Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo traveled to Tianji Tower with Nangong Jinse, Yu Xiaoxiao, Fang Risuo, and Lin Yi, while trying to hide his strange interest in Fang Risuo. He learned that Fang Risuo and Lin Yi were powerful outsiders whose real identities were Fang Yueya and Ye Yiren, as the Lantern Festival’s riddle contest was about to begin.

• Yu Xiaoxiao and Nangong Jinse agreed to travel with Fang Risuo and Lin Yi to Tianji Tower, and Chen Mo joined them.
• Nangong Jinse and Yu Xiaoxiao noticed Chen Mo acting strangely around Fang Risuo and warned him not to harm Fang Risuo and Lin Yi’s relationship.
• Fang Risuo gave Chen Mo a belt, and Chen Mo accepted it after Fang Risuo pressed him to take the gift.
• Chen Mo told Nangong Jinse and Yu Xiaoxiao that Fang Risuo was in the Nirvana Realm and Lin Yi was in the Reincarnation Realm, prompting them to question whether the pair came from Demon Heaven.
• Ye Yiren told Fang Yueya that Chen Mo was her destined one and advised her to use her male identity to grow close to him before revealing she was a woman.
• At Tianji Tower, the courtesans gathered for the five-floor character-riddle contest, hoping to win fame and improve their prospects.

Chen Mo and his companions entered Tianji Tower’s Lantern Riddle Competition, where Lin Yi and Nangong Jinse solved the first riddle as an inkstone. The first stage ended with only a little over thirty people advancing, including the courtesans and Chen Sheng, who eyed Lin Yi and Nangong Jinse.

• Fang Risuo proposed competing with Chen Mo, and Lin Yi suggested teams before Chen Mo agreed that he, Yu Xiaoxiao, and Nangong Jinse could form one.
• The first-stage riddle described a hard, upright object that answered words, and Lin Yi and Nangong Jinse recognized the answer before Chen Mo did.
• Nangong Jinse privately explained to Chen Mo why the answer was an inkstone, while Yu Xiaoxiao remained unsure.
• After a quarter of an hour, the Tianji Tower elder revealed the answer and used Soul Power to identify the contestants who had answered correctly.
• Bai Shishi praised Chen Sheng for solving the riddle, and Chen Sheng noticed Lin Yi and Nangong Jinse among the successful contestants.

Chen Mo watched Lin Yi and Qing Se advance through the second word-riddle round, and Lin Yi’s favorability reward gave him the fourth form of the Mystical Power Sword Canon. Nine contestants passed after identifying the answer as an abacus, and the chapter ended with the contestants receiving a Top-Grade Spirit Stone from Tianji Pavilion.

• Chen Mo praised Lin Yi to Fang Risuo, and Lin Yi’s favorability toward him rose by one point, unlocking the fourth form of the Mystical Power Sword Canon.
• The old man presented the second riddle and asked the contestants to guess an everyday item.
• Lin Yi and Nangong Jinse began writing their answers early, while Chen Sheng and Bai Shishi submitted theirs near the deadline.
• The answer was revealed as an abacus, and Lin Yi, Qing Se, Wang San, Chen Sheng, Bai Shishi, Yun Gu, and three others advanced.
• Fang Risuo explained how the riddle described an abacus, then the contestants who reached the second round received a Top-Grade Spirit Stone from Tianji Pavilion.

The Lantern Riddle Competition grew more difficult as the contestants advanced, with Lin Yi and Qing Se emerging as the only two to solve the third and fourth riddles. The elder presented the final riddle and declared that the first to answer and explain it would become champion.

• The elder separated the nine contestants from their companions before presenting the third riddle, leaving the courtesans unable to rely on the people they had hired.
• Lin Yi solved the third riddle, whose answer was pinecone, and only she and Qing Se passed and received brocade boxes.
• Lin Yi and Qing Se put away their prizes without opening them, then went on to pass the fourth round.
• The elder presented the fifth riddle and announced that the first contestant to answer and explain it would win the competition.

