Chapter Summaries

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Morning Cloud Sect's female cultivators pick and process grapes for wine-making under Qing Mo's guidance.
• Qing Mo prepares a menu for the Supreme Elder's birthday banquet, including vegetarian and meat cold dishes, hot dishes, soup, and staple foods.
• The Emperor Emeritus sends imperial chefs to assist Qing Mo, but the Supreme Elder warns against trying to take Qing Mo away.
• The first batch of grape wine is ready and tasted by the sect's leaders, who praise its quality.
• Qing Mo decides to make grilled fish for dinner, with the help of Du Shengcai and Bai Ruyi.

Character Developments

• Qing Mo demonstrates his culinary skills and knowledge in wine-making, earning respect and admiration from the sect's leaders.
• The Supreme Elder shows concern for Qing Mo's well-being and guards against the Emperor Emeritus's intentions.
• The Emperor Emeritus expresses his desire to bring Qing Mo to the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty but is deterred by the Supreme Elder.
• The imperial chefs sent by the Emperor Emeritus cooperate fully with Qing Mo, impressed by his culinary skills.

Significant Themes

• Culinary arts as a means of expression, respect, and cultural exchange.
• The power dynamics and political intrigue between the Morning Cloud Sect and the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty.
• The importance of tradition and innovation in wine-making and cooking.

Character Interactions

• Qing Mo interacts with the sect's female cultivators, guiding them through the wine-making process.
• The Supreme Elder and the Emperor Emeritus engage in a power struggle over Qing Mo's services.
• Qing Mo collaborates with Du Shengcai and Bai Ruyi to prepare grilled fish for dinner.
• The imperial chefs learn from Qing Mo and work under his guidance in the kitchen.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Supreme Elder's birthday banquet is held, and representatives from various sects attend.
• Qing Mo oversees the cooking and teaches the imperial chefs new dishes.
• The dishes are praised for their taste and health benefits, causing a frenzy among the guests.
• The Supreme Emperor joins Qing Mo and the chefs for a meal, revealing his desire to take Qing Mo back to the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty.

Character Developments

• Qing Mo demonstrates his culinary skills and leadership, earning respect from the imperial chefs.
• Wen Wan and Feng Cai'er express interest in Qing Mo as a potential husband, highlighting their attraction to him.
• The Supreme Emperor shows his fondness for Qing Mo and his desire to have him as a son-in-law.

Significant Themes

• Culinary skill and its importance in the cultivation world.
• The pursuit of beauty and talent in potential partners.
• The desire to have a family and continue one's lineage.

Character Interactions

• Qing Mo interacts positively with the imperial chefs, teaching them and gaining their respect.
• Wen Wan and Feng Cai'er discuss their interest in Qing Mo, revealing their attraction to him.
• The Supreme Emperor interacts with Qing Mo, expressing his desire to take him as a son-in-law.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qing Mo spends over a year at the Morning Cloud Sect, with the Supreme Emperor and Grand Elder repeatedly trying to introduce their granddaughters to him.
• Qing Mo evades their attempts, focusing on trapping the earth vein to extract the Soul-Attracting Stone.
• On the third day, Qing Mo reveals his true power, traps the earth vein, and extracts the Soul-Attracting Stone.
• He then reveals his identity as the great one who turned a flood dragon into a true dragon and leaves the Morning Cloud Sect on Yinzi, the silver-white dragon.

Character Developments

• Qing Mo: Reveals his true power and identity, showing that he has been hiding his cultivation level. He remains humble and focused on his mission.
• Bai Ruyi, Wu Menghan, Wen Wan, Feng Cai'er: Realize Qing Mo's true power and identity, leading them to reevaluate their feelings for him. They are left shocked and awestruck by his departure.
• Supreme Emperor and Grand Elder: Are surprised by Qing Mo's true power and identity. They realize they have underestimated him.

Significant Themes

• The revelation of Qing Mo's true power and identity highlights the theme of deception and hidden strength.
• The interactions between Qing Mo and the women who like him explore the theme of unrequited love and the consequences of pursuing it.

