Chapter Summaries

At Mo Cheng’s memorial gathering, Mo Lan named Mo Tang the Mo Clan’s new Great Elder and revealed that he had reached the Dou Spirit level. Mo Tang then proposed the Mo Alliance, drawing several factions to join while Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye watched cautiously, leaving the alliance’s ambitions uncertain without Misty Cloud Sect support.

• Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye arrived at the Mo Clan gathering and were surprised when the young Mo Tang led the welcoming party.
• Mo Lan announced that Mo Cheng had died in the aftermath of a battle between two mysterious Strong individuals and appointed Mo Tang as the next Great Elder.
• Mo Tang displayed his Dou Spirit aura, astonishing the guests and prompting Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye to reconsider his strength.
• Mo Tang proposed the Mo Alliance, offering member factions access to Mo Clan intelligence and martial assistance.
• Several minor and medium-sized factions agreed to join the alliance while Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye withheld their judgment, mindful that the Mo Clan still needed Misty Cloud Sect support.

After taking control of the Mo Clan, Mo Tang prepared to travel with Nalan Yanran to Misty Cloud Mountain and use the clan’s gifts to strengthen its standing with the Misty Cloud Sect. He reviewed his new wealth and system resources, then considered how to spend his surplus Energy before the journey.

• Mo Tang told Mo Lan that he and Nalan Yanran would leave for Misty Cloud Mountain the next morning, and Mo Lan entrusted him with gifts worth millions of Gold Coins for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• After Mo Cheng’s death, Mo Tang claimed the former Great Elder’s possessions, while many of Mo Cheng’s former supporters—including the Second Elder—switched their allegiance to him.
• Mo Tang inspected Mo Lan’s gifts and found valuable ores, weapons, cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and Pill Recipes, but few medicinal ingredients or pills.
• Mo Tang checked his system and saw that his Mid-grade Energy was just short of raising him to a Five-Star Dou Ling, but he chose to save his resources for the Imperial Capital and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Mo Tang decided that his excess Low-grade Energy could no longer improve his cultivation and considered using it to strengthen his Dou Techniques.

Mo Tang traveled with Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye to the Misty Cloud Sect after improving his battle skills. They arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain, where Mo Tang saw the Imperial Family’s camp and the sect’s formidable disciples.

• Mo Tang learned Eight Trigrams Palm, Jade Shattering Finger, and Great Wind Tearing Hand, bringing each battle skill to Perfection.
• Mo Tang boarded a flying beast from Salt City to the Imperial Capital with Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye.
• Nalan Yanran wondered how her teacher would receive Mo Tang and expected him to join the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The group reached Misty Cloud Mountain, and Mo Tang spotted the Imperial Family’s military camp at its foot.
• Ge Ye led Mo Tang and Nalan Yanran to the sect’s plaza, where Mo Tang observed the strength and talent of the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples.

Yun Yun arranged for Mo Tang to become an Outer Sect Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect, despite Yun Leng's reservations, and Mo Tang accepted. She then summoned Nalan Yanran and urged her to prepare for the Three Year Pact against Xiao Yan, which was less than six months away.

• Yun Yun greeted Mo Tang at the Misty Cloud Sect and listened to his account of the two mysterious Dou Emperors in Salt City.
• Mo Tang presented the Mo Clan's gift, and Yun Yun promised to investigate Mo Cheng's unexplained death.
• Yun Yun proposed that Mo Tang inherit Mo Cheng's position and become an Outer Sect Elder, overruling Yun Leng's objection.
• Mo Tang accepted the position, and Yun Yun arranged for him to stay in a guest courtyard.
• Yun Yun summoned Nalan Yanran and told her to cultivate diligently for the Three Year Pact with Xiao Yan.

Mo Tang received the benefits of his new position as an Outer Sect Elder, including a high-level Dou Technique from Yun Yun, then traveled to the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital. He decided to visit the Mittel Family first to meet Hai Bodong and buy supplies.

• Nalan Yanran planned to spend six months in secluded cultivation to reach Da Dou Shi.
• Mo Tang became an Outer Sect Elder and grew closer to Ge Ye, who explained the difference in their standing.
• Yun Yun offered Mo Tang a Mysterious Tier high-level Dou Technique, and he accepted the Myriad Wind Binding scroll after she left angrily.
• Mo Tang sent word to Mo Lan to speed up the formation of the Mo Alliance, then traveled to the Imperial Capital.
• Mo Tang decided to visit the Mittel Family first, intending to meet Hai Bodong and purchase medicinal ingredients and Magic Cores.

