Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo and Li Mengxue clashed with Wang Zixuan and Liao Mingyu at Gemstone Tower, where Liao Mingyu tried to use his status to force Chen Mo to apologize. Li Mengxue called in the tower’s steward to settle the dispute, and Liao Mingyu apologized to Steward Zhang while secretly trying to intimidate the Grandmaster protecting her.

• Chen Mo taunted Wang Zixuan, and Liao Mingyu pulled Wang back to stop him from attacking inside Gemstone Tower.
• Liao Mingyu demanded that Chen Mo apologize, and the surrounding customers joined in to pressure him.
• Li Mengxue defended Chen Mo, accused Wang Zixuan and Liao Mingyu of starting the trouble, and called for Gemstone Tower’s person in charge.
• Steward Zhang arrived with his Grandmaster’s Momentum and asked both sides how they wanted to resolve the dispute.
• Li Mengxue demanded that Wang Zixuan and Liao Mingyu apologize, while Liao Mingyu stopped Wang from reacting and respectfully apologized to Zhang.
• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue laughed at Liao Mingyu’s fawning manner, and someone rebuked them for their disrespect.

Chen Mo and Li Mengxue rejected accusations that they had insulted Steward Zhang, who refused to punish them and proposed settling their conflict in Gemstone Tower. Liao Mingyu suggested a bet on stones, with the loser apologizing and paying for the other side’s stones.

• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue started to leave after defending their conduct, but Liao Mingyu and Wang Zixuan rallied customers to demand an apology.
• Chen Mo denied insulting Steward Zhang, while Steward Zhang recalled that his Momentum had been blocked and rebounded.
• Steward Zhang said Chen Mo had broken no rules and proposed resolving the dispute in Gemstone Tower.
• Liao Mingyu reconsidered the risks of antagonizing Li Mengxue’s Grandmaster backer and offered to settle the conflict with a bet on stones.
• Liao Mingyu asked Chen Mo whether he accepted the wager.

Chen Mo accepted Liao Mingyu’s stone-gambling challenge and raised the stakes so the losing side would pay both the stones’ purchase cost and the total value of everything uncovered. The two sides began selecting five stones each, with Chen Mo and Li Mengxue choosing on their own while Liao Mingyu drew a crowd with his appraisal lesson.

• Wang Zixuan provoked Chen Mo to accept Liao Mingyu’s challenge, and Chen Mo agreed on the condition that the loser compensate the other side for the stones’ cost and everything they uncovered.
• Li Mengxue offered to cover any compensation Chen Mo owed, and Steward Zhang agreed that Gemstone Tower would referee the wager and help collect any unpaid debt.
• Chen Mo declined to hire an appraiser and said he and Li Mengxue would select five stones, including two they had already chosen; Liao Mingyu accepted the terms and set an hour for the contest.
• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue began choosing stones with two Gemstone Tower saleswomen accompanying them, while most customers gathered around Liao Mingyu as he explained his appraisal methods to Wang Zixuan.
• Chen Mo sensed the saleswomen’s resentment at missing Liao Mingyu’s lesson and abandoned his plan to guide them after the contest; Liao Mingyu eventually stopped lecturing and focused on selecting stones.

Liao Mingyu and Chen Mo agreed to gamble on their chosen stones and signed a legally binding contract after revising its payment terms. The stone-cutting was about to begin, with Wang Zixuan confident Chen Mo would lose and Chen Mo warning him to stop provoking him.

• Liao Mingyu brought his five selected stones to the cutting platform, where Chen Mo and Li Mengxue were already waiting with their stones.
• Wang Zixuan and Liao Mingyu taunted Chen Mo and urged him to surrender, but Chen Mo refused.
• Steward Zhang warned both sides about the legal consequences of the wager and drafted an agreement for them.
• Chen Mo proposed giving a losing party twenty-four hours to raise the money, while Liao Mingyu insisted payment should be settled immediately; both sides accepted the revised terms.
• Chen Mo, Liao Mingyu, and Steward Zhang signed and recorded the agreement, making the wager binding.
• Wang Zixuan boasted that Chen Mo was doomed and propositioned Li Mengxue, prompting Chen Mo to threaten him.

Liao Mingyu cut five stones first and uncovered several valuable treasures, including a Martial Master Promotion Pill, while Chen Mo and Li Mengxue remained calm. The final stone revealed something that sent Liao Mingyu into wild excitement, but its identity was not yet stated.

• Wang Zixuan apologized to Li Mengxue after a Grandmaster's aura threatened him, and Steward Zhang began the stone-cutting contest.
• Liao Mingyu cut Stone No. 78 and found a Martial Master Promotion Pill valued at 110 million, which he promised to give Wang Zixuan.
• Liao Mingyu cut Stone No. 88 and found a Martial Artist Pill valued at 30 million.
• Liao Mingyu's third stone contained a high-grade Yellow Grade herb worth 2 million, and his fourth contained ore worth 10 million.
• Liao Mingyu's final stone revealed a treasure that made him laugh wildly and embrace Wang Zixuan.

