Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai learned Wood-Fire mutual cultivation with Yin Qingmei, taught her two Longevity Sect Great Techniques, and tested one of them on Zhuo Ming’s hybrid spirit rice. The chapter ended with Zhuo Ming asking whether the growth technique could raise the Fourth Tier Soul Nurturing Wood to the Fifth Order.

• Chen Mobai adjusted his mutual cultivation with Yin Qingmei until they found a sustainable balance, then taught her One Leaf Obscures the Eye and Pulling Shoots to Help Them Grow.
• Chen Mobai left Green Dai Mountain after helping Yin Qingmei begin practicing the two techniques and leaving her the Clear Sky Mirror.
• Chen Mobai tested One Leaf Obscures the Eye at Little South Mountain, where Zhuo Ming sensed his presence despite his concealment.
• Chen Mobai used Pulling Shoots to Help Them Grow on Zhuo Ming’s hybrid spirit rice, and most of the harvest advanced to Second Grade.
• Zhuo Ming asked whether the technique could raise the Fourth Tier Soul Nurturing Wood to the Fifth Order.

Chen Mobai learned that Pulling Shoots to Help Them Grow could help Zhou Shengqing’s Soul Nurturing Wood break through to Fifth Grade, then arranged to use Granny Ming’s Yellow Springs Spiritual Power to support the breakthrough. Granny Ming proposed refining herself into Luo Yixuan’s External Incarnation after forming a core, and Chen Mobai left the plan under consideration pending careful verification.

• Zhuo Ming used Omniscient Connection to confirm Zhou Shengqing’s Fourth Tier Peak Soul Nurturing Wood had enough power to break through and a strong chance of success.
• Granny Ming told Chen Mobai that a breakthrough in the Yellow Springs could attract Fourth Grade Ghost Kings, then offered to create a Minor Netherworld through Luo Yixuan’s body instead.
• Chen Mobai used the Great Dao Tree to raise Pulling Shoots to Help Them Grow and One Leaf Obscures the Eye to Third Grade, and stored the technique’s Fourth Grade realm in a Heavenly Calculation Bead.
• Luo Yixuan agreed to help, but Granny Ming warned that her Foundation Establishment Yellow Springs Spiritual Power might be insufficient and proposed forming a core with it before becoming Luo Yixuan’s External Incarnation.
• Chen Mobai refused to decide immediately, told Granny Ming to swear an oath and prepare a detailed plan, and said he would verify that it would not harm Luo Yixuan.

Gu Yan uncovered Hong He’s demonic cultivation, but Chen Mobai rescued her and let Hong He flee before the sect reported him dead in battle. Chen Mobai confirmed that his Myriad Laws Body was the External Incarnation technique, then gave it and Granny Ming’s Soul Nurturing Wood to Luo Yixuan as he continued preparing for Zhou Shengqing’s advancement.

• Gu Yan left Green Light Island to return to the Divine Wood Sect, but after the Teleportation Arrays were reserved by Hong He, she traveled through South Stream Market and secretly followed him.
• Chen Mobai discovered Gu Yan had gone missing, tracked her to Cloud Dream Marsh, and rescued her from Hong He’s illusory array; Gu Yan explained that Hong He had drained a Rogue Cultivator and then her spiritual power.
• Hong He confessed in a letter that he had cultivated the Sea Swallowing Demonic Art and promised to disappear, so Chen Mobai and Zhou Shengqing persuaded Fu Zongjue not to pursue him and announced that he had died in battle.
• Chen Mobai confirmed that the Myriad Laws Body was the External Incarnation technique, then taught it to Luo Yixuan and gave her the Soul Nurturing Wood containing Granny Ming.
• Chen Mobai decided against asking Yan Shaoyin to refine Returning Yang Spirit Water, while Zhou Shengqing, Fu Zongjue, and Zhuo Ming continued preparing the Soul Nurturing Wood’s advancement.
• Two months later, Chen Mobai checked his Spirit Root Value after refining a High-grade Spirit Stone.

