Chapter Summaries

After awakening his past-life memories and discovering a mysterious Black-and-White Seal, Mo Yun was sent to Crouching Tiger Manor as a menial servant under a bond of servitude. He left hoping to learn martial arts, while his grandfather and second uncle believed his weak body and ordinary Bone Root would keep him from advancing.

• Mo Yun awakened the memories of his previous life and overheard Mo Yiyi pleading with Mo Huaishan and Mo Feng not to send him into servitude.
• Mo Huaishan insisted the bond had already been signed and said Mo Yun would go to Crouching Tiger Manor after recovering for a month.
• Mo Yiyi cared for Mo Yun during the month, while he discovered a stat panel and a Black-and-White Seal that charged as he ate well and exercised.
• Mo Yun boarded the carriage to Crouching Tiger Manor, hoping the opportunity there would let him learn martial arts and eventually escape his bond.
• Mo Huaishan and Mo Feng celebrated Mo Yun's departure because they could use his elder brother's favor to send Fan to the Chaos Blade Sect.
• Mo Feng worried Mo Yun might practice martial arts at the manor, but Mo Huaishan dismissed the possibility because Mo Yun had an ordinary Bone Root and a frail body.

Mo Yun wondered what made menial service at Crouching Tiger Manor dangerous and struggled to discover how to use the point granted by his Black Seal. At the martial arts qualification assessment, Commander Li tested Mo Yun’s Bone Root and noticed an unusual response, leaving Mo Yun’s result unknown.

• Mo Yiyi gave Mo Yun a tael of silver before leaving Crouching Tiger Manor.
• Mo Yun learned that his Black Seal had granted him one black point, but he could not find a way to allocate it.
• Commander Li announced that only five of the nearly two hundred new menials could qualify to practice martial arts.
• Commander Li tested the menials’ Bone Roots and selected several youths, including one with a middle-grade Bone Root.
• When Commander Li tested Mo Yun, a current of Force Energy moved through him, and warmth spread through Mo Yun’s body, surprising Commander Li.

Mo Yun passed the Bone Root test but Commander Li judged his weakened constitution too frail for martial arts training. During the comprehension test, Mo Yun studied a Nameless Fist Technique and discovered that his panel now showed a plus sign beside it.

• Commander Li found that Mo Yun had a passable Bone Root and some affinity for Force Energy, but told him to stand aside because his constitution was frail.
• After the Bone Root test, Commander Li announced a comprehension test and demonstrated a three-form Nameless Fist Technique.
• Mo Yun carefully studied Commander Li's movements, force, footwork, and breathing until intense concentration left his head aching.
• Mo Yun's panel appeared and listed Nameless Fist Technique as uninitiated with a plus sign.

Mo Yun spent a black point to master the Nameless Fist Technique, gaining martial arts experience and a slight physical improvement. After two hours of practice, Commander Li began assessing the candidates, leaving Mo Yun to face the test.

• Mo Yun realized the Black-and-White Seal’s plus sign let him spend a black point on the Nameless Fist Technique.
• Mo Yun used the point and gained first-glimpse mastery, along with increases to his physique and defense.
• Commander Li gave the candidates two hours to study the fist technique while he watched them.
• Xiao Liu urged Mo Yun to practice, and Mo Yun spent the time reviewing his new experience and training.
• Commander Li called time and ordered the candidates to demonstrate the technique for assessment.

Commander Li tested the servants’ comprehension of a fist technique and found several promising candidates, including Han Tang and Luo Shan. He then spotted a slender boy performing the technique at beginner level and was stunned when he recognized him.

• Commander Li watched the servants demonstrate the fist technique and recorded Han Tang and Luo Shan for their exceptional progress.
• Commander Li added Zhang Qiang and Wang Xuan to his booklet after they showed the strongest results among the lower-middle Bone Root servants.
• Commander Li considered leaving the last place empty because the remaining candidates had made little progress.
• Commander Li noticed a slender boy flawlessly perform the complete fist technique at beginner level.
• Commander Li hurried to the boy, recognized his face, and exclaimed, "It's you?"

Mo Yun impressed Commander Li by demonstrating extraordinary mastery of the test fist art and earned one of the five martial training spots. As Mo Yun and the other selected boys celebrated, the White Mark on his wrist began to glow and tremble.

