Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo learned that Yun Shan’s injuries and declining cultivation stemmed from both Xiao Yan’s attack and Soul Hall’s cultivation method, while Yun Shan urged him to claim the Jia Ma Empire’s throne. In the Central Continent, Zheng Tian fled from Feng Qing’er and Wind Lightning Pavilion members after taking a divine lightning, and Feng Qing’er prepared to attack him.

• Chen Mo reflected on the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force’s appetite for powerful spiritual objects and decided he needed to seek the Wind Fury Dragon Flame in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Chen Mo visited the recovering Yun Shan, who explained how Soul Hall’s power had caused backlash and how Xiao Yan had defeated him and killed Protector Wu.
• Yun Shan urged Chen Mo to take control of the Jia Ma Empire, but Chen Mo said the time was not right, earning Yun Shan’s approval.
• In the Central Continent’s ancient ruins, Zheng Tian fled from Feng Qing’er and her Wind Lightning Pavilion companions with a divine lightning he had discovered.
• Feng Qing’er asked Zheng Tian to surrender the divine lightning in exchange for compensation, but he refused, and she agreed to attack.

Chen Mo prepared Lingyan Pavilion’s invasion of the Chu Yun Empire after its prime minister rejected surrender, then led his forces toward the border as the Jia Ma Empire launched its own advance. The Chu Yun court learned that two border cities had fallen and prepared to respond.

• Chen Mo tested the first seal of the Heavenly Emperor Mysterious Thunder Seal, learned that the Chu Yun Empire had rejected his surrender letter, and ordered Lingyan Pavilion’s branch masters to set out.
• Mitel Tengshan and the Mu Family, Nalan Family, and Royal Family received messages that preparations were complete, and Yaoye ordered the Jia Ma Empire’s forces to march.
• Chen Mo assembled nearly a thousand figures at the Misty Cloud Sect, then led them aboard Thick-Winged Beasts toward the Chu Yun Empire with Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Nalan Yanran.
• A general reported to the Chu Yun Emperor that Jia Ma Empire forces had entered the country and captured two border cities.
• The Chu Yun Emperor demanded to know who led the invading army, while the prime minister urged the court to fight back.

Chen Mo led Lingyan Pavilion’s growing force toward the Chu Yun Empire, gathering allied families along the way. After more than ten days of travel, they reached Ghost Suppressing Pass, where Chen Mo received word that his forces were waiting for him.

• Queen Medusa questioned why Chen Mo had brought such a large force to conquer the Chu Yun Empire, and Chen Mo said they were overwhelming the enemy with their momentum.
• Chen Mo met Mitel Tengshan and 230 Mittel Family elites, then learned they were still more than ten days from the Chu Yun Empire’s border.
• Mu Chen and Nalan Jie joined with the Mu and Nalan families, bringing Chen Mo’s force to more than 1,500 people.
• Mitel Tengshan revealed Queen Medusa’s identity to Nalan Jie and Mu Chen, who admired Chen Mo for taming her.
• Chen Mo’s force reached Ghost Suppressing Pass, where a black eagle delivered a letter saying his people were waiting for the Overall Pavilion Master.
• More of Chen Mo’s forces descended onto the fortress after he landed.

Chen Mo’s forces captured Tiger Pass City after Yun Yun killed its defenders, opening the route toward the Chu Yun Empire’s capital. Three days later, the Emperor learned the city had fallen and panicked.

• At Ghost Suppressing Pass, Qingshan told Chen Mo that Mu Tie had rebelled and killed Meng Li, but Chen Mo postponed judgment and appointed Qingshan commander.
• Chen Mo learned that Lingyan Pavilion had captured several cities and that Tiger Pass City was defended by a peak Dou Ling and a Poison Master.
• Yun Yun flew to Tiger Pass City and killed both defenders, allowing Lingyan Pavilion’s army to cross the poisonous swamp and take the city.
• Three days later, the Chu Yun Emperor received news of Tiger Pass City’s fall and the Dou Emperor who had attacked it, then smashed his wine cup and roared in anger.

