Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai confronted Chen Chun about Shi Wanyu’s scheme, then let Chen Chun leave after she advised him about the remaining obstacles to Core Formation. He investigated the maid café and, unable to risk formal testing of the drug, contacted Kong Feichen through an anonymous forum account.

• Chen Chun told Chen Mobai that Shi Wanyu had wanted a child with him, but Chen Mobai said his Yang-locking art made conception impossible.
• Chen Mobai stopped Chen Chun with the Purple Lightning Sword and invoked Old Ancestor Bai Guang, but he ultimately decided not to pursue Shi Wanyu and let Chen Chun go.
• Chen Chun said Chen Mobai had a thirty-to-forty-percent chance of succeeding at Core Formation and advised him to improve his spiritual power, body, and Spiritual Sense.
• Chen Mobai renewed his room, examined the café’s residue and surveillance footage, and removed the footage showing him and Shi Wanyu.
• Chen Mobai used an alternate account to contact Kong Feichen on a forum about the drug, and Kong Feichen asked who he was.

Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City for graduation gatherings, then went back to the Sky River Realm and devised a plan to attract cultivators to North Abyss Market Town by selling protected Cave Mansions. The chapter left the plan awaiting the Divine Wood Sect’s approval.

• Chen Mobai asked Kong Feichen about testing residue from the cup he had taken after being drugged, and Kong Feichen said the sample would need to pass through Ascension Cult informants.
• Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City, where he learned Yan Bingxuan had passed the initial review for further study and attended gatherings with his graduating classmates.
• Chen Mobai met Shi Jingjing, who planned to serve in the military to pursue Foundation Establishment, and Song Zheng, who had married Mo Simin and would enlist after their child was born.
• Chen Mobai returned to the Sky River Realm and rejected the proposal to use Foundation Establishment Pills to draw cultivators to North Abyss Market Town.
• Chen Mobai proposed selling time-limited Cave Mansion property rights with Divine Wood Sect protection, and required buyers to declare in their contracts that they had never been Robber Cultivators.

Chen Mobai used his wealth to buy two Foundation Establishment Pills at Nan Xuan Sect’s auction in Bao Se Market Town, then fought off the Jiao Family cultivators sent after him. He discovered Zhou Wangshen had arranged for another bidder to disrupt the auction and was preparing to expose Nan Xuan Sect.

• Liu Wenbai delivered the year’s profits, and Chen Mobai counted his growing fortune and decided to bid on Foundation Establishment Pills for his father.
• Chen Mobai sent his Formless Puppet to Bao Se Market Town under the alias Chen Xinglan, where he became known as Gold Blade Chivalrous after killing a Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivator who had seized a weaker cultivator’s home.
• At Nan Xuan Sect’s auction, Chen Mobai outbid the crowd for two Foundation Establishment Pills, while Xuanqi and the Jiao Family cultivator marked him as a target.
• Xuanqi and many auction attendees sent people after Chen Mobai, but the pursuers were later found dead; a separate Qi Cultivation Level 6 bidder who won two pills was killed by rogue cultivators, and the pills’ fate became unknown.
• Chen Mobai split the Jiao Family’s leading elder with the Gold Jade Axe and asked Zhou Wangshen whether the pursuit was Nan Xuan Sect’s plan or the Jiao Family’s own doing.
• Zhou Wangshen asked Chen Mobai to leave the remaining Jiao Family cultivators alive so he could expose Nan Xuan Sect, and Chen Mobai realized Zhou had arranged the Qi Cultivation Level 6 bidder.

Chen Mobai left the Yan Kingdom after helping settle the Divine Wood Sect’s appointments and returned to the sect to cultivate while awaiting the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill. He then returned to the Immortal Sect and attended Sky Mending Dao Academy’s welcoming ceremony, where Yan Bingxuan became a graduate student and he spotted another acquaintance.

