Chapter Summaries

Han Shiyi infiltrated Cloud Marsh and extracted intelligence about the Three Tiger Blessed Lands before killing its ruler and slipping away. Meanwhile, Dong Qing led the Army-Breaking Banner to the border, where Zhang Xing used armored weapons and Primordial Beginning's assistance to kill five tiger demons and report the mission complete.

• Han Shiyi infiltrated Cloud Marsh's royal capital and used a Soul-Recording Needle to collect the ruler's memories about the Three Tiger Blessed Lands, then killed him and uploaded the intelligence.
• Han Shiyi left the capital without a trace and moved toward another target among the enslaved cultivators.
• Dong Qing led the Army-Breaking Banner's eight hundred armored soldiers to the Three Tiger Blessed Lands and ordered its units to clear suspected Demon Beast guards along the border.
• Zhang Xing encountered five Foundation Establishment tiger demons and used Primordial Beginning, Fog Spirit Bombs, and his combat armor to locate and kill them.
• Zhang Xing harvested the demons' valuable materials and reported that sector B-3 had been cleared.

The Dao Academy’s main force arrived at the Three Tiger Blessed Lands aboard a concealed arcane warship, and Lu Li ordered its disciples to gather resources over the next ten days. To spur them on, he opened the Contribution Heaven Ranking and announced rewards for the top contributors, with first place becoming the headmaster’s true disciple.

• The Army-Breaking Banner fought through the demons guarding the border while the Shadow-Glancing Banner conducted reconnaissance inside the Three Tiger Blessed Lands.
• The Dao Academy’s arcane warship descended and concealed itself in low orbit using the Heaven-Veiling Instrument.
• Lu Li ordered the disciples to disembark and gather usable resources, setting rules for dealing with local cultivators and demons.
• Lu Li told the Heart of Primordial Beginning to open the Contribution Heaven Ranking and publish its rewards.
• The Heart of Primordial Beginning announced that the top one hundred contributors would receive rewards, with first place earning customized equipment and the position of the headmaster’s true disciple.

After the Contribution Heaven Ranking rewards were announced, the disciples eagerly prepared to compete for first place and gather resources in the Three Tiger Blessed Lands. Lu Li sent them out and returned to the great hall to cultivate, aiming to break through to Nascent Soul.

• The disciples saw that first place offered fourth-tier equipment, permanent access to Primordial Beginning, and the position of Sect Leader's True Disciple, and Dong Qing and Jiang Wuxie both resolved to claim it.
• Li Nanci coveted permanent access to Primordial Beginning, while Qian Dabao planned to use the competition and its rewards to build a future income from renting equipment.
• Lu Li ordered Primordial Beginning to grant the disciples access through the Heaven-Veiling Instrument and send the ranking rewards to their identity Jade Slips.
• The disciples learned they could enter and leave the concealment formation, then flew out in teams to gather resources in the Three Tiger Blessed Lands.
• Lu Li considered linking identity Jade Slips to the Exchange Hall and contribution transactions, then returned to the great hall to cultivate with high-density Spiritual Qi.

Lu Li cultivated aboard his Spirit Command-class warship while the Dao Academy launched its campaign against the Three Tiger Blessed Lands. Dong Qing, Jiang Wuxie, and Ye Chenfeng led their banners toward the three demon tigers’ cave abodes, and Lu Li left to watch over their first battles.

• Lu Li activated the warship’s Spiritual Qi compressor formation and cultivated in spiritual mist concentrated from two Second-Tier Spirit Veins.
• The Dao Academy’s disciples began plundering the marked treasuries, mines, and medicinal gardens across the blessed lands.
• Dong Qing led eight hundred Army-Breaking soldiers toward Baleful Intent Tiger’s cave abode, while Jiang Wuxie and Ye Chenfeng led their banners toward Slaughter Tiger’s and Evil Tiger’s lairs.
• After learning that the three banners were advancing against Golden Core demons, Lu Li left the warship to oversee the battles.
• Dong Qing learned that her target cave held two Golden Core demons and one human Golden Core, then urged her eight hundred soldiers to strike first.

