Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo offered the nine major alliances subsidiary status under the Tianli Sect, and their leaders accepted as their only viable path to protection. They began purging Mechanical Empire collaborators and prepared to reorganize their forces before the Tianli Sect entered Zhiyuan Star.

• Fang Mo explained to Long Jianzhang that subsidiary status would place the alliances under the Tianli Sect's protection and resource allocation.
• Long Jianzhang gathered the leaders of the nine major alliances, who agreed to become subsidiaries after hearing their alternatives.
• Sangbini and the other leaders demanded that Gu Poyue be found, and Long Jianzhang revealed that the man they had seen was an impostor and that other alliance figures may also have been replaced.
• Long Jianzhang urged the leaders to regain control of their legions before the Tianli Sect arrived on Zhiyuan Star the next day.
• With help from Taichu Peak martial artists, the alliances began purging suspected Mechanical Empire collaborators throughout the prisoner camp.

Glaireo and Usoor plotted to escape after learning Long Jianzhang was purging their allies, and they spread rumors that threw the camp into chaos. As fugitives tried to flee, Tianli Sect killed them, while Lu Jianping urged Long Jianzhang to let the unrest continue.

• Glaireo urged the Divine Light Sect members to escape after hearing Fang Mo's name, and Risen returned with news that Tianli Sect had killed a fleeing Crimson Fire Saber Sect expert.
• Usoor ordered Risen to spread the rumor that Long Jianzhang planned to kill everyone, hoping the resulting chaos would create an escape opportunity.
• Risen's rumor stirred panic among Gu Poyue's former allies, who demanded answers from Long Jianzhang or called for a mass escape.
• Fang Mo ordered Lu Jianping to kill anyone who caused trouble, and Cui Zai went to relay the command.
• Long Jianzhang prepared to explain the purge, but Lu Jianping told him to let the camp descend into chaos.
• Several Xiantian Experts fled the camp, but cold flashes struck them down and their bodies fell from the sky.

As the Nine Great Alliances’ martial artists tried to flee, Tianli Sect’s flying swords slaughtered them. Glaireo lost his protector, Usoor, and ended the chapter challenging Fang Mo to kill him.

• Xiantian and Heavenly Human Realm experts fled the camp, but Tianli Sect’s flying swords struck them down in midair.
• Usoor tried to shield Glaireo as they escaped, but a flying sword pierced his hand and shoulder and sent him crashing into the ruins.
• More than twenty experts were killed, and the flying swords continued to finish off the wounded.
• Usoor urged Glaireo to escape, then pushed him away from a flying sword that pierced his heart.
• Glaireo grieved over Usoor’s body, stood up, and shouted for Fang Mo to come out and kill him.

Glaireo died after challenging Fang Mo, and the camp submitted to the Tianli Sect as Long Jianzhang handled the aftermath. Meanwhile, Gu Yu resolved to keep opposing Fang Mo by seeking an alliance with Lu Yuanchu, before the sect leaders were summoned to the flagship for a late-night discussion.

• Glaireo shouted for Fang Mo to face him, but several sword strikes killed him without Fang Mo appearing.
• Long Jianzhang ordered alliance soldiers to carry away Glaireo and Usoor's bodies, and the remaining captives resigned themselves to their fate.
• Gu Yu told Bai Hai Zhou that Imperial Sky Peak must defeat Fang Mo and proposed joining forces with Lu Yuanchu and the Lu family.
• A summons from the flagship called Gu Yu and Bai Hai Zhou to a discussion, where leaders from other peaks also gathered.
• Fang Mo arrived at the sky vessel, and Tie Xiaochuan advised him to abandon his plan to make the nine alliances subordinate forces.

True Monarch Qingshui announced that the Mechanical Empire was approaching the Ancient Realm and that the sects had not united to stop it. Fang Mo argued that Tianli Sect should build a base on Red Rock Continent, and the chapter left his plan under consideration.

• True Monarch Qingshui told the assembled leaders and experts that the Mechanical Empire’s legion had reached the Ancient Realm, with a Starry Sky Fortress and at least five Level 7 Warriors.
• Gu Yu urged the sects to join forces against the Mechanical Empire, but True Monarch Qingshui said the other sects were focused on Yinxu Land and a joint army was unlikely to form soon.
• True Monarch Qingshui questioned Fang Mo about accepting the nine major alliances as affiliated forces and building a base on Red Rock Continent.
• Fang Mo defended establishing a base to keep the Mechanical Empire from occupying the continent and to make use of its surviving facilities and people.
• Fang Mo said he had another reason for building the base, and True Monarch Qingshui asked him to explain.

