Chapter Summaries

Chu Mo attended the gathering at Clearlight Peak, where True Lord Xuan Cheng assigned disciples to help manage the new Daoist Grounds. After the others left, Xuan Cheng thanked Chu Mo for helping him obtain [Rosy Glow Stabilizing Origin] and asked what Chu Mo knew about the Otherworld connected to his Heavenly Register.

• Chu Mo received a summons to Clearlight Peak and noticed that its Nascent Soul Law made the surroundings dreamlike and could affect his thoughts.
• Chu Mo observed that Yuan Bai was absent and wondered whether the Crimson Sun Secret Realm had kept him from returning.
• True Lord Xuan Cheng gave the gathered Harmony Truth Disciples silver talismans, invited them to establish Cave Abodes, and assigned them duties at Clearlight Peak.
• Chu Mo realized that cultivating on Clearlight Peak would not benefit him because his Heavenly Register did not share the peak’s principles of the Law.
• Xuan Cheng kept Chu Mo behind, credited him with helping obtain [Rosy Glow Stabilizing Origin], and asked what he knew about the Otherworld linked to his Heavenly Register.

Chu Mo agreed to let Clearlight Peak’s disciples join him in exploring the Eternal Night Sea once he reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, while securing the right to lead their efforts. After receiving access to the peak’s resources and texts, he checked on Di Yang and saw him meeting the mysterious senior in person.

• True Lord Xuan Cheng warned Chu Mo that descending into the Otherworld would be dangerous and proposed sending Clearlight Peak disciples to assist him and seek resources.
• Chu Mo agreed to the proposal while asking to retain discretion over their explorations, and Xuan Cheng promised the disciples would follow his orders.
• Xuan Cheng opened Clearlight Peak’s pills, artifacts, talismans, and texts to Chu Mo and urged him to reach the late Foundation Establishment stage quickly.
• Chu Mo returned to his cave abode and used the Dao Mansion to check on Di Yang in the Eternal Night Sea.
• Chu Mo saw Di Yang speaking with a blurred figure whom Di Yang addressed as the senior who had given him Spirit Pills and Dharma Coins.

Di Yang nearly fell under the influence of an entity that appeared to be his senior, until Chu Mo warned him that it was not. Recognizing it as the Oddity Family and Friends, Di Yang fled home, but found Daoist Wuchen waiting in his courtyard.

• Di Yang met a familiar-looking figure that he instinctively believed was his senior and told it he had caught another Vengeful Ghost.
• Chu Mo saw the figure through the Dao Mansion and warned Di Yang that it was not him.
• Di Yang resisted the figure's influence, realized it might be the Oddity Family and Friends, and ran toward home.
• Uncle Zhang greeted Di Yang from an alley, but Di Yang ignored him and kept running.
• Di Yang activated the Rising Sun Array at his home, then noticed Daoist Wuchen standing silently in the courtyard.

Di Yang discovered that the Daoist Wuchen in his courtyard was an uncanny phenomenon that could cloud his mind and bypass the Rising Sun Array. Chu Mo sent the Vengeful Ghost to save him, but after it destroyed one apparition, another Wuchen appeared and beckoned Di Yang inside.

• Di Yang suspected that the Daoist Wuchen in his courtyard was not his real master and tried to retreat without looking, listening, or speaking.
• Chu Mo opened a passage to the Eternal Night Sea when Wuchen's voice began erasing Di Yang's doubts and luring him closer.
• A powerful Vengeful Ghost appeared, broke Di Yang out of his daze, and attacked Wuchen on Chu Mo's command.
• The Vengeful Ghost crushed Wuchen into gray mist, and Di Yang believed he had survived.
• Another Wuchen appeared beside Di Yang in the darkness and beckoned him inside.

Di Yang struggled against the Familiar Ghost’s hold as it repeatedly appeared as Daoist Wuchen, until a green-robed Daoist intervened and fled with him. They escaped the courtyard, but saw two identical county towns overlapping in the distance as the Familiar Ghost and another tale-born horror clashed.

