Chapter Summaries

Li Qianyin reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak, but worried that establishing her foundation would leave her looking too young and lacking the bearing of an elder. Li Qianqing persuaded her to prepare for an early attempt, and the Li Family arranged to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, leaving Yan Xuewei anticipating the clan’s growth.

• Li Qianyin visited Li Qianqing and told him she had reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak.
• Li Qianyin asked to delay Foundation Establishment because she felt too young and disliked being short among the younger generation.
• Li Qianqing persuaded Li Qianyin that establishing her foundation early would benefit her, and she agreed to prepare for an attempt.
• Li Qianqing told Li Cunliu about Li Qianyin’s progress, then Li Cunliu prepared to take thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones to Clear Wind Valley for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Yan Xuewei received Li Qianqing’s message and realized the Li Family might soon gain a fourth Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Li Qianyin returned to Changqing Mountain to attempt Foundation Establishment, drawing on Li Qianqing’s practical advice. She passed the three barriers and successfully established her foundation, leaving Li Qianqing delighted by the news.

• Li Qianyin returned from Pingyun Valley to prepare for Foundation Establishment at the Li Clan’s ancestral land.
• Li Qianqing shared his Foundation Establishment experience with Li Qianyin, and she found his advice clearer and more useful than her father’s and the Patriarch’s.
• After nearly a month and a half in seclusion, Li Qianyin took the Foundation Establishment Pill and passed the Spiritual Energy and Divine Sense barriers.
• Li Qianqing gave Li Xunchen his final guidance session, and Li Xunchen declined his offer to go to Changbai Mountain to see Li Xunting.
• Li Qianyin successfully established her foundation with newly born divine sense reaching eleven zhang, and Li Qianqing received the good news.

Li Qianyin emerged from seclusion after successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, making the Li Clan a Four Foundation Establishments cultivation clan. As she prepared to guard Changqing Mountain, Li Qianqing began considering how to upgrade the clan’s spirit vein lands for future growth.

• Li Qianyin floated out of seclusion, and Li Cunliu and Li Lilong arrived to congratulate her on reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Li Qianyin and Li Lilong teased each other about her success before she sent Li Qianqing a Sound Transmission Talisman with the news.
• Li Cunliu told Li Qianyin to exchange for a Spirit Solidification Pill and confirmed she would move to Changqing Mountain to guard it.
• Li Qianqing received the news and considered moving spirit veins from other cultivation clans’ lands to upgrade the Li Clan’s spirit vein lands.

Li Qianqing assigned duties to the cultivators finishing their three-year training and informed Yan Xuewei that Li Qianyin had established her foundation, bringing the Li Clan to four Foundation Establishment cultivators. As Li Qianyin’s Foundation Establishment Banquet approached, Yan Xuewei arrived at Changqing Mountain a day early.

• Li Qianqing assigned the seven cultivators trained by Li Qian'ou to duties across Changqing Mountain, Pingyun Valley, and Azure Wave Lake.
• Li Qianqing sent Yan Xuewei a message announcing Li Qianyin’s successful Foundation Establishment.
• Huang Zhifeng and Huang Lixin discussed how the Li Clan’s growing strength would make it increasingly costly for the Huang Clan to maintain their relationship.
• Qi Refining clans and rogue cultivators across Xiangshui Prefecture learned that the Li Clan now had four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• On September twenty-fourth, Yan Xuewei arrived at the Li Clan’s reception hall, where three Li Clan Foundation Establishment cultivators were waiting for her.

Yan Xuewei asked the Li Clan to intervene in Wutong Prefecture’s power struggles within ten years, and Li Qianqing persuaded the clan to agree. After a long conversation, he and Yan Xuewei grew closer, and Li Qianyin emerged from seclusion to receive Yan Xuewei’s congratulations and gift.

