Chapter Summaries

After becoming an Opening the Origin Hall councilor, Chen Mobai prepared to leave for Yumu City but stayed behind when Qing Nü broke down over his warning about threats surrounding her. He returned to Vermilion Cloud City to a lavish welcome and, just as he planned to leave for Yumu City, received an unexpected call from Yu Tianguang.

• Wang Shuye explained the Heavenly Curtain and the privileges Chen Mobai gained as a councilor, while Chen Mobai decided not to involve him in the matter Lan Haitan had revealed.
• Chen Mobai shared Lan Haitan's warning with Qing Nü, who misunderstood his plans and begged him not to risk his future for her; she cried in his arms, and he postponed his departure.
• Qing Nü declined Chen Mobai's offer to leave the Sky Mending Group and go with him because she could not abandon Xiao Chen and Xiao Jing, then saw him off at the airport.
• Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City, where Qin Baipeng, Chen Xinglan, Tang Pancui, and crowds of citizens welcomed him, and Tang Pancui helped host a banquet for his visitors.
• After days of visits and celebrations, Chen Mobai planned to leave for Yumu City but received a call from Yu Tianguang, who reproached him for not visiting after forming his core.

Chen Mobai settled into his new roles in Yumu City and Green Mulberry Academy while keeping a low profile, then returned to the Sky River Realm after two months. His return triggered a Heavenly Tribulation, which he suppressed with the Return to Origin Secret Art, and he discovered that his Formless Puppet was trapped nearby.

• Chen Mobai declined to visit Yu Tianguang, left Vermilion Cloud City, and arrived in Yumu City, where he toured Geda Courtyard and learned about Green Mulberry Academy.
• Chen Mobai met Gu Mingxuan, an old acquaintance from a train journey, and continued touring the academy with Song Mutu.
• Chen Mobai let Green Mulberry Academy keep its existing routines, established a home in Yumu City, and received a free Third Grade high-grade spiritual vein.
• After two months, Chen Mobai left a Formless Puppet behind and returned to the Sky River Realm.
• Chen Mobai suppressed the Heavenly Tribulation with the Return to Origin Secret Art and sensed that his Formless Puppet was trapped somewhere nearby.

Chen Mobai discovered that a third-tier Tai Sui beneath the Ruined Land had swallowed his Formless Puppet and the cultivators whose drained belongings he found. He defeated the Tai Sui and captured it, while a purple-robed Kong Sang Valley cultivator witnessed his intervention.

• Chen Mobai sensed the missing Formless Puppet underground and guided it through a cave filled with bones and three Storage Bags to the surface.
• Chen Mobai found the Storage Bags’ Spirit Stones drained and reviewed the puppet’s records, learning that a splitting earth had repeatedly swallowed it.
• Chen Mobai hid as a black-robed masked cultivator pursued a purple-robed Kong Sang Valley cultivator, and the underground force swallowed the masked cultivator after he escaped its first attacks.
• Chen Mobai recognized the attacker as a nearly third-tier black Tai Sui and struck it with Yi Wood Divine Thunder and Azure Flame Sword Sha.
• Chen Mobai blocked the Tai Sui’s charge with a Bronze Mirror, pierced it with his sword net, collected its liquid, and sealed the Tai Sui inside his domain.

Chen Mobai returned to the Eastern Wasteland with the Tai Sui under contract and discovered that the Divine Wood Sect’s outpost in Xiao Kingdom had been abandoned amid a crisis. At Xuan Guang Market, he arrived just in time to save Zhou Bingyan and the besieged sect disciples from a Foundation Establishment robber cultivator.

• Chen Mobai left Xiao Lingli unharmed, contracted the Tai Sui, and recovered the storage bag and Golden Ring Magic Artifact it had swallowed.
• Chen Mobai found thirty-eight Gold Crystals in the storage bag and refined one while flying back to the Eastern Wasteland.
• Chen Mobai reached the Divine Wood Sect’s Xiao Kingdom station and found it deserted, with its teleportation array sealed.
• Chen Mobai went to Xuan Guang Market and found Zhou Bingyan and the Divine Wood Sect disciples cornered in a besieged Spirit Stone Shop.
• A Foundation Establishment robber cultivator broke the array and attacked Zhou Bingyan, but Chen Mobai’s azure lightning shattered his flying dagger and pierced his forehead.

