Chapter Summaries

Mo Wen and Song Yixue built a life together, and Song Yixue successfully reached Foundation Establishment with an exceptionally deep foundation. Once she had consolidated her cultivation, Mo Wen prepared to reclaim Jingxiu Mountain so he could establish the Mo Clan and secure a suitable Spirit Vein for his own breakthrough; the pair set out for Red Leaf Market in disguise.

• Song Yixue moved into Mo Wen's cave abode, and Mo Wen discovered the Formless Escape secret technique among the spoils from Ji Buqun and the assassin.
• Mo Wen improved his Second-Tier Spirit Talisman craft while Song Yixue advanced to Qi Refining Great Perfection.
• With Mo Wen's supplies, Song Yixue established her Foundation with a seven-li Spiritual Qi vortex and later stabilized her cultivation.
• Mo Wen concluded that his Foundation Establishment required exclusive access to at least a second-tier low-grade Spirit Vein and resolved to reclaim Jingxiu Mountain.
• Mo Wen and Song Yixue bought a mountain-protecting formation, formation-breaking talismans, and Spirit Artifacts, then disguised themselves as Qi Refining cultivators and traveled to Red Leaf Market.

Mo Wen returned to the Red Leaf Market and met with the remaining members of the Mo Clan to arrange the reclamation of Jingxiu Mountain. After striking a deal with Mo Qingyun over the clan’s talisman inheritance and support, Mo Wen returned to the market to investigate the Feng Household.

• Mo Wen left Song Yixue at an inn and flew to the Dragon Snake Cave, where Mo Daolin welcomed him and told him about the clan’s recent affairs.
• Mo Wen reunited with Mo Changge and Mo Qingyun, then said he intended to take Jingxiu Mountain from the Feng Household and eventually hand it over to the Mo Clan.
• Mo Qingyun agreed to help Mo Wen reclaim Jingxiu Mountain in exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill and the chance to copy the Mo Household’s talisman inheritance.
• Mo Wen discussed a plan with Mo Qingyun and Mo Changge, explaining that he would conceal most of his strength and that his dao companion Song Yixue had also reached Foundation Establishment.
• Mo Wen returned to the Red Leaf Market and spent several days gathering information about the Feng Household and its two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Mo Wen led the Mo Clan in seizing Jingxiu Mountain, killing Feng Xuanling and the Feng Household cultivators there. He then began his breakthrough, creating a Spiritual Qi vortex that drew a crowd of Foundation Establishment cultivators outside the mountain.

• Mo Wen and Song Yixue brought the Mo Clan to Jingxiu Mountain, where Mo Changge's group provoked its defenders and lured Feng Xuanling out of the formation.
• Mo Wen intercepted Feng Xuanling and severely wounded him, while Song Yixue blocked his escape and killed him.
• Mo Qingyun and the others killed the remaining Feng Household cultivators, and Mo Wen occupied Jingxiu Mountain and replaced its damaged protective formation.
• Mo Wen began circulating the Azure Wood Instruction, causing his gaseous Law Power to condense into liquid as a vast Spiritual Qi vortex formed above Jingxiu Mountain.
• More than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered outside the mountain to speculate about the growing vortex, while those inside realized Mo Wen had caused it.

Mo Wen completed his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment and emerged to deal with the Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered around Jingxiu Mountain. He disguised himself as Yan Chixia, claiming to serve a peerless Golden Core True Person, but the crowd remained unconvinced.

• Foundation Establishment cultivators flocked to Jingxiu Mountain after a vast Spiritual Qi vortex appeared, and the vortex stopped expanding once it reached three hundred li.
• Mo Wen completed his breakthrough, greatly strengthening his Divine Sense, physical body, and Law Power.
• Mo Wen told Song Yixue he had succeeded, then transformed himself into a broad-built swordsman and introduced himself as Yan Chixia.
• Mo Wen claimed the phenomenon had come from the True Person practicing a Divine Ability and ordered the assembled cultivators to leave.
• The cultivators questioned Mo Wen's story and hesitated to depart, so he realized he would need to demonstrate his strength.

Mo Wen bluffed the Foundation Establishment cultivators into leaving Jingxiu Mountain, then returned to Azure Luan Immortal City with Song Yixue and resumed cultivation. After searching for a top-tier Qi cultivation method, he learned about the Yi Wood Longevity Instruction, an ancient inheritance descended from the Divine Wood Sect.

• Mo Wen defeated Yin Jiugong with Sword Qi Thunder Sound and threatened the gathered cultivators into leaving Jingxiu Mountain.
• Mo Wen handed Jingxiu Mountain to Mo Qingyun in exchange for the Mo Household's talisman inheritance, then left with Song Yixue.
• Mo Wen and Song Yixue returned to their cave abode in Azure Luan Immortal City and considered which main cultivation methods to pursue.
• Mo Wen searched for a high-ceiling cultivation method and spent heavily to buy information from intelligence shops.
• After three months, Mo Wen learned that the Yi Wood Longevity Instruction had survived the Divine Wood Sect's destruction and been passed down in Yan Province.

Mo Wen struggled to find a steady supply of second-tier Demon Beast Essence Blood to advance his body cultivation, and considered joining the City Lord's Manor. Yun Qing then offered him Essence Blood in exchange for second-tier Restriction-Breaking Talismans and gave him the method to make them, leaving Mo Wen to study the technique after refining the offered blood.

