Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo traveled with the True Martial Sect forces to their rear camp near Wild Mountain, where he prepared a hidden shelter and waited while the Apothecary Hall disciples supplied the frontline. After several quiet days, the Demons and Exotic Beasts attacked, and Chen Mo headed to Xun Yi and the others as the battle began.

• Chen Mo rode with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi toward Wild Mountain, where they discussed Elder Qin's strength and the mountain's dangers and resources.
• Chen Mo and the Apothecary Hall disciples reached their rear camp near the Fierce Tiger Sect's camp, and Chen Mo dug a sturdy underground pit overnight.
• Chen Mo watched supplies arrive and stayed near Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi while they refined pills, then cultivated and counted the pills they had made for him.
• After three peaceful days, Chen Mo heard an earth-shaking roar and saw the Demons and Exotic Beasts clash with figures defending the frontline.
• Chen Mo felt a trace of anticipation at the battle's start and walked toward Xun Yi and the others while finishing breakfast.

As the Demons and Exotic Beasts launched a fierce assault on the front lines, Chen Mo supported the camp and cultivated through the night. His Taiqing Longevity and Immortality Art reached Great Accomplishment, pushing him through Qi and Blood Nine Transformations into the Qi and Blood Furnace and leaving him strong enough to challenge an ordinary Innate Warrior.

• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi watched the distant battle, while Chen Mo urged them to focus on their alchemy work and kept watch outside the wooden house.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi gave Chen Mo Blood Energy Pills each day, and he resolved to repay their sincerity if danger reached the camp.
• Chen Mo cultivated the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art during the day and continued digging his underground tunnel at night as the battle raged.
• On the second day, Chen Mo used an Epiphany on the Taiqing Longevity and Immortality Art, raising it from Minor Accomplishment to Great Accomplishment and greatly increasing his mental strength.
• Chen Mo swallowed seventy Blood Energy Pills to break through Qi and Blood Realm Tenth Transformation, reached Qi and Blood Furnace, and stabilized at the Eleventh Transformation.
• Chen Mo assessed his new strength, judged that he could fight an ordinary Innate Warrior, washed away the impurities from his body, and opened his Attribute Panel.

Chen Mo advanced his cultivation and adapted to life at the camp as Demons and Exotic Beasts kept attacking. After Elder Qin left to join a counterattack, a sudden barrage of booms shook the camp, leaving Chen Mo fearing a crisis had arrived.

• Chen Mo reached the Qi and Blood Realm Eleventh Transformation, discovered that breakthroughs purged bodily impurities, and concealed his aura.
• Chen Mo watched repeated Demons and Exotic Beasts assaults with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, then used his remaining Epiphanies to improve the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art.
• Chen Mo learned that Elder Qin and the other Grandmasters had left the camp to coordinate a counterattack at the frontline.
• Chen Mo heard enormous booms and felt the wooden hut shake violently, realizing that something might have happened just after Elder Qin departed.

Demons and Red-Eyed Green-Scaled Rats poured into the camp through a tunnel, forcing Chen Mo and the disciples into battle while the camp’s elders fought five Innate Demons. Chen Mo revealed his Qi and Blood Furnace and badly wounded the Green-skinned Demon, then turned to face a Long-haired Demon as the battle continued.

• Chen Mo rushed outside with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi when tremors shook the camp, and they saw Red-Eyed Green-Scaled Rats and Demons attacking from a newly opened tunnel.
• Xun Yi sent Yao Guangzhi and Chen Mo to help fight, while Chen Mo decided the five Innate Demons had to be stopped before the camp fell.
• Chen Mo unleashed his Qi and Blood Furnace, slowing the invading beasts and Demons and shocking Xun Yi, Yao Guangzhi, and the other disciples.
• Chen Mo charged the Green-skinned Demon, resisted its mental attack and tremors, and slashed through its defenses, leaving it gravely wounded but alive.
• A Long-haired Demon intercepted Chen Mo before he could finish the Green-skinned Demon, but Chen Mo resisted its mental attacks and sent it flying with a blade strike.
• Chen Mo grew confident that his overwhelming strength could defeat Innate opponents as he prepared to keep attacking the Long-haired Demon.

