Chapter Summaries

Hong Tianxiao attacked the Han Family and crippled Han Fei, then took Han Fei and Han Chi hostage to force Han Yue and Han Xue to marry Hong Chen. After the Hong Family left, Han Yue decided to seek help from the leader of Mo Ying Teahouse.

• Hong Chen threatened to take Han Yue and Han Xue by force, but Hong Tianxiao appeared and overwhelmed Han Fei and the Han Family.
• Hong Tianxiao struck Han Fei, destroying his meridians, and flung Han Chi aside when he charged to protect him.
• Hong Tianxiao ordered Hong Chen to kill the Han Family members and take the sisters, but Han Yue and Han Xue threatened to kill themselves if their relatives were harmed.
• Hong Tianxiao took Han Fei and Han Chi hostage and told the sisters to prepare for their wedding to Hong Chen the next day.
• After the Hong Family left, Han Yue rejected their promise to release the hostages and proposed asking the leader of Mo Ying Teahouse for help.

Chen Mo advanced his soul realm to the late Spirit Realm by absorbing Soul Light Clusters, then met Han Yue and Han Xue at Mo Ying Teahouse. The sisters asked him to save their father and great-grandfather.

• Chen Mo absorbed Soul Origin from Soul Light Clusters and advanced to the late Spirit Realm.
• Chen Mo went to Mo Ying Teahouse to ask about news concerning Burning Flame Valley, where Mo Ye told him Han Yue and Han Xue had come to see him.
• Chen Mo teased Mo Ye and gave her two more years to carry out her revenge plan before she would have to obey him.
• Han Yue recognized Chen Mo from Jia Nan Academy and introduced herself and Han Xue as members of the Han Family.
• Han Yue asked Chen Mo to save her father and great-grandfather.

Han Yue and Han Xue asked Chen Mo to save their family from the Hong Family, offering themselves as concubines when he refused their treasure vault. Chen Mo agreed to help indirectly by giving them Si, a peak Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppet, and recruited them into the Mo Ying Guild before surveying Tianbei City with his Soul Power.

• Han Yue and Han Xue explained that the Hong Family sought to dominate Tianbei City and had seized their father and great-grandfather.
• Chen Mo asked whether the Han Family had Red Crane Azure Heart Grass, and the sisters said they did not.
• Han Yue and Han Xue offered to become Chen Mo's concubines, and he agreed to help after they bared themselves before him.
• Chen Mo summoned Si, a peak Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppet, and ordered it to obey Han Yue.
• Chen Mo gave the sisters tokens to join the Mo Ying Guild and the Phoenix Guard, then used his Soul Power to survey Tianbei City.

Han Yue and Han Xue confronted the Hong Family to rescue Han Chi and Han Fei, using the powerful puppet Si to seize Hong Chen. After learning their father and great-grandfather had died by suicide, Han Yue ordered Si to attack Hong Tianxiao.

• Hong Chen prepared the Hong Family wedding venue until Si seized him and carried him outside.
• Hong Tianxiao pursued Si but was defeated by a single punch, and Han Yue and Han Xue demanded the release of Han Chi and Han Fei.
• Hong Tianxiao threatened the sisters, while Han Xue tried to negotiate Hong Chen's release for their relatives.
• Han Yue discovered Han Chi and Han Fei's shattered soul jade tablets, and an elder revealed that they had committed suicide.
• Han Yue ordered Si to kill Hong Chen, then commanded the puppet to attack Hong Tianxiao.

Han Yue and Han Xue avenged their father and great-grandfather, then returned to Chen Mo and confirmed they would honor their promise after a year of mourning. As the Mo Ying Guild rose to dominate Tianbei City and Chen Mo prepared for the Pill Gathering, Queen Medusa confronted him about his relationships with several women.

• Han Yue and Han Xue attacked the Hong Family, survived Hong Li's ambush when Chen Mo secretly killed him, and found Han Chi and Han Fei dead in prison.
• The sisters returned their bodies to the Han Family, held a funeral, and later visited Chen Mo to return Si and promise to serve him after a year of mourning.
• Chen Mo told Han Yue that he had saved her and Han Xue from Hong Li, and the sisters left after he agreed there was no rush.
• The Hong Family was destroyed, the Han Family scattered, and the Mo Ying Guild became Tianbei City's dominant force.
• After learning the Pill Gathering would begin in about nine months, Chen Mo planned to compete for a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and spent time with Xiao Yi Xian and Wen Qingwan.
• Queen Medusa summoned Chen Mo, who confessed that Xiao Yi Xian and Wen Qingwan had become his women; she revealed she had meant to ask about Han Yue and Han Xue and demanded to know what else he had done.