Chen Mobai used the Golden Crow Sun-Holding Pill to accelerate his cultivation and acquired the External Incarnation technique, learning its five realms and how to develop his Void Spirit Body. He began planning to study the Vital Energy Department and received word that Vermilion Cloud City was being placed under his command.

• Chen Mobai confirmed that the Golden Crow Sun-Holding Pill sped up his Fire-attribute cultivation, then asked Zeng Woyou to prepare its auxiliary medicines while seeking its rare main ingredients.
• Chen Mobai entered the Divine Tree Secret Realm and obtained the External Incarnation technique from the wooden figure among the Twenty-Four Great Techniques.
• Chen Mobai learned that his External Incarnation’s Void Power marrow formed a Void Spirit Body and studied the Heavenly Marrow, Heavenly Meridian, Heavenly Viscera, Heavenly Star, and Heavenly Garment realms.
• Chen Mobai considered learning the Vital Energy Department’s methods to synthesize Qi of Earth Sha and thought of asking Yan Bingxuan for help.
• Wang Shuye told Chen Mobai that the proposal to place Vermilion Cloud City under his command had passed the Origin Hall, and Chen Mobai prepared to meet the local Immortal Sect officials.

Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City, took control of Danxia Mountain, and arranged for Yan Bingxuan to establish a company to mine and synthesize Green Wood Sha. After organizing its factory and seeking artificial-synthesis patents, he called Lou Fengcheng for help.

• Chen Mobai met new City Lord Sui Shanfu and took over Danxia Mountain and its Jade Wutong research materials.
• Chen Mobai began cultivating on Danxia Mountain and asked Sui Shanfu how to obtain Green Wood Sha without waiting for Wangwu Cave Heaven's approval.
• Sui Shanfu proposed forming a separate company to secure the city's Green Wood Sha, and Chen Mobai invited Yan Bingxuan to establish it.
• Yan Bingxuan secured mining rights and factory land, while Chen Mobai told her the company would fund research into artificial synthesis of the seventy-two types of Qi of Earth Sha.
• Chen Mobai and Yan Bingxuan arranged the factory plans and sought Sky Mending Dao Academy patents; Fu Borong told him to contact Lou Fengcheng about leasing a package of patents.
• Chen Mobai called Lou Fengcheng, but the call took a long time to be answered.

Chen Mobai proposed using Formless Puppets to supply Five Elements Essence for Yan Bingxuan’s Sha Qi Energy Company, drawing his collaborators into a project that could reshape puppetry and vital energy research. Wenren Xuewei arrived by Void Great Shift and warned that the work might attract the Military Department’s attention before Yan Bingxuan joined them.

• Yan Bingxuan struggled to recruit Vital Energy Department talent and hired six Qi Refining graduates, while warning Chen Mobai that broader Qi of Earth Sha production would require solving the Five Elements Essence shortage.
• Chen Mobai suggested using Formless Puppets to provide Five Elements Spiritual Power, and Yan Bingxuan agreed to investigate the idea and continue recruiting.
• Chen Mobai called Chai Lun, Zhou Tiangong, and Wenren Xuewei to coordinate puppet research, and Zhou Tiangong halted equipment production to reconsider the design.
• Wenren Xuewei used the Great Camphor Tree to perform a damaging Void Great Shift to Vermilion Cloud City, then recovered with her Evergreen Technique.
• Wenren Xuewei told Chen Mobai that the Formless Puppet research could connect to an old proposal for Puppet Dao Soldiers and might draw the Military Department’s interest.
• Yan Bingxuan arrived at the summit of Danxia Mountain and met Wenren Xuewei at the tea table.

Chen Mobai gathered experts to plan experiments producing Five Elements Essence with puppets and proposed expanding Vital Energy Department education to support Sha Qi research. After arranging tentative help, he gave Wenren Xuewei a Water-rich pearl in return for her tea, receiving a jar of Third-grade Enlightenment Tea that could help with his Spiritual Sense cultivation.

