Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Suppression Bureau’s forces prepared to attack Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain before the Azure Cloud Li Family arrived, but Li Dalong and Li Yaozu finally joined the gathered forces. As the Li Family deployed its clansmen across the world to hunt the Grand Tower and fight at Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain, Li Xiang watched over the battle from Ancestral Space.

• One Point Holy Monk ordered the assault on Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain to begin early, despite the Azure Cloud Li Family’s absence.
• Fang Yunyu, Sword Left, Sword Right, and Ning'an Heavenly Lord reacted to the early attack, while Ning'an secretly reported to the Grand Tower that the Li Family had not arrived.
• Li Dalong and Li Yaozu reached the gathered forces, impressing He Hao and the Sacred Hall Sword Pavilion cultivators with their strength.
• Li Dalong told Li Yaozu that exposing the Grand Tower’s cooperation with Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain would undermine their allies, and explained why he believed the mountain’s corpse-refining could not be tolerated.
• Li Dalong and Li Yaozu reported their arrival to the ancestors, and Li Xiang sent Li Family descendants across the world to begin the battle and hunt the Grand Tower.

Li Dalong and Li Yaozu joined the Immortal Suppression Bureau’s assault on Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain, where One Point Holy Monk’s premature attack had started a battle. Inside the mountain, Phantom Ghost revealed her hidden power, and True Self exposed the Grand Tower’s role in supplying living people for corpse-stitching as the invaders faced the three giants.

• One Point Holy Monk fought a corpse dragon and a handsome cultivator, while Li Dalong injured his Primordial Spirit trying to inspect the clash.
• Li Yaozu and Li Dalong greeted Sword Left, Sword Right, and leaders of the other great powers before discussing how to attack Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain.
• He Hao identified Phantom Ghost as a fourth-grade formation master, and the assembled cultivators entered the mountain despite expecting its formation to scatter them.
• Phantom Ghost sent Li Tianyi toward a weak point in the formation, then revealed eight bodies and her strength at the limit of the Void Refinement Realm.
• Taotie transformed into a colossal beast, while True Self appeared before the invaders and revealed that the Grand Tower had supplied living people to Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain for sixty thousand years.
• True Self offered the body among Ling Tian’s Three Corpses and claimed that Occult Arts Mountain and the Immortal Suppression Bureau shared an enemy.

The Immortal Suppression Bureau and other forces fought Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain while its defenders revealed formidable abilities. Li Yaozu joined a battle against Spirit Void, then attacked Ning'an Heavenly Lord and accused him of being a traitor, leaving the other cultivators stunned.

• Qi Wunian challenged Phantom Ghost, and their battle began as the Immortal Suppression Bureau's forces entered the fighting.
• Blood Condensation captured Li Dalong, but the Silver Coffin revealed that Li Dalong had used a false body and ensnared Blood Condensation with its chains.
• Li Yaozu fought his way toward the summit, then was pulled into a Void Refinement space where Heavenly Lord Dao and Sword Pavilion battled Spirit Void and four corpse-stitched beasts.
• Li Yaozu stunned the cultivators with Sword Radiance and Zhao Wan'er's Bewildering Soul Heart-Seizing Bell, then pinned Ning'an Heavenly Lord with swords.
• Li Yaozu questioned Ning'an Heavenly Lord about making things difficult for his Chang'an, then said he had attacked him because he feared a traitor would stab him in the back.

Li Yaozu exposed Ning'an Heavenly Lord as a Grand Tower infiltrator, but a hidden Dao Seed restriction erupted before Ning'an could reveal everything. Spirit Void learned Grand Tower had betrayed Occult Arts Mountain and went to warn True Self, only to discover True Self had turned against her and was working with He Hao.

