Chapter Summaries

A masked conspirator organized allies to destroy the weakened True Martial Sect within three months, while Chen Mo advanced his Five Viscera Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique and prepared to strengthen his other skills. He sensed the sect was facing an impending crisis and hoped to reach the Xiantian Realm before it struck.

• A masked man confirmed that hidden agents and wavering allies were being prepared to help overthrow the True Martial Sect, and said the group would act within three months.
• The True Martial Sect resumed its routines after losing most of its strength and many elite disciples, while the missing Grandmasters and disciples remained unaccounted for.
• Chen Mo raised the Five Viscera Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique to Perfect Accomplishment, gained the Golden Light Body Protection trait, and greatly increased his strength and defenses.
• Chen Mo planned to focus on the True Martial Spirit Refining Art before advancing his Blade Technique and Movement Techniques, which he expected would bring him close to the Qi and Blood Realm's limit.
• Chen Mo sensed that the sect's calm concealed an approaching crisis and hoped to reach the Xiantian Realm before it began.

As the True Martial Sect’s atmosphere grew increasingly tense, Chen Mo cultivated while investigating signs of a looming crisis. After learning of secretive councils, missing elders, and Di Shiliu’s marriage alliance, he prepared an escape tunnel and worked on ways to conceal his identity and spiritual power.

• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi told Chen Mo that elders had suffered suspicious injuries and that Sect Master Di Yun had become elusive.
• Chen Mo returned to cultivation and reached Initiation in the True Martial Spirit Refining Art after four days.
• Chen Mo learned that Di Yun was frequently meeting with the other two Innate Grandmasters, several elders had disappeared, and Di Shiliu was set to marry the Fierce Tiger Sect Master’s son.
• Chen Mo began digging a hidden tunnel beyond the sect and memorized three aura-concealing techniques to develop a stronger disguise.

After the Great Zhou Dynasty imposed the Martial Restriction Decree, Di Yun chose to have the weakened True Martial Sect comply rather than risk its destruction. He opened the sect’s Cultivation Technique Pavilion to those who stayed, and Chen Mo hurried to copy its techniques.

• Chen Mo perfected Lingbo Wind Shadow Following Step, awakened the Son of Wind trait, and prepared to advance his Blade Technique while training Breath Concealment.
• News spread that the marriage procession between the True Martial Sect and the Fierce Tiger Sect had been ambushed, and Di Shiliu’s fate was unknown.
• Sect Master Di Yun summoned the disciples and explained that the dynasty’s Martial Restriction Decree would subject martial arts schools and sects to restrictions and oversight by the Martial Restriction Guard.
• Di Yun announced that the True Martial Sect would comply, allowing disciples to leave with resources or remain; most stayed, while three of the eight Xiantian elders departed.
• Di Yun opened the Cultivation Technique Pavilion to the remaining disciples, and Chen Mo rushed Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi there to copy techniques before heading to the sixth floor for True Martial Grade techniques.

Chen Mo decided to leave the True Martial Sect as tensions with the Great Zhou Dynasty threatened to draw the sect into conflict. After saying farewell to Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, he escaped through a hidden tunnel and set out alone.

• Chen Mo copied the Heavenly Fiend Nether Gang Fist and other techniques from the Cultivation Technique Pavilion, then resolved to leave the sect.
• Chen Mo met Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi at the Alchemy Room, and they supported his departure while asking him to seek their missing master, Yi Feng, in Wild Mountain once he was strong enough.
• Chen Mo spent the afternoon refining pills with his senior brothers, then shared a hot pot and reminisced with them that evening.
• Xun Yi and Guo Guangzhi guarded the entrance as Chen Mo left through his hidden tunnel late at night.
• Chen Mo emerged in a dense forest on the Back Mountain, said farewell to his senior brothers in his thoughts, and disappeared into the night.

Chen Mo traveled east through the wilderness, advancing his saber technique and continuing to cultivate while seeking a place to grow stronger. After reaching a County Town, he disguised himself and entered a restaurant, where a conversation among caravan workers caught his attention.

• Chen Mo read Yi Feng’s alchemy notebook, cultivated through the night, and advanced Blood Shadow Thirteen Blades into the Initiation-stage Phantom Thunder Blade Hundred Battles Technique.
• He tested the new saber technique, sensed his approaching Qi and Blood Realm limit, and suppressed the urge to activate his Heavenly Meridians before he was ready.
• Chen Mo traveled east, practiced fist techniques, and destroyed nearby Weird entities with his Qi and blood while resting in the wilderness.
• After three more days, Chen Mo reached a County Town, changed his appearance and aura, and entered a restaurant for a meal.
• Chen Mo listened to the restaurant’s conversations, and the talk of several caravan workers caught his attention.

