Chapter Summaries

Su Mei confronted Yin Gu Lao as the Rakshasa Gate seized Black Mian City and absorbed the Black Mian Sect. Yin Gu Lao abandoned his plans to intervene, while Mo Tang celebrated the wealth he gained from the victory.

• Su Mei refused Yin Gu Lao's demand to withdraw from Black Mian City and declared that the Rakshasa Gate would not back down.
• Luo Hao reported that Deputy Sect Leader Tang had captured Black Mian City and that Luo Min and the remaining Black Mian Sect disciples had surrendered.
• Yin Gu Lao reconsidered confronting Su Mei after learning of the Rakshasa Gate's victory, then turned back without making threats.
• Su Mei told Luo Hao to return with her and celebrate Deputy Sect Leader Tang's victory.
• Mo Tang assessed the Black Mian Sect's assets at more than one hundred million Gold Coins and noted that he would receive thirty percent.

Mo Tang exchanged the expedition’s spoils for resources, then used his system to perfect Three Thousand Lightning Movement and create two identical clones. As Rakshasa Gate prepared for possible retaliation from Sky Yin Sect, Tie Wu arrived to propose a Three Sects Alliance with Rakshasa Gate and Sky Yin Sect.

• Mo Tang traded the expedition spoils with Su Mei, then absorbed the items to gain 3,750 Mid-grade Energy points.
• Mo Tang spent 1,050 points to raise Three Thousand Lightning Movement to Perfection and successfully created two clones.
• Su Mei and Rakshasa Gate prepared for retaliation after taking in Black Mian Sect, expecting Yin Gu Lao to respond.
• Tie Wu arrived at Rakshasa Gate, where Su Mei demanded to know his purpose.
• Tie Wu told Su Mei he wanted Mad Lion Gang, Rakshasa Gate, and Sky Yin Sect to form a Three Sects Alliance for an important venture.

Tie Wu proposed that Rakshasa Gate and the Mad Lion Gang join forces to seize Maple City after Medicine Emperor Han Feng’s death. Mo Tang argued that the factions could take its resources without occupying it, though Su Mei and Tie Wu worried about provoking Jia Nan Academy.

• Su Mei mocked Tie Wu’s offer of cooperation, but listened when he said the factions could take control of Maple City.
• Tie Wu explained that Han Feng’s death had made Maple City a prize and described other forces’ plans and rivalries.
• Su Mei doubted that their factions could withstand the region’s hidden old powers, and Mo Tang said those powers were unlikely to interfere.
• Mo Tang reminded Su Mei and Tie Wu that Jia Nan Academy was the strongest force in the region, making them more concerned about claiming Maple City.
• Mo Tang suggested taking Maple City’s resources and leaving without occupying it, adding that Jia Nan Academy might not care about their weak forces.

The Three Major Powers entered Maple City and confronted Han Beng over control of Han Feng's estate. Han Beng refused to yield, and Tie Wu demanded the Medicine Emperor's hidden treasures, leaving the estate on the brink of violence.

• The Sky Yin Sect, Rakshasa Gate, and Mad Lion Gang marched into Maple City with three Dou Emperors and a large force.
• Han Beng and his followers faced the three powers' leaders in Han Feng's estate.
• Tie Wu gave Han Beng one hour to submit, while Su Mei and Yin Gu Lao backed the threat.
• Han Beng invoked Han Feng's influence and tried to turn the three powers against one another over who would rule Maple City.
• Tie Wu rejected Han Beng's attempt and demanded all of Han Feng's treasures in exchange for sparing his life.

Mo Tang plundered Han Feng’s medicine garden for energy before clashing with a Sky Yin Sect elder over who could claim its herbs. Outside Maple City, powerful outsiders gathered at the sealed gates and began discussing how to pressure the Three Major Powers into sharing the spoils.

• After the Three Major Powers defeated Han Beng and searched Han Feng’s manor, Mo Tang went to Han Feng’s medicine garden for medicinal ingredients.
• Mo Tang absorbed Flame Grass and other Spirit Herbs, gaining more than 2,200 points of energy while leaving the garden in disarray.
• A Sky Yin Sect elder accused Mo Tang of breaking their agreement, but Mo Tang claimed the garden’s contents as privately acquired gains and left.
• The Sky Yin Sect elder threatened to demand an explanation from Sect Master Su, but Mo Tang ignored him.
• Winged figures arrived outside Maple City’s sealed gates, and the newcomers began discussing how to join forces against the Three Major Powers.

Old Ban and a band of Black Corner Region lone wolves challenged the Three Major Powers for the spoils near Maple City, and negotiations collapsed into battle. The fighting continued in the sky as onlookers recognized Old Ban as the Black List’s fourth-ranked expert.

