Chapter Summaries

Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin traveled to Mountain Sea City in Lu Country to attend Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild’s auction and offer an item. There, Li Qianqing recognized the young Lu Shangqing, a future Core Formation cultivator, and gave him pills to establish a connection.

• Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin left Changqing Mountain for Lu Country, while Li Xunting returned to cultivation, determined to catch up with Li Qianqing.
• The siblings reached Mountain Sea City and went to Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild’s auction venue to ask whether the guild would accept their item.
• Li Qianqing recognized the Qi Refining Eighth Layer gatekeeper Lu Shangqing as a future Core Formation cultivator and asked him to lead them to a steward.
• When the steward was delayed, Li Qianqing gave Lu Shangqing two bottles of High-Grade Qi Gathering Pills, explaining that he wanted to form a good connection with him.

Li Qianqing invested in Lu Shangqing by giving him Qi Gathering Pills, then helped Li Qianyin auction her newly refined Low-Grade Spirit Tool through the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild. After spending five days exploring Mountain Sea City, Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin arrived at the guild’s auction, hoping to buy Foundation Establishment Pills with just over fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Li Shangqing accepted two bottles of Rank 1 High-Grade Qi Gathering Pills from Li Qianqing and learned his name and clan.
• Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin met manager Luo Fengyan, who approved Li Qianyin’s Low-Grade Spirit Tool for auction with a five-percent fee.
• Lu Shangqing bid farewell to Li Qianqing, and Luo Fengyan praised Lu Shangqing for showing his approval of him.
• Li Qianyin took Li Qianqing sightseeing around Mountain Sea City for five days before the auction began.
• Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin attended the auction, aiming to buy Foundation Establishment Pills with the clan’s funds, which were unlikely to cover two.

Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin attended the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild auction, where they reviewed the lots and watched bidding begin. As Li Qianyin’s spirit tool came up for sale, the auctioneer praised it with a story that embarrassed its maker.

• Lu Shangqing recognized Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin, led them to a well-positioned private room, and offered to assist them during the auction.
• Li Qianyin spotted the spirit tool she had consigned as the sixth lot, while Li Qianqing found fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills and the Fallen Fire Stone on the auction list.
• Li Qianyin asked whether Li Qianqing planned to marry; he recalled a woman from his past life and said he needed to focus on himself and the clan’s development.
• Zheng Qianyu opened the auction and sold the first item, two pieces of Xuanlong Paste, for 1,100 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• When Li Qianyin’s top Low-Grade Spirit Tool was introduced, Zheng Qianyu called it her proud work and claimed she had sold it only because she needed spirit stones, making Li Qianyin blush.

Li Qianyin’s top-tier Low-Grade Spirit Tool sold for 1,800 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Li Qianqing won the Second-Order High Grade Fallen Fire Stone he wanted for 3,200. With the auction continuing, Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin prepared to compete for at least one Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin watched the auctioneer present Li Qianyin’s top-tier Low-Grade Spirit Tool as an artifact master’s work.
• A bidder won Li Qianyin’s Spirit Tool for 1,800 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, earning her 1,710 after the five-percent fee.
• Li Qianyin received her Spirit Stones as the auction continued, while she and Li Qianqing waited for the Fallen Fire Stone listed as the twenty-fourth item.
• Li Qianqing bid against other cultivators and won the Second-Order High Grade Fallen Fire Stone for 3,200 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Qianqing took the Fallen Fire Stone into his hands, and he and Li Qianyin turned their attention to winning a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin pooled their Spirit Stones to try to secure two Foundation Establishment Pills at the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild auction. Li Qianqing won the first pill cheaply, then waited for a later opportunity and began testing bids on the eleventh.

• Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin agreed to contribute their personal Spirit Stones alongside the clan’s funds to pursue two Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Li Qianqing bid thirty-four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and won the first Foundation Establishment Pill in Room Number Sixty-Two.
• Li Qianqing advised Li Qianyin not to bid on the second pill immediately, and Number Twenty-Six won it for thirty-seven thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Qianqing planned to target the twelfth Foundation Establishment Pill after waiting for ten pills to be auctioned.
• After the tenth pill was won by the cultivator in room number thirty-nine, Li Qianqing made three bids on the eleventh, reaching thirty-three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones before falling silent.

Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin secured two Foundation Establishment Pills at the Lu Kingdom auction and returned safely to Changqing Mountain. Li Qianqing delivered the pills to Li Cunliu, who celebrated his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and arranged for the family to repay the pair’s Spirit Stones.

