Chapter Summaries

Mo Yun broke through to peak transforming force and discovered that the notorious Core Condensation barrier posed little threat to his powerful foundation. He collected his monthly origin crystals and reached the Blade Tower, where a senior sister recognized his intention to resonate with the Ninth Ancient Blade.

• Mo Yun broke through to peak transforming force, greatly increasing his constitution, defense, and True Essence Sea.
• Mo Yun examined the Core Condensation barrier and found that his strength could make it collapse, though he planned to perfect his visualization method and comprehend his force first.
• Mo Yun decided to wait about five days for his Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization to improve before adding points to it.
• Mo Yun collected a hundred origin crystals from the Logistics Office and realized his faster cultivation would use them up in only six or seven days.
• Mo Yun climbed to the Blade Tower plaza without discomfort and concluded that increased life value had also strengthened his divine soul.
• A senior sister greeted Mo Yun and asked whether he had come to resonate with the Ninth Ancient Blade.

Mo Yun successfully resonated with the ninth Ancient Blade, astonishing the Blade Tower lineage. He deciphered its inscriptions and gained the complete Origin Returning Blade Canon and the Blade-Nurturing Art, while the gathered elders recognized his potential to open new paths in cultivation.

• Liu Xiyan told Mo Yun that blades were aired out only on the first and fifteenth of each month, when the Field Domain was weakest and moving them was safer.
• Mo Yun visited Lin Qingxue, who reported progress in the Origin Returning Blade Canon and said she might attempt core condensation in two years; he cautioned her to build a solid foundation.
• Mo Yun studied the ninth Ancient Blade, which resonated after nearly half an hour and sent a silver-white pillar of light over Blade Tower Peak.
• Lin Qingxue and Liu Xiyan witnessed the resonance, while Bai Zhi and the Grandmaster Ancestor arrived at the Testing Plaza and marveled at Mo Yun's talent.
• Mo Yun's Virtual Panel showed the complete Origin Returning Blade Canon and the newly comprehended Blade-Nurturing Art.

Mo Yun discovered that the complete Blade Tower inheritance could protect cultivators’ lifespans and help them pursue the Blade Saint realm, then shared it with Ge Xuanyi and the others. After they recognized him as tower master, Mo Yun learned the Blade Tower came from ruins and decided to cultivate the restored methods.

• Mo Yun realized that combining the complete [Origin Returning Blade Canon] with the [Blade-Nurturing Art] let cultivators nurture blades in acupoint spaces without harming their bodies.
• Mo Yun explained the missing methods to Ge Xuanyi and taught them to him, allowing the Blade Saint to see a way to restore his health and strength.
• Ge Xuanyi declared Mo Yun the Blade Tower's master and explained the complete inheritance to Bai Zhi, Lin Qingxue, and Liu Xiyan.
• Mo Yun told Bai Zhi that the restored methods could improve her lifespan and give her a thirty or forty percent chance of reaching the Blade Saint realm; Bai Zhi and the others greeted him as tower master.
• Ge Xuanyi revealed that the Blade Tower and its mountain had been excavated from ruins now controlled by the Five Elements Sect, which opened for training once a year.
• Mo Yun anticipated entering the ruins after becoming an inner disciple and decided to begin cultivating the complete inheritance immediately.

Mo Yun used the Blade Tower’s secret methods to open all 361 acupoint spaces and begin nurturing blades, then discovered he had mastered both techniques in just half an hour. His astonishing progress left the others in awe, and Bai Zhi asked him to return as tower master and teach them.

• Mo Yun visualized a primordial spirit and used the stars to open the second-layer spaces in all 361 acupoints.
• The Blade Tower’s blade intent and momentum flowed into Mo Yun’s acupoint spaces, beginning the blade-nurturing process.
• Mo Yun saw that he had grasped the basics of the [Origin Returning Blade Canon] and the [Blade-Nurturing Art], gaining ten white points.
• Ge Xuanyi, Bai Zhi, Liu Xiyan, and Lin Qingxue learned that Mo Yun had mastered both techniques in about half an hour and marveled at his talent.
• Bai Zhi declared that Mo Yun was the tower master and begged him to teach her how to nurture blades.

Mo Yun spent the origin crystals the Blade Tower had gathered for him on cultivation, then accepted a three-day mission to help repair the array on Purple Gold Mountain. After arriving at the mountain, he recognized someone in the group.

