Chapter Summaries

Mo Lin and Hai Bodong defended Ya Fei from Leo and Leile, and Hai Bodong revealed his identity as the Ice Emperor, securing Ya Fei’s position in the Miter Clan. After collecting Mo Lin’s medicinal ingredients, Hai Bodong left Mo Lin alone with Ya Fei, and they reunited affectionately.

• Mo Lin revealed that he was an eighteen-year-old Three-star Fighting Spirit, while Hai Bodong demanded that Leo deliver the medicinal ingredients and threatened his position.
• Leile insulted Hai Bodong, who struck him unconscious, then froze Leo’s attack and defeated the Three-star Fighting King with ease.
• Ya Fei recognized Hai Bodong as the Ice Emperor, and he told her to inform Teng Shan that he was alive and that her acting title should be removed.
• Ya Fei arranged payment for Mo Lin’s medicinal ingredients, and Hai Bodong ordered Leo to leave and conveyed his support for her position.
• Mo Lin chose to stay with Ya Fei, and Hai Bodong left them alone as they embraced and spoke of how much they had missed each other.

Mo Lin and Ya Fei reunited intimately in the lounge, where he asked about treasures that could awaken a dormant soul. Ya Fei told him the Nalan Family was offering Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva for help curing Nalan Jie's Scorching Poison, giving Mo Lin a lead to awaken Electrolux.

• Mo Lin and Ya Fei reunited in the lounge and became intimate after Hai Bodong left.
• Mo Lin asked Ya Fei whether the Imperial Capital had any treasures that could nourish or awaken a dormant soul.
• Ya Fei recalled that the Nalan Family was seeking help with Nalan Jie's Scorching Poison and offering Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as a reward.
• Mo Lin realized the herb might help awaken Electrolux and resolved to heal Nalan Jie using a Heavenly Flame.
• After Ya Fei fell asleep, Mo Lin watched the Nalan Family estate and resolved to grow stronger so he could pursue the opportunity.

After being with Ya Fei, Mo Lin discovered that her Pure Yin Body had nourished and strengthened his cultivation. He told the Ice Empress and Snow Empress about Electrolux and resolved to obtain the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to awaken him and learn Soul Magic.

• Mo Lin sensed that Ya Fei’s Pure Yin essence had loosened his cultivation bottleneck and strengthened his fighting qi and Yin Yang Energies.
• The Ice Empress complained that Mo Lin shut her and the Snow Empress out during intimate moments, and he promised to warn them next time.
• Mo Lin revealed that Electrolux was a powerful figure from another world whose soul he hoped to awaken and whose Soul Magic he wanted to learn.
• Mo Lin explained that mastering soul techniques would address his weakness in soul combat, and the Snow Empress cautiously approved his plan.
• Mo Lin resolved to heal Nalan Jie and obtain the Nalan Family’s Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva as the first step toward awakening Electrolux.

Ya Fei gave Mo Lin a letter recommending him to the Nalan Family after they spent a day together at her residence. The next morning, Mo Lin left for the Nalan estate, determined to obtain the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva.

• Ya Fei woke feeling revitalized and learned that her Pure Yin Body resonated with Mo Lin's origin aura, improving their cultivation and her potential.
• Ya Fei asked Mo Lin to spend the day with her as compensation for tearing her cheongsam, and he agreed.
• Ya Fei wrote and sealed a letter recommending Mo Lin to the Nalan Family and advised him to be careful while treating Old Master Nalan's poison.
• Mo Lin and Ya Fei spent the day cooking, talking, and discussing the Nalan Family's key figures and internal situation.
• The next morning, Mo Lin left the Mittel Auction House for the Nalan Family estate to seek the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva.

Mo Lin bought a villa in the Imperial Capital and settled in with Ya Fei, who furnished it and claimed the master bedroom. After they spent the night together, Mo Lin promised to reforge her antique umbrella with protective enchantments, leaving them looking ahead to their new life.

• Mo Lin was turned away from the Mittel Family estate because it was holding an internal meeting, then sold gathered goods to fund a home purchase.
• Mo Lin bought a secluded villa in the western district and invited Ya Fei to see it.
• Ya Fei brought furniture and household items, claimed the master bedroom, and helped Mo Lin celebrate with a courtyard barbecue.
• Unable to bathe at the villa, Mo Lin and Ya Fei returned to her suite, where they became intimate.
• Mo Lin noticed Ya Fei's antique oil-paper umbrella and promised to reforge it with protective enchantments.

