Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo found a Top-grade Space Stone in the Demon World and returned to Li Cheng and the sect disciples after five days of searching. He revealed that he planned to forge a Spatial Ring himself, leaving elders from the other Three Great Sects envious of the Xuanyuan Sect.

• Chen Mo extracted a fist-sized blood-red Space Stone from the mineral vein and stored the remaining stones underground.
• Chen Mo flew in a chosen direction for five days before finding the sect disciples training in the Demon World.
• Chen Mo watched a Core Disciple fight a Seventh Tier Late Stage Demon, then flew to Li Cheng.
• Chen Mo showed Li Cheng and the other elders his Top-grade Space Stone and said he would forge it and inscribe the Runes himself.
• Li Cheng and the other elders reacted with astonishment at Chen Mo's skills and envied the Xuanyuan Sect for having him.

Li Cheng learned that Chen Mo could not locate the Spatial Ore Vein, but the Four Great Sects negotiated a share of its profits and ended their training expedition early. After returning to the Xuanyuan Sect, Chen Mo prepared to forge Spatial Rings while Yu Rong sent people into the Demon World to discover what the sects were pursuing.

• Li Cheng asked Chen Mo for the ore vein's location, and she admitted she could not remember it but described the area around it.
• Li Cheng negotiated with the other Three Great Sects, and Chen Mo reluctantly accepted twenty percent of the vein's profits.
• The Four Great Sects ended the disciples' training early and returned from the Demon World to organize an expedition for the Space Stones.
• Chen Mo prepared to forge Spatial Rings, while forty elders from the Four Great Sects entered the Demon World through Wei City.
• Yu Rong learned of the elders' arrival and ordered his people to follow them and investigate their actions.

Yu Rong regarded Chen Mo as a threat to the imperial family's control of the Western Region and resolved not to let him grow unchecked. Meanwhile, Chen Mo forged two powerful storage rings, mastered planting techniques, and turned his residence into a cultivation ground using rare plants from the Demon World.

• Yu Rong considered how Chen Mo's talent and allegiance to the Xuanyuan Sect threatened the imperial family, then resolved to prevent Chen Mo from growing stronger.
• Chen Mo used his Domain Power and spiritual strength to forge two Space Stone rings, one with eleven thousand cubic meters of storage and the other with thirteen thousand.
• Chen Mo continued cultivating the Xuanyuan Sect's techniques and learned planting from an Inner Sect elder, surpassing the elder within two days.
• Chen Mo used an Epiphany to bring his planting skills to Perfection Level.
• Chen Mo planted the rare cultivation-aiding wonders from the Demon World in his Heavenly Sword Peak courtyard and activated the Xuanyuan Sect's Spirit Gathering Formation.

Zhang Haoyuan asked Chen Mo to oversee the Xuanyuan Sect while Xuan Yan went to Wei City to handle the Space Stone mineral vein, and Chen Mo agreed to intervene if danger arose. After a tense week with Xuan Yan still absent, Chen Mo completed the sect’s techniques and smoothly broke through to the Eighth Tier, leaving the watching elders stunned.

• Zhang Haoyuan told Chen Mo that the sect had found the Space Stone mineral vein and that Xuan Yan had gone to Wei City, then asked Chen Mo to oversee the sect in his absence.
• Chen Mo agreed to help if a critical threat arose, and Zhang Haoyuan left.
• Chen Mo continued cultivating in the spiritual-energy-rich courtyard on Heavenly Sword Peak and considered exchanging the Tenfold Martial Way for other sects’ techniques.
• A week passed without Xuan Yan returning, and tension grew in the Xuanyuan Sect.
• Chen Mo finished cultivating the Xuanyuan Sect’s techniques and broke through from the Seventh Tier to the Eighth Tier.
• The Xuanyuan Sect’s elders flew to investigate Chen Mo’s aura and were astonished by how quickly he had advanced.

After reaching the Eighth Tier Martial Saint realm, Chen Mo began comprehending Rule Power and assessed his enhanced strength and lifespan. While the sect elders worried about the missing Sect Masters, Chen Mo focused on his ongoing transformation and planned to improve his Formation Technique.

• Xuanyuan Sect elders discussed Chen Mo’s new strength and worried that Yu Rong might be preventing the Sect Masters from returning from the Demon World.
• Chen Mo focused on his breakthrough and realized that his mastery of Domain Power had given him an early understanding of Rule Power.
• Chen Mo predicted that he could reach the Tenth Tier in one or two years, then withdrew his Domain Power and dismantled the Formation Technique.
• Chen Mo checked his Attribute Panel and found that he had gained five hundred years of lifespan after becoming a Martial Saint.
• Chen Mo sensed that his body, spirit, and comprehension were still improving, and decided to turn his attention to Formation Technique.

