Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo used his mastery of Domain Power to end his standoff with the White-Haired Ape Leader, then fought his way across the Hundred Thousand Mountains toward the Central Continent. After crossing the Seven-Colored Barrier, he absorbed the Central Continent’s dense Power of Heaven and Earth and immediately broke through.

• The White-Haired Ape Leader offered Chen Mo Life Essence, but Chen Mo refused, and the Leader backed down after discovering Chen Mo had mastered Domain Power.
• The White-Haired Ape Leader explained how humans and Exotic Beasts learned to wield Domains, and Chen Mo continued east toward the Central Continent.
• The White-Haired Ape Leader returned to his tribe, wrote down the Tenfold Martial Way from memory, and planned to combine it with the Ape Demon Heart Sutra to improve his tribe’s technique.
• Chen Mo fought off Exotic Beasts throughout the Hundred Thousand Mountains and left the range before nightfall.
• Chen Mo crossed the Seven-Colored Barrier and broke through after absorbing the Central Continent’s dense Power of Heaven and Earth.

After reaching the Central Continent, Chen Mo broke through to the Supreme Grandmaster realm and arrived in Mountain City, where he learned about the Xuanyuan Sect’s disciple recruitment. He considered joining the sect to gain access to more cultivation techniques, though he was unsure how much freedom he would retain.

• Chen Mo noted that his breakthrough had added three hundred years to his lifespan and resolved to head east toward the Central Continent.
• Chen Mo found Mountain City near the Hundred Thousand Mountains and entered it unseen by using Domain Power.
• Chen Mo mastered the local language and writing, then learned that Mountain City belonged to the Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty and that its residents knew little about the Western Region.
• Chen Mo heard locals discuss the Xuanyuan Sect’s recruitment and considered joining a sect to acquire more cultivation techniques.

Chen Mo watched Xuanyuan Sect’s disciple selection in Mountain City while weighing whether to join the sect. As the selected disciples prepared to leave, he decided to approach the elders and go with them.

• Chen Mo learned about Spirit Stones and seized the Lake Gang’s resources, acquiring three hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones and thirty Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Mo observed Xuanyuan Sect’s selection from a nearby building, estimating that about thirty candidates would pass.
• Xuanyuan Sect selected three candidates with high-grade aptitude and thirty-three with mid-grade aptitude, including a frail fifteen-year-old girl from a poor family.
• As Xuanyuan Sect’s group prepared to leave Mountain City, Chen Mo decided to join them and appeared before the leading elder.

Chen Mo approached the Xuanyuan Sect’s Flying Boat and asked to join, surprising Outer Sect Elder Zhang Haoyuan with his strength and his youth. After Chen Mo passed the tests with Absolute-Grade Talent, Zhang Haoyuan eagerly accepted him, and Chen Mo asked whether they would return to the sect.

• Zhang Haoyuan stopped Chen Mo before the Flying Boat and asked why he had appeared, and Chen Mo said he wanted to join the Xuanyuan Sect.
• Chen Mo broke through the Flying Boat’s protective barrier and asked Zhang Haoyuan to test his age and talent.
• The age-testing sphere glowed green, confirming Chen Mo met the age requirement.
• The talent-testing sphere shone gold, and the disciples recognized Chen Mo as a genius with Absolute-Grade Talent.
• Zhang Haoyuan accepted Chen Mo and promised the sect would support him with resources.
• Chen Mo asked whether they were returning to the Xuanyuan Sect, while considering what cultivation techniques it would offer him.

Chen Mo traveled with Zhang Haoyuan to Xuanyuan Sect, where his Absolute-Grade Talent and immense potential convinced the elder to treat him with exceptional care. The chapter ended as Chen Mo arrived at the sect and drew the new disciples’ attention by walking beside an Outer Sect elder.

• Zhang Haoyuan recognized Chen Mo’s Absolute-Grade Talent as a rare boon for Xuanyuan Sect and resolved to bring him into the sect or at least build a good connection with him.
• Chen Mo chose Xuanyuan Sect because it offered a quieter place to settle than a super sect, and he boarded the Flying Boat with Zhang Haoyuan.
• Several Xuanyuan Sect Flying Boats approached, and Zhang Haoyuan repelled another elder’s spiritual probing.
• Chen Mo and Zhang Haoyuan reached the sect’s vast mountain grounds, where Chen Mo looked forward to his new life.
• The new disciples gathered after the Flying Boats landed, and they speculated about Chen Mo when they saw him walking beside Zhang Haoyuan.

