Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo, Ya Fei, and Yun Yun spent the night together on a pleasure boat during a storm, where wine and staged drunkenness led to intimacy. By morning, Yun Yun had woken first, prepared porridge with a powerful tonic pill, and was watching the others when Chen Mo awoke.

• Chen Mo shut the pleasure boat’s doors and windows, embraced Ya Fei, and invited Yun Yun to join them, but Yun Yun tried to leave until the rocking boat made her stumble into his arms.
• Chen Mo and Ya Fei persuaded Yun Yun to drink strong liquor, and Ya Fei later pretended to pass out while Chen Mo leaned in to kiss Yun Yun.
• Ya Fei secretly woke and watched Chen Mo and Yun Yun kissing as the storm continued outside.
• A nearby pleasure boat approached, but a huge wave overturned it, prompting the passengers in other boats to leave the area.
• At dawn, Yun Yun remembered that Ya Fei had been pretending to be drunk, dressed herself, and cooked porridge with a powerful tonic pill added.
• Chen Mo woke to the scent of the porridge and asked Yun Yun what she was doing.

Chen Mo visited Xiao Yi Xian after leaving the pleasure boat and found her cultivating amid poisonous plants and creatures. As he waited for her to awaken, Old Devil Dimo learned of Mo Ying Guild’s expansion and chose to delay confronting Chen Mo until he became stronger.

• Ya Fei and Yun Yun argued over which of them should be called Sister, and Chen Mo said he would consider marriage after Queen Medusa learned of their relationships with him without trying to kill them.
• Chen Mo visited Xiao Yi Xian’s courtyard, found no one answering, and entered her smoke-filled room despite its poisonous creatures.
• Chen Mo found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious in a strange cultivation state and determined that she had been consuming poison to strengthen her Woeful Poison Body.
• Old Devil Dimo heard that Mo Ying Guild had taken half of Feng City’s former territory and clashed with Demon Flame Valley, but decided to wait until he broke through to Seven-Star Dou Ancestor before confronting Chen Mo.
• While waiting beside Xiao Yi Xian, Chen Mo sketched an outfit for Song Qingjun, then saw Xiao Yi Xian’s complexion clear and her eyes begin to open.

Chen Mo returned to Black Ink City as Die began evolving, and she awakened the Ancestral Dragon bloodline before enduring three bolts of heavenly lightning. As the golden light around Die dimmed, Chen Mo sensed approaching figures and rushed toward the forest’s edge, leaving Queen Medusa to guard her.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke up, reassured Chen Mo that she was worried he had touched her, and told him she had found a Ten Thousand Poisons Cave near the Black-Corner Region.
• Chen Mo returned to Black Ink City after hearing that Die was about to evolve, then joined Queen Medusa in the bamboo grove where Die’s evolution had begun.
• Die’s evolution awakened the Ancestral Dragon bloodline, astonishing Chen Mo and Queen Medusa, while the dragon’s roar drew attention from people in Black Ink City.
• Du Kong Old Ghost blocked treasure seekers from entering the forest, and they retreated after recognizing his Dou Emperor strength.
• Three bolts of silver lightning struck Die’s golden light, after which Chen Mo sensed approaching figures and went to investigate while Queen Medusa stayed with Die.

Old Devil Dimo arrived with Demon Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect, seeking to investigate the strange heavenly phenomenon near the forest. Chen Mo stopped Dimo from attacking Du Kong Old Ghost, and Dimo challenged him over the treasure he believed had appeared.

• Du Kong Old Ghost spotted Old Devil Dimo arriving with Demon Flame Valley and Mo Tianxing’s Black Emperor Sect group.
• Old Devil Dimo tried to pass the Mo Ying Guild perimeter, but Du Kong Old Ghost blocked him on Chen Mo’s orders.
• Old Devil Dimo attacked Du Kong Old Ghost, and Chen Mo appeared to shatter the attack before it could hit him.
• Old Devil Dimo recognized Chen Mo and introduced himself as Demon Flame Valley’s Valley Master; Chen Mo’s system identified him as a Six-Star Dou Ancestor.
• Old Devil Dimo claimed the strange fluctuations and dragon roar signaled a heaven-and-earth treasure and questioned whether Chen Mo meant to keep it for himself.

