Chapter Summaries

Su Tian and Qing Lin faced a Mo Clan search of their inn after the clan discovered Qing Lin was missing. Qing Mu confronted the guards outside, and Su Tian ordered him to kill them.

• Su Tian woke after a night of cultivation and sensed his Dou Qi and Soul Power had grown stronger.
• Su Tian saw Mo Clan guards searching Salt City for Qing Lin and entering inns by force.
• The guards reached Su Tian's room, threatened its occupants, and prepared to break down the door.
• Qing Lin woke in fear, but Su Tian reassured her that she was safe with him.
• Qing Mu emerged from the neighboring room and warned the guards to leave; Su Tian then instructed him to kill them.

Qing Mu punished the Black Armored Guards after their captain attacked him, revealing Dou Ling-level strength and killing the captain. Mo Lin arrived at the inn with reinforcements and reacted in shock to Qing Mu’s aura.

• The Black Armored Captain mocked Qing Mu and jabbed a finger into his chest, so Qing Mu shattered the finger with a surge of Dou Qi.
• The Black Armored Captain ordered his guards to attack and crushed an ink-black Jade Token to summon help.
• Qing Mu kept his displayed strength at the Dou Ling level and swept the Black Armored Guards off the second-floor corridor.
• Qing Mu killed the Black Armored Captain with a palm strike while the remaining guards lay defeated.
• Mo Lin entered the inn with a large group of Black Armored Guards and reacted in shock when he sensed Qing Mu’s aura.

Mo Lin tried to learn Qing Mu’s identity while avoiding a conflict with the powerful stranger, but his subordinate’s provocation forced him to kill the man to appease Qing Mu. Su Tian then emerged and Qing Mu called him Master, before proposing that they kill Mo Lin and the others.

• Mo Lin introduced himself to Qing Mu and cautiously mentioned Great Elder Mo Cheng, hoping to learn Qing Mu’s name and deter him from attacking.
• A young Black Armored Captain insulted Qing Mu and invoked the Mo Clan’s authority, provoking Qing Mu’s mockery and murderous intent.
• Mo Lin apologized to Qing Mu and killed the young captain, then offered the death as a token of his apology.
• Su Tian stepped out of the room, and Mo Lin was shocked when Qing Mu addressed him as Master.
• Qing Mu suggested killing Mo Lin and the others to prevent future trouble, leaving Mo Lin panicked.

Su Tian confronted Mo Lin over the Mo Clan’s treatment of him and his companions, then accepted Mo Lin’s apology and left the dispute unresolved. As Mo Lin departed, Xiao Yan appeared after attacking Ling Lin, and Su Tian recognized him.

• Su Tian identified himself as a member of the Black Stone City Ye Family and rebuked Mo Lin for the Mo Clan’s earlier actions against the Ye Family and for interrupting his pill refinement.
• Mo Lin claimed the incident was a misunderstanding caused by a search for a Demonic Fiend, apologized on behalf of the Mo Clan, and promised a gift.
• Su Tian accepted the apology, said he and his companions would attend Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet, and returned to his room with Qing Mu.
• Mo Lin ordered the Black Armored Guards not to provoke Su Tian again and left the inn with his men.
• Ling Lin flew backward, injured and bleeding, as a black-robed man carrying a Black Ruler approached.
• Su Tian recognized the newcomer as Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan arrived in Salt City searching for Qing Lin and learned she had vanished from the Mo Clan. After he defeated Ling Lin, Mo Lin mistook him for an ally of Su Tian, whose voice then called Xiao Yan up to the inn.

• Xiao Yan discovered Qing Lin's portrait among the Mo Clan's search notices and learned she had disappeared from their compound.
• Xiao Yan recalled that the Mo Clan had taken Qing Lin and planned to question Mo Cheng at his birthday banquet.
• Ling Lin attacked Xiao Yan from behind, and he defeated her with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Mo Lin caught the injured Ling Lin and confronted Xiao Yan, assuming he was connected to Su Tian's group.
• Su Tian called Xiao Yan up from a second-floor window, and Xiao Yan unleashed a fierce aura.

