Recaps

Chen Beiwu escaped the Three-Phase Bomb’s lethal zone but faced its expanding fireball with no way to survive on his own. Golden Egg swallowed him and used their combined power to withstand the blast, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Shen Qiong survived the examination by ending his life in the Divine Void Realm, while Chen Beiwu remained the only candidate still inside.
• Jiang Chuan gave Shen Qiong a Grade B-Mid assessment, and Zhao Wuchen and Pei Heng watched Chen Beiwu as the Three-Phase Bomb approached.
• Chen Beiwu left the overrun military base, warned Gu Tie and Ji Gang to flee, and sensed a nuclear warhead locked onto him.
• Chen Beiwu used Treading the Void on Surging Waves to escape the bomb’s zone of certain death, but the expanding fireball still threatened to vaporize him.
• Golden Egg swallowed Chen Beiwu and unleashed its Gilded Gold Body with their combined magic power as the nuclear blast struck.

Chen Beiwu survived the Ugly Ape Tribe’s nuclear attacks and completed the retest, drawing the attention of powerful immortal sects. He returned from the Divine Void Realm to find that only two hours had passed and Golden Egg’s injuries were gone.

• Golden Egg survived the Three-Phase Bomb’s blast but collapsed from internal injuries, and Chen Beiwu treated it with the Rejuvenation Technique.
• The Ape King ordered the Jade Shattering Plan, launching every Three-Phase Bomb to make New Ape Planet uninhabitable after the screen showed Chen Beiwu had survived.
• In the monitoring room, True Lord Jiang Chuan gave Chen Beiwu a Grade A-Mid evaluation, while Zhao Wuchen decided to recruit him before the final test.
• Chen Beiwu hid beneath a canyon for more than twenty days as the Ugly Ape Tribe bombarded the planet, then completed the thirty-day survival mission.
• A green-robed cultivator dismissed Chen Beiwu from the examination, and he discovered that only two hours had passed in reality and Golden Egg was uninjured.

After passing the Immortal Alliance retest, Chen Beiwu learned that Xu Ziqing had suffered a poor evaluation while Xu Lingling had gained admission to the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect. He declined Zhao Wuchen’s offer of guaranteed entry to the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect, choosing to pursue the final test despite the promise of a Calamity-Breaking Golden Elixir.

• Chen Beiwu reassured his parents that he had passed the retest and received Xu Ziqing’s news that she had died early after nuclear strikes ruined her attempt to hide.
• Chen Beiwu learned that Xu Lingling had passed the Heavenly Blaze Immortal Sect’s special admission process by winning the Heavenly Blaze Tiger’s recognition.
• Chen Beiwu read online complaints about the retest’s nuclear strikes and learned that one candidate had infiltrated the Ugly Ape Tribe’s upper ranks and launched all its nuclear bombs.
• Zhao Wuchen joined Chen Beiwu for a meal and offered him a guaranteed admission slot at the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect.
• Chen Beiwu declined Zhao Wuchen’s offer, even after Zhao promised him a Calamity-Breaking Golden Elixir within a hundred years, and kept the offer’s contact information.

Chen Beiwu’s Golden Egg effortlessly defeated Li Yuanba’s projection, then Chen Beiwu entered the Strife Realm and began fighting Pei Qingying. He left the chapter unleashing a powerful rain of arrows while Pei Qingying’s Rending-Blade Tiger attacked.

• Chen Beiwu recognized Li Yuanba’s projection and drew his Twelve Earthly Branches Baleful Bow to charge the Mountain-Crushing arrow.
• Golden Egg intercepted Li Yuanba’s hammer, sent Li Yuanba’s projection flying, and crushed the Purple Thunder Softshell Turtle.
• The Immortal Alliance examiners praised Chen Beiwu’s beast-taming talent and discussed Golden Egg’s potential.
• In the Strife Realm, Chen Beiwu evaded Pei Qingying’s ambush and asked Golden Egg to protect him while he fought alone.
• Chen Beiwu used Linking Stars to reveal Pei Qingying, who deflected the arrows and transformed his Tiger Saber into a Rending-Blade Tiger.
• Chen Beiwu ignored the tiger’s charge and unleashed Dragon of the Earthly Branches · Clouds and Rain, disappearing into a downpour.