Chen Mo fought two Innate demons at once and held the upper hand through his exceptional strength, defense, and movement. After crippling the Long-haired Demon and surviving the Green-skinned Demon’s charge without injury, he charged back in to finish the battle.

• Chen Mo evaded the demons’ attacks and fought the Green-skinned Demon and Long-haired Demon while the three elders continued their own battles.
• The camp elders recognized Chen Mo’s strength and shifted their focus back to their opponents, trusting him to hold off the two demons.
• Chen Mo chose to trade injuries with the demons, endured their attacks, and caught the Long-haired Demon’s claw with his bare hand.
• Chen Mo struck the Long-haired Demon thirteen times and cleaved open its chest, crippling it and drawing the attention of the surrounding fighters.
• The Green-skinned Demon slammed Chen Mo into a hill, but he emerged uninjured beneath his armor and charged at both demons to end the fight.

Chen Mo drove off two Xiantian Demons, killed another after a brutal fight, and collapsed nearby burrows to slow the enemy advance. As the remaining Demons and Exotic Beasts retreated toward the Fierce Tiger Sect camp, Chen Mo pursued them there.

• The Green-skinned Demon and a Long-haired Demon fled from Chen Mo, who collapsed the burrows and joined Elder Wang and another Xiantian elder in fighting a second Long-haired Demon.
• Chen Mo pursued the second Long-haired Demon, severed its claw, and beat and hacked it to death.
• The two remaining Xiantian Demons retreated while the three elders pursued them, and the other Demons and Exotic Beasts withdrew toward the Fierce Tiger Sect camp.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi stayed behind to steady the camp and handle the aftermath as Chen Mo chased the fleeing enemies into the Fierce Tiger Sect camp.

Chen Mo carved through the Demons and Exotic Beasts attacking the Fierce Tiger Sect’s camp, then overwhelmed its Xiantian-level gorilla despite being only at the Qi and Blood Realm. His arrival disrupted the enemy’s plan to destroy the camp, and a Fierce Tiger Sect elder saw that Chen Mo could handle the new threat.

• Chen Mo reached the Fierce Tiger Sect’s camp and found its two Xiantian elders and remaining disciples under attack from Demons and Exotic Beasts.
• Chen Mo drew the gorilla’s charge, clashed with it head-on, and struck the same wound repeatedly with Blood Shadow Thirteen Blades.
• Chen Mo evaded the gorilla’s tail and continued attacking until the injured beast could only rage and flee.
• The Fierce Tiger Sect disciples and elders watched in shock as Chen Mo suppressed the Xiantian-level gorilla.
• One Demon left the three-on-one fight against a Fierce Tiger Sect elder to reinforce the gorilla, easing the elder’s pressure.
• The elder worried that Chen Mo would face two opponents alone, then saw the battlefield and felt relieved.

Chen Mo slaughtered the Demons and Exotic Beasts at the camp, then joined the True Martial Sect disciples as they waited anxiously for news from the front line. The chapter ended when a badly wounded rider arrived, suggesting the battle there had gone badly.

• Chen Mo used the Winged Demon to shield himself from the Xiantian gorilla, killed the Demon, and hacked the gorilla down with repeated attacks.
• Chen Mo blocked the cave entrance and killed the Demons and Exotic Beasts emerging from it until the three Xiantian Demons began to withdraw.
• Two True Martial Sect Xiantian elders arrived to support the Fierce Tiger Sect elder, turning the battle in the elders’ favor; Chen Mo collapsed the cave and returned to camp.
• Chen Mo told Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi that he was unharmed, and learned the camp had suffered little loss of life but needed to relocate.
• A terrifying sound from the front line left Xun Yi, Yao Guangzhi, and many disciples visibly affected, while Chen Mo worried the battle was turning against them.
• A badly wounded rider arrived on an injured Qilin-horned Horse, and Chen Mo realized the front-line situation was likely grim.

