Recaps

After waking at the Jiang household, injured Fang Lin urged the family to move to Jixia and then asked Jiang Wangxuan to return there with him. Jiang Wangxuan had not answered by the chapter’s end.

• Fang Lin woke in Jiang Wangxuan’s home and found the Moon-Worshipping Spirit-Calming Benediction was helping stabilize his injured Qi Sea and dimmed six wheels.
• Jiang Wangxuan returned home with Ms. Wang and Jiang Dezhao, who had received the fifth-grade Mystic Horn Spring-Abiding Scripture from Huaqi.
• Fang Lin encouraged Ms. Wang to move the Jiang household to Jixia, but Jiang Dezhao and his mother rejected the idea.
• Jiang Wangxuan urged Fang Lin to return to Jixia for treatment, and Fang Lin asked him to escort him there rather than contact the Fang Clan.
• After sharing the evening breeze on the balcony, Fang Lin asked Jiang Wangxuan to go back to Jixia with him.

Fang Lin warned Jiang Wangxuan about the dangers surrounding Luyu University and tried to protect him from a future death, but Jiang Wangxuan cautioned Fang Lin that his obsessive deductions were harming him. After Fang Lin left Luzhou, Jiang Wangxuan returned to Jinping Mountain and discovered that a hidden secret realm between two peaks held the Radiant Wish and the true secret of the Jiang Household’s bloodline.

• Fang Lin urged Jiang Wangxuan to make his Foundation Establishment breakthrough in Jixia, but Jiang Wangxuan refused to abandon Luyu University and its teachers.
• Fang Lin warned Jiang Wangxuan that the former Dongyuan lineage and the conflict surrounding Yuanhuai Heaven could threaten him, then became consumed by his deductions about Jiang Wangxuan’s future death.
• Jiang Wangxuan noticed Fang Lin’s true essence and Law Power going out of control, calmed him with moonlight, and warned him that wisdom taken to extremes harmed the body.
• The next morning, Fang Lin said farewell to Jiang Wangxuan and left Luzhou by high-speed train for Jixia.
• Jiang Wangxuan watched the station throughout the day, then returned to Jinping Mountain and found a hidden secret realm between two peaks that contained the Radiant Wish and the Jiang Household bloodline’s true secret.

Jiang Wangxuan entered the hidden realm in Jinping Mountain and witnessed Martial Uncle Yin’s memories of the Jiang clan’s bloodline and his attempt to defy its fate. The realm awakened the dead tree, which transformed into a demonic giant and turned the thunder and flames against Jiang Wangxuan.

• Jiang Wangxuan used Autumn Frost and the Black Tide to open the illusory entrance to the secret realm between Jinping Mountain’s peaks.
• Jiang Wangxuan found a tiny cicada sheltered inside an ancient tree’s stump and learned that the realm preserved Jinping Mountain after a catastrophic disaster.
• Jiang Wangxuan witnessed projections of Punishment Sacrifice Peak survivors, including Martial Uncle Yin, who told Tao Yao to leave and warned that the realm must not be reopened.
• Martial Uncle Yin revealed that he had changed his surname from Jiang to Yin and sought a Renewed Wood demonic-path Divine Ability to investigate and defy the Jiang bloodline’s fate.
• Martial Uncle Yin accused the Jiang bloodline of seeking his Horn Wood and restoring Renewed Wood, then the dead stump revived into a monstrous tree that absorbed lightning and transformed the flames as it faced Jiang Wangxuan.

Jiang Wangxuan witnessed the demonic tree consume Jinping Mountain and the secret realm before the frost cicada drew on his power to summon a phantom Jinping Mountain. The mountain crushed the black sun, with Martial Uncle Yin’s [Horn Wood] shoot helping weaken it, and landed as a seven-colored mountain poised between illusion and reality.

• Jiang Wangxuan learned from Big Fat Fish that True Person Shouhui had made the secret realm a cage for the demonic tree and intended Jinping Mountain to suppress it with a newborn spirit.
• The frost cicada appeared and shattered the demonic tree with mysterious frost soul light, but black slime swallowed Jinping Mountain and the rest of the secret realm.
• The frost cicada froze the rising black sun beneath an ice mirror and asked Jiang Wangxuan to lend his strength, drawing moonlight from his Qi sea to complete the cold moon almost fully.
• The frost cicada transformed into seven-colored light, which summoned a translucent, half-real Jinping Mountain from the sky.
• Jinping Mountain pressed down on the black sun, while a [Horn Wood] shoot from Martial Uncle Yin drew away some of its presence.
• The black sun burst beneath the mountain, and Jinping landed amid swirling ice dust and seven-colored light.

