Chapter Summaries

Mu Zi met Black Eye, the awakened consciousness of the Great Desolate Sect’s Grand Elder, who gave her Nirvana Pills, the Great Desolate Saint Transformation Art, and the Great Desolate Qi needed to cultivate it. She learned that Blue-Clad could not be revived with Black Eye’s current knowledge, but she resolved to become strong enough to meet her again.

• Black Eye emerged from Blue-Clad’s skeleton and recognized Mu Zi as a Reincarnator after she described witnessing his battle in an illusion.
• Black Eye explained that Nine Kings Hall remained sealed beneath the Great Desolate Sect, so he could not give Mu Zi the sect’s full inheritance.
• Black Eye gave Mu Zi more than three million uncontaminated Nirvana Pills but refused to give her pills tainted by demonic qi that she could not purify.
• Black Eye passed Mu Zi the Great Desolate Emperor’s Heaven-rank Great Desolate Saint Transformation Art and the Great Desolate Qi needed to cultivate it.
• Black Eye told Mu Zi that Blue-Clad’s skeleton held merged obsessions rather than Blue-Clad’s complete consciousness, making her revival extremely difficult.
• Mu Zi accepted the Great Desolate Qi and vowed to become strong enough to meet Blue-Clad again.

At the Han Family estate, Han Fei tried to win over Qin Shi and Qin Yao with an engagement gift while presenting Han Li as a marriage candidate. The owner of the stolen Pearl Spirit Shells confronted them and revealed herself as Mu Zi, claiming the name Soul Hall, Xiao Yan.

• Qin Yao told Qin Shi she would accept a marriage alliance only if Han Li proved to be a peerless hero.
• Han Fei brought Han Li to meet Qin Shi and Qin Yao, and Qin Yao was disappointed by Han Li's appearance and bearing.
• Han Fei presented Qin Shi and Qin Yao with Pearl Spirit Shells stolen from the Heaven Flame Mountain Range, and both guests admired the gift.
• A stranger accused Han Fei of stealing the shells and appeared with the Symbol Puppet that Han Fei had fought earlier.
• Mu Zi stepped out of the shadows and introduced herself as Soul Hall, Xiao Yan.

Mu Zi entered Black Demon Ravine and found the Otherworldly Demon Old Man’s inheritance, hoping to learn how to fuse with Otherworldly Demon Qi. After demonstrating that she could command demonic qi, she received the Otherworldly Demon Scripture and found that the old man’s self-sacrificing resolve could also deepen her Martial Path Artistic Conception.

• Mu Zi jumped into Black Demon Ravine after sensing Otherworldly Demon Qi, and the cultivators outside recognized her as the Demon Immortal.
• Mu Zi used the Essence Spirit and Mu Shi’s method to open a canyon, then passed through the damaged seal into the inheritance site.
• The Otherworldly Demon Old Man’s residual image offered Mu Zi the Otherworldly Demon Compendium, but she asked instead how he had fused with Otherworldly Demon Qi.
• Mu Zi formed an Otherworldly Demon Finger by guiding the Demon Sea’s qi, astonishing the old man and persuading him to share his method.
• The old man explained his Demon Seed method and passed Mu Zi the Heaven-ranked Otherworldly Demon Scripture.
• Mu Zi realized the old man’s willingness to risk entering the demonic path to protect Tianxuan resembled her Self-Sacrifice Intent and could help refine her Martial Path Artistic Conception.

Mu Zi arrived at Qianhai Sect on Kun Peng Zi and effortlessly killed Lu Feng and other Yuan Gate experts, reuniting with Qian Yuanzi and Mu Lingsha. She then struck down Yuan Gate fighters at Dao Sect and Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace from afar and invited Dao Sect to discuss destroying Yuan Gate.

