Chapter Summaries

After Li Qianqing killed two Integrated Body Late Stage Foreign Race cultivators, the Ten Thousand Immortals Hall ranked the Li Clan first among forces beneath Mahayana. Li Qianqing gathered the Thousand Wind Region Eastern Domain forces to arrange support for the Southern and Northern Domains, then returned to cultivation with his sights set on reaching the Mahayana stage.

• Bai Lingfeng and another Ten Thousand Immortals Hall elder discussed Li Qianqing’s victory and decided to raise the Li Clan to first place in the rankings.
• Ouyang Bo saw the updated ranking, learned Li Qianqing had quickly killed a Blood Race and a Barbarian Race Integrated Body Late Stage cultivator, and recognized his strength as nearing Mahayana.
• Li Qianqing summoned the Eastern Domain forces to discuss supporting the Southern and Northern Domains, and Ji Yuelan and Ouyang Bo pledged limited assistance.
• The Void Refining forces agreed to contribute support after Li Qianqing guaranteed the Eastern Domain’s security, and the gathered leaders worked out how to divide their aid.
• Ji Yuelan planned to support Li Xunting while other Snow Moon Sect cultivators aided the Northern Domain; Li Qianqing reflected on the Li Clan’s security and resumed cultivating.

Li Qianqing learned that the great war was ending and reflected on how the Li Clan’s actions had strengthened the Thousand Wind Region Eastern Domain and affected the wider Human Race. As the story left off, his close friend Long Yu visited Changling Mountain to thank him for killing Gu’erben and presented him with spiritual items.

• Li Xunting told Ji Yuelan that Li Qianqing had killed both an Integrated Body Late Stage Blood Race member and a Barbarian Race member, and Ji Yuelan agreed not to pursue the Blood Race into its territory.
• The great war neared its end as Great Ascension cultivators fought, and reports described the Li Clan’s role in supporting the Northern and Southern Domains.
• Ackerman returned to the Blood Race Territory, lamented the Blood Race’s losses in the Thousand Wind Region, and admitted he could not safely attack the Li Clan.
• Li Qianqing reviewed Li Zhongyun’s information and planned to reach the Integrated Body Peak Stage before pursuing the Great Ascension Realm.
• Long Yu visited Li Qianqing and explained that Gu’erben had threatened his territory, then thanked Li Qianqing for killing him and gave him spiritual items, including high-level Dragon Essence for Pao Pao.

After five thousand peaceful years, Li Qianqing reached the true peak of the Integrated Body stage and prepared to enter seclusion for the Great Ascension breakthrough. Long Ling arrived at Changling Mountain with the same goal, and they agreed to see who would break through first.

• Long Yu left the Li Clan after exchanging Dragon Essences with Li Qianqing and giving Pao Pao Dragon Essence, while other forces later visited to express their thanks.
• Five thousand years passed in peace, and Li Qianqing reached the true Integrated Body Peak Stage as the Li Clan grew stronger and remained first in the Ten Thousand Immortals Hall's ranking.
• Li Qianqing visited Li Xunting and other clan cultivators before planning to enter seclusion; Li Xunting estimated that she needed about two thousand more years to reach the peak of Void Refinement.
• Long Ling arrived at Changling Mountain and revealed that she, too, had reached the true Integrated Body Peak Stage and planned to enter seclusion after returning to the Ten Thousand Immortals Hall.
• Li Qianqing and Long Ling agreed to enter seclusion around the same time and see who would reach Great Ascension first.

Li Qianqing broke through to the Great Ascension stage, and the Mysterious Pearl let him sense the law of time immediately. As he investigated the pearl’s connection to his Natal Magic Treasure, he began to suspect it had also caused the secret realm to open in his previous life.

• Li Qianqing entered seclusion to break through to the Great Ascension stage while Fire Spirit Fly prepared to assist him.
• After one hundred and nine years, Li Qianqing’s breakthrough caused a disturbance across Changling Mountain and Liyang Market, and the Li family and nearby cultivators gathered to witness it.
• Li Qianqing completed his breakthrough and sensed the law of time through the Mysterious Pearl, fulfilling the hardest condition for advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence stage.
• Fire Spirit Fly sensed that the Mysterious Pearl could fuse with Li Qianqing’s Natal Magic Treasure, but did not know how the fusion could be done.
• Li Qianqing concluded that the Mysterious Pearl was complete and wondered whether it had caused the secret realm’s opening in his previous life.

Li Qianqing broke through to the Great Ascension stage, making the Li family the only Great Ascension cultivation clan in Human Race Territory. A year later, Long Ling also reached Great Ascension, and Ten Thousand Immortals Hall’s Master asked what she planned to do next while glancing at Li Qianqing.

