Arc 15Victory and Nascent Soul Preparations

Chen Beiwu won the Heroes Gathering for the Jade Purity Immortal Sect and claimed the Five Phases Bright King Wings. After surviving an ambush and reaching Golden Core Perfection, he sought guidance for Nascent Soul formation and began contemplating the supreme landscape steles.

  • Chen Beiwu lost the finals to the Upper Purity Immortal Sect, then shared his foundation-laying method with the gathered prodigies.
  • Chen Beiwu collected jade tokens throughout the Crimson Blaze Realm and drew the Flame Emperor's interest.
  • Chen Beiwu separated the Three Firmaments and outlasted Zhao Yue when her backlash ended their duel, securing the Heroes Gathering and overall exchange meet for the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
  • Chen Beiwu bonded with the Five Phases Bright King Wings and later agreed not to join Gu Qinghan's Lunar Society after He Zhengyu warned him about its purpose.
  • Chen Beiwu left the sect and survived Blood Skeleton True Lord's ambush with help from Zhu Jinglong and Xin Yu, while the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon suppressed the curse left in him.
  • Chen Beiwu learned that the ambush implicated Lin Zimo, continued his travels, and reached Golden Core Perfection after decades of cultivation.
  • Chen Beiwu learned that Chen Qin was missing in the Cangyuan Realm expedition and received Nascent Soul formation guidance from the Evergreen True Venerable.
  • Chen Beiwu studied the landscape steles and the Three Purities Companion Scenery Immortal Art before contemplating the Chaos Primordial Origin Union with the Dao Supreme Landscape Stele, where he saw only chaotic nothingness.
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Ch. 351The Three Firmament Immortal Maidens

Wang Chan assessed Chen Beiwu’s strength for Zhao Yue and learned that she had mastered Heavenly Gang aura, though she still considered defeating Chen Beiwu alone extremely risky. At the Dao Discussion Battle finals, Zhao Yu and Zhao Qing won the Upper Purity Immortal Sect’s first two bouts, and Zhao Yue faced Xue Tianyi while watching Chen Beiwu.

  • Zhao Yue asked Wang Chan about Chen Beiwu, and Wang Chan admitted that Chen Beiwu’s strength surpassed his own.
  • Zhao Yue revealed that she had comprehended Heavenly Gang aura, and Wang Chan estimated she had a forty-percent chance against Chen Beiwu alone.
  • At the finals, Zhao Yu defeated Yu Zhaohua with Rainmist Cloud Lord and won the first bout for the Upper Purity Immortal Sect.
  • Zhao Qing defeated Mo Qingshuang after Mo Qingshuang’s sword strike failed to overcome Zhao Qing’s Golden Core and Gilt Flame Chi.
  • Zhao Yue took the platform against Xue Tianyi and fixed her attention on Chen Beiwu, who met her gaze.

Ch. 352Drawing the Attention of Spirit Transformation Venerables

Moon Firmament Immortal Maiden Zhao Yue revealed herself as a Nascent Soul True Lord and defeated Xue Tianyi instantly, after which Chen Beiwu chose to face Zhao Yue and four Golden Core prodigies alone. The Spirit Transformation Venerables judged that Chen Beiwu could not win, but valued his talent and resolve more than the contest’s outcome.

  • Zhao Yue froze Xue Tianyi and her Companion Beast with a glance, winning her duel and shocking the spectators by revealing she was a 148-year-old Nascent Soul True Lord.
  • Chen Beiwu calmly stepped onto the platform to initiate an “Only I Reign Supreme” battle against Zhao Yue and four Golden Core cultivators, earning the admiration of Wang Chan and Mu Nanyan.
  • Zhao Yue summoned the Northern Yin Cauldron Beast, while Zhao Qing and Zhao Yu summoned the Gilt Flame Chi and Rainmist Cloud Lord; Chen Beiwu called forth Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and the Five-Qi Vine.
  • Venerable Daoyan, Venerable Zi Xing, and Venerable Changyao discussed the Three Firmaments’ combined strength and agreed Chen Beiwu could not win, while praising his potential and resolve.

