Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo bought high-grade pills and Spirit Gathering Runes, prepared a hidden residence, and continued cultivating as the Great Gan and Great Yu delegations arrived in the capital. After learning that Di Yun led Great Yu’s delegation, Chen Mo was invited to compete against the two nations’ young martial artists in three days and eagerly returned to cultivation.

• Chen Mo bought Concentration Pills, Primordial Spirit Pills, and Spirit Gathering Runes, then rented a hidden house and dug an underground chamber.
• The Great Gan and Great Yu delegations arrived in the capital, led by Five-Qi Grandmasters and accompanied by other experts and young martial artists.
• Chen Mo heard diners say that Di Yun, the former True Martial Sect Master, had joined Great Yu and was leading its delegation.
• A messenger told Chen Mo that the emperor hoped he would compete against the strongest young martial artists from Great Gan and Great Yu in three days.
• Chen Mo returned to his residence, tested a Spirit Gathering Rune, and began cultivating with his newly purchased resources.

Chen Mo arrived at the Three Kingdoms Martial Tournament just before it began, reassuring Ji Tianming that Great Zhou had its strongest fighter. Though Tang Tian wanted him to save his strength for last, Chen Mo chose to fight first.

• Ji Tianming waited for Chen Mo as Great Zhou's warriors prepared to face the formidable delegations from Great Gan and Great Yu.
• Di Yun told Great Yu's leader that Chen Mo had once been his disciple, while the leader questioned whether Chen Mo would appear.
• Chen Mo flew into the Training Hall, greeted Ji Tianming, and joined Tang Tian and the other Great Zhou warriors.
• Di Yun realized that Chen Mo and others regarded him as a traitor after he had been forced by Great Gan to lead its delegation.
• Tang Tian asked Chen Mo to go last, but Chen Mo said he would enter the competition first.

Great Zhou began its martial exhibition against Great Yu after Great Gan won the bye, and Chen Mo dominated the opening bouts with overwhelming strength. With two of Great Yu’s martial artists unconscious, Chen Mo challenged the remaining fighters to attack him together.

• Ji Tianming gave up Great Zhou’s chance to draw lots, and Great Gan won the bye while Great Zhou and Great Yu were set to fight first.
• Chen Mo entered the arena first and asked referee Ji Yanwen to begin the match.
• Chen Mo kicked Great Yu’s Wang Kai off the arena and knocked him unconscious with a single strike.
• A masked Great Yu martial artist attacked Chen Mo with her heat-based Bloodline Power, but he caught her fist and slammed her into the arena until she lost consciousness.
• Chen Mo dismissed the masked fighter as fragile and told Great Yu’s remaining martial artists to come at him together.

Chen Mo effortlessly defeated Great Yu’s five martial artists, then overwhelmed Great Gan’s team with his aura before attacking them. Ji Tianming recognized Chen Mo’s extraordinary growth and resolved to secure his support ahead of the Centennial Great Change.

• Chen Mo knocked Sun Wen and Great Yu’s remaining fighters off the arena in rapid succession, defeating the entire delegation.
• Chen Mo challenged Great Gan’s team to fight him together, and its deputy leader agreed to send all five martial artists against him.
• Great Gan’s fighters activated their Bloodline Power and surrounded Chen Mo, while one Innate Warrior immediately surrendered under the pressure of Chen Mo’s aura.
• Ji Tianming realized Chen Mo had grown stronger again and began considering how to secure the young martial artist’s support.
• Chen Mo launched an attack on Great Gan’s remaining fighters, intent on ending the match quickly.

After defeating Great Gan’s five martial artists, Chen Mo returned to cultivation while Ji Tianming secretly sent him the Blood Goose Bow and other valuable rewards. On the twenty-first day after the Longevity Art’s Fusion Advancement, it reached Perfect Accomplishment and transformed Chen Mo’s body and spiritual power, greatly increasing his combat strength.

• Chen Mo defeated Great Gan’s five martial artists, and the Three Kingdoms Martial Tournament ended with Great Zhou’s victory.
• Ji Tianming learned that Chen Mo had wanted the Blood Goose Bow and arranged for it to be delivered with other rewards.
• Chen Mo received the rewards four days later, suppressed the Blood Goose Bow’s spiritual rejection, and resumed cultivating.
• Chen Mo spent his eighteenth birthday resting before devoting himself more intensely to cultivation.
• The Longevity Art reached Perfect Accomplishment, transforming Chen Mo’s body and improving his spiritual power and overall combat strength.
• Chen Mo decided to learn every True Martial Grade cultivation technique in Great Zhou and summoned his panel to check his strength.

Chen Mo reached the Three-Qi Grandmaster Realm and discovered that his Born Saint aptitude had increased his cultivation speed fivefold. He set out to fuse and advance nine True Martial Grade Body Hardening Cultivation Techniques, hoping to create a technique beyond the True Martial Grade.