• Old Ban rejected Yin Gu Lao’s offer of one-tenth of the spoils and demanded that his group share in the prize.
• Tie Wu, Su Mei, and Yin Gu Lao agreed to target Old Ban and the other enemy Dou Emperor, then Tie Wu ordered the Three Major Powers to attack.
• Blood Lion revealed that he was a Seven-Star Dou Wang and held off two opponents, while Mo Tang fought cautiously against a comparable rival.
• The factions’ experts clashed above Maple City as their forces sealed the city’s entrances and major commercial areas.
• Onlookers identified Old Ban as the Black List’s fourth-ranked expert, while a gray-robed old woman boasted about stronger fighters who ignored the list.

Mo Tang used Myriad Wind Binding to trap two Dou Wang opponents, killed them both, and turned the battle in the Three Major Powers' favor. Su Mei watched his display and looked forward to rewarding him after their return.

• As the Three Major Powers began suffering casualties, Mo Tang's opponent taunted him for falling into a scheme and fighting while awaiting reinforcements.
• Mo Tang used Myriad Wind Binding to restrain the middle-aged Dou Wang and the man flanking him, despite their attempts to break free.
• Mo Tang pierced the middle-aged Dou Wang, ignored his plea for mercy, killed him, and took his Storage Ring.
• The second Dou Wang broke free and fled, but Mo Tang shot him with his Chasing Moon Bow and Black Dragon Iron Spine Arrow, then took his Storage Ring.
• The battlefield's onlookers and the Three Major Powers' leaders reacted to Mo Tang's swift victories, which gave their side an advantage.
• Su Mei praised Mo Tang and said she would reward him when they returned.

Mo Tang used the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade Old Ban’s sneak attack and countered with his silver clones, forcing the Seven-Star Dou Emperor to retreat. After Mo Tang’s technique was recognized, the unfamiliar Dou Emperor concluded that he was an elite disciple of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

• The deaths of two Dou Wangs and the arrival of a fierce fighter caused the independent cultivators to flee, leaving the Three Major Powers victorious in the Dou Wang battle.
• Old Ban attacked Mo Tang by surprise, but Mo Tang used Three Thousand Thunder to evade the blow and strike back with two silver figures.
• Mo Tang wounded and humiliated Old Ban, who fled when Su Mei and Tie Wu arrived.
• Su Mei leaned on Mo Tang, while Tie Wu wondered what technique Mo Tang had used and who he was.
• An unfamiliar Dou Emperor recognized Three Thousand Lightning Movement and declared that Mo Tang must be an elite disciple of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

Mo Tang used his supposed ties to the Wind Thunder Pavilion to impress Su Mei and the people around them. After rejecting Hong Cheng’s offer to become his servant, he hinted to Su Mei that someone had recognized his true identity.

• Su Mei flirted with Mo Tang after he mentioned the Central Plains and the Wind Thunder Pavilion, while Tie Wu envied her apparent connection to a powerful force.
• Hong Cheng introduced himself as a Dou Emperor from Tianbei City, and Mo Tang asked whether he belonged to the Hong Family.
• Hong Cheng denied having any connection to Tianbei City’s foremost Hong Family, then knelt and begged Mo Tang to take him in as a servant.
• Mo Tang rejected Hong Cheng, who left disappointed, while Su Mei clung to Mo Tang and asked whether he truly came from the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Mo Tang whispered to Su Mei that he had wanted to get along with her as an ordinary person, but someone had recognized him.

Mo Tang used his supposed Central Plains background to impress Su Mei, then claimed he had come to the Black Corner Region to recover the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s secret technique, Three Thousand Lightning Movement. He left Su Mei considering what should happen if someone had already learned it.

• Su Mei kept Mo Tang at her residence and coaxed him into describing the powerful factions of Central Plains.
• Mo Tang told Su Mei about Soul Hall, the Pill Tower, and the Four Directions Pavilion, emphasizing the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s reach and organization.
• When Su Mei asked about his mission in the Black Corner Region, Mo Tang brought up the Three Thousand Lightning Movement auctioned in Black Seal City.
• Mo Tang claimed the technique was a Wind Thunder Pavilion secret and said he intended to trace it and bring it back.
• Su Mei asked what would happen if someone had already learned the technique, and Mo Tang hinted that secretly learning a sect manual deserved punishment.