Fang Mo persuaded the sect to make the destroyed Mechanical Empire base on Red Rock Continent a primary Safe Zone, assigning Taichu Peak to help lead its construction. The leaders then ordered the five peaks to prepare for an attack on the Mechanical Empire’s remaining forces the next day.

• Gu Yu argued that the base and Nine Great Alliances should be destroyed, and several Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm experts supported him.
• Fang Mo proposed expanding the Safe Zone model across the continents to help people confront the mutated beasts and the Mechanical Empire, winning the hall’s support.
• True Monarch Qingshui announced that the sect would open the Ancient Realm and designate the site as a primary Safe Zone, with Taichu Peak in charge and other peaks invited to participate.
• True Monarch Qingshui ordered everyone to reorganize the troops and clear the Mechanical Empire’s remaining forces beyond the Teleportation Gate the next day.
• After the Three True Lords departed, Tie Xiaochuan, Bai Wuchen, Bai Hai Zhou, and Xiao Nuo joined Fang Mo to discuss the coming battle and Safe Zone plans.

Fang Mo watched the Nine Great Alliances become subordinate sects of the Tianli Sect, securing its protection and preparing them for war against the Mechanical Empire. He ordered Long Jianzhang to gather mechas and lead the vanguard in a counterattack on Zhiyuan Star.

• Long Jianzhang and the other alliance leaders assembled their forces after purging hostile factions from the prisoner camp.
• Fang Mo appeared before the Nine Great Alliances with nearly twenty True Man Realm experts, and former acquaintances recognized him with astonishment and regret.
• The nine alliance leaders offered their banners and signed blood contracts, making their alliances subordinate sects of the Tianli Sect.
• Fang Mo ordered Long Jianzhang to collect mechas and prepare the nine alliances' mecha corps to lead the counterattack on Zhiyuan Star.

Fang Mo discovered that the blade in his Dantian controlled the Ancient Realm’s Teleportation Gate network, then sensed that Zhiyuan Star was in danger and rushed there. He found the Nine Great Alliances’ base destroyed and blamed the Mechanical Empire, vowing vengeance.

• Fang Mo touched the Teleportation Gate and awakened the blade in his Dantian, which revealed that it controlled a network connecting thousands of worlds.
• Fang Mo located the node linked to Zhiyuan Star, sensed that something terrible had happened there, and rushed through the gate.
• Tie Xiaochuan, Bai Wuchen, and True Lord Tianluo followed Fang Mo, while Long Jianzhang ordered the Nine Great Alliances’ vanguard to enter.
• Luo Yuan and the vanguard found the base on Zhiyuan Star reduced to ruins, with the surrounding area devastated by an explosion.
• Fang Mo and Long Jianzhang blamed the Mechanical Empire for destroying the base, and Long Jianzhang declared that their hatred could not exist under the same sky.

After the Mechanical Empire devastated Zhiyuan Star during its retreat, Fang Mo ordered rescue efforts and investigated the destruction. The Empire had withdrawn, but its new route into the Ancient Realm remained unknown, and Fang Mo stayed behind to gather intelligence and hunt for it.

• Fang Mo, Tie Xiaochuan, and Bai Wuchen saw the ruined bases, cities, and military installations and condemned the Mechanical Empire’s slaughter.
• Fang Mo ordered the Nine Great Alliances to rescue survivors and investigate what had happened, while Long Jianzhang dispatched Galactic Alliance forces.
• Fang Mo considered moving the Teleportation Gate but kept its relocation ability secret, knowing that the Empire could not destroy the Starsea Grand Array.
• Tie Xiaochuan reported that the Mechanical Empire had evacuated Zhiyuan Star and destroyed its spaceport, while Bai Wuchen warned that its new route into the Ancient Realm was unknown.
• Tianli Sect’s experts withdrew, and Fang Mo stayed behind to collect intelligence as the Nine Great Alliances began returning to Zhiyuan Star.

Gu Jing received word that the Mechanical Empire had withdrawn from Zhiyuan Star and that the survivors could return home. Fang Mo welcomed Luo Qingshan and prepared to have him lead the way to the people Fang Mo had called him to find.

• Gu Jing and the surviving Alliance officers received General Long Jianzhang’s encrypted message announcing the Mechanical Empire’s withdrawal and their chance to return home.
• Fang Mo concluded that the Nine Great Alliances could not support him soon and planned to return to the Ancient Realm after finishing his tasks.
• Yue Wangchuan arrived at Fang Mo’s camp after hearing about Fang Mo’s battle against the Mechanical Empire.
• Luo Qingshan arrived, urged Fang Mo to avenge the Alliance, and offered to lead him to the people he had come to retrieve.

On Chenli Star, Guan Lie, Guan Lu, and Xie Changmin waited in hiding as Xie Changmin’s fire poison worsened, until Fang Mo suddenly appeared in their courtyard. He greeted them happily, but they stared at him in disbelief.

