Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo cleared the fourth level of the Yin Ruins to keep his weaker relatives from entering, then began condensing a Golden Core on the fifth level. His Blood Dragon Battle Armor guarded him as the breakthrough drew swarms of exotic beasts, but a huge spiked serpent burst from the ground and charged toward him.

• Fang Mo finished clearing the fourth level so Maternal Grandfather and the others would not risk entering and dying there.
• Fang Mo refined more than ten thousand Primal Spirit Fragments until his Ten Perfection Primal Chaos Wheel reached its limit, then began condensing a Taichu Golden Core.
• Fang Mo ordered his Blood Dragon Battle Armor to guard him, and it split into flying insects to watch the surrounding area.
• Fang Mo's gathering spiritual energy attracted exotic beasts, which the battle armor slaughtered and turned into Primal Spirit Fragments.
• The battle armor killed a giant flaming bird and split into four forms to fight several powerful beasts, but the oncoming horde overwhelmed its defenses.
• A gigantic spiked serpent burst from the ground and charged toward Fang Mo.

Fang Mo’s four Ancient Desolate Beast Battle Souls and Liquid Metal Battle Armor defended him from an overwhelming beast attack while he condensed a Ten-Perfection Golden Core. He advanced to the True Man Realm and left to test his new combat power.

• The Liquid Metal Battle Armor and Desolate Sky Ape repelled the exotic beasts that threatened Fang Mo as he condensed his core.
• Fang Mo’s Desolate Nether Undying Bird and Abyssal Yuan Devouring Beast destroyed the remaining attackers and devoured their energy.
• Fang Mo formed a Ten-Perfection Golden Core and received a hundred breaths of energy feedback that transformed his body, Bone Structure, meridians, and Primordial Spirit.
• Fang Mo opened his eyes as a True Man Realm cultivator, recalled the Liquid Metal Battle Armor, and summoned his Blood Dragon Battle Blade.
• Fang Mo flashed toward the spatial passage to test his True Man Realm combat power.

Karen, Batu, and Yan Xi entered the fifth level and discovered signs that Fang Mo had fought with power approaching the Spirit Transformation Level. Fearing his rapid growth and the risk that he would force them out of the Yin Ruins, they decided to kill him and hid near the Guardian Beast to ambush him.

• Karen, Batu, and Yan Xi emerged together on the fifth level and complained that Fang Mo’s rapid progress had disrupted their mission.
• The three examined the shattered landscape and recognized Fang Mo’s blade intent, concluding that his strength had grown dramatically and might have reached the True Man Realm.
• Yan Xi, Karen, and Batu agreed to kill Fang Mo before he could grow stronger or push them out of the Yin Ruins.
• When they sensed that the Guardian Beast had appeared, the three hurried to its location and found the barrier but no sign of Fang Mo.
• Karen rejected Yan Xi’s suggestion to kill the Guardian Beast, warning that the fight would alert Fang Mo, so the three hid nearby to prepare an ambush.

Gu Liangyunzong and Kruger failed to reach the Transcendent Realm and parted ways, but a message soon sent Gu Liangyunzong rushing off. In Star Sea City, Luo Zhenyuan and the Huiwu Pavilion members evacuated after learning the Tianli Sect would soon come for them, leaving the pavilion empty just before Tianli Sect martial artists arrived.

• Gu Liangyunzong and Kruger accepted their failed breakthrough, parted ways, and Kruger warned Gu Liangyunzong to hide and refine his Primal Spirit Fragments.
• Gu Liangyunzong received a shocking message on his Communication Jade Talisman and hurried away.
• Luo Jiangyan told the Huiwu Pavilion assembly that Tao Shang had confirmed the Tianli Sect might soon arrest them and urged them to evacuate before its forces arrived.
• Luo Zhenyuan ordered the Huiwu Pavilion members to send warnings, abandon unnecessary supplies, and leave, while Luo Jiangyan and her companions chose to hide in the wilderness together.
• Nearly everyone left Huiwu Pavilion within two hours, and Luo Zhenyuan led the last group away.
• Tianli Sect martial artists arrived less than an hour later, surrounded the courtyard, and rushed inside to search.

