Chapter Summaries

After five months of cultivation with Qing Mo, Chen Mo gathered allies to help Zi Yan unify the divided Ancient Dragon Island. Their group arrived above the island and prepared to demand its surrender, but the guards spotted them as someone approached.

• Chen Mo and Qing Mo spent five months cultivating together, advancing Chen Mo to the fifth turn of Dou Venerate Peak and bringing Qing Mo close to the middle stage of one-star Dou Saint.
• Chen Mo learned that Die and Zi Yan had each survived a Saint Tribulation, while Yun Yun had emerged from seclusion as a Half-Saint.
• Chen Mo convened an internal Mo Ying Guild meeting and decided to help Zi Yan unify Ancient Dragon Island, bringing Qing Mo, Die, Yun Yun, Thunder Saint, and Zi Yan.
• Chen Mo arranged for a stronger Gu Clan elder to guard against a Hall of Souls attack while the group was away.
• The group reached Ancient Dragon Island aboard a silver flying vessel, and Chen Mo announced they would first urge the island to surrender before using force.
• The Ancient Dragon guards spotted the vessel, and someone approached.

Zi Yan returned to Dragon Island with Chen Mo and demanded that the three Dragon Kings submit to her as the true Dragon Emperor. After Chen Mo killed the North Dragon King, Zi Yan chose to destroy the remaining opposition, and Qing Mo and the others attacked.

• Zi Yan and Chen Mo arrived on Dragon Island, where Zi Yan revealed her royal bloodline and Dragon Slaying Sword, convincing the patrol forces to kneel to her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan confronted the West, North, and South Dragon Kings and accused them of dividing the Ancient Dragon Clan, demanding that they submit or die.
• The North Dragon King led the attack, but Chen Mo appeared and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Chen Mo identified himself as master of the Mo Ying Guild and asked Zi Yan what to do with the surviving Dragon Kings.
• Zi Yan declared that the West and South Dragon Kings had squandered their chance, and Chen Mo ordered Qing Mo and the others to kill them.

Zi Yan and her allies defeated the three rebel Dragon Kings, unified Ancient Dragon Island, and recovered through cultivation after the war. Back at the Pill Tower, Chen Mo learned of his companions’ advances and proposed holding a wedding, which the women and Gu Clan approved.

• Zi Yan killed the South Dragon King while the West Dragon King and the other rebel leaders were slain, and the remaining forces surrendered to East Dragon Island.
• Qing Mo, Zi Yan, and Die cultivated in the three Dragon Kings’ blood, while Qing Mo advanced to middle-stage one-star Dou Saint and the others recovered and grew stronger.
• Chen Mo gave Yun Yun the Azure Wind sword, and she reassured him that she no longer blamed him for her teacher’s death.
• Chen Mo and Yun Yun returned to the Pill Tower, where Xiao Yi Xian had reached one-star Dou Saint, Qing Lin had reached Half-Saint, and Xun Er had entered the Dou Saint realm.
• Chen Mo proposed holding a wedding, and the women and Gu Clan agreed.

Preparations filled Saint Pill City for Chen Mo’s wedding to sixteen brides, while Cao Ying privately reflected on her feelings for him. On the wedding morning, Qing Mo dressed in the wedding robes she had sewn herself, nervous as the ceremony approached.

• Chen Mo’s elders and relatives arranged his wedding for the second day of the second month and prepared the city, invitations, and security.
• The chapter listed Chen Mo’s sixteen brides and described them and their attendants preparing their wedding clothes.
• Dan Chen questioned Cao Ying about her feelings for Chen Mo, and Cao Ying recalled joining the Mo Ying Guild to seek an explanation from him.
• Guests from across the Pill Domain and allied clans arrived in Saint Pill City the night before the wedding, and Gu Yuan sealed the surrounding space.
• On the wedding morning, Yue Nu helped Qing Mo bathe and dress, and Qing Mo remarked that a woman looked most beautiful in her wedding robes.

Chen Mo’s sixteen brides prepared for the wedding and entered the main hall amid a grand celebration. The ceremony began with the brides assembled before the elders and Chen Mo, and the master of ceremonies called for the first bow.

• Qing Mo finished dressing, added black silk stockings and high heels beneath her robes, and called Yue Nu back into the room.
• Die tried on jewelry before choosing a piece Chen Mo had given her, while Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Gu Xun'er, and Zi Yan prepared for the ceremony in their own courtyards.
• When the auspicious hour arrived, attendants escorted the brides from their courtyards as guests gathered at Saint Dan Tower for the wedding.
• Chen Mo waited in a red robe while the sixteen brides walked together into the main hall, drawing curious whispers from the guests.
• The brides took their places before Gu Yuan and the other elders, and the Pill Tower's Grand Elder announced their identities before calling for the first bow to Heaven and Earth.