• Mu Lingsha prepared to kill Lu Feng while Qian Yuanzi blocked the two remaining Yuan Gate experts, but Kun Peng Zi arrived carrying Mu Zi.
• Kun Peng Zi destroyed Lu Feng's Essence Spirit, and Mu Zi erased the two other Yuan Gate experts with a glance.
• Mu Zi revealed herself to Qian Yuanzi and reunited with Mu Lingsha, then said she had barely reached the Samsara Stage.
• Mu Zi opened a spatial rift to Dao Sect and killed two Yuan Gate experts there, then invited Dao Sect to Qianhai Sect to discuss destroying Yuan Gate.
• Mu Zi killed several golden Essence Spirits at Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, and Ling Qingzhu recognized her return.
• Mu Zi told Qian Yuanzi that she was only a little stronger than an ordinary Samsara Stage expert.

Lin Dong drank with Mu Zi after she returned to the Lin Family in Flame City, and they traded opinions on who counted as a hero. The evening ended with Mu Zi preparing to help Qing Tan condense her Yin Dan.

• Qing Tan worried that Mu Zi had not returned from the Heaven Flame Mountain Range, while Lin Dong drank wine and reassured her that Mu Zi was safe.
• Mu Zi arrived at the courtyard and joined Lin Dong for wine, sharing her Hundred Pill Wine brewed with pills from the tomb manor.
• After three rounds, Lin Dong asked Mu Zi to judge several figures of the Great Yan Dynasty; she dismissed them as heroes and named herself and Lin Dong instead.
• Mu Zi took out the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva and told Qing Tan it was time to condense her Yin Dan.

Mu Zi completed the Heavenly Net Umbrella, a powerful defensive Spirit Treasure, while Jiang Lei's group was caught in a Beast Tide. Following Jiang Yinyin's intuition, the group found Mu Zi, who appeared to be untouched by the beasts.

• Jiang Lei sensed a faint fluctuation near the Mist Forest, but dismissed it when it faded.
• Mu Zi finished refining her Advanced Spirit Treasure, the Heavenly Net Umbrella, whose arrays gave it power comparable to a high-ranking Earth Rank Spirit Treasure.
• Jiang Lei discovered that a Beast Tide surrounded Eagle Martial Hall, with multiple Shaping Realm beasts among the attackers.
• Jiang Yinyin sensed a safe route and persuaded Jiang Xue and Jiang Lei to lead the group in that direction.
• The group encountered Mu Zi, standing in an area the Beast Tide seemed to avoid, and she remarked that they appeared to be in trouble.

Mu Zi watched Lin Dong’s life-and-death duel with Wei Tong and assessed Lin Dong’s spiritual and martial abilities as the fight unfolded. Lin Dong defeated Wei Tong with a sequence of spiritual attacks and Mysterious Seal, while Mu Zi resolved to focus on strengthening herself and left Lin Dong’s future to fate.

• Mu Zi learned that Lin Dong and Wei Tong would fight and went to the arena with her maid, where Master Yan, Xia Wanjin, and Yue Shan were also present.
• Wei Tong opened the duel by breaking through Lin Dong’s spiritual barriers and forcing him onto the defensive.
• Lin Dong turned the fight around by making Pointed Spiral Wave self-destruct and striking Wei Tong with Transformation Needle.
• Lin Dong used Bewitching Spirit Art to disorient Wei Tong, then struck him with Mysterious Seal and defeated him.
• Mu Zi judged Lin Dong’s combat abilities and decided that she would rely on improving herself rather than counting on him to reach the Ancestor Realm.

After Mu Zi destroyed the Song Family, she looted its treasury and began cultivating while news of her strength spread through Flame City. The City Lord Manor decided to protect her interests, and Shi Haotian grew eager to face the Spirit Symbol Master believed to be backing her.