Mo Lin developed a new artifact-refining system and used his Yin Yang Origin Power to transform Ya Fei’s umbrella into the Primordial Chaos Umbrella. After Ya Fei tested and accepted it, Mo Lin began his path as an artifact refiner.

• Mo Lin decided to establish ranks for artifact refining and designed a defensive artifact that would dissolve attacks using Chaos.
• Mo Lin refined Ya Fei’s oil-paper umbrella with a trace of Chaos and supplementary materials, linking it to himself and Ya Fei so it could grow stronger.
• Mo Lin tested the Primordial Chaos Umbrella and found that its gray aura dissolved Dou Qi and halted a steel dagger, though it could only stop attacks below the Dou Ling level.
• Ya Fei entered the quiet room, recognized her transformed umbrella, and refined it under Mo Lin’s guidance.
• Ya Fei embraced and kissed Mo Lin after sensing the umbrella’s protection, while Mo Lin celebrated the first milestone of his artifact-refining path.

Mo Lin arrived at the Nalan residence to treat Nalan Jie’s severe Scorching Poison and used his Azure Flame to convince the family and gathered alchemists that he possessed a Heavenly Flame. After several experts failed to purge the poison, Mo Lin offered to try.

• Mo Lin presented Ya Fei’s letter of recommendation at the Nalan residence, then revealed his Azure Flame when the steward doubted his ability.
• Nalan Su welcomed Mo Lin after confirming his Heavenly Flame, while Nalan Yanran recognized him and expressed concern about the danger of treating her grandfather.
• Nalan Su led Mo Lin and the alchemists to the ice cavern, where they saw the bodies of previous victims and heard the ongoing struggle below.
• A third-tier alchemist and the elderly fourth-tier alchemist both failed to remove Nalan Jie’s poison, and the fourth-tier alchemist warned that only precise control of a Heavenly Flame might work.
• Mo Lin stepped forward and asked Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran to let him try treating Nalan Jie.

Mo Lin used the Green Lotus Core Flame to clear some of Nalan Jie's Scorching Poison, revive him, and begin a month-long treatment. After discovering that his Yin Yang Origin Power could absorb the poison, Mo Lin received the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and left with a key ingredient for awakening Electrolux.

• Mo Lin examined Nalan Jie and used the Heavenly Flame to purge poison from his main meridians and several bones, waking him.
• Mo Lin told Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran that fully curing Nalan Jie would require daily treatments for at least a month, then began a deeper cleansing.
• Mo Lin spent more than half a day removing poison from Nalan Jie's marrow, while Nalan Jie endured the pain and grew stronger.
• A trace of Scorching Poison entered Mo Lin's body, but his Yin Yang Origin Power broke it down and turned it into energy.
• Mo Lin told Nalan Su he would return the next day, accepted the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, and left the Nalan residence.

Mo Lin used the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva to awaken Electrolux, whose immense soul power shook Mo Lin’s Sea of Consciousness and briefly stirred powerful Dou Emperor experts across the Jia Ma Empire. Electrolux accepted Mo Lin as his inheritor and began imparting his soul knowledge, setting Mo Lin on a new path of cultivation.

• Mo Lin hurried to Lakeside Villa and entered his bedroom, while Ya Fei stayed outside to keep others from disturbing him.
• Mo Lin summoned the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and sent its soul energy into Electrolux’s dim Remnant Soul.
• Electrolux awakened with overwhelming soul pressure, startling Ice Empress and Snow Empress and briefly alarming Yun Ming, Jia Xing Tian, and other Dou Emperor experts.
• Electrolux examined Mo Lin’s Yin Yang Origin Vortex and praised its extraordinary Primal Yin Yang Energy.
• Mo Lin asked Electrolux to accept him as a disciple, and Electrolux accepted him as his inheritor.
• Electrolux passed soul-cultivation knowledge to Mo Lin, who bowed and greeted him as Master.

Mo Lin learned that his Soul Power had reached the middle stage of the Spirit Realm and could eventually advance to the Emperor Realm. After Electrolux overheard his private time with Ya Fei, Mo Lin resolved to master the Divine Concealment Technique, which would prove vital against a future soul expert.

• Electrolux taught Mo Lin soul cultivation and attack and defense techniques, and judged that Mo Lin could eventually reach the Emperor Realm.
• Mo Lin left the Sea of Consciousness and reunited with the worried Ya Fei, then celebrated his good fortune with her.
• After spending the afternoon with Ya Fei, Mo Lin left to buy ingredients for dinner while she slept.
• Electrolux revealed that Mo Lin's soul concealment could not hide his private moments from him, embarrassing Mo Lin and raising his concern about enemies reading his thoughts.
• Mo Lin asked for stronger concealment, and Electrolux began teaching him the Divine Concealment Technique.