Chen Mo confessed his secrets and relationships to Queen Medusa, who broke down over his repeated lies before listening to his explanations. She remained angry after learning how far his relationships with other women had gone, and threatened to bite him to death.

• Chen Mo told Queen Medusa about sleeping with Xiao Yi Xian and Gu Xun'er after being poisoned, and about the Hall of Souls' attack and his injuries.
• Queen Medusa cried and accused Chen Mo of repeatedly lying to her, while he apologized and tried to comfort her.
• Chen Mo rolled across the floor to humor Queen Medusa, then held her and explained that Han Yue and Han Xue had offered to become his concubines in exchange for his help.
• Chen Mo revealed that Mo Ye and Mo Yue were Princess Yao Ye and Princess Yao Yue, and admitted that he and Ning Shuang Er had confessed their feelings for each other.
• Queen Medusa mocked Chen Mo over his relationships with Ning Shuang Er, Wen Qingwan, and Nalan Yanran, then threatened to bite him to death.

Chen Mo coaxed Queen Medusa after upsetting her, then spent a week tending to her until her mood improved. After making amends with Die and the others, he gathered ingredients to practice refining Eighth-Grade Pills and gave Xiao Yi Xian a Red Crane Azure Heart Grass to help condense the Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl before her Woeful Poison Body erupted.

• Chen Mo let Queen Medusa bite his shoulder, then used affection and attention to coax her anger down.
• Chen Mo stayed with Queen Medusa for a week, feeding and comforting her until she began smiling and stopped referring to herself as “This Queen.”
• Die confronted Queen Medusa for keeping Chen Mo away, but Chen Mo said he had stayed voluntarily and later comforted Die when she felt neglected.
• Chen Mo went on to coax Ya Fei and the others after settling things with Queen Medusa and Die.
• Chen Mo gathered large quantities of ingredients to practice refining Eighth-Grade Pills and gave Xiao Yi Xian Red Crane Azure Heart Grass for condensing the Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl.

Chen Mo used the Sun God Fire and medicinal materials to help Xiao Yi Xian condense the toxins of her Woeful Poison Body into a Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl. The pearl formed successfully in her lower abdomen, and Chen Mo collapsed from exhaustion.

• Chen Mo explained the painful process and had Xiao Yi Xian activate her Woeful Poison Body.
• Chen Mo used the Sun God Fire to drive Xiao Yi Xian’s toxins into her lower abdomen as she compressed them.
• Chen Mo refined and fed Xiao Yi Xian the prepared materials, then applied the Nine-Colored Poisonous Snake Orchid and Dragon Saliva Incense to her abdomen.
• Chen Mo used his Soul Power to urge Xiao Yi Xian to circulate her battle qi and finish condensing the Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl.
• The Ten Thousand Poisons Pearl formed in Xiao Yi Xian’s lower abdomen, and Chen Mo fell back, exhausted.

Yao Chen returned to Xiao Yan weakened by the Hall of Souls and told him Chen Mo had grown too strong to challenge, then revealed that Xun Er had joined Chen Mo. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian resolved the Woeful Poison Body and showed affection for Chen Mo, while Wen Qingwan confessed her relationship with him to Ning Shuang Er, who left to confront him.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Hall of Souls had hunted him and left him too weak to return to his former strength.
• Yao Chen said Chen Mo had surpassed him and advised Xiao Yan to seek help at the Pill Tower.
• Yao Chen revealed that Xun Er had gotten together with Chen Mo and helped him, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.
• Xiao Yi Xian confirmed that her Woeful Poison Body's aftereffects were gone, kissed the sleeping Chen Mo, and lay down beside him.
• Wen Qingwan confessed to Ning Shuang Er that she and Chen Mo were together and had already been intimate.
• Ning Shuang Er became angry when she learned when it happened and went to confront Chen Mo.

Wen Qingwan learned that Chen Mo had kissed Ning Shuang Er and suggested that she and her niece become his women together. Chen Mo agreed to marry them both, but Shuang Er refused, leaving him to speak with her himself.

• Ning Shuang Er confronted Wen Qingwan after revealing that Chen Mo had kissed her and given her a dress.
• Wen Qingwan realized Ning Shuang Er liked Chen Mo and proposed that they share him as sisters.
• Ning Shuang Er rejected the idea, while Wen Qingwan left the room feeling furious and flustered.
• Chen Mo met Wen Qingwan in the corridor, and she took him to his room to demand an explanation about Shuang Er.
• Chen Mo said he would marry both women, and Wen Qingwan told him that Shuang Er refused and he would have to talk to her himself.

