Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo refined a Life-Returning Pill, then spent the night with Song Qingjun and told her that her grandfather was safe. He obtained a God-Demon Token, explored the God-Demon World, and returned after being killed there, deciding he needed to become much stronger before entering again.

• Chen Mo captured the escaping Life-Returning Pill and placed it in a jade bottle as Die celebrated his success.
• Die explained that the group had stopped so Nalan Yanran could hold her coming-of-age ceremony on the island.
• Chen Mo visited Song Qingjun, told her that Elder Du Kong had found her grandfather safe, and spent the night with her.
• Song Qingjun's favorability reward gave Chen Mo a God-Demon Token, which he used to enter the God-Demon World.
• Chen Mo explored the Initial Land and asked nearby people about the realm before someone punched him to death.
• Chen Mo returned to the real world, learned that the God-Demon World also contained the Reincarnation Land and Ancient Land, and decided to reach Dou Zong before entering again.

Chen Mo missed Nalan Yanran’s coming-of-age ceremony while recovering from a soul injury, then discussed her disappointment with Yun Yun and Ya Fei. The next morning, Queen Medusa walked in on him in bed with the two women.

• Queen Medusa woke Die and began a private conversation with her sister, who admitted she thought Chen Mo had gone to Yun Yun and the others.
• Chen Mo left Song Qingjun after teasing her, then returned to his room and used the Green Lotus and medicinal herbs to heal his injured soul.
• Chen Mo missed Nalan Yanran’s coming-of-age ceremony while cultivating, and the Thunder God Flying Boat sailed on afterward.
• Yun Yun told Chen Mo that he should explain his absence to Nalan Yanran, while Ya Fei suggested that Yanran might be in love with him.
• Chen Mo distracted Yun Yun by praising and comparing her and Ya Fei’s feet, and the three spent the night together.
• Queen Medusa entered Yun Yun’s room the next morning and froze when she saw Chen Mo in bed with Yun Yun and Ya Fei.

Queen Medusa discovered Chen Mo with Yun Yun and Ya Fei, then confronted Yun Yun alone while Nalan Yanran learned what she suspected had happened. Later, Chen Mo arranged to drink with Nalan Yanran and tried to reassure Queen Medusa, who remained jealous of his other relationships.

• Queen Medusa found Chen Mo, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei together in bed, then asked Chen Mo and Ya Fei to leave so she could speak with Yun Yun alone.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, saw Yun Yun's embarrassment, and suspected that she, Ya Fei, Queen Medusa, and Chen Mo had spent the night together.
• Chen Mo apologized to Nalan Yanran for missing her coming-of-age ceremony and agreed to have a drink with her that night.
• Queen Medusa stared silently at Yun Yun for half an hour before leaving, and Yun Yun told Chen Mo that she had said nothing.
• Chen Mo comforted Queen Medusa and recalled their time at the Snake-People Clan's royal palace, admitting that he had long wanted her to become his woman.
• Queen Medusa accused Chen Mo of plotting to make her his from the beginning.

Chen Mo tried to mend his relationship with Queen Medusa by grooming her as he had in the Snake-People Clan’s royal palace, then spent time with Die and Song Qingjun before visiting Nalan Yanran. Nalan Yanran accepted his gift of rouge and a jade hairpin despite its romantic meaning, and the evening ended with Chen Mo bluntly comparing her cooking to her teacher’s.

• Chen Mo recalled Queen Medusa’s devotion and gently applied her makeup, brushed her hair, and placed her crown on her head.
• Queen Medusa softened toward Chen Mo, accepted his affection, and shared a deep kiss with him.
• Chen Mo spent time with Die and Song Qingjun before heading to Nalan Yanran’s room at night.
• Chen Mo gave Nalan Yanran rouge, lipstick, and a jade hairpin, then learned that such a gift traditionally signified a lifelong pledge.
• Nalan Yanran kept the gift as an exchange between friends, and Chen Mo told her that her cooking was nowhere near as good as her teacher’s.

Chen Mo shared wine with Nalan Yanran, who confessed her feelings and received her first kiss before he left. He then went to Queen Medusa’s room, where they spent the night alone together.

• Chen Mo discussed cultivation with Nalan Yanran over wine and noticed she seemed to be trying to get drunk.
• Nalan Yanran hugged Chen Mo from behind and admitted that she liked him, but hesitated when he asked how she would face Yun Yun.
• Chen Mo kissed Nalan Yanran, then left her room without explaining what the kiss meant.
• Chen Mo went to Queen Medusa’s room after dispelling the scents from his body.
• Queen Medusa cooperated as Chen Mo carried her to bed, but reacted with killing intent when he teased her about her body betraying her words.