Chen Mo began visiting his brides’ chambers after the wedding banquet, following the traditional rites with Die before she joined him in Qing Mo’s room. The chapter ended as the sisters prepared to consummate the marriage with Chen Mo.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen watched the wedding, and Dan Chen teased Cao Ying about marrying Chen Mo.
• Qing Lin explained the wedding to Zijing and Mu Er, and Zijing asked why Qing Lin was not marrying their father too.
• After the wedding banquet began, Qing Mo waited nervously in her bridal chamber while Yue Nu kept watch.
• Chen Mo visited Die, who first tried to skip the wedding rites, but he insisted they lift her veil and drink the nuptial wine.
• Die urged Chen Mo to bring her to Qing Mo’s chamber, where he lifted Qing Mo’s veil and drank the nuptial wine with her.
• Die offered to help Qing Mo prepare for consummating the marriage, and she was surprised when Qing Mo removed her wedding robe.

On his wedding night, Chen Mo received Xiao Yi Xian’s maximum affection and unlocked the Undying Golden Body, then visited his brides over two nights. The chapter ended with him entering Qing Mu’s room and discovering that the person in her bed was not Qing Mu.

• Xiao Yi Xian remembered how Chen Mo had helped her and reached one hundred affection, earning him the Undying Golden Body and allowing them to become Dao companions.
• Chen Mo learned that Zi Yan had been bound as his next goddess and that her affection had reached ninety, then continued spending the night with Ya Fei.
• Chen Mo visited Yue Mei and several other brides that night, then consummated his marriages with Zi Yan, Tang Huo'er, Xun Er, and Nalan Yanran the following night.
• Qing Mu waited for Chen Mo with Jiang Qing, but left the room when her stomach began to bother her.
• Chen Mo entered the dark room, climbed into bed, and leaped away in fright after realizing the person there was not Qing Mu.

Chen Mo completed his wedding-night ceremonies with Qing Mu and the sisters Han Yue and Han Xue, after an awkward encounter with Jiang Qing. The morning found the newlyweds together, while a black-robed young man at a distant peak severed his ties with the Pill Tower.

• Chen Mo found Jiang Qing in Qing Mu's wedding chamber, realized they had mistaken each other, and Jiang Qing fled when Qing Mu approached.
• Chen Mo hid Jiang Qing's undergarment before completing the wedding ceremony with Qing Mu and spending the night with her.
• Chen Mo went to Han Yue and Han Xue's room, reassured the sisters, and drank wedding wine with them before spending the night together.
• At a verdant peak, a black-robed young man looked toward the Pill Tower and declared that he would sever all ties with it.
• In the morning, Qing Mo asked Yue Nu which bride Chen Mo had stayed with last, and Yue Nu answered Han Yue.
• Han Xue drew a turtle on the sleeping Chen Mo's face; she and Han Yue then fell asleep beside him, and Chen Mo woke up.

Chen Mo returned the Plum Blossom Doudou to Jiang Qing, then entered seclusion with Xuan Yi to cultivate and help her advance. A heaven-shaking phenomenon announced that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had appeared at the Demon Flame Plains, and Chen Mo left seclusion to learn what had happened.

• Chen Mo visited Xuan Yi, promised to help her reach Half-Saint with a Bodhi Pill, and found a turtle drawn on his face at Qing Lin's place.
• Jiang Qing searched Qing Mu's room for her missing jade hairpin, then Chen Mo returned her Plum Blossom Doudou and agreed to pretend the previous night had never happened.
• Burning Flame Valley, Flower Sect, and Sound Valley gained Dou Zun experts through beast spirits, while Sound Valley recruited Hu Jia and one other disciple.
• A week later, Chen Mo entered seclusion with Xuan Yi, restored her cultivation, gave her a Bodhi Pill, and began cultivating the Undying Golden Body.
• Less than a month later, twin moons appeared and nine stars aligned, signaling the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's return and nearly disrupting Xuan Yi's breakthrough.
• Chen Mo ended his seclusion and learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had reappeared at the Demon Flame Plains.

Chen Mo and his allies set out for the descent of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, drawing together with powerful factions across the Central State. They found the broken-space entrance to the flame’s sealed domain and faced the Hall of Souls and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, while learning that Gu Yuan possessed an Emperor Realm Soul.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s imminent descent prompted Chen Mo, Qing Mo, and their allies to leave for the Demon Flame Plains, while factions across the Central State also mobilized.
• A black-robed young man carrying a massive ruler headed for the Demonic Flame, hoping to gain power for revenge.
• Chen Mo’s group arrived at the milky-white desert and met experts from Burning Flame Valley, the Flower Sect, Sound Valley, and the Gu Clan.
• Chen Mo and Xun Er used their Heavenly Flames to locate the broken-space entrance, while Gu Nanhai advised the group to let others enter first.
• Chen Mo saw Hun Miesheng, Hun Gang, the Great Heavenly Venerate, and members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan gathered nearby.
• Xun Er revealed that Gu Yuan had an Emperor Realm Soul, and Chen Mo explained how it differed from being a Dou Emperor.