Over a month, Mo Lin advanced his cultivation, learned the Divine Concealment Technique, continued treating Nalan Jie, and practiced artifact refinement while Ya Fei laid groundwork for a future artifact business. After Hai Bodong failed to detect him with soul perception, Mo Lin stood ready to pursue greater opportunities beyond the Imperial Capital.

• Mo Lin treated Nalan Jie each morning, steadily purifying the Scorching Poison as Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran grew more grateful to him.
• Mo Lin studied the Divine Concealment Technique with Electrolux, while Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran visited him more often and his relationship with Ya Fei deepened.
• Mo Lin broke through from a Three-star Fighting Spirit to a Four-star Fighting Spirit and gained initial mastery of the Divine Concealment Technique.
• Hai Bodong tested Mo Lin's concealment and could not detect him even with his Dou Emperor-level soul perception.
• Mo Lin practiced artifact refinement, and Ya Fei began secretly gathering materials and trustworthy personnel through the Mittel Family for a future artifact industry.

After largely purging Nalan Jie's Scorching Poison, Mo Lin visited Misty Cloud Mountain and met Nalan Yanran and the sword-practicing Long Fenghua. He headed with them toward the sect’s mountain gate, hoping to see Yun Yun while remaining wary of Yun Shan’s ties to the Hall of Souls.

• Mo Lin finished removing most of Nalan Jie's Scorching Poison and decided to visit Misty Cloud Mountain, while Ya Fei gave him supplies and a mysterious gift for Yun Yun.
• Mo Lin climbed the mountain on foot, admiring the scenery and sensing the Misty Cloud Sect’s lingering sword intent.
• Mo Lin spotted Long Fenghua practicing swordsmanship and watched until she noticed him.
• Nalan Yanran arrived and introduced Long Fenghua to Mo Lin, explaining that she was her junior sister and Elder Jingxiu’s personal disciple.
• Nalan Yanran invited Mo Lin to accompany her and Long Fenghua to the mountain gate, and the three continued toward the sect together.

Mo Lin watched the Misty Cloud Sect disciples practice before agreeing to spar with Nalan Yanran and Long Fenghua. He effortlessly countered both women’s sword techniques with Extreme Ice, leaving them drenched and the three of them on friendly, amused terms.

• Mo Lin watched the Misty Cloud Sect disciples train and admired their swordsmanship.
• Nalan Yanran invited Mo Lin to spar, and he defeated her attacks using only an Extreme Ice-covered finger.
• Long Fenghua joined Nalan Yanran and demonstrated her self-created Cloud Mist Swordplay against Mo Lin.
• Mo Lin’s Extreme Ice condensed Long Fenghua’s mist into rain, soaking both women and ending their sparring match.

Long Fenghua gained enlightenment during her spar with Mo Lin, developed a formless sword technique, and broke through to Two-star Great Fighter. Mo Lin then asked Nalan Yanran to take him to Yun Yun, and she led him toward the sect’s back mountains.

• Nalan Yanran tried to leave with Long Fenghua after Mo Lin defeated their combined attack, but Long Fenghua stayed behind, contemplating his use of Extreme Ice.
• Long Fenghua understood a new principle of her sword art and asked Mo Lin to spar with her again.
• Long Fenghua used Misty Cloud Sword Art—Formless, but Mo Lin overwhelmed her elusive attacks with a powerful burst of icy fighting energy.
• Long Fenghua broke through to Two-star Great Fighter and thanked Mo Lin for his guidance.
• Mo Lin asked Nalan Yanran to take him to Yun Yun, and she agreed to lead him to the forbidden area in the back mountains.

Mo Lin accompanied Nalan Yanran to Cloud Deep Residence and unexpectedly confronted Yun Yun, whose hidden identity as “Yun Zhi” he already knew. After Nalan Yanran left them alone, Mo Lin teased Yun Yun about keeping her identity secret, leaving her furious and embarrassed.

• Nalan Yanran led Mo Lin through the Misty Cloud Sect's rear mountain to Yun Yun's secluded residence.
• Yun Yun turned around and recognized Mo Lin, reacting with shock and panic in front of Nalan Yanran.
• Mo Lin pretended that meeting Yun Yun was a coincidence and addressed her as “Sister Yun Zhi,” revealing that he knew her alias.
• Yun Yun admitted Mo Lin was an old acquaintance and sent Nalan Yanran away so they could speak privately.
• Mo Lin approached the angry Yun Yun and teased her for hiding her identity as Sect Master Yun Yun.

