Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: Opening the Blockade, Trading for Resources

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang receives a major sacrificial offering from his descendants, including fifty first-tier Beast Blood Fruits, the high-grade Spirit Breath Sword, and Black Iron Beast Blood Armor. He takes only half of the Beast Blood Fruits, leaving the rest for the Li Family to support their continued growth.
• He calculates that the newly cultivated Beast Blood Fruit Trees will provide enormous long-term profits, potentially yielding thirty thousand Spirit Stones per day once harvesting becomes regular.
• To strengthen the Li Family, Li Xiang uses Ancestor’s Bestowal and sends them the ancient Ancestral Spirit Array Diagram, a powerful protective formation once responsible for the Li Family’s prosperity in the real world.
• The formation can gather the strength of Li Family members and loyal followers to defend their territory. The family begins deciphering it by branding loyal villagers with Li Family symbols using blood-based ink, while preparing to carve the full formation across their settlement.
• The Li Family completes a major trade with the Chen Family, obtaining large quantities of Jinling Grass, Black Obsidian Essence Stones, Bright Moon Stones, and other resources.
• This trade breaks the blockade imposed by the Hu and Wang Families and gives the Li Family access to resources beyond Silver Iron Forest. The Chen Family also agrees to help sell the Li Family’s medicines and dharma artifacts in other towns.
• The new resources allow the Li Family to expand alchemy, artifact refinement, cultivation facilities, and military equipment production.
• By spring, Qu Xiaoxiao gives birth to a son, Li Yunbing, adding a new member to the Li Family lineage.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang becomes increasingly wealthy and strategically minded. Although still resentful that the main Li Family abandoned him, he continues supporting his descendants because their strength directly benefits him.
• Li Yaozu focuses on organizing the family’s military forces. He plans to establish a 150-person elite guard unit, the Black Blood Hall, equipped with Black Iron Beast Blood armor, Black Blood Bows, and Black Blood Blades.
• Li Yaowen demonstrates her continued importance as the family’s strategist. Her plan to trade with the Chen Family succeeds, and the family trusts her judgment without hesitation.
• Li Yaoqing is excited by the possibility of obtaining Jinling Grass, since it will allow her to refine Metal Spirit Bath Soup, a powerful medicine that can improve metal-element spiritual roots.
• Li Yaotie gains access to Bright Moon Stones and other materials, enabling him to refine and enhance the family’s dharma artifacts.
• Chen Chuang becomes more trusting and cooperative toward the Li Family after they rescued him previously. He establishes a formal partnership with them.
• The Li Family descendants’ admiration and gratitude toward Li Xiang deepen, increasing the incense he receives.

Significant Themes

• Mutual growth between ancestor and descendants: Li Xiang benefits from the offerings and incense of his descendants, while his gifts provide the resources and knowledge they need to survive and expand.
• Strategic development over brute strength: The Li Family recognizes that power alone is insufficient. Protective formations, trade networks, medicine, artifact production, and organized troops are all necessary for long-term dominance.
• Breaking isolation through cooperation: The alliance with the Chen Family allows the Li Family to overcome the resource blockade created by the Hu and Wang Families.
• Inheritance and family legacy: The Ancestral Spirit Array Diagram represents the Li Family’s ancient heritage and restores a crucial part of its lost defensive tradition.
• Expansion and ambition: The Li Family’s objective grows from mere survival to controlling all of Tailin Town and becoming its dominant power.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang’s descendants express guilt that their offerings seem inadequate compared with his gifts, reinforcing the emotional bond between ancestor and family.
• Li Yaozu, Li Yaowen, Li Yaoqing, and Li Yaotie enthusiastically discuss how to use the new resources, revealing their distinct roles in military organization, strategy, alchemy, and artifact refinement.
• Chen Chuang and the Li Family negotiate openly and respectfully, forming a partnership based on both trust and mutual benefit.
• The villagers willingly accept the painful Li Family tattoos, demonstrating their loyalty and commitment to the family’s protective formation.
• The entire family gathers to celebrate the birth of Li Yunbing, emphasizing the importance of family continuity and future generations.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yunbing, born to Qu Xiaoxiao, has mixed spiritual roots, with the strongest (fire) at 48 points.
• Li Yaozu disowns Qu Xiaoxiao and her family due to their betrayal and theft from the Li Family.
• After a 20-year drought, a heavy rain ends it, bringing life back to the land.
• Li Dalong successfully reaches the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, becoming the Li Family's first true Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Character Developments

• Li Yunlin and Li Yunbing are humiliated by their mother's actions, with Li Yunlin gaining the trait 'Humiliating Self-Proof', increasing his cultivation speed but causing mental distress.
• Li Dalong breaks through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, transforming physically and gaining new abilities, and now appears to be in his thirties.
• Xu Cuihua's power grows significantly after contracting the Heavenly Moon Fox, surpassing Li Dalong's.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal and its consequences (Qu Xiaoxiao's actions and the Li Family's reaction).
• The transformative power of cultivation (Li Dalong's breakthrough and the benefits of Foundation Establishment).
• The importance of family and unity (the Li Family's celebration of Li Dalong's breakthrough).

