Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo visited Venerable Qingyun, thanked her for helping protect his clansmen, and learned she had once shared a life-and-death friendship with his master, Ling Cangyan. After he gave Qingyun and her disciples valuable gifts, Qingyun proposed sending Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun to Taichu Peak for training, leaving Fang Mo to answer.

• Fang Mo greeted Venerable Qingyun and presented her with two immortal herbs and a box of Primal Spirit Fragments in thanks for her aid.
• Qingyun advised Fang Mo to leave his clansmen at her residence for safety, but Fang Mo said he would take them to Taichu Peak; she warned him that Imperial Sky Peak might exploit Mo Xinghe's death to cause trouble.
• Qingyun explained that she and Ling Cangyan had shared a life-and-death friendship, and Fang Mo accepted her as his Martial Uncle.
• Qingyun introduced Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun as Fang Mo's Junior Sisters, and Fang Mo gave each of them an immortal herb.
• Qingyun praised Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun's potential and asked Fang Mo whether he would take them to Taichu Peak for training.

Fang Mo accepted Venerable Qingyun’s offer to bring Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun to Taichu Peak and received her alchemy insights. True Monarch Qingshui revealed that Fang Mo possessed the Star River Token and ordered Qingyun to support him; Fang Mo then reunited with his clansmen and greeted Gu Liangyunzong.

• Venerable Qingyun sent Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun to join Fang Mo at Taichu Peak and gave him her alchemy insights.
• True Monarch Qingshui told Qingyun that Fang Mo had obtained the Star River Token and instructed her to help him at all costs.
• Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun escorted Fang Mo to his clansmen, and Fang Mo explained the power and attainment of his Dominant Body Battle Mark Record.
• Fang Mo reunited with the waiting group in the rear mountains and told Gu Liangyunzong, “Maternal Grandfather, I'm back!”

Imperial Sky Peak disciples surrounded Fang Mo’s residence and accused him of killing True Man Mo and being a Mechanical Empire spy, as Venerable Gu Yu orchestrated the attack to ruin his reputation and target his clansmen. Fang Mo moved into Ling Cangyan’s eighth-floor cultivation grounds under Venerable Daozhen’s protection, and the chapter ended with Xiang Yunying and Meng Xiuping greeting him as their martial uncle.

• Imperial Sky Peak disciples gathered outside Fang Mo’s residence, spreading accusations that he had killed True Man Mo and might be a Mechanical Empire spy.
• Venerable Gu Yu told Bai Hai Zhou to use the crowd to destroy Fang Mo’s standing and arranged for five Peak Heavenly Human Realm experts to attack Fang Mo’s clansmen.
• Pang Angong reported that Fang Mo had moved to Ling Cangyan’s cultivation grounds on the eighth floor, where Venerable Daozhen had helped him settle in.
• Gu Yu raged at Fang Mo’s move but ordered the disciples outside to keep denouncing him rather than cause trouble on the eighth floor.
• Yue Hanchuan assured Fang Mo that Venerable Daozhen would remain at the Divine Hall and prevent anyone from causing trouble at the cultivation grounds.
• Xiang Yunying and Meng Xiuping arrived and respectfully greeted Fang Mo as their martial uncle.

Fang Mo settled his family into his dojo and accepted help from Xiang Yunying and Meng Xiuping to protect them from Imperial Sky Peak. He told his maternal grandfather that he planned to take control of Taichu Peak, though he admitted he was not confident he could succeed.

• Fang Mo welcomed Xiang Yunying and Meng Xiuping, then learned Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun had joined Taichu Peak.
• Meng Xiuping and Xiang Yunying warned Fang Mo that Imperial Sky Peak disciples were targeting his residence and clansmen, and offered to guard the dojo.
• Fang Mo accepted their help and gave each of them a stalk of immortal grass to aid their cultivation.
• Imperial Sky Peak disciples failed to find Fang Mo and eventually dispersed, while his family settled into the dojo.
• Fang Mo told Gu Liangyunzong that he would bring the family to Taichu Peak once he took control of it, despite lacking confidence in the plan.

