Chapter Summaries

Chen Beiwu destroyed the remnant soul in the cabin and discovered a powerful heavenly formation guarding the Qian Household ancestor’s tomb. After returning to the Immortal Alliance, he checked in at school, where Teacher Zhao noticed his rapid cultivation progress.

• Chen Beiwu warned Golden Egg not to devour the Foundation Establishment remnant soul, and they destroyed it together.
• Chen Beiwu retrieved the corpse’s Storage Ring but found its restriction could not be broken with Divine Sense alone.
• Chen Beiwu identified seven steles near the snake-filled cavern as part of a third-tier heavenly tomb-guarding formation and recorded its layout instead of entering.
• Chen Beiwu returned home, reassured Chen Dong that a livestream could revive their sales, and suggested that his parents resume cultivating, but they declined.
• Chen Beiwu went to Shouhe No. 2 Middle School, greeted Teacher Zhao, and asked to discuss formations at noon.
• Teacher Zhao sensed that Chen Beiwu had advanced from the eighth to the ninth layer of Qi Refining in just over half a year.

Chen Beiwu reunited with Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling at school, where they discussed cultivation and the college entrance examination. After learning about the year's survival trial and Lin Yi's admission to the Cloud Crane Upper Sect, Chen Beiwu named the sects he might pursue, while Xu Lingling proposed that they travel together for the examination.

• Chen Beiwu walked to the Senior High School Teaching Building with Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling, who remarked on how he had changed.
• Xu Lingling revealed that she had reached minor attainment in the Nurturing Yang Method and transformed her spiritual root into a heavenly fire spiritual root.
• Chen Beiwu noticed banners celebrating Lin Yi's admission to the Cloud Crane Upper Sect, and Xu Ziqing explained that he had earned attention by defeating a powerful Blood-Devouring Insect in the year's survival trial.
• Xu Ziqing explained the college entrance examination's evaluation grades and the Five Great Grotto-Heavens' requirement for a double grade-A evaluation.
• Chen Beiwu said he might apply to the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect or the Lunar Grotto-Heaven, and Xu Lingling suggested that she and Xu Ziqing travel with him to take the examination.

Chen Beiwu asked Zhao Changge to assess an ancient formation and learned it was a sinister corpse-refining formation rather than one for suppressing evil. After leaving the teahouse, he asked Chen Qin where he could hear the Cleansing Spirit Tune.

• Chen Beiwu showed Zhao Changge an incomplete formation he had found in a secondhand market, and she recognized it as an ancient third-tier heavenly formation.
• Zhao Changge realized the formation’s clues revealed it was a Corpse-Refining Evil Formation, and Chen Beiwu agreed to stop studying it.
• Chen Beiwu declined Xu Lingling’s invitation to go fishing and left, while Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing discussed how he had changed.
• Chen Beiwu met Chen Qin outside their residential complex and asked where he could hear the Cleansing Spirit Tune.

Chen Beiwu learned about booking a Cleansing Spirit Tune and joined a livestream, where he caught a valuable Jade-Pupil Salmon. After a viewer asked him to identify a strange fish, Chen Beiwu proposed trading fish, leaving the exchange unresolved.

• Chen Qin told Chen Beiwu about the three music establishments offering the Cleansing Spirit Tune and recommended Cloud Sound Pavilion’s master, Su Miao, if he could afford the fee.
• Chen Qin looked at a family photograph after Chen Beiwu left, then reacted to a phone notification as her ears turned into fluffy fox ears.
• Chen Beiwu booked a Cleansing Spirit Tune at Cloud Sound Pavilion and learned he would have to wait about two years.
• Chen Beiwu resumed livestreaming at Still Abyss West Lake and caught a Jade-Pupil Salmon while talking with his viewers.
• A viewer named Guess Who I Am showed Chen Beiwu a strange fish, and Chen Beiwu proposed trading it for the Jade-Pupil Salmon.

