Chapter Summaries

Heiming Gu Du secretly warned the Jade Spring Sect party that a traitor had revealed their valuable cargo to the old demon eagle. Chen Shuangbai, Heiming Xuanzhao, and Wei Zheng fled ahead of their caravan, but the Golden Core eagle caught up and trapped them in storms and lightning.

• Heiming Gu Du decided to warn the Jade Spring Sect disciples so they could escape and expose the traitors in the Dark Crow Tribe.
• Chen Shuangbai found a crow feather inside an insect beast, and Heiming Xuanzhao read its warning that someone had leaked their cargo to the old eagle.
• Chen Shuangbai recognized the feather’s Law Power from the Evil Dao cultivator Black Feather Immortal and urged the group to trust the warning.
• Heiming Xuanzhao left the caravan hidden in a cave and led Chen Shuangbai and Wei Zheng onward, but the old eagle attacked and killed Ya Wu with lightning.
• Chen Shuangbai, Heiming Xuanzhao, and Wei Zheng fled toward Jade Mountain City and aimed for Snake-Slough Path, but the eagle imprisoned them in storms and lightning.

Heiming Xuanzhao, Chen Shuangbai, and Wei Zheng faced the late Golden Core stage Wrathful Plume Dark Eagle, which attacked them to seize the Jade Parasol Tree. Chen Shuangbai used the Clear Waves Reflecting the Moon Banner and Clouds and Water Share the Same Sky to hold it back, and Wei Zheng prepared a desperate Mountain Shaker strike as the eagle launched a deadly wind blade.

• Heiming Xuanzhao tried to deter the Wrathful Plume Dark Eagle by invoking the Jade Spring Immortal Sect, but the eagle demanded they hand over the Jade Parasol Tree.
• Heiming Xuanzhao blocked the eagle's first attack with True Person Mei's sword talisman, but the eagle followed with a rain of wind and thunder.
• Chen Shuangbai activated the Clear Waves Reflecting the Moon Banner and then used True Person Bo's Clouds and Water Share the Same Sky to shield the group.
• Heiming Xuanzhao and Wei Zheng supported Chen Shuangbai with talismans and other measures, but Chen Shuangbai was badly wounded as his defenses faltered.
• The Wrathful Plume Dark Eagle unleashed a massive wind blade, and Wei Zheng burned his own body to gather power for Mountain Shaker.

Wei Zheng sacrificed himself to deflect the demonic eagle’s wind blade before the great shaman of the Dark Crow Tribe arrived and helped defeat it. Chen Shuangbai woke in the Jade Spring Sect, learned how True Person Mei had joined the battle, and heard about the sect’s powerful [Cloud-Measuring Ruler].

• Wei Zheng used his Qi and Blood to deflect the demonic eagle’s wind blade, but suffered catastrophic injuries and collapsed.
• The great shaman of the Dark Crow Tribe arrived and used the old wound on the demonic eagle’s neck to attack it with a Shaman Incantation.
• Chen Shuangbai lost consciousness after the reinforcements arrived and later woke in a quiet chamber at the Jade Spring Sect.
• Uncle Zhong, Yi Chongyue, and Tang Yu visited Chen Shuangbai as he recovered.
• Yi Chongyue explained that True Person Mei had entered Great Li Mountain with a sect Law Treasure and joined the great shaman against the demonic eagle.
• Tang Yu and Yi Chongyue identified the Law Treasure as the [Cloud-Measuring Ruler], a powerful offensive treasure passed down by the sect’s founding patriarch.

After recovering from the battle with the demonic eagle, Chen Shuangbai visited the badly injured Wei Zheng and then asked True Person Bo and True Person Mei about the Jade Parasol Tree seed. The True Persons planned to refine it into a pill, but Chen Shuangbai proposed growing it and hinted he could accelerate its growth.

