Chapter Summaries

Mo Yun used black points to perfect the Demon-Subduing Scripture and Tiger-Crouching Force, breaking through to peak dark force and transforming his spiritual perception into the ability to perceive the divine. He gained two white points and prepared to spend them on his basic attributes, but found that spiritual power still could not be enhanced.

• Mo Yun perfected the Demon-Subduing Scripture, greatly increasing his force energy, constitution, defense, and spiritual perception as he reached peak dark force.
• Mo Yun recognized that his new heightened perception was known as perceiving the divine and understood why peak dark force was necessary before uniting intent and force.
• Mo Yun saw that the Demon-Subduing Scripture advancement had brought his White Mark close to ninety percent and condensed one white point.
• Mo Yun perfected the Tiger-Crouching Force, also bringing Tiger's Roar in the Mountains intent to perfection, and his White Mark progress reached roughly halfway toward another point.
• Mo Yun checked his attributes, found that spiritual power remained unavailable for enhancement, and decided to spend white points on life.

Mo Yun raised his life value to 10 and began merging his force energy with his perfected intent, gaining a major boost before completing transforming force. As he considered using his black points on the Turtle-Breathing Art, Lin Yanshan arrived and warned him to stay in the village during his month-long trip, leaving Mo Yun wondering why he was leaving.

• Mo Yun spent his white points to raise his life value to 10, improving his comprehension, physique, and perception.
• Mo Yun practiced Black Tiger Leap and the Body-Guarding Art, estimating both were about half a month away from minor mastery.
• Mo Yun began merging his force energy with his Perfection Intent and estimated that reaching transforming force would take about a month.
• Mo Yun tested his newly coordinated force and believed he could rival an ordinary Initial Transforming Force practitioner.
• Mo Yun prepared to spend his six black points on the Turtle-Breathing Art, but Lin Yanshan summoned him and said he would be away for about a month.
• Lin Yanshan told Mo Yun to stay in the village and cultivate in seclusion, then denied that the Chaos Blade Sect was a threat; Mo Yun asked why Lin Yanshan was leaving.

Mo Yun used the Black-and-White Seal to advance the Turtle-Breathing Art, greatly increasing his constitution, vitality, defense, and lifespan. He planned to take his sister back to Yellow Maple Town, then test his new abilities the next morning.

• Lin Yanshan warned Mo Yun that demons were stirring and told him to stay in Qilin County while he traveled away for a month.
• Lin Yanshan told Mo Yun to seek help from Lin Qingxue or Steward Wang if trouble arose, and promised him a surprise when he returned.
• Mo Yun used a black point to advance the Turtle-Breathing Art to First Glimpse of the Way and gained twenty years of lifespan.
• Mo Yun saw that his constitution had risen by twenty points to 77.8 and his defense by five points to 51.5.
• Mo Yun decided to take his sister back to Yellow Maple Town and went to the Main Court, recalling how closely she and Lin Qingxue had bonded.

Mo Yun gained another white point and increased his Life, then decided to spend a month strengthening his physique before advancing to Transforming Force. At the Main Court, he found Mo Yiyi and Lin Qingxue growing close, and the three set off for Yellow Maple Town after Lin Qingxue agreed to go with Mo Yiyi.

• Mo Yun discovered that the Turtle-Breathing Art’s breakthrough had completed the White Mark and granted him a white point, which he added to Life, raising it to 11.
• Mo Yun considered whether he could keep strengthening his physique without a limit and decided to train the Body-Guarding Art and Turtle-Breathing Art for a month before advancing his cultivation.
• Mo Yun found Mo Yiyi and Lin Qingxue admiring flowers together in the garden, where Lin Qingxue briefly let Mo Yiyi place a sprig of Mist Plum in her hair.
• Mo Yiyi refused to stay at the Mountain Manor because she needed to run her parents’ shop, so Mo Yun offered to take her back to Yellow Maple Town.
• Lin Qingxue accepted Mo Yiyi’s invitation to visit Yellow Maple Town, and Mo Yun learned that the Lin Family no longer considered him their employee but that Lin Qingxue wanted him to call her senior sister.
• Mo Yiyi joked that a wife a few years older was a good match, leaving Mo Yun and Lin Qingxue speechless.

Mo Yun learned that Lin Qingxue’s father had gone to Central Province to secure them places in a Martial Arts Holy Land’s entrance examination, and Mo Yiyi urged him to seize the opportunity. Mo Yun agreed to prepare for the journey while resolving to grow stronger over the coming month.