Chen Beiwu explained the value of a Ferrying Fish to a livestream viewer and negotiated a trade, while nearby Still Abyss West Lake staff watched him fish. His next catch was a suitcase that appeared to contain human remains, renewing the livestream’s excitement as Chen Beiwu reflected that bad luck still followed him.

• Chen Beiwu identified the fan’s catch as a Ferrying Fish and explained that its bones could be used to forge a second-tier Spirit Sword.
• The fan described an ancient battle near his fishing spot, and Chen Beiwu clarified that the Immortal Alliance had annihilated the invading demons.
• Chen Beiwu offered the fan either his Jade-Pupil Salmon without its eyes or one thousand spirit origin, and the fan chose the spirit origin.
• Two Foundation Establishment cultivators watched Chen Beiwu fish, as one doubted his catches while the other confirmed he had not cheated.
• Chen Beiwu pulled a heavy suitcase from the lake, and the viewers suspected it contained human remains.
• Chen Beiwu saw that his Yellowtail Dendrobium orders had sold out and concluded his livestream sales task was complete.

Chen Beiwu returned to the Mirror Moon Sect after learning that two Golden Core True Persons might have backed the corrupt officials he exposed on Qingsu Island. Yun Yishu explained that Yu Pan had atoned by returning her stolen spirit stones, but the Justice Hall still lacked enough evidence to reach the higher-ups.

• Chen Beiwu brought home a Jade-Pupil Salmon and explained that he had given its tender portions to Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling; at the Xu Residence, the women discussed his feelings and their rivalry over him.
• Chen Beiwu teleported to a safe cave near Qingsu Island, retrieved Yun Yishu’s message, and decided it was time to return to the sect.
• Three days later, Chen Beiwu met Yun Yishu at the Formation Hall, where she warned that Lu Lei and the other corrupt officials had influential backers.
• Yun Yishu identified Li Yuanhua and Zhao Wuji as suspects and said the Justice Hall could not question them without conclusive evidence.
• Yun Yishu explained that Yu Pan had confessed, returned ninety-seven thousand low-grade spirit stones, and provided intelligence, while Lu Lei, Wei Bichun, and Xiao Qing had fled.

Chen Beiwu learned that the Mirror Moon Sect’s powerful factions protected corrupt cultivators, then visited the imprisoned Yu Pan to negotiate for her hawk, Little Gray. Yu Pan refused to sell the hawk but offered to become Chen Beiwu’s Dao companion instead.

• Yun Yishu told Chen Beiwu that Lu Lei and the other suspects were dead, and explained how the sect’s influential circles shielded corrupt cultivators from punishment.
• Yun Yishu reminded Chen Beiwu that his master’s status gave him privileges and directed him to discuss Yu Pan’s hawk at the Marrow-Eroding Abyss.
• Chen Beiwu met Yu Pan in her cell and offered her up to thirteen thousand one hundred Sect Contribution Points and ten thousand low-grade spirit stones for Little Gray.
• Yu Pan refused to sell Little Gray, then offered to become Chen Beiwu’s Dao companion in exchange for his protection.

Chen Beiwu failed to trade for the Heaven-Eyed Black Kite and rejected Yu Pan’s offer to become his Dao companion. He chose to redeem the Seven-Turns Circulating Heaven Qi Refining Method and began studying it, though he postponed practicing it until after his next breakthrough.

• Yu Pan offered to trade the Heaven-Eyed Black Kite for Chen Beiwu’s agreement to become her Dao companion, but he refused and their negotiations ended.
• Li Renjie suggested arranging Yu Pan’s death in the Marrow-Eroding Abyss, and Chen Beiwu rejected the idea.
• Yun Yishu ordered Li Renjie to keep Yu Pan safe, then wondered whether Foundation Establishment cultivators could cross the barrier to Golden Core.
• Chen Beiwu chose to spend ten thousand Contribution Points on the Seven-Turns Circulating Heaven Qi Refining Method rather than the Spirit-Merging Pill.
• Chen Beiwu studied the method, found it difficult to comprehend, and decided to focus on advancing to the eleventh layer of Qi Refining first.

