Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo found a severely wounded Tianli Sect fighter near the battlefield where the Mechanical Empire had unleashed a devastating weapon, and carried him back to Red Rock Valley for treatment. When the stranger’s golden core began devouring Fang Mo’s true essence, Fang Mo broke free, and the man suddenly woke.

• Fang Mo sensed a terrifying energy field near Red Rock City and found the battlefield devastated by the Mechanical Empire’s weapon.
• Fang Mo discovered a badly injured man in a rocky pit and decided to rescue him in repayment for Bai Wuchen’s help.
• Fang Mo fed the man a Xiantian Pill, protected his heart meridians with true essence, and carried him back to the encampment.
• Fang Mo and Xuan Chenzi treated the man, and Fang Mo discovered that his golden core marked him as a True Man Realm cultivator.
• The man’s golden core began draining Fang Mo’s true essence, but Fang Mo used his Primordial Spirit Power to break free.
• The wounded giant opened his eyes as energy rippled through the cave.

Fang Mo saved the severely wounded Tie Xiaochuan, an elder of Tianli Sect, and learned that the sect’s forces had faced a powerful threat from the Mechanical Empire. Tao Shang contacted Bai Wuchen, who soon arrived and questioned Fang Mo about how he had killed two Level 2 Mechs.

• Tie Xiaochuan recovered enough to identify himself and recognize Fang Mo as Bai Wuchen’s junior brother, then gave Fang Mo a Jade Talisman to contact Bai Wuchen.
• Fang Mo asked Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and Zhan Tiancheng about the situation, then had Tao Shang use the Jade Talisman to report Tie Xiaochuan’s condition.
• Bai Wuchen replied that he was on his way, and Fang Mo sensed his arrival soon afterward.
• Bai Wuchen appeared in Tie Xiaochuan’s cave, praised Fang Mo, and asked how he had killed two Level 2 Mechs.
• Fang Mo said he was considering how to explain what happened, and Bai Wuchen promised the sect would remember his contribution.

Fang Mo explained the Mechanical Empire’s mechs to Bai Wuchen, who questioned his knowledge and learned that Fang Mo possessed a Liquid Metal Battle Armor. After warning Fang Mo about its dangers, Bai Wuchen took the Great Formation Control Token and departed, leaving Fang Mo to escort the injured Tie Xiaochuan to the Advanced Trial Area.

• Fang Mo told Bai Wuchen about mech combat and explained that he had learned about mechs by killing them.
• Bai Wuchen questioned Fang Mo’s knowledge of Liquid Metal Warriors, and Fang Mo showed him the Liquid Metal Battle Armor he had taken from a Level 3 warrior.
• Bai Wuchen identified the armor as Demonic Liquid and warned Fang Mo that its fusion and evolution could destroy the user.
• Fang Mo gave Bai Wuchen the Great Formation Control Token and recounted how he had obtained it, introducing Zhan Tiancheng and the other two as well.
• Bai Wuchen asked Fang Mo to take the badly injured Tie Xiaochuan to the Advanced Trial Area, then teleported away with the token.

Bai Wuchen brought the Formation Token to the wounded Tianli Sect survivors, and Elder Ji decided to wait for reinforcements before attacking the Mechanical Empire. The reinforcements arrived in force, and the sect’s army set out for Red Rock City.

• Fang Mo continued toward the depths of Red Rock Valley with the injured Tie Xiaochuan while Bai Wuchen rushed to the Red Rock Trial Area.
• Bai Wuchen told Elder Ji that Tie Xiaochuan had survived but suffered severe injuries, then revealed that he had obtained the Formation Token.
• Elder Ji took the Formation Token and chose to wait for reinforcements before using it to attack the Mechanical Empire.
• After two days of recovery, Elder Ji and Bai Wuchen gathered the wounded survivors aboard the Heavenly Vessel and waited above Black Water Marsh.
• Tianli Sect reinforcements emerged from a pillar of light, including over a thousand Heavenly Human Realm experts, more than a hundred Transcendent Realm experts, and several True Man Realm experts.
• Mo Xinghe mocked Ji Mingfeng before the sect forces set out aboard six Heavenly Vessels for Red Rock City.

