Chapter Summaries

Li Yunjing upgraded the Oath Hall to level three and learned about its stronger blessings and future effects. He traveled to Xunxian Town to finalize the Golden Scale Sect agreement, where Shen Changfeng asked to add a clause.

• Li Yunjing upgraded the Oath Hall to level two, then level three, and reviewed its current and future spiritual effects.
• Li Yunjing received a message from Luo Qiyuan saying the Golden Scale Sect had settled the terms of their agreement.
• Li Yunjing traveled to Xunxian Town and met Luo Qiyuan and Shen Changfeng at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Shen Changfeng showed Li Yunjing the contract, and Li Yunjing agreed to its terms.
• Shen Changfeng asked Li Yunjing to consent to adding another clause to the agreement.

Li Yunjing negotiated a revised agreement with Shen Changfeng, securing payment for more spirit chicken eggs and receiving the promised cultivation method and spirit poultry. After Shen Changfeng left, Li Yunjing considered opening a Luozhen Sect treasure pavilion to sell surplus goods and buy resources.

• Shen Changfeng proposed that the Luozhen Sect sell the Golden Scale Sect two hundred spirit chicken eggs each month, and Li Yunjing agreed on the condition of three low-grade Spirit Stones per egg.
• Li Yunjing and Shen Changfeng stamped the Immortal Alliance-backed agreement, finalizing the exchange.
• Shen Changfeng gave Li Yunjing the Beast King Heart Sutra and three spirit pet bags containing Golden-Feathered Eagles, Fire Down Sparrows, and Jade Marrow Birds.
• Li Yunjing recognized one Golden-Feathered Eagle from a flock he had marked earlier and was satisfied with the birds he received.
• After Shen Changfeng left, Li Yunjing considered opening a treasure pavilion to sell the Luozhen Sect’s surplus products and purchase resources.

Li Yunjing considered opening a Luozhen Sect treasure pavilion, then visited the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion to learn whether Gu Lin would join the sect. Gu Lin agreed on the condition that Gu Xuan become a True Disciple, and Li Yunjing accepted, leaving Gu Xuan to greet him.

• Luo Qiyuan advised Li Yunjing to choose a specialty for the Luozhen Sect's planned treasure pavilion.
• Li Yunjing bought spiritual items with his Heaven-Character VIP Token and went to the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion to speak with Gu Lin.
• Jiang Chuan forged a peak first-grade Mountain Lord Seal, and Gu Lin praised him as a peak first-grade artifact refiner.
• Gu Lin told Li Yunjing he would make the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion a Luozhen Sect branch if Gu Xuan became a True Disciple.
• Li Yunjing agreed to Gu Lin's condition, and Gu Xuan entered the courtyard to greet the sect leader.

Li Yunjing brought the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion into the Luozhen Sect as a branch and invited Gu Lin to become its third elder. On the ride back to the sect, Li Yunjing considered its core Dao arts and settled on using the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Heart Method for now while planning to restrict access to the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture.

• Li Yunjing invited Gu Lin to join the Luozhen Sect as its third elder, and Gu Lin agreed after Li promised he could continue managing the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion.
• Gu Lin announced that the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion would become a Luozhen Sect branch and that he would join the sect as an elder; Li Yunjing told its apprentices and disciples they could become formal sect disciples.
• Li Yunjing left the pavilion with Gu Xuan and rented a Cloud-Piercing Crane to return to the Luozhen Sect.
• Li Yunjing weighed the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Heart Method as the sect's core Dao art and decided to use it for now, trusting the scripture repository might complete its fragment.
• Li Yunjing considered the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture, the Three Yang True Body Refinement Method, and the Seven Slaughters Heaven-Slaying Dao Sword Book, and planned to reserve the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture for himself and his disciples.
• The Cloud-Piercing Crane carried Li Yunjing and Gu Xuan back to the Luozhen Sect.

