Chapter Summaries

Li Dalong returned to the Nine Dragon Mountain mine and killed a Nether Shadow Spirit Cat with a powerful Heaven-Burning Light-Breaking Talisman. He found the remains of the missing miners and sect members, then continued searching the mine, leaving the tunnels beneath the fifth mountain still to inspect.

• Li Dalong bought Heaven-Burning Light-Breaking Talismans in Taihua City and hurried back to the mine.
• Li Dalong fought a Nether Shadow Spirit Cat in the mine and used a Heaven-Burning Light-Breaking Talisman to blind and kill it, causing the tunnels to collapse.
• Li Dalong cleared the collapsed tunnels, found no further cat auras nearby, and discovered remains and broken artifacts belonging to the missing miners, elders, and deacons.
• Li Dalong gathered the remains and belongings for the sect, then searched the surrounding tunnels and marked the areas he had inspected.
• Li Dalong inspected the tunnels beneath four mountains and began searching beneath the fifth, where the immortal spiritual qi seemed less abundant.

Li Dalong discovered that Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants had hollowed out part of the Nine Dragon Mountain mine and consumed its immortal stone deposits. He began testing whether he could lure the ants away from their colony, leaving the threat unresolved.

• Li Dalong noticed the Immortal Spiritual Qi growing unusually thin and found honeycomb-like tunnels with gnaw marks and broken pickaxe handles.
• Li Dalong sensed a colony of Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants eating immortal stone deposits and identified their strength, defenses, and danger in large numbers.
• Li Dalong considered fire and his talismans as ways to fight the ants, knowing the Cloud Glow Sect could lose the mine if they were not cleared out.
• Li Dalong retreated and used supreme-grade immortal stones to lure several ants toward him; they quickly devoured the stones he dropped.

Li Dalong lured and killed Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants, but his attempt to draw out a few more alerted a huge swarm in the Nine Dragon Mountain Immortal Stone Mine. He fought back with his sword and Flame Dragon Talismans, then heard a thunderous screech that suggested a stronger ant or the queen was approaching.

• Li Dalong lured several mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants away from the swarm and killed them with Heaven-Slaying Sword Strikes.
• His next bait drew over thirty ants, and their cries alerted the swarm deeper in the mine as Li Dalong fought them with Moon-Slaying strikes and a Flame Dragon Talisman.
• After killing the attackers, Li Dalong decided to fight deeper in the mine to protect the Nine Dragon Mountain Immortal Stone Mine and its miners.
• Li Dalong repeatedly launched Flame Dragon Talismans into the tunnel, burning through waves of approaching Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants.
• A thunderous screech sounded from the cave, signaling that a stronger Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ant or the queen was near.

Li Dalong fought a vast colony of spirit-devouring immortal ants in the Nine Dragon Mountain Immortal Stone Mine, only to discover their saliva had poisoned him and weakened his defenses. He escaped and ordered the mine evacuated, then returned to the Cloud Glow Sect to seek treatment and report the danger to Ke Meili.

• Li Dalong used Flame Dragon Talismans and sword qi to fight the ants as they surrounded him and began spitting corrosive saliva.
• The ants’ poisonous vapor gradually weakened Li Dalong, and a late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal ant broke through his defenses and knocked him into a tunnel wall.
• Li Dalong discovered black poison spreading through his body, used talismans and the Void Evasion Art to escape, and caused several tunnels to collapse.
• Li Dalong ordered Steward Zhang to evacuate the guards and miners from the Nine Dragon Mountain Immortal Stone Mine, then flew to the Cloud Glow Sect.
• Li Dalong told Ke Meili that the mine held a large colony of spirit-devouring immortal ants and that he had been poisoned.

Li Dalong purged the Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ant poison and prepared the sect to deal with the infestation at the Nine Dragon Mountain Immortal Stone Mine. He returned alone with Flame Dragon Talismans and battled the ants in the tunnels, slowly retreating as the fight began collapsing the mine.

• Li Dalong told Ke Meili about the Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants and advised her to evacuate the mine, gather fire-attribute cultivators, and buy fire talismans.
• Li Dalong refined seven Antidote Pills in the Creation Cultivation Tower and completely purged the poison from his body.
• Ke Meili told Li Dalong that the mine had been evacuated and that the sect had purchased ten thousand Flame Dragon Talismans.
• Li Dalong collected over a thousand Flame Dragon Talismans, set up defensive formations at the mine entrances, and entered the tunnels alone.
• Li Dalong killed the ant sentries and attacked the swarm with Flame Dragon Talismans and sword qi after the Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants detected him.
• Li Dalong guarded against the ants' poisonous saliva and retreated toward the exit as his attacks burned through the swarm and the mine began collapsing.

