Recaps

Qing Mo freed Zhao Yuzhen from the Heavenly Dao’s imposed fate, allowing him to enter the Divine Wandering Profound Realm and prepare to leave Green City Mountain to find Li Hanyi. As Qing Mo’s group split up, Dark River’s threat emerged on the road, while Tang Lian escaped the Tang Clan with Ye Ruoyi after discovering its betrayal of Snow Moon City.

• Qing Mo removed the golden thread binding Zhao Yuzhen’s fate and helped him break through to the Divine Wandering Profound Realm.
• Zhao Yuzhen decided to descend the mountain to find Li Hanyi but agreed to remain sect leader, while Qing Mo arranged for him to join the planned counter-ambush and kept his breakthrough secret.
• Qing Mo told Li Fansong and Fei Xuan about their future paths, then urged Xiao Se to return to Heavenly Revelation City and teased Lei Wujie about Ye Ruoyi.
• Qing Mo left Yueji with Lei Wujie, Xiao Se, and Sikong Qianluo to deal with Dark River near the ambush site, while the others continued toward the Lei Clan and faced assassins on the road.
• Zhao Yuzhen sent Li Fansong and Fei Xuan to help Lei Wujie’s group after divining that they were in danger.
• After the Tang Clan betrayed Snow Moon City, Tang Lian escaped the clan with Ye Ruoyi’s help and set out to warn Snow Moon City.

Lei Wujie, Xiao Se, and Sikong Qianluo escaped a disguised Dark River assassin, while Qing Mo helped arrange an ambush for the forces targeting Li Hanyi in South Peace City. As Qing Mo sealed the city and revealed himself, a purple sword formation appeared overhead and targeted Su Changhe.

• Lei Wujie, Xiao Se, and Sikong Qianluo exposed Thousand-Faced Ghost disguised as Tang Lian and fled after driving him away.
• Wuxin met the real Tang Lian and Ye Ruoyi, stabilized Ye Ruoyi’s illness, and then fought Angry Sword Immortal while Tang Lian carried Ye Ruoyi away.
• Qing Mo warned Li Hanyi about the ambush in South Peace City, urged Zhao Yuzhen to prepare a gift for her, and told Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng to wait for the hidden attacker to reveal himself.
• Li Hanyi fought Su Muyu, Xie Qidao, and three Tang Sect elders until Su Changhe appeared behind her, but Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng intervened.
• Qing Mo sealed South Peace City with Lethe and confronted Su Changhe, who recognized that the ambush had become a trap.
• A purple Big Dipper formation appeared above the city and sent a gigantic sword of Sword Qi toward Su Changhe.

Zhao Yuzhen and Snow Moon City defeated the Dark River attackers, and Qing Mo spared Su Muyu while Zhao Yuzhen killed Su Changhe. They then reached the Lei Clan’s banquet, where Qing Mo confronted the Tang Sect and Mu Yumo and gave Lei Qianhu a Blood Bodhi to cure his cold poison.

• Zhao Yuzhen arrived to reunite with Li Hanyi, then joined Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng against Su Changhe, Su Muyu, and Xie Qidao.
• Baili Dongjun killed the three Tang Sect elders, and Zhao Yuzhen killed Xie Qidao with his Infinite Sword Formation.
• Li Hanyi pleaded for Su Muyu, and Qing Mo agreed to spare him while ordering Zhao Yuzhen to kill Su Changhe; Su Muyu then left Dark River.
• Qing Mo and Yueji led the group to the Lei Clan’s banquet, where Old Master Tang and Mu Yumo faced them before the battle began.
• Qing Mo injured Mu Yumo when he confronted her about the poison, then gave Lei Qianhu a Blood Bodhi that could cure his cold poison.

Qing Mo stopped the Tang Clan’s plot at the Lei Clan, healed Lei Qianhu, and later resurrected Yueyao. He returned to Snow Moon City with her, where Baili Dongjun saw the woman he had mourned for years.

