Arc 10The Ancestral Reunion

Li Yunjing helped the Heavenly Ox Tribe defeat a demonic crisis, then returned to the Luozhen Sect and brought its displaced ancestral branch back into the fold. The sect grew stronger and reorganized into halls, while questions about the hidden treasury and Fang Hexuan remained unresolved.

  • Li Yunjing presided over the Heavenly Ox Tribe’s offering, met the Heavenly Ox God, and joined it in investigating the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s demonic crisis.
  • Li Yunjing and the two tribal gods killed the Devil Cultivators, cleansed Hundred Yue Mountain, and earned the tribes’ gratitude.
  • Li Yunjing returned to Serene Valley, upgraded the sect’s facilities, and learned that the Wushan Luozhen Sect had been driven from Black Mountain.
  • Li Yunjing met Fang Tong and the Wushan Luozhen Sect, then helped them reclaim their ancestral grounds by destroying the Red Saber Sect.
  • Fang Tong and the Wushan Luozhen Sect agreed to join Li Yunjing’s sect, bringing their remaining inherited methods and the golden lock with them.
  • Ding Qifeng formed his Golden Core, and his breakthrough advanced the cultivation of disciples across the Luozhen Sect.
  • Li Yunjing welcomed Fang Tong’s group and organized the sect into halls led by Ding Qifeng, Gu Lin, Fang Tong, Mo Xuan, and Shui Yao.
  • Li Yunjing set rules for assigning disciples to the halls, heard Fang Tong’s account of Fang Hexuan’s disappearance, and upgraded the Patriarch Hall to level five.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226A Conversation, Setting a Precedent?

Li Yunjing and his companions arrived at the Heavenly Ox Tribe for its God-Worshipping ceremony, where Chief Yan and the Heavenly Ox Shaman welcomed them. The shaman asked Li Yunjing to supply cultivation pills in exchange for valuable spiritual items and the chance to preside over the ceremony, leaving Li Yunjing wondering whether he would become the first outsider to do so.

  • Li Yunjing brought a group of righteous-path cultivators to the Heavenly Ox Tribe, and Pan welcomed them to the ceremony.
  • Pan led the visitors to a stone house whose interior opened into a vast Mustard Seed Space, where Chief Yan greeted them.
  • Yan thanked Li Yunjing for helping the tribe through a crisis and hosted the guests with food and wine.
  • The Heavenly Ox Shaman asked Li Yunjing to obtain cultivation pills for the tribe's young people, offering spiritual items of equal value in return.
  • The Heavenly Ox Shaman offered Li Yunjing the honor of presiding over the God-Worshipping ceremony, and Li Yunjing wondered if he would set a precedent as an outsider.

Ch. 227Fortune: Had He Really Guessed Right?

Li Yunjing agreed to preside over the Heavenly Ox Tribe’s ritual, then learned that an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil might have appeared in Hundred Yue Mountain. Before the ritual could begin, the Fire-Wielding Tribe summoned the smaller tribes to attend its own grand ritual.

  • The Heavenly Ox Shaman and Yan persuaded Li Yunjing to preside over the Heavenly Ox Tribe’s ritual, and he joined the tribe’s preparations.
  • Sikong Ying told Li Yunjing that demonic cultivators had gathered near a crater where a living creature had fallen, and he suspected an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil was involved.
  • Sikong Ying left to contact the Immortal Alliance headquarters while Li Yunjing continued learning the ritual from the Heavenly Ox Shaman.
  • A Wind-Chasing Eagle raised by the Fire-Wielding Tribe arrived, and a barbarian announced that the smaller tribes had to attend the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s grand ritual.

Ch. 228You Do It, the Offering to the God Begins

Li Yunjing was left to preside over the Heavenly Ox Tribe’s offering while the shaman and Yan went to the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s unusual grand offering. With Li Shan’s help, Li Yunjing began the ceremony and lit the sacrificial fire, hoping the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s sudden change did not confirm Sikong Ying’s warning.

