Chapter Summaries

Mei Yun and Xue Jing prepared to leave for the Southern Border to search for Jiang Chulong’s missing companions, but Jiang Chulong woke with news from her dream master that Li Mo had held Greenwood City. In Yun Province, Zhong Qin faced his son’s questions about the worsening siege as the Hidden Dragon Ranking was released.

• Xue Jing arrived at Xi Yangyang Hotpot Restaurant and told Mei Yun that the elders had decided to go to the Southern Border to search for the two missing children.
• Mei Yun gave Jiang Chulong a Dream-Epiphany Pill, but Jiang Chulong woke and said her master had told her that Li Mo, Greenwood City, and the Southern Border were safe.
• Jiang Chulong said Li Mo had held Greenwood City, then grew sleepy again, leaving Mei Yun to wonder whether the dream master’s news was true.
• Xiao Qin announced that the Hidden Dragon Ranking had been released.
• In Yun Province, Zhong Zhenyue told Zhong Qin that an allied force of at least 120,000 and several high-grade Calamity Beasts were attacking Greenwood City under Han Zhen.
• Dragon Gate blazed over Fish-Dragon Lake as the latest Hidden Dragon Ranking was about to appear.

The Hidden Dragon Ranking revealed Ying Bing at No. 5 and Li Mo at No. 4 after their defense of Greenwood City, confirming that the Southern Border crisis had been resolved. Their allies celebrated, while Zhong Qin set out for the capital and the elders in Purple Sun Prefecture City decided they no longer needed to leave.

• The Hidden Dragon Ranking rose through its lower places while Zhong Zhenyue prepared to return to Southern Pass and worried that Li Mo and Ying Bing might have died at Greenwood City.
• Ying Bing appeared at No. 5 for her feats commanding troops and summoning the True Phoenix, and Li Mo appeared at No. 4 for defeating the former State Preceptor and defending Greenwood City.
• Martial artists at Fish-Dragon Lake realized the Southern Border crisis had ended, and Cloud-Crossing Sword City’s elders celebrated the pair’s achievements.
• Zhong Qin ordered Zhong Zhenyue to accompany him to the capital, where they could wait for Li Mo and Ying Bing.
• In Purple Sun Prefecture City, Xue Jing and the other elders celebrated the news, while Shang Wu complained that Li Mo had not answered her Concentric Bell and Elder Qian regretted spending five Profound Crystals on the warship.

Li Mo left Greenwood City with Ying Bing and the demons to gather the Power of All Living Beings, after recovering most of his injuries through dual cultivation. At the city gate, he learned that the Hidden Dragon Ranking placed him fourth and had changed his sobriquet to Divine Hammer Little Overlord.

• Li Mo joked with Ying Bing about his imitation of her aloof expression, then insisted on wearing their matching training clothes when they went downstairs.
• Wu Qing and Shang Qinqing questioned Li Mo and Ying Bing about their matching clothes and training, and Ying Bing silenced Li Mo with a light step on his foot.
• Li Mo left Jiawei Restaurant with the demons, promised Ying Bing he would return early, and headed toward the city gate.
• Li Mo and the demons found a crowd gathered around the newly posted Hidden Dragon Ranking, where Li Mo was ranked fourth.
• Guo Chuan told Li Mo that Ying Bing's sobriquet had changed to Guye Goddess and Li Mo's to Divine Hammer Little Overlord.

The Hidden Dragon Ranking placed Li Mo fourth and Ying Bing fifth, drawing attention across Greenwood City. Li Mo and his companions traveled south to Three Mountains Town, where they planned to stage a display of divinity.

