Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai helped Xiao Hei during a flare-up of her Nine Yin Absolute Meridian and met her granny, Yu Huiping, who was a Golden Core True Person. After Xiao Hei left, Chen Mobai struck the Pure Yang Bell and gained a brief burst of comprehension before Zhongli Tianyu revealed Yu Huiping was Old Ancestor Bai Guang’s only Direct Disciple.

• Chen Mobai took Xiao Hei to see the Pure Yang Bell on Meeting Immortal Peak and refused to let her strike it.
• Xiao Hei’s Nine Yin Absolute Meridian flared up, and Chen Mobai eased her symptoms with Longevity Spiritual Power as she explained that it could transform into the Pure Yin Body when she turned eighteen.
• Yu Huiping appeared, suppressed Xiao Hei’s symptoms, gave Chen Mobai her contact information, and left with the girl.
• Chen Mobai struck the Pure Yang Bell, lost most of his spiritual power, and briefly gained insight into the Square Inch Book.
• Chen Mobai told Zhongli Tianyu about Xiao Hei and Yu Huiping, and Zhongli Tianyu recognized Yu Huiping as Old Ancestor Bai Guang’s only Direct Disciple.

Chen Mobai learned that Xiao Hei was protected by Immortal Gaze Peak, then faced growing public expectations that he would open a Golden Core domain. After Meng Huang'er refused to exaggerate their closeness on a television program, Chen Mobai attended the World Gate Administration briefing, where Taishi Shu challenged him to compete in opening their domains.

• Chen Mobai left Zhongli Tianyu's home after learning Venerable Qingping had gone to Immortal Gathering Peak to attempt a breakthrough.
• Chen Mobai discussed opening a Golden Core domain with Zuoqiu Shi, Bian Jingchun, and others, who warned that a television program was raising expectations for his success.
• Meng Huang'er rejected host Nie Wenzhan's scripted praise of Chen Mobai, saying they were not close and that she would not comment on what she did not understand.
• Chen Mobai told his friends that Meng Huang'er had performance tasks and would not be in Wangwu Cave Heaven, though he expected her to return before the world gate opened.
• At the World Gate Administration briefing, Chen Mobai met Wenren Xuewei and several fellow academy leaders, including Taishi Shu.
• Taishi Shu challenged Chen Mobai to compete in opening a Golden Core domain, and Chen Mobai replied that he hoped she would let him experience failure.

Chen Mobai prepared to open the Golden Core Domain while cultivating his Pure Yang Dharma Body and helping Meng Huang'er break through her cultivation bottleneck. After their dual cultivation gave his spiritual sense a hint of progress, the group arrived at Five Peaks Immortal Mountain, where Ancestor Qianxing appeared.

• After the World Gate lesson, Chen Mobai and the other cultivators learned the gate would open in seven days and prepared to establish a Golden Core Domain.
• Chen Mobai cultivated the Pure Yang Dharma Body and considered how to strengthen his foundation before forming his core.
• Meng Huang'er admitted she was stuck at Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer, and Chen Mobai transferred her thirty million Merit Points to buy barrier-breaking pills.
• After dual cultivation with Meng Huang'er, Chen Mobai sensed a slight breakthrough in his spiritual sense, and she left to avoid disrupting the World Gate operation.
• The cultivators traveled to Five Peaks Immortal Mountain, where Wenren Xuewei explained that the World Gate fluctuation had been reported to Ancestor Qianxing.
• Ancestor Qianxing descended before the assembled cultivators and welcomed them as future pillars of the Immortal Sect.

Chen Mobai entered the wooden houses at the World Gate and discovered that Turtle Treasure identified the gate as the Gate of the Void, though his realm was too low to absorb it. He began gathering and shattering Void Fragments to prepare to open his Golden Core Domain, while Taishi Shu neared her own goal and planned to challenge him afterward.

• Venerable Qingping opened the World Gate and told the cultivators to enter separate wooden houses to comprehend Void Power.
• Chen Mobai found Turtle Treasure repeatedly offering to absorb and refine the Gate of the Void, then set aside his questions and began sensing Void Fragments.
• Chen Mobai shattered Void Fragments, learned that the effort consumed much of his spiritual sense, and secretly used his Void Stones to build up spatial power.
• Chen Mobai slept for three days to recover his spiritual sense, then resumed gathering Void Fragments while pretending to work slowly.
• Taishi Shu accumulated thirty-eight balls of spatial power and looked forward to opening her Golden Core Domain before challenging Chen Mobai.

