Chapter Summaries

After defeating He Xinian, Mo Yun reviewed his strength, arranged a secret identity for future missions, and continued cultivating. His Visualization Method reached pure mastery, and the chapter ended with Bai Zhi arriving at his door.

• Mo Yun reflected on his fight with He Xinian and concluded that he needed to reach Primordial Unity as soon as possible.
• Xiao Changfeng visited Mo Yun, confirmed that he had defeated He Xinian and Zhao Qingcheng, and agreed to create a new identity token for him under the name Li Feiyu.
• Mo Yun resumed training, collected his stipend and Golden Spirit Fruits, visited Liu Xiyan and Lin Qingxue at the Blade Tower, and learned that Bai Zhi was in seclusion.
• In October, Mo Yun's Visualization Method reached pure mastery, granting him ninety white points.
• Bai Zhi arrived at Mo Yun's door around noon and called for him to open it.

Bai Zhi gave Mo Yun a Blade Talisman made from her primordial spirit light, and he prepared for a mission to Wu Kingdom in Gravel Province. After increasing his life value and adopting his Li Feiyu identity, Mo Yun set out alone to return home.

• Bai Zhi visited Mo Yun after advancing to the Sixth Realm and gave him a powerful Blade Talisman in thanks for his help.
• Mo Yun recognized that making the talisman had damaged Bai Zhi's soul, accepted it, and promised to use it only if necessary.
• Mo Yun asked Bai Zhi to look after Lin Qingxue while he was away, and Bai Zhi told him to be careful on his journey.
• Mo Yun collected merit points and exchanged them for origin crystals before allocating ninety white points to his life value, raising it to 1077.
• Mo Yun transformed his appearance and aura into those of Li Feiyu, then boarded the Flying Boat to travel alone to Wu Kingdom in Gravel Province.

Mo Yun returned to Gravel Province after destroying a Demon God Cult branch on his way to Crouching Tiger Manor. He reached his former courtyard without encountering the danger he had sensed and prepared to reunite with his sister and familiar faces.

• Mo Yun traveled toward Gravel Province while reflecting on his mission, his planned breakthrough, and teaching his recovered sister to cultivate.
• During the journey, Mo Yun practiced martial arts and visualization and refined pills aboard the flying boat.
• Mo Yun infiltrated the Demon God Cult branch in the Wu Kingdom and killed its senior members, then arranged for a local sect to clean up.
• Mo Yun completed the mission without finding demon beasts or a teleportation altar, leaving him puzzled about the danger he had sensed.
• Mo Yun reached Crouching Tiger Manor safely, discovered his sister was in his former courtyard, and steered the flying boat toward her.

Mo Yun returned home and reunited with his sister, Mo Yiyi, reassuring her about his life in the Five Elements Sect. After checking her health, he began devising a cultivation method suited to her and gave her pills to support her recovery, then headed to the Main Court.

• Mo Yun returned to the courtyard and found Mo Yiyi awake, and she cooked him egg noodles before asking about his life and Lin Qingxue.
• Mo Yun reassured Mo Yiyi that he was doing well at the Five Elements Sect and promised to bring Lin Qingxue home for the New Year.
• Mo Yun examined Mo Yiyi's condition and decided to create a fundamental method that could help her reach dark force and eventually transforming force.
• Mo Yun gave Mo Yiyi improved Body-Tempering Pills and Foundation-Nourishing Pills, then told her about his achievements and adventures while leaving out the dangers.
• Mo Yun urged Mo Yiyi to go to bed and then headed toward the Main Court.

Mo Yun returned to Lin Yanshan and told him about his cultivation and life in the Five Elements Sect, including Lin Qingxue’s progress at the Blade Tower. The chapter ended with Mo Yun and Lin Yanshan drinking and talking late into the night, while Mo Yun planned to visit the others the next day.

• Mo Yun returned to Lin Yanshan’s study and revealed that he had reached peak core condensation and was preparing to break through to primordial unity.
• Mo Yun explained that martial artists from Gravel Province faced severe restrictions on reaching core condensation and primordial unity, and promised to seek a way to remove them for Lin Yanshan.
• Lin Yanshan asked about Mo Yun’s time in the Five Elements Sect and was astonished to learn that Mo Yun had topped both the Earth Ranking and the Heaven Ranking.
• Mo Yun told Lin Yanshan about Lin Qingxue’s progress at the Blade Tower and her exceptional talent in the blade Dao.
• Mo Yun and Lin Yanshan shared liquor and dried meat as they talked late into the night, and Mo Yun left after Lin Yanshan became tipsy.

Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor, helped Commander Li begin breaking through to transforming force, and learned how the Hundred Blossoms Palace had been destroyed. After hearing that Zhou Bo had returned, Mo Yun headed to the Spirit Herb Garden to find him and learn whether Han Tang had come back too.