Pang Angong failed to find Fang Mo’s clansmen after Wu Qingzi protected their escape and blocked Imperial Sky Peak’s search. Mo Xinghe abandoned the search for them and ordered Bai Hai Zhou to target them to force Fang Mo into rebellion.

• Pang Angong found Huiwu Pavilion empty, while Wu Qingzi instructed Star Sea City’s Guard not to help Imperial Sky Peak locate its people or access Teleportation Array records.
• Wu Qingzi used the grand array to crush Pang Angong back to the ground when he tried to fly to the Guardian Hall, then sent a message to Xiang Yunqing after Pang Angong withdrew.
• Mo Xinghe told Pang Angong to stop investigating the escaped clansmen and instead search for people who had emerged from the Yin Ruins.
• Mo Xinghe ordered Bai Hai Zhou to kill Fang Mo’s clansmen, explaining that he wanted to provoke Fang Mo and eliminate Taichu Peak’s chance to challenge Imperial Sky Peak.

Fang Mo reached the fifth layer and confronted a Spirit Transformation Level Abyssal Shadow Swift Silver Fox, whose spatial abilities made it a dangerous opponent. After injuring the fox and blocking its ambush, he trapped it in the Abyssal Yuan Devouring Beast’s domain, just as three golden attackers emerged from hiding.

• Fang Mo arrived at the fifth layer, where Karen told Batu and Yan Xi to conceal themselves as they prepared to ambush him.
• Fang Mo identified the Guardian Beast as an Abyssal Shadow Swift Silver Fox and sensed that it had reached the Spirit Transformation Level.
• Fang Mo struck the Silver Fox with Locking Void Finger, shattered space, and drew in the fox’s spilled blood.
• The Silver Fox attacked with void blades and its Void Claw, but Fang Mo blocked the claw with his Mystic Tortoise Shell.
• Fang Mo summoned the Abyssal Yuan Devouring Beast, whose domain slowed the Silver Fox, while three golden figures burst from the ground and charged at him.

Fang Mo stopped the ambush by Karen, Batu, and Yan Xi, revealing overwhelming power that trapped the three Level 4 Liquid Metal Warriors and subdued Silver Fox. He began crushing the warriors one by one to force them to answer his questions, leaving Karen and Yan Xi facing the same threat.

• Karen, Batu, and Yan Xi launched a coordinated attack on Fang Mo while Silver Fox tried to break free from the devouring domain.
• Fang Mo unleashed a galaxy-like power that froze the attackers’ movements and shattered their attacks, while the Abyssal Yuan Devouring Beast pinned Silver Fox down.
• Fang Mo recognized the three attackers as Level 4 Liquid Metal Warriors from the Mechanical Empire and realized the empire was targeting the Yin Ruins and the Ancient Realm.
• When the warriors refused to answer his questions, Fang Mo crushed Batu to death as Karen and Yan Xi watched helplessly.
• Yan Xi cursed Fang Mo and was crushed under his power, while Karen threatened the Galactic Alliance; Fang Mo demanded that Karen tell him what he wanted to know.

Fang Mo interrogated Karen and Yan Xi about the Mechanical Empire’s plans for the Yin Ruins and the Thirteen Alliances, then killed them and absorbed their power. He entered the sixth level of the Yin Ruins, eager to reach the ninth.

• Fang Mo crushed Karen’s mech until Karen and Yan Xi agreed to answer his questions.
• Karen revealed that the Empire sought to reach the ninth level of the Yin Ruins, control the Ancient Realm, and prevent the Tianli Sect from obtaining its secrets.
• Yan Xi and Karen explained that the Empire wanted the Ancient Realm as a base for retaking the Tianli Sword Domain and had attacked Red Rock City early because the Galactic Alliance had captured a Tianli Sect expert.
• Karen admitted that the Thirteen Alliances were meant to become low-class Colony Planets supplying the Empire with resources and martial artists.
• Fang Mo killed Karen and Yan Xi, absorbed the golden snakes, and let the Blood Dragon Battle Armor refine Silver Fox into a Soul Beast Battle Mark.
• Fang Mo entered the sixth level of the Yin Ruins through the void vortex, increasingly interested in the ninth level.

