Chapter Summaries

After Chen Mobai rescued the Divine Wood Sect’s forces, he took command and reorganized the army for the fight against Mountain Shaking Peak. While searching Xuan Jinzhi’s belongings, he discovered the Falling Treasure Golden Light spell and the materials needed to cultivate it.

• Chen Mobai returned to the Divine Wood Sect camp, where Zhou Wangshen and Xie Yuntian thanked him for saving them and offered him command and resources.
• Chen Mobai ordered Zhou Wangshen to gather the scattered cultivators and distributed cell phones to the Foundation Establishment Elders so they could reorganize the army.
• Chen Mobai checked Xie Yuntian’s reattached arm, then entered the wooden command house with Luo Yixuan remaining outside to guard him.
• Chen Mobai opened Xuan Jinzhi’s storage bag and found two High-grade Spirit Stones, three pieces of Second-tier Gold Crystal, pills, and the Golden Token.
• Chen Mobai read the Falling Treasure Golden Light spell, learned its four levels and cultivation requirements, and decided to cultivate it using Xuan Jinzhi’s Gold Crystal.

Chen Mobai led the Divine Wood Sect against Mountain Shaking Peak, forcing Ji Dingjin to abandon his defensive formation and fight. Chen Mobai unleashed the full power of the Jia Wood Dao Soldier and comprehended the Longevity Sutra’s Core Formation profundities, then broke Mountain Shaking Peak’s formation and challenged Ji Dingjin to face him.

• Chen Mobai reorganized the survivors, trained the Jia Wood Dao Soldier formations, and accepted returning Rogue Cultivators until his force exceeded three thousand.
• Chen Mobai sent Xie Yuntian and the Sword Cultivation Department into Yan Kingdom and Xiao Kingdom, prompting Ji Dingjin to order Mountain Shaking Peak to break out and fight.
• Ji Dingjin transformed Mountain Shaking Peak’s battle formation into a Yellow Dragon, while Chen Mobai gathered the Divine Wood Sect’s Dao Soldiers into a giant and exchanged powerful attacks with him.
• Chen Mobai’s battle formation let him wield Heavenly Wood Divine Light, Yi Wood Divine Thunder, and other spells at Core Formation-level power, and he comprehended the Longevity Sutra’s path to attempting Core Formation.
• Chen Mobai’s attacks weakened Mountain Shaking Peak’s formation until its allied cultivators could no longer hold it together; the barrier collapsed after his exhausted force withdrew its giant.
• Chen Mobai called on Ji Dingjin to come out and accept his death.

Chen Mobai confronted Ji Dingjin as the Mountain Shaking Peak forces fled, and Ji Dingjin used a life-burning technique and the Void Body to trap him in a shrinking formation. Chen Mobai defeated him with the Purple Lightning Sword, learned the Void Body mantra, and revealed that he was the Longevity Sect Holy Son.

• Ji Dingjin ordered the Mountain Shaking Peak cultivators to retreat and gave Ai Tuo two Storage Bags to deliver to the sect.
• Chen Mobai sent Zhou Wangshen and other Foundation Establishment Cultivators after the fleeing forces while he stayed to face Ji Dingjin.
• Ji Dingjin burned his Qi and Blood to unleash False Core power and the Void Body, but Chen Mobai evaded his attacks with his techniques and artifacts.
• Ji Dingjin transformed his armor into a black-sphere formation, trapped Chen Mobai inside, and began compressing the space around them.
• Chen Mobai drew the Purple Lightning Sword and killed Ji Dingjin, who imparted the Void Body mantra before asking about Chen Mobai's identity.
• Chen Mobai told Ji Dingjin that he was the Longevity Sect Holy Son.

Chen Mobai defeated Ji Dingjin, then led the Divine Wood Sect’s advance into Yan Kingdom and rescued Zhou Wangshen’s group from Ai Tuo’s ambush. With Mountain Shaking Peak’s Foundation Establishment cultivators slain and its forces routed, the Divine Wood Sect’s army approached the sect headquarters, where Fu Zongjue declared Ji Zhenshi’s time had come.

