Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai promised to support E Yun’s bid to become sect master while insisting that the election follow the sect’s rules. At the assembly, he helped address the sect’s shortage of Spirit Stones, then interrupted the support for Zhou Wangshen and moved toward the sect master’s seat.

• Chen Mobai told E Yun he would help him compete for sect master, but explained that Hong He and Zhou Wangshen had stronger support and that he would not break the rules to secure E Yun’s victory.
• The Zhou Family discussed Zhou Wangshen’s prospects and concluded that Chen Mobai’s respect for rules might work in their favor.
• At the sect assembly, Luo Xueer reported that the treasury was nearly empty, and Chen Mobai proposed allowing Foundation Establishment cultivators to take Spirit Rice instead of their Spirit Stone stipends with extra compensation.
• Chu Zuoshu and Zhou Wangshen offered to give up their stipends, prompting most of the gathered cultivators to make similar offers; Chen Mobai said the contributions would be recorded as IOUs.
• After Chu Zuoshu stepped down and recommended Zhou Wangshen, Chen Mobai said another person was better suited to become sect master and walked toward the sect master’s position.

Chen Mobai became Divine Wood Sect’s Sect Master and issued new rules for choosing successors, elevating the Six Kingdoms guardians and opening their posts to a vote. As Foundation Establishment cultivators began competing for a chance at Core Formation, Qi Rui returned to thank Chen Mobai but learned Zhuo Ming had been taken to Black Cloud Mountain.

• Chen Mobai took over as Sect Master and promised to step down when a qualified Foundation Establishment successor emerged.
• Chen Mobai set new standards for Sect Master candidates and elevated the guardians of the Six Kingdoms to rank alongside the Twelve Departments within their territories.
• Chen Mobai ordered a fair election for the six guardian posts, with Foundation Establishment cultivators voting in one month, and Zhou Wangshen declared his interest in Xiao Kingdom.
• Fu Zongjue accepted Chen Mobai’s decision and returned to Six Armor Mountain to study the Puppetry Technique.
• Yan Yuanhao and other Foundation Establishment cultivators decided to compete for guardian positions, while Liu Wenbai left Giant Wood Ridge to avoid visitors seeking his influence.
• Qi Rui returned to thank Chen Mobai, but Yan Jinye told him Zhuo Ming had gone with Chen Mobai to Black Cloud Mountain.

Chen Mobai transplanted a Third Tier Immortal Peach Tree to Little South Mountain and used Tai Sui to help it adapt, then reunited with old friends before becoming the Divine Wood Sect’s Third Generation Sect Leader. The chapter ended as Zhou Shengqing began the first step from Core Shattering to Nascent Formation.

• Chen Mobai and Zhuo Ming brought the Immortal Peach Tree from Black Cloud Mountain and transplanted it on Little South Mountain with Yan Jinye’s help.
• Chen Mobai placed Tai Sui beneath the tree and gave Zhuo Ming a contract to control it, improving the soil and helping the tree recover.
• Zhuo Ming used Tai Sui Juice to plan improvements for Enlightenment White Tea and Yellow Sprout Spirit Rice, while Chen Mobai reunited with Qi Rui, Xi Jinghuo, and Qi Hou over drinks.
• Chen Mobai officially became the Divine Wood Sect’s Third Generation Sect Leader and Reward Hall Master at a ceremony attended by the sect’s cultivators and Giant Wood Ridge’s residents.
• Giant Wood Ridge’s Spirit Vein fluctuated as Zhou Shengqing began the first step of Core Shattering Nascent Formation.

As Zhou Shengqing began forming his Nascent Soul, Chen Mobai protected Giant Wood Ridge from a Hell Official of Yellow Springs Road who sought to disrupt the process and kill Zhou Shengqing. The Hell Official revealed power associated with a Jade Corpse, and the chapter ended with him grabbing Chen Mobai’s Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror and screaming as its Pure Yang Fire struck him.

• Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Soul formation drew Giant Wood Ridge’s spiritual energy, injuring more than a dozen Qi Cultivation Disciples before Chen Mobai ordered the sect to rescue them and warned everyone to stop cultivating.
• A Hell Official from Yellow Springs Road arrived in a crimson sedan chair and attacked the Myriad Wood Great Formation, while Chen Mobai fought him with the Purple Lightning Sword.
• Chen Mobai recognized that the enemy possessed a corpse with Jade Corpse traits and realized his attacks were meant to shake the Spirit Vein and disrupt Zhou Shengqing’s formation.
• Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue attacked the Hell Official, but the enemy destroyed Fu Zongjue’s puppet with his Mourning Staff and struck at Chen Mobai from two directions.
• Chen Mobai blocked the Hell Official’s jade-like hand with the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror, and the Pure Yang Fire made the Hell Official scream.

Chen Mobai used the Pure Yang Fire to drive off a Yellow Springs Road ghost cultivator, then appointed the Divine Wood Sect’s Six Kingdoms Guardians. He later hinted to Yue Zutao that he was the Longevity Sect Holy Son, leaving Yue stunned.

• Chen Mobai’s Pure Yang Fire melted the Hell Official’s Gold-Jade Corpse and palanquin, forcing the ghost cultivator to flee.
• Fu Zongjue mistook Chen Mobai’s fire for Golden Flame from a Golden Flame Sword Talisman, while Mo Douguang arrived and agreed to guard the area.
• Chen Mobai returned to Divine Wood Hall and oversaw the vote that selected Zhou Wangshen, Hong He, E Yun, Yan Yuanhao, Wei Liuting, and Dong Xuanze as guardians.
• Chen Mobai assigned the six guardians to the Xiao, Rain, Yan, Hong, Lei, and Cloud Kingdoms, and they accepted their Golden Sun Wood seals.
• Chen Mobai met Yue Zutao and asked whether he knew Chen was the Longevity Sect Holy Son, then said something that left Yue Zutao wide-eyed and trembling.

Chen Mobai gave Yue Zutao a plan to break the Longevity Tree Fruit’s restraint and pursue Core Formation, then organized the Inner Cabinet and expanded the authority of the Six Kingdoms Guardians. He sent the guardians to their territories and planned to inspect the Eastern Wasteland after Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Formation matters were settled.

• Yue Zutao worried that taking a full set of Longevity Tree Fruit would exhaust his remaining lifespan, so Chen Mobai outlined three strategies for overcoming the fruit’s binding.
• Chen Mobai advised Yue Zutao to use Five Elements techniques and the Two Aspects Technique to dissolve the Longevity Spiritual Power, then refine the resulting Wood Spiritual Power and recultivate the Longevity Sutra.
• Yue Zutao accepted Chen Mobai’s guidance and suggested inviting Meng Hong and Mu Yuan into the Inner Cabinet; Chen Mobai also considered Xi Jinghuo as a candidate and left the cabinet’s arrangements to Yue Zutao.
• Chen Mobai issued supplementary clauses letting each kingdom’s guardian form local Three Halls Twelve Departments under sect supervision, and the guardians recruited Foundation Establishment Cultivators and disciples for their territories.
• Chen Mobai saw off the Six Kingdoms Guardians and said he would inspect their territories and visit other Eastern Wasteland sects after the sect’s affairs, including Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Formation, were settled.

Chen Mobai opened Nan Xuanjing’s storage bag and discovered a trove of resources, including a pill that could extend lifespan. As Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Formation disrupted cultivation at Giant Wood Ridge, Chen Mobai convened the Divine Wood Sect’s emerging Inner Cabinet and devised ways to ease the strain on its Qi Cultivation Disciples.

• Chen Mobai used a newly completed Third Tier Blank Talisman to open Nan Xuanjing’s storage bag, finding two thousand Gold Crystals, 256 High-grade Spirit Stones, Magic Artifacts, and pills.
• Zeng Woyou identified a dark golden pill as a Profound Heaven Black Gold Pill that could extend lifespan by twenty years, though Chen Mobai wanted a professional to inspect it before taking it.
• Yue Zutao reported that Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Formation was drawing away Giant Wood Ridge’s spiritual energy, leaving Qi Cultivation Disciples unable to meditate and prompting some to seek missions elsewhere.
• At the first Inner Cabinet meeting, Chen Mobai heard proposals to distribute Spirit Stones or pills, while Meng Hong argued that subsidies would cause resentment and recommended suppressing complaints.
• Chen Mobai proposed sending disciples on missions to Cloud Dream Marsh and the Six Kingdoms, while the Array Department and Spiritual Vein Department established an array so those remaining at the sect could cultivate.

