Chapter Summaries

Wu Lingwei learned that Li Yunjing knew about the Clear Wind Sect's past and considered how to silence him without implicating the sect. Li Yunjing entered seclusion to advance his cultivation, leaving Mo Xuan in charge of the Luozhen Sect, where new visitors and a completed disciple test awaited attention.

• Wu Yunzhi suggested killing Li Yunjing, but Wu Lingwei rebuked him and took out a Hero Token to consider other options.
• Lü Hong explained the bandits' Hero Tokens to Luozhen disciples, who were inspired by Li Yunjing's sword flight to cultivate.
• Li Yunjing gave Wu Lingwei's Storage Bag to Mo Xuan and entrusted him with the Luozhen Sect while he entered seclusion to pursue Golden Core.
• Li Yunjing activated the cultivation room's formation and drew in its Spiritual Qi to break through toward Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• After twenty days, Mo Xuan and Shui Yao discussed receiving a barbarian chief seeking trade with the Luozhen Treasure Pavilion and cooperation with the sect.
• Hu Ruizhu told Mo Xuan that Liu Qingsong had completed the sect master's test and requested verification.

Mo Xuan inspected the completed Welcoming Immortal Pavilion and approved Liu Qingsong and his fellow craftsmen to remain with the Luozhen Sect. He then welcomed three barbarian visitors, who admired the pavilion and asked how to build one for their tribe.

• Mo Xuan admired the Welcoming Immortal Pavilion that Liu Qingsong and the other craftsmen had built.
• Mo Xuan approved Liu Qingsong and his fellow craftsmen to stay in the Luozhen Sect and urged them to train as first-grade craftsmen.
• After Shui Yao informed him that the barbarians had arrived, Mo Xuan went to the mountain gate and learned they had brought five Flood Dragon Scale Horses as a gift.
• Mo Xuan welcomed Pan and the other barbarians, learned that Pan had asked for Li Yunjing, and led them to the Welcoming Immortal Pavilion.
• One barbarian asked Mo Xuan how the pavilion had been built and requested an introduction to craftsmen so he could build one for his tribe.

Mo Xuan agreed to a partnership with the Kui Tribe after learning that a mysterious disaster had devastated Hundred Yue Mountain and left the tribe in danger. He discovered that the Kui Tribe’s spirit wine could aid cultivators and arranged to trade for it, while Pan began wondering what else his own tribe could offer.

• Feng told Mo Xuan that an object from beyond the heavens had caused widespread contamination, ruined crops and spiritual resources, and driven Demon Beasts into attacks across Hundred Yue Mountain.
• Mo Xuan agreed to work with the Kui Tribe, and he and Feng arranged to trade the tribe’s Demon Beasts for Spirit Stones and other goods, with deliveries expected in about half a month.
• Feng shared spirit wine brewed by the Kui Tribe’s shaman, and Mo Xuan found that a small sip had an effect comparable to a second-grade Spirit Condensation Pill.
• Mo Xuan agreed to buy the Kui Tribe’s eight existing jars for 1,500 Low-Grade Spirit Stones or equivalent spiritual objects each and offered to buy future batches as well.
• Pan wondered what the Heavenly Ox Tribe could offer the people of Great Qiu and decided to ask his shaman when he returned.

Mo Xuan and Shui Yao discussed using the Kui Tribe’s spirit wine and Earth Spirit Fruits to advance their cultivation, while Li Yunjing reached Foundation Establishment Perfection and considered the requirements for upgrading his cultivation room. He returned to his cave abode to check two Demon Beast eggs, and one began hatching as the other started to rock.

• Mo Xuan refined the remaining spiritual power from Pan’s spirit wine and moved closer to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Shui Yao offered Mo Xuan an Earth Spirit Fruit, and he initially refused until she explained that Li Yunjing had permitted them to use the fruits.
• Mo Xuan advised Shui Yao to save her Earth Spirit Fruit until the Foundation Establishment Late Stage so she could reach Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Li Yunjing broke through to Foundation Establishment Perfection and found that upgrading his cultivation room required a Dao Bone and other conditions.
• Li Yunjing returned to his cave abode and found cracks in both Demon Beast eggs; a snake’s head emerged from the left egg as the right egg began to rock.

Li Yunjing hatched two Netherworld Serpents, formed a blood contract with them, and tested their ability to protect his soul. Meanwhile, Su Zhen learned that Half-Spirit Valley had attacked the Departing Maple Sect’s guards and tried to take the Fireglow Iron Mine, so he sought help from the Immortal Alliance and informed the Luozhen Sect.

• Li Yunjing recognized the newly hatched black and white snakes as Netherworld Serpents and offered them his hand to see whether they would acknowledge him as their master.
• The two Netherworld Serpents drank Li Yunjing’s blood, formed a contract with him, and coiled around his arms after growing larger.
• Li Yunjing used the Soul-Guiding Nine Heavens Method to leave his body, and the Netherworld Serpents guarded his soul as he drew down starlight.
• Su Zhen received word that Half-Spirit Valley had injured Departing Maple Sect disciples and tried to seize the Fireglow Iron Mine at Flying Dragon Ravine.
• Su Zhen requested help from the Xunxian Town Immortal Alliance and informed the Luozhen Sect about the mine dispute.

