Chapter Summaries

Chen Shuangbai recorded his three incense formulas in the Jade Screen Incense Compendium and sent incense pills to his sect friends. Lu Zhiyuan and Huang Shanglan then brought their daughter Lu Xiangyuan to seek his advice about her cultivation, and he discovered her remarkable innate physique.

• Chen Shuangbai transcribed his three incense formulas into the Jade Screen Incense Compendium and warned against becoming obsessed with external aids.
• Chen Shuangbai had Feiguang deliver incense pills to his master, fellow disciples, and friends, including Lu Zhiyuan and Huang Shanglan.
• Lu Zhiyuan and Huang Shanglan visited Chen Shuangbai with their daughter Lu Xiangyuan and asked his advice after her aptitude test revealed mid-grade A water and wood Spirit Roots.
• Chen Shuangbai examined Lu Xiangyuan and found her predominantly water-aspected Spirit Root and innate dewdrop mark suited her to the Jade Spring Sect.
• Lu Xiangyuan stood on the cold pool and shaped water into a nimble pearl, and Chen Shuangbai recognized her innate Pearl-Holding Physique.

Chen Shuangbai accepted Lu Xiangyuan as his third disciple, and she began cultivating on Jade Screen Peak alongside Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen. Later, he used the sect’s supply of water-element divine sand to cultivate and told Feiguang to drive away the mountain demons without killing them.

• Chen Shuangbai offered to take Lu Xiangyuan as his disciple, and Lu Zhiyuan and Huang Shanglan happily agreed.
• Lu Xiangyuan bowed to Chen Shuangbai and became his disciple; he gave her the Jade Spring Qi Ingestion Method and introduced her to Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen.
• Lu Xiangyuan’s cultivation advanced rapidly, and she treated her senior brother and sister with courtesy.
• Chen Shuangbai spent several hundred boatloads of water-element divine sand cultivating his Golden Core, then received the sect’s latest monthly delivery.
• Chen Shuangbai learned that Feiguang was driving demons away from the mountains and instructed him to spare those that had harmed no one.

Chen Shuangbai fully refined the jade disc into the Law Treasure Crimson Palace Gates Return to Perfection Screen, then learned that the Transformation Sect was invading Ning Country. True Lord Qingchen summoned him to join True Person Yuan on a trip to the Spirit Gauze Sea, where he would also deliver something to the head of the Gao Household.

• Chen Shuangbai refined the jade disc into the Crimson Palace Gates Return to Perfection Screen, a Law Treasure with soul-nourishing, demon-repelling, and protective abilities.
• Chen Shuangbai heard that Hanging Wall Gate had fled overseas and that the Transformation Sect was invading Ning Country, prompting the Jade Spring Sect to strengthen its border defenses.
• Chen Shuangbai received a letter from True Lord Qingchen and traveled from Jade Screen Peak to Myriad Phenomena Hall with Feiguang.
• True Lord Qingchen introduced Chen Shuangbai to True Person Yuan of the Turbid Wave Pavilion and told them that spiritual potency was surging over the Spirit Gauze Sea.
• True Lord Qingchen asked Chen Shuangbai to join True Person Yuan at sea, visit the Jade Wave Immortal Market, and deliver something to the head of the Gao Household.

Chen Shuangbai left the Transformation Sect with True Person Yuan to investigate the erupting spiritual currents at sea, traveling to the Jade Wave Immortal Market to deliver a letter to the Azure Wave Gao Clan. There, Gao Chonggu recognized Chen Shuangbai as the Jade Spring Sect’s Dao Child and greeted him.

• True Lord Qingchen reassured Chen Shuangbai that Fu Qianlan and Ding Chengyu could soon form their cores, allowing him to leave the Transformation Sect.
• Chen Shuangbai made arrangements for his disciples and departed with True Person Yuan aboard the Lotus Leaf Boat.
• The two traveled through waterways and out to sea, where surfaced Demon Beasts fought amid signs of erupting spiritual currents.
• Chen Shuangbai and True Person Yuan turned toward the Jade Wave Immortal Market so Chen Shuangbai could deliver True Lord Qingchen’s letter to the Azure Wave Gao Clan.
• Gao Chonggu greeted the visitors and recognized Chen Shuangbai as the Jade Spring Sect’s Dao Child.

