Chapter Summaries

Ji Tianming reflected on Chen Mo’s support for Great Zhou as Chen Mo reached Perfect Accomplishment as a Grandmaster. Chen Mo then began contemplating how to break through Beyond Grandmaster, while the other Grandmasters struggled to absorb how far he had surpassed them.

• Ji Tianming asked whether Chen Mo had left his residence and wondered if he could become Great Zhou’s first expert Beyond Grandmaster.
• Chen Mo realized the Grandmasters’ departure from the capital had helped Ji Tianming secure another favor from him.
• Chen Mo began breaking through, and the Grandmasters in the Imperial Palace sensed his aura and realized he was reaching Perfect Accomplishment.
• Chen Mo completed the breakthrough and felt that understanding heaven and earth’s rejection of him might reveal a path Beyond Grandmaster.
• The other Grandmasters returned to their residences in awe, while the True Martial Sect’s old ancestor reflected on how Chen Mo had surpassed him.

Snake-men threatened a southern border city, and Ji Tianming dispatched reinforcements amid mounting attacks across Great Zhou. In the capital, Chen Mo continued developing a power beyond the Great Grandmaster Realm as the Great Grandmasters trained nearby and he began to control the Power of Heaven and Earth.

• Zhao Shan sent two Grandmasters to investigate the approaching Snake-men, but they never returned, so he reported the danger to Ji Tianming.
• Ji Tianming sent an elite force led by a Five-Qi Grandmaster to reinforce the border city as attacks spread throughout Great Zhou.
• The capital's Great Grandmasters sensed the unfamiliar power erupting from Chen Mo's residence and believed he was approaching a realm beyond the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• The Great Grandmasters gathered near Chen Mo's residence and focused on cultivation while Ji Tianming coordinated the kingdom's response.
• Chen Mo gradually overcame the feeling of rejection and began to control the Power of Heaven and Earth.

Chen Mo developed a domain that let him control the surrounding space and time, and he shared his insights on reaching the Supreme Grandmaster realm with the Great Grandmasters. He left the capital to travel and headed to True Martial Sect’s new base to visit his senior brothers.

• Chen Mo tested his hundred-meter domain and estimated that he could master it and break through to the Supreme Grandmaster realm in about a month.
• Chen Mo showed the True Martial Sect Ancestor and the gathered Great Grandmasters his domain, then spent an hour explaining his breakthrough insights.
• Chen Mo told Ji Tianming he planned to leave the capital to travel, and Ji Tianming reluctantly agreed after Chen Mo promised to return.
• Chen Mo traveled to True Martial Sect’s new mountain gate and used his spiritual power to locate his two senior brothers.

Chen Mo reunited with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, revealing that he was on the verge of entering the Supreme Grandmaster realm as they discussed the worsening threat from Demons, Exotic Beasts, and Weird. After sharing family news and gifts, the three were interrupted before they could reminisce further.

• Chen Mo met Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi and used his domain to keep their outdoor pavilion warm, prompting them to realize he was nearing the Supreme Grandmaster realm.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi told Chen Mo that the cultivation environment had improved, but Demons, Exotic Beasts, and Weird were evolving faster and Great Grandmaster-level battles seemed increasingly likely.
• Chen Mo judged that such battles would probably not begin soon because no true Supreme Grandmaster-level beings had appeared, while his senior brothers hoped he would break through first.
• Chen Mo heard about Xun Yi's two children and Yao Guangzhi's five wives and growing family, then gave their children pills, cultivation techniques, and Treasure Weapons.
• The three senior and junior brothers began catching up about family life, but circumstances interrupted their reunion.

Elder Wang asked Chen Mo to help a county town besieged by a Beast Tide containing three Great Grandmaster-level Exotic Beasts, and Chen Mo agreed to go alone. He reached the battlefield, revealed his overwhelming aura, and attacked the three beasts as the town’s defenders hoped for rescue.

• Elder Wang told Chen Mo that a Beast Tide threatened a county town and included three Great Grandmaster-level Exotic Beasts.
• Chen Mo asked about the beasts’ strength, learned Elder Wang had no details, and agreed to investigate.
• Chen Mo flew to the battlefield alone, leaving Elder Wang astonished by his speed.
• Chen Mo sensed that all three Exotic Beasts were Middle Stage Great Grandmasters and appeared above them.
• Chen Mo released his aura, giving the town’s defenders hope, then launched an attack.

Chen Mo wiped out the Beast Tide’s weaker Exotic Beasts and killed its three Great Grandmaster leaders with his Domain Power. He then followed the remaining beasts toward the source of the invasion, where he saw something that seemed to explain the crisis.

