Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing initiated Zhang Hanpeng as the Luozhen Sect’s first outer disciple, raising the sect’s prosperity to one and unlocking his sect-management panel. He examined the upgrades available for the sect’s neglected buildings as he hoped to restore Luozhen Sect and retain its Immortal Alliance membership.

• Li Yunjing brought Zhang Hanpeng through Luozhen Sect’s dilapidated gate and showed him the shabby valley.
• Zhang Hanpeng chose to join rather than return to farming, and Li Yunjing initiated him in the Patriarch Hall.
• After Zhang Hanpeng left to explore, Li Yunjing celebrated that Luozhen Sect’s prosperity had reached one and viewed its status panel.
• Li Yunjing recalled the sect’s decline and the risk of losing Immortal Alliance protection if it failed to produce a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Li Yunjing inspected the upgrade requirements and spiritual effects for the sect’s Grand Hall, Spirit Field, Chicken Coop, Mountain Gate, and Patriarch Hall.

Li Yunjing upgraded the Luozhen Hall, discovered that it produced valuable Pure Spiritual Qi, and began planning how to gather materials for its next upgrade. He left the Luozhen Sect’s reserves too small to buy the needed materials, but believed he still had a way to solve the problem.

• Li Yunjing had Zhang Hanpeng repair the missing roof tiles on the Luozhen Hall, then gave him the Earth Spirit Instruction to study.
• The Sect Grand Hall upgraded to lv1 and showed that its next level would require glazed tiles, low-grade Spirit Stones, and bluestone bricks.
• Li Yunjing collected ten wisps of Pure Spiritual Qi and found that one wisp cultivated as effectively as a high-quality Spirit-Raising Pill.
• Li Yunjing calculated that upgrading the hall would cost about forty-five low-grade Spirit Stones, more than he and the sect had available, and noted that the Pure Spiritual Qi dissipated when removed from storage.

Li Yunjing taught Zhang Hanpeng the Earth Spirit Instruction and explained his poor Root Bone, while preparing to harvest the Luozhen Sect’s Golden Jade Rice. He brought Zhang Hanpeng to the Spirit Field, where the newcomer was astonished to discover it.

• Li Yunjing inspected the nearly ripe Golden Jade Rice and estimated that selling the harvest would fund materials for the sect’s remaining buildings.
• Li Yunjing began teaching Zhang Hanpeng the Earth Spirit Instruction, then assigned him a rundown hut to repair and live in.
• Li Yunjing told Zhang Hanpeng that his Root Bone was first-rank and abysmally poor, but said it would not prevent him from achieving something in the Luozhen Sect.
• Li Yunjing used the Patriarch Hall’s storage Law Artifact to retrieve two sickles for harvesting the rice.
• Li Yunjing led Zhang Hanpeng to the Spirit Field, and Zhang Hanpeng was stunned by its size.

Li Yunjing made Zhang Hanpeng harvest Golden Jade Rice before taking the crop to Xunxian Town to sell. At the Golden Millet Pavilion, he met Shopkeeper Jin, who asked whether he had chosen a path forward and invited him to join the pavilion.

• Li Yunjing gave Zhang Hanpeng a sickle, and the two harvested one mu of Golden Jade Rice, yielding 203 jin after threshing.
• Li Yunjing told Zhang Hanpeng that the Luozhen Sect had two elders, his junior brother and junior sister, who were away but expected to return soon.
• Li Yunjing traveled to Xunxian Town using Breeze Talismans and brought the Golden Jade Rice to the Golden Millet Pavilion.
• Shopkeeper Jin weighed the rice and asked Li Yunjing whether he had decided on a path forward, adding that the Golden Millet Pavilion would welcome him.

Li Yunjing sold most of his golden jade rice and used the proceeds to buy materials for upgrading the Luozhen Sect, while refusing Jin Wuxu’s offer to join the Golden Millet Pavilion. He remained determined to preserve the sect’s Immortal Alliance membership before its inspection in three months, and the chapter ended when someone called out to him on the street.

