Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuben entered seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and survived all three bolts of lightning tribulation, becoming the Li Clan’s fourth Nascent Soul Cultivator. Seven years later, Li Tongxin reached Late Stage Core Formation, and Li Qianqing judged that he had the clan’s best chance of reaching Nascent Soul after himself.

• Li Qiuben entered seclusion at Li Qianqing’s urging after more than thirty years of strengthening himself.
• Eight years later, Li Qiuben drew out the lightning tribulation, and Li Qianqing and the Li Clan watched as he survived all three bolts.
• Li Qiuben emerged as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, and Li Qianqing told him to consolidate his cultivation before changing cultivation methods.
• The other Nascent Soul forces accepted the Li Clan’s fourth Nascent Soul without changing the balance of power in the Five Kingdoms Land.
• Seven years later, Li Tongxin broke through to Late Stage Core Formation at age 194, and Li Qianqing considered him the clan’s strongest Nascent Soul prospect after himself.

Li Qianqing broke through to Nascent Soul Late Stage, raising his divine sense to 1,300 li and further solidifying the Li Family’s dominance in the Five Kingdoms Land. Thirty years later, Demon Devouring Child visited Changqing Mountain and asked Li Qianqing what he thought about the evil cultivators in Mist Rain Forest.

• Li Qianqing reached the peak of Nascent Soul Middle Stage and secluded himself to break through to Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Li Qiuben sensed the changing spiritual energy as Li Qianqing successfully broke through and reached 1,300 li of divine sense strength.
• Li Qianqing assessed his new strength, found that his Ninth Divine Ability and Natal Magic Treasure still lacked suitable materials, and set his sights on reaching Peak Nascent Soul and obtaining Sky's End Sand.
• News of Li Qianqing's breakthrough spread through the Five Kingdoms Land, prompting the Da Ming Royal Family and other Nascent Soul forces to watch the Li Family cautiously.
• Thirty years later, Demon Devouring Child visited Li Qianqing at Changqing Mountain and asked for his thoughts about the evil cultivators in Mist Rain Forest.

Li Qianqing and Demon Devouring Child sought the Da Ming Royal Family and Heavenly Dao Sect’s help in eliminating Mist Rain Forest’s evil cultivators, and both forces tentatively agreed. After returning home, the Da Ming Royal Family Clan Head convened the family’s leaders, who favored joining the campaign and recruiting their longstanding subordinate Core Formation forces.

• Demon Devouring Child told Li Qianqing that Fallen Devil Valley had weakened several evil-cultivator forces in Mist Rain Forest, and Li Qianqing agreed that the evil cultivators should be eliminated.
• Li Qianqing invited the Da Ming Royal Family and Heavenly Dao Sect to Changqing Mountain and asked them to join a campaign in Mist Rain Forest.
• The Da Ming Royal Family Clan Head and Heavenly Dao Sect Master tentatively agreed after Li Qianqing promised that the eventual division of territory would reflect each force’s contributions.
• Demon Devouring Child explained Mist Rain Forest’s situation, and Li Qianqing encouraged the two forces to ask their subordinate forces to contribute voluntarily.
• The Da Ming Royal Family Clan Head convened the family’s high-level cultivators, who supported joining the campaign and proposed asking their longstanding subordinate Core Formation forces to participate.

Li Qianqing gathered the Li Clan, Da Ming Royal Family, Heavenly Dao Sect, Fallen Devil Valley, and their subordinate forces to launch a major expedition against Mist Rain Forest’s evil cultivators. The forces reached the Nether River and began dividing their targets, with Li Qianqing expected to handle Nascent Soul opponents alone.

• Da Ming Royal Family and Heavenly Dao Sect agreed to join Li Qianqing’s campaign, while Demon Devouring Child returned to Fallen Devil Valley to organize its forces.
• At a Li Clan meeting, Li Xunting, Li Tongxin, Li Yongfeng, and Li Qingqing volunteered to go, and Li Qianqing approved their participation.
• The forces gathered east of Fallen Devil Valley, boarded three Specially Made Spirit Boats, and set out for Mist Rain Forest under Li Qianqing’s lead.
• After the fleet survived three attacks by third-rank Nether Race, the Nascent Soul cultivators discussed splitting their forces among Mist Rain Forest’s four great evil-cultivator factions.
• The Da Ming Royal Family Ancestor chose to attack the weaker Netherworld Hall, and Demon Devouring Child said Li Qianqing could take on the Nascent Soul cultivators of one faction alone.