Li Yunjing welcomed Gu Xuan to the Luozhen Sect and announced new ties with the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion, disciple ranks, and two core Daoist methods. After sharing the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture with Mo Xuan and Shui Yao, he proposed opening a treasure pavilion, and both agreed to try it.

• Li Yunjing brought Gu Xuan into the Luozhen Sect and announced that the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion would become a branch, with Gu Xuan joining as a True Disciple and Pavilion Master Gu becoming an elder.
• Li Yunjing established outer disciple, inner disciple, and True Disciple ranks and announced that two core Daoist methods would be available in the Scripture Repository.
• Li Yunjing sent Hu Ruizhu to show Gu Xuan around, then told Mo Xuan and Shui Yao about his fortuitous opportunity and gave them the lower section of the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture.
• Li Yunjing decided to make the lower section of the Three Yang True Body Refinement Method a core Daoist method while keeping its full contents concealed.
• Li Yunjing proposed opening a treasure pavilion to exchange surplus resources for Spirit Stones, and Mo Xuan and Shui Yao agreed.

Li Yunjing sent Mo Xuan to find a suitable shop in Xunxian Town and learned of Ding Qifeng’s long-standing rivalry with Gu Lin. Ding joined the Luozhen Sect as its alchemy elder, with Li Yunjing promising to support his future efforts to become a third-grade Alchemist.

• Li Yunjing told Mo Xuan to look for a shop in a busy part of Xunxian Town, then Mo Xuan and Shui Yao left to handle the search.
• Ding Qifeng confronted Li Yunjing about Gu Lin joining the Luozhen Sect and explained their old rivalry over alchemy and artifact refining.
• Ding Qifeng offered to join the Luozhen Sect, waive his previous demands, manage its medicinal garden, and supply ingredients for monthly batches of pills.
• Li Yunjing welcomed Ding Qifeng as the Luozhen Sect’s alchemy elder and promised the sect would help him pursue third-grade Alchemist status.
• Ding Qifeng asked whether Gu Lin outranked him, and Li Yunjing assured him that both elders were equally important to the sect.

Li Yunjing upgraded the Luozhen Sect’s Sect Grand Hall and Spirit Fields, discovering the powerful benefits their next levels would provide. He continued upgrading the sect’s buildings and began improving the Poultry Coop.

• Li Yunjing decided not to appoint Ding Qifeng and Gu Lin as the Third and Fourth Elders, and Ding Qifeng accepted his elder position before leaving to use the medicinal herb garden.
• Li Yunjing planned to announce Ding Qifeng’s arrival on New Year’s Day and invite Gu Lin to meet the sect members.
• Li Yunjing upgraded the Sect Grand Hall from lv4 to lv5 and saw that its next level could improve cultivation, protection, and disciples’ chances of enlightenment.
• Li Yunjing upgraded the Spirit Fields from lv3 to lv4 and learned that lv5 could let the sect harvest spirit seeds, but would require a spirit farmer.
• Li Yunjing considered training Ge Shuyuan as a spirit farmer, then continued upgrading the sect’s buildings and raised the Poultry Coop from lv4 to lv5.

Li Yunjing reviewed the requirements and effects for upgrading the Luozhen Sect’s buildings, pleased that several upgrades could permanently improve disciples’ attributes. He visited the Artifact Refining Room, where its apprentices asked whether the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion’s merger had made them useless to the sect.

• Li Yunjing saw that upgrading the Poultry Coop required a poultry king to be born and guessed the Golden-Feathered Eagles had the best chance.
• Li Yunjing reviewed upgrade requirements and spiritual effects for the sect’s buildings, setting aside the mountain gate until the Spirit Vein Pavilion was complete.
• Li Yunjing was pleased to find that several building upgrades could permanently increase disciples’ attributes.
• Li Yunjing entered the Artifact Refining Room and found all five artifact refining apprentices there.
• The oldest apprentice asked Li Yunjing whether the apprentices had become useless now that the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion was a Luozhen Sect branch.

