Chapter Summaries

Chu Mo and Ying Le survived separate fights with the Liu brothers and looted the battlefield, while Chu Mo gathered Totem Warrior spines and found an incomplete Rock Tribe cultivation manual. The manual described a cultivation path whose Savage Realm had already been destroyed, leaving Chu Mo to dismiss it as having no future.

• Chu Mo killed Liu Hu, took his possessions, and hurried back to claim the remaining spoils.
• Ying Le killed Liu Bao with a hidden Thunder Talisman, then anticipated Zhu Ming's betrayal and killed him as well.
• Chu Mo returned to find Liu Lang and the valuable corpses gone, so he collected the remaining low-level Totem Warriors and left.
• Ying Le reached the empty valley, burned Su Yao's corpse, and failed to find Liu Hu or Liu Lang.
• Chu Mo burned the collected bodies, gathered seventeen Inferior Rock Spines, and found an incomplete Rock Tribe Awakening Manual.
• Chu Mo concluded the Totem Warrior cultivation path had no future because Fuli Heaven had destroyed the Savage Realm and captured its Saint.

Chu Mo followed a crude map to Hidden Mist Valley, where he hunted Savage Realm natives and searched for their hidden gathering place. After finding a damaged camp, he killed two Black Ape Tribe Stragglers before they could alert anyone.

• Chu Mo recognized a red mark on a crude map as Hidden Mist Valley and decided to investigate after gathering more contribution points.
• Over ten days, Chu Mo caught scattered natives and raised his total to twenty-four contribution points before entering the valley.
• Chu Mo entered the mist with his Blazing Fire Bow and Corpse Puppet, then killed three attacking low-level warriors as he advanced.
• Chu Mo found signs of human activity and a damaged camp near the region marked on the map.
• Chu Mo hid as two Totem Warriors entered the camp, then killed the scar-faced Level 3 Black Ape Tribe Straggler and his Level 2 companion with flaming arrows.

As the Tribulation Deliverance Sect prepared to finish clearing the Savage Realm, Chu Mo used his Blazing Fire Bow to hunt natives in Hidden Mist Valley. He ambushed a group escorting two captured Tribulation Deliverance Sect disciples and killed their Level 7 leader, despite the captives being used as shields.

• High Person Xuanji learned that the remaining disciples had gathered in Hidden Mist Valley and assigned the True Harmony Association responsibility for the final cleanup.
• Chu Mo accumulated contribution points by using his Blazing Fire Bow to hunt isolated natives in the valley.
• Ying Le used his Black Umbrella to devour a Totem Warrior’s soul with a vengeful spirit.
• Chu Mo found more than ten Totem Warriors escorting two captive Tribulation Deliverance Sect disciples and attacked them from the mist.
• Chu Mo killed several low-level warriors and then blasted the Level 7 Black Ape Tribe remnant’s head with a Flowing Flame Arrow Talisman, ignoring the leader’s threats against the captives.

Chu Mo rescued two captured disciples only to rob them, then encountered a large cultivator group fighting natives in Hidden Mist Valley. He joined the group led by Ying Le, agreeing to advance together as the natives grew more numerous.

• Chu Mo freed two captured disciples, took their belongings and Spine Bones as payment, knocked them unconscious, and left after using a Mind-Cleansing Mantra.
• At an altar, a feather-clad elder urged tribal chiefs to offer faith to the Blood Ancestor and send warriors to hunt cultivators for sacrifices.
• Chu Mo arrived at a battle between cultivators and natives, where Ying Le spotted him and called for help, exposing his position.
• Chu Mo killed two natives with Golden Baleful Bone-Piercing Arts and joined the cultivators, helping them rout the remaining natives.
• Ying Le explained that the natives were gathering in larger, coordinated bands and invited Chu Mo to join the cultivators' group; Chu Mo accepted.