Ch. 353The Dao Discussion Drew to a Close

Chen Beiwu fought the Three Firmament Immortal Maidens in the Dao Discussion Battle, where their combined Heavenly Gang Dharma Forms finally overwhelmed him and gave the Upper Purity Immortal Sect the victory. He left the duel without revealing why his Primordial Origin Dharma Body had not awakened, while the watching sect prodigies became eager to study his foundation-laying method.

  • Moon Firmament, Clear Firmament, and Rain Firmament joined their powers to manifest three immense Heavenly Gang Dharma Forms and create the Three Purities One Qi Domain.
  • Chen Beiwu activated the Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation and exchanged dozens of attacks with the sisters, using his saber, Five-Qi Armor, and vertical eye to withstand their Dharma Forms.
  • Moon Firmament intensified the sisters' assault, and Chen Beiwu and the other combatants eventually exhausted their strength, leaving only Zhao Yue and Chen Beiwu standing.
  • Venerable Feng declared the Upper Purity Immortal Sect the victor, and Chen Beiwu left the platform without answering Zhao Yue's question about his Primordial Origin Dharma Body.
  • Mu Nanyan asked her friend to obtain Chen Beiwu's contact information so she could study his Nascent Elixir Method, as other sect prodigies also considered learning his foundation-laying method.

Ch. 354Rewards for Discussing the Dao

Chen Beiwu hosted the First Seats of the Ten Immortal Sects at Sunset Glow Retreat and used a discussion of the Dao to guide them in Golden Core cultivation and build ties. After the guests departed, Zhao Chen offered him a map and key to a sealed location containing flame yang liquid.

  • Chen Beiwu discussed the Dao with Zhao Chen, helping him understand his Seven-Turn Flame Pill and teaching the First Seats the principles of the Taiyi Five Directions Nine-Turn Wondrous Foundation-Laying Method.
  • Mu Nanyan and Lei Hao arrived at Sunset Glow Retreat and found the other First Seats gathered there to hear Chen Beiwu discuss the Dao.
  • Wang Chan joined the discussion, gained inspiration for completing his limitless golden core, and exchanged contact details with Chen Beiwu before leaving.
  • Zhao Chen thanked Chen Beiwu for his guidance by offering him a beast-hide map and key to a sealed location containing flame yang liquid.

Ch. 355The Heroes Gathering begins

Chen Beiwu accepted Zhao Chen’s Flame Yang map and Li Fire Pill, then learned that rival sects were making alliances ahead of the Heroes Gathering. A week later, the gathering began at the Myriad Realms Gate, where Venerable Daoyan opened the way to the Crimson Blaze Realm and announced its rules.

  • Zhao Chen gave Chen Beiwu a Flame Yang map and a Li Fire Pill, and Chen Beiwu accepted them after initially refusing the gifts.
  • Chen Beiwu received messages about proposed alliances between the Nine Heavens and Jade Purity Immortal Sects, and between Wang Chan and himself against the Upper Purity Immortal Sect.
  • Zhao Chen reported to Venerable Daoyan, Venerable Zi Xing, and Venerable Changyao that Chen Beiwu had accepted the gifts, while the three discussed the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s chances and Venerable Zi Xing’s comparison of Chen Beiwu to Gu Qinghan.
  • A week later, the prodigies of the Thirteen Immortal Sects gathered at Myriad Worlds Mountain, where Venerable Daoyan explained the Heroes Gathering’s rules and opened the Myriad Realms Gate to the Crimson Blaze Realm.

Ch. 356A mysterious presence

Chen Beiwu entered the Crimson Blaze Realm with his teammates, collected Flame Yang Liquid, and followed their map toward an Innate Primordial Qi Formation Eye while a mysterious presence stalked them underground. At the formation node, he trapped the Azure Firmament and Crouching Dragon sects after they defeated the Mystic Yellow sect, and Xun Xing proposed an alliance against the Upper Purity Immortal Sect.