Chen Mobai reorganized Divine Wood Sect cultivation and prioritized his own cultivation while arranging for Gu Yan to help extract Longevity Tree Sap. As Zhou Shengqing neared Nascent Formation, Chen Mobai strengthened the sect’s defenses, and a vast aura rose above Giant Wood Ridge.

• Chen Mobai gave Zhuo Ming his talisman brushes, then tasted the newly advanced Second Grade Enlightenment White Tea and gained insight into a Third Tier Talisman.
• Chen Mobai set his cultivation priorities, arranged for Gu Yan to extract Longevity Tree Sap, and had Zeng Woyou try to refine Longevity Dew; his first attempt failed.
• Chen Mobai inspected the new spiritual energy cultivation areas and said the sect would reorganize its spiritual energy distribution after Zhou Shengqing completed Nascent Formation.
• Chen Mobai ordered the Myriad Wood Great Formation and the Guardians across the countries to remain vigilant as Zhou Shengqing approached Nascent Formation.
• Crystal-clear Spiritual Dew fell onto the tallest Longevity Wood, and an unprecedented vast aura rose above Giant Wood Ridge.

Zhao Xuankang tried to persuade Zhou Ye to join a coalition against the Divine Wood Sect, but Zhou Ye refused and waited for Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Soul attempt to resolve the conflict. When Zhou Shengqing failed to form his Nascent Soul, Xuan Shu and Zhao Xuankang launched an attack, and Giant Wood Ridge came under siege by five Core Formation cultivators.

• Zhao Xuankang urged Zhou Ye to join a force against the Divine Wood Sect, but Zhou Ye declined and said he would wait to see whether Zhou Shengqing succeeded in forming his Nascent Soul.
• Zhou Ye told Green Pearl that Zhou Shengqing was destined to fail and that he wanted to preserve the goodwill of his other senior siblings.
• Chen Mobai, Fu Zongjue, and Mo Douguang guarded Zhou Shengqing as Xuan Shu, Zhao Xuankang, and three Ghost Cultivators gathered outside the Myriad Wood Great Formation.
• Zhou Shengqing’s Nascent Soul phantom collapsed, confirming that his attempt had failed.
• Xuan Shu and Zhao Xuankang attacked Giant Wood Ridge, followed by three Ghost Cultivators, bringing five Core Formation cultivators against the Myriad Wood Great Formation.

Zhou Shengqing used the Reverse Longevity Technique to borrow the power of the Longevity Wood, defeat the attackers besieging the Divine Wood Sect, and briefly reach Nascent Soul-level strength. As the technique began to consume him, he revealed a clue about Luo Yixuan’s abduction and began passing his final teachings to Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue.

• Zhou Shengqing asked Mo Douguang about their master’s words and said he would clear the threat from the sect before he died.
• Zhou Shengqing used Chen Mobai’s Soul Guiding Lamp to perform the Reverse Longevity Technique, merging his essence, qi, and spirit into the Longevity Wood.
• Zhou Shengqing manifested through the Longevity Wood, killed the three Ghost Cultivators and several attackers, and forced Xuan Shu to escape with a Heaven Escaping Talisman.
• Zhou Shengqing questioned Zhao Xuankang, who revealed that Tu Daohua in Cloud Dream Marsh might know who abducted Chen Mobai’s disciple, then killed himself.
• Zhou Shengqing began imparting his Nascent Soul Formation experience and the Reverse Longevity Technique to Chen Mobai and Fu Zongjue as the Soul Guiding Lamp cracked.