The Tianli Sect forces attacked Red Rock City, where Chu Shan and the other captives remained bound, but the city’s defenses held off their assault. Mo Xinghe’s combined sword strike shook the barrier without breaking it, while Bai Wuchen searched for a way to control the city’s grand array.

• Ji Mingfeng, Mo Xinghe, and the Tianli Sect forces found Chu Shan and the other captives inside Red Rock City, and Mo Xinghe ordered an immediate assault.
• Bai Wuchen took the Formation Token and searched from a mountain peak for a way to control Red Rock City’s grand array.
• Red Rock City’s weapons and turtle-shell barrier repelled the Tianli Sect’s attacks as both sides exchanged heavy fire.
• Mo Xinghe and twelve True Man Realm experts formed a grand array and summoned the Profound Sky Purple Gold Sword.
• The sword struck Red Rock City’s barrier, shaking it and damaging buildings, but the barrier remained intact.

Bai Wuchen broke Red Rock City’s defenses, but Chu Shan warned him that the city was a trap for the Tianli Sect. Bai Wuchen activated the grand formation to move the deadly device away, while the Mechanical Empire’s Divine Hall exploded and the surviving warriors prepared to continue their campaign.

• Bai Wuchen entered Red Rock City, destroyed its weapons and energy pillars, and split the city open with his flying sword, collapsing its turtle-shaped barrier.
• Chu Shan warned Bai Wuchen through a Primordial Spirit transmission that Red Rock City was a trap, so Bai Wuchen ordered the Tianli Sect warriors to retreat.
• Bai Wuchen found a flashing metal object in the underground formation and activated the grand formation with the Formation Token.
• Farrow ordered the Mechanical Empire forces to leave the Divine Hall, which exploded after their aircraft and mechs flew away.
• Mo Xinghe and Ji Mingfeng discussed the devastating blast, and Mo Xinghe used a Sky-Shrouding Talisman to evade the Ancient Realm’s searching rules.
• Mo Xinghai led the group toward the Red Rock Continent to eliminate the remaining Mechanical Empire forces.

Fang Mo studied the Barbarian Tribe’s Savage Body Refinement Art and tested it using Exotic Beast blood and Spiritual Medicine. He absorbed the blood qi and caused vivid blood patterns to emerge across his body, beginning to cultivate the art.

• Fang Mo compared four Beast Skin Scrolls and, after learning the art’s methods from captured Barbarian Tribe experts, considered using the Savage Body Refinement Art to overcome his body-cultivation bottleneck.
• Tie Xiaochuan called the art a low-grade method that could turn Fang Mo into a lunatic, but Fang Mo decided to try it without asking Tie for another cultivation art.
• Fang Mo returned with a pouch of Exotic Beast blood, poured it into a pit, and added Spiritual Medicine to create a blood pool.
• Fang Mo drew the blood qi into himself with his Primordial Spirit and refined it using the Savage Body Refinement Art.
• Fang Mo absorbed all the blood qi, and vivid blood patterns rose across his skin and face.

Fang Mo rapidly cultivated the Savage Body Refinement Art through the Coiled Dragon Sinew Realm, impressing Tie Xiaochuan with his body-refining talent. After seeing Fang Mo’s power, Tie Xiaochuan eagerly tried to take him as his disciple.

• Fang Mo quickly advanced through the Savage Body Refinement Art’s Blood Boiling and Frenzied Bone realms, condensing nine Savage bone patterns.
• Tie Xiaochuan offered to make Fang Mo his Personal Disciple if he reached the Coiled Dragon Sinew Realm.
• Fang Mo entered the Coiled Dragon Sinew Realm and condensed twelve Blood Qi Coiling Dragons, astonishing Tie Xiaochuan and the onlookers.
• Fang Mo unleashed the twelve dragons in a punch that shattered a massive boulder, then assessed how the art complemented the Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Tie Xiaochuan grabbed Fang Mo’s arm and excitedly demanded that he become his disciple.