• Wenren Xuewei welcomed Yan Bingxuan with Phoenix Ming Red Tea and gave her a box as a meeting gift.
• Chen Mobai, Yan Bingxuan, Wenren Xuewei, Chai Lun, and Zhou Tiangong discussed puppet-based Five Elements Essence production and the need for more staff and equipment.
• Chen Mobai proposed expanding Vital Energy Department courses at his three academies, but Fu Borong could not provide teachers, so Wenren Xuewei offered three instructors from Goumang Dao Academy.
• Venerable Qingping did not answer Chen Mobai's message, and the group left with Wenren Xuewei's offer as their fallback.
• Chen Mobai gave Wenren Xuewei a Water-rich Great Pearl, and she accepted it in exchange for a jar of Third-grade Enlightenment Tea after explaining how to use it sparingly.

Chen Mobai weighed the Great Sun Golden Crow Method, Candle Dragon Light Holding Art, and Phoenix Facing Sun Diagram as foundations for his future Nascent Soul, and Wenren Xuewei advised him to consider the Phoenix Facing Sun Diagram’s potential with the Jade Wutong. After Wenren left, Yan Bingxuan revealed a hint of jealousy, while Chen Mobai remained focused on testing the three techniques with Enlightenment Tea.

• Chen Mobai considered the benefits and risks of three Spiritual Sense techniques, including their possible paths to Spirit Transmutation and beyond.
• Wenren Xuewei recommended the Candle Dragon Light Holding Art for its prospects, then explained how the Jade Wutong could make the Phoenix Facing Sun Diagram a strong choice for Chen Mobai.
• Wenren Xuewei suggested the Immortal Sect had given Chen Mobai the Jade Wutong because he was especially suited to cultivate that technique.
• Chen Mobai thanked Wenren Xuewei, who departed using the Void Great Shift.
• Yan Bingxuan remarked on Wenren Xuewei's talent and appearance, but Chen Mobai missed the meaning behind her words and planned to use Enlightenment Tea to compare the techniques.

Chen Mobai used Wenren Xuewei’s Enlightenment Tea to comprehend several Spiritual Sense techniques, choosing the Phoenix Facing Sun Diagram as his path after discovering its auspicious blessings. He also examined the God Devouring Technique and studied pill formulas before exhaustion forced him to sleep.

• Chen Mobai sealed off Danxia Mountain and used the Enlightenment Tea to fully comprehend the Great Sun Golden Crow Method.
• Chen Mobai nearly lost himself in the Candle Dragon Light Holding Art’s darkness, but his Morning Bell awakened him and restored his control.
• Chen Mobai comprehended the Phoenix Facing Sun Diagram and learned that its auspicious blessing improved his luck and could help his Earth Vein Pills yield better results.
• Chen Mobai chose to cultivate the Phoenix Facing Sun Diagram and then used the remaining tea to examine the God Devouring Technique, finding that its fragment was dangerous but harmless to someone without a Divine Seed.
• Chen Mobai used the last of the Enlightenment Tea to understand the Golden Crow Sun-Holding Pill and Earth Vein Pill formulas, then lit Spirit Condensing Incense and fell asleep.

Chen Mobai visited Yan Bingxuan at Xuan Shuang, where her team successfully synthesized Fire Yang Sha, and discussed the company’s prospects and his plans to cultivate the Primordial Yang Sword Sha. They walked together through the Wutong Forest, leaving their relationship warmer as Chen Mobai prepared to enter seclusion.

• Chen Mobai downloaded the Primordial Yang Sword Art and decided to focus on cultivating Primordial Yang Sword Sha to strengthen his Yellow Gourd.
• Chen Mobai visited Yan Bingxuan and watched Xuan Shuang’s researchers successfully synthesize a strand of Fire Yang Sha.
• Chen Mobai told Yan Bingxuan he planned to enter seclusion and declined the company’s three strands of Green Wood Sha, advising her to sell them as Spirit Liquid.
• Chen Mobai and Yan Bingxuan walked to the Wutong Forest and enjoyed the sunset together.

Chen Mobai gathered the ingredients and prepared to refine a Golden Crow Sun-Holding Pill, but delayed that plan to oversee Luo Yixuan’s impending Ghost Core formation. He used a visit to Yan Shaoyin’s Returning Heaven Valley to conceal his true movements while a Formless Puppet took Luo Yixuan into the Yellow Springs Road.

