Chapter Summaries

Mo Yun told Xiao Changfeng that he had resonated with all nine Ancient Blades, astonishing the Vein Master, who warned him about the dangers of the Blade Dao. Xiao Changfeng promised extra merit points for Mo Yun's role in defeating a Demon King, and the chapter ended with Mo Yun discovering a huge balance at the Logistics Office.

• Mo Yun told Xiao Changfeng that Senior Blade Saint had made him a Blade Talisman and revealed that he had resonated with all nine Ancient Blades.
• Xiao Changfeng realized Mo Yun had broken the Blade Tower record and urged him to consider the Blade Dao's dangers before pursuing it.
• Mo Yun reassured Xiao Changfeng that he planned to focus on the Martial Dao for now and thanked him for the warning.
• Xiao Changfeng said the sect would privately award Mo Yun extra merit points for defeating a Demon King, and Mo Yun eagerly accepted.
• Mo Yun trained that evening and planned to visit the Blade Tower and ask about its original location in the ruins.
• The next morning, Mo Yun checked his account at the Logistics Office and was stunned by his merit-point balance.

Mo Yun visited the Blade Tower with Golden Spirit Fruits and urged Lin Qingxue not to overwork herself while she trained in the Blade-Nurturing Art. He joined Lin Qingxue and Liu Xiyan for breakfast as he waited to discuss something important with Bai Zhi, but Bai Zhi's urgent warning interrupted them.

• Mo Yun arrived at the Blade Tower and learned Lin Qingxue was airing out its blades more often because her Blade-Nurturing Art had begun to protect her from their Blade Intent and Blade Momentum.
• Mo Yun gave Lin Qingxue Golden Spirit Fruits and noticed she had been sacrificing sleep to advance her training, so he urged her to take it easy.
• Liu Xiyan joined them, and Mo Yun asked when Bai Zhi would return so he could discuss something important with her.
• Liu Xiyan invited Mo Yun and Lin Qingxue to breakfast, and Mo Yun agreed to try Liu Xiyan's cooking while teasing her about what to call her.
• As the three reached the kitchen, Bai Zhi's voice rang out from above, warning the Tower Master not to do something.

Mo Yun discovered that Liu Xiyan’s cooking was terrible and discussed the upcoming Ruins with Bai Zhi. After learning about the Blade Tower’s hidden trial and that Liu Xiyan would join the expedition, he decided to cultivate in seclusion until the Ruins opened.

• Mo Yun learned that Liu Xiyan had always cooked poorly, while Lin Qingxue explained she had eaten breakfast from the mountain instead of Liu Xiyan’s food on her previous visit.
• Liu Xiyan offered Mo Yun leftover congee, so he fled; Lin Qingxue drank it instead, unwilling to let the food go to waste.
• Mo Yun met Bai Zhi at the Testing Plaza and asked her to call him Little Mo, but she called him Little Mo Tower Master.
• Mo Yun told Bai Zhi he planned to enter the Ruins, and she explained the Blade Tower Ruins Site’s hidden trial and its potential rewards.
• Bai Zhi told Mo Yun that Liu Xiyan would also enter the Ruins and advised them to travel together; after hearing her explanation, Mo Yun left to cultivate in seclusion.

Mo Yun prepared for the Ruins by collecting his cultivation subsidy and studying at the Inner Sect Library, where he reunited with Xu Zhiyi. Xu Zhiyi joined his Ruins team, and the story left off on the day the Ruins opened.

• Mo Yun assessed his cultivation plans, available points, and preparations for the upcoming Ruins expedition.
• Mo Yun collected two hundred origin crystals from the Logistics Courtyard and borrowed fifty books from the Inner Sect Library.
• Mo Yun found Xu Zhiyi reading about the Ruins, and she gladly lent him the second volume after mistaking his request for something more personal.
• Mo Yun returned the first volume to Xu Zhiyi and quickly read through the book she had borrowed.
• Xu Zhiyi asked to join Mo Yun's Ruins team, and he agreed, leaving her to find two additional members.
• Several days passed, and August fourth arrived as the day the Ruins opened.

Mo Yun refined a Realm-Breaking Pill for Li and prepared to enter the Ruins, hoping to test how the Secret Realm affected cultivation and whether its strange creatures could charge the Black Seal. At the gathering point, he overheard disciples praising him as an unparalleled powerhouse before an emerald-green figure descended and called for him.

• Mo Yun completed a Realm-Breaking Pill and checked his progress, noting that he was close to having enough Black Points to advance his cultivation.
• Mo Yun exchanged Merit Points for Origin Crystals, packed his supplies, and reflected on the lack of spatial storage in the world.
• Mo Yun traveled to the Ruins' entrance and arrived at the gathering point, where disciples discussed who would win the Secret Realm's Merit Points reward.
• Mo Yun overheard disciples claim he could defeat Xu Wudi and Xu Zhiyi, then watched an emerald-green figure descend while calling out for him.

