Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai went to the Myriad Treasures Cave to recruit Zhongli Tianyu for the Daoist Academies’ Offline Exchange and found him retrieving a fragment of the Zhongli Eight Trigrams Mirror. After their Natal Magic Tools reacted to each other, Chen challenged Zhongli to a spar and decisively defeated him with the Yi Wood Divine Thunder.

• Chen Mobai learned that Zhongli Tianyu had reached Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer and considered him a potential successor as Wuqi Dao Academy’s Chief.
• Chen Mobai met Zhongli Tianyu in the Myriad Treasures Cave, where Zhongli retrieved an Artifact Nurturing Sphere containing an Eight Trigrams Mirror fragment.
• Chen Mobai’s Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror reacted to the fragment, and he asked Zhongli to join the Offline Exchange, but Zhongli refused.
• Chen Mobai and Zhongli began sparring, and Chen repeatedly matched or neutralized Zhongli’s lightning attacks with the Yi Wood Divine Thunder.
• Zhongli unleashed a powerful Thunder Ball through the Eight Trigrams Mirror, but Chen stopped it with a barrier of thunderwater and lightly tapped Zhongli’s forehead to claim victory.

Chen Mobai recruited Zhongli Tianyu for the Student Union and learned that the Zhongli Family had set him a trial to reassemble the Eight Trigrams Mirror. They went to Myriad Treasures Cave to exchange Credits for an Artifact Piece, where a White Dragon emerged from the Magma and flew to the island before Duanmu Longrong summoned them.

• Chen Mobai invited Zhongli Tianyu to join him on a trip to Goumang Dao Academy and asked him to take over as Student Union President in two years; Zhongli agreed on the condition that they spar once a year.
• Zhongli Tianyu revealed that his family had scattered the Eight Trigrams Mirror fragments across the Immortal Sect as a tempering trial, and he attached a Li Trigram shard to his mirror.
• Chen Mobai recruited 100 Credits from the Student Union and left with Zhongli Tianyu to exchange them for an Artifact Piece at Duanmu Longrong's location.
• Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu descended into the Magma depths, where a White Dragon emerged, looked at them, and flew toward the island.
• Duanmu Longrong called Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu over after the White Dragon disappeared into the island.

Chen Mobai met Bian Jingchun and learned about her Taiyin Dragon Transformation Scripture, then brought her back to the Student Union for the upcoming exchange at Goumang Dao Academy. He also opened an Artifact Nurturing Sphere and identified its Formation Disk as the Three Yang One Qi Formation, which he considered repurposing for cultivation and farming.

• Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu met Bian Jingchun, who explained that she cultivated the Taiyin Dragon Transformation Scripture using White Snake Blood Essence to transform into a white dragon.
• Zhongli Tianyu described Ancestor Zhongli’s Dragon Transformation Scripture and its theoretical path toward a Black Tortoise Dharma Appearance and Above Spirit Transmutation, while Duanmu Longrong affirmed that Bian Jingchun should continue on her own path.
• Chen Mobai exchanged one hundred Credits for an Artifact Piece, and Duanmu Longrong told Bian Jingchun to accompany him to the Offline Exchange while warning him not to let her overuse the True Dragon Cauldron.
• Chen Mobai brought Bian Jingchun and Zhongli Tianyu back to the Student Union, where Hua Zijing welcomed Bian Jingchun, a former Student Union President.
• Chen Mobai opened the Artifact Nurturing Sphere and asked Yun Yangbing and Jin Shuwei to identify its Formation Disk; they recognized it as the Three Yang One Qi Formation, which could form a sword formation or maintain a comfortable temperature.
• Chen Mobai considered using the Formation Disk to help mature Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice and noted that his Fire Yang Sha could produce Primordial Yang Sword Sha.

Chen Mobai developed the Five Elements Sword Finger and a method to store Sword Sha in a gourd, then successfully created and tested Primordial Yang Sword Sha. He discovered that his spirit roots had changed into a top-grade True Spirit Root, while leaving open whether the gourd could later withstand additional Sword Sha.

• Chen Mobai used the Formless Puppet to deduce the Five Elements Sword Finger, including a method to reinforce his fingertips and refine sword light into them.
• Chen Mobai borrowed three Second-tier Flying Swords and used the Three Yang Sword Formation to generate Primordial Yang Sword Light.
• Chen Mobai condensed the Fire Yang Sha in a Yellow Gourd into Primordial Yang Sword Sha, naming the external method the Gourd Sword Art.
• Chen Mobai tested the gourd in the Divine Tree Secret Realm and cut down the Crimson Sun Spirit Trees within a thousand-meter area.
• Chen Mobai measured his spirit roots and found values of metal 23, wood 46, water 17, fire 69, and earth 10, making him a top-grade True Spirit Root.