Lin Yi solved the fifth Lantern Riddle Competition riddle as Geng Xiang and won the contest. When she removed her mask, the crowd saw a merely delicate face, leaving Chen Mo wondering why the system-bound goddess was not exceptionally beautiful.

• Lin Yi identified the fifth riddle's answer as Geng Xiang, a special incense used to measure time, and explained how it fit the verse.
• The old man announced Lin Yi as the competition's champion and said she had to remove her mask.
• Lin Yi peeled off her mask, revealing a delicate face with a heroic air rather than the beauty Chen Mo expected.
• Chen Mo wondered whether Lin Yi had disguised or altered her appearance.

After Lin Yi won the Lantern Riddle Competition, Chen Mo reunited with her and Nangong Jinse and took them to dinner with Yu Xiaoxiao and Qing Se. While gazing at the moon at Lou Wai Lou, Chen Mo entered a sudden state of enlightenment as starlight and moonlight flowed into him.

• Lin Yi removed her mask, accepted the golden brocade box, and left the competition with Qing Se as fireworks lit the sky.
• Yu Xiaoxiao asked Chen Mo for kisses, and he kissed her before embracing and kissing Nangong Jinse when she arrived.
• Fang Yueya invited Lin Yi, Chen Mo, Yu Xiaoxiao, and Qing Se to celebrate at Lou Wai Lou, where Fang Yueya had bought a private-room reservation.
• As Chen Mo gazed at the moon from the restaurant balcony, his dantian's planet began rotating and absorbing energy while starlight and moonlight infused his body.

Chen Mo gained a stronger Galaxy Divine Ability after entering enlightenment, then spent the meal getting to know Fang Risuo and Lin Yi. As he tried to leave, Fang Risuo suddenly sobered up and stopped him, insisting they should not part so soon.

• Yu Xiaoxiao and Nangong Jinse sealed the room so Chen Mo could enter enlightenment undisturbed, while Fang Risuo and Lin Yi privately discussed what had triggered it.
• Chen Mo emerged from enlightenment an hour later with a stronger Galaxy Divine Ability, and his companions congratulated him.
• Fang Risuo declared Chen Mo his blood brother and embraced him, but became embarrassed when Chen Mo returned the gesture; Lin Yi explained that her husband was unused to such intimacy with men.
• During the meal, Chen Mo asked about Lin Yi, while Fang Risuo answered his questions and drank Spiritual Wine with him.
• Chen Mo offered to help Fang Risuo back to rest and tried to take his leave, but Fang Risuo suddenly sobered up and stopped him, saying they had hit it off and should not part yet.

Chen Mo, Yu Xiaoxiao, and Nangong Jinse ended up sharing a bed at Fang Risuo's inn, where the two women competed over their place beside him. In a nearby room, Fang Risuo and Ye Yiren discussed Ye Yiren's disguise and the flaws Fang Risuo had exposed at the banquet.

• Fang Risuo persuaded Chen Mo and the others to stay at the inn she had booked.
• Yu Xiaoxiao and Nangong Jinse argued over who should share a room with Chen Mo, then both agreed to stay.
• Yu Xiaoxiao climbed into bed first, and Nangong Jinse joined her after Chen Mo invited them both to sleep beside him.
• Chen Mo settled between Yu Xiaoxiao and Nangong Jinse and pulled them both into his arms.
• Fang Risuo returned to her female form and asked Ye Yiren why she had disguised her beauty.
• Ye Yiren warned Fang Risuo that she had exposed several flaws at the banquet and could have made someone suspicious.

Fang Yueya and Ye Yiren discussed how Fang Yueya could grow closer to Chen Mo while disguised as a man, then used the Kunlun Mirror to spy on him. When Chen Mo sensed he was being watched and looked toward the mirror, Ye Yiren wondered whether he had awakened his memories too.

