Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu ambushed Qi Shan at the Thousand Medicine Pavilion and used the Black Lotus Heart Demon Thunder to enslave the Black Emperor Sect’s chief Alchemist. After sending Qi Shan back to the sect as a hidden agent, Mo Yu invited Pavilion Mistress Yao to bring the Thousand Medicine Pavilion into Yuan Manor.

• Qi Shan recognized Mo Yu, while Pavilion Mistress Yao and Yan Lao chose not to interfere with Mo Yu’s attack.
• Mo Yu bound Qi Shan and took him into a secluded Alchemy room after Qi Shan refused to join Yuan Manor.
• Mo Yu emerged with Qi Shan alive and revealed that Qi Shan had become his master-bound servant.
• Mo Yu ordered Qi Shan to return to the Black Emperor Sect and join Yuan Manor when the time was right.
• Mo Yu invited Pavilion Mistress Yao to have the Thousand Medicine Pavilion join Yuan Manor.

Mo Yu forced the Thousand Medicine Pavilion to join the Yuan Manor, then returned to Mo City with Qing Lin and the others. After learning Qing Lin had become a Two-Star Dou Emperor, Xiao Li agreed to gather rare materials Mo Yu needed for the Liuli Treasure-Gathering Urn.

• Mo Yu told Yao E and Yan Lao to join the Yuan Manor or face being killed to protect his secret, and they agreed to bring the Thousand Medicine Pavilion under his command.
• Mo Yu appointed Yao E pavilion master and Yan Lao vice pavilion master, promised the Yuan Manor would support the pavilion, and ordered them to move their headquarters to Mo City.
• Mo Yu returned to the inn, and he and his companions set out for Mo City, arriving three days later.
• Xiao Li welcomed Mo Yu and learned that Qing Lin had reached the Two-Star Dou Emperor level; he promised that the Yuan Manor would protect her from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Mo Yu gave Xiao Li a list of rare materials for the Liuli Treasure-Gathering Urn, and Xiao Li vowed to gather them within half a month.

Mo Yu refined the Spirit Fusion Holy Chalice to help Queen Medusa merge her soul with the Sky Swallowing Python’s and fulfill his promise. As Queen Medusa began using it, the fusion caused an unexpected change that left her overcome with desire and pinning Mo Yu down.

• Mo Yu used rare materials and an ancient Artifact Furnace to refine the Spirit Fusion Holy Chalice over three days.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python appeared, and her two souls struggled over control before Queen Medusa emerged.
• Mo Yu gave Queen Medusa the chalice, and she thanked him and promised the Snake People Race would help him.
• Queen Medusa began fusing her souls through the chalice, enduring intense pain as the human and snake figures started to merge.
• Queen Medusa suddenly pinned Mo Yu beneath her, kissed his cheek, and whispered for him to give himself to her.

After Queen Medusa and Mo Yu awakened from their involuntary encounter, Uncle She intervened to stop her from killing Mo Yu and urged them to accept what had happened. Medusa rejected Uncle She’s attempt to match them, but Mo Yu named her Cai Lin as she left.

• Queen Medusa threatened Mo Yu with her snake sword and used spatial solidification to trap him, but Uncle She broke the spell and appeared from the Beast Ring.
• Medusa demanded that Uncle She judge Mo Yu, and Uncle She said neither of them was to blame because the ancient snake bloodline had caused the incident.
• Uncle She recalled a similar encounter with Su Yao, a powerful Saintess of Sound Valley who later left him and lost contact with him.
• Uncle She tried to match Mo Yu and Medusa, but Medusa refused to agree that they were husband and wife.
• Mo Yu suggested calling Medusa Cai Lin; she objected, then flew away without rebuking him again when he repeated the name.

After reaching Seven-Star Dou Wang, Mo Yu began cultivating the Thunder Emperor Canon and mastered its first move, the Thunder-Shattering Seal. His demonstration was interrupted when Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Yu'er, and Zi Yan appeared behind him.

