Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai challenged Nangong Xuanyu to a duel in Lesser Red Heaven and overwhelmingly defeated him in the Golden Core arena. In the Nascent Soul arena, Chen Mobai destroyed Nangong Xuanyu’s all-out sword strike without moving, then cut off his head again.

• Chen Mobai and Nangong Xuanyu agreed to fight in both the Golden Core and Nascent Soul arenas, prompting the Three Great Hall Lords to approve Lesser Red Heaven’s Nascent Soul arena.
• Chen Mobai defeated Nangong Xuanyu’s Jade Sun Sword Formation with Extreme Sun Slash while remaining in place, then severed his head.
• Chen Mobai entered the Nascent Soul arena, where Nangong Xuanyu unleashed a sword strike empowered by Great Sun Heavenly Solar Fire and Flame Explosion Technique.
• Chen Mobai used a purple-green flame to dissolve Nangong Xuanyu’s sword light, then cut off his head with Extreme Sun Slash.

Chen Mobai defeated Nangong Xuanyu in two spell duels, asserted his authority in the Immortal Affairs Hall, and secured the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill allocation meeting’s outcome. After returning to the Sky Mending Group and considering a Law Enforcement Hall post, he saw two Spirit Transmutation Edicts descend over Five Peaks Immortal Mountain.

• Chen Mobai defeated Nangong Xuanyu in the Nascent Soul Arena and explained that his Purple Green Divine Flame came from the Purple Green Demon Refining Heavenly Script and his Pure Yang Dharma Body.
• Chen Mobai ignored Ying Guanghua’s private offer, while Qi Yuheng pressured the meeting to proceed by the rules and the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill allocation was finalized.
• Immortal Sect officials gathered around Chen Mobai and offered resources, including a Fourth Tier courtyard, while Ying Guanghua’s dinner invitation was rebuffed.
• Chen Mobai told Pei Azurefrost that the Azurefrost Sword needed time to consolidate its growing spirituality, then promised to help Hua Zijing prepare for Core Formation.
• Chen Mobai returned to the Sky Mending Group and declined to immediately take Gongsun Jielü’s deputy master position; later, two Spirit Transmutation Edicts descended over Five Peaks Immortal Mountain.

After forming his Nascent Soul, Chen Mobai received summons from both Spirit Transmutation Ancestors and went to Immortal Gaze Peak, where Yu Huiping arranged for him to inherit the Wuqi Lineage’s standing. He descended the mountain after consolidating his cultivation and seeing how his rise strengthened his faction, then met Chen Chun, who invited him to visit Ancestor Qianxing.

• Ying Guanghua abandoned the Sky Mending Lineage’s plan to obstruct Chen Mobai after Old Ancestor Bai Guang and Ancestor Qianxing issued summons for him.
• Chen Mobai went to Immortal Gaze Peak, where Yu Huiping explained that Venerable Cheng Xuan had arranged for him to receive the Wuqi Lineage’s recognition and revealed that Old Ancestor Bai Guang was pursuing a sword realm above Spirit Transmutation.
• Chen Mobai consolidated his Nascent Soul cultivation on Immortal Gaze Peak while the Wuqi Lineage won key positions at the Opening the Origin Hall assembly in his absence.
• Chen Mobai visited the room where Chen Xiaohei had lived, painted a family scene, and told Shi Wanyu and Chen Xiaohei that he planned to return home and move them to Wangwu Cave Heaven.
• Yu Huiping congratulated Chen Mobai as he left Immortal Gaze Peak, and Chen Chun then arrived with Ancestor Qianxing’s invitation for him to go up the mountain.

After forming his Nascent Soul, Chen Mobai visited Ancestor Qianxing, who examined his Tushita Fire blueprints and explained how karmic lines and oaths could hinder a cultivator’s pursuit of Void Training. The chapter ended with Chen Mobai asking what would happen if another talented cultivator formed a Nascent Soul despite the Immortal Sect’s limit.

