Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo was exposed and ordered to submit to the men serving His Majesty, but he refused and fought the four Grandmasters surrounding him. He killed the Murong Family Ancestor and the white-bearded Grandmaster, then pursued the two survivors as they fled.

• The middle-aged man in the Flying Fish Uniform explained how the group had identified Chen Mo and demanded that he take their pill and serve His Majesty for three years.
• Chen Mo refused, unleashed his power, and withstood the spiritual attacks of all four Grandmasters.
• Chen Mo overwhelmed the Murong Family Ancestor, broke through his defenses, and killed him despite his Heart-Protecting Mirror.
• The three remaining Grandmasters attacked Chen Mo, but his defenses held, and he killed the white-bearded man with one punch.
• Chen Mo watched the other two Grandmasters flee and chased after them at full speed.

Chen Mo killed three of the four Grandmasters sent against him, then fled the Prefecture City after looting the Rune Master Guild and realizing the Murong Ancestor’s package was poisoned. He reached Wild Mountain on his way back to Lin Chang Commandery and prepared to investigate the suspected Teleportation Array and seek Yi Feng.

• Chen Mo killed the burly Grandmaster elder after Fu Meng fled, then concluded that ordinary Grandmasters could not match his strength in close combat.
• Chen Mo packed up the Rune Master Guild’s core books and notes, knocked out its president, killed its greedy vice president, and left the Prefecture City overnight.
• Chen Mo reasoned that the Commandery Governor’s Mansion and the Martial Restriction Guard had sent the Grandmasters, and accepted that he had offended both official forces.
• Chen Mo traveled toward Lin Chang Commandery, stopping at Wild Mountain to inspect Murong Old Ancestor’s package and finding more than two thousand banknotes worth nearly thirty million taels.
• Chen Mo planned to enter Wild Mountain to cultivate the True Demon Indestructible Technique, find Yi Feng, and investigate the suspected Teleportation Array.

Chen Mo hunted innate Demons in Wild Mountain to gather essence blood for cultivating the True Demon Indestructible Technique, while advancing his Talismanship through Epiphany. After finding the ruined Rune array where ten Grandmasters had vanished, he was confronted by a horned Grandmaster-level Demon.

• Chen Mo entered Wild Mountain cautiously and killed three innate Demons, collecting their essence blood before finding two more later that day.
• Chen Mo used his accumulated Enlightenment Count to advance Talismanship from the beginner level to the advanced level.
• Chen Mo searched Wild Mountain for several days, but innate Demons became scarce, leaving him five short of his goal.
• Chen Mo ventured deeper to the former Demon-Exotic Beast Alliance camp and found a destroyed Rune pattern with four intact stone pillars.
• A horned Grandmaster-level Demon appeared, accused Chen Mo of killing its subordinates, and threatened to kill him.

Chen Mo fought a Horned Demon whose Innate Bloodline Talent strengthened its body, then pursued it into the Wild Mountain. The Horned Demon escaped behind a group of Innate Demons, and Chen Mo turned to attack them instead.

• Chen Mo clashed evenly with the Horned Demon before attacking with his techniques and forcing it to awaken its blood-red-scaled Innate Bloodline Talent.
• Chen Mo outmaneuvered and battered the Horned Demon, whose attacks could not keep up with him.
• The Horned Demon fled, and Chen Mo chased it for dozens or hundreds of li, repeatedly smashing it into the ground without killing it.
• The Horned Demon called for more than a dozen Innate Demons to stop Chen Mo as they reached a hilly area in the Wild Mountain.
• Chen Mo decided not to pursue the Horned Demon farther and launched an attack on the encircling Innate Demons.

Chen Mo slaughtered the Innate Demons in Wild Mountain and withdrew to cultivate, while news of his battle record spread through the capital. The Great Zhou Dynasty chose to recruit him rather than punish him because its ancestor believed he held the key to surviving the coming Centennial Great Change.

• Chen Mo killed ten Innate Demons, gathered their essence blood, and left the surviving demons to face the furious Horned Demon and four Grandmaster Demons.
• After escaping Wild Mountain, Chen Mo settled in a valley to cultivate the True Demon Indestructible Technique and advance his Runes so he could investigate the Teleportation Array and find his master.
• Tianji Pavilion publicized Chen Mo's record of fighting four Grandmasters and killing three, stunning the capital and prompting Shangguan Junyi to abandon his rivalry with him.
• Emperor Ji Tianming sent another envoy to recruit Chen Mo instead of issuing a warrant, despite Chen Mo's killing of the Grandmaster governors of Henei Commandery.
• Ji Tianming's ancestor explained that a new Centennial Great Change was approaching and that Chen Mo was the key to breaking the deadlock, so the Dynasty had to bring him into its camp.

