Chapter Summaries

Starlight fell across the Vast Continent, Yunjing Continent, and Red Rock Continent, triggering the emergence of terrifying beasts and catastrophic forces. At Wind Split Plain, Chang Fei realized the storm and monsters were about to overwhelm the Alliance fortress and ordered everyone to the underground shelter.

• A star fell into a Vast Continent lake, freezing it and releasing hordes of icy monsters that scattered to hunt.
• A meteor struck a dead volcanic valley on Yunjing Continent, unleashing a magma lake and a colossal flaming beast.
• A star fell on Red Rock Continent, where Chang Fei's fortress detected an immense energy surge and sent fighter craft to investigate.
• A violent storm destroyed the fighter craft, and Chang Fei saw monsters carried within it as it advanced toward the fortress.
• Chang Fei ordered the fortress's defenses activated, called for support, and rushed everyone into the underground shelter.

Countless meteors escaped the Yin Ruins, unleashing powerful exotic beasts across the Ancient Realm and disrupting its rules. As Gu Yu and Mo Xinghe plotted to blame Fang Mo for the disaster, a blazing pillar of light burst from the ruins, drawing the True Lords and others toward it.

• Meteors fell across the Ancient Realm, and Spirit Transformation, Form Transformation, Heaven Penetrating, and even stronger exotic beasts emerged as the realm's rules failed.
• Mo Xinghe argued that the new beasts could bring valuable resources to the Tianli Sword Domain, then suggested blaming Fang Mo if he survived the Yin Ruins.
• True Monarch Qingshui ordered Gu Yu to have Ji Mingfeng prepare the Trial Areas for danger and evacuation, while Gu Yu raised suspicions that Fang Mo had acted for the Mechanical Empire.
• True Monarch Ziji questioned whether Fang Mo's connection to the Mechanical Empire meant the disaster was a plot, but True Monarch Hongye dismissed the idea.
• After the escaping stars stopped, the Yin Ruins shook again and sent a blazing pillar of light into the sky, prompting the True Lords, Venerable Qingyun, Gu Yu, and Mo Xinghe to rush toward it.

After emerging from the Yin Ruins with a False Ancestral Dragon Blade and a warning that only a hundred years remained, Fang Mo was seized by the attention of Tianli Sect’s Void Glimpse Great Powers. They demanded to know what he had seen on the ninth level and tried to inspect his strange tenth Battle Soul, leaving him resisting their crushing pressure.

• Fang Mo learned from Yao Huang that a hundred years remained and that escaped Primal Spirit Fragments had to be dealt with, and he discovered the False Ancestral Dragon Blade within his Dantian.
• Powerful cultivators tried to seize Fang Mo outside the Yin Ruins, but a Great Power transported him into a boundless white space before they could reach him.
• Fang Mo greeted the gathered Void Glimpse Great Powers and identified their realm, impressing them with his composure and knowledge.
• A Great Power demanded to know what Fang Mo had found on the ninth level of the Yin Ruins and crushed him with pressure until he summoned nine Battle Souls.
• Fang Mo manifested a tenth, sinister Battle Soul and resisted as the Great Power attempted to pull it away, provoking an even stronger assault.

Fang Mo endured Lie Jiuyou’s pressure until Star River Heavenly Venerate intervened, then received Heavenly Heart Jade Milk as compensation. When the Heavenly Venerates proposed extracting his memories about the changed Yin Ruins, Star River refused and insisted they ask him instead.

• Fang Mo revealed his Circulatory Heavenly Stars, Dominant Body Battle Mark Record, and perfect Golden Core as he resisted Lie Jiuyou’s pressure.
• Lie Jiuyou’s force nearly pulled away Fang Mo’s tenth battle soul before Star River Heavenly Venerate intervened and restored the battle souls to Fang Mo.
• Fang Mo resented Tianli Sect for waiting to protect him and vowed to remember Lie Jiuyou.
• Star River confronted Lie Jiuyou, who gave Fang Mo a bottle of Heavenly Heart Jade Milk as compensation.
• A Heavenly Venerate proposed extracting Fang Mo’s memories about the ninth level of the Yin Ruins, but Star River refused and said they could ask him instead.