• Yan Xuewei asked the Li Clan to prepare to intervene in Wutong Prefecture within ten years, and Li Cunliu and Li Lilong voiced concerns about the short timeline.
• Li Qianqing agreed that ten years was appropriate, and Li Cunliu and Li Lilong accepted his judgment.
• Yan Xuewei promised to help when the Li Clan was ready, then asked Li Qianqing to call her Xuewei-jie; he agreed.
• Yan Xuewei spoke with Li Qianqing through the night, sharing deeper information about Clear Wind Valley.
• Li Qianyin emerged from seclusion with her Foundation Establishment cultivation consolidated, and Yan Xuewei congratulated her and gave her a gift.

Li Qianyin’s Foundation Establishment Banquet brought the Li Clan together with cultivators from nine other clans, while Li Qianqing’s rapport with Yan Xuewei became more relaxed. After the banquet, Qianyin returned to Changqing Mountain and began refining a Low-Grade Spirit Tool before cultivating.

• Li Qianyin wondered whether Yan Xuewei treated Li Qianqing specially, while Li Qianqing reflected that their relationship was based on mutual interests rather than romantic feelings.
• Li Qianqing left Li Qianyin to keep Yan Xuewei company while he received the Foundation Establishment guests, and Yan patiently answered Qianyin’s cultivation questions.
• Fourteen Foundation Establishment cultivators attended Qianyin’s banquet, where Li Lilong and Qianyin gave speeches before the guests shared a meal.
• Li Xunting called Li Xunchen over and urged him to reach Foundation Establishment, while Li Xingsheng quietly ate and hid a small stone in his clothes.
• After the banquet, Li Qianqing saw Yan Xuewei off with less restraint than before; three days later, Qianyin returned to Changqing Mountain and entered seclusion to refine a Low-Grade Spirit Tool.

Li Qianqing advised Li Qianyin on improving her artifact-refining skills and balancing them with cultivation, while planning to give family alchemists more practice. Three years later, Li Xingsheng reached Qi Refining Seventh Layer, and Li Qianqing prepared to take him north for a beast-taming journey.

• Li Qianqing planned to let family alchemists refine part of the next batch of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills so they could gain experience.
• Li Qianyin struggled to refine a Low-Grade Spirit Tool, and Li Qianqing advised her to practice with top-grade High-Grade Magic Tools before trying again.
• Li Qianqing urged Li Qianyin to focus on cultivation and avoid spending time refining Mid-Grade Magic Tools, and she agreed.
• Three years later, Li Xingsheng successfully broke through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer while Shu Shu watched.
• Li Xingsheng told Li Qianqing that his Beast Taming Art had reached Lesser Mastery, and Li Qianqing set their departure for half a month later.

Li Qianqing finished preparing to leave Changqing Mountain and took Li Xingsheng to Yue Kingdom to help him begin his Beast Tamer training. They arrived in Yan City, where Li Qianqing bought Li Xingsheng a Mid-Grade Beast Taming Pouch for Shu Shu.

• Li Qianqing finished absorbing a Rank 2 Low-Grade Spirit Enhancement Pill, arranged family matters, and entrusted Li Qianyin with overseeing the cultivators in his absence.
• Li Qianqing and Li Xingsheng departed Changqing Mountain aboard a Low-Grade Flying Spirit Tool, with Shu Shu traveling on Li Xingsheng’s shoulder.
• After five days of flight, Li Qianqing brought Li Xingsheng to Yan City’s Cultivator Market in Gaosuo Prefecture and kept Shu Shu concealed.
• Li Qianqing haggled with a shopkeeper and bought a brand-new Mid-Grade Beast Taming Pouch for three hundred and fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Li Qianqing brought Li Xingsheng to the Flame Cloud Mountain Range to develop his beast-taming skills and seek an Iron Carp. The chapter left Li Xingsheng and Shu Shu victorious in their first battle against a Rock Wall Python.