• Mo Wen learned that the Azure Luan Fairy possessed a remnant scroll of a top-tier wood-attribute Cultivation Method and found the Heavenly Charm Heart Sutra for Song Yixue.
• Mo Wen completed the initial refinement stage of the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction, formed a Primordial Embryo, and greatly increased his body's defense, strength, and recovery.
• Mo Wen found that second-tier Demon Beast Essence Blood was difficult to obtain in large quantities and considered joining the City Lord's Manor to secure access to it.
• Yun Qing visited Mo Wen and offered second-tier Demon Beast Essence Blood in exchange for Restriction-Breaking Talismans, providing the method for making them and requesting secrecy.
• Mo Wen checked and purified the ten drops of Essence Blood, refined them over ten days, and then began studying the Restriction-Breaking Talisman method.

Mo Wen advanced his body cultivation and awakened Blood Qi Armor Manifestation, but Song Xuan disappeared and a ransom note directed him to Soul-Severing Ridge. At the Song Clan Talisman Shop, Mo Wen uncovered that Song Leqing had conspired with the Ji Household to lure him into a trap.

• Mo Wen mastered second-tier low-grade Restriction-Breaking Talismans and used their sale to raise his Primordial Embryo to minor accomplishment, reaching Foundation Establishment Middle Stage-level body cultivation and awakening Blood Qi Armor Manifestation.
• Song Yixue told Mo Wen that Song Xuan had disappeared, and Mo Wen promised to bring him back before going to the Song Clan Talisman Shop.
• A Song clansman gave Mo Wen a ransom note ordering him to come to Soul-Severing Ridge at the third watch, and Mo Wen learned that Song Xuan had vanished overnight.
• Mo Wen returned to the shop in disguise and overheard Song Leqing discussing the Ji Household's plan to ambush him with a False Core patriarch and four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Mo Wen realized Song Leqing had betrayed him and left, vowing to deal with the grand elder when he returned.

Mo Wen attacked Scarlet Moon Mountain to punish the Ji Household and seize hostages, using Restriction-Breaking Talismans and Fire Crow Techniques to devastate the clan’s stronghold. After the Ji Household patriarch arrived and revealed that Song Xuan had only been used as bait, Ji Buli said he had killed Song Xuan, and Mo Wen struck him down with a sword attack.

• Mo Wen flew to Scarlet Moon Mountain instead of Soul-Severing Ridge, expecting the Ji Household’s experts to be away and carrying 134 Restriction-Breaking Talismans.
• Mo Wen used talismans to break Scarlet Moon Mountain’s protective formation, then unleashed nine Fire Crow Techniques that killed or wounded many Ji Clan cultivators.
• Mo Wen subdued the escaping cultivators and looted the Ji Household’s stores, finding over three hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones and more than a dozen large Storage Bags.
• The Ji Household patriarch arrived, confirmed that Song Xuan had been used to lure Mo Wen out, and waited with him for the returning Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Ji Buli told Mo Wen that he had killed Song Xuan, so Mo Wen attacked him with sword light and damaged his turtle-shell Spirit Artifact, leaving the other Ji Clan cultivators stunned.

Mo Wen forced the Ji Clan ancestor to negotiate for Song Xuan’s release and the safety of the Ji Clan descendants, then challenged him to a one-on-one fight. After the others withdrew and Song Xuan was secured, Mo Wen confronted the False Core ancestor in the sky, opening the battle with a powerful sword strike.

• Mo Wen threatened to kill the Ji Clan descendants, and the Ji Household ancestor agreed to release Song Xuan if Mo Wen spared them.
• The hawk-faced elder removed the restriction on Song Xuan, who urged Mo Wen to flee, but Mo Wen reassured him and demanded a one-on-one fight with the ancestor.
• Mo Wen and the Ji Household ancestor agreed to Dao heart oaths, and the clan’s five Foundation Establishment cultivators withdrew a thousand li from Scarlet Moon Mountain.
• Mo Wen checked Song Xuan for hidden tricks, instructed him to guard the Ji Clan descendants, and then flew into the sky to fight the ancestor.
• Mo Wen struck the pursuing ancestor with the Startling Thunder Sword, and the ancestor activated his defensive Spirit Artifact and Protective Mystic Light to take the blow.

Mo Wen defeated and killed the Ji Clan ancestor in a series of sword strikes, then returned to Azure Luan Immortal City with Song Xuan. After reassuring Song Yixue, the three discussed how to establish themselves in the city.

• Mo Wen's first sword strike damaged the Ji Clan ancestor's Earth Spirit Stele and left the ancestor slightly injured, though Mo Wen's Startling Thunder Sword also took damage.
• Mo Wen used Sword Qi Thunder Sound to grievously injure the Ji Clan ancestor, then killed him with another sword strike before he could finish pleading for mercy.
• Mo Wen took the ancestor's Storage Bag and returned to Scarlet Moon Mountain, where Song Xuan was surprised to see him victorious.
• Mo Wen left the defeated Ji Clan members alive and flew with Song Xuan to Azure Luan Immortal City.
• Mo Wen and Song Xuan told Song Yixue they were safe, then the three shared a feast and discussed establishing themselves in the city.