Chapter Summaries

Li Qianqing traveled to Da Ming Country to help Lu Shangqing in the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild’s vice president assessment. As the third assessment was about to begin, the guild’s cultivators underestimated Li Qianqing, while Lu Yuanze asked Carefree Wanderer to eliminate him in the secret realm.

• Li Qianqing left for Da Ming Country and met Lu Shangqing at the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild headquarters, where he learned the third assessment would test combat strength inside a secret realm.
• After the first two assessments, Lu Shangqing stood fourth, and he brought Li Qianqing to the marshland where the final assessment would take place.
• Guild cultivators mocked Lu Shangqing for bringing a Mid-Stage Core Formation cultivator, while Lu Yuanze predicted that he would finish last.
• Lu Shangqing introduced the other participants to Li Qianqing and warned him to watch Devouring Devil Child, a powerful Late Stage Core Formation cultivator.
• Fei Tianming explained the secret realm’s point rules, and Lu Yuanze told Carefree Wanderer to eliminate Li Qianqing, but Carefree Wanderer declined to agree without knowing more about him.

Li Qianqing entered the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild’s trial secret realm and headed for its center, where the highest-value demonic beast energy bodies appeared. After demonstrating his strength and meeting Demon Devouring Child, Li Qianqing agreed to divide the hunting grounds between them, with the assessment still underway.

• The Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild president opened the trial secret realm, sending seven cultivators inside as guild members watched their perspectives and points.
• Li Qianqing ignored places where Early Third Order energy bodies appeared and headed toward the center, while several Late Stage Core Formation cultivators chose the other sections.
• Li Qianqing swiftly killed an Early Third Order Flame Fusion Leopard with his Flame Dragon Pearl, prompting the guild cultivators to recognize his strength and Lu Yuanze to fall silent.
• Li Qianqing reached the center and met Demon Devouring Child, who had also bypassed weaker energy bodies to pursue higher points.
• Li Qianqing introduced himself as a member of the Qing Country Li Clan, and Demon Devouring Child, whose name was Xu Zhou Long, agreed not to attack him.
• Demon Devouring Child proposed that Li Qianqing hunt energy bodies east of their position while he hunted those to the west.

Li Qianqing and Demon Devouring Child divided the secret realm’s central area peacefully, then each defeated four Late Third Order Demon Beast energy bodies. Impressed by Li Qianqing, Demon Devouring Child invited him to join Fallen Devil Valley, but Li Qianqing declined while offering to accompany the sect to Mist Rain Forest; the assessment ended with Li Qianqing slightly ahead in points.

• Li Qianqing and Demon Devouring Child divided the central area evenly, avoiding a fight that disappointed the observers outside the secret realm.
• Demon Devouring Child defeated a Late Third Order Iron Blood Bull Demon Beast energy body, and Li Qianqing later defeated a Late Third Order Red-Eyed Water Serpent using his Flame Dragon Pearl.
• Demon Devouring Child invited Li Qianqing to join Fallen Devil Valley, but Li Qianqing refused as clan head and offered to join a future expedition to Mist Rain Forest.
• Li Qianqing and Demon Devouring Child each eliminated four Late Third Order Demon Beast energy bodies before the assessment neared its end.
• Demon Devouring Child learned that Li Qianqing had also killed an Early Third Order Flame Fusion Leopard and realized Li Qianqing had edged ahead in points.

Li Qianqing helped Lu Shangqing secure second place in the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild vice president assessment, leading the guild to plan a branch in Qing Country. Two years later, the branch was being established in Tongyang County, and Lu Shangqing visited Changqing Mountain, where he learned Li Qianqing already had an Azure Cloud Token and spoke with him about the coming Azure Cloud Realm.

• Li Qianqing’s points helped Lu Shangqing take the top score in the third assessment and second place overall, while the merchant guild vice president finished first.
• Demon Devouring Child joined Li Qianqing on his journey home, and Lu Shangqing began arranging for a Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild branch in Qing Country, choosing Xiangshui Prefecture as its location.
• Two years later, cultivators in Tongyang County discussed the guild’s upcoming branch as it prepared to open in the expanded market.
• Lu Shangqing visited Li Qianqing at Changqing Mountain and offered to prioritize the Li family’s requests through the merchant guild.
• Lu Shangqing asked about the Azure Cloud Token and Azure Cloud Realm, and Li Qianqing revealed that he already had a token and that Yan Xuewei had obtained one three months earlier.
• Lu Shangqing told Li Qianqing that his reputation had spread through Da Ming Country after the assessment, while he considered whether to seek an Azure Cloud Token himself.

