Chapter Summaries

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun returned to the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain and risked a battle against sixteen Dou Emperor experts to claim a Six-Hundred-Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Flower. Back at the Wang Residence, Xiao Mo concluded that their cultivation had nearly stalled and that they would need to remain in the Jia Ma Empire before attempting to grow stronger in the Black-Corner Region.

• Wang Miaojun told Xiao Mo her intuition led her to expect a great opportunity in the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain, so they prepared and departed three days later.
• Xiao Mo discovered a Six-Hundred-Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Flower guarded by sixteen Dou Huang experts and decided to fight for it.
• Xiao Mo used four Dou Zong Talismans, fought the experts for an hour, killed two, and seized the flower while Wang Miaojun hid.
• Xiao Mo escaped with Wang Miaojun into the system's space, and they later returned to the Wang Residence by teleportation.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun agreed that their cultivation progress had nearly stalled and that they would need to stay in the Jia Ma Empire before pursuing growth in the Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun discussed the dangers of pursuing strength and reaffirmed their commitment to reach the Central Plains together. Despite Wang Miaojun’s fears, Xiao Mo returned with her to the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain to seek a breakthrough, cautiously beginning at its outskirts.

• Xiao Mo urged Wang Miaojun to accept the risks of seeking greater strength, while she worried about the dangers of the Black-Corner Region and the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun promised to stay together and reach the Central Plains, and she noticed that he had grown more hardened since the battlefield.
• Xiao Mo found comfort in Wang Miaojun at the Wang Residence, then resolved to continue pursuing a breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Mo returned with Wang Miaojun to the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain, where they agreed to explore its outskirts cautiously.
• Xiao Mo led Wang Miaojun to a thousand-year seven-colored flower.

Xiao Mo fought rival cultivators to claim rare herbs in the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain, then entered an abandoned sect’s secret realm with Wang Miaojun. They found a Treasure Pavilion and a hundred-thousand-year ice spirit grass, which Xiao Mo planned to absorb before returning.

• Xiao Mo killed one of two Dou Emperors competing for a thousand-year seven-colored flower, and the other fled.
• Xiao Mo fought five Five-Star Dou Emperors for a ten-thousand-year ice spirit grass, defeated and killed them, then escaped with Wang Miaojun.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun that they needed to risk more to secure enough gains, and she agreed to follow his lead.
• Xiao Mo brought Wang Miaojun into an abandoned sect’s secret realm and found its Treasure Pavilion.
• Xiao Mo discovered a hundred-thousand-year ice spirit grass and decided to take it out to absorb before returning to the secret realm.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun escaped the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain with rare spirit medicines, but absorbing them barely improved Xiao Mo’s Eight-Star Dou Emperor cultivation. They agreed to attend Mittel’s auction together, where the first item was a sixth-level magical beast’s torso.

• Xiao Mo took the 100,000-year ice spirit grass, and he and Wang Miaojun left the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain for the Wang Residence.
• Xiao Mo absorbed the 100,000-year ice spirit grass and other spirit medicines, but his cultivation barely improved.
• Wang Miaojun told Xiao Mo she approved of him taking a concubine and invited him to Mittel’s auction in three days.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun attended the auction, where the first lot was a sixth-level magical beast’s torso with its magic core and a starting bid of 200,000 spirit stones.

Xiao Mo competed for rare auction items and won a stalk of 100,000-year ice spirit grass for twenty-one million spirit stones. He then bid for the Supreme Dou Huang Pill, but a mysterious bidder raised the price to thirty million spirit stones, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Xiao Mo watched the sixth-level magical beast torso and seventh-level water-attribute magic core sell without bidding on either item.
• Xiao Mo bid against another bidder for the 100,000-year ice spirit grass and won it for twenty-one million spirit stones.
• The auctioneer introduced the Supreme Dou Huang Pill, which could raise the cultivation of someone below Eight-Star Dou Emperor by one star.
• Xiao Mo bid ten million spirit stones for the pill, and the mysterious bidder countered with thirty million.

Xiao Mo won the Supreme Dou Huang Pill and a 100,000-year ice spirit grass at auction, but absorbing both failed to advance his Eight-Star Dou Emperor cultivation. After resting, he and Wang Miaojun planned to expand the Poetry Treasure Pavilion, while Xiao Mo resolved to attend the Alchemist Guild’s Pill Gathering and slow their cultivation pace.

• Xiao Mo outbid a Misty Cloud Sect woman, spending seventy-six million spirit stones on the ice spirit grass and Supreme Dou Huang Pill.
• Xiao Mo absorbed both treasures, but neither increased his cultivation realm.
• Wang Miaojun told Xiao Mo she planned to open a Poetry Treasure Pavilion branch and had contacted four Alchemy Masters.
• Xiao Mo refined five Seventh-Tier Pills and said he would attend the upcoming Pill Gathering as a seventh-tier Alchemy Master.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun discussed delaying another trip to the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain and slowing their cultivation to keep their realms stable.

