Recaps

Xu Qingtong trapped and subdued an intelligent Feizhu, promising to free it after a hundred years in exchange for its service. After naming it Xizi, he welcomed it into his group with Xiao Qi.

• Xiao Qi attacked the Feizhu, but Xu Qingtong stopped her because he wanted to subdue the intelligent demon beast rather than kill it.
• Xu Qingtong set out rabbits as bait and used Green Vines and the Xuanming Seal to capture the Feizhu when it emerged.
• Xu Qingtong offered the Feizhu a hundred years of service followed by freedom, and they sealed the agreement with a divine soul blood oath.
• Xu Qingtong introduced the Feizhu to Xiao Qi, and the two argued over what to call it.
• Xu Qingtong named the Feizhu Xizi, and it joined the Seven-Star Bracelet.

Xu Qingtong found rare materials on Huangqiao Island, then traveled to Red Moon Island and discovered that one marked location concealed a deadly formation. As he continued toward another marked place, the Butterfly Mark on his forehead vanished, making him wonder whether Wang Kunshan had died.

• Xizi discovered resonant tortoise stone in a cave, and Xu Qingtong dug it out and praised him.
• Xu Qingtong sent Xizi and Xiao Qi to search Huangqiao Island, gathered their herbs and ores, then set off for Red Moon Island.
• Xu Qingtong studied Wang Kunhai's sea chart during the journey and memorized the locations marked with red crosses.
• At the first marked location, Xu Qingtong saw a rabbit and a flying sword vanish into an invisible formation, so he changed course.
• As Xu Qingtong headed toward another marked location, the Butterfly Mark disappeared from his forehead, and he wondered whether Wang Kunshan had died.

After Wang Kunshan was killed by Yu Tiancheng, Peng Muyang, and Mu Ze, Xu Qingtong headed south from the Great Marsh Sea, hoping to return in time for the decisive battle against Worryfree Valley. He survived several demon-beast attacks and reached Azure Sea Gate territory, preparing to continue his journey.

• Yu Tiancheng learned that Wang Kunshan was hunting Xu Qingtong, then joined Peng Muyang and Mu Ze to kill Wang Kunshan.
• Xu Qingtong saw the tracking mark vanish and decided to return south with the sea map he had made.
• Featherless Vultures attacked Xu Qingtong's Ink Cloud Shuttle, but he used the Zhurong Seal to drive them off.
• A concealed Nine-Clawed Octopus caught the shuttle; Xu Qingtong cut free a tentacle with the Rushou Seal and gave it to Xizi.
• Xu Qingtong reached the mainland in Azure Sea Gate territory, rested, and prepared to continue traveling with the Star Plucker Sword.

Xu Qingtong hurried toward Worryfree Valley after learning that the three Sects were preparing to attack it, then reunited with Du Siwen and learned how Wang Kunshan had truly been killed. The chapter ends with Xu Qingtong asking whether the Dongfang Ancestor had recovered from his injuries.

• Xu Qingtong learned from Azure Sea Gate disciples that Wang Kunshan had been slain and the three Sects were gathering to attack Worryfree Valley.
• Xu Qingtong met Yuan Hong, who told him that Senior Yu had already reached Worryfree Valley's outskirts, so Xu Qingtong flew there.
• Du Siwen recognized Xu Qingtong despite his aged appearance, and he explained that he had spent his lifespan activating the Desperate Escape Talisman to escape Wang Kunshan into the Great Marsh Sea.
• Du Siwen told Xu Qingtong that Senior Yu and Peng Muyang had wounded Wang Kunshan before Mu Ze struck him, Peng Muyang shattered his Golden Core, and Senior Yu destroyed his soul.
• Xu Qingtong learned that Senior Yu was discussing matters with Peng Muyang and Mu Ze and that the Dongfang Ancestor had also arrived; he asked whether the Ancestor's injuries had healed.

Xu Qingtong returned to the allied sects after escaping Wang Kunshan, learned that the decisive battle against Worryfree Valley was imminent, and prepared his companions for the fight. The Golden Core cultivators agreed on an attack plan, and Xu Qingtong’s team gained two new members, including an old acquaintance.

