Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo challenged the noble youths at the friendly match and faced a crowd of opponents at once. He overwhelmed them with the Thousand Thunder Art, then revealed his Flight Dou Technique as the remaining fighters attacked.

• Chen Mo invited Lan Baixi, He Chuzhang, and the other noble youths to fight him together, prompting them to swarm onto the stage.
• Mu Zhan ordered the group to attack, but Chen Mo summoned a massive lightning pillar with the Thousand Thunder Art and knocked most of them down, leaving Mu Zhan badly injured.
• Lan Baixi and He Chuzhang charged Chen Mo alongside the remaining fighters after realizing how badly the lightning attack had weakened their group.
• Chen Mo unfolded the Wings of the Demon and flew into the air, astonishing the spectators and leading them to recognize his rare Flight Dou Technique.

Chen Mo overwhelmed the Jia Nan Academy students in the arena, then accepted the Emperor’s invitation to drink at the Imperial Palace. He left late at night and returned to find Yun Yun upset about his relationship with Nalan Yanran, ending with Chen Mo beaten out of Yun Yun’s room.

• Chen Mo defeated the Jia Nan Academy students with a powerful attack that left them injured but alive, and Mu Chen confirmed he had held back.
• The Emperor learned Chen Mo came from the Central Continent, asked whether he was betrothed, and invited him to drink after Chen Mo said his heart already belonged to someone.
• The friendly match ended, and Chen Mo followed the Emperor to the inner palace while Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Nalan Jie waited outside.
• Chen Mo left the Imperial Palace late at night after Yaoye got drunk and tried to undress him, then reunited with Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun.
• Chen Mo secretly entered Yun Yun’s room at Nalan Manor, where she questioned him about Nalan Yanran before beating him out.

Chen Mo began expanding Lingyan Pavilion by assigning branch-building tasks and rewarding trusted subordinates, then went to the Mitel Auction House to sell items. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan trained with the Heavy Xuan Ruler beneath a waterfall and prepared for the approaching Three-Year Agreement, naming both Nalan Yanran and Chen Mo as people he would face.

• Chen Mo learned that Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran had returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving him alone in the Imperial Capital.
• Chen Mo ordered Ye Liangchen to establish a Lingyan Pavilion branch in the Imperial Capital and gave him a Mysterious Tier Low Grade saber art.
• Chen Mo sent Zhang Han to establish a branch in Wutan City and gave him a Mysterious Tier Low Grade sword art.
• Chen Mo marked possible expansion locations on a map, considered taking control of the Jia Ma Empire, and decided to visit the Mitel Auction House to raise funds.
• Ya Fei greeted Chen Mo at the Mitel Auction House as he arrived to sell items.
• Xiao Yan practiced the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler beneath a waterfall, then looked toward the mountain where the Three-Year Agreement would take place and challenged Nalan Yanran and Chen Mo to be ready.

Chen Mo auctioned valuable items and warned Ya Fei that he might kill Xiao Yan, then returned excess auction money. On the day of the Three-Year Agreement, Ya Fei tried to stop Xiao Yan from going to the Misty Cloud Sect, but he walked past her toward the mountaintop.

• Chen Mo consigned a Blood Lotus Pill and several cultivation manuals and battle skills for auction, then told Ya Fei that he had a grudge against Xiao Yan.
• Chen Mo said he might beat Xiao Yan to death at their next meeting, and Ya Fei asked him to spare Xiao Yan because they were friends.
• After receiving five hundred thousand Gold Coins, Chen Mo returned what he believed was the excess to Ya Fei, who worried that Xiao Yan would attend the Three-Year Agreement.
• On the day before the agreement, the Misty Cloud Sect invited leaders and powerful experts to witness Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's match.
• Ya Fei met Xiao Yan on the road to the Misty Cloud Sect and urged him not to go because someone would kill him.
• Xiao Yan rejected Ya Fei's warning, insisting that a friend would not stop him, and continued toward the mountaintop.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to face Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement, while she resolved to determine her own fate without Chen Mo’s help. Their duel began before a crowd of witnesses, and Xiao Yan revealed a Heavenly Flame and the strength of a Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Yan climbed to the plaza and declared himself as the Xiao Family’s representative, while Nalan Yanran stepped forward for the Nalan Family.
• Yun Yun agreed to preside over the match, and Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran accepted that life and death would be left to fate.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began exchanging attacks as Ya Fei reunited with Mitel Tengshan away from the arena.
• Fa Ma recognized the black-and-white flames on Xiao Yan’s ruler as a Heavenly Flame, and the crowd reacted with shock.
• Xiao Yan formed black-and-white Dou Qi armor, revealing he was a Da Dou Shi, and warned Nalan Yanran to prepare to fight for her life.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement duel and severed their engagement, then challenged Chen Mo to fight. The chapter left Xiao Yan facing Chen Mo on the Misty Cloud Sect’s high platform.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their duel, and the experts marveled at Xiao Yan’s strength and Earth Tier Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran unleashed their strongest attacks, and their collision sent a devastating shockwave across the plaza.
• Xiao Yan used his purple wings to evade the shockwave, struck Nalan Yanran, and claimed victory as Yun Yun caught her fall.
• Xiao Yan threw the written severance agreement before Nalan Yanran and declared that the Xiao and Nalan families had nothing more to do with each other.
• Xiao Yan turned to Chen Mo and challenged him to come down and die.

