Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai recruited Yan Shaoyin into the Divine Wood Immortal Sect, guided Duan Shuyu, and helped advance the campaign to unify the mortal countries. He then entered the One Yuan Secret Realm with Zhou Ye, where they found a Five Elements Spirit Tree bearing five ripe fruits.

• Chen Mobai invited Yan Shaoyin to join him, but Yan Shaoyin refused because he would not wait until Chen formed his Nascent Soul to view the sect's Nascent Soul Formation Experience.
• Chen Mobai met Jiang Zongheng and Duan Shuyu, guided Duan Shuyu to break through to Qi Refining Layer 4, and gave him cultivation techniques and a Golden Halberd.
• Jiang Zongheng and Duan Shuyu planned to conquer Shuang Country, Snow Country, and Feng Country before turning toward Xia Country and Hua Country.
• Chen Mobai's Puppet Body joined Zhou Ye in Primordial Immortal City, where Zhou Ye used the five jade pendants and Primordial True Qi to open the One Yuan Secret Realm.
• Chen Mobai and Zhou Ye entered the secret realm and found perfectly balanced Five Elements Spiritual Qi and a Five Elements Spirit Tree bearing five ripe fruits.

Chen Mobai and Zhou Ye negotiated over the Five Elements Spirit Fruits, each trying to limit the other's cultivation while honoring their oath to share the gains. They divided the fruits after Zhou Ye explained a shortcut for cultivating Primordial True Qi, and Chen Mobai considered using the Gold Element fruit to bargain with Mo Douguang.

• Zhou Ye told Chen Mobai that the Five Elements Spirit Tree had fallen from Fifth Tier to Fourth Grade after True Monarch Yi Yuan used its essence to cultivate the Primordial Dao Fruit.
• Chen Mobai rejected Zhou Ye's request for three of the five Spirit Fruits and proposed splitting the fruits while reserving some for Wood Meridian disciples.
• Zhou Ye revealed that he possessed a Nascent Soul Condensing Pill and had received a strand of Primordial True Qi from Primordial Ancestor to help him begin cultivating the Primordial Dao Fruit.
• Chen Mobai and Zhou Ye negotiated a choice between the Wood and Fire fruits and the Earth, Gold, and Water fruits; Zhou Ye chose Wood and Fire, while Chen Mobai took the other three.
• Zhou Ye explained that a cultivator with completed Primordial True Qi could transfer a strand to another cultivator as a shortcut, but Chen Mobai declined his offer to exchange the fruits for help.
• Chen Mobai considered trading the Gold Element Spirit Fruit to Mo Douguang for his Primordial Stone.

Chen Mobai and Zhou Ye explored the One Yuan Secret Realm, collecting its treasures and using the Sheji Platforms to study True Monarch Yi Yuan’s Five Elements inheritance. They left with valuable materials and new cultivation insights, while Chen Mobai gained three possible ways to improve his Pure Yang Dharma Body.

• Chen Mobai took a branch and five Spirit Flowers from the Five Elements Spirit Tree despite Zhou Ye’s warning that they could delay its next harvest.
• At the Earth Element Sheji Platform, Chen Mobai copied Spirit Soil knowledge into his Heavenly Calculation Bead while Zhou Ye improved his Wu Tu Method; they also split the Wu Earth Essence between them.
• At the Fire Element Sheji Platform, Chen Mobai refined his understanding of the Crimson Flame Sword Art and Pure Yang Scroll, then received three possible methods to strengthen his Pure Yang Dharma Body.
• Chen Mobai and Zhou Ye explored the Gold, Wood, and Water regions, finding Geng Metals and sensing Ren Water Essence, while the Longevity Wood held no Longevity Sect inheritance.
• Before leaving the secret realm, Chen Mobai and Zhou Ye filled emptied storage bags with seawater and then passed through the void portal with their gains.

Zhou Ye revealed that Old Ancestor Bai Wu had used Chunyu Su to seek Primordial Dao Fruit and exploit the Five Elements Five Meridians’ split, while Chen Mobai advanced his Primordial Yang Sword Sha and recovered the One Yuan Secret Realm’s treasures. The chapter left Chen Mobai considering how to cultivate the Five Elements Spirit Tree, as Sheng Zhaoxi asked him to reserve a Core Formation pill for Tan Rong.

