Chapter Summaries

Qing Chen defeated the second-tier spirit talisman and pursued the fleeing Wang Anquan and the long-bearded elder with his Cloud Gallop technique. The elder sacrificed his life to delay Qing Chen, allowing Wang Anquan to reach the trapping formation's barrier.

• Qing Chen used the Sun-Moon Red-Gold Seal, strengthened with Blood Qi Manifestation, to destroy the talisman's smoke attack.
• Wang Anquan and the long-bearded elder fled toward the trapping formation while Qing Chen's companions praised his strength.
• Qing Chen pursued them using the third-bend Cloud Gallop technique and quickly closed the distance.
• The long-bearded elder stayed behind, burned his essence blood, and detonated his Thunder Hammer and Tortoiseshell Shield to delay Qing Chen.
• Qing Chen defended himself with the Mystic Ice Pearl and Mystic Light Mirror, and the elder's body crumbled to ash.
• Wang Anquan reached the formation barrier and looked back in grief as the elder died.

Qing Chen pursued Wang Anquan beyond the warship’s formation, where Mo Qiuxian revealed himself and attacked from the shadows. Qing Chen summoned a Netherworld Demon Spider to engage Wang Anquan while he prepared to face Mo Qiuxian, whose corpse aura emerged.

• Wang Anquan used two Spirit Talismans to break through the formation barrier, and Qing Chen ordered his team to finish off the remaining Wang Household cultivators before pursuing him.
• Qing Chen replenished his magical power during the chase, then used the Sun-Moon Red-Gold Seal to overwhelm Wang Anquan’s weapons.
• A hidden Black-Poison Awl and three Luo Yan Thirty-Six Fingers Spirit Talismans attacked Qing Chen, but his defensive artifacts and countering talismans stopped them.
• Qing Chen sensed the attacker and identified him as Mo Qiuxian, who revealed himself and threatened to kill him.
• Qing Chen summoned the Netherworld Demon Spider to attack Wang Anquan while he focused on Mo Qiuxian, who began emitting dense corpse aura.

Qing Chen used Foundation Establishment lightning talismans to pin down Mo Qiuxian, who had revealed himself as a Copper-Armored Corpse, and killed Wang Anquan with the Mystic Ice Pearl. He then fled the battlefield on his flying sword, heading away from the Mysterious Blood Warship.

• Mo Qiuxian transformed into a Copper-Armored Corpse and withstood Qing Chen’s empowered Sun-Moon Red-Gold Seal.
• Qing Chen used one lightning talisman to badly wound Wang Anquan and two others to hold Mo Qiuxian at bay.
• Qing Chen fired three ice arrows from the Mystic Ice Pearl, killing Wang Anquan and freezing his body as it sank to the seabed.
• Qing Chen put away the Sun-Moon Red-Gold Seal and fled on his flying sword, moving away from the Mysterious Blood Warship.

Qing Chen lured Mo Qiuxian across the sea and activated a trapping formation to confront him, but Mo Qiuxian used a corpse-qi art to disrupt his control. The chapter ended with Qing Chen summoning the White Bone Demon Mara Banner as the two prepared to fight inside the formation.

• Mo Qiuxian pursued Qing Chen on a flying boat, then used two Foundation Establishment evasion Spirit Talismans to keep pace as Qing Chen led him in circles.
• While fleeing, Qing Chen secretly dropped Formation Plates into the sea and stopped at the place he had chosen for their battle.
• Qing Chen activated the Azure Waves Spirit-Trapping Formation, enclosing more than a hundred zhang of sea around them.
• Mo Qiuxian cast the Mysterious Yin Corpse Curse, Drought Demon Spirit Edict, and disrupted Qing Chen's connection to the formation.
• Qing Chen deployed the White Bone Demon Mara Banner and challenged Mo Qiuxian to see whose grave the enclosed sea would become.