Chen Mo accepted Xiao Yan’s challenge and overwhelmed him in battle, knocking him into a crater. Xiao Yan’s aura then surged past Dou Emperor and reached Dou Zong, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Chen Mo ignored the Sixth Elder’s warning and flew down to face Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan revealed black-and-white flames and purple Beast Flame before attacking Chen Mo with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Chen Mo countered Xiao Yan’s attacks with lightning and his Extreme Flame Art, steadily suppressing him.
• Chen Mo’s final spear strike knocked the Heavy Xuan Ruler away and slammed Xiao Yan into the arena.
• A terrifying aura rose from Xiao Yan’s crater, climbing to Dou Zong and forcing those below Dou Ling toward the ground.

Yun Shan revealed himself as Misty Cloud Sect’s former sect leader and joined forces with Protector Wu of the Soul Hall against Xiao Yan, who was possessed by Yao Chen. Yao Chen raised Xiao Yan’s strength to six-star Dou Zong, and Protector Wu began using his own secret technique as the battle started.

• Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan with a flute, and Yun Shan appeared above the plaza to confront Xiao Yan.
• Yun Shan revealed that he had been waiting for Yao Chen, the soul within Xiao Yan, and declared that they would not leave the mountain.
• Yun Shan summoned Protector Wu from the Soul Hall, shocking Yun Yun and revealing Misty Cloud Sect’s dealings with the Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen used Sky Transformation to raise Xiao Yan’s strength to six-star Dou Zong, surpassing both Yun Shan and Protector Wu.
• Protector Wu and Yun Shan agreed to fight together, and Protector Wu began using a secret technique to increase his cultivation.

Xiao Yan defeated Yun Shan and killed Protector Wu, then unleashed a four-colored Angry Buddha Fire Lotus at Chen Mo. Chen Mo calmly raised his hand and used Annihilate as the attack reached him.

• Xiao Yan fought Yun Shan and Protector Wu, while Chen Mo watched and examined the system prompts.
• Xiao Yan struck Yun Shan down, leaving his fate unknown, and burned away Protector Wu's soul body as it tried to escape.
• Xiao Yan challenged Chen Mo, who said Xiao Yan was the one who should be afraid.
• Xiao Yan fused three flames into a four-colored Angry Buddha Fire Lotus and launched it at Chen Mo.
• Yun Yun rushed toward Chen Mo, but Chen Mo raised his palm and softly said, "Annihilate!"

Chen Mo effortlessly defeated Xiao Yan’s attacks, restrained him, and forced Elder Ya out of his body. He took the Bone Chilling Flame and had the seven-colored snake swallow Elder Ya, then turned his attention back to the helpless Xiao Yan.

• Chen Mo swallowed Xiao Yan’s four-colored fire lotus with a spatial rift and dispersed his Flame Splitting Wave Ruler with a glance.
• Xiao Yan sacrificed Soul Power to raise his cultivation to eight-star Dou Zong and tried to flee, but Chen Mo stopped him and forced him to kneel.
• Chen Mo pulled Elder Ya out of Xiao Yan’s body and demanded the Heavenly Flame.
• Chen Mo took the Bone Chilling Flame from Elder Ya and had the seven-colored snake swallow his soul body.
• Chen Mo stored the Bone Chilling Flame in the system for ten Fortune Points and faced the mute, tearful Xiao Yan.

Chen Mo defeated Xiao Yan's reinforcements, killed two Eight-Star Dou Venerables, and extracted Xiao Yan's Yin-Yang Twin Flame. The chapter ended with the Gu Clan learning that Gu Xu's Soul Jade had shattered.

• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma identified the Seven-Colored Skyswallowing Python as a likely sixth-tier magical beast, while Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect elders recognized Queen Medusa.
• As Chen Mo moved to extract Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames, two masked Dou Venerables appeared and demanded that he spare Xiao Yan.
• One Dou Venerable killed fleeing spectators, but Chen Mo killed him instantly and revealed his overwhelming strength to the onlookers.
• Chen Mo took the Yin-Yang Twin Flame from Xiao Yan and searched his ring, then killed the second Dou Venerable after he threatened Chen Mo's companions on behalf of his Miss.
• A messenger told Elder Gu Nanhai that Gu Xu's Soul Jade had shattered, and Gu Nanhai released the aura of a Four-Star Dou Saint.

After Chen Mo killed Xiao Yan and the Gu Clan elders at the Misty Cloud Sect, Gu Nanhai learned of his overwhelming strength and reported it to the clan chief. Chen Mo waited for the Gu Clan to retaliate, then recruited the gathered factions into Lingyan Pavilion, leaving the Alchemist Association outside for now.

• Gu Nanhai viewed the memories in Gu Xu and Gu Qian’s shattered Soul Jades, saw Chen Mo defeat them and extract Yao Chen and his Heavenly Flame, then ordered a report to the Gu Clan chief.
• Chen Mo killed Xiao Yan, took the Heavy Xuan Ruler, and waited at the Misty Cloud Sect for the Gu Clan, while Mo Li fled and the assembled leaders watched him nervously.
• When no Gu Clan forces arrived, Chen Mo invited the gathered factions to join Lingyan Pavilion, and Nalan Jie and Yun Yun accepted first.
• The Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Family, Mittel Family, Royal Family, and Mu Family joined Lingyan Pavilion, while the Alchemist Association remained outside and Yaoye became captivated by Chen Mo.

Chen Mo consolidated Lingyan Pavilion’s control over the Misty Cloud Sect and tried to explain his strength to Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who saw through his lies. At Jia Nan Academy, a young woman learned that Xiao Yan and two Gu Clan elders had died, and demanded to know how Chen Mo could have killed them.

• Chen Mo laid out Lingyan Pavilion’s rules, then let the reluctant new members leave as Jia Xingtian and Yaoye departed.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran pressed Chen Mo to explain himself, but rejected his story about inheriting power from a dead Dou Saint and called him a beast after realizing he had hidden his relationship with Yun Yun.
• Chen Mo reorganized the Misty Cloud Sect under Lingyan Pavilion, removed elders who had disobeyed Yun Yun and colluded with the Soul Hall, and established the Myriad Treasure Pavilion and Contribution Hall.
• At Jia Nan Academy, a green-clad messenger told a young woman that Xiao Yan and Elders Gu Qian and Gu Xu had died, while Chen Mo was still alive.
• The young woman demanded to know what had happened and learned that Chen Mo had killed Xiao Yan and the two Gu Clan elders, leaving her incredulous.

Two black-robed newcomers arrived in Wutan City and confronted the Xiao Family after Jia Liebi and Aobadun attacked it. They demanded an ancestral Jade Slip, killing two Xiao Family members when Xiao Zhan refused, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Two black-robed figures asked Zhang Han whether Xiao Family members had left Wutan City and whether Xiao Zhan and the elders were still there.
• Jia Liebi and Aobadun pressured the injured Xiao Family into selling its marketplaces, and Jia Liebi prepared to attack when Xiao Zhan refused.
• The black-robed figures drove Jia Liebi, Aobadun, and their men from the hall with a display of Dou Ling power.
• One figure demanded the Jade Slip left by the Xiao Family ancestors, but Xiao Zhan denied possessing it.
• The black-robed figure killed the Third Elder and a Xiao Family disciple when Xiao Zhan refused to hand over the Jade Slip.

Chen Mo refined the Bone Chilling Flame and fused it with the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, raising his strength and mutating the flame. After Qing Ling and Qing Wu returned with the Tou She Ancient God Jade, Chen Mo took it and rewarded them with a Dou Technique.

• Xiao Zhan surrendered the ancestral box to two black-robed men, who warned him not to deceive them and left with it.
• Chen Mo endured the Bone Chilling Flame's heat and successfully refined it in the Misty Cloud Sect's secret chamber.
• Chen Mo fused the Bone Chilling Flame with the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, awakened five particles, reached the peak of the Dou Master realm, and mutated the flame.
• After learning that two days had passed, Chen Mo summoned the returning Shadow Secret Guard to the main hall.
• Qing Ling presented the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Chen Mo used ten Fortune Value to store it in the system.
• Chen Mo rewarded Qing Ling and Qing Wu with the first transformation of Sky Transformation and dismissed them.