• The Song Family discovered that its Yuan Dan Realm experts were dead and its head, Song Wenyuan, had vanished after Mu Zi wiped them out.
• Mu Zi took the Song Family's Azure Longsword and more than two hundred thousand Yang Yuan Stones, then sent her maid to buy spiritual herbs.
• Mu Zi began meditating on the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's charm while news of the Song Family's destruction made Flame City's factions wary of her.
• Xuan Su learned that Mu Zi had killed three Yuan Dan Realm Lesser Perfections and wondered at how powerful she had become.
• Shi Haotian asked Zi Yue what she thought of Mu Zi, then ordered her to lead Black Armor Guards to warn Yue Shan.
• After hearing that a Spirit Symbol Master might be backing Mu Zi, Shi Haotian became eager to fight such an opponent.

Lin Dong entered the Stone Hall and found Ling Qingzhu refining the Nirvana Heart, only to discover that the treasure’s Yin energy had put her in danger. The Tomb Master’s remnant spirit forced Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu together, but just as Lin Dong began to give in, Mu Zi entered the hall and saw them.

• Lin Dong found Ling Qingzhu guarding the Nirvana Heart and chose not to fight her for it.
• Ling Qingzhu refined the Nirvana Heart, whose Yin energy overwhelmed her, while Lin Dong discovered the Tomb Master’s warning about balancing Yin and Yang.
• The Tomb Master appeared, restrained Lin Dong and Ling Qingzhu, and used the Nirvana Heart’s energy and a further spell to intensify their desire.
• Lin Dong resisted Ling Qingzhu’s advances and declared that he already loved someone, but the Tomb Master passed him the Heavenly Scale Halberd Technique and continued to push them together.
• Lin Dong began to waver, but Mu Zi kicked open the Stone Hall door and found him and Ling Qingzhu facing each other in a charged state.

Lin Dong and Xiao Yan discussed Mu Zi’s likely return and Xiao Yan’s progress on the Martial Immortal path, which still required him to reforge his divine self. The chapter ended as a sinister figure broke through spacetime in a desolate void.

• The Immortal Great Emperor suggested that the Martial Ancestor would eventually reappear, and Xiao Yan agreed that Mu Zi might have gained another opportunity.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Northern Wasteland Hill, and Lin Dong congratulated him on reaching a transcendent level.
• Xiao Yan thanked Mu Zi for the Martial Immortal insights she had left behind, while Lin Dong said she wanted all living beings to inherit the method.
• Xiao Yan explained that he and Lin Dong had only taken half a step toward the Martial Immortal Realm because they still needed to reforge their divine selves.
• A sinister figure broke free from a crack in spacetime within an unknown, desolate void.

Lin Dong and Xiao Yan confronted a returning Heavenly Evil God beyond the Great Thousand World, while Immortal Great Emperor watched from within. Lin Dong shattered Heavenly Evil God’s attack, but the enemy opened his ninth eye and revealed his full strength.

• Lin Dong and Xiao Yan blocked Heavenly Evil God, who failed to recognize them or Immortal Great Emperor.
• Lin Dong and Xiao Yan suspected Heavenly Evil God was an incarnation, while the narration revealed he was a Time Remnant brought to the present by disturbances in the River of Time.
• Xiao Yan challenged Heavenly Evil God, and Lin Dong vowed to kill him again.
• Heavenly Evil God attacked Lin Dong with Eight-Eyed Profound Demon Light, but Lin Dong destroyed it with Universe Finger.
• Heavenly Evil God opened his ninth eye and used his peak strength to neutralize Lin Dong’s descending Universe Finger.

Mu Zi unleashed Life and Death Burial Sky and killed Heavenly Illusion King, revealing herself as the Lord of Life and Death to the other demon kings. Heavenly Underworld King and Earthly Illusion King tried to flee while Mu Zi recovered, but Qing Zhi moved to stop them.

• Mu Zi trapped Heavenly Illusion King in her black-and-white Life and Death Burial Sky storm, and he countered with Heavenly Demon Annihilation.
• Mu Zi made the black and white dragons collide and explode, erasing Heavenly Illusion King and leaving a void in the sky.
• Heavenly Underworld King and Earthly Illusion King recognized Mu Zi as the Lord of Life and Death, while Mu Zi regretted that they had mistaken her for another reincarnated lord.
• Mu Zi, drained by her attack, began recovering as Heavenly Underworld King and Earthly Illusion King forced back Qing Zhi and prepared to flee.
• Qing Zhi confronted the two fleeing demon kings, who doubted he could keep them there but remained wary of Mu Zi.

