Chapter Summaries

Xuanxiao Dao Palace mobilized to invade the Eastern Wasteland, hoping to avenge its losses and seize the Five Elements Sect’s territory. Zhou Shengqing and Chen Mobai prepared the Five Elements Sect’s forces for the invasion, and the chapter ended as Old Ancestor Jin Feng entered their battle formation.

• Old Ancestor Jin Feng gave Xuan Guang the sect’s Dao Scripture and Jade Book and ordered him to lead Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s forces toward the Eastern Wasteland.
• Xuan Guang learned that Luo Yixuan and Yin Qingmei would hold their Core Formation Ceremony in North Abyss City and saw an opportunity to attack the Five Elements Sect’s leaders together.
• Zhou Shengqing watched Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s army depart, then left Zhou Wangshen and others to guard Mingjing Mountain’s Spirit Plants.
• Zhou Shengqing reached Chen Mobai and joined the Five Elements Sect’s assembled forces, which included its senior cultivators and five Dao Soldiers.
• Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s Golden Bridge Battle Formation broke through the Five Elements Dao Soldiers’ defensive barrier, and Old Ancestor Jin Feng stepped into their formation.

Chen Mobai and Zhou Shengqing confronted Old Ancestor Jin Feng as Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s forces entered the Five Elements Dao Soldiers Grand Array. Chen Mobai wounded Jin Feng with the Purple Lightning Sword, but Jin Feng sealed the sword with Falling Treasure Golden Light just as Zhou Shengqing attacked.

• Old Ancestor Jin Feng led Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s forces into the Five Elements Dao Soldiers Grand Array, where the disciples formed the Arrow-Off-String Formation.
• Chen Mobai and Zhou Shengqing revealed their Nascent Soul cultivation and confronted Jin Feng, who realized the Five Elements Sect had hidden its strength.
• Chen Mobai brought out his treasures and attacked Jin Feng with the Fifth Order Purple Lightning Sword, breaking through the Xuanxiao Golden Armor and cutting Jin Feng at the waist.
• Jin Feng used Falling Treasure Golden Light to sever Chen Mobai’s connection to the Purple Lightning Sword.
• Zhou Shengqing attacked Jin Feng with green light needles as Jin Feng tried to recover.

Chen Mobai and Zhou Shengqing fought Old Ancestor Jin Feng as the Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s formations threatened the Five Elements Sect. Chen Mobai stopped the Sun Shooting Arrow with his External Incarnation and the Heavenly Origin Bead, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Old Ancestor Jin Feng destroyed Zhou Shengqing’s Heavenly Wood Divine Needle and attacked both cultivators, but Chen Mobai’s Taiyi Five Smoke Net blocked the blades aimed at him.
• Old Ancestor Jin Feng opened a gap in Zhou Shengqing’s Golden Tempest Pearl and struck at him with the Sun Shooting Divine Halberd Technique, but Chen Mobai intercepted it and melted the Golden Halberd with his Extreme Sun Slash.
• An Arrow-Off-String Formation struck the Jia Wood Dao Soldier, so Chen Mobai summoned his External Incarnation, shattered the formation, and cut down three more golden arrows with the Azurefrost Sword.
• Chen Mobai brought out the Tushita Fire as Old Ancestor Jin Feng condensed the power of four formations into the Sun Shooting Arrow and launched it at him.
• The Sun Shooting Arrow broke through the Taiyi Five Smoke Net, but Chen Mobai empowered his External Incarnation with the Heavenly Origin Bead and stopped the arrow with one five-colored finger.

Chen Mobai fought Old Ancestor Jin Feng while the Five Elements Sect broke Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s formations and routed its forces. After Jin Feng’s final attack missed, the freed Purple Lightning Sword beheaded him.