At the Five Elements Sect ruins, Liu Xiyan reunited with Mo Yun and planned to join him for the Blade Tower trial. Xu Zhiyi arrived with Gu Shuiyue and Nangong Ling as teammates, and Nangong Ling approached Mo Yun to continue asking for his autograph under an icy glare.

• Liu Xiyan met Mo Yun at the ruins entrance, and he learned that she had reached mid-stage Core Condensation and wanted to attempt the Blade Tower trial.
• Mo Yun agreed to visit the Blade Tower's original site with Liu Xiyan and told her that a friend and two more teammates might join their group.
• Xu Zhiyi arrived with Gu Shuiyue and Nangong Ling, whom she introduced as her teammates for Mo Yun's group.
• Nangong Ling stepped toward Mo Yun with a writing brush to continue the autograph she had requested before, then shivered as an icy gaze fell on her.

Liu Xiyan confronted Nangong Ling over her interest in Mo Yun, then Mo Yun formed a team with Xu Zhiyi and her companions to enter the Ruins. The group arrived beneath a vast city wall, where Mo Yun sensed energy pouring into his body.

• Liu Xiyan suppressed Nangong Ling with her Middle Core Condensation aura and warned Xu Zhiyi and Nangong Ling to keep their distance from Mo Yun.
• Xu Zhiyi asked Mo Yun to join her team and later agreed to mind her boundaries while seeking his martial guidance.
• Xu Wudi, Lu Chang Kong, Lang Konghuan, and Ye Long invited Mo Yun to join them, but turned to Wen Buyu after learning he had already joined Xu Zhiyi's team.
• A black-robed figure announced the Ruins' rules and opened the Portal for the one hundred qualified disciples.
• Mo Yun and his four teammates entered the Ruins and appeared beneath an enormous city wall, where a vast tide of energy flowed into Mo Yun.

Mo Yun discovered that the Ruins’ Mystic Energy let him passively cultivate and estimated he could reach late core condensation in about a month while saving Black Points. He then reached the Bronze City Gate and set out to find the teammates needed to open it.

• Mo Yun found that Mystic Energy entering his body became pure worldly qi and strengthened his Origin Core, allowing him to cultivate with far greater efficiency inside the Ruins.
• Mo Yun estimated that instinctively circulating the Fundamental Method would let him break through to late core condensation in about a month, though the Black Seal did not absorb the energy.
• Mo Yun decided he could use allocated points near the time of his breakthrough to preserve his foundation and save Black Points for further advancement.
• Mo Yun absorbed the Mystic Energy leaking from the ancient city, then ran along its wall toward the nearest Bronze City Gate.
• Mo Yun extended his perception, located a teammate in a village ten kilometers away, and used Wind Riding to hurry there.

Mo Yun joined Liu Xiyan in the Ruins and helped clear a village of aberrations, revealing that his strength had reached middle core condensation. After Liu Xiyan explained the team and individual merit-point rewards, Mo Yun set off northwest, sensing their teammates nearby.

• Mo Yun found Liu Xiyan fighting aberrations in a ruined village and saw her quickly defeat even powerful ones.
• Mo Yun joined the fight, destroyed the remaining aberrations, and Liu Xiyan realized his cultivation had reached middle core condensation.
• Mo Yun sensed that killing aberrations slightly strengthened his divine soul, though the benefit was small and did not charge the Black Seal.
• Liu Xiyan told Mo Yun that clearing aberrations and exploring unknown areas earned contribution points, with large rewards for the top team and individual.
• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan agreed to pursue first place and head northwest to find their teammates, following Mo Yun's sense of their location.

Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan rescued Xu Zhiyi from a coordinated group of eerie creatures and agreed to help her improve her combat skills. The three headed southwest to find their remaining teammates, and Liu Xiyan was stunned when Mo Yun sensed them from thirteen to sixteen miles away.

• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan cleared a village of eerie creatures and continued searching for their teammates.
• They found Xu Zhiyi wounded while fighting a large, coordinated group of eerie creatures in a mountain forest.
• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan killed the group's nine middle core condensation leaders first, then wiped out the remaining creatures before any escaped.
• Mo Yun learned that Xu Zhiyi had faced nearly three hundred eerie creatures and asked why she had not targeted the leaders earlier; she admitted she had started with easier enemies and been caught by their formation.
• Xu Zhiyi asked Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan to teach her, and both agreed to help her learn from experience.
• The three set off southwest toward their two remaining teammates, and Liu Xiyan nearly stumbled when Mo Yun said he could sense them from thirteen to sixteen miles away.

