Chapter Summaries

Li Qingqiu reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Ninth Layer and recognized that Qingxiao Sect would need more spiritual energy to support its growth. As the sect prepared for the Daoist Convention, King Wei Zhao Qi visited and watched Xiao Wudi spar, learning that the sect master had personally cultivated him and his two talented brothers.

• Li Qingqiu completed his breakthrough after five days, draining much of the underground Spirit Lake and deciding the Sky Mending Great Array was essential for Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu spotted Zhang Ping practicing and predicted that his future achievements might surpass Nangong Yu’s, while Chu Jing asked when Li Qingqiu would cultivate Nangong Yu.
• Broad Affinity Hall opened registration for the Daoist Convention, and disciples and influential figures across Guzhou took notice of Qingxiao Sect.
• King Wei Zhao Qi and Pei Zhangzhi visited Qingxiao Mountain and admired the sect’s active training and growing strength.
• Zhao Qi watched Xiao Wudi spar with a True Disciple and learned that Xiao Wudi and his two younger brothers were prodigies personally cultivated by Li Qingqiu.

Bai Ninger told Zhao Qi about Qingxiao Sect’s Daoist Convention as the sect’s disciples prepared to compete. Shen Yue became Qingxiao Sect’s first sword cultivator, then challenged Li Qingqiu again and was stopped by his Soul Seizing Flying Sword.

• Bai Ninger identified Xiao Wudi to Zhao Qi and Pei Zhangzhi, then explained the Daoist Convention to Zhao Qi as Pei Zhangzhi took an interest in him.
• Qingxiao Sect disciples discussed the Daoist Convention, while Han Lang urged the Sword Sect disciples to practice their formation.
• Shen Yue mastered sword flight, flew to meet Li Qingqiu, and revealed a wooden sword containing a sword soul.
• Li Qingqiu received a Fortune Inheritance opportunity after a Qingxiao Sect disciple became a sword cultivator, and he recognized Shen Yue’s achievement.
• Shen Yue agreed to teach the disciples his method and challenged Li Qingqiu, who restrained him with the Soul Seizing Flying Sword.

Li Qingqiu encouraged Shen Yue to embrace sword cultivation, while Qingxiao Sect navigated the realm’s political turmoil and began the Daoist Convention. The chapter ended with Shen Yue reporting that he had found a spirit mine containing valuable ore, though something dangerous seemed to watch him there.

• Li Qingqiu taught Shen Yue the Soul Seizing Flying Sword, and Shen Yue struggled to understand its principles despite having created a sword soul.
• A stele recorded Shen Yue’s entry into the Dao and the opening of the sword-cultivator path; Jiang Zhaoxia resolved to become a sword cultivator after speaking with Shen Yue.
• Zhao Qi left Qingxiao Sect as the Cui Clan challenged him, while Pei Zhangzhi stayed behind and asked Zhang Yuchun about the sect’s stance on the struggle for the realm.
• The Daoist Convention began at Qingxiao Sect, while Li Qingqiu stayed in Lingxiao Courtyard awaiting Shen Yue.
• Shen Yue told Li Qingqiu that he had found a spirit mine containing Spirit Stones and ancient Gengjin Source Iron, but had sensed something watching him.

Li Qingqiu managed the Daoist Convention, named the sect’s contribution currency Dao Yuan, and inspected Qingxiao Sect’s first Cave Mansion. He left the chapter preparing more Cave Mansions for the convention’s top disciples and promising Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan that they could eventually interact openly with the sect’s disciples.

• Li Qingqiu assigned Shen Yue to establish rules for the Source Iron Blessed Lands while the Daoist Convention’s preliminary rounds continued.
• Zhang Yuchun and Li Dongyue reported the convention’s profits, and Li Qingqiu rejected turning the disciples’ matches into paid entertainment.
• Li Qingqiu named the contribution currency Dao Yuan and asked Zhang Yuchun and Li Dongyue to prepare monthly stipends by disciple rank.
• Mingguang showed Li Qingqiu the sect’s first Cave Mansion, and Li Qingqiu ordered three more built as rewards for the Daoist Convention’s top three.
• Li Qingqiu told Chu Jing, Nangong E, and Lin Chuan to cultivate in the Cave Mansion and said they could eventually interact openly with the disciples.

The Qingxiao Sect expanded its Dao Yuan system and sent thirty True Disciples to guard the Source Iron Blessed Land while Li Qingqiu entrusted Yu Lin with overseeing its resources. When refugees blamed Li Qingqiu for the chaos and demanded to meet him, Xue Jin killed their leader and threatened the rest.