Fang Mo arrived at Taichu Peak’s garrison to take charge as Chief amid factional unrest and threats from Imperial Sky Peak. He barred latecomers from the meeting hall, then received Xiao Jingsheng and the Mu brothers, who greeted him respectfully.

• Deacons Zhu Zhengze and Qin Wenhe worried that Taichu Peak’s True Persons would refuse to attend after Ling Cangyan’s death.
• Fang Mo arrived with Chi Yu and Nangong Aoyun, and learned that none of the True Persons had yet appeared.
• Fang Mo ordered that anyone who arrived after the hour of the Dragon could not enter the deliberation hall.
• Xiao Jingsheng, Mu Haixin, and Mu Haichao arrived and bowed to Fang Mo as Chief.

Fang Mo welcomed Xiao Jingsheng and the Mu brothers back from the battlefield, where chaos and powerful exotic beasts had halted the fighting. As the Taichu Peak Steward meeting drew the attention of powerful observers, Yue Wangchuan challenged Fang Mo to a duel, leaving the question of whether he would accept unresolved.

• Xiao Jingsheng and the Mu brothers returned and pledged their support to Fang Mo after hearing of his fight with Mo Xinghe.
• Xiao Jingsheng explained that the battlefield had been abandoned because the Advanced Trial Area and Red Rock Continent were in turmoil, with powerful exotic beasts appearing.
• Fang Mo and his companions headed toward the hall, where Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm powerhouses watched the meeting from an image of the Taichu Peak encampment.
• Yue Wangchuan arrived, and Xiao Jingsheng warned Fang Mo that the famed sword cultivator might have come to challenge him.
• Yue Wangchuan challenged Fang Mo to a fight, promising to support his appointment as Steward if Fang Mo won and to leave Taichu Peak if he lost.

Fang Mo faced Yue Wangchuan’s challenge as Taichu Peak’s factions gathered to contest his authority. He defeated Yue with a single palm slash, leaving the surrounding factions stunned.

• Gu Yu explained to Bai Hai Zhou that Yue Wangchuan represented Taichu Peak’s Rogue Cultivator Faction and that the factional disorder would weaken Fang Mo’s control.
• Three Rogue Cultivator True Persons arrived and demanded that Fang Mo accept Yue Wangchuan’s challenge, while Du Xun arrived with five people from Yan Chenghai’s faction to watch.
• Xiao Jingsheng offered to fight Yue Wangchuan, but Fang Mo stopped him and agreed to face the challenge himself.
• Fang Mo said Yue Wangchuan only needed to withstand one slash, while Yue offered to submit if Fang Mo defeated him.
• Fang Mo used his palm as a blade and struck once, shattering Yue Wangchuan’s sword momentum and forcing him to kneel and cough blood.

Fang Mo defeated Yue Wangchuan with his self-created Profound Understanding blade skill, forcing Yue and three True Persons to submit to him as Head. Lu Yuanchu arrived with six followers and confronted Fang Mo, while Yue Wangchuan angrily challenged Lu Yuanchu after being mocked.

• Fang Mo revealed his perfected blade skill, Burning Heaven Absolute Ground, and defeated Yue Wangchuan with one strike.
• Yue Wangchuan acknowledged Fang Mo as Head and promised to obey him, while Fang Mo warned that another challenge would cost him his inner core.
• Fang Mo pressured the three True Persons into bowing to him, and Xiao Jingsheng recognized that his strength could command the Rogue Cultivator Faction.
• Lu Yuanchu arrived with six True Man Realm followers and exchanged a tense clash of divine souls with Fang Mo.
• Yue Wangchuan challenged Lu Yuanchu to fight, but Lu Yuanchu mocked him for failing to withstand Fang Mo's slash.

Fang Mo prepared to fight Lu Yuanchu and his six allies, but Lu Yuanchu unexpectedly bowed and acknowledged him as Chief. Their surrender stunned Taichu Peak, while Gu Yu angrily blamed the Secret Realm for interfering.