Qing Chen used the White Bone Demon Mara Banner to trap Mo Qiuxian in a Hundred-Demon Battle Formation, but Mo Qiuxian unleashed a corpse-explosion technique that began overwhelming the banner. Qing Chen struggled to keep the formation going as Mo Qiuxian pushed toward him.

• Qing Chen attacked Mo Qiuxian's soul with the banner's Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Snatching ability, but Mo Qiuxian endured it with the Mysterious Yin Corpse Curse.
• Mo Qiuxian charged Qing Chen with the Mysterious Yin Demon Fist, while Qing Chen summoned Grudge Ghosts and White Bone Demons and formed a Hundred-Demon Battle Formation.
• Mo Qiuxian fought the demon soldiers, whose formation weakened him and whose shattered bodies repeatedly re-formed through the banner's power.
• Mo Qiuxian used the Mysterious Yin Corpse Explosion with his demon fists, blasting apart the banner's creatures and gaining a chance to break through toward Qing Chen.
• Qing Chen strained to control the banner and reflected that he had been fortunate to gain the backing of Xu Jiuling and Gu Jianchun.

Qing Chen summoned the Pojun White Bone Demon God and trapped Mo Qiuxian in a brutal battle, but Mo Qiuxian unleashed his strongest corpse-qi technique and broke through the formation. As both fighters and their forces were badly damaged, Mo Qiuxian began invoking the Flying Blood Corpse Aspect, a supreme spell that required foundation establishment cultivation.

• Qing Chen restored his spiritual sense with medicinal pills and summoned the Pojun White Bone Demon God to reinforce the faltering battle formation.
• Mo Qiuxian fought the demon god and rejected Qing Chen's offer to surrender, declaring his unwavering ambition to seek the Dao.
• Mo Qiuxian unleashed Corpse Mountain Blood Sea Qi, corroding the formation and tearing open a massive breach.
• Qing Chen ordered the White Bone Demons to self-destruct, and the Pojun White Bone Demon God stopped Mo Qiuxian's torrent with a colossal bone-saber slash.
• Mo Qiuxian's body and the demon god were left badly damaged, but Mo Qiuxian began transforming and summoned the Flying Blood Corpse Aspect.

Qing Chen and Mo Qiuxian unleashed their strongest life-consuming techniques against each other, and Qing Chen's empowered Pojun White Bone Demon God shattered Mo Qiuxian's Flying Blood Hanba Manifestation. Mo Qiuxian died on the reef after reciting his final words, while the badly wounded Qing Chen remained alive.

• Mo Qiuxian activated the Flying Blood Hanba Manifestation at the cost of his life, and Qing Chen resolved to fight without holding back.
• Qing Chen burned ten drops of essence blood and poured their power into Pojun's six bone blades, merging them into an enormous blood-red blade.
• The blood-red blade destroyed the Flying Blood Hanba Manifestation and shattered Mo Qiuxian's Copper-Armored Corpse Body, while the clash also left Qing Chen gravely weakened.
• Mo Qiuxian admitted that his dharma artifacts had been inferior, then lowered his hand and spoke of his regrets and departed loved ones.
• Mo Qiuxian recited his verse about seeking the Dao and died, urging Qing Chen to step over his corpse and continue onward.

After killing Mo Qiuxian, Qing Chen recovered in a hidden underwater cave and searched the contents of his storage bag. He found a Foundation Establishment Pill, the complete Brahma Demon-Refining Art, and the Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art, leaving him with valuable new means to advance his cultivation.

• Qing Chen confirmed Mo Qiuxian was dead, sealed his corpse in the Jade Coffin, and left the battlefield.
• Qing Chen settled in an underwater cave and discovered that Mo Qiuxian's storage bag contained intact jade slips and several strange coffins holding old clothes.
• Qing Chen found a Foundation Establishment Pill, giving him a second pill for his planned breakthrough.
• Qing Chen discovered that a jade slip contained the complete Brahma Demon-Refining Art, which could support cultivation through the late Core Formation stage.
• Qing Chen found the Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art and began reading it, hoping to learn how Mo Qiuxian had forged his Copper-Armored Corpse body.

