Chapter Summaries

Chen Shuangbai guided his disciples’ cultivation and then trapped Chen Fuguang, Chen Yazhen, and Lu Xiangyuan in separate illusions to test their abilities. He watched their trials from the Moon-Gazing Pavilion, eager to see who would break free first.

• Chen Shuangbai advised Chen Yazhen on improving the Three Yin Spirit-Felling Needle and guided Chen Fuguang and Lu Xiangyuan in their techniques.
• Chen Shuangbai left his Mystic Sea Avatar to oversee the disciples’ cultivation and teach Gao Yi the Jade Spring Qi Ingestion Method.
• Half a month later, Chen Shuangbai used the Clear Waves Reflecting the Moon Banner to create an illusory domain that separated his three disciples.
• Chen Shuangbai and his Mystic Sea Avatar watched the disciples through a water mirror and predicted that Lu Xiangyuan might escape first.
• Chen Fuguang faced a world of scorching flames, Chen Yazhen endured a frozen landscape, and Lu Xiangyuan fought endless sea beasts as Chen Shuangbai urged them to keep going.

Chen Shuangbai taught his disciples to face danger through an illusion and set them the task of overcoming it before leaving Jade Screen Peak. He then discovered that the Jade Spring Sect’s spirit vein was nearing a fourth-tier transformation and helped his master Yi Chongyue prepare for Golden Core.

• Chen Shuangbai explained that his disciples would eventually face danger without warning, and left the illusion in place for them to overcome before traveling or taking guarding posts.
• The Mystic Sea Avatar asked whether Chen Shuangbai worried about his disciples, and Chen Shuangbai said he wanted to strengthen them before they left the mountain.
• Chen Shuangbai visited Parasol Tree Valley, where True Lord Qingchen asked him to check on Fu Qianlan and Ding Chengyu, who were attempting Golden Core.
• Chen Shuangbai sensed through the Jade Parasol Tree that the sect’s third-tier spirit vein was about to transform into a fourth-tier vein, delighting True Lord Qingchen and Fang Xiao.
• The first batch of Azure Yi Treasure Liquid yielded three portions for senior Foundation Establishment cultivators qualified to attempt Golden Core.
• Chen Shuangbai stayed on Deer Deep Waters Peak to teach Yi Chongyue his insights into Golden Core cultivation.

Chen Shuangbai taught Shi Yubai and Yi Chongyue about breaking through to Golden Core, then went to the Expenditure Hall to enter the sect’s central treasury and obtain resources for refining his spirit artifacts into law treasures. He and Wu Ping opened the treasury entrance with the three secret keys and stepped inside, while Lu Zhiyuan guarded the door.

• Chen Shuangbai instructed Shi Yubai and Yi Chongyue on breaking through to Golden Core after their foundations were ready.
• Chen Shuangbai went to the Expenditure Hall, where Wu Ping and Lu Zhiyuan welcomed him.
• Chen Shuangbai explained that he wanted spiritual resources to refine his four spirit artifacts into law treasures and recalled the [Azure Thunder Cloud-Piercing Shuttle] he had received from True Person Mei.
• Chen Shuangbai, Wu Ping, and Lu Zhiyuan reached the central treasury’s sealed entrance, where the three secret keys were required to open it.
• Chen Shuangbai and Wu Ping combined the three secret keys and entered the treasury, while Lu Zhiyuan stayed behind to guard the entrance.

Chen Shuangbai spent months reforging four treasures while cultivating, as the sect’s spirit vein began transforming toward the fourth tier. He raised two items to Law Treasures and the Clear Waves Reflecting the Moon Banner to a mid-grade Law Treasure, while the Turning Heart Ruyi Cord advanced only to a high-grade Spirit Artifact.