Liao Mingyu revealed an Earth-grade High-rank longsword worth 1.2 billion, and Wang Zixuan prematurely celebrated their apparent victory. Chen Mo’s first stone then yielded a Great Martial Master Promotion Pill valued at 600 million, leaving Liao Mingyu and Wang Zixuan rattled as the wager continued.

• Steward Zhang appraised Liao Mingyu’s Earth-grade High-rank longsword at 1.2 billion, bringing his five stones’ total to 1.343 billion.
• Wang Zixuan mocked Chen Mo and urged Steward Zhang to declare Liao Mingyu the winner, but Steward Zhang insisted that all the stones had to be opened.
• Chen Mo chose the first stone on the left and warned Liao Mingyu not to celebrate before the wager was finished.
• The stone revealed a Great Martial Master Promotion Pill, which Steward Zhang valued at 600 million.
• Wang Zixuan struggled to believe Chen Mo had found such a valuable item, while Liao Mingyu dismissed it as luck and insisted Chen Mo would not get another good result.

Chen Mo’s stones revealed an Earth-grade High-rank longsword, an Enlightenment Pill, and other valuable treasures, putting Wang Zixuan and Liao Mingyu far behind in their wager. The final stone released a powerful frost that froze a staff member, and Steward Zhang sealed its contents in a special box.

• Chen Mo’s second stone revealed an Earth-grade High-rank longsword, which Li Mengxue happily claimed as a weapon suited to her.
• Chen Mo reminded Wang Zixuan that their wager meant he would take everything Wang Zixuan’s side uncovered and receive compensation; Liao Mingyu accepted the loss and told Steward Zhang to continue cutting.
• Chen Mo’s third stone revealed an Enlightenment Pill valued at about 1.7 billion, and Steward Zhang locked it in a box.
• Liao Mingyu dismissed the fourth stone’s brown sphere as worthless, but Chen Mo secretly recognized it as a sealed Fierce Beast core and stored it in his Space Ring.
• Chen Mo’s final stone unleashed frost that froze a staff member, and Steward Zhang shattered the ice with True Essence before sealing the revealed item in a special box.

Chen Mo’s side won the wager after the final stone revealed Ice Jade Marrow, bringing the value of their finds to 6 billion. Wang Zixuan accused Chen Mo and Li Mengxue of cheating, but Chen Mo subdued and gagged him while Liao Mingyu stood frozen in fear.

• Steward Zhang identified the final treasure as Ice Jade Marrow and said it had previously sold for 2.5 billion.
• Steward Zhang declared Chen Mo’s side the winner with treasures worth 6 billion and asked Liao Mingyu to acknowledge the result.
• Wang Zixuan accused Chen Mo and Li Mengxue of cheating and claimed their treasures belonged to his side.
• Chen Mo pressed Wang Zixuan to the floor with his Momentum and stuffed a foul-smelling sock into his mouth.
• Liao Mingyu tried to help Wang Zixuan but found himself unable to move and feared that moving again would cost him his life.

Chen Mo forced Gemstone Tower to confirm his and Li Mengxue’s victory in the stone-cutting wager, then collected 7.243 billion from Liao Mingyu and Wang Zixuan. After they left Gemstone Tower, a large group began following them down the street.

• Chen Mo denied Wang Zixuan’s cheating accusation, and Steward Zhang announced that Chen Mo’s side had won and was owed 7.243 billion.
• Liao Mingyu discovered he lacked the money to pay, borrowed 1 billion from Gemstone Tower, and made Wang Zixuan contact his father for more funds.
• Wang Zixuan transferred 5 billion and Liao Mingyu transferred 2.243 billion, after which both men left in disgrace.
• Chen Mo declined Steward Zhang’s offer to help sell the treasures, and he and Li Mengxue left Gemstone Tower.
• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue noticed a large crowd following them through the illuminated streets and continued walking leisurely.

After Wang Zixuan and Liao Mingyu plotted to steal Chen Mo and Li Mengxue’s treasures, the pair were surrounded by greedy Martial Artists on the road. Zhao Yiming then tried to take them to the Zhao Family, and Chen Mo’s refusal brought a Grandmaster’s threat.

• Wang Zixuan urged Liao Mingyu to deal with Chen Mo, and Liao Mingyu planned to spread word of their treasures to recruit Grandmasters against them.
• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue noticed they were being followed, but Chen Mo chose to ignore the pursuers as they walked through the city.
• Several Martial Artists blocked the pair and demanded their treasures under the pretense of borrowing or receiving support.
• Zhao Yiming arrived with two young men and invited Chen Mo and Li Mengxue to the Zhao Family, causing the other would-be robbers to back down.
• Li Mengxue refused the invitation, and Chen Mo told Zhao Yiming to move aside; Zhao Yiming released his Grandmaster aura and threatened him.