Mo Lin reunited with Yun Yun in the Cloud Deep Residence courtyard, where their affection and jealousy surfaced as they embraced and talked. After Mo Lin explained his recent activities and his plans to build strength before formally seeking her hand, Yun Yun's resentment eased and she returned his kiss.

• Nalan Yanran left the Cloud Deep Residence, leaving Mo Lin and Yun Yun alone in the courtyard.
• Mo Lin embraced Yun Yun from behind and teased her about their past intimacy, and Yun Yun gradually relaxed into his arms.
• Mo Lin recounted his dealings in Salt City, his reunions with Qing Lin and Ya Fei, Nalan Jie's recovery, and his property purchase in the Imperial Capital.
• Yun Yun confronted Mo Lin for failing to visit her during the month he spent near the Misty Cloud Sect and showed jealousy over Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran.
• Mo Lin told Yun Yun he was building strength so he could stand beside her and formally ask for her hand, easing her hurt and jealousy.
• Yun Yun responded to Mo Lin's kiss as they reconciled inside the courtyard barrier.

Mo Lin agreed to stay at the Misty Cloud Sect for seven days as a Guest Elder and guide its disciples in swordsmanship. His lessons won over the disciples and impressed Nalan Yanran, while Yun Yun received Ya Fei’s thoughtful gifts and watched Mo Lin teach from afar.

• Yun Yun asked Mo Lin to remain at the sect and teach its disciples swordsmanship, and he agreed to keep her company.
• Yun Yun appointed Mo Lin as a Guest Elder and assigned Nalan Yanran to assist him during the seven-day instruction period.
• Mo Lin demonstrated chilling sword intent at the Training Ground and told the disciples to seek their own understanding of the sword rather than learn new techniques.
• Mo Lin’s precise guidance impressed the disciples and elders, while Nalan Yanran’s admiration for him grew.
• Yun Yun opened Ya Fei’s gift box, found intimate clothing, beauty products, and a respectful letter, and recognized Ya Fei’s thoughtful goodwill and concern for Mo Lin.
• Yun Yun watched Mo Lin teach from her window and quietly resolved to enjoy having him near for the week.

Mo Lin secretly visited Yun Yun at night, and she agreed to share her bed with him under strict rules. Over several nights, his restraint helped Yun Yun grow more comfortable and open to their relationship.

• Mo Lin used concealment and Yun Yun's aura to slip into her courtyard and persuade her to let him stay the night.
• Yun Yun set rules that their visits remain secret, that Mo Lin not touch her beyond an embrace, and that he leave before dawn.
• Mo Lin kept his promise over the following nights, and Yun Yun grew reassured by his patience and respect.
• During the day, Mo Lin continued teaching swordsmanship while Nalan Yanran noticed Yun Yun seemed happier but suspected nothing.
• On the fifth night, Yun Yun nestled closer to Mo Lin and spoke with him casually as they settled into their quiet routine.

Mo Lin and Yun Yun grew closer during his final days as a guest instructor at the Misty Cloud Sect. At a secluded hot spring, they gave in to their feelings and began a new stage of their relationship.

• Mo Lin taught swordsmanship by day and spent intimate nights with Yun Yun during his seven-day stay.
• Yun Yun led Mo Lin to a private hot spring so he could relax after teaching.
• Mo Lin and Yun Yun playfully splashed each other before he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.
• Yun Yun welcomed Mo Lin's advances, and the two consummated their relationship in the spring.
• Afterward, Yun Yun rested in Mo Lin's arms, and they embraced their new bond.

On his final day at the Misty Cloud Sect, Mo Lin and Yun Yun discovered that Long Fenghua had died after her soul was forcibly extracted. Mo Lin suspected Soul Hall and Yun Shan’s involvement, and he and Yun Yun agreed to investigate discreetly while preparing for the danger ahead.

• Nalan Yanran told Mo Lin and Yun Yun that Long Fenghua had been found dead in the back mountain maple grove.
• The elders found no physical cause of death, and Yun Yun and Mo Lin sensed that Long Fenghua’s soul had vanished.
• Electrolux confirmed that a powerful outside force had torn out and devoured Long Fenghua’s soul, matching the evil aura he had sensed before.
• Mo Lin told Yun Yun he suspected Soul Hall and warned that Yun Shan might be connected to it.
• Yun Yun struggled to accept the accusation, while Mo Lin comforted her and urged her not to alert anyone.
• Mo Lin and Yun Yun agreed to keep the death’s true cause secret, watch for suspicious activity, and build their strength as Mo Lin vowed to uncover the truth and avenge Long Fenghua.