Chu Mo

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chu Mo (楚墨) 1
Alias(es)	Youxuan, his sect-bestowed Daoist name; also addressed as Du You and Nether Crossing, Nether Command 84 692 730.
Species/Race	Human 1 196 430.
Gender	Male 86 318.
Affiliation	Duo’e Sect, also rendered as Duwe; Hezhen Society / Harmony Truth Lineage; the Netherworld Court 90 435 500 520.
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, Duo’e Sect Master, ruler of a growing Netherworld order, and Di Yang’s teacher 303 500 520.
Cultivation	Pinnacle of Seventh-Realm Mahayana, level 100; cultivates the Netherworld Dao and All Beings Aspect 658 741.
Primary Cultivation Method	Profound Nether Commanding Myriad Spirits True Scripture, also translated as the Profound Nether Scripture for Commanding All Spirits 85 430.
Seat / Residence	Youxuan Peak; the Luo Feng True Realm, later transformed into the Six Heavens of Luofeng; also operates from Perched Cloud Grotto-Heaven 332 520 634.
Status	Alive and active in the latest provided events 750.
First Appearance	Waiting for the Duo’e Sect initiation ceremony 1.

Power Progression

The table records confirmed milestones without assigning levels to breakthroughs whose numerical rank is unstated.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mortal — level 0	1	Learns the Heavenly Circuit Qi Gathering Method; his player panel begins displaying cultivation information.
Qi Refining, first layer — level 1	3	Reaches Qi Refining twenty days before Jiang Yunya’s examination, with help from Wang Quan’s “contribution.”
Dawncloud scripture conversion	5	Converts his existing True Qi into Dawncloud One-Qi, substantially improving its quality.
Qi Refining, third layer — level 3	10 11	Refines the power supplied by Qing Xi into his own qi, both breaking through and fully stabilizing the third layer.
Qi Refining, sixth layer	43	Advances while completing the remaining months of his sea-patrol and charting assignment alone.
Late Qi Refining	50 52	His increased cultivation supports first-tier, high-grade talisman production; Old Man Li notices his unusually rapid progress.
Qi Refining, eighth layer — level 8	57	A year of cultivation and resources obtained from other disciples brings him close to the ninth layer.
Qi Refining, ninth layer	70	Breaks through after refining a Demon Essence Pill.
Return to ninth-layer Qi Refining	82	Deliberately dismantles his previous primal qi without damaging his foundation, preparing to cultivate anew.
Peak condition for renewed Foundation Establishment	82	Converts Cinnabar Cloud True Qi into Profound Nether True Qi; half a month of Demon Essence Pills produces perfected qi and life-bound qi.
Heavenly Register Foundation Establishment — early stage	84 85	Establishes his Dao Mansion through a Heavenly Register and compatible scripture. His panel subsequently records level 11.
Early Foundation Establishment — level 13	91	More than three months of cultivation with Yuan Bai’s “great pills” strengthens his magical power and stabilizes his Dao Mansion.
Early Foundation Establishment — level 14	102	Refines blood essence obtained from several Baleful-tier demon kings.
Middle Foundation Establishment — level 16	110	Completes Treasure Assimilation; his Dao Mansion gains substance and produces much purer, more abundant magical power.
Middle Foundation Establishment — level 18	135	Absorbs Moonlight Essence, gaining two levels from his previous level 16.
Golden Core — level 26	196	Becomes a True Person and gains the life-bound divine ability All Beings Aspect.
Golden Core — level 31	256	His panel records level 31 after the Profound Banner develops Realm Yin-Yang.
Golden Core — level 34	283	Advances from level 33 after three years of cultivation while guarding the Water Mansion.
Further Golden Core breakthrough	296	Completes several months of seclusion and confirms his breakthrough to Xi Hong; the resulting level is unstated.
Three-Divine-Ability Attainment	301 312	Luo Chuan recognizes that he has cultivated three divine abilities; Yuanyi later questions how he achieved this so quickly.
Golden Core — level 37	320	Advances from level 36 by taking Zhou Buxing’s accumulated providence.
Golden Core — level 38	320	Absorbs another pawn’s providence, gaining a second level.
Golden Core Perfection — level 40	324	A conspicuous descent of heavenly fortune raises him from level 39 to 40.
Nascent Soul — level 41	330 331	Manifests a Dharma Form capable of traversing the turbulent World Sea without a World Boat.
Early Nascent Soul — level 45	364	Campaign fortune raises him from level 43 to 45; his Dharma Form grows beyond ninety thousand zhang.
Middle Nascent Soul	378	Returns to the sect having surpassed Xuan Cheng’s cultivation, changing their seniority under sect rules.
Late Nascent Soul — levels 51–55	415	Fortune from the Mystic Court campaign raises him from level 50 to 51, then onward to 55. Heaven’s Will actively assists his Heaven-Earth Communion.
Spirit Transformation — level 56	430	Forms his Dharma Body and Luo Feng True Realm; his panel changes from level 55 to 56.
Officially recognized Dao Lord	435	His Spirit Transformation cultivation and grasp of a source qualify him as Dao Lord Youxuan; his name enters the sect register.
Middle Spirit Transformation — level 61	472	Absorbs 37,000 pieces of spirit matter, advancing from level 60 to 61 and deepening his control over Death.
Further Spirit Transformation breakthrough	503	Yichu immediately notices his strengthened aura; the new level is unstated.
Dao Integration — Dao Venerable	520	His transformed realm becomes the Six Heavens of Luofeng. Further cultivation requires the Heaven and Earth Dao, All Beings Dao, and True Self Dao.
All Beings Dao stage	549	The accepted history of the Outer Sea battle records his advancement. Chu Mo alone remembers a conflicting version in which he died.
Dao Integration — level 78	578	Assimilating Li Yuanqing raises him from level 77 to 78 and helps develop the fourth Luofeng ordinance.
Dao Integration — level 84	650	Assimilates an earlier self through time, advancing from level 82 to 84.
Complete Dao Integration — level 85	658	Absorbs the Profound Thunder Dao Fruit to complete Dao Integration through All Beings Aspect; the Netherworld Dao also approaches completion.
Dao Fruit cultivation — three calamities survived	666	Examines two nascent Dao Fruits and gains new applications involving foreign Netherworld Courts and unnoticed existence.
Dao Fruit cultivation — level 86	673	His increased level allows him to assimilate previously resistant Eclosion cultivators and use their strength during his tribulations.
Seventh-Realm Mahayana	686 688 689	Completes his breakthrough and fully masters the authority of All Beings, including restoring assimilated individuals to independent existence.
Pinnacle of Mahayana — level 100	741	His two Dao Fruits link, drawing the Netherworld and living beings into Myriad Selves. He continues preparing for the Heavenly Venerable contest.