Lingyan Pavilion advanced to Yunyang City, where Queen Medusa captured its Dou Emperor commander, Su Shounian. The Imperial Advisor learned Yunyang had fallen while leading reinforcements toward the city.

• The Chu Yun Emperor summoned his Imperial Advisor as Lingyan Pavilion captured three more cities and reached Yunyang City.
• Yaoye met Chen Mo in Fengxian City, embraced him in tears, and revealed her emotional turmoil over the gamble she had placed on him.
• Chen Mo asked Queen Medusa to capture Yunyang's Dou Emperor alive, and Yaoye recognized her as the seven-colored giant python from Misty Cloud Sect.
• Queen Medusa appeared in Yunyang City's lord's hall, overpowered Su Shounian, and took him to Fengxian City.
• The Imperial Advisor heard that Yunyang City had fallen to an enemy with a Dou Zong expert.

Lingyan Pavilion tightened its hold over the Chu Yun Empire as Chen Mo prepared to attack Wuling and questioned Queen Medusa about King Qi. Queen Medusa left after revealing that he could call her Qing Mo, while King Qi remained imprisoned in Yunyang City's dungeon.

• Shaluo reported that Nalan Jie, Princess Yaoye, Mittel, Qingshan, Yun Yun, and Yan Ran had captured three cities, and Chen Mo marked them as Lingyan Pavilion territory.
• Chen Mo ordered another demand for Wuling's surrender and said the army would attack if it was refused.
• Queen Medusa confronted Chen Mo, who pulled her close and groped her before asking whether King Qi had surrendered.
• Queen Medusa advised Chen Mo to kill King Qi, then vanished after telling him her name was Qing Mo.
• A thin figure entered Yunyang City's dungeon, where the captured King Qi was imprisoned.

Chen Mo plundered Su Shounian’s cultivation, advancing to Dou Ling while leaving the former King Qi crippled. As the Chu Yun Empire prepared to surrender to Lingyan Pavilion, a gray-robed figure appeared to offer help, and the Poison Sect announced it had found the poison it sought.

• Chen Mo entered Su Shounian’s cell and used Plunder, draining his cultivation and advancing from peak Da Dou Shi to one-star Dou Ling.
• The system explained that Su Shounian’s energy could only raise Chen Mo to Dou Ling because Chen Mo’s cultivation art required exceptionally pure, compressed energy.
• Chen Mo left the dungeon after telling the prison guards that Su Shounian was useless, and the guards found King Qi unconscious and crippled.
• In the Chu Yun Empire’s palace, Emperor Su Zhenglie agreed to surrender after the enemy’s overwhelming forces left his ministers without a viable countermeasure.
• A gray-robed man stepped out of the void in the emperor’s study and offered to help.
• At the Poison Sect, a black-robed figure hurried out after hearing that the sect had found the poison.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa attended Illusion Moon Pavilion’s Courtesan Queen election, where they watched the bidding and enjoyed the festivities. The evening ended with Chen Mo impulsively kissing Queen Medusa.

• Queen Medusa told Chen Mo that her private human name was Qing Mo, and that only the two of them could use it privately.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa paid to board Illusion Moon Pavilion and rented a private room, where they refused offers of massages.
• The three finalists each drew bids exceeding one hundred thousand Gold Coins, and a fat young master won Ziyue’s company for four hundred and thirty thousand.
• Chen Mo memorized the winning bidder’s appearance so he could confiscate his estate again, then leaned over and kissed Queen Medusa.

After Queen Medusa destroyed part of Illusion Moon Pavilion, Chen Mo made Zhao Jinxin pay for the damage and later drank with Medusa. The Chu Yun Empire agreed to meet Chen Mo at Wuling Imperial Palace, but the army surrounded Wuling City as Chen Mo, Yun Yun, and Medusa approached, while Su Zhenglie relied on a hidden Venerable to repel them.

