Arc 7The Hero Token Threat

Li Yunjing helped Xunxian Town defeat Half-Spirit Valley, recruited a Spirit Vein Master, and gained access to the Immortal Alliance’s treasures and Carefree Heaven. After learning that Wu Lingwei had likely marked him for assassination, he returned to the Immortal Alliance to discuss why it had chosen not to protect him.

  • Li Yunjing overcame Half-Spirit Valley’s contests, securing Xunxian Town’s victory and the valley’s territory before Xiao Tianxing announced that he was being considered as a True Immortal Seed.
  • Li Yunjing recruited Chu Chenzhou, the last heir to a Spirit Vein Master lineage, and brought him into the Luozhen Sect.
  • Li Yunjing investigated the Medicine King Gang’s inheritance, found Jin Xiaofeng at Soul-Seizing Cliff, and obtained the Yi Wood Green Vine and a sealed Dao Rhyme Pill.
  • Wang Qianxue announced that the Fortuitous Fate Secret Realm would open near Xunxian Town, while Xiao Tianxing increased Li Yunjing’s Immortal Alliance access.
  • Li Yunjing chose Dao arts and pill formulas in Carefree Heaven, then learned that a Hero Token had made him the target of eleven Golden Core bandit cultivators.
  • Li Yunjing identified Wu Lingwei of the Clear Wind Sect as the likely issuer of the Hero Token and strengthened the Luozhen Sect with new disciples, buildings, and a Spirit Vein Pavilion upgrade.
  • Feiyao delivered Li Yunjing’s selected treasures and Zhang Jianchen’s warning that the Immortal Alliance would not protect him from the bandits, leaving Li Yunjing to confront Xiao Tianxing about that decision.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Shocking, He Was Going to Lose

After Xunxian Town won the second match, Li Yunjing revealed that he had reached Core Formation and joined the Immortal Alliance to watch the third match. Lei Cang looked poised to win, but his opponent used a Boiling Spirit Pill and trapped him beneath a massive Golden Light Seal.

  • The former head of the Hong Household knocked the Half-Spirit Valley cultivator out of the arena with a second-grade spirit talisman, winning the second match for Xunxian Town.
  • Li Yunjing agreed to compete in the next day's traditional Law Power duels and went to the Immortal Alliance, where Wang Qianxue discovered he had reached Core Formation.
  • The Immortal Alliance selected Lei Cang to represent Xunxian Town in the third match, and he initially overwhelmed his Half-Spirit Valley opponent with the Thunderclap Saber Technique.
  • Li Yunjing warned that Lei Cang would lose if he did not end the fight quickly, explaining that Lei Cang was exhausting his Law Power while his opponent still had a Boiling Spirit Pill.
  • The Half-Spirit Valley cultivator swallowed the pill and summoned a huge Golden Light Seal, forcing Lei Cang to block its descent with his saber.

Ch. 152Life-Burning? Let Me Try

After Lei Cang lost the third bout to a Half-Spirit Valley cultivator who used a Life-Burning Pill, Li Yunjing volunteered to fight in the next day’s spell duel and demonstrated a powerful Law Technique. Wang Qianxue accepted that the Immortal Alliance would rely on him, hinted at her influential family connections, and asked him how he had formed his core.

  • Lei Cang lost to a Half-Spirit Valley cultivator who used a Life-Burning Pill, leaving the Immortal Alliance behind in the spell duels.
  • Huo Junrui rescued Lei Cang while Wang Qianxue and the others worried that they would have to win all three bouts the next day.
  • Li Yunjing offered to compete in the second spell duel and demonstrated that his Turn Earth to Steel technique could withstand Huo Junrui’s attack.
  • Wang Qianxue told Li Yunjing not to risk himself, but he insisted that losing Xunxian Town could endanger his Luozhen Sect.
  • Wang Qianxue hinted that her father might be an elder at Immortal Alliance headquarters, then asked Li Yunjing how he had formed his core.