• Ye Yiren urged Fang Yueya to get closer to Chen Mo in disguise, and Fang Yueya read a novel that inspired the plan.
• Fang Yueya suggested using the Kunlun Mirror to see what Chen Mo was doing, and Ye Yiren summoned the artifact to spy on him.
• Fang Yueya blushed at the intimate scene in the mirror while Ye Yiren told her to study it.
• Chen Mo comforted Yu Xiaoxiao and drew Nangong Jinse into their embrace before sensing that someone was watching them.
• Chen Mo and Nangong Jinse searched for the source of the gaze, and Ye Yiren wondered if Chen Mo had awakened his memories.

Ye Yiren and Fang Risuo planned to grow closer to Chen Mo by inviting him to a pleasure house, while Chen Mo spent the morning teasing Yu Xiaoxiao. The chapter ended with Chen Mo protesting that he would not visit a brothel before Fang Risuo clarified that Yuechun Brothel was not that kind of place.

• Ye Yiren extinguished the candle and dismissed the strange feeling of being watched while Fang Yueya put away the Kunlun Mirror.
• Fang Risuo asked an inn servant how friends could grow closer, and the servant recommended visiting a brothel together.
• Ye Yiren, disguised as Lin Yi, suggested inviting Chen Mo to a place where performers sold their talents without selling their bodies.
• Chen Mo teased Yu Xiaoxiao as she urged him to get ready for the day.
• Fang Risuo and Lin Yi invited Chen Mo to Yuechun Brothel, and Chen Mo objected until Fang Risuo explained it was not that kind of pleasure house.

Chen Mo reluctantly agreed to visit Yuechun Brothel with Fang Risuo, Yu Xiaoxiao, Nangong Jinse, and Lin Yi, and was surprised when the system rewarded him with a point of Lin Yi’s favorability and a new sword form. At Yuechun Brothel, Fang Risuo’s familiarity with the madam convinced Chen Mo that he was a regular customer, and five Courtesans arrived to entertain the group.

• Fang Risuo invited Chen Mo and the others to Yuechun Brothel, and Yu Xiaoxiao eagerly persuaded Chen Mo to agree.
• Chen Mo’s agreement triggered a system message granting him the fifth form of the Mystical Power Sword Canon, Annihilation, and one favorability point from Lin Yi.
• Fang Risuo led the group to Yuechun Brothel and greeted Wang Mama with practiced familiarity, prompting Chen Mo to suspect he visited often.
• Wang Mama took the group to a private room and summoned five Courtesans skilled in dance and music.
• The five Courtesans entered the room, and Lark displayed her legs and feet while preparing to entertain them.

At Yuechun Brothel, Chen Mo misunderstood Lin Yi’s explanation of her marriage to Fang Risuo and concluded that Fang Risuo could not be a man. Lin Yi said the couple planned to divorce after the Lantern Riddle Competition, leaving Fang Risuo horrified when he learned what Chen Mo believed.

• Fang Risuo brought Chen Mo and the others to Yuechun Brothel, where Chen Mo and the women listened to music and watched the courtesans perform.
• Fang Risuo tried to flirt with Huamei, then abruptly pushed her away when she touched him and left to relieve himself.
• Lin Yi told Chen Mo that her marriage to Fang Risuo existed in name only and said they planned to divorce after the Lantern Riddle Competition.
• Chen Mo mistook Lin Yi’s statement that Fang Risuo was not a true man as meaning Fang Risuo could not be a man, and the others sympathized with him.
• Lin Yi secretly explained the misunderstanding to Fang Risuo, who turned deathly pale as Chen Mo and the others took his reaction as confirmation.

After divorcing Lin Yi, Fang Risuo asked Chen Mo to take him in, while Lin Yi secretly gave Chen Mo mystical powers in exchange for considering Fang Risuo’s request. Chen Mo agreed to hear Fang Risuo out, revealed his group’s real identities, and flew away with him.