• Queen Medusa knocked Chen Mo through the railing, then destroyed Illusion Moon Pavilion's third floor after the crowd mocked her and ordered Chen Mo to handle the trouble.
• Chen Mo used Lingyan Pavilion's Jade Token to clear the brothel and made Zhao Jinxin pay compensation before flying away.
• Chen Mo and Medusa drank together at the City Lord's Mansion, and the next day Chen Mo received the Chu Yun Empire's invitation to meet at Wuling Imperial Palace.
• Chen Mo burned the letter and had the Lingyan Pavilion Army surround Wuling City while he, Yun Yun, and Medusa rode the Green Beak Eagle King toward the palace.
• Su Zhenglie learned that the army had surrounded the city and was reassured by a hidden Venerable who promised to help repel it.

Chen Mo revealed himself as Lingyan Pavilion's Overall Pavilion Master during the Chu Yun Empire surrender negotiation, but Su Zhenglie turned the meeting into an ambush with a Dou Venerable. As Chen Mo summoned reinforcements, a Divine Beast Vermilion Bird appeared and blocked the enemy's attack.

• Su Zhenglie asked when Lingyan Pavilion's Overall Pavilion Master would arrive, and Chen Mo revealed that he was the master.
• Su Zhenglie declared that Chen Mo, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa would not leave alive, then summoned a gray-robed Three-Star Dou Venerable.
• Queen Medusa and Yun Yun prepared to face the Dou Venerable, while Chen Mo revealed that he had advanced to the Dou Ling realm.
• Chen Mo used a Summoning Card as the gray-robed man struck at the trio.
• The Divine Beast Vermilion Bird appeared and shattered the gray-robed man's attack with a flaming feather.

Chen Mo's forces overwhelmed the Chu Yun Empire's defenders after Vermilion Bird, Queen Medusa, and Yun Yun defeated their strongest fighters. The Royal Family was wiped out, while Chen Mo ordered the Imperial Advisor kept alive for his own purposes.

• Chen Mo summoned Vermilion Bird, an eighth-tier magical beast, which attacked the gray-robed man and prevented him from taking Chen Mo hostage.
• Su Zhenglie ordered his fighters to capture Chen Mo, but Queen Medusa and Yun Yun swiftly killed several attackers and held off the remaining forces.
• Chen Mo declared that no member of the Chu Yun Empire Royal Family would be spared, and Yaoye led the army in its assault on Wuling City.
• Vermilion Bird burned the gray-robed man and his soul to nothingness, while Queen Medusa killed two Dou Emperors and subdued the Imperial Advisor.
• The Imperial Advisor and other surviving Dou Kings surrendered, and Chen Mo's forces killed Su Zhenglie and every member of the Royal Family.

After Lingyan Pavilion took control of the Chu Yun Empire, Chen Mo rewarded those who helped win the war and prepared to finish conquering the remaining border cities. That night, he visited Yun Yun, while Queen Medusa secretly witnessed their intimacy and fled in embarrassment.

• Chen Mo rejected installing a puppet emperor, declared Lingyan Pavilion the Chu Yun Empire's new ruler, and planned to bring its remaining border cities under control.
• Chen Mo, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa searched the imperial treasury, then Chen Mo distributed its treasures and rewarded the pavilion's contributors and soldiers.
• Chen Mo pardoned Mu Chen's faults and ordered Mu Tie released, then announced a victory celebration and the final cleanup of the empire.
• Chen Mo spent Fortune Points to plunder the Imperial Advisor's cultivation, rising from One-Star Dou Ling to Three-Star Dou Ling.
• Unable to sleep, Chen Mo went to Yun Yun's palace and spent the night with her, while Queen Medusa secretly watched before fleeing in embarrassment.

After the Chu Yun Empire victory, Chen Mo said goodbye to Queen Medusa and set out for the Myriad Poison Desert, while Nalan Yanran resolved to enter the Gate of Life and Death. Three days later, Chen Mo reached the desert and followed an ancient map into its poisonous haze.