As Zhou Shengqing prepared to die after failing Nascent Formation, he distributed his treasures and the group discovered a Soul Nurturing Wood and the pill formula for Returning Yang Spirit Water. Trusting Chen Mobai’s promise to find what he needed to become a Dharma Body Nascent Soul, Zhou Shengqing transferred his soul into the wood.

• Zhou Shengqing entrusted the Divine Wood Sect to Fu Zongjue, gave away his treasures, and asked for his corpse to be cremated and buried near his master.
• Zhou Shengqing distributed the belongings of the Core Formation Cultivators he had slain, including Blood Spirit Pills that the sect would have identified.
• Fu Zongjue discovered a Fourth Tier Soul Nurturing Wood and the pill formula for Returning Yang Spirit Water among the Ghost Cultivators’ belongings.
• Zhou Shengqing estimated that the Soul Nurturing Wood could preserve him for around a hundred years, while Chen Mobai promised to find the Dharma Body Nascent Soul method and Returning Yang Spirit Water.
• Zhou Shengqing chose to pursue another life as a Dharma Body Nascent Soul and transferred his soul into the Soul Nurturing Wood.

Chen Mobai arranged for Zhou Shengqing’s soul to be cared for inside the Soul Nurturing Wood while keeping his survival secret, and the Divine Wood Sect strengthened its position after Zhou’s defeat of five Core Formation cultivators. Fu Zongjue advanced to the Core Formation Middle Stage, and Chu Zuoshu departed for Golden Crow Immortal City to open a path for the sect.

• Chen Mobai and Zhou Shengqing decided to keep the Soul Nurturing Wood in a place with heavy yin energy and have Zhuo Ming tend to it, while concealing Zhou’s soul and his possible path to a Dharma Body Nascent Soul.
• Chen Mobai told the Divine Wood Sect that Zhou Shengqing was gravely injured and secluded, then ordered the Punishment Hall to punish wartime deserters and issue warrants for those who fled through the Teleportation Array.
• Zhuo Ming tried to communicate with the Soul Nurturing Wood but could not reach it, and Zhou Shengqing offered to teach her while she cared for the plant.
• Yu Lian delivered E Yun’s report that Xuan Shu had not returned to Bao Se Mountain, and Chen Mobai ordered the sect to gradually take over the Nan Xuan Sect’s market share.
• Fu Zongjue took one Blood Spirit Pill and advanced to the Core Formation Middle Stage, then gave his two remaining pills to Chen Mobai.
• Chu Zuoshu chose to travel to Golden Crow Immortal City, where Fu Zongjue gave him a token to seek help from Hu Yanzhenglai.

Chen Mobai arranged visits to the Five Elements Sect, Returning Heaven Valley, and Blowing Snow Palace, alarming their leaders, who suspected a larger political purpose. His real aim was to investigate the Return to Origin Sect in Ming Country, and after leaving the Divine Wood Sect in capable hands, he returned to the Immortal Sect.

• Zhou Ye received Chen Mobai's visiting card and agreed to prepare for his visit to the Five Elements Sect.
• Yan Shaoyin learned that He Jintong had failed to form his core and arranged for his disciple to return from Eastern Yi.
• Kong Lingling arranged for Xue Ting to receive Chen Mobai because she would be unable to leave during her cultivation breakthrough.
• Chen Mobai added visits to Returning Heaven Valley and Blowing Snow Palace to disguise his plan to investigate the Return to Origin Sect in Ming Country.
• Chen Mobai left the Formless Puppet to oversee the Divine Wood Sect and returned to the Immortal Sect.

After Core Formation, Chen Mobai arranged an upgrade of his aging Puppet Factory into a more capable talisman-paper production line while handling his duties in Yumu City. The chapter ended with the Sky Mending Group arriving for a mission tied to Qing Nü and an old case involving True Person Scarlet Robe, Yu Tianguang, and Chen Mobai being asked to assist.

