Chapter Summaries

After three days of negotiations, the Jade Spring Sect and the Jade Wave Immortal Market signed a cooperation agreement. Gao Hao then gave Chen Shuangbai rare sea treasures and a valuable sword-cultivation pill formula, investing in his potential and securing a promise of future support.

• Huo Min and the Jade Spring Sect's Expenditure Hall elites negotiated the cooperation terms with Gao Hao and his people for three days.
• The Jade Spring Sect and the Jade Wave Immortal Market signed their cooperation contract, satisfying Gao Hao and strengthening his confidence in the sect.
• Gao Hao visited Chen Shuangbai and presented him with spirit materials from the sea as a personal gift.
• Gao Hao offered Chen Shuangbai the formula for the Cold Abyss Sword-Washing Pill, a third-tier treasure pill suited to water-element sword cultivators.
• Chen Shuangbai accepted the formula and promised to protect Gao Hao and his family if they ever needed help, leaving Gao Hao pleased with his investment.

After Gao Hao departed, Chen Shuangbai gave the Jade Spring Sect a third-tier pill formula and received the Azure Thunder Cloud-Piercing Shuttle from True Person Mei. When the Arrayed Mystery Sect entered the conflict, the Clear Scenery Alliance considered the possibility of mediation, but True Person Mei insisted the Spirit-Seeking Sect and Great Buddha Temple had to be destroyed.

• Gao Hao offered Chen Shuangbai a future place to seek a blessed site for his Golden Core breakthrough before returning to transport the first shipment to Jing Kingdom.
• Chen Shuangbai presented the Cold Abyss Sword-Washing Pill formula to True Person Mei, who praised his loyalty to the Jade Spring Sect.
• True Person Mei gave Chen Shuangbai the Azure Thunder Cloud-Piercing Shuttle, a powerful artifact with demanding requirements for its refinement and control.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to his quiet chamber to refine the shuttle and advance his cultivation.
• After the Clear Scenery Alliance secured Wild Geese South Pass, Old True Person He reported that the Spirit-Seeking Sect had sought help from the Arrayed Mystery Sect.
• Chen Shuangbai suggested the Arrayed Mystery Sect might be seeking mediation, but True Person Mei declared that mediation was impossible and the Spirit-Seeking Sect and Great Buddha Temple must be destroyed.

The Clear Scenery Alliance smashed through the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s rear defenses and pressed its advance, while Chen Shuangbai fought on the battlefield with Feiguang and Bai Yi. Jin Yuankai of the Jin Household challenged Chen Shuangbai, and their duel began with Chen Shuangbai advancing against a crushing strike from Jin Yuankai’s golden ge.

• The Flowing Light Cloud Boat blasted apart the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s protected rear camp, and Li Changfeng led the Clear Scenery Alliance’s charge through the breach.
• Feiguang and Bai Yi attacked the opposing ranks in their demonic forms as Chen Shuangbai protected himself with the [Chongming River-Stilling Bell] and swept the battlefield with Frost Osmanthus Sword Essence.
• True Person Mei ordered the Clear Scenery Alliance to resume its advance after learning the Spirit-Seeking Sect might be seeking aid from the Arrayed Mystery Sect.
• Jin Yuankai struck at Chen Shuangbai with his golden ge, and Chen Shuangbai stopped the weapon with the [Turning Heart Ruyi Cord].
• Jin Yuankai revealed his identity and attacked with eight linked golden ge, while Chen Shuangbai countered with sixteen strands of Frost Osmanthus Sword Essence.
• Jin Yuankai formed enormous golden ge and cleaved them toward Chen Shuangbai, who advanced and sent a streak of white light to meet the blow.

Chen Shuangbai fought Jin Yuankai and revealed a Divine Sense attack that killed Jin Yuankai’s two accompanying clansmen. He then shattered Jin Yuankai’s golden halberds and advanced through his attacks with [Clouds and Water Share the Same Sky], leaving Jin Yuankai shocked by the technique.

