Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai defeated Lu Qiulong and Wenren Zijue, reaching 119 consecutive victories in Lesser Red Heaven, while Lan Haitan entered the arena and effortlessly defeated Xiahou Weihuan. Chen Mobai paused his attempt to break Ancestor Yuanyang’s record to watch Lan Haitan’s battle, leaving the Pure Yang Academy shaken by the defeat.

• Chen Mobai defeated Lu Qiulong, astonishing spectators and observers including Zhongli Yi, Meng Huang'er, and Lan Haitan.
• Pure Yang Academy’s leaders agreed to send Wenren Zijue against Chen Mobai, while Xiahou Weihuan entered Lesser Red Heaven to vent his frustration.
• Lan Haitan matched with Xiahou Weihuan and defeated him despite Xiahou’s desperate Blood-Burning Yang-Opening Sword.
• Chen Mobai defeated Wenren Zijue to reach 119 consecutive victories, then paused before his next match to watch Lan Haitan’s fight.
• Sima Xingyu learned that Chen Mobai had left Lesser Red Heaven and watched in shock as Lan Haitan overwhelmed Xiahou Weihuan.

After Lan Haitan defeated Xiahou Weihuan, Chen Mobai and the Wuqi Dao Academy hosted him and gifted him a Star Gathering Stone suited to his impending Core Formation. Che Yucheng then explained Core Formation probabilities to Chen Mobai and revealed that Chen would face Sima Xingyu in Lesser Red Heaven because of a bet over which academy’s Fifth Tier Magic Tool would anchor the expanded spirit treasure.

• Lan Haitan stopped fighting in Lesser Red Heaven after thirteen more consecutive victories because no Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators dared to match him.
• Chen Mobai asked Hua Zijing to arrange a tour and meal for Lan Haitan, and the Student Union prepared a lavish welcome for him.
• Che Yucheng and Duanmu Longrong offered Lan Haitan five Artifact Nurturing Spheres, and Chen Mobai used his Void Glimpse Spiritual Eye to help him choose the Star Gathering Stone.
• Che Yucheng told Chen Mobai that Lan Haitan’s Core Formation probability was about fifty percent and explained how Spiritual Roots and innate talent affected the odds.
• Che Yucheng revealed that Chen Mobai would face Sima Xingyu in Lesser Red Heaven and explained that he had bet with Nangong Xuanyu over whether the Primordial Yang Sword would serve as the core for expanding Lesser Red Heaven.

Chen Mobai learned that his record-breaking streak would decide whether Pure Yang Academy lost the Primordial Yang Sword, then entered Lesser Red Heaven expecting to face Sima Xingyu. A concealed arrangement diverted Sima Xingyu, allowing Chen Mobai to defeat Tian Wenguang and break Ancestor Yuanyang’s centuries-old win streak record.

• Che Yucheng explained that Pure Yang Academy had wagered the Primordial Yang Sword against Chen Mobai breaking Ancestor Yuanyang’s record, and warned that Lesser Red Heaven could restore Sima Xingyu to peak strength.
• Chen Mobai entered Lesser Red Heaven as Lan Haitan also went online, while Pure Yang Academy prepared Sima Xingyu to face him with a secret pill that could raise him to Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer.
• Sima Xingyu entered Lesser Red Heaven, but Chen Mobai was matched with Tian Wenguang instead and realized Che Yucheng and Gongye Zhixu had arranged to divert the fight.
• Chen Mobai defeated Tian Wenguang with his Purple-Blue Fire sword light and broke Ancestor Yuanyang’s win streak record before spectators across the Immortal Sect.
• Lin Yin asked Lan Haitan whether Chen Mobai knew he had blocked Sima Xingyu, and Lan Haitan said he had followed orders and owed Chen Mobai a favor.

After Chen Mobai broke Ancestor Yuanyang’s win streak record, his former rivals reassessed him, while Wuqi Dao Academy rewarded him with Grade 2 Qi Replenishing Spirit Water. He prepared to visit the Exchange Meeting with Hua Zijing, who urged him to disguise himself so he would not be mobbed by admirers.

• Yan Feng and his classmates watched Chen Mobai’s livestream success, and Yan Feng took pride in having once forced him into a close fight.
• Yan Bingxuan smiled at Chen Mobai’s record-breaking victory, while Qing Nü watched him with unacknowledged pride and Zhongli Yi noticed.
• Chen Mobai told Che Yucheng he had completed his mission, and Che Yucheng arranged a reward of one hundred tubes of Grade 2 Qi Replenishing Spirit Water.
• Luo He Zheng gave Chen Mobai the spirit water but refused to let him buy more, explaining that the Dao academy reserved resources for other cultivators as well.
• Chen Mobai asked Hua Zijing about the Exchange Meeting and persuaded her to accompany him; she warned him to disguise himself because he had become famous.
• Hua Zijing changed into her Dance Weapon Red Black Robe, and Chen Mobai objected when she suggested concealing his identity.