• Zhou Ye told Chen Mobai that Chunyu Su had entered the sect as a Sun Bathing Sea spy, and that Old Ancestor Bai Wu had tried to obtain Primordial Dao Fruit during the family split.
• Zhou Ye explained that he had kept Chunyu Su because he provided access to Golden Crow Immortal City resources and helped conceal the Five Elements Five Meridians’ intentions from Sun Bathing Sea.
• Chen Mobai raised his Primordial Yang Sword Sha to Third Grade, damaged his Second Grade Yellow Gourd while storing it, and decided he needed a stronger vessel.
• Chen Mobai retrieved the Formless Puppet and learned that the One Yuan Secret Realm held Fourth Grade resources and a Sheji Platform, as well as the Five Elements Spirit Fruits and branches.
• Chen Mobai shared secret-realm materials with Sheng Zhaoxi, who asked him to let her exchange for a Core Formation pill for Tan Rong when the Wood Meridian refined them again.

Chen Mobai returned with five Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills and several Five Elements Spirit Fruits, then discussed how to distribute them among the Divine Wood Sect. He left with Zhou Shengqing to negotiate for more One Yuan Secret Realm gains at Golden Light Cliff and Wind Rain Dock.

• Chen Mobai promised Sheng Zhaoxi that Tan Rong could compete for a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill based on her contribution to the Five Elements Five Meridians.
• Chen Mobai returned Zhou Shengqing's Jade Pendant, explained Zhou Ye's grievance against Old Ancestor Bai Wu, and gave Zhou Shengqing a Jade Slip containing the Primordial Dao Fruit cultivation method.
• Chen Mobai explained the Primordial Dao Fruit's requirements and rejected Fu Zongjue's suggestion that Yin Qingmei cultivate it alongside the Transformation Immortal Sutra.
• Chen Mobai proposed that the five Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills go to the five disciples with the highest Sect Contribution, rather than being assigned directly to favored candidates.
• Chen Mobai gave the Gold Element Spirit Fruit to Senior Brother Mo and kept the Earth and Water Element Spirit Fruits for his own disciples, while Fu Zongjue took Fourth Grade materials for refining the Six Jia Heavenly Generals.
• Chen Mobai agreed to accompany Zhou Shengqing to Golden Light Cliff and Wind Rain Dock to discuss obtaining their One Yuan Secret Realm gains.

Chen Mobai cultivated the Primordial Dao Fruit by drawing Primordial True Qi from Golden Light Cliff’s Primordial Stone, then verified that the stone still supported the Spirit Vein and Mountain Protecting Great Formation. He revealed his success to Zhou Shengqing and Mo Douguang, leaving Mo Douguang newly confident about reaching Core Formation Perfected.

• Mo Douguang gave Chen Mobai the Primordial Stone so he could cultivate the Primordial Dao Fruit at Golden Light Cliff.
• Chen Mobai used his External Incarnation and Enlightenment Tea to understand how Fortune Qi let him safely refine the Primordial True Qi.
• Chen Mobai absorbed the Primordial True Qi into his middle dantian and found that it could dissolve Crimson Flame spiritual power and Extreme Sun Slash.
• Chen Mobai confirmed that the emptied Primordial Stone still suppressed Golden Light Cliff’s Spirit Vein and that the Mountain Protecting Great Formation remained intact.
• After three days of seclusion, Chen Mobai showed his Primordial True Qi to Zhou Shengqing and Mo Douguang, who both expressed relief and joy.
• Mo Douguang thanked Chen Mobai for the Five Elements Spirit Fruit and felt confident that he could reach Core Formation Perfected.

Chen Mobai reunited with old acquaintances, arranged support for Wind Rain Dock, and oversaw the Five Elements Five Meridians’ adoption of the Five Elements Sect name. Back in North Abyss City, he issued a mobilization order as Luo Xueer asked to lead the mission to earn contribution toward the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill.

