Chapter Summaries

Li Mo and Ying Bing played mahjong with Shang Wu and Qin Yuzhi, and Ying Bing repeatedly won while Li Mo lost his silver. The Sect Master and Cloud-Crossing Sword City elders arrived, shocked to find Li Mo alive, and he revealed that he had brought the Demon Summoning Cult Master over as a potential Supreme Elder.

• Shang Wu and Qin Yuzhi taught Ying Bing and Li Mo mahjong, but Ying Bing won the first several rounds and Li Mo lost the most silver.
• Li Mo called a quad, and Ying Bing robbed it to win, leaving Shang Wu and Qin Yuzhi stunned by her skill.
• Ying Bing gave her winnings to Li Mo, and he proposed a mahjong loan to Shang Wu after she ran out of money.
• The Sect Master, Elder Han He, and people from Cloud-Crossing Sword City entered Autumn Water Pavilion and were shocked to see Li Mo alive.
• Li Mo explained that he had brought the Demon Summoning Cult Master with him and asked whether the sect needed a Supreme Elder.

Li Mo explained how he had deceived the Demon Summoning Cult and brought Qin Yuzhi into the sect, prompting Shangguan Wencang to leave and deliberate over her sensitive identity. As the mahjong game resumed, Ying Bing sat close to Li Mo and scratched his itchy neck, ending with Li Mo winning a hand and Ying Bing wondering if she had caught his itch.

• Li Mo told Shangguan Wencang and the elders that he had worked with the Demon Race, misled the Demon Summoning Cult, and recruited Qin Yuzhi into the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect and Clear Abyss Sect.
• Qin Yuzhi recalled designing the Clear Abyss Imperial Mausoleum, and Shangguan Wencang left to deliberate on her identity while the Cloud-Crossing guests went to Divine Weapon Peak.
• Li Mo drew Elder Han He back into the mahjong game by mentioning their plan to work at the forge, and Ying Bing proved to be the strongest player.
• Li Mo complained that his neck itched, and Ying Bing sat close to scratch it while pointing out his mistaken mahjong plays.
• Li Mo leaned back against Ying Bing, stopped feeling the itch, and won the hand as she wondered whether the sensation had spread to her.

After the Mahjong God Tournament, Ying Bing studied the Art of Yellow Millet Dreams to explore her blurred past-life memories and the mystery of Ying Huang. Qin Yuzhi dreamed of her former disciple Baili Siye and discovered a strange pink-tinted dream bubble that seemed to belong to Ying Bing.

• Elder Han He ended the Mahjong God Tournament, and Qin Yuzhi offered to teach Li Mo and Ying Bing her dream-control art.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing exchanged a moonlit signal, but Ying Bing chose to study the Art of Yellow Millet Dreams instead.
• Ying Bing reviewed the dream art and recalled her fragmented memories of the Return Abyss, her failure, and Ying Huang.
• A system notice announced that twenty-nine days remained until the ranking and showed Ying Bing a punishment involving forty-nine strawberries.
• Qin Yuzhi dreamed of the thriving God Summoning Cult and her young disciple Baili Siye, then watched the dream collapse.
• Qin Yuzhi wandered through the sect members’ dreams and stopped before a colorful, moonlit bubble she recognized as Ying Bing’s dream.

Qin Yuzhi entered Ying Bing’s dream and found a future where Ying Bing ruled Cassia Palace as the cold Phoenix Heavenly Empress. She discovered Ying Bing was secretly affectionate with Li Mo, her younger brother, and left stunned by the scandalous scene.

• Qin Yuzhi entered Ying Bing’s icy dream and learned that Ying Bing was the Phoenix Heavenly Empress of Cassia Palace.
• A disciple told Qin Yuzhi that the Palace Master had severed her emotions and forbade romantic attachments, then asked her to bring food to Li Mo at Shuling Cliff.
• Qin Yuzhi saw Ying Bing arrive at Shuling Cliff to reprimand Li Mo for sneaking into her bedchamber.
• Li Mo called Ying Bing his sister and said he missed her, and Ying Bing admitted she missed him too.
• Qin Yuzhi watched Ying Bing sit on Li Mo’s lap and pin up his hair while they exchanged intimate remarks.

