Recaps

Chen Beiwu killed Yan Yue after learning that the Grand Void Formation Sect’s ruins might contain a teleportation formation to the Eastern Land Region. Elsewhere in the Heavenly Evolution True Realm, the Visored Demon Ape killed Li Yuanhang and sought its next prey.

• Yan Yue showed Chen Beiwu the Grand Void Formation Sect’s token and formation inheritance, claiming the ruins held a route to the Eastern Land Region.
• Chen Beiwu recovered his Law Power, used the Companion Beast Mark to deceive Yan Yue, and killed her before taking memories from her remnant soul.
• Gu Jianfeng ordered a Mysterious Sword Pavilion cultivator to break the plaza formation within one day and learned that Li Yuanhang was missing.
• Li Yuanhang fled the Visored Demon Ape and tried to reach the Sword Heart Talismans’ sensing range to warn Gu Jianfeng’s group.
• The Visored Demon Ape bound Li Yuanhang with dark-gold chains, shattered his Dao Foundation, and turned southeast to search for another prey.

Chen Beiwu left the Grand Void Formation Sect hall and explored the Heavenly Evolution True Realm while searching for the True Lord Inheritance. After half a month, his Spirit Rhinoceros Pill shattered, signaling that Senior Sister Feng had encountered a deadly threat.

• Chen Beiwu learned from Yan Yue's memories that the Flameburn Sect had secretly explored the Grand Void Formation Sect Ruins for over three hundred years, then recorded details of the medicine field's formation and established a spatial anchor there.
• Chen Beiwu tested the hall's teleportation formation and emerged in a forest, where he killed an ambushing Dual-Tier Nether Snake.
• Chen Beiwu found a five-colored Spatial Rift leading out of the Heavenly Evolution True Realm, but followed his divination's warning and continued exploring with Senior Brother Jiang's Fourth-Rank Profound Talisman for protection.
• Chen Beiwu spent half a month searching for the True Lord Inheritance, killing Second-Tier Spirit Beasts and collecting spirit medicines without finding any third-tier precious herbs.
• Chen Beiwu's Spirit Rhinoceros Pill shattered, indicating that Senior Sister Feng had crushed her pill to signal a deadly threat.

Chen Beiwu sensed a disturbance in the Heavenly Evolution True Realm as a Visored Demon Ape slaughtered Feng Yao, Gu Jianfeng, and their companions. After revealing the strength and undying body of a fourth-tier Demon King, the ape turned toward Chen Beiwu and the realm’s core inheritance area.

• Chen Beiwu noticed a vast spatial rift and a devastated basin, then prepared to escape as he sensed danger nearby.
• The Visored Demon Ape caught Feng Yao as she fled and killed her with a single blow.
• The Demon Ape appeared behind Ji Sinian, killing him before Gu Jianfeng and the other Mysterious Sword Pavilion cultivators could detect it.
• Gu Jianfeng attacked the Demon Ape with the Five Elements Sword Formation, but it caught and destroyed his sword strike.
• Gu Jianfeng used his Master's sword talisman to sever the Demon Ape's head, but the head returned to its body as his four companions died.
• The Demon Ape killed Gu Jianfeng and looked southwest toward Chen Beiwu and the core inheritance area.

Chen Beiwu watched Zhou Yuan and Zhao Green Vine fight over a True Lord’s Inheritance Stele, then emerged after Gu Yun Si revealed his presence. Zhou Yuan recognized Chen Beiwu’s Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water, leaving the gathered cultivators wary of the Mirror Moon Sect’s hidden strength.

• Chen Beiwu concealed himself and watched Zhou Yuan of the Heavy Gold Sect battle Zhao Green Vine of the Greenwood Sect over the Inheritance Stele.
• Chen Beiwu judged that taking the inheritance alone would risk a joint attack, so he stayed hidden while Zhao Green Vine called on Han Shengwu to help.
• Han Shengwu appeared and proposed that the sects cooperate to explore the stele, and Zhou Yuan attacked a hidden watcher on a nearby slope.
• Gu Yun Si blocked Zhou Yuan’s strike and joined Han Shengwu, then revealed that Chen Beiwu was hidden behind an ancient tree.
• Chen Beiwu appeared and asked Gu Yun Si how he had detected him; Zhou Yuan recognized his Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water and grew wary.

