Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu met Jade Purity sect leader Violet Firmament Venerable, who assessed his ambition and asked whether he would help lead the sect against the Five Great Grotto-Heavens at the Grotto-Heaven Grand Tournament. Violet Firmament Venerable granted him the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals, and Chen Beiwu immediately began comprehending the art.

• True Lord Yue Shan brought Chen Beiwu to Jade Purity Hall, where attendants Qinghe and Yuyue admitted them to meet the sect leader.
• Violet Firmament Venerable praised Chen Beiwu’s Primordial Origin Golden Core and asked what he sought from cultivation; Chen Beiwu said he wanted to live long and free, attain the Dao, and become an immortal.
• Violet Firmament Venerable asked Chen Beiwu to compare the Five Great Grotto-Heavens with the Thirteen Immortal Sects and whether he could lead Jade Purity’s disciples to defeat the grotto-heavens’ prodigies.
• Chen Beiwu avoided claiming certain victory, and Violet Firmament Venerable offered to teach him the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals.
• Violet Firmament Venerable transmitted the art to Chen Beiwu, who entered comprehension immediately.

Chen Beiwu’s primordial origin golden core shifted the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s plans, while Yu Zhaohua rejected the idea of courting him and Mo Qingshuang joined the sect’s exchange-meet roster. After quickly mastering the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals, Chen Beiwu offered the sect a cultivation method he had derived for forming a core.

• Gu Xiao told Shen Yuanbao that Chen Beiwu had formed a primordial origin golden core, and Shen Yuanbao found the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s official confirmation and regretted forming his own core so soon.
• Moonlight True Venerable suggested that Yu Zhaohua court Chen Beiwu as a Dao companion, but Yu Zhaohua declared that she would pursue her own Dao without relying on anyone.
• Mo Qingshuang agreed to join the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s team for the upcoming Immortal Sect Exchange Meet, alongside Yu Zhaohua, Chen Beiwu, Xue Tianyi, and Ye Xinya.
• Shen Lingxing said he would test the team’s prodigies to choose a leader and reflected that the next exchange meet would be a better chance for Chen Beiwu and Yu Zhaohua to claim supremacy.
• Chen Beiwu mastered the rudiments of the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals in one day and offered the sect his self-derived Core Formation cultivation method.

Chen Beiwu agreed to teach the Core Formation art he had created and celebrated his successful core formation with his parents and friends. He announced that he would open a class at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, astonishing Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling with the revelation that he had devised a new wondrous Core Formation method.

• The Violet Firmament Venerable let Chen Beiwu decide how to share his art, and Chen Beiwu chose to hold classes and teach it.
• Protector Yuyue tried to lick Chen Beiwu to obtain primordial origin golden essence, but Qinghe stopped it and warned that Chen Beiwu's future was too promising to risk offending him.
• Chen Beiwu told his parents he had formed his core, and Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling celebrated his achievement.
• Chen Qin visited Huang Xiaoling, learned that Chen Beiwu had formed his core, and tried to call him after leaving, but he was already on another call.
• Chen Beiwu told Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling that he would lead the Jade Purity Immortal Sect's delegation to the exchange gathering and invited them to his upcoming class.
• Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling were shocked when Chen Beiwu explained that he had created the Supreme Unity Five Directions Nine-Turn Wondrous Core Foundation Art by incorporating the Jade Purity Nine-Turn Primordial Origin Elixir Art.

Chen Beiwu received a Withering-and-Flourishing Tea blessing that advanced his cultivation, then confirmed his place as the Cave-Ming Everlasting True Venerable’s fifth true disciple. His master offered him a choice between two fundamental immortal methods, leaving Chen Beiwu to decide which path to cultivate.

• Chen Beiwu told Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling that they should attend his lesson on the Taiyi Five Directions Nine-Turn Core Foundation Wondrous Method, which he planned partly to build his reputation and attract talented disciples.
• At Azure-Ming Peak, the Azure-Ming Horned Dragon served Chen Beiwu Withering-and-Flourishing Tea, and Chen Beiwu entered enlightenment, advancing the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book to the golden core late stage and increasing his lifespan and divine sense.
• Chen Beiwu met the Cave-Ming Everlasting True Venerable and accepted his place as the Venerable’s fifth true disciple and the next master of Azure-Ming Peak.
• The Cave-Ming Everlasting True Venerable offered Chen Beiwu a choice between the powerful but difficult Primordial Origin Cave-Truth Azure Splendor Immortal Method for Commanding Myriad Tribulations and Myriad Spirits and the steadier Hunyuan Evergreen Spirit-Commanding Immortal Scripture.