• Qing Mo prevented Tang Xuan and Tang Huang from attacking Lei Qianhu, then forced Mu Yumo to drink a yin-cold tonic that froze her solid.
• Lei Qianhu recovered after swallowing the Blood Bodhi and thanked Qing Mo, who said he had come to avert the tragedy and sample the Lei Clan’s cooking.
• Qing Mo left the Lei Clan after telling Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen to set a wedding date, then used the Dao of Reincarnation and the Dao of Life to resurrect Yueyao.
• Qing Mo explained Yueyao’s death and resurrection, then took her toward Snow Moon City to reunite her with Baili Dongjun.
• Snow Moon City’s three city lords pressured Elder Tang into admitting his mistake and paying compensation, while Li Fansong and Fei Xuan set out to gain experience.
• Baili Dongjun saw Qing Mo return with Yueyao and froze, spilling his wine onto the ground.

Baili Dongjun reunited with Yueyao after Qing Mo brought her back to Snow Moon City, though Qing Mo made him claim he had taken her in because he desired her beauty. Sikong Changfeng asked Qing Mo to restore his missing relative, but Qing Mo said she had moved on to a new life and gave him two jars of Meng Po Soup.

• Baili Dongjun reunited with Yueyao at Snow Moon City and thanked Qing Mo, who joked that Baili had taken her in because he lusted after her beauty.
• Baili Dongjun brought Yueyao to his tavern, where Sikong Changfeng saw her and wondered whether Qing Mo had revived her.
• Sikong Changfeng and Sikong Qianluo visited Qing Mo and asked him to bring back their missing relative, but Qing Mo said she had moved on and begun a new life.
• Qing Mo gave Sikong Changfeng two jars of Meng Po Soup and suggested that he might see the person he missed in a dream.

Qing Mo gave Sikong Changfeng and Baili Dongjun jars of Meng Po Soup, then spent the day gambling with Yi Luoxia and Luo Mingxuan at Sunset Hall. He hinted that Luo Mingxuan would become Yi Luoxia’s destined partner and the next Sword Immortal; after returning home, he found Xiao Se and Wuxin waiting to ask him for something.

• Baili Dongjun learned that Qing Mo had two jars of Meng Po Soup, while Sikong Changfeng and Sikong Qianluo planned to use it to meet their deceased loved ones in dreams.
• Baili Dongjun explained that Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen were traveling and would return to Snow Moon City shortly before their wedding.
• Qing Mo visited Sunset Hall, taught Yi Luoxia and Luo Mingxuan to play Landlord, and won Luo Mingxuan’s savings and wife fund.
• Qing Mo told Yi Luoxia that the man she had waited for had chosen his Sword Immortal ambitions, and suggested that Luo Mingxuan would become her partner and the next Sword Immortal.
• Xiao Se and Wuxin waited for Qing Mo at his quarters, and Qing Mo teased Xiao Se about making Sikong Qianluo angry despite liking her.

Qing Mo healed Xiao Chong’s eyes after he agreed to take the blame for the visit, then revealed that Yi Luoxia’s destined partner was her disciple Luo Mingxuan. The chapter left Luo Mingxuan stunned and Yi Luoxia absent from Snow Moon City.

• Wuxin asked Qing Mo for martial arts guidance, and Qing Mo gave him the Flower Plucking Finger and Kasaya Demon-Subduing Art manuals.
• Qing Mo healed Xiao Chong’s eyes in exchange for Xiao Chong spreading word that he had paid a great price for the treatment and keeping other princes away from Qing Mo.
• Luo Mingxuan sought Qing Mo’s help after Yi Luoxia vanished, and Sikong Changfeng accompanied him to ask what had happened.
• Qing Mo explained that he had told Yi Luoxia about her destined partner, while Ye Ruoyi, Sikong Qianluo, Xiao Se, Lei Wujie, and Wuxin secretly listened nearby.
• Qing Mo revealed that Luo Mingxuan was Yi Luoxia’s destined partner, leaving Luo Mingxuan and the eavesdroppers shocked.

