Chapter Summaries

Cao Ying struggled to connect with Chen Mo’s other brides and worried that he would blame her for not joining the wedding, but he reassured her and teased her about having children. As the wedding preparations filled the Tianmu Mountain Range and guests gathered in Tianbei City, Chen Mo met Ya Fei, who also declined to marry him this time.

• Cao Ying told Dan Chen she could not find common ground with Chen Mo’s other brides, then suggested Dan Chen marry him with her next time.
• Chen Mo found Cao Ying drinking atop the Pillar Tower, held her, and assured her that she could marry him later.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint prepared a Heaven Refining Ancient Array, while the Tianmu Mountain Range was decorated and wedding chambers were built for the approaching ceremony.
• Guests gathered in Tianbei City, where Fa Ma and Liu Ling heard about the wedding and decided to travel to the Tianmu Mountain Range.
• Chen Mo asked Ya Fei to become his bride, but she said she would not marry him this time.

Chen Mo married seven brides in a grand ceremony at Heavenly Eye Mountain, while their attendants helped them prepare for the auspicious hour. After the wedding bows and banquet, the newlyweds went to their bridal chambers, where no guest dared tease them.

• Han Xue and Han Yue helped Yun Yun prepare, while Yue Mei assisted Qing Mo and the other brides dressed for the ceremony.
• Qing Mo concealed the stockings Chen Mo had given her, and Ye Yiren blushed after opening an illustrated booklet about the bedchamber.
• The wedding officiant announced the auspicious hour, and Han Xue, Han Yue, and the other attendants escorted the seven brides into the great hall.
• Chen Mo and the seven brides completed the wedding rites before Jia Xingtian, Mu Yi, Nalan Su, and the assembled guests.
• Chen Mo and the brides celebrated at the wedding banquet as the sky darkened, and the guests refrained from teasing them in their bridal chambers.

On their wedding night, Chen Mo arrived at Ye Yiren’s chamber and found her studying an illustrated booklet about intimacy. After they shared wine and began undressing, Chen Mo joined her beneath the quilt.

• Ye Yiren waited in the wedding chamber and secretly put on stockings before studying an illustrated booklet while she waited for Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo arrived after the banquet, found Ye Yiren reading, and teased her about cramming lessons for their wedding night.
• Chen Mo lifted Ye Yiren’s veil, and they drank wedding wine together before sharing a kiss.
• Ye Yiren arranged the quilt and began undressing; Chen Mo stopped her from removing her stockings and drew her beneath the quilt.

Chen Mo spent his wedding night with Ye Yiren and Yun Yun before going to Qing Mo’s pavilion, where she greeted him with a staged sword ambush. The chapter ended with Chen Mo ready to proceed with Qing Mo.

• Chen Mo consummated his marriage with Ye Yiren, who nervously followed his lead.
• Chen Mo lifted Yun Yun’s veil, completed the wedding rituals with her, and then spent the night with her.
• Yun Yun bit Chen Mo when he teased her about trying something new with Qing Mo, and he apologized.
• Chen Mo left Yun Yun’s chamber and found Yue Mei guarding Qing Mo’s pavilion; Yue Mei told him the Queen was upstairs.
• Qing Mo ambushed Chen Mo with a sword, then dropped it when he refused to pretend to be afraid.

Chen Mo completed the wedding rituals with Qing Mo, then went to Nalan Yanran’s wedding chamber and completed her rituals as well. After Qing Mo and Nalan Yanran wrestled over the phoenix crown, Chen Mo left for the next room.

• Chen Mo lifted Qing Mo’s Red Veil, drank the Crossed-Cup Wine with her, and called her his wife.
• Chen Mo brought Qing Mo to Nalan Yanran’s chamber, where Nalan Yanran angrily confronted Qing Mo for interrupting her wedding night.
• Chen Mo calmed Nalan Yanran, lifted her Red Veil, and completed the Crossed-Cup Wine ritual with her.
• Qing Mo removed Nalan Yanran’s phoenix crown, prompting the two women to wrestle over it.
• After an hour, Chen Mo headed to the next room.

Chen Mo celebrated his wedding night with Yi Qingyao, then joined Mu Qianqian and Yaoye for theirs. As the night ended, Cao Ying met Ya Fei at the volcanic crater on Heavenly Eye Mountain.