Li Yunjing upgraded the Luozhen Sect’s artifact refining and talisman rooms, encouraged the sect’s apprentices, and arranged for Lü Hong to practice advanced talisman drawing. He spent the days before the new year studying the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture, and on the first day of the year a strange energy surged from him in the Scripture Repository.

• Li Yunjing reassured five artifact refining apprentices that the Luozhen Sect would train them as its own, then upgraded the artifact refining room and offered a reward to the first apprentice to refine a First-Rank Law Artifact.
• Li Yunjing upgraded the talisman room and learned that Lü Hong could draw three basic spiritual talismans and had a low success rate with two intermediate ones.
• Li Yunjing gave Lü Hong access to the talisman room and urged him to improve his advanced talisman-drawing success rate.
• Li Yunjing went to the Scripture Repository to study formations and begin cultivating the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture before the new year.
• Eleven days later, on the first day of the new year, Li Yunjing opened his eyes as white streaks shot from them and a crackling sound echoed through the Scripture Repository.

After switching to the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture, Li Yunjing emerged from seclusion stronger and learned about the Luozhen Sect’s recent affairs. He began gathering its disciples and elders for a New Year oath ceremony, then went to invite Ding Qifeng.

• Li Yunjing completed his transition to the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture, strengthening his Law Power and physical body.
• Mo Xuan told Li Yunjing that the Li Household had agreed to become a subordinate sect of Luozhen Sect, the Departing Maple Sect would hold a Golden Core Banquet in six days, and a shop in Xunxian Town was available for purchase.
• Shui Yao told Li Yunjing that Luozhen Sect had taken in eight new disciples, including Hu Ruizhu and Hu Ruiyang, and that the prince of Annan had a message for him from the emperor.
• Li Yunjing instructed Mo Xuan and Shui Yao to summon all disciples to the Oath Hall for New Year vows before Patriarch Luozhen.
• Li Yunjing set out to invite elders Ding Qifeng and Gu Lin to the oath ceremony, then arrived at Ding Qifeng’s Pill Affinity Abode.

Li Yunjing brought Gu Lin and Ding Qifeng together at the Luozhen Sect, where their deep grudge resurfaced as they competed for the disciples’ approval. The elders and disciples then took an oath before the patriarchs’ portraits, which came to life briefly and left each oath-taker with a Heavenly Talisman in their soul.

• Li Yunjing welcomed Gu Lin to the Luozhen Sect and told him that Ding Qifeng had joined as its alchemy elder.
• Gu Lin reacted angrily to Ding Qifeng’s appointment but agreed to avoid a conflict for Li Yunjing’s sake.
• At the Oath Hall, the disciples cheered Ding Qifeng more loudly than Gu Lin, so Gu Lin promised them free Law Artifacts from the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion.
• Li Yunjing introduced the elders, then led the disciples and elders into the Oath Hall to take an oath to the Luozhen Sect.
• After everyone except Li Yunjing swore the oath, the patriarchs’ portraits glowed and their figures briefly leaped out before a Heavenly Talisman appeared in each oath-taker’s soul.

Li Yunjing led the sect members through oath-taking and worship in the Oath Hall and Patriarch Hall, where they received blessings. Ding Qifeng earned the patriarchs' favor, entered sudden enlightenment, and received three spiritual treasures as Li Yunjing collected the hall's five monthly incense offerings.

• Li Yunjing had everyone swear oaths in the Oath Hall, then the patriarch portraits blessed them with various attributes lasting twelve shichen.
• Ding Qifeng asked Li Yunjing about the patriarchs' manifestation and became convinced that the Luozhen Sect's patriarchs were real.
• Li Yunjing led everyone to the Patriarch Hall, where they received a blessing that increased their Spiritual Qi absorption speed by 40%.
• The patriarchs' portraits came to life, gathered around Ding Qifeng, and granted him sudden enlightenment and three spiritual treasures, including one second-grade treasure.
• Li Yunjing sent the others out, collected five wisps of Patriarch Incense Offerings, and thought that the monthly supply was insufficient.