• Ji Dingjin asked Chen Mobai to preserve Mountain Shaking Peak’s cultivation methods, and Chen Mobai agreed before Ji Dingjin died.
• Chen Mobai ordered the Divine Wood Sect’s army to advance into Yan Kingdom, while Zhou Wangshen’s pursuit encountered Ai Tuo and three other Mountain Shaking Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Ai Tuo lured Zhou Wangshen and five companions into an ambush, where Mountain Shaking Peak’s battle formation trapped them and threatened them with Earthy Divine Thunder.
• Yuan Feihu and Hong Lingqin arrived to support Zhou Wangshen, and Chen Mobai reached the battlefield in time to break the attack and kill Ai Tuo and the other Mountain Shaking Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The Divine Wood Sect’s army pursued Mountain Shaking Peak’s fleeing forces and subdued loyal Cultivation Clans and Markets as it advanced toward the headquarters.
• Xie Yuntian reported the victory to Fu Zongjue, who said Ji Zhenshi’s time of death had arrived.

Chen Mobai led the Divine Wood Sect’s army through Yan Kingdom, gaining local families’ surrender and surrounding Mountain Shaking Peak. As Zhou Shengqing’s forces began suppressing its Fourth Tier Spiritual Vein, Ji Zhenshi offered to surrender the sect’s territory and resources in exchange for the Primordial Ancestor’s Nascent Soul Formation Experience, but Zhou Shengqing refused.

• After Ji Dingjin died, Chen Mobai’s forces pursued Mountain Shaking Peak’s scattered cultivators, then advanced toward its headquarters and stationed Yuan Chiye at Changzhuan Mountain to guard nearby Spirit Stone Mines.
• Ancestor Zhuang surrendered Changzhuan Mountain to the Divine Wood Sect, and Chen Mobai’s army broke through two markets before local Zhang and Fu family leaders killed Fei Ziqiang and submitted.
• With local families and markets surrendering or helping clear the route, Chen Mobai reached Mountain Shaking Peak ten days ahead of schedule and joined Zhou Shengqing, Fu Zongjue, and Mo Douguang outside its stronghold.
• Zhou Shengqing deployed Golden Sun Spirit Trees and the Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array to suppress Mountain Shaking Peak’s Spiritual Vein, while a giant Jia Wood Dao Soldier began drawing on its Earth Vein Qi.
• Ji Zhenshi briefly emerged to attack Zhou Shengqing, then retreated into the Great Formation and offered to surrender Mountain Shaking Peak and its resources in exchange for the Nascent Soul Formation Experience.
• Zhou Shengqing rejected Ji Zhenshi’s proposal, and Ji Zhenshi continued bargaining by citing Mountain Shaking Peak’s Void Stone Mine and hidden Spirit Stone Mines.

The Divine Wood Sect used a Pulse Breaking Bead to cripple Mountain Shaking Peak’s defenses, then Zhou Shengqing and his allies killed Ji Zhenshi. Chen Mobai led the sect’s cultivators into Mountain Shaking Peak as the Eastern Wasteland’s seven great sects fell to six.

• Ji Zhenshi offered Zhou Shengqing Mountain Shaking Peak’s spiritual vein, medicines, and cultivation inheritances in exchange for his Nascent Soul Formation Experience, but Zhou Shengqing refused and decided to kill him.
• Zhou Shengqing’s group chose to use a Pulse Breaking Bead, and Fu Zongjue’s Puppet Body activated it while Chen Mobai gathered the disciples beneath the tree seed’s protective light.
• The Pulse Breaking Bead poisoned the earth vein and weakened Mountain Shaking Peak’s formation; Zhou Shengqing used the Jia Wood Dao Soldier and a Fourth Tier Talisman to break through its defenses.
• Chen Mobai directed the Divine Wood Sect’s assault while Zhou Shengqing, Fu Zongjue, and Mo Douguang fought Ji Zhenshi; the Sky-Sealing Talisman stopped Ji Zhenshi’s escape, and Mo Douguang killed him with the Longevity Sword.
• Chen Mobai led the recovered cultivators into Mountain Shaking Peak, leaving only six of the Eastern Wasteland’s Seven Great Sects.

