Chapter Summaries

After securing leave and a third-tier high-grade Spirit Vein room, Chen Mobai swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill and used its power to condense ten drops of Longevity Spiritual Power. He sent the remaining medicinal power into his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, where it pushed his spiritual sense out of his heavenly spirit.

• Chen Mobai finished studying foundation establishment insights and asked Che Yucheng for leave to attempt foundation establishment again.
• Che Yucheng approved his leave but warned that he must earn all ten Credits if the attempt failed.
• Chen Mobai obtained a third-tier high-grade Spirit Vein room after showing the Dao Academy’s foundation establishment approval.
• Chen Mobai calculated his success rate, swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill, and used its medicinal power to condense ten drops of Longevity Spiritual Power.
• Chen Mobai sent the remaining medicinal power into his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, triggering Spiritual Sense Projection.

Chen Mobai successfully established his foundation and shared the news with his family and Qing Nü. After registering his breakthrough at Wuqi Dao Academy, he accepted Che Yucheng as his master and received a valuable Formless Puppet.

• Chen Mobai completed Spiritual Sense Projection, advanced to the tenth layer of the Longevity Sutra, and confirmed his foundation was stable.
• Chen Mobai checked out of Building Nine, where two students congratulated him on establishing his foundation.
• Chen Mobai called Chen Xinglan and Tang Pancui to tell them the news, then exchanged congratulations with Qing Nü and his relatives.
• Chen Mobai went to Building One, where Che Yucheng invited him to become his Direct Disciple and gave him a Formless Puppet.
• Che Yucheng updated Chen Mobai's cultivation records and announced his successful Foundation Establishment on the Campus Network.

Chen Mobai’s Foundation Establishment announcement stirred excitement throughout Class 5012 and surprised classmates who had begun to doubt his talent. As his peers celebrated or felt newly driven to catch up, the story left Chen preparing to celebrate his breakthrough with them.

• Chen Mobai answered a flood of calls and invited his classmates to celebrate his Foundation Establishment that night.
• Zhuang Jialan and Si Guanyu saw the campus announcement, reconsidered their assumptions about Chen’s talent, and resolved to focus on cultivation and the Critical Point Method.
• Zhuang Jialan agreed to attend Chen’s celebration and joked that she would eat him into the ground.
• Zhai Jianbai learned that Chen had reached Foundation Establishment before him, ended his sword practice, and left to return home.

After celebrating his Foundation Establishment, Chen Mobai tried flying to Wuqi Dao Academy and reconnected with Meng Huang'er, who hoped to ask him about the Critical Point Method. At school, he graciously accepted Ma Xiaoming’s congratulations, while Meng Huang'er watched with satisfaction.

• After waking from his drunken celebration, Chen Mobai used the Longevity Sutra to clear the alcohol and tried the Flight Art on his way to school.
• Meng Huang'er deliberately arranged to meet Chen Mobai and asked to add him as a friend after watching him fly to Wuqi Dao Academy.
• Chen Mobai noticed his Moments post had received over 99 unread notifications and guessed that his Foundation Establishment had drawn attention.
• Meng Huang'er hesitated to ask Chen Mobai about the Critical Point Method, and he continued toward the teaching building.
• Ma Xiaoming congratulated Chen Mobai on his Foundation Establishment, and Chen returned the salute with a wish that Ma would be next.

After establishing his foundation, Chen Mobai dealt with a flood of congratulations before learning that the Myriad Treasures Cave held the Dao Academy’s vast collection of magical artifacts. He discovered that entry required 100 Credits, then realized Zhongli Tianyu had entered despite seemingly not meeting that requirement.

• Chen Mobai read congratulatory messages from friends and classmates, arranged to meet Yan Bingxuan, and replied to Shi Wanyu.
• Chen Mobai spent Puppetry class messaging people, then escaped with Che Yucheng to receive extra instruction.
• Che Yucheng explained that the Myriad Treasures Cave contained thousands of magical artifacts donated by Wuqi Dao Academy graduates.
• Chen Mobai learned that entry required being a student, having established his foundation, and accumulating 100 Credits.
• Chen Mobai calculated that he had only 53 Credits and questioned how Zhongli Tianyu had entered the Back Mountain the previous year.

