Chapter Summaries

Li Qianqing killed Jiang Chunfeng during the chaotic battle, helping the Li Clan gain the upper hand over the Jiang Clan. With the fight turning against the Jiang Clan, Huang Zhifeng finally intervened, asking whether the two sides had fought enough.

• Jiang Chunfeng tried to slip past Li Liling and attack Li Qianqing, but Li Liling warned Li Qianqing and struck at Jiang Chunfeng with her whip.
• Li Qianqing used a hidden ninth blade to strike Jiang Chunfeng's mind and kill him, then kicked his head away.
• Li Qianqing resumed harassing the remaining Jiang Clan cultivators, while the Chen Clan Head moved aside to avoid the flying head and the battle.
• Li Liling praised Li Qianqing and returned to the fight as Huang Zhifeng decided the Huang Clan should act.
• Huang Zhifeng arrived in midair and asked whether the Li and Jiang Clans had fought enough.

Huang Zhifeng forced the Jiang Clan to withdraw from the Miniature Spirit Mine dispute after the Jiang Clan lost three Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators. The Li and Huang Clans divided the mine’s remaining share equally, while Li Qianqing considered how the victory might affect the Li Family’s future choice of sides in Clear Wind Valley.

• Huang Zhifeng ruled that the Jiang Clan had forfeited its claim to the Miniature Spirit Mine, and Jiang Gaoyuan led his surviving clan members away.
• The Li Family did not pursue Jiang Gaoyuan, and Li Cunliu recognized that destroying the Jiang Clan would require killing its Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Li Cunliu praised Li Qianqing’s role in the victory and resolved to support his future Foundation Establishment.
• Huang Lixin praised Li Qianqing’s blade, and the clan heads agreed that the Li and Huang Clans would split the mine’s remaining share equally.
• Li Qianqing believed his actions might influence Li Cunliu’s choice of faction in Clear Wind Valley’s coming internal conflict.

After the Miniature Spirit Mine began operating, the Li Family increased its annual resource distribution, and Li Qianqing returned to cultivating. He later finished instructing Li Qiantong and Li Xingtian, advising Li Qiantong as he prepared to break through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

• The survey found the Miniature Spirit Mine could yield about one thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones a year for roughly a century, and the Li Family, Huang Clan, and Chen Family began mining it.
• The Li Family’s share brought about four hundred and fifty extra Low-Grade Spirit Stones in yearly income, so the family increased its annual allocations to cultivators.
• Li Qianqing resumed cultivating with Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills and estimated he could reach the Qi Refining Eighth Layer within two years.
• At the end of August, Li Qianqing completed three years of instruction for Li Qiantong and Li Xingtian, finding that neither had a Special Physique.
• Li Qianqing advised Li Qiantong on breaking through from the Peak Qi Refining Third Layer, and Li Qiantong decided he could attempt it sooner than planned.

Li Qianqing oversaw Li Qiantong and Li Xingtian as they received their family duties after three years of cultivation, then continued advancing his own cultivation. He broke through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer and looked ahead to Li Lilong’s expected Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Li Lilong assigned Li Qiantong to tend spiritual fields on Changqing Mountain and sent Li Xingtian to work at the Tongyang County Cultivator Market, explaining their yearly Contribution Points and Spirit Stones.
• Li Xingtian asked when he could marry, and Li Lilong told him he could start the year after next.
• The Li Family gained two cultivators from last year’s spiritual root testing, but lost an injured Qi Refining Fifth Layer cultivator, for a net gain of one.
• Li Qianqing reached Late-Stage Qi Refining Seventh Layer while using Qi Gathering Pills and a Spirit Gathering Array, and noted his growing wealth and family influence.
• Li Qianqing began a breakthrough and successfully reached Qi Refining Eighth Layer after nearly a day.

After reaching Qi Refining Eighth Layer, Li Qianqing tested the Li Clan children for spiritual roots and discovered that Li Xunting might possess an Ice Spiritual Body. He left the nature of her unusual talent to be verified after returning to Changqing Mountain.

• Li Qianqing found that his divine sense now extended twenty-one zhang, strengthening his Void God Needle and Floating Shadow Blade.
• Li Qianyin celebrated Li Qianqing's breakthrough and was glad she had not made another cultivation agreement with her father.
• During the annual spiritual-root test in Liyang City, Li Qianqing tested Li Xunting, the first cultivator of the Xun Generation.
• Li Qianqing detected four spiritual roots and a faint power of frost in Li Xunting, then told her she had become a Li Clan cultivator.
• Li Qianqing told the other clan cultivators that Li Xunting's unusual condition required further verification at Changqing Mountain.