• Yi Chongyue told Chen Shuangbai that the demonic eagle had escaped with depleted vitality, while Wei Zheng's punch had damaged his foundation and left him unable to cultivate his body for now.
• Chen Shuangbai visited Wei Zheng on Mystic Pool Peak, where Wei Zheng proudly discussed his strongest punch despite knowing that recovering would be difficult.
• Chen Shuangbai encouraged Wei Zheng to use his recovery period to review what he had learned and temper his heart.
• Chen Shuangbai went to Abyss Suppression Hall and asked True Person Bo and True Person Mei what the sect planned to do with the Jade Parasol Tree seed.
• True Person Mei said they planned to refine the seed into a treasure pill to help True Person Bo attempt to reach Nascent Soul.
• Chen Shuangbai asked whether the sect had considered cultivating the seed, prompting True Person Bo to ask if he knew a way to accelerate its growth.

Chen Shuangbai proposed nurturing the fourth-tier Jade Parasol Tree seed with Moon Soul True Water instead of refining it into a pill, and the sect approved the plan. He and True Person Bo chose a secluded valley and began preparing it to grow the seed.

• Chen Shuangbai told True Person Bo and True Person Mei that Moon Soul True Water could awaken the Jade Parasol Tree seed and hasten its growth.
• True Person Bo and True Person Mei decided to consult the sect master about nurturing the seed rather than using it to make a pill.
• While awaiting the sect’s decision, Chen Shuangbai studied whether he could adapt a moon worship ritual for the seed.
• True Person Bo told Chen Shuangbai that the sect master, True Person Mei, and he had approved the undertaking and would provide support.
• Chen Shuangbai and True Person Bo selected a secluded valley, which the sect concealed with three layers of formations and enriched by adjusting its Spirit Veins.

Chen Shuangbai nurtured the fourth-tier spirit seed until it sprouted into a Jade Parasol Tree, whose growth began benefiting the valley and its spirit vein. To ease the strain on the sect’s resources and establish a three-way symbiosis, he arranged for Fang Xiao to live beside the tree.

• Chen Shuangbai used Moon Soul True Water and a Moon-Sacrificing Formation to make the fourth-tier spirit seed sprout in a month.
• True Person Bo ordered the sect to support Chen Shuangbai and had Ren Zisu place Shaman Incantations on those who knew about the seed.
• Chen Shuangbai tended the Jade Parasol Tree as it grew rapidly and drew spiritual activity, gradually connecting with the valley’s spirit vein.
• The sect struggled to supply enough precious medicines for Moon Soul True Water and considered buying supplies outside the Jing Kingdom.
• Chen Shuangbai proposed bringing Fang Xiao to the valley so the Golden Core Sha beast, Jade Parasol Tree, and spirit vein could support one another.
• True Person Bo reinforced the restrictions in Fang Xiao’s demonic soul and handed him over to Chen Shuangbai.

Fang Xiao settled in Parasol Tree Valley to protect the Jade Parasol Tree as conflicts over resources spread across the twelve countries. True Person Bo revealed that the Jade Spring Sect planned to act against the Spirit-Seeking Sect and Heart-Eroding Stronghold before the Transformation Sect could invade Jing Kingdom.

• Fang Xiao sensed the Jade Parasol Tree’s purity and made his nest in Parasol Tree Valley, helping regulate the earth Qi and speed the tree’s growth.
• Wars erupted across the twelve countries as cultivators and sects fought over dwindling resources and old grievances.
• Yi Chongyue told Chen Shuangbai that Spring-Returning Mountain fell to three sects, while Zhang Jing fled with some of its reserves.
• Chen Shuangbai asked about the Spirit-Seeking Sect, the Heart-Eroding Stronghold, and the Jade Spring Sect’s stance as True Person Bo and another True Person arrived.
• True Person Bo said the Jade Spring Sect would move against the Spirit-Seeking Sect and Heart-Eroding Stronghold to consolidate Jing Kingdom before the Transformation Sect could invade.

True Person Bo prepared the Jade Spring Sect to seize control of the Jing Kingdom by purging spies before war and publicly denouncing rival sects. The chapter ended with the sect's declaration overturning the centuries-old balance among the five sects and openly threatening conflict.