Chen Shuangbai delivered True Lord Qingchen’s letter to the Gao Clan and offered to take one of Gao Hao’s children as a disciple, strengthening their alliance. He then reached the surging spiritual currents at the Deer-Chasing Sea, where he reunited with Yue You, newly advanced to Golden Core.

• Gao Chonggu welcomed Chen Shuangbai and True Person Yuan to Jade Wave Immortal Market, where Chen delivered True Lord Qingchen’s letter to the Gao Clan’s leader.
• Gao Hao asked Chen to assess his children, and Chen offered to accept one as a disciple, provided the child put the Jade Spring Sect first.
• Chen Shuangbai and True Person Yuan departed for the Deer-Chasing Sea, fighting off sea beasts as they approached the source of the spiritual currents.
• True Person Yuan warned Chen that sects and Golden Core Demon Kings had gathered around the surging currents, and the two saw humans and demons assembled beneath a pillar of spiritual light.
• Yue You appeared before Chen Shuangbai, who congratulated him on forming his Golden Core, and invited him to come along.

Yue You told Chen Shuangbai and True Person Yuan that a Spirit Embryo might emerge amid the surging spiritual activity in the Deer-Chasing Sea. After learning that the Empty Sword Sect may be seeking allies, Chen Shuangbai wondered what the Turbid Wave Pavilion intended to gain by bringing him along.

• Yue You welcomed Chen Shuangbai and True Person Yuan to the Empty Sword Sect’s island outpost and described the growing spiritual activity and clashes among the sea sects and demon kings.
• Yue You revealed that Old True Person He had divined that a Spirit Embryo might be emerging, shocking Chen Shuangbai and True Person Yuan with the possible value of the treasure.
• Yue You said the divination might be inaccurate and suggested the Jade Spring Sect could help secure the treasure, since the Empty Sword Sect might not be able to keep it alone.
• After leaving Yue You, True Person Yuan asked whether Chen Shuangbai had done the Empty Sword Sect a great kindness, and Chen Shuangbai said his sect had helped them relocate.
• Chen Shuangbai suspected Old True Person He wanted allies and asked True Person Yuan what the Turbid Wave Pavilion planned to gain by bringing him along.

True Person Yuan revealed that he had come seeking [One Origin Heavy Water], and Chen Shuangbai consulted True Lord Qingchen about the eruption and received permission to pursue its opportunity cautiously. After seven days of waiting, the eruption revealed a water mansion’s gate, sending the cultivators and Demon Cultivators rushing toward what appeared to be a grotto-heaven.

• True Person Yuan told Chen Shuangbai that Turbid Wave Pavilion sought [One Origin Heavy Water] for a sect Divine Ability and that True Lord Qingchen knew of the plan.
• Chen Shuangbai contacted True Lord Qingchen, who advised him to fight for a spirit embryo only if he could do so safely and reminded him to use his life-preserving means.
• As spiritual resources erupted over the Deer-Chasing Sea, Chen Shuangbai cultivated on the island while Yue You and Yuan Sheng shielded him from hostile attention.
• On the seventh day, the pillar of spiritual light destabilized, and its eruption killed sea beasts and low-tier cultivators.
• After the golden pillar burst apart, a huge dragon-carved, phoenix-painted gate rose from the seabed, and cultivators and Demon Cultivators surged toward it upon recognizing it as a water mansion’s entrance to a grotto-heaven.

Chen Shuangbai used his Divine Ability and the [Crimson Palace Gates Return to Perfection Screen] to pass through the underwater mansion’s restrictions with Yuan Sheng and Yue You. They arrived in a vast grotto-heaven, while most of the cultivators outside were left behind.