Chen Mo confronted Old Devil Dimo and Mo Tianxing over the treasure behind the heavenly phenomenon, then refused to let Dimo leave after Mo Tianxing withdrew his support. Queen Medusa and her twin arrived as reinforcements, and Dimo tried to escape with Demon Flame Valley in a cloud of blood mist.

• Old Devil Dimo demanded a share of the treasure and threatened Chen Mo, while Mo Tianxing hinted at interest but refused to commit to a fight.
• Chen Mo rejected their demands, and Mo Tianxing backed down when Chen Mo challenged them to war.
• Dimo ordered Demon Flame Valley to leave, but Chen Mo declared that Dimo would die there.
• Queen Medusa and her twin arrived, revealing that Chen Mo had three Dou Zongs on his side and leaving Dimo at a disadvantage.
• Dimo scattered blood mist to cover his group and distort space as Chen Mo moved to stop their escape.

Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Die cornered Old Devil Dimo outside Black Ink City and fought him as Mo Tianxing and others watched. Chen Mo trapped Dimo in the Heaven Burning Sea of Fire, rejected his offer of wealth, and continued to burn him as his screams rang out.

• Chen Mo used Space Power to pursue Old Devil Dimo, then surrounded him with Queen Medusa and Die in a forest outside Black Ink City.
• Chen Mo transformed with the Demon Change and countered Old Devil Dimo's ice attacks with the Undying Demonic Flame before striking him with the Heaven Severing Sword Draw Technique.
• Queen Medusa and Chen Mo attacked Dimo from both sides, but he unleashed Blood Chill Extreme Frozen Sky and detonated a sphere of chilling energy.
• Chen Mo activated the Heaven Burning Array Diagram and fed it multiple flames, trapping Dimo inside a sealed sea of fire while Die killed Eagle Claw Old Man and the other two Demon Flame Valley fighters.
• Dimo offered Chen Mo his Storage Ring and Demon Flame Valley's wealth in exchange for his life, but Chen Mo refused and tightened the flames around him.

Chen Mo captured Old Devil Dimo and led Mo Ying Guild to seize Demon Flame Valley, where he forced Dimo to reveal the hidden treasure vault. Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Die broke into the vault, subdued its guardian, and uncovered valuable techniques, including the Heaven Demon Puppet method.

• Chen Mo spared Old Devil Dimo after torturing him, took his Storage Ring, and ordered Du Kong Old Ghost to gather Mo Ying Guild disciples for the takeover of Demon Flame Valley.
• Die revealed that she had evolved into a golden-scaled flood dragon with two-star Dou Zong strength, then carried Chen Mo and Queen Medusa to Demon Flame Valley.
• Chen Mo intimidated Demon Flame Valley's disciples, then had Iron Protector interrogate Old Devil Dimo until Dimo disclosed the treasure vault's location.
• Chen Mo broke through the hidden stone entrance, and Die repelled the vault's fifth-rank magical beast guardian before subduing it for Mo Ying Guild.
• Chen Mo and the others broke the vault's barriers and found Earth Rank techniques, the True Nong Yan Skill, and the Heaven Demon Puppet refining method.
• Chen Mo opened the final box and discovered the low Earth Rank water cultivation method, Water Sky Colorless.

After the Mo Ying Guild destroyed Demon Flame Valley and rose to prominence, Chen Mo spent the night with Die while Qing Mo went into seclusion. The next evening, Chen Mo took Die on a date through Black Ink City and led her into Fengyan Brothel.

• Chen Mo took cultivation manuals, skills, and medicinal herbs from Demon Flame Valley’s storeroom, then ordered Du Kong Old Ghost and his men to claim the territory and clear out what remained.
• News of Old Devil Dimo’s death and Demon Flame Valley’s destruction spread across the Black-Corner Region, making the Mo Ying Guild the strongest faction outside Jia Nan Academy; Chen Mo gave Du Kong Old Ghost a Huangji Pill as a public reward.
• Chen Mo went to Queen Medusa’s room, learned Qing Mo had entered seclusion, and spent the night with Die.
• The next day, Chen Mo stayed with Die, then dressed her up and took her out to stroll through Black Ink City, treating her to street food and buying things from the vendors.
• Chen Mo and Die arrived at Fengyan Brothel, and Chen Mo led her inside to look around.

