Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming cured his Spirit Rest Rice seedlings, advanced his plans to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill, and discovered that the Longevity Vine had transformed his spirit bees. He suspected the enlarged hive was producing Royal Jelly.

• Qin Ming used the Ancient Wood Longevity Art to cure the Spirit Rest Rice seedlings of Spirit Locking Disease, then cultivated them with a ninety percent survival rate and transplanted them into the paddy fields.
• Qin Ming released spirit fish into the rice paddies and found new Affixes on his Spirit Gathering Tea and Violet Gold Bamboo, including Leaves of Spacetime.
• Manager Liao told Qin Ming that Mirror Snow Pavilion had gathered eighteen auxiliary ingredients and two underage main ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill, though the Jade Marrow Mushroom remained unavailable.
• Qin Ming saw that the Longevity Vine had transformed his Four-Winged Frost Bees into mid-stage first-rank spirit insects and raised the Bee Queen to the late first-rank stage with six wings and resistance to fire.
• Qin Ming noticed a sweet fragrance coming from the enlarged hive and wondered whether the bees had produced Royal Jelly.

Qin Ming refined Blood River Pills from the blood-red Royal Jelly and used one to break through the ninth layer of the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture, gaining power comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator. He resolved to build up his strength in seclusion on Moon Gazing Island, but Wu Jiang’s urgent message sent him toward Dragon Scale Island in search of another spiritual material.

• Qin Ming collected the blood-red Royal Jelly, recognized its potential for refining Blood River Pills, and gathered the remaining ingredients with Aunt Long’s help.
• Qin Ming refined eight Blood River Pills and swallowed one, breaking through the ninth layer of the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture after two hours inside a blood cocoon.
• Qin Ming tested his newly awakened ability to release True Gang, shattering a boulder and unleashing attacks with power comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Qin Ming decided to stay on Moon Gazing Island and strengthen his magical cultivation, while planning to seek Beast Essence Blood and a Jade Marrow Mushroom.
• Wu Jiang sent Qin Ming an urgent transmission about another spiritual material and told him to hurry to the vicinity of Dragon Scale Island.

Qin Ming arrived on Nameless Island, drove off Yu Pinghai and the Yu Family, and killed the Giant Python Demon guarding the Stone Milk Spirit Lotus. After collecting the lotuses, he discovered an enormous egg with a mutated Earth Grade Bloodline.

• Qin Ming arrived at Nameless Island just as Yu Pinghai was forcing Wu Jiang and his two companions toward the Giant Python Demon's cave.
• Qin Ming ordered Yu Pinghai and the Yu Family to leave, and Yu Pinghai withdrew while vowing to settle the humiliation later.
• Qin Ming entered the cave alone, found the Giant Python Demon devouring crocodile eggs, and killed it with a strike of Innate Gang Qi.
• Qin Ming collected the Stone Milk Spirit Lotuses and examined an enormous gray egg, discovering that it possessed a mutated Earth Grade Bloodline.

Qin Ming spent two years healing a beast egg, tending his island, and gathering materials before successfully refining a Youth Preservation Pill and becoming a Second-Order Alchemy Grandmaster. He decided to travel to Azure Sea Immortal City to prepare for Foundation Establishment and repay Gu Qingzhao.

• Qin Ming healed the gray beast egg, collected the giant python meat, and returned to Moon Gazing Island after parting with Wu Jiang and the others.
• Qin Ming spent two years cultivating and gathering spirit materials with help from Gu Qingzhao and Wu Jiang, while the beast egg recovered its vitality.
• Wu Jiang rented the Spirit Fields on Moon Gazing Island, began growing Golden Spirit Rice, and advanced to the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage.
• Qin Ming gathered the materials for eight batches of Youth Preservation Pills and failed to refine the pill until his final attempt, when he produced six pills.
• Qin Ming became a Second-Order Alchemy Grandmaster, swallowed a Youth Preservation Pill, and decided to go to Azure Sea Immortal City to prepare for Foundation Establishment and repay Gu Qingzhao.

After emerging from secluded cultivation, Qin Ming congratulated Wu Jiang and Mu Ruyin on their twins, named the children, and left Wu Jiang to watch over Moon Gazing Island. He traveled to Azure Sea Immortal City and arrived at Mirror Snow Pavilion, where an elegant woman welcomed him.