• Old Ancestor Jin Feng mistook Chen Mobai for a Holy Son of the Primordial Unity Dao Palace and fought him with his Fifth Tier Magic Tools and Sun Shooting Divine Halberd Technique.
• Zhou Shengqing broke Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s battle formation, forcing its cultivators to flee as Five Elements Sect cultivators pursued them.
• Xuan Guang merged the remaining formations into a Golden Shield Battle Formation and arranged for Xuanyi and Xuanwo to carry away the sect’s inheritance, but Zhou Shengqing soon broke through it.
• Old Ancestor Jin Feng unleashed his life-consuming Sun Shooting Divine Halberd Technique, but Chen Mobai evaded it with Void Walking and the attack struck the ground.
• Old Ancestor Jin Feng asked whether Chen Mobai was from Taixu Misty Palace, and the Purple Lightning Sword broke free and cut off his head.

Chen Mobai and the Five Elements Sect forces defeated the Xuanxiao Dao Palace cultivators after killing Old Ancestor Jin Feng, then moved to seize the palace’s territory and spoils. The chapter ended with Chen Mobai recognizing a jade book recovered from Xuanyi’s storage bag as a possible Immortal Book Jade Slip.

• Chen Mobai and Zhou Shengqing burned Old Ancestor Jin Feng’s corpse to ash, then agreed that Zhou Shengqing would lead the Wood Meridian cultivators to Eastern Yi while Chen Mobai stayed to handle the aftermath.
• Mo Douguang killed True Person Xuan Guang, and Zhou Ye defeated and killed Xuanyi, taking her storage bag and Dharma robe.
• Xuanwo tried to escape with a Heaven Escaping Talisman, but Chen Mobai struck him out of the void with Void Blade, allowing Sheng Zhaoxi and Nu Jiang to kill him.
• Zhou Ye gave Chen Mobai a jade book from Xuanyi’s storage bag, and Chen Mobai identified it as possibly an Immortal Book Jade Slip.

Chen Mobai discovered that the treasures recovered from Xuanxiao Dao Palace included an Immortal Book Jade Slip and a manual deciphering it, which contained rare pills that could aid Spirit Transformation. After learning the inheritance came from Water Mother Palace, he kept it secret and led an army toward Mingjing Mountain to secure the remaining records.

• Chen Mobai struggled to understand the Immortal Book Jade Slip’s golden runes until Sheng Zhaoxi and Nujiang brought him the Immortal Book Deciphering Manual.
• Chen Mobai learned that the manual explained thirteen Fourth Grade pill formulas and three Fifth Order Taiyi pills that could aid Water Attribute cultivators in reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Mobai discovered that Water Mother Palace successor Yu Chan had left behind the manual and jade slip, and he told Sheng Zhaoxi, Nujiang, and Zhou Ye to keep the treasures secret.
• Chen Mobai ordered Sheng Zhaoxi and Nujiang to clear the battlefield, spare those who submitted under Restrictions, and direct them into hard labor or a penal army.
• Chen Mobai gathered Four Thousand Five Elements Sect Cultivators, including Luo Yixuan, and set out with Zhou Ye and Mo Douguang to reach Mingjing Mountain before its remaining treasures could be taken.

Chen Mobai led the Five Elements Sect’s assault on Mingjing Mountain, dismantling Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s teleportation arrays and seizing its hidden treasures and inheritance. After Chen Mobai destroyed the formation’s defenders, the sect’s army took the mountain and its resources, securing a strong foundation for the Five Elements Sect.

• Chen Mobai told Zhou Shengqing about the Immortal Book Jade Slip, and they agreed to capture Mingjing Mountain before anyone could escape.
• Chen Mobai entered Mingjing Mountain, took the treasures and inheritance stored near its hidden teleportation arrays, and destroyed all six arrays.
• As Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s remaining cultivators fought over the empty vaults and Scripture Pavilion, Luo Yixuan and his companions killed those who tried to flee.
• Zhou Shengqing surrounded Mingjing Mountain with the Five Elements Sect army while Chen Mobai studied the mountain’s history and resolved that it should belong to the Five Elements Sect.
• Chen Mobai killed the cultivators controlling the Golden Light Formation, allowing Zhou Shengqing’s forces to break in and overwhelm the resistance.
• The Five Elements Sect secured Mingjing Mountain, protected its high-tier Herb Fields, and collected Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s resources as its remaining disciples surrendered.