Xiao Xun'er investigated Xiao Yan's death and discovered a poisoned arrow made from a rare material linked to Alchemy Mountain in the Central Plains. Meanwhile, Mo Tang helped the Three Major Powers secure their gains in Maple City, and Su Mei proposed giving him a share of the spoils.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that the battlefield had been destroyed and that Medicine Emperor Han Feng was confirmed dead.
• Ling Ying showed Xiao Xun'er a poisoned arrow whose golden shaft was made from Essence of Golden Mother, a material produced on Alchemy Mountain in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Xun'er asked when the clan's aid would arrive, and Ling Ying said Elder Gu Qian would reach the Northwest Region within five days.
• Su Mei told Tie Wu and Yin Gu Lao that the Three Major Powers had taken Maple City and proposed giving Mo Tang twenty percent of their spoils for his help.
• Tie Wu and Yin Gu Lao agreed to Su Mei's proposal, each accepting that their faction would contribute five percent.

Mo Tang used the Three Major Powers’ goodwill to obtain more resources, then went with Su Mei, Yin Gu Lao, and Tie Wu to confront Yuan Yi about the Three Thousand Lightning Movement technique auctioned by Eight Gates. He claimed it belonged to his master’s sect and demanded to know where it had gone, while Yuan Yi began plotting how to turn the situation to his advantage.

• Mo Tang exchanged the last Magic Core in his room and celebrated gaining another thirteen hundred points.
• The Three Major Powers stabilized Maple City over three days, and Mo Tang decided to pursue the matter he had previously raised with Su Mei.
• Yuan Yi learned that his plan with Yan to seize Maple City had failed after the Three Major Powers took control.
• Su Mei, Yin Gu Lao, Tie Wu, and Mo Tang visited Eight Gates, where Yuan Yi cautiously asked their purpose.
• Mo Tang asked Yuan Yi about the Three Thousand Lightning Movement sold at the Black Seal City Auction and claimed it was an inherited technique of his master’s sect.
• Mo Tang demanded that Yuan Yi reveal where the technique had gone, and Yuan Yi began devising a way to benefit from the confrontation.

Yuan Yi warned Mo Tang and the Three Major Powers that the Black Skull Tomb’s hidden Inner Tomb might be far stronger than its public forces, then joined their expedition to Black Skull City. The Tomb Master met them and invited them inside, but Mo Tang’s System Map showed that he was only a Four-Star Dou Emperor, leaving Mo Tang doubtful of Yuan Yi’s claims.

• Yuan Yi volunteered to help Mo Tang confront the Black Skull Tomb, hoping to share in the spoils, and warned that the faction had a hidden Inner Tomb.
• Yuan Yi claimed the Black Skull Tomb’s secluded Tomb Master was at least as powerful as Fan Lao, and Mo Tang accepted Yuan Yi into the group after consulting Su Mei, Tie Wu, and Yin Gu Lao.
• Mo Tang, Su Mei, Tie Wu, Yin Gu Lao, and Yuan Yi arrived above Black Skull City, where the Tomb Master rose to meet them.
• The Tomb Master invited the group into the Black Skull Tomb’s headquarters, and Mo Tang’s System Map revealed that he was only a Four-Star Dou Emperor.

Mo Tang and four Black List experts confronted the Tomb Master over Black Skull Tomb's alleged possession of Three Thousand Lightning Movement. The Tomb Master summoned a mysterious figure whose energy clone was a Seven-Star Dou Zong, turning the confrontation into a far greater threat.

• Mo Tang demanded that the Tomb Master surrender Three Thousand Lightning Movement and ensure no one in Black Skull Tomb had studied it, but the Tomb Master refused and defended the tomb's right to cultivate anything it had bought.
• The Tomb Master revealed his Four-Star Dou Emperor strength, and Yin Gu Lao, Tie Wu, Su Mei, and Yuan Yi unleashed their auras, devastating the Reception Hall and alarming Black Skull City's residents.
• The Tomb Master vowed that none of the four experts would leave alive, then blew a white bone flute to summon Black Skull Tomb's hidden trump card.
• A powerful presence emerged above the headquarters, prompting Yin Gu Lao and the others to withdraw their auras and prepare for battle.
• Mo Tang spotted the figure on his Minimap and identified it as a Mysterious Person (Energy Clone) with the strength of a Seven-Star Dou Zong.

Mo Tang tried to use his Wind Thunder Pavilion identity to survive the arrival of the Black Skull Tomb’s powerful master. After the Tomb Master blamed the Blood Sect for the theft of the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Mo Tang escaped suspicion and Fan Lao became the likely target of the ensuing blame.

• Mo Tang and the other four bowed to the shadowy figure, who ignored them and demanded that Tomb Master Ying Li explain why he had interrupted his cultivation.
• Ying Li clung to his master's leg and claimed that the Black Skull Tomb’s foundation had nearly been destroyed, then recounted the conflict with Mo Tang’s group.
• The shadowy figure recognized Mo Tang’s perfectly fused Wind and Lightning Dou Qi and his mastery of Three Thousand Lightning Movement as signs that he might belong to the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Mo Tang said he had come to retrieve the pavilion’s stolen secret technique, and Ying Li explained that the Blood Sect had ambushed and killed the Black Skull Tomb members who had acquired it.
• Ying Li’s accusation shifted the blame for the theft onto the Blood Sect, leaving Fan Lao at risk of pressure from Mo Tang and the Black Corner Region’s factions.

