Chapter Summaries

Qing Mo arrived in the Jade Dynasty World, recognized Zhang Xiaofan and his Fire Poker, and set his sights on Biyao. After meeting her at a restaurant, he encountered her and Youji that night and revealed his overwhelming power by immobilizing them and removing Youji’s veil.

• Qing Mo entered the Jade Dynasty World with Little Tail and Yinzi, then recognized Zhang Xiaofan by the battered staff he called his Fire Poker.
• Qing Mo dined at the Mountain Sea Garden, where he met Biyao and let her cuddle Little Tail.
• Qing Mo found Biyao and Zhang Xiaofan arguing in a garden that night and introduced himself to Biyao.
• Qing Mo told Biyao he had taken a fancy to her, then immobilized Biyao and Youji when Youji emerged from the shadows to protect her.
• Qing Mo removed Youji’s veil and confirmed that Dao Xuan True Person was feeble compared with him.

Qing Mo offered Biyao a reunion with her deceased mother, and she agreed to go with him. After summoning her mother’s ghost, Qing Mo turned his attention to Youji and confronted her with what he knew about her past.

• Qing Mo freed Youji and Biyao, then promised Biyao he could let her see and speak with her mother again.
• Biyao chose to take Qing Mo’s hand despite Youji’s warning, and he used Rhinoceros Horn Incense to summon her mother’s ghost.
• Biyao reunited with her mother, while Youji explained the years that had passed and what had happened to the family.
• Biyao’s mother thanked Qing Mo and accepted that Biyao had agreed to go with him; she then took Biyao aside to talk privately.
• Qing Mo told Youji about her encounter with Wan Jianyi and her tribe’s veil custom, then removed her veil again when she could not decide what to do.

Qing Mo gave Biyao a way to keep her deceased mother's ghost close and promised to take her to Empty Mulberry Mountain. As they traveled, he revealed his overwhelming power and reassured Biyao that he would teach her to cultivate toward immortality.

• After the rhinoceros horn incense burned out, Qing Mo placed Biyao's mother's ghost in a soul-nourishing Jade Pendant and told Biyao she could keep her there.
• Qing Mo reminded Biyao of her promise to belong to him, and she shyly agreed before he said he would accompany her to Empty Mulberry Mountain.
• The next morning, Biyao and Youji met Qing Mo, and Little Tail jumped into Biyao's hands and charmed her by speaking.
• Youji asked Qing Mo about his realm, and he described himself as a peak Supreme Sovereign who stood above the world's laws and lived eternally.
• When Biyao grew discouraged about the gap between their status and lifespans, Qing Mo promised to teach her a cultivation method that could lead her to immortality.

Qing Mo traveled with Biyao and Youji to Empty Mulberry Mountain, where Biyao confronted Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi before the Blackwater Mystic Serpent appeared. As the serpent attacked, Qing Mo’s dragon Yinzi emerged and easily overpowered it, leaving everyone stunned.

• Qing Mo treated Biyao and Youji to spirit-rich grilled lamb, gave them storage rings, and explained that the meal had strengthened them.
• Biyao tested her improved strength by shattering a boulder, then entered Empty Mulberry Mountain with Qing Mo and Youji to seek the Acacia Bell.
• Biyao ambushed Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi underground, and Youji joined her in confronting them.
• The Blackwater Mystic Serpent appeared and attacked Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi after Lu Xueqi made a noise.
• Biyao called for Qing Mo’s help as the serpent overwhelmed Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi.
• Yinzi transformed into a colossal silver dragon, seized the Blackwater Mystic Serpent, and began tossing it around while Little Tail cheered.

Qing Mo and Yinzi defeated the Blackwater Mystic Serpent, then Qing Mo confronted Zhang Xiaofan with clues about Grass Temple Village and revealed that he was protected by the Heavenly Dao. Qing Mo, Biyao, and Youji entered Blooddrip Cave, where they found Blackheart Elder’s remains and uncovered a carved verse.

• Yinzi chased down and killed the Blackwater Mystic Serpent after Qing Mo ordered him to bring back its gallbladder.
• Qing Mo approached the injured Zhang Xiaofan, revealed that he knew about Grass Temple Village and its slaughter, and restrained Zhang when he demanded the culprit’s identity.
• Youji considered killing Zhang because he cultivated Buddhist and Daoist arts, but Qing Mo stopped her and said Zhang was protected by the Heavenly Dao.
• Qing Mo explained that Zhang’s fire poker had become the Soul-Devouring Rod, then led Biyao and Youji into Blooddrip Cave.
• Biyao activated a mechanism at a red-lit waterfall, revealing Blackheart Elder’s meditation chamber, and Qing Mo dispersed the poison that entered Youji’s hand.
• Qing Mo opened a hidden stone door, and Biyao read a sorrowful verse whose final line ended with “all one’s life, ever told by infatuation.”

