Chapter Summaries

Chen Mobai met Hong He in North Abyss City and refused to let the former demonic cultivator return to the Five Elements Sect, though he gave him a Core Formation Experience. After Hong He warned that Jade Auspicious Hermit might also have cultivated a demonic art, Chen Mobai tasked Luo Yixuan with investigating, while Jade Auspicious Hermit prepared an operation with Zhu Yun.

• Chen Mobai recognized Hong He in North Abyss City and brought him to North Abyss Mountain Peak for a private conversation.
• Chen Mobai refused Hong He's request to return to the Five Elements Sect because he had devoured cultivators, but gave him Nu Jiang's Core Formation Experience to memorize.
• Hong He told Chen Mobai that Jade Auspicious Hermit might have cultivated a demonic art before leaving, and Chen Mobai instructed Luo Yixuan to preserve evidence and notify the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect if it was confirmed.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit told Zhu Yun that the people had been arranged for their operation, and Zhu Yun promised her a Core Formation Spirit Medicine from Sun Bathing Sea if it succeeded.

Jade Auspicious Hermit gathered Foundation Establishment Cultivators at a trade fair and used Spirit Ice Profound Liquid to recruit them for an expedition to a mysterious Water Mansion in Cloud Dream Marsh. Hong He agreed to join, then returned to Jade Auspicious Hermit, who revealed that he was helping her master and had arranged a Teleportation Array.

• Jade Auspicious Hermit met a blurry human face through a talisman and reported that everything was proceeding according to plan.
• Hong He attended Jade Auspicious Hermit's trade fair, where Foundation Establishment Cultivators exchanged treasures and one Eastern Wu clan leader acquired the Spirit Ice Profound Liquid.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit claimed the Spirit Ice Profound Liquid came from a Water Mansion and invited the cultivators to explore it together; two declined, while Hong He and the others agreed to train in a Battle Formation.
• After the other cultivators left, Hong He returned to Jade Auspicious Hermit and confirmed that he had arranged the Teleportation Array.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit promised Hong He that her master would teach him Demon Path arts after the expedition, and Hong He silently hoped the Sect Leader would understand.

Chen Mobai went to recruit Qing Nü to help investigate Jade Auspicious Hermit's Cave Mansion expedition, while Luo Xueer began forming her core at Wind Rain Dock. Luo Xueer survived the Heavenly Tribulation with Qing Nü's borrowed magic artifact and successfully achieved Core Formation.

• Chen Mobai refused Luo Yixuan's offer to accompany him and went to Tianpeng Mountain to ask Qing Nü for help.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit gathered Foundation Establishment Cultivators at Wind Rain Dock and explained their plan to reach a Water Mansion through an Ancient Teleportation Array near Da Zhi Island.
• The group witnessed Luo Xueer's Core Formation at Wind Rain Dock and stayed to observe her Heavenly Tribulation.
• Luo Xueer used the Sky Waterfall Technique and Qing Nü's borrowed black cloth to withstand the Flame Rainbow and Bing Fire Divine Thunder.
• Luo Xueer successfully formed her core, strengthening the Five Elements Water Meridian disciples' confidence in their own chances of Core Formation.

Chen Mobai and Qing Nü traced Jade Auspicious Hermit's group through Cloud Dream Marsh and found an underwater teleportation array. After adjusting their Formless Puppets to pass through it, they arrived in a sealed underwater realm filled with Fifth Order spiritual energy and Golden Palaces.

• Chen Mobai learned that Wind Rain Dock's teleportation array was closed, flew there with Qing Nü, and told Nu Jiang about Jade Auspicious Hermit's suspected Demonic Cultivator group.
• Nu Jiang found records showing the group had teleported to Da Zhi Island and then headed south, while also telling Chen Mobai that Luo Xueer had successfully formed her core.
• Qing Nü used Water Mirror Reflection to search Cloud Dream Marsh, and Chen Mobai found herbs and demonic beasts before locating an underwater Illusion Formation concealing a teleportation array.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü discovered the array only transported cultivators below Core Formation, so they lowered their Formless Puppets' energy levels and teleported through.
• The two arrived in a clear underwater realm beneath a transparent barrier, where Qing Nü's puppet measured Fifth Order spiritual energy near a group of Golden Palaces.

