Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo met Elder Guo and Great Xia Nation’s senior leaders, who praised his role in stopping the Beast Tide and invited him to discuss a victory banquet. Elder Guo explained why Martial Gods stayed beyond Blue Star and revealed the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions on powerful beings, then warned that they did not have much time left.

• Zhang Guozhong brought Chen Mo to meet Elder Guo at a guarded courtyard house.
• Elder Guo introduced Chen Mo to Elder Zhang and the other leaders, who called him Great Xia Nation’s hope.
• Elder Guo said the leaders wanted to meet Chen Mo and discuss a victory banquet in recognition of his role in suppressing the Beast Tide.
• Elder Guo explained that Martial Gods could not remain on Blue Star because of their energy needs and their duty to watch the Beast God in the Outer Realm.
• Elder Guo revealed that the Heavenly Dao restrained powerful beings and weakened any Beast God that invaded, then warned Chen Mo that they did not have much time left.

Elder Guo told Chen Mo that the worlds would fully merge in ten years, bringing an apocalyptic threat, and the elders asked him to grow strong enough to protect Great Xia. Chen Mo agreed to help, kept his strength secret, and selected twelve treasures from the National Treasury, offering to refine pills for everyone.

• Elder Guo warned Chen Mo that Blue Star would become the Abyss in about ten years, leaving ordinary people vulnerable to Fierce Beasts.
• Elder Guo, Elder Zhang, and the other elders pledged Great Xia’s resources to help Chen Mo reach Martial God and urged him to become stronger.
• Chen Mo said he could cultivate by absorbing Fierce Beast energy and agreed to take responsibility for helping prevent the cataclysm.
• The elders decided to keep Chen Mo’s strength secret to protect him and his family from Beast Gods and the Abyss Church.
• Elder Guo brought Chen Mo into the National Treasury, where Chen Mo examined its collection and chose twelve treasures.
• Chen Mo told Elder Guo that the twelve items were enough and offered to use the treasury’s treasures to refine pills for everyone.

Chen Mo collected treasures and medicinal ingredients from the National Treasury, then found a banner cloth suited to his plans for a Human Emperor Flag. At the celebration banquet, an unfamiliar visitor approached Li Mengxue’s family and asked whether they were descendants of Saint Heaven Martial Saint.

• Elder Guo let Chen Mo take more than a thousand kinds of heavenly treasures and led him to collect ordinary medicinal ingredients.
• Chen Mo searched the weapons treasury and found a tattered, pitch-black banner cloth that resonated with him.
• Chen Mo suppressed the banner’s black mist and identified its runes as “Myriad Soul Banner,” though he intended to turn it into a Human Emperor Flag.
• Chen Mo returned to the State Guesthouse, then brought his family and Li Mengxue’s family to the evening celebration banquet, where the guests treated them respectfully.
• An unfamiliar visitor approached Li Mengxue’s family, and they guessed he had come to ask whether they were descendants of Saint Heaven Martial Saint.

After the celebration banquet, Chen Mo let the Li and Chen families arrange to acknowledge their kinship and promised to raise his family’s cultivation with treasures from the National Treasury. He ended the chapter by refining a nine-pattern pill for Chen Wan’er to improve her physique and cultivation.

• Li Yuntao explained that Chen Mo’s warning had prepared his family to recognize the Li Family’s lineage, and Li Yunnan enthusiastically welcomed them back to their ancestral roots.
• Li Mengxue’s family arranged a time with Li Yunnan to acknowledge their kinship after the banquet ended.
• Chen Mo told his family he would refine suitable National Treasury treasures into pills to improve their cultivation, and they agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Chen Mo put Chen Wan’er to sleep and refined a nine-pattern pill that would improve her aptitude and help her become a Martial Artist within two years, even without regular cultivation.

Chen Mo used powerful pills to improve Chen Wan'er and his family’s cultivation before a catastrophe expected in ten years. After refining more pills overnight, he helped his relatives break through several realms and sent them to practice with their newfound strength.