Chen Mo used the Water of the Godly Pool with Queen Medusa, strengthening their bodies and helping their cultivation advance. Die found them bathing together, learned what had happened, and joined them.

• Chen Mo passed the Water of the Godly Pool to Queen Medusa while they practiced Dual Cultivation, and the energy transformed and strengthened their bodies.
• Chen Mo reached the Six-Star Dou Emperor realm, while Queen Medusa felt close to advancing to the Four-Star Dou Ancestor realm.
• Chen Mo carried Queen Medusa to bathe, and Die searched for him after finding that he was absent from his room and the others' rooms.
• Die entered Queen Medusa's room and discovered Chen Mo bathing with her.
• Chen Mo explained the Water of the Godly Pool to Die, who kissed him and joined him and Queen Medusa in the bath.

Chen Mo discovered that the Water of the Godly Pool had healed his soul injuries and strengthened his Dou Qi. He checked on Xiao Yi Xian, who had advanced to Dou Ling while developing poison, and warned her to slow her cultivation until she gathered enough materials for the Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl.

• Chen Mo woke aboard the Thunder God Flying Boat and helped Die dress before they left Queen Medusa's room.
• Chen Mo and Die encountered Yun Yun and her group, and Yun Yun hurried away after realizing where they had come from.
• Chen Mo entered Xiao Yi Xian's room and dispersed poisonous gas from her experiment.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had found materials for the Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl and used them to make a dangerous poison.
• Chen Mo checked Xiao Yi Xian's pulse, learned she had gathered only two-fifths of the required materials, and urged her to slow her cultivation because the toxins in her body were dense.

Nalan Yanran denied having feelings for Chen Mo, while Chen Mo struggled to understand how to advance his Supreme Primal Chaos Art and planned to evolve One. Xiao Yan learned that Fallen Heart Flame was sealed beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and resolved to prepare to take it. On the Thunder God Flying Boat, Wen Qingwan decided to draw powerful pill lightning into her body, and Chen Mo had One intercept the first bolt so he could divert part of it to her.

• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran whether she had fallen for Chen Mo, and Nalan Yanran denied it after Yun Yun warned that such feelings would betray her master.
• Chen Mo failed to grasp how to reach the limit of Two Forms and decided to refine a seventh-grade medicinal pill to evolve One into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Wen Qingwan advanced her Ben Lei Appraisal but hesitated over the lightning required for the later stages of the Awakening of Insects Thunder Method, while she alone dealt with several groups of weak pirates.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao why they had joined Jia Nan Academy, and Yao Lao explained that Fallen Heart Flame was sealed beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and that they should prepare to subdue and devour it.
• Wen Qingwan chose to draw pill lightning into her body, and Chen Mo sent One to block the bolt so he could separate a portion for her.

Chen Mo used the pill lightning to temper Yi and help Wen Qingwan cultivate the Awakening of Insects Thunder Method. After Yi became a Heavenly Demon Puppet at the Dou Venerate level, Chen Mo tested his strength and found it was around the peak of one-star Dou Venerate.

• Yi endured the pill lightning while Chen Mo guided some of it into Wen Qingwan, who refined it and formed silver armor.
• Wen Qingwan mastered the Awakening of Insects Thunder Method and asked Chen Mo to guide more lightning into her.
• A final massive bolt struck Yi after the pill lightning had faded, and Yi emerged from the sea completely transformed into a Heavenly Demon Puppet at the Dou Venerate realm.
• Chen Mo retrieved the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and tested Yi by trading full-force punches with him.
• Chen Mo found that Yi's strength was roughly at the peak of one-star Dou Venerate, though Yi had not reached his limit.

On the Mid-Autumn moonlit sea, Chen Mo entered the Four Symbols realm and learned of the Four Symbols God-Demon Record, which required capturing four spirits to cultivate. He met Ning Shuang Er on the flying boat, and they discovered that both had been crying over their grief.

• Chen Mo tested Wen Qingwan’s Awakening of Insects Thunder Method, easily dispelled her attack, and encouraged her about her progress.
• By September, Chen Mo and the women had grown stronger, while Yi’s strength had risen to around Two-Star Dou Zun after pill lightning.
• Remembering Blue Star beneath the full moon, Chen Mo entered a vacant state, reached the Four Symbols realm, and received the Four Symbols God-Demon Record.
• Chen Mo learned that cultivating the record required capturing the Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger spirits, while the Supreme Primordial Chaos Art could now cultivate faster.
• Ning Shuang Er came to the fifth floor grieving the death anniversary of her family, found Chen Mo crying, and asked what was wrong; they spoke at the same time.

