Chapter Summaries

After claiming the Heavenly Jade, Ying Bing told the Southern Border demons that Wu Mo had yielded it and promised to share it among the clans. Meanwhile, Li Mo cooked for the Aquatic Clan and received a strange heart-shaped fruit, leaving its effect unknown.

• Divine Monk Huai Kong announced that the Hanging Temple would leave the Southern Border now that its mission to protect the Heavenly Jade had ended.
• Ying Bing explained that Wu Mo had yielded the Heavenly Jade, which contained half of him forever, and promised to let each clan hold it in turn.
• Ying Bing hurried back to claim two Hundred Flavor Fruits from Divine Monk Huai Kong before leaving the banquet.
• Li Mo cooked a feast for the Aquatic Clan and wondered when his investment rewards, including the Gilded Creation Seal, would arrive.
• Someone handed Li Mo a bright red, heart-shaped Hundred Flavor Fruit as the Aquatic Clan ate.

Li Mo learned that the Hundred Flavor Fruit contained the Power of All Living Beings, which strengthened his Will Soul, and its effects helped him break through to the Four Apertures of Divine Observation. He and Ying Bing then used the Jade Phoenix God’s True Spirits to continue cultivating in the Aquatic Clan Grotto-Heaven.

• Li Mo tasted Ying Bing’s Hundred Flavor Fruit and experienced the many emotions and lives held within its Power of All Living Beings.
• Ying Bing explained how faith and other people’s emotions could strengthen the Will Soul, while warning that relying on such shortcuts carried serious drawbacks.
• Li Mo asked Ying Bing to help him eat the rest of the fruit, and Murong Xiao arrived with Wu Qing and Murong Feng as the pair cultivated.
• Li Mo broke through to the Four Apertures of Divine Observation, surprising Murong Feng and Wu Qing.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing used the Jade Phoenix God’s True Spirits to advance their cultivation, and Wu Qing summoned the Aquatic Clan to strengthen their bloodlines with the Divine Jade True Spirit.

The Aquatic Clan demons received the Heavenly Jade’s unusually powerful baptism while Li Mo and Ying Bing cultivated inside the grove. Ying Bing demonstrated the Jade Phoenix Form, but their intimate moment was interrupted when she summoned the Cold Wild Goose true spirit.

• Wu Qing’s strengthened bloodline triggered rain across the grotto-heaven, and Manbo’s electricity briefly shocked the aquatic demons before Wu Qing stopped the storm.
• Murong Xiao sensed that Wu Mo and the Green Phoenix Goddess were dual cultivating, and the demons realized their combined True Dragon and True Phoenix bloodlines had awakened the Heavenly Jade’s power.
• Li Mo woke inside the grove and tried to focus on cultivation as Ying Bing took his hand and taught him about the Jade Phoenix Form.
• Ying Bing summoned the Vermilion Bird true spirit and transformed into a radiant, flame-clad form, making Li Mo struggle to concentrate.
• Ying Bing’s temperament shifted as she recalled their past intimacy, then the air suddenly grew cold and she identified the arriving true spirit as the Cold Wild Goose.

Li Mo learned that Ying Bing had fully refined the Jade Phoenix God and received a Gilded Creation Seal, but the seal could not upgrade his Wukong Seeking the Dao Diagram. As the clans gathered to bid farewell, Han Zhen learned that Wu Mo and Luan Bing had obtained the Jade Phoenix God and recognized their appearances.

• Li Mo reviewed his recent gains, including progress on the Seventy-Two Transformations, and received a Gilded Creation Seal after Ying Bing refined the Jade Phoenix God.
• Li Mo tried using the seal to upgrade the Wukong Seeking the Dao Diagram, but nothing happened, so he asked Ying Bing about advancing a Lower Form into a higher form.
• Ying Bing said a gifted person could perfect a Lower Form into a Middle Form, though it could take a lifetime, and Li Mo declared that he wanted to deduce an Extreme Form.
• The demon kings and great demons brought gifts to bid farewell to Li Mo and Ying Bing as the Hanging Temple prepared to leave Southern Border.
• At Senluo Valley, Han Zhen learned that Zhi Duoluo and the other Divine Children were dead and that Wu Mo and Luan Bing had obtained the Jade Phoenix God.
• Black Crow showed Han Zhen images of Wu Mo and Luan Bing, leaving him stunned by their identities.