Chen Mobai and Qing Nü followed Jade Auspicious Hermit’s group into Yellow Dragon Cave Mansion and uncovered Zhu Yun’s plan to weaken the seal holding the Poison Dragon. When Zhu Yun moved to break the seal, Chen Mobai revealed himself and his attack instantly killed the Poison Dragon’s foster son.

• Chen Mobai recognized the secret realm as Yellow Dragon Cave Mansion and he and Qing Nü used a concealed Formless Puppet to follow Jade Auspicious Hermit’s group to a golden palace.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit’s group opened the palace, but those left outside discovered the Ancient Teleportation Array could not be activated from within and returned to seek another escape.
• Third Grade demon beasts approached, so Hong He and the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators entered the palace; Zhu Yun and a single-horned demon beast then arrived outside.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit revealed that she had gathered yin Water Attribute cultivators for Zhu Yun, who planned to use them to weaken the Bathfire Seal and help release the Poison Dragon.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü attacked Zhu Yun as she prepared to strike the palace stele, and the single-horned demon beast moved to fight them.
• Chen Mobai’s hidden attack split the demon beast and its Snake Spear in two.

Chen Mobai defeated Zhu Yun, learned she had plotted with Poison Dragon Ancestor to break the Bathfire Seal, and killed her after she tried to escape. Her death left Chen Mobai intent on using the affair to target Sun Bathing Sea.

• Chen Mobai used Extreme Sun Slash to kill the Demon Beast and forced Zhu Yun to surrender.
• Zhu Yun admitted she had come to undo Old Ancestor Bai Wu’s Bathfire Seal and release the Poison Dragon, hoping to obtain Jade Falling Cold Water from Poison Dragon Ancestor.
• Zhu Yun revealed the seal’s three entrances and explained how she had planned to use nine scapegoats to bear the backlash from breaking it.
• Chen Mobai concluded Zhu Yun’s testimony could not prove Old Ancestor Bai Wu’s collusion with Demonic Cultivators and decided she had to die.
• Zhu Yun attacked Chen Mobai and tried to escape, but Qing Nü’s puppet bound and wounded her before Chen Mobai killed her with Extreme Sun Slash.

Chen Mobai rescued nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had been used as sacrifices by Jade Auspicious Hermit, then secured the cave mansion and destroyed its teleportation arrays. Jade Auspicious Hermit escaped with Hong He and planned to hide in North Abyss City, confident that no one could arrest her without proof.

• Chen Mobai entered the palace, freed the nine chained Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and revealed that he was the Five Elements Sect’s Chen Mobai.
• Chen Mobai led the survivors outside, where they recognized Zhu Yun as their culprit, and told them they would testify against Jade Auspicious Hermit.
• Chen Mobai’s main body entered the cave mansion, sealed it, and destroyed both Ancient Teleportation Arrays.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit and Hong He emerged from an Ancient Teleportation Array in Cloud Dream Marsh with the Core Formation Spirit Liquid.
• Jade Auspicious Hermit rejected Hong He’s request to accompany her and planned to claim she alone had escaped the cave mansion, trusting North Abyss City to shield her from arrest.

Chen Mobai rewarded Hong He for warning the Five Elements Sect about Zhu Yun’s plot and captured Jade Auspicious Hermit, who had helped the Sun Bathing Sea cultivator try to release the poison dragon. A month later, he presented evidence of the conspiracy to Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen of the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect.

