Chapter Summaries

After finding three treasures in an underground palace, Mo Wen discovered that a Jade Slip contained the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction, a powerful body-refining art that required rare Demon Beast Essence Blood. He completed his Flowing Light Sword Technique training and left Red Leaf Market for Azure Luan Immortal City.

• Mo Wen retrieved a silvery-scaled severed limb, a beast hide bearing a mysterious eye, and a Jade Slip from the underground palace, then returned to Red Leaf Market.
• After three days of sleep, Mo Wen woke with a stronger Divine Sense and found that the Jade Slip contained the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction.
• Mo Wen learned that the body-refining art required large amounts of Demon Beast Essence Blood and decided to seek supplies in Azure Luan Immortal City.
• Mo Wen devoted himself to the Flowing Light Sword Technique and reached minor accomplishment seven days later.
• Mo Wen left Red Leaf Market and set out for Azure Luan Immortal City.

Mo Wen arrived at Azure Luan Immortal City after a dangerous journey and learned about the city’s districts and residences. He rented a grade C cave abode near the entertainment district, settling into his new home after nightfall.

• Mo Wen reached Azure Luan Immortal City after surviving bandit attacks, Demon Beasts, and an encounter with a Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator.
• Mo Wen passed the Devil-Detecting Treasure Mirror at the city gate and observed the orderly streets and respectful treatment of mortals.
• Mo Wen visited a residence-rental agency and learned about the city’s four districts and the cave abode grades.
• Mo Wen chose a grade C cave abode near the entertainment district, completed the rental arrangements, and arrived there after dark.

Mo Wen explored Azure Luan Immortal City's nightlife, then began cultivating the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction with the Demon Beast Essence Blood he had collected. After strengthening his physique and mastering more of the Six Paths Killing Fist, he sensed someone trigger his courtyard's protective formation.

• Mo Wen toured Azure Luan Immortal City's entertainment district and returned to his cave abode to rest.
• Mo Wen refined and consumed a drop of Demon Beast Essence Blood, then practiced the Six Paths Killing Fist as he absorbed its power.
• Mo Wen refined more Demon Beast Essence Blood over time, reaching Peak of Late-Stage Body Refining by the seventh drop and performing the fist art's ninth form at will.
• Mo Wen continued cultivating until he sensed someone trigger the protective formation in his courtyard.

Yun Qing invited Mo Wen to join the Dharma Derivation Society, but Mo Wen declined while he learned about Azure Luan Immortal City’s factions. He continued cultivating and earning Spirit Stones by drawing talismans, and his reputation as a superior-grade talisman master began to spread.

• Yun Qing visited Mo Wen and described the Dharma Derivation Society, founded by High Person Mo Yan, before inviting him to join.
• Mo Wen declined the invitation and later turned away other factions that came seeking to recruit him.
• After refining his remaining Demon Beast Essence Blood, Mo Wen suspended the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction and resumed cultivating his other methods while drawing talismans each day.
• Mo Wen earned a steady income from selling talismans in Azure Luan Immortal City, though his profits were lower than in Red Leaf Market.
• After more than half a year, Mo Wen stopped disguising his appearance, and his reputation as a superior-grade talisman master began to spread around the cave abode district.

Mo Wen agreed to help the Bai Household restore an incomplete Talisman Dao inheritance after learning it concerned Fourth-Tier True Talismans. He began studying its first puzzle, a damaged seven-stroke cloud pattern, but failed to copy it and discovered a new Heavenly Demon Mysterious Talismans entry on his Attribute Panel.

• Mo Wen sold his talismans to Bai Pu at the Bai Clan shop for eighty percent of market price.
• Bai Pu invited Mo Wen to help restore the Bai Household's incomplete Talisman Dao inheritance, which included knowledge of Fourth-Tier True Talismans.
• Mo Wen swore on his Dao heart not to reveal the inheritance and accepted a booklet containing a damaged cloud pattern as his first problem.
• Bai Pu paid Mo Wen four thousand five hundred Spirit Stones, and Mo Wen hurried home to study the pattern.
• Mo Wen copied the seven-stroke pattern more than a hundred times without success, then checked his Attribute Panel and saw Heavenly Demon Mysterious Talismans listed as not yet initiated.

Mo Wen reunited with Song Xuan, who brought his ninth sister, Song Yixue, to Azure Luan Immortal City to open a talisman shop. Song Xuan urged Mo Wen to consider Song Yixue as a dao companion and asked him to look after her, while Mo Wen remained determined to pursue Foundation Establishment.