Chen Mo comforted Ning Shuang Er by telling her about his lonely childhood, then shared the same story with Die. After a month of cultivation, he reached Seven-Star Dou Emperor as the Thunder God Flying Boat took to the skies toward the Tianshe Empire, leaving the group wondering how Qing Lin was faring.

• Ning Shuang Er grieved on the anniversary of her family's deaths, and Chen Mo stayed with her beneath the moon.
• Chen Mo told Ning Shuang Er that he had been abandoned as an infant and grown up without a family, helping her look beyond her grief.
• Chen Mo visited Die, held her while she was on her period, and told her the story of his past.
• After a month of cultivation, Chen Mo reached Seven-Star Dou Emperor, and Song Qingjun's favorability rose to 98.
• The Thunder God Flying Boat lifted into the sky, and Chen Mo said they would reach the Tianshe Empire the following month.
• Ya Fei admired the view from the deck, while Queen Medusa wondered how Qing Lin was doing in the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

Chen Mo traveled to Heavenly Serpent Mansion to check on Qing Lin and found her safe but missing the Mo Ying Guild. As he and his companions secretly reached her, Qing Lin wondered whether Chen Mo had forgotten her, and his voice suddenly answered from the void.

• Chen Mo arrived in Tianshe City with Queen Medusa and Yun Yun to see how Heavenly Serpent Mansion was treating Qing Lin.
• Queen Medusa used her power to bring the three into the fortress, and Chen Mo scanned it with Soul Power to locate Qing Lin.
• Chen Mo found Qing Lin on a guarded pavilion, where she was speaking with Lü Man beneath the moon.
• Qing Lin told Lü Man she missed the Mo Ying Guild and feared Chen Mo no longer wanted her.
• Chen Mo laughed from the void and spoke to Qing Lin, startling Lü Man.

Chen Mo, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa arrived at Heavenly Serpent Mansion to reunite with Qing Lin, and Chen Mo quickly demonstrated his overwhelming strength. The reunion ended with Qing Mu apologizing for Bai Ya’s past attack on Yun Yun and offering compensation.

• Lü Man called for reinforcements when she sensed an intruder, and Chen Mo, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa appeared before Qing Lin.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, Bai Ya, challenged Chen Mo, who struck him down with Soul Power.
• Qing Mu intervened to protect Bai Ya but was also sent flying by Chen Mo’s attack before Chen Mo showed mercy and the guards withdrew.
• Chen Mo revealed his identity and reunited with Qing Lin, who said Qing Mu, Lü Man, and the elders had treated her well.
• Chen Mo explained that he had punished Bai Ya for disrespecting Yun Yun, and Qing Mu apologized and offered compensation.

Chen Mo arranged an alliance between the Mo Ying Guild and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, leaving Qing Lin in its care while offering support for its rise to power. After exchanging resources and instructions, Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Yun Yun departed through a spatial rift.

• Chen Mo rejected compensation and proposed leaving Qing Lin with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, then offered to help it become the Northwest Region's overlord in exchange for caring for Qing Lin and supporting the Snake-People Clan, the Nalan Family, and the Mittel Family.
• Chen Mo told Qing Mu that Yan Luotian, the Gold and Silver Elders, Han Feng, Old Man Ying Shan, and Demon Flame Valley had already been dealt with, leaving only one final obstacle before he departed the Northwest Region.
• Chen Mo gave Qing Lin cultivation resources and reassured her that they would meet again, then asked Qing Mu to trade medicinal ingredients for Huangji Pills.
• Lü Man brought the available ingredients from the storeroom, and Chen Mo exchanged two Huangji Pills before asking the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to keep their visit secret.
• Queen Medusa opened a spatial rift, and Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Yun Yun left as Qing Mu and the others exclaimed at the display of Space Power.

After returning to the Thunder God Flying Boat, Chen Mo joined Ya Fei, Die, and Song Qingjun for a night of teasing and intimacy. The next day, he used Die’s essence blood and medicinal ingredients to begin cultivating the Sacred Body in a blazing cauldron.

• Chen Mo and the others left the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and returned to the Thunder God Flying Boat, where everyone retired to their rooms.
• Ya Fei and Die beat Song Qingjun at Dou Dizhu and teased her for losing.
• Chen Mo entered Ya Fei’s room, joined the women, and turned the card game into a night of intimacy.
• The next day, Chen Mo obtained a drop of Die’s essence blood and prepared the ingredients for Sacred Body cultivation.
• Chen Mo swallowed the essence blood, entered the cauldron, and endured the flames while following the Sacred Body cultivation method.