• True Person Bo announced that the Jade Spring Sect would take the initiative in the coming killing tribulation and prepare to rule the Jing Kingdom.
• Shi Yubai and the Jade Guarding Hall arrested more than a hundred spies and traitors, including three high-level Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Shi Yubai brought the three most prominent traitors before True Person Bo, who interrogated them and determined their offenses.
• True Person Mei visited the Empty Sword Sect and returned with good news, while the other sects grew wary of the Jade Spring Sect's purge.
• The Jade Spring Sect issued a lengthy denunciation accusing the Heart-Eroding Stronghold, Spirit-Seeking Sect, and Great Buddha Temple of harming the Jing Kingdom, and called for Old True Person He to join its cause.

Old True Person He explained why the Empty Sword Sect had to side with the Jade Spring Sect despite fears of being absorbed, while High Person Jinke prepared the Spirit-Seeking Sect for war. Jin Yuanxi ended the chapter determined to see the Jade Spring Sect destroyed, though the sect master's condition remained unknown.

• Old True Person He listened as Empty Sword Sect cultivators questioned their support for the Jade Spring Sect, then asked who could protect them after his death.
• Old True Person He lamented that the Empty Sword Sect had failed to produce another Golden Core cultivator and left the hall as the others remained kneeling.
• True Person Lingguang urged High Person Jinke to attack the Jade Spring Sect, but Jin Yuanxi told the Spirit-Seeking Sect to secure its key locations and prepare for battle.
• True Person Xuanguang warned that the Jade Spring Sect sect master's condition was unknown, prompting Jin Yuanxi to recall how their past battle had blocked his path to Nascent Soul.
• Jin Yuanxi resolved to witness the Jade Spring Sect's destruction with his own eyes.

Shi Yan accepted True Person Bo’s offer to become a guest elder of the Jade Spring Sect and agreed to a soul restriction, then prepared to reveal what he knew about the Heart-Eroding Stronghold’s master. Chen Shuangbai learned that Du Zifeng had died after failing to establish his foundation and reflected on the help Du had once given him.

• The Jade Spring Sect and Empty Sword Sect destroyed the Heart-Eroding Stronghold, prompting the Spirit-Seeking Sect and Great Buddha Temple to join forces against them.
• True Person Bo told Shi Yan that the Heart-Eroding Stronghold had fallen and that its master had never come to save it.
• Shi Yan accepted defeat, pledged himself to True Person Bo, and agreed to a soul restriction in exchange for a guest elder’s position.
• True Person Bo asked Shi Yan what he knew about the Heart-Eroding Stronghold’s master, and Shi Yan agreed to tell him everything he knew.
• Feiguang delivered Lu Zhiyuan’s letter informing Chen Shuangbai that Du Zifeng had died after failing at Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Shuangbai remembered Du Zifeng’s past help and looked out at the dusk in silence.

The Clear Scenery Alliance steadily conquered territory as the Jade Spring Sect’s supplies, recruitment rewards, and conciliatory policies drew support away from the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance. Corruption and favoritism weakened the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s forces, and True Person Lingguang’s anger in the council hall left the alliance’s internal divisions unresolved.

• Shi Yan pledged allegiance to True Person Bo and was sent to fight on the front lines as war broke out among the four sects.
• The Clear Scenery Alliance used the Jade Spring Sect’s supplies and coordinated battlefield support to capture most of the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s territory in Cang Province.
• The Jade Spring Sect offered rewards and merit points to recruit rogue cultivators and small-lineage disciples, while its policies helped win over local cultivation forces.
• The Spirit-Seeking Sect’s Jin and Wang households abused their authority, kept their members away from the fighting, and sent others into battle, prompting the Golden Core leaders to investigate and punish some offenders.
• True Person Lingguang’s investigation reached his own branch, after which the crackdown fizzled out; he later raged at the council meeting while the Wang Household’s True Person watched and privately sneered.

As the Clear Scenery Alliance continued to press the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance, Chen Shuangbai visited Parasol Tree Valley to collect leaves from the Jade Parasol Tree. He gave two leaves to Yi Chongyue and prepared to leave the sect to temper himself, while his master warned him to put his life first.

