Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo secured Gu Yuan’s support and alliance against the Hall of Souls, then returned to the Pill Tower and entered secluded cultivation. Two years passed without Chen Mo emerging, while his allies advanced in strength and Yue Mei went into labor in the Snake-People Clan’s territory.

• Gu Yuan warned Chen Mo that intimacy could harm Xun Er’s unstable bloodline and demanded that she become Chen Mo’s principal wife, but Chen Mo refused and offered the map fragments of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame instead.
• Gu Yuan accepted Chen Mo’s position, agreed to ally with him against the Hall of Souls, and warned him that Xiao Yan had inherited Xiao Xuan’s bloodline legacy and might have help from the still-living Xiao Chen.
• Chen Mo returned to the Pill Tower through Gu Yuan’s Space Tunnel, spoke with Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, and the others, and began secluded cultivation to refine the Bodhi Heart and advance his techniques.
• During the first year of Chen Mo’s seclusion, Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, Die, and the others made major cultivation advances, while Chen Mo remained in seclusion through a second year.
• In the Snake-People Clan’s territory, the sky grew turbulent as Yue Mei cried out in labor inside a bamboo house.

After absorbing the Bodhi Heart, Chen Mo awakened and suppressed his breakthrough to stabilize his power before continuing to cultivate. Three months later, he mastered the Great Sage Art’s fifth level, but his transformation and golden flames drew the Pill Tower’s experts to surround him.

• Chen Mo’s aura surged to the tenth turn of Dou Venerate Peak before he forced it back to Nine-Star Dou Venerate, then opened his eyes after two years of seclusion.
• Chen Mo entered another Secret Chamber to continue comprehending the Grand Star Art, Great Sage Art, and Fighting Saint Art, while setting aside the Sacred Body because he lacked a third divine beast’s essence blood.
• The Mo Ying Guild expanded across Central State through cooperation with several major factions and established an intelligence branch near the Beast Domain.
• A black-robed man wielding a heavy ruler destroyed the Mo Ying Guild’s courtyard and declared that his revenge against Chen Mo had begun.
• Three months later, Chen Mo activated the fifth level of the Great Sage Art, transformed into a towering demon, and unleashed golden flames that destroyed his Secret Chamber.
• Pill Tower experts rushed to Chen Mo after sensing his aura, then surrounded him in astonishment.

Chen Mo reunited with his family, learned that the Soul Clan had annihilated the Spirit Clan, and prepared to attack Starfall Pavilion over its connection to Xiao Yan. He also discovered that Yue Mei had given birth to his son, Mu Er, through a secret technique.

• Chen Mo returned to his human form, reunited with Die and Zijing, and learned that the Spirit Clan had disappeared a year earlier.
• Ya Fei reported that a mysterious attacker wielding a black heavy ruler had destroyed several Mo Ying Guild branches, and Chen Mo suspected Xiao Yan.
• Chen Mo decided to destroy Starfall Pavilion and planned to lead the Mo Ying Guild forces there the next day.
• Qing Mo told Chen Mo that Yue Mei had given birth to his son, Mu Er, after the Snake-People Clan elders believed Chen Mo and Qing Mo had died.

Chen Mo decided to return to the Northwest Region to bring Yue Mei and the people connected to him to safety, while Mo Ying Guild prepared its first campaign beyond its borders. Three days later, Chen Mo's group arrived at Star Realm as Xiao Yi Xian's forces clashed with Starfall Pavilion.

• Chen Mo told Zijing that she had a little brother and planned to take Die with him to the Northwest Region, while Qing Mo stayed to oversee Mo Ying Guild.
• Chen Mo, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran spent the night together, and Yun Yun reluctantly accepted that she and her disciple shared a husband.
• Ya Fei led Mo Ying Guild's army toward its first campaign beyond its borders, accompanied by Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Chen Mo, Die, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Yue Nu traveled through the Space Tunnel toward the Northwest Region, with Chen Mo planning to bring Yue Mei and their connected families and clans to safety.
• Three days later, at Star Realm, Xiao Yi Xian's forces faced Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yi Xian ordered her troops to kill.