Chen Beiwu and the sect cultivators faced three powerful demon beasts at the Inheritance Stele and agreed to work with them to seek its treasures. The stele revealed that only someone who subdued the Mind Ape could inherit the Heavenly Evolution Star-Dipper Disk, warning that failure meant death.

• Gu Yun Si claimed he had seen Chen Beiwu arrive, making Chen Beiwu suspicious, while Zhou Yuan proposed a truce.
• The Purple Kui Hou, Three-Yin Soul-Eroding Dove, and Pincer-Dragon Tortoise arrived and challenged the cultivators to reach the Inheritance Stele.
• Zhao Green Vine proposed that the humans and demons decipher the stele together and share the medicine-field treasures, and the Purple Kui Hou agreed in exchange for the Purple-Thunder Mysterious Bamboo.
• The cultivators glimpsed the Heavenly Evolution Star-Dipper Disk and other treasures through a spatial rift above the stele.
• Zhao Green Vine touched the stele, which revealed that only someone who subdued the Mind Ape could inherit the Heavenly Evolution Star Dipper, and that anyone else would die.

Chen Beiwu watched cultivators test themselves against the Inheritance Stele and realized its warnings about the Mind Ape foretold deadly calamities. He refused to test himself, while Zhao Green Vine finally attacked the stele with her Green Vine Sword.

• Chen Beiwu considered what the Mind Ape meant and prepared the Ten Directions Gate in case the stele’s warning proved real.
• Zhou Yuan struck the Inheritance Stele, received a middle-lower grade assessment, and saw his fortune darken with signs of deadly calamity.
• Gu Yun Si tested the stele and received a lower-grade assessment, while his fortune also turned ominous.
• Other cultivators tested themselves and received low assessments as Chen Beiwu observed that their fortunes had all changed for the worse.
• Chen Beiwu declined to test himself, but Zhao Green Vine activated the Myriad Ages Evergreen Reincarnation Creation Scripture and sent her Green Vine Sword slashing toward the stele.

Chen Beiwu shattered the Inheritance Stele with an arrow and earned its highest evaluation, receiving a Heavenly Evolution Pill and a Void-Traveling Escape Realm formation disk. He escaped through the Ten Directions Gate as Zhou Yuan and the other cultivators attacked, leaving the stele’s inheritance and treasures contested.

• Zhao Green Vine received an Azure Nether Fruit from the stele, while Han Shengwu urged the cultivators to work together to break its restrictions.
• Chen Beiwu fired the Ox of the Earthly Branches · Mountain-Crushing Arrow at the Inheritance Stele, cracking it and revealing an ancient star map.
• The stele recognized Chen Beiwu’s flawless Heavenly Evolution Dao Foundation and granted him a Heavenly Evolution Pill and a Void-Traveling Escape Realm formation disk.
• Chen Beiwu learned that he could attempt to inherit the stele’s mantle and pursue a Primal Chaos Golden Core, then teleported away to avoid the cultivators.
• Zhou Yuan and cultivators from the Heavy Gold Sect and Greenwood Sect attacked, but Chen Beiwu had already vanished.

After Chen Zi'ang escaped, the cultivators discovered that a Masked Demon Ape guarded the inheritance stele. The ape survived Zhao Green Vine’s strongest attack and began killing everyone as it tracked Chen Beiwu’s traces.

