Chapter Summaries

Chen Shuangbai, Azure Cloud Sword Lord, and True Lord Qingchen regrouped after the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord and Yuandu escaped with serious injuries. They recovered Void Embryo Pearls, then split up: Azure Cloud pursued the demon lord while Qingchen planned to hunt Hentian.

• The Nether Sparrow Demon Lord escaped Azure Cloud Sword Lord by sacrificing a tail feather, which Azure Cloud kept as a possible future counter to its abilities.
• Chen Shuangbai explained that Yuandu had fused the Night Devil Beast’s shell into his body, and Qingchen recounted how Hentian had once refined ancient devil bones into himself.
• Azure Cloud, Qingchen, and Chen Shuangbai found Void Embryo Pearls in the Void-Piercing Borer Dragons’ nest and divided them, with Azure Cloud’s share designated for Zhu Ling Sword Immortal.
• Azure Cloud left to pursue the Nether Sparrow Demon Lord before it could regain its Nascent Soul Peak cultivation.
• Qingchen said he would return to the void to hunt Hentian and repay the damage he had done to the Jade Spring Sect’s Dao lineage.

Chen Shuangbai met Zhu Ling Sword Immortal and exchanged displays of Sword Intent before returning to the strengthened Jade Spring Sect. In Azure Firmament Heaven, True Lord Qingchen introduced him to Vast Sea Elder and prepared a sealed hall for him to take something out.

• Chen Shuangbai delivered the Void Pearl Embryo to Zhu Ling and heard about the Sword Alliance's efforts to pursue the great bird.
• Zhu Ling and Chen Shuangbai displayed their distinct Sword Intents and sparred within Cloud-Slaying Hall.
• Chen Shuangbai returned to the Jade Spring Sect and joined the other four Nascent Soul cultivators in discussing the sect's affairs.
• True Lord Qingchen brought Chen Shuangbai into Azure Firmament Heaven and introduced him to Vast Sea Elder, the heavenly boat's primal spirit.
• Vast Sea Elder sealed the hall, and True Lord Qingchen told Chen Shuangbai he could take it out safely.

Chen Shuangbai’s five demon corpses were put to use as the Vast Waves Alliance recovered and expanded over the next five years. On the Boundless Sea, Xuanchengzi established the Renewed Net Sect and repelled the Arrayed Mystery Sect’s attempt to challenge him.

• Chen Shuangbai presented the five Nascent Soul Demon Lords’ corpses, and Vast Sea Elder discussed how the sect could make best use of them.
• True Lord Qingchen sent Chen Shuangbai to recuperate in the Dew Radiance Pool while the sect handled matters outside.
• Over five years, the Vast Waves Alliance defeated the Holy Origin Alliance, expanded its territory, and gained strength as maritime trade with inland markets grew.
• A huge island appeared off the Boundless Sea coast, where Xuanchengzi revealed an immortal abode and announced the founding of the Renewed Net Sect, offering its inheritance to worthy cultivators.
• True Lord Linyuan and True Lord Jixuan went to confront Xuanchengzi, but he expelled them from the island and the Arrayed Mystery Sect had to accept the humiliation.

Chen Shuangbai refined the newly reforged Melted Gold Rising Yang Mysterious Cord and bestowed Daoist names and improved cultivation methods on his disciples Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen. He then left Azure Firmament Heaven to meet True Lord Xuantong, who was waiting at the hall.

• Shenyang told Chen Shuangbai that Xuanchengzi had founded the Renewed Net Sect under the righteous path’s banner.
• Chen Shuangbai named the reforged Turning Heart Ruyi Cord the Melted Gold Rising Yang Mysterious Cord and refined it anew.
• Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen paid their respects to Chen Shuangbai after forming first-grade Golden Cores.
• Chen Shuangbai bestowed the Daoist names Mysterious Radiance and Jade-Rinsing and gave them cultivation methods tailored to their Dao Paths.
• Ding Chengyu told Chen Shuangbai that True Lord Xuantong of the Primordial Tower Monastery was waiting in the hall.