Fang Mo showed the Void Glimpse Great Powers his recorded images of the Yin Ruins’ ninth level, while concealing his encounter with the Divine Corpse. When Fang Mo said he had no later images, Lie Jiuyou attacked him, and another Great Power joined in as Star River Heavenly Venerate tried to protect him.

• Star River Heavenly Venerate recognized Fang Mo as part of his lineage and told him to call him Martial Ancestor.
• Fang Mo projected his recorded images of the ninth level of the Yin Ruins, revealing the Nine Heavenly Pillars, the Divine Corpse, and the Heavenly Abyss.
• Fang Mo left out his conversation with the Divine Corpse and the scenes where it helped him condense his battle soul.
• When Star River Heavenly Venerate asked about the missing later images, Fang Mo said he had been transported out of the Yin Ruins.
• Lie Jiuyou accused Fang Mo of lying and attacked him, but Star River Heavenly Venerate blocked his strike.
• Another Great Power reached for Fang Mo as his protective energy field collapsed, leaving him unable to resist.

The Star River Heavenly Venerate protected Fang Mo from the Great Powers who wanted to search his soul over the Yin Ruins. After driving them back, he granted Fang Mo a Star River Token with immense authority and three strands of powerful sword intent.

• Xuanqing Heavenly Venerate and Dangyun Heavenly Venerate intervened to protect Fang Mo as Red Crane and Eagle Mountain attacked, while the Star River Heavenly Venerate clashed with Lie Jiuyou.
• The Star River Heavenly Venerate revealed his fifth-stage Void Comprehension Realm power, forcing Lie Jiuyou to retreat until Jian Buxu's sword light halted the star river.
• Jian Buxu proposed reconstructing Fang Mo's memories, but the Star River Heavenly Venerate threatened anyone who tried to touch a Tianli Sect disciple, and Jian Buxu backed down.
• The Star River Heavenly Venerate declared that Fang Mo had earned the Star River Token by clearing all nine Yin Ruins levels and bringing back the Secret of Yinxu.
• The Star River Heavenly Venerate gave Fang Mo the Star River Token, which granted him broad access within the Tianli Sect and contained three strands of sword intent capable of killing most opponents below the Void Comprehension Realm.

Fang Mo returned from the space-time realm to find powerful cultivators waiting to question him about the Yin Ruins. As Spirit Roaming Realm experts demanded answers and threatened him, True Monarch Qingshui defended him, leaving the gathered sects poised for a confrontation.

• Fang Mo's companions worried that Great Powers might harm him, while Mo Xinghe and Venerable Gu Yu hoped he would be eliminated.
• Fang Mo emerged from the void, surprising the waiting cultivators and delighting Ji Mingfeng, Senior Brother Zhai, Senior Brother Yao, and Venerable Qingyun.
• Fang Mo noticed that Tie Xiaochuan, Bai Wuchen, and Ling Cangyan were absent from the crowd.
• Daoist Cangnan pressured Fang Mo to reveal what was on the Yin Ruins' ninth level, but Fang Mo said he had already reported it to the Void Glimpse Great Powers.
• True Monarch Qingshui stopped Daoist Cangnan from pressuring Fang Mo and said he was a Tianli Sect disciple.
• Daoist Cangnan and other Spirit Roaming True Lords demanded that Fang Mo be questioned before everyone, while Mo Xinghe eagerly hoped they would kill him.

True Monarch Qingshui defended Fang Mo from other sects, praised his cultivation, and gave him a saber technique. Before Fang Mo could explain the Yin Ruins, Venerable Gu Yu and Mo Xinghe accused him of ties to the Mechanical Empire, and four true monarchs intervened on their behalf.

• True Monarch Qingshui and the Tianli Sect’s Spirit Roaming Realm experts forced the gathered sects to withdraw from confronting Fang Mo.
• Fang Mo met True Monarch Qingshui, who praised his firm foundation and gave him a jade talisman containing a saber technique after Fang Mo declined to discuss the Yin Ruins.
• Venerable Gu Yu and Mo Xinghe accused Fang Mo of being a Mechanical Empire infiltrator and urged True Monarch Qingshui to arrest and interrogate him.
• True Monarch Qingshui refused to act before the matter was settled, but Gu Yu continued pressing him, drawing a threat of force from the true monarch.
• Four true monarchs arrived beside Venerable Gu Yu and blocked True Monarch Qingshui’s pressure.

