Chapter Summaries

After witnessing Fang Mo injure a Saint Realm aberration with his blade, Lie Jiuyou, Jian Buxu, Red Crane, and Eagle Mountain suspected it was connected to the blood-red saber beside the Divine Corpse. They debated whether to align with the Tianli Sect, and Jian Buxu and Lie Jiuyou left for the gathering on Red Rock Continent while Red Crane and Eagle Mountain refused cooperation.

• Lie Jiuyou, Jian Buxu, Red Crane, and Eagle Mountain watched footage of Fang Mo’s battle and marveled at his power and mysterious blade.
• Jian Buxu recognized that Fang Mo’s blade resembled the blood-red saber before the Divine Corpse in the Nine Heavens Divine Pillars.
• The four speculated that the Divine Corpse had given Fang Mo the blade or a copy, and wondered whether it was a divine artifact.
• Lie Jiuyou urged accepting union with the Tianli Sect, and Jian Buxu agreed that cooperation was the only path to survival.
• Red Crane rejected working with the Tianli Sect because of Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain’s slain ancestor, while Eagle Mountain threatened to withdraw from the Ancient Realm rather than submit.
• Jian Buxu told Lie Jiuyou that the other two would eventually come around, and they left to attend the gathering on Red Rock Continent.

Purple-Wing Blade Emperor learned that the Mechanical Empire’s main force had suffered devastating losses on Red Rock Continent, while Fang Mo led the division of six slain Void Comprehension Realm beasts among the Tianli Sect and its allies. The proposed allocation was accepted by several factions, but an unidentified group objected.

• Jinhui War Emperor told Purple-Wing Blade Emperor that the Heavenly Venerates had withdrawn and the blockade around the Mechanical Empire base had lifted.
• Purple-Wing Blade Emperor received headquarters’ report that three War Emperors had fallen and more than ten were injured on Red Rock Continent, then left to investigate.
• Fang Mo took charge at the battlefield and thanked the Heavenly Venerates who had helped defeat the beasts and drive off the Mechanical Empire.
• Fang Mo proposed that the Tianli Sect keep three beast corpses and the other factions divide the remaining three; Purple Moon and Snow Maiden agreed.
• A booming voice interrupted the agreement and declared, “We object!”

Red Crane led the Thunder Eagle Clan, Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain, and the four Guoluo Star Domain clans to demand a share of the spoils from the Tianli Sect, exploiting its leaders’ injuries after a major battle. The Tianli Sect gained support from several sects, and Red Crane’s coalition was forced back.

• Red Crane arrived with eight allies and demanded a share of the spoils, claiming his forces had helped hold back the Mechanical Empire.
• Dangyun challenged Red Crane’s claim, and Eagle Mountain and the four Guoluo Star Domain factions joined Red Crane in confronting the Tianli Sect.
• The twelve Heavenly Venerates pressured the Tianli Sect, whose injured Xinghe and Mu Cangming struggled to hold them off.
• Red Crane invited Lie Jiuyou and Jian Buxu to join his coalition, but they hesitated.
• Blazing Flame Heavenly Venerate and Mysterious Yang Heavenly Venerate joined the Tianli Sect, followed by the Seven Star Sword Pavilion and Snow Soul Grotto-Heaven.
• Snow Maiden denounced Red Crane, and the added support drove Red Crane’s group back.

Fang Mo intervened when Red Crane tried to seize Tianli Sect’s spoils, using the Eight Desolations Ancestral Dragon’s dragon might to force Red Crane back and protect Tianli Sect’s allies. Red Crane tested Fang Mo again and, after failing to gain an advantage, attacked him directly.

• Red Crane confronted Purple Moon and Snow Maiden over the spoils, then used his Heavenly Venerable will to overpower Heavenly Venerable Lie Yan.
• Fang Mo summoned the Eight Desolations Ancestral Dragon and shattered Red Crane’s will, driving him back five steps.
• Fang Mo thanked Heavenly Venerable Lie Yan for supporting Tianli Sect and promised that the sect would defend its allies.
• Red Crane accused Fang Mo of launching a sneak attack, but Fang Mo challenged him and stood firm when their auras collided.
• Red Crane realized Fang Mo had not been weakened and sent his fiery mandarin duck charging at him.