Ying Bing woke from a dream that had mixed memories of her past life with scenes from Li Mo’s mind, while Qin Yuzhi revealed that she had witnessed it. Li Mo worried about his slow accumulation of the Power of All Living Beings, then heard Qin Yuzhi describe Ying Bing’s dream as one in which she beat him helpless.

• Ying Bing’s dream collapsed into reality when Qin Yuzhi saw her pinning Li Mo down, and Ying Bing woke at dawn wondering whether she had dreamed about a scene from Li Mo’s illustrated story.
• Li Mo calculated that the Power of All Living Beings was gathering too slowly and worried that he could not maintain the Southern Border’s faith by himself.
• Li Mo shared blessed-land redberries with Ying Bing and casually pinned up her loose hair, while Qin Yuzhi reacted in alarm.
• Qin Yuzhi admitted that she had accidentally entered Ying Bing’s dream and told Li Mo that Ying Bing had held him down and beaten him in it.
• Li Mo questioned how Ying Bing could have overpowered him, while Ying Bing and Qin Yuzhi reacted tensely to his questions.

Li Mo asked Qin Yuzhi about Ying Bing’s dream defeat, then recruited Qin Yuzhi to help manage the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect’s share of the Power of All Living Beings. Two days later, he visited Divine Weapon Peak and learned that Elder Zeng believed Li Mo’s hammer talent could make him a divine craftsman.

• Li Mo guessed that Ying Bing had defeated him in the dream using her mouth, making her blush while Qin Yuzhi explained dreamwalking and Cloud Dream Hall’s history.
• Li Mo asked Qin Yuzhi to help manage the Power of All Living Beings, and she questioned whether he could keep it under control.
• Li Mo said he wanted to make opponents unable to fight back without lifting a hand, while Ying Bing privately resolved that she had not lost yet.
• Two days later, Li Mo visited Divine Weapon Peak and found Wu Chushu, Bai Jinghong, and Cao Mu learning to forge under Elder Zeng’s orders.
• Elder Han He praised Li Mo’s Calamity Meteor Hammer, and Elder Zeng insisted he already knew it was extraordinary because it had reshaped Cloud-Crossing Sword City’s Spirit Stone.

Li Mo accompanied Elder Han He and Elder Zeng deep into Divine Weapon Peak’s fire vein to test his heat tolerance, while the two elders struggled to keep up. After they collapsed, they woke to find Li Mo forging in the heart of the flames.

• Elder Han He and Elder Zeng led Li Mo into the fire vein to see how much heat he could withstand.
• Li Mo walked deeper into the fire vein with ease while the two elders grew increasingly overheated and secretly used Cold Spring Pills.
• Li Mo offered the elders spicy lamb skewers, and they ate them despite their discomfort before collapsing unconscious.
• Elder Han He and Elder Zeng woke deep in the fire vein and saw Li Mo hammering at a forge beside the lava.

Li Mo watched Elder Zeng and Elder Han He demonstrate their opposing weapon-forging methods and proposed combining them by treating ore like food in a stir-fry. The two elders were left bewildered by his suggestion.

• Elder Han He and Elder Zeng realized Li Mo had mastered a divine hammer technique and was advancing in Hundred Refinements of Divine Treasures.
• Elder Han He offered to teach Li Mo Clear Abyss Sect’s weapon-forging method, while Elder Zeng argued that Cloud-Crossing Sword City’s method suited him better.
• Elder Zeng demonstrated smelting iron with an array-patterned cauldron and added materials to improve the metal.
• Elder Han He forged iron through repeated heating and hammering, then showed its quality by striking Elder Zeng’s steel sword.
• Li Mo suggested combining the two methods by stir-frying the ore to control its heat, leaving both elders bewildered.