Chen Mo visited Fengyan Brothel with Die, then continued strengthening his ties and preparing for the Hall of Souls enforcers’ arrival. After binding Song Qingjun and collecting the clothes she made, he asked Ya Fei to investigate materials for his Golden Body cultivation and search for news of Heavenly Flames.

• Chen Mo took Die to Fengyan Brothel, looked around, and left without meeting any courtesans.
• Chen Mo hired a painter to make a portrait of himself and Die, and Die spent a happy night with him.
• Chen Mo bound Song Qingjun, whose Favorability started at 70 and rose to 78 after he gave her Water Sky Colorless; the rewards raised him from a five-star Dou Wang to a six-star Dou Wang.
• Song Qingjun showed Chen Mo two outfits she had made, and he asked her to remake the blouse and pencil skirt to fit her measurements.
• Chen Mo visited Ya Fei and asked her to send spies to find Bodhi Transformation Saliva, Golden Body cultivation materials, and news of Heavenly Flames.

Chen Mo spent the night with Yun Yun, then arranged for her and Ya Fei to train outside Ling Xuan City. Two months later, Queen Medusa learned that Yue Mei had been injured by a human, while Xiao Yanzi escaped the Snake-People Clan and vowed to kill Queen Medusa.

• Chen Mo seduced Yun Yun by claiming he would teach her swordsmanship, and the two spent the night together.
• Yun Yun told Chen Mo she planned to take the Phoenix Guard away for training, and he agreed, asking her to bring Ya Fei and the Amethyst Winged Lion King for protection.
• Chen Mo gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Huangji Pill and instructed it to guard Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and the others during their trip.
• Over the next two months, Chen Mo reached seven-star Dou Wang and advanced his soul to the initial Spiritual Realm.
• Queen Medusa told Chen Mo that a human had killed a Snake-People squad in Mo City, injured Yue Mei, and escaped.
• Xiao Yanzi told his teacher he would one day kill Queen Medusa because the Snake-People Clan had killed his two older brothers.

After half a month of training, Chen Mo prepared the Mo Ying Guild for the arrival of Hall of Souls enforcers searching for the culprit who killed their members and for Yao Chen. The chapter ended with a sinister voice in a great hall naming the Black-Corner Region, the Mo Ying Guild, and Chen Mo.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that Queen Medusa was beyond his strength and advised him to travel and gain experience on the way to the Heavenly Soul Empire.
• Hall of Souls enforcers emerged from the void and set out to find the culprit who killed their members while urging a branch hall to search for Yao Chen.
• Chen Mo reached Eight-Star Dou King and received cultivation and combat rewards after half a month of training with Queen Medusa and Die.
• Chen Mo served Queen Medusa and Die a meal, then announced that the Mo Ying Guild would pause its expansion to prepare for the Hall of Souls enforcers.
• A sinister voice in a great hall named the Black-Corner Region, the Mo Ying Guild, and Chen Mo.

The Hall of Souls attacked Black Ink City with a force of Soul Envoys and powerful protectors, turning the Mo Ying Guild’s preparations into a desperate battle. Chen Mo ordered the guild disciples to form an array as Queen Medusa and Die faced the incoming Dou Zong experts, while two Nine-Star Dou Ancestors remained hidden in the fog.

• The Mo Ying Guild reinforced Black Ink City’s defenses, while Chen Mo and his companions stayed to prepare for the Hall of Souls.
• Queen Medusa reached the Two-Star Dou Zong level, and Chen Mo watched guild disciples fight in a public tournament.
• A Hall of Souls enforcer appeared above Black Ink City, identified Chen Mo, and ordered the Soul Envoys to kill everyone in the city.
• Several dozen Soul Envoys attacked, and Chen Mo ordered the Mo Ying Guild disciples to form an array.
• A Three-Star Dou Zong confronted Queen Medusa, while a Four-Star Dou Zong attacked Die with chains.
• The hidden force revealed a stronger presence than Protector Ouyang’s, and Chen Mo sensed two Nine-Star Dou Ancestors in the black fog.