Ch. 153Upgrading and Linking Up Again

Li Yunjing upgraded the Luozhen Grand Hall and Mountain Gate, unlocking stronger sect benefits and a link that produced Earth Vein Spiritual Qi. He designated the newly built Spirit Vein Pavilion as upgradable, but its first upgrade required a first-grade Spirit Vein Master, a difficult specialist to find.

  • Li Yunjing reassured Mo Xuan and Shui Yao that he would take part in the next day's spell duel, then upgraded the Luozhen Grand Hall to level six.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Mountain Gate to level five and discovered that its next level would link it with the Sect Grand Hall and generate Earth Vein Spiritual Qi.
  • Li Yunjing imagined using Earth Vein Spiritual Qi to create a Luozhen Blessed Land or Grotto-Heaven.
  • Li Yunjing designated the Spirit Vein Pavilion as an upgradable building and learned that its first upgrade required a first-grade Spirit Vein Master.
  • Li Yunjing considered how Spirit Veins could become ill and produce harmful Sha Qi, and recalled that Spirit Vein Masters were hard to find and unwelcome among cultivators.

Ch. 154An Idea, Arrival at Half-Spirit Valley

Li Yunjing upgraded the Welcoming Immortal Pavilion before traveling with Mo Xuan and allies to Half-Spirit Valley for the second round of the spell contest. After learning Half-Spirit Valley rested atop a powerful Spirit Vein, he watched Sikong Ying face the valley’s first challenger.

  • Li Yunjing designated the Welcoming Immortal Pavilion as an upgradable building and saw its prestige-raising effect and upgrade requirements.
  • Li Yunjing left Luozhen Sect with Mo Xuan while Shui Yao stayed behind to prepare for the Immortal-Seeking Assembly.
  • Li Yunjing and the other representatives reached Half-Spirit Valley, where Zuo Zimu welcomed them and Wang Qianxue requested that the contest begin immediately.
  • Wang Qianxue told Li Yunjing that Half-Spirit Valley had a top-tier third-grade Spirit Vein, nearly fourth-grade, and urged him to win it for Xunxian Town.
  • Half-Spirit Valley sent an Early Golden Core cultivator to challenge Xunxian Town, and Sikong Ying stepped forward to face him.
  • The challenger summoned a bright moon and drew a silver stream from it into a cup.

Ch. 155Pressure, Jade Nectar

Sikong Ying failed to discover a way to survive the poisonous Jade Nectar and admitted defeat, leaving Xunxian Town at risk of falling behind. Li Yunjing took the next challenge and, while enduring the drink’s pain, realized his Law Power showed no sign of being poisoned.

  • A sharp-featured cultivator challenged Sikong Ying to drink his poisonous Jade Nectar, and Sikong Ying accepted after catching the thrown cup.
  • Sikong Ying tried to find the drink’s promised chance at survival but admitted defeat just before the sixty breaths ran out, then took the antidote.
  • Sikong Ying told the Xunxian Town cultivators that they had found no clue to the survival method, while Zuo Zimu urged them to concede the round.
  • Li Yunjing ignored Wang Qianxue’s objections and stepped onto the platform to face the cultivator.
  • Li Yunjing stopped the thrown cup with his Divine Sense, drank the Jade Nectar, and endured its pain without showing distress.
  • Li Yunjing noticed that his Law Power circulated smoothly without corrosion and suspected the Jade Nectar was not poison.

Ch. 156Defeated, Two Wins in a Row

Li Yunjing saw through Xu's Jade Nectar trick and then defeated three Half-Spirit Valley challengers with his Heaven-Locking Formation. Xunxian Town took a three-to-two lead, leaving the next match as a chance to secure Half-Spirit Valley's territory.

