Chapter Summaries

Glaireo hunted down warriors while searching for Fang Mo and learned that Fang Mo might be in Red Rock Valley. Meanwhile, Fang Mo cultivated in Red Flame Gorge and broke through to the Heavenly Human Realm.

• Glaireo forced three fleeing warriors to identify Fang Mo as One-Strike Slash, then killed them after one revealed a rumor that Fang Mo had gone to Red Rock Valley.
• Glaireo flew toward Red Rock Valley while Fang Mo continued cultivating undetected in Red Flame Gorge.
• Fang Mo drew spiritual energy into his Dantian and condensed his true qi into a drop of true essence.
• Fang Mo's spiritual energy surged into his sea of marrow, and his Primordial Spirit let him sense and command the power of heaven and earth.
• Fang Mo realized he had advanced into the Heavenly Human Realm.

Fang Mo advanced to the Heavenly Human Realm, strengthened his body, and returned to his companions’ hideout. After learning that Tao Shang needed help at Black Water Marsh, Fang Mo set out and spotted mechas hunting martial artists along the way.

• Fang Mo converted his true qi into several hundred drops of true essence and reached the eighth level of the Indestructible Diamond Body, Will like a Mountain.
• Fang Mo left Red Flame Gorge and returned to the underground cave in the Yinlei Mountain Range, where he reunited with Feng Xuyang, Mingzhen, Yue Quan, Qi Zhu, and Su Lan.
• Qi Zhu told Fang Mo that Tao Shang had sent word asking for help at Black Water Marsh, but Tao Shang had since become unreachable.
• Fang Mo told the group to remain hidden, then left the cave to find Tao Shang.
• Fang Mo spotted two mechas firing on fleeing martial artists and exotic beasts, but continued toward Black Water Marsh.

Tao Shang, Jiang Yuanjiu, Luo Feng, and the injured Gu Lingfeng hid from the Mechanical Empire in Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest and discussed Fang Mo’s strength and the need to reclaim Red Rock City. As they waited for Fang Mo and considered how to reach reinforcements, something heavy landed above their hiding place.

• Luo Feng carried the badly injured Gu Lingfeng through Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest with Tao Shang and Jiang Yuanjiu as mechs hunted Trial Takers nearby.
• The four hid beneath a cliff, and Tao Shang said he had sent word to Fang Mo but could not receive a response through the thick Poisonous Miasma.
• Gu Lingfeng spat out stagnant blood and recovered enough to speak, though he said he still could not use his full strength.
• Gu Lingfeng warned that the Mechanical Empire’s plans went beyond the attack on the Trial Area and said they needed to retake Red Rock City and restore access for reinforcements.
• Tao Shang said mechs blocked his attempts to cross Black Water Marsh, and he proposed discussing a solution with Fang Mo when he arrived.
• Gu Lingfeng signaled for silence when they heard something approach, and a heavy object landed on the cliff above them.

Gu Lingfeng, Luo Feng, Tao Shang, and Jiang Yuanjiu were cornered by two mechas and fought desperately to survive. An unseen attacker suddenly struck both machines, leaving the red mecha facing a massive blade descending through the blood mist.

• The red mecha found the group and blasted Gu Lingfeng aside with a Particle Cannon.
• Luo Feng tried to protect Gu Lingfeng but was struck down, while a second mecha blocked the group's escape.
• Gu Lingfeng, Tao Shang, and Jiang Yuanjiu chose to fight rather than surrender as the red mecha advanced.
• An unseen force shattered the second mecha's Particle Shield, then a Blade Light broke through the red mecha's defenses and hurled it to the ground.
• A sudden sword strike pierced the second mecha's heart, and a tremendous blade aura descended toward the red mecha.

Fang Mo rescued Tao Shang, Jiang Yuanjiu, and Gu Lingfeng by destroying a mech, then agreed to help them escape the area. Lei He learned that Fang Mo had destroyed two more mechs and ordered Glaireo to hunt him down while prioritizing the Mechanical Empire’s forces against the Tianli Sect.