After Mountain Shaking Peak fell, Chen Mobai’s forces seized its resources and pursued its fleeing cultivators while trying to salvage the sect’s knowledge and treasures. The discovery of the Earth Mother Stone led Zhou Shengqing to order an evacuation before removing it, and Xie Yuntian later brought Chen Mobai five Jade Marrow Golden Ganoderma, two of them tainted by poison.

• Chen Mobai directed the Divine Wood Sect’s forces to secure Mountain Shaking Peak’s fields and halls while Xie Yuntian’s Jia Wood Dao Soldiers hunted down fleeing Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Chen Mobai and Luo Yixuan’s cultivators rescued books from the burning Scripture Pavilion, including body-cultivation texts that could strengthen the Divine Wood Sect’s Body Refining Department.
• Chen Mobai organized teams to search the ruins, then joined Zhou Shengqing and Fu Zongjue beneath Ji Zhenshi’s Cave Mansion, where they found the Earth Mother Stone.
• Zhou Shengqing explained that the Earth Mother Stone could shorten his path to Nascent Soul formation, ordered everyone to withdraw ten li, and removed it, triggering violent tremors that damaged Mountain Shaking Peak.
• Chen Mobai approved Yue Zutao’s plan to transplant surviving herbs, and Xie Yuntian gave him five Jade Marrow Golden Ganoderma found in an enemy cultivator’s storage bag; two had been contaminated by poison gas.

After the Divine Wood Sect defeated Mountain Shaking Peak, Chen Mobai helped secure its captured resources and oversee the takeover of Yan Kingdom and Xiao Kingdom. Three months later, two Core Formation cultivators from Xuanxiao Dao Palace arrived and confronted him over the deaths of Qiao'er and Jinzhi.

• Zhou Shengqing took the captured Jade Marrow Golden Ganoderma to the sect, assigning three to Zeng for pill refining and grafting the other two onto the Longevity Wood to purify them.
• Mo Douguang ceded Xiao Kingdom to the Divine Wood Sect, and Chen Mobai organized the occupation of mines and other industries across both kingdoms.
• Fu Zongjue ordered Chen Mobai to remain in Yan Kingdom to stabilize the new territories, while sect departments arrived to take over Mountain Shaking Peak's spirit fields and mines.
• For three months, local cultivators and Rogue Cultivators hunted Mountain Shaking Peak's fugitive disciples as Chen Mobai commanded Five Willow Mountain.
• Fu Zongjue introduced Chen Mobai to Zhao Xuankang and Nan Xuanjing of Xuanxiao Dao Palace, and Zhao Xuankang accused him of killing Qiao'er and Jinzhi.

Chen Mobai and the Divine Wood Sect faced pressure from Xuanxiao Dao Palace over Ji Zhenshi’s debts and the deaths of Nan Xuanjing’s disciples. Zhou Shengqing agreed to surrender three mines to prevent war and buy time to attempt Nascent Formation, while Zhao Xuankang and Nan Xuanjing planned to undermine him.

• Chen Mobai admitted killing Nan Xuanjing’s disciples on the battlefield, and Fu Zongjue challenged Nan Xuanjing over Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s involvement in the fighting.
• Zhao Xuankang demanded the Void Stone Mine as repayment for Ji Zhenshi’s debt and revealed that Zhou Shengqing had delayed Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s support for Mountain Shaking Peak.
• After Zhou Shengqing advised yielding the Void Stone Mine, Zhao Xuankang also demanded two Spirit Stone Mines, and Fu Zongjue refused to surrender them without a fight.
• Zhou Shengqing arrived and agreed to hand over the Void Stone Mine and both Spirit Stone Mines in exchange for Xuanxiao Dao Palace dismissing the debts and the deaths of Nan Xuanjing’s disciples.
• Zhou Shengqing and Zhao Xuankang swore Dao Heart Oaths, and Zhao Xuankang announced that Nan Xuanjing would establish a Xuanxiao Dao Palace branch courtyard.
• After leaving, Nan Xuanjing estimated that Zhou Shengqing was near Core Formation perfection and wanted to sabotage his attempt at Nascent Formation, while Zhao Xuankang vowed to trade his life to stop him if necessary.

