Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen discovers a wrecked Golden Ark in an asteroid belt, hinting at a past battle between Upper Realm powers.
• He investigates the area, finding remnants of a massive battle and broken weapons, but no complete corpses.
• Li Beichen learns about an underground Yin-Nether Eye in the Netherworld, suggesting a deeper layer to the Netherworld's structure.
• The Nine Provinces' martial arts flourish, with over fifty Venerables emerging, and anticipation grows for their arrival in the Upper Realm.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen continues to expand his influence in the Netherworld, ordering the development of the World-Saving Necro-Scripture and the infiltration of potential Superior Ghosts.
• Yun Wuya, a Grand Elder of the Giant Elephant Sect, breaks through to the Venerable realm with Li Beichen's help.
• The Great Han Dynasty's military and civil official factions grow significantly, with over thirty Venerables each.
• Local human powerhouses from the Nine Provinces rise to prominence, leading the martial arts scene.

Significant Themes

• The ongoing war between the living and the dead, with the Upper Realm's defense line holding against the dead spirits' relentless assault.
• The exploration of the Netherworld's deeper layers and the potential threats they pose.
• The anticipation and preparation for the Nine Provinces' arrival in the Upper Realm.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Liu Binghu observe the Upper Realm's defense line together, discussing the Nine Provinces' future.
• Li Beichen helps Yun Wuya break through to the Venerable realm, further solidifying their bond.
• The various factions in the Nine Provinces, including the Great Han Dynasty, the Giant Elephant Sect, and local powerhouses, grow stronger and more influential, setting the stage for their arrival in the Upper Realm.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Nine Provinces world is about to reach the Upper Realm after 4415 years and 100 million miles across the Star Sea.
• Li Beichen and Liu Binghu discuss the upcoming war in the Upper Realm and plan to take advantage of the chaos to enter.
• The Nine Provinces successfully enters the outer region of the Upper Realm frontier, where Spirit Essence is dense, and the laws of the Dao are manifest.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates his strategic prowess and decisiveness in planning the Nine Provinces' entry into the Upper Realm.
• Liu Binghu shows his loyalty and determination to follow Li Beichen's lead, overcoming his initial hesitation.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for survival and the will to endure against all odds.
• The power of unity and cooperation among the living beings of the Nine Provinces.
• The vastness and danger of the Star Sea, contrasting with the brilliance and safety of the Upper Realm.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Liu Binghu work together, demonstrating a strong partnership and mutual trust.
• The living beings of the Nine Provinces unite and prepare to face the undead horde together.
• The Upper Realm's forces observe the Nine Provinces' arrival, assessing their strength and intentions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Nine Provinces world successfully enters Fuyao Star Pass, escaping the undead encirclement.
• Wang Xiangyu, a Jade Pool sect elder, and a Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect disciple help the Nine Provinces enter the pass.
• General Feng, a garrison general, initially blocks the Nine Provinces' entry but later allows them in due to the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect's intervention.
• Yan Gucheng is recognized by the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect disciple for his mastery of the [Heavenly Inquiry Nine Blades] technique.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen: Shows strategic thinking and understanding of the Upper Realm's dynamics, encouraging Yan Gucheng to join the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect for the Nine Provinces' long-term benefit.
• Yan Gucheng: Initially hesitant, he decides to join the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect after considering Li Beichen's advice.
• Wang Xiangyu: Demonstrates kindness and respect for the Nine Provinces, offering assistance and an introduction to the Jade Pool sect.
• General Feng: Shows arrogance and indifference towards the Nine Provinces, but ultimately allows them entry due to the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect's intervention.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and politics in the Upper Realm.
• The importance of connections and alliances for survival and growth in the Upper Realm.
• The concept of "Blade Seeds" and their significance in joining powerful sects.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Yan Gucheng: Li Beichen encourages Yan Gucheng to join the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect, showing concern for the Nine Provinces' future.
• Wang Xiangyu and the Nine Provinces: Wang Xiangyu offers assistance and an introduction to the Jade Pool sect, showing kindness and respect.
• General Feng and the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect disciple: General Feng initially blocks the Nine Provinces' entry but later allows them in due to the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect's intervention, showing deference to their power.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Nine Provinces' Venerables discuss strategies for integrating into the Upper Realm.
• Li Beichen proposes dispatching Venerables to serve on the border to secure legal status for the Nine Provinces.
• Ten Venerables, including Wenren Zhong and Yan Gucheng, volunteer to serve on the border for a century.
• The Nine Provinces receives an invitation to participate in a recruitment assembly hosted by Upper Realm sects.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates his strategic thinking and decisiveness in securing the Nine Provinces' future.
• Yan Gucheng shows concern for the Nine Provinces' safety and willingness to serve on the border.
• Wenren Zhong and other Venerables display their loyalty and determination to protect the Nine Provinces.
• Zhuge Yangming expresses his concerns about the potential consequences of sending Nine Provinces' children to Upper Realm sects.

Significant Themes

• Unity and loyalty among the people of the Nine Provinces.
• The importance of strategic planning and adaptability in facing new challenges.
• The potential consequences and benefits of integrating with the Upper Realm.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Liu Binghu work together to make decisions for the Nine Provinces.
• Li Beichen, Yan Gucheng, and other Venerables discuss and agree on the plan to secure legal status.
• Li Beichen, Liu Binghu, and Zhuge Yangming discuss the potential implications of the recruitment assembly invitation.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen and a team of elites venture beyond the Fuyao Star Pass to hunt Ghost Venerables and exchange their cores for military merit.
• They successfully harvest ten Ghost Venerable cores and exchange them for intelligence about Upper Realm sects and the Three Thousand Worlds Assembly.
• The group returns to Nine Provinces and interprets the intelligence together.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates his strategic thinking and leadership by organizing the hunt and the exchange of intelligence.
• Liu Binghu, Zhuge Yangming, Ximen Ye, and Li Tiance prove their combat prowess and teamwork during the hunts.
• The Superior ancestors of Jade Pool, West Sword Tower, and Kunshan Sect are revealed to be crucial figures in the Talent Selection Assembly and the Three Thousand Worlds Assembly.