• Purple Kui Hou scorned Zhou Yuan and the others for failing to capture Chen Beiwu, while Zhou Yuan and Zhao Green Vine realized Chen Zi'ang might possess a Heavenly Evolution Dao Foundation.
• A Masked Demon Ape appeared, and Zhou Yuan suddenly collapsed and died without any visible attack.
• The ape’s chest-beating caused Han Shengwu and Gu Yun Si to suffer severe heart pain and vomit blood.
• Zhao Green Vine unleashed her master’s Fourth-Rank Profound Talisman, summoning an Evergreen Dharma Form that battered the area with Jia Wood Profound Thunder.
• The Demon Ape emerged unharmed, followed Chen Beiwu’s traces from the stele, and killed the cultivators with thunder as Zhao Green Vine died.

Chen Beiwu used the Heavenly Evolution Pill to advance to late-stage Foundation Establishment, and Golden Egg advanced alongside him. After returning from the Heavenly Evolution True Realm, he surrendered the fourth-tier Void-Traveling Escape Realm formation disk to the Mirror Moon Sect and waited to see how its leaders would treat him.

• Chen Beiwu implanted the Heavenly Evolution Pill in his heart and spent a month refining its medicinal power, advancing to late-stage Foundation Establishment and strengthening his divine sense.
• Golden Egg awakened and rebuilt its hundred rivers Qi vortex, advancing to late-stage Foundation Establishment with Chen Beiwu’s help.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Heavenly Evolution True Realm and passed through the Five-Colored Vortex without encountering a guard.
• At the Mirror Moon Sect’s checkpoint, Chen Beiwu handed Zhao Heng his storage ring and declined to join True Disciple Jiang’s upcoming expedition.
• Chen Beiwu revealed the fourth-tier Void-Traveling Escape Realm formation disk, prompting Elder Yu to summon him; Chen Beiwu waited by the Earth Baleful Treasure Ship to judge the sect’s response.

Chen Beiwu met Yu Shuiyao aboard the Earth Baleful Treasure Ship and offered the sect the fourth-tier formation disk he had obtained in the secret realm. Yu Shuiyao asked what reward he wanted, and Chen Beiwu requested upper-grade five-element earth baleful essence to refine his Earthly Baleful Qi.

• Chen Beiwu entered the ship's inner layer and resisted the formation insights in Yu Shuiyao's Black Dragon Screen.
• Yu Shuiyao praised Chen Beiwu's comprehension and questioned him about his time in the Heavenly Evolution True Realm.
• Chen Beiwu revealed that he had formed the Heavenly Evolution Dao Foundation and offered the Void-Traveling Escape Realm to the sect.
• Yu Shuiyao recognized Chen Beiwu's contribution and asked what reward he wanted from the sect.
• Chen Beiwu requested upper-grade wood- and water-attribute five-element earth baleful essence.

Chen Beiwu negotiated for cultivation rewards and learned that he could request essence blood from the fourth-tier Xuanhao Chi Dragon, which the Five Great Sects planned to kill before it became a fifth-tier Demon Venerable. After he left, Yu Shuiyao used the ancestor’s Dharma Edict to report Chen Zi'ang’s achievements and the emergence of a peerless heaven’s pride.

• Yu Shuiyao explained that the sect could provide one wisp of ten-thousand-nether baleful Qi, while evergreen earth baleful essence would require the ancestor’s approval.
• Chen Beiwu asked for third-tier water-type flood dragon essence blood to help Golden Egg break through its bloodline shackles.
• Yu Shuiyao advised Chen Beiwu to request fourth-tier chi dragon essence blood from the Xuanhao Chi Dragon, whose impending transformation had prompted the Five Great Sects to plan a dragon-slaying campaign.
• Chen Beiwu thanked Yu Shuiyao and left, while she examined the Dharma Edict and noticed that many points of light, including those of true disciples, had dimmed.
• Yu Shuiyao summoned the ancestor through the Dharma Edict and reported that twenty-year-old Chen Zi'ang had forged a Heavenly Evolution Dao Foundation, gained the Inheritance Stele’s recognition, and obtained a Heavenly Evolution Pill and a fourth-tier formation disk.