• Chen Shuangbai examined and purified rare third-tier spiritual materials, including the Moonlight Jade Heart, to prepare for reforging his treasures.
• Chen Shuangbai began reforging the Clear Waves Reflecting the Moon Banner with the Moonlight Jade Heart and Azure Tide Stone, while Changming’s true body took the place of the banner as the cold pool’s illusion-domain vessel.
• Gao Yi developed a sense for Qi under the Mystic Sea Avatar’s guidance and advanced to the second layer of Qi Refining.
• Chen Shuangbai sensed spiritual activity from Sunken Jade Valley as the sect’s spirit vein began transforming toward the fourth tier, and he continued refining his treasures.
• After forty-nine more days, Chen Shuangbai completed the reforging: the Clear Waves Reflecting the Moon Banner became a mid-grade Law Treasure, Foot-Long Silk and Azure Thunder Cloud-Piercing Shuttle became low-grade Law Treasures, and Turning Heart Ruyi Cord became a high-grade Spirit Artifact.

Chen Shuangbai congratulated Fu Qianlan and Ding Chengyu on attaining Golden Core, then learned that the Spirit Taming Sect’s legendary Nascent Soul spirit beast had died centuries ago and its continued existence had been faked. As the Transformation Sect pressed its attack on the Three Sects of Ning Country, their sect leaders asked the Jade Spring Sect for aid.

• Chen Shuangbai congratulated Fu Qianlan and Ding Chengyu on their Golden Core breakthroughs, and they credited the treasure tree and transformed Spirit Vein with improving their foundations.
• True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai, Ding Chengyu, and Fu Qianlan that the Three Sects of Ning Country were showing signs of decline.
• True Lord Qingchen explained that the Spirit Taming Sect’s Black-Armored Earth Dragon had died three hundred years earlier, and the sect had used its remains to fake the beast’s continued presence.
• True Lord Qingchen said the Transformation Sect exposed the deception by extracting memories from captured disciples, then advanced its army against the Spirit Taming Sect.
• True Lord Qingchen showed the others a plea from the three sect masters of Ning Country, who offered to follow the Jade Spring Sect’s lead in exchange for military aid against the Transformation Sect.

Jade Spring Sect’s leaders debated how to respond to the Transformation Sect’s growing threat and the likely breakthrough of its leader to Nascent Soul Late Stage. They agreed to aid the Three Sects of Ning Country while buying time for their own cultivators to strengthen, and Chen Shuangbai entered seclusion.

• True Lord Qingchen told Ding Chengyu, Fu Qianlan, and Chen Shuangbai that the Transformation Sect’s leader might reach Nascent Soul Late Stage within a dozen years.
• Chen Shuangbai supported aiding the Three Sects of Ning Country and seeking Liao Wugui’s rumored counteracting object, while Fu Qianlan favored aid and Ding Chengyu urged caution.
• Chen Shuangbai proposed waiting for True Person Bo to emerge from seclusion and recalling True Person Mei to strengthen the sect.
• True Person Mei returned to the sect, Fu Qianlan took over her post in Hengzhang City, and Ding Chengyu led disciples and Fang Xiao to aid Ning Country.
• Chen Shuangbai found a treasured cultivation site and entered seclusion.

After three years of war in Ning Country, Chen Shuangbai emerged from seclusion and advanced to the Middle Golden Core Stage. Feiguang also reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, while Fuguang and the others remained away tempering themselves.

• The Transformation Sect continued its campaign in Ning Country, forcing the remaining sects to defend what territory they could with help from the Floating Light Sect.
• Feiguang broke through to Foundation Establishment Perfection and celebrated his advancement before the Mystic Sea Avatar.
• The Mystic Sea Avatar gave Feiguang a pill to stabilize his cultivation and told him that Chen Shuangbai was emerging from seclusion.
• Chen Shuangbai absorbed the Law Power in the Moon-Gazing Pavilion and broke through to the Middle Golden Core Stage.
• The Mystic Sea Avatar and Feiguang congratulated Chen Shuangbai, who learned that Fuguang and the other two had left the mountain to temper themselves after breaking through his illusion realm.

Chen Shuangbai arrived in Ning Country to help the allied sects contain the war against the Transformation Sect. After learning that True Person Tong’s rescue could exploit a shared secret method, he set out to bring Tong back.

• True Person Guizhen and True Person Wang asked Ding Chengyu to seek True Lord Qingchen’s help rescuing the captured True Person Tong.
• Ding Chengyu announced that Chen Shuangbai would come to assist, and Chen arrived at the military camp displaying healing lunar radiance.
• Chen Shuangbai learned that the Transformation Sect had five Golden Core True Persons and that True Person Tong’s sect shared a secret method with True Person Wang’s sect.
• Chen Shuangbai ordered Ding Chengyu to sound the ritual conch and said he would go rescue True Person Tong.