• Xu Qingtong reunited with Du Siwen, Lei Wei, and Gong Chu before reporting to Yu Tiancheng, who warned him that the battle against Worryfree Valley was near and told him to protect his senior sister and Fourth Senior Brother.
• Xu Qingtong told Du Siwen to stay close during the battle and gave her Wang Kunhai’s copper gong and a Jade Slip containing the Shadowless Evasion Technique.
• Peng Muyang, Mu Ze, Dongfang Jin, and Yu Tiancheng discussed the strength of Worryfree Valley’s Venerable Lord and agreed to attack before he could grow stronger.
• The four Golden Core cultivators settled on a plan to break Worryfree Valley’s Sect-Protecting Grand Array while the allied disciples fought the valley’s cultivators.
• After receiving their assignments, Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen gathered Gong Chu, Lei Wei, and the others, and their team added a Heavenly Pillar Peak disciple surnamed Sun and an old acquaintance of Xu Qingtong.

Gloomwind Valley and its allies shattered Worryfree Valley’s Sect-Protecting Grand Array and launched an assault. Xu Qingtong killed a gray-robed late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, but a black shadow escaped from the corpse.

• Xu Qingtong assigned Guan Yu, Sun, Ding Jiayue, and the others to join the attack on Worryfree Valley and distributed protective tools and Soul-Piercing Nails.
• Dongfang Jin led Gloomwind Valley’s force to Worryfree Valley, where the Golden Core cultivators joined Biluozong and the Azure Sea Gate to attack the grand array.
• After the array shattered, Mu Ze and the other Golden Core cultivators charged into the valley, and Xu Qingtong led his team northeast toward several buildings.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen each engaged a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and Xu Qingtong fought the gray-robed late-stage opponent with seals, talismans, and Soul-Piercing Nails.
• Xu Qingtong struck down the gray-robed cultivator with the Rushou Seal, but a black shadow escaped from the corpse.

Xu Qingtong and the three sects’ disciples plundered Worryfree Valley’s Four-Hall before Hua Wuhui emerged and fought the four Golden Core experts. The valley’s disciples were slaughtered, and the chapter ended with the battle still raging as Hua Wuhui targeted Yu Tiancheng and Xu Qingtong feared for his master.

• Xu Qingtong captured a late Foundation Establishment cultivator’s soul, and Du Siwen and Huang Yiqing killed and collected the soul of another attacker.
• Xu Qingtong led the group in looting Worryfree Valley’s Four-Hall before a crash sounded from deep in the valley.
• Hua Wuhui emerged, revealed that he planned to regain Nascent Soul cultivation by consuming people, and began fighting Dongfang Jin, Yu Tiancheng, Peng Muyang, and Mu Ze.
• The three sects’ disciples killed the fleeing Worryfree Valley disciples while Xu Qingtong and his companions hunted those who escaped the main fighting.
• Hua Wuhui and the four Golden Core experts suffered serious injuries, and Hua Wuhui seized Yu Tiancheng’s Heavenly Sound Soul-Seizing Flute as Xu Qingtong grew anxious for his master.

Hua Wuhui used his Soul Refining Pot to turn the battle against the Golden Core cultivators, forcing Dongfang Jin and Peng Muyang to sacrifice themselves. Xu Qingtong was captured in the pot, while Mu Ze raced Hua Wuhui’s surviving divine soul to seize it; inside, Xu Qingtong struggled against unbearable heat and corrosive energy.

• Hua Wuhui summoned a human-faced, snake-bodied monster from his Soul Refining Pot, which broke through the cultivators’ defenses and sent Yu Tiancheng falling; Xu Qingtong caught him.
• Hua Wuhui’s monster trapped Dongfang Jin, who detonated himself and destroyed the monster, leaving Hua Wuhui, Peng Muyang, and Mu Ze injured.
• Hua Wuhui aimed the Soul Refining Pot at the Qi Refining Disciples, and Xu Qingtong shielded Du Siwen’s group as she led them to safety.
• Hua Wuhui’s Soul Refining Pot captured Xu Qingtong’s primordial spirits, and Peng Muyang detonated himself to blast Hua Wuhui apart.
• Mu Ze rushed to seize the Soul Refining Pot as Hua Wuhui’s divine soul flew toward it, while Xu Qingtong weakened inside the pot amid scorching heat and corrosive gray energy.

