Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu fought Ma Chao in a match that could decide whether the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s first or second branch inherited the Clan Head position. Mo Yu revealed that he was a Dou Zong and used his Thunder Adamant Body to counter Ma Chao’s attacks, leaving the battle ongoing.

• The Golden Warhorse Tribe gathered to watch Mo Yu face Ma Chao, while Tang Ying and the Sword Elders discussed reporting Mo Yu to the Pavilion Master.
• Ma Chao opened the match with swift attacks, but Mo Yu dodged them and gauged Ma Chao’s strength.
• Mo Yu unleashed his Dou Zong aura and struck Ma Chao with the Thunder Adamant Body, sending him flying and shocking the spectators.
• The Sword Elders recognized Mo Yu’s rapid breakthrough and urged that he be eliminated before he became a greater threat.
• Ma Chao launched another series of attacks, but Mo Yu repelled them with his powerful physique, prompting Ma Yunlu to remark that he seemed more like a Seventh-Tier Magical Beast.

Mo Yu overwhelmed Ma Chao in the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s clan-head succession match, even after Ma Chao increased his strength with Yellow Heaven Warhorse Body. Mo Yu’s victory left the contest poised to hand the clan-head position to Ma Teng’s branch, while Green Sword resolved that Mo Yu must die.

• Mo Yu dominated Ma Chao and declared himself unmatched among opponents of the same level, prompting Ma Chao to unleash Yellow Heaven Warhorse Body and rise to two-star Dou Zong.
• Mo Yu activated Essence Devouring True Thunder, also reaching two-star Dou Zong, and reflected that he needed to strengthen his Mysterious Thunders to advance the Heavenly Gang Thunder Body.
• Ma Chao charged Mo Yu, who emerged from a cloud of dust and struck with Thunder Emperor Canon—Thunder Breaking Style.
• Mo Yu’s Thunder Seal destroyed Ma Chao’s Yellow Heaven Warhorse Body and hurled him out of the arena, giving Mo Yu the victory.
• Green Sword warned that Mo Yu must not be allowed to live, while Ma Chen praised Ma Teng’s judgment in matching Mo Yu with Ma Yunlu.

Mo Yu defeated Ma Chao, helping Ma Teng become the Golden Warhorse Tribe’s new Clan Head, then told Ma Chen about Uncle She’s condition. Ma Chen revealed that Su Yao of Sound Valley might know how to help Uncle She evolve, and Mo Yu resolved to seek her out.

• Mo Yu defeated Ma Chao, and Ma Chen declared that Ma Teng would succeed him as Clan Head.
• Ma Teng thanked Mo Yu and promised to deliver his reward, while Ma Chen summoned Mo Yu to discuss Uncle She.
• Ma Chen proved his friendship with Uncle She by showing Mo Yu a jade pendant, then listened as Mo Yu explained Uncle She’s slumber and shared a cup of Nether Spring Tea that strengthened Mo Yu.
• Mo Yu explained the circumstances behind his marriage agreement with Yun Lu, and Ma Chen agreed not to challenge Ma Teng’s succession.
• Ma Chen told Mo Yu that Su Yao, the Valley Head of Sound Valley, had helped Uncle She evolve before and might know how to help him evolve again.
• Mo Yu resolved to visit Sound Valley and seek Su Yao’s help in reviving Uncle She.

Mo Yu received a Gold Jade from Ma Chen and three Storage Rings of Spatial Power treasures from Ma You as rewards for helping Ma Teng’s branch win the clan head election. He entered a secluded cultivation chamber, preparing to restore the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder to its peak.

• Ma Chen gave Mo Yu a Gold Jade that would let him sense danger and find Mo Yu, then warned him that the Sword Forging Master whose disciple Mo Yu killed would seek revenge.
• Ma Chen told Mo Yu that Ma Teng had taken over the clan head’s authority and advised him to claim his reward.
• Ma You gave Mo Yu three Storage Rings filled with high-quality Spatial Power treasures on Ma Teng’s orders, and Mo Yu accepted them.
• Mo Yu asked Ma You for a place to cultivate, and Ma You showed him a secluded chamber protected by a spatial membrane.
• After Ma You left, Mo Yu examined the treasures and prepared to restore the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder to its peak.