Xiao Mo reflected on how war had changed him and shared his worries about returning to Tiger-Suppressing Pass with Wang Miaojun. Reassured that they could stay together, the two prepared to release Kongming Lanterns in Jia Ma Holy City.

• Xiao Mo explained to Wang Miaojun that temperament made cultivation level and actual combat strength different, then decided to focus on the Poetry Treasure Pavilion before visiting the Heavenly Mansion Immortal Domain again.
• Xiao Mo rested, talked with Wang Miaojun about reaching the Central Plains Continent, and chose to enjoy his hard-won peace instead of setting out.
• While strolling through Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun discussed how the battles at Tiger-Suppressing Pass had changed him and brought Wang Miaojun to tears over the possibility of being separated.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun that Yao Xuanchen had authorized him to enter and leave Tiger-Suppressing Pass freely, meaning she could accompany him there.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun returned to the Wang Residence, drank sweet wine, and went to a tavern rooftop to release two Kongming Lanterns with spiritual arrays.

Xiao Mo reunited with Lin Xinzhe and agreed to compete with him in alchemy as the Pill Gathering approached. Their contest ended with Lin Xinzhe claiming that his top-quality Purple Spirit Pill had beaten Xiao Mo’s pill.

• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun released Kongming Lanterns, spoke about their wish to reach the Central Plains Continent, and returned to the Wang Residence.
• Wang Miaojun urged Xiao Mo to resume work on the Poetry Treasure Pavilion and prepare for the upcoming Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Mo visited Lin Xinzhe, learned that he had become a Dou Emperor, and agreed to an alchemy contest.
• Xiao Mo and Lin Xinzhe each refined a pill at the Alchemist Guild, and Lin Xinzhe declared that Xiao Mo had lost to his top-quality Purple Spirit Pill.

Lin Xinzhe refined a top-quality eighth-tier Purple Spirit Pill and admitted that he was fixated on defeating Xiao Mo, who conceded to him while agreeing to settle their contest at the Pill Gathering. Xiao Mo invited Lin Xinzhe to take a stake in expanding the Poetry Treasure Pavilion, and Lin Xinzhe agreed to stay in the Jia Ma Empire and discuss the plans the next day.

• Lin Xinzhe refined a top-quality Purple Spirit Pill, and Xiao Mo praised his progress.
• Lin Xinzhe confessed that he wanted to defeat Xiao Mo properly, and Xiao Mo said he conceded while agreeing they would compete at the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Mo asked Lin Xinzhe to join the Poetry Treasure Pavilion's expansion, and Lin Xinzhe requested a stake in the business.
• Xiao Mo explained plans for three auctions, and Lin Xinzhe offered to contribute pills, including his Purple Spirit Pill.
• Lin Xinzhe said he planned to stay in the Jia Ma Empire and devote himself to cultivation, and Xiao Mo arranged to discuss the auction plans with him the next day.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun planned an auction to expand the Poetry Treasure Pavilion, with Xiao Mo promising to supply a large collection of powerful pills. He began refining them at the Wang Residence, starting with Fire Spirit Divine Longevity Pills, as the auction preparations moved forward.

• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun that he could defeat Lin Xinzhe and proposed holding three auctions to expand the Poetry Treasure Pavilion.
• Wang Miaojun and Xiao Mo discussed the first auction with Lin Xinzhe, who agreed to help manage the pavilion and refine three eighth-tier Purple Spirit Pills.
• Xiao Mo announced he would refine seven seventh-tier pills, four eighth-tier pills, and one ninth-tier pill for the auction, while Lin Xinzhe supplied three more eighth-tier pills.
• Wang Miaojun affirmed her faith in Xiao Mo, and he promised they would reach the Central Plains together.
• Xiao Mo began refining Fire Spirit Divine Longevity Pills, which could extend a person's life by thirty years, and Wang Miaojun came to watch.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun held an auction at the Poetry Treasure Pavilion, selling supreme-quality pills that drew fierce bidding. The auction ended this chapter with paddle number 67 winning a Purple Spirit Pill for sixteen million spirit stones.

• Xiao Mo gathered the Purple Spirit Pills Lin Xinzhe had refined and arranged an auction at the pavilion, scheduled to begin three days later.
• Wang Miaojun hired an auctioneer from the Mittel Auction House, who opened the auction by presenting seven seventh-tier pills, eight eighth-tier pills, and one ninth-tier pill.
• Buyers bid the Fire Spirit Divine Longevity Pills up to ten million spirit stones each, while the auctioneer announced that the Poetry Treasure Pavilion would later offer more.
• The auctioneer introduced a supreme-quality Purple Spirit Pill that could advance anyone below Eight-Star Dou Emperor by one star.
• A buyer won the Purple Spirit Pill with paddle number 67 after bidding sixteen million spirit stones.

Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun watched the auction’s eighth-tier pills sell for huge sums before the Level Nine Heavenly Origin Soul-Restoring Pill closed the event. They opened a new Pill Pavilion, then returned to Tiger-Suppressing Pass, where Xiao Mo considered how far he still had to go before reaching the Central Plains.

• The auction sold the eighth-tier Purple Spirit Pills and Xiao Mo’s Dragon-Tiger Soul-Restoring Pill for millions of spirit stones, while the Heavenly Origin Soul-Restoring Pill served as the final showpiece.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun they would finish establishing the Poetry Treasure Pavilion before setting out on a new journey.
• Wang Miaojun proposed opening a single new Pill Pavilion, and Xiao Mo agreed; after its opening, he refined a hundred pills to stock the Pill Treasury and left the rest to Lin Xinzhe.
• Xiao Mo took Wang Miaojun to Tiger-Suppressing Pass and said the Alchemist Guild had nothing more to offer him.
• As Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun settled into the King of Chu’s resting chamber, they discussed needing to reach Three-Star Dou Zun before traveling to the Central Plains.

Xiao Mo invaded the Chu Yun Empire with three hundred thousand Divine Strategy Army soldiers, hoping to push himself beyond Eight-Star Dou Emperor by taking on extreme risks. After capturing Dehai City and Huizhou City, he prepared to face the Chu Yun Emperor and escape back to Tiger-Suppressing Pass.

• Xiao Mo left Wang Miaojun at Tiger-Suppressing Pass and led three hundred thousand Divine Strategy Army soldiers toward the Chu Yun Empire to seek a breakthrough.
• Xiao Mo surrounded Huizhou City, then captured Dehai City after five days of assaults and used it to rest and resupply his army without allowing massacres or plunder.
• Xiao Mo's army captured Huizhou City after a ten-day siege, replenished its supplies, and incorporated surrendered prisoners of war into the Divine Strategy Army.
• After resting for thirty days, Xiao Mo learned that the Chu Yun Emperor had arrived with five hundred thousand troops and focused on breaking out of the empire.
• Xiao Mo met the Chu Yun Emperor and explained that he had risked everything by invading because danger offered him a chance to advance beyond the Peak Dou Emperor stage.

Xiao Mo defended Huizhou City against the Chu Yun Empire's forces for three months before leading the Divine Strategy Army in a night breakout back to Tiger-Suppressing Pass. He reunited with Li Wei and Wang Miaojun, and reported that his soldiers had all reached the Dou Emperor stage while he neared the peak of Eight-Star Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Mo left the Chu Yun emperor's tent and prepared to defend Huizhou City with the Divine Strategy Army.
• Xiao Mo and his soldiers held the city through a three-month siege, suffering losses as the army's cultivation advanced.
• Xiao Mo divided the remaining 280,000 soldiers into seven units and ordered an all-out nighttime breakout toward Tiger-Suppressing Pass.
• Xiao Mo led the army back to Tiger-Suppressing Pass, where Li Wei welcomed them and arranged supplies and rest.
• Xiao Mo shared a meal with Li Wei, then told Wang Miaojun about the battle and the army's gains in cultivation.

Xiao Mo launched an invasion of the Chu Yun Empire’s Outer Enclave to establish a forward base and gain more resources. After capturing Heavenly God Pass, his army took Xiahao City, where he ordered the soldiers to maintain strict discipline.

• Xiao Mo decided to seize the Outer Enclave and prepare it as a base for further attacks on the Chu Yun Empire.
• Wang Miaojun worried about Xiao Mo’s safety, and he promised to do everything he could to return to her.
• Xiao Mo marched with the Divine Strategy Army, camped for three days, and captured Heavenly God Pass after a four-day battle.
• Xiao Mo left thirty thousand soldiers to defend Heavenly God Pass and led the remaining army toward Xiahao City.
• Xiao Mo ordered an assault on Xiahao City, and the Divine Strategy Army captured it in five days.
• Xiao Mo forbade killing, looting, and setting fires, ordering the army to strictly uphold discipline.

After securing Xiahao City, Xiao Mo planned to control the exclave by recruiting local troops and taking its five remaining key cities. His first campaign against Biyu City stalled after fifteen days, and he devised a feigned retreat to draw its defenders out.