  • Zhao Yue entered the Crimson Blaze Realm first, then Chen Beiwu led Yu Zhaohua and his other companions through the Myriad Realms Gate.
  • Chen Beiwu noticed his divine sense was suppressed far more than expected, but he proceeded with his team to search for the Innate Primordial Qi Formation Eye as a crimson-eyed presence watched from deep underground.
  • Chen Beiwu used the map to open a formation and collected its Flame Yang Liquid, then learned from Yu Zhaohua that the nearest Innate Primordial Qi Formation Eye lay northwest of them.
  • At another formation node, Xun Xing allied with the Crouching Dragon chief disciple, who betrayed and killed the Mystic Yellow chief disciple before their forces defeated the Mystic Yellow cultivators.
  • When Meng Chengxian appeared to contest the node, Chen Beiwu and his companions arrived; Yu Zhaohua, Mo Qingshuang, Ye Xinya, and Xue Tianyi sealed the area while Chen Beiwu's mystical beasts attacked the trapped cultivators.
  • Xun Xing offered to ally with Chen Beiwu and fight the Upper Purity Immortal Sect.

Ch. 357Redflame Creation

Chen Beiwu’s Five-Qi Vine overwhelmed the Azure Firmament and Crouching Dragon cultivators, while Meng Chengxian offered to help him face Upper Purity in exchange for mercy. Elsewhere, Zhao Yue defeated the defenders of the Innate Primordial Qi Formation Eye and revealed her suspicion that the Crimson Blaze Realm concealed the Flame Emperor, a potential Spirit Transformation opportunity.

  • Chen Beiwu refused Xun Xing’s alliance, and the Five-Qi Vine transformed the forest into a Five-Headed Wood Dragon that defeated the Azure Firmament and Crouching Dragon cultivators.
  • Golden Egg took fifteen jade tokens, and Xun Xing admitted defeat and led the Azure Firmament cultivators away.
  • Meng Chengxian proposed helping Chen Beiwu obtain a fair fight with the Moon Firmament Immortal Maiden if Chen Beiwu spared Cavern Mystery’s tokens, and he pointed to a single-use Profound Treasure in the formation eye as his means of stopping Upper Purity.
  • Zhao Yue defeated ten Golden Core cultivators at the Innate Primordial Qi Formation Eye, collected their jade tokens, and took the ancient Profound Talisman left behind.
  • Zhao Yue told Zhao Qing and Zhao Yu that she suspected the Flame Emperor had not been fully extinguished and that the Three Upper Immortal Sects and Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect might have an opportunity to claim him.

Ch. 358Mingli Blended Fire

Venerable Daoyan observed that Zhao Yue’s discovery of the Flame Emperor had made the contest for it uncertain, while the Flame Emperor grew interested in Chen Beiwu and tested his group. After Chen Beiwu received the Flame Emperor’s recognition, ten special jade tokens, and a wisp of Mingli Blended Fire, he suspected the elemental being had a hidden agenda.

  • Venerable Daoyan noted that Zhao Yue’s discovery had complicated the Flame Emperor’s plans and watched the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s prodigy.
  • The Flame Emperor sensed Yu Zhaohua’s radiant flame Dao body, then panicked when it thought Chen Beiwu had detected its spying.
  • Chen Beiwu led his group to occupy a spirit vein nexus, obtained an Earth Vein Mystic Talisman, and broke off his cooperation with Meng Chengxian.
  • Chen Beiwu defeated Meng Chengxian and his Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect companions, taking their jade tokens.
  • The Flame Emperor attacked Chen Beiwu’s group, defeated Mo Qingshuang and Xue Tianyi, and healed them after judging their combat strength unsatisfactory.
  • The Flame Emperor rated Chen Beiwu’s combat strength excellent and gave him ten special jade tokens and a wisp of Mingli Blended Fire, leaving Chen Beiwu suspicious of its motives.

Ch. 359Clearing Out the Heroes

Chen Beiwu accepted the Flame Emperor Yan’s decision to travel with his group, then ambushed the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect team after Iron Egg detected them. He defeated Lei Hao and his companions, leaving Lei Hao to surrender six jade tokens.

