Recaps

Mo Yun visited Black Wolf to learn how Clearwind Town's fleeing factions were destabilizing Yellow Maple Town. After refusing Black Wolf's offer of silver, Mo Yun asked him to borrow money from Mo Feng on his behalf.

• Mo Yun secretly went to the Sky Wolf Gang headquarters after training and met Black Wolf, who welcomed him warmly.
• Black Wolf explained that demons had driven factions out of Clearwind Town and other parts of Ping'an County, causing clashes over territory in Yellow Maple Town.
• Black Wolf said the local gangs, including the Sky Wolf Gang and Giant Whale Gang, had reached a ceasefire and planned to negotiate over territory soon.
• Mo Yun reflected on the danger facing ordinary people and resolved to grow stronger to protect his sister and others he cared about.
• When Mo Yun hinted that he was short on money, Black Wolf offered him silver, but Mo Yun clarified that he wanted Black Wolf to borrow money from Mo Feng for him.

Mo Yun asked Black Wolf to collect money from his second uncle, Mo Feng, and learned that Mo Feng had also stolen the Chaos Blade Sect disciple slot Mo Yun’s father had secured for him. Mo Yun was left furious after discovering that his cousin Mo Fan was using the opportunity meant to save and strengthen him.

• Mo Yun asked Black Wolf to collect protection money from Mo Feng, who had seized the family’s shops, farmland, and several hundred taels of silver.
• Mo Yun spent the next morning training and checking that Mo Yiyi’s business remained safe amid the town’s unrest.
• Black Wolf arrived at Mo Yun’s courtyard in a rage after learning that Mo Feng had stolen a precious Chaos Blade Sect core disciple slot intended for Mo Yun.
• Black Wolf revealed that Mo Fan was studying at the Chaos Blade Sect using the slot Mo Yun’s father had secured for his son.
• Mo Yun laughed in fury and condemned Mo Feng for stealing his future and leaving him to die.

Mo Yun directed Black Wolf to ruin Mo Feng and Mo Huaishan through gambling, then revealed that he had reached the dark force level. As Black Wolf set out to carry out the plan, Mo Feng and Mo Huaishan wondered whether Mo Fan had angered the Sky Wolf Gang.

• Black Wolf gave Mo Yun 120 taels and explained that Mo Huaishan had contributed most of the money.
• Mo Yun told Black Wolf to lure Mo Feng into gambling and make him lose his property, ideally dragging Mo Huaishan into the scheme as well.
• Mo Yun revealed his dark force cultivation, easing Black Wolf’s fear of retaliation from the Chaos Blade Sect.
• Black Wolf left to arrange the gambling scheme, while Mo Yun returned to practicing his fist techniques.
• At Mo Family Village, Mo Feng complained about the Sky Wolf Gang’s repeated attacks, and Mo Huaishan wondered whether Mo Fan had offended them.

Mo Huaishan and Mo Feng planned to ask Mo Yun for help against the Sky Wolf Gang, but Mo Yun ordered the gang to rob and beat Mo Huaishan instead. After Mo Feng and Mo Huaishan lost their property at the gambling house, Black Wolf told Mo Yun that Mo Fan had returned to town with a powerful expert.

• Mo Feng and Mo Huaishan blamed the Sky Wolf Gang for their troubles and decided to seek Mo Yun's help, with Mo Huaishan planning to bring him gifts.
• Mo Yun ordered a Sky Wolf Gang leader to rob and beat Mo Huaishan, and warned the gang to drive away anyone who came looking for Mo Yiyi.
• Black Wolf told Mo Yun that Mo Feng had lost his home, fields, and Mo Huaishan's property at the gambling house, and that both men had their legs broken.
• Black Wolf reported that Mo Fan had returned to town accompanied by an unfathomably powerful expert.

Mo Yun learned that Mo Fan had returned to town and went to Smoke Willow Alley, then secretly entered the room next to his to investigate. The chapter left Mo Yun using his perception to sense what was happening in Mo Fan’s room.

• Black Wolf told Mo Yun that Mo Fan was a dark force expert and that he and his companion had gone to Smoke Willow Alley.
• Mo Yun decided to investigate before seeking reinforcements, and Black Wolf gave him banknotes taken from Mo Feng and Mo Huaishan.
• Mo Yun kept four hundred and twenty taels, disguised himself, and went to the Emerald Willow Pavilion.
• Mo Yun learned that Mo Fan was in Heaven Room Two, rented Heaven Room Three, and asked the madam to send a girl, wine, and food.
• After dismissing the servant, Mo Yun sat down and extended his perception through the wall into Mo Fan’s room.