Fang Mo reached Eagle Ravine Gorge to retrieve the Profound Grade Token, only to discover that the seemingly deserted Barbarian settlement had lured him into an ambush. Trapped on the altar beneath a blood qi Array Formation, he faced a thousand Barbarians as an approaching group emerged from their ranks.

• Tie Xiaochuan remained angry that Fang Mo had refused to become his disciple, while Fang Mo resolved to honor his promise to Gu Lingfeng and accept Ling Cangyan instead.
• Tao Shang told Fang Mo that Eagle Ravine Gorge and the Barbarians' stronghold lay ahead, and Fang Mo flew there alone to retrieve the Profound Grade Token.
• Fang Mo found the settlement apparently deserted, took the token from the altar, and found no information about the Savage Body Refinement Art.
• Blood qi surged from the settlement, and an Array Formation trapped Fang Mo on the altar as Barbarians emerged from underground hiding places.
• More than a thousand Barbarians surrounded Fang Mo, then parted to let a group of people approach.

Fang Mo broke the Barbarian Tribe Blood Qi Grand Formation and slaughtered the warriors who attacked him, then fought their Heavenly Human Realm expert. As Fang Mo’s twelve Blood Qi Coiling Dragons began to merge, the expert fed his own blood qi into them, and a giant dragon’s head emerged.

• The Barbarian Tribe Heavenly Human Realm expert confronted Fang Mo and activated the Blood Qi Grand Formation to trap him.
• Fang Mo shattered the formation with his punches, revealed twelve Blood Qi Coiling Dragons, and charged into the Barbarian Tribe warriors.
• The Heavenly Human Realm expert sang to drive the Barbarians into a frenzy while Fang Mo continued slaughtering them.
• Fang Mo and the expert exchanged blows, and Fang Mo repeatedly overpowered him with his physical strength.
• Fang Mo’s twelve Blood Qi Coiling Dragons began merging, and the expert poured his blood qi into them until a giant dragon’s head emerged.

Fang Mo completed the fourth realm of the Savage Body Refinement Art after a True Dragon formed and the ancient dragon skeleton within Barbarian Ancestor Mountain stirred. The dying Barbarian Tribe expert declared Fang Mo their benefactor, and the Barbarians began chanting as blood qi surged from beneath the mountain toward them.

• Fang Mo helped the twelve Blood Qi Coiling Dragons fuse, forming a True Dragon that drew blood qi from Barbarian Ancestor Mountain.
• Fang Mo's Primordial Spirit entered the mountain and sensed a gigantic dragon skeleton before being forced back by its terrifying pressure.
• The Coiling Dragon merged with Fang Mo's spine, condensed a drop of True Dragon Blood, and unlocked the True Dragon Marrow Realm of the Savage Body Refinement Art.
• The wounded Barbarian Tribe Heavenly Human Realm expert confirmed Fang Mo had obtained the inheritance, called him the Barbarians' benefactor, and died after shouting "Wuzhalu."
• The Barbarians gathered and chanted "Wuzhalu," while blood seeped into the mountain and streams of blood qi surged from underground toward them.

Fang Mo crossed Eagle Ravine Gorge with Tao Shang’s group after the Barbarians sang a mournful farewell from Barbarian Ancestor Mountain. Tie Xiaochuan offered him powerful body-refining techniques in hopes of making him his disciple, but Fang Mo kept his promise to Senior Brother Gu and chose to continue cultivating on his own.

• Fang Mo rejoined Tao Shang’s group and led them across Eagle Ravine Gorge while the Barbarians sang to see him off.
• Tie Xiaochuan caught Fang Mo during a rest and learned that he had obtained part of the fourth realm of the Savage Body Refinement Art.
• Tie Xiaochuan warned Fang Mo that the art might cause qi deviation and gave him the Dominant Body Battle Mark Record.
• Tie Xiaochuan offered to teach Fang Mo the Mysterious Mountain Body Casting Scripture if Fang Mo became his disciple, but Fang Mo said he would first honor his promise to Senior Brother Gu.
• Fang Mo judged that the Dominant Body Battle Mark Record demanded too many resources, put it away, and resumed cultivating the Taichu Qi Cultivation Chapter.

