Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo's group pursued their enemies while a mysterious ice-wielding attacker killed the Earth Flame Sect's Great Elder and took the item he carried. After discovering rare Ancient Void Dragon treasures and learning that several major leaders had been killed, Chen Mo's group reached Demonic Flame Mountain Valley, where he began scouting ahead.

• Chen Mo ordered his group to pursue the Black Skeleton Tomb members after they cleaned up the battlefield.
• A black-shadowed attacker intercepted the Earth Flame Sect's Great Elder, demanded an item, and killed him with ice crystals and an ice arrow.
• Chen Mo found Three Thousand Lightning Movements, the Essence Blood of a ninth tier Ancient Void Dragon, and the creature's eyeball in Storage Rings.
• Hai Bodong and Lu Yuanqing returned with news that their operation had gone smoothly, and Hai Bodong handed Chen Mo the Great Elder's Storage Ring.
• News spread that the Blood Sect's sect master, the Earth Flame Sect's sect master and Great Elder, and Elder Qing had been killed by unknown assailants.
• Chen Mo's group reached Demonic Flame Mountain Valley, and Chen Mo used the Aura Concealment Technique to enter and investigate while the others waited for his signal.

Chen Mo infiltrated Demonic Flame Mountain Valley to find Han Feng, but another intruder, Mu Qianqian, drew attention to them after an assassination. Chen Mo killed six Dou Wangs before Old Ghost of the Earth Demon confronted them and attacked with black ice spikes.

• Chen Mo infiltrated the valley and identified Old Ghost of the Earth Demon, while a separate alarm revealed that Elder Lu had been assassinated.
• Mu Qianqian fled toward Chen Mo, exposing both intruders to the valley's guards.
• Chen Mo revealed that he had come to find Han Feng and killed five attacking Dou Wangs and their middle-aged commander with his flame-coated spear.
• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon emerged and trapped Chen Mo and Mu Qianqian beneath his pressure.
• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon attacked the pair with a rain of black ice spikes using Thousand Illusion Profound Ice Thorn.

Chen Mo defeated Old Ghost of the Earth Demon with the Heavenly Emperor Profound Thunder Palm, but the enemy’s soul escaped after revealing that Mu Yi’s soul was in his possession. Han Feng then appeared with a force from the Soul Hall to rescue the fleeing soul.

• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon attacked Chen Mo and Mu Qianqian with black ice spikes, injuring Mu Qianqian before Chen Mo shielded her.
• Chen Mo’s Heavenly Emperor Profound Thunder Palm shattered Old Ghost of the Earth Demon’s ice sword and badly wounded him.
• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon claimed Mu Yi was alive and threatened Chen Mo with Mu Yi’s soul, but Chen Mo struck again and destroyed his body.
• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon’s weakened soul escaped Chen Mo’s Bone Chilling Flame when black chains intervened.
• Han Feng arrived with black mist, and Chen Mo recognized the Soul Hall.

Chen Mo confronted Han Feng and Elder Mugu at Demonic Flame Mountain Valley to learn what happened to his teacher, Yao Chen. After Elder Mugu revealed that Han Feng had killed Yao Chen over a Heaven Tier Dou Technique, Chen Mo attacked Han Feng, but a Saint's aura descended just as Han Feng was about to die.

• Chen Mo revealed himself as Lingyan Pavilion's Overall Pavilion Master and demanded to know where his teacher was, while Han Feng said Yao Chen was dead.
• Elder Mugu demanded the Flame Mantra, and Chen Mo used a copy of it to make Elder Mugu explain that Han Feng had killed Yao Chen for a Heaven Tier Dou Technique.
• Elder Mugu identified himself as an Eighth-grade Alchemist, and Chen Mo taunted him before burning the copied Flame Mantra manual to ashes.
• Elder Mugu attacked Chen Mo, but Chen Mo's Demonic God Phantom repelled him and injured his hand.
• Chen Mo rushed to kill Han Feng, but a Saint's aura descended just as Han Feng was about to die.

Gu You, the Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerate, attacked Chen Mo, who survived the Saint’s blow and summoned a massive Azure Dragon. Chen Mo ordered the dragon to swallow Gu You, but Gu You vanished again as Chen Mo prepared to strike at a patch of space.

• Gu You appeared through a Spatial Rift, and Elder Mugu identified Chen Mo as the man who killed Yao Chen and possessed three Heavenly Flames.
• Gu You introduced himself as the Bone Nether Saint and attacked Chen Mo, whose defenses failed to stop the spatially twisting palm strike.
• The blow sent Chen Mo crashing through the hall roof and buried him beneath the palace ruins, while Mu Qianqian awoke amid the collapse.
• A five-clawed Azure Dragon emerged from the clouds, and Gu You hesitated as it coiled above the palace.
• Chen Mo burst from the rubble, ordered the Azure Dragon to swallow Gu You, and then struck at a patch of space after Gu You vanished.