• A messenger told Qu Sheng and the generals that Li Mo was fourth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking and Ying Bing was fifth, and Qu Sheng sent a dispatch requesting rewards for Greenwood's defenders.
• News of Li Mo's ranking spread through Greenwood City, and Jiawei Restaurant drew a crowd by advertising its barbecue sauce as his secret recipe.
• Ying Bing reflected on Li Mo surpassing her and wondered whether he might one day protect her, then considered how to advance her Divine Observation Realm.
• Li Mo and his companions flew south on the Somersault Cloud, and the others laughed at his Divine Hammer Little Overlord nickname despite his insistence that he was a swordsman.
• Li Mo and his companions arrived at Three Mountains Town, the first stop on their plan to display divinity before mortals.

Three Mountains Town’s people faced starvation as the Demon Summoning Cult’s High Priest kept them dependent on a false Witch Spirit. Li Mo and his companions descended at the altar, and Li Mo confronted the High Priest for impersonating the gods.

• The town chief and clan elders asked the High Priest for permission to leave Three Mountains Town and trade for winter supplies, but he told them to wait for the Witch Spirit’s oracle.
• The High Priest revealed that he belonged to the Demon Summoning Cult and ordered the townsfolk to prepare offerings for a supposedly arriving Mountain God.
• The High Priest began a sacrificial dance, but clouds descended before he had performed the true summoning ritual.
• Li Mo arrived at the altar with a hooded golden-robed young man and an electric-skinned woman, presenting himself as an immortal god.
• The High Priest accused Li Mo of impersonating the gods, and Li Mo denounced him for using their name to deceive the town.

Li Mo posed as a divine Heavenly Venerable and used his Feilian transformation and staged displays of wind, rain, and thunder to undermine the High Priest’s authority. He persuaded the townspeople that he could free them from the mountains, but his first attempt failed because Guo Chuan was asleep, so Shang Qinqing woke him.

• The High Priest summoned a Feilian Ancestral Spirit with the Power of All Living Beings, but Li Mo transformed into a Feilian and dispelled it.
• Li Mo staged wind, clouds, lightning, and rain with help from Wu Qing, Shang Qinqing, and Manbo, convincing the villagers that he was a genuine god.
• Li Mo exposed the High Priest as a disciple of the Demon Summoning Cult and claimed that the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect belonged to the Heavenly Court.
• The old town chief confirmed that the villagers were trapped by the three great mountains, and Li Mo shouted for the middle mountain to open, but nothing happened.
• Shang Qinqing found Guo Chuan asleep beside a Deep Sea Heavy Copper Rope and woke him by shouting that the dumplings were ready.

Li Mo moved East Mountain to open Three Mountains Town’s route to the outside, defeated the Demon Summoning Cult’s High Priest with Manbo’s help, and asked the townspeople to offer mountain rocks in exchange for martial arts. He left them two techniques and departed, relieved that he would not need to keep acting like a traditional god.

• Li Mo ignored the fat High Priest, and East Mountain shifted, opening a route from Three Mountains Town toward the outside world.
• Manbo electrocuted the High Priest as he tried to escape, while the townspeople knelt and worshipped Li Mo as their god.
• Li Mo told the townspeople he wanted mountain rocks instead of ordinary offerings and asked them to dig into the remaining mountains.
• Li Mo left the Mountain-Opening Hammer Technique and Second Set of Radio Calisthenics, which the townspeople took as guidance to train and mine.
• On the cloud, Shang Qinqing asked whether Li Mo had created the techniques, and Li Mo told Ling Yuangou he welcomed the townspeople becoming less dependent on worship.

The Hundred Beast Hall investigated the Heavenly Court and Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect after their rise disrupted its efforts to gather the Power of All Living Beings, and decided to test whether they were enemies or allies. In Greenwood City, Ying Bing awakened the Melodious Sound Bird Divine Intent and realized her birthday was five days away, though she expected to spend it alone again.