• Queen Medusa left for the Snake People Tribe after Chen Mo gave her a Soul Cleansing Pill, and she told him she would give him a chance if he defeated her with his own strength.
• Chen Mo announced that he was leaving to make his own way, then flew east as Nalan Yanran decided to enter the Gate of Life and Death.
• At Jia Nan Academy, a girl learned that Zhong Shanghen had been killed by someone from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and ordered an attack on Lingyan Pavilion before she left.
• Three days later, Chen Mo landed at the edge of the Myriad Poison Desert, struggled through its toxic smoke, and followed an ancient map across the dunes.

Chen Mo fought off a Wood Spiritual Object in the Myriad Poison Desert, then followed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame map to a poisonous abyss. As he descended, he and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the bottom at the same time.

• A giant vine attacked Chen Mo, and the system identified it as part of a Wood Spiritual Object; Chen Mo burned and shattered its vines with Heavenly Flames and the Heavenly Emperor Mysterious Thunder Seal, but one section escaped.
• Chen Mo gained 2,100 Fortune Points from poisonous creatures caught in the blast, treated the poison in his body, and learned that a Wood Spiritual Object was a powerful Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object.
• Chen Mo followed the map deeper into the desert and found a bottomless abyss that emitted poisonous smoke.
• Chen Mo wrapped himself in three flames and flew down into the abyss, where Xiao Yi Xian was absorbing poison and searching for medicinal herbs.
• Chen Mo and Xiao Yi Xian called out in surprise when they spotted each other at the bottom of the abyss.

Chen Mo fought a black-robed woman in the abyss, discovered she had the Body of Calamitous Poison, and learned she was searching for the Seven-Colored Myriad Poison Flower. After she named herself Yi Qingyao, he recognized that she was heading toward the treasure-map location, the likely Ruins of the Myriad Poison Saint.

• A black-robed woman attacked Chen Mo with poisonous gray smoke that dissolved his fireball, but he broke through her smoke and struck her, sending her crashing into the abyss wall.
• Chen Mo caught up with the injured woman and pulled back her hood, revealing her white hair and beautiful face; she began to release poison until he warned he would kill her before it erupted.
• The woman said she sought the Seven-Colored Myriad Poison Flower and claimed to have the Body of Calamitous Poison.
• Chen Mo asked her name, and she identified herself as Yi Qingyao before walking toward a passage in the abyss.
• Chen Mo followed Yi Qingyao toward the location marked on his treasure map, which was likely the Ruins of the Myriad Poison Saint.

Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao crossed the Poisonous Gas Swamp after Yi Qingyao revealed that the Myriad Poison Saint’s ruins and the Seven-Colored Myriad Poison Flower lay ahead. They entered a cave where Chen Mo sensed another Heavenly Flame, then discovered a hidden world within.

• Chen Mo killed a Purple Armored Centipede that attacked Yi Qingyao, then continued through the abyss with her.
• Chen Mo flew into the Poisonous Gas Swamp while Yi Qingyao leaped across its skeletons, and he eventually grabbed her when she revealed the Myriad Poison Saint had slain the guardian flood dragon.
• Yi Qingyao explained that an eighth-tier Poison Flame Demonic Flood Dragon had guarded the Seven-Colored Myriad Poison Flower and that she had followed the Saint’s final manuscript to the abyss.
• Chen Mo learned that the Seven-Colored Myriad Poison Flower’s poisonous mist filled the abyss and realized it was located with the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao followed her guidance to a pitch-black cave, where Chen Mo sensed another Heavenly Flame and they found a hidden world.

Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao entered the Myriad Poison Saint’s cave abode in search of the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, but a hidden soul ambushed them. After the system destroyed the soul, Chen Mo was left to absorb its power and subdue the flame while toxic fumes weakened both of them, leaving him overcome by the pink poison and approaching Yi Qingyao.