  • The Heavenly Ox shaman left Li Yunjing in charge of the tribe’s offering while he and Yan went to the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s grand offering.
  • Li Yunjing grew suspicious that the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s unusual ceremony supported Sikong Ying’s claim that its chief and shaman had fallen to the demonic path, and he sent a steward to warn Sikong Ying.
  • Pan brought Li Yunjing to the Heavenly Ox statue, where he met the previous shaman, Li Shan, who agreed to guide him through the offering.
  • Li Shan dictated the heavenly document, and Li Yunjing wrote it in the ancient etching script he had studied.
  • Pan lit the pile of Demon Beast bones and blood, starting the great fire for the offering.

Ch. 229Successive Booms, a God Awakens

During the Heavenly Ox Tribe’s sacrifice, Li Yunjing awakened the Heavenly Ox God, who revealed that a crisis threatened Hundred Yue Mountain and chose Li Yunjing to help resolve it. After hearing about the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s strange behavior and a pit filled with demonic Qi, the god sent Li Yunjing to investigate.

  • Li Yunjing threw the Heavenly Book and offerings into the fire, whose booms and crackling astonished the Heavenly Ox Tribe and signaled the god’s awakening.
  • Li Yunjing met the golden, ringed slug-like Heavenly Ox God in a white space, and the god explained that a crisis on Hundred Yue Mountain had prompted its awakening.
  • The Heavenly Ox God returned with Li Yunjing to the fire and chose him as its partner, saying it needed to borrow his body to address the crisis.
  • Li Yunjing told the Heavenly Ox God what he knew, including the Fire-Wielding Tribe’s unusual actions and the pit filled with demonic Qi.
  • The Heavenly Ox God told Li Yunjing to go to the Fire-Wielding Tribe and check whether the pit was the source of the foul stench.

Ch. 230Leaving, the Fire-Wielding God

Li Yunjing traveled with Pan and Liu Yiyi toward the Fire-Wielding Tribe after the Heavenly Ox God suspected something was wrong there. Near the tribe, they found its wounded god, and the Heavenly Ox God told Li Yunjing to heal him and send Pan and Liu Yiyi back.

  • The Heavenly Ox God told Li Yunjing that the Fire-Wielding Tribe might be the source of the trouble and promised to protect him.
  • Li Yunjing asked Pan to lead him and Liu Yiyi toward the Fire-Wielding Tribe, and they rented Lightning Eagles at a relay station.
  • As they approached the tribe's volcano, the Heavenly Ox God sensed a pure Devil Creature and directed Li Yunjing away from the tribe.
  • The Heavenly Ox God led Li Yunjing to a huge tree, where he found the Fire-Wielding Tribe's god—a crimson snake—badly wounded.
  • The Heavenly Ox God told Li Yunjing to heal the snake and ask about the tribe, and to send Pan and Liu Yiyi back to the Heavenly Ox Tribe.

Ch. 231The Whole Story, Does This Make Sense?

Li Yunjing learned that Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devils had attacked the Fire-Wielding God and poisoned the Fire-Wielding Tribe during its god-worshipping ceremony. With the Heavenly Ox God and the recovering Fire-Wielding God beside him, he reached the tribe and asked them to kill the Devil Cultivators responsible.

  • Pan and Liu Yiyi left on Lightning Eagles after Li Yunjing told them he would stay.
  • The Fire-Wielding God explained that eight Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devils had arrived: one was sacrificed, he killed five, and three remained after they used a devil talisman to ambush him.
  • The Heavenly Ox God and Fire-Wielding God joined Li Yunjing on his Lightning Eagle and headed for the Fire-Wielding Tribe.
  • At the tribe gates, the Heavenly Ox God healed the poisoned guards, while the Fire-Wielding God revealed that most ceremony attendees had also been poisoned.
  • Li Yunjing saw Yan, the Heavenly Ox Shaman, and righteous-path cultivators among the victims as the Heavenly Ox God treated them.
  • Devil Cultivators spotted Li Yunjing overhead, and he asked the two gods to kill them.

Ch. 232Resolved, a Satisfying Conclusion

The Heavenly Ox God took control of Li Yunjing and destroyed the Devil Cultivators on Hundred Yue Mountain, while the Fire-Wielding God purified the sinkhole with the Three Karmas Heavenly Fire. After the gods prepared to leave, the Fire-Wielding God bit Li Yunjing and left a mysterious mark on his neck.