• Mo Yun gave Commander Li a Realm-Breaking Pill and used his perfected slaughter momentum to speed up the conversion of Commander Li's dark force into transforming force.
• Mo Yun told Commander Li that he had reached peak Core Condensation and explained the unusual cultivation barriers in Gravel Province.
• Commander Li said the Hundred Blossoms Palace had accused Crouching Tiger Manor of killing an elder, then later joined demons in an attack; the village master retaliated by wiping out the palace.
• Commander Li revealed that Zhou Bo, Luo Shan, and Tie Zhu had returned or advanced in cultivation and helped defend the manor from the demons.
• Mo Yun gave Commander Li cultivation pills, then went to the Spirit Herb Garden to look for Zhou Bo and find out whether Han Tang had returned.

Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor and caught up with Zhang Qiang, Zhou Bo, and Liu Niang, learning that several of his old companions had left and Han Tang had been taken in by the Seven Profound Sect. After giving gifts to his friends, Mo Yun went to visit someone in a familiar courtyard.

• Mo Yun reunited with Zhang Qiang in the Spirit Herb Garden and heard that Zhang Qiang had become a minor steward who was content with his life.
• Zhang Qiang told Mo Yun that Luo Shan had returned home to become a landowner, Tie Zhu had left to explore the world, and Xiao Liu had gone home to investigate whether his parents were hidden experts.
• Zhang Qiang said Tang Yin had abandoned martial arts and gone seeking a fortuitous opportunity, possibly by jumping off a cliff, leaving Mo Yun worried about him.
• Mo Yun reunited with Zhou Bo and Liu Niang, and Zhou Bo explained that a Daoist from the Seven Profound Sect had taken Han Tang to teach him Pill Dao.
• Mo Yun gave pills to Zhou Bo, Liu Niang, and Zhang Qiang, then went to a familiar courtyard and introduced himself to the person who answered the door.

Mo Yun returned to the Crouching Tiger Manor and reunited with Huang Shan, Qin Hu, and Black Wolf, offering guidance and pills as he caught up with them. Back in his courtyard, he prepared to strengthen the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art before pursuing a breakthrough to primordial unity.

• Mo Yun met Huang Shan, learned she had reached middle dark force, and invited her to seek admission to the Five Elements Sect once she reached peak dark force.
• Mo Yun advised Huang Shan on her swordsmanship, prompting her to realize that she was close to a breakthrough, and left her several bottles of pills.
• Mo Yun visited Qin Hu, drank with him, and left him pills after finding that he was still at early dark force.
• Mo Yun returned to Yellow Maple Town, shared drinks and news with Black Wolf, and left him several bottles of pills.
• Mo Yun returned to his courtyard to cultivate and decided to advance the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art first.

Mo Yun advanced the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art to minor accomplishment, increasing his vitality, lifespan, and recovery. After dinner, he set out on his Flying Boat to hunt demons across Gravel Province, confident the trip would be safe.

• Mo Yun spent 360 black points to advance the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art, gaining 600 years of extra lifespan and greatly improved recovery.
• Mo Yun gained 40 white points from the breakthrough and invested them in vitality, raising his life value to 1117.
• Mo Yun decided to use his strength and Flying Boat to hunt demons throughout Gravel Province, where demons were restricted from reaching the fourth realm.
• Mo Yun delayed his departure to eat dinner with his older sister, then boarded the Flying Boat and set off to hunt demons.

Mo Yun flew through Ping'an County and Gravel Province, killing demons and rescuing villages as he went. After three days of clearing Gravel Province, he returned to the Courtyard and checked his Virtual Panel.

• Mo Yun detected a demon tormenting Zhang Family Village and learned that demons had plunged Ping'an County into chaos.
• Golden Toad demanded that the villagers supply children for him to eat, and he threatened to slaughter the village when they refused.
• As Golden Toad attacked the villagers, Mo Yun killed him with a blade strike from his Flying Boat, and the villagers hailed Mo Yun as an immortal.
• Mo Yun spent three days traveling across Gravel Province and slaughtering virtually every demon there.
• Mo Yun returned to the Courtyard, exhaled heavily, and summoned his Virtual Panel to inspect his available attributes.

Mo Yun spent his black points advancing the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art and improved his vitality by adding white points to his attributes. After his martial arts also broke through, he spent more than twenty days cultivating and living peacefully with his family and master, until he sensed that his origin core was about to break open.

• Mo Yun used black points to advance the Black Tortoise Hidden Truth Art to perfect comprehension, increasing his lifespan and recovery ability.
• Mo Yun spent his newly earned white points on vitality, then practiced until the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art and Wind Riding reached perfect comprehension.
• Mo Yun continued cultivating while spending time with his family and master and enjoying a quiet stretch of more than twenty days.
• On November fourth, Mo Yun practiced his Visualization Method and sensed that his origin core was about to break open.