Character Interactions

• Li Yaozu disowns Qu Xiaoxiao and her family, showing his disapproval of their actions.
• Li Dalong and Xu Cuihua express their love and support for each other after his breakthrough.
• Li Xiang, through the Ancestral Tablet, provides guidance and support to Li Yunlin and Li Dalong.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang receives 3,000 Spirit Stones and a 500-inch LCD screen from Boss Qi.
• Li Xiang activates the War Puppet, allowing him to manually control it and experience a more vivid world.
• The Li Family's prosperity continues, but Zhien Village remains isolated due to rumors spread by the Hu and Wang families.
• The Chen Family attempts to form a marriage alliance with the Li Family, but it fails due to the eldest young master's infidelity and Li Yaowen's intervention.
• Li Yaozu shows interest in a muscular woman, hinting at a potential romantic pursuit.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang becomes more proficient in controlling the War Puppet, enhancing his ability to interact with the game world.
• Li Yaotie becomes more devout in worshipping Li Xiang's Ancestral Tablet.
• Li Yaoqing's eccentric behavior continues, causing discomfort to those around her.
• Li Yaowen demonstrates cunning and resourcefulness in dealing with the Chen Family's marriage proposal.
• Li Yaozu shows interest in a new romantic prospect.

Significant Themes

• The importance of personal control and agency, as seen through Li Xiang's ability to manually operate the War Puppet.
• The consequences of deceit and infidelity, as illustrated by the Chen Family's eldest young master.
• The isolation of Zhien Village due to rumors and discrimination, highlighting the challenges faced by marginalized communities.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang and Boss Qi maintain a business relationship, with Li Xiang providing Beast Blood Fruit and Boss Qi handling their sale.
• Li Xiang and Grandma Ling have an ongoing feud, with Li Xiang avoiding her and Boss Qi trying to mediate.
• Li Yaowen and the Chen Family's eldest young master have a failed marriage alliance, with Li Yaowen using her intelligence to sabotage it.
• Li Yaozu and a muscular woman show mutual interest, hinting at a potential romantic relationship.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yaotie, after gaining strength, begins blacksmithing and pursues Bai Rourou, a muscular woman he finds attractive.
• The Li and Chen families' trade ends due to the Chen Family's ancestors' deaths and the Hu and Wang families' takeover of their assets.
• The Li Family decides to help the Chen Family reclaim their assets and seek revenge against the Hu and Wang families, seeing it as an opportunity to expand their influence.

Character Developments

• Li Yaotie: Develops a crush on Bai Rourou and gains the trait "Never Say Die," increasing his attributes by 10% in difficult situations.
• Li Xiang: Realizes Li Yaotie's unique taste in women and supports his pursuit of Bai Rourou.
• Li Dalong: Takes on the responsibility of leading the Li Family after breaking through his cultivation bottleneck.
• Chen Family Ancestor: Warns the Li Family about the Hu and Wang families' strength but is ignored.

Significant Themes

• Love and relationships: Li Yaotie's pursuit of Bai Rourou highlights the theme of love and relationships, with Li Yaotie's unique perspective on attraction.
• Opportunity and timing: The Li Family sees the Chen Family's misfortune as an opportunity to expand their influence and seek revenge.
• Courage and forbearance: The Li Family's decision to act despite the risks demonstrates courage, while the Chen Family Ancestor's advice to wait and unite first shows forbearance.

Character Interactions

• Li Yaotie and Bai Rourou: Li Yaotie's straightforward pursuit of Bai Rourou leads to comedic interactions, with Bai Rourou initially rejecting him.
• Li Family members: The Li Family members support Li Yaotie's pursuit of Bai Rourou and unite in their decision to help the Chen Family and seek revenge.
• Li Family and Chen Family: The Li Family agrees to help the Chen Family, while the Chen Family Ancestor warns them about the risks involved.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family receives intelligence from the Chen Family about the Hu and Wang families' strength.
• Li Xiang, the Ancestral Patriarch, decides to fight despite the heavy losses, relying on the Temple Guardian Beast (Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python), the War Puppet, and his own skills.
• Li Xiang acknowledges the Li Family's lack of Foundation Establishment cultivators and the gap in their Qi Refining stage compared to Tailin Town.
• Li Xiang plans to lure the enemy to Tailin Town once the Ancestral Spirit Array Diagram is ready.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang demonstrates his determination and strategic thinking, accepting the risk of battle to protect his family.
• Li Yaowen shows her responsibility and foresight by making arrangements for the worst-case scenario, prioritizing the safety of the Li Family's children.
• Li Yaoqing reveals her backstory and dedication to her family, displaying her resolve to protect them.
• Li Yaotie expresses his love for Bai Rourou and his desire to have children with her, showing his vulnerability and sincerity.

Significant Themes

• Family loyalty and protection: Each character emphasizes their commitment to the Li Family's survival and well-being.
• Strategic planning and acceptance of risk: Li Xiang and Li Yaowen exhibit their strategic thinking and willingness to take risks to secure their family's future.
• Personal growth and self-reflection: Li Yaoqing and Li Yaotie reflect on their past and current circumstances, leading to personal revelations and growth.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang consults with Li Yaowen about the family's combat power and plans for the upcoming battle, demonstrating their mutual trust and respect.
• Li Yaowen interacts with Li Yunlin and Li Yunbing, showing her concern for the family's children and her determination to protect them.
• Li Yaoqing interacts with her spirit herbs and the children she has raised, revealing her dedication and love for her family.
• Li Yaotie interacts with Bai Rourou, expressing his love for her and his desire to have children, leading to a significant moment in their relationship.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yaozu, the Li Family patriarch, trains and senses his sons' arrival. He apologizes to Li Yunlin for past mistakes and asks him to protect his younger brother, Li Yunbing, if anything happens.
• Li Dalong and his wife, Xu Cuihua, discuss their past and the current threat to the family.
• The villagers of Zhien Village gather outside the Li Family residence, expressing their support and willingness to fight alongside the Li Family against Tailin Town.

Character Developments

• Li Yaozu reflects on his past actions and feels guilty towards his sons. He asks Li Yunlin to protect Li Yunbing, showing his concern for his family's safety.
• Li Dalong overcomes his fear and decides to fight for the Li Family's destiny, inspired by the villagers' support.