Chen Mo studied the Xuanyuan Sect’s Formation Technique inheritance while Elder Tang expected him to need help and the sect’s disciples grew increasingly impressed by his dedication. News arrived that Sect Master Xuan Yan and the other sect masters remained deadlocked with Yu Rong over the valuable Space Stone Vein, leaving Xuan Yan unlikely to return soon.

• Elder Tang gave Chen Mo the sect’s Formation Technique books, while Chen Mo decided he would repay the favor by helping Tang advance after reaching Heaven Grade.
• Chen Mo spent his days reading in the Library Pavilion, and the Formation Hall disciple told Elder Tang that he studied until late at night.
• The Xuanyuan Sect’s disciples admired Chen Mo’s persistence and treated him as a goal to strive toward.
• Elder Tang waited for Chen Mo to ask him questions, but Chen Mo continued studying without coming to him.
• Elder Tang learned that Yu Rong had kept the Four Great Sects’ masters in the city while both sides contested ownership of the Space Stone Vein.
• The Yu Clan’s anticipated arrival threatened to shift the stalemate in its favor, and Sect Master Xuan Yan was expected to remain away for some time.

Chen Mo raised his Formation Technique skill to Earth Grade, strengthened Heavenly Sword Peak’s defenses, and traveled to Wei City to retrieve Xuan Yan. He arrived seeking both a chance to test his strength and the Three Great Sects’ cultivation techniques, then introduced himself to the assembled experts.

• Chen Mo learned about the situation on Xuan Yan’s side and hoped to test himself against a Peak Ninth Tier expert, though he doubted the Yu Clan’s Tenth Tier ancestor would appear.
• After studying the Xuanyuan Sect’s Formation Technique books, Chen Mo used Epiphany to reach Earth Grade and upgraded the formations covering Heavenly Sword Peak.
• Chen Mo mastered the sect’s three killing Formation Techniques, then rested for two days before leaving for Wei City.
• On the way, Chen Mo sensed a fleeting insight into Spatial Power but realized he still could not wield it freely.
• Chen Mo arrived above Wei City, where Xuan Yan, Li Cheng, and experts from the other Three Great Sects and the Yu Clan came to meet him.
• Chen Mo introduced himself as a Xuanyuan Sect elder and said he had come to take their Sect Master back.

Chen Mo confronted Yu Jia after the City Lord's Mansion refused to let Sect Master Xuan return, and their Domain clash revealed Chen Mo's advantage despite his lower cultivation. Yu Rong regretted challenging Chen Mo over the Space Stone mine, while the Yu Clan still hoped its official status could preserve room to negotiate.

• The Sect Masters of the other Three Great Sects secretly agreed that they would stand with the Xuanyuan Sect if conflict broke out with the City Lord's Mansion.
• Chen Mo asked Yu Jia whether the Yu Clan intended to keep Sect Master Xuan in Wei City, and Yu Jia claimed they only wanted a reunion.
• Chen Mo and Yu Jia clashed Domains, and Chen Mo gained the advantage even though he had held back part of his strength.
• City Lord Yu Rong realized he had offended Chen Mo by trying to take the benefits from the Space Stone mine and deeply regretted his actions.
• Yu Jia unleashed his full Domain Power, but Chen Mo still judged him weaker and began to release his own full strength.

Chen Mo defeated Yu Jia and ended the contest over the Space Stone Vein, securing it for the Four Great Sects. He then exchanged part of his Tenfold Martial Way for their cultivation techniques, leaving him with plenty of work ahead.

• Chen Mo shattered Yu Jia's domain and forced him to concede the contest for the Space Stone Vein.
• Yu Jia acknowledged Chen Mo's superior strength and agreed that Chen Mo could take the Sect Master back.
• Chen Mo stored the Space Stone Vein in his Spatial Ring, surprising Xuan Yan and the other Sect Masters with his apparent skill as a forger.
• Chen Mo offered the three Sect Masters part of the Tenfold Martial Way in exchange for their sects' cultivation techniques.
• The Sect Masters accepted the exchange after recognizing the Tenfold Martial Way's power.

Chen Mo studied the Four Great Sects’ cultivation methods while the sect leaders and elders began practicing the Tenfold Martial Way he had shared. His generosity spread the method across the Western Region’s four first-rate sects and made him famous.

• Disciples across the Three Great Sects discussed Chen Mo’s strength and anticipated his visit to exchange cultivation insights.
• Chen Mo spent months studying the sects’ cultivation methods as the Tenfold Martial Way continued to evolve.
• Xuan Yan and Li Cheng praised the Tenfold Martial Way and discussed switching to cultivate it.
• Xuan Yan decided that talented Core and True Disciples should also begin cultivating the method early.
• The Four Great Sects launched a wave of Tenfold Martial Way cultivation, and Chen Mo became famous for sharing it.