True Lord Xuantong sought the Jade Spring Sect’s help after Qin Ziwei and other disciples joined Xuanchengzi’s Renewed Net Sect, but Chen Shuangbai declined while the sect faced greater threats. Three years later, as the Renewed Net Sect expanded across the sea, Zhanlu advanced to Nascent Soul.

• True Lord Xuantong told Chen Shuangbai that Qin Ziwei had left the Primordial Tower Monastery to join the Renewed Net Sect and asked the Jade Spring Sect for help retrieving him.
• Chen Shuangbai refused to intervene, and Shenyang observed that Xuanchengzi was recruiting disciples without provoking the five alliances directly.
• Chen Shuangbai reasoned that Xuanchengzi might target [Pengyu Heaven], which the Heavenly Star Mystic Sect guarded.
• True Lord Qingchen returned, warned Chen Shuangbai that Hentian had inherited much of the Shadow Devil Dao’s legacy, and soon resumed his hunt.
• The Renewed Net Sect grew rapidly under Xuanchengzi and began distributing its talismans across the sea.
• Zhanlu emerged from a treasured hall beside the [Dew Radiance Pool] after advancing to Nascent Soul.

Nascent Soul cultivators gathered over the sea during the storm season to harvest rare resources from the Spirit-Eroding Hei Sha. As factions kept their distance from Chen Shuangbai, Xuanchengzi of the Renewed Net Sect arrived with an imposing display and greeted the assembled cultivators.

• Chen Shuangbai and Zhanlu met Gao Ling, Gu Nianzhou, and An Yuanzhen, Nascent Soul cultivators from three maritime immortal markets.
• Gao Ling explained that the storm season was expected to produce unusually large quantities of flowing light divine sand and Voidbright Mystic Crystal.
• Nascent Soul cultivators from several major factions arrived, including Jixuan, Linyuan, Yuan Jun, Baolin, and Beigong You, and many kept their distance from Chen Shuangbai.
• Two rogue cultivators remarked that powerful factions disliked Chen Shuangbai because he had beaten them, while Baolin and Beigong You remained silent.
• Xuanchengzi of the Renewed Net Sect arrived in dark-golden light and greeted the assembled cultivators.

Xiaoyun and Tingqiao joined Xuanchengzi’s Renewed Net Sect, while Nascent Soul cultivators gathered over the Spirit-Eroding Hei Sha to compete for the spiritual resources emerging from the storm. Gao Ling, Gu Nianzhou, and An Yuanzhen secured six Voidbright Mystic Crystals, and the cultivators turned their attention to the other vortices.

• Xiaoyun and Tingqiao arrived as Nascent Soul middle-stage cultivators, and Gao Ling explained that they had joined Xuanchengzi’s Renewed Net Sect for its promise of the True Net Cult’s complete inheritance.
• A vortex formed in the Spirit-Eroding Hei Sha, and the Nascent Soul cultivators fought over a grain of Flowing Light Divine Sand until an old man in a straw rain cape seized it.
• Several more vortices appeared, and Gao Ling, Gu Nianzhou, and An Yuanzhen coordinated their abilities to collect six Voidbright Mystic Crystals.
• Nearby Nascent Soul cultivators reconsidered attacking Gao Ling’s group when they noticed the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal nearby, then focused on the other vortices.

At the storm, Zhanlu demonstrated the power of her newly achieved Nascent Soul cultivation and gathered rare treasures with her Mystic Whale Divine Ability. After True Lord Tingqiao’s ghost claws stole from her, she unleashed the dark sea’s full force and sent the surrounding cultivators flying.

• Chen Shuangbai allowed Zhanlu to join the gathering of treasures in the storm.
• Zhanlu sent her azure Divine Ability into the Spirit-Eroding Hei Sha and summoned a Mystic Whale that defeated a Nascent Soul cultivator’s attack.
• Zhanlu used the Mystic Whale’s dark sea to collect flowing light divine sand and voidbright mystic crystals from a vortex.
• True Lord Tingqiao spread ghost fire across the area and used ghost claws to steal crystals from Zhanlu’s dark sea.
• Zhanlu challenged Tingqiao for striking first, then unleashed the dark sea’s power and knocked nearby cultivators aside.