• Chen Mo arrived late at Yi Qingyao's room, lifted her Red Veil, and shared the Crossed-Cup Wine with her.
• Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao spent their wedding night together, and he told her they would return to the Lingyan Empire after he obtained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Chen Mo carried Mu Qianqian to Yaoye's bridal chamber, where the three shared the Crossed-Cup Wine and began their wedding night together.
• Cao Ying waited by the Volcanic Crater and met Ya Fei, and the two introduced themselves.

After the Stone Clan vanished, Gu Yuan sought an alliance with the Yao, Lei, and Flame Clans, but Soul Heavenly Emperor appeared in the Ancient Realm and revealed that the Soul Clan had stolen the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Gu Yuan tried to stop him as the Gu Clan faced betrayal from within and the arrival of mysterious forces.

• Gu Yuan gathered representatives of the Yao, Lei, and Flame Clans to discuss an alliance against the Soul Clan.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor arrived in the Ancient Realm with Hun Yan and Hun Jing, and implied that the Soul Clan was responsible for the Ling and Stone Clans' disappearances.
• As Gu Yuan confronted Soul Heavenly Emperor, the Ancestral Hall sounded an alarm over the theft of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• A clansman reported that Gu Yang, Gu Nanhai, and Gu Shan had injured the Ancestral Hall elders and stolen the Ancient Jade, while Gu Yuan ordered Gu Lie to search for them.
• Hun Yan blocked Gu Lie, Soul Heavenly Emperor summoned two coffins, and a shout announced that Gu Yang had escaped the Ancient Realm.

Chen Mo spent time with his wives while Zheng Tian agreed to help Yaoxiaotian open the Yellow Springs Stone Stele in exchange for its inheritance and Demon Saint Essence Blood. Half a month later, the Soul Clan’s ambitions became public, and the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans formed an alliance against it.

• Chen Mo slept beside Ye Yiren after spending the night with her, then later deliberately let Zi Yan hear sounds from Qing Mo’s room.
• Yaoxiaotian told Zheng Tian about the Yellow Springs Stone Stele and asked him to use the divine lightning in his body to subdue the Demon Saint’s remnant soul.
• Zheng Tian agreed to try to open the stele, with the two men agreeing to share the Demon Saint’s Essence Blood and provide the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath cultivation method to the tribe.
• News spread that the Gu Clan’s Ancient Jade had been stolen and the Yao Clan had vanished, exposing the Soul Clan as the force behind the clans’ disappearance.
• The Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans gathered in the Ancient Realm to oppose the Soul Clan, and Lei Zhen suggested inviting Heavenly Sun Manor’s alliance leader to join them.

Chen Mo prepared for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s arrival while sending his family and allies back to the Lingyan Empire. After agreeing to join the clans’ alliance against the Soul Clan, he waited with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint and Zi Yan as the Demonic Flame descended.

• Chen Mo told Yun Yun and Ye Yiren that the Demonic Flame was near and sent them and the others to the Lingyan Empire for safety.
• Chen Mo accepted the Gu Clan’s invitation to ally with the Gu, Flame, and Lei Clans against the Soul Clan, promising Heavenly Sun Manor would join the fight.
• In the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan shared Chen Mo’s reply, and the clan representatives discussed waiting for Heavenly Sun Manor and competing for the Demonic Flame.
• Chen Mo, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, and Zi Yan saw twin moons appear and nine stars align, signaling the Demonic Flame’s descent.
• Countless powerful figures rushed toward the disturbance, but Chen Mo and his companions stayed behind to wait for the Demonic Flame Space to open.

Experts from the ancient clans and other factions gathered on the Demonic Flame Plains as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s seal began to fracture. Chen Mo arrived and met Gu Xun’er for the first time, exchanging provocative words with her as the Soul Clan remained absent.

• The Demonic Flame’s residual heat turned the surrounding mountain range into a desert while experts gathered to await its emergence.
• Lei Dong met Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi, and the three discussed stopping the Soul Clan and seeking the flame or the Demonic Lotus Saint’s inheritance.
• Gu Xun’er arrived with Elder Gu Dao and another Gu Clan expert, asked about the Soul Clan, and joined the others in expecting Chen Mo to appear.
• The seal’s fractured space widened, and Chen Mo arrived with two companions, prompting the crowd to recognize the leader of Heavenly Sun Manor.
• Chen Mo praised Gu Xun’er’s beauty and teased that she might become interested in him, while she answered with coldness and a sneer.