Mo Tang met Hai Bodong through Mittel Tengshan and explained that turmoil in the Mo Clan would delay their trip to the Black Corner Region. He then asked the Mittel Family to exchange his enormous fortune for rare resources, leaving Mittel Tengshan astonished by the wealth and the specific items Mo Tang wanted.

• Mo Tang used his Misty Cloud Sect elder status to meet Mittel Tengshan and showed him Hai Bodong's token.
• Mo Tang reunited with Hai Bodong in the Mittel Family's back mountain and told him the Mo Clan's crisis prevented an immediate trip to the Black Corner Region.
• Mo Tang reassured Hai Bodong that he had found the Sand Mandala and still intended to invite the Medicine Emperor to help with the Po E Dan.
• Mittel Tengshan offered the Mittel Family's help in stabilizing the Mo Clan, and Mo Tang asked him to exchange the contents of a Storage Ring for gold and valuable resources.
• Mittel Tengshan discovered the Storage Ring held a fortune worth roughly eighty or ninety million Gold Coins, while Mo Tang specified the resources he wanted and excluded Qi Gathering Pills.

Mo Tang arranged for the Mittel Family to spend a month converting his clan’s funds into resources, then waited at the Miter Auction House for the first supplies. During the month, he and Yun Yun grew closer, but her lingering hesitation kept their relationship from becoming romantic; the chapter ended as a striking woman arrived at Mo Tang’s VIP room.

• Mittel Tengshan agreed that the Mittel Family would need a month to gather resources for Mo Tang, and Mo Tang accepted the wait.
• Mo Tang told Hai Bodong that the funds belonged to the Mo Clan, then left the Mittel Family.
• Mo Tang considered how the Jia Ma Imperial Family and Misty Cloud Sect held resources he could not readily purchase, and he stored his monthly Essence Increasing Pills for Mo Linglin.
• Mo Tang spent a month on Misty Cloud Mountain and grew closer to Yun Yun, but he remained frustrated by the obstacle she kept between them.
• Mo Tang waited in a VIP Room at the Miter Auction House for the first batch of supplies, then noticed a woman’s striking legs as she approached.

Mo Tang collected a huge order of cultivation supplies from Ya Fei at the Miter Auction House, then rented a private courtyard in the Imperial Capital to inspect them. He prepared to use the medicinal ingredients, Magic Cores, and pills to improve his cultivation.

• Ya Fei greeted Mo Tang and discussed the supplies he had arranged for the Miter Auction House to purchase.
• Ya Fei presented Mo Tang with an itemized list totaling seventy-four million, eight hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coins, and Mo Tang left with his order.
• After Mo Tang left, Ya Fei complained that he was a boring man and wondered whether he was normal.
• Mo Tang rented a private courtyard in the Imperial Capital, set up a barrier to conceal his aura, and took the supplies from his Storage Ring.
• Mo Tang inspected the Magic Cores, medicinal pills, and medicinal ingredients he had purchased.

Mo Tang converted the Ruins’ treasures into 5,820 Mid-grade Energy Points, bringing his total to 6,752, and considered how the power could advance his cultivation and help him pursue Heavenly Flames. He discovered that he could draw Origin Qi out of the system, but a streak of seven-colored light suddenly passed through it.

• Mo Tang absorbed the qualifying herbs, Magic Cores, and pills, gaining 5,820 Mid-grade Energy Points and reaching a total of 6,752.
• Mo Tang realized his energy might be enough to reach Nine-Star Dou Ling and bring him close to becoming a Dou Wang.
• Mo Tang planned to seek more Heavenly Flames, considering Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and Old Yao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame as possible targets during his trip to the Black Corner Region.
• Mo Tang wondered whether Origin Qi could be removed from the system, and a gray mass of air appeared above his finger.
• A streak of seven-colored light emerged from Mo Tang’s chest and passed through the Origin Qi.

Mo Tang kept his Origin Qi safe from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and chose to raise his cultivation by only one star. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan arrived in the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital to prepare for the Alchemist Grand Meeting, and Xiao Xun'er ordered Ling Ying to protect him.

• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python tried to swallow Mo Tang’s Origin Qi, but Mo Tang stored it back in the system and decided not to display it casually.
• Mo Tang chose to increase his cultivation by one star and planned to remain at that strength while in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan entered the Imperial Capital and, on Old Yao’s advice, planned to practice refining second- and third-grade pills before the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan vowed to face Nalan Yanran at Misty Cloud Sect and resolve the humiliation of their broken engagement.
• News of Xiao Yan’s arrival reached Xiao Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy, and she ordered Ling Ying to ensure his safety at Misty Cloud Mountain.