Red Crane attacked Fang Mo, but Fang Mo revealed that he had recovered and defeated him with the Eight Desolations Ancient Seal. The battle ended with Red Crane and three Heavenly Venerables from Red Mandarin Duck Mountain dead, while the heavens and earth mourned their fall.

• Red Crane attacked Fang Mo while Eagle Mountain and Rainbow Venerable kept Dangyun, Lie Yan, and the others from intervening.
• Fang Mo summoned the Eight Desolations Ancient Seal and used stored energy from the Dominant Body Battle Mark Record to destroy Chi Yuan and overpower Red Crane.
• Red Crane launched his Fire Phoenix Spear at Fang Mo, but the Ancient Seal defeated him and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The Desolate Sky Ape and Blackflame Sword Demon held back Red Crane's three Heavenly Venerables while Dangyun, Xuanqing, Fu Ye, Han Shan, and the others attacked.
• The three Heavenly Venerables begged to surrender, but Dangyun and the others killed them, and heaven and earth mourned the fallen Heavenly Venerables.

Fang Mo defeated Red Crane and Tianli Sect captured the wounded Red Crane and Yue Luo after killing two of their fellow Heavenly Venerates. When Lie Jiuyou and Jian Buxu tried to intervene, Fang Mo demanded they either join Tianli Sect or fight it, and they withdrew.

• Tianli Sect’s Heavenly Venerates left Yue Luo alive but gravely wounded, while Red Crane was also revealed kneeling and badly injured after Fang Mo’s attack.
• Red Crane accused Fang Mo of cruelty and begged Xinghe and Mu Cangming to spare them, but Fang Mo prepared to kill him and said Red Crane had brought this on himself.
• Eagle Mountain objected to Fang Mo slaughtering Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain’s remaining Heavenly Venerates, then backed down when Tianli Sect’s forces turned against him.
• Lie Jiuyou and Jian Buxu asked Fang Mo to spare Red Crane for humanity’s sake, but Fang Mo challenged them to sacrifice one Heavenly Venerate from each of their sects in exchange.
• Fang Mo demanded that Lie Jiuyou and Jian Buxu either stand with Tianli Sect or fight it, and Xinghe declared Fang Mo’s decision to be Tianli Sect’s final word.
• Jian Buxu and Lie Jiuyou retreated rather than fight Tianli Sect.

Fang Mo crushed Red Crane’s resistance and forced Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain to submit to Tianli Sect. Green Mandarin Duck accepted the subordinate position to preserve the sect’s inheritance, while Fang Mo left her succession conditional on her performance.

• Red Crane and Yue Luo defied Fang Mo, and Fang Mo ordered Yue Luo killed; the Blackflame Sword Demon pierced her chest as Green Mandarin Duck and two other True Lords arrived too late.
• Red Crane tried to self-destruct, but Fang Mo struck his Dantian with the Undying Dragon Soul Spear and sealed his origin.
• Fang Mo threatened to destroy Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain if Red Crane died, and Green Mandarin Duck knelt to offer the sect’s submission in exchange for preserving its inheritance.
• Red Crane yielded authority to Green Mandarin Duck, and Fang Mo declared Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain a subsidiary sect of Tianli Sect and ordered it to hand over its resources.
• Fang Mo asked the assembled True Lords whether anyone still objected to the distribution plan, and the crowd fell silent.

Fang Mo divided the captured exotic beasts to secure support from the other factions, then led Tianli Sect away from the battlefield. Once they were out of sight, he and Mu Cangming revealed how badly the battle had exhausted and injured them, and Xinghe hurried everyone back.

• Eagle Mountain and the other clans’ Heavenly Venerates withdrew from the battlefield.
• Fang Mo claimed the black dragon he had slain and allotted Tianli Sect two second-realm beasts, leaving the other three for the remaining factions to distribute.
• Fang Mo appointed Purple Moon, Snow Maiden, and Blazing Flame to handle the distribution, then took Red Crane and Green Mandarin Duck’s group back toward the city.
• Lie Jiuyou and Jian Buxu watched Fang Mo depart, upset that they had been excluded from the distribution.
• After traveling tens of thousands of li, Fang Mo faltered from exhaustion, while Mu Cangming spat blood and admitted he could only hold on a little longer.
• Fang Mo told his companions to return without exposing their condition, and Xinghe enveloped them in starlight and carried them away.