• Chen Mobai gave Hong He a Water Origin Golden Core Pill for his warning and left before Hong He could thank him.
• Qing Nü captured Jade Auspicious Hermit, and Chen Mobai sealed her cultivation before taking her to Wind Rain Dock.
• Xiang Xieyuan and the other eight survivors confronted Jade Auspicious Hermit, and Chen Mobai ordered her imprisoned to testify about her Demonic Art and Zhu Yun’s scheme.
• A month later, Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen arrived at North Abyss City, where Chen Mobai explained that Zhu Yun had tried to free the poison dragon with Jade Auspicious Hermit’s help.
• Chen Mobai showed Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen the seal, the witnesses, and Zhu Yun’s corpse, establishing evidence of the attempted release.

Chen Mobai accompanied Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen to Golden Crow Immortal City to confront Old Ancestor Bai Wu over Zhu Yun’s plot to release the Poison Dragon. Along the way, Chen Mobai learned about the Sky River Realm’s major powers and arranged for Ye Qing to help the Five Elements Sect obtain a Large Teleportation Array; the confrontation ended with Chen Mobai questioning Bai Wu about ordering Zhu Yun to break the seal.

• Chen Mobai explained that he had killed Zhu Yun and the Demon Beast to prevent the Poison Dragon from escaping, and Ye Qing asked him to bring witnesses to confront Old Ancestor Bai Wu.
• During the journey to Eastern Yi, Chen Mobai discussed the Five Elements Sect’s need for a Large Teleportation Array, and Ye Qing agreed to look into acquiring one through Taixu Misty Palace.
• Ye Qing explained the Demon Race, the Golden Flame Suanni, the major Demonic Sects, and the Holy Lands to Chen Mobai as the group traveled.
• At Golden Crow Immortal City, Ye Qing presented Zhu Yun’s corpse and accused her of conspiring with Yu Ji to kill the witnesses and release the Poison Dragon.
• Old Ancestor Bai Wu denied ordering Zhu Yun to cooperate with the Demonic Dao and swore a Dao Heart Oath when Ye Qing demanded it.
• Chen Mobai asked whether Bai Wu would also swear that he had not ordered Zhu Yun to undo the Yellow Dragon Cave Mansion’s seal.

Chen Mobai, Ye Qing, and Yuan Zhen confronted Old Ancestor Bai Wu over the plan to release the Poison Dragon, and Bai Wu bought their silence with Sun Sacred Fruits and Fifth Grade Cave Mansions. Afterward, Chen Mobai admired the Sun Divine Tree and promised to investigate the Demonic Cultivator’s origins in Eastern Wu.

• Old Ancestor Bai Wu refused to swear an oath, then blamed Zhu Yun for the Poison Dragon plot and asked Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen to keep the Dao Virtue Sect from learning about it.
• Chen Mobai hinted that he wanted Sun Sacred Fruits, so Bai Wu gave one to each of the three visitors and offered them Fifth Grade Cave Mansions beside the Sun Divine Tree.
• After the visitors left, Bai Wu cremated Zhu Yun and summoned Xu Yingsheng, worrying that the Poison Dragon might still be released.
• Chen Mobai, Ye Qing, and Yuan Zhen visited their new Cave Mansions and viewed the distant Fifth Grade Sun Divine Tree.
• Chen Mobai told Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen that Zhu Yun had fled from Eastern Wu and promised to send people there to investigate her Demonic Art inheritance.

Chen Mobai discussed the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect’s plans for the Foundation Establishment Trio and prepared to announce his Nascent Soul status while marrying Qing Nü. After returning to Mingjing Mountain, he learned the scale of the sect’s Spirit Stone mine and saw Zhou Shengqing’s lavish betrothal gifts for Qing Nü.

• Ye Qing told Chen Mobai that the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect would sell the Foundation Establishment Trio across the Eastern Continent and advised him to hold a Nascent Formation Grand Ceremony.
• Chen Mobai told Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen that he would hold his ceremony with Qing Nü, and Yuan Zhen offered them her congratulations.
• Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen returned to the Eastern Earth with Jade Auspicious Hermit, while Chen Mobai left for Mingjing Mountain.
• Zhou Shengqing showed Chen Mobai nearly one hundred million Raw Spirit Stones and one and a half Top-grade Spirit Stones from Duo Jiu Mountain, and agreed that Zhuo Ming could inherit the Primordial Dao Fruit.
• Chen Mobai took the empty Earth Mother Stone shell from Zhou Shengqing, planning to use it to help Tai Sui advance.
• Zhou Shengqing presented Chen Mobai with Qing Nü’s betrothal gifts: ten thousand mu of medicinal fields, Yun County, and Cloud Dream Marsh’s Fifth Order Yellow Dragon Cave Mansion.