• Jin Wuxu invited Li Yunjing to join the Golden Millet Pavilion, but Li Yunjing refused because he would not abandon the Luozhen Sect.
• A Golden Millet Pavilion attendant returned Li Yunjing’s thirty jin of golden jade rice and paid him one hundred and eighty low-grade Spirit Stones for the rest.
• Li Yunjing exchanged his Spirit Stone note at the Immortal Pavilion and bought ordinary supplies for upgrading the sect at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Li Yunjing bought glazed tiles and bluestone bricks at the Immortal Alliance member price and resolved to hold on to the Luozhen Sect’s membership.
• Someone called out, “Senior Brother!” as Li Yunjing walked down the street.

Li Yunjing reunited with Mo Xuan and Shui Yao, learned they had become dao companions, and returned with them to the Luozhen Sect after revealing his Qi Refining Completion cultivation. They met Zhang Hanpeng, and Mo Xuan questioned why Li Yunjing had accepted a disciple while the sect remained in such poor condition.

• Li Yunjing embraced Mo Xuan and Shui Yao in Xunxian Town and learned that they had become dao companions a month earlier.
• Li Yunjing bought provisions, then met Mo Xuan and Shui Yao at the north end of White Cloud Long Street to travel back to the Luozhen Sect.
• Mo Xuan challenged Li Yunjing to a race, but Li Yunjing overtook him and revealed that he had reached Qi Refining Completion.
• Li Yunjing led Mo Xuan and Shui Yao into the Luozhen Sect, where they noticed that Luozhen Hall had been repaired.
• Li Yunjing introduced Zhang Hanpeng as his disciple, and Mo Xuan questioned why Li Yunjing had accepted him while the sect was in such poor condition.

Li Yunjing tried to persuade Mo Xuan and Shui Yao to return to the Luozhen Sect, but they feared the sect would soon lose Immortal Alliance protection and refused. When they revealed their plan to explore a Golden Core cave abode for a chance to join the Clear Wind Sect, Li Yunjing warned them and gave them five powerful grade-one Law Artifacts for protection.

• Li Yunjing asked Mo Xuan and Shui Yao to return to the Luozhen Sect as elders, but they said the sect needed a Foundation Establishment cultivator within three months or it would lose Immortal Alliance protection.
• Li Yunjing upgraded the Chicken Coop to lv1 to demonstrate that the Luozhen Sect had changed, but its appearance remained the same and Mo Xuan and Shui Yao saw no proof.
• Mo Xuan told Li Yunjing that he and Shui Yao had accepted a Clear Wind Sect mission to explore a Golden Core cave abode in Tiger Leaping Gorge and invited him to join them.
• Li Yunjing warned Mo Xuan and Shui Yao that the cave abode was too dangerous, but they remained determined to pursue the mission and a chance to join the Clear Wind Sect.
• Li Yunjing brought them to Patriarch Hall, where five grade-one Law Artifacts appeared after he sent Law Power into the incense burner, and he gave them to Mo Xuan and Shui Yao for protection.

Li Yunjing bid farewell to Mo Xuan and Shui Yao as they left for a Golden Core cave abode, then began upgrading the Luozhen Sect’s buildings. After upgrading the Patriarch Hall, he discovered its incense offering could yield treasures, and he finished preparing the Spirit Field for its upgrade.

• Li Yunjing shared dinner with Mo Xuan and Shui Yao, who gave him thirty-seven low-grade Spirit Stones before leaving the Luozhen Sect together.
• Li Yunjing upgraded the mountain gate to lv1, improving its appearance and revealing its next spiritual effect and requirements.
• Li Yunjing cleaned and upgraded the Patriarch Hall to lv1, then used one unit of Patriarch Incense Offering to obtain a piece of Crimson Cloud Iron.
• Li Yunjing decided that upgrading the Patriarch Hall was a priority because its incense offerings could produce valuable treasures.
• Li Yunjing turned the soil, treated pests and weeds, and added plant ash to prepare the Spirit Field for its lv1 upgrade.