Patriarch Zhu named Chen Zi'ang the Mirror Moon Dao Child, summoned him back to teach him the Great Unity Golden Core Method, and granted the requested resources. As Chen Beiwu returned from the secret realm, he learned that Feng Yao and many other prodigies had likely died, reinforcing his resolve to avoid the Inheritance Stele.

• After Yu Shuiyao praised Chen Zi'ang, Patriarch Zhu found that he could not divine the young man's fate and suspected he might be a Calamity Child.
• Patriarch Zhu promoted Chen Zi'ang to Mirror Moon Dao Child, ordered him back to the sect, and promised to personally teach him the Great Unity Golden Core Method.
• Yu Shuiyao requested baleful essences, Chi Dragon essence blood, and a Nascent Soul Nurturing Pill on Chen Beiwu's behalf, and Patriarch Zhu granted them.
• Chen Beiwu and Zhao Heng returned to the Earth Baleful Treasure Ship as Elder Yu prepared to leave the realm.
• Zhao Heng said Feng Yao and True Disciple Han's traces had vanished and reported heavy casualties among several sects' disciples and prodigies.
• Chen Beiwu concluded that the Inheritance Stele was ill-omened and resolved not to touch it.

After arriving at the Mirror Moon Sect, Chen Beiwu learned more about his Dao Child privileges and received a secret formation method from Yu Shuiyao. His new status stirred envy in Yu Xuanhao and surprised Li Wan'er, while Chen Beiwu prepared to meet the sect ancestor.

• Chen Beiwu discussed formations with Yu Shuiyao during the journey and received her Illuminating Secret Art upon reaching the Sect.
• Yu Shuiyao took Chen Beiwu to the Mysterious Pivot Hall to collect Earth Baleful Essence, where Yun Cang welcomed them and disciples learned Chen was the Dao Child.
• Yu Xuanhao angrily challenged Chen Zi'ang's appointment before his great-grandmother Yu Shuxian, who told him Chen was better than him.
• Li Wan'er learned that Chen Zi'ang had become the Mirror Moon Dao Child but stayed in the Alchemy Hall because the Golden Tower Elixir was nearly complete.

Chen Beiwu obtained two powerful strands of earth baleful essence for his plan to form a primordial origin golden core, then visited Sect Ancestor Zhu Wuya. Zhu Wuya imparted the sect’s secret core formation method directly into Chen Beiwu’s mind, leaving him overwhelmed by its Dao resonance.

• Chen Beiwu collected ten thousand nether baleful Qi and evergreen earth baleful essence from the Mysterious Pivot Hall after Yun Cang warned him to refine them carefully.
• Chen Beiwu resolved to follow the Jade Purity Nine-Turn Primordial Origin Elixir Art by gathering jade void earth baleful essence, Five-Qi Vine treasure radiance, and primordial origin ancestral Qi.
• Yu Shuiyao brought Chen Beiwu to Taiyi Peak to pay respects to Ancestor Zhu Wuya, passing two Fire-Scaled Flood Dragons guarding the hall.
• Chen Beiwu saw Zhu Wuya’s extraordinary purple fortune radiance and used the One-Guarding Mirror to clear his thoughts.
• Zhu Wuya displayed the Five Directions and Five Elders Taiyi Pill-Casting Method and sent the method into Chen Beiwu’s mind, overwhelming him with Dao resonance.

Patriarch Zhu helped Chen Beiwu refine five upper-grade earth baleful essences, and Chen Zi'ang attained minor accomplishment in the Five Directions and Five Elders Taiyi Pill-Casting Method. Patriarch Zhu recognized Chen Zi'ang's exceptional potential, while Yu Shuiyao raised the danger of the Heavenly Evolution True Realm and presented the Void-Traveling Escape Realm.

