Recaps

Qing Mo and his companions were surrounded in Spirit Origin City by Bai Anhao, Hua Yunsheng, Bai Xiliang, and the Sun Origin Sect, but Qing Mo and his maidservants quickly overwhelmed them. The chapter ended with Cang Lanyue holding the elders’ severed heads while Mo Yanyu broke Bai Anhao’s spine.

• After Qing Mo lifted his memory seal and dispelled his array, Bai Anhao and the Sun Origin Sect found and surrounded Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and Cang Lanyue.
• Bai Xiliang and Hua Yunsheng threatened Qing Mo and his companions, but Qing Mo mocked Hua Yunsheng’s torture plans and promised to use them on him.
• Mo Yanyu fought Bai Anhao while Cang Lanyue battled the Sun Origin Sect elders, and Qing Mo crushed Hua Yunsheng’s wrist when he tried to attack.
• Bai Xiliang stabbed Qing Mo with her spirit sword, but his robe stopped it; Qing Mo crushed her kneecaps with spiritual pressure and killed the guards who rushed to help.
• Mo Yanyu wounded Bai Anhao and slaughtered the guards who approached, while Cang Lanyue killed the Sun Origin Sect elders and displayed their severed heads.
• Mo Yanyu broke Bai Anhao’s spine with a kick as his scream rang across Spirit Origin City.

Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and Cang Lanyue defeated Bai Anhao and his allies, then forced the Sun Origin Sect to punish Hua Yunsheng for threatening Qing Mo. Qing Mo spared the sect after Hua Yan carried out the punishment, and the group departed on Da Bai.

• Mo Yanyu defeated Bai Anhao, while Cang Lanyue killed the Sun Origin Sect elders and wounded Bai Xiliang.
• Qing Mo had Mo Yanyu cripple Bai Anhao's cultivation, killing him, and Cang Lanyue tortured Bai Xiliang before hanging her at the City Lord's Manor.
• Qing Mo took Hua Yunsheng and the elders' heads to the Sun Origin Sect on Da Bai, whose divine might terrified the sect.
• Hua Yan identified himself as the Sun Origin Sect Master and agreed to punish Hua Yunsheng as Qing Mo demanded.
• Hua Yan crippled Hua Yunsheng, severed his meridians, broke his bones, and subjected him to the punishments he had threatened Qing Mo with.
• Qing Mo spared the Sun Origin Sect and departed with Mo Yanyu, Cang Lanyue, and Da Bai, while Hua Yan collapsed after they left.

Qing Mo and his maids arrived in Ironwall City during a demon beast tide and reunited with Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin. After Pan Haichuan barged into their private room to demand the siblings’ inner core and claim Qing Mo’s maidservants, Mo Yanyu killed his hidden protector.

• Cultivators defended Ironwall City from the Bloodshade Forest beast tide, and Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin collected demon beast inner cores.
• Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and Cang Lanyue arrived in Ironwall City and encountered Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin, who explained the beast tide and thanked Qing Mo for helping their sect.
• Tang Xuanhua began describing a dangerous purple-scaled giant python when Pan Haichuan and his followers burst into the private room and demanded the three-eyed flower leopard’s inner core.
• Pan Haichuan threatened Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin, then declared that he wanted both the inner core and Qing Mo’s maidservants.
• Qing Mo exposed Pan Haichuan’s hidden protector, and Mo Yanyu seized the protector and snapped his neck.

Qing Mo and his companions learned about the giant purple snake and Bloodshade Forest while dealing with Pan Haichuan, whose arrogance led to his execution. When another beast tide approached, Da Bai revealed his true form and carried the group toward the forest, while the snake fled into its depths.