Xu Qingtong resisted the Soul Refining Pot’s erosion and strengthened his primordial spirit by refining wandering souls while Hua Wuhui battled Mu Ze outside. Mu Ze sacrificed himself to destroy Hua Wuhui, and Xu Qingtong remained trapped inside the pot as his True Origin Scripture neared a breakthrough.

• Xu Qingtong united his two primordial spirits, absorbed a wandering soul, and began refining other souls inside the Soul Refining Pot.
• Hua Wuhui drew soul power from the pot to restore his soul body while Mu Ze’s attacks failed to stop him.
• Xu Qingtong intercepted wandering souls flowing toward the pot’s mouth, leaving Hua Wuhui with less soul power to absorb.
• Mu Ze chose to sacrifice himself and used Soul Burning to engulf Hua Wuhui in invisible flames until Hua Wuhui’s screams stopped and the Soul Refining Pot fell.
• Du Siwen and the other disciples found Xu Qingtong unconscious and Mu Ze dead, while Ding Jiayue placed the pot beside Xu Qingtong.
• Xu Qingtong sensed that the pot’s gray mist had weakened and continued refining wandering souls, approaching the third level of the True Origin Scripture.

Xu Qingtong’s primordial spirit broke through to the third level of the True Origin Scripture and returned to his body, surprising Du Siwen and the others. After reuniting with his injured master, Yu Tiancheng, Xu Qingtong gave him a healing pill and asked what had happened after he was taken into the Soul Refining Pot.

• Xu Qingtong’s primordial spirit grew stronger, broke through to the third level of the True Origin Scripture, and escaped the Soul Refining Pot.
• Xu Qingtong saw that Mu Ze had died and returned to his body as Du Siwen mourned him.
• Du Siwen realized Xu Qingtong was alive, embraced him, and asked how he had survived; Gong Chu also came over to see him.
• Xu Qingtong learned that Yu Tiancheng was injured and went with Du Siwen to see him.
• Xu Qingtong gave Yu Tiancheng a high-grade Heart-Calming Pill, which helped him recover, then asked how Peng Muyang and Mu Ze had died.

After the battle against Worryfree Valley, Yu Tiancheng declared that the three surviving sects would support one another, and he appointed Xu Qingtong to oversee the conquered territory. Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen stayed behind as Gloomwind Valley’s new Cloudsky Peak was established, and Xu Qingtong went to choose disciples to assist him.

• Du Siwen recounted the battle’s aftermath, and Yu Tiancheng praised the fallen forefathers who had sacrificed themselves for Qing and Bing Provinces.
• Fang Tianqi reported the heavy losses, the destruction of Worryfree Valley, and the division of its lands and spoils among the three sects.
• Yu Tiancheng rejected Fang Tianqi’s suggestion that Gloomwind Valley take advantage of the other sects’ weakened state and ordered the three sects to support one another.
• Xu Qingtong volunteered to remain at Worryfree Valley, and Yu Tiancheng renamed it Cloudsky Peak and appointed him its peak lord.
• Du Siwen asked to stay with Xu Qingtong, and Yu Tiancheng agreed to let the young disciples decide for themselves.
• Fang Tianqi returned with sixty-five disciples from the various peaks, and Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen left to choose helpers for Cloudsky Peak.

Xu Qingtong established Cloudsky Peak’s core team and became its peak master, then returned to the sect and collected supplies before visiting his uncle. He persuaded Chen Jialiang and Madam Zhang to move to Cloudsky Peak, where Xu Qingtong planned to help Chen Ruoling cultivate.

• Xu Qingtong selected thirty-two disciples for Cloudsky Peak, with Zhuang Shengren and Du Siwen becoming elders.
• Fang Tianqi told Xu Qingtong to choose a new mountain-protecting formation and promised the sect would allocate resources to Cloudsky Peak.
• Xu Qingtong returned to the sect, collected supplies, and bade Yu Tiancheng farewell before leaving for Li Family Village.
• Xu Qingtong offered Chen Jialiang and Madam Zhang the choice of returning to Houtang Town or living with him at Cloudsky Peak.
• Chen Jialiang chose to move with Xu Qingtong, and Xu Qingtong began packing their belongings while Madam Zhang asked what else they could bring.

Xu Qingtong brought Chen Jialiang, Madam Zhang, and Chen Ruoling to Cloudsky Peak, where he helped establish a new home and sect-like community. After preparing a Sinew-Building Elixir, he began the dangerous process of remolding Chen Ruoling's body so she could cultivate.