Chen Mo and the Mo Ying Guild fought the Hall of Souls forces in Black Ink City, with Queen Medusa and Die battling their protectors while Chen Mo faced Protector Ouyang. After Chen Mo wounded Ouyang with his Annihilation Soul Swords and powered up, Shi Gong joined the fight and launched a black chain at him.

• Eighteen Mo Ying Guild stewards combined their identity tokens to annihilate a Soul Envoy, while Du Kong Old Ghost, Flower Granny, and the guild’s Dou Wang experts fought off the Soul Envoys trying to disrupt the formation.
• Queen Medusa used Space Power to strike her Hall of Souls Protector from behind, but he recovered and attacked her again with a chain.
• Die caught three Soul Chains in her Dragon God Claw, dragged their owner from the black mist, and snapped the chains.
• Chen Mo clashed fists with Protector Ouyang and secretly pierced him with five Annihilation Soul Swords that began eroding his soul.
• Chen Mo activated the second transformation of the Great Sage Art, raising his cultivation from Eight-Star Dou Wang to One-Star Dou Emperor, and charged at Ouyang with Demon Nightmare.
• Protector Ouyang called on Shi Gong, who sent a black chain toward Chen Mo as Chen Mo invoked the Heaven Burning Array Diagram.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa battled the Hall of Souls forces, and Chen Mo revealed the Great Sun Undying Body to overpower Shi Gong. The chapter ended as Shi Gong summoned a massive skull to attack Chen Mo’s golden giant.

• Chen Mo trapped Protector Ouyang in the Heaven Burning Array Diagram’s sea of fire, while his armor stopped Shi Gong’s chain from piercing him deeply.
• Queen Medusa summoned two Serpent Spirits, defeated the Hall of Souls Protector, and captured his escaping Soul Power in a jade bottle.
• Shi Gong overpowered Chen Mo in the black mist and destroyed the seven-colored python Queen Medusa sent to help him.
• Queen Medusa joined Chen Mo, but Shi Gong’s Soul Chain threatened her until Chen Mo summoned the Great Sun Undying Body and snapped the chain.
• Chen Mo’s golden giant struck Shi Gong and destroyed his black-mist palm, but Shi Gong summoned Soul Bodies into a huge skull and sent it crashing toward the giant.

Chen Mo summoned a Demon God through the Enchantment Art after Queen Medusa and Die rescued him from Shi Gong and Protector Ouyang. The being took control of Chen Mo’s body, absorbed two Soul Bodies, and faced the Protectors as the chapter ended.

• Chen Mo’s Great Sun Undying Body weakened under Shi Gong and Protector Ouyang’s combined attacks, and Chen Mo fell toward the ground.
• Queen Medusa and Die intervened to save Chen Mo, while he prepared the Soul Bodies of Old Devil Dimo and Iron Protector as sacrifices.
• Chen Mo recited the Enchantment Art’s incantation, plunging the sky into darkness as the two Soul Bodies were drawn toward him.
• A powerful being took control of Chen Mo, absorbed Old Devil Dimo and Iron Protector, and caught Protector Ouyang’s Soul Chains.
• The being refused to kill Shi Gong and Protector Ouyang without sufficient sacrifices, but agreed to spare Chen Mo this first time he had been summoned.

The Demon God, possessing Chen Mo, defeated Shi Gong and Protector Ouyang, but Shi Gong sacrificed his companion and the remaining Soul Envoys to reach the Dou Zun realm. The Demon God then killed Shi Gong with a single attack, leaving Black Ink City’s witnesses stunned.

• The Demon God took control of Chen Mo’s body and swiftly battered Shi Gong and Protector Ouyang with overwhelming speed and Space Power.
• The Demon God shattered Shi Gong’s defenses and nearly destroyed Protector Ouyang, who tried to propose a combined attack.
• Shi Gong stabbed Protector Ouyang, absorbed his soul, and harvested the remaining Soul Envoys to raise his power to the Dou Zun realm.
• Shi Gong attacked the Demon God with a massive Soul Sword, but the Demon God caught it between two fingers and snapped it apart.
• The Demon God opened a rift and engulfed Shi Gong in a black-red pillar of baleful aura, killing him in one strike.