After two and a half years of secluded cultivation, Chen Beiwu broke through to the eleventh layer of Qi Refining and returned to Shouhe No. 2 Middle School to collect his College Entrance Examination admission ticket. The chapter left him in class as homeroom teacher Wang Kui warned the students about the exam and their school’s poor record.

• During Chen Beiwu’s first year of seclusion, Li Yuanhua handed over three offending Foundation Establishment cultivators and volunteered for frontline duty, settling the Qingsu Island embezzlement case, while Yu Pan refused Chen Beiwu’s proposed trade.
• In the second year, Golden Egg reached forty-nine years of cultivation, Iron Egg advanced his technique and reached forty years, and Chen Beiwu set aside his Immortal Alliance work to focus on cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu opened the Six Harmonies Apertures, reached the eleventh layer of Qi Refining, and discovered that his body had become exceptionally powerful and leakless.
• Chen Beiwu left seclusion because the College Entrance Examination was approaching and he needed to collect his admission ticket at Shouhe No. 2 Middle School.
• Chen Beiwu entered his fifth-year Soaring Class, where students recognized his name and whispered about his cultivation; Wang Kui arrived and scolded them about the exam and the school’s failure to place anyone in the Seventy-Nine Upper Sect the previous year.

Wang Kui announced that the Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination would add a retest, but candidates had to sign a Life-and-Death Contract to participate in it and the final test. As students weighed their options, Xu Lingling chose the sect special recruitment route while Xu Ziqing and Chen Beiwu signed the contract.

• Wang Kui told the class that the examination reforms added a retest, where a Grade-B evaluation could help candidates enter a Seventy-Nine Upper Sect despite a Grade-C final-test result.
• Wang Kui announced that candidates had to sign a Life-and-Death Contract to take the retest and final test, or withdraw from both.
• Chen Beiwu explained that the reforms were confirmed on the Immortal Alliance Official Website, and Xu Lingling said she would likely withdraw and use sect special recruitment.
• Xu Ziqing signed the Life-and-Death Contract and declined Xu Lingling's offer to ask her father for help.
• Chen Beiwu signed the contract and reassured Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling that they could reach the Seventy-Nine Upper Sect through the retest.

Chen Beiwu used the Nine-Breath Qi Ingestion Divine Ability to turn orange fortune into a fortuitous encounter, then successfully bought a Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill. He resisted immediately spending his remaining fortune on another wish and waited to see whether this encounter would help him gain admission to one of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.

• Chen Beiwu prepared to buy three rare treasure pills and focused on the Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill for Golden Egg.
• Chen Beiwu turned one strand of orange fortune into a fortuitous encounter, wishing to buy the pill or gain admission to one of the Thirteen Immortal Sects.
• Chen Beiwu used three phones to order the pills and succeeded in purchasing a Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill for 99,999 Spirit Origin.
• Chen Beiwu considered using his remaining orange fortune to wish for admission to the Five Great Grotto-Heavens but suppressed the urge.

With more than six months before the second round of the Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination, Chen Beiwu weighed how to use his orange fortune and strengthened his equipment for the dangerous trials ahead. He left the chapter with new weapons, movement gear, and armor purchased, while continuing to consider when to turn his fortune into a fortuitous encounter.

• Chen Beiwu considered whether his orange fortune had already triggered a fortuitous encounter and decided he would eventually use his divine ability to test it and improve his chances of entering the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.
• Chen Beiwu browsed the Immortal Alliance Official Website and chose the Twelve Earthly Branches Baleful Bow and its accompanying True Art of the Twelve Earthly Branches Revolving Baleful Arrows.
• Chen Beiwu bought the bow and archery art, then purchased Flowing Wind Boots to improve his movement speed.
• Chen Beiwu selected the Water-Soul Jade Scale Armor for Golden Egg and completed the purchase as spirit artifact prices began rising.