• Li Yaozu told the gathered powers that Grand Tower had betrayed Occult Arts Mountain and identified Ning'an Heavenly Lord as one of its agents.
• Ning'an Heavenly Lord admitted Grand Tower had recruited him and taught him Corpse Stitching Art, but a Dao Seed restriction activated and made his power surge toward an explosion.
• Li Yaozu escaped the Spirit Refinement space and learned from Sister Fang that the restriction could overwhelm a Spirit Refinement cultivator.
• Spirit Void concluded Grand Tower had grown too powerful and rushed to the Void Refinement space to warn True Self.
• Spirit Void joined True Self against the Eternal Ancient Immortal Sect, and True Self opened two more Corpse-Severing Ancient Gates to attack her.
• He Hao restrained Spirit Void with a talisman-made hand while he and True Self turned to face the last Eternal Ancient Immortal Sect elder.

True Self and He Hao discovered that Ling Tian's Three Corpses had been stolen from Weird Arts Mountain, then confronted Li Dalong and Li Yaozu as the battle began. Li Tianqi and Li Tianming escaped with the corpse, revealing that the Li Clan had planned to exploit the conflict between the Grand Tower, Weird Arts Mountain, and the Immortal Suppression Bureau.

• True Self and He Hao revealed their ties to the Grand Tower and discussed how its Dao Seed had forced them into its service.
• True Self opened the hidden blood pool and found Ling Tian's Three Corpses and the formation's valuable materials missing.
• Li Dalong and Li Yaozu arrived, and True Self realized they had been exposing the Grand Tower's agents and watching the divine corpse.
• True Self demanded that Li Dalong hand over the Three Corpses, but Li Dalong unleashed the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock from the Death-Stilling Heavenly Coffin.
• Li Tianqi and Li Tianming fled Weird Arts Mountain with the headless corpse, while Li Tianqi explained that the Li Clan intended to take advantage of the fighting and seize the Grand Tower's treasures and corpses.

As the coalition’s forces suffered heavy losses at Weird Arts Mountain, Qi Wunian realized Wu Neng was withholding reinforcements to lure Grand Tower into the conflict. In the imperial capital, Li Changan learned Wu Neng was targeting his family and arranged to feed him a misleading message while preparing to turn the scheme against him.

• Qi Wunian learned that the Eternal Immortal Sect, Heavenly Lord Dao, Sacred Hall Sword Pavilion, Changsun Family, and Li Family had suffered severe losses at Weird Arts Mountain, then ordered a retreat despite Wu Neng’s command to hold.
• Wu Neng refused to send reinforcements because Grand Tower had not yet appeared, and he discussed treating the major factions as expendable while seeking a way to arrest Li Changan.
• Zhao Guang reported that Li Changan had remained untouched by the palace consorts and refused drinks or gifts, while Li Changan gained the traits Pure as Jade and Handsome Man.
• Li Changan left the Peach Garden after playing music for the consorts and learned Wu Neng was still withholding aid and might move against him.
• Li Changan told his subordinate to send Dark Crow a message suggesting the Li Family’s two ancestors might have died, intending to mislead Wu Neng and protect the family’s standing in Azure Cloud Prefecture.

Li Xinnian responded to threats against the Li Family while the defeated forces returned to Weird Arts Mountain to search for survivors. They discovered Li Yaozu and Li Dalong were still alive and fighting He Hao and True Self with overwhelming strength.

• Puci Supreme Elder received an Immortal Suppression Bureau decree and learned that the Li Family Sword Venerable and the Corpse Ancestor had supposedly died at Weird Arts Mountain.
• Li Xinnian sent Nangong Qingya to move the Nangong Family to Silver Moon City and learned that the Blue Moon Immortal Sect intended to settle in Azure Cloud Prefecture.
• After the battle, Changsun Buhuo, Heavenly Lord Jiang, and Qi Wunian decided to return to Weird Arts Mountain to rescue the Li Family cultivators, while Fang Yunyu led the Sacred Hall Sword Pavilion away.
• Li Yaozu fled from a fierce battle inside Weird Arts Mountain and warned the others to retreat; they saw Li Dalong fighting He Hao and True Self in a Void Refinement space.
• Changsun Buhuo realized the Li Family's strength was far greater than she had believed and reconsidered Li Changan's past conduct.

