Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai sought Merit Points to fund more Qi Replenishing Spirit Water after Qing Nü resumed refining it, but Wu Wan warned him about the risks of selling too much gold. Chen then bought the main medicinal herbs from Four Qi Pavilion in South Stream Market, leaving with a new way to support the next refinements.

• Qing Nü began refining Qi Replenishing Spirit Water again, and Chen Mobai worried about finding enough Merit Points to buy more ingredients.
• Chen Mobai exchanged a spirit stone for gold and sold 40 bars to Wu Wan, who warned him that large gold transactions could attract attention from the Immortal Sect.
• Chen Mobai thanked Wu Wan and decided not to exchange gold from the Sky River Realm again.
• Chen Mobai visited Four Qi Pavilion and showed a female cultivator the three main herbs for Qi Replenishing Spirit Water.
• After learning the herbs were Bai Ji, Dangling Pearl Grass, and Zhe Li, Chen Mobai bought one jin of each and left without purchasing the shop's spirit pills.

Chen Mobai helped Qing Nü package Qi Replenishing Spirit Water and learned how Treasure Bottle Pharmacy and alchemists profited from refining it. Qing Nü explained that Spirit Essence came from spent Spirit Stones, leaving Chen Mobai astonished at how they could be reused.

• Chen Mobai entered the Treasure Bottle Alchemy Room and helped Qing Nü package 20 tubes of Qi Replenishing Spirit Water while she sealed the substandard liquid for disposal.
• Qing Nü examined Chen Mobai's next batch of medicinal materials and said their stronger properties could yield 30 tubes, though they needed to be used soon because some potency had been lost.
• Chen Mobai asked about refining fees, and Qing Nü explained that Treasure Bottle Pharmacy could earn thousands of Merit Points per session by selling the finished spirit water.
• Qing Nü told Chen Mobai that Spirit Essence helped filter Pill Toxin and improve completion rates, and that it was made from Spirit Stones whose spiritual energy had been used up.
• Chen Mobai was stunned to learn that spent Spirit Stones could be reused to make Spirit Essence.

Chen Mobai learned that Qing Nü was a Heaven Spirit Root already recommended to Goumang Dao Academy, then worked harder to prepare for the College Entrance Exam. A week before the exam, he broke through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer and faced a choice between continuing the Five Elements Technique or switching to the Pure Yang Scroll.

• Chen Mobai brought Qing Nü a used Spirit Stone, and she refined Qi Replenishing Spirit Water without Flavor Corrector because he could not afford it.
• Qing Nü revealed that she had been recommended to Goumang Dao Academy and had a Heaven Spirit Root, while Chen Mobai learned she was at Qi Cultivation Level 6.
• Chen Mobai met Qi Er at South Stream Market, declined his payment for the Green Arrow Talisman, and asked him to gather used Spirit Stones for Qing Nü's refining.
• Inspired by Qing Nü's recommendation, Chen Mobai spent two months studying and cultivating instead of setting up a stall.
• One week before the College Entrance Exam, Chen Mobai broke through to Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer and wondered whether to cultivate the Five Elements Technique or the Pure Yang Scroll.

After reaching the Seventh Layer of Qi Cultivation, Chen Mobai chose to proxy the Immortal Sect Network rather than its spell library, hoping its shopping information could help him earn money. He discovered that the flagship store would offer three Foundation Establishment Trio pills next month and began considering how to secure one despite lacking the funds.

• Chen Mobai reviewed his cultivation and decided to keep practicing the Five Elements Technique until after the Daoist Academy entrance exams.
• Chen Mobai used Turtle Treasure to proxy the Immortal Sect Network, gaining a third-tier alternate account.
• Chen Mobai discovered that third-tier permissions included free shipping, advance notice of upcoming items, and the ability to reserve one official release each month.
• Chen Mobai learned that the flagship store would release three Foundation Establishment Trio pills next month, each priced at eight hundred thousand Merit Points.
• Chen Mobai considered finding someone to fund a purchase so he could resell a pill, as he searched for a way to make money on Earth Origin Star.

Chen Mobai won a rare portion of Spirit Ascension Powder and sold it to Chan Si for a premium. Chan Si congratulated him on his prospects in the College Entrance Exam but warned that this year’s exam was unusual and his chances of passing were slim.

• Chen Mobai listened to Chai Deyun discuss Foundation Establishment rates while securing an order for Spirit Ascension Powder on the Immortal Sect Network.
• Chen Mobai showed his order to Lu Hongsheng and their classmates, prompting the class to rush online for the remaining portions while Song Zheng stayed uninterested.
• Chan Si messaged Chen Mobai about buying the powder for her senior sister, and he agreed to sell it to her.
• Chai Deyun introduced another teacher who wanted the powder, but Chen Mobai told him he had already promised it to Chan Si.
• Chan Si paid Chen Mobai an additional 160,000 Merit Points for the powder, then asked about his exam preparations and warned that this year’s exam was unusual.