Qing Mo advised Luo Mingxuan on how to win Yi Luoxia back, then told the group that Xiao Se and Ye Ruoyi’s fated connection lay overseas and that they would sail there after Zhao Yuzhen and Li Hanyi’s wedding. He ended by agreeing to teach Lei Wujie a move, though the lesson he named was Two-Handed Combat.

• Qing Mo urged Luo Mingxuan to find Yi Luoxia before Song Yanhu could reach her, and Luo Mingxuan left to bring her back.
• Qing Mo recounted how Sikong Changfeng had met and pursued Qianluo’s mother, while the others listened from behind the house.
• Sikong Qianluo and Lei Wujie asked Qing Mo to cure Ye Ruoyi, but he said her fated connection would help cure both her and Xiao Se overseas.
• Qing Mo told Xiao Se to take Ye Ruoyi overseas after Zhao Yuzhen and Li Hanyi’s wedding, with Wuxin and Tang Lian joining them, and promised him a brocade pouch.
• Qing Mo urged Lei Wujie to spend more time courting Ye Ruoyi, then agreed to teach him a move called Two-Handed Combat.

Qing Mo taught Lei Wujie the Two-Handed Combat technique and advised Luo Qingyang about his Desolate Sword and the person he wished to take away. Luo Qingyang stayed in Snow Moon City for Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen’s wedding, where the two were married before their gathered friends and elders.

• Qing Mo explained that Zhou Botong’s Two-Handed Combat could let Lei Wujie use two sword styles at once, and Lei Wujie began practicing it while growing closer to Ye Ruoyi.
• Luo Qingyang arrived in Snow Moon City seeking a sword duel with Qing Mo, who agreed to duel after Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen’s wedding.
• Qing Mo told Luo Qingyang that his Desolate Sword lacked the balance of mortal emotion, calmed his surging sword intent, and urged him to pursue the person he desired while warning him about his adopted son.
• Luo Qingyang agreed to remain in Snow Moon City, while Luo Mingxuan won Yi Luoxia back and the city prepared to celebrate Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen’s marriage.
• Qing Mo sent flower petals raining down as Li Hanyi arrived, and Lei Wujie roused the lovestruck Zhao Yuzhen so the wedding could proceed.
• Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen bowed to Heaven and Earth, their elders, and each other, completing their wedding.

Zhao Yuzhen and Li Hanyi celebrated their wedding with friends, then Qing Mo met Luo Qingyang in the long-awaited sword duel. As Luo Qingyang unleashed his Nation's Lament Sword Dance, Qing Mo answered with an even deeper desolation, and their swords finally clashed.

• Zhao Yuzhen and Li Hanyi bowed to Qing Mo at their wedding, and Zhao Yuzhen gave him a peach-tree branch as promised.
• Jin Xian delivered Emperor Mingde's wedding gifts, while friends and disciples congratulated the newlyweds and shared the banquet.
• Baili Dongjun and the others forced Zhao Yuzhen to drink until he passed out, and Li Hanyi chased Lei Wujie and Li Fansong the next day.
• After resting for two days, Qing Mo accepted Luo Qingyang's challenge and let him begin their sword duel.
• Luo Qingyang unleashed the Nation's Lament Sword Dance, and Qing Mo matched its desolation with a poem before their swords collided in an explosion of dust.

Qing Mo defeated Luo Qingyang, gave him a gift and advice, then saw several young disciples depart for their journeys while preparing to leave the world himself. More than a month later, Wushuang arrived at Snow Moon City to challenge Qing Mo with his sword, unaware that this would be Qing Mo’s last such duel in this world.