Significant Themes

• The importance of intelligence and knowledge in navigating the Upper Realm.
• The struggle for resources and power among Upper Realm sects.
• The dangers and opportunities presented by different sects.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen works closely with Liu Binghu, Zhuge Yangming, Ximen Ye, and Li Tiance, demonstrating mutual trust and respect.
• The group collaborates to interpret the intelligence and plan their next steps.
• Li Beichen and the clerk at the Military Merit Pavilion have a brief exchange, highlighting the clerk's shrewdness and Li Beichen's wisdom.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Months after the Nine Provinces entered the Upper Realm, the Joint Talent Selection Assembly was held at the Star-Observing Platform near Fuyao Star Pass.
• Li Beichen led the Nine Provinces delegation, which included dozens of Venerables and nearly a hundred elite Grandmasters.
• The Nine Provinces cultivators were shocked to discover that most Upper Realm sect experts cultivated Essence, Qi, and Spirit together, giving them far stronger foundations than the newly advanced Venerables of the Nine Provinces.
• Li Beichen encouraged his people not to feel inferior, arguing that recognizing their shortcomings would allow them to improve.
• Guanxingzi, the assembly’s organizer, welcomed Li Beichen and praised him for leading the entire Nine Provinces World through the undead blockade.
• The Nine Provinces examined various sects’ recruitment offers. Though some sects offered extremely attractive rewards—such as breakthrough pills, secret-realm access, and supposed guidance from High Persons—Li Beichen warned that these benefits might conceal serious dangers.
• The delegation encountered Wang Xiangyu at the quiet Jade Pool booth. Jade Pool’s recruitment requirements were extraordinarily strict: candidates had to cultivate Essence, Qi, and Spirit together, with all three reaching at least the Nine Heavens of the Grandmaster.
• Li Beichen personally met Jade Pool’s requirements but concealed this fact rather than revealing his interest.
• The Nine Provinces then approached major sects such as West Sword Tower and Kunshan Sect, but nearly all of their cultivators were rejected after foundation-compatibility tests. Once this became known, other sects also grew cold toward them.
• Returning to Jade Pool, the delegation learned the reason for their poor reception: most Nine Provinces cultivators practiced specific Heaven and Earth True Martial arts, which had already shaped their foundations and made them incompatible with other sect lineages.
• Wang Xiangyu explained that these arts varied in quality. Common versions restricted future development, while higher-grade arts—such as Yan Gucheng’s Heavenly Inquiry Nine Blades—could evolve into profound Dao lineages and even make future changes in cultivation easier.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates composure, strategic caution, and leadership. He does not allow the Nine Provinces’ inferiority in foundation to discourage his people, instead urging them to broaden their horizons and improve.
• He also proves politically perceptive by recognizing the hidden dangers behind generous sect offers and refusing to expose his own exceptional qualifications to Jade Pool.
• Wang Xiangyu is shown as patient, discerning, and genuinely helpful. He explains Jade Pool’s demanding standards and identifies the structural flaw in the Nine Provinces cultivators’ foundations.
• The Nine Provinces experts move from confidence and anticipation to disappointment after repeated rejection, but gain a clearer understanding of the Upper Realm’s standards and their own limitations.
• Yan Gucheng is indirectly distinguished through his cultivation of the superior Heavenly Inquiry Nine Blades, implying that his foundation gives him greater long-term flexibility than most Nine Provinces cultivators.

Significant Themes

• The vastness of the cultivation world: The Nine Provinces realize that their previous achievements were limited by isolation, and that Upper Realm cultivators possess far deeper foundations.
• Self-awareness and growth: Li Beichen emphasizes that recognizing weakness is the first step toward improvement.
• The danger of superficial opportunity: Lavish recruitment offers may hide exploitation, false promises, or restrictive conditions.
• The importance of foundations: A cultivator’s early choices determine future compatibility, potential, and freedom to change paths.
• True talent versus worldly reputation: Jade Pool deliberately avoids recruiting people attracted only by its prestige or rumored resources, seeking steadfast Dao hearts instead.
• Different levels of cultivation arts: Not all Heaven and Earth True Martial arts are equal; ordinary techniques may restrict one’s future, while superior arts can lead to independent Dao comprehension.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Guanxingzi exchange formal courtesies, with Guanxingzi expressing admiration for the Nine Provinces’ dangerous journey.
• Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu reunite at Jade Pool. Their respectful conversation reveals Jade Pool’s nearly impossible recruitment standards.
• Li Beichen declines to disclose that he himself fulfills Jade Pool’s requirements, preserving his strategic position.
• The Nine Provinces’ failed interactions with West Sword Tower, Kunshan Sect, and other sects expose the prejudice against cultivators whose foundations are already shaped by incompatible True Martial arts.
• Wang Xiangyu’s explanation provides the Nine Provinces with the crucial insight that their problem is not a lack of talent, but the restrictive nature of the cultivation systems they inherited.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wang Xiangyu explains the value and origins of Heaven and Earth True Martial arts. Supreme versions can evolve into divine abilities and attract the attention of powerful upper-realm sects. For lower-realm sects, producing a disciple who inherits one and is accepted by a higher sect can bring enormous prestige and rewards.
• He distinguishes naturally born True Martial arts—rare manifestations of Innate Dao Laws—from ordinary inherited cultivation methods. Most existing techniques were created by ancient cultivators who comprehended fragments of such laws and transformed them into practical systems.
• Li Beichen realizes this supports his suspicion that Heaven and Earth True Martial arts may have been deliberately distributed by hidden powers. Cultivators could be pieces in a vast, cross-realm chess game. He becomes especially wary of exposing his combination of the Yama Son of Heaven Scripture and Necro-Spirit Essence, which may threaten the balance of yin and yang.
• Nine Provinces’ major prodigies fail to attract sects because their cultivation methods either lack sufficient rank or do not match the lineages sought by the Upper Realm sects. Only those such as Yan Gucheng, whose technique corresponds to an established sect, have realistic chances of recruitment.
• When Li Beichen asks those without a True Martial art to step forward, dozens of Grandmaster-level cultivators do so. Their unmarked foundations allow them to pass the tests of several small and medium sects and secure places in the Upper Realm.
• Although Nine Provinces’ strongest figures gain nothing personally, they are pleased that their younger generation finds opportunities. Zhuge Yangming, Ximen Ye, Dongfang Jibai, and the others remain determined to continue cultivating and guarding Nine Provinces.
• Feng Dingshan arrives with Star Guards and publicly mocks both the declining Jade Pool Sect and the unrooted Nine Provinces, claiming their cultivation paths are inferior and their futures already limited.
• Rather than retaliate physically, Li Beichen calmly cites Fuyao Star Pass’s laws, pointing out that Feng has unlawfully left his defense zone while leading guards without an apparent order. Feng’s confidence collapses, and he hastily withdraws after instructing a young man named Yu to follow their original plan and join one of two sects.
• Wang Xiangyu apologizes afterward, explaining that Feng likely holds an old grudge against Jade Pool and warning that the complicated relationships among the garrison commanders make direct conflict dangerous.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen becomes more cautious and politically astute. He recognizes the possible existence of hidden manipulators behind the True Martial arts and resolves to conceal his forbidden power until he is strong enough to confront whatever force may be involved.
• He also demonstrates leadership by arranging opportunities for uncommitted younger disciples and defending Nine Provinces through knowledge of the law rather than violence.
• Wang Xiangyu provides important insight into the hierarchy and origins of True Martial arts. He is pragmatic and protective of Jade Pool and Nine Provinces, but his apology reveals his awareness of their vulnerable political position.
• Zhuge Yangming, Ximen Ye, Dongfang Jibai, and the other prodigies show resilient Dao hearts. Their rejection does not discourage them; they are willing to remain in Nine Provinces and continue refining their paths.
• The Grandmaster disciples gain new hope after being accepted by Upper Realm sects, marking an important breakthrough for Nine Provinces’ younger generation.
• Feng Dingshan is exposed as arrogant and reckless. His attempt to humiliate Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu backfires when his own violation of military regulations is revealed.
• Yu, Feng’s well-dressed young associate or relative, is positioned to carry out a separate recruitment-related plan.