• Qing Mo killed Pan Haichuan’s hidden guardian, then heard Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin describe the purple snake and a deadly expedition into Bloodshade Forest.
• Qing Mo summoned Pan Siyan, Zhou Wuxu, and the Revered Martial Empire’s patriarchs, then demanded they answer for Pan Haichuan’s attempted assault on his maids.
• Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue said Pan Haichuan should pay for his conduct, and Zhou Wuxu and the patriarchs killed him after he tried to flee.
• Qing Mo ordered Pan Haichuan’s men killed and his corpse displayed at the capital, then let the empire’s leaders take the unconscious Pan Siyan away.
• When another beast tide approached Ironwall City, Mo Yanyu found the giant purple snake, and Qing Mo sent Da Bai outside in his enormous tiger form with the group riding on his back.
• Da Bai’s divine might made the beasts prostrate themselves, and the purple snake fled into Bloodshade Forest as Qing Mo invited Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin to follow.

Qing Mo uncovered the Blood Prison Soul-Locking Grand Array’s role in draining demon beasts and feeding their vitality to a tomb owner seeking resurrection. After the group entered the tomb, Qing Mo destroyed its corpse-puppet guardians, but black qi began filling the passage.

• Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin clung to Da Bai’s tail as he carried them and the others into Bloodshade Forest to catch the fleeing purple serpent.
• Da Bai pinned the serpent, and Qing Mo identified it as the array core and explained how the tomb’s array drove demon beasts to attack human cities and sent their stolen vitality to the tomb owner.
• The purple serpent tried to swallow Qing Mo, but he crushed its soul; Tang Xuanhua retrieved the array core from its spine and collected the serpent’s remains.
• Qing Mo used the array core to reveal a stone tomb entrance, and the group entered the burial passage, where Mo Yanyu found multiple formations and dozens of peak Dao Palace Realm corpse puppets appeared.
• The corpse puppets charged, but Qing Mo cut them into pieces with a thought; black qi then drifted from their remains and filled the passage.

Qing Mo led his group through the tomb’s poisonous traps, where Yinzi’s dragon might cleared the venomous creatures and vines. They reached the altar holding a wounded Devil, whose hidden ghostly shadow began targeting Tang Xuanhua to buy time for its resurrection.

• Black formation patterns drained Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin’s spiritual power, but Qing Mo absorbed the patterns and poisonous mist into a formation disk and a bead.
• Qing Mo warned the group that the treasures in the first chamber were coated in deadly poison, then led them into an underground expanse filled with venomous creatures and toxic vines.
• Qing Mo explained the Devil Realm’s cultivation ranks and worlds as the creatures attacked; Yinzi revealed himself as a true dragon and crushed the creatures and vines with his dragon might.
• The group reached a vast chamber where a wounded Devil lay on an altar, absorbing blood essence and vitality through a formation linked to the Bloodshade Forest.
• Qing Mo let Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin take the medicinal pills and spiritual herbs, while a ghostly shadow secretly attacked Tang Xuanhua in hopes of delaying the group and transferring its physical body.

Qing Mo stopped a Devil Race soul from possessing Tang Xuanhua and extracted the hidden Red Moon Bloodstone, then dealt with the formation harming the demon beasts in Bloodshade Forest. The group returned safely to Ironwall City after Qing Mo taught Mo Yanyu how to counter the formation’s effects.

• Pei Yuexin warned Tang Xuanhua about the Devil Race shadow, and Qing Mo restrained it before it could possess him.
• Qing Mo exposed the shadow’s plan and discovered it had split the Red Moon Bloodstone between its body and soul.
• Qing Mo forced the soul back into its body, extracted the Red Moon Bloodstone, and crushed the curse the dying Devil Race member unleashed.
• Qing Mo explained that the formation was tied to the earth veins and taught Mo Yanyu a new formation to reduce its harmful effects.
• Qing Mo’s group returned to Ironwall City, where the people made way for them.

Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin said farewell to Qing Mo before leaving Ironwall City under disguises. Months later in Goldlike City, Qing Mo bought a mysterious piece of wood and unleashed his fury when Du Chenqi’s men tried to force him to hand it over, leaving the group terrified.

• Tang Xuanhua and Pei Yuexin thanked Qing Mo’s group, then used pills from the Devil Race tomb to disguise themselves before departing.
• Months after leaving Ironwall City, Qing Mo, Mo Yanyu, and Cang Lanyue arrived in Goldlike City and noticed a stall owner selling a piece of wood for five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.
• Qing Mo bought the wood before Du Chenqi arrived and claimed he wanted it, but Qing Mo refused to sell it.
• Du Chenqi’s subordinate demanded that Qing Mo kneel, apologize, and hand over the wood and the two women, invoking Du Chenqi’s family and Origin One Sect connections.
• Qing Mo released an overwhelming aura that shook the Crimson Spirit Continent and terrified Du Chenqi’s group, then asked the trembling subordinate how it had felt to poke his chest.