Chen Shuangbai ambushed the Transformation Sect’s Golden Core elders, striking High Person Purple Robe with a magical ring before unleashing Supreme Yin sword light on High Person Jinquan. As Jinquan fled, Chen Shuangbai pursued him, while the Mystic Sea Avatar trapped Purple Robe in a deep-blue mystic sea.

• High Person Jinquan sensed a new Golden Core cultivator among the opposing forces, and High Person Purple Robe confirmed the presence of the newcomer.
• High Person Purple Robe tried to shield herself from a sudden attack, but a gold-and-jade magical ring shattered her defenses and hurled her into the distant mountains.
• Chen Shuangbai appeared before High Person Jinquan and raised his treasured sword, revealing Supreme Yin radiance that overwhelmed Jinquan’s wood devil manifestation.
• Chen Shuangbai’s sword light shattered Jinquan’s flesh and destroyed the surrounding demons, beasts, insects, and ghosts, but Jinquan escaped in a yellow-green streak.
• Chen Shuangbai pursued the fleeing Jinquan as High Person Purple Robe recovered and faced the Mystic Sea Avatar, who enveloped her in a deep-blue mystic sea.

Chen Shuangbai and his allies defeated the Transformation Sect’s forces at Cloud Dragon Lake and rescued True Person Tong. That night, True Person Guizhen came to Chen Shuangbai with a treasured mirror that he recognized as a Law Treasure connected to the Dao of Supreme Yin.

• Chen Shuangbai and his Mystic Sea Avatar held off two late-Golden Core opponents while Ding Chengyu, True Person Guizhen, and True Person Wang fought the remaining cultivators and rescued True Person Tong.
• Chen Shuangbai’s sword strike and the Five-Colored Mystic Gui drove High Person Jinquan, High Person Purple Robe, and the other Transformation Sect cultivators to retreat.
• Chen Shuangbai returned the Five Virtues Water Fortune Mystic Gui to Ding Chengyu, and True Person Tong thanked Chen Shuangbai for saving him.
• That night, Chen Shuangbai and Ding Chengyu discussed strengthening their defenses against the Transformation Sect.
• True Person Guizhen visited the camp and presented a plain white treasured mirror, which Chen Shuangbai recognized as a Law Treasure connected to the Dao of Supreme Yin.

Chen Shuangbai accepted an ancient Supreme Yin treasure mirror from True Person Guizhen as payment for the Jade Spring Sect’s aid in Ning Country’s war, then ordered True Person Xu to join the front line. After the battle’s aftermath, Ding Chengyu encountered a young man pursuing a monstrous fish and recognized him.

• True Person Guizhen gave Chen Shuangbai the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror, which revealed its two powers when Chen Shuangbai refined it.
• Chen Shuangbai assured True Person Guizhen that the Jade Spring Sect would continue supporting Ning Country and ordered True Person Xu to exchange positions with True Person Tong.
• Chen Shuangbai reflected on the sword strike that had wounded High Person Jinquan and considered the limits of his advantage against stronger opponents.
• Ning Country’s forces drove back the Transformation Sect’s beasts and insects, though plague and battle had caused heavy losses.
• Ding Chengyu saw a golden-radiant young man pursue and burn a monstrous fish, then recognized him.

Chen Fuguang reunited with Chen Shuangbai after naturally attaining Higher Vehicle Foundation Establishment, and received two Law Techniques suited to his Burning Yang Physique. The chapter left Chen Shuangbai studying the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror to deepen his understanding of Great Yin.

• Chen Fuguang killed a monstrous fish with his golden flames and met Ding Chengyu, who discovered he had attained Foundation Establishment.
• Ding Chengyu brought Chen Fuguang to the allied army’s main camp, where he reunited with his master, Chen Shuangbai.
• Chen Fuguang told Chen Shuangbai that he had attained Higher Vehicle Foundation Establishment, gaining the vision [Golden Rosy Clouds Bearing Fire] and two heaven-bestowed Divine Abilities.
• Chen Shuangbai bestowed the Law Techniques [Crimson Dawn Chasing Fire] and [Crimson Feather Body Protection] upon Chen Fuguang and instructed him to remain with the army.
• After discussing the cultivators’ deployment with Ding Chengyu, Chen Shuangbai began studying the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror and its connection to Great Yin.