After Chen Mo’s achievements earned him tenth place on the Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty’s Heavenly Pride Ranking, the Imperial Family and powerful sects sent representatives to Wei City to recruit him. Chen Mo realized his plans to keep a low profile had failed and faced a choice between joining the official side or the sect factions.

• Chen Mo focused on learning the Three Great Sects’ martial arts and planned to leave the Western Region for Central Province.
• The Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty learned that Chen Mo was an Absolute-Grade Talent who had defeated Yu Jia, and his name appeared tenth on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• The Imperial Family and sect factions dispatched representatives to Wei City to recruit Chen Mo, while the sect representatives began coordinating against the Imperial Family.
• Chen Mo learned that the representatives had arrived and regretted drawing attention before he was ready to deal with the superpowers.
• Chen Mo faced the choice of joining the official side or the sect factions.

Chen Mo waited as representatives of four superpowers competed to recruit him, then left the Xuanyuan Sect rather than choose a side. He left the Seven Kills Linglong Formation at Heavenly Sword Peak as a challenge, and a Zixiao Sect representative entered it.

• Yu Rong and the people of Wei City spent days watching the superpowers compete over how to approach Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo remained calm and continued cultivating, though he resented the assumption that he would accept recruitment.
• Representatives of the Imperial Dynasty, Zixiao Sect, Hunyuan Pavilion, and Heavenly Gate arrived at the Xuanyuan Sect to let Chen Mo choose among them.
• Xuan Yan told the representatives that Chen Mo had left and had no intention of joining any of their forces for now.
• Xuan Yan led them to Heavenly Sword Peak, where they found Chen Mo’s Seven Kills Linglong Formation and his challenge to join whichever force could break it.
• The Zixiao Sect’s mustached representative flew into the formation, stunning the others.

After the mustached old man and other challengers failed to pass the fifth kill of Chen Mo’s Seven Kills Linglong Formation, Chen Mo left the Western Region and studied cultivation techniques in seclusion. More than two months later, the formation had made the Xuanyuan Sect a gathering place for challengers and training, while Chen Mo looked forward to the attention and duels his reputation would bring.

• The mustached old man entered the Seven Kills Linglong Formation but escaped after reaching only the fifth kill, and challengers from the other super factions and imperial family failed at the same point.
• Chen Mo explained that the formation included an escape route, then left the Western Region and settled on a small island to study cultivation techniques.
• Over two months, warriors and Formation Technique masters came to the Xuanyuan Sect to challenge or study the formation, and some factions used it to train their disciples.
• The super factions agreed that the Xuanyuan Sect would become an affiliated sect of whichever faction Chen Mo joined, while super geniuses grew eager to meet and challenge him.
• Chen Mo continued studying cultivation techniques and anticipated the attention and challenges caused by his reputation.

Chen Mo left the White Ape behind on the lake island and considered how to improve his cultivation technique and prepare for the Ninth Tier. He decided to seek out first-rate sects and secretly enter their Cultivation Technique Pavilions for more techniques.

• Chen Mo told the White Ape to keep cultivating and promised they would meet again when it reached the Tenth Tier, then vanished through space.
• Chen Mo reflected that merging the three sects' techniques had raised the Tenfold Martial Way to the Mortal Grade Limit, and wondered whether advancing it further would improve his aptitude.
• Chen Mo noted that his cultivation had reached the Peak Stage of the Eighth Tier Martial Saint Middle Stage and that he would soon prepare for the Ninth Tier Martial God realm.
• Chen Mo ruled out visiting the imperial capital before he could contend with its Tenth Tier experts and decided that super sects were too difficult to infiltrate.
• Chen Mo chose to sneak into the Cultivation Technique Pavilions of first-rate sects to obtain more cultivation techniques.

Chen Mo finished studying the Shendao Sect’s cultivation techniques, left the Tenfold Martial Way as payment, and spent the next year gathering and integrating techniques from first-rate sects. While Lu Tianci became the Imperial Dynasty’s Number One Heavenly Prodigy after breaking Chen Mo’s formation, Chen Mo remained out of sight and reached a critical stage in his own breakthrough.

