Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu left the South Sea Region after giving the Shui Family a cultivation method, then learned that the Western Alliance was conquering the Western Region and threatening Yuan Manor. He hurried toward Jade Gate Fortress, where Yuan Manor’s forces were preparing to face the Alliance’s elite troops.

• Mo Yu gave Shui Muxue the Water Aspect Heaven and Earth Art and left Void Nether Island with Qing Zhi for the Central Plains.
• After arriving in Western Martial City, Mo Yu learned that the Western Alliance had conquered nearly half the Western Region and was preparing to defeat Yuan Manor’s alliance.
• A passerby explained that Yuan Manor’s forces were holding Jade Gate Fortress under Purple Fire’s command, while the Western Alliance gathered its elite troops at Jade Gate Pass.
• Mo Yu captured Western Alliance soldiers and learned that Jade Gate Fortress’s fall would leave Yuan Manor’s defenses exposed and drive it back to the Black Corner Region.
• Mo Yu and Qing Zhi flew toward Jade Gate Fortress, and Mo Yu sped up to reach it before the Western Alliance attacked.

Purple Fire led the Yuan Manor Alliance’s defense of Jade Gate Fortress against the Western Alliance, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin silenced a leader who questioned Mo Yu’s absence. As the Western Alliance prepared to attack, its forces demanded Mo Yu appear or the Yuan Manor would be destroyed.

• Purple Fire warned the assembled alliance leaders that the Western Alliance’s probing attack might be followed by a full assault within three days.
• A gray-robed faction leader questioned Mo Yu’s absence and suggested surrender, so Xiao Yi Xian struck him and Qing Lin stood beside her in warning.
• Xiao Li urged the alliance to fight to the end, while Old Bing and Ma Chen said Mo Yu should soon return from the Southern Continent.
• The Yuan Manor’s Mighty Lion Army assembled beneath Purple Fire as the Western Alliance’s vast force emerged from the desert.
• An old man in coarse linen confronted the Yuan Manor Alliance and threatened its destruction unless Mo Yu appeared.

The Western Alliance launched its assault on Jade Gate Fortress, where Purple Fire and Xiao Li led the Yuan Manor alliance’s defense. Mo Yi’s gathered Dou Zuns broke the fortress barrier, leaving both sides charging into a decisive battle.

• Purple Fire activated Jade Gate Fortress’s energy barrier and ordered the crossbowmen to fire as Sword Venerable and Mo Yi led the Western Alliance’s attack.
• Xiao Li coordinated the defense, directing the crossbows and the fortress warriors’ counterattacks against the airborne Dou Kings and Dou Emperors.
• Mo Yi brought nearly a hundred hidden fighters, including ten Dou Zuns, whose combined energy beast smashed through the barrier.
• Purple Fire rallied the defenders to fight to the death for Mo Yu as the Western Alliance’s forces surged over the walls.
• The Dongfang Family’s Dou Zun charged the attackers, and the battle for Jade Gate Fortress erupted.

Mo Yu returned to the battlefield as the Yuan Manor Alliance struggled against the Western Alliance’s superior forces, rescuing Qing Lin and turning the fighting’s momentum. He confronted Sword Venerable and crushed his sword strike, revealing that he had likely reached Dou Zun.

• Purple Fire and the Yuan Manor Alliance fought the Western Alliance’s forces outside the fortress while Mo Yi and Sword Venerable watched.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin joined forces against five Western Alliance Dou Zuns, but a thin old man nearly struck Qing Lin down.
• Mo Yu arrived in Thunder Armor, drove back the thin old man, and Qing Zhi protected him from a surprise attack.
• Mo Yu greeted his returning allies, including Xiao Li and Purple Fire, then promised Old Bing, Ma Chen, and the others that he would handle the battle.
• Sword Venerable attacked Mo Yu with a massive sword strike, but Mo Yu crushed it with one hand, prompting Sword Venerable to suspect he had broken through to Dou Zun.