  • The Heavenly Ox God possessed Li Yunjing and killed the Devil Cultivators in the Fire-Wielding Tribe with a roar.
  • The Heavenly Ox God destroyed the Fire-Wielding Tribe's chief, shaman, and grand commander with five-colored rainbow light.
  • The Heavenly Ox God and Fire-Wielding God sent cleansing rain over Hundred Yue Mountain, killing hidden Devil Cultivators and invigorating the righteous cultivators.
  • The Fire-Wielding God used the Three Karmas Heavenly Fire to erase the devil Qi in the sinkhole after receiving a drop of Hundred Star Dew.
  • The Heavenly Ox God returned control of his body to Li Yunjing, granted him a blessing, and gave him a drop of Hundred Star Dew.
  • The Fire-Wielding God bit Li Yunjing on the neck, leaving a mysterious crimson mark.

Ch. 233Blessings, All of Them Arrived

Li Yunjing received the Myriad Fires Incantation and a seed of the Three Karmas Heavenly Fire from the Fire-Wielding God, then returned to the Heavenly Ox Tribe as a celebrated hero. The Heavenly Ox God revealed that he had arranged the acclaim to help open Hundred Yue Mountain to the outside world, and tribes from across the mountain arrived to thank Li Yunjing.

  • The Fire-Wielding God bestowed the Myriad Fires Incantation on Li Yunjing and gave him a seed of the Three Karmas Heavenly Fire, which he absorbed and learned to control.
  • Li Yunjing returned to the Heavenly Ox Tribe on the Lightning Eagle, where Li Shan and the others explained that the rain had killed the Devil Cultivators and cleared the Devil Qi from Hundred Yue Mountain.
  • The Heavenly Ox God admitted that he had made Li Yunjing a hero to encourage the tribes to connect with the outside world, and Li Yunjing agreed to help.
  • Pan arranged a grand banquet for Li Yunjing, and Feng, leader of the Kui Tribe, arrived to thank him.
  • More barbarians arrived from across Hundred Yue Mountain to thank Li Yunjing for resolving the crisis.

Ch. 234Leaving and Plans to Visit

After helping defeat the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devils and secure support from tribes in Hundred Yue Mountain, Li Yunjing returned to the Luozhen Sect. He wrote to the sect’s ancestral land about a possible visit, then reviewed the sect’s growth and found that his cave abode could not yet be upgraded.

  • Li Yunjing left the Heavenly Ox Tribe despite Yan, the Heavenly Ox Shaman, and Pan urging him to stay, then discussed the battle with Sikong Ying aboard the flying ship without revealing how he defeated the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devils.
  • Li Yunjing returned safely to the Luozhen Sect and found that Mo Xuan and the others remained in seclusion.
  • Li Yunjing wrote to the Luozhen Sect’s ancestral land, asking about its situation and proposing that its members join his sect or receive resources, then paid Feiyao to deliver the letter.
  • Li Yunjing checked the sect panel and saw that the Luozhen Sect had reached quasi-third-rank status and that its Spirit Field might soon be upgraded after a new spirit farmer was trained.
  • Li Yunjing attempted to upgrade his cave abode but found he lacked the required cultivation and Spirit Vein Pavilion level.

Ch. 235Upgrade, Special Spirit Bone

Li Yunjing inspected the cultivation rooms’ upgrade and discovered that their next level could grant a chance to produce a Special Spirit Bone. He then visited Nangong Ye in the flourishing medicine garden and asked what reward she wanted for her work.

  • Li Yunjing upgraded the cultivation rooms to lv7 and saw that lv8 would require fifteen taels of third-grade Five Elements Spirit Sand.
  • Li Yunjing learned that lv8 cultivation rooms could give cultivators a chance to develop a Special Spirit Bone.
  • Li Yunjing visited Nangong Ye in the medicine garden, where she showed him its thriving spirit medicines and the timid Medicine Spirits that helped care for them.
  • Li Yunjing praised Nangong Ye’s work and asked what reward she wanted.

