Chapter Summaries

With his victory over the top three securing his place at the Hidden Dragon Assembly, Li Mo grilled barbecue at an early celebration while collecting investment rewards. Ying Bing tried on the silk socks he had made, and their growing intimacy left her flustered as the system warned that its next ranking was only two days away.

• Li Mo's undefeated record and victories over Jiang Yu, Xie Xuan, and Ying Bing made him the likely Hidden Dragon Assembly champion, and visitors brought gifts to the celebration banquet.
• Zhong Zhenyue introduced guests to Li Mo, who was grilling skewers himself while preparing food to suit Ying Bing's tastes.
• Li Mo collected feedback from Princess Little Jiang and Ning Que, including a Mithril Heavenly Book Seal, Lotus Silk Cloud-Stepping Boots, and a treasure weapon embryo.
• Ying Bing considered the Pearl White Lotus Silk and Black Cloud Gauze materials as the system announced that its next ranking was two days away.
• Li Mo entered Ying Bing's room and asked to examine the socks he had made, leaving her flustered as she reflected on how her feelings toward him had changed.

Li Mo stayed in Ying Bing’s room while Qin Yuzhi and Shang Qinqing drew Ying Bing into a carefully woven dream. When Ying Bing woke within a dream of her wedding to Li Mo, she accepted the marriage and made the dream barrier grow firm.

• Li Mo stayed beside the sleeping Ying Bing, waiting for his excitement to settle before returning to the crowded Cloud-Stepping Tower.
• Qin Yuzhi entered Ying Bing’s dream and, with Shang Qinqing, began weaving a wedding dream while keeping Li Mo out until he calmed down.
• Ying Bing awoke in a bridal sedan and remembered a dream in which she had been reborn in Purple Sun Prefecture and met Li Mo.
• Qin Yuzhi and Shang Qinqing distracted Ying Bing when she sensed something was wrong and reached for something she had lost.
• Shang Qinqing reminded Ying Bing that she was marrying Li Mo, and Ying Bing recalled how their relationship had grown real and accepted the wedding.
• Ying Bing’s doubts vanished and the dream barrier solidified, surprising Qin Yuzhi and prompting Shang Qinqing to smile.

Li Mo dreamed of marrying Ying Bing at the Cassia Palace, while Qin Yuzhi and Shang Qinqing shaped the dream’s wedding ceremony. After the ceremony, Li Mo and Ying Bing entered the bridal chamber, where he lifted her veil and they faced the intimate moment together.

• Li Mo awoke within a dream to find himself dressed as a groom at the Cassia Palace, where guests discussed his marriage to the Phoenix Heavenly Empress.
• Shang Qinqing urged Li Mo to fetch Ying Bing, and he carried her from the bridal sedan.
• Qin Yuzhi used the Dao of Dreams to create the wedding while Shang Qinqing dictated the ceremony and pushed the couple toward a kiss.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing completed the ceremony, skipped the drinking ritual, and went to the bridal chamber as Qin Yuzhi and Shang Qinqing watched.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing sat together on the couch, and he lifted her veil to reveal her beautiful face.

Qin Yuzhi and Shang Qinqing watched Li Mo and Ying Bing’s dream wedding until a powerful presence in Ying Bing’s Will Soul took control of the dream and forced them to leave. The next morning, Li Mo woke beside Ying Bing and asked her to call him “big brother,” only to find the answer stirred his morning desire.

• Shang Qinqing and Qin Yuzhi peeked at Li Mo and Ying Bing in the bridal chamber as the dream began to collapse under a powerful gaze.
• Qin Yuzhi recognized the presence as the foremost immortal of the Nine Heavens, rooted in Ying Bing’s Will Soul, and withdrew with Shang Qinqing.
• Li Mo resisted Ying Bing’s dreamlike advances, but the dream faded before he could hear what she said.
• Ying Bing woke beside Li Mo feeling hollow, then felt relief when she saw him still there.
• Li Mo asked Ying Bing to call him something with two characters, and she reluctantly called him “big brother.”

Shang Qinqing and Qin Yuzhi discovered that an ancient presence might have been within Ying Bing since birth, and that their memories of its history had been altered. After securing first place in the Hidden Dragon Assembly, Li Mo watched Ying Bing prepare to face Jiang Yu in the final match.

• Shang Qinqing woke from an encounter with the Great Shang totem and complained that it had interrupted her candy.
• Shang Qinqing and Qin Yuzhi realized Ying Bing's mysterious presence might have been with her since birth, and Qin Yuzhi struggled to recall important memories.
• Li Mo took over Wind and Moon Cottage, freed the women working there, and gave shares to Old Zhong and Xie Xuan.
• The final round of the Hidden Dragon Assembly began with Ying Bing matched against Jiang Yu, while Li Mo reflected on having secured first place.
• Ying Bing told Jiang Yu that he was not as weak as she had imagined, and Jiang Yu wondered why she spoke as if they were family.