• Chen Mobai met Ancestor Qianxing on Immortal Gathering Peak and explained that he had gained Tushita Fire and the Tushita Eight Sceneries Lamp blueprints through Dao Awakening.
• Ancestor Qianxing used the blueprints to devise a Fourth Grade imitation lamp and told Chen Mobai that the sages Qingshi and Qingjing had also studied the lamp.
• Chen Mobai declined Ancestor Qianxing’s offer to use the Square Inch Book to assess his chances of Spirit Transmutation, choosing to rely on himself.
• Ancestor Qianxing explained that promises, Dao Heart Oaths, relatives, and official duties created karmic lines that could burden cultivators seeking Void Training.
• Chen Mobai realized that his role as Sect Leader and some of his oaths might leave lines attached to him, and he thanked Ancestor Qianxing for the warning.
• Ancestor Qianxing warned that the Immortal Sect needed to keep its Nascent Soul population below twenty, and Chen Mobai asked what would happen if another talented cultivator formed a Nascent Soul anyway.

Chen Mobai learned how the Immortal Sect rationed spiritual energy and secured Ancestor Qianxing’s permission to study the God Devouring Technique in hopes of freeing Yu Tianguang from a Divine Seed. After winning support from the Zhongli Family and arranging Core Formation preparations for Hua Zijing and Meng Huang'er, he left Wangwu Cave Heaven for Yumu City with Meng Huang'er.

• Ancestor Qianxing explained Earth Origin Star’s Spirit Transformation limits, Nascent Soul quotas, and preparations for the approaching World Opening War, including a scouting mission in about ten years.
• Chen Mobai asked to study the God Devouring Technique to help Yu Tianguang, and Ancestor Qianxing approved and sent him his research notes.
• Ancestor Qianxing proposed an additional cauldron of Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills every ten years, and Chen Mobai agreed to help communicate the plan to the other lineages.
• Chen Mobai met Zhongli Zheng and secured the Zhongli Family’s support for his future leadership in the Law Enforcement Hall, while promising to help Zhongli Tianyu pursue Nascent Soul formation.
• After returning to Wangwu Cave Heaven, Chen Mobai arranged a Spirit Gathering Formation and five High-grade Spirit Stones for Hua Zijing, and helped Meng Huang'er prepare for Core Formation.
• Chen Mobai and Meng Huang'er boarded his private flight toward Yumu City, stopping along the way at Chicheng Cave Heaven.

Chen Mobai visited Wuqi Dao Academy after forming his Nascent Soul, accepted the future role of principal, and chose Pure Yang as his Dao Name. Just as he was preparing to move with Shi Wanyu and Chen Xiaohei, his aunt Chen Yulan died, and her husband Wang Jianyuan passed away beside her.

• Chen Mobai met with Che Yucheng and the Wuqi Dao Academy department heads, who confirmed Venerable Cheng Xuan had named him the next principal, though Chen Mobai chose to remain in the Law Enforcement Hall for now.
• Chen Mobai considered Dao Names suggested by Bian Jingchun, his family, and Wenren Xuewei, then chose Pure Yang after Yan Bingxuan endorsed it.
• Chen Mobai and Shi Wanyu reminisced over her old clothes before preparing to move to Wangwu Cave Heaven with Chen Xiaohei.
• Chen Mobai postponed the family's trip after learning that his aunt Chen Yulan had died, and he went to Vermilion Cloud City with Shi Wanyu and Chen Xiaohei.
• At Chen Yulan's bedside, Wang Jianyuan spoke with Chen Mobai and their family, then died while holding his daughter's hand.

After returning from the Immortal Sect, Chen Mobai revealed his Nascent Soul formation to the Five Elements Sect and began planning to destroy Xuanxiao Dao Palace with help from Kong Sang Valley. He traveled to the Kong Sang Valley branch courtyard to seek Ancestor Muqin, but found only Yi Chenghan and confronted him with the Taiyi Five Smoke Net.