• Li Qianqing bid thirty-six thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and won the twelfth Foundation Establishment Pill, then he and Li Qianyin arranged to leave the auction early to avoid attracting trouble.
• Li Qianqing and Li Qianyin returned safely to Zhao Kingdom, and Li Qianqing sent Li Qianyin ahead to Changqing Mountain while he went to report to Li Cunliu.
• Li Qianqing told Li Cunliu about his breakthrough and the auction, then handed over the two Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Li Cunliu praised Li Qianqing’s rapid progress and good fortune, and said the family would repay the Spirit Stones he and Li Qianyin had spent.

Li Qianqing discussed Foundation Establishment Pill allocations with Li Cunliu and shared breakthrough insights with Li Lilong, who later advanced to mid-stage Foundation Establishment. The following January, Li Xingsheng tended his demon beasts and learned that Li Xunming planned to visit his parents and nearby cultivator markets.

• Li Qianqing recommended that the clan reserve its second Foundation Establishment Pill for Li Xingsheng, and Li Cunliu agreed.
• Li Qianqing met Li Lilong, urged him to attempt a breakthrough, and exchanged cultivation insights with him for nearly half a day.
• After Li Qianqing left, Li Lilong entered seclusion and successfully advanced to mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
• Li Xingsheng tended his Wind Cloud Horses and Shu Shu, reflecting on the Foundation Establishment Pill the clan had reserved for him and his hopes for his demon beasts.
• Li Xingsheng told Li Xunming that the clan had prepared a Foundation Establishment Pill for him, then learned Li Xunming planned to visit his parents in Tongyang County and explore cultivator markets.

Li Qianqing discussed the Ma Family’s planned attack on the Chang Family with Ma Xuanzong and agreed to support the operation. The two clans prepared to use the action both to weaken their opponent and to test whether other Heaven Harmony Sect forces were entering Wutong Prefecture.

• Li Qianqing learned that Ma Xuanzong had arrived at Changqing Mountain to discuss the Ma Family’s next move.
• Ma Xuanzong revealed that the Ma Family planned to attack the Chang Family, while the Chen Clan would pin down the Chang Family’s ally, the Sun Family.
• Li Qianqing accepted the Chen Clan’s involvement and asked whether other Heaven Harmony Sect subordinate forces had made moves in Wutong Prefecture.
• Ma Xuanzong said the attack would also serve as a test to expose hidden forces entering the conflict.
• Li Qianqing agreed to provide three Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators, including one at Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak, and Ma Xuanzong began explaining the plan.

Li Qianqing chose three combat-capable cultivators to support Ma Xuanzong’s plan against the Chang Family, including the Dual Spiritual Root cultivator Li Xunchen. The Li Clan team joined the Ma Clan at a Chang Family spiritual vein land, where the planned probe was to begin with an attack.

• After Ma Xuanzong left Changqing Mountain, Li Qianqing asked Li Xunting to identify strong Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators for the mission.
• Li Xunting recommended Li Xunchen and helped Li Qianqing select the other candidates, including Li Liling and Li Qianhu.
• In mid-July, Li Liling led Li Xunchen and Li Qianhu to the Ma Clan Ancestral Land, where Ma Huanghuang and Ma Xuanzong received them.
• Li Liling warned Li Xunchen to be careful, while he expressed confidence in his combat strength and the guidance he had received from Li Xunting.
• Seven days later, the three Li Clan cultivators accompanied the Ma Clan to a Chang Family spiritual vein land, which the Ma Clan planned to capture as part of its probe.

Ma Huanghuang led Ma and Li Clan cultivators in an attack on the Chang Clan’s spiritual vein land, while Chang Shengqing reported the invasion to the Chang Clan Head. The Chang Clan Head abandoned the land after the Sun Family could not provide support, and the attackers found the site largely empty as Chang Shengqing withdrew his clansmen.

• Ma Huanghuang led seven Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators from the Ma and Li Clans toward the Chang Clan’s spiritual vein land, but a patroller spotted them and raised the alarm.
• Chang Shengqing learned that Ma Clan cultivators and unfamiliar Li Clan cultivators were attacking, then sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to the Chang Clan Head.
• The Chang Clan Head ordered Chang Shengqing to abandon the land and contacted the Sun Family, but the Sun Family said it could not help because the Chen Clan had also acted.
• The Chang Clan Head declined to seek costly outside support and decided to leave the spiritual vein land to the Ma Clan for the time being.
• Chang Shengqing led the Chang Clan cultivators away, while Ma Huanghuang’s forces found the spiritual fields and orchard intact and discovered that only two Chang Clan cultivators had been caught.

Ma Huanghuang's forces took the Chang Clan's spiritual vein land, while the Chang Clan Head and Sun Wubin planned to seek Tian Family support if the Ma Family expanded further. Li Xunchen returned to Changqing Mountain to report the situation to Li Qianqing, with Li Xunting also present.