After months of secluded cultivation, Chen Mo reached the limit of Three Flowers Gathering at the Apex and prepared to investigate the strange runes near Wild Mountain. Meanwhile, the Martial Pavilion opened to sect disciples as the Martial Restriction Decree spread through Great Zhou, and the story left Chen Mo setting out from his valley.

• Shangguan Junyi placed in the top ten at the Hundred Sects Grand Competition, while Tang Tian won first place, but the spectators still regarded Chen Mo as the strongest of the younger generation.
• After meeting in the imperial palace with the Ji Family Ancestor, the sect masters accepted the Martial Restriction Decree, and top-ranked disciples from the sects entered the Martial Pavilion.
• Several months later, Chen Mo completed his cultivation of the twelfth Heavenly Meridian and achieved Three Flowers Gathering at the Apex, making him the strongest fighter below the Grandmaster Realm.
• Chen Mo realized he needed a Grandmaster to guide his next steps toward the Five Qis Converge at the Origin, since his body and spirit had reached their limits.
• Chen Mo decided to visit the Teleportation Array near Wild Mountain and examine its runes with his peak Xuan Grade Talismanship, then left his valley.

Chen Mo returned to the True Martial Sect after inspecting the ancient runes at the Teleportation Array, where he found that modern Rune theories could not decipher them. After reuniting with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi and telling them their master might still be alive, he entered the sect's Forbidden Land and heard an ancient voice greet him.

• Chen Mo learned that the Rune Masters at the Teleportation Array had failed to decipher its runes, then examined them himself and concluded that only ancient rune samples might explain them.
• Chen Mo returned to the True Martial Sect and reunited with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi at their homes near his former residence.
• Chen Mo told his senior brothers that their master might have been transported elsewhere rather than killed, and promised to search for him.
• Chen Mo learned that Ji Tianming had pardoned him and that an imperial envoy had sought him out, so he kept his return secret to protect his senior brothers.
• Chen Mo entered the True Martial Sect's Forbidden Land, where an ancient voice said, "You have come..."

Chen Mo met the True Martial Sect Ancestor, who taught him how to cultivate toward the Grandmaster Realm and warned him that a world-changing event was just over two years away. After leaving the sect, Chen Mo resolved to go to the capital and seek the cultivation techniques he needed to prepare for the crisis.

• Chen Mo followed the Ancestor’s guidance to an ancient pavilion, where the Ancestor passed cultivation knowledge directly into his mind.
• The Ancestor warned Chen Mo that the next Centennial Great Change would arrive in two years, three months, and five days, empowering Demons, Exotic Beasts, and Weird beings and possibly raising the world’s power limit beyond the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Chen Mo understood the danger and agreed to go to the capital at the Ancestor’s suggestion.
• After leaving the True Martial Sect, Chen Mo studied the Grandmaster cultivation method, Five Qis Converge at the Origin, and learned how it opened the five Human Body Treasures.
• Chen Mo decided to seek many high-grade cultivation techniques in the capital and attempt to reach a realm beyond the Great Grandmaster Realm before the world changed.

After receiving two True Martial Grade techniques from the True Martial Sect Ancestor, Chen Mo broke through to the One-Qi Grandmaster Realm and discovered his strength had increased dramatically. He agreed to travel to the capital and join the Martial Pavilion, where he hoped to improve his talent and pursue higher realms.

• The True Martial Sect Ancestor gave Chen Mo the Longevity Infinite Art and Ethereal Lone Swan Shadow, and Chen Mo decided to seek out the Martial Pavilion's collection of techniques.
• Chen Mo spent seven days incorporating his Consciousness Spirit into his Spirit Source and became a Grandmaster, gaining sharper perception and a onefold amplification from the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Chen Mo entered the Henei Commandery Governor's Mansion openly, where Yan Huan summoned the three capital envoys to meet him.
• Zhangsun Wuyou invited Chen Mo to the capital, and Chen Mo agreed to join the Martial Pavilion and leave immediately.
• While waiting for the envoys' preparations, Chen Mo refined his spiritual power and estimated he could become a Two-Qi Grandmaster within a month.
• Chen Mo boarded the envoys' Flying Boat and judged that its Grandmaster controller was no match for him, though the controller was deeply shaken by Chen Mo.

Chen Mo traveled toward the capital aboard a Flying Boat, discussing Runes and the city with Zhangsun Wuyou while cultivating during the journey. His powerful cultivation drew Gao Ran’s attention, and the boat’s sudden violent shaking interrupted Chen Mo’s thoughts just before they were due to arrive.

• Gao Ran recognized that Chen Mo was stronger than him, then piloted the Flying Boat toward the capital.
• Zhangsun Wuyou befriended Chen Mo and told him about the capital’s Rune Master Association and the arrangements made for his stay.
• Chen Mo questioned Zhangsun Wuyou about the capital and spent the journey observing the scenery before cultivating in his cabin.
• Gao Ran sensed an extraordinary amount of the Power of Heaven and Earth gathering around Chen Mo’s cabin and marveled at his aptitude.
• Chen Mo considered seeking more True Martial Grade body-hardening techniques in the Martial Pavilion, but the Flying Boat began shaking violently.