Mo Yun broke through to the early stage of the Primordial Unity Realm and discovered the terrifying power of primordial spirit light. His expanded perception then revealed a cult altar and a plan to sacrifice every living creature within a thousand li, so he rushed to stop them.

• Mo Yun left Crouching Tiger Manor and traveled to a deserted forest to await his cultivation breakthrough.
• Mo Yun's origin core shattered, and he gathered its golden light into a primordial spirit, advancing to the early stage of the Primordial Unity Realm.
• Mo Yun tested primordial spirit light, whose single restrained strand blasted a deep hole through a mountain, and discovered that his lifespan and perception had greatly increased.
• Mo Yun sensed the mysterious danger again and used primordial spirit light to perceive cultists preparing an altar and planning a vast blood sacrifice.
• Mo Yun took note of the two Blade Talismans in the Greedy Wolf Token and sped toward the altar.

Mo Yun attacked a hidden altar where the Demon God Cult and Heavenly Demon Cult were preparing a blood sacrifice, killing the guards and four Primordial Unity experts. He then turned his attack toward the late-stage leader standing at the altar.

• Mo Yun changed his aura and appearance, found the altar, and killed the Transformation Realm laborers with blade lights.
• The altar’s five Primordial Unity guards activated its dark protection, while ten hidden Core Condensation guards attacked Mo Yun and were cut down.
• An early-stage Primordial Unity expert struck Mo Yun with a golden palm, but Mo Yun shattered the attack and annihilated the expert’s body and primordial spirit.
• Mo Yun killed the black-robed mid-stage expert in three slashes, then annihilated the two remaining early-stage experts as they tried to flee.
• Mo Yun targeted the late-stage leader on the altar and sent an enormous golden fist imprint crashing toward him.

Mo Yun fought the Elegant Middle-Aged Man at the Blood Sacrifice Altar, but the man sacrificed himself to open a gateway for a Demon Realm Sovereign. An Ancestral Master arrived as the gateway opened, and Mo Yun used both Blade Talismans against the two threats.

• Mo Yun attacked the Elegant Middle-Aged Man and the altar, but his blows failed to destroy it while the man’s sword strikes barely harmed him.
• Mo Yun shattered the man’s sword rain with the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization, then battered him until he used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art to flee.
• The man’s apparent escape was a trick: he sacrificed his flesh, blood, and soul on the altar, prompting Mo Yun to attack it as a dark gateway began forming.
• An Ancestral Master arrived and attacked Mo Yun, who activated a Blade Talisman against him just as the gateway finished opening.
• A gigantic four-fingered hand reached through the gateway seeking the divine object, and Mo Yun used his second Blade Talisman against it, prompting terrified cries about the Blade Saint’s power.

After defeating the cultists and their summoned Demon King, Mo Yun discovered that Gravel Province’s Dao chains both hindered breakthroughs and strengthened those who succeeded. He found a dangerous Underground Palace he could not enter, alerted the Five Elements Sect, and headed back to Crouching Tiger Manor to recover and grow stronger.

• Mo Yun realized his primordial spirit light could destroy other primordial spirits and traced its unusual strength to the Dao chains linked to Gravel Province.
• Mo Yun examined his divine soul and discovered that mysterious Dao chains both obstructed Gravel Province Martial Artists’ breakthroughs and enhanced their power.
• Mo Yun found an intact passage beneath the ruined altar leading to an Underground Palace, but left when a dangerous field domain blocked its stone gate.
• Mo Yun contacted Xiao Changfeng through a Five Elements Sect liaison post, and Xiao Changfeng promised to send protection and have local Martial Saints watch the site.
• Mo Yun flew toward Crouching Tiger Manor, intending to practice a primordial unity-level fundamental method and strengthen himself.

Mo Yun began cultivating the Primordial Unity Chapter of the Geng Metal Art, gained white points, and resolved to hunt demons to advance toward Martial Saint. Meanwhile, Demon God Cult and Heavenly Demon Cult figures identified Li Feiyu as the one who ruined their blood sacrifice, and the chapter ended with Fire Lineage Vein Master Zhu Lie Kong summoning him to explain what happened.

• Mo Yun studied the Primordial Unity Chapter of the Geng Metal Art and reached first glimpse of the way, gaining 230 white points.
• Mo Yun calculated that reaching the next stage would take too long, so he planned to hunt demons after returning to the Five Elements Sect and eventually cultivate all five lineages and the Blade Dao.
• Mo Yun spent his 230 white points on vitality, raising it to 1,692 and improving his physical and mental abilities.
• Two agents of the Demon God Cult and Heavenly Demon Cult discussed the failed blood sacrifice and concluded that Li Feiyu had destroyed it with two Blade Talismans.
• The agents planned to report their failure and change their altar ritual, while worrying about the Five Elements Sect’s emerging prodigies.
• Zhu Lie Kong, the Fire Lineage Vein Master, contacted Li Feiyu and ordered him to come to the altar and explain the situation.