• Mo Wen set aside the Heavenly Demon Mysterious Talismans and spent the following months cultivating and practicing his skills.
• Song Xuan contacted Mo Wen and arrived at his cave abode with Song Yixue and three other Song Clan members.
• Song Yixue explained that she had come to open a talisman shop, while Song Xuan stayed behind to catch up with Mo Wen.
• Song Xuan urged Mo Wen to find a dao companion, but Mo Wen declared he would risk everything to attempt Foundation Establishment.
• Song Xuan said Song Yixue might become Mo Wen's dao companion and asked him to look after her; Mo Wen agreed to supply her shop with talismans.
• Mo Wen and Song Xuan went to a restaurant, drank together, and returned home thoroughly drunk.

Mo Wen visited the Song Clan’s new talisman shop, gave Song Yixue a gift, and sold her his talismans, impressing her with his high-grade talisman skill. Their conversation was interrupted by Ji Yuan, who threatened Song Yixue and challenged Mo Wen, leaving Mo Wen calmly asking whether Ji Yuan’s household had a Golden Core ancestor.

• Mo Wen visited the Song Clan’s talisman shop and gave Song Yixue a first-meeting gift, then agreed to address her as his sister.
• Mo Wen showed Song Yixue his talismans, and she realized he was a high-grade talisman master before buying them for five thousand six hundred Spirit Stones.
• Song Yixue considered whether Mo Wen might make a suitable dao companion, while she and Mo Wen continued getting to know each other.
• Ji Yuan kicked open the shop door, insulted Song Xuan, and pressured Song Yixue to receive him as an honored guest.
• Song Yixue firmly rejected Ji Yuan, who noticed Mo Wen and threatened him; Mo Wen asked whether Ji Yuan’s household had a Golden Core ancestor.

Mo Wen confronted Ji Yuan of the powerful Scarlet Moon Mountain Ji Household after Ji Yuan tried to claim Song Yixue, and their fight ended when a mysterious sword-bearing female cultivator intervened. She warned Mo Wen against fighting in Azure Luan Immortal City and left, while Ji Yuan and his followers fled.

• Mo Wen mocked Ji Yuan and the Ji Household, then slapped Ji Yuan using only his physical strength.
• Ji Yuan attacked Mo Wen with a blood-colored flying knife, but Mo Wen evaded it.
• A sword-bearing female cultivator struck Ji Yuan's flying knife, scattered his Spiritual Sense, and forced him to the ground.
• The female cultivator warned Mo Wen not to fight in Azure Luan Immortal City, then left the shop.
• Ji Yuan's followers helped him flee without threatening anyone, and Mo Wen wondered about the female cultivator's origins and swordsmanship.

Mo Wen learned why Ji Yuan was pursuing Song Yixue and reassured her that he would not be deterred by the Ji Household. Several days later, Mo Wen perfected the Azure Wood Instruction and expected it to speed up his progress toward Foundation Establishment.

• Song Yixue warned Mo Wen that Ji Yuan and the Ji Household were dangerous, while Mo Wen dismissed the threat and thanked her for the warning.
• Song Xuan explained that Ji Yuan wanted to exploit Song Yixue’s Bewitching Yin Physique to purify his Law Power, and that the Song Household had sent her to Azure Luan Immortal City after rejecting his marriage proposal.
• Mo Wen joked with Song Xuan about becoming Song Yixue’s dao companion and persuaded him to pay for a meal at the Pleasure Grove.
• Mo Wen chatted with Song Yixue before leaving, and she decided that she wanted to befriend him.
• Several days later, Mo Wen perfected the Azure Wood Instruction and saw that his Flowing Light Sword Technique was nearing major accomplishment.

After perfecting the Azure Wood Instruction, Mo Wen planned to buy a standard Foundation Establishment Pill from the Divine Pill Pavilion and conceal his unusual abilities. On his way there, a sudden Sword Qi attack pierced his defenses, and his Purple Star Sword blocked it at the last moment.

• Mo Wen reflected on his need to obtain a top-tier Qi Refining Cultivation Method while relying on the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction to reach Nascent Soul.
• Mo Wen decided to buy a standard Foundation Establishment Pill so he could later appear to have advanced without arousing Song Xuan's suspicion.
• Mo Wen left his cave abode and headed through the crowded streets of Azure Luan Immortal City toward the Divine Pill Pavilion.
• A hidden attacker sent vicious Sword Qi at Mo Wen, piercing his magical robe, Wood Armor Talisman, Qi and Blood, and Black Tortoise Armor.
• Mo Wen used his Purple Star Sword to block the Sword Qi just before it struck him.

Mo Wen killed the human-puppet assassin sent after him and suspected Ji Yuan had hired the attacker. After buying a Foundation Establishment Pill and Purple Qi Pills, he found that the pills accelerated his cultivation and decided the cost was worth reaching Foundation Establishment sooner.

