Chapter Summaries

Old Man Ghost Staff revealed that he had caused the Spatial Wormhole incident and attacked Mo Yu, intending to kill him before he could threaten the Hun Clan. Mo Yu unleashed a Black Thunder Talisman and swallowed Old Man Ghost Staff in its expanding lightning ring, leaving his fate apparently sealed.

• Old Man Ghost Staff tracked Mo Yu with hidden ghostly aura and admitted he had tried to kill him in the Spatial Wormhole.
• Old Man Ghost Staff attacked Mo Yu with ghostly chains, forcing Mo Yu to defend himself with his spear and flee after the weapon's spearhead was destroyed.
• Mo Yu used a Black Gold Thunder Pill to cover his retreat, but Old Man Ghost Staff emerged unharmed and caught up with him.
• Mo Yu revealed the Black Thunder Talisman, whose lightning ring swallowed Old Man Ghost Staff's attack and overwhelmed his attempts to escape.
• Mo Yu accelerated the ring's expansion and completely swallowed Old Man Ghost Staff.

Mo Yu survived Old Man Ghost Staff’s attack with the Black Thunder Talisman but suffered severe injuries and was rescued by the Lan Family convoy in Central Plains’ Western Region. As he recovered on the way to Western Desolate City, he met the convoy’s manager, Lan Bingbing, whose face seemed familiar to him.

• Mo Yu used Lei Ying’s Black Thunder Talisman to kill Old Man Ghost Staff, then collapsed from his injuries and slowly recovered with help from his Profound Thunder and a medicinal pill.
• A Lan Family convoy found Mo Yu in the desert, and Lan Lie told him they were taking him to Western Desolate City in the Western Region of Central Plains.
• Mo Yu learned that the Artificer Alliance was far away and planned to recover, seek the Artificer Assembly, advance his cultivation, and repair his Divine Might Black Thunder Spear.
• After two days, Mo Yu joined the convoy’s camp and sensed that its manager was a five-star Dou Wang.
• Lan Bingbing introduced herself to Mo Yu and offered help, while Mo Yu wondered why her face seemed familiar.

Mo Yu traveled with Lan Bingbing’s caravan while concealing his recovering strength, then learned that the Tang Clan planned to seize Lan Bingbing and threaten the Lan Family. As Tang Mu attacked her near Western Desolate City, Mo Yu intervened, and his emergence revealed the mysterious protector’s identity.

• Mo Yu recognized Lan Bingbing as a possible relative of Lan Yingying and noticed that Lan Bingbing was probing into his background during the journey.
• A letter warned Lan Bingbing that the Tang Clan planned to move against the Lan Family and wanted her to marry Tang San, while Lan Lie explained the Tang Clan’s ties to the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• As the caravan approached Western Desolate City, Tang Mu and Tang Huo ambushed it and demanded that Lan Bingbing come with them.
• Tang Mu overpowered Lan Bingbing, but an unseen force deflected his next attack and sent him stumbling backward.
• Mo Yu stepped down from the carriage after mocking Tang Mu, while Lan Bingbing recognized that the mysterious voice resembled his.

Mo Yu rescued the Lan Family convoy from Tang Clan assassins and followed Lan Bingbing to the Lan manor, where he reunited with Lan Yingying. He entered just as the Lan Family faced a contest that would decide its fate, and Lan Bingbing named him as their candidate.

• Mo Yu defeated and captured Tang Mu and Tang Huo, then let Lan Bingbing's group deal with the defeated Tang Clan assassins.
• The convoy reached Western Desolate City, and Mo Yu followed Lan Bingbing into the Lan manor after she spotted Tang Clan carriages at its gates.
• Mo Yu recognized Lan Yingying in the council hall, where Tang San demanded a contest against the Lan Family and set Lan Bingbing's marriage and the family's submission as stakes if they lost.
• Tang San proposed that the Lan Family find a youth to defeat him and Sun Wuji in weapon refining within three days; the Lan Family head accepted despite having no candidate.
• Lan Bingbing entered the hall and recommended Mo Yu, who greeted the delighted Lan Yingying as his senior sister.

