Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo's party defeated the Savage Flood Dragon Tribe, searched its camp, and found a map pointing toward Gale Plateau and the Divine Hall. They rode away with their spoils as Manyan's warriors arrived at the ruined tribe and continued the pursuit, joined by survivors seeking revenge.

• Fang Mo's party defeated the High Priest and Savage Flood Dragon Tribe, then spared the women and children and searched the camp for clues.
• Fang Mo found old scrolls, including a map marking Gale Plateau, the Divine Hall, and a route, while Luo Jiangyan discovered Bone Cards and the group collected Spiritual Medicines.
• Fang Mo's party packed its finds, took the tribe's horses, and rode away, leaving the women and children to mourn and bury their dead.
• Manyan led two to three hundred riders to the ruined Valley Tribe and rode through without stopping.
• Survivors who found their relatives' remains joined Manyan's force to pursue the Sky Demons and seek revenge.

Manyan returned to his tribe, found it devastated, and rallied the prairie tribes to hunt the Sky Demons. Far away, Fang Mo's group studied their route to the Divine Hall before Fang Mo sensed danger to the west.

• Manyan and the returning warriors found their tribe's people slaughtered and fought off the Thorn Wolves feeding on the bodies.
• Manyan called for the Prairie Summons, and tribes across the prairie answered the wolf smoke by sending warriors toward his tribe.
• Fang Mo's group killed a pack of Giant Claw Dragon Beasts and discussed their supply of Bone Cards and Jade Cards.
• Fang Mo projected the map and explained the long route to the Divine Hall, while the group worried about native attacks and the secret realm's purpose.
• Song Hongyi offered Fang Mo food as Luo Jiangyan watched, but Fang Mo sensed something happening to the west and rushed up a hillside.

Fang Mo’s group learned that the Savage Flood Dragon Tribe had called the Prairie Summons and changed course to evade the gathering tribes. As native attacks spread across the prairie, Kun Yan and Glaireo’s groups struggled to survive, and Glaireo decided to raid tribes for horses.

• Fang Mo spotted wolf smoke and explained that the Savage Flood Dragon Tribe had summoned the prairie tribes to fight the intruders.
• Fang Mo led his group off their original route, using their horses to stay mobile and evade pursuit.
• Native attacks spread across the prairie, forcing the other Alliances to fight while Kun Yan’s group endured ambushes and beast attacks.
• Glaireo’s group learned that Fang Mo had provoked the tribes; after losing members to attacks, they decided to raid tribes and seize horses.

Fang Mo led his cavalry column across the grasslands and reached the only mountain pass into Gale Plateau, but Manyan had anticipated their route and intercepted them. Manyan and fifteen indigenous warriors confronted the group, all of them Grandmasters.

• Fang Mo’s group celebrated escaping the grasslands after evading Manyan and fighting their way past weaker tribes.
• Fang Mo sensed that someone was watching them, and he worried that the indigenous people might block their route into the plateau.
• Manyan abandoned his pursuit across the grasslands and rushed ahead to the only passage into Gale Plateau.
• Fang Mo’s group reached the mountain pass and learned from the map that it was the only route onto the plateau.
• Manyan and fifteen indigenous warriors emerged from the valley, and Fang Mo’s group realized every one of them was a Grandmaster.

Fang Mo and the Galactic Alliance fought Manyan’s forces at the valley entrance, badly outnumbered and struggling against several stronger Grandmasters. Fang Mo wounded Manyan with powerful techniques, but both prepared a final punch as the battle continued.

• Fang Mo rallied the Galactic Alliance to fight, then clashed with Manyan as the two forces plunged into battle.
• Feng Xuyang, Mingzhen, Yue Quan, Luo Jiangyan, and the other fighters struggled against their opponents, while Long Piaopiao, Uretai, Qi Yujiao, Lin Ye, and Damo held off Grandmasters.
• Fang Mo unleashed Return to Truth Sword Momentum, but Manyan matched the strike and sent him reeling.
• Fang Mo attacked Manyan with Diamond Wave-Shock Fist and Diamond Void-Locking Finger, wounding him and forcing him back.
• Fang Mo launched Seven Injuries Fist as Manyan gathered his strength for a counterpunch.

Fang Mo killed Manyan and led his companions to defeat all fifteen native Grandmasters. After the survivors celebrated their victory, they collapsed from exhaustion while Fang Mo recovered quickly and organized treatment for the wounded.