• Mo Yun met Black Wolf and told him that Crouching Tiger Manor had settled the conflict with the Chaos Blade Sect, then asked the Sky Wolf Gang to protect Mo Yiyi in Yellow Maple Town.
• Mo Yun bought oranges and returned with a carriage to take Lin Qingxue and Mo Yiyi away.
• Lin Qingxue revealed that her father had gone to Central Province to seek examination places at a Martial Arts Holy Land.
• Lin Qingxue explained that the Holy Land offered a path to higher martial realms, and Mo Yiyi encouraged Mo Yun to go despite the great distance.
• Mo Yiyi said she hoped to visit Central Province once Mo Yun had settled there, and teased him about supporting Lin Qingxue and building a life together.

Mo Yun broke through the Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap, then used seven black points to advance the Turtle-Breathing Art to minor accomplishment. His constitution rose above a hundred and his lifespan increased by roughly thirty years, and he headed to North Mountain to test his new endurance.

• Mo Yun broke through the Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap, testing their improved defense and speed.
• Mo Yun checked the Virtual Panel and found that both techniques had reached minor accomplishment and his White Mark was eighty percent full.
• Mo Yun spent seven black points to advance the Turtle-Breathing Art to minor accomplishment, raising his constitution to 126.3 and defense to 83.0.
• Mo Yun sensed that the Turtle-Breathing Art breakthrough had added roughly thirty years to his lifespan, bringing his total lifespan increase to about fifty years.
• Mo Yun decided to test how long he could endure at the summit of North Mountain and used Black Tiger Leap to head there.

Mo Yun discovered that his strengthened physique could withstand the martial dao will on North Mountain Summit and decided to complete the Turtle-Breathing Art before breaking through to transforming force. The next morning, Huang Shan asked him for discounted pills, and he gave her his spare Dragon-Tiger Pills and Marrow-Washing Pills in exchange for her silver.

• Mo Yun added a white point to his life, raising his life value to twelve, and found the pressure on North Mountain Summit had become negligible to him.
• Mo Yun resolved to gather eleven black points to raise the Turtle-Breathing Art to great completion before breaking through to transforming force, and planned to ask Commander Li about nearby demon activity.
• Mo Yun practiced on North Mountain Summit, estimated that his Nameless Fist Technique would break through in a little over three months and his Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap in about a month and a half, then went to eat in the Market District.
• The next morning, Huang Shan visited Mo Yun and asked him to refine discounted Dragon-Tiger Pills and Marrow-Washing Pills because she was short of money and nearing a cultivation bottleneck.
• Mo Yun accepted Huang Shan's twenty-seven taels and gave her his spare bottles of Dragon-Tiger Pills and Marrow-Washing Pills, telling her he no longer needed them.

Mo Yun joined Qin Hu on a mission to hunt the demon that had devastated Maple Leaf Village near Nine Dragons Town. After learning the demon had likely retreated into Nine Dragons Mountain, Mo Yun went to scout the dangerous terrain while Qin Hu guarded the mine and town.

• Commander Li told Mo Yun that a demon had attacked Nine Dragons Town and assigned him to accompany Qin Hu to hunt it.
• Mo Yun and Qin Hu rode to the mining outpost, where the supervisor told them the demon had killed everyone in Maple Leaf Village.
• Mo Yun and Qin Hu concluded that the demon had retreated into Nine Dragons Mountain to digest its meal.
• Qin Hu proposed scouting the mountain while Mo Yun guarded the mine, but Mo Yun insisted on taking the more dangerous task because he was stronger.
• Mo Yun dashed into Nine Dragons Mountain, leaving Qin Hu astonished by how much his strength had surpassed Qin Hu's.

Mo Yun tracked a demon’s aura up Nine Dragons Mountain and found a cave containing a creature far stronger than the one he had been sent to hunt. As he prepared to enter, a Transforming Force Grandmaster appeared behind him and warned him away.

• Mo Yun searched Nine Dragons Mountain for hours before detecting a trail of demonic aura.
• Mo Yun followed the aura up a sheer cliff using Black Tiger Leap and found a hidden cave near the summit.
• Mo Yun sensed that the demon inside was likely at the peak of the second tier or the early third tier, but decided to investigate anyway.
• A strange fragrance drifted behind Mo Yun, and an unseen person warned him not to enter the cave.
• Mo Yun felt the person’s terrifying pressure and realized he had encountered a Transforming Force Grandmaster.

Mo Yun encountered Hua Linglong of the Hundred Blossoms Palace, who was waiting for a Calamity-Quelling Beast to break through so she could harvest its blood essence. He hid nearby, planning to let her weaken the newly advanced beast before he attacked, and the chapter ended as the beast emerged from its collapsing cave and charged Hua Linglong.