• Xu Qingtong reunited with Chen Ruoling, told her that her husband and son had been avenged, and took her and her parents to Cloudsky Peak in the Ink Cloud Shuttle.
• Du Siwen welcomed the family, while Xu Qingtong and Zhuang Shengren laid out Cloudsky Peak and established its Mountain-Guarding Grand Array.
• After more than twenty days of organizing residences, facilities, and duties, Xu Qingtong delegated resource and personnel management to Du Siwen and Zhuang Shengren.
• Xu Qingtong visited Chen Jialiang and Madam Zhang in their new courtyard, then decided to resume preparing Chen Ruoling for cultivation.
• Xu Qingtong refined a fire-attribute Sinew-Building Elixir and warned Chen Ruoling that remolding her body would be painful and life-threatening.
• Chen Ruoling agreed to proceed, and Xu Qingtong began the treatment with Du Siwen's help after Chen Ruoling swallowed the elixir.

Xu Qingtong guided Chen Ruoling through the painful, twenty-day refinement of a Sinew-Building Elixir, transforming her into a fire-attribute cultivator with First Qi Refining Layer magic power. After returning to her parents and sharing the news, Chen Ruoling reunited with Xu Qingtong, whose examination of her body ended with a worried frown.

• Xu Qingtong carefully released the elixir's medicinal power while Du Siwen helped Chen Ruoling endure the agony, and Chen Ruoling repeatedly insisted that they continue.
• On the tenth day, black, foul-smelling impurities seeped from Chen Ruoling's pores as she grew accustomed to the pain and refined the elixir more quickly.
• Five days later, Chen Ruoling finished refining the elixir, gained fire-attribute magic power at the First Qi Refining Layer, and underwent a striking physical transformation; Xu Qingtong collapsed into an exhausted sleep.
• Chen Ruoling returned to her parents, reassured them, and told them that Xu Qingtong had helped her cleanse her meridians and that she intended to begin cultivation.
• After sleeping for two days and nights, Xu Qingtong examined Chen Ruoling's body with his magic power and furrowed his brows at what he discovered.

After helping Chen Ruoling begin cultivation, Xu Qingtong planned to rebuild Cloudsky Peak by recruiting talented disciples and seeking resources. He sent Du Siwen and Zhuang Shengren to recruit in the mortal world, while postponing his own exploration of a suspicious valley near the Heavenly Chasm and turning to study the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art.

• Xu Qingtong told Chen Ruoling that her fire spirit root had poor aptitude, gave her a cultivation jade slip, and arranged for her to stay with Du Siwen.
• Xu Qingtong worried that Tian Zongfei might have survived the battle at Worryfree Valley, then identified people and resources as Cloudsky Peak's main problems.
• Xu Qingtong summoned Du Siwen and Zhuang Shengren and ordered them to recruit talented disciples from the mortal world.
• Xu Qingtong studied a map of the Heavenly Chasm region and marked the valley where Zhang Fusheng had found a skeleton, Wind-Treading Boots, and the Shadowless Evasion Technique.
• Xu Qingtong decided to wait for Du Siwen and Zhuang Shengren to return before exploring, then took out the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art to study.

Xu Qingtong studied the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art alongside the Treatise on Yin-Yang and Five Elements and realized how yin and yang were intertwined. He followed Xiao Qi to a cave behind his abode, where Xizi discovered a mineral vein rich in Yin Nether Qi beneath it.

• Xu Qingtong retrieved the Treatise on Yin-Yang and Five Elements from Chen Jialiang's home and studied it to understand the flaws in the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art.
• Xu Qingtong realized that yin and yang contained and transformed into each other, and the black-and-white fish within his Dao Heart seed changed to reflect this insight.
• Xu Qingtong encountered Chen Ruoling at her residence, learned that she could draw qi into her body, and then hurried back to his cave abode.
• Xu Qingtong asked Xiao Qi to locate strong yin qi, and Xiao Qi led him to a cave in the rear valley.
• Xu Qingtong sent Xizi to scout the cave, and Xizi found a mineral vein beneath it that emitted powerful Yin Nether Qi.

Xu Qingtong discovered that his lost lifespan had made the yin qi in his body seem excessive, and he restored it by refining yin qi and reversing the balance of yin and yang. After months of cultivation, he visited his maternal uncle and aunt, leaving the story with a warm family reunion.