Li Qianqing led the allied cultivators into Mist Rain Forest to destroy its Nascent Soul evil-cultivator forces, then attacked Spring Breeze Pavilion alone. After Spring Breeze Pavilion’s leaders realized who had arrived, Li Qianqing and Li Tongyun began breaking through its defensive array.

• The alliance assigned Li Qianqing to attack Spring Breeze Pavilion while Li Xunting and the Fallen Devil Valley Master targeted Blood Shadow Sect, and Demon Devouring Child joined the assault on Corpse Yin Sect.
• The allied cultivators landed in a Semi-Mist Zone and split up, with Li Qianqing leading his group toward Spring Breeze Pavilion.
• Spring Breeze Pavilion’s Nascent Soul cultivators discussed how to contain the other forces, then received a warning that Fallen Devil Valley might have returned.
• Li Qianqing appeared outside Spring Breeze Pavilion, and its leaders recognized him and agreed to face him together rather than flee.
• Li Qianqing used a flame dragon to batter Spring Breeze Pavilion’s defensive array while Li Tongyun identified seven points and prepared to break it with an array disc and Array Flags.

Li Qianqing led the assault on Spring Breeze Pavilion, using Li Tongyun’s formation skills and his Enter Dream secret technique to break its defenses and eliminate its Nascent Soul cultivators. He left Li Tongxin to finish the remaining elders and hurried to the Corpse Yin Sect, where Demon Devouring Child’s forces were waiting without attacking.

• Spring Breeze Pavilion’s cultivators panicked as Li Qianqing attacked their grand array, which Li Tongyun helped weaken until it cracked.
• When the array broke, the four Nascent Souls surrounded Li Qianqing, but the youngest fled while Li Qianqing put the other three into an Enter Dream state.
• Li Tongxin intercepted the fleeing Nascent Soul and used his tracking sword qi to keep him from escaping; Li Qianqing killed the other three and then helped Li Tongxin kill him.
• Li Tongxin and the allied cultivators hunted Spring Breeze Pavilion’s remaining elders and Foundation Establishment cultivators, while many lower-level cultivators escaped.
• At the Corpse Yin Sect, Demon Devouring Child’s forces continued to surround the sect without attacking, waiting for Li Qianqing to arrive.

The Corpse Yin Sect and Blood Shadow Sect abandoned their defensive arrays and fought the forces of the Five Kingdoms Land. Li Xunting overwhelmed the Blood Shadow Sect Master and prepared a Ninth Grade Spirit Art to finish him, while the wider battle remained underway.

• The Corpse Yin Sect’s leaders failed to contact Spring Breeze Pavilion, feared Li Qianqing might be among the invading forces, and opened their array to fight.
• Li Xunting and the Fallen Devil Valley Master surrounded the Blood Shadow Sect, while the Da Ming Royal Family began breaking Netherworld Hall’s array.
• The Blood Shadow Sect Master ordered his forces to attack, and Li Yongfeng and Li Qingqing gained the advantage on the Core Formation battlefield.
• Li Xunting froze the Blood Shadow Sect Master’s Blood Mist and kept him under pressure with her Sky Full of Snow spirit art.
• Li Xunting trapped the Blood Shadow Sect Master in an ice cage and began unleashing a Ninth Grade Spirit Art, leaving him unable to stop it.

Li Qianqing and the allied forces eliminated all eleven Nascent Soul evil cultivators in the Mist Rain Forest, though the Da Ming Royal Family lost one Nascent Soul. The forces divided the four fogless zones and began planning to hunt down the remaining evil cultivators over the next ten years.

• Li Xunting killed the Blood Shadow Sect Master, and the Fallen Devil Valley Valley Master helped defeat the Blood Shadow Sect Supreme Elder while Li Yongfeng fought its Core Formation elders.
• Li Qianqing arrived at the Corpse Yin Sect and killed its Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator with his Divine Sense Secret Technique, turning the battle in the allies' favor.
• Demon Devouring Child learned that the Da Ming Royal Family had eliminated Netherworld Hall's Nascent Soul evil cultivators but lost one of its own Nascent Souls.
• Six days later, the allied Nascent Souls gathered and agreed to distribute the four fogless zones, with the Li Family receiving Spring Breeze Pavilion's and the Corpse Yin Sect's former territories.
• The allies agreed to spend the next ten years eliminating as many Core Formation evil cultivators and other remaining forces in the Mist Rain Forest as possible.