Qing Mo punished Du Chenqi, Li Sanwu, and their allies after Li Sanwu offended him, sending the Li Family into the Nine Nether and Li Sanwu into the Devil Domain. He returned to the Crimson Spirit Continent alone, leaving Li Sanwu trapped in an endless cycle of being devoured and restored.

• Qing Mo killed Du Chenqi’s subordinates, forced Du Chenqi to crawl before him, and ordered his companions to gather the Du Family, Origin One Sect, and Li Sanwu’s blood relatives.
• Da Bai and Yinzi brought the Li Family before Qing Mo, and its members disowned Li Sanwu and begged for mercy.
• Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue brought the Du Family and Origin One Sect, whose members knelt before Qing Mo.
• Qing Mo opened a rift to the Nine Nether and sent Li Sanwu’s blood relatives into it, declaring they would never reincarnate.
• Qing Mo took Li Sanwu to the Devil Domain, crippled and sealed him, and made him immortal so the Devil Race could repeatedly devour him.
• Qing Mo returned alone to the Crimson Spirit Continent, where Li Sanwu continued to suffer the same fate in the Devil Domain.

Qing Mo forced Du Wuwei and Origin One Sect’s Second Elder to mutilate Du Chenqi, then killed everyone from the Du Family and Origin One Sect despite promising only to consider sparing them. He later left Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue to explore the Boundless Sand Sea secret realm and traveled alone to a snowy world the System identified as “a young man’s jianghu.”

• Qing Mo showed the Du Family and Origin One Sect how the Devil Race repeatedly tortured Li Sanwu with venomous insects, leaving the witnesses horrified.
• Qing Mo demanded that Du Chenqi’s father, master, and sect master propose punishments, and all three called for severe mutilation.
• Du Wuwei agreed to punish Du Chenqi to save the Du Family, while Qing Mo ordered the Second Elder to cripple Du Chenqi’s cultivation.
• Du Wuwei sawed flesh from Du Chenqi’s limbs as his son screamed, but Qing Mo ultimately killed everyone from the Du Family and Origin One Sect.
• Qing Mo woke in another city, told Mo Yanyu and Cang Lanyue to seek the fire seed of the Li Flame Heart-Melding Wood in the secret realm, and entrusted them with Da Bai, Yinzi, and Little Tail.
• Qing Mo traveled alone through an interdimensional passage to a snowy world, where the System described the destination as “a young man’s jianghu.”

Qing Mo arrived in the martial world and joined Lei Wujie and Xiao Se on their journey to Snow Moon City. After Lei Wujie wrecked Snowfall Manor while fighting bandits, the three set off together, with Lei Wujie agreeing to repay the damages and Qing Mo’s ruined meal.

• Qing Mo dismissed the strange clouds surrounding him, displayed Lethe’s sword intent, and named his white horse Chasing Moon before riding toward Snowfall Manor.
• Xiao Se recognized the value of Lei Wujie’s clothes and welcomed him and Qing Mo to the inn, where Qing Mo paid generously for food and wine.
• A gang of bandits entered Snowfall Manor to rob it, and Lei Wujie fought them off, destroying the inn’s furniture and spilling Qing Mo’s meal in the process.
• Xiao Se demanded that Lei Wujie pay for the damage, and Lei Wujie agreed to repay him after reaching his destination.
• Qing Mo joined Lei Wujie and Xiao Se on their way to Snow Moon City, and the three departed on Chasing Moon and Xiao Se’s horse.

Qing Mo, Lei Wujie, and Xiao Se reached Returning Dragon Temple, where Yueji and Minghou arrived to kill them and Tang Lian. After Tang Lian fought Minghou, Qing Mo took on Yueji and effortlessly countered her attacks, leaving everyone stunned by his skill.