Li Mo combined the Divine Weapon Smelting Method and the Five Elements Smelting Method with his cooking-inspired idea, forging iron essence while improving his body and inventing the Stir-Frying Steel Method. After a day at the fire vein left him overheated, he returned to Autumn Water Pavilion thinking about Ice Block’s cool hands.

• Li Mo asked Elder Han He and Elder Zeng to teach him their forging methods, then studied both through his martial arts insights in half an hour.
• Li Mo used karmic-fire true essence, Black Baleful Wood Oil, and the elders’ techniques to refine iron ore in a cauldron like a stir-fry.
• Li Mo produced a palm-sized piece of iron essence and advanced his Extreme Weapon Slaughter Body as Hundred Refinements of Divine Treasures began to improve.
• The system announced that Li Mo had improved the Stir-Frying Steel Method and rewarded him with a Mica Heavy Cauldron.
• Divine Weapon Peak announced a partnership with Clear Abyss Sect’s dining hall and added cooking skills to the Forging Academy entrance exam.
• Li Mo returned to Autumn Water Pavilion overheated from a day of forging and thought about holding Ice Block’s cool hands.

Li Mo tried to hide his desire to cool down with Ying Bing by claiming he wanted snow spirit ginseng, then cooked the ginseng to counteract the fire energy he absorbed while forging. Qin Yuzhi noticed the contrast between his heat and Ying Bing’s supposed chill and suddenly came up with an idea.

• Li Mo caught himself thinking about using Ying Bing to cool down, but Ying Bing overheard him and asked what he meant by craving something.
• Li Mo claimed he wanted snow ginseng and produced a thousand-year snow spirit ginseng, making Ying Bing flustered by his comments about his vigorous yang energy.
• Qin Yuzhi and Tian Miao discussed the ginseng’s properties while Ying Bing dropped her book and claimed her hands had frozen stiff.
• Li Mo served dinner and explained that he had absorbed fire energy while forging iron at Divine Weapon Peak, then ate ginseng to counteract it.
• Qin Yuzhi compared Li Mo’s flushed face with Ying Bing’s claim of being cold and suddenly announced she had an idea.

Qin Yuzhi explained how Yin-Yang Hall’s former leader mastered both yin and yang, created a dual-cultivation method, and eventually founded the Joyous Union Sect after his practices caused scandal. She passed the method to Li Mo and Ying Bing, leaving them to consider its use amid Ying Bing’s composed but telling reaction.

• Qin Yuzhi explained that a former Yin-Yang Hall leader transformed between male and female forms by taking the paths of utmost yang and Extreme Yin to their limits.
• Qin Yuzhi said the leader later united the two paths through a dual-cultivation method and sent the technique into Li Mo’s and Ying Bing’s minds.
• Li Mo asked why the leader had stepped down, and Qin Yuzhi described how his followers’ practices led to scandals and the Shang Emperor removing him from office.
• Qin Yuzhi revealed that the former leader left and founded the Joyous Union Sect, while Li Mo glanced at Ying Bing, whose face remained cold and composed.

Li Mo attempted to forge his first weapon at Divine Weapon Peak, using Iron Essence and the Tenfold Forging Method. He produced a longsword, but he and the elders noticed a flaw in it.

• Ying Bing considered using the Harmonizing Yin and Yang cultivation art with Li Mo but decided it was not yet time.
• Three days later, Li Mo went to Divine Weapon Peak with Elders Han He and Zeng, and swallowed several Cold Spring Pills to counter his intense fire energy.
• The elders showed Li Mo the Iron Essence he had refined and prepared him to forge his first weapon.
• Li Mo used the Tenfold Forging Method to hammer and temper the Iron Essence five times, then quenched the finished longsword in oil.
• Li Mo examined the sword and noted its flaw, while Elders Han He and Zeng took a closer look.