Character Interactions

• Qing Mo interacts with the four women who like him, gently but firmly rejecting their advances. He treats them with kindness and respect, making it clear that he has no romantic feelings for them.
• The Supreme Emperor and Grand Elder try to arrange marriages for Qing Mo, leading to humorous and awkward situations.
• Qing Mo's departure from the Morning Cloud Sect leaves the characters he interacted with in shock and awe, leading them to reevaluate their feelings and perceptions of him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qing Mo meets Wang Ya and Wang Yang, Liu Yurou's disciples, and learns about her becoming an elder of the Pill Pavilion.
• The group travels to Pill City, where Liu Yurou is taking the assessment for sixth-grade alchemist.
• Liu Yurou successfully refines the Spirit Resonance Pill in half an hour, producing eleven pills.
• After the assessment, Xiao Miao, the Young Pavilion Master, approaches Liu Yurou, but she rebuffs him.
• Wang Ya returns to Liu Yurou, and she learns that Qing Mo is also in Pill City.

Character Developments

• Liu Yurou: Shows exceptional skill in pill refinement, successfully completing the sixth-grade assessment in record time. Her relationship with Qing Mo deepens as she expresses eagerness to see him.
• Qing Mo: Remains calm and composed, displaying his supreme cultivation by reducing a peak Mortal Shedding Realm cultivator to ashes with a single glance.
• Xiao Miao: Becomes jealous and angry when Liu Yurou rushes off to find Qing Mo, fueling his desire to meet the man who has made her so happy.

Significant Themes

• Pill Refinement: Liu Yurou's skill in pill refinement is showcased, highlighting her dedication and talent in this field.
• Romance and Rivalry: Xiao Miao's jealousy and desire to meet Qing Mo foreshadows potential romantic tension and rivalry between the two men.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yurou and Qing Mo: Their relationship deepens as Liu Yurou expresses eagerness to see Qing Mo, and he introduces her disciples to his disciples.
• Liu Yurou and Xiao Miao: Liu Yurou rebuffs Xiao Miao's advances, further fueling his jealousy and desire to meet Qing Mo.
• Qing Mo and Wang Ya/Wang Yang: Qing Mo meets Liu Yurou's disciples and learns about her becoming an elder of the Pill Pavilion.

Qing Mo reunited with Liu Yurou, defended her from Xiao Miao, and revealed the power behind his seemingly ordinary appearance. He then brought his group to Martial City, where Ren Tianye and the four little ones avenged their grievances by wiping out the Wei Family, and Qing Mo ordered the city lord to clean up.

• Liu Yurou embraced Qing Mo, greeted his companions and disciples, and gave them pills while Mo Wangshu presented her with cosmetics.
• Xiao Miao confronted Qing Mo over Liu Yurou, but Liu Yurou unleashed her killing intent after Xiao Miao insulted her master.
• Qing Mo revealed Yinzi's enormous dragon form, and Liu Yurou asked him to spare Xiao Miao after his Dao heart shattered.
• Qing Mo and his group flew to Martial City, where the Wei Family begged for mercy and presented the two relatives who had wronged his followers.
• Ren Tianye and the four little ones killed the Wei Family members, and Qing Mo told the Martial City Lord to clean up the mess.

Qing Mo’s group entered the White Rosy Cloud Deadland while fleeing the forces hunting Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue, and began searching for the Bone-Rotting Flower. They left their pursuers waiting outside as Qing Mo protected the group from the deadly mist and directed Jing Yubai deeper into the deadland.

• Qing Mo used the Tracking Blood Curse to send a blood thread to Huayun Holy Land and kill the Wei Family’s second young master.
• Qing Mo taught Liu Yurou World in the Palm and taught Qu Ziyun, Jing Yubai, Ren Tianye, and others the Immortal Emperor-level Cosmos Finger.
• Qing Mo’s group traveled toward the White Rosy Cloud Deadland, killing the righteous pursuers who tried to intercept their carriage along the way.
• Several thousand pursuers chased the carriage, but Jing Yubai countered their attack with a punch and drove the group into the deadland.
• The pursuers stopped at the entrance and sealed off the perimeter, while Qing Mo’s group entered the white fog and recalled the destruction of Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue’s sect.
• Qing Mo shielded the group from the mist, sent Da Bai to frighten away the demon beasts, and gave Jing Yubai directions toward the Bone-Rotting Flower.