Chen Beiwu chose to cultivate two complementary Fundamental Immortal Arts, received his master’s guidance and protection, and settled into the Water-Evolving Residence. There he discovered a rare Withered-Glory Branch and gave it to the Five-Qi Vine freely, strengthening their bond.

• Chen Beiwu chose to cultivate both Fundamental Immortal Arts, and Venerable Evergreen gave him insights into one art and let him select the Water-Evolving Residence.
• Venerable Evergreen warned Chen Beiwu about factional dangers, then urged him to stand firm and invoke his master’s authority if others schemed against him.
• The Azure-Ming Horned Dragon praised Chen Beiwu’s extraordinary comprehension, while Venerable Evergreen said he would not pry into his disciple’s secrets.
• Chen Beiwu entered the Water-Evolving Residence and found a Withered-Glory Branch in its medicinal field, which the Five-Qi Vine identified as a rare Profound Medicine.
• Chen Beiwu planted the Withered-Glory Branch in the Five-Qi Vine’s forest without asking for payment, moving the Five-Qi Vine with his generosity.

Chen Beiwu settled into his new cave abode and met his Evergreen Lineage senior siblings, who welcomed him with valuable gifts. When Shen Lingxing arrived to challenge him over who would lead the Jade Purity Immortal Sect's delegation to the Thirteen Immortal Sects' gathering, Chen Beiwu faced the First Seat’s formidable Golden Core aura.

• Chen Beiwu entrusted the medicinal field to the Five-Qi Vine and asked Iron Egg to inspect the alchemy room, while Golden Egg failed to refine the immortal-art jade slips.
• Jiang Chuan introduced Chen Beiwu to Yue Chenfeng, Su Muyu, and Mo Chen, who gave him a formation hub, Heart-Nourishing Pills, and an Origin-Smiting True Talisman.
• Chen Beiwu told his senior siblings that he expected to have a seventy or eighty percent chance of defeating Shen Lingxing, surprising them.
• Shen Lingxing visited Chen Beiwu and requested a contest to determine who would lead the Jade Purity Immortal Sect's delegation to the gathering.
• Shen Lingxing locked Chen Beiwu with his powerful Golden Core aura and asked him not to hold back.

Chen Beiwu and Shen Lingxing tested each other’s strength on Azure-Ming Peak’s Duel Platform, where Shen Lingxing unleashed his powerful Companion Beast techniques. Chen Beiwu broke Shen Lingxing’s decisive trap with the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals, leaving the spectators stunned by what his mastery implied for the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

• True Lord Jiang Chuan transported Chen Beiwu and Shen Lingxing to Azure-Ming Peak’s Duel Platform so they could spar without damaging the Cave Abode.
• Chen Beiwu surprised Shen Lingxing with a space-traversing attack, but Shen Lingxing evaded it with a Five-Qi Puppet that exploded in thunderfire.
• Golden Egg shielded Chen Beiwu from the explosion, and Shen Lingxing used his Earth-Covering Earth Dragon to create the Magnetism-Suppressing Prison Ring.
• Chen Beiwu formed the Primordial Origin Azure Seal and shattered the ring, causing Shen Lingxing to suffer a severe backlash and lose his augmented strength.
• Jiang Chuan, Su Muyu, and Mo Chen recognized Chen Beiwu’s technique as the Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals and understood its significance to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

Chen Beiwu defeated Shen Lingxing in a sparring match, earning the Jade Purity team leader’s jade slip and revealing the power of his Primordial Origin Golden Core. He then discussed his new Core Formation method and joined the Myriad Treasures Society to find rare alchemy ingredients.

• Shen Lingxing recognized Chen Beiwu’s Primordial Origin Five Tribulation Seals and, impressed by his strength, handed him the Jade Purity team leader’s jade slip.
• Shen Lingxing reflected that Chen Beiwu had not shown his full strength and accepted that he had lost the contest to a peer.
• Su Muyu asked Chen Beiwu about his lectures, and he revealed that he had created the Supreme Unity Five Directions Nine-Turn Core Foundation Wondrous Method.
• Chen Beiwu invited Su Muyu’s niece to attend his lectures and welcomed Jiang Chuan and Mo Chen’s offers to attend as well.
• Chen Beiwu asked where to buy rare treasured medicines, and Su Muyu introduced him to the Myriad Treasures Society through the Q Pet chat app.
• Chen Beiwu explored the society’s auction listings and found rare resources for sale at high prices, including items traded only by barter.