After killing Shi Gong, Chen Mo recovered from his injuries and decided that the group should flee the Black-Corner Region to avoid the Hall of Souls’ retaliation. Meanwhile, Bai Ya captured Qing Lin during Yun Yun’s training expedition, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King tried to stop her companion, the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, by invoking Chen Mo and Queen Medusa.

• Chen Mo lost the Demon God's borrowed power after defeating Shi Gong, collapsed, and remained unconscious for two weeks before waking weak and nearly drained of Dou Qi and Soul Power.
• Chen Mo told Queen Medusa that the Hall of Souls would likely send a Dou Venerate and proposed secretly relocating the Snake-People Clan and Mo Ying Guild while spreading false news that they were heading to Central State.
• Queen Medusa agreed to return to the Jia Ma Empire to arrange the Snake-People Clan's departure, while Die stayed behind to care for Chen Mo.
• In the Tianmu Empire, Bai Ya defeated Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King in their exchanges and seized Qing Lin after recognizing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Bai Ya flew away with Qing Lin as the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor blocked Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, who warned him that Qing Lin belonged to Chen Mo and was connected to Queen Medusa.

After learning Chen Mo was injured, Yun Yun and the others received his instructions to continue north while he recovered. The Mo Ying Guild and several Jia Ma Empire families vanished as the Hall of Souls searched for Chen Mo, who traveled through the Northwest Continent with Die and Queen Medusa and planned to reach Central State after gaining strength.

• Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King failed to stop the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and Ya Fei received Chen Mo’s letter saying he was injured and telling the group to keep traveling north.
• The Mo Ying Guild withdrew from the Black-Corner Region, and the Snake-People Clan, Mittel Family, and Nalan Family disappeared from the Jia Ma Empire.
• A purple-robed Venerable Elder learned that Chen Mo had killed several Hall of Souls enforcers and ordered his subordinates to locate him so he could act personally.
• Chen Mo traveled aboard a Thick-Winged Beast with Die and Queen Medusa, recovering as the two women cared for him.
• Chen Mo mapped their route through several empires and planned to spend nearly two years traveling before heading to Central State, hoping to become strong enough to defeat a Dou Zun.

Queen Medusa discovered Yun Yun’s letter to Chen Mo and erupted in jealousy, then flew off to find Yun Yun and kill her. Chen Mo intercepted her, but their confrontation ended with her striking him in the face.

• A skylark delivered a letter from Yun Yun to Chen Mo, and Queen Medusa read it before he could take it.
• Queen Medusa learned that Yun Yun had made boots for Chen Mo and attacked him, while Die tried to stop her.
• Chen Mo admitted he could not abandon Yun Yun, so Queen Medusa took the skylark and set off to find her.
• Chen Mo caught up with Queen Medusa and blocked her path, but she tried to get past him and find Yun Yun.
• Chen Mo hugged Queen Medusa and released the skylark, and she blasted him away before striking him in the face.

Chen Mo stopped Queen Medusa from leaving and persuaded her to stay, though she forbade him from touching her and began a cold war with him. Meanwhile, Yun Yun waited for news of Chen Mo and learned from Ya Fei that Queen Medusa had intercepted him and was angry.

• Chen Mo knocked Queen Medusa unconscious and carried her to a mountain cabin, where she later woke to find him telling Die a story.
• Queen Medusa tried to leave with Die, but Die and Chen Mo persuaded her to stay because Die feared being left alone and vulnerable.
• Queen Medusa agreed to stay to protect Die, while warning Chen Mo not to touch her and threatening Yun Yun if she found her.
• Queen Medusa shared a bed with Chen Mo but placed bedding between them, then ignored him during the days that followed.
• At an inn, Yun Yun worried because Chen Mo had not returned, and Ya Fei explained that Queen Medusa had received Yun Yun's letter and reacted angrily.