• Chen Mo’s blood-red Qi and Blood Power killed every Exotic Beast below Grandmaster level, leaving only several dozen stronger beasts alive.
• Chen Mo used his Domain to kill the Middle Stage Great Grandmaster old bull in three breaths.
• Chen Mo killed the Early Stage Great Grandmaster Giant Ape and crushed the fleeing Giant Eagle despite its offer to become his mount.
• After resolving the Beast Tide, Chen Mo decided to investigate its source to protect Sanshui Commandery and the True Martial Sect.
• Chen Mo followed the incoming Exotic Beasts to where the mountain ranges met the forest, and a sight there brought him to a realization.

Chen Mo guarded the Light Curtain Teleportation Gate, then traveled to fallen Lin Chang Commandery to fight Great Grandmasters and improve his Domain Power. After sparing the Barbarian Tribe’s Guardian Great Grandmaster, he returned to the True Martial Sect on the verge of a breakthrough.

• Chen Mo killed Exotic Beasts emerging from the Light Curtain Teleportation Gate, including Great Grandmaster-level beasts, and set an Illusion Formation before leaving.
• Chen Mo told Elder Wang about the gate’s threat, then stayed in Sanshui Commandery until no Exotic Beasts had appeared for a week.
• Chen Mo traveled to Lin Chang Commandery and defeated its Demon and Exotic Beast Great Grandmasters.
• Chen Mo defeated the Barbarian Tribe’s Guardian Great Grandmaster but spared him so the Barbarian Tribe could restrain the Demons and Exotic Beasts.
• Chen Mo returned to the True Martial Sect after five days of fighting, feeling close to a breakthrough.

After spending two months suppressing Great Zhou’s Demons, Exotic Beasts, and Weird creatures, Chen Mo reached a desert Snake-men nest and challenged its powerful queen. The Snake-man Queen’s response surprised him just as their fight seemed about to begin.

• The True Martial Sect Ancestor welcomed Chen Mo back to Sanshui Commandery and assured him that he and Sun Lao could defend it while Chen Mo continued his journey.
• Chen Mo traveled across Great Zhou, defeating powerful Demons, Exotic Beasts, and Weird creatures until they began hiding from him, giving Ji Tianming time to strengthen the realm’s defenses.
• Chen Mo destroyed the ancient Teleportation Array Runes scattered across Great Zhou so outsiders could not unexpectedly reach the realm.
• Chen Mo reached the southern desert, defeated groups of Snake-men, and entered their underground nest.
• The Snake-man Queen confronted Chen Mo, and he challenged her to a fight before her unexpected reply left him astonished.

Chen Mo defeated the Snake-man Queen, warned her to leave Great Zhou’s borderlands alone, and began secluded cultivation to reach the Supreme Grandmaster Realm. As rumors of his unmatched strength spread, the nations and factions sought news of him while he trained in isolation.

• Chen Mo defeated the Snake-man Queen with ease and warned her not to attack Great Zhou’s borderlands.
• Chen Mo left the snake-men and began secluded cultivation in a place rich in the Power of Heaven and Earth, aiming to break through into the Supreme Grandmaster Realm.
• Stories spread that Chen Mo had defeated every Demon, Exotic Beast, and Weird entity he encountered across Great Zhou, and that no martial artist could rival him.
• Ji Tianming asked for news of Chen Mo as the Ji Imperial Clan, other factions, Great Gan, Great Yu, and the western nations watched for his whereabouts and hoped to win him over.
• Chen Mo remained unaware of the attention focused on him as Great Yu and Great Gan faced growing turmoil.

Chen Mo completed his breakthrough into the Supreme Grandmaster realm, gaining a true domain and nearly three thousand years of lifespan. He returned to Sanshui Commandery and the True Martial Sect, where the patriarch arrived with Elder Wang before he could catch up with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi.

• Chen Mo endured three days of the world's rejection as his body and spirit transformed, leaving the surrounding hundred miles in ruins.
• Chen Mo tested his new true domain, extending it about three hundred and fifty kilometers and gaining control over time and space within it.
• Chen Mo checked his Attribute Panel and found that he had reached Supreme Grandmaster (Tuo Fan) with a lifespan of 2,752 years.
• Chen Mo flew to Sanshui Commandery and subdued restless Demons, Exotic Beasts, and Weird creatures with his aura.
• Chen Mo returned to the True Martial Sect to see Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, but the patriarch arrived with Elder Wang before they could reminisce.