Significant Themes

• Family loyalty and protection.
• The power of unity and community support.
• Overcoming fear and standing up for one's beliefs.

Character Interactions

• Li Yaozu interacts with his sons, Li Yunlin and Li Yunbing, expressing his regret and asking for their protection.
• Li Dalong and Xu Cuihua discuss their past and the current threat, showing their love and support for each other.
• The villagers of Zhien Village interact with the Li Family, expressing their gratitude and willingness to fight alongside them, demonstrating their unity and loyalty.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang realizes the loyalty of Zhien Village's villagers to the Li Family, boosting their combat power.
• Li Xiang uses the War Puppet to attack the Wang Family in Tailin Town, drawing their attention away from the Li Family's main forces.
• The Wang and Hu families are revealed to have known about the Li Family's approach and set a trap for them.
• The War Puppet's first attack is blocked by the Wang Family's Second-Order Array.
• Wang Family's Foundation Establishment Realm experts confront the War Puppet.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang demonstrates strategic thinking and courage by using the War Puppet to distract the enemy.
• The Wang Family's ancestors reveal their strength and determination to defend their family.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty: The villagers' unwavering support for the Li Family.
• Change: The Li Family's growth and transformation, contrasting with the Wang Family's stagnation.
• Power dynamics: The shift in power between the Li and Wang families.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang interacts with the War Puppet remotely, demonstrating his control and understanding of the machine.
• The Wang Family's ancestors confront the War Puppet, showcasing their unity and resolve in the face of a powerful enemy.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family, led by Li Xiang, attacks Tailin Town with the War Puppet and the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python.
• The Wang Family, the dominant force in Tailin Town, defends against the Li Family's assault.
• The Hu Family, another influential family in Tailin Town, also engages in the battle.
• The Chen Family, initially neutral, joins the fight alongside the Li Family.
• Li Yaowen, Li Xiang's sister, seeks an audience with the Su Family, another influential family in Tailin Town.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang: Demonstrates strategic thinking and resourcefulness by deploying the War Puppet and the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python to tie down the Wang Family's experts while the Li Family members infiltrate Tailin Town.
• Xu Cuihua: Reveals her true strength as a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator and beast tamer, leading a horde of demon beasts to attack Tailin Town.
• Li Dalong: Shows determination and courage by leading the villagers of Zhien Village in a charge into Tailin Town.
• Li Yaowen: Displaying cunning and diplomacy, she seeks to negotiate with the Su Family to secure their survival and support in the ongoing conflict.

Significant Themes

• Power Dynamics: The battle for Tailin Town reflects the shifting power dynamics among the various families, with the Li Family challenging the Wang Family's dominance.
• Alliances and Betrayals: The Chen Family's initial neutrality and eventual alliance with the Li Family highlight the fluid nature of alliances in the cultivation world.
• Hidden Strengths: The revelation of the Li Family's true power, including the War Puppet, the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python, and Xu Cuihua's beast-taming abilities, underscores the importance of hidden strengths in cultivation society.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang and the Wang Family: Li Xiang engages in a fierce battle with the Wang Family's cultivators, demonstrating the War Puppet's formidable capabilities.
• Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python and the Hu Family Ancestor: The giant serpent and the Hu Family Ancestor clash outside Tailin Town, their battle causing significant destruction.
• Li Dalong and the Chen Family: Li Dalong leads the villagers of Zhien Village in a charge into Tailin Town, with the Chen Family joining them in the fight.
• Li Yaowen and the Su Family: Li Yaowen seeks an audience with the Su Family to negotiate an alliance, showcasing her diplomatic skills.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family engages in a fierce battle with the Hu and Wang Families in Tailin Town.
• Li Xiang fights the Wang Family ancestors using his War Puppet, while his family members and spirit beasts battle the Hu Family.
• The Li Family's Ancestral Tablets, empowered by Li Xiang's Incense Value, aid his family members in combat.
• The Chen Family arrives to help the Li Family, turning the tide of the battle.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang demonstrates his strategic thinking and resourcefulness, using Incense Value to support his family members.
• Li Yaozu, Li Dalong, Xu Cuihua, Li Yaotie, and Li Yaoqing show growth and resilience in battle, relying on the power of the Ancestral Tablets.
• Li Yaowen, despite her injury, plays a crucial role by bringing the Su Family to assist the Li Family.

Significant Themes

• The power of unity and cooperation among families and clans.
• The importance of strategic planning and resource management in battle.
• The theme of ancestral legacy and its influence on the present generation.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang supports his family members through the use of Incense Value and the Ancestral Tablets.
• The Li Family members fight together, relying on each other and the power of the Ancestral Tablets.
• Li Yaowen's arrival with the Su Family changes the course of the battle, demonstrating the importance of alliances and friendships.
• The Wang Family ancestors underestimate the Li Family, leading to their eventual downfall.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Su Family arrives and turns the tide of the battle against the Hu and Wang families.
• The Li Family wins the battle, securing Tailin Town and its resources.
• The Li Family suffers heavy casualties, including the loss of spirit beasts and the injury of Li Yaotie, who loses an arm.
• Li Yaotie marries Bai Rourou, and Li Yaozu begins secluded cultivation for Foundation Establishment.
• Li Yaoqing develops a Grade 9 potion, Golden Spirit Powder, which enhances Metal Spirit Root.

Character Developments

• Li Dalong: Becomes more battle-scarred and determined.
• Li Xiang: Realizes the true power of the Li Family and their potential for the future.
• Li Yaotie: Despite losing an arm, remains spirited and marries Bai Rourou.
• Li Yaozu: Clears his state of mind and begins Foundation Establishment cultivation after his divorce.
• Li Yaoqing: Successfully develops new medicines, including a Grade 9 potion.