Qing Mo took the Bone-Rotting Flower and its mountain of bones from the Deadland, then lured the forces pursuing Chu Yun'er and Cang Lanyue into a confrontation. After exposing their crimes and summoning the Heavenly Dao of Linhai Continent, he trapped the survivors with the flower as it devoured them and bloomed.

• Qing Mo judged the Bone-Rotting Flower unfinished, lifted its bone-covered habitat, and took the Bone-Like Flowing Gold Tree trunk for Mo Wangshu.
• Jing Yubai led the group out of the Deadland, where pursuers attacked; Qing Mo's companions fought them while more forces gathered.
• Cang Lanyue and Chu Yun'er confronted the leaders, and Qing Mo exposed their hidden crimes by reading their memories.
• Qing Mo summoned the Heavenly Dao, which knelt before him and issued a decree exposing the forces' crimes and ordering their sects and clans destroyed.
• Qing Mo trapped the surviving pursuers and their corpses with the Bone-Rotting Flower, whose roots devoured them as it rapidly bloomed.

Qing Mo plucked the Bone-Rotting Flower, then joined Jing Yubai, Wang Weixiu, and Liu Minghua at a poetry gathering where he saw through Xuan Qingyin’s disguise and recognized her fatal cauldron-physique side effect. When Xuan Qingyin sought his help the next day, Qing Mo left her plea unanswered and asked Jing Yubai whether he wanted to marry her.

• Qing Mo plucked the fully bloomed Bone-Rotting Flower and returned the bone heap to the White Rosy Cloud Deadland so the unique plant would not go extinct.
• Jing Yubai, Wang Weixiu, and Liu Minghua planned to sneak out to see Xuan Qingyin, but Qing Mo caught them and insisted on joining them.
• At the poetry gathering, Qing Mo recognized Xuan Qingyin in disguise and explained that her cauldron physique was consuming her life force and that her attempted remedy would not work.
• Xuan Qingyin learned who Qing Mo was and waited for him on the road to the Heavenly Cloud Sect, desperate for help as her life dwindled.
• When Xuan Qingyin begged Qing Mo to save her, he instead asked Jing Yubai whether he wanted to marry her.

Qing Mo arranged Xuan Qingyin’s marriage to Jing Yubai, then brought his party to the Heavenly Cloud Sect, where they received an elaborate welcome and his promise to guide Yun Jiange. When Yun Jiange learned the Cloud Jade Secret Realm was about to open, he asked whether Qing Mo wanted to go.

• Qing Mo asked Xuan Qingyin to marry Jing Yubai, and the Xuan Family Patriarch encouraged her to accept; Qing Mo promised to cure the side effects of her furnace vessel physique.
• Jing Yubai drove Qing Mo’s party to the Heavenly Cloud Sect, where Yun Tianchen and tens of thousands of disciples welcomed them at the mountain gate.
• Yun Jiange and Zhang Ao delivered two trunks of Soul-Nourishing Heart-Warming Wood, and Qing Mo offered to give Yun Jiange cultivation guidance during their stay.
• Yun Jiange’s group visited Qing Mo over the next few days for advice and sparring, while Jing Yubai and Xuan Qingyin grew closer and Wang Weixiu and Liang Shuying began spending time together.
• After hearing that the Cloud Jade Secret Realm would open soon, Yun Jiange asked Jing Yubai whether Qing Mo was interested in going.

Qing Mo sent Jing Yubai and Heavenly Cloud Sect disciples into the Cloud Jade Secret Realm to kill Shi Tian and recover his weapon, while he prepared to rebuild the Flowing Moon Sect and traveled alone to another world. There, he met a refined young scholar and recognized him as “Brother.”

