Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai reunited with Shi Wanyu before the Purple Lightning Sword Selection final round, shared a meal and an evening outing with her, and received a gift of her Flowing Light Sword Qi. As the contestants completed their meetings with the sword, Chen Mobai entered the Sword Tower for his turn.

• Shi Wanyu visited Chen Mobai after learning that both of them had qualified for the final round, and Zhongli Tianyu asked to see her Sword Qi until Chen Mobai reminded him that contestants' Sword Qi was confidential.
• Chen Mobai invited Shi Wanyu, Zhongli Tianyu, and Zhai Jianbai to dinner, then took Shi Wanyu to buy Lipstick and helped her take a photo beneath the evening glow.
• After Chen Mobai returned Shi Wanyu to her lodging, his Spiritual Sense grew as a Green Wutong Sapling merged into the Jade Wutong in his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.
• Shi Wanyu gave Chen Mobai an embroidered Sword Pouch containing a white stone infused with her Flowing Light Sword Qi before entering the Sword Tower as one of the final-round contestants.
• After the contestants communicated with the Purple Lightning Sword, Chen Mobai received the instructions for opening and closing the Sword Box, exchanged a thumbs-up with Pei Azurefrost, and entered the Sword Tower.

Chen Mobai resonated with the Purple Lightning Sword, offered it Spirit Stones, and negotiated a sixty-year contract despite his Foundation Establishment cultivation. After interviewing the other candidates, the sword chose him and flew to his residence, where he accepted it as his sword master.

• Chen Mobai entered the Purple Lightning Sword’s spiritual space, endured its trial, and returned without learning whether it had accepted him.
• Chen Mobai offered the Purple Lightning Sword a Raw Spirit Stone and High-grade Spirit Stones, then negotiated a sixty-year contract and signed a confidential letter of intent.
• Chen Mobai asked the Purple Lightning Sword about the other candidates, then left the Sword Tower and waited at his residence while the selection continued.
• Hao Cao removed the Purple Lightning Sword’s seals, and it flew west before turning back and heading for Chen Mobai’s residence.
• Chen Mobai welcomed the Purple Lightning Sword and gripped its hilt as Ruan Zixiu, Huo Xiqing, and Yan Qiongzhi witnessed its choice.

After the Purple Lightning Sword chose Chen Mobai, he discussed the Purple Green Demon Refining Heavenly Script with Pei Azurefrost and agreed to help her study it if she reached the threshold of Nascent Soul formation. The two swords met in the sky, and Purple Lightning nearly revealed to Azurefrost how generous Chen’s support offer had been.

• Hao Cao announced that the Purple Lightning Sword had chosen Chen Mobai, and news of his achievement spread across Mountain Sea Academy and the Immortal Sect’s forums.
• Yan Qiongzhi invited Chen Mobai to Natural Academy to study the Purple Green Demon Refining Heavenly Script and the sword marks left by Qingshi Shangren and Qingjing Shangren.
• Pei Azurefrost explained that the two Venerables had used their deciphered Heavenly Script to develop Nine Heavens Pure Spiritual Purple Qi, but Chen Mobai refused to abandon the Pure Yang Scroll for the Purple Thunder Great Law.
• Chen Mobai promised to help Pei Azurefrost study the Heavenly Script if she later struggled to reach Nascent Soul, while both ruled out dual cultivation.
• Chen Mobai and Pei Azurefrost sent Purple Lightning and Azurefrost to fly together, then compared how they supported their swords and how much Spirit Stones cost.
• Purple Lightning returned and asked whether it could tell Azurefrost about Chen Mobai’s generous offer, and Chen Mobai urgently told it not to.

Chen Mobai returned to Chicheng Cave Heaven after winning Purple Lightning Sword, while learning more about Pei Azurefrost’s mysterious origins. Back at Wuqi Dao Academy, Che Yucheng told him that the principal would offer extra rewards for outstanding graduation projects, prompting Chen Mobai to ask what they were.