Jiang Wangxuan absorbed the Black Tide and obtained the Cicada Immortal’s high-grade Cultivation Method before returning to Luyu. After demonstrating the Moon-Worshipping Spirit-Calming Benediction, he persuaded Lin Tongjiang to help him attempt Foundation Establishment at the Clear Frost Osmanthus Garden.

• Big Fat Fish ate the black residue, absorbed the Black Tide, and gained a pitch-black shadow in the Rising Yang Mansion.
• Jiang Wangxuan received the Cicada Immortal’s Cultivation Method, the Cicada Molting Under the Moon, Seeking Purity Epistle, but closed it before he could comprehend it.
• Jiang Wangxuan left the collapsing secret realm and headed back to Luyu after receiving a barrage of messages from Lin Tongjiang.
• Lin Tongjiang met Jiang Wangxuan at Luyu Station and discovered that his Grand Yin presence had vanished.
• Jiang Wangxuan displayed the Moon-Worshipping Spirit-Calming Benediction and declared that he was ready to establish his foundation.
• Lin Tongjiang agreed to take Jiang Wangxuan to the Clear Frost Osmanthus Garden for his Foundation Establishment attempt.

Lin Tongjiang brought Jiang Wangxuan to the parent Plain Shadow Cold Moon Osmanthus tree and prepared him to attempt Foundation Establishment beneath its platform. After Jiang Wangxuan entrusted him with his final arrangements, Lin Tongjiang left him the White Hair Moon-Illuminating Pill and let him begin forging his Immortal Foundation.

• Lin Tongjiang directed Jiang Wangxuan to enter seclusion beneath the parent osmanthus tree, where the garden's Spirit Vein converged.
• Jiang Wangxuan welcomed news that professors had taken an interest in his younger sister, Jiang Jinyi, and explained how his own cultivation had prepared him to forge an Immortal Foundation.
• Lin Tongjiang gave Jiang Wangxuan a soul casket, and Jiang Wangxuan recorded how his possessions and family should be cared for if he died.
• Lin Tongjiang promised to delay news of Jiang Wangxuan's death and to support Jiang Jinyi if she later pursued an Immortal Foundation.
• Lin Tongjiang declared that Jiang Wangxuan's affairs were settled and left the White Hair Moon-Illuminating Pill beside him as he began his breakthrough.

Jiang Wangxuan attempted Foundation Establishment with the White Hair Moon-Illuminating Pill, but its tainted lunar essence unleashed a blood moon that transformed his body and emotions into monsters. As his last trace of self faced being consumed, Big Fat Fish appeared and ordered the red moon out of his home.

• Jiang Wangxuan swallowed the White Hair Moon-Illuminating Pill beneath the moon and began forming an Immortal Foundation as six streams of spiritual light merged into his silver-white lunar disk.
• A scarlet crescent moon appeared in his Rising Yang Mansion, and the pill's lunar essence turned red and invaded his sea of Qi.
• Jiang Wangxuan realized the pill had been tainted and suspected someone had targeted him, possibly through the pill rather than Lüyu University itself.
• The blood moon activated Jiang Wangxuan's flesh and negative emotions, turning his body and feelings into monstrous forms that threatened to consume his Spiritual Sense.
• Jiang Wangxuan entered an indifferent state close to comprehending the Dao and examined the red moon as a corrupted Grand Yin lunar phase.
• Big Fat Fish appeared and roared at the red moon to get out of her home.

Jiang Wangxuan subdued the contaminated crimson waxing crescent moon by copying its moon phase and absorbing it into his sea of Qi, but the impact sent his Spiritual Sense into a mysterious vision. In a vision spanning centuries, a ritual dance faded from human memory before a giant bird rediscovered a moon-shaped carving and revived the dance.