Mo Yu reunited with Lan Yingying and agreed to help the Lan Family defeat Tang San and Sun Wuji in exchange for a quiet place to cultivate and a promotion for Lan Lie. He began refining an Emperor Extreme Pill in Lan Yuan’s cultivation room to break through before the contest.

• Lan Yingying recognized Mo Yu, and Lan Yuan learned that Mo Yu had saved Lan Bingbing and the Lan Family convoy.
• Lan Yuan explained that the Tang Clan wanted Lan Bingbing to marry Tang San and the Lan Family to submit, with contests against Tang San and Sun Wuji as the condition for settling the dispute.
• Mo Yu agreed to fight for the Lan Family and asked them to cultivate Lan Lie and provide him a quiet room for three days.
• Lan Yuan agreed to promote Lan Lie to reserve Elder and arranged his private cultivation room for Mo Yu.
• Mo Yu assessed Tang San and Sun Wuji, then swallowed an Emperor Extreme Pill and began refining its medicinal power.

After advancing to seven-star Dou Emperor, Mo Yu joined the Lan Clan at Heavenly Origin Plaza and instantly defeated Tang San in the first match. Lan Yingying then named Mo Yu as the Lan Clan’s opponent for the next match against Sun Wuji, who challenged him as an Artifact Refiner.

• Mo Yu emerged from three days of secluded cultivation having advanced two stars to seven-star Dou Emperor.
• Lan Yingying warned Lan Bingbing that Mo Yu had a fiancée and several exceptional female admirers, and Mo Yu arrived before they could continue.
• At Heavenly Origin Plaza, Lan Yuan and Tang Hao prepared to settle the rivalry between the Lan Clan and the Tang Clan through a series of matches.
• The Lan sisters named Mo Yu to face Tang San, and Mo Yu defeated the seven-star Dou Emperor with one punch.
• After Tang Hao turned to Sun Wuji for the next match, Lan Yingying named Mo Yu as his opponent, and Sun Wuji challenged Mo Yu’s ability as an Artifact Refiner.

Mo Yu faced Sun Wuji in the weapon-refining contest, where Sun Wuji forged a peak Fifth-Grade Diamond Flying Rainbow Sword. The chapter ended as Mo Yu announced that he would reveal a Sixth-Grade Imperial Ultimate Soul-Seizing Spear.

• Sun Wuji challenged Mo Yu and displayed his Blue Eagle Beast Flame and black-and-white weapon furnace.
• Mo Yu summoned Vermilion Bird Sky-Burning Thunder, frightening Sun Wuji’s Beast Flame and startling the spectators.
• Sun Wuji began forging a flying sword while Mo Yu worked with an ordinary furnace and carefully controlled each material.
• Sun Wuji completed the peak Fifth-Grade Diamond Flying Rainbow Sword and declared that Mo Yu could not compete with it.
• Mo Yu laughed and called forth the Sixth-Grade Imperial Ultimate Soul-Seizing Spear.

Mo Yu’s Imperial Ultimate Soul-Seizing Spear was confirmed as a Sixth-Grade soul-type weapon, securing the Lan Family’s victory over the Tang Clan. After Sun Wuji attacked him from behind, Mo Yu struck back and destroyed Sun Wuji’s Soul Power, prompting Black Sword Elder and Tang Hao to demand that Mo Yu be taken away.

• Sun Wuji challenged the spear’s authenticity, and Lan Yuan agreed to have it inspected by himself, Tang Hao, and Black Sword Elder.
• Black Sword Elder confirmed that Mo Yu’s Imperial Ultimate Soul-Seizing Spear was a Sixth-Grade soul-type weapon, establishing the Lan Family’s victory.
• As Mo Yu turned to leave, Sun Wuji secretly launched a soul arrow at his back, but it struck an afterimage.
• Mo Yu trapped Sun Wuji with a soul seal and annihilated the Soul Power in his sea of consciousness, leaving him alive but likely incapacitated.
• Tang Hao threatened Mo Yu, while Lan Yuan defended him and Black Sword Elder announced that he would take Mo Yu to answer to Sword Forging Elder.
• Mo Yu rejected their authority, declaring that not even the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion had the right to take his life.