• The Familiar Ghost repeatedly appeared as Wuchen and ensnared Di Yang, while Chu Mo wondered why the Vengeful Ghost could not affect it.
• A green-robed Daoist broke into the courtyard and recognized the Familiar Ghost after Di Yang warned him it could imitate familiar people.
• The green-robed Daoist used an antique bronze mirror to expose the Familiar Ghost’s imitations, then took Di Yang away in a black cloud.
• Di Yang and the green-robed Daoist escaped to the countryside, where the injured Daoist warned that two tale-born horrors were clashing.
• Di Yang saw two identical county towns overlapping in the distance.

Chu Mo watched Di Yang escape the county town after Yin Yan accepted the Rising Sun Array, but Di Yang believed the Mirror Person was his real master, Wuchen. Concerned by the Eternal Night Sea’s dangers, Chu Mo decided to research the Mysterious Female Pearl at Clearlight Peak before entering it again.

• Chu Mo realized Yin Yan’s mirror had summoned another Urban Legend, whose clash with the Familiar Ghost spread both sets of rules across the county town.
• At Chu Mo’s instruction, Di Yang gave Yin Yan the Rising Sun Array diagram, and Yin Yan invited him to visit the Heart-Examining Abbey before leaving.
• Di Yang told Chu Mo that his master had stayed behind in the town, and Chu Mo realized Di Yang had mistaken the Mirror Person for Wuchen.
• Chu Mo urged Di Yang to return to the Heart-Settling Abbey and check his master’s Life Token, and Di Yang agreed.
• Chu Mo withdrew his consciousness, resolved to refine a Mystic Womb Incarnation, and flew to Clearlight Peak to research the Mysterious Female Pearl.

While searching Clearlight Peak’s archives, Chu Mo found that the Mysterious Female Pearl might be another name for the rare essence of mother qi. He learned that Daoist Wuchen had died when Panyang City was destroyed, then headed to Clearlight Peak’s Elixir and Artifact Pavilion to claim supplies for cultivation.

• Chu Mo found an Azure Slip describing the essence of mother qi and suspected it was connected to the Mysterious Female Pearl.
• Chu Mo witnessed Di Yang learn that Daoist Wuchen’s Life Token had shattered three days earlier, with Panyang City named as the place of his death.
• The abbey master told Di Yang that Wuchen’s belongings and cultivation notes would pass to him, and urged him to focus on cultivation.
• Chu Mo suspected the urban legend in the bronze mirror had somehow caused Wuchen’s death and resolved to keep Di Yang alive so he could obtain Wuchen’s inheritance.
• After returning the Azure Slip, Chu Mo decided to take pills, artifacts, and talismans from Clearlight Peak and went to the Elixir and Artifact Pavilion.

Chu Mo collected imitation treasures, pills, and talismans from the True Harmony Association’s pavilion, then sought information about the essence of mother qi and began examining Wuchen’s spoils. Elsewhere, Ming He learned that Chu Mo was searching for something.

• Xu Ke told Chu Mo that Xuan Cheng had authorized him to select a reasonable number of treasures from the Inner Pavilion.
• Chu Mo discovered that most of the impressive Dharmic Treasures were imitations, then selected several with relatively minor flaws and took pills and talismans.
• Chu Mo returned to his Cave Abode, reviewed records about the essence of mother qi, and posted a task through the General Affairs Hall.
• Chu Mo sank his consciousness into the Eternal Night Sea to examine the spoils Wuchen had left behind.
• Ming He discussed Chu Mo’s search with a disciple after recalling his own recent breakthrough to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Chu Mo examined Daoist Wuchen’s inheritance and found a lead on crafting paper weapons before accepting Ming He’s invitation. At Ming He’s secluded abode, the two exchanged pleasantries, but Ming He eventually asked Chu Mo if he knew why he had been invited.