• Li Qianqing gave Li Xingsheng a clan-funded Mid-Grade Beast Taming Pouch, which Li Xingsheng refined and tested with Shu Shu.
• Li Qianqing took Li Xingsheng through a Cultivator Market, bought information about the Flame Cloud Mountain Range, and warned him about teaming up with strangers.
• Li Qianqing and Li Xingsheng entered the mountain range, where Li Qianqing spotted a First Order Mid-Stage Rock Wall Python suitable for Shu Shu to fight.
• Li Xingsheng sent Shu Shu to attack the Rock Wall Python and directed it toward a weak point beneath its head.
• Shu Shu tore the Rock Wall Python in two with a swift bite, surprising Li Xingsheng and impressing Li Qianqing.

Li Qianqing took Li Xingsheng into the Flame Cloud Mountain Range to find Wind Cloud Horses for the Li Family’s travel needs. After locating a herd, Li Xingsheng chose four horses to contract, and Li Qianqing shielded them from the herd’s attack as the capture began.

• Li Xingsheng and Shu Shu defeated a Rock Wall Python, and Li Xingsheng stored its remains before continuing with Li Qianqing.
• Li Qianqing and Li Xingsheng traveled through the Flame Cloud Mountain Range and rested overnight before reaching the area where Wind Cloud Horses appeared.
• Li Qianqing found a herd of twenty-six Wind Cloud Horses, and Li Xingsheng chose one late First Order male and three First Order Mid-Stage females based on his ability and the family’s needs.
• Li Qianqing brought Li Xingsheng close to the herd so he could select four individual horses, and the lead horse rallied the herd to attack them.
• Li Qianqing blocked the herd’s wind blades with his Mystic Tortoise Shield as Li Xingsheng’s chosen horses stood ready to be captured.

Li Qianqing and Li Xingsheng captured and tamed four Wind Cloud Horses in the Flame Cloud Mountain Range, revealing that Li Xingsheng's beast-taming talent exceeded expectations. On the fifth day, Li Qianqing caught a First Order Late-Stage Iron Carp for Azure Wave Lake and asked Li Xingsheng to try taming it.

• Li Qianqing used the Mystic Tortoise Shield to drive off a herd of Wind Cloud Horses, then trapped four of them with magic nets.
• Li Xingsheng tamed the four Wind Cloud Horses and signed Master-Servant Contracts with them, including the resistant stallion after promising it access to the mares.
• Li Qianqing praised Li Xingsheng's beast-taming talent, and Li Xingsheng rewarded Shu Shu before storing two horses in his Beast Taming Pouch.
• Li Qianqing and Li Xingsheng rode the newly tamed Wind Cloud Horses through the Flame Cloud Mountain Range and practiced using them in combat.
• On the fifth day, Li Qianqing caught a First Order Late-Stage Iron Carp from a river and asked Li Xingsheng to try taming it.

Li Xingsheng contracted an Iron Carp and a small Ming Ting during his training with Li Qianqing, bringing his collection of demon beasts to six. They left the Flame Cloud Mountain Range and placed the Iron Carp in Azure Wave Lake, where Li Dihong would care for it and its presence could speed the growth of the lake’s fish.

• After the Iron Carp knocked Li Xingsheng away, Li Xingsheng completed their contract and stored it in his Beast Taming Pouch.
• Li Qianqing watched as Li Xingsheng approached a Ming Ting and quickly formed an Equality Contract with it, then named it Little Ming.
• Li Qianqing and Li Xingsheng left the Flame Cloud Mountain Range, traveled to Azure Wave Lake, and met Li Dihong.
• Li Xingsheng released the Iron Carp into Azure Wave Lake and explained that it would live there and help raise the fish fry.
• Li Qianqing, Li Xingsheng, and Li Dihong discussed the Iron Carp’s care and how it could shorten the growth cycle of the lake’s fish.

Li Qianqing opened the Black Luck Stone and obtained a Second-Order Middle Grade Spirit Cleansing Crystal for the clan, while the Li Clan continued expanding its cultivation resources and operations. The chapter ended with Li Xunting arriving at Li Qianqing’s cave dwelling to see him.