• Commander Li recognized Mo Yun and asked him to demonstrate the test fist art again.
• Mo Yun performed the entire routine with exceptional power and fluency, astonishing the gathered menial workers and Commander Li.
• Commander Li praised Mo Yun, added his name to the selected candidates, and announced that he would personally begin their training the next morning.
• Mo Yun celebrated his selection with the others, then noticed the White Mark on his wrist trembling with a faint white glow.

After the White Mark reacted to Mo Yun’s breakthrough in the Nameless Fist Technique, he concluded that martial arts progress could earn him White Points and looked forward to training. His coworkers fawned over him that evening, and he headed to the servants’ training grounds the next morning for his first martial arts training.

• Mo Yun realized that mastering the beginner level of the Nameless Fist Technique had caused the White Mark to glow, and he guessed future breakthroughs would charge it.
• Mo Yun anticipated earning White Points through martial arts practice and Black Points through food and work, while Xiao Liu urged him to get to work.
• After work, Mo Yun’s coworkers congratulated him on qualifying to practice martial arts and offered to help him with his chores.
• Old Wang called Mo Yun a future great emperor, while a burly veteran servant claimed to be his long-lost younger brother.
• Mo Yun promised to help his coworkers if he could, then teased Xiao Liu for being overlooked and rejected his offer to scrub each other’s backs.
• Mo Yun woke early the next morning, got ready, and headed with anticipation to the servants’ training grounds.

Mo Yun practiced the test fist routine early to improve his White Mark, even after Xiao Liu advised him to focus on the Tiger-Crouching Fist. Commander Li introduced Tie Zhu and Tang Yin as new trainees, then began teaching the Tiger-Crouching Stance.

• Mo Yun practiced the test fist routine before dawn and estimated that daily practice could advance his mastery in about half a month.
• Xiao Liu told Mo Yun the test fist routine was only a simplified test for the Tiger-Crouching Fist, but Mo Yun decided to keep practicing it for points.
• Commander Li arrived with Tie Zhu and Tang Yin and announced that both had earned training spots as supplementary candidates.
• Commander Li explained that Tie Zhu had climbed ten steps of the dangerous Tiger-Crouching Ladder, while Tang Yin had secured his place through connections.
• Commander Li began teaching the trainees the Tiger-Crouching Stance, emphasizing its importance as the foundation of the Tiger-Crouching Fist.

Mo Yun trained in the Tiger-Crouching Stance under Commander Li, who recognized his promise and gave him Qi-Blood Pills to support his weak constitution. Commander Li also promised a medicinal treasure if Mo Yun reached beginner level in the Tiger-Crouching Fist within a month, and Mo Yun wondered whether the pills could charge the Black Seal.

• Commander Li taught the recruits the Tiger-Crouching Stance, and Mo Yun struggled at first before learning to hold it.
• Tang Yin collapsed early, while Luo Shan, Han Tang, Tie Zhu, and Mo Yun impressed Commander Li with their endurance.
• After an hour of training, Commander Li called Mo Yun aside and gave him a bottle of Qi-Blood Pills.
• Commander Li explained that the pills would help protect Mo Yun's weak constitution and said the manor lord would reward him if he mastered the beginner level of the Tiger-Crouching Fist within a month.
• Mo Yun realized that food and drink could charge the Black Seal and wondered whether taking the Qi-Blood Pills could do the same.

Mo Yun improved his physique through hard work, better meals, and Qi-Blood Pills while learning martial arts at Crouching Tiger Manor. On his day off, he prepared to spend a black point on the Tiger-Crouching Fist before visiting his older sister.

• Mo Yun hurried to the Forge Room, prepared the furnaces on time, and found the work easier thanks to his improved fitness.
• After work, Mo Yun ate a substantial meal and swallowed a Qi-Blood Pill on the rear mountain, practicing until the Black Seal began filling faster.
• Commander Li taught the workers the Tiger-Crouching Stance and then the Tiger-Crouching Fist, while Mo Yun continued focusing on the test fist technique.
• Over half a month, Mo Yun reached minor attainment in the Nameless Fist Technique, improved his physique and defense, and gained one black point.
• On his day off, Mo Yun prepared to visit his older sister and focused on the plus sign beside the Tiger-Crouching Fist to spend a point on a breakthrough.

Mo Yun advanced Tiger-Crouching Fist to First Glimpse of the Way, gained enough force energy to produce explosive punches, and saw the White Mark fill to about a quarter. After discovering his force energy quickly ran out because his Tiger-Crouching Stance was still weak, he prepared to visit his sister during leave and resolved to bring her to the Mountain Manor.