Mo Xuan led Shui Yao, Lü Hong, Wang Shanming, and Zhang Hanpeng to Flying Dragon Ravine to support the Departing Maple Sect in its dispute with Half-Spirit Valley over the Fireglow Iron Mine. After Half-Spirit Valley claimed its geomancer had found the mine first and denied destroying the Departing Maple Sect’s marker, Mo Xuan confronted Liu Yunlong, who attacked him with a dragon of lightning.

• Mo Xuan learned that Zhang Hanpeng had become a spirit farmer, Hu had formed a first-grade mid-tier formation, and Wang Shanming had reached Qi Refining Completion.
• Mo Xuan received a message about trouble at the Fireglow Iron Mine and left with Shui Yao, Lü Hong, Wang Shanming, and Zhang Hanpeng to support the Departing Maple Sect.
• At the mine, the group found Departing Maple Sect disciples injured and learned that one had suffered lasting damage to his foundation.
• Su Zhen and Liu Yunlong disputed which sect had discovered the mine first, and a Departing Maple Sect disciple accused Half-Spirit Valley of destroying their marker.
• Mo Xuan called Liu Yunlong shameless, and Liu Yunlong attacked him with a dragon of lightning.

Sikong Ying defeated Half-Spirit Valley’s Liu Yunlong, then killed him and arranged for Golden Core cultivators to guard the Fireglow Iron Mine. He learned that Li Yunjing was entering seclusion for Core Formation, but the chapter ended with Mo Xuan receiving news that Half-Spirit Valley had harassed the mine again and injured someone.

• Sikong Ying drove off Half-Spirit Valley’s cultivators, kept Liu Yunlong behind, and beheaded him before burning his corpse to ashes.
• Sikong Ying warned Su Zhen that Half-Spirit Valley might retaliate and arranged for two Immortal Alliance Golden Core cultivators to help guard the Fireglow Iron Mine alongside True Person Liu.
• Mo Xuan told Sikong Ying that Li Yunjing was in seclusion to attempt Core Formation, surprising Sikong Ying with the possibility that Li Yunjing could set a Tianyuan record.
• On the last day of February, Mo Xuan read a Jade Slip reporting that Half-Spirit Valley had harassed the Fireglow Iron Mine again and injured one person.

Mo Xuan learned that the Immortal Alliance had called for a contest of techniques against Half-Spirit Valley, with Xunxian Town’s territory at stake. As the contest approached, Li Yunjing began drawing in vast amounts of spiritual energy, apparently starting his attempt to form a core.

• Half-Spirit Valley’s harassment of the Firecloud Iron Mine intensified, prompting Wang Qianxue to summon Mo Xuan and other Alliance leaders.
• Wang Qianxue announced a two-round contest against the Mysterious Dao Sect forces, with combat followed by traditional contests of techniques.
• Su Zhen warned Mo Xuan that Xunxian Town lacked practitioners skilled in traditional contests, and Mo Xuan hoped Li Yunjing could help.
• Mo Xuan returned to the Luozhen Sect and told Shui Yao about the contest, while both thought Li Yunjing’s participation would improve their chances.
• Li Yunjing began circulating the Supreme Unity Pure Subtlety Scripture, drawing spiritual energy into a vast vortex above the cultivation chamber.
• Ding Qifeng realized Li Yunjing was nearing Core Formation and felt both pride and envy as he remained stuck at Foundation Establishment Perfection.

Li Yunjing successfully formed a First-Grade Golden Core, elevating the Luozhen Sect to a third-tier sect. He also gained the passive support-type Innate Divine Ability Myriad Exquisite Wonders, which increased the rewards he received from his efforts.

• Ding Qifeng told the Luozhen Sect disciples that Li Yunjing was about to form his core, and Mo Xuan and Shui Yao watched the preparations with awe.
• Mo Xuan left the Luozhen Sect on March first to attend the first match between Xunxian Town and Half-Spirit Valley, where three Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators would compete.
• Li Yunjing absorbed the Spiritual Qi vortex as he formed his core, and a pillar of golden light announced his breakthrough to the sect and surrounding mountains.
• The Luozhen Sect disciples celebrated Li Yunjing's success, while Ding Qifeng resolved to set alchemy aside and focus on cultivation.
• Li Yunjing examined his First-Grade Golden Core and discovered that he had gained the Innate Divine Ability Myriad Exquisite Wonders, which improved the results of his cultivation and other endeavors.

After forming his Golden Core, Li Yunjing learned that the Luozhen Sect had continued to prosper during his seclusion and went to Xunxian Town to check on its contest with Half-Spirit Valley. He discovered that Xunxian Town had already lost one match, while Half-Spirit Valley’s contestants were using dangerous Second-Grade Boiling Spirit Pills.

• Li Yunjing recalled his Golden Core, checked on his growing Netherworld Serpents, and found that Mo Xuan and Shui Yao were away from the Luozhen Sect.
• Ding Qifeng and the disciples congratulated Li Yunjing on his Core Formation, and Li Yunjing rewarded each disciple with fifty Spirit Stones.
• Ding Qifeng reported that the Departing Maple Sect had supplied Fireglow iron ore, which Mo Xuan had turned into profitable Fireglow Spirit Iron, and described Half-Spirit Valley’s interference with the matches.
• Li Yunjing flew to Xunxian Town, watched the former head of the Hong Household defeat a one-eyed Foundation Establishment cultivator, and reunited with Mo Xuan and Shui Yao.
• Mo Xuan and Shui Yao told Li Yunjing that Xunxian Town had lost the first match because Half-Spirit Valley’s contestants had used Second-Grade Boiling Spirit Pills.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.