Chen Mo returned to the Northwest Region and reached the Snake-People Clan’s settlement with Die and Yue Nu. Yue Mei welcomed them while holding her infant Mu Er, and the clan erupted at Chen Mo’s arrival.

• Chen Mo and his companions entered the Northwest Region, where Lü Man intercepted them at a no-fly zone near the Snake-People Clan’s territory.
• Lü Man explained how the Heavenly Serpent Mansion had protected the Snake-People Clan and Chen Mo’s other associates, and Chen Mo thanked her with an Eighth-Grade Pill.
• Chen Mo told Lü Man to give his regards to the Mansion Lord and said Qing Lin was already with them before departing.
• Yue Mei sensed the group’s arrival while holding Mu Er and flew out of her bamboo building to greet them.
• The snake-people recognized Yue Nu and Chen Mo, and their settlement erupted in commotion over Chen Mo’s return.

The Snake-People Clan reunited with Die and Chen Mo after years in hiding and learned of Chen Mo’s remarkable rise. Chen Mo met Yue Mei and their son Mu Er, and Yue Mei accepted him as her man, leaving their son to take the surname Chen.

• The Snake-People Clan learned Chen Mo had become the Pill Gathering champion and realized their Queen and Her Highness might still be alive.
• The Three Great Elders welcomed Die and Chen Mo, and Yue Mei appeared as a Dou Venerate with Mu Er in her arms.
• Yue Mei introduced Mu Er to Chen Mo as his father, while Die took the infant and Yun Yun went with Nalan Yanran to the Nalan Clan.
• Chen Mo went with Yue Mei to a bamboo cottage, embraced her, and the two became lovers.
• Yue Mei told Chen Mo that Mu Er would take the surname Chen now that she was his.

Chen Mo prepared the Snake-People Clan and allied families to leave for Central State, then flew with Die to revisit the Jia Ma Empire. In Wu Tan City, Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin fought off Lion Luo Gate members, but a powerful aura appeared just as they were about to depart.

• Chen Mo gave Yue Mei high heels, stockings, and a Cheongsam, and Die watched enviously as Yue Mei fed her child.
• After a night of rain, Yue Nu instructed the Snake-People Clan to pack only essentials for the journey aboard Chen Mo's Thunder God Flying Boat.
• Chen Mo flew with Die to take one last look at the Jia Ma Empire before leaving for Central State.
• Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin returned to Wu Tan City, where Lion Luo Gate members accused them of trespassing and attacked them.
• Xiao Yu incapacitated the attackers, and Ruo Lin killed their leader with her whip.
• As Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin prepared to leave, a powerful aura enveloped Wu Tan City.

Shi Shi pursued Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin after they escaped from Lion Luo Gate, but Chen Mo killed him and reunited with the two women. Ruo Lin joined Mo Ying Guild as an instructor, while Xiao Yu planned to travel to Central State on her own, though Ruo Lin urged her to go with Chen Mo first.

• Shi Shi chased Xiao Yu and Ruo Lin after Xiao Yu used a jade fragment to escape his first attack.
• Shi Shi caught up with the women on a mountain peak and tried to seize them.
• Chen Mo appeared with a woman, restrained Shi Shi with Space Power, and killed him.
• Chen Mo greeted Ruo Lin and Xiao Yu, who thanked him for saving them again.
• Ruo Lin asked to join Mo Ying Guild, and Chen Mo assigned her to serve as an instructor at Bright Hall.
• Xiao Yu declined to join the guild and planned to travel to Central State alone, while Ruo Lin urged her to go there with Chen Mo first.

Chen Mo returned to the God-Demon World after preparing for his soul’s safety and immediately broke several Spirit Wheel Realm extreme records, startling its inhabitants. He then entered Challenge Plaza to test how far he could advance beyond his previous record.

