Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo strengthened his spiritual power and cultivated the Wan Du Jing while the reinforcements turned the war against the Barbarian Tribe around. Tianji Pavilion ranked him first on both major rankings, drawing the attention of rival geniuses and the emperor, who sent an envoy to recruit him.

• Chen Mo focused on strengthening his body and spirit before opening more Heavenly Meridians, and began cultivating the Wan Du Jing with poisons after accumulating thirty Epiphanies.
• More than a dozen Grandmaster-level experts helped turn the war against the Barbarian Tribe around, allowing Chen Mo to concentrate on cultivation.
• Chen Mo circulated the Wan Du Jing dozens of times and estimated that he would achieve Initiation in about three days.
• Tianji Pavilion announced Chen Mo as first on both the Hidden Dragon Ranking and the Heavenly Pride Ranking, citing his age, cultivation, and victory over a stronger Barbarian Tribe expert.
• Shangguan Junyi resolved to seek guidance from Chen Mo and challenge his claim to being the greatest genius of their generation.
• The emperor sent an envoy to Lin Chang Commandery to recruit Chen Mo, while messengers arriving from Lin Chang Commandery also brought the emperor letters from the Grandmasters there.

Chen Mo perfected the Wan Du Jing, discovered it gave him immunity to all poisons, and tested its lethal power on the Barbarian Tribe. After returning to camp, he learned the next day that the Barbarians had withdrawn their troops.

• Chen Mo perfected the Wan Du Jing and used its poison-infused Qi and Blood Power to kill a Long-tusked Exotic Beast Pig on contact.
• Chen Mo checked his Attribute Panel, discovered his new special physique of Immunity to All Poisons, and considered how the True Martial Spirit Refining Art could strengthen his spiritual power.
• Chen Mo flew to the Barbarian Tribe's camp and engulfed it in his Qi and Blood Power for three seconds, killing thousands of Barbarians below the Innate Realm.
• A furious Barbarian Grandmaster charged toward the Great Zhou army but was intercepted and suppressed by three Great Zhou Grandmasters.
• Chen Mo returned to camp, shared a late-night meal with Xun Yi and Yao Guangzhi, and left; the next day, news arrived that the Barbarian Tribe had withdrawn its troops.

After the Barbarian Tribe retreated, Chen Mo hid near a County Town and advanced to seven opened Heavenly Meridians while planning to rescue his missing master and companions. In the Prefecture City, he sought higher-grade cultivation techniques and decided to exploit the Fierce Tiger Sect’s leaders coming to register under the Martial Restriction Decree.

• Chen Mo left the camp secretly after learning that the royal family wanted to recruit him, then secluded himself in a mountain forest near a County Town.
• Over the following months, Chen Mo turned seventeen and used the True Martial Spirit Refining Art to open his seventh Heavenly Meridian.
• Chen Mo resolved to enter Wild Mountain within a year to learn what had happened to Yi Feng and the others, then traveled to the Prefecture City under Han Li’s identity.
• Chen Mo obtained two top-tier Fist Techniques from the city’s major Lineages but found that he still needed more advanced cultivation techniques.
• Chen Mo learned that the Fierce Tiger Sect’s elders and elite disciples had to register in the Prefecture City, and decided to try entering their Cultivation Technique Pavilion while their Grandmasters were there.

Chen Mo stole twelve cultivation techniques from the Fierce Tiger Sect, copied them, and returned the originals before escaping. After waiting in Henei Commandery, he opened his eighth Heavenly Meridian and reached the Earth Flower Realm.

• Chen Mo infiltrated the Fierce Tiger Sect's Cultivation Technique Pavilion and stole eleven top-tier cultivation techniques and the True Martial Grade Indestructible True Demon Art.
• Chen Mo copied all twelve techniques, returned the originals to the pavilion, and escaped an Xiantian elder and a grandmaster who could not catch him.
• Chen Mo studied the Indestructible True Demon Art and the eleven top-tier techniques, noting that he needed three more top-tier Health Cultivation Techniques to advance his main art.
• Chen Mo traveled to Henei Commandery and waited in the Prefecture City for a favorable opportunity to visit the two major Lineages.
• After a month, Chen Mo opened his eighth Heavenly Meridian, condensed an Earth Flower beside his Human Flower, and reached the Earth Flower Realm.

