Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo and his companions crossed an ancient forest filled with precious medicinal herbs, and Chen Mo killed a gloomy old man who attacked him. Near the forest’s end, they found a dragon skeleton and the mysterious black figure racing toward two lightning-covered ancient trees; Chen Mo identified them as Divine Lightning Wood and moved to intervene.

• Ya Fei and the others entered the herb forest, and Chen Mo told them to gather high-grade herbs while he guarded Ya Fei.
• The gloomy old man attacked Chen Mo over a Crimson Origin Vermilion Fruit, but Chen Mo killed him with one move after Ya Fei picked the fruit.
• Chen Mo, Ya Fei, and Lu Yuanqing collected herbs as they traveled deeper into the forest, finding signs that the mysterious black figure had passed ahead of them.
• The trio reached a dragon skeleton beneath lightning-struck ancient trees, where the mysterious black figure rushed toward the trees.
• Chen Mo used Body Like a Swimming Dragon to appear beneath the skeleton and discovered that the trees were Divine Lightning Wood.

Chen Mo chased Zheng Tian to an ancient forest, where Zheng Tian stole one of two Divine Lightning Woods and escaped through a formation. Chen Mo and his companions looted the forest and departed, while a surviving phantom appeared at the site and announced that a vessel had arrived.

• Zheng Tian pulled a Divine Lightning Wood from the skull of a fallen Ancient Void Dragon, shrank it with a blood pattern, and stored it away.
• Chen Mo confronted Zheng Tian, but Zheng Tian blocked his attack and escaped through a Teleportation Formation.
• Chen Mo examined the remaining Divine Lightning Wood, discovered traces of Ancient Void Dragon blood, and concluded that the ancient sect had once been exceptionally powerful.
• Chen Mo welcomed Lu Yuanqing and Ya Fei, then collected the remaining Divine Lightning Wood and the dragon skeleton using the system.
• Chen Mo, Lu Yuanqing, and Ya Fei gathered herbs and treasures before leaving through a Teleportation Formation.
• After the three left, a phantom emerged where the dragon skeleton had lain, declared that it had survived, and said a vessel had arrived.

Chen Mo and his companions left the ruins and headed back toward Er City, while Yi Qingyao emerged from seclusion and set out to find him. At the war front, Queen Medusa began Mu Qianqian's harsh Shadow Secret Guard training after learning she had Chen Mo's Jade Token.

• Chen Mo asked Hai Bodong about the Supreme Profound Sect, then flew with Ya Fei and the others toward Er City.
• Yi Qingyao emerged from seclusion in a cloud of poisonous purple smoke and flew toward Wuling City.
• Law Enforcement Hall warriors stopped Yi Qingyao for flying over the city, but let her go after confirming her Jade Token and telling her Chen Mo was in the Black Corner Region.
• Yi Qingyao thanked the golden-armored warrior and flew toward the Black Corner Region to find Chen Mo.
• Queen Medusa ordered Mu Qianqian to seal her cultivation and run a hundred li as the first step in her Shadow Secret Guard training.

After six months of cultivation, Chen Mo reached eight-star Dou Wang and returned to Er City, while Tong Xuan appeared before the Heavenly Serpent Alliance and promised to destroy the Lingyan Pavilion. Chen Mo learned the alliance had counterattacked and hurried to the front line.

• Chen Mo refined the Fallen Heart Flame and Divine Lightning Wood, advancing his cultivation, soul realm, and Lightning Movement technique during seclusion.
• The Lingyan Pavilion expanded across nearly half of the Northwestern Region, and Elder Jin, Hai Bodong, and Jia Xingtian advanced to Dou Zong.
• Tong Xuan appeared before Su Huang and the Heavenly Serpent Alliance, claiming he would help destroy the Lingyan Pavilion and declaring that all below a Saint were ants.
• Chen Mo ended his seclusion, reunited with Yi Qingyao, and received Yun Yun's urgent letter reporting the alliance's counterattack, three Dou Emperors killed or wounded, and Hai Bodong severely injured.
• Chen Mo ordered his people to leave overnight for the front line.