With ten Grandmasters missing and the Commandery Governor’s Mansion held up by the White Lotus Sect, the two major sects’ forces struggled to hold the line against the Demon and Exotic Beast alliance. Chen Mo helped reassure the camp through his strength as it joined forces with Fierce Tiger Sect, but the front continued to retreat and the White Lotus Sect’s interference reached the battlefield.

• A messenger reported that ten human Grandmasters had vanished during a counterattack, leaving the two major sects dangerously short of top-tier fighters.
• Elder Wang, Elder Sun, and Elder Duan learned that the Commandery Governor’s Mansion had not arrived because the White Lotus Sect had held it up, while the front line continued to give ground.
• Chen Mo stayed out of the elders’ deliberations and worried that his Qi and Blood Realm cultivation limited his ability to change the battle, despite his Innate-level combat power.
• The elders proposed a joint camp, and Fierce Tiger Sect agreed immediately; both sects began rebuilding together and sent word to the front lines and supply teams.
• After the new camp was completed, the front line stabilized briefly before shifting inward again, while the ten missing Grandmasters and delayed reinforcements remained unresolved.
• The White Lotus Sect extended its reach to the battlefield, further obstructing the Commandery Governor’s Mansion’s support.

Chen Mo and the Fierce Tiger Sect defended their camp from repeated White Lotus Sect attacks as the front line forced them to relocate. When a second Xiantian attacker targeted Chen Mo in daylight, Chen Mo revealed his strength and struck back with his blade.

• A White Lotus Sect elder attacked the camp at night, but Elder Wang, Elder Duan, and two Fierce Tiger Sect elders drove him away.
• White Lotus Sect Xiantian experts continued harassing the camp, while elders escorted supply shipments and the retreating front line forced the camp to move.
• Chen Mo guarded the Alchemy Room and noticed that an attacker had arrived during the day as Elder Wang and Elder Zhou engaged another enemy.
• A second White Lotus Sect Xiantian elder attacked Chen Mo with mental strikes and Qi and Blood spears, but Chen Mo evaded them and unleashed his own power.
• The mustached elder recognized Chen Mo and retreated from his blade radiance, then suddenly felt his mind go blank and terror seize him.

Chen Mo helped the elders defeat White Lotus Sect attackers, and Elder Wang later killed the Innate elder Chen Mo had badly wounded. The next night, the surviving enemy briefly appeared over the camp and fled again, leaving Chen Mo wary as a messenger arrived from the front lines the following morning.

• Chen Mo severely wounded a White Lotus Sect Innate elder, allowing Elder Wang to pursue him while Chen Mo helped Elder Zhou drive off another attacker.
• Chen Mo returned to the Alchemy Room, where Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi remarked on how much stronger he had become.
• Elder Wang returned after several hours with the corpse of the White Lotus Sect elder and credited Chen Mo's injury with making the kill possible.
• A White Lotus Sect attacker appeared over the camp during Elder Zhou's night watch, then fled before they could fight.
• The night passed, and someone arrived from the front lines early the next morning.

As the front stabilized and the rear grew quiet, Chen Mo completed the Taiqing Longevity and Immortality Art and gained a clear view of his spiritual world and the path toward becoming a grandmaster. He discovered his strength, lifespan, and aptitude had all improved, then began cultivating the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art.

• With the frontline short of combatants, Chen Mo decided to remain in the rear, where he could protect the camp and his senior brothers.
• Chen Mo reached Perfect Accomplishment in the Taiqing Longevity and Immortality Art and saw three regions and twelve channels within his spiritual world, which he believed were connected to the Xiantian Realm and the path to grandmaster.
• After exhausting himself, Chen Mo restored his strength with Blood Energy Pills and bathing, then found that his power had increased and his Qi and Blood Realm had reached its Twelfth Transformation.
• Chen Mo checked his Attribute Panel and found that his lifespan had increased by seventy years, Internal Vision had reached Perfect Accomplishment, and his aptitude had improved to Hundred Generations Renowned.
• Chen Mo cultivated the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art for less than an hour, reached Proficient, and decided to pursue Perfect Accomplishment in the art to strengthen his spirit.