• Qing Mo learned that Shi Tian would enter the Cloud Jade Secret Realm and ordered Jing Yubai to kill him, recover his weapon, and bring Yinzi along.
• Jing Yubai and Xuan Qingyin joined Yun Jiange and Heavenly Cloud Sect disciples on the journey to the secret realm, while the sect’s elders arranged support and protection.
• Wang Weixiu and Liang Shuying received Qing Mo and Ren Tianye’s approval to marry, and Qing Mo gave Liang Shuying a venerable-grade spirit sword.
• Jing Yubai disguised himself with a mask before entering the secret realm, where Shi Tian noticed him but failed to recognize him.
• Qing Mo selected a site for the Flowing Moon Sect, left Mo Wangshu and the others to oversee matters, and traveled alone through a spatial passage to another world.
• Qing Mo encountered a young scholar on a wilderness path and called him “Brother.”

Qing Mo traveled with Ning Caichen to Lanruo Temple, where they encountered Yan Chixia and Xiahou Swordsman before settling in for the night. After Qing Mo secretly dealt with ghosts threatening Ning Caichen, he sent a clone to watch Xiahou Swordsman encounter Xiao Qian by the river.

• Qing Mo met Ning Caichen on the road, shared food with him, and accompanied him toward Guobei County.
• Qing Mo bought Ning Caichen a painting, and the two headed to Lanruo Temple after Ning Caichen learned he could stay there for free.
• At Lanruo Temple, Ning Caichen and Qing Mo witnessed Yan Chixia defeat Xiahou Swordsman, then decided to stay the night despite Yan Chixia’s warning.
• Qing Mo cleaned their sleeping mat and secretly destroyed the ghosts attracted by Ning Caichen’s bleeding finger.
• Qing Mo sent a clone to the river, where Xiahou Swordsman encountered Xiao Qian bathing.

Qing Mo confronted Tree Demon Matriarch after Ning Caichen’s encounters with ghosts and defeated her with a single slap. He split her in two, restored one copy’s power and memories, then appointed the remaining Matriarch chairman of the Island Skirt-Cooling Wellness Club.

• Tree Demon Matriarch drained Xiahou Swordsman, and Yan Chixia cremated his transformed corpse before fighting her in the forest.
• Yan Chixia warned Ning Caichen and Qing Mo about Lanruo Temple, while Ning Caichen returned at night and was lured into repeated encounters with Nie Xiaoqian and Tree Demon Matriarch.
• After Ning Caichen mistook Yan Chixia for a wanted murderer and left with Nie Xiaoqian, Qing Mo lured Tree Demon Matriarch to the mansion and blocked her tongue with an invisible barrier.
• Qing Mo slapped Tree Demon Matriarch, scattering one-fifth of her origin, then sealed the watching female ghosts inside and erased their memories.
• Qing Mo split Tree Demon Matriarch into two copies, restored one copy’s origin and memories, and appointed the other chairman of the Island Skirt-Cooling Wellness Club.

Qing Mo took Tree Demon Matriarch to the Island Nation, where she established a club and began feeding on passersby, then returned to Lanruo Temple and joined Yan Chixia in using Ning Caichen to lure out the ghosts. Nie Xiaoqian appeared outside Ning Caichen’s room after Yan Chixia scolded him for giving away their trap.

• Qing Mo brought Tree Demon Matriarch to the Island Nation, set her up at a mass grave, and left her to open the Island Skirt-Cooling Wellness Club behind a barrier that let people enter but not leave.
• Qing Mo met Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen at Lanruo Temple, and Ning Caichen learned that Nie Xiaoqian was a ghost when he saw her gravestone in the back mountain.
• Yan Chixia asked Qing Mo to help lure out Nie Xiaoqian and the demon, and Qing Mo agreed while pretending his Daoist skills were limited.
• Yan Chixia gave Ning Caichen a Diamond Sutra and copper bell, while Qing Mo protected him with a Jade Pendant, talismans, and the Calming Mind Mantra.
• Ning Caichen repeatedly rang the bell and chanted, so Yan Chixia scolded him and the two men waited outside; Nie Xiaoqian then arrived at Ning Caichen’s room.