Li Dalong fought his way through the Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants and found their powerful queen deep in the mine. After destroying her nest with talismans and pursuing her through collapsing tunnels, he killed her with the Soul Chaser Sword.

• Li Dalong used the Void Evasion Art to slip past the ants and locate the Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ant Queen in her nest.
• He activated twenty Flame Dragon Talismans and three Heaven-Burning Light-Breaking Talismans, then vanished as the queen's sonic divine-soul attack struck him.
• The talismans scorched the nest and triggered a mine collapse, severely injuring the Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ant Queen while she fled through the tunnels.
• Li Dalong followed the fleeing queen and stabbed her head with Wind-Breaking from the Grand Void Sword Formula.
• He split the Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ant Queen open with the Soul Chaser Sword and killed her.

Li Dalong cleared the remaining Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ants from the mine and returned home to rest with his family. Over the years, he watched Li Chenxi and Ye Tianqi grow and cultivate, and took his wives and sons on regular journeys throughout the Immortal Realm.

• Li Dalong recovered from the poison and exhaustion, then swept the mine for seven days and killed every remaining Spirit-Devouring Immortal Ant.
• Li Dalong reported the mine cleared to Ke Meili and returned home, where he spent time with Li Chenxi as the boy advanced into the early Qi Refining Realm.
• Ke Xialing emerged from seclusion, reunited with Li Chenxi and Li Dalong, and shared a family dinner with them.
• Ye Wuxia emerged from seclusion and joined Li Dalong in preparing to visit their son Ye Tianqi.
• Over the years, Li Chenxi reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and Ye Tianqi reached the late Qi Refining Realm while Li Dalong and his wives accompanied their sons as they grew.
• Li Dalong regularly took his family traveling through the Immortal Realm, where they saw the hardships ordinary cultivators faced.

Zhou Tianlong traveled with five junior sisters to Liangban Stockade, where he discovered and bought a piece of ore from a small shop. As he tried to leave, an arrogant young man demanded the ore, and one of the young man’s lackeys blocked Zhou Tianlong’s path.

• Zhou Tianlong and his five junior sisters arrived at Liangban Stockade to rest and browse its shops.
• Zhou Tianlong bought a piece of ore that the shopkeeper claimed was raw Yuehua spirit jade for three hundred and seventy high-grade immortal stones.
• A young man entered the shop and demanded that Zhou Tianlong hand over the ore, offering to pay double.
• Zhou Tianlong ignored the young man and prepared to leave, but a middle-aged lackey stepped in front of him.

Zhou Tianlong refused Zhao Sheng’s attempts to take the ore he had bought, despite threats from Zhao’s Lingxu Sword Sect lackeys. After recognizing it as valuable Stars Essence Gold, Zhao Sheng let him leave and secretly sent Yuan Yao to follow him, while Zhou Tianlong went with his junior sisters to find food and gather information about the Small Secret Realm.

• Zhao Sheng and Yuan Yao tried to make Zhou Tianlong surrender his ore, but Zhou refused their offers and threats.
• The manager refused Zhao Sheng’s request to reclaim the ore because he had already sold it to Zhou.
• Zhou sent his five junior sisters outside, and Zhao changed his approach after noticing them.
• Zhao ordered Yuan Yao to follow Zhou and his junior sisters after they left the shop.
• Zhou recognized the ore as Stars Essence Gold rather than Yuehua Spirit Jade and led his junior sisters toward a restaurant to rest and hear news about the Small Secret Realm.

Zhou Tianlong and his five junior sisters entered the Small Secret Realm and headed into the mountains, unaware that Yuan Yao was following them for Zhao Sheng. They stopped at a stream beneath the mountains, while Yuan Yao continued to trail them and report their movements.

• Zhou Tianlong and his junior sisters left the restaurant and flew out of Liangban Stockade toward the Small Secret Realm, while Yuan Yao reported their departure to Zhao Sheng.
• Zhao Sheng gathered his companions and followed Zhou Tianlong's group, intending to seize the stars essence gold and the women, but they entered the Small Secret Realm before he could confront them.
• Zhou Tianlong and his five junior sisters surveyed the Small Secret Realm and set off toward the mountains to find demon beasts and resources.
• Yuan Yao entered the Small Secret Realm behind them and pursued them while urging Zhao Sheng to catch up.
• Zhou Tianlong led his junior sisters to a stream at the foot of a mountain, where they played in the water and he rested on a large rock.

Zhou Tianlong led his five junior sisters into the mountains to escape an ambush by Zhao Sheng and Lingxu Sword Sect cultivators, then set up a defensive formation and confronted them. After Zhao Sheng demanded the ore and the girls, Zhou Tianlong struck first, killing one lackey and charging at another as the rest attacked.