Chen Mobai and Hua Zijing visited the Exchange Meeting at Chicheng Cave Heaven, where he met classmates preparing for Foundation Establishment and toured the Dao Academy stalls. After Hua Zijing stayed to pet a cat, Chen Mobai found a mysterious fortune-teller from Star Gazing Academy in an alley and was asked to write a character for a divination.

• Chen Mobai disguised himself with a black crystal mask and flew with Hua Zijing to Chicheng Cave Heaven, where they discussed a television drama and the Exchange Meeting.
• Chen Mobai met Si Guanyu and Zhuang Jialan, learned they planned to attempt Foundation Establishment, and offered to ask his friend Qing Nü about a Qianyuan Bone Exchange Pill.
• Zhuang Jialan told Chen Mobai that online rumors accused him of romantic misconduct, and he angrily threatened to sue whoever had spread them.
• Chen Mobai and Hua Zijing visited the Dao Academy stalls, but Hua Zijing stayed behind to pet a White Cat while Chen Mobai went alone toward Longevity Academy's stall.
• Chen Mobai encountered a Sunglasses Girl offering free fortune-telling in an alley and agreed to write a character, then hesitated over whether to ask about romance or cultivation.

Chen Mobai learned that forming a core could bring three tribulations, then reunited with Shi Wanyu and drew a cryptic fortune about his future. The chapter ended when Sunglasses Girl coughed up blood after seeing the fortunes she had drawn for them.

• Sunglasses Girl told Chen Mobai that forming a core would bring tribulations of essence, qi, and spirit, and explained possible ways to overcome them.
• Chen Mobai persuaded Shi Wanyu to receive a divination, revealed his identity, and encouraged her to ask about her future.
• Shi Wanyu asked about her life and was told she would die peacefully at the end of her natural life.
• Chen Mobai asked about his life, drew a card reading, "Ascend beyond the world, tread the Dao Wheel through the void," and Shi Wanyu drew one reading, "Bursting stars beyond sunset glow, flying ash falls before the steps."
• Sunglasses Girl suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood after the two fortunes were revealed.

After Sunglasses Girl abruptly left, Chen Mobai went with Shi Wanyu to Longevity Academy’s stalls to ask how his father could recover lifespan consumed by a spell. He learned that replenishing lost lifespan was a medical matter, then revealed his identity to Yu Rulin and left with him for a private discussion, while Shi Wanyu stayed behind with her roommates.

• Sunglasses Girl ended the reading, cleared away her things, and disappeared through a wall after coughing blood.
• Chen Mobai invited Shi Wanyu to walk with him to Longevity Academy, and she happily agreed.
• Shi Wanyu explained the academy’s four stalls and its students’ interest in health and beauty preservation before joining her roommates at the beauty stall.
• Chen Mobai paid Yu Rulin for a consultation and asked whether his father could recover lifespan spent using a dangerous spell.
• Yu Rulin explained that lifespan extension and replenishing lifespan were separate fields, then directed Chen Mobai to the illness-treating stall.
• After Le Chengwei could not help without knowing the exact spell, Chen Mobai returned to Yu Rulin, revealed his face, and left with him for a private talk after parting from Shi Wanyu.

Chen Mobai learned from Yu Rulin how Longevity Academy treated depleted lifespan and bought pills to restore some of his father’s years. He then left the Exchange Meeting with Hua Zijing and a gifted White Cat, while still needing to earn money for more medicine.

• Shi Wanyu’s roommates confirmed that Chen Mobai had been the Magic Combat Victor, but Shi Wanyu doubted she would see him again.
• Yu Rulin explained that the Longevity Replenishing Pill restored one year of depleted lifespan and the Longevity Pill restored ten, while the rare Turtle Longevity Pill restored sixty.
• Chen Mobai bought one Longevity Pill and three Longevity Replenishing Pills with the Merit Points he had left.
• Chen Mobai returned to the alley to look for the Sunglasses Girl, but her fortune-telling stall was gone.
• Chen Mobai asked the True Spirit Academy Cat Cafe to let Hua Zijing keep the White Cat, and Lu Qiulong helped arrange the transfer.
• Chen Mobai and Hua Zijing left with the White Cat, while a student who had objected learned that Chen Mobai was Wuqi Dao Academy’s chief.