Mo Yu rejected the Black Sword Elder’s demand to go to the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, and Qing Zhi emerged to protect him and fight the elder. As Tang Hao led the Tang Clan in surrounding Mo Yu, Mo Yu unleashed Essence Devouring True Thunder and prepared to face them.

• The Black Sword Elder attacked Mo Yu, but Qing Zhi appeared and repelled him with a single clash.
• Mo Yu ordered Qing Zhi to kill the Black Sword Elder, and the two began fighting as the elder drew the Black Dragon Roaring Heaven Sword.
• The Black Sword Elder urged Tang Hao to capture Mo Yu, and Tang Hao agreed and ordered the Tang Clan to surround him.
• Lan Bingbing wanted to help Mo Yu, but Lan Yuan warned that she would only become a burden.
• Mo Yu activated Essence Devouring True Thunder, absorbed Heaven and Earth Energy, and filled the ground around him with silver lightning.

Mo Yu used the Essence Devouring True Thunder and spatial power to slaughter the Tang Clan experts in Heavenly Origin Plaza while Qing Zhi gained the upper hand against the Black Sword Elder. As Mo Yu seized Tang Hao, Tang Chen arrived and threatened him, but Mo Yu answered with a taunt, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Mo Yu challenged Tang Hao and the Tang Clan, then evaded their coordinated attack with his speed and spatial power.
• Mo Yu appeared beside a Tang Clan expert and killed him, then used lightning to kill more of the clan’s fighters across the plaza.
• Mo Yu left Tang Hao badly injured but alive, protected by hidden armor, and prepared to finish him as Qing Zhi continued to overpower the Black Sword Elder.
• The Black Sword Elder urged Tang Hao to summon Tang Chen, so Tang Hao crushed a blood-red jade fragment to call for him.
• Tang Chen arrived and demanded that Mo Yu release Tang Hao, but Mo Yu insulted him and told him to get lost or die.

Mo Yu killed Tang Hao and faced Tang Chen, the Tang Clan’s strongest expert, while Qing Zhi kept Black Sword Elder at bay. Mo Yu unleashed his silver eyes’ thunder power and battered Tang Chen with a devastating lightning attack, but Tang Chen remained alive and cursed him as the chapter ended.

• Qing Zhi forced Black Sword Elder back, and Tang Chen arrived before offering to let Mo Yu go if he released Tang Hao.
• Mo Yu rejected Tang Chen’s offer and smashed Tang Hao’s head, killing the Tang Clan Head in front of the plaza.
• Furious, Tang Chen attacked Mo Yu with the Asura Demon Hammer while Mo Yu used a technique that raised his strength to the half-step Dou Zong realm.
• Black Sword Elder crushed a black sword-shaped jade pendant to summon aid as Mo Yu formed the Thunder Breaking Style and called down thunder through his silver eyes.
• Mo Yu’s lightning overwhelmed Tang Chen and left him charred and badly wounded, but Tang Chen survived and continued to curse him.

Mo Yu defeated Tang Chen and escaped Western Desolate City after using a Black Gold Thunder Pill to wound Black Sword and steal his Storage Ring. He hid in a mountain cave, where he found an Emperor Crystal Source Fruit inside the ring.

• Mo Yu prepared to finish off Tang Chen, but Lan Yuan warned him that the Azure Sword Elder was approaching, so he tried to flee.
• Black Sword restrained Qing Zhi to stop Mo Yu, and Mo Yu ordered Qing Zhi to intensify his attacks while Little Gold fused three kinds of thunder into a Black Gold Thunder Pill and a Thunder Gold Pearl.
• Mo Yu launched the two thunder weapons at Black Sword and Tang Chen, then used spatial traversal to trick Black Sword and tear away the finger bearing his Storage Ring.
• Mo Yu and Qing Zhi escaped as the Azure Sword Elder arrived, while Black Sword swore that the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion would hunt Mo Yu down.
• Mo Yu hid in a mountain cave, broke the Soul Seal on Black Sword's Storage Ring, and discovered an Emperor Crystal Source Fruit inside.