• After half a year of fighting, the Clear Scenery Alliance still held the advantage over the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance, whose home-ground advantage and Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator limited further incursions.
• Chen Shuangbai visited Parasol Tree Valley, where Fang Xiao guarded the Jade Parasol Tree and tried to stop him from taking its leaves.
• Chen Shuangbai persuaded Fang Xiao that True Person Bo had approved the request, and the Jade Parasol Tree gave him three leaves; he left moon soul true water to compensate it.
• Chen Shuangbai brought two leaves to Yi Chongyue for a new pill formula and discussed using the leaves to improve his healing technique.
• Yi Chongyue recognized that Chen Shuangbai had reached Foundation Establishment late stage and warned him to prioritize survival as he prepared to venture out and hone himself.

Chen Shuangbai joined fellow Jade Spring Sect disciples aboard Lin Jingtao’s flying boat on the way to the battlefield, where he swiftly defeated a group of bandit cultivators. The group discovered a sect-marked handkerchief on the surviving bandit and demanded to know where he had obtained it.

• Chen Shuangbai met Lin Jingtao, Qin Shu, Bai Yi, Wu Jingshu, and two other Foundation Establishment disciples aboard the Wind-Chasing Boat.
• Chen Shuangbai and the others chatted during their journey, and he learned that their mutual friends had not reached Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Jingtao revealed that Qi Refining bandit cultivators had blocked the boat and planned to rob them.
• Chen Shuangbai used his frost osmanthus sword essence to kill the bandits, leaving their leader alive and trapped.
• Lin Jingtao found a handkerchief bearing the Jade Spring Sect’s design on the surviving bandit, and the group demanded to know where it came from.

Chen Shuangbai and the Jade Spring Sect cultivators rescued wounded disciples and Cheng Xing from bandit cultivators, then returned them to the Clear Scenery Alliance’s rear camp. There, Chen Shuangbai and his companions met with the camp’s leaders, including Huo Min.

• Lin Jingtao tortured a bandit cultivator for information, and the group found Cheng Xing and several wounded Dharma lineage disciples held in a cave.
• Chen Shuangbai reprimanded Cheng Xing for violating the sect’s safety rules, then ordered the group to heal the wounded disciples with pills and the Sweet Dew Incantation.
• Chen Shuangbai’s group escorted the rescued disciples to the fortified rear camp, where alchemists took over care of the seriously wounded.
• Lin Jingtao teased Chen Shuangbai about sounding like True Person Bo when lecturing, and Chen Shuangbai warned him to follow the rules.
• Chen Shuangbai and the other Jade Spring Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators met Huo Min, who praised them as outstanding talents.

Bai Yi carried Chen Shuangbai and Lin Jingtao to the front using his bloodline Divine Ability, [A Streak of Flowing Light]. There, Chen Shuangbai joined the Clear Scenery Alliance’s commanders and was assigned to lead the vanguard in three days.

• Bai Yi transformed into a giant crane and used [A Streak of Flowing Light] to carry Chen Shuangbai and Lin Jingtao swiftly to the battlefield.
• Chen Shuangbai arrived at True Person Mei’s tent, where True Person Mei welcomed him as the sect’s outstanding talent.
• Chen Shuangbai briefly recounted the trouble they had encountered on the journey, and the cultivators blamed the Spirit-Seeking Sect for harassing their rear.
• Old True Person He explained that True Person Xuanguang had gathered about three thousand troops to threaten the Clear Scenery Alliance’s supply lines.
• True Person Mei ordered Chen Shuangbai to lead the vanguard in three days, and Chen Shuangbai accepted.

The Clear Scenery Alliance and Spring-Extinguishing Alliance began a major battle at Wild Geese South Pass as their Golden Core True Persons clashed overhead. Chen Shuangbai cut through the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s forces, leaving its Foundation Establishment cultivators desperately calling for someone to stop him.

• The two armies faced off at Wild Geese South Pass, where Chen Shuangbai saw that the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s forces were demoralized and poorly equipped.
• True Person Lingguang, True Person Xuanguang, and Wang Qian challenged the Clear Scenery Alliance, and Old True Person He and True Person Mei rose to fight them.
• Feiguang took his enormous true beast form, and Chen Shuangbai asked Bai Yi to watch over him before flying into battle.
• Lin Jingtao struck three Spirit-Seeking Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators with an arrow, and Chen Shuangbai killed them with frost osmanthus sword essence.
• Chen Shuangbai split [Foot-Long Silk] into sixteen sword shadows and charged into the enemy ranks, killing low-level cultivators and beheading Foundation Establishment cultivators who blocked him.