Significant Themes

• The Li Family's rise to power and the consequences of their actions.
• The importance of alliances and strategic choices in war.
• The impact of war on individuals and families.
• The potential for growth and development after victory.

Character Interactions

• Li Dalong and Li Xiang: Work together to lead the Li Family to victory.
• Li Yaotie and Bai Rourou: Marry after Li Yaotie's injury.
• Li Yaozu and Li Xiang: Li Yaozu begins Foundation Establishment cultivation after his divorce, with Li Xiang's support.
• Li Yaoqing and Li Xiang: Li Yaoqing develops new medicines, pleasing Li Xiang.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Yaotie, despite losing an arm, creates the first mid-grade magical artifact for the Li Family, marking a significant achievement in artifact refining.
• Zhien Village begins reclaiming Spirit Fields for cultivation purposes, using Spirit Stones to maintain operation.
• Li Yunlin, at 14, reaches the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining and is offered discipleship by a Daoist from the Litian Sect, which he accepts despite family reservations.
• Bai Rourou gives birth to a son, Li Yundou, who shows exceptional aptitude.
• The Su Family presents a jade piece to the Li Family, engraving their shared history and friendship.

Character Developments

• Li Yaotie: Proves his dedication and skill in artifact refining, creating a mid-grade magical artifact despite his injury.
• Li Yunlin: Shows exceptional combat skills and is offered discipleship by a Daoist from the Litian Sect, indicating his potential.
• Bai Rourou: Gives birth to Li Yundou, demonstrating her role as a nurturer and her own strength as a Dual Spiritual Root cultivator.
• Su Yun (Su Family): Continues to strengthen ties with the Li Family, presenting a jade piece to cultivate Li Yundou's affection.

Significant Themes

• Family and Loyalty: The Li Family's concern for Li Yunlin's decision to join the Litian Sect highlights their desire to keep family members close and their fear of losing them to external influences.
• Potential and Aptitude: Li Yundou's birth and Li Yunlin's offer of discipleship emphasize the importance of potential and aptitude in the cultivation world.
• Alliances and Friendship: The Su Family's gift to the Li Family underscores the importance of alliances and friendship in the cultivation world.

Character Interactions

• Li Yaoqing and Li Yunlin: Li Yaoqing's disapproval of Li Yunlin's decision to join the Litian Sect highlights the family's concern for his well-being and their fear of losing him.
• Li Yaotie and Li Xiang: Li Yaotie's excitement in sharing his artifact refining achievements with Li Xiang demonstrates their close relationship and Li Xiang's importance as the family ancestor.
• Su Yun and the Li Family: Su Yun's gift to the Li Family strengthens their bond and shows his commitment to their alliance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family discovers a massive ruin, potentially from an unprecedentedly powerful family.
• California Li Pharmaceutical Company goes bankrupt, and the Li Family's ancestral home is rumored to be on an alien planet.
• The Li Family has developed significantly over the years, with a structured plan and specialized factions.
• Li Xiang's wife gives birth to fraternal twins, Li Yunzhe and Li Yunjie.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang: He has been deeply engrossed in the game, neglecting his school and teacher. He is now more focused on the Li Family's development and growth.
• Li Yaowen: She has taken control of Tailin Town and has been managing the Li Family's affairs efficiently. She has also recruited an alchemist and a talisman master, though they are not cooperative.
• Li Yaoqing: He has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining and plans to enter seclusion after teaching his apprentices. He also discovers an ancient boulder with an empty coffin while clearing land for the Spirit Herb Garden.

Significant Themes

• Family development and growth.
• The struggle between cooperation and conflict with alien civilizations.
• The importance of specialized roles and structure in a family's development.
• The challenges and requirements for advancing in the Li Family, particularly for Xu Cuihua and the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang interacts with his teacher through Yuexian, who conveys the teacher's concern about Li Xiang's absence from school.
• Li Xiang interacts with Li Yaowen, discussing the family's progress and the issue with the uncooperative alchemist and talisman master.
• Li Xiang observes the interactions among the Li Family members in the Ancestral Hall, witnessing their joy and unity.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A bronze coffin appears in the Li Family's Spirit Herb Garden, containing a message from a Mahayana-peak cultivator, Shen Wu, who left behind a treasure.
• Li Dalong enters the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin and finds himself in a space filled with endless zombies, which he fights continuously.
• The coffin absorbs spiritual energy from heaven and earth, providing Li Dalong with unlimited energy and constant healing, allowing him to train his techniques and martial arts.
• Li Dalong clears the first level, gaining the recognition of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin and obtaining a Yellow-grade technique, Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driving Technique, and the profession of Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driver.

Character Developments

• Li Dalong: Proves his worth by entering the coffin and discovering its secrets. He gains a new technique and profession, demonstrating his potential as a leader in the Li Family.
• Li Xiang: Realizes the true value of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin and decides to leave it for the Li Family to increase their combat experience and development.

Significant Themes

• The power of ancient treasures and their potential benefits for cultivation.
• The importance of combat experience and training in martial arts and techniques for cultivators.
• The Li Family's growth and prosperity under Li Xiang's guidance.

Character Interactions

• Li Dalong and the Li Family: Li Dalong enters the coffin with the family's support and shares his discoveries with them, fostering unity and excitement among the Li Family members.
• Li Xiang and the Li Family: Li Xiang observes the events and makes decisions for the family's benefit, demonstrating his role as the ancestral patriarch and guiding the Li Family's development.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Dalong successfully unlocks the first layer of the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin, gaining immortality and the ability to refine zombies.
• The Li Family establishes the Ancestral Spirit Array, enhancing their defensive capabilities.
• Bai Rourou gives birth to Li Yunzhen, increasing the family's incense.
• Li Yaoqing refines the 'Black Jade Intermittent Ointment', allowing limb regeneration.
• Li Yaozu breaks through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, comprehends the Hundred Shadow Sword Radiance technique, and becomes a Swordsman.
• Li Yunlin, in the Litian Sect, faces reflection punishment after retrieving his master's remains and killing a Xuanwu Sect disciple.

