Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu, Ye Fan, and Ye Cong explored the Mo Family's Treasure Vault, where Mo Yu traded his share of its techniques and cultivation methods for Magic Cores. After Ye Fan killed the vault's guardian, Mo Yu found a protected shelf labeled “Transplantation Technique Notes!”

• Mo Yu followed Ye Fan and Ye Cong to the Mo Family's Treasure Vault and watched Ye Fan break open its sealed stone door.
• A Giant Wolf Snake ambushed the group, but Ye Fan repelled it and then killed it with the Six Harmonies Grand Void Sword.
• Mo Yu offered to exchange his share of the vault's techniques and cultivation methods for Magic Cores, and Ye Cong agreed.
• Mo Yu searched the vault's shelves and discovered a light barrier protecting books labeled “Transplantation Technique Notes!”

Mo Yu uncovered two Golden Beast Eyes sealed behind a spatial barrier in the Mo Family’s collection and decided to keep them for Purple Fire. Ye Fan gave Mo Yu the pair, leaving their eventual use to be decided after Purple Fire gained intelligence.

• Mo Yu read the Mo Family’s transplantation notes and learned that its methods could cause hideous changes and bestial corruption.
• Mo Yu used Profound Thunder to erode the Spatial Power protecting two wooden boxes.
• Mo Yu and Ye Fan opened the boxes and found a pair of Golden Beast Eyes whose aura suggested they came from a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast.
• Mo Yu considered whether the eyes could strengthen Purple Fire, while Ye Fan offered him the pair rather than claim them for the Ye Family.
• Mo Yu stored the Golden Beast Eyes in his Storage Ring and planned to consult Purple Fire about using them later.

After destroying the Mo Family, Mo Yu received its Magic Cores and secluded himself to increase his strength, while news of his victory spread across the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li read his letter in Shimo City, and Yun Yun learned from Nalan Yanran that Mo Yu had brought down the Mo Family, leaving her waiting for the day he became a Dou Emperor.

• Qing Lin helped Mo Yu dress, and he told her he had sent Xiao Ding and the others a letter about her.
• Ye Zhen delivered the Mo Family’s Magic Cores to Mo Yu, who let the Ye Family keep the remaining treasures before retreating to cultivate.
• News of the Mo Family’s destruction spread throughout the Jia Ma Empire and made Mo Yu famous.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan read Mo Yu’s letter, learned that he had rescued Qing Lin, and celebrated his victory.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that Mo Yu had destroyed the Mo Family, and Yun Yun privately resolved to wait for him to reach Dou Emperor.

After refining the Mo Family’s Magic Cores, Mo Yu emerged from seclusion at the peak of Six-star Dou Shi and left Yan City with Qing Lin. In Black Rock City, Master Otto recognized him and escorted him into the Alchemist Guild to meet Master Frank, while Lin Fei realized Mo Yu was the youth blamed for the Mo Family’s destruction.

• Mo Yu finished refining the Mo Family’s Magic Cores, advancing from Three-star Dou Shi to the peak of Six-star Dou Shi, and told Qing Lin they would leave Yan City.
• Mo Yu accepted Ye Cong’s offer to travel with the Ye Family convoy and reached Black Rock City with Qing Lin after two days.
• Mo Yu and Qing Lin arrived at the Alchemist Guild, where the guards stopped them because Mo Yu lacked a Letter of Introduction from his Teacher.
• Master Otto recognized Mo Yu, explained that he knew of Mo Yu’s deeds and agreement with Frank, and led him and Qing Lin into the guild.
• Lin Fei recognized Mo Yu as the person responsible for the Mo Family’s destruction as he went to meet Master Frank.

Mo Yu agreed to accompany Xue Mei to the Mu Lan Empire so she could break off her engagement, and Frank gave him a Tiger Strength Pill before the journey. Mo Yu, Qing Lin, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei departed by flying Magical Beast, and Mo Yu began preparing to cultivate during the three-day trip.

• Mo Yu met Frank and Xue Mei, and Otto encouraged Frank to trust Mo Yu with helping Xue Mei break off her engagement.
• Otto told Mo Yu about the Alchemist Grand Meeting planned for the capital in half a year, and Mo Yu agreed to consider attending.
• Mo Yu and Frank agreed to travel to the Mu Lan Empire the next day and visit the Liu Family in Western Desolate City to end Xue Mei's engagement.
• Frank gave Mo Yu a Four-grade Tiger Strength Pill, which Mo Yu accepted to help cultivate his Thunder Adamant Body.
• Lin Fei joined Mo Yu, Qing Lin, and Xue Mei for the journey, secured tickets for a fast flying Magical Beast, and departed with them for the Mu Lan Empire.
• As the group began its three-day flight, Mo Yu took out the Tiger Strength Pill and prepared to cultivate.