After Tianli Sect rebuilt Red Rock City, Mo Xinghe led five Heavenly Vessels through a portal toward the Red Rock Continent, while Ji Mingfeng stayed behind and warned Bai Wuchen to watch the Mechanical Empire. Ji Mingfeng learned of Fang Mo’s exceptional strength and hinted he might want him as a disciple; the vessels then emerged in another ruined region, frightening a group of arriving warriors.

• Ji Mingfeng and Mo Xinghe argued over whether Tianli Sect should seek reinforcements before the five Heavenly Vessels entered a newly opened passage.
• Ji Mingfeng told Bai Wuchen he feared Mo Xinghe would act recklessly, then heard that Tie Xiaochuan wanted to compete with Ling Cangyan to take Fang Mo as a disciple.
• Bai Wuchen praised Fang Mo’s extraordinary combat ability, and Ji Mingfeng admitted he was tempted to take him as a disciple himself.
• Ji Mingfeng ordered Bai Wuchen to guard Red Rock City and monitor the Mechanical Empire before they returned to the city.
• Five Heavenly Vessels emerged through a portal above a ruined coastline, startling several warriors who had traveled there and prompting them to flee into the forest.

Fang Mo and the Tianli Sect group entered the Advanced Trial Area and discovered they had arrived together in an ancient mountain range. As the sect members argued over which lineage would take the younger disciples, a powerful figure appeared and revealed that Ling Cangyan had broken through to the Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm.

• Fang Mo and the others passed through the vortex into the Advanced Trial Area, where they found themselves in a mountain range filled with rich spiritual energy.
• A Primordial Exotic Beast charged at the group, but it fled after seeing Fang Mo, who let it escape.
• Tie Xiaochuan told Tao Shang and the others that they could skip the trial and receive sect rewards, prompting the Leixiao and Earth Rock Lineages to compete for the younger disciples.
• Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and Zhan Tiancheng offered the younger disciples places in their lineages, while Fang Mo declined to choose for them.
• Tie Xiaochuan urged Fang Mo to become his disciple, but a powerful figure appeared in the sky and rebuked him for speaking ill of others.
• Tie Xiaochuan recognized the newcomer as Ling Cangyan and exclaimed that he had broken through to the Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm.

Ling Cangyan revealed his immense power, teleported the group to a distant divine hall, and recognized Fang Mo as Gu Lingfeng’s disciple. He took Fang Mo away with him, while Tie Xiaochuan accepted that he had lost his chance to claim Fang Mo as his own disciple.

• Ling Cangyan appeared in the sky, and Tie Xiaochuan greeted him as Martial Uncle Ling.
• Ling Cangyan used a grand array formation to teleport the group hundreds of thousands of li to a divine hall among ruined buildings.
• Ling Cangyan warned Tie Xiaochuan that his damaged golden core would make reaching the Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm difficult.
• Fang Mo showed Ling Cangyan Gu Lingfeng’s severed finger and token, and Ling Cangyan took Fang Mo away.
• Tao Shang reassured Luo Jiangyan, while Tie Xiaochuan left in a chair carried by martial artists and entrusted the others to Tao Shang.

Feng Xuyang’s group reached the Divine Hall and discovered Gu Liangyunzong on the Ascension Ranking, while Fang Mo reported his exploits to Ling Cangyan and was accepted as a Registered Disciple of Great Void Peak. The chapter ended with Fang Mo asking what assessment he needed to pass to become a Formal Disciple.

• Tao Shang led Feng Xuyang and the others to the Divine Hall, where they saw the Ascension Ranking and learned the trial required a hundred thousand slaughter points to enter the Tianli Sect.
• Xuan Chenzi and Feng Xuyang spotted a name on the ranking, but Feng Xuyang concealed his reaction and hurried the group inside.
• Tao Shang noticed Ludi, Lofia, and Gu Liangyunzong on the ranking, while Feng Xuyang was relieved that Gu Liangyunzong had reached the Heavenly Human Realm and was still alive.
• Fang Mo told Ling Cangyan what had happened and handed over Huang Mu’s Demonic Liquid, which Ling Cangyan demonstrated and warned him to use cautiously.
• Ling Cangyan accepted Fang Mo as a Registered Disciple of Great Void Peak and told him he would need to pass an assessment to become a Formal Disciple.