• Chen Mobai advised Shi Pengyi on preparing for Foundation Establishment and gave him two second-tier talismans for his unborn child with Luo Lin.
• Chen Mobai confirmed Golden Light Cliff’s spiritual vein and protective formation, then agreed with Zhou Shengqing and Nu Jiang to use the Five Elements Sect name for official documents.
• Zhou Shengqing stayed at Wind Rain Dock to guard against trouble from the sealed Yellow Dragon Cave Mansion, while Chen Mobai returned to North Abyss City.
• Chen Mobai ordered the Wood Meridian to send twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators and five hundred Qi Cultivation Cultivators to Wind Rain Dock, with Meng Hong leading them, and assigned smaller forces from the other meridians.
• Luo Xueer asked Chen Mobai to let her lead the Wind Rain Dock support mission so she could earn contribution toward exchanging for the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill.

Chen Mobai worked to build the sect’s Spirit Stone reserves while ensuring fair access to Core Formation resources. He arranged missions and guidance for Luo Yixuan, Yin Qingmei, and Zhuo Ming, leaving Zhuo Ming with the goal of achieving Core Formation through enlightenment rather than relying on a Spirit Fruit.

• Chen Mobai maintained the restriction that only true Core Formation Cultivators could claim the sect’s annual Reward Hall benefits and aimed to save one hundred million Spirit Stones for future wars.
• Luo Xueer sought missions to earn Contribution Points for a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill, and Chen Mobai warned her that her earlier Outer Dao Golden Core meant she should not receive another special advantage.
• Chen Mobai visited Luo Yixuan at the Black Water river works, offered her a Water Element Spirit Fruit for her Core Formation preparations, and reviewed her progress.
• Chen Mobai learned that Yin Qingmei had accumulated three hundred and ten thousand Contribution Points and told her to help Luo Yixuan open the Black Water channel to secure her place among the pill’s top five candidates.
• Chen Mobai gave Zhuo Ming a branch of the Five Elements Spirit Tree and a Jade Slip containing Earth Element Dao insights, then reserved an Earth Element Spirit Fruit for her while urging her to pursue Core Formation through enlightenment.

Chen Mobai consulted spirit-plant experts and began developing a method to create Five Elements Spirit Soil for his domain. After his first batch showed uneven spiritual-qi levels, Wenren Xuewei explained how to account for environmental interference, and Chen Mobai prepared to retry in Crimson Cloud Academy’s Spiritless Laboratory.

• Chen Mobai inspected the Golden Sun Spirit Tree with Zhuo Ming and planned to advance it after the Longevity Earth reached the fourth tier.
• Chen Mobai consulted Jin Shanshi about balancing Five Elements Spiritual Qi in soil and studied the materials Jin sent him.
• Chen Mobai used five first-tier Void Spirit Qi Packs to infuse inorganic soil, but his measurements showed uneven spiritual-qi levels.
• Chen Mobai asked Wenren Xuewei for advice, and she explained that ambient spiritual qi and the soil-nurturing process affected the balance.
• Chen Mobai decided to repeat the experiment in Crimson Cloud Academy’s Second Grade Spiritless Laboratory and trusted Zhuo Ming to ensure the spirit tree survived planting.

Chen Mobai cultivated Five Elements Spirit Soil for the Spirit Tree branch in the Sky River Realm and improved the Underworld Great Formation into a teleportation method linked to his Realm Domain. After testing it across Danxia Mountain and neighboring peaks, he realized that expanding his domain could eventually let him teleport across the Eastern Wasteland.

• Chen Mobai delivered Second Grade Five Elements Spirit Soil to Zhuo Ming, and they helped the Five Elements Spirit Tree branch take root in the Sky River Realm.
• Chen Mobai cultivated more Five Elements Spirit Soil in the Immortal Sect and found that a Top-grade Spirit Stone increased his Pure Yang Dharma Body cultivation speed five- or sixfold.
• Chen Mobai studied the Underworld Great Formation alongside Void Walking and the Void Body, then used Enlightenment Tea to create an improved teleportation method.
• Chen Mobai refined the Formation Disk into his External Incarnation and linked the formation to his Realm Domain.
• Chen Mobai tested teleporting across Danxia Mountain and two neighboring peaks, then expanded his Realm Domain to its limit.