• Lei Wujie led Qing Mo and Xiao Se astray twice before they found shelter at Returning Dragon Temple, where they discovered a recently used firepit and Tang Lian hiding in the rafters.
• Yueji arrived and delivered a golden invitation to Qing Mo, while Minghou entered with his Golden Giant Blade; Lei Wujie recognized them as the assassin duo and guessed they had come to kill them.
• Tang Lian revealed himself and fought Minghou, evading his strikes and exchanging hidden weapons before they acknowledged each other's injuries and Minghou's lingering poison.
• Lei Wujie offered to face Yueji, but Qing Mo stopped him and took his place, trapping Yueji's Binding Garment Sword in Lethe's scabbard and disarming her with a swift counter.
• Yueji attacked Qing Mo with her illusion-like killing art, but he stood his ground and deflected every strike with his sheathed wooden sword, astonishing everyone present.

Qing Mo defeated Yueji and Minghou, revealed that the Heavenly Spring Elder had destroyed Minghou’s family, and gave Yueji a jade pendant before the group continued toward Three Visits City. At Beauty Manor, Xiao Se gambled while Tang Lian faced a rush of factions seeking the Golden Coffin, and Qing Mo finally intervened when a fight with the White-Haired Immortal grew too noisy.

• Qing Mo stopped Minghou’s attack, revealed the truth about the Heavenly Spring Elder through Minghou’s memories, and gave Yueji a jade pendant before she chased after the distraught Minghou.
• Qing Mo and Xiao Se questioned each other’s identities, then traveled with Lei Wujie and Tang Lian toward Three Visits City with the Golden Coffin.
• At Beauty Manor, Qing Mo supplied Xiao Se with gambling money, while Tang Lian learned from Tian Nü Rui that the expected contact had not arrived and assassins had gathered for the Golden Coffin.
• The White-Haired Immortal gambled against Xiao Se and defeated the martial world wanderers who demanded the Golden Coffin and Tian Nü Rui, then fought Tang Lian and Lu Yuzhai as people from Unparalleled City joined the clash.
• Qing Mo, interrupted while receiving a massage, called down to the battling crowd and complained that they were disturbing his rest.

Qing Mo subdued Unparalleled City and the White-Haired Immortal with a spectacular display of swordsmanship, then left to rescue Yueji and Minghou. As Yueji faced death surrounded by enemies, Qing Mo appeared in midair to save her.

• Qing Mo took control of Wushuang's Peerless Sword Casket, sent its thirteen swords through a sky-splitting strike, and returned the casket to Wushuang after the White-Haired Immortal and Lu Yuzhai apologized.
• Qing Mo noticed Yueji's Jade Pendant had shattered, told Xiao Se to watch Chasing Moon and Lei Wujie, and left with Lethe to help her.
• Minghou killed Heavenly Spring Elder, the man who had murdered his family, but was left gravely wounded as Yueji tried to protect him from pursuing martial artists.
• Yueji was poisoned and exhausted while defending Minghou, then smashed Qing Mo's Jade Pendant when the attackers surrounded them.
• Qing Mo arrived after the Jade Pendant shattered and revealed himself standing in midair just as the attackers rushed Yueji and Minghou.

Qing Mo saved Yueji and Minghou by demanding that they forget each other, then erased their memories and took Yueji with him. After killing a Dark River group that tried to capture him, he arrived with Yueji near Great Brahma Sound Temple, where someone in a sedan chair noticed them.

• Qing Mo killed the martial artists surrounding Yueji and Minghou, then agreed to save Minghou in exchange for Yueji promising to forget him and remain by Qing Mo's side.
• Qing Mo healed Minghou and erased his memories of Yueji; Minghou left for Nine Dragons Temple to train, while Qing Mo erased Yueji's memories of Minghou as well.
• Qing Mo and Yueji traveled to a town, where Dark River members tried to drug and capture Qing Mo with poisoned tea.
• Qing Mo resisted the poison, killed the Dark River members, and took Yueji to the vicinity of Great Brahma Sound Temple.
• Someone inside a sedan chair spotted Qing Mo and Yueji as they emerged from an alley.

