Recaps

Chen Beiwu discovered that Nine-Breath Chaos had transformed his fortune-sensing ability, letting him see cultivators’ fortune with a glance. After the auction, he left Blackrock Mountain and passed an ambush at Gray Wind Gorge, only to realize the two Foundation Establishment cultivators were not targeting him.

• Chen Beiwu’s Nine-Breath Chaos awakened a change that let him instinctively see fortune light clusters above cultivators.
• Bi Xi auctioned a Foundation Establishment Pill, and bidders drove its price to twenty thousand spirit stones.
• Chen Beiwu left the auction empty-handed, while Wei Xuesong hesitated over whether to notify his master about him.
• Chen Beiwu used the jade token as bait and traveled from Blackrock Mountain, hoping to lure Wei Xuesong into revealing himself.
• At Gray Wind Gorge, Chen Beiwu spotted two Foundation Establishment cultivators lying in ambush and changed course, then concluded they were targeting someone else.

Chen Beiwu returned from the Southern Wild Region, restocked Yellowtail Dendrobium, and learned that his mother’s fortune had turned white after the Frostfall Pill cleared her cold poison. That night, Golden Egg completed his companion beast metamorphosis under Chen Beiwu’s guidance, reaching the lesser spirit monster category.

• Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance, checked his popular fishing account, and decided against buying twenty thousand jin of Yellowtail Dendrobium.
• Chen Beiwu traveled to Anyi County and bought five hundred jin of Yellowtail Dendrobium from small-scale growers.
• Chen Beiwu saw that Huang Xiaoling’s fortune had turned white and agreed that his parents could help with the business’s packing and customer service.
• Golden Egg began his companion beast metamorphosis in the cultivation cave abode as Chen Beiwu guided his magic power circulation.
• Golden Egg completed the metamorphosis with twenty basic dao marks in his technique meridian, barely reaching the lesser spirit monster category.

Chen Beiwu tested the cultivation benefits of his new Companion Beast Magic Power Cycle and sold talismans at Hidden Dawn Market, where he met Zhu Qiong, a true disciple who took an interest in him. The chapter ended with inner disciple Shu You requesting an audience with the Moon-Picking Envoy.

• Chen Beiwu found that his cultivation speed had quadrupled, while Golden Egg's Dao practice was still too low to refine his supreme-grade spirit arts into companion beast marks.
• Chen Beiwu set up his stall in Hidden Dawn Market and heard that the Gu Household had canceled its Son-in-Law Recruitment Assembly after the Second Young Lady was seriously injured by bandit cultivators.
• Zhu Qiong bought two Water Arrow Talismans from Chen Beiwu, blushed at his compliment, and left with a favorable impression of him.
• At Spirit Cuisine Tower, Zhu Qiong reflected on Chen Beiwu's charm and unusual talismans before Shu You knocked and asked to see the Moon-Picking Envoy.

Chen Beiwu caught and released a protected Two-Instrument Sturgeon while livestreaming at Still Abyss West Lake, then suspected his golden fortune had drawn it there. The chapter left him considering new ways to use the fortune within Nine-Breath Chaos.

• Shu You presented the Moon-Picking Standards to Zhu Qiong, who told her to follow the sect's rules without changes.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Immortal Alliance and resumed livestreaming while fishing at Still Abyss West Lake.
• Chen Beiwu caught a protected Two-Instrument Sturgeon and released it after recognizing that it was illegal to keep.
• An orange-fortuned old cultivator arrived seeking the fish, learned Chen Beiwu had released it, and departed.
• Chen Beiwu wondered whether the golden fortune within Nine-Breath Chaos had attracted the sturgeon and could draw auspicious beasts.

Chen Beiwu used a livestream beast appraisal to attract viewers and expose a caller’s supposed exotic fish as an ordinary fish altered by spell arts. The stream’s popularity soared, and the next call revealed a powerful creature hidden in flowing liquid flame.