• Chen Mobai and Pei Azurefrost agreed that she could seek his help comprehending the sword dao after they reached Core Formation, while Meng Huang'er told him she had obtained Spirit Ascension Powder and Qi Condensing Fluid for her Foundation Establishment attempt.
• Chen Mobai said goodbye to Hao Cao, then learned Zhai Jianbai planned to stay at Mountain Sea Academy for an internship and further sword training.
• Pei Azurefrost drove Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu toward the airport, picked up Shi Wanyu along the way, and warmly befriended her after hearing her name.
• At the airport, Pei Azurefrost told Chen Mobai that Purple Lightning Sword candidates could have competed anonymously, but did not explain what she had learned about Hao Cao’s arrangements.
• During the flight, Zhongli Tianyu told Chen Mobai that Pei Azurefrost had nearly died at birth because her mother, Peach Blossom Venerable, was a demon who had transformed into a human.
• After Chen Mobai returned to Wuqi Dao Academy with Purple Lightning Sword, Che Yucheng advised him about wielding it and revealed that the principal would reward students who submitted Third Grade graduation projects.

Che Yucheng told Chen Mobai that Venerable Cheng Xuan would reward outstanding graduates with custom Lifebound Treasure Embryos, prompting Chen to plan a Third Tier Formless Puppet for his graduation project. After sharing the news with the Student Union and seeking Zhuang Jialan’s advice on talismans, Chen visited Meng Huang'er, confirmed her supplies were sound, and encouraged her upcoming Foundation Establishment attempt; he then revealed his puppet plan, leaving her stunned.

• Che Yucheng explained that Venerable Cheng Xuan would select outstanding Third Tier works for custom Lifebound Treasure Embryos, and promised Chen Mobai one if he produced a Third Tier puppet.
• Chen Mobai decided to create a Formless Puppet and told the Student Union about the reward, while warning its members not to spread the news.
• Chen Mobai asked Zhuang Jialan to assess the ten talismans for his Third-tier Talisman Master exam, and she shared her experience and gave him advice.
• Meng Huang'er asked Chen Mobai to appraise her Qi Condensing Fluid and Spirit Ascension Powder, and he confirmed their quality before discussing her Foundation Establishment attempt.
• Chen Mobai encouraged Meng Huang'er to rely on herself rather than Heaven's Equal Technique and told her she could compete for a Treasure Embryo by producing a Third Tier work.
• Chen Mobai told Meng Huang'er he would refine a Formless Puppet for graduation, and she froze in surprise.

Chen Mobai assembled a team and secured the materials and custom chip needed to refine a Formless Puppet for his graduation project. He then guided Meng Huang'er through Foundation Establishment, and the chapter ended with him suggesting they celebrate her success.

• Chen Mobai chose the Formless Puppet for his graduation project and recruited Chai Lun, Zhou Tiangong, and Wenren Xuewei to help refine it.
• Zhou Tiangong arranged for Heaven's Craftsmanship Artifact Factory to make the parts, while Che Yucheng secured a custom Third Tier Chip from Sky Mending Dao Academy.
• Chen Mobai visited Meng Huang'er before her Foundation Establishment attempt and checked her preparations, including the Spirit Gathering Formation Yun Yangbing had sent.
• Meng Huang'er condensed twelve drops of Liquid Spiritual Power, broke through with the Great Dao Heavenly Sound, and successfully established her foundation.
• Meng Huang'er's breakthrough helped Chen Mobai complete Melding Spirit Returning to One and raised his Spiritual Sense to the level of Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer.
• After Meng Huang'er awoke and thanked him, Chen Mobai asked whether they should celebrate.

After helping Meng Huang'er establish her foundation, Chen Mobai returned to Little South Mountain, reviewed rising tensions with Mountain Shaking Peak, and guided his disciples’ farming and cultivation. He learned the Purple Splendor Sword Canon was beyond his current reach, but asked the Purple Lightning Sword whether it could help him kill a Core Formation Cultivator in battle.