Mo Yun overheard Mo Fan and Senior Brother Lu plotting to reclaim gambling debts, then gained two black points and decided to spend a precious pill to strengthen himself. He prepared to use his five points to upgrade the Demon-Subduing Scripture and break through to Middle Dark Force.

• Mo Yun knocked the scantily clad woman unconscious with his tiger's roar in the mountains intent and listened through the wall to the adjoining room.
• Mo Yun recognized Mo Fan, who complained about delivering pills with Senior Brother Lu and admitted he planned to visit Miss Ruyan before seeing his parents.
• Mo Fan dismissed news that his father and grandfather had been injured over gambling debts and conspired with Senior Brother Lu to raid the gambling house.
• Mo Yun practiced in his room, then gained one black point when the Black Seal filled and discharged its energy.
• Mo Yun swallowed his Jade-Congealing Pill, gained another black point, and reached five available points.
• Mo Yun focused on the plus sign beside the Demon-Subduing Scripture, ready to spend his points on an upgrade.

Mo Yun spent five black points to advance the Demon-Subduing Scripture to minor accomplishment and break through to Middle Dark Force. He then spent a white point to raise his life value to five, leaving him with sharper perception and improved comprehension.

• Mo Yun used five black points to cultivate the Demon-Subduing Scripture, reaching minor accomplishment and advancing to Middle Dark Force.
• Mo Yun examined his breakthrough and sensed dark force resonating with his meridians, boosting his strength, defense, and perception.
• Mo Yun saw that the scripture breakthrough had filled a white point and restored the White Mark to thirty-five percent.
• Mo Yun spent the white point to raise his life value from four to five, clearing his thoughts and improving his Bone Root, comprehension, and perception of mystic energy.
• Mo Yun practiced the Nameless Fist Technique and found that his movements had become smoother and more instinctive.

Mo Yun overheard Mo Fan and Senior Brother Lu plotting to seize his family’s property and kill him and his sister. He burst into their room and attacked them with Tiger's Roar in the Mountains.

• Mo Yun used mystic energy particles to silently sense Mo Fan, Senior Brother Lu, and Ruyan in the neighboring room.
• Mo Fan asked Senior Brother Lu to help reclaim his family’s property, and they agreed to split the proceeds.
• Senior Brother Lu and Mo Fan decided to lure Mo Yun out of the Crouching Tiger Manor and kill both cousins.
• Mo Yun burst into the room and launched a barrage of fists at them, shouting, “Die, you bastards!”

Mo Yun killed Mo Fan and Senior Brother Lu in Smoke Willow Alley, then discovered a mysterious box that made the Black-and-White Seal react intensely. Back in his room, he opened it to reveal a dim blue bead with a demonic stench.

• Mo Yun defeated Senior Brother Lu with three punches and killed him, then confronted the terrified Mo Fan.
• Mo Fan pleaded for his life and threatened Mo Yun with the Chaos Blade Sect, but Mo Yun cut his throat and revealed that he was Mo Fan’s cousin.
• Mo Yun searched the bodies, found silver and a wooden box, and altered Senior Brother Lu’s wounds before preparing to leave.
• Ruyan attacked Mo Yun with a wooden stick, and he killed her with a burst of dark force before escaping through the window.
• Mo Yun returned to his room in Wutong Alley and opened the box, finding a blue bead that gave off a foul demonic smell.

Mo Yun gained three black points from a demon core prototype, planned to improve his martial arts, and prepared to return to Crouching Tiger Manor. After arriving, he learned that the young lady had summoned him to the Main Court.

• Mo Yun absorbed a demon core prototype, gained three black points, and decided to save points to advance his Tiger-Crouching Fist.
• Mo Yun failed to refine a Marrow-Washing Pill, then visited Black Wolf and told him he had dealt with the Chaos Blade Sect people.
• Mo Yun left Yellow Maple Town after reminding Mo Yiyi to take Blood-Nourishing Pills and keep the money he had returned to her.
• Commander Li met Mo Yun at Crouching Tiger Manor and told him the young lady wanted to see him in the Main Court.