Han Zhen warned the human-faced strange bird that a phoenix-bodied disciple of the Clear Abyss Sect had killed Divine Children and taken the Jade Phoenix God, prompting it to fly after her. In the Aquatic Clan Grotto-Heaven, the demons praised Li Mo and Ying Bing, then urged them to have a child; as the Hanging Temple prepared to leave, Murong Xiao gave Li Mo prayer beads that could return him to the temple.

• Han Zhen told the human-faced strange bird that a human woman had claimed the Jade Phoenix God and severed his arm, and warned that she might soon summon the Phoenix God herself.
• The human-faced strange bird flew off to stop the woman from leaving Southern Border with the Jade Phoenix God.
• At a gathering in the Aquatic Clan Grotto-Heaven, the demon kings promised to improve relations and protect the environment, while Li Mo suggested they hire dragons for rain when needed.
• Manbo proposed that Li Mo and Ying Bing have a child, and the demons enthusiastically discussed the offspring of their True Dragon and True Phoenix bloodlines.
• Murong Xiao told Li Mo that the Hanging Temple was leaving Southern Border and gave him prayer beads that could return him there instantly.
• Li Mo accepted Murong Xiao's prayer beads and gave him the first part of the Ksitigarbha Vow Sutra.

Li Mo and Ying Bing returned to the Marriage Tree before planning their journey back to Clear Abyss Sect, where they secretly witnessed Shang Qinqing confront Divine Monk Huai Kong. The chapter ended with Ying Bing watching their kiss and wondering what a proper kiss felt like.

• Murong Xiao said goodbye to Li Mo after receiving the scripture, and Li Mo returned to the Aquatic Clan Grotto-Heaven to pack.
• Li Mo asked Ying Bing to revisit the Marriage Tree, and she explained that True Dragons and True Phoenixes could not appear together because they were born from the faith of all living beings.
• Li Mo discovered that his pouch was missing from the Marriage Tree, while Ying Bing quietly squeezed the Big-Headed Doll.
• Li Mo unfolded Ying Bing's map and found that she had labeled places with names like Li Mo Village and Li Mo Mountain before he began planning their route home.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing spotted Shang Qinqing confronting Divine Monk Huai Kong beneath the Marriage Tree, and Huai Kong revealed his younger appearance after opening his eyes.
• Shang Qinqing kissed Huai Kong, while Ying Bing watched and wondered whether her secret kiss with Li Mo had counted as a proper one.

Li Mo and Ying Bing nearly kissed before bumping foreheads, while Huai Kong and Shang Qinqing ended their private reunion. Shang Qinqing sent Li Mo and Ying Bing toward Nanguan City along a longer, safer route, and they set off together.

• Li Mo leaned toward Ying Bing with his eyes closed, but they bumped foreheads instead of kissing.
• Shang Qinqing stopped embracing Huai Kong after the noise drew attention, and Huai Kong said he could not leave the abbacy yet.
• Shang Qinqing told Li Mo that she knew his master, Shang Wu, and drew a winding route back to Nanguan City to help them avoid danger.
• Shang Qinqing promised that no fourth-rank Demon King Calamity Beast would pursue Li Mo and Ying Bing, then the temple and Marriage Tree disappeared.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing held hands and began their journey home.

Li Mo and Ying Bing took shelter in the Mountain Lord Temple, where Li Mo challenged travelers’ beliefs in the Witch Spirits before Ying Bing killed the Mountain Lord tiger. They resumed cultivating with the Moon Soul Crystal, but Ying Bing had to keep watch, leaving Li Mo yearning for the Somersault Cloud as their journey continued.