After the Divine Wood Sect’s leaders discussed the threat from Xuanxiao Dao Palace, Chen Mobai revealed that he had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and obtained a rare Core Formation pill formula. The sect agreed to keep his breakthrough quiet, arrange his cultivation and Core Formation preparations, and help refine a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill for him.

• Ma Gang revealed that Mountain Shaking Peak’s Void Stone Mine was nearly exhausted, so Zhou Shengqing ordered the Spiritual Vein Department to mine it before Xuanxiao Dao Palace could take possession.
• Zhou Shengqing and Fu Zongjue speculated that Xuanxiao Dao Palace had come to the Eastern Wasteland because its Great Elder was nearing the end of his life, and they planned for Zhou Shengqing to attempt Nascent Soul Formation.
• Chen Mobai told Zhou Shengqing and Fu Zongjue that he had advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, shocking them with how quickly he had cultivated.
• Zhou Shengqing and Fu Zongjue decided Chen Mobai should cultivate at Giant Wood Ridge and later travel to Sun Bathing Sea to attempt Core Formation.
• Chen Mobai presented the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill formula, which Zhou Shengqing and Fu Zongjue identified as a valuable Fourth Grade Core Formation pill formula.
• Zhou Shengqing promised to arrange for the sect to refine a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill for Chen Mobai and secretly record 200,000 contribution points for his merits.

Chen Mobai toured Five Willows Mountain’s market with Luo Yixuan, bought useful treasures, and enforced his rules against robber cultivators. Back at his quarters, he opened the storage bags taken from Mountain Shaking Peak cultivators and discovered Ji Dingjin’s bag contained thirty-eight pieces of Void Stone.

• Chen Mobai told Luo Yixuan he planned to build a new, orderly market town elsewhere rather than reorganize Five Willows Mountain’s chaotic market.
• Luo Yixuan bought a jade pendant, and Chen Mobai gave her a Thunderstruck Stone to help her master the Ren Shui Thunder Method.
• Chen Mobai recognized three Sha Qi Crystals at a stall, paid five hundred spirit stones for them, and asked Luo Yixuan to investigate whether the stall owner was an Earth Master interested in joining the Divine Wood Sect.
• Chen Mobai opened several storage bags taken from Mountain Shaking Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators and found spirit stones, two third-tier Life Stones, pills, and Earth Master books.
• Chen Mobai broke open two bags sealed by stronger Spiritual Sense, finding High-grade Spirit Stones and Golden Halberds in one, then thirty-eight pieces of Void Stone in Ji Dingjin’s bag.

Chen Mobai chose North Abyss Mountain as the Divine Wood Sect’s future base and prepared to secure Yan Kingdom’s spirit veins as the Xuanxiao Dao Palace arrived. Meanwhile, Zhou Shengqing persuaded Yan Shaoyin to refine the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill before Zhou attempted Nascent Formation.

• Chen Mobai consulted Lu Daoda, chose North Abyss Mountain for the Divine Wood Sect, recruited Lu as an Outer Sect Elder, and sent him to survey the mountain.
• Chen Mobai dispatched Zhou Wangshen, Liang Lingzhen, and Yu Lian to investigate the Jiao, He, and Qu Families, then confronted Nan Xuanjing’s delegation as it collected the mineral veins.
• Nan Xuanjing yielded the Void Stone ore and accepted that the Divine Wood Sect had occupied North Abyss Mountain, while Chen Mobai learned that the Xuanxiao Dao Palace might work with the displaced Yan Kingdom families.
• Zhou Shengqing visited Yan Shaoyin and offered him the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill recipe in exchange for an oath of secrecy and an agreement to refine and divide the pills.
• Yan Shaoyin accepted Zhou Shengqing’s terms, began gathering the rare ingredients, and received Zhou’s prepared medicinal materials before Zhou left to prepare for Nascent Formation.

Chen Mobai designed North Abyss City and persuaded the Divine Wood Sect to approve its construction, beginning with a market town and the Nine Palaces Formation. As preparations began, cultivators and families sought places in the new town, while Chen Mobai decided to rent out the core properties and find ways to raise construction funds.