Mo Yu confronted the Sword Venerable above Yuan Manor’s fortress and unleashed the Destruction Thunder Orb, a devastating attack that destroyed the fortress and left both fighters gravely wounded. The Sword Venerable crashed into the desert, and the battle ended with his fate unknown as Yuan Manor’s forces realized Mo Yu had won.

• The Sword Venerable recognized Mo Yu’s Dou Zun aura as the result of a special technique and attacked him with the Cosmic Ancient Sun Sword.
• Mo Yu blocked and countered the Sword Venerable’s attacks with his Divine Might Black Thunder Spear and thunder techniques.
• Mo Yu summoned the Destruction Thunder Orb, which shattered the Sword Venerable’s hundred sword beams and forced him to call forth his sword’s Weapon Spirit.
• The Sword Venerable struck Mo Yu in the chest with a close-range sword attack as the Destruction Thunder Orb exploded.
• The thunderstorm destroyed the fortress and devastated the surrounding area, while Mo Yu and the Sword Venerable were both badly injured.
• The Sword Venerable crashed into a crater in the desert, and Yuan Manor’s forces believed Mo Yu had won.

Mo Yu killed the Sword Venerable, drove Mo Yi from the battlefield, and crushed the Western Alliance’s forces. He began absorbing surviving factions and Dou Zuns into the Yuan Manor, leaving the Manor poised to dominate the Western Region.

• Mo Yu struck the gravely wounded Sword Venerable through the chest with the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear and killed him.
• Mo Yi withdrew from the Western Alliance and escaped after Mo Yu allowed only him to leave.
• Mo Yu routed the Western Alliance’s fighters and forced other factions to attack members of the Myriad Sword Pavilion and Underworld Sect in exchange for their lives.
• The Western Alliance collapsed, and Mo Yu returned to the fortress as its defenders celebrated; Dongfang Hong greeted him and pledged his respect.
• Mo Yu offered five surviving Dou Zuns submission or guest elder positions, and Crazy Blade and Lin Lang joined the Yuan Manor.

Mo Yu proposed forming the Yuan Manor Alliance to unite the Western Region’s factions, and several major groups agreed to join. When Old Bing hesitated over bringing the Artificer Alliance into the alliance, Mo Yu offered valuable Equipment Formulas, including Grade-Eight formulas, to persuade him.

• Mo Yu invited the Western Region’s faction leaders to join the Yuan Manor Alliance, promising mutual protection and a training institution for talented members.
• Several factions rejected the alliance’s demand that members put the alliance above their own clans and left the meeting.
• Ma Chen and the Iron Sword Venerable joined as guest elders, prompting Dongfang Hong and the remaining clan leaders to join as well.
• Old Bing explained that the Artificer Alliance could not decide on behalf of its many independent Artificers and needed to consult its elders.
• Mo Yu offered to fund the Artificers’ expenses and then promised Grade-Six, Grade-Seven, and even Grade-Eight Equipment Formulas if the Artificer Alliance merged into Yuan Manor.

Mo Yu established the Yuan Manor Alliance by bringing the Artificer Alliance and local Western Region forces under its banner, then began consolidating the alliance and expanding its halls. After Mang Dian reminded him of the Eight Banner Thunder Army captain assessment, Mo Yu agreed to return to the Lei Clan in two years.

• Mo Yu promised Old Bing access to equipment formulas and the prospect of advancing the Artificer Alliance, and Old Bing agreed to incorporate it into the Yuan Manor Alliance.
• Mo Yu promised the allied families Dou Zun experts, and the assembled forces celebrated the Yuan Manor Alliance’s formation.
• Mo Yu assured his trusted subordinates that the Yuan Manor’s direct members would retain priority, then approved Gu He’s plans to expand the Thousand Medicine Hall.
• The Yuan Manor Alliance’s rise stirred the Western Region as Mo Yu left its affairs to Purple Fire and Xiao Li and spent time with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Mang Dian told Mo Yu that the Eight Banner Thunder Army captain assessment would take place in two years, and Mo Yu promised to attend before the Black Thunder Banner squad returned to the Lei Clan.