Chen Mo fought off a Demon God Sect attack on the Flying Boat, killing one Two-Qi Grandmaster and helping capture another. After learning about the sect’s Demon Bloodline transplants and seeing the damaged vessel, he asked whether it carried Rune materials.

• Chen Mo stopped a blade strike with his bare hand, then charged outside the Flying Boat to confront the attackers.
• Chen Mo broke through the black-robed man’s attacks, flayed him alive with the Xueyin Blade, and blasted away a second attacker with a punch.
• Hao Shaowu fled, while Chen Mo and Gao Ran subdued another Two-Qi Grandmaster after Gao Ran signaled Chen Mo to spare him.
• The attack killed two envoys and left the Flying Boat badly damaged, but Zhangsun Wuyou and Gao Ran survived.
• Zhangsun Wuyou told Chen Mo that the attackers belonged to the Demon God Sect, whose core members transplanted Demon Bloodline Power.
• Chen Mo asked whether Rune materials were aboard the damaged Flying Boat.

Chen Mo repaired the Flying Boat’s runes, helping the group resume their journey to the capital while displaying yet another skill. After questioning their captive, they learned why the Demon God Sect had attacked; the chapter ended with Chen Mo arriving in the capital and becoming curious about its Dragon Qi.

• Chen Mo repaired the Flying Boat’s damaged runes, and Gao Ran restarted it at full speed.
• Gao Ran and Zhangsun Wuyou failed to make the captured Grandmaster talk, so Chen Mo tortured him until he confessed that the Demon God Sect had been traveling to plan attacks on the Great Zhou Dynasty.
• Chen Mo became interested in the Demon God Sect’s technique for transplanting Demon Bloodline Power.
• The Flying Boat reached the capital the following morning, and Gao Ran explained that the strange force Chen Mo sensed was the Great Zhou’s Dragon Qi, which only the emperor could absorb and wield.
• Chen Mo wondered whether a special cultivation art could let him draw in Dragon Qi as the Flying Boat entered the capital and stopped at a towering building.

Chen Mo met Emperor Ji Tianming in the Imperial Palace, where he demonstrated his strength and received a Martial Token. Ji Tianming offered him access to the Martial Pavilion, and Chen Mo asked what he would have to pay.

• Zhangsun Wuyou escorted Chen Mo through the capital and into Yangxin Hall to meet Ji Tianming.
• Ji Tianming asked whether Chen Mo feared being killed, and Chen Mo confidently replied that the emperor could not kill him.
• Chen Mo launched a spiritual attack at the two old eunuchs, revealing Grandmaster-level strength and spiritual sense powerful enough to challenge them.
• Ji Tianming praised Chen Mo as Great Zhou’s number one genius and gave him a Martial Token granting access to the Martial Pavilion.
• Chen Mo asked Ji Tianming what he wanted in return, and Ji Tianming began to state his request.

Chen Mo agreed to stand with the Ji Imperial Clan for five years and left the palace after meeting Ji Tianming. As rumors and anticipation about his arrival spread through the capital, Zhangsun Wuyou guided him directly to the Martial Pavilion so he could seek cultivation techniques.

• Ji Tianming asked Chen Mo to avoid harming the Ji Imperial Clan for five years, and Chen Mo agreed.
• Ji Tianming told Chen Mo that a Great Grandmaster could protect himself during the coming upheaval and invited him to hear Imperial Uncle teach at the Martial Pavilion.
• Chen Mo left Yangxin Hall and departed the palace while spiritual senses watched him; news of his arrival spread among the imperial family and capital's nobles.
• Martial Pavilion disciples prepared to meet Chen Mo, while Tang Tian resolved to challenge him to a spar.
• Zhangsun Wuyou waited at the palace entrance and offered to guide Chen Mo, who chose to go straight to the Martial Pavilion instead of dining at Tianren Pavilion.

Chen Mo entered the Martial Pavilion and used his Golden Martial Token to reach Langhuan Pavilion’s ninth floor, where he found over a hundred True Martial Grade cultivation techniques. As disciples flocked to see him, Chen Mo focused on the techniques and anticipated advancing his cultivation through Fusion Advancement.

• Zhangsun Wuyou guided Chen Mo to the Martial Pavilion, then parted ways with him at the entrance.
• Chen Mo entered the Martial Pavilion with his token, flew across its grounds, and headed straight to Langhuan Pavilion.
• Chen Mo used his Golden Martial Token to bypass the usual restrictions and pass through the eighth floor to the ninth.
• Disciples on the lower floors recognized Chen Mo and spread word of his arrival, drawing nearly a hundred disciples toward Langhuan Pavilion.
• Chen Mo examined the more than one hundred True Martial Grade cultivation techniques and considered how Fusion Advancement could strengthen him.

