Chapter Summaries

Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin’s wedding drew thousands of cultivation-world guests to Chong'a Mountain, where the couple completed their dao-companion ceremony. The celebration began with the sect leaders and guests feasting together, while Shen Mo’s honored place for Chen An underscored their close bond.

• Cultivation powers from across the Red Flame Domain traveled to Chong'a Mountain, and thousands of guests arrived for the wedding.
• Jiang Lingfeng and the other women dressed Zhao Lingyin in her wedding attire and escorted her from her chambers.
• Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin arrived in a cloud-borne carriage and paid their respects to the Great Dao, heaven and earth, their elders, their sect’s patriarchs, and each other.
• Chen An and Wu Gong represented the couple’s deceased parents during the elder rites, and the guests recognized Shen Mo’s esteem for Chen An.
• Shen Mo, Zhao Lingyin, and the Five Great Immortal Sects’ leaders sat together as the River-Facing Sect served a feast to the gathered guests.

After marrying Zhao Lingyin, Shen Mo settled into life with her while continuing his cultivation and developing his skills in the cultivation arts. His progress remained steady in the early-stage Origin Core Realm, and the chapter left him enjoying a peaceful period with his new companion.

• After the five-day banquet, Shen Mo returned to Cloud-Viewing Mansion with Zhao Lingyin and spent their wedding night together.
• The next day, Zhao Lingyin asked Shen Mo whether he would prefer a son or a daughter, and teased him about Meng Ze’s troubled mood at the banquet.
• Shen Mo resumed cultivation and assessed how advancement in the Origin Core Realm required his essence, energy, and spirit to improve together.
• Shen Mo used River-Facing Sect’s extensive collections and Zhao Lingyin’s dowry texts to advance his alchemy, talisman, artifact-forging, and formation skills.
• With the Red Flame Domain at peace, Shen Mo continued his studies and spent his remaining time with Zhao Lingyin.

Shen Mo tested the newly formed Cave Heaven Sword Style, which could store a mountain inside a spatial sword domain but could not sustain living beings. After reuniting with Mingyu, he returned to Chong'a Mountain to prepare for a journey with Zhao Lingyin and their companions.

• Shen Mo used the Demon Slayer Sword to sever an unnamed peak, then drew it into a spatial sword domain with his Cave Heaven Sword Style.
• Shen Mo restored the peak and found that all the living creatures on it had died, so he tested the technique again using his fingers as a sword.
• Shen Mo concluded that the sword domain could store treasures but consumed too much true essence and Divine Soul power to be useful for imprisoning enemies.
• Mingyu arrived from Chong'a Mountain to tell Shen Mo that Zhao Lingyin was ready, and he returned with her.
• Shen Mo prepared to travel with Zhao Lingyin and Mingyu to seek the Spirit Void Immortal Realm entrance, rebuild the Guardian Bureau headquarters, visit the Sea Clan, and see more of the world.

Shen Mo traveled east in the bronze phoenix carriage with Zhao Lingyin, Mingyu, and Ami, stopping at Flower Fairy Valley and the Sea of Buried Immortals. He reached the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, intending to claim the massive magical artifact before continuing his journey.

• Shen Mo picked up Ami at Flower Fairy Valley, and she asked whether Zhao Lingyin and Chen Mengze were his Daoist partners.
• Ami revealed that she had seen Shen Mo kiss Chen Mengze, prompting Zhao Lingyin to question him while Ami and Mingyu snacked on fruit.
• Shen Mo stopped briefly in Dingbo City, then passed the Near-Sea Demon Cave without attacking its demons.
• Shen Mo continued southeast and arrived at the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, which he had come to obtain.

Shen Mo attacked the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, hoping to destroy the Chang Ghosts haunting it and claim the vessel. After three days of relentless attacks, the last figures vanished, and the tower ship fell into the sea.

• Shen Mo left the Bronze Phoenix Carriage and approached the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship alone.
• The Chang Ghosts appeared aboard the ship and attacked Shen Mo, but he destroyed them with sword light and Pure Yang True Fire.
• Shen Mo repeatedly burned and slaughtered the Chang Ghosts, who kept reappearing while the tower ship remained unharmed.
• Shen Mo noticed the oldest-dressed figures began disappearing, then continued attacking the ship to wear it down.
• After three days, the Sea Province Rogue Cultivators vanished as well, and the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship shuddered and crashed into the sea.

Shen Mo repaired and refined the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, restoring it from an Evil Spirit into a peak-grade artifact and making it his life-bound treasure. He tested its speed, brought Zhao Lingyin and the others aboard, and prepared to use the ship to practice his Formation Dao.