• Chen Baolan decided to return to Extreme North Cave Heaven, while Chen Mobai stayed in Vermilion Cloud City to comfort Wang Xinying before returning to the Sky River Realm.
• Chen Mobai concealed his aura to avert a Heavenly Tribulation at Tianpeng Mountain, then told Qing Nü that he had formed his Nascent Soul and planned to take revenge on Xuanxiao Dao Palace.
• Chen Mobai explained his plan to Zhou Shengqing and Fu Zongjue, proposing an alliance with Kong Sang Valley and giving Zhou Shengqing Three Lights Divine Water and his Nascent Soul formation insights for Mo Douguang.
• Chen Mobai learned that the Five Elements Sect was thriving but that Yue Zutao wanted stronger protection for its growing trade in Eastern Earth.
• Chen Mobai traveled to the Kong Sang Valley branch courtyard and found Ancestor Muqin and True Person Mingwen absent, then entered the formation and confronted Yi Chenghan.
• Yi Chenghan attacked Chen Mobai with the courtyard's Fourth Tier Great Formation, but Chen Mobai's Taiyi Five Smoke Net blocked the assault and shattered the bamboo-shadow sphere.

Chen Mobai revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation to Yi Chenghan, hoping to draw Kong Sang Valley into an alliance against Xuanxiao Dao Palace, then gathered Five Elements Sect leaders to return to Primordial Immortal City. There, he confronted Zhou Ye over the One Yuan Secret Realm and Five Elements Spirit Tree, leaving Zhou Ye stunned when Chen countered his threatened divine thunder with Primordial True Qi.

• Chen Mobai broke through Yi Chenghan's formation, revealed his identity as a Nascent Soul cultivator, and asked him to keep the news secret; Yi Chenghan hurried to report it to Ancestor Muqin.
• Chen Mobai waited in North Abyss City for Kong Sang Valley to respond, while Five Elements Sect leaders assembled and discussed securing a fifth Core Formation cultivator for their Five Elements Dao Soldiers.
• Chen Mobai proposed that the group visit Primordial Immortal City to settle Zhou Ye's dispute and enter the One Yuan Secret Realm, then traveled there with Zhou Shengqing, Nu Jiang, Sheng Zhaoxi, and Mo Douguang.
• When Zhou Ye refused to hand over his Jade Pendant and threatened to detonate the Primordial Five Elements Annihilation Divine Thunder, Chen Mobai wrapped the group in Primordial True Qi and invited him to activate it.

After forming a Nascent Soul, Chen Mobai took control of the One Yuan Secret Realm and discovered the secrets behind its Five Elements Spirit Tree and a powerful magic tool. He found the Heavenly Origin Bead buried beneath the tree and joined it to the Five Extremes Heavenly Heart Pendant.

• Chen Mobai revealed his Nascent Soul formation, prompting Zhou Ye to apologize and hand over the Earth Meridian jade pendant and the method for opening the One Yuan Secret Realm.
• Chen Mobai combined the five jade pendants into a large pendant, opened the secret realm, and assigned Zhou Ye to guide the others to the Five-Colored Sheji Platform.
• Chen Mobai used Heaven-reaching Blessing to learn how True Monarch Yi Yuan had repaired the secret realm’s spiritual veins and discovered that transplanting the Five Elements Spirit Tree would require moving the entire realm.
• Chen Mobai linked the jade pendant to himself and learned it was one-third of the fifth-tier Five Extremes Heavenly Heart Pendant, which could defend against Five Elements spells and aid cultivation of Primordial True Qi.
• Chen Mobai realized that True Monarch Yi Yuan had buried the pendant’s Heavenly Origin Bead beneath the Five Elements Spirit Tree, excavated it, and fitted the large jade pendant over it.

Chen Mobai took the Heavenly Origin Bead from the One Yuan Secret Realm and placed it in his Realm Domain, then received True Monarch Yi Yuan's deeper Primordial Dao inheritance and brought Zhou Ye into the Five Elements Sect's plans. As Chen Mobai prepared to lead an assault on Xuanxiao Dao Palace, he learned that Ancestor Muqin had fought at full strength alongside Kuzhu and repelled the allied forces of Sun Bathing Sea and Xuanxiao Dao Palace.

• Chen Mobai replaced the Heavenly Origin Bead in the One Yuan Secret Realm with the Taiyi Five Smoke Net and moved the bead into his Realm Domain to cultivate Five Elements Spirit Soil.
• Chen Mobai spoke with Zhou Ye about his Nascent Soul plans, offered his own Nascent Soul Formation experience, and agreed to help remove Zhou Ye's Primordial Five Elements Annihilation Divine Thunder.
• Chen Mobai received True Monarch Yi Yuan's inheritance on the Earth Element Sheji Platform, including the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light Ray, then led Zhou Ye and the others out of the Secret Realm.
• Chen Mobai and Zhou Ye discussed the coming war with Xuanxiao Dao Palace, agreed to keep Chunyu Su under house arrest, and began organizing the Five Elements Dao Soldiers.
• Chen Mobai learned from Shen Shanqing that Ancestor Muqin and Kuzhu had broken the armies of Sun Bathing Sea and Xuanxiao Dao Palace despite reports that Muqin could no longer fight.