• Chen Mo gave Chen Wan'er two pills, guided their medicinal power through her body, and helped her become a five-year-old Martial Artist after Marrow Cleansing.
• Chen Mo spent the night using Time Law and Space-Time Law to refine the National Treasury’s rare heavenly treasures into top-grade pills with nine pill patterns.
• Chen Mo gave his family pills and helped Li Yuntao, his wife, Father Chen, Mother Chen, and Li Mengxue absorb their effects.
• Father Chen, Mother Chen, and Liu Yueru advanced to Martial King, while Li Mengxue and Li Yuntao advanced to Martial Emperor.
• Chen Mo reassured his family that the pills did not harm him and told everyone to get used to their new strength, personally guiding and sparring with Chen Wan'er.

Chen Mo reassured Zhang Wuji and Li Hongchang about Chen Wan'er's rapid breakthrough, then said goodbye as they prepared to travel to the Outer Realm. After teaching Chen Wan'er martial arts, Chen Mo left Dragon Capital at night to review the energy and souls he had gathered.

• Chen Mo explained that a Marrow Cleansing pill had made Chen Wan'er a Martial Artist without undermining her foundation.
• Li Hongchang and Zhang Wuji told Chen Mo they were leaving to hunt Fierce Beasts in the Outer Realm, and Chen Mo gave them healing pills.
• Zhang Wuji asked Chen Mo to pass a message to Meng Xue and guide Liu Xuanyuan, then returned the tombstone of Martial Saint Sheng Tian for Chen Mo to place in the Human Memorial Hall.
• Chen Mo taught Chen Wan'er martial arts knowledge throughout the day after the visitors left.
• After Chen Wan'er fell asleep, Chen Mo set up a barrier, traversed space, and left Dragon Capital to sort through the energy and souls in his Dantian Small World.

Chen Mo created a flourishing Small World in his Dantian and began studying how to refine the Human Emperor Flag. After a week with his family and Li Mengxue, he finished researching the Divine Script and entered seclusion to begin refining it.

• Chen Mo comprehended the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Laws, transforming his barren Dantian Small World into a living world with a radius of one thousand kilometers.
• Chen Mo gathered the Gods and Devils' bones and banner cloth inside his Small World, intending to use it as a furnace for the Human Emperor Flag.
• Chen Mo returned to the State Guesthouse and spent a week with his family while studying the bones and their Divine Script.
• Chen Mo accompanied Li Mengxue's family to acknowledge their kinship, and the Li Family brought Martial Saint Sheng Tian's tombstone to the Human Race Memorial Hall in a public ceremony.
• Chen Mo used Soul Searching to expose hidden enemies who slandered Martial Saint Sheng Tian within the country, while Li Mengxue moved in with the Li Family.
• Chen Mo told his family and Li Mengxue that he was entering seclusion, then went into the Cultivation Chamber to begin refining the Human Emperor Flag.

Chen Mo refined the Human Emperor Flag into a Divine Artifact and bound it to himself as his natal weapon. He then released ten thousand sealed souls and began drawing them into the flag to complete its merit.

• Chen Mo melted and fused the materials, shaped the flagpole and banner, and inscribed Divine Script onto the Human Emperor Flag.
• Chen Mo used his blood to recognize the flag as his master and bound it to his soul as a natal Divine Artifact.
• Chen Mo enlarged the flag and released the sealed Fierce Beast souls, including the Gods and Devils' lingering will, the scorpion's soul, and an Emperor Grade Fierce Beast's soul.
• The released souls devoured some weaker souls before the Human Emperor Flag's vortex began pulling them in.
• The scorpion's soul and the Gods and Devils' lingering will begged Chen Mo for mercy, but he strengthened the suction and drew the souls into the flag.

Chen Mo took the newly forged Human Emperor Flag to a remote mountain to undergo its lightning tribulation, while Situ Kong arrived and recognized him. The tribulation continued beyond three strikes, leaving Situ Kong unable to help and Elder Guo sending Li Kaishan to investigate.