Chen Mo answered Yao Tian’s provocation by challenging him to a Soul Power contest and overwhelming his attack with one sword strike. Yao Wangui intervened to protect Yao Tian, leaving both men cut and disheveled as Chen Mo mocked them.

• Hun Miesheng’s group and Chen Mo’s faction exchanged hostile looks but held back from fighting while the surrounding factions waited for someone to test the dangers ahead.
• Yao Tian mocked Chen Mo’s alchemy and Soul Power, and Xun Er explained that Yao Tian was the Yao Clan’s leading young alchemist, accompanied by his sister Yao Ling and elder Yao Wangui.
• Chen Mo challenged Yao Tian to a one-move Soul Power contest, claiming he could defeat him without using Dou Qi.
• Yao Tian formed a huge Soul Power cauldron and sent it crashing toward Chen Mo, who split it with a sword formed from his Annihilation Soul Swords.
• Yao Wangui pulled Yao Tian behind him and shattered Chen Mo’s great sword with a punch, but its fragments cut both Yao Clan men before Chen Mo withdrew them and taunted them.

Chen Mo entered the space sealing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame after defeating Yao Tian and warning Qing Mo and the others about its Demon Flame. Inside, the flames made him see Qing Mo die, provoking his rage and triggering Demon Flame within his body, which he began to consume with the Undying Demonic Flame.

• Chen Mo defeated Yao Tian with one strike, and Yao Wangui warned him not to get caught alone.
• After the shattered opening stabilized, Chen Mo warned Qing Mo and the others to keep calm because their emotions could trigger Demon Flame.
• Chen Mo entered the opening, but the group following him disappeared as the milky-white flames separated them.
• Chen Mo sensed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and flew toward it.
• Chen Mo saw Qing Mo die in a Demon Flame illusion and attacked Hun Miesheng, only to see the vision shift so that he had killed Die instead.
• Demon Flame burst from Chen Mo's body, and he used the Undying Demonic Flame to devour it.

Chen Mo reunited with Qing Mo and the others near a giant gate, then led them through it while they were attacked by Fire Slaves created by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. They entered a vast hall filled with even stronger Fire Slaves, each at least a Half-Saint, and learned that many had likely been taken from past expeditions.

• The Undying Demonic Flame devoured the milky-white flames around Chen Mo, and he refined it before flying onward.
• Chen Mo met Qing Mo, Xun Er, Gu Nanhai, and the others at a giant gate, where Xun Er explained that passing through it was the way to reach the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Fire Slaves poured from cracks in the space and attacked Chen Mo's group with flaming spears, so Chen Mo shielded them with the Mystic Tortoise Treasure Art.
• Chen Mo ordered Qing Mo and Xun Er to help break the gate, then led the group through as the Fire Slaves pursued them with spears.
• Inside the vast hall, Gu Nanhai explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had likely enslaved experts from earlier expeditions, and said the Gu Clan had once passed these trials but found the flame too powerful.

Chen Mo and his allies fought through the Demonic Flame Space’s trials, strengthening the Undying Demonic Flame before reaching a hall where rival factions gathered around a powerful figure. Xiao Yan appeared with the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan and challenged Chen Mo, while members of the Yao Clan arrived to support Yao Xiaotian.

• Chen Mo’s group destroyed wave after wave of increasingly strong Fire Slaves, and the Undying Demonic Flame grew to the late stage of the Three-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Chen Mo and the others entered a great hall occupied by the Hall of Souls and encountered a gaunt figure whose aura marked him as a Four-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan emerged with the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, recognized Xun Er, and glared at Chen Mo before declaring that their feud would end in the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xun Er pledged to stand with Chen Mo, while Gu Nanhai explained that the Gu Clan could protect Chen Mo’s allies but could not interfere in Xiao Yan’s revenge against him.
• Yao Xiaotian joined Xiao Yan against Chen Mo, and Zi Yan, Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, Jiang Qing, and the Flower Sect’s Grand Elders stepped forward to support Chen Mo.
• Yao Tian, Yao Wangui, and Yao Ling emerged from another passage and offered to help Yao Xiaotian.

Chen Mo fought the Xiao Clan and Nine Serene Earth Python Clan forces while Xiao Chen struggled against the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control. Chen Mo decapitated Yao Wangui, who escaped into a passage carrying his head and Yao Ling.

