Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg turned True Lord Shangyi’s apparent defeat into a failed possession attempt after Shangyi revealed his trap and tried to seize Chen Beiwu’s body. Chen Beiwu’s Heaven-Bestowed Final Scenery overwhelmed Shangyi’s Nascent Soul, leaving an elixir and a seal behind in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Li Wan'er realized Chen Beiwu had subdued True Lord Shangyi, but Chen Beiwu warned that Golden Egg’s illusion could only hold him temporarily.
• True Lord Shangyi broke free, activated three Three Treasures Suppressing Profound Talismans, and revealed that he had feigned helplessness to possess Chen Beiwu.
• Chen Beiwu summoned Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling, while he and Golden Egg resisted Shangyi’s Three Treasures Possession Seal and attacks.
• True Lord Shangyi sent his Purple Mansion Nascent Soul into Chen Beiwu’s Sea of Consciousness, expecting to take over his body.
• Golden Egg unleashed its Revolving Three Lights True Domain through Chen Beiwu’s Heaven-Bestowed Final Scenery, collapsing Shangyi’s Nascent Soul and leaving only an elixir and seal.

Chen Beiwu and Golden Egg defeated True Lord Shangyi, though two of Shangyi’s souls escaped, and Clear Abyss True Lord arrived to find Danstarr Market saved. After learning how the war among the three realms had unfolded, Chen Beiwu discovered that the Mirror Moon Sect held the upper hand but was restrained by the Eight Desolations Sect and its Spirit Transformation Venerable.

• Golden Egg confirmed that True Lord Shangyi had died but had hidden one ethereal soul and one corporeal soul, while his ancient seal remained in Chen Beiwu’s hands.
• The collapsing space released Chen Beiwu, Yun Yishu, and Li Wan'er, and Clear Abyss True Lord arrived as Golden Egg guarded Shangyi’s corpse.
• Yun Yishu explained how Chen Beiwu had killed True Lord Shangyi and saved them, and Clear Abyss True Lord ordered the witnesses to keep his victory secret.
• Clear Abyss True Lord gave Chen Beiwu a Jade Slip detailing the war’s history and the recent clashes at Mirror Sky City and Flowing Fire City.
• Chen Beiwu learned that the Mirror Moon Sect held the advantage, but Clear Abyss True Lord said the Eight Desolations Sect’s backing and its Spirit Transformation Venerable prevented the Sect from committing fully.

Chen Beiwu returned to Mirror Moon Sect, where Zhu Wuya explained the four barriers of Nascent Soul formation and rewarded him with a Nascent Soul Formation Pill. Chen Beiwu then asked for a second pill, leaving Jiang Yuyan and the ancestor surprised.

• True Lord Xin advised Chen Beiwu to return to the sect for a Nascent Soul Formation Pill and agreed to investigate who had directed True Person Zhou.
• Chen Beiwu returned to Mirror Moon Sect with Li Wan'er and Jiang Yuyan, then brought Jiang Yuyan to pay respects to Zhu Wuya.
• Zhu Wuya praised Chen Beiwu's service and explained that the sect had credited Clear Abyss True Lord with the victory to conceal Chen Beiwu's role from their enemies.
• Zhu Wuya taught Chen Beiwu the four barriers of Nascent Soul formation and gave him a Nascent Soul Formation Pill as a reward.
• Chen Beiwu said one pill might not be enough and asked Zhu Wuya for another, startling Jiang Yuyan.

Chen Beiwu secured two Nascent Soul Formation Pills and persuaded Zhu Wuya to spare Jiang Yuyan, who was bound to atone under his watch. As Chen prepared to leave for seclusion, the ancient seal left by True Lord Shangyi revealed itself to be the mighty artifact of creation, the Nine Lives, Nine Lifetimes Seal.