• Chen Beiwu resumed his livestream and offered two free beast appraisals to fans.
• Begonia Fish showed Chen Beiwu a strange-looking fish, and Chen Beiwu identified it as an ordinary Three-Tailed 𫚔 altered with spell arts.
• Chen Beiwu explained how a cultivator could verify the fish’s nature, and Begonia Fish angrily ended the call after realizing he had been deceived.
• Chen Beiwu’s livestream popularity passed a hundred thousand as viewers praised his appraisal.
• Chen Beiwu accepted another call, and the video revealed liquid flame with a pair of molten-gold slit pupils.

Chen Beiwu identified Eighteen’s tiger as a Heavenly Blaze Tiger, then turned the livestream’s sudden popularity into a successful sale of Yellowtail Dendrobium. Nearly half a month later, he had earned a substantial balance but still could not buy the sold-out Moonlight Dewdrops and Green Vine Branches.

• Chen Beiwu recognized Eighteen’s tiger as a Heavenly Blaze Tiger and explained its value and likely future companion beast contract.
• Eighteen followed Chen Beiwu’s advice to poke Million’s throat, prompting the tiger to roar and ending their call; Eighteen then gifted Chen Beiwu and said the method made Million run away from his hand.
• Chen Beiwu used the surge of viewers to sell all his Yellowtail Dendrobium during the livestream.
• Over nearly half a month, Chen Beiwu bought and sold another two thousand jin of Yellowtail Dendrobium over two broadcasts.
• Chen Beiwu checked his earnings and found that Moonlight Dewdrops and Green Vine Branches remained out of stock on the Immortal Alliance Official Website.

At the Moon-Picking Ceremony, Shu You oversaw the spiritual-root tests for cultivators hoping to join the Mirror Moon Sect. Chen Beiwu tested as full moon upper grade and was named an eligible inner sect disciple and candidate sequence.

• Shu You introduced the Seven-Wheel Spirit-Testing Mirrors and called the cultivation households forward to take the aptitude test.
• The tests rejected cultivators with moonless aptitude and accepted others, while only six lineage children received a crescent moon rating.
• Gu Chun tested as crescent moon upper grade and was accepted, pleasing Shu You.
• Chen Beiwu stepped onto a Seven-Wheel Spirit-Testing Mirror, which emitted several piercing blasts.
• The mirror identified Chen Beiwu as a sixteen-year-old with a water-attributed false heavenly spiritual root, a wood-attributed earth spiritual root, and full moon upper grade aptitude, eligible to become an inner sect disciple and candidate sequence.

Chen Beiwu revealed his heavenly false spiritual root aptitude and was invited by Shu You to join the Mirror Moon Sect’s inner sect directly. As Shu You described the sect’s hierarchy and its suspicion of older rogue cultivators, Chen Beiwu realized that the sect’s welcome depended on his potential as a future pillar.

• The cultivators on the Cloud Boat reacted with shock and excitement when Chen Beiwu’s exceptional spiritual root and cultivation level were revealed.
• Shu You greeted Chen Beiwu warmly, learned that he was using the name Chen Zi'ang, and invited him aboard the Cloud Boat.
• Shu You explained that Chen Zi'ang’s aptitude qualified him to enter the Mirror Moon Sect’s inner sect without completing the remaining recruitment trials.
• Chen Beiwu boarded the Cloud Boat and noticed that Shi Botao and Wei Xuesong had also passed the spiritual root assessment.
• Shu You warned Chen Beiwu not to trust rogue cultivators who joined the sect at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, calling them firewood while describing him as a future pillar.
• Chen Beiwu concealed his concern after realizing that the Mirror Moon Sect judged recruits by their origins as well as their aptitude.

During the Moon-Picking Ceremony, Chen Beiwu passed the Heart-Testing Refinement and drew the attention of Zhu Qiong with his exceptional spiritual-root evaluation. Zhu Qiong invited him to join the Mirror Moon Lineage, and Chen Beiwu accepted.