• Chen Mo sensed the storm gathering over Dragon Capital and moved three thousand kilometers away with the Human Emperor Flag to keep the tribulation from threatening the city.
• The bound souls inside the flag cursed Chen Mo as its black smoke churned, and he ignored them to prepare for the tribulation.
• The Human Emperor Flag met the first lightning strike and was damaged, but Chen Mo repaired it and himself before the next strike.
• Situ Kong arrived and watched from a distance, then realized Chen Mo was undergoing the tribulation and worried as further bolts struck.
• The fourth bolt cut off Situ Kong's call with Elder Guo, who then sent Li Kaishan to investigate.

Chen Mo endured five bolts of tribulation lightning while repairing the Human Emperor Flag, and several powerful cultivators gathered outside the tribulation, hoping to seize it. As Chen Mo prepared to face the sixth bolt, he sensed more than a dozen hostile experts waiting nearby.

• Chen Mo endured the fifth bolt of tribulation lightning, healing his soul with the Pangu Visualization Method and repairing the Human Emperor Flag.
• Situ Kong left briefly to report to Elder Guo, then returned and moved closer to the edge of the tribulation to help Chen Mo if needed.
• Two men in black planned to seize the Divine Artifact after the tribulation, while other hidden experts gathered around the lightning’s perimeter and watched one another warily.
• After the fifth bolt passed, Chen Mo repaired the flag and recovered; the Fierce Beast souls and lingering wills within it had been weakened by the lightning.
• As Chen Mo prepared to face the sixth bolt, he sensed five Martial Venerables, seven peak Martial Saints, and three high-ranking Martial Saints outside the tribulation, and realized they had come for the Human Emperor Flag.

Chen Mo drew the gathered Martial Saints and Martial Venerables into his lightning tribulation, then provoked Zhao Dezhu into attacking him. As the seventh bolt struck, Chen Mo used the Human Emperor Flag to block the lightning, but its barrier shattered.

• Chen Mo vanished, then reappeared as the lightning tribulation was about to strike, causing nearby fighters to flee when the tribulation locked onto them.
• The lightning struck two Martial Saints and Zhao Dezhu, leaving the Saints seriously injured and Zhao Dezhu lightly injured after he escaped the tribulation's range.
• Zhao Dezhu revealed that he was an elder of the Abyss Church and threatened Chen Mo, who answered with insults and dared him to enter the tribulation.
• Zhao Dezhu sent a giant bloody hand toward Chen Mo as the seventh lightning bolt descended, while Situ Kong warned Chen Mo and two other Martial Venerables prepared to seize the Divine Artifact.
• Chen Mo raised the Human Emperor Flag to shield himself; the seventh bolt struck it, weakened its light, and shattered the barrier around him.

Chen Mo endured the final lightning tribulation while pretending to be gravely wounded, drawing Zhao Dezhu and four other Martial Venerables toward him in hopes of luring them into the open. Situ Kong stayed hidden at Chen Mo’s instruction, then intercepted Li Kaishan as he approached.

• Chen Mo used an illusion to make Zhao Dezhu’s blood-colored palm pass harmlessly through him, then sent Situ Kong away to hide before the lightning tribulation and fighting began.
• The eighth lightning tribulation struck the Human Emperor Flag and injured Chen Mo, while Zhao Dezhu and the other observers hoped to seize the artifact.
• The ninth lightning tribulation struck Chen Mo, who fell from the sky looking charred and badly wounded as the Human Emperor Flag lost its radiance.
• Zhao Dezhu, Ster, Bryce, and two other Martial Venerables rushed toward Chen Mo to claim the Divine Artifact, while Chen Mo told Situ Kong to remain hidden.
• Situ Kong realized Chen Mo had been pretending to lure out the attackers, then teleported to intercept Li Kaishan before he could interfere.