Mo Tang exchanged rare medicinal ingredients for Dragon Pattern Grass to build Energy Points, then attended the Alchemist Grand Meeting with Yun Yun. As the tournament began, he considered recruiting Alchemists for the Mo Clan and denied that he wanted it to rival the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Mo Tang met Ge Ye on Misty Cloud Mountain, then exchanged forty-five precious medicinal ingredients for Dragon Pattern Grass at the Merit Hall.
• Mo Tang returned to his room, pleased that the Dragon Pattern Grass would bring him closer to reaching the Dou Wang realm.
• Three days later, Mo Tang attended the Alchemist Grand Meeting at Royal Square alongside Yun Yun.
• Mo Tang reflected on the tournament's importance to Alchemists and silently wished luck to students taking college entrance exams in China.
• Mo Tang told Yun Yun he might recruit Alchemists for the Mo Clan, and she teased him about wanting the clan to surpass the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Mo Tang denied those ambitions and flattered Yun Yun by saying he would gladly place the Mo Clan under her command.

Mo Tang attended the Alchemist Assembly with Yun Yun, whose presence surprised the empire’s leaders and made her protectiveness toward him conspicuous. As the gathering began, Ya Fei and Princess Yao Ye sat beside Mo Tang, leaving him uneasy under Yun Yun’s distant gaze.

• Yun Yun attended the Alchemist Assembly with Mo Tang, drawing the attention of Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and the other powerful guests.
• Frank and Otto brought Yan Xiao to meet Fa Ma, while Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun and wondered why the Misty Cloud Sect had come.
• Mo Tang introduced himself to the empire’s leaders, though most of them treated him coolly and Mittel Tengshan concealed his connection to him.
• As the assembly began, Mo Tang took a seat apart from Yun Yun, and Ya Fei greeted him warmly.
• Princess Yao Ye sat on Mo Tang’s other side, and Mo Tang felt uneasy when he sensed Yun Yun watching him.

The Alchemist Grand Meeting eliminated most competitors before Xiao Yan used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to pass the Wind Hành Pill test. Back at the inn, Yun Yun confronted Mo Tang over his attention to the women at the competition, and his attempt to explain only made her misunderstand him further.

• Mo Tang watched Lin Fei, Xue Mei, Liu Ling, and Yue'er pass the first test, while many other alchemists failed to refine a 2nd-grade Pill.
• The competitors faced a Wind Hành Pill test with only two sets of ingredients, and many failed as they attempted to condense their pills.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan to steady his mind, and Fa Ma sensed unusual soul power coming from him.
• Xiao Yan used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame with Old Yao's help to refine the Wind Hành Pill and pass the test.
• Mo Tang returned to the inn, where Yun Yun accused him of savoring the attention of beautiful women at the competition.
• Mo Tang said he had been thinking about the male alchemists, and Yun Yun took his words the wrong way.

After Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Convention and the Three Year Pact passed without Mo Tang’s involvement, Mo Tang left the Imperial Capital with Yun Yun’s farewell and Hai Bodong at his side. Back in Salt City, he reviewed the Mo Alliance’s growing influence with Mo Lan and said his upcoming trip to the Black Corner Region concerned the clan’s future.

• Fa Ma helped Xiao Yan compete against Yan Li, and Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Convention by refining a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill with Old Yao’s secret assistance.
• Mo Tang recruited a Third-Rank Alchemist for the Mo Clan and then left the Imperial Capital with Hai Bodong on a flying beast.
• Hai Bodong asked when they would go to the Black Corner Region, and Mo Tang said they would depart within three days of his return to the clan.
• Mo Tang returned to Salt City, where Mo Lan and the Mo Alliance’s leaders welcomed him.
• Mo Lan reported that the Mo Alliance controlled more than seventy percent of the Eastern Province’s small and mid-sized factions, while only the Ye Family among the other great clans had shown interest in joining.
• Mo Tang made the Third-Rank Alchemist an Honorary Elder and told Mo Lan he needed the clan’s support for his trip to the Black Corner Region.

Mo Tang and Hai Bodong arrived in Maple City, where they planned to seek out Medicine Emperor Han Feng. After discovering the high prices at the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, Mo Tang looked for ways to fund his purchases.

• Mo Tang and Hai Bodong entered Maple City and decided to find lodging before approaching Medicine Emperor Han Feng.
• Mo Tang and Hai Bodong visited a Thousand Medicine Pavilion to inspect its medicinal ingredients.
• Mo Tang found the pavilion's prices far higher than those in the Jia Ma Empire and worried that his few million Gold Coins would not go far.
• Mo Tang asked Hai Bodong to lend him money, but Hai Bodong refused and suggested he auction something valuable instead.