Chen Mobai settled personnel and pill preparations for the Five Elements Sect as its rule in Eastern Yi stabilized, then returned to Eastern Wasteland and appointed E Yun Acting Sect Master. He modified Tai Sui with an Earth Mother Stone and entrusted Zhuo Ming with teaching it to cultivate.

• Zhou Shengqing added Yellow Dragon Cave Mansion to Qing Nü's betrothal gifts and discussed the sect's plans for Eastern Yi and Mo Douguang's Nascent Formation.
• Chen Mobai arranged for Zhuo Ming, E Yun, Mo Douguang, and Fu Zongjue to return to Eastern Wasteland, while Zhou Wangshen stayed with Zhou Shengqing.
• Chen Mobai told E Yun to act as Sect Master and rotate sect personnel through Eastern Yi, then announced E Yun's appointment after they returned.
• Chen Mobai told Mo Douguang to prepare carefully for Nascent Formation with the planned Infant Nurturing Pill and sent him back to Golden Light Cliff.
• Chen Mobai implanted an Earth Mother Stone in Tai Sui and instructed Zhuo Ming to teach it to absorb Earth Qi and grow into her Dao-protecting spirit creature.

Chen Mobai arranged for Zhuo Ming to take charge of the Eastern Wasteland’s farmland and prepared a Dao Companion Ceremony with Qing Nü. After returning to Tianpeng Mountain, he told Qing Nü he wanted to announce their partnership to the entire Eastern Continent, leaving her overwhelmed with joy.

• Chen Mobai told Yin Qingmei, Zhuo Ming, and Luo Yixuan that he would enter long-term seclusion with Qing Nü after their ceremony, and he named Zhuo Ming as his Legacy Disciple and Little South Mountain’s future owner.
• Zhuo Ming took Tai Sui and the other spirit beasts back with her, while Luo Yixuan stayed behind and drank with Yin Qingmei; the two women set aside their grievances and resolved to cultivate toward Nascent Soul and beyond.
• Chen Mobai assigned E Yun to organize the grand ceremony in North Abyss City, while E Yun consulted Yue Zutao about Nascent Soul Dao Companion Ceremony customs.
• Chen Mobai returned to Tianpeng Mountain and gave Qing Nü the Sun Sacred Fruit; Qing Nü praised Yan Shaoyin’s alchemy talent and said she could improve his Infant Nurturing Pill yield.
• Chen Mobai told Qing Nü that he had begun arranging their ceremony and wanted to announce their partnership to the entire Eastern Continent, and Qing Nü was overcome with joy.

Chen Mobai proposed to Qing Nü, and the two became engaged as they prepared to return to the Immortal Sect for a ceremony someday. As their grand ceremony in North Abyss City approached, Chen Mobai organized the guests and welcomed representatives from across the Eastern Wasteland and neighboring regions.

• Chen Mobai proposed to Qing Nü, and she accepted before giving him the White Jade Bells he had once gifted her to fasten on her wrist.
• News spread that Chen Mobai would announce Qing Nü as his cultivation partner at the Five Elements Sect's grand ceremony, prompting rumors about her origins.
• E Yun, Liu Wenbai, Yue Zutao, and Zhang Wancai helped prepare North Abyss City and organize the ceremony, while Chen Mobai arranged invitations to allied factions and acquaintances.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü chose her ceremonial dress as the ceremony drew near, and Zhou Shengqing declined to attend, citing his duty to guard Mingjing Mountain.
• Sun Huanglong arrived from Eastern Wu and spoke with Chen Mobai, while the sixteen Golden Core factions of Eastern Yi also came to North Abyss City.
• Liu Nansheng brought a gift from Old Ancestor Bai Wu, a string of Sun Divine Tree leaves, while Kong Sang Valley sent no representative.