Mo Yun met Zhu Lie Kong at the altar, explained what had happened and learned that the underground palace would take one to two months to open. At Zhu Lie Kong’s urging, Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor to prepare for the journey back to the Five Elements Sect, where Xiao Changfeng had summoned him.

• Mo Yun arrived at the altar and learned that Zhu Lie Kong knew his true identity but would keep it secret.
• Mo Yun recounted his encounter with the Blade Talismans and his battle against five Primordial Unity Grandmasters, astonishing Zhu Lie Kong with his strength.
• Zhu Lie Kong said the Five Elements Sect would need one to two months to break through the underground palace’s field domain and told Mo Yun that Xiao Changfeng wanted him back at the sect.
• Mo Yun returned to Crouching Tiger Manor, gave his sister pills and a cultivation method, and left pills and the Turtle-Breathing Art with his master, Lin Yanshan.
• Mo Yun flew toward the Five Elements Sect using his primordial spirit light and reached its outskirts the following afternoon.

Mo Yun returned to the Five Elements Sect at astonishing speed and agreed to represent it at an important Prodigy Exchange Meeting. After learning more about Primordial Unity cultivation and his likely merit reward, he resolved to hunt every demon in the Human Territory to build strength for his future breakthroughs.

• Mo Yun told Xiao Changfeng he had reached the Five Elements Sect in under twenty hours, and Xiao Changfeng discovered his unusually powerful primordial spirit light and perfect mastery of Wind Riding.
• Xiao Changfeng asked Mo Yun to represent the Five Elements Sect at a Prodigy Exchange Meeting in three days, and Mo Yun agreed.
• Xiao Changfeng explained how Primordial Unity cultivators strengthened their primordial spirits and how Ancestral Master-level cultivators had begun grasping Dao principles.
• Xiao Changfeng told Mo Yun he had applied for a merit reward similar to the one Mo Yun received for his Yongzhou mission.
• Mo Yun calculated that his black point income was too slow for cultivation and resolved to kill every demon in the Human Territory before pursuing the Demon God Mountain and Devil Abyss.

Mo Yun collected his rewards, visited the Blade Tower, and learned more about the tribulations that could accompany major breakthroughs. Two days later, he prepared to leave with Xiao Changfeng for the Exchange Conference, where he planned to begin his Demon-Slaying campaign.

• Mo Yun collected cultivation supplies and merit points under his Yun Mo and Li Feiyu identities, then sold his Devil Corpses through the Logistics Courtyard.
• Bai Zhi sensed that Mo Yun’s primordial spirit was unusual and explained that gifted cultivators could face tribulations after reaching Primordial Unity; she revealed that she had made him a Blade Talisman to help protect him.
• Mo Yun visited Lin Qingxue, told her Lin Yanshan was doing well, and suggested they return to visit him during the Year-End Festival.
• Mo Yun absorbed blade intent and momentum at the Blade Tower, gave Liu Xiyan and Lin Qingxue Golden Spirit Fruits, and left.
• Xiao Changfeng arrived two days later, and Mo Yun said he was ready to depart for the Exchange Conference and begin his Demon-Slaying plan.

Mo Yun learned that the Five Elements Sect’s status and resources depended on its dwindling Martial Saint ranks, and Xiao Changfeng explained that the other holy lands would test the sect’s young prodigies at the gathering. Mo Yun planned to compete as Yun Mo and beat the rival prodigies, while keeping Bai Zhi’s hidden strength in mind, and arrived at the sect gate with Xiao Changfeng.

• Mo Yun asked Xiao Changfeng whether the Five Elements Sect could lose its holy land standing, and Xiao Changfeng explained that poor performance could cost the sect resources.
• Xiao Changfeng said the sect qualified as a Martial Arts Holy Land because it had the Sect Master and the Blade Saint, though both were in poor condition; he urged Mo Yun to become a Martial Saint and secure its future.
• Mo Yun realized Xiao Changfeng did not know Bai Zhi had become a Blade Saint or that the old Blade Saint’s lifespan problem had been resolved, and decided to ask Bai Zhi about it later.
• Xiao Changfeng described the strengths of the four rival holy lands and explained that their gathering would test the Five Elements Sect’s young prodigies and determine whether rivals would pressure the sect for resources.
• Mo Yun said he could use his Three Pure Ones technique to overpower the rival prodigies, and Xiao Changfeng expected him to compete as Yun Mo.
• Mo Yun and Xiao Changfeng reached the Five Elements Sect’s main gate, where Mo Yun spotted three familiar faces.