Chapter Summaries

True Lord Qingchen revealed the Jade Spring Sect’s hidden inheritance and explained that he had merged with the remnant soul of a Spirit Transformation Peak Green Chi to gain Nascent Soul Late Stage or Peak strength. He told Chen Shuangbai that the dragon soul had to remain suppressed by the sect’s jade ruyi, leaving Qingchen dependent on the treasure.

• True Lord Qingchen’s dragon-like presence overwhelmed Chen Shuangbai until Qingchen used a jade ruyi to suppress it.
• True Lord Qingchen named the ruyi as the Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi and revealed that the sect’s inheritance included two Spirit Treasures and three profound arts.
• True Lord Qingchen explained that the Azure Firmament Vast Sea Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Boat was a superior-grade Spirit Treasure that had carried Patriarch Jade Spring across the Buried Wind Ocean.
• True Lord Qingchen revealed that the inheritance’s remaining entity was a Green Chi dragon once honored as a Dragon Lord, whose body had perished and whose chi soul was being refined into Dragon Illumination Treasure Liquid.
• True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai that merging with the dragon’s remnant soul gave him Nascent Soul Late Stage or Peak strength, but the jade ruyi had to suppress the soul at all times.

Chen Shuangbai reflected on True Lord Qingchen’s bond with a Green Chi before leaving for the Zhao Kingdom. At the Black River Water Manor, the Black Jade Flood Dragon King feared Chen Shuangbai would demand Heiming Gu Du’s return, so he contacted the Flood Dragon Clan for help.

• Chen Shuangbai sent the two attendants from his cave abode to the outer sect with a letter, pills, and Spirit Stones so they could retire comfortably.
• Chen Shuangbai considered the danger of True Lord Qingchen sharing a body with the Green Chi, and Qingchen said mastering its dragon soul could lead him to Spirit Transformation.
• Chen Shuangbai left the sect and headed to the Zhao Kingdom.
• After hearing of Chen Shuangbai’s recent victories, the Black Jade Flood Dragon King worried that he would have to return Heiming Gu Du and abandon his plans.
• The Black Jade Flood Dragon King decided to seek help from his sea-dwelling kinsmen and activated a token to contact the Flood Dragon Clan.

Chen Shuangbai and Heiming Xuanzhao arrived at the Black River Water Manor to retrieve Heiming Gu Du and test the flood dragons’ intentions. When a sea-born flood dragon named Beigong Chi appeared, Chen Shuangbai directly questioned whether the Flood Dragon Clan planned to come ashore.

• Feiguang carried Chen Shuangbai and Heiming Xuanzhao toward the Black River Water Manor as Chen Shuangbai considered the manor’s possible ties to the Flood Dragon Clan at sea.
• The Black Jade Flood Dragon King greeted Chen Shuangbai and invited him to stay, but Chen Shuangbai demanded that the manor hand over Heiming Gu Du.
• The Black Jade Flood Dragon King grew hostile when Chen Shuangbai displayed his power and refused to exchange pleasantries.
• Beigong Chi introduced himself as a member of the Flood Dragon Clan at sea, and Chen Shuangbai asked whether the sea dragons intended to come ashore.

Chen Shuangbai arrived at the Profound Firmament Sect, where True Lord Xuanyuan welcomed him and hosted him with his companions. Behind closed doors, Xuanyuan asked about the Vast Waves Alliance’s position on their proposed Spirit Treasure transaction.

• Profound Firmament Sect disciples traded increasingly embellished stories about Chen Shuangbai’s victory over the demonic flood dragon at the Black River Water Manor.
• Chen Shuangbai arrived at the mountain gates with two black-robed companions and Feiguang, and True Lord Xuanyuan personally welcomed him.
• At the Discern the Profound Palace, Chen Shuangbai’s companions enjoyed the spirit fruits, while Zhao Shiyong and Han Zhao greeted the sword immortal.
• True Lord Xuanyuan sealed the hall and asked Chen Shuangbai about the Vast Waves Alliance’s position on the transaction involving a Spirit Treasure.

Chen Shuangbai and True Lord Xuanyuan completed a trade of rare fourth-tier spiritual materials, with the Profound Firmament Sect acquiring Heavenly Light Goldstone for its Spirit Treasure project. The exchange also secured Sea Soul Light-Holding Amber for Yuan Jun Sword Lord’s recovery, and True Lord Xuanyuan moved on to the next matter.