• Li Mo overheard merchants condemn the Witch Spirits’ killers because people relied on the spirits’ protection and offerings.
• Li Mo questioned the merchants about the sacrifices, and Ying Bing appeared with the slain Mountain Lord’s tiger corpse after killing it.
• The guide and merchants recognized the dead Mountain Lord and fled, while Li Mo kicked the tiger’s head and a dead Tiger Minion outside.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing poured the Demon-Slaying Gourd’s contents onto the Moon Soul Crystal and discussed ways to improve their dual cultivation.
• Ying Bing left to keep watch, and Li Mo lamented that they could not cultivate together while his Seventy-Two Transformations still lacked three forms.

Li Mo gained the Baize transformation and stood guard while Ying Bing studied the Hundred Birds true spirits. When two sixth-grade Calamity Beasts arrived, he learned that two more were on their way and began trying to turn the enemies against each other, while Ying Bing debated whether to let him fight alone.

• Li Mo used the Jade Phoenix God to gain the Baize transformation and discovered its bloodline could sense other people's thoughts.
• Li Mo took over guarding the Mountain Lord Temple while Ying Bing focused on observing the Divine Intent.
• A hummingbird delivered Shang Qinqing's warning that two sixth-grade Calamity Beasts were coming, and Li Mo chose not to alert Ying Bing yet.
• The Nine-headed Serpent and Feiyi arrived, and Li Mo used Taiyin Clear Radiance to calm their hostile thoughts and learn that two more sixth-grade beasts were coming.
• Li Mo asked the demons how they planned to divide the Divine Jade, while Ying Bing wondered whether to let him face them without help.

Li Mo drove a wedge between Nine-headed Serpent and Feiyi by revealing that Feiyi’s wife had likely borne Nine-headed Serpent’s child, then used their rivalry to blunt their attack. When Nine-headed Serpent rushed toward the Mountain Lord Temple, Li Mo caught its tail and raised a hammer, leaving his next move unclear.

• Li Mo told Feiyi that its wife was pregnant with Nine-headed Serpent’s child, making Feiyi turn on its supposed brother.
• Nine-headed Serpent fled toward the Mountain Lord Temple while Feiyi followed, and the two Calamity Beasts began using each other to reach Li Mo first.
• Feiyi struck Li Mo, but Li Mo’s Glazed Golden Light repelled the Sixth Grade Calamity Beast and sent it crashing through trees.
• Nine-headed Serpent dismissed Li Mo’s defenses and charged toward the temple, where Ying Bing prepared to draw her sword.
• Li Mo grabbed Nine-headed Serpent by the tail, pulled out a hammer, and muttered, “Eighty.”

Li Mo killed the Nine-headed Serpent with a hammer strike, then defeated Feiyi in a brutal fight without relying on world power. Exhausted, he returned to the Mountain Lord Temple and fell asleep before Ying Bing could decide what to say to him.

• Li Mo used the Calamity Meteor Hammer to kill the Nine-headed Serpent in one blow, leaving himself weakened but still able to fight.
• Feiyi tried to flee, then returned after noticing Li Mo seemed injured and attacked him with a wind-and-sand technique.
• Li Mo endured Feiyi’s assault and repeatedly struck it with his hammer until he killed it.
• Li Mo returned to the Mountain Lord Temple and asked Ying Bing if she was ready to switch shifts, then fell asleep before hearing her answer.
• Ying Bing laid Li Mo’s head on her legs so he could rest, while the two little figures stayed quiet.

Li Mo dreamed about the villagers rejecting him after he killed their River God, then woke with Ying Bing beside him. The pair prepared to hunt two more sixth-grade Calamity Beasts as the Heaven Derivation Sect published their updated rankings and battle record.

• Li Mo dreamed that he killed the catfish River God and rescued two children, but the villagers blamed him and nearly drowned him when he refused to become their new god.
• Ying Bing held Li Mo’s hand and reassured him as he murmured for her in his sleep.
• Li Mo woke on Ying Bing’s lap, teased her about the wet patch on her skirt, and agreed to set out for Greenwood City after they hunted two more sixth-grade Calamity Beasts together.
• Tian Miao showed the old woman the updated Hidden Dragon Ranking, listing Ying Bing tenth and Li Mo eleventh, with a record of their joint victories against four sixth-grade Calamity Beasts at Sanghu Mountain.
• The old woman told Tian Miao to publish the rankings and battle record exactly as written.