Mo Yu spent a year cultivating with Ban Sheng essence blood in the Stone Tower while the Yuan Manor Alliance expanded across the Western Region. He finally emerged amid a surge of lightning, and Ma Yunlu sensed that he had reached Dou Zun.

• Mo Yu entered seclusion in the Stone Tower to break through to Dou Zun using Ban Sheng essence blood.
• While the Heavenly Underworld Sect stayed quiet, Xiao Yi Xian and the others strengthened the Yuan Manor Alliance and expanded its territory.
• Purple Fire left for the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin watched over Mo Yu and the alliance.
• After a year, Ma Yunlu and the alliance members felt the mountain shake as a terrifying aura awakened inside the Stone Tower.
• Mo Yu's lightning formed a massive Nine-Winged Purple Gold Snake, and he appeared above it with an aura that Ma Yunlu recognized as Dou Zun.

After emerging from a year of seclusion, Mo Yu reached the Dou Zun level and strengthened Yuan Manor’s hold over the Western Region. He learned that Xiao Yu would arrive soon, and the chapter ended with Xiao Li announcing that Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Venerable Feng had come to visit.

• Mo Yu completed his breakthrough to peak One-Star Dou Zun, and Yuan Manor’s members and allied experts recognized his new strength.
• Mo Yu reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, learned Purple Fire had gone to the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan, and heard Xiao Yu was expected to arrive in half a month.
• Mo Yu announced his return to Yuan Manor, prompting Western Region factions to draw closer and making Yuan Manor’s rule more secure.
• Mo Yu reviewed Yuan Manor’s rapid growth, including the development of Hundred Weapons Hall and Thousand Medicine Hall and its nearly ten Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Li told Mo Yu that Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Venerable Feng had arrived to visit.

Xiao Yan reunited with Mo Yu and asked him to help rescue Old Yao from the Soul Hall. Mo Yu agreed, and after Venerable Feng revealed that five Dou Zuns guarded the Soul Hall branch in the Mountain Range of Departed Souls, Mo Yu said Yuan Manor would handle them.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Yuan Manor with Zi Yan and Venerable Feng, reuniting with Mo Yu and Xiao Li.
• Mo Yu offered to help Zi Yan if she needed aid with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s unrest.
• Xiao Yan told Mo Yu that the Soul Hall had captured Old Yao and asked to borrow Yuan Manor’s forces for a rescue.
• Mo Yu agreed to rescue Old Yao, citing his gratitude for Old Yao’s past help.
• Venerable Feng identified a Soul Hall branch in the Mountain Range of Departed Souls and reported that five Dou Zuns might be guarding it.
• Mo Yu said Yuan Manor would deal with the five Dou Zuns.

Mo Yu assembled Yuan Manor’s Dou Zun experts and allied with Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng to rescue Yao Chen from Soul Hall. After deciding to act quickly and departing the next morning, the group set out for the Mountain Range of Departed Souls.

• Mo Yu explained Soul Hall’s strength and summoned Qing Zhi, Iron Sword Venerable, Crazy Blade, and Lin Lang to join the rescue.
• Qing Zhi, Iron Sword Venerable, Crazy Blade, and Lin Lang agreed to attack the Soul Hall branch, giving Yuan Manor five Dou Zuns for the operation.
• Venerable Feng shared intelligence that Yao Chen was imprisoned in the Mountain Range of Departed Souls and gave Mo Yu a detailed map.
• Mo Yu decided that the group would depart the next day, while Zi Yan stayed behind at Yuan Manor.
• Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, Qing Zhi, and the others left Yuan Manor at dawn and set out toward the mountain range.

Mo Yu led Xiao Yan and the others into the Mountain Range of Departed Souls to find the Soul Hall branch holding Old Yao. After using Xiao Yan’s Beast Spirit Pill to draw the beasts, Mo Yu subdued the Stone-Eating Ant Queen, which could lead them to the branch.