• Zhou Wangshen’s scheme against the Nan Xuan Sect ended when Nan Xuanjing destroyed Red Shadow Mountain, but Fu Zongjue’s Puppet Body protected Zhou Wangshen and the others.
• Fu Zongjue told Chen Mobai to return to the sect as Yan Shaoyin prepared to gather the remaining medicines for the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill, and Chen Mobai declined special pills so Zeng Woyou could continue refining Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Chen Mobai nominated Yue Zutao to guard the Yan Kingdom, Zhou Wangshen to take charge of the Xiao Kingdom, and Yuan Chiye to replace Zhou in the Lei Kingdom; Fu Zongjue approved the appointments.
• Chen Mobai handed over his duties, held a farewell banquet, and learned from Qi Rui that Shi Pengyi and Luo Lin had survived but had already left the market town.
• Chen Mobai returned to Giant Wood Ridge with Luo Yixuan, exchanged for the Green Wood Sha, and began a long seclusion before returning to the Immortal Sect.
• Chen Mobai attended Sky Mending Dao Academy’s welcoming ceremony, where Yan Bingxuan had passed the Graduate Exam, and he noticed another unexpected acquaintance.

At Sky Mending Dao Academy’s welcoming ceremony, Chen Mobai learned that new student Chen Chun was tied to the Divine Machine Mansion and Ancestor Qianxing. He left with Yan Bingxuan after discovering how high Chen Chun’s status was.

• Chen Mobai reunited with Ding Chunzhi, who explained that he had come to welcome a student from Star Gazing Academy.
• Chen Mobai spotted Chen Chun among the new students and learned she was the Divine Machine Mansion’s inheritor.
• Ding Chunzhi revealed that Plum Blossom Venerable had inherited the Divine Machine Mansion’s teachings and that Chen Chun was Ancestor Qianxing’s disciple.
• Chen Mobai watched Fu Borong greet Chen Chun with a junior’s formal salute and realized her standing was far above what he had assumed.
• Chen Mobai declined Ding Chunzhi’s invitation to dine and went to meet Yan Bingxuan, prompting Ding Chunzhi to privately call him a scumbag.

Chen Mobai helped Zeng Woyou perfect his Foundation Establishment Pill refinement and prepared his three disciples to attempt Foundation Establishment. After two years of secluded cultivation, Chen Mobai’s bright-mirror divine art began to radiate a blazing, sunlike power above Little South Mountain.

• Yan Bingxuan studied Vital Energy Studies to develop her Mystic Ice Spiritual Power, while Chen Mobai advanced his cultivation and grieved after Chen Xinglan failed Foundation Establishment again.
• Chen Mobai supported Zeng Woyou’s third attempt at refining Foundation Establishment Pills and taught him the Spirit Essence Method to reduce pill toxin.
• Zeng Woyou successfully refined four Foundation Establishment Pills, and Chu Zuoshu arranged for two to go to the sect’s True Disciples and two to be auctioned.
• Chen Mobai gave Luo Yixuan, Liu Wenbai, and Zhuo Ming ten thousand sect contribution points each to help them prepare for Foundation Establishment.
• After two years of seclusion, Chen Mobai’s bright mirror appeared above Little South Mountain, radiating powerful heat and spiritual energy that startled Zhuo Ming.

Chen Mobai completed his Six Yang Body, reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, and presented his self-bred Green Jade Spirit Rice to the Divine Wood Sect. Fu Zongjue rewarded him with one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones and ordered the sect to cultivate the rice, while Chen Mobai still had to wait for the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill before attempting Core Formation.

