Chapter Summaries

After the awards ceremony, Li Mo tried to make Ying Bing smile for a group portrait, but she pinched him in retaliation. Later, Ying Bing reflected on the moment as a system prompt announced the next ranking comparison, while Li Mo prepared to finish condensing his Profound Pills and learned that Ouyang preferred painted women to real ones.

• Li Mo gave his Little Golden Man to Jiang Chulong, telling her she deserved an award for picking up trash.
• Li Mo tickled Ying Bing to try to make her smile, and she twisted the flesh at his waist as Ouyang painted the group portrait.
• Ying Bing studied the portrait and wondered why being touched by Li Mo affected her so much; the system announced the next ranking comparison would begin in one day.
• Li Mo waited by the Dragon-Tiger Pill Furnace to condense his seventh Profound Pill and prepare to attempt the Heaven-Overturning Style.
• Ouyang told Li Mo that he preferred women in paintings to real women and explained that he had painted himself using qi.

Li Mo completed the seven-Profound-Pill cycle, advancing his Will Soul to three apertures and gaining a powerful new trump card. After waking from exhaustion, he found Ying Bing troubled by the final day of the system ranking countdown, while he began planning to develop the restaurant as Clear Abyss Sect’s stronghold in Yun Province.

• Li Mo and Xue Jing prepared to refine a seventh Profound Pill, with Xue Jing warning Li Mo to maintain the delicate balance among the pills.
• Li Mo incorporated the Raging Wave Profound Pill into the seven-star cycle, then collapsed asleep as the furnace lid flew off.
• Li Mo woke to find all seven Profound Pills circulating within him and his Will Soul advanced to three apertures.
• Li Mo found Ying Bing sitting out her usual activities; she declined his offer of a tui na massage, saying they could try another time.
• Li Mo called Xu Yi over and went upstairs to plan improvements to the restaurant and its role as Clear Abyss Sect’s Yun Province stronghold.

Yin Mianmian disguised herself as Ying Bing and led a group of assassins toward their target, while the real Ying Bing received a challenge and learned about Li Mo’s newly renovated spa room. The chapter left the impostor heading toward Li Mo and Tang Xiaobao convinced that Ying Bing had hurried back to be the first to try the spa.

• Yin Mianmian used Heavenly Demon Phantom Form to impersonate Ying Bing, then ordered the assassins gathered outside to set out according to plan.
• Ying Bing cultivated with the Blood Phoenix Essence before catching a hidden arrow carrying Baili Rang’s challenge to fight at Fish-Dragon Lake.
• Ying Bing accepted the challenge, and Tang Xiaobao told her that Li Mo had nearly finished renovating a private room for spa treatments.
• Li Mo explained the room’s massage chair, atmosphere lamps, and fragrance to Tang Xiaobao, who offered his bathwater as perfume.
• The disguised Yin Mianmian arrived at the restaurant and asked where Li Mo was; Tang Xiaobao pointed her toward the third floor.
• Tang Xiaobao decided that Ying Bing had returned in a hurry because she wanted to be the first to experience the spa.

Yin Mianmian entered Li Mo’s room intending to assassinate him, but his revelations about the Drizzle Pavilion Master made her hesitate and question her own sect. When she attacked his Will Soul to extract answers, Li Mo resisted with his Taiyin light.

• Yin Mianmian planned to kill Li Mo discreetly, then returned to find him nailing up a painting with a Mystic Weapon.
• Li Mo insulted Yin Mianmian while discussing her, and his moonlit Divine Intent calmed her anger without erasing her murderous intent.
• Li Mo told Yin Mianmian that the Drizzle Pavilion Master planned to use her as a cultivation furnace, making her suspect her leader and ask how Li Mo knew so much.
• Yin Mianmian unleashed her Heavenly Demon Charm Maiden Body to overwhelm Li Mo’s Will Soul and learn the source of his information.
• Li Mo resisted the heavenly maidens’ illusion by recalling Ice Block’s swimsuit image and released a radiant Taiyin that turned the illusion’s beauties into bones.

Li Mo fought off Yin Mianmian after she disguised herself as Ying Bing, and Ying Bing returned in time to drive the assassin away. After learning that Li Mo had recognized her because Yin Mianmian was not truly her, Ying Bing grew flustered, and Li Mo offered her a massage.