• Mo Yu’s group met Venerable Skyfire and entered the cold-mist-covered mountain range while avoiding Soul Hall scouts.
• The group struggled to locate Soul Hall using Venerable Feng’s map, so Mo Yu proposed luring the magical-beast king to guide them.
• Xiao Yan gave Mo Yu a Seventh-Grade Beast Spirit Pill, but its scent drew a Stone-Eating Demon Ant swarm.
• Mo Yu ignored Venerable Feng’s call to retreat and disappeared into the mist to confront the ant queen.
• Mo Yu returned with the Stone-Eating Ant Queen subdued and said it knew the location of Soul Hall.

Mo Yu led Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, and their allies to the Soul Hall after subduing the Stone-Eating Ant Queen and using its swarm to infiltrate the stronghold. Their surprise attack erupted into battle, and five Soul Hall Venerable Elders emerged to confront them.

• Mo Yu explained that he had subdued the Stone-Eating Ant Queen with the bloodline pressure of the Nine-Winged Purple Gold Snake and a Divine Soul Seal.
• Mo Yu used the ant queen to eliminate the Soul Hall’s hidden messenger birds, then led Xiao Yan and the others to the Soul Hall’s valley.
• Mo Yu silently opened a passage through the spatial barrier and sent the Stone-Eating Demon Ants through first to draw the Soul Hall’s defenders into battle.
• Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, and their allies attacked the Soul Hall’s Protectors, killing several as seven Dou Zun experts and one peak Dou Zong revealed themselves.
• Five Soul Hall Venerable Elders emerged, and Elder Mugu recognized Mo Yu and Xiao Yan while another elder mocked Venerable Feng.

Mo Yu and Xiao Yan fought their way into Soul Hall and rescued Old Yao from the Soul Locking Hall. As they prepared to escape, Old Ghost Picking Stars appeared and confronted them.

• Crazy Blade and the other Yuan Manor fighters engaged Soul Hall's Venerables while Mo Yu and Xiao Yan entered the hall to find Old Yao.
• Mo Yu defeated Soul Hall guards and Protectors as Xiao Yan captured a Protector's soul and forced it to lead them to the Soul Locking Hall.
• Mo Yu and Xiao Yan found Old Yao bound by chains among countless imprisoned souls, and Xiao Yan tearfully reunited with his teacher.
• Mo Yu broke Old Yao's chains, and Xiao Yan tried to destroy the chains holding the other souls before an invisible barrier stopped his attack.
• Old Ghost Picking Stars revealed himself, and Old Yao recognized him as another Soul Hall powerhouse.

Old Ghost Picking Stars ambushed Xiao Yan and Mo Yu in the Soul Hall branch, seeking the Xiao Clan key and Yao Chen. Mo Yu held him off so Xiao Yan could escape, then unleashed a Black Gold Thunder Pill that trapped Old Ghost Picking Stars and forced him to call for Lord Nine Heavenly Venerate.

• Old Ghost Picking Stars revealed that the Soul Hall wanted the Xiao Clan key and attacked Xiao Yan, but Mo Yu stepped in to let Xiao Yan take Yao Chen and flee.
• Mo Yu blocked Old Ghost Picking Stars’ chains and fought him with the Divine Might Black Thunder Spear.
• Mo Yu revealed his Thunder Wings, boosting his strength from one-star to three-star Dou Zun and forcing Old Ghost Picking Stars to retreat from a powerful spear strike.
• Old Ghost Picking Stars trapped Mo Yu in collapsing space, but Mo Yu escaped with Flashing Void Breaking Space Thunder and formed a Black Gold Thunder Pill.
• Mo Yu detonated the thunder pill, engulfing the hall in a destructive Thunder Sea as Old Ghost Picking Stars cried out for Lord Nine Heavenly Venerate to save him.

Mo Yu killed Old Ghost Picking Stars but was overpowered by Nine Heavenly Venerate, who tried to capture him for the Soul Hall. Mo Yu tricked his pursuer with a bluff about a Black Thunder Talisman, escaped, and called for his allies to retreat after rescuing their target.