Old Ancestor Bai Wu weighed Sun Bathing Sea’s response to Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s destruction and chose to avoid making an enemy of the Five Elements Sect. He ordered Chu Zuoshu released and sent with an apology, while Sun Bathing Sea tried to secure as much of Duo Jiu Mountain’s spirit stone mine as possible.

• Old Ancestor Bai Wu ordered Xu Yingsheng to remove the spirit stones from Duo Jiu Mountain and assigned the sect’s Earth Masters to speed up mining.
• Zhu Yun proposed killing the imprisoned Chu Zuoshu to conceal Sun Bathing Sea’s involvement, but Old Ancestor Bai Wu decided to release and escort him to the Five Elements Sect with an apology letter.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu explained that Sun Bathing Sea should preserve its strength and avoid provoking the Five Elements Sect ahead of the coming Wilderness Opening.
• Zhu Yun suggested Liu Nansheng deliver Chu Zuoshu, and Old Ancestor Bai Wu assigned him the task despite his reluctance.
• Liu Nansheng took the weakened Chu Zuoshu and Bai Wu’s letter toward the Five Elements Sect, while dark clouds covered the evening sky over Golden Crow Immortal City.

Old Ancestor Bai Wu refused the Hidden Abyss Island cultivator's demand to help destroy Kong Sang Valley, despite the offer of a Great Yellow Pill. Meanwhile, Chen Mobai organized the Five Elements Sect's takeover of Xuanxiao Dao Palace's assets and considered a new currency for the Eastern Wasteland.

• The Hidden Abyss Island cultivator asked Old Ancestor Bai Wu to destroy Kong Sang Valley so Kuzhu could overcome his attachment to it, and offered a Great Yellow Pill as payment.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu refused, weighing the political risks and the danger of provoking the Five Elements Sect, and returned to Golden Crow Immortal City after the cultivator vanished beneath the sea.
• At Mingjing Mountain, Chen Mobai used the Square Inch Book to audit Xuanxiao Dao Palace's herb-field records and sent Luo Yixuan, Yin Qingmei, and other disciples to claim the scattered fields.
• Chen Mobai asked Zhou Shengqing to secure the Five Elements Sect's rights to Duo Jiu Mountain's Large Spirit Stone Mine, and Zhou Shengqing set out with one hundred cultivators and Mo Douguang.
• Chen Mobai considered minting small-denomination currency from crushed spirit stones found in abandoned mines to make trade easier and strengthen the Five Elements Sect's control over the Eastern Wasteland economy.

Chen Mobai halted the pursuit of Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s fleeing disciples and sent Zhou Ye to seek cooperation with Eastern Yi’s major families. While inspecting Old Ancestor Jin Feng’s storage bag, Chen Mobai found immense wealth, precious inheritances, rare medicinal ingredients, and a Fifth Order blue gem that he recognized as the main ingredient for the Primordial Water Birth Pill.

• Chen Mobai learned Zhou Ye had captured 367 Xuanxiao Dao Palace disciples, including seven Foundation Establishment cultivators, and gave him a list of sixteen Eastern Yi families to approach.
• Chen Mobai stopped the pursuit of the remaining disciples, intending to consolidate Xuanxiao Dao Palace’s territory without further bloodshed.
• Chen Mobai opened Old Ancestor Jin Feng’s storage bag and found seven Top-grade Spirit Stones, eight thousand High-grade Spirit Stones, and valuable alchemy and cultivation inheritances.
• Chen Mobai collected Jin Feng’s pills, forty-six kinds of Fourth Tier medicinal ingredients, and rare ores, while suppressing his sudden greed.
• Chen Mobai identified a Fifth Order blue gem in the storage bag as the main ingredient for the Primordial Water Birth Pill.

Chen Mobai considered using the Abyssal Blue Pearl to improve his Water Spiritual Root, then confronted Sun Bathing Sea over Chu Zuoshu’s imprisonment. He secured Chu’s release and demanded compensation, leaving Sun Bathing Sea to consider his warning of war.

