Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo’s detoxification of Qing Lin triggered the emergence of an Ancient Sky Serpent soul, which Queen Medusa helped drive back into Qing Lin. After Qing Lin assured Chen Mo the serpent would not interrupt again, he completed the detoxification, and dinner was ready.

• Chen Mo began detoxifying Qing Lin with the Undying Demonic Flame, causing a nine-headed serpent tattoo to appear on her back and attack his consciousness.
• Chen Mo blocked the serpent’s attack with his Soul Power and Mystic Tortoise Treasure Art, while Queen Medusa’s crimson giant python forced the serpent to retreat into Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin fainted, and Chen Mo identified the creature as an Ancient Sky Serpent that had emerged to protect her.
• After Qing Lin woke, she confirmed the serpent was an ancient soul that had chosen to remain within her and said it would become easier to control as she grew stronger.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to communicate with the serpent, then told Chen Mo it would not come out again.
• Chen Mo resumed and completed Qing Lin’s detoxification as Die, Wen Qingwan, Ning Shuang Er, Han Yue, and Han Xue finished preparing dinner.

Chen Mo ate with his wives and daughter before visiting Yun Yun at the Flower Sect and spending time with Han Yue and Han Xue. Elsewhere, Yue Mei wondered about the child she had carried for over a year.

• Die fed Chen Mo fish soup during a family meal, and Zijing chose to sit with Queen Medusa before flying to Ya Fei for pig trotter.
• Chen Mo served food to Ya Fei, Die, Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Song Qingjun, and the others to ease their competition for his attention, then slipped away.
• Yun Yun admitted to Nalan Yanran that she missed Chen Mo, and she agreed to let Nalan Yanran call her Sister while keeping their master-disciple bond.
• Yue Mei stroked her swollen abdomen and wondered what the child she had carried for over a year was, noting that it had helped her take human form, advance to Dou Zong, and show signs of evolving.
• Chen Mo bathed in a medicinal tub while Han Yue and Han Xue massaged him, then pulled Han Xue into the tub and kissed her.

Cheng Huai reached Gu Saint City with Chen Mo’s message and Xun Er’s token, prompting Xun Er to ask where he was. Chen Mo then took Queen Medusa to the Space Trading Fair, where they entered Space Town and began inspecting its stalls.

• Cheng Huai identified himself at Gu Saint City’s gates as a Mo Ying Guild elder sent by Chen Mo and presented Xun Er’s Jade Pendant.
• Yang Hao sent Cheng Huai to Elder Gu Nanhai after confirming he carried the young lady’s token.
• Xun Er learned that Cheng Huai had arrived on Chen Mo’s behalf and excitedly asked where he was, but the maid said the clan leader had summoned him.
• Chen Mo learned that the Space Trading Fair was approaching and decided to bring Queen Medusa because the fair had something she needed.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa arrived at the desert entrance, entered the spatial black hole, and reached Space Town.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa walked through Space Town, examining the stalls for treasures.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa explored the Space Trading Fair, where Queen Medusa found a stone that transformed into Nine-Colored Ore after she touched it with her blood. They then entered the fair’s pavilion, concealing their identities in cloaks as they prepared to view its treasures.

• Chen Mo accompanied Queen Medusa through the fair, and she spotted a seven-colored stone at a stall.
• The stall owner demanded three Eighth-Grade Pills with at least three-colored pill lightning, and Chen Mo paid before giving the stone to Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa explained the stone’s connection to the Heaven Swallowing Python clan and used her blood to reveal its eighth and golden ninth markings.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa continued to the ancient pavilion, where two guards admitted them after inspecting Chen Mo’s invitation.
• The guards gave Chen Mo and Queen Medusa cloaks that concealed their auras, and the pair entered the pavilion.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa attended the Space Trading Fair, where Chen Mo chatted with an eccentric stranger and bought several items. When a Heaven-Rank Dou Skill appeared, Chen Mo offered a rare pill for it, stunning the hall as other bidders joined in.

• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa concealed their identities and took seats in the trading hall, where Chen Mo teased her while they waited.
• A black-robed man befriended Chen Mo and claimed he could reveal secret news, but Chen Mo mocked his attempt to become his big brother.
• Old Man Bao Shan appeared, sealed the venue, and opened the fair as Chen Mo identified him as a Tenth-Turn Dou Venerate Peak nearing the Half-Saint realm.
• Chen Mo bought four items, then bid an Eighth-Grade Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning for the Heaven-Rank Low-Level Vajra Glazed Body.
• Old Man Bao Shan and the attendees were stunned by Chen Mo's offer, and other bidders began competing for the Vajra Glazed Body.

