Recaps

Mo Yun cultivated in seclusion after collecting his expedition reward, advancing the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art and Wind Riding to mastery and using the white points he gained to raise his life value. He continued training White Tiger Slaughter and sensed it was close to advancing.

• Mo Yun collected six hundred origin crystals and calculated that he had just over three million merit points, though he still felt poor.
• After two days of secluded cultivation, Mo Yun advanced the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art and Wind Riding to mastery.
• Mo Yun spent all eighty white points on life value, raising it to 788 and sensing that crossing 800 would bring an unexpected benefit.
• Mo Yun continued cultivating for two more days, then pushed White Tiger Slaughter to its limit and sensed that it was about to advance.

After raising his Life Value, Mo Yun decided to return to Gravel Province to break through to the Primordial Unity Realm, where he sensed his foundation would improve. Ten days later, he had saved a thousand black points and prepared to test the Black-and-White Seal’s limits.

• Mo Yun perfected White Tiger Slaughter, gained 55 white points, and spent them to raise his Life Value to 843.
• Mo Yun’s new intuition urged him to break through to the Primordial Unity Realm in Gravel Province, so he planned to leave early.
• Mo Yun asked the old Blade Saint about Gravel Province breakthroughs and learned they were much harder but yielded stronger foundations and greater benefits.
• Mo Yun told Lin Qingxue he would return to Gravel Province; she declined to join him because she planned to break through at the Blade Tower.
• Mo Yun gave Lin Qingxue Golden Spirit Fruits for her and the others, then returned to his courtyard to cultivate.
• Ten days later, Mo Yun reached 1,000 black points and focused on Geng Metal Art to test the Black-and-White Seal.

Mo Yun broke through to peak core condensation by perfecting Geng Metal Art, then spent his new white points to raise his life value to 987. His instincts warned him to wait half a month before returning to Gravel Province, and he suspected Bai Zhi’s Blade Talisman and his visualization method’s imminent breakthrough were tied to the danger ahead.

• Mo Yun used the Black-and-White Seal to perfect Geng Metal Art and break through to peak core condensation.
• Mo Yun’s constitution and defense surpassed nine thousand, and he gained 144 white points from his cultivation and pill Dao breakthroughs.
• Mo Yun spent all 144 white points on life, raising his life value to 987 and triggering an instinct to delay his return to Gravel Province by half a month.
• Mo Yun suspected Bai Zhi’s Blade Talisman could help him face the danger, since Bai Zhi would attain the Dao as a Blade Saint in half a month.
• Mo Yun noticed Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization was nearing pure mastery and decided to wait half a month before setting out.

Mo Yun disguised himself as Yun Mo and challenged the Heaven Ranking, rapidly defeating its strongest prodigies. He claimed first place, leaving the crowd and his friends stunned.

• Mo Yun registered as Yun Mo and began climbing the Heaven Ranking's White Jade Stairway, defeating each opponent with ease.
• As Yun Mo surged into the top ten, Xu Zhiyi, Gu Shuiyue, Xu Wudi, and Lu Chang Kong recognized him and marveled at his strength and rapid cultivation.
• Yun Mo defeated fifth-ranked Feng Ling Shuang and then beat prospective saintess Zhao Qingcheng in a few strikes.
• Yun Mo reached the top step and defeated first-ranked He Xinian with several slashes.
• The Heaven Ranking changed to list Yun Mo first, He Xinian second, and Zhao Qingcheng third.

Mo Yun, posing as Yun Mo, claimed first place on the Heaven Ranking by defeating Zhao Qingcheng and He Xinian with overwhelming force, prompting the Five Elements Sect disciples to hail him as a future Martial Saint. He returned to his courtyard, unaware Zhao Qingcheng was seeking information about him, and found Metal Lineage Vein Master Xiao Changfeng waiting outside.

• Yun Mo rose to first place on the Heaven Ranking, and the disciples marveled at his strength and speculated that he had the makings of a Martial Saint.
• Xu Wudi, Lu Chang Kong, Gu Shuiyue, Xu Zhiyi, and Pan Ming reacted to Yun Mo's victory, while Xu Zhiyi briefly wondered whether he was actually Senior Brother Mo.
• Mo Yun reflected that his Heaven Ranking challenge had done little to improve his combat awareness and left the Divine Battle Hall to avoid drawing the Demon and Devil Clans to Central Province.
• Zhao Qingcheng learned that Yun Mo had instantly defeated her Heaven Ranking avatar and ordered her junior sister to investigate him before she went to meet him.
• Mo Yun returned to his courtyard, and Xiao Changfeng arrived and asked whether he had challenged the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.

