Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo arrived at the Nalan Residence to see Yun Yun after learning of her situation. He found her unconscious in Nalan Yanran’s room and checked her pulse, while Nalan Yanran was hurt that he barely acknowledged her.

• Nalan Jie and Nalan Su discussed the Misty Cloud Sect’s dissolution, the Snake-People Clan’s control of the princesses, and Chen Mo’s strength and plans for the Mo Ying Guild.
• Chen Mo arrived at the Nalan Residence, and Nalan Jie learned that he had come to see his sworn elder sister, Yun Yun.
• Nalan Jie told Chen Mo that Yun Yun was staying in Nalan Yanran’s courtyard and led him there.
• Nalan Yanran opened the door and felt glad to see Chen Mo, but he went straight to Yun Yun’s bedside without greeting her.
• Chen Mo sat beside Yun Yun and took her pulse.

Chen Mo treated Yun Yun’s severe injuries by using his Undying Demonic Flame to devour the Soul Power harming her. Yun Yun was out of danger but would need to recover for several days before waking and at least half a year to fully recover, while Chen Mo went to prepare nourishing food for her.

• Nalan Yanran let Chen Mo enter Yun Yun’s room, then stayed with him as he examined Yun Yun’s injuries.
• Chen Mo found a black skull of Soul Power damaging Yun Yun’s meridians and used his Undying Demonic Flame to pursue and consume it.
• After two hours, Chen Mo withdrew the flame and told Nalan Yanran that Yun Yun was out of serious danger but remained weak and unconscious.
• Chen Mo asked Nalan Yanran where the kitchen was so he could make nourishing food for Yun Yun.

Chen Mo cared for the unconscious Yun Yun while Nalan Yanran questioned his relationships and explained how she had broken off her engagement to Xiao Yan. After spending two days by Yun Yun’s bedside, Chen Mo left to visit Ya Fei, who dreamed about him in the rain.

• Chen Mo fed Yun Yun meat porridge and gave her Dou Qi while Nalan Yanran challenged him about his relationship with Yun Yun and Queen Medusa.
• Chen Mo asked Nalan Yanran about breaking off her engagement, and she said it had happened smoothly after she offered a Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill as compensation.
• Chen Mo stayed beside Yun Yun for two days, learning about her from Nalan Yanran as Yun Yun’s color returned and she neared awakening.
• Chen Mo decided to visit Ya Fei, who resented his absence and dreamed that he was pressing her down.

Chen Mo visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Family estate, where she confronted him for neglecting her before worrying about his recovery and sharing an intimate night with him. The next morning, he brought meat buns back to her room and tried to wake her.

• Chen Mo arrived at the Mittel Family estate, where the Amethyst Winged Lion King recognized him and kept its newly awakened cub quiet.
• Chen Mo entered Ya Fei's room and kissed her, but she scolded him for forgetting her while tending to Yun Yun.
• Chen Mo explained that Yun Yun had only recently recovered, and Ya Fei asked about his health and offered to prepare medicinal ingredients for him.
• Chen Mo teased Ya Fei about becoming head of the Mittel Family, then pressed her down when she called him hungry.
• The next morning, Chen Mo bought six meat buns and returned to Ya Fei's room to wake her.

Chen Mo cared for Yun Yun as she recovered at Nalan Residence, where he also invited Nalan Yanran to join his new Phoenix Guard. After three days of reflection, Yun Yun told Chen Mo she planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire once her injuries healed, and he warned that traveling alone would be dangerous.

• Chen Mo went to Nalan Residence, checked on Yun Yun, and offered Nalan Yanran a place in the Phoenix Guard.
• Chen Mo treated Yun Yun while she remained unconscious, and she awoke at dusk.
• Yun Yun learned that her teacher had died and the Misty Cloud Sect had disbanded, then asked Chen Mo and Nalan Yanran to leave her alone.
• Yun Yun spent three days thinking, then told Chen Mo she could not bring herself to hate him and planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire after recovering.
• Chen Mo warned Yun Yun that traveling alone as a woman would put her in danger.

Chen Mo forced Yun Yun to stay with him and won her affection despite her conflicted feelings about the destruction of the Misty Cloud Sect. After Nalan Yanran interrupted them, Chen Mo examined a system reward of identity tokens that could strengthen a new organization and its members.