• Chen Mobai decided to absorb the Innate Water Element Essence in the Abyssal Blue Pearl and later give the remaining fifth-tier material to Qing Nü.
• Liu Nansheng brought Chu Zuoshu to Mingjing Mountain and apologized on behalf of Sun Bathing Sea.
• Chen Mobai dismissed Chu Zuoshu to rest, then demanded two-thirds of Nine Jiu Mountain’s spirit stone mine and warned Sun Bathing Sea that another unjust detention would mean war.
• Liu Nansheng left to report Chen Mobai’s demands to Old Ancestor Bai Wu.
• Chen Mobai comforted Chu Zuoshu, gave him lifespan-extending pills and Longevity Tree Sap, and encouraged him to recover and pursue Core Formation.

Chen Mobai arranged medicine gathering and secured cooperation with Eastern Yi forces while Zhou Shengqing reported the depletion of Duo Jiu Mountain’s spirit stone mine. Zhou Ye chose to remain in the Five Elements Sect rather than leave to avenge his clan, and Chen Mobai gave him guidance on forming a Nascent Soul.

• Chen Mobai gave Luo Xueer a list of ingredients for Qing Nü’s Water Origin Golden Core Pill, an Azure Dragon Ginseng, and a protective Great Yang Sword Talisman before she left to gather supplies.
• Zhou Shengqing returned from Duo Jiu Mountain and reported that Xu Yingsheng had stripped the mine’s central vein; Chen Mobai ordered the Five Elements Sect to mine the remaining ore.
• Zhou Ye returned with gifts and representatives from Eastern Yi’s forces, and Chen Mobai accepted their cooperation agreements while sending a pair of Cloud Rain Sect cultivators home.
• Chen Mobai refused Zhou Ye’s request to avenge his clan by killing the Eastern Wu Sun Family’s Core Formation Cultivators, telling him to leave the sect if he pursued revenge.
• Zhou Ye chose to stay in the Five Elements Sect for the Nascent Soul Formation Experience, and Chen Mobai gave him a jade slip containing his insights on using Primordial True Qi to form a Nascent Soul.

Chen Mobai welcomed Kong Sang Valley's envoys, gave them the method for cultivating Third Tier Pure Clean Bamboo Spirit Rice, and later reached a temporary peace agreement with Sun Bathing Sea through Yu Shuji. Yu Shuji then revealed that Venerable Blazing Sun of Fire Cloud Palace had come to support Old Ancestor Bai Wu, raising questions about the Burning Heaven Five Meridians' involvement.

• True Person Mingwen and Yi Chenghan told Chen Mobai that Kuzhu was receiving Hidden Abyss Island's legacy and presented him with Pure Clean bamboo seedlings.
• Chen Mobai gave Kong Sang Valley the cultivation method for Third Tier Pure Clean Bamboo Spirit Rice as a return gift and explained that its seeds would arrive later from the Eastern Wasteland.
• Yu Shuji offered to mediate between the Five Elements Sect and Sun Bathing Sea, and Chen Mobai rejected meeting Old Ancestor Bai Wu at Eastern Peak.
• Yu Shuji's mediation produced a temporary peace agreement: the Five Elements Sect inherited Xuanxiao Dao Palace's holdings in Eastern Yi, while the Duo Jiu Mountain mine would be shared after five years.
• Yu Shuji told Chen Mobai that Venerable Blazing Sun of Fire Cloud Palace had been invited by Old Ancestor Bai Wu to support Sun Bathing Sea.

Chen Mobai learned that Starry Skies Dao Sect wanted him to use his supposed Primordial Unity Dao Palace identity to secure a Tong Sheng Zhen Ling Pill without surrendering its Three Lights Divine Water formula. Yu Shuji left believing Chen Mobai was the Azure Emperor Dao Son, while Chen Mobai was dismayed that his false identity had spread across Eastern Continent.