• Chen Mobai completed the Six Yang Body, saw his Fire Spiritual Root rise to 81, and learned that Luo Yixuan remained in seclusion after receiving a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Mobai harvested the mature Green Jade Spirit Rice with his sword qi and gave some to Meng Hong, who brought him to meet Fu Zongjue.
• Fu Zongjue praised the rice’s value to the sect and offered a reward, so Chen Mobai requested a million spirit stones and received one hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Mobai revealed that he and his disciples had bred the Green Jade Spirit Rice themselves, then showed Fu Zongjue that he had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection at age thirty-three.
• Fu Zongjue told Chen Mobai that Yan Shaoyin had failed to refine the first Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill and needed years to gather materials for another attempt.
• Fu Zongjue ordered the sect to plant Green Jade Spirit Rice in its spare Second Tier Spirit Fields under the Spiritual Plant Department, and instructed its leaders to consult Chen Mobai.

Chen Mobai received the Azure Emperor Longevity Sutra from the Talent Tree after earning an Immortal Grade evaluation, then discovered the Great Dao Tree considered him a Sacred Embryo for a Heavenly Venerable's reincarnation. When the tree tried to seize him for purification and spiritual awakening, he escaped with the Purple Lightning Sword and Turtle Treasure.

• Chen Mobai visited the Talent Tree, where his Immortal Grade evaluations granted him the Ancient Longevity Sect's Azure Emperor Longevity Sutra.
• Chen Mobai realized the sutra could benefit Yin Qingmei, though he planned to have Zhou Shengqing or Fu Zongjue examine whether it could still be cultivated.
• Chen Mobai completed the Great Dao Tree's trial and learned it had designated him a Sacred Embryo, a vessel for a Heavenly Venerable's reincarnation.
• The Great Dao Tree restrained Chen Mobai and tried to pull him inside for Divine Liquid Purification and Spiritual Awakening.
• Chen Mobai's Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror and shield failed to stop the tree, but the Purple Lightning Sword struck its crack and helped him break free.
• Chen Mobai activated the Turtle Treasure to return to the city.

Chen Mobai returned to the Immortal Sect and learned that Venerable Yuanxu was developing a Realm Treasure to simulate cultivation breakthroughs using Formless Puppets. After inspecting damaged puppets, Chen Mobai joined the project and learned it was attempting to simulate Core Formation.

• Chen Mobai returned to the Immortal Sect, rewarded the Purple Lightning Sword, and considered whether a Longevity Sect Heavenly Venerable had possessed True Monarch Yi Yuan.
• Fu Borong summoned Chen Mobai to help repair a Formless Puppet, explaining that Venerable Yuanxu was developing a Realm Treasure based on the Foundation Establishment Treasure.
• Chen Mobai went to the laboratory and met Venerable Yuanxu, Ding Chunzhi, and Chen Chun as they tested the Realm Treasure.
• Chen Mobai determined that one puppet was beyond repair after it burned out while simulating Nascent Formation.
• Ding Chunzhi explained that the project combined Formless Puppet deductions, Chen Chun's Miraculous Calculation Divine Machine, and Sky Mending Dao Academy's Square Inch Book.
• Venerable Yuanxu began another Core Formation simulation while Chen Mobai started examining a second damaged Formless Puppet.

Chen Mobai tested his chances of Core Formation with the Realm Treasure, then delivered the Azure Emperor Longevity Sutra to Zhou Shengqing and received a Fourth Tier High-grade cultivation site in return. After learning that Luo Yixuan had succeeded in Foundation Establishment, he began preparing to send her on a task.

• Chen Mobai used the Realm Treasure to simulate Core Formation, but his Spiritual Sense failed to grasp the power needed to complete it.
• Chen Mobai gave Zhou Shengqing a copy of the Azure Emperor Longevity Sutra, which Zhou Shengqing recognized as the inheritance foretold by Ancestor Hunyuan.
• Zhou Shengqing gave Chen Mobai a Divine Wood Token and the unoccupied Longevity Wood as his cultivation ground before entering seclusion to pursue Nascent Soul Formation.
• Chen Mobai visited the Longevity Wood and found no remaining traces of True Monarch Yi Yuan, but gained access to a Fourth Tier High-grade spiritual vein.
• Luo Yixuan told Chen Mobai she had succeeded in Foundation Establishment, and he said he had a task for her.

