Chapter Summaries

Mo Yun fought his way into the Earth Ranking’s top ten, suppressing his true essence and defeating Tang Hao with physical strength alone. He then quickly beat Lang Konghuan and advanced to ninth place, where he was transported to challenge the eighth-ranked prodigy.

• Mo Yun challenged tenth-ranked Tang Hao and fought him using only physical strength, treating the battle as a chance to train.
• Mo Yun defeated Tang Hao and took tenth place on the Earth Ranking.
• Tang Hao refused Lang Konghuan’s suggestion to challenge Mo Yun, while Lang Konghuan insisted he would not be easily defeated.
• Mo Yun beat Lang Konghuan with a single slap, leaving him stunned and advancing to ninth place.
• Mo Yun was transported to the White Jade Stairway step for the eighth-ranked challenger.

Mo Yun continued his climb up the Earth Ranking, defeating Gu Shuiyue and Nangong Ling with single punches despite their powerful techniques. He rapidly advanced to fourth place, where the crowd watched as he prepared to challenge Xu Zhiyi in third.

• Mo Yun resisted Gu Shuiyue’s flute-based mental attack, shattered her ice defenses, and defeated her Array phantom with a punch.
• Gu Shuiyue and Nangong Ling watched Mo Yun’s progress and joked about his ruthless fighting style.
• Mo Yun swiftly defeated Nangong Ling’s Array phantom, moving into seventh place on the Earth Ranking.
• Mo Yun climbed through sixth, fifth, and fourth place, defeating Wen Buyu with a single punch.
• The crowd realized Mo Yun was about to face Xu Zhiyi, who held third place on the Earth Ranking.

Mo Yun defeated the Earth Ranking’s third-ranked disciple, a blue-robed Wind Lineage swordswoman who had just grasped a trace of Roc Sword Intent. The ranking placed Mo Yun at third, leaving Xu Wudi and Lu Chang Kong as the next top-ranked opponents.

• The blue-robed woman practiced her sword before a waterfall, realized she had grasped a trace of Roc Sword Intent, and decided to challenge Lu Chang Kong and Xu Wudi for first place.
• An emerald-robed junior disciple told her that a peak transforming force fighter had climbed into the Earth Ranking’s top ten and was already challenging her.
• Mo Yun fought the blue-green figure ranked third, admired her speed and combat instincts, then unleashed his strength when her attacks failed to penetrate his protective golden light.
• Mo Yun caught the retreating swordswoman with Black Tiger Leap and defeated her with a golden fist projection.
• The blue-robed woman arrived at the Divine Battle Hall in time to see her defeat, and the Black Stele listed Mo Yun third and Xu Zhiyi fourth.

Mo Yun defeated Xu Zhiyi and Lu Chang Kong to reach the final step of the Earth Ranking, where he faced its reigning champion, Xu Wudi. As Mo Yun prepared his strongest strike, Xu Zhiyi revealed she had comprehended her own force and said she would challenge him after his ranking match.

• After Mo Yun defeated Xu Zhiyi, he fought Lu Chang Kong and cleaved him apart with a single slash, rising to second place on the Earth Ranking.
• Lu Chang Kong protested that Mo Yun had defeated him before his spear force fully erupted, while Xu Wudi offered to arrange a rematch after Mo Yun's challenge.
• Xu Wudi admitted he had no confidence in defeating Mo Yun, and Xu Zhiyi announced she would challenge Mo Yun after he finished his ranking match.
• Xu Zhiyi revealed she had comprehended her own force, though she admitted she was not confident she could beat Mo Yun.
• On the final step, Mo Yun considered the ranking rewards and formed his White Tiger phantom as he prepared to unleash his strongest strike against Xu Wudi.

Mo Yun challenged the Earth Ranking’s recorded Xu Wudi and defeated him repeatedly before finally destroying the array’s phantom. As the stele placed Mo Yun first, Xu Zhiyi grew nervous about whether he had to challenge him.

• Mo Yun cut down the array’s Xu Wudi with a single slash, but Xu Wudi reformed using his fire momentum.
• Mo Yun repeatedly severed Xu Wudi while Lu Chang Kong, Nangong Ling, and the others watched and teased him.
• Xu Wudi explained that Mo Yun’s slashes always struck the same spot and left him helpless against the overwhelming difference in strength.
• Mo Yun unleashed a net of slashes that shattered Xu Wudi’s phantom into specks of starlight.
• Xu Zhiyi wondered whether he really had to challenge Mo Yun, and the Black Stele ranked Mo Yun first and Xu Wudi second.