• Meng Huang'er celebrated her successful Foundation Establishment, and Chen Mobai gave her a Lesser Barrier Breaking Pill before leaving to study in seclusion.
• Luo Yixuan told Chen Mobai that Ji Dingjin had left Mountain Shaking Peak and might appear on the border battlefield as tensions with the Divine Wood Sect increased.
• Zhuo Ming reported that Little South Mountain’s crops were thriving and that their Green Jade Spirit Rice hybrid was nearly all Second Grade, so Chen Mobai planned to plant it widely next year.
• Chen Mobai took Luo Yixuan and Zhuo Ming on a picnic, praised their farming work, and assigned them cooking practice with Blood Jade Carp and Jade Bamboo Shoots to help improve their Spiritual Roots.
• Chen Mobai read the Purple Splendor Sword Canon transmitted by the Purple Lightning Sword and learned its Lightning Spiritual Root and Foundation Establishment Perfection requirements made it unsuitable for him.
• Chen Mobai asked whether the Purple Lightning Sword could help him kill a Core Formation Cultivator; it said he could barely borrow its power for one strike if it actively cooperated.

Chen Mobai advanced his cultivation, learned of the worsening conflict between the Divine Wood Sect and Mountain Shaking Peak, and prepared to negotiate with Blowing Snow Palace. After studying the Longevity Puppetry Technique and receiving new puppet blueprints from the Talent Tree, he found a transforming Azure Sun Spirit Tree and preserved it as a seed.

• Chen Mobai tested the Purple Lightning Sword, then spent six months cultivating on Little South Mountain until his Six Yang Body and spiritual roots progressed.
• Chen Mobai learned from his disciples and friends that fighting between the Divine Wood Sect and Mountain Shaking Peak had intensified, and Chu Zuoshu warned him to stand by for a possible war.
• Chen Mobai agreed to represent Chu Zuoshu in talks with Lan Lingping of Blowing Snow Palace and encouraged his disciples after the Sect Grand Competition.
• Chen Mobai studied the Longevity Puppetry Technique, sought access to its Fourth Grade inheritance, and backed off when An Jinghui explained that Old Ancestor Fu's approval was required.
• Chen Mobai received Purple Sun Puppet blueprints from the Talent Tree and fed the Sky Swallowing Snake before searching the Divine Tree Secret Realm with his Spider Puppets.
• Chen Mobai used Yi Wood Divine Thunder to prolong a transforming Azure Sun Spirit Tree's life, then used the Seed Wood Art to preserve it as a tree seed.

Chen Mobai negotiated with Blowing Snow Palace over Cold Ice Congealed Crystal and discovered that Fire Spirit Rice could ease the dangerous chill caused by their cultivation method. Blowing Snow Palace agreed to consider supplying the crystal in exchange for Fire Spirit Rice, but Kong Lingling demanded the rice seeds and cultivation method, leaving Chen Mobai to decide how to respond.

• Chen Mobai transformed the tribulation-failed Azure Sun Spirit Tree into a Second Grade tree seed and tested his Longevity Sutra techniques with it.
• Liu Wenbai told Chen Mobai that Lan Lingping was waiting in White Moon Market, so Chen Mobai traveled there with him to meet her.
• Lan Lingping explained that Blowing Snow Palace’s cultivators suffered from bodily chill and showed how Fire Spirit Rice restored warmth to her disciple Xue Ting.
• Chen Mobai sought Cold Ice Congealed Crystal and proposed supplying Fire Spirit Rice to Blowing Snow Palace if Kong Lingling agreed to stay out of the coming conflict.
• Lan Lingping returned with Kong Lingling’s condition: the Divine Wood Sect must provide Blowing Snow Palace with Fire Spirit Rice seeds and the method for cultivating them.

Chen Mobai secured Divine Wood Sect’s approval to trade Fire Spirit Rice with Blowing Snow Palace and received major rewards for providing Purple Sun Puppet blueprints. After arranging the sale of 1,500 dan of rice and taking Xue Ting on as a student, he returned to Little South Mountain to plan its transport.

• Chen Mobai gave Chu Zuoshu the Purple Sun Puppet blueprints and reported Lan Lingping’s proposal for Blowing Snow Palace to avoid interfering in the sect war.
• Fu Zongjue and Zhou Shengqing approved the proposal, rewarded Chen Mobai with Spirit Stones, a Golden Flame Sword Talisman, the Crimson Flame Sword Art, and puppetry insights, and sent Fu Zongjue to meet Kong Lingling.
• Chen Mobai returned to Lan Lingping, arranged to sell Blowing Snow Palace 1,500 dan of Fire Spirit Rice for 15,000 Spirit Stones, and wrote down instructions for growing it.
• Lan Lingping asked Chen Mobai to teach her disciple Xue Ting about spirit plants, and Chen Mobai agreed to take her to Little South Mountain after the rice shipment was arranged.
• Chen Mobai told Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan that the rice had been sold, and Luo Yixuan offered to requisition twenty Spirit Camels from her family to transport it.