Chen Beiwu defeated Pei Qingying’s illusion and attracted the attention of several immortal sects, while Shen Qiong reached the third trial and faced Chen Beiwu’s phantom. Shen Qiong’s attempt to use the Golden Ripple Xi’s surprise attack failed, and Chen Beiwu’s phantom killed him.

• Chen Beiwu broke Pei Qingying’s illusion with his divine sense and defeated her and her companion beast with one arrow.
• Golden Core True Persons watching the trial recognized Chen Beiwu’s strength and added him to their sect recruitment lists.
• Shen Qiong struggled through two trials with the Golden Ripple Xi and encountered Chen Beiwu’s phantom as his third-trial opponent.
• Shen Qiong and the Golden Ripple Xi launched their Viscera Slaughter attack, but Chen Beiwu’s phantom smashed through their defense and blasted Shen Qiong’s head apart.

After Chen Beiwu’s illusion defeats Shen Qiong and other candidates, his reputation spreads among the Immortal Alliance prodigies and draws the attention of sect leaders. Chen Beiwu then faces Qi Wei and his Great Purity Treasure Crocodile in the Strife Realm’s third pass.

• The Golden Ripple Xi used Metal-Water Spatial Escape to strike Chen Beiwu, but the illusion made it pierce Shen Qiong instead, and both Shen Qiong and the beast fell.
• Shen Qiong realized he had been fighting his own companion beast under Golden Egg’s illusion, and he left the Strife Platform in defeat.
• Candidates at other examination sites also lost to Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg’s projections, spreading Chen Beiwu’s notorious reputation.
• At the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect’s examination site, Pei Heng lamented that he could not recruit Chen Beiwu, while Ai Jing considered recruiting him for the Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect.
• Chen Beiwu’s next opponent was revealed as Qi Wei, a renowned Nascent Soul True Lord, and his Great Purity Treasure Crocodile.

Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg fought Qi Wei and the Great Purity Treasure Crocodile on the Strife Platform, with both sides revealing increasingly powerful techniques. As Qi Wei unleashed a domain of swords, Chen Beiwu fired the Twelve Calamity Baleful Intent Arrow, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Chen Beiwu tested Qi Wei with Rat of the Earthly Branches · Shadowless, but Qi Wei cut through the phantom arrows and the Great Purity Treasure Crocodile attacked him.
• Golden Egg rammed the crocodile, then protected Chen Beiwu from its claw with a Mist Flower Mirror that shattered and knocked the beast back.
• Chen Beiwu spent ten drops of liquid magic power to awaken the Twelve Earthly Branches Baleful Bow as Qi Wei transformed the crocodile into a Third-Tier Treasure Sword.
• Qi Wei summoned a domain of ten thousand swords and sent them crashing down on Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg.
• Golden Egg shielded Chen Beiwu and swallowed the descending sword momentum with Sea Embracing Ten Thousand Rivers.
• Chen Beiwu used the twelve Spirit Beast soul essences to fire the Twelve Calamity Baleful Intent Arrow toward Qi Wei.

Chen Beiwu faced Gu Qinghan’s projection in the fourth pass of the Strife Realm while recovering from his previous battle. The Azure Firmament Immortal Sect’s Golden Core True Persons recognized Gu Qinghan as a peerless cultivator with a Lesser Yin Dao Body and doubted Chen Beiwu could withstand even one move.

• After defeating the third-pass projection, Chen Beiwu saw Gu Qinghan appear as his fourth-pass opponent and learned she had once reached Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Golden Egg sensed the Jade Rabbit’s bloodline suppression and retreated to Chen Beiwu’s side.
• Chen Beiwu chose to recover his law power before fighting Gu Qinghan, determined to face her at his best despite the odds.
• At the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect, the Golden Core True Persons discussed Gu Qinghan’s innate Dao Body and her formidable past strength.
• True Lord Jiang Chuan recalled Gu Qinghan defeating five Nascent Soul cultivators during the Interworld War and doubted Chen Beiwu could last one move against her.

Chen Beiwu returned from the Strife Realm after Gu Qinghan defeated him with a single breath, and True Lord Jiang Chuan recruited him for the Jade Purity Immortal Sect. Jiang Chuan offered him access to further portions of his cultivation method and a chance to study a powerful Dao scripture, leaving Chen Beiwu asking what the opportunity would cost.