Background / History

Chu Mo is a transmigrator whose player panel accompanies him into his new world. Initially, it contains an inventory of weapons, food, medicine, and three Yin-Yang Jades but shows no cultivation progress. Learning a qi-gathering method finally activates its cultivation information 1.

He enters the Duo’e Sect with immediate doubts about its respectability. Limited resources make ordinary cultivation slow: a Spell Coin supplies sixty experience points over several days, but progress drops sharply once its numinous vitality is exhausted. After reaching Qi Refining, he chooses the Dawncloud One-Qi Profound Cavern Scripture from the sect’s three high-grade spirit methods 1 2 3.

Jiang Yunya arranges his placement with talisman maker Liu Xian. Chu Mo becomes one of three succession candidates and receives materials, instructions, a cultivation art, and a Storage Bag. He treats these gifts as possible threats rather than unconditional generosity, while outwardly behaving as a grateful prospective apprentice 5 8.

Appearance

• Usually appears as a young man in black robes 86 699.
• At high cultivation, his arrival may be accompanied by blood-red Other Shore Flowers and nether lotuses blooming beneath his steps 689 699.
• His Nascent Soul Dharma Form grows from roughly thirty thousand zhang to more than ninety thousand zhang during early-stage cultivation 340 364.
• All Beings Aspect allows him to assume other people’s identities rather than merely alter his outward appearance. At advanced stages, recognition, karma, and blood ties accept the stolen existence as genuine 714.

Personality

Chu Mo is cautious, secretive, and strongly committed to self-preservation. He prefers acting alone because teammates restrict his movements and may discover his secrets. Before confronting enemies, he gathers intelligence, tests techniques, seeks political protection, and prepares specialized counters. He is willing to retreat when a battle threatens resources already secured 14 52 86 629.