• Gu Chun woke from the Heart-Testing Refinement illusion within ten breaths, and Shi Botao and Wei Xuesong later passed the trial as well.
• Shu You gave jade slips to the eleven cultivators who passed the first two trials and announced a craftsmanship assessment handled by the Gu Household.
• Shu You brought Chen Beiwu to meet Zhu Qiong and presented his spiritual-root evaluation, which rated him full moon upper grade.
• Zhu Qiong praised Chen Zi'ang's heavenly spiritual root and promised to have Shu You's sect-mission assessment rated outstanding.
• Zhu Qiong invited Chen Beiwu to become her junior brother in the Mirror Moon Lineage, and he accepted.

Chen Beiwu received the Cold Pool Spirit Sword from Zhu Qiong and learned that the gift marked his entry into Zhu Qiong’s tutelage. After settling into an upper-grade cave abode, Chen Beiwu began studying the sword’s spell art while considering how to improve Golden Egg’s combat skills.

• Zhu Qiong presented Chen Beiwu with the Cold Pool Spirit Sword, and Chen Beiwu quickly won the sword’s recognition.
• Shu You explained that receiving the sword meant Chen Beiwu had entered Elder Zhu’s tutelage, then gave him a jade token for an upper-grade cave abode.
• Zhu Qiong reviewed Chen Beiwu’s background and decided not to investigate further; Shu You described him as talented and virtuous.
• Chen Beiwu cultivated in the cave abode as Golden Egg’s dao practice increased to twenty-two years.
• Chen Beiwu took out the Cold Pool Spirit Sword and began comprehending its inherent spell art while Golden Egg watched.

Chen Beiwu attended the cultivation lineages’ banquets seeking information about moonheaven dew and withered thunder branch, then departed for the Mirror Moon Sect aboard a Cloud Boat. He learned the journey would take two days after a teleportation stop at Abysswall Market.

• Chen Beiwu refused the Gu Household’s offered triplet maids, while Shu You accepted the chance to take them as her own maids.
• Chen Beiwu learned that Cangwu Mountain Range’s moonheaven dew had sold out, but the Gu Household’s Foundation Establishment cultivator offered to reserve some for him later.
• At Hidden Dawn Market, Chen Beiwu greeted Gu Chun, Shi Botao, and Wei Xuesong before boarding the Cloud Boat with the other disciples.
• Aboard the Cloud Boat, Shu You told Chen Beiwu that they would travel to Abysswall Market and use its Teleportation Formation to reach the sect in two days.

Chen Beiwu arrived at Mirror Moon Sect and learned that his connection to True Person Zhu would secure him a chance at Sequence status. As he began climbing Water Moon Peak’s Heaven-Ascending Stairway, the Mirror Prostration trial produced a reflection that stepped out of the mirror.

• Shu You showed Chen Beiwu Quiet Moon Island and described how the sect-protecting formation had crushed a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Deacon Yun collected the new outer sect disciples, while Shu You told Chen Beiwu he could go to the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool and carry Cold Pool Spirit Sword as he sought a Golden Core elder’s recognition.
• Shu You took Gu Chun toward the Personnel Hall and left Chen Beiwu at the stairway to the Sun-Moon Pool.
• Chen Beiwu stepped onto the Heaven-Ascending Stairway and received information about its six trials and the Mirror Prostration requirement for new disciples.
• A mirror formed before Chen Beiwu, and his reflection smiled before stepping out into the real world.

Chen Beiwu defeated his lethal mirror double in the Sixfold Heaven-Tier Mirror Trial and emerged above the clouds, where a veiled woman appeared to escort him. In the Elder Hall, the Golden Core elders praised his performance and argued over which hall should take him.

• The Golden Core phantoms watched Chen Beiwu face his mirror double and debated his prospects and likely place in the sect.
• Chen Beiwu discovered that the trial suppressed his spirit artifact’s power and fought the double using water spell arts and Wind Manipulation.
• Chen Beiwu recognized the double’s attacks, shattered its water blades with Cold Pool, and killed it despite suffering a simulated throat wound.
• The mirror trial broke, and Chen Beiwu found himself above a sea of clouds as a veiled woman appeared and asked him to follow her.
• The Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and True Transmission Hall phantoms praised Chen Beiwu and disputed which hall should accept him.