• Chen Mobai completed a grand plan for North Abyss City and discussed its layout with Yue Zutao, Yuan Chiye, and Zuo Hongqiu.
• Chen Mobai and the others chose the Nine Palaces Formation for North Abyss Mountain, and Yuan Chiye led cultivators there to begin preparations.
• Zuo Hongqiu presented Chen Mobai's plans to the Divine Wood Sect's leaders, and Fu Zongjue supported the project despite its enormous cost.
• The Divine Wood Sect approved the project and funded the initial work on the Nine Palaces Formation.
• Cultivators and local families sought footholds in North Abyss Market Town, but Chen Mobai refused to sell its core storefronts and considered ways to raise construction funds.

Nan Xuanjing established Nan Xuan Sect in Yan Kingdom and worked to rebuild the Jiao, He, and Qu families’ market towns, while Divine Wood Sect watched their moves. Chen Mobai continued constructing North Abyss City, then returned to the Immortal Sect at year’s end to graduate.

• Nan Xuanjing founded Nan Xuan Sect and enlisted the Jiao Family and other displaced families to rebuild their former holdings and reopen Bao Se Market Town.
• Jiao Deyun returned to Red Shadow Mountain, drove off the Robber Cultivators, and reunited with the Jiao Family cultivators who had remained there.
• Zhou Wangshen, Yu Lian, and Liang Lingzhen observed the Jiao Family’s connection to Nan Xuan Sect, then later joined forces to kill Jiao Deyun.
• Chen Mobai rebuked Zhou Wangshen for killing Jiao Deyun but told him and the others to return and avoid provoking Nan Xuan Sect.
• Nan Xuanjing absorbed the Jiao Family’s elite cultivators and advertised a Foundation Establishment Pill auction at Bao Se Market Town, drawing Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer Rogue Cultivators from Five Willows Mountain Market Town.
• Chen Mobai continued directing construction of North Abyss City until the end of the year, when he returned to the Immortal Sect to graduate.

After graduating from Wuqi Dao Academy, Chen Mobai reunited with Meng Huang'er, who had returned to sing at his ceremony. Their time together revealed that her cultivation method had made her crave the intense emotions she experienced with him, and Chen Mobai resolved to guide her back to the proper path.

• Chen Mobai's Formless Puppet won first place in the graduation design results, ahead of Zhongli Tianyu's Talisman Treasure.
• At the Student Union farewell dinner, Chen Mobai said he would pursue graduate studies at Sky Mending Dao Academy and later return home to build up his hometown rather than take the Civil Service Examination.
• Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu wagered that the loser would do one thing for the winner that did not go against their principles, and Chen Mobai learned Meng Huang'er would sing at the graduation ceremony.
• Chen Mobai called Meng Huang'er and found her waiting at the Hilltop Villa; they reunited and cultivated together for three days before going to graduation rehearsals.
• On the way to Chicheng Mountain, Meng Huang'er asked Chen Mobai to recreate their emotionally intense experience on the train to help her cultivate the Profound Sound Wonderful Method, and Chen Mobai resolved to guide her back onto the proper path.

Chen Mobai and Meng Huang'er celebrated graduation with Bian Yiqing, then continued cultivating together as Meng Huang'er sensed a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Shi Wanyu followed a mysterious arrow on a card to Flowing Light Sword in her academy’s museum, where she encountered the person who had given her the card.

• Chen Mobai and Meng Huang'er passed their Dao Academy graduation rehearsal and invited Bian Yiqing to dinner, where he spoke of hoping to hear them perform the Startling Spirit Melody.
• Meng Huang'er suggested taking Bian Yiqing back to the Dao Academy, then texted Chen Mobai that she would return that night; later, she sensed an opportunity to break through while cultivating with him.
• Shi Wanyu reminisced about Chen Mobai and found a faint arrow on the card he had given her, which continued pointing southeast as she turned it.
• Shi Wanyu followed the arrow to Flowing Light Academy’s museum, where it vanished beside the exhibit for the Flowing Light Sword.
• Shi Wanyu turned to leave and found a person standing behind her—the person who had given her the card.

Shi Wanyu asked Chen Chun how to avoid military service and have Chen Mobai’s child, while Chen Chun gave her a reluctant method. Meanwhile, Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu met Venerable Cheng Xuan, who offered to help them refine their artifacts and took them to Myriad Treasures Cave, where Chen Mobai’s Turtle Treasure began to respond.