• Qing Mo defeated Luo Qingyang, helped him break through his bottleneck, and gave him a cosmetics case for his beloved before Luo Qingyang set out for Heavenly Revelation City to investigate Xiao Yu.
• Qing Mo planted divine sense in Tang Lian to protect him, gave Xiao Se a pouch containing supplies for Mo Yi, and sent the young disciples off with warnings and advice.
• Qing Mo told Xiao Se he would likely leave the world before the youths returned, and entrusted him with instructions concerning Mo Yi and the Revival Coin.
• Wuxin departed for Heavenly Revelation City, while Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen settled into a quiet life in a peach grove and Baili Dongjun reunited with Yueyao to run Baili Tavern.
• After more than a month, Wushuang arrived at Qing Mo’s courtyard and asked to challenge him; Lu Yuzhai apologized for his junior brother’s lack of manners, and Qing Mo accepted the challenge.

Wushuang challenged Qing Mo to a sword duel, and Qing Mo’s final strike left him unconscious but alive after teaching him a great deal. Days later, Qing Mo and Yueji departed Snow Moon City and returned to the Immortal Cultivation World, where Qing Mo welcomed Yueji as a companion for their travels through other worlds.

• Wushuang opened the Peerless Sword Casket and attacked Qing Mo with twelve flying swords, then summoned Great Bright Vermilion Bird when Qing Mo challenged him to do so.
• Qing Mo overwhelmed Wushuang with Lethe, but Wushuang insisted on continuing until Qing Mo drew his sword and struck him down with One Thought: Lethe.
• Lu Yuzhai found Wushuang alive but unconscious, and Qing Mo said the battle would help him grow before returning the Peerless Sword Casket to Unparalleled City’s disciples.
• News spread that Qing Mo had named Wushuang the future Wushuang Sword Immortal, delighting Unparalleled City and Wushuang’s master, Song Yanhu.
• Sikong Changfeng and Li Hanyi found Qing Mo and Yueji’s farewell letter and the gifts he had left for Snow Moon City and Sikong Qianluo.
• Qing Mo brought Yueji to the Immortal Cultivation World and told her she would travel through the myriad worlds with him.

Qing Mo reunited with Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue, and Yueji joined them as they traveled and helped her reach the peak of the lower world's cultivation. Meanwhile, Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu learned their fiancées had died and planned to descend to the lower world for revenge; Qing Mo's group arrived at a remote village concealed by powerful formations.

• Qing Mo stayed with Yueji while Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue searched the secret realm, then welcomed them back with Little Tail, Da Bai, and Yinzi.
• Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue told Qing Mo that they had killed Gong Siqing and Yu Yaxuan after the two women's meddling caused deaths, and warned that the Immortal Realm families might seek revenge.
• The Ye and Lin families learned that Gong Siqing, Yu Yaxuan, and their accompanying disciples had died, so Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu vowed to descend to the lower world and find the killers.
• The Gong and Yu family patriarchs gave Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu fragments of the shattered fate tablets to help them track the women's auras.
• Over two months, Yueji trained with Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and Cang Lanyue, reached the peak of the world, and traveled with them to a remote village hidden by advanced formations.

Qing Mo broke into Fan Yuan’s hidden village, killed the elders guarding a half of the purple Jade Pendant, and took it. He later revealed that the pendant was linked to Yun Xiaotian’s origins and that its other half was in another world, leaving the two halves destined to reunite.

• Qing Mo opened the formations around Fan Yuan’s village and demanded the half of the purple Jade Pendant, but Fan Yuan denied having it.
• Qing Mo read Fan Yuan’s memories, learned the pendant’s hiding place and the secret of Yun Xiaotian’s birth, then killed Fan Yuan and took the pendant.
• Qing Mo’s three maidservants killed the other elders, including one who tried to fake her death.
• Days later, Yun Xiaotian and Hao Jinghong found the elders’ bodies, and Yun Xiaotian swore revenge before discovering a recording stone among Grandpa Wu’s belongings.
• Qing Mo told Yueji and the others that Yun Xiaotian was the son of Immortal Emperor Yun Chuan and explained how Fan Yuan had protected him after they fell into the lower realm.
• Qing Mo revealed that Sun Tian had found the other half of the Jade Pendant in another Middle Thousand World and was taking it to the Great Thousand World.