Li Mo forged a top-grade Iron Essence longsword, but the tempering also left his body dangerously hot, so Elder Han He and Elder Zeng plunged him into a cold pool. By evening he was shivering and frosted over, and just as he prepared to seek help, Ying Bing arrived and ordered him to sit down.

• Elder Han He and Elder Zeng praised Li Mo’s first forged sword and explained how his forging technique and their methods had shaped it.
• The elders pointed out weaknesses in the sword, including that overheated quenching oil had kept it from reaching an even higher grade.
• After realizing Li Mo’s body was scorching hot from Hundred Refinements of Divine Treasures, the elders threw him into a cold pool to quench him.
• Li Mo returned to Autumn Water Pavilion stiff and freezing, while Shang Wu offered him chilled wine and Qin Yuzhi falsely claimed he had yin arising from the utmost yang before admitting she could not diagnose him.
• Li Mo decided to visit Elder Xue at Cauldron Peak, but Ying Bing arrived, noticed his condition, and told him to sit properly.

Li Mo pretended to be dangerously ill, but Xue Jing discovered that a thousand-year frost-silver ore had caused his apparent chill. Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, Ying Bing left in displeasure, and Li Mo was left alone as everyone else realized he had been faking.

• Li Mo acted weak while Ying Bing examined his conflicting signs of extreme cold and heat, and Shang Wu and Qin Yuzhi worried over him.
• Xue Jing arrived with a medicine chest and began examining Li Mo, while Elder Han He and Elder Zeng explained that he had already seemed unwell when they brought him over.
• Elder Zeng found a thousand-year frost-silver ore in Li Mo's pocket, revealing that the stone had physically cooled him while his yang qi remained strong.
• Ying Bing left after Li Mo admitted he was fine, and Xue Jing prescribed medicine and rest for his excessive internal heat.
• Elder Han He, Elder Zeng, Shang Wu, and Qin Yuzhi left Li Mo alone after realizing he had been pretending.

Li Mo wondered why Ying Bing had acted coldly, then mistook Shang Wu’s late-night visit for a midnight visit from Ice Block. Ying Bing eventually came to his room and invited him to her bed, leaving Li Mo unsure what she meant.

• Ying Bing perfected the Cloud Crane Form and White Egret Form through the Jade Phoenix God, advancing the Hundred Bird Phoenix Form beyond the Taiyin Divine Form.
• Li Mo asked Hammer Treasure why Ying Bing seemed unhappy, but it could not give him an answer.
• Shang Wu entered Li Mo’s room looking for snacks, and Li Mo gave her food from the Southern Border.
• After Shang Wu left, Li Mo reflected that Ying Bing was unlikely to visit him without a special occasion.
• Ying Bing appeared by Li Mo’s window and told him to behave before inviting him to her room because her bed was better suited for him.

Ying Bing annotated the Harmonizing Yin and Yang technique and guided Li Mo through cultivation to manage his excessive yang energy, but his improper thoughts caused their energies to surge out of control. After Shang Wu nearly discovered them, Ying Bing fell onto Li Mo, leaving them pressed together as they struggled with the unexpected warmth and comfort.

• Ying Bing gave Li Mo her revised and annotated version of Harmonizing Yin and Yang and warned him to keep his mind clear while they practiced.
• Ying Bing had Li Mo remove his top and sit with his back to her as she used Phoenix Singing in the Heavenly Marsh to guide his yang energy into his acupoints.
• Li Mo thought about Ying Bing's cool hands and feet, causing his yang energy to surge and his meridians to ache.
• Shang Wu came looking for Li Mo, but Ying Bing shut the door before she could see them.
• Ying Bing tried to restrain Li Mo, lost her balance, and fell onto his scorching chest; both froze in the embrace.

Li Mo and Ying Bing neutralized their yin and yang qi together, leaving both of them flustered after an awkward, intimate encounter. In the Small World, Jiang Chulong arrived for her lesson and found Teacher Heavenly Venerable watching memories of SpongeBob before testing her Dragon-Slaying Sword Art against a Red Dragon.