Chen Mobai arrived at Xuan Guang Market and rescued the Divine Wood Sect disciples from a siege, then learned that the sect was at war with Nan Xuan Sect in Yan Kingdom. After Tie Qingshan arrived too late to answer for the market’s failure, Chen Mobai confronted him and revealed overwhelming power.

• Chen Mobai killed the Foundation Establishment robber cultivator with lightning and slaughtered the attackers with the Primordial Yang Sword Sha, saving Zhou Bingyan and the other Divine Wood Sect disciples.
• Zhou Bingyan told Chen Mobai that the Divine Wood Sect and Nan Xuan Sect had been drawn into war after escalating provocations, the theft of a Foundation Establishment Pill payment, and the killing of a Divine Wood Sect disciple.
• Chen Mobai demanded that Tie Qingshan appear within one incense stick’s time and threatened to take Xuan Guang Market from the Tie Family if he failed to come.
• Tie Qingshan arrived after the incense had burned out and offered an apology, but Chen Mobai refused to relent and prepared to enforce his threat.
• Tie Qingshan put on his armor and challenged Chen Mobai, who unleashed his aura and instantly shattered Tie Qingshan’s Iron Tower Body.

Chen Mobai arrived in Yan Kingdom and revealed that he had reached Core Formation, then joined Fu Zongjue in planning to exploit Nan Xuan Sect’s attempt to disrupt Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Formation. Nan Xuan Sect launched an attack on North Abyss City, drawing the Core Formation cultivators into battle.

• Chen Mobai forced Tie Qingshan to take his family to Yan Kingdom, then traveled there with Tie Qingshan and Zhou Bingyan after arranging for the Divine Wood Sect’s belongings and disciples to be moved.
• Chen Mobai met Fu Zongjue and revealed his Core Formation cultivation, while Fu Zongjue explained that Nan Xuan Sect was trying to force Zhou Shengqing to abandon his Nascent Formation attempt.
• Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue discussed luring Nan Xuanjing and Zhao Xuankang into a trap, while Nan Shidao urged the two Xuanxiao Dao Palace cultivators to target Fu Zongjue’s supposed hidden true body.
• Nan Xuan Sect attacked North Abyss City with its full army, and Fu Zongjue’s forces fought back before Zhao Xuankang and Nan Xuanjing joined the battle.
• Fu Zongjue and Mo Douguang confronted Zhao Xuankang and Nan Xuanjing in a fierce Core Formation duel above North Abyss City.

Chen Mobai prepared to face his Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation at Five Willow Mountain, but the Purple Lightning Sword absorbed most of the tribulation thunder and taught him the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art. After completing his tribulation, he told Fu Zongjue he had received the Purple Splendor Sword Canon, leaving the sect with a powerful new cultivation technique before the coming decisive battle.

• Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue set up the Third Tier Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array at Five Willow Mountain to help Chen Mobai transcend his tribulation.
• Chen Mobai drew down the Heavenly Tribulation, and the Purple Lightning Sword flew into the sky and absorbed most of its thunder essence.
• The Purple Lightning Sword taught Chen Mobai the Divine Sword Thunder Control Art, and Chen Mobai chose to complete the tribulation rather than delay it.
• Chen Mobai told Fu Zongjue that the Purple Lightning Sword had appeared after he received guidance from Azure Emperor in the Longevity Sect's secret realm.
• Chen Mobai shared the Purple Splendor Sword Canon with Fu Zongjue, who recognized its value despite its Lightning Spirit Root requirement.

Chen Mobai revealed his mastery of the Purple Lightning Sword, while Mo Douguang received the Purple Splendor Sword Canon and gained a glimpse of a path toward Core Formation Late Stage. As the battle outside North Abyss City turned against Fu Zongjue, Chen Mobai struck Nan Shidao with the Purple Lightning Sword and then attacked Nan Xuanjing’s Splendid Golden Bead.