Mo Yu consumed the Emperor Crystal Source Fruit and Wind Spirit Bead, then spent seventy-eight days cultivating until he broke through to become a one-star Dou Zong. As he prepared to leave, the Black Bat King arrived to demand protection money and recognized Qing Zhi as a member of the Golden Warhorse Tribe.

• Mo Yu chose the Emperor Crystal Source Fruit and Wind Spirit Bead to help him break through to Dou Zong, then entered seclusion while Qing Zhi guarded the cave.
• Over seventy-eight days, Mo Yu advanced to Peak Dou Emperor and absorbed the Wind Spirit Bead's energy to push toward Dou Zong.
• Mo Yu broke through to one-star Dou Zong, and his cultivation caused a vast energy disturbance that drew attention from nearby Magical Beasts and experts.
• After emerging from the cave, Mo Yu noticed a group of flying Magical Beasts approaching and identified their leader as the Black Bat King.
• The Black Bat King demanded protection money from Mo Yu, then spotted Qing Zhi and recognized the Golden Warhorse Tribe's beast eyes.

Mo Yu defeated Black Bat King and used the Divine Soul Seal to make him a loyal servant, then questioned him about the Golden Warhorse Tribe. Black Bat’s account revealed the tribe’s powerful Golden Beast Eyes and its wealth of spatial treasures, leaving Mo Yu intrigued by the possibilities.

• Black Bat King recognized Qing Zhi’s Golden Beast Eyes and warned Mo Yu that the Golden Warhorse Tribe would hunt him for possessing them.
• Mo Yu struck Black Bat King, then ordered Qing Zhi to capture him in battle.
• Mo Yu branded Black Bat King with the Divine Soul Seal, made him a loyal servant, and renamed him Black Bat.
• Black Bat told Mo Yu that the Golden Warhorse Tribe was a powerful Western Region clan whose direct descendants could master human techniques and travel through the void.
• Black Bat explained that the tribe traded spatial treasures, including Storage Stones, and Mo Yu grew excited at the prospect.

Mo Yu traveled to Golden City to seek spatial treasures from the Golden Warhorse Tribe, only to find himself wanted by Myriad Sword Pavilion. A confrontation with Tang Ying and Wang Chen was interrupted by Ma Teng, the lord of Golden City, who offered to keep the peace.

• Mo Yu learned the Golden Warhorse Tribe possessed many spatial treasures and set out with Black Bat King for the Earth Kun Mountains.
• After ten days of travel, Mo Yu and Black Bat King reached Golden City, where Mo Yu saw a Myriad Sword Pavilion wanted poster offering a seventh-grade weapon for his capture.
• Tang Ying challenged the cloaked Mo Yu, but Black Bat King intercepted him and revealed himself as a transformed Seventh-Tier Magical Beast.
• Wang Chen appeared and mocked Tang Ying, while onlookers explained that Myriad Sword Pavilion and Yellow Springs Pavilion had come for the coming Trading Convention.
• Ma Teng arrived with Golden Warhorse Guards and asked everyone to avoid fighting in Golden City.

Ma Teng recognized Mo Yu at Golden City’s gates and invited him to the City Lord’s Manor, where Mo Yu agreed to discuss his need for spatial treasures. Ma Teng then asked Mo Yu to help him become Clan Head of the Golden Warhorse Tribe.

• Ma Teng intervened when Tang Ying confronted Mo Yu, and Tang Ying withdrew while recognizing Mo Yu as a likely target of the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s pursuit.
• Ma Teng approached the Black Bat King and Mo Yu, revealed that he had guessed Mo Yu’s identity, and invited him to the City Lord’s Manor.
• Mo Yu revealed his name, and the crowd reacted with shock as Ma Teng declared that Golden City would not help the Myriad Sword Pavilion capture him.
• Mo Yu accepted Ma Teng’s invitation, hoping to obtain spatial treasures to strengthen the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder.
• At the manor, Mo Yu met Ma Teng’s daughter, Ma Yunlu, before Ma Teng asked him to help secure the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s leadership.