Chen Mo fought off Gu You and Elder Mugu, then escaped with the injured Mu Qianqian while his Azure Dragon held Gu You back. After Chen Mo began recuperating in a forest, Elder Mugu raised the question of attacking Lingyan Pavilion.

• Chen Mo badly injured Gu You with a punch, and the Azure Dragon sent him crashing into the valley wall before engaging him in battle.
• Chen Mo attacked Han Feng, but Elder Mugu intervened in silver treasure armor and was seriously injured by the blow.
• Nearly out of Dou Qi and wary that the Soul Hall might summon a Dou Saint, Chen Mo fled with Mu Qianqian while Gu You remained occupied by the Azure Dragon.
• Chen Mo signaled Hai Bodong and the others, landed in a dense forest, and began recuperating as Mu Qianqian treated her wounds.
• After driving back the Azure Dragon, Elder Mugu asked Gu You whether they should attack Lingyan Pavilion.

Gu You warned Elder Mugu to withdraw from the Black Corner Region while the Soul Hall’s Hall Master hunted a Saint soul body. In Lightning Fall Land, Zheng Tian and his teacher, Purple Lightning Saint, were cornered by the Soul Hall, and the Hall Master arrived as Purple Lightning Saint attempted to sacrifice himself.

• Gu You told Elder Mugu that the Soul Hall could not spare help against Lingyan Pavilion and advised him to leave the Black Corner Region.
• Zheng Tian and the injured Purple Lightning Saint fled through Lightning Fall Land as the Soul Hall pursued them.
• The Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master appeared with several great Heavenly Venerates and demanded that Purple Lightning Saint surrender.
• Purple Lightning Saint opened a Spatial Rift and pushed Zheng Tian through it, then began a Soul Explosion to hold off their pursuers.
• The Hall Master descended, stopped Purple Lightning Saint’s Soul Explosion, and was greeted on one knee by the Soul Hall members.

After recovering, Chen Mo learned that Lingyan Pavilion members had been killed near Jia Nan City and that two peak Dou Emperors had joined the pavilion seeking a Dou Ancestor Pill. He began secluded alchemy training while Pan Gate members continued plotting attacks, and several disguised attackers were captured and sent to the Black Corner Region.

• Lu Yuanqing told Chen Mo that Demonic Flame Valley had vanished, Rakshasa Gate had been destroyed by Mo Tianxing, and Lingyan Pavilion members had been killed near Jia Nan City.
• Lu Yuanqing reported that Elders Jin and Yin, twin peak Dou Emperors, had joined Lingyan Pavilion seeking a Dou Ancestor Pill.
• Chen Mo decided to resume practicing alchemy and began secluded cultivation with the Myriad Poison Saint's cauldrons, recipes, and experience.
• At Pan Gate, Xiao Yu persuaded the students to pause their attacks on Lingyan Pavilion, but some students later left Jia Nan Academy secretly to seek revenge.
• Several disguised Pan Gate attackers raided a Lingyan Pavilion branch pavilion near Jia Nan Academy, were captured, and were escorted to the Black Corner Region.
• Hai Bodong became furious upon hearing about the captured attackers and said he would report the matter to Chen Mo.

After advancing to two-star Dou Wang, Chen Mo learned that Jia Nan Academy disciples had killed Lingyan Pavilion members and traveled to the academy to demand an explanation. He presented the captured disciples before Su Qian and the assembled students, leaving the academy’s leaders to answer for the attack.

• Chen Mo completed a Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pill and learned from Hai Bodong that the culprits behind the killings were Jia Nan Academy Inner Academy disciples.
• Chen Mo and more than a dozen Lingyan Pavilion figures flew into Jia Nan City and approached Jia Nan Academy, prompting a report to Hu Gan.
• Su Qian announced that the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda would be temporarily closed after repeated eruptions.
• Chen Mo arrived above the academy square with the battered Chen Xi and Lu Jun'an among his group and demanded an explanation from Jia Nan Academy.
• Chen Mo presented two bound disciples and accused them of ambushing Lingyan Pavilion members and attempting to destroy its branch pavilion.

Chen Mo confronted Su Qian at Jia Nan Academy and demanded that the students responsible for killing Lingyan Pavilion members be handed over. After Su Qian ordered the students surrendered, the seal on the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda broke again.

• Chen Mo played a recording naming Xiao Yu, Zhang Han, Li Yangmin, and other students as participants in attacks on Lingyan Pavilion.
• Su Qian refused to accept Lingyan Pavilion's accusation at first, but Chen Mo threatened to destroy Jia Nan Academy if he did not surrender the students.
• Chen Mo revealed his Heavenly Flames and the strength of the fighters around him, while Su Qian erupted with Dou Zong aura and ordered the students handed over.
• The academy's disciplinary team brought out the implicated students, and Chen Mo prepared to leave with them.
• The seal on the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda shattered, and everyone realized the beast had broken through again.