  • Chen Beiwu gave Iron Egg the Mingli Mixed Fire Seed, and Yan revealed that it would travel with the group while seeking an opportunity to perfect its Dao.
  • Iron Egg detected nearby cultivators, and Chen Beiwu identified them as the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect team led by Lei Hao.
  • Chen Beiwu and his Companion Beasts ambushed the team, binding and draining the earthly baleful true essence of Lei Hao’s four companions.
  • Golden Egg fought Lei Hao while Chen Beiwu struck the Cloud-Thunder Tiger with the Primordial Chaos Gold Seal, forcing Lei Hao to concede.
  • Lei Hao surrendered six jade tokens to Chen Beiwu after deciding he could not win or escape.

Ch. 360Battling the Three Firmaments Again

Chen Beiwu laid a hidden formation and waited for the Upper Purity Immortal Sect, but Zhao Yue ambushed him and pursued him after he escaped. Zhao Yue also revealed that the Flame Emperor was with Chen Beiwu, leaving the search for the Flame Emperor tied to their confrontation.

  • Chen Beiwu’s group defeated the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect cultivators, and Yan considered Chen Beiwu as a potential contract partner.
  • Zhao Yue defeated Wang Chan and the Great Purity Immortal Sect cultivators, taking Wang Chan’s jade token and learning that Chen Beiwu might challenge the Three Firmaments.
  • Chen Beiwu set a third-tier supreme-grade formation in the Crimson Blaze Realm and waited there with Yu Zhaohua and the others.
  • After fifteen days, Zhao Yue found the Jade Purity Immortal Sect cultivators and detected that the Flame Emperor was with Chen Beiwu.
  • Zhao Yue froze Chen Beiwu with a sudden attack, but the Five-Qi Vine’s puppet formation took the blow, and Chen Beiwu activated his formation before fleeing with Golden Egg.
  • Zhao Yue took Zhao Qing and Zhao Yu with her and pursued Chen Beiwu using her Teleportation profound ability.

Ch. 361No One Left to Interfere

Zhao Yue pursued Chen Beiwu and sealed the space around them, forcing him to unleash Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation. Chen Beiwu used the resulting clash and the Small Void Mirror to remove Zhao Yu and Zhao Qing from the battle, leaving him alone with Zhao Yue.

  • Zhao Yue froze Chen Beiwu, tracked his soul with Eight-Direction Soul Lock, and sealed the surrounding space to prevent his escape.
  • Chen Beiwu activated Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation, and Zhao Yue, Zhao Qing, and Zhao Yu summoned their Three Purities Dharma Forms to attack him.
  • Chen Beiwu used the Earth Vein Mystic Talisman to trigger the earth veins, but Zhao Yue suppressed them with the Supreme Yin Cauldron.
  • Chen Beiwu used the Small Void Mirror to deceive Zhao Yue and teleport Zhao Yu away, disrupting the Three Firmaments’ formation.
  • Chen Beiwu trapped Zhao Qing in an illusion with Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water, and she crushed her jade token before he could strike her.
  • Chen Beiwu recovered the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Saber and challenged Zhao Yue to fight without interference.

Ch. 362A new record

Chen Beiwu battled Zhao Yue in the Heroes Gathering, surviving her Supreme Yin Cauldron while refusing Yan’s offer to help in exchange for abandoning his companions. Zhao Yue’s suppressed backlash forced Venerable Daoyan to stop the contest, and Chen Beiwu set a new Heroes Gathering record.

  • Zhao Yue unleashed the Yin-Illuminating Mirror and its abyssal spring yin qi, while Chen Beiwu countered with the Candlelight Nine Prohibitions and trapped her with Silent Prohibition: Return to Nothingness.
  • Zhao Yue used the Mystic-Settling Pearl to freeze Chen Beiwu, then sealed him inside the Supreme Yin Cauldron to prepare the Extreme Yin Divine Flame.
  • Yan offered to help Chen Beiwu win if he ended his contracts with Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Five-Qi Vine, but Chen Beiwu refused to abandon his companions.
  • Chen Beiwu considered using the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability but decided victory was not worth exposing his secrets.
  • Zhao Yue’s backlash overwhelmed her before she could unleash the Extreme Yin Divine Flame, so Venerable Daoyan healed her and ended the contest.
  • Venerable Daoyan declared Chen Beiwu’s performance a new Heroes Gathering record, noting that he had defeated a Nascent Soul True Lord and other powerful opponents.