Chen Mo completed the first stage of Sacred Body cultivation, growing much stronger but losing all his hair and eyebrows to the Heavenly Flames. After the women teased him, he learned the Thunder God Flying Boat had entered the Heavenly Heart Empire and ordered them to destroy the Hall of Souls branch at Heaven Burial Ravine.

• Chen Mo endured half a month of tempering with the Sun God Fire and Ancestral Dragon essence blood, then emerged with a powerful bronze-hued body.
• Chen Mo considered the rare beast blood needed for the next Sacred Body stages, then discovered his hair and eyebrows had been burned away.
• Ya Fei, Nalan Yanran, Queen Medusa, Song Qingjun, Wen Qingwan, Ning Shuang Er, Yun Yun, and Die reacted to Chen Mo's bald head, and he explained that his strength had increased.
• Yun Yun told Chen Mo that the flying boat had entered the Heavenly Heart Empire and would reach Heaven Burial Ravine the next day.
• Chen Mo ordered the group to wipe out the Hall of Souls branch hall and leave no one alive.

Chen Mo led Queen Medusa and his companions to the Hall of Souls branch hidden in Heaven Burial Ravine, shattered its spatial barrier, and attacked its Protectors. He captured the branch hall’s strongest Protectors for the Demon God, while One killed another Protector, and the battle continued.

• Chen Mo and his companions entered Heaven Burial Ravine and found the Hall of Souls branch protected by a spatial barrier.
• Chen Mo used the Heaven Severing Sword Draw Technique to break the barrier and led the group into the hall.
• Peng Protector recognized Chen Mo, and he and five other Protectors combined their strength to attack him.
• Chen Mo shattered their black tiger formation and captured all six Protectors with the Heaven Burning Array Diagram.
• One struck a Four-Star Dou Ancestor Protector so hard that he was reduced to ashes.

Chen Mo and his companions destroyed a Hall of Souls branch hall, freed its imprisoned Soul Bodies, and escaped before reinforcements arrived. As they set course for Central State, Queen Medusa asked Chen Mo to return with her to the Snake-People Clan and make their relationship public, where he would face the Myriad Snakes Devouring.

• Yun Yun, Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, Die, and One overwhelmed the branch hall, capturing its Dou Zong Protectors and killing the remaining Hall of Souls members.
• Queen Medusa found the treasury, where Chen Mo and the others discovered imprisoned Soul Bodies and broke the chains holding them.
• Chen Mo and his companions freed the Soul Bodies, then destroyed the branch hall and fled aboard the Thunder God Flying Boat.
• Black White Heavenly Venerate learned that the Northwest Region branch hall had been destroyed and ordered an investigation.
• Chen Mo told the women that they would head to Central State, and Queen Medusa asked him to return with her to the Snake-People Clan to explain their relationship.
• Queen Medusa warned Chen Mo that clan custom required him to undergo Myriad Snakes Devouring, and Chen Mo said he was not afraid.

Chen Mo returned with Queen Medusa and Die to the Snake-People Clan, where the Three Great Elders confronted him about becoming both women’s partner. They waived his punishment but demanded he leave behind Medusa’s bloodline before departing, and Chen Mo said they did not want children yet.

• Chen Mo traveled with Queen Medusa and Die to the Snake-People Clan’s forest settlement while Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Nalan Yanran headed to a remote town.
• Queen Medusa and Die met the Three Great Elders, who had discovered that both women were no longer virgins.
• Queen Medusa admitted that she and Die had become Chen Mo’s women, and the elders threatened him with Myriad Snakes Devouring.
• Chen Mo offered to accept responsibility, and Grand Elder waived the punishment while demanding that he leave behind Medusa’s bloodline.
• Chen Mo said he and Queen Medusa had discussed it and did not want children for the time being, prompting the elders to turn cold toward him.

Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Die discussed how to preserve the Medusa bloodline while facing the Hall of Souls and preparing to travel. After the Snake-People Clan arranged for Yue Mei to serve as a backup host if needed, Chen Mo and the two sisters completed an altar cleansing ritual and held a simple wedding.

• Chen Mo explained why Queen Medusa and Die could not stay behind to have children, and the Grand Elder proposed preserving their essence origins for later transfer into a female snake-person.
• The Grand Elder named Yue Mei as the chosen host, and Queen Medusa and Die agreed she was suitable.
• Queen Medusa told the Eight Great Leaders that she and Die would leave on a long journey and introduced Chen Mo as her man, then ordered Yue Mei to stay behind.
• The Grand Elder explained the preservation plan to Yue Mei while Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Die left the bamboo house.
• Queen Medusa and Die underwent the altar cleansing ritual, after which the Snake-People Clan held a simple wedding for the three of them.