Li Yunjing assessed the cost of upgrading the Spirit Field, then directed Zhang Hanpeng to cultivate beside it and offer incense at the Patriarch Hall. He discovered that the Luozhen Sect’s Scripture Library, Alchemy Chamber, and cultivation room were too damaged to register for upgrades, and planned to repair them before upgrading the Sect Grand Hall.

• Li Yunjing found that upgrading the Spirit Field to lv2 would cost at least 110 low-grade Spirit Stones, and planned to plant Golden Jade Rice seeds the next day.
• Li Yunjing recalled that Deacon Wang would visit the Luozhen Sect on the fifteenth to distribute Immortal Alliance benefits.
• Li Yunjing told Zhang Hanpeng to offer incense at the Patriarch Hall each morning and cultivate near the Spirit Field to improve his cultivation.
• Li Yunjing inspected the sect buildings and found that the Scripture Library, Alchemy Chamber, and cultivation room were severely damaged and could not be registered for upgrades.
• Li Yunjing decided to repair the three buildings, especially the Alchemy Chamber, and planned to upgrade the Sect Grand Hall first.

Li Yunjing upgraded Luozhen Hall to level 2, planted Golden Jade Rice, and discovered that Pure Spiritual Qi could improve spiritual water, though he needed a suitable container to use it. He collected first-grade spiritual eggs from the upgraded Chicken Coop and prepared to visit Xunxian Town to hire craftsmen and look for a better Law Artifact.

• Li Yunjing upgraded Luozhen Hall to level 2 and considered recruiting more disciples for Luozhen Sect.
• Li Yunjing planted one mu of Golden Jade Rice while Zhang Hanpeng cultivated nearby.
• Li Yunjing put Pure Spiritual Qi into a waterskin of spiritual water, but it swelled and released the Qi; tasting the water showed its Spiritual Qi content had increased.
• Li Yunjing collected nine first-grade spiritual eggs from the Chicken Coop and estimated they could earn Spirit Stones.
• Li Yunjing planned to visit Xunxian Town to hire craftsmen, seek a suitable container, and arrange repairs and construction, then boiled and ate some eggs.

Li Yunjing hired an elderly craftsman to repair the Luozhen Sect’s Alchemy Chamber and cultivation room, then bought materials to upgrade the Chicken Coop. At Hundred Treasures Pavilion, Zhao Hui offered him a job gathering Seven Absolutes Grass at Soul Severing Cliff for fifty low-grade Spirit Stones.

• Li Yunjing met a boy in Hundred Crafts Alley, who led him to his grandfather in Xunxian Town’s shantytown.
• The old craftsman agreed to repair the Alchemy Chamber and cultivation room, and Li Yunjing hired him with a five-Spirit-Stone deposit.
• Li Yunjing decided to upgrade the Chicken Coop to increase its spirit egg production and bought paulownia wood and Spirit Stone powder from Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
• While waiting for his materials, Li Yunjing overheard cultivators discussing the Golden Core cave abode at Tiger Leaping Gorge and worried about Mo Xuan and Shui Yao.
• Zhao Hui offered Li Yunjing fifty low-grade Spirit Stones to gather thirty Seven Absolutes Grass plants from Soul Severing Cliff.

Li Yunjing declined a risky job gathering Seven Absolutes Grass, then welcomed Zhang Hongzhi, Zhang Yuan, Zhu Mingzhe, and Liang Tiannian to repair the Luozhen Sect’s buildings. The repairs would consume most of his Spirit Stones, and he asked whether the three craftsmen could also build a cave abode.

• Li Yunjing decided not to accept the Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s offer to gather Seven Absolutes Grass at Soul Severing Cliff.
• Zhang Hanpeng revealed that he had opened his Dantian after an epiphany, and Li Yunjing assigned him to build a chicken pen.
• Li Yunjing met Zhang Hongzhi, Zhang Yuan, Zhu Mingzhe, and Liang Tiannian at the mountain gate and brought them into the sect.
• Zhang Hongzhi and his friends inspected the Alchemy Chamber and proposed cleaning it and inscribing new formation patterns for sixty Spirit Stones in materials and fifteen in labor.
• The three craftsmen estimated that repairing the cultivation room would cost fifty Spirit Stones, including a forty-Stone Spirit Gathering Formation disc.
• Li Yunjing agreed to their repair plans and asked whether they could build a cave abode.