Li Xunming broke through to Mid-Stage Core Formation as he prepared for the Azure Cloud Realm, while Li Qianqing discovered a young clan member with the Spirit Devouring Physique. The chapter ended with Li Qianqing contacting the Demon Devouring Child about Li Yongfeng.

• Li Xunming reached Mid-Stage Core Formation after thirty-five days in seclusion and began studying the clan’s secret arts in preparation for the Azure Cloud Realm.
• Li Qianqing learned of Li Xunming’s breakthrough and cared for Shu Shu, who had followed him after Li Xingsheng’s death.
• During the Li Clan’s annual spiritual-root tests in Anren City, Li Zhongxing and Li Qinghong noticed that Li Yongfeng absorbed some of their spiritual power.
• Li Qianqing tested Li Yongfeng and confirmed that he had Water-fire Dual Spiritual Roots and the Spirit Devouring Physique.
• Li Qianqing sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to the Demon Devouring Child.

Li Qianqing arranged for Demon Devouring Child to take Li Yongfeng, a water-fire Dual Spiritual Root cultivator with the Spirit Devouring Physique, as his disciple while keeping him in the Li Family. Five years later, Li Qianqing broke through to Late Stage Core Formation, gained a secret art suited to Li Xunting, and discovered his divine sense surpassed that of ordinary Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators.

• Demon Devouring Child rushed to Changqing Mountain, confirmed Li Yongfeng had the Spirit Devouring Physique, and agreed to teach him without bringing him into Fallen Devil Valley.
• Li Yongfeng became Demon Devouring Child's disciple and chose to delay Qi Induction into the Body until he had grown more.
• Over the next five years, Demon Devouring Child visited Li Yongfeng annually, while Li Qianqing continued guiding him.
• Li Yongfeng grew into a young adult, and Li Qianqing reached the peak of Mid-Stage Core Formation before entering seclusion to break through.
• Li Qianqing successfully reached Late Stage Core Formation, received the Six Harmonies Ice secret art for Li Xunting, and found his divine sense range had grown to one hundred and twenty li.

Li Qianqing gave Li Xunting the Six Harmonies Ice secret art and discussed whether she should enter the dangerous Azure Cloud Realm with him. He reassured her that the Li Family could afford the cost of another token, leaving her reconsidering her decision not to go.

• Li Qianqing prepared to travel to Huangmin Prefecture with the Six Harmonies Ice Jade Slip when Li Zhonghao arrived at Foundation Establishment Peak and said he planned to form his core.
• Li Qianqing gave Li Zhonghao Mystic Talisman Wood and brought him to the family’s core-formation cave abode, where Li Zhonghao began his breakthrough.
• Li Qianqing visited Li Xunting at Changting Mountain and gave her the Jade Slip containing Six Harmonies Ice, which she planned to cultivate after reaching Mid-Stage Core Formation.
• Li Xunting told Li Qianqing that Li Xunming had revealed the Azure Cloud Realm opportunity after challenging her to a duel, and that she had beaten him and asked for his token.
• Li Qianqing offered Li Xunting his Azure Cloud Token, but she refused to go if he would not go; he then said he would seek another token through the Fortune Harmony Merchant Guild and reassured her that the family could afford the cost.

Li Yongfeng began cultivating with the Demon Devouring Child’s help and witnessed Li Zhonghao form a core, bringing the Li Family to five Core Formation Cultivators. As the Azure Cloud Realm drew closer, Li Xunting prepared for the opportunity, while the Demon Devouring Child received an Azure Cloud Token and introduced Li Yongfeng to Gan Mantang.

• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting to prepare for the Azure Cloud Realm and urged her to reach mid-stage Core Formation beforehand.
• The Demon Devouring Child helped Li Yongfeng complete Qi Induction into the Body, and Li Yongfeng officially became a cultivator at eighteen.
• Li Zhonghao succeeded in Core Formation, raising the Li Family’s number of Core Formation Cultivators to five.
• Five Peaks Palace’s Supreme Elders announced rewards for its palace competition, including a spiritual object for Nascent Soul breakthrough and an Azure Cloud Token for second place.
• Gan Mantang gave the Demon Devouring Child an Azure Cloud Token and learned that Li Yongfeng, his new disciple with the Spirit Devouring Physique, was Li Qianqing’s junior.
• The Demon Devouring Child introduced Li Yongfeng to Gan Mantang and prompted his Martial Uncle to give him a gift.