The Five Kingdoms Land forces completed their ten-year campaign to weaken the Mist Rain Forest’s evil cultivators, while Fallen Devil Valley moved its main sect there and normal cultivators emerged from hiding. Li Xunming and Ling Shujing returned as Nascent Soul cultivators, and Li Xunting learned they planned to guard the Mist Rain Forest while cultivating toward Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• The Nascent Soul cultivators planned the second stage of the campaign, assigning Mistless Zones by contribution and discussing Fallen Devil Valley’s move with Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Demon Devouring Child told Heavenly Dao Sect that Fallen Devil Valley would make the Mist Rain Forest its main sect and leave only a small branch in the Five Kingdoms Land.
• Normal cultivators in the Mist Rain Forest came out of hiding after learning the four great Nascent Soul forces had been destroyed and no Nascent Soul evil cultivators remained.
• Ten years later, the campaign had greatly reduced evil cultivators, and Fallen Devil Valley had moved its main sect into Blood Shadow Sect’s former territory.
• Li Xunming and Ling Shujing arrived in the Mist Rain Forest as Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, and Li Xunting congratulated Ling Shujing on her breakthrough.
• Li Xunming told Li Xunting that he and Ling Shujing intended to cultivate in seclusion and guard the Mist Rain Forest as they pursued Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Li Qianqing successfully sacrificially refined the Red Lotus Stone into his Flame Dragon Pearl, then reviewed the Mist Rain Forest campaign with Li Xunting. Years later, he learned that the Iron Carp was preparing to assault the fourth order and went to Azure Wave Lake to inspect it, leaving Li Changlin to guard it.

• Li Xunting told Li Xunming that the second-stage plan had nearly ended and warned him to be careful in Mist Rain Forest's dangerous mist zones.
• Li Qianqing refined the fifth-rank Red Lotus Stone into his Flame Dragon Pearl, increasing its power to rival an ordinary early Spirit Transformation cultivator's Natal Magic Treasure.
• Li Xunting reported that the second-stage plan was complete and said she wanted to strengthen herself before seeking battles with Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators.
• By Qingli year 395, the third-stage plan was progressing smoothly, while a brief conflict between the Da Ming Royal Family and Heavenly Dao Sect had been resolved.
• Li Changlin told Li Qianqing that the Iron Carp was ready to assault the fourth order, and Li Qianqing inspected it at Azure Wave Lake before leaving Li Changlin to protect it.

The Li Family continued to grow stronger as the Iron Carp reached Tier 4, Li Tianyi was discovered to possess the rare Dragon Stone Body, and Li Tongxin successfully broke through to Nascent Soul. The chapter left the Li Family tied with the Heavenly Sun Sect in Nascent Souls, with its Tier 4 Demon Beast giving it an additional advantage.

• The Iron Carp passed its Minor Lightning Tribulation and became a Tier 4 Demon Beast, prompting the Li Family to expand Azure Wave Lake.
• Li Xunming identified Li Tianyi as a Dragon Stone Body cultivator and assigned Li Yongfeng to train him in Body Refinement.
• After three years of Li Yongfeng's guidance, Li Tianyi reached the seventh layer of Body Refinement and grew much taller.
• Li Tongxin prepared to break through to Nascent Soul, and Li Qianqing gave him Immortal Spiritual Spring Water before he entered seclusion.
• Five and a half years later, Li Tongxin resisted the final lightning bolt with a giant golden sword and successfully became a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Li Qianqing noted that the Li Family now had six Nascent Souls and one Tier 4 Demon Beast, while the Heavenly Sun Sect also had six Nascent Souls.

Li Tongxin broke through to Nascent Soul, and Li Qianqing reached Peak Nascent Soul after five years of cultivation. Li Qianqing prepared to leave for the Eastern Spirit Region to seek his final major opportunity and pursue Spirit Transformation, leaving the Li Family’s leadership ready to manage the clan in his absence.

• Li Tongxin emerged from seclusion as a Nascent Soul cultivator, and Li Qianqing praised his strength and arranged a Nascent Soul Grand Banquet.
• Nascent Soul forces across the Five Kingdoms Land discussed the Li Family’s rapid growth and selected representatives to attend Li Tongxin’s banquet.
• Li Qianqing reached Peak Nascent Soul and decided to seek his fifth major opportunity in the Eastern Spirit Region before attempting Spirit Transformation.
• Li Qianqing reviewed the family’s progress, including Li Yongfeng’s attempt to break through to Nascent Soul and the Li Family’s growing numbers of cultivators.
• Li Qianqing told the family’s core upper echelon that he would be away for a long time, and they assured him they could look after the family.
• Li Xunting asked Li Qianqing for guidance and revealed that she had advanced a Ninth Grade Spirit Art to Greater Mastery.