• Zhou Tianlong sensed hostile cultivators approaching, warned his junior sisters, and led them into the mountains with their pursuers close behind.
• Zhou Tianlong stopped at a valley, placed his five junior sisters inside a Defensive Formation, and prepared to face Zhao Sheng and his men.
• Zhao Sheng surrounded Zhou Tianlong's group and demanded the ore, while also claiming the girls for himself.
• Zhou Tianlong threw an Explosive Thunderfire Talisman and attacked the early-stage Golden Immortal lackey, killing him with a single strike.
• Zhou Tianlong hurled another talisman to hinder the remaining attackers and lunged at a middle-stage Golden Immortal lackey.

Zhou Tianlong fought Zhao Sheng and his men, killing Yuan Yao after already killing another lackey. Zhao Sheng then attacked the Defensive Formation to force Zhou Tianlong to defend it, and Zhou Tianlong began closing in on him while fending off Mu Zhihong.

• Zhao Sheng intercepted Zhou Tianlong’s attack and ordered Mu Zhihong and Yuan Yao to kill him as the junior sisters supported Zhou Tianlong from inside the Defensive Formation.
• Zhou Tianlong lured Yuan Yao into lowering his guard, then stabbed him and threw his corpse at Zhao Sheng to escape a counterattack.
• Zhao Sheng ordered Mu Zhihong to keep Zhou Tianlong occupied and hurled talismans at the Defensive Formation, leaving its barrier dim and the Formation Plate cracked.
• Zhou Tianlong monitored Zhao Sheng and edged closer while fighting Mu Zhihong, who wounded him superficially and grew confident that he could kill him.

Zhou Tianlong tricked Zhao Sheng’s group into dropping their guard, then killed Zhao Sheng in a sudden attack. Zhao Sheng’s three lackeys fled, leaving the battle unresolved around the Cloud Glow Sect’s Defensive Formation.

• Zhou Tianlong pretended Mu Zhihong had wounded him badly, then threw Explosive Thunderfire Talismans at Mu Zhihong and a lackey to distract them.
• Zhou Tianlong rushed Zhao Sheng and struck at him, but Zhao Sheng’s Jade Tablet blocked the Sword Qi before shattering.
• Zhao Sheng’s Flying Sword collided with Zhou Tianlong’s protective shield, and the impact left Zhao Sheng unable to defend himself.
• Zhou Tianlong pierced Zhao Sheng with his Flying Sword and smashed his head with a palm strike, killing him.
• Zhao Sheng’s three lackeys stopped their rescue attempt and fled in separate directions.

After Zhou Tianlong killed Zhao Sheng, he concealed his severe exhaustion, recovered with his junior sisters’ help, and led them back toward the Cloud Glow Sect. Meanwhile, the Lingxu Sword Sect discovered Zhao Sheng’s Soul Token had shattered, setting the stage for its response.

• Zhou Tianlong drove Mu Zhihong and his two companions away, then returned to the Defensive Formation and accepted care from his junior sisters.
• Zhou Tianlong’s five junior sisters tended his wounds while he refined a Healing Pill and recovered over the next day.
• Zhou Tianlong asked whether they should continue into the mountains, and the junior sisters agreed to return to the Cloud Glow Sect.
• Zhou Tianlong put away the cracked Formation Plate and led the group toward the sect.
• A disciple guarding the Lingxu Sword Sect’s Soul Hall noticed that Zhao Sheng’s Soul Token had shattered.

After learning that Zhao Sheng’s Soul Token had shattered, Zhao Zhengqiu struggled with grief and rage while Wuya Zi urged him to keep the sect steady. Three days later, investigators identified Zhou Tianlong and his companions, and Zhao Zhengqiu confronted a captured lackey, who begged for his life.

• The Soul Hall duty disciple told Zhao Zhengqiu that Zhao Sheng’s Soul Token had shattered, and Zhao Zhengqiu killed him in a rage.
• Zhao Zhengqiu saw Zhao Sheng’s broken Soul Token and nearly succumbed to grief and cultivation deviation before Wuya Zi steadied him.
• Zhao Zhengqiu ordered an investigation into Zhao Sheng’s death, and Wuya Zi told him to wait for the results and consider the sect before acting.
• Zhao Zhengqiu vowed to avenge Zhao Sheng and wipe out the enemy’s family while waiting for the investigators to return.
• Three days later, Wuya Zi’s investigators identified Zhou Tianlong and his companions after capturing a middle-stage Golden Immortal lackey.
• The captured lackey begged Zhao Zhengqiu for mercy as Zhao Zhengqiu looked at him coldly.