Chen Mobai delivered a Grade 2 Water Mist Ice Crystal to Yan Bingxuan and encouraged her Foundation Establishment, then visited Natural Academy’s Bright Mirror House to study the sword marks left by Qingshi Shangren and Qingjing Shangren. There, the Purple Lightning Sword revealed how the two swords were used to cultivate the Purple Green Demon Refining Heavenly Script and warned that Chen Mobai would need both swords’ cooperation and great cultivation to use it.

• Chen Mobai arranged for sect Deer Horses to help transport Fire Spirit Rice and then contacted Yan Bingxuan about the Water Mist Ice Crystal.
• Chen Mobai brought Yan Bingxuan the crystal, and she confirmed its quality and said it could aid her Foundation Establishment.
• Yan Bingxuan and Chen Mobai spoke about their friendship, her hopes to keep pace with his cultivation, and his visit to Natural Academy.
• Yan Qiongzhi led Chen Mobai to Bright Mirror House, where he saw the sword marks left by the two venerables and received the Purple Green Demon Refining Heavenly Script.
• Chen Mobai learned from the Purple Lightning Sword that the script required both Purple Lightning Azure Frost swords and that Azurefrost Sword might not cooperate with Pei Azurefrost.
• The Purple Lightning Sword explained the risks of cultivating the script before Core Formation, and Chen Mobai rewarded it with a Mid-grade Spirit Stone.

Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City and Little South Mountain, tending to his friends, business, and disciples while Yan Bingxuan prepared for Foundation Establishment. After the new year, she called to tell him she had succeeded, leaving him overjoyed and eager to see her.

• Chen Mobai left Yan Bingxuan at Bright Mirror House, then appraised Artifact Nurturing Spheres, prepared Clear Eye Bamboo Spirit Dew, and said farewell to Meng Huang'er before returning to Vermilion Cloud City.
• Chen Mobai caught up with Lu Hongsheng, Shi Jingjing, and other classmates as they chose between family life and military service, and Yan Bingxuan told him that Song Zheng and Mo Simin had started dating.
• Chen Mobai sold talisman paper, paid off the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror mortgage, and moved the Puppet Factory's talisman paper to Little South Mountain.
• Chen Mobai guided Liu Wenbai, Zhuo Ming, and Luo Yixuan, welcomed Xue Ting, and shared a New Year's meal with his disciples.
• After returning to Wuqi Dao Academy and focusing on assembling the Formless Puppet, Chen Mobai received Yan Bingxuan's call telling him she had succeeded in Foundation Establishment.

Chen Mobai congratulated Yan Bingxuan on her Foundation Establishment, then focused on building the Formless Puppet while teaching his disciples and Xue Ting at Little South Mountain. The puppet’s frame and bionic systems were assembled, and Chen Mobai learned that its custom Chip was ready as he went with Che Yucheng to meet Fu Borong.

• Yan Bingxuan told Chen Mobai she had achieved Foundation Establishment in one try and said she would work toward opening a Golden Core Domain alongside him.
• Chen Mobai hesitated to promise Yan Bingxuan a lifelong partnership because he hoped to pursue a much longer cultivation path.
• Chen Mobai, Chai Lun, Wenren Xuewei, and Zhou Tiangong began making the Formless Puppet, while Chen Mobai borrowed funds to pay for its custom Third Grade Chip.
• Chen Mobai sowed Green Jade Spirit Rice at Little South Mountain and instructed Zhuo Ming, Luo Yixuan, and Xue Ting in cultivation and farming.
• Chen Mobai and Chai Lun completed the puppet’s skeletal support, and Wenren Xuewei helped cover it with bionic materials before Chen Mobai repaired six unlinked Neurons.
• Chen Mobai learned that Fu Borong would deliver the completed Chip and accompanied Che Yucheng to the Airport, where Che Yucheng asked what Treasure Embryo he wanted custom-ordered.