Mo Yu swallowed the Fourth-grade Tiger Strength Pill and cultivated its power for two days while traveling toward Western Desolate City. He emerged with thirty Lightning Patterns and greatly increased physical strength, then heard startled cries outside his room.

• Mo Yu examined the Tiger Strength Pill, judged it suited his Thunder Adamant Body, and told Qing Lin not to disturb him for two days.
• Mo Yu swallowed the pill and guided its surging energy through his meridians, condensing three Lightning Runes in less than an hour.
• Mo Yu continued cultivating aboard the flying bird while Qing Lin, Lin Fei, and Xue Mei left him undisturbed as they traveled toward Western Desolate City.
• Mo Yu opened his eyes on the third day with ten additional Lightning Patterns, bringing his total to thirty, and felt strong enough to contend with a Second-Rank Magical Beast.
• Mo Yu heard startled cries outside his room and recognized Qing Lin's voice.

Mo Yu confronted Liu Xu after Liu Xu harassed Qing Lin, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei aboard the Flying Magical Beast. Mo Yu defeated Liu Xu’s guards and faced the frightened young man, demanding that he repeat his threat.

• Mo Yu emerged from his room and found Qing Lin, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei confronting Liu Xu and his guards.
• Lin Fei told Mo Yu that Liu Xu had tried to molest Qing Lin, and Mo Yu ordered Liu Xu to leave.
• Liu Xu threatened to capture Mo Yu and assault the women, then ordered his guards to attack.
• Mo Yu struck down a Six-Star Dou Shi guard with Crimson Lightning and sent Liu Gu crashing through a cabin with a punch.
• Mo Yu turned to the terrified Liu Xu and coldly asked him to repeat what he had said.

Mo Yu protected Qing Lin, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei from Liu Xu’s advances by throwing him from their flying beast, while secretly ensuring he survived. After arriving in Western Desolate City, the group went to an inn, where Mo Yu sensed a familiar aura from a disheveled old man.

• Mo Yu defeated Liu Xu’s Nine-Star Dou Shi guard and dismissed Liu Xu’s threats, then rejected his apology and threatened to throw him from the flying beast.
• When Liu Xu attacked with a dagger, Mo Yu disarmed him and threw him out of the window, secretly protecting him with Dou Qi Armor and choosing a low altitude so he would survive.
• The group arrived in Western Desolate City, and Mo Yu explained to Xue Mei, Lin Fei, and Qing Lin that he had spared Liu Xu to avoid complicating Xue Mei’s engagement dispute with the Liu Family.
• Mo Yu and the three women left the flight center, explored the unfamiliar city, and decided to rest at the Welcoming Guests Inn before visiting the Liu Family Clan Head the next day.
• At the inn, Mo Yu noticed a disheveled old man in a corner and sensed a familiar aura from him.

Mo Yu met Old Bing, a mysterious high-grade Artifact Refiner, at an inn in Western Desolate City. Old Bing revealed that the Artificer Alliance had created a ranking system and maintained branches in parts of the Northwest Continent, leaving Mo Yu interested in joining.

• Mo Yu sensed Artifact Thunder from an elderly man drinking alone at the inn and recognized him as a highly skilled Artifact Refiner.
• When the crowded inn had no seats, Old Bing invited Mo Yu, Qing Lin, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei to share his table and offered them green-plum wine.
• Mo Yu introduced himself and learned that the elderly man called himself Old Bing, though he would not yet reveal his origins.
• Old Bing recognized Mo Yu as an Artifact Refiner and asked his grade, prompting Mo Yu to admit he did not know Artifact Refiners had formal rankings.
• Old Bing explained that the Artificer Alliance had been founded fifty years earlier and operated branches in the Mu Lan Empire and nearby southern empires.
• Mo Yu considered joining the Artificer Alliance and using its network to share his Equipment Formulae and potentially gain influence.

Mo Yu learned more about the Artificer Alliance from Old Bing, who gave him a letter of introduction to its branch in Beast Desolation City. After Old Bing left, Mo Yu prepared to take Xue Mei to the Liu Family the next morning to end her engagement.

• Mo Yu shared wine and a meal with Old Bing, who told him that the Artificer Alliance had a branch in the Mu Lan Empire.
• Old Bing explained that joining the Artificer Alliance required passing an assessment and gave Mo Yu a letter of introduction to its Beast Desolation City branch.
• Mo Yu accepted the letter and considered adding Beast Desolation City to his plans in the Mu Lan Empire.
• Old Bing departed, and Mo Yu returned to the inn without telling Lin Fei about the Artificer Alliance.
• Mo Yu told the group to rest and said they would visit the Liu Family the next morning to call off Xue Mei's engagement.