Chen Beiwu took first place on the Jade Void Ranking after defeating Shen Lingxing, prompting Yu Zhaohua and Mo Qingshuang to consider how they would challenge him. Back in his cave abode, Chen Beiwu installed a formation hub to improve its spiritual energy and prepared to cultivate before a message in the Myriad Treasures Society group chat caught his attention.

• Chen Beiwu's name rose to first place on the Jade Void Ranking, and the sect's cultivators debated whether Shen Lingxing had lost fairly or deliberately yielded to him.
• Yu Zhaohua decided to complete her seclusion, advance to the Golden Core late stage, and challenge Chen Beiwu for first place and the team leader's position.
• Shen Lingxing confirmed that Chen Beiwu deserved to lead the sect's team, while Mo Qingshuang refused to let his defeat affect her confidence and declined to attend his upcoming lectures.
• Chen Beiwu returned to Water-Evolving Residence, installed the Evergreen Formation Hub, and raised the cave abode's spiritual energy to fourth-tier upper-grade.
• Chen Beiwu put away the Heart-Nourishing Pills rather than spend one on cultivation and noticed a new message in the Myriad Treasures Society group chat.

Chen Beiwu considered evolution methods for Iron Egg while changing his fundamental cultivation method and preparing to teach the golden core Dao. The chapter ended as Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling entered a packed lecture hall filled with powerful cultivators and approached their assigned seats.

• Hu Meiren offered rubbings of four Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha evolution methods, and Chen Beiwu asked Senior Sister Su about the seller and ways to study such methods.
• Senior Sister Su explained the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s credit exchange, and Chen Beiwu discovered his Great Origin Heaven Realm application had been approved.
• Chen Beiwu showed Iron Egg several evolution methods, but Iron Egg rejected them, so Chen Beiwu asked Hu Meiren and the Myriad Treasures Society for a suitable fire-attribute black dog method.
• At the Cloudmystic Upper Sect, the Illusion-Tailed Fox defended selling the rubbings to acquire resources for Chen Qin, who planned to visit the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
• Chen Beiwu mastered his new fundamental immortal art after a month of cultivation, then prepared to open his golden core lecture.
• Xu Ziqing led the nervous Xu Lingling into a lecture hall crowded with golden core prodigies and sixteen Nascent Soul True Lords, and urged her to take their assigned seats.

Chen Beiwu announced that he had created the Nascent Elixir realm and presented a new method for reaching it, drawing the attention of cultivators and powerful figures across the Jade Purity Immortal Sect. He explained that the realm could strengthen a cultivator’s foundation and improve their chances of forming a high-grade or honorific Golden Core.

• Xu Ziqing, Xu Lingling, and Chen Qin took seats in the lecture hall, where Ye Xinya noticed their connections to Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu opened his lecture by honoring the predecessors who established the cultivation realms, then declared that he had created the Nascent Elixir realm between Foundation Establishment peak and Golden Core.
• Some Golden Core prodigies doubted his claim, while Shen Lingxing, Yu Zhaohua, and Ye Xinya listened with keen interest.
• Nascent Soul True Lords sent messages to their sects and families, and Divine Sense from Spirit Transformation Venerables descended into the lecture hall.
• Chen Beiwu introduced his newly created Supreme Unity Five Directions Nine-Turn Elixir Foundation Wondrous Method and explained that its nascent elixir could strengthen foundations and improve prospects for forming an upper-grade or honorific Golden Core.

Chen Beiwu revealed that his Taiyi Five Directions Nine-Turn Elixir Foundation Wondrous Method could help cultivators reach first-grade golden cores, but he withheld its specific techniques while outlining the Nascent Elixir Realm. The lecture drew the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s leaders’ attention, and Violet Firmament Venerable recognized Chen Beiwu’s achievement as opening a new Dao.

• Chen Beiwu assured the gathered cultivators that mastering his method to minor accomplishment could enable an overlimit Foundation Establishment cultivator to forge a first-grade golden core, then outlined its nine-turn progression.
• Chen Beiwu ended his lecture without teaching the method’s formulas, explaining that he had only intended to present its broad principles.
• Xu Ziqing, Xu Lingling, Ye Xinya, and others sought to follow Chen Beiwu, while Yu Zhaohua challenged him to fight for the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s leadership at the upcoming exchange assembly.
• The sect leader summoned Chen Beiwu to Jade Purity Hall, interrupting Yu Zhaohua’s challenge, and she resolved to fight him another time.
• Violet Firmament Venerable recognized that Chen Beiwu’s Nascent Elixir Realm constituted the merit of opening a Dao and could earn him recognition in the Immortal Alliance’s history.