Ch. 363The grotto-heavens take notice

Chen Beiwu led the Jade Purity Immortal Sect to victory at the Immortal Sect Exchange Meet and earned the right to choose a major reward. News of his victory drew the attention of Zhu Wu and prompted Gu Qinghan to investigate a mysterious change in her fate.

  • Chen Beiwu replenished his strength and cared for Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and the Five-Qi Vine after the battle, while Yan grew more eager to form a contract with him.
  • Yu Zhaohua arrived wounded with the mission token, and Chen Beiwu learned that Zhao Yue had been taken away by Venerable Daoyan.
  • Venerable Daoyan announced that the Jade Purity Immortal Sect had won both the Heroes Gathering and the overall exchange meet, granting Chen Beiwu a choice among thirteen Heaven-Piercing Profound Treasures or alternative rewards.
  • Zhu Wu learned that Chen Beiwu had defeated Zhao Yue and acknowledged his talent, but said he would wait until Chen Beiwu reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage before challenging him.
  • Gu Qinghan failed to divine the cause of a change in her fate and ordered a shadow attendant to investigate recent events involving the Immortal Alliance's younger generation.

Ch. 364The Profound Treasure Acknowledges Its Master

Gu Qinghan learned about Chen Beiwu and invited him to pursue cultivation in the Lunar Grotto-Heaven, hoping to bring his great fortune into her service. Chen Beiwu chose the Five Phases Bright King Wings, used his primordial-origin Enlightenment Mystical Ability to make them accept him, and successfully bonded with the treasure.

  • Gu Qinghan read Chen Beiwu's history and suspected his immense fortune was linked to the disturbance in her fate.
  • Gu Qinghan ordered her maidservant to invite Chen Beiwu to cultivate in the Lunar Grotto-Heaven.
  • Chen Beiwu and his Companion Beasts chose the Five Phases Bright King Wings, and Venerable Daoyan brought them to the Five Phases Blessed Land.
  • The Five Phases Bright King Wings rejected Chen Beiwu's first attempts at blood acknowledgment and cut off the Five-Qi Vine's hand when it tried to touch them.
  • Chen Beiwu used his Enlightenment Mystical Ability to awaken the Bright King Wings' spirituality, after which they accepted his blood and bonded to his body.

Ch. 365An invitation and rewards

Chen Beiwu tested the Five Phases Bright King Wings, lectured at the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect, and received an invitation from Gu Qinghan to study at the Lunar Grotto-Heaven and join the Lunar Society. After returning to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect and collecting his promised rewards, he learned from He Zhengyu that the Lunar Society was a scheme to select Gu Qinghan’s Dao companion, and agreed not to join.

  • Chen Beiwu used the Five Phases Bright King Wings to travel five thousand li in an instant, and Venerable Daoyan advised him to refine the treasure gradually before asking him to lecture on the Golden Core Great Dao.
  • Chen Beiwu finished lecturing at the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect and said goodbye to Xu Lingling, who planned to delay forming her core until the Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent recovered.
  • Zhao Chen delivered Chen Beiwu a personal invitation from Gu Qinghan to study at the Lunar Grotto-Heaven and join the Lunar Society, which Zhao explained accepted prodigies recognized by the Lunar Saintess.
  • Chen Beiwu returned to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, where He Zhengyu gave him the three promised Heaven and Earth Exotic Flames: Green-Phosphorus Karmic Flame, Jade-Transforming Heart Flame, and Sea-Void Flame.
  • Chen Beiwu told He Zhengyu about the invitation, and He Zhengyu warned that the Lunar Society was a way for Gu Qinghan to select a Dao companion, so Chen Beiwu agreed not to join.