Li Yunjing chose a production-type cave abode and considered upgrading the Chicken Coop into a Poultry Coop to raise valuable birds. Wang Qianxue arrived at the Luozhen Sect, where Li Yunjing welcomed her and she remarked on Zhang Hanpeng’s poor Root Bone.

• Li Yunjing chose to build a production-type cave abode about two hundred paces behind Luozhen Hall.
• Zhang Yuan insisted that he wanted to join the Luozhen Sect, but Zhang Hongzhi pulled him away; Li Yunjing later rewarded Zhang Hanpeng for finishing the chicken run.
• Li Yunjing inspected the Chicken Coop’s lv3 effects, saw that its poultry could gain a detoxifying effect, and changed its name to Poultry Coop.
• Li Yunjing and Zhang Hanpeng cleaned the Luozhen Sect before Wang Qianxue arrived on June fifteenth.
• Li Yunjing welcomed Wang Qianxue and led her toward Luozhen Hall, where she asked why the sect had accepted Zhang Hanpeng despite his abysmal Root Bone.

Wang Qianxue delivered the Luozhen Sect’s Immortal Alliance resources and reminded Li Yunjing that his assessment was in three months. Li Yunjing repaired the Scripture Repository’s guardian array, unlocking its building prompt and a spiritual effect that improved cultivation-method comprehension.

• Wang Qianxue gave Li Yunjing fifty low-grade Spirit Stones, pills, and ten Spirit Talismans, then left for the Flowing Cloud Sect.
• Li Yunjing sorted the resources and went to repair the Scripture Repository so it could be upgraded.
• Li Yunjing cleaned the repository, repaired its door pivot, and discovered that its guardian array needed a Spirit Stone to activate.
• Li Yunjing replaced the array plate’s spent Spirit Stone, activating the repository’s protective arrays and revealing its upgrade requirements and comprehension bonus.

Li Yunjing upgraded the Scripture Repository and welcomed Zhang Hongzhi and two craftsmen to work at the Luozhen Sect. On the first day of July, he collected the sect buildings’ monthly resources and found a special spirit egg in the poultry coop.

• Li Yunjing upgraded the Scripture Repository to level one using ten spirit sandalwood logs and five Spirit Stones, unlocking a chance to correct errors in cultivation-method comprehension.
• Li Yunjing learned that upgrading the Scripture Repository again would require costly spirit agarwood, calming incense, and Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Hongzhi, Zhu Mingzhe, and another craftsman arrived with materials and began work at the Luozhen Sect; Zhu Mingzhe asked permission to drink while working.
• Li Yunjing returned to cultivation, relying on the upgraded Sect Grand Hall and daily incense offerings to increase his progress toward Foundation Establishment.
• On July first, Li Yunjing collected fifteen units of Pure Spiritual Qi, offered incense and collected one unit of patriarch incense offerings, then fed the three hens.
• Li Yunjing found nine spirit eggs in the nest, including one orange-red premium spirit egg with a special effect.

Li Yunjing collected spirit eggs, prepared to sell items and buy supplies in Xunxian Town, and worked toward upgrading the Luozhen Sect’s buildings. Hearing that most cultivators had died in the Golden Core cave abode, he tried to contact Mo Xuan and Shui Yao and resolved to find them after receiving a brief, interrupted response.

• Li Yunjing collected nine spirit eggs, including an orange-red premium egg that increased cultivation speed for fire-attribute cultivators, and stored them in his system space.
• After breakfast, Li Yunjing planned to sell items and buy materials and spirit medicine in Xunxian Town, while Zhang Hongzhi and the others built him a cave abode.
• Li Yunjing traveled to Xunxian Town and heard that eighteen Foundation Establishment cultivators had died in the Golden Core cave abode at Tiger Leaping Gorge, with only twenty percent surviving.
• Worried about Mo Xuan and Shui Yao, Li Yunjing rented a private room and used a Thousand-Li Communication Talisman to contact them.
• After a long silence, the talisman briefly lit up before the connection failed, and Li Yunjing decided to find his junior brother and junior sister in person.