Li Qianqing traveled with Pao Pao from the Southern Sea Region into the Eastern Spirit Region, heading for the Supreme Path Sect’s secret realm and reflecting on his past-life conflict with Nine Provinces Gate. After rescuing a Supreme Path Sect disciple from two attackers, he asked why Nine Provinces Gate disciples were operating on Supreme Path Sect territory.

• Li Qianqing sparred with Li Xunting, praised her strength, and encouraged her to continue studying her Ninth Grade Spirit Art.
• Li Qianqing invited Pao Pao to travel with him, and the Iron Carp accepted before carrying him away from Azure Wave Lake.
• After three months, Li Qianqing and Pao Pao entered the Eastern Spirit Region, where Li Qianqing planned to bid for a quota to enter the Supreme Path Sect Secret Realm.
• Li Qianqing recalled how his past-life feud with Nine Provinces Gate had led him to ally with the Supreme Path Sect and eventually reach the early Spirit Transformation stage.
• Li Qianqing killed two Nine Provinces Gate disciples who were attacking a Supreme Path Sect disciple, then asked the survivor why they had been on Supreme Path Sect territory.

Li Qianqing traveled to Supreme Path Sect seeking a Secret Realm quota and learned that the sect’s war with Nine Provinces Gate had begun after Fei Moshan was killed. Sect Leader Ji Xinghe offered the quota and the method to reach a place that aided comprehension of the Power of Heaven and Earth in exchange for Li Qianqing helping the sect, but Li Qianqing said he would first try to break through to Spirit Transformation, leaving Ji Xinghe hesitant.

• A Supreme Path Sect disciple told Li Qianqing that Elder Xiao had killed Fei Moshan, triggering the sect’s war with Nine Provinces Gate.
• After learning that Secret Realm quota auctions had stopped, Li Qianqing agreed to accompany the disciple to Supreme Path Sect on Iron Carp Pao Pao.
• Ji Xinghe welcomed Li Qianqing and confirmed that the Secret Realm contained a place that could improve comprehension of the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Ji Xinghe offered the Secret Realm quota and the method to reach that place in return for Li Qianqing helping Supreme Path Sect fight Nine Provinces Gate.
• Li Qianqing agreed to help after attempting to break through to Spirit Transformation, and Ji Xinghe hesitated at the condition.

Li Qianqing agreed to help Supreme Path Sect by killing one Nascent Soul cultivator of Nine Provinces Gate in exchange for entry to a secret realm, despite learning that anyone who failed to reach Spirit Transformation inside would be trapped forever. After waiting over four years, he ambushed Old Monster Fei, and his divine sense attack struck before Fei could defend himself.

• Ji Xinghe warned Li Qianqing that the secret realm’s place of comprehension would trap anyone who failed to break through to Spirit Transformation, and Li agreed to kill one Nascent Soul cultivator before entering it.
• Li Qianqing settled into a residence at Supreme Path Sect, where he cultivated Extinguishing Spirit Three Absolutes while Ji Xinghe arranged to lure Old Monster Fei out.
• After more than four years, Ji Xinghe gave Li a map and sent him to intercept Old Monster Fei, who was traveling to investigate a region where Fu Xinxiu had appeared.
• Old Monster Fei passed through the marked location twelve days after Li and Pao Pao began waiting there, and Li identified himself as Dragon Carp Daoist.
• Li Qianqing struck Old Monster Fei with the second absolute of Extinguishing Spirit Three Absolutes, overwhelming his divine sense before he could resist.

Li Qianqing killed Old Monster Fei and completed his bargain with Supreme Path Sect, then entered its secret realm to seek a breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation stage. He reached the hidden space within the realm, settled Pao Pao there, and began his long cultivation attempt.

• Li Qianqing used his divine sense secret technique to defeat Old Monster Fei, then had Pao Pao dispose of the corpse and kept the head as proof.
• Li Qianqing returned to Supreme Path Sect, where Ji Xinghe accepted Old Monster Fei's head and gave him a secret-realm map and a Sky Tracing Ice Stone.
• Ji Xinghe opened the secret realm with two Supreme Elders, and Li Qianqing entered with six Supreme Path Sect cultivators before heading east.
• Li Qianqing reached the volcano, threw his own Sky Tracing Ice Stone into the magma, and entered the hidden space within the secret realm.
• Li Qianqing released Pao Pao and explained that it should sense the surrounding heaven and earth, then began attempting to advance from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Spirit Transformation stage.