Ying Bing defeated Jiang Yu and broke through to the Ninth Aperture of Divine Observation, securing a place among the Hidden Dragon Assembly’s top three alongside Li Mo and Jiang Yu. At the award ceremony, she said she hoped to beat Li Mo that night.

• Ying Bing used Moon-in-Mid-Autumn to strike Jiang Yu and leave him badly chilled, stunning the spectators.
• Ying Bing broke through to the Ninth Aperture of Divine Observation, and Jiang Yu stepped down, recognizing he could not defeat her.
• Emperor Jingtai announced Li Mo, Ying Bing, and Jiang Yu as the assembly’s top three.
• Emperor Jingtai began presenting the awards, and Ying Bing said she hoped she could beat Li Mo that night.

At the Emperor’s gathering, Li Mo impressed the court with a polished speech before returning to Cloud-Stepping Tower with Ying Bing. They sparred that night, and Ying Bing won with her refined Hundred Birds Divine Intent, though Li Mo pretended to faint and took the chance to grope her.

• Emperor Jingtai praised Li Mo and Ying Bing for their composure, then invited Li Mo to address the court.
• Li Mo delivered an eloquent speech that stunned the audience and helped several officials find paths to advancement.
• Li Mo returned to Cloud-Stepping Tower with Ying Bing, who held onto his hand and stayed with him instead of letting him visit Heavenly Mountain Sword Villa.
• Ying Bing told Li Mo she was not afraid of losing and challenged him to spar before Heavenly Human City opened.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing fought with their divine weapons and Will Souls until Ying Bing’s rainbow radiance overwhelmed his attacks.
• Ying Bing collided with Li Mo after he withdrew, and he pretended to be injured while secretly touching her near the heart.

Li Mo sparred with Ying Bing, learned why his physical strength was his greatest advantage, and accidentally turned the tables on her. Ying Bing received first place in the system ranking and learned that her punishment was canceled, but the system questioned whether she would still carry it out.

• Li Mo questioned Ying Bing about her martial arts and listened as she explained that his unfinished nine apertures and underused physical strength held him back in their spar.
• Ying Bing invited Li Mo to sleep in her room, then shut the door on him after he agreed, leaving him to realize that Bad Ice Block had tricked him.
• Ying Bing reflected that Li Mo had unexpectedly turned the tables on her and threatened her.
• Ying Bing received a system notification that she had taken first place, and the strawberry-planting punishment faded away.
• The system warned Ying Bing that she might still carry out the punishment despite its cancellation, and she admitted she could only guarantee her own intentions.

Li Mo received Black Dragon Essence Blood and went to the Sword Furnace to strengthen his forging skills under Divine Craftsman Du and Divine Craftsman Tian. As he hammered, he began to perceive a mysterious trajectory and entered a vision of the Small World.

• Li Mo received Black Dragon Essence Blood as feedback for helping Jiang Chulong defeat the Black Dragon Projection and noted that only one type of dragon essence blood remained.
• Divine Craftsman Tian learned that Li Mo had mastered Du Wufeng's forging method in less than half an hour, and the elders discussed his talent and the Hidden Dragon rankings.
• Li Mo arrived at the Sword Furnace, where Xie Yiding explained that Xie Xuan had gone out with Master Cang Ai; Li Mo privately realized Xie Xuan was visiting Wind and Moon Cottage.
• Du Wufeng and Divine Craftsman Tian began training Li Mo in weapon forging, demanding that he push himself beyond a hundred refinements in one breath.
• Li Mo combined his martial comprehension with the Eight-Nine Arcane Art as he hammered, glimpsed a mysterious trajectory, and saw the Great Sage Projection in a vision of the Small World.

Li Mo began forging an imitation of the Heavenly Human Divine Sword and used the Sword Furnace’s Fallen Star Flame to push both his forging and Eight-Nine Arcane Art further. His sword started to resonate, and the craftsmen believed he was close to succeeding.

• Li Mo cooked for the Sword Furnace craftsmen, earning investment feedback while teaching them about his control of heat.
• Du Wufeng and Master Smith Tian prepared the Sword Furnace as Li Mo set out to forge a Mystic Weapon.
• Li Mo chose to forge an imitation of the Heavenly Human Divine Sword, hoping to capture its sword resonance before he had to return the original.
• When his forging reached its limit, Li Mo asked Du Wufeng for Fallen Star Flame and endured its painful qi coursing through his body.
• Li Mo infused the Hammer Treasure with the flame and struck the sword blank until it rang with rising sword cries, prompting the craftsmen to sense his imminent success.