• A long-sunken fishing boat rose near Sea Province, carried the Chang Ghosts away, and vanished at sea.
• Shen Mo inspected the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, confirmed its framework was mostly intact, and began repairing its hull and control hub.
• After five days of work, Shen Mo installed Spirit Stones and refined the ship, gaining Artifact Forging experience and a Destiny Point.
• Shen Mo piloted the restored tower ship at high speed and found it faster than the Bronze Phoenix Carriage.
• Zhao Lingyin and the others joined Shen Mo aboard the tower ship, and he stowed the carriage in his Qiankun Pouch.

Shen Mo and his companions traveled aboard the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, meeting with Demon King Mingcang and renewing the Sea Clan’s alliance with the immortal sects. They then toured major sects and distant regions, continuing their journey beyond Chong’a Mountain.

• Shen Mo outfitted the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship with a Spirit Gathering Array while Zhao Lingyin, Clam Maiden Mingyu, and Flower Fairy Ami settled in.
• Mingyu led Shen Mo and his companions to Demon King Mingcang’s palace beneath the Sea of Buried Immortals, where they stayed for more than ten days.
• Shen Mo gave Demon King Mingcang Fifth-Grade Spirit Pills and told her and the other Demon Kings that the Five Great Immortal Sects wanted to continue their alliance with the Sea Clan.
• Mingyu joined Shen Mo’s party, and Shen Mo sent ten Demon Soul Generals beyond the Ninth Heaven to search for the Spirit Void Immortal Realm.
• Shen Mo and his companions reorganized the Guardian Bureau in Hantian Capital, visited major sects, and then traveled through the Far North Frozen Land, a Spirit-Severing Land, and the Southern Border Poison Domain.

Shen Mo visited Wusheng Sect to have its Formation Dao masters install defensive arrays on the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, improving both the ship and his own formation skills before he resumed his journey. As the ship headed toward Yu Province, he reflected on his slow cultivation progress in the Origin Core Realm.

• Shen Mo asked Wusheng Sect to build arrays on the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship, and the sect sent three Formation Dao masters and dozens of disciples to help.
• After three months of work, the ship's arrays could withstand attacks from Origin Core Realm cultivators and late fourth-tier enemies, but the expense forced Shen Mo to leave before the work was complete.
• Shen Mo's participation in the formation work raised his Formation Dao mastery to the third grade.
• Zhao Lingyin went to the alchemy room to refine pills as she neared the fourth grade of Alchemy Dao.
• While the ship traveled toward Yu Province, Shen Mo worried that reaching the peak of the Origin Core Realm could take him sixty years.

Shen Mo spent Destiny Points trying to improve his aptitude but failed, then successfully advanced his Appearance Destiny to Cloud-Like Appearance. As the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship entered Yu Province, Ami said goodbye to Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin and prepared to return to Flower Fairy Valley.

• Shen Mo considered how to balance cultivation and travel to gain the Destiny Points needed to advance his Destinies.
• Shen Mo failed three attempts to advance his aptitude and spent more points improving his Appearance Destiny.
• Shen Mo succeeded in advancing Handsome and Dashing to Cloud-Like Appearance and examined his improved bearing in a Water Mirror.
• Shen Mo equipped the Martial Drill Destiny, offered a mid-grade Spirit Stone, and began cultivating.
• Ami visited Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin to say goodbye, but they urged her to wait until the ship reached Flower Fairy Valley.
• Ami accepted their offer and remarked that Shen Mo looked better than before.

Shen Mo returned to Chong’a Mountain after a year-long journey across the Red Flame Domain, having failed to find the Spirit Void Immortal Realm but completed most of his other duties. The chapter left him resuming his cultivation at the sect, while Zhao Lingyin took charge of the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship.

• Zhao Lingyin and Ami noticed that Shen Mo looked more handsome, and Shen Mo attributed the change to progress with a secret art.
• Ami bid farewell to Shen Mo and his companions near Flower Fairy Valley, inviting Zhao Lingyin and Mingyu to visit her.
• Shen Mo calmed the River-Facing Sect’s alarm at the arrival of the Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship and shrank it before giving it to Zhao Lingyin.
• Shen Mo and his companions returned to Chong’a Mountain after a year of travel without finding the Spirit Void Immortal Realm entrance, though Shen Mo had gathered rare flowers and herbs for the Flower Fairies.
• Shen Mo resumed his usual cultivation at Cloud-Viewing Mansion, where a touch of immortal beauty had appeared in his newly built residence.

After years of cultivation, Shen Mo perfected the Primordial One Qi Art and awakened the Blessed Land divine power, which strengthened River-Facing Sect’s spiritual qi. The sect celebrated the change while Yuan Heming and Zhou Zhiwei recognized Shen Mo as its cause.