Ch. 366Fifth-Tier Origin Talisman

Chen Beiwu watched Iron Egg refine the Soul-Calming Fire, awaken the Crimson Radiance Nirvana Fire, and grow stronger before asking Zhu Wuya for permission to leave the sect. Zhu Wuya warned him that Ning Xuanji and other powerful cultivators might target him, then gave him a Heaven-Escaping Talisman to conceal his karma and return him to Taiyi Hall if he faced mortal danger.

  • Chen Beiwu found Golden Egg pretending to study the Dao Canon while asleep, while Five-Qi Vine tended the spirit medicines and Iron Egg refined the Soul-Calming Fire.
  • Iron Egg broke through, gained the growing fourth-tier supreme-grade Crimson Radiance Nirvana Fire, and demonstrated its calming properties to Chen Beiwu.
  • Chen Beiwu went to Taiyi Hall and asked Zhu Wuya for permission to travel beyond the sect so he could cultivate in the Immortal Alliance.
  • Zhu Wuya warned Chen Beiwu that Ning Xuanji and other powerful cultivators had targeted him, but Chen Beiwu insisted that he needed to follow his cultivation path.
  • Zhu Wuya gave Chen Beiwu a fifth-tier middle-grade Heaven-Escaping Talisman that concealed his karma and could transport him back to Taiyi Hall if he faced mortal danger.

Ch. 367The sect's festering sore

Chen Beiwu accepted Zhu Wuya’s Heaven-Escaping Talisman and heard warnings about threats and factional infighting, while Mist Sea True Lord Lin Zimo plotted to track and kill him. Zhu Wuya monitored Lin’s schemes, and the chapter ended with Chen Beiwu arriving at the Beast Taming Lineage to meet Shu You.

  • Zhu Wuya lent Chen Beiwu a fifth-tier primordial Heaven-Escaping Talisman and warned him to avoid hostile sects and the Red River Realm, where Heavy Gold Sect factions secretly backed demonic cultivators.
  • Zhu Wuya offered Chen Beiwu a False Nascent Soul Dao guardian, but Chen Beiwu refused, confident he could protect himself.
  • Xiang Yuanbai reported to Mist Sea True Lord Lin Zimo that Chen Beiwu had refused a guardian, so Lin ordered a backup tracking lure activated to help arrange an accident.
  • Zhu Wuya questioned Xin Yu about Lin Zimo and said he would sacrifice even a Nascent Soul True Lord if Lin’s actions harmed the sect’s interests.
  • Shu You corrected a disciple who called her Lineage Master, then welcomed Chen Beiwu when he arrived at the Beast Taming Lineage.

Ch. 368Blood Skeleton True Lord

Chen Beiwu reviewed Shu You’s management of the growing Beast Taming Lineage, rewarded her with a Golden Tower Elixir, and left to seek a breakthrough. After traveling in disguise to Abysswall Market, he discovered Xiang Yuanbai tracking him, only for Xiang Yuanbai to summon Blood Skeleton True Lord Yun Wuyou, who attacked Chen Beiwu and demanded his Golden Egg.

  • Shu You reported the Beast Taming Lineage’s growth, and Chen Beiwu praised her work after seeing its disciples nourish his Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon.
  • Chen Beiwu warned Shu You to reduce her cultivation of the incomplete Longevity Secret Record, gave her a Golden Tower Elixir, and left the lineage in her care as he departed to seek a breakthrough.
  • Disguised as Mo Qingshuang, Chen Beiwu traveled through the Mirror Moon Sect’s teleportation array to Abysswall Market and noticed Xiang Yuanbai following him.
  • Chen Beiwu lured Xiang Yuanbai into the wilderness and confronted him, but Xiang Yuanbai summoned the fugitive Blood Fortune Sect Nascent Soul True Lord Yun Wuyou.
  • Yun Wuyou attacked Chen Beiwu with a bloodlight strike, which Golden Egg blocked with its Three-Aspect Indestructible Mystical Ability.
  • Yun Wuyou praised Golden Egg’s strength and demanded that Chen Beiwu dissolve their contract and give him the flood dragon.