• Big Fat Fish fought the crimson moon with her broom and fists, then used the Black Tide to wear it down as Jiang Wangxuan studied its waxing crescent phase.
• Jiang Wangxuan formed a matching moon phase in his sea of Qi, drawing in moonlight and absorbing blossoms from the Plain Shadow Cold Moon Osmanthus as the tree weakened.
• Jiang Wangxuan pulled the crimson moon into his sea of Qi, where it merged with his copied phase and shattered it, sending his Spiritual Sense into a mysterious realm.
• Jiang Wangxuan watched a tribe worship at a desert altar and perform a ritual dance across many centuries, until the shrinking oasis and passing generations brought the custom to an end.
• A giant bird found a small moon-shaped stone carving beneath the sand, began performing the ancient ritual dance, and flew east with the carving under a waxing crescent moon.

Jiang Wangxuan awakened the ancient moon-bound statue and forged the Immortal Foundation “Immortal Moon Township,” a world in his Qi sea shaped by the moon’s passage through time. He learned that he had to complete the moon’s cycle, but his cultivation stalled just short of a full moon.

• An old river tracker found a faceless stone statue and took it home, where it remained through generations as Jiangbei transformed around it.
• The statue’s consciousness awakened in a moon palace and, during a Go game with a white-haired immortal, placed a stone that changed the board from nineteen-by-nineteen to twenty-five-by-twenty-five.
• Jiang Wangxuan awakened and instinctively slapped Big Fat Fish aside before examining the transformed world in his Qi sea.
• Jiang Wangxuan recognized that Immortal Moon Township was both an Immortal Foundation and a Dao Foundation, containing a world beneath an ever-changing moon.
• Jiang Wangxuan made the moon wax almost to fullness, then stopped when he reached the limit of his current cultivation.

After awakening from Foundation Establishment, Jiang Wangxuan understood how his Immortal Moon Township related to the Autumn Moon Osmanthus Immortal Foundation and discovered he had gained the Spirit Awakening ability. He strengthened the Plain Shadow Cold Moon Osmanthus, learned that the Black Tide had returned under Big Fat Fish’s suppression, and put off investigating his enemies and bloodline until he grew stronger.

• Jiang Wangxuan awoke more than a month after Foundation Establishment and realized that his Immortal Moon Township had cultivated a trace of Grand Yin’s true essence resembling the Autumn Moon Osmanthus Immortal Foundation.
• Jiang Wangxuan recognized that a hidden enemy had arranged the White Hair Moon-Illuminating Pill and decided to conceal his knowledge while waiting for the enemy to act again.
• Jiang Wangxuan used Spirit Awakening and the Moon-Worshipping Spirit-Calming Benediction to strengthen the Plain Shadow Cold Moon Osmanthus and forge its spirituality into a starburst.
• Big Fat Fish demanded more moonlight as a reward, then told Jiang Wangxuan that the Black Tide had returned and that she could suppress it for now.
• Big Fat Fish revealed that the Black Tide had produced the sixth-grade True Explanation of Sloughing Wood, Crossing Tribulations, and Transforming Spirits, which Jiang Wangxuan sealed away without examining.

Lin Tongjiang approved the appointments of Gu Changhuai and Fu Zhaohua while worrying about the risks of Jiang Wangxuan’s unsanctioned Foundation Establishment attempt. When Jiang Wangxuan’s jade-green box signaled a breakthrough, Lin rushed to the Clear Frost Osmanthus Garden and found him safely established with the Autumn Moon Osmanthus Immortal Foundation.

• Lin Tongjiang signed the employment forms for Gu Changhuai and Fu Zhaohua, whose arrival threatened to strengthen Lüyu’s Water Virtue department.
• Lin Tongjiang watched the jade-green box and reflected that Jiang Wangxuan’s Foundation Establishment attempt could bring consequences for him and True Person Chonghuan.
• The jade-green box released Lunar Essence and Grand Yin presence, prompting Lin Tongjiang to fly toward the Clear Frost Osmanthus Garden and send sound transmission talismans for True Person Chonghuan.
• A True Person ordered the academic affairs office and campus administration office to fine Lin Tongjiang for flying through the Central Palace.
• Lin Tongjiang reached the garden and found Jiang Wangxuan seated peacefully after forging the Autumn Moon Osmanthus Immortal Foundation.
• Jiang Wangxuan invited Lin Tongjiang to join him for tea, and Lin smiled as they sat together.

After Jiang Wangxuan emerged from seclusion having established his foundation, True Person Chonghuan praised his effect on the Plain Shadow Cold Moon Osmanthus and tested Lin Tongjiang’s understanding of cultivation. Jiang Wangxuan’s insight into spirit deepened his Immortal Foundation, and True Person Chonghuan began a trial for Lin Tongjiang.