• The underwater mansion’s gateway appeared, and its powerful restrictions killed nearby low-level cultivators and left even some Golden Core True Persons and Demon Kings reeling.
• Chen Shuangbai told Yuan Sheng and Yue You he could open a gap in the restrictions, then led them toward the gate.
• Other cultivators realized the trio might breach the restrictions and attacked, but Chen Shuangbai blocked the spells with the [Crimson Palace Gates Return to Perfection Screen].
• Chen Shuangbai pierced the restrictions with a ring of mysterious light, and he, Yuan Sheng, and Yue You entered the underwater mansion.
• A few cultivators followed through before the gap closed, leaving the others outside to wear down the restrictions themselves.
• Inside, Chen Shuangbai, Yuan Sheng, and Yue You found a small world of clear blue seas, dense clouds, and palaces suspended among them.

Chen Shuangbai entered a grotto-heaven with Yuan Sheng and Yue You, then parted from them to explore a spiritual peak. He broke through the palace’s restrictions and discovered a living purple flame that appeared to be a Divergent Flame.

• Chen Shuangbai and his companions met Yuchengzi and three demon kings, who asked them to reveal what treasures the grotto-heaven contained.
• Chen Shuangbai refused to share information and left with Yuan Sheng and Yue You, while Yuchengzi departed separately.
• The demon kings split up, with Wu Ling and Sui Yuzhu appearing to explore together.
• Chen Shuangbai parted from Yuan Sheng and Yue You, chose a direction, and reached a brilliantly radiant spiritual peak.
• Chen Shuangbai broke through the palace’s restrictions and entered a hall filled with abandoned pill furnaces and a vivid purple flame, which he identified as a possible Divergent Flame.

Chen Shuangbai explored the ancient Cavern Abyss Heaven, acquired the Cinnabar Purple Profound Fire, and found that others had already reached its sea palace. There he faced Deng Jue, who challenged him to test his skills.

• Chen Shuangbai refined the Cinnabar Purple Profound Fire and took the gold-bottomed, silver-patterned brazier from the abandoned palace.
• Chen Shuangbai found an ancient book identifying the place as Cavern Abyss Heaven, the dwelling of Water Immortal.
• Chen Shuangbai entered a palace above the sea and found signs that others had recently fought there.
• Deng Jue recognized Chen Shuangbai and attacked him, declaring that he wanted to test his skills.
• Chen Shuangbai countered with Frost Osmanthus Sword Essence and Fallen Toad Light, which began rusting Deng Jue's axe.

Chen Shuangbai defeated Deng Jue’s attack and forced him to flee, then searched the palace and continued deeper into its courtyards. He found a jade bead and spotted a treasure cauldron in a hall guarded by one human and two demons.

• Deng Jue charged Chen Shuangbai with a powerful axe strike, but Chen Shuangbai used [Clouds and Water Share the Same Sky] to weaken it.
• Chen Shuangbai struck Deng Jue’s sea of consciousness with the [Lesser Yin Spirit-Slashing Saber], and Deng Jue fled toward the palace gates.
• Chen Shuangbai’s [Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring] shattered Deng Jue’s armor, but Deng Jue escaped into the sea.
• Chen Shuangbai recovered a pale-blue jade bead from the ruins, searched the hall, and explored farther into the palace, overcoming its traps and restrictions.
• At the third courtyard, Chen Shuangbai saw one human and two demons outside a hall containing a glowing square cauldron.

Chen Shuangbai arrived at the hall as three Golden Core True Persons and three Demon Kings faced off, and Daoist Xuanqing proposed joining forces to break the hall’s restrictions. After Du Taixuan refused and departed, Mo Jia revealed Chen Shuangbai’s identity as True Person Xuhong, drawing the remaining cultivators’ attention to him.

• Chen Shuangbai found three human Golden Core cultivators and three Demon Kings confronting one another before the hall.
• Daoist Xuanqing proposed that they set aside their differences and work together to break the restrictions.
• King Huaguang objected to trusting human cultivators, while Demon King Shuiying acknowledged the restrictions were difficult to break and Mo Jia agreed to cooperate.
• Du Taixuan rejected an alliance with demons and left, revealing himself as a middle Golden Core cultivator of the Fuluo Sect.
• Mo Jia identified Chen Shuangbai as True Person Xuhong of the Jade Spring Sect, and the remaining four cultivators scrutinized him.