Li Yunjing received Hu An, a prince of the Annan Kingdom, who offered a second-grade water-smoke flask as a joining gift and asked the Luozhen Sect to protect his kingdom. Unable to help from so far away, Li Yunjing urged Hu An to cultivate and become strong enough to defend the Annan Kingdom himself.

• Li Yunjing collected sixty strands of Pure Spiritual Qi from the Luozhen Hall, bringing his total to two hundred.
• Hu An presented Li Yunjing with a second-grade water-smoke flask on behalf of his father and the Annan Kingdom; Li Yunjing agreed to investigate its uses and decide whether to keep or return it.
• Hu An asked the Luozhen Sect to protect the Annan Kingdom, explaining that neighboring kingdoms threatened it and Demon Beasts had appeared within its borders.
• Li Yunjing refused, saying the Luozhen Sect was too far away and lacked the power to protect the kingdom.
• Li Yunjing told Hu An to cultivate diligently and return to defend the Annan Kingdom with help from Hu Ruizhu, Hu Ruiyang, and others.

Li Yunjing encouraged Hu An to cultivate at the Luozhen Sect and proposed a plan to establish a branch in the Annan Kingdom. He collected the sect’s building-produced treasures and asked Ge Shuyuan whether he would become a spirit farmer, leaving Ge Shuyuan to consider the offer.

• Li Yunjing urged Hu An to focus on cultivation and promised that, after reaching Foundation Establishment, Hu An could return to the Annan Kingdom and establish a Luozhen Branch Sect there.
• Hu An thanked Li Yunjing and vowed to cultivate diligently, while Li Yunjing considered the Annan Kingdom as future territory for recruiting disciples.
• Li Yunjing collected Condensed Spring Dew and other treasures from the sect’s buildings, including spirit eggs, feathers, and golden fertilizer.
• Li Yunjing found six drops of Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid in the Jade Marrow Birds’ nests and decided to hatch the eggs of several other spirit fowl.
• Li Yunjing asked Ge Shuyuan whether he was willing to become a spirit farmer to manage the expanding Spirit Fields.

Li Yunjing learned that the Li Household had joined the Departing Maple Sect, and Wang Qianxue compensated him with a supreme-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. She then revealed that she had found a clue about the cause of his master's death, leaving Li Yunjing eager to hear more.

• Ge Shuyuan agreed to become a spirit farmer, and Li Yunjing promised the sect would support him.
• Li Yunjing flew to Xunxian Town and discovered that the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture made his Sword Flight use less Law Power.
• Wang Qianxue told Li Yunjing that the Li Household had become subordinate to the Departing Maple Sect after receiving no answer from him.
• Wang Qianxue gave Li Yunjing a supreme-grade Foundation Establishment Pill from Xunxian Town's treasury.
• Wang Qianxue told Li Yunjing she had obtained a clue about the cause of his master's death.

Li Yunjing and Wang Qianxue traveled to Jiaohu Town to bring Nangong Chengyu’s adopted daughter, Nangong Ye, back to the Luozhen Sect. They found her collapsed in the Nangong Household’s courtyard, and Li Yunjing discovered she had no pulse.

• Wang Qianxue refused to reveal details about Nangong Chengyu’s killer but told Li Yunjing that his adopted daughter, Nangong Ye, lived in Jiaohu Town.
• Li Yunjing persuaded Wang Qianxue to accompany him, and they set out for Jiaohu Town to bring Nangong Ye to the Luozhen Sect.
• Li Yunjing and Wang Qianxue reached the Nangong Household and immobilized the guards and servants who tried to stop or alert them.
• Li Yunjing used his Divine Sense to locate Nangong Ye and found her collapsed in a rear courtyard.
• Li Yunjing examined Nangong Ye and told Wang Qianxue that the girl had no pulse.