Qing Mo met Eunuch Jinxian in the Western Regions and warned him that he would not take Wuxin away, while revealing his knowledge of Jinxian’s loyalties and future. At Great Brahma Sound Temple, Jinxian fought Wuxin and discovered Xiao Se and Lei Wujie, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Qing Mo and Yueji followed a waiter to meet Eunuch Jinxian, who had paid their dinner bill and wanted to question Qing Mo about Wuxin.
• Qing Mo told Jinxian he was from another world, would not interfere with Jinxian beating Wuxin, and predicted that Jinxian would be the only one among the Five Grand Eunuchs to meet a good end.
• Jinxian went to Great Brahma Sound Temple the next day, saved his disciples from Wang Rensun, and confronted Wuxin as Qing Mo and Yueji arrived with Xiao Se and Lei Wujie.
• Qing Mo introduced Yueji as a former assassin who had stayed with him to repay her life debt, then helped her memorize Wuxin’s Heavenly Demon Dance as she watched the fight.
• Jinxian defeated Wuxin and Wang Rensun, then called out Xiao Se and Lei Wujie; Lei Wujie charged him and was easily thrown into a wall, while Jinxian fixed his attention on Xiao Se.

After Eunuch Jinxian warned Wuxin that he could not escape his fate, Wuxin asked Wang Rensun to hold a memorial service for Master Wangyou and gathered with Xiao Se, Lei Wujie, Qing Mo, and Yueji. As Wuxin prepared to face the Nine Dragons Temple monks, Qing Mo revealed his origins and chose not to interfere in the coming trials.

• Eunuch Jinxian left Great Brahma Sound Temple after warning Wuxin that the monks from Nine Dragons Temple were coming and that his fate could not be escaped.
• Wuxin asked Wang Rensun to conduct a memorial service for Master Wangyou, and Wuxin's Heart Demon Guidance briefly affected Yueji until Qing Mo helped her break free.
• Over hot pot, Qing Mo told Xiao Se, Lei Wujie, and Wuxin that he came from another world, had surpassed shattering the void, and was immune to Heart Demon Guidance.
• Wuxin revealed that he planned to teach Lei Wujie the Great Arhat Demon-Subduing Vajra Invincible Divine Art and Xiao Se Heart Demon Guidance, then saw Master Wangyou's soul appear and depart from a relic.
• Xiao Se and Lei Wujie promised to accompany Wuxin, who left the ruined temple with them at sunrise and faced the True Form Arhat Array at the mountain steps.
• Qing Mo said Tang Lian and others had arrived nearby, encouraged Lei Wujie to test himself against the monks, and declined to intervene in Wuxin's coming trial.

Wuxin fought Chan Master Dajue, then dispersed both their cultivations to end the conflict and let Dajue release his obsession. After Wuxin prepared to return to Beyond Heaven, Qing Mo offered Xiao Se a way to manage his injuries and jokingly threatened to teach Lei Wujie a sword art that required castration.

• Wuxin defeated one of Dajue's junior brothers and trapped the other five in the Heavenly Demon Dance, forcing Dajue to intervene.
• Dajue used the True Form Arhat Array to gather his junior brothers' inner power, fought Wuxin and Wuchan, and then fell into qi deviation while battling Lei Wujie, Tang Lian, and Sikong Qianluo.
• Wuxin restrained Dajue and used a Rakshasa Hall secret art to disperse both their cultivations, restoring Dajue's clarity and ending their fight.
• Dajue thanked Wuxin and departed with his junior brothers, while Lu Yuzhai and Unparalleled City's people abandoned their attempt to take Wuxin after Qing Mo confronted them.
• The White-Haired Immortal escorted Wuxin back to Beyond Heaven after Qing Mo promised to teach him later; Qing Mo also taught Xiao Se a technique to ease his hidden-meridian injuries.
• Qing Mo offered to teach Lei Wujie the Evil-Repelling Sword Art, then frightened him by claiming its first step required castration.