Mo Yun and his companions rescued Gu Shuiyue and Nangong Ling, then reached the Bronze City Gate, where they prepared to open it. Another group rushed up and demanded they wait so three teams could claim the top spots.

• Mo Yun led Liu Xiyan and Xu Zhiyi through several battles and realized the eerie creatures seemed stronger and more numerous than in previous years.
• Mo Yun, Liu Xiyan, and Xu Zhiyi rescued Gu Shuiyue and Nangong Ling, whose group had been struggling against the creatures.
• Gu Shuiyue identified Liu Xiyan as a likely Blade Tower disciple, and Liu Xiyan confirmed she was the lineage's eldest senior sister with two and a half disciples in her generation.
• Mo Yun led the five to the Bronze City Gate and explained how they could open it by channeling their true essence into its five recesses.
• A group arrived and demanded that Mo Yun's team delay opening the gate so three teams could take the top three spots.

Mo Yun’s team opened the bronze city gates after Liu Xiyan and Mo Yun swiftly defeated a group that tried to claim priority. As Xu Wudi and his companions arrived, the gates began to open and the teams waited to enter.

• A burly leader named Senior Brother Zuo demanded that his three teams be allowed through the bronze city gates first, but Mo Yun’s group ignored him and continued activating the gate array.
• Liu Xiyan struck Senior Brother Zuo with a single blade attack, and Mo Yun knocked down the rest of his group with a golden fist imprint.
• Liu Xiyan said she had nearly failed to hold back, while Mo Yun and the others returned their attention to the gates; Nangong Ling privately resolved to challenge Liu Xiyan years later.
• Mo Yun spotted Xu Wudi, Lu Chang Kong, Lang Konghuan, Ye Long, and Wen Buyu approaching, and they stopped when they recognized his group.
• The bronze city gates slowly opened as Xu Wudi’s group waited with Mo Yun’s team.

Mo Yun and his companions entered the Ruins of the Five Elements Sect and cultivated in the rich vital energy while planning to explore the safer Outer City. The Black-and-White Seal reacted to something in the distant inner city, where Orange Cat and the figure in Crimson Battle Armor awaited Mo Yun, convinced he would come.

• The Bronze City Gate transported Mo Yun, Liu Xiyan, and their companions inside, then closed for half an hour while its array recharged.
• Xu Zhiyi explained that the gate could transport only five people at a time, and Mo Yun urged the group to cultivate before others arrived.
• Liu Xiyan warned Mo Yun that the Blade Tower lay near the dangerous Inner City, while Mo Yun sensed the Black-and-White Seal responding to something within the magnificent city.
• Mo Yun decided to clear the Outer City and visit the Blade Tower rather than risk confronting powerful Eerie in the inner city.
• Orange Cat and the figure in Crimson Battle Armor discussed Mo Yun's arrival and declared that fate had already arranged for him to come to them.

Mo Yun and his team finished cultivating outside the bronze gates and planned to hunt eldritch creatures before Liu Xiyan’s Blade Tower trial. When Xu Wudi’s team caught up to join them, they were left dumbstruck by what they saw.

• Mo Yun’s team discussed their cultivation gains, and Liu Xiyan learned that killing eldritch creatures could strengthen her divine soul.
• Mo Yun suggested spending nine and a half days hunting eldritch creatures before Liu Xiyan began her twenty-day Blade Tower trial, then revealed that his perception could detect creatures over a range greater than forty or fifty li.
• Xu Wudi, Lu Chang Kong, Lang Konghuan, Ye Long, and Wen Buyu entered through the bronze gates, where Liu Xiyan confronted them about their earlier talk of fighting Mo Yun’s team.
• Mo Yun led his teammates toward the nearest eldritch creatures and told them to follow his commands.
• Xu Wudi’s team decided to follow Mo Yun’s team so they could support one another against the increasingly powerful eldritch creatures, but they were dumbstruck when they caught up.

Xu Wudi's squad watched Mo Yun and his companions easily defeat a huge pack of eerie creatures, then decided to hunt a pack of their own. Mo Yun led his group deeper into the ruins, promising more cultivation gains and a reward of two hundred thousand merit points each.

• Xu Wudi's squad found Mo Yun's group fighting 153 eerie creatures, including 45 at middle core condensation, and prepared to help.
• Xu Wudi's squad saw Mo Yun shatter creatures with casual punches and Liu Xiyan cut down even middle core condensation creatures with her blade.
• After deciding the creatures looked weak enough for them to handle, Xu Wudi's squad left to find another pack.
• Mo Yun's group discussed how easily they had killed the creatures, while Liu Xiyan said some had taken two strikes and Mo Yun said he had used the battle to practice martial arts.
• Mo Yun urged everyone to continue toward the core, gather vital energy, and clear enough creatures to earn each squad member two hundred thousand merit points.