  • Li Yunjing realized the Jade Nectar was a paralytic rather than poison, and Xu admitted defeat after Li remained unaffected beyond the stated deadline.
  • Li Yunjing explained the paralytic's effect to Xunxian Town and returned to the stage to set a formation challenge.
  • A burly Half-Spirit Valley cultivator failed to use the Earth Escape Technique against Li Yunjing's steel-ground technique and admitted defeat.
  • A second challenger, a formation master, could not break Li Yunjing's Heaven-Locking Formation and conceded.
  • A third challenger failed to break the formation by brute force, giving Xunxian Town the second match and a three-to-two lead.
  • Xunxian Town urged Li Yunjing to rest before the crucial next match.

Ch. 157We Won, and You Want to Go Back on Your Word?

Li Yunjing won Half-Spirit Valley’s Nine-Pill Method round by identifying the Heavenly Firmament Pill and taking it, securing Xunxian Town’s victory and the valley’s territory. Zuo Zimu claimed the round did not count, but struggled to justify his objection as Li Yunjing challenged him to admit he was breaking his word.

  • Zuo Zimu and Half-Spirit Valley’s elders decided to use the Nine-Pill Method and planned for Zuo Zimu to compete in the final round.
  • Half-Spirit Valley’s third elder presented nine identical-looking pills, explaining that one was the Heavenly Firmament Pill and the other eight were deadly poison.
  • Li Yunjing used his Golden Core’s reaction to reject the eight poison pills and chose the safe pill.
  • Li Yunjing swallowed the Heavenly Firmament Pill, survived, and gained twenty years of life, confirming Xunxian Town’s victory.
  • Li Yunjing reminded Zuo Zimu that Half-Spirit Valley’s territory now belonged to Xunxian Town, but Zuo Zimu claimed the round did not count.
  • Li Yunjing challenged Zuo Zimu to admit he was going back on his word, while Zuo Zimu failed to offer a convincing reason.

Ch. 158Senior Brother, We'll Get Out Right Away

Xiao Tianxing arrived after Xunxian Town won the contest, forced Half-Spirit Valley to leave, and recognized Li Yunjing’s talent. As Wang Qianxue argued with her senior brother about her exile and a forced marriage to the Su Household, Li Yunjing wondered whether the Su Household had been connected to his master’s death.

  • Li Yunjing condemned Zuo Zimu for Half-Spirit Valley’s attempts to seize the Fire Rosy Cloud Iron Mine and Xunxian Town, while Zuo Zimu demanded a rematch.
  • Xiao Tianxing descended onto the arena, praised Xunxian Town, and announced that the Immortal Alliance was considering Li Yunjing as a True Immortal Seed.
  • Xiao Tianxing threatened Half-Spirit Valley with his flying sword, and Zuo Zimu promptly led his people away with only the valuables they could carry.
  • Xiao Tianxing stayed with Li Yunjing and Wang Qianxue while Huo Junrui and the others began dealing with Half-Spirit Valley.
  • Xiao Tianxing urged Wang Qianxue to return to her master, and she blamed him for exiling her after forcing her toward marriage with the Su Household.
  • Li Yunjing learned why Wang Qianxue had come to Xunxian Town and wondered whether the Su Household had something to do with his master’s death.

Ch. 159Pioneering and the Senior's Remains

Li Yunjing received news that the Luozhen Sect’s Immortal Alliance rating had risen, while Xiao Tianxing revealed he had come to investigate whether the White Bone Daoist’s remains were buried beneath Half-Spirit Valley. The chapter left Wang Qianxue and Li Yunjing stunned by the revelation that the White Bone Daoist had ascended with only his divine soul.