His politeness frequently conceals suspicion or calculation. He flatters Liu Xian, remains respectful toward coercive seniors, and negotiates factional service as a practical exchange. Yuan Bai’s offer of valuable cultivation resources immediately changes his response to the grotto-heaven contest, while Xuan Cheng must promise additional rewards to secure his participation in the Profound Li expedition 8 90 99 353.

He is acquisitive, ruthless, and openly capable of treating other cultivators as resources. He harvests souls to strengthen his banner, turns crucial gifts into karmic traps, and takes Zhou Buxing’s providence and divine ability after presenting himself as a benefactor. He also holds grudges, remembering injuries long after the immediate danger has passed 85 264 317 320 679.

His protective behavior coexists with that exploitation. He repeatedly supports Di Yang, intervenes against the Taboos, and authorizes the Underworld’s expansion after defeating Bitter End. He also prevents Tai Shao from treating Spider Mother as material. These actions do not erase his tendency to use students, allies, and guests to advance his own plans 149 303 392 722.

Abilities & Skills

Player Interface

• Character panel: Displays race, Dao Path, level, cultivation methods, skills, and Yin-Yang Jade holdings 1 11 430.
• Experience-based practice: Repeated spell practice grants experience and reduces casting windup to the limit permitted by his current cultivation 8.
• Unit identification: Displays names, levels, and colored labels. Chu Mo uses hostile red names and friendly green names to assess danger and trust 8 10 58.
• Inventory and item use: Stores possessions and permits direct use of supplies such as Qi-Restoring Powder 1 20.
• Inspection: Reveals item descriptions and defects, allowing him to distinguish useful imitations from dangerous counterfeits 150 164.
• Quests and loot: Liu Xian’s talisman-paper assignment appears as a quest; defeated opponents can produce item drops. Chu Mo explicitly notes that panel-dropped dragon treasures do not carry attached karmic debt 6 223 280 435.

Cultivation Scriptures

• Dawncloud One-Qi Profound Cavern Scripture: Produces high-quality, abundant, continuously replenishing True Qi. Its continuation covers Qi Refining levels four through ten 5 23 32.
• Profound Cavern Roselight: The Dawncloud scripture’s legacy technique changes between offense and defense at the wielder’s will. Its strength depends on qi quality and the cultivator’s foundation 32.
  • Pierces and dissolves a boulder.
  • Forms a barrier capable of repelling the Golden Baleful Bone-Piercing Art.
• Profound Nether Commanding Myriad Spirits True Scripture: Becomes his principal method after rebuilding his cultivation around Profound Nether True Qi and a Heavenly Register 82 85.
  • Supports his Netherworld-focused cultivation.
  • At Nascent Soul, permits bound souls’ true spirits to be refined into resilient Yin Spirits that can repeatedly return and draw power from the Profound Banner 330.

All Beings Aspect

His life-bound divine ability develops from fate theft into control over identity, multiplicity, and existence 196 520 686.

Development	Applications and limits
Golden Core: fate plundering	A single exchanged glance can establish a foothold. Deeper karmic ties make fate seizure more effective 205 224.
Identity reinforcement	Recognition from an impersonated person’s close associates strengthens the stolen identity. In his early Xuan Meng impersonation, he can use only one face at a time and still lacks her fate 323.
Nascent Soul: independent Other-Selves	People whose fate he devours can become Nether Capital Ghostfolk and manifest independent aspects retaining their original karma and affinities. Too many aspects risk karmic entanglement and loss of self 330.
Spirit Transformation: alternate Dao Path	May allow him to take over an Other-Self and start a different cultivation path, but only by abandoning his current identity and fate 430.
Dao Integration: broad assimilation	Can assimilate through sight, sound, proximity, or knowledge, and create a complete Other-Self from nothing. A surviving self allows him to return even if his Dharma Body, True Realm, and Great Dao are destroyed 520.
Temporal assimilation	Incorporates past selves into one continuous “I,” strengthening cultivation without directly rewriting history 650.
Mahayana: reversible assimilation	Can forcibly possess cultivators below the Sixth Realm without prior karma, then restore assimilated individuals to independent existence 686.