• Fang Mo shattered a mech’s Particle Shield and alloy body, then disabled it with a strike to its chest.
• Jiang Yuanjiu and Tao Shang recognized Fang Mo’s Heavenly Human Realm strength, and Tao Shang explained that Gu Lingfeng no longer blamed him for Uncle Shui’s death.
• Fang Mo agreed to help the group leave, and Gu Lingfeng promised to avenge Luo Feng after Luo Feng died from his injuries.
• Fang Mo destroyed the power furnaces of two mechs, and the pursuing mechs later found only their charred remains.
• Lei He learned that Fang Mo had likely destroyed the two mechs and ordered Mu Shang to send more Level 1 Mechs and assign the hunt to Glaireo.
• Lei He refused to send a Level 3 Liquid Metal Martial Artist after Fang Mo, directing him instead to oversee mech assembly for the coming fight against the Tianli Sect.

Fang Mo hid in Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest while seeking a Heavenly Human Realm cultivation technique, then spotted Glaireo’s mechs hunting Trial Takers across the forest. He set out to turn the hunt against them.

• Fang Mo told Tao Shang that he had advanced in Red Flame Gorge and asked to borrow a Heavenly Human Realm cultivation technique, but Tao Shang said none were available in the Trial Ground.
• Tao Shang suggested Fang Mo ask Gu Lingfeng for a technique, but Fang Mo declined and went outside to observe the Mechanical Empire.
• Glaireo arrived with five other mechs, learned Fang Mo’s presence in the forest was unconfirmed, and ordered his team to spread out and search with detectors.
• Glaireo’s mechs scanned the forest and killed two hidden martial artists with a Particle Cannon as they continued hunting Trial Takers.
• Fang Mo watched the mechs through his Primordial Spirit and vanished into the blood mist, declaring that the hunt had begun.

Glaireo and the Mech Warriors hunted Trial Takers in the Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest, but Fang Mo began killing them from within the mist. The chapter left Number Two dead and the surviving Mech Warriors unable to locate their attacker.

• The Mech Warriors celebrated their kills as Glaireo searched for Fang Mo, whom he blamed for his nightmares and feared as an inner demon.
• A blade killed Number Five, and Glaireo found the mech pierced through its armor while the scouting aircraft nearby had been destroyed.
• Fang Mo killed Number Three with another blade strike, while the Mech Warriors’ radar failed to reveal him.
• Number Two, Number Four, and Number Six ignored Glaireo’s orders and fired wildly into the forest to avenge Zheng Xiong.
• Fang Mo disabled Number Two’s detectors with his Primordial Spirit Power, struck through his Particle Shield, and killed him with a blade attack.

Fang Mo ambushed the Mechs and killed Numbers Six and Four, but a powerful gray-silver Liquid Metal Warrior arrived and forced him to retreat into the blood mist. Glaireo fled while Fang Mo considered how to grow stronger before facing the new threat.

• Glaireo ordered Numbers Four and Six to withdraw together after they found Zheng Tai's body and fired into the forest.
• Fang Mo attacked the three Mechs from above, using his Primordial Spirit to disrupt them and sending them crashing into the forest.
• Fang Mo killed Number Six with a kick and impaled Number Four with his blade while Glaireo watched.
• A gray-silver Liquid Metal Warrior struck at Fang Mo as he pursued Glaireo, and Fang Mo escaped into the blood mist.
• Glaireo fled in terror as the gray-silver warrior searched for Fang Mo, who decided to retreat after assessing the warrior's strength.

Glaireo escaped Fang Mo and returned to Huang Mu, who ordered him back to Red Rock City while the Empire awaited Ze You’s decision. Fang Mo regrouped with Tao Shang and the others, and Gu Lingfeng offered him a Heavenly Human Realm cultivation technique, though the sect’s rules barred him from receiving it as an outsider.

• Glaireo escaped Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest and told Huang Mu that Fang Mo had destroyed his team.
• Huang Mu refused to use a Destruction-class Weapon and ordered Glaireo to return to Red Rock City until Ze You ruled on what to do about Fang Mo.
• Fang Mo returned to Tao Shang, Jiang Yuanjiu, and the recovering Gu Lingfeng, then warned them that more Mechanical Empire mechas might arrive and they should prepare to evacuate.
• Gu Lingfeng recognized that Fang Mo had entered the Heavenly Human Realm without a cultivation technique and offered to pass one on to him.
• Gu Lingfeng explained that Tianli Sect rules prevented him from giving Fang Mo an inner sect technique because Fang Mo was not on the Ascension Ranking, while Jiang Yuanjiu grew jealous of the favor Fang Mo received.