  • Li Yunjing suspected the Su Household had killed his master, Nangong Chengyu, to take revenge on Wang Qianxue.
  • Xiao Tianxing gave Li Yunjing an Immortal Alliance Token and announced that the Luozhen Sect’s rating had risen from lower-middle to upper-middle.
  • Li Yunjing learned that the improved rating gave the Luozhen Sect greater access to resources, Alliance services, and Merit Point exchanges, while pioneering the Great Wilderness remained a privilege of upper-tier sects.
  • Wang Qianxue asked why Xiao Tianxing had come, and he explained that he had come at their master’s request and to investigate a secret from nine thousand years ago.
  • Xiao Tianxing revealed that the White Bone Daoist’s remains might lie beneath Half-Spirit Valley and explained that the Daoist had ascended through the Corpse Liberation Immortal Method, leaving his remains behind.

Ch. 160The Reason, and Whether He Could Be Used

Xiao Tianxing explained that the Immortal Alliance had arranged Xunxian Town’s contest with Half-Spirit Valley to investigate the suspected White Bone remains without attracting attention. As Li Yunjing and Mo Xuan left the valley, they encountered Chu Chenzhou being pursued, and Li Yunjing decided the Spirit Vein master might be useful to his Spirit Vein Pavilion.

  • Xiao Tianxing told Li Yunjing and Wang Qianxue that the Immortal Alliance had promoted the contest so it could investigate Half-Spirit Valley discreetly, though the White Bone remains were still unconfirmed.
  • Li Yunjing and Wang Qianxue raised the possibility that the White Bone Immortal Sect and Corpse Yin Cult had come to Xunxian Town because of the remains, but Xiao Tianxing cautioned them against assuming a connection.
  • Li Yunjing received his share of Half-Spirit Valley’s treasures, including exclusive pill formulas, and Sikong Ying assured him the Immortal Alliance’s Alchemists would check them for tampering.
  • As Li Yunjing and Mo Xuan flew away, they found Half-Spirit Valley cultivators pursuing Chu Chenzhou, who blamed them for losing the valley after they had forced him to reveal the Fire Rosy Cloud Iron Mine.
  • Mo Xuan told Li Yunjing that Chu Chenzhou was a first-grade Spirit Vein master and the last member of a Lineage known for producing such masters, so Li Yunjing considered recruiting him for the Spirit Vein Pavilion.
  • Li Yunjing released his Golden Core Divine Sense and froze Chu Chenzhou and his pursuers in place.

Ch. 161Coveting the Spirit Vein Quintessence

Li Yunjing drove off the Half-Spirit Valley cultivators and invited Chu Chenzhou to join the Luozhen Sect as its Spirit Vein Master. Chu Chenzhou revealed that Heavenly Ark Fort had destroyed his family to seize a fourth-grade Spirit Vein Crystal Marrow, and he agreed to join the sect after Li Yunjing promised it would protect him; they returned to the Luozhen Sect to celebrate.

  • Li Yunjing and Mo Xuan arrived, and Li Yunjing gave the Half-Spirit Valley cultivators three breaths to leave.
  • Li Yunjing asked Chu Chenzhou about the Chu Household's Spirit Vein Master inheritance and invited him to join the Luozhen Sect.
  • Chu Chenzhou admitted he was the last Chu patriarch's son and revealed that Heavenly Ark Fort had destroyed his family to seize the Spirit Vein Crystal Marrow he carried.
  • Chu Chenzhou agreed to join the Luozhen Sect after Li Yunjing pledged to protect him as long as he remained loyal.
  • Li Yunjing, Mo Xuan, and Chu Chenzhou returned to the Luozhen Sect, where Li Yunjing took Chu Chenzhou to the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion.

Ch. 162Cultivation, the Assembly Approaches

Li Yunjing prepared for the Immortal-Seeking Assembly after reaching Core Formation, while considering how to strengthen himself and the Luozhen Sect. As the assembly was about to begin, he learned the Kui Tribe’s shaman could not keep up with the sect’s demand for spirit wine and proposed buying the recipe.