• Qin Ming emerged from seclusion and learned that Wu Jiang and Mu Ruyin had twins with rare spiritual gifts.
• Qin Ming gave the family spirit jade pendants and named the twins Wu Wangyue and Wu Wangfeng.
• Qin Ming asked Wu Jiang to look after Moon Gazing Island while he traveled to Azure Sea Immortal City.
• Qin Ming entered Azure Sea Immortal City and made his way through its outer and inner districts.
• Qin Ming reached Mirror Snow Pavilion, where an elegant woman came out to welcome him.

Qin Ming visited Gu Qingzhao at Mirror Snow Pavilion, bought spiritual ingredients, and revealed that he had become a Second-Order Alchemy Grandmaster. After failing to find the Jade Marrow Mushroom, he received news of a possible lead among rogue cultivators in Azure Sea Immortal City.

• Gu Qingzhao welcomed Qin Ming and arranged for Manager Liao to bring him newly gathered spiritual ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Qin Ming paid for the ingredients by offering Gu Qingzhao a Youth Preservation Pill and asking Mirror Snow Pavilion to auction another bottle of pills.
• Gu Qingzhao and Manager Liao recognized the pill as a second-grade Youth Preservation Pill, and Qin Ming revealed that he had refined it using a second-order Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.
• Qin Ming learned that Alchemist Sun Jinian was Azure Sea Immortal City's only alchemist able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, then spent two days searching unsuccessfully for the Jade Marrow Mushroom.
• Gu Qingzhao told Qin Ming that rogue cultivators were pooling materials to invite Sun Jinian to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, and that they might know clues about the Jade Marrow Mushroom.

Qin Ming declined to pool his ingredients with Alchemist Sun Jinian and sought the Jade Marrow Mushroom from Shen Yuanxiong so he could refine a Foundation Establishment Pill himself. Shen Yuanxiong refused to entrust him with his two sound mushrooms, but offered to sell him a damaged third portion, leaving Qin Ming hopeful.

• Qin Ming decided against pooling his materials with Alchemist Sun Jinian and asked Gu Qingzhao to introduce him to Shen Yuanxiong.
• Gu Qingzhao brought Qin Ming to the Shen Family residence, where they found more than twenty cultivators gathered over the pooled-alchemy arrangement.
• Qin Ming offered Shen Yuanxiong one Foundation Establishment Pill in exchange for a portion of Jade Marrow Mushroom and revealed that he was a Second-Order Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Shen Yuanxiong declined because he had already committed his two sound portions of Jade Marrow Mushroom to Alchemist Sun Jinian and did not trust Qin Ming's untested skill.
• Shen Yuanxiong offered to sell Qin Ming a third Jade Marrow Mushroom whose spirituality and medicinal power had been severely damaged, then opened a jade box to show it.

Qin Ming bought a defective Jade Marrow Mushroom from Shen Yuanxiong, intending to restore it for alchemy, and refused Luo Rong’s offer to buy it. After Alchemist Sun Jinnian discussed Qin Ming’s abilities with Shen Yuanxiong, Qin Ming searched Azure Sea Immortal City for two remaining ingredients and unexpectedly encountered Luo Rong again.

• Qin Ming bought Shen Yuanxiong’s defective Jade Marrow Mushroom for 2,500 Spirit Stones.
• Luo Rong arrived too late to buy the mushroom, then offered Qin Ming double the price, but Qin Ming refused to sell it.
• Sun Jinnian learned about Qin Ming’s alchemy skills and said he could likely refine Foundation Establishment Pills, leaving Shen Yuanxiong to regret selling the mushroom.
• Qin Ming stayed in Azure Sea Immortal City and searched for two rare supplementary ingredients, but found few clues.
• Luo Rong greeted Qin Ming while Qin Ming was searching a spirit herb shop.

Qin Ming refused Luo Rong’s repeated demands for the defective Jade Marrow Mushroom, then lured him away from Azure Sea Immortal City and defeated him with the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame. After Luo Rong revealed he wanted the mushroom to brew Foundation Establishment Wine, Qin Ming killed him and searched his Storage Bag.