• Fang Risuo and Lin Yi officially divorced, and Lin Yi left while Fang Risuo wept.
• Fang Risuo asked Chen Mo to take him in, and Lin Yi sent Chen Mo a voice transmission asking him to look after Risuo and teaching him Ice Seal Nine Heavens.
• Lin Yi offered Chen Mo another top-ten mystical power if he fulfilled Risuo’s request, and Chen Mo agreed while assuming he could refuse later.
• Chen Mo gained the Sword Canon—Sixth Form, Dawn, then agreed to take Fang Risuo with him.
• Chen Mo, Nangong Jinse, and Yu Xiaoxiao revealed their real names to Fang Risuo, who hugged Chen Mo excitedly before Chen Mo carried him into the air.

Nu Mou survived the Nirvana tribulation and broke through to the Nirvana Realm, then vowed to crush Chen Mo when the Two-Era Agreement arrived. Meanwhile, Chen Mo learned that Yu Xiaoxiao planned to introduce him to her Father Emperor in the Merfolk Race, leaving him uneasy about meeting the family of people he had once fought.

• Yu Qingxuan mistook Nu Mou’s apparent death during his Nirvana tribulation for his true end, but an Asura Clan elder explained that he had found life amid death.
• Nu Mou emerged from his charred shell, broke through to the Nirvana Realm, and received congratulations from Yu Qingxuan and the pavilion leaders.
• After hearing that Chen Mo had gone to the Lantern Festival with Nangong Jinse and Yu Xiaoxiao, Nu Mou vowed to crush him and considered visiting Elder Nu Tian.
• Chen Mo settled Fang Risuo on his vacant volcano, mastered several divine abilities, and inscribed them onto the Galaxy.
• Yu Xiaoxiao offered to take Chen Mo to meet her Father Emperor, explaining that he had encouraged her to bear Chen Mo’s children and already knew about their relationship.

Chen Mo sought help obtaining the Myriad Shadow Spirit Body but was refused by You Mingtong and could not find Lord Cat. Nangong Jinse agreed to ask her estranged father for help, and Chen Mo traveled with her to the Elf Clan’s Forest of Ten Thousand Trees, where he learned about Ancient Wood Essence.

• Chen Mo refused Yu Xiaoxiao’s suggestion to ask the Fish Emperor for help because it could cause a rift between the Fish Emperor and his daughter, and considered asking the Demon Race, Lord Cat, or Nangong Qingtian instead.
• You Mingtong refused Chen Mo’s request, saying their previous exchange had left neither of them owing the other anything, and Chen Mo failed to locate Lord Cat in the Demon Palace.
• After Yu Xiaoxiao told Nangong Jinse about Chen Mo’s situation, Jinse offered to ask her father for help, explaining that she also wanted a chance to let go of her grudge against him.
• Chen Mo and Nangong Jinse arrived at the Forest of Ten Thousand Trees, where Chen Mo sensed a natural substance resembling Soul Power.
• Nangong Jinse explained that the substance was Ancient Wood Essence, which only the Elf Clan could safely absorb.

Chen Mo absorbed Ancient Wood Essence in the Forest of Ten Thousand Trees, strengthening his soul and nearing a breakthrough despite the danger of overabsorption. He and Nangong Jinse were confronted by elf warriors, and Nangong Nan recognized Jinse after she revealed her identity.

• Chen Mo used the Chaos Meditation Art to absorb Ancient Wood Essence, and the Galaxy in his dantian drew in the essence and stopped his body from swelling.
• After absorbing the essence, Chen Mo sensed the barrier of the Return to One Realm and became close to a breakthrough.
• Elf warriors arrived and accused Chen Mo of overdraining the ancient trees; their Great Commander attacked him with a whip.
• Nangong Jinse stepped between Chen Mo and the Great Commander, showed her green token, and identified herself.
• The Great Commander, Nangong Nan, recognized Jinse after nearly two hundred years apart.