• Chen Beiwu emerged from the Strife Realm shaken after Gu Qinghan instantly defeated him with a breath.
• True Lord Jiang Chuan took Chen Beiwu aside and invited him to join the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• Jiang Chuan explained that Chen Beiwu could not cultivate the Jade Purity Primordial Chaos Dao Record but could study the Supreme Primordial Limitless Salvation Scripture once.
• Jiang Chuan offered to help Chen Beiwu obtain the later portions of the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book and redeem a scripture study session.
• Chen Beiwu asked whether he would need to pay Spirit Origin or Fortune for the opportunity.

Chen Beiwu reconsidered his college application after learning about the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect’s nepotism and the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s study opportunities. He chose Jade Purity, but True Person Zhao Wuchen tried to persuade him to reconsider, recognizing his rare aptitude for the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.

• True Lord Jiang Chuan explained that Chen Beiwu could earn credits to study the Supreme Primordial Limitless Salvation Scripture at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, but only the Jade Void Ranking’s top hundred could access it.
• True Lord Jiang Chuan warned Chen Beiwu that Azure-Luo Pines were scarce and reserved for the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect’s two core lineages, despite Chen’s interest in the sect.
• Over three days, Chen Beiwu heard admissions teachers describe the sects and concluded that the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect favored background and hierarchy, while the Three Upper Immortal Sects valued talent and aptitude.
• Chen Beiwu decided to apply to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect because it suited him better than the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect.
• True Person Zhao Wuchen urged Chen Beiwu to reconsider, then recognized that his rapid progress in the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book could make him an exceptional talent under the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect’s guidance.

Chen Beiwu rejected Zhao Wuchen’s offer to join the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect because it could not provide the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book’s continuation or an Azure-Luo Pine. He also declined Ai Jing’s generous offer from the Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect, reaffirming his decision to apply to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect and hoping to earn the chance for Golden Egg to undergo flood dragon transformation beyond the domain.

• Zhao Wuchen offered Chen Beiwu a Calamity-Breaking Golden Elixir to join the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect, but Chen declined and asked for the Jianmu Heavenly Book’s continuation and an Azure-Luo Pine instead.
• Zhao Wuchen explained that the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect could not negotiate over its reserved Azure-Luo Pines and left Chen’s cave abode.
• Ai Jing invited Chen to join the Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect and offered three strands of metal essence qi, third-realm flood dragon essence blood, and access to a lake where dragon veins converged.
• Chen asked whether the Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect could resolve the missing continuation of his cultivation method, but Ai Jing proposed that he abandon it and choose another heaven-grade technique.
• Chen rejected Ai Jing’s offer and reaffirmed his choice of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect; after Ai Jing left, Chen concluded that the Jade Purity Immortal Sect might help him secure a legitimate path for Golden Egg’s flood dragon transformation.

After receiving the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivation method, Chen Beiwu returned home to celebrate his admission. He was welcomed at the train station by his parents and local dignitaries, while Xu Tianguang regretted not acting sooner to secure Chen Beiwu as a match for his daughter.

• Chen Beiwu received the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book’s Foundation Establishment Chapter and comprehended its method for building a Water-Wood Dao Foundation, but decided to postpone cultivation until after celebrating at home.
• At Pingchen Township station, neighbors and distant relatives crowded around Huang Xiaoling, offering their daughters as concubines for Chen Beiwu; she rejected them and hoped he might marry into a powerful cultivation family instead.
• Chen Beiwu arrived by train and recognized Fallen Dragon Prefecture Lord Nascent Soul True Lord Yi Zhen and Far Sky County Magistrate Golden Core True Person Xu Tianguang waiting to greet him.
• Yi Zhen publicly welcomed Chen Beiwu and awarded him a check for fifty thousand spirit stones as reporters photographed the occasion.
• Xu Tianguang reflected that Chen Beiwu had exceptional prospects and regretted acting too late to win him over for his daughter, Xu Lingling.

Xu Ziqing realized Chen Beiwu had outgrown her reach, while his family celebrated his admission to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect. When Chen Beiwu met the owners of One Point Interest Cultivation Loan over Chen Qin’s debt, he rejected their investment offer, and the brothers discussed how dangerous it would be to antagonize him.