• Yue Wangchuan considered attacking Fang Mo but held back because of his injuries and Lu Yuanchu's allies, then privately resolved to support Fang Mo.
• Lu Yuanchu advanced toward Fang Mo with six True Men, prompting Xiao Jingsheng and Fang Mo's other allies to prepare for battle.
• Fang Mo readied the Blood Dragon Blade and resolved to kill anyone who refused to submit, while Lu Yuanchu stood before the Divine Hall steps.
• Lu Yuanchu bowed to Fang Mo and paid respects to the Chief, and his six companions followed, dispersing their threatening momentum.
• Gu Yu erupted in fury when Lu Yuanchu did not attack Fang Mo, and Bai Hai Zhou suggested that Lu Yuanchu's backers had compromised because of the Secret Realm.

Fang Mo secured Taichu Peak’s submission as Lu Yuanchu, Du Xun, and the other cultivators acknowledged him as the person in charge. With the peak united behind him, Fang Mo entered the hall and set his sights on Tianli Sect.

• Lu Yuanchu swallowed his pride and pledged to support Fang Mo after recognizing Fang Mo’s killing intent.
• Du Xun confronted Lu Yuanchu, then bowed to Fang Mo and brought four True Persons with him to pay their respects.
• Yue Wangchuan realized he had misjudged the situation and feared Fang Mo might punish him.
• Dozens of Transcendent Realm cultivators arrived and submitted to Fang Mo, astonishing the onlookers.
• Fang Mo ordered everyone into the hall and declared inwardly that he had come for Tianli Sect.
• Lu Yuanchuan and Yue Wangchuan followed Fang Mo into the hall, while Yue rebuked three True Persons who considered leaving.

At Taichu Peak’s first assembly, Fang Mo assessed the worsening beast threat and proposed expanding the Safe Zones despite the peak’s shortage of fighters. His proposal drew fierce opposition, while Feng Hai spoke in his support.

• Fang Mo took the seat of honor as Overseer, and the gathered True Persons and Transcendent Realm cultivators bowed to him.
• Zhu Zhengze reported that almost all registered cultivators were present, while Qin Wenhe warned that beast numbers had surged and Spirit Transformation Level beasts threatened seven Safe Zones.
• Fang Mo learned Taichu Peak had abandoned most of its fifty-two Safe Zones and lacked personnel to defend or expand its remaining territory.
• Lu Yuanchu and other guardians urged Fang Mo to abandon more Safe Zones rather than establish new ones.
• Feng Hai defended Fang Mo’s proposal, but another guardian argued Taichu Peak had too few people and should reduce its territory further.

Fang Mo took charge of Taichu Peak’s plans to expand its Safe Zones despite Lu Yuanchu’s objections, then unveiled rare treasures to draw cultivators into completing missions. The chapter ended with Lu Yuanchu questioning whether Fang Mo had enough immortal herbs to attract many experts.

• Fang Mo declared that Taichu Peak would fully open the Ancient Realm and expand its Safe Zones despite the coming upheaval and manpower shortages.
• Fang Mo assigned Xiao Jingsheng to organize personnel and establish additional Safe Zones, while Lu Yuanchu challenged him over the lack of defensive arrays.
• Fang Mo told the assembly he would handle the arrays and ordered Zhu Zhengze to add two exchange items that could be bought with Taichu Peak mission points.
• Fang Mo revealed more than a thousand Primal Spirit Fragments, stirring the interest of cultivators including Lu Yuanchu.
• Fang Mo displayed more than a dozen immortal herbs, prompting excitement among the cultivators, while Lu Yuanchu questioned whether the supply was sufficient to draw experts.

Fang Mo displayed his abundance of immortal herbs and used his authority to assign Taichu Peak’s leaders to key duties, weakening Lu Yuanchu’s influence while rewarding Yue Wangchuan. The chapter ended with Du Xun eagerly asking Fang Mo to give him a task as well.