• Li Dihong considered whether the Li Clan should invest fully in raising the Iron Carp and decided to wait for the next core meeting.
• Li Xingsheng began formally nurturing the Wind Cloud Horses and gave the Mutated Gold Devouring Rat more time to cultivate.
• Two years later, Li Qianqing used Huilong Grass Spirit Liquid to reveal a Second-Order Middle Grade Spirit Cleansing Crystal, which could assist three Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak cultivators.
• Li Qianqing noted the clan’s growing need for breakthrough resources as its cultivator population neared one hundred and fifty.
• Li Qianyin completed a batch of High-Grade Magic Tools and had Li Xingyun deliver them to Tongyang County on a Wind Cloud Horse.
• Li Xunting arrived at Li Qianqing’s cave dwelling and entered after he invited her inside.

Li Xunting reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak and prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment without waiting for a Foundation Establishment Pill. At the family Core High-Level Meeting, Li Cunliu gave her the Clear Nectar Spirit Stone, while Li Qianqing urged the clan to begin expanding Changqing Mountain’s spirit veins.

• Li Xunting told Li Qianqing she planned to prepare for two or three years before attempting Foundation Establishment, and he shared his experience with her.
• Li Xunting visited Li Quruo and rewarded her, then encountered Li Xunchen, who realized her cultivation had reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak.
• The Li Family held its mid-December Core High-Level Meeting, where Li Xunting confirmed she would attempt Foundation Establishment around June the year after next.
• Li Cunliu gave Li Xunting the Clear Nectar Spirit Stone to support her Foundation Establishment attempt without a pill.
• Li Qianqing proposed advancing plans to add Micro Spirit Veins to Changqing Mountain, but Li Lilong questioned whether the clan needed to consider expansion so soon.

The Li Family debated whether to increase Changqing Mountain’s spirit veins and agreed to wait until the clan had five Foundation Establishment cultivators, making the plan dependent on Li Xunting’s upcoming breakthrough. After revealing the Spirit Cleansing Crystal’s benefits and preparing to refine high-grade Qi Gathering Pills, Li Qianqing received a summons from Li Lilong and set out for the ancestral land without knowing the task.

• Li Qianqing argued that increasing Changqing Mountain’s spirit veins would allow the clan to cultivate Second-Order High-Grade spirit herbs, while Li Cunliu and Li Dihong warned about the risks of acting too soon.
• Li Ditu, Li Qianyin, and Li Xunting supported Li Qianqing, and the clan decided to increase the spirit veins only if Li Xunting succeeded in Foundation Establishment.
• Li Qianqing showed the elders a Rank 2 Mid-Grade Spirit Cleansing Crystal and explained that it could improve spiritual power and slightly raise a Qi Refining cultivator’s chance of Foundation Establishment.
• More than a year later, Li Qianqing received Li Lilong’s Sound Transmission Talisman summoning him to Changqing Mountain for an unspecified assignment.
• Li Qianqing told Li Qianyin about the summons and left his cave dwelling.

Li Qianqing traveled to New Moon Prefecture to attend a trade fair and seek Star God Grass for Li Xunting’s upcoming Foundation Establishment attempt. He obtained an entry token and joined the other cultivators in the trade fair’s waiting hall.

• Li Lilong told Li Qianqing that Star God Grass, reportedly about two hundred and thirty years old, might appear at a trade fair in New Moon Prefecture and gave him the clan’s remaining spirit stones.
• Li Qianqing traveled safely to Tianshu City and revealed his Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation to gather information.
• A shopkeeper gave Li Qianqing a token and directions to the trade fair after he asked about the news of Star God Grass.
• Li Qianqing waited five days, then presented his token at the trade fair’s guarded entrance.
• A guide led Li Qianqing to a round hall, where he took chair number twenty-one among the arriving cultivators.