Zhanlu used her azure pearl to hold off Tingqiao while the cultivators waited for the storm to release more resources. When a large piece of Flowing Light Divine Sand appeared, several cultivators fought over it, and Beigong You and Baolin both struck in turn.

• Tingqiao attacked Zhanlu with his ghost ship, but she stopped and deflected his strike with her azure pearl.
• Zhanlu and Tingqiao continued fighting as the Hei Sha storm grew fiercer and cast out more cultivation resources.
• A fist-sized piece of Flowing Light Divine Sand emerged, and Jixuan seized it while True Lord Linyuan deflected True Lord Zhengu’s attack.
• Beigong You shattered Jixuan’s Law Power hand with silver lightning, sending the Divine Sand into his cloud of mist.
• Baolin’s Divine Mount Sumeru phantom struck Beigong You’s mist, knocking the Divine Sand loose again.
• Beigong You smashed Baolin’s phantom with his dragon tail and angrily shouted at him.

Chen Shuangbai confronted Xuanchengzi over the True Net Cult’s recruitment of disciples, rejecting his justification and exposing a demonic method. After their first clash, Xuanchengzi faced a sudden sword strike as Chen Shuangbai pressed the attack.

• Chan Master Baolin took the flowing light divine sand, but Xuanchengzi wounded him and seized it before Chen Shuangbai’s white eagle recovered it.
• Chen Shuangbai challenged Xuanchengzi over the True Net Cult’s recruitment of disciples, while Xuanchengzi argued that they had joined willingly for access to his profound inheritance.
• Chen Shuangbai pulled a dark-gold house centipede from his ear and destroyed it, accusing Xuanchengzi of using a demonic method.
• Xuanchengzi attacked with a dark-gold palm imprint, and Chen Shuangbai met it with sword intent, tearing open fissures into the material world.
• Xuanchengzi sent True Lord Xiaoyun to collect cultivation resources, then sensed danger as a gold-white sword tip emerged through his defenses and a red-and-black baleful comet formed upon it.

Xuanchengzi and Chen Shuangbai exchanged accusations before clashing with powerful Divine Abilities. Xuanchengzi bound Chen Shuangbai’s true body with a purple ribbon and struck at his head with Vast Firmament Mystic Lightning.

• Xuanchengzi warned Chen Shuangbai that his baleful sword path could turn him into a demon, and Chen Shuangbai countered that Xuanchengzi’s own bewitching technique made him unfit to criticize.
• Chen Shuangbai unleashed a crimson sword strike, and Xuanchengzi answered with Withering and Flourishing Heaven, filling the void with mist that dissolved Spirit-Eroding Hei Sha.
• True Lord Zhengu identified the mist as Withering and Flourishing True Qi and warned that it could swiftly weaken even a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Chen Shuangbai let the mist pass through his hidden form, but Xuanchengzi’s Claim Life and Pursue Soul bound his true body with a purple ribbon.
• Xuanchengzi appeared before Chen Shuangbai and struck toward his head with Vast Firmament Mystic Lightning.

Chen Shuangbai used the Heavenly Gate of Revered Truth, Purple Splendor, and Inherited Radiance to suppress Xuanchengzi, but Xuanchengzi escaped with a rare Translocation Talisman Treasure. The two ended their fight without resolving their rivalry, and Chen Shuangbai suspected he had still gained something from the encounter.

• Xuanchengzi launched a lethal attack on Chen Shuangbai, prompting Gao Ling to rush to his aid.
• Chen Shuangbai summoned the Heavenly Gate of Revered Truth, Purple Splendor, and Inherited Radiance and trapped Xuanchengzi beneath it.
• Xuanchengzi recognized the Spirit Treasure, then used a Translocation Talisman Treasure to appear beside True Lord Xiaoyun.
• Chen Shuangbai and Xuanchengzi stopped fighting, withdrew their powers, and left the gathered Nascent Soul Cultivators unharmed.
• Chen Shuangbai recalled the Heavenly Gate and privately reflected that he had gained something from the clash.