• Qin Ming rejected Luo Rong’s offer and threats over the Jade Marrow Mushroom, then asked Gu Qingzhao about him.
• Gu Qingzhao explained Luo Rong’s past, and Qin Ming left for Moon Gazing Island with her gift of Spirit Wine and plans for the Youth Preservation Pills’ auction.
• Luo Rong followed Qin Ming out of Azure Sea Immortal City, and Qin Ming lured him to an isolated mountain.
• Qin Ming attacked Luo Rong with the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame, which rapidly consumed Luo Rong’s magic power.
• Luo Rong revealed he wanted the Jade Marrow Mushroom to brew Foundation Establishment Wine and offered Qin Ming the method.
• Qin Ming killed Luo Rong, took his Blood Orb, and searched his Storage Bag, finding what he had been looking for.

Qin Ming obtained a brewing manual and the final ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill, then returned to Moon Gazing Island to cultivate. He refused Li Yuanqing’s invitation to join the Seventy-Two Island Alliance as tensions grew over the Zhao Family’s influence.

• Qin Ming found the Divine Brewer's Formula and discovered Night Jade Flower and Departure Heart Grass among Luo Rong’s belongings, completing his Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, fed Luo Rong’s Blood Orb to the Longevity Vine, and cultivated as the island’s crops and spirit plants continued to grow.
• Li Yuanqing visited with two companions and invited Qin Ming to join the Seventy-Two Island Alliance, but Qin Ming declined and saw them off.
• A subordinate criticized Qin Ming after they left, but Li Yuanqing rebuked him and discussed the Zhao Family’s growing influence and its secret cooperation with several islands.

Qin Ming reached Qi Refining Stage Great Completion after drinking soup made from his Spirit Rest Rice Flower Spirit Fish, and his beast egg hatched into an Earth Grade Mystic Water Crocodile. After a year of quiet cultivation, his second-rank mid-grade Spirit Plants matured, bringing him to the threshold of advancing as a Spirit Planter.

• Qin Ming ate Spirit Fish soup and broke through to Qi Refining Stage Great Completion.
• Qin Ming's beast egg hatched, and he identified the newborn crocodile as an Earth Grade Mystic Water Crocodile with the potential to become a third-rank demonic beast.
• Qin Ming kept the crocodile in his cave dwelling and continued raising fish, cultivating plants, and practicing on Moon Gazing Island.
• After another year, Qin Ming harvested his mature second-rank mid-grade Spirit Plants and prepared to advance as a Spirit Planter and enter the Flora Mirage Realm.
• Qin Ming brought a silver-haired record officer from the Spirit Planter Guild to Moon Gazing Island, where the officer was astonished by the Spirit Rest Rice.

After Qin Ming’s Spirit Rest Rice drew attention across Tianhe Market District, he kept Moon Gazing Island secure and prepared for the Flora Mirage Realm. He left Wu Jiang and his demonic beasts to guard the island, delivered the promised rice to Mo Lingwei, and continued toward Azure Sea Immortal City.

• The Spirit Planter Guild confirmed Qin Ming had grown Spirit Rest Rice, drawing cultivators to Moon Gazing Island, where his formation and the Longevity Vine drove off intruders.
• During six months in seclusion, Qin Ming revived and multiplied Jade Marrow Mushrooms, assembled six sets of Foundation Establishment Pill materials, and gained fifty years of lifespan from the Longevity Vine’s fruits.
• Qin Ming summoned Wu Jiang and entrusted him with guarding Moon Gazing Island alongside the late first-rank Mystic Water Crocodile and the Six-Winged Frost Bee.
• Qin Ming traveled to Azure Radiance Island and gave Mo Lingwei the promised fifty jin of Spirit Rest Rice.
• Duan Haishan praised Qin Ming’s achievement, and Qin Ming departed after settling his promise to Mo Lingwei.