• Jiang Wangxuan celebrated his Grand Yin Foundation Establishment with Lin Tongjiang, who asked about his plans for cultivation.
• True Person Chonghuan arrived and declared Jiang Wangxuan the foremost Grand Yin cultivator Yuanhuai Heaven had seen in centuries, noting that the osmanthus had begun to harbor gold and gather spirit.
• True Person Chonghuan challenged Lin Tongjiang to explain the osmanthus’s transformation, and Lin described its Grand Yin nature and the need to purify its cold Qi.
• Jiang Wangxuan explained that the osmanthus had connected with spirit, and his insight into essence, Qi, and spirit filled in nearly half the missing portion of his Immortal Foundation’s full-moon phase.
• Jiang Wangxuan stabilized his Foundation Establishment cultivation and advanced toward the Middle Stage, while Lin Tongjiang reflected on his student’s insight.
• True Person Chonghuan summoned a vast river-and-mountain spectacle and asked Lin Tongjiang if he was ready.

Jiang Wangxuan endured True Person Chonghuan’s test of his newly forged Immortal Foundation and revealed the power of Silver River Moonlight. After Chonghuan explained the history and stakes surrounding the Autumn Moon Osmanthus, he asked whether Jiang Wangxuan was afraid.

• True Person Chonghuan manifested Flow Eastward, and Lin Tongjiang tried to shield Jiang Wangxuan from its raging river before being swept away.
• Jiang Wangxuan used Autumn Moon Osmanthus and Silver River Moonlight to turn the river’s waves into a lake of stars and moon, but Chonghuan unleashed a storm and a second Flow Eastward to test him further.
• Chonghuan praised Jiang Wangxuan’s progress, sampled his osmanthus tea, named it Osmanthus Rain Flower Essence, and pocketed the tea box.
• Chonghuan told Jiang Wangxuan that Vast Cold Heaven and Jielin Hall would seek him out after he emerged from seclusion and explained Yuanhuai Heaven’s conflict with them.
• Chonghuan described the few cultivators who had formed the Autumn Moon Osmanthus Immortal Foundation and asked Jiang Wangxuan whether he was afraid.

True Person Chonghuan revealed the Autumn Moon Osmanthus lineage’s troubled history and offered Jiang Wangxuan a choice between transferring to Jielin Hall or taking him as an advisor at Lüyu University. Jiang Wangxuan heard that Chonghuan’s offer would protect his freedom and resources but would offend Jielin Hall, which controlled the later Purple Mansion cultivation methods.

• True Person Chonghuan told Jiang Wangxuan that Wei Jinghong had vanished in Jiangnan sixty years earlier, leaving the Grand Yin lineage divided and the disappearance unsolved.
• True Person Chonghuan explained that Yuanhuai Heaven could send Jiang Wangxuan to Jielin Hall as its Dao child, severing his ties to Lüyu and guaranteeing his safety.
• Jiang Wangxuan hesitated because he distrusted the Grand Yin lineages after receiving the potentially compromised White Hair Moon-Illuminating Pill.
• True Person Chonghuan offered to become Jiang Wangxuan’s academic advisor at Lüyu University, and Lin Tongjiang explained how their formal teacher-student bond would work.
• True Person Chonghuan warned Jiang Wangxuan that choosing him would offend Jielin Hall and leave Jiang Wangxuan dependent on Huaqi for only one later Purple Mansion cultivation method.

Jiang Wangxuan chose to stay in Lüyu as True Person Chonghuan’s student, then discovered that he bore [Grand Yin] fate, which had already empowered Chonghuan and Lin Tongjiang. Chonghuan ordered urgent measures to conceal Jiang Wangxuan’s fate and protect him, leaving Lin Tongjiang to carry out the arrangements while Jiang Wangxuan remained behind.