Mo Yun worried that Lin Yanshan’s daughter wanted to force him into marriage, but learned that Lin Qingxue was only twenty and had repeatedly asked for him. He waited in the Inner Court garden to meet her, still unsure why she wanted to see him.

• Commander Li asked Mo Yun about his dark force breakthrough, and Mo Yun said he had reached dark force after mastering Tiger-Crouching Force.
• Mo Yun thanked Commander Li for agreeing to teach him saber techniques, and they grew closer as Mo Yun began calling him Big Brother Li.
• Commander Li escorted Mo Yun into the Inner Court garden, where Mo Yun learned that the young lady had repeatedly asked whether he had returned.
• Commander Li told Mo Yun that the young lady was Lin Qingxue, only twenty years old, and warned him not to call her Auntie.

Mo Yun met Lin Qingxue, who explained that she would only marry someone she loved, and he agreed that marriage should not be forced. After he left, Lin Qingxue found him unexpectedly different, while Mo Yun told Commander Li they had discussed their marriage.

• Commander Li warned Mo Yun not to upset Lin Qingxue and hurried outside as she approached.
• Lin Qingxue told Mo Yun she would never marry just because her parents wanted her to, and Mo Yun agreed with her.
• Mo Yun remembered Lin Ruoshui with sadness, leaving Lin Qingxue puzzled by his sigh.
• Lin Qingxue dismissed Mo Yun, and he left the Main Court to find Commander Li.
• Mo Yun told Commander Li that he and Lin Qingxue had discussed their marriage, leaving Commander Li stunned.

Mo Yun learned about the duties and dangers of being a First-Class Guard at Crouching Tiger Manor. After discovering that killing demons could help him improve, he asked Commander Li to assign him a mission with weak demons.

• Commander Li learned that Mo Yun had refused the Village Master's matchmaking proposal because he initially thought the young lady was old, though she and Mo had both decided they were unsuited to each other.
• Mo Yun asked Commander Li about First-Class Guard duties, and Commander Li explained their emergency response, garrison, and demon extermination assignments.
• Commander Li said Crouching Tiger Manor had ten First-Class Guards, six of whom had reached dark force, and described the Manor's martial training resources.
• Mo Yun asked for a mission where he could encounter weak demons, explaining that fighting them would help him improve.
• Commander Li recalled that such a mission existed, and Mo Yun eagerly asked to be assigned to it.

Mo Yun learned the Tiger-Crouching Saber Technique from Commander Li and rapidly advanced it through practice with help from his Virtual Panel. After hitting a bottleneck, he checked his White Mark and prepared to see how many White Points it had produced.

• Mo Yun asked Commander Li to arrange for him to join a mission where he might encounter Demons, and Commander Li promised to check whether they needed people.
• Commander Li taught Mo Yun the Tiger-Crouching Saber Technique, demonstrated its forms, and warned him not to rely too heavily on saber techniques.
• Mo Yun returned to his courtyard, practiced the saber technique, and watched the Virtual Panel record it and advance it from first glimpse of the way to mastery.
• Mo Yun hit a bottleneck because the Tiger-Crouching Saber Technique could not advance further until his Tiger-Crouching Fist improved.
• Mo Yun saw that his White Mark had reached ten percent after previously standing at thirty-five percent, indicating it had filled at least once, and prepared to check his total White Points.

Mo Yun spent a white point to increase his Life Value, which improved his perception and accelerated his martial arts and alchemy progress. He successfully refined eighteen Marrow-Washing Pills and planned to have Liu Niang assess them the next day.

• Mo Yun used a white point to raise his Life Value to 6, sharpening his senses and strengthening his body.
• Mo Yun practiced the Nameless Fist Technique and estimated he could reach its next breakthrough within three months.
• Mo Yun began refining Marrow-Washing Pills and failed with his first six sets of ingredients.
• Mo Yun successfully made six Marrow-Washing Pills from the seventh set, then used the last two sets to produce twelve more.
• Mo Yun put away the eighteen pills, planned to ask Liu Niang to check their quality, and went to bed after realizing it was already Chou Hour.

Mo Yun refined genuine Marrow-Washing Pills, received Zhou Bo’s collection of pill recipes, and learned that the Village Master was away when he sought advice on becoming a grade-two Alchemist. Commander Li then offered him an assignment where he could encounter demons, and Mo Yun agreed to leave after lunch.