Chen Beiwu exchanged a third-tier incomplete formation for contribution points and bought a Spirit-Merging Pill before returning to the Southern Wasteland with the Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill. He saw Golden Egg and Iron Egg resist the pill’s temptation, then warned Golden Egg not to take it directly.

• Chen Beiwu rejected an offer of three hundred thousand Spirit Origin for his Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill and traveled to the Southern Wasteland.
• Chen Beiwu offered Yun Yishu a third-tier incomplete formation in exchange for contribution points, and she paid him ten thousand.
• Chen Beiwu exchanged contribution points at the Mysterious Pivot Hall for a Spirit-Merging Pill from Deacon Zhao Heng.
• Chen Beiwu received the Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill and returned to the Water Moon Secluded Abode.
• Golden Egg and Iron Egg resisted the urge to swallow the pill, and Chen Beiwu warned Golden Egg against taking it directly.

Chen Beiwu implanted the Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill beside Golden Egg’s heart and demonstrated the Twelve Earthly Branches Baleful Bow. That evening, he arrived at Cloud Sound Pavilion for Lady Su Miao’s Cleansing Spirit Tune, where a sudden dragon’s roar drew everyone’s attention.

• Chen Beiwu carefully placed the Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill beside Golden Egg’s heart, and Golden Egg fell asleep as the pill began strengthening its bloodline.
• Golden Egg woke the next day, and Chen Beiwu demonstrated the Twelve Earthly Branches Baleful Bow’s Shadowless arrow form.
• Chen Beiwu went to Cloud Sound Pavilion, where Lady Su Miao was scheduled to perform the Cleansing Spirit Tune.
• A dragon’s roar sounded outside Cloud Sound Pavilion, and Chen Beiwu turned to look.

Chen Beiwu attended the Cloud Sound Pavilion’s Spirit Cleansing Banquet, where he met Guan Yongan and watched Pavilion Master Su Miao begin her performance. As Su Miao tested her zither, she judged the guests’ reactions and noticed two promising cultivators among them.

• Fang Yuchen arrived at the Cloud Sound Pavilion with an armored earth dragon and demanded to see the pavilion master, but Su Miao refused to meet him before her performance.
• Chen Beiwu reached the lotus pond’s music-listening area and met Guan Yongan, who tried to befriend him after finding him unfamiliar.
• Xu Lingling complained that someone had not answered her message, then entered the pavilion with Xu Ziqing.
• Su Miao prepared to perform the Cleansing Spirit Tune with the Thousand-Sound Illusion Fox, hoping to hone her music and advance her cultivation.
• Su Miao began playing the zither, and Chen Beiwu noticed that most guests stared at her instead of listening to the music.
• Su Miao sensed the guests’ reactions and concluded that only two of the Qi Refining cultivators showed promise.

Chen Beiwu achieved Sudden Enlightenment while listening to Su Miao’s Cleansing Spirit Tune, while Fang Yuchen also broke through to Qi Refining Beyond the Limit. The chapter ended with Chen Beiwu revealing a Water-Wood Dharma Body Prototype that stunned the cultivators around him.

• Su Miao transformed the Thousand-Sound Illusion Fox into a zither and played the Cleansing Spirit Tune, causing Chen Beiwu to enter Sudden Enlightenment as Golden Egg guarded him.
• Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing benefited from the performance, while Fang Yuchen emerged from his private room after breaking through to Qi Refining Beyond the Limit.
• Fang Yuchen asked Su Miao if he now qualified to marry her, but Su Miao pointed out that Chen Beiwu had also achieved Sudden Enlightenment.
• Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing stood guard near Chen Beiwu while Golden Egg protected him from the watching cultivators.
• Chen Beiwu opened his eyes and unleashed a terrifying Raging Tide Intent Aspect as a green shoot appeared in his pupils, revealing his Water-Wood Dharma Body Prototype.

