Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai gathered ingredients with Qing Nü to refine Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew and asked Yan Bingxuan to help preserve an Azure Wood Spirit Heart. After completing the Three Yang Body and celebrating his Foundation Establishment, he returned to Immortal Sect Fifth High School, where his classmates saw him surrounded by Qing Nü and Yan Bingxuan.

• Chen Mobai gave Qing Nü the Vermilion Fruit and Bamboo Fruit, while Liu Wenbai and Chen Mobai had gathered the Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew’s Auxiliary Medicines.
• Qing Nü explained how to absorb part of the Azure Wood Spirit Heart and preserve the rest, so Chen Mobai invited Yan Bingxuan to dinner and asked for her help sealing it in ice.
• At dinner, Qing Nü said Kong Feichen had failed Foundation Establishment because of a Heart Demon and suggested Chen Mobai might help him.
• Chen Mobai completed the Three Yang Body, saw his Spirit Root values change, and found that his Pure Yang Scroll cultivation had reached Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer perfection.
• Chen Mobai celebrated his Foundation Establishment with his family, visited Immortal Sect Fifth High School for photos, and attended a reunion where Gong Xiangyu realized he could not challenge him.
• Qing Nü invited Chen Mobai to meet her the next day, while Yan Bingxuan offered to accompany him, leaving their classmates envious of his success.

Chen Mobai refined half of the Azure Wood Spirit Heart, sought advice about spiritual eye techniques, and learned more about Yang Jing’s sealed Second Personality. He reinforced Yang Jing’s seal, but her eyes opened with an eerie smile as he tried to withdraw his finger.

• At a meal with his former classmates, Chen Mobai heard that Shi Yuanqing had failed to establish his foundation and learned Cao Yaling had stayed away to pursue a breakthrough.
• Shi Jingjing advised Chen Mobai to ask her father, Shi Qujin, about spiritual eye techniques, and Chen Mobai later discussed options for examining flames and magic tools with him.
• At Treasure Bottle Pharmacy, Qing Nü completed the Primordial Spirit Water, and Chen Mobai absorbed half of the Azure Wood Spirit Heart, greatly expanding his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Mobai encountered Lan Haitan on a bus, then went to Kong Feichen’s apartment to reinforce the failing seal on Yang Jing’s Second Personality.
• Chen Mobai placed a golden seal on Yang Jing’s forehead, but her eyes opened with an eerie smile as he began to withdraw his finger.

Chen Mobai discovered that a flawed version of the Tao Seal had caused Yang Jing’s second personality to surface, then learned from Lan Haitan that Gu Changfeng was tied to the Ascension Cult. He left the meeting realizing the Immortal Sect expected him to help suppress Ancient Dao Lineages, despite still considering himself a student.

• Chen Mobai destroyed the Shadow Serpent in his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness and restrained Yang Jing and Kong Feichen while investigating the failed seal.
• Chen Mobai found that the Tao Seal taught by Qing Nü and Kong Feichen differed from the Immortal Sect’s version, and Qing Nü said her master Gu Changfeng might know the truth.
• Kong Feichen explained that a Law Enforcement Cultivator called Captain Gan had taught them the seal, while Qing Nü decided to seek contact with Gu Changfeng in prison.
• Chen Mobai reassured Qing Nü that Yang Jing’s danger was temporarily contained and arranged to recast the correct seal in three days.
• Lan Haitan told Chen Mobai that Gu Changfeng was likely part of the Ascension Cult and described its leader and vice leaders as powerful Ancient Dao cultivators operating Outside the Heavens.
• Lan Haitan said Chen Mobai had an obligation to suppress Ancient Dao Lineages, and Chen Mobai protested that he was still only a student.

Three Ascension Cultivators arrived in Vermilion Cloud City to abduct a target, while Chen Mobai learned the Sky Mending Group’s reputation and declined its offer. After spotting forbidden firearm Magic Tools in a bald youth’s bag, Chen Mobai alerted Lan Haitan and left the threat to the professionals.

