Chapter Summaries

Mo Tang returned to Jia Ma Holy City with Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian to collect the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s promised assets. After settling the alliance’s terms with Jia Xing Tian, he absorbed the valuables’ energy and planned to rely on the Mo Alliance and Snake People Tribe to support each other.

• Mo Tang arrived above Jia Ma Holy City with Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, and Jia Xing Tian came out to meet them.
• Jia Xing Tian handed Mo Tang five Storage Rings containing the Imperial Family’s promised assets, which Mo Tang inspected and converted into 12,800 points of Mid-grade Energy.
• Mo Tang agreed that the Mo Alliance’s sphere of influence would be limited to the Eastern Province and promised it would assist the Imperial Family against foreign enemies.
• Mo Tang told Queen Medusa that the Mo Alliance and the Snake People Tribe could support each other, while he planned for her to help oversee the alliance.

After returning to Salt City, Mo Tang prepared to address problems within the rapidly growing Mo Alliance and waited for a pretext to enforce its rules. When the Snake Nest Mercenary Group’s clash with the Snake People Tribe brought that pretext, the alliance elders convened to decide how to respond.

• Mo Tang gave Gu He the Soul Fusion Pill recipe and ingredients, then left while Gu He and Liu Ling continued handling the alliance’s heavy alchemy workload.
• Mo Tang met Mo Linglin outside the Mo Family Fortress, gave her cultivation pills, and urged her to reach the Dou Ling realm.
• Mo Tang secluded himself in his courtyard while waiting for a reason to intervene in the Mo Alliance’s affairs.
• The Snake Nest Mercenary Group reported that the Snake People Tribe had devastated its forces, prompting the alliance elders to hold a meeting.
• He Qian urged Mo Tang not to let the attack go unanswered, while Mo Tang noticed that He Qian appeared to have advanced beyond peak Dou Ling.

Mo Tang confronted alliance leaders who wanted to profit from capturing Snake People, revealed that Queen Medusa was alive, and exposed the He Family’s slave trade. After He Qian rejected Mo Tang’s authority and withdrew from the Mo Alliance, Mo Tang expelled the He Family and left it to face the consequences of its crimes.

• Mo Tang told the alliance leaders that the Dou Zong expert was Queen Medusa, then challenged He Qian over the Snake Nest Mercenary Group’s attack on the Snake People.
• Lion King Yan Shi brought in the captured Snake Nest Mercenary Group Leader, whose confession revealed that He Qian had sent the group to secretly capture female snake people as slaves.
• Mo Tang learned that the He Family had earned more than ten million Gold Coins from the slave trade and criticized He Qian for violating the alliance ban.
• He Qian argued that Mo Tang had no right to restrict the families’ trade and declared that the He Family would leave the Mo Alliance.
• Mo Tang expelled the He Family from the alliance and warned that it would now face the consequences of its crimes as an immense aura surged outside the hall.

Mo Tang reorganized the Mo Alliance, forged peace with the Snake People Tribe, and prepared to leave the Jia Ma Empire. Before departing, he entrusted Medusa with protecting the alliance and the Misty Cloud Sect, then embarrassed her with a question about the clan altar’s baptism.

• Mo Tang created an Elder Council, an Offering Corps, and a Medicine Hall to turn the Mo Alliance into a proper power.
• Mo Tang announced a peaceful alliance between the Mo Alliance and the Snake People Tribe, with disputes settled through mediation or arena fights.
• Mo Tang prepared to leave the Northwest Continent and asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she would go with him.
• Mo Tang entrusted Medusa with the Jia Ma Empire and the Misty Cloud Sect, and Medusa promised to come to his aid if he faced danger.
• Mo Tang asked Medusa whether she needed the clan altar’s baptism before sleeping with a man, and the embarrassed Queen told him to get lost before running away.

Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Black Corner Region after a three-month journey, and Mo Tang began buying medicinal resources while searching for news of a major auction. After the Dongshi Mercenary Group ambushed them, the pair killed its leaders and looted its headquarters, recovering enough to cover Mo Tang’s spending.

• Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the wilderness, where Mo Tang gathered medicinal ingredients, Magic Cores, and over two thousand Energy Points.
• Mo Tang explained that he wanted to find a large joint Auction in the Black Corner Region and arrived with Xiao Yi Xian at Dongshi City.
• Mo Tang spent several million Gold Coins at a medicine shop, prompting Liao Dongshi and the Dongshi Mercenary Group to target him.
• Liao Dongshi ordered his mercenaries to attack Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian outside the city, and Mo Tang killed the charging elites with one strike.
• Xiao Yi Xian restrained Liao Dongshi and his two vice commanders, and Mo Tang killed them with the Chasing Moon Bow.
• Mo Tang looted the Dongshi Mercenary Group's headquarters, finding a few Magic Cores and less than six million Gold Coins.