• Zhu Wuya gave Chen Beiwu another Nascent Soul Formation Pill and allowed him to take responsibility for Jiang Yuyan instead of having her executed.
• Jiang Yuyan followed Chen Beiwu and offered information about a secret realm, but he refused to pursue it and left her with the Beast Taming Lineage.
• Chen Beiwu met with Shu You, confirmed that he had killed True Lord Shangyi, and promised her a Nascent Soul Formation Pill if she expanded the lineage's influence.
• Chen Beiwu told Shu You he would leave the next day to enter seclusion and attempt Nascent Soul Formation.
• Golden Egg failed to refine True Lord Shangyi's ancient seal, and Chen Beiwu received its hidden information identifying it as the Nine Lives, Nine Lifetimes Seal.

Chen Beiwu discovered that the damaged Nine Lives, Nine Lifetimes Seal was a Creation Treasure meant to help cultivators survive the Spirit Transformation Tribulation, but he could not refine it and sent it into Chaos Heaven and Earth. After returning to the Jade Purity Immortal Sect to prepare for his Nascent Soul breakthrough, he agreed to let the sect record the event and proposed livestreaming it.

• Chen Beiwu identified the Ancient Seal as the badly damaged Nine Lives, Nine Lifetimes Seal, a Creation Treasure that could protect True Spirits and help cultivators weather Spirit Transformation Tribulations.
• Chen Beiwu tried to refine the seal, but it consumed his Primordial Origin True Essence without responding, so he cast it into Chaos Heaven and Earth.
• Chen Beiwu left for the Jade Purity Immortal Sect as Li Wan'er wished him well, Jiang Yuyan considered using Beast Taming methods to control the Golden Aperture Gu, and Xu Ziqing joined him on the train.
• At the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, Chen Beiwu arranged cave abodes for Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling, prepared Nascent Soul Formation resources for himself and his beasts, and reported his planned breakthrough.
• Tong Hui asked to record Chen Beiwu's attempt to become the youngest Nascent Soul True Lord in the Thirteen Immortal Sects, and Chen Beiwu suggested livestreaming it.

Chen Beiwu arranged to livestream his attempt to attain the rank of True Lord and received powerful protections from the Jade Purity Sect Leader and his master. He learned that the Ancient Demon Cult had once sabotaged a prodigy’s tribulation and resolved to advance before confronting Xiao Yu.

• Chen Beiwu asked Tong Hui to manage a livestream of his advancement, despite two earlier livestreamed attempts by other sect prodigies ending in disaster.
• The Jade Purity Sect Leader approved the plan, lent Chen Beiwu the Jade Purity Myriad Transformations Lotus Platform, and sent it to his cave abode.
• The Jade Purity Sect Leader warned Chen Beiwu to follow the lotus platform’s ritual requirements, then Chen Beiwu went to meet his master on Azure-Ming Peak.
• Evergreen True Venerable revealed that the Ancient Demon Cult had used the God-Sacrificing Calamity Rite to sabotage Mystic Pivot True Lord, whose potential had threatened others’ path to void refinement.
• Evergreen True Venerable gave Chen Beiwu a Spirit-Guarding Talisman, and Chen Beiwu resolved to attain the rank of True Lord before challenging Xiao Yu on the Life-and-Death Platform.

Xiao Yu prepared a rule-bound plan to ruin Chen Beiwu’s prospects, while Chen Beiwu began his Nascent Soul formation with the aid of his four Heavenly Gang Mysterious Beasts. At the Ancient God Cult’s altar, Chen Beiwu’s offering drew no apparent response, though the statue’s seal-script character faintly glimmered.

• Xiao Yu rejected his subordinate’s suggestion to contact the Ancient Demon Cult and ordered him to follow the completed plan to undermine Chen Beiwu through a damaging external posting.
• Chen Beiwu performed the Jade Purity Myriad Transformations Lotus Platform ritual, sat down to meditate, and began circulating his Nascent Soul Formation art.
• Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling used their powers to gather and refine spirit vigor, nourish Chen Beiwu, and stabilize his qi sea as he began harmonizing his essence, qi, and spirit.
• A black-robed Ancient God Cult cultivator received no apparent response after offering Chen Beiwu’s Righteousness-Discerning Stone, then marked Chen Beiwu with an × and Li Yu with a √ on the cult’s list.
• The Orthodox-Origin Ancient God’s statue briefly glimmered at the seal-script character on its forehead, a sign the black-robed cultivator did not notice.