Chen Mo memorized True Martial Grade cultivation techniques at the Martial Pavilion and devised a plan to combine techniques from different categories into a new cultivation method. After Tang Tian, the Haotian Sect disciple and first-place finisher in the Hundred Sects Grand Competition, challenged him, Chen Mo agreed to fight.

• Chen Mo found three Health Cultivation Techniques and five Body Hardening Cultivation Techniques among the manuals on the ninth floor of Langhuan Pavilion.
• Chen Mo memorized eight cultivation manuals while the Martial Pavilion disciples watched and cultivated nearby.
• Chen Mo observed that more talented martial artists drew more of the Power of Heaven and Earth, and he considered asking the master of Tianji Pavilion to remove him from the Hidden Dragon Ranking and Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• Chen Mo realized that Culinary Arts and Alchemy could complement each other and planned to combine cultivation techniques from different categories into a comprehensive new technique.
• Tang Tian introduced himself as a direct disciple of the Haotian Sect and challenged Chen Mo to a fight, which Chen Mo accepted.

Chen Mo crushed Tang Tian with a single spiritual attack, then avoided the attention gathering around him in the capital. Tianji Pavilion removed him from its rankings, while other factions tried to approach him; Chen Mo instead rented a secluded residence under the alias Ye Fan to focus on cultivation.

• Chen Mo defeated Tang Tian instantly, leaving the Martial Pavilion disciples shaken by the gap between them and his strength.
• Chen Mo left the Martial Pavilion, stayed at an inn, and toured the capital before returning late that night.
• Tianji Pavilion removed Chen Mo from the Hidden Dragon Ranking and the Heavenly Pride Ranking, while other factions sought to befriend him.
• Chen Mo did not appear at the Martial Pavilion the next day, and the factions chose not to investigate or force contact.
• Chen Mo used the alias Ye Fan to find a secluded residence where he could cultivate the eight techniques he had memorized.

Chen Mo skipped Grandmaster instruction and cultivated in seclusion in the capital, while Emperor Ji Tianming learned where he was and turned his attention to envoys from Great Yu and Great Gan. After mastering four True Martial Grade health-preserving techniques, Chen Mo began fusing them into a new technique.

• Ji Yanwu arrived to instruct the Martial Pavilion disciples, but Chen Mo did not attend, so Ji Yanwu began the lesson without him.
• Chen Mo cultivated alone in the capital, found that its dense Power of Heaven and Earth improved his progress, and failed to command the Dragon Qi.
• Ji Tianming learned that Chen Mo was living in a secluded courtyard in the western district and ordered that no one disturb him or reveal his location.
• Ji Tianming discussed the approaching envoys from Great Yu and Great Gan and resolved not to let them act recklessly in Great Zhou.
• Chen Mo cultivated four True Martial Grade health-preserving techniques to the Proficient level in less than a month, then chose epiphany fusion to combine them.

Chen Mo fused five True Martial Grade health cultivation techniques into the Longevity Art and broke through to the Two-Qi Grandmaster realm. He discovered that the technique had increased his lifespan to 700 years and upgraded his Youth Preservation trait to Longevity, then prepared to go outside for fresh air.

• Chen Mo completed the fusion of five health cultivation techniques into the Longevity Art, which strengthened both his body and mind.
• Chen Mo used the Longevity Art to break through smoothly from One-Qi to Two-Qi Grandmaster by merging his Liver Qi into his Spirit Source.
• Chen Mo checked his Attribute Panel and found that his lifespan limit had risen to 700 years and his Youth Preservation trait had become Longevity.
• Chen Mo confirmed that merging Essence Qi into his Spirit Source prevented age-related Essence Qi decline, unlike the Qin Family Ancestor and Murong Family Ancestor.
• Chen Mo washed up, took pills, got dressed, and prepared to go outside after being cooped up for too long.

After discovering that Ji Tianming’s people had found him, Chen Mo left his courtyard and went to the Divine Weapon Pavilion to relax and inspect its Spirit Weapon, the Blood Goose Bow. He drew it through sheer strength, revealed his identity to Ouyang Churan, and left her stunned.

• Chen Mo confronted a young watcher from the biggest faction and realized he could no longer safely stay in his courtyard.
• Chen Mo visited the Divine Weapon Pavilion and learned about the Blood Goose Bow from its young proprietor, Ouyang Churan.
• The Blood Goose Bow attacked Chen Mo’s Spirit Source, but he resisted and drew the bowstring with two million jin of force.
• Chen Mo returned the bow, declined to buy it, and told Ouyang Churan his name as he left.
• Ouyang Churan recognized Chen Mo as the number one genius of Great Zhou.