Significant Themes

• Fate versus manipulation: True Martial arts may not be spontaneous gifts of heaven and earth but deliberate pieces in a hidden cosmic game.
• Power and secrecy: Li Beichen understands that possessing the ability to control Nether World undead could make him a target, so survival requires concealment and patience.
• Inheritance and legitimacy: Upper Realm sects value origins, established lineages, and recognized traditions, often more than raw combat strength.
• Resilience amid rejection: Even when Nine Provinces’ strongest cultivators are overlooked, they maintain their resolve and support the next generation.
• Law versus brute force: Li Beichen defeats Feng Dingshan through composure and legal knowledge, showing that intelligence and restraint can be more effective than confrontation.
• Collective loyalty: After enduring 160 years of hardship together, Nine Provinces’ cultivators remain united, prioritizing the advancement of their younger disciples over personal success.

Character Interactions

• Wang Xiangyu and Li Beichen engage in a serious discussion about the nature and origin of True Martial arts, with Wang supplying knowledge and Li drawing unsettling conclusions.
• Li Beichen acts as the leader of Nine Provinces, calming the group, guiding their younger cultivators, and encouraging the rejected prodigies.
• Zhuge Yangming, Ximen Ye, and the other top figures reassure Li Beichen that they are not discouraged and will continue protecting Nine Provinces.
• Feng Dingshan confronts Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu with open ridicule, but Li Beichen calmly turns the exchange against him by invoking military law.
• Wang Xiangyu later thanks and cautions Li Beichen, emphasizing the political danger of antagonizing Fuyao Star Pass’s commanders.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen passes the Jade Pool's test and is invited to join.
• The Nine Provinces are officially recognized ahead of schedule due to a joint guarantee from the Jade Pool and the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect.
• Yan Gucheng leaves for the Heavenly Mandate Blade Sect, and Li Beichen decides to eliminate Feng Dingshan as a potential threat to the Nine Provinces.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen: Shows strategic thinking and patience in dealing with Feng Dingshan, using the undead as a trap to eliminate him. He also demonstrates his versatility in martial arts, arrays, artifacts, and Spirit Essence communication.
• Yan Gucheng: Shows confidence in his martial path and his eventual reunion with Li Beichen. He is steadfast and focused on his blade cultivation.
• Feng Dingshan: Reveals his arrogance and recklessness, leading him to fall into Li Beichen's trap.

Significant Themes

• Patience and strategic planning: Li Beichen demonstrates the importance of careful planning and patience in achieving his goals.
• The dangers of arrogance: Feng Dingshan's overconfidence and underestimation of his enemies lead to his downfall.
• Brotherhood: The bond between Li Beichen and Yan Gucheng is a central theme, highlighting their mutual support and understanding.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Yan Gucheng: The brothers share a heartfelt farewell, expressing their confidence in each other's future achievements and their determination to reunite.
• Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu: Wang Xiangyu invites Li Beichen to join the Jade Pool, and Li Beichen accepts, showing mutual respect and understanding.
• Li Beichen and Feng Dingshan: Li Beichen uses Feng Dingshan's arrogance and recklessness against him, setting a trap to eliminate him as a threat to the Nine Provinces.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Feng Dingshan lures two Ghost Venerables into a trap, intending to gain military merit.
• The Sky-Patrolling Profound Mirror detects a massive undead convergence at Feng Dingshan's location, warning of impending danger.
• Feng Dingshan's subordinates hesitate but ultimately prioritize self-preservation, fleeing the battlefield.
• Twelve Ghost Venerables, led by Li Beichen, encircle and kill Feng Dingshan.
• The Garrison Office's rescue force is delayed by Necro-Spirit Legions.

Character Developments

• Feng Dingshan's greed and recklessness lead to his downfall.
• Wang Xiangyu briefly considers Li Beichen's involvement but dismisses the idea.
• Liu Binghu realizes Li Beichen's connection to the Ghost Venerables but keeps it a secret.

Significant Themes

• Greed and its consequences.
• The fine line between courage and recklessness.
• The power dynamics between cultivators and the Nether World.

Character Interactions

• Feng Dingshan's subordinates prioritize their own safety over his, leading to his isolation and death.
• Wang Xiangyu and Liu Binghu both consider Li Beichen's involvement in Feng Dingshan's death but keep their thoughts private.