• Mo Yun returned to his residence with 522 origin crystals from the Blade Tower and added ten white points to his life value, raising it to 116.
• The next morning, Mo Yun searched the Mission Hall for a short-term assignment and chose a three-day Purple Gold Mountain array repair mission that required one Peak Transforming Force disciple.
• A Mission Hall attendant recognized Mo Yun and was shocked that he had advanced from Middle Transforming Force to Peak Transforming Force in just over two months.
• Mo Yun collected his mission token, cultivated at home, and headed to Purple Gold Mountain before noon.
• Mo Yun verified his mission details and spotted a familiar figure among the other disciples waiting for the array to open.

Mo Yun and Qi Heng guarded a Giant Centipede on Purple Gold Mountain while waiting for the array to be repaired, but Mo Yun grew suspicious of Qi Heng’s hidden cultivation and apparent motives. After Mo Yun drank water and went to sleep, Qi Heng entered his tree hollow and tried to wake him.

• Mo Yun ignored the Giant Centipede’s taunts and privately discovered that Qi Heng had condensed a false core despite claiming to be at peak transforming force.
• Qi Heng worried that Mo Yun’s powerful Body-Guarding Art might interfere with a secret operation planned for the night after tomorrow.
• Mo Yun and Qi Heng spent the next two days cultivating while the Giant Centipede cursed at them, and Qi Heng said the array should be repaired that night.
• Qi Heng handed Mo Yun water in the darkness, and Mo Yun drank it before going to sleep in a hollow tree.
• About a quarter of an hour later, Qi Heng entered the hollow and tried to wake Mo Yun.

Qi Heng drugged Mo Yun and joined Chu Qian in a plan to rescue a demon imprisoned on Purple Gold Mountain, but Mo Yun faked sleep and secretly followed them. After killing the Giant Centipede for black points, he reached the summit just as the demon tiger awakened and the group prepared to escape.

• Qi Heng tried to ensure Mo Yun was asleep after drugging him, then met Chu Qian, who told him the mountain array had been disabled temporarily.
• Chu Qian and Qi Heng left Mo Yun behind and hurried toward the summit, while Mo Yun revealed he had not drunk the drugged water.
• Mo Yun killed the Giant Centipede with one golden fist and absorbed its energy, gaining 3.8 black points.
• Mo Yun realized Chu Qian and Qi Heng were trying to rescue the demon and followed their tracks to the summit.
• The enormous striped tiger announced it had formed its Demon Core and advanced to the fourth tier, then prepared to escape with Chu Qian and Qi Heng.
• Mo Yun confronted them as they were about to leave, demanding to know whether they had asked his permission to take his belongings.

Mo Yun confronted Chu Qian, Qi Heng, and the Striped Tiger as they tried to escape the Five Elements Sect, then revealed overwhelming strength against the fourth-rank demon. The Striped Tiger kept charging despite Mo Yun repeatedly smashing him into the ground.

• Mo Yun stopped Chu Qian, Qi Heng, and the Striped Tiger from leaving, and Chu Qian and Qi Heng urged him to stand aside.
• The Striped Tiger tried to fly away, but Mo Yun struck at him with a golden fist and tore away some of his fur.
• The Striped Tiger unleashed his roar, but Mo Yun resisted it and answered with a far stronger Tiger's Roar in the Mountains that pinned the demon to the ground.
• The bloodied Striped Tiger sprang at Mo Yun, who punched him into a crater; when the demon charged again, Mo Yun knocked him back into the soil.
• The Striped Tiger roared in humiliation and declared that Mo Yun had forced him to do something.

Mo Yun defeated and killed the fourth-rank striped tiger demon on Purple Gold Mountain, then absorbed its energy and demon core for twenty black points. As three inner sect experts arrived, they found the devastated battlefield, the tiger's corpse, and Mo Yun alive beside it.

• The striped tiger unleashed its innate divine ability and fought Mo Yun, while Chu Qian and Qi Heng watched in terror.
• Chu Qian and Qi Heng tried to flee the Five Elements Sect, but Mo Yun struck them down with a golden fist imprint.
• The tiger tried to use its escape move, but Mo Yun interrupted it with golden fist imprints and cut it in two with saber light.
• Mo Yun absorbed the tiger's energy and demon core, gaining ten black points from each.
• Three black-robed inner sect experts arrived and found the battlefield flattened, Chu Qian and Qi Heng apparently dead, and Mo Yun beside the tiger's corpse.

Mo Yun recounted how he killed a fourth-tier Tiger Demon and knocked out two men accused of colluding with demons, then proved his strength by nearly killing Fang Bingjun with one palm. As Mo Yun agreed to accompany the Inner Sect Enforcement Team to make a statement, Steward Li Xinghe and a Vein Master arrived, leaving Mo Han stunned.