Qing Mo found the Acacia Bell for Biyao in the cave at Empty Mulberry Mountain and later promised to revive her mother, Xiao Chi. He restored Xiao Chi’s body and reunited her with Wanren Wang and Biyao.

• Qing Mo revealed the missing lines of the poem, then led Biyao and Youji to the cave’s statues and recovered the Acacia Bell from a hidden shelf.
• Qing Mo explained that Blackheart Elder and Lady Golden Bell had loved one another despite their factions’ enmity, and promised to refine the bell into a divine artifact for Biyao.
• Qing Mo opened a spatial passage out of Empty Mulberry Mountain while Zhang Xiaofan entered the cave seeking answers about Grass Temple Village; Biyao and Youji had copied the Heavenly Book before leaving.
• At a tea stall, Wanren Wang reunited with Biyao and asked Qing Mo to revive Xiao Chi, whose soul rested in a Soul-Nourishing Jade.
• That night, Qing Mo summoned Xiao Chi’s soul and used the Great Dao of Life to restore her body, allowing Wanren Wang to embrace his resurrected wife.

Qing Mo resurrected Xiao Chi and reforged Biyao’s Acacia Bell into a powerful divine artifact, then teased Youji and left her conflicted about her feelings for him. The next morning, he took Biyao and Youji away to meet an old man who loved money.

• Qing Mo brought Xiao Chi back to life and reforged Biyao’s Acacia Bell through a lightning tribulation, adding nine Immortal King–grade Chinese Paladins and naming it the Nine-Sword Soul-Shaking Bell.
• Qing Mo met Youji alone in the inn’s garden, removed her veil, and urged her to choose whether she wanted his affection and a life beyond her obligations.
• Youji spent the night and following morning replaying Qing Mo’s words and actions, growing increasingly flustered and drawn to him.
• At breakfast, Qing Mo asked Wanren Wang about the Holy Sect’s plans to capture a Kui Ox, then said he would take Biyao elsewhere to have fun and teach her a cultivation method.
• Biyao persuaded Wanren Wang to let Youji accompany her, and Qing Mo set off with both of them to meet an old man who loved money.

Qing Mo met Zhou Yixian, who revealed how Biyao and Youji’s original fates had changed, then began rebuilding Biyao’s cultivation foundation. Youji accepted Qing Mo’s offer to become his woman, and he drew her into his arms and kissed her.

• Qing Mo brought Biyao and Youji to meet Zhou Yixian, who described their original fates and said their futures had changed for the better.
• Qing Mo prepared a medicinal bath for Biyao, destroyed her cultivation and meridians, and told her to absorb the medicine as they rebuilt.
• Biyao asked Youji whether she loved Qing Mo, and Youji later admitted she had chosen to stop yearning for someone she could never have.
• Youji removed her veil and accepted Qing Mo’s offer to become his woman, calling him Master.
• Qing Mo gave Youji a purple hairpin, pulled her onto his lap, and kissed her.

Qing Mo helped Biyao begin cultivation with a powerful technique and abundant resources, while Youji grew closer to him and asked to learn his world's cultivation system. The chapter ended with Qing Mo carrying Youji to his room to rest together.

• Qing Mo kissed Youji, who accepted his affection and began to enjoy being with him.
• Biyao finished her medicinal bath, ate a feast of spiritual food, and saw Qing Mo's hundreds of thousands of top-grade spirit stones prepared for her cultivation.
• Qing Mo taught Biyao the realms of his world's cultivation system and passed her a God Emperor-grade technique; she began cultivating after asking him to treat her and Youji well.
• Qing Mo held Youji in the courtyard, and she asked him to teach her a new cultivation method so she could grow strong enough to help him.
• Qing Mo carried Youji to his room, and she asked him to cherish her.

Qing Mo and Youji spent three days together, and he gave her a new purple dress before she welcomed Biyao back from cultivation. When Biyao asked him to join the Ghost King Sect, Qing Mo refused, explained the need to preserve balance between righteous and evil forces, and agreed to offer the sect some help.