• Chen Mo broke through to the Three-Qi Grandmaster Realm as Spleen Qi merged into his Spirit Source, strengthening his body, spirit, and comprehension of intent.
• Chen Mo assessed his prospects for reaching the Five-Qi Grandmaster Realm and eventually becoming a Great Grandmaster before the Centennial Great Change.
• Chen Mo cultivated a True Martial Grade Body Hardening Cultivation Technique and found his new aptitude made him advance five times faster than before.
• Chen Mo reached the Proficient level in the technique in less than three days of cultivation.
• Chen Mo considered exploring beyond the isolated Three Kingdoms but decided he needed to become stronger before risking the journey.
• Chen Mo prepared to fuse and advance nine True Martial Grade Body Hardening Cultivation Techniques.

Ji Tianming reflected on his abandoned Martial Path and ordered more cultivation resources sent to Chen Mo, while Great Zhou kept rival nations from approaching him. Chen Mo fused nine True Martial Grade body-hardening techniques into the peak True Martial Grade Demon Elephant Golden Dragon Undying and Indestructible Art, then prepared to advance his cultivation and search for new techniques.

• Ji Tianming envied Chen Mo’s dedication to cultivation and ordered another batch of resources sent to him.
• Great Zhou’s princes and factions watched Chen Mo, while Ji Tianming’s restrictions and guards kept Great Gan and Great Yu’s agents from contacting him.
• Chen Mo completed six body-hardening techniques to Minor Accomplishment, meeting the conditions to fuse nine True Martial Grade techniques.
• Chen Mo used an epiphany to create the Demon Elephant Golden Dragon Undying and Indestructible Art, which enhanced his defense, strength, constitution, and recovery.
• Chen Mo judged that he could reach the peak Grandmaster Realm within half a year and planned to pursue the Four-Qi Grandmaster Realm, learn new techniques, improve his auxiliary skills, and seek traces of his master.

Chen Mo spent several months cultivating in seclusion and studying auxiliary professions while disasters and attacks worsened across the nations ahead of the Centennial Great Change. He reached the peak of the Five-Qi Grandmaster Realm and, with new confidence in his strength, vanished from his residence on the day Ji Yanwu gave a lecture.

• Chen Mo ignored Ji Yanwu’s lecture and took the copied True Martial Grade techniques from Langhuan Pavilion back to his residence.
• Chen Mo settled into cultivation, studied texts from the Rune Master Association, the Alchemist Association, and the Imperial Forging Camp, and decided to support the Ji Clan as long as his safety and core interests were unaffected.
• Disasters, Demonic Anomalies, Exotic Beasts, Barbarian activity, and powerful marine creatures caused turmoil across Great Zhou, while Great Gan and Great Yu faced similar troubles.
• Chen Mo broke through to become a Five-Qi Grandmaster at the peak of the realm, raising his combat power nearly tenfold.
• Chen Mo noticed that Ji Yanwu was giving a lecture that day and abruptly vanished from his residence as hidden spies watched.

Chen Mo attended Ji Yanwu’s lecture and asked him how to break through to the Great Grandmaster Realm. After discovering that Chen Mo was an eighteen-year-old Peak Grandmaster with extraordinary spiritual power, Ji Yanwu showed him his Martial Will, leaving Chen Mo with a clearer path toward advancing.

• Covert agents praised Chen Mo’s cultivation and diligence while guarding the quiet environment where he trained.
• Chen Mo arrived late to Ji Yanwu’s lecture, sat in the back, and asked to discuss cultivation with him after it ended.
• Ji Yanwu realized Chen Mo might be a Five-Qi Grandmaster, and Chen Mo revealed that he had reached the Peak Grandmaster Realm at eighteen.
• Ji Yanwu tested Chen Mo with his spiritual power, but Chen Mo broke free and demonstrated strength beyond Ji Yanwu’s expectations.
• Ji Yanwu sent his dominance-based Martial Will into Chen Mo’s Spirit Source, allowing Chen Mo to sense it directly and clarify his route to the Great Grandmaster Realm.

After demonstrating his extraordinary Martial Will and Earth Grade Peak rune skills, Chen Mo learned what was required to become a Heaven Grade Rune Master and shared his interest in deciphering Ancient Runes with Ji Shichang. He decided to return to Wild Mountain after reaching Heaven Grade and then headed to the Alchemist Association.