• A mysterious strand of qi appeared amid Li Mo and Ying Bing's yin and yang qi, greatly improving their cultivation as they neutralized it together.
• Li Mo made an awkward joke about carrying Hammer Treasure, and Ying Bing told him to stop letting his thoughts run wild.
• Li Mo abruptly sat up, caught Ying Bing as she slipped, then put on his robe and left her boudoir.
• After Li Mo returned to his room, he entered the Small World and found Jiang Chulong approaching the Yin-Yang Dojo.
• Teacher Heavenly Venerable showed Jiang Chulong memories of SpongeBob and Patrick, then began testing her Dragon-Slaying Sword Art against a Red Dragon.

Jiang Chulong slew the Red Dragon after Li Mo taught her Dragon-Slaying Sword Art, earning him Red Dragon Essence Blood and a hint about forging with five dragons’ essence. As Li Mo and Ying Bing neared breakthroughs, Ying Bing prepared Moon-in-Mid-Autumn for the upcoming ranking’s punishment.

• Li Mo’s investment system rewarded him with Red Dragon Essence Blood and suggested that combining the essence of five dragons to forge a weapon would bring an unexpected surprise.
• Jiang Chulong killed the Red Dragon with the Peach Blossom Branch, and Li Mo told her her reward would let her remove her eye covering without being hurt by sunlight.
• Tian Miao and Qin Yuzhi noticed that Li Mo was nearing a breakthrough and that Ying Bing was progressing as well.
• Seven days remained until the next ranking, whose loser would have to plant forty-nine hickeys.
• Ying Bing held Moon-in-Mid-Autumn and told Li Mo that the sword wanted to make a friend.

Li Mo and Ying Bing began dual cultivation after their divine weapons, Hammer Treasure and Moon-in-Mid-Autumn, seemed to get along. Ying Bing broke through to the Seven Apertures of Divine Observation, while Li Mo received the Yellow Dragon Divine Observation Diagram and remained just short of his own breakthrough.

• Li Mo took Hammer Treasure out, and he and Ying Bing watched their weapons resonate while he voiced an imagined conversation between them.
• Ying Bing gave Li Mo Bodhi Fruits and began dual cultivation with him, leaving him unable to ask what she had meant about finding Hammer Treasure a friend.
• Li Mo sensed Ying Bing drawing on their yin and yang qi to break through, and his assistance helped her reach the Seven Apertures of Divine Observation.
• Li Mo received the Yellow Dragon Divine Observation Diagram as investment feedback, and Ying Bing offered to help him improve his cultivation.
• Tian Miao sensed Ying Bing's breakthrough at Autumn Water Pavilion, then updated her notes on Ying Bing's cultivation and Li Mo's skills.

Li Mo fought the Yellow Dragon projection and uncovered the supreme divine ability Law of Heaven and Earth within the Great Dao Divine Form. He learned that mastering it required a body that had transcended mortality, leaving him excited but far from able to wield its full power.

• Li Mo realized his Sixth Aperture of Divine Observation had reached its limit and that he needed a satisfying battle to break through.
• Jiang Chulong told Teacher Heavenly Venerable she had reached the Third Aperture of Divine Observation after sleeping for two days, and Li Mo arranged a new opponent for her training.
• Jiang Chulong fought the dragon projection to temper her sword intent and improve her Dragon-Slaying Sword Art.
• Li Mo battled the Yellow Dragon projection for an hour, and the battered phantom faded after looking at the Great Sage Phantom behind him.
• Li Mo examined the Great Dao Divine Form and witnessed True Lord Erlang of Manifested Holiness face the Great Sage in a scene that revealed the Law of Heaven and Earth.
• Li Mo realized the divine ability required a body that had transcended mortality and warned himself to use it cautiously before his inner and outer worlds connected.