Chen Mobai explored ways to earn a stable income and, after considering the costs and difficulties of several industries, arranged to take over Wu Shangru’s Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory. He also learned that Lesser Red Heaven would eventually open to more Foundation Establishment cultivators across the Immortal Sect, putting his unbeaten record at risk.

• Chen Mobai calculated that replenishing the lifespan lost to the Longevity Tree Fruit would cost 4,104,000 Merit Points and looked into ways to build a steady income.
• Chen Mobai consulted the Wood Spirit Talisman Shop owner, who explained the thin profits and fierce competition facing small talisman businesses.
• Chen Mobai told Tang Pancui he wanted to start a talisman business, and she suggested that Wu Shangru might sell him his factory before leaving Vermilion Cloud City.
• Wu Shangru offered Chen Mobai the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory after four years of serving as its spokesperson, and Chen Mobai accepted.
• Qing Nü told Chen Mobai that Lesser Red Heaven would eventually become accessible throughout the Immortal Sect, and Chen Mobai welcomed the prospect of a challenger to his Win Streak Record.

Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City, moved his household registration back, and took over the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory from Wu Shangru. After reconnecting with old friends and learning the factory’s finances, he asked Wu Shangru how to raise four million Merit Points and learned he could borrow against the factory.

• Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City, arranged to move his household registration back, and secured the land-use rights for the Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory.
• Wu Shangru introduced Chen Mobai to the factory’s equipment and employees, agreed to oversee the handover for half a year, and Chen Mobai persuaded Chen Xinglan to help run the business.
• Chen Mobai met Chan Si, Shen Juanxiu, and Luan Jingsheng; he promised Shen Juanxiu priority on the factory’s spirit-sand orders and invited Luan Jingsheng to join the company.
• Chen Mobai visited Shi Qujin and later focused on managing the factory, whose annual profit was 1.2 million Merit Points apart from Wu Shangru’s personal talisman business.
• Chen Mobai asked Wu Shangru how to obtain four million Merit Points quickly, and Wu Shangru advised him to use the factory’s property and land-use rights as collateral for a loan.

Chen Mobai balanced his Immortal Sect cultivation and Spell Duels with brewing Second Grade Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine in the Divine Wood Sect. After sharing the wine with friends and disciples, he left Zhuo Ming newly advanced to the Seventh Qi Cultivation Layer and began preparing his disciples to expand Little South Mountain Shop.

• Chen Mobai registered for his sixth-year courses, focused on raising his Pure Yang Scroll cultivation with Qi Replenishing Spirit Water, and faced increasingly formidable opponents in Lesser Red Heaven, including Nangong Xiu.
• Chen Mobai hosted E Yun, Yan Jinye, and Yue Zutao to taste his Second Grade Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine, while Zhuo Ming explained how she and Yan Jinye had produced only two successful jars from twenty-six.
• Yuan Chiye arrived to join the gathering, and Chen Mobai, E Yun, Yuan Chiye, and Yue Zutao drank until dawn while Yan Jinye left early.
• After drinking half a cup of Second Grade Spirit Wine, Zhuo Ming broke through to the Seventh Qi Cultivation Layer, and Chen Mobai gave both disciples wine to keep.
• Chen Mobai told his disciples to sell the failed First Grade wine through Little South Mountain Shop and advised Liu Wenbai as he prepared for the Sect Grand Competition.

Chen Mobai gave Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine to sect leaders and friends, then learned that Meng Hong would step down in two years and was encouraged to take a post in the Reward Hall. He secured more Bamboo Fruit for his cultivation and heard that Yuan Chiye would investigate a shortfall at a Spirit Stone Mine in Lei Kingdom.

• Chen Mobai shared Jade Bamboo Spirit Wine with friends and leaders, and Sun Gaochang reserved a vat of First Grade wine.
• Sun Gaochang urged Chen Mobai to serve as an Inspector Envoy in the Reward Hall, and Meng Hong confirmed that he would step down in two years to pursue Core Formation.
• Meng Hong explained the sect’s succession plans and approved Chen Mobai’s move to the Reward Hall to balance the Three Great Halls.
• Chen Mobai gave Zeng Woyou two jars of wine and secured six Bamboo Fruits over time, with Yan Jinye delivering three the next day.
• Chen Mobai told E Yun and Yuan Chiye he intended to join the Reward Hall, and E Yun supported his decision.
• Yuan Chiye said Meng Hong had summoned him to investigate an eight-thousand-spirit-stone deficit at a Spirit Stone Mine in Lei Kingdom, and Chen Mobai wondered whether Luo Yixuan might become a true disciple.