• Guan Lie and Guan Lu practiced in the courtyard while Xie Changmin arrived with scarce water and discussed the overdue supply transport with Guan Lie.
• Xie Changmin suffered another painful flare-up of the fire poison from Wu Changfeng’s Fire Evil Palm, and Guan Lie urged him to seek medicine.
• Xie Changmin refused treatment because contacting others might expose Fang Mo and their hiding place to Gu Poyue’s pursuit.
• Guan Lu discussed her progress toward the Grandmaster realm, and Xie Changmin praised her while joking that Fang Mo was no ordinary person.
• Fang Mo appeared in the courtyard without warning, and Guan Lie, Guan Lu, and Xie Changmin reacted with shock as he asked whether they recognized him.

Fang Mo returned to reunite with Guan Lu, Guan Lie, and Xie Changmin, and Guan Lu agreed to leave with him. After Fang Mo removed the Fire Fiend Poison from Xie Changmin’s severed arm, he said he could help regrow it, surprising both elders.

• Guan Lie and Xie Changmin recognized Fang Mo, and Guan Lu rushed into his arms, sobbing with relief.
• Fang Mo told Guan Lu he had come to take her with him, and she agreed to go.
• Fang Mo greeted Guan Lie and Xie Changmin, then noticed Xie Changmin’s missing arm.
• Fang Mo identified and burned away the Fire Fiend Poison corroding Xie Changmin’s wound.
• Fang Mo offered to help regrow Xie Changmin’s arm, leaving Xie Changmin and Guan Lie astonished.

Gu Lianglong Yao, Luo Yun Kong, and Lou Feiyun traveled aboard a celestial vessel when a rapidly forming storm trapped them in the path of a powerful exotic beast. The Tianli Sect crew identified it as a Spirit Transformation Level Storm Thunder Dragon and opened fire with Thunderbreaking Arrows.

• Gu Lianglong Yao, Luo Yun Kong, and Lou Feiyun vowed to compete to reach Peak Transcendent first.
• Mu Haichao sensed powerful exotic beast auras in the growing storm, and Mu Haixin ordered the vessel to go around it and the passengers to stay inside.
• The storm expanded faster than the celestial vessel could escape, engulfing it in darkness and battering its protective barrier.
• A Storm Thunder Dragon swept past the vessel, and the Tianli Sect crew prepared its ballistae.
• The Tianli Sect crew fired Thunderbreaking Arrows at the Storm Thunder Dragon.

Fang Mo regrew Xie Changmin’s arm, giving him a powerful boost that could help him reach the Extraordinary Realm, and gave Luo Qingshan and Guan Lie pills to advance their cultivation. The chapter ended as Yue Wangchuan arrived with news of a troubling development.

• Guan Lie, Guan Lu, and Luo Qingshan waited anxiously while Fang Mo treated Xie Changmin.
• Fang Mo emerged and revealed that Xie Changmin’s arm had regrown completely, with stronger bones and meridians.
• Fang Mo explained that Xie Changmin’s new arm held Transcendent-level power and could help him advance into the Extraordinary Realm.
• Fang Mo gave Luo Qingshan and Guan Lie pills containing gradual-release energy and cultivation techniques to help them reach the Transcendent Realm.
• Guan Lu asked for help advancing, and Fang Mo promised her a different method suited to building her foundation.
• Yue Wangchuan appeared outside the treatment room with a troubled expression, causing Fang Mo to suspect something had happened.

Fang Mo returned to the base and learned that the storm domain had swallowed a heavenly vessel carrying Gu Lianglong Yao and others. He entered the storm with Xiao Jingsheng and Lu Yuanchu to search for survivors, but then suddenly attacked Lu Yuanchu.

• Fang Mo arrived at the rapidly growing base and learned that the heavenly vessel carrying the Galactic Alliance had disappeared in a vast storm domain.
• Lu Yuanchu told Fang Mo that the storm was expanding and that a powerful exotic beast might be forming within it.
• Fang Mo left Guan Lie, Xie Changmin, and Guan Lu at the base, then ordered Du Xun to oversee construction and took Xiao Jingsheng and Lu Yuanchu to the storm.
• Fang Mo and the others reached the storm and plunged into its violent currents to search for the missing cultivators.
• Fang Mo warned his companions, drew his blade, and struck at Lu Yuanchu, who sensed deadly danger.

Fang Mo protected Lu Yuanchu and Xiao Jingsheng from Storm Thunder Beasts as they crossed the storm, sharing the spoils with them. The three reached a calmer area, but their attempts to contact Mu Haixin and the others failed.