Chen Mo recovered from the lightning tribulation while Zhao Dezhu seized the newly forged Human Emperor Flag and battled four Martial Venerables for it. Situ Kong and Li Kaishan watched from afar, confident Chen Mo would stop Zhao Dezhu, as the fight continued with Zhao Dezhu boasting of his advantage.

• Chen Mo used Space Law to capture the nearby Martial Saints in his Dantian Small World and let Zhao Dezhu's blood attack pass through his intangible body.
• Zhao Dezhu seized the Human Emperor Flag, then used it to withstand the four Martial Venerables' attacks and counter with powerful blood blades.
• Chen Mo landed, absorbed heavenly treasures to heal his injuries, and kept watch instead of joining the battle while his soul recovered.
• Situ Kong and Li Kaishan recognized Zhao Dezhu and discussed how Chen Mo would prevent him from escaping.
• Zhao Dezhu mocked the four opponents and challenged them to attack while he wielded the Human Emperor Flag.

Chen Mo captured Zhao Dezhu and four other Martial Venerables, sealed their souls in the Human Emperor Flag, and tortured them with thunderfire. After he added ten Martial Saints to the flag, Situ Kong and Li Kaishan arrived and learned that Zhao Dezhu and the others were still alive inside it.

• Chen Mo immobilized Zhao Dezhu and four other Martial Venerables, took the Human Emperor Flag, and drew their souls into it.
• Chen Mo burned the five souls with thunderfire inside the flag, ignoring their curses and pleas for mercy.
• Chen Mo released ten Martial Saints from his Dantian Small World and sealed their souls in the Human Emperor Flag to suffer the same torment.
• Chen Mo shrank the flag and absorbed it into his body, then waited for Situ Kong and Li Kaishan to arrive.
• Situ Kong and Li Kaishan asked about Zhao Dezhu, and Chen Mo revealed that their souls were sealed in the Human Emperor Flag.
• Situ Kong sensed something strange about the flag, but Li Kaishan interrupted him and insisted that its name was clearly written on it.

Chen Mo Soul Searched the fifteen captured infiltrators and learned that their allies were hiding in Dragon Capital, planning sabotage and assassinations. After he explained the Human Emperor Flag’s powers, Li Kaishan and Situ Kong got a frightening demonstration and begged him to put it away.

• Li Kaishan warned Situ Kong not to anger Chen Mo by questioning the Human Emperor Flag, and Situ Kong apologized to Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo explained that the flag restrained souls and that its black mist would grow denser as it captured more souls.
• After Li Kaishan and Situ Kong urged him to investigate the captured infiltrators, Chen Mo Soul Searched all fifteen at once.
• Chen Mo learned that more Martial Emperors and other forces were hiding in Dragon Capital and planned to act that night, and that the Abyss Church and foreigners had come to sabotage the country and assassinate its geniuses.
• Chen Mo said he would use the Human Emperor Flag on foreigners and Abyss Church members, then let Situ Kong and Li Kaishan experience its power.
• Frightened by the flag’s demonstration, Situ Kong and Li Kaishan retreated and asked Chen Mo to put it away.

Chen Mo used the Human Emperor Flag to capture invading Martial Artists and traitors across Dragon Capital and nearby cities, then reported the successful purge to Elder Guo. Elder Guo asked Chen Mo to lead a nationwide traitor-elimination squad, and Chen Mo agreed before handing over pills refined from the National Treasury’s heavenly treasures.

• Chen Mo reassured Situ Kong and Li Kaishan that he would use the Human Emperor Flag only against evildoers, then returned with them to Dragon Capital.
• Chen Mo captured fifteen foreign personnel at a hotel, searched their souls, and found they had all committed crimes and planned to attack Great Xia citizens.
• Chen Mo raided seven hideouts and cities around Dragon Capital, capturing more than a hundred invading Martial Artists and traitors.
• Chen Mo reported the purge to Elder Guo, who praised him and proposed that he lead a squad to eliminate traitors across the country; Chen Mo accepted.
• Chen Mo gave Elder Guo a Space Ring filled with pills he had refined from the National Treasury’s heavenly treasures, astonishing him with the amount.