Gu Yu and the other sect factions pressed True Monarch Qingshui to investigate Fang Mo as a suspected Mechanical Empire spy. Fang Mo rejected the accusation and challenged Mo Xinghe, who attacked him, leaving the confrontation on the brink of violence.

• Gu Yu gained the support of four Imperial Sky Peak Patriarchs and demanded that Fang Mo be dealt with publicly, while True Monarch Yuanhua and other True Lords added pressure on Qingshui.
• Ji Mingfeng wanted to defend Fang Mo, but Senior Brother Zhai warned that the accusation could force Fang Mo into detention and that Taichu Peak had not intervened.
• True Monarch Qingshui asked Fang Mo to answer Gu Yu’s accusations, and Fang Mo calmly said he had nothing to say.
• When Mo Xinghe claimed Fang Mo had confessed, Fang Mo denied confessing to any crime and mocked Mo Xinghe for relying on flimsy evidence.
• Fang Mo rebuked Mo Xinghe for slandering him without proof, and Mo Xinghe erupted with fury and struck at him with a powerful palm.

Fang Mo revealed his strength when Mo Xinghe attacked him, shattering Mo Xinghe’s palm strike with one punch and drawing the crowd’s astonishment. As Mo Xinghe launched a full-power lightning attack, Fang Mo displayed even greater dragon might, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Mo Xinghe attacked Fang Mo with a giant palm strike while the onlookers and True Lord Qingshui watched without intervening.
• Fang Mo unleashed his peak True Man Realm physical strength and shattered Mo Xinghe’s palm with the Savage Ancient Heaven Suppressing Fist, sending him flying and making him spit blood.
• Fang Mo mocked Mo Xinghe, who declared he would kill him and charged with his full lightning power.
• Fang Mo summoned a Blood Qi Coiling Dragon, revealing his great-completion sixth-realm Savage Body Refinement Art and overwhelming dragon might.
• Gu Yu warned Mo Xinghe to retreat, but Mo Xinghe refused and unleashed his lightning power against Fang Mo.

The Void Glimpse Great Powers entered the eighth level and discovered that its Primal Spirit Fragments carried an evil force that could revive exotic beasts. After Star River Heavenly Venerate purified some fragments, the group entered the ninth level and reached the Sealed Land, where they saw the Divine Corpse held within the Nine Heavenly Pillars.

• Lie Jiuyou, Eagle Mountain Heavenly Venerate, and Red Crane Heavenly Venerate slaughtered the exotic beasts before the void passage and gathered their Primal Spirit Fragments.
• Lie Jiuyou and Red Crane Heavenly Venerate discovered that the fragments contained contaminating evil energy, and Star River Heavenly Venerate showed that they could revive as exotic beasts.
• Star River Heavenly Venerate burned away the evil power in the fragments and urged the Heavenly Venerates to enter the ninth level in search of a way to break through Void Glimpse.
• Lie Jiuyou entered the passage first, and Red Crane Heavenly Venerate and the others followed him into the stable space of the ninth level.
• Star River Heavenly Venerate, Dang Tian, and Xuanqing flew to the Sealed Land and saw the Divine Corpse suspended within the seal of the Nine Heavenly Pillars.

Fang Mo defeated Mo Xinghe with the Blood Qi Coiling Dragon and blocked Gu Yu’s attempt to intervene using the perfected Dominant Body Battle Mark Record. He resumed his lethal attack on Mo Xinghe as Gu Yu summoned his Dharma Body to strike again.

• Fang Mo’s Blood Qi Coiling Dragon overwhelmed Mo Xinghe’s lightning and flying sword, hurling him into a crater.
• Gu Yu attacked Fang Mo while the four ancestors prevented True Monarch Qingshui from intervening.
• Fang Mo’s perfected Dominant Body Battle Mark Record formed a star barrier that blocked Gu Yu’s palm strike.
• Fang Mo declared the battle unfinished and sent the Blood Qi Coiling Dragon toward Mo Xinghe, who begged his senior brother to save him.
• Gu Yu roared that Fang Mo must die and summoned his ten-thousand-foot golden Dharma Body to attack again.