Chen Mobai prepared for the trip to Goumang Dao Academy, discussed Golden Core Domain cultivation and the team’s formidable opponents, and urged Bian Jingchun not to risk damaging her foundation with the True Dragon Cauldron. He declared that Wuqi Dao Academy would take first place because he would make his move.

• Chen Mobai examined the Jia Mu Art, considered using it to upgrade felled Crimson Sun Spirit Trees, and decided to prepare processing puppets rather than spend his cultivation time synthesizing the wood himself.
• At the student union residence, Chen Mobai met Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng, who discussed their failed attempts to open Golden Core Domains and analyzed how Lan Haitan and Yan Qiongzhi had succeeded.
• Chen Mobai listed Pei Azurefrost, Wenren Xuewei, and Qi Huanzhi as dangerous opponents at the Offline Exchange Meeting, while Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng admitted their Spell Duel abilities were limited.
• Bian Jingchun revealed that Wuqi Dao Academy had lent her the True Dragon Cauldron, and she was willing to risk several years of foundation to help the academy win first place.
• Chen Mobai told Bian Jingchun not to use the cauldron and declared that Wuqi Dao Academy would take first place because he would make his move.

Chen Mobai revealed his Azure Flame Sword Sha to the Wuqi Dao Academy seniors and challenged Bian Jingchun to test it in Lesser Red Heaven. He defeated her with overwhelming force, leaving her shaken but recovering, and the chapter ended with her scolding him for not going easier.

• Chen Mobai showed Sun Daoji, Bian Jingchun, and the others his Azure Flame Sword Sha and explained that he had developed it from the Azure Sun Sword Art.
• Bian Jingchun proposed a sparring match in Lesser Red Heaven to test her improved Dragon Transformation Scripture, and Zhuang Jialan suggested using a Custom Room.
• Bian Jingchun transformed into a white dragon and attacked Chen Mobai with a tide of jade-white cold air.
• Chen Mobai’s Azure Flame Sword Sha overwhelmed Bian Jingchun’s Dragon Scale defense, and he used the Flame Explosion Technique to split her white dragon form apart.
• The Custom Room ended, and Bian Jingchun collapsed with her body overheated and her mind shaken before recovering with the True Dragon Cauldron’s power.
• Bian Jingchun complained that Chen Mobai could have gone easier, and he reminded her that she had told him not to hold back.

Chen Mobai led Wuqi Dao Academy’s team to Goumang Dao Academy for the offline exchange, where they arrived in Linwu Cave Heaven and encountered Sky Mending Dao Academy. The chapter ended as Chen Mobai greeted Lou Fengcheng, recalling that Lou had witnessed his entrance exam in Vermilion Cloud City.

• Chen Mobai stopped sparring with Bian Jingchun after defeating her ten times, then met Jiang Yuyuan and defended Meng Huang'er when others criticized her prospects.
• Luo He Zheng agreed to handle the overall exchange arrangements, and Chen Mobai departed with Wuqi Dao Academy’s nine other participants aboard a flying Magic Artifact.
• Chen Mobai’s team arrived in Linwu Cave Heaven, where Song Yuexin and Wang Mengyuan welcomed them on behalf of Goumang Dao Academy.
• Sky Mending Dao Academy’s delegation arrived, and Lou Fengcheng reminded Ling Dao Shi not to lose again after his previous defeat to Sima Xingyu.
• Chen Mobai led his team toward Sky Mending Dao Academy, then greeted Lou Fengcheng and recalled their meeting during his entrance exam in Vermilion Cloud City.

Chen Mobai arrived at Goumang Dao Academy for the Offline Exchange, where he provoked Ling Dao Shi and Xiahou Weihuan with bold challenges. He reached Wood God Island and reunited with Qing Nü, leaving Song Yuexin to realize that the two were the Golden Boy and Jade Girl she had imagined.

• Chen Mobai recognized Ling Dao Shi, shook his hand, and said he would challenge Xiahou Weihuan while leaving Sima Xingyu to Ling Dao Shi.
• Videos of Chen Mobai's remarks spread online, and Xiahou Weihuan restrained the angry Pure Yang Academy students while preparing to complete his Primordial Yang Sword Sha.
• Song Yuexin and Wang Mengyuan guided Chen Mobai's group to Small Leaf Island beside Goumang Dao Academy's Great Camphor Tree.
• Luo He Zheng asked Song Yuexin to take him to Wood God Island, and Chen Mobai joined them to meet Qing Nü.
• Song Yuexin mistook Chen Mobai's old school friendship with Qing Nü for a romance, then watched them greet each other happily at Wood God Island.