• Ma Huanghuang declined to pursue the fleeing Chang Clan cultivators and had the Ma Family hold the captured spiritual vein land while the Li Clan cultivators waited for a possible counterattack.
• Sun Wubin met the Chang Clan Head and learned that the Chang Clan had lost two Mid-Stage Qi Refining clansmen while abandoning its spiritual vein land.
• Sun Wubin explained that the Chen Family had likely held the Sun Family back to prevent it from supporting the Chang Clan, coordinating with the Ma Family's move.
• Sun Wubin proposed asking the Tian Family for help when the Ma Family made another move, while the Sun Family struck at the Chen Family.
• Li Liling and the other Li Clan cultivator returned to Changqing Mountain after the Chang Clan made no counterattack, and Li Xunchen went to report to Li Qianqing, where he found Li Xunting.

Li Xunming broke through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining and asked Li Qianqing for permission to travel beyond Xiangshui Prefecture. Li Qianqing approved and gave him protective spirit talismans, leaving Li Xunming ready to begin his long-awaited journey.

• Li Xunchen reported that the Chang Family had not tried to retake its spirit vein land, and Li Qianqing concluded that the Ma Family's probing had yielded no clear result.
• Li Xunting teased Li Xunchen about his disappointment at missing a fight, and Li Qianqing intervened before she could spar with him.
• Li Qianqing and Li Xunting discussed Li Xunchen's prospects for Foundation Establishment and the family's chances of obtaining another Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Li Xunming smoothly broke through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining and went to Li Qianqing to ask whether he could leave Xiangshui Prefecture.
• Li Qianqing approved Li Xunming's trip, explained his new standing as a core family higher-up, and gave him spirit talismans for protection.

Li Xunming reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, while Li Dihong witnessed Luoyun Valley’s second Micro Spirit Vein take shape. Three years later, Li Dihong prepared Li Xunchen to support the Ma Family operation, which could expand the Li Family’s influence in Wutong Prefecture.

• Li Xunming returned from his travels after reaching the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and the family revoked the high-level status of cultivators still at the eighth layer.
• Li Dihong sensed that the unformed spirit vein beneath Luoyun Valley had taken shape, giving the Li Family a second Micro Spirit Vein there.
• Li Xunchen volunteered to go to Luoyun Valley, where Li Dihong gave him a quiet cultivation site and taught him over the next three years.
• Li Dihong told Li Xunchen to lead several cultivators to support the Ma Family, whose coming operation could help the Li Family secure another spirit vein land.
• Li Dihong said the family was sending a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator and hoped to move a Micro Spirit Vein to Luoyun Valley.

Li Xunting joined the Ma Clan’s operation against the Chang Clan and learned that the Chang Clan and Sun Family had support from the Weishui Tian Clan. She was assigned to watch one of the Chang Clan’s spirit vein lands and warned Li Xunchen to fight carefully as the operation approached.

• Li Dihong told Li Xunchen that Li Xunting would represent the Li Clan as its Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Li Xunchen and four other Li Clan cultivators arrived at the Ma Clan Ancestral Land, and Li Xunting arrived three days later to a personal welcome from Ma Xuanzong.
• Ma Xuanzong told Li Xunting that the Chang Clan and Sun Family had secured the Weishui Tian Clan’s support and explained the operation’s likely course.
• Ma Xuanzong assigned Li Xunting to watch one of the Chang Clan’s spirit vein lands while he watched another, in case the Chang Clan made a major move.
• Li Xunting visited Li Xunchen, told him he would likely see combat, and warned him not to take on a crowd by himself.

The Chen Clan waited for the Weishui Tian Clan to commit its forces to supporting the Chang Clan before moving against the Sun Family. Meanwhile, the Ma and Li clans attacked a Chang Clan spiritual vein land, where the Chang cultivators held out inside a spirit array until it broke and the assault resumed.

• Chen Changsheng and the Chen Clan Head discussed delaying their operation against the Sun Family until the Weishui Tian Clan went to support the Chang Clan.
• The Chang Clan Head learned that the Ma and Li clans had attacked another of his clan’s spiritual vein lands and called on the Tian Clan for support.
• Li Xunchen and the Ma and Li cultivators overwhelmed the Chang Clan defenders, who retreated into their spirit array under Chang Xichou’s direction.
• Ma Huanghuang chose to bombard the spirit array rather than use the Array Breaking Pearl, and Li Xunchen joined the attack.
• The spirit array broke before the Chang Clan’s support arrived, and Ma Huanghuang ordered the Ma and Li cultivators to attack in pairs while wounded fighters withdrew.

The Ma Family and Li Clan defeated the Chang Clan defenders and took their spiritual vein land, while Chang Shengqing confirmed the losses and reported them to the Chang Clan Head. When Tian Family reinforcements finally arrived, Chang Shengqing learned their force was too weak to make retaking the land certain.