Mo Yun took first place on the Earth Ranking, drawing the attention of the Demon Race and Devil Race as he returned to seclusion. Xu Zhiyi challenged his recorded ranking but failed, while Mo Yun began a seven-day retreat to advance his martial arts.

• Mo Yun defeated Xu Wudi and claimed the top spot on the Earth Ranking, and news of his achievement spread across the human lands and reached the Demon Race and Devil Race, whose leaders ordered their followers to target him.
• Mo Yun fled the crowds at the Divine Battle Hall, returned to his courtyard, and planned to cultivate until he could challenge the Heaven Ranking.
• Xu Zhiyi and six other top Earth Ranking prodigies visited Mo Yun, and he told Xu Zhiyi to defeat his Earth Ranking record before challenging him in person.
• Xu Zhiyi defeated Xu Wudi and Lu Chang Kong on the Earth Ranking but lost to Mo Yun's recorded version, then left dejected.
• Mo Yun began a seven-day seclusion and ordered the Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap to break through.

Mo Yun told Xiao Changfeng that he had cultivated White Tiger Slaughter to minor mastery and the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization to great completion. After confirming Mo Yun’s progress, Xiao Changfeng explained that he could enter the Western Extremity Secret Realm, which was due to open soon.

• Xiao Changfeng visited Mo Yun to confirm that he was the disciple who had reached the top of the Earth Ranking.
• Mo Yun revealed that White Tiger Slaughter had reached minor mastery and his Visualization Method had reached great completion, astonishing Xiao Changfeng.
• Xiao Changfeng explained that Visualization Secret Realms accelerated cultivation and warned that entering before reaching great completion could damage the divine soul or cause death.
• Mo Yun manifested the ancient battlefield visualization, and Xiao Changfeng confirmed that it had the aura of a great-completion Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization.

After Mo Yun revealed that he had mastered the Visualization Method and could break through his immense core condensation barrier, Xiao Changfeng arranged free access to the Visualization Secret Realm. The next morning, Li Xinghe arrived to take Mo Yun there as it opened.

• Xiao Changfeng praised Mo Yun's rapid martial progress and arranged for him to enter the Western Extremity Secret Realm for cultivation.
• Xiao Changfeng offered Mo Yun free access to the Visualization Secret Realm until his Visualization Method reached perfection.
• Mo Yun told Xiao Changfeng that he had sensed a massive core condensation barrier but found it easy to break through.
• Xiao Changfeng warned Mo Yun to stay inside the sect or disguise himself because his rise to the top of the Earth Ranking could attract dangerous attention.
• The next morning, Li Xinghe told Mo Yun that the Western Extremity Secret Realm had opened and offered to take him there.

Li Xinghe brought Mo Yun to the Five Elements Sect’s Visualization Secret Realm and explained how its field domains accelerated cultivation. After several days in the Western Extremity Secret Realm, Mo Yun’s Body-Guarding Art began breaking through, leaving him wondering what realm came after pure mastery.

• Li Xinghe explained that the Visualization Secret Realm cost twenty thousand merit points per month but could make a month of cultivation equal a year outside.
• Li Xinghe showed Mo Yun the glowing caves and gave him a jade pendant for a special passage arranged by the Vein Master.
• Mo Yun entered the Western Extremity Secret Realm, where he cultivated his visualization and martial arts for several days.
• Mo Yun realized his Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization was nearing perfection and that his Body-Guarding Art and other arts might break through first.
• The Body-Guarding Art surged with golden light, and Mo Yun wondered what realm followed pure mastery.

Mo Yun pushed the Body-Guarding Art to its limit and transformed it into the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art, gaining greatly increased defense and five white points. After checking his improved attributes, he began practicing Black Tiger Leap in hopes of triggering another Limit Breakthrough.

• Mo Yun’s golden light startled cultivators across the Visualization Secret Realm, but they confirmed their Visualization Method cultivation was unaffected.
• Mo Yun gained insights while repeatedly practicing the Body-Guarding Art, and his entire body turned gold as the art transformed into the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art.
• Mo Yun tested the new art and found it greatly strengthened his resistance to physical and true essence attacks, though he was unsure whether it could withstand primordial spirit light.
• Mo Yun checked the Virtual Panel and saw his defense rise to 2190 and his available white points increase to five.
• Mo Yun began practicing Black Tiger Leap, which he believed was close to its own Limit Breakthrough.