Chapter Summary: “Final Farewell—The Martial Path Is Endless; We Must Search High and Low!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• With the crisis in the Nine Provinces temporarily settled, Li Beichen begins arranging his departure for the Jade Pool.
• He returns to the Giant Elephant Sect and meets Linghu Wugui, the Left Elder and former disciple, who has reached the peak of the Grandmaster realm.
• Li Beichen offers Linghu Wugui a Venerable’s Unique Nature Dao Fruit, which could give him an eighty-to-ninety percent chance of breaking through. Linghu Wugui refuses, choosing instead to pursue the Venerable realm through his own cultivation and flawless Dao foundation. Li Beichen praises his resolve and stores the Dao Fruit in the sect’s Secret Pavilion under Yun Wuya’s supervision.
• Li Beichen then visits Snow White, now a fully intelligent Nine-Heavens Grandmaster Exotic Beast. He invites her to accompany him to the Jade Pool. She enthusiastically agrees, despite leaving her father behind.
• Recognizing Snow White’s exceptional speed, escape abilities, and need for a greater opportunity to advance, Li Beichen decides that traveling through the Star Sea will benefit her cultivation.
• Before leaving, Li Beichen holds a large assembly at the Giant Elephant Sect. He announces that Yun Wuya will temporarily serve as sect master, while Wenren Zhong will eventually manage external affairs after returning from his century-long duty at Fuyao Star Pass.
• Li Beichen gives an emotional farewell, affirming that the Giant Elephant Sect remains his root and the Nine Provinces his home. The disciples send him off with enthusiastic blessings.
• He then travels to Heaven-Revering Hall in Nanjing City to discuss the Nine Provinces’ future with Liu Binghu, Zhuge Yangming, and other leaders.
• Li Beichen proposes moving the Nine Provinces away from the dangerous Fuyao Star Pass and toward the Ethereal World, where the Jade Pool Sect is located. This would provide a safer environment and allow closer coordination with him.
• He warns that a massive Yin-qi tide may erupt from the Nether World within ten years, weakening the Yin-Yang Barrier and allowing powerful ghostly beings to invade the Upper Realm. Remaining on the front lines could result in the Nine Provinces being sacrificed as expendable wartime forces.
• To survive, the Nine Provinces must gain formal recognition as one of the Three Thousand Worlds before the coming war.
• Li Beichen also proposes improving and mass-producing the Little Spirit Communicator, using the Upper Realm’s richer resources and superior forging techniques. Its low cost and ease of use could allow it to dominate the communication market across the Three Thousand Worlds Prefecture.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates both emotional attachment and strategic maturity. Although reluctant to leave the sect and Nine Provinces, he accepts that advancing along the martial path requires seeking broader opportunities. He takes responsibility for the sect’s succession, Snow White’s future, and the survival of the entire Nine Provinces.
• Linghu Wugui shows exceptional integrity and determination by rejecting the shortcut offered by the Dao Fruit. He values personally proving his Dao over rapidly gaining power, though he remains willing to accept it if the sect genuinely requires a new Venerable.
• Yun Wuya steps into a leadership role as the temporary sect master, signifying the Giant Elephant Sect’s transition into a stable institution no longer dependent entirely on Li Beichen.
• Snow White remains affectionate, innocent, and deeply loyal to Li Beichen. Her willingness to leave Elephant Mound reflects her emotional dependence on him, while her growing cultivation hints at greater potential in the wider Star Sea.
• Liu Binghu and Zhuge Yangming emerge as serious leaders who understand the political and military dangers facing the Nine Provinces. They accept that survival requires decisive action rather than passive defense.

Significant Themes

• Pursuit of the Dao: True martial advancement requires seeking greater challenges and opportunities, even at the cost of leaving behind people and places one loves.
• Personal conviction versus expedient power: Linghu Wugui’s refusal of the Dao Fruit emphasizes the importance of building one’s own foundation rather than relying on an easy breakthrough.
• Succession and institutional continuity: Li Beichen prepares the Giant Elephant Sect to function without him, showing that lasting power depends on capable successors and stable organization.
• Home and farewell: The chapter balances grand ambitions with intimate emotional moments, particularly Li Beichen’s departure from the sect and Snow White’s separation from her father.
• Strategic survival: The Nine Provinces must avoid becoming a disposable frontier force. Recognition, migration, diplomacy, and technological development are presented as essential tools for survival.
• Approaching large-scale war: The predicted Nether World eruption transforms the Nine Provinces’ future from ordinary development to a race against time.
• Innovation and commerce: The Little Spirit Communicator represents the use of technology and economic influence as another path toward power in the Upper Realm.

