Chapter Summaries

Mu Zi began the Devouring Lord’s resurrection by summoning his corpse and gathering the fragments of his reincarnation. She spared Jiu Feng after he promised the Nine Phoenix Clan would not seek revenge, and the resurrection process began in the Great Hall.

• Mu Zi proposed using Jiu Feng’s Reincarnation Stage body as a vessel for the Devouring Lord, but the Devouring Lord declined the shortcut.
• Jiu Feng pleaded for his life, promised the Nine Phoenix Clan would not trouble Mu Zi, and swore a bloodline curse; Mu Zi sent him out of the Great Hall.
• Mu Zi summoned the Devouring Corpse and used the Soul Summoning Scripture to begin gathering the Devouring Lord’s spirit.
• Kun Ling called to the spirituality in her bloodline as reincarnation fragments flew into the Great Hall from across the world.
• The Devouring Lord recognized the gathered fragments as proof that the resurrection method could work, while Lin Dong and Yan watched in astonishment.

Mu Zi used the Reincarnation Seal to examine Jiang Yinyin and began to comprehend the power of death, but stopped when the process caused Yinyin pain. She spent the next two months cultivating in Great Eagle City, where she killed Luo Jiu when he tried to attack her and Jiang Yinyin.

• Mu Zi activated the Reincarnation Seal and sensed Life and Death Power, but Jiang Yinyin began to awaken painfully, so Mu Zi stopped the process.
• After Jiang Yinyin left, Mu Zi manifested a wisp of death qi that corroded her finger, then healed it with the Reincarnation Seal.
• Mu Zi stayed in Great Eagle City for two months, cultivating, refining spiritual treasures, and spending time with Jiang Yinyin.
• Mu Zi encountered Luo Jiu while out with Jiang Yinyin and Jiang Xue, and she killed him when he attacked.
• Jiang Xue recognized Luo Jiu and recalled that she had once undressed to persuade Lin Dong to save them.

Mu Zi discovered that Ling Qingzhu had improper feelings toward her and pulled away, questioning whether Ling Qingzhu understood her own heart. After telling Ling Qingzhu they should keep their distance until she did, Mu Zi flew toward the horizon alone.

• Mu Zi confronted Ling Qingzhu after realizing her intimate advances were driven by desire, and told her to get dressed.
• Mu Zi rejected Ling Qingzhu’s attempt to call her Younger Sister, then left the valley with Ling Qingzhu following at a distance.
• Mu Zi killed a Life Profound Realm snake monster with a single thought, while Ling Qingzhu watched in fear.
• Ling Qingzhu confessed that she only wanted to be with Mu Zi forever, and Mu Zi asked whether she had truly understood her feelings.
• Mu Zi told Ling Qingzhu they should keep their distance until Ling Qingzhu understood her heart, then flew away.

Mu Zi cultivated in the Yin Yang Sea, where her affinity let her temper her Yuan Power without pain and gradually comprehend Yin-Yang Intent. After a month, she broke beyond super-grade Yin-Yang Power and began condensing energy like the sea’s Mystic Force, but a strange fluctuation enveloped her and plunged her vision into darkness.

• Mu Zi entered the Yin Yang Sea and found that its energy flowed into her comfortably because her Yuan Power was already pure and well balanced.
• Mu Zi sank to the deepest part of the sea and spent a month refining its energy, bringing her Yin-Yang Power into the super-grade category.
• Mu Zi maintained the Small Heart Devil State and studied the sea’s Mystic Force, deepening her understanding of how yin and yang gave birth to each other.
• Mu Zi comprehended Yin-Yang Intent, causing her Yin-Yang Power to break beyond super grade and condense energy resembling the Mystic Force.
• An indescribable fluctuation enveloped Mu Zi, and her vision fell into darkness.

Mu Zi arrived at the Fu Tu Realm with Lin Dong and Zi Ling to visit Qing Yue and attend the All Branches Martial Meet. The Qing Branch hoped to win a main-branch seat, and Fu Tu Xuan personally welcomed Mu Zi after learning the Martial Ancestor had come in person.

• Mu Zi and her companions met Qing Yue at Fu Tu City, and Qing Yue welcomed them aboard a Spirit Boat reserved for their journey.
• Mu Zi asked Qing Yue about the Qing Branch's chances at the All Branches Martial Meet, and Qing Yue said it could win a seat unless the Xuan Branch and Mo Branch interfered.
• Mu Zi assured Qing Yue that the other branches would hesitate to target her with the Martial Ancestor standing behind her.
• The Spirit Boat entered the Fu Tu Realm, where Fu Tu Xuan waited to greet the visitors.
• Fu Tu Xuan sensed Zi Ling and recognized Mu Zi, then felt the overwhelming power of the Martial Ancestor despite his own Saint Grade Middle Stage strength.