Li Qianqing suspected that Li Xunting possessed the Ice Spiritual Body, and her unusually strong sensation during spiritual root testing increased his confidence. After learning about her ordinary Four Spiritual Roots, Li Xunting worried about her prospects, but Li Qianqing encouraged her and prepared to verify her physique during Qi Induction into the Body.

• Li Qianqing completed testing the Li Clan children and found that only Li Xunting had spiritual roots that year.
• Li Xunting learned she had Four Spiritual Roots and became discouraged about her cultivation prospects.
• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting that her situation might be different from other cultivators and taught her about Qi Induction into the Body.
• Li Xunting said she had strongly sensed spiritual power during her root test, giving Li Qianqing greater confidence that she had a Special Physique.
• Li Qianqing went to the Li Clan's Clan Treasury to obtain an Ice Attribute Low-Grade Spirit Stone for the upcoming test.

Li Qianqing confirmed that Li Xunting possessed a Grade B Ice Spiritual Body after guiding her through Qi Induction into the Body. Li Xunting learned that she had a Special Physique, and asked what it could do for her.

• Li Qianqing obtained an Ice Attribute Low-Grade Spirit Stone to test whether Li Xunting possessed the Ice Spiritual Body.
• Li Qianqing guided Li Xunting through Qi Induction into the Body while she held the spirit stone.
• Li Xunting expelled Acquired Impurities, became a cultivator, and hurried away to wash herself.
• Li Qianqing examined the spirit stone and determined that Li Xunting had a Grade B Ice Spiritual Body.
• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting she had a Special Physique, and she excitedly asked what it could do for her.

Li Qianqing explained how Li Xunting’s Ice Spiritual Body would improve her cultivation and gave her the Li Family’s Frost Ice Art. He then told clan head Li Cunliu about her discovery, leaving Li Cunliu delighted and convinced that Li Qianqing’s judgment had uncovered a promising talent for the family.

• Li Qianqing told Li Xunting that her Ice Spiritual Body would let her cultivate faster with Ice Attribute arts and improve her chances of reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Li Qianqing gave Li Xunting the Frost Ice Art, and she left eager to begin cultivating it.
• Li Qianqing went to see Li Cunliu and reported that Li Xunting was the Xun Generation’s first cultivator and possessed an Ice Spiritual Body.
• Li Cunliu praised Li Qianqing as the Li Family’s lucky star and said other clansmen’s tests might have failed to discover Li Xunting’s talent.

Li Qianqing told Li Cunliu and Li Lilong that Li Xunting had an Ice Spiritual Body, and the family decided to cultivate her as a Foundation Establishment Seed. Later, he watched Xunting practice an ice spell before Li Qianyin arrived with good news.

• Li Cunliu praised Li Qianqing for discovering Li Xunting’s Ice Spiritual Body and arranged additional Contribution Points for him and the other spirit-root testers.
• Li Cunliu imagined the Li Family gaining a third Foundation Establishment cultivator and settling its feud with the Jiang Family.
• Li Qianqing told Li Lilong about Xunting’s Special Physique, and Lilong agreed that she should be cultivated as a Foundation Establishment Seed.
• Li Xunting demonstrated her Ice Cone Technique to Li Qianqing on snowy Changqing Mountain, and he praised her before teaching her about managing spiritual power in a duel.
• Li Qianyin approached Li Qianqing and Xunting after their lesson and said she had good news.

Li Qianyin told Li Qianqing that she had reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer and met Li Xunting, who showed off her Ice Cone Technique. In July, Li Qianqing reviewed the progress of the cultivators he was guiding before Patriarch Li Cunliu interrupted his cultivation.

• Li Qianqing guessed that Li Qianyin had reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and she asked him not to call her by her nickname in front of Li Xunting.
• Li Qianqing introduced Li Qianyin as Li Xunting's Fourteenth Grand Aunt, and Li Xunting demonstrated her Ice Cone Technique for her.
• Li Qianyin teased Li Xunting that head-patting would keep her from growing tall, but Li Qianqing told the child she was joking.
• Li Qianyin left after telling Li Qianqing she had regained some freedom from Li Lilong's strict control.
• In July, Li Qianqing considered Li Qiantong's progress in spiritual herb cultivation and Li Xingtian's life in Tongyang County.
• Patriarch Li Cunliu arrived and interrupted Li Qianqing's cultivation.