Important Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Linghu Wugui: Their exchange highlights mutual trust, respect, and the difference between borrowed power and self-earned attainment.
• Li Beichen and Snow White: Their affectionate relationship resembles that of close family. Snow White’s immediate decision to follow him reinforces her loyalty, while her father’s distant cry adds emotional weight to the farewell.
• Li Beichen and the Giant Elephant Sect disciples: His speech establishes a bond of shared history and responsibility. The disciples’ fervent farewell confirms his importance as the sect’s founder and spiritual leader.
• Li Beichen and Yun Wuya: Their transition of authority demonstrates confidence in Yun Wuya’s ability to protect and guide the sect.
• Li Beichen, Liu Binghu, and Zhuge Yangming: Their council shifts the focus from personal departure to the Nine Provinces’ collective survival, emphasizing cooperation, foresight, and preparation for the coming catastrophe.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen, Zhuge Yangming, and Liu Binghu finalize plans for Nine Provinces’ future governance, resource allocation, and a potential low-cost communication network linking the Three Thousand Worlds.
• They agree to keep the technology secret until Nine Provinces has official standing and enough strength to protect itself, recognizing that revealing it prematurely could invite disaster.
• Li Beichen surveys Nine Provinces after its entry into the Upper Realm. The region’s Spirit Essence is now over ten times denser than in the Star Sea, producing immediate benefits:
  • Spirit Essence nourishes the land and people.
  • Ordinary citizens become healthier and recover from chronic ailments.
  • Newborns increasingly possess open meridians and powerful spiritual souls.
  • Future generations will have far greater martial potential, making the Grandmaster Realm more attainable.
• Li Beichen reflects that these improvements are the greatest reward for the hardships endured by Nine Provinces. His guiding ideal is to “bless the common people, and let everyone become a dragon.”
• With Nine Provinces’ affairs arranged, Li Beichen leaves to pursue his own martial path. He carries Snow White and travels with Wang Xiangyu toward Jade Pool’s main sect in the Ethereal World.
• Wang Xiangyu explains that they must first reach Jade Pivot City and use its interworld transfer formation, which opens only once daily and requires enormous resources to operate.
• During their journey, Wang Xiangyu notices that Li Beichen effortlessly keeps pace with his powerful Azure Light Rainbow Transformation technique. Li Beichen reveals that he has comprehended the Golden Light of Earth-Crossing.
• Wang Xiangyu explains the Upper Realm’s classification of divine abilities:
  • Minor divine abilities specialize in particular areas, such as speed, elemental escape, or mind-reading.
  • Major divine abilities can affect fundamental laws and overturn common sense.
• Li Beichen realizes that Golden Light of Earth-Crossing, Indestructible Vajra, and Size Manipulation are minor divine abilities, while his Law of Heaven and Earth is a major divine ability formed through the fusion and refinement of earlier techniques.
• They arrive at Jade Pivot City, where Wang Xiangyu introduces the massive interstellar transfer formation. The formation can instantly connect distant star regions and is one of the Upper Realm’s essential foundations for communication and travel.
• Li Beichen notices that the formation’s spatial principles resemble those within Golden Light of Earth-Crossing and begins considering whether he might one day construct a similar formation for Nine Provinces.
• After presenting official Jade Pool credentials and a travel permit, Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu enter the formation. They find it crowded with powerful Venerables, including frontier generals and cultivators from other Star Pass defense zones.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates his deep commitment to the welfare of Nine Provinces’ ordinary people. Although he is leaving to seek greater strength, his ultimate motivation remains securing a safer and more prosperous future for his homeland.
• He gains a clearer understanding of his own abilities within the Upper Realm’s broader system of cultivation. Learning that Law of Heaven and Earth is a major divine ability confirms the exceptional strength of his foundation and explains his ability to fight across realms.
• Li Beichen also begins looking beyond immediate combat power. His interest in the transfer formation suggests growing ambitions in spatial laws, infrastructure, communication, and the long-term development of Nine Provinces.
• Wang Xiangyu becomes both guide and mentor. His initial suspicion of Li Beichen’s speed turns into admiration, and he openly acknowledges Li Beichen as an extraordinarily rare prodigy.
• Zhuge Yangming and Liu Binghu show themselves to be cautious, strategic leaders who prioritize Nine Provinces’ survival over short-term profit.

Significant Themes

• Protecting the common people: The chapter emphasizes that cultivation and power have value only when they improve the lives of ordinary citizens.
• Strength and secrecy: Advanced technology or abilities can bring prosperity but also danger if revealed before Nine Provinces is strong enough to defend itself.
• The rewards of hardship: Nine Provinces’ improved environment and the rise of gifted children symbolize the payoff of past sacrifices.
• The vastness of the Upper Realm: The distinction between Venerables, High Persons, minor divine abilities, and major divine abilities reveals how much greater the world is beyond Nine Provinces.
• Growth beyond combat: Li Beichen’s attention shifts from merely becoming stronger to understanding spatial laws and building systems that can transform society.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen works closely with Zhuge Yangming and Liu Binghu to establish a cautious development strategy for Nine Provinces.
• He shares a warm, respectful relationship with Wang Xiangyu, addressing him as Senior Brother and accepting his guidance.
• Wang Xiangyu praises Li Beichen’s Golden Light of Earth-Crossing and uses it to explain the hierarchy and nature of divine abilities.
• Li Beichen’s interaction with Snow White is gentle and affectionate, contrasting with the serious discussions of politics, cultivation, and interworld travel.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu teleport from Jade Pivot to Tian-Shu City using the Jade Pivot Teleportation Grand Array.
• They board an Azure Parasol-class Starship, a legacy creation of Jade Pool's artifact-refining lineage, to travel to the Ethereal World.
• Upon arrival, they see the Ethereal World's Heavenly Fetal Earth Membrane, which has been reinforced and modified by the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Craftsman Bureau.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen adapts quickly to his first teleportation experience, showing his exceptional abilities.
• Wang Xiangyu reveals his knowledge of Jade Pool's history and the Ethereal World's current situation.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between Jade Pool and the Floating Sword Sect, highlighting Jade Pool's past glory and current struggles.
• The importance of Jade Pool's artifact-refining lineage and the Azure Parasol-class Starships.

Character Interactions

• Wang Xiangyu shares his knowledge and insights with Li Beichen, treating him as a junior brother and showing him the ropes.
• Li Beichen asks insightful questions, showing his curiosity and eagerness to learn about Jade Pool and the Ethereal World.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen learns from Wang Xiangyu that the Heavenly Court controls the entrances and exits of the Heavenly Fetal Earth Membrane across the Three Thousand Worlds Prefecture through formations maintained by the Heavenly Craftsman Bureau.
• He realizes that the Heavenly Court’s apparent protection of the lower worlds is also a deep form of control. If the Court sealed a world’s passages, its inhabitants could become trapped with no means of escape. Wang Xiangyu dismisses the concern as excessive, but Li Beichen remains wary.
• The Azure Wutong Warship reaches the world passage leading into Jade Pool’s territory. Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu disembark and are welcomed by Meng, the Venerable guarding the passage.
• Li Beichen formally enters the Ethereal World, Jade Pool’s domain. He discovers its special Ethereal Essence, which is particularly suited to Jade Pool’s void- and tranquility-based techniques.
• They arrive at Jade Pool’s magnificent mountain gate: countless palaces and Cloud Platforms float above a vast, treasure-filled spiritual lake. Li Beichen is stunned by the sect’s enormous strength, observing that it contains more Venerables than the entire Nine Provinces.
• Wang Xiangyu leaves to report to his master, Superior Sankong. A Daoist child then escorts Li Beichen to Clear Heart Hall.
• Wang Xiangyu introduces Li Beichen as a potential true disciple who has independently comprehended a divine ability.
• Superior Sankong examines Li Beichen and recognizes that he has cultivated the Essence, Qi, and Spirit paths through exceptionally powerful Heaven and Earth True Martial methods. He further determines that each path has evolved into a unique Dao vein.
• Impressed by Li Beichen’s rare foundation, Superior Sankong offers Jade Pool’s full support in helping him reach the High Person realm, asking only that Li Beichen later protect and revive the declining sect.
• Li Beichen sincerely promises to share Jade Pool’s fate and help restore its former glory.
• Concerned that Li Beichen’s extraordinary foundation may attract unwanted attention from other High Persons, Superior Sankong decides to teach him the concealment divine ability Formless Return to Void and invites him to remain in Clear Heart Hall for personal instruction.