• After leaving the Northwest Region, Chen Mo returned to the Pill Tower and ordered the captured Starfall Pavilion leaders, including Mu Qingluan, executed.
• Chen Mo refined Bodhi Great Restoration Pills for Qing Mo, Die, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others, then prepared to enter the God-Demon World.
• Chen Mo protected his physical body, left a wisp of his soul behind, and entered the God-Demon World with the God-Demon Token.
• Chen Mo broke the Spirit Wheel Realm physical body, speed, defense, and Path of Fire Control extreme records, earning a Seven-Colored Divine Peng True Feather, a movement art manual, Nine Nether Water, and a sword art manual.
• The God-Demon World’s inhabitants rushed toward Extreme Realm Plaza, but Chen Mo had already gone to Challenge Plaza and entered its stone monument.
• The Challenge Plaza light screen began counting upward from Chen Mo’s previous record of 295 stages.

Chen Mo fought his way through the God-Demon Guards in Challenge Plaza and reached stage 820, coming within one stage of Ye Yiren’s Spirit Wheel Realm record. As the crowd waited to see whether he would surpass her, Ye Yiren arrived at Challenge Plaza.

• News of Chen Mo’s four broken Extreme Realm records drew crowds into the God-Demon World, where he began challenging the God-Demon Guards.
• Chen Mo cleared stages rapidly, collecting beast-spirit rewards and reaching stage 700 despite the guards’ growing strength.
• Chen Mo pushed past stage 800, where the guards had reached the Spirit Soul Realm, and continued while his spiritual power dwindled.
• Chen Mo exhausted his spiritual power at stage 817, burned his soul power, and transformed into the Great Sage to defeat the guard at stage 819.
• Chen Mo reached stage 820, leaving him one stage short of Ye Yiren’s record, and Ye Yiren arrived outside Challenge Plaza in a crystalline war chariot.

Ye Yiren used the Kunlun Mirror to watch Chen Mo defeat the God-Demon Guard and tie her record before he was killed inside the challenge. Chen Mo woke in the Pill Tower Secret Chamber, refined Ancient Ferocious Beast blood essence, and left seclusion to find Qing Mo and Die so they could cultivate the third level of the Sacred Body.

• Ye Yiren revealed the Kunlun Mirror and showed the crowd Chen Mo battling the God-Demon Guard, leading them to identify his Great Sage Demonic Art as a Demon Race ability.
• Chen Mo seized the God-Demon Guard's spear, unleashed the Undying Demonic Flame, burned his Human Emperor Bloodline, and defeated the guard before a black shadow killed him.
• The challenge monument's score rose from 820 to 821, tying Chen Mo with Ye Yiren, who said she would remember him and withdrew the Kunlun Mirror.
• Chen Mo woke in the Pill Tower Secret Chamber with severe soul pain and refined Ancient Ferocious Beast blood essence to restore and strengthen his body.
• Chen Mo restored his spiritual power without advancing his realm, left seclusion, and went to find Qing Mo and Die to cultivate the third level of the Sacred Body.

Chen Mo asked Queen Medusa and Yue Mei for essence blood to cultivate the third level of the Sacred Body, then resolved their dispute over Mu Er by making Queen Medusa his godmother. He prepared a baptism for Zijing and Mu Er using blood pool water, rare treasures, beast essence blood, Nine Nether Water, and refined beast spirits.

• Chen Mo visited Queen Medusa, Die, and Yue Mei, learned they had been discussing Mu Er's biological mother, and pulled Queen Medusa aside to address her wish to take Mu Er from Yue Mei.
• Chen Mo persuaded Queen Medusa to become Mu Er's godmother and let Yue Mei continue raising him, in exchange for Queen Medusa getting to care for him two days at a time.
• Chen Mo asked Queen Medusa to condense a drop of essence blood, then told Yue Mei about their agreement; Yue Mei accepted Queen Medusa's visits and received a beast spirit from Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo prepared two wooden barrels for Zijing and Mu Er's baptism, adding blood pool water, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Ancient Ferocious Beast essence blood, Nine Nether Water, and energy refined from two beast spirits.