Chen Mo tried to reconcile with Yun Yun, and she finally confessed how her feelings for him had grown despite their teacher-student relationship. They kissed and spent the night together, leaving them asleep in each other’s arms the next morning.

• Chen Mo visited Yun Yun and tried to ease the tension between them.
• Chen Mo gave Yun Yun a jade hairpin and attempted to kiss her, but she stopped him.
• Yun Yun recalled how her feelings for Chen Mo had grown from their first meeting through their time in the Tagore Desert.
• Yun Yun confessed her feelings, and Chen Mo embraced her and promised his love would endure.
• Yun Yun asked Chen Mo to kiss her, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Chen Mo fell back asleep while embracing Yun Yun.

Yun Yun woke to find Chen Mo in bed with the awakened Queen Medusa and confronted him, then fought Medusa after she taunted her. Chen Mo stopped the fight and used a mysterious command from Medusa’s soul to make her massage him, leaving Yun Yun astonished.

• Yun Yun woke beside Chen Mo and Queen Medusa, then demanded an explanation as Chen Mo identified Medusa as the Seven-Colored Skyswallowing Python who had been sleeping in his sleeve.
• Queen Medusa woke, teased Chen Mo, and provoked Yun Yun into attacking her.
• Queen Medusa broke Yun Yun’s longsword and knocked her back with a palm strike, but Chen Mo caught Yun Yun and steadied her with Battle Qi.
• Chen Mo challenged Queen Medusa, who began to gather seven-colored energy, but an order from the depths of her soul made her approach him and massage his back.

Chen Mo used his control over Queen Medusa to bargain for her obedience, then gave her a Soul Fusion Pill that she confirmed was genuine. As Medusa began cultivating, Yun Yun left in anger, but Chen Mo followed and coaxed her until powerful energy ripples shook the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Chen Mo forced Queen Medusa to massage his shoulders and warned her that her life was in his hands, but learned their linked souls caused his soul to suffer when she was hurt.
• Chen Mo offered Medusa a sixth-grade Soul Fusion Pill in exchange for her cooperation, and she accepted it after questioning whether it was genuine.
• Medusa swallowed the pill, confirmed it was real, and entered a cultivation state as Yun Yun left the hall in anger.
• Chen Mo caught up with Yun Yun, embraced her, and coaxed her with sweet words until fierce energy ripples spread throughout the Misty Cloud Sect.

Queen Medusa fused her soul and body, broke through to Dou Zong, and was pressured into joining Lingyan Pavilion. In the Jia Ma Empire, Yaoye decided to join the Shadow Secret Guard as the empire’s power continued to fade.

• Queen Medusa stabilized in human form after fusing her soul with her body and reached three-star Dou Zong.
• Queen Medusa attacked Chen Mo, but he stopped her and Yun Yun persuaded her to honor her promise to join Lingyan Pavilion.
• Yaoye explained to Yaoyue that the Jia Ma Empire had lost its power and said she had decided to join Lingyan Pavilion.
• Jia Xingtian learned that Yaoye wanted to join the women-only Shadow Secret Guard.
• Chen Mo welcomed Queen Medusa to Lingyan Pavilion and put her in command of the Shadow Secret Guard after she agreed to handle one matter per week.

Chen Mo fused the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, broke through to Dou Shi, and mastered the third level of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force. His breakthrough created a terrifying phenomenon that drew the attention of powerful factions across the continent, and the chapter ended with Chen Mo testing his new abilities.

• Queen Medusa teased Chen Mo after meeting Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who questioned why Medusa was wearing Chen Mo's robe.
• Three days later, Chen Mo fused the Yin-Yang Twin Flame with Nether Qi, awakening five more particles and raising his strength to twenty-one elephants.
• Chen Mo's breakthrough caused a vast hellish phenomenon above the Misty Cloud Sect, prompting powerful figures across the continent to investigate.
• When powerful souls from the Gu, Soul, Lei, and Yao Clans reached the phenomenon, the apparitions glared at them and caused figures in the clans' forbidden grounds to spit blood.
• Chen Mo awoke with a solid five-colored crystal above his Qi Cyclone, tested his Wings of Freedom, and summoned Nether God's Protection.