Li Xunting advanced to Mid-Stage Core Formation and secured the Wu Family’s continued subordination to the Li Clan after Wu Yueya formed her core. Three years before the Azure Cloud Realm opened, Li Qianqing received news that Lu Shangqing would bring him a third Azure Cloud Token.

• Demon Devouring Child accepted a protective jade pendant from Gan Mantang for Li Yongfeng and resolved to provide for his disciple until Core Formation.
• In Qingli forty-third year, Li Qianqing reviewed the Li Clan’s growth, including its five Core Formation cultivators, thirty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators, and expanding ranks of Qi Refining cultivators.
• Li Xunting broke through to Mid-Stage Core Formation and planned to cultivate the Sixth Grade Spirit Art Heavenly Frost while the clan continued searching for materials for Six Harmonies Ice.
• After learning Wu Yueya had formed her core, Li Xunting visited the Wu Family and discussed its future; Wu Yueya chose to remain subordinate to the Li Clan.
• Three years before the Azure Cloud Realm opened, Li Qianqing received Lu Shangqing’s message that he would arrive in Qing Country in about half a month with a third Azure Cloud Token.

Li Qianqing received the Azure Cloud Token and learned that the Iron Carp Pao Pao was beginning to break through its bloodline limit. The chapter left Li Changlin watching over Pao Pao while the Lu Country Royal Family declined Fang Ziming’s request for support.

• Lu Shangqing delivered the Azure Cloud Token to Li Qianqing, who paid the remaining spirit stones and agreed to auction any useful Azure Cloud Realm treasures his clan did not need.
• Li Qianqing sent Li Xunting a message that the clan’s third Azure Cloud Token had arrived and she could accompany him to the Azure Cloud Realm.
• Li Changlin discovered that the Iron Carp Pao Pao was breaking through its bloodline limit and summoned Li Qianqing to Azure Wave Lake.
• Li Qianqing told Li Changlin to stay at Azure Wave Lake and guard Pao Pao, and he halted the lake’s Spirit Fish production to improve the carp’s chances.
• Fang Ziming asked Qi Dongqiang to help fund his Core Formation and complained that Lu Shangqing had secured the Azure Cloud Token, but Qi Dongqiang refused to support him.

Qi Dongqiang reported Fang Ziming’s failure to secure an Azure Cloud Token to Qi Fengding, who planned to enter the Azure Cloud Realm and remain open to cooperating with Li Qianqing. When the tokens began guiding their holders toward the entrance, Li Qianqing gathered Li Xunming, Li Xunting, and Yan Xuewei at Changqing Mountain to prepare for the realm’s opening.

• Fang Ziming declined to provide an Azure Cloud Token and received no promise of a Core Formation Spiritual Object from Qi Dongqiang.
• Qi Dongqiang told Qi Fengding that the Lu Country Royal Family had obtained one Azure Cloud Token on its own, and Qi Fengding planned to enter the Azure Cloud Realm with it.
• Qi Fengding discussed the uncertain strength of Li Qianqing and considered probing him or cooperating with him inside the realm.
• Li Qianqing’s Azure Cloud Token pointed southeast and displayed thirty days until the Azure Cloud Realm opened, and Li Xunming arrived at Changqing Mountain.
• Li Xunting arrived and proposed sparring with Li Xunming, who avoided the challenge until after they returned from the Azure Cloud Realm.
• Li Qianqing waited for Yan Xuewei, who arrived at Changqing Mountain as dusk approached.

Li Qianqing led Yan Xuewei, Li Xunting, and Li Xunming to Stone Forest Canyon in Da Ming Country, where they waited for the Azure Cloud Realm to open. As powerful cultivators gathered, including a Nascent Soul cultivator, Ouyang Jichang noticed that Fallen Devil Valley planned to bring Foundation Establishment cultivator Li Yongfeng inside.