Qing Mo's group arrived at Cloud Thunder City, where Mo Yanyu challenged the city's array for detecting practitioners of a blood-craving demonic art. She exposed a suspicious man and began testing him with her own array, while Lu Baize hurried to the city gate after Han Qingxia called for help.

• Qing Mo's group learned that Cloud Thunder City used an array to identify people who had cultivated the demonic art and entered the city to inspect it.
• Mo Yanyu judged the gate array crude, prompting Han Qingxia to accuse her of insulting the work of her master, Lu Baize.
• Mo Yanyu claimed that three people in the crowd had cultivated the demonic art and pointed out a middle-aged man whose passage through the gate array had raised no alarm.
• The middle-aged man denied the accusation and tried to leave, but Mo Yanyu defeated him, sealed his energy, and brought him back.
• Mo Yanyu engraved a new array disk and activated it around the man, promising the crowd they would know the truth shortly.
• After receiving Han Qingxia's message, Lu Baize rushed to the city gate and asked where the accused man was.

Mo Yanyu exposed a flaw in Lu Baize’s array, earned an honorary elder position in the Array Pavilion, and proved herself a seventh-rank array master. Meanwhile, a spy identified Yueji in Cloud Thunder City, prompting Yun Xiaotian and Hao Jinghong to set out with Old Man Xingya’s help to seek revenge.

• Mo Yanyu’s array triggered the evil art within a trapped middle-aged man, and she knocked him unconscious with one slap.
• Lu Baize and Han Qingxia apologized to Mo Yanyu, and Mo Yanyu agreed to teach Lu Baize her array in exchange for his promised payment and an honorary elder position.
• Mo Yanyu declined an invitation for Qing Mo and his companions to visit the Array Pavilion, then joined it herself and passed its seventh-rank array master test.
• A spy spotted Yueji in Cloud Thunder City and reported her appearance to Yun Xiaotian through a voice transmission jade talisman.
• Yun Xiaotian and Hao Jinghong arranged to meet Old Man Xingya in Cloud Thunder City and left for a teleportation array to pursue Yueji and her companions.

Qing Mo's group caught and killed Xiao Tao, who had been following them for Yun Xiaotian and Hao Jinghong, then challenged the two men to meet them in Flower Moon City. Yun Xiaotian and Qing Mo signed a life-and-death contract and faced each other in the arena, where Qing Mo hinted that he knew the truth about Yun Xiaotian's parents.

• Qing Mo's group confronted Xiao Tao as he secretly contacted Yun Xiaotian and Hao Jinghong, and Qing Mo learned they had sent him to follow them.
• Qing Mo refused Hao Jinghong's offer of compensation, and Yueji killed Xiao Tao while Yun Xiaotian and Hao Jinghong listened through the transmission talisman.
• Qing Mo told Yun Xiaotian to meet him in Flower Moon City, then destroyed the talisman and continued on to obtain the Wanyue Ying Flower.
• Yun Xiaotian and Hao Jinghong confronted Qing Mo's maidservants in Flower Moon City, and Qing Mo appeared to accept Yun Xiaotian's challenge to the Life-and-Death Arena.
• Qing Mo and Yun Xiaotian signed the life-and-death contract and entered the arena, where Qing Mo said Yun Xiaotian could have met his biological parents before coming to die.
• Yun Xiaotian demanded to know who his parents were, and Qing Mo offered him the first move.

Yun Xiaotian challenged Qing Mo to avenge Uncle Fan, but Qing Mo effortlessly endured his attacks and brutally crippled him. When Old Man Xingya intervened to save Yun Xiaotian, Qing Mo revealed overwhelming power, forced the elder to kneel, and began beating him instead.