Chen Mo traded for rare treasures at the Space Trading Fair while passing up a map fragment tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The fair ended with Old Man Bao Shan announcing that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared again after ten thousand years.

• Chen Mo used pills to trade for powerful cultivation resources, including the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex.
• Old Man Bao Shan put a map fragment related to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame up for auction, and Chen Mo declined to bid.
• A gaunt black-robed man won the map fragment with an Eighth-Grade Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Old Man Bao Shan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared once more after ten thousand years.

Old Man Bao Shan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in the Barren Ancient Domain, prompting Chen Mo and Queen Medusa to leave the Space Trading Fair. When six pursuers caught up with them, Chen Mo prepared to fight and preserve their bodies for Demon Puppets.

• Old Man Bao Shan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Barren Ancient Domain, and he explained the value of its three treasures.
• A man warned Chen Mo that Old Man Bao Shan had announced the tree's location to lure people into the dangerous domain, then told Chen Mo his surname was Ling.
• After the Space Trading Fair ended, Chen Mo left with Queen Medusa and noticed that several people were following them.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa stopped in a secluded place, where Chen Mo identified three Dou Venerate Peaks, one Half-Saint, and two Six-Star Dou Venerates among their pursuers.
• The six pursuers surrounded Chen Mo and Queen Medusa and demanded that Chen Mo hand over everything he had bought at the fair.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa defeated a group of black-robed experts and looted their Storage Rings, then headed toward the Barren Ancient Domain ahead of the Bodhi Ancient Tree's emergence. They settled into an inn in Barren Town, where Chen Mo grew affectionate with Queen Medusa.

• The Joyful Union Sect's Grand Elder threatened Chen Mo and Queen Medusa, so they fought the six black-robed experts while trying to preserve their bodies and Storage Rings.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa killed their opponents, though the Half-Saint's soul and the two Six-Star Dou Venerates' bodies and Storage Rings were destroyed.
• Chen Mo inspected the Half-Saint's Storage Ring and gave Queen Medusa the Vajra Glazed Body scroll, but she refused it and suggested Zi Yan could cultivate it instead.
• Queen Medusa found two fragments of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map in the gaunt man's Storage Ring, and Chen Mo decided they should leave before other experts arrived.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa sent a letter to the Pill Tower with the Heavenly Demon Puppet Lu, then traveled to Barren Town and rented an inn.
• After washing up, Chen Mo set up soundproofing in their room, carried Queen Medusa to the bed, and rested against her shoulder.

While Queen Medusa mastered the power Zijing had given her, Chen Mo guarded her and gathered news about the Bodhi Ancient Tree. When she emerged from seclusion, she revealed that she had gained a powerful bloodline mystical power called Void Black Hole.

• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa spent the night together, and she kicked him off the bed the next morning before he climbed back beside her.
• Queen Medusa entered seclusion to control her newly gained power while Chen Mo watched over her and monitored Barren Town.
• As Barren Town filled with visitors, Chen Mo learned how the Bodhi Ancient Tree was discovered and that a Half-Saint would soon lead fifty Dou Zun-level experts into the Barren Ancient Domain.
• Queen Medusa emerged from seclusion with a stronger Ancient Undying Dragon Serpent bloodline and told Chen Mo she had comprehended the Void Black Hole mystical power.
• Queen Medusa demonstrated the black hole, which swallowed objects and began pulling in Chen Mo, but she warned she could not yet control it and hesitated to open it fully.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa used the Azure Dragon Yin-Yang Art to help her refine the Nine-Colored Ore, then hurried to the Barren Ancient Domain after the large group had already departed. They reached the domain’s core area, where danger and unexplained forces threatened their progress toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Queen Medusa demonstrated the Void Black Hole, exhausting her blood energy, and Chen Mo restored her by letting her drink his blood.
• Chen Mo gave Queen Medusa the Nine-Colored Ore to refine, and they used Dual Cultivation to help her absorb its energy before traveling to the Barren Ancient Domain.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa entered the ancient forest, released their powerful bloodline pressure, and discovered signs of a bloody battle.
• Chen Mo found that a mysterious force blocked his Soul Power and protected Queen Medusa from poisonous gas with the Undying Demonic Flame.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa passed through the poison-filled region and reached the Barren Ancient Domain’s core area.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa entered the Barren Ancient Domain to gather Beast Cores for the Heavenly Demon Puppet and killed an Ancient Heavenly Ape. After hearing zither music, they headed toward a mountain where three women were trapped by an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.

• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa entered the mountain range, and Chen Mo killed several attacking Seventh-Order Magical Beasts with Lightning Burst.
• Chen Mo chose to hunt high-level eighth-order Magical Beasts for their Beast Cores and descended with Queen Medusa to avoid attracting attention.
• Chen Mo killed an Ancient Heavenly Ape and collected its Beast Core, leaving three more Beast Cores to find.
• Chen Mo heard zither music carrying a Dou Qi attack and led Queen Medusa toward its source.
• Three veiled women fought the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python; Zi Xuan drew its attention while Ruo Yu was urged to find their Master, and another woman joined Zi Xuan with Heavenly Mysterious Zither Sound.

Qing Mu and her senior sisters were overwhelmed by an Ancient Heavenly Demon Python until Chen Mo arrived and killed it with a golden sword technique. Qing Mu identified the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool that had drawn the sisters there, and Chen Mo and Queen Medusa set out to search it.

• Ruo Yu left to find her master while Zi Xuan and Qing Mu fought the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python.
• The python mortally wounded Zi Xuan and attacked Qing Mu, but Chen Mo cut off its tail and killed it with a second sword beam.
• Chen Mo retrieved the python’s magic core as Qing Mu mourned Zi Xuan and introduced herself as a Sound Valley Disciple.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa searched for the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool, which Qing Mu explained had lured the sisters there before the python returned.

Chen Mo and Queen Medusa found the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool, where she began absorbing its energy, as Qing Mu brought Jiang Qing and the other Sound Valley women to the cave. Jiang Qing learned Chen Mo's identity and confronted Qing Mu over the Jiang Clan rule requiring an unmarried woman whose face a man had seen to marry him or kill him.

• Qing Mu stored Zi Xuan's remains, then led Chen Mo and Queen Medusa to the Ancient Heavenly Demon Python's lair and its blood pool.
• Chen Mo collected blood for Die and Zijing, and Queen Medusa entered the pool to absorb its energy while Chen Mo stood guard.
• Qing Mu brought Jiang Qing, Ruo Yu, and another Sound Valley Disciple to the cave and introduced Chen Mo as her benefactor.
• Jiang Qing recognized Chen Mo as the Pill Tower's president, thanked him, and reprimanded Qing Mu and Ruo Yu over Zi Xuan's death.
• Jiang Qing told Qing Mu that the Jiang Clan's rule required her to marry Chen Mo or kill him because he had seen her face, and Qing Mu pointed out that he already had many women.

Jiang Qing urged Qing Mu to pursue Chen Mo and revealed the pride she held in the Jiang Clan’s hidden Dou Emperor heritage. After three days in the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool, Queen Medusa and Qing Mu emerged as the pool dried up, and Jiang Qing proposed that they travel with Chen Mo to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Jiang Qing told Qing Mu that the Jiang Clan’s rules could not be ignored and offered to teach her how to win Chen Mo’s affection.
• Chen Mo noticed Jiang Qing’s newfound friendliness and soothed Queen Medusa’s jealousy while remaining wary of Sound Valley.
• Chen Mo kept watch as he cultivated, and Queen Medusa and Qing Mu spent three days absorbing the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool’s energy.
• When the pool dried, Chen Mo saw Queen Medusa and Qing Mu naked; Queen Medusa dressed, pinched his waist, and Qing Mu changed into a robe.
• Jiang Qing suggested that the group travel together to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and said she knew its approximate location.

Chen Mo and his companions reached Ancient Domain Platform, where factions from across Central State gathered to prepare a united charge through the Beast Tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. A Hall of Souls man named Hun Yu rallied the crowd, and several groups began backing his proposal.

• Queen Medusa chose to suppress her breakthrough to the second transformation, while Qing Mu advanced to Four-Star Dou Venerate.
• Jiang Qing opened a Space Tunnel and brought Chen Mo, Queen Medusa, and Qing Mu to the crowded Ancient Domain Platform.
• Chen Mo spotted Gu Xun'er and several enemy factions, but kept his identity hidden; Queen Medusa noticed Gu Xun'er after Chen Mo quietly introduced her.
• Jiang Qing explained that the gathered factions planned to unite and charge through the Beast Tide to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Yu of the Hall of Souls called for an alliance, and supporters from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and other factions publicly agreed to follow him.

