Chapter Summaries

Li Qianqing learned that Li Yongfeng had captured two Blood Race-linked evil cultivators and welcomed Li Yuyan, a newly ascended family cultivator with exceptional formation talent. He discovered that the family had also produced Li Hongbin, who possessed a rare Heavenly Spirit Body, and introduced Li Yuyan to Yao Yuntao, who accepted her as his disciple.

• Li Yongfeng reported the Flowing Cloud City attack and his interrogation of the captured evil cultivators to Li Qianqing, who warned that the family should watch for Blood Race influence.
• Two years later, Li Yuyan ascended to the Spirit Realm and told Li Qianqing about the Li Family's situation in the Mortal Expanse Realm.
• Li Yuyan revealed that Li Hongbin had a Heavenly Spirit Body and four-element spiritual roots, and Li Qianqing said five spiritual roots might better support his eventual breakthrough to Void Refinement.
• Li Qianqing brought Li Yuyan to meet Yao Yuntao, who agreed to take her as his disciple.

Li Qianqing planned to obtain Xuan Quan Metal before it was taken to Yuyang Marsh and welcomed Li Hongbin after he ascended to the Spirit Realm. Meanwhile, Glazed Gate elder Fang Xinghan acquired the Xuan Quan Metal by falsely claiming Supreme Elder Lu had approved the exchange, then left the sect.

• Li Qianqing recalled that Xuan Quan Metal had come from Glazed Gate and planned to obtain it early, before its wanted elder reached Yuyang Marsh.
• Li Qianqing opened the Space Channel and welcomed Li Hongbin, who had ascended after breaking the clan’s cultivation records.
• Li Tongxin and Li Qianqing praised Li Hongbin’s prospects for reaching Spirit Transformation and possibly late-stage Spirit Transformation.
• At Glazed Gate’s Spirit Transformation feast, Fang Xinghan resented that the new cultivator’s future claim to Xuan Quan Metal would prevent him from exchanging for it.
• Fang Xinghan told the Treasure Pavilion steward that Supreme Elder Lu had approved his exchange, obtained the Xuan Quan Metal, and left Glazed Gate.

The Treasure Pavilion steward reported that Fang Xinghan had used Supreme Elder Lu’s name to take Xuan Quan Metal, and Supreme Elder Shen discovered that Fang had fled Glazed Gate. The sect issued a wanted order for Fang Xinghan, and news of the bounty began spreading through nearby cities and reached the Li Family.

• The Treasure Pavilion steward showed Supreme Elder Shen a recording of Fang Xinghan claiming Supreme Elder Lu had instructed him to exchange for the Xuan Quan Metal, but Supreme Elder Lu denied giving that instruction.
• Supreme Elder Shen and the steward found Fang Xinghan’s cave dwelling empty and realized that Fang had fled the sect with the Xuan Quan Metal.
• Glazed Gate’s Spirit Transformation cultivators debated Fang Xinghan’s actions, and the two supreme elders agreed to issue a wanted order after no one could contact him.
• Glazed Gate posted a bounty offering one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones for verified information about Fang Xinghan, and rumors spread through Glazed City.
• The wanted order spread to other cities, and the Li Family received news of it.

Li Qianqing took the Xuan Quan Metal from Fang Xinghan in Yuyang Marsh without killing him, then returned to Changling Mountain and continued cultivating. Fifty years later, Li Xunming brought him Soul Stabilizing Grass, the main spiritual medicine for refining a Spirit Transformation Pill.

• After learning Glazed Gate had issued a wanted order for Fang Xinghan, Li Qianqing went to Yuyang Marsh to obtain the Xuan Quan Metal.
• Li Qianqing found Fang Xinghan, used Enter Dream to incapacitate him, took only the Xuan Quan Metal, and returned the Storage Ring.
• When Fang Xinghan awoke, he realized the Xuan Quan Metal was gone and left Yuyang Marsh after learning Glazed Gate had wanted him.
• Li Qianqing returned to Changling Mountain after three years and spent the following decades accumulating spiritual power.
• Fifty years later, Li Xunming and Ling Shujing visited Li Qianqing, and Li Xunming presented him with Soul Stabilizing Grass.