• The chapter explained that Spirit Treasures gave sects a major advantage and that the Profound Firmament Sect was nearing completion of its own after centuries of gathering materials.
• Chen Shuangbai presented the Flower Washing Sword Sect’s fourth-tier, mid-grade Heavenly Light Goldstone to True Lord Xuanyuan.
• True Lord Xuanyuan exchanged the Profound Firmament Sect’s fourth-tier, high-grade Sea Soul Light-Holding Amber for the goldstone.
• Chen Shuangbai planned to send the amber to Yuan Jun Sword Lord, who remained in seclusion recovering from her grave wounds.
• True Lord Xuanyuan put away the goldstone and asked Chen Shuangbai to continue discussing their second matter.

After rescuing Heiming Gu Du from the Black River Water Manor, Chen Shuangbai reported the Black Flood Dragon’s plan to seek a buried treasure in Great Li Mountain, and True Lord Qingchen ordered the Jade Spring Sect to stay out of the matter. Chen Shuangbai then received orders to deliver a healing treasure to the Sword Alliance in Wu Country and reunited with his second disciple, Chen Yazhen.

• Chen Shuangbai declined True Lord Xuanyuan’s invitation to remain at the Profound Firmament Sect and departed with Feiguang and the others.
• Chen Shuangbai healed Heiming Gu Du and asked him to explain what had happened in the Black River Water Manor.
• Chen Shuangbai told True Person Mei and True Lord Qingchen that the Black Flood Dragon sought Heiming Gu Du as a secret treasure to open a seal hiding a fallen flood dragon lord’s legacy in Great Li Mountain.
• True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai to keep the matter quiet and sent him to Wu Country with the Sea Soul Light-Holding Amber for the Sword Alliance and a healing gift for Junior Brother Bo.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to Jade Screen Peak and was greeted by Chen Yazhen, who congratulated him on reaching Nascent Soul and shared her experiences with him.

Chen Yazhen reunited with Chen Shuangbai and recounted how confinement in an ancient cave had brought her to the late Foundation Establishment stage and earned her a high-grade Law Treasure. Chen Shuangbai then visited the wounded True Lord Jihai, who warned him not to lend his Sword Intent to the Profound Firmament Sect.

• Chen Yazhen told Chen Shuangbai how she had been trapped in a Golden Core cultivator's cave, cultivated to the late Foundation Establishment stage, and escaped with a high-grade Law Treasure.
• Li Muxian and Huo Min welcomed Chen Shuangbai to Calming Waves City, and he went to see the injured True Lord Jihai.
• Chen Shuangbai suppressed the lingering manifestations of True Lord Jihai's injuries and helped him recover with a treasure pill and Great Yin Divine Ability.
• True Lord Jihai explained that the Purple Flame Fire Crow and its [Bing Sun Divine Lamp] had badly wounded him, leaving him to recover in seclusion for years.
• Chen Shuangbai described his dealings with the Profound Firmament Sect, including its request to borrow his Sword Intent for a Spirit Treasure.
• True Lord Jihai warned Chen Shuangbai not to agree to the Profound Firmament Sect's request.

Chen Shuangbai learned that tempering a Spirit Treasure with his Sword Intent could let it counter him, and True Lord Jihai said the Vast Waves Alliance would not admit the Profound Firmament Sect intact. Meanwhile, the alliance’s forces attacked the Celebrated Origin Sect, whose headquarters fell after True Lord Liudu died in a poison-fueled explosion.

• True Lord Jihai warned Chen Shuangbai that a Spirit Treasure tempered by his Sword Intent might develop the ability to counter it, and told him to leave the matter to the sect’s elders.
• True Lord Jihai said the Vast Waves Alliance would not accept a completely intact Profound Firmament Sect, hinting that it would have to lose strength first.
• True Lord Huoyang, High Person Kuchan, and True Lord Suwen led Vast Waves Alliance forces through the Holy Origin Alliance’s defenses toward the Celebrated Origin Sect.
• True Lord Suwen suppressed the yin puppet with the Clear and Turbid Two Modes Ring while True Lord Huoyang trapped True Lord Liudu in heavenly fire and True Lord Kuchan attacked the sect’s defensive formation.
• True Lord Liudu cursed the Vast Waves Alliance and exploded, spreading poisonous light across the land.
• The Celebrated Origin Sect’s headquarters was breached, and the three Vast Waves Alliance True Lords sealed and cleansed the site over several days.