  • Li Yunjing postponed his Golden Core Banquet until after the Immortal-Seeking Assembly and planned to hold it in three months.
  • Li Yunjing assessed his newly cultivated Supreme Unity True Body and learned it could imitate a Sword Spirit Body, allowing him to meet the requirements of the Seven Slaughters Heaven-Slaying Dao Sword Book.
  • Li Yunjing led Mo Xuan, Shui Yao, Gu Xuan, Lü Hong, Wang Shanming, and other disciples to Xunxian Town for the Immortal-Seeking Assembly.
  • At the Luozhen Treasure Pavilion, Liu Yiyi told Li Yunjing that the Kui Tribe’s shaman wanted to discuss supplying more spirit wine, since the tribe had sold out its stock and further wine would take years to brew.
  • Li Yunjing instructed Liu Yiyi to ask whether the Kui Tribe’s shaman would sell the Luozhen Sect his spirit wine recipe.

Ch. 163A Strange Affair, Eight Hundred Years Old

At the Immortal-Seeking Assembly, Li Yunjing learned that a disciple had been found drained of Essence Blood at the Fireglow Iron mine and agreed to investigate with an array. He then left the assembly to meet the ailing Bai Luo, who revealed that his urgent matter concerned an eight-hundred-year-old spirit medicine and a Medicine Essence.

  • Li Yunjing met True Person Liu, who reported that an Early Qi Refining disciple had died in the Fireglow Iron mine with all his Essence Blood drained.
  • Li Yunjing agreed to set up Passing Goose Leaves Traces to uncover what had happened at the mine.
  • Li Yunjing met Lu Rongxing, a talented newcomer who had come to join the Luozhen Sect.
  • Shen Chun brought Li Yunjing to meet the Medicine King Gang's leader, Bai Luo, at the Luozhen Treasure Pavilion.
  • Bai Luo told Li Yunjing that his urgent matter concerned an eight-hundred-year-old spirit medicine and a Medicine Essence.

Ch. 164A Request, the Manggu Vermilion Toad

Li Yunjing accepted the Medicine King Gang’s inheritance and agreed to let the gang exist as an affiliate of the Luozhen Sect if it met the sect’s requirements. Bai Luo revealed that Hundred Miasma Mountain held both an eight-hundred-year-old spirit medicine and a Manggu Vermilion Toad Medicine Essence, leaving Li Yunjing with a map to the herb and plans to pursue it while avoiding the dangerous toad.

  • Bai Luo asked Li Yunjing to preserve or rebuild the Medicine King Gang, and Li Yunjing agreed to make it an affiliate of the Luozhen Sect subject to its requirements.
  • A mature woman presented Li Yunjing with the Medicine King Gang’s inheritance, which included a Jade Slip, a medicine cauldron, and a treasure box.
  • Bai Luo revealed that Hundred Miasma Mountain contained an eight-hundred-year-old spirit medicine and gave Li Yunjing a map marking its location at Soul-Seizing Cliff.
  • Bai Luo explained that a Manggu Vermilion Toad had created the mountain’s poisonous miasma and that the Medicine King Gang’s past attempt to capture it had ended in many deaths.
  • Li Yunjing recognized the toad’s value and the poison-person abilities its Medicine Essence could grant, but decided not to refine it because its toxins would endanger people around him.
  • Li Yunjing resolved to leave the Manggu Vermilion Toad on the mountain for now and pursue the spirit medicine instead.

Ch. 165Dragon Binding, the Wangtian Jin Household

Li Yunjing learned that the Yi Wood Green Vine could enable him to use the Dragon-Binding Cord, then went to Soul-Seizing Cliff to retrieve it. When he found the vine missing, he discovered a poisoned Golden Core cultivator who identified himself as Jin Xiaofeng of the Wangtian Jin Household and begged for help.

