Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo pushed his Wooden Fiend Body beyond its limits with the Jianmu Sapling’s power and prepared a decisive strike against the Earth Fiend. The Earth Fiend sensed that Lin Mo could kill him and begged for his life, offering to restore the Savage God Stone Sculpture and return the power he had taken.

• Lin Mo transformed into a ten-zhang Wooden Fiend Body while the Earth Fiend gathered the earth veins’ power for a powerful attack.
• Lin Mo drove the Jianmu Sapling to raise his body to twelve zhang, provoking a terrifying heavenly presence that alarmed Xue Qingcheng.
• Lin Mo asked Hai Beier for help, and she retrieved the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword from his Storage Bag.
• Lin Mo empowered the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword with the Jianmu Sapling’s wood-element Spiritual Power, and the Earth Fiend realized the strike could end his life.
• The Earth Fiend kowtowed to Lin Mo and offered to restore the Savage God Stone Sculpture, return its stolen essence, and dissolve himself to spare his life.

Lin Mo forced Earth Fiend to repair the Savage God Stone Sculpture before unleashing a sword strike with power he could barely contain. The strike cleaved the Baleful Demon's skeleton, and Lin Mo's Wooden Fiend Body returned to its original form as his borrowed power faded.

• Lin Mo threatened Earth Fiend with the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword, while Xue Qingcheng realized Lin Mo's body could not endure his borrowed power much longer.
• Xue Qingcheng ordered Earth Fiend to repair the Savage God Stone Sculpture, and he restored its cracks by returning the essence he had devoured.
• Earth Fiend disintegrated into sand after suspecting Lin Mo would kill him, and Lin Mo unleashed his accumulated Wood Element Spiritual Power in a sword strike.
• Lin Mo's sword opened a vast spatial rift and left a fresh mark in the Baleful Demon's skeleton beneath Baleful Demon Cliff.
• Hai Beier and the four surviving Savage God Valley disciples witnessed the strike's power as Lin Mo weakened and his Wooden Fiend Body returned to its original state.

After Lin Mo destroyed the Baleful Demon’s skeleton, its remains and the Savage God Stone Sculpture vanished. He left Demonbane City with Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier, setting out for Silken Cloud Palace to find the Ancient Sword, Wavering Light.

• Lin Mo retrieved his Storage Bags and dressed after returning from his treant form, while Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier laughed at his ill-fitting clothes.
• The Savage God Stone Sculpture cracked and shattered as its red light dissolved the Baleful Demon's skeleton.
• Lin Mo told the four Savage God Valley disciples to report the events to their Grand Supreme Elder, Wu Man.
• Lin Mo, Xue Qingcheng, and Hai Beier flew to Demonbane City aboard Hai Beier's Seven-Colored Scallop.
• Lin Mo bought six robes at the Penglai Commerce Association branch and set out with Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier for Silken Cloud Palace to find the Ancient Sword, Wavering Light.

Yunxin learned that Lin Mo and Xue Qingcheng had destroyed Baleful Demon's remains and welcomed them to the Silken Cloud Palace. After Lin Mo declined a trial requiring his strongest sword strike, Yunxin left to confer with the elders, while Xue Qingcheng warned that Yunxin intended to pursue dual cultivation with him.

• Yunxin received Wu Man's message about Lin Mo and Xue Qingcheng defeating Earth Fiend and destroying Baleful Demon's remains.
• Yunxin appeared at the Silken Cloud Palace entrance and greeted Lin Mo and Xue Qingcheng.
• Yunxin proposed that Lin Mo demonstrate the sword strike that had cleaved Baleful Demon's bones, but Xue Qingcheng warned that Yunxin could not withstand it.
• Lin Mo declined the trial, explaining that transforming into a Wood Wight strained his body and depended on Xue Qingcheng's assistance.
• Yunxin left to discuss the trial with the elders, and Xue Qingcheng warned Lin Mo that Yunxin wanted to dual cultivate with him.