Qing Chen studied Mo Qiuxian’s cultivation methods and learned that his records pointed to a secret realm on Immortal-Severing Island. Nearly twenty years later, after a campaign against the Wang Household, Qing Chen reported to Xu Jiuling that a man in black had ambushed him.

• Qing Chen read about the Life-Corpse Path and Corpse Puppet Path in the Mysterious Yin Corpse Refining Mystic Art, but did not choose between them.
• Qing Chen learned that Mo Qiuxian had gained his opportunities in a secret realm on Immortal-Severing Island and resolved to plan a return there.
• Nearly twenty years passed, and Qing Chen turned forty.
• Qing Chen reported to Xu Jiuling that he and Junior Brother Xu had eliminated the Wang Household of Yellow Peace Island without losing any Condensed Jade Sect members.
• Qing Chen told Xu Jiuling that after pursuing the fleeing Wang Household head, a man in black ambushed him.

Qing Chen reported Mo Qiuxian’s ambush to Xu Jiuling, who promised to handle the matter and ordered Qing Chen to return to the sect to recover. Before leaving, Qing Chen advised Gao Yuliang on the coming campaign and entrusted him with protecting Xu Xiake.

• Qing Chen showed Xu Jiuling Recording Stones proving Mo Qiuxian had joined the Wang Household rebels in attacking him, and Xu Jiuling agreed to deal with the matter discreetly.
• Xu Jiuling accepted Qing Chen’s Qi-Blood Inner Elixir Art offering, told him to practice it while recovering, and promised to report his merits to the sect.
• Xu Jiuling ordered Qing Chen to return to the sect and recommended Xu Xiake as captain and Gao Yuliang as deputy captain of the Eleventh Mysterious Blood Squad.
• Qing Chen warned Gao Yuliang that the campaign’s hardest battles and factional dangers still lay ahead, and instructed him to keep Xu Xiake safe while letting him take the credit.
• Gao Yuliang delivered Storage Bags of Wang Household corpses and spoils to Qing Chen, including an unregistered Glazed Jade Buddha.

After returning from the front, Qing Chen collected his wartime rewards and learned about the sect’s limited wartime treasure exchange. He spent nearly all his contribution points on a Foundation Establishment Pill and Iceheart Spirit-Guarding Incense, then went to Earth Jade Market to relax.

• Qing Chen accepted Gao Yuliang’s Storage Bag and told him to support and protect the new captain and the team.
• Qing Chen left the battlefield aboard a Spirit Ship, recovered from his injuries during the journey, and returned to the Condensed Jade Sect.
• Qing Chen collected 3,600 Contribution Points at the General Affairs Hall for his military merits and for presenting the sect with a Mystic Art.
• A General Affairs Hall disciple explained the wartime treasure exchange, and Qing Chen reviewed its list of rare treasures.
• Qing Chen exchanged nearly all his wartime points for a Foundation Establishment Pill and a stick of Iceheart Spirit-Guarding Incense.
• Qing Chen entered Earth Jade Market to relax after finishing his sect business.

Qing Chen visited the Formation Treasure Pavilion and reviewed Su Zixuan and Pan Yuelian’s progress, then rewarded them with spirit stones, Dharma artifacts, and medicinal pills. He left the shop with confidence in its growing role as one of his foundations.

• Qing Chen asked Su Zixuan about the pavilion’s business, learning that it had earned roughly three thousand spirit stones and that her cultivation had reached the sixth layer of Qi Refining.
• Su Zixuan reported that Pan Yuelian had reached the fifth layer of Qi Refining and could craft low-grade Dharma artifacts.
• Qing Chen summoned Pan Yuelian, rested in the rear courtyard with both women, and then asked them to prepare supplies and withdraw three thousand spirit stones.
• Qing Chen inspected the spirit talismans, formation plates, and spirit stones, then selected valuable Dharma artifacts and medicinal pills from his storage.
• Qing Chen gave the items to Su Zixuan to distribute and urged her to keep advancing her cultivation and formation studies.