After Ling Cangyan appointed Fang Mo as his disciple, Fang Mo explored the Divine Hall and learned that he had to reach the top five of the Ascension Ranking to pass his master’s test. He reunited with his Galactic Alliance companions on the third level, where they marveled at the Hall’s seemingly real inner worlds.

• Fang Mo left Ling Cangyan’s palace and learned from steward Xu Shou that he had to earn at least two hundred thousand Slaughter Points to reach the top five of the Ascension Ranking.
• Xu Shou explained the Divine Hall’s nine levels and took Fang Mo by carriage through a teleportation archway to the third level, where Fang Mo spotted Tie Xiaochuan’s residence along the way.
• Fang Mo arrived at the courtyard where his friends had been settled and reunited with Long Piaopiao, Yue Quan, Huang Yuyang, and the others from the Galactic Alliance.
• Fang Mo explained that the Divine Hall’s inner worlds were likely created by an Array Formation, and Wang Jinlong compared them to a virtual reality game, causing everyone to react sharply.

Fang Mo told his companions he had become Ling Cangyan’s Registered Disciple and learned that his grandfather, Gu Liangyunzong, had reached the Heavenly Human Realm and ranked forty-second on the Ascension Ranking. While Fang Mo planned to send his companions to cultivate and seek his grandfather, Ling Cangyan and Ji Mingfeng discussed the growing danger surrounding the war and the Yin Void.

• Fang Mo explained that he had to enter the Ascension Ranking’s top five to become a Formal Disciple, and his companions told him Gu Liangyunzong ranked forty-second.
• Fang Mo decided his companions would stay and cultivate while he joined the trials and searched for his grandfather, and he assured them he had provided for their expenses.
• Ling Cangyan and Ji Mingfeng watched Fang Mo’s conversation, and Ling Cangyan warned Ji Mingfeng not to spy on his disciple.
• Ji Mingfeng warned Ling Cangyan that the Mechanical Empire’s actions might conceal a conspiracy and that divinations pointed to approaching disaster.
• Ling Cangyan and Ji Mingfeng discussed the worsening Yin Void and the failed attempts to reach its ninth heaven, and Ji Mingfeng suggested Fang Mo might succeed.

After Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and Zhan Tiancheng returned with sect rewards, Fang Mo learned more about the Ascension Ranking and prepared to leave the Trial Area. He shared supplies with his companions, then departed by carriage to hunt mutated beasts and search for his maternal grandfather and the others.

• Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and Zhan Tiancheng told Fang Mo about the sect rewards they had received for their contributions.
• Fang Mo explained that he had to reach the top five of the Ascension Ranking to become a Formal Disciple, and the group discussed the ranking and Divine Hall.
• Tao Shang gave Feng Xuyang and Xuan Chenzi several hundred Gold Crystals for the group’s expenses, and Fang Mo added more currency and pills for everyone to share.
• Fang Mo told Luo Jiangyan and the others he would leave to hunt mutated beasts and search for his maternal grandfather and companions.
• Xu Shou drove Fang Mo away in the carriage as Luo Jiangyan and the others watched him depart.

Fang Mo arrived in the Sixth Heaven and bought a detailed map of the vast Trial Area to prepare for his journey. As he studied it, he considered ways to replace his destroyed Wristwatch’s mapping functions.

• Fang Mo entered the Sixth Heaven through a Teleportation Gate using Ling Cangyan’s token and noticed the realm’s dense spiritual energy and many Heavenly Human Realm martial artists.
• Fang Mo worried about the Galactic Alliance’s vulnerability and resolved to protect Guan Lie, Guan Lu, and his master.
• Fang Mo stopped at Thousand Maps Pavilion and negotiated the shopkeeper down from five hundred Gold Crystals to fifty for the latest Trial Area map.
• Fang Mo studied the map, learned the Trial Area spanned a million li and contained dangerous regions, exotic beasts, and interconnected Safe Zones, then wondered how to replace his Wristwatch.