• Fang Mo revealed nearly a hundred immortal herbs, convincing the gathered cultivators of the resources he could offer.
• Lu Yuanchu offered to support the Safe Zone expansion, but Fang Mo instead ordered him to lead a team in the dangerous war on the Red Rock Continent, and Lu Yuanchu accepted.
• Fang Mo asked Yue Wangchuan to mobilize Taichu Peak’s martial artists and coordinate the Safe Zone’s defense and construction, and Yue Wangchuan eagerly accepted.
• Du Xun rose and asked Fang Mo to assign him a task, leaving everyone in the hall stunned.

Fang Mo secured Taichu Peak’s cooperation by assigning key responsibilities to Du Xun, Xiao Jingsheng, and Yue Wangchuan, forcing Lu Yuanchu to yield. Though he appeared to take control of the peak, True Monarch Qingshui warned that its other forces might still move against him as the Yin Ruins opened.

• Fang Mo appointed Du Xun to manage resource allocation, and Xiao Jingsheng and Yue Wangchuan backed the decision when Lu Yuanchu objected.
• Lu Yuanchu prepared to resist, but Fang Mo’s display of power scattered the cultivators’ wills, and Lu Yuanchu said he had no objections.
• Fang Mo urged the gathered cultivators to seize opportunities in the Yin Ruins, and they swore to follow him.
• Fang Mo left the conference hall surrounded by Xiao Jingsheng, Du Xun, Yue Wangchuan, and Lu Yuanchu, while observers concluded he had taken control of Taichu Peak.
• True Monarch Qingshui told Venerable Qingyun that other forces might still challenge Fang Mo, but advised her to stay close to him for a chance amid the coming calamity.

The Venerables confirmed that Fang Mo’s control of Taichu Peak could not be challenged under their agreement and prepared to confront the Mechanical Empire as the Yin Ruins neared opening. Lu Yuechan warned Lu Yuanchu not to move against Fang Mo yet, but the promised rewards of the coming war gave him a new chance to advance.

• Venerable Beixuan and Lu Yuechan argued over Fang Mo’s takeover until Venerable Lü Jian upheld the agreement barring powerful cultivators from interfering.
• Lü Jian announced that the Yin Ruins would soon open and ordered the Venerables to prepare for war against the Mechanical Empire, while cautioning them about strange beasts on the Red Rock Continent.
• Lu Yuanchu and his allies discussed attacking Fang Mo, but Lu Yuanchu said Fang Mo’s defense and allies made a failed strike potentially fatal.
• Lu Yuechan arrived and told Lu Yuanchu that Fang Mo had gained support from three factions, so the Lu Family should wait for an opportunity rather than act rashly.
• Lu Yuechan told Lu Yuanchu that the war could bring Calamity Breaking Pills, and he resolved to pursue them.

As the beast tide overwhelmed the Thirteen Alliances, Farrow refused their request for more reinforcements and threatened them into continuing the war against the Tianli Sect. He told Gu Poyue to make the Alliances endure a little longer because the Trial Ground was even more chaotic.

• Urgent reports described breached defenses, lost mechs, fallen bases, and a possible Divine Roaming lifeform as the beast tide ravaged the Thirteen Alliances.
• Gu Poyue and the Alliance leaders asked Farrow for reinforcements, but Farrow accused them of complaining after receiving his technology, ships, and support.
• Sangbini challenged Farrow’s account of their alliance, and Farrow’s Level 4 Liquid Metal Warrior, Leimo, struck him and revealed his strength.
• Modi and another expert intervened to stop further fighting, while Leimo warned the leaders that they had to keep fighting the Tianli Sect or be destroyed by it.
• Sangbini told Modi that the Alliances were being used as cannon fodder, while Gu Poyue explained that their forces and resources were nearly exhausted.
• Farrow ordered Gu Poyue to make the Alliances hold on longer, claiming the Tianli Sect lacked the strength to attack because the Trial Ground was in greater chaos.

Farrow planned to exploit the Thirteen Alliances and use their martial artists to weaken the Tianli Sect, while promising that the Mechanical Empire’s Interstellar Legion would soon arrive. Gu Poyue rallied the alliance leaders and prepared to crush the Resistance Alliance, leaving Gu Jing concerned about the growing resistance to conscription.