Chen Mobai prepared to face his Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation while the Five Elements Sect watched, publicly presenting the event as the Golden Sun Spirit Tree’s advancement. As the tribulation began, the Purple Lightning Sword absorbed the thunder and seemed to break through a threshold in its spirituality.

• Chen Mobai heard that the Eastern Yi’s four Nascent Soul Cultivators were locked in a desperate battle and rejected Zhou Shengqing’s proposal to invade before learning its outcome.
• Chen Mobai sent Zhou Shengqing and several Foundation Establishment disciples to gather intelligence in the Eastern Yi and search for the missing Chu Zuoshu.
• Chen Mobai arranged to undergo his Heavenly Tribulation in North Abyss City alongside the Golden Sun Spirit Tree, with the Nine Palaces Formation activated to protect the city.
• Zhuo Ming brought the Five Elements Spirit Tree seedling and helped trigger the Golden Sun Spirit Tree’s advancement, while Chen Mobai gathered sect cultivators to witness the tribulation.
• Chen Mobai revealed his Nascent Soul aura and flew into the storm, where the Purple Lightning Sword absorbed the Tribulation Thunder as its spirituality advanced and the Azurefrost Sword asked for the same opportunity.

Chen Mobai passed his Nascent Soul tribulation by using its powers to advance the Purple Lightning Sword, Azurefrost Sword, and Longevity Wood, then returned to the Immortal Sect and resumed his duties. After settling his family in Wangwu Cave Heaven, he attended a meeting that approved three Wuqi Lineage candidates for Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills.

• Chen Mobai used the tribulation thunder to advance the Purple Lightning Sword to the Fifth Order, then let Azurefrost Sword absorb the Frost Wind Cold Tide and defeated the final Kui Water Yin Thunder with the Heavenly Origin Bead.
• Chen Mobai celebrated the successful tribulation and the Longevity Wood's advancement with Fourth Tier Immortal Peach Wine; Zhou Ye refined the wine for three days and completed his Primordial True Qi.
• Chen Mobai returned to Vermilion Cloud City, invited Wang Xinying to join his family in Wangwu Cave Heaven, and accepted her choice to remain near her parents' memories.
• Chen Mobai brought Shi Wanyu and Chen Xiaohei to Wangwu Cave Heaven, where Zhuang Jialan helped settle them and took Chen Xiaohei to handle her transfer and promotion paperwork.
• Chen Mobai attended the Finance Department's Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill allocation meeting, where Zhuang Jialan, Ming Yihua, and Yun Yangbing were approved for the Wuqi Lineage.

Chen Mobai secured Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills for his friends and secretary, then attended a meeting to set Wuqi and Gomang political priorities. The chapter ended with him deciding to bring meticulous secretary Zhuang Jialan with him to the Enforcement Department after his promotion.

• Chen Mobai told Ming Yihua that he had recommended him and Yun Yangbing for Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills, and the three agreed to meet after the pills were refined.
• The Immortal Affairs Hall approved Chen Mobai's Dao Name, Pure Yang, and the title's public announcement sparked rumors about the Pure Yang Orthodox that Nangong Xuanyu tried to counter.
• Zhuang Jialan thanked Chen Mobai for securing her a Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill, and he praised her careful work and discretion.
• At Opening the Origin Hall, Chen Mobai and the Wuqi and Gomang representatives agreed to advance him toward the Law Enforcement Hall Deputy Master position through a series of promotions.
• Pei Azurefrost invited Chen Mobai to dinner to thank him for helping the Gomang Dao Academy receive two pills, and he accepted to discuss the Azurefrost Sword and Tushita Fire.
• Zhuang Jialan reported that she had arranged support for Chen Xiaohei at her new job, and Chen Mobai decided to leave her in charge of the Sky Mending Group while taking her with him to the Enforcement Department after his promotion.