• Mo Yun recognized Hua Linglong as a Transforming Force Grandmaster from the Hundred Blossoms Palace and learned that she was guarding a Calamity-Quelling Beast nearing its breakthrough.
• Hua Linglong warned Mo Yun to stay away from the cave, then allowed him to watch from two hundred feet away after he promised not to interfere.
• Mo Yun concealed himself behind a boulder and cultivated the Turtle-Breathing Art, impressing Hua Linglong with his powerful Life Aura.
• The Calamity-Quelling Beast broke through to the third tier, collapsed the cave, and charged Hua Linglong.

Hua Linglong and Mo Yun fought the third-tier Calamity-Quelling Beast, and Mo Yun killed it after Hua Linglong’s trump card failed to finish it. When Hua Linglong tried to ambush him afterward, Mo Yun killed her too, then prepared to collect the spoils.

• Hua Linglong battered the Calamity-Quelling Beast, then used Hundred Blossoms Slaughter, but its innate divine ability redirected most of the fatal damage to its tail and left it alive.
• The wounded Calamity-Quelling Beast forced Hua Linglong into danger, so she called for Mo Yun to help, and he emerged from behind a boulder.
• Mo Yun struck the beast with Fierce Tiger Leaves the Mountain, then worked with Hua Linglong to pin it down and kill it with a series of powerful punches.
• Mo Yun anticipated Hua Linglong’s surprise attack and punched through her chest before she could strike him.
• Hua Linglong admitted she had targeted Mo Yun after recognizing him as a prodigy of Crouching Tiger Manor, and Mo Yun killed her before turning to the spoils.

Mo Yun harvested Black Points from the Calamity-Quelling Beast and looted Hua Linglong’s belongings, including a rare Profound Yin Pill that greatly attracted the Black Seal. He staged their deaths as mutual destruction and left the mountain, resolved to stay unnoticed.

• Mo Yun absorbed the Calamity-Quelling Beast’s energy, raising his Black Points from one to four.
• Mo Yun searched Hua Linglong’s body and took three Jade-Congealing Pills, more than nine hundred taels in Silver Notes, and a Profound Yin Pill.
• Mo Yun identified the Profound Yin Pill as a rare second-grade pill and guessed the Black Seal could absorb nearly all of its energy.
• Mo Yun erased his traces, arranged the bodies and battle scene to suggest Hua Linglong and the beast killed each other, and dispersed the force energy left in Hua Linglong’s body.
• Mo Yun left the mountain, deciding to keep a low profile despite regretting the valuable beast carcass he had abandoned.

Mo Yun returned from the mountains with pills and Black Points, then hurried toward the Nine Dragon River when he heard Qin Hu was fighting a Demon. Qin Hu had already slain the beast, and when Mo Yun took its carcass, the Black Seal absorbed its energy and brought him closer to Great Completion in the Turtle-Breathing Art.

• Mo Yun counted his gains from the pills and Calamity-Quelling Beast, totaling nine Black Points, and planned to absorb the pills back at the encampment.
• Mo Yun heard that Qin Hu was fighting a Demon by the Nine Dragon River and rushed to help him.
• Mo Yun found Qin Hu returning in triumph with the dead rat Demon as townsfolk cheered.
• Qin Hu told Mo Yun he had slain a peak first-tier Demon after a night watchman spotted it near town.
• Mo Yun accepted the Demon’s carcass from Qin Hu, and the Black Seal absorbed its energy, raising Mo Yun’s Black Points from four to six.

Mo Yun used Jade-Congealing Pills and a Profound Yin Pill to build up twelve black points, then advanced his Turtle-Breathing Art to great completion. The transformation greatly strengthened his body and increased his expected lifespan by about eighty years, leaving him wondering whether further cultivation could grant him everlasting life.

• Mo Yun swallowed three Jade-Congealing Pills, gaining nine black points as the Black Seal absorbed their energy.
• Mo Yun took a Profound Yin Pill, which filled the Black Seal three times and brought his total to twelve black points.
• Mo Yun spent eleven black points to advance the Turtle-Breathing Art from minor accomplishment to great completion.
• Mo Yun absorbed cultivation memories and life essence that transformed his body and made him far stronger.
• Mo Yun realized the completed Turtle-Breathing Art had increased his lifespan by about eighty years and considered whether further advancement could bring everlasting life.

Mo Yun advanced the Turtle-Breathing Art, spent two white points to raise his life value, and found that his improved attributes accelerated his training. After collecting the mine’s thanks, he rode back toward Crouching Tiger Manor, eager to leave Xining Prefecture and explore the wider world once he reached transforming force.