• Chu Mo studied the Yin-Devouring Body-Nourishing Method and Paper Folding into Soldiers, then recorded the paper-weapon techniques to potentially trade with True Harmony Association disciples.
• Ming He invited Chu Mo to a banquet and mentioned that he had a lead on the essence of mother qi, prompting Chu Mo to accept the invitation.
• Chu Mo used his movement art to arrive at Ming He’s pavilion unnoticed, startling a newly established foundation cultivator who then left.
• Ming He praised Chu Mo’s movement art and dharmic treasure, comparing it to Zhou Huan’s Illusory Mist Gauze, while Chu Mo concealed the treasure’s true name.
• Chu Mo and Ming He chatted without discussing the essence of mother qi until Ming He asked why Chu Mo thought he had invited him.

Ming He offered Chu Mo access to the Lesser Origin Realm, where Essence of Mother Qi could be found, in exchange for a chance to enter Chu Mo’s Heavenly Register world. Chu Mo hesitated over the danger of that world, while Ming He insisted he would accept the risk himself.

• Ming He asked Chu Mo about the Ten Thousand Infant Tower, and Chu Mo returned it before Ming He turned to his request for Essence of Mother Qi.
• Chu Mo admitted he wanted Essence of Mother Qi but made Ming He explain what he wanted in return.
• Ming He asked Chu Mo for one chance to enter the world connected to his Heavenly Register, but Chu Mo cited True Lord Xuan Cheng’s authority over it.
• Ming He revealed his Soul-Dividing Thought-Transformation Great Art and offered Chu Mo a chance to enter the Lesser Origin Realm in exchange for access to Chu Mo’s world.
• Chu Mo warned that the unknown world was perilous, but Ming He declared he feared a roadless future more than death and urged Chu Mo to agree.

Chu Mo and Ming He entered the Lesser Origin Realm to obtain the [Essence of Mother Qi], while the Origin Race prepared for the arrival of the Otherworldly Demons. The chapter ended with Ming He telling Chu Mo that they only had to kill to get the treasure.

• Chu Mo agreed to Ming He's deal, signed a written agreement, and received a jade slip about the Lesser Origin Realm.
• Chu Mo studied the realm's information and used the True Harmony Token to investigate it before meeting Ming He three days later.
• Chu Mo and Ming He entered the Lesser Origin Realm, where Ming He explained that the Dao Lord had exterminated its Golden Core-or-higher natives and barred beings above Foundation Establishment from emerging.
• Yuan Hao sensed the Otherworldly Demons' arrival, alerted Yuanyang City, and warned Yuan Xu to remain under the protection of origin magnetism until the Holy Son was born.
• Chu Mo asked Ming He how they would obtain the [Essence of Mother Qi], and Ming He replied that they only had to kill.

Chu Mo and Ming He split up to hunt the Origin Race, and Chu Mo used his paper army to massacre the inhabitants of Lotus Leaf Island. In Yuanyang City, Yuan Hao learned that two districts had gone silent as the Holy Child’s gestation accelerated.

• Ming He told Chu Mo that killing the Origin Race would cause the Essence of Mother Qi to appear, and they agreed to act separately.
• Chu Mo attacked Lotus Leaf Island with paper soldiers, breaking through its magnetic origin barrier with Yin Baleful Arrows.
• The paper army slaughtered the island’s inhabitants and turned many into Banner Spirits, while Bai Ju subdued a crimson second-tier Origin Race member.
• Chu Mo ordered the Banner Spirits to gather the scattered qi so the Origin Race’s bodies would not go to waste.
• Yuan Xu reported that Southwestern District Twenty-Seven and Northeastern District Thirty-One had lost contact, and Yuan Hao sensed that the Holy Child’s gestation had accelerated.