Character Developments

• Li Dalong: Unlocks the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin's powers, enhancing the family's strength.
• Li Yaozu: Breaks through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, comprehends a peak common-level sword technique, and becomes a Swordsman.
• Li Yaoqing: Successfully refines the 'Black Jade Intermittent Ointment', demonstrating his alchemy genius.
• Li Yunlin: Despite facing challenges in the Litian Sect, maintains his resolve and determination.

Significant Themes

• Family unity and support: The Li Family members work together to enhance their clan's strength and protect one another.
• Personal growth and perseverance: Characters like Li Yaozu and Li Yunlin demonstrate resilience and dedication in pursuing their goals.

Character Interactions

• Li Dalong and Li Xiang: Li Dalong shares his experiences with Li Xiang, who guides and supports him.
• Li Family members: They gather to complete the Ancestral Spirit Array, showcasing their unity and collective strength.
• Li Yaozu and Li Xiang: Li Yaozu shares his enlightenment with Li Xiang, expressing his commitment to the family.
• Li Yunlin and Li Xiang: Li Xiang observes Li Yunlin's struggles and offers support, while Li Yunlin remains determined despite his circumstances.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang examines the Litian Sect’s Secret Canon, discovering twelve powerful martial arts and techniques. He is especially interested in:
  • Blood Explosion Technique, which temporarily raises cultivation by a minor realm.
  • Thunder-Inducing Heavenly Scripture, which allows the user to wield lightning.
  • Phantom Heavenly Cluster Steps, a rare Profound-rank technique that creates powerful movement formations and phantoms.
• Li Xiang selects the canon for his descendant Li Yunlin and spends 5,000 Incense to break the Litian Sect’s soul-destroying restriction, allowing the techniques to be copied and passed on.
• During the Li Family’s fortieth-year grand sacrifice, the family offers Li Xiang numerous valuable resources, including Beast Blood Fruits, medicinal ointments, and spiritual powders.
• In return, Li Xiang bestows the complete Litian Secret Canon upon the family. The descendants are astonished to discover that it contains eleven Yellow-rank techniques and one Profound-rank technique.
• The family mistakenly concludes that Li Xiang deliberately sent Li Yunlin to the Litian Sect years earlier as part of a brilliant long-term plan to acquire its techniques. Li Xiang is embarrassed by their excessive praise and accelerates time to avoid hearing more.
• The Li Family continues developing peacefully. It dominates Tailin Town, cultivates in the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin, and expands its commercial influence by opening Tianli Hall shops in surrounding towns.
• Li Yaotie breaks through to the early Foundation Establishment stage, though his improvement is modest compared with other family members.
• The Wu Family invites Li Yaowen to join seven major families in an expedition into Silver Iron Forest, where a powerful Demon King resides. Li Xiang becomes concerned because the family has previously avoided entering the forest’s deeper regions.
• The chapter ends with Bai Rourou tearfully seeking help from the ancestor, fearing that “Old Pig” will be killed.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang grows increasingly emotionally attached to the Li Family. Although only a few days have passed in reality, the forty years experienced in the game have made him genuinely care for his descendants.
• He continues acting as the family’s hidden protector and benefactor, providing resources and techniques while avoiding direct intervention whenever possible.
• Li Dalong and the older generation have matured into the family’s respected elders and remain deeply devoted to Li Xiang.
• Li Yunlin’s position within the Litian Sect becomes indirectly valuable to the entire family, even though he is not present during the sacrifice.
• Li Yaotie advances to Foundation Establishment and shows how professional insight, particularly in artifact forging, can support cultivation breakthroughs.
• Bai Rourou, normally portrayed as strong-willed and composed, displays vulnerability and desperation when she asks Li Xiang to save Old Pig.

Significant Themes

• Ancestral protection and filial devotion: The Li Family views Li Xiang as a guardian deity, while Li Xiang increasingly regards them as his true descendants rather than mere game characters.
• Misunderstood genius: The family interprets Li Xiang’s accidental opportunity as evidence of an incomprehensibly deep strategy, reinforcing the legend of his omniscience.
• Inheritance and cultivation: The Litian Secret Canon represents a major advancement in the family’s martial foundation and demonstrates the importance of preserving and sharing knowledge.
• Family expansion and prosperity: The Li Family shifts from survival and local defense toward commerce, cultivation, and influence across multiple towns.
• Danger beneath peaceful growth: Despite the family’s prosperity, the expedition into Silver Iron Forest threatens to disrupt its stability because of the Demon King’s presence.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang evaluates the Litian techniques and chooses to help Li Yunlin overcome the sect’s restriction.
• During the sacrifice, Li Dalong publicly recalls the family’s hardships and credits Li Xiang with saving and elevating the clan.
• Li Dalong insists that the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin be offered to Li Xiang, demonstrating the descendants’ desire to repay their ancestor despite his already enormous contributions.
• Li Yaozu, Li Yaowen, Li Yaoqing, and Xu Cuihua examine the gifted canon and speculate that Li Xiang intentionally arranged Li Yunlin’s path into the Litian Sect.
• Li Xiang silently reacts with embarrassment as his descendants glorify him.
• Bai Rourou’s emotional appeal to the ancestor introduces the chapter’s impending crisis and suggests that the Silver Iron Forest expedition may place someone important in danger.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Rourou reveals her past to the Li Family, who accept her without prejudice.
• The Li Family learns about the impending crusade against the Silver Iron Forest's Demon King by the Lantian Wu Family and six other major families.
• Li Xiang communicates with the Pig Demon King (Bai Rourou's father) through the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python and learns about the Demon King's resolve to defend the Silver Iron Forest.
• Li Xiang decides to help the Pig Demon King, seeing the potential benefits for the Li Family.