Fang Mo recovered by refining Black Dragon’s blood essence, advancing his physical body and Undying Dragon Soul Fire. After learning that the beast tide had retreated and Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain was being absorbed, he ordered the Mechanical Empire to explain its incursion and decided to meet Red Crane.

• Fang Mo devoured Black Dragon’s blood essence to restore his strength, then cultivated for several days.
• The Undying Dragon Soul Fire reached its later stage, and Fang Mo’s Ancestral Dragon power and physical body advanced further.
• Qingshui told Fang Mo the beast tide had retreated, while Yunhe reported that Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain was submitting to the takeover.
• Fang Mo ordered Qingshui to demand an explanation and compensation from the Mechanical Empire for entering Red Rock Continent.
• Qingshui reported that Red Crane was being held in the underground prison and kept asking to see Fang Mo, who agreed to meet him.

Fang Mo met the injured Red Crane in the underground prison, where Red Crane offered to make Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain serve the Tianli Sect in exchange for his life and freedom. Red Crane accepted Fang Mo’s soul-control seal, but a disciple seized control of the mountain’s sect-protecting formation, leaving Red Crane to prove his loyalty.

• Red Crane admitted Fang Mo was stronger than he had expected and argued that Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain could become a loyal force rather than be annexed.
• Red Crane explained that Fang Mo’s retreat from the Central Continent had been meant to make the other sects depend on the Tianli Sect.
• Red Crane offered to open his Primordial Spirit and accept a soul-control seal, and Fang Mo planted the seal in his natal Primordial Spirit.
• Qingshui reported that Blue Flame True Lord had taken control of Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain’s grand formation and blocked the Tianli Sect’s takeover.
• Fang Mo restored Red Crane’s strength and told him that he had a chance to prove himself.

Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain prepared to resist the Tianli Sect’s takeover as Green Mandarin Duck confronted Blue Flame True Lord over her rebellion. Blue Flame began to waver, but an unidentified figure appeared and urged her to press on.

• The Tianli Sect’s fleet surrounded Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain, and Dangyun Heavenly Venerate ordered his forces to wait three days before attacking.
• Green Mandarin Duck confronted Blue Flame True Lord and argued that surrender would preserve the sect’s inheritance after its Heavenly Venerate fell and its Sect Master was captured.
• Blue Flame and the other True Lords accused Green Mandarin Duck of betraying the sect and said they would resist the Tianli Sect.
• Green Mandarin Duck realized that the Jihuang Sword Palace and Sword Soul Sect had helped Blue Flame return, and warned that they had helped bring about the sect’s current crisis.
• Blue Flame hesitated when Green Mandarin Duck pointed out that the sect’s array could not hold forever and no promised aid had arrived.
• An unidentified figure appeared in the main hall and told Blue Flame True Lord that she could not turn back now.

Green Mandarin Duck tried to stop Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain from resisting Tianli Sect, but Blue Flame and the other True Lords rejected her and chose to fight. Red Crane returned, reclaimed authority, and had Yu Chen seized as he tried to flee.

• Yu Chen defended Jihuang Sword Palace’s actions and urged Blue Flame to withdraw Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain’s grand formation, while Green Mandarin Duck accused him of betrayal.
• Blue Flame and the other True Lords forced Green Mandarin Duck to leave, declaring that Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain would resist Tianli Sect rather than surrender.
• Red Crane appeared in the great hall, and the gathered disciples and True Lords welcomed their returned Sect Master.
• Red Crane rebuked Blue Flame for overriding Green Mandarin Duck, and Blue Flame knelt and defended her actions as service to the sect.
• Yu Chen tried to escape, but Red Crane struck him down and ordered him imprisoned.

Dangyun, Fu Ye, and Han Shan arrived at Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain after Red Crane surrendered to Fang Mo, and the sect lowered its defenses to accept Tianli Sect's takeover. Red Crane submitted the sect's records and resources, while Dangyun ordered an inspection and announced that Tianli Sect would take seventy percent of its existing resources.