Chen Mo demonstrated his Supreme Grandmaster Domain Power to the True Martial Sect Ancestor and Elder Wang, then stabilized Great Zhou before traveling to Great Gan. He demanded every True Martial Grade cultivation technique in exchange for guidance on breaking through Beyond Grandmaster, and Great Gan agreed.

• Chen Mo revealed that he had reached the Supreme Grandmaster Realm and used Domain Power to restrain the True Martial Sect Ancestor and Elder Wang.
• Chen Mo shared cultivation insights with the two Great Grandmasters, then spent three days in Sanshui Commandery displaying his strength and calming Great Zhou’s growing tensions.
• Chen Mo flew to Great Gan, intervening along the way when he encountered Demon, Exotic Beast, and Weird uprisings.
• Chen Mo arrived above Great Gan’s Imperial Palace and used his Domain Power to subdue the eight Great Grandmasters who surrounded him.
• Chen Mo offered Great Gan guidance on breaking through Beyond Grandmaster in exchange for every True Martial Grade cultivation technique, and Liu Nian and the Liu Imperial Clan Ancestor agreed.

Chen Mo traded information about the Supreme Grandmaster Realm for Great Gan's True Martial Grade techniques, then cultivated and incorporated them into the Tenfold Martial Way. Great Yu prepared its own techniques for his expected arrival, and after thirty-five days Chen Mo completed the incorporation.

• Great Gan gathered ninety-seven True Martial Grade techniques in five days, and Chen Mo took them in exchange for information about the Supreme Grandmaster Realm.
• Chen Mo gave Liu Nian and the Liu Clan Ancestor detailed insights into the Supreme Grandmaster Realm, including the importance of Domain Power.
• Chen Mo returned to cultivation, intending to perfect the sixty-eight techniques and incorporate them into the Tenfold Martial Way.
• Great Yu's imperial family prepared to gather True Martial techniques for Chen Mo, hoping to trade them for breakthrough information.
• Chen Mo spent thirty-five days incorporating every acquired technique into the Tenfold Martial Way.

Chen Mo traveled to Great Yu to obtain cultivation manuals, then sensed a breakthrough among the Demons and discovered that a Demon with Beyond Grandmaster combat power was attacking a human city. After overpowering it, he realized it knew his name and decided to capture it for information about the Demon World.

• Chen Mo went to Great Yu and traded information about Supreme Grandmasters for forty-nine True Martial Grade cultivation manuals.
• Demons with Supreme Grandmaster-level combat power appeared in Great Yu, Great Zhou, and Great Gan, leaving Chen Mo as the only human with that level of strength among the three dynasties.
• During secluded cultivation, Chen Mo sensed a change in heaven and earth and went to investigate a massive Demon threatening a human city.
• Chen Mo used his domain to immobilize and crush the Demon, whose attacks had no effect on him.
• The Demon recognized Chen Mo, and Chen Mo decided to keep it alive to learn about the Demon World.

Chen Mo tortured a powerful Demon until it revealed information about the Demon World and its realms. He learned that Supreme Grandmaster was only Seventh Tier there, with even stronger levels beyond it.

• Chen Mo used his domain to crush the Demon repeatedly, overcoming its Bloodline Talent and rapid healing while refusing to kill it.
• After a day and night, two Great Yu Great Grandmaster experts arrived, confirmed Chen Mo had the situation under control, and left.
• After Chen Mo had crushed its body over a hundred times, the Demon gave in and agreed to answer his questions.
• The Demon explained that its world was connected to multiple regions through Light Curtain Teleportation Gates and that the strongest known leader had Ninth Tier combat power and neared the True Demon Realm.
• Chen Mo learned that the Demon he had captured was Seventh Tier and realized Supreme Grandmaster was not the limit of his potential.

Chen Mo returned to Great Zhou after killing a Demon with Supreme Grandmaster-level power, and his presence helped keep the realm peaceful. He entered seclusion at the True Martial Sect, but someone disrupted it on his third day.

• Chen Mo questioned the Demon, honored their agreement by killing it, and flew to Great Zhou.
• Chen Mo used Domain Power to defeat the Weirds attacking three Great Grandmasters in Great Zhou.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi told Chen Mo that his Supreme Grandmaster strength had kept enemies from launching major attacks on Great Zhou.
• Chen Mo decided to stay in Great Zhou and entered seclusion to cultivate True Martial Grade techniques.
• News of Chen Mo’s return and victory spread, making Great Zhou even more peaceful and relieving Ji Tianming.
• On Chen Mo’s third day in seclusion at the True Martial Sect, someone came to see him and interrupted his quiet.