• Chen Mobai asked Ming Yihua to upgrade his Crimson Cloud Mist Silk with Third Grade Water Mist Ice Crystal, then toured Green Mulberry Academy and received Yumu City's annual report from Wen Ping.
• Chen Mobai visited Yumu City's talisman-paper factories and began planning a new Puppet Factory capable of producing higher-grade talisman paper.
• Chen Mobai arranged a Third Grade Heavenly Calculation Bead, spirit-wood supplies, puppet production with Chai Lun, bionic materials with Wenren Xuewei, and machinery with Zhou Tiangong.
• Chen Mobai spent three days with Yan Bingxuan before she left Yumu City, then received Lan Haitan's call about a mission involving Qing Nü and an old case connected to two Golden Core True Persons.
• Lan Haitan said he could reveal the case's recent progress only if Chen Mobai agreed to join the mission, and Chen Mobai hung up before receiving an email from the Opening the Origin Hall Committee asking him to assist the Sky Mending Group.

Chen Mobai joined the operation against True Person Scarlet Robe, Yu Tianguang, while learning that Qing Nü's former teacher, Gu Changfeng, had implicated him. After spending the day with Qing Nü, Chen Mobai saw a mysterious man vanish beside Geda Courtyard's ancient elm, leaving him with new questions.

• Lan Haitan told Chen Mobai that Gu Changfeng had identified Yu Tianguang as an Ascension Cult higher-up and asked him to help deliver the arrest warrant.
• Chen Mobai called Qing Nü, learned she was meeting Gu Changfeng, and arranged to see her the next day.
• Qing Nü told Chen Mobai that the Enforcement Department had sent a powerful Sword Cultivator and explained that Gu Changfeng had confessed because the God Devouring Technique was destroying his Spiritual Sense.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü visited Geda Courtyard, where she hung a wish plaque bearing her name, Kong Feichen's, Yang Jing's, and Chen Mobai's.
• Chen Mobai noticed a middle-aged man watching Qing Nü, but the man vanished when Chen approached.

Chen Mobai discovered that Xin Ji had left a puppet in Geda Courtyard, which warned him that an Ascension Cult reincarnator might be hiding in Vermilion Cloud City and urged him to protect Qing Nü. He secretly passed the warning to the Sky Mending Group, and Venerable Water Immortal joined the operation before the group departed for Vermilion Cloud City.

• Chen Mobai used his Void Power to find and confront a puppet hidden in Geda Courtyard, then identified it as Xin Ji’s creation.
• The puppet resisted Chen Mobai with a transforming drill arm, but he used the Purple Lightning Sword’s electrical currents to disable it and uncover a warning about an Ascension Cult reincarnator in Vermilion Cloud City.
• Chen Mobai sent a Formless Puppet to deliver the warning to Lin Yin, who passed it to Lan Haitan and Gongsun Jielü; they reported it to Venerable Water Immortal.
• Venerable Water Immortal heard the report and said the operation had become interesting.
• Three days later, Chen Mobai and the Sky Mending Group set off for Vermilion Cloud City, where Qing Nü gave him a bottle of water near the Jade Wutong Tree.

Chen Mobai declined Gongsun Jielü’s offer of a promising career in the Immortal Sect, then accompanied her and Lan Haitan to arrest Yu Tianguang. Afterward, Gongsun Jielü asked whether he would reconsider joining the Law Enforcement Hall, while Chen Mobai questioned whether he could form a nascent soul without the Immortal Sect.

• Gongsun Jielü offered Chen Mobai a path to become an Enforcement Department deputy minister and eventually a Law Enforcement Hall deputy master, but he politely refused.
• Qing Nü cried after Chen Mobai insisted his decision had nothing to do with her, and he comforted her before leaving with Lan Haitan and Gongsun Jielü.
• Chen Mobai, Lan Haitan, and Gongsun Jielü confronted Yu Tianguang at Vermillion Cinnabar Academy and presented an arrest warrant accusing him of being a cultist.
• Yu Tianguang protested his innocence, but Gongsun Jielü suppressed his golden core with a sword strike, and Lan Haitan took him into custody.
• Gongsun Jielü again urged Chen Mobai to join the Immortal Sect’s armed departments, but he said he preferred peaceful cultivation and asked whether he could form a nascent soul without relying on the Immortal Sect.