• Ma Huanghuang praised Li Xunchen for helping defeat the Chang Clan cultivators, and Li Xunchen meditated to recover his spiritual energy.
• Chang Shengqing approached the captured spiritual vein land, saw Ma Family patrols, and reported that the Chang Clan defenders had all died.
• The Chang Clan Head abandoned plans to retake the previously lost spiritual vein land and ordered Chang Shengqing to wait for Tian Family support before attempting to recover this one.
• Three days later, Tian Youwei arrived with twenty Tian Family cultivators and explained that taking land originally held by the Ma Family would require extra payment.
• Chang Shengqing noted that the combined force had only seven Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators and doubted they could retake the Chang Clan's spiritual vein land.

Chang Shengqing and Tian Youwei led their families in a night assault to reclaim the spirit-vein land, but the Ma Family and Li Clan’s stronger formation forced them to withdraw after a fierce battle. The Chang Family failed to retake the land, and the survivors retreated with heavy casualties.

• Tian Youwei demanded increased compensation if the Tian Family lost more than half its cultivators, while Chang Shengqing decided the operation would proceed at night.
• The Chang and Tian cultivators were discovered as they entered the spirit-vein land and met the Ma Family and Li Clan forces, who had more Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators.
• Chang Shengqing and Tian Youwei tried to persuade Ma Huanghuang to surrender the land, but Ma Huanghuang refused, and Chang Shengqing ordered an attack.
• The two sides fought fiercely, with Li Xunchen gaining the advantage over Chang Shengqing and Ma Huanghuang fighting Tian Youwei.
• After Tian Youwei called for withdrawal and Chang Shengqing judged the land impossible to retake, the Chang and Tian forces retreated while the Ma Family and Li Clan declined to pursue.

The Li Clan and Ma Family defeated the Chang Clan and Tian Clan, preserving the Ma Family’s spirit-vein land while suffering losses. As the Chang Clan accepted its defeat and cultivators across Wutong Prefecture discussed the clashes, Ma Huanghuang arrived at the Li Clan’s spirit-vein land to help with the Ma Family’s influence.

• The Li Clan and Ma Family assessed their casualties after forcing the Chang Clan and Tian Clan to withdraw, and Ma Huanghuang told Li Xunchen to return if the Chang Clan did not attack again within seven days.
• Tian Youwei blamed Chang Shengqing for the defeat and led the Tian Clan away, while Chang Shengqing later reported the battle and the Tian Clan’s conduct to the Chang Clan Head.
• The Chang Clan Head concluded that his weakened clan could not soon reclaim its lost spirit-vein lands and would need another Foundation Establishment cultivator to change its fortunes.
• Rogue cultivators discussed the clashes between the Ma and Chang families and between the Chen and Sun families, sharing differing reports about their outcomes.
• Ma Huanghuang arrived at the Li Clan’s spirit-vein land in Wutong Prefecture to provide support, and he sensed something different as he entered.

Ma Huanghuang, Li Dihong, and Li Xunchen visited the Zhu Family to negotiate the purchase of its spirit vein. Zhu Guiyou feared they had come to demand the Zhu Family’s submission, but Li Dihong’s offer still left him under pressure as the chapter ended.

• Ma Huanghuang noticed the Li Clan’s spirit-vein land held two Micro Spirit Veins, and Li Dihong explained that one had formed after the clan took the land.
• Li Dihong, Li Xunchen, and Ma Huanghuang traveled to the Zhu Family’s spirit-vein land and requested a meeting with its clan head.
• Zhu Guiyou feared the Li Clan and Ma Family intended to make the Zhu Family an affiliated force, so he welcomed the three cultivators and heard them out.
• Li Dihong revealed that the Li Clan wanted to purchase the Zhu Family’s spirit vein, and Zhu Guiyou asked for a few days to consider the sudden proposal.

Li Dihong negotiated with Zhu Guiyou, who avoided selling his family’s spirit vein by offering to make the Zhu Family a subordinate of the Li family and help them seize the Wang Family’s territory. The Li family agreed to support the campaign, and Li Xunchen was permitted to join, leaving Zhu Guiyou reassured about the alliance.

• Li Dihong pressed Zhu Guiyou to decide whether to sell the Zhu Family’s spirit vein, while Ma Huanghuang’s presence made refusal feel risky.
• Zhu Guiyou proposed that the Zhu Family become a subordinate force of the Li family and capture the Wang Family’s spirit vein for them.
• Li Dihong accepted the proposal and asked that the attack on the Wang Family be completed within a year.
• Li Dihong offered two Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators to secretly support the Zhu Family’s campaign.
• Li Xunchen asked to join the operation, and Li Dihong agreed.