• Villagers across Southern Border began worshiping the Heavenly Venerable Immortal after receiving help and lessons from him and his disciples.
• The Hundred Beast Hall Master warned the High Priests that the Heavenly Venerable and Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect had inflicted heavy losses on the cult and might share its ancient inheritance.
• The High Priests discussed the possibility that the Demon Summoning Cult had obtained only a fragment of the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect's legacy, then agreed to contact and investigate the sect for the Holy Son.
• Ying Bing heard that the Melodious Sound Bird had formed and used its Divine Intent, which let her listen to sounds carried on the wind.
• Ying Bing realized that her birthday was five days away and expected to pass it alone as she had before.

Li Mo reached the Green Phoenix Territory, where Shang Qinqing warned him that the Demon Summoning Cult and Great Shang Remnants would remain a threat. After settling into a tree hollow that seemed to have been the Ice Block’s room, he used gathered Power of All Living Beings to manifest an Extreme Form of the Golden Crow Sun-Transformation Diagram for Jiang Chulong.

• Li Mo and the Demon Race seniors stopped at the Green Phoenix Territory after gathering enough Power of All Living Beings through their performances before the people.
• Shang Qinqing warned Li Mo that the Demon Summoning Cult and Great Shang Remnants would pursue him, and he resolved to grow stronger.
• A Green Phoenix girl led Li Mo to a tree hollow, where he recognized the Ice Block’s familiar fragrance and fell asleep after playing the Jade Feather Whistle.
• Li Mo calculated that the Empty-Bright Myriad-Color Pagoda had enough power to manifest an Extreme Form and projected the Golden Crow for Jiang Chulong to defeat as she approached Divine Observation.
• Li Mo remembered that the Ice Block’s birthday was also approaching as the Golden Crow Projection burst from its fiery shell.

Jiang Chulong trained against the Golden Crow Projection while Li Mo also fought it and learned from his repeated defeats. The next morning, Li Mo prepared to return to Greenwood City, where Shang Qinqing reminded him that he was the surprise Ice Block wanted for her birthday.

• Jiang Chulong fought the Golden Crow Projection, lost her Peach Blossom Branch, and recovered before challenging it again.
• Li Mo lost nine fights against the Golden Crow Projection and gained new insight into his hammer techniques.
• Li Mo decided to leave the Green Phoenix Territory and return to Greenwood City to ask Ice Block about combat.
• Shang Qinqing teased Li Mo about Ice Block missing him, and Li Mo said he would make her a birthday cake.
• Shang Qinqing told Li Mo that he himself was Ice Block's biggest surprise.

Li Mo and Shang Qinqing prepared a birthday cake and arranged a surprise for Ying Bing at Jiawei Restaurant. After Ying Bing defeated a challenger and sat alone with her birthday meal, Shang Qinqing appeared at her door.

• Li Mo planned to make a birthday cake with a pill furnace, and Shang Qinqing helped him gather ingredients and prepare it.
• Li Mo and Shang Qinqing traveled to Greenwood City and secretly set up a birthday surprise at Jiawei Restaurant.
• Ying Bing defeated Ning Liushu with a single move, then went into the restaurant and ordered barbecue with Li Mo's special sauce.
• Ying Bing ate alone and admitted nothing was wrong when the proprietress asked about her distant mood.
• Shang Qinqing appeared in Ying Bing's private room and greeted her.

Shang Qinqing tricked Ying Bing into thinking Li Mo might be in danger, only for Ying Bing to find him waiting with a birthday cake. They reconciled over the surprise, and Ying Bing got Li Mo to call her Big Sister.

• Shang Qinqing teased Ying Bing for missing Li Mo, then suggested the Demon Summoning Cult might have harmed him and sent her upstairs to find out.
• Ying Bing entered the private room and discovered Li Mo had returned with a birthday cake and candles.
• Ying Bing wished that Li Mo would never deceive her again, then made a second wish for him to call her Big Sister.
• Li Mo reluctantly called Ying Bing Big Sister, and she smeared cake cream on his face while pretending to stay composed.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing realized they were holding hands as Shang Qinqing joined them to eat the cake.