Mu Zi and the others helped the Great Desolate Monument destroy the Otherworldly Demon true king, and the Monument Spirit agreed to follow Mu Zi while passing the Great Desolate Scripture to Dao Sect and Qianhai Sect. After leaving the tablet space, Mu Zi and Little Marten arranged their next journeys: she would take Lin Dong to the Chaotic Demon Sea, while Little Marten would return to the Heavenly Demon Marten Clan with Little Flame.

• The Otherworldly Demon true king dissipated under the Great Desolate Monument's suppression, and the Monument Spirit thanked Mu Zi for helping eliminate him.
• The Monument Spirit agreed to follow Mu Zi and gave Dao Sect and Qianhai Sect copies of the Great Desolate Scripture.
• Mu Zi collected the Great Desolate Monument, then jokingly threatened Lin Dong, Little Marten, and Little Flame with it as a heavy brick.
• Little Marten said he would return to the Heavenly Demon Marten Clan with Little Flame to recover his strength.
• Mu Zi decided to take Lin Dong to the Chaotic Demon Sea to temper himself and seek an Ancestral Symbol.

Mu Zi revealed overwhelming power as she returned from the Demon Domain and defeated the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s Heavenly Demon Emperors. After the Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor recognized her, her Immortal Light faded, exposing her identity to the stunned battlefield.

• Mu Zi trapped several Heavenly Demon Emperors in her Martial Path Furnace and destroyed them despite their attempts to break free.
• Mu Zi swept across the peak battlefield, injuring the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s demons and forcing them to fight with desperate methods.
• The Azure-Clad Sword Saint suspected that the mysterious expert was Mu Zi, who had advanced from barely reaching Saint Grade to its peak in half a month.
• Three top Heavenly Demon Emperors, including the Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor, joined forces to hold Mu Zi back.
• The Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor recognized Mu Zi, and she let her Immortal Light disperse, revealing herself to the shocked Great Thousand World experts.

Mu Zi, Ling Er, and Han Xuan reached Saint Abyss Continent and traveled to Saint Abyss City, where Mu Zi examined its Grandmaster-grade guardian array. As Mu Zi entered the array’s range, it flared violently and locked onto her.

• Mu Zi and Ling Er arrived at Saint Abyss Continent with Han Xuan after Ling Er’s rapid spatial travel.
• Han Xuan warned Mu Zi about the continent’s dangerous space-time storms and led the group toward Saint Abyss City.
• Han Xuan explained that Heaven Array Old Man had created the city’s guardian array to detect disguised members of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Mu Zi stepped into the guardian array’s range, triggering a violent response that targeted her and stunned Han Xuan.

Mu Zi spent a month cultivating in the Primordial Luo River, deepening her understanding of the Luo Goddess’s inheritance and greatly strengthening her body and yuan power. She emerged with power comparable to a Spirit Grade Middle Stage Heavenly Sovereign and control over all the Luo Water in the space.

• Mu Zi comprehended the Luo Goddess’s inheritance as the Original Luo Water tempered her body and strengthened her yuan power.
• After a month, Mu Zi stepped onto the river’s surface and felt her transformed body and immense strength.
• Mu Zi’s realm remained equivalent to Earthly Sovereign Complete Stage, but her power foundation reached the level of a Spirit Grade Middle Stage Heavenly Sovereign.
• Mu Zi’s accumulated cultivation and the Primordial Luo River’s energy allowed her strength to surpass most Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Mu Zi’s recognition as master of the space gave her ownership of all the Luo Water in the river.

After Mu Zi overwhelmed a Life Profound Realm Completion expert, the crowd marveled at her strength, and Ling Qingzhu reconsidered how far Mu Zi had surpassed her. Mu Zi turned down several men who offered to become her male pets, while the Taiqing Palace Master recognized her potential and looked thoughtfully at her and Ling Qingzhu.