Ding Chunzhi used the Star Gazing Technique to rank the arriving contestants for the Offline Sparring, but Pei Azurefrost’s presence injured his eye when he tried to observe her. He and Sunglasses Girl discovered Chen Mobai had spent three days in an alchemy room with Qing Nü, and Ding was hurt again when he tried to read Chen’s fate.

• Ding Chunzhi tracked Chen Mobai and the arriving contestants, ranking them with the Star Gazing Technique while Sunglasses Girl watched.
• Ding ranked Xiahou Weihuan above Qi Huanzhi and placed Lu Qiulong tenth, but Pei Azurefrost’s gaze injured him when he tried to observe her.
• Ding and Sunglasses Girl noticed Chen Mobai had not left Wood God Island and found surveillance footage showing him and Qing Nü entering an alchemy room three days earlier.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü finished preparing Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew, and Qing Nü took over refining medicinal paste to strengthen his meridians and blood qi.
• After Chen Mobai left the alchemy room, Ding used the Star Gazing Technique on him and cried out in pain.

Ding Chunzhi’s attempt to observe Chen Mobai’s cultivation and hidden power triggered a backlash that injured his eye, but he still ranked Chen first on the Foundation Ranking. The list spread through Goumang Dao Academy, where Chen’s friends and fellow participants reacted with surprise and skepticism to his top position.

• Ding Chunzhi used the Star Gazing Technique to probe Chen Mobai and suffered a sword-like backlash that wounded his right eye.
• Ding Chunzhi told Sect Son that Chen’s Spiritual Sense was unusually powerful and ranked him ahead of Pei Azurefrost on the Foundation Ranking.
• Chen Mobai felt his Spiritual Sense briefly form a Spirit Controlling Slash, then returned to Small Leaf Island without learning what had happened.
• Chen Mobai told Bian Jingchun and the others that he and Qing Nü had spent three days working rather than exploring Wood God Island.
• Bian Jingchun, Zhuang Jialan, and Song Yuexin found the Foundation Ranking and saw that Chen Mobai had been placed first, ahead of Pei Azurefrost.

The Daoist academies and schools reacted to Chen Mobai’s first-place Foundation Ranking and prepared for the Offline Exchange Competition, each pursuing its own ranking goals. As the teams arrived at Wood God Island, rivalries sharpened and Sima Xingyu declared he would challenge Chen Mobai first.

• Pei Azurefrost questioned Chen Mobai’s first-place ranking while Yan Qiongzhi revealed she had come to borrow Goumang Dao Academy’s Fifth-Order Water Vein to attempt Core Formation, and Wenren Xuewei heard that the competition prizes might include Enlightenment Tea.
• Xiahou Weihuan destroyed the ranking after mastering Primordial Yang Sword Sha and vowed to defeat all ten Wuqi Dao Academy cultivators, while Qi Huanzhi ignored the list and Taishi Shu encouraged Nangong Xiu to challenge Chen Mobai.
• Lou Fengcheng planned for Sky Mending Dao Academy to secure second place and target Taishi Shu, while Chen Mobai approved of his ranking, prepared with talisman practice, and led Wuqi Dao Academy toward the competition.
• Chen Mobai greeted Lou Fengcheng but snubbed Xiahou Weihuan when their teams met at Wood God Island, and Ling Dao Shi challenged Sima Xingyu over an earlier defeat.
• Sima Xingyu said he would challenge Chen Mobai first, while Xiahou Weihuan planned to use all ten of his matches to defeat Wuqi Dao Academy’s team and considered challenging Pei Azurefrost to prove he was the top Foundation Establishment sword cultivator.

Chen Mobai attended the Daoist Academies’ ten-day sparring event at Goumang Dao Academy and drew challenges from several rivals. He accepted Sima Xingyu’s challenge and defeated him without drawing his sword, leaving the other academies stunned.

• Chen Mobai arrived at Blue Wave Lake with Wuqi Dao Academy’s team and took the lowest Branch Platform without complaint.
• The Four Great Dao Academies and ten other academies gathered as Sect Son explained the ten-day sparring rules and opened the event.
• Sima Xingyu challenged Chen Mobai, but Chen refused because he had promised Ling Dao Shi the chance to fight him; Nangong Xiu and Lu Qiulong also called Chen out.
• After Sima Xingyu insulted Wuqi Dao Academy, Chen asked Ling Dao Shi if he could defeat Sima first, and Ling agreed.
• Chen faced Sima Xingyu barehanded, caught the Great Sun Sword between two fingers, snapped it with Jia Wood Lightning, and kicked Sima out of the arena.

