Arc 2The Beichuan Qin Rise
Qin Lu advanced the Qin Family into a powerful cultivation lineage, established its stronghold and formations, and entered the struggle between local clans and imperial authority. After a Floating Cloud Sword Sect plot threatened his family, Qin Lu joined Zhang Xuan and Huang Liang to lure the sect’s ancestor into an ambush.
- Qin Lu took control of the Li household’s holdings, expanded the Qin Family’s commerce, and completed the Pill Pavilion while his family strengthened Bayi Town and built up its forces.
- Chu Shan arranged for Qin Zhuang to form a natal contract with a Forest Peak Giant Deer, while Qin Lu perfected twenty-four pill formulas and set out to find spiritual objects for his breakthrough.
- Qin Lu traveled to Longchuan, traded with Zhang Xuan, agreed to a marriage alliance, and secured resources and a marketplace storefront through the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and Hundred Arts Office.
- Qin Lu used Stone Pith and a Peiyuan Spirit Fruit to reach Qi Condensation, then accepted an imperial appointment and named his clan the Beichuan Qin Family.
- The Qin Family fortified Ba City and developed Muxuan Mountain, where Huang Liang established a Spirit Gathering Formation and a defensive formation as the family organized its spirit peaks and halls.
- After the Qing Centipede exposed a spy, Qin Lu captured Floating Cloud Sword Sect disciples and learned that the sect had poisoned Ba River and planned to seize Yingchuan.
- Qin Lu joined Huang Liang and Zhang Xuan at a gathering, then proposed using captive Zhuo Wen to lure out the sect’s Qi Condensation cultivators.
- Zhuo Wen led Ancestor Liuyun into a Three Talents Scarlet Fire Yuan-Closing Formation, where Qin Lu, Zhang Xuan, Huang Liang, and the Qing Centipede attacked him.