Fang Mo survived Gu Yu’s Golden Dharma Body strike and gravely wounded Mo Xinghe, then challenged Gu Yu to a direct fight. As Gu Yu suppressed him with the power of heaven and earth, a figure descended onto the battlefield and ordered them to stop.

• Gu Yu used his Golden Dharma Body, but Fang Mo’s Dominant Body Battle Mark Record withstood the blow before breaking, and the backlash forced Gu Yu to retreat.
• Fang Mo emerged from the Blood Qi Coiling Dragon with only minor injuries, while Mo Xinghe lay gravely wounded in the crater.
• Gu Yu accused Fang Mo of killing a fellow disciple, and Fang Mo mocked him and claimed self-defense.
• Gu Yu prepared to suppress Fang Mo, but Fang Mo rose into the air and challenged him to fight.
• Gu Yu’s Golden Dharma Body suppressed Fang Mo with the power of heaven and earth, and an unknown figure descended and shouted for them to stop.

Daozhen stopped Gu Yu from fighting Fang Mo and revealed that Ling Cangyan had died protecting the Tianli Sect’s retreat. He gave Fang Mo Ling Cangyan’s inheritance, then prepared to pass him the Taichu Peak Command Token as Gu Yu and others objected.

• Daozhen arrived on the battlefield and rebuked Gu Yu for trying to capture Fang Mo.
• Daozhen introduced himself as Ling Cangyan’s friend and told Fang Mo that his master had fallen after defending the Tianli Sect’s forces from the Mechanical Empire.
• Fang Mo grieved over Ling Cangyan’s death and accepted his master’s Spatial Ring and inheritance from Daozhen.
• Daozhen brought out the Taichu Peak Command Token, but Gu Yu objected, citing Fang Mo’s unknown identity and alleged collusion with the Mechanical Empire.
• Three figures arrived and joined Gu Yu in insisting that Fang Mo should not receive the Command Token.

Venerable Beixuan challenged Daozhen over giving Taichu Peak’s Command Token to Fang Mo, insisting that Yan Chenghai should inherit it. Daozhen said Peak Master Cen had approved Ling Cangyan’s choice, then struck back when Beixuan questioned whether Cen could have sent a message.

• Venerable Beixuan arrived with Yan Chenghai and Du Xun as Daozhen prepared to give Fang Mo the Command Token.
• Beixuan argued that the token concerned Taichu Peak’s inheritance and should go to Yan Chenghai instead of Fang Mo.
• Yan Chenghai asked Daozhen to hand him the token, but Daozhen said Peak Master Cen had sent a divine message leaving the decision to Ling Cangyan.
• Daozhen’s pressure forced Yan Chenghai to retreat when he questioned the Peak Master’s decision.
• Beixuan blocked Daozhen’s pressure and challenged his claim that Peak Master Cen had sent a message from the Chaotic Star Rift.
• Daozhen shattered the void with a sweep of his sleeve, sending Beixuan staggering and knocking Yan Chenghai and Du Xun backward.

Fang Mo secured the Taichu Peak Command Token and became its new overseer after Daozhen drove off his opponents and defended his authority. With the token’s power now in his hands, Fang Mo confronted Yan Chenghai and Du Xun over their defiance.

• Bei Xuan abandoned the contest for the Command Token, and Du Xun and Yan Chenghai prepared to leave.
• Fang Mo stopped them and confirmed with Daozhen that accepting the Command Token would make him Taichu Peak’s overseer.
• Daozhen threatened Gu Yu for opposing Fang Mo, and Gu Yu withdrew his Golden Dharma Body after True Monarch Yuanhua warned him that he had turned everyone against himself.
• Fang Mo accepted and refined the Command Token, learning that it could command Taichu Peak’s resources and withstand a strike from a peak Tribulation Infant expert.
• Daozhen affirmed that Fang Mo had fulfilled his master’s final instruction, and Fang Mo asked whether Tianli Sect punished disrespect toward the overseer after Du Xun refused to obey him.