Mo Yu accompanied Xue Mei to the Liu Family estate so she could break off her engagement to Liu Xing. The Liu Family welcomed them into the reception hall, where Liu Xing saw Xue Mei and showed possessive interest.

• Mo Yu, Qing Lin, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei left the inn and headed to the Liu Family estate in Western Desolate City.
• Xue Mei identified herself to the Liu Family guards and presented the jade pendant that proved her identity.
• Steward Liu welcomed Xue Mei and her friends, then escorted them to the reception hall.
• Mo Yu and the others met Liu Ye, the Liu Family elders, and Liu Xing in the reception hall.
• Liu Xing opened his eyes, saw Xue Mei, and revealed a possessive look.

Xue Mei asked the Liu Family to cancel her arranged marriage to Liu Xing so she could be with Mo Yu, who defeated Liu Xing when he attacked him. Liu Ye stopped the fight and considered Xue Mei’s apology gift, a Tiger Strength Pill, but a youth from the Flying Magical Beast incident arrived and objected.

• Liu Ye welcomed Xue Mei and said she should remain in the Mu Lan Empire after marrying Liu Xing, while Liu Xing expressed possessive interest in her.
• Xue Mei told Liu Ye that she and Mo Yu loved each other and asked him to fulfill their wishes by canceling the engagement.
• Mo Yu stepped in front of Xue Mei and defeated Liu Xing in a fist clash, prompting Liu Xing to draw his Ice Soul Sword before Liu Ye ordered him to stand down.
• Xue Mei apologized and presented Liu Ye with a Tiger Strength Pill as a gift from her Teacher, and Liu Ye began reconsidering the marriage alliance.
• A sinister-looking youth entered the hall and objected, and Qing Lin recognized him as the person from the Flying Magical Beast incident.

Liu Ye halted the Liu Family experts after Lin Fei revealed her powerful connections, but he refused to approve Xue Mei’s broken engagement without her father’s consent. Mo Yu then proposed a weapon refining competition with Liu Xing, leaving the challenge accepted and the contest yet to come.

• Liu Xu identified Mo Yu as the person who had thrown him from the Flying Magical Beast, prompting Liu Xing to summon Liu Family experts against him.
• Lin Fei warned the Liu Family that her father was the City Lord of Black Rock City and her teacher was Master Otto, so Liu Ye ordered the experts to withdraw.
• Liu Ye returned Xue Mei’s Tiger Strength Pill and told her to seek her father’s approval before breaking off the engagement with Liu Xing.
• Mo Yu said he would no longer interfere with the engagement if the Liu Family accepted one condition, then challenged Liu Xing to a weapon refining competition.
• Liu Xing accepted Mo Yu’s challenge.

Mo Yu accepted Liu Xing’s artifact-refining challenge, with the contest determining whether the Liu Family would end Xue Mei’s engagement. At the Liu Family’s equipment hall, Mo Yu refined a third-grade Fire Restraining Cover with his Crimson Lightning Flame, completing it while Liu Xing’s result remained undecided.

• Liu Xing agreed to give up his engagement to Xue Mei if Mo Yu defeated him, while demanding that Liu Xu could deal with Mo Yu if Mo Yu lost; Mo Yu accepted the terms and Liu Ye approved the contest.
• Liu Ye led Mo Yu, Liu Xing, Xue Mei, Lin Fei, and Qing Lin to the Liu Family’s equipment hall, where the rivals chose furnaces and prepared their materials.
• Liu Xing began refining a Blazing Fire Spear, while Mo Yu prepared rare materials to make the Fire Restraining Cover, a third-grade weapon designed to resist intense heat and flames.
• Mo Yu ignited his furnace with Crimson Lightning Flame, startling Liu Ye and the Liu Family’s artifact refiners; Liu Ye decided the contest should continue.
• Mo Yu steadily refined the Fire Restraining Cover as Liu Xing focused on his spear, then completed the cover; the contest’s winner was not announced.

Mo Yu and Liu Xing presented their completed weapons for appraisal, and the Liu Family elders confirmed that Mo Yu's Fire Restraining Cover was a Third-Grade Weapon. The chapter left Liu Xing's defeat established, though Liu Ye had yet to formally announce the contest's winner.

• Mo Yu finished refining the Fire Restraining Cover as Liu Xing completed his Blazing Fire Spear.
• Liu Ye and the Liu Family elders examined both weapons, and Mo Yu explained that the Fire Restraining Cover could restrain powerful flames.
• Liu Xing and the onlookers doubted that Mo Yu could have refined a Third-Grade Weapon.
• Liu Ye and the elders appraised the Fire Restraining Cover and confirmed that it was a Third-Grade Weapon.