Chen Mobai learned that entering the Myriad Treasures Cave early required a recommendation from a Core Formation mentor, and Che Yucheng arranged for True Person Lesser Yang to consider him. Che Yucheng passed the Formless Puppet and his vision for the Puppet Dao to Chen Mobai, who left needing to obtain a Mid-grade Spirit Stone to use it.

• Chen Mobai asked Che Yucheng to recommend him for early entry into the Myriad Treasures Cave, but learned Che Yucheng had already used his recommendation and that only Core Formation teachers could make one.
• Che Yucheng explained that True Person Lesser Yang was Chen Mobai's assigned mentor and said he had sent word of Chen Mobai's Foundation Establishment.
• Che Yucheng gave Chen Mobai the Formless Puppet and described its potential to simulate cultivation, breakthroughs, and combat, as well as its limits.
• Che Yucheng entrusted Chen Mobai with the future of his and Master Xinji's Puppet Dao, urging him to pursue a path of evolving puppets made from renewable materials.
• Che Yucheng taught Chen Mobai how to control the Formless Puppet and told him to find a Mid-grade Spirit Stone to activate it.

After establishing his foundation, Chen Mobai tested the Formless Puppet and considered advancing his Spirit Controlling Technique so he could fight through both his own body and the puppet. He unlocked access to Second Grade spiritual items, bought Incense of Thought, and reviewed the cultivation methods and resources he would need next.

• Chen Mobai used a Mid-grade Spirit Stone to link his Spiritual Sense to the Formless Puppet and learned to control it with the Spirit Descending Technique.
• Chen Mobai reviewed the four layers of the Spirit Controlling Technique and decided to pursue Splitting Spirit Manifesting Thought for controlling the puppet alongside himself in battle.
• Chen Mobai logged into the Immortal Sect Network as “If I Were the Azure Emperor,” unlocked Second Grade purchases, and bought a box of Incense of Thought.
• Chen Mobai found that a Second Grade Talisman Brush was too expensive and planned to have one custom-made using Gold-edged Jade Bamboo and Mystic Spirit Rabbit fur.
• Chen Mobai obtained the Pure Yang Foundation Establishment Chapter and noted that his Second Yang Body was complete, while his Three Yang Body remained less than halfway finished.
• Chen Mobai discovered that after Foundation Establishment, his Spirit Stones transformed his Spiritual Root faster.

Chen Mobai used the Formless Puppet to deduce the Crimson Flame Sword Art and discovered it could wield Foundation Establishment-level sword techniques with a High-grade Spirit Stone. After installing one in the puppet, he planned a return to the Divine Wood Sect before heading back to Yun Country to harvest the ripened bamboo.

• Chen Mobai checked his spiritual roots and estimated that his fire attribute could reach 44 after completing the Three Yang Body.
• He had the Formless Puppet deduce the Crimson Flame Sword Art, and it demonstrated Sword Qi Like a Rainbow before its Mid-grade Spirit Stone ran out.
• Chen Mobai copied the puppet’s sword-art deductions onto a USB Drive and removed a High-grade Spirit Stone from the Azure Water Formation Disk.
• He installed the High-grade Spirit Stone in the Formless Puppet and confirmed that it could wield peak Foundation Establishment Early Stage power.
• Chen Mobai decided to return to the Divine Wood Sect to report his foundation establishment and exchange for the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Longevity Sutra, then return to Yun Country to harvest the bamboo.

Yuan Hongyuan was ordered to kill Chen Mobai, but backed down after learning Chen Mobai had reached Foundation Establishment and was a peerless sword genius. He told his family that he had fought Chen Mobai and barely escaped, while Chen Mobai returned toward Giant Wood Ridge unaware of the ambush.

• A visitor from the Five Elements Sect ordered Yuan Hongyuan to kill Chen Mobai, the Divine Wood Sect's Top True Disciple, reminding him that the sect had provided his Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Yuan Hongyuan sent Yuan Shaoyuan to gather information, then had him and two brothers watch Chen Mobai and notify him when Chen left Jian Country.
• Yuan Shaoyuan and his brothers tracked Chen Mobai to a market, where he stayed in a Cave Mansion for three months before setting off toward Giant Wood Ridge.
• Yuan Hongyuan learned Chen Mobai was returning to the sect and moved ahead to ambush him, but saw him fly past and realized he had reached Foundation Establishment.
• Yuan Hongyuan let Chen Mobai pass without activating his formation, then later told Yuan Shaoyuan and his brothers that he had fought Chen Mobai and barely escaped his tyrannical sword qi.