• Yun Xiaotian attacked Qing Mo with a high-grade spirit sword, but the blade snapped against Qing Mo's robe.
• Yun Xiaotian unleashed a furious series of punches and strikes that left Qing Mo and the ground beneath him unharmed.
• Qing Mo battered Yun Xiaotian, broke his arm, and ignored Hao Jinghong's plea for him to surrender.
• Old Man Xingya arrived and ordered Qing Mo to stop, but Qing Mo broke both of Yun Xiaotian's legs in front of him.
• Qing Mo released an overwhelming aura that forced Old Man Xingya to his knees, then dragged him across the arena and drove his head into the ground.

Qing Mo killed Old Man Xingya and Yun Xiaotian, then set out for Splendid Blossom City with Yun Xiaotian’s ashes and the maimed Hao Jinghong. In the Celestial Spirit Immortal Realm, Immortal Emperor Yun Chuan learned his son had died and began sending forces to investigate, while Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu headed toward Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue.

• Qing Mo brutally tortured Old Man Xingya before killing him, then snapped Yun Xiaotian’s neck and destroyed his soul.
• Mo Yanyu, Cang Lanyue, and Yueji stopped Hao Jinghong from escaping, and Yueji later carved him into a human stick and dragged him away.
• Immortal Emperor Yun Chuan sensed Yun Xiaotian’s death, failed to divine the killer, and ordered his subordinates to investigate across the lower realms.
• Qing Mo carried Yun Xiaotian’s ashes toward Splendid Blossom City with his three maidservants on Da Bai, intending to keep his promise to deliver them to Yun Xiaotian’s parents.
• Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu arrived on the Crimson Spirit Continent with their men and headed for Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue.

Qing Mo destroyed the Hao Clan after bringing Hao Jinghong to Splendid Blossom City, then continued his journey with his companions. When Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu’s group caught up and threatened them, Qing Mo used Words Become Law to force them all to their knees.

• Qing Mo confronted the Hao Clan, killed Hao Jinghong’s mother, and erased the clan and its estate with his divine sense.
• Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu arrived in Splendid Blossom City, learned that Qing Mo’s group had been there, and searched until a Gong Family member found them.
• The Gong Family member attacked Mo Yanyu, who killed him with the Light Rain Sword before Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu arrived and surrounded the group.
• Lin Manmu identified himself and Ye Xinghe as the fiancés of Yu Yaxuan and Gong Siqing and accused Cang Lanyue and Mo Yanyu of killing their loved ones.
• Qing Mo broke Gong Qianjue’s limbs and sealed his mouth, then declared that his Words Become Law could make his words real.
• Qing Mo ordered Ye Xinghe and the others to kneel, and his power forced the entire group down, cracking the ground beneath them.

Qing Mo punished Ye Xinghe, Lin Manmu, and their companions for seeking revenge on his maid, then captured their Immortal Venerable masters when they intervened. He forced the masters to surrender their treasures and promised to spare them if they destroyed the Ye and Lin families, before ordering his maids to deal with the kneeling disciples.

• Ye Xinghe, Lin Manmu, and the others knelt and begged Qing Mo for their lives, while Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue crippled Gong Qianjue and displayed him publicly.
• Qing Mo took the group's storage rings and revealed that he had waited for Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu's masters to appear before ordering their execution.
• Immortal Venerable Liu Xi and Immortal Venerable Bai Ling arrived as phantoms, but Qing Mo shattered them and dragged their true bodies from the Xuanli Immortal Realm.
• Liu Xi and Bai Ling knelt before Qing Mo, disowned Ye Xinghe and Lin Manmu, surrendered their storage rings, and agreed to exterminate the disciples' families and allies.
• Qing Mo sent Liu Xi and Bai Ling back to the Xuanli Immortal Realm, where they began purging the Ye and Lin families, then told Mo Yanyu, Cang Lanyue, and Yueji to deal with Ye Xinghe and the others.

Qing Mo’s group reached Shallow Wind City, where Qing Mo agreed to travel to another world for the System while his maidservants attended an auction. He arrived in The Mummy’s world as a French soldier alongside O’Connell, fought off mounted attackers, and planned to plunder Hamunaptra’s treasures before pursuing his own goals.