• Disguise and infiltration: Uses stolen identities to enter hostile factions, preserve intimate relationships, and exploit existing social networks 317 442 713.
• Shared expertise: Draws on Other-Selves’ knowledge of formations, Dragonkind seals, Time Dao, and Space Dao 636 647 659.
• Numerical superiority: Manifests armies of aspects with different cultivation levels and methods 637.
• Persistent reach: Maintains access to Other-Selves even after links between Fuli, Zhaohua, and Supreme Heaven are severed 646.
• Resistance at higher realms: Sixth-Realm assimilation can remain incomplete, and Seventh-Realm cultivators become increasingly difficult to digest as their Dao Paths deepen 646 702.
• Not absolute protection: Bitter End’s Root Origin power nearly reaches his true self through an aspect’s connection 392.

Myriad Selves

• Unites the strength and Dao Paths of his many selves rather than treating them as outside helpers. This lets assimilated cultivators’ power count as his own during tribulations that otherwise demand self-reliance 673.
• Manifests countless converging daos against powerful opponents 730.
• At level 100, links his two Dao Fruits and draws the Netherworld and living beings into its scope 741.

Soul Suppression and Treasure Mirror Light

• Communing with the Nether: An innate talent discovered after Foundation Establishment that strengthens his suppression of souls and ghosts 84.
• Nine Nether Form-Piercing, Spirit-Seizing Treasure Mirror Light: A superior divine ability granted by Xuan Cheng; particularly compatible with his innate talent 99.
  • Spirit-Seizing Soul-Settling: Immobilizes an enemy by striking their soul.
  • Nether-Passing Spirit-Locking: Extracts and seals the soul.
  • A later Golden Core technique exposes karma and can provoke a heart-demon backlash.
• His soul techniques complement sword attacks that interfere with treasures and divine abilities 99.

Realm Yin-Yang and Great Black Heaven

Technique	Effect	Limits
Yin-Yang Divide	Enters a parallel Yin Realm where most attacks from the living world cannot reach him, while he can still affect targets in the Yang Realm 255.	Heavy consumption; defensive stability depends on the banner’s netherworld soil and souls 255.
Treading Yin to Turn Yang	Travels through the Yin Realm and reappears at chosen Yang Realm locations. It initially supports travel of about four thousand li 255.	Range grows with the banner’s resources. It can bypass some spatial wards, but is less effective against Nascent Soul opponents who manipulate heaven and earth 291 330.
Great Black Heaven	Casts a lightless domain that deprives enemies of their senses and spiritual awareness while leaving Chu Mo concealed and able to observe them 335.	Stability and strength increase with Yin Spirits; powerful banner spirits contribute much more than ordinary mortal ghosts 335.

Death, Life, and Netherworld Authority

• Determine Life and Death: Uses life-and-death principles both offensively and to establish karmic leverage. The Ink Seal’s Determine Death extinguishes life 317 432.
• Death Root Origin: Grants lethal power distinct from his numerical cultivation. Chu Mo explicitly treats cultivation and Root Origin mastery as separate but interacting sources of strength 430.
• Death-Evasion and Life-Prolonging: Keeps a decapitated tiger alive. At mid-stage Spirit Transformation, he judges that it could preserve a catastrophically injured Spirit Transformation cultivator for about a day 472.
• Netherworld Court: Restrains captured souls and powerful cultivators, supports his expanding order, and can eventually be established in other worlds to command their dead 629 666.
• Reincarnation: Can send others into a new life; Yichu accepts this route rather than remain stalled at Spirit Transformation 549.
• Tranquil Radiance, Purifying Demon Law: The fourth ordinance of the Six Heavens of Luofeng. Its clear rain absolves sinful karma while stripping away cultivation and attainment 578.
• Law creation: Demonstrates the ability to create a Law after reaching the All Beings Dao stage 549.
• Existence concealment: Can stand in plain sight without being noticed; he suspects this will not deceive a Great Dao Venerable 666.

Sword Arts

• Three Corpses Severing Form Profound Capital Sword: A three-sword divine ability acquired in full after Foundation Establishment 84.
  • White Sword — Obsessive Thought: Seals magical treasures, suppresses their spirituality, and can sever their connection to their owner 84 86.
  • Red Sword — Wrath: Disrupts opposing divine abilities 84.
  • United swords: Can cut away a minor cultivation stage 84.
• Twofold Life-Nourishing Sword: A black-and-white blade embodying life and death, Yin and Yang; Chu Mo believes it can cut fundamental forces 389.
• Two Forms Sword: Used against Bitter End and Xuanming 392 474.
• Cutting Human Lifespans: Accelerates the aging of cultivators trapped within Xuan Cheng’s dreamscape 353.