A Gu Clan messenger reported that Elder Tongxuan would help a secluded woman resolve her burden, while Soul Hall investigated Xiao Yan’s death and his ties to powerful clans. On the Chihua Plains, Lingyan Pavilion fell behind in battle, but Yun Yun killed a Dou Zong with her strange sword and then signaled a retreat.

• A Gu Clan messenger told the secluded woman that Elder Tongxuan had been dispatched to help her, and she said she wanted her target alive if possible.
• Gu You reported to the Soul Hall Master that Xiao Yan had been killed by Lingyan Pavilion’s Overall Pavilion Master and described the young man’s strength and connections to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• The Soul Hall Master sent Gu You and Third Brother to investigate those connections without acting, then entered seclusion.
• Lingyan Pavilion and the Heavenly Serpent Alliance fought across the Chihua Plains, where Lingyan Pavilion’s forces were gradually driven into a disadvantage.
• Yun Yun killed Liu Ye, a one-star Dou Zong, with her white sword and moved to help Queen Medusa, who was fighting three Dou Zongs.
• Yun Yun eased the pressure on Queen Medusa’s battlefield and signaled Lingyan Pavilion’s troops to retreat.

The Heavenly Serpent Alliance drove Lingyan Pavilion’s forces back into Qinghang City, while Tong Xuan agreed to attack the city the next day. Chen Mo rushed toward the Chihua Plains, and Yun Yun began evacuating the city as the enemy launched its assault.

• Su Huang ordered the Heavenly Serpent Alliance to pursue Lingyan Pavilion, and Yaoye led the retreat into Qinghang City under Queen Medusa’s protection.
• The Heavenly Serpent Alliance killed three Lingyan Pavilion Dou Wangs before its forces halted outside the city and made camp.
• Tong Xuan agreed to blast open Qinghang City the next day, while Su Huang ordered Lu Man and Bai Ya to prepare to take the Saintess away if trouble arose.
• Chen Mo, Yi Qingyao, and Lu Yuanqing raced toward the Chihua Plains, with Chen Mo and Yi Qingyao leaving Lu Yuanqing behind.
• At dawn, the Heavenly Serpent Alliance began its attack as Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and their weakened allies prepared to defend the city while Yaoye oversaw the evacuation.

The Heavenly Serpent Alliance breached Qinghang City and surrounded Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and their allies. As Medusa and Yun Yun were pushed to their limits, Chen Mo sensed their danger and prepared to act.

• Yun Yun ordered the defenders to fire, but a powerful enemy froze and crushed the bolts, then blasted open Qinghang City's wall.
• Su Huang led the Heavenly Serpent Alliance into the city while its Dou Zongs engaged Medusa, Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, Long Yao, and Elder Jin.
• The alliance drove Lingyan Pavilion's army into retreat and chased Yaoye's group as Medusa was struck down twice while fighting Su Huang and three Dou Zongs.
• Yun Yun used the Yin-Yang Qiankun Art to cleave one opposing Dou Zong in two, but the technique damaged her origin and left her weakened.
• On the Chihua Plains, Chen Mo sensed Medusa's severe injuries through their Soul Contract and heard the Kun Yang Sword cry out a warning, then vowed to destroy the attackers' clans.

Chen Mo arrived at the battle in Qinghang City and rescued Yun Yun and Medusa before confronting Tong Xuan, a Half-Saint from the Gu Clan. When Tong Xuan threatened to destroy Lingyan Pavilion, Chen Mo unleashed his Nether Qi and prepared to fight him.

• Su Huang's forces defeated Medusa and badly wounded Yun Yun, leaving both women on the brink of death.
• Chen Mo arrived, killed the Dou Zongs attacking Medusa and Yun Yun, and sent his Earth Demon Puppet to assist Yun Shan.
• Chen Mo confronted Su Huang, but Tong Xuan emerged from a Spatial Rift and revealed that he had come to take Chen Mo away.
• Tong Xuan identified himself as a Gu Clan elder and threatened to destroy Lingyan Pavilion if Chen Mo refused to go with him.
• Tong Xuan attacked Chen Mo with a ball of concentrated energy, and Chen Mo vowed to slay the Half-Saint.