• Fang Mo and Manyan exchanged a devastating blow that injured both, but Fang Mo's Seven Injuries Fist shattered Manyan's internal organs.
• Fang Mo killed Manyan with a palm strike, then joined the battle and defeated the native Grandmasters attacking his companions.
• Fang Mo slew five more opponents, and the remaining native Grandmasters fell until all fifteen were dead.
• Fang Mo announced their victory as his exhausted companions collapsed and celebrated.
• Fang Mo ordered the able-bodied survivors to treat the wounded, while Suxin distributed medicine and the others marveled at his rapid recovery.

After recovering from the battle, Fang Mo’s team entered Gale Plateau with their strength greatly increased and learned about the dangers ahead. Mojina’s and Aruna’s teams then followed their trail through the canyon, each realizing a powerful rival had already passed.

• Fang Mo’s team rested for two days, during which several members advanced, four became Grandmasters, and Fang Mo’s Indestructible Diamond Body reached the peak of the fourth level.
• Fang Mo led the team onto Gale Plateau and warned them about Storm Winged Dragons, Wind Shadow Leopards, Rock Wolves, and the Wind Splitter Tribe.
• Mojina’s team found the canyon battlefield and concluded that an exceptionally powerful fighter had killed the native Grandmaster Peak expert.
• Aruna’s team arrived, recognized the traces of Fang Mo’s powerful body-tempering arts, and hurried into the canyon after learning another group had passed about an hour earlier.

Fang Mo’s team fought and killed three Heaven Grade Storm Winged Dragons after Fang Mo sensed their ambush. As the group continued across the plateau, a strange man and a giant wolf secretly followed them.

• Fang Mo sensed three Storm Winged Dragons diving toward the team and warned everyone to scatter.
• Fang Mo, Feng Xuyang, Mingzhen, and the other Grandmasters attacked the dragons, grounding them and killing two.
• One wounded Storm Winged Dragon tried to escape, but Fang Mo leaped into the air, killed it with a punch, and beheaded it after it fell.
• Fang Mo recovered Bone Cards from the dragons, then ordered the team to gather their horses and keep moving.
• After the team departed, a tall man and a giant scaled wolf emerged from the mountain ridge and began secretly tailing them.

Fang Mo and his companions discovered that a hidden pursuer was drawing them away from camp as a Rock Wolf pack attacked. While fighting through the wolves, Fang Mo confronted a Black archer and began to understand how the man used the wind to run.

• Fang Mo, Feng Xuyang, and Huang Yuyang searched the ridge for the stalker, then spotted a figure and chased him before Fang Mo suspected he had been lured away from camp.
• Fang Mo led the others back toward camp, but dozens of Rock Wolves attacked them along the way, and the three fought through the pack.
• A Black man fired a nearly silent arrow at Fang Mo, who deflected it and pursued the archer at full speed.
• The Black archer used the wind to evade Fang Mo's attacks and pull ahead, while Fang Mo sensed how he found gaps in the wind and declared that he understood.

Fang Mo comprehended the Wind Splitter Tribe's Wind Control Technique, caught their fleeing warrior, and raced back toward camp. He arrived as the Rock Wolf pack withdrew from its siege and charged him, whereupon his Whirlwind Saber Art struck the Wolf King and its Heaven Grade wolves.

• Fang Mo adapted his movement to the wind, mastered the Wind Splitter Tribe's Prenatal-grade Wind Control Technique, and defeated and captured a Wind Splitter Tribe member.
• Fang Mo returned toward camp with Feng Xuyang and Huang Yuyang following as the Rock Wolf pack attacked the team and three Heaven Grade Rock Wolves joined the fight.
• The Rock Wolf King led its pack away from the camp and toward Fang Mo, who was approaching beneath the moonlight.
• Fang Mo unleashed the Whirlwind Saber Art, sending the Wolf King and three Heaven Grade Rock Wolves flying and cutting through the charging pack.

Fang Mo killed the attacking Rock Wolves with his newly fused Wind Riding Saber Art and learned that the Wind Splitter Tribesman had used the tribe’s Wind Control Technique. The tribesman died before revealing what Dark Wind meant, leaving Fang Mo’s group to investigate as they continued across the plateau.

• Fang Mo fused the Whirlwind Saber Art with the Wind Control Technique, creating a perfect-level Prenatal Wind Riding Saber Art, and drove off the Rock Wolves.
• Fang Mo handed the captured Wind Splitter Tribesman to Wang Jinlong, then led the group to a safer camp after confirming no one had died.
• Mojina and Aruna sensed the distant saber strike and admitted neither was confident they could stop its wielder if he was the same person who killed the native Peak Grandmaster.
• Wang Jinlong failed to question the badly injured tribesman, who recognized Fang Mo’s Wind Control Technique and said the Wind Splitter Tribe would not trade with Sky Demons.
• The Wind Splitter Tribesman died after mentioning the Wind Splitter God and Dark Wind, and Fang Mo told the group to rest and set out the next day.