  • Li Yunjing learned that the Yi Wood Green Vine was a required spiritual object for refining the Dragon-Binding Cord, which could strengthen his combat abilities.
  • Li Yunjing examined the Medicine King Gang’s inheritance, including its pill cauldron and half of a map to the destroyed Medicine King Valley.
  • Li Yunjing traveled through Hundred Miasma Mountain’s poisonous miasma to Soul-Seizing Cliff, but could not find the Yi Wood Green Vine despite searching carefully.
  • A poisoned man called to Li Yunjing from the bottom of the cliff and asked him to find an antidote pill.
  • The man told Li Yunjing that his name was Jin Xiaofeng and that he belonged to the Wangtian Jin Household.

Ch. 166A Rescue and the Dao Transmission Assembly

Li Yunjing rescued Jin Xiaofeng from Soul-Seizing Cliff with the Supreme Unity Incantation and received the Yi Wood Green Vine in return. Jin Xiaofeng told him about the Supreme Unity Dao Transmission Assembly, leaving Li Yunjing intent on attending in three years as he examined a sealed box Jin had given him.

  • Li Yunjing used the Supreme Unity Incantation to dispel the poisonous miasma and help Jin Xiaofeng recover from Soul-Seizing Cliff.
  • Jin Xiaofeng revealed that the Supreme Unity Incantation came from the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture and gave Li Yunjing the Yi Wood Green Vine.
  • Jin Xiaofeng told Li Yunjing about the Supreme Unity Dao Transmission Assembly, where cultivators could earn powerful techniques or the complete Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture.
  • Li Yunjing connected the Mist-Hidden Sect to some of his Dao arts and decided to try his luck at the assembly in three years.
  • Jin Xiaofeng invited Li Yunjing to visit the Jin Household, gave him a sealed box, and left using Golden Light Escape.
  • Li Yunjing recognized Golden Light Escape as the Jin Household's Secret Method and reached for the box's sealing talisman.

Ch. 167Spirit Pills, Three Geniuses

Li Yunjing discovered a top-grade third-rank Dao Rhyme Pill and decided Ding Qifeng should use it to attempt Core Formation. After the Luozhen Sect recruited three gifted disciples, Li Yunjing was summoned to a meeting where Wang Qianxue announced that the Fortuitous Fate Secret Realm would open next month.

  • Li Yunjing identified the sealed pill as a top-grade Dao Rhyme Pill and chose Ding Qifeng as its likely recipient.
  • Mo Xuan told Li Yunjing that the Luozhen Sect had recruited three geniuses, including one with a sixth-rank root bone and another with exceptional comprehension.
  • Li Yunjing sent Mo Xuan and the other sect members back to Serene Valley with the twenty-five new disciples aboard flying cranes.
  • Wang Qianxue summoned Li Yunjing to the Immortal Alliance meeting hall, where Xiao Tianxing invited him to sit among the elders.
  • Wang Qianxue announced that the Fortuitous Fate Secret Realm would open at the beginning of next month, exciting the gathered cultivators.

Ch. 168The Secret Realm and Entering Carefree Heaven

Li Yunjing learned that the Fortuitous Fate Secret Realm would open near Xunxian Town and received access to Carefree Heaven, where the Immortal Alliance kept treasures. He returned to the Luozhen Sect to arrange for disciples to enter the secret realm and gave Ding Qifeng a Dao Rhyme Pill that could help him reach Core Formation.

  • Wang Qianxue announced that the Fortuitous Fate Secret Realm would open near Xunxian Town and urged the cultivators to prepare Qi Refining disciples to enter.
  • Xiao Tianxing raised Li Yunjing's Immortal Alliance access level and told him to choose Dao arts and other useful resources.
  • Li Yunjing entered Carefree Heaven through his Immortal Alliance Token, learned he could return freely, and received three days to choose treasures in the Immortal Alliance's territory there.
  • Li Yunjing returned to the Luozhen Sect and told Mo Xuan to select suitable disciples for the Fortuitous Fate Secret Realm.
  • Li Yunjing gave Ding Qifeng a Dao Rhyme Pill and encouraged him to use it to pursue Core Formation and become the sect's third-grade Alchemist.