• Patriarch Zhu used five upper-grade earth baleful essences to temper Chen Beiwu's Dantian and stabilize his cultivation.
• Golden Egg rushed out of the Spirit Beast Pouch, but Yu Shuiyao picked it up and told it not to interfere.
• Chen Zi'ang reached minor accomplishment in the Five Directions and Five Elders Taiyi Pill-Casting Method, impressing Patriarch Zhu with his talent.
• Patriarch Zhu gave Yu Shuiyao the Nascent Soul Nurturing Pill and warned her that a Nascent Soul Formation Pill was within the Heavenly Evolution True Realm.
• Yu Shuiyao said Zhao Green Vine's death had made the Greenwood Sect suspect a Nascent Soul True Lord was in the secret realm, then presented the Void-Traveling Escape Realm.

Chen Beiwu reached the peak of Foundation Establishment after mastering the Five Directions and Five Elders Taiyi Pill-Casting Method, and Zhu Wuya bestowed him another secret art before deciding not to enter a dangerous realm. Back at his cave abode, Chen Beiwu received congratulations from sect disciples, honored Shu You as his senior sister, and heard her ask to serve him.

• Chen Beiwu completed two months of cultivation under Zhu Wuya’s guidance, reached minor accomplishment in the Taiyi Core-Casting Method, and approached the threshold of Foundation Establishment perfection.
• Zhu Wuya warned Chen Beiwu to harmonize the five earthly baleful currents and bestowed the Mirror Cause, Moon Effect Profound Illumination Heart Sutra, while Chen Beiwu resolved to pursue a primordial origin golden core using Golden Egg and his other methods.
• Zhu Wuya divined a deadly calamity within the Heavenly Evolution True Realm and chose not to enter it.
• Chen Beiwu returned to Water Moon Secluded Abode, where Shen Lingqing and other cultivators presented gifts to congratulate him on becoming Dao Child.
• Chen Beiwu called Shu You his senior sister because she had brought him into the sect, startling the gathered disciples and earning her gratitude.
• Shu You entered Chen Beiwu’s cave abode and asked to follow him as a servant, but Chen Beiwu stopped her from kneeling and invited her to speak directly.

Shu You became Chen Beiwu’s follower, and he tasked her with investigating the Cloudsea Shen Household’s past attempt to seize his cultivation method, authorizing her to exterminate the clan if it was responsible. Chen Beiwu studied Core Formation methods while Feng Buxiu’s secret mining of void-gold marrow remained undiscovered, leaving the investigation’s outcome unresolved.

• Shu You admitted that she wanted Chen Beiwu’s protection to improve her standing against Shen Lingqing, and she agreed to set aside her grudges to become his follower.
• Chen Beiwu ordered Shu You to investigate the Cloudsea Shen Household’s involvement in an attempt to seize his Abyss-Hiding Art and authorized her to kill those responsible; he gave her a token to summon the Justice Hall if Shen Lingqing interfered.
• Chen Beiwu refused Shu You’s offer to provide maids, then reviewed congratulatory gifts and helped Golden Egg cultivate with the Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate True-Spirit Diagram.
• Chen Beiwu studied the Jade Purity Nine-Turn Primordial Origin Elixir Art and considered how it related to the sect’s Core Formation method before returning through the Ten Directions Gate to address his missed classes at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• At Abysswall Market, Feng Buxiu asked Sheng Yong and Sheng Gang whether matters had been handled, and Sheng Yong reported that they had followed the usual rules despite Feng’s secret mining and sale of void-gold marrow.

Chen Beiwu sought a credible way to explain the upper-grade earth baleful essence in his Dantian, buying pinball blind boxes as a backup while trying to arrange a genuine purchase. Meanwhile, Pinball Entertainment decided to send him better prizes for publicity, and Chen stayed inside to study online courses.