• With Ji Yanwu's help, Chen Mo sensed Ji Yanwu's Martial Will for nearly half an hour and quickly broke free of its control while remaining clear-headed.
• Ji Yanwu left shaken by Chen Mo's ability and decided to reduce his teaching visits from once every three days to once a week.
• At the Rune Master Association, Chen Mo showed Ji Shichang his Rune, and Ji Shichang recognized him as an Earth Grade Peak Rune Master and explained that reaching Heaven Grade required merging spiritual will into Runes.
• Ji Shichang let Chen Mo observe his Heaven Grade Rune inscriptions and gave him personal notes and rare books about Runes.
• Chen Mo showed Ji Shichang the Ancient Runes from Wild Mountain and explained that he wanted to understand them because Grandmasters had mysteriously disappeared there; Ji Shichang asked him to share any discoveries.
• Chen Mo decided to return to Wild Mountain after reaching Heaven Grade Rune Master and left for the Alchemist Association.

Ji Tianming learned that Chen Mo had reached Peak Grandmaster and Earth Grade Peak in Runes, Alchemy, and Blacksmithing, so he raised Chen Mo's support to Great Grandmaster level. As rival forces crowded around Chen Mo, he left the capital for Lin Chang Commandery and began exploring his Martial Will in flight.

• Ji Tianming received reports that Chen Mo was a Peak Grandmaster and had become an Earth Grade Peak Rune Master, Alchemist, and Blacksmith.
• Ji Tianming raised Chen Mo's treatment to the level of a Great Grandmaster, and the capital's three other major forces moved to avoid provoking Chen Mo and seek ties with him.
• Chen Mo noticed the growing attention around his residence and decided to leave the capital, leaving his unused cultivation materials behind.
• Chen Mo secretly departed the capital and flew toward Lin Chang Commandery, where he hoped to study Runes in peace.
• While flying, Chen Mo began exploring his true heart in an effort to comprehend Martial Will.

Chen Mo returned to the True Martial Sect and tested himself against the Ancestor’s Martial Will, astonishing the Ancestor with his strength. After discussing the Great Grandmaster Realm, Chen Mo began forming an idea of his own Martial Will.

• Chen Mo reached Lin Chang Commandery and found its city crowded with forces responding to attacks by Demons, Exotic Beasts, and Barbarian Tribes.
• Chen Mo entered the True Martial Sect’s Forbidden Land and told the Ancestor he had returned to study the Runes in Wild Mountain and determine whether Yi Feng was alive.
• Chen Mo asked to experience the Ancestor’s Martial Will, then broke free from its suppression with his mental power.
• The True Martial Sect Ancestor praised Chen Mo’s growth, and Chen Mo reaffirmed that he was a disciple of the True Martial Sect.
• Chen Mo discussed the Great Grandmaster Realm with the Ancestor and began to form a faint idea of his own Martial Will.

Chen Mo arrived at the Wild Mountain battlefield and wiped out the Demons and Exotic Beasts threatening the True Martial Sect and Fierce Tiger Sect. After a brief clash of auras between powerful Grandmasters, he found his two senior brothers, who were eager to begin searching for Yi Feng.

• Chen Mo reached the Wild Mountain battlefield and found the two sects being driven back after losing many Grandmasters.
• Chen Mo used Qi and Blood Furnace to kill nearly a hundred thousand Demons and Exotic Beasts, then slew the nine surviving Grandmaster-level enemies with Sky-Filling Spiritual Spears.
• Grandmasters from Wild Mountain, the True Martial Sect, and the Fierce Tiger Sect briefly unleashed the Power of Heaven and Earth before withdrawing their auras.
• Chen Mo located Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi and appeared beside them as they prepared to retreat from the battlefield.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi greeted Chen Mo with delight and remembered that they would begin searching for Yi Feng when they reunited.

Chen Mo reunited with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, gave them powerful Runes, and set out for Wild Mountain to investigate the suspected Teleportation Array and search for Master. As news of his return spread, the Commandery Governor ordered protection for Chen Mo’s senior brothers and family village.

• Chen Mo told Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi he had returned to search for Master, and the three discussed their situation in Lin Chang Commandery.
• Chen Mo gave each senior brother twenty Earth Grade Runes and five newly inscribed Runes infused with his spiritual will.
• After parting from Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, Chen Mo headed to the suspected Teleportation Array in Wild Mountain.
• The Commandery Governor learned Chen Mo had defeated the Demons and Exotic Beasts and ordered a Xiantian Heaven Flower-level martial artist to protect Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi.
• The Commandery Governor ordered officials to find Chen Family Village’s residents in Henei County and ensure they were treated well.
• Chen Mo arrived at the area containing the suspected Teleportation Array.

Chen Mo searched for a way to activate the Runes in Wild Mountain and learned from a Grandmaster-level Demon that they formed a Teleportation Array. He returned to study it, believing his master and the others might still be alive elsewhere.