Ch. 169A Great Name, Entering the Treasure Vault

Li Yunjing returned to Carefree Heaven, found the Immortal Alliance, and learned that its leaders already knew of his exceptional potential. Ye Yun escorted him to the treasure vault, where Li Yunjing began choosing Daoist methods for the Luozhen Sect.

  • Li Yunjing entered Carefree Heaven with his Netherworld Serpents standing guard and declined Rogue Person Baixiao's paid information service because he had no Origin Essence.
  • Rogue Person Baixiao gave Li Yunjing directions to the Immortal Alliance and explained that Carefree Heaven residents used titles rather than personal names.
  • Li Yunjing presented his Immortal Alliance Token and met deacon Ye Yun, who said the alliance knew of his exceptional Root Bone, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core.
  • Ye Yun explained that the Immortal Alliance used Carefree Heaven as a transfer station and took Li Yunjing to its treasure vault, where he could select rewards for delivery to the Luozhen Sect.
  • Li Yunjing decided to choose water-, wood-, and earth-attribute Daoist methods to complete the sect's five-element core methods, along with a chaos-attribute method.

Ch. 170Choosing and Returning Laden with Spoils

Li Yunjing chose four seventh-grade Dao arts and numerous Pill Formulas from the Immortal Alliance treasury, then received three hundred pieces of low-grade Origin Essence. As he prepared to leave Carefree Heaven, he learned that bandit cultivators had issued a Hero Token targeting him.

  • Li Yunjing selected four seventh-grade Dao arts and chose five third-grade Pill Formulas along with several lower-grade formulas for the Luozhen Sect.
  • After spending two hours in the treasury, Li Yunjing gave Ye Yun his selections, which Ye Yun promised to deliver to the Luozhen Sect within three days.
  • Ye Yun gave Li Yunjing three hundred pieces of low-grade Origin Essence, and Li Yunjing later rewarded Rogue Person Baixiao with two pieces for showing him around.
  • Rogue Person Baixiao explained that a Hero Token marked someone for a coordinated attack by bandit cultivators operating secretly in Carefree Heaven.
  • As Li Yunjing was about to leave, he heard the Hero Token holder name him as the target.

Ch. 171It Was Him, Mountain-Subduing True Person

Li Yunjing learned that Mountain-Subduing True Person had hired bandit cultivators to target him, then discovered that the name belonged to Wu Lingwei of the Clear Wind Sect. He suspected Wu Lingwei wanted revenge over his son.

  • Li Yunjing heard that eleven Golden Core bandit cultivators, including one at Golden Core Perfection, planned to act next month against the target of a Hero Token.
  • Rogue Person Baixiao identified Mountain-Subduing True Person as the person who issued the Hero Token, and Li Yunjing paid him for the information.
  • Li Yunjing returned to his body and went to Xunxian Town to ask Sikong Ying about Mountain-Subduing True Person.
  • Sikong Ying and another Immortal Alliance Golden Core True Person identified Mountain-Subduing True Person as Wu Lingwei of the Clear Wind Sect.
  • Li Yunjing concluded that Wu Lingwei had likely hired the bandit cultivators to eliminate him because of his son.

Ch. 172Trait and Poultry Coop Upgrade

Li Yunjing dealt with the threat of a Hero Token, welcomed new disciples, and used Patriarch Incense Offerings to obtain a sect-wide comprehension trait. He then discovered a bird king in the Poultry Coop and upgraded the building to level six.

  • Li Yunjing told Sikong Ying and another Golden Core True Person that the Mountain-Subduing True Person had issued a Hero Token to eliminate him, and they agreed to verify whether Wu Lingwei was involved.
  • Li Yunjing led twenty-five new disciples through their initiation, and the patriarchs blessed eight of them while three advanced from mortals to Early Qi Refining.
  • Li Yunjing collected fifteen wisps of Patriarch Incense Offering and sacrificed them, obtaining the Successors to Carry On trait, which increased sect members’ comprehension by three percent when the sect had more than fifty disciples.
  • Li Yunjing equipped the trait to the Patriarch Hall and felt his own comprehension improve.
  • Li Yunjing found the spirit birds living peacefully together and discovered that a scrawny Golden-Feathered Eagle was their bird king.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Poultry Coop to level six, increasing its spiritual effects.

