Mo Nian/Story

==History==
=== Background ===
Mo Nian is from Mo Gate in Qing Prefecture. Mo Nian's family criticize Mo Nian for spending all day not putting any effort. This upset Mo, so he went out to defeat the Evil Path. He heard that an amazing person appeared in Suzhou's Evil Path so he arrived to investigate. That is when he met Long Chen. 
Mo Nian's appearance caused Tu Fang and the other Righteous path's elders some shock. There wasn't such a Favored like Mo Nian amongst their own Righteous disciples.
He was a strong favored and skilled archer, impressing Tu Fang and Hua Yu.
=== Early life ===
Mo Nian explains his life story:
"Those old fellows always scolded me for not living up to their expectations. They said if I didn't properly cultivate, I'd be thrown behind sooner or later by others.
"In reality, I have never accepted that. Back when I was just ten, I secretly ran off and eliminated a whole bandit stronghold.
"By myself, I killed over three hundred bandits. Back then, I was only at the ninth Heavenstage of Qi Condensation. And yet I was able to kill those Blood Condensation bandits as easily as slaughtering chickens.
"From then on, whenever they scolded me, I would always be so incredibly infuriated that I would run off to act as some wandering knight. I've definitely run into a few dangerous situations.
"However, I have never met a single person in the same realm who could block more than three of my arrows. Now that I've met you and Yin Luo, I definitely feel a sense of crisis from the two of you.
"That's especially true of you, Long Chen. You really are a monster. Although you had your comrade's assistance at the end, your potential really is absolutely limitless. Even I'm afraid of it.
"I've received many benefits from this battle. When I get back, I will enter seclusion so that I won't get thrown off by you."
==Volume 3==
He is first met in Volume 3 and helps Chen and the Righteous Path win the First Righteous-Evil War.
He was a hooded man who mysteriously appeared in Nanli City (南里城) who was about to be attacked by the disciples of the corrupt way. He managed to kill over a thousand disciples from the corrupt path with his bow and arrow. When he spotted Long Chen from afar, a strong battle intent developed between the two. He immediately revealed his face and left behind his name before leaving the scene.
Mo fights alongside Long Chen against Yin Luo in the war against the Evil Path. Mo becomes good friends with Chen after battle.
Mo then invites Long Chen to return to Qing Prefecture to visit his Mo Gate after visiting the Jiuli secret realm first. Suzhou will have an entrance to Jiuli, and all seven prefectures' top geniuses will gather. Countless Righteous and Corrupt disciples will be present. Mo then urges Long Chen to level up to Tendon Transformation.
== Volume 4 ==
Met in Jiuli realm
== Volume 5 ==
* Mo and Chen together defeat Luo Zhongsheng and other Qingzhou sects targeting Mo Gate
* Mo Nian becomes a celestial
* Mo and Chen go to the Intoxicated Immortal with Mu Xue to celebrate. There they meet Yu Tong, Zi Yan, Yin Wushang
* Long Chen meets Mo's fiancee Liu Zongying
== Volume 8 ==
=== Grave Digging ===
Long Chen hears news of Mo Nian from an Ancient Family expert in the Ancient Battlefield.
In just the past year, he had killed over a thousand geniuses of the ancient family alliance. He had defeated nine rank nine Celestials, killing three of them. He had dug up 1306 ancestral graves within the ancient family alliance. He had plundered their resources hundreds of times. Many of the ancient families had had every last bit of their wealth plundered.
Mo Nian had done something to infuriate the entire ancient family alliance.
To be able to survive after infuriating the entire ancient family alliance meant that Mo Nian was definitely remarkable.
Mo Nian dug up the graves of others' ancestors. That little fellow Mo Nian had executed such a stimulating and irritating plot. Long Chen prostrated himself in admiration to Mo Nian.
On the other side of the coin, Long Chen knew what kind of person Mo Nian was. He knew how to act as a person, and unless the other side had done something extremely heinous, he wouldn't do something so immoral.
Since he had, it meant that they had been even more immoral. To uphold justice, Mo Nian dug up their ancestors' graves. This was their punishment for not properly raising their descendants.