• Jiang Wangxuan weighed the risks of staying in Lüyu against going to Xuantian and chose to accept True Person Chonghuan as his teacher.
• Jiang Wangxuan explained his decision to Chonghuan, citing Lin Tongjiang’s guidance, his desire to strengthen his Dao foundation, and his wish to experience ordinary life.
• True Person Chonghuan accepted Jiang Wangxuan as his student and promised to devote himself to both Jiang Wangxuan’s and Lin Tongjiang’s Dao Paths.
• A surge of moonlight revealed Jiang Wangxuan’s [Grand Yin] fate, empowering Chonghuan and stirring Lin Tongjiang’s Immortal Foundation.
• True Person Chonghuan ordered Lin Tongjiang to secure Jiang Wangxuan’s records, move him into Clear Frost Osmanthus Garden, summon their junior sister, and seek help concealing his fate.
• True Person Chonghuan granted Lin Tongjiang authority to handle matters at Luyu University while he was away, then left; Jiang Wangxuan stayed behind drinking tea.

Jiang Jinyi realized that Secretary-General Lin had been looking after her because of her brother, while classmates speculated about her sixth-grade cultivation method and prospects. In class, Teacher Xun asked why Dui Metal’s rightful seat had no lord, and Jinyi prepared to answer as Jiang Liyang watched and planned to pursue her.

• Jiang Jinyi recalled receiving Dui White Pure Metal Sha and Turning Metal Floating Cloud Paste from Teaching Assistant Lin, who warned her not to take pills after entering Qi Refinement.
• Jiang Jinyi realized Teaching Assistant Lin had deliberately sought her out and told her that her brother was in seclusion again.
• Chen Suqiu explained that Foundation Establishment seeds mattered to Aristocratic Clans, while classmates worried that Jinyi’s poor family could not support her sixth-grade Cultivation Method.
• Teacher Xun asked why Dui Metal’s rightful seat had no lord and called on Jiang Jinyi to answer.
• Jiang Liyang decided to court Jiang Jinyi after class, confident that his family’s resources gave him an advantage.
• Jiang Jinyi, having prepared her coursework, resolved to answer Teacher Xun’s question and prove herself.

Jiang Jinyi argued that Metal Virtue’s flourishing explained the absence of a true [Dui Metal] lord, but Teacher Xun challenged her shallow understanding and taught the class how the Metal lineages were interconnected. He revealed that [Origin Lightning] had transformed [Qian Metal] and [Tongbao] through the rise of the digital economy, then left the class with a question about how those changes related to [Dui Metal].

• Jiang Jinyi used a prepared speech to argue that the strength of the four Metals made it difficult for anyone below an Immortal Lord to command Metal Virtue.
• Teacher Xun told Jiang Jinyi that her answer was mostly true but superficial, and warned the class not to mistake visible achievements and cultivation for Dao attainment.
• Teacher Xun explained how the ancient Theory of Five Manifestations connected [Rare Metal], [Geng Metal], [Qian Metal], and [Tongbao], and Chen Suqiu said that the Metal lineages influenced one another.
• Teacher Xun described how [Qian Metal] and [Tongbao] authorities overlapped, then asked what had changed in the Great Qian Circulating Treasure over the past several hundred years.
• Jiang Jinyi identified [Origin Lightning] as the change, and Teacher Xun explained that it had helped turn currency into digital numbers stored on Origin Lightning creations.
• Teacher Xun asked what the changes in [Qian Metal] and [Tongbao] over the past thousand years had to do with [Dui Metal].

Jiang Liyang impressed Teacher Xun with his theory about Dui Metal and Rare Metal, while Jiang Jinyi received an offer to remain at school if she mastered a difficult technique. After class, Jiang Wangxuan returned from seclusion, and his presence startled Chen Suqiu as he invited her to dine with them at Central Palace.

• Jiang Liyang argued that Dui Metal supported the other Metals through their changes and suggested Rare Metal was evolving away from Metal Virtue toward Origin Lightning.
• Teacher Xun praised Jiang Liyang's bold speculation and discussed the possibility that Rare Metal and Origin Lightning could produce an intercalary True Lord.
• Teacher Xun checked Jiang Jinyi's progress and offered to let her stay at the school if she achieved major accomplishment in the Heavenly Origin Golden Light Instruction within three years.
• Jiang Jinyi rushed past Jiang Liyang, who was waiting outside, and greeted her brother Jiang Wangxuan at a nearby pavilion.
• Chen Suqiu sensed Jiang Wangxuan's extraordinary presence, and he invited her to join them for a meal at Central Palace to discuss a few matters.