• Sunglasses Woman and two Foundation Establishment youths arrived in Vermilion Cloud City, split up to prepare their mission, and Tuoba Wanyi went to visit the zoo.
• Chen Mobai placed a Tao Seal on Yang Jing to suppress her Second Personality, and Yang Jing explained how the Two Parts Divine Technique and Spirit Controlling Technique strengthened Spiritual Sense.
• Qing Nü explained the Sky Mending Group’s duties and Group Six’s dangerous reputation, prompting Chen Mobai to refuse Lan Haitan’s invitation.
• Qing Nü prepared Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew, and Chen Mobai used it to improve his spiritual eye before going to buy glasses with her.
• Chen Mobai saw forbidden firearm Magic Tools in the bald youth’s bag and messaged Lan Haitan about the danger.

Chen Mobai bought glasses that could detect Spirit Energy and learned that Lan Haitan had defeated the terrorist Unmoving, while the Ascension Cult prepared its next move. After Lan Haitan offered to show him the hidden world of the Immortal Sect, Chen Mobai went home and focused on cultivating.

• Chen Mobai bought three pairs of glasses with Qing Nü, including a pair that could measure Spirit Energy, and spotted Spirit Energy gathering in the distance.
• Lan Haitan defeated Unmoving, a Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer cultivator who practiced the Indestructible Concrete Body, then crippled him and discovered he had used grenades to self-destruct.
• Chen Mobai discussed improving the Hundred Herbs Pill and Spirit Nourishing Soup recipes with Qing Nü, hoping to make them useful for his disciples and future alchemy in the Sky River Realm.
• Sunglasses Woman and Tuoba Wanyi reported Unmoving's death to Divine Imperial Pavilion Master, who gave Sunglasses Woman a silver fire mark that granted her power invincible below Golden Core.
• Lan Haitan told Chen Mobai that Unmoving was an Ascension Cultist and that he had tracked the other two members of the group, but Chen Mobai declined his offer to join the hunt.
• Chen Mobai returned home, spoke with Yan Bingxuan, and cultivated the Four Yang Body while strengthening his Azure Sun Fire Seed.

The Ascension Cult abducted Yang Jing to test her Dark Spiritual Root, while Lan Haitan secretly engineered events to draw Chen Mobai into the rescue. Chen Mobai recovered Yang Jing and killed Tuoba Wanyi with a powerful Purple Flame Sword Light as Lan Haitan faced the Sunglasses Woman’s Core Formation-level attack.

• Lan Haitan learned that the Sunglasses Woman and Tuoba Wanyi had abducted Yang Jing, then secretly weakened the spider silk holding Qing Nü and Kong Feichen to provoke Chen Mobai into acting.
• The Sunglasses Woman confirmed Yang Jing had a Dark Spiritual Root, subdued her, and left Qing Nü and Kong Feichen bound while the Ascension Cultists fled with their captive.
• Chen Mobai rushed to Qing Nü’s apartment, freed her and Kong Feichen, and joined Lan Haitan after learning the Sky Mending Group had tracked the abductors.
• Lan Haitan rescued Yang Jing from the Sunglasses Woman’s control and told Chen Mobai to protect her while he confronted the Ascension Cultist.
• The Sunglasses Woman unleashed a Core Formation-level technique against Lan Haitan, while Tuoba Wanyi attacked Chen Mobai and Yang Jing.
• Chen Mobai killed Tuoba Wanyi with a Purple Flame Sword Light, then asked Lan Haitan whether he needed help.

Chen Mobai rescued Yang Jing from the Ascension Cult and returned with her to Vermilion Cloud City, where Kong Feichen revealed their childhood in a secret laboratory and his hidden cultivation of the Two Parts Divine Technique. Kong Feichen drugged Chen Mobai, took Yang Jing through a Silver Fire Ring to treat her illness, and was attacked by Lin Yin as he left.