• Chen Mobai gave Fu Zongjue the Purple Splendor Sword Canon to pass to Mo Douguang, and Fu Zongjue told Mo Douguang about it through his puppet.
• Mo Douguang comprehended the Purple Splendor Sword Canon, saw a chance to break through to Core Formation Late Stage, and promised Chen Mobai access to his master’s Primordial True Qi after the war.
• Nan Shidao, Zhao Xuankang, and Nan Xuanjing planned to kill Fu Zongjue and revealed that Nan Shidao had completed the Six Jia Heavenly Soldiers by dismantling Yan Fusheng’s unfinished puppet.
• The battle began outside North Abyss City, where Zhao Xuankang and Nan Xuanjing trapped Fu Zongjue while Nan Shidao confronted Mo Douguang with the Six Jia Heavenly Soldiers.
• Chen Mobai appeared with the Purple Lightning Sword and broke through Nan Shidao’s silver barrier and six puppets with a thunderous strike.
• Chen Mobai turned the Purple Lightning Sword toward Nan Xuanjing’s Splendid Golden Bead and struck it.

Chen Mobai broke Nan Xuanjing’s Natal Magic Tool and used his newly formed Core, magic tools, and sword techniques to kill him in battle. Zhao Xuankang escaped with a Fourth Tier Heaven Escaping Talisman, leaving the Divine Wood Sect victorious and in control of the Yan and Xiao Kingdoms.

• Chen Mobai shattered Nan Xuanjing’s Splendid Golden Bead with the Purple Lightning Sword, revealing the battle between Fu Zongjue, Zhao Xuankang, and Nan Xuanjing.
• Fu Zongjue used Zhou Shengqing’s talisman to survive Zhao Xuankang’s attack, while Chen Mobai blocked Nan Xuanjing’s Sun Shooting Divine Halberd Technique with the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror.
• Chen Mobai overwhelmed Nan Xuanjing with his Pure Yang True Fire, Five Elements Sword Sha, Myriad Laws Body, and Purple Lightning Sword, then beheaded him with a flying sword.
• Mo Douguang stopped Zhao Xuankang from aiding Nan Xuanjing, but Zhao escaped after using a Fourth Tier Heaven Escaping Talisman to evade Mo Douguang and endure Chen Mobai’s final strike.
• Fu Zongjue declared the Divine Wood Sect’s victory and control of the Yan and Xiao Kingdoms, while Mo Douguang praised Chen Mobai’s sword Dao talent.

After the Divine Wood Sect’s victory, Mo Douguang gave Chen Mobai the Longevity Sword to study, but Chen declined, prompting Mo to cast off his fixation on the Primordial Dao Fruit and break through to Core Formation Late Stage. Fu Zongjue then set out for Hong Kingdom to demand Six Armor Mountain’s puppetry inheritance, while Chen stayed to handle the battlefield aftermath.

• Mo Douguang told Fu Zongjue that he had killed Nan Shidao and handed him Six Armor Mountain’s puppetry manual, giving Fu hope of reaching Fourth-tier Puppeteer.
• Mo Douguang offered Chen Mobai the Longevity Sword and explained its Primordial True Qi, but Chen refused to pursue the Primordial Dao Fruit.
• After considering Chen’s refusal, Mo Douguang broke through to Core Formation Late Stage and took the Longevity Sword back.
• Mo Douguang left Ning Leshan and Golden Light Cliff’s cultivators under Chen’s command, and Chen reminded Ning Leshan of their past meeting on Green Light Island.
• Fu Zongjue returned after pursuing Nan Xuan Sect survivors, then departed for Hong Kingdom with cultivators to seize Six Armor Mountain’s puppetry inheritance.

Fu Zongjue took Six Armor Mountain’s puppet inheritance, and Xu Shengbing faced an attempt to remove him as sect master. As Chen Mobai consolidated the Divine Wood Sect’s control of three kingdoms, rival sects considered their response, while Xue Ting traveled to congratulate him and Zhou Shengqing summoned him.