Mo Tang returned to the Rakshasa Gate and learned that the Black Alliance had driven the Three Sects Alliance from territory, with rumors linking the Magic Flame Valley to the conflict. Suspecting the Soul Hall was helping Old Ghost Di Mo break through, Mo Tang wondered how it kept appearing wherever trouble arose.

• Mo Tang learned that the Three Sects Alliance had failed to form a broader coalition and that Yuan Yi had joined Yan and the Golden Silver Elders to establish the Black Alliance.
• Mo Tang reunited with Su Mei, whose strength had reached six-star Dou Emperor, and introduced her to the Dou Zong woman accompanying him.
• Su Mei told Mo Tang that the Black Alliance's superior strength had forced the Three Sects Alliance to lose territory in clashes along their borders.
• Su Mei relayed rumors that the Magic Flame Valley was behind the Golden Silver Elders joining the Black Alliance and intended to use the alliance to test the region's factions.
• Su Mei said Old Ghost Di Mo was cultivating in seclusion after a reported breakthrough, and Mo Tang suspected the Soul Hall might be helping him.

Mo Tang and the Three Sects Alliance arrived in Black Seal City to confront the Black Alliance, whose leaders prepared for battle. As the two sides faced off, Yuan Yi tried to persuade Mo Tang to abandon his allies in exchange for the Black Alliance’s offer.

• Yuan Yi warned the Golden Silver Elders that war with the Three Sects Alliance seemed inevitable, and Elder Jin welcomed the prospect of defeating them.
• The Golden Silver Elders sensed the Three Sects Alliance approaching Black Seal City, and Yuan Yi suspected they had brought Mo Tang from the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Mo Tang assigned Xiao Yi Xian to fight the Golden Silver Elders and left Yuan Yi and Yan to Yin Gu Lao and Tie Wu.
• Su Mei, Mo Tang, Xiao Yi Xian, Yin Gu Lao, and Tie Wu arrived above Black Seal City, where the Black Alliance’s leaders and allied Dou Wangs flew up to meet them.
• Tie Wu declared that the Three Sects Alliance had come to settle its long-running grudges with the Black Alliance, and Yuan Yi offered Mo Tang anything the Black Alliance could provide if he would stay out of the conflict.

Mo Tang faced the Black Alliance’s coordinated Dou Wang formation and broke it by exploiting gaps in its attacks, then joined Tie Wu as the fighting turned toward Yuan Yi and Yan.

• Yuan Yi ordered the Black Alliance fighters to attack after Mo Tang rejected his offer, and the combatants split into separate battles.
• Elder Jin and Elder Yin attacked Xiao Yi Xian, Yan engaged Yin Gu Lao, and Yuan Yi fought Su Mei.
• Mo Tang evaded seven coordinated Dou Wangs, trapped some with wind ropes, and killed Mu Li to break their formation.
• Mo Tang killed the remaining Dou Wangs, including their Nine-Star Dou King, then rushed to help the wounded Tie Wu.
• Tie Wu tore through the fighters attacking him after Mo Tang broke their formation, and the two charged toward Yuan Yi and Yan.

After the Three Sects Alliance destroyed the Black Alliance, its leaders asked Mo Tang to become their alliance leader and agreed to provide him with cultivation resources. They renamed the faction the Wind Thunder Alliance, believing it would be tied to the Wind Thunder Pavilion, while Mo Tang knew their assumption was false.

• Mo Tang and Tie Wu helped defeat Yuan Yi and Yan, while the Golden Silver Elders escaped after Xiao Yi Xian poisoned them with her Corrosive Poison Demon Hand.
• The Black Alliance's destruction shook the Black Corner Region, and the Three Sects Alliance grew powerful after taking much of its territory.
• Su Mei, Tie Wu, and Yin Gu Lao asked Mo Tang to lead their alliance, and Mo Tang demanded large quantities of high-grade cultivation resources in return.
• Su Mei proposed renaming the group the Wind Thunder Alliance and implying it was a subordinate faction of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Mo Tang accepted the name despite knowing he had no connection to the Wind Thunder Pavilion, while Xiao Yi Xian watched the leaders mistake his agreement for their advantage.

After defeating the Black Alliance, Mo Tang strengthened the Wind Thunder Alliance, advanced to Four-Star Dou Emperor, and prepared to attend the Black Emperor Sect Auction. He arrived in Black Emperor City with a powerful delegation, ready to bid on valuable items and seek a profit.