• Li Qianqing emerged from seclusion with divine sense reaching a million li, and Li Xunting and the Li family members congratulated him on entering Great Ascension.
• Li Yongfeng returned to Changling Mountain after receiving news of Li Qianqing’s breakthrough, while Wu Yiyang and Ouyang Bo considered the Li family’s new status and its effects on the region.
• Li Qianqing went to Ten Thousand Immortals City, informed Yuan Xiuyuan of his breakthrough, and stayed at Ten Thousand Immortals Hall to await Long Ling.
• After a year of cultivation, Li Qianqing sensed Long Ling’s breakthrough and met her outside her cultivation room as she emerged at the Great Ascension stage.
• The Ten Thousand Immortals Hall Master asked Long Ling what she planned to do next while glancing at Li Qianqing.

Li Qianqing and Long Ling affirmed that they would remain on their paths toward ascending to the Immortal Realm, then held a joint Great Ascension banquet on Changling Mountain. Two thousand years later, the Li family's trade with four Great Ascension forces had stabilized, and Li Qianqing had become a Top Rank Eight Alchemist.

• Long Ling told the Ten Thousand Immortals Hall Master she would remain Vice Hall Master while pursuing ascension with Li Qianqing.
• Li Qianqing invited Long Ling to his Great Ascension banquet, and she returned with him to Changling Mountain.
• Li Xunting welcomed Long Ling, while Li Qianqing worked with Li Zhongyun to arrange the banquet.
• Li Qianqing and Long Ling held their joint Great Ascension banquet, where cultivators from across the region and representatives of Great Ascension forces gathered.
• After the banquet, Li Qianqing negotiated trade with four Great Ascension forces, and their business dealings stabilized over the following two thousand years.
• Li Qianqing became a Top Rank Eight Alchemist, a distinction unmatched among the other Great Ascension forces.

Li Qianqing traveled to the Gray Clan Territory and obtained the Spirit Treasure Fire Separation Bottle, sealing it for the Li Family’s treasury. After returning to Changling Mountain, he sensed that Pao Pao had broken his third bloodline restriction.

• Li Tongxin broke through to the Integrated Body stage, becoming the Li Family’s second cultivator at that realm.
• Over the following millennia, Li Xunting failed her first attempt at the Integrated Body stage but succeeded on her second; Li Hongbin also advanced to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
• Li Qianqing sent Li Xunting to deliver Thunder Jade Crystals to Ji Yuelan after she failed another attempt to break through to the Integrated Body stage.
• Li Qianqing traveled to the Gray Clan Territory, waited for the Spirit Treasure Fire Separation Bottle to appear, and sealed it with Profound Water Ice.
• A nearby Integrated Body Late Stage gray clan member let Li Qianqing leave without challenging him, and Li Qianqing returned to Changling Mountain twenty-two years after departing.
• Li Qianqing sensed that Pao Pao had broken the third bloodline restriction.

Li Qianqing reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage and began his attempt to ascend to the Immortal Realm, while the Li Clan and Long Ling watched from afar. As the first golden lightning bolt fell, the Mysterious Pearl intercepted it and began helping him undergo the tribulation, and news of his attempt spread through Flowing Cloud City.

• Iron Carp Pao Pao broke his third bloodline limit, transformed into a pure Dragon Race Demon Beast, and reached the seventh rank as Long Yu watched.
• Four thousand years later, Li Qianqing told Long Ling that he had touched the Law of Time and planned to enter seclusion to advance toward Tribulation Transcendence.
• Li Qianqing entered seclusion and reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage in just over ninety years, then informed Long Ling and the Li Clan that he would soon undergo the tribulation.
• Li Qianqing departed Changling Mountain with Pao Pao and began facing the nine golden lightning bolts above the clouds while Long Ling and the clan cultivators watched.
• The Mysterious Pearl intercepted the first golden bolt and sent a baptism of energy into Li Qianqing, while cultivators in Flowing Cloud City recognized that he was undergoing Tribulation Transcendence.

Li Qianqing ascended to the Immortal Realm, where Qi Qianxue explained that the Spirit Realm Heart could fuse the Sweeping Spirit Realm with the Immortal Realm. After a thousand years of fusion, the Time Domain expanded to include the former Lower Realm, and Li Qianqing reunited with Long Ling and Li Xunting there.

• Li Qianqing arrived at the Ascension Platform and was surrounded by cultivators until Qi Qianxue recognized his name and took him aside.
• Qi Qianxue told Li Qianqing that Long Ling had mentioned him and explained that the Spirit Realm Heart had caused the timeline reversal, affecting Long Ling as well.
• Qi Qianxue explained that Li Qianqing could fuse the Sweeping Spirit Realm into the Immortal Realm by merging the Spirit Realm Heart with his Natal Magic Treasure.
• Qi Qianxue gave Li Qianqing the materials and instructions, and he fused the Spirit Realm Heart with the Flame Dragon Pearl with Fire Spirit Fly’s help over a thousand years.
• The Time Domain expanded to encompass the fused Spirit Realm, and Li Qianqing returned to Changling Mountain, where Long Ling and Li Xunting greeted him.