• Qing Mo brought Youji to his room, and they spent three days together as she learned from him.
• Qing Mo made Youji a purple dress and asked her to cook while Biyao was expected to return.
• Biyao came back after reaching the late Void Reversion stage in three days, reunited with Little Tail and Yinzi, and received Qing Mo's praise.
• Biyao asked Qing Mo to join the Ghost King Sect, but he refused because joining a side would disrupt the balance between righteousness and evil.
• Qing Mo promised to help strengthen the Ghost King Sect, and Biyao shyly kissed his cheek in return.

Qing Mo refused to join the Ghost King Sect but gave Biyao cultivation methods and demonstrated his power to the Holy Sect factions. After traveling with Biyao and Youji to the East Sea, he returned to watch the coming battle, where he encountered Zhang Xiaofan again.

• Biyao kissed Qing Mo twice, and he explained to Youji that he had refused to join the Ghost King Sect but promised to help strengthen it.
• Qing Mo brought Biyao and Youji to meet Wanren Wang and Xiao Chi, then effortlessly hung Old Man Nian, Fairy Sanmiao, and other Holy Sect fighters from a tree when they considered testing him.
• Qing Mo left Biyao and Youji to help Wanren Wang, promised to teach Youji Biyao's cultivation method, and departed; Youji later admitted to Azure Dragon that she and Qing Mo were together and asked him to keep it secret.
• The Holy Sect factions ambushed Tian Buyi and the Azure Cloud Sect disciples, while Qing Mo appeared in the sky to watch the battle.
• Zhang Xiaofan recognized Qing Mo and demanded to know who had harmed Grass Temple Village, and Qing Mo greeted him as they met again.

Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu demanded that Qing Mo reveal who had destroyed Grass Temple Village, but Qing Mo effortlessly overpowered them and broke Lin Jingyu’s Dragon-Slaying Sword with his bare hands. After Cang Song attacked to avenge the sword, Qing Mo drew Lethe and unleashed One Thought: Lethe, leaving the battle frozen in awe.

• Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu tried to question Qing Mo about the murder of their families while fighting Youji and the Holy Sect forces.
• Qing Mo repelled Zhang Xiaofan and terrified Lin Jingyu with a glimpse of his killing intent, then caught the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his bare hand.
• Zhang Xiaofan attempted a sneak attack, but Qing Mo blasted him away, and Lu Xueqi helped him up.
• Qing Mo disarmed Lin Jingyu, held the Dragon-Slaying Sword to his throat, and then snapped the sword in two despite Cang Song’s demand that he return it.
• Cang Song summoned a powerful lightning attack, but Qing Mo drew Lethe and unleashed One Thought: Lethe, making everyone present feel as if time had stopped.

Qing Mo overwhelmed Cang Song, warned the righteous factions not to call him a demon, and refused to join the Ghost King Sect to preserve the world’s balance. At the shore, Biyao began her first battle against five Azure Cloud Sect disciples while the Ghost King and his allies trapped the Kui Ox.

• Qing Mo tore open the sky with his sword, spared Cang Song, and threatened the gathered righteous people if they continued to call him a demon.
• Qing Mo returned to Biyao and refused Wanren Wang’s invitation to join the Ghost King Sect, explaining that his allegiance could upset the world’s balance.
• Qing Mo told Biyao to test her new cultivation against the Azure Cloud Sect disciples and promised Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu the truth about the Grass Temple Village massacre if they defeated her.
• Biyao used her Nine-Sword Soul-Shaking Bell to disrupt Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, Zeng Shushu, Lin Jingyu, and Tian Linger, then attacked them with its nine swords.
• Wanren Wang, Xiao Chi, and Mister Ghost trapped the Kui Ox with the Dragon-Trapping Gate and tried to subdue it with the Dragon-Subduing Cauldron as both factions arrived at the shore.

Biyao fought Zhang Xiaofan and his companions, forcing Zhang Xiaofan to reveal that he practiced both Great Brahma Prajna and the Supreme Clarity Way of Taiji. After the factions clashed over the subdued Kui Ox, Qing Mo revealed that he knew who destroyed Grass Temple Village and that Wan Jianyi was still alive, then pointed toward Zhang Xiaofan’s first master as the murderer.