Chu Mo ordered his paper army to conquer the Twenty-Sixth District after slaughtering the Twenty-Seventh, while the Azure Race struggled with internal divisions and a failing defense. Bai Ju’s forces broke the island’s barrier and engulfed its defenders.

• Chu Mo collected the Origin Race members he had killed on Lotus Leaf Island and learned from Bai Ju that the Twenty-Sixth District lay nearby.
• Chu Mo asked Ming He how many Origin Race members they needed to kill for the essence of mother qi, and Ming He urged him to kill as many as possible.
• Bai Ju led the paper army toward the Twenty-Sixth District as Island Lord Qing Lan ordered the Azure Race to pool its strength for the island’s defense.
• Qing Che forcibly drained origin from mixed-color clansmen, and one six-colored member protested that the Azure Race had never treated them as people.
• The paper army attacked, shattered the barrier, and engulfed Qing Che and the defenders.

Bai Ju and Ming He continued destroying Origin Race settlements as Yuan Hao organized an attempt to delay the Heavenly Demons. Yuan Hao’s elders moved to intercept Chu Mo, but their combined attack failed, leaving Chu Mo unharmed and close to them.

• Bai Ju’s paper figures overwhelmed Willow Leaf Island and slaughtered its defenders, while Yuan Hao watched reports of more districts going dark.
• Yuan Hao proposed luring the two Heavenly Demons into the No. 3 Origin Magnetism Force Field, and Qing Xian agreed to join the interception.
• Ming He noticed signs of manipulated Magnetic Origin Force and flew toward the disturbance, disguising his appearance as he went.
• Chu Mo learned that Origin Race survivors were evacuating toward Yuanyang City, then sensed three powerful elders approaching him.
• Qing Xian and the two elders attacked Chu Mo with their combined abilities, but he appeared beside them unharmed and praised their attack.

Chu Mo ambushed three Origin Race elders, killed Chicheng and the Blue Race elder, and drove Qing Xian to flee. After collecting their drops, he headed toward Bai Ju, while Qing Xian examined the mysterious Origin Qi that had helped her escape.

• Chu Mo struck Elder Chicheng with the Three Corpses Sword, reducing his cultivation and preventing him from dispersing.
• Chu Mo evaded the elders’ attacks with the Five-Colored Mist Veil until they tried to escape toward the No. 3 Force Field.
• Chu Mo sent the Ten Thousand Infant Tower after the fleeing elders, and the resentful infants engulfed Chicheng and took his soul and crimson Origin energy.
• Chu Mo used the Three Corpses Sword to find and weaken the Blue Race elder, then killed him with the infant tide and Treasure Mirror.
• Qing Xian escaped after a mysterious strand of Origin Qi suddenly appeared within her and boosted her flight speed.
• Chu Mo gathered the elders’ drops and flew toward Bai Ju’s location as Qing Xian wondered what the new Origin Qi was.

Chu Mo watched Bai Ju’s paper army drive the Origin Race toward Yuanyang City and struck down Yuan Xu, a White Race fighter defending the refugees. Yuan Xu fell into the void but appeared to survive, leaving Chu Mo puzzled about what lay beneath the floating landmass; meanwhile, Ming He faced trouble at the No. 3 Origin Magnetism Force Field.

• Chu Mo surveyed Bai Ju’s assault and noticed Yuan Xu fighting the paper army to protect the fleeing Origin Race.
• Chu Mo struck Yuan Xu with Dark Nether Soul-Seizing, silencing his origin Qi and sending him falling into the void below.
• Chu Mo searched the void with his divine thought but found no trace of Yuan Xu, despite believing the young White Race member was not dead.
• Chu Mo sent four Banner Spirits into the void, but each connection broke after it descended to a certain depth.
• Chu Mo sensed that Yuan Xu’s unusual fluctuations resembled Qing Xian’s, while Ming He confronted elders at the No. 3 Origin Magnetism Force Field.

Ming He overcame the Origin Race elders’ No. 3 Origin Magnetism Force Field with his Profound Yin Water Baleful Intent, killing two elders before Qing Xian rescued the survivors. He recognized the power she used as Origin Race Mother Qi and contacted Chu Mo, eager to learn how many enemies Junior Brother Youxuan had killed.

• Ming He fought the five Origin Race elders inside their No. 3 Origin Magnetism Force Field, which suppressed his weapons and hindered his dharma power.
• Qing Xian returned and told Yuan Hao that Chicheng and Lan Ming had fallen to Junior Brother Youxuan.
• Ming He summoned two divided souls and unleashed Profound Yin Water Baleful Intent, weakening the elders and breaking their force field.
• Ming He killed the yellow and violet elders and absorbed their remaining origin essence.
• Qing Xian’s strength surged, and she carried the three surviving elders away in an azure-gold rainbow.
• Ming He identified Qing Xian’s power as Origin Race Mother Qi and sent Chu Mo a message asking how many enemies Junior Brother Youxuan had killed.

Ming He explained that Qing Xian was the chosen Holy Child and planned to give the Origin Race a staged victory before harvesting the Essence of Mother Qi. After Ming He and Chu Mo destroyed Yuanyang City's barrier, Qing Xian awoke as the Holy Child while the city fell.

• Ming He told Chu Mo that Qing Xian was the chosen Essence and that her awakening would produce the Essence of Mother Qi.
• Ming He explained that they would let the Holy Child save the Origin Race at the final moment so the survivors would retain hope.
• Yuan Hao and the surviving elders guarded Qing Xian as she remained unconscious and the Origin Race suffered further losses.
• Ming He and Chu Mo attacked Yuanyang City's barrier, and Ming He used a Jade Talisman to expose its remaining flaw.
• The Origin Race poured their power into the barrier, but it shattered, and Qing Xian awoke in a golden robe as the city fell.

Qing Xian and Yuan Xu joined forces against Ming He and Chu Mo, but the Heavenly Dao reversed the world and drew them toward the Mountain of Origin. Chu Mo nearly escaped through a vortex before the Lesser Origin Realm froze and a health bar identifying Dao Lord Darkworld appeared.

• Qing Xian drew on Yuanyang City's Magnetic Origin Force and fought Ming He and Chu Mo, who lured her toward their concealed passage.
• Yuan Xu arrived as a second Holy Child, claiming the Mother of Origin had empowered him to eradicate the Heavenly Demons.
• Yuan Xu spread a sea of pure-white qi that reversed Heaven and Earth and dragged the four fighters toward the Mountain of Origin.
• Chu Mo told Ming He to retreat, and Ming He opened a golden vortex connected to Fuli Heaven.
• Ming He’s split souls held off Qing Xian and Yuan Xu while Chu Mo raced toward the vortex, but the Lesser Origin Realm froze and a health bar for Dao Lord Darkworld appeared.

After Dao Lord Darkworld intervened in the Lesser Origin Realm, Chu Mo returned to his Cave Abode with a Mysterious Female Pearl and other gains. Five years later, he had reached Level 20 and successfully created a mystic womb incarnation, leaving him ready to prepare for the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

• Dao Lord Darkworld erased the [Map: Mountain of Origin] and returned Chu Mo, Ming He, Qing Xian, and Yuan Xu to Fuli Heaven.
• Ming He used the [Thought-Extinguishing Sword] to turn Qing Xian and Yuan Xu into two masses of essence of mother qi, then gave one to Chu Mo.
• Chu Mo returned to his Cave Abode, resolved to refine a mystic embryo, and entered seclusion after marking the supplementary materials he needed.
• Over five years, Chu Mo cultivated, improved the Five-Colored Mist Veil, and filled the Profound Banner with Ghost Creatures from the Eternal Night Sea.
• Chu Mo used the [Mystic Embryo Primordial Life Great Art] to create a High Person Youxuan incarnation, then prepared to pursue the late stage of Foundation Establishment.