Qing Chen used his Spirit Stones to buy high-quality late First Order demonic beast carcasses, then returned to Auspicious Cloud Abode to replenish the White Bone Demon Mara Banner in seclusion. He began refining the carcasses and cultivator remains, with the banner growing stronger as the formations concealed the surging Mara Qi.

• Qing Chen decided to buy cultivation materials with Spirit Stones instead of seeking more violent ways to obtain them.
• Qing Chen visited shops in Earth Jade Market and bought around thirty intact late First Order demonic beast carcasses for six thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.
• Qing Chen returned to Auspicious Cloud Abode and activated its restrictive formations before entering the seclusion chamber.
• Qing Chen used the White Bone Demon Mara Banner to refine demonic beast carcasses and cultivator remains, drawing their white bone essence and vitality into the banner.

After the White Bone Demon Mara Banner advanced to mid-grade, Qing Chen spent nearly a year reaching peak Qi Refining and began his attempt to establish his foundation. A Foundation Establishment Pill stirred his mana into a violent surge, leaving the breakthrough underway.

• The White Bone Demon Mara Banner devoured the demonic beast carcass and advanced from low-grade to mid-grade.
• Qing Chen cultivated for nearly a year, reaching peak Qi Refining and completing the third layer of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art.
• Qing Chen prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment with Iceheart Spirit-Guarding Incense and began compressing his mana.
• Unable to transform his mana with his middle-grade spiritual root alone, Qing Chen swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill, whose medicinal energy made his mana surge wildly.

Qing Chen risked taking three Foundation Establishment Pills and used the White Bone Dao-Building Pill to survive their violent effects as he forced his mana to liquefy and drew in spiritual energy. The breakthrough was still underway as Di Huaiyi and other Inner Sect disciples noticed the influx and discussed its dangers.

• Qing Chen saw wisps of mist and Moon Laurel Qi interfere with his mana liquefying, so he swallowed his remaining two Foundation Establishment Pills.
• As the pills' power threatened to tear apart his body and meridians, Qing Chen took the White Bone Dao-Building Pill, which repaired the damage while he kept compressing his mana.
• After three agonizing days, Qing Chen liquefied most of his mana, triggering a vortex that pulled spiritual energy into his dantian.
• Qing Chen's spiritual sense guided the incoming energy through the fourth level of the Brahma Demon-Refining Art, strengthening his cultivation, body, and spiritual sense.
• At Inner Sect Peak, Di Huaiyi and other disciples noticed the spiritual energy gathering around Qing Chen and discussed the remaining challenges of Foundation Establishment.
• Xue Yubing challenged Lin Changsheng's concern about the dangers of Foundation Establishment, saying that cultivation required facing risk.

Xue Yubing and the others watched a powerful influx of spiritual energy signal someone’s Foundation Establishment breakthrough. Qing Chen emerged from Auspicious Cloud Abode as a Foundation Establishment High Person and received congratulations from the assembled disciples.

• Lin Changsheng and Yue Lingshan discussed the Foundation Establishment hurdle with Xue Yubing, whose thoughts turned to her former fellow islanders and her master, Xue Qingxia.
• Di Huaiyi noticed the spiritual energy gathering and suggested the group go congratulate the newly advanced cultivator and collect celebration money.
• Di Huaiyi, Xue Yubing, and the others joined Inner Sect disciples waiting near Auspicious Cloud Abode as the influx continued.
• Qing Chen laughed, released an uncontrolled wave of spiritual pressure, and emerged from the abode, hovering in the air with his own magical power.
• The disciples congratulated Qing Chen on achieving Foundation Establishment, and he told his martial nephews and nieces to cultivate diligently and bolster the Condensed Jade Sect.