True Lord Qingchen besieged the Transformation Sect’s headquarters and revealed that the Celebrated Origin Sect’s sword immortal was elsewhere. Chen Shuangbai arrived at the Profound Nether Palace, where the absent Nascent Soul defenders left its remaining guards facing his attack.

• True Lord Qingchen used the [Scarlet Yang Pure Truth Mountain-Suppressing Ruyi] to seal Ten Thousand Grottoes Ridge and confront Devil Lord Yuandu.
• True Lord Qingchen transformed the Transformation Sect’s demonic mountain stronghold into a flourishing spiritual land and asked Yuandu to guess where the Jade Spring Sect’s sword immortal was.
• Chen Shuangbai emerged from the moonlight at the Profound Nether Palace and announced that he had come to challenge its members on the Vast Waves Alliance leader’s orders.
• True Person Xiaoyao recognized Chen Shuangbai’s fearsome reputation and realized no Nascent Soul cultivator was present to defend the palace.
• Chen Shuangbai’s sword light spread over the palace, prompting its Golden Core and Foundation Establishment guards to flee as Xiaoyao tried to stop them.

Chen Shuangbai destroyed the Holy Origin Alliance’s Profound Nether Palace, earning praise from the Vast Waves Alliance, then spent months at the Jade Spring Sect before giving a three-day Dao lecture. After vanishing in a shower of golden blossoms, he read a letter on Jade Screen Peak and realized something had happened as expected.

• Chen Shuangbai destroyed the Profound Nether Palace in three sword strikes and left a message identifying himself as Xuhong.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to Calming Waves City, where the Vast Waves Alliance’s True Lords praised his attack after the alliance destroyed the Celebrated Origin Sect.
• True Lord Jihai and True Lord Qingchen advised Chen Shuangbai to return to the Jade Spring Sect and consolidate his abilities.
• Chen Shuangbai stayed at the Jade Spring Sect for more than half a year and gave a three-day Dao lecture that prompted many cultivators to break through.
• Chen Shuangbai concluded his lecture, vanished beneath falling golden blossoms, and later read a letter on Jade Screen Peak, recognizing that events had unfolded as expected.

After sixty years away, Chen Shuangbai returned to the White Water Chen Household and reunited with Chen Mingxuan. He went to the ancestral hall to pay respects to his deceased grandfather, second uncle, father, and mother.

• Chen Shuangbai entered the expanded Chen Household with Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen following behind.
• Chen Mingxuan recognized Chen Shuangbai and wept as the brothers reunited after sixty years apart.
• Chen Mingxuan told Chen Shuangbai about the clan’s changes over the past six decades.
• Chen Mingxuan informed Chen Shuangbai that their grandfather and second uncle had died, and Chen Shuangbai asked to visit them.
• Chen Shuangbai entered the ancestral hall and stood silently before the spirit tablets of his four deceased relatives.

Chen Shuangbai arranged for Chen Tianjun to become Yuan Bikong’s disciple, then refined toad stones to strengthen [Fallen Toad Light]. After honing two Divine Abilities with resources from the Celebrated Origin Sect, he took out an object whose identity was not revealed.

• Chen Shuangbai brought Chen Tianjun to Yuan Bikong, who accepted the talented child as his disciple.
• Chen Shuangbai considered his obligations to the White Water Chen Clan and resolved not to favor it excessively over the Jade Spring Sect.
• The Vast Waves Alliance’s True Lords rejected a swift new offensive and focused on distributing the Celebrated Origin Sect’s spoils.
• Chen Shuangbai refined three toad stones and found that [Fallen Toad Light] had grown stronger but still fell short of his hopes.
• Ding Chengyu sent Chen Shuangbai requested cultivation resources, and Chen Shuangbai honed [Fallen Toad Light] and [Dew-Drinking Radiance] before taking out an object.