Chen Mobai returned to Divine Wood Sect after establishing Foundation Establishment, gained E Yun’s support, and obtained the Foundation Establishment cultivation methods he sought. As the sect prepared to open the Divine Tree Secret Realm, Yuan Chiye began his own Foundation Establishment attempt with help from E Yun and Chen Mobai.

• Chen Mobai told Yuan Chiye and E Yun that he had established Foundation Establishment through Dao awakening, and E Yun arranged healing resources and a residence for him.
• E Yun took Chen Mobai to report his breakthrough to Meng Hong, who approved his entry into the Divine Tree Secret Realm and offered to take him as a disciple; Chen Mobai declined.
• Meng Hong learned that Chunyu Su had posted assassination missions and that Yuan Hongyuan had returned badly injured, and he suspected Chen Mobai had fought him before ordering the secret realm opened in a month.
• Chen Mobai collected the Foundation Establishment Chapters of the Longevity Sutra and the Crimson Flame Sword Art from the Scripture Pavilion and considered staying with the sect for its benefits.
• Yuan Chiye learned that the Divine Tree Secret Realm would soon open, accepted E Yun’s Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf and Chen Mobai’s Revival Talisman, and prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment.

Chen Mobai learned about the Divine Tree Secret Realm and secured Little South Mountain as his cultivation site, along with the rights to farm its sixty mu of spirit fields. After Sun Gaochang suggested he join the Reward Hall, E Yun guessed that the Hall Master might be grooming Chen Mobai as a successor.

• E Yun told Chen Mobai about the Divine Tree Secret Realm's three trials and recounted his own experience entering it with Zhou Wangshen and Hong He.
• Chen Mobai and E Yun visited the Spiritual Vein Department, where Chen chose a remote shop and courtyard and selected Little South Mountain as his Cave Mansion.
• E Yun accompanied Chen Mobai to the Spiritual Plant Department, where Sun Gaochang arranged for him to receive ten years of farming rights to Little South Mountain's sixty mu of Spirit Field.
• Sun Gaochang invited Chen Mobai to join the Reward Hall, and E Yun later guessed that the Hall Master was considering him as a successor.

Chen Mobai accepted Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming as unregistered disciples and advised them on their cultivation. After sending them to handle errands, he studied the Foundation Establishment chapters of the Longevity Sutra and learned what was needed to cultivate its Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array.

• Liu Wenbai asked Chen Mobai to accept him as a disciple, and Zhuo Ming soon asked to join him; Chen agreed to take both as unregistered disciples until a formal apprenticeship ceremony.
• Chen Mobai measured Liu Wenbai’s spirit roots, advised him to focus on the Longevity Sutra instead of the Crimson Flame Sword Art, and corrected flaws in his cultivation.
• Chen Mobai discovered Zhuo Ming had a strong Earth spirit root and suggested she consider an Earth Attribute cultivation technique, though he left the decision to her.
• Chen Mobai sent Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming to harvest spirit plants from his Water Mansion and ask about obtaining Second Grade Mystic Spirit Rabbit fur.
• Chen Mobai entered a Wood House Talisman on Little South Mountain and studied the Foundation Establishment chapters of the Longevity Sutra, including the tree seeds required for its Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array.

Chen Mobai studied the Longevity Sutra and Crimson Flame Sword Art, planned his cultivation priorities, and obtained a First Tier Crimson Sun Tree Seed and a Heavenly Wood Talisman through Liu Wenbai. After arranging matters on Little South Mountain, he began cultivating the second layer of Spirit Controlling Technique and had an insight while preparing to split his Spiritual Sense.

• Chen Mobai learned about the Three Yang Spirit Trees, the Azure Sun Fire they could produce, and the tree seeds used to activate the Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array.
• Chen Mobai decided to prioritize cultivation and farming while also improving his Sword Dao, puppetry, and other skills, and he asked Liu Wenbai to obtain a First Tier Crimson Sun Tree Seed.
• Chen Mobai studied the Crimson Flame Sword Art and planned to cultivate its Crimson Flame Sword Rainbow before entering the Divine Tree Secret Realm.
• Chen Mobai obtained a month of leave from Che Yucheng to cultivate Spirit Controlling Technique and arranged for Liu Wenbai to travel to Yun Country while Zhuo Ming managed Little South Mountain.
• Liu Wenbai returned with rabbit fur, a Crimson Sun Tree Seed, and a Heavenly Wood Talisman, and Chen Mobai reimbursed him with a Mid-grade Spirit Stone.
• Chen Mobai set up a Second-Order Array and began cultivating the second layer of Spirit Controlling Technique, then cut off the top flower-fruit of the Jade Wutong in his sea of consciousness.

