Chapter Summaries

Xiao Mo reached Peak Dou Emperor but could not break through to Dou Zong, while Han Qiuling prepared the Qi Kingdom for war against the Han Dynasty. After consolidating the kingdom and planning an expedition, Han Qiuling reassured Wang Miaojun that she and Xiao Mo would remain master and disciple.

• Xiao Mo reached Peak Dou Emperor, thanked Han Qiuling for accepting him as her disciple, and learned that the Han Dynasty would soon threaten the Qi Kingdom.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun spent three months managing the Qi Kingdom’s affairs as Han Qiuling trained its forces.
• Han Qiuling reported that the kingdom had seven hundred thousand elite Sky Wolf Army troops and planned to raise a six-hundred-thousand-strong Asura Army for an expedition against the Han Dynasty.
• Han Qiuling left Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun in charge of the Qi Kingdom and promised to help Xiao Mo advance, while Wang Miaojun grew jealous of Xiao Mo’s admiration for his master.
• Han Qiuling told Wang Miaojun to strengthen herself and insisted that she and Xiao Mo would have no relationship beyond master and disciple, easing Wang Miaojun’s worries.

Han Qiuling expanded the Qi Kingdom to nearly forty cities and built the Asura Army to 1.6 million soldiers, prompting the Han Dynasty to invade. After half a year of stalemate, the Han Dynasty withdrew, and Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo to pull back as well and keep strengthening the kingdom.

• Han Qiuling directed Xiao Mo to raise a 600,000-soldier Asura Army and conquer twenty surrounding cities.
• Han Qiuling captured ten cities, while Xiao Mo incorporated them into the Qi Kingdom; the kingdom eventually grew to nearly forty cities and a quarter of the Han Dynasty.
• The Han emperor mobilized 1.1 million soldiers and four Peak Dou Zun experts against the Qi Kingdom, while Han Qiuling and Xiao Mo expanded their army to 1.6 million.
• Han Qiuling led an attack on the Han Dynasty's central camp, killed its commanding general, and won the first battle.
• Han Qiuling held off the four Peak Dou Zun experts while Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun fought the Han army in a stalemate that lasted more than half a year.
• The Han Dynasty withdrew because its supplies were running low, and Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo to withdraw and continue building the Qi Kingdom's strength.

After the Qi Kingdom repelled the Han Dynasty, Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo he would undergo trials before she helped him break through to One-Star Dou Zong. Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun rested in Haotian City, while Wang remained homesick and wondered when they could return to the Jia Ma Empire.

• After both sides ceased hostilities, Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo that leading troops into battle would be one of his trials before advancing to One-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun settled into the City Lord's Residence in Haotian City, where Wang told Xiao she missed home.
• At dinner, Han Qiuling reminded Xiao that risk and reward, along with attention to detail, were essential to cultivation.
• Xiao Mo asked whether Han Qiuling was truly a Dou Sheng, and she confirmed it and encouraged him to keep working hard.
• Han Qiuling said the army could rest and regroup because the Han Dynasty could not currently threaten them, and promised to help Xiao advance after he had rested.
• Back in their room, Wang asked when they could return to the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao admitted they would not be going back anytime soon.

Xiao Mo campaigned with Han Qiuling for half a year, then used a Dou Zong Pill to break through to One-Star Dou Zong. After a brief rest, Han Qiuling launched the Qi Kingdom’s final war against the Han Dynasty, and the brutal battle ended after thirty days.

• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun spent quiet days together before Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo it was time to advance to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Mo joined Han Qiuling and two hundred thousand troops for a six-month mobile campaign against the Han Dynasty, then returned to the Qi Kingdom.
• Xiao Mo exchanged for a Dou Zong Pill and broke through to One-Star Dou Zong while Han Qiuling guarded him.
• Han Qiuling rested in the Qi Kingdom with Xiao Mo, then led seven hundred thousand elite troops toward the Han Dynasty’s capital, Kaiyang City.
• Xiao Mo fought as the Qi Kingdom’s army clashed with one million Han Dynasty troops, and after fifteen days each side had about three hundred thousand soldiers left.
• Han Qiuling ordered another all-out assault, and the final battle ended after thirty days of fighting.