Chen Mo and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint entered the space where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was sealed, followed by the other experts. They confronted the flame, which was shocked to find the Saint still alive, and Chen Mo declared he would claim it as the Saint activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.

• Chen Mo, the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, and Zi Yan entered the milky-white halo, with Lei Dong, Gu Xun'er, and the other experts following.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint warned them that strong emotions could cause the Demonic Flame to form inside their bodies, then led Chen Mo and Zi Yan through the space’s illusions.
• The group reached a lava sea, where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared in the form of a man whose face matched the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame accused the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint of sealing it away, while the other experts learned that the Saint was still alive.
• Chen Mo announced that he would take the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.

Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint used the Heaven Refining Ancient Array to trap Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Chen Mo tried to subdue it. As Chen Mo reached for the Demonic Lotus, three surviving clan patriarchs attacked him and attempted to seize it.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint revealed the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and trapped Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as it transformed into its true body.
• The Thousand-Mile Illusion collapsed, and Fire Slaves emerged from the lava before Zi Yan stopped them from reaching the Demonic Lotus.
• Chen Mo entered the array prison with Nether Qi and seized the Demonic Lotus, but three hidden attackers struck him and knocked it from his grasp.
• Gu Dao identified the attackers as Yao Dan, Ling Tong, and Shi Shang, the supposed-to-be-dead patriarchs of the Yao Clan, Ling Clan, and Stone Clan.
• Yao Dan and Ling Tong attacked Chen Mo while Shi Shang rushed toward the Demonic Lotus.

Chen Mo fought through the other pursuers and closed in on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while rival experts tried to seize it. The flame summoned its Demonic Flame God Statue to resist, but Chen Mo’s Dragon Elephant Trampling the Heavens sealed the space around it.

• Chen Mo transformed and fought Yao Dan and Ling Tong while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint pursued the fleeing flame.
• A Three Star Dou Saint grabbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, was burned, and cut off his own arm to survive.
• Chen Mo killed Ling Tong and Yao Dan, then drove Huo Xuan and Huo Yao away from the flame.
• Huo Xuan urged Gu Xun'er to pursue the flame, but Gu Dao warned him against stirring up trouble.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame formed the Demonic Flame God Statue and attacked Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo used Dragon Elephant Trampling the Heavens to shatter the statue's punch and seal the space around the flame.

Chen Mo stopped Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from destroying the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and sealed it, while Gu Xun'er recognized him as Mo Cheng and collapsed. After Chen Mo escaped the Demonic Flame Space, an enraged Gu Xun'er pursued him and attacked.

• Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame triggered the Heaven Refining Ancient Array's self-destruction, threatening everyone in the Demonic Flame Space.
• Chen Mo endured the blast with the help of his Heavenly Flames, reached the Demonic Lotus, and sealed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in a Nether Qi cage.
• Gu Xun'er recognized Chen Mo as Mo Cheng when she saw the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame and fainted from shock.
• Chen Mo's Thunder Clone blocked Shi Shang's attack, and Chen Mo killed Shi Shang with a strike from his Kirin Arm.
• Chen Mo left the Demonic Flame Space with Zi Yan and Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint, carrying the sealed flame; Gu Xun'er woke and chased after him.
• As Chen Mo considered refining Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in the desert, a golden radiance struck him from behind.

Gu Xun'er discovered that Chen Mo was the man who had deceived her as Mo Cheng and attacked him in rage. Chen Mo carried her away to explain, but she rejected him, and he pinned her down as she struggled.

• Gu Xun'er attacked Chen Mo, while Gu Hong recognized him as Mo Cheng and Gu Dao chose not to interfere.
• Chen Mo effortlessly blocked Gu Xun'er's attacks, then gave his Demonic Lotus to a Thunder Clone and carried her through a Spatial Rift.
• Chen Mo took Gu Xun'er to a mountain peak, sealed her cultivation, and confessed that he had fallen in love with her after deceiving her.
• Gu Xun'er rejected Chen Mo's explanation, threw away what he had given her, and shattered the Ancient Jade.
• Chen Mo pinned Gu Xun'er to the grass and declared that he would take advantage of her as she struggled and tried to bite him.