Li Mo forged a high-grade Mystic Weapon and advanced his Eight-Nine Arcane Art by tempering his body with the Fallen Star Flame, which Du Wufeng gave him. After Li Mo left with the flame and a new sworn-brother bond, the chapter followed Ying Bing’s musical exchange with the Penglai Star Sect and ended with Li Mo asking her to recharge him before a difficult spar.

• Li Mo used the Fallen Star Flame while forging a sword and advanced the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, bringing his physique to a level comparable to a Mystic Weapon.
• Du Wufeng gave Li Mo the Fallen Star Flame and accepted his proposal to become sworn brothers.
• Du Wufeng told Master Tian that Li Mo might reforge the Heavenly Human Divine Sword and ordered him to call Li Mo Uncle Li.
• Ying Bing exchanged musical knowledge with the Penglai Star Sect, whose members were astonished by her skill.
• At midnight, Li Mo asked Ying Bing to recharge him before he sparred with a powerful opponent, and she sat in his lap.

Li Mo challenged the Great Sage Projection in the Yin-Yang Dojo, trying to last fifty moves without relying on external power. After discovering that the projection could speak and had been holding back, Li Mo unleashed his strongest techniques, but the chapter ended as he resorted to Monkey Steals Peaches.

• The Great Sage Projection told Li Mo to last fifty moves to pass and began their fight with its power restricted to his realm.
• Li Mo used Hammer Treasure, the Heavenly Human Divine Sword, and the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to pressure the projection with his superior physique.
• The projection countered Li Mo’s attacks with precise staff techniques, forcing him to roll away from a crushing strike.
• Li Mo combined his Profound Pills, Fallen Star Flame, and blood and qi to unleash Earth-Slaying Hammer, then followed with a surge of sword intents.
• The Great Sage Projection gripped its staff with both hands and overwhelmed Li Mo’s sword tide, revealing it had still been holding back.
• Li Mo decided to use Monkey Steals Peaches against the Great Sage Projection.

Li Mo survived the Great Sage Projection’s staff strike and received the Ruyi Golden-Banded Staff as the Small World began to collapse. After waking, he broke through and opened all nine apertures, but his attempt to manifest the Small World as an Inner Scene did nothing.

• Li Mo combined the mysteries of the Divine Firmament Demon-Quelling Sword Art and the Calamity Meteor Hammer to resist the Great Sage Projection’s staff strike, which the Small World absorbed.
• The Great Sage Projection explained that Li Mo had not truly fused the two martial arts, then disappeared after throwing the Ruyi Golden-Banded Staff into the crack in the Small World.
• Li Mo touched the now-ordinary-looking staff and realized it was the final piece of the Great Sage’s regalia.
• After Li Mo awoke, he found the Small World more stable and his Heaven-Equalizing Battle Intent had broken through.
• Li Mo opened all nine apertures and tried to manifest his Small World through his Will Soul, but nothing happened.

After Li Mo broke through, Ying Bing explained why his attempt to bring the Small World into the outer world could have destroyed it and how an Inner Scene must adapt to heaven and earth. The chapter ended with Li Mo inviting her to watch a movie in the Small World.

• Li Mo brought Ying Bing into his Small World to show her the great treasure, the Golden-Banded Staff, and explained how it had stopped the world from collapsing.
• Ying Bing revealed that she already knew about Li Mo's Inner World and asked whether he had tried to connect it to the outer world with his Will Soul.
• Ying Bing explained that projecting an Inner Scene into reality was a fifth-realm feat and warned that Li Mo's incomplete Small World would have been crushed by the laws of heaven and earth.
• Li Mo realized the Golden-Banded Staff had been left to suppress the Small World until it became complete enough to connect with the outside world.
• Li Mo suggested that he and Ying Bing watch The Overbearing Empress Falls in Love With Me in the Small World.

Li Mo visited Wind and Moon Cottage with Zhong Zhenyue and Xie Xuan, while the Blood Refinement Hall Master and Luo Yexian sought Young Master Song’s support for a Hundred Flowers Assembly. Young Master Song became interested after hearing Cold Fairy praised, leaving the proposal close to approval.

• Li Mo told Zhong Zhenyue and Xie Xuan that he had watched a movie with Cold Fairy, then joined them on their way to Wind and Moon Cottage.
• Zhong Zhenyue proposed that Li Mo become his godfather, but Li Mo explained that his seniority through sworn brother Du made the arrangement complicated.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master brought Young Master Song and Luo Yexian to Wind and Moon Cottage to discuss a promotional event.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master proposed holding a Hundred Flowers Assembly for the realm’s beauties and praised Cold Fairy to persuade Young Master Song.
• Young Master Song reacted with interest, and the Blood Refinement Hall Master and Luo Yexian believed the proposal was nearly settled.