• Yu Shuji explained that the Eastern Earth Holy Lands planned to open the Desolate Ruins and that Burning Heaven Five Meridians were negotiating together for a Tong Sheng Zhen Ling Pill.
• Yu Shuji revealed that Starry Skies Dao Sect had considered trading its Three Lights Divine Water formula for a pill, but Venerable Xingyun and other elders opposed the plan.
• Yu Shuji asked Chen Mobai to use his supposed Primordial Unity Dao Palace status to obtain a pill, offering Three Lights Divine Water at cost in return.
• Chen Mobai denied being a Dao Child, but Yu Shuji said Old Ancestor Bai Wu had proclaimed him the Azure Emperor Dao Son and that Primordial Unity Dao Palace might soon contact him.
• Yu Shuji left Chen Mobai two Message Talismans, one for himself and one for Venerable Xingyun, while Chen Mobai regretted impersonating the Dao Child.

Chen Mobai refused Sun Bathing Sea’s proposal to destroy Kong Sang Valley, while Old Ancestor Bai Wu decided to release the Poison Dragon to hinder the Five Elements Sect. After arranging for Zhou Shengqing to guard Eastern Yi, Chen Mobai returned toward the Eastern Wasteland and reached Tianpeng Mountain.

• Old Ancestor Bai Wu sent Liu Nansheng to propose that the Five Elements Sect and Sun Bathing Sea destroy Kong Sang Valley, but Chen Mobai refused.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu ordered Zhu Yun and Xu Yingsheng to release the Poison Dragon Demon Beast from its seal in Cloud Dream Marsh.
• The Five Elements Sect consolidated its control over Eastern Yi, and Chen Mobai left Zhou Shengqing, Mo Douguang, Zhou Ye, and Fu Zongjue to oversee the territory.
• Chen Mobai met Nu Jiang near the Eastern Wasteland and ordered him to withdraw the Five Elements Sect’s disciples because the war was over.
• Chen Mobai traveled through Giant Wood Ridge and arrived at Tianpeng Mountain in Yun County.

Chen Mobai returned to Tianpeng Mountain and reunited with Qing Nü, sharing the spoils from Xuanxiao Dao Palace and planning how to use the Abyssal Blue Pearl. They successfully refined ten Water Origin Golden Core Pills, after which Chen Mobai left for North Abyss City to oversee the distribution of Core Formation resources.

• Chen Mobai reunited with Qing Nü at Tianpeng Mountain and praised her care of the recovering Five-Horned Ancient Maple.
• Chen Mobai showed Qing Nü the medicinal herbs, pill formulas, and Abyssal Blue Pearl he had taken from Xuanxiao Dao Palace, and they discussed its possible uses.
• Qing Nü told Chen Mobai she had prepared the ingredients for Water Origin Golden Core Pills, and after three days together they began refining them with help from Yan Shaoyin and the others.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü successfully refined ten Water Origin Golden Core Pills without Pill Toxin, while Qing Nü continued to plan improvements to the Wood Origin Golden Core Pill formula.
• Luo Xueer reminded Chen Mobai to handle Five Elements Sect affairs, and he went with her to North Abyss City to oversee the distribution of Core Formation Spiritual Objects.

Chen Mobai arranged access to Core Formation pills for disciples across the Five Elements Sect’s meridians, then helped Jiang Zongheng prepare for Core Formation by answering his cultivation questions. He took Jiang Zongheng to the hidden valley from his childhood and discovered a Fourth Grade Spirit Vein protected by a natural bewildering array, promising they could enter without damaging it.

• Chen Mobai agreed to reserve Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills for disciples nominated by Sheng Zhaoxi and Nujiang, and allocated pills to the Gold and Earth Meridians as well.
• Chen Mobai explained the effects and availability of Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills and Water Origin Golden Core Pills, then arranged three Water Origin pills for Nujiang’s Foundation Establishment Perfection disciples.
• Chen Mobai summoned Zheng Deming, E Yun, Zhou Wangshen, and Jiang Zongheng to tell them Golden Liquid Jade Return Pills would be available, then kept Jiang Zongheng behind to discuss his cultivation.
• Chen Mobai answered Jiang Zongheng’s questions through the night and advised him to find a conviction that he must succeed when forming his core.
• Jiang Zongheng told Chen Mobai about the two Loquat Trees that had changed his health and mind when he was young, and Chen Mobai took him to the valley near his hometown.
• Chen Mobai used the Great Art of Valley Sound to reveal a Fourth Grade bewildering array around a Spirit Vein and said he and Jiang Zongheng could enter it together without damaging the vein.