Li Xiang and Li Dalong battled He Hao and True Self at Ghost Arts Mountain, while the Immortal Suppression Bureau and the Li Family maneuvered against Grand Tower and Peerless Hall. The chapter ended with Zhao Guang agreeing to reveal information about Min Youguo in exchange for life-extending pills.

• Li Xiang reached the initial stage of Void Refinement, mastered Mirror Space, and used it to trap He Hao's talismans and attack him.
• Li Dalong joined Li Xiang with the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock and the controlled Zhao Family Patriarch, helping the Li Family overwhelm Ghost Arts Mountain.
• Ghost Arts Mountain collapsed underground, and Changsun Buhuo and Heavenly Lord Jiang returned to find the battle lost; Qi Wunian blamed Wu Neng for using them as pawns.
• Wu Neng ordered Zhao Guang to monitor Peerless Hall and target Min Tiange, while explaining why he would not move openly against Min Youguo.
• Zhao Guang visited Li Yuanshang to obtain a life-extending pill, and Li Yuanshang asked him about Strange Gate Occult Arts Mountain and Grand Tower.
• Zhao Guang refused to obey the Li Family outright but offered to tell them about Min Youguo.

Zhao Guang revealed Min Tiange’s role in the rise of Grand Tower and Weird Arts Mountain, while Li Yuanshang sought the location of Grand Tower’s forces. Phantom Ghost fled with the unconscious Taotie but was ambushed by Consort Ji; Li Tianyi and the Heavenly Secrets Three Thieves arrived with reinforcements as Consort Ji retreated.

• Zhao Guang explained how Min Tiange used the Min Family’s influence to build power through Weird Arts Mountain, Grand Tower, and the Dao Seeds, and said the Commander intended to eliminate him.
• Zhao Guang told Li Yuanshang that Grand Tower had sent more than a thousand people to surround Weird Arts Mountain, and Li Yuanshang demanded their location.
• Phantom Ghost escaped with the wounded, unconscious Taotie, then was trapped by Consort Ji and three hundred Grand Tower cultivators.
• Phantom Ghost summoned her injured avatars and fought back, but the formations and the attackers’ numbers quickly pushed her into dire straits.
• Li Tianyi and the other two Heavenly Secrets Three Thieves arrived on lotus platforms, and Consort Ji ordered the Grand Tower forces to withdraw.
• More than a hundred figures entered the Void Refinement space as crimson flames, medicinal flowers, a black cube, and a nine-tailed fox appeared; Li Tianyi watched Consort Ji flee.

The Azure Cloud Li Family ambushed Grand Tower’s forces and rescued Phantom Ghost and Taotie, while Consort Ji escaped after discovering the family’s hidden strength. Phantom Ghost fled north with Taotie and took Li Tianyi’s advice to hide in a town, where she entered an unusually empty inn.

• Consort Ji recognized several Li Family members as Void Refinement cultivators, then escaped after deciding to seek Grand Tower’s true master.
• Li Changsheng and Li Changyao concealed their presence, while Li Changsheng planned to hide the details of the family’s operation.
• Xu Cuihua and the Li Family broke Grand Tower’s formation and routed its cultivators; Li Tianyi gave Phantom Ghost a Life-Extending Vitality Pill and advised her to flee north in disguise.
• Li Yunbing scolded Li Tianyi for sparing Phantom Ghost, then accepted his decision and told him to fight the Grand Tower cultivators without mercy.
• Phantom Ghost fed the pill to Taotie and carried him north, eventually reaching a small town and entering an inn staffed by a red-clothed Old Man and a strikingly handsome attendant.