Time and Space Techniques

• Obtains Ten Thousand Ages, One Body and Su Mu’s Time Dao knowledge through incomplete assimilation 646.
• Uses a Time Dao divine ability to reveal the River of Time and extract droplets of temporal power 647.
• Light-Congealing Form Fixation freezes Time Hounds, but more appear while he attempts to change history. He abandons direct alteration rather than risk attracting the Time Dao Heavenly Venerable 650.
• Combines multiple Space Dao Other-Selves to break Su Mu’s spatial imprisonment and release his sealed treasures 636.

Crafting, Formations, and Supporting Techniques

• Talisman making: Trains under Liu Xian and later draws first-tier, high-grade Sunflame Evil-Breaking Talismans and Flame Arrow Volley Talismans. Sells lower-grade output while keeping high-grade talismans for himself 5 50.
• Artifact refining: Chooses to learn the craft before using rare Flood Dragon materials; repeatedly develops the Profound Banner 43 335.
• Pill refining: Produces pills for Xi Hong’s sales-and-loan venture, gaining karmic debt useful to his cultivation 301.
• Paper Folding into Soldiers: Experiments with resilience runes and banner spirits inside paper constructs. Values inexpensive paper weapons as potential trade material 124 151.
• Formations: Acquires the Soul-Rending Yin-Shifting Life-Extinguishing Formation, completes the Six Harmonies, Nine Hells Illusion-Destroying Formation, and studies the Heavenly Ghost Sixfold Yin Palace Grand Array 73 91 203.
• Stealth and movement: Uses Dust-Treading Art, trades for Luo Shan’s Invisibility Technique, and demonstrates a subtle approach that surprises Ming He’s attendant 20 70 151.
• Other recorded techniques: Soul-Severing Sand, Golden Baleful Bone-Piercing Art, Mind-Cleansing Mantra, Green Vine Bind, Blood Treasure River, True Sun Wheel, Dawnlight, and several ghost-derived Embryo abilities 11 227 256.
• Heaven’s Heart: May revive someone whose fate and worldly traces remain, but succeeds only about one time in five 228.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner / Profound Banner — Begins as a black soul-banner spirit embryo modeled on the Darkworld Grotto-Scenery Banner, with three resident souls and capacity for ten. By level 8, its capacity reaches ninety-nine. Later refinements add netherworld soil, Realm Yin-Yang, and the beginnings of sentience 30 57 255 335.
• Nether Soul Banner — A major later combat treasure used alongside the Reincarnation Disc. The Kun Lord damages it during the Cosmos Sea battle 730 731.
• Ink Seal — Supports his life-and-death techniques; both it and the banner are at Cave-Truth grade when he examines his new Nascent Soul powers 330 432.
• Reincarnation Disc — Used to threaten Lord Qian with primordial-spirit extraction and reincarnation 730.
• Yin-Yang Jades — His initial panel lists three. Later, he suspects two jades explain why he remembers the original Outer Sea history after everyone else accepts its replacement; he also associates the jade with the principle of existence 1 549 520.
• Heavenly Register / Netherworld-Passing Register — Provides a compatible Foundation Establishment route and connects his Dao Mansion to Eternal Night 82 85.
• Divine Illumination Dawnlight Pearl — A superior life-protecting treasure taken from Su Yu 223 228.
• Black-Gold Sun-Drawing Treasure Bow — Powerful but slow to charge; Chu Mo plans to use it for surprise attacks 223 228.
• Myriad Dharma Furnace — Contains the water-and-yin Law embodied by the Heavenly Water Goddess, which Chu Mo restrains and plans to exploit through sale, advancement, and karmic debt 234.
• Mystic Womb Incarnation — A separate incarnation used to conceal his movements and later treated as a disposable proxy for dangerous expeditions 281 353.
• Jade-Communing Spirit Marrow — Obtained from Changle during negotiations over Xuan Meng; feeding it to the banner initiates the treasure’s sentience 332 335.
• Blue Sea, Bright Moon — Xi Hong’s prized pearl, offered in congratulations after Chu Mo becomes a True Lord 332.
• Change Coin — Secretly supplied by Yichu; cancels enough debt to stop Xuanming from disturbing Chu Mo’s Root Origin through karmic leverage 432.
• Golden Rosy Cloud Sword — Given by Liuguang Dao Venerable, who says it has the potential to become a supreme treasure 628.
• Great Thousand Waters Map — Given by the Dragon Empress to “Ao Hong”; permits water-based travel and bypasses water-related seals 713 714.
• Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Furnace — An extraordinary treasure superior to his banner and disc, but already owned and carrying restrictions that prevent changing its owner 696.
• Creation Yin-Yang Pill / Pearl — The half-symbol sought by Lord Qian and the Kun Lord. Chu Mo deliberately accommodates its eventual seizure as part of his Cosmos Sea plan 729 730 731.
• Beast-Treasure Cosmos — Supplied by Tai Zhen with the Scale Armor Dao Fruit remnant inside. Tai Zhen admits to tampering intended to leave a revived Dragon Emperor’s Dao flawed 714.