Chen Mo gave Elder Guo a Space Ring containing 13,220 pills, improved pill formulas, and alchemy notes, then returned home to his family. After telling his parents that foreign Martial Artists had attacked Dragon Capital, he showed them edited memories of their crimes and left them furious and distrustful of foreigners.

• Elder Guo inspected the Space Ring and confirmed it held 13,220 genuine pills, including 5,300 Heaven Grade pills and 252 pills above Heaven Grade.
• Elder Guo tried to return the pills, but Chen Mo insisted they were a gift and left him the pills, improved formulas, and alchemy notes before vanishing.
• Elder Guo promised to put the gifts to good use, then called the other elders to a secret meeting about forming the traitor-cleansing squad.
• Chen Mo returned home and told Father Chen and Mother Chen that foreign Martial Artists had invaded Dragon Capital, concealing his tribulation to spare them worry.
• Chen Mo showed his parents edited memories of the foreigners’ crimes, leaving them enraged and resolved not to trust foreign Martial Artists.

Chen Mo decided to create a clone from the empty body of Zhao Dezhu or another Abyss Cultist so it could safely hunt Fierce Beasts in the Outer Realm and gather General Proficiency Points. He split off one-tenth of his soul and began healing and preparing it to control a body, but the ordeal left him determined never to repeat the process.

• Chen Mo reviewed the Cultivation Methods, martial skills, and General Proficiency Points he had gained, then rejected a risky trip to the Outer Realm.
• Chen Mo decided to make a clone that could hunt Fierce Beasts for him and reasoned that using an empty body from Zhao Dezhu and the others would put their remains to use.
• Chen Mo entered his Sea of Consciousness, used the Pangu Visualization Method to strengthen his soul, and carefully tore off one-tenth of it.
• Chen Mo endured half an hour of intense pain to split his soul, then used the Pangu Visualization Method to heal both portions and imprint the cultivation method onto the Split Soul.
• Chen Mo waited for his soul wound to mostly heal and vowed not to split his soul this way again.

Chen Mo created an independent split soul and fused it with Zhao Dezhu’s empty body to form an avatar. The avatar named himself Chen Ying, revealed his Shadow Talent, and asked Chen Mo to find him a body of his own.

• Chen Mo strengthened his split soul with Black Heart Old Ghost’s soul cultivation method, giving it the Shadow Attribute.
• Chen Mo chose Zhao Dezhu’s body from the Dantian Small World and fused the split soul with it.
• After more than two hours, the avatar gained control of Zhao Dezhu’s body and said he could normally use the strength of a third-grade Martial Venerable.
• Chen Mo agreed that the avatar did not need to atone for Zhao Dezhu’s crimes and promised to find him a suitable body.
• The avatar chose the name Chen Ying and explained that his Shadow Talent let him hide in shadows and grow stronger there.
• Chen Ying rejected Zhao Dezhu’s evil cultivation methods, and Chen Mo transmitted other Cultivation Methods and martial skills to him.

Chen Mo discussed his solo role in the traitor-cleansing squad with Elder Guo and arranged to begin the mission in a week. After healing his soul, he let Chen Ying go out for a day and tasked him with secretly protecting the family while Chen Mo prepared for his journey.

• Chen Mo told Elder Guo he would work alone with the Human Emperor Flag, and Elder Guo agreed to authorize him and arrange cleanup support from the city lords.
• Chen Mo refused Chen Ying’s request to join the mission and urged him to master his new Cultivation Method.
• After six days, Chen Mo’s soul injuries healed, and he agreed to let Chen Ying go out after changing his appearance.
• Chen Mo told Chen Ying to stay out of sight of the family and protect them in secret while Chen Mo was away.
• Chen Mo gave Chen Ying resources and left the Cultivation Chamber.