• Biyao overwhelmed Tian Linger and attacked the group with her bells and nine swords, but Zhang Xiaofan used Great Brahma Prajna to protect his companions and counter her assault.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Biyao were both thrown back, leaving him unable to move and her exhausted; Qing Mo comforted Biyao as the Azure Cloud Sect and Holy Sect forces prepared to fight over the Kui Ox.
• Wanren Wang subdued the Kui Ox, and Qing Mo stopped Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan from leaving by offering to reveal who had massacred Grass Temple Village.
• Qing Mo announced that Wan Jianyi was alive, startling the older generation and prompting Cang Song to demand his whereabouts.
• Qing Mo said the murderer was Zhang Xiaofan’s master, causing Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan to accuse Tian Buyi until Qing Mo clarified that he meant Zhang Xiaofan’s earlier master.

Qing Mo explained that Zhang Xiaofan was orphaned so he would enter the Azure Cloud Sect and learn both Buddhist and Daoist techniques, then used the River of Time to reveal that Master Puzhi had slaughtered Grass Temple Village. The chapter ended with Lin Jingyu trying to attack the Heavenly Sound Temple disciples and Qing Mo challenging Zhang Xiaofan to reconsider righteousness and evil.

• Qing Mo claimed that Zhang Xiaofan's parents and the villagers had been killed to make him eligible for the Azure Cloud Sect and fulfill Puzhi's obsession with immortality.
• Qing Mo declared that he had attained eternal life, explained that ordinary ascension could not escape time, and showed Biyao the Fountain of Immortality and the Elixir of Youth.
• Qing Mo promised to help the Ghost King Sect and explained that Zhang Xiaofan's lower talent had made him a safer choice to receive Puzhi's Buddhist teachings than Lin Jingyu.
• Qing Mo summoned the River of Time and showed everyone Puzhi, corrupted by the Bloodthirsty Pearl, slaughtering the 244 people of Grass Temple Village before regaining his senses too late.
• Lin Jingyu drew his sword and charged at the Heavenly Sound Temple disciples, but Azure Cloud Sect disciples restrained him.
• Qing Mo reminded Zhang Xiaofan that Puzhi had killed his family for selfish reasons and asked him to reconsider the distinction between righteousness and evil.

Zhang Xiaofan succumbed to the Soul-Devouring Rod’s influence and went berserk, but Qing Mo subdued him and handed him to Ghost King, declaring that his ties now lay with the Ghost King Sect. Qing Mo also revealed future fates and urged several characters to confront old regrets, leaving Cang Song to return to Azure Cloud Sect and meet Wan Jianyi.

• Biyao condemned a Heavenly Sound Temple disciple for excusing Puzhi’s massacre of Grass Temple Village, then sheathed her Nine Swords at Qing Mo’s request and played with Little Tail and Yinzi.
• Zhang Xiaofan’s madness deepened as he attacked a Heavenly Sound Temple disciple, and Azure Cloud Sect members called for him to be killed while Tian Buyi and Lu Xueqi tried to reach him.
• Qing Mo knocked Zhang Xiaofan unconscious and sent him to Ghost King, saying Zhang Xiaofan’s fate with Azure Cloud Sect had ended but that he would aid the sect in future dangers.
• Qing Mo told Lu Xueqi that she and Zhang Xiaofan were destined to be together and that they would have a son named Zhang Xiaoding, then explained that Shuiyue would support Lu Xueqi’s happiness.
• Qing Mo told Cang Song that Wan Jianyi lived in Azure Cloud Sect’s back mountain shrine, and urged Lu Xueqi and Lin Jingyu to speak honestly with Shuiyue and Wan Jianyi about their regrets.
• Cang Song thanked Qing Mo and agreed to return to Azure Cloud Sect with Lin Jingyu and speak with Wan Jianyi.

Qing Mo gave storage rings to Biyao, Youji, and their allies, then offered the first volume of the Heavenly Book to Tian Buyi while explaining how the world's balance limited the Ghost King Sect's rise. He taught everyone a method to extend their lifespans and left Tian Buyi speechless by asking what the Azure Cloud Sect would offer in exchange for cultivation methods.