• Chen Mo finished studying seventy-one valuable techniques in the Shendao Sect’s Cultivation Technique Pavilion and carved the Tenfold Martial Way onto its wall before leaving.
• The pavilion-guarding elder discovered the Tenfold Martial Way, recognized its value, and recorded it for the sect’s higher-ups.
• Over the following year, Chen Mo visited dozens of first-rate sects, cultivated their techniques, and integrated their essence into the Tenfold Martial Way.
• Lu Tianci broke the Seven Kills Linglong Formation at the Xuanyuan Sect in less than half an hour, earning the title of the Imperial Dynasty’s Number One Heavenly Prodigy.
• The Three Super Sects’ Heavenly Pride disciples failed to match Lu Tianci’s record, while Chen Mo’s absence left people wondering whether he would honor his agreement to join the imperial family.
• Chen Mo reached a critical stage in his breakthrough.

Chen Mo broke through from Martial Saint Perfect Accomplishment to the Ninth Tier Martial God realm, gaining the ability to make preliminary use of Rule Power. His smooth breakthrough ended with him marveling at his new strength.

• After a year of cultivation, Chen Mo reached the limit of the Martial Saint realm and began his breakthrough.
• Rule Power spread across ten thousand li, frightening nearby creatures and alarming martial artists who mistook the phenomenon for a breakthrough to the Immortal of the Land realm.
• Powerful factions speculated about the unknown expert but chose not to approach or disturb the breakthrough.
• Chen Mo effortlessly shattered the bottleneck and advanced to the Ninth Tier Martial God realm.
• Chen Mo felt the changes in his body and declared, "I'm so strong!"

After raising his aptitude to an unprecedented level, Chen Mo rapidly collected and integrated the cultivation manuals of the top-tier factions, but his cultivation method remained at Tuo Fan. He considered which of the Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty’s six super factions to visit next, knowing his current strength might expose him.

• Chen Mo’s aptitude improved to “Unparalleled Throughout the Ages,” letting him learn top-tier techniques at a glance and cultivate them without Enlightenment Points.
• Chen Mo spent less than three months collecting the cultivation manuals of the top-tier factions and integrating them into the Tenfold Martial Way, but its realm stayed at Tuo Fan.
• Chen Mo investigated the six super factions and learned that Lu Jing, the imperial ancestor, had once suppressed their ancestors and held the Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty together.
• Chen Mo concluded that his Tenth Tier Early Stage combat power was strong enough for safety but would likely make him easy to discover at any super faction.
• Chen Mo weighed whether to visit a sect or a clan.

Chen Mo traveled to Dragon City, the capital of the Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty, to investigate its great lineages and assess Lu Tianci. After entering the city and sensing the power of royal ancestor Lu Jing, Chen Mo was confronted by an unexpected figure and prepared to fight.

• Chen Mo decided to visit the Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty and see what level its Number One Heavenly Prodigy, Lu Tianci, had reached.
• Chen Mo used Rule Power to travel to Dragon City, concealed his aura as an ordinary Ninth Tier Martial God, and entered the capital.
• Chen Mo observed Dragon City's vast districts and sensed Lu Jing's formidable rule-infused presence within the Imperial Palace.
• Chen Mo recognized how much Rule Power strengthened his Domain Power and reflected that he had once been far too weak to challenge a Tenth Tier powerhouse.
• An unknown figure appeared before Chen Mo, and he tensed and entered battle state.

Chen Mo met the imperial ancestor Lu Jing, who praised his talent and led him away from the gathering crowd in Dragon City. They sat down for tea in a building behind the imperial palace, where the chapter left them watching each other in silence.

• Chen Mo unleashed his aura and Domain Power when Lu Jing appeared, alarming the people of Dragon City.
• Chen Mo withdrew his aura, and Lu Jing praised his grasp of laws and Perfection Realm Domain Power, calling him the dynasty’s number one genius.
• Chen Mo identified the old man as the imperial ancestor Lu Jing, and the two acknowledged each other’s strength.
• Lu Jing told Chen Mo to follow him, and they vanished before Dragon City’s experts arrived.
• Chen Mo followed Lu Jing to a building behind the imperial palace, where they drank tea in silence until Lu Jing finally spoke.

Chen Mo met Lu Jing in the Imperial Palace, where Lu Jing invited him to become Lu Tianci’s master and the future Imperial Tutor. Chen Mo joined the Lu Clan as a royal Guest Official while considering the offer, and news of his possible appointment spread through the Divine Seal Imperial Dynasty.

• Lu Jing welcomed Chen Mo and asked whether he would accept Lu Tianci as his disciple and become Imperial Tutor.
• Chen Mo questioned the age difference and said he would think about the offer, while Lu Jing did not pressure him.
• Chen Mo joined the Lu Clan Imperial Family as a royal Guest Official with treatment comparable to the imperial elders.
• Lu Li accepted Lu Jing’s arrangements without objection, and the royal family publicized Chen Mo’s possible future role as Imperial Tutor.