Chen Mo joined the Xuanyuan Sect as a top-grade talent, stunning the elders and disciples with his legendary potential. The Sect Master, Xuan Yan, and several eager elders arrived, and Chen Mo focused his attention on Xuan Yan, whose Domain Power he recognized.

• Chen Mo registered as an Outer Sect disciple with Zhang Haoyuan, while the other high-grade talents were brought along to enter the Inner Sect.
• Zhang Haoyuan revealed to the gathered elders that Chen Mo had top-grade talent, astonishing the elders and new disciples.
• Zhang Haoyuan told the elders that he had already sent word to the Sect Master.
• The Sect Master, Xuan Yan, arrived with four other powerful figures, and Chen Mo sensed Domain Power from Xuan Yan.
• Four elders rushed to Chen Mo and eagerly asked him to become their disciple, but Chen Mo ignored them and looked directly at Xuan Yan.

Chen Mo demonstrated his strength to Sect Master Xuan Yan and joined the Xuanyuan Sect in exchange for access to its cultivation techniques. He became the master of Heavenly Sword Peak and headed to the Cultivation Technique Pavilion to study its collection.

• Chen Mo revealed his Middle Stage Seventh Tier cultivation and complete mastery of Domain Power, shocking Xuan Yan and the four elders.
• Chen Mo asked for all the sect’s cultivation techniques in exchange for joining the Xuanyuan Sect, and Xuan Yan accepted.
• Xuan Yan appointed Chen Mo a core elder and master of the newly opened Heavenly Sword Peak, which had no other residents or staff.
• Chen Mo decided he would recruit disciples to handle tasks at Heavenly Sword Peak, but first set out for the Cultivation Technique Pavilion.
• Using his peak master token, Chen Mo entered the pavilion and began on the first floor to compare its techniques with those of Great Zhou.

Chen Mo settled into the Xuanyuan Sect and studied its cultivation techniques and books to strengthen his Tenfold Martial Way and learn about the Central Continent. He planned to keep a low profile at the sect for now before exploring the wider continent and, eventually, the Demon World.

• Chen Mo entered the Cultivation Technique Pavilion and found that its lower-floor techniques were too weak to improve his Tenfold Martial Way.
• Chen Mo surveyed the pavilion’s high-grade techniques and began learning about the Central Continent from the sect’s introductory books.
• After a week, Chen Mo had adapted to the Xuanyuan Sect and was learning ten cultivation techniques each day.
• Chen Mo learned that humans on the Central Continent controlled Demonic Anomalies and Exotic Beasts, while Demon Continents served as training grounds and sources of resources.
• Chen Mo resolved to improve his skills in cultivation, alchemy, formations, blacksmithing, and runic arts while treating the Xuanyuan Sect as a place to lie low.

Xuanyuan Sect’s leaders discussed supporting Chen Mo and asked him to lead the sect’s team into the Demon World. After learning the world’s known dangers and the rules for keeping their gains, Chen Mo considered whether to accept.

• Xuan Yan and the elders agreed to acquire more cultivation techniques for Chen Mo and hoped he would lead the upcoming secret realm expedition.
• Zhang Haoyuan told Chen Mo that Xuanyuan Sect would enter the Demon World with three other sects in a month and that the Sect Master wanted him to lead the team.
• Chen Mo went to the Sect Master Hall and asked Xuan Yan about the Demon World.
• Xuan Yan explained that the strongest known Demon was comparable to a Late Stage Martial Saint and that elders could keep all their gains while disciples had to hand over half.
• Chen Mo pondered Xuan Yan’s explanation before giving his answer.

Chen Mo traveled with Supreme Elder Li Cheng and Xuanyuan Sect disciples toward Wei City, the gateway to a low-level Demon World. As the sect increasingly valued Chen Mo’s rapid cultivation progress, the group neared the city where they would prepare to enter the Demon World.

• Chen Mo and Li Cheng boarded a Flying Boat with Xuanyuan Sect disciples and set out to meet personnel from three other sects before entering the Demon World.
• Chen Mo examined the Flying Boat’s Runes and considered how a systematic inheritance could help him master Alchemy and Runic Arts.
• Chen Mo learned that Wei City, a prosperous city with a permanent garrison, stood beside the Light Curtain Teleportation Gate to the low-level Demon World.
• The disciples watched Chen Mo with curiosity, while Li Cheng reflected on Chen Mo’s swift breakthrough and the sect’s hopes for his future.
• Li Cheng resolved to protect the disciples while giving Chen Mo freedom to explore, and the Flying Boat approached Wei City.