Fang Mo suspected the Wind Splitter Tribe was preparing a trap at Yin Wind Canyon, the plateau’s only exit. His party found signs that the natives had evacuated and were moving ahead of them to block the route.

• The Wind Splitter Tribe’s chieftain learned that Feng Ning had died and led his people toward Yin Wind Canyon to join other tribes and kill the Sky Demons.
• Fang Mo’s party traveled through two unusually quiet days on the plateau, while Fang Mo suspected the Wind Splitter Tribe was planning something at Yin Wind Canyon.
• Fang Mo sensed that another party was following them and guessed it was from the Domey Alliance or Dobimo; Aruna and Mojina’s groups were indeed traveling together behind them.
• Fang Mo’s party discovered an abandoned Wind Splitter Tribe settlement and found evidence that natives had camped there the previous night.
• Bagmu concluded that the natives had learned of Fang Mo’s approach and were moving ahead to block the party’s path.

Fang Mo led his team into Yin Wind Canyon despite suspecting the Wind Splitter Tribe would ambush them there. Hidden attackers struck from the wind and sand, and Fang Mo ordered the team to retreat as the assault began.

• Fang Mo and the others decided to enter the canyon without waiting for the Domey Alliance and Duobimo Alliance, which Damo reported were following them.
• Fang Mo failed to control his Xiantian Pure Yang Internal Force and Mysterious Ice Force together, then set out with the team the next morning.
• The team reached Yin Wind Canyon, recognized its deadly winds, and cautiously entered after Fang Mo told everyone to stay alert and follow orders.
• After the group advanced five or six li, Fang Mo struck a hidden attacker who had approached Wang Jinlong through the storm.
• Archers and concealed assailants wounded two Transforming Strength Practitioners and killed a horse, so Fang Mo shouted for everyone to retreat.

Fang Mo led his team out of Yin Wind Canyon after the Wind Splitter Tribesmen ambushed and drove them into a costly retreat. With the Duomei and Duobimo alliances arriving, Fang Mo camped on a nearby ridge and agreed to meet Aruna and Mojina.

• Fang Mo used his Wind Control Technique to fight off Wind Splitter Tribesmen, but a Peak Grandmaster and several attackers forced his team to retreat through the canyon.
• The team escaped Yin Wind Canyon after losing three members and suffering numerous injuries; Fang Mo explained that the Wind Splitter Tribesmen used the Wind Control Technique to move through the Dark Wind.
• Fang Mo ordered the wounded and the dead moved to a camp on a southern ridge as the Duomei and Duobimo alliances arrived outside the canyon.
• Fang Mo watched the two alliances cautiously, suspecting they might exploit his group's weakened state, then rode out with Mingzhen, Mu Yan, and Yue Quan to meet Aruna and Mojina.
• Aruna asked Fang Mo to talk, and he agreed.

After escaping the Wind Splitter Tribe’s ambush in Yin Wind Canyon, Fang Mo warned Aruna and Mojina about the danger and obtained medicine for his wounded. Aruna planned to force a passage with Mojina’s team the next day, while Fang Mo prepared to scout for another route and left the group’s next move unresolved.

• Fang Mo told Aruna and Mojina about the Dark Wind and the Wind Splitter Tribe’s ambush, then asked them for healing medicine for his wounded.
• Aruna and Mojina gave Fang Mo’s group more than thirty doses of medicine before returning to their camp.
• Mu Yan and Yue Quan criticized Aruna and Mojina for refusing to join forces, while Mingzhen predicted they would seek Fang Mo’s help.
• Aruna and Mojina discussed Fang Mo’s warning, and Aruna decided their teams would attempt to break through Yin Wind Canyon the next day.
• Fang Mo considered the canyon’s danger at camp, then told Luo Jiangyan he would scout near it for another route rather than rely on the Duobimo Alliance.

Fang Mo's camp discovered that Dark Wind Baleful Intent was poisoning the wounded and other martial artists, and they needed Spiritual Medicine from Yin Wind Canyon to treat it. As the Duobimo Alliance and Domey Alliance entered the canyon, Fang Mo left alone to search for a cure.