Character Developments

• Bai Rourou: Overcomes her fear of rejection and opens up to the Li Family about her past.
• Li Family: Demonstrates acceptance and understanding towards Bai Rourou and her background.
• Pig Demon King: Shows intelligence, wisdom, and determination to protect the Silver Iron Forest and its inhabitants.

Significant Themes

• Acceptance and understanding: The Li Family accepts Bai Rourou despite her past, and the Pig Demon King understands the Li Family's good intentions.
• Protection of one's home: Both the Li Family and the Pig Demon King are willing to fight to protect their respective homelands.
• Alliance and mutual benefit: Li Xiang sees the potential for an alliance with the Pig Demon King, which could bring significant benefits to the Li Family.

Character Interactions

• Li Family members interact with Bai Rourou, showing understanding and acceptance.
• Li Xiang communicates with the Pig Demon King through the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python, learning about the Demon King's resolve and intentions.
• Li Yaozu trains fifty cultivators to master the Spear Forest Formation, demonstrating the Li Family's growing strength.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang devises a strategy to protect the Pig Demon King: rather than letting the allied families attack the Li Family directly, the Pig Demon King will target the leading Lantian Wu Family and potentially kill its members, forcing the alliance to fracture.
• In Year 42 of the Li Family, the Spirit Fields expand to forty mu and produce another abundant harvest. Zhien Village continues to prosper, with children receiving Spirit Rice, education, and martial training at the academy founded by the Li Family.
• Bai Rourou prepares to give birth to her fourth child while the Li Family’s major combatants are absent. She worries about whether they will return safely.
• The Li Family forces arrive at Silver Iron Forest alongside six other families from surrounding towns. Their goal is to defeat the thousand-year-old Pig Demon King, whose strength is comparable to the middle Golden Core Stage.
• The alliance has invited Master Shancai, the wealthy and powerful abbot of Qingsong Temple. His Buddhist cultivation is especially effective against demonic and evil energy, making him the greatest threat to the Pig Demon King.
• Wu Mengqiu, ancestor of the Lantian Wu Family, secretly conspires with several other family leaders to abandon the original agreement of equal resource division. They intend to seize the most valuable spoils according to contribution, especially at the expense of the supposedly weaker Li Family.
• The families agree to surround Silver Iron Forest from four directions while Master Shancai confronts the Pig Demon King in the center.
• Instead of waiting at their assigned position, the Li Family advances directly into the forest and meets the Pig Demon King before the battle begins.
• Li Dalong warmly greets the Pig Demon King as his “in-law,” acknowledging the marriage between the demon king and Li Yaotie. The strange alliance is treated with surprising friendliness.
• A Cloud-Piercing Arrow signals the start of the encirclement. The Li Family and Pig Demon King prepare to fight together, ending the chapter with the declaration: “May the Li Family’s martial fortune flourish forever!”

Character Developments

• Li Xiang: Demonstrates strategic thinking and a willingness to exploit the selfishness and internal divisions of the opposing families. He also remains amused and bewildered by the Pig Demon King’s status as the Li Family’s in-law.
• Li Dalong: Acts as the family’s diplomatic and emotional representative. He openly accepts the Pig Demon King as kin and presents the Li Family as loyal protectors, while privately helping maintain the broader battle strategy.
• Li Yaowen: Shows boldness and confidence by suggesting that the alliance attack the Demon King directly rather than rely on an elaborate plan. Her bluntness embarrasses the family temporarily but also disrupts Wu Mengqiu’s attempt to make the same proposal.
• Li Yaotie: Becomes visibly awkward and stunned when his father publicly identifies the Pig Demon King as his father-in-law, highlighting the unusual nature of his marriage.
• Bai Rourou: Remains calm while awaiting childbirth but reveals genuine concern for the family members entering the dangerous forest.
• Master Shancai: Is presented as a formidable Buddhist cultivator whose abilities strongly counter demons. His confidence suggests he considers victory over the Pig Demon King nearly certain.
• Wu Mengqiu: Reveals himself as calculating and opportunistic. Although he presents the alliance as cooperative, he is already planning to break the equal-sharing agreement and exploit weaker participants.
• The Pig Demon King: Responds courteously to the Li Family’s support and expresses gratitude, treating the human family as genuine relatives despite their unusual relationship.

Significant Themes

• Family loyalty versus opportunism: The Li Family honors its relationship with the Pig Demon King, while the other families immediately plan to betray one another once the Demon King is defeated.
• The strength of unlikely alliances: A human family and a demon king unite through marriage, challenging conventional divisions between humans and demons.
• Political manipulation and strategic conflict: Li Xiang recognizes that the opposing families’ lack of trust may be more dangerous to them than the Pig Demon King himself.
• Growth and legacy: Zhien Village’s flourishing academy, agriculture, and children symbolize the Li Family’s long-term development beyond immediate battles.
• Appearance versus true strength: The Li Family is underestimated because most of its visible cultivators appear weak, while the Pig Demon King’s frightening appearance contrasts with its civilized speech and honorable attitude.
• Tradition versus emerging power: The established great families attempt to control the region’s resources, but the Li Family’s expanding influence and unconventional methods threaten their dominance.