• Xiao Mo discussed controlling the exclave with Zhu Chengzhi, who advised him to build strength and recruit local people and soldiers.
• Xiao Mo established the Tiger Valor Army, reclaimed wasteland, collected taxes while exempting the poor, and raised the new force to ten thousand men.
• Xiao Mo marched on Biyu City with 150,000 Divine Strategy Army troops and 10,000 Tiger Valor Army troops, leaving 100,000 troops to defend Xiahao City.
• After fifteen days of bloody assaults failed to capture Biyu City, Xiao Mo planned to feign a retreat and destroy the defenders when they pursued.

Xiao Mo captured Biyu City, connected it to Xiahao and Hanzhong City, and established the Chu Kingdom across a vast territory. After celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival alone, he spoke with Wang Miaojun and considered building his forces against the Chu Yun Empire.

• Xiao Mo lured Biyu City's army into a field battle, destroyed its sixty thousand elite troops, then captured Biyu City without plundering or massacring its people.
• Xiao Mo appointed the Ten Divine Strategy Commanders, led by Ma Yuanxun, to bring the surrounding cities and towns under Biyu City's administration.
• Xiao Mo led seventy thousand troops toward Hanzhong City, which surrendered before he arrived, and then occupied the neighboring settlements.
• Xiao Mo distributed his two hundred and fifty thousand Divine Strategy soldiers across the region and established the Chu Kingdom over more than three million square kilometers.
• Xiao Mo celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival alone, then reassured Wang Miaojun through the Communication Jade Disc and promised her a surprise when he returned.

Xiao Mo reorganized the Chu Kingdom’s government and built up the Tiger Valor Army before launching a campaign to seize most of the Chu Yun Empire’s frontier territory. After capturing three fortified cities and their surrounding settlements, he consolidated civil authority and left one final city unconquered.

• Xiao Mo and his eleven chosen administrators established a council and introduced tax relief for low-income people, aid for the disabled and displaced, and taxes on wealthy earners and large merchant associations.
• After months of reforms and saving revenue, Xiao Mo expanded the Tiger Valor Army to 250,000 soldiers and trained it to conquer the Chu Yun Empire’s frontier exclave.
• Xiao Mo led the Tiger Valor Army to besiege and capture Tianyuan City, then took control of the smaller towns under its jurisdiction.
• Xiao Mo captured Heyuan City after a month-long siege and then led his forces against Bright Moon City.
• After taking Bright Moon City, Xiao Mo occupied the towns under the three captured cities, bringing four-fifths of the territory under the Chu Kingdom’s control.
• Xiao Mo reorganized the territory’s civil administration, removed most military authority from the three cities, and left the final fortified city alone for the time being.

Xiao Mo consolidated his control over the Chu Kingdom, built up its administration and army, and reached peak Eight-Star Dou Emperor while preparing to advance further. He returned to Wang Miaojun at Tiger-Suppressing Pass and revealed that he had become the King of Chu, inviting her to make their home there.

• Xiao Mo abandoned the final great stronghold and reorganized the Chu Kingdom around the administrative centers of Biyu, Tianyuan, and Heyuan.
• Zhu Chengzhi advised Xiao Mo not to proclaim himself emperor, and Xiao Mo kept the title of King of Chu while expanding the Tiger Valor Army to five hundred thousand soldiers.
• Xiao Mo broke through to peak Eight-Star Dou Emperor and refined a supreme-quality eighth-tier Purple Spirit Pill to help him pursue the Nine-Star realm.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun through the Communication Jade Disc that he would visit her, then entrusted Chu Kingdom affairs to the Ten Divine Strategy Commanders and Zhu Chengzhi for ten days.
• Xiao Mo reunited with Wang Miaojun at Tiger-Suppressing Pass and revealed that he had conquered a territory and become the King of Chu.
• Xiao Mo showed Wang Miaojun the territory on a map and invited her to gather their funds and live with him in the Chu Kingdom.

Xiao Mo built up the Chu Kingdom’s forces and faced the Chu Yun Empire’s invasion, led by Cai Tianhui. After a bloody two-month stalemate outside Biyu, Xiao Mo ordered a final assault that would decide whether Great Chu survived.

• Xiao Mo promised Wang Miaojun that a Teleportation Spirit Array would connect the Holy City to his capital, Bright Moon City, where she would be his queen.
• Xiao Mo expanded the Divine Strategy Army and Tiger Valor Army until they numbered nearly a million troops, while the Chu Yun Empire sent five hundred thousand Death Warriors under Cai Tianhui.
• The Chu Yun Death Warriors captured Heavenly God Pass, then advanced toward Biyu, where Xiao Mo met Cai Tianhui and refused to kill him.
• Xiao Mo led six hundred thousand troops against the five hundred thousand Death Warriors, and after two months of fighting his forces had lost a hundred thousand men while the enemy had fallen to three hundred and fifty thousand.
• Xiao Mo ordered his troops to launch a final assault outside Biyu City, putting the fate of Great Chu on the outcome of the battle.