• Xiao Qi identified the unusual mineral vein beneath the cave as a nether vein, and Xu Qingtong concealed it with the Little Four Symbols Formation.
• Xu Qingtong studied the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art and realized his apparent excess of yin qi came from losing yang qi when he sacrificed part of his lifespan.
• Xu Qingtong refined the surrounding yin qi into yang qi, replenishing his lost lifespan and deepening his understanding of yin and yang.
• Xu Qingtong tried refining more yin qi but found that it no longer increased his lifespan, then returned to his cave abode to cultivate the Five Elixirs Origin Refinement Art.
• After more than three months, Xu Qingtong visited Chen Jialiang and Madam Zhang, who welcomed him at their courtyard.

Xu Qingtong welcomed new children recruited by Du Siwen and Zhuang Shengren to Cloudsky Peak as the sects began competing for disciples. He worried that the catastrophe in Worryfree Valley had devastated the mortal population and left few children with good aptitude.

• Xu Qingtong visited Chen Jialiang and Madam Zhang, ate with them, and dodged Madam Zhang's suggestion that he marry a girl from the Du Household.
• Xu Qingtong checked on Chen Ruoling, found her close to the second Qi Refining layer, and told her to wait until the fourth layer before trying to improve her aptitude again.
• Du Siwen arrived with thirteen children she had recruited, and Xu Qingtong had Lei Wei settle them in and explain Cloudsky Peak's rules.
• Du Siwen told Xu Qingtong that Biluozong and Azure Sea Gate were preparing to recruit disciples, while the mortal population remained badly diminished after Worryfree Valley's catastrophe.
• Zhuang Shengren returned with more than twenty recruits, and Xu Qingtong gathered Du Siwen, Zhuang Shengren, Ding Jiayue, and Lei Wei in the Council Hall with the children.

Xu Qingtong recruited disciples for Cloudsky Peak, secured Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients, and used a period of seclusion to refine elixirs. After returning, he asked Ding Jiayue whether she was ready to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Xu Qingtong tested thirty-five children, and Du Siwen and Zhuang Shengren chose disciples while Xu Qingtong took Fu Xingzhi and Li Yingjie as his own.
• Xu Qingtong formally accepted Fu Xingzhi and Li Yingjie, gave them cave abodes, and explained Gloomwind Valley's rules and cultivation requirements.
• Xu Qingtong told Fang Tianqi and Yu Tiancheng about Cloudsky Peak's recruitment and obtained five sets of Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients from Four-Hall.
• Xu Qingtong gave Yu Tiancheng a compiled sea chart connected to Old Dong's voyage to Central Province, and Yu Tiancheng told him to keep it secret.
• Xu Qingtong spent over a month refining elixirs, then asked Ding Jiayue about her preparations to attempt Foundation Establishment.

Xu Qingtong gave Ding Jiayue and Lei Wei Foundation Establishment pills and his cultivation insights, then cultivated in seclusion. After learning Cloudsky Peak was running out of resources, he helped establish a mission-and-contribution system and prepared the two disciples to attempt Foundation Establishment, where Ding Jiayue began her breakthrough with a low-grade pill to save the high-grade one for the peak.

• Xu Qingtong gave Ding Jiayue and Lei Wei high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills and copies of his Foundation Establishment insights.
• After half a year of seclusion, Xu Qingtong learned from Du Siwen that Cloudsky Peak's resources would not last another six months.
• Xu Qingtong and the others agreed to create allocation and duty regulations, establish a Mission Hall, and let disciples earn contributions through tasks.
• Xu Qingtong set up a Spirit-Gathering Formation with five high-grade spirit stones so Ding Jiayue and Lei Wei could attempt Foundation Establishment.
• Ding Jiayue entered the formation and took a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill to preserve her high-grade pill for Cloudsky Peak.

After strengthening Cloudsky Peak and tending to his disciples, Xu Qingtong traveled with Du Siwen to explore the dangerous region near the Heavenly Chasm. They entered the Demon Baleful Forest, where Xu Qingtong surveyed the land and sent Xizi to investigate a strange hill.