• Li Mo resisted Yin Mianmian's illusion and struck her with the Star Pestle, forcing her to use Rakshasa Shadow to survive.
• Tang Xiaobao saw Ying Bing return as she cut through Yin Mianmian's ribbons and drove her out through the window.
• Ying Bing told Li Mo that she had sensed the danger and returned without holding back against the people who had delayed her.
• Li Mo explained that Yin Mianmian had disguised herself as Ying Bing, and said she only resembled Ying Bing but was not her.
• Ying Bing grew flustered at Li Mo's words, then sat in the massage chair while he offered to try his improved massage martial art.

Li Mo gave Ying Bing a foot massage with lotus-seed wine, teasing her with talk of a dragon-themed service while they discussed copying the Spirit Stone. The third prodigy ranking left Ying Bing in second place and triggered a punishment requiring Li Mo to touch more than 80% of her body, and she asked to see the dragon in his full-service package.

• Li Mo began massaging Ying Bing’s feet and added Snow Lotus Wine to the basin, while she gradually relaxed.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing discussed his attempts to copy the Spirit Stone and what Divine Intents might suit his physique.
• The third Eastern Wasteland Domain ranking placed Ying Bing second, and the system announced that Li Mo’s punishment was to touch more than 80% of her body.
• Li Mo stopped the massage, but Ying Bing asked whether she could see the dragon included in the full-service package.

Yin Mianmian failed to kill Li Mo and ordered his bounty withdrawn after learning his strength exceeded the Hidden Dragon Ranking. Meanwhile, Ying Bing agreed to continue Li Mo’s punishment in private, leaving him nervous when he saw her after she changed clothes.

• Yin Mianmian told her madam that Li Mo had resisted her attack and was stronger than his ranking suggested.
• Yin Mianmian asked what Divine Intent could dispel anger and resentment, then ordered the madam to withdraw Li Mo’s bounty.
• Ying Bing reflected on her defeat by Li Mo and used her Will Soul while he misunderstood her seriousness.
• Li Mo brought out revealing clothes and told Ying Bing to change; she sent him outside but told him to leave the clothes behind.
• Tang Xiaobao found Li Mo chewing a writing brush, misunderstood his worries, and offered to let him lick him.
• Ying Bing called Li Mo back, and he entered the room, realizing he had underestimated her after seeing her in a swimsuit.

Li Mo used his Flower-Plucking Finger on Ying Bing during her third system punishment, and the system increased her sensitivity when she insisted she felt nothing. Afterward, Ying Bing received her rewards but wondered whether she could keep control the next time she faced him.

• Li Mo infused martial comprehension until his Flower-Plucking Finger reached perfection.
• Li Mo massaged Ying Bing and tried different acupoints, but she repeatedly said she felt little or nothing.
• The system raised Ying Bing’s sensitivity by 50%, and Li Mo’s touch made her react despite her denial.
• Li Mo completed the punishment, collected an investment feedback notification, and left Ying Bing’s room to shower.
• Ying Bing received Green Phoenix Wings, a Moon Soul Crystal, and other rewards, then worried about what would happen at the next punishment.

Li Mo collected the Mithril Creation Seal from Yin Mianmian and the Ksitigarbha Vow Sutra from Ice Block, then spoke with Ouyang, whose animated art album left him stunned. The next morning, Li Mo and Ying Bing saw a wanted notice for rebel general Chang Bolong before going their separate ways, each looking back at the other.

• Li Mo collected the Mithril Creation Seal and Ksitigarbha Vow Sutra, then struggled with the scripture and White Jade Sarira’s effects.
• Ouyang showed Li Mo an art album animated with Divine Observation Diagram techniques, but Li Mo said Ouyang’s aesthetics still needed improvement.
• Li Mo, Ying Bing, and Jiang Chulong encountered a wanted notice for Chang Bolong, a Southern Army rebel general, offering rewards for information or capture.
• Li Mo went toward the Sword Tower while Ying Bing and Jiang Chulong headed to the Sword Pool, and Li Mo and Ying Bing each looked back after parting.

Li Mo discovered a connection between the Spirit Stone and the stars in his World Seed while trying to copy it. As he began drawing with newfound ease, Ying Bing returned to her lecture after realizing how many things around her reminded her of him.

• Li Mo watched Sword Pool and spoke with Wei Zhaoliu, who explained that she kept cutting off her hair after failing to erase a hammer mark.
• Li Mo prepared to copy the Spirit Stone again, believing he needed to draw it before leaving Yun Province.
• During a break in her lecture, Ying Bing thought about Li Mo and noticed that her tea set, snacks, and tea pet all carried traces of him.
• Elder Zeng reminded Ying Bing that the break was over, and she resumed her lecture after calling herself Wife-Prospering Douluo.
• Li Mo touched the Spirit Stone, felt the seven Profound Pills in his World Seed respond to it, and began drawing on a floating Green Vein Jade Slip with effortless strokes.