• Chen Mobai learned that Chu Zuoshu had secured the Golden Crow Sun-Holding Pill’s two crucial Main Medicines, which were being transported to the Divine Wood Sect, and collected the Auxiliary Medicines from Zeng Woyou.
• Luo Yixuan told Chen Mobai that she and Granny Ming had coordinated their External Incarnation and were ready to form a core, so Chen Mobai took her to the Yellow Springs plan and instructed Zhuo Ming to watch the house.
• Chen Mobai visited Yan Shaoyin at Returning Heaven Valley and spent half a month discussing alchemy, keeping attention focused on himself while his Formless Puppet took Luo Yixuan into the Yellow Springs Road.
• After leaving Yan Shaoyin, Chen Mobai wondered how Luo Yixuan’s Core Formation was going and headed to Dragon Horn Ditch to check on the collection of Dragon Vein Qi.

Chen Mobai uncovered Song Huangda as a Restoration Society infiltrator and ordered him to remain undercover to help expose the organization. The chapter ended when a powerful female cultivator arrived at Flying Dragon Pool and greeted Chen Mobai as her master.

• Song Huangda was caught cultivating the Void Body with Void Stones, and Chen Mobai exposed his lies about how he had learned the technique.
• Song Huangda confessed that he was a remnant of Mountain Shaking Peak whose father had belonged to the Restoration Society.
• Chen Mobai ordered Song Huangda to continue infiltrating Divine Wood Sect and locate the Restoration Society’s president, promising him a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Mobai told Liu Wenbai to act normally around Song Huangda and continue collecting Dragon Vein Qi.
• A female Core Formation cultivator arrived at Flying Dragon Pool, controlled its waters, and saluted Chen Mobai as her master.

Chen Mobai welcomed Luo Yixuan back after she and Granny Ming successfully formed a Ghost Core, then guided Han Zhiling through a cultivation bottleneck. He refused to take Han Zhiling as a disciple, but discovered her extraordinary Fire Spiritual Root and left her potential in question.

• Luo Yixuan returned with the Formless Puppet and Clear Sky Mirror after Granny Ming formed a Ghost Core as her External Incarnation, giving the Divine Wood Sect another Core Formation-level combatant.
• Chen Mobai examined Luo Yixuan, warned her not to wield Granny Ming's power recklessly, and decided against teaching her the Two Parts Divine Technique.
• Han Zhiling swore to keep Luo Yixuan's Core Formation secret, asked Chen Mobai to accept her as a disciple, and was refused because she was still a Qi Cultivation Cultivator.
• Chen Mobai corrected Han Zhiling's understanding of the Molten Fire Technique, and she entered meditation and broke through to Qi Cultivation Level 8.
• After Han Zhiling stabilized her breakthrough, Chen Mobai measured her Spirit Root and found a Fire Spiritual Root value of 62.

Chen Mobai arranged for Han Zhiling to join Zhuo Ming’s tutelage after Luo Yixuan and Liu Wenbai declined to take her. The group then planned to advance the Soul Nurturing Wood at Little South Mountain, using the Immortal Peach Tree’s tribulation to conceal or weaken its Heavenly Tribulation.

• Chen Mobai suggested Luo Yixuan take Han Zhiling as a disciple, but Luo Yixuan declined because she felt too young and inexperienced to teach.
• Liu Wenbai also declined, citing his frequent travels, and suggested Han Zhiling spend time with Zhuo Ming at Little South Mountain before Chen Mobai presided over a disciple-taking ceremony.
• Chen Mobai and Luo Yixuan returned to Giant Wood Ridge, where Zhou Shengqing, Fu Zongjue, and Zhuo Ming gathered to discuss advancing the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• The group ruled out the Divine Tree Secret Realm because its spiritual energy was insufficient, and Zhuo Ming proposed moving the advancement to Little South Mountain and attributing the tribulation to the Immortal Peach Tree.
• Granny Ming explained that the Immortal Peach Tree’s Heavenly Tribulation could counter and weaken the Soul Nurturing Wood’s tribulation, and Chen Mobai, Zhou Shengqing, and Fu Zongjue agreed to try it.