2. Character Developments

• Li Beichen: Becomes increasingly alert to the Heavenly Court’s hidden authority and potential dangers. He is also deeply impressed by Jade Pool’s scale and strength. His candid ambition to pursue the High Person realm, combined with gratitude and loyalty toward Jade Pool, wins Superior Sankong’s approval.
• Wang Xiangyu: Acts as Li Beichen’s guide and sponsor, introducing him warmly to Jade Pool. He is shocked to learn the true quality of Li Beichen’s cultivation and clearly recognizes that his junior brother is an extraordinary talent.
• Superior Sankong: Initially appears old and quiet but reveals profound insight and overwhelming cultivation. He quickly recognizes Li Beichen’s unparalleled foundation and treats him as a rare opportunity for Jade Pool’s revival.
• Meng: Serves as a friendly representative of Jade Pool, welcoming Li Beichen at the world passage.
• Daoist Child: Though young in appearance, he is a powerful Grandmaster and respectfully escorts Li Beichen to the sect’s main hall.

3. Significant Themes

• Protection versus control: The Heavenly Court’s management of world passages demonstrates how systems meant to provide security can also become instruments of domination.
• Hidden strength and concealment: Li Beichen’s exceptional cultivation must remain hidden, emphasizing the dangers of revealing one’s true abilities in the Upper Realm.
• Decline and revival: Jade Pool remains magnificent but diminished from its former glory. Li Beichen’s arrival offers hope that its lineage can recover.
• Mutual obligation and loyalty: Superior Sankong offers resources in exchange for future protection, while Li Beichen willingly accepts a moral duty to repay Jade Pool’s grace.
• The vastness of the Upper Realm: Jade Pool’s power alone surpasses the Nine Provinces, expanding Li Beichen’s understanding of the immense hierarchy and complexity of the world above.
• Rare talent and destiny: Li Beichen’s three unique Dao veins make him an unprecedented prodigy, suggesting that his cultivation may be central to Jade Pool’s future.

4. Character Interactions

• Li Beichen questions Wang Xiangyu about the Heavenly Court’s control, revealing his cautious and analytical nature; Wang attempts to reassure him.
• Wang introduces Li Beichen to Meng as Jade Pool’s newest junior brother, establishing his formal connection to the sect.
• Wang reports Li Beichen’s achievements to Superior Sankong, prompting the latter’s detailed evaluation of Li Beichen’s cultivation.
• Superior Sankong and Li Beichen negotiate an implicit alliance: Jade Pool will dedicate its resources to his advancement, while Li Beichen promises to defend and restore the sect.
• Wang leaves Li Beichen with encouragement and envy, highlighting the exceptional trust Superior Sankong has placed in his new disciple.
• The chapter ends with Li Beichen alone with Superior Sankong, ready to receive personal instruction in Formless Return to Void.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Superior Sankong gives Li Beichen a Jade Slip Golden Chapter containing the minor divine art [Formless Return to Void], explaining that high-level divine arts are preserved as condensed Dao insights rather than written texts.
• Li Beichen asks how one advances from the Venerable realm to the High Person realm. Sankong explains:
  • Venerables perfect one path—Essence, Qi, or Spirit—and condense a Unique Nature.
  • To become a High Person through the orthodox path, one must gather the Three Flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, then collect the Five Qi of Heaven and Earth.
  • After refining Gang and Baleful Intent, the cultivator condenses a Dharma Soul, completing the ascent to High Person.
• Sankong demonstrates the Three Flowers and Five Qi, temporarily manifesting a Dharma Soul capable of merging with and manipulating Heaven and Earth.
• He praises Li Beichen’s unusually deep foundation in all three cultivation paths, saying that gathering the Three Flowers should be relatively easy for him. His true challenge will be accumulating the Five Qi and refining the forces needed to form a Dharma Soul.
• Sankong explains that alternative forms of heavenly qi, such as Yin-Yang qi, magnetism, or other rare forces, may produce stronger results than the Five Elements, but such paths are exceptionally difficult and rare.
• Li Beichen learns of the extreme Dao, in which a cultivator reaches High Person through a single path rather than the Three Flowers. Sankong says this is possible but far more difficult and requires extraordinary accumulation.
• Sankong promises to protect and nurture Li Beichen in Jade Pool for a hundred years, teaching him the Jade Pool Method and helping him pursue the High Person realm.
• When Li Beichen asks what lies beyond High Person, Sankong reveals that the ultimate goal is immortality. High Person is merely the stage of “climbing the mountain,” while becoming immortal is the final transformation.
• Sankong explains that High Persons still have lifespans of roughly ten thousand years. He himself has lived over nine thousand years and is nearing the end of his life.
• The path to immortality requires overcoming the Three Great Limits: condensing Dharma power, opening Heavenly Apertures, and comprehending Dharma with the Primordial Spirit.
• Even then, one becomes only a Loose Immortal, subject to three-thousand-year minor tribulations, nine-thousand-year major tribulations, and ultimately the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.
• To gain recognized immortality and avoid these tribulations, one must obtain an Immortal Registry Certificate from the Upper Realm’s Heavenly Court.
• Li Beichen reacts strongly to the implication that immortality depends on Heavenly Court approval and questions whether cultivation and martial freedom are being subordinated to an external authority.

2. Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates humility, discipline, and intellectual curiosity by respectfully receiving his master’s transmission while continuing to question the structure of cultivation.
• His confidence grows as he realizes that his mastery of Essence, Qi, and Spirit is far beyond ordinary Venerables. He begins to suspect that each of his three paths may individually possess the depth required for the extreme Dao.
• His ambition expands from merely reaching High Person to questioning the entire path toward immortality and whether it can be achieved without relying on Heavenly Court.
• Superior Sankong is presented as a knowledgeable and supportive mentor. He recognizes Li Beichen’s exceptional talent, offers him protection and resources, and expresses genuine confidence in his future.
• Sankong’s own mortality becomes clearer: despite being a High Person, he is nearing the end of his lifespan and cannot simply seal himself away because his Unique Nature is linked to Heaven and Earth.

3. Significant Themes

• Foundations and completeness: Advancement depends not only on power but on eliminating weaknesses in one’s cultivation foundation.
• Orthodox versus extreme paths: The Three Flowers route is stable and widely accepted, while the single-path extreme Dao offers greater individuality but demands incomparably deeper attainment.
• The limits of power: Becoming a High Person does not grant true immortality; it is only a step toward a greater transformation.
• Mortality and time: Even powerful cultivators remain bound by lifespan and cosmic tribulations unless they achieve genuine immortality.
• Freedom versus authority: The requirement of Heavenly Court’s Immortal Registry challenges the ideal that cultivators should determine their own fate through personal strength.
• Mentorship and opportunity: Li Beichen’s future depends not only on talent but also on guidance, resources, perseverance, and fortune.

4. Character Interactions

• Sankong respectfully transmits [Formless Return to Void] to Li Beichen, establishing their master-disciple relationship more firmly.
• Li Beichen repeatedly seeks clarification, and Sankong patiently explains the hierarchy from Venerable to High Person and then to immortal.
• Sankong demonstrates the Three Flowers, Five Qi, and Dharma Soul, giving Li Beichen a direct understanding of High Person power.
• Sankong reassures Li Beichen that Jade Pool will support him for a hundred years, while Li Beichen responds with gratitude and renewed determination.
• Their final exchange becomes philosophical rather than technical: Li Beichen questions Heavenly Court’s authority, suggesting that his future cultivation may involve resisting or surpassing the established immortal system.

Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen masters the [Formless Return to Void] divine ability in just three days.
• Superior Sankong decides to hold a small, private initiation ceremony for Li Beichen.
• During the [Dao-Granting Ceremony], Li Beichen meets the core True Transmission disciples and elders of the Jade Pool.
• Superior Sankong personally decides to guide Li Beichen's initial cultivation, surprising the other disciples.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates his exceptional talent and comprehension by mastering a divine ability quickly.
• Yun Suyi, the Senior Disciple, shows her responsibility and leadership by volunteering to guide Li Beichen.
• Superior Sankong reveals his high expectations for Yun Suyi, indicating her potential to become the next Superior.

Significant Themes

• The importance of talent and potential in the cultivation world.
• The need for top-tier combat power to protect the Jade Pool sect.
• The responsibility of senior disciples in guiding and nurturing juniors.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen interacts with the core disciples and elders of the Jade Pool for the first time.
• Yun Suyi and Li Beichen have their first encounter, with Yun Suyi volunteering to guide him.
• Superior Sankong surprises everyone by deciding to personally guide Li Beichen, showing his high regard for the new disciple.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Superior Sankong breaks his precedent of not personally instructing disciples by teaching Li Beichen.
• Li Beichen is given the Jade Azure Cloud Hall as his residence.
• After half a month, Li Beichen moves back to the standard true disciple cave dwelling area.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen: Begins learning the [Supreme Clarity Golden Palace Scripture of Wonderful Seeking] from Superior Sankong, making significant progress.
• Superior Sankong: Shows exceptional favor to Li Beichen, teaching him personally and providing him with resources.

Significant Themes

• The importance of personal instruction from a master in cultivation.
• The rarity and power of Heaven and Earth Qi in the Upper Realm.

Character Interactions

• Superior Sankong and Li Beichen: Superior Sankong teaches Li Beichen the foundational technique of Jade Pool and guides him through his cultivation.
• Yun Suyi and Wang Xiangyu: Yun Suyi questions Wang Xiangyu about Li Beichen's background and Superior Sankong's favoritism.
• True Disciples: They discuss and speculate about Li Beichen's background and Superior Sankong's favoritism.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen successfully enters the Five Qi Refinement stage under Superior Sankong's guidance.
• He receives the Mount Meru Preaching Mirror from Superior Sankong for communication.
• Li Beichen meets his senior brother, Wang Xiangyu, and visits the Sect Treasury to claim his annual cultivation resources.
• Wang Xiangyu shares the history of Jade Pool and the mysterious fall of Superior Tan Xiaolou.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen gains a deeper understanding of his cultivation path and the importance of gathering and refining heaven and earth Qi.
• Superior Sankong demonstrates his care and support for Li Beichen's cultivation.
• Wang Xiangyu shows his kindness and willingness to help Li Beichen, revealing his concern for the sect's future.

Significant Themes

• The importance of gathering and refining heaven and earth Qi for cultivation.
• The responsibility and pressure of being a true disciple in Jade Pool.
• The crisis Jade Pool faces due to the lack of a successor to Superior Sankong.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Superior Sankong: Li Beichen receives guidance and resources from Superior Sankong, demonstrating the master-disciple bond.
• Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu: Wang Xiangyu shows kindness and shares information about the sect's history with Li Beichen, fostering a bond between senior and junior brothers.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen reaches the Threshold of Mastery in the Supreme Clarity Golden Palace Scripture of Wonderful Seeking.
• He begins cultivating with the Five Elements Qi from Jade Pool, but finds the quota insufficient for his needs.
• Li Beichen orders his Yama Dharma Body to gather Heaven and Earth Qi and Primordial Magnetism, focusing on Star Sea Primordial Magnetism due to its abundance in Nether World territories.
• Li Beichen decides to focus on mastering the Jade Pool Golden Ark as his next goal.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen's cultivation progresses rapidly, demonstrating his exceptional talent and foundation.
• Wang Xiangyu continues to cultivate diligently, showing his steady and prudent nature.