After helping Han Qiuling found the Qi Dynasty, Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun returned to the Jia Ma Empire and reunited with Wang Wenxing. A month later, Han Qiuling visited them and gave Wang Wenxing two pills to aid him.

• Han Qiuling conquered the Han Dynasty, founded the Qi Dynasty, and asked Xiao Mo for four ninth-grade supreme Fire and Ice Spirit Pills before sending him and Wang Miaojun home.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun returned to the Wang Residence and told Wang Wenxing about their ordeal, their new fief, and Xiao Mo's breakthrough to Dou Zong.
• After resting for over ten days, Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun welcomed Han Qiuling when she arrived at the Wang Residence a month later.
• Han Qiuling asked Wang Wenxing about his cultivation and gave him a ninth-rank supreme Dou Huang Pill and a ninth-grade supreme Divine Longevity Pill.

After resting at the Wang Residence, Wang Miaojun agreed to accompany Han Qiuling and Xiao Mo back to the Alternate Dimension to seek a breakthrough to Dou Zong. She said goodbye to her father, and Han Qiuling promised to do her best to protect her as they set off.

• Han Qiuling told Wang Miaojun that the Alternate Dimension offered her a chance to break through to Dou Zong, and Wang Miaojun agreed to go after resting and informing her father.
• Xiao Mo, Wang Miaojun, and Han Qiuling spent a relaxed evening releasing Kongming lanterns and rested for more than ten days.
• Wang Miaojun told Wang Wenxing she was leaving for the Alternate Dimension, and he encouraged her to take the risk rather than remain at peak Dou Emperor.
• Wang Miaojun hugged and kissed Wang Wenxing goodbye, promising she would return.
• The next morning, Wang Wenxing saw the group off, and Han Qiuling promised to protect his daughter as best she could.

Han Qiuling took Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun to the Chu Kingdom to rest before their next trip to the Alternate Dimension. After binding Xiao Mo’s system and refining pills for Wang Miaojun, she helped her reach Nine-Star Dou Emperor and said that traveling with them might give her life meaning.

• Han Qiuling took Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun to Bright Moon City, where they rested in the Chu Kingdom for several days.
• Han Qiuling asked Xiao Mo to use his system to obtain ingredients for a Ninth-Rank Supreme Dou Huang Pill, and his system bound itself to her.
• Han Qiuling refined two Ninth-Rank Supreme Dou Huang Pills for Wang Miaojun.
• Wang Miaojun swallowed both pills and broke through to Nine-Star Dou Emperor.
• Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun that following them might help her find meaning in being alive.

Han Qiuling helped Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun rest in the Chu Kingdom, then introduced reforms that strengthened the kingdom. She later gave Wang Miaojun Ninth-Rank Supreme Dou Huang Pills, and Wang Miaojun reached peak Dou Emperor.

• Wang Miaojun thanked Han Qiuling after breaking through to Nine-Star Dou Emperor, while Xiao Mo chose to remain in the Chu Kingdom rather than enter the dangerous Alternate Dimension.
• Han Qiuling proposed tax and administrative reforms, and Xiao Mo implemented them throughout the Chu Kingdom.
• Over half a year, Han Qiuling reformed governance, law, farming, and research, and the Chu Kingdom's national strength improved.
• Han Qiuling refined Ninth-Rank Supreme Dou Huang Pills to raise Wang Miaojun's cultivation, reassuring Xiao Mo that she knew what she was doing.
• Wang Miaojun absorbed four pills in the King of Chu Palace and broke through to peak Dou Emperor.

After helping Wang Miaojun stabilize her cultivation, Han Qiuling transformed the Chu Kingdom through sweeping reforms and planned to expand its wealth through trade with the Jia Ma Empire. She sent Xiao Mo to negotiate trade relations while she prepared a secure route through the twelve Forward Bases.