At seventy-one, Chen Mobai reached the peak of Golden Core Sixth Layer and weighed ways to strengthen his Spiritual Sense while continuing his cultivation and spending time with his aging parents. He was summoned to North Abyss City, where he learned that Jiang Zongheng and Duan Shuyu’s campaign to unify Eastern Wasteland had stalled against Shuang Country and Blowing Snow Palace.

• Chen Mobai refined Gold Crystal into Falling Treasure Golden Light and calculated that he could reach the secret art’s Treasure Refining Realm in about six years.
• Chen Mobai considered pills and the God Devouring Technique as ways to improve his Spiritual Sense, but set those plans aside until after he reached Golden Core Seventh Layer.
• Chen Mobai reviewed the arts stored in the Heavenly Calculation Bead and thought about his parents’ approaching lifespan and their wish for grandchildren.
• Chen Mobai received an urgent report from his Formless Puppet and traveled to North Abyss City, where E Yun gave him messages from Jiang Zongheng and Yue Zutao.
• Chen Mobai learned that Shuang Country’s resistance, secretly aided by Blowing Snow Palace, had halted the Yan Kingdom’s campaign, so Yue Zutao listed a sect contribution task to support unification.

Yue Zutao and Jiang Zongheng reported Blowing Snow Palace’s resistance to Chen Mobai, who sent Yu Lian to reason with Kong Lingling. Meanwhile, the Holy Land Dao Son Ye Qing arrived in North Abyss City, prompting Chen Mobai to investigate him; the chapter ended as Ye Qing’s sword intent surged from the neighboring room after Yu Hai saw Shen Shanqing sitting intoxicated in Chen Mobai’s room.

• Yue Zutao and Jiang Zongheng found Blowing Snow Palace blocking Yan Kingdom’s advance with the Wind Frost Rain Snow Formation and reported their suspicions to Chen Mobai.
• Chen Mobai sent Yu Lian to deliver a sharply worded document to Kong Lingling and ask why Blowing Snow Palace opposed the Five Elements Sect.
• Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen arrived in North Abyss City with Yu Hai, and Shen Shanqing welcomed the Holy Land visitors at the Heavenly Meal Tower.
• Qi Rui reported Ye Qing’s arrival to Chen Mobai, who went to the Heavenly Meal Tower to assess the unknown cultivator.
• Chen Mobai served E Yun, Qi Rui, and Shen Shanqing his Third Grade Spirit Wine, leaving them seated as they refined its effects.
• Yu Hai entered Chen Mobai’s room with Lan Youxiang, saw Shen Shanqing sitting flushed, and messaged Ye Qing, whose sword intent then surged from next door.

Chen Mobai learned that the newcomer in North Abyss City was Ye Qing, a Dao Son of the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect, and moved to keep his disciple Luo Yixuan out of his path. Meanwhile, he sent reinforcements to the Shuang Country battlefield, where the Five Elements Sect broke through Blowing Snow Palace’s defenses and advanced toward its remaining forces.

• Shen Shanqing’s Spiritual Sense broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage after drinking Chen Mobai’s wine, and Ye Qing apologized for the sword intent that had entered Plum Room.
• Chen Mobai learned Ye Qing’s identity and ordered Luo Yixuan to leave Black Water, lead reinforcements to Wind Rain Dock, and avoid North Abyss City.
• Chen Mobai learned that Yu Lian had disappeared and ordered more cultivators to join Jiang Zongheng’s campaign against Blowing Snow Palace.
• The Five Elements Sect’s army breached Blowing Snow Palace’s Grand Array, and Duan Shuyu’s Yan Kingdom forces captured twelve Shuang Country cities and reached the royal capital.
• Jiang Zongheng’s army advanced south, where Zhu Jinyu led Blowing Snow Palace’s cultivators to occupy a border spirit-stone mine and challenge Fu Zongjue.

Jiang Zongheng reached an agreement with Blowing Snow Palace that let Yan Kingdom’s army pass through its Spirit Stone Mine, while Zhu Jinyu secretly ordered Xue Ting to delay the invasion. After Snow Country’s capital came under siege, Yue Zutao and three fellow cultivators investigated Yu Lian’s disappearance and found that he had visited the Silver Firmament Sect ruins before flying east.