• Jin Yuankai countered Chen Shuangbai’s Yin Lightning and drove his eight golden halberds into a clash with Chen Shuangbai’s Frost Osmanthus Sword Essence.
• Jin Yuankai used golden threads to make Chen Shuangbai appear sluggish and ordered two Jin Household clansmen to attack.
• Chen Shuangbai revealed that he had fooled Jin Yuankai, then used [Lesser Yin Spirit-Slashing Saber] to incapacitate the two attackers and hurled them into the fighting weapons, killing them.
• Chen Shuangbai used [Shattering the Moon and Parting the Waves] to split Jin Yuankai’s golden storm and wound him.
• Jin Yuankai unleashed golden birds and talismans, but Chen Shuangbai advanced through them with [Clouds and Water Share the Same Sky], astonishing Jin Yuankai.

Chen Shuangbai defeated Jin Yuankai and helped the Clear Scenery Alliance advance to Mountain Pass City, where the Spirit-Seeking Sect revealed that it had secured the support of True Lord Xuanwu of the Arrayed Mystery Sect. The Clear Scenery Alliance faced the arrival of a Nascent Soul True Lord as the battle for Ling Province’s final gateway began.

• Chen Shuangbai struck Jin Yuankai with the Lesser Yin Spirit-Slashing Saber and cut him in half with Shattering the Moon and Parting the Waves, but a streak of golden light escaped.
• Chen Shuangbai joined the battlefield and routed the enemy, while the Clear Scenery Alliance celebrated its successive victories.
• Huo Min said Chen Shuangbai could no longer keep his title of [Jade Spring Treasure Tree] hidden, and the alliance resumed its march toward Ling Province.
• The Clear Scenery Alliance halted outside Mountain Pass City, where High Person Jinke and the other defenders faced Old True Person He, True Person Mei, and True Person Shi.
• Jin Yuanxi welcomed True Lord Xuanwu of the Arrayed Mystery Sect, whose arrival on a white jade flying vessel revealed that the Spirit-Seeking Sect had brought in a Nascent Soul True Lord.

True Lord Xuanwu arrived at Mountain Pass City to mediate the war between the Clear Scenery Alliance and the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance, demanding that the Jade Spring Sect and Empty Sword Sect return their conquered territory. True Person Mei challenged his authority and began to question him, leaving her response to his proposed peace unresolved.

• True Lord Xuanwu introduced himself as an early-stage Nascent Soul elder of the Arrayed Mystery Sect, and his spiritual pressure forced the Clear Scenery Alliance's three Golden Core cultivators to shield those behind them.
• True Lord Xuanwu announced that he had come at Fellow Daoist Jin's request and urged both alliances to end the war and return to their previous borders.
• Old True Person He objected that the Clear Scenery Alliance had fought hard for its captured territory, but True Lord Xuanwu demanded that they consider it giving him face.
• True Person Mei stopped Old True Person He from arguing further and reminded True Lord Xuanwu that he was a True Lord of Zheng Kingdom, not Jing Kingdom.
• High Person Jinke offered an apology and compensation on behalf of the Spirit-Seeking Sect, and True Lord Xuanwu praised him and urged True Person Mei to accept peace.
• True Person Mei said True Lord Xuanwu's argument made some sense, then began to ask him about something she did not understand.

At Mountain Pass City, True Lord Xuanwu attacked True Person Mei after she challenged him over whether he would support the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance. A Five-Colored Mystic Gui stopped his strike, and Ling Qingque revealed himself as Qingchen, the Jade Spring Sect’s newly emerged Nascent Soul True Lord.

• True Person Mei asked True Lord Xuanwu whether he would personally aid the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance if the Clear Scenery Alliance refused to end hostilities.
• Furious at her defiance, True Lord Xuanwu threatened the Jade Spring Sect and launched a spear of flame at True Person Mei.
• A Five-Colored Mystic Gui arrived from Sunken Jade Valley and shattered Xuanwu’s attack, shielding the Clear Scenery Alliance.
• True Person Mei congratulated her Senior Brother, the sect master, on emerging from seclusion, and the cultivators recognized the arrival of a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Ling Qingque revealed himself as Qingchen of the Jade Spring Sect.

Qingchen emerged from a century of seclusion as a Nascent Soul True Lord and confronted True Lord Xuanwu for interfering in the Jade Spring Sect’s affairs. He overpowered Xuanwu, severed sixty years of his cultivation, and ordered him to leave.