Lin Dong, Mu Zi, Ling Er, and Yan Di arrived at Fu Tu City for the Buddhism Ancient Clan’s All Branches Martial Meet. Their sudden appearance shocked the gathered experts, who recognized Zi Ling and learned that the white-clothed woman was the Martial Ancestor.

• Lin Dong admired the Buddhism Ancient Clan’s deep foundation, while Mu Zi reflected on its past glory and present decline.
• Ling Er remarked that a gathering hosted by the Martial Realm would draw even more experts, making Lin Dong worry about the work involved.
• Mu Zi led the group down toward Fu Tu City, and their concealed presence startled the powerful figures gathered outside it.
• Some Heavenly Sovereigns recognized Zi Ling as Lord Ling, the Saint Grade peak expert who had commanded a battlefield during the War of Two Worlds.
• The gathered experts recognized the white-clothed woman as the Martial Ancestor and marveled that she had come to the Buddhism Ancient Clan.

The Heavenly Evil God reappeared in the future as a Time Remnant and realized that a karmic force would erase him unless he found and defeated the one responsible for his death. As he approached the Great Thousand World, Lin Dong and Xiao Yan went out to intercept him while the Immortal Great Emperor protected the realm.

• The Heavenly Evil God awakened in an unfamiliar future and recognized that his future self had already been killed.
• The Heavenly Evil God sensed that karma was erasing his Time Remnant and set out to find the source of that karma.
• Lin Dong sensed the Heavenly Evil God approaching the Great Thousand World and warned Xiao Yan and the Immortal Great Emperor.
• Lin Dong and Xiao Yan left the Great Thousand World to confront the Heavenly Evil God outside its borders.
• The Immortal Great Emperor spread his spiritual mind through the realm and raised a barrier to protect the Great Thousand World.

Lin Dong thanked Mu Zi for saving him from Ling Qingzhu, then learned that Ling Qingzhu had absorbed most of the Nirvana Heart’s desire-inducing energy. Mu Zi concealed Ling Qingzhu behind an array and led Lin Dong outside as Ling Qingzhu lost her struggle to control the Lustful Fire.

• Lin Dong thanked Mu Zi for the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd and acknowledged that she had saved his life.
• Mu Zi asked whether Lin Dong regretted losing his chance with Ling Qingzhu, and he said approaching her could have gotten him killed.
• Lin Dong worried about the Nirvana Heart’s energy, and Ling Qingzhu suddenly released a powerful wave of force as her desire-inducing energy overwhelmed her.
• Mu Zi realized Ling Qingzhu had absorbed most of the energy and used an array to hide and soundproof her.
• Mu Zi threatened Lin Dong into leaving the Great Hall with her, while Ling Qingzhu finally succumbed to the Lustful Fire.

Mu Zi and Qing Tan discovered the Darkness Ancestral Symbol Origin left behind after the ancient battle with the Otherworldly Demon Emperor. Qing Tan refined it, gaining a Quasi-Ancestor Symbol and testing her new power against Mu Zi, who revealed she had one too.

• Mu Zi recognized the ancient vision as the Lord of Darkness being overwhelmed by the Otherworldly Demon Emperor and realized the darkness left in the abyss was Ancestral Symbol Origin.
• Mu Zi split the Origin and gave most of it to Qing Tan, who refined it while Mu Zi studied the remainder and Chen Kui stood guard.
• Qing Tan's cultivation rose from First Seal Heavenly Symbol Master to Fifth Seal Heavenly Symbol Master, and she survived four overlapping Wind and Thunder Tribulations.
• Qing Tan's Darkness Heaven Talisman evolved into a Quasi-Ancestor Symbol, and she challenged Mu Zi by unleashing Darkness Realm.
• Mu Zi used her own Quasi-Ancestor Symbol to tear open Darkness Realm, while Qing Tan's panicked cries left Chen Kui wondering whether she was enjoying their clash.

The Heavenly Symbol Immortal Tree and a spiritual array defeated four King Halls who invaded the Tianxuan Continent. After studying the battle, the Otherworldly Demon Emperor identified the defenders’ methods and ordered his forces to hasten his full descent.

• A King Hall descended over the Chaotic Demon Sea and prepared to attack Ying Huanhuan and the other seven.
• The Heavenly Symbol Immortal Tree emerged from the Eastern Xuan Region and struck the King Hall, then fought off three more King Halls who broke through the plane’s seal.
• As the four demons retreated toward the Plane Rift, a void great array activated and, together with the tree, destroyed them.
• The Otherworldly Demon Emperor concluded that a formation expert had used the Symbol Ancestor’s legacy to empower the tree and array.
• Judging that the defenders’ strength posed no threat to him, the Otherworldly Demon Emperor ordered his clan to consume the Plane Power faster so he could descend in full.