Gu Lingfeng offered Fang Mo the Taichu Qi Cultivation Chapter and accepted him as a True Disciple of Taichu Peak on his master’s behalf, making him a Martial Uncle to Tao Shang and Jiang Yuanjiu. As Fang Mo and the others left the Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest, Lei He ordered mechs to destroy it and kill Fang Mo.

• Gu Lingfeng offered Fang Mo the Taichu Qi Cultivation Chapter, a cultivation scripture that could lead to the Void Comprehension Realm.
• Gu Lingfeng accepted Fang Mo as a True Disciple of Taichu Peak on his master’s behalf, and Tao Shang and Jiang Yuanjiu bowed to him as their Martial Uncle.
• Fang Mo urged Gu Lingfeng to leave the Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest before Mechanical Empire reinforcements arrived, and the four departed together.
• Lei He explained that Glaireo still had a use in the Mechanical Empire’s campaign and ordered Huang Mu to send three Level 2 Mechs and ten Level 1 Mechs to destroy the forest.
• Glaireo watched the mechs leave Red Rock City and vowed that Fang Mo must die.

Gu Lingfeng brought Fang Mo to a hidden valley and transmitted the Taichu Qi Cultivation Chapter, which Fang Mo fused with his own cultivation method and rapidly mastered. As Fang Mo cultivated with extraordinary speed, Jiang Yuanjiu questioned Gu Lingfeng’s decision to teach him a secret art, while Tao Shang defended Fang Mo’s status in the sect.

• Gu Lingfeng led Fang Mo, Tao Shang, and Jiang Yuanjiu to a concealed cultivation site protected by an Array Formation.
• Gu Lingfeng sent Tao Shang and Jiang Yuanjiu into the cottages, then transmitted the Taichu Qi Cultivation Chapter directly into Fang Mo’s consciousness.
• Fang Mo fused the Taichu Qi Cultivation Chapter with the Xiantian Primordial True Qi Cultivation Method, reaching Mastery and improving his cultivation speed.
• Gu Lingfeng praised Fang Mo for forming thirty-six qi vortices on his first circulation, while Tao Shang and Jiang Yuanjiu reacted with surprise and envy.
• Jiang Yuanjiu challenged the decision to teach a sect secret art to Fang Mo, and Tao Shang defended Fang Mo as a True Disciple of the Tianli Sect’s inner sect.

Fang Mo cultivated the Taichu Qi Cultivation Chapter under Gu Lingfeng’s guidance, forming over a hundred qi vortices and refining his true essence. Gu Lingfeng gave him a blade art and pills, then planned to send him to the Advanced Trial Area, but Jiang Yuanjiu’s disappearance and a warning from Fang Mo’s Bronze Mirror suggested their hiding place had been exposed.

• Gu Lingfeng guided Fang Mo in merging the five-element spiritual energies, and Fang Mo formed more than forty qi vortices before Gu Lingfeng left him to cultivate.
• Jiang Yuanjiu went outside the array to find food despite Tao Shang warning him not to disturb Fang Mo.
• Fang Mo woke after cultivating and found that he had refined his true essence and formed more than a hundred qi vortices.
• Gu Lingfeng gave Fang Mo the Seven Fiends Blade art and Heavenly Human Qi Replenishing Pills, then explained his plan to send Fang Mo to the Advanced Trial Area with a Formation Crossing Talisman.
• Tao Shang reported that Jiang Yuanjiu had been missing for hours and could not be reached; Fang Mo’s Bronze Mirror warned of danger, so Gu Lingfeng led Tao Shang and Fang Mo away.

Gu Lingfeng sacrificed himself to help Fang Mo and Tao Shang escape the Mechanical Empire's ambush with a Teleportation Talisman. Fang Mo vowed to avenge him, while Huang Mu learned that two people had escaped and sent his forces to search for them.