• Chen Mo embraced the injured Yun Yun and asked her to stay as commander of his planned Wind Guard, while Yun Yun admitted she could not bring herself to seek revenge against him.
• Chen Mo promised to accompany Yun Yun when he left the Jia Ma Empire and told her he wanted both her and Queen Medusa; Yun Yun softened and agreed to stay, depending on how he behaved.
• Chen Mo kissed Yun Yun, triggering a system reward of a full set of Transcendent Power Identity Tokens.
• Nalan Yanran entered, and she and Yun Yun began talking while Chen Mo inspected the five ranks of tokens and their cultivation, recovery, and combined-attack benefits.
• Chen Mo decided to bind the Gold Token to himself and considered distributing the eighteen Red Tokens among his women.

Chen Mo appointed Yun Yun commander of the Phoenix Guard and gave her an Elder Token before leaving Nalan Residence. He also recruited Nalan Yanran and arranged tokens for Ya Fei and the Mittel Family, then flew back toward Qinghong City.

• Chen Mo gave Yun Yun a red Elder Token, making her commander of the Phoenix Guard, and said he would return to see her in a few days.
• Nalan Yanran told Chen Mo she planned to travel the continent, and he warned her that her current strength made it too dangerous.
• Chen Mo offered Nalan Yanran a purple Phoenix Guard token, and she accepted it on the condition that their relationship was only professional.
• Chen Mo visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Family, gave her guild tokens for suitable recruits, and asked her to pass a purple token to the Grand Elder.
• Chen Mo left the Amethyst Winged Lion King to protect Ya Fei and flew toward Qinghong City.

Chen Mo returned to Qinghong City and found Queen Medusa secretly sewing a sachet, though she hid it when he arrived. He teased her about the needle wounds and asked what she had been concealing and where Die was.

• Queen Medusa practiced sewing a sachet in her room while Hua She Er's third aunt advised her and agreed to keep the secret.
• Chen Mo entered Qinghong City and quietly approached Queen Medusa's room without disturbing the patrols.
• Queen Medusa hid the sachet in her Storage Ring when Chen Mo startled her and asked why he had returned.
• Chen Mo sucked the blood from Queen Medusa's pricked finger, climbed into bed, and pulled her into his arms.
• Chen Mo teased Queen Medusa about the needle wounds on her fingers and asked what she had hidden and where Die was.

Chen Mo gave Queen Medusa an Elder Token for the Mo Ying Guild, teased her while she recovered, and discussed a plan to kill Han Feng. The next morning, Die entered Queen Medusa’s room and found her with Chen Mo in bed.

• Chen Mo invited Queen Medusa to join the Mo Ying Guild and gave her an Elder Token, which she claimed with her Soul Power.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa discussed going to the Black-Corner Region to finish off Han Feng after she and Die recovered.
• Queen Medusa questioned Chen Mo about his relationship with Die and warned him against pursuing other women.
• Die brought a mended robe and a newly made sachet to Queen Medusa’s room, dismissed Qing Lin and Yue Nu, and went inside.
• Queen Medusa hurriedly covered herself with a quilt and asked Die why she was there.

Chen Mo invited Die to join the Mo Ying Guild while she teased the embarrassed Queen Medusa. In Green Mountain Town, the Guild’s recruitment notice appeared beside an order for residents to leave, prompting mercenaries to consider their choices and a girl in pink to notice the Guild’s name.

• Die teased Queen Medusa about her clothes and red neck marks until Chen Mo interrupted with a gift box.
• Chen Mo kissed Die, then invited her to join the Mo Ying Guild as an elder, and she agreed to accept its token.
• Queen Medusa recognized the red token and angrily realized she had taken one for nothing the previous night.
• In Green Mountain Town, mercenaries read the Snake-People Clan’s order to evacuate within five days and the Mo Ying Guild’s recruitment notice.
• The mercenaries debated the evacuation and the Guild’s rewards, while a girl in a pink dress quietly repeated the Guild’s name.

Xiao Yi Xian fled Ten-Thousand Medicines Hall, while Chen Mo returned to the Imperial Capital and discovered Yao Ye and Yao Yue escaping the Snake-People Clan's forces. As Yao Ye tried to take her own life rather than become a puppet, an invisible soul hand stopped her sword.