Chen Mo and Nangong Jinse reunited with her aunt, Nangong Nan, who revealed why she had divorced her husband and learned that Chen Mo had drained the essence from the ancient trees. The damage would take at least three hundred years to heal, leaving Chen Mo facing the consequences of his absorption.

• Nangong Nan dismissed her patrol squad and greeted Nangong Jinse and Chen Mo, learning that Chen Mo was Jinse’s husband and the former Fire Pavilion Master.
• Nangong Nan explained that she had divorced her husband after crippling him for being unfaithful, and Jinse admitted that Chen Mo had more than a dozen women.
• Nangong Nan asked why the ancient trees were nearly withered, and Chen Mo confessed that he had absorbed their Ancient Wood Essence.
• Nangong Nan was shocked that Chen Mo had absorbed the essence with his own body and said the ancient trees would need at least three hundred years to recover.

Nangong Jinse and Chen Mo returned to the Elf Clan capital with Nangong Nan, hoping to obtain the Wind Attribute Ling and Fire Attribute Ling for Chen Mo to cultivate the Myriad Shadow Spirit Body. They arrived during martial law as the Elf King attempted to break through to the Divine Realm, then encountered Lingqin at the Nangong Family residence.

• Nangong Nan spared Chen Mo and learned that he and Nangong Jinse had returned seeking the Wind Attribute Ling and Fire Attribute Ling for the Myriad Shadow Spirit Body.
• Nangong Nan urged Nangong Jinse to reconcile with Nangong Qingtian, but Jinse said the truth about her mother's death was more complicated and kept the killer's identity secret.
• Nangong Nan used a teleportation array to bring Chen Mo and Nangong Jinse to the Elf Clan capital, where Chen Mo sensed the Sacred Tree's dense Ancient Wood Essence.
• Nangong Nan explained that the Elf King was in seclusion attempting to break through to the Divine Realm, and guards allowed them into the city after recognizing her as Commander Nan.
• At the Nangong Family residence, Nangong Mu'er and Lingqin appeared, surprising Nangong Jinse and Nangong Nan.

Nangong Jinse returned to Nangong Residence with Chen Mo and confronted the pain she still felt over her mother’s death. As they waited to speak with her father, a violent blast shattered the residence’s barrier and swept them away.

• Lingqin welcomed Nangong Jinse and Chen Mo, while Nangong Mu'er teased Jinse about her marriage to him.
• Nangong Jinse told Chen Mo that she still suspected Lingqin had been connected to her mother’s death, despite Lingqin treating her well.
• Chen Mo comforted Nangong Jinse, and she said she would explain everything to her father when he returned.
• A massive explosion sent a spiritual energy storm across the capital and broke the barrier above Nangong Residence.
• Chen Mo tried to use Mystic Tortoise Treasure Art, but the shockwave struck him and Nangong Jinse before it appeared, blowing them away and making them vomit blood.

A spiritual energy storm destroyed the Elf Clan’s royal palace, and Chen Mo and the Nangong family survivors fled the capital. They were ambushed in a forest by Ouyang Ce, who accused the Nangong Family of rebellion, leaving Nangong Cheng fighting to protect them.

• Chen Mo and Nangong Jinse survived the storm, while Nangong Nan reported that the royal palace had been destroyed.
• Lingqin sent Chen Mo, Nangong Jinse, Nangong Mu'er, Nangong Nan, and their guards to a forest while she stayed behind to find Nangong Qingtian.
• Nangong Mu'er tried to return for her mother, but Nangong Cheng stopped her and Nangong Nan urged her to stay.
• Ouyang Ce and three companions emerged from a crack in the void, accused the Nangong Family of rebellion, and attacked the group.
• Nangong Cheng took a fatal strike meant for Nangong Nan, while Chen Mo blocked an attack and Nangong Nan drove back the attackers threatening Nangong Jinse and Nangong Mu'er.
• Nangong Cheng unleashed the Myriad Spirits Heaven Reaching Art against Ouyang Ce as Nangong Nan prepared to lead the others away.