Li Changsheng used his Human Emperor Blood power to knock out Phantom Ghost and Taotie, then had himself sealed with them so he could speak with them safely. Meanwhile, Zhao Guang found that Grand Tower members had vanished from Weird Arts Mountain and followed Dark Crow’s instructions toward the long-hidden Grand Tower headquarters.

• Disguised as a servant, Li Changsheng struck Phantom Ghost unconscious with a rolling pin after using his Nascent Soul aura to drain her spiritual power, while Taotie also fell.
• Li Changyao and Old Tree arrived, and Li Changsheng ordered them to bind and seal him together with Phantom Ghost and Taotie before Old Tree swallowed them.
• Zhao Guang reached the ruins of Weird Arts Mountain and learned that He Hao, True Self, and other cultivators had died there, but their bodies had disappeared.
• Zhao Guang’s subordinate reported that an unknown force had erased evidence of a battle involving nearly ten Void Refinement cultivators and was hunting Grand Tower members ahead of the bureau.
• Dark Crow told Zhao Guang not to visit the other reported locations and instead to meet at Grand Tower’s headquarters, whose location the Immortal Suppression Bureau had never discovered.

After the siege of Weird Arts Mountain, Li Xiang and Li Dalong examined their spoils, including powerful treasures and the corpses of fallen cultivators. Li Xiang then reunited with his clansmen as they traveled toward Grand Tower’s headquarters, impressed by how much the family had grown.

• Li Xiang entered the Blood Sea and saw the corpses captured in the battle, while Li Dalong spoke with the dying He Hao about the future of Xilang Prefecture and the Eternal Immortal Sect.
• Li Dalong inspected the drained Zhao Family ancestor and anticipated eventually refining her into a Zombie Emperor.
• Li Xiang identified True Self’s nine Bronze Gates as the Nine Mysteries Life-Seizing Strange Gates, which contained three powerful corpse beasts.
• Li Xiang found He Hao’s damaged Golden Talisman-Array Slip and considered how it could help Yao Tie, Tianqi, and Tianming.
• Li Xiang discovered a damaged Enlightenment Gold Chapter among the spoils and decided it suited Yao Tie’s artifact-refining work.
• Li Xiang appeared beside his clansmen as they traveled toward Grand Tower’s headquarters and reflected on the family’s strength after its battle against Grand Tower.

After the Li Family and Tianli Hall defeated Grand Tower, they mourned their dead and divided the spoils while learning that Min Tiange was behind the growing threats. The family resolved to pursue the Three Corpses and their path to the Fusion Realm, and Li Xiang examined several valuable spoils.

• Reckless Monk died from his shattered Primordial Spirit after asking Li Yaoqing to return his belongings to Great Bright King Temple, and Li Tianming grieved his loss.
• Li Tianyi reflected that Azure Cloud Prefecture now had thirteen Void Refinement cultivators, while Li Tianqi felt his spiritual power had grown after surviving the battle.
• Li Yunbing reported that Min Tiange was behind the affairs of Weird Arts Mountain and Grand Tower, and the family suspected Min Tiange's influence had reached Celestial Light Cave.
• Xu Cuihua and Li Yaotie urged the family to focus on collecting the Three Corpses and obtaining King Yu's opportunity to reach the Fusion Realm.
• The Li Family distributed Grand Tower's spoils, and Li Xiang noted the Soul-Silencing Waterdrop, Verdant Jade Bamboo, and Hidden Void Needles among the notable items.
• Xu Cuihua took the Soul-Silencing Waterdrop, Li Yaoqing claimed the Verdant Jade Bamboo, and Li Yunbing accepted the Hidden Void Needles after Li Yunlin urged him to take them.

The Immortal Suppression Bureau attacked Grand Tower’s supposed headquarters, only to find it empty and discover that One Point Holy Monk had helped the sect escape and remove Min Tiange’s Dao Seeds. As Li Changan moved to seize the Three Corpses, Min Tiange learned that his control over hundreds of subordinates had been broken and was summoned by his father.