Fan Lao welcomed his uncle, the Vampire Old Demon, to help defend the Blood Sect and avenge his son. After escaping Black Skull City, Mo Tang resolved to leave the Black Corner Region as soon as he finished his current job.

• The Vampire Old Demon arrived at the Blood Sect fortress, and Fan Lao greeted him as his uncle.
• The Vampire Old Demon urged Fan Lao to join forces against the Black Skull Tomb, hoping to use the battle to restore his damaged foundation.
• The Vampire Old Demon and Fan Lao sensed powerful auras approaching from the south as Su Mei, Tie Wu, and the others left Black Skull City.
• Su Mei felt relieved to have survived and looked at Mo Tang with increased admiration.
• Mo Tang feared the powerful figure they had encountered and decided to finish his job, then flee the Black Corner Region for the Misty Cloud Sect.

Mo Tang and his allies attacked the Blood Sect in Dusk City after learning it had two Dou Emperor experts. Ying Li engaged Fan Lao while the others charged their assigned targets, and Mo Tang intercepted two Blood Sect Dou Wangs.

• Mo Tang and the group reached Dusk City and identified Fan Lao as a Five-Star Dou Emperor and Vampire Old Demon as a Seven-Star Dou Emperor.
• Ying Li agreed to fight Fan Lao with Yuan Yi's help, while Su Mei, Yin Gu Lao, and Tie Wu took responsibility for Vampire Old Demon.
• Mo Tang's group confronted the Blood Sect, and Ying Li struck first, clashing with Fan Lao in the sky.
• As the battle spread, Mo Tang intercepted two Blood Sect Dou Wangs before they could join the fight.

Ying Li and Yuan Yi overwhelmed Fan Lao in Dusk City, but Fan Lao escaped their attacks with the Blood Escape Technique. Mo Tang killed him as he reappeared beyond the city walls, and the Blood Sect fell as the Vampire Old Demon fled.

• Yuan Yi joined Ying Li in fighting Fan Lao, forcing Fan Lao to summon a sea of blood against Ying Li's Netherflame.
• Yuan Yi's Three Slashes of Avici tore through the blood sea and left Fan Lao seriously injured.
• Fan Lao used the Blood Escape Technique to flee, but Ying Li stopped Yuan Yi from pursuing and pointed out where Fan Lao would reappear.
• Mo Tang pierced Fan Lao's chest with a lightning-wreathed Dou Qi blade and killed him.
• The Vampire Old Demon fled while the Blood Sect's remaining forces lost the will to resist, and the victors prepared to claim their spoils.

After the Blood Sect fell, Mo Tang returned to Rakshasa City and used his Energy to advance to Five-Star Dou Wang. He learned the Netherworld Death Seal and perfected a technique to conceal his aura, leaving with greater strength and a new attack skill.

• Mo Tang and the others divided the Blood Sect’s resources, and Mo Tang exchanged Fan Lao’s Storage Ring for items that suited him.
• Mo Tang returned to Rakshasa City with Su Mei and entered seclusion to absorb 5,680 Mid-grade Energy points.
• Mo Tang used his Energy to advance to Five-Star Dou Wang, greatly increasing his Dou Qi and ability to contend with a Dou Emperor.
• Mo Tang searched Old Yao’s Storage Ring and chose the Netherworld Death Seal over the Sky Breaking Finger, learning it at minor accomplishment.
• Mo Tang found a Breath Concealment Technique and spent nine hundred Low-grade Energy to raise it to Perfection.

Mo Tang told Su Mei he was leaving the Black Corner Region to travel across the Northwest Continent, then set off for the Jia Ma Empire. He hoped to meet Yun Yun, give her the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and ask the Misty Cloud Sect to help find fifth-tier wind- and lightning-attribute Demonic Beasts.

• Su Mei was surprised that she could no longer sense Mo Tang's strength, while he hid how much stronger he had become.
• Mo Tang told Su Mei he planned to leave the Black Corner Region, and she pleaded to accompany him before accepting that she needed to stay and lead Rakshasa Gate.
• Mo Tang left Rakshasa City that day on a fast flying Demonic Beast purchased from the Beast Taming Sect.
• During the flight, Mo Tang planned to visit Yun Yun and seek the Misty Cloud Sect's help in finding Demonic Beasts to refine his Wind-Lightning Twin Wings.
• Mo Tang arrived at the Jia Ma Empire after a long flight.