• Mo Yun spent a black point to advance Tiger-Crouching Fist, increasing his constitution and defense as his body grew stronger.
• Mo Yun practiced Fierce Tiger Leaves the Mountain and produced explosive cracks, realizing he had mastered blood qi and generated force energy.
• Mo Yun directed the force energy into his fist and confirmed that it made his punches louder, while his White Mark filled to roughly twenty-five percent.
• Mo Yun exhausted his small reserve of force energy after several punches and concluded that his uninitiated Tiger-Crouching Stance limited his power and stamina.
• Mo Yun packed his clothes, saved wages, and Mo Yiyi's silver, then set out on leave and resolved to join the Guard Team and bring his sister to the Mountain Manor.

Mo Yun returned from Crouching Tiger Manor to find that his second uncle had mortgaged the family home and that Shopkeeper Zhao's men were trying to remove his sister. After learning the guards were not martial artists, Mo Yun armed himself and hurried to the house.

• Mo Yun traveled to Yellow Maple Town, bought clothes and supplies for his sister, and continued toward Mo Family Village.
• At a roadside tea stall, Mo Yun overheard men say Mo Feng had mortgaged the old family home to Shopkeeper Zhao and that Mo Yiyi was resisting the eviction.
• Mo Yun questioned the men and learned Shopkeeper Zhao had brought two guards who were experienced fighters but not martial artists.
• Mo Yun told his carriage driver to hurry, then borrowed a short iron ruler from Uncle Huang at the village smithy and rushed toward home.

Mo Yun returned to find Shopkeeper Zhao and Mo Feng forcing Mo Yiyi out of their family home, but he defeated Zhao’s guards and used his Crouching Tiger Manor token to drive them away. He then demanded an explanation from Mo Feng for betraying the siblings.

• Mo Yun arrived at the family home and found Mo Yiyi restrained while Shopkeeper Zhao and Mo Feng demanded that she leave.
• Mo Yun struck the guard holding Mo Yiyi with his iron ruler and pulled her to safety.
• Mo Yun disarmed and knocked down both guards, then kicked the remaining guard away.
• Mo Yun showed Shopkeeper Zhao his Crouching Tiger Manor token and warned him against making the manor an enemy.
• Shopkeeper Zhao fled with his guards, and Mo Yiyi embraced Mo Yun in relief.
• Mo Yun confronted Mo Feng and demanded an explanation.

Mo Yun forced Mo Feng to return the family’s fields, shops, and house deeds, then brought home gifts and food for Mo Yiyi. After the siblings shared a joyful dinner, Mo Yun accompanied her into town the next morning.

• Mo Yun confronted Mo Feng about the family property and pressured him to settle matters with Shopkeeper Zhao and return the deeds.
• Mo Feng ordered Liu to hand over the deeds, and Mo Yiyi confirmed that the family’s fields, shops, and old house were all accounted for.
• Mo Yun collected his purchases and returned Grandpa Huang’s iron ruler, while Grandpa Huang praised him for standing up to Mo Feng.
• Mo Yun gave Mo Yiyi new clothes, cosmetics, and food, reassuring her that their hard times were over.
• Mo Yun and Mo Yiyi shared a lavish dinner and talked late into the night before he accompanied her into town the next morning.

Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor after securing Mo Yiyi’s livelihood, then reported that he had reached the beginner stage of the Tiger-Crouching Fist. Commander Li was astonished and hurried to report Mo Yun’s achievement to the Village Master, making Mo Yun expect his promised medicinal reward.

• Mo Yun handed Mo Yiyi’s shops over to her and arranged for someone to watch over her before leaving town.
• Mo Huaishan reassured Mo Feng that Mo Fan’s future success in the Chaos Blade Sect would let their family reclaim its property from Mo Yun.
• On the carriage ride back, Mo Yun planned to join the Guard Team, improve his Tiger-Crouching Stance, and advance his assessment fist technique.
• Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor and told Commander Li that he had reached the beginner stage of the Tiger-Crouching Fist.
• After watching Mo Yun demonstrate the technique, Commander Li praised him as a prodigy and rushed to inform the Village Master.

Mo Yun received Foundation-Nourishing Pills and learned that he needed to master the Tiger-Crouching Stance and pass an assessment before joining the Guard Team. Commander Li also arranged for him and his fellow newcomers to transfer from the Forge Room to the Spirit Herb Garden, and Mo Yun took his first Foundation-Nourishing Pill that night.