Ch. 236Astonishment, and More Upgrades

Li Yunjing upgraded the medicine garden, Disciple Quarters, and artifact-refining room, revealing stronger benefits and new upgrade requirements. After the artifact-refining room reached level four, the artifact refiners reacted to a flying sword bearing three runes that Li Yunjing could read as Void Breaking, Indestructible, and Swiftness.

  • Nangong Ye suggested expanding the medicine garden, and Li Yunjing upgraded it after building a Moonlight Condensing Dew Array.
  • Li Yunjing learned that the medicine garden's next level would let Medicine Spirits speed up the accumulation of medicinal potency.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Disciple Quarters and reviewed its improved rest, cultivation, and Dao-comprehension effects.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the artifact-refining room while its five refiners worked, as three of them had begun attempting top-grade, first-rank Law Artifacts.
  • The artifact refiners shouted in surprise at a hovering flying sword with three runes, which Li Yunjing identified as Void Breaking, Indestructible, and Swiftness.

Ch. 237An Unexpected Discovery: There Was None

Li Yunjing explained rune inscription to the artifact refiners and upgraded the talisman room and Spirit Cuisine Pavilion. Feiyao returned with news that no Luozhen Sect existed on Black Mountain, so Li Yunjing sent him back to investigate whether it had ever been there and what had happened to it.

  • Li Yunjing explained the three runes’ effects to Deng Ju and the other artifact refiners, and told them to master the runes and keep them secret.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the talisman room, unlocking stronger effects and a chance to raise a spirit talisman by one grade.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion, which gained a chance to permanently increase Root Bone when Food Nourishment triggered.
  • Feiyao returned and told Li Yunjing that the Black Mountain mountain god confirmed there was no Luozhen Sect there.
  • Li Yunjing asked Feiyao to find out whether the Luozhen Sect had ever existed on Black Mountain and, if so, what had happened to it.

Ch. 238Third Rank, Special Bloodline

Li Yunjing upgraded the Beast Taming Grounds and learned that its next level could give newborn Demon Beasts Special Bloodlines, then upgraded the Spirit Vein Pavilion after confirming the valley’s Spirit Vein had reached third rank and was likely to remain. Chu Chenzhou asked for support with Core Formation, and Li Yunjing agreed once Chu reached Foundation Establishment Perfection.

  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Beast Taming Grounds to lv4 and discovered that lv5 could give newborn Demon Beasts a chance to be born with Special Bloodlines.
  • Li Yunjing learned from Chu Chenzhou that the Spirit Vein beneath Serene Valley had advanced to third rank and seemed likely to stay there.
  • Chu Chenzhou asked Li Yunjing to support his Core Formation, and Li Yunjing agreed while telling him to first reach Foundation Establishment Perfection.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Spirit Vein Pavilion to lv2 and saw that its next level would track core parameters and produce Five Phases Spiritual Qi.

Ch. 239Spirit Stones, a New Idea

Li Yunjing upgraded the Spirit Vein Pavilion and several sect buildings, then considered building a Hall of Heroic Spirits to make use of the Luozhen Sect’s reputation. He also upgraded his cave abode to lv8 and was unimpressed by its tiny chance of permanently increasing his attributes.

  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Spirit Vein Pavilion, which began producing Five Phases Spiritual Qi and 200 Low-Grade Spirit Stones each month.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Welcoming Immortal Pavilion, Hall of Rebirth, and Treasure Storage Pavilion, improving their effects and unlocking new functions.
  • Li Yunjing considered constructing a Hall of Heroic Spirits that might use reputation to summon the Luozhen Sect’s sages and support his claims about Patriarch Luozhen’s manifestations.
  • Li Yunjing met the requirements to upgrade his cave abode and raised it from lv7 to lv8.
  • Li Yunjing saw that Earth Vein Resonance would have a one-percent chance to permanently increase all attributes by 0.1 percent and questioned how weak the effect was.

Ch. 240The Reason and a Visit to the Ancestral Grounds

After learning that the Luozhen Sect’s ancestral grounds had been driven from Black Mountain and now lived at Flying Dragon Stronghold, Li Yunjing decided to visit and invite them to Serene Valley. He reached their hidden valley and identified himself to the guards, who hurried to report his arrival.