Qing Mo, Yan Chixia, and Ning Caichen fought the Tree Demon Matriarch and rescued Nie Xiaoqian from the underworld so she could be buried in her hometown. After parting with Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia, Qing Mo returned to Righteousness Manor, where he planned to rejoin Ning Caichen as the second story began.

• The Tree Demon Matriarch attacked Ning Caichen, Qing Mo, and Yan Chixia, but the three escaped her assaults and drove her underground.
• Ning Caichen asked Qing Mo and Yan Chixia to help him take Nie Xiaoqian’s ashes home, and they agreed to rescue her from the underworld first.
• Qing Mo, Ning Caichen, and Yan Chixia retrieved Nie Xiaoqian’s ashes and gave her a chance to say farewell to Ning Caichen before burying her before sunset.
• Qing Mo secretly arranged for Nie Xiaoqian to be reborn into a safe, wealthy family and expected her to live a long, happy life.
• After a considerable time had passed, Qing Mo left the Aegean Sea and arrived at Righteousness Manor to await Ning Caichen’s arrival.

Qing Mo reunited with Ning Caichen at Righteousness Manor, where the awakened giant corpse drove them into the woods and they encountered people disguised as ghosts. Ning Caichen was mistaken for Zhuge Wolong by Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi's group, who planned to rescue their father, Fu Tianchou.

• Qing Mo welcomed Ning Caichen to Righteousness Manor, where Ning explained why a roasted chicken leg reminded him of his time in prison.
• A coffin opened and a chilling wind swept through the manor, so Qing Mo sent Ning Caichen outside while the giant corpse left to seek people elsewhere.
• Hanging ghosts caught Ning Caichen in the woods, but Zhiqiu Yiye cut him free and helped Qing Mo fight the ghost-costumed people.
• Qing Mo and Zhiqiu Yiye discovered that their attackers were human, and Ning Caichen accidentally swung from a tree with Fu Yuechi before a woman resembling Nie Xiaoqian intervened.
• Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi mistook Ning Caichen's command tablet for proof that he was Zhuge Wolong and explained that they were trying to rescue their father, Fu Tianchou.

Qing Mo watched Ning Caichen and Zhiqiu Yiye stumble through a perilous encounter with a giant corpse, then joined Zhiqiu Yiye in fighting it. Zhiqiu Yiye chased the wounded creature underground, leaving its threat unresolved.

• Qing Mo teased Ning Caichen as Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi insisted he was Zhuge Wolong, then watched them misinterpret Ning Caichen’s poem as a clue to an ambush at Ten-Mile Pavilion.
• Qing Mo explained that Fu Qingfeng was not Nie Xiaoqian and that the sisters called Ning Caichen Zhuge Wolong to give their group a respected leader.
• Zhiqiu Yiye found a bloody half-corpse and brought it to Ning Caichen and Qing Mo, prompting Qing Mo to leave as a giant corpse approached.
• Ning Caichen accidentally immobilized Zhiqiu Yiye with the calming talisman, and the two narrowly escaped the giant corpse after Ning Caichen repeatedly froze it by mistake.
• Zhiqiu Yiye fought the giant corpse with talismans and his sword, while Qing Mo struck its fleeing upper half with lightning and left it badly wounded.
• Zhiqiu Yiye pursued the giant corpse underground using earth escape.

Qing Mo left Lanruo Temple to rescue Zuo Qianhu and the others from Pudu Cihang’s demons, while Ning Caichen and Fu Qingfeng fled toward the temple and reunited with him. The chapter ended with Qing Mo reaching Zuo Qianhu’s group and helping Zuo Qianhu see the invisible demons.

• After Zhiqiu Yiye pursued the wounded giant corpse, Qing Mo and Ning Caichen returned to Righteousness Manor, then parted at daybreak.
• Ning Caichen encountered disguised demons and later hurried after Fu Qingfeng’s group when he realized they were heading toward Righteousness Manor, where the giant corpse attacked them.
• At Lanruo Temple, Qing Mo spoke with Yan Chixia about the realm’s chaos and decided to go save Zuo Qianhu and the others.
• Ning Caichen and Fu Qingfeng fled wolves into the woods, where Qing Mo arrived, drove the wolves away, and sent them to find Yan Chixia.
• Zuo Qianhu rescued Zhiqiu Yiye, Fu Yuechi, and Fu Tianchou from Cihang Hall, but four invisible demons confronted them outside.
• Qing Mo arrived and gave Zuo Qianhu talisman water, allowing him to see the four demons surrounding the group.