• The Qingxiao Sect announced Dao Yuan stipends and rules as fighting spread through Guzhou and refugees gathered near Qingxiao Mountain.
• Li Qingqiu assigned thirty True Disciples to guard the Source Iron Blessed Land and asked Yu Lin to oversee its Spirit Stones and Gengjin Source Iron.
• Li Sijin asked Li Qingqiu to address refugees stealing from the medicinal gardens, and he sent her to fetch Xue Jin and the Training Hall disciples.
• Li Sijin and Xue Jin confronted the refugees, whose leader blamed Li Qingqiu for the disorder and demanded to meet him.
• Xue Jin killed the hunched old man and warned the remaining refugees that he would cut them down if they did not leave.

Xue Jin massacred the refugees, but news of the killing spread and sparked accusations against the Qingxiao Sect, prompting Li Qingqiu to prepare for a wider conflict. The Daoist Convention concluded with Xu Ning, Xue Jin, and Zhao Zhen taking the top three places, strengthening the sect’s reputation and its disciples’ loyalty.

• Xue Jin pursued and killed all the refugees after warning them, while Li Sijin arranged for the bodies to be buried.
• Li Qingqiu told Li Sijin he expected consequences from the refugee incident, then reminded her not to neglect her cultivation.
• The Qingxiao Sect selected its Daoist Convention top ten, and Li Qingqiu decided the event would be held once every ten years.
• Zhang Yuchun and Zhu Yan reported that people in the martial world and Aristocratic Clans were spreading news of Xue Jin’s massacre, and they suspected the Lingtian Sect and a powerful warlord.
• Li Qingqiu ordered the sect to investigate, warn disciples traveling on missions, and prepare for conflict while continuing the Daoist Convention.
• Xu Ning won the convention, Xue Jin placed second, and Zhao Zhen placed third, while the disciples’ loyalty to Li Qingqiu rose.

After the Daoist Convention, Li Qingqiu rallied Qingxiao Sect against growing hostility in the martial world and expanded the sect’s plans for training and recruitment. He sent disciples after the Golden Snake Cult and declared that Qingxiao Sect would pursue overwhelming might, deliberately making its move public.

• Qingxiao Sect announced the Daoist Convention’s rewards and future rules, including Cave Mansions for the top ten and barring the top three from competing in the next convention.
• At a leadership meeting, Li Qingqiu told the sect’s senior leaders about rumors targeting him and ordered the Training Hall to issue more missions as Qingxiao Sect prepared to strike back.
• Li Qingqiu gave Yuan Qi portraits of twenty-three disciples whose loyalty had fallen to zero and ordered the Enforcement Hall to question them.
• Li Qingqiu promised to train the Xiao Clan Three Brothers for the next convention and assign them dangerous yearly missions, then agreed to teach Li Dongyue the Spring Return Ghost Immortal Needle.
• The Training Hall posted a mission for twenty-five disciples to destroy the Golden Snake Cult, and all the places filled almost immediately.
• When Zhang Yuchun worried the mission would attract attention, Li Qingqiu said he wanted Qingxiao Sect’s actions to be known so he could test how quickly its disciples carried them out.

Ye Nan learned of Qingxiao Sect’s good works while his blind master left him in Black Stone County to pursue a secret task. At Qingxiao Sect, Li Qingqiu learned of a plot to seize the Kirin, received news that a disciple had forged a magical artifact, and prepared to question Ye Nan’s captured master.

• Ye Nan’s master told him to stay behind in Black Stone County and leave if he did not return within a month, while Ye Nan heard townspeople praise Qingxiao Sect’s help for ordinary people.
• Zhu Yan reported that Yuzhou’s ruler, Jiang Yu, had colluded with Lingtian Sect and sought the Kirin’s blood, so Li Qingqiu ordered the Zhu Clan to verify the intelligence and warned the clans and officials against deceiving Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu received a legacy reward after a Qingxiao Sect disciple forged the sect’s first magical artifact.
• Yuan Qi reported that an elderly blind man carrying a saber had infiltrated the sect, and Li Qingqiu ordered him brought in for questioning.
• Yuan Qi and Xiao Wuming brought the beaten captive before Li Qingqiu, who recognized him as a powerful martial artist.

Li Qingqiu learned that Mo Li had come for the Kirin blood on the Qi Clan’s behalf, then witnessed Wu Xingyue demonstrate a magical artifact she had forged. The chapter left Li Qingqiu wondering what the Qi Clan was raising, while Ye Nan was taken by Qingxiao Sect disciples.