Li Mo painted the Spirit Stone as a Middle Form Divine Observation Diagram, then used two Creation Seals to transform it into a depiction of Wukong seeking the Dao. The monkey shared divine abilities with him, leaving Li Mo with a newly deduced Extreme Form diagram and an overwhelming glimpse of its power.

• Li Mo finished painting the Spirit Stone, creating a Middle Form Divine Observation Diagram that helped Wei Zhaoliu’s accumulated insights erupt into understanding.
• Li Mo used the Ancient Bronze Creation Seal to upgrade the painting into an Upper Form Monkey King Birth Diagram.
• Li Mo pressed the Mithril Creation Seal onto the diagram, and his Immortal Body resonated with the monkey’s image as it changed into a scene at Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave.
• The Daoist-robed monkey met Li Mo’s gaze and imparted glimpses of divine abilities, including Somersault Cloud, Diamond Indestructible, and Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Transformations.
• Li Mo’s Taiyin radiance freed him from the overwhelming revelation, and the Mithril Creation Seal completed the upgrade to the Extreme Form Wukong Seeking the Dao Diagram.

Li Mo studied the Divine Observation Diagram while Ying Bing’s words at Sword City stirred the Sword Pool’s lingering spirits and helped her break through. The chapter left Ying Bing facing a Grade C punishment reward that required her to kiss Li Mo.

• Li Mo realized the Divine Observation Diagram showed a divine ability only he could perceive and suppressed his awakening Will Soul.
• Ying Bing addressed Sword City’s disciples, and the swords in the Sword Pool released their lingering Divine Intent toward her.
• Ying Bing left the Sword Pool with Li Mo and Jiang Chulong after Elder Zeng invited her to a banquet.
• Li Mo struggled to comprehend the Wukong Seeking the Dao Diagram, while Ying Bing practiced the Hundred Birds Form on the inn roof.
• Ying Bing received a system punishment reward requiring her to kiss Li Mo.

Li Mo worked to brand the Stone Monkey's Divine Intent into his Will Soul while Ouyang and Tang Xiaobao argued over whether his monkey picture was beautiful. Ying Bing gave in to the system's kiss requirement and kissed Li Mo, who began to stir just afterward.

• Li Mo resumed contemplating the Stone Monkey and slowly carved its image beside the Moon Shadow Divine Pattern in his Will Soul.
• Ouyang asked Tang Xiaobao to judge between his picture of a young lady and Li Mo's monkey, and Tang Xiaobao sided with the monkey.
• Ying Bing learned she could give up the system reward, but doing so would cost her a random ranking reward, so she decided to visit Li Mo.
• Ying Bing found Li Mo asleep in the courtyard and kissed his forehead, but the system did not count it.
• Ying Bing kissed Li Mo on the lips, and his eyelids moved.

Li Mo awakened the Diamond Indestructible divine ability from the Divine Observation Diagram and asked Ying Bing and then Shang Wu to test its strength. Shang Wu struck him with a powerful punch, and the chapter ended with the blow ringing against his Glazed Golden Light as Elder Xue arrived.

• Li Mo endured the Divine Intent until Taiyin radiance helped him imprint the Diamond Indestructible divine ability, and he realized he needed Six Apertures of Divine Observation to fully master the diagram.
• Li Mo joyfully picked up Ying Bing and spun her around, then asked her to hit him hard, but she declined and went upstairs.
• Li Mo woke Shang Wu and asked her to strike him so he could test Diamond Indestructible, and she agreed.
• Shang Wu launched a powerful punch at Li Mo, whose Stone Monkey Divine Pattern flared and raised a layer of Glazed Golden Light around him.
• Elder Xue returned and shouted at Shang Wu, but she did not pull back her punch, which struck Li Mo with a metallic clang.

Li Mo survived Shang Wu’s full-strength punch with Diamond Indestructible, astonishing the Clear Abyss Sect elders and disciples. Ying Bing reflected on her growing feelings for Li Mo as her system upgraded, and Shang Wu asked him to keep calling her Master even after he surpassed her.

• Qian Bufan and Xue Jing discovered that Li Mo was challenging Shang Wu in the restaurant courtyard and rushed to watch.
• Ying Bing wondered why she had kissed Li Mo and reflected on how much he had achieved while the system began an upgrade.
• Li Mo used Diamond Indestructible to withstand Shang Wu’s punch without injury, leaving the elders and Ying Bing stunned.
• The system completed its upgrade, expanding future rankings to a whole province and allowing Ying Bing to initiate comparisons within set intervals.
• Shang Wu asked Li Mo to keep calling her Master when he became stronger than her, and he agreed.