Chen Beiwu completed Nascent Soul Formation during a livestream broadcast across the Immortal Alliance, overcoming Heart-Demon Calamities and using his accumulated fortune to establish a Dao Seed Nascent Soul. As he became a ninety-six-year-old Nascent Soul True Lord, Iron Egg and Xuele began advancing to Fourth-Realm Demon Kings and summoned heavenly tribulations.

• Chen Beiwu shattered his Primordial Origin Golden Core, restrained its undying golden nature, and used a Purple Mansion Nascent-Soul-Nourishing Pill with help from Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling to condense his spirit into a Nascent Soul.
• Tong Hui started a Jade Purity Immortal Sect livestream of Chen Beiwu's breakthrough, and the appearance of sun-and-moon manifestations drew a huge Immortal Alliance audience.
• Chen Beiwu sensed his fortune growing as the livestream attracted attention, then cleansed his Nascent Soul with Primordial Origin Heavenly Gang Dao Source while facing Heart-Demon Calamities.
• Chen Beiwu saw through illusions of poisoning, death, and a ruined life with Xu Lingling, completing the cleansing and forming a Dao Seed Nascent Soul.
• Chen Beiwu spent the fortune gained from the livestream to trigger a Fortuitous Encounter, fully establish his Dao Seed Nascent Soul, and form a Dao Seed Golden Core.
• Iron Egg and Xuele began advancing to Fourth-Realm Demon Kings, drawing down heavenly tribulations.

Chen Beiwu endured a Triple Heart-Demon Calamity during his Nascent Soul formation and emerged with Three-Scenery Wisdom Light. He began advancing toward the fourth step of becoming a True Lord.

• Chen Beiwu completed his Nascent Soul formation as Iron Egg and Xuele became Fourth-Realm Demon Kings, and a Great Luo Heaven Edict summoned him to hear Guangcheng expound the Dao for three years.
• At Listening-to-the-Dao Cliff, Guangcheng detected the Nine-Breath Chaos and attacked Chen Beiwu to seize it, but Chen Beiwu saw through the resulting heart demon before it could kill him.
• Back in the Water-Evolving Residence, Chen Beiwu used the Heart Demon Chapter and the Jade Purity Myriad Transformations Lotus Platform to withstand another heart demon, which included a false attack on his Nascent Soul by the Sect Master.
• Chen Beiwu recognized that he faced a Triple Heart-Demon Calamity and overcame its illusions without using the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon.
• Chen Beiwu's Nascent Soul formed Three-Scenery Wisdom Light, and he began his assault on the fourth step toward becoming a True Lord.

Chen Beiwu completed his Dao Seed Nascent Soul, gained the [Dharma Form True Spirit] profound ability, and survived the Three-Nine Heavenly Calamity after manifesting a forty-five-thousand-zhang Primordial Origin Dharma Form. His breakthrough established him as an exceptionally powerful young True Lord and promised to transform the standing of the Grotto-Ming Evergreen Lineage, while the Jade Purity Sect Leader foresaw wider upheaval ahead.

• Chen Beiwu combined his companions’ four inner cores and formed a Heavenly Gang Golden Core, completing his Dao Seed Nascent Soul and receiving the [Dharma Form True Spirit] ability.
• Tong Hui, Xu Ziqing, and Xu Lingling watched the approaching Three-Nine Heavenly Calamity and celebrated Chen Beiwu’s breakthrough as a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Chen Beiwu manifested a Primordial Origin Dharma Form that grew to forty-five thousand zhang and annihilated the thunderclouds with one finger.
• Yue Chenfeng celebrated the Dharma Form’s size, while the Student Department cultivators doubted that any such record existed in the sect’s texts.
• The Evergreen True Venerable praised Chen Beiwu’s Primordial Origin Dharma Form and recognized his potential to attain Void Refinement.
• Guardians Qinghe and Yuyue remarked on the Dharma Form’s resemblance to the Dao Venerable’s resonance, and the Jade Purity Sect Leader concluded that upheaval had only begun.