Chen Mobai defeated Sima Xingyu and used the opening match to name opponents for his remaining sparring sessions, provoking and intimidating the other academies’ top cultivators. He left the final two matches unassigned while eyeing the Chiefs of the three Dao Academies.

• Chen Mobai knocked Sima Xingyu away, and Wenren Xuewei stopped Xiahou Weihuan from attacking him in violation of the sparring rules.
• Wenren Xuewei invoked the Evergreen Technique through the Great Camphor Divine Tree, then refused Chen Mobai’s challenge for that day and offered to spar on another day.
• Chen Mobai announced Pei Azurefrost as his final-day opponent and Xiahou Weihuan as his second-to-last-day opponent, then challenged several other highly ranked cultivators.
• Ding Chunzhi conceded when Chen Mobai selected him, while Lu Qiulong insisted on sparring and Chen Mobai agreed.
• Chen Mobai noted that two matches remained and turned his attention toward the Chiefs of the three Dao Academies.

Chen Mobai defeated Taishi Shu with one finger after leaving the previous day's matches early to help Qing Nü with alchemy. He departed the lake arenas again, leaving the other cultivators stunned by the gap in their strength.

• Chen Mobai left the lake after accepting Taishi Shu's challenge for the next day, while Wuqi Dao Academy's team prepared for the remaining matches.
• Bian Jingchun organized the team, and Zhongli Tianyu chose Nangong Xiu as his opponent; afterward, he badly beat Nangong Xiu in their spar.
• Chen Mobai visited Qing Nü in the Alchemy room and helped control the Sand Furnace as they discussed their past and her younger siblings.
• Kong Feichen watched Chen Mobai and Qing Nü from the great tree, thinking that he had resolved the hidden danger of the Two Parts Divine Technique and would keep Qing Nü company.
• The next morning, Taishi Shu attacked Chen Mobai with her Primordial Magnetic Force, but he dismantled her armor and dispersed her attack with one lightning-charged finger.
• Chen Mobai comforted the defeated Taishi Shu and left the arena, while the watching cultivators stared after him in amazement.

Lou Fengcheng gathered several academy leaders to plan how to counter Chen Mobai, and Qi Huanzhi lent Ling Dao Shi his Great Light Shield for the coming duel. Ling Dao Shi used the Square Inch Book to probe Chen Mobai’s abilities, but Chen Mobai defeated him by countering his final Five Elements attack with five kinds of Sword Light.

• Lou Fengcheng gathered Qi Huanzhi, Tao Mingqing, and Lu Qiulong to discuss how to make Chen Mobai reveal more of his abilities, while Xiahou Weihuan joined by video call and identified Chen Mobai’s Thunder Method as Yi Wood Divine Thunder.
• Qi Huanzhi tested Ling Dao Shi’s strength and allowed him to use the Great Light Shield in the duel against Chen Mobai.
• Wenren Xuewei and Pei Azurefrost declined to join Lou Fengcheng’s plan, while Ding Chunzhi explained that he wanted to see Chen Mobai defeated because observing him had injured him.
• Chen Mobai arrived at Lake Island and learned that Wuqi Dao Academy led the group standings with 10 Points.
• Ling Dao Shi used the Square Inch Book, the Great Light Shield, and a super-limit fighting state to probe Chen Mobai, but Chen Mobai saw through his condition and overcame his attacks.
• Ling Dao Shi launched a final Five Elements assault, and Chen Mobai’s five kinds of Sword Light shattered it, leaving Ling Dao Shi powerless at the bottom of the lake.

Chen Mobai defeated Ling Dao Shi with Five Elements Sword Light and left the sparring venue to watch footage of his next opponents. A sparrow carrying Yang Jing’s evil portion brought him a pill from Kong Feichen, who revealed that an Immortal Sect Hall Lord had orchestrated their childhood ordeal.

• Chen Mobai defeated Ling Dao Shi, who exhausted himself with the Square Inch Book and became the first opponent to make Chen draw his sword.
• Chen Mobai left the venue after promising to guide Zhai Jianbai and receiving videos of his upcoming opponents from Zhuang Jialan.
• Chen Mobai watched footage of Pei Azurefrost and Wenren Xuewei before a sparrow carrying a Little Black Snake led him away from Wood God Island.
• Kong Feichen contacted Chen Mobai through the sparrow and said the God Devouring Technique had resolved the danger from Yang Jing’s Two Parts Divine Technique.
• Kong Feichen gave Chen Mobai a Restriction Dissolving Pill for Qing Nü and asked him to tell her to stop investigating their past.
• Kong Feichen revealed that one of the Immortal Sect’s Three Great Hall Lords had been behind the three children’s tragic childhood.