• Mo Wen identified and killed the strange Foundation Establishment assassin with his physical strength, then escaped before the law enforcers arrived.
• A curly-bearded patrol leader recognized the corpse as a human-puppet assassin from the Northern Celestial Tower but could not identify Mo Wen from the wound.
• Mo Wen suspected Ji Yuan had hired the assassin and vowed to retaliate after reaching Foundation Establishment.
• At the Divine Pill Pavilion, Mo Wen bought a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill and a bottle of Purple Qi Pills to test their effect on his progress.
• Mo Wen swallowed a Purple Qi Pill and found it gave him a hundred experience points, so he decided to spend Spirit Stones to speed up his cultivation.
• A month later, Mo Wen had used up the Purple Qi Pills and planned to buy more and visit Song Yixue.

Mo Wen visited Song Yixue, warned her about Ji Yuan’s attempt on his life, and sold her nearly a hundred high-grade talismans. After two more months of secluded cultivation, he prepared to buy more pills and considered where to attempt Foundation Establishment without attracting powerful cultivators.

• Mo Wen bought Purple Qi Pills and Yellow Dragon Pills, then visited Song Yixue’s talisman shop in disguise.
• Mo Wen revealed his identity and told Song Yixue about the attempt on his life, warning her to stay cautious of Ji Yuan.
• Mo Wen gave Song Yixue nearly a hundred high-grade talismans, and she paid him sixteen thousand Spirit Stones.
• Mo Wen returned to his cave abode and cultivated in seclusion for two more months, using up his Yellow Dragon Pills.
• Mo Wen decided to seek more pills and weighed the risks of a Spiritual Qi vortex during his future Foundation Establishment breakthrough.

Mo Wen continued his arduous cultivation and advanced the Flowing Light Sword Technique to Great Accomplishment, bringing his strength close to that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator. He decided it was time to present himself to the world as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, though he remained cautious about facing exceptional opponents.

• Mo Wen bought a year's supply of pills at the Divine Pill Pavilion, earned a bronze-tier VIP token, and returned home without incident.
• Mo Wen spent more than three months in arduous cultivation and checked his Attribute Panel, finding that his sword technique was nearing Great Accomplishment.
• Mo Wen compared his abilities with those of Foundation Establishment cultivators and concluded that he could rival ordinary cultivators at the Middle Stage once his sword technique improved.
• Mo Wen reached Great Accomplishment in the Flowing Light Sword Technique after seven more days of cultivation.
• Mo Wen considered the future prospect of mastering Sword Qi Thunder Sound and resolved to face the world as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Mo Wen returned to Azure Luan Immortal City after successfully reaching Foundation Establishment and reassured Song Yixue that he would protect her and support her talisman shop. After another half year of cultivation, he broke through to become a second-tier low-grade talisman master and began considering how to obtain a higher-level inheritance.

• Mo Wen visited Song Yixue at the Song Clan Talisman Shop and told her he had successfully reached Foundation Establishment.
• Song Yixue explained that the clan had cut its supply of talismans and that the shop's profits had fallen, while Ji Yuan had stopped harassing them.
• Mo Wen gave Song Yixue a high-grade Message Transmission Talisman and later supplied her with more talismans, telling her to use the money for cultivation pills.
• Mo Wen returned to his cave abode and cultivated secretly for half a year, growing stronger among Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators.
• After drawing a high-grade Spirit-Concentrating Talisman, Mo Wen gained a surge of talisman-making knowledge and advanced to second-tier low-grade talisman master.
• Mo Wen saw that progressing through the second tier would require enormous experience and began planning to acquire a second-tier Talisman Dao inheritance.

Mo Wen improved his skill at drawing Fire Phoenix Talismans and brought them to the Song Clan Talisman Shop, where he stopped Ji Yuan’s hired troublemakers from disrupting business. He left the matter of the Rogue Cultivators to Lin Zhan, while noticing a suspicious old man beside Ji Yuan.

• Mo Wen spent three months practicing the Fire Phoenix Talisman, losing ten thousand Spirit Stones before his success rate reached two percent.
• Mo Wen decided to give his seventeen Fire Phoenix Talismans to Song Yixue to sell and went to the Song Clan Talisman Shop with a gift.
• Mo Wen found Rogue Cultivators blocking the shop and used his Divine Sense to pin them down.
• Lin Zhan of the Immortal City Patrol Office challenged Mo Wen’s Divine Sense, admitted defeat, and took the Rogue Cultivators away.
• Mo Wen noticed Ji Yuan watching from a neighboring shop beside a hawk-faced old man who might have achieved Divergent Method Foundation Establishment.