Yunxin decided to send Lin Mo into the Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven to seek the Sacred Treasure’s blessing, offering the Shaking Light Ancient Sword if he succeeded. She suspected Lin Mo’s aura matched someone she had glimpsed in a vision of the future, and the chapter ended with him and ten Golden Core disciples entering the grotto-heaven.

• Yunxin told five Spirit Transformation elders she would send Lin Mo and ten Golden Core disciples into the Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven, despite the Sacred Treasure’s long recovery time.
• Yunxin revealed that she had once glimpsed a powerful life aura in a vision and believed it resembled Lin Mo’s.
• The elders agreed to select ten disciples, and they prepared outside the great hall within half an hour.
• Yunxin promised Lin Mo the Shaking Light Ancient Sword if he awakened the Sacred Treasure and received its blessing.
• Yunxin opened the grotto-heaven and warned Lin Mo that its creatures were real and that being expelled or failing to receive the blessing would mean failing the trial.
• Yunxin sent Lin Mo and the ten Golden Core disciples into the Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven.

Lin Mo entered Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven and disguised himself as a Scale Toad to ambush the Silken Cloud Palace disciples seeking the sacred object. He caught Yun Qingqing off guard as she tried to harvest the Seven-Petaled Lotus.

• Lin Mo concealed his aura and traveled cautiously through the grotto-heaven while the ten Silken Cloud Palace disciples flew toward its center.
• Lin Mo killed the Scale Toad guarding the Seven-Petaled Lotus and used the Heavenheart Sunflower Gall to disguise himself as the creature.
• Lin Mo hid his real body inside the Seven-Colored Conch Shell and waited beside the lotus, prompting the elders watching the projection to realize he planned to ambush their disciples.
• Yun Qingqing struck Lin Mo's disguised Scale Toad and moved to harvest the lotus, believing the creature was nearly dead.
• Lin Mo sprang his trap, held his sword at Yun Qingqing's throat, and declared her eliminated.

Lin Mo defeated Yun Qingqing and two other Silken Cloud Palace disciples through ambushes in the Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven, then gathered spirit plants as he headed toward its sacred object. The Gu-Devouring Bee awoke with strength approaching the peak of Golden Core and led Lin Mo toward something it had sensed.

• Lin Mo revealed his identity to Yun Qingqing, explained his defenses, and watched her lose her eligibility for the sacred object's blessing.
• Yunxin teleported Yun Qingqing out of the grotto-heaven, while the Silken Cloud Palace elders watched Lin Mo continue his toad disguise.
• Lin Mo ambushed two more Silken Cloud Palace disciples, then abandoned his disguise and collected Soaring Lotus seeds and a Cloudfrost Fruit.
• Lin Mo flew northwest toward the sacred object, searching for spirit plants along the way.
• The Gu-Devouring Bee awakened with much stronger aura, flew off after sensing something, and Lin Mo pursued it.

Lin Mo and the Gu-Devouring Bee discovered a hidden sixth-tier Centipede guarding something beneath a mountain hollow. As the Bee rushed for the treasure, Lin Mo tried to hold off the beast but was struck by its powerful black attack.

• The Gu-Devouring Bee led Lin Mo to a hollow and urged him inside.
• The concealed Centipede ambushed Lin Mo twice, and its attacks damaged his robes but were stopped by the Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor.
• The Centipede emerged, and the Gu-Devouring Bee darted toward the cave where it had been hiding.
• Lin Mo formed an incomplete Star Sword Formation and summoned the Spirit-Devouring Vine to restrain the Centipede.
• The Centipede fired a black ball of light at Lin Mo, blasting aside the vines’ Curled-Branch Swords and striking his chest.

Lin Mo and Centipede exchanged devastating attacks, but his armor and healing vitality kept him largely unharmed while the Gu-Devouring Bee stole a Scarlet Radiance Blood Spirit Seed. Lin Mo disrupted Centipede’s gathering attack with Silent Dark, Absolute Light and redirected its fury toward himself, leaving Centipede’s denser black orb hurtling at him.