Relationships

Allies, Mentors, and Political Supporters

• Liu Xian — Talisman teacher and prospective master. His generous succession offer makes Chu Mo suspicious, but his legacy becomes a foundation for Chu Mo’s talisman skills 5 50.
• Yuan Bai / Yuanbai — Early patron, adviser, and Hezhen recruiter. Explains Foundation Establishment and supplies resources, while Chu Mo remains aware of his political motives 49 84 90.
• Ji Qing — Early teammate and trusted source on sect affairs. Later seeks Chu Mo’s Foundation Establishment advice and supplies Spell Coins in gratitude 52 58 85.
• Luo Shan — Merchant, information broker, and expedition companion. Chu Mo values his knowledge but worries that he might sell sensitive information 43 52 70.
• Xuan Cheng — Coercive sponsor turned transactional ally. Grants a powerful soul divine ability and later seeks Chu Mo’s help concealing a breakthrough after Chu Mo surpasses him 99 378 379.
• Ming Su — Senior Hezhen cultivator who manages society affairs and advises Chu Mo on developing soul-based cultivation methods 333 335.
• Yichu / Ning Chu — Major financial and political supporter. Helps Chu Mo resist Xuanming’s schemes; later accepts Chu Mo’s offer of reincarnation and appears as Ning Chu 443 472 549 554.
• Pure Keeper Dao Venerable Zhi Su — Protector who formalizes Chu Mo’s Dao Lord status and supports his appointment as Sect Master 435 500.
• Yan Huan — Supports his succession for the sect’s future and the Netherworld lineage, while pursuing her own interest in Dream 500 501.
• Ji Heng — Life-Ending Society ally who gives detailed warnings about Xuanming’s deployments and helps pursue him 443 486 487.
• Heaven’s Will — Assists Chu Mo’s Heaven-Earth Communion and later makes concrete bargains involving world restoration and his followers’ advancement 415 729.
• Tai Zhen — Powerful, deceptive senior who supplies guidance and opportunities involving Time Dao, Heavenly Venerable seats, and the Scale Armor remnant. Chu Mo consistently questions his motives 630 658 714.

Students and Subordinates

• Di Yang — Student whom Chu Mo taught Daoist arts and saved. Becomes leader of the Kindling Alliance and the Underworld, revering Chu Mo and expanding his order 303 392.
• Bai Li — Loyal banner spirit and representative on Youxuan Peak. Receives visitors while hiding her nature as a Banner Spirit 332 378.
• Mu Yun — Former sect guide who becomes a captive soul in Chu Mo’s banner; later supplies intelligence and reinforces the other spirits’ reverence 30 32 43.
• Paper Daoist — Banner-associated subordinate whose strength helps stabilize Great Black Heaven; also instructs newly arrived ghosts at Chu Mo’s request 234 335.
• Huayin — Transformed into a Heaven-Law Ghost and restored to conscious human appearance by Chu Mo. Retains late Nascent Soul strength while becoming his servant 389.
• Primordial Beginning — Initially provides genuine cultivation insights; later accepts Chu Mo’s tutelage and the Profound Nether True Explanation 366 578.
• Li Yuanqing — Assimilated valley master whose original identity is overwritten; becomes a Netherworld subordinate 578.