• Mo Yun identified himself to Captain Mo Han and explained the events on Purple Gold Mountain, withholding some details about the Giant Centipede.
• Zhang He questioned Mo Yun's claim that he had defeated the Tiger Demon and the two men, while Fang Bingjun accused him of lying.
• Mo Yun struck Fang Bingjun into the ground to demonstrate his strength, shocking Mo Han and Zhang He.
• Mo Yun agreed to return with Mo Han to give a statement to the Inner Sect Enforcement Team.
• Steward Li Xinghe arrived, followed by a Vein Master, and Mo Yun and Mo Han were surprised to see them.

After Mo Yun killed a powerful Fourth-Rank Tiger Demon, Metal Lineage Vein Master Xiao Changfeng praised him and explained the significance of Demon God Mountain and the Devil Abyss. Mo Yun returned to his courtyard, while Xiao Changfeng ordered Li Xinghe to report Mo Yun’s missions and travels to him.

• Xiao Changfeng arrived, praised Mo Yun for reaching Peak Transforming Force, and sent Mo Han and Zhang He away with Fang Bingjun.
• Xiao Changfeng checked that Mo Yun was unharmed and was surprised he had killed the Tiger Demon, which carried a Demon King bloodline.
• Xiao Changfeng explained that Demon God Mountain and the Devil Abyss were sacred ancestral lands protected by powerful natural field domains.
• Mo Yun identified Chu Qian and Qi Heng as Demon God Cult spies, and Xiao Changfeng revealed the sect would keep them captive.
• Mo Yun flew back to his courtyard to check his black points and plan to improve his Visualization Method.
• Xiao Changfeng told Li Xinghe to report Mo Yun’s missions and travels, especially any trips outside the sect.

Mo Yun’s Visualization Method broke through to minor accomplishment, increasing his combat strength and earning him twelve white points. After spending them to raise his life value, he prepared to check how many black points it would take to advance the method further.

• Mo Yun received 12,000 merit points for the Purple Gold Mountain mission, and the Logistics Courtyard questioned him about the Tiger Demon’s missing Demon Core; he denied seeing it.
• Mo Yun spent the day practicing martial arts and cultivating the Visualization Method until he sensed a breakthrough.
• Mo Yun visualized the Ancient Divine General and reached minor accomplishment in the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization, gaining twelve white points.
• Mo Yun tested the method and found that it boosted his combat strength by roughly twenty percent, then used the white points to raise his life value to 128.
• Mo Yun focused on the Visualization Method in the Virtual Panel to check the black-point cost of advancing it further.

Mo Yun saved enough black points to advance the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization to Great Completion, strengthening his martial presence and combat power. He then prepared to spend his remaining points advancing the Turtle-Breathing Art to Pure Mastery.

• Mo Yun calculated that the Visualization Method would require fewer black points after more practice and estimated that the Turtle-Breathing Art could also advance to Pure Mastery.
• Mo Yun spent eleven days cultivating, bringing his available points to 360 while his Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap neared their next levels.
• Mo Yun used 316 black points to advance the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization to Mastery, gaining 40 white points and increases to his constitution and defense.
• Mo Yun tested the completed Visualization Method with White Tiger Slaughter and found it boosted his power by about fifty percent.
• Mo Yun turned to the Turtle-Breathing Art and prepared to use his remaining 44 black points to advance it.

Mo Yun advanced the Turtle-Breathing Art to pure mastery, greatly increasing his vitality, lifespan, and healing, then spent all his white points to raise his life value to 172. After testing his progress on several martial arts, he prepared to check the cost of perfecting the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization so he could pursue core condensation.

• Mo Yun used a plus point to raise the Turtle-Breathing Art to pure mastery, boosting his constitution, defense, and life essence.
• Mo Yun discovered that his lifespan had risen to about 410 years and that he could rapidly heal fatal injuries and regrow lost limbs.
• Mo Yun spent all forty-four white points on his life value, raising it to 172 and sharpening his body and comprehension.
• Mo Yun estimated that the Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap would break through in about seven days, while White Tiger Slaughter would take roughly thirty-seven or thirty-eight days.
• Mo Yun focused on the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization and prepared to check how many black points it would take to reach perfection before attempting core condensation.

Mo Yun realized that advancing his Visualization Method would require many origin crystals, so he decided to pursue a high position on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking for merit points and exemption from compulsory tasks. He reached the Divine Battle Hall to inspect the earth ranking and encountered someone familiar who offered to register him.

• Mo Yun checked his remaining black points and calculated how long it would take to advance the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization, then resolved to keep cultivating and conserve resources.
• Mo Yun recalled that the earth ranking offered merit point rewards and exempted its top twenty from the outer sect’s monthly compulsory tasks, and set his sights on the top ten.
• Mo Yun traveled to the Divine Battle Hall and found the stele displaying the hundred names on the earth ranking.
• A familiar figure approached Mo Yun and offered to register his information for a ranking challenge, prompting Mo Yun to ask why they were there.