Chen Shuangbai returned from a successful exchange with the An Clan and divided the harvested cultivation resources, keeping seventy percent for himself. He also revealed that his clash with Xuanchengzi had exposed the True Net Cult inheritor’s weakened, still-restrained state.

• An Yuanzhen welcomed Chen Shuangbai to Ink Affinity Immortal Market and explained that its ink-and-painting style came from an ancestor who had loved painting.
• Chen Shuangbai and An Yuanzhen sorted the divine sand and mystic crystals gathered in the exchange.
• Back at Jade Spring Sect, Chen Shuangbai’s seventy-percent share was divided among himself and his two incarnations, while the rest was split among the Gao Clan, Gu Clan, and An Clan.
• Shenyang asked whether Chen Shuangbai had learned anything from his second exchange with Xuanchengzi, and Chen Shuangbai showed him a voidbright mystic crystal containing a ray of Xuanchengzi’s Divine Ability light.
• Chen Shuangbai concluded that Xuanchengzi remained affected by an unknown seal and had not recovered his full strength, prompting Shenyang to suggest exploiting the weakness.

After years of recovery and growth, the Jade Spring Sect had gained many new Golden Core cultivators, including three of Chen Shuangbai’s disciples with exceptional prospects. Chen Shuangbai decided to hold a sweeping Golden Core ceremony to display the sect’s strength, and True Lord Jihai suggested combining it with the unfinished disciple intake.

• The Jade Spring Sect’s reserves flourished, bringing its Golden Core numbers close to twenty and its Nascent Soul cultivators to five.
• Chen Shuangbai established the Upright Gold Hall to organize Golden Core deliberations, while his disciples Chen Fuguang, Chen Yazhen, and Lu Xiangyuan stood out as likely future leaders.
• Zhanlu proposed holding a Golden Core ceremony, and Chen Shuangbai agreed to invite friendly groups from across the seas and overseas to display the Jade Spring Sect’s strength.
• True Lord Jihai approved Chen Shuangbai’s plan and suggested combining the ceremony with the sect’s unfinished disciple intake and hosting a banquet for other factions.

Chen Shuangbai’s disciples delivered invitations for his Nascent Soul ceremony to major sects and powers across the realm, drawing a host of Nascent Soul guests to the Jade Spring Sect. As the guests arrived at Sunken Jade Valley, Chen Shuangbai led the sect out to welcome them.

• Chen Fuguang delivered an invitation to the Arrayed Mystery Sect, where Jixuan was astonished by his formidable cultivation and Divine Abilities.
• Chen Yazhen delivered an invitation to Lotus Temple, where Baolin sent an angry disciple back to the Pure Land after he challenged her right to visit.
• Lu Xiangyuan went to the Heavenly Star Mystic Sect, while Gao Yi returned overseas and arranged for the Gao Clan’s Nascent Souls to carry invitations to other sects.
• Shenyang delivered invitations to the Sword Alliance, and more than half a month passed as the invitations went out across the realm.
• Nascent Soul True Lords arrived at the Jade Spring Sect’s Sunken Jade Valley for Chen Shuangbai’s ceremony.
• Chen Shuangbai donned azure-and-gold ritual robes and led Jihai, Shenyang, Zhanlu, and his disciples to welcome the guests.

The Jade Spring Sect hosted a grand celebration for its Golden Core ceremony and the Far-Reaching Luminous Sword Immortal’s Nascent Soul attainment, welcoming Nascent Soul guests and their gifts. The Renewed Net Sect’s unexpected arrival drew wary attention, but Chen Shuangbai personally welcomed its grand elder, True Lord Xiaoyun.

• Chen Fuguang welcomed the White Deer Mountain Hermit, who congratulated the Jade Spring Sect and presented spirit reishi and azure sea spirit jade coral.
• Gao Ling, Gu Nianzhou, and An Yuanzhen arrived with generous gifts, and Gao Yi introduced Chen Fuguang to his great-great-grandfather.
• Nascent Soul guests from the Vast Waves Alliance, other sects, and the Sword Alliance attended, including the recovered True Lord Yuan Jun.
• True Lord Xiaoyun of the Renewed Net Sect arrived with gifts, surprising the guests because Chen Shuangbai had recently fought the sect master, Xuanchengzi.
• Chen Shuangbai showed no surprise and personally welcomed True Lord Xiaoyun into the sect.