Chen Beiwu entered Qi Refining beyond the limit after a sudden enlightenment, revealing a realm that might surpass ordinary eleventh-layer cultivation. After Su Miao gave him Thunderfall Wood to restore Golden Egg, Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing competed for his attention while Su Miao asked for his contact details.

• Fang Yuchen recognized Chen Beiwu's embryonic Dharma Body and greeted him with newfound respect.
• Xu Lingling introduced Chen Beiwu as her friend and wondered at his changed bearing as other female cultivators watched him.
• Chen Beiwu realized his spirit seeds had transformed during genuine sudden enlightenment, giving him immense, partially liquefied magic power and raising the possibility that Qi Refining beyond the limit matched the Southern Wasteland's twelfth layer.
• Golden Egg weakened after Chen Beiwu drew out its Azure Wood Spirit Seed, so Chen Beiwu thanked it and placed it in his Spirit Beast Pouch.
• Su Miao gave Chen Beiwu five-hundred-year-old Thunderfall Wood to restore Golden Egg, and Chen Beiwu accepted it.
• Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing each took a place beside Chen Beiwu as Su Miao asked for his contact details.

Chen Beiwu left the Spirit-Cleansing Banquet to return to cultivation, while news of his sudden enlightenment spread and drew attention to him. The next morning, his mother Huang Xiaoling heard strangers discussing Chen Beiwu at the market without realizing they were talking about her son.

• Fang Yuchen invited Chen Beiwu to spar, but Chen Beiwu declined and left the Cloud Sound Pavilion with Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing.
• Lin Wanqing asked Guan Yongan for Chen Beiwu's contact details, leaving Guan Yongan disappointed.
• Chen Beiwu told Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing that he had obtained a Yin-Yang Blood-Cleansing Pill, then vanished to cultivate before the College Entrance Examination Preliminary Test.
• At Rongchuang Market, Huang Xiaoling overheard a mother berating her daughter for failing to match Chen Beiwu's achievements, then modestly claimed her own son was only at the peak of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.
• A woman approached Huang Xiaoling and asked whether she was Ms. Huang Xiaoling.

Lu Danya approached Huang Xiaoling with a marriage proposal involving Chen Beiwu, while Han Liangcai considered whether Chen Beiwu might be the hidden dragon he sought. Back home, Chen Beiwu encouraged Golden Egg to dream of becoming a True Dragon and quietly considered how he might help it transform.

• Lu Danya introduced herself to Huang Xiaoling as Li Jing’s mother and invited her to tea, where she discussed Chen Beiwu and a marriage proposal.
• Han Liangcai heard about Chen Beiwu’s sudden breakthroughs and used the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Mirror to examine his fate again.
• Han Liangcai decided to pay special attention to Chen Beiwu at the Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination, though he doubted the boy was the hidden dragon.
• Chen Beiwu returned home and found that Golden Egg’s spirit seeds had recovered and begun to transform after their joint cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu showed Golden Egg images of powerful dragons and described a path from fish to True Dragon, inspiring it with promises of future transformation.
• Chen Beiwu privately resolved to help Golden Egg attempt Dragon Transformation if the opportunity arose, even if it consumed all his resources.

Chen Beiwu chose to delay Foundation Establishment and pursue flawless Qi Refining, then told his parents he had reached Qi Refining beyond the limit. He began preparing for the Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination preliminary test.

• Chen Beiwu persuaded Golden Egg to follow his guidance and promised to find Iron Egg a suitable bloodline secret art.
• Chen Beiwu decided to consolidate his cultivation and aim for flawless Qi Refining instead of immediately advancing to Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Beiwu revealed his breakthrough to his parents, and Huang Xiaoling said she would leave any marriage decision to him.
• Chen Beiwu searched for past Immortal Alliance College Entrance Examination papers and learned he needed more than 750 points to qualify for the retest at an immortal sect.