Chen Mo defeated Zhao Yiming and subdued the Martial Artists who tried to take the treasures he had opened, then warned the Zhao Family against seeking revenge. He returned with Li Mengxue to Fifth Middle School’s settlement, where she prepared to absorb the Enlightenment Pill and Ice Jade Marrow while he stood guard, as another group of Grandmasters pursued them.

• Zhao Yiming released his Grandmaster pressure and attacked Chen Mo, but Chen Mo sent him crashing into a wall.
• Chen Mo’s overwhelming pressure forced the surrounding Martial Artists to the ground, and he broke their hands while warning them not to covet his belongings.
• Chen Mo warned Zhao Yiming that the Zhao Family would face the consequences if it sought revenge, then left with Li Mengxue.
• A new group of Grandmasters learned that Chen Mo and Li Mengxue had returned to Fifth Middle School and decided to pursue them to seize the Enlightenment Pill.
• Chen Mo stayed at the settlement to keep the trouble from reaching the students, while Li Mengxue went to his room to absorb the Enlightenment Pill and Ice Jade Marrow.

Chen Mo protected Li Mengxue while she consumed the Enlightenment Pill and absorbed the Ice Jade Marrow. He intercepted five Grandmasters who were coming after them, killed them, and returned to the settlement.

• Chen Mo gave Li Mengxue the Enlightenment Pill and Ice Jade Marrow, then set up a Spirit Gathering Array as she began cultivating.
• The five Grandmasters discussed capturing Chen Mo and Li Mengxue, and one of them demanded the woman for himself.
• Chen Mo overheard their plans, appeared before the five, and used a mental attack to knock them from the sky.
• Chen Mo used Soul Searching to confirm the five had committed many evil deeds, then took their Space Rings and burned them to ashes.
• Chen Mo scattered the ashes into a ditch and vanished.

After discovering that the Zhao Family and Liao Mingyu had helped target him, Chen Mo dealt with the threats and seized several treasures from the Zhao Family. He killed Liao Mingyu and Wang Zixuan, then returned to the settlement.

• Chen Mo looted the five dead attackers and learned from their memories that Liao Mingyu had revealed information about him.
• Chen Mo killed two Zhao Family Grandmasters who came to find him, then decided to confront the Zhao Family.
• Chen Mo appeared before Zhao Mingcheng, who immediately surrendered after learning Chen Mo had killed the two Grandmasters.
• Zhao Mingcheng took Chen Mo to the Zhao Family treasure vault, where Chen Mo selected several treasures and medicinal herbs before leaving.
• Chen Mo killed Liao Mingyu and Wang Zixuan, then returned to the settlement.

Chen Mo stopped opportunists from approaching the settlement point, while the Zhao Family and Gemstone Tower helped suppress further trouble. He then opened the Brown Bead and discovered it contained the Pangu Visualization Method, a Great Emperor-level cultivation method, which he began to comprehend.

• Chen Mo used mental shocks and soul searching on people heading toward the settlement point, sparing the merely greedy and sending criminals into the Void Space.
• Survivors fled and spread word of Chen Mo’s strength, while the Zhao Family warned that anyone who targeted him would also face them and Gemstone Tower kept the dispute from escalating.
• Chen Mo assessed his gains from the night, including valuable resources from the Zhao Family and gifts he had given Li Mengxue.
• Chen Mo broke the Brown Bead’s seal and found an Inheritance Bead containing a method called the God-Demon Visualization Method.
• Chen Mo sent his mental power into the Inheritance Bead and, with help from the System Panel, uncovered the Pangu Visualization Method, which was above Heaven Grade.
• Chen Mo set aside thoughts of returning to Blue Star and began comprehending the Pangu Visualization Method.

Chen Mo cultivated the Emperor-grade Pangu Visualization Method with the Inheritance Bead and greatly increased his spiritual power and strength. After Li Mengxue reported her own breakthroughs, they prepared to leave for the nationwide Martial Examination.

• Chen Mo visualized his future strongest self and absorbed the Inheritance Bead’s spiritual power while cultivating the Pangu Visualization Method.
• Chen Mo woke on the morning of the Martial Examination as a Second-rank Martial King, with spiritual power exceeding one million and the ability to sense all of Linjiang City.
• Chen Mo concealed his aura, and Li Mengxue woke after advancing three minor realms and bringing her Ice Artistic Conception close to Major Accomplishment.
• Li Mengxue thanked Chen Mo with an initiated kiss and promised she would become strong enough to help him.
• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue cleaned up, checked their Space Rings, and left to head to the Martial Examination venue.