Qin Ming advanced to a second-rank mid-grade Spirit Planter, sold Spirit Rest Rice and other treasures through Mirror Snow Pavilion, and returned to Moon Gazing Island. There, he completed the Supreme Wood Dharma Body and prepared to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill and attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Qin Ming gave Gu Qingzhao two hundred jin of Spirit Rest Rice, Spirit Gathering Tea, Violet Gold Bamboo, and two Rice Flower Spirit Fish to sell or enjoy.
• Qin Ming passed the Grade A Flora Mirage Realm trial, received seven strands of the Essence of Myriad Woods, and officially advanced to a second-rank mid-grade Spirit Planter.
• Gu Qingzhao tasted the Spirit Rest Rice Flower Spirit Fish soup, discovered that it could greatly increase her cultivation, and asked Qin Ming to sell her more fish in the future.
• Shen Yuanxiong bought five jin of Spirit Rest Rice from Qin Ming and revealed that Sun Alchemist had failed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pills, wasting two sets of materials.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, used the seven strands of the Essence of Myriad Woods to complete the Supreme Wood Dharma Body, and decided to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Qin Ming studied Su Yuqing’s notes and spent three days refining Foundation Establishment Pills, producing common, premium, and supreme pills. After resting and recovering, he went to the Longevity Vine, ready to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Qin Ming studied Su Yuqing’s detailed refining notes and warmed up by successfully making Youth Preservation Pills.
• Qin Ming’s first two Foundation Establishment Pill attempts failed, so he added Royal Jelly to calm the conflicting medicinal liquids.
• Qin Ming successfully refined an ordinary Foundation Establishment Pill on his third attempt, then made two more ordinary pills and a premium pill.
• Qin Ming continued refining and produced a supreme Foundation Establishment Pill, using all his spirit ingredients to make five pills in total.
• Qin Ming rested for a day to recover his mana and Divine Sense, then went to his Longevity Vine to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

Qin Ming used a supreme Foundation Establishment Pill and Skyfire Spirit Liquid to break through to Foundation Establishment on Moon Gazing Island. After succeeding, he asked Wu Jiang and Mu Ruyin to keep the news secret and planned to continue developing the island quietly.

• Qin Ming reviewed his preparations, swallowed a supreme Foundation Establishment Pill and Skyfire Spirit Liquid, and began his breakthrough inside the formation.
• A vast Spiritual Qi vortex formed over Moon Gazing Island, and Wu Jiang, Mu Ruyin, and the Mystic Water Crocodile realized Qin Ming was attempting Foundation Establishment.
• Qin Ming's Supreme Wood Dharma Body amplified his Spiritual Qi conversion as he condensed liquid magic power and cleansed his meridians over several days.
• Qin Ming successfully reached Foundation Establishment, gaining greatly increased lifespan, magic power, and divine sense, and concealed his cultivation with the Ancient Wood Longevity Art.
• Wu Jiang and Mu Ruyin congratulated Qin Ming, who gave them spirit pills and ordered them not to spread news of his breakthrough.
• Qin Ming told Wu Jiang and Mu Ruyin he would remain on Moon Gazing Island and continue cultivating and developing it while staying cautious of Huangfu Qi and Lin Zixiao.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Qin Ming strengthened his body-refining cultivation and planned his future training and supplies. An invitation from the Seventy-Two Island Alliance left him facing an urgent crisis after two nearby islands were massacred.

• Qin Ming assessed the difficulty of forming a Golden Core and decided to focus on cultivation while preparing to advance to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Qin Ming used Qi-Blood Essence and Blood Qi Crystal Affixes to perfect his Innate Gang Qi, then selected a Mountain Giant Ape from the Hundred Beasts Visualization Diagram.
• Qin Ming realized he would need high-level ape-type essence blood and planned to visit Azure Sea Immortal City to seek it and buy rare Spirit Plants.
• Qin Ming began cultivating with Spirit Rest Rice and Rice Flower Spirit Fish and considered buying a spirit artifact for protection.
• Wu Jiang told Qin Ming that Kongtong Island and Yu Water Island had been slaughtered and looted, and delivered the Alliance's invitation to an urgent meeting.

Qin Ming attended a Scattered Alliance meeting about the massacres of two spirit island families and learned that the alliance suspected the Zhao Family had directed the Marauder Cultivators. Unwilling to sign the alliance’s Spirit Contract, Qin Ming refused to join and prepared to leave.

• Qin Ming and Wu Jiang traveled to Phoenix Perch Island to learn about the island massacres and encountered Yu Tao, who mocked Wu Jiang and Qin Ming.
• Wu Jiang told Qin Ming that the Yu Family had grown aggressive since its head, Yu Wanhe, broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Huo Qianqiu told the gathered island leaders that the massacres of the Lin and Tian Families might be connected to the Zhao Family, prompting Yu Wanhe to question the accusation and then declare Azure Green Island would join the alliance.
• The Scattered Alliance distributed Spirit Contracts, and most spirit island families signed to join.
• Qin Ming rejected the contract, declared that Moon Gazing Island would not join the Scattered Alliance, and said he would leave.