• Chen Mobai killed Tuoba Wanyi with a single Sword Light strike, and the Ascension Cult Woman fled Overseas as Lan Haitan pursued her.
• Yang Jing clung to Chen Mobai, called Qing Nü to reassure her, and returned with him to the apartment before daybreak.
• Kong Feichen told Chen Mobai that he, Qing Nü, and Yang Jing had grown up in a laboratory conducting experiments on Spiritual Roots, and that he had broken his Curse Seal while establishing his foundation.
• Kong Feichen revealed that he had secretly cultivated the Two Parts Divine Technique and had altered the sealing technique he gave Chen Mobai.
• Kong Feichen drugged Chen Mobai with a medicine called Core, carried the sleeping Yang Jing through a Silver Fire Ring, and said he was taking her to treat her illness.
• Lin Yin appeared with a dagger and silently cut toward Kong Feichen's neck as he stepped through the Silver Fire Ring.

Chen Mobai learned that an unknown expert had rescued Kong Feichen with a single ordinary leaf, then followed Che Yucheng’s warning not to investigate a Golden Core True Person. He refused Lan Haitan’s offer to join the Sky Mending Group, while Lin Yin revealed that a Heaven Spirit Root cultivator wanted to join Lan’s Sixth Group.

• A mysterious person shattered Lin Yin’s dagger with a withered leaf, wounded her, and helped Kong Feichen escape with Yang Jing.
• Lin Yin told Chen Mobai that a Golden Core True Person might be involved and urged him to report the matter to Opening the Origin Hall, but Chen refused to testify based on her guess.
• Chen Mobai sent Che Yucheng a detailed account, and Che warned him not to investigate a Golden Core True Person before the truth emerged.
• Chen Mobai told Qing Nü that Kong Feichen had taken Yang Jing away for treatment, and Qing Nü broke down in tears.
• Lan Haitan offered a Greater Barrier Breaking Pill and Merit Points for Kong Feichen’s capture, but Chen Mobai declined to join the Sky Mending Group.
• Lin Yin told Lan Haitan that a Heaven Spirit Root cultivator had joined the group and wanted Sixth Group, but Lan rejected her, saying his group needed ruthless people like Chen Mobai.

Chen Mobai repaired and upgraded the Five Transformations Umbrella, said farewell to Vermilion Cloud City, and returned to Wuqi Dao Academy to prepare for Myriad Treasures Cave and his next stage of cultivation. The chapter ended the first volume with Chen Mobai beginning his studies and training as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

• Chen Mobai worked with Luan Jingsheng and Wu Wan to upgrade the Five Transformations Umbrella, and Luan Jingsheng gained insight from the process.
• Chen Mobai comforted Shen Juanxiu after her failed Foundation Establishment attempt and told her and Chan Si about the Critical Point Method.
• Chen Mobai gathered with his old classmates at Green Mountain Village, where he reflected on Qing Nü's departure and spoke with Yan Bingxuan about his cultivation ambitions.
• Chen Mobai told Lu Hongsheng that he would not return to Vermilion Cloud City because he planned to enter Myriad Treasures Cave and cultivate in Back Mountain.
• Che Yucheng told Chen Mobai that his trip to Myriad Treasures Cave could proceed after the school year began and the required procedures were completed.
• Chen Mobai enrolled in three main courses and six electives, then cultivated his Void Glimpse Spiritual Eye and Pure Yang Dharma Body while studying the Pure Yang Scroll.

Chen Mobai considered cultivating the Pure Yang Scroll toward Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment, then attended his first Sword Control Department class and stunned the instructors by displaying Sword Rainbow Light Splitting. True Person Zuo Gong accepted Chen Mobai’s explanation that he had gained the sword realm through Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment and urged him to advance into the higher-year classes.

• Che Yucheng proposed that Chen Mobai pursue Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment through the Pure Yang Scroll, and Chen Mobai decided to study its Foundation Establishment chapter while focusing mainly on the Longevity Sutra.
• True Person Zuo Gong introduced the Sword Control Department’s teaching arrangements, and Zhai Jianbai began evaluating the first-year students’ sword skills.
• When Zhai Jianbai pressed him to demonstrate his sword technique, Chen Mobai warned him to stand back and slashed out a deep purple sword light.
• True Person Zuo Gong seized the sword light and identified it as Sword Rainbow Light Splitting, while Wu Shizheng and Zhai Jianbai were astonished.
• Chen Mobai said his sword foundations were weak and agreed when True Person Zuo Gong guessed that Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment had granted him the sword realm.
• True Person Zuo Gong urged Chen Mobai to reach his higher-year class within the year, then left disappointed that Zhai Jianbai would not receive a treasured sword-art opportunity.