• Wang Miaojun absorbed the final Ninth-Rank Supreme Dou Huang Pill and stabilized her strength at Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor, then thanked Han Qiuling.
• Han Qiuling agreed to remain in the Chu Kingdom through the New Year and later took charge of its governance and internal affairs.
• Han Qiuling’s reforms strengthened the Chu Kingdom over six months as she developed its economy, scientific research, and agriculture.
• Han Qiuling asked Xiao Mo to use his connections with the Jia Ma Empire to arrange foreign trade and open trade routes.
• Han Qiuling planned three official roads protected by the twelve Forward Bases, fortresses, and border commanderies, and Xiao Mo agreed to travel to the Jia Ma Empire to negotiate.

Xiao Mo secured Jia Ma Empire’s support for trade with the Chu Kingdom and reunited with Lu Yixue, telling her about his dangerous travels. The chapter ended with Lu Yixue revealing that she had reached Seven-Star Dou Emperor and awakened the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

• Xiao Mo left Han Qiuling in the Chu Kingdom and traveled to the Jia Ma Empire’s Holy City to meet Yao Xuanchen.
• Yao Xuanchen gave Xiao Mo a token and promised to arrange passage for Chu Kingdom merchants, with the possibility of an alliance between the nations.
• Xiao Mo visited Lu Yixue at the Xiao Residence, embraced her, and recounted his adventures across other realms.
• Lu Yixue revealed that she had become a Seven-Star Dou Emperor and awakened the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, ranked fourth among the Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Mo reunited with Lu Yixue and brought her to Bright Moon City, where she met Wang Miaojun and Han Qiuling. After Xiao Mo confirmed his alliance with the Jia Ma Empire, Lu Yixue and Wang Miaojun faced the realities of sharing his life and wondered whether they could stay with him to the end.

• Lu Yixue told Xiao Mo about her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and agreed to go with him to the Central Plains Continent.
• After waking from a two-day sleep, Xiao Mo took Lu Yixue to Bright Moon City and introduced her to Wang Miaojun and Han Qiuling as his concubine.
• Xiao Mo gave Han Qiuling the King of Chu Token and reported that Yao Xuanchen had agreed to a full alliance between the Jia Ma Empire and the Chu Kingdom.
• Han Qiuling went to handle the kingdom's affairs while Xiao Mo brought Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue to his sleeping quarters to get acquainted.
• Lu Yixue said she would not leave Xiao Mo, and Wang Miaojun said she believed she would remain with him to the end.
• Lu Yixue declared that she would give Xiao Mo selfless love and suggested they might all reach the end together.

Han Qiuling expanded and secured the Chu Kingdom’s trade network while Xiao Mo settled into life with Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue. She then proposed taking control of the kingdom as Western Chu Heavenly King and announced comprehensive reforms that would coincide with Wang Miaojun’s breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Han Qiuling added forward bases, fortresses, trade routes, and watchtowers, connecting the Chu Kingdom’s trade routes to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Wang Miaojun accepted Xiao Mo’s relationship with Lu Yixue, and Xiao Mo reassured her that he still cared for her.
• Xiao Mo and Wang Miaojun discussed the Chu Kingdom’s wealth and population before the three shared a meal in the bedchamber.
• Han Qiuling asked Xiao Mo to hold a Heaven-Sacrificing Ceremony, name her Western Chu Heavenly King, and transfer the kingdom’s military and political authority to her.
• Han Qiuling announced comprehensive reforms for the Chu Kingdom and said Wang Miaojun would break through to Dou Zong during them.

Han Qiuling became the Western Chu Heavenly King, strengthening ties between the Chu Kingdom and the Jia Ma Empire as Xiao Mo learned the extent of her power and sought help with his cultivation. She planned to take Xiao Mo, Wang Miaojun, and Lu Yixue into the Alternate Dimension to help Xiao Mo break through.