• Yi Qingyao guided Chen Mo through the seventh passage on the left, and they split up when it branched into two routes.
• Chen Mo found the Wind Fury Dragon Flame beside a skeleton, but realized the Myriad Poison Saint might still be alive when the system still offered to Plunder the flame.
• Hearing Yi Qingyao scream, Chen Mo rushed to her chamber and was attacked by the Myriad Poison Saint’s soul, which tried to possess him.
• The system’s antivirus program destroyed the weakened soul, and the Wind Fury Dragon Flame entered Chen Mo’s body as its owner’s memories flooded into him.
• Yi Qingyao and Chen Mo were weakened by fumes from the Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower, and the pink poison overwhelmed Chen Mo as the Wind Fury Dragon Flame ran rampant and he approached her.

While Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao lay unconscious, their powers protected and strengthened them as the Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower’s vines trapped them. In the Chu Yun Empire, Lingyan Pavilion prepared to face an attack by the Five Nation Alliance, and Yun Shan arrived at its gathering.

• The Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower’s vines failed to harm Chen Mo because Nether God's Protection shielded him, then fled from Yi Qingyao’s erupting Body of Calamitous Poison.
• Chen Mo’s Nether Qi absorbed and refined the poison, while three flames from the five-colored orb subdued the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• The flower later sent hundreds of vines to entangle Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao in a black sphere, which grew stronger as flames poured from Chen Mo and their strength increased over time.
• Lingyan Pavilion consolidated control of the Chu Yun Empire, with Yun Yun overseeing its affairs, Yaoye managing soldiers, and Nalan Jie organizing operations.
• After the Five Nation Alliance launched attacks against the Chu Yun Empire and Jia Ma Empire, Yun Yun ordered the branch pavilion masters to prepare for battle.
• Queen Medusa arrived at Lingyan Pavilion’s conference, followed by Yun Shan, whom Yun Yun greeted as her teacher.

While Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao remained unconscious, the Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower’s attacks failed, and their powers helped strengthen and protect them. Meanwhile, Lingyan Pavilion prepared for war against the Five Nation Alliance, and Yun Shan arrived at its conference hall.

• The Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower sent a vine to attack Chen Mo, but Nether God's Protection repelled it, and Yi Qingyao's Body of Calamitous Poison drove it away.
• Inside Chen Mo, the Wind Fury Dragon Flame collided with the five-colored pearl and was surrounded by the Thunder Fire, Yin-Yang Twin Flame, and Bone Chilling Flame, while Nether Qi absorbed and refined the poison.
• The Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower sent hundreds of vines to trap Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao, but flames from Chen Mo strengthened the black sphere around them as their strength gradually increased.
• Yun Yun, Yaoye, Nalan Jie, and others organized Lingyan Pavilion, but the Five Nation Alliance declared war on the Chu Yun Empire and Jia Ma Empire, prompting Yun Yun to order the branch pavilion masters to prepare for battle.
• Queen Medusa appeared at the conference hall, and Yun Shan descended from the sky, surprising Yun Yun.

Yun Yun prepared Lingyan Pavilion to defend against the Five Nation Alliance while its leaders debated whether to attack. In the Myriad Poison Desert, Chen Mo broke free of the vines and uprooted the Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower, leaving its fate and the alliance’s next move unresolved.

• Yun Shan returned to the conference hall after recovering with a pill Chen Mo had given Yan Ran, and Queen Medusa sensed that Chen Mo was alive and growing stronger.
• Jin Buhui briefed Yun Yun and the others on the Five Nation Alliance’s forces, and Yun Yun ordered scouts to watch for isolated Dou Emperor experts.
• Chu Heng argued with the four-nation coalition’s leaders as they questioned his claims about Chen Mo and Lingyan Pavilion, and the coalition paused its advance into the Chu Yun Empire.
• At Jia Nan Academy, the young girl ordered her subordinate to provoke conflict between the forces after the coalition failed to follow her plan.
• Two Lingyan Pavilion branch masters were killed on the western border of the Chu Yun Empire, causing the war to erupt.
• Chen Mo broke through the black sphere of light, cut through the vines, and pulled the Nine-Colored Myriad Poison Flower out by its roots.