• Xiao Yi Xian packed supplies, treated wounded mercenaries, then escaped Ten-Thousand Medicines Hall on Little Lan and set off for the Imperial Capital.
• Chen Mo visited Yun Yun, gave her pills to strengthen her body, and then headed toward the Mittel Family.
• Chen Mo spotted the injured Yao Ye and Yao Yue fleeing across the rooftops, pursued by Rong Wei, while Nalan Jie fought Yue Mei nearby.
• Rong Wei blocked the sisters and demanded that Yao Ye return to the Imperial Palace as the Snake-People Clan's puppet.
• Yao Ye declared that Rong Wei would have to take her corpse and slashed at her neck, but an invisible soul hand stopped her sword.

Chen Mo rescued Yao Ye and Yao Yue from the Snake-People Clan’s pursuit, then hid them and recruited them into the Mo Ying Guild as Phoenix Guards. He gave them new names and disguises before leaving for Ya Fei’s residence.

• A mysterious Soul Power stopped Yao Ye from killing herself, and Chen Mo and Demon Nightmare revealed themselves as her rescuers.
• Chen Mo gave Yao Ye medicine and led the sisters away when Imperial Guards closed in, erasing their bloodstains as they escaped.
• Chen Mo hid Yao Ye and Yao Yue in a secluded courtyard in Mittel Family territory and offered them cultivation resources if they joined his Phoenix Guards.
• Yao Ye accepted two Mo Ying Guild tokens despite her hatred of Chen Mo, and he promised her three chances to kill him.
• Chen Mo gave the sisters Ice Silk Masks and renamed them Mo Ye and Mo Yue, then went to Ya Fei’s residence.

Chen Mo reviewed Mo Ying Guild’s new recruits with Ya Fei and learned that thirteen-year-old physician Xiao Yi Xian had joined. After discovering methods to cultivate and control the Woeful Poison Body, he met two Dou Ling recruits and then arranged to meet Xiao Yi Xian alone.

• Ya Fei showed Chen Mo the Guild’s recruitment list, and he asked to meet Xiao Yi Xian and discussed finding the Guild a city and resources from Queen Medusa.
• Chen Mo told Ya Fei that Yao Ye and Yao Yue had joined the Phoenix Guard, then spent the night with her.
• Chen Mo found the Ten Thousand Poisons Scripture and Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl Method in the Medicine Saint Pill Codex and copied them down.
• Ya Fei summoned the recruits, and Chen Mo persuaded the Dou Ling experts Luo Kun and Wang Ze to join by promising them suitable Dou Skills.
• Chen Mo arranged to meet Xiao Yi Xian alone.

Chen Mo met Xiao Yi Xian, recognized her Woeful Poison Body, and recruited her into the Mo Ying Guild’s Phoenix Guard by offering a cultivation method. Xiao Yi Xian accepted the method and her identity token, agreeing to follow a commander Chen Mo would introduce later.

• Chen Mo met Xiao Yi Xian in the waiting room, and she concealed sedatives and poison while cautiously questioning him.
• Chen Mo revealed that he knew Xiao Yi Xian had the Woeful Poison Body and introduced himself as the master of the Mo Ying Guild.
• Chen Mo promised he could control the Woeful Poison Body if Xiao Yi Xian joined his Phoenix Guard, and she agreed.
• Chen Mo gave Xiao Yi Xian the Ten Thousand Poisons Saint Technique, and she used it to release poisonous mist.
• Chen Mo gave Xiao Yi Xian an identity token and told her she would later serve under a commander he would introduce.

After recovering for several months, Chen Mo spent time with Yun Yun and planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire once Queen Medusa recovered. He continued telling Yun Yun Journey to the West, though her affection remained held back by her unresolved feelings about the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Chen Mo watched the Mo Ying Guild train and told Yun Yun he planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire for the Black-Corner Region once Queen Medusa recovered.
• Yun Yun teased Chen Mo about a white hair, and he kissed her after asking if she was jealous.
• Chen Mo reflected that Yun Yun's affection had stalled at 96 because she still carried a knot of grief over the Misty Cloud Sect and its fallen members.
• After kissing, Chen Mo and Yun Yun sat together as he continued telling her Journey to the West.
• While comparing Yun Yun's feet with those of Queen Medusa and Ya Fei, Chen Mo took off Yun Yun's embroidered shoe and held her jade foot.