Li Cunliu took Li Qianqing to an auction in Xiayong Prefecture to pursue a Foundation Establishment Pill and introduce him to the wider cultivation world. On the way, they met the Liu Family’s clan head, and the three set out for the auction together.

• Li Cunliu invited Li Qianqing to attend an auction where he hoped to win a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Li Qianqing handed his duties to Li Lilong before joining him.
• Li Cunliu flew with Li Qianqing toward Xiayong Prefecture on the Leaf Ark and explained the auction, the Zhao Country Cultivation World, and the spirit stones he had brought.
• Li Cunliu stopped at the Liu Family’s ancestral land, where Liu Yanchong greeted him and praised Li Qianqing’s alchemy talent.
• Li Cunliu and Liu Yanchong joked about Li Qianqing refining Rank 2 pills and marrying into the Liu Family, then the two clan heads and Li Qianqing continued toward Xiayong Prefecture.

Li Qianqing traveled with Li Cunliu and Clan Head Liu to Xinhe City for the Fang Family auction, where six Foundation Establishment Pills were among the lots. After settling in and entering the auction venue, he spotted an item on the list that interested him, and Li Cunliu asked which early lots he wanted.

• Li Qianqing learned that Clan Head Liu seemed short on spirit stones and that, unlike in his previous life, the weakened Jiang Family was unlikely to target Li Cunliu.
• Li Cunliu brought Li Qianqing and Clan Head Liu to Xinhe City, where they explored the Cultivator Market without finding any bargains.
• The next morning, the three entered the Fang Family auction venue, with Li Qianqing seated in a second-floor private room.
• Li Qianqing noticed an interesting item on the auction list, and Li Cunliu asked whether he wanted to bid on any of the early lots.

Li Qianqing chose to bid on a Rank 1 High-Grade Ice Soul Stone for Li Xunting, and Li Cunliu agreed after hearing how it could help her Ice Spiritual Body. The Fang Family auction then began, with a High-Grade Storage Bag offered as the first item.

• Li Qianqing explained that the Ice Soul Stone could help Li Xunting cultivate and develop her Ice Spiritual Body, or later be refined into a suitable magic tool.
• Li Cunliu agreed to let Li Qianqing bid on the Ice Soul Stone after considering its likely size and price.
• A Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator welcomed the attendees and opened the Fang Family auction.
• Qi Refining cultivators began bidding competitively on a High-Grade Storage Bag, while the private rooms remained quiet.

Li Qianqing and Li Cunliu bid for a Rank 1 High-Grade Ice Soul Stone at the Fang Family auction and won it for 335 Low-Grade Spirit Stones. They prepared for the upcoming auction of six Foundation Establishment Pills, determined that the Li Family had to obtain one.

• Bidder 175 won a High-Grade Storage Bag for 250 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and two batches of Qi Gathering Pills sold for 295 and 290 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The auctioneer presented a Rank 1 High-Grade Ice Soul Stone, and Li Cunliu began bidding after Li Qianqing signaled that the family should take it.
• As the price rose, Li Qianqing told Li Cunliu to stop if they could not win the stone for 360 Low-Grade Spirit Stones or less.
• Li Cunliu won the Ice Soul Stone for 335 Low-Grade Spirit Stones and handed it to Li Qianqing.
• Li Cunliu turned his attention to the upcoming Foundation Establishment Pill auction, determined that the Li Family needed to obtain one for its four Foundation Establishment Seeds.

Clan Head Liu won the Mid-Grade Spirit Tool he wanted for 5,450 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and the auction then began selling Foundation Establishment Pills. Li Qianqing urged Li Cunliu to bid aggressively for the first pill, arguing that later competition would become harder, and the first pill’s price continued to rise.

• Clan Head Liu competed against three bidders and won the Mid-Grade Spirit Tool for 5,450 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The auctioneer began selling six Foundation Establishment Pills in separate groups, and cultivators drove the first pill’s price up to 32,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Cunliu bid 32,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, then stopped when a second-floor bidder raised the price to 32,500.
• Li Qianqing quickly bid 33,000 and explained to Li Cunliu that later pills might face fiercer competition because many clans needed them.