Chen Mobai and Wenren Xuewei outlasted the other cultivators in the world-gate trial and were chosen to Open Up Golden Core Domain. Taishi Shu was eliminated despite condensing thirty-eight masses of spatial power, while Venerable Qingping took the two successful candidates away to begin the final step.

• Venerable Qingping ended the month-long trial and had cultivators who failed to comprehend Void Power leave their wooden houses.
• The remaining cultivators sent their Void Power into the world gate, which gradually eliminated candidates, including Zhongli Tianyu and Ling Dao Shi.
• Chen Mobai outlasted Taishi Shu and Wenren Xuewei, while Venerable Qingping judged that Chen Mobai's abundant Void Power would use too much of his strength to help a third person.
• Venerable Qingping chose Chen Mobai and Wenren Xuewei, then transported them away as the World Gate Administration announced the results.
• Taishi Shu sat stunned after learning she had been eliminated despite condensing thirty-eight masses of spatial power.

Chen Mobai waited while Venerable Qingping used the Realm Gate to help Wenren Xuewei open her Golden Core Domain, then entered the void to shape his own. He began forming a small world with light and a sun as his Void Power expanded it.

• Chen Mobai and Wenren Xuewei recovered their essence, qi, and spirit near the Realm Gate, and Wenren Xuewei explained her Core Formation experience to him.
• Venerable Qingping revealed that Wenren Xuewei had condensed less Void Power than Chen Mobai, then helped her open her Golden Core Domain through the Realm Gate.
• After seven days, Wenren Xuewei emerged with a completed domain and demonstrated its storage function to Chen Mobai.
• Venerable Qingping rested for three days before sending Chen Mobai into the Realm Gate to create his own domain.
• Chen Mobai summoned light and a great sun in the void, failed to create living plants or Core Formation, and watched his Void Power expand his domain to half a meter across.

Chen Mobai opened his Golden Core Domain with Venerable Qingping’s help and learned about Void Blind Boxes as he discussed plans for his domain with Wenren Xuewei. After returning to the Wuqi Dao Academy Office amid controversy over his success, he reunited with Meng Huang'er, who had obtained a Greater Barrier Breaking Pill and wanted his guidance.

• Chen Mobai withdrew his Golden Core Domain when Venerable Qingping warned that he was nearing his limit, then thanked him and exchanged contact information.
• Wenren Xuewei told Chen Mobai that Qing Nü was investigating secret matters in the Sky Mending Group and asked him to caution her; she also offered him a grafted Enlightenment White Tea seedling.
• Wenren Xuewei explained Void Blind Boxes, which could contain valuable goods but cost one hundred million Merit Points, and Chen Mobai decided to consider buying one after forming his core.
• Zhongli Tianyu invited Chen Mobai to eat at Zhongli Yue’s home, and Chen Mobai stayed overnight before leaving Five Peaks Immortal Mountain the next day.
• Chen Mobai went to the Wuqi Dao Academy Office to avoid public attention, while Sun Daoji discussed the online uproar over whether the Immortal Sect should make an exception to the sixty-year rule for him.
• Meng Huang'er met Chen Mobai and showed him the Greater Barrier Breaking Pill she had obtained, asking him to guide her through taking it and breaking through.

After spending half a year in seclusion with Meng Huang'er in Wangwu Cave Heaven, Chen Mobai left for Vermilion Cloud City and then returned to the Sky River Realm. He prepared Zhuo Ming to transplant a valuable spiritual plant and learned that Yan Shaoyin had successfully refined the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill.

• Meng Huang'er used a Greater Barrier Breaking Pill to reach Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer, and Chen Mobai helped her stabilize her cultivation during their half-year together.
• Debates over Nie Wenzhan's proposal to favor genius cultivators intensified while Chen Mobai remained unreachable, and Nie Wenzhan was fired and blacklisted.
• Chen Mobai studied Dao Scriptures on Golden Core Domains and learned how his domain could expand through Void Power and cultivation breakthroughs.
• Chen Mobai left Meng Huang'er and returned to Vermilion Cloud City, where he handled media appearances, a school speech, and other obligations.
• Chen Mobai returned to the Sky River Realm and gave Zhuo Ming a Third Tier Enlightenment White Tea Tea Seed, then asked her to assess transplanting the Immortal Peach Tree from Black Cloud Mountain.
• Chen Mobai checked Luo Yixuan's Soul Lamp, learned there was still no news of her from the Five Elements Sect, and heard that Yan Shaoyin had refined the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill.