Chen Mobai weighed his options for a Treasure Embryo and whether to pursue further study at Sky Mending Dao Academy, where Fu Borong offered access to Ancestor Yuanyang’s Pure Yang Qi. After Ming Yihua advised him to consult the ancient Pure Yang Scroll’s treasure-refining methods, Chen Mobai found those materials easily in Wuqi Dao Academy’s library.

• Che Yucheng explained that a treasure could strengthen Chen Mobai’s advantages or compensate for weaknesses, and told him to choose for himself.
• Fu Borong invited Chen Mobai to study at Sky Mending Dao Academy and offered to seek permission for him to study Ancestor Yuanyang’s Pure Yang Qi.
• Chen Mobai consulted Che Yucheng, who confirmed the Pure Yang Qi existed but said Venerable Yuanxu would decide whether Chen could receive it.
• Chen Mobai tested the custom Chip for the Formless Puppet and waited for Wenren Xuewei to bring the remaining Bionic Materials.
• Ming Yihua suggested adapting Chen Mobai’s Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror as his Treasure Embryo and pointed him toward the ancient Pure Yang Scroll’s refining methods.
• Chen Mobai searched Wuqi Dao Academy’s library and easily found the ancient Pure Yang Scroll materials.

Chen Mobai chose the Pure Yang Bell as his intended Treasure Embryo while helping complete the Formless Puppet with his fellow students. The puppet passed certification, and Wenren Xuewei revealed that Qing Nü looked exactly like Master Xinji’s deceased daughter.

• Chen Mobai studied the Pure Yang treasures and Yang Fire magic tools, then chose the Pure Yang Bell to protect his consciousness and suppress inner demons.
• Chen Mobai, Zhou Tiangong, and their fellow students finished the Formless Puppet with Wenren Xuewei’s help, and Che Yucheng praised their work.
• Chen Mobai and the others took the puppet for certification, where Che Yucheng demonstrated its functions and signed their certification forms.
• Wenren Xuewei told Chen Mobai that Master Xinji had tried to resurrect his deceased family using puppets and other disciplines.
• Wenren Xuewei revealed that Qing Nü looked exactly like Master Xinji’s daughter, leaving Chen Mobai stunned.

After completing his graduation project, Chen Mobai chose to study at Sky Mending Dao Academy and broke through to Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer. The Divine Wood Sect’s war against Mountain Shaking Peak then intensified, and Chen Mobai received orders to assemble a second cultivator army in Jian Country.

• Chen Mobai worried that Qing Nü’s investigation into her origins could draw her into a dangerous secret involving the Immortal Sect, but Wenren Xuewei told him the principal knew and had advised her to treat Qing Nü as an ordinary student.
• After finishing the Formless Puppet, Chen Mobai told Wenren Xuewei and Chai Lun that he intended to attempt core formation without a Core Formation Spiritual Object, then decided with Che Yucheng’s approval to apply to Sky Mending Dao Academy and informed Yan Bingxuan.
• Chen Mobai broke through to Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer at Little South Mountain and gave Xue Ting a Purple Fire Sword Talisman before she returned to Blowing Snow Palace.
• Chen Mobai received 150 Mid-grade Spirit Stones for Fire Spirit Rice and sent Luo Yixuan to Spirit Treasure Pavilion to exchange for Green Wood Sha, but she returned with Chu Zuoshu’s edict about the war.
• Divine Wood Sect and Mountain Shaking Peak began a bloody border battle, and Chu Zuoshu ordered Chen Mobai, commander of the second cultivator army and guardian of Jian Country, to recruit enough cultivators to bring its forces to one hundred.

Chen Mobai organized Jian Country’s clans for the Divine Wood Sect’s coming battle with Mountain Shaking Peak, then assembled a team of Foundation Establishment cultivators and introduced a communication device to improve battlefield coordination. After the sect began producing the Sky-Connecting Instrument, Chen Mobai and Luo Yixuan departed for the frontline, leaving Zhuo Ming behind.