Xu Wudi and his companions were overwhelmed by powerful eeries until Mo Yun’s group arrived to rescue them. After clearing most of the Ruins’ outer region over nine days, Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan set out for the Inner City, leaving Xu Zhiyi behind because they considered them too weak.

• Xu Wudi, Lu Chang Kong, and their companions struggled to break through a swarm of eeries, regretting that they had underestimated the danger.
• Mo Yun, Liu Xiyan, Xu Zhiyi, Gu Shuiyue, and Nangong Ling arrived, and Lu Chang Kong and Ye Long called on Mo Yun for help.
• Over nine days, Mo Yun and his companions cleared more than ninety percent of the eeries in the outer region while the others followed and dealt with stragglers.
• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan prepared to enter the Inner City for the Blade Tower Ruins Site, and Xu Zhiyi offered to accompany them.
• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan told Xu Zhiyi they were too weak to come along, then said goodbye and headed into the Inner City.

Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan reached the Inner City, where Mo Yun used black points to advance his Geng Metal Art and break through to late core condensation. They entered through a ruined gate and headed toward the Blade Tower Ruins Site as Mo Yun discovered that the Inner City’s denser origin energy could accelerate his cultivation.

• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan approached the Inner City walls, where Mo Yun sensed terrifying battle auras and warned himself not to go near the towering building in the distance.
• Liu Xiyan worried that stronger Inner City aberrations could overwhelm them, while Mo Yun reassured her that he had not yet fought at full strength and had 880 black points saved.
• Mo Yun spent 580 black points to complete his Geng Metal Art upgrade, then planned to use passive cultivation gains to reduce the cost of future breakthroughs.
• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan found the Inner City gate broken and discussed why powerful aberrations did not leave their designated areas.
• After passing through the gate, Mo Yun felt the denser origin energy and saw that his cultivation had reached late core condensation, while Liu Xiyan led him toward the Blade Tower Ruins Site.

After reaching late core condensation, Mo Yun used new white points to raise his life value and realized his strengthened divine soul could make the Primordial Unity barrier easy to cross, giving him the potential to become a Martial Saint. When he and Liu Xiyan met a squad of bronze-armored eerie creatures, Mo Yun swiftly destroyed its two peak core condensation leaders with his bare fists.

• Mo Yun checked his attributes after breaking through to late core condensation and found his physical strength and Rule Power had increased greatly.
• Mo Yun spent ninety white points on his life value, strengthening his divine soul and concluding that he had the potential of a Martial Saint.
• Liu Xiyan noticed Mo Yun's aura had grown stronger, and Mo Yun joked that he might have broken through while traveling.
• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan encountered twenty-four bronze-armored eerie creatures, including two at peak core condensation.
• Mo Yun charged ahead and smashed the two peak core condensation eerie creatures into black light before Liu Xiyan could act.

Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan reached the Blade Mound, where entering the Mountain Manor unexpectedly started Mo Yun's trial. The trial opened with a blinding attack that killed him instantly.

• Mo Yun slaughtered an Eerie squad, then he and Liu Xiyan fought through three more waves as they traveled toward the Blade Mound.
• Mo Yun and Liu Xiyan reached the Mountain Manor and entered it to rest before beginning the trial the next day.
• Mo Yun's crimson token, marked [Greedy Wolf], began to glow; elsewhere, Orange Cat and the Crimson Battle Armor discussed how the token would draw him to them.
• Entering the Mountain Manor transported Mo Yun to a trial plain, and the trial began automatically when he failed to answer its prompt.
• A streak of light struck Mo Yun, severing part of his skull and killing him.

Mo Yun struggled through the Blade Mound’s first trial while learning from its old guardian that Blade Dao mastery depended on comprehension, not physical aptitude. After passing the trial and improving his attributes, he sensed that the crimson token he had found held a secret.

• Mo Yun endured three days of repeated deaths in the Blade Mound trial until the old man told him the nine Ancient Blades tested comprehension and that he had understood the Origin Returning Blade Canon.
• The old man explained that Blade Saints in the Sixth Realm were far below the true summit, and admitted Mo Yun had already passed the first trial.
• The old man infused Mo Yun with blade intent and momentum, advancing his Origin Returning Blade Canon and Blade-Nurturing Art to minor accomplishment.
• Mo Yun spent his twenty white points on life value, raising it to 518 and improving his bone root, comprehension, perception, and other attributes.
• Mo Yun examined the crimson token and realized it might be a treasure.