Huo Yuyao, Liu Qing, and Jiu Feng each challenged the Devouring Corpse, but only Jiu Feng managed to reach the Devouring Divine Hall. Mu Zi then confronted the guardian and caught its blade with her bare hand.

• Huo Yuyao survived the Devouring Corpse’s killing blow by using one of her Nine Lives Heavenly Cat Clan spiritual lives, then withdrew from the challenge.
• Liu Qing attacked the Devouring Corpse, was wounded by its blade, and was knocked back.
• Jiu Feng revealed that he was a Reincarnation Stage expert whose strength had been suppressed, then used the Nine Phoenix Split Technique to get past the Devouring Corpse and enter the Great Hall.
• Mu Zi said the inheritance had no fate with Jiu Feng, then moved to confront the Devouring Corpse.
• Mu Zi caught the Devouring Corpse’s blade with her bare palm, astonishing the watching experts.

Mu Zi showed Ying Huanhuan and the others Free Mode, where cultivators and beasts were restricted to the cultivation realm of each region. Ling Qingzhu then entered the Reincarnation region despite a warning and found that its environment was incomplete and had no vicious beasts.

• Ying Huanhuan selected Free Mode and chose the Nirvana region, where everyone’s power was suppressed to the peak of the Nirvana Realm.
• Mu Zi explained that Free Mode limited cultivation and treasure power by region, while stronger cultivators could still draw on advanced techniques and experience.
• Ling Qingzhu and the others tested themselves against Nirvana-region beasts, defeating them with ease.
• Ling Qingzhu ignored a warning about entering a region beyond her cultivation and teleported to the Reincarnation region, where her full power returned.
• Mu Lingsha and the others joined Ling Qingzhu, and Mu Zi explained that the upper regions were incomplete and had no vicious beasts.

Qing Tan defeated the Blood Evil Clan’s forces and seized their unfinished Demon Emperor embryo, then discovered a much stronger Blood Demon Clan presence beyond the Sacred Dragon Plane. She sent Tang Xinlian to evacuate the Flame God Army and the plane’s inhabitants as she prepared to face the threat.

• Qing Tan captured the five Blood Demon Kings and discovered the Blood Evil Clan’s blood abyss, where formations were nurturing a Demon Emperor embryo.
• Qing Tan overpowered and sealed the Demon Embryo, then began destroying the formations before sensing a presence beneath the blood abyss.
• A terrifying fluctuation shook the plane, and Qing Tan emerged outside as Tang Xinlian arrived with the Fire Phoenix Spear.
• Qing Tan told Tang Xinlian to evacuate the Flame God Army and the plane’s inhabitants, then crushed a mark and summoned help.
• Qing Tan saw a vast blood-colored ocean beyond the plane and recognized the presence of the Blood Demon Clan.

Mu Zi studied the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, copied a thread of its Primal Power into the Heavenly Net Umbrella, and taught Lin Dong techniques to use it. She reached the Imperial City for the Seed Selection and departed for the Hundred Dynasty Battle with Huangpu Jing, leaving Lin Dong behind.

• Lin Dong returned to his residence proud of defeating Lin Langtian and reaching the Creation Realm, but Mu Zi barely reacted before asking to borrow the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Mu Zi spent three days comprehending the symbol, then gave Lin Dong defensive techniques for using it while secretly refining a thread of its Primal Power into the Heavenly Net Umbrella.
• Lin Dong agreed to participate in the Hundred Dynasty Battle and tried to ride with Mu Zi, but she knocked him away for fear that his dirty shoes would soil the White Lotus.
• Mo Jingtian personally welcomed Mu Zi to the Imperial City, where the assembled factions recognized her as a likely Seed Selection qualifier.
• Mu Zi met Huangpu Jing and invited her to join the Hundred Dynasty Battle, then used the teleportation formation to leave with her after Huangpu Jing prepared.
• Lin Dong watched Mu Zi and Huangpu Jing depart and remembered Mu Zi refusing to let him ride on the White Lotus.

Lin Dong entered a demon-infested region after ascending and set out to find Mu Zi, while Mu Zi studied the Ancient Battle Emperor's inheritance on Tianluo Continent. The chapter left Lin Dong searching the Demon Domain and Mu Zi addressing someone concealed in the void.

• Lin Dong recognized the approaching demons as beings related to the Yimo and killed them when they attacked.
• Lin Dong sensed the dangers of the Demon Domain and worried that Mu Zi might have ascended there alone.
• Lin Dong left the area and headed deeper into the Demon Domain to search for Mu Zi.
• Mu Zi examined the jade cauldron she had obtained from the Battle Emperor and discovered his inheritance, including the Nine Heavens Battle Art.
• Mu Zi studied the inheritance, drew some inspiration from its insights, and called on someone hidden in the void to reveal themselves.