Mo Wen and Song Yixue discussed the trouble at the Song Clan Talisman Shop and agreed to become dao companions. Mo Wen prepared second-tier talismans for a new business venture, and their sale drew the attention of every major faction in Azure Luan Immortal City.

• Mo Wen learned that Ji Yuan had arranged for Rogue Cultivators to harass the Song Clan Talisman Shop, and he and Song Yixue discussed how to protect the business.
• Mo Wen showed Song Yixue seventeen low-grade second-tier Fire Phoenix Talismans and asked her to help him open a talisman shop; she agreed, and they pledged themselves as dao companions.
• Mo Wen said he would wait to see how the Song Household reacted and might let it share in the new business.
• Mo Wen cultivated and brought Song Yixue newly drawn second-tier talismans until they had collected a hundred.
• Song Yixue and Mo Wen put ten second-tier talismans on sale, prompting factions across Azure Luan Immortal City, including the city lord's mansion, to investigate their origin.

Mo Wen’s Flowing Light Sword Technique reached perfection, granting him Sword Qi Thunder Sound and dramatically increasing his combat strength. He stopped making talismans and devoted himself to Limit Breaking, with Foundation Establishment still eight or nine months away.

• Mo Wen declined factions seeking to hire him as an attendant elder while openly confirming he was a second-tier talisman master, helping the Song Clan Talisman Shop thrive.
• Song Yixue found new talisman suppliers for the shop and gave up on her lineage after the Song Household cut off its monthly talisman supply.
• After more than four months of practice, Mo Wen perfected the Flowing Light Sword Technique and understood Sword Qi Thunder Sound as a state of unity between cultivator and sword.
• Mo Wen assessed that his new sword mastery let him suppress ordinary Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators and briefly contend with a False Core powerhouse.
• Mo Wen estimated that Foundation Establishment remained eight or nine months away, gave up making talismans, and entered secluded cultivation to finish Limit Breaking.

After learning that Song Xuan had been gravely wounded, Song Yixue wanted to return to Moon-Washing Lake, but Mo Wen persuaded her to stay safely in his cave abode and set out to investigate. He left Azure Luan Immortal City disguised as a Qi Refining cultivator, where Ji Buqun confronted him and Mo Wen sensed another Foundation Establishment cultivator hiding nearby.

• Song Yixue received a message claiming that Ji Household cultivators had attacked Moon-Washing Lake and gravely wounded Song Xuan, so she contacted Mo Wen.
• Mo Wen told Song Yixue to remain in his cave abode, demonstrated his Sword Qi Thunder Sound, and assured her he could handle the danger.
• Mo Wen bought high-grade second-tier healing pills, changed his appearance, and left Azure Luan Immortal City heading south.
• After flying more than two hundred li and resting, Mo Wen continued onward until a powerful Divine Sense stopped him.
• Ji Buqun revealed himself and invited Mo Wen to the Ji Household, while Mo Wen detected another Foundation Establishment cultivator concealed nearby and decided to kill them both.

Mo Wen fought Ji Buqun to test a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s techniques, then revealed his Sword Qi Thunder Sound when a hidden attacker ambushed him. He killed the attacker and Ji Buqun, leaving the Ji Household’s challenge answered in blood.

• Ji Buqun attacked Mo Wen with True Dragon Hand, and Mo Wen countered with his Flowing Light Sword Technique, dispersing both techniques.
• Ji Buqun unleashed his full power, while Mo Wen fought him through forty or fifty exchanges and watched for the hidden Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• As the battle neared the hidden cultivator, the man sprang out with a black dagger, and Mo Wen used Unity of Body and Sword to kill him with Sword Qi Thunder Sound.
• Ji Buqun fled and activated three protective shields, but Mo Wen shattered them and killed him before his Startling Thunder Sword could hit the real Mo Wen.

After killing two Ji Household cultivators who had lured him out, Mo Wen traveled to Moon-Washing Lake and confirmed that the Song Household was safe. He returned to Azure Luan Immortal City and told Song Yixue what happened, leaving her to consider stepping down as shopkeeper to focus on cultivation.

• Mo Wen killed two Ji Household cultivators, destroyed their corpses, and took their belongings.
• Mo Wen traveled to Moon-Washing Lake, where Song Leping told him the Song Household had not gone to war with the Ji Household and that Song Xuan was at Red Leaf Market.
• Mo Wen avoided entering the Song Household's territory and returned to Azure Luan Immortal City by a detour.
• Mo Wen reunited with Song Yixue and told her about the ambush by two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Ji Household.
• Mo Wen urged Song Yixue to step down as shopkeeper and cultivate toward Foundation Establishment, and she agreed to rely on him for support.