Chen Shuangbai used the Purple Mansion Soul Crystal to evolve a new pill formula, then began refining it with his Mystic Sea Avatar at the ruins of the Celebrated Origin Sect. The Seven-Return Spirit-Soul Pill’s ingredients were purified, and the pair started the final furnace process.

• Chen Shuangbai identified the crystal as a Purple Mansion Soul Crystal and used the Dao Fruit to evolve the Origin-Returning Soul-Nourishing Pill formula into the Seven-Return Spirit-Soul Pill.
• Chen Shuangbai decided he could refine the supreme third-tier pill himself and went to the Celebrated Origin Sect ruins, where Ding Chengyu showed him the Origin Red Copper Furnace.
• Chen Shuangbai prepared the gloomy pill chamber and summoned Zhanlu, his Mystic Sea Avatar, to assist with her Cinnabar Purple Profound Fire and alchemy skills.
• Chen Shuangbai and Zhanlu purified the seven auxiliary ingredients, with Chen Shuangbai refining the medicinal liquids until they were crystalline and free of impurities.
• Chen Shuangbai guided the purified liquids into the furnace and intensified the flames to begin refining the pills.

Chen Shuangbai left his Mystic Sea Avatar to finish refining the Seven-Return Spirit-Soul Pill while he studied a golden book leaf and tried to derive a new Divine Ability from it. Meanwhile, Devil Lord Yuandu and Old Monster Hentian discussed the Celebrated Origin Sect’s fall and began plotting against Qingchen’s Dao Child.

• Chen Shuangbai handed the remaining four rounds of pill refinement to his Mystic Sea Avatar, then left the pill chamber to practice his arts.
• Chen Shuangbai entrusted Ding Chengyu with helping True Lord Jihai and the other sects divide the Celebrated Origin Sect’s inheritance, then secluded himself with the golden book leaf from Pengyu Heaven.
• Chen Shuangbai deciphered the Innate Six-Wheel Divine Rite and attempted to use it as the foundation for a new Divine Ability, but the attempt failed.
• True Lord Youluo informed Devil Lord Yuandu that Old Monster Hentian wanted to speak with him, and Yuandu opened a communication screen.
• Old Monster Hentian told Devil Lord Yuandu that the Vast Waves Alliance could not be allowed to grow stronger and that Qingchen’s Dao Child had to die; Yuandu asked whether Hentian had a plan.

Chen Shuangbai learned that the seal at Black and Yellow Land had cracked, threatening to release two Nascent Soul Peak Demon Lords, and agreed to join the response. He traveled with Qingsongzi to the Sword Alliance’s headquarters, where the sects’ Nascent Soul cultivators had gathered.

• Azure Cloud Sword Lord notified the sects that the seal at Black and Yellow Land had developed a crack, possibly due to outside interference.
• True Lord Qingchen explained the danger to Chen Shuangbai and said the alliance had assigned him to travel with Qingsongzi and leave Sword Intent on the Sword Stele.
• Chen Shuangbai informed the Mystic Sea Avatar and Ding Chengyu that he would be away, then returned to Calming Waves City.
• Several months later, Chen Shuangbai traveled aboard Qingsongzi’s flying boat toward Ten Thousand Ren Mountain.
• Qingsongzi urged Chen Shuangbai to remain calm as they arrived at the Sword Alliance’s headquarters, where cultivators from across the sects had gathered.

Chen Shuangbai joined Qingsongzi and cultivators from several alliances as they gathered to investigate possible damage to the seal on [Black and Yellow Land]. While exploring Ten Thousand Rivers Sea with Liu Qinghe, Chen Shuangbai sensed a battle to the west.

• Qingsongzi reunited with True Lord Mysterious Peak at Ten Thousand Ren Mountain and introduced Chen Shuangbai as the Jade Spring Dao Child, the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal.
• The Arrayed Mystery Sect arrived at Cloud Cleaving Hall, where Qingsongzi mocked them before the Azure Cloud Sword Lord called the gathered cultivators inside.
• The alliances agreed that the Azure Cloud Sword Lord and other Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators would investigate the seal, while lower-ranked cultivators searched Ten Thousand Rivers Sea for signs of outside interference.
• Chen Yazhen and Chen Fuguang set off to find Ice Crystal Jellyfish, and Liu Qinghe sent his own disciple with them to gain experience.
• Chen Shuangbai and Liu Qinghe detected powerful battle fluctuations to the west and decided to investigate.