=== Devil Slaughter Rankings ===
“It really isn’t clear. The rumors say that this little fellow has appeared in the Eastern, Western, Southern, Northern, and Central Xuan Regions during the past few years. It’s only recently that he settled in the Western Xuan Region. Apparently, his stay in the Western Xuan Region is like a calamity for the western ancient families, as many of their ancestral tombs were excavated by him. Some say it’s revenge, while some say he’s stealing their karmic luck to strengthen himself. Others say that he is destroying their feng shui with the intent of severing their ancestral line. However, Mo Nian himself has never said the real reason, so no one knows what he’s doing.” Long Chen shook his head. He had had Zheng Wenlong investigate what was going on with Mo Nian, but Mo Nian had been too secretive during these past few years. No one knew his goal.
However, a few details had been confirmed. Mo Nian had two peerless skills. One was gravedigging, while the other was fleeing for his life. The entire ancient family alliance was after him, and they had offered a high reward for his capture, but he was still living happily. That could be called a miracle.
Mo Nian’s name was known to everyone in the Western Xuan Region. His fame was about the same level as Long Chen’s in the Eastern Xuan Region. Even when it came to the Central Plains as a whole, they were famous figures.
Mo Nian’s words were also targeted toward the ancient races. That Xiang Yunfei had offended all humans.
=== Yin Yang Realm ===
Suddenly, a voice rang out. A tall man wearing a cloak and a mask on his face walked over. He looked at Zi Yan enthusiastically. Divine runes were flowing around his mask that made it impossible for others to see his true face. Just seeing his eyes, she didn’t find him familiar at all. His voice was very young. However, wearing a cloak and mask out in the open was a bit out of place.
He slaps an idiot with death poison.
The masked man smiled and nodded. “In all my years of roaming the continent, that was the first time someone dared to call himself my brother. The youngsters these days are all rude. Well, due to your youth, I won’t be too hard on you. I’ll give you a chance to make up for this. Open the life and death channel for me to the Yin Yang World, then I’ll accept your apology.”
“But… senior? That’s the Yin Yang World…”
“Do you think my realm is something a child like you can comprehend?! That Yin Yang World is just a fart in my eyes. I can come and go as I please! Are you opening the gate or not? If not, just wait for your longevity to dry up!” The masked man snorted and turned to walk into the Yin Yang World himself.
===Archaeology===
“I have no choice . You probably have heard that my Mo family was the leader of the ancient family alliance . However, the Di family relied on underhanded methods to get the other ancient families to betray us . They usurped us, and one of their main goals was our inherited divine item: the Five Element Sun Hunting Bow . In truth, after that battle for power, my Mo family was almost destroyed . Only some of the branches managed to escape, and they concealed their identities, hiding throughout the land . However, the great power of the Five Element Sun Hunting Bow that was unleashed in that battle threw the lines of fate into chaos, so no one could read where we went . Due to exhausting all of its power, the Five Element Sun Hunting Bow fell into a deep slumber . It was secretly buried in our ancestral lands, waiting for a descendant to awaken it .
“It was only upon obtaining the Five Element Sun Hunting Bow that I realized that when it unleashed its divine power back then, it not only screened us from the lines of fate, but also buried a portion of its power within the strongest experts present at the time . Those experts weren’t aware of it, but it wasn’t long before they all died one by one . Even in death, they didn’t realize that they were dying because of the divine seed that the Five Element Sun Hunting Bow had buried within them .
“Those people were the top experts of their time . When they died, they were buried in their families’ ancestral tombs . You should know that the large families always place their ancestral lands in the places with the best feng shui . That’s to condense more karmic luck for their descendants .
“However, they didn’t know that their ancestors’ heroic spirits were consumed by the divine seeds, turning their ancestors’ corpses into fertilizer. Those divine seeds sucked away the karmic luck within those tombs to strengthen themselves.
“In order to allow the Five Element Sun Hunting Bow to recover its strength, I need to slowly absorb those divine seeds . That’s why I have to go grave robbing- ah, no, perform archaeology . At first, I didn’t have much experience so I dug a lot of useless holes . Later, I learned more and worked hard . My technique improved, and the facts prove that as long as a person works hard, they can master anything . Now, my technique is practically perfect . Furthermore, I have great attainments and rich practical experience when it comes to the art of archaeology. ”
== Volume 10 ==
=== Immortal World ===
After the destruction of the Martial Heaven Continent in the final battle, all the experts at or above the 10th Heavenstage of the Heaven-Merging realm are sent to the Immortal World. There Mo Nian arrives at a cemetery, where he becomes the apprentice of a grave robber known as Daoist Que De, who is also known by others as Daoist Immoral, the 97th generation Palace Master of the Immeasurable Palace. Shortly afterwards they flee, pursued by the outraged descendants of those whose graves they robbed.
== References ==
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