• Ding Jiayue and Lei Wei each successfully reached Foundation Establishment, bringing Cloudsky Peak's total to five Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Xu Qingtong agreed to explore the area near the Heavenly Chasm with Du Siwen, leaving Cloudsky Peak's affairs to Zhuang Shengren and the others.
• Xu Qingtong advised Fu Xingzhi on cultivation, assigned him the medicinal garden, and gave Li Yingjie pills after hearing of his progress.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen traveled east to the Demon Baleful Forest and chose to explore it first.
• Xu Qingtong recorded the forest's terrain, resources, and Demon Beasts while avoiding gathering herbs or killing low-rank beasts.
• Xu Qingtong summoned Xizi and sent it into an unusual hill to investigate.

Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen discovered a spirit stone vein and explored the Demon Baleful Forest, where they found a thousand-year-old tiger-patterned white jade lotus. A fourth-tier Black Phoenix Flood Dragon emerged from the pool beside it, and Xu Qingtong chose to fight rather than abandon the forest’s treasures.

• Xizi unearthed a low-grade metal-attribute spirit stone and revealed a small vein beneath a hill, which Xu Qingtong marked for Cloudsky Peak to develop while sharing some proceeds with the sect.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen explored the forest for several days, and Xu Qingtong slew a peak second-tier Red-Eyed Cloud Wolf.
• Xizi spotted a tiger-patterned white jade lotus near a deep pool, and Xu Qingtong estimated its root was at least a thousand years old.
• The pool drained as Xu Qingtong moved to harvest the lotus, and a Black Phoenix Flood Dragon emerged and revealed it could speak human language.
• Xu Qingtong shielded Du Siwen, decided to fight the fourth-tier demon beast, and brought out the Houtu Seal and Zhurong Seal as it lunged at him.

Xu Qingtong fought the Black Phoenix Flood Dragon with Du Siwen, then trapped and struck it down with his divine seals, Xiao Qi, Xizi, and a Talisman Treasure. The flood dragon released pink mist as it died, and Xu Qingtong succumbed to its effects, mistaking an apparition of Dongfang Hui for reality.

• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen attacked the Black Phoenix Flood Dragon, but its tail sent Du Siwen flying and left her unconscious.
• Xu Qingtong used his Yin-Yang and Five Elements Formation to trap the flood dragon and summoned Xiao Qi to help.
• Xu Qingtong activated his Talisman Treasure while Xiao Qi blinded the flood dragon with its innate Divine Ability.
• Xizi trapped the fleeing flood dragon in a web, and Xu Qingtong pinned and bound it with his sword and Goumang Seal.
• The dying flood dragon released pink mist that made Xu Qingtong dizzy and delusional, and he saw Dongfang Hui and walked toward her.

Xu Qingtong was afflicted by the Black Phoenix Flood Dragon's lust-inducing venom, and Du Siwen stayed behind to save him. He awoke three days later with the poison gone and his cultivation improved, then helped her process the flood dragon's remains.

• The Black Phoenix Flood Dragon released its venom sac, and Xu Qingtong nearly attacked Du Siwen before warning her to flee.
• Xu Qingtong collapsed unconscious as the venom overwhelmed him, and Du Siwen returned to find his breathing dangerously faint.
• Three days later, Xu Qingtong awoke and discovered that the venom had vanished and his cultivation had improved.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen processed the Black Phoenix Flood Dragon's corpse, and Xizi ate its meat.
• Xu Qingtong offered the flood dragon's inner core to Xiao Qi to see whether it would be useful.

After returning from the Demon Baleful Forest, Xu Qingtong organized Cloudsky Peak’s new spirit stone mine and cultivation work, then spent six months in seclusion improving his cultivation. He later met his cousin Chen Ruoling, who asked him to transform her physique despite the risks.

• Xiao Qi took the Black Phoenix Flood Dragon’s inner core, and Xu Qingtong told Du Siwen about his living-storage Spatial Treasure.
• Xu Qingtong found a tiger-patterned white jade lotus and offered it to Du Siwen, who declined.
• Xu Qingtong and Du Siwen returned to Cloudsky Peak and arranged for Zhuang Shengren to manage the Spirit Stone Mine, Lei Wei to lead hunting expeditions, and Du Siwen and Ding Jiayue to oversee the peak.
• Xu Qingtong cultivated for six months and advanced close to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, noticing a new sense of yin and yang in his body.
• Chen Ruoling complained that Xu Qingtong had neglected her cultivation, then asked him to transform her physique despite the pain and danger.