• Fang Mo killed a Storm Thunder Beast that had attacked Lu Yuanchu and retrieved its golden core, prompting Xiao Jingsheng to worry that Mu Haixin and the others might also be under attack.
• Fang Mo killed another Storm Thunder Beast that attacked Xiao Jingsheng and gave the beast’s corpse to Xiao Jingsheng and Lu Yuanchu to share.
• Fang Mo killed two more Storm Thunder Beasts during the journey and let Xiao Jingsheng and Lu Yuanchu keep the materials from one of them.
• Fang Mo led Xiao Jingsheng and Lu Yuanchu out of the fierce storm into a calmer area.
• Xiao Jingsheng and Lu Yuanchu tried to contact the others with their communication Jade Talismans, but neither could get through.

Fang Mo used his detectors to search the storm domain and protected Xiao Jingsheng and Lu Yuanchu from storm thunder beasts. As Fang Mo fought to save Lu Yuanchu, Lu Yuanchu resolved to kill him to hide his betrayal of their fellow disciples.

• Fang Mo deployed tiny metal detectors that expanded his search range and warned Xiao Jingsheng of an approaching storm thunder beast, which they killed.
• Fang Mo gave the beast to Xiao Jingsheng, while Lu Yuanchu grew uneasy about Fang Mo's abilities and secrets.
• Gu Yu reminded Lu Yuanchu that Fang Mo might discover he had leaked their whereabouts to the Mechanical Empire, and Lu Yuanchu resolved that Fang Mo had to die.
• Lu Yuanchu lost focus as a peak Spirit Transformation Level storm thunder beast attacked him, but Fang Mo stepped in and fought it off.
• Xiao Jingsheng questioned Lu Yuanchu's distraction, and Lu Yuanchu joined him in helping Fang Mo battle the beast.

Fang Mo and his companions searched the Storm Domain for the missing Mu brothers while Fang grew stronger and grew suspicious of Lu Yuanchu. Meanwhile, Venerable Chanyue and Red Dragon Venerable plotted to kill Fang Mo, waiting for a safer opportunity deeper in the domain.

• Fang Mo, Lu Yuanchu, and Xiao Jingsheng killed a Storm Thunder Beast, and Fang arranged to split its proceeds into three shares after taking its essence blood.
• Fang Mo advised Lu Yuanchu and Xiao Jingsheng to withdraw, but they insisted on continuing the search with him.
• The three killed more than a dozen Spirit Transformation Level exotic beasts, then took shelter in a cave to recover as the storm worsened.
• Fang Mo reflected on his Savage Body Refinement Art's progress, worried about finding Mu Haixin and the others, and suspected Lu Yuanchu was acting strangely.
• Venerable Chanyue and Red Dragon Venerable watched from a distant mountain and agreed to wait until they could kill Fang Mo without being discovered.

Fang Mo detected a threat, evolved his Liquid Metal Battle Armor, and identified Moon Cicada Venerable and Red Dragon Venerable as late-stage Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm pursuers. He lured them into the storm, where a Spirit Transformation Level Storm Thunder Beast attacked them, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Fang Mo sensed someone watching him and secretly evolved his Liquid Metal Battle Armor with Level 5 liquid metal.
• Fang Mo expanded his scouting range and identified Moon Cicada Venerable and Red Dragon Venerable near the storm's edge.
• Fang Mo sent scouting insects toward other powerful energy readings and returned to the cave, deciding to watch the conflict unfold.
• Moon Cicada Venerable and Red Dragon Venerable sensed a presence and wondered whether the being at the storm's center had evolved.
• A Spirit Transformation Level Storm Thunder Beast attacked the two Venerables, destroying their mountain peak with lightning.
• Moon Cicada Venerable and Red Dragon Venerable tried to repel the beast, but it shattered their sword auras and attacked with lightning.

Fang Mo and his companions found the wreckage of the Heavenly Ark and began searching the surrounding mountains for its missing passengers. Fang Mo flew upstream, where his scouting insects uncovered more debris and he suspected that someone was about to make a move.

• Fang Mo, Xiao Jingsheng, and Lu Yuanchu resumed their search while Lu Yuanchu and Xiao Jingsheng grew anxious about the missing Heavenly Ark.
• Fang Mo's Liquid Metal Battle Armor detected fragments of the Heavenly Ark, and he led the others to the wreckage.
• Xiao Jingsheng identified the sailcloth and mast as materials from the Heavenly Ark, and Fang Mo used his Primordial Spirit and scouting insects to search nearby.
• Fang Mo found the Heavenly Ark lodged in a ravine and lifted it from the river, while Xiao Jingsheng identified Storm Thunder Beast claw marks and lingering lightning energy.
• Fang Mo, Xiao Jingsheng, and Lu Yuanchu split up to search upstream and along both sides of the river; Fang Mo sent his scouting insects ahead and suspected someone was running out of patience.