• Dangyun, Fu Ye, and Han Shan discussed Red Crane's surrender and watched Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain's grand array disappear.
• Red Crane rejected Blue Flame's suggestion to resist and warned her that Fang Mo had killed a fourth-realm Sacred Venerate with a single slash.
• Red Crane led Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain's leaders to welcome Dangyun and Tianli Sect as their superior sect.
• Dangyun demanded the disciple registers, treasure-vault tokens, and resource inventories, and Green Mandarin Duck presented them.
• Dangyun announced Tianli Sect would leave Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain's territories and people untouched but take seventy percent of its existing resources.
• Tianli Sect's personnel began inspecting the sect and loading its supplies onto Heavenly Vessels as Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain's people watched helplessly.

Lie Jiuyou learned that Red Crane had returned to Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain and placed it under the Tianli Sect, while Yu Chen had been captured. As Fang Mo planned to integrate Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain into the Tianli Sect’s systems, Lie Jiuyou chose to disavow responsibility for Yu Chen and prepare for a possible confrontation.

• True Monarch Ziji told Lie Jiuyou that Red Crane had subdued Blue Flame True Lord, transferred Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain to the Tianli Sect, and handed Yu Chen over to them.
• Lie Jiuyou wanted to intercept Yu Chen, but Celestial Venerable Jian Yue warned that a rescue attempt could provoke Fang Mo and endanger their weakened alliance.
• Lie Jiuyou ordered Ziji to tell the Tianli Sect that Yu Chen had acted privately and to warn Yu Chen not to reveal anything, then told Jian Yue to prepare for the worst.
• Qingshui reported that Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain’s resources could support the Tianli Sect for years, and Fang Mo ordered his followers not to strip the sect of its remaining strength.
• Fang Mo directed the command headquarters to connect Nine Mandarin Duck Mountain to the Tianli Sect’s battle command and merit-exchange systems, using access to strengthen the value of Tianli Sect Disciple status.
• Yunhe asked Fang Mo how they should deal with True Lord Yuchen of the Jihuang Sword Palace.

Fang Mo decided to postpone confronting Jihuang Sword Palace while Tianli Sect recovered, and prepared to hunt Void Comprehension-level exotic beasts in the Sea of Fog. He and White Phoenix chose Black Flood Dragon as their first target, leaving the eight-legged beast in the Chaotic Abyss Sea for later.

• Fang Mo ordered Yu Chen imprisoned and directed Tianli Sect to publicize Jihuang Sword Palace’s attempt to abandon him.
• Yunhe reported that Mu Cangming’s strength had fallen to the third realm after burning his origin, so Fang Mo postponed further conflict with Jihuang Sword Palace.
• Fang Mo returned to find the three women had left Galaxy City to train, then summoned White Phoenix and learned her injuries had nearly healed.
• Fang Mo revealed a map showing Void Comprehension-level exotic beasts across the Sea of Fog and said he would hunt them while watching for the Sacred Venerate.
• White Phoenix warned Fang Mo that the eight-legged beast was especially dangerous in the Chaotic Abyss Sea and suggested targeting Black Flood Dragon first.
• Fang Mo agreed to begin with Black Flood Dragon.

The Black Flood Dragon hid in a storm eye to recover from his injuries, but Fang Mo and White Phoenix found him and defeated him. Convinced to submit to Fang Mo, he accepted a Spirit Control Seal and began healing with the life force Fang Mo bestowed.

• The Black Flood Dragon recovered in the storm eye and feared both Fang Mo and the Sacred Venerate, who might devour him.
• Fang Mo and White Phoenix appeared above the island, and Fang Mo crushed the Black Flood Dragon with a golden finger.
• White Phoenix urged the Black Flood Dragon to abandon the Sacred Clan and follow Fang Mo, reminding him that the Sacred Venerate had devoured Red Eagle.
• The Black Flood Dragon submitted, opened his Primordial Spirit, and accepted Fang Mo's Spirit Control Seal.
• A huge black bird appeared behind Fang Mo and sent life force into the Black Flood Dragon, who began refining it to heal.