After Zhao Sheng’s death, Zhao Zhengqiu sent a force from the Lingxu Sword Sect to demand Zhou Tianlong from the Cloud Glow Sect. The two sects faced off as Ke Meili and her elders refused to accept Dong Xianming’s threats.

• Zhao Zhengqiu killed Zhao Sheng’s attendant and ordered the attendant’s family executed, while Grand Elder Wuya Zi supported seeking revenge but cautioned against starting a war.
• Zhao Zhengqiu agreed to send three early-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal elders, led by Dong Xianming, to seize Zhou Tianlong.
• Dong Xianming and his Enforcement Hall disciples arrived at the Cloud Glow Sect and demanded that Sect Leader Ke Meili hand over Zhou Tianlong for killing Zhao Sheng.
• Ke Meili questioned the accusation and secretly informed Li Dalong, while Zhou Yong stayed protected inside the sect.
• Dong Xianming threatened to destroy the Cloud Glow Sect without presenting evidence, and its elders pushed back against his demands.

The Lingxu Sword Sect, led by Dong Xianming, attacked the Cloud Glow Sect and demanded that it surrender Zhou Tianlong. The Cloud Glow Sect held behind its Defensive Array and fought back, but Li Dalong and Dong Xianming remained locked in battle.

• Ke Meili activated the Cloud Glow Sect's Defensive Array, stopping Dong Xianming and his disciples from entering the sect grounds.
• Li Dalong and the Cloud Glow Sect disciples refused to surrender Zhou Tianlong, despite Dong Xianming's threats.
• Dong Xianming ordered the Lingxu Sword Sect disciples to attack the Cloud Glow Sect across its Defensive Shield.
• Li Dalong charged at Dong Xianming, and the two exchanged fierce attacks without either breaking through the other's defenses.

Li Dalong fought the Lingxu Sword Sect’s elders while defending the Cloud Glow Sect and killed Liu Xi and Zhang Xin with surprise attacks. Injured but determined, he faced Dong Xianming alone and prepared to kill him.

• Li Dalong searched for an opening while battling Dong Xianming and the Lingxu Sword Sect’s forces.
• Li Dalong ambushed Liu Xi with the Grand Void Sword Formula and killed him before Dong Xianming could intervene.
• Li Dalong attacked Zhang Xin, broke his Protective Barrier, and cut him in two despite Dong Xianming’s attempt to stop him.
• Dong Xianming’s attack injured Li Dalong internally, but Li Dalong concealed the injury and blocked the blow with his Defensive Shield and Immortal Defensive Armor.
• Li Dalong challenged Dong Xianming and continued watching for an opening as they prepared to fight to the death.

Li Dalong killed Dong Xianming after defeating the Lingxu Sword Sect’s three elders, then withdrew to heal as the sect’s surviving enforcement disciples fled. At the Lingxu Sword Sect, Zhao Zhengqiu learned that all three elders had fallen and was left devastated by the failed operation.

• Li Dalong seized an opening in Dong Xianming’s attack, pierced his defenses, and cut him in two.
• The Cloud Glow Sect celebrated Li Dalong’s victory, while the surviving Lingxu Sword Sect enforcement disciples fled.
• Li Dalong hid his injuries, returned home, and healed in the Creation Cultivation Tower for seven days.
• The Soul Hall guard reported Elder Liu Xi’s death to Zhao Zhengqiu, who realized the Cloud Glow Sect was stronger than he had thought.
• After learning Elder Zhang Xin had also fallen, Zhao Zhengqiu ordered Dong Xianming recalled, but Dong did not answer the Communication Jade Talisman.
• Zhao Zhengqiu learned Dong Xianming had fallen too and slumped into despair over the loss of all three elders.

After Li Dalong killed three elders of the Lingxu Sword Sect, Zhao Zhengqiu ordered the weakened sect to seal its mountain for five hundred years. The Cloud Glow Sect’s immediate crisis passed, but Li Dalong and Ke Meili began considering how to use the Lingxu Sword Sect’s enemies to prevent future retaliation.

• Zhao Zhengqiu ordered the Lingxu Sword Sect to recall its disciples and seal its mountain for five hundred years.
• Rival forces prepared to attack the Lingxu Sword Sect, but its mountain closure thwarted their plans, while ambushers killed many returning disciples.
• Elder Li entered seclusion after the Cloud Glow Sect repelled the invasion and celebrated his victory over the three Great Luo Golden Immortal elders.
• Ke Meili confirmed that the Lingxu Sword Sect had sealed its mountain and learned that nearly thirty percent of its disciples had been lost.
• Li Dalong met Ke Meili, then suggested contacting the Lingxu Sword Sect’s hostile forces to find a chance to eliminate the threat permanently.