Li Mo, Ying Bing, and Shang Qinqing shared birthday cake and discussed how Li Mo’s public displays of divinity had weakened the Demon Summoning Cult’s influence in Southern Border. As they considered the cult’s coming retaliation, the Demon Summoning Cult’s Hundred Beast Hall confirmed that Li Mo was in Greenwood City.

• Ying Bing asked Shang Qinqing how to make cake, but Li Mo distracted them by asking for a bite and feeding Ying Bing.
• Li Mo described his travels through Southern Border, while Ying Bing and Shang Qinqing listened and shared stories about the Demon Summoning Cult.
• Ying Bing said they should return soon because Li Mo had reduced the cult’s gathered Power of All Living Beings by a third, and the cult would likely strike back.
• Li Mo pondered how to keep the villages’ belief from falling under the Demon Summoning Cult’s control.
• Luo Yexian’s disguised caravan traveled toward Greenwood City, where a High Priest used powdered beast blood to trace the converging Power of All Living Beings and confirm Li Mo’s location.

Luo Yexian’s Demon Summoning Cultists settled into Greenwood City to wait for the thief stealing the Power of All Living Beings, then joined a long queue to try the barbecue. Meanwhile, Li Mo learned combat techniques from Ice Block and put them to use against a Golden Crow projection in the World Seed.

• Luo Yexian decided the cultists should stay quiet in Greenwood City until the Heavenly Venerable Immortal left, since their tracking technique could not pinpoint the target among the crowds.
• The cultists recognized the barbecue that had distracted their men during the attack on Greenwood City, and Luo Yexian ordered them to queue after townspeople rebuked them for cutting in line.
• Ice Block taught Li Mo the art of combat in the restaurant’s private room, and he planned to practice against projected opponents in his dream.
• Shang Qinqing returned to the Green Phoenix Clan’s territory rather than risk crossing paths with Shang Wu while following Li Mo and Ying Bing.
• Li Mo taught Jiang Chulong combat principles in the World Seed, and she improved her ability to counter the Golden Crow projection by learning to read its rhythm and find her own.

After failing to defeat a boss more than a dozen times, Li Mo received Ying Bing’s encouragement and prepared to return home with her. When they discovered that the Demon Summoning Cult was searching Greenwood City for the Heavenly Venerable Immortal, Li Mo proposed that he and Ying Bing disguise themselves and stage a performance to mislead the cultists.

• Li Mo told Ying Bing how he had lost each attempt against the boss, and she praised him for training without using his divine weapon.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing ate breakfast at Jiawei Restaurant, where Ying Bing revealed she had prepared gifts for his parents.
• Li Mo used the Heavenly Mandate Divine Eye to identify Luo Yexian, a Hundred Beast Hall Master searching Greenwood City for the Heavenly Venerable Immortal.
• After leaving the restaurant, Li Mo told Ying Bing that Demon Summoning Cult members were in the city and that they could not fight the group head-on.
• Li Mo gave Ying Bing the Formless Glazed Veil and Buddhist beads, declaring her the Saintess of the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect and proposing that they stage a performance.

Luo Yexian led the Demon Summoning Cult to track the people associated with the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect, while the Demon Summoning Holy Son ordered him to investigate cautiously and report back. When they found Ying Bing posing as an otherworldly immortal, Li Mo stepped out and introduced the cultists as guests.

• The Demon Summoning Holy Son scolded Luo Yexian for failing to report on the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect and ordered him to test the people he found before taking action.
• Luo Yexian learned that his subordinates had tracked the targets to Greenwood City and set out when they heard the group had left.
• The Demon Summoning Cult followed the Power of All Living Beings to a peach-blossom forest, where they saw Ying Bing drifting toward them by boat and playing a bamboo flute.
• Ying Bing silently fixed the cultists with an imposing stare, making Luo Yexian and his followers feel overwhelmed.
• Li Mo emerged from the forest and told Ying Bing not to kill the visitors because he had brought them there to pay a visit.