Chen Mobai and Yuan Chiye investigated suspicions surrounding Lei Kingdom guardian Luo Shupin, while Chen told Yu Lian that the sect planned to refine Yao Beast Foundation Establishment Pills and urged him to compete for one. After the True Disciple battles, Luo Yixiu became a True Disciple, and Chen revealed that Luo Yixuan was concealing her unusually strong cultivation and Spiritual Sense.

• Yuan Chiye told Chen Mobai and E Yun that the Sect Master had ordered him to investigate a spirit stone deficit in Lei Kingdom, and they suspected something had happened to Luo Shupin.
• E Yun arranged to question Luo Yixiu and Luo Yixuan after the Sect Grand Competition, while Chen Mobai noted that the sect was preparing to refine Yao Beast Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Chen Mobai privately informed Yu Lian about the pills, and Yu Lian decided to challenge True Disciples who had won easily and remained uninjured.
• Luo Yixiu defeated a True Disciple and earned a place among the Twenty-Four, while Yuan Chiye told Luo Yixuan that Luo Shupin might be implicated in the Lei Kingdom investigation.
• Chen Mobai told Yuan Chiye that Luo Yixuan had a hidden cultivation and Spiritual Sense that placed her among the strongest members of their batch.

Yuan Chiye was assigned to investigate a Spirit Stone shortage in Lei Kingdom and invited Chen Mobai to join him. At the Sect Grand Competition, Yu Lian challenged Luo Yixiu and defeated him with a Second Tier Magic Tool.

• Yuan Chiye discovered that Luo Yixuan had concealed her cultivation and explained that he was investigating nearly eight thousand missing Spirit Stones from the Lei Kingdom mine.
• Yuan Chiye invited Chen Mobai to accompany him to Lei Kingdom, and Chen Mobai agreed to ask Hall Master Chu for permission.
• Liu Wenbai lost his match, and Luo Yixiu arrogantly invited him to become his deputy, prompting Liu Wenbai to reject him.
• Chen Mobai told Yuan Chiye that he expected Zhuo Ming to develop beyond her current reputation and revealed that he had notified Yu Lian about the Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Yu Lian challenged Luo Yixiu, then used a Second Tier Magic Tool to break through Luo Yixiu's defense and knock him from the arena.

After the Sect Grand Competition, the Divine Wood Sect froze Yu Lian’s second-place result after discovering his Silver Firmament Sect origins, while Chen Mobai argued that stripping his fair victory could create lasting resentment. Chen Mobai then joined E Yun’s inquiry into the Luo siblings and intervened when E Yun’s questions frightened Luo Yixiu.

• After Yu Lian placed second in the Sect Grand Competition, the Divine Wood Sect investigated his origins and temporarily froze his result because he was linked to the Silver Firmament Sect.
• Chu Zuoshu told Chen Mobai that Quan Shanlin wanted to strip Yu Lian’s result and place him under surveillance, while Meng Hong favored freezing it; Chen Mobai warned that unfair treatment could breed resentment.
• Chu Zuoshu decided to speak with Meng Hong again, and Chen Mobai left the Reward Hall to visit E Yun with Sun Gaochang.
• At E Yun’s residence, Chen Mobai met Luo Yixuan and Luo Yixiu, who feared that Luo Shupin’s suspected betrayal would implicate them and their clan.
• E Yun questioned the Luo siblings and said he would visit their clan in Yun Country; when Luo Yixiu protested, E Yun reprimanded him, and Chen Mobai told the siblings they could leave.

Chen Mobai investigated Yue Zutao and Yan Jinye’s Spiritual Roots and suspected that strong Wood Spiritual Roots or their cultivation techniques helped produce Longevity Tree Fruits. As he prepared to return to Little South Mountain, Luo Yixuan arrived with a gift, including a rare Third Grade herb that could serve as a main ingredient for Foundation Establishment Pills.

• E Yun said Fu Xingzhou had been sent to Lei Kingdom, while Yuan Chiye departed and Chen Mobai agreed to possibly join the investigation into the Spirit Stone Mine deficit.
• Chen Mobai collected Yue Zutao and Yan Jinye’s spiritual power readings and theorized that strong Wood Spiritual Roots or the Two Aspects Technique might help produce Longevity Tree Fruits.
• Yu Lian thanked Chen Mobai for protecting his true disciple results, promised to repay the favor, and left after Chen Mobai told him to focus on cultivation.
• Chen Mobai told Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming he would return to Little South Mountain, leaving Zhuo Ming to oversee the shop and sell the remaining spirit wine.
• Luo Yixuan visited Chen Mobai to thank him and offered six hundred Spirit Stones and a rare Camel Thorn herb worth several thousand Spirit Stones.