• Jinke and Jin Yuanxi recognized Qingchen as the former prodigy Ling Qingque and realized he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Clear Scenery Alliance celebrated Qingchen’s breakthrough, while True Lord Xuanwu regarded him warily.
• Qingchen challenged Xuanwu’s presence in the Jing Kingdom and attacked him with five-colored streaming clouds.
• Qingchen sealed Xuanwu’s Nascent Soul Law Power and bound him in midair.
• Qingchen took sixty years of Xuanwu’s cultivation, left him barely able to retain the Nascent Soul Realm, and ordered him to leave.

True Lord Qingchen trapped the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance in his law domain and demanded the Great Buddha Temple dissolve and leave the Jing Kingdom. As Huinan and the temple’s monks took their own lives, Jin Yuanxi refused to surrender and was killed by Qingchen.

• True Lord Xuanwu fled Mountain Pass City after Qingchen severed sixty years of his cultivation, then hurried away to stabilize his realm.
• Qingchen’s law domain enclosed Mountain Pass City, trapping the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s cultivators as Huinan pleaded for mercy for uninvolved monks.
• Qingchen ordered those who had fought to take their own lives, dissolved the Great Buddha Temple, and demanded it return Sha Province to the Jade Spring Sect and leave the Jing Kingdom.
• Huinan and several hundred Great Buddha Temple monks burned themselves to death, while the remaining alliance cultivators pleaded to surrender.
• Jin Yuanxi attacked Qingchen with earth-element power and refused to surrender, so Qingchen struck him down with five-colored divine light.

True Lord Qingchen annihilated the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s leaders, allowing the Clear Scenery Alliance to take control of Sha Province and Ling Province. After the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s headquarters fell, Chen Shuangbai helped True Person Mei establish it as a Jade Spring Sect subsidiary residence, earning further respect from his fellow disciples.

• True Lord Qingchen killed Jin Yuanxi and captured True Person Lingguang and True Person Xuanguang, destroying the Spring-Extinguishing Alliance’s main force.
• Chen Shuangbai and the Clear Scenery Alliance advanced through Sha Province and Ling Province as local leaders surrendered, then reached the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s burning headquarters too late to prevent its destruction.
• Chen Shuangbai ordered his disciples to stop looters at Cangwu Mountain while he entered the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s headquarters and surveyed its wealth and ruins.
• True Lord Qingchen sent spiritual resources from the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s treasury to the Empty Sword Sect, leaving Old True Person He impressed by the gesture.
• True Person Mei oversaw the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s assets and arranged for its territory to become a Jade Spring Sect subsidiary residence, while most of the Great Buddha Temple’s cultivators left for the Yuan Kingdom.
• Chen Shuangbai spent more than a month assisting True Person Mei with the settlement, winning praise for his careful and fair work.

Chen Shuangbai advised True Person Mei on how the Jade Spring Sect should handle the surrendered Spirit-Seeking Sect disciples, especially members of the Jin, Wang, and Pang Households. True Person Mei accepted his proposals and told him to return to the sect the next day to meet the Sect Master.

• Chen Shuangbai reported that the Spirit-Seeking Sect’s resources had been registered and discussed the difficulties of handling its surrendered disciples.
• Chen Shuangbai recommended settling ordinary, blameless converts in the outer sect for two or three years before assigning them elsewhere, while punishing serious offenders.
• Chen Shuangbai advised dispersing the Jin, Wang, and Pang Household members to distant outposts and branch estates, keeping them apart for several generations.
• Chen Shuangbai suggested using Shaman Incantations against escaped members of the three Households, and True Person Mei said the matter should be handled with a long-term view.
• True Person Mei told Chen Shuangbai to return to the sect the next day to meet the Sect Master and said True Person Shi would keep the branch estate under control.

True Person Mei brought Chen Shuangbai back to Sunken Jade Valley, where the Jade Spring Sect gathered to reward those who had served in the war. Sect Master True Lord Qingchen named Chen Shuangbai the sect’s Dao Child, making him the sole candidate to become its next sect master.

• True Person Mei escorted Chen Shuangbai back to Sunken Jade Valley, now part of the Jade Spring Sect’s expanded territory.
• Chen Shuangbai greeted his master, Yi Chongyue, before joining the sect members assembled to discuss war merits and the future of the sect.
• True Lord Qingchen rewarded cultivators for their contributions, then praised Chen Shuangbai’s bearing and accomplishments.
• True Lord Qingchen bestowed the title of Dao Child on Chen Shuangbai and presented him with a jade token.
• The gathered cultivators were stunned as they recognized that Chen Shuangbai had become the sole candidate to succeed as sect master, with access to the sect’s treasuries and secret methods.