Qing Chen celebrated his Foundation Establishment breakthrough before the Condensed Jade Sect, shocking old acquaintances Di Huaiyi and Xue Yubing and revealing Yue Lingshan’s unwanted marriage arrangement with him. He landed before the disciples, who greeted him as Martial Uncle, while Xue Yubing struggled to finish her greeting.

• Qing Chen distributed spirit stones to the watching cultivators after announcing that the Inner Sect disciples were the Condensed Jade Sect’s future.
• Di Huaiyi and Xue Yubing recognized Qing Chen and marveled that he had reached Foundation Establishment ahead of them.
• Yue Lingshan realized Qing Chen was the man her elders and master had chosen for her marriage alliance, and resented that he had advanced beyond her.
• Qing Chen sensed familiar faces with his greatly expanded spiritual sense and descended to stand before the disciples.
• Lin Changsheng and the other disciples greeted Qing Chen as Martial Uncle, and Di Huaiyi prompted Xue Yubing and Yue Lingshan to bow as well.
• Xue Yubing bowed and began greeting Martial Uncle Qing, but stumbled over her words.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Qing Chen met Di Huaiyi, Xue Yubing, and Yue Lingshan, who were stunned by his advancement. He reflected on his new powers and techniques while pressing his old acquaintances to acknowledge his status.

• Qing Chen greeted Di Huaiyi and Xue Yubing warmly, though he privately resented Yue Lingshan for not bowing.
• Qing Chen considered his Foundation Establishment gains, including his stronger magical power, Demon Seed Golden Lotus, evasion technique, and Brahma Demon-Refining Art.
• Qing Chen puzzled over the Moon Laurel Qi entering his body during Foundation Establishment and returning to the White Bone Demon Mara Banner without changing his magical power.
• Qing Chen judged the Brahma Demon Heart Aspect more promising than the Flying Blood Corpse Aspect and resolved to master its Formless Illusion-Annihilation Seal.
• Di Huaiyi called Qing Chen Senior Brother Qing, and Xue Yubing apologized and asked about their old acquaintances before urging Yue Lingshan to bow.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Qing Chen tried to use his status and marriage agreement with Yue Lingshan to gain influence in the Condensed Jade Sect. When Lin Changsheng stepped in to defend Yue Lingshan, Qing Chen turned his pressure and accusations against him, asking Law Enforcement Hall Manager Di Huaiyi what punishment Lin deserved.

• Qing Chen recognized Yue Lingshan and demanded that she greet him according to sect rules, using his Foundation Establishment aura to intimidate her.
• Qing Chen reflected that the marriage agreement could connect him to the Yue Household and influential sect figures, helping him avoid becoming a powerless Sect Protector.
• Lin Changsheng intervened on Yue Lingshan's behalf, and she recovered enough to congratulate Qing Chen with pointed remarks about his spiritual root and prospects.
• Qing Chen berated Lin Changsheng for interrupting and lacking respect for rank, then asked Di Huaiyi what punishment the Law Enforcement Hall should impose.

After disciplining Lin Changsheng, Qing Chen asked about the sect’s recent affairs and learned that Blackwood Island had rescued the Xu Household’s Foundation Establishment cultivators from Sea Prosperity Island. The Condensed Jade Sect had not retaliated because it was occupied by an even larger battle.

• Di Huaiyi proposed severe punishment for Lin Changsheng, and Qing Chen sent him to the Law Enforcement Hall while inviting Di Huaiyi and Xue Yubing inside.
• Qing Chen asked whether the Xu Household on Sea Prosperity Island had been eradicated, and Di Huaiyi said the campaign had captured the island but killed only ordinary disciples.
• Di Huaiyi explained that Blackwood Island’s False Core Vice Island Master had broken the War Treasure Ship’s sealing formation and rescued the Xu Household’s Foundation Establishment cultivators and key figures.
• Qing Chen asked whether the Condensed Jade Sect had launched a campaign against Blackwood Island, and Di Huaiyi said another, larger battle had forced the sect to adopt a defensive and counterattacking stance.