• Chu Jing identified the blindfolded Mo Li as the Overlord Blade and suspected the Qi Clan had sent him to obtain Kirin blood.
• Mo Li bit through his tongue and damaged his meridians to avoid revealing the Qi Clan’s purpose, and Li Qingqiu prepared to use the Soul Seizing Curse.
• Ye Nan worried that Mo Li had gone to Qingxiao Sect, then Qingxiao Sect disciples found him and forced him to come up the mountain.
• Wu Xingyue demonstrated her Mysterious Fire Mirror, which sent a powerful wave of fire toward a nearby building.
• Li Qingqiu praised Wu Xingyue, appointed her an elder of Heavenly Works Hall, and promised to help her with questions.
• Li Qingqiu reflected on Mo Li and the Qi Clan and wondered what they were raising.

Li Qingqiu spared Mo Li’s disciple Ye Nan, who joined Qingxiao Sect and proved to have the fate of an Innate Hero with Sudden Enlightenment. As the sect dealt with spies and growing conflicts among powerful clans, Li Qingqiu assigned Ye Nan to Li Dongyue and considered which side Qingxiao Sect should support.

• Li Qingqiu told Ye Nan that Mo Li had died by suicide after being captured, and Ye Nan later asked to join Qingxiao Sect rather than seek revenge.
• Li Qingqiu sent Xue Jin to Cangzhou to investigate what the Qi Clan was raising, and the Legacy System revealed Ye Nan’s strong loyalty and unusual fate.
• Li Qingqiu accepted Ye Nan into the sect and decided to entrust him to Li Dongyue’s guidance.
• The Spirit Control Hall revealed that the Golden Snake Cult had planted spies in Qingxiao Sect, prompting disciples to become more wary of one another.
• Zhang Yuchun questioned Li Qingqiu’s decision to assign Ye Nan to the Spirit Finance Hall and asked which side Qingxiao Sect should support if the Pei Clan and Qin Clan came into conflict.

Li Qingqiu refused to back either claimant in the realm’s struggle for power and continued guiding the Qingxiao Sect’s disciples as the sect expanded. After Li Yang left to investigate the Immortal Trace Forest, Li Qingqiu received a successful ten-year evaluation that ranked the sect as a first-rate secular sect and unlocked Fate selection and mystical ability inheritance.

• Li Qingqiu told Zhang Yuchun that the Qingxiao Sect would judge potential rulers by their ability to bring peace and devotion to the sect, and ordered the sect to avoid involvement in the succession struggle.
• Li Qingqiu guided the Xiao Clan Three Brothers’ cultivation and urged Xiao Wuqing to build ties with fellow disciples and seek out talent within the sect.
• Gu Changping killed Jiang Yu in the Yuzhou provincial governor’s residence and returned to Qingxiao Mountain carrying Jiang Yu’s head; Li Qingqiu praised him, while Chai Yunshang insisted that Enforcement Hall positions be awarded through fair competition.
• Li Yang reported reaching the fifth layer of the Nourishing Yuan Realm, and Li Qingqiu sent him to investigate the Immortal Trace Forest in Southern Chu Province.
• Li Qingqiu received the Qingxiao Sect’s ten-year evaluation: the sect ranked as a first-rate secular sect, and Fate selection and mystical ability inheritance were unlocked.

Li Qingqiu welcomed Bo Zhao and eight girls into the Qingxiao Sect after hearing about their hardships, and he promised to avenge a girl harmed by Fang Manor. While searching their panels for a promising disciple, he discovered that Yun Cai had two exceptional Fates and decided to keep her close and select one for himself.

• Li Qingqiu learned that the Qingxiao Sect had become a first-rate mortal-world sect, then searched his disciples' panels for a Fate to select.
• Bo Zhao arrived with two constables and eight girls, explaining that four girls had died on the journey to the Qingxiao Sect.
• A constable told Li Qingqiu that Fang Manor had abused one of the girls and driven the group away after they sought justice.
• Li Qingqiu accepted Bo Zhao and the others as outer disciples, vowed to make Fang Manor pay, and rewarded Ding Xuan for protecting them.
• Li Qingqiu examined the newcomers' panels and found that Yun Cai possessed the Fates [Myriad Laws Spiritual Eye] and [Thousand Hammer Hundred Refinements].
• Li Qingqiu decided to select one of Yun Cai's Fates and keep her close so he could cultivate her for the next Daoist Convention.

Yun Cai and the other seven girls settled into Qingxiao Sect, where Li Qingqiu began teaching them the Primordial Scripture. Yun Cai surprised everyone by cultivating Origin Energy in a single morning.