Chen Mo fought Tong Xuan above Qinghang City and killed him with the Heavenly Emperor Mysterious Thunder Seal and the Underworld God's Spear. After Tong Xuan sent a tiny golden light into the void, Chen Mo crushed his soul despite a furious voice warning him to stop.

• Chen Mo shattered Tong Xuan's attack and countered his Extinguishing Heaven Seal with a hand seal of his own, while the collision injured the fighters below.
• The Earth Demon Puppet killed a four-star Dou Zong, and Su Huang's group retreated to the edge of Qinghang City.
• Chen Mo used the Heavenly Emperor Mysterious Thunder Seal's Heaven Suppression to shatter Tong Xuan's Ancient Emperor Seal and send him flying.
• Chen Mo caught Tong Xuan and pierced his heart with the Underworld God's Spear, then tore out his weakened soul as a tiny golden light escaped into the void.
• Chen Mo crushed Tong Xuan's soul after a furious voice from the void warned him not to.

After killing Tong Xuan and destroying Gu Nanhai’s Dou Saint avatar with a Six-Colored Fire Lotus, Chen Mo descended into a violent frenzy and massacred Su Huang and the fleeing Dou Zongs. The chapter ended with Chen Mo choking Yun Yun as Queen Medusa, Yun Shan, and the others watched in alarm.

• Chen Mo devoured Tong Xuan’s soul, then merged his Heavenly Flames into a Six-Colored Fire Lotus and destroyed the Dou Saint avatar emerging from the Spatial Rift.
• Gu Nanhai was injured when his avatar was destroyed, sensed the Soul Hall’s presence, and left to report the incident to the Gu Clan leader.
• Chen Mo attacked Su Huang and killed him with his Black Spear, then killed the other fleeing Dou Zongs with his spear and lightning pillars.
• Chen Mo attacked the fleeing soldiers, and when Yun Yun tried to stop him, he struck her aside and caught her by the throat.

Chen Mo lost control to a dark force within him and nearly killed Yun Yun and Yi Qingyao before pain and a collision briefly restored his clarity. A week later, he awoke remorseful and learned Yun Yun’s foundation had been damaged; warned that using Dou Qi could trigger another loss of control, he exchanged fifty thousand Fortune Points for the Spirit Nurturing and Heart Calming Art.

• Medusa warned that Chen Mo had gone berserk, and he grabbed Yun Yun by the throat as Yi Qingyao arrived to help.
• Yun Yun used the Yin-Yang Qiankun Art to weaken the Nether Qi, but Chen Mo’s dark side surged again and tightened his grip.
• Yi Qingyao kicked Chen Mo between the legs, freeing herself and Yun Yun and briefly restoring his clarity.
• Chen Mo fought with the dark presence claiming to be another version of him, then crashed into a city wall and fell unconscious.
• After a week, Yi Qingyao told Chen Mo that Yun Yun’s cultivation had fallen from six-star to five-star Dou Emperor and warned him against using Dou Qi.
• Chen Mo recognized that the violent force within him had grown and exchanged fifty thousand Fortune Points for the Spirit Nurturing and Heart Calming Art.

After recovering from his qi deviation, Chen Mo treated Yi Qingyao and gave medicinal pills to his injured allies. He confessed his relationships to Yun Yun, who accepted his existing lovers but forbade him from taking any more.

• Yi Qingyao helped Chen Mo bathe, and they became intimate.
• Chen Mo exchanged Fortune Points for pills to restore foundations and heal injuries, then distributed them to Yun Shan, Jia Xingtian, and the others.
• Chen Mo apologized to Yun Yun for hurting her while under the influence of the Kun Yang Sword.
• Yun Yun questioned Chen Mo about Mu Qianqian, Yi Qingyao, Queen Medusa, and Ya Fei, and he admitted they were his women.
• After Chen Mo coaxed Yun Yun into forgiving him, he gave her pills for her injuries and promised not to pursue anyone else.