Dong Qing led the Army-Breaking Banner in a surprise attack on the Baleful Intent Tiger Blessed Land and killed Chi Jin, a Mid Golden Core tiger demon, in battle. Lu Li watched from afar without intervening, curious to see how Dong Qing would fare.

• Dong Qing ordered her armored disciples to target the three Golden Core defenders while conserving their supplies.
• Chi Jin and the other defenders discussed disappearances around the blessed land before Chi Jin sensed an approaching attack.
• Dong Qing's forces bombarded the cave abode, surrounded the defenders, and demanded their surrender or death.
• Chi Jin, Chi Lei, and Qiu Mingzi charged the attackers as demons poured out from the mountain and Dong Qing's disciples engaged them.
• Dong Qing fought Chi Jin with her flying sword, armor cannon, and lethal strikes, killing him after a hundred exchanges.
• Lu Li watched the battle from afar and noted Dong Qing's ruthless fighting style.

Dong Qing and the Army-Breaking Banner crushed the demons guarding the Baleful Intent Tiger’s cave abode, captured Qiu Mingzi, and secured the battlefield. Lu Li arrived to inspect the cave’s fourth-tier formation and began breaking through it while Qiu Mingzi doubted he could succeed.

• Dong Qing killed Chi Lei after Chi Jin fell, while Qiu Mingzi surrendered and was bound with electric cable Law Artifacts.
• Dong Qing led the Army-Breaking Banner in routing the remaining demons and ordered her soldiers to recover resources from the battlefield.
• Lu Li concluded that the demons’ campaign had left the Demon Manor hinterland exposed and regarded it as a resource pasture.
• Lu Li appeared at the Baleful Intent Tiger’s cave abode, praised Dong Qing, and ordered her to bring Qiu Mingzi to him.
• Lu Li struck the cave’s fourth-tier formation with a beam of Spiritual Power as Qiu Mingzi doubted a Golden Core cultivator could break it.

Lu Li broke into the Baleful Intent Tiger Demon Ancestor’s cave and learned from the enslaved cultivator Qiu Mingzi that the clan’s greatest treasure might be in Chi Jin’s Storage Bag. Lu Li opened the bag and found vast stores of fourth-tier materials and a crystalline jade bone that made his Golden Core tremble.

• Lu Li shattered the fourth-tier formation with a third-tier metal technique and entered the cave abode.
• Lu Li questioned Qiu Mingzi, who revealed that the real treasures were likely in Chi Jin’s Storage Bag.
• Qiu Mingzi explained that the Baleful Intent Tiger clan’s Jade Nascent Soul Tiger Ancestor Bone was said to help Golden Core cultivators achieve Nascent Soul Formation.
• Dong Qing retrieved Chi Jin’s bloodstained Storage Bag, and Lu Li broke it open with his Divine Sense.
• Lu Li found mountains of fourth-tier spirit materials, spirit stones, and a crystalline jade bone that made his Golden Core tremble.

Lu Li discovered that the Three Tiger Blessed Lands held ancestral jade bones and rich stores of spiritual materials, then redirected his forces to seize the remaining treasures. After learning how much the Demon Manor's descendants had preserved, he coordinated with Li Qingshan, who confirmed the country was ready to begin nationwide smelting once the resources arrived.

• Lu Li ordered Dong Qing to clear the battlefield and discovered Chi Jin's Storage Bag contained a Jade Nascent Tiger Ancestral Bone.
• Lu Li questioned Qiu Mingzi about similar treasures in the Slaughter Tiger and Evil Tiger Blessed Lands, then changed course to seek them.
• Jiang Wuxie led the Mountain-Subduing Banner to defeat the Slaughter Tiger Blessed Land's Golden Core demons with his blood-ring saber.
• Lu Li found a second jade bone and abundant spiritual materials in the Slaughter Tiger Blessed Land's spoils.
• Lu Li reported the discoveries to Li Qingshan, who said the Demon Manor's demons had likely preserved resources and inheritances for their descendants.
• Li Qingshan told Lu Li that nationwide mobilization was complete and the country was ready to begin nationwide smelting when the resources arrived.