Chen Mo learned that Di Yun had attacked the Commandery Governor's Mansion and worried that war with the Barbarian Tribe could soon reach Lin Chang Commandery. He decided to leave for a distant major commandery and, after stopping briefly in a county town, crossed into Henei Commandery.

• Chen Mo heard that Di Yun had fought the three Grandmasters at the Commandery Governor's Mansion and hoped his former Sect Master could escape Great Zhou safely.
• Fearing an imminent Barbarian Tribe invasion and the Martial Restriction Decree's consequences, Chen Mo decided to leave Lin Chang Commandery for a major commandery far from the war.
• Chen Mo left the County Town after resting, used passersby to practice precise spiritual attacks, and bought a simple map for his journey.
• Near the border with Henei Commandery, Chen Mo spotted more than three hundred ambushers waiting for a merchant caravan and knocked them unconscious with a spiritual attack.
• Chen Mo flew into Henei Commandery without asking the caravan for a reward, curious about the region's Runic Masters, martial artists, and Alchemists.

Disguised as Han Li, Chen Mo traveled to Henei Commandery’s Prefecture City and joined the Murong Family’s caravan after Murong Yanran offered him protection. Once they arrived, he parted ways with her, found an inn, and noticed the Alchemist Guild as he explored the city.

• Chen Mo spotted greedy martial artists eyeing his bundle as he approached the Prefecture City.
• Murong Yanran called Chen Mo over and invited him to travel with the Murong Family’s caravan.
• Chen Mo used the name Han Li, rode with the caravan, and told Murong Yanran he had no plans beyond finding a place to stay.
• Chen Mo entered the Prefecture City with the caravan, bypassed a travel-pass inspection, and parted ways with Murong Yanran.
• Chen Mo found an inn and saw the Alchemist Guild while exploring the city.

Chen Mo settled in Henei Prefecture City, rented and secretly connected eight houses, and spent his time cultivating while arranging to acquire poisons. After reaching One Dragon Power and perfecting his blade technique, he prepared to investigate rumors outside the city in search of a place to cultivate the Heavenly Fiend Nether Gang Fist.

• Chen Mo surveyed Henei Prefecture City's powers, avoided renting in the Inner City, and rented eight houses under different identities in the Outer City.
• Chen Mo secretly moved his belongings into House Number Three, dug underground tunnels, and collected more than thirty thousand taels from people who tried to prey on him.
• Chen Mo cultivated in seclusion and brought the Phantom Thunder Blade Hundred Battles Technique to the Perfection Realm, reaching One Dragon Power and sensing the limit of the Qi and Blood Realm.
• Chen Mo arranged for herbal shops to acquire large quantities of poison by offering to pay more after they initially refused his request.
• Chen Mo decided to go outside the city that night to investigate rumors that might help him cultivate the Heavenly Fiend Nether Gang Fist.

Chen Mo cultivated the Heavenly Fiend Nether Gang Fist in Yin Fiend Lands, draining their Killing Intent until the technique reached Initiation and then Proficient through Epiphany. As he considered the time and life force needed to advance further, trouble came knocking at his door.

• Chen Mo cultivated overnight in the Mass Grave, drawing in its Killing Intent and discovering that the land could sustain only a few more sessions.
• Chen Mo spent the next two nights training at the Mass Grave, depleted its Killing Intent before his Fist Technique reached Initiation, and began radiating intense Killing Intent.
• Chen Mo subdued the largest gang in the commoners' district and sent its members to find other Yin Fiend Lands, locating a new one in less than a day.
• Chen Mo's cultivation depleted Killing Intent across the Forbidden Lands, prompting official martial artists to investigate the unusual changes.
• Chen Mo reached Initiation in the Heavenly Fiend Nether Gang Fist, then spent 10 Enlightenment Points to advance it to Proficient and gained some control over its Killing Intent.
• Chen Mo weighed the technique's life-force cost and the time needed to advance it further, but trouble came knocking at his door.

Chen Mo killed intruders who threatened his hidden cave, then intervened when major forces besieged a family concealing its Xiantian cultivation. He rescued the family’s wife and child and drove back five Innate Warriors with his Heavenly Fiend Nether Gang Fist, leaving his next move unknown.

• Chen Mo tracked the forces searching his neighborhood and concluded they were pursuing a family of three living nearby.
• Chen Mo killed more than twenty intruders who searched his rented houses and threatened to uncover his underground cave, then hid their bodies in the subterranean river.
• Chen Mo raised his Heavenly Fiend Nether Gang Fist to Minor Accomplishment, increasing his Killing Intent as his body neared the Qi and Blood Realm limit.
• When forces besieged the family, Chen Mo discovered that the husband was an Earth Flower-level Xiantian Warrior who asked him to save his wife and child.
• Chen Mo rescued the injured woman and boy, then returned to help the husband fight five Innate Warriors.
• Chen Mo unleashed Heavenly Fiend Obscures the Sun, forcing the five Innate Warriors back before he and the husband disappeared.