• Centipede blasted Lin Mo nearly a thousand zhang away with a pitch-black orb, but his Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor blocked most of the attack and his vitality began healing him.
• The five Starry Ancient Swords and 4,600 Curled-Branch Swords pierced Centipede’s vulnerable joints, while the Gu-Devouring Bee emerged carrying a Scarlet Radiance Blood Spirit Seed.
• Centipede began gathering a stronger attack, and Lin Mo used Silent Dark, Absolute Light to freeze its divine soul and drive five Starry Ancient Swords into its eyes.
• Lin Mo taunted Centipede until it focused its killing intent on him and launched a denser, blood-threaded pitch-black orb in his direction.

Lin Mo used four defenses against the Centipede’s black orb, but the attack shattered his White Sun Tower and broke through the Diamond Wall Formation before swallowing him. The projection revealed that Lin Mo survived by transforming into his Wood Wight avatar, while Yunxin and the others watched in alarm.

• Lin Mo shielded himself with the Spirit Tortoise Shell Armor, Nether Crow Feather Robe, White Sun Tower, and Diamond Wall Formation as the Centipede’s black orb struck.
• The orb destroyed the White Sun Tower and shattered the Diamond Wall Formation, then swallowed Lin Mo.
• Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier confronted Yunxin for failing to warn them about the sixth-tier Centipede or save Lin Mo.
• Yunxin admitted she had hesitated because she believed Lin Mo could survive fighting above his realm.
• Lin Mo emerged alive in his Wood Wight avatar after the black orb faded, having survived the Centipede’s attack.

Lin Mo killed the sixth-tier Centipede in Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven and claimed its demon core and the Scarlet Radiance Blood Spirit Seed. As he approached the sacred treasure at the grotto-heaven’s center, strange radiant clouds surged toward him, while Yunxin promised him the Shaking Light Ancient Sword regardless of the sacred treasure’s blessing.

• Lin Mo recovered from the Centipede’s attack, used his swords to destroy it from within, and killed it with the Northern Dipper Ancient Swords.
• The Gu-Devouring Bee retrieved the Scarlet Radiance Blood Spirit Seed and found the Centipede’s demon core, which Lin Mo stored before heading toward the grotto-heaven’s center.
• Watching through the projection, Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier saw that Lin Mo had survived and defeated the Centipede.
• Yunxin praised Lin Mo, acknowledged him as the Master of Destiny, and promised him the Shaking Light Ancient Sword even if he did not receive the sacred treasure’s blessing.
• As Lin Mo approached the center, the strange radiant clouds trembled and swept toward him.

Lin Mo discovered that the Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven’s Nine-Colored Sacred Treasure had entered his dantian and become his mount after recognizing the World Tree within him. Seven Silken Cloud Palace disciples confronted him, suspecting he had seized their treasure, and prepared to capture him.

• A radiant cloud rushed toward Lin Mo, shrank into a Nine-Colored Cloud Cluster, and entered his dantian without harming him.
• Lin Mo sensed the cloud’s affection for the jianmu sapling and saw a vision revealing that it had formed around a World Tree root in Primordial Antiquity and searched for its lost family for ages.
• The Nine-Colored Cloud Mist became Lin Mo’s mount, pushing aside his Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword.
• Seven female Golden Core Stage disciples caught up with Lin Mo and accused him of claiming their sect’s Sacred Treasure.
• One disciple ordered the others to attack Lin Mo, capture him alive, and take him to the Palace Master for judgment.

Lin Mo mastered the Nine-Colored Auspicious Cloud, prompting the Silken Cloud Palace elders to demand its return. Yunxin chose to avoid a war and spare Lin Mo, while Xue Qingcheng argued that the Palace should befriend him instead.