After recovering from his injuries, Chen Mo struggled to control the baleful aura within him and spent a year cultivating several techniques while Lingyan Pavilion expanded across the Northwestern Region. As the story left off, Nalan Yanran was nearing Wuling City and Chen Mo was preparing for the next stage of his journey toward Central Continent.

• Chen Mo delivered medicine to Queen Medusa, who waited until he had left before retrieving the Jade Bottles, while the women he had been intimate with continued refusing to see him.
• Chen Mo found that using more than sixty percent of his former strength brought out the baleful aura and risked making him lose control, so he began studying the Spirit Nourishing and Heart Calming Incantation.
• Over the following year, Chen Mo made minor progress in three techniques, and Lingyan Pavilion recruited new cultivators, defeated the Heavenly Serpent Alliance's remaining forces, and took control of the Northwestern Region.
• Chen Mo gave the women around him the first two forms of the Heavenly Emperor Mysterious Thunder Seal, while his attempts to have children with Yun Yun, Yi Qingyao, and Mu Qianqian remained unsuccessful.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion and traveled toward Wuling City, while Chen Mo continued his leisurely life and kept his relationship with Queen Medusa in an ambiguous state.

Chen Mo reunited with Nalan Yanran in Wuling City, then resumed alchemy and began using pills to strengthen Lingyan Pavilion. Meanwhile, rumors about the pavilion spread across the Central Continent, and Lu Man’s group escaped Nine Serene Deepground Python territory after a spatial storm stranded them in the Beast Region.

• Chen Mo welcomed Nalan Yanran after nearly two years apart, and she stayed in his sleeping quarters for several days.
• Hong Tao heard that Lingyan Pavilion possessed Three Thousand Lightning Movements but dismissed the growing rumors about the pavilion as unbelievable.
• Lu Man, Bai Ya, and their companions hid their identities in Nine Serene Deepground Python territory, then escaped toward human-controlled regions.
• Chen Mo resumed alchemy and, after many failed batches, refined pills that helped a peak Dou Emperor advance to Dou Zong and improved the cultivation of other Dou Emperors.
• Chen Mo gave pills to longtime Lingyan Pavilion members, and Yun Yun advanced to a nine-star Dou Emperor while Elder Yin advanced to Dou Zong.

After a year of cultivation and consolidating Lingyan Pavilion’s control of the Northwestern Region, Chen Mo prepared to travel to Central Continent, and Yun Yun insisted on going with him. Chen Mo took her to the empire’s border, while Medusa set off after them on her own.

• Chen Mo gave the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Nalan Yanran after Yun Yun refused it and Medusa was away leading the Snake-People Race’s migration.
• Over the next year, Chen Mo reached the Dou Emperor realm, Yun Yun advanced to Dou Zong, and Lingyan Pavilion secured control of the Northwestern Region.
• Chen Mo decided to leave for Central Continent, and Yun Yun persuaded him to take her along despite his plan to establish a foothold first.
• Chen Mo used his speed to bring Yun Yun to the border of the Lingyan Empire, leaving her astonished.
• After Chen Mo left, Medusa appeared above Wuling City and decided to travel to Central Continent without him.

Gu Xun'er subdued the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, broke through to Dou Zong, and emerged from seclusion. Meanwhile, Chen Mo and Yun Yun neared Tianya City as Jia Nan Academy declined and Xin Lan prepared to take Zi Yan to the Central Continent.

• Gu Xun'er subdued the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, advanced from the peak of Dou Emperor to Dou Zong, and announced that she had emerged from seclusion.
• Chen Mo and Yun Yun traveled toward Tianya City, discussing the factions of the Central Continent and the powerful enemies they had faced.
• Hu Gan told Su Qian that another group of senior students was leaving Jia Nan Academy, and Su Qian let them go.
• Xin Lan invited Zi Yan to visit the Ye Family in the Central Continent and help investigate Zi Yan's true body, and Zi Yan agreed to go with her.