After three months of seclusion, Mo Yu completed the evolution of the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder and used it with the Essence Devouring True Thunder to advance his Heavenly Gang Thunder Body to its second stage. He emerged as a Two-Star Dou Zong and began revealing the stage’s power by raising his strength further with Thunder Wings and Thunder Armor.

• Mo Yu fed spatial treasures to the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder until it reached its peak.
• Mo Yu fused the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder and Essence Devouring True Thunder through the Extreme Spirit Thunder Method to evolve his Heavenly Gang Thunder Body.
• Mo Yu completed the transformation and broke through from peak One-Star Dou Zong to Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Mo Yu manifested Thunder Wings and Thunder Armor, causing his aura to surge through the Three-Star, Four-Star, and Five-Star Dou Zong levels.

Mo Yu broke through to the second stage of the Heavenly Gang Thunder Body, raising his strength from a two-star to a five-star Dou Zong, while Lei Ying sensed his aura and reaffirmed his plans for him. The chapter ended with Lei Ying ordering the Black Thunder Banner to find Mo Yu and obey his commands.

• Mo Yu activated the second stage of the Heavenly Gang Thunder Body and gained a three-star boost in strength, reaching five-star Dou Zong.
• Ma Chen sensed Mo Yu’s aura from the Golden Warhorse Tribe and suspected that his background was extraordinary.
• Lei Fei’er questioned Lei Ying about risking conflict with the Soul Clan and arranging her marriage to Mo Yu, and Lei Ying insisted that Mo Yu was worth the cost.
• Lei Ying told Lei Fei’er that Mo Yu might help the Lei Clan produce another Dou Di, leaving her curious about her fiancé.
• Lei Ying gave a Black Demon Child Token to a black-armored man and ordered the Black Thunder Banner to find Mo Yu and follow his orders.

After emerging from seclusion stronger, Mo Yu told Ma Teng he was leaving the Golden Warhorse Tribe to attend to important matters, including Xiao Yi Xian’s predicament. Ma Teng failed to persuade him to stay, and Ma Yunlu watched Mo Yu depart with conflicted feelings.

• Mo Yu discovered that Little Gold’s aura and the Black Gold Thunder Pill’s power had grown after absorbing the Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder.
• Mo Yu left the cultivation chamber and told Ma Teng he planned to leave the Golden Warhorse Tribe.
• Ma Teng offered Mo Yu Yunlu’s hand in marriage and the possibility of future authority, but Mo Yu declined because his ambitions lay elsewhere.
• Ma Teng accepted Mo Yu’s decision, welcomed him to return, and warned him to beware of the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• Mo Yu bid farewell to Ma Chen and flew out of the tribe, while Ma Yunlu watched him leave and wondered if he was truly going.

Mo Yu traveled to Myriad Weapons City to compete in the Artificer Assembly, hoping to win access to its powerful rewards and protection from his pursuers. After arriving in disguise, he learned that the Myriad Sword Pavilion and the Sword Forging Master were hunting him now that he had left the Golden Warhorse Tribe.

• Mo Yu traveled for seven days from Golden City to Myriad Weapons City, planning to win the Artificer Assembly and later seek Xiao Yi Xian and the Heavenly Cold Qi in the Central Region.
• Mo Yu arrived at Myriad Weapons City’s massive Spatial Wormhole hub and saw that Artifact Refiners were common there.
• Mo Yu heard a town crier announce the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s bounty for information about him.
• Mo Yu used his Thousand Illusions Everchanging Face and sinister aura to disguise himself before approaching the man posting wanted notices.
• Mo Yu paid the man for information and learned that the Myriad Sword Pavilion and Sword Forging Master had resumed hunting him after he left the Golden Warhorse Tribe.
• Mo Yu warned that he hoped his pursuers would not provoke him.

Mo Yu arrived at the Artificer Alliance headquarters for the Artificer Assembly and encountered Bei Hao and Lu Qing'er, two celebrated young artificers. After guards turned him away, he spotted Lan Yingying and greeted her.