• Lin Mo used the Nine-Colored Auspicious Cloud to move so quickly that the Silken Cloud Palace disciples could not see or locate him.
• Yunxin realized that the Nine-Colored Auspicious Cloud had acknowledged Lin Mo as its master, and the five elders demanded that she reclaim it.
• Xue Qingcheng manifested her domain to protect Lin Mo, while Hai Beier summoned Hai Dafu with the Conch Shell Horn and Yunxin confronted Xue Qingcheng.
• Yunxin agreed not to attack Lin Mo, saying the Sacred Treasure had chosen him and that a war would bring devastating losses.
• The five elders pleaded to recover the Sacred Treasure, but Xue Qingcheng argued that Lin Mo might still grant its blessing and that the Palace should seek his favor.

Lin Mo kept the Nine-Colored Auspicious Cloud after it split off an offspring to preserve the Silken Cloud Palace’s legacy, then won over Yunxin and the elders with precious spirit liquid. He asked them to maintain friendly relations and hand over the Shaking Light Ancient Sword.

• Yunxin accepted that the Nine-Colored Auspicious Cloud had chosen Lin Mo and asked whether he would give it up for the Silken Cloud Palace’s legacy.
• The Nine-Colored Auspicious Cloud split off an Ethereal Cloud Cluster, which returned to the Silken Cloud Grotto-Heaven as the sect’s new Sacred Treasure.
• The Silken Cloud Palace elders rejoiced that the Ethereal Cloud Cluster would let them continue practicing the Silken Cloud Saint-Transforming Art, while Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier eased their guard.
• Lin Mo gave Yunxin and the five elders six bottles of Diluted Spirit Spring Water, and they recognized its immense value and regretted their earlier hostility.
• Lin Mo asked the Silken Cloud Palace to remain friendly with his side and hand over the Shaking Light Ancient Sword from its earth vein.

Lin Mo claimed the Shaking Light Ancient Sword and learned from Yunxin that the Human Emperor Hall might trade the Heavenly Balance Ancient Sword for his Special Spirit Liquid. After leaving the Silken Cloud Palace, he realized the Nine-Colored Auspicious Clouds' speed could grow with his cultivation, while Xue Qingcheng challenged him to test his escape technique.

• Lin Mo destroyed the Nine-Nine Soul-Devouring Formation and claimed the Shaking Light Ancient Sword, bringing his collection to six Northern Dipper Ancient Swords.
• Yunxin advised Lin Mo to visit the Human Emperor Hall and offer his Special Spirit Liquid to Xuanyuan in exchange for the Heavenly Balance Ancient Sword.
• Yunxin privately asked Lin Mo whether the Sacred Treasure had shown him visions of her future, but he said it had not.
• Xue Qingcheng accused Yunxin of seeking Lin Mo's affection, and Lin Mo apologized for the misunderstanding caused by the Mystic Ice Soul before she flicked his forehead.
• Lin Mo inferred that the Nine-Colored Auspicious Clouds' top speed depended on the World Tree aura and would increase as his cultivation advanced.
• Xue Qingcheng asked Lin Mo to use his disappearing escape technique so she could test whether she could find a flaw in it.

Lin Mo persuaded Xue Qingcheng and Hai Beier to postpone seeking more World Tree aura and head for the Human Emperor Hall to find the Heavenly Balance Ancient Sword. In Xuanyuan City, the Human Emperor Xuanyuan Hong awaited a supreme-grade Void Spirit Pill for the ailing Liu Qing, until a haughty young girl disrupted the city’s Air-Sealing Formation.

• Lin Mo claimed his concealment art required World Tree aura, and Hai Beier agreed they should return to the Southern Frontier to obtain more.
• Lin Mo redirected their plans toward the Human Emperor Hall, and the three traveled toward Silkcloud City to begin the journey to Xuanyuan City.
• Xuanyuan Hong and the Human Emperor Hall’s alchemy grandmasters tried to refine Void Spirit Pills to help Liu Qing, whose lifespan was nearly exhausted.
• A stout elderly alchemist announced that his pill was about to form as a supreme-grade Void Spirit Pill.
• An arrogant young girl shook Xuanyuan City’s Air-Sealing Formation and demanded to know who had forbidden her from flying.