Chen Mo arrived in Wei City with Li Cheng and learned about the sects’ limited inheritances in runic arts and other professions, as well as the Demon World expedition’s dangers. When leaders from the other western sects questioned his strength, Chen Mo revealed his Late Stage Seventh Tier cultivation and Domain Power.

• Li Cheng explained that Wei City’s defensive runes came from an Eighth Grade Runic Master and that Xuanyuan Sect’s related inheritances only reached the Seventh Grade.
• Chen Mo learned that Xuanyuan Sect kept books on Alchemy and other arts at their respective peaks, and he kept his focus on surviving the upcoming Demon World training.
• The Flying Boat entered Wei City and docked near the enormous Light Curtain Teleportation Gate.
• Li Cheng introduced Chen Mo to the leaders of Xinyue Sect, Fengqing Sect, and Yunyan Sect, who eyed him with suspicion and considered testing or recruiting him.
• Chen Mo revealed his Late Stage Seventh Tier cultivation and spread his Domain Power before the gathered sect leaders.

After demonstrating his overwhelming strength to the Three Great Sects, Chen Mo explored Wei City and repeatedly defeated the groups that tried to rob him. He returned with more money than he had started with, having killed everyone who attacked him.

• Chen Mo used his domain to overwhelm the elders from the Three Great Sects, who recognized his strength and let him leave unchallenged.
• Li Cheng took the other sects' elders to a teahouse, where they discussed Chen Mo and envied the Xuanyuan Sect's good fortune.
• Li Cheng worried that Chen Mo's rapid cultivation would soon take him beyond the Western Region, while the Xuanyuan Sect hoped to use his presence to rise in power.
• Chen Mo shopped around Wei City, then defeated and killed robbers sent by major lineages, gangs, and shops.
• Chen Mo returned to his residence with more money than before and remained unconcerned about retaliation.

The City Lord’s Mansion learned of Chen Mo’s talent and combat strength and invited him to meet City Lord Yu Rong. On arriving, Chen Mo met Yu Xin, whose interest in him grew as Uncle Liu tried to manage her contact with the powerful guest.

• Li Cheng learned that the Four Great Sects had discovered Chen Mo’s exploits and worried the imperial family might recruit him.
• A steward from the City Lord’s Mansion invited Chen Mo to meet the City Lord, and Chen Mo agreed.
• Chen Mo arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion, where Yu Xin approached him and Uncle Liu introduced him as an elder of the Xuanyuan Sect.
• Chen Mo’s calm scrutiny displeased Yu Xin’s attendants, but Uncle Liu warned them against provoking him.
• Yu Xin asked to accompany Chen Mo to meet her father, leaving Uncle Liu hesitant and Chen Mo speechless at their assumptions.

Chen Mo met City Lord Yu Rong, who became interested in recruiting the talented young cultivator into his Lineage. After Chen Mo left, Yu Rong and Yu Xin agreed that she would try to grow closer to him during their coming trip to the Demon World.

• Yu Xin accompanied Uncle Liu and Chen Mo to the City Lord's Mansion, where Yu Rong welcomed Chen Mo and questioned him about his origins and family.
• Chen Mo said he had no family ties, declined Yu Rong's invitation to stay for a meal, and left the mansion wary that Yu Rong wanted him as a son-in-law.
• Yu Rong told Yu Xin that Chen Mo had Absolute-Grade Talent and could become a Ninth Tier warrior before thirty.
• Yu Rong decided to use Yu Xin to draw Chen Mo into their Lineage, and Yu Xin agreed to spend more time with him during the Four Great Sects' trip to the Demon World.

Chen Mo declined the City Lord's implied offer to marry Yu Xin and prepared to enter the Demon World with the Xuanyuan Sect and the other three sects. At the Light Curtain Teleportation Gate, Yu Xin arrived with the City Lord's retainers and guards, seemingly determined to stay by Chen Mo's side.

• Chen Mo told Li Cheng that he had met Yu Rong and that the Xuanyuan Sect could ignore any follow-up to the City Lord's marriage hints.
• Li Cheng assured Chen Mo that the Xuanyuan Sect would stand with him and offered to protect the disciples in the Demon World.
• Chen Mo spent the night safely in Wei City while other disciples celebrated before their dangerous expedition.
• Chen Mo and Li Cheng led the Xuanyuan Sect disciples to meet the other three sects at the Light Curtain Teleportation Gate.
• Li Cheng asked whether they should set out, while Yu Xin arrived with City Lord's Mansion retainers and guards and positioned herself beside Chen Mo.