Qin Ming revealed his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation at the Seventy-Two Island Alliance gathering and defeated Yu Wanhe, then left with Wu Jiang. After receiving visitors on Moon Gazing Island, he met Zhao Wuji and Zhao Chanzhen and declined the Zhao Family’s recruitment, maintaining his neutrality.

• Yu Wanhe accused Qin Ming of ties to the bandits and attacked him, but Qin Ming revealed his Foundation Establishment cultivation and gravely wounded him with one spell.
• Qin Ming struck the Scattered Alliance’s burly middle-aged man, and Huo Qianqiu stopped him and offered to punish the man before letting Qin Ming leave with Wu Jiang.
• The Alliance Leaders discussed Qin Ming’s strength and their plans, while news of his breakthrough spread through the archipelago and Azure Sea Immortal City.
• Gu Qingzhao prepared to visit Qin Ming, and factions arrived on Moon Gazing Island to pay their respects as Wu Jiang and his wife received them.
• Zhao Wuji and Zhao Chanzhen visited Qin Ming, offered him gifts, and tested his attitude toward the Zhao Family.
• Qin Ming declined Zhao Wuji’s recruitment offer and reaffirmed his neutral stance before the two Zhao Family young masters departed.

Half a month after Qin Ming’s Foundation Establishment, Mo Lingwei visited Moon Gazing Island to ask whether he could spare a Foundation Establishment Pill. She offered rare Spirit Plant seeds and a third-tier Spirit Planter inheritance in exchange, then proposed that the Mo Family serve Moon Gazing Island for ten years, including herself.

• Wu Jiang told Qin Ming that Yu Wanhe had fallen back to the Qi Refining Stage after Qin Ming shattered his dantian and sea of qi, leaving the Yu Family vulnerable to its enemies.
• Qin Ming gave Wu Jiang Beast Fang Rice Spirit Seeds to buy at market price and offered his clansmen vacant Spirit Veins and fields in exchange for thirty percent of their harvest.
• Mo Lingwei arrived on Moon Gazing Island to congratulate Qin Ming on his Foundation Establishment and was impressed by the island’s Spirit Plants and his deep cultivation.
• Mo Lingwei asked whether Qin Ming could sell her a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Qin Ming said he had used the only one he had refined.
• Mo Lingwei offered Mystic Shadow Ebony containing Mistveil Illusion Shroom seeds and a jade slip with a third-tier Spirit Planter inheritance for a pill.
• When Qin Ming hesitated, Mo Lingwei offered to attach the Mo Family to Moon Gazing Island for ten years and said she would fulfill any request he made.

Qin Ming traded with Mo Lingwei, gave her a Youth Preservation Pill, and promised to refine Foundation Establishment Pills if she supplied the materials. Gu Qingzhao brought him an alchemy furnace, helped arrange a future auction to seek high-grade demon beast essence blood, and warned him that war might break out between the Seventy-Two Island Alliance and the Zhao Family.

• Qin Ming declined Mo Lingwei's request for more help but offered her a Youth Preservation Pill and one free Foundation Establishment Pill refinement; she agreed to gather the ingredients and gave him two items in return.
• Qin Ming met Gu Qingzhao and Manager Liao, and Gu Qingzhao presented him with a supreme Grade 2 Mystic Jade Furnace as a congratulatory gift.
• Qin Ming asked Gu Qingzhao to find high-grade demon beast essence blood, and she explained its scarcity and promised to watch for it.
• Qin Ming showed Gu Qingzhao a Foundation Establishment Pill, and she proposed auctioning it to attract sellers of high-grade demon beast essence blood; they planned the auction for at least three months later.
• Qin Ming asked Gu Qingzhao to help him obtain a spirit artifact Dharma Sword, and she had Manager Liao record his requirements.
• Gu Qingzhao told Qin Ming that the Seventy-Two Island Alliance might go to war with the Zhao Family, backed by the Thunder Origin Sect, prompting Qin Ming to plan to strengthen himself quickly.