Chen Mo and Yun Yun reached Tianya City, where Yun Yun helped repair its Spatial Wormhole. They left through it immediately, while the Luo Family and Han Clan elders realized Chen Mo was Lingyan Pavilion’s Overall Pavilion Master; a day later, two women arrived in the city.

• Chen Mo and Yun Yun crossed the mountain range and flew into Tianya City, where flying was forbidden.
• Luo Cheng asked Yun Yun to help repair the damaged Spatial Wormhole, and Chen Mo agreed so they could leave sooner.
• Yun Yun joined Luo Cheng and the Two Elders of the Han Clan in repairing the wormhole, using far more Power of Space than the three elders combined.
• Luo Cheng gave Chen Mo a wooden boat and a purple bead that allowed free wormhole travel, but Chen Mo and Yun Yun entered the repaired wormhole without waiting.
• The Two Elders of the Han Clan and Luo Cheng recognized Yun Yun as Lingyan Pavilion’s Pavilion Master and concluded that Chen Mo was its Overall Pavilion Master.
• One day later, two women arrived in Tianya City, while another two women were nearby on a griffin beast.

Chen Mo and Yun Yun reached the Central Continent after traveling through a Spatial Wormhole and headed toward Lingyan Pavilion’s branch in Tianbei City. On their way, they encountered a caravan being cornered by the demon snake Xia Mang in Myriad Snake Gorge, where a veiled woman drew her sword against him.

• Chen Mo and Yun Yun arrived at a transit plaza on the Central Continent after twenty-three days in the Spatial Wormhole.
• Chen Mo consulted a map and led Yun Yun toward Lingyan Pavilion’s branch in Tianbei City.
• After flying across deserts for several days, Chen Mo and Yun Yun stopped near Myriad Snake Gorge to rest.
• A caravan entered the gorge cautiously, hoping to pass without disturbing Xia Mang.
• Xia Mang and a swarm of venomous snakes surrounded the caravan, and he demanded tribute and that the veiled woman be left behind.
• The veiled woman leapt from her carriage and drew a sword, her gaze turning cold as Xia Mang leered at her.

Yun Yun rescued Han Xue’s convoy from Xia Mang and his venomous snakes, then demonstrated her Sword Intent by killing Xia Mang when he tried to seize Han Xue. After resting with Chen Mo, Yun Yun prepared to leave, but Han Xue asked whether they were traveling to Tianbei City.

• Xia Mang shattered the veiled Han Xue’s sword and ordered his venomous snakes to attack her convoy, killing or injuring many guards.
• Yun Yun arrived with Chen Mo and drove the snakes away, while Chen Mo burned the fleeing ones to ash.
• Xia Mang pretended to leave, then rushed toward Han Xue, but Yun Yun killed him with a streak of Sword Intent.
• Han Xue thanked Yun Yun and Chen Mo, and they rested beside the convoy for an hour.
• Yun Yun and Chen Mo prepared to depart, but Han Xue asked whether they were heading to Tianbei City, making them turn back in surprise.

Chen Mo and Yun Yun reached Tianbei City, where Chen Mo’s attempt to enter without a search led him into a violent confrontation with the Hong Family’s guards. After killing the commander, Chen Mo stayed at the city gate to await the Hong Family’s reinforcements.

• Chen Mo confirmed that Han Xue was from Tianbei City and invited the Han Family to join Lingyan Pavilion, warning that they would eventually have to do so.
• Three days later, Chen Mo and Yun Yun spotted Hong Mu and Hong Lie’s group lying in ambush below, but continued toward Tianbei City after the group let them pass.
• At the city gate, Chen Mo refused to have his Storage Ring searched and struck a soldier who tried to stop him.
• The Hong Family commander threatened Chen Mo, and Chen Mo killed him with a pale white flame before the crowd could intervene.
• An old man warned Chen Mo to flee from the Hong Family, but Chen Mo stayed at the gate to await reinforcements, and Hong Lie arrived first.