Chen Mo wondered what the royal family relied on to enforce the Martial Restriction Decree, but chose not to investigate and instead bought a high-grade alchemy furnace under the false name Han Li. He returned to his rented courtyard, ready to begin practicing Alchemy while seeking ways to strengthen his body.

• Chen Mo heard that the True Martial Sect and Fierce Tiger Sect had yielded to the Martial Restriction Decree, and wondered how the royal family could enforce it despite having few Grandmasters.
• Chen Mo went to Jubao Firm and bought a Xuan Grade alchemy furnace for one million taels of silver.
• Shopkeeper Lin learned that Chen Mo called himself Han Li but could not uncover his identity, so he ordered his staff to stop tracking him.
• Chen Mo overheard the shopkeeper's conversation and regretted that the firm had not tried to rob him, then headed back to his rented courtyard with the furnace.
• Chen Mo planned to seek Body Hardening Cultivation Techniques and use Epiphany and Fusion Advancement, while beginning to practice Alchemy and Blacksmithing.

Chen Mo successfully refined hundreds of Body Tempering Pills and used Epiphany to advance his Alchemy skill to Advanced. Unable to progress without higher-level theory, he set out for the Alchemist Guild but was stopped by someone accusing him of stealing a pill furnace.

• Chen Mo refined six hundred Body Tempering Pills, improving his yield and producing high-grade pills.
• Chen Mo saw Alchemy appear on his panel and used fifteen Epiphanies to raise it to Advanced.
• Chen Mo realized he needed more theoretical knowledge and Spirit Nourishing Pill expertise to advance to Yellow Grade Alchemist.
• Chen Mo ruled out returning to the True Martial Sect because of the Martial Restriction Decree and the danger of drawing the emperor's attention.
• Chen Mo packed his pills and furnace and headed for the Alchemist Guild, but someone stopped him and accused him of stealing the furnace.

Chen Mo bought an expensive alchemy furnace and went to the Alchemist Guild to join as an Advanced Alchemist, accompanied by Li Kui. After passing the guild's initial checks, he began the assessment by preparing to refine five advanced pills within an hour.

• Li Kui confronted Chen Mo over the alchemy furnace he could not afford, then learned Chen Mo was an Advanced Alchemist who had not joined the guild.
• Li Kui followed Chen Mo to the Alchemist Guild, where the receptionist warned that failing the Advanced Alchemist assessment would mean waiting a year to try again.
• Chen Mo paid the thousand-tael assessment fee and entered a room stocked with medicinal ingredients.
• Li Jiyuan and another middle-aged Alchemist arrived to oversee the assessment, which required refining five advanced pills within one hour.
• Chen Mo selected five pills he understood well and began reviewing their formulas before starting the assessment.

Chen Mo demonstrated his alchemy skills and revealed that he had reached the Xiantian Realm while using a flame-condensing technique to refine pills. He planned to exchange the technique for influence and protection within the Alchemist Guild.

• Chen Mo processed the medicinal ingredients quickly and flawlessly, impressing the examiners as Li Jiyuan and Xi Xiu discussed his age and prospects.
• Chen Mo floated the alchemy furnace with a spiritual technique, shocking the examiners when they realized he was a Xiantian Realm expert.
• Chen Mo ignited a steady flame in his palm, and Xi Xiu recognized it as a technique similar to Palm Fire from the Xuantian Precious Record.
• Li Kui was sent to inform the guild president, while Chen Mo planned to trade his flame technique for authority and security in the guild.