• Li Dalong, Li Yaotie, and the Li Family gathered at a tea stall in Xun Prefecture to share a morning meal after their battle.
• Su Chen watched the Righteous Qi Sect, identified as Grand Tower’s headquarters, and suspected Min Tiange was pursuing a larger scheme.
• Zhao Guang and One Point Holy Monk led the Immortal Suppression Bureau’s forces against the Righteous Qi Sect, but found its grotto-heaven empty except for a brocade box containing a head.
• Zhao Guang concluded that One Point Holy Monk had helped Grand Tower escape, while Li Changan realized the Three Corpses were still available and called upon an ancestor to seize them.
• Min Tiange discovered that One Point Holy Monk had removed hundreds of his Dao Seeds, then received a message that his father wanted to see him.

Li Yuanshang visited the Min Family with Li Jianguo as the families’ political maneuvering continued, while Min Tiange defended his schemes to his father and the family head. After the Immortal Suppression Bureau’s operation against Grand Tower collapsed, Li Changan persuaded Zhao Guang that Min Tiange posed a greater threat and headed home to support his grandson.

• Li Yuanshang brought Li Jianguo to the Min Family and urged him to spend his Spirit Stones to maintain good relations with the clan.
• Min Tiange met Min Nantian and Min Youguo through an avatar, denied responsibility for Weird Arts Mountain and Grand Tower, and explained that King Yu had tried to use him against his father.
• Min Tiange recalled the Human Emperor’s treatment of Min Youguo and resolved to act ruthlessly against the Zishu Family.
• Zhao Guang returned from the failed operation against Grand Tower, and Li Changan denied knowing about One Point Holy Monk’s defection while warning that Min Tiange had broader ambitions.
• Li Changan told Zhao Guang to report that One Point Holy Monk had taken Ling Tian’s Three Corpses, then left for home to help his grandson deal with a new great sect in Azure Cloud Prefecture.

After He Hao and many disciples died at Weird Arts Mountain, Blue Ancestor sent Duanmu Qi to aid the weakened Li Family and pursue an alliance. Li Chuyuan returned to Merit Grotto-Heaven with the offer, but Li Xinnian revealed the family was already acting against its enemies, leaving Chuyuan alarmed as he rushed back to the sect.

• The Immortal Suppression Bureau returned the relics of He Hao and the fallen disciples, and Blue Ancestor learned the factions were entangled in a wider conflict.
• Duanmu Qi urged Blue Ancestor to ally with the Li Family and help it resist Blue Moon Immortal Sect, and Blue Ancestor ordered him to aid the family.
• Duanmu Qi asked Li Chuyuan to carry the offer to the Li Family, and Chuyuan wondered whether the sect intended to use him to strengthen its influence over the family.
• Li Chuyuan reached Merit Grotto-Heaven and was astonished by its many powerful farmer cultivators before Huang Xiujin escorted him to Li Xinnian.
• Li Xinnian dismissed the offer as too late, then led a small armed force out of Merit City, prompting Li Chuyuan to hurry back to the Eternal Immortal Sect in alarm.

Li Zhijing learned that the Li Family was at war with Blue Moon Immortal Sect and prepared to return to fight, while Li Zhiheng mobilized allies after learning the sect had entered Azure Cloud Prefecture. The chapter ended with Li Xinnian confronting Blue Moon Immortal Sect and giving its members one hour to leave or die.

• Li Zhijing reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and insisted on joining the Li Family's war, while the Mosquito Daoist prepared the Ethereal Immortal Grove's demons to support the clan.
• Li Jianning broke through to the Golden Core Stage with five mixed spiritual roots, and Li Jianshu revealed that he had reached the peak of the Golden Core Stage by forging a Heavenly Punishment Physique.
• Li Zhiheng learned that Blue Moon Immortal Sect had entered Azure Cloud Prefecture and ordered Li Jianshu and Li Jianning to summon allies and prepare for battle.
• Duanmu Qi and Li Chuyuan watched Blue Moon Immortal Sect establish its sect, while Li Chuyuan reported that the family head had vowed to fight to the death.
• Li Xinnian confronted Blue Moon Immortal Sect and ordered its members to leave within one hour or die.