• Li Qianqing explained how his family had obtained three Azure Cloud Tokens, and Yan Xuewei reported that Water Cloud Gate had one while Heaven Transmission Mountain apparently had none.
• Li Qianqing and his three companions traveled to Baiyang Prefecture, followed their token to Stone Forest Canyon, and learned they would wait five days to enter the Azure Cloud Realm.
• Li Qianqing kept watch while Yan Xuewei, Li Xunting, and Li Xunming rested, as other Core Formation cultivators gathered at the canyon.
• Ouyang Jichang arrived with the Da Ming Royal Family, and cultivators from Fallen Devil Valley followed; Gan Mantang explained that his master, Old Devil Fuming, had other matters to attend to.
• Ouyang Jichang noticed Foundation Establishment cultivator Li Yongfeng among the Fallen Devil Valley group and asked whether they intended to take him into the Azure Cloud Realm.

Li Qianqing observed the powerful cultivators gathering before the Azure Cloud Realm opened and reunited with Li Yongfeng, who had become a dual body-and-qi cultivator under Demon Devouring Child’s guidance. The three great Da Ming forces’ tensions surfaced, while Liu Mingjuan and cultivators from Fan Yang Country arrived ahead of the opening.

• Demon Devouring Child brought Li Yongfeng to meet Li Qianqing, Li Xunting, and Li Xunming, and Li Yongfeng eagerly caught up with them.
• Li Qianqing learned that Li Yongfeng had reached Foundation Establishment in both qi cultivation and Body Refinement, and Li Xunting looked forward to testing him after he formed his core.
• Yi Yuxian arrived with Heavenly Dao Sect cultivators and clashed verbally with Ouyang Jichang while inviting rogue cultivators to join his sect.
• Liu Mingjuan arrived at midnight, noticed Li Xunming, and planned to speak with him later.
• Vice City Lord Lei of Purple Mountain City arrived with his young disciple, bringing the third Nascent Soul Cultivator to the gathering before the Azure Cloud Realm opened.

The Azure Cloud Realm opened, and Li Qianqing and his group entered its first trial, where they had to survive for thirty days. Separated after teleporting, Li Qianqing searched for his family while Li Xunting discovered an Azure Spirit Race member and followed him toward his tribe.

• The Azure Cloud Realm's gate opened, and cultivators entered after the Nascent Soul seniors; Li Yongfeng stayed behind as the gate vanished.
• Li Qianqing arrived in the same field of broken stones as in his previous life and set out to find his companions.
• Li Xunting appeared in a dense forest, found that her Sound Transmission Talisman did not work, and checked that her Azure Cloud Token showed thirty days.
• Li Xunting spotted a Second Order Early-Stage Azure Spirit Race member and followed him, hoping to find his tribe and its resources.
• After an hour, Li Xunting followed the Azure Spirit Race member out of the forest.

The First Elder of the Moonlight Tribe warned his people that the prophecy of visitors from beyond the heavens had come true, then negotiated with Li Xunting when she arrived. After she left with information about the Azure Cloud Realm, Li Xunming found himself fleeing two powerful Azure Spirit Race members.

• The First Elder of the Moonlight Tribe gathered his tribe and announced that the prophecy of a Foreign Race invasion had been fulfilled, urging them not to attack visitors immediately.
• Li Xunting followed an Azure Spirit Race member to the Moonlight Tribe and confirmed that its strongest member was only at peak Second Order.
• The First Elder spoke with Li Xunting through divine sense, answered her questions about the Azure Cloud Realm, and gave her a map covering a quarter of its territory.
• Li Xunting left peacefully, while the First Elder admitted he had concealed the prophecy's reward for killing the visitors and warned her indirectly about the Ten Great Tribes.
• Li Xunming recognized two Azure Spirit Race members at Mid Third Order and Late Third Order, fled into a river, and hid as they appeared above it.

Li Xunming escaped the Third Elder and Sixth Elder of the Hundred Treasures Tribe with his Bewitching Heart technique, then joined forces with Liu Mingjuan to confront them. The chapter ended with Liu Mingjuan and the Third Elder locked in a stalemate while Li Xunming battled the Sixth Elder.

• The Third Elder and Sixth Elder found Li Xunming, but his Bewitching Heart technique briefly dazed them and let him flee.
• As the two Azure Spirit Race elders pursued him, Li Xunming met Liu Mingjuan and proposed that they fight the pursuers together.
• Liu Mingjuan agreed to cooperate, revealed she was a palace master of Five Peaks Palace, and said she would share the enemies with Li Xunming because he was Senior's descendant.
• Liu Mingjuan and Li Xunming turned back to meet the elders, who sent a signal requesting support from their tribe.
• Liu Mingjuan countered the Third Elder's fire attacks with lightning and her crystal sword, bringing their battle to a stalemate.
• Li Xunming clashed with the water-wielding Sixth Elder, who began by defending against his attacks.