Chen Mo faced the Fallen Heart Flame after it broke free from the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, while Su Qian and the elders failed to restore its seal. Chen Mo struck the fire python down, and it fled toward the edge of the academy as he pursued it.

• Hu Gan ordered the students to disperse when the tower's summit shattered, while Chen Mo sensed the Fallen Heart Flame and met its gaze.
• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders formed a sealing array, but the Fallen Heart Flame shattered it and emerged as a gigantic fire python.
• Chen Mo’s system identified the Fallen Heart Flame and offered to Plunder it for 250,000 Fortune Points.
• The fire python charged at Chen Mo, who struck it down with the Heavenly Emperor Mysterious Thunder Seal.
• The injured fire python fled toward the outside of the academy, and Chen Mo attacked it with another palm strike.

Chen Mo subdued the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy, defeated Su Qian, and descended into the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda’s magma world to find its infant flame. The infant Fallen Heart Flame appeared above a skeleton, and the flame snake in Chen Mo’s hand tried to devour it.

• Chen Mo struck the fire python into the shape of a tiny flame snake, and it crawled toward him when he offered it the choice to leave.
• Su Qian tried to stop Chen Mo from taking the Fallen Heart Flame, but Chen Mo struck him down and stored the flame in the system.
• Chen Mo sent Hai Bodong and the others away, then descended into the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda to search for the infant flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame guided Chen Mo deeper into the magma and illuminated a ring of light containing a fluorescent skeleton and an invisible flame.
• The tiny flame snake grew excited at the sight of the infant Fallen Heart Flame and tried to devour it.

Chen Mo fought through the lizardfolk guarding Tou She Ancient God's Mansion, escaped their army, and confronted the soul inside the transparent sphere. He Plundered the white-haired old man, learning that he was Yao Tianhuo, Venerable Tianhuo.

• Chen Mo killed a lizardman and collected its Fortune Value and crimson bead.
• Chen Mo slaughtered more lizardfolk for Fortune Points, then fled when their army gathered around him.
• Chen Mo blasted through the lizardfolk blocking his escape and left the crimson lava region.
• Chen Mo released the transparent sphere, and the white-robed soul inside asked why the Fallen Heart Flame did not heed his summons.
• Chen Mo attacked the old man despite his offer of a Heaven Tier Dou Technique, then Plundered his soul and learned his identity was Yao Tianhuo, Venerable Tianhuo.

After leaving Jia Nan Academy, Chen Mo strengthened Lingyan Pavilion’s standing in the Black Corner Region and accepted Mu Qianqian into its Shadow Secret Guard. Lu Yuanqing then told him that Radiant Light had appeared at the Ancient Ruins and that they might soon reopen.

• Chen Mo emerged from the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda with the Fallen Heart Flame and Venerable Tianhuo’s Storage Ring, then flew away as Jia Nan Academy’s elders breathed a sigh of relief.
• News spread that Lingyan Pavilion was behind the deaths of the Blood Sect and Earth Flame Sect masters, and Mo Tianxing chose to reject Heaven Serpent Mansion’s alliance invitation and offer the Black Emperor Sect as a subordinate force instead.
• Mu Qianqian asked Chen Mo to let her join the Shadow Secret Guard so she could grow strong enough to save her father, and Chen Mo gave her a Jade Token for the branch pavilion in Fenglan Commandery.
• Chen Mo took Mu Qianqian to bed, and she fell asleep from exhaustion while he later went downstairs.
• Lu Yuanqing told Chen Mo that Radiant Light had appeared at the Ancient Ruins and that rumors said the Ruins were about to reopen.

As Chen Mo prepared to leave for the Ancient Ruins in Cangyuan Mountain, he wandered into a Lingyan Pavilion auction house and met Ya Fei. He invited her to manage the Myriad Treasure Pavilion, leaving her surprised by the offer.

• Chen Mo ordered Lu Yuanqing to execute Xiao Yu after learning she had been kept alive.
• Chen Mo decided to depart for Cangyuan Mountain the next morning and spent his free time wandering Er City.
• Chen Mo visited a Lingyan Pavilion auction house and watched Ya Fei conduct an auction.
• After the auction, Chen Mo invited Ya Fei to manage the Myriad Treasure Pavilion.
• Ya Fei was shocked by Chen Mo's offer because of the pavilion's importance and its collection of cultivation techniques and combat skills.

Chen Mo traveled to Ancient Tower Town to await the opening of the Ancient Ruins in Cangyuan Mountain, while refining lizardman energy to improve his cultivation. When Hai Bodong announced that the radiant light had appeared above the mountain, Chen Mo broke through to Three-Star Dou Wang.