• Xu Ziqing’s mother urged her to pursue Chen Beiwu, but Xu Ziqing feared that acting now would ruin their friendship.
• Chen Beiwu’s parents enjoyed the attention brought by his admission to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, and Huang Xiaoling told him that debt collectors had stopped pursuing Chen Qin after hearing the news.
• Chen Beiwu accepted the IOU for Chen Qin’s cultivation loan and agreed to meet the owners of One Point Interest Cultivation Loan.
• Lu Quan and Lu Ren offered Chen Beiwu a one-percent stake in their company for one thousand Spirit Origin, but he refused and left before eating.
• Lu Quan warned Lu Ren that provoking a favored disciple of the Thirteen Immortal Sects could get them killed, and said they would beg Chen Qin’s forgiveness if Chen Beiwu pursued the matter.

Chen Beiwu visited Chen Qin and learned she planned to enlist because of her cultivation debt. He gave her the debt IOU and tore it up, while noticing her fortune glow grow from orange toward gold.

• Senior Hu urged Chen Qin to borrow Spirit Origin from Chen Beiwu so she could break through to the tenth layer of Qi Refining, but Chen Qin refused to ask him for help.
• Chen Beiwu visited Chen Qin to congratulate her on entering the Jade Purity Immortal Sect and noticed her fortune had changed to an orange glow.
• Chen Beiwu asked whether anything strange had happened to Chen Qin, and she explained that debt collectors had been pursuing her over a cultivation loan.
• Chen Qin said she planned to enlist to escape the debt, and Chen Beiwu warned her that military service was dangerous.
• Chen Beiwu gave Chen Qin the IOU for her debt, waived the interest, and tore up the paper when he learned the principal was two thousand Spirit Origin.
• As Chen Qin hugged him in gratitude, Chen Beiwu watched her orange fortune glow brighten and begin turning golden.

Chen Beiwu received the Dragon-Tiger Kan-Li Secret Record from Chen Qin and discovered it was a rare dual cultivation method that could lead to flawless Qi refining and a first-rank dragon-tiger golden core. After teleporting to the Southern Wasteland, he exchanged spirit stones for Zhao Heng’s contribution points and learned of a possible sect mission.

• Chen Qin asked the Illusion-Tailed Fox to teach her how to achieve flawless Qi refining, saying she trusted Chen Beiwu more than Senior Hu.
• Chen Beiwu noticed a new wisp of orange fortune in Chaos Heaven and Earth and wondered whether helping someone transform their fortune had earned it.
• Chen Beiwu collected Chen Qin’s parcel and found the Primordial Dragon-Tiger Kan-Li Secret Record, an incomplete dual cultivation method requiring special spirit bodies.
• Chen Beiwu decided not to investigate Chen Qin’s secrets, memorized the traits of the mysterious female and white tiger spirit bodies, and teleported to the Southern Wasteland.
• At Mysterious Pivot Hall, Chen Beiwu bought Zhao Heng’s twelve hundred contribution points for forty-eight hundred spirit stones, and Zhao Heng told him about a promising sect mission.

Chen Beiwu rejected Zhao Heng’s proposal to hire Jiang Yuyan for the dangerous capture mission and instead accepted a mission at Azure Phosphor Pool in the distant Black Gauze Sea Region. Jiang Yuyan revealed her coercive scheme and secret ambition as Chen Beiwu set out for the Teleportation Formation.

• Zhao Heng offered Chen Beiwu a chance to capture Li Buwei alongside Jiang Yuyan for thirty thousand spirit stones, but Chen Beiwu refused to commit and left to consider it.
• Jiang Yuyan forced Zhao Heng to kneel while she used the True Explanation of the Supreme Yang Concordance to restore herself, then ordered him to recruit disciples and disclosed her plan to kill her master Yu Zhaoli and pursue Golden Core.
• Chen Beiwu visited the Mission Hall and accepted the Azure Phosphor Pool mission despite Ma Dongmei warning him about the dangerous Azure Phosphor Flies.
• Chen Beiwu took the mission jade slip and headed to the Star-Transferring Hall to travel toward the Black Gauze Sea Region.

Li Lin, Senior Sister Lin, and Zhao Jing’s fishing trip ended when a powerful Thornbone Kingfish attacked their vessel, and Senior Sister Lin sacrificed Zhao Jing to escape. Watching from hiding, Chen Beiwu chose to wait rather than help the fleeing cultivators.