Ch. 173Thriving After the Upgrades

Li Yunjing reviewed the effects and upgrade requirements for several Luozhen Sect buildings, then headed to the Spirit Vein Pavilion after Chu Chenzhou’s arrival made its first upgrade possible. The chapter ended with Li Yunjing finding Chu Chenzhou practicing alone in the pavilion’s secluded foothills.

  • Li Yunjing learned that the upgraded Poultry Coop let guinea fowl grant sect members protection from Qi Deviation, and he petted the Golden-Feathered Eagle before leaving.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the training grounds and reviewed the requirements and effects for the Disciple Quarters, artifact refining room, talisman room, Spirit Cuisine Pavilion, Beast Taming Grounds, and Welcoming Immortal Pavilion.
  • Li Yunjing concluded that the growing number of buildings meant he would need to plan upgrades rather than do them all at once.
  • Li Yunjing went to the Spirit Vein Pavilion, which could now be upgraded because Chu Chenzhou had joined the Luozhen Sect.
  • Li Yunjing found Chu Chenzhou standing in a horse stance with both hands raised and breathing deeply.

Ch. 174Filling in the Blanks, Refining a Formation Plate

Li Yunjing checked the Spirit Vein beneath Serene Valley and upgraded the Spirit Vein Pavilion, revealing the vein’s status as data. He then began studying formation work by inscribing and refining a first-grade formation plate.

  • Li Yunjing examined the Spirit Vein pool and found its Spiritual Qi concentration had not changed after Chu Chenzhou used the Spirit Vein Crystal Marrow.
  • Li Yunjing upgraded the Spirit Vein Pavilion to lv1, allowing it to convert the Spirit Vein’s condition into data.
  • Chu Chenzhou showed Li Yunjing the strange status display and suspected demonic Sha had corrupted the Spirit Vein.
  • Li Yunjing told Chu Chenzhou the display was Patriarch Luozhen’s doing, and Chu Chenzhou took this as evidence of the patriarch’s power.
  • Li Yunjing returned to the Luozhen Grand Hall and inscribed formation patterns onto a blank plate, then fused them into it with spiritual flame.

Ch. 175Feiyao Delivers the Treasures

Li Yunjing received the treasures he had selected in Carefree Heaven, along with news that the Immortal Alliance had named him a candidate for True Disciple and warned him of bandit cultivators targeting him. After Feiyao delivered a personal letter from Zhang Jianchen, Li Yunjing went to the Xunxian Town Immortal Alliance to ask about the Mountain-Subduing True Person, where Xiao Tianxing questioned his view of the Alliance’s refusal to protect him.

  • Li Yunjing tested a formation disk that could quickly deploy fifteen formations, then encountered Feiyao and a spirit horse emerging from underground in a carriage.
  • Feiyao verified Li Yunjing’s identity, explained his elevated standing as a candidate for Immortal Alliance True Disciple, and delivered the treasures Li Yunjing had selected in Carefree Heaven.
  • Li Yunjing tipped Feiyao one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Feiyao shared half with the spirit horse before giving Li Yunjing a jade whistle for future deliveries.
  • Feiyao returned with a letter from alliance leader Zhang Jianchen warning that bandit cultivators were targeting Li Yunjing and explaining that the Alliance would not send protection because the threat was limited and would test him.
  • Li Yunjing asked Mo Xuan to handle the treasures and went to the Xunxian Town Immortal Alliance to seek news about the Mountain-Subduing True Person.
  • Xiao Tianxing met Li Yunjing and asked what he thought of the Immortal Alliance’s decision not to help or protect him.
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