them. He returned to Changle Mountain and waited for Li Cunlan’s death to create the right moment to present his Token of Allegiance.

• Li Qianyin vowed to reach Qi Refining Fifth Layer soon, and she and Li Qianqing returned to cultivation.
• Li Qianbao met two Loose Cultivators at Small Hill and claimed he could help them take revenge on the Li Family and seize its resources.
• Li Qianbao and the Loose Cultivators exchanged information and placed spiritual power marks on one another so they could communicate later.
• After Li Qianbao left, the Loose Cultivators discussed whether his meeting was a trap and decided to report his attitude to Fei Xiangqing.
• Li Qianbao returned to Changle Mountain, told Li Lihe he had visited his family, and planned to use his closeness to Li Lihe to learn when Li Cunlan died.

At sixteen, Li Qianqing began refining Rank 1 Low-Grade Qi Gathering Pills under Li Ditu’s supervision to further confirm his alchemy talent. He completed the first furnace without major mistakes, and the five pills emerged as Li Ditu eagerly awaited the result.

• Li Qianqing visited Li Ditu to refine Rank 1 Low-Grade Qi Gathering Pills, with most of the ingredients secretly entrusted to him.
• Li Qianqing said he had thoroughly mastered the refinement process, and Li Ditu agreed to observe without offering guidance.
• Li Qianqing added the ingredients in the proper sequence and skillfully fused the medicinal materials.
• Li Qianqing compressed and condensed the pills, completing the furnace without major errors.
• Five pills emerged from the furnace, and Li Ditu eagerly waited to inspect the result.

Li Qianqing successfully refined Rank 1 Low-Grade Qi Gathering Pills and spent the following months refining pills and cultivating, advancing toward the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. At the Tongyang County Cultivator Market, Li Dixing inspected a new batch of pills made by the Qian Generation’s outstanding alchemist and set a sales strategy for them.

• Li Ditu praised Li Qianqing for successfully making two pills and offered him more spirit herbs to practice with.
• Li Qianqing refined two portions of spirit herbs in one furnace, produced nine pills, and decided to wait until the Qi Refining Sixth Layer before trying three portions at once.
• Li Qianqing swallowed a pill and spent the next several months alternating cultivation with pill refining, making faster progress toward the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.
• Li Dixing inspected a new shipment of pills and learned that the Qian Generation had produced an alchemist more exceptional than Li Ditu.
• Li Dixing directed the shop to sell average-quality pills for two Low-Grade Spirit Stones and include a high-quality pill with each purchase of three.

Li Qianqing’s newly refined Qi Gathering Pills boosted the Li Family’s business, and he broke through to Qi Refining Sixth Layer shortly after turning eighteen. He planned to watch over his Grand Ancestral Aunt Li Cunlan, whose death he remembered from his previous life as approaching in May.

• Li Liding delivered high-quality Qi Gathering Pills to the Li Family’s shops and treasury while changing his routes to avoid danger.
• Li Dixing stocked the pills, and customers flocked to the Li Family shop after hearing that one pill in every three was guaranteed to be high-quality.
• Li Qianqing earned additional Contribution Points by refining Qi Gathering Pills alongside Fasting Pills.
• Three days after turning eighteen, Li Qianqing broke through from Qi Refining Fifth Layer to Qi Refining Sixth Layer, aided by Qi Gathering Pills.
• Li Qianqing assessed his growing divine sense and planned to continue cultivating Void God Needle as more sealed techniques unlocked with future breakthroughs.
• Li Qianqing recalled that Li Cunlan had died in May in his previous life and resolved to monitor her condition over the coming months.

Li Qianqing reached Qi Refining Sixth Layer, and his progress pushed Li Qianyin to work harder toward her own breakthrough. Li Ditu grew more convinced that Li Qianqing was suited to become the Li Family's future clan head.

• Li Qianqing continued his daily duties and prepared to visit Li Cunlan in April.
• Li Qianyin visited Li Qianqing hoping to go out with him, then noticed he had reached Qi Refining Sixth Layer.
• Li Qianqing and Li Ditu teased Li Qianyin about her slower cultivation, prompting her to return and cultivate harder.
• Li Ditu praised Li Qianqing's influence on Li Qianyin and reflected that Li Qianqing had the judgment and character of a future clan head.
• Li Qianqing asked whether the Fasting Pill arrangements needed changing, and Li Ditu said to follow the previous plan.

After Li Cunlan died, Li Qianbao tried to alert the Loose Cultivators, but Li Qianqing killed him before he could send the message. Li Ditu confirmed that Li Qianbao was a traitor and praised Li Qianqing for preventing an attack on Changle Mountain.

• Li Qianqing visited Li Cunlan and later saw Li Qianbao heading toward her residence, suspecting he would inform the Loose Cultivators when she died.
• After Li Cunlan passed away on the eighth day of May, Li Qianbao left Li Lihe and prepared to send the news using a Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Li Qianqing struck Li Qianbao with his Divine Sense Secret Technique and severed his head with a Mid-Grade Magic Tool long sword before the message could be sealed and sent.
• Li Qianqing brought Li Ditu to the scene and explained why he had killed Li Qianbao.
• Li Ditu examined the unfinished message, learned that Li Qianbao had planned to tell the Loose Cultivators of Li Cunlan's death, and praised Li Qianqing for stopping him.