• Fu Zongjue accepted Six Armor Mountain’s puppet scrolls and left after promising Xu Shengbing that the sect could continue cultivating.
• Xu Shengbing defended his decision to surrender the inheritance, but Yu Changjian rallied nearly a quarter of Six Armor Mountain and demanded that Xu step down.
• Chen Mobai oversaw the Divine Wood Sect’s takeover of Yan, Xiao, and Hong Kingdoms as neighboring sects grew wary of its expanding power.
• Yan Shaoyin worried that Zhou Shengqing might achieve Nascent Formation, while Kong Lingling decided Blowing Snow Palace should wait for Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s response before approaching the Divine Wood Sect.
• Xue Ting traveled to congratulate Chen Mobai on his Core Formation, and he asked Zhuo Ming to receive her.
• Zhou Shengqing called Chen Mobai to meet him.

Chen Mobai visited Zhou Shengqing as he prepared to risk Nascent Soul Formation, promised to protect the Divine Wood Sect, and received Zhou Shengqing’s final instructions and treasured inheritances. After studying the Longevity Sutra and other materials, Chen Mobai resolved to preserve them for the sect and considered the origins of the Crimson Flame Sword Art.

• Chen Mobai found Zhou Shengqing drawing in spiritual energy at Giant Wood Ridge and learned that his Longevity Sutra had reached the eighteenth layer as he prepared for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Zhou Shengqing entrusted Chen Mobai with a letter directing him to seek refuge with the Five Elements Sect if the Divine Wood Sect could not withstand Xuanxiao Dao Palace, and outlined a strategy for yielding territory and waiting out Old Ancestor Jin Feng.
• Zhou Shengqing gave Chen Mobai a wooden box containing talisman-making inheritances, Nascent Soul Formation experiences, and his revised Longevity Sutra.
• Chen Mobai studied the Longevity Sutra’s origins and considered whether to revisit the Divine Tree Secret Realm, but decided against risking his position for a possible shortcut.
• Chen Mobai memorized the inheritances and resolved to preserve them for future Divine Wood Sect disciples, then reviewed the Crimson Flame Sword Art and its connection to Sun Bathing Sea and Burning Heaven Pure Land.

Chen Mobai studied the Crimson Flame Sword Art, quickly grasped the Golden Flame Sword Talisman’s principles, and accepted leadership of the Divine Wood Sect’s Reward Hall. After learning of his abundant sect contributions, he prepared to help Chu Zuoshu, Hong He, and Yin Qingmei with Core Formation.

• Chen Mobai discovered that his Fire Spirit Body had let him master Sword Forging into Orb before Core Formation and began practicing the Golden Flame Sword Talisman.
• Chen Mobai summoned Luo Xueer, accepted the Reward Hall Master position, and ordered the sect to gather materials for Crimson Flame Gold Ink.
• Luo Xueer explained that Chen Mobai had over a million Sect Contribution from his Spirit Rice agreement and reward for killing Nan Xuanjing.
• Chu Zuoshu visited Chen Mobai, who asked when he would attempt Core Formation and offered to explain the process.
• Chen Mobai told Chu Zuoshu to summon Hong He and Yin Qingmei so he could advise all three about Core Formation.

After learning that Chen Mobai had formed his core and helped the Divine Wood Sect defeat its enemies, Hong He returned from Cloud Dream Marsh to seek guidance and was summoned with Yin Qingmei to hear Chen’s Core Formation Experience. At the meeting, Chen revealed that Gu Yan had obtained a secret art for extracting Longevity Tree Sap, which he wanted to learn about.

• Hong He learned that Chen Mobai had reached Core Formation and defeated Nan Xuanjing, then returned to Giant Wood Ridge to shoulder more responsibility for the sect.
• Chen Mobai agreed with Fu Zongjue to share his Core Formation Experience with Hong He and Yin Qingmei, and the two prepared to attend the meeting.
• Hong He and Yin Qingmei arrived at the Longevity Wood Dao Field, where Chu Zuoshu scolded them for being late and told Hong He that Luo Yixuan had disappeared.
• Zhuo Ming brought Chu Zuoshu, Hong He, and Yin Qingmei to Chen Mobai, where they found Gu Yan waiting with him.
• Chen Mobai explained that Gu Yan had obtained a secret art for extracting Longevity Tree Sap and asked Zhuo Ming to see her off.