• Mo Yu swallowed a Dou Spirit Pill enhanced by the Liuli Treasure-Gathering Urn and broke through to Seven-Star Dou Wang.
• Mo Yu began cultivating the Thunder Emperor Canon, opening five meridians in his right arm to prepare for the Thunder-Shattering Seal.
• Mo Yu completed the five meridians after a month and formally practiced the Thunder-Shattering Seal.
• Mo Yu unleashed the Thunder-Shattering Seal, heavily damaging a mountainside and gaining confidence that he could kill a low-level Dou Emperor.
• Cai Lin, Qing Lin, Yu'er, and Zi Yan emerged from the forest and surprised Mo Yu.

After leaving seclusion, Mo Yu reunited with Xiao Yu, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, then agreed to establish the Heavenly Serpent Hall under Cai Lin and Qing Lin. The gathering ended with a warning from Qi Shan that Yuan Manor might be in trouble.

• Mo Yu greeted the women after his long seclusion, and they noticed the destruction around the mountain peaks and his increased strength.
• Xiao Yu reaffirmed her engagement with Mo Yu, and he promised she would remain his legitimate wife; she then accepted that he might have other wives.
• Zi Yan proposed a new branch hall led by Cai Lin with Qing Lin as her deputy, and Mo Yu named it the Heavenly Serpent Hall.
• A messenger bird brought a message from Qi Shan, and Mo Yu said Yuan Manor might be in trouble.

Mo Yu announced Cai Lin’s appointment as Hall Master of the new Heavenly Serpent Hall, then revealed that Heavenly Serpent Mansion had allied with the Black Alliance to seize Qing Lin. As he prepared to defend Yuan Manor and protect Qing Lin, Purple Fire emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Dou Emperor.

• Mo Yu introduced Cai Lin as a Dou Zong expert and appointed her Hall Master of Heavenly Serpent Hall, with Qing Lin as deputy Hall Master.
• Mo Yu told Yuan Manor’s leaders that Elder Eagle Mountain had joined the Black Alliance, then revealed Bai Han had brought Heavenly Serpent Mansion forces to join Han Feng against Yuan Manor.
• Qing Lin feared she had brought trouble to Mo Yu, but Mo Yu, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yu reassured her that they would not let Heavenly Serpent Mansion take her.
• A lion-like roar announced that Purple Fire had broken through to Dou Emperor and emerged from seclusion.
• Purple Fire entered the hall, received congratulations from Yuan Manor’s leaders, and pledged to serve Mo Yu.

Yuan Manor hosted the leaders of the Skyshade Sect, Rakshasa Gate, and Mad Lion Gang in Mo City, where tensions flared over the manor's absent lord. Purple Fire demonstrated Yuan Manor's strength by severely injuring Tie Wu, and Mo Yu finally arrived as the meeting began.

• Three powerful factions arrived in Mo City to meet Yuan Manor, drawing the city's attention.
• Xiao Li challenged the leaders' decision to bring armed followers, and Tie Wu threatened Yuan Manor when asked to withdraw them.
• A black-clad man and Yan appeared, and Yan warned the faction leaders to behave as guests.
• Purple Fire struck Tie Wu with one punch, severely injuring the seventh-ranked Black Rankings expert and forcing the other leaders to recognize the danger he posed.
• Mo Yu appeared in the hall after saying he had been delayed while refining something.

Mo Yu offered three faction leaders a share of Mo City’s profits and future spoils in exchange for help against the Black Alliance. After Cai Lin revealed herself as Yuan Manor’s Dou Zong hall master, Mo Yu demonstrated that he was also an Artifact Refiner and presented three powerful weapons to tempt the leaders into accepting his offer.