The Golden Core elders let Chen Zi'ang's cultivation method determine whether he would enter the True Transmission Hall or the Talisman Hall, while Chen Beiwu entered the True Transmission Hall to choose a cultivation method and spells. He rejected two powerful methods incompatible with his existing inheritance and selected Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water, suspecting the sect had offered it as bait.

• The Formation Hall elder and the other uninvolved elders withdrew, leaving four Golden Core phantoms to decide Chen Zi'ang's placement.
• The First Elder of the Alchemy Hall proposed letting Chen Zi'ang's choice of cultivation method decide between the Second Elder of the True Transmission Hall and the Fourth Elder of the Talisman Hall, and both elders agreed.
• The veiled female cultivator brought Chen Beiwu to the True Transmission Hall, where moonlight transported him into a star-filled space and an aged voice explained he could choose one cultivation method and two spells.
• Chen Beiwu considered the Nine-Origin Sea Refining Art and Profound Nether Pagoda Sutra but rejected them because they could not be practiced alongside the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Chen Beiwu selected Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water, a Nascent Soul method that could copy enemy spells and Law Treasures, and suspected the sect had offered it as bait.

Chen Beiwu chose the difficult Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water method and two advanced water Spirit Arts, despite warnings from the elders. He arrived at his new cave abode in the Mirror Moon Lineage, where a young Foundation Establishment cultivator welcomed him as her junior.

• Chen Beiwu accepted the first level of Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water and chose to study it despite the aged voice's warning about its difficulty.
• The aged voice recommended Treading the Void on Surging Waves and Illusory Mist Dusk, and Chen Beiwu accepted both second-tier Spirit Arts.
• Second Elder True Person Yu defended Chen Beiwu's choice to the Fourth Elder, saying the sect's Origin Arts mattered more than her own Dao Lineage.
• Senior Sister Yun brought Chen Beiwu to Water Moon Secluded Abode Number Seven, where Wan'er eagerly welcomed him as a new junior.
• Chen Beiwu asked about cultivating in the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool, and Senior Sister Yun told him he would have to wait until the Outer Sect Grand Competition ended.

Chen Beiwu met his new senior sister, Li Wan'er, who revealed her extraordinary strength and nearly got him to eat a dangerous thousand-year marrow ginseng. After Li Wan'er rushed off to hunt for treasure chicken eggs, Chen Beiwu entered his cave abode and began studying his new cultivation methods and spells.

• Chen Beiwu learned that Li Wan'er had shattered the Water Moon Secluded Abode's Underworld-Gathering Weak Water Array with one light smack.
• Li Wan'er split a thousand-year marrow ginseng with Chen Beiwu, who learned it was dangerous for cultivators to consume raw and carefully stored his half.
• Chen Beiwu asked Li Wan'er about the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool and wondered whether it could temper the body and cleanse the soul.
• Li Wan'er rushed away to try to snatch eggs from the hatching Mao-Day Treasure Chicken, leaving Chen Beiwu alone.
• Chen Beiwu entered his cave abode, discovered it sat atop a third-tier spirit vein, and began studying his cultivation method and spell jade slips.

Chen Beiwu struggled to understand Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water, then discovered that Golden Egg could absorb its true intention by swallowing the jade slip. He began testing whether Golden Egg’s Sea Absorption Talent could turn the cultivation method into a new aspect of his Flowing Golden Scales Talent.

• Chen Beiwu set aside the difficult cultivation method and mastered the first step of the Illusory Mist Du Spirit Art.
• Golden Egg swallowed the Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water jade slip, and Iron Egg unsuccessfully tried to explain the scripture to him.
• After Golden Egg produced small water mirrors, Chen Beiwu suspected that his Flowing Golden Scales Talent had absorbed the jade slip’s true intention.
• Chen Beiwu had Golden Egg swallow the jade slip again, then found that more of its recorded true intention had disappeared and Golden Egg’s water mirrors had grown.
• Chen Beiwu concluded that Golden Egg might need to swallow at least three jade slips to gain an initial grasp of the cultivation method.