Qing Mo met Sikong Changfeng, accepted Sikong Qianluo as his disciple, and taught her the spear art Myriad Rivers Return to Sea. After traveling to Snow Moon City with Yueji, Lei Wujie, and Xiao Se, the group arrived as Lei Wujie prepared to challenge Heaven Ascension Pavilion; Qing Mo spotted a boy calling for his Little Martial Uncle.

• Sikong Changfeng arrived, reunited with Sikong Qianluo, and learned that Qing Mo planned to visit Snow Moon City after Ye Anshi had already left with the White-Haired Immortal.
• Sikong Qianluo asked Qing Mo to take her as a disciple, and he accepted her and passed on the spear technique Myriad Rivers Return to Sea.
• Sikong Changfeng took the unconscious Sikong Qianluo and Tang Lian back to Snow Moon City, while Wuchan departed for Coldwater Temple.
• Yueji corrected Lei Wujie's mistaken directions, and Qing Mo's group traveled toward Snow Moon City, where Qing Mo helped Xiao Se improve his ability to use inner strength.
• After nearly a month on the road, Qing Mo's group entered Snow Moon City and settled at a teahouse beneath Heaven Ascension Pavilion as Lei Wujie prepared to challenge it.
• Qing Mo noticed a chubby boy on a donkey calling out for his Little Martial Uncle.

Lei Wujie challenged the Heaven Ascension Pavilion while Xiao Se helped him overcome the gambling test on the thirteenth floor. Qing Mo revealed his knowledge of hidden secrets and guided Li Fansong as he prepared to seek a sword duel in Snow Moon City.

• Lei Wujie set off to challenge the Heaven Ascension Pavilion after Qing Mo, Yueji, and Xiao Se encouraged him, with Xiao Se demanding repayment of eight hundred taels.
• Qing Mo told Xiao Se that the Furious Sword Immortal had not crippled his meridians and wounded his master, and that he knew the truth behind the Langya King case, but he refused to reveal more.
• Lei Wujie returned from the thirteenth floor to ask Xiao Se for help with a dice gamble, and Xiao Se worked out how he could pass the test.
• Qing Mo invited Fei Xuan and Li Fansong into the teahouse, where Li Fansong recognized him as the rumored visitor from beyond the heavens and admitted he had come to meet the Snow Moon Sword Immortal.
• Sikong Changfeng arrived and learned that Sikong Qianluo had returned to Snow Moon City, while Xiao Se rushed out to collect money and Li Fansong prepared to seek his duel.
• Qing Mo promised Li Fansong a way to earn the Snow Moon Sword Immortal's guidance and led him outside to explain it in secret.

Qing Mo reunited with Sikong Qianluo and encouraged Li Fansong to address Li Hanyi as his master's wife. Lei Wujie and Li Fansong challenged Li Hanyi together, ending as she drew Iron Horse Glacier and prepared to answer their final strikes.

• Qing Mo coached Li Fansong to call Li Hanyi his master's wife, then reunited with Sikong Qianluo outside Heaven Ascension Pavilion.
• Sikong Qianluo sparred with Xiao Se and blushed when he praised her, while Qing Mo teased them about marriage.
• Lei Wujie challenged Li Hanyi, who defeated him with one strike and cut away a third of Heaven Ascension Pavilion before binding it in place.
• Li Fansong called Li Hanyi his master's wife and shared Zhao Yuzhen's words about her, prompting her to instruct him during their fight.
• Lei Wujie and Li Fansong returned to deliver their final sword strikes, and Li Hanyi drew Iron Horse Glacier and named her own strike Moonlit Evening, Flower Morning.

Qing Mo met Baili Dongjun in Snow Moon City and promised to revive his wife Yueyao if he fulfilled two conditions. He then challenged Snow Moon City to a sword contest, and the battle on Azure Mountain ended with Qing Mo knocking Li Hanyi to the ground as Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng attacked again.