• Mo Tang consolidated his gains while Su Mei and the other two leaders gathered territory, manpower, and resources for the Wind Thunder Alliance.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached Two-Star Dou Zong by absorbing natural energy, and Mo Tang used his spoils to advance to Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• The Wind Thunder Alliance attracted numerous new experts, including more than ten Dou Wangs and a Two-Star Dou Emperor, while Yin Gu Lao stayed behind to guard its headquarters.
• Mo Tang assembled a formidable delegation for the Black Emperor Sect Auction, including Xiao Yi Xian, three Dou Emperors, and five high-level Dou Wangs led by the Yao Brothers.
• The Wind Thunder Alliance delegation arrived in Black Emperor City and stunned the onlookers with its strength.

Mo Tang and the Wind Thunder Alliance attended the Black Emperor Sect’s auction, where powerful figures gathered to compete for the Bodhi Body Saliva. As the bidding began, Mo Tang spent lavishly on valuable pills, herbs, and Magic Cores, drawing the anger of a Fifth-grade Alchemist.

• Mo Tang’s group entered through a passage reserved for renowned factions and learned that Mo Tianxing and other Dou Zong-level strong individuals were present.
• Mo Tang used his Minimap to identify three other Dou Zongs and the three Magic Flame Valley elders, who could match a Dou Zong when they fought together.
• The auction began with a Fifth Grade Pill, which Mo Tang bought after outbidding ordinary competitors.
• Mo Tang ignored a suit of treasure armor, while Tie Wu and Su Mei stopped bidding as its price rose.
• Mo Tang bought valuable pills, medicinal herbs, and Magic Cores, then infuriated a Fifth-grade Alchemist by offering one million for a fifth-tier Magic Core.

At the Black Emperor Sect auction, Mo Tang mostly ignored the lots but bid on rare medicinal ingredients and then offered a copied Sixth-grade Imperial Pill Recipe for a mysterious Demonic Beast mummy. The mummy’s value remained uncertain as the auction moved toward barter bidding.

• Mo Tang ignored the Six Harmonies Roaming Body Staff and spent Gold Coins on rare medicinal ingredients while the auction continued.
• The Black Emperor Sect displayed a huge, dried Demonic Beast corpse whose wings still held energy, and the auctioneer said it had nearly reached the eighth tier.
• The auctioneer claimed the Sect had left the mummy untouched, prompting factions including Magic Flame Valley to consider gambling on the chance it contained an eighth-tier Magic Core.
• Mo Tang objected to the barter-only terms, searched through his possessions, and offered a copied Sixth-grade Imperial Pill Recipe that could be read only once.

Mo Tang watched Elder Yingshan win the Bodhi Body Saliva at the Black Emperor Sect Auction, then left to prepare for the chaos expected to follow. Outside Black Emperor City, he absorbed energy and began refining the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse.

• Mo Tianxing presented the Bodhi Body Saliva, and Mo Tang joined the fierce bidding without seriously pursuing it.
• Mo Tianxing chose Elder Yingshan's Life-Returning Pill in exchange for the Bodhi Body Saliva.
• Mo Tang collected his auctioned items, left the auction hall, and told Su Mei to gather information while he was away.
• Mo Tang went to a cave outside Black Emperor City and absorbed the energy he had collected.
• Mo Tang activated the option to extract and refine the eighth-tier Sky Demon Phoenix corpse.

Mo Tang fused the Sky Demon Phoenix’s core, essence blood, and bones to acquire its bloodline, while Xiao Yi Xian concealed the cave’s disturbance with Space Lockdown. The transformation left Mo Tang at peak Six-Star Dou Emperor with Demon Phoenix Wings and strength approaching that of an eighth-tier Demonic Beast.

• Mo Tang chose to spend 10,000 High-grade Energy to fuse the Sky Demon Phoenix Bloodline.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed the disturbance and hid the cave and surrounding hill with Space Lockdown.
• The system transformed the Sky Demon Phoenix’s Magic Core, essence blood, and bones into energy that violently reshaped Mo Tang’s body.
• Mo Tang saw the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image merge into him, and his cultivation surged before stabilizing at peak Six-Star Dou Emperor.
• Mo Tang manifested Demon Phoenix Wings and found that his physical abilities rivaled those of ordinary eighth-tier Demonic Beasts.

Mo Tang recovered from his breakthrough and returned to Black Emperor City with Xiao Yi Xian, where he learned that Elder Yingshan had left the city openly. The Wind Thunder Alliance prepared to pursue him as rumors of the Bodhi Body Saliva drew the attention of many powerful factions.

• Mo Tang discovered that his Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline contained a trace of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline and considered ways to strengthen it.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried when Mo Tang stayed in the cave, then took him back to Black Emperor City while concealing their tracks.
• Su Mei, Tie Wu, and Song Che learned that Mo Tang had returned and that Elder Yingshan had left the city.
• Mo Tang told the Wind Thunder Alliance members that Elder Yingshan had departed openly, and Su Mei questioned why he would draw attention while so many people pursued the Bodhi Body Saliva.