Chen Mo improved his spiritual cultivation and brought the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art to Great Accomplishment while his group relocated as the front line retreated. Just as he expected another five days would let him reach Perfection, the Demons and Exotic Beasts launched a new threat.

• Chen Mo used three Epiphanies to raise the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art to Minor Accomplishment and secretly learned to fly with spiritual power.
• Elder Bai visited during the camp relocation, explained that he and Elder Guan were heading to Prefecture City to deal with the White Lotus Sect, and noticed Chen Mo's unusual spiritual strength.
• Chen Mo followed the retreating force to a new camp and prepared for the possibility that the front line would collapse despite the quieter fighting.
• Sensing intense danger during the unusually quiet night, Chen Mo cultivated the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art and spent four days improving his spiritual control.
• Chen Mo raised the art to Great Accomplishment and learned to attack with spiritual power, but the Demons and Exotic Beasts struck before he could reach Perfection.

Chen Mo discovered that the battlefield was badly outnumbered and that the grandmaster-level fighters had disappeared, while strange runes and pillars stood nearby. After killing three Xiantian enemies, he resolved to investigate the front line himself.

• Chen Mo surveyed the battlefield from the sky and saw the sect disciples struggling against far larger forces, with the grandmasters nowhere to be seen.
• Chen Mo noticed a rune-covered clearing surrounded by four stone pillars before demons and Exotic Beasts broke through toward his position.
• Chen Mo slaughtered the enemies that had breached the line, then confronted two Xiantian demons and a Double-Headed Exotic Eagle.
• Chen Mo used mental attacks and powerful blade strikes to kill all three Xiantian enemies.
• Chen Mo decided to investigate the front-line battlefield and advanced toward it openly.

Chen Mo arrived at the battlefield and used his overwhelming qi and blood to weaken the Demons and Exotic Beasts, then cut through their forces and helped the sect elders repel the attack. The enemies withdrew at night, but Chen Mo remained focused on the Weird Runes and the mystery of the missing Grandmasters.

• Chen Mo unleashed his Qi and Blood Furnace, suppressing the Demons and Exotic Beasts across the battlefield and astonishing the allied martial artists.
• Chen Mo cleared the enemies around him, including an Innate-level Exotic Beast, then stopped before entering the area covered in Weird Runes after Elder Duan warned him away.
• Chen Mo helped the elders and swept through the battlefield, drawing spiritual attacks from powerful enemies while avoiding their positions.
• Chen Mo killed five Innate Demons and Exotic Beasts and nearly a thousand lesser foes before the remaining enemies withdrew at night.

Chen Mo returned to the sect after the Demons and Exotic Beasts retreated, but the Grandmasters and elite disciples who vanished in the rune-covered clearing remained missing. He strengthened his Spirit Source and planned his next cultivation techniques before Sect Master Di Yun summoned him.

• Chen Mo and Elder Duan feared that the runes had taken or killed the missing Grandmasters and disciples, and Chen Mo returned to guard the rear camp.
• The battle ended after the Fierce Tiger Sect's reinforcements arrived, but the sects remained troubled by their missing experts and heavy losses.
• Chen Mo returned to the Apothecary Hall and found that his master Yi Feng was still missing, while the sect sought Rune Masters to investigate the runes.
• Chen Mo's True Martial Spirit Condensing Art reached perfection, making his Spirit Source stronger than Elder Duan's despite Chen Mo still being in the Qi and Blood Realm.
• Chen Mo planned to learn Body Hardening techniques, then Sect Master Di Yun summoned him to the main hall.