Chen Beiwu earned the Violet Firmament Venerable’s support by presenting his Taiyi Pill-Establishing method and requested an evolution method for Iron Egg. He entered the Repository Tower and found two promising fire-attribute canine evolution methods.

• The Violet Firmament Venerable praised Chen Beiwu’s Nascent Elixir Realm method and offered to submit it for the Immortal Alliance’s Special-Class Gold Award for Cultivation Progress.
• Chen Beiwu gave the sect leader a Special Jade Slip and asked him to handle the award application on his behalf.
• Chen Beiwu requested an evolution method for Iron Egg, and the Violet Firmament Venerable gave him a Myriad Laws Token granting access to the Repository Tower and free evolution resources.
• Chen Beiwu traveled to the Repository Tower, presented his token to a powerful Spirit Transformation guardian, and entered the inner tower.
• Chen Beiwu searched for Heavenly Gang fire-attribute canine methods and discovered Profound Mastiff Huodou and Moon-Swallowing Profound Hound.

Chen Beiwu chose the Karmic-Cleansing Burning Dragon and Candlelight Radiant Lord evolution methods for Iron Egg, and the Jade Purity Sect’s leaders discussed how the method Chen developed had attracted attention from Great Luo Heaven. When Chen returned to his cave, Chi Quan knelt and asked to become his disciple, leaving Chen to consider his request.

• Iron Egg sensed the Karmic-Cleansing Burning Dragon and Candlelight Radiant Lord evolution methods and wanted to pursue both, so Chen Beiwu asked the Guardian Venerable for permission to take them.
• The Guardian Venerable made an exception for Chen Beiwu, while the Jade Purity Sect Leader told Guizang Venerable that a decree from Great Luo Heaven praised Chen’s Foundation Establishment and Core Formation method.
• Chen Beiwu saw about nineteen Rising Stars Ranking prodigies waiting outside his cave, hoping to learn from him or gain his favor.
• Chi Quan knelt before Chen Beiwu and begged to become his disciple, explaining that he was staking everything on a chance to improve his cultivation prospects.
• Chen Beiwu watched Chi Quan and his Fortune Crimson Dragon, recognizing his potential but disliking his personality.

Chen Beiwu rejected Chi Quan as a disciple but offered to discuss cultivation with him, then refused three students who tried to imitate his approach. After arranging studies for Golden Egg and Iron Egg, Chen Beiwu returned to his residence, where Chi Quan arrived at night, uncertain whether the three pats had been a signal.

• Chen Beiwu told Chi Quan to rise, rejected him as a disciple, and offered to discuss cultivation with him; Chi Quan accepted the offer and left encouraged.
• Yu Mingxuan presented Chen Beiwu with a spirit-nurturing mustard ring and Five-Qi Myriad-Transformations Jade Nectar, and Chen Beiwu accepted both gifts.
• Zhang Jun, Li Jin, and Wan Kun knelt and asked Chen Beiwu for guidance, but he refused and advised them to seek instruction through the sect.
• Chen Beiwu returned to the Water-Evolving Residence, assigned Golden Egg and Iron Egg cultivation methods to study, and offered the Five-Qi Vine the treasured medicines to manage.
• Chi Quan appeared outside Chen Beiwu's waterfall residence at night, debated whether the shoulder pats had been a hint, and resolved to try his luck.

Chen Beiwu accepted Chi Quan as a nominal disciple and taught him the Supreme Unity Five Directions Nine Revolutions Wondrous Art of Laying the Elixir Foundation. He discovered that taking in Chi Quan strengthened his status fortune and increased his fortune-gathering efficiency, then decided to share the benefits of developing the Nascent Elixir path with the Jade Purity Immortal Sect rather than risk acting too far ahead.

• Chi Quan visited Chen Beiwu at night, believing the three taps on his shoulder had been a secret summons for instruction.
• Chen Beiwu explained the grades of Golden Core and told Chi Quan that reshaping his Dao foundation could allow him to forge a first-grade core, then accepted him as a nominal disciple.
• Chen Beiwu imparted the Supreme Unity Five Directions Nine Revolutions Wondrous Art of Laying the Elixir Foundation, but Chi Quan could not yet grasp its basics and left to study it in seclusion.
• Chen Beiwu found that Chi Quan's Fortune Crimson Dragon had increased his Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability's fortune-gathering efficiency by twenty percent.
• Chen Beiwu realized that the merit of pioneering the Nascent Elixir path was nourishing his status fortune through Chi Quan and Jade Purity Immortal Sect cultivators.
• Chen Beiwu decided not to simplify the new method prematurely and planned to share the eventual benefits with the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

Chen Beiwu fought Yu Zhaohua on Azure-Ming Peak’s Duel Platform, where she unveiled the Red Radiance Flame Radiance World-Melting Scenery and powered the Flintrock Coiling Dragon toward Fourth-Realm strength. As the battle reached its peak, Chen Beiwu prepared to answer her full power rather than interrupt her transformation.