Chen Mo and his companions reached the Martial Artist Examination Hall, where Jiang Tao’s Martial Master Badge triggered an alarm and Zhou Guoqiang discovered that Chen Mo and Li Mengxue were Great Martial Masters. Zhou Guoqiang barred the group from entering, leaving their plans to take the examination uncertain.

• Principal Ma and Zhao Qiankun waited outside the sealed examination site, eager to hear Chen Mo’s results.
• Chen Mo’s group followed the route for Martial Artists, and Lin Xiaoyan rebuked Jiang Tao for joking about being too strong for the examination.
• Jiang Tao scanned his Martial Master Badge at the checkpoint, triggering an alarm that identified him as above the permitted realm.
• Zhou Guoqiang arrived, sensed Chen Mo and Li Mengxue’s Great Martial Master realms, and apologized after being stunned.
• Jiang Tao asked how the group could take the examination, but Zhou Guoqiang said candidates above the Martial Artist realm could not enter the hall.

After Jiangbei City’s four unusually powerful students were brought to Fire Emperor, he verified Jiang Tao and Lin Xiaoyan’s skills and offered them special recruitment to National Defense Martial University. Chen Mo and Li Mengxue then revealed Artistic Conception, leaving Fire Emperor and the other observers stunned by two eighteen-year-old Grandmasters.

• Zhou Guoqiang contacted Fire Emperor and escorted Chen Mo and the others to meet him.
• Fire Emperor brought the students to a Training Ground to verify their strength.
• Jiang Tao and Lin Xiaoyan demonstrated their Saber Qi, and Fire Emperor offered them special recruitment to National Defense Martial University.
• Chen Mo manifested a golden saber and demonstrated Artistic Conception, shocking Fire Emperor and the gathered teachers.
• Li Mengxue manifested a silver-white longsword and spread ice across the ground, revealing Artistic Conception and stunning everyone again.

Chen Mo and Li Mengxue received competing offers from elite martial universities and the Military District after becoming Grandmasters, but both asked for time to compare their options. Jiang Tao also received an invitation to study at Modu Martial University, while Lin Xiaoyan resolved to keep training and try to catch up to Chen Mo.

• Admissions teachers from several martial universities competed to recruit Chen Mo and Li Mengxue, offering generous resources, positions, and training.
• General Fire Emperor urged Chen Mo and Li Mengxue to join the Military District, arguing that hunting Fierce Beasts would help them grow faster than attending school.
• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue declined to choose immediately and exchanged contact information with the recruiters so they could compare the agreements.
• Lin Xiaoyan recognized how far Chen Mo had surpassed her and vowed to train harder rather than give up.
• Chen Changqing invited Jiang Tao and Lin Xiaoyan to study at Modu Martial University and offered resources and help with family problems.
• Jiang Tao asked for time to consider the invitation and exchanged contact information with Chen Changqing.

Chen Mo and Li Mengxue kept their extraordinary strength secret and left the Martial Examination after learning they had already been specially recruited. Jiang Tao and Lin Xiaoyan considered offers from teachers, while Jiang Tao began weighing his university options.

• Teachers competed to recruit Jiang Tao and Lin Xiaoyan, but both asked for time to decide.
• Fire Emperor warned Chen Mo, Li Mengxue, Jiang Tao, Lin Xiaoyan, and the teachers to hide Chen Mo and Li Mengxue's strength from the Abyss Church, and everyone agreed.
• Chen Mo and his companions left through the proctors' passage, while Principal Ma and Zhao Qiankun learned that the pair had already been specially recruited.
• Jiang Tao asked Chen Mo whether he should choose Longdu Martial University or Magic City, and Chen Mo advised him to consider his goals before deciding.

Chen Mo called his family during the Martial Examination livestream to explain that he and Li Mengxue had been specially recruited and warn them that the Wang Family might seek revenge. As Wang Haotian traveled to Linjiang City to enlist Shi Zhongtian’s help, Chen Mo and his companions continued sightseeing, confident his family was protected.

• Chen Wan'er watched the Martial Examination livestream with her parents, then happily answered Chen Mo’s call and learned that he and Li Mengxue had been excused from the examination.
• Chen Mo and Li Mengxue warned Father Chen and Mother Chen that the Wang Family might target them, and advised them to stay with Li Yuntao for safety.
• Liu Yueru visited and brought Chen Mo’s family to the Li Family.
• Wang Haotian struggled to investigate Chen Mo after Li Yuntao’s warning, suspected Chen Mo had killed Wang Zixuan, and decided to seek revenge through Shi Zhongtian.
• Wang Haotian took several treasures and traveled to Linjiang City, while Chen Mo and his companions explored the city, trusting that Li Yuntao would protect his family.