Xiao Changfeng told Mo Yun that the human race faced growing pressure from the Demon and Devil Clans and hoped Mo Yun would become a Martial Saint before the Five Elements Sect's ailing Sect Master died. Mo Yun revealed his plan to return to Gravel Province to break through to Primordial Unity, and Xiao Changfeng returned with a glowing jade slip.

• Xiao Changfeng visited Mo Yun and learned that he had reached peak Core Condensation after gaining opportunities in the ruins.
• Xiao Changfeng explained that the Demon and Devil Clans were growing stronger, while the human race lacked young talents with the potential to become Martial Saints.
• Xiao Changfeng revealed that the Sect Master's damaged foundations and dwindling lifespan could leave the Five Elements Sect and human race vulnerable.
• Mo Yun said he planned to return to Gravel Province and follow the old Blade Saint's advice to break through to Primordial Unity there.
• Xiao Changfeng advised Mo Yun to take a nearby sect mission so he could borrow a flying boat, then hurried away and returned holding a glowing jade slip.

Mo Yun received the Geng Metal Art’s Primordial Unity Chapter and learned what he needed to prepare for breaking through, then continued training while planning a return to Gravel Province. He agreed to meet and spar with former Heaven Ranking leaders He Xinian and Zhao Qingcheng, arriving at Azurewater Pavilion the next morning to test his strength against Primordial Unity martial artists.

• Xiao Changfeng gave Mo Yun the Geng Metal Art’s Primordial Unity Chapter and warned him not to read it before reaching the Primordial Unity Realm.
• Xiao Changfeng explained that Mo Yun needed stronger Rule Power, nurtured through his Visualization Method, to break the primordial unity barrier; Mo Yun estimated he was a little over a month from succeeding.
• Mo Yun practiced White Tiger Slaughter, Wind Riding, and the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art, estimating how long each would take to advance.
• Xiao Changfeng told Mo Yun that He Xinian and Zhao Qingcheng, the former top Heaven Ranking fighters, wanted to meet him, and Mo Yun agreed to spar with them the next morning.
• Mo Yun received their invitation to Azurewater Pavilion, then arrived there on time after his morning cultivation.

Mo Yun met Zhao Qingcheng and He Xinian at the Azurewater Pavilion, where they intended to test his strength in a spar. After Mo Yun insisted they use their full primordial unity cultivation, the two flew to a nearby mountain peak to fight him.

• The demons and devils were ordered to hunt down a human prodigy nearing primordial unity who had the potential to become a Martial Saint.
• Mo Yun found Zhao Qingcheng and He Xinian waiting for him in building thirty-one at the Azurewater Pavilion.
• Mo Yun rejected their invitation to discuss martial insights and demanded that they begin fighting.
• He Xinian said he and Zhao Qingcheng would suppress their cultivation to peak core condensation, but Mo Yun challenged them to use their full strength.
• Zhao Qingcheng warned Mo Yun about the gap between core condensation and primordial unity, but he insisted he could withstand their attacks.
• Angered by Mo Yun's confidence, Zhao Qingcheng and He Xinian flew to a nearby mountain peak, and Mo Yun followed eagerly.

Mo Yun tested his strength against Zhao Qingcheng and He Xinian on a reinforced mountain peak, overwhelming Zhao Qingcheng and shrugging off He Xinian’s lightning arrows. He Xinian then began unleashing Primordial Unity-level power, and Mo Yun prepared to face him.

• Mo Yun followed He Xinian and Zhao Qingcheng to a reinforced peak of the Water Lineage, where they agreed to test his strength.
• Zhao Qingcheng attacked Mo Yun with a flaming greatsword, but he shattered it with one punch and sent her crashing through several hillocks.
• Zhao Qingcheng launched her Blazing Prairie technique and charged again, but Mo Yun repeatedly knocked her down until she accepted that she could not match him without Primordial Unity-level power.
• He Xinian fired a barrage of lightning arrows at Mo Yun, but Mo Yun stood unmoved as the attacks barely tingled against his golden body.
• He Xinian abandoned his Core Condensation-level techniques and began transforming into lightning while unleashing his Primordial Unity aura, and Mo Yun eagerly invited him to attack.

Mo Yun defeated He Xinian despite the latter unleashing Primordial Unity-level attacks and his strongest strike. He then challenged Zhao Qingcheng, who pretended to be unconscious rather than fight him.