Important Character Interactions

• Li Xiang instructs the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python and the Li Family members on how to respond to the enemy alliance.
• Wu Mengqiu privately persuades other family leaders to abandon equal division of resources and marginalize the Li Family.
• Li Yaowen’s direct proposal to attack immediately embarrasses her father and frustrates Wu Mengqiu, whose similar plan is temporarily made difficult to express.
• Li Dalong publicly welcomes the Pig Demon King as family, easing tensions and affirming the Li Family’s loyalty.
• The Pig Demon King thanks the Li Family for defending it and promises to remember their kindness.
• The chapter closes with the Li Family and Pig Demon King standing together as the enemy alliance’s signal launches the battle.

Chapter Summary: “The Li Family’s Absolute Confidence!”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang observes Silver Iron Forest through the Li Family’s fully revealed map and sees six groups approaching from different directions. This is the planned assault by the seven great families.
• The Li Family’s strategy is revealed: they have secretly allied with the Pig Demon King and arranged for the Lantian Wu Family to be isolated and destroyed.
• Li Family and Qingping Gu Family members spread false news that the Wu Family has already been wiped out by the Silver Iron Forest Demon King. The remaining families retreat rather than risk entering the forest.
• The Qingping Gu Family admits that it betrayed the alliance. Its goal is to let the Wu Family be destroyed so that the Gu Family can seize its resources afterward without suffering casualties.
• The Gu Family Head explains that Li Yaozu convinced him the plan would succeed, revealing the Gu Family’s growing respect for the Li Family.
• Li Dalong intercepts the sixteen surviving Wu Family members and traps them. The Li Family launches the Spear Forest Array, combined with weapons and attacks from cultivators in Zhien Village.
• The Wu Family attempts to resist, but the Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python blocks their strongest attacker and charges Wu Mengqiu.
• Li Xiang activates the repaired War Puppet, which joins the assault with laser weapons.
• More than fifty spirit beasts from Silver Iron Forest surround the Wu Family, cutting off every escape route. Li Dalong then opens the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin, releasing over a thousand zombies created from corpses recovered from the Tailin Town battle.
• The Wu Family’s forces collapse under the combined assault of the Li Family, the spirit beasts, the zombies, and Zhien Village cultivators.
• Several Li Family members demonstrate their growing strength: Xu Cuihua battles a peak Foundation Establishment expert, Li Yaozu uses illusionary movement and sword techniques, and Li Yaotie brutally overwhelms an opponent with his reinforced prosthetic arm and enormous hammer.

2. Character Developments

• Li Xiang: Acts as the calm strategist controlling the battlefield from afar. His confidence reflects the Li Family’s transformation from a weak clan into a powerful force capable of manipulating several major families.
• Li Yaozu: Shows strategic intelligence and political skill by persuading the Qingping Gu Family to cooperate. His cultivation has also advanced greatly, allowing him to create combat-capable clones and fight Foundation Establishment opponents.
• Li Dalong: Emerges as the central executioner of the trap. He confidently confronts the Wu Family alone, commands the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin, and uses thousands of zombies to eliminate their chance of escape.
• Xu Cuihua: Demonstrates major combat growth through her fox transformation, use of the Tianjun Seal, and mastery of the Thunder-Attracting Heavenly Scripture.
• Li Yaotie: His prosthetic arm has been transformed into a powerful weapon through cultivation, allowing him to wield a massive hammer and overpower stronger opponents.
• Qingping Gu Family Head: Reveals himself as pragmatic, calculating, and willing to betray the alliance for profit. He has also developed genuine respect for Li Yaozu and no longer underestimates the Li Family.
• Wu Mengqiu: Initially confident and enraged at the ambush, he becomes terrified once the War Puppet and dozens of spirit beasts appear. His belief that the Li Family is weak is completely shattered.

3. Significant Themes

• The rise of the Li Family: The chapter emphasizes how far the Li Family has progressed. Formerly intimidated by rival clans, it now controls the battlefield and commands forces that once seemed unimaginable.
• Strategy over brute force: The Li Family wins through deception, misinformation, alliances, battlefield preparation, and the careful isolation of the Wu Family.
• Betrayal and opportunism: The Gu Family abandons the alliance not from loyalty to the Li Family, but because it sees an opportunity to profit from the Wu Family’s destruction without risking its own elders.
• Absolute confidence through preparation: The chapter repeatedly contrasts the Wu Family’s arrogance with the Li Family’s justified confidence. The Li Family’s certainty comes from hidden preparations, superior numbers, and control of Silver Iron Forest.
• Power through alliances: The Li Family’s relationship with the Pig Demon King gives it access to the forest’s spirit beasts, greatly multiplying its military strength.
• The collapse of old foundations: The Wu Family’s centuries of accumulated power are wiped out through one carefully arranged operation, showing that established clans can be destroyed when they misjudge emerging powers.

4. Character Interactions

• Li Xiang monitors and directs events while Li Yaozu’s earlier negotiations with the Gu Family Head enable the deception.
• The Gu Family Head explains to his elders why cooperating with the Li Family is worthwhile, emphasizing Li Yaozu’s confidence and the chance to seize Wu Family resources.
• Li Dalong confronts Wu Mengqiu directly, refusing to explain himself and signaling that the Wu Family has already entered a deadly trap.
• Wu Mengqiu orders his forces to activate their formation, but the Li Family’s coordinated attacks quickly overwhelm their defenses.
• The Purple Thunder Heavenly Sun Python engages the Wu Family’s strongest Foundation Establishment expert, then turns toward Wu Mengqiu.
• Wu Mengqiu’s confidence collapses when the repaired War Puppet and surrounding spirit beasts enter the battle.
• Xu Cuihua, Li Yaozu, Li Yaotie, the Li Family forces, and the spirit beasts each engage different Wu Family experts, preventing them from regrouping or escaping.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Xiang, using the War Puppet, leads the Li Family and spirit beasts to confront Monk Shancai, who is battling the Pig Demon King.
• The Li Family's plan is to defeat Shancai and prevent him from escaping, ensuring the Li Family's future safety.
• Li Xiang uses the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin, a top-grade spiritual treasure, to defeat Shancai, who is overwhelmed by the combined force of the spirit beasts and the Li Family's attacks.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang demonstrates strategic thinking and calmness under pressure, using the War Puppet and the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin to turn the tide of the battle.
• Monk Shancai reveals his true power and spiritual artifacts but is ultimately defeated due to underestimating his opponents and being caught off guard.