• Commander Li gave Mo Yun two bottles of Foundation-Nourishing Pills from the Village Master to help resolve his unstable physique.
• Commander Li explained that Mo Yun had to reach beginner level in the Tiger-Crouching Stance and pass the next monthly assessment to join the Guard Team.
• Mo Yun planned to use a black point to break through in the stance training, though he would still have to wait for the next assessment.
• Commander Li told Mo Yun that he and the others from his batch would start working in the Spirit Herb Garden the next day.
• That night, Mo Yun took a Foundation-Nourishing Pill before bed.

Mo Yun used a Foundation-Nourishing Pill to accelerate the Black-and-White Seal’s charge, then spent a black point to reach the introductory stage of the Tiger-Crouching Stance. His strength and durability increased, and he became eligible to apply for the Guard Team at next month’s assessment.

• Mo Yun took a Foundation-Nourishing Pill and found that it charged the Black-and-White Seal faster than a Qi-Blood Pill.
• Commander Li announced that Mo Yun and the other trainees would tend the Spirit Herb Garden, where they could cultivate after finishing their work.
• After four days, Mo Yun’s black seal filled, and he spent its point on the Tiger-Crouching Stance.
• Mo Yun’s stance training reached the introductory stage, raising his physique and defense and strengthening his Force Energy.
• Mo Yun realized he met the requirements to apply for the Guard Team and saw that his White Mark had advanced by about ten percent.

Mo Yun’s Tiger-Crouching Stance reached the introductory level, and Commander Li mistook his progress for a rare sudden enlightenment. Commander Li left to report the news to the Village Master, while Mo Yun let the others believe his success came from hard work.

• Commander Li noticed Mo Yun’s changed bearing and asked him to demonstrate the Tiger-Crouching Stance.
• Commander Li saw that Mo Yun had reached the introductory level and questioned how he had advanced so quickly.
• Mo Yun credited his progress to the Foundation-Nourishing Pills, cultivation time, and sudden insight.
• Commander Li concluded that Mo Yun had experienced sudden enlightenment and hurried off to tell the Village Master.
• Xiao Liu asked whether Mo Yun was a reincarnated Martial Saint, and Mo Yun insisted his achievements came from hard work and wisdom.

Commander Li gave Mo Yun a monthly bottle of Qi-Blood Pills and told him he had to pass next month's group assessment before joining the Guard Team. On the way to the Spirit Herb Garden, Mo Yun jokingly gave his companions cryptic predictions about their talents and fortunes, then told Zhang Qiang that his fate was too complicated to read.

• Commander Li returned with the Village Master's support for Mo Yun and gave him a bottle of Qi-Blood Pills each month, pending later adjustments.
• Commander Li told Mo Yun to pass next month's group assessment before joining the Guard Team, despite his mastery of the Tiger-Crouching Fist basics and stance training.
• Tang Yin asked Mo Yun to identify his talent, and Mo Yun told him to remember Blue Silver Entanglement and Invincible Golden Body.
• Mo Yun told Han Tang to pursue pill refining and search for a Little Green Bottle, and advised him to put others in a protective position in front of himself during danger.
• Mo Yun told Tie Zhu to look for a bead with a Five-Element Pattern, teased Xiao Liu about changing his name to Old Six, and advised Luo Shan to keep practicing martial arts and investigate a Damaged Spaceship.
• Mo Yun told Zhang Qiang that his fate was too complicated to read, and Zhang Qiang agreed to ask again when Mo Yun's skills improved.

Mo Yun and his six companions began work at the Spirit Herb Garden, where Zhou Bo taught them the rules and assigned them to water Blood-Stopping Grass. Xiao Liu finished first, but Zhou Bo questioned whether he had done the job correctly.

• Mo Yun and his six companions arrived at the Spirit Herb Garden for their first official day of work.
• Zhou Bo welcomed them, laid out the garden rules, and warned them to stay out of the Precious Herb Plot.
• Zhou Bo assigned the group to water and fertilize a marked section of Blood-Stopping Grass, explaining how to care for it.
• Xiao Liu splashed fertilizer solution over the plants, while Tang Yin, Tie Zhu, Zhang Qiang, Han Tang, Luo Shan, and Mo Yun worked at their own paces.
• Xiao Liu finished first and declared himself a genius, but Zhou Bo asked, "Are you sure?"