Lu Li secured the jade bone needed for Nascent Soul Formation and prepared to return to the spellship after seeing the misery of the Evil Tiger Blessed Land. He revealed the enormous hidden spellship to Qiu Mingzi, who mistook it for the legendary Heavenly Palace.

• Li Qingshan excitedly described Great Xia's nationwide resource mobilization as a test of the cultivation industry built over fifty years.
• Lu Li saw the brutal conditions in the Evil Tiger Blessed Land and grew more determined to kill the Demon Race.
• Ye Chenfeng gave Lu Li the tiger demon's jade bone, saying Elder Jian had already prepared his own Nascent Soul materials, and promised to manage the Dao Academy while Lu Li entered seclusion.
• Lu Li accepted Ye Chenfeng as his brother and friend, thanked him, and left with Qiu Mingzi for the spellship.
• Lu Li revealed the massive, concealed spellship in the sky, leaving Qiu Mingzi stunned and wondering if it was the legendary Heavenly Palace.

Lu Li refined the three tiger ancestor bones into jade marrow and prepared to attempt Nascent Soul Formation. After sending the Three Tiger Blessed Lands’ resources to Great Xia, he entered seclusion and ordered the Law Ship to continue to the next blessed land once the territory was cleared.

• Lu Li ordered Qiu Mingzi to explain the secrets of the Three Tiger Blessed Lands, then had Primordial Beginning and two puppets interrogate him.
• Lu Li spent several days refining the three jade Nascent Soul Tiger Ancestor Bones into masses of jade marrow.
• Lu Li contacted Li Qingshan and announced that he would attempt Nascent Soul Formation after transferring the first batch of resources to Great Xia.
• Lu Li sent the Dao Academy’s supplies and the three demon ancestors’ treasures back to Blue Star.
• Lu Li entered seclusion and instructed Primordial Beginning to keep the Dao Academy’s plan moving and send the Law Ship toward the next blessed land after the Three Tigers’ territory was cleared.

Lu Li began the agonizing process of forming his Nascent Soul while the Dao Academy harvested resources in the Three Tiger Blessed Lands. On Blue Star, Li Qingshan convened Great Xia's leaders and announced a nationwide smelting campaign to turn those resources into combat power.

• Lu Li absorbed three masses of tiger-bone essence and began tempering it into his Golden Core despite the unbearable pain.
• The Dao Academy continued gathering and recording resources from the Three Tiger Blessed Lands as its Contribution Heaven Ranking shifted rapidly.
• Li Qingshan reviewed the registered supplies in Bureau 749 and ordered the first Nationwide Mobilization Conference to convene.
• Leaders from Great Xia's military, agencies, businesses, and universities gathered and discussed their preparations to equip Lu Li.
• Li Qingshan announced that Great Xia was officially launching its first nationwide smelting campaign.

Li Qingshan launched the Southern Heavenly Gate Ascension Subplan, mobilizing Great Xia’s industries to produce weapons and equipment for a cross-world deployment. As production began, Bureau 749’s researchers estimated their output and faced the challenge of processing high-tier spirit materials without Lu Li’s help.

• Li Qingshan announced the plan and ordered participating units to collect resource allocations, sign production schedules, and meet strict deadlines and quality standards.
• Industry leaders and officials pledged to complete their assignments, then divided up tasks and began organizing resources and production.
• Yang Zunzheng led Bureau 749’s expanded research institutes as the Dao of Artifact Refinement Research Institute started mass-producing armor, combat puppets, and mechas.
• Qi Dengyi reported that the first batch of equipment could be completed within twenty days, including Tier 2 and Tier 3 armor, puppets, and heavy mechas.
• Yang Zunzheng asked how long it would take to turn Lu Li’s Tier 4 materials into strategic Spirit Machinery, and Qi Dengyi vowed his institute would process them despite Lu Li’s absence.