• Shen Mo cultivated the Primordial One Qi Art until strange sounds rose from his Dao Body and a golden celestial phenomenon appeared above River-Facing Sect.
• Disciples and nearby experts watched the phenomenon and speculated that a sect ancestor had mastered a profound art.
• Yuan Heming and Zhou Zhiwei suspected Shen Mo had caused the sign and recalled his earlier feats in Hongye City.
• Yuan Heming and Zhou Zhiwei sensed that spiritual qi around Chong’a Mountain had grown thirty percent denser.
• Shen Mo realized that perfecting the Primordial One Qi Art had triggered the phenomenon and granted him the Blessed Land divine power.

Shen Mo advanced the Primordial One Qi Art through a costly deduction, improving his cultivation rate and gaining a Destiny Point. Zhao Lingyin visited after strange phenomena appeared above the mountain gate, and Shen Mo noticed the scent of pills on her, suspecting she had refined a Fifth-Grade Spirit Pill.

• Shen Mo reflected on how Blessed Land Divine Ability gathered spiritual energy for his disciples and how Spirit-Heart Wisdom Endowment strengthened his artifacts.
• Shen Mo spent more than 630,000 low-grade Spirit Stones to advance the Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique.
• Shen Mo spent 478,000 low-grade Spirit Stones to deduce the Primordial One Qi Art, gained a Destiny Point, and reduced his estimated cultivation time to the peak of the Origin Core Realm from sixty years to fifty.
• Shen Mo considered the sharply rising cost of further deductions and decided to prioritize battle techniques before advancing his main cultivation art again.
• Zhao Lingyin entered after noticing strange phenomena and denser spiritual energy near the mountain gate, and Shen Mo asked whether she had refined a Fifth-Grade Spirit Pill.

Zhao Lingyin successfully refined a superior-quality Three Sovereigns Spirit Marrow Pill and, after a private moment with Shen Mo, agreed to deliver his restored Primordial Pill formula and pills to the sect. They discussed why Shen Mo concealed his full abilities and considered Chen Mengze’s chances in the upcoming Battle for the Seat, which could shape who became Azure Cloud Peak Master.

• Zhao Lingyin showed Shen Mo her superior-quality Three Sovereigns Spirit Marrow Pill, marking her rise to Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
• Shen Mo asked Zhao Lingyin to deliver his restored Primordial Pill formula and finished pills to the sect on his behalf.
• Zhao Lingyin questioned why Shen Mo hid his talents, and he explained that revealing too much could attract unwanted attention.
• Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin discussed Chen Mengze’s prospects in the upcoming Battle for the Seat and the many vacant Core Disciple positions.
• Shen Mo hoped Chen Mengze would claim the Chief Disciple seat so he could support her future appointment as Azure Cloud Peak Master.

Shen Mo considered the contenders for the Core seats, including his friends Cao Ren and Chen Mengze, and brought Zhao Lingyin’s pills to Chen Mengze. Chen Mengze emerged from her cave but remained distant, leaving Shen Mo outside.

• Shen Mo reflected on how Lu Ming, Guo Zhao, Yao Ting, and Cao Ren had opened their Spirit Seas and become contenders for Core positions.
• He judged Cao Ren a formidable rival for Chen Mengze in the contest for Core Chief and noted that Zhou Ru was also a strong contender.
• Zhao Lingyin gave Shen Mo a bottle of Three Sovereigns Jade Marrow Pills to deliver to Chen Mengze.
• Shen Mo arrived at Chen Mengze’s cultivation cave and called to her through its formation restrictions.
• Chen Mengze came out but did not invite Shen Mo inside, and he asked whether they would have to speak at the entrance.

Shen Mo visited Chen Mengze, supplied her with pills and talismans, and strengthened her sword before the coming Core Chief contest. The contest day arrived, and the sect’s disciples gathered at the mountain venue to watch.

• Chen Mengze welcomed Shen Mo to her cave abode and questioned him about their relationship and rumors among the disciples.
• Shen Mo gave Chen Mengze pills and talismans, reassured her about his support, and enhanced the spiritual nature of her Returning Snow sword.
• Shen Mo left to discuss the contest’s procedures with Ancestors Yuan and Zhou, while Chen Mengze swallowed a Dragon-Tiger Formless Pill and resumed cultivating.
• The Core Chief contest day arrived, and the disciples gathered on the peaks near Chong’a Mountain for a better view.

The River-Facing Sect began its new Core Disciple competition under a storm, with fourteen Core Candidates fighting for seven places in the second round. Shen Mo watched Chen Mengze face Guo Zhao and revealed that he hoped she would win and eventually take over Azure Cloud Peak.