Chen Mobai rapidly mastered the Sword Control Department’s teachings and graduated after Zuo Gong gave him the Collection of Sword Sha, a treatise on combining different sword sha. Che Yucheng secured his entry to the Myriad Treasures Cave, and Chen returned to Little South Mountain, where he inspected Zhuo Ming’s farming work and considered how to improve the slow-growing Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice.

• Chen Mobai mastered the first three realms of sword cultivation in two weeks and advanced from First Grade to Seventh Grade of the Sword Control Department.
• Zuo Gong declared Chen Mobai had graduated, gave him the Collection of Sword Sha, and shared his theories for formations combining multiple types of sword sha.
• Che Yucheng told Chen Mobai that Zuo Gong possessed an image of the Immortal Sect Sword Art and gave him the approved recommendation for the Myriad Treasures Cave.
• Chen Mobai prepared for the trip, returned to the Sky River Realm, and inspected the Spirit Fields and Gold-edged Jade Bamboo planted by Zhuo Ming.
• Chen Mobai considered improving Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice cultivation while avoiding the risk of revealing his advanced Immortal Sect rice seeds.

Chen Mobai rewarded Zhuo Ming and Liu Wenbai with Magic Artifacts and guidance before retreating into seclusion, while Yuan Chiye shared news of a spirit stone mine and a Foundation Establishment Cave Mansion. The next day, Chen Mobai arrived at Red City and met his formal mentor, Qin Beichen.

• Chen Mobai checked Zhuo Ming’s progress with the Earth Mother Sutra and praised her steady cultivation.
• Chen Mobai gave Liu Wenbai the Green Silk Square and Sword Casting Ring, and gave Zhuo Ming the Needle Box and Five Transformations Umbrella.
• Chen Mobai advised Liu Wenbai to focus on reaching Qi Cultivation Perfection and showed Zhuo Ming that the umbrella was too demanding for her current cultivation.
• Chen Mobai answered both disciples’ cultivation questions, then shared a meal with them and Yuan Chiye.
• Yuan Chiye told Chen Mobai about a suspected Micro Spirit Stone Mine in Lei Kingdom and a Foundation Establishment Cave Mansion that Yan Jinye wanted help exploring.
• Chen Mobai entered seclusion, and the next day he met Qin Beichen at Red City’s Back Mountain.

Chen Mobai entered the Myriad Treasures Cave with Qin Beichen, received an Artifact Piece from Duanmu Longrong, and learned how the cave's hidden magic artifacts could be claimed. Qin Beichen demonstrated the process and gave Chen Mobai a Crimson Cloud Mist Silk, leaving Chen Mobai to ask Ming Yihua how to refine and use it.

• Qin Beichen led Chen Mobai through the Fire Element Divine Light and deep into the Myriad Treasures Cave, where Duanmu Longrong gave Chen an Artifact Piece.
• Qin Beichen explained that sealed magic artifacts were hidden in Artifact Nurturing Spheres throughout the cave and demonstrated opening one with an Artifact Piece.
• The opened sphere revealed a Crimson Cloud Mist Silk, which Qin Beichen gave to Chen Mobai after explaining its flight and defensive abilities.
• Qin Beichen advised Chen Mobai to search the cave's tunnels and use its abundant Fire Vein Spiritual Qi, then left to resume his cultivation.
• Chen Mobai called Ming Yihua about the cave and asked how to refine and use the Crimson Cloud Mist Silk.

Chen Mobai explored Myriad Treasures Cave with his newly attuned Crimson Cloud Mist Silk, found and inspected an Artifact Nurturing Sphere, and then spent half a year cultivating there. His Fire Spiritual Root rose to 53, making him an upper-grade True Spirit Root, while he mastered several Pure Yang spells and advanced his Azure Sun Fire toward refinement.