• Yu Zhaohua defeated Mo Qingshuang, whose Companion flying sword broke, then agreed to let Mo Qingshuang watch her challenge Chen Beiwu.
• Yu Zhaohua challenged Chen Beiwu at his residence, and they moved to Azure-Ming Peak’s Duel Platform with Golden Egg facing the Flintrock Coiling Dragon.
• Yu Zhaohua used lava techniques to deceive Golden Egg and bind Chen Beiwu, but Chen Beiwu’s imprisoned figure proved to be an avatar, and he reappeared amid spirit-bewildering steam.
• Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg evaded Yu Zhaohua’s attacks, while Golden Egg absorbed the earth-core lava and turned toward the Flintrock Coiling Dragon.
• Yu Zhaohua unleashed the Red Radiance Flame Radiance World-Melting Scenery, causing the Flintrock Coiling Dragon’s cultivation and Dao practice to surge toward the Fourth Realm.
• Chen Beiwu chose not to interrupt Yu Zhaohua’s transformation and began forming seals to face her full strength.

Yu Zhaohua unleashed her ultimate sword technique, Burning the Wasteland, against Chen Beiwu, but he survived and dispelled it with a profound ability of his own. After the spar, Yu Zhaohua acknowledged that Chen Beiwu truly deserved to lead Jade Purity's team.

• Yu Zhaohua's Flintrock Coiling Dragon unleashed a massive Flintrock Sword, which Chen Beiwu countered with the Profound Origin Return to Ruins Seal.
• Yu Zhaohua merged with her dharma body and transformed the Flintrock Coiling Dragon into a greatsword, entering a realm of strength capable of threatening a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Yu Zhaohua warned Chen Beiwu that she could not fully control her next move, then raised the Burning the Wasteland sword and struck him with a line of annihilating flame.
• Chen Beiwu reappeared behind the Azure Radiance Ten-Thousand Spirits Wall Fortress and destroyed the lingering sword line with Cavern Truth Calamity-Heaven Finger.
• Yu Zhaohua thanked Chen Beiwu for the match, introduced herself again, and said he truly deserved to be Jade Purity's team leader.

Chen Beiwu shared his Core Formation insights with Xu Ziqing, Xu Lingling, and Chen Qin, then returned to Far Sky County for his family’s celebration. The chapter ended as the Heavenly Derivation Commandery Governor arrived in person with a remarkable gift.

• Chen Beiwu hosted his three friends and explained his Core Formation experience, sharing part of the Taiyi Five Directions Nine Revolutions Wondrous Foundation-Laying Method with them.
• Chen Qin advanced to the Foundation Establishment peak after comprehending the method, then embraced Chen Beiwu in gratitude.
• Chen Beiwu spent time with his friends at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, and Xu Ziqing later reunited with him before he left for home.
• Chen Beiwu’s Core Formation ceremony drew prominent guests to the Chen Household, where Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling welcomed gifts from regional leaders.
• The Heavenly Derivation Commandery Governor arrived at the ceremony with a pair of five-thousand-year-old Purple-Patterned Flat Peaches, astonishing the guests.

After celebrating his Golden Core breakthrough, Chen Beiwu shared the secret of the Southern Wasteland grotto-heaven with the Five-Qi Vine and entrusted it with his treasured medicines. On his way back toward Abysswall Market, he encountered the Bone-Eroding Three Fiends pursuing Li Senyi, who offered them a fortuitous opportunity in exchange for his life.

• Chen Beiwu kept the Purple-Patterned Flat Peaches for his parents and told the Five-Qi Vine it could either learn his secret or leave their companion beast contract.
• Chen Beiwu brought the Five-Qi Vine, Golden Egg, and Iron Egg to the Southern Wasteland grotto-heaven, where the Five-Qi Vine sensed the land's unusual power and vowed not to betray him.
• Chen Beiwu gave the Five-Qi Vine several treasured medicines and set out with his three pets toward Abysswall Market after fourteen years away from the sect.
• Chen Beiwu noticed an injured Foundation Establishment cultivator fleeing three pursuers but initially declined to intervene.
• The three women intercepted Li Senyi and threatened to rob and prey on him, so he offered them a fortuitous opportunity in exchange for his life.