Kuzhu passed Hidden Abyss Island’s trials and received the Sky Abyss Dao Fruit inheritance after refusing to kill his master, Mu Qin. When the sealed Four Seas Bottle could only be opened through Blood Sacrifice, Mu Qin sacrificed her own life to help him and urged him to return to the Eastern Continent without falling into the Demon Path.

• Kuzhu refused the black-robed cultivator’s demand that he kill Mu Qin and chose to give up the inheritance.
• The black-robed cultivator revealed that Kuzhu’s refusal proved him worthy, gave him the Four Seas Bottle, and taught him the Sky Abyss Dao Art.
• Kuzhu discovered that a Golden Flood Dragon’s seal blocked access to the Sky Abyss Dao Fruit, and learned it could be weakened through Blood Sacrifice.
• The black-robed cultivator said one Nascent Soul sacrifice could open a gap in the seal, and Mu Qin volunteered herself.
• Mu Qin stabbed her heart with a bamboo sword, offered her Essence Blood to the seal, and urged Kuzhu to return to the Eastern Continent as she weakened in his arms.

Chen Mobai welcomed Heavenly Meal Tower’s Ren Qiu and the Taixu Dao Son Zhang Pankong as the Five Elements Sect prepared for its Grand Ceremony. Zhang Pankong agreed to build two Large Teleportation Arrays, but asked which Eastern Lands city the array at Mingjing Mountain would connect to.

• Chen Mobai learned from Yi Chenghan that Venerable Muqin’s Soul Lamp had shattered, then offered Kong Sang Valley support through the Five Elements Sect branch at Mingjing Mountain.
• Ren Qiu brought twelve chefs from the Eastern Lands to cater the Grand Ceremony, and Heavenly Meal Tower began preparing to nurture Shen Shanqing if he formed his core.
• Ren Qiu and Shen Shanqing speculated that Chen Mobai was the Primordial Unity Dao Palace’s Dao Son, while Ren Qiu warned Shen Shanqing not to investigate or sell intelligence about him carelessly.
• Ye Qing and Zhang Pankong arrived in North Abyss City before the Grand Ceremony, prompting rumors that Chen Mobai was Chen Qingdi, the Primordial Unity Dao Palace’s Dao Son.
• Zhang Pankong offered two Large Teleportation Arrays at a five percent discount, and Chen Mobai proposed placing them in North Abyss City and Mingjing Mountain.
• When Zhang Pankong asked which Eastern Lands city the Mingjing Mountain array would connect to, Chen Mobai hesitated because he had not planned to link the Eastern Wasteland with the Eastern Lands.

Chen Mobai and Qing Nü held their Dao Companion Ceremony in North Abyss Immortal City after Chen Mobai arranged a connection to Eastern Earth through a Large Teleportation Array. The celebrations ended with the couple retiring to their bridal chamber, while Zhou Ye’s cryptic words to Sun Huanglong hinted at an unresolved feud.

• Ye Qing proposed connecting a Large Teleportation Array to the Five Elements Sect’s Nine Heavens Immortal City, and Chen Mobai agreed; the sect then began planning the array and publicizing nearby property sales.
• Chen Mobai’s advance sales of houses and shops funded a Fourth Tier Spiritual Vein and part of the Large Teleportation Array, while visiting Eastern Yi representatives recognized that the Five Elements Sect’s firm protection of residents helped North Abyss City prosper.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü performed their Dao Companion Ceremony, announced Chen Mobai’s Nascent Soul cultivation, and celebrated with dances, fireworks, and toasts alongside their guests.
• At the banquet, Liu Wenbai lamented being surpassed by his juniors, while Han Zhiling denied receiving Tianpeng Mountain Villa and Song Huangda rejected talk that he might become Sect Master.
• Zhou Ye introduced himself to Sun Huanglong, said the patriarch seemed to have forgotten him, and left without explaining the remark.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü returned to their bridal chamber, where Chen Mobai called her his wife and the two spent their wedding night together.