Chen Mo prepared a powerful Medicinal Bath for Zijing and Mu Er, then cultivated the third level of the Sacred Body and began comprehending two divine abilities. While he was in seclusion, the Annihilation Shadow Alliance formed and destroyed several major factions, alarming the Mo Ying Guild.

• Chen Mo brewed a Medicinal Bath with rare herbs and Bodhi Seeds, and Queen Medusa and Yue Mei put Zijing and Mu Er into the barrels despite their cries.
• After a day and night, Zijing and Mu Er emerged from the bath with layers of impurities shed from their bodies, and Chen Mo later bathed with Die.
• Chen Mo spent a week with the women he had neglected, treated Xuan Yi's anorexia, and then entered seclusion to cultivate the third level of the Sacred Body using three kinds of Essence Blood.
• After half a month, Chen Mo learned the introductory volumes of the speed divine ability God Shadow and the swordsmanship divine ability Sword Canon, then began comprehending them.
• The Heavenly Underworld Sect, Wind and Lightning Pavilion, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, the Hall of Souls, and other factions formed the Annihilation Shadow Alliance.
• The alliance destroyed Yellow Spring Pavilion, Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, and other factions, prompting members of the Pill Tower council hall to worry that Annihilation Shadow was targeting the Mo Ying Guild.

Ya Fei organized the Mo Ying Guild and its allies to prepare for an attack by the Annihilation Shadow Alliance, but a Saint Tribulation erupted at headquarters. The tribulation struck Qing Mo, who faced its increasingly powerful lightning in her crimson giant-python form.

• Ya Fei decided to gather Burning Flame Valley, Flower Sect, Sound Valley, and other allies at the Pill Tower, and she sent Cheng Huai to ask the Gu Clan for elders.
• A blast destroyed part of the Mo Ying Guild palace, and Thunder Venerable recognized the aura of a Saint Tribulation.
• Die identified her sister Qing Mo as the one undergoing the tribulation, and Ya Fei arranged for the guild’s forces and the Pill Tower’s Grand Elder to guard the site.
• Qing Mo transformed into a crimson winged giant python and endured the first bolt, while the guild’s upper ranks blocked the resulting shockwave from reaching the palace.
• Qing Mo used Void Black Hole to devour the second through sixth bolts, but she began to struggle as the seventh descended.

Qing Mo survived the Saint Tribulation and became a Dou Saint, while the ensuing war between the Sky Dome Alliance and Annihilation Shadow Alliance caused heavy losses on both sides. As the Sky Dome Alliance prepared for another attack, the enemy discussed rewarding its dissatisfied allies and continuing the war to capture more Soul Bodies.

• Qing Mo endured the seventh lightning bolt, advanced to the Dou Saint realm, and went with Die to heal at the Pill Tower.
• Ya Fei organized the aftermath, but news of Queen Medusa’s breakthrough spread across Central State.
• The Annihilation Shadow Alliance destroyed the headquarters of Burning Flame Valley, the Flower Sect, and Sound Valley, prompting the Mo Ying Guild and its allies to form the Sky Dome Alliance under Chen Mo.
• After more than three months of war, Qing Mo led a Sky Dome Alliance meeting where the factions reported their casualties and battle results.
• Qing Mo acknowledged that both alliances had suffered heavy losses, noted that the Hall of Souls had captured countless Soul Bodies, and ordered the alliance to recover for the next attack.
• Annihilation Shadow Alliance leaders agreed to give promised rewards to dissatisfied allies and launch another war to seize more Soul Bodies.

The Hall of Souls launched a surprise attack on Sky Dome Camp after controlling the souls of wounded allies, forcing Qing Mo and the alliance forces into a brutal battle. Qing Mo confronted Hun Gang but was injured and fell behind against the Three-Star Dou Saint.