Mo Yun visited the Divine Battle Hall to register for the Earth Ranking, where Fang Bingjun explained the ranking rewards and how disciples saved merit points for martial arts. After Mo Yun engraved his name, Fang Bingjun led him to challenge the ranking, confident he would reach the top ten.

• Mo Yun encountered Fang Bingjun, who nervously escorted him to register for the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.
• Fang Bingjun explained the Earth Ranking and its monthly merit-point rewards, including 150,000 points for first place.
• Fang Bingjun told Mo Yun that top disciples saved merit points for expensive legacy martial arts and that Xu Wudi and Lu Chang Kong had nearly reached the thirty-month limit.
• Mo Yun engraved his name on a jade slip, and Fang Bingjun sent it into the black wall to register him.
• Fang Bingjun led Mo Yun to challenge the ranking, predicting that Mo Yun would reach the top ten.

Fang Bingjun explained how the White Jade Stairway array tested challengers and recorded their Heavenly Prodigy Ranking positions. As Mo Yun began his challenge, Fang Bingjun realized the under-twenty disciple might be strong enough to reach the ranking’s top five.

• Fang Bingjun explained that challengers climbed the White Jade Stairway to defeat array-simulated opponents, with their highest step determining their rank.
• Mo Yun inspected the stone tablet while Fang Bingjun recalled ranking in the nineties before entering the inner sect.
• Mo Yun mistook Fang Bingjun for a man in his forties, but Fang Bingjun said he was twenty-nine and had a mature-looking face.
• Fang Bingjun learned that Mo Yun was not yet twenty and estimated that he could reach the Earth Ranking’s top five.
• Mo Yun stepped onto the first white jade stair, where an illusory opponent began to form.

Mo Yun challenged the Earth Ranking at peak transforming force, defeating opponents and climbing rapidly as he honed his combat awareness. By the chapter’s end, he had reached rank sixty-three, leaving Fang Bingjun and the gathered spectators astonished by his strength and changing fighting style.

• Mo Yun defeated the rank-one-hundred phantom with one punch and appeared on the Black Stele at rank one hundred, astonishing Fang Bingjun.
• Mo Yun slapped his second opponent apart and rose to rank ninety-nine, while Fang Bingjun recalled being beaten by him.
• Mo Yun fought the third opponent carefully, learned from the phantom’s combat awareness, and decided to use the challenge to improve his own.
• Mo Yun exchanged moves with successive opponents as he climbed to rank eighty-eight, and Fang Bingjun noticed his fighting style had grown restrained and courteous.
• Spectators gathered as Mo Yun’s rank surged through the eighties and into the sixties, reaching sixty-three; Fang Bingjun was baffled when Mo Yun’s style turned domineering again.

Mo Yun continued climbing the White Jade Stairway, defeating opponents with ease as his combat awareness outgrew what the lower-ranked fighters could teach him. His rank surged into the thirties, and Fang Bingjun predicted he would reach the top twenty even at peak transforming force cultivation.

• Mo Yun quickly defeated opponents on the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth steps, finding that they could no longer help him improve his combat awareness.
• Mo Yun cut through successive challengers, and his rank on the Black Stele climbed into the top fifty.
• Fang Bingjun celebrated Mo Yun's progress and argued with a young disciple who doubted Mo Yun could reach the top twenty at peak transforming force cultivation.
• Mo Yun's climb slowed briefly, then accelerated again, rising from rank forty-four to rank thirty-nine.
• As Mo Yun continued climbing to rank thirty-three, Fang Bingjun declared that the top twenty was within reach.

Mo Yun climbed the Earth Ranking at peak transforming force, surpassing the top thirty and then advancing to eleventh place. Fang Bingjun taunted Luo Zheng as Luo struggled to accept Mo Yun’s astonishing rise.

• Mo Yun defeated his sixty-eighth opponent, a Metal Lineage disciple skilled in Tiger-Crouching Fist, and advanced to thirty-second place.
• Fang Bingjun mocked Luo Zheng for predicting Mo Yun would rank only forty-second or forty-third, and the two argued over whether Luo could introduce him to Mo Yun.
• Mo Yun broke into the top thirty and climbed to twenty-eighth place, making Luo reconsider his prediction before he guessed Mo Yun would stop in the twenties.
• Mo Yun surged into the top twenty and continued climbing, reaching eleventh place as Fang Bingjun insisted even the top ten would not stop him.
• Luo Zheng collapsed and twitched, insisting that Mo Yun’s ranking was an illusion.