Chen Shuangbai met with True Lord Qingchen, who affirmed that the Jade Spring Sect trusted him and regarded him as one of its own. As the sect’s Dao Child, Chen Shuangbai was granted access to three central inheritances brought from the Eastern Radiance Continent and was asked to choose one to cultivate.

• True Lord Qingchen asked Chen Shuangbai how he felt about becoming the Dao Child, and Chen Shuangbai described the status as both a blessing and a responsibility.
• True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai that he and True Person Bo and True Person Mei accepted his reservations and would not press him about his fortuitous opportunities again.
• True Lord Qingchen revealed three central Jade Spring Sect inheritances: [Golden Scripture of Heavenly One Generating Water], [Heavenly River Soul-Cleansing Sword Scripture], and [True Illumination Cavern Abyss Five Qi Art].
• True Lord Qingchen explained that Patriarch Jade Spring had brought the three methods from the Eastern Radiance Continent and that each led directly to Spirit Transformation.
• True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai that, as Dao Child, he could choose one of the three methods to cultivate.

Chen Shuangbai chose the True Illumination Cavern Abyss Five Qi Art and received the profound method from True Lord Qingchen, whose guidance and accumulated notes helped him begin studying it. Months later, Chen Shuangbai had failed to fuse it with his Moon-Worshipping Clear Illumination Method, but had gained a preliminary understanding of its principles.

• Chen Shuangbai sensed the three profound arts and chose the True Illumination Cavern Abyss Five Qi Art.
• True Lord Qingchen transmitted the art, and the Great Yin Dao Fruit guided it into a Jade Slip within Chen Shuangbai’s sea of consciousness.
• True Lord Qingchen gave Chen Shuangbai his cultivation notes, directed him to the Book Collection Cave’s records, and advised him to begin by understanding water’s five transformations and five virtues.
• Chen Shuangbai continued cultivating and helped Changming, Feiguang, and Gray Ball develop their spiritual intelligence by sharing resources and expounding on the Dao.
• Chen Shuangbai failed to fuse the new art with his Moon-Worshipping Clear Illumination Method because the new art’s underlying conception was too profound.
• Chen Shuangbai studied the art’s general principles and Foundation Establishment section alongside Qingchen’s and the patriarchs’ notes, developing a preliminary understanding.

Chen Shuangbai studied the five virtues of water, comprehending moistening and rushing flow as he traveled across Jing Kingdom. His cultivation advanced naturally, and homesickness led him back to the White Water Chen Clan, which had grown into a cultivation lineage under his protection.

• Chen Shuangbai tested his understanding of water's virtue of moistening on Gray Ball, whose mushroom cap grew lustrous and began secreting pill condensation liquid.
• Over a year, Chen Shuangbai comprehended moistening's vitality and condensed a [Moistening True Seal] in his sea of consciousness.
• After crossing the threshold beside the Shattered Star River, Chen Shuangbai traveled through Jing Kingdom's nine provinces and studied their rivers to comprehend water's rushing flow.
• Chen Shuangbai concealed his presence to avoid crowds, and his water techniques and cultivation methods advanced as his cultivation rose.
• Chen Shuangbai felt homesick near the White Water Chen Clan and flew back to White Water County.
• Chen Moyan had focused the clan on cultivation, while Chen Shuangbai's protection and sect connections helped the White Water Chen Clan establish itself as a cultivation lineage.

Chen Shuangbai returned to the White Water Chen Clan and found Chen Moyan had grown into a firm household head who punished corrupt clansmen and managed a flourishing clan. After learning about the household’s cultivators, Chen Shuangbai agreed to inspect a pair of unusual twins kept under guard.

• Chen Moyan ordered three lawbreaking clansmen punished under household rules and sent their branch to the estates outside, despite one man’s desperate pleas and insults.
• Chen Shuangbai appeared to Chen Moyan that night, and Chen Moyan woke Old Master Chen so he could welcome his eldest grandson home.
• Chen Shuangbai learned that Old Master Chen’s health had improved with life-prolonging pills and heard Chen Moyan’s report on the household’s development.
• Chen Moyan told Chen Shuangbai that the clan had six cultivators, including Chen Yizhao at the middle Qi Refining stage, and that most of the younger Spirit Root holders were progressing at the Spring-Venerating Daoist Academy.
• Chen Moyan explained that he had kept a pair of twins confined and cared for despite local shamans calling them calamity stars, and Chen Shuangbai agreed to see them.