• Hall of Souls agents killed Sky Dome scouts and triggered chaos in the camp by controlling wounded allies and causing some to self-destruct.
• Qing Mo ordered the camp stabilized and the wounded investigated, but Hun Gang’s forces soon attacked under cover of darkness.
• Yun Yun activated the Mo Ying Guild formation, while Yue Mei prepared the ballistae and Jiang Qing led the Sound Valley disciples into battle.
• The armies clashed, and the ballista bolts inflicted heavy casualties on the Annihilation Shadow Alliance as Sky Dome also suffered losses.
• Hun Gang fought Qing Mo, injured her, and demanded that she surrender.

Chen Mo arrived in time to save Qing Mo and battled Hun Gang, the Hall of Souls’ Three-Star Dou Saint Vice Hall Master. After Chen Mo drove Hun Gang to flee and cornered him, Hun Gang summoned the Hall Master for help.

• Hun Gang tried to seize Qing Mo, but Chen Mo appeared and severed Hun Gang’s hand with Sword One, Break.
• Chen Mo checked Qing Mo’s injuries, then told her to help Die and the others while he faced Hun Gang.
• Hun Gang attacked Chen Mo with bone spikes and a soul-striking blade, but Chen Mo’s defenses shattered both attacks.
• Chen Mo unleashed the three levels of Great Sage Art and used Sword Two, Void to destroy Hun Gang’s Netherworld Hall and wound him.
• Chen Mo used God Shadow to intercept the fleeing Hun Gang, who crushed a silver scroll and called for the Hall Master to save him.

Chen Mo survived Hun Miesheng’s assault when the Pill Tower Old Ancestor intervened and forced the Annihilation Shadow Alliance to retreat. Afterward, Chen Mo apologized to the Sky Dome Alliance factions and shared beast spirits with them, while the Old Ancestor warned that the final battle was approaching.

• Hun Miesheng attacked Chen Mo, but Chen Mo endured his strikes, destroying his Ruyi Phoenix Feather Garment in the process.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor blocked Hun Miesheng and announced that he would protect Chen Mo, prompting Hun Miesheng to order the Annihilation Shadow Alliance to withdraw.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor refused to return to the Pill Tower because the Soul Clan had targeted him and urged the Grand Elders to prepare for the coming final battle.
• Chen Mo regretted arriving too late to prevent the alliance’s losses and distributed his beast spirits among its factions as compensation.
• Jiang Qing, Tang Zhen, and the other faction leaders reassured Chen Mo, and the Sky Dome Alliance remained united despite its heavy losses.

After the Hall of Souls destroyed several factions that had left its alliance, Chen Mo returned to seclusion to strengthen Demon Nightmare. He refined the Seven-Colored Divine Peng True Feather and began helping Demon Nightmare absorb it, leaving the sword coated in faint colors.

• Ya Fei reported that the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and other factions had been wiped out, and Chen Mo suspected the Hall of Souls was responsible.
• Chen Mo learned that Yao Ye and Yao Yue were instructors at Bright Hall and asked Han Xue about Xuan Yi.
• Chen Mo summoned Demon Nightmare and confirmed that she remembered only that she came from another world.
• Demon Nightmare transformed into a sword, and Chen Mo spent a week refining the Seven-Colored Divine Peng True Feather into liquid.
• Chen Mo placed Demon Nightmare in the medicinal cauldron and helped her absorb the feather liquid and Ancient Ferocious Beast essence blood.

Chen Mo finished tempering Demon Nightmare with Ancient Ferocious Beast blood and tested the sword against his Ancestral Dragon Arm. He visited Qing Mo after she ended her seclusion, where his advice to Zijing about devoted husbands prompted Qing Mo to demand that he tell her his revised White Lady story.

• After three days of tempering, Chen Mo found Demon Nightmare had reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate and tested her sword form against his strengthened arm.
• Chen Mo decided that cultivating with Qing Mo would be more effective than continuing to cultivate alone.
• Qing Mo kept Zijing’s pendant and prepared to put her daughter to bed while telling her the story of White Lady.
• Chen Mo entered Qing Mo’s room, caught Zijing as she ran to him, and told her to choose a devoted husband when she grew up.
• Chen Mo sent Zijing to Ya Fei for a story, and Qing Mo asked him to tell her his new version of White Lady.