• Nine Heavenly Venerate arrived to save Old Ghost Picking Stars, but Mo Yu's Thunder Sea overwhelmed his rain curtain and killed the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate attacked Mo Yu and sent him crashing into a mountain wall, while Mo Yu claimed he had killed Old Man Ghost Staff with a hidden killing move.
• Mo Yu threatened to use a Black Thunder Talisman, making Nine Heavenly Venerate raise layered rain shields as Mo Yu fled the Soul Locking Hall.
• Mo Yu escaped through the Soul Hall as its Guards stood aside, then emerged into a chaotic battle between his allies and the Soul Hall forces.
• Mo Yu saw that the two sides were evenly matched and shouted for his allies to retreat now that the person had been rescued.

Mo Yu led Xiao Yan and the others in retreat from the Soul Hall, but Nine Heavenly Venerate emerged and trapped them. Mo Yu wounded the eight-star Dou Zun with his Destruction Thunder Orb, then escaped with the group through a spatial gate, leaving Nine Heavenly Venerate alive and furious.

• Mo Yu and Xiao Yan called for a retreat after rescuing Teacher, while Mo Yu defeated three Soul Hall Protectors who attacked him.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate emerged from the hall, sealed the valley’s space, and advanced on Mo Yu as the battle turned against Venerable Feng and the others.
• Mo Yu activated his Thunder Armor to raise his strength to a four-star Dou Zun, then unleashed his Destruction Thunder Orb against Nine Heavenly Venerate.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate’s water claw struck Mo Yu and sent him crashing into a mountain, but the exploding thunder orb devastated the valley and grievously injured Nine Heavenly Venerate.
• Xiao Yan rescued Mo Yu, and Mo Yu opened a spatial gate to evacuate the group before Nine Heavenly Venerate could stop them.
• Nine Heavenly Venerate emerged from the dissipating storm, saw the destruction of the hall, and swore revenge on Mo Yu.

After rescuing Yao Chen, Mo Yu returned to Yuan Manor and strengthened its alliance with Starfall Pavilion against Soul Hall. He completed Yuan Manor’s Nine Heavens Thunderfiend Array, but news that Purple Fire had run into trouble with the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan left him threatening the clan with destruction.

• Mo Yu and Xiao Yan parted ways after agreeing that Yuan Manor and Starfall Pavilion would form an alliance and build a Spatial Wormhole between their territories.
• Mo Yu returned to Yuan Manor, ordered the force onto high alert, and began constructing the Spatial Wormhole and a sect-guarding array.
• After Soul Hall made no move for three months, Venerable Feng arrived through the completed Spatial Wormhole to discuss the alliance and advise Mo Yu on the array.
• Mo Yu completed the Nine Heavens Thunderfiend Array using half of the Nine Heavens Sky Thunder as its core, creating a powerful barrier over Origin City.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Mo Yu that Purple Fire had encountered trouble among the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan, and Mo Yu vowed to destroy the clan if it had harmed him.

Mo Yu learned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had discovered Purple Fire’s Phoenix Essence Blood and was pressuring the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan to surrender him. Mo Yu traveled with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Moscorpion to the clan’s territory, arriving at the Prehistoric Mountain Range.

• Moscorpion told Mo Yu that the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan was divided over whether to protect Purple Fire or hand him over to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Mo Yu decided to go to the Beast Region to rescue Purple Fire and brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan along, with Moscorpion as their guide.
• During the journey, Moscorpion explained the Beast Region’s major clans and subordinate tribes, while Zi Yan claimed the Ancient Void Dragon Tribe had subordinate tribes he did not know about.
• After four days, Mo Yu’s group reached the Beast Region and traveled into the Lion Region, the territory of the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan.
• Moscorpion identified the distant Prehistoric Mountain Range as the Absolute Earth Mighty Lion Clan’s stronghold.