• Huang Mu surrounded the valley with mechs, and Gu Lingfeng urged Fang Mo to take Tao Shang and flee.
• Gu Lingfeng attacked the mechs and used the chaos to give Fang Mo time to activate the Teleportation Talisman.
• Fang Mo and Tao Shang arrived in an unfamiliar place, where Tao Shang gave Fang Mo Gu Lingfeng's Storage Bag and Fang Mo swore revenge.
• Huang Mu's forces found only one person's remains, and Jiang Yuanjiu revealed that Gu Lingfeng had possessed a Teleportation Talisman.
• Huang Mu sent the mechs to search within a hundred li and ordered them to seal off Red Rock Valley.

Chu Shan’s Tianli Sect ship finally found its way through the mist, then learned that Gu Lingfeng had been killed and rushed toward Red Rock City. Fang Mo returned to the ruins, recovered Gu Lingfeng’s finger bone, and vowed to make the Mechanical Empire pay, while Tao Shang warned him to beware Jiang Yuanjiu.

• Chu Shan guided the flying warship through the mist after the star compass revealed their direction.
• A steward reported that Gu Lingfeng had fallen, and Chu Shan ordered the ship to accelerate toward Red Rock City.
• Tao Shang returned to the cave to contact Qi Zhu and the others while warning Fang Mo that Jiang Yuanjiu might have led the Mechanical Empire to them.
• Fang Mo found Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest and the valley reduced to ruins by the Mechanical Empire’s attack.
• Fang Mo recovered Gu Lingfeng’s crystalline finger bone and vowed to make the Mechanical Empire accompany him to the grave.

Fang Mo ambushed and destroyed two Mechanical Empire mechs, freeing the martial artists they had captured. Huang Mu reviewed the mech footage and recognized Fang Mo as a greater threat than Gu Lingfeng, while Fang Mo left to grow stronger and prepare for his conflict with Lei He.

• Fang Mo found two mechs capturing martial artists and struck them with blade auras, destroying their shields and knocking them down.
• Fang Mo decapitated the mechs, trapped their pilots inside, and burned them alive before freeing the captured martial artists.
• Fang Mo warned the survivors to hide underground or in deep mountain caves, then departed to avoid facing more mechs without favorable terrain.
• Huang Mu recovered footage showing Fang Mo killing the mechs and concluded that he was a far greater threat than Gu Lingfeng.
• Huang Mu ordered the mech remains taken back as he warned that Red Rock City's mechs could no longer hunt martial artists carelessly.

Lei He ordered the Mechanical Empire’s forces to prepare for the coming battle while planning to capture Fang Mo, who returned to the Yinlei Mountain Range grieving Gu Lingfeng’s death. Fang Mo and his companions weighed whether they could trust Tianli Sect, with the threat to their sects in the Galactic Alliance leaving their next move uncertain.

• Lei He recalled the mechs hunting outside, prioritized the coastal defenses, and ordered five more Level 2 Mechs assembled within two days.
• Lei He suspected Fang Mo was a reincarnated Void Comprehension Expert and resolved to capture him after confronting Tianli Sect’s reinforcements.
• Fang Mo returned to the Yinlei Mountain Range, where Tao Shang mourned Gu Lingfeng, and promised to avenge Senior Brother Tao.
• Fang Mo told his companions how Gu Lingfeng had sacrificed himself to help him and Tao Shang escape, and explained that he might become an inner sect disciple of Tianli Sect.
• Fang Mo warned that Tianli Sect might distrust them because the Mechanical Empire had come through their world, and declared that he and Lei He could not both survive.
• Huang Yuyang urged the group to side with Tianli Sect, but Mu Yan warned that the Mechanical Empire could retaliate against their sects in the Galactic Alliance.

Fang Mo chose to side with the Tianli Sect after learning that the Mechanical Empire enslaved martial artists and exploited them. He prepared to send his companions to the Advanced Trial Area while remaining behind, then claimed Gu Lingfeng’s Storage Bag and discovered it contained a Formation Transmission Talisman and a movement technique.