• Mo Yun endured He Xinian’s golden arrow volleys and charged through them, finding that his Indestructible Diamond Divine Art greatly weakened their power.
• He Xinian’s golden fist attack injured Mo Yun only slightly, and Mo Yun caught up with him and struck him hard enough to cause serious injuries.
• He Xinian gathered all his primordial spirit light into one enormous arrow, but Mo Yun’s Golden Armored Giant shattered it with the Broken Greatsword.
• Mo Yun stopped the sword just before it hit He Xinian and declared that he had won, leaving He Xinian shocked and questioning whether he was truly a prodigy.
• Mo Yun asked Zhao Qingcheng to spar next, but she closed her eyes and pretended to be unconscious.

After defeating He Xinian, Mo Yun reviewed his strength, arranged a secret identity for future missions, and continued cultivating. His Visualization Method reached pure mastery, and the chapter ended with Bai Zhi arriving at his door.

• Mo Yun reflected on his fight with He Xinian and concluded that he needed to reach Primordial Unity as soon as possible.
• Xiao Changfeng visited Mo Yun, confirmed that he had defeated He Xinian and Zhao Qingcheng, and agreed to create a new identity token for him under the name Li Feiyu.
• Mo Yun resumed training, collected his stipend and Golden Spirit Fruits, visited Liu Xiyan and Lin Qingxue at the Blade Tower, and learned that Bai Zhi was in seclusion.
• In October, Mo Yun's Visualization Method reached pure mastery, granting him ninety white points.
• Bai Zhi arrived at Mo Yun's door around noon and called for him to open it.

Bai Zhi gave Mo Yun a Blade Talisman made from her primordial spirit light, and he prepared for a mission to Wu Kingdom in Gravel Province. After increasing his life value and adopting his Li Feiyu identity, Mo Yun set out alone to return home.

• Bai Zhi visited Mo Yun after advancing to the Sixth Realm and gave him a powerful Blade Talisman in thanks for his help.
• Mo Yun recognized that making the talisman had damaged Bai Zhi's soul, accepted it, and promised to use it only if necessary.
• Mo Yun asked Bai Zhi to look after Lin Qingxue while he was away, and Bai Zhi told him to be careful on his journey.
• Mo Yun collected merit points and exchanged them for origin crystals before allocating ninety white points to his life value, raising it to 1077.
• Mo Yun transformed his appearance and aura into those of Li Feiyu, then boarded the Flying Boat to travel alone to Wu Kingdom in Gravel Province.

Mo Yun returned to Gravel Province after destroying a Demon God Cult branch on his way to Crouching Tiger Manor. He reached his former courtyard without encountering the danger he had sensed and prepared to reunite with his sister and familiar faces.

• Mo Yun traveled toward Gravel Province while reflecting on his mission, his planned breakthrough, and teaching his recovered sister to cultivate.
• During the journey, Mo Yun practiced martial arts and visualization and refined pills aboard the flying boat.
• Mo Yun infiltrated the Demon God Cult branch in the Wu Kingdom and killed its senior members, then arranged for a local sect to clean up.
• Mo Yun completed the mission without finding demon beasts or a teleportation altar, leaving him puzzled about the danger he had sensed.
• Mo Yun reached Crouching Tiger Manor safely, discovered his sister was in his former courtyard, and steered the flying boat toward her.

Mo Yun returned home and reunited with his sister, Mo Yiyi, reassuring her about his life in the Five Elements Sect. After checking her health, he began devising a cultivation method suited to her and gave her pills to support her recovery, then headed to the Main Court.

• Mo Yun returned to the courtyard and found Mo Yiyi awake, and she cooked him egg noodles before asking about his life and Lin Qingxue.
• Mo Yun reassured Mo Yiyi that he was doing well at the Five Elements Sect and promised to bring Lin Qingxue home for the New Year.
• Mo Yun examined Mo Yiyi's condition and decided to create a fundamental method that could help her reach dark force and eventually transforming force.
• Mo Yun gave Mo Yiyi improved Body-Tempering Pills and Foundation-Nourishing Pills, then told her about his achievements and adventures while leaving out the dangers.
• Mo Yun urged Mo Yiyi to go to bed and then headed toward the Main Court.

Mo Yun returned to Lin Yanshan and told him about his cultivation and life in the Five Elements Sect, including Lin Qingxue’s progress at the Blade Tower. The chapter ended with Mo Yun and Lin Yanshan drinking and talking late into the night, while Mo Yun planned to visit the others the next day.