Chen Beiwu examined his new Nascent Soul powers and awakened the Fortune Edict Embryo divine ability, then stayed in seclusion to protect his companions as Iron Egg and Xuele advanced toward Demon King. Xuele completed her breakthrough and revealed a powerful True Domain, and Iron Egg also reached the Demon King realm, awakening a profound ability in his vertical eye.

• Chen Beiwu tested his heavenly gang, assessed his Dao Seed Nascent Soul and Primordial Origin Dharma Form, and decided to conceal its full power.
• The Nine-Breath Chaos awakened, granting Chen Beiwu the Fortune Edict Embryo divine ability, which could seize fortune and transform others by spending fortune.
• Chen Beiwu stayed in seclusion to guide Zhiling and protect Iron Egg and Xuele as they refined the Companion Beast Contract’s feedback.
• After eight years, Xuele survived her tribulation, advanced to Demon King, gained a Five Phases Flower Crown and revealed a formidable Demon King True Domain.
• Iron Egg completed his transformation a year later, survived his tribulation, and approached Chen Beiwu as a Fourth-Realm Demon King with a newly awakened ability in his vertical eye.

After becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord, Chen Beiwu emerged from seclusion and told his senior siblings he intended to challenge Xiao Yu to Life-and-Death Platform Contention. To assess his chances, Su Muyu agreed to spar with him, and Chen Beiwu sent Iron Egg to face her Originfire Cloud Lion.

• Chen Beiwu inspected Iron Egg's cultivation, then declared to his four companions that he aimed to reach Spirit Transformation and Void Refinement.
• Sect students and Chen Beiwu's senior siblings gathered outside the Water-Evolving Residence to congratulate him on becoming a True Lord, and Su Muyu gave him Nascent Soul-Nurturing Liquid.
• Chen Beiwu told his senior siblings he planned to challenge Xiao Yu, explaining that he expected a ninety-percent chance of victory after stabilizing his nascent soul.
• Su Muyu offered to spar with Chen Beiwu at the Nascent Soul middle stage, and the group moved to a secluded Duel Platform in Azure-Ming Grotto-Heaven.
• Su Muyu summoned her Originfire Cloud Lion, and Chen Beiwu sent Iron Egg forward to confront it.

Chen Beiwu and Su Muyu began a sparring match that pitted Iron Egg against the Originfire Cloud Lion, and Su Muyu’s superior cultivation initially gave her the advantage. Iron Egg then revealed a powerful Dharma Form that let him withstand the lion’s ultimate roar, leaving Su Muyu and her beast stunned.

• Below the Duel Platform, Yue Chenfeng predicted Chen Beiwu might win, while Mo Chen favored Su Muyu and Jiang Chuan expected a draw.
• Chen Beiwu sent Golden Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling to watch as Iron Egg opened the battle with seven Candlelight Nine Prohibitions that weakened and injured the Originfire Cloud Lion.
• Su Muyu empowered the Originfire Cloud Lion with dozens of defensive and enhancing arcane arts, then struck Iron Egg with weakening curses as Chen Beiwu attacked with the Profound Origin Return to Ruins Seal.
• Iron Egg used Calamity Fire Substitution to escape the curses and launched Separation Flame Ashen Annihilation, but the Originfire Cloud Lion broke through its defenses with Cloud Lion Heavenly Roar.
• Su Muyu stopped Iron Egg and turned aside Chen Beiwu’s seal, then the Originfire Cloud Lion unleashed Cloud Lion Heavenly Roar at Iron Egg.
• Iron Egg took the roar without injury, and Yue Chenfeng recognized that Iron Egg had manifested a Dharma Form as the Originfire Cloud Lion retreated in fear.