Chen Mobai prepared his disciples for the Sect Grand Competition and investigated the Divine Tree Secret Realm with Fu Zongjue. They found the Great Dao Tree had healed the enormous wound left by Chen Mobai’s Purple Lightning Sword.

• Chen Mobai asked Luo Yixuan to search for the third layer of the Return to Origin Secret Art after the Sect Grand Competition and planned to prepare an Azure Flame Sword Talisman for her journey.
• Chen Mobai showed his disciples two newly upgraded Third Tier Spirit Fields, told them he had received Longevity Wood as his cultivation site, and began acquiring Life Stones to upgrade the remaining fields.
• Chen Mobai instructed Zhuo Ming to absorb a depleted Life Stone with the Earth Mother Technique during the competition and lent her a Divine Wood Shield; he also lent Liu Wenbai the Gold Jade Axe.
• Chen Mobai asked Luo Yixuan to look after her senior siblings, then entered the Divine Tree Secret Realm with Fu Zongjue using puppets.
• Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue inspected the secret realm and saw that the Great Dao Tree’s massive Purple Lightning Sword wound had completely healed.

Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue sealed off the Great Dao Tree’s dangerous trial area, while Zhuo Ming revealed her Nine Ren Dharma Body during the Sect Grand Competition. Zhuo Ming defeated Ding Ying to reach the top three, and Chen Mobai urged her to keep pursuing the Top True Disciple position.

• Fu Zongjue tested the Great Dao Tree’s Longevity Trial with a Puppet Body, and he and Chen Mobai agreed to forbid Divine Wood Sect disciples from entering the area and installed a formation to block access.
• Chen Mobai returned to Divine Wood City and watched Zhuo Ming defeat Tan Qianshi, whose Earth Spirit Body could not withstand her fists; Tan recognized that she had cultivated the Nine Ren Dharma Body.
• Xi Jinghuo declared that Zhuo Ming was the only person in her generation who could receive his flying sword, and Chen Mobai told her that no one in the Eastern Wasteland at the Qi Cultivation realm could threaten her besides him.
• Liu Wenbai lost to Guan Xiaolong in the top-twelve round but secured a Foundation Establishment Pill, while Zhuo Ming advanced by defeating Jiang Zongheng and breaking Guan Xiaolong’s formation with the Purple Fire Sword Talisman.
• Zhuo Ming faced Ding Ying in the battle for the top three, endured her talisman attacks, and knocked her off the arena with thirteen punches.
• Chen Mobai encouraged Zhuo Ming to help Little South Mountain claim another Top True Disciple position, and she promised not to disappoint him.

After Zhuo Ming defeated Xi Jinghuo and became the Divine Wood Sect’s Top True Disciple, Chen Mobai rewarded his disciples with powerful Magic Tools and arranged for Liu Wenbai to attempt Foundation Establishment. Luo Yixuan returned from the Divine Tree Secret Realm with Longevity Tree Sap and a Longevity Dew pill recipe, and Chen Mobai paid her for the find.

• Zhuo Ming defeated Xi Jinghuo, became Top True Disciple, and received Chen Mobai’s praise and the Gold Jade Axe.
• Liu Wenbai decided to enter seclusion for Foundation Establishment, while Chen Mobai gave Luo Yixuan the Divine Wood Shield and Liu Wenbai the Flying Sparrow Hairpin.
• Zhuo Ming gave Liu Wenbai her chance to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Chen Mobai settled him in seclusion at the Longevity Wood.
• Chen Mobai took Luo Yixuan to the Divine Tree Secret Realm, where she obtained one hundred drops of Longevity Tree Sap and the Longevity Dew pill recipe.
• Chen Mobai offered Luo Yixuan one thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones for her discoveries, and she accepted one hundred while leaving the rest stored with him.