Mo Yun broke through Black Tiger Leap inside the Visualization Secret Realm, evolving it into Wind Riding and gaining five white points. He planned to spend his accumulated white points on life value to improve his cultivation and prepare to pursue the Core Condensation Realm.

• Mo Yun's neighbor advised him to spend his time visualizing in the costly secret realm, but Mo Yun continued practicing Black Tiger Leap.
• Mo Yun pushed Black Tiger Leap to its limit and broke through, gaining new movement insights and the ability to move like wind.
• The Virtual Panel revealed that Black Tiger Leap had evolved into Wind Riding, and Mo Yun considered checking the Library for a related inner-sect martial art.
• Mo Yun saw that his attributes had risen slightly and that he had accumulated ten white points.
• Mo Yun decided to put all ten white points into life value, hoping to improve his cultivation efficiency and break through with the Visualization Method soon.

Mo Yun increased his life value, collected a special meal in the Visualization Secret Realm, and continued practicing White Tiger Slaughter despite his neighbor’s criticism. After a day of cultivation, he sensed a breakthrough and perfected the Western Extremity Visualization Method.

• Mo Yun added ten white points to his life value, raising it to 182 and improving his physical qualities.
• Mo Yun skipped the food queue and received a special Frost Rabbit meal box from Steward Niu, who respected him as the first-ranked person on the Earth Ranking.
• Mo Yun considered the risks of his growing fame, memorized Steward Niu’s appearance, and returned to practice White Tiger Slaughter.
• Mo Yun rebuffed his neighbor’s advice to focus on visualization, then continued cultivating.
• The next day, Mo Yun pushed the Western Extremity Visualization Method to its limits and achieved perfection.

Mo Yun perfected the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization and comprehended his own slaughter momentum, greatly strengthening White Tiger Slaughter and enabling him to summon the Golden-Armored War God. After spending his newly gained white points on life value, he prepared to use his momentum to condense a core.

• Mo Yun completed the Visualization Method, understood slaughter momentum, and tested its greatly enhanced power with a golden finger strike.
• Mo Yun realized he could summon the Golden-Armored War God as a giant combat double and believed he could now quickly defeat the Tiger Demon from Purple Gold Mountain.
• The Virtual Panel showed 55 new white points, and Mo Yun's dark-faced neighbor apologized for interrupting his cultivation.
• Mo Yun told his neighbor to mind his own business, then spent all 55 white points to raise his life value from 182 to 237.
• Mo Yun resolved to merge his slaughter momentum into his Dantian Sea of Qi and compress his True Essence Sea to condense a core.

Mo Yun compressed his true essence into a false core, broke through the core condensation barrier, and continued cultivating until his true core formed. He left the secret realm’s seclusion with a powerful blue core in his dantian.

• Mo Yun used his slaughter momentum to compress and solidify his true essence, forming a translucent blue false core in three days.
• Mo Yun attacked the core condensation barrier with his will and shattered it.
• Mo Yun infused the false core with his slaughter momentum, beginning its transformation into a true core.
• Mo Yun remained in seclusion and continued practicing while the core condensed over twelve days.
• Mo Yun opened his eyes and saw a brilliant blue pearl spinning in his dantian, declaring that his core had formed.

Mo Yun broke through to early core condensation in the Visualization Secret Realm and tested how his cultivation had strengthened his martial arts. He left seclusion, collected his stipend and Earth Ranking reward, and headed to visit the Vein Master for the Metal Lineage’s core condensation-level fundamental method.

• Mo Yun’s cultivation reached early core condensation, greatly increasing his constitution and defense, though he realized his current fundamental method circulated true essence sluggishly.
• Mo Yun practiced White Tiger Slaughter, Indestructible Diamond Divine Art, and Wind Riding, estimating that the latter two would break through in about half a month.
• Mo Yun told his dark-faced neighbor that he had reached core condensation, then exited the Visualization Secret Realm.
• Mo Yun collected two hundred origin crystals from the Logistics Office and received the hundred and fifty thousand merit points for topping last month’s Earth Ranking.
• Mo Yun flew toward the Metal Lineage’s inner sect to ask the Vein Master for the core condensation-level fundamental method.

Mo Yun visited Xiao Changfeng to ask for the follow-up Fundamental Method after unexpectedly condensing his core. Xiao Changfeng was stunned by how quickly Mo Yun had advanced and asked how he had done it.