Li Yunjing discovered that Nangong Ye was a sentient spirit medicine and learned that her tears held valuable spiritual energy. After she recovered, Wang Qianxue and Li Yunjing tried to comfort her and explain that Nangong Chengyu had died, but Nangong Ye remained frightened and hid behind Li Yunjing.

• Li Yunjing and Wang Qianxue used Divine Sense to discover that Nangong Ye was a spirit medicine that had taken human form.
• Li Yunjing said he could not treat her, and Wang Qianxue carried her to bed and waited for her to recover.
• Wang Qianxue promised to conceal Nangong Ye's existence, and Li Yunjing agreed not to tell anyone.
• Nangong Ye woke in fear, but she recognized Nangong Chengyu's sect master token and asked where her father was.
• Li Yunjing told Nangong Ye that Nangong Chengyu had died, and her spirit-liquid tears astonished him.
• Nangong Ye hid behind Li Yunjing while he and Wang Qianxue tried to reassure her.

Li Yunjing learned that Nangong Ye’s illness came from Supreme Cloud Geng Metal Qi and invited her to return with him and Wang Qianxue. After Wang Qianxue promised to arrange cultivation opportunities for the Nangong Household’s mortals, Nangong Ye said her farewells and departed with them.

• Li Yunjing deduced that Supreme Cloud Geng Metal Qi had entered Nangong Ye’s body and caused her recurring illness.
• Li Yunjing invited Nangong Ye to leave for her father’s real home, and Wang Qianxue assured her the household’s mortals would be cared for and could pursue cultivation.
• Li Yunjing and Wang Qianxue released the Nangong Household’s mortals and explained who they were and that they would take Nangong Ye away.
• Nangong Ye packed her belongings, tearfully said goodbye to the household, and learned from Li Yunjing that Wang Qianxue would help the mortals cultivate.
• Li Yunjing flew away with Nangong Ye on the Fire Cloud Sword while Wang Qianxue departed beside them on her Law Artifact.

Li Yunjing brought Nangong Ye to the Luozhen Sect, where she met Wang Qianxue, Mo Xuan, and Shui Yao, then visited Nangong Chengyu’s grave. After Nangong Ye ate eleven bowls of spirit rice, Wang Qianxue gave Li Yunjing a pendant to conceal her identity, and he went to inspect a shop in Xunxian Town.

• Li Yunjing returned to the Luozhen Sect with Wang Qianxue and introduced Nangong Ye to Mo Xuan and Shui Yao as his junior sister.
• Li Yunjing took Nangong Ye to Nangong Chengyu’s grave, where she wept, and he explained her unusual tears as a result of a special Spirit Body.
• Li Yunjing brought Nangong Ye to the dining hall, where she ate eleven bowls of spirit rice and began emitting Spiritual Qi.
• Li Yunjing arranged for Nangong Ye to stay with Shui Yao and took her to wear a jade pendant from Wang Qianxue that concealed her true identity from all but Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Li Yunjing went to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in Xunxian Town to inspect the shop Mo Xuan had found for sale.

Li Yunjing visited the closed Myriad Treasures Pavilion and learned from its owner, Shen Chun, that the Clear Wind Sect had helped drive the shop out of business. He decided to take it over, partly for its location and furnishings and partly to gain an opportunity to retaliate against the sect, and he and Shen Chun began haggling over the price.

• Li Yunjing stopped Shen Chun from closing the doors and said he wanted to look around and possibly take over the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Shen Chun explained that the shop had failed because Xunxian Town already had many established treasure pavilions and the Clear Wind Sect had targeted his business with price cuts.
• Li Yunjing considered the Clear Wind Sect's opposition an opportunity to seek revenge, while also valuing the pavilion's location and existing furnishings.
• Li Yunjing offered seventeen thousand five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Shen Chun countered with twenty thousand.
• Li Yunjing refused to go above seventeen thousand seven hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Shen Chun hesitated before asking Li Yunjing's name.