Recaps

Chen Mobai advanced through the Spell Duel tournament, defeating Gong Xiangyu and earning a place in the semifinals. As his fight with Yan Feng escalated, Yan Feng unleashed Foundation Establishment-level sword qi and Chen Mobai transformed his remaining Crimson Flame Sword Qi into purple fire.

• Chen Mobai prepared for the tournament, left Green Light Island after its defenders stabilized the battle, and promised Qing Nü he would try to win first place and attend Goumang Dao Academy with her.
• Chen Mobai defeated Qiao Xingwen in the first round, then advanced through later rounds while Fifth High School classmates were eliminated and the field narrowed to nine competitors.
• Chen Mobai defeated Gong Xiangyu by trapping him and knocking him out of bounds, while Shi Yuanqing fought Xue Luan in a fierce duel that ended with both badly injured.
• Yang Jing defeated Hong Gang, Kong Feichen defeated Ji Jing, and the representatives scheduled the semifinals after Xue Luan was ruled unable to fight.
• Kong Feichen conceded his semifinal to Yang Jing, while Chen Mobai entered the arena to face Yan Feng and endured Yan Feng’s first two sword attacks.
• Chen Mobai trapped Yan Feng with Quicksand and Wood Prison Talismans, then struck with a giant Rainbow Ice Blade, but Yan Feng shattered it with his Third Sword Qi.
• Chen Mobai’s Crimson Flame Three Sword Talisman forced Yan Feng to reveal his Heavenly Heart Sword Talisman, which unleashed Foundation Establishment-level sword qi.
• Chen Mobai poured his remaining spiritual power and Essence Blood into his talisman, drawing the scattered Crimson Flame Sword Qi back and transforming it into purple fire.

Chen Mobai won the Spell Duel, chose Wuqi Dao Academy, and uncovered Liu Lengpei’s account of crossing between worlds. After developing his talisman skills and recovering artifacts from Green Light Island, he returned to the troubled Sky River Realm and waited in South Stream Market for the Divine Wood Sect’s Spirit Ferrying Envoys.

• Chen Mobai defeated Yang Jing in the Spell Duel, won admission to Wuqi Dao Academy, and celebrated with his family before finding Liu Lengpei’s hidden diaries at Taixu Temple.
• Chen Mobai learned from Liu Lengpei’s notes about his journeys between worlds, then returned to Green Light Island and found it devastated by battle.
• With True Person Scarlet Robe’s guidance, Chen Mobai began converting to the Pure Yang Scroll and used Foundation Establishment Treasure to assess Shen Juanxiu’s chances.
• Chen Mobai recovered artifacts from Green Light Island, mastered Revival Talismans with Luan Jingsheng’s help, and sold the artifacts to Wu Wan.
• Chen Mobai returned to the Sky River Realm, where he learned that Demon Beasts had devastated outer markets and encountered the maimed He Qun.
• Chen Mobai fought water snakes aboard a ship, traveled toward South Stream Market with the Luo Family’s caravan, and sold pills and snake meat upon arrival.
• Chen Mobai declined He Qun’s offer of Black Water, sought news of Lu Shu and Zhuo Ming, and decided to wait in South Stream Market for the Divine Wood Sect’s Spirit Ferrying Envoys.

Chen Mobai joined the Divine Wood Sect, survived an ambush, and began learning its techniques before traveling to Wuqi Dao Academy. After returning to Giant Wood Ridge, he used Earth Origin Star tools to finish his firewood duty and prepared to enter seclusion.

• Chen Mobai passed the Divine Wood Sect’s spirit-root test and joined the sect, then gave Yuan Chiye Lu Shu’s flawed Talisman manual as He Qun’s bandits plotted against him.
• Kan Xiu and Kan Ping turned on Chen Mobai during the ambush, but he killed them with a Yi Wood Divine Thunder Talisman and escaped as E Yun confronted the wounded bandits.
• Chen Mobai discovered Jade Bamboo in the Water Mansion and completed the One Yang Body, raising his Fire Spiritual Root and reaching Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer.
• Chen Mobai traveled to Giant Wood Ridge with the new recruits, chose the risky Two Aspects Technique, and borrowed Liu Wenbai’s copy of the Longevity Sutra.
• On the train to Chicheng Cave Heaven, Chen Mobai studied the Longevity Sutra, met Shi Wanyu, and reunited with Meng Huang'er before beginning at Wuqi Dao Academy.
• Chen Mobai rented a secluded house near Meng Huang'er’s villa and learned about the Critical Point Method from Qu Hongyu.
• Chen Mobai assembled power tools to process Crimson Sun Wood, delivered his firewood quota, and obtained seven days of leave for seclusion.
• Chen Mobai evaded Liu Wenbai’s followers, then produced more than ten thousand pieces of Crimson Sun Firewood for Liu Wenbai and Yu Lian.

Chen Mobai used academy simulations and a custom Performance Puppet to choose the Longevity Sutra as his main cultivation path while preserving the possibility of advancing the Pure Yang Scroll. After joining the Spiritual Plant Department and pursuing a Foundation Establishment Pill, he comprehended the Critical Point Method, reached Qi Cultivation Level 8, and returned to the Dao Academy.

• Che Yucheng assessed the Spirit Transmutation students with Formless Puppets, which predicted Chen Mobai could succeed at Foundation Establishment despite his mediocre spirit root.
• Chen Mobai arranged for Chai Lun to build a Performance Puppet, then used its results to consult Che Yucheng about combining the Longevity Sutra with the Pure Yang Scroll.
• Chen Mobai set aside the Pure Yang Scroll, advanced the Longevity Sutra, and claimed Spirit Fields from the Divine Wood Sect while beginning to farm.
• Chen Mobai opened the storage bag from Green Light Island, found valuable cultivation manuals and a Sword Casting Ring, then showed the ring to Ming Yihua.
• After Chen Mobai broke the sect's Jade Sprout Spirit Rice harvest record, Lu Jun recruited him into the Spiritual Plant Department, where Sun Gaochang assigned him Little Sun Ridge and nearby fields.
• Chen Mobai pursued a Foundation Establishment Pill but learned that the available pill had gone to Fu Xingzhou, who succeeded in Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Mobai received a Spirit Opening Enlightenment Pill and the Spirit Controlling Technique from Qing Nü, then used the pill to comprehend the Critical Point Method and advance the Longevity Sutra to Qi Cultivation Level 8.
• Chen Mobai adapted the Critical Point Method into the Jade Lock Golden Gate Art, advanced the Pure Yang Scroll to Qi Cultivation Level 6, and returned to the Dao Academy after recovering from his intensive studies.