Chen Mobai learned that the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill had been refined and prepared for Core Formation while remaining inside the Divine Wood Sect. Meanwhile, Zhao Xuankang suspected the pill was meant for Chen Guixian and arranged for Tu Daohua to curse him, then secretly watched an unexpected visitor arrive at the island.

• Fu Zongjue refused to let Chen Mobai leave the sect and said he would retrieve the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill himself.
• Chen Mobai assessed his readiness for Core Formation and continued refining his spiritual power, body, and Spiritual Sense.
• Fu Zongjue collected two Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills from Yan Shaoyin, who warned him that Zhao Xuankang was wary of Chen Guixian.
• Zhao Xuankang and Nan Xuanjing decided to use covert methods against Chen Guixian, and Zhao Xuankang hired Tu Daohua to cast the Demonic Nightmare Prayer Art for two Profound Heaven Black Gold Pills.
• Zhao Xuankang concealed himself near Tu Daohua's island and saw an old woman arrive with a newly Foundation Establishment female cultivator.

Chen Mobai recovered from a strange cold, guided his disciples, and arranged for Gu Yan and Lian Maozhi to enter the Divine Tree Secret Realm, where he obtained Longevity Tree Sap. After six hundred days of seclusion, he completed the first layer of the Longevity Dao Body and took out a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill.

• Tu Daohua accepted a Profound Heaven Black Gold Pill from Zhao Xuankang after worshiping Chen Guixian’s straw effigy for forty-nine days, then arranged a Teleportation Array as a precaution.
• Chen Mobai recovered from his wind-cold and advised Liu Wenbai on Foundation Establishment and Zhuo Ming on spirit planting; Zhuo Ming also told him Gu Yan had successfully established her foundation.
• Chen Mobai agreed to pay Gu Yan one hundred thousand spirit stones for Longevity Tree Sap and asked Lu Yi to send her and Lian Maozhi into the Divine Tree Secret Realm.
• Gu Yan obtained a gourd of Longevity Tree Sap and a related secret method in the Divine Tree Secret Realm, and Chen Mobai bought the sap, returning ten drops to her.
• Chen Mobai entered seclusion and, after six hundred days, completed the first layer of the Longevity Dao Body, Ageless, then took out a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill.

After completing his Longevity Dao Body, Chen Mobai prepared to leave the Divine Wood Sect and return to the Immortal Sect to form his core. He settled his affairs with his disciples and friends, then returned to the Immortal Sect and applied to Wuqi Dao Academy for Core Formation.

• Chen Mobai learned the Divine Wood Sect’s Core Formation experiences from Fu Zongjue, who advised him to find a belief that made success essential.
• Liu Wenbai succeeded in Foundation Establishment, and Chen Mobai entrusted his disciples with sect duties and passed secret techniques to Liu Wenbai and Zhuo Ming.
• Chen Mobai met Qi Rui, learned of his debts after Foundation Establishment Failure, and gave him a sealed brocade pouch containing a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Mobai bid farewell to Fu Zongjue and his disciples, then traveled through six Teleportation Arrays and left the Eastern Wasteland.
• Chen Mobai returned to the Immortal Sect and applied to Wuqi Dao Academy to form his core.

Chen Mobai committed to forming his core at Wuqi Dao Academy, choosing preparation and a suitable Spirit Vein over waiting for Core Formation medicines. While he studied Core Formation and waited for access to True Person Lesser Yang’s Cave Mansion, Meng Huang'er reached Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer.

• Chen Mobai called Che Yucheng to arrange a Fourth Tier High-grade Spirit Vein for Core Formation, then ordered the Immortal Sect’s full set of Core Formation books.
• Chen Mobai explained to Wang Xinying why he wanted to attempt Core Formation soon, then put her in charge of Soaring Heavens Talisman Factory while he prepared to leave.
• Chen Mobai visited his family in Green Mountain Village, offered incense at Taixu Temple, and failed to meet True Person Scarlet Robe, who remained in seclusion.
• Che Yucheng arranged for Chen Mobai to use True Person Lesser Yang’s Cave Mansion after Qin Beichen switched from the Pure Yang Scroll to the Sky Burning Technique.
• Chen Mobai studied Core Formation materials, expanded his Realm Domain with Void Stone, and learned that Meng Huang'er had reached Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer.

Meng Huang'er reached Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, and Chen Mobai prepared her for a core-formation attempt while receiving Qin Beichen’s Pure Yang Purple Qi. During their Dual Cultivation in Qin Beichen’s Cave Mansion, the purple qi helped break through a crucial bottleneck, though the chapter ended before revealing the result.