Fang Mo and his allies hunted down Red Thunder and an ice-crystal bear, while Eight Claws and the injured Sacred Venerate reacted to his growing threat. Fang Mo left the ruined icy island with Black Flood Dragon and White Phoenix to continue the hunt.

• Black Flood Dragon and White Phoenix blocked Red Thunder’s escape, and Fang Mo killed him with the Undying Dragon Soul Spear before the Eight Desolations Ancestral Dragon devoured his essence.
• Fang Mo took Red Thunder’s corpse and vanished with Black Flood Dragon and White Phoenix, while Eight Claws discovered Red Thunder’s death and fled deeper into the seabed.
• The Sacred Venerate, weakened and missing most of its tentacles, vowed to settle its score with Fang Mo as it continued recovering.
• Fang Mo arrived at an icy island with Black Flood Dragon and White Phoenix, drew out an ice-crystal bear, and killed it with his spear.
• The Eight Desolations Ancestral Dragon devoured the bear’s blood essence, and Fang Mo’s group left the devastated island.

Fang Mo discovered that a Death Spirit Clan member had spread sinister energy across the Profound Silence Continent’s star system and tracked it to a nearby celestial body. He confronted the powerful enemy, which recognized the Divine Lord aura within him and looked at him with greed.

• White Phoenix identified the spreading decay and skeletons as the power of the Death Spirit Clan, one of the Extinction Abyss Domain’s eight Sacred Clans.
• Fang Mo used the Ancestral Dragon Blade’s star map to locate the Death Spirit Clan member on a nearby celestial body and brought Black Flood Dragon and White Phoenix there.
• Fang Mo summoned the Desolate Sky Ape, the Blackflame Sword Demon, and a silver fox, then ordered them and his companions to seal off the celestial body.
• The Death Spirit Clan member unleashed its Void Comprehension will, forcing Fang Mo to retreat and revealing strength at the fifth stage of the realm.
• The Death Spirit Clan member emerged into space, and Fang Mo sensed that the Ancestral Dragon Blade wanted to kill it while his tenth Taoist Battle Mark wanted to devour it.
• The Death Spirit Clan member recognized Fang Mo’s Divine Lord aura and regarded him with intense greed.

Fang Mo battled the Dead Spirit Heavenly Venerable across the starry sky, matching his attacks and then fighting back with his transformed body and dragon techniques. The Dead Spirit Heavenly Venerable was injured, though the battle continued.

• The Dead Spirit Heavenly Venerable recognized Black Flood Dragon and White Phoenix as traitors and tried to erase them, but Fang Mo intervened and clashed with him.
• Fang Mo and the Dead Spirit Heavenly Venerable fought with blade techniques, and Fang Mo found that the Dead Spirit Law surpassed his blood river power.
• The Dead Spirit Heavenly Venerable transformed, expanded his Dead Spirit Domain, and attacked Fang Mo with the Dead Spirit Heaven-Swallowing Slash.
• Fang Mo transformed into the Savage Battle Body and countered with the Eight Desolations Ancestral Dragon and Undying Dragon Soul Spear.
• The Undying Dragon Soul Spear struck the Dead Spirit Heavenly Venerable, cracking his bone blade and making him spit blood.

Undead Celestial Venerate tried to escape, but Fang Mo and his allies cornered him and stopped his Death Spirit Immortality from carrying him away. He burned his Death Spirit origin to reach the sixth level of Void Insight, then attacked Fang Mo with Death Spirit Slash as Fang Mo prepared to fight back.

• Undead Celestial Venerate fled, but Silver Fox, Blackflame Sword Demon, and Desolate Sky Ape struck him and broke his white-bone sword.
• Undead Celestial Venerate dispersed into countless motes, but Fang Mo trapped them with the Heaven-Mixing Bell and Silver Fox found and struck his true soul.
• Undead Celestial Venerate re-formed, shattered the Heaven-Mixing Bell, and burned his Death Spirit origin to raise his strength to the sixth level of Void Insight.
• Undead Celestial Venerate used Death Spirit Slash, withering Silver Fox's shoulder and weakening her as she escaped.
• Fang Mo blocked Death Spirit Slash with the Undying Dragon Soul Spear and used dragon soul fire to resist the spreading decay.