After Wen Qingwan encouraged Ning Shuang Er to accept Chen Mo, Chen Mo confessed his feelings and Ning Shuang Er agreed on the condition that he marry her with Three Matchmakers and Six Witnesses. She left him with one firm rule: he could not bully her before the wedding.

• Chen Mo celebrated Wen Qingwan's persuasion of Ning Shuang Er, and the two became intimate.
• Unable to sleep, Ning Shuang Er met Die on the roof of Mo Ying Teahouse and heard how Die and Queen Medusa had joined Chen Mo's household.
• The next morning, Chen Mo and Wen Qingwan visited Ning Shuang Er, and Chen Mo confessed that he liked her.
• Wen Qingwan encouraged Ning Shuang Er to admit her feelings, and Chen Mo kissed her until she stopped resisting.
• Ning Shuang Er agreed to accept Chen Mo if he married her with Three Matchmakers and Six Witnesses, but forbade him from bullying her before the wedding.

Chen Mo began refining an Eighth-Grade Breakthrough Venerate Pill after Mo Ying Guild gathered the ingredients, while Yun Yun searched the Flower Sect for an injured old woman as Chen Mo had instructed. A month later, Chen Mo was still refining the pill, and Die wondered how long the process would take.

• Ning Shuang Er woke to find herself in Chen Mo's arms and drove him and Wen Qingwan out of her room after confronting him.
• Mo Ying Guild gathered enough ingredients for Chen Mo to refine a Breakthrough Venerate Pill, and he began the process in a secluded courtyard.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran joined the Flower Sect, and Yun Yun became a Guest Elder before searching its peaks for the injured old woman Chen Mo had described.
• Yun Yun found the old woman in a cave and began bringing her food and medicine despite being driven away.
• Gu Xun'er held the Purple Token in her chamber and blushed as she thought of a man.
• A month into Chen Mo's pill refinement, Die watched the cauldron and wondered whether refining an Eighth-Grade Pill took that long.

Chen Mo completed the refinement of an Eighth-Grade Breakthrough Venerate Pill, drawing two-colored pill lightning over Tianbei City. As the lightning struck, Four and Wu absorbed its power, beginning their advancement into Heavenly Demon Puppets.

• The pill aura from Chen Mo’s cauldron spread across Tianbei City, and Han Yue and Han Xue identified Mo Ying Teahouse as its source.
• Chen Mo’s pill triggered two-colored lightning, convincing Han Yue that he had become an Eighth-Grade Alchemist.
• Han Xue admitted to Han Yue that she was willing to become Chen Mo’s concubine.
• Queen Medusa watched Chen Mo with their unborn child, Zijing, and praised how he had supported them.
• Chen Mo sent Four and Wu to advance into Heavenly Demon Puppets and ordered them to face the pill lightning.
• Four and Wu absorbed the lightning instead of being destroyed, and Han Yue was shocked to see them withstand it.

Chen Mo used two-colored pill lightning to turn Four and Wu into one-star Dou Venerates and completed a Breakthrough Venerate Pill for Die. As Mo Ying Guild expanded, Wen Qingwan’s favorability reached one hundred and Chen Mo obtained a Blood Spirit Grape, then chose Xiao Yi Xian as his next target.

• Four and Wu absorbed the two-colored pill lightning, and Chen Mo provoked the thunderclouds to bring down a stronger bolt until the puppets became golden Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Chen Mo tested Four and Wu and confirmed that both had reached the one-star Dou Venerate realm.
• Chen Mo took the Breakthrough Venerate Pill from the cauldron and gave it to Die, promising the other women pills when they were ready.
• Chen Mo continued practicing with seventh-grade pills and sent Du Kong Old Ghost and the others to expand Mo Ying Guild into nearby cities.
• Wen Qingwan’s favorability toward Chen Mo reached one hundred, rewarding him with a Blood Spirit Grape, and he bound Xiao Yi Xian as his next target.

After discovering that a Blood Spirit Grape had been stolen from Ling Shuang Holy Land, Chen Mo finished refining it and learned that Burning Flame Valley was seeking alchemists to make a Fire Bodhi Pill. He set out for Burning Flame Valley after telling Queen Medusa he would go there to refine pills.