• Mo Yu welcomed Old Man Yin Gu, Su Mei, and Tie Wu to Mo City and offered each faction a share of the city’s profits if they helped Yuan Manor fight the Black Alliance.
• Old Man Yin Gu, Su Mei, and Tie Wu refused to join the conflict, citing the Black Alliance’s two Dou Zong experts, but promised not to side against Yuan Manor.
• Cai Lin appeared and revealed Yuan Manor had a Dou Zong expert serving as a hall master, startling the three faction leaders.
• Mo Yu promised the leaders future rewards as Yuan Manor expanded and revealed that he was an Artifact Refiner.
• Mo Yu displayed a whip, an axe, and a suit of armor, and Old Man Yin Gu, Su Mei, and Tie Wu stared at the weapons with intense interest.

Mo Yu secured the Skyshade Sect, Mad Lion Gang, and Rakshasa Gate as allies, then cultivated his Soul Power until it reached the quasi-Sixth-Grade level. After the Black Alliance challenged Yuan Manor to a decisive battle on the Mo Bei Plains in three days, Jia Nan Academy agreed to join the fight.

• Mo Yu offered Old Man Yin Gu, Tie Wu, and Su Mei Sixth-Grade Weapons to secure their factions' support, and Xiao Li warned him to watch for betrayal.
• Mo Yu ordered preparations for war and cultivated with the Spirit Fusion Holy Chalice and Divine Firmament Soul Art, advancing his Soul Power to the quasi-Sixth-Grade level.
• Mo Yu accidentally saw Qing Lin bathing while testing his Soul Power, then withdrew it and worried that she had noticed.
• Xiao Li told Mo Yu that the Black Alliance had invited Yuan Manor to fight on the Mo Bei Plains in three days and that Su Qian had arrived.
• Mo Yu met Su Qian and Hu Gan, and Jia Nan Academy agreed to join Yuan Manor in confronting the Black Alliance.

Mo Yu led Yuan Manor into a decisive confrontation with the Black Alliance, as allies arrived on both sides and the battle’s balance shifted. When Elder Eagle Mountain attacked Mo Yu, Cai Lin appeared and blocked him, declaring that Mo Yu’s life was not his to take.

• Mo Yu led Yuan Manor’s forces to the mountain rendezvous, where Han Feng confronted him and revealed that Heavenly Serpent Mansion had allied with the Black Alliance.
• Bai Han demanded that Mo Yu return Qing Lin, but Mo Yu refused despite Su Qian’s attempt to avoid a fight.
• Jia Nan Academy and the allied Skyshade Sect, Mad Lion Gang, and Rakshasa Gate arrived to support Yuan Manor, bringing the opposing forces closer to balance.
• Bai Han insisted Heavenly Serpent Mansion would withdraw if Qing Lin were returned, but Mo Yu refused, prompting Bai Han to prepare to fight.
• The Gold and Silver Elders confronted Su Qian, while Han Feng ordered Elder Eagle Mountain to attack Mo Yu.
• Cai Lin appeared and deflected Elder Eagle Mountain’s strike, warning that he could not take Mo Yu’s life.

Cai Lin and the Yuan Manor’s allies joined the battle against Han Feng’s Black Alliance, while Qing Lin refused to return to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and was protected by the Firestone Puppet. Han Feng revealed that he had reached the Dou Zong realm and confronted Mo Yu, whose aura surged to meet him as their duel began.

• Cai Lin arrived as a Yuan Manor Hall Master, and Qing Lin rejected Lv Man and Bai Han’s demand that she return to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Bai Han attacked Qing Lin, but the Firestone Puppet intercepted him and forced him back.
• Han Feng ordered the Black Alliance to attack, and Purple Fire, Hu Gan, Xiao Li, Zi Yan, Lin Yan, and the allied forces joined the battle.
• Han Feng walked through the air, revealing that he had become a Dou Zong, then confronted Mo Yu and explained that a Breaking Sect Pill had helped him break through.
• Han Feng unleashed the Sea Heart Flame and threatened Mo Yu, whose aura suddenly rose toward that of a Dou Zong.

Mo Yu wounded Han Feng in their Dou Zong-level duel while Purple Fire revealed a spatial-sealing ability and killed a Peak Dou Emperor from Fire Cloud Country. Purple Fire’s rampage turned the battlefield toward the Yuan Manor, prompting Han Feng to challenge Mo Yu to settle their fight with one move.