• Mo Yun returned to Lin Yanshan’s study and revealed that he had reached peak core condensation and was preparing to break through to primordial unity.
• Mo Yun explained that martial artists from Gravel Province faced severe restrictions on reaching core condensation and primordial unity, and promised to seek a way to remove them for Lin Yanshan.
• Lin Yanshan asked about Mo Yun’s time in the Five Elements Sect and was astonished to learn that Mo Yun had topped both the Earth Ranking and the Heaven Ranking.
• Mo Yun told Lin Yanshan about Lin Qingxue’s progress at the Blade Tower and her exceptional talent in the blade Dao.
• Mo Yun and Lin Yanshan shared liquor and dried meat as they talked late into the night, and Mo Yun left after Lin Yanshan became tipsy.

Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor, helped Commander Li begin breaking through to transforming force, and learned how the Hundred Blossoms Palace had been destroyed. After hearing that Zhou Bo had returned, Mo Yun headed to the Spirit Herb Garden to find him and learn whether Han Tang had come back too.

• Mo Yun gave Commander Li a Realm-Breaking Pill and used his perfected slaughter momentum to speed up the conversion of Commander Li's dark force into transforming force.
• Mo Yun told Commander Li that he had reached peak Core Condensation and explained the unusual cultivation barriers in Gravel Province.
• Commander Li said the Hundred Blossoms Palace had accused Crouching Tiger Manor of killing an elder, then later joined demons in an attack; the village master retaliated by wiping out the palace.
• Commander Li revealed that Zhou Bo, Luo Shan, and Tie Zhu had returned or advanced in cultivation and helped defend the manor from the demons.
• Mo Yun gave Commander Li cultivation pills, then went to the Spirit Herb Garden to look for Zhou Bo and find out whether Han Tang had returned.

Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor and caught up with Zhang Qiang, Zhou Bo, and Liu Niang, learning that several of his old companions had left and Han Tang had been taken in by the Seven Profound Sect. After giving gifts to his friends, Mo Yun went to visit someone in a familiar courtyard.

• Mo Yun reunited with Zhang Qiang in the Spirit Herb Garden and heard that Zhang Qiang had become a minor steward who was content with his life.
• Zhang Qiang told Mo Yun that Luo Shan had returned home to become a landowner, Tie Zhu had left to explore the world, and Xiao Liu had gone home to investigate whether his parents were hidden experts.
• Zhang Qiang said Tang Yin had abandoned martial arts and gone seeking a fortuitous opportunity, possibly by jumping off a cliff, leaving Mo Yun worried about him.
• Mo Yun reunited with Zhou Bo and Liu Niang, and Zhou Bo explained that a Daoist from the Seven Profound Sect had taken Han Tang to teach him Pill Dao.
• Mo Yun gave pills to Zhou Bo, Liu Niang, and Zhang Qiang, then went to a familiar courtyard and introduced himself to the person who answered the door.

Mo Yun returned to the Crouching Tiger Manor and reunited with Huang Shan, Qin Hu, and Black Wolf, offering guidance and pills as he caught up with them. Back in his courtyard, he prepared to strengthen the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art before pursuing a breakthrough to primordial unity.

• Mo Yun met Huang Shan, learned she had reached middle dark force, and invited her to seek admission to the Five Elements Sect once she reached peak dark force.
• Mo Yun advised Huang Shan on her swordsmanship, prompting her to realize that she was close to a breakthrough, and left her several bottles of pills.
• Mo Yun visited Qin Hu, drank with him, and left him pills after finding that he was still at early dark force.
• Mo Yun returned to Yellow Maple Town, shared drinks and news with Black Wolf, and left him several bottles of pills.
• Mo Yun returned to his courtyard to cultivate and decided to advance the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art first.

Mo Yun advanced the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art to minor accomplishment, increasing his vitality, lifespan, and recovery. After dinner, he set out on his Flying Boat to hunt demons across Gravel Province, confident the trip would be safe.

• Mo Yun spent 360 black points to advance the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art, gaining 600 years of extra lifespan and greatly improved recovery.
• Mo Yun gained 40 white points from the breakthrough and invested them in vitality, raising his life value to 1117.
• Mo Yun decided to use his strength and Flying Boat to hunt demons throughout Gravel Province, where demons were restricted from reaching the fourth realm.
• Mo Yun delayed his departure to eat dinner with his older sister, then boarded the Flying Boat and set off to hunt demons.

Mo Yun flew through Ping'an County and Gravel Province, killing demons and rescuing villages as he went. After three days of clearing Gravel Province, he returned to the Courtyard and checked his Virtual Panel.

• Mo Yun detected a demon tormenting Zhang Family Village and learned that demons had plunged Ping'an County into chaos.
• Golden Toad demanded that the villagers supply children for him to eat, and he threatened to slaughter the village when they refused.
• As Golden Toad attacked the villagers, Mo Yun killed him with a blade strike from his Flying Boat, and the villagers hailed Mo Yun as an immortal.
• Mo Yun spent three days traveling across Gravel Province and slaughtering virtually every demon there.
• Mo Yun returned to the Courtyard, exhaled heavily, and summoned his Virtual Panel to inspect his available attributes.