• Mo Yun reached the Metal Lineage inner sect hall, where the guards recognized him as the eldest senior brother and arranged for Xiao Changfeng to see him.
• Xiao Changfeng ordered the guards to bring Mo Yun directly to him whenever he visited and worried that Mo Yun had encountered trouble in the Visualization Secret Realm.
• Mo Yun revealed that he had just condensed his core and asked Xiao Changfeng for the follow-up Fundamental Method.
• Xiao Changfeng checked Mo Yun's aura, accepted that he had condensed his core, and asked how he had managed it so quickly.

Mo Yun explained his rapid cultivation as a result of his exceptional talent, and Xiao Changfeng accepted his explanation before giving him the Metal Lineage’s Core Condensation method. Concerned that Mo Yun’s fame would endanger him outside the sect, Xiao Changfeng arranged a second identity, and Mo Yun chose the name Yun Mo.

• Mo Yun claimed his exceptional talent let him perfect his Visualization Method and condense his core quickly, and Xiao Changfeng confirmed his cultivation showed no sign of unorthodox methods.
• Xiao Changfeng apologized for doubting Mo Yun and gave him the Metal Lineage’s Core Condensation cultivation method on a jade slip.
• Xiao Changfeng warned Mo Yun that his fame had spread across the Thirty-Six Provinces and among the monster and demon races, making travel outside the sect dangerous.
• Xiao Changfeng offered to create a second identity and waist token for Mo Yun to use on missions outside the sect.
• Mo Yun agreed to Xiao Changfeng’s plan and chose Yun Mo as his new name.

Mo Yun learned more about Core Condensation cultivation and received the Wind Lineage legacy martial art [Wind Riding] from Xiao Changfeng. After studying [Geng Metal Art], he gained an initial grasp of it immediately.

• Mo Yun asked Xiao Changfeng about Metal Lineage movement arts, and Xiao Changfeng explained the lineage's martial arts and advised him to keep practicing his visualization method.
• Xiao Changfeng gave Mo Yun a jade slip containing the Wind Lineage legacy martial art [Wind Riding], explaining that he had obtained the Wind Lineage Vein Master's permission specifically for him.
• Xiao Changfeng told Mo Yun to move into the inner sect once his identification waist token was ready, and Mo Yun left Golden Star Peak after thanking him.
• Mo Yun returned home, studied [Wind Riding], and found that his own version suited him better than the legacy technique's finer details.
• Mo Yun studied [Geng Metal Art] and learned how presence and the Origin Core developed together toward the Primordial Unity Realm.
• The Virtual Panel notified Mo Yun that he had gained an initial grasp of [Geng Metal Art].

Mo Yun grasped the basics of the Geng Metal Art, gained forty white points, and used them to raise his life value to 277. After improving his training and planning to enter the inner sect and hunt demons, he arrived at the Blade Tower, where Liu Xiyan marveled at his speed.

• Mo Yun discovered that the Geng Metal Art shared principles with the perfected Demon-Subduing Scripture, letting him grasp its basics and gain forty white points.
• Mo Yun learned the Geng Metal Art required 520 black points to reach minor accomplishment and found that it helped him absorb origin crystals faster.
• Mo Yun spent all forty white points on life, raising his life value to 277 and shortening the time needed to advance several martial arts.
• The next morning, Mo Yun cultivated, redeemed thirty Golden Spirit Fruits, and flew into the Blade Tower plaza using Wind Riding.
• Liu Xiyan saw Mo Yun arrive and exclaimed, "Handsome junior brother, y-you, you're so fast!"

Mo Yun visited the Blade Tower, shared Golden Spirit Fruits with Liu Xiyan and Lin Qingxue, and learned how Bai Zhi flew on a blade. The chapter ended with Bai Zhi realizing that Mo Yun had already reached Core Condensation.

• Mo Yun teased Liu Xiyan about calling him junior brother, and she welcomed him back as Tower Master.
• Mo Yun gave Liu Xiyan and Lin Qingxue a bag of Golden Spirit Fruits, which they happily ate.
• Liu Xiyan told Mo Yun that Senior Blade Saint was away on business and Grandmaster Ancestor was in seclusion.
• Bai Zhi returned by flying on a blade, and Mo Yun eagerly asked to learn the technique.
• Bai Zhi explained that blade-riding flight used Primordial Spirit Light and was available at the Primordial Unity Realm.
• Bai Zhi noticed Mo Yun's cultivation and exclaimed that he had reached Core Condensation.