Fang Mo defeated Du Xun and Yan Chenghai in single punches after they challenged his authority as Taichu Peak’s leader. Du Xun accepted Fang Mo, who ordered him to summon Taichu Peak’s True God Realm cultivators for a meeting the next day, then asked Ji Mingfeng and Senior Brother Zhai about his friends.

• Fang Mo punched Du Xun back a hundred meters and injured him after Du Xun challenged his authority.
• Yan Chenghai attacked Fang Mo with Void Annihilation Hand, but Fang Mo defeated him with one punch and warned him not to attack again.
• Du Xun acknowledged Fang Mo as Taichu Peak’s leader, and Fang Mo ordered him to summon every Taichu Peak True God Realm cultivator to the encampment the next day.
• Daozhen gave Fang Mo a Spiritual Sense Talisman before leaving, while the other powerful cultivators departed.
• Ji Mingfeng and Senior Brother Zhai congratulated Fang Mo and called him a fellow Senior or Junior Brother; Fang Mo then asked about his friends.

Yan Chenghai recovered from Fang Mo’s attack under Venerable Beixuan’s care, while Gu Yu had Mo Xinghe treated after Fang Mo destroyed his Golden Core. Gu Yu then killed Mo Xinghe and ordered the witnesses to claim he had died by suicide, leaving Bai Hai Zhou to arrange the funeral.

• Venerable Beixuan stabilized Yan Chenghai’s injuries and warned him that Fang Mo had used only part of his strength; Du Xun then disowned Yan Chenghai for his sneak attack.
• True Monarch Yuanhua saved Mo Xinghe’s life but said his shattered Golden Core and damaged Primordial Spirit would be difficult to restore.
• Gu Yu vowed to avenge Mo Xinghe, while True Monarch Yuanhua warned him not to stir up trouble amid the coming exotic beast tide.
• After True Monarch Yuanhua left, Gu Yu struck Mo Xinghe down and ordered the others to report that Mo Xinghe had taken his own life.
• Gu Yu appointed Bai Hai Zhou temporary master of Imperial Sky Peak and ordered everyone to keep Mo Xinghe’s death secret; Bai Hai Zhou began funeral arrangements.

Fang Mo inspected Ling Cangyan’s Spatial Ring and discovered that Taichu Peak’s inheritance held many techniques but little wealth. Ling Cangyan explained why he had chosen Fang Mo to lead the peak, then promised to teach him formations before his remnant soul faded.

• Fang Mo entered Ling Cangyan’s Spatial Ring and was surprised by its vast storage space, though its wealth and equipment were meager.
• Ling Cangyan appeared as a remnant soul and praised Fang Mo’s growth and his ability to command Taichu Peak.
• Ling Cangyan explained that Taichu Peak had been weakened by an ancient battle and that he had chosen Fang Mo because of his talent, fortune, and proven strength.
• Ling Cangyan revealed that he had investigated Fang Mo’s ties to the Thirteen Alliances and the Mechanical Empire, which had helped True Monarch Qingshui protect him.
• Ling Cangyan told Fang Mo that he could not recover, but promised to teach him the arts of formations using the Taichu Myriad Manifestations Art.

Fang Mo learned Ling Cangyan’s array techniques and set out to retrieve his friends, but news that Mo Xinghe had died after his Golden Core was destroyed sparked outrage against him. Ignoring warnings to keep a low profile, Fang Mo went to Venerable Qingyun’s Dao Ground, where Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun welcomed him.

• Fang Mo mastered void formations and composite grand arrays in an hour, then left Ling Cangyan’s Spatial Ring to meet Ji Mingfeng and Senior Brother Zhai.
• Meng Xiuping reported that Mo Xinghe had killed himself after Fang Mo destroyed his Golden Core, and that Imperial Sky Peak’s disciples were demanding revenge.
• Ji Mingfeng and Senior Brother Zhai urged Fang Mo to stay put while they investigated, but Fang Mo decided to go out anyway.
• Fang Mo traveled by carriage to the ninth level and arrived at Venerable Qingyun’s Dao Ground.
• Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun welcomed Fang Mo and led him inside to meet their master.