Ch. 369The Life-Transmutation Great Curse

Chen Beiwu exposed the ambush by Blood Skeleton True Lord and Xiang Yuanbai, prompting two hidden Mirror Moon Sect True Lords to intervene. Blood Skeleton True Lord sacrificed himself with the Blood Demon Life-Transmutation Great Curse, but Chen Beiwu’s Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon began suppressing its lingering effect.

  • Chen Beiwu evaded Blood Skeleton True Lord’s blood needles and revealed that two more Nascent Soul True Lords were concealed nearby.
  • Suspended Mirror True Lord Zhu Jinglong and Clear Abyss True Lord Xin Yu appeared, then swiftly incapacitated Blood Skeleton True Lord’s clone and captured Xiang Yuanbai.
  • Blood Skeleton True Lord escaped through multiple blood-colored forms, but Zhu Jinglong’s Suspended Mirror Dharma Form trapped his true body.
  • Blood Skeleton True Lord invoked the Blood Demon Life-Transmutation Great Curse and sacrificed his Purple Mansion Nascent Soul, sending a black blood thread into Chen Beiwu’s Chaos Heaven and Earth.
  • Chen Beiwu’s Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon gradually gained the upper hand over the curse, and he cautiously refrained from absorbing the blood drops left behind.
  • Chen Beiwu told Zhu Jinglong and Xin Yu that he felt unharmed, though the curse’s lingering effects remained under the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon’s suppression.

Ch. 370Golden Core Perfection

Chen Beiwu learned that Deputy Sect Master Lin Zimo might have arranged the attack against him, then chose not to return to the sect and went into seclusion. After decades of cultivation, he formed his first Yang Spirit Embryo and reached Golden Core Perfection, setting his sights on the Nascent Soul realm.

  • Chen Beiwu learned from Suspended Mirror True Lord and Clear Abyss True Lord that their leads implicated Deputy Sect Master Lin Zimo, who saw him as a rival for the vacant Sect Master position.
  • Chen Beiwu refused Zhu Jinglong's offer to return to the sect, while Zhu Wuya ordered Lin Zimo confined and declared that he was testing the Dao Child.
  • Blood Skeleton True Lord falsely told Blood Demon Venerable that he had killed Chen Beiwu, then accepted a mission to turn the Five Great Sects' subordinate Cultivation Lineages against them.
  • Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance, praised the Five-Qi Vine for nourishing the Myriad Forms Mystic Grass, and began cultivating with Flame Yang Liquid.
  • After decades of tempering his Yin Spirit, Chen Beiwu formed a Yang Spirit Embryo and achieved Golden Core Perfection.

Ch. 371A dangerous world

After forty years of seclusion, Chen Beiwu reached Golden Core Perfection and learned that his friend Chen Qin had gone missing during the dangerous campaign in the Cangyuan Realm. He tried to help Xu Ziqing after her failed Core Formation, but she refused his offer, and the chapter ended with Chen Beiwu confronting the grim news about the expedition.

  • Chen Beiwu assessed his improved body, magic power, and Divine Sense after advancing to Golden Core Perfection, while Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and the Five-Qi Vine neared the next stage of cultivation.
  • Chen Beiwu and his Companion Beasts discussed who would receive the single Myriad Spirits King-Transforming Pill, then agreed to settle the matter with a contest later.
  • Chen Beiwu read his messages after leaving seclusion and learned that his parents had reached Foundation Establishment, Xu Ziqing had failed Core Formation, and Xu Lingling had formed a Second-Grade Golden Core.
  • Chen Beiwu offered Xu Ziqing another way to form her core, but she politely refused because she did not want him to see her in her current state.
  • Chen Beiwu discovered that Sister Qin had joined the Cangyuan Realm expedition and asked Su Muyu for news; she told him Chen Qin was missing and that the campaign's death rate was eighty percent.

Ch. 372Great Origin Heaven Realm

Chen Beiwu received the Secret Record of Splitting Heaven in the Purple Mansion to Form the Nascent Soul from the Evergreen True Venerable, but found he still lacked the conditions to cultivate it. He entered the Great Origin Heaven Realm to study its landscape steles, where Luo Zheng disparaged him and hinted that his humble origins would hinder his future.