• Xiao Mo agreed to follow Han Qiuling’s lead as she prepared to be crowned and warned that war with the Chu Yun Empire might come.
• Five days later, Han Qiuling was invested as the Western Chu Heavenly King, and the Chu Kingdom held a three-day celebration and amnesty.
• The Chu Kingdom and the Jia Ma Empire established an unrestricted trade alliance, boosting the Chu Kingdom’s growth and expansion.
• Xiao Mo told Han Qiuling he was nearing peak one-star Dou Zong, and she revealed that she had reached the eight-star peak of Dou Sheng.
• Han Qiuling promised to refine a Dou Zong Pill and take Xiao Mo, Wang Miaojun, and Lu Yixue into the Alternate Dimension to help Xiao Mo advance.
• Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo that he and Wang Miaojun were destined for extraordinary lives, and Xiao Mo vowed to devote himself to cultivation under her.

Xiao Mo followed Han Qiuling’s instructions as she prepared to take him, Wang Miaojun, and Lu Yixue to the Alternate Dimension. As the group rested before their departure, Han Qiuling sensed that Xiao Mo possessed hidden secrets and became increasingly interested in him.

• Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo she would guide him to a peak one-star Dou Zong breakthrough and asked him to gather everyone the next day.
• Xiao Mo returned to the King of Chu’s bedchamber, where Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue joined him for a meal and drinks.
• At noon the next day, Han Qiuling told Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue that they would leave for the Alternate Dimension in two days, and both agreed to go.
• Lu Yixue asked Xiao Mo if he was closer to Wang Miaojun, and he reassured her that he wanted them all to stay together.
• Han Qiuling reflected on Xiao Mo’s super system and Lu Yixue’s connection to the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, growing more interested in him.

After learning that Han Qiuling’s companion was her Secondary Body, Xiao Mo left the Qi Kingdom with five hundred thousand elite soldiers to seek battle experience and reach peak one-star Dou Zong. He raided a Tang Dynasty commandery and defeated the Tang army’s first assault, while Governor-General Zhao Guanyu prepared another attack.

• Han Qiuling revealed that her Main Body governed the Qi Kingdom while her Secondary Body had accompanied Xiao Mo, then brought him and his companions to the Qi Kingdom palace in the Azure Dragon Continent.
• Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo to gain experience through warfare, gave him five hundred thousand elite soldiers, and taught him the low-grade Heaven Tier technique Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• After five days in the Qi Kingdom, Xiao Mo set out with the army and raided a Tang Dynasty border commandery, stripping it of useful goods and supplies.
• The Tang Dynasty emperor sent four hundred thousand elite soldiers against Xiao Mo, who camped at the border and prepared to fight.
• Xiao Mo led three hundred thousand soldiers in an assault on the Tang army’s camp, won the first engagement, and withdrew to regroup.
• Governor-General Zhao Guanyu grew furious at the defeat and prepared a new attack on Xiao Mo’s camp.

Xiao Mo outmaneuvered Zhao Guanyu, defeated his forces, and raided a Tang Dynasty commandery for supplies while preparing to repel another army. He told Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue that they could return to the Qi Kingdom only after routing the Tang Dynasty troops pursuing them.

• Xiao Mo trapped Zhao Guanyu's army in an empty camp and destroyed it with a four-sided assault and flaming arrows.
• Xiao Mo fought Zhao Guanyu again, then lured his forces into a nighttime raid that drove them from the Tang Dynasty's frontier.
• After the Tang Dynasty sent another five hundred thousand troops, Xiao Mo raided a commandery city for two days and returned with supplies.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun that he felt close to breaking through to peak one-star Dou Zong and promised they would return after repelling the Tang Dynasty's army.
• Xiao Mo explained to Lu Yixue that they had to defeat the pursuing Tang Dynasty troops before they could retreat safely.

Xiao Mo stayed to defeat Zhao Guanyu’s pursuing army before retreating to the Qi Kingdom, reaching peak one-star Dou Zong along the way. Han Qiuling welcomed him and his surviving troops outside Jinling City, then asked how far the campaign had advanced into the Tang Dynasty.