• Mo Yun broke the Turtle-Breathing Art through to greater mastery, gained two white points, and spent them to raise his life value to fourteen.
• Mo Yun estimated that his Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap could reach greater mastery in a little over a month, and decided to focus on improving his defense.
• Mo Yun and Qin Hu accepted money pouches from the mine overseer after the miners prepared a feast to thank them.
• Mo Yun and Qin Hu set off for Crouching Tiger Manor, with Mo Yun riding ahead as he looked forward to reaching transforming force and traveling to Central Province.

Mo Yun spent the days before his departure training and earning black points as demonic calamities increased across Qilin County. He used four points to advance the Body-Guarding Art to great completion, discovering that it greatly strengthened his physique and defense.

• Mo Yun completed three demon extermination missions in Qilin County, earning five black points as demonic calamities continued to occur.
• Mo Yun practiced the Nameless Fist Technique and expected to reach its next realm within a little over two months.
• The Black-and-White Seal brought Mo Yun's total to thirteen black points, and he decided to raise his defense before advancing to transforming force.
• Mo Yun spent four black points to advance the Body-Guarding Art to great completion.
• Mo Yun tested his newly strengthened body and found that it reduced incoming force energy by nearly seventy-five percent while greatly increasing his strength.

Mo Yun completed his Body-Guarding Art breakthrough, strengthened his physique, and prepared to advance the Tiger-Crouching Fist as he neared Transforming Force. Commander Li then told him that the Village Master had returned and urgently wanted to see him at the Main Court.

• Mo Yun's Body-Guarding Art reached great completion, raising his defense and constitution and bringing his physique closer to supporting perfect Transforming Force.
• Mo Yun concluded that his physique could keep growing even though Transforming Force had a limit, and noted that his White Mark was nearly full.
• After practicing the next morning, Mo Yun decided to save enough black points to advance the Tiger-Crouching Fist to pure mastery.
• Commander Li found Mo Yun and said the Village Master had returned and urgently summoned him to the Main Court.
• Mo Yun hurried away, leaving Commander Li astonished by his speed.

Mo Yun boarded an airship bound for Central Province after formally becoming Lin Yanshan’s disciple and preparing to leave home. As the ship flew through the clouds, Mo Yiyi learned that he was leaving that day.

• Mo Yun admired the enormous formation-powered airship carrying him toward Central Province.
• Lin Yanshan told Mo Yun to hurry home, say goodbye, and return in time for their departure, then asked where Lin Qingxue had gone.
• Lin Yanshan offered Mo Yiyi free storefronts in the Market District if she moved her shop there, and Mo Yun formally accepted him as his master.
• Mo Yun returned to Yellow Maple Town and told Lin Qingxue that Lin Yanshan had returned and wanted her back at the manor.
• Lin Qingxue hurried away after saying goodbye to Mo Yiyi, who then asked Mo Yun whether he was leaving that day.

Mo Yun said farewell to his sister and friends in Yellow Maple Town before leaving for Central Province with Lin Yanshan and Lin Qingxue. On the Flying Boat, he discovered the Black Seal craved origin crystals and realized his intent-force unity had reached completion, allowing him to break through to transforming force.

• Mo Yun gave Mo Yiyi Blood Qi Pills, urged her to move her shop to Crouching Tiger Manor, and learned Commander Li would arrange for her to receive five storefronts.
• Mo Yun gave Black Wolf Dragon-Tiger Pills and Marrow-Washing Pills, advised him to seek work at Crouching Tiger Manor after breaking through to dark force, and said farewell.
• Mo Yun shared wine with Commander Li, thanked him for his support, and promised to bring him a surprise after returning from Central Province.
• Mo Yun said farewell to people at the Spirit Herb Garden and departed from North Mountain Summit aboard the Golden-Feathered Roc with Lin Yanshan and Lin Qingxue.
• On the Flying Boat, Mo Yun discovered the Black Seal reacted to the energy in origin crystals and began to crave them.
• Mo Yun felt his dantian sea of qi surge and realized his intent-force unity was complete, meaning he could break through to transforming force.

Mo Yun completed his breakthrough to initial transforming force after three days of cultivation, gaining true essence, flight, and a dramatically stronger body. As he examined his new abilities, Lin Qingxue knocked and called to him from outside his room.

• Mo Yun confirmed that his perfected Tiger's Roar in the Mountains Intent had fully merged with his force energy and began compressing it to form true essence.
• After three days of secluded cultivation, Mo Yun condensed his first drop of true essence and broke through to initial transforming force.
• Mo Yun tested his new power, discovering that true essence made him more than ten times stronger than dark force and let him hover for two or three minutes.
• Mo Yun examined his transformed body and the Virtual Panel, which showed greatly increased constitution and defense and ten available black points.
• Lin Qingxue knocked on Mo Yun's door and asked whether he was still inside and unharmed.