Chen Mo proved his skill by refining five batches of high-quality pills and joined the Alchemist Guild by trading Palm Fire for access to its alchemy resources. He began studying and training at the guild, but trouble soon found him despite his efforts to keep a low profile.

• Chen Mo refined five batches of pills, producing eight high-quality pills in each batch and impressing the examiners and guild master Gongsun Hefeng.
• Gongsun Hefeng questioned Chen Mo about his reasons for joining and recognized Palm Fire as the technique used to rescue Chen Yufei.
• Chen Mo offered to teach Palm Fire, and Gongsun Hefeng agreed to let him join the guild in exchange.
• Chen Mo received access to the guild’s alchemy books, notes, and practice ingredients, along with the status and benefits of an Advanced Alchemist.
• Chen Mo began studying alchemy and refining pills while continuing his spiritual and martial cultivation.
• After days of keeping busy and avoiding trouble, Chen Mo found that trouble came looking for him.

Chen Mo refused the Qin Family’s attempt to recruit him and left Qin Wei behind with a display of his speed. The Murong Family then decided to have Murong Yanran approach him, while Chen Mo considered using the family to resolve the trouble.

• Qin Wei and his attendants stopped Chen Mo outside the Alchemist Guild and tried to bring him to meet the Qin Family Head.
• Chen Mo rejected Qin Wei’s invitation and escaped with a Movement Technique that impressed and concerned the Qin Family.
• Qin Wei concluded that recruiting Chen Mo would be difficult and worried he might instead join the Murong Family.
• Murong Haobo and Murong Hanhai persuaded Murong Yanran to recruit Han Li for the Murong Family.
• Chen Mo returned home, cultivated in his underground chamber, and decided the Murong Family could help him deal with the situation.

Chen Mo visited the Murong Family under his Han Li identity and proposed an alliance to destroy the Qin Family. After demonstrating his ability to poison and incapacitate the family’s elders, he secured their agreement and left the Murong Family preparing for the coming attack.

• Chen Mo decided to strike at threats directly and entered the Murong Family ancestral grounds at night with his face covered.
• After Chen Mo openly probed the central compound with his spiritual power, Murong Hanhai and the family’s experts surrounded him and invited him into the inner hall.
• Chen Mo revealed himself as Han Li, then proposed that he and the Murong Family destroy the Qin Family.
• Chen Mo poisoned the Murong Family’s higher-ups with his Qi and Blood Power, then drew the poison from everyone except Murong Old Ancestor to demonstrate his strength.
• Murong Old Ancestor accepted Chen Mo’s terms: cultivation techniques and fifty percent of the Qin Family’s assets in banknotes.
• Chen Mo left after discussing details, while the Murong Family higher-ups celebrated the alliance and Murong Hanhai reconsidered his hopes of recruiting Chen Mo as his daughter’s husband.

Chen Mo and the Murong Family prepared to destroy the Qin Family, with the Murong Family giving him two valuable cultivation techniques to secure his cooperation. He planned to use Epiphany to restore the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Technique, while the assault on the Qin Family remained ahead.

• Murong Hanhai explained that the Murong Family had organized a plan to lure the Qin Family into attacking a merchant caravan and then use the clash as a pretext for a full assault.
• The Murong Family assigned Chen Mo to suppress the Qin Family's weaker fighters and help Murong Hanhai kill Qin Haiyang while the Murong Old Ancestor held off the Qin Family Ancestor.
• The Murong Family gave Chen Mo the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Technique and the Eight Trigrams Heart Spirit Technique before the plan began.
• Chen Mo considered whether Epiphany could restore the missing portion of the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Technique and turn it into a True Martial Grade technique.
• Chen Mo decided to focus on destroying the Qin Family before pursuing his longer-term goal of gathering more True Martial Grade Body Hardening Cultivation Techniques.

Chen Mo ambushed the Qin Family convoy attackers, killed Qin the Madman with one punch, and helped the Murong Family overwhelm the remaining fighters. When the Qin Family Ancestor arrived and struck Chen Mo with a powerful spiritual attack, Chen Mo endured it and charged forward to test himself against a Grandmaster.