• Chen Mobai rode the Crimson Cloud Mist Silk into Myriad Treasures Cave and tested how deeply he could descend.
• Chen Mobai found an Artifact Nurturing Sphere containing a flying sword, understood how its spirit liquid and the surrounding Refined Iron Qi nurtured it, and left it in place after marking its location.
• Chen Mobai searched another tunnel without finding any Artifact Nurturing Spheres, then stayed in the cave to cultivate for half a year.
• Chen Mobai's Pure Yang Dharma Body reached Four Yang Body, raising his Fire Spiritual Root to 53 and making him an upper-grade True Spirit Root.
• Chen Mobai learned that Wind Rain Dock was the only place he could readily obtain more Second Tier Blood Jade Carp Kings, but decided its dangers made the trip premature.
• Chen Mobai mastered the Pure Yang Scroll's fire spells and used the Sun Ascension Technique on his Azure Sun Fire Seed, bringing it closer to forming Azure Flame Sword Sha.

Chen Mobai used a Wood Spirit Talisman to temporarily gain a Heavenly Wood Spirit Root and receive a new Longevity Sect inheritance from the Talent Tree. The Two Aspects Rotating Technique revealed a method for advancing one Foundation Establishment technique quickly with Longevity Tree Fruit before letting another technique absorb its power for Core Formation.

• Chen Mobai practiced the Longevity Sutra’s spells in the Divine Tree Secret Realm and cultivated until he condensed his eleventh drop of Liquid Spiritual Power.
• Chen Mobai tested the Magic Treasure Tree and concluded that it would not offer another fruit for Spiritual Power he had already infused into it.
• Chen Mobai used the Talent Tree to obtain the Spirit Light Absorbing Soldier Art and Fire Chain Art, then chose not to try absorbing his Divine Wood Sword.
• Chen Mobai activated the Wood Spirit Talisman, raising his displayed Wood Spiritual Root to 100, and received the complete Two Aspects Rotating Technique from the Talent Tree.
• Chen Mobai learned that the technique’s first volume described using Longevity Tree Fruit and life-extending pills to advance one Foundation Establishment technique before its power was absorbed by the other.

Chen Mobai planned to obtain a complete set of Longevity Tree Fruits while helping his disciples prepare to enter the Divine Tree Secret Realm, and he guided them in cultivation and discussed a new medicinal wine. After learning that Yan Jinye had obtained a Longevity Tree Fruit and gone missing in a cave mansion, he decided to seek information about her whereabouts.

• Chen Mobai considered relying on his disciples and other trusted cultivators to acquire Longevity Tree Fruits, then gained the Profound Fire Divine Thunder Technique from the Talent Tree.
• Chen Mobai guided Liu Wenbai through his cultivation questions, and Liu Wenbai broke through to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.
• Zhuo Ming showed Chen Mobai the shop ledger and suggested combining spirit wine with medicinal ingredients to make wine that could aid cultivation.
• Chen Mobai asked Yuan Chiye to help find a trustworthy alchemist, but learned Yan Jinye had not returned from a Foundation Establishment Cave Mansion and might need rescuing.
• Yuan Chiye told Chen Mobai that Zhou Wangshen had bought Longevity Tree Sap from him and Wu, while Yan Jinye had obtained a Longevity Tree Fruit.
• Chen Mobai asked where the Alchemy Department was so he could visit Yan Jinye's master and inquire about her.

Chen Mobai joined Shan Hongyi and Bi Yiyuan to investigate Lone Soul Ridge and rescue Yan Jinye, while arranging Bamboo Fruit as compensation for his help. Yan Jinye’s reply revealed that she and Senior Sister Mei were trapped in a cave suppressing its owner, who had transformed into a Silver Armored Corpse.