Li Qianqing attended the Su Clan trade fair and bought a 240-year-old Star God Grass for 12,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, intending it to help Li Xunting pass the third Foundation Establishment barrier. After the Su Clan’s items were traded, the other cultivators began presenting their goods, starting with a female cultivator offering a Flame Cry Stone.

• Su Chengmu opened the trade fair and sold the Golden Dragon Scissors to the cultivator in seat six for 2,400 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Chengmu presented three stalks of Star God Grass and set their price at 12,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones each; several interested cultivators withdrew.
• Li Qianqing obtained one stalk of the 240-year-old Star God Grass and confirmed its contents and age with his divine sense.
• Su Chengmu handed the trade fair over to the cultivator in seat one, who offered a Second-Order Middle Grade Flame Cry Stone in exchange for cultivation pills or spirit stones.

Li Qianqing traded ten high-quality Rank 2 Low-Grade Spirit Enhancement Pills for a piece of Rank 2 Mid-Grade Flame Cry Stone, then sold more pills at the trade fair. As the fair neared its end, the Number Thirteen Cultivator acquired a cultivation technique that could reach Mid-Stage Core Formation.

• Li Qianqing exchanged ten high-quality Spirit Enhancement Pills for the Number One Female Cultivator’s Flame Cry Stone, which he wanted for Li Qianyin’s artifact refining.
• The Number Three Cultivator tried to sell a Mid-Grade Spirit Tool for spirit stones, but no one accepted his price.
• Li Qianqing offered five bottles of Spirit Enhancement Pills, and five cultivators each bought one bottle for 2,200 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Qianqing sold the Number Thirteen Cultivator an additional bottle of Spirit Enhancement Pills after the other trades were complete.
• The Number Twenty-Two Cultivator offered a technique that could be cultivated to Mid-Stage Core Formation, and the Number Thirteen Cultivator won it among seven competitors.
• The trade fair approached its end as Li Qianqing rested after completing his trades.

Li Qianqing left the Su Clan trade fair and discovered that Zhao Chengfeng, a Foundation Establishment Late Stage loose cultivator, had followed him to rob him. Li Qianqing killed Zhao Chengfeng after Bewitching Heart trapped him in an illusion, and took his belongings.

• Su Chengmu ended the trade fair and arranged for the cultivators to leave in numbered order to reduce the risk of attacks.
• Li Qianqing left as Number Twenty-One and changed his route after realizing someone had targeted him.
• Zhao Chengfeng followed Li Qianqing, believing him to be a wealthy Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator, and attacked him outside Tianshu City.
• Zhao Chengfeng imagined that his hammer had killed Li Qianqing and began looting his Storage Bags, but he was actually caught in Li Qianqing's Bewitching Heart illusion.
• Li Qianqing struck Zhao Chengfeng down, collected his belongings, and turned his corpse to ash.

Li Qianqing returned from the trade fair with a Star God Grass for Li Xunting and a Flame Cry Stone for Li Qianyin, after killing a cultivator who tried to rob him on the journey home. The chapter left Li Qianyin preparing to craft a set of Low-Grade Spirit Tools once the clan obtained the needed materials.

• Li Qianqing searched the dead cultivator's Storage Bag, found the Clairvoyance Art, and decided it could eventually be added to the Li Clan's Clan Treasury.
• After returning to Changqing Mountain, Li Qianqing reported the trade fair's good news to Fourth Uncle and returned the remaining Spirit Stones without mentioning the attack or the Jade Slip.
• Li Qianqing visited Li Xunting on Changbai Mountain and gave her a two-hundred-forty-year-old Star God Grass to improve her chances of Foundation Establishment.
• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting about the trade fair and his Foundation Establishment experience, then practiced spell combat with her before leaving at dusk.
• Li Qianqing gave Li Qianyin a Second-Order Middle Grade Flame Cry Stone and asked her to craft a set of Low-Grade Spirit Tools.
• Li Qianyin agreed to craft the set after the Li Clan collected Second-Order Low Grade Earth Melt Water, which could take three or four years.