Li Mo, disguised as Baize, welcomed Luo Yexian and the Demon Summoning Cult members, claiming he could lead them to the source of their origins. He brought them through a hidden mountain gate into the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect, where he asked them to suppress their cultivation before entering further.

• Li Mo appeared before Luo Yexian and the Demon Summoning Cult members, and Ying Bing’s intimidating presence made Luo confirm they had come looking for him.
• Li Mo revealed details about Luo Yexian, including his rank, cultivation, and poor mahjong skills, then invited the group into the sect.
• Li Mo said he would help the Demon Summoning Cult reclaim its roots, then led them through a narrow cleft in the cliff that opened into a vast, fantastical landscape.
• Luo Yexian and the others gaped at the sect’s pavilions, cloud bridges, fantastic beasts, and a figure bathing in heavenly tribulations.
• Li Mo asked the visitors to suppress their cultivation to the Divine Observation Realm, and Luo Yexian agreed after Li Mo described the thunder-body junior brother.

Li Mo led Luo Yexian and the Demon Summoning Cultists through the Small World, using its wonders and a staged encounter with an Innate Golden Crow to convince them of the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect’s overwhelming power. After they saw the Heavenly Venerable’s palace arrive, Li Mo hinted at the cult’s interest in the Power of All Living Beings and asked Luo Yexian if he wanted to get ahead.

• Ying Bing waited outside the mountain wall, trusting that he could stand on his own while quietly preparing for the possibility that something might happen to him.
• Li Mo introduced himself as Black Soil and showed Luo Yexian and the Demon Summoning Cultists the Small World’s celestial scenery.
• Li Mo presented the Golden Crow as an Innate Golden Crow, and the Golden Crow battered Luo Yexian until Li Mo asked him to stop.
• Li Mo showed the group the Heavenly Venerable’s palace, pulled by nine dragons, and said his master could not receive them after returning from another world.
• Li Mo told Luo Yexian that no one stood above his master, then asked whether he wanted to get ahead.

Li Mo won the Demon Summoning Cult’s support and continued gathering Power of All Living Beings, while Ying Bing grew flustered imagining a future grandson for Uncle and Auntie. The system then announced that she could draw a punishment in advance, despite the Heavenly Pride Ranking not yet being activated.

• Luo Yexian and the Demon Summoning Cultists escorted Li Mo away, eager to build ties with the wealthy Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect.
• Li Mo reunited with Ying Bing and sent the Demon Summoning Cultists away to discuss an exchange with their leaders later.
• Luo Yexian told the bucktoothed High Priest that surrendering some Power of All Living Beings was a chance to improve, then contacted the Demon Summoning Holy Son about a great opportunity.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing flew home on the Somersault Cloud as Li Mo watched the Power of All Living Beings accumulate faster than before.
• Ying Bing blushed while wondering who would give birth to Uncle and Auntie's future grandson, and Li Mo asked why her face was hot.
• The system told Ying Bing she could draw a punishment before activating the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

Ying Bing learned that her next punishment would draw on Li Mo’s private thoughts, while she and Li Mo traveled back to Qinghe County. They arrived to find the Li family celebrating their Hidden Dragon Ranking success, leaving Li Mo and Ying Bing to face a crowded family gathering.

• Ying Bing learned that she needed to reach the Hidden Dragon Ranking’s top three before the Imperial Capital gathering and watched the system reveal several prepared punishments drawn from Li Mo’s thoughts.
• Li Mo noticed Ying Bing acting strangely, and she confronted him about the intimate clothing he had bought before he redirected her attention to their approaching home.
• The Somersault Cloud carried Li Mo and Ying Bing from the Southern Border to Qinghe County, where a banner celebrated the Li family’s Hidden Dragon Ranking success.
• Li Mo landed directly in his courtyard to avoid attention, but found the main hall packed with relatives celebrating and asking about him and Ying Bing.