Qi Dengyi mobilized the Dao of Artifact Refinement Research Institute to overcome the difficulty of processing high-tier spiritual materials, while researchers across Great Xia worked under a nationwide mobilization order. Private company founder Shen Jian also prepared Spirit Control Technology to produce Law Armor thrusters, hoping the work would advance his exploration Law Armor project.

• Qi Dengyi ordered higher temperatures, increased pressure, and spiritual nuclear pulses to modify the spiritual-material production line, prompting coordinated work across all seven institutes in the Spirit Machinery Park.
• Chen Jiyu caught and manually corrected flaws in the Flowing Fire Blade assembly line while Old Zhang spoke anxiously about his son's chances of entering Dragon Abyss University.
• The chapter established how the Ten Great Immortal Academies supplied talent to Great Xia's Spirit Machinery industry and enabled private companies to contribute to national production.
• Shen Jian prepared Spirit Control Technology's production lines to deliver propulsion components for three thousand sets of second-tier Law Armor within a month.
• Shen Jian reflected that the production experience and resources from the national assignment might help him complete his exploration Law Armor.

Great Xia mobilized its institutions and Dragon Abyss Academy to process resources from a blessed land, while Zhang Xuanqing reflected on the academy’s growth and the difficulty of cultivation breakthroughs. Lu Dahai traveled to Beautiful Country as Great Xia’s cultivation envoy, beginning a campaign to promote civilized cultivation amid the country’s fractured factions.

• Great Xia assigned Dragon Abyss Academy an eight-percent share of the production task, and Zhang Xuanqing ordered the staff to ensure the finished products met national standards.
• Zhang Xuanqing reflected on Dragon Abyss Academy’s growth and remembered that Lu Li was preparing for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Zhang Xuanqing considered the dangers of breakthroughs and thought that Lu Dahai might be Blue Star’s only cultivator capable of reaching Nascent Soul.
• Lu Dahai, uneasy about his own progress toward Core Formation, accepted the role of Great Xia’s cultivation envoy and traveled abroad to seek a breakthrough through wandering.
• Lu Dahai arrived in Beautiful Country, where Great Xia’s campaign aimed to promote civilized cultivation and impose it on those who refused.

Lu Dahai arrived in Beautiful Country to demonstrate Great Xia’s cultivation power and promote cooperation, while Lu Li endured the pain of refining tiger bone essence to prepare for Nascent Soul Formation. The chapter ended as Lu Li reached the critical first step of his breakthrough: shattering his Golden Core.

• Xu Xiaomu explained to Lu Dahai why Great Xia would not take over Beautiful Country and said the tour would intimidate its factions and encourage them to follow Great Xia’s plans.
• Lu Dahai floated out above the airport crowd, stunning Beautiful Country’s officials, politicians, and reporters with his cultivation.
• Lu Dahai began a seven-day civilizational exchange featuring demonstrations of cultivator combat power and discussions of cooperation.
• Lu Li endured the painful refinement of tiger bone essence until it was fully absorbed by his Golden Core.
• Tiger Baleful Intent surged through Lu Li’s Golden Core, and fissures formed across its surface as he reached the first step of Nascent Soul Formation: shattering the core.

As the Dao Academy’s disciples gathered resources across the Clear Feather Blessed Lands, Li Nanci called in the arcane warship to destroy five Golden Core bird demons, at a steep contribution cost. The fighting spread to neighboring blessed lands, drawing the attention of Nascent Soul demon ancestors on the front lines.

• Disciples watched the Contribution Heaven Ranking as the Dao Academy finished stripping the Three Tiger Blessed Lands and continued gathering resources in the Clear Feather Blessed Lands.
• The Dao Academy warned that multiple Golden Core demons were in the Clear Feather Blessed Lands and relocated the arcane warship to support the front line.
• Li Nanci and several hundred disciples, aided by eight third-tier puppets, fought five Golden Core bird demons, but one demon escaped the encirclement.
• The arcane warship arrived and fired its fourth-tier main cannon, vaporizing all five demons; the support cost Li Nanci 150,000 contribution points.
• The Dao Academy’s combat banners expanded their attacks into surrounding blessed lands, drawing the attention of Nascent Soul demon ancestors breaking through fortified passes.