• Yun Cai lay awake thinking about Li Qingqiu and worried she might rarely see him at Qingxiao Sect.
• The eight girls joined the outer disciples for breakfast, where a young disciple told them about Gu Changping and Xu Ning.
• Yuan Qi brought the girls to meet Li Qingqiu, who promised to teach them the first layer of the Primordial Scripture before they completed their labor.
• Li Qingqiu patiently taught the girls alongside Yuan Li, and Yuan Qi later brought them food.
• Yun Cai announced that she had already cultivated Origin Energy, leaving the other girls, Yuan Qi, and Yuan Li stunned.

Yun Cai revealed her exceptional talent, but declined Li Qingqiu’s offer to become his disciple while asking to train under him. During the New Spring festivities, Li Qingqiu backed Chai Yunshang’s plan to publicly warn the sect about Qin Yue’s harassment of female disciples and advised her to balance rules with compassion.

• Yun Cai demonstrated that she had cultivated Origin Energy in half a day, and Li Qingqiu praised her talent before promising to speak with her privately.
• Li Qingqiu offered to teach Yun Cai as his disciple, but Yun Cai declined and asked to keep training under him while staying with the other girls.
• Yun Cai returned to the courtyard without telling the other girls she had refused Li Qingqiu’s offer, and the group felt reassured by his concern for them.
• During the New Spring festivities, Li Qingqiu visited the Enforcement Hall, where Chai Yunshang reported that Bo Zhao and his companions were proving useful.
• Chai Yunshang told Li Qingqiu that Qin Yue had harassed female disciples, and Li Qingqiu approved her plan to post a warning notice despite the reputational consequences.
• Li Qingqiu heard Chai Yunshang’s other concerns and cautioned her to weigh human feelings alongside sect rules.

Li Qingqiu discovered more about Yun Cai’s Myriad Laws Spiritual Eye and began personally teaching her, while Yun Cai set her sights on surpassing Xu Ning. At Lingxiao Courtyard, the sect discussed rising disciples and looming conflicts, and Zhao Zhen insisted he still wanted to compete in the Daoist Convention.

• Li Qingqiu asked Yun Cai about her cultivation, learned that her Myriad Laws Spiritual Eye could see meridians and compare Origin Energy, and told her to keep its abilities secret.
• Li Qingqiu introduced Yun Cai to Xu Ning, who revealed she had reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Eighth Layer before leaving to continue training.
• Inspired by Xu Ning, Yun Cai resolved to become stronger than her, and Li Qingqiu taught Yun Cai the Mountain Lord Divine Incantation.
• Li Dongyue and Li Qingqiu discussed Yun Cai’s talent and the sect’s next generation while Zhao Zhen worked on martial arts manuals.
• Zhang Yuchun reported that Dongling Prefecture had declared war on Guzhou and that Cangzhou had a new Prefect from the Qi Clan; Li Qingqiu said he would send Xu Ning to look for Xue Jin if Xue Jin had not returned by early summer.
• After Zhang Yuchun learned Xu Ning had reached the Nourishing Yuan Realm Eighth Layer and advised keeping disciples out of the Daoist Convention, Zhao Zhen protested that he still wanted to win first place.

During New Year at Qingxiao Sect, Li Qingqiu settled a dispute over Zhao Zhen entering the Daoist Convention and warned Zhang Yuchun that the Enforcement Hall would deal with Qin Yue. Months later, Zhang Yuchun reported that Lingtian Sect had massacred the Jiang Clan and threatened to wipe out the Li Clan before June.

• Zhang Yuchun suggested Zhao Zhen should skip the Daoist Convention, but Li Qingqiu defended the disciples’ right to compete and reminded Zhang Yuchun that the Enforcement Hall would deal with Qin Yue.
• Li Sijin proposed annual competitions for outer, inner, and true disciples, and Qingxiao True Person arrived to celebrate the New Year with the sect leaders.
• After the winter snow melted, Li Qingqiu practiced refining his Soul Seizing Flying Sword into a signature technique.
• Zhang Yuchun told Li Qingqiu that Lingtian Sect had slaughtered the Jiang Clan, leaving only Jiang Nian alive, and had threatened to kill every member of the Li Clan before June.

Li Qingqiu organized a Qingxiao Sect expedition against Lingtian Sect after it threatened the Li Clan, while reassuring the Xiao Clan Three Brothers that he would not blame them for their father Xiao Wuhui’s allegiance. The expedition set out, and the chapter ended with injured Xue Jin telling a boy he had rescued that Qingxiao Sect’s Sect Master might find him useful.