Chen Mobai spent two years cultivating the Longevity Dao Body, while Liu Wenbai failed Foundation Establishment and Chen graduated from the Sky Mending Dao Academy to return to secluded cultivation. After refining the last of his Longevity Tree Sap, Chen flew over Little South Mountain and discovered Earth Vein Spiritual Energy surging toward one spot.

• Chen Mobai cultivated the Longevity Dao Body with Luo Yixuan's Longevity Tree Sap and found that strengthening his body also improved his control over spiritual power and Spiritual Sense.
• Liu Wenbai failed Foundation Establishment, and Chen Mobai stopped him from forcing the attempt, comforted him, and sent him away to recuperate.
• Chen Mobai graduated from the Sky Mending Dao Academy despite Fu Borong's offer and Venerable Yuanxu's willingness to open the Realm Gate for him, while Yan Bingxuan stayed behind to continue her studies.
• Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City, left a puppet at a rented Cultivation Room, and cultivated in the Sky River Realm for another year.
• After refining the final drop of Longevity Tree Sap, Chen Mobai flew over Little South Mountain and saw Earth Vein Spiritual Energy rushing toward a location at its foot.

Zhuo Ming achieved Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment through the Earth Mother Technique, and Chen Mobai helped her settle into her new status as a Foundation Establishment Elder. The chapter ended with Talisman Department officials learning that they had once rejected Zhuo Ming’s application.

• Chen Mobai and Liu Wenbai witnessed Zhuo Ming draw vitality from Little South Mountain’s earth veins and emerge from an Earth Mother Cocoon after establishing her foundation.
• Zhuo Ming learned that she had achieved Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment and gave her Foundation Establishment Pill to Liu Wenbai.
• Chen Mobai measured Zhuo Ming’s Spirit Root Value, found that her Earth Spiritual Root had risen to 50 after absorbing a Life Stone, and gave her another Life Stone to test its effect.
• Chen Mobai took Zhuo Ming to meet Chu Zuoshu, change her Sect Token, and choose a Second Tier Spiritual Vein Cave Mansion on Tangerine Mountain.
• Cao Lian discovered that Ding Ying had rejected Zhuo Ming’s Talisman Department application years earlier, then told Ding Ying that Zhuo Ming had achieved Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment.

Chen Mobai took Zhuo Ming into the Divine Tree Secret Realm, where she obtained Longevity Earth and learned the Earthwood Crystal Sand refining method. After receiving the full Earth Mother Technique and Spirit Planter inheritances, Zhuo Ming discovered that her Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment had granted her the ability Omniscient Connection, which revealed the needs and growth timelines of spirit plants.

• Chen Mobai, Meng Hong, and Lu Yi discussed Zhuo Ming’s Dao Awakening Foundation Establishment over wine before Lu Yi opened the Divine Tree Secret Realm for Zhuo Ming and Jiang Zongheng.
• Zhuo Ming found a handful of Longevity Earth and learned the Earthwood Crystal Sand refining method, prompting Chen Mobai to consider opening the secret realm to all Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Chen Mobai told Fu Zongjue about the Earthwood Crystal Sand, and Fu Zongjue gave Zhuo Ming a Soul Refining Stone and authorized her to receive the full Earth Mother Technique and Spirit Planter inheritances.
• Zhuo Ming received the cultivation method and inheritance books, then returned to Little South Mountain and took over directing the mortals in their farming work.
• Zhuo Ming discovered that touching spirit plants while standing on earth revealed their growth needs and timelines, identifying her divine ability as Omniscient Connection.

Chen Mobai taught the Divine Wood Sect’s disciples how to improve their chances of Foundation Establishment, prompting a rush for spirit rice. After receiving the Return to Origin Secret Art’s third-layer method from Luo Yixuan without her usual note, he grew worried and sent Liu Wenbai to retrieve her quietly.