Chen Mobai used his own resources to raise Little South Mountain’s spiritual vein and prepared the Immortal Peach Tree to undergo tribulation, while the Soul Nurturing Wood began advancing under his cultivation art and Granny Ming’s formation. The chapter ended with the Soul Nurturing Wood blooming as spiritual energy poured into Little South Mountain ahead of the Immortal Peach Tree’s breakthrough.

• Chen Mobai ordered the sect to raise Little South Mountain’s spiritual vein to Fourth Tier and supplied a thousand High-grade Spirit Stones, while Yi Shaoqing and Ma Gang completed the work to Third Tier Peak.
• Chen Mobai announced that the Immortal Peach Tree would undergo tribulation in seven days and ordered the sect to clear the area and warn its disciples.
• Chen Mobai borrowed Yin Qingmei’s Azure Emperor Longevity Spiritual Power and stored it with the Return to Origin Secret Art for the advancement.
• Fu Zongjue and Yi Shaoqing directed the Myriad Wood Great Formation’s spiritual energy toward Little South Mountain as Chen Mobai began casting Pulling Shoots to Help Them Grow on the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• Granny Ming activated the Minor Netherworld formation, and the Soul Nurturing Wood absorbed the cold yin energy until it grew three black leaves and a dark yellow flower.

Chen Mobai and his disciples helped the Soul Nurturing Wood and Immortal Peach Tree advance through Heavenly Tribulations, while the Immortal Peach Tree’s growth raised Little South Mountain’s Spirit Vein to Fourth Tier. Zhou Shengqing’s soul was preserved in the Fifth Order Soul Nurturing Wood, though the Dharma Body Nascent Soul method and ingredients for Returning Yang Spirit Water remained elusive.

• Chen Mobai had Fu Zongjue use the Myriad Wood Great Formation to supply spiritual energy as the Soul Nurturing Wood advanced and faced a fierce Golden Thunder Heavenly Tribulation.
• Chen Mobai and Zhuo Ming helped the Immortal Peach Tree advance, and its new Heavenly Tribulation weakened the Golden Thunder Sea threatening the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• The Immortal Peach Tree’s roots dispersed the buried Spirit Stones, raising Little South Mountain’s Spirit Vein to Fourth Tier low-grade as Zhuo Ming stabilized the mountain and surrounding Spirit Fields.
• After the tribulations ended, Luo Yixuan confirmed the Soul Nurturing Wood had succeeded, and Zhou Shengqing thanked Chen Mobai and his disciples from within it.
• Chen Mobai discussed the remaining requirements for Zhou Shengqing to pursue Nascent Soul, while Granny Ming warned that rare netherworld ingredients were held by powerful Ghost Kings.
• Chen Mobai hosted a feast to celebrate the advances, and Zhou Shengqing felt reassured by the people supporting the Divine Wood Sect.

After the Immortal Peach Tree advanced to Fourth Grade, Chen Mobai distributed its fruits among his disciples and arranged for five Third Grade fruits to be exchanged through Spirit Treasure Pavilion. The fruits drew cultivators from across the sect to seek Chen Mobai’s approval, while Zhou Wangshen sent his niece Zhou Bingyan to approach Zhuo Ming.

• Chen Mobai gave Luo Yixuan four Immortal Peach Fruits, assigned fruits to Zhuo Ming, Liu Wenbai, and his younger disciple, and set aside one each for Gu Yan and Yin Qingmei.
• Chen Mobai placed the five remaining Third Grade Immortal Peach Fruits in Spirit Treasure Pavilion for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to exchange, prompting a rush of interest across the Divine Wood Sect.
• Yi Shaoqing tried to visit Chen Mobai about the fruits, but Gu Yan turned him away, then struggled to handle the stream of cultivators seeking an audience.
• Zhuo Ming delivered an Immortal Peach Fruit to Yin Qingmei, who gratefully accepted it and resolved not to disappoint her adoptive father.
• Zhou Wangshen, uneasy about his standing with Chen Mobai, sent Zhou Bingyan to visit Zhuo Ming and ask around.