• Hua Buqi demanded void-gold marrow from Feng Buxiu, accepted one portion, and warned him to deliver enough next year or mine it himself.
• Shu You arrived at the Cloudsea Shen Household as the Moon-Picking Envoy, where the three Foundation Establishment cultivators welcomed her on behalf of Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu found upper-grade earth baleful essence sold out, posted a high-priced purchase request, and spent ten thousand spirit origin on pinball plays that yielded fifty blind boxes.
• Pinball Entertainment manager Jiang Chen ordered his staff to send Chen Beiwu more upper-grade blind boxes with major prizes for publicity.
• Chen Beiwu watched an elective online course with the golden egg while remaining at home to avoid drawing attention to his magical power.

Chen Beiwu learned Companion Beast Transformation into Weapon and discovered that Golden Egg could become a powerful Flood Dragon sword, though the transformation quickly exhausted it. After testing many weapon forms and opening his prize blind boxes, he found a Spirit-Locking Box containing an egg that appeared to belong to a Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent.

• Chen Beiwu watched Mountain-Moving True Lord Yue Shan explain the principles of Companion Beast Transformation into Weapon and learned that a weapon's form had to suit its companion beast.
• Chen Beiwu transformed Golden Egg into a Flood Dragon sword and felt his power approach that of a Golden Core True Person, but the form lasted only about ten breaths before Golden Egg fell asleep.
• Over five days, Chen Beiwu tested more than a dozen weapon forms and found that Golden Egg provided the greatest boost as a saber or spear, though neither form felt right.
• Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg opened their fifty Random Blind Boxes, finding mostly worthless goods until Chen Beiwu discovered an expensive Spirit-Locking Box.
• Chen Beiwu opened the Spirit-Locking Box and found a hot, pulsing beast egg whose markings and heat suggested it belonged to a Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent.

Chen Beiwu discovered that his Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent egg was congenitally damaged and offered it in exchange for Five-Element Earth Baleful Essence, which Xu Lingling agreed to gather. After divining about the dangers of the Heavenly Evolution True Realm, he asked True Lord Su Miao to examine a grand formation protecting the Jade Medicine Plot.

• Chen Beiwu found the Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent hatchling inside the egg was deficient in source essence and listed the egg for Five-Element Earth Baleful Essence.
• Chen Beiwu opened the remaining blind boxes and found a bottle of Five Foundation Establishment Spirits, while Golden Egg lamented that Chen Beiwu kept finding the valuable prizes.
• Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing learned that Chen Beiwu had a Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent egg, and Xu Lingling asked True Person Xu for help acquiring it.
• True Person Xu decided to gather the Five-Element Earth Baleful Essence so Xu Lingling could trade for the egg, and Xu Lingling told Chen Beiwu she would deliver it the following week.
• Chen Beiwu removed his listing, divined that his plans carried risks but promised benefits, and messaged True Lord Su Miao about the formation guarding the Jade Medicine Plot.
• True Lord Su Miao examined Chen Beiwu's formation diagram and noticed that its underlying concept was good.

Chen Beiwu studied the Medicine Plot Hall’s guardian formation with True Lord Su Miao’s guidance and came to test it with a Star-Setting Disk. A Visored Demon Ape then appeared, killed Wu Jie and the other two cultivators, and fixed its attention on Chen Beiwu, who faced the Demon King with no way to flee.

• True Lord Su Miao explained how to disrupt the Medicine Plot Hall’s guardian formation with a Star-Setting Disk and answered Chen Beiwu’s questions about formations.
• Chen Beiwu bought a Star-Setting Disk, traveled to the Medicine Plot Hall, and found five cultivators from the Greenwood and Flameburn sects near the guardian array.
• Wu Jie and two allies hid in a Crimson Shadow Concealment-and-Kill Formation while Chen Beiwu sent Golden Egg to draw them out and searched for the guardian array’s moment of weakness.
• The Visored Demon Ape teleported to the hall, shattered the concealment formation, and caused Chen Beiwu’s law power to fall dormant with its presence.
• Wu Jie’s Five Peaks Demon-Subduing Talisman failed to stop the Demon Ape, which crushed Wu Jie and his two allies before turning its attention to Chen Beiwu.