• Jiang Zongheng and Zhu Jinyu swore Dao Heart Oaths setting terms for Blowing Snow Palace’s neutrality, access to disciples, and protection of its resources.
• Zhu Jinyu left Xue Ting to coordinate with the Five Elements Sect but privately told her to delay the army, while the Yan Kingdom forces crossed the mine and entered Snow Country.
• After the army took three key cities and reached Snow Country’s capital, Yue Zutao, Quan Shanlin, Xie Yuntian, and another cultivator went to investigate Yu Lian’s disappearance.
• The four questioned rogue cultivators at the Silver Firmament Sect ruins and learned that Yu Lian had paid respects there before flying east.
• The four followed Yu Lian’s trail east and discovered a battlefield.

Chen Mobai learned that Ye Qing was hunting a reincarnated Beast Gathering Demonic Sect cultivator in the Ruined Land and agreed to escort him with Five Elements Sect cultivators. As Ye Qing prepared to leave, Chen Mobai asked to learn about Eastern Earth, hoping to ask about the Primordial Unity Dao Palace.

• Xie Yuntian, Zheng Deming, Quan Shanlin, and Yue Zutao investigated Yu Lian’s disappearance and traced a powerful Yao Beast toward its lair, then decided to call for Core Formation reinforcements.
• Ye Qing told Chen Mobai that a former Nascent Soul cultivator of the Beast Gathering Demonic Sect had reincarnated as a Heavenly Demon Incarnation and now could only reach Core Formation Perfected.
• Chen Mobai agreed to provide an escort, but explained that most Five Elements Sect Core Formation cultivators were unavailable and only Zhou Ye and Sheng Zhaoxi could go.
• Ye Qing offered to cover the escort’s expenses, and Chen Mobai said Zhou Shengqing was alive but recovering from injuries sustained during his attempted Nascent Formation breakthrough.
• Chen Mobai stopped Ye Qing as he was leaving and asked him about Eastern Earth’s customs and local conditions, intending to ask about the Primordial Unity Dao Palace.

Chen Mobai learned about the Eastern Earth’s powerful holy lands and Ancestor Hunyuan’s history with the Primordial Unity Dao Palace, strengthening his resolve to develop the Five Elements Sect quietly in Eastern Wasteland. After Ye Qing advised him to seek the Dao Palace’s resources if he pursued Spirit Transmutation, Chen Mobai chose to lead the escort mission himself.

• Ye Qing explained the Eastern Earth’s holy lands and told Chen Mobai that Ancestor Hunyuan, Li Zhongji, had been sent from the Primordial Unity Dao Palace to establish the Five Elements Sect in Eastern Wasteland.
• Chen Mobai said he hoped to return Ancestor Li’s memorial tablet to the Primordial Unity Dao Palace and considered seeking the Dao Palace’s higher inheritance in the future.
• Ye Qing recognized Chen Mobai’s Primordial True Qi, described the Hunyuan Bell and the Eastern Earth’s Spirit Transmutation resources, and advised Chen Mobai to enter the Primordial Unity Dao Palace if he sought greater heights.
• Chen Mobai arranged the escort mission after Sheng Zhaoxi and Zhou Ye declined, while Zhou Shengqing offered to lead the group.
• Chen Mobai refused Zhou Shengqing’s offer and decided to lead the escort himself, using the mission to assess Ye Qing and the Five Elements Dao Soldiers.

Chen Mobai assembled a Five Elements Sect expedition to develop the Desolate Ruins alongside Ye Qing and the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect. After the group entered the ruins, a deadly tornado ambush killed Song Qi, and Yuan Zhen identified the attack as a method of the Corpse Decomposition Demonic Sect.