Chen Mobai reviewed ten years of Dao Academy entrance exams and realized the Four Great Dao Academies’ tests were beyond his current abilities, so he focused on his preferred Ten Great Academies. After choosing his applications and setting an alarm to buy a talisman, he took Qing Nü out for grilled fish.

• Chen Mobai studied the recent entrance exams and found he could solve only the first two formations in the latest test.
• Chen Mobai reviewed past tests from the Four Great Dao Academies, skipping tasks involving spirit medicine, artifact refining, formations, talismans, and spiritual veins.
• Chen Mobai examined the Ten Great Academies’ past exams and chose Pure Yang Academy, Supreme Origin Academy, and Crimson Cloud Academy as his preferences.
• Chen Mobai set an alarm to buy a Mystic Sun Purple Fire Talisman from Pure Yang Academy’s flagship store.
• Chen Mobai caught two Blood Jade Carp descendants at the Water Mansion and took them to a grilled fish shop for dinner with Qing Nü, who praised the meal.

Chen Mobai completed the College Entrance Exam and hoped his scores might qualify him for the Four Great Dao Academies. Afterward, he reflected on how Spiritual Sense was changing his emotions and spoke with Song Zheng about cultivation and their academy choices.

• Chen Xinglan came to Crimson Cloud Academy to encourage Chen Mobai, who entered the exam hall feeling prepared.
• Chen Mobai completed the Spell, Alchemy, and Artifact papers, then used what he had learned about the Azure Water Formation to answer the Ocean-Covering Array questions.
• After the exam, Chen Mobai watched his classmates celebrate and wondered whether cultivating immortality meant losing human warmth.
• Song Zheng told Chen Mobai that he and Yan Bingxuan had kept their distance because they were adjusting to Spiritual Sense, and said most Immortal Sect cultivators cultivated the Mortal World rather than living as recluses.
• Chen Mobai and Song Zheng discussed their academy choices: Chen Mobai named Pure Yang Academy and Supreme Origin Academy, while Song Zheng hoped to attend Supreme Origin Academy with him.

Chen Mobai and his classmates learned that the entrance exams for the Four Great Dao Academies and Ten Great Academies would feature Spell Duels. After his class’s farewell, Chen researched past duels and found that combat training had helped the previous winner, Lan Haitan.

• Chai Deyun announced that the academies had lowered their admissions thresholds and that the entrance exams would test students in Spell Duels.
• Chen Mobai asked whether Talismans would be allowed, and Chai Deyun said they might be prohibited because they favored wealthy students.
• Chai Deyun ended his final class, and the students bowed farewell as his departure stirred Chen Mobai’s Spiritual Sense to grow.
• Mo Simin proposed a class parting dinner, but Song Zheng left to cultivate while Chen Mobai agreed to attend before heading home.
• Chen Mobai searched for past Spell Duel results and found an interview with Lan Haitan, the winner of a duel held sixty-nine years earlier.

Chen Mobai searched for an offensive spell to prepare for the entrance exam’s spell duels and settled on learning Ice Spell from the Black Water Technique. After He Qun refused to sell him black water, Chen Mobai learned that hunting Cold Snakes in Cloud Dream Marsh could help him master Ice Spell and asked whether the marsh could train his combat skills.

• Chen Mobai reviewed his spells and searched for a powerful offensive technique he could learn before the entrance exam.
• Chen Mobai returned to the Black Water Technique and decided to try mastering Ice Spell, which was stronger when cast with black water.
• Chen Mobai went to South Stream Market and asked He Qun to sell him black water, but He Qun refused and quoted a price of 20 Spirit Stones per bottle.
• He Qun explained that Cold Snake galls could help Black Water Technique cultivators comprehend Ice Breath and master Ice Spell.
• Chen Mobai asked He Qun whether Cloud Dream Marsh was dangerous and whether hunting there could improve his spell-duel ability.

Chen Mobai investigated He Qun’s hunting team and the availability of black water, then decided to travel to Cloud Dream Marsh without joining He Qun. He reached a Spirit Camel caravan and considered the available routes there.