• Chen Mo studied the ancient Runes for three days but could not decipher them or wield the Power of Heaven and Earth directly.
• Realizing he did not need to understand the Runes’ meaning if he could learn how to activate them, Chen Mo flew into Wild Mountain to seek a Grandmaster-level Demon or Exotic Beast.
• Chen Mo found few creatures in the mountain and killed several hundred before a Grandmaster-level voice warned him to stop.
• Chen Mo asked how to activate the Runes, and the unseen speaker sent him information confirming they formed a Teleportation Array.
• Chen Mo flew back to the array, suspecting it had transported his master and the others elsewhere, while a petite humanoid figure called him an extraordinary Heavenly Pride.

Chen Mo prepared to activate the Teleportation Array and gathered supplies in Lin Chang Commandery. After he punished the officials responsible for the True Martial Sect’s losses, the commandery governor stabilized the city and granted benefits to the True Martial Sect and Chen Family Village; Chen Mo then received most of the materials he needed and prepared to travel through the array.

• Chen Mo decided to prepare before activating the intact Teleportation Array and flew to the Prefecture City to request materials from the commandery governor.
• Chen Mo gave the commandery governor a list of materials and chose to spare him, then used a mental attack to kill several other officials responsible for the True Martial Sect’s losses.
• A hidden Great Grandmaster warned Chen Mo through spiritual fluctuations, and Chen Mo left after confirming his targets were dead.
• The commandery governor recognized Chen Mo’s warning, stabilized the Prefecture City, eased the True Martial Sect’s duties, and granted preferential treatment to the True Martial Sect and Chen Family Village.
• Chen Mo waited at a hotel while the commandery governor gathered supplies, then received most of the materials two days later and began preparing to cross the Teleportation Array.

Chen Mo prepared defensive armor, pills, and Runes before activating the Teleportation Array to search for his master, Yi Feng. As he vanished into an unfamiliar place, Yang Tian began plotting to exploit Chen Mo’s loyalty and righteousness.

• Chen Mo forged inner armor, strengthened it with Runes, and prepared pills and combat Runes for the journey.
• The Commandery Governor’s news of Chen Mo’s actions led powerful Lineages to execute implicated relatives and send representatives to apologize.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi learned what Chen Mo had done for them and realized how extraordinary his strength had become.
• Yang Tian heard that Chen Mo was searching for Yi Feng and considered using Chen Mo’s loyalty as a weakness.
• Chen Mo activated the Teleportation Array and appeared in an unfamiliar environment.

After teleporting to a vast, unfamiliar forest, Chen Mo discovered that a strange force severely limited his spiritual power. He fought a rapidly regenerating Exotic Beast, then flew into a grassland where gigantic creatures noticed him and an inexplicable energy descended.

• Chen Mo arrived in a wintery forest beyond the three kingdoms and found his spiritual power weakened beyond ten meters.
• Chen Mo flew across the seemingly endless forest and battled a Twin-Winged Saber-Toothed Tiger that quickly recovered from spiritual and physical attacks.
• Chen Mo finally killed the Twin-Winged Saber-Toothed Tiger by crushing its skull and considered whether its regenerative ability could be transplanted into humans.
• Chen Mo flew out of the forest into a grassland and approached several gigantic creatures.
• The gigantic creatures roared as an inexplicable energy fluctuation descended upon Chen Mo.

Chen Mo explored an unfamiliar world after arriving through the Teleportation Array, searching for Yi Feng and other people while adapting to the region’s powerful creatures and the suppression of spiritual power. He accepted that he might not find his way back, then spotted a port city after crossing a desert and hoped to meet people.

• Chen Mo killed a giant creature with gravity-manipulating abilities and concluded that the creatures in this world had different innate talents.
• Chen Mo searched through the area for signs of his master and companions, but found none before nightfall.
• Demons destroyed the Teleportation Array at Wild Mountain, preventing Chen Mo from returning.
• Chen Mo traveled across grasslands, mountains, snowy regions, and a desert, where repeated battles gave him insights into Martial Will.
• Chen Mo decided to make the best of his situation and continued searching for Yi Feng, unsure whether humans lived in this world.
• After leaving the desert, Chen Mo saw a vast ocean and a port city, and he was excited at the prospect of finding people.

Chen Mo entered Babite City, learned its language and discovered that its martial, strength-based cultivation system differed from Great Zhou’s. After failing to find cultivation techniques in the City Lord’s Mansion, he explored the city and encountered the Babite Family’s third daughter, who stopped in front of him.

• Chen Mo secretly observed Babite City, descended into a quiet alley, and mastered the local language within three hours.
• Chen Mo learned that the Babite Family ruled the city and that its people cultivated physical strength rather than mental power.
• Chen Mo entered the City Lord’s Mansion at night to search for martial techniques, but left when he could not find them.
• Chen Mo impressed a flatbread seller by identifying every ingredient in the recipe, then continued exploring and learning local expressions.
• The Babite Family’s masked third daughter rode through the streets, spotted Chen Mo, and stopped in front of him.