Chen Mo and his allies joined Hun Yu’s coalition and fought their way into the Beast Tide, where 9th-Order Magical Beasts overwhelmed the advancing force. As the Ancient Vajra Green Ape devastated the fighters, Hun Yu told everyone to split up and charge toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Jiang Qing warned Chen Mo and Queen Medusa that Hun Yu intended to use the alliance to advance, and they agreed to stay together as a small group.
• Hun Yu led the gathered fighters toward the Beast Tide, then slowed down and blended into the main force.
• The magical beasts attacked the force with fireballs, hurricanes, and lightning, and Chen Mo used Myriad Lightning Strike to kill dozens of beasts without revealing his signature skills.
• As 9th-Order Magical Beasts joined the melee, an Ancient Vajra Green Ape attacked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan with an uprooted tree.
• Chen Mo warned Queen Medusa not to reveal her true form, while Hun Yu ordered the collapsing force to split up and charge toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Hun Yu and the beast clans abandoned their allies as the Beast Tide overwhelmed the plain, while Chen Mo and his companions fought to escape. The Ancient Vajra Green Ape attacked Queen Medusa over her Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, and after a violent clash sent everyone flying, Chen Mo chose to rescue Jiang Qing after throwing Queen Medusa to Qing Mu.

• Hun Yu led the Hall of Souls experts out of the plain, while Jiu Feng and the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan also scattered to escape.
• Chen Mo and Queen Medusa fought their way toward the plain’s edge, where the Ancient Vajra Green Ape blocked them and attacked after recognizing Queen Medusa’s bloodline.
• Chen Mo, Jiang Qing, and Queen Medusa joined forces against the Ancient Vajra Green Ape, breaking its wooden club before it leaped at them.
• Chen Mo used the Great Sage Art to rise to six-star Dou Venerate and struck the Ancient Vajra Green Ape with his Heaven Severing Sword Draw Technique as Jiang Qing and Queen Medusa attacked.
• The Ancient Vajra Green Ape’s energy barrier triggered a devastating storm that sent Chen Mo, Jiang Qing, and Queen Medusa flying.
• Chen Mo chose to save Queen Medusa first, threw her toward Qing Mu, and then rushed to rescue Jiang Qing from the Ancient Vajra Green Ape’s grasp.

Chen Mo rescued Jiang Qing from the Ancient Vajra Green Ape and fought to buy time as they fled the plain. He brought her to the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s territory, where the pursuing beasts could not follow.

• Qing Mu caught the wounded Queen Medusa while Jiang Qing held off the Ancient Vajra Green Ape and sent Feng Yu to lead the others toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Chen Mo seized Jiang Qing and fled, using Lightning Burst and the Mystic Tortoise Treasure Art to withstand the ape’s attacks.
• Chen Mo summoned the Great Sun Undying Body and struck the ape with Open Ten Yangs and the Heaven Burning Array Diagram, then grabbed Jiang Qing and continued escaping.
• Chen Mo sent Demon Puppet Lu to delay the ape and used a Dou Venerate Peak expert’s soul as a bomb while carrying Jiang Qing out of the plain.
• The Ancient Vajra Green Ape and the other beasts stopped at the edge of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s territory and roared at Chen Mo and Jiang Qing.

Chen Mo and Jiang Qing reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where five Half-Saint puppets blocked the factions from entering. After reuniting with Queen Medusa and learning that Feng Yu and Ruo Yu had gone inside, Chen Mo killed a brocade-robed man who threatened him.

• Chen Mo and Jiang Qing recovered from their injuries, then set out to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Chen Mo and Jiang Qing reached the blood-red plain and saw the Bodhi Ancient Tree, with a battle raging before it between five Half-Saint puppets and experts from several factions.
• Queen Medusa reunited with Chen Mo, while Qing Mu told Jiang Qing that Feng Yu and Ruo Yu had already entered the tree.
• Chen Mo recognized the five Half-Saints as puppets controlled by the Bodhi Ancient Tree and spotted the Bodhi Heart in its trunk.
• A brocade-robed Dou Venerate Peak expert cursed at Chen Mo and threatened him, so Chen Mo killed him with an invisible force.

Chen Mo and his companions destroyed several Half-Saint puppets and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which drew them into its inner world. Chen Mo broke free of an illusion featuring his first love Su Qingwu and discovered the tree’s miniature true body, while the others remained trapped.

• Chen Mo revealed his Heaven Realm Soul, then joined Jiang Qing, Queen Medusa, and the others in destroying three Half-Saint puppets and clearing a path to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped Chen Mo and his companions in a pillar of light, stripped away their Dou Qi, and transported them inside.
• Chen Mo experienced an illusion that shifted from Blue Star to his university and showed Su Qingwu, Queen Medusa, and Die before he recognized the deception.
• Chen Mo used the Chaos Meditation Art to shatter the illusion and entered an emerald space containing the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s miniature true body.
• The miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed images of Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, Gu Xun'er, Queen Medusa, and the others, who were still caught in illusions.