After the Grand Ceremony, Chen Mobai and Qing Nü settled into married life while the Five Elements Sect developed its new district and began selling the Foundation Establishment Trio. Chen Mobai chose to give outside cultivators a path to Foundation Establishment through a shop for Qing Nü, leaving the shop’s name as Danxia.

• Chen Mobai sent Yue Zutao to coordinate the Large Teleportation Array with the Eastern Earth and assigned Yi Shaoqing to assist Zhang Pankong with its construction.
• E Yun oversaw the New District’s development, rejected attempts to influence him, and passed screened family contractors to Zhuo Ming for her farmland project.
• The Spirit Treasure Pavilion sold out its thousand sets of Foundation Establishment Trio, and successful buyers’ examples sparked demand from other families and Rogue Cultivators.
• Rogue Cultivators protested at North Abyss Mountain for access to the Foundation Establishment Trio, and Chen Mobai told E Yun that they needed a channel to advance.
• Chen Mobai arranged for Qing Nü to run three shops in North Abyss City and suggested selling the Foundation Establishment Trio there; Qing Nü proposed naming the shop Danxia.

Danxia Pavilion opened in North Abyss City under Qing Nü’s ownership, and Chen Mobai and Qing Nü introduced a lottery system to distribute its limited Foundation Establishment Trio fairly. After the first draw, Chen Mobai explained the Immortal Sect’s path to Spirit Transformation and told E Yun not to block families from finding ways around the purchase rules, arguing that competition would keep the Five Elements Sect from growing complacent.

• Qing Nü chose Wei Qiurong to manage Danxia Pavilion after Chen Mobai’s other trusted candidates were unavailable or needed elsewhere.
• Wei Qiurong opened sales of the Foundation Establishment Trio through a lottery limited to North Abyss City residents, with one purchase per household registration every ten years.
• More than ten thousand residents entered the first lottery, which awarded seven sets to Rogue Cultivators and three to Cultivating Families.
• Danxia Pavilion reserved sets for four winning Rogue Cultivators who could not pay immediately, while three others mortgaged their Cave Mansions to afford their pills.
• Chen Mobai showed Qing Nü his External Incarnation and Heaven and Earth All Beings Crown, then explained the Immortal Sect’s rules and the Fruit of Dao Law.
• Chen Mobai told E Yun to allow Cultivating Families to exploit the purchase rules, saying the Five Elements Sect should preserve its strength while accepting external pressure.

Chen Mobai oversaw the completion of teleportation arrays linking the Eastern Wasteland, Eastern Yi, and Eastern Lands, opening travel and trade for the Five Elements Sect. He then advanced the sect’s academies and infrastructure while keeping its secrets guarded, before returning to the Immortal Sect.

• Chen Mobai tested the new arrays in North Abyss City and Mingjing Mountain, paid Zhang Pankong the remaining fees, and later waited two months for the connection to Nine Heavens Immortal City to be completed.
• Ye Qing and Zhang Pankong visited North Abyss City, where Chen Mobai hosted them with immortal peaches and wine; Ye Qing invited him to meet his master, but Chen Mobai resolved to avoid Nine Heavens Immortal City.
• Nu Jiang and Sheng Zhaoxi traveled to the Eastern Lands, while Chen Mobai arranged rotating trips for other Core Formation Cultivators and made sure Wind Rain Dock remained guarded.
• Chen Mobai and Qing Nü completed the first draft of textbooks for four subjects, and Chen Mobai taught the heads of the Six Academies and asked them to submit reflections after a year.
• Chen Mobai rejected relying on outsiders to arrange the sect’s great formations, instead supporting its Array Department cultivators and working to improve his own formation skills.
• After speaking with Qing Nü, Chen Mobai returned to the Immortal Sect.