Xiao Yan entered Su Tian’s room and discovered that Su Tian had rescued Qing Lin from the Mo Clan. The two agreed to make Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet a chance to strike back at the Mo Clan.

• Su Tian intervened when Mo Lin confronted Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan went upstairs after Yao Lao warned him not to act rashly.
• Mo Lin abandoned his attempt to attack Xiao Yan and continued searching Salt City for Qing Lin, who was already in Su Tian’s room.
• Xiao Yan found Qing Lin and learned from her that Su Tian had rescued her from the Mo Clan.
• Su Tian suggested they prepare a surprise for Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet, and Xiao Yan agreed to take revenge.

Xiao Yan and Su Tian argued over where Qing Lin should go after the Mo Clan affair, while Su Tian secretly planned to send her to the Heavenly Snake Mansion to grow stronger. At dawn, their party set out for the Mo Clan.

• Xiao Yan insisted that Qing Lin return with him to Stone Desert City after the next day's events, but Qing Lin said she wanted to stay with Su Tian.
• Su Tian teased Xiao Yan about his childhood secrets, and Xiao Yan stopped arguing and began cultivating by the window.
• Su Tian asked Qing Lin whether she wanted to stay with him and become stronger; she agreed to go wherever he took her.
• Su Tian privately planned to entrust Qing Lin to Lu Man and the Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Xiao Yan objected to sending her anywhere but Stone Desert City.
• At dawn, Su Tian, Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and two companions left the inn and headed toward the Mo Clan.

At Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet, Su Tian and his group drew the attention of the Mo and Ye families, while Mo Cheng welcomed an envoy from the Misty Cloud Sect. The envoy was Nalan Yanran, whose appearance left the black-robed Xiao Yan consumed by anger.

• Mo Cheng welcomed Salt City Lord Boer and Ye Family head Ye Cong to his birthday banquet, pleased by their attendance.
• Su Tian arrived with his group, and Mo Cheng praised him as a young Alchemist with a powerful servant; Ye Cong learned of Su Tian’s connection to the Black Stone City Ye Family.
• Mo Cheng noticed a familiar aura from a petite figure among Su Tian’s group but could not identify it.
• Mo Cheng personally went to greet the Misty Cloud Sect envoy, Nalan Yanran, as she entered the hall.
• Xiao Yan recognized Nalan Yanran, clenched his fists, and watched her with rising fury.

Xiao Yan unexpectedly encountered Nalan Yanran at Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet and struggled to control his hatred and the emotions driving him. Su Tian restrained him while Nalan Yanran noticed the black-robed guests and asked Mo Cheng about them.

• Nalan Yanran arrived with Ge Ye, and Mo Cheng welcomed them to the seats of honor as the hall’s factions admired her ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan watched Nalan Yanran and lost control of his aura, prompting Su Tian and his companions to tell him to calm down.
• Yao Lao and Su Tian helped Xiao Yan regain his composure, and Su Tian warned him to wait until the banquet began before acting.
• Nalan Yanran sensed something unusual about Xiao Yan and asked Mo Cheng whether the black-robed figures were his honored guests.
• Mo Cheng told Nalan Yanran that he wanted to recruit the group, praising the young alchemist and pointing out Qing Mu as a Dou Ling expert.

At the Mo Clan’s birthday banquet, Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye realized that Su Tian’s disguised companions were far stronger than they appeared, while Xiao Yan recognized Mo Li and resolved to kill Mo Cheng. When Mo Cheng announced plans for a Mo Alliance, Xiao Yan and Su Tian declared that they would destroy the Mo Clan, prompting Mo Cheng to unleash his Five-Star Dou Ling strength.

• Mo Cheng praised the disguised group’s strength, and Ge Ye admitted he could not gauge most of them while Nalan Yanran decided not to approach them.
• Mo Li arrived and greeted Nalan Yanran, while Xiao Yan recognized him as the man who had accompanied her to break off their engagement.
• Xiao Yan told Su Tian that he intended to kill Mo Cheng, and Su Tian accepted his plan.
• Mo Cheng announced that the Mo Clan intended to establish a Mo Alliance for mutual benefit.
• Xiao Yan declared that they would wash the Mo Clan in blood, and Su Tian clarified that the clan would cease to exist after the banquet.
• Mo Cheng erupted with murderous intent and gathered fire Dou Qi, revealing his Five-Star Dou Ling strength.