Chen Beiwu met the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, learned he could challenge it for the Heavenly Evolution True Lord’s legacy, and entered the Jade Medicine Plot to collect its treasures. After returning to the Immortal Alliance, he was absent when Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling arrived to visit him at Jade Purity Mountain.

• Chen Beiwu stayed calm before the Battle-Devouring Demon Ape, which tested his aptitude and offered rewards if he challenged it after forming his Golden Core.
• Chen Beiwu asked whether he could defeat the Demon Ape, and it gave him a token to summon a challenge and promised to grant him one request if he won.
• Chen Beiwu used the Star-Setting Disk to enter the Jade Medicine Plot, harvested six treasured plants, and left the Myriad Forms Mystic Grass untouched.
• Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg left the secret realm and returned to the Immortal Alliance.
• Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling visited Jade Purity Mountain to see Chen Beiwu, and Old Turtle reacted when Xu Ziqing called him Beiwu.

Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing visited Chen Beiwu at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, where he revealed his progress toward forming a Primordial Origin Golden Core and received five strands of Earth Baleful Essence from Xu Lingling. The visit ended with Chen Beiwu effortlessly overpowering Ding Xu, who had challenged him on behalf of Shen Yuanbao.

• Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing reached the Jade Purity Mountain Gate, and Chen Beiwu showed them around the sect.
• Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling were astonished by Chen Beiwu's Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation and joined him for lunch.
• Xu Lingling traded Chen Beiwu five strands of Five-Element Earth Baleful Essence for the Red-Striped Scorching Fire Serpent egg.
• Chen Beiwu considered his plan to gain the Five-Qi Vine's approval and begin secluded cultivation to form a Primordial Origin Golden Core.
• Ding Xu offered Chen Beiwu thirty academic credits to fight Shen Yuanbao, but Chen Beiwu rejected the challenge and knocked Ding Xu down with a glance.

Chen Beiwu helped Xu Ziqing refine her cultivation method and improve her Qi, while Shen Yuanbao decided to challenge him after learning Ding Xu had been injured. The chapter ended with Shen Yuanbao calling Chen Beiwu out in a formal Cave Abode Challenge.

• Chen Beiwu overwhelmed Ding Xu, who apologized and left after provoking him in a private room.
• Shen Yuanbao learned that Chen Beiwu had injured Ding Xu, acknowledged Ding Xu had been at fault, and declared he would challenge Chen Beiwu before facing Gu Xiao and Yu Zhaohua.
• Xu Ziqing told Chen Beiwu she planned to attempt Qi Refining beyond the limit next year, and he guided her through a revised circulation route for her cultivation method.
• Xu Ziqing embraced Chen Beiwu and tentatively offered herself in marriage, but Shen Yuanbao interrupted by formally challenging Chen Beiwu to a Cave Abode Challenge.

Xu Ziqing accepted Chen Beiwu’s terms for their relationship while a Cave Abode Challenge brought Shen Yuanbao to his door. On the Duel Platform, Chen Beiwu effortlessly defeated Shen Yuanbao’s Purple Lightning Thunder Leopard and stood victorious.

• Chen Beiwu told Xu Ziqing that he would not take a dao companion or have children, and Xu Ziqing said she still wanted to be with him despite the Xu Household’s expectations.
• Shen Yuanbao challenged Chen Beiwu for his cave abode, drawing a crowd of students and the attention of True Lord Jiang Chuan.
• Chen Beiwu emerged from the Nine Peaks Cave Abode, and a hemp-robed Nascent Soul True Lord directed the challengers to settle their dispute on the Duel Platform.
• Shen Yuanbao unleashed his Thunder Calamity Spirit Needles to empower the Purple Lightning Thunder Leopard and attack Chen Beiwu with a storm of lightning.
• Chen Beiwu’s Fish-Dragon broke through the lightning, injured the Purple Lightning Thunder Leopard, and left Shen Yuanbao defeated.