Chen Mobai accompanied the arrested Yu Tianguang and learned that the Immortal Sect had used his arrest to lure out Pure Serenity, who was suspected of cultivating the God Devouring Technique. The trap failed to draw her out, so Lan Haitan announced that the operation would move to Plan B.

• Chen Mobai told Gongsun Jielü he would try to form a Nascent Soul without relying on external objects, then wondered whether Yu Tianguang had been wrongly accused.
• Chen Mobai joined Lan Haitan in escorting Yu Tianguang and learned that a mysterious note and Gu Changfeng’s testimony had led the Law Enforcement Hall to suspect Yu of cultivating the God Devouring Technique.
• Yu Tianguang listed his spiritual sense techniques, and Chen Mobai recognized that one of them might conceal the forbidden technique.
• Lan Haitan identified Yu Tianguang’s advanced Jade Glass Art as the God Devouring Technique and learned that Pure Serenity had taught it to him.
• Chen Mobai realized the arrest was meant to draw Pure Serenity away from the Jade Wutong, but she did not appear, so Lan Haitan turned to Plan B.

Venerable Water Immortal suppressed the Jade Wutong Tree and Shi Qing, but Yu Tianguang was revealed as the Divine Imperial Pavilion Master's Divine Seed, and the Pavilion Master took control of his body. As the Divine Imperial Pavilion Master joined Shi Qing's fight against Water Immortal and Gongsun Jielü, Water Immortal recognized Shi Qing as the reincarnated Flower Blooming Courtyard Master, and Lan Haitan expected Ancestor Qianxing to respond.

• Venerable Water Immortal used her Northern Darkness Domain to isolate and swallow the Jade Wutong Tree, then subdued Shi Qing with a water attack while Gongsun Jielü fought her.
• Yu Tianguang remained restrained despite being cleared of suspicion, then revealed the Divine Imperial Pavilion Master’s presence within him as the Pavilion Master broke his handcuffs and took over his body.
• Lan Haitan attacked Yu Tianguang with the Star Gathering Stone, but the Divine Imperial Pavilion Master repelled him and entered Yu Tianguang’s body; Chen Mobai’s Yi Wood Divine Thunder then blasted him and destroyed the airship.
• The Divine Imperial Pavilion Master flew to the mountain battlefield, where Shi Qing wielded the Seven-Colored Treasure Tree against Venerable Water Immortal and Gongsun Jielü; Chen Mobai and Lan Haitan pursued him.
• Venerable Water Immortal recognized Shi Qing as the Flower Blooming Courtyard Master, and Lan Haitan told Chen Mobai that Ancestor Qianxing would know the Divine Imperial Pavilion Master had entered Earth Origin Star.

Venerable Water Immortal trapped the Flower Blooming Courtyard Master inside the Northern Darkness Domain and separated her from the Divine Imperial Pavilion Master. Chen Mobai, Gongsun Jielü, and Lan Haitan attacked the Flower Blooming Courtyard Master, who began sacrificing her Essence Blood to empower the Seven-Colored Treasure Tree.

• Chen Mobai and Lan Haitan learned that Ancestor Qianxing might not arrive, while Gongsun Jielü revealed she could use the Six Guardians Sword Sha Formation to hold off an enemy.
• The Flower Blooming Courtyard Master used the Seven-Colored Treasure Tree to help the Jade Wutong crack Venerable Water Immortal's Northern Darkness Domain.
• Venerable Water Immortal activated her jade-white bracelet and sent the Flower Blooming Courtyard Master, Chen Mobai, Gongsun Jielü, and Lan Haitan into the Northern Darkness Domain, leaving the Divine Imperial Pavilion Master and Jade Wutong outside with her.
• Gongsun Jielü, Lan Haitan, and Chen Mobai attacked the Flower Blooming Courtyard Master, but her Stone Flower and Seven-Colored Treasure Tree blocked their strikes.
• The Flower Blooming Courtyard Master stabbed the Seven-Colored Treasure Tree into her heart and fed it her Essence Blood, causing an eighth color to appear.