• Xiao Chen awakened with a Xiao Clan mark, and Xiao Yan revealed their shared clan heritage as Xiao Chen began resisting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control.
• Chen Mo, Qing Mo, Die, Yao Ling, and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor attacked Xiao Yan’s allies while the others fought the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan elders.
• Chen Mo used the fifth level of the Great Sage Art and his Great Sun Undying Body to overwhelm Yao Wangui’s massive medicine cauldron and strike him with spiritual energy.
• Chen Mo flashed behind Yao Wangui and severed his head with the Third Sword, Void.
• Yao Wangui grabbed his own head and seized Yao Ling before fleeing into a passage in the hall.

Chen Mo defeated the Yao Clan fighters and devoured the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, then joined Qing Mo in attacking Xiao Yan. Xiao Chen struck Chen Mo with the Blood Axe, forcing him to summon the Undying Golden Body, which blocked one blow but was badly cracked as Xiao Chen prepared a second strike.

• Yao Wangui fled with Yao Ling, and Chen Mo killed Yao Tian after Die captured him.
• Chen Mo had the Undying Demonic Flame swallow the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, then attacked Xiao Yan while Qing Mo pressed him from the front.
• Xiao Chen broke free of the Demonic Flame's control and hurled his Blood Axe at Chen Mo, who survived the strike with his defenses.
• Xiao Chen attacked again, and Chen Mo summoned the Undying Golden Body to block the Blood Axe, but the impact cracked it and injured Qing Mo and Xiao Yan.
• Hun Miesheng decided that the Hall of Souls had to keep Chen Mo trapped in the Demonic Flame Space as Xiao Chen raised his axe for a second strike.

The Pill Tower Old Ancestor appeared to protect Chen Mo and revealed that he had reached the Six-Star Dou Saint level, overwhelming Soul Demon Elder. The confrontation was interrupted when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared in human form.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor rode a green ox out of the void and stopped Xiao Chen from striking Chen Mo.
• Soul Demon Elder emerged from hiding, threatened Chen Mo and the Old Ancestor, and then tried to seize Chen Mo.
• The Old Ancestor used Space Displacement to repel Soul Demon Elder twice and revealed his Six-Star Dou Saint strength.
• Hun Miesheng joined Soul Demon Elder, while the Old Ancestor returned to Chen Mo’s side and reprimanded Soul Demon Elder.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged from the magma in the form of a handsome man in white robes.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped Chen Mo and the assembled experts, then used hidden flame seeds to kill weaker fighters and control several others. Chen Mo freed his allies, but the flame’s Fire Slave forces appeared as the already fragile alliance collapsed.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sealed the passages and attacked Chen Mo, forcing the gathered factions to join forces to prevent it from devouring his Heavenly Flames.
• The flame spread a purgatory across the area and detonated hidden flame seeds, killing nearly all experts below the Half-Saint level.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated its servants, controlling Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Jiang Qing, and others, while Chen Mo used the Undying Demonic Flame to free them.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned more than a dozen Dou Saint-level Fire Slaves from magma pillars.

The gathered experts fought the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and its Fire Slaves, but Hun Miesheng’s attempt to seal the flame was interrupted when it activated the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation. The upper and lower formations emerged, leaving the little boy and Soul Demon Elder alarmed by the far greater threat.

• The White-Robed Man sent more than ten Dou Saint Fire Slaves against the crowd, while the little boy rallied eight experts to face the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Chen Mo, Qing Mo, Die, and the other fighters attacked the Fire Slaves, and their combined assault eliminated them as the Undying Demonic Flame devoured six.
• Hun Miesheng activated the Heavenly Net Sealing Demon Formation with support from the Hall of Souls and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, sending a black pillar of light toward the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame revealed its true form and invoked the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation, causing enormous formations to appear above and below the battlefield.
• The little boy and Soul Demon Elder recognized the formation’s terrifying power and realized it far surpassed Hun Miesheng’s sealing formation.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped Chen Mo and the gathered experts inside the Ancient Heaven Refining Formation and began refining them into Fire Slaves. As the group’s attacks failed and casualties mounted, Chen Mo brought out the Heaven Burning Array Diagram and asked everyone to lend him their Dou Qi.

• Soul Demon Elder led the fleeing groups toward the formation’s edge, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame sealed their escape and activated the formation.
• The child riding a green ox urged everyone to attack one point together, but their combined strikes failed to break the formation.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame unleashed the formation’s refining power, turning several Half-Saints into Fire Slaves and killing others.
• Chen Mo and the child used their strongest attacks to crack the formation briefly, but its flames quickly repaired the gap.
• Chen Mo summoned the Heaven Burning Array Diagram and poured his flames into it to resist the formation, then asked everyone to channel their Dou Qi into the diagram.
• Chen Mo’s women and allied Flower Sect forces lent their strength, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor urged the others to try as well.