• Qing Mo revealed to Baili Dongjun that he knew how to brew Meng Po Soup, then offered to bring Yueyao back to life in exchange for two favors.
• Baili Dongjun agreed to secretly accompany Li Hanyi and Sikong Changfeng at the Heroes' Banquet and prepare his finest wines when Qing Mo asked.
• Qing Mo announced his challenge to Snow Moon City, and Baili Dongjun, Li Hanyi, Sikong Changfeng, and the younger disciples headed to Azure Mountain.
• Qing Mo faced Baili Dongjun, Li Hanyi, and Sikong Changfeng together, parrying their attacks with Lethe's scabbard.
• Qing Mo redirected Li Hanyi's sword and kicked her into the ground, prompting Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng to charge him again.

Qing Mo defeated Baili Dongjun, Sikong Changfeng, and Li Hanyi, then left a vast sword-intent abyss near Snow Moon City for martial artists to study. He eased Ye Ruoyi’s pain and revealed Li Hanyi and Zhao Yuzhen’s tragic fate, promising to help them escape it.

• Qing Mo overwhelmed the three City Lords, shattered their strongest attacks with Lethe, and carved a deep abyss that drew martial artists to Snow Moon City.
• Sikong Changfeng agreed to hold an apprenticeship banquet for Sikong Qianluo, while Qing Mo and Yueji stayed in the city as others trained and prepared for the Flower Festival.
• Sikong Qianluo brought Ye Ruoyi to Qing Mo, who eased her pain and said her destined connection would eventually save her life.
• Li Hanyi asked Qing Mo who would ambush her on the way to the Heroes' Banquet, and he revealed that Zhao Yuzhen would die saving her in their original fate.
• Qing Mo told Li Hanyi to wait for the attackers and draw them out with Baili Dongjun and Sikong Changfeng, and promised to help Zhao Yuzhen break free of his fate.

Qing Mo persuaded Emperor Mingde to withdraw the troops beneath Green City Mountain and promised to help Zhao Yuzhen escape his destined fate. At Snow Moon City’s Flower Festival, Tang Lian faced Duan Hengyi, Lei Wujie arrived and danced with Ye Ruoyi, and Xie Xuan joined the gathering before Li Hanyi arrived.

• Qing Mo visited Emperor Mingde, gifted him and Qi Tianchen tea, restored the Emperor’s vitality, and asked him to withdraw the five thousand troops beneath Green City Mountain.
• Qing Mo assured Emperor Mingde that Zhao Yuzhen would survive descending the mountain and stay out of court affairs, then effortlessly injured the Five Great Eunuchs when they interrupted.
• Qing Mo told Emperor Mingde that Xiao Chuhe would soon return and that Qing Mo’s disciple liked him; the next day, the troops beneath Green City Mountain withdrew.
• At the Flower Festival, Xie Xuan met Qing Mo, Yueji, Sikong Changfeng, and Baili Dongjun while Xiao Se and Tang Lian watched the gathered clans below.
• Tang Lian defeated Duan Hengyi’s challenge, but Duan Hengyi attacked him with a concealed weapon, prompting Lei Wujie to arrive and unleash uncontrolled Sword Qi.
• Ye Ruoyi calmed Lei Wujie, danced the Ruoyi Sword Dance with him, and Xiao Se and Xie Xuan played music; Xie Xuan gave the young people books before exchanging greetings with Li Hanyi.

Qing Mo brought Lei Wujie and the others to Green City Mountain, where he promised to help Zhao Yuzhen break free of his destined fate by pushing him into a life-or-death breakthrough. Their duel ended with Zhao Yuzhen falling from the sky, apparently lifeless.

• Lei Wujie challenged Zhao Yuzhen at Green City Mountain but was quickly defeated, then revealed that Li Hanyi was his elder sister.
• Qing Mo told Zhao Yuzhen that his destined future with Li Hanyi involved one death and one madness, and said he would help him reach Divine Roaming to escape it.
• Zhao Yuzhen prepared to rush down the mountain after hearing Li Hanyi faced danger, but Qing Mo convinced him to stay and fight for a future with her.
• Qing Mo battered Zhao Yuzhen in their duel until Zhao Yuzhen's bottleneck began to loosen, while the battle destroyed his courtyard and damaged the mountaintop.
• Zhao Yuzhen unleashed the Infinite Sword Formation against Qing Mo's One Thought: Lethe, and fell from the sky after their attacks collided.