Chen Beiwu and Iron Egg sparred with Su Muyu, who first tested Iron Egg’s Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect while her cultivation was suppressed, then defeated it after raising her strength to Nascent Soul Late Stage. Chen Beiwu revealed his Primordial Origin Finger Strike, injuring Su Muyu, but the immense attack left him and his companion beasts drained.

• Iron Egg used primordial origin true essence to form the Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect, alarming the True Lords and forcing the Originfire Cloud Lion to retreat.
• Su Muyu defended against Iron Egg’s attacks while suppressing her cultivation, then conceded and offered to continue at Nascent Soul Late Stage strength.
• Su Muyu’s Sealing Absolute Finger shattered Iron Egg’s Great Heaven Pure Hell Aspect, demonstrating the gulf between their realms.
• Su Muyu challenged Chen Beiwu to fight without summoning his Primordial Origin Dharma Form, and he gathered the strength of Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling to manifest a colossal finger.
• Chen Beiwu’s Primordial Origin Finger Strike injured Su Muyu, then vanished after exhausting most of his and his companion beasts’ true essence.

After defeating Su Muyu in a spar, Chen Beiwu gained his seniors’ respect and agreed to take charge of the Grotto-Ming Evergreen Lineage. He chose True Martial as his honorific, then asked how Jade Purity True Lords earned resources, and Yue Chenfeng began outlining their career paths.

• Yue Chenfeng praised Chen Beiwu’s performance against Su Muyu, and Mo Chen reconsidered his doubts about Chen Beiwu’s potential.
• At the Cloud-Evolving Residence, Chen Beiwu agreed to take charge of the Grotto-Ming Evergreen Lineage, and Yue Chenfeng offered to arrange the handover.
• Chen Beiwu discussed possible honorifics with his seniors; after considering Pure Affinity, True Martial, and Dao One, he chose True Martial.
• Chen Beiwu asked how True Lords acquired cultivation resources, explaining that he wanted to learn how to afford a Nine-Turn Restoration Pill.
• Yue Chenfeng explained the first two career paths for Jade Purity True Lords and began describing the third: becoming a Star-Conqueror through the All-Stars Pivot.

Chen Beiwu weighed the paths open to a newly formed Nascent Soul and chose to remain with the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, study formations, and manage the Evergreen Lineage rather than become a Star-Conqueror for now. After he reunited with Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling, three students sought to follow him, but he refused them, while news of Chi Quan’s breakthrough inspired further attempts to gain Chen Beiwu’s guidance.

• Yue Chenfeng and Su Muyu explained six common paths for Nascent Soul True Lords, including the dangerous but rewarding Star-Conqueror route.
• Chen Beiwu decided to cultivate within the sect, focus on the Formation Dao, and handle Evergreen Lineage affairs; Jiang Chuan reminded him that he would later serve as Garrison Envoy at Earth Abyss Xidong.
• Chen Beiwu returned to Azure-Ming Peak, greeted Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling, and invited them inside for tea.
• Wen Anyu, Wu Tianhe, and Hu Yuhua knelt before Chen Beiwu and asked to serve as his named disciples, but he refused and sent them away.
• Wen Anyu planned to have his lineage submit a formal Disciple-Acceptance Petition, while Wu Tianhe and Hu Yuhua discussed the news that Chi Quan might have formed a first-grade golden core after receiving Chen Beiwu’s guidance.

After Chen Beiwu’s rise to the Nascent Soul True Lord realm, Tianyuan’s four great Dao Venerable Immortal Clans considered recruiting him, and their representatives arrived at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect with gifts. Chen’s family celebrated his new status, while Yu Zhaohua declined her mother’s final chance to pursue him; the chapter ended as Yu Zhaozhen introduced herself to Chen.