Mo Yu proved that his Fire Restraining Cover was a third-grade weapon, defeating Liu Xing and securing the cancellation of Xue Mei’s arranged marriage. Liu Ye then offered information about the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in exchange for the weapon’s formula.

• The appraisal confirmed Mo Yu’s Fire Restraining Cover was third-grade, astonishing the Liu Family and the other witnesses.
• Liu Xing accused Mo Yu of cheating, but Liu Ye accepted the loss and ordered guards to take his son away.
• Mo Yu asked Liu Ye to honor the bet, and Liu Ye agreed to cancel Liu Xing’s engagement to Xue Mei.
• Liu Ye invited Mo Yu to his study and asked to exchange information for the Fire Restraining Cover’s Equipment Formula.
• Liu Ye revealed that he wanted to share information related to the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

Mo Yu traded the Fire Restraining Cover formula to Liu Ye for a map marking three possible Heavenly Flame locations in the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, including a dangerous northern site inhabited by the Black Lizard Demonic Snake King. After completing Xue Mei’s task and receiving the divorce letter, Mo Yu left with Qing Lin to pursue the flame, parting ways with Xue Mei and Lin Fei.

• Liu Ye offered his father’s research map of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range in exchange for the Fire Restraining Cover formula, and Mo Yu agreed.
• Liu Ye showed Mo Yu three likely Heavenly Flame locations and warned him that the northern site lay near the Black Lizard Demonic Snake King’s territory.
• Mo Yu transcribed the Fire Restraining Cover formula for Liu Ye, and the two exchanged thanks before sharing a meal with the Liu Family.
• Liu Ye gave Xue Mei the divorce letter, and Mo Yu and the girls left the Liu Family after completing their business.
• Mo Yu told Xue Mei and Lin Fei that he was leaving to handle other matters, then departed with Qing Lin as Xue Mei watched him go reluctantly.

Mo Yu traveled through the Mu Lan Empire and entered the Myriad Beast Mountain Range to find the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After hearing that a mercenary group had found an Earth Core Soul Fruit, he agreed to go with an injured survivor to help them.

• Mo Yu left Western Desolate City with Qing Lin and bought supplies before setting out for the Myriad Beast Mountain Range.
• Mo Yu summoned Purple Fire, introduced it to Qing Lin, and rode with her toward the empire’s eastern reaches.
• After traveling through the mountains on foot, Mo Yu found no Heavenly Flame at the first marked location and decided to search the northern area despite the danger from the Lizard Tribe.
• Mo Yu and Qing Lin encountered an injured man fleeing from a mercenary-group battle; Mo Yu initially refused to help him fetch reinforcements.
• The man revealed that his group had found an Earth Core Soul Fruit, and Mo Yu turned back and ordered him to lead the way to the group.

Mo Yu encountered the Demon Mountain Mercenary Group under attack by the Savage Lion Mercenary Group and intervened to seize the Earth Core Soul Fruit from their fight. He killed the Savage Lion leaders after they threatened him, but the triangular-eyed leader’s dying warning about the Little Beast King left a new danger looming.

• Mo Yu followed Norden to a clearing where the Savage Lion Mercenary Group had surrounded Sersi and her Demon Mountain companions over the Earth Core Soul Fruit.
• As Sersi threw the fruit’s bag away to keep it from the triangular-eyed leader, Mo Yu intercepted it and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Mo Yu killed five attackers with one spear thrust, then slaughtered the Savage Lion mercenaries who charged him while Sersi’s group watched.
• The triangular-eyed leader and two eight-star Dou Shi attacked Mo Yu together, but Mo Yu defeated them with his Roaring Lion's Roar technique and killed the two leaders.
• The triangular-eyed leader fled while threatening Mo Yu with the Little Beast King, but Mo Yu speared him through the neck and wondered about the Little Beast King.

Mo Yu obtained the Earth Core Soul Fruit and learned that the Little Beast King of Mu Lan Valley might be connected to the Savage Lion Mercenary Group. He rested in Lannister Town, then woke to news that the Demon Mountain Mercenary Group had been blamed for the Savage Lion Mercenary Group's deaths and that the two groups were nearing war.

• Mo Yu gave Sersi three hundred and fifty thousand gold coins and a Low-Level Storage Ring in exchange for the Earth Core Soul Fruit.
• Sersi told Mo Yu that the Little Beast King was Elder Lion's grandson and disciple, and that Mu Lan Valley could retaliate over the fruit.
• Mo Yu declined Sersi's advice to leave the Mu Lan Empire and traveled with her group to Lannister Town.
• Mo Yu left Sersi at the Demon Mountain Mercenary Group's compound and rented an inn room with Qing Lin.
• The next morning, Mo Yu heard that the Demon Mountain Mercenary Group was accused of killing three leaders and dozens of members of the Savage Lion Mercenary Group, bringing the groups close to war.