Chen Mo massaged Yun Yun’s feet before visiting Xiao Yi Xian and then Ya Fei, where they discussed intelligence on the Black-Corner Region and his plans to send Mo Ying Guild members there. He asked Ya Fei about the missing Huangji Pill ingredients and sought Ice Silkworm Silk and a skilled female tailor, leaving his stocking project underway.

• Chen Mo massaged Yun Yun’s feet while telling her a story, and she caught him looking beneath her skirt before he teased her about her feet.
• Chen Mo visited Xiao Yi Xian to ask about her Woeful Poison Body cultivation, then traveled to the imperial capital.
• Ya Fei gave Chen Mo intelligence saying Han Feng had remained in Feng City, and Chen Mo proposed sending Mo Ying Guild members into the Black-Corner Region.
• Ya Fei suggested Luo Kun and Wang Ze lead the expedition, and Chen Mo agreed they could establish a foothold there.
• Chen Mo and Ya Fei discussed Yun Yun’s recovery and their relationship, then Ya Fei reported that two main ingredients for the Huangji Pill remained missing.
• Chen Mo asked Ya Fei whether she knew a skilled female tailor and still had Ice Silkworm Silk.

Chen Mo hired Song Qingjun to make stockings, and she quickly completed a sample for him. He gave her Ice Silkworm Silk and payment to make more, leaving Ya Fei curious about the secret garment.

• Ya Fei found a discreet female tailor and brought Chen Mo information about Song Qingjun, an eighteen-year-old widow with a reputation as a husband-killer.
• Chen Mo and Ya Fei met Song Qingjun, and Chen Mo gave her a drawing and explained how to make stockings.
• Song Qingjun agreed to make a sample and completed blue stockings by that evening.
• Chen Mo requested white, black, and light yellow stockings, then gave Song Qingjun Ice Silkworm Silk and three hundred gold coins as payment.

Chen Mo returned to Queen Medusa with new shoes and a sachet, then tried to seduce her with white stockings before Yue Mei interrupted them. Yue Mei reported that searches had found no trace of Yao Ye or Yao Yue.

• Chen Mo met Yue Mei on the road to Qinghong City, teased her, and escaped as she chased him to the palace.
• Chen Mo told Queen Medusa he had visited Mo Ying City, gave her embroidered shoes, and massaged her feet.
• Queen Medusa gave Chen Mo a red sachet she had embroidered, and he put it around his waist.
• Chen Mo dressed Queen Medusa in white stockings and began to undress her, but Yue Nu announced Yue Mei's arrival.
• Yue Mei told Queen Medusa that searches of the imperial capital and nearby cities had found no trace of Yao Ye or Yao Yue.

Queen Medusa learned that Yao Ye and Yao Yue had escaped and assigned Yue Mei to oversee the Snake-People Clan’s settlement after Chen Mo defended her. Die reached nine-star Dou Emperor and entered Queen Medusa’s room, where she caught Chen Mo and her sister together.

• Queen Medusa scolded Yue Mei over the escaped princesses, and Yue Mei reported that the Nalan Residence had vanished.
• Chen Mo calmed Queen Medusa, who reassigned Yue Mei to protect and oversee the clan’s settlement in the Magical Beast Mountains.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa became intimate, and she reluctantly called him “husband.”
• Die broke through to nine-star Dou Emperor and went to share the news with her sister.
• Die entered Queen Medusa’s room, found Chen Mo and Queen Medusa in bed, and Chen Mo pulled her onto the bed while Queen Medusa protested.

Chen Mo refined Annihilation Qi and led Queen Medusa and Die to the Black-Corner Region to settle accounts with Han Feng. They reached Black Ink City, where armed men surrounded them and demanded their Storage Rings.

• Chen Mo extracted and refined Annihilation Qi while cultivating the Supreme Primal Chaos Art, and Die and Queen Medusa woke to find themselves embracing each other.
• Chen Mo hired Song Qingjun to stay with him and make clothing and shoes from his designs.
• Three months later, Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Die set out for the Black-Corner Region, while Ya Fei led Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and the Mo Ying Guild forces there five days later.
• Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Die crossed the Black Domain Great Plains and traveled toward their contact point in Black Ink City.
• After entering Black Ink City, Chen Mo and the two sisters were surrounded on a crowded street by men demanding their Storage Rings.