Chen Mobai told Pei Azurefrost about his Tushita Fire, prompting her to reveal the secrets of the Longevity Immortal Bloodline and her mother’s origins. He gave Pei Azurefrost a wisp of Tushita Fire to help purify her bloodline, while agreeing to nurture her slumbering Azurefrost Sword.

• Pei Azurefrost recognized that Chen Mobai had cultivated Tushita Fire and explained that she had chosen the Azurefrost Sword to pursue it for her Longevity Immortal Bloodline.
• Pei Azurefrost revealed that the Gomang Lineage inherited the Longevity Immortal path, and that her mother was a Flat Peach pit brought to Earth Origin Star by Old Ancestor Changchun.
• Pei Azurefrost explained that the Evergreen Technique could lead to the Longevity Immortal Realm, while Chen Mobai considered having Qing Nü cultivate it.
• Chen Mobai showed Pei Azurefrost the slumbering Azurefrost Sword and explained that it had gained tremendous benefits from his Nascent Soul breakthrough and sword cultivation.
• Pei Azurefrost asked Chen Mobai to continue nurturing the Azurefrost Sword, and he promised to care for it like Purple Lightning.
• Chen Mobai gave Pei Azurefrost a wisp of Tushita Fire, but it burned her hands when she tried to touch it, so he drew it back and offered to help her use it.

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Chen Mobai learned that Peach Blossom Venerable could condense a Small Flat Peach Fruit that would grant a Nascent Soul cultivator 150 years of cultivation, and he considered helping her advance to Spirit Transformation. After returning home, he encouraged Chen Xiaohei to visit Yu Huiping and examined her newly refined jade tablet before agreeing to help her communicate with her Lingxiao Jade Pendant.

• Pei Azurefrost told Chen Mobai that the Small Flat Peach Fruit could grant a Nascent Soul cultivator 150 years of cultivation and revealed that Peach Blossom Venerable’s advancement depended on the Immortal Sect’s spiritual qi resources.
• Chen Mobai told Pei Azurefrost he would raise the matter with Old Ancestor Bai Guang and Ancestor Qianxing, then returned to his courtyard and reassured Shi Wanyu that Chen Xiaohei was on her way home.
• At dinner the next evening, Chen Mobai urged Chen Xiaohei to visit Yu Huiping on Immortal Gaze Peak, and Shi Wanyu offered to accompany her.
• Chen Xiaohei showed Chen Mobai the Fourth Grade jade tablet made by Wuqi Dao Academy’s Artifact Refining Department from her Ten Thousand Year Warm Jade.
• Chen Mobai asked Chen Xiaohei to lend him her Taiyi Five Smoke Net, but she offered him her Lingxiao Jade Pendant so he could help her communicate with it.

Chen Mobai used a top-grade spirit stone and promises of future nourishment to win the Lingxiao Jade Pendant’s favor and persuade it to protect Chen Xiaohei. After seeing Shi Wanyu and Chen Xiaohei settled on Five Peaks Immortal Mountain, he returned home and prepared to go to the Sky River Realm to destroy Xuanxiao Dao Palace.

• Chen Mobai awakened the Lingxiao Jade Pendant, offered it a top-grade spirit stone, and arranged to nourish it before returning it to Chen Xiaohei.
• Chen Xiaohei saw the Taiyi Five Smoke Net shine brighter in Chen Mobai’s hands than it had in hers and felt slighted.
• Chen Mobai spent three days nourishing the Lingxiao Jade Pendant and promised it a top-grade spirit stone every ten years and extra high-grade spirit stones if it guarded Chen Xiaohei.
• Chen Xiaohei received the Lingxiao Jade Pendant, whose Artifact Spirit praised Chen Mobai and urged her to be filial to him.
• Chen Mobai escorted Shi Wanyu and Chen Xiaohei to Yu Huiping on Five Peaks Immortal Mountain, then arranged for Yan Bingxuan to receive a Water Origin Golden Core Pill.
• Chen Mobai returned home, left behind his Formless Puppet, and prepared to return to the Sky River Realm to train the Five Elements Dao Soldiers and destroy Xuanxiao Dao Palace.