Significant Themes

• The power of strategic planning and teamwork against individual strength.
• The danger of underestimating one's opponents and the consequences of hubris.
• The importance of having a trump card in critical situations.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiang works together with the Li Family and the spirit beasts to defeat Shancai, showcasing unity and cooperation.
• Shancai, despite his power, is overwhelmed by the combined force of his opponents, highlighting the importance of teamwork and strategy.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Li Family and the Pig Demon King successfully defeat Master Shancai, a mid-stage Golden Core expert, after Li Xiang uses the War Puppet and Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin to prevent Shancai’s escape.
• The victory earns the Li Family 3,000 Incense and wins the lasting gratitude of the Pig Demon King, saving the Silver Iron Forest from destruction.
• As a reward, the Pig Demon King grants the Li Family access to the Silver Iron Forest and bestows half of its collective life force upon them.
• The Li Family gains the group trait “Guardian of the Silver Iron Forest,” which provides:
  • A 50% combat increase for members below the Golden Core Realm while fighting in the forest.
  • A 10% cultivation-speed increase within the forest.
  • Affinity from the forest’s demonic beasts.
  • A two-point increase to the Wood Spirit Root of descendants who possess one.
• After returning home, Bai Rourou gives birth to Li Yunlie, bringing another joyous occasion and earning the family additional Incense.
• The corpses of Master Shancai and the Lantian Wu Family members are used to nourish the Beast Blood Fruit Trees. Master Shancai’s Golden Core blood causes the largest tree to mutate into an eighth-grade Blood Spirit Fruit Tree.
• The Blood Spirit Fruit Tree develops rudimentary intelligence, becomes loyal to the Li Family, and vows to protect its territory. It will bear fruit once every thirty years.
• The Li Family collects significant spoils from the defeated Wu Family, including the Spirit God Xinsheng Robe, various artifacts, cultivation resources, and the Shengxi Changming Technique, which improves cultivation speed and slightly increases lifespan.
• Through Li Yaowen’s planning and cooperation with the Qingping Gu Family, the Li Family takes control of half of Lantian Town. A subordinate cultivation family manages the Wu Family’s former industries.
• This grants the Li Family extensive mineral resources, spirit herbs, stored supplies, and the allegiance of a ninth-grade alchemist. Their resource base is now sufficient to support them for roughly twenty years.
• At the beginning of Year 43, Li Yunlin returns from five years of secluded repentance. He reaches the seventh layer of Qi Refining and gains the trait “Silent Lone Wolf,” which increases his combat strength and solitary cultivation speed by 10%.

Character Developments

• Li Xiang grows increasingly confident in the Li Family’s expansion. He recognizes that the alliance with the Silver Iron Forest and the new Blood Spirit Fruit Tree give the family powerful long-term advantages.
• The Pig Demon King becomes a formal ally and treats the Li Family as his closest human relatives after they save his homeland.
• Li Yaotie celebrates both the family’s victory and the birth of his son, displaying unusual emotional warmth and pride.
• Li Yaowen demonstrates strong political and strategic ability by manipulating the aftermath of the Wu Family’s defeat and securing control over Lantian Town. She continues to appear physically weak while deliberately using that image to mislead enemies.
• Li Yunlie is introduced as the newborn son of Li Yaotie and Bai Rourou, symbolizing the family’s continuing growth.
• Li Yunlin matures during his five years of isolation, becoming steadier and more resilient rather than remaining an impulsive youth.

Significant Themes

• Family cooperation and collective strength: The Li Family defeats an enemy far stronger than any individual member by combining their abilities and working with the Pig Demon King.
• Growth through alliances: The family’s influence expands not only through combat but also through gratitude, diplomacy, and cooperation with other clans.
• Accumulation and transformation: Resources such as corpses, blood, territory, and defeated enemies are converted into new power, represented most clearly by the Beast Blood Fruit Tree’s evolution.
• Strategic concealment: Li Yaowen’s deliberate presentation of herself as frail illustrates the value of deception and hiding one’s true strength.
• The Ancestor’s symbolic authority: The family attributes every success to Li Xiang’s “divine power,” strengthening their reverence and loyalty toward him.
• Maturation through hardship: Li Yunlin’s secluded repentance transforms him into a more disciplined and dependable cultivator.

Character Interactions

• The Li Family members praise Li Xiang after he helps trap and kill Master Shancai, deepening their admiration for the Ancestor.
• The Pig Demon King personally thanks the family and promises lasting friendship, mining rights, and mutual protection in the Silver Iron Forest.
• Li Yaotie joyfully reports the victory and celebrates his son’s birth, while the family shares in the combined happiness.
• Li Dalong interprets the Blood Spirit Fruit Tree’s transformation as another miracle performed by Li Xiang and repeatedly venerates the Ancestral Tablet.
• Li Xiang humorously celebrates the family’s success by ordering roast chickens and a duck from Yuexian.
• Li Yaowen reports the family’s territorial and material gains to Li Xiang, outlining how each family member will benefit from the newly acquired herbs, ores, artifacts, and alchemical support.
• Li Xiang reacts approvingly to Li Yunlin’s transformation and welcomes his new “Silent Lone Wolf” trait.