Chen Mobai agreed to raise Kong Feichen’s Sky Swallowing Snake and secretly gave Qing Nü a Restriction Dissolving Pill. He left the snake in the Divine Tree Secret Realm and returned to Qing Nü, who took the pill without realizing what it was.

• Chen Mobai agreed not to tell Qing Nü about Kong Feichen’s warning concerning the Sky Mending Group and hid the Restriction Dissolving Pill in her vegetable balls.
• Kong Feichen explained the Sky Swallowing Snake’s implanted Sky Swallowing Art and its potential to develop True Spirit Blood, then entrusted the snake to Chen Mobai.
• Chen Mobai tested the snake’s appetite, discovered it could eat Wood Spiritual Qi and Water Spiritual Energy, and placed it in the Divine Tree Secret Realm under a Mystic Mist Talisman.
• Chen Mobai returned to Qing Nü and lied that the pill was a new vegetable-ball flavor; Qing Nü ate it and noticed that she felt lighter.
• Chen Mobai changed the subject by asking Qing Nü to help refine medicine, then promised to bring her meat and reassured her that he thought she would look better with more flesh.

Chen Mobai fought Lu Qiulong, who used Spirit Fusion with his Fierce Tiger to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm's peak power. Chen Mobai exploited flaws in their mismatched energies and severed Lu Qiulong's fist, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Chen Mobai challenged Lu Qiulong, who said he remained unconvinced by his earlier defeat in Lesser Red Heaven.
• Lu Qiulong and his Fierce Tiger attacked together, while Chen Mobai tested their strength with his artifacts, thunder, and sword techniques.
• Chen Mobai wounded Lu Qiulong with Azure Sun Fire, and the Fierce Tiger recoiled when Chen reached for the Flying Sparrow Hairpin.
• Lu Qiulong fused with the Fierce Tiger, raising his power to the Foundation Establishment Realm's ceiling, and knocked Chen Mobai down onto the lake.
• Chen Mobai used Five Elements Sword Light Rain to break Lu Qiulong's White Gold Qi Flow armor by targeting flaws in his body.
• Lu Qiulong gathered his remaining strength into a punch, but Chen Mobai cut off his fist with Azure Sun Fire sword light.

Chen Mobai defeated Lu Qiulong, then learned that Wenren Xuewei had matched Lan Haitan by cultivating the Evergreen Technique to completion. He prepared to face Wenren Xuewei in the next day’s sparring and asked Qing Nü about the spirit-root treasures that enabled her technique, considering how their formulas might help him pursue the Primordial Dao Fruit.

• Chen Mobai defeated Lu Qiulong and helped arrange treatment for Lu Qiulong and the Fierce Tiger; Lu Qiulong admitted defeat and said Lan Haitan was stronger than Chen Mobai.
• Wenren Xuewei revealed that she had fought Lan Haitan to a draw after completing the Evergreen Technique, and Chen Mobai said he would use his full strength against her in the next day’s sparring.
• Qing Nü explained that Wenren Xuewei had used a Wood Spirit Talisman and an Earth Vein Pill to gather the three Heavenly Spirit Roots needed for the Evergreen Technique.
• Qing Nü told Chen Mobai that the Earth Vein Pill and Heavenly One Spirit Water formulas were banned, but she had electronic copies of both.
• Chen Mobai asked Qing Nü to send him the formulas, intending to study them and perhaps pursue the Primordial Dao Fruit.

Chen Mobai faced Wenren Xuewei in the long-awaited duel, overcoming her water attacks and piercing her shoulder with the Flying Sparrow Hairpin. Wenren Xuewei revealed that the first level of the Evergreen Technique could restore her body to an uninjured state, leaving Chen Mobai questioning whether it could save her from a fatal wound.

• Lou Fengcheng and the other cultivators discussed Chen Mobai’s abilities and decided not to warn Wenren Xuewei about what they had learned.
• Chen Mobai arrived at Lake Island, shared breakfast with Wuqi Dao Academy, and joined Wenren Xuewei in the arena for their duel.
• Wenren Xuewei used water dragons to attack Chen Mobai, while her Sea Passage ring absorbed his Yi Wood Divine Thunder.
• Chen Mobai seized an opening and pierced Wenren Xuewei’s shoulder with the Flying Sparrow Hairpin, knocking her into the lake.
• Wenren Xuewei pulled out the sword and showed that her Evergreen Technique had already healed the wound; Chen Mobai asked whether it could restore her if he stabbed her brain.