Chen Shuangbai’s Mystic Sea Avatar refined Jade Clear Spirit Essence Pills to support the Ning Country allied forces, while Chen Fuguang distinguished himself in battle. The enemy revealed Zhang Jing as a new Golden Core fighter for the Transformation Sect, and the forces faced off as Chen Shuangbai challenged his defection.

• Chen Shuangbai watched the Mystic Sea Avatar refine eight Jade Clear Spirit Essence Pills with the Cinnabar Purple Profound Fire, and he judged their medicinal potency sufficient for the front lines.
• The Ning Country allied forces advanced on the left bank of Cloud Dragon Lake, where Chen Fuguang struck down Transformation Sect fighters with his fire techniques.
• The Mystic Sea Avatar distributed Jade Clear Spirit Essence Pills to Ning Country’s True Persons and Ding Chengyu as the enemy’s Golden Core fighters appeared.
• Chen Shuangbai recognized Zhang Jing among the Transformation Sect’s Golden Core fighters and publicly challenged him for joining the sect after Spring-Returning Mountain fell.
• Zhang Jing defended his choice, saying the Transformation Sect had helped him reach the Middle Golden Core Stage and that victory would decide who was called righteous or demonic.

Chen Shuangbai and his allies battled Zhang Jing and the demonic cultivators in a clash between two armies. Chen Shuangbai cut down High Person Jinquan’s demonic trees, then used the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror to block a hidden poison-needle attack.

• Chen Shuangbai condemned Zhang Jing for betraying Spring-Returning Mountain, provoking him into attacking with eerie blue-green flames.
• True Person Guizhen fought High Person Purple Robe with poison arts, while True Person Wang, Ding Chengyu, and Xu Zhi engaged their assigned opponents.
• The Mystic Sea Avatar trapped Zhang Jing in a sea of deep blue divine light as Chen Shuangbai faced High Person Jinquan.
• Chen Shuangbai’s Frost Osmanthus Sword Essence destroyed High Person Jinquan’s ghost blades and demonic trees.
• Chen Shuangbai summoned the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror, which blocked a volley of poisonous blue-green needles.

Chen Shuangbai fought High Person Jinquan, a Late Golden Core demonic True Person, and overwhelmed his attacks with his sword, treasures, and lunar powers. He shattered Jinquan’s head with a treasured ring, leaving the battlefield in the aftermath of the old devil’s apparent death.

• High Person Jinquan covered the battlefield in poisonous Wood Qi and attacked Chen Shuangbai with his Wood Devil manifestation and withered-wood seal.
• Chen Shuangbai defended himself with the [Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror] and [Fallen Toad Light], then swept away Jinquan’s demonic growths with [Flowing Light on Snow].
• Jinquan used four rings and secretly sent a purple demonic spike at Chen Shuangbai, but Chen Shuangbai deflected the spike and damaged it with the [Azure Thunder Cloud-Piercing Shuttle].
• Chen Shuangbai’s treasured ring struck Jinquan’s chest, and Chen Shuangbai followed by cutting into him with [Foot-Long Silk].
• Jinquan tried to trade blows by spitting yellow-green demonic light at Chen Shuangbai, but Chen Shuangbai’s treasured ring shattered the attack and struck Jinquan’s head, making it burst apart.

Chen Shuangbai battled High Person Jinquan, destroying his original body but suffering injuries from the Old Devil’s demonic poison. As Jinquan’s transformed insect avatar moved in to kill him, a blue-gold screen appeared between them.

• Chen Shuangbai blasted apart High Person Jinquan’s head and cut his remaining body in two with his sword.
• High Person Jinquan escaped as a thousand-legged insect, while demonic light invaded Chen Shuangbai’s wounds and resisted his efforts to expel it.
• Jinquan used a talisman to reshape his insect body and summoned a pitch-black coffin nail to clash with Chen Shuangbai’s ring.
• Jinquan raised his poisonous blade and struck at Chen Shuangbai, who appeared helpless but faintly smiled.
• A blue-gold treasured screen bearing a painting of an immortal ascending to the moon’s immortal palace appeared between Chen Shuangbai and Jinquan’s blade.