Di Yun summoned Chen Mo, confirmed his progress in the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art, and gave him the sect-defending True Martial Spirit Refining Art. He warned Chen Mo to stay within the sect for half a year, while Chen Mo resolved to grow stronger and consider searching Wild Mountain for his missing master.

• Di Yun asked Chen Mo about his cultivation, and Chen Mo demonstrated that he had reached Great Accomplishment in the True Martial Spirit Condensing Art by flying around the hall.
• Di Yun transmitted the True Martial Spirit Refining Art into Chen Mo’s mind and explained that Grandmasters were barred from acting freely under Great Zhou’s rules.
• Di Yun advised Chen Mo to avoid leaving the sect for the next half year, and Chen Mo suspected the warning was connected to the Commandery Governor’s Mansion.
• Chen Mo reviewed his rewards, including the sect-defending art, a choice of a top-tier cultivation art, Contribution Points, and cultivation resources.
• Chen Mo resolved to reach Xiantian within half a year and considered going to Wild Mountain to search for his missing master.

After receiving the final Contribution Points from Chu Yingrui, Chen Mo chose new cultivation techniques and trained urgently while waiting for news of his missing master, Yi Feng. When Jiang Jinfu challenged Xun Yi’s temporary stewardship of the Apothecary Hall, Chen Mo intervened openly and demanded an explanation.

• Chu Yingrui delivered Chen Mo more than forty-one thousand Contribution Points, and Chen Mo suspected Ouyang Zhenfeng had died.
• Chen Mo selected the Five Viscera Golden Body Technique and exchanged Contribution Points for four other Body Hardening Cultivation Techniques and the Wind-Walking Cloud-Shadow Steps.
• Chen Mo trained intensively with resources from Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, aiming to reach the limit of the Qi and Blood Realm and break through into the Xiantian Realm.
• An Apothecary Hall disciple rushed to tell Chen Mo that a fight was about to begin, and Chen Mo hurried with him to the Alchemy Rooms.
• Chen Mo found Jiang Jinfu and his supporters confronting Xun Yi and the disciples backing him, then released his qi and blood and Mental Barrier before demanding that Jiang Jinfu explain himself.

Chen Mo confronted Elder Jiang over the Apothecary Hall leadership dispute and used his mental power and fists to force him to retreat without either side attacking the other directly. Chen Mo reassured Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi that he would handle any further threats until his Master returned.

• Elder Jiang admitted Chen Mo's talent but insisted that only he was strong enough to become the Apothecary Hall's temporary chief.
• Chen Mo resisted Elder Jiang's mental assault, rushed forward, and shattered his Mental Barrier with a barrage of punches.
• Elder Jiang avoided making a direct attack, while Chen Mo challenged him and pointed out that attacking a Personal Disciple could mean killing him.
• Elder Jiang declared that he would eventually take the chief position and left with his supporters.
• Chen Mo told Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi that they had won and asked everyone to return to their posts, promising to handle matters requiring force until his Master returned.

The Apothecary Hall remained divided between Elder Jiang’s faction and the group led by Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, while both sides avoided sabotage and focused on their own duties. Chen Mo received steady support for his cultivation and became the sect’s most discussed disciple as an external crisis drew nearer.

• At a faction meeting, an Xiantian elder warned Elder Jiang that Chen Mo’s rapid growth made it dangerous to leave him undisturbed, and suggested using his Contribution Points purchases against him.
• Elder Jiang rejected the idea of obstructing Chen Mo, saying the Apothecary Hall and the sect would benefit if Chen Mo surpassed him, though he would continue contesting leadership until then.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi focused on alchemy and supplied Chen Mo with cultivation resources while their faction avoided provoking Elder Jiang’s side.
• The Apothecary Hall’s division drew the attention of the sect’s other halls, and Chen Mo’s ability to stand against an Earth Flower-level Xiantian elder made him the sect’s most celebrated disciple.
• Chen Mo devoted himself to cultivation in a stable environment, unaware that the external crisis he feared was approaching.