• Mo Yu saw knight squads patrolling Myriad Weapons City as he made his way to the Artificer Alliance headquarters.
• Bei Hao and Lu Qing'er arrived with a dozen Dou Zong guards, and people in the crowd discussed their talent and Mo Yu's killing of Sun Wuji.
• Bei Hao reacted with disgust when he heard Mo Yu's name, while Mo Yu watched him enter the headquarters and dismissed him as no threat.
• Mo Yu tried to enter the headquarters to meet Lan Yingying and Old Bing, but the guards stopped him.
• Mo Yu spotted Lan Yingying and greeted her.

Mo Yu reunited with Lan Yingying and Old Bing in Myriad Weapons City while hiding from the Sword Forging Master, and Old Bing agreed to enter him in the Artificer Assembly. The Sword Forging Master then arrived at Old Bing’s office with Bei Hao, leaving Mo Yu disguised as they faced the pursuers.

• Mo Yu disguised himself as Xiao Huohuo, and Lan Yingying recognized him through a private voice transmission and led him into the Artificer Alliance headquarters.
• Lan Yingying brought Mo Yu to Old Bing’s office, where Mo Yu revealed his identity and Old Bing sealed the room with a Quiet Breath Spirit Bead.
• Old Bing praised Mo Yu’s disguise and used his authority to register him for the Artificer Assembly despite the deadline having passed.
• Feng Mu welcomed Mo Yu, and the Quiet Breath Spirit Bead detected someone probing the office.
• Mo Yu disguised himself again as the Sword Forging Master entered with Bei Hao and asked to meet the guest.

Sword Forging Master tried to take Old Bing’s new disciple Xiao Huohuo for questioning, but Cai Ya intervened and the confrontation ended without a fight. Old Bing registered Mo Yu for the Artificer Assembly and sent him with Feng Mu and Lan Yingying to the trading convention, where Mo Yu found a rare material that could help repair his spear.

• Sword Forging Master pressured Mo Yu and demanded to take him for questioning, but Old Bing shielded him and refused.
• Cai Ya and Lu Qing'er arrived and calmed the confrontation, after which Sword Forging Master left with Bei Hao.
• Old Bing asked Cai Ya to make an exception and register Xiao Huohuo for the Artificer Assembly, which would begin in three days.
• Feng Mu led Mo Yu and Lan Yingying to the artificer trading convention, and Mo Yu chose to inspect its third floor.
• Mo Yu spotted a Bloodfall Demonic Crystal that could help restore and upgrade the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear, and sensed that its seller was a Dou Zun expert.

Mo Yu used his powerful Soul Power to persuade Iron Sword Venerable to consider trading the Meteor Blood Demon Crystal for repairs to his damaged Heavy Sword. He left the negotiation by asking Iron Sword Venerable to protect him three times in addition to giving him the crystal.

• Iron Sword Venerable refused to trade the Meteor Blood Demon Crystal with Mo Yu, saying he needed a high-grade artificer and that Mo Yu should bring his elders.
• Mo Yu revealed his late seventh-grade Soul Power, prompting Iron Sword Venerable to approach him and hear his offer.
• Iron Sword Venerable showed Mo Yu the Heavy Sword damaged during his destruction of the Jade Sword Sect and explained that Sword Forging Master would not help him repair it.
• Mo Yu said repairing the sword would be worth more than the Meteor Blood Demon Crystal alone and asked Iron Sword Venerable to make three moves on his behalf when he encountered danger.

Mo Yu negotiated two promised moves from Iron Sword Venerable in exchange for repairing his Heavy Sword, then acquired materials and a mysterious copper fragment from a market stall. As he reached for the fragment, an uninvited man struck it with a snake-shaped sword and asked Mo Yu to give it up.

• Mo Yu agreed to repair Iron Sword Venerable’s Heavy Sword in exchange for two moves, and Iron Sword Venerable left him the sword and Falling Blood Demon Crystal.
• Mo Yu searched the third floor with Lan Yingying and Feng Mu for materials needed to repair the sword and prepare for the Artificer Assembly.
• Mo Yu found a seller with Snowbone Rock and Ten-Thousand-Year Qingling Wood, and negotiated to trade a Pure Heart Mirror Equipment Formula for those materials and a copper fragment.
• Mo Yu examined the seemingly ordinary copper fragment, suspected it might be unusual, and agreed to the exchange with the black-robed old man.
• As Mo Yu reached for the copper fragment, an unknown man struck it with a black snake-shaped sword and asked Mo Yu to give it up.