Li Hongbin broke the Human Race record by reaching Spirit Transformation in ten years and eighty-nine days, becoming the Li Family’s thirteenth Spirit Transformation cultivator. Meanwhile, Wen Wanxi revealed that she had three keys to a secret realm, and the Thunder Fire Sect’s Red-Haired Old Man urged her to invite Li Qianqing instead of him.

• Li Xunming and Ling Shujing told Li Qianqing about their travels and their friendship with Zhou Fenghua, a cultivator from the Zhou Family.
• Li Hongbin reached Peak Nascent Soul and told Li Qianqing he was ready to enter seclusion; Li Qianqing gave him a Spirit Transformation Pill and reviewed the breakthrough’s key points.
• After ten years and eighty-nine days, Li Hongbin broke through to Spirit Transformation, beating the fastest recorded time and becoming the Li Family’s thirteenth Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Wen Wanxi showed the Thunder Fire Sect’s supreme elders three of the ten keys she had obtained to a secret realm and asked one of them to accompany her.
• The Red-Haired Old Man declined to go and advised Wen Wanxi to invite Li Qianqing, hoping to strengthen the Thunder Fire Sect’s ties with the Li Family.

Wen Wanxi brought two Earth Origin Pearls to the Li family, one as her personal gift to Li Tongxin and one from Thunder Fire Sect, and Li Qianqing agreed to join them in the Earth Spirit Secret Realm. The secret realm would open in more than five years, leaving the group to wait and prepare.

• Thunder Peak Supreme Elder questioned the plan to give both keys to the Li family, but the Red-Haired Old Man argued it would invest in a future Void Refinement force, and Wen Wanxi agreed.
• Wen Wanxi visited the Li family and gave Li Tongxin one Earth Origin Pearl, explaining that Thunder Fire Sect was also offering the family another key.
• Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi brought the keys to Li Qianqing, who recognized them as keys to the Earth Spirit Secret Realm and explained what he knew about it.
• Li Qianqing agreed to enter the secret realm with Wen Wanxi and Li Tongxin, and learned from the key that it would open in more than five years.
• After leaving Li Qianqing’s cave dwelling, Li Tongxin complained about Wen Wanxi addressing his ancestor as Grandpa Li, and Wen Wanxi admitted she found it amusing.

Five years later, Li Qianqing, Li Tongxin, and Wen Wanxi traveled to the Earth Spirit Secret Realm, where ten earth-yellow beads revealed the entrance at the bottom of a rift valley. As the cultivators entered, Li Qianqing left the group’s strategy undecided, saying they would choose how to act after seeing the situation inside.

• Wen Wanxi gathered Li Tongxin and Li Qianqing, and the three traveled from Changling Mountain to the secret realm’s opening site.
• Li Qianqing, Li Tongxin, and Wen Wanxi waited at the rift valley until four Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived and discussed the strength of Wen Wanxi’s group.
• Three more Late-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived, including You Tianchen, whom Li Qianqing recognized from his previous life.
• The ten earth-yellow beads formed pillars of light that revealed the secret realm entrance at the bottom of the rift valley.
• The three newly arrived cultivators entered first, followed by the Jiang Surname Cultivator and his companions.
• Li Qianqing told Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi they would decide inside whether to stay together or split into two groups.

Li Qianqing, Li Tongxin, and Wen Wanxi entered the Earth Spirit Secret Realm and split up to search for treasures during their ten-day stay. Li Qianqing found a cache of Mystic Earth Crystals with Fire Spirit Fly’s help, while five days into their search, Li Tongxin noticed something abnormal nearby.

• Li Qianqing entered the secret realm with Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi after the other cultivators had arrived, and the spatial barriers disappeared once all ten cultivators were inside.
• The Jiang Surname Cultivator and Wen Wanxi agreed that whoever found something first could take it, then the cultivators dispersed in different directions.
• Li Qianqing followed Fire Spirit Fly to a hill, split it open, and collected its Mystic Earth Crystals, worth about a hundred years of earnings from the Li Family Shop.
• Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi explored together for five days, gathered spiritual materials, and settled on dividing their gains forty-sixty, with Wen Wanxi taking forty percent.
• Li Tongxin sensed something abnormal and pointed it out to Wen Wanxi, who headed toward it.

Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi discovered Purple Moon Soil and confronted a Black-Clad Spirit Transformation who demanded it for himself. Li Tongxin revealed his strength as a Sword Cultivator and badly injured the Xiao Family cultivator in their first clash.

• Li Tongxin sensed Purple Moon Soil, and Wen Wanxi confirmed the treasure with her Spirit Gathering Chart.
• Li Tongxin explained that Purple Moon Soil could alter Spiritual Fields so they could grow Purple Moon Flowers, an auxiliary material for the Void Refinement Pill.
• A Black-Clad Spirit Transformation arrived, recognized the Purple Moon Soil, and demanded sixty percent of it, citing the Xiao Family when Wen Wanxi refused.
• The Black-Clad Spirit Transformation changed his demand to all the Purple Moon Soil and threatened Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi.
• Wen Wanxi retreated while Li Tongxin revealed his Sword Cultivator aura and struck the Black-Clad Spirit Transformation's golden ancient lamp, injuring him through their connection to his Natal Magic Treasure.

Li Tongxin pursued and killed the Xiao Family's Black-Clad Spirit Transformation, then returned to Wen Wanxi after getting lost in the secret realm. On the seventh day of the Earth Spirit Secret Realm, Li Qianqing followed the Fire Spirit Fly's guidance into a deep pit and obtained the Earth Attribute Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root, Heart of Earth.

• Li Tongxin marked Black-Clad Spirit Transformation with sword qi, pursued him as he fled, and killed him after rejecting his plea for peace.
• Li Tongxin took Black-Clad Spirit Transformation's storage items, then wandered through the secret realm before finding Wen Wanxi and collecting the Purple Moon Soil.
• On the seventh day since the Earth Spirit Secret Realm opened, Li Qianqing followed the Fire Spirit Fly's guidance to a deep pit.
• Li Qianqing descended into the pit, found the Heart of Earth in a hot underground cave, and stored it in a specially made red box.

Li Qianqing secured the Heart of Earth, then left the Earth Spirit Secret Realm when its core was taken and the realm expelled everyone early. He departed with Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi, while You Tianchen kept his secret realm core and became the target of four cultivators who pursued him.

• Li Qianqing told a Late-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivator that he had obtained the item below, and the cultivator left without challenging him.
• After finding no unexplored treasures, Li Qianqing felt the entire Earth Spirit Secret Realm tremble and was forced outside with the other cultivators.
• The cultivators noticed an earth-yellow light from You Tianchen's robes and concluded that his newly acquired treasure had caused the early expulsion; Li Qianqing recognized it as the secret realm core.
• Li Qianqing congratulated You Tianchen and left with Li Tongxin and Wen Wanxi, while You Tianchen resolved to befriend Li Qianqing and noted Li Tongxin's threat.
• The Jiang Surname Cultivator and three companions chose to pursue You Tianchen, who had flown away alone.

Li Qianqing distributed the Earth Spirit Secret Realm’s gains among Li Qiuben and Li Yuyan, while Wen Wanxi and the Red-Haired Old Man discussed Li Tongxin’s strength and the risks surrounding the Xiao Family. A year later, Wen Wanxi told Li Tongxin that the powerful loose cultivator You Tianchen had survived an ambush and was reportedly asking about the Li Family.

• Li Tongxin recounted the killing of the Xiao Family’s Black-Clad Spirit Transformation, and Li Qianqing praised him while Wen Wanxi clarified that she had not helped in the fight.
• Li Qianqing gave Purple Moon Soil to Li Qiuben for experiments with spirit herbs and Mystic Earth Crystals to Li Yuyan for refining formations.
• Wen Wanxi told the Red-Haired Old Man about the secret-realm events, and he advised her to make no special moves regarding the Xiao Family while noting Li Tongxin’s strength.
• A year later, Wen Wanxi told Li Tongxin that You Tianchen had fought off four attackers, killing one and heavily injuring another.
• Wen Wanxi added that You Tianchen was reportedly inquiring about the Li Family, leaving Li Tongxin wondering why.