• Chen Mo emerged from the Murong Family convoy and used Qi and Blood Furnace to poison and kill most of the Qin Family attackers.
• Qin the Madman tried to flee, but Chen Mo intercepted him and killed him with a single punch.
• The Murong Family elders surrounded the remaining Qin Family fighters and pressed their attack without accepting surrender.
• The Qin Family Ancestor arrived and unleashed a powerful spiritual blade that left Chen Mo dizzy but conscious.
• Chen Mo resolved to face the Grandmaster and charged toward the Qin Family Ancestor using Lingbo Wind Shadow Following Step.

Chen Mo fought the Qin Family Ancestor, using his speed and powerful fist techniques to break through the Grandmaster’s defenses and force him into retreat. As the duel continued far from the battlefield, Murong Yunhai’s forces defeated the remaining Qin Family members and prepared to return to the Prefecture City.

• The Qin Family Ancestor used mental attacks to crush Chen Mo into the ground, but Chen Mo erupted with Qi and Blood Power and charged back at him.
• Chen Mo broke the Qin Family Ancestor’s Mental Barrier with his True Martial Fist Technique and forced him to retreat from close combat.
• Chen Mo kept pursuing the Qin Family Ancestor, who fled while attacking with mental power, and the two disappeared into the distant sky.
• Murong Yunhai tightened his forces’ encirclement and sent a martial artist back to the city to report that the Qin Family Ancestor was away.
• Murong Yunhai’s forces killed the remaining poisoned Qin Family members, tidied the battlefield, and set off for the Prefecture City while Chen Mo and the Qin Family Ancestor continued fighting.

Chen Mo fought Qin Family Ancestor until the latter fled to the Prefecture City, then disguised himself and watched the Murong Family overwhelm the Qin Family. With two more Grandmasters entering the battle, Chen Mo withdrew to his rented house under Shi Hao’s identity, planning to claim his reward after two days.

• Chen Mo repeatedly broke Qin Family Ancestor’s Mental Barriers, while his Spirit Source grew stronger from enduring the mental attacks.
• Qin Family Ancestor used an all-out strike to escape toward the Prefecture City, and Chen Mo chased him but stopped when he reached the city.
• Chen Mo changed his appearance and clothes, then secretly observed the Murong Family’s one-sided assault on the Qin Family Territory.
• Two Grandmasters arrived on the battlefield, so Chen Mo left rather than risk drawing their attention.
• Chen Mo returned to his rented house under Shi Hao’s identity and decided to wait two days before visiting the Murong Family for his reward.

After the Murong and Qin Families ended their battle, Chen Mo stopped using Han Li’s identity and planned to study Runes. He met the Murong and Qin Family Ancestors to collect his payment and learned that their families had formed an alliance.

• Three days after the battle, Chen Mo concluded that the Murong Family had prevailed and decided to collect his payment later.
• Chen Mo left the Alchemist Guild’s practice behind, moved into his new residence under Shi Hao’s identity, and planned to learn Runes to investigate Yi Feng’s disappearance.
• Chen Mo visited the Murong Family’s territory and found Murong Old Ancestor waiting with the Qin Family Ancestor.
• The Qin Family Ancestor told Chen Mo that the Qin Family had allied itself with the Murong Family.
• Murong Old Ancestor gave Chen Mo some silver notes and two martial arts manuals, promising to raise the rest of his payment.
• After Chen Mo left, the Qin Family Ancestor lamented how much his family had paid and noted that Chen Mo had grown stronger again.

After securing a fortune and new Refining Spirit techniques, Chen Mo left the Prefecture City and settled near Xuantian Sect, waiting for a chance to acquire more cultivation techniques. He broke through to the Xiantian Heaven Flower level and sensed the Power of Heaven and Earth, setting his sights on the Grandmaster Realm.