• Meng Huang'er broke through to Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, and Chen Mobai gave her Longevity Tree Sap to refine into her body.
• Chen Mobai obtained recovery pills for Meng Huang'er and arranged for her to attempt core formation with him at the beginning of the next year.
• Qin Beichen showed Chen Mobai his Cave Mansion and gave him a strand of Pure Yang Purple Qi to aid his core formation.
• Che Yucheng confirmed that he had urged Qin Beichen to give Chen Mobai the purple qi, and Chen Mobai entered seclusion with Meng Huang'er.
• Meng Huang'er’s Great Dao Heavenly Sound formed the phantom of a Green-Red Fruit, and Chen Mobai’s Pure Yang Purple Qi broke its bottleneck as the Five-Colored Phoenix sang its final note.

Chen Mobai broke through to the Golden Core level with Meng Huang'er’s help, while she failed her own Core Formation attempt and recovered in his care. After she left, Chen Mobai began his own Core Formation and successfully condensed a Golden Core.

• Chen Mobai’s spiritual sense expanded as he broke through, and he recognized that Meng Huang'er had exhausted herself helping him hear the Great Dao Heavenly Sound.
• Meng Huang'er collapsed after her failed Core Formation, and Chen Mobai fed her pills and helped her recover before she slept for three days.
• Chen Mobai sent Meng Huang'er away to recuperate, and they spent half a year together at the Hilltop Villa before she returned to the Art Troupe.
• After Meng Huang'er left, Chen Mobai spent three months preparing, swallowed the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill, and began Core Formation in the Myriad Treasures Cave.
• Chen Mobai’s body transformed as his Fire Spirit Body and Longevity Dao Body advanced, and he used the Two Aspects Technique to merge Longevity Spiritual Power with Pure Yang Spiritual Power.
• Chen Mobai used the pill’s remaining medicinal power to strengthen his spiritual sense and formed a thumb-sized Golden Core.

Chen Mobai successfully formed and consolidated a Purple Gold Golden Core without relying on Core Formation medicine, while his breakthrough disturbed Chicheng Mountain and drew attention across the Immortal Sect. After the Morning Bell helped him overcome a series of Heart Demon illusions, he completed Core Formation and became a Golden Core True Person.

• A tremor from Chen Mobai’s Core Formation disrupted classes at Wuqi Dao Academy, and Che Yucheng informed the teachers that a graduate was drawing on Chicheng Mountain’s Spiritual Qi.
• The teachers recognized that Chen Mobai was attempting Self-Initiated Core Formation, and news of his breakthrough spread across the Immortal Sect.
• Chen Mobai formed a golden core and used Spiritual Qi and High-grade Spirit Stones to temper it for a hundred days while resisting Heart Demon illusions with his Lifebound Artifact’s bell.
• Chen Mobai broke through illusions involving his classmates, Qing Nü, Turtle Treasure, his loved ones, his disciple, and Zhou Shengqing.
• Chen Mobai’s golden core became a Purple Gold pellet, entered his dantian, and made him a Golden Core True Person with Spiritual Power more than eight times stronger than before.

After forming his core, Chen Mobai expanded his Realm Domain, tested the Purple Lightning Sword’s power, and learned that his breakthrough had already become widely known. He visited Duanmu Longrong, who offered him a three-hundred-year post guarding Myriad Treasures Cave in exchange for a Fifth Order Vermilion Fruit, leaving Chen Mobai weighing the tempting reward.

• Chen Mobai let the Void Power from his Golden Core expand his Realm Domain from two cubic meters to twenty and began arranging it as a Portable Cave Mansion.
• Chen Mobai tested the Purple Lightning Sword, learned it could help him kill Golden Core cultivators below the fourth layer with one sword, and considered using Lesser Red Heaven to gauge his own strength.
• Chen Mobai discovered that news of his Self-Initiated Core Formation had spread through the Immortal Sect, then left Black Island and sealed its restrictions.
• Chen Mobai visited Duanmu Longrong to thank her for the Black Gold Seal, and she offered him her post guarding Myriad Treasures Cave and Jade Peace Cave Heaven.
• Duanmu Longrong revealed that the three-hundred-year term came with a Fifth Order Vermilion Fruit, and Chen Mobai asked whether he could obtain it by taking the post.