Chen Mobai learned why Luo Yixuan had concealed her cultivation and accepted her as a disciple after she asked to join his tutelage. He rejected her offer of the Camel Thorn for himself, insisting it be delivered to the sect, and sent her to live with Zhuo Ming at Little South Mountain.

• Luo Yixuan explained that her family used talented women for marriage alliances and that she had hidden her cultivation to avoid surpassing her elder brother while pursuing a chance to become a true disciple.
• She told Chen Mobai she would keep any Foundation Establishment Pill for herself rather than surrender it to her brother, and he praised her resolve.
• Luo Yixuan asked Chen Mobai to accept her as a disciple, and he tested her spiritual power before taking her on as an Unregistered Disciple.
• Chen Mobai told Luo Yixuan to inform her family, stop flattering her brother, and move to Little South Mountain with Zhuo Ming; he also returned her six hundred Spirit Stones.
• Luo Yixuan offered Chen Mobai the Camel Thorn, but he refused it to avoid creating a hidden risk for his standing in the sect and insisted the family deliver a replacement to the sect.
• After Luo Yixuan left, Zhuo Ming regretted opening the door because she now had a junior sister.

Chen Mobai accepted Luo Yixuan as his disciple, brought her to Little South Mountain, and advised her to focus on the Black Water Technique rather than the Longevity Sutra. He began using his Lamp Burning Technique to purify her pill-tainted Spiritual Power as the two settled into their master-disciple relationship.

• Luo Yuanxian presented Chen Mobai with a Third Grade Camel Thorn and two thousand Spirit Stones, then failed to persuade him to take Luo Yixiu as a disciple.
• Chen Mobai reassured Luo Yuanxian that Divine Wood Sect would judge Luo Shupin fairly, and Luo Yuanxian left with Luo Yixiu while Luo Yixuan stayed behind.
• Chen Mobai gave Luo Yixuan three Crimson Flame Sword Talismans, introduced her to sect acquaintances, and took her to Little South Mountain.
• Chen Mobai learned that Luo Yixuan had cultivated the Longevity Sutra and Black Water Technique to Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, then advised her to dissolve away the Longevity Sutra and focus on the Black Water Technique.
• Chen Mobai examined Luo Yixuan's Spiritual Power and used the Lamp Burning Technique to refine it, easing the effects of pill toxicity and her cultivated Longevity Spiritual Power.

Chen Mobai helped Luo Yixuan refine her spiritual power, then returned to Wuqi Dao Academy and used his Void Glimpse Spiritual Eye to appraise Artifact Nurturing Spheres. After accepting a Lesser Teleportation Talisman as payment from Jing Zuyin, he offered appraisals for one Credit each, drawing a line of Foundation Establishment cultivators to his office.

• Chen Mobai planted his Lamp Burning Technique in Luo Yixuan’s dantian, but stopped an experiment when it caused her to sweat heavily and sent her to rest at Zhuo Ming’s hut.
• Luo Yixuan decided she had found a powerful backer and resolved to stay on Little South Mountain and compete for a True Disciple position.
• Chen Mobai returned to the Immortal Sect and exchanged his Credits and other treasures with Wang Xingyu, but still lacked two Vermilion Fruits.
• Hua Zijing presented Jing Zuyin’s Lesser Teleportation Talisman, and Chen Mobai agreed to appraise his Artifact Nurturing Spheres.
• Chen Mobai identified the contents of Jing Zuyin’s six spheres, and Jing Zuyin obtained a second-tier high-grade Pine Stone Inkstone.
• Chen Mobai set a price of one Credit per appraisal, and sixteen Foundation Establishment cultivators lined up with their Artifact Nurturing Spheres.

Chen Mobai appraised Artifact Nurturing Spheres, earned Credits, and gathered supplies for cultivation before using a Spirit Gathering Formation and Lesser Barrier Breaking Pill to advance to Foundation Establishment Second Layer. He left Building Nine three days later with his new realm stabilized.

• Chen Mobai's appraisal helped Zou Siliang identify the Divine Wind Sword and prompted several Foundation Establishment cultivators to open their Artifact Nurturing Spheres.
• Chen Mobai exchanged for Vermilion Fruits and a Lesser Barrier Breaking Pill, and Che Yucheng approved his purchase of a liter of Qi Replenishing Spirit Water.
• Chen Mobai borrowed Yun Yangbing's Spirit Gathering Formation and booked a room in Building Nine to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Chen Mobai activated the formation, swallowed the Lesser Barrier Breaking Pill, and broke through to Foundation Establishment Second Layer.
• Chen Mobai spent three days stabilizing his cultivation before checking out of Building Nine.