Chen Shuangbai found the twins Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen, whose excess Yang and Yin Qi threatened their lives, and brought them to the Chen residence to begin cultivation. After entering them into the main lineage’s genealogy, he left them facing an unfamiliar future, with the twins finding comfort in his presence.

• Chen Shuangbai examined Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen and discovered their unusual Yang and Yin Qi were gradually depleting their mortal bodies.
• Chen Shuangbai left Law Power in the twins to stop the depletion and decided to take them back to the sect.
• Chen Shuangbai brought the twins to the Chen residence, where they bathed, changed into fine clothes, and saw their transformed appearances in a mirror.
• Chen Shuangbai entered Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen into the main lineage’s genealogy, while Chen Moyan summoned their birth parents.
• The twins’ mother tearfully urged them to leave without looking back, and Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen felt bewildered by the parting but safer beside Chen Shuangbai.

Chen Shuangbai visited the White Water Chen Clan, met his younger brother Chen Mingxuan’s family, and prepared to bring four younger relatives back to Jade Spring Sect. After settling two of them in the outer sect, he took twins Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen to Deer Deep Waters Peak, where Yi Chongyue eagerly awaited his new granddisciples.

• Chen Mingxuan introduced his wife Lady Lin, son Chen Yanmu, and infant daughter Chen Yanzhao to Chen Shuangbai, who gave the children protective jade pendants and restored his grandfather’s health.
• Chen Shuangbai praised Chen Moyan and the clan stewards for strengthening the family, then urged Old Master Chen to care for his health before departing with four younger relatives.
• As they flew away from White Water County, Chen Shuangbai read a confidential letter about the twins and wondered whether their unusual birth came from the Huangji Chen Clan’s ancestral bloodline.
• After returning to Sunken Jade Valley, Chen Shuangbai sent two B-grade relatives into the outer sect and told them to rely on their own efforts, though they could seek his help with serious problems.
• Chen Shuangbai brought Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen to Deer Deep Waters Peak, where Yi Chongyue hurried over excitedly to meet his granddisciples.

Chen Shuangbai brought Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen to True Lord Qingchen, who identified their rare Gold and Silver Mystic Pupils and dangerous Burning Yang and Severed Yin physiques. The twins accepted the strict cultivation and emotional restraint their condition required, and True Lord Qingchen promptly left Chen Shuangbai to teach them himself.

• At Deer Deep Waters Peak, Yi Chongyue examined the twins, gave each a Spirit-Nourishing Pill, and learned their circumstances from Chen Shuangbai.
• Chen Shuangbai took the twins to the Myriad Phenomena Hall and asked True Lord Qingchen to assess them.
• True Lord Qingchen identified the twins' Gold and Silver Mystic Pupils and Burning Yang and Severed Yin physiques, warning that they could thrive or die depending on how they were raised.
• True Lord Qingchen explained that the twins needed to cultivate diligently, control their emotions, and practice suitable methods, while giving up any hope of having children.
• Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen accepted the restrictions and knelt before True Lord Qingchen and Chen Shuangbai.
• After Chen Shuangbai congratulated True Lord Qingchen on gaining disciples, Qingchen sent him and the twins out of the side hall and told Chen Shuangbai to teach them himself.

Chen Shuangbai formally accepted Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen as disciples and guided them through reading and exercises to focus their minds before beginning cultivation. As he advanced in his own practice, he comprehended two water-based divine abilities and impressed True Lord Qingchen.

• Chen Shuangbai accepted Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen as his disciples and arranged for them to enroll in the Jade Spring Sect.
• Chen Shuangbai had the twins study scriptures and primers while Changming supervised their lessons on Jade Screen Peak.
• Yi Chongyue and Tang Yu sent gifts and showed affection for Chen Shuangbai's new disciples.
• Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen mastered their assigned books, steadied their dispositions, and sensed Qi before formally beginning cultivation.
• Chen Shuangbai cultivated the True Illumination Cavern Abyss Five Qi Art and the Moon-Worshipping Clear Illumination Method together.
• Chen Shuangbai showed True Lord Qingchen the Moistening Virtue True Seal and the Divine Light of Ten Thousand Ravines' Contending Streams, earning his praise.