Qing Mo, Zhiqiu Yiye, and Yan Chixia joined forces against Pudu Cihang after helping Fu Tianchou, Fu Yuechi, and Zuo Qianhu withstand its attacks. They exposed the demon’s false Buddha form, but Pudu Cihang emerged as a gigantic centipede and carried them into the sky.

• Qing Mo taught Fu Tianchou and Fu Yuechi a Calming Mind Divine Incantation, and the Yin-Yang Jade Pendant helped them resist Pudu Cihang’s chant.
• Zuo Qianhu killed four little demons, then Qing Mo stopped him from charging to his death and sent him to protect Fu Tianchou and Fu Yuechi.
• Qing Mo and Zhiqiu Yiye fought Pudu Cihang’s false Tathagata form, and Qing Mo’s Golden Light Divine Incantation strengthened Zhiqiu Yiye’s attack.
• Yan Chixia arrived with Ning Caichen and Qingfeng, reflected Pudu Cihang’s golden beam with his flying swords, and formed a protective sword ring.
• Pudu Cihang burrowed underground and broke the sword ring; the group fled before the giant centipede burst from the earth and carried them skyward.
• Qing Mo and Zhiqiu Yiye moved toward Yan Chixia on the centipede’s back as Qing Mo explained that centipedes were the foremost of the Five Poisons.

Qing Mo and his companions destroyed the giant centipede, then he helped Fu Qingfeng and Ning Caichen reunite and lived on as their friends aged. On Ning Caichen’s deathbed, the two shared one last night together, and Ning Caichen gave Qing Mo the painting he had made for Xiao Qian.

• The giant centipede swallowed Zhiqiu Yiye, Qing Mo, and Yan Chixia, but the three escaped by unleashing their Primordial Spirits and destroying it; Qing Mo helped Zhiqiu return to his body.
• Qing Mo visited Fu Tianchou and persuaded him to accept Fu Qingfeng and Ning Caichen’s relationship, and Fu Qingfeng later joined Ning Caichen while Fu Yuechi chose to travel with Zhiqiu Yiye.
• Qing Mo departed alone, Yan Chixia roamed the world and later took a child as his disciple, and Zhiqiu Yiye and Fu Yuechi traveled together as righteous heroes.
• Ning Caichen and Fu Qingfeng raised Ning Yuanqing and Ning Sinie in the countryside, while Zhiqiu Yiye and Fu Yuechi were buried together after their deaths.
• Near the end of Ning Caichen’s life, Qing Mo visited him with roast chickens and wine; after they reminisced through the night, Ning Caichen refused an offer to extend his life and gave Qing Mo his painting for Xiao Qian.

Qing Mo revisited old places and checked on the demons he had left to cause havoc, then returned to Lanruo Temple as its Tree Demon Matriarch reopened her deadly business. He arrived just as she and her ghosts killed a group of men, and greeted them as the century-old establishment opened again.

• Qing Mo honored Ning Caichen’s painting, visited Nie Xiaoqian’s reincarnation, and then checked on Pudu Cihang in the Western world.
• Qing Mo found Tree Demon Matriarch’s wellness parlor thriving in the little island nation and ordered her to keep killing its natives.
• Years later, Qing Mo returned to Guobei County, where Yan Chixia’s disciple had taken his master’s name and exposed a golden Buddha at a noodle shop.
• Qing Mo frightened the noodle shop patrons with his killing intent after the waiter accused him of not paying enough.
• The old monk and young monk took shelter at Lanruo Temple, where female ghosts lured in the men pursuing the golden Buddha.
• Tree Demon Matriarch and the ghosts killed the men, and Qing Mo entered and remarked that the century-old establishment had reopened.