True Monarch Qingshui led the Heavenly Vessel fleet to war against the Mechanical Empire, leaving Gu Yu in charge of the Divine Hall and Qingyun to monitor Fang Mo’s progress in the Yin Ruins. The sixth level opened, prompting Mo Xinghe to plot against Fang Mo while Ji Mingfeng and Tie Xiaochuan moved to protect his clansmen; Gu Liangyunzong then arrived at the Divine Hall.

• True Monarch Qingshui departed with the fleet for the Red Rock Continent and appointed Gu Yu to oversee the Divine Hall.
• The sixth dragon pattern lit on the Ascension Ranking, and True Monarch Qingshui ordered Qingyun to report developments in the Yin Ruins.
• Mo Xinghe signaled Bai Hai Zhou to prevent Fang Mo from becoming a contributor to the sect, while Ji Mingfeng and Tie Xiaochuan arranged protection for Fang Mo’s clansmen.
• Qingyun declined Gu Yu’s invitation and had Ji Mingfeng arrange her accommodations.
• Bai Hai Zhou left to carry out his orders despite growing doubts about Gu Yu and Mo Xinghe.
• Gu Liangyunzong emerged from the plaza’s Teleportation Array and arrived at the Divine Hall.

Guliang Yunzong hurried to Yunjian City to warn the scattered members of his group, but Tianli Sect pursued him after detecting a Primal Spirit Fragment. As Tianli Sect took him to the Divine Hall for questioning, Mu Yunlan and Hua Xianling prepared to alert the others and investigate.

• Guliang Yunzong learned that the Tianli Sect was arresting people from the Thirteen Alliances and traveled through the Divine Hall to Yunjian City.
• Tianli Sect members followed Guliang Yunzong through the Teleportation Gate after their compass detected a Primal Spirit Fragment.
• Guliang Yunzong received a message and headed toward a secluded courtyard, but Tianli Sect martial artists intercepted him.
• Guliang Yunzong gave the false name Takigawa and agreed to accompany the Tianli Sect to the Divine Hall for questioning.
• Mu Yunlan and Hua Xianling saw Guliang Yunzong being led away; Mu Yunlan decided to warn the scattered groups and gather information while Hua Xianling went to find Xuan Chenzi and Luo Zhenyuan.

Tao Shang learned that Imperial Sky Peak had detained Gu Liangyunzong and sought help to protect him from being exposed. At the Divine Hall, Gu Liangyunzong was pressured into trading most of his Primal Spirit Fragments for pills and a Tianli Sect entry token, then hurried away with a chance to join one of its five peaks.

• Tao Shang told Xia Fanbai and Zhan Tiancheng that Imperial Sky Peak had taken Gu Liangyunzong to the Divine Hall, and the three split up to find information and help.
• Gu Liangyunzong was questioned about the Yin Ruins, Fang Mo, and his remaining Primal Spirit Fragments, but he denied seeing Fang Mo.
• A Tianli Sect elder offered Gu Liangyunzong pills and sect membership for his fragments, then warned that carrying them would attract danger.
• Gu Liangyunzong agreed to exchange forty fragments for one hundred and twenty-five True Qi Pills and received a token to join any of the Tianli Sect's five peaks.
• Gu Liangyunzong left the Divine Hall in a hurry as several people approached and passed by him.

Gu Liangyunzong was ambushed by Pang Angong as he tried to leave, and Mu Yunlan joined the fight to help him. Pang Angong overpowered them both, but several figures appeared to stop him just as he moved to kill them.

• Pang Angong recognized something was wrong as Gu Liangyunzong left, then ordered his companions to attack him.
• Gu Liangyunzong fought off the first strikes and fled, but Pang Angong blocked his path and defeated him with a powerful palm strike.
• Mu Yunlan rushed to Gu Liangyunzong’s aid, but Pang Angong struck him down and turned to attack again.
• Gu Liangyunzong and Mu Yunlan fought Pang Angong together, but he shattered their sword qi and sent them both flying.
• Several figures appeared before Pang Angong and struck at him as he prepared to kill the two men.