Chu Mo joined Ying Le’s group as they fought through Hidden Mist Valley and reached a Sacrificial Altar, where Totem Warriors ambushed them during the Blood Ancestor’s Awakening Ritual. Facing a deadly blood mist and a level 15 Foundation Establishment powerhouse, Chu Mo searched for an escape and disguised his Corpse Puppet among the bodies.

• Chu Mo accepted his share of the spoils, stayed wary of Ying Le, and met Qi Luoshuang, whose many fine Dharmic Artifacts caught his eye.
• After resting, Chu Mo traveled with the growing group as they defeated native tribes and gathered more cultivators on the way to the valley’s center.
• The cultivators found a Sacrificial Altar covered in blood-red patterns, with the bodies of Tribulation Deliverance Sect disciples hanging above it.
• A feather-clad elder and swarms of Totem Warriors surrounded the cultivators, and the elder activated a blood mist that weakened them while empowering the natives.
• Chu Mo fought off the attackers and identified the elder as the level 15 Blood Ancestor Sacrificial Bone Vulture, then released his Corpse Puppet and disguised it among the bodies.

The Blood Ancestor awakened and devoured the Savage Realm tribespeople, empowering Bone Vulture, who took Ying Le’s body to infiltrate Fuli Heaven. When the Blood Ancestor began to weaken, Chu Mo threatened Bone Vulture with a Corpse Puppet loaded with talismans as he waited for reinforcements.

• The Blood Ancestor emerged from the altar and drained the tribespeople who had worshipped it, including their chiefs.
• Bone Vulture absorbed the Blood Ancestor’s power, then possessed Ying Le to steal his identity and pursue cultivation in Fuli Heaven.
• After Bone Vulture’s fusion caused the Blood Ancestor to weaken, he prepared to kill the surviving Tribulation Deliverance disciples and seek a way to revive it fully.
• Chu Mo warned Bone Vulture not to move and revealed a Corpse Puppet holding the disciples’ collected offensive talismans, hoping to stop him until help arrived.

High Person Yuanbai appeared at the sacrificial altar, killed Bone Vulture, and claimed the Blood Ancestor totem. He ended the outer sect examination and took Chu Mo with him, leaving Chu Mo time to loot the battlefield first.

• High Person Yuanbai froze Bone Vulture, then erased him and the Ying Le body with a gesture.
• Chu Mo surrendered the blood-red heart to Yuan Bai, who stored the damaged totem in his Violet Cloud Furnace.
• Yuan Bai ended the outer sect examination and transported the surviving disciples, including Qi Luoshuang, back to Fuli Heaven, but kept Chu Mo behind.
• Yuan Bai invited Chu Mo to watch the world's final glow, and Chu Mo asked to handle a few minor matters.
• Chu Mo looted the battlefield, collecting storage bags, damaged Dharmic Artifacts, and corpses before Yuan Bai took him away.

Chu Mo watched the Savage Realm collapse after Fuli Heaven drained its source, then returned to the Tribulation Deliverance Sect as the realm’s incorporation unleashed a tide of spiritual qi. The surge advanced his cultivation and granted him divine sense before the sect announced that the outer sect assessment would end early.

• High Person Yuanbai explained that the Spirit of Heaven was the Savage Heaven's Dao and led Chu Mo through a golden vortex back toward Fuli Heaven.
• Chu Mo witnessed the Savage Realm disintegrate and its Savage Heaven's Dao make a final attack, which Fuli Heaven casually slapped apart.
• Yuanbai explained that the Savage Realm had been drained and would become nourishment for Fuli Heaven.
• A spiritual tide flooded the Tribulation Deliverance Sect after Chu Mo returned, raising his cultivation to fifth-layer Qi Refining and awakening his divine sense.
• A female cultivator announced that the Savage Realm had been incorporated into Fuli Heaven, the outer sect assessment would end early, and merits would be tallied immediately.

Chu Mo’s assessment results remained valid despite his team’s distress signals, and his huge haul earned him first place and promotion to Outer Disciple. He claimed his rewards at the Treasure Artifact Pavilion, where a steward began explaining Spirit Embryos and Dharmic Treasures.

• Chu Mo handed over piles of vertebrae and Totem Warrior corpses, and the Enforcement Disciple counted the damaged corpses one grade lower.
• High Person Yuanbai announced Chu Mo’s first-place score of 1,137 points and confirmed that everyone listed had advanced to Outer Disciple.
• Chu Mo noticed the disciples’ labels change to [Conscript] and received rewards of a Spirit Embryo of his choice and Cave Abode residency rights.
• Chu Mo went to the Merit Hall to claim his rewards, and a gray-robed steward led him to the pavilion’s last remaining Spirit Embryo.
• The steward asked Chu Mo whether he knew the difference between a Dharmic Artifact and a Dharmic Treasure.

Chu Mo acquired a spirit-embryo soul banner, discovered that Mu Yun was among its captive souls, and settled into his new cave abode. After refining the banner and naming it the [Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner], he began planning his next steps.

• The gray-robed steward explained that spirit embryos could be nurtured into profound dharmic treasures and showed Chu Mo a soul banner modeled after the [Profound Nether Grotto-Scenery Banner].
• Chu Mo inspected the banner, recognized Mu Yun among its three captive yin spirits, and decided to take the spirit embryo.
• The gray-robed steward received Storage Bags of Savage Realm spoils from black-robed disciples and noted that their totem spines would make excellent artifact-refining materials.
• Chu Mo collected a Restriction Jade Token, entered his cave abode, and planned to sell supplies, acquire a flying Dharmic Artifact, and visit the Scripture Repository.
• Chu Mo refined the Dark Banner, named it the [Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner], and sensed the three yin spirits inside it.

Chu Mo sold goods from the Savage Realm at North Cliff Market and bought two spells from Luo Shan. Luo Shan told him that the Tribulation Deliverance Sect might soon clash with Heaven's Will Sect, potentially driving up demand for cultivation supplies.

• Chu Mo appraised his haul, including Liu Bao's Yin Soul Umbrella, and sold ordinary goods at several market stalls for Dharma Coins.
• Chu Mo asked Luo Shan for the Language Comprehension Art and a vision-enhancing spell, then bought the Language Comprehension Art and Spirit-Seeking Qi-Appraisal Art for ninety Dharma Coins.
• Luo Shan recognized Chu Mo despite his gray-robe disguise and explained that he remembered every customer he had traded with.
• Luo Shan warned Chu Mo that rumors of a conflict between the Tribulation Deliverance Sect and Heaven's Will Sect could make pills, talismans, and Dharmic Artifacts more valuable.

Chu Mo bought the continuation of the Dawncloud One-Qi Profound Grotto Scripture, advanced his cultivation, and learned to wield Profound Grotto Sky Glow. After Jiang Yunya invited him to meet, Chu Mo questioned Mu Yun about his former employer and learned that Jiang’s reputation came largely from the person backing him.

• Chu Mo paid nine hundred Dharma Coins for the scripture continuation and repaid his spiritual debt before returning to his cave abode.
• Chu Mo learned the scripture’s fourth-through-tenth-level Qi Refining routes and the Profound Grotto Sky Glow legacy, then began cultivating with the new methods.
• Jiang Yunya tried to arrange cultivation scripture loans for new disciples before the old man surnamed Li asked him about Chu Mo.
• A month later, Chu Mo demonstrated that his Profound Grotto Sky Glow could pierce a boulder and block the Golden Baleful Bone-Piercing Art.
• Jiang Yunya sent Chu Mo a Voice Transmission Talisman inviting him to visit, and Chu Mo asked Mu Yun what he knew about Jiang.
• Mu Yun said Jiang Yunya was well known among the Outer Disciples mainly because of the person backing him.

Chu Mo received Jiang Yunya’s invitation to join the Upper Mound Commerce Association, but distrusted the unexplained interest and initially tried to postpone meeting him. Jiang Yunya visited in person and offered resources and a chance to win Martial Uncle Zhou’s support in exchange for influence within the True Harmony Association, leaving Chu Mo facing the association’s quest.

• Mu Yun told Chu Mo that Inner Disciple Zhou Huan had taken an interest in Jiang Yunya, who might possess a spirit body, and that Liu Xian’s cultivation method seemed to come from Jiang Yunya.
• Chu Mo declined Jiang Yunya’s invitation by voice transmission, claiming he needed time to stabilize his recent breakthrough.
• Jiang Yunya came to Chu Mo’s cave abode, and Chu Mo saw that he was a yellow-named Tribulation Deliverance Sect Conscript rather than an apparent enemy.
• Jiang Yunya invited Chu Mo to join the Upper Mound Commerce Association, promising resources and explaining that Chu Mo’s connection to High Person Yuanbai could help the association within the True Harmony Association.
• Jiang Yunya suggested that Chu Mo might gain Martial Uncle Zhou’s support, and a quest appeared describing the invitation and its potential reward.

Jiang Yunya pressured Chu Mo to become an informant for the Upper Mound Commerce Association, threatening him through Zhou Huan. Unable to secure High Person Yuanbai’s help, Chu Mo accepted a patrol mission in the Turbid Abyss Sea and left the sect with Lin Feng and Yue Mian.

• Jiang Yunya urged Chu Mo to infiltrate the True Harmony Association and warned that Zhou Huan would be disappointed if he refused, then gave him three days to decide.
• Chu Mo considered asking High Person Yuanbai for help but learned that Yuan Bai was in secluded cultivation.
• Chu Mo chose a six-month patrol mission in the Turbid Abyss Sea as a way to leave the sect while the Upper Mound Commerce Association harvested a small world.
• Chu Mo met Lin Feng and Yue Mian at the mission board and agreed to join their patrol team.
• Chu Mo departed the sect aboard a Floating Boat with Lin Feng, Yue Mian, and the other disciples.

Chu Mo, Lin Feng, and Yue Mian arrived in the Thousand Currents District to investigate the sharp decline in Coldwater Clams and tribute pearls. Island Master Xu Yuan gave them charts and Water-Avoidance Pearls, warned them away from the dangerous outer sea, and arranged their lodging.

• Lin Feng led Chu Mo and Yue Mian to Thousand Currents Prefecture to meet Island Master Xu Yuan.
• Chu Mo observed that Xu Yuan's Foundation Establishment presence felt more like a stronger version of an ordinary cultivator than the overwhelming High Person Yuanbai.
• Xu Yuan explained that Coldwater Clams and Coldwater Pearl production had sharply declined and showed the three envoys the affected areas on a sea chart.
• Xu Yuan said he was injured and unable to assist much, then gave the envoys Water-Avoidance Pearls for their underwater investigation.
• Xu Yuan advised the envoys to avoid provoking powerful cultivators and warned that the outer sea suppressed cultivation, then arranged their lodgings.

Chu Mo sold two damaged middle-grade Dharmic Artifacts at a rogue cultivator market, bought a flying instrument, and attracted the attention of robbers. When four cultivators blocked his path, he recalled his own days of highway robbery and prepared to act.

• Chu Mo visited the Hundred Treasures Pavilion and sold the shopkeeper a damaged sword and spear for three hundred Dharma Coins.
• The shopkeeper explained that the Turbid Abyss Sea accepted Dharma Coins from the Three Supreme Sects, and Chu Mo bought a flying Dharmic Artifact called Spirit Cloud.
• Several red-named cultivators noticed Chu Mo leaving the market, so he used Spirit Cloud to evade pursuers and head toward Thousand Currents Prefecture.
• Four wandering cultivators ambushed Chu Mo in a desolate stretch and demanded money.
• Chu Mo remarked that he had once robbed people on the road, and a dazzling radiance appeared.

Chu Mo effortlessly killed a group of robber cultivators and used their souls to strengthen the Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner. He lured more robbers from the Cultivator Market until the banner's quota was full, then flew toward Thousand Currents Prefecture.

• Chu Mo killed four robber cultivators with the Profound Grotto Sky Glow, the Blazing Fire Bow, and the Red Steel Needle, then collected their loot.
• Chu Mo summoned the four victims' souls with the Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner and ordered Mu Yun to train them as banner spirits.
• Chu Mo returned to the Cultivator Market in disguise, attracted two pursuers, killed them, and captured their souls.
• Chu Mo repeated his lure-and-capture routine until the Profound Scenery Banner's quota was full.
• Chu Mo mounted his Spirit Cloud and flew toward Thousand Currents Prefecture.

Chu Mo, Lin Feng, and Yue Mian investigated the sharp decline in Coldwater Clam yields and found a reef littered with dead and broken clams amid Deathly Qi. After Lin Feng killed a Frostfang Fish, Chu Mo continued searching for the source of the damage.

• Lin Feng chose a patrol area where Coldwater Clam yields had fallen and reports of dead clams were common, and the three traveled there by Spirit Boat.
• Chu Mo learned that mortal pearl divers gathered Coldwater Clams, then followed Lin Feng and Yue Mian underwater to inspect the seabed.
• The three found few clams, scattered broken shells, and unusually cold water tainted by Deathly Qi.
• Lin Feng killed a Frostfang Fish that lunged at Yue Mian and explained that the solitary fish could not account for the widespread decline.
• Chu Mo noticed the clams had been violently smashed and detected a distinct trace of Deathly Qi around the broken shells.

Chu Mo and his companions investigated declining spirit clam yields across the Thousand Currents District, finding unexplained deathly qi before Chu Mo discovered an Ink-Scaled Flood Dragon scale near a deep fissure. As his summoned soul explored the trench, two cultivators arrived and the Heaven's Will Sect disciple recognized the group as members of the Tribulation Deliverance Demon Sect.

• Lin Feng, Chu Mo, and Yue Mian found shattered Coldwater Clam shells marked with deathly qi but could not identify its source.
• Lin Feng recorded their findings, and the three traveled across the Thousand Currents District to inspect clam sites over the following months.
• Chu Mo discovered a black Ink-Scaled Flood Dragon scale surrounded by unusually dense deathly qi near a deep seabed fissure.
• Lin Feng warned against entering the fissure, so Chu Mo summoned the brawny man's soul with his Profound Banner and sent it down to investigate.
• A Heaven's Will Sect disciple and a Pure Water Abbey cultivator approached, and the Heaven's Will Sect disciple identified Chu Mo's group as members of the Tribulation Deliverance Demon Sect.

Chu Mo and his companions were trapped in a battle between Lu Xiuyuan of Heaven's Will Sect and a powerful Ink-Scaled Flood Dragon. After Yue Mian and Lin Feng were killed, Chu Mo sacrificed himself with the Life-Ending Curse, leaving Lu Xiuyuan's fate uncertain as Chu Mo prepared to revive.

• Lu Xiuyuan attacked Chu Mo, Yue Mian, and Lin Feng with his Treasure Mirror, while Lin Feng warned that Heaven's Will Sect gained power and uncanny luck against those it deemed evil.
• The Ink-Scaled Flood Dragon burst from the seabed and attacked everyone, disrupting the fight and preventing Chu Mo and the others from escaping.
• When the wounded flood dragon lunged at Yue Mian and Lin Feng, Yue Mian tried to use Lin Feng as a shield, but Lin Feng shoved her into its jaws first; Lu Xiuyuan then pierced Lin Feng's heart with mirror light.
• Lu Xiuyuan blocked Chu Mo's escape, so Chu Mo activated the Life-Ending Curse and charged him, unleashing an explosion that destroyed the Pure Water Abbey cultivator and shattered Lu Xiuyuan's golden barrier.
• Chu Mo vanished in the blast and died, but his Yin-Yang Jade consumed one charge and showed that he would revive in 30 seconds.