At the Mo Clan banquet, Su Tian and Xiao Yan openly insulted Mo Cheng and declared they had come to wreck the celebration, prompting Mo Cheng to order an attack. Xiao Yan’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame killed several Mo Clan experts, and Su Tian accepted the system’s task to be the first to kill fifty of them.

• Ge Ye advised Nalan Yanran to wait rather than intervene while Mo Cheng confronted the visitors.
• Xiao Yan called the Mo Clan a dog of the Misty Cloud Sect, and Su Tian declared that they had come to wreck the banquet.
• Mo Cheng ordered the Mo Clan experts to kill Su Tian and his companions.
• Xiao Yan used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to melt the attackers’ swords and burn several Mo Clan experts to ash.
• Xiao Yan challenged Su Tian to compete over who could kill the most Mo Clan members, and Su Tian accepted the system task to be the first to kill fifty experts.

Xiao Yan and Su Tian began their contest by slaughtering the Mo Clan experts, while Mo Cheng’s threats about the Misty Cloud Sect failed to stop them. Xiao Yan had already felled several men, and Su Tian had killed two as the battle continued.

• The crowd feared Xiao Yan after he incinerated Mo Clan experts with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Ge Ye recognized it as a heavenly flame.
• Xiao Yan dismissed Mo Cheng’s threats about the Misty Cloud Sect and struck him down with a single punch.
• Mo Cheng tried to invoke the Misty Cloud Sect again, but Qing Mu sent him crashing into the wall at Su Tian’s signal.
• Xiao Yan charged into the Mo Clan ranks, killing several experts and prompting Su Tian to join the fight.
• Su Tian killed one Mo Clan expert with a neck strike, then tore off another attacker’s arm and crushed his internal organs.

Su Tian unleashed a devastating attack on the Mo Clan experts, killing many of them as Xiao Yan fought nearby. Nalan Yanran stepped in to confront Su Tian, asking whether he had killed enough.

• Su Tian gathered his Dou Qi and struck the ground with Army Breaker, Dragon Fist, sending torrents of force through the Mo Clan experts.
• Su Tian triggered the energy inside the wounded Mo Clan experts, causing them to explode and die.
• Nalan Yanran watched Su Tian’s brutality and questioned whether someone like him belonged in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Ge Ye warned Nalan Yanran that he would get her out if danger arose, but she remained calm and confident.
• Su Tian said twelve more Mo Clan experts remained, but Nalan Yanran appeared before him and asked if he had killed enough.

Su Tian rejected Nalan Yanran’s offer to join the Misty Cloud Sect and set Xiao Yan against her while he returned to attacking the Mo Clan. Nalan Yanran tried to pursue Su Tian but found Xiao Yan blocking her way.

• Nalan Yanran offered to spare the Mo Clan if Su Tian and Xiao Yan joined the Misty Cloud Sect, and threatened to hunt them if they refused.
• Su Tian rejected Nalan Yanran’s ultimatum as she revealed her concealed strength as a One-Star Great Dou Master.
• Su Tian left Nalan Yanran to Xiao Yan and resumed killing the retreating Mo Clan experts to complete his system task.
• Nalan Yanran tried to bypass Xiao Yan and chase Su Tian, but Xiao Yan blocked her path, and she sensed the powerful aura of a Dou Huang expert.

Xiao Yan challenged Nalan Yanran to test her strength before their Three-Year Agreement, suppressing his power to match hers. Nalan Yanran accepted and launched the first attack.