Chen Mo obtained the Xuantian Precious Record from Chen Yufei, killed him after discovering his deception, and learned the scroll contained ten top-tier cultivation techniques. After memorizing and hiding it, Chen Mo returned to the Prefecture City, moved to a new residence, and began practicing the God Concealment Art.

• Chen Mo met Chen Yufei's wife and child outside the Prefecture City, and Chen Yufei handed him the Xuantian Precious Record.
• Chen Yufei tried to attack Chen Mo, who killed him with a barrage of blows after breaking through his defenses.
• Chen Yufei's wife revealed that the scroll was poisoned and its antidote had been destroyed, while Chen Mo spared her and her son.
• Chen Mo fled to a mountain cave, studied the ten cultivation techniques, memorized them, and buried the scroll.
• Chen Mo returned to the Prefecture City, moved his belongings to a rented house in another district, and began practicing the God Concealment Art.

Chen Mo prepared for and successfully broke through into the Xiantian Realm, opening five Heavenly Meridians and forming the Human Flower. After stopping to protect his foundation, he bathed and summoned his Attribute Panel to inspect his new strength.

• Chen Mo trained in God Concealment Art and Palm Fire until his body and spirit reached their limits, then prepared herbs, Blood Energy Pills, and hot water for his breakthrough.
• Chen Mo used his spiritual power to open the first three Heavenly Meridians, strengthening his body and causing his Human Flower to grow more solid.
• Chen Mo consumed spirit-nourishing herbs to sustain himself as he opened the fourth and fifth Heavenly Meridians, beginning to condense the Earth Flower.
• Chen Mo stopped after opening five Heavenly Meridians, judging that further attempts could damage his foundation, and assessed his gains in strength and spiritual power.
• Chen Mo heated a wooden barrel, climbed in to bathe, and summoned his Attribute Panel to inspect his strength.

Chen Mo reviewed his new Xiantian Human Flower cultivation and formidable techniques, then decided to return to Lin Chang Commandery to check on his senior brothers amid the war with the Barbarian Tribe. After reaching Lin Chang Commandery at great speed, he was struck by a mental attack as he headed toward the border.

• Chen Mo assessed his new cultivation, skills, and traits, concluding that he could contend with Xiantian Heaven Flower experts but still fell short of Grandmasters.
• Chen Mo decided to stabilize his Xiantian Realm before returning to Lin Chang Commandery to make sure Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother were safe.
• After three days, Chen Mo disguised himself and left Henei Commandery, then flew away at astonishing speed as onlookers recognized him as an Innate Warrior.
• Chen Mo reached Lin Chang Commandery in less than two hours and headed toward the region bordering the Barbarian Tribe.
• An unknown attacker struck Chen Mo with a mental attack as he flew toward the border.

Chen Mo traveled to Lin Chang Commandery after learning that a hundred thousand Barbarian troops were overrunning the region, then found his senior brothers at the True Martial Sect’s rear camp. He revealed that he had reached Xiantian and offered to take them away, leaving them stunned as the war worsened.

• Chen Mo retaliated against an old man who attacked him, then continued toward Lin Chang Commandery.
• Chen Mo learned that Lin Chang Commandery had lost over a hundred li of territory and that the Barbarian Tribe was consolidating its gains.
• Chen Mo left the Prefecture City and raced west toward the front lines, where he located the True Martial Sect’s camp.
• Chen Mo found Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi refining medicine and explained that he had come to protect them.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi told Chen Mo that reinforcements had already been defeated and that the Barbarian Tribe intended to take Lin Chang Commandery.
• Chen Mo offered to take his senior brothers away and revealed that he had reached Xiantian, shocking them.

Chen Mo reunited with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi at the True Martial Sect camp and learned that his senior brothers had become Yellow Grade Alchemists. He stayed to help defend the camp, and after the Barbarian Tribe regrouped, it launched another attack.

• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi marveled at Chen Mo’s breakthrough to the Xiantian Human Flower realm and accepted that he would remain with them.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi offered Chen Mo a bottle of Spirit Nourishing Pills each day, and he agreed to accept them.
• Chen Mo planned to cultivate the Wan Du Jing after saving thirty Epiphanies and considered perfecting the God Concealment Art and Palm Fire first.
• Chen Mo showed Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi Palm Fire and taught them the alchemy cultivation method.
• A Xiantian elder visited Chen Mo, urged him to protect himself and withdraw if necessary, then left.
• After the camp stayed calm for several days, the Barbarian Tribe finished regrouping and launched a new attack.