Rivals, Targets, and Complicated Associates

• Jiang Yunya — Early senior whose loans, favors, and coercion provoke distrust. His death later becomes a source of suspicion surrounding Chu Mo 5 32 49 52.
• Zhou Huan — Vindictive enemy tied to Jiang Yunya. Chu Mo lures him with Five-Element Profound Essence and later returns with injuries and his possessions 86 88.
• Old Man Li / Li Kui — Suspicious Qi Refining Perfection cultivator. Chu Mo investigates his weaknesses and starts damaging rumors about his wealth 52 54.
• Changle — Immortal Garden True Lord who pressures Chu Mo over Xuan Meng, bargains with him, and warns that his path may diverge from Hezhen’s 332 364.
• Xuan Meng — Impersonated and controlled through All Beings Aspect. Chu Mo seeks recognition from her associates to claim her identity and later leaves her near Changle for potential benefits 323 334 379.
• Yun Yi — Qinglin’s dual-cultivation partner, who becomes close to Chu Mo while believing he is Qinglin. He guides her but also expects to benefit from the providence she gathers 317 319 320.
• Zhou Buxing — Pawn supplied with the Ghost Chain and a hidden karmic obligation. Chu Mo eventually takes his divine ability and providence and remakes him as Ghostfolk 317 320.
• Bitter End — Chief Taboo captured rather than killed because Chu Mo values his Origin Spirit and knowledge of Death 392.
• Xuanming / Taiming — Former Sect Master and principal political enemy. Uses debt and concealed schemes against Chu Mo; their struggle becomes a direct battle over the Mountain of Origin 432 456 474.
• Heavenly Pivot / Lu Cheng — Frequently exasperated companion whom Chu Mo disguises as a servant. Chu Mo later rescues him and provides guidance that earns his formal thanks 666 667 689 692.
• Cen Lingyi — Initially a dangerous opponent to avoid; later seeks access to Chu Mo’s reincarnation authority and receives a deliberately delayed response 262 647 713.
• Su Mu — Time Dao opponent assimilated after their battle. Her resistance prevents immediate digestion, but Chu Mo acquires her technique and insights 636 646.
• Dragon Empress — Trusts Chu Mo’s Ao Hong identity with recovering the Scale Armor remnant, unaware of his infiltration 713 714.
• Lord Qian, Kun Lord, and Xiao Xuan — Powerful opponents in the Cosmos Sea. Chu Mo manipulates their connections and fights them to buy time for his actual objective 730 731.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Savage Realm Assessment and Outer-Disciple Preparation

Chu Mo treats the Savage Realm assessment as both a survival test and a resource-gathering opportunity. He uses his replenishing qi, movement technique, and consumables to fight repeatedly, aiming to earn enough contribution for a private cave abode. Afterward, he obtains the soul-banner spirit embryo, names it the Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner, and purchases the continuation of his cultivation scripture 20 23 30 32.

Sea Patrol and Xueying’s Legacy

During his sea mission, Chu Mo discovers an unopened seabed Dharma Estate connected to High Person Xueying. He researches its owner, conceals the discovery from the sect, and completes the assignment after his teammates die. Xueying’s eventual legacy supplies broad crafting knowledge and a severe reincarnation technique, while Chu Mo later uses the estate, a Heavenly Register, and Demon Essence Pills to rebuild his cultivation 42 43 81 82.

Profound Sun Realm

Entering with Ji Qing’s group, Chu Mo exploits local demon-hunting rewards while secretly investigating the Demon Suppression Bureau’s pavilion. Demon Essence Pills accelerate his cultivation, but he refuses local martial methods that shorten lifespan. After Foundation Establishment, Xuan Cheng sends him back on a coerced investigation; Chu Mo disguises his aura and refines demon-king blood essence for further advancement 58 70 99 102.

Eternal Night Sea and Golden Core

Chu Mo gradually prioritizes studying Eternal Night over dangerous expeditions offered by other cultivators. Through Di Yang and Daoist Wuchen’s inheritance, he acquires information about ghost cultivation, paper constructs, and urban legends. He reaches Golden Core, gains All Beings Aspect, and becomes able to open a stable passage between Eternal Night and Fuli 117 124 149 151 196 200.