Li Cunliu won the first Foundation Establishment Pill for thirty-three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, then watched the remaining pills sell for more. The final pill sold for thirty-six thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones as the auction moved on to its last three mysterious items.

• Li Cunliu chose not to raise his bid further, and the Li Family won the first Foundation Establishment Pill for thirty-three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Number 003 won the second Foundation Establishment Pill for thirty-four thousand five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while the third, fourth, and fifth sold for at least thirty-four thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones each.
• Li Cunliu reflected that bringing Li Qianqing to the auction had saved the Li Family money and helped them obtain the Ice Soul Stone, and resolved to get Li Qianqing a Low-Grade Spirit Tool Alchemy Furnace.
• Number 013 bid thirty-five thousand five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the final Foundation Establishment Pill, and Number 021 won it with a bid of thirty-six thousand.
• The Fang Family auctioneer announced the final three mysterious auction items.

Li Qianqing recognized a mysterious round stone at the Fang Family auction as Black Luck Stone, which concealed valuable Spirit Cleansing Crystal. He told Li Cunliu to bid for it, leaving the Li Family ready to compete as the auction continued.

• The Fang Family auctioned a one-third incomplete map, which cultivators on the first floor bought for 167 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Qianqing reflected on a valuable opportunity he had found in his previous life and considered how its resources might help the Li Family in the future.
• The auctioneer presented a pitch-black round stone that resisted divine sense and whose material the Fang Family could not identify.
• Li Qianqing recognized the stone as Black Luck Stone containing Spirit Cleansing Crystal, with uncertain value based on the crystal hidden inside.
• Li Qianqing told Li Cunliu to try bidding on the stone but to stop if its price climbed too high.

Li Qianqing acquired a mysterious round stone containing a Spirit Cleansing Crystal at the auction, while the final item, a defensive Magic Treasure Fragment, drew intense interest from the cultivators. The bidding for the fragment began, but the chapter ended before a winner was announced.

• Li Qianqing estimated that the Fang Family's mysterious round stone would sell cheaply because even the Fang Family had failed to identify it.
• Li Cunliu bid against other cultivators and won the round stone for eighty-eight Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Cunliu handed the round stone to Li Qianqing, who knew it contained a Spirit Cleansing Crystal sealed inside a Black Luck Stone.
• The Fang Family auctioneer revealed that the final auction item was a defensive Magic Treasure Fragment of unknown grade.
• Cultivators, including the Li Family and Liu Family Patriarchs, began bidding for the fragment, while Li Qianqing watched without much interest.

After the auction, Li Qianqing returned with Li Cunliu and discussed the Liu Family and the allocation of the Foundation Establishment Pill. Li Cunliu decided to give the pill to Li Lilong, while Li Qianqing recognized that his Great Grandfather would likely consult him on future clan decisions.

• The Magic Treasure Fragment sold for 4,790 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Li Qianqing noticed suspicious gazes as the cultivators left the auction.
• Li Qianqing and Li Cunliu visited the Liu Family, where Clan Head Liu introduced Liu Haiya and the family’s three core cultivators.
• On the Leaf Ark, Li Cunliu asked Li Qianqing what he thought of the Liu Family cultivators and joked about Liu Haiya joining the Li Family.
• Li Cunliu said he planned to give the Foundation Establishment Pill to Li Lilong, and Li Qianqing agreed that his Fourth Uncle should receive it.
• Li Cunliu promised that the Foundation Establishment Pill the Li Family could exchange for in twenty-five years would be Li Qianqing’s.

Li Qianqing began using an Ice Soul Stone and prepared medicinal liquid to enhance Li Xunting’s Ice Spiritual Body. Li Xunting responded well to the first treatment, and she was set to return every three days until the stone was absorbed.

• Li Cunliu told Li Lilong that he would keep the Foundation Establishment Pill until Li Lilong was ready to attempt a breakthrough.
• Li Qianqing brought Li Xunting to his residence and explained that an Ice Soul Stone and medicinal liquid might improve her Ice Spiritual Body.
• Li Xunting entered the wooden bucket, held the Ice Soul Stone, and cultivated with the Frost Ice Art for nearly two hours.
• Li Xunting felt more sensitive to ice spiritual power, and Li Qianqing told her to return every three days for about eight treatments.
• Li Qianqing taught Li Xunting at his residence and rewarded her with a Rank 1 Low-Grade Qi Gathering Pill.