Chen Shuangbai dissolved the water palace hall’s restrictions and claimed the square cauldron under an agreement that he would take the first treasure. When the others challenged his claim, he revealed that his “condition” had been an order, and the chapter ended as Mo Jia transformed to fight him.

• Daoist Xuanqing and the three demon kings agreed to let Chen Shuangbai dissolve the hall’s restrictions in exchange for his taking one treasure first.
• Chen Shuangbai used Fallen Toad Light to dissolve the three restrictions, and Demon King Huaguang tried to seize the square cauldron but failed.
• Chen Shuangbai claimed the cauldron, prompting Daoist Xuanqing and the demon kings to object that it was the hall’s only treasure.
• Chen Shuangbai struck Demon King Huaguang out of the hall with the Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring and said he had only sent him away to discuss matters calmly.
• Chen Shuangbai clarified that his condition had been an announcement rather than a request, and Mo Jia transformed into an Ink Spirit Python as the hall filled with signs of an impending battle.

Chen Shuangbai fought Demon King Shuiying and Demon King Moling inside the hall, then faced all three demon kings after the battle moved outside. As Demon King Huaguang joined the encirclement, Chen Shuangbai used [Dew-Drinking Radiance] to restore his Law Power.

• Chen Shuangbai recognized Demon King Shuiying’s Vast Waves Whale Shark form and struck him with the [Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring], while Mo Jia was wounded by Chen Shuangbai’s sword essence.
• Demon King Shuiying and Demon King Moling attacked Chen Shuangbai together, but his Azure Nether Dharma Body restrained them and unleashed [Divine Light of Ten Thousand Racing Ravines].
• Demon King Moling spread poison Qi as he and Demon King Shuiying brought down the hall to move the fight into the open; Daoist Xuanqing fled.
• Chen Shuangbai faced the two demon kings outside with his Dharma Body and treasures, then taunted them as Demon King Huaguang arrived.
• Demon King Huaguang joined Shuiying and Moling in surrounding Chen Shuangbai, who activated [Dew-Drinking Radiance] to recover his Law Power.

Chen Shuangbai used [Dew-Drinking Radiance] to recover while three demon kings attacked, then turned the fight by binding Demon King Shuiying with his magic ring. After Moling and Huaguang blasted him into the ruins, Chen Shuangbai counterattacked Huaguang with a sword technique, drawing blood.

• Chen Shuangbai triggered [Dew-Drinking Radiance] as Demon King Moling, Demon King Huaguang, and Demon King Shuiying surrounded him and launched their attacks.
• Chen Shuangbai used the blue-and-gold screen to divert the demon kings' attacks, then struck Shuiying with the [Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring].
• The ring tightened around Shuiying's waist and abdomen, crushing his scales as Moling split the Azure Nether Dharma Body and blasted Chen Shuangbai into the ruins.
• Moling and Huaguang poured poisonous fire and mist into the ruins, but Chen Shuangbai emerged with a frost-wreathed Sword Essence and struck Huaguang in the chest with [A Line Across the Frosty Sky].

Chen Shuangbai defeated three Golden Core demon kings in the ruins, forcing Demon King Moling and Demon King Huaguang to flee while Demon King Shuiying remained trapped. Chen Shuangbai spared Shuiying after making him choose between life and death, but placed a [Moon Comet Star-Swallowing Dire Incantation] in his sea of consciousness before letting him leave.

• Chen Shuangbai healed the wound across his waist and abdomen as the demon kings struggled against his attacks.
• Demon King Moling revealed Daoist Xuanqing's presence and offered him half the treasures, but Li Xuanqing chose to leave.
• Demon King Moling fled with Demon King Huaguang after deciding that fighting Chen Shuangbai could cost him his life.
• Chen Shuangbai confronted the trapped Demon King Shuiying and offered him a choice between life and death.
• Chen Shuangbai released Shuiying from the [Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring], planted a [Moon Comet Star-Swallowing Dire Incantation] in his sea of consciousness, and watched him depart.