Jiang Wangxuan arranged for Jiang Jinyi and Chen Suqiu to move into his vacant residence at the Wave-Gazing Residence in the Central Palace, while Chen Suqiu returned Xue Renya’s Supreme White Metal-Tempering Pill. As Jiang Wangxuan gave Chen Suqiu a pill of his own, Jiang Jinyi was suddenly overcome by terror, as though she were being dragged into a deep pool.

• Jiang Wangxuan asked Chen Suqiu about the Supreme White Metal-Tempering Pill Xue Renya had given her, and she returned it, explaining that she did not expect to reach Foundation Establishment.
• Jiang Wangxuan told Jiang Jinyi and Chen Suqiu that he had arranged for them to move into his vacant residence at the Wave-Gazing Residence in the Central Palace.
• Chen Suqiu realized Jiang Wangxuan was asking her to help shield Jiang Jinyi from public scrutiny and agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Chen Suqiu mistook Jiang Wangxuan’s authority and residence for signs that he had entered Yuanhuai Heaven, then thanked him and called him Senior.
• Jiang Wangxuan offered Chen Suqiu a Supreme White Metal-Tempering Pill, and Jiang Jinyi suddenly felt terror as though she were being pulled into a deep pool.

Jiang Wangxuan brought Jiang Jinyi and Chen Suqiu to Wave-Gazing Residence and arranged for Jinyi to stay there while she secluded herself. After Chen Suqiu met the returning Gu Changhuai and received a transfer notice, she drank Jiang Wangxuan’s Osmanthus Rain Flower Essence and advanced to Qi Refining Third Layer.

• Jiang Wangxuan showed Jiang Jinyi and Chen Suqiu around Wave-Gazing Residence and told them to preserve its centuries-old furnishings.
• Jiang Wangxuan asked Chen Suqiu to obtain leave for Jiang Jinyi from Teacher Xun and gave her two boxes of Osmanthus Rain Flower Essence.
• Chen Suqiu left the residence and met Gu Changhuai, who concealed his identity as Lecturer Ye and decided to investigate her after sensing her fate stir.
• Chen Suqiu received a dormitory transfer notice bearing her name and approved by Lin Tongjiang.
• Chen Suqiu drank the Osmanthus Rain Flower Essence, broke through to Qi Refining Third Layer, and felt that her fate had been forcibly changed.

Jiang Wangxuan reassured Jiang Jinyi about surviving his dangerous Foundation Establishment and showed her the cultivation facilities in their new residence. He explained Big Fat Fish’s evolution and learned that Dezhao had received an implanted Spirit Root, leaving Jiang Jinyi furious and eager to confront him.

• Jiang Jinyi asked Jiang Wangxuan whether he had reached Foundation Establishment and whether he had been afraid, and he admitted the breakthrough had nearly cost him his life.
• Jiang Wangxuan took Jiang Jinyi to the back courtyard and advised her to explore cultivation arts while prioritizing her understanding of the Dao.
• Jiang Wangxuan explained that Big Fat Fish had evolved into a powerful analytical intelligence capable of studying techniques and optimizing cultivation methods.
• Big Fat Fish proposed installing a cultivation system for Jiang Jinyi, but Jiang Wangxuan rejected the idea and told her to investigate anything unusual about her.
• Jiang Jinyi inspected Jiang Wangxuan’s sparse bedroom and asked to redecorate the back courtyard, then learned that Dezhao had received an implanted Spirit Root and vowed to go back and beat him.

Jiang Wangxuan tested Jiang Jinyi for a dangerous bloodline reaction and helped Big Fat Fish analyze her Dui Metal cultivation method, discovering how his Immortal Moon Township could bypass its restrictions. He then warned Jinyi that his Grand Yin path was dangerous and asked whether she regretted her choices, leaving her to face his fear and uncertainty.

• Jiang Wangxuan and Big Fat Fish determined that Jiang Jinyi’s Spirit Aperture was likely good fortune rather than an awakening of the Jiang Household bloodline, and confirmed that she showed no reaction to the Black Tide.
• Jiang Wangxuan guided Jinyi through cultivating with Grand Yin Spiritual Qi while Big Fat Fish monitored and analyzed the Dui Metal Aperture Heart Qi Gathering Instruction.
• Big Fat Fish discovered that the method suppressed the route through Baihui and that its full circulation could damage a Qi Refining cultivator’s brain.
• Jiang Wangxuan and Big Fat Fish concluded that his Moon-Worshipping Spirit-Calming Benediction and Immortal Moon Township could carry Jinyi’s Dui Marsh Metal Essence through the dangerous route safely.
• After Jinyi woke, she told Jiang Wangxuan that her life felt wonderful and secure with him, while he admitted that he would not have chosen the Grand Yin path if he had a choice.
• Jiang Wangxuan warned Jinyi that his successful Foundation Establishment would soon transform her life and asked whether she regretted her decision.