The Blood Refinement Hall Master bribed Young Master Song and left him alone with Hua Nongying at Piaoxiang Pavilion. Li Mo and his companions arrived after hearing a disturbance, and found Young Master Song trying to assault Hua Nongying, leaving Li Mo confronting him.

• The Blood Refinement Hall Master promised to raise the Hundred Flowers Festival with his father and accepted Young Master Song’s agreement to leave the women with him.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master gave the shop a glass pearl and told its staff to take care of Young Master Song before leaving with Luo Yexian.
• Li Mo, Xie Xuan, and Zhong Zhenyue arrived, and Zhong Zhenyue returned the pearl after Li Mo noticed him pocketing it.
• Xie Xuan learned that Hua Nongying had become the manager at Piaoxiang Pavilion, and Zhong Zhenyue admitted that he had approved her move for money.
• Li Mo and his companions heard a disturbance upstairs and kicked open the door to find Young Master Song trying to assault an immobilized Hua Nongying.
• Young Master Song turned on Li Mo, who looked at him with pity.

Li Mo freed Hua Nongying after Song Qian’s attempted assault was stopped, while Zhong Zhenyue and Xie Xuan’s presence sent Song fleeing. In the Eastern Palace, Empress Chuge considered Hua Nongying’s proposal for a Hundred Flowers Gathering and examined a report about Ying Bing.

• Song Qian recognized Li Mo but backed down when Zhong Zhenyue and Xie Xuan arrived, and Zhong revealed that he had bullied Song when they were young.
• Xie Xuan identified the Confucian martial art restraining Hua Nongying, and Li Mo released her and said the shop did not require anyone to kneel.
• Song Qian left in a carriage and, affected by a Blood Refinement Hall product, turned his attention toward his head servant.
• Empress Chuge discussed the Heavenly Human City realm and the Hundred Flowers Gathering with Jiang Yu, then told him to go to the Dragon-Raising Observatory.
• Empress Chuge read a report identifying Ying Bing as a seventeen-year-old member of Clear Abyss Sect who might possess a Great Shang inheritance and a fragmentary Heavenly Human City realm.

Minister Song proposed a Hundred Flowers Gala to celebrate the Hidden Dragon Assembly, and the court found wealthy sponsors so the treasury would not pay. At the capital’s bidding conference, Sun Gui hinted that his benefactor was the true God of Wealth, just as Brother Li arrived.

• Song Baiyue proposed a Hundred Flowers Gala to reward the Hidden Dragons and celebrate with the people.
• The Minister of Revenue objected that the treasury was empty, but Song Baiyue suggested wealthy merchants sponsor the event, and Emperor Jingtai approved the plan.
• The court issued a proclamation inviting women on the Hundred Flowers Ranking to the capital and seeking sponsors, attracting wealthy merchants from across the realm.
• At the summer bidding conference, Sun Gui met Representative Lu of the Greenwood Association and said his benefactor was the true God of Wealth.
• Brother Li arrived at the conference in a Bronze Chariot with several companions wearing sunglasses, startling the assembled merchants.

Li Mo outbid rival merchants to secure responsibility for the Hundred Flowers Festival, then recruited his friends to help organize it. The chapter ended with a mysterious voice behind him offering help after he claimed he was good at arranging peerless beauties.

• Li Mo offered to double the combined contributions of the other merchants, securing control of the festival despite Lu Ziqing's efforts.
• Young heroes who had planned to leave the Imperial Capital changed their plans after hearing about the Hundred Flowers Festival.
• Li Mo learned that his investment returns came from several court officials rather than the festival itself, and decided to rely on his own people.
• Wu Chushu and the other prodigies eagerly volunteered to help Li Mo with the festival.
• Li Mo declared that he was good at arranging peerless beauties, and a ghostly voice behind him asked whether he needed help.

Li Mo explained to Ying Bing that he had organized the Hundred Flowers Assembly to create a way to fund the Southern Pacification Prince Mansion, while privately hoping to keep her hidden from the crowd. As the assembly approached, Ying Bing saw through his possessiveness, and Li Mo vowed that if the event proved difficult to manage, nobody would manage it.

• At dinner, Li Mo’s brothers quietly left after realizing Ying Bing’s presence made her an overwhelming rival for attention.
• Li Mo told Ying Bing that the Hundred Flowers Assembly would give him a legitimate way to support the Southern Army and the Southern Pacification Prince Mansion.
• Li Mo and Ying Bing discussed the event and her outfit while Shang Qinqing listened in, delighted by their romantic tension.
• With the Hundred Flowers Assembly approaching, Li Mo held Ying Bing on his lap at Cloud-Stepping Tower and denied criticizing the clothes she had tried on.
• Ying Bing guessed that Li Mo wanted to keep her from being seen, and he admitted he did not want others looking at her.
• When Ying Bing asked what they would do if the event became difficult to handle, Li Mo declared that nobody would handle it.