Chen Mobai led preparations for the Five Elements Sect’s expedition to Eastern Yi, then used the sect’s Ten-Thousand Cultivator Grand Formation to raise his Pure Yang Scroll cultivation to Nascent Soul Fifth Layer. While testing the Five Elements Dao Soldiers in the Desolate Ruins, he encountered the Fourth Grade Golden Eye Jade Toad and was struck by its poisonous gaze.

• Chen Mobai gave Zhou Wangshen detailed insights into the Longevity Dao Body and advised the group preparing to gather information in Eastern Yi.
• Zhou Shengqing left for Eastern Yi with Zhou Wangshen and other disciples, while Chen Mobai advised Song Huangda and the remaining members of the expedition.
• Chen Mobai went to the Desolate Ruins, where Nujiang commanded the Five Elements Sect’s ten-thousand-cultivator formation.
• The formation’s power raised Chen Mobai’s Pure Yang Scroll cultivation to Nascent Soul Fifth Layer before he flew into the Desolate Ruins to test the Dao Soldiers against Demon Beasts.
• Chen Mobai killed two Third Grade Demon Beasts, then halted at a great river as the formation’s power waned with distance from Eastern Wasteland.
• The Fourth Grade Golden Eye Jade Toad’s gaze poisoned Chen Mobai’s Spiritual Sense and disrupted his body, but Morning Bell roused him and the Phoenix Facing Sun Diagram helped his poison immunity expel the toxin.

Chen Mobai tested the Five Elements Dao Soldiers, learned that Old Ancestor Jin Feng and Old Ancestor Bai Wu had returned from the Mysterious Sea, and sent Yu Lian to seek news from Kong Sang Valley. Meanwhile, Old Ancestor Bai Wu confronted Zhu Yun over her actions in Golden Crow Immortal City, then accepted her explanation and summoned her to him.

• Chen Mobai survived the Golden Eye Jade Toad’s miasma, marked another Fourth Grade Demon Beast on the Desolate Ruins Map, and returned to the Five Elements Sect’s camp.
• Chen Mobai mastered the Five Elements Dao Soldiers and found that his External Incarnation could control them with power equivalent to the Nascent Soul Sixth Layer.
• Chen Mobai read Zhou Shengqing’s report that Old Ancestor Jin Feng and Old Ancestor Bai Wu had returned from the Mysterious Sea and withdrawn their armies from Kong Sang Valley.
• Chen Mobai told Yu Lian to ask True Person Mingwen and Yi Chenghan whether Mu Qin and Kuzhu had returned to Kong Sang Valley.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu demanded an explanation from Zhu Yun for sealing Golden Crow Immortal City’s teleportation array, then heard her account of the Big Dipper Assembly and dismissed the other disciples.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu called Zhu Yun to him, and she undressed and entered his arms.

Old Ancestor Bai Wu spared Kong Sang Valley after Hidden Abyss Island intervened in the battle between Eastern Yi’s Nascent Souls, then planned to direct Xuanxiao Dao Palace toward the Eastern Wasteland. Chen Mobai let a disguised Xuanxiao Dao Palace scouting party into North Abyss City, where it gathered planted intelligence and departed seven days later.

• Zhou Zhenghai warned Liu Nansheng not to antagonize Zhu Yun, and Liu invited him to drink White Dew Sparrow Tongue.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu told Zhu Yun that a black-robed cultivator from Hidden Abyss Island had taken Kuzhu to attempt its legacy trial, prompting him to spare Kong Sang Valley.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu decided to encourage Xuanxiao Dao Palace to move to the Eastern Wasteland, while dismissing intelligence that Chen Mobai might have undergone Nascent Soul tribulation.
• Zhu Yun visited Xuanxiao Dao Palace, which then harvested its medicinal fields and dispatched cultivators toward the Eastern Wasteland.
• Zhou Shengqing learned that Mu Qin and Kuzhu were alive, delayed an elite Xuanxiao Dao Palace squad with Demon Beasts, and reported its movements to Chen Mobai.
• Chen Mobai concealed Five Elements Sect cultivators and allowed a disguised Xuanxiao Dao Palace scouting party into North Abyss City; seven days later, the party left with the surface-level intelligence he had prepared.