Chen Shuangbai recovered from his fight with the demon kings, claimed the Azure Yi Mystic Cauldron, and discovered its ability to improve the odds of forming a Golden Core. He then intervened in a battle inside a cloud palace after recognizing the embattled cultivator.

• Chen Shuangbai decided not to pursue the three demon kings because fighting them could leave him gravely injured or dead.
• Chen Shuangbai refined the Azure Yi Mystic Cauldron and learned that its treasure liquid could increase the chances of successful core formation by roughly twenty percentage points.
• Chen Shuangbai planned to bring the cauldron back to the Jade Spring Sect and considered how it might help his master, Yi Chongyue, form a core.
• Chen Shuangbai surveyed the battlefield and found a familiar cultivator fighting a red streak of escape light inside a cloud palace.
• Chen Shuangbai recognized the disguised cultivator and knocked the red streak to the ground with golden-jade radiance.

Chen Shuangbai defeated Wu Jiu and met Heiming Gu Du, who revealed a secret location containing a Spirit Embryo. The chapter ended with Gu Du offering the treasure’s location in exchange for Chen Shuangbai’s protection of the Dark Crow Tribe.

• Chen Shuangbai used the Azure Sea Hanging Rainbow Dragon-Binding Ring to crush Wu Jiu’s body and gather its demon soul.
• Chen Shuangbai saw through Heiming Gu Du’s disguise, and Gu Du revealed his identity as a shaman of the Dark Crow Tribe.
• Chen Shuangbai and Gu Du discussed their past connection and how Gu Du had entered the water estate grotto-heaven seeking opportunities.
• Gu Du told Chen Shuangbai that he had found a treasure map leading to a Spirit Embryo within the grotto-heaven.
• Gu Du offered the Spirit Embryo’s location in return for Chen Shuangbai looking after the Dark Crow Tribe.

Chen Shuangbai and Heiming Gu Du headed toward the central palaces of Cavern Abyss Heaven, where Chen Shuangbai rescued Yuan Sheng from a demon king. After they entered the palaces, a suppressive force reduced every Golden Core cultivator to the early Golden Core stage while leaving Foundation Establishment cultivators unaffected.

• Chen Shuangbai noticed that Heiming Gu Du's thoughts were shielded from his Divine Sense, and Heiming Gu Du swore an oath before Chen Shuangbai agreed to take him toward the Spirit Embryo.
• Heiming Gu Du reflected on how Cavern Abyss Heaven's unexpected opening and Chen Shuangbai's presence had disrupted the [Dream-Born Butterfly]'s prophecy.
• Chen Shuangbai intercepted a Crimson Fire Crow demon king pursuing Yuan Sheng, extinguished its flames, and protected Yuan Sheng as he refined deep blue spiritual water.
• As cultivators and demon kings converged on the central palaces, Chen Shuangbai carried Yuan Sheng and Heiming Gu Du inside through the restrictions.
• A suppressive force inside the palaces reduced all Golden Core True Persons and demon kings to early Golden Core stage, while Foundation Establishment cultivators remained unaffected.

Chen Shuangbai and the other cultivators gathered inside Cavern Abyss Palace, where its restrictions suppressed everyone to the early Golden Core stage. When the inner palace gates opened and released a flood of spiritual potency, the True Persons and demon kings rushed inside.

• Yuan Sheng thanked Chen Shuangbai for helping him obtain slow nether profound water and identified Demon King Junyu as the foe whose bloodline Divine Ability had nearly defeated him.
• Yue You joined Chen Shuangbai and Yuan Sheng after escaping pursuing cultivators, while Heiming Gu Du concealed his identity as Chen Shuangbai’s protected junior.
• Chen Shuangbai surveyed the thirteen demon kings and eight Golden Core True Persons, noting the hostility of former opponents and the presence of three late Golden Core demon kings: Junyu, Canglong, and the Treasure Light Cave master.
• The inner palace gates opened and released dense spiritual potency, prompting the True Persons and demon kings to rush inside.