• Li Qingqiu ordered Jiang Zhaoxia, Xu Ning, Li Yang, and fifty True Disciples to prepare to attack Lingtian Sect after learning it had threatened the Li Clan.
• Jiang Zhaoxia agreed to meet his younger brother Jiang Nian before leaving, and Xu Ning and Li Yang prepared for the mission.
• Li Qingqiu told the Xiao Clan Three Brothers that Lingtian Sect’s Second Protector was their father, Xiao Wuhui, and warned that he might be killed if he fought Qingxiao Sect.
• Xiao Wuqing, Xiao Wudi, and Xiao Wuming pledged to stand with Qingxiao Sect and not let Xiao Wuhui or Lingtian Sect use them against it.
• Jiang Zhaoxia, Xu Ning, Li Yang, and fifty True Disciples left Qingxiao Mountain the next morning, while Li Qingqiu continued training the Xiao brothers as before.
• In a forest at night, injured Xue Jin told the boy he had rescued that Qingxiao Sect’s Sect Master might have a use for him.

Xue Jin returned to Qingxiao Sect badly wounded after rescuing a Divine Child from the Qi Clan, and told Li Qingqiu about the clan’s worship of a powerful Ancient God. Li Qingqiu accepted the child as a disciple and resolved to learn more about the Qi Clan and its ties to Lingtian Sect.

• Xue Jin described Qingxiao Sect as a home where disciples were treated with dignity, and the rescued boy asked about the sect as they traveled.
• Li Qingqiu sent seven hall masters to select Nourishing Yuan Realm Fourth Layer disciples to cultivate at Thousand Spirit Blessed Land, then continued training with the Soul Seizing Flying Sword.
• After news of Lingtian Sect’s declaration of war reached Qingxiao Sect, Li Qingqiu received the injured Xue Jin and asked what he had discovered about the Qi Clan.
• Xue Jin reported that the Qi Clan worshiped an Ancient God in the form of a massive demon tree, allied with Northern Barbarians, and had used its power to create ten Divine Attendants and prepare nine Divine Children as vessels.
• Xue Jin said someone had killed seven of the Divine Children before he rescued the remaining boy, and he confirmed that the Qi Clan was close to Lingtian Sect.
• Li Qingqiu ordered Yuan Qi to register the boy as a disciple, trusted Xue Jin’s judgment, and promised him access to the spirit mine so he could grow stronger.

Qingxiao Sect disciples led by Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning attacked Lingtian Mansion, while Yuan Li urged Jiang Nian to channel his grief into rebuilding the Jiang Clan. The chapter left Jiang Nian considering his future and Yuan Li declaring his ambitions to protect Qingxiao Sect and become Number One Under Heaven.

• Tian Jiang discussed Lingtian Sect’s expansion and its coming conflict with Qingxiao Sect before Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning’s disciples appeared on Lingtian Mansion’s walls.
• Jiang Zhaoxia killed Tian Jiang with a flying sword and ordered his group to target Lingtian Sect members while sparing those absorbed into it if they surrendered quickly.
• Jiang Nian bloodied his fists punching a tree as he dwelled on his family’s slaughter and his hatred of Lingtian Sect.
• Yuan Li told Jiang Nian that self-punishment would not bring revenge and urged him to calm himself, trust Jiang Zhaoxia, and work toward rebuilding the Jiang Clan.
• Yuan Li said he wanted to cultivate, protect Qingxiao Sect, become his master’s greatest pride, and reach Number One Under Heaven.

Li Qingqiu perfected the Soul Seizing Flying Sword while Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning led the Qingxiao Sect’s assault on the Lingtian Sect in Luo City. Back at the sect, Li Qingqiu considered Jing Ziling’s dangerous fate and received an inheritance reward after a disciple established a port.

• Li Qingqiu demonstrated his improved Soul Seizing Flying Sword and wondered whether he could now defeat the Qi Clan’s Ancient God.
• Jiang Zhaoxia and the Qingxiao Sect disciples killed Lingtian Sect warriors and freed captives in Luo City, then prepared to head to Cangzhou.
• A disheveled black-clad man approached the Qingxiao Sect group, and Jiang Zhaoxia stepped forward to face him.
• Li Qingqiu finished copying the Heart Devouring Bee Refining Method and told Li Sijin to place it on the Scripture Pavilion’s fourth floor.
• Li Qingqiu checked Jing Ziling’s profile and considered the danger of the demonic soul planted within him.
• A notification informed Li Qingqiu that a Qingxiao Sect disciple had established a port and earned an inheritance reward.