• Chen Mobai discussed tea trees with Zhuo Ming and arranged for her to study Giant Wood Ridge’s spirit plants with Shi Fengping.
• Chen Mobai lectured the sect’s disciples on the three Foundation Establishment barriers, the risks of Pill Toxin, and ways to strengthen the body.
• The lecture led many True Disciples to postpone Foundation Establishment, while demand for spirit rice surged and Chen Mobai kept his shop’s prices fair.
• Liu Wenbai delivered Luo Yixuan’s letter containing the third-layer cultivation method of the Return to Origin Secret Art, but Chen Mobai noticed she had written nothing else.
• Chen Mobai suspected Luo Yixuan might be in danger and ordered Liu Wenbai to go quietly to Ming Country and bring her back.

Chen Mobai cultivated the Return to Origin Secret Art with Void Stone and advanced his Falling Treasure Golden Light while investigating Luo Yixuan’s disappearance. After confirming Luo Yixuan was alive but still missing, he received an official notice that Venerable Qingping would open the world gate, offering him a chance to open up a Golden Core Domain.

• Chen Mobai learned that the Return to Origin Secret Art’s third layer used Void Power extracted from Void Stone, then began cultivating it to form a small world within his Myriad Laws Body.
• Chen Mobai refined Falling Treasure Golden Light with Gold Crystal and arranged for Chen Zhenwu to procure more of it.
• Liu Wenbai reported that Luo Yixuan had traveled to Ming Country and disappeared, and Chen Mobai refused Zhuo Ming’s request to search for her.
• Chen Mobai confirmed Luo Yixuan’s Soul Lamp was still lit and asked Fu Zongjue to help investigate her disappearance.
• The World Gate Administration sent Chen Mobai a notice instructing him to reach Wangwu Cave Heaven within a month to attempt opening a Golden Core Domain when Venerable Qingping opened the world gate.

After learning that Venerable Qingping would open the world gate, Chen Mobai traveled to Wangwu Cave Heaven, hoping to meet his idol. He reunited with Wuqi Dao Academy cultivators and followed Zhongli Tianyu to Five Peaks Immortal Mountain, where he hoped to find a way to visit Venerable Qingping.

• Chen Mobai learned the world gate would open and prepared for his trip by checking his businesses, gathering gifts, and booking a flight to Wangwu Cave Heaven.
• Sun Daoji and Chi Shicheng met Chen Mobai at the airport and explained that Wenren Xuewei's Core Formation had prompted the opening, while Venerable Qingping would preside because he sought to advance his cultivation.
• Chen Mobai learned he could not visit Venerable Qingping at Yingxian Hotel without an invitation, then joined Wuqi Dao Academy's Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivators for lunch.
• Chen Mobai asked Zhongli Tianyu to bring him into Five Peaks Immortal Mountain and left with him, hoping to meet Venerable Qingping.

Chen Mobai visited Yuanyang Temple with Zhongli Tianyu and learned about Ancestor Yuanyang’s surviving Pure Yang Set treasures. After Zhongli left him to handle paperwork, Chen Mobai met a lost little girl named Xiao Hei, who said her home was toward Old Ancestor Bai Guang’s Immortal Gaze Peak.

• Zhongli Tianyu brought Chen Mobai onto Meeting Immortal Peak and explained how the Spirit Transmutation families lived among the Five Peaks Immortal Mountain.
• Zhongli Yue arranged a visit to Yuanyang Temple, where Sima Xingyu served as their guide despite his rivalry with Chen Mobai.
• Chen Mobai saw Ancestor Yuanyang’s Fourth Tier Pure Yang Cauldron, Pure Yang Mirror, Immortal Robe, and Bell, and learned that the Pure Yang Treasure Bead was with Nangong Xuanyu.
• After Zhongli Tianyu left to register Chen Mobai’s information, Chen Mobai encountered a lost girl named Xiao Hei on the mountain path.
• Xiao Hei said she had no surname and pointed toward Immortal Gaze Peak as her home, then admitted she might have gotten lost after sneaking out.