Chen Mobai completed the second layer of the Spirit Controlling Technique by splitting off a strand of spiritual sense with the Green Wutong Sapling’s flower fruit, then celebrated Yuan Chiye’s successful Foundation Establishment with E Yun. After learning that the coveted Longevity Tree Fruit consumed lifespan and locked its user’s realm for decades, Chen Mobai was left reconsidering what to seek in the Divine Tree Secret Realm.

• Chen Mobai used a Green Wutong Sapling flower fruit to split and rapidly nurture a strand of spiritual sense, completing the second layer of the Spirit Controlling Technique without suffering the expected weakness.
• Zhuo Ming told Chen Mobai that Yuan Chiye had established his foundation, and Chen Mobai brought Spirit Wine to celebrate with Yuan Chiye and E Yun.
• Yuan Chiye explained that E Yun’s Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf had supplied Wood Spiritual Qi and protected his spiritual sense during Foundation Establishment, while Chen Mobai suggested documenting its potential use alongside a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• E Yun gave Chen Mobai records about the Divine Tree Secret Realm, and Chen Mobai became interested in the Longevity Tree Fruit after reading how it had advanced a cultivator’s realm.
• E Yun brought Chen Mobai to meet Yue Zutao, who explained that the Longevity Tree Fruit had cost him forty years of lifespan and locked him at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage for forty years.

Chen Mobai entered the Divine Tree Secret Realm and learned that the Longevity Tree Sap could help cultivate the Longevity Dao Body, but he refused to prioritize Zhou Wangshen’s request for it. After reaching the Magic Treasure Tree, he discovered that using a second kind of spiritual power let him return to its crown and access another fruit.

• Zhou Wangshen offered Chen Mobai a thousand Spirit Stones for each drop of Longevity Tree Sap, and E Yun explained the Longevity Dao Body and the secret realm’s three divine trees.
• Meng Hong and Lu Yi opened the secret realm, and Chen Mobai entered with Yuan Chiye, Wu Zeyang, and Yan Jinye.
• Chen Mobai flew for three days to reach the Magic Treasure Tree, where Yan Jinye tried unsuccessfully to harvest tree sap before teleporting into its crown.
• Chen Mobai entered the crown, took the emerald fruit assigned to him, and returned to the tree’s base after finding he could not reach other branches or fruits.
• Chen Mobai used Pure Yang Spiritual Power to teleport back into the tree’s crown and found a purple fruit before him.

Chen Mobai obtained secret arts from the Talent Tree that matched the Azure Wood Spirit Heart and Azure Sun Fire Seed, then investigated the Great Dao Tree with his Formless Puppet. He left the puppet at the tenth step, with its Spirit Barrier holding, as he pursued the tree’s trial.

• Chen Mobai used Longevity Spiritual Power and Pure Yang Spiritual Power to receive two Talent Tree evaluations and secret arts, discovering that his Purple Fruit contained an Azure Sun Fire Seed.
• Chen Mobai told Yan Jinye he had obtained the fire seed, then left her at the Talent Tree and flew toward the Great Dao Tree.
• Yan Jinye, Yuan Chiye, and Wu Zeyang each fainted within the Great Dao Tree’s domain and vanished without obtaining its favor.
• Chen Mobai used his Formless Puppet to observe the others and test the Great Dao Tree, finding that its Spirit Barrier let the puppet reach the seventh step.
• Chen Mobai raised the puppet’s Spirit Barrier power, took two more steps, and reached the tenth step.

Chen Mobai survived the Great Dao Tree trial, gained the sword realm Sword Rainbow Light Splitting, and returned to Divine Wood Sect after ten days unconscious. He concealed the true source of his gain with an invented vision of the Azure Emperor, then demonstrated his new sword art to Meng Hong and the others.