• Mo Yun showed Liu Niang the Marrow-Washing Pills he had refined, and she confirmed their quality was excellent.
• Liu Niang gave Mo Yun Zhou Bo’s Collection of Pill Recipes, which Zhou Bo had left for him to receive after refining Marrow-Washing Pills.
• Liu Niang advised Mo Yun to ask the Village Master about becoming a grade-two Alchemist, but Mo Yun learned the Village Master was away.
• Commander Li told Mo Yun that a Dark Force Martial Artist needed to leave his post, creating an assignment with a chance of encountering demons.
• Mo Yun agreed to take the assignment and asked Commander Li what duties it involved.

Mo Yun learned that his new assignment guarding Guangping County’s Medicinal Fields lay beside Mist Mountain, where demons lived, and began planning to hunt them for points. After reviewing his limited resources, he resolved to prioritize improving Tiger-Crouching Fist and practice two other martial arts himself.

• Commander Li explained the risks of guarding the Medicinal Fields and arranged for Mo Yun to go there with his former team after lunch.
• Mo Yun received a map and booklet showing the fields beside Mist Mountain and learned that the last demon encounter had been more than four months earlier.
• Mo Yun decided he might venture into Mist Mountain to seek demons rather than wait for one to approach the fields.
• Mo Yun checked the Virtual Panel, found he lacked enough black points to advance most of his martial arts, and chose to prioritize Tiger-Crouching Fist.
• Mo Yun decided to practice the Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap himself, then went to the courtyard to begin.

Mo Yun trained in the Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap, then rode with Zhao Gang and Huang Shan to guard the Medicinal Fields in Guangping County. After reaching the fields at night, he looked toward Mist Mountain and hoped to hunt demons there.

• Mo Yun decided to practice the Body-Guarding Art, Black Tiger Leap, and Nameless Fist Technique by sleeping less.
• Mo Yun met Zhao Gang and Huang Shan at the west gate and asked them to treat him as a friend despite his new status as a Dark Force Martial Artist.
• Zhao Gang explained that Huang Wenjie had been requisitioned for another mission and that their team was being disbanded and reorganized.
• Mo Yun, Zhao Gang, and Huang Shan rode west toward Guangping County, with Zhao Gang hoping they would not encounter demons.
• The three reached the Medicinal Fields' guard station at night, and Mo Yun looked toward Mist Mountain hoping to hunt demons.

Mo Yun arrived at the Medicinal Fields outpost and met Wu Mingjiang, the guard he was replacing. Wu Mingjiang handed over his duties and gave Mo Yun silver notes before rushing home over a family crisis.

• Mo Yun, Zhao Gang, and Huang Shan reached the outpost, where steward Liu Youquan welcomed them and led them to the residence prepared for Crouching Tiger Manor’s guards.
• Liu Youquan told Mo Yun that Wu Mingjiang was waiting to discuss something important, and Mo Yun went to meet him while Zhao Gang and Huang Shan waited to eat.
• Wu Mingjiang explained that the guards protected the Medicinal Fields, dealt with thieves and bandits, and supervised the tenant farmers through their subordinates.
• Wu Mingjiang said he needed to ride home that night and asked Mo Yun to cover for him until he returned.
• Wu Mingjiang pressed seven silver notes worth ten taels each into Mo Yun’s hand, and Mo Yun asked what they were for.

Mo Yun settled into his new post at the Medicinal Fields, learned how the guards shared the fields’ profits, and spent his spare time cultivating. After four black points accumulated and no demons appeared, he decided to wait three more days before exploring Mist Mountain, then prepared to add points to Tiger-Crouching Fist when the seal filled again.

• Wu Mingjiang explained the Medicinal Fields’ profit shares and gave Mo Yun his portion before leaving for the village’s edge.
• Mo Yun ate with Zhao Gang and Huang Shan, then shared his banknotes with them and settled into the West Wing.
• Mo Yun practiced his techniques through the night, inspected the Medicinal Fields the next afternoon, and continued cultivating until the Black Seal produced four black points.
• Mo Yun decided to wait three more days before entering Mist Mountain if no demons appeared in the fields.
• After three demon-free days, Mo Yun saw that the Black-and-White Seal was full again and prepared to add points to Tiger-Crouching Fist.