• Lu Yixue revealed that she had gained the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Xiao Mo agreed that she and Wang Miaojun would fight beside him.
• Xiao Mo attacked Zhao Guanyu’s camp, losing just over four thousand troops while inflicting a hundred thousand casualties, then planned repeated raids followed by a night assault.
• After five days of raids, Xiao Mo led an all-out night attack that lasted until noon, then began withdrawing toward the Qi Kingdom.
• Xiao Mo returned to the Qi Kingdom with more than four hundred eighty thousand troops and had advanced to peak one-star Dou Zong.
• Han Qiuling welcomed Xiao Mo and rewarded the troops with supplies, three days of celebration, and half a month of leave after they returned to the city.
• Xiao Mo and Han Qiuling entered Jinling City with Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue, and Han Qiuling asked whether they had pushed into the Tang Dynasty’s interior.

Xiao Mo recounted his campaign to Han Qiuling, who praised his victory and sent him back to the Chu Kingdom to rest. At the Purple Extremity Palace, he found comfort with Wang Miaojun, while his new status as a peak one-star Dou Zong underscored how far he had come.

• Han Qiuling asked Xiao Mo about the war, praised his account, and explained that Zhao Guanyu had intended to avenge himself and could have defeated Xiao Mo if he had retreated too hastily.
• Xiao Mo told Han Qiuling that his cultivation had stabilized at peak one-star Dou Zong, and she sent him and his two companions back to the Chu Kingdom the next day.
• Xiao Mo returned to the Purple Extremity Palace with Lu Yixue and Wang Miaojun, then rested with Wang Miaojun while Lu Yixue found a place to rest.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun that her presence made him happy and promised that they would stay together forever.
• Wang Miaojun recalled Xiao Mo's earlier promise that he was someone she could depend on and recognized that he had fulfilled it by becoming a Dou Zong expert.

Xiao Mo reassured Wang Miaojun of his determination and slept peacefully beside her and Lu Yixue. After Lu Yixue’s teasing hurt him, she apologized, and Xiao Mo promised to keep cherishing her as his concubine.

• Xiao Mo told Wang Miaojun that becoming a one-star Dou Zong was only the beginning, and she promised to believe in him as they journeyed toward the Central Plains Continent.
• Xiao Mo slept soundly beside Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue, feeling secure for the first time and not thinking of Blue Star or Earth.
• Lu Yixue teased Xiao Mo by asking to sleep beside him, and Xiao Mo declined to avoid upsetting Wang Miaojun.
• Lu Yixue asked Xiao Mo whether her teasing had hurt him, and he admitted that it had made him feel as though his hope had vanished.
• Lu Yixue apologized and embraced Xiao Mo, who promised to give her all his tenderness and keep treating her well, even at the cost of his life.

Xiao Mo spent a peaceful stretch in the Chu Kingdom with Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue before Han Qiuling summoned them to prepare for a spirit land in the Alternate Dimension. The group left for the Qi Kingdom, where their journey was set to begin, while the question of whether Xiao Mo would later follow Han Qiuling remained unresolved.

• Lu Yixue apologized to Xiao Mo, and he reassured her before she went to rest in the King of Chu's Purple Extremity Palace.
• Wang Miaojun comforted Xiao Mo about his difficult cultivation and reaffirmed that she would always stay by his side; they rested together.
• After more than ten days in the Chu Kingdom, Han Qiuling told Xiao Mo that a spirit land suitable for Dou Emperor and Dou Zong cultivators was about to open.
• Han Qiuling said she planned to take Wang Miaojun and Lu Yixue with her after the trip, but Xiao Mo insisted that the three of them must not be separated and asked to discuss it after they returned.
• Three days later, Xiao Mo, Wang Miaojun, and Lu Yixue left the Chu Kingdom and arrived in the Qi Kingdom to prepare for the spirit land journey.