Xiang Yunqing arrived to stop Pang Angong from taking Gu Liangyunzong and Mu Yunlan, claiming they were under orders to be questioned about the Mechanical Empire. Pang Angong surrounded them with Imperial Sky Peak cultivators, and the chapter ended as Xiang Yunqing and Pang Angong prepared to fight before an unknown voice intervened.

• Xiang Yunqing blocked Pang Angong and rejected his claim that Gu Liangyunzong and Mu Yunlan were criminals without evidence.
• Xiang Yunqing ordered his men to take Gu Liangyunzong and Mu Yunlan for questioning, and they allowed themselves to be disarmed and bound.
• Pang Angong summoned more than a dozen Imperial Sky Peak cultivators and declared that no one would leave.
• Xia Fanbai sent Tao Shang a message while Zhan Tiancheng worried that Xiang Yunqing could not hold off the attackers alone.
• Xiang Yunqing and Pang Angong drew swords and raised their auras as the spectators fled.
• An unknown speaker interrupted the confrontation by saying, “Enough!”

Bai Hai Zhou warned Xu Ying against openly opposing Fang Mo and chose a cautious approach while targeting Fang Mo’s companions through Pang Angong. Meanwhile, Xiang Yunqing persuaded Gu Liangyunzong and Mu Yunlan to bring the scattered Galactic Alliance survivors under his protection.

• Bai Hai Zhou dismissed Pang Angong’s failed attempt to kill someone and told Xu Ying that Fang Mo’s grandfather had been released beyond their reach.
• Bai Hai Zhou ordered Xu Ying to watch Xiang Yunqing and the others, then pass news of Fang Mo’s companions to Pang Angong rather than act recklessly himself.
• Bai Hai Zhou explained that Fang Mo’s growing power and support made him dangerous to oppose, and urged Xu Ying to protect himself and their lineage.
• Xiang Yunqing told Gu Liangyunzong and Mu Yunlan that Pang Angong was hunting Galactic Alliance survivors and had already killed several.
• Gu Liangyunzong and Mu Yunlan agreed to contact the scattered teams so Xiang Yunqing could arrange their safe reception.

Yue Quan and Luo Jiangyan returned from scouting Safe Zones and reported that Tianli Sect had tightened its blockade, leaving the group trapped in the wilderness without reliable supplies. After a mutant beast emerged in their cave, Luo Jiangyan decided they would contact the Divine Hall and go there.

• Yue Quan and Luo Jiangyan returned to the hidden cave and told the group that Tianli Sect guarded two Safe Zones and seized people who resembled them.
• Feng Xuyang reported that Iron Sword Gate's Sect Master Yang Jiye and two disciples had been captured, though Senior Hua and Senior Xuan Qingzi had already reached the Divine Hall.
• Luo Jiangyan and Yue Quan worried that Tianli Sect might use them to control Fang Mo, while Feng Xuyang and Xuan Chenzi warned that the group was running short of supplies and medicine.
• Long Piaopiao urged Luo Jiangyan to keep hiding until Fang Mo returned, but a mutant beast surfaced in the underground river and Huang Yuyang killed it.
• Luo Jiangyan decided the group would contact the Divine Hall and have its people come receive them.

Tie Xiaochuan and Bai Wuchen welcomed the changing support for Fang Mo, but Xu Ying and Pang Angong moved to intercept Xiang Yunqing and his party. Gu Yu sealed the Teleportation Arrays and barred True Man Realm cultivators from leaving, leaving Tie Xiaochuan and Bai Wuchen unable to help as Xiang Yunqing stopped responding.

• Tie Xiaochuan sent Xiang Yunqing to receive Luo Jiangyan and the others, while he and Bai Wuchen discussed Fang Mo’s rise and their own cultivation.
• Xu Ying learned Xiang Yunqing had gone to Star Sea City and sent word to Pang Angong, who led an armed group toward the Teleportation Array.
• Gu Yu ordered Ji Mingfeng to suspend all Teleportation Arrays, and Ji Mingfeng secretly warned Tie Xiaochuan.
• Tie Xiaochuan tried to send help, but Gu Yu forbade all True Man Realm cultivators from leaving the Divine Hall.
• Tie Xiaochuan messaged Xiang Yunqing to stop the reception, but got no reply, leaving him and Bai Wuchen fearing for the group’s safety.