Chen Shuangbai killed High Person Jinquan with his sword technique, forcing the Transformation Sect army to retreat and securing a major victory for Ning Country’s four sects. Badly injured, he returned to camp and began suppressing the demonic corruption in his wounds.

• Chen Shuangbai trapped High Person Jinquan’s transformed arm in the [Crimson Palace Gates Return to Perfection Screen] and killed him with [Jade Light and Flowing Radiance Illuminate the Night].
• High Person Purple Robe retreated, the Transformation Sect’s Golden Core cultivators withdrew, and Zhang Jing fled after the Mystic Sea Avatar defeated him.
• The Transformation Sect army collapsed and retreated several hundred li, giving Ning Country’s four sects their first major victory in years.
• Chen Shuangbai’s injuries worsened, but he credited the [Jade Spirit Essence-Nourishing Pill] with helping him endure; the Mystic Sea Avatar brought him back to camp.
• The Mystic Sea Avatar turned away visitors while Chen Shuangbai healed, and he used his [Lunar Rites Golden Core], two profound arts, and the pill to suppress the demonic light, though wood-grain corruption still spread through his wounds and threatened his soul.

After killing High Person Jinquan, Chen Shuangbai recovered enough to return to the Jade Spring Sect, where True Lord Qingchen found lingering devil light in his body. The sect master said they needed a Flowing Light Flame Bird to remove it completely.

• Chen Shuangbai recovered from his wounds and learned that the Mystic Sea Avatar had already informed the sect of his condition.
• Chen Shuangbai left Cloud Dragon Lake in a flood dragon carriage driven by Fang Xiao, entrusting Ding Chengyu and Ning Country’s True Persons with the front.
• Three days later, Chen Shuangbai reached the Jade Spring Sect, where a streak of five-colored radiance carried him to True Lord Qingchen.
• True Lord Qingchen examined Chen Shuangbai and identified the lingering devil light as a remnant of the Devil Seed Taking Root Ghost Scripture.
• True Lord Qingchen said they needed a Flowing Light Flame Bird to remove the devil light completely.

Lu Zhiyuan celebrated his daughter Lu Xiangyuan’s successful Foundation Establishment after she returned to Sunken Jade Valley. She also asked him to search for a Flowing Light Flame Bird on her master’s behalf, and he agreed to send inquiries.

• Lu Zhiyuan sorted a flood of visiting cards and letters from powers seeking ties with the Jade Spring Sect after Chen Shuangbai’s victory over High Person Jinquan.
• Lu Xiangyuan returned to the Expenditure Hall and reunited with her father, revealing that she had established her foundation while traveling in Wu Country.
• Lu Zhiyuan was delighted by his daughter’s achievement and hurried to bring her to see her mother, Huang Shanglan.
• Lu Xiangyuan asked Lu Zhiyuan to help locate a Flowing Light Flame Bird for her master, and he promised to write letters of inquiry.

While recovering on Jade Screen Peak, Chen Shuangbai studied sword insights to pursue Sword Intent and received a Jade Flow Treasure Pill to suppress the demonic light within him. Lu Xiangyuan returned from visiting her family with leads on a spirit bird that could heal his injuries and planned to search for it.

• Changming brought Chen Shuangbai a Jade Flow Treasure Pill, which he took while reading; the pill gradually weakened the demonic light within him.
• The Book Spirit delivered a Jade Slip of the sect’s sword commentaries and discussed Chen Shuangbai’s rise to Dao Child.
• Chen Shuangbai studied the sword insights, hoping to regain the fleeting sensation of Sword Intent he had touched through his technique against High Person Jinquan.
• Lu Xiangyuan returned to Jade Screen Peak after visiting Sunken Jade Valley and told Chen Shuangbai she had successfully attained Foundation Establishment.
• Lu Xiangyuan gave Chen Shuangbai leads from her father about a healing spirit bird and said she would leave soon to search for it.