Mo Yun perfected Tiger-Crouching Fist and Tiger-Crouching Saber Technique, gaining strength and bringing the White Mark close to full. After preparing antidote pills and disguising himself, he entered Mist Mountain to search for demons.

• Mo Yun used a black point to bring Tiger-Crouching Fist to perfect comprehension, which increased his constitution and defense and drove impurities from his body.
• Mo Yun tested his perfected fist in the courtyard, blasting a furrow through the ground and deciding he could defeat Senior Brother Lu with one punch.
• Mo Yun noticed the White Mark had risen to about half full and decided to enter Mist Mountain rather than wait for an opportunity.
• Mo Yun practiced Tiger-Crouching Saber Technique until it reached perfect comprehension, but the dark force shattered his saber and brought the White Mark close to full.
• Mo Yun prepared antidote pills, disguised himself, and entered Mist Mountain to search for demons.

Mo Yun searched Mist Mountain for demons for several days without finding any, then detected a demon hiding underground and traced its aura to a lair inside a massive boulder. He left to recover from the weakening Antidote Pill and planned to return the next day to ambush the beast.

• Mo Yun searched Mist Mountain through the night and found no demons, then returned to search again the following day.
• After another fruitless search, Mo Yun decided to make one final sweep before leaving for the New Year.
• Mo Yun sensed a faint aura fluctuation underground and realized a demon was burrowing beneath the mountain.
• Mo Yun followed the demon’s lingering aura to a huge boulder, where it disappeared deep inside the rock.
• Mo Yun left the mountain to let the Antidote Pill wear off and planned to wait near the demon’s lair the next day.

Mo Yun entered Mist Mountain to kill the demon in its lair, only to discover it was a late second-tier Iron-Scaled Beast. After striking it in the tunnel, he pursued it aboveground and prepared to face its charging attack.

• Mo Yun told Huang Shan that he was heading to Mist Mountain and asked her and Zhao Gang to watch the Medicinal Fields while he was gone.
• Mo Yun found the tunnel beneath the boulder and crept inside, where the demon roared and charged at him.
• Mo Yun struck the demon with a powerful punch, but it clawed a new passage upward and escaped to the surface.
• Mo Yun identified the demon as a late second-tier Iron-Scaled Beast and questioned how it could have been kept in check by an early dark force martial artist.
• The Iron-Scaled Beast curled into a spiked ball and charged Mo Yun again, and he prepared to kill it despite his doubts about Mist Mountain.

Mo Yun killed the Iron-Scaled Beast and learned it had colluded with Wu Mingjiang to feed humans in exchange for damaging the Medicinal Fields and sharing the profits. He discovered a nest beneath a boulder, where the beast’s mate and three young confronted him, and he approached them without offering mercy.

• Mo Yun battered the Iron-Scaled Beast until it was gravely wounded and tried to flee.
• The Iron-Scaled Beast pleaded for its life and revealed its arrangement with Wu Mingjiang to eat humans and help him profit from the Medicinal Fields.
• Mo Yun condemned Wu Mingjiang and killed the Iron-Scaled Beast with a final punch.
• Mo Yun realized the beast had been drawing him away from a boulder and returned to investigate.
• A female Iron-Scaled Beast emerged with three young, accused Mo Yun of killing her husband, and begged him to spare them.
• Mo Yun walked toward the female and her young, telling her to seek mercy in her next life as a human.

Mo Yun killed the Iron-Scaled Beast family, collected six black points, and hid their corpses before returning to the Medicinal Fields. He prepared to confront Wu Mingjiang and Liu Youquan and asked Huang Shan to secretly watch Liu Youquan and the other Manor Guards.

• Mo Yun killed the female Iron-Scaled Beast and her three young, then absorbed their energy to raise his available black points to six.
• He bound the five Iron-Scaled Beast corpses together and planned to sell them, while noting that one more black point would let him advance the Demon-Subduing Scripture.
• Mo Yun hid the corpses in a sealed cave, washed away the blood and scent, and returned secretly to the Medicinal Fields encampment.
• Huang Shan met Mo Yun and accompanied him to lunch after he changed into his Mountain Manor First-Class Guard uniform.
• Mo Yun told Huang Shan to watch Liu Youquan and the other Manor Guards, and asked her to coordinate with Zhao Gang without drawing attention.