Chen Mo and the disciples from the Four Great Sects and the City Lord’s Mansion entered the Demon World and adjusted to its unfamiliar environment. He immediately left to train alone, leaving Yu Xin and the others behind at the fortified base.

• Yu Xin and the female disciples watched Chen Mo with interest as the group prepared to enter the Demon World.
• Li Cheng led the group through the teleportation gate, where Chen Mo quickly adapted to the Demon World’s oxygen-rich air.
• Chen Mo inspected the fortress and learned that the group could train beyond its walls while independent martial artists had to pay for protection and lodging.
• Li Cheng told Chen Mo he could train alone or accompany the others, and Chen Mo chose to leave immediately.
• The disciples realized Chen Mo had been sent to explore and train alone, then teased Yu Xin after he disappeared.

Chen Mo explored the low-level Demon World, easily defeating demons and collecting rare herbs and ores as he traveled toward its central region. After deciding to search for something more interesting than resources, he planned to capture demons so he could learn their language and investigate the world.

• Chen Mo left the Safe Zone, entered a demon chieftain’s territory, and instantly killed an Eighth Tier Middle Stage demon.
• Chen Mo gathered rare medicinal herbs and ores while sweeping through demon territories, causing nearby chieftains and their subordinates to flee.
• Chen Mo continued toward the Demon World’s central region, noticed that its days lasted nearly twenty hours and its nights only three to five, and lost interest in gathering more resources.
• Chen Mo realized he could learn the demons’ language and immediately set out to capture several demons.

Chen Mo abandoned his attempt to learn the Demons’ language by questioning captives and instead hid among a tribe, learning their speech and customs. After uncovering a secret underground cultivation site, he took its strange plant and surrounding green substance, then wondered whether other tribes held similar treasures.

• Chen Mo killed the captured Demons after their speech proved too difficult to understand, then decided to study a tribe from hiding.
• After a week of listening, Chen Mo learned to understand most of the Demons’ language and writing and heard about a secret beneath the tribe’s First Chieftain’s cave.
• Chen Mo entered the cave and killed the Eighth Tier Middle Stage First Chieftain, then found a hidden staircase leading underground.
• Chen Mo discovered a green, lava-like substance surrounding a seaweed-like plant that increased his cultivation efficiency more than tenfold.
• Chen Mo stored the plant, the surrounding soil, and the green substance in his Spatial Ring, and resolved to search other Demon tribes for treasures.

Chen Mo explored demon territory, raiding tribes and gathering rare cultivation resources while wondering why the demons’ strength lagged behind humanity’s. After nearby demons learned of his attacks, they joined forces to counterattack, and Chen Mo welcomed the chance to face them.

• The Four Great Sects’ elders discussed Chen Mo’s solo expedition while Li Cheng monitored his sect’s disciples and dismissed the others’ envy.
• Li Cheng noticed Yu Xin searching for Chen Mo, but Yu Xin decided to explore the Demon World even if she could not find him.
• Chen Mo visited two more demon tribes, collected rare objects, and increased his cultivation efficiency by about fifteen times.
• Chen Mo learned from captured demons that nearby tribes had joined forces to retaliate against his raids.
• Chen Mo realized the united demons had kept their tribes empty to prepare a counterattack, and he calmly welcomed the fight.

Chen Mo confronted a Demon alliance and forced its sole surviving leader to reveal a Space Stone Vein. After finding the vein, Chen Mo uncovered its core and prepared to claim the rare material.

• Chen Mo decided to search Demon tribes for rare treasures and considered forging a larger-capacity Spatial Ring if he could find Space Stones.
• Chen Mo confronted over a hundred Demons, including five Eighth Tier leaders, and used his Domain Power to demand the location of a Space Stone mine.
• Chen Mo crushed one Demon leader and killed the rest, sparing the one who agreed to lead him to a Space Stone Vein.
• The Demon leader showed Chen Mo a vein beneath a nearly withered giant tree, and Chen Mo let the leader flee.
• Chen Mo exposed the vein, estimated it held several thousand cubic meters of Space Stone, and began stripping it apart until he found its intensely radiant core.