• Mu Zi returned to the Qianhai Sect after defeating her opponent, leaving Mao Shan and the others relieved that she did not confront them.
• Mu Lingsha proudly welcomed Mu Zi, while Ling Qingzhu was shaken by how much Mu Zi’s strength had grown in just over three months.
• Several burly men from the Southern Xuan Region asked Mu Zi to take them as male pets, but she refused after Cao Xuan explained their customs.
• Ling Qingzhu laughed at the men’s offer, and Qian Yuanzi proudly praised Mu Zi to the Taiqing Palace Master.
• The Taiqing Palace Master admired Mu Zi’s talent and then looked thoughtfully at Mu Zi and Ling Qingzhu together.

After the Eastern Xuan Region won the Southeast Conflict, the Southern Xuan Region revealed the Xuan Light Platform and invited everyone to experience its body-tempering golden light. Mu Zi, Ling Qingzhu, and their companions climbed the steps, where Dong Xuan and then Mu Lingsha stopped to cultivate as the others continued upward.

• Situ Yu confirmed that the Eastern Xuan Region would receive Southern Wilderness Hill’s resources for twenty years, and the Taiqing Palace Master proposed giving Qianhai Sect half of them.
• Situ Yu brought out the Xuan Light Platform and explained that its Xuan Yuan Soul Refining Golden Light tempered the body as climbers resisted increasing pressure.
• An Eastern Xuan Region disciple tested the platform, then many others entered and climbed until they found steps they could endure.
• Mu Zi, Ling Qingzhu, and their companions entered the platform and climbed past the early steps with little difficulty.
• Dong Xuan reached her limit first among Mu Zi’s group, and the others continued climbing.
• Mu Lingsha eventually stopped, sat down to cultivate, and told the others not to worry about her.

After defeating Mu Gang with her upgraded Spirit Sword Finger, Mu Zi gained access to the Mu Family Village Martial Arts Pavilion. She began studying its manuals to build the foundation needed to create a martial art of her own.

• Mu Tao, Mu Yun, and Mu Lingsha doubted Mu Zi could defeat Mu Gang, while Mu Tian wondered why she had not used the Spirit Sword Finger.
• Mu Zi challenged Mu Gang to settle the assessment with one move, then struck his Wind Splitting Claw with a concentrated Essence Power Light Ray and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The Trial Hall recognized Mu Zi as a true genius, and Mu Tao gave her the key to the Martial Arts Pavilion the next day.
• Mu Zi examined the pavilion's First, Second, and Third Grade Martial Arts and reflected that her upgraded Spirit Sword Finger had power comparable to a limited Fourth Grade Martial Arts.
• Mu Zi realized she needed to broaden her martial arts knowledge and looked forward to reading the manuals so she could eventually create her own martial art.

Mu Zi equipped the Great Thousand World’s forces to purify the Demon Domain and reclaim lost planes, offering rewards for their contributions. After asking the Great Thousand Palace to coordinate the campaign, she traveled to Northern Wasteland Hill, where the Immortal Great Emperor’s recovering spirituality stirred.

• Mu Zi distributed Spirit Guiding Talismans and displayed a catalog of rewards that included restored supreme divine abilities, cultivation methods, and treasures.
• Mu Zi explained that purifying regions, recovering Lower Planes, and retrieving Extraterritorial Evil Clan bodies could earn rewards, while contributed cultivation methods could also be exchanged.
• Mu Zi asked the Great Thousand Palace experts to coordinate the campaign while she entered seclusion, and Hua Lao and the others pledged to assist.
• Mu Zi sensed a fluctuation from the Immortal Great Emperor’s spirituality near the Great Thousand Palace, then departed for Northern Wasteland Hill.
• Mu Zi revealed a faint spiritual light before the Gravekeeper lineage, and the Undying Lord recognized the Immortal Great Emperor’s aura.