  • Feiyao told Li Yunjing that the Luozhen Sect had moved to Flying Dragon Stronghold after the Red Saber Sect and its allies seized a five-hundred-year-old spirit medicine and forced them out of Black Mountain.
  • Feiyao described the ancestral Luozhen Sect as a small group with one foundation establishment perfection cultivator, five other foundation establishment cultivators, and no Golden Core cultivators.
  • Li Yunjing decided to visit the ancestral grounds and hoped to persuade them to join the Luozhen Sect in Serene Valley, where he could help their elderly senior form his core.
  • Li Yunjing told Lü Hong to inform Mo Xuan of his trip, then traveled from Serene Valley to Black Mountain and asked rogue cultivators for directions to Flying Dragon Stronghold.
  • Li Yunjing found the Luozhen Sect’s concealed valley and told its guards that he was Li Yunjing, sect master of the Qingyou Luozhen Sect, and had come to visit the ancestral grounds.
  • One guard hurried into the valley to report Li Yunjing’s arrival to the sect master.

Ch. 241I'm here, leave it to me

Li Yunjing visited the Wushan Luozhen Sect, reunited with its sect master Fang Tong, and offered support to its struggling disciples. Fang Tong refused to leave Black Mountain until the Red Saber Sect was driven from the Luozhen Sect’s ancestral grounds, and Li Yunjing offered to handle them.

  • Li Yunjing learned that the Wushan Luozhen Sect had twenty-seven disciples and introduced himself to sect master Fang Tong and five elders.
  • Fang Tong and the elders confirmed their shared Luozhen Sect heritage and learned that Li Yunjing’s master, Nangong Chengyu, had died two years earlier.
  • Li Yunjing distributed fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones to each of the Wushan Luozhen Sect’s twenty-seven disciples and described the Qingyou Luozhen Sect’s prosperity.
  • Li Yunjing invited Fang Tong and his sect to reunite with the Qingyou Luozhen Sect, but Fang Tong insisted on reclaiming their ancestral grounds from the Red Saber Sect first.
  • Fang Tong said the Red Saber Sect had three Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators, and Li Yunjing declared that he would deal with them.

Ch. 242Setting Out, a Place Transformed

Li Yunjing revealed that he was a Middle Golden Core cultivator and led Fang Tong and the Wushan Luozhen Sect back to reclaim their ancestral grounds from the Red Saber Sect. On their return, Fang Tong and the elders discovered that the Tree Ancestor and other key parts of the sect’s protective formation had disappeared.

  • Li Yunjing told Fang Tong and the others that his cultivation was at the Middle Golden Core stage, reassuring them that the Red Saber Sect posed no threat.
  • Fang Tong ordered the disciples to pack the important belongings, and Li Yunjing led the group from Flying Dragon Stronghold toward the Luozhen Sect’s ancestral grounds.
  • Li Yunjing and Fang Tong’s group reached the Red Saber Sect’s gate, where Li Yunjing declared that he had come to reclaim the Luozhen Sect’s grounds.
  • After entering the sect, Fang Tong and the elders noticed that the Tree Ancestor, Patriarch Wang’s stone statue, and other parts of the Luozhen Sect’s grounds were gone.

Ch. 243An Easy Victory, the Red Saber Sect Destroyed

Li Yunjing confronted the Red Saber Sect for seizing the Qingyou Luozhen Sect’s ancestral land and killed its leader. Fang Tong chose to spare most of the sect, but Li Yunjing executed those responsible for Fang Yi’s death and declared the Red Saber Sect destroyed.

  • The Red Saber Sect leader attacked Fang Tong, but Li Yunjing shattered his Law Technique and revealed he had come to reclaim the Luozhen Sect’s ancestral land.
  • Li Yunjing killed the Red Saber Sect leader and summoned the sect’s members before him.
  • Li Yunjing gave Fang Tong the choice of how to deal with the gathered sect, and Fang Tong decided to spare most of them.
  • Fang Tong identified the two Foundation Establishment Perfection members and those who had killed Fang Yi, and Li Yunjing killed them.
  • Li Yunjing warned the survivors that the Red Saber Sect had been destroyed and forbade them from acting in its name.