Li Qianqing broke through to early Spirit Transformation in twelve years and assessed the gains to his cultivation, divine sense, secret technique, memories, and Natal Magic Treasure. He learned more about the sealed memories tied to the Gray Race and the Mysterious Pearl, then prepared to pursue Sky's End Sand and improve his grasp of the Power of Heaven and Earth.

• Li Qianqing completed his breakthrough to early Spirit Transformation, while the Iron Carp Pao Pao kept his distance and avoided disturbing him.
• Li Qianqing examined the restored Mysterious Pearl and found its interior empty, then discovered his divine sense had reached three thousand li and the Third Absolute of the Extinguishing Spirit Three Absolutes had reached Lesser Mastery.
• Li Qianqing unsealed memories about the Gray Race and resisted their corrosive influence with the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Li Qianqing considered the remaining sealed memory about how he had obtained the Mysterious Pearl and left the question of when he became its master unresolved.
• Li Qianqing found that the Flame Dragon Pearl had grown stronger with his breakthrough and planned to obtain Sky's End Sand and raise his grasp of the Power of Heaven and Earth to seven-tenths.

Li Qianqing broke through to the Spirit Transformation stage, returned to the Five Kingdoms Land, and revealed his new power to Li Xunting. He left the family preparing a Spirit Transformation grand banquet while he focused on mastering the Power of Heaven and Earth before seeking Sky's End Sand.

• Li Qianqing and the Iron Carp Pao Pao absorbed the mist in the secret realm for two years, and Li Qianqing advanced to the peak of early Spirit Transformation.
• Li Qianqing emerged from the secret realm, reassured Ji Xinghe that Supreme Path Sect's operation had gone smoothly, and left as the sect's elders decided to stop investigating him and focus on Nine Provinces Gate.
• Li Qianqing rode the Iron Carp back to Changqing Mountain, where the Li Family's cultivators welcomed him as the first Spirit Transformation cultivator in the Five Kingdoms Land.
• Li Qianqing demonstrated the Power of Heaven and Earth to Li Xunting, who sensed it and formed a compressed ice ball that showed she could briefly touch that power.
• Li Qianqing learned that the family had gained two Heavenly Spiritual Root clansmen and five Variant Spiritual Root clansmen, then asked Li Xunting to arrange his Spirit Transformation grand banquet for early next year.
• Li Qianqing returned to his cave dwelling and began mastering the Power of Heaven and Earth so he could later seek Sky's End Sand.

After Li Qianqing’s Spirit Transformation breakthrough, Nascent Soul forces across the Five Kingdoms Land and Mist Rain Forest sought affiliation with the Li clan, greatly expanding its influence. After the banquet, Li Qianqing entrusted family affairs to Li Xunting and prepared to enter long-term seclusion to strengthen his grasp of the Power of Heaven and Earth.

• The Da Ming royal family decided to affiliate with the Li clan, and Clan Head Zhu secured Li Qianqing’s agreement before the grand banquet.
• At Li Qianqing’s Spirit Transformation grand banquet in Qingli year 520, Liu Mingjuan asked for Five Peaks Palace to become an affiliated force, prompting the Heavenly Dao Sect, Star Constellation Sect, and Heavenly Sun Sect to follow.
• Demon Devouring Child told Li Qianqing that Fallen Devil Valley would affiliate with the Li clan in name without paying yearly tribute, then discussed Li Yongfeng with him.
• After the banquet, Li Qianqing concluded that the Li clan’s influence covered both the Five Kingdoms Land and the Mist Rain Forest and that the clan was the strongest in the Mortal Expanse Realm.
• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting that he would enter long-term seclusion and left her responsible for resolving major family affairs.

After nearly ninety-one years in seclusion, Li Qianqing emerged with far greater control over the Power of Heaven and Earth and learned how the Li Family had grown. He set out alone to World's End to find Sky's End Sand, where he encountered Yu Mingli, a Peak Spirit Transformation Early Stage cultivator.

• Li Qianqing ended his seclusion after raising his control over the Power of Heaven and Earth from ten percent to seventy percent, then visited Li Xunting, who had reached Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Li Xunting told Li Qianqing that Li Yiqing had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, Li Tongxin and Li Qiuben had reached Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and the Li Family had grown to fifty-two Core Formation Cultivators.
• Li Qianqing explained his plans to obtain the final Sky's End Sand and help the clan's cultivators reach the Spirit Realm, then spent three months preparing his route to World's End.
• Li Qianqing traveled south along the Nether River and reached the chaotic space at World's End, where he began searching for Sky's End Sand.
• After a year without finding any, Li Qianqing met Yu Mingli, who had come to World's End seeking spiritual objects to help him break through to Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation.