Chapter Summaries

Chu Mo revived after repeatedly using [Life-Ending Curse] and pursued the badly wounded Ink Flood Dragon into a seabed fissure. After killing it and obtaining its pearl, he discovered that the creature had been trying to break into an instance.

• The Ink Flood Dragon killed Lu Xiuyuan, who used his dying sword talisman to inflict a severe wound before he died.
• Chu Mo revived and used [Life-Ending Curse] again, blasting the Ink Flood Dragon and driving it to flee into the fissure.
• Chu Mo followed the dragon and struck its exposed heart with radiant light, killing it.
• Chu Mo obtained a Mutated Flood Dragon Pearl and stored away the dragon’s corpse.
• Chu Mo saw a notice identifying the ground the dragon had rammed as the Snow Reflection High Person's Dharma Mansion instance.

Chu Mo investigated the unopened seabed dungeon linked to High Person Xueying, learned about the missing foundation establishment cultivator, and gathered valuable materials from the battle. He remained unable to open the dungeon and ended the chapter checking how Mu Yun had fared after absorbing yin qi from the Flood Dragon Pearl.

• Chu Mo found that the seabed dungeon was not yet open, collected Lu Xiuyuan's damaged Treasure Mirror, and recovered Myriad Forms Treasure Qi from Lin Feng's spirit body.
• Chu Mo returned to Thousand Currents Prefecture to report Lin Feng and Yue Mian's deaths, but learned that Island Lord Xu Yuan had entered seclusion after another injury.
• Chu Mo gathered records describing High Person Xueying as a powerful, well-connected late-stage foundation establishment rogue cultivator who had vanished about a hundred years earlier.
• Chu Mo suspected that Xueying had met with disaster and that the unopened dungeon was connected to him, but could not discover how to access it.
• Chu Mo asked Mu Yun about absorbing yin qi from the Flood Dragon Pearl, and Mu Yun reported that it was a potent tonic for Banner Spirits.

After completing his sea-charting mission, Chu Mo returned to the sect, learned that Zhou Huan was trapped in another world and Yuanbai had advanced, and considered killing Jiang Yunya. As he entered his Cave Abode, an unseen voice summoned him.

• Chu Mo dismissed the banner spirits, finished patrolling and charting the Thousand-Flow Sea, and reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.
• Chu Mo returned to Tribulation Deliverance Sect and paid Luo Shan for news about the Upper Mound Commerce Association's troubled campaign and Yuanbai's breakthrough.
• Chu Mo submitted his sea chart and report about the Mutated Black-Scaled Flood Dragon, then collected the mission reward.
• Chu Mo considered using the Life-Ending Curse to kill Jiang Yunya while Zhou Huan was away, but decided to plan carefully.
• As Chu Mo entered his Cave Abode, a voice in his mind told him to come see it.

Chu Mo visited High Person Yuanbai, who invited him to join the True Harmony Association and gave him its identity token. After buying an introductory guide to Foundation Establishment, Chu Mo learned about Heavenly and Dao Registers and the dangers of an inadequate foundation.

• Chu Mo met High Person Yuanbai, who explained that the Upper Mound Commerce Association was untrustworthy and praised Chu Mo for refusing Jiang Yunya's offer.
• Yuan Bai invited Chu Mo to join the True Harmony Association, gave him an identity token, and told him to settle his dispute with Jiang Yunya within two years.
• Chu Mo used the token to browse the association's resources and spent three hundred Dharma Coins on Foundation Establishment Essentials: Part One.
• Chu Mo learned that Foundation Establishment required receiving a Heavenly Register or Dao Register, each offering a different path forward.
• Chu Mo read that a cultivator needed perfected essence, qi, and spirit, or their Dharma Mansion could collapse and end their life and cultivation.

Chu Mo registered for an Artifact Refining lecture to learn how to make the Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner, then attended Chi Lian’s confusing lesson at the Artifact Hall. He gained his first point of Artifact Refining experience as Chi Lian deliberately made the lecture harder for Ji Qing and the other disciples.

• Chu Mo reviewed cultivation materials, then paid 110 Dharma Coins to register for Chi Lian’s Artifact Refining lecture.
• At the Artifact Hall, Ji Qing warned Chu Mo that Chi Lian’s lessons were difficult and explained how Divine Thought differed from Divine Sense.
• Ji Qing introduced himself to Chu Mo and revealed that his father was Qing Song, a Foundation Establishment cultivator connected to Yuan Bai.
• Chi Lian overheard Ji Qing’s voice transmission and decided to make the lecture more obscure, though he could not openly punish him because of his father.
• Chi Lian taught fire control and Artifact Refining theory without demonstrations, leaving the disciples confused while Chu Mo gained Artifact Refining experience +1.

After gaining artifact-refining experience from Chi Lian’s lecture, Chu Mo practiced refining the Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner with Myriad Forms Treasure Qi, improving its ability to hold souls. He found more treasure qi for sale through the True Harmony Association, then received an unexpected visitor: Jiang Yunya.

• Chu Mo gained Artifact Refining experience while listening to Chi Lian’s lecture, and Ji Qing warned him that artifact refining was costly and difficult.
• After practicing for several days, Chu Mo successfully refined a strand of Myriad Forms Treasure Qi into the Profound Scenery Refining Truth Banner, doubling its specter capacity from ten to twenty.
• Chu Mo considered obtaining more treasure qi and discovered that the True Harmony Association offered a strand sourced from a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator for fifty Dharma Coins.
• As Chu Mo planned how to further refine the banner, Jiang Yunya arrived at his cave abode.

Jiang Yunya visited Chu Mo to offer pills and smooth over their past conflict, but Chu Mo secretly ordered a banner spirit to track him. After Jiang Yunya continued his usual activities, an unknown black shadow ambushed him over a gorge.

• Jiang Yunya visited Chu Mo and offered him pills while implying that they should put their past misunderstandings behind them.
• Chu Mo pretended to accept Jiang Yunya's apology, then sent a banner spirit with Hawk Eye Talismans to record Jiang Yunya's movements.
• Jiang Yunya left, privately resenting Chu Mo and deciding to wait until Martial Uncle Zhou Huan returned before dealing with him.
• Jiang Yunya continued issuing cultivation technique loans and recruiting disciples while the banner spirit secretly watched him.
• A black shadow burst from a gorge and attacked Jiang Yunya, who barely raised a five-colored barrier before it swelled explosively.

Chu Mo killed Jiang Yunya and discovered that his cultivation method refined other cultivators into Five-Element Profound Essence, raising suspicions about Martial Uncle Zhou Huan. After evading an Enforcement Hall investigation, Chu Mo received an unsettling reward from Martial Uncle Yuan Bai: a bound female cultivator.

• Jiang Yunya survived his apparent self-detonation, but Chu Mo killed him with the Scarlet Sun Needle and collected his loot after Jiang Yunya's soul vanished.
• Chu Mo examined the Five-Element Profound Essence and its manual, and suspected Jiang Yunya had used Liu Xian as a source of cultivation material under Zhou Huan's influence.
• Enforcement Disciples questioned Chu Mo about his movements and dealings with Jiang Yunya, but he calmly deflected their suspicions.
• Chu Mo resolved to grow stronger and pursue Foundation Establishment and register-bearing mansion opening.
• Ji Qing arrived with a bound female cultivator, calling her the great pill that Martial Uncle Yuan Bai had sent as Chu Mo's reward.

Ji Qing delivered Ke Wan and a method that could help Chu Mo break through, while warning him that Zhou Huan would return within four years. He urged Chu Mo to strengthen himself for the coming struggle over the Profound Sun Realm, and Chu Mo resolved that he could not delay improving his cultivation.

• Ji Qing gave Chu Mo Ke Wan, a cultivator whose nine-transforming black serpent true qi could help him break through, along with the Essence-Seizing Qi-Transforming Molting True Art.
• Ji Qing explained that Ke Wan had been a spy for the Upper Mound Commerce Association and that High Person Yuan Bai had spared her to help Chu Mo.
• Ji Qing warned Chu Mo that High Person Redcloud, Zhou Huan, would return from the minor world in four years at most.
• Ji Qing told Chu Mo that the Tribulation Deliverance Sect was vying with the Heaven's Will Sect for the Profound Sun Realm and that outer disciples could earn rewards, including a Dao Register, by gathering intelligence there.
• Chu Mo asked whether all three spirit-grade arts carried similar dangers, and Ji Qing explained that obtaining a register and opening a Dharma Mansion changed the nature of foundation establishment.
• After Ji Qing left, Chu Mo considered the hidden dangers in his cultivation art and resolved to improve his strength before Zhou Huan returned and the Profound Sun Realm opportunity arrived.

Chu Mo advanced to the seventh layer of Qi Refining, strengthened his preparations, and bought an archery spell from Luo Shan. As Chu Mo approached his cave abode, he sensed that someone was watching him.

• Chu Mo freed Ke Wan, whose cultivation had been sealed, and spent the night with her.
• Old Man Li investigated Jiang Yunya's contacts, hoping to find Jiang Yunya's killer and earn a Foundation Establishment Pill from High Person Zhou Huan.
• Chu Mo reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining and dismantled Jiang Yunya's soul banner to strengthen his own.
• Chu Mo sold talismans, kept the high-grade ones for himself, and bought the Moon-Chasing Meteor spell from Luo Shan.
• Chu Mo declined to buy the Essence-Remnant Blood-Burning Art and sensed someone watching him as he neared his cave abode.

Chu Mo spotted three assassins disguised as rocks outside his cave abode and killed two before capturing the third. After learning that Old Man Li had hired them to monitor suspected people, Chu Mo returned home with the Obscuring Art, which he decided to learn.

• Chu Mo used the Spirit-Seeking Qi-Appraisal Art to identify three disguised assassins watching his cave abode.
• Chu Mo shot the lead assassin with a fiery arrow and killed Third with the Rosy light while Second fled.
• Chu Mo struck Second down, had Mu Yun and the Banner Spirits interrogate him, and learned that Old Man Li had hired the assassins to monitor suspected people, including Chu Mo.
• Chu Mo killed Second, used Mind-Cleansing Mantras on him, and returned to his cave abode with the Obscuring Art in his Inventory.
• Chu Mo read that the Obscuring Art could disguise inanimate objects and conceal a cultivator's form and presence at full mastery, and decided it was worth learning.

Old Man Li visited Chu Mo with an offer to assist High Person Mingli, but Chu Mo declined and became a leading suspect in the assassins' deaths. After learning that Old Man Li had reached Qi Refining Perfection, Chu Mo decided to investigate his weaknesses and contacted Ji Qing.

• Old Man Li visited Chu Mo and invited him to help High Person Mingli research the Great Rosy Cloud Origin Pill.
• Chu Mo declined the invitation, citing his duties for the True Harmony Association.
• Old Man Li left and resolved to watch Chu Mo, whom he suspected of killing the three assassins.
• Chu Mo recognized that Old Man Li's Qi Refining Perfection made him dangerous and decided to learn more about his background and weaknesses.
• Chu Mo chose to seek information from Ji Qing and sent a Voice Transmission Talisman to his cave abode.

Chu Mo learned from Ji Qing that High Person Mingli’s Great Rosy Cloud Origin Pill might use Profound Cavern Scripture cultivators as ingredients, and that Li Kui could be forced to make up the numbers. After studying Li Kui’s dossier, Chu Mo began considering a plan as Li Kui’s next visit to his mortal family approached.

• Chu Mo visited Ji Qing and explained that Li Kui had invited him to help refine the Great Rosy Cloud Origin Pill, but he had refused and wanted to learn more about Li Kui.
• Ji Qing warned that High Person Mingli’s alchemy relied on “nourishing like with like,” and said Li Kui cultivated the Profound Cavern Scripture and might be used as an ingredient if he failed to recruit enough people.
• Ji Qing summoned a Shadow Ghost from the Ancient Shadow Realm and explained its abilities, the realm’s suppression in Fuli Heaven, and why its Otherworld Ghosts no longer reproduced.
• Ji Qing gave Chu Mo Li Kui’s dossier, which revealed that Li Kui had recently reached the tenth level of Qi Refining, possessed considerable wealth, and returned to his mortal family every ten years in the eighth month.
• Chu Mo noted that it was early in the sixth month and left Ji Qing’s cave abode thinking over Li Kui’s assets and the two months remaining before his next family visit.

Rumors that Li Kui possessed immense wealth and secret cultivation techniques spread through the Tribulation Deliverance Sect, prompting Chu Mo to suspect others were exploiting the gossip. As Li Kui traveled to visit his lineage, more than a dozen disciples ambushed him, while Chu Mo watched from concealment and noticed other hidden observers nearby.

• Rumors spread that Li Kui had hoarded Dharma Coins, spirit pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, and secret techniques, though Li Kui remained unaware as he searched for Jiang Yunya's killer.
• Chu Mo heard the rumors from Mu Yun, recognized that they had grown far beyond what he started, and suspected other people were helping fuel them.
• Two months later, Li Kui left the sect by Flying Boat to visit his lineage and remembered his late elder brother and his promise to protect the Li bloodline.
• More than a dozen disciples ambushed Li Kui, but he defended himself with the Profound grotto rosy glow and [Illusory Truth Ruler], holding off the attackers despite their numbers.
• Chu Mo watched the battle from a concealed cloud and noticed health bars in the surrounding terrain, revealing that other hidden cultivators were also waiting to profit from the fight.

Li Kui fought off a group of Qi Refining cultivators with a false divine ability, but Chu Mo struck after the battle and was met by Li Kui’s black sword qi. The chapter ended as the sword reached Chu Mo despite his protective talismans.

• Li Kui killed the last of the first wave of cultivators, but six black-robed late-stage Qi Refining cultivators emerged from hiding and demanded his fortune.
• Li Kui unleashed the Three Corpses Form-Slaying Profound Capital Sword Qi, draining the leader’s true qi, and the attackers realized it was a false divine ability.
• Li Kui fought the black-robed cultivators for half an hour, killing them all while the false divine ability rapidly weakened him.
• Chu Mo, who had waited at a distance, fired nine arrows at Li Kui and struck him in the back.
• Li Kui sent his black sword qi at Chu Mo, who activated three Flame Sun Protection Talismans, but the sword’s arrival shocked him.

Chu Mo was killed by Li Kui’s Black Sword Greed-Clinging but revived and killed Li Kui with a surprise volley of arrows. He looted the battlefield and Li Kui’s cave abode, then examined the divine ability he had acquired and resolved to cultivate for the coming Profound Sun Realm matter.

• Li Kui’s black sword made Chu Mo’s spells devour his vital energy, and the Illusory Truth Ruler struck him dead.
• Chu Mo revived as Li Kui tried to heal, then killed him with nine flying arrows and collected the battlefield’s loot.
• Chu Mo searched Li Kui’s cave abode, erased clues linking him to the killing, and returned to his own cave abode.
• Chu Mo examined the Black Sword Greed-Clinging divine ability and found he could not learn it until Level 10.
• Chu Mo decided to focus on cultivation and prepare for the Profound Sun Realm matter.

Chu Mo prepared for the sect’s exploration of the Profound Sun Realm, reviewing Foundation Establishment and deciding to pursue a Heavenly Register through earning merit there. He arrived at the Dharma Transmission Plaza, where disciples had gathered for the dangerous expedition.

• Over the past year, Chu Mo advanced to the eighth level of Qi Refining, strengthened his spirit banner, gathered Banner Spirits, and profited by trading supplies as prices soared.
• Chu Mo studied Foundation Establishment and learned that it required trials of essence, qi, and spirit, a spirit embryo, and either a Dao Register or a Heavenly Register.
• After verifying that the Tribulation Deliverance Sect had information about Heavenly Registers and might reward exploration merit with access to one, Chu Mo resolved to pursue that path in the Profound Sun Realm.
• Chu Mo accepted Ji Qing’s invitation to explore together and rode his Spirit Cloud to the Dharma Transmission Plaza.
• Chu Mo arrived to find a vast crowd of accomplished disciples gathered for the perilous Otherworld exploration.

Chu Mo joined Ji Qing’s team for the expedition to the Profound Sun Realm and learned a shocking secret about Qi Luoshuang. True Person Mo Yuan announced that the sect’s vanguard would enter the realm as its gate prepared to open.

• Chu Mo met Ji Qing, Luo Shan, Yan Fei, and Lin Nan in the crowded square as their expedition team took shape.
• Luo Shan pointed out notable cultivators, and Chu Mo spotted Qi Luoshuang among the crowd.
• Ji Qing revealed that Qi Luoshuang possessed a seven-emotion exquisite body and was High Person Hong Xuan’s prospective Dao companion.
• True Person Mo Yuan arrived, silenced the crowd, and announced that the Profound Sun Realm’s coordinates were fixed and the vanguard would serve the sect there.
• Mo Yuan declared that the expedition would bring the realm under Fuli Heaven’s Heavenly Dao and spread order and enlightenment.

True Person Mo Yuan opened the World Gate to the Profound Sun Realm and promised disciples rewards, including the chance to establish a Dao Mansion. Chu Mo and his companions entered the realm, discovered its energy was harmful to ordinary cultivation, and found that the Celestial Circuit Qi-Gathering Method could refine it safely.

• True Person Mo Yuan announced that disciples could earn rewards and a chance to establish a Dao Mansion through their merits in the Profound Sun Realm.
• A World Gate opened, and Mo Yuan gave the disciples Guiding Seals before ordering them to enter the realm.
• Chu Mo traveled through the unstable passage with Ji Qing, Luo Shan, Yan Fei, and Lin Nan, and they arrived together in a desolate landscape.
• Chu Mo and Ji Qing sensed that the realm's energy was filthy, and Yan Fei was harmed when he tried to absorb it directly.
• Ji Qing gave Yan Fei a Spirit Pill to expel the foreign qi, then had him try the Celestial Circuit Qi-Gathering Method.
• Yan Fei safely absorbed pure spiritual qi with the method, and Luo Shan explained how its gathering and adaptation allowed it to work in other worlds.

Ji Qing's group encountered a Spider Demon attacking Shen Ming and other Great Yin Clerks, then rescued them with Luo Shan's Soul-Suppressing Nails. Lin Nan began questioning Shen Ming to learn where they were and why they had been traveling through the wilderness.

• Ji Qing's group traveled east across the barren land and spotted a battle between Great Yin Clerks and a Spider Demon.
• The Spider Demon nearly killed Shen Ming, the surviving Level 5 clerk, while taunting him and threatening to make him its blood meal.
• Luo Shan and the others pinned the Spider Demon with seven Soul-Suppressing Nails and surrounded it.
• Shen Ming introduced himself as a household affairs clerk from the Linhe County office and cautiously asked if his rescuers belonged to the Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Lin Nan used a faint pink shimmer in her eyes and asked Shen Ming about the territory, its jurisdiction, and the clerks' journey.