Ch. 244Hidden Treasures and Overall Changes

Li Yunjing and Fang Tong reclaimed the Luozhen Sect’s ancestral land and discussed the sect’s lost inherited Secret Methods and hidden treasures on Middle Wu Mountain. After learning the cache could be opened with Fang Tong’s key, Li Yunjing considered retrieving it, while Hong Xiuyuan reported that the Red Saber Sect had destroyed several important sites and their treasures were missing.

  • Li Yunjing drove the Red Saber Sect members from the ancestral land, and Fang Tong welcomed him into Luozhen Hall.
  • Li Yunjing asked Fang Tong about the Luozhen Sect’s inherited Secret Methods, and Fang Tong explained that its hidden treasures and most methods had been sealed on Middle Wu Mountain.
  • Fang Tong gave Li Yunjing the three remaining third-grade Secret Methods, and Li Yunjing decided he wanted to retrieve the hidden treasures despite the dangers.
  • Fang Tong said he had the key to open the cache’s seal and warned Li Yunjing that they might not be able to protect the treasures.
  • Hong Xiuyuan reported that the Red Saber Sect had destroyed the Tree Ancestor, Wind Thunder Hall, and Golden Lock Hall, where the Luozhen Sect had enshrined two fourth-grade Law Treasures.

Ch. 245The Golden Lock-Could He Still Be Alive?

Li Yunjing learned about the Wind Thunder Pearl’s departure and the Luozhen Sect’s golden locks, which raised the possibility that his master, Nangong Chengyu, was still alive in his tomb. He helped Fang Tong’s people agree to join the Qingyou Luozhen Sect, then refused an invitation from three Golden Core cultivators.

  • Fang Tong explained that the Wind Thunder Pearl had fled after the Luozhen Sect failed to supply enough Wind Thunder Sand, while the golden lock remained in his possession.
  • Li Yunjing recognized the lock as identical to one Nangong Chengyu had handled, and Hong Xiuyuan said Luozhen records spoke of nine locks that could supposedly bring the dead back to life.
  • Li Yunjing wondered whether Nangong Chengyu had used his lock to preserve his life, but hesitated to open his master’s coffin because it would be disrespectful if he was mistaken.
  • Fang Tong and the Wushan Luozhen Sect’s elders and disciples agreed to leave Black Mountain and merge with the Qingyou Luozhen Sect.
  • As the group left the sect, three Golden Core cultivators invited Li Yunjing to visit them, but he declined.

Ch. 246A Way to Survive, a Request for Cooperation

Li Yunjing returned to Flying Dragon Stronghold and met a group of impoverished cultivators seeking work with the Luozhen Treasure Pavilion. He agreed to send assessors to Black Mountain, leaving Fang Tong concerned about trusting Rogue Cultivators.

  • Fang Tong criticized the Golden Core cultivators who had left, and Li Yunjing reminded him that people often acted that way.
  • Li Yunjing and his companions returned to Flying Dragon Stronghold, where Rogue Cultivators and sect leaders asked him for a way to survive.
  • A cultivator explained that his friends had prospered by partnering with the Luozhen Treasure Pavilion and asked Li Yunjing to arrange similar cooperation.
  • Li Yunjing said partners needed an exceptional skill, and the cultivator introduced Fellow Daoist Meng, an inheritor of the Seven Embroideries Pavilion who could make robes.
  • The cultivator offered to have his group handle the earlier stages of robe production, and Li Yunjing agreed to send people to assess them in about five days.
  • Fang Tong questioned whether Li Yunjing would employ the group if they passed, warning that Rogue Cultivators could not be trusted too much.

Ch. 247Return, Everyone Breaks Through

Li Yunjing brought Fang Tong and the others back toward the Luozhen Sect while Ding Qifeng formed his Golden Core, triggering breakthroughs among the sect's disciples. Ding Qifeng promised three days of free spiritual pills before welcoming the returning Sect Master.