After forming his core, Chen Mobai learned that guarding Wuqi Dao Academy’s Vermilion Fruit Tree could earn him a Vermilion Fruit and an Infant Nurturing Pill, then shared the news with Che Yucheng. Wuqi Dao Academy announced his success, leaving Nie Wenzhan exposed after he had vowed to livestream himself entering a crematorium if Chen Mobai succeeded.

• Duanmu Longrong offered Chen Mobai a three-hundred-year guardianship post with a Fifth Order Vermilion Fruit and an Infant Nurturing Pill, and he said he would consider it.
• Chen Mobai visited Che Yucheng and told his teacher that he had formed his core; Che Yucheng celebrated and drafted an official announcement.
• Luo He Zheng saw Chen Mobai and spread the news of his Core Formation success in the Dao Academy teachers’ group chat.
• Nie Wenzhan mocked Chen Mobai during a livestream and vowed to enter a crematorium if Chen Mobai formed his core.
• After Wuqi Dao Academy confirmed Chen Mobai’s success, Nie Wenzhan ended his livestream and deleted his account as viewers called him out for breaking his promise.

After his pill-free Core Formation, Chen Mobai shared the news with friends and family, then met with Venerable Cheng Xuan and Che Yucheng about his future at Wuqi Dao Academy. He declined pressure to take charge of the Wuqi Lineage and agreed to become principal of Green Mulberry Academy in nearby Yumu City.

• Chen Mobai celebrated his Core Formation with his parents and returned calls from Meng Huang'er, Yan Bingxuan, Ming Yihua, and other friends, then deleted Shi Wanyu's congratulatory text.
• Zhongli Tianyu considered attempting pill-free Core Formation, but Zhongli Yue warned that he lacked Chen Mobai's potential and should wait for a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill.
• Chen Mobai met Venerable Cheng Xuan, who offered him the Dao Academy's Nascent Soul opportunity and advised him to follow the Wuqi Lineage path to Nascent Soul Formation, but Chen Mobai wanted to try an unprecedented path.
• Che Yucheng urged Chen Mobai to take charge of the Wuqi Lineage, but Chen Mobai said he wanted more time and agreed to enter the teaching establishment instead.
• Chen Mobai proposed becoming vice principal at Vermillion Cinnabar Academy, but Che Yucheng explained that it already had a Golden Core True Person and suggested Green Mulberry Academy; Chen Mobai accepted.

After forming his core, Chen Mobai took office as principal of Green Mulberry Academy and went to Opening the Origin Hall, where Ye Yun'e sent his application back for revisions. He reunited with Qing Nü in Wangwu Cave Heaven, but warned her not to discuss her younger siblings after Lan Haitan invited him to meet.

• Chen Mobai completed the process to become principal of Green Mulberry Academy, then submitted his materials to Opening the Origin Hall.
• Ye Yun'e marked up Chen Mobai's materials and told him to revise and resubmit them, leaving Sun Daoji to suggest they wait for Wang Shuye's advice.
• Chen Mobai arranged to meet Qing Nü, while Zhongli Yi teased her about her feelings and Sky Mending Group leaders Lan Haitan and Lin Yin noticed her leave request.
• Lan Haitan found Chen Mobai's appointment as principal of Green Mulberry Academy in Yumu City and called to invite him to meet.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü reunited after six years, moved to a private café after he was recognized, and he warned her not to discuss her younger brother or sister.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü talked about their cultivation and work until evening before parting.

Chen Mobai learned that his new post in Yumu City might connect him to an old investigation into Qing Nü and the Ascension Cult. Lan Haitan asked him to watch two suspicious Golden Core True Persons, while Chen Mobai sought guidance from Che Yucheng and awaited the Immortal Sect’s orders; he was then added to the formal Councilor list.

• Chen Mobai met Lan Haitan, who questioned why he had chosen Green Mulberry Academy in Yumu City after forming his core.
• Lan Haitan explained that Qing Nü and the other Experimental Subjects had been placed in Vermilion Cloud City after their childhood laboratory in Yumu City was handled by the Immortal Sect.
• Lan Haitan shared his investigation suggesting that Yu Tianguang or Pure Serenity might have been the mysterious Golden Core True Person who helped the Ascension Cult escape, and asked Chen Mobai to assist and observe them.
• Chen Mobai told Lan Haitan he would protect Qing Nü but did not want to investigate, then left to consider the matter.
• Chen Mobai called Che Yucheng, who advised him to do his duty and wait for official orders because his appointment at Green Mulberry Academy was already complete.
• Wang Shuye returned with Chen Mobai’s materials, and Chen Mobai appeared on Opening the Origin Hall’s formal Councilor list.