• Li Lin, Senior Sister Lin, and Zhao Jing caught a school of Four Seasons Fish but found no Black Gauze Fish among them.
• Li Lin spotted terrifying Yao Qi beneath the sea and warned Senior Sister Lin to flee, but a bone spike struck the vessel.
• A late-stage Foundation Establishment Thornbone Kingfish emerged, and Senior Sister Lin kicked Zhao Jing toward the beast before fleeing with Li Lin.
• Senior Sister Lin triggered a hidden restriction in Zhao Jing’s body, causing her to self-detonate and briefly halt the Thornbone Kingfish.
• Chen Beiwu watched with Golden Egg and decided to wait after seeing Senior Sister Lin betray Zhao Jing.

Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg sprang a trap on the Thornbone Kingfish after it pursued Lin Xinru and Li Lin, and they subdued the powerful demon beast. Lin Xinru survived and recognized Chen Beiwu as the seemingly Foundation Establishment early stage cultivator who had effortlessly restrained her foe.

• Chen Beiwu concealed his Flying Boat with Golden Egg and prepared to ambush the Thornbone Kingfish.
• Lin Xinru urged Li Lin to split up, and Li Lin used the Blood-Burning Escape Art to flee in four blood-colored streaks.
• Lin Xinru attacked the Thornbone Kingfish with her Twin-Heart Thorn, but her strike failed to kill it as it smashed through the Sea Boat and charged her.
• Chen Beiwu trapped the Thornbone Kingfish with the Demon-Locking Entangling Silk Net while Golden Egg grew and coiled around it, restraining it.
• Lin Xinru opened her eyes and saw Golden Egg holding the demon beast, then recognized Chen Beiwu nearby.

Chen Beiwu killed the Thornbone Kingfish and confronted Lin Xinru over her role in Zhao Jing’s death. After Lin Xinru tried to bargain and threaten him, he killed her with the Cold Pool Spirit Sword.

• Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg subdued the Thornbone Kingfish while he struck its vital points with seven Mountain-Crushing Arrows, killing it.
• Chen Beiwu used the Soul-Locking Formation to capture the Thornbone Kingfish’s spirit soul as Lin Xinru realized he practiced demonic cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu accused Lin Xinru of killing Zhao Jing and demanded an explanation.
• Lin Xinru denied the accusation, then begged for her life and offered her spirit beast, spirit stones, and storage bags.
• Lin Xinru formed the Foundation-Shattering Seal to threaten Chen Beiwu, but he vanished and killed her with the Cold Pool Spirit Sword.

Chen Beiwu exposed Lin Xinru’s poisoned storage-bag trap, collected the Thornbone Kingfish’s valuable parts, and let Golden Egg devour the rest. He discovered a Black Gauze Fish and a jade bottle of earth baleful essence among his spoils, bringing him closer to his contribution-point goal and revealing how baleful essence shaped Golden Core formation.

• Chen Beiwu identified Lin Xinru’s hidden murderous intent and used the Water Prison Spell to expose poison concealed on one of her storage bags.
• Chen Beiwu destroyed the soul lingering on Lin Xinru’s corpse, while Golden Egg coveted the Thornbone Kingfish’s remains.
• Chen Beiwu collected the Thorn King Crown and other valuable materials, then let Golden Egg swallow the demon beast’s corpse.
• Chen Beiwu found a Black Gauze Fish in Lin Xinru’s Spirit Beast Pouch and calculated that the fish and Thorn King Crown were worth seven thousand contribution points.
• Chen Beiwu examined the poisoned storage bag and found a jade bottle of earth baleful essence, which Foundation Establishment cultivators used to temper their law power before forming a Golden Core.

Chen Beiwu used bait and the Azure Phosphor Flies’ habits to lure them away from Azure Phosphor Pool and trap them for his mission. He and Golden Egg captured the pair after the flies fled into the only ancient tree left nearby.

• Chen Beiwu discovered that the bottle held lower-grade water-aspected earth baleful essence and decided to sell it privately.
• Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg reached Azure Phosphor Pool, where Chen set a Demon-Locking Entangling Silk Net in the flies’ likely escape route.
• Chen Beiwu baited the dormant Azure Phosphor Flies with Phosphor Moon Moss coated in Fly-Luring Grass residue, then teleported away with Golden Egg.
• The two Azure Phosphor Flies ate the bait and began reproducing, giving Chen Beiwu time to return through the Ten Directions Gate.
• Golden Egg struck at the flies, prompting them to use Shell-Shedding Shadow Escape, and Chen Beiwu led them into the net, where they were trapped.