• Chen Mobai recruited Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation cultivators from the Five Elements Five Meridians, including Chunyu Su, Kong Shanxu, Tan Rong, Zhu Xicheng, Ning Leshan, and Ban Zhaodan.
• Chen Mobai and Ye Qing agreed to depart for the Desolate Ruins with Shen Shanqing and Yu Hai's recruited cultivators, and Chen Mobai distributed High-grade Spirit Stones to fund the expedition's preparations.
• The expedition left North Abyss City, rested at a former battlefield near a third-tier low-grade spirit vein, then continued into the depths of the Desolate Ruins.
• Ten enormous sand tornadoes surrounded the Flying Boats, and Song Qi used talismans to stop one before a concealed Bone Spear pierced his chest and fatally wounded him.
• Yuan Zhen told Chen Mobai and Ye Qing that the Bone Spear attack resembled the methods of the Corpse Decomposition Demonic Sect.

Chen Mobai and the others encountered a Gold Armored Corpse in the Desolate Ruins, and Chen killed her with a single Extreme Sun Slash. His display of Primordial True Qi stunned Yuan Zhen and forced her to recognize his strength as the group searched for the corpse’s lair.

• The chapter explained how humans had opened the Eastern Domain while leaving dangerous, resource-rich Desolate Ruins unconquered.
• A Gold Armored Corpse threatened the group, and Yuan Zhen urged Ye Qing to let Chen Mobai handle her.
• Chen Mobai cut through the tornadoes, killed the Gold Armored Corpse with Extreme Sun Slash, and blocked her Bone Spears with Primordial True Qi.
• Chen Mobai returned to the flying boat and directed the Five Elements Sect disciples to search for the corpse’s lair.
• Yuan Zhen questioned Ye Qing about Chen Mobai’s Primordial True Qi, and Ye Qing reminded her that True Monarch Yi Yuan had also come from Eastern Wasteland.

Chen Mobai and Ye Qing’s group discovered a Corpse Cultivator’s lair, gathered its valuable treasures, and continued deeper into the Ruined Land. After half a month, their Flying Boats entered a vast mist filled with Six-legged Gray Wolves, and the attackers breached one boat’s defenses and killed two Rogue Cultivators.

• Chen Mobai joined Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen in opening a Third Grade Yin Sha Spirit Cave, where they found a jade coffin, a Soul Guiding Lamp, and murals describing the Corpse Cultivator’s life.
• Ye Qing learned the Corpse Cultivator might have been an elder of Kong Sang Valley, destroyed the murals, and divided the Heaven Crystal Sand and Yin Deficiency Bamboo among the group.
• Chen Mobai collected Yin Deficiency Bamboo and Yin Luo Grass before the group left the cave and continued its journey through the Ruined Land.
• Over the next half month, Chen Mobai and Yuan Zhen helped the group pass through dangerous demonic-beast territories, while Gu Yan recorded creatures, terrain, and Spirit Veins.
• The six Flying Boats entered a vast mist where Six-legged Gray Wolves attacked; Chen Mobai followed Ye Qing’s Sword Light back to the boats as the wolves overwhelmed their defenses.
• Several wolves broke into a Rogue Cultivator flying boat and killed two cultivators, throwing the group into chaos.

Chen Mobai joined Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen in the Mirage Mist, where Yuan Zhen used the Azure Mirage Bottle to absorb the mist and its powerful Demon Beasts. After Ye Qing tracked the Demonic Cultivator, Chen Mobai protected Yuan Zhen from the frenzied beasts as the battle continued.

• Chen Mobai led the Five Elements Dao Soldiers through the Six-legged Gray Wolves and helped the flying boats escape the Mirage Mist, then returned to assist Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen.
• Ye Qing explained that the mist was the Mirage Mist and that Yuan Zhen’s Azure Mirage Bottle could absorb it, revealing a Demonic Cultivator who was seeking the Mirage Dragon Essence.
• Chen Mobai agreed to protect Yuan Zhen while Ye Qing hunted the Demonic Cultivator, and the cultivators regrouped before the bottle’s seal was undone.
• Yuan Zhen activated the Azure Mirage Bottle, which swallowed the mist and the powerful Demon Beasts hidden within it; Ye Qing used Sword Sha Thunderous Sound to locate and pursue his target.
• The remaining Demon Beasts swarmed Yuan Zhen, and Chen Mobai fought to protect her until the Five Elements Dao Soldiers and flying boats joined the battle.