• Farrow told Gu Poyue that the Yin Ruins had opened and the Sea of Fog was dispersing, allowing warships to reach the Trial Ground and shifting the balance against the Tianli Sect.
• Farrow ordered Gu Poyue to conscript Grandmaster-level martial artists into mech legions and assigned Liquid Metal Warriors to help destroy the Resistance Alliance if it resisted.
• Gu Poyue assured the alliance leaders that the Lotto Group’s reinforcements would arrive soon and urged them to commit their reserves to the war against the Tianli Sect.
• The alliance leaders pledged support, then left to prepare their forces, while Gu Poyue privately dismissed them as fools with little remaining value.
• Gu Jing warned Gu Poyue that martial artists were already heavily conscripted and that legions, sects, and the Resistance Alliance opposed further recruitment; Gu Poyue said Liquid Metal Warriors would help eliminate the resistance.

Gu Jing learned that Gu Poyue planned to destroy the Resistance Alliance and conscript martial artists for war against the Tianli Sect, so he sought Zhong Yuanqiu’s help. Zhong Yuanqiu arranged to meet a captured Tianli Sect Transcendent Realm expert, leaving the chapter with Qi Zhen opening his eyes in recognition.

• Gu Poyue ordered Gu Jing to lead an assault on the Resistance Alliance and promised to seek him a Liquid Metal testing slot.
• Gu Jing told Zhong Yuanqiu that the Mechanical Empire planned to wipe out the Resistance Alliance and conscript Grandmasters for a decisive battle against the Tianli Sect.
• Zhong Yuanqiu decided to visit the captured Transcendent Realm expert, while withholding the news from the Resistance Alliance to protect Gu Jing’s cover.
• Gu Jing disguised Zhong Yuanqiu as a guard and brought him into the underground research institute.
• Zhong Yuanqiu saw the tortured prisoner and called out to him as Qi Zhen slowly opened his eyes in shock.

Zhong Yuanqiu sought the Tianli Sect’s help to resist the Mechanical Empire, and the refugees’ leaders debated whether to help him contact Fang Mo. Luo Yun Kong set out for Chaotic Star Island to meet Qi Zhen and carry a Communication Jade Talisman that might reach Fang Mo.

• Zhong Yuanqiu told Gu Jing that the Mechanical Empire planned to exploit and eventually purge the Alliance, so they needed to contact the Tianli Sect through Qi Zhen and Fang Mo.
• Wuya Zi shared Zhong Yuanqiu’s plan with Gu Lianglong Yao, Luo Yun Kong, Lou Feiyun, and the other leaders, who questioned whether the Tianli Sect or Fang Mo could help them.
• Gu Lianglong Yao agreed to cooperate because the beast tide threatened their refuge and their other migration plan had failed.
• After Wuya Zi said Qi Zhen could be delivered to Chaotic Star Island within five days, Luo Yun Kong volunteered to go in Gu Lianglong Yao’s place.
• Ye Qiuchen gave Luo Yun Kong a Communication Jade Talisman that might let him contact Fang Mo, and Luo Yun Kong flew off toward Chaotic Star Island.

Luo Yun Kong met Qi Zhen on Chaotic Star Island and began escorting him toward the Tianli Sect's base, hoping to secure the sect's cooperation against the Mechanical Empire. Their journey was interrupted by approaching sword lights.

• Luo Yun Kong reached Chaotic Star Island after a dangerous five-day journey and waited for the Alliance to deliver Qi Zhen.
• Two soldiers brought the weakened Qi Zhen to Luo Yun Kong, who introduced himself as his escort to the Tianli Sect's base.
• Qi Zhen assessed Luo Yun Kong's cultivation and suggested a Heaven Mending Pill might help him advance, but Luo Yun Kong declined to pursue it.
• Luo Yun Kong gave Qi Zhen a Vitality Pill to help him recover, then set off with him on his flying sword.
• As they traveled over the sea, several streaks of sword light appeared ahead, and Luo Yun Kong slowed down.