Li Qianqing learned that You Tianchen had asked about the Li Clan, but the matter went quiet as the clan remained peaceful and Li Qianqing continued cultivating. After breaking through to Void Refinement, You Tianchen arrived at Changling Mountain to request an audience with Li Qianqing, who recognized his new realm and wondered why he had come.

• Wen Wanxi told Li Tongxin that You Tianchen had asked about the Li Clan, and Li Tongxin reported the news to Li Qianqing.
• Li Qianqing told Li Tongxin not to worry too much about the uncertain report, then gave him cultivation guidance.
• Eighty-five years later, Yao Yuntao visited Li Qianqing, discussed their cultivation progress, and said Li Yuyan had become a Fifth-Order High Grade Formation Master.
• Another eighty-five years passed, and You Tianchen broke through to Void Refinement before traveling to Changling Mountain.
• You Tianchen politely requested an audience with Li Qianqing, who recognized his new realm and went to meet him.

You Tianchen visited the Li Clan to thank Li Qianqing for not intervening in a secret-realm battle and revealed his plan to establish a Rogue Cultivator Alliance. After You Tianchen left, the Thunder Fire Sect learned of his visit and discussed how his friendship could strengthen the Li Clan and affect the region.

• Li Qianqing welcomed You Tianchen, who treated him as an equal and judged that Li Qianqing was close to reaching Peak Spirit Transformation.
• You Tianchen told Li Qianqing he had come to thank him for not making a move during the secret-realm trip, then explained that he hoped to create a Rogue Cultivator Alliance.
• Li Qianqing offered the Li Clan’s help, while You Tianchen concealed his discomfort at remaining near someone powerful enough to threaten him and left after three quarters of an hour.
• Li Qianqing considered why You Tianchen had befriended the Li Clan but returned to his cave dwelling without resolving his doubts.
• Wen Wanxi told the Red-Haired Old Man that You Tianchen had visited the Li Clan, and they discussed how his friendship could deter threats against the Li Clan and possibly benefit the Thunder Fire Sect.

After You Tianchen befriended the Li Family, the Snow Moon Sect investigated him and asked Ji Yuelan to learn more from the family. Ji Yuelan visited Changling Mountain, heard why You Tianchen had come, and tried to change the rules of her ongoing contest with Li Xunting.

• News spread that You Tianchen had reached Void Refinement and befriended the Li Family, making other forces wary of challenging them.
• The Snow Moon Sect investigated You Tianchen and chose Elder Ye to approach Ji Yuelan for information, but Elder Ye instead asked Fan Quanzhen to persuade her.
• Fan Quanzhen told Ji Yuelan to visit the Li Family and inquire about You Tianchen, and she immediately set off for Changling Mountain.
• Ji Yuelan asked Li Xunting why You Tianchen had come, and Li Xunting explained that he wanted to thank Li Qianqing for not attacking him in the past.
• Ji Yuelan proposed that a draw in their timed contest should count as her win, and Li Xunting rejected the change.

Li Qianqing replenished his Earth and Metal Spiritual Roots, completing his Five Spiritual Roots and preparing to break through to the Void Refinement stage. He entered seclusion to begin the first stage of the breakthrough, Five Elements Unification.

• Ji Yuelan agreed with Li Xunting that their contest would be decided by who reached Late-Stage Spirit Transformation first, then learned that You Tianchen planned to form a Rogue Cultivator Alliance.
• After more than five years in seclusion, Li Qianqing reached Peak Spirit Transformation and used the Heart of Earth to gain an Earth Spiritual Root.
• Li Xunting told Li Qianqing that the Xiao Family had issued a bounty seeking information about their dead Late-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivator, and Li Qianqing suspected it was meant to attract You Tianchen.
• Li Qianqing refined Xuan Quan Metal and gained a Metal Spiritual Root, completing his Five Spiritual Roots.
• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting he would attempt the Void Refinement stage, then entered seclusion and began Five Elements Unification.