Mo Yu refused to give Lin Lang the copper piece and clashed with the Underworld Sect’s Young Sect Master and his guards. Master Huishan intervened to end the confrontation, but he warned Mo Yu that Lin Lang would likely seek revenge.

• Lin Lang tried to buy the copper piece from Mo Yu, but Mo Yu refused and fought him to keep it.
• When two Eight-Star Dou Sect elders attacked Mo Yu, his poisonous gas disrupted their Dou Qi and forced them to retreat.
• Lin Lang revealed he was the Underworld Sect’s Young Sect Master and threatened Mo Yu, but Mo Yu stored the copper piece and tried to leave.
• Master Huishan arrived and persuaded Lin Lang to withdraw from the Artificer Alliance’s territory.
• Mo Yu thanked Master Huishan and said he would deal with any trouble from the Underworld Sect, despite Huishan’s warning about Lin Lang’s vengeance.

Mo Yu uncovered Spirit-Nurturing Dust from an ancient copper fragment and used one grain to raise his soul power to Half-step Eighth Grade. With the Artificer Assembly approaching, he began repairing Iron Sword Venerable’s damaged Heavy Sword, hoping to secure his help if trouble arose.

• Feng Mu arranged for Mo Yu to stay in a courtyard near the Artificer Alliance headquarters and reminded him that the Artificer Assembly would begin in three days.
• Mo Yu refined the green patina from the copper fragment and recovered five grains of Spirit-Nurturing Dust.
• Mo Yu absorbed one grain of Spirit-Nurturing Dust, cultivated Spiritual Energy with the Divine Firmament Soul Art, and advanced his soul power to Half-step Eighth Grade.
• Mo Yu resolved to win the Artificer Assembly, become an honorary elder, and eventually remove the Sword Forging Master as an obstacle to taking control of the Artificer Alliance.
• Mo Yu kept four grains of Spirit-Nurturing Dust and began repairing Iron Sword Venerable’s Heavy Sword with the materials he had gathered.

Mo Yu finished repairing Iron Sword Venerable’s heavy sword and hurried to the Artificer Assembly with Feng Mu and Lan Yingying. After the Alliance’s elders announced the championship rewards and called the contestants to the platforms, Mo Yu prepared to compete while wary of the Pill Tower.

• Mo Yu suppressed the heavy sword’s killing intent, stored the repaired weapon, and learned from Feng Mu and Lan Yingying that the Artificer Assembly began that day.
• Feng Mu warned Mo Yu that the Pill Tower had allegedly targeted the Artificer Alliance and caused the deaths of past champions, prompting Mo Yu to prepare for possible hostility.
• Mo Yu and his companions arrived at the crowded competition grounds, where the five Elders of the Artificer Alliance appeared.
• Bing Li announced that the champion would become an honorary Elder, cultivate in the Soul Spirit Cave, and enter the Heavenly Profound Treasure Hall, which might contain Ninth-Grade Divine Weapons.
• Bing Li called contestants of Fourth Grade and above to the competition platforms, and Mo Yu stepped forward as the Artificer Assembly began.

Mo Yu prepared to forge the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear at the Artificer Assembly while the Sword Forging Master suspected he was connected to Mo Yu. The mysterious contestant revealed the Heavenly Flame Flame Cloud Water Flame, and the Artificer Alliance elders recognized him as the traitor Qiu Yuanqiao, a Pill Tower alchemist who threatened to claim the championship.