Chen Shuangbai shattered the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s Golden Light Guard formation and captured four Jin Household Foundation Establishment cultivators alive. His rampage turned the battlefield decisively in the Clear Scenery Alliance’s favor, leaving the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance in a rout.

• Chen Shuangbai cut through the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s ranks until the Spirit-Seeking Sect sent its Golden Light Guards to surround him.
• The Golden Light Guards raised a formation that suppressed Chen Shuangbai’s cultivation and empowered four Jin Household Foundation Establishment cultivators to attack him.
• Chen Shuangbai opened the Clear Waves Reflecting the Moon Banner, slowing the formation’s attacks and the Golden Light Guards’ Law Power.
• Chen Shuangbai’s frost stars pierced and froze the Golden Light Guards, then he struck the four Jin Household cultivators’ Dantians and bound them with the Turning Heart Ruyi Cord.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to the enemy ranks and unleashed wind, thunder, clouds, and ice needles, throwing the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance into disarray.
• The Clear Scenery Alliance pressed its advantage as Chen Shuangbai dragged the captured Jin Household cultivators across the battlefield, and the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance began to rout.

The Clear Scenery Alliance routed the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance, while Old True Person He and True Person Mei drove back the enemy Golden Core cultivators. Chen Shuangbai received the highest praise and a major share of the battle’s merit, as the captured Jin Household cultivators revealed what they could about the Spirit-Seeking Sect.

• The Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s forces broke and fled, and the Clear Scenery Alliance pursued them, killing resisting captives and detaining those who surrendered.
• Old True Person He battered True Person Lingguang, forcing him to retreat and severing half his arm; True Person Xuanguang and True Person Wang also withdrew from their fights with True Person Mei.
• Old True Person He, True Person Mei, and True Person Shi praised Chen Shuangbai for his role in the victory, and his fellow disciples celebrated his performance.
• Chen Shuangbai brought four Jin Household Foundation Establishment captives to the main camp, where they disclosed what they knew about the Spirit-Seeking Sect but could not answer questions blocked by restrictions.
• Old True Person He ordered the captives imprisoned and awarded merit points and rewards to Chen Shuangbai and other outstanding fighters.

After the Clear Scenery Alliance captured Wild Geese South Pass, High Person Jinke decided the Spirit-Seeking Sect needed outside aid to counter the Jade Spring Sect’s strength. Chen Shuangbai refined his sword and was summoned to meet Gao Hao, who had arrived at the pass.

• High Person Jinke berated True Person Lingguang and the other defeated Golden Cores for losing Wild Geese South Pass and the Golden Light Guard.
• High Person Jinke concluded that the Spirit-Seeking Sect could not win a war of attrition and needed outside aid, while ruling out the Transformation Sect.
• The Clear Scenery Alliance secured Wild Geese South Pass, established defenses and medical tents, and organized merit rewards for battle participants.
• Chen Shuangbai cultivated in seclusion, refined [Foot-Long Silk], and sensed someone approaching.
• Lin Jingtao brought Chen Shuangbai to a hill, where Gao Hao greeted him outside a lavish carriage.

Gao Hao approached Chen Shuangbai with a proposal for the Gao Clan to supply the Jade Spring Sect with battlefield goods and build a lasting trade partnership. Chen Shuangbai brought him to meet the sect’s True Persons, where Gao Hao formally greeted True Person Mei.

• Gao Hao reunited with Chen Shuangbai and praised his accomplishments at Wild Geese South Pass.
• Gao Hao explained that he wanted to arrange a deal with the Jade Spring Sect, offering pills, Law Artifacts, and talismans at discounted prices.
• Chen Shuangbai pointed out that the Gao Clan’s trade route was relatively safe, prompting Gao Hao to admit he sought long-term cooperation and hoped to buy the Jade Spring Sect’s pills.
• Chen Shuangbai said the proposal required approval from the sect’s True Persons and took Gao Hao to Wild Geese South Pass.
• Gao Hao paid his respects to True Person Mei in the central hall, where True Person Shi was also present.