• Chen Chun told Shi Wanyu that she could reveal a way to fulfill her wish, but Shi Wanyu asked how to have Chen Mobai’s child so she could avoid military service.
• Chen Chun gave Shi Wanyu a method for pursuing her wish, then disappeared into the museum; afterward, she paid her respects to the Flowing Light Sword.
• Che Yucheng brought Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu to meet Venerable Cheng Xuan, who praised their graduation projects and offered to help refine their artifacts.
• Chen Mobai chose a Pure Yang Bell and learned he could use Credits to obtain Third Grade Red Copper through an Artifact Nurturing Sphere at Myriad Treasures Cave.
• Zhongli Tianyu declined a second Natal Magic Tool, so Venerable Cheng Xuan offered to smelt his Eight Trigrams Mirror instead.
• Venerable Cheng Xuan teleported Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu to Myriad Treasures Cave, and Chen Mobai’s Turtle Treasure began displaying a notification.

Venerable Cheng Xuan forged Chen Mobai a Natal Magic Tool embryo called the Morning Bell and enhanced Zhongli Tianyu’s Eight Trigrams Mirror. After sparring, turning down Shi Wanyu’s invitation, and remembering her gift, Chen Mobai left to join Meng Huang’er as she prepared to break through.

• Venerable Cheng Xuan brought Chen Mobai and Zhongli Tianyu to Myriad Treasures Cave, forged the Morning Bell for Chen Mobai, and improved Zhongli Tianyu’s Eight Trigrams Mirror.
• Chen Mobai told Meng Huang'er he would stay in Myriad Treasures Cave to nurture his new Magic Tool, then sparred with Zhongli Tianyu in Lesser Red Heaven and won five matches.
• Chen Mobai rejected Shi Wanyu’s dinner invitation, leaving her heartbroken while Chen Chun watched from the dormitory balcony.
• Chen Mobai took out the Sword Pouch containing the White Stone Shi Wanyu had given him, but Meng Huang'er called to say she was about to break through, so he set off to meet her.

Chen Mobai finished the graduation ceremony, spent a final night with Meng Huang'er, and prepared to leave Wuqi Dao Academy after earning Credits. While exploring Chicheng Cave Heaven, he contacted Shi Wanyu and invited her to a meal.

• Chen Mobai examined Shi Wanyu's White Stone and realized its rainbow light came from a single flickering white-light sword qi.
• Chen Mobai listened to Meng Huang'er sing, which restored his Spiritual Sense and helped him cultivate his Green Wutong Saplings.
• Chen Mobai delivered the graduate speech, and Meng Huang'er performed at the graduation ceremony before they spent one final night together and said goodbye.
• Chen Mobai identified Artifact Nurturing Spheres for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to earn Credits for Qi Replenishing Spirit Water.
• Bian Jingchun took Chen Mobai, Zhongli Tianyu, and Zhuang Jialan around Chicheng Cave Heaven, where Chen Mobai revisited the alley associated with Divine Machine Mansion.
• Chen Mobai texted Shi Wanyu to ask if she was free and invite her to a meal, brightening her mood as she packed to go home.

Chen Mobai met Shi Wanyu at a Maid Cafe, advised her about Foundation Establishment, and drank coffee she ordered. He woke after losing consciousness to find evidence that something had happened with Shi Wanyu, and Chen Chun arrived offering to perform a divination.

• Chen Mobai booked a private room at a Maid Cafe to meet Shi Wanyu and discussed her sword talent, Foundation Establishment prospects, and plans after graduation.
• Chen Mobai explained Foundation Establishment methods to Shi Wanyu, including the Spiritual Power Vortex and Critical Point Method, and encouraged her to keep trying.
• Shi Wanyu left to order more food, then returned with coffee and cake; after drinking the coffee, Chen Mobai felt an overpowering urge and lost consciousness.
• Chen Mobai woke in the private room and found a torn pair of white stockings in the trash, realizing he had been tricked and preparing to contact Bian Jingchun.
• Chen Chun entered the room and asked Chen Mobai whether he wanted a divination.