Significant Themes

• The importance of resources and cultivation methods for Venerables.
• The vastness and complexity of the Upper Realm and the Star Sea.
• The power dynamics and ambitions behind the decline of Jade Pool.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu maintain a friendly and respectful relationship, with Wang Xiangyu acting as a mentor and guide to Li Beichen.
• Li Beichen's Yama Dharma Body communicates with his Ghost Venerables, demonstrating his command over his undead forces.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen tells Wang Xiangyu that he wants to learn how to control Jade Pool Star Sea Arks, hoping to acquire or exchange for a Green Parasol-grade vessel in the future.
• Wang Xiangyu praises the usefulness of star arks but warns that they are merely external tools and must not distract cultivators from strengthening their Dao foundations.
• He directs Li Beichen to Fourth Senior Sister Liu Qingqing, Jade Pool’s foremost expert in artifact refinement, formations, restrictions, and star-ark control.
• Li travels to Liu Qingqing’s Azure Phoenix Hall using the Golden Light of Earth-Crossing technique.
• Liu enthusiastically welcomes him and reveals a massive underground ark hangar containing twenty-six powerful star vessels.
• She introduces several of her prized arks, including:
  • Azure Phoenix, a Green Parasol-class vessel combining wind and earth attributes, gifted by her deceased master.
  • Crimson Thunder, a vessel she personally modified for exceptional speed.
• Liu recalls Jade Pool’s former glory and the deaths of her master and Martial Uncle Xiaolou, but quickly recovers her enthusiasm for artifact refinement.
• She offers to lend Li one of her arks for practical training. Li chooses a sturdy, understated cyan vessel.
• Liu gives him the Thousand Hearts Vessel-Commanding Art, explaining that deeper forging and restoration techniques can be found in the sect’s Archives Hall and offering her own research notes.
• Over the following month, Li studies under Liu’s guidance and rapidly reaches the Threshold of Mastery in the vessel-commanding art.
• While researching Jade Pool’s Golden Vessels, Li discovers an ancient record concerning the disappearance of the Mystic Radiance No. 1 Golden Vessel during a secret mission roughly eleven thousand years earlier. The mission was interrupted, most participants vanished, and the vessel’s whereabouts remain unknown.

2. Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates humility, caution, and strong strategic judgment. He treats star arks as practical tools rather than objects of vanity and refuses to take advantage of Liu’s generosity unnecessarily.
• His exceptional comprehension becomes evident as he masters the foundational vessel-commanding techniques in only one month.
• Li’s curiosity expands from basic ark control to the deeper history and possible mysteries surrounding Jade Pool’s Golden Vessels.
• Wang Xiangyu acts as a responsible senior figure, balancing encouragement with a warning against becoming overly dependent on external treasures.
• Liu Qingqing is established as a passionate, forthright, and generous artifact-refinement expert. She takes great pride in her ark collection but is also marked by memories of Jade Pool’s decline and the loss of her master.
• Liu quickly develops a warm mentor-like relationship with Li and willingly shares her knowledge, vessels, and research materials.

3. Significant Themes

• External power versus personal cultivation: Star arks can improve travel, defense, and survival, but true strength rests in one’s own Dao foundation.
• Mastery through theory and practice: Liu emphasizes that vessel-commanding techniques cannot be learned from texts alone and require hands-on experience.
• Preservation of history: The Azure Phoenix and the records of the Golden Vessels connect present-day cultivators with Jade Pool’s former prosperity and its long-forgotten tragedies.
• Decline and lost glory: Liu’s memories and the mysterious disappearance of Mystic Radiance No. 1 reveal the sect’s gradual weakening over thousands of years.
• Mentorship and trust: Liu’s openness contrasts with the guarded nature often associated with powerful cultivators, allowing Li to gain both technical knowledge and access to deeper sect secrets.
• The allure of ancient mysteries: The lost Golden Vessel and unfinished secret mission introduce a larger historical mystery that may become important later.

4. Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Wang Xiangyu: Li respectfully seeks advice, while Wang provides guidance and cautions him against overvaluing artifacts.
• Li Beichen and Liu Qingqing: Their relationship quickly shifts from a formal request for instruction to an enthusiastic mentor-student partnership. Liu eagerly displays her collection, lends Li an ark, teaches him foundational techniques, and offers continuing support.
• Liu Qingqing and her arks: Her emotional attachment to the Azure Phoenix reflects both her love of artifact refinement and her connection to Jade Pool’s lost past.
• Li Beichen and Jade Pool’s history: Through Liu’s collection and the sect’s records, Li begins moving beyond technical study and uncovering clues about ancient missions, vanished cultivators, and the lost Golden Vessels.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Beichen discovers that the Golden Ark he possesses is one of the twelve legendary Golden Arks of Jade Pool, lost long ago.
• He learns that Jade Pool has never considered building another Golden Ark due to the extreme difficulty in creating them, requiring a peak Superior or expert with spatial divine abilities to inscribe the core Sumeru Primordial Magnetism Grand Array.
• Liu Qingqing, excited by Li Beichen's Golden Light of Earth-Crossing divine ability, suggests they attempt to recreate a Golden Ark together.
• Superior Sankong agrees to their plan, instructing Liu Qingqing to focus on the preliminary work first, with Li Beichen using his divine ability later.
• Li Beichen receives the core control method for the Jade Pool Golden Ark, the [Sumeru Ascension Vessel-Control Essentials], and successfully cultivates it to the entry level.

Character Developments

• Li Beichen demonstrates his understanding and responsibility towards Jade Pool's lineage and people.
• Liu Qingqing shows her dedication and excitement towards reviving Jade Pool's glory through recreating a Golden Ark.

Significant Themes

• The importance of heritage and legacy, as seen in the significance of the Golden Arks to Jade Pool.
• The struggle between decline and revival, represented by Jade Pool's current state and Li Beichen and Liu Qingqing's efforts to change its fate.

Character Interactions

• Li Beichen and Liu Qingqing work together towards a common goal, with Liu Qingqing showing trust and excitement in Li Beichen's abilities.
• Li Beichen maintains a humble and responsible demeanor, earning Liu Qingqing's respect and admiration.