• Chen Mobai persuaded Jian Country’s six great clans to send cultivators, though five families each sent one fewer than he requested.
• Chu Zuoshu appointed Chen Mobai to lead the second wave of reinforcements and selected Foundation Establishment cultivators to serve under him.
• Chen Mobai demonstrated how simple phones and a Sky-Connecting Instrument could relay messages, convincing Chu Zuoshu to order the sect to build one before the troops departed.
• The Divine Wood Sect completed its first Sky-Connecting Instrument, and Yu Lian returned to Giant Wood Ridge to join Chen Mobai’s expedition.
• Chen Mobai left for the frontline with Luo Yixuan, while Zhuo Ming stayed behind and resolved to cultivate until she could join him on a future battlefield.

Zhuo Ming reached the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer after a sudden insight, while Chen Mobai led Divine Wood Sect reinforcements toward the Lei Kingdom Border and reorganized his thousand cultivators for battle. He began training them in the Jia Wood Dao Soldier Battle Formation as they continued their journey.

• Zhuo Ming meditated on Little South Mountain, caused flowers to bloom around her, and broke through to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.
• Chen Mobai led nine Flying Boats and a thousand cultivators toward the Lei Kingdom Border, forcing the recruits to practice the Triple Triad Battle Formation.
• Chen Mobai divided the army into ten mixed hundred-man squadrons led by Divine Wood Sect True Disciples, with elected deputies for each squadron.
• Chen Mobai assigned mobile phones to the elders and squadron leaders so orders could be relayed throughout the army.
• Chen Mobai had Luo Yixuan and the other True Disciples begin training the troops in the Jia Wood Dao Soldier Battle Formation.

Xuanxiao led Mountain Shaking Peak and three hundred Xuanxiao Dao Palace disciples in a planned assault on the Divine Wood Sect’s army. After the Golden Bridge Battle Formation broke through the enemy formation, Xuanxiao confronted Xie Yuntian while Zhou Wangshen began withdrawing the sect’s disciples and clan cultivators.

• Xuanxiao persuaded Ji Dingjin to join his plan to break the Divine Wood Sect’s forces and pursue the fleeing cultivators.
• Ji Dingjin ordered Mountain Shaking Peak to transform its defensive formation into a counterattack as the Jia Wood Dao Soldiers paused.
• Xuanxiao’s Golden Bridge Battle Formation pierced the Divine Wood Sect’s Green Leaf defense, and Mountain Shaking Peak’s cultivators charged through the gap.
• Xie Yuntian led the Sword Cultivation Department to resist the Dao Palace disciples, then attacked Xuanxiao with his Azure Flame Sword Sha.
• Xuanxiao blocked Xie Yuntian’s attack with his Golden Bead Art and challenged him to break through thirty curtains of light.
• Xie Yuntian secretly told Zhou Wangshen to retreat with the Divine Wood Sect’s disciples and clan cultivators, leaving the Rogue Cultivators behind.

Xie Yuntian was overwhelmed by Xuanxiao and Xuan Jinzhi while covering the Divine Wood Sect’s retreat, until Chen Mobai arrived and demonstrated the gulf between their swordsmanship. Chen Mobai killed both Xuanxiao Dao Palace successors, while Ji Dingjin remained inside Mountain Shaking Peak’s battle formation and escaped his reach.

• Xuanxiao severed Xie Yuntian’s arm and nearly killed him as Zhou Wangshen led the Divine Wood Sect disciples in retreat.
• Chen Mobai arrived, shattered Xuanxiao’s golden attacks with Azure Flame Sword Sha, and forced him and Xuan Jinzhi to retreat toward Mountain Shaking Peak’s battle formation.
• Chen Mobai unleashed an empowered Azure Flame Sword Sha that badly wounded Xuanxiao, then secretly killed him with a swift sword strike as Ji Dingjin carried him away.
• Xuan Jinzhi fled toward the battle formation, but Chen Mobai killed her with another hidden sword strike before she could enter.
• Ji Dingjin prepared to fight Chen Mobai, but a Mountain Shaking Peak Peak Master stopped him, leaving Chen Mobai outside the battle formation.