• Chen Mobai learned from He Qun that demon beast inner cores were valuable and was invited to join a Cold Snake hunt in Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Chen Mobai checked He Qun’s reputation with Qi Er, then heard Lu Shu warn that He Qun’s unusually safe hunting record might be a way to lure outsiders into a trap.
• Lu Shu told Chen Mobai that black water was associated with the Five Elements Sect’s Water Vein and suggested asking the sect’s market shop about it.
• The Five Elements Sect shopkeeper said it had no black water in stock, could not transfer supplies from headquarters, and explained that a bottle cost 10 Spirit Stones within the sect.
• Chen Mobai declined He Qun’s invitation and found a Spirit Camel caravan, where he learned he could walk to Cloud Dream Marsh, ride with a freight caravan, or use the Teleportation Array for 10 Spirit Stones.

Chen Mobai traveled to Cloud Dream Marsh Market, rented a cheap Cave Mansion on Green Light Island, and sold talismans to earn money for Black Water. After buying a bottle, he was left poised to continue preparing for the Daoist Academy entrance exam.

• Chen Mobai learned that He Qun would travel on the same caravan, refunded his ticket, and chose the Teleportation Array instead.
• After paying 10 Spirit Stones, Chen Mobai teleported to Cloud Dream Marsh and realized Turtle Treasure might also be a movable Teleportation Array.
• Chen Mobai took a boat to Green Light Island Market and rented a low-lying Cave Mansion for 1 Spirit Stone.
• Chen Mobai learned that Black Water cost 15 Spirit Stones, then set up a stall and sold his talismans to cultivators in the market.
• Chen Mobai used his earnings and Gold Notes to buy a bottle of refined Black Water from the Divine Wood Sect's spiritual herb shop.

Chen Mobai tested the Black Water he had bought, using it to practice defensive and offensive spells while evaluating his Needle Box. He returned home still unable to cast the Ice Spell and prepared to attend his classmates’ farewell dinner.

• Chen Mobai used the Black Water to form a Water Element Shield and tested its defense against a flying needle from the Needle Box.
• Chen Mobai tested the limits of the Water Element Shield and Needle Box, then returned the needles and Black Water to their containers.
• Chen Mobai practiced the Ice Spell, but his Ice Breath failed to freeze the Black Water.
• Chen Mobai’s phone alarm reminded him to go home, and he returned from Green Light Island to prepare for his classmates’ farewell dinner.

Chen Mobai stocked up on talismans through the Immortal Sect Network before attending his classmates’ farewell dinner. There, he arranged to consult Yan Bingxuan about the Ice Spell, then unexpectedly encountered Qing Nü.

• Chen Mobai spent 11,600 Merit Points on low- and middle-rank talismans, bought Wood House, Revival, and Ambush Talismans, and persuaded the shopkeeper to include a Wood Spirit Talisman with his order.
• Chen Mobai bought the 50,000-Merit-Point Yi Wood Divine Thunder Talisman and scheduled rush purchases of the Foundation Establishment Trio.
• Chen Mobai arrived at the hot pot restaurant, where Lu Hongsheng told him Yan Bingxuan would attend the farewell dinner.
• Chen Mobai messaged Yan Bingxuan about his Ice Spell difficulties, and she offered to demonstrate her Ice Spiritual Power after dinner.
• Qing Nü arrived at the restaurant without a mask or hat, recognized Chen Mobai, and came over to greet him.

Chen Mobai's classmates mistook his close friendship with Qing Nü for a romance, while he arranged to meet Yan Bingxuan afterward. The chapter left Gong Xiangyu watching Chen Mobai leave with Yan Bingxuan and calling him a scumbag.

• Chen Mobai declined Qing Nü's invitation to talk after dinner, saying he had plans, and described them as close friends when Gong Xiangyu asked about their relationship.
• Gong Xiangyu introduced himself to Chen Mobai and challenged him to meet in the Four Great Dao Academies entrance exam, while Pu Jiangxue and the others recognized Qing Nü as the Heaven Spirit Root recommended to Goumang Dao Academy.
• Chen Mobai's classmates assumed he and Qing Nü were dating, and he left the farewell dinner early under their envious gazes.
• Yan Bingxuan left after Chen Mobai, and the two went elsewhere to talk to avoid attracting rumors from their classmates.
• Gong Xiangyu saw Chen Mobai leave with Yan Bingxuan and called him a scumbag.

Yan Bingxuan explained how the Frost Condensation Method strengthened her meridians and demonstrated the principles behind Chen Mobai’s Ice Spell. Chen Mobai finally understood how to form Ice Breath safely, though he still needed to practice the spell himself.

• Yan Bingxuan explained that the Frost Condensation Method purified her spiritual root and strengthened her meridians enough to withstand Foundation Establishment-level spiritual power.
• Chen Mobai worried he would never master the Ice Spell, so Yan Bingxuan took him to a Cultivation Gym to demonstrate its principles.
• Yan Bingxuan used her Profound Ice Art to freeze water into ice spikes and then an ice flower, showing Chen Mobai two forms of the Profound Ice Ten Changes.
• Chen Mobai noticed that the Ice Spell required an extra breathing step, and Yan Bingxuan explained how he could use Ice Breath to transform ordinary spiritual power into Ice Spiritual Power without harming his body.
• Chen Mobai thanked Yan Bingxuan after her explanation cleared up his confusion about the Ice Spell.