  • Li Yunjing collected the Luozhen Sect's belongings from the Flying Dragon Stronghold with Fang Tong and the others, then bought a flying ship for their return.
  • Ding Qifeng's core formation manifested a giant Pill Furnace and golden rain that raised every disciple in the Luozhen Sect by at least one minor realm.
  • Mo Xuan and Shui Yao reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, while Hu An and Wang Shanming entered Foundation Establishment.
  • Ding Qifeng emerged as a Golden Core True Person and received congratulations from the Luozhen Sect's disciples.
  • Ding Qifeng announced that he would refine pills for three days and distribute spiritual pills for free.
  • Ding Qifeng spotted the approaching flying ship and welcomed the Sect Master back to the sect.

Ch. 248A Shock and Building the Structure

Li Yunjing welcomed the people from the Luozhen Sect's ancestral land into the Qingyou Luozhen Sect, where they were astonished by its rich Spiritual Qi and honored its patriarchs. He proposed organizing the sect into multiple halls, and the gathered leaders agreed while Li Yunjing sent someone to seek Gu Lin's opinion.

  • Li Yunjing returned to the Luozhen Sect and learned that Ding Qifeng, Mo Xuan, Shui Yao, Hu An, Wang Shanming, and the other disciples had advanced in cultivation.
  • Li Yunjing explained that the people aboard the flying ship came from the ruined Luozhen Sect's ancestral land, then brought them down to join the Qingyou Luozhen Sect.
  • Fang Tong and the others marveled at the sect's Spiritual Qi and buildings, met its leaders, and paid their respects in the Patriarch Hall.
  • Fang Tong offered to step down as sect master, and Li Yunjing proposed creating several halls to organize the sect and assign its elders.
  • Mo Xuan, Shui Yao, Ding Qifeng, Fang Tong, and the five elders from the Wushan Luozhen Sect agreed to Li Yunjing's proposal, and Li Yunjing sent someone to ask Gu Lin for his opinion.

Ch. 249Planning the Halls

Li Yunjing organized the Luozhen Sect into several halls and appointed their masters. After the others departed, he considered the sect’s remaining priorities, but Mo Xuan returned to ask how disciples would be assigned to the halls.

  • Li Yunjing established the Pill Refining Hall under Ding Qifeng and the Artifact Refining Hall under Gu Lin, assigning the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion’s disciples to the latter.
  • Li Yunjing appointed Fang Tong to lead the Discipline Hall, and Fang Tong asked that Hong Xiuyuan and the other four elders be assigned elsewhere; Li Yunjing said they would initially help manage the hall.
  • Li Yunjing appointed Mo Xuan to the Battle Hall and Shui Yao to the Hundred Affairs Hall.
  • Li Yunjing planned a Spirit Plant Hall led temporarily by Ding Qifeng to guide Nangong Ye, and made himself temporary master of the Beast Taming Hall.
  • After the hall plans were approved, Li Yunjing asked Mo Xuan to summon Liu Qingsong and the others to arrange construction, then considered retrieving the secret treasury and checking his master’s grave.
  • Mo Xuan returned and asked Li Yunjing how disciples would be assigned to the halls.

Ch. 250An Upgrade, and This Happened Too?

Li Yunjing explained his plans for hall disciples and their cultivation arts, then upgraded the Patriarch Hall after Hu An and Wang Shanming reached Foundation Establishment. Fang Tong revealed that Fang Hexuan had once visited the Wushan Luozhen Sect while seeking a secret treasure, but Li Yunjing still had no way to meet the patriarch.

  • Li Yunjing told Mo Xuan that outer and inner disciples could join halls through selection or examinations, while True Disciples would be divided into hall and sect ranks.
  • Li Yunjing said the sect’s seven core Dao arts would remain available to all True Disciples, while he would seek or deduce separate inherited arts for the halls.
  • Li Yunjing learned that Hu An and Wang Shanming had reached Foundation Establishment and went to upgrade the Patriarch Hall.
  • Fang Tong told Li Yunjing that Fang Hexuan had once returned to the Wushan Luozhen Sect to ask about a secret treasure, then disappeared after going there.
  • Li Yunjing explained that Fang Hexuan had appeared only in his dreams, and Fang Tong left after paying respects to the patriarch’s portrait.
  • Li Yunjing met the Patriarch Hall’s requirements and upgraded it to level five.
Arc 10 of 32
Arc 10 of 32