• Han Feng and Mo Yu traded powerful attacks, and Mo Yu’s purple-gold snake fluid pierced Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame defense and left a painful mark on his chest.
• Purple Fire used a spatial-sealing technique to immobilize the fat Peak Dou Emperor from Fire Cloud Country, crushed his body, and captured his soul for Mo Yu.
• Purple Fire’s victory stunned both sides, boosted the Yuan Manor’s allies, and led the allied factions to fight the Heavenly Serpent Mansion in earnest.
• Purple Fire rampaged across the battlefield, forcing Elder Ban, Fan Lao, and other Black Corner Region experts to hold him back as the Yuan Manor gained ground.
• Han Feng saw the Black Alliance’s position worsen, gathered a vast ball of Dou Qi, and demanded that he and Mo Yu decide the victor with one move.

Mo Yu used the Emperor Origin Tracing Blood Fruit to unleash the Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake bloodline and overwhelm Han Feng with a devastating purple-gold python. As the python closed in on Han Feng, Elder Zun appeared and destroyed it, revealing himself as the Soul Hall figure Venerable Snake.

• Mo Yu and Han Feng clashed with their strongest attacks, and Han Feng gained the upper hand as Mo Yu’s aura weakened.
• Mo Yu consumed the Emperor Origin Tracing Blood Fruit, awakening the power of his Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake bloodline.
• Mo Yu summoned a giant purple-gold python, which overcame Han Feng’s Sea Heart Phantom Beast and charged at him.
• Han Feng called for Elder Zun to save him, and a black-robed figure appeared from the void.
• The black-robed Venerable Snake destroyed Mo Yu’s purple-gold python, and Mo Yu recognized him as someone from the Soul Hall.

Elder Mugu, a three-star Dou Zun and Soul Hall elder, arrived to save Han Feng and demanded the Sea Heart Flame as payment. After Uncle She refused his offer to join the Soul Hall, Elder Mugu threatened to capture both him and Mo Yu.

• Elder Mugu appeared beside Han Feng, having destroyed the purple-gold giant python, and demanded the Sea Heart Flame Han Feng had promised him.
• Han Feng paid his respects to Elder Mugu and agreed to hand over the Sea Heart Flame after the battle.
• Elder Mugu called out Venerable Snake, and Uncle She emerged from Mo Yu’s body to face him.
• Mo Yu recognized Elder Mugu as Yao Chen’s former junior brother and worried that he could not protect the Yuan Manor from the powerful Dou Zun.
• Elder Mugu offered to recruit Uncle She into the Soul Hall, but Uncle She refused because he disliked its methods.
• Elder Mugu released his overwhelming pressure and declared that he would capture Uncle She and Mo Yu for the Soul Hall.

Elder Mugu attacked Mo Yu and Uncle She, forcing Uncle She to burn his bloodline power and fight at the cost of his life. Just as Elder Mugu moved to capture Mo Yu and his companions, more than ten mysterious experts appeared, led by a man whose aura marked him as a Dou Zun powerhouse.

• Uncle She refused Elder Mugu's offer to join the Soul Hall and told Mo Yu that his injuries left him unable to defeat the Dou Zun powerhouse.
• Uncle She pushed Mo Yu toward Cai Lin and burned his Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake Bloodline Power to unleash a powerful attack against Elder Mugu.
• Elder Mugu fought Uncle She through the sky, then struck him down and trapped his nearly transparent soul in his palm.
• Mo Yu refused to flee, and Purple Fire, Qing Lin, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and the others stood with him as Elder Mugu attacked them with black mist.
• Thunderclouds swept across the sky, more than ten silver-and-black-robed figures appeared, and the black mist vanished; Mo Yu recognized their leader as a Dou Zun powerhouse.