Chen Shuangbai’s celebration gathered Nascent Soul guests who praised his young Golden Core disciples, until True Lord Qingchen returned with proof that he had wounded the Heaven-Hating Devil Lord. Qingchen brought a strange treasure from the void, and the ceremony was about to continue.

• True Lord Xiaoyun arrived on behalf of the Renewed Net Sect and explained that its sect master could not attend.
• Guests discussed Chen Fuguang and Chen Yazhen’s accomplishments and admired their bearing as young Golden Core cultivators.
• True Lord Qingchen arrived during Chen Shuangbai’s opening remarks, carrying a ghostlike arm he had severed from the Heaven-Hating Devil Lord.
• Qingchen said he had hunted Hentian through the void for years and had returned after collecting the devil lord’s right arm as interest.
• Qingchen announced the celebration honored the sect’s new Golden Core cultivators and Xuhong’s Nascent Soul achievement, then revealed a huge, crystal-covered rock from the void.

At Jade Spring Sect’s ceremony honoring eight newly advanced Golden Core cultivators, Chen Shuangbai accepted a gift of radiant gold mica from True Lord Qingchen and presided over the proceedings. True Lord Jihai revealed the sect’s Grotto-Heaven and began bestowing Law Treasures, with Chen Fuguang receiving the Southern Cloud Fire Crow Banner.

• True Lord Qingchen gave Chen Shuangbai a massive piece of radiant gold mica as a belated gift for attaining Nascent Soul.
• Chen Shuangbai opened the ceremony and praised Jade Spring Sect’s legacy and its eight newly advanced Golden Core cultivators, who pledged to serve the sect.
• True Lord Jihai announced that the sect would bestow Law Treasures on the eight cultivators and opened a Grotto-Heaven, confirming Jade Spring Sect possessed one.
• True Lord Jihai gave Chen Fuguang the high-grade Law Treasure Southern Cloud Fire Crow Banner, and Chen Fuguang vowed not to fail the sect’s trust.

Chen Shuangbai bestowed Law Treasures on eight newly advanced Golden Core cultivators, then used an illusion trial to screen new Jade Spring Sect disciples. The ceremony ended with guests from the Renewed Net Sect and Arrayed Mystery Sect asking for their disciples to spar with Jade Spring’s new Golden Core cultivators.

• Chen Shuangbai presented eight Law Treasures, and the new Golden Core cultivators vowed not to fail the sect’s kindness.
• Chen Shuangbai used the Swaying Moon Sunken Cold Treasure Mirror and Grand Yin Spirit-Illusion Talisman to test the new disciples’ hearts and expose those with ill intentions.
• More than half of the promising candidates were eliminated, and the Jade Spring Sect leaders approved of the remaining recruits.
• True Lord Xiaoyun asked Chen Shuangbai to let the new Golden Core cultivators exchange moves with Renewed Net Sect disciples.
• True Lord Purple Thunder also requested a spar between Jade Spring’s new Golden Core cultivators and Arrayed Mystery Sect disciples.

Chen Shuangbai agreed to a proposal for his disciples to spar with disciples from the Arrayed Mystery Sect and True Lord Xiaoyun. Lu Xiangyuan began the first match against Cave Ridge, whose lightning-and-fire defenses withstood her opening attack.

• Chen Shuangbai created a cloud platform and invited his disciples to test their Divine Abilities against the visiting cultivators.
• Lu Xiangyuan volunteered to spar, and Chen Shuangbai sent her to the platform with instructions not to injure their guests.
• Cave Ridge descended to face Lu Xiangyuan and taunted her about being less renowned than her fellow disciples.
• Cave Ridge attacked with azure lightning, but Lu Xiangyuan's lotus-shaped water light blocked it.
• Lu Xiangyuan sent a shower of sword-light rain at Cave Ridge, who protected himself behind a lightning-and-fire barrier and challenged her skill.