• Cang Song refused to tell Tian Buyi what he had done, and Qing Mo gave storage rings to Biyao and Youji to pass to their families.
• Biyao demonstrated the rings’ abilities, and Qing Mo revealed that each could hold more than three Heyang Cities; he explained that he gave gifts because Biyao and Youji were his women.
• Qing Mo handed Tian Buyi the first volume of the Heavenly Book and said the world's consciousness would keep the Ghost King Sect from overwhelming the other factions unless it gained enough strength to tip the balance.
• Qing Mo explained that Biyao's Divine Emperor Level cultivation method required more resources than the world could provide and promised to find suitable methods for her parents.
• Qing Mo taught the assembled cultivators how to nourish their organs and blood vitality with spiritual power, promising that daily practice could extend their lifespans by around two hundred years.
• When Tian Buyi sought cultivation methods for the Azure Cloud Sect, Qing Mo asked what the sect would offer in exchange, leaving Tian Buyi at a loss.

Qing Mo offered the Azure Cloud Sect a chance to trade for cultivation arts in exchange for its Water Qilin, then showered the Ghost King Sect with powerful techniques, resources, and pills while Biyao and Youji grilled lamb. As rival Holy Sect members begged to serve him, Qing Mo noticed the world's will intervening to correct the imbalance his gifts had caused.

• Qing Mo told Tian Buyi that the Azure Cloud Sect's Water Qilin could serve as Biyao's mount and said its Immortal-Slaying Ancient Sword did not interest him; Tian Buyi was left to consider the offer.
• Qing Mo, Biyao, and Youji left, and the Ghost King Sect and the other Holy Sect factions departed after completing their purpose.
• Qing Mo reunited with the Ghost King and Xiao Chi in the forest, shared spirit-infused sheep with the gathered disciples, and gave Wanren Wang and Xiao Chi cultivation arts, a spirit stone mine, pills, spirit stones, and herbs.
• Qing Mo gave Youji a Jade Pendant containing pill-making knowledge and instructions for refining pills and condensing an origin pill flame for Azure Dragon.
• Qing Mo revealed that his white pills could extend lifespan by two thousand years each, prompting Wanren Wang to store the sack of pills while members of other factions considered seeking Qing Mo's favor.
• Wild Dog Daoist and other Holy Sect members begged to serve Qing Mo, Yinzi angrily defended its place at his side, and Qing Mo sensed the world's will correcting the imbalance caused by his gifts.

After returning to Azure Cloud Sect, Cang Song reunited with the supposedly dead Wan Jianyi and confessed his crimes, then tried to kill himself. Meanwhile, Qing Mo continued training Biyao and prepared to take her and Youji away while the Ghost King Sect readied an attack on the righteous factions.

• Cang Song brought Lin Jingyu to the rear mountain, where they found Wan Jianyi alive and sweeping outside the Ancestral Hall.
• Shuiyue learned that Wan Jianyi was alive and heard Qing Mo's advice that she should confess her feelings to him.
• Lin Jingyu relayed Qing Mo's reassurance to Wan Jianyi, who agreed to let him visit and talk with him often.
• Cang Song confessed that he had joined the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, killed innocents to refine the Poison Blood Sail, and planned to help destroy Azure Cloud Sect before Qing Mo revealed Wan Jianyi's survival.
• Cang Song drew his sword and tried to take his own life, declaring that he could die at peace after seeing Wan Jianyi and securing Lin Jingyu's future.
• Qing Mo sparred with Biyao, then took her and Youji away to cultivate as Wanren Wang and the Holy Sect prepared to attack the righteous factions.

The righteous factions and the Ghost King Sect prepared for war, then clashed at Azure Cloud Sect, where Zhang Xiaofan fought his former allies and Dao Xuan received the Immortal Execution Sword. Qing Mo arrived to watch and revealed that the sword was the Fifth Volume of the Heavenly Book and had caused Dao Xuan to fall into demonhood in the original future.

• Tian Buyi shared the genuine first volume of the Heavenly Book and Qing Mo’s lifespan-enhancing cultivation method, strengthening the righteous factions as well as the demonic ones.
• Wanren Wang led the Holy Sect forces in an assault on Azure Cloud Sect, and Dao Xuan and the righteous fighters met them in battle.
• Tian Buyi, Lu Xueqi, and the Great Bamboo Peak disciples encountered Zhang Xiaofan, who refused to return to Azure Cloud and attacked Faxiang over the deaths at Grass Temple Village.
• Water Qilin joined the fight, and Dao Xuan summoned the Immortal Execution Sword from its mouth.
• Qing Mo arrived with Biyao and Youji, declared that they would not interfere, and told Dao Xuan that the Immortal Execution Sword was the Fifth Volume of the Heavenly Book that had led him to demonhood in the original future.