After Lin Ke'er awakened her double pupils and re-cultivated, Mu Zi saw that her talent could carry her to the peak. Mu Zi told her that she could cultivate normally or wait for her opportunity in the Golden Age a hundred years in the future.

• Lin Ke'er completed her re-cultivation, returning to a youthful appearance with Foundation Establishment cultivation at innate perfection.
• Mu Zi explained how Lin Ke'er's double pupils enhanced her comprehension and gave her extraordinary potential.
• Lin Ke'er used a divine ability to tear open space, astonishing Lin Dong, before the rift healed.
• Mu Zi guided Lin Ke'er as she learned to control and understand her awakened double pupils.
• Mu Zi offered Lin Ke'er a choice between cultivating normally and waiting for the opportunity she foresaw in the Golden Age a hundred years later.

Ling Qingzhu defeated Hou Ba but exhausted herself and was forced to leave the arena. Mu Zi took her place and easily sent the Southern Xuan Region's next fighter flying, leaving the crowd in stunned silence.

• Ling Qingzhu defeated Hou Ba despite suffering hidden injuries and exhausting her strength.
• A Southern Xuan Region fighter volunteered to challenge Ling Qingzhu, recognizing that she was nearly spent.
• Mu Zi stepped in and told Ling Qingzhu to leave the rest to her.
• The Southern Xuan Region fighter and the crowd mocked Mu Zi's delicate appearance and urged her to forfeit.
• Mu Zi vanished, struck the fighter with one punch, and sent him flying beyond the horizon before calling for the next opponent.

Mu Lingsha and Mu Yun kept watch over the sleeping Zi Ling, fearing that Mu Zi might be in danger as her breakthrough continued. Nearly a hundred years later, the Great Thousand World had flourished under the Martial Realm’s influence, while Lin Dong wondered how Mu Zi was faring.

• Mu Lingsha and Mu Yun saw Zi Ling’s slumber deepen as her life force and origin grew stronger, and worried that the change was connected to Mu Zi’s breakthrough.
• Zi Ling cried out for her mother not to disappear, making Mu Yun fear Mu Zi’s consciousness might be fading; Mu Lingsha urged them to believe Mu Zi would return.
• Mu Lingsha and Mu Yun promised to wait for Mu Zi and comforted the sleeping Zi Ling with promises of her favorite osmanthus cakes.
• Nearly a hundred years passed, and the Great Thousand World prospered as the Martial Realm grew into its foremost power and Lin Dong became a revered figure.
• Lin Dong looked toward the void and wondered how Mu Zi was doing.

Mu Zi emerged from seclusion at the perfected Dao Origin Realm and used a projected Dharma Image to end the war and return Lin Dong, Qing Tan, Ling Er, and the others to the Martial World Core Space. She taught them the third stage of the Dao Origin Realm, leaving them newly aware of the power of a perfected Martial Path Dharma Image.

• Mu Zi thanked the Great Thousand World’s experts for guarding the world and opened a passage for them to return home.
• Qing Tan asked why Mu Zi had appeared only as a Dharma Image, and Mu Zi explained that her true body was far away and that she had sensed Qing Tan calling her name.
• Mu Zi revealed that she had reached perfection in the Dao Origin Realm after three years of seclusion.
• Mu Zi transported Lin Dong, Qing Tan, Ling Er, and the others to the Martial World Core Space, where they met her true body and sensed her overwhelming strength.
• Mu Zi shared her comprehension of the third stage of the Dao Origin Realm, teaching them that experts at this stage could sense their true names being spoken and manifest a Dharma Image.

Mu Zi received the inheritance of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities from the Heavenly Emperor and quickly comprehended its core, while considering its ancient and possibly transcendent origin. When she tried to divide her spirit to form an avatar, her immense strength and cultivation path stopped the technique from cutting her true spirit, leaving her unable to refine an avatar by following its normal method.

• The Heavenly Emperor gave Mu Zi the inheritance of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities so she could avoid the mistakes the Immortal Great Emperor had made.
• Mu Zi sensed the profound nature of the divine ability and learned from the Heavenly Emperor that its origin was unknown and far older than recorded history.
• Mu Zi considered that the creator might have reached Half-Step Dominator or beyond, then began cultivating the technique.
• Mu Zi formed an illusory Heavenly Saber and used it to try to divide her true spirit and create an avatar.
• The Heavenly Saber could not pierce Mu Zi's powerful true spirit, so she could not refine an avatar through the technique's Three Divisions Realm.