Li Xunming and Liu Mingjuan defeated two Azure Spirit Race elders and agreed to explore together, while Lei Ting withdrew from the Sky Blood Tribe after learning how its elders gained strength. On the fifth day in the Azure Cloud Realm, Li Qianqing finally found his granddaughter Li Xunting.

• Li Xunming killed the Hundred Treasures Tribe's Sixth Elder with his wind techniques and helped Liu Mingjuan defeat its Third Elder.
• Li Xunming and Liu Mingjuan divided the spoils by their agreement, erased the battle traces, and set off together to explore.
• The Hundred Treasures Tribe's Second and Fourth Elders found the dead elders and decided to report back and pursue Foreign Races less aggressively.
• Lei Ting left the Sky Blood Tribe after testing its elders and learning their strength increased near the tribe's center, then prioritized finding his disciple before Liu Mingjuan.
• On the fifth day, Li Qianqing found Li Xunting with his divine sense and appeared before her.

Li Qianqing and Li Xunting entered the Azure Cloud Realm’s second trial, a skybound Forbidden Land where cultivators could seek treasures before being forced out after three days. Drawing on his past-life knowledge, Li Qianqing quickly led Li Xunting to the Immortal Spiritual Spring Water, a treasure that could aid a breakthrough to Nascent Soul.

• Li Qianqing warned Li Xunting that Azure Spirit Race members from large tribes could be especially dangerous because killing outsiders brought them rewards, and he explained that their territory treasures could raise their strength to Fourth Order.
• When their Azure Cloud Tokens reached zero, Li Qianqing and Li Xunting chose the white light doors to enter the next trial, while Azure Spirit Race elders refused to follow them into the Forbidden Land.
• Li Qianqing and Li Xunting arrived in the skybound Forbidden Land, where spiritual power could not be used to fly, and Li Qianqing began exploring with his divine sense.
• Li Qianqing guided Li Xunting through the Forbidden Land and found Immortal Spiritual Spring Water in less than an hour.

Li Qianqing and Li Xunting found Immortal Spiritual Spring Water and a Yellow Flame Seed in the Azure Cloud Realm’s second trial. On the third day, ten pillars of light appeared at the trial’s center, and Li Qianqing went to reunite with Li Xunming and the Five Peaks Palace master.

• Li Qianqing collected five portions of Immortal Spiritual Spring Water from a cave while Li Xunting recognized its value.
• Li Qianqing found Fourth-Order Low-Grade Wood Attribute Crystals and later secured two portions of Yellow Flame Seed.
• Ji Changsun invited Li Qianqing and Li Xunting to explore together, but Li Qianqing declined and led Li Xunting away.
• Ten pillars of light rose at the center of the second trial as the third day began, drawing the cultivators toward them.
• Li Qianqing detected Li Xunming traveling with Liu Mingjuan and sent him a voice transmission to wait for them.

Li Qianqing and his companions gathered at the Pillar of Light, where Liu Mingjuan learned the Li Clan was not from Da Ming Country and reassessed Li Qianqing’s strength. As the cultivators awaited the final trial, Lei Ting accused Liu Mingjuan of killing his disciple, and she challenged him to provide evidence.

• Li Xunming introduced Li Qianqing and Li Xunting to Liu Mingjuan, then told Li Qianqing about his battles and gains in Azure Cloud Realm.
• Li Qianqing’s group reached the ten pillars of light and later reunited with Yan Xuewei, who said she had obtained what she wanted.
• Yan Xuewei introduced herself as the Clear Wind Valley Master of Qing Country, causing Liu Mingjuan to realize she had mistaken the Li Clan’s origins and Li Qianqing’s cultivation.
• The cultivators discussed the pillars of light as possible passages to the third trial while waiting for everyone to arrive.
• Lei Ting concluded that his missing disciple had died and suspected Liu Mingjuan, while Ji Changsun and his companions privately welcomed the accusation as a diversion.
• Lei Ting confronted Liu Mingjuan over his disciple’s death, and Liu Mingjuan denied seeing the disciple and mocked him for accusing her without evidence.