Chen Mobai led Jiang Zongheng through a natural bewildering array to uncover a hidden valley and its mature Treasure Gourds. He gave Jiang Zongheng a Green Gourd to aid his Core Formation and promised him the valley as a branch courtyard, while they continued searching for treasures.

• Chen Mobai used Void Walking and a Lesser Teleportation Talisman to bring Jiang Zongheng into the valley, then led him through its misty paths.
• Jiang Zongheng paid respects to the two loquat spirit trees that had helped him survive as a child, while Chen Mobai found Haze Rainbow Stones and told him to collect them for Zhuo Ming.
• Chen Mobai used his Heaven-reaching Blessing and a Void Blade to break the hidden array before a Mountain Wall, revealing a gourd vine bearing three mature Treasure Gourds and one unripe White Gourd.
• Chen Mobai identified the Blue Gourd's bewildering mist, the Red Gourd's Earth Core Heart Fire, and the Green Gourd's Yi Wood qi and Divine Thunder.
• Chen Mobai gave Jiang Zongheng the Green Gourd to support his Core Formation and promised him the valley as a Branch Courtyard Cave Mansion, with the White Gourd suited to Duan Shuyu.
• Chen Mobai and Jiang Zongheng stayed to search the valley and found more rare herbs and ores.

Chen Mobai tested the Loquat Fruits’ effects with Qing Nü, then learned the Longevity Sect’s final Great Technique, Heart Fire Wildfire. He explored the Magic Treasure Tree’s hidden space and took Longevity Earth before approaching the Great Dao Tree with the Purple Lightning Sword and Heavenly Origin Bead.

• Chen Mobai secured the Fourth Grade Herbs in Loquat Valley, left Jiang Zongheng to coordinate its array, and brought the harvested Loquat Fruits and two gourds to Qing Nü.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü ate Loquat Fruits, which increased their Gold and Wood Spiritual Roots and sharpened Chen Mobai’s comprehension; he discovered that the fruit helped him understand the Mysterious Golden Talisman.
• Chen Mobai returned to Giant Wood Ridge and learned Heart Fire Wildfire, the Longevity Sect’s final Great Technique.
• Chen Mobai entered the Magic Treasure Tree’s hidden space, inspected its treasure fruits, and took several fruits of Longevity Earth for the Five Elements Sect.
• Chen Mobai flew toward the Great Dao Tree with the Purple Lightning Sword and Heavenly Origin Bead, and the sword promised to attack if the tree acted against him.

Chen Mobai passed the Great Dao Tree’s trial and entered its hidden realm using a Formless Puppet, where he discovered the remains of Sacred Embryo purification and a powerful Jade Branch containing the Longevity Sect’s inheritances. The branch revealed how the Heavenly Venerable’s Spiritual Sense could overwhelm or empower those who absorbed it, leaving Chen Mobai suspicious that True Monarch Yi Yuan had been changed by it before his ascension.

• Chen Mobai passed all thirteen steps of the Longevity Trial, received an Immortal Grade result, and resisted the Great Dao Tree’s attempt to pull him inside with his Heavenly Origin Bead.
• Chen Mobai sent a Formless Puppet carrying the Purple Lightning Sword into the Great Dao Tree’s hidden space to investigate its dangers.
• Chen Mobai found a dried purification pool containing human skin and debris, and suspected that True Monarch Yi Yuan had undergone the Sacred Embryo process there.
• Chen Mobai discovered a Jade Branch in the rear hall that the Purple Lightning Sword and the puppet’s scanner identified as extraordinarily powerful.
• Chen Mobai touched the Jade Branch, learned it held the Longevity Sect’s inheritances and the source of the Divine Tree Secret Realm, and realized its Spiritual Sense could overwrite the will of an unprepared recipient.
• Chen Mobai wondered whether True Monarch Yi Yuan had been covered over by the Heavenly Venerable’s Spiritual Sense before becoming a peak Spirit Transmutation True Monarch and ascending.