Mo Tang led the Wind Thunder Alliance to follow Elder Yingshan, knowing the apparent Dou Zong was a soul clone and anticipating a clash with the Black Emperor Sect. He and Xiao Yi Xian watched Mo Tianxing confront the real Elder Yingshan, then planned to wait until both sides were weakened before acting.

• Mo Tang, Su Mei, Song Che, and Tie Wu watched the corpses of the Dou Wangs who had attacked Elder Yingshan and discussed the greed driving people in the Black Corner Region.
• Mo Tang told Su Mei and the others to follow Elder Yingshan, stay alive, and loot any corpses they found.
• Mo Tianxing found Elder Yingshan's hidden soul clone in a mountain hollow and arrived with Mo Ya, Qi Shan, and three Dou Emperors.
• Mo Tianxing attacked before Elder Yingshan could recall his soul clone, and the two Dou Zongs began a fierce battle.
• Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian watched from a tree and decided to wait for both fighters to be badly weakened before joining the conflict.

Elder Yingshan abandoned the Bodhi Body Saliva to escape, but Xiao Yi Xian intercepted it and joined Mo Tang against Mo Tianxing. Mo Tang challenged the Four-Star Dou Zong despite Xiao Yi Xian's concern, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Elder Yingshan threw the jade box containing the Bodhi Body Saliva and fled, but Mo Tianxing pursued the box instead of stopping him.
• Xiao Yi Xian intercepted the jade box and blocked Mo Tianxing's attack, revealing herself as a Two-Star Dou Zong.
• Mo Tang confronted Mo Tianxing and refused to hand over the Bodhi Body Saliva, while the Black Emperor Sect members surrounded him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mo Tang asked Xiao Yi Xian to watch from the side and stepped forward to test Mo Tianxing's strength.
• Mo Ya flew forward and volunteered to deal with Mo Tang.

Mo Tang used his bloodline techniques to transform his Dou Qi into a Demon Phoenix and absorb it, boosting his strength from a Six-Star Dou Emperor to a One-Star Dou Zong. He challenged Mo Tianxing to settle the fight with one strike and unleashed Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, Shake Heaven and Earth.

• Mo Tang's azure-silver Dou Qi formed a vast lightning Demon Phoenix as Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect watched in shock.
• Mo Tang used Bloodline Spirit Sacrifice and Bloodline Spirit Devour to absorb the Demon Phoenix and rise to the One-Star Dou Zong level.
• Mo Tianxing recognized the transformation as bloodline power and suspected Mo Tang was not human.
• Mo Tang declared that one strike would decide victory and defeat, then sent the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image crashing down on Mo Tianxing.

Mo Tang defeated Mo Tianxing and accepted the Black Emperor Sect’s surrender over the Bodhi Body Saliva. After rejoining the Wind Thunder Alliance, he received a slain alchemist’s supplies and prepared to break through to Seven-Star Dou Emperor.

• Mo Tianxing, badly injured by Mo Tang’s attack, surrendered the Bodhi Body Saliva and agreed to end hostilities.
• Mo Tang agreed to make peace, while privately anticipating trouble for the Black Emperor Sect after its members had offended Elder Yingshan.
• Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian left the battlefield and reunited with Su Mei and the Wind Thunder Alliance members.
• Su Mei gave Mo Tang the Storage Ring of a Four-Star Dou Emperor alchemist whom her group had killed after his fight with Elder Yingshan’s avatar.
• Mo Tang found enough resources in the ring to guarantee his breakthrough, leaving Su Mei and the others envious of his rapid cultivation.

After the Black Emperor Sect was devastated, Mo Tang avoided acting against it and entered seclusion to use Origin Qi on himself. The Origin Qi transformed into a golden-red crystal in his heart and spread a powerful new aura through his body.

• News spread that Elder Yingshan had ambushed the Black Emperor Sect, killing Qi Shan and many experts while seriously injuring Mo Tianxing.
• Mo Ya withdrew the Black Emperor Sect's forces into Black Emperor City and waited for Mo Tianxing to stabilize his injuries.
• Tie Wu and Yin Gu Lao asked Su Mei to find out whether Mo Tang wanted to attack Black Emperor City, but Mo Tang chose not to risk facing a Four-Star Dou Zong.
• Mo Tang converted Qi Shan's possessions into more than eight hundred points of Mid-grade Energy, raised his cultivation to Seven-Star Dou Emperor, and told Xiao Yi Xian not to disturb his seclusion.
• Mo Tang kissed Xiao Yi Xian before entering his room, leaving her flustered and smiling.
• Mo Tang swallowed Origin Qi, which formed a golden-red crystal in his heart and sent golden energy throughout his body as Xiao Yi Xian sensed its majestic aura from outside.