Chen Mobai measured Chu Zuoshu, Hong He, and Yin Qingmei’s foundations, taught them about Core Formation, and gave each disciple guidance suited to their strengths and weaknesses. After they left, Zhuo Ming arranged for Chen Mobai to meet Xue Ting of Blowing Snow Palace.

• Chen Mobai measured the spiritual roots of Chu Zuoshu, Hong He, and Yin Qingmei, finding Chu Zuoshu’s foundation unstable, Hong He’s spiritual power unusually mixed, and Yin Qingmei’s Heavenly Spirit Root exceptional.
• Chen Mobai invited Zhuo Ming to join the lesson, explained Core Formation, and advised Chu Zuoshu to strengthen his body before attempting it.
• Chen Mobai gave Chu Zuoshu two drops of Longevity Tree Sap and taught him a Precious Fire Body Tempering Technique to help refine it.
• Chen Mobai advised Hong He to stop increasing his spiritual power and focus on polishing it, while telling Yin Qingmei that steady cultivation would be enough for her to form a core.
• Chen Mobai told his disciples they could seek guidance through Zhuo Ming if he entered seclusion, and Chu Zuoshu, Hong He, and Yin Qingmei left.
• Zhuo Ming told Chen Mobai that Xue Ting had brought gifts from Blowing Snow Palace, and Chen Mobai agreed to meet her.

Chen Mobai welcomed Xue Ting and her gifts, then spent the evening farming and dining with his disciples while reaffirming his resolve to find Luo Yixuan. At Xuanxiao Dao Palace, Old Ancestor Jin Feng restored Zhao Xuankang’s spiritual power and ordered him to work with Xuan Shu to take the Eastern Wasteland.

• Xue Ting greeted Chen Mobai and presented Blowing Snow Palace’s gifts: Third Grade Cold Ice Congealed Crystal, Thousand Year Warm Jade, and Five Grain Rice Seeds.
• Chen Mobai brought Xue Ting and Zhuo Ming to Little South Mountain, where they planted the seeds with Liu Wenbai and shared a meal.
• Xue Ting and Zhuo Ming expressed how much they missed their days at Little South Mountain, and Chen Mobai promised to bring Luo Yixuan back.
• Zhao Xuankang endured a month of punishment before Old Ancestor Jin Feng summoned him and heard how his plans against Chen Mobai had failed.
• Zhao Xuankang proposed using Demonic Cultivators, Robber Cultivators, and Yellow Spring Path to attack Divine Wood Sect, but Old Ancestor Jin Feng instead ordered him to join Xuan Shu in taking the Eastern Wasteland.
• Old Ancestor Jin Feng restored Zhao Xuankang’s spiritual power and promised Xuan Shu a chance at Nascent Formation if they succeeded.

Chen Mobai held his Core Formation Ceremony, where Xuan Shu of Xuanxiao Dao Palace arrived to demand retribution for Nan Xuanjing’s death. Chen Mobai left the sect’s formation to confront him and struck with the Purple Lightning Sword, but Xuan Shu proved powerful enough to withstand the attack.

• Chen Mobai received congratulatory guests at his Core Formation Ceremony and preached on Foundation Establishment cultivation, then answered questions from Ning Leshan, Xue Ting, and Liu Jingxian.
• Xuan Shu arrived on a Jade Bridge and demanded that a Divine Wood Sect Core Formation Cultivator pay for Nan Xuanjing’s death.
• Fu Zongjue’s Puppet Body was cut apart by Xuan Shu’s attack, but the Myriad Wood Great Formation blocked the blow from reaching Giant Wood Ridge.
• Chen Mobai left the formation to face Xuan Shu after learning he was Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s previous-generation Holy Son.
• Chen Mobai struck Xuan Shu with the Purple Lightning Sword, breaking through his defenses and forcing him back, but Xuan Shu stopped the attack with his own power.
• Chen Mobai and the Purple Lightning Sword discussed using Human Sword Unity for a few more strikes, and the sword said it needed Spirit Stones.