Chen Mobai used the Immortal Peach Fruit exchange and a newly listed Outer Dao Golden Core to motivate the Divine Wood Sect’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Luo Xueer sought the Golden Core but was told to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection first, while Chen Mobai began considering how to arrange contributions for her; Yan Yuanhao reserved next year’s Immortal Peach Fruit.

• Chen Mobai announced that E Yun, Zhou Wangshen, Quan Shanlin, Luo Xueer, and Xie Yuntian had qualified to exchange for the five Immortal Peach Fruits.
• The Spirit Treasure Pavilion added a yearly Third Grade Immortal Peach Fruit and an Outer Dao Golden Core to its exchange catalog, stirring the sect’s cultivators.
• Quan Shanlin and Xie Yuntian congratulated Luo Xueer because her Water Attribute made her the only one among the five suited to the Outer Dao Golden Core.
• Luo Xueer visited Chen Mobai to ask what counted as a great contribution, and he told her to return after reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Chen Mobai considered arranging a great contribution for Luo Xueer, and Yan Yuanhao reserved next year’s Immortal Peach Fruit.

Chen Mobai organized his disciples and allies to begin transforming the Eastern Wasteland Plateau and Boundless Sand Sea, hoping the project’s Merit would help them advance their cultivation. As Divine Wood Sect prepared to act, Liu Wenbai secretly began investigating Song Huangda, while the chapter revealed that Du Feng was a Six Armor Mountain undercover agent embedded in the sect.

• Chen Mobai assigned Yan Yuanhao, Zhuo Ming, and Luo Yixuan to develop the Eastern Wasteland Plateau, gave Luo Yixuan a Fourth Tier Moonlight Blade, and planned to involve Luo Xueer, Xue Ting, and Yin Qingmei in waterworks and sand control.
• Chen Mobai sent Zhuo Ming to begin the project with Han Zhiling, while E Yun and Zhou Wangshen pledged to protect the sect’s environmental improvements and started preparing people and resources.
• Liu Wenbai reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage after refining three Immortal Peach Fruits, and Chen Mobai instructed him to support Zhuo Ming’s work and secretly investigate whoever was contacting Song Huangda.
• Liu Wenbai accepted Song Huangda as an Unregistered Disciple, drawing attention from the sect’s Qi Cultivation Disciples and giving the undercover investigation a potential opening.
• Du Feng learned that Song Huangda had been accepted by Liu Wenbai; his past revealed that he was a Six Armor Mountain agent who had infiltrated the Divine Wood Sect after secretly forming his foundation with a Foundation Establishment Pill from Six Armor Mountain.

Chen Mobai used a Golden Crow Sun-Holding Pill, negotiated Blowing Snow Palace’s access to Cloud Dream Marsh in exchange for Snow Mountain water, and organized Divine Wood Sect’s effort to excavate two rivers across the Eastern Wasteland Plateau. He left the project under Zhuo Ming’s direction while arranging for Song Huangda to feed misleading information to a suspected sect mole.

• Chen Mobai refined five Golden Crow Sun-Holding Pills, consumed one, and confirmed that Green Cicada Spirit Tea helped him expel its Pill Toxin.
• Chen Mobai agreed to let Blowing Snow Palace access Cloud Dream Marsh in exchange for Snow Mountain water, then shared Core Formation guidance with Xie Yuntian, Quan Shanlin, and Luo Xueer after they reached Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Chen Mobai recruited Luo Xueer to help excavate rivers across the Eastern Wasteland Plateau, offered Core Formation medicine as a reward for sect contributions, and placed Zhuo Ming in charge of the project.
• Xie Yuntian and Quan Shanlin competed to claim high-contribution tasks, prompting Chen Mobai to punish them and revise the Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s task rules.
• Chen Mobai told Liu Wenbai to have Song Huangda pass the suspected mole misleading reports about Zhuo Ming, Zhuo Xuan, Luo Xueer, and possibly Yin Qingmei leaving Giant Wood Ridge.