• Chen Mobai learned that Bi Yiyuan and Shan Hongyi had accepted Zeng Woyou’s mission to find Yan Jinye, and Zeng offered him three Bamboo Fruits for joining them.
• Chen Mobai, Shan Hongyi, and Bi Yiyuan found Yan Jinye’s nameplate led to a hidden cave at Lone Soul Ridge, where the formations disrupted the Qi-Direction Compass.
• Shan Hongyi sent a Message Talisman toward Yan Jinye, then asked Yu Lian to investigate local stories about Lone Soul Ridge.
• Chen Mobai took Yu Lian to question nearby cultivators and encouraged him to aim for Foundation Establishment and sell Chen anything useful he found in the Divine Tree Secret Realm.
• Yan Jinye’s reply said she and Senior Sister Mei were trapped inside, suppressing the cave owner after he transformed into a Silver Armored Corpse, and asked the three cultivators to bring utmost-yang, utmost-hard Magic Artifacts or Talismans.

Chen Mobai and the Divine Wood Sect cultivators fought through Daoist Feiming’s corpse-filled cave to reach Yan Jinye and the others, only to awaken a powerful Silver Armored Corpse and discover that Madam Guo was suspicious. The chapter ended with Bi Yiyuan attacking Madam Guo as Mei Jingjun warned that something was wrong with her.

• Yu Lian reported that Daoist Feiming had been a Foundation Establishment cultivator skilled in formations and corpse-driving, and Shan Hongyi led Chen Mobai and Bi Yiyuan into the cave while Yu Lian remained outside.
• Chen Mobai, Shan Hongyi, and Bi Yiyuan fought through waves of Iron Corpses and Bronze Armored Corpses, then followed a Message Talisman to the underground cavern where Yan Jinye, Mei Jingjun, and Madam Guo were suppressing a Silver Armored Corpse.
• A second Silver Armored Corpse appeared and claimed to be Daoist Feiming, while the corpse in the coffin awakened after its Corpse-Suppressing Talisman burned away and revealed an aura with characteristics of a Gold Armored Corpse.
• Shan Hongyi ordered Yan Jinye and Mei Jingjun to withdraw, but Bi Yiyuan attacked Madam Guo with his Wolf Tooth Club, and Mei Jingjun warned that something was wrong with her.

Chen Mobai and the Divine Wood Sect cultivators tried to escape Daoist Feiming’s underground formation, but he separated them and sent his Silver Armored Corpse to hunt them. Chen stayed behind and used a hidden purple sword strike to behead Daoist Feiming, whose final moment of confusion suggested the attack was not what it appeared to be.

• Madam Guo accused the Divine Wood Sect cultivators of plotting against her, while Daoist Feiming confirmed that someone had been arranged to break the Corpse Suppression Curse.
• Chen Mobai, Bi Yiyuan, and the others attacked Daoist Feiming and tried to escape, but he activated the Underworld Great Formation and returned them to the cavern.
• Daoist Feiming pulled Madam Guo through the formation, killed her with the Gold Jade Axe, and then sent his Silver Armored Corpse after Shan Hongyi and the others.
• Daoist Feiming separated Shan Hongyi, Bi Yiyuan, Yan Jinye, and Mei Jingjun within the formation, while Chen Mobai remained behind to face him.
• Chen Mobai’s apparent sword attack failed, but he drew his hairpin and unleashed a purple strike that severed Daoist Feiming’s head.

Chen Mobai survived Daoist Feiming’s final attack and tracked down the other Divine Wood Sect members, discovering that Bi Yiyuan had died. He helped Shan Hongyi, Mei Jingjun, and Yan Jinye defeat the Silver Armored Corpse, then revealed that he had killed Daoist Feiming.

• Daoist Feiming unleashed the Golden Bead’s self-detonation, but Chen Mobai escaped the blast with his defenses and took the Five-Colored Lotus Lamp.
• Chen Mobai returned to the cavern where he had killed Daoist Feiming, followed Shan Hongyi’s spiritual traces, and found Bi Yiyuan dead with his blood drained.
• Chen Mobai found Shan Hongyi, Mei Jingjun, and Yan Jinye trapping the Silver Armored Corpse with the Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array.
• The Silver Armored Corpse detonated its Corpse Pearl, injured the Divine Wood Sect members, and broke free, but Chen Mobai pierced its brow with the Divine Wood Sword.
• Shan Hongyi told Chen Mobai that Bi Yiyuan had died, and Chen Mobai admitted that he had fought Daoist Feiming and cut him down.