Chen Mo guarded the rear camp during a Barbarian Tribe assault and killed an Innate Barbarian expert with one punch. After Lin Chang Commandery’s forces retreated, he refused an order to join the front line and prepared for the Barbarians’ likely retaliation.

• A hundred thousand Barbarian Tribe soldiers attacked Lin Chang Commandery’s defenses while Innate fighters harassed the rear camp.
• Chen Mo watched over the rear camp as Xiang Tianhao prepared to help when an Innate Barbarian broke through.
• Chen Mo intercepted the Barbarian and killed him with a single punch, then waited for another enemy who never arrived.
• Lin Chang Commandery’s defensive line collapsed within three hours, and Chen Mo’s camp retreated over fifty kilometers to build new fortifications.
• An elder relayed the commandery governor’s request for Chen Mo to join the front line, but Chen Mo refused and said he would protect his senior brothers and the camp.
• The elder warned Chen Mo that the Barbarians might retaliate, and Chen Mo’s eyes flashed with Killing Intent.

Chen Mo fought off three Barbarian Tribe Xiantian experts before facing Aliqi, a powerful body cultivator whose strength rivaled the Xiantian Heaven Flower level. Their fierce battle left the battlefield devastated and moved toward the camps, alarming both sides.

• Chen Mo guarded the rear camp while the Barbarian Tribe pressured the True Martial Sect's Xiantian elders at the front camp.
• Three Barbarian Tribe Xiantian experts charged Chen Mo, but their leader struck him underground while the other two returned to the battle against the elders.
• Chen Mo rose from underground and fought the leader, Aliqi, whose mental defenses and physical toughness resisted Chen Mo's attacks.
• Chen Mo and Aliqi traded blows across the sky, ground, and underground, devastating the surrounding terrain.
• The fight shifted toward the two camps, and fighters on both sides shouted for Chen Mo and Aliqi not to come closer.

Chen Mo fought Aliqi through a prolonged battle after Aliqi entered a Berserk State, enduring his stronger attacks while waiting for the frenzy to end. Once Aliqi weakened, Chen Mo trapped and killed him, then confirmed the victory.

• Chen Mo recognized that his layered defenses gave him the advantage in a drawn-out fight, while Aliqi grew furious and entered a Berserk State.
• Aliqi attacked with greater strength and speed but abandoned technique, forcing Chen Mo to dodge and endure his blows as they fought across the battlefield.
• The barbarian Innate experts fled when Aliqi's frenzy threatened to catch them in the crossfire, while Chen Mo killed two who remained nearby.
• Chen Mo and Aliqi fought from morning until late at night, and Chen Mo worried about leaving Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi at camp.
• Aliqi's Berserk State ended, and Chen Mo used his speed to block his escape and relentlessly attack him.
• Chen Mo beat Aliqi for an hour with fists and Palm Fire until Aliqi died, then confirmed he could not survive.

After killing Aliqi, Chen Mo returned safely to the retreating True Martial Sect party, and news of his victory spread across the frontline. The Commandery Governor's Mansion moved to act on his newly revealed potential, while the Fierce Tiger Sect anticipated the consequences for the sects.

• Chen Mo escaped the battlefield before a Barbarian Tribe Grandmaster arrived and realized Aliqi had been defeated.
• Chen Mo found Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi with the retreating True Martial Sect party and told them he had killed Aliqi.
• By noon the next day, Chen Mo's victory had drawn the attention of the Commandery Governor, the two great sects, and the Innate Grandmasters.
• Xiong Zong and the Fierce Tiger Sect Master discussed whether they could recruit Chen Mo and concluded the Commandery Governor's Mansion would likely pursue him.
• The Commandery Governor's Mansion took action after learning that Chen Mo had killed Aliqi.

Chen Mo avoided the Commandery Governor's Mansion's attempt to recruit him and stayed hidden while the battle stabilized. After fifteen Grandmasters arrived from the capital, he agreed to leave the camp but remained nearby until his senior brothers were safe.

• Chen Mo hid in a concealed burrow after anticipating that the Commandery Governor's Mansion would target him, and a dispatched Grandmaster found him gone.
• Chen Mo spent a week cultivating and gathering Spirit Nourishing Pills while waiting for the battle to develop.
• Fifteen Grandmasters arrived from the capital, and Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi said the reinforcements would help Great Zhou counterattack and enforce the Martial Restriction Decree.
• Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi urged Chen Mo to leave because the Commandery Governor's Mansion could capture or kill him, and Chen Mo agreed.
• Chen Mo left the camp with twenty bottles of Spirit Nourishing Pills but stayed nearby, planning to wait until the Barbarian Tribe retreated and his senior brothers were safe.