Xiang Yunqing gathered Luo Jiangyan and the others to escort them to safety, but learned Imperial Sky Peak was planning an interception and changed their route to Qinghu Safe Zone. Pang Angong and six other Transcendent Realm experts caught up, and Xiang Yunqing stayed behind to face them while his companions continued onward.

• Xiang Yunqing met Luo Jiangyan, Yue Quan, Feng Xuyang, and their group at Qingyang Mountain and prepared to escort them to the Divine Hall.
• After setting out, Xiang Yunqing received a message and redirected everyone from Sunset River Safe Zone to Qinghu Safe Zone.
• Xiang Yunqing learned Pang Angong had brought people to intercept them and hurried the group east toward Qinghu.
• When seven sword shadows caught up, Xiang Yunqing sent his companions onward and stopped to confront Pang Angong and the other Transcendent Realm experts.

Xiang Yunqing fought Pang Angong and three other Transcendent Realm martial artists to keep them from pursuing Luo Jiangyan’s group, but the pursuers caught up and trapped the group on a mountaintop. As a Transcendent Realm expert prepared to strike down the cornered disciples, Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and Zhan Tiancheng were pinned helplessly nearby.

• Pang Angong attacked Xiang Yunqing, but Xiang Yunqing proved stronger and fought off the first assault.
• Pang Angong ordered four Transcendent Realm martial artists to pursue the group while three others used their flying swords to pin Xiang Yunqing down.
• The pursuers caught up with Luo Jiangyan’s group, and Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and Zhan Tiancheng tried to hold them off but were blasted aside.
• A Transcendent Realm martial artist scattered the group’s combined resistance with his sword intent, leaving Yue Quan, Luo Jiangyan, and Feng Xuyang injured.
• Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and Zhan Tiancheng pleaded for the pursuers to stop, but one pinned them down as another sent a sword slashing toward the group.

Wang Jinlong, Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and the others were nearly killed by two Transcendent Realm warriors before Meng Xiuping arrived and drove them back. Xu Ying then appeared and confronted Meng Xiuping, while the two warriors tried to pursue the retreating group.

• Wang Jinlong, Zhan Tiancheng, Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, and the others joined forces against a Transcendent Realm warrior, but his sword strike injured them and left them unable to fight back.
• Just as the warrior was about to kill them, Meng Xiuping shattered his flying sword and ordered the two Transcendent Realm warriors to leave.
• One warrior attacked Meng Xiuping and was wounded by a single sword strike, but Xu Ying arrived before the pair could withdraw.
• Meng Xiuping ordered Tao Shang, Xia Fanbai, Zhan Tiancheng, and the others to retreat as Xu Ying challenged him to fight.
• Xu Ying told the two Transcendent Realm warriors to pursue the group, and Meng Xiuping sent sword lights after them while Xu Ying launched his lightning sword at him.

Xu Ying fought Meng Xiuping while Luo Jiangyan and the others fled, but Wu Qingzi intervened to protect them from their pursuers. Shi Yuanhao arrived and ordered Wu Qingzi to leave, and the chapter ended as five more Transcendent Realm experts joined Wu Qingzi against him.

• Xu Ying and Meng Xiuping traded fierce sword techniques, with Xu Ying gradually forced onto the defensive.
• Two Transcendent Realm experts caught up with Luo Jiangyan and the others, but Wu Qingzi appeared and drove them back.
• Wu Qingzi declared that Star Sea City would protect Fang Mo's guests and refused to yield when the pursuers warned him of the consequences.
• Shi Yuanhao arrived and demanded that Wu Qingzi leave, but Wu Qingzi chose to defend the group despite the danger.
• Five more Transcendent Realm experts arrived beside Wu Qingzi and challenged Shi Yuanhao.