• The Sword Forging Master accused Old Bing of protecting Xiao Huohuo, whom he suspected was Mo Yu, and vowed to seize him after the Assembly.
• Mo Yu chose a quiet stone platform near the edge and noticed a black-clad contestant whose hidden Soul Power rivaled Old Bing's and the Sword Forging Master's.
• Old Bing rang the bell to begin the Assembly, and Mo Yu planned to forge the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear to the peak of the seventh grade, possibly the eighth.
• Bei Hao revealed the Myriad Beast Blood Flame, while Feng Mu and Lu Qing'er summoned their own Beast Flames.
• The black-clad contestant unleashed the Flame Cloud Water Flame, causing nearby furnaces to erupt and revealing that he possessed a Heavenly Flame.
• The Artificer Alliance elders identified the mysterious contestant as Qiu Yuanqiao, a Pill Tower traitor, and feared his victory would disgrace the artificers.

Mo Yu learned that Qiu Yuanqiao, a former Artificer Alliance member and Pill Tower Elder, had entered the Artificer Assembly, threatening to win its championship and disgrace the Alliance. As the contest continued, Mo Yu began upgrading the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear while the crowd awaited the final showdown.

• Lan Yingying told Mo Yu that the mysterious black figure was Qiu Yuanqiao, a Pill Tower Elder who had stolen the Flame Cloud Water Flame and defected from the Artificer Alliance.
• The Artificer Alliance leaders considered detaining Qiu Yuanqiao, but Old Bing rejected the idea because it would break the assembly rules and play into the Pill Tower's plans.
• Qiu Yuanqiao dismissed Mo Yu as a threat and began forging, determined to win the championship and claim the Heavenly Profound Treasure Hall reward.
• Mo Yu brought out his furnace, the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear, and numerous materials, then began refining them to upgrade the weapon.
• Mo Yu spent nearly half a day refining the Ten-Thousand-Year Qing Ling Wood, extracted its sap, and placed the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear in the furnace to remove its impurities.
• Contestants continued refining their weapons as spectators awaited the assembly's final day and the outcome of the contest between the Artificer Alliance and the Pill Tower.

Mo Yu continued forging the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear as contestants produced increasingly powerful weapons, including Bei Hao’s mid seventh-grade blade and Beimingzi’s peak seventh-grade weapon. Qiu Yuanqiao then forged a Tier 8 weapon and summoned two-colored Artifact Thunder, leaving the Artificer Alliance fearing defeat while Old Bing hoped Mo Yu could still turn the contest around.

• Mo Yu completed refining the three materials for the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear and continued fusing them into the weapon as the competition went on.
• Contestants including Feng Mu and Lan Yingying finished their weapons, while Artifact Thunder announced the birth of several seventh-grade weapons.
• Bei Hao forged a mid seventh-grade crescent blade, drew fierce Artifact Thunder, and provocatively looked toward Mo Yu, who ignored him and kept working.
• Beimingzi emerged as the maker of a peak seventh-grade weapon, while the Artificer Alliance's leaders worried that Qiu Yuanqiao was forging a Tier 8 weapon.
• Qiu Yuanqiao sacrificed his blood to complete a blood-colored scythe, shattered his artifact furnace, and summoned two-colored Artifact Thunder.
• Old Bing urged the others not to give up and placed his hope in Mo Yu, though the others doubted he could defeat Qiu Yuanqiao.

Mo Yu used Spirit-Nurturing Dust to finish an Eighth-Grade weapon and produced three-colored Artifact Thunder, overturning Qiu Yuanqiao’s apparent victory. The crowd recognized that Mo Yu had decided the Artificer Assembly, while the Sword Forging Master watched him with a dangerous chill.

• Qiu Yuanqiao’s Bloodlight Demon Scythe triggered two-colored Artifact Thunder, and he mocked the Artificer Alliance while claiming the championship for the Pill Tower.
• Old Bing refused to disqualify Qiu Yuanqiao, warning that doing so would damage the Artificer Alliance’s reputation.
• Mo Yu decided to answer Qiu Yuanqiao’s insults and added Spirit-Nurturing Dust to his furnace to strengthen his weapon’s Spiritual Energy.
• Mo Yu released his Half-step Eighth Grade Soul Power and opened the furnace, unleashing energy that destroyed it and several nearby stone platforms.
• Mo Yu’s weapon formed cyan and silver Artifact Thunder, then a third red color appeared, leaving the crowd convinced that he had won the assembly.
• The Sword Forging Master watched Mo Yu with a dangerous chill as the arena erupted over the three-colored thunderclouds.