Mo Yun spent his black points advancing the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art and improved his vitality by adding white points to his attributes. After his martial arts also broke through, he spent more than twenty days cultivating and living peacefully with his family and master, until he sensed that his origin core was about to break open.

• Mo Yun used black points to advance the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art to perfect comprehension, increasing his lifespan and recovery ability.
• Mo Yun spent his newly earned white points on vitality, then practiced until the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art and Wind Riding reached perfect comprehension.
• Mo Yun continued cultivating while spending time with his family and master and enjoying a quiet stretch of more than twenty days.
• On November fourth, Mo Yun practiced his Visualization Method and sensed that his origin core was about to break open.

Mo Yun broke through to the early stage of the Primordial Unity Realm and discovered the terrifying power of primordial spirit light. His expanded perception then revealed a cult altar and a plan to sacrifice every living creature within a thousand li, so he rushed to stop them.

• Mo Yun left Crouching Tiger Manor and traveled to a deserted forest to await his cultivation breakthrough.
• Mo Yun's origin core shattered, and he gathered its golden light into a primordial spirit, advancing to the early stage of the Primordial Unity Realm.
• Mo Yun tested primordial spirit light, whose single restrained strand blasted a deep hole through a mountain, and discovered that his lifespan and perception had greatly increased.
• Mo Yun sensed the mysterious danger again and used primordial spirit light to perceive cultists preparing an altar and planning a vast blood sacrifice.
• Mo Yun took note of the two Blade Talismans in the Greedy Wolf Token and sped toward the altar.

Mo Yun attacked a hidden altar where the Demon God Cult and Heavenly Demon Cult were preparing a blood sacrifice, killing the guards and four Primordial Unity experts. He then turned his attack toward the late-stage leader standing at the altar.

• Mo Yun changed his aura and appearance, found the altar, and killed the Transformation Realm laborers with blade lights.
• The altar’s five Primordial Unity guards activated its dark protection, while ten hidden Core Condensation guards attacked Mo Yun and were cut down.
• An early-stage Primordial Unity expert struck Mo Yun with a golden palm, but Mo Yun shattered the attack and annihilated the expert’s body and primordial spirit.
• Mo Yun killed the black-robed mid-stage expert in three slashes, then annihilated the two remaining early-stage experts as they tried to flee.
• Mo Yun targeted the late-stage leader on the altar and sent an enormous golden fist imprint crashing toward him.

Mo Yun fought the Elegant Middle-Aged Man at the Blood Sacrifice Altar, but the man sacrificed himself to open a gateway for a Demon Realm Sovereign. An Ancestral Master arrived as the gateway opened, and Mo Yun used both Blade Talismans against the two threats.

• Mo Yun attacked the Elegant Middle-Aged Man and the altar, but his blows failed to destroy it while the man’s sword strikes barely harmed him.
• Mo Yun shattered the man’s sword rain with the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization, then battered him until he used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art to flee.
• The man’s apparent escape was a trick: he sacrificed his flesh, blood, and soul on the altar, prompting Mo Yun to attack it as a dark gateway began forming.
• An Ancestral Master arrived and attacked Mo Yun, who activated a Blade Talisman against him just as the gateway finished opening.
• A gigantic four-fingered hand reached through the gateway seeking the divine object, and Mo Yun used his second Blade Talisman against it, prompting terrified cries about the Blade Saint’s power.

After defeating the cultists and their summoned Demon King, Mo Yun discovered that Gravel Province’s Dao chains both hindered breakthroughs and strengthened those who succeeded. He found a dangerous Underground Palace he could not enter, alerted the Five Elements Sect, and headed back to Crouching Tiger Manor to recover and grow stronger.

• Mo Yun realized his primordial spirit light could destroy other primordial spirits and traced its unusual strength to the Dao chains linked to Gravel Province.
• Mo Yun examined his divine soul and discovered that mysterious Dao chains both obstructed Gravel Province Martial Artists’ breakthroughs and enhanced their power.
• Mo Yun found an intact passage beneath the ruined altar leading to an Underground Palace, but left when a dangerous field domain blocked its stone gate.
• Mo Yun contacted Xiao Changfeng through a Five Elements Sect liaison post, and Xiao Changfeng promised to send protection and have local Martial Saints watch the site.
• Mo Yun flew toward Crouching Tiger Manor, intending to practice a primordial unity-level fundamental method and strengthen himself.