Jiang Wangxuan offered Jiang Jinyi a chance to overcome the flaw in her cultivation method by joining her fate to his dangerous Grand Yin lineage. As she received the Moon-Worshipping Spirit-Calming Benediction, she awakened the true power of Dui Marsh Metal, while Jiang Wangxuan gained Golden Moon Sword Essence and a path into Tai’a Sword Valley.

• Jiang Wangxuan revealed his Autumn Moon Osmanthus Immortal Foundation and warned Jiang Jinyi that her cultivation method could prevent her from advancing.
• Jiang Wangxuan explained that his Immortal Foundation could repair the flaw, but accepting its help would intertwine their fates and expose her to the dangers of his Grand Yin lineage.
• Jiang Jinyi accepted the risk, insisting that their lives had already been bound together through family and her brother’s help.
• Jiang Wangxuan used the Moon-Worshipping Spirit-Calming Benediction to guide Grand Yin moonlight and Dui Metal Essence into Jiang Jinyi.
• Jiang Jinyi awakened the five metals hidden within Dui Marsh Metal Essence, and its power settled into her as Grand Geng Dui Essence.
• Jiang Wangxuan gained Venus’s intent and Golden Moon Sword Essence, allowing him to enter Tai’a Sword Valley and qualify for its protection.

After moving into Wave-Gazing Residence, Chen Suqiu encountered Lecturer Ye Gu Changhuai, whose investigation into her background had gone unanswered. At the Xie Household, True Person Chonglang revealed that he had dismantled the Gu Household’s compromised intelligence network and challenged Gu Changhuai to explain the household’s plans in Lüyu.

• Chen Suqiu finished cleaning No. 13 Wave-Gazing Residence and began decorating it with flowers while Jinyi remained in seclusion.
• Chen Suqiu met Gu Changhuai, who had been unable to get anyone in Lüyu to investigate her background.
• True Person Chonglang received a report about Secretary-General Lin’s extraordinary actions in the Central Palace and then met Gu Changhuai at the Xie Household residence.
• Gu Changhuai told True Person Chonglang that True Person Chonghuan and Senior Brother Lin had not met with him, and he suspected they opposed the Gu Household’s return to Yuanhuai Heaven.
• True Person Chonglang admitted that he had dismantled the Gu Household’s planted agents, explaining that they had changed masters and were being used to mislead the household.
• True Person Chonglang raised Gu Changhuai to his feet and asked what the Gu Household was plotting in Lüyu.

Gu Changhuai explained that he sought a position at Lüyu to pursue Great True Person Sudan’s lost Divine Ability, Dark Radiance Manor, and to strengthen the Weak Water faction, but True Person Chonglang rejected his political overtures and ordered him to leave after Alchemy Invocation Peak’s matter was settled. Later, while reflecting on whether the Gu Household had misused his fate, Gu Changhuai met Chen Suqiu and accepted her pudding.

• Gu Changhuai revealed that he wanted to join Alchemy Invocation Peak to obtain Dark Radiance Manor and hoped to see the grotto-heaven’s Moon-Gazing and Tranquility Painting.
• Gu Changhuai manifested his Weak Water fate to ask True Person Chonglang for support, but Chonglang overwhelmed it with Clear Water and accused him of testing and lobbying him.
• True Person Chonglang told Gu Changhuai that Lüyu’s Water Virtue professors had opposed his appointment, that True Person Chonghuan had forced it through, and that Gu Changhuai should leave after Alchemy Invocation Peak’s matter was over.
• Gu Changhuai reflected that the Gu Household had alienated Lüyu’s Water College while trying to restore its former standing, and questioned who truly wanted him to attain the Dao.
• Chen Suqiu met Gu Changhuai at the Gu Household’s ancestral grounds and offered him pudding before telling him that her clan lived in Jialing.
• Gu Changhuai ate the pudding despite his Dao body’s resistance, but tasted nothing and noticed only Chen Suqiu’s faint fragrance on the wrapper.