• Xiao Yan decided to fight Nalan Yanran after Yao Lao suggested learning more about her strength before the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his aura and confronted Nalan Yanran, who retreated and questioned whether he would bully a junior.
• Xiao Yan threatened Ge Ye when he tried to intervene, and Nalan Yanran reassured Ge Ye that she would be safe.
• Xiao Yan lowered his strength to the level of a One-Star Great Dou Master, and Nalan Yanran gathered her aura and charged at him.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began fighting in the hall, while Su Tian continued killing Mo Clan experts to complete his mission. Nalan Yanran escalated the duel by preparing the Misty Cloud Sect’s Wind Spirit Splitting Sword.

• Nalan Yanran drew her longsword and challenged Xiao Yan, who faced her without revealing his identity or using his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Su Tian dodged a Mo Clan expert’s attack, struck him down, and counted forty-two kills as he worked toward his mission’s goal of fifty.
• Xiao Yan charged Nalan Yanran, destroyed her wind blades with his fists, and countered her sword slash with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Yan’s punch bent Nalan Yanran’s longsword, but she poured Dou Qi into it and sprang into the air.
• Nalan Yanran began forming the Wind Spirit Splitting Sword as Xiao Yan and Su Tian recognized the technique.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran continued their fierce duel as she unleashed the Wind Spirit Splitting Sword and drove him into a dangerous position in midair. Unable to evade the returning sword shadows, Xiao Yan met them head-on with his bone-white flame giant ruler, and their clash ended in a deafening explosion.

• Ge Ye recognized that Nalan Yanran had mastered five forms of the Wind Spirit Splitting Sword and thought the fight's outcome was uncertain.
• Xiao Yan used bursts of force to close in on Nalan Yanran and attacked with the Fire-Blowing Palm, destroying her wind blades.
• Nalan Yanran sent five sword-shaped energy afterimages at Xiao Yan, then redirected them toward him after he dodged their first pass.
• Unable to evade the returning sword shadows in midair, Xiao Yan powered up his bone-white flame giant ruler and swung it into them.

Xiao Yan fought Nalan Yanran and defeated her with a feint followed by Eight Extremes Collapse, though she landed safely and praised his skill. The battle was interrupted when Lu Man of the Heavenly Snake Mansion entered the hall and moved to seize Qing Lin.

• Nalan Yanran recognized that Xiao Yan had survived her Wind Spirit Splitting Sword and dodged his first charge.
• Xiao Yan greatly increased his speed, broke through Nalan Yanran's defenses, and struck her back with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Ge Ye rushed to catch Nalan Yanran, but she stopped herself in midair and reassured him that Xiao Yan had not meant to hurt her.
• Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils drew the attention of Lu Man, who charged toward her and trapped the group in a cage of tree trunks.
• Su Tian recognized the intruder as Lu Man of the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

Su Tian received a One-Star Dou Zong Experience Card and felt more confident facing Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong. Meanwhile, Lu Man appeared to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Xiao Yan attacked her as Su Tian watched his plan unfold.

• Su Tian claimed the system’s One-Star Dou Zong Experience Card and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Man appeared and declared that Qing Lin was her target, while Mo Cheng recognized Qing Lin and threatened everyone in the hall.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that Lu Man was dangerous, and Xiao Yan sensed a familiar aura from her.
• Lu Man destroyed Qing Lin’s cage and carried her away as Xiao Yan burned through his own cage and charged at Lu Man.
• Hai Bodong and the others held back when Su Tian did not act, while Su Tian believed his plan was halfway complete.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong confronted Lu Man as she tried to take Qing Lin from the Mo Clan, while Su Tian revealed that the Heavenly Snake Mansion had sent another Dou Huang expert. The standoff remained unresolved, with the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor waiting outside.

• Lu Man blocked Xiao Yan's attacks while Su Tian and the others broke free, and Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye realized Lu Man was looking for a chance to retreat.
• Lu Man tried to leave with Qing Lin, but Hai Bodong sealed the doorway with an ice shield, trapping her between him and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong revealed themselves as Dou Huang experts, shocking Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye, while Lu Man put Qing Lin to sleep and refused to release her.
• Su Tian identified Lu Man as a member of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and revealed that the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor was waiting outside the Mo Clan.