Xue Qingcheng disrupted the Void Spirit Pill refinements in Xuanyuan City, prompting Xuanyuan Hong to attack her and threaten war with the Snow Demon Tribe. Lin Mo offered to take responsibility, but the alchemists demanded compensation for their ruined pills.

• Xue Qingcheng's cry shook the city's protective formation, causing the pills being refined at Greenstone Plaza to lose quality or shatter.
• Xuanyuan Hong confronted Xue Qingcheng and attacked her, but her Ice Phoenix blocked his sword strike.
• Xuanyuan Hong summoned the Seven Elders Before the Hall and faced Xue Qingcheng alongside the alchemy grandmasters.
• Xue Qingcheng warned Xuanyuan Hong that the Snow Demon Tribe would go to war if the Human Emperor Hall attacked her.
• Lin Mo introduced himself and offered to compensate Xuanyuan Hong for any losses caused by Xue Qingcheng.
• Xuanyuan Hong demanded compensation for thirty-four damaged Void Spirit Pills, and an alchemist accused Xue Qingcheng of ruining his forty-nine days of work.

Lin Mo offered to restore the damaged grades of thirty-three Void God Pills and pledged six Ancient Swords and his life as collateral. The alchemy grandmasters accepted his proposal by handing him the pills, leaving the outcome of his gamble uncertain.

• Xue Qingcheng denied responsibility for the ruined pills until Lin Mo silenced her and asked the alchemy grandmasters how badly the pills had been damaged.
• The grandmasters revealed that one Void God Pill had shattered and the other thirty-three had lost pill rings and fallen in grade.
• Lin Mo promised to restore the thirty-three pills within a day and a night, though the others doubted his claim.
• Xuanyuan Hong threatened Lin Mo and his companions, while seven elders surrounded them with a sword formation.
• Lin Mo pledged six Ancient Swords and his life as collateral if he failed to restore the pills.
• After Xuanyuan Hong deferred the decision to the grandmasters, they sent all thirty-three Void God Pills to Lin Mo.

Lin Mo entered Xuanyuan Hong’s secluded side hall to raise the grade of thirty-three Void God Pills while Xue Qingcheng guarded against anyone probing inside. After six hours, the highest-grade pill began forming a ninth Pill Ring, with a tenth faintly emerging.

• Lin Mo pledged his life and six Ancient Swords as collateral while asking Xuanyuan Hong for a chamber shielded from Divine Sense.
• Xuanyuan Hong agreed to provide his secluded cultivation hall, and Xue Qingcheng promised to watch for anyone probing it.
• Lin Mo entered the side hall and noticed a stone sword resembling Xuanyuan Hong’s golden sword.
• Lin Mo soaked the thirty-three Void God Pills in Authentic Spirit Spring Water to raise their grade without using the Treasure Gourd.
• After six hours, the eight-ring Void God Pill shone brightly as a ninth Pill Ring formed and a tenth began to appear.

Lin Mo emerged from the side hall with thirty-three improved Tribulation-Transcending Pills, including a perfect-grade pill with ten pill rings. Xuanyuan Hong accepted the pills and repaid Lin Mo with six Northern Dipper Ancient Swords, but refused to give him the Heavenly Balance Sword.

• Xue Qingcheng defended Lin Mo as the Dao of Alchemy Grandmasters doubted he could improve the pills.
• The side hall doors opened, and the powerful fragrance from Lin Mo’s pills convinced the onlookers that he had succeeded.
• Lin Mo revealed thirty-three upgraded pills, including a perfect-grade Tribulation-Transcending Pill with ten pill rings.
• Lin Mo told Xuanyuan Hong the perfect-grade pill gave Liu Qing a ninety-percent chance of advancing to Spirit Transformation because her blood and vital energy had declined.
• Xue Qingcheng suggested restoring Liu Qing’s strength before her advancement attempt, and Xuanyuan Hong acknowledged the difficulty of doing so.
• Xuanyuan Hong gave Lin Mo six Northern Dipper Ancient Swords, dropped the matter of the Snow Demon Queen disrupting the pill refining, and refused to give him the Heavenly Balance Sword.