Li Mo and Ying Bing returned to human territory and reached Greenwood City, where their latest Hidden Dragon Ranking placements drew a crowd’s attention. Zhong Zhenyue, stationed in the city, checked the ranking and wondered whether he had narrowed the gap with them.

• Li Mo entertained children by making sugar paintings and telling stories, while Ying Bing watched and tasted a sugar figurine.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing saw the new Hidden Dragon Ranking, which placed Zhong Zhenyue at sixty-fifth, Ying Bing at tenth, and Li Mo at eleventh under the nickname Wife-Prospering Fighting Soul.
• The crowd discussed how Li Mo and Ying Bing had slain four sixth-grade Calamity Beasts, and Li Mo complained that the ranking still gave him an unwanted nickname.
• Ying Bing wondered whether the Calamity Beasts would grow more active after the ranking appeared.
• At the Jiawei restaurant, Zhong Zhenyue studied the Hidden Dragon Ranking and hoped he had reduced the gap between himself and Li Mo and Ying Bing.

Zhong Zhenyue and Qu Sheng learned that Li Mo and Ying Bing had fought Calamity Beasts in the Southern Border and were now passing through Greenwood City. Li Mo and Ying Bing agreed to stay in the city while Qu Sheng searched for Lu Yi, and Zhong Zhenyue invited Li Mo to the barracks.

• Zhong Zhenyue discovered that Li Mo and Ying Bing had risen to tenth and eleventh on the Hidden Dragon Ranking after killing Sixth Grade Calamity Beasts.
• Qu Sheng and Zhong Zhenyue concluded that Calamity Beasts were pursuing Li Mo and Ying Bing after they obtained Divine Jade at Hanging Temple, while the Demon Race's territory descended into conflict.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing arrived at Jiawei Restaurant, where Zhong Zhenyue recognized them after Li Mo wiped syrup from Ying Bing's lips.
• Qu Sheng advised Li Mo and Ying Bing to remain in Greenwood City for safety, and Li Mo asked him to locate the soldier Lu Yi.
• Zhong Zhenyue invited Li Mo to the barracks, hoping to test the gap between them, and Li Mo accepted without concern about the soldiers' rough manners.

At Senluo Valley, Han Zhen urged the Calamity Beasts to attack Greenwood City and reclaim the Divine Jade. Meanwhile, Li Mo spent the evening with Ying Bing, who reflected on their impact in the Southern Border and restarted the system rankings.

• Han Zhen received a living arm from the Hundred Beast Hall Master and rallied the Calamity Beasts to storm Greenwood City and restore their former glory.
• Li Mo watched Young Marquis Zhong leave in a shabby carriage, then cooked four dishes and a soup for Ying Bing.
• Li Mo practiced suppressing the Jade Phoenix God's radiance while Ying Bing washed her feet and warned him to focus.
• Ying Bing considered how her and Li Mo's journey might have changed events in the Southern Border and remembered the system rankings.
• The system offered Ying Bing the chance to begin the rankings again.

Ying Bing accepted the system’s reopened challenge and drew a punishment based on Li Mo’s thoughts, discovering his unexpectedly intimate fantasies. The next morning, she confronted Li Mo about them before Zhong Zhenyue called him to Greenwood Camp.

• Ying Bing agreed to the system’s challenge and learned that its new punishment mechanic used a blind-box draw based on Li Mo’s thoughts.
• The system revealed scenes of Li Mo sharing candy with Ying Bing, then displayed increasingly shocking fantasies that made her reconsider him as a gentleman.
• Ying Bing had to choose one of twenty punishments for a future challenge, with imported candy shown as the mildest option.
• Li Mo woke after struggling all night to integrate the Yazi true spirit into the Seventy-Two Transformations and found Ying Bing watching him warily.
• Ying Bing questioned Li Mo about liking feet and wanting to rub them, and he denied the accusation before Zhong Zhenyue called him to Greenwood Camp.