Li Xinnian warned Duanmu Qi that Azure Cloud Prefecture could not be taken from the Li Clan, then led a united host of local forces to destroy the invading Blue Moon Immortal Sect. After the battle, Duanmu Qi recognized the Li Clan’s strength, and Blue Ancestor arrived, impressed by Li Jianning’s gifts.

• Li Xinnian invited Duanmu Qi to drink tea while explaining how the Li Clan and the people of Azure Cloud Prefecture had shed blood and sweat to protect their home.
• Duanmu Qi sensed thousands of Spirit Boats and cultivators surrounding the Blue Moon Immortal Sect as Li Xinnian declared that Azure Cloud Prefecture would remain Azure Cloud.
• Cultivators from across Azure Cloud Prefecture overwhelmed and destroyed the Blue Moon Immortal Sect overnight, and Duanmu Qi abandoned any thought of coveting the region.
• Li Chuyuan watched the Li Clan’s powerful elders and Immortal Martial Lineage tend to their wounds, while Duanmu Qi praised the clan’s promising younger members.
• Blue Ancestor arrived, examined Li Jianning, and praised him as a rare primordial spirit body with a body of the Five Elements.

After the Li Family destroyed the Blue Moon Immortal Sect, Li Xiang saw the clan's descendants recovering and growing stronger aboard the Spirit Boat. Ancestor Lan arrived to recruit Li Jianshu and Li Jianning, who deferred their decision to the family elders, while Li Chuyuan realized he had become an outsider among his relatives.

• Li Xiang returned after the Blue Moon Immortal Sect was eradicated and noticed that Li Xinnian had led Azure Cloud Prefecture's cultivators to victory.
• Li Zhiheng cultivated after the battle, while Li Zhijing prepared to return to the Northern Border and help her grandfather manage the clan.
• Li Yuanwu reassured Li Jianshu and Li Jianning about his lost arm and vowed to reach the Golden Core Stage through martial arts without relying on external aid.
• Ancestor Lan arrived with Duanmu Qi and Li Chuyuan, identified Li Jianning as a Five Elements Dao Body and Li Jianshu as a Heavenly Punishment Body, and invited the brothers to join the Immortal Sect.
• Li Jianshu and Li Jianning asked Ancestor Lan to consult their family elders before deciding, leaving Li Chuyuan feeling isolated from the clan.

Li Jianning joined the Ancient Immortal Sect under Blue Ancestor, while Li Jianshu stayed home to care for his family. After Duanmu Qi proposed a new Immortal Suppression Bureau and warned of approaching chaos, the Li Family considered breaking with Wu Neng and divided the spoils from their campaign.

• Blue Ancestor persuaded Li Xinnian to let Li Jianning join the Ancient Immortal Sect and gave him the Five Elements Blood Drop, while Li Jianshu declined to leave his family.
• Duanmu Qi urged the Li Family to help establish a new Immortal Suppression Bureau, explaining that Blue Ancestor had divined a great upheaval and the Imperial Star's light fading.
• Li Changan questioned Duanmu Qi's motives, and Li Dalong, Li Yunbing, and the returning Li Family members decided they could establish their own bureau and distance themselves from Wu Neng.
• The Li Family distributed their spoils: Li Yaozu received the Shadowless Sky-Crossing Sword Art, Li Yaotie took the Nine Mysteries Life-Seizing Strange Gates, and the Heavenly Secrets Three Thieves received a Golden Talisman-Array Slip.
• Li Yaoqing received the Enlightenment Gold Chapter, which Li Dalong said could help the family develop fourth-rank spirit pills and spirit medicines.