  • Su Muyu invited Chen Beiwu to Jade Purity City's Beast Appraisal Assembly, and he accepted before visiting his master for guidance on Nascent Soul formation.
  • The Evergreen True Venerable taught Chen Beiwu about the Secret Record of Splitting Heaven in the Purple Mansion to Form the Nascent Soul and gave him its Jade Slip.
  • Chen Beiwu studied the method, received notice that the Law-Heaven Realm would open in half a year, and realized he still needed to fulfill its four cultivation requirements.
  • Chen Beiwu traveled to the Great Origin Heaven Realm, where Han Zhongli recommended that he study the Thirty-Third Scenery Stele.
  • Luo Zheng criticized Chen Beiwu to Xu Xiu and predicted that Chen Beiwu's humble origins would make it difficult for him to establish his own lineage within Jade Purity.

Ch. 373The Giant Stele's Secret

Chen Beiwu ignored sect rivals’ schemes, intimidated Zhang Shaohan during a sparring challenge, and continued searching the Great Origin Heaven Realm’s giant landscape steles. Ye Xinya followed him and revealed that the supreme landscape steles concealed special strands of heavenly gang pure qi.

  • Luo Zheng told Xu Xiu that Chen Beiwu would be blocked from sect leadership and Spirit Transformation resources, then warned him that Senior Brother Xiao would soon emerge from seclusion.
  • Chen Beiwu dismissed his companions’ offer to punish the plotters and searched the giant steles, finding only faint resonance with the Time's Clear Cicada Anchoring the Present Supreme Landscape.
  • Ye Xinya rejected Zhang Shaohan’s marriage overtures and asked Chen Beiwu for guidance, prompting Zhang Shaohan to challenge him to a three-move spar.
  • Chen Beiwu’s Heavenly Empyrean Silent Radiance God-Slaying Thorn overwhelmed Zhang Shaohan with a death threat, and Zhang Shaohan admitted defeat and apologized.
  • Chen Beiwu headed for the thirty-third giant stele, while Ye Xinya said the supreme landscape steles concealed special strands of heavenly gang pure qi.

Ch. 374Scenery Immortal Art

Chen Beiwu studied the Other Shore Qiongqi Struggling to Cross Supreme Landscape stele, whose Heavenly Gang Dao Origin revealed the Space Dao, but he struggled to comprehend it. He left to learn the Three Purities Companion Scenery Immortal Art, and the chapter ended with the old instructor testing his understanding.

  • Ye Xinya brought Chen Beiwu to the landscape stele and secured him a meditation seat by asking her relative Zhao to leave.
  • Chen Beiwu studied the stele for two months and discerned its Space Dao, while Golden Egg and the Five-Qi Vine gained new insights and Iron Egg gained nothing.
  • Chen Beiwu decided to stop studying the stele and seek the Three Purities Companion Scenery Immortal Art at the Scripture Transmission Pavilion.
  • An old instructor imparted the art to Chen Beiwu, who first said he understood thirty percent and, three days later, said he understood ten percent.

Ch. 375Supreme Landscape

Chen Beiwu went to contemplate the Chaos Primordial Origin Union with the Dao Supreme Landscape Stele after Yu Yuanlong encouraged him to try it. The stele stirred his Primordial Origin Golden Core, but he could perceive only chaotic nothingness and could not grasp its deeper meaning.

  • Yu Yuanlong praised Chen Beiwu's comprehension and directed him toward the first Supreme Landscape Stele.
  • Chen Beiwu traveled to the Chaos Primordial Origin Union with the Dao Supreme Landscape Stele, where Xu Xiu yielded him a place in line after sensing his formidable aura.
  • Chen Beiwu reflected on whether the sect's leaders might know about Nine-Breath Chaos, then waited for his turn to contemplate the stele.
  • Yu Yuanlong told Han Zhongli that Chen Beiwu might use the stele to forge a supreme landscape, while Han Zhongli doubted that a golden core cultivator could succeed.
  • Chen Beiwu began contemplating the stele, but despite his Golden Core's strong reaction, he saw only chaotic nothingness.
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