Mo Tang and Hai Bodong visited Han Feng in Maple City to ask him to refine a Po E Dan that required a Heavenly Flame. Han Feng grew intrigued when Mo Tang revealed that an alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire possessed one.

• Mo Tang and Hai Bodong arrived at Han Feng’s guarded Bamboo Grove and were escorted to a pavilion.
• Han Feng welcomed the two visitors and recognized that Hai Bodong had been sealed despite once being a Dou Emperor.
• Mo Tang presented the Po E Dan recipe, its ingredients, and a Jade Shattering Finger scroll as payment, but Han Feng appeared dissatisfied with the offered technique.
• Mo Tang explained that Gu He could not refine the pill because he lacked a Heavenly Flame.
• Han Feng asked about the Jia Ma Empire’s Heavenly Flame user and showed keen interest in the revelation.

Mo Tang lured Han Feng into investigating the Jia Ma Alchemist Assembly champion by mentioning his chilling white Heavenly Flame, prompting Han Feng to suspect the youth might be his former teacher. After Han Feng completed Hai Bodong’s Po E Dan, Mo Tang demanded the Fragment Map, but Hai Bodong insisted on testing the pill first.

• Mo Tang told Han Feng that the Jia Ma Alchemist Assembly champion used a chilling white flame and might be connected to the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild.
• Han Feng agreed to refine Hai Bodong’s Po E Dan, then ordered Han Beng to investigate the champion and wondered if the youth was his teacher.
• Hai Bodong questioned Mo Tang about his knowledge of Han Feng and the champion, but Mo Tang evaded his questions.
• Han Feng refined the Po E Dan, and Hai Bodong received the pill with great joy.
• Mo Tang asked Hai Bodong for the Fragment Map, but Hai Bodong said he needed to test the pill before honoring their agreement.
• Mo Tang insisted that receiving the pill had completed his part of the deal and demanded that Hai Bodong pay what he owed.

Hai Bodong broke his seal with the Po E Dan and returned to Dou Emperor strength, then handed Mo Tang the Fragment Map after their tense standoff. Mo Tang planned to attend Black Seal City's auction instead of returning to the Jia Ma Empire with Hai Bodong.

• Hai Bodong promised Mo Tang the Fragment Map once the Po E Dan showed an effect, and Mo Tang agreed to wait outside while he took it.
• After nearly half an hour, Hai Bodong's seal broke, and he rose through the roof in triumph as his Dou Emperor-level ice Dou Qi spread through the city.
• Hai Bodong and Mo Tang exchanged wary looks, but Hai Bodong abandoned his hostile thoughts after sensing danger from Mo Tang.
• Hai Bodong gave Mo Tang the Fragment Map, and Mo Tang confirmed that its material matched his other fragments.
• When Hai Bodong invited Mo Tang to return to the Jia Ma Empire, Mo Tang said he wanted to attend Black Seal City's auction.

Mo Tang refused to help Hai Bodong search for Xiao Yan and planned to attend the Black Seal Auction, while Xiao Yan arrived in Black Seal City under the alias Yao Yan. The Xiao Clan struggled after Xiao Zhan vanished, and a mysterious Dou Wang also entered the city.

• Mo Tang told Hai Bodong he would not search for Xiao Yan and said he was heading to Black Seal City for the Black Seal Auction.
• Hai Bodong returned to the Jia Ma Empire without traveling with Mo Tang.
• After Xiao Zhan disappeared, Xiao Ding became the Xiao Clan's new clan head, and Xiao Li supported him as the brothers strengthened the clan and sought to avenge their father.
• Xiao Yan rejected the Jia Ma Empire's attempts to recruit him, left for the Black Corner Region, and arrived in Black Seal City using the name Yao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Duoma where to find medicinal ingredients, learned about the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, and headed into the city alone.
• A mysterious Dou Wang arrived at Black Seal City, and the gate leader arranged to report his arrival.

Mo Tang arrived in Black Seal City, tracked Xiao Yan to an inn, and used a token from Medicine Emperor Han Feng to report Xiao Yan’s location. The day before the auction, Mo Tang received a VIP card and surveyed the auction hall with his System Map.

• Mo Tang entered Black Seal City as a one-star Dou Wang and spotted Xiao Yan entering an inn.
• Mo Tang followed Xiao Yan into the inn, rented a room nearby, and later left for the Thousand Medicine Pavilion.
• Mo Tang showed the shop manager Han Feng’s token and reported that the person Han Feng sought was in Black Rock City.
• The Thousand Medicine Pavilion manager went to send the information to Han Feng through a hidden chamber.
• The Black Seal City Auction sent Mo Tang a VIP card, and he used his System Map to reveal the names and strengths of everyone in the venue.