Chen Mobai fought Xuan Shu, a Core Formation Late Stage cultivator, and used the Purple Lightning Sword and his Fourth Tier treasures to withstand his attacks. After both sides revealed powerful artifacts, Chen Mobai claimed to be the Longevity Sect Holy Son, and Xuan Shu withdrew; Chen Mobai ended the chapter too depleted to pursue him.

• Chen Mobai negotiated with the Purple Lightning Sword, then used it and the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror to block Xuan Shu's attacks while conserving his spiritual power.
• Chen Mobai released the sword and controlled it through the Myriad Laws Body, while Xuan Shu used the Golden Tempest Pearl to counter its purple lightning sword brilliance.
• Kong Shanxu and Ye Bogui watched the clash and worried that Chen Mobai's strength would threaten their sects' position.
• Chen Mobai and the Purple Lightning Sword considered another strike, but Chen Mobai refused to risk damaging his Golden Core's foundation.
• Xuan Shu revealed that he had found the Golden Tempest Pearl in Sea Turning Gate ruins, and Chen Mobai claimed to be the Longevity Sect Holy Son after making his sword disappear into his Golden Core Domain.
• Xuan Shu withdrew, and Chen Mobai declined Mo Douguang's suggestion to pursue him because his spiritual power was exhausted.

Chen Mobai and the other Core Formation cultivators warned the Five Elements Sect against siding with Xuanxiao Dao Palace, while Luo Sancai abandoned hope in Luo Yixiu and sought to use his family to regain influence. The chapter ended with Mo Douguang revealing that the old split in the Five Elements Sect began over a demand to sacrifice decades of spiritual power to help Zhou Ye cultivate the Primordial Dao Fruit.

• Chen Mobai, Fu Zongjue, and Mo Douguang discussed Xuan Shu and the Eastern Wasteland, then summoned Kong Shanxu to warn the Five Elements Sect not to be misled by Xuanxiao Dao Palace.
• Luo Sancai decided to cut off Luo Yixiu's cultivation support and tried to approach Zhuo Ming, hoping to send a niece to serve Chen Mobai.
• Chen Mobai told Kong Shanxu he planned to visit Ming Country and asked him to arrange a face-to-face meeting with Zhou Ye.
• Mo Douguang explained that the Five Elements Sect divided after Zhou Shengqing and he refused to spend sixty years of their origin spiritual power helping Zhou Ye cultivate the Primordial Dao Fruit.

Chen Mobai learned more about the Five Elements Sect’s schism and used the Divine Wood Sect’s spirit-rice trade to draw Eastern Wasteland clans into choosing sides. As Zhou Shengqing prepared for Nascent Formation and Xuan Shu reopened the Nan Xuan Sect, Chen Mobai began weighing E Yun as a possible successor to the sect master.

• Mo Douguang explained that Zhou Ye had demanded the Five Elements Sect’s cultivators contribute their source spiritual power to cultivate the Primordial Dao Fruit, leading Zhou Shengqing and others to split from him amid a prolonged war.
• Chen Mobai told Zhuo Ming to let the Luo Family seek ties with the Divine Wood Sect and to consider taking Xuan'er’s relatives as disciples in the future.
• Liu Wenbai reported that the Divine Wood Sect had offered spirit-rice seedlings to outside clans on terms that would publicly align them with the sect, and several Jian Country clans accepted.
• Yue Zutao reported that Xuan Shu had reopened the Nan Xuan Sect; Chen Mobai, Fu Zongjue, and Yue Zutao decided to wait and abandon Yan and Xiao Kingdom if a Core Formation cultivator attacked.
• Chen Mobai summoned E Yun and Yuan Chiye, then revealed that Chu Zuoshu planned to step down and said he favored E Yun as the next sect master despite his powerful rivals.