Chen Mo agreed to support Great Zhou in its unprecedented negotiations with the Demons, then traveled to the capital and entered seclusion in the Martial Pavilion. The Demons arrived while he continued cultivating, leaving the talks about to begin.

• A visitor asked Chen Mo to attend the talks between Great Zhou and the Demons, and Chen Mo agreed to go without giving a firm answer.
• Chen Mo taught the Tenfold Martial Way to his two senior brothers and their children before preparing to leave Great Zhou once their safety was assured.
• Chen Mo decided to attend the negotiations and flew to the capital, where Ji Tianming had been anxiously waiting for him.
• Chen Mo went directly to the Martial Pavilion, announced that he was entering seclusion, and focused on cultivating as the Demons arrived in the capital.

Chen Mo used his Domain Power to intimidate the Demons, helping Ji Tianming negotiate a territory for them in exchange for peace with Great Zhou. After the talks, Chen Mo said he was leaving and appeared at Zhangsun Mansion to repay a favor to Zhangsun Wuyou.

• Chen Mo sensed a newly arrived Demon and trapped the one-horned Demon in his Domain Power as its group traveled toward the Imperial Palace.
• The one-horned Demon met with Ji Tianming, while Chen Mo watched silently after demonstrating his strength.
• The Demons asked for territory and promised to stop hostile actions against Great Zhou, and Ji Tianming agreed to give them Lin Chang Commandery.
• After the Demons departed, Ji Tianming asked whether Chen Mo was leaving, and Chen Mo replied that he would be back.
• Chen Mo vanished and appeared at Zhangsun Mansion to repay a favor to Zhangsun Wuyou.

Chen Mo crossed into the Hundred Thousand Mountains and fought off successive attacks from powerful creatures as he flew east. After an hour, he reached a forest kingdom centered on a gigantic tree that radiated life, where beasts gathered around him as he touched its trunk.

• Chen Mo gave Zhangsun Wuyou the Tenfold Martial Way, settled his debt to the Zhangsun Clan, and departed.
• Chen Mo entered the Hundred Thousand Mountains, where mental attacks from Grandmaster-level creatures struck him.
• Chen Mo retaliated with his Domain Power, crushing the attackers and turning the surrounding area into a wasteland.
• Chen Mo released his aura to draw out enemies and encountered increasingly frequent attacks, including beings of the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Chen Mo found a forest kingdom built among trees and approached its enormous life-filled tree.
• Chen Mo touched the tree's smooth trunk, and beasts surrounded him amid roars and mental fluctuations.

Chen Mo met the White-Haired Ape Tribe’s leader in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and learned about the powerful Central Continent beyond them. He traded cultivation techniques with the tribe, then stayed in their Life Tree to use Epiphany to reforge their bloodline technique for human cultivation.

• Chen Mo revealed his Supreme Grandmaster strength, and the White-Haired Ape Leader welcomed him as a potential friend.
• The White-Haired Ape Leader explained that the Central Continent had Human World True Gods beyond the ninth rank, along with richer cultivation resources than the Western Continent.
• Chen Mo learned that the White-Haired Ape Tribe cultivated the mind and agreed to trade techniques with its leader.
• Chen Mo exchanged the Tenfold Martial Way for the tribe’s Ape Demon Heart Sutra, which could awaken mental control and eventually enable transformation into a Demon Ape.
• After finding that his human body could not cultivate the Ape Demon Heart Sutra normally, Chen Mo stayed in the Life Tree and began using Epiphany to reforge it.

The White-Haired Ape Leader explained why fighting Chen Mo would endanger his tribe, while privately regretting that the apes could not use Chen Mo’s Tenfold Martial Way. When he sensed Chen Mo had perfected the Ape Demon Heart Sutra and awakened the power of his bloodline, he demanded to know how, but Chen Mo left without answering.

• The White-Haired Ape Leader warned his subordinates that a fight with Chen Mo could destroy their home and the Tree of Life, and said humans could not cultivate ape techniques anyway.
• The White-Haired Ape Leader reflected that Chen Mo’s Tenfold Martial Way was powerful and free of side effects, but impossible for the apes to use.
• The White-Haired Ape Leader sensed the Ape Demon Heart Sutra coming from Chen Mo’s cabin and realized Chen Mo had perfected it in only a few hours.
• Chen Mo sensed his bloodline power nearing its awakening as the modified Ape Demon Heart Sutra transformed his body.
• The White-Haired Ape Leader asked Chen Mo how he had perfected the technique, but Chen Mo said their transaction was over and left.