Chen Beiwu tried to teach Golden Egg spells through the Sea Absorption Talent but found it had gained no insight, then visited Shu You and learned about Senior Sister Li Wan'er’s alchemy, failed cultivation of the Heaven and Earth Rotation Longevity Scripture, and a rumor about her past. The chapter left Chen Beiwu treating the rumor as unconfirmed while Shu You believed she had begun to earn his trust.

• Chen Beiwu tested whether Golden Egg could learn spells by swallowing them, but Golden Egg gained no insight and needed rest.
• Shu You welcomed Chen Beiwu to Snow-Blowing Courtyard while disciples outside speculated about their relationship, and Senior Sister Lin offered Li Lin a chance to take over her spirit fish farm position in exchange for help obtaining a Black Gauze Fish.
• Chen Beiwu asked Shu You about Senior Sister Wan'er, and she explained that Senior Sister Li was a powerful alchemist refining the Golden Tower Elixir.
• Shu You told Chen Beiwu that Senior Sister Li had failed to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Rotation Longevity Scripture, a secret method that could extend lifespan but risked leaving a severe Dao injury.
• Shu You shared a rumor that Senior Sister Li might be the same person as a Greenwood Sect alchemist who had died thirty years earlier, and Chen Beiwu said he would treat it as false.

Chen Beiwu went with Li Wan'er to the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool, where Yu Ying confronted him over the cultivation spot she had lost. Deacon Yun rejected her challenge and defended Chen Beiwu, revealing that the pool's places were not guaranteed to the Outer Sect Grand Competition's top three.

• Shu You asked Chen Beiwu to introduce her to Senior Sister Li, and Chen Beiwu agreed to ask Li Wan'er.
• Li Wan'er led Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg to the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool, where Yu Ying, Li Lin, and Lu Jian were waiting.
• Yu Ying accused Chen Beiwu of taking her spot and tried to challenge him under the sect's Challenge System.
• Deacon Yun arrived, declared Yu Ying's challenge invalid, and said the sect had never guaranteed pool access to the competition's top three.
• Deacon Yun explained that the pool was opened for prodigies and that the outer sect champion had failed to earn the Golden Core elders' recognition.

Chen Beiwu entered the Heaven Pool of the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool with Golden Egg to refine its yin-yang qi, while Li Lin and Lu Jian completed their Earth Pool baptism and learned that Chen had access to a superior cultivation site. The chapter ended as a dragon's cry rang out from the pool.

• Yu Ying accepted the Blood Contract and left after Deacon Yun warned her to withdraw.
• Deacon Yun introduced Chen Beiwu to Li Lin and Lu Jian, then opened the Earth Pool for them and the Heaven Pool for Chen.
• Chen Beiwu entered the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool with Golden Egg and began cultivating in the Yin Pool while approaching the vortex between the Yin and Yang Pools.
• After half a month, Li Lin and Lu Jian completed their baptism, with Li advancing to the peak of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining and Lu reaching the Tenth Layer.
• Lu Jian explained that Chen Beiwu had entered the Heaven Pool rather than their Earth Pool, and a dragon's cry suddenly rang out.

During Chen Zi'ang's seclusion in the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool, Golden Egg triggered a flood-dragon phenomenon that sparked speculation among disciples and debate among Golden Core elders. Half a month later, Chen Beiwu broke through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, while Golden Egg's new horn proved sharp enough to pierce his defenses.

• Lu Jian told Li Lin that the flood-dragon phenomenon resembled a rumor about Jiang Yuyan's cultivation breakthrough, and they wondered who had triggered it.
• The Golden Core elders watched the Sun-Moon Pool through the Water Moon Primordial Mirror and debated Chen Zi'ang's beast-taming path before most of them left.
• The flood-dragon silhouette vanished from above Water Moon Peak after a brief appearance.
• Half a month later, Chen Beiwu broke through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, increasing his magic power and divine-sense range.
• Golden Egg's new horn spike cut Chen Beiwu's fingertip and pierced his protective magic power.

Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg completed a month in the Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool, where Golden Egg gained the Ruyi spirit art and Chen Beiwu reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining. After the pool transported him out, Senior Sister Yun remarked on his cultivation progress, and Chen Beiwu accepted that sharing the pool’s benefits with Golden Egg had strengthened its trust in him.

• Chen Beiwu healed his cut finger, then examined Golden Egg and found that its Dao practice had reached forty-four years and it had awakened the Ruyi innate spirit art.
• At Chen Beiwu’s urging, Golden Egg used Ruyi to shrink to pocket size and later grow nearly twenty feet long; Chen Beiwu tested its scales and found they retained their defensive strength.
• Chen Beiwu assessed Golden Egg’s combat strength and reflected that his own ninth layer of Qi Refining had raised his lifespan to around two hundred and thirty years.
• The Nine-Orifice Sun-Moon Pool transported Chen Beiwu out of the secret realm to Water Moon Peak.
• Senior Sister Yun noted that Chen Beiwu had reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining in one month, and Chen Beiwu reflected that sharing the pool’s benefits had increased Golden Egg’s affection and trust.

Chen Beiwu became Zhu Shaoyuan’s fourth disciple and learned about the sect’s contribution quotas, missions, and Foundation Establishment Pills. He then visited the Mission Hall and spotted a promising bounty mission.

• Yun Yishu summoned Zhu Shaoyuan, who accepted Chen Beiwu as his fourth disciple and entrusted Yun Yishu with his care.
• Yun Yishu explained the sect’s contribution requirements, Foundation Establishment Pill exchange rules, and ways to earn points through craft halls.
• Chen Beiwu decided to visit the Mission Hall and asked Yun Yishu about Foundation Establishment Pills for spirit beasts.
• Chen Beiwu searched the Mission Hall’s mission wall and found a bounty mission with a relatively simple requirement and generous reward.

Chen Beiwu accepted a dangerous Frost-Jade Queen Bee Honey collection mission, intending to buy the honey through his Immortal Alliance channels and turn it in for sect contribution points. After reaching Azure Frost Valley and returning to the Immortal Alliance, he concealed his rapid cultivation progress from his parents and reunited with his mother.

• Chen Beiwu saw that the sect mission rewarded eight hundred contribution points for two jin of queen bee honey and realized he could buy the honey cheaply through the Immortal Alliance Official Website.
• Chen Beiwu accepted the mission from Ma Dongmei, who warned him about its danger before noticing his Candidate Sequence jade pendant.
• Chen Beiwu traveled to Buji Island and reached Azure Frost Valley, where he briefly showed himself to nearby disciples before using the Ten Directions Chaos Gate to return to the Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Beiwu concealed his ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivation with a Breath-Concealing Spiritual Artifact and decided to wait before telling his parents about his progress.
• Huang Xiaoling asked Chen Beiwu whether he wanted food, and he happily accepted his mother's cooking.

Chen Beiwu bought Frost-Jade Queen Bee Honey, cultivation resources, and books, then took Golden Egg to the Beast Taming Training Hall before meeting the honey seller. He refused the hall attendant’s offer of a membership and loan.

• Chen Beiwu confirmed the Yellowtail Dendrobium payment, ordered Spirit-Nurturing Pills, and searched for Frost-Jade Queen Bee Honey from a local seller.
• Chen Beiwu let Iron Egg choose a cultivation method, and Iron Egg selected Devouring the Sun and Drinking Qi.
• Chen Beiwu bought three water-attribute variant arts for Golden Egg and instructional books on talismans and formations.
• Chen Beiwu learned that the honey transaction would take place at Lingnan Tea House and went to the Beast Taming Training Hall to prepare Golden Egg for combat.
• Chen Beiwu declined the attendant’s membership pitch and refused to borrow spirit origin, choosing to pay for one hour of sparring.