• Fang Mo learned that the Duobimo Alliance and Domey Alliance were preparing to force their way through Yin Wind Canyon, and he chose to let them go first.
• Suxin found that the wounded had developed Dark Wind Baleful Intent and explained that Spiritual Medicine from the canyon was needed to expel it.
• Wang Jinlong and several others began showing symptoms, prompting Fang Mo to order Suxin to prepare medicine and the martial artists to expel the baleful intent with inner force.
• Fang Mo decided to enter Yin Wind Canyon alone despite Yue Quan, Luo Jiangyan, and the others urging him not to go.
• Fang Mo told the camp to guard the wounded, then raced toward the canyon after the two Alliances.

Fang Mo found Wind Sword Grass while searching Yin Wind Canyon and fought off Wind Splitter Tribe attackers. As the Domey Alliance and Duobimo Alliance teams faced mounting losses, he arrived and began leading them through the encirclement.

• The Wind Splitter Tribe ambushed Mojina and Aruna’s teams with arrows and attacks concealed by the storm, forcing them to retreat.
• Fang Mo searched the canyon wall for medicine and found a plant he identified as likely Wind Sword Grass.
• A Wind Splitter Tribe expert attacked Fang Mo, but Fang Mo defeated him, took the grass, and escaped as reinforcements arrived.
• The Wind Splitter Tribe continued attacking the retreating teams, and Mojina and Aruna realized they might have to force a costly breakthrough.
• Fang Mo appeared on the battlefield, killed several Wind Splitter Tribe members, and charged toward the encirclement while telling the teams to follow him.

Fang Mo led survivors from the Duobimo Alliance and the Domey Alliance out of Yin Wind Canyon, but Seqi accused him of colluding with the Wind Splitter Tribe and turned the rescued groups against him. Fang Mo defeated Seqi with a single saber strike, warned Aruna and Mojina that the Dark Wind was poisonous, and left with his companions.

• Luo Jiangyan and the others waited anxiously outside Yin Wind Canyon while Huang Yuyang reasoned that Fang Mo had entered to rescue the two trapped alliances.
• The Duobimo Alliance and the Domey Alliance escaped the canyon with Fang Mo, Aruna, and Mojina protecting their retreat from the Wind Splitter Tribe.
• Mojina and Aruna thanked Fang Mo, but Seqi accused him of conspiring with the Wind Splitter Tribe, and others demanded his Wind Control Technique.
• Fang Mo's companions defended him as Seqi and several others tried to stop them from leaving.
• Fang Mo struck Seqi down with his saber, warned Aruna and Mojina that the Dark Wind was poisonous, and departed with his companions.

Fang Mo helped treat the wounded and searched for another route around Yin Feng Gorge, but found the gorge was the only way through. As more alliances gathered at camp, he learned that some companions were missing and others were approaching, just as Mojina and Aruna arrived asking to see him.

• Suxin and Xuan Chenzi confirmed that Fang Mo's Wind Sword Grass could dispel wind evil, and Suxin used it to treat the wounded.
• Fang Mo searched the mountains for a route around Yin Feng Gorge but found no passable alternative.
• The Lionheart Alliance, Star Glory Alliance, and Pegasus Alliance arrived and camped rather than risk crossing the gorge.
• Fang Mo agreed to let Guan Yang return to the team but refused to promise that they would wait for Yang Yanzhi.
• Fang Mo discovered that Ruan Jingming and Yang Chengwu's signals had disappeared, while Lei He had entered the plateau and Yang Yanzhi was still on his way.
• A practitioner reported that Mojina and Aruna had arrived and wanted to see Fang Mo.

Mojina and Aruna sought Fang Mo’s help for the Dark Wind Poison, while the surviving members of the Lionheart Alliance argued over whether to return to Fang Mo’s group. Glaireo agreed to go with Guan Yang and Clansen, but Mo Feiyu refused as an unidentified voice confronted them from outside the camp.

• Fang Mo told Mojina and Aruna that Wind Sword Grass grew deep inside Yin Wind Canyon and that he had used his only stalk to make medicine.
• Mojina and Aruna left to consider entering Yin Wind Canyon to find more Wind Sword Grass.
• Guan Yang argued that the Lionheart Alliance should return to Fang Mo’s group, but Mo Feiyu refused to go.
• Clansen joined Guan Yang and urged Glaireo to accept defeat and return to Fang Mo.
• Glaireo agreed to return after Ye Lanxin supported the decision, while Mo Feiyu insisted she would go alone.
• An unidentified voice shouted from outside the camp, asking where they thought they were going.