• Fang Mo, Huang Yuyang, Wang Jinlong, and the others discussed the Mechanical Empire’s influence over the Alliance, and Fang Mo declared that he would choose the Tianli Sect.
• Fang Mo revealed that the Mechanical Empire captured martial artists, made them slaves, extracted their life elements, and ravaged planets, prompting the group to condemn it.
• Fang Mo told his companions he would send them to the Advanced Trial Area to seek a way out, while he stayed behind to help the Tianli Sect resolve the crisis.
• Fang Mo arranged with Tao Shang to send the group out of Red Rock Valley within two or three days, promising to make the Mechanical Empire’s forces leave on their own.
• Fang Mo refined the formation talisman inside Gu Lingfeng’s Storage Bag and found a Tianli identity token, a Formation Transmission Talisman, and a movement technique.

Fang Mo comprehended Wind Shadow Roaming Heaven Steps and fused it with his other movement techniques, greatly improving his mastery. After Red Rock City detected his presence, he ambushed a patrolling mech and killed its pilot, while two more mechs rushed to respond.

• Fang Mo learned Wind Shadow Roaming Heaven Steps from the Jade Card and fused it with Wind Control Technique and Startling Swan Eight Steps, advancing the new technique to mastery.
• Fang Mo practiced the technique in the wind and flew hundreds of miles before sensing danger near Red Rock City and retreating.
• Red Rock City's radar detected a fleeting energy signal, and an officer ordered the staff to monitor it and send out mechs to investigate.
• Fang Mo observed Red Rock City's defenses and saw that the Mechanical Empire had sealed off the region to prevent anyone from contacting the Tianli Sect.
• Fang Mo ambushed a patrolling mech, destroyed its Particle Shield, and killed the Mech Warrior with his Primordial Spirit Sword.
• Two mechs approached the fallen mech, and Fang Mo vanished from sight.

Fang Mo destroyed three more Mechanical Empire mechs, then withdrew when reinforcements arrived and continued training in Red Flame Gorge. In Red Rock City, Lei He judged Fang Mo to be near the Late Heavenly Human Realm and ordered a search for him using captured martial artists, following Jiang Yuanjiu’s plan to send them into the Yinlei Mountain Range.

• Fang Mo used an Ion Bomb to blast three mechs, but withdrew when two reinforcements approached.
• Fang Mo returned to the Yinlei Mountain Range and practiced the Burning Heaven Splitting Mountain Slash in Red Flame Gorge.
• Lei He examined the wrecked mechs and recognized Fang Mo’s Armor-Breaking Strike, estimating his strength at no less than the Late Heavenly Human Realm.
• Lei He ordered Glaireo to lead a squad to Red Rock Valley and lure Fang Mo out by targeting Luo Jiangyan and Yue Quan.
• Jiang Yuanjiu suggested searching the Yinlei Mountain Range by implanting nano-controllers in captured martial artists and sending them into the mountains.
• Lei He ordered Mu Shang to take Jiang Yuanjiu and arrange the search.

Lei He ordered a search for Fang Mo’s group in the Yinlei Mountain Range, using martial artists and a hidden Level 2 Mech while planning to confront Fang Mo himself if necessary. In Red Rock City, Jiang Yuanjiu recruited captive martial artists to search for someone, and Xia Fanbai appeared to recognize the target.

• Lei He sent Glaireo to Red Rock Valley with images of Fang Mo’s companions and ordered Huang Mu to leak Glaireo’s information and secretly send a Level 2 Mech.
• Lei He explained that the Yinlei Mountain Range’s chaotic electromagnetic fields made a mech search unreliable and said he would face Fang Mo personally if the martial artists found him.
• Mu Shang brought Jiang Yuanjiu to the iron cages in Red Rock City, where Xia Fanbai, Ji Changming, and Zhan Tiancheng were imprisoned.
• Zhan Tiancheng denounced Jiang Yuanjiu for betraying the Tianli Sect, and the captives’ collars shocked him and Ji Changming when they tried to intervene.
• Jiang Yuanjiu promised the captives freedom and rewards if they found someone, prompting many to volunteer.
• Xia Fanbai seemed to recognize whom Jiang Yuanjiu wanted them to find, narrowed his eyes, and stepped forward.