• Mo Yanyu, Cang Lanyue, and the maidservants killed Ye Xinghe, Lin Manmu, and their companions after Qing Mo left.
• Immortal Venerable Liu Xi and Immortal Venerable Bai Ling destroyed the Ye and Lin Families and their allies under Qing Mo’s orders, then died when the Annihilation Power he had planted in them erupted.
• After two and a half years, Qing Mo’s group reached Shallow Wind City, where Yueji became eager to bid on a pill furnace and spirit flame at an upcoming auction.
• The System demanded that Qing Mo either pay for the maidservants’ new constitutions or travel to another world, so Qing Mo agreed to leave after one more night with them.
• Qing Mo entered the world of The Mummy and joined O’Connell’s French soldiers at Hamunaptra, where Beni fled as mounted attackers approached.
• Qing Mo and O’Connell fired on the attackers, and Qing Mo resolved to follow the film’s plot before claiming the treasures of the City of the Dead.

Qing Mo and O'Connell escaped the attack at Hamunaptra, then reunited in Cairo with Jonathan and Evelyn to assemble an expedition to the City of the Dead. After the group boarded a ship, they learned that another party had hired a guide who had also visited Hamunaptra.

• Qing Mo and O'Connell escaped the natives after Beni shut them out of the bunker, and they fled the ruins when the buried Imhotep stirred beneath the sand.
• Three years later in Cairo, Evelyn and Jonathan asked Qing Mo to guide them to Hamunaptra, and Qing Mo agreed on the condition that O'Connell join them.
• Qing Mo, Evelyn, and Jonathan arranged O'Connell's release from prison by promising the warden thirty percent of any treasure they found.
• Qing Mo and O'Connell met Evelyn, Jonathan, and the warden at Port Giza, and the expedition boarded a ship for Hamunaptra.
• Qing Mo and O'Connell learned that the Beautiful Country group had hired a guide who had also been to Hamunaptra, then squeezed Jonathan's shoulders for telling them about the expedition.

Qing Mo and O'Connell reunited with Beni aboard the ship, then fought off black-clad attackers and escaped with Evelyn and Jonathan. After buying camels and setting out across the desert, both groups reached Hamunaptra at sunrise and raced toward it.

• Qing Mo engineered a kiss between O'Connell and Evelyn, then he and O'Connell discovered Beni hiding aboard the ship and threw him into the river.
• When attackers set fire to Evelyn's room and stole the special key, Qing Mo and Jonathan fought them while O'Connell got Evelyn to safety.
• Qing Mo, O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan, and the plump warden escaped the burning ship by jumping into the river, while Beni and the Beautiful Country men reached the opposite bank with the supplies.
• The group bought camels at a local market and traveled toward Hamunaptra, with Evelyn riding beside O'Connell and Jonathan waking the snoring warden with a whip.
• At sunrise, Qing Mo's group and Beni's party spotted Hamunaptra and raced toward the ancient city.

Qing Mo, O'Connell, and Evelyn explored Hamunaptra while competing with the Beautiful Country expedition for treasure. After the group began digging in another chamber, the warden wandered off and was attacked by scarabs, and a stone coffin suddenly fell from above.

• Evelyn led the group into Hamunaptra, where she used mirrors to illuminate a secret chamber and explained its purpose as a place for preparing the dead.
• Qing Mo and O'Connell encountered the Beautiful Country men in a burial chamber, and Evelyn persuaded both groups to avoid a gunfight and dig elsewhere.
• Evelyn led the group to another chamber, where she explained how they could dig beneath the statue to find the hidden chamber.
• The warden wandered through the tomb, mistook scarab shells for blue gold, and was fatally attacked by a scarab that burrowed into his skull.
• As Qing Mo, O'Connell, and Evelyn rested while Jonathan played with a sledgehammer, a stone coffin dropped from above and startled everyone.