A force from the Lei Clan arrived at the Mo Bei Great Plain, where captain Mang Ting recognized Mo Yu and respectfully invited him back to the clan. Mo Yu instead asked Mang Ting to help him retrieve Uncle She from Elder Mugu.

• Mysterious silver-and-black-robed experts arrived on black clouds, and Elder Mugu suspected they were from the Lei Clan because they wielded Thunder Power.
• Mang Ting surveyed the crowd, noticed Zi Yan and Purple Fire, then reacted violently when he saw Mo Yu and sensed his bloodline responding to Mo Yu’s.
• Mang Ting introduced himself as captain of the Black Demon Army and addressed Mo Yu as Young Master, astonishing the gathered factions and alarming Han Feng.
• Mo Yu introduced himself, and Mang Ting said the Clan Head and Great Elder had sent him to bring Mo Yu back to the Lei Clan.
• Mo Yu postponed the journey and asked Mang Ting to help take Uncle She back from Elder Mugu.

Mo Yu asked Mang Ting and the Lei Clan’s Black Demon Army to reclaim Uncle She’s soul body from Elder Mugu, prompting a battle that left the Soul Hall expert badly injured. Elder Mugu escaped with Han Feng, while Mang Ting returned Uncle She to Mo Yu, whose condition remained dire.

• Mang Ting agreed to help Mo Yu reclaim Uncle She and rejected Elder Mugu’s appeal to the Soul Hall and Hun Clan.
• Mang Ting ordered ten Black Demon Army members to attack, and their Thunder Python Kill badly injured Elder Mugu.
• Mo Yu’s companions questioned why the Lei Clan was helping him, but Mo Yu said he did not know and suspected they were interested in his Profound Thunder or Heavenly Gang Thunder Body.
• Elder Mugu gave Uncle She’s soul body to Mang Ting, then seized Han Feng and escaped through a spatial ripple after threatening to report the matter to the Soul Hall.
• Mang Ting returned Uncle She to Mo Yu, who thanked him and worried over Uncle She’s weakened condition.

After recovering from his injuries, Mo Yu learned that Uncle She could be saved only if his Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake bloodline evolved into a Nine-Winged Purple Gold Snake. Meanwhile, Mang Ting investigated Mo Yu’s origins and sent the Black Demon Army to examine the Mo Family of Yan City.

• Yuan Manor defeated the Black Alliance, which dissolved within days as its leaders fled and Yuan Manor took over its territory.
• Mo Yu spent seven days healing from his battle with Han Feng and expelled the Sea Heart Flame’s remaining power from his body.
• Uncle She awakened and explained that his damaged foundation could be repaired only if his bloodline evolved into a Nine-Winged Purple Gold Snake.
• Mo Yu vowed to find a way to help Uncle She, who then faded away after bidding him farewell.
• Mang Ting told Su Qian that he had come to find someone vital to the Lei Clan and requested Mo Yu’s Jia Nan Academy enrollment records.
• After reading the records, Mang Ting ordered Black Demon Army members to investigate the Mo Family of Yan City.

Mo Yu resolved to find the Nine-Winged Purple Gold Snake’s inheritance for the slumbering Uncle She and planned to strengthen himself by cultivating the last Mysterious Thunder. When Mang Ting arrived to escort him to the Lei Clan, he revealed that Mo Yu’s former Mo Clan descended from one of the Lei Clan’s four great affiliated families.

• Mo Yu grieved over Uncle She’s permanent slumber, vowed to repay him, and recognized that he needed to grow stronger without his protection.
• Mo Yu planned to use Yuan Manor’s resources to raise the last Mysterious Thunder to its Peak Stage and break through to the Dou Emperor realm.
• Mo Yu told Xiao Li to spare the three major factions if they submitted to Yuan Manor and destroy them if they resisted.
• Mang Ting met Mo Yu in the hall and explained that the Lei Clan descended from a Dou Di and was one of the seven remaining ancient clans.
• Mang Ting revealed that Mo Yu’s former Mo Clan had migrated from the Central Plains and descended from one of the Lei Clan’s four great affiliated families.