Chen Mobai practiced the Ice Spell, prepared talismans, and traveled to the Sky River Realm, where he sold them while learning about True Monarch Yi Yuan. The story left him determined to keep Earth Origin Star’s existence secret from the Sky River Realm.

• Chen Mobai practiced the Ice Spell until his throat was badly hoarse, then bought pear syrup paste to soothe it.
• Chen Mobai received hundreds of talismans, including an expensive Yi Wood Divine Thunder Talisman, and prepared for his Spell Duel.
• Chen Mobai teleported to the Sky River Realm and confirmed that Turtle Treasure returned him to his established arrival point.
• Chen Mobai sold lower- and mid-grade talismans on Green Light Island while practicing the Ice Spell and asking about suitable Demon Beasts.
• Chen Mobai read Lu Shu’s account of True Monarch Yi Yuan’s battle with the Yellow Dragon Demon Lord and resolved to conceal Earth Origin Star from the Sky River Realm.

After mastering the Ice Spell, Chen Mobai joined a Divine Wood Sect disciple’s group to hunt Black Armored Turtles and practice fighting. He returned to Green Light Island and continued joining hunting groups, steadily improving his combat skills.

• Chen Mobai mastered the Ice Spell after seven days of practice, then rested and checked his Spirit Stones and Talismans.
• Chen Mobai paid Qi Hou two Spirit Stones to join a group heading to hunt Black Armored Turtles in Cloud Dream Marsh.
• Qi Hou assigned the group their targets, and Chen Mobai faced two turtles while Ba Jiang and Ba Xing each fought one.
• Qi Hou and the Divine Wood Sect disciple surnamed Xi took the seven turtle corpses as the proceeds of their sect mission.
• Chen Mobai declined Ba Jiang’s invitation and spent the next ten days alternating rest days with hunting trips, gradually improving his combat skills.

Chen Mobai joined Qi Hou’s group to hunt in the Water Marsh, where they survived an attack by Black Plague Birds and spotted a powerful Bird King. After ending his outings with the group, Chen Mobai returned to his wooden house and remembered that his College Entrance Exam scores had been released, prompting him to return to Earth Origin Star.

• Chen Mobai and Qi Hou’s group fought off a flock of Black Plague Birds, and Qi Hou killed their leader with a Crimson Flame Sword Talisman.
• Qi Hou led the group away and saw a Second Grade Bird King gathering the surviving birds, so he marked the area as unsafe.
• Chen Mobai told Qi Hou he would stop joining the group to make Talismans, and Qi Hou recognized his cultivation and guessed he intended to join the Divine Wood Sect.
• Chen Mobai returned to his wooden house on Green Light Island and realized that twenty days had passed and his College Entrance Exam scores were out.

Chen Mobai celebrated his College Entrance Exam score of 345 with his family and found that his Spiritual Sense had grown substantially overnight. At school, rumors about him and Yan Bingxuan caused a stir before his teacher confirmed that he had topped the school.

• Chen Mobai's family celebrated his score of 345 and discussed applying to Pure Yang Academy or Supreme Origin Academy.
• Chen Mobai woke to find his Spiritual Sense had increased by nearly half after savoring his family's pride and admiration.
• Chen Mobai went to school and learned classmates believed he was involved with both Qing Nü and Yan Bingxuan.
• Chen Mobai used the Water Control Technique to pull spilled water back into his cup, impressing Song Zheng.
• Chai Deyun congratulated Chen Mobai on earning the school's highest College Entrance Exam score.

Chen Mobai learned that he had ranked first in the school, and Chai Deyun announced a special Training Class for students preparing for the Ten Great Academies' magic combat entrance exams. Chen Mobai and Song Zheng headed to the class with Mo Simin, who told them Yan Bingxuan would also attend.

• Chai Deyun announced that Chen Mobai had ranked first in the school, surprising the class.
• Chen Mobai told Lu Hongsheng that he was at Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, which explained his performance to his classmates.
• Chai Deyun presented the Ten Great Academies' cutoff scores, and Chen Mobai asked Song Zheng about his score and recent spell practice.
• Chai Deyun announced a special Training Class for students qualified to take the academies' entrance exams.
• Song Zheng invited Chen Mobai to head to the Training Class, and Chai Deyun gave them permission to go ahead.
• Chen Mobai invited Mo Simin to join them, and she said Yan Bingxuan would also attend the Training Class.