• Chen Mo counted his reward from the Prefecture City lineages and gained two Refining Spirit cultivation techniques, bringing his total to five techniques he could fuse through Fusion Advancement.
• The Commandery Governor's Mansion and Three Great Sects searched for Han Li, so Chen Mo left the Prefecture City and settled near Xuantian Sect, where he began observing its defenses.
• Chen Mo learned that the Martial Restriction Decree would soon spread across the Northwest Region and that the Hundred Sects Grand Competition would send the Three Great Sects' leaders toward the capital, creating an opportunity to seek their cultivation techniques.
• After more than a month of cultivating, Chen Mo decided his body was lagging behind his spirit and planned to use an Epiphany to improve the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Technique after his breakthrough.
• Chen Mo connected his ninth Heavenly Meridian, formed the embryonic Heaven Flower, and advanced to the Xiantian Heaven Flower level.
• Chen Mo sensed the Power of Heaven and Earth and resolved to pursue the Grandmaster Realm.

Chen Mo stopped after opening his ninth Heavenly Meridian to strengthen his body and mind before advancing further, mastering the Dragon Elephant Tyrant Body Technique and opening his tenth meridian. After gaining the Divine Shield trait and a Tyrant Body physique, he prepared to pursue the eleventh Heavenly Meridian.

• Chen Mo suppressed his urge to open the tenth Heavenly Meridian and cultivated the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Technique to Perfect Accomplishment.
• Chen Mo used twenty epiphanies to complete the Dragon Elephant Tyrant Body Technique, then raised it to Proficient and brought his body to the nine-meridian limit.
• Chen Mo spent more than half a month raising his mental strength and opened the tenth Heavenly Meridian.
• Chen Mo fused spirit-refining techniques and other skills, gaining the Divine Shield trait and raising his techniques and abilities to Perfect Accomplishment.
• Chen Mo awakened the Tyrant Body physique, which nearly doubled his strength and defense, and prepared to begin his next breakthrough.

Chen Mo stole True Martial Grade techniques from all Three Great Sects of Henei Commandery and escaped their searches. Back in the Prefecture City, he prepared to study runes and travel to Wild Mountain, then opened his Ren Meridian and became an Eleven-Meridian Innate Warrior.

• Chen Mo knocked out the Xuantian Sect’s hidden guards and stole the Xuanyu Dragon-Capturing Hand before escaping, while the sect’s Grandmaster ancestor watched but did not pursue him.
• Chen Mo fled more than a hundred kilometers, examined the stolen grappling technique, and then headed for the other two great sects to complete his thefts.
• The Three Great Sects discovered that their True Martial Grade techniques had been stolen, and news of the robberies shocked Henei Commandery.
• Chen Mo returned to the Prefecture City under Shi Hao’s identity and bought books and materials about Runic Masters as he planned for a journey to Wild Mountain.
• After spending four days preparing, Chen Mo opened his Ren Meridian and became an Eleven-Meridian Innate Warrior, with only his Du Meridian unopened.

After mastering a limited way to draw the Power of Heaven and Earth into his body, Chen Mo joined the Henei Commandery Rune Master Guild as Shi Hao. He later met the Murong Family Ancestor in disguise to collect his reward, but the Ancestor betrayed him and three Grandmasters surrounded him.

• Chen Mo tested drawing the Power of Heaven and Earth into his body and found that it boosted his strength, though slowly and dangerously.
• Chen Mo returned to the Prefecture City after familiarizing himself with his new strength and ability.
• Chen Mo passed the Junior Rune Master assessment as Shi Hao and joined the Henei Commandery Rune Master Guild.
• Chen Mo put on Han Li's disguise and went to the Murong Family estate to collect the rest of his reward.
• The Murong Family Ancestor gave Chen Mo a bundle and admitted he had no choice but to betray him.
• Three Grandmasters surrounded Chen Mo, who stayed calm and said they had picked the wrong opponent.