Li Mo gave Jiang Chulong a new training opponent by bringing her to a Flower-Fruit Mountain scene where she faced a projection of Sun Wukong. The next day, after exhausting himself with body refinement, Li Mo learned that the rebel general who had fled into Yun Province had taken Murong Xiao hostage.

• Li Mo received mooncakes from Jiang Chulong, who said she would work hard to reshape his body.
• Li Mo replaced Jiang Chulong’s Straw Men with a Stone Monkey Divine Intent projection of Sun Wukong and urged her to fight him.
• Li Mo gained forty years of martial-arts comprehension from Jiang Chulong’s training and then tempered his body with the Calamity Meteor Hammer.
• Li Mo asked Ying Bing for water, and she handed him the teacup she had been drinking from.
• Shang Wu, Qian Bufan, and Xue Jing told Li Mo that a rebel general from Southern Border had fled into Yun Province and taken Murong Xiao hostage.

Li Mo organized Drizzle Pavilion’s assassins and enlisted Huang Donglai to track down Murong Xiao and Chang Bolong. Chang Bolong’s rebel band hid in Golden Light Temple disguised as monks, but Drizzle Pavilion raided the temple after poisoning its incense.

• Li Mo reasoned that Chang Bolong might have a reason for capturing Murong Xiao and said finding the fugitives was the group’s priority.
• Li Mo called on Drizzle Pavilion’s assassins in Yun Province and assigned them to search for Chang Bolong’s group.
• Huang Donglai offered to help track the fugitives, explaining that he specialized in concealing movements and erasing traces.
• Chang Bolong revealed that his rebels had replaced the monks of Golden Light Temple and were hiding there while guarding the Divine Child.
• Chang Bolong realized the incense was poisoned, but Drizzle Pavilion’s assassins kicked in the temple doors and ordered the rebels to surrender.

Li Mo and the joint forces of Drizzle Pavilion and Cloud-Crossing Sword City captured Chang Bolong at Golden Light Temple and recovered Murong Xiao. After Li Mo returned to Ying Bing, Chang Bolong woke up.

• Chang Bolong and his men fought the forces of Drizzle Pavilion and Cloud-Crossing Sword City at Golden Light Temple.
• Chang Bolong used a Demon Summoning Cult secret art, sacrificing his subordinates to power a charge at Li Mo.
• Li Mo blocked Chang Bolong with his Diamond Indestructible body and knocked him unconscious with Forty.
• Li Mo asked the others to take down the Buddha statue, and they discovered Murong Xiao was enshrined inside it.
• Li Mo returned to Ying Bing at the restaurant and told her he had found Murong Xiao and captured Chang Bolong.
• Someone called from the courtyard that Chang Bolong had awakened.

Li Mo questioned Chang Bolong about the Demon Summoning Cult’s plan, then spent the days before Mid-Autumn Festival making mooncakes with Ying Bing. When Ying Bing hinted she wanted to see the festival in Yun Province, Li Mo eagerly agreed to go with her.

• Li Mo used Taiyin Clear Radiance to calm Chang Bolong and learned that the cult intended Murong Xiao to serve as a vessel for a god’s descent.
• Chang Bolong died after Li Mo confused him with a question about whether an all-powerful god could create something it could not pick up.
• Several days later, the group decided to return to Purple Sun Prefecture after the Mid-Autumn Festival, while Ying Bing wondered about traveling to the Southern Border alone.
• Li Mo showed Ying Bing mooncakes decorated with chibi portraits, and she tasted the different varieties with him in the kitchen.
• Ying Bing hinted that she wanted to see the Mid-Autumn Festival streets in Yun Province, and Li Mo said he was eager to go with her.

On Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Mo exchanged mooncakes with his friends while Ying Bing worried about finding him a gift. After hearing about the city's festive sights, Li Mo invited Ying Bing out that night, and she agreed.

• Li Mo emerged from his courtyard after tempering his body and observing Divine Intent, then exchanged gifts and portrait mooncakes with the guests.
• Bai Jinghong noticed Li Mo had not made any mooncakes with his own portrait, and Li Mo wondered where the lotus-paste ones had gone.
• Ying Bing struggled to write a letter and considered what gift to give Li Mo after seeing Jiang Chulong bring him one.
• Ouyang denied eating the missing mooncakes and described scenic spots he had visited while scouting locations.
• Li Mo invited Ying Bing to visit the festival sights that night, and she agreed before he told her where they would go.