• Chen Mobai’s Formless Puppet reached ten steps toward the Great Dao Tree, and the tree bestowed the realm of Sword Rainbow Light Splitting through a Green Leaf that became a Purple Fire Sword Talisman.
• Chen Mobai fainted from the burning pain, but answered Turtle Treasure’s prompt to anchor the new world before passing out; he awoke ten days later in Divine Wood Hall.
• Yan Jinye, Meng Hong, and Grandmaster Zeng examined Chen Mobai, and he told them he had reached ten steps, surprising them because he was the first True Disciple since the sect’s split to do so.
• Chen Mobai invented a story about meeting the Azure Emperor and hearing of the Longevity Sword, while Meng Hong promised secrecy and compensation for his opportunity.
• When Meng Hong questioned whether Chen Mobai had gained anything else, Chen Mobai displayed Sword Rainbow Light Splitting, which destroyed a Second Tier Spirit Leaf Talisman in an instant.

Chen Mobai practiced Sword Light Differentiation in secret, received spiritual plants Liu Wenbai retrieved from the Water Mansion, and prepared to formally take Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming as disciples. Their apprenticeship ceremony brought sect friends and guests together, and Meng Hong arrived with promised gifts before the gathering ended in a feast.

• Chen Mobai secretly split his Purple Fire Sword Light into a second strand and kept the achievement hidden to protect his reputation and plans for Turtle Treasure.
• Liu Wenbai delivered the Water Mansion's spiritual plants, and Chen Mobai gave Jade Bamboos to Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming before announcing their formal apprenticeship ceremony.
• Qi Rui, Xi Jinghuo, Qi Hou, E Yun, Yuan Chiye, Yan Jinye, and other guests arrived at Little South Mountain for the ceremony.
• Chen Mobai accepted Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming as disciples, receiving a Second Tier defensive Magic Tool from Liu Wenbai and the Hundred Herbs Sutra from Zhuo Ming.
• Meng Hong arrived with a storage bag for Chen Mobai and pills for both new disciples, then joined the guests for Chen Mobai's Jade Sprout Spirit Wine.

After the Apprenticeship Ceremony, Chen Mobai divided gifts between Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming, discussed their cultivation plans, and examined the valuable rewards and treasures he had received. He prepared to guide Zhuo Ming in choosing an Earth Attribute technique and set aside the Azure Wood Spirit Heart while he investigated how best to use it.

• Chen Mobai gave Zhuo Ming his old storage bag and discussed Liu Wenbai's plans to improve the Longevity Sutra and convert to his family's Azure Water Art, while Zhuo Ming chose to cultivate an Earth Attribute technique.
• Chen Mobai found one hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones and two flying swords in Meng Hong's gift, including the Flying Sparrow Hairpin, which complemented his Azure Sun Fire Seed.
• Chen Mobai tested the Azure Scale Armguard Liu Wenbai had given him and discovered its defensive scales could also change shape and serve as a flying board.
• Chen Mobai read Zhuo Ming's Hundred Herbs Sutra and its pill recipes, then decided to store the Azure Wood Spirit Heart rather than consume it before finding a way to maximize its effect.
• Chen Mobai researched Earth Attribute techniques and simulated Zhuo Ming's Spiritual Root data before opening the Cloud Mist Array and taking her down the mountain toward the Scripture Pavilion.

Chen Mobai arranged Zhuo Ming’s cultivation path and left her managing Little South Mountain while he returned to the Immortal Sect to focus on his studies. After earning top marks and catching up with his classmates, he exchanged for a Vermilion Fruit at Qing Nü’s request and boarded the train home.

• At the Scripture Pavilion, Hu Jinshan praised Zhuo Ming’s hidden potential, and Chen Mobai helped her choose the Earth Mother Technique while obtaining copies of other techniques.
• Back at Little South Mountain, Chen Mobai assigned Zhuo Ming the fertile fields, rice fields, shop, and courtyard to manage, then sealed the mountain with the Cloud Mist Array before returning to the Immortal Sect.
• Chen Mobai attended Wuqi Dao Academy classes and took first place in both main courses and all four electives despite missing nearly half the year.
• At a class gathering, Chen Mobai’s classmates discussed the Critical Point Method, and Yun Yangbing gave Ming Yihua a special Spirit Gathering Formation to aid his Foundation Establishment attempt.
• Chen Mobai collected two Second Grade Talisman Brushes and exchanged for Qi Condensing Fluid for their maker, then used 20 Credits to obtain a Second Grade Vermilion Fruit for Qing Nü and boarded the train home.