Mo Yu learned that Ma Teng wanted him to pose as Ma Yunlu’s husband and fight Ma Chao in the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s Clan Head selection. Mo Yu agreed in exchange for spatial treasures, and the tournament was set to begin in five days.

• Ma Teng explained that he needed Mo Yu’s help to compete against his elder brother, Ma Zhen, for the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s Clan Head position.
• Ma Teng offered Mo Yu a temporary marriage arrangement with Ma Yunlu so he could fight Ma Chao, but Mo Yu refused to become her actual husband because he already had marriage engagements.
• Ma Teng proposed that Mo Yu act as Ma Yunlu’s husband only for the tournament, then have the arrangement publicly dissolved after Ma Teng won the Clan Head position.
• Mo Yu asked for treasures containing Spatial Power, and Ma Teng gave him a Storage Ring of spatial treasures while promising three more if Mo Yu helped him win.
• Mo Yu accepted the arrangement and left with the Black Bat King to rest before the tournament in five days; Ma Yunlu remained embarrassed and resentful about his rejection.

Mo Yu refined the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder while staying at the City Lord's Manor, then faced Ma Tie, who challenged his engagement to Ma Yunlu. Mo Yu defeated Ma Tie in three moves and revealed that he had recently become a Dou Sect expert, leaving Ma You impressed and Ma Yunlu blushing.

• Mo Yu used spatial treasures from Ma Teng to advance the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder to the late stage of maturity.
• Ma Tie brought guards to confront Mo Yu and demanded that he withdraw from his engagement to Ma Yunlu.
• Ma Yunlu and Ma You arrived and stopped the guards from escalating the confrontation.
• Ma Tie challenged Mo Yu to a spar, and Mo Yu said he would win if Ma Tie could not withstand three moves.
• Mo Yu evaded Ma Tie's wind attacks, halted his whirlwinds with Spatial Power, and sent him flying with one punch.
• Mo Yu revealed he had recently broken through to Dou Sect, and Ma You praised Ma Teng's judgment as Ma Yunlu blushed.

Mo Yu accompanied Ma Teng to the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s hidden headquarters for the Clan Head selection, where the first and second branches confronted each other. The white-haired Clan Head recognized a trace of his old friend She Wuwan in Mo Yu’s aura.

• Ma Teng led Mo Yu and the Golden City higher-ups through the Heavenly Horse Grand Formation into the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s headquarters.
• Ma Teng’s elder brother Ma Fu welcomed them and criticized Mo Yu for bringing trouble from the Myriad Sword Pavilion to the tribe.
• Ma Chao looked down on Mo Yu, but Mo Yu stayed calm and resolved to defeat him in the coming competition.
• Ma Teng brought Mo Yu before the white-haired Clan Head, who recognized a trace of She Wuwan’s aura on him.

Mo Yu learned that Ma Chen had been a friend of Uncle She and gained the old Clan Head’s protection from the Myriad Sword Pavilion. As the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s Clan Head election reached its final contest, Ma Teng named Mo Yu to fight Ma Chao.

• Mo Yu told Ma Chen that Uncle She had died but might be revived, and Ma Chen reacted with grief and hope.
• Ma Fu brought Tang Ying and two Myriad Sword Pavilion elders to demand Mo Yu’s capture, but Ma Chen refused and threatened to pass the Clan Head position to Ma Teng if Ma Fu continued.
• The Great Elder opened the Clan Head election, and Ma Teng won the territory-management round while Ma Fu narrowly won the clan-member vote.
• Ma Fu announced that his son Ma Chao would succeed him as Clan Head, and Ma Teng declared that Yunlu’s husband, Mo Yu, could fight Ma Chao.