Cloudmist and the Eastern Sea

The Cloudmist operation brings new treasures, divine abilities, and fate-numen benefits, although factional accounting sharply reduces his monetary reward. Posted to the Turbid Abyss Sea, he fights Chen Ziliang, avoids Cen Lingyi, and attacks the Profound Water Grotto to strengthen his banner with Golden Core souls. His violence simultaneously supplies cultivation resources and deters rogue alliances from interfering with the sect’s claims 227 228 255 262 264.

Immortal Garden Infiltration and Nascent Soul

Using Qinglin’s identity, Chu Mo enters the Immortal Garden, cultivates with Yun Yi, and turns Zhou Buxing into a providence-gathering pawn. He then impersonates Xuan Meng, securing recognition from her associates and consuming a large descent of fortune. His subsequent Nascent Soul breakthrough brings an enormous Dharma Form, independent Other-Selves, and a formally established seat on Youxuan Peak 317 320 323 324 330 332.

Profound Li and the Taboos

Chu Mo bargains for an expedition share while minimizing his exposure through proxies. Profound Li’s campaign reveals competing schemes involving its Heavenly Dao, Primordial Beginning, Hezhen, and the Immortal Garden. After further growth, Chu Mo defeats Bitter End through an aspect-based ambush and authorizes the Underworld to expand across Eternal Night 353 364 378 392.

Spirit Transformation and the Succession Struggle

His Spirit Transformation breakthrough immediately draws Dragon Lords seeking his Root Origin. After killing Jiyuan, Chu Mo confronts Xuanming’s debt-based control and gains formal protection through Zhi Su’s announcement. He later refuses Enforcement Hall pressure, wins a ruling that the accusations were fabricated, and takes the offensive against Xuanming in the Mountain of Origin. Following Xuanming’s death, he accepts the Sect Master position amid a dispute over inherited karmic debt 430 432 435 472 474 500.

Dao Integration and Netherworld Expansion

Chu Mo’s Dao Integration creates the Six Heavens of Luofeng and broadens All Beings Aspect into an exceptionally resilient form of existence. He advances the All Beings Dao, sends Yichu into reincarnation, and infiltrates Radiant Splendor Heaven through assimilated cultivators. Capturing and recruiting powerful figures supplies both cultivation gains and personnel for his Netherworld order 520 549 562 575 578 595.

Supreme Heaven War and Temporal Cultivation

Chu Mo captures Supreme Heaven Realm Lords rather than merely killing them, attracts pursuit, and uses the Heavenly Pass to preserve his gains. Su Mu’s assimilation provides the basis for Ten Thousand Ages, One Body. Rather than rewrite history and provoke Time Hounds, he assimilates his own past, then completes Dao Integration with the Profound Thunder Dao Fruit and prepares for the calamities of two Dao Paths 626 629 634 646 650 658.

Mahayana and the Heavenly Venerable Contest

After surviving his tribulations, Chu Mo attains Mahayana and reveals his strength while rescuing Heavenly Pivot. He continues expanding through stolen identities, including a Dragonkind infiltration that reaches the Dragon Emperor’s memories. In the Cosmos Sea, he accepts damage and an anticipated treasure loss to establish Fuli’s guiding link. By level 100, his two Dao Fruits are joined, and he is preparing for the Heavenly Venerable contest while confronting Myriad Spirits Heaven 686 689 713 717 731 741.

Notable Quotes

“This time, I will succeed!” 82

“Friends brought together by shared interests can be pretty dependable sometimes.” 472

“All beings are me, and I am all beings. Through myriad reincarnations, this truth remains unchanged.” 686

“I am Xiao Xuan.” 702

Trivia

• His first visible quest asks for one hundred sheets of talisman paper; Liu Xian later finds that he has delivered one hundred extra sheets 6 8.
• Before becoming a cultivator, his panel already contains weapons, dried meat, wound medicine, and three Yin-Yang Jades 1.
• Qi Luoshuang first impresses him primarily through her extravagant equipment and talisman spending, not her appearance 58.
• He repeatedly describes looted resources as generous contributions or gifts from others, including calling his Spirit Treasures “gifts from friends” during combat with Su Mu 57 636.
• His late-stage infiltration can be so complete that stolen identities possess genuine recognition, karma, and blood ties—not merely convincing disguises 714.