Li Xunting received You Tianchen and learned how he had handled the Xiao Family’s inquiries while Li Qianqing remained in seclusion. After thirty-three years of cultivation, Li Qianqing successfully broke through to the Void Refinement stage and unlocked the final portion of his sealed memories, discovering that a Great Ascension Soul Race technique had caused the seal.

• Li Xunting told You Tianchen that Li Qianqing was in seclusion, then asked about the Xiao Family’s wanted notice.
• You Tianchen explained that he had refused to help the Xiao Family investigate their Spirit Transformation cultivator’s death and reaffirmed his gratitude to Li Qianqing.
• Li Qianqing completed the second stage of his breakthrough and began resonating his Nascent Soul with the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Thirty-three years after entering seclusion, Li Qianqing successfully broke through to the Void Refinement stage as Li Xunting, Yao Yuntao, and other cultivators sensed the disturbance.
• Li Qianqing touched his final sealed memory and learned that a Great Ascension Soul Race technique had forced it to be sealed away.

Li Qianqing broke through to the Void Refinement stage, recovered the final memories of his previous life, and found that his divine sense had reached forty thousand li. He planned a Void Refinement Banquet five years later, while Leng Hanwen learned of the breakthrough and saw it as a chance to strengthen the Leng Family’s position against the Liao Family.

• Li Qianqing examined the changed Mysterious Pearl, reviewed his complete past-life memories, and wondered whether he would find another pearl if he returned to the place where he had obtained it.
• Li Qianqing spoke with Fire Spirit Fly, who said he could reach Void Refinement within a hundred years, then measured his divine sense at forty thousand li and planned to cultivate Divine Soul Seal.
• Li Qianqing emerged from seclusion and received congratulations from Yao Yuntao and the Li Clan Cultivators, then discussed his dangerous breakthrough with them.
• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting he would hold a Void Refinement Banquet in five years and began sending invitations, including one to Leng Hanwen.
• Leng Hanwen received Li Qianqing’s personal invitation and realized the Li Clan’s rise could deter the stronger Liao Family from pressuring the Leng Family.
• Leng Hanwen told the Leng Family Ancestor that Li Qianqing had reached Void Refinement and invited him to the banquet, leaving the Ancestor stunned.

Li Qianqing broke through to the Void Refinement stage, and the Li Family became a Void Refinement cultivation family. As friends and neighboring forces prepared to attend his banquet, Li Qianqing began cultivating a new art while Flowing Cloud City looked toward gaining a teleportation array.

• The Leng Family Ancestor regretted having once made things difficult for Li Qianqing over Heavenly Thunder Wood, but declined to attend his Void Refinement Banquet.
• Wu Tianyou received Li Qianqing's invitation, decided to attend the banquet, and planned to attempt his own breakthrough afterward.
• You Tianchen learned that Li Qianqing had reached Void Refinement and looked forward to seeing him at the banquet.
• Li Qianqing began cultivating True Spirit Nine Revolutions, an art that could preserve the Fire Attribute of his spiritual power and help balance Void Refinement cultivation.
• Wen Wanxi and the Red-Haired Old Man welcomed Li Qianqing's breakthrough, while Li Yongfeng told Wu Yiyang the news and Wu Yiyang proposed applying for a teleportation array.

After Li Qianqing entered the Void Refinement stage, the Li family’s rise began affecting nearby forces and drew the attention of Ten Thousand Immortals Hall. Long Ling arrived at Changling Mountain as the visiting steward and asked whether Li Qianqing remembered her.

• Wu Yiyang applied for a teleportation array for Flowing Cloud City and received Li Yongfeng’s invitation to the Li family’s Void Refinement Banquet.
• Ji Yuelan learned from Li Xunting that Li Qianqing had entered Void Refinement, then told Fan Quanzhen, who decided to attend the banquet and sound out Li Qianqing’s plans.
• Long Ling accepted a mission to visit the newly established Li family Void Refinement force, hoping Li Qianqing might recognize her.
• Cultivators in Flowing Cloud City debated the Li family’s strength and its possible rank among the Void Refinement forces of the Thousand Wind Region Eastern Domain.
• Long Ling arrived at Changling Mountain as a Ten Thousand Immortals Hall Black Robe Steward, met Li Qianqing, and asked if he remembered her.