During the fighting at Hanging Blade Pass, Baleful Intent Tiger and his brothers discovered that the ancestral bones they had left for their descendants had vanished. Their report was passed along without urgency, giving Lu Li and the Dao Academy another three months to act while the demon army remained occupied.

• Baleful Intent Tiger warned his brothers to fight well and earn Ao Qing’s favor as they celebrated their battle merits.
• The three tiger demons sensed that their ancestral bones had vanished, though their descendants were supposedly too weak to refine them.
• Baleful Intent Tiger suspected a demon had stolen the bones and went to Demon Lord Ya Yue to report the danger to his blessed lands.
• Demon Lord Ya Yue said he would notify the supervising Spirit Transformation demon lord and told Baleful Intent Tiger to prepare for battle.
• The three brothers and other demon ancestors grew uneasy as their reports went unanswered, and word took two or three months to reach the Demon Manor.

Lu Li formed his Nascent Soul despite the difficulty of his five-element cultivation, and his fish-shaped jade pendant advanced into a Life-Bound Law Treasure. The pendant revealed its hunger by consuming the Demon Beast stores and began nourishing Lu Li in return.

• Lu Li shattered his Golden Core and condensed its fragments into a five-colored Nascent Soul, unleashing Law Power across the spellship.
• Ye Chenfeng and the disciples congratulated Lu Li, while Elder Jian recognized his extraordinary potential to become an invincible Supreme.
• Lu Li's breakthrough stirred the fish-shaped jade pendant, which manifested a vision and advanced into a Life-Bound Law Treasure.
• Sensing the pendant's hunger, Lu Li ordered Primordial Beginning to bring out the stored Demon Beast flesh and blood.
• The pendant devoured the Demon Beast stores and produced a strand of pure Blood Qi that nourished Lu Li in return.

Lu Li discovered that his fish-shaped jade pendant fed purified Blood Qi back to him, nourishing his Nascent Soul and improving his Five Spirit Roots. After contacting Great Xia, he learned that many Bureau 749 staff were on leave and suspected Great Xia had finished processing the resources from the three great blessed lands.

• Lu Li sensed Blood Qi essence from the jade pendant nourish his Nascent Soul, meridians, constitution, and Five Spirit Roots.
• Lu Li realized the jade pendant could purify Demon Beast Blood Qi and feed it back to him, making it a support treasure as well as a weapon.
• The jade pendant consumed the flesh and blood of ten Golden Core, over a thousand Foundation Establishment, and over ten thousand Qi Refinement demonic creatures, yielding three wisps of nourishment for Lu Li.
• Lu Li put away the jade pendant and decided to contact Great Xia to ask about the resources gathered during his seclusion.
• At Bureau 749, Wei Zhuguo told Lu Li that Director Li and other officials had been notified, while many bureau personnel were on leave.
• Lu Li suspected Great Xia had already finished processing the resources from the three great blessed lands.

After reaching Nascent Soul, Lu Li contacted Great Xia and learned that its nationwide industry had processed the resources from three blessed lands into a formidable Spirit Machinery arsenal in just fifty-six days. Impressed by a new furnace capable of smelting top-grade spiritual materials, Lu Li told Li Qingshan to prepare because he might attempt something big.

• Li Qingshan and Great Xia's personnel rushed to Bureau 749 after receiving the news, and Lu Li confirmed that he had reached Nascent Soul.
• Lu Li warned Li Qingshan that the Dao Academy's disciples were moving against nearby blessed lands and might soon draw the attention of Dongting's lord.
• Li Qingshan reported that Great Xia had turned the resources from three blessed lands into potions, pills, puppets, Law Artifacts, mechs, and an artifact warship in fifty-six days.
• Li Qingshan explained that Qi Dengyi's Spirit Core Fusion Simulated-State Furnace had smelted top-grade fourth-tier spiritual materials at twenty million degrees Celsius.
• Lu Li expressed amazement at Great Xia's industrial capability and asked Li Qingshan to prepare for a major undertaking.