• Ling Shuang Holy Land discovered one of its eight remaining Blood Spirit Grapes was missing, and the Grand Elder sealed the sect and searched for the thief.
• Chen Mo ended his half-month retreat after refining less than one percent of the Blood Spirit Grape and learned Burning Flame Valley was seeking alchemists to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er.
• Chen Mo told Queen Medusa he planned to visit Burning Flame Valley, and she approved his trip.
• Chen Mo spent the night with Ya Fei, then departed the next morning aboard the Thunder God Flying Boat for Burning Flame Valley.

Chen Mo arrived at Burning Flame Valley and used his powerful Soul Power to gain entry as an alchemist. Inside the valley, he met Valley Master Tang, who recognized him, leaving the other alchemists and Tang’s daughter surprised.

• Chen Mo reached the spatial barrier hiding Burning Flame Valley and persuaded its guards to let him enter by demonstrating his Soul Power.
• A commander escorted Chen Mo through the valley’s hidden world and led him to the heavily guarded main hall.
• Chen Mo entered the hall, where nearly ten alchemists had gathered with Valley Master Tang and his daughter.
• Valley Master Tang recognized Chen Mo, and his daughter asked whether her father knew him.

Chen Mo arrived at Burning Flame Valley and revealed his identity as the human who had fought the Eight Great Clans over the Blood Spirit Stalactite Liquid. He claimed he could refine a high-tier seventh-grade pill, and the chapter ended as his Soul Power confronted Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.

• Tang Zhen recognized Chen Mo and introduced him to the gathering as the man behind the Blood Spirit Stalactite Liquid incident in the Beast Domain.
• Chen Mo said he had come to Burning Flame Valley to help refine the pill Tang Zhen needed.
• When an alchemist questioned his ability, Chen Mo claimed he could refine a high-tier seventh-grade pill.
• Tang Zhen tested Chen Mo by asking him to withstand the tempering of the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame with his Soul Power.
• Chen Mo sent his Soul Power into the flame, where it formed a massive dragon that frightened the nine silver fire dragons into retreating.

Chen Mo passed Burning Flame Valley’s alchemist test by revealing his Spiritual Realm soul and Heavenly Flame, then asked Tang Zhen to form an alliance. Tang Zhen brought Chen Mo and Tang Huo'er to a private study to hear the proposal, which Chen Mo made on behalf of the Mo Ying Guild.

• Chen Mo frightened Master Huan’s nine fire dragons with his Soul Power and confirmed that his soul had reached the Spiritual Realm.
• Chen Mo passed the test, and he silenced doubts about his pill-refining ability by revealing the Sea Heart Flame.
• Tang Zhen offered Chen Mo a reward for refining a pill, and Chen Mo requested an alliance between their factions.
• Tang Zhen took Chen Mo aside with Tang Huo'er, his daughter, to discuss the proposal privately.
• Chen Mo explained that the Mo Ying Guild had several Dou Zun experts and multiple Dou Zong experts, and proposed that it and Burning Flame Valley advance and retreat together.

Chen Mo negotiated an alliance between the Mo Ying Guild and Burning Flame Valley in exchange for refining Tang Zhen’s Fire Bodhi Pill. After ten days of pill refinement, the pill neared completion, and Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er watched expectantly.

• Tang Zhen questioned Chen Mo about his background, ties to the Gu Clan, and enemies, then balked at allying with him because of the powerful forces he had provoked.
• Chen Mo offered to refine Burning Flame Valley’s urgently needed pill and argued that Tang Zhen might not be able to obtain help from the Pill Tower in time.
• Tang Zhen agreed to seek the Council of Elders’ approval for an alliance after the pill was refined, and Chen Mo accepted the Fire Bodhi Pill formula and ingredients.
• Chen Mo began refining the high-tier seventh-tier Fire Bodhi Pill in a secret chamber while Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er watched over him.
• Ten days later, dark clouds gathered above the valley as the Fire Bodhi Pill neared completion, exciting Tang Zhen and impressing Tang Huo'er.

Chen Mo completed the Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen and used its pill lightning to strengthen his Earth Demon Puppet, Lu. After the pill was secured, Chen Mo pretended to faint, and Tang Zhen promised to summon the Council of Elders to consider the alliance.

• Chen Mo brought out Lu and persuaded Tang Zhen to let the puppet face the pill lightning.
• Lu blocked and absorbed four lightning bolts, strengthening its body but not transforming fully into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Chen Mo opened the cauldron, and Tang Zhen caught the escaping Fire Bodhi Pill before giving it to Tang Huo'er.
• Chen Mo asked Tang Zhen to consider the alliance, then pretended to faint into Tang Huo'er's arms.
• After confirming Chen Mo was not seriously hurt, Tang Zhen said he would summon the Council of Elders.