• Chen Mo agreed to let Ya Fei manage the Myriad Treasure Pavilion after she trained as his assistant, and planned to take her to Cangyuan.
• Chen Mo accepted the Black Emperor Sect as a subordinate force on the condition that Lingyan Pavilion could station personnel there, then refused Mu Qianqian's request to join his trip.
• Chen Mo, Ya Fei, Hai Bodong, Lu Yuanqing, and two Dou Wangs traveled to Ancient Tower Town and found it crowded with people awaiting the Cangyuan Mountain Ancient Ruins.
• Chen Mo isolated his room and refined crimson beads and lizardman Essence Blood to raise his cultivation.
• Hai Bodong told Chen Mo that radiant light had appeared above Cangyuan Mountain, and Chen Mo broke through from Two-Star Dou Wang to Three-Star Dou Wang.

Chen Mo and his group entered the Ancient Ruins through a strange white fog, but the fog separated Hai Bodong and the others from them. They emerged in a valley beneath a mountain gate, where Chen Mo learned that flying was forbidden above the ruins.

• Chen Mo took Ya Fei with him and led the group toward Cangyuan Mountain, avoiding the deadly fighting among cultivators racing to reach the ruins first.
• Lu Yuanqing said the ruins had once been described as an ancient sect filled with restrictions that teleported intruders out, and Chen Mo told the group to seek the Scripture Depository and medicinal-pill stores.
• Dense white fog blocked Chen Mo's soul power and caused confusion and fighting among the approaching cultivators, so Chen Mo told everyone to stay close and follow his voice.
• Chen Mo discovered that Hai Bodong and the others had vanished, leaving only Lu Yuanqing and Ya Fei with him; the three continued through the fog by following a Heavenly Flame.
• Chen Mo, Lu Yuanqing, and Ya Fei emerged into a valley and saw a mountain gate, while a cultivator who flew toward it struck an invisible barrier and fell.
• A Dou Wang said flying was forbidden above the ruins, and Chen Mo glanced at the man as an idea came to him.

Chen Mo and his companions explored the Ruins, learning about its restrictions and searching the ancient sect for treasures. Their search was interrupted when a silver-skinned, puppet-like figure emerged from a pavilion and attacked two intruders.

• Chen Mo interrogated Chao Tiannan, who explained the Ruins' restrictions, the teleportation formation in the fog, the deadly restriction in the depths, and Han Feng's abrupt departure.
• Chen Mo carried Ya Fei up the gravity-restricted stone steps to the mountain peak, where they found a ruined sect already crowded with treasure seekers.
• Chen Mo discovered that the sect's floor tiles were unusually durable, but found no treasures in the halls he searched.
• A famous Dou Wang was blasted from a pavilion and died, while another intruder survived with injuries.
• A stiff, silver-skinned figure in tattered gray robes emerged from the pavilion and landed, crushing several floor tiles.

Chen Mo seized control of an Earth Demon Puppet and entered the pavilion after keeping the other treasure seekers at bay. Inside a secret chamber, he found a scroll containing the Puppet Refining Method, leaving him with a new technique to investigate.

• An Earth Demon Puppet attacked Chao Tiannan, and Chen Mo knocked it back before taking control of it with his Soul Imprint.
• Chen Mo ordered the Earth Demon Puppet to kill anyone who entered the pavilion, then went to the top floor.
• Chen Mo found a second Earth Demon Puppet guarding a secret chamber, but he could not control it and stored it away.
• The second puppet's removal caused the Stone Gate to open, and Chen Mo entered the chamber under the protection of his Heavenly Flames.
• Chen Mo opened an ancient scroll and discovered it contained the Supreme Profound Sect's Puppet Institute Puppet Refining Method.

Chen Mo found a puppet-refining method in the ruins and learned how a powerful demon puppet could be made. At the sect’s deepest hall, a failed attempt to break the restrictions triggered a deadly barrage, but Chen Mo and his companions escaped through the teleportation device into a new world.

• Chen Mo read the Puppet Refining Method, learned that a Dou Venerable’s soul could help an Earth Demon Puppet advance into a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and stored the scroll.
• Chen Mo, Lu Yuanqing, and Ya Fei reached the grand hall, where gathered experts eyed a restricted teleportation device on a high platform.
• An old man tried to open the restrictions with tools and a Magic Core, but closed the wrong gate and was killed by red beams.
• The red beams trapped the hall and killed or injured many people, while Chen Mo protected Ya Fei and Lu Yuanqing with a spinning Underworld God's Spear.
• A black figure stopped the beams and entered the device, then Chen Mo and his companions rushed in as well; Chen Mo took the dead old man’s Storage Ring before they teleported to a New World.