• Yu Yuanhuang read reports of Chen Beiwu’s achievements and ordered a Nascent Soul Formation gift delivered, while agreeing to recruit Chen as a Yu Clan son-in-law.
• Yu Zhaohua rejected Moonlight True Venerable’s final chance to pursue Chen, and the other great clans also began considering him as a son-in-law.
• A Xiao Household youth ordered a substantial gift for Chen after hearing he might have helped Chi Quan form a first-grade golden core.
• Chen Beiwu realized his Fortune Edict Embryo could seize fortune from defeated opponents only when their fortune changed, and his dual cultivation with Xu Ziqing increased both their fortune and her chances of Core Formation.
• Chen’s parents celebrated his Nascent Soul achievement and planned to establish the Fallen Dragon Chen Household, while Chen invited them to his formation ceremony.
• Yu Zhaohua and representatives of the Yu, Xiao, Wei, and Zhou Clans brought Chen gifts, and Yu Zhaozhen introduced herself as the Jade Purity Immortal Sect’s top-ranked Rising Star.

Chen Beiwu received lavish Nascent Soul Formation gifts from four Dao Venerable Immortal Clans, including rare resources for his future cultivation. Xiao Yan of the Tianyuan Xiao Clan also sent a Nine-Turn Restoration Pill and a message seeking a meeting, leaving Chen Beiwu open to learning more about the clan’s internal rivalries.

• Xu Ziqing suggested that Yu Zhaozhen’s interest in Chen Beiwu might signal the Tianyuan Yu Clan’s desire for a marriage alliance, while Xu Lingling struggled with her feelings.
• Chen Beiwu sent Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling off, then returned to his cave abode with Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling to inspect the gifts.
• Xuele opened the Tianyuan Zhou Clan’s gift, revealing a Heavenly Star Ganoderma, and Chen Beiwu let Xuele cultivate it for his future truth-seeking ritual.
• Zhiling opened the Tianyuan Wei Clan’s gift, revealing five Supreme Grade Spirit Stones that Chen Beiwu stored for his future rituals.
• Golden Egg opened the Tianyuan Xiao Clan’s gift, and Xuele confirmed the Nine-Turn Restoration Pill was safe.
• Chen Beiwu read Xiao Yan’s message of admiration and goodwill, learned that Xiao Yan was a rival of Xiao Yu, and agreed that they could meet.

Chen Beiwu received the Yu Household’s invitation and a Truth-Seeking Pill, then used the Xiao Household’s Nine-Turn Restoration Pill to strengthen his Nascent Soul. After discovering that Iron Egg and Xuele had accidentally refined a dangerous poison, he traveled to Yunlong Market to learn how the war was going and noticed a masked female cultivator.

• Chen Beiwu learned that the Yu Household offered him a Truth-Seeking Pill every fifty years in exchange for teaching its younger generation, but he decided to wait before accepting.
• Chen Beiwu swallowed the Nine-Turn Restoration Pill and realized that its power could bring his Nascent Soul to the peak of the early stage in about ten years.
• Iron Egg and Xuele accidentally refined a poison grit that corroded a flying sword’s spirituality, and Chen Beiwu encouraged them to try making more.
• Chen Beiwu traveled to Yunlong Market to investigate the war and saw weary Greenwood Sect cultivators returning from the front lines.
• Chen Beiwu sensed a masked female cultivator approaching him from behind while he waited in the market queue.

Chen Beiwu entered Yunlong Market, discovered a broker carrying a hidden demon-seed aura, and overheard Beast Taming Lineage disciples Wang Hao and Bai Zhi being sent on a dangerous mission. Mo Li also arrived under the sect’s conscription order, resolved to survive long enough to see the Immortal Master.

• Chen Beiwu recognized Mo Li beneath her disguise but entered Yunlong Market without approaching her.
• Chen Beiwu hired Li Ershi, noticed signs of demonic cultivation on him, and chose to eat at Shuyu Pavilion.
• Wang Hao and Bai Zhi received an urgent order to deliver medicinal supplies to dangerous Blackstone Gorge, and Bai Zhi considered leaving the Beast Taming Lineage.
• Wang Hao rejected Bai Zhi’s suggestion and left the room, while Chen Beiwu overheard their dispute and remained sympathetic to their situation.
• Mo Li entered Yunlong Market as the sole surviving Azure Gold Sect conscript and decided she would face the dangerous assignments rather than flee.