Li Mo visited Greenwood Camp with Zhong Zhenyue, sparred with him, and received the Black Scale Formation as investment feedback. After Zhong Ling challenged him to face the Zhong Family Military Formation, Li Mo invoked the Yazi True Spirit and prepared to fight, leaving Zhong Zhenyue alarmed at being made the vanguard.

• Li Mo and Zhong Zhenyue arrived at Greenwood Camp, where Zhong Zhenyue explained that it housed eighty thousand troops and had not yet found Lu Yi.
• Li Mo watched Zhong Zhenyue’s personal guards train and sensed an aura like the Yazi True Spirit’s.
• Li Mo sparred with Zhong Zhenyue, helped him identify a flaw in his martial arts, and received the Black Scale Formation as investment feedback.
• Zhong Ling shot an arrow near Li Mo and challenged him to face her military formation, with Zhong Zhenyue attacking first.
• Li Mo accepted Zhong Ling’s wager and summoned the Yazi True Spirit’s black radiance and Weapon Intent, while Zhong Zhenyue regretted being the vanguard.

Qu Sheng dealt with Greenwood City's worsening supply crisis while Li Mo tested himself against Zhong Zhenyue's hundred-man battle formation. Li Mo awakened the Yazi True Spirit and defeated the formation, leaving Qu Sheng convinced he could become a legendary general.

• Qu Sheng ordered his officers to report the reduced supplies and Wayue Tribe's movements to the Prince, then banned alcohol and dismissed the staff.
• Qu Sheng learned that Zhong Zhenyue was sparring with Li Mo and went to the drill ground to watch.
• Zhong Ling ordered Zhong Zhenyue and a hundred guards to attack Li Mo with their battle formation, but Li Mo met their first assault head-on.
• Zhong Ling shifted to an attrition strategy, and Li Mo's Yazi True Spirit accepted him and merged into his Stone Monkey Divine Pattern.
• Li Mo struck the ground with Settling the Wind and Waves, collapsed the battle formation, and left Zhong Zhenyue standing but staggered.
• Qu Sheng watched Li Mo defeat the formation and declared that he could become a divine general capable of defeating ten thousand.

Li Mo defeated Zhong Ling, Zhong Zhenyue, and their personal guards in a drill, then agreed to spar with the soldiers as a Calamity Beast to help them prepare. As he left camp, Ying Bing arrived because she wanted him to cook for her, and Li Mo invited her and the others to dinner.

• Li Mo overwhelmed Zhong Ling, Zhong Zhenyue, and more than a hundred personal guards, convincing Zhong Ling of his strength.
• Zhong Ling apologized to Li Mo and said she would study military formations so she could help Zhong Zhenyue challenge him again.
• Qu Sheng learned Li Mo could use Image-Mimicking Martial Arts to resemble a Calamity Beast, and Zhong Zhenyue asked him to demonstrate for the soldiers.
• Li Mo agreed to spar with the Greenwood Camp soldiers without compensation, calling it repayment for Zhong Zhenyue's earlier help.
• As Li Mo prepared to leave camp, Ying Bing appeared and said she wanted him to cook; Li Mo invited her and Zhong Zhenyue to dinner.

Li Mo explained how a food’s appearance affected appetite before taking Ying Bing, Zhong Zhenyue, and Zhong Ling to a restaurant. There, Zhong Ling asked him how the Heavenly Demon Saintess had bewitched Zhong Zhenyue, and Li Mo began offering romance advice.

• Li Mo shaped sugar syrup into an unappetizing form, then accidentally made a suggestive sugar drawing while thinking about Ying Bing’s legs.
• Li Mo changed the subject to barbecue, and Ying Bing let down her hair before they reached Jiawei Restaurant.
• Zhong Zhenyue reunited with the one-armed restaurant owner while Ying Bing hurried alone to the private room.
• Zhong Ling asked Li Mo what had happened between Zhong Zhenyue and the Heavenly Demon Saintess in Yun Province.
• Zhong Ling explained that Zhong Zhenyue liked strong people, and Li Mo began guessing how the Saintess had won his heart.