Chen Mo kept Gu Xun'er captive and, after she woke, began refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with her. They absorbed the flame’s immense energy together inside a growing fireball, while Gu Dao worried that the missing Clan Leader had met with trouble.

• Chen Mo forced himself on Gu Xun'er, then held her as she cried and eventually fell asleep.
• After the Thunder Clone returned with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Chen Mo waited with Gu Xun'er in a stone cave until she woke.
• Gu Xun'er attacked Chen Mo, but he removed the seal on her cultivation and swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Chen Mo and Gu Xun'er absorbed the flame’s energy together as an enormous fireball formed around them and destroyed the surrounding mountain.
• Gu Dao worried that the Clan Leader had not returned, while Zi Yan and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint left after waiting.

Six months after the Demonic Flame Descended, Gu Yuan prepared to watch the Soul Clan as it sought Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion, while Chen Mo's family waited for him at Lingyan Pavilion. Chen Mo emerged from a fiery cocoon with greatly increased strength and effortlessly stopped a golden radiance.

• Gu Yuan said the Soul Clan had obtained all the Tou She Ancient God Jades and might be searching for Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion, so he would personally monitor them.
• Lei Ying asked about Xun'er, and Gu Yuan said her Soul Jade and Chen Mo's Soul Jade remained intact, so he believed they were still together.
• Chen Mo's women gathered in the Black Corner Region, where Qing Mo and Yun Yun cared for Little Zijin and Little Pei while Ye Yiren awaited the birth of her child.
• A massive fireball split open and exploded, releasing Chen Mo and another figure from its pillars of light.
• Chen Mo assessed his new strength as a Five-Star Dou Venerable with a Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul and 1,800 Giant Elephant Strength, then made a golden radiance vanish with a gesture.

Chen Mo returned to the Black Corner Region after leaving Gu Xun'er, and Tang Huo'er told him she wanted to become his woman. He reunited with his other partners, who confronted him over his long absence.

• Chen Mo left Gu Xun'er after teasing her with a promise to propose and taking her dudou as a token.
• Chen Mo returned to the Black Corner Region, where Hua Yao recognized him and he told Hanyuan and Old Ancestor Huoyun he had been refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Tang Huo'er greeted Chen Mo at his family palace and said she wanted to be his woman, adding that Tang Zhen had agreed.
• Chen Mo went to Yun Yun's room and found Yun Yun, Qing Mo, Ye Yiren, Nalan Yanran, Yi Qingyao, Mu Qianqian, Yaoye, Cao Ying, and Ya Fei gathered there.
• Chen Mo's partners scolded him for being gone for half a year.

After returning from six months away, Chen Mo faced his wives’ anger and spent the night with them before retreating to recover. Meanwhile, Mang Qianchi decided Jia Nan Academy would close after its current students graduated, though a mysterious presence remained beneath the extinguished Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.

• Chen Mo apologized to Yaoye, Mu Qianqian, Qing Mo, Yun Yun, and the others for being away without sending word, then learned Zijin and Zipei were with Qing Lin.
• Chen Mo trapped the women in the room with formations and spent the night with them.
• Chen Mo refused Tang Huo'er’s invitation for a walk, saying he needed to deal with things, then hurried off to rest and take a medicinal bath.
• Mang Qianchi told Su Qian that Jia Nan Academy would admit no more students after the current batch graduated because the academy had declined without the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.
• Mang Qianchi said there seemed to be something at the bottom of the extinguished tower.

Chen Mo revealed that Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion lay beneath Jia Nan Academy, prompting the allied clans and the Soul Clan to race toward it. As the Soul Clan opened a channel above the academy, the coming battle began to take shape.

• Mang Qianchi sensed danger in the magma world beneath the tower and ordered the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda sealed.
• Chen Mo told Lingyan Pavilion's leaders that Tou She Ancient God's cave mansion was beneath Jia Nan Academy and sent Hanyuan to summon Gu Yuan and the others.
• A Soul Clan investigator identified Jia Nan Academy as the cave mansion's location, and Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered Hun You to build a Space Channel there.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin arrived in the Black Corner Region with their armies, and Chen Mo learned Gu Xun'er had not come with them.
• A scout reported Soul Clan activity at Jia Nan Academy, and Chen Mo vanished without spatial fluctuation.
• Hun You's forces completed a Space Channel above Jia Nan Academy, while Mang Qianchi recognized that something extraordinary was hidden in the magma world.