• Shen Mo stopped Zhou Zhiwei from dispersing the rain clouds, arguing that the weather favored disciples who cultivated water-type techniques.
• Jin Chinian announced a two-round competition: fourteen Core Candidates would fight in pairs, and the seven winners would join the three current Core Disciples in the ranking round.
• Chen Mengze drew Guo Zhao, while Cao Ren drew Yao Ting and Lu Ming drew a Core Candidate from Bright Moon Peak.
• The first match ended when a Rising Sun Peak male disciple defeated and severely wounded his female opponent using Fourth-Grade Talismans.
• Chen Mengze and Guo Zhao began their match as Shen Mo watched closely.
• Shen Mo told Yuan Heming that Chen Mengze and her father, Chen An, were like blood relatives to him, and said he hoped she would win and take over Azure Cloud Peak.

Chen Mengze overwhelmed Guo Zhao in their contest for a Core seat, revealing the strength that Shen Mo believed could win her first place. After Guo Zhao’s fire dragon failed to stop her ice assault, he fell from midair, leaving the outcome of the match apparent.

• Yuan Heming and Zhou Zhiwei questioned Shen Mo’s confidence in Chen Mengze, and he said he believed she could take first seat.
• Chen Mengze and Guo Zhao entered the field, and Guo Zhao began reminiscing about his past dealings with Shen Mo before Chen Mengze ordered him to focus on the fight.
• Chen Mengze shattered Guo Zhao’s defensive immortal art and badly damaged his bronze-gate magical treasure with her sword strikes.
• Chen Mengze sent a torrent of ice pearls and frozen rain at Guo Zhao, who countered with a fire dragon summoned from his Crimson Oil Lamp.
• The fire dragon failed to stop Chen Mengze’s attack, and Guo Zhao fell from midair, frozen and defeated.

The River-Facing Sect's core disciple competition concluded with Chen Mengze winning the Core Chief position, while Cao Ren took second and Zhou Ru and Lu Ming placed third and fourth. Shen Mo congratulated Chen Mengze as the sect members dispersed.

• Yuan Heming warned Shen Mo that Chen Mengze lacked the cultivation and merits to take charge of Azure Cloud Peak, and Shen Mo planned to give her time to grow.
• Chen Mengze, Cao Ren, and Lu Ming advanced from the first round; Cao Ren defeated Yao Ting, while Lu Ming's lightning arts badly injured his opponent.
• Chen Mengze defeated Feng Kai, Lu Ming, and Zhou Ru in the next round, then faced Cao Ren for the top two positions.
• Chen Mengze defeated Cao Ren after a half-hour battle and became Core Chief, while Cao Ren took second place.
• Zhou Ru defeated Lu Ming for third place, and Jin Chinian announced the final core roster before Shen Mo congratulated Chen Mengze.

Shen Mo resumed his duties in the River-Facing Sect and learned that Yu Yan had returned as a ghostlike soul. Yu Yan explained that a failed teleportation had stranded him and Yuan Jing in a deadly region of chaotic space-time, and his account ended before revealing Yuan Jing’s fate.

• Shen Mo attended the celebration for Chen Mengze and the other newly advanced Core Disciples as the River-Facing Sect settled back into its usual routine.
• Shen Mo helped Qian Xiaofeng cultivate and lent Chen Mengze a fourth-rank Demon Soul General to support her missions.
• Lu Taorui summoned Shen Mo to Longevity Hall, where Yuan Heming, Zhou Zhiwei, and the sect’s senior members had gathered with a black-robed figure.
• Shen Mo recognized the figure as Yu Yan, who had lost his Fire Spirit Body and become a soul resembling a Soul Ghost.
• Yu Yan told Shen Mo that a failed teleportation had sent him and Yuan Jing into a perilous region of spatial rifts, where Yuan Jing saved him before they escaped to the West Sea of the Heaven-Patrolling Domain.

Yu Yan recounted how he and Yuan Jing were captured by the Heaven-Patrolling Daoist Temple, whose reformist faction sent envoys to contact the Red Flame Kingdom. After the sect leaders prepared to meet them, Shen Mo set out alone for the Heaven-Patrolling Domain to seek a cultivation opportunity and assess it as a possible refuge for the River-Facing Sect.

• Yu Yan told Shen Mo that he and Yuan Jing had gathered intelligence in the Heaven-Patrolling Domain, been captured, and survived amid disputes between the temple’s Conservative and Reformist factions.
• The Reformist Faction sent Yu Yan as an envoy to the Red Flame Domain, while Yuan Jing remained under soft confinement at the Heaven-Patrolling Daoist Temple.
• Shen Mo advised Yuan Heming, Yuan Qingshi, and the other leaders to make contact but warned that the Red Flame Kingdom’s weaker cultivation forces were unlikely to negotiate as equals.
• More than half a month later, over six hundred representatives from the River-Facing Sect and other powers boarded Shen Mo’s Heaven-Patrolling Tower Ship to meet the visiting envoys.
• Shen Mo drove the Bronze Phoenix Carriage toward the outer reaches of the Sea of Buried Immortals to seek resources, learn about the Heaven-Patrolling Domain, and consider it as a relocation site for the River-Facing Sect.