Chen Fuguang hurried to Chen Yazhen after sensing she had clashed with other cultivators over an Ice Crystal Jellyfish pearl. After he drove off the three Profound Ice Sect cultivators, a trio in purple-and-gold robes arrived and accused the Jade Spring Sect disciples of bullying the weak.

• Chen Yazhen found an Ice Crystal Jellyfish beneath the ice and retrieved its deep-blue pearl, while Chen Fuguang sensed that she had become embroiled in a dispute.
• Chen Fuguang sped ahead to Chen Yazhen, who said three cultivators were trying to seize the pearl after falsely claiming they had pursued the jellyfish first.
• The young Profound Ice Sect cultivator claimed the surrounding waters belonged to his sect and threatened Chen Yazhen and Chen Fuguang.
• Chen Fuguang’s golden gaze and pressure made the young man’s eyes bleed, and his two companions fled with him.
• Liang Yiqiu and Cui Jiheng arrived as a Thunder Sparrow descended carrying three purple-and-gold-robed cultivators, whose leader accused the Jade Spring Sect disciples of misconduct.

Chen Yazhen and Chen Fuguang clashed with Arrayed Mystery Sect disciples who accused the Jade Spring Sect of misconduct. As Cui Jiheng held off another attacker and Liang Yiqiu called for help, Chen Fuguang faced Fang Jing’s escalating lightning attack.

• Chen Yazhen challenged the Arrayed Mystery Sect disciple’s accusation, and he attacked her with purple lightning, which she and Chen Fuguang blocked.
• Chen Yazhen struck the attacker and pursued him while Chen Fuguang confronted Fang Jing, a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Fang Jing accused Chen Fuguang of arrogance and attacked him with lightning spears, which collided with Chen Fuguang’s golden-flame blade Qi.
• Liang Yiqiu urged Cui Jiheng to help, but Cui held back and kept another Arrayed Mystery Sect cultivator occupied while telling her to notify their master.
• Fang Jing invoked Purple Lightning Roaming Dragon, and the lightning dragon charged at Chen Fuguang as he prepared to fight.

Chen Fuguang overwhelmed Fang Jing with his Sun-Blazing Cloud-Breaking Halberd and Yang-Surging Falling Light, forcing him to rely on a Golden Core Law Treasure for protection. Chen Fuguang gathered a terrifying final strike as Fang Jing pleaded that he was an Arrayed Mystery Sect direct disciple.

• Chen Fuguang blasted through Fang Jing's lightning dragon and summoned the Sun-Blazing Cloud-Breaking Halberd.
• Fang Jing attacked with six lightning-wreathed golden spears, but Chen Fuguang pressed him with the halberd and Yang-Surging Falling Light.
• Chen Fuguang shattered Fang Jing's purple pearl, forcing Fang Jing to use a purple-gold Law Treasure to shield himself.
• Chen Fuguang struck Fang Jing's defenses repeatedly as Fang Jing summoned more golden spears in an attempt to counterattack.
• Chen Fuguang concentrated immense light and heat into his halberd, and Fang Jing shouted that Chen Fuguang could not kill an Arrayed Mystery Sect direct disciple.
• Chen Fuguang brought down the halberd with the command, "Fall!"

Chen Fuguang used his Charging Yang halberd technique to nearly kill Fang Jing, prompting True Lord Purple Thunder to intervene. Chen Shuangbai and Liu Qinghe stood together against him, leaving the dispute at a tense standoff in Sword Alliance territory.

• Chen Fuguang impaled Fang Jing with his halberd and rebuked him for relying on his sect and cultivation to bully others.
• True Lord Purple Thunder attacked Chen Fuguang with a giant hand of purple lightning, but Chen Shuangbai’s Sword Essence destroyed it.
• Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen withdrew to Chen Shuangbai’s side, while True Lord Purple Thunder supported the badly wounded Fang Jing.
• True Lord Purple Thunder demanded that Chen Shuangbai answer for Fang Jing’s injuries, and Chen Shuangbai accused Fang Jing of having struck first.
• Liu Qinghe joined Chen Shuangbai, and True Lord Purple Thunder hesitated to escalate against them in Sword Alliance territory.