Chen Beiwu exchanged demon-beast trophies and Black Gauze Fish for contribution points, then went to Shangshui Island Market to sell spiritual artifacts and cultivation methods. As he waited for buyers, he noticed a conspicuous figure surrounded by fortune radiance and crimson calamity aura.

• Ma Dongmei awarded Chen Beiwu six thousand contribution points for the Thorn King Crown and Azure Phosphor Fly head shell, then bought his Black Gauze Fish for six thousand more.
• Chen Beiwu left the Mission Hall and rented a stall at Shangshui Island Market, marking that he would accept only contribution points.
• Chen Beiwu laid out several spiritual artifacts and cultivation methods for sale while nearby stallholders suspected the goods came from slain Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• A gray-robed cultivator offered five thousand spirit stones for the Windbreaking Spirit Bow, but Chen Beiwu insisted on fifteen hundred contribution points.
• Chen Beiwu stopped reading the Record of the Celestial Cycle and Star Evolution when he sensed a strange presence, then spotted a figure with orange-gold fortune radiance and crimson calamity aura.

Chen Beiwu recognized Gu Yun Si’s heart-illuminating lotus as a rare treasure that could improve spiritual root purity and decided he had to obtain it. After selling enough goods to gather the contribution points he needed, Chen Beiwu offered Gu Yun Si half of a profound marrow origin ginseng, and Gu Yun Si reacted with dismay at the valuable herb being split.

• Gu Yun Si explained the heart-illuminating lotus’s effects and asked thirty-five thousand contribution points for it.
• Chen Beiwu recalled that the lotus could help him improve his spiritual root purity and resolved to acquire it.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator tried to bargain for the lotus, but Gu Yun Si refused to lower his price.
• Chen Beiwu sold several items, earning seven thousand six hundred contribution points toward the Heavenly Evolution Wheel-Turning Art.
• Chen Beiwu identified what Gu Yun Si wanted and placed half a profound marrow origin ginseng on his stall.
• Gu Yun Si saw the split ginseng and thought Chen Beiwu was wasteful.

Chen Beiwu bargained with Gu Yun Si over a half thousand-year marrow ginseng while trying to obtain Gu Yun Si’s heart-illuminating lotus. He offered golden core formation insights as part of the exchange, and Gu Yun Si agreed, pending their authenticity.

• Chen Beiwu refused Gu Yun Si’s offer of an exceptional-quality Foundation Establishment Pill and sought a third-tier medicinal herb for the ginseng instead.
• Zhuang Xinya asked about the ginseng, but Chen Beiwu demanded a comprehension-enhancing herb and rejected her offer of a Spirit-Awakening Pill.
• Zhuang Xinya asked Gu Yun Si for the heart-illuminating lotus, and Gu Yun Si named his price in contribution points or ice-related treasures.
• Gu Yun Si proposed that Chen Beiwu add ten thousand contribution points to the ginseng for the lotus.
• Chen Beiwu offered golden core formation insights along with the ginseng for the heart-illuminating lotus and five thousand contribution points, and Gu Yun Si agreed if the insights were genuine.

Chen Beiwu traded Golden Core Formation Insights to Gu Yun Si for the Great Mystery Reflecting Heart Lotus, then went to the True Transmission Hall to request the Heavenly Evolution Wheel-Turning Art. Martial Aunt Yu approved his request, offered to take him as her disciple, and gave him a jade slip for the second level of Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water.

• Chen Beiwu swore Gu Yun Si to secrecy and traded the remaining Golden Core Formation Insights for the Great Mystery Reflecting Heart Lotus.
• Gu Yun Si promised to post a bounty for the five thousand contribution points and hurried away with the Thousand-Year Marrow Ginseng.
• Chen Beiwu requested the Heavenly Evolution Wheel-Turning Art at the True Transmission Hall, where Yu Shuxian examined his cultivation and aptitude.
• Yu Shuxian offered to make Chen Beiwu her disciple, but he refused and addressed her as Martial Aunt Yu.
• Yu Shuxian gave Chen Beiwu the Heavenly Evolution Wheel-Turning Art and a jade slip for the second level of Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water.