Li Yunjing asked Gao Jin’s Worry-Relief Shop to find Mo Xuan and Shui Yao, agreeing in return to support its bid for Immortal Alliance approval. He then sold ten wisps of pure Spiritual Qi to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion for one thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and prepared to use the value toward a purchase.

• Li Yunjing asked Gao Jin to find Mo Xuan and Shui Yao, and Gao Jin agreed to arrange the search.
• Gao Jin asked Li Yunjing to support the Worry-Relief Shop’s application to operate openly, and Li Yunjing agreed after hearing that Wang Qianxue and other leaders had already consented.
• Li Yunjing visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and asked Duan Yang to bring its appraiser, Li Mingjie.
• Li Yunjing showed Li Mingjie ten wisps of pure Spiritual Qi, which Li Mingjie valued at one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones each.
• Li Yunjing agreed to sell the Spiritual Qi for one thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and asked Li Mingjie to send Duan Yang in so he could buy items against its value.

Li Yunjing spent most of his newly acquired Spirit Stones on spiritual items, birds, and a completed cave abode for the Luozhen Sect. He discovered the cave abode could be upgraded, leaving him eager to improve it once the builders had gone.

• Duan Yang sold Li Yunjing spiritual items worth 803 low-grade Spirit Stones and returned 300 Spirit Stones after the shopkeeper’s adjustments.
• Li Mingjie learned that his master believed Li Yunjing had boundless fortune and advised befriending him rather than offending him.
• Li Yunjing bought a pearl chicken and a male-female pair of Green-Headed Cranes at the poultry market.
• Li Yunjing returned to the Luozhen Sect, where Zhang Hongzhi and the other two old men showed him the completed cave abode.
• Li Yunjing discovered the cave abode could be added to his upgradable buildings and paid the three builders 200 low-grade Spirit Stones.

Li Yunjing upgraded several Luozhen Sect buildings and examined the benefits and requirements of their next levels. He then began refining a Yellow Sprout Pill in the Alchemy Chamber, aiming to meet the Alchemy Chamber’s upgrade requirement.

• Li Yunjing sent Zhang Hongzhi and the others away, then upgraded his cave abode to lv2 and the Sect Grand Hall to lv3.
• Li Yunjing reviewed the next-level effects and requirements for the poultry coop, mountain gate, Patriarch Hall, Scripture Repository, and cultivation room, then upgraded all five buildings.
• Li Yunjing postponed upgrading the Spirit Field because it required ten days of treatment with first-grade spiritual liquid.
• Li Yunjing entered the repaired Alchemy Chamber, activated its formation-powered flames, and began refining a Yellow Sprout Pill.
• Li Yunjing extracted the medicines’ essence and started the final pill-forming step with the Pill-Dividing Method Formula.

Li Yunjing refined five premium Yellow Sprout Pills, upgraded the Alchemy Chamber, and gave Zhang Hanpeng pills and Spirit Stones as outer disciple benefits. He tasked Zhang Hanpeng with recruiting disciples near Xunxian Town, then returned to the Sect Grand Hall to cultivate.

• Li Yunjing refined five premium Yellow Sprout Pills and upgraded the Alchemy Chamber from lv0 to lv1.
• Li Yunjing decided to sell three pills and give two to Zhang Hanpeng, then left the Alchemy Chamber to check on him.
• Li Yunjing gave Zhang Hanpeng two premium Yellow Sprout Pills and ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones as his outer